The Singapore Free Press, 22 February 1951
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Title Section19 1951-02-22 1 The Singapore Free Press LARGEST AFTERNOON SALE IN MALAYA s SINGAPORE, THIRSDAY, FEBRUARY 22, 1951. PRICE II I V|s19 words
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Article19 1951-02-22 1 .1 deB be the 1 for :nce 'he .lire H are •c than fd to19 words
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Article, Illustration403 1951-02-22 1 E AST PACT TALKS 'GO ON' Picture. US 'prepares 24hrs. a day' pHK UJS. (Government intends to continue informal discussions with nations interested m a Pacific Pact, said the U.S. Secretary of State, Mr Dean Acheson, yesterday m V\ ashinirton. ll was, however, impossible id Ihis lime to s;iv whalReuter; U.P.; -Free Press - 403 words
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Article225 1951-02-22 1 Agreement on Kashmir— JEBB LAKE SUCCESS, Thursday. (iladwyn Jebb expressed the n f >pc m the Security Council yesterday that a final settlement of the Kashmir question would be quickly achieved. Opening the Security Council meeting m the rained debate on Kashmir, Sir Gladwvn said that it was m that225 words
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Article43 1951-02-22 1 3ANGKOK. Wed- Tho Regent. His Royal Highness Prince Rangsit of Chainat, will not »o to Lausanne for the birth of the child of Their Majesties King Phuiniphon ar.d Queen Sirikit In Apiil. it was stated by well informed sources yesterday.43 words
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191 1951-02-22 1 U.K. bomber sets new speed record LONDON, Thurs. A BRITISH jet bomber yesterday completed a 2,100--mile non-stop flight from Ireland to Newfoundland m four hours 40 minutes. It wus the first hop across the Atlantic by a jet plane of any type without refuelling 1 and the fastest crossing everA.P.; Reuter - 191 words
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Article29 1951-02-22 1 SE AGRAVE APPEAL The Burmese High Court completed hearings yesterday on Dr. Gordon Seagrave's appeal against a ftlx-yeai prison sentence for treason. A decision is expected next ueek. U.P.U.P. - 29 words
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Article20 1951-02-22 1 The Norwegian cargo ship Florentine sank last night m a storm about 150 miles southwest of Iwo Jima.20 words
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Article70 1951-02-22 1 SYDNEY, Wed. DESPITE protests, Sydney police intend to continue a campaipn against t)ie "hypnotic stares" of men at bathing beaches. A Sydney man ivas fined $11.20 yesterday for "offensive behaviour." Policemen said he stared at women m bathing costumes. A police official explained: "There areU.P. - 70 words
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Article66 1951-02-22 1 Red China has agreed to waive the settlement of claims to northