The Singapore Free Press, 8 February 1951

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    19 1 The Singapore Free Press LARGEST AFTERNOON SALE IN MALAYA DFDASFA SINGAPORE, THCRSDAY, FEBRUARY 8, 1951. PKK I IIN CENTS.
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    RUSSIAN REPLY 'IS A BLUFF'
    265 1 Acheson: It cloaks arms build-up WASHINGTON, Thursday. ot State Dean Acheson said yesterday that Moscow's i the proposed Big Four meeting was a propaganda blast ring up a massive build-up of Soviet and satellite armed clear ;it a news conference that America believes that ►s,
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    Allies on last lap to Seoul
    35 1 m 51 1 KIKK PANTON ti to the Free Press TOKYO. Thursday. I nited Nations forces ute pressing < hinese defence lice covering now threatened by the and bers Reda
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    Hard task for England in 4th Test
    111 1 WHEN the Fourth Test was resumed at Adelaide this, morning the last da-. and faced the not very nil prospect of scoring 389 runs to win m 300 minutes with seven batsmen still unbeaten. One of these, however. F. R Brown, the captain,
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    8 DIE IN ITALY
    28 1 U.P iter and rock, cascading >f the mountains into the valleys of Itav have Willed it persons and injured 45 m two d3 1
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    NO WHIPPING
    31 1 TEN Colonial governments had, by Jan. 31. said they .accepted m principle t.he complete abolition of corporal punishment, stated Mr. James Griffiths, the Secretary of State for the Colonies.
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    £ million talk angers ex-rajah
    281 1 million talk angers ex-rajah Free Press Correspondent LONDON, Thursday. 4 RISING from reports m Sunday newspapers of A the recent statement by Mr. Anthony Brooke, a threat of legal action is made by the ex-Rajah of Sarawak, who is writing to some of the leading newspapers In the course of
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    'Earth shakes' in Singapore
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    BRITAIN PROTESTS TO PEKING
    169 1 LONDON, Thurs. BRITAIN yesterday announcihat it was protesting to Communist China against the expulsion of a British consul on charge of spying. The expelled official, Mr. George Fox Holmes, ConsulGeneral at Tilr* a, m Sinkiang Province of Red China, reached the Bril own Colony of Kong
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    'Quitters' will be barred
    212 1 'Quitters' will be barred Free Press Staff Reporter KUALA LIMPI'R, Thurs. CHINESE who leave Malaya to escape the manpower call up will not be j allowed to return The Chief Secretary, Mr. M. V. del Tufo, said this morning that powers would be taken to prevent the return of "quitters."
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    Troops off to Singapore
    34 1 WITH their destination plainly written on their kitbaus. these men of the lst Battalion. Queens Own Royal West Kent Regiment, left ShornelifT last week for Singapore on the troopship "Devonshire."
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    MALAYAN QUERIES IN PARLIAMENT
    272 1 Free Press Correspondent LONDON. Thursday TEACHERS' salaries will be one of several Malayan matters to be raised during question time m the House of Commons next week. Mr Woodrow Wyatt, Labour, will ask how long a non-European teacher has to work m Malaya belore earning the
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    U.S.,U.K. talks on mid-East
    33 1 LONDON. Thurs. THE United States and Britain have started a m of discussions on combined long-range strategy for the defence of the oil-rich Middle East it wai learnt yesterday.
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    India to get U.S. grain
    54 1 WASHINGTON. Thurs. PRESIDENT Truman ig ex- 1 pected to send to gresa today a proposal r j grant 2.000.000 tons of food grains to India. He Is expected to ask for a grant of US$2OO million to cover the cost of 2.000.000 tons of wheat
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    U.S. mind is 'open' on East pact
    161 1 WASHINGTON, Thurs. THE U.S. Secretary of State Mr. Dean Acheson, told his weekly news conference yesterday that the United States retains an open mind regarding a possible Pacific defence pact. He said Mr. John Foster Dulles, special United States representative working on terms
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    Opium delays peace pact
    63 1 A FORMAL agreement between Siam and Britain terminating the state of war between the two countries is being delayed owing to opium trafficking m Siam. Officials of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs said under the term s of the agreement Siam agreed to sign eight international
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    UNDERGROUND FIRE
    21 1 Eleven French coal miners were killed and seven injured yesterday m a Are 6.000 feet underground at Bruay. A.P
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    Socialists stay in office by 10 votes on steel
    170 1 Socialists stay in office by 10 votes on steel LONDON, Thursday. •THE Labour Government last night defeated by 10 vote* an eleventh-hour attempt by the C— lervative-s to prevent nationalisation of Britain's steel industn li* the vote had gone the other way, the llovernmenl would have been out of office.
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    Invalids saved the day
    95 1 /iVSUALTIES due to Britain's influenza L epidemic left the result of the vote m doubt almost till the last minute But Socialist officials managed to rally enough red-nosed, sniffing and coughing members from sickbeds to ensure victory. Sick and bed-ridden MPs had m some cases come
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    ARMED ROBBERY
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    Successor To Hornblower
    602 2 C.S. FORRESTER PRESENTS A PETER QUENNELL reviews new books m the U.K. I KDU XI.VIEW Rand^ i .;nd Lhe Rivrr ol Tim. 11 of I pbr»n-m^ U' Helm i Ji- leara by Marj 1 1 'Hers* Tree by P. J I LWGLAND la the country of o
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    In Brief
    58 2 i><>.\ rOTS fciuj BrtvI r: p [helo: v of 1 KK<n\v \ir\ \\n ia n D hjrl*-, p Metintforri. m re- lon 01 i c peop>. -Ma of *.l»\ ENTIRI I Mitß ARM•I V h *"t oak, ll.ti rap. P(>Ca- IHr M\l\<. RCD HORSF. 1 M II mmmid
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    QUICK LOOKS
    210 2 Edward Garnett, by HE Bates, iParrish). The publisher's reader mysterious figure lurking behind the literary scenes, ready to advise which young uuthors ought to be enraged, which of them, with a politely regretful note, should have their monuscripts sent back. Eduard father of David and husband of Constance
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    PEOPLE
    162 2  -  JON HOPE By THAGRINED is ex-Covent Garden Market executive H. F. Parkinson. At the end of the war he went to Australia, got a job on a newspaper. From his experiences m settling down, making good, he wrote a book called A Corner In Australia. Mi- j grants coming
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    Back to the Dark Ages?
    319 2 Back to the Dark Ages? pAMOUS war cor- respondent Alexander Clifford thinks this is the age not of the Common Man but of the Massproduced Man. In "Enter Citizens", Mr. Clifford describes the M ass- produced man m these words: "He is clearly not of good quality. He has been
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    Story Of A Traitor
    363 2 Story Of A Traitor CALL IT TREASON by George Howe. 'PHIS is the story of a A spy during World War 11. Why does the spy risk his life? Under what compulsion, and after what torment m himself If the spy wins he is ignored; if he loses, he is
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    Keynes, Gambler And Economist
    758 2  -  R.F. HARROD by ANYONE who wishes to solve the problem of how to make money without actually working should consider the method adopted by Keynes, who, starting from poverty, made a respectable fortune by staying m bed m the mornings. This is not, however, the whole
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      180 2 YOUR LUCKY STAR IJORN today, you have AJ an orderly, methodical and well disciplined mmd. But you dislike monotonous routine and will go a long way to avoid it. Since you have many exer cutive talents, you seem to be able to get rid of work you dislike. You must
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    UK. WAS ONLY PLACE FOR JOOP
    267 3 UK. WAS ONLY PLACE FOR JOOP He liked the remand home LONDON, Thursday. j'HKY searched m the fog alon^ the li umber for 1 Joop Johannes Funckc, of Holland. At 14 life can seem simple. All tha f young Joop wanted was to live m England. So the tall Dutch
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    40 3 WINDFALL— iTan and Kaijia Popov, 78 and 7j years <>i age, who live m a refuse camp near Trieste. have been told they will receive $100,000 from the estate of their son. Ivan Dennis, who died m California In 1918.
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    Party between two deaths
    29 3 PORTSMOUTH, Thursday. Edward Shaughnessj s Hit lus daughter i bus a -'tl. stamp while he killed lies i at Portsmoath. g his w ife's body
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    9-HOUR FIGHT IN PRISON
    18 3 9-HOUR FIGHT IN PRISON tacked guards tubing from dismantled Th r the fire flooded the laree corncell. Reuter
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    Bridge Hand
    77 3 Bridge Hand I I V«*l *AU J i 4 3 [10 8 3 A I > play 1 m-V v I'n-rable and tft the folluw8j a -th East Pass rebid I 1 d three i I bearts c cubs which mi not to be a v. it lost club trick
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    BOY DAVID DRAWS HIS SWORD
    172 3 LONDON. Thurs. DhVJD BARKER drew his sword to defend his father from bandits. But it was no use David is five, and it was a toy sword. The two raiders gut away with £400 from the Dennis Service Station. Little Eaton. Derby. Mr. B.A. Barker,
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    Peace body to be tried
    102 3 LAKE SUCCESS, Thurs. THE President of the U.N. General Assembly, Mr Masrollah Entezam, said that set up a good offices cornhe was determined to try to mittee for a cease-fire agreement m Korea. Diplomats privately expressed pessimism after the Chinese Communist Premier and Foreign Minister.
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    War souvenir whisky to be sold
    87 3 War souvenir whisky to be sold LONDON. Thursd bottle Ol Scotch w! n to the crew ol a h bomber plane eight [0 has been auction d m aid ot Royal Air Force bevolent funds. The plane did not return from a raid. In 1943 Dennis McDonnell. host of an
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    VOLCANO BLASTS
    27 3 Lamington Volcano gave a major blast auain rday. Observers m the lid there w licai that a new wall of building up near rarer.- A.P
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    ISRAELIS BLAMED
    33 3 Arab authorities vest el Jay alleged that nine Arabs including women and children, had been killed and two seriously injured by an Israeli army force which raided a I 'ullage- Reuter
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    History book forgery'
    97 3 LONDON. Thurs. A WILL found m a two-cent history book 20 years after the death of wealthy Mr. Henry Thomas Coghlan was a forgery, a judge ruled m Lccdon. Mr. Coghlan died m 1K92. leaving som c C 750.000. In 1912 James McGregor, a student, found a
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    34 3 A WAI TING ESCAPE— Korean refugees wait m the Hungnam port area for their turn to board a South Korean Navy vessel during the mercy evacuation of 100,000 non Communist civilians from the area.
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    BRIDAL DRESS WITH THOUSANDS OF JEWELS
    127 3 PARIS, Thursday. OIK THOUSAND diamonds will be embroidered on the dress that 19-year-old Soraya Ksf-tndiari will wear for her marriage to the Shah of Persia on Monday. It will also have thousands of sequins and small white feathers. The date of the ceremonypostponed from
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    Islam bloc suggested
    41 3 KARACHI. Thurs. THE Grand Mufti of Palestine, advocated here the formation of a commonwealth of Islamic nations, and said "the Muslim world needs greater Intimacy and cohesion, the nature of which should be seriously considered by Muslim countries.
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    FORD TANKS
    37 3 rienrv F'^rti has i eelved a f. 14.000.000 order lor tank engines. This is on top of an 11.000.000 order for lorries. He will also make aircraft engines, and swarms of tbe usual civilian cars.
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    300 IN 'WAR' WITH NATURE
    49 3 For 12 days the 3 nspeopie of Muttaburra ln| Queensland's northwest battled against flood" They won -and turn, round' to fight a plag starving field rats swept m b j the water. They won and turned round to fi^ht a p of hungry snaki
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    COAL CANNOT LAND IN U.K.
    9 3 COAL CANNOT LAND IN U.K. Biitai R don Reuter
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    The Singapore Free Press THURSDAY. Feb. 8. 1951. Pacific defence
    382 4 The Singapore Free Press THURSDAY. Feb. 8. 1951. Pacific defence peOPLES of South-East Asm who betftere ,hat a Pacific alliance along th' unes j! t: antic T into .ne e of wamm m this n will take heart from enewed .hi'-l are bein{ HUM N< -land Mr 'ha f I
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    The army must have mobility and firepower
    1262 4 An American General speaks By GENERAL J. LAWTON COLLINS Chief of Staff U.S. Army IF the United States 1 A r m v is to be effective to prevent war—as it has had to do m Korea and as it may have to
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    It Seems To Me..
    587 4  - It Se ems To Me. POLITICO By T-HE gold oug appears r to have Ditten many Chinese women m Malaya— and bitten very deep. Gold rings, bracelets, brooches, hairpins and necklaces are not enough for them these days; they must needs have a beltful of the stuff. According to recent
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    A MODERN FAIRY TALE FROM PERSIA Soraya and the Shah
    646 4 A MODERN FAIRY TALE FROM PERSIA Soraya and the Shah Will they marry? asks William Townsend HTHE wedding presents had arrived m Tehera n— including magnificent sables from Mr. Joseph S'.alin of the Kremlin. The bridegroom, the 31 -year-old Shah of Penia, with a tax-free income of £80,000 a year,
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    If Your Town Hall Had Wings...
    548 4  - If Your Town Hall Had Wings... RICHARD NORTOM B> /^AN you picture your house and the two next door being hurled through the stratosphere by the power of nine Flying Scotsmen locomotives- and with enough petrol aboard for a million car-miles? .You can't? Then come for a ride m the
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    RIOT DAMAGE FOR SMC OFFICERS
    218 5 $200,000 BUILDING wed. High oried Pudu Collective claim for compensa tion tree Press Staff Reporter I'Hfc Singapore Municipality will make a claim for compensation from Government m respect of damage to the property of its officers during the riots m December last year. Information gathered
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    UN technician for Thailand
    85 5 rn»v*/ ress SUtT Re P« r j^tik. nrst technician to be supplied to Thailand by FAO under the U.N. expanded technical assistance programme has arrived Bangkok. He is Dr. Justus Gonggrip. a well known Dutch forester who is a recognized authority m tne field of tropical
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    'Federation Bali' held in U.K.
    85 5 A -FEDERATION BALL was held recently by the three Malayan student bodies m Great Britain, the Malay Society of Great Britain, Malayan Students Federation, and "the Malayan Forum, to celebrate Federation Day. The Public Relations Officer of the Malay Society of Great Britain, Che Harun
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    LOKE'S ASSOCIATION OFFICE-BEARERS
    142 5 THE following have been elected office-bearers for 1951 m the Loke's Association: Patrons:— Lek Chew Teo. Lolce Mun Leng. Lek Ah Urn. Loke Hon Warr President:— Loke Yew Meng Vice-President:— Loke Wan Choy Treasurer— Loke Mun Keen Assi. Treasurer .—Loke Wai Choon- Secretary:— Loke Vim Seng: Asst.
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    NOTE A BRIDGE COLLAPSE
    27 5 NOTE A BRIDGE COLLAPSE Mie I „i-. bridge i .:-.ed the Kin dan I H> I hunt wlm the ha** past lank -»ri the Fed«*r*i*ioii. Free Press
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    SPARKLERS SET TREE ON FIRE
    60 5 PENANG, Wed. flung up by 3 children celebrating ChiYe r set fire to a palm tree m Barrack Road *ht. Ibe tree, m front of the house ol Mr Ch n Yik King. Inspector of Chinese Schools. k? furiously when rhe fire briuade arrived. It
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    NEW YEAR HAPPINESS FOR FARMER YONG
    212 5 A COOD SAMARITAN*, dcrply touched by the story of farmer mi; Kirn m the Free Press, \isned his farm m Braddell Koad crday and handed him a gift Si 858 to rehabilitate his plot of vegetables which was destroyed by the recent floods. The
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    When use of sign may be justified
    396 5 DOCTORS RED CROSS SYMBOL Free Press Staff Reporter IJOW CAN ILLITERATE PEOPLE find a doctors residence m an emergency? The question arises from a story tOiC by a Singapore doctor of how a child died because his parents were illiterate and could not
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    LABOURERS ON A SPREE
    92 5 Fre«» Press Staff Reoorier X! ALA LI MPIR, Tues. Chinese labourers and rubber tappers out on a New Year spree, with wads of notes m their pockets, surprised Kuala Lumpur Flying Club pilots at Port Swettenham yesterday when they arrived for SlO joy-rides and later asked
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    CASH AND FOOD
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    80 RAF REGIMENT RECRUITS QUALIFY
    308 5 80 RAF REGIMENT RECRUITS QUALIFY a BATCH of 80 Malay recrui.s for the RAP. Regiment <Mal,vaj passed out from their four months' training course n m ctremonv at Chang! airfield this morning. For the first time, the training of the recruits had been conducted entirely by the Malay* N.C.O.s of
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    Crown reserves hinder good planning
    336 5 JUMBLE OF LAFD HOLDINGS IN SINGAPORE NEW C-in-C Free Press Staff Reporter A JUMBLE of Crown reserves across land holdings all over Singapore Island, which are intended as a means of access, Ls hampering good planning, says the Singapore Ratepayers Association. New legislation should be
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    'S'pore is not untenable'
    178 5 Free Press Staff Reporter IyHILJE ON LEAVE m the InlUd Kingdom, the Singapore Municipal President, Mr. 'A P. F. McNe.ce, propose* u» try and correci the erroneous imprf sion (which circniated after the December rioU) that Singapore is untenable or gerousHe will also ask the Municipal
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    1,200 SCREENED
    19 5 Police yesterday morning screened about 1.200 residents of Simpang Kuala, m Alnr Star, but made no arrest.
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    Malays to return from U.K.
    100 5 Che Abdul Aziy bir •it of il. ty of G: 8 1 returning to Mai;. > having parsed his final the (Jtusa layu reports. He will be a« by his wife. Che Put- h kram. who has comph"* course as Pub. tor. Che An binti
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    NEW TALENT AT RAF SELETAR
    770 6  - NEW TALENT AT RAF SELETAR CHARLES BRYCE Singapore soccer prospects Alloa, Notts men m team By R A.F. Seletar have still a wealth of soccer talent although eight members of the side which finished runners-op to Kota Raja m last season's Singapore Amateur Footbdll Association's Senior League have since left,
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    Uninsured won comfortably
    519 6 HOW THEY RAN YESTERDAY From ALLAN LEWIS KUALA LUMPUR, Thursday. rNINSURED registered his first Malayan success when he scored rather comfortably In the main sprint for Class 1, Div. 1 horses over 5} furlongs at the second day of the Selangor Turf Club Gold Cap meeting yesterday.
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    Big Sweep results
    492 6 RESULTS of the Big Sweep drawn on race 8 at Ku.i la Lumpur yesterday were: TOTAL POOL: 5325.900 First Prize: No. *****9 Second Prize: No. *****0 Third Prize: No. 235:221 Starters: *****9. *****9, *****5, *****1. *****3. *****1. *****2. *****4. Consolation: *****5, *****5. *****8. *****5. *****6, 210; 13,
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    3 or 4 games daily
    244 6 THF.Y are soccer crazy at Royal Air Force Base, Seletar. Every evening some match or other is m progress and it is not unusual for three or four games to be on at the same time. Enthusiasm exists not only among the lower ranks; senior
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    LAWSON LITTLE
    31 6 LAWSON Little, twice British amateur champion, has been elected co-chairman of the U.S. Professional Golfers' Association Tournament Committee. This automatically makes him vice-presi-dent of the National P.G.A Board.- A.P
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    Referee's hat-trick
    85 6 BOXING referee Jack Hart is setting quite a reputation for unusual, but quite legitimate, decisions. He stopped the fight between Aaron Wilson an I Lloyd Barnett becau*Harriett was not sufficiently strong opposition. After that he abruptly ause one of the two parti cipants, a knockout spe ialist, by
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    Highlanders in Cup semi-finals
    400 6 From ARCHIE Ql ICK HTRIST the Scots when it comes to football. No x regimental team of "Jocks" would dream of'winning; or losing a game of soccer without trying to play real football all the time. It is just like that with First Battalion Highland Light
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    Burke hits century in his first Test match
    965 6 From BILL BOWI SS Special to the Free Press ADEl.*;i>f:. F|ECLARING with a second-innings total of 403 for eight wick. the Australian captain Lindsay Hassett, lef? England 7 hou either win or save th/ Fourth Test at Adelaide. Neu Australian 1> 20-year-old
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    UNLESS HARD TO BEAT ON SATURDAY
    354 7 UNLESS HARD TO BEAT ON SATURDAY Black Velvet is not accepting From ALLAN LEWIS KUALA LUMPUR, Thursday. BLACK VELVET (E. Donnelly) returned the best hme here this morning when he ran three furlong on the second grass track m 38 seconds. Black Velvet was bleeding after he pulled up and
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    WEIGHTS FOR SATURDAY
    196 7 Jits for all eight laces to be j :v. third and last day of the i (i;>ld Cup Meeting. LOW. 1-6 F. CI. J, Div. 1-9 F. M BJUBJBJI InICSS 9 06 8.18 Lightning X 13 < arol 8.8" r T ia; r,,t,and „T •It Piin,r K.Ol
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    Trek of players richer clubs
    221 7 pit ture From ARCHIE Ql ICK all clubs— like Dulwich Hamlet— by certain practices which are reof players to wealthier clubs. Exi «>t contention. Tne Dulwich set exactly what they have >m their homes to the Champion back. n entertained to a meal after leading
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    UK rugby results
    12 7 YESTERDAY'S UJC. Rugby Un pits were: English Universities 3.
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    BIGGER GOLF PRIZES
    108 7 PRIZE MONEY m the Canadian open golf tournament may be raised from $10,000 to $15,000 beginning with the 1951 tournament, to be held at Toronto's Mississauga Course. This figure would place the Canadian open on a par with most of the major tournaments m the United States,
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    NBA SUSPENDS FAMECHON
    59 7 NATIONAL Boxing Association (United States* yesterday suspended indefinitely French fighter Ray Famechon. third-ranking featherweight. The N.B.A. said the action had been taken at the request of the Ohio Association of Boxing Commissioners. Famechon has had a virus infection and his suspension will run until he fulfils his
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    India all out to win final 'Test'
    167 7 JHE fifth and final unofficial Test match between India and the Commonwealth touring team, which begins at Kanpur today on a newly-laid turf pitch, promises to be the most exciting of the series. V. M. Merchant, India's captain, says his team will go
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    CYMA PRIZE WINNERS
    109 7 'THE following CYMA (St. Teresa) sportsmen received their prises on Sunday from Rev. Fr. Lee ai ihe association, club-house. Cricket: Best Batsman Leslie Wong, best bowler— Mr. E. A. Rodrigues. Badminton: 8 P. H. de Silva, Challenge Cvp Singles Champion Maurice Nunis. runner-up Stamford Au. Open Doubks:
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    Good defence Saves S.H.B.
    89 7 A KEEN defence enabled Singapore Harbour Board to hold the R.A.F. Changi to an eigjit-all draw at Rugby on the S.H.B. ground yesterday. Harbour Board were the first to score w#en Evans dribbled through to touch down near the posts. Scaif* converted. Wing-forward France scored a
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    MARINO-ALLEN RETURN BOUT
    116 7 aa tLD flyweight boxing W tampion Dado Marino meet former title-ho!der k ;-;y Allen of London m a return match m either Manila or Tokyo. Sad Sam Ichinose. Marino's manager, said last night he had received feelers from both Tokyo and Manila for a bout between Marino
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    Gillingham win
    39 7 QILLINGHAM beat Exeter City by two goals to one m an English League Third Division (Southern) soccer match yesterday. This match was postponed from Jan. 27 as Exeter were engaged m the F.A. Cud.— Reuter A. P
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    F.& N.Cup winners
    88 7 TANKARDS presented to each member of the winning side after yesterday's Fraser-Neave FARELF Rugby Cup Final at Nee Soon were put to immediate use. Here the triumphant R.A.S.C. "A" team pose with the Challenge Cup for the Free Press photographer. R.A S.r. "A defeated 4th Queen's Own
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    M.F.A. meeting
    35 7 UALAYA Football Associa"l tion (M.F.A.> Singapore, will hold their annual general meeting on Sunday at 10 a.m. at M/s AlkafT s bungalow. Punggol. The meeting wiill be followed by lunch at 1 p.m.
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    'Comeback' bid fails
    59 7 JACKIE Paterson of Glasgow, former world flyweight champion, was unsuccessful m a "comeback" fight at Dundee last night. He lost on points to Willie Myles of Dundee, a contender for the Scottish bantamweight title. The fight, which was over eight rounds at 121 lb., was very exciting
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    P.I. visitors use plain-wood bats
    162 7 «£J ALF AN hour after its arrival last night the eightman table tennis team of the Philippines Chinese Educational Centre, Manila, had a warming-up practice with two Singapore players. Loh Kur/i Soon and •.Vena; Tong Goon, at the Nam Wan Sports Club. Apart Jrom snowing
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    U.K. SOCCER
    33 7 poi LiTWINO soccer will be pliyed on Saturday: Doncasiei Rovers Bai n.sl' v Orimsby Town v Cheeterfleld; Luton Town v AMnn Villa; Notr* r*nnntu v Vwri m Pa.Hlr.o m Pane 7
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    R.A.S.C. seize chances: heal Hussars 6-3
    455 7 R.A.S.C. seize chances: heal Hussars 6-3 Free Press Rugby Reporicv DECAUSE they made good use ol evcff) chance tt had, R.A.S.C. 'A' won the Fraj^er Nea\e FAB I Inter-Unit Rugby Cup against 4th Queens Dun 1! sars at Nee Soon yeste r day. The score was si\ sjajsnU (two tries)
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    Many new horses to run here
    163 7 Low pass A TOTAL of 176 en: Class One and 99 Class Tv\u horses have been rec< for the Singapore Turf Spring Meeting on 17. 21 24 Four newi having first runs i They are One Thi< late Heaven and Earth i, P: teer.
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    FIELD OF 8 FOR SEL. GOLD CUP
    157 7 A FIELD of only eight horses has been nominated for the Selangor Gold Cup, main race of the current race meeting: at Kuala Lumpur. The ra< over a mile and quarter, will be run on Saturday. As expected, Four O'clock 11, winner of
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    PICTURE TIP SOLUTION
    15 7 Solution to ><*st'-rda> i Picture Tip i s Merrj <.«. Round (second m
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    HARDY IN ENGLAND XV v. IRELAND
    33 7 HARDY IN ENGLAND XV v. IRELAND Pjl REOAN of Llverp withdrawn from the I land Rugby Union Ireland !n Dublin Saturday beca mu.scle. 1 M. Hardy of the A and Blarkheath. n;« Reuter
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    CHENG WAH WIN IN BANGKOK
    36 7 BANGKOK. Thu: yHE Cheng Wah football XI of Ipoh scored a four-one ry over Assumption XI a Bangkok yesterday. Scoreri for Cheng Wah were Dollah Don <2j, Dutton nnd Poh Aun.
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    U.S. SWIMMERS
    29 7 A team of the BtaU p-ranking mers |g to compete m I many tn Jm Negotiatjor. ay bet sports leaders i ture At hi' Uniti man-American A.P
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    UN. REJECTS SOVIET CHARGE
    198 8 UN. REJECTS SOVIET CHARGE No aggression by America I LAKE SUCCESS, Thursday. THE Russian charge that the United States was 1 guilty of aggression against Communist China was rejected at Lake Success yesterday by the United Nations Political Committee. The resolution requested the Security Council to "take necessary steps to
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    Pleven tells of talks with Truman
    206 8 Pleven tells of talks with Truman PARIS. Thurs. THE FRENCH Na:ional Asnbly yesterday enr Mr. Rene ilkjj with President Truman by a vote of 401 to Only tne Communists went on record against him. Mr. /en had called for a "massive vote" of approval rrom all but the Communists. se
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    KLAN SHOOTING
    26 8 Armed men calling themselves Ku Klux Klansmen shot and wounded one Negro and severely mauled another with gun butts and fists near Douglasville. Georgia.
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    SNIPER WOUNDS NEWSMAN
    133 8 Mr. Warren White, Reuter's correspondent m Korea, was wounded for the second time m eight days yesterday when a sniper bullet hit him m the shoulder as he was crossing a rice field with one British and two American soldiers 500 yards north of Anyang on the
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    London dock strike ending
    102 8 LONDON. Thurs. 'THE strike of dock workers m Liverpool and Manchester yesterday kept 83 ships idle and slowed operations on 30 other vessels, including cargoes vital to the Western arms effort. The National Dock Labour Board said attempts to spread the strike to London still were
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    More know how on A-shells
    69 8 WASHINGTON. Thurs. THE five atomic explosions m Nevada have largely increased United States know- ledge of how to make and fire atomic artillery shells and guided missiles, lt was reliably reported yesterday. The Atomic Energy Com- mission said little about the earth-shaking blasts, but referred
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    Till market quieter
    80 8 Till market quieter LONDON. Thurs THE tin market was quiet and easier at yesterday morning's session with Tuesday's downward trend continulng. Spot tin fell £12-1/2 to 1 420. and three months was down £5 to £1,387*. The The turnover was only 35 tons, all m three months contracts. I The
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    SMALL GAINS IN INDUSTRIALS
    123 8 London Stock Exchange LONDON, Thursday. WITH operators awaiting the crucial Parliamentary division on steel nationalisation, business m the Stock Exchange yesterday was on a much smaller scale than of late. Nevertheless quiet firmness was fairly widespread. British Government funds improved by one-sixteenth to one-eighth and (here
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    BABY VANISHES BEFORE ADOPTION
    225 8 LONDON, Thursday. •rriAiKT HOWE aired 23, disappeared with her V f ?t" i2S5d oaby girl the night before she was due to hand her over to foster parents for O *&M of Daubeney-road, Clapton, London, was missed when she failed to turn up tor tea m
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    The chicken meant their swan song
    87 8 HONG KONG, Thurs. MANY employees of Chines, linns here found the merciless chicken the ick" m Chinese tendon their plates at annual dinners given by employers during the New Year celebrations. Hundreds were dismissed by the traditional method of, placing a piece of chicken
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    LIAQUAT BACKS MUSLIM UNION
    57 8 PAKISTAN'S Premier, Liaquat Ali Khan, yesterday approved the idea of a Commonwealth of Islamic countries, suggested by the Grand j Mufti of Palestine a few daysj ago m Karachi. Liaquat said he had always i held the view that "all the Muslim countries of the- world
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    PEKING SILENT
    36 8 Mr. Ernest Davies, UnderSecretary for Foreign Affairs, told Parliament yesterday that the Peking Government had not yet replied to Brian's note sent In last year, expressing readiness to exchange ambassadors with the Chinese Communists.
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    Paper beer mugs
    47 8 HEALTH officers persuaded bar-keepers at Hackensack, New Jersey, into trying the experiment of serving beer m paper cups for one afternoon Patrons w/il have to put up with it, say the public an y So many complain of lipstic k smears on the glasses.
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    SHELL EXPLODES
    23 8 A shell exploded yesterday at the Canadian arsenal plant at St. Paul Lermite. 15 miles from Montreal, kilina: Aye workers. A.P
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    Sardines help U.S. family
    382 8 ROME, Thursday. AN American mother of four children is canning sardines on a Mediterranean island m hopes of saving: enough money for passage home. She is Angelina Mazza. 34, who packed her b and locked up her Brooklyn. New York, house 17 years ago to visit
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    FRENCH: SET THE DATE
    82 8 PARIS. Thurs. FRANCE Wftlttf the "Big .r" Deputies to meet m Paria Boon to discuss the agenda for a meeting of the Foreign Ministers, a For Office spokesman said terday. But final agreement would have to be reached between the three Western powers first, he added.
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    80 die in crash: inquiry
    39 8 80 die in crash: inquiry WOODBR THE ed a; last i died and Rei tinued di man--' Th Auti. may be I smashed which k:. mudo was clothes v I Tn qua tangled r ambula; placed by w«>r, A.P
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    Few Nazis to be freed
    18 8 IT thain Bi be serv Mr. I iric phi an Dr X Reuter
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    JAPS BACK
    6 8 Japa York Harh Reuter
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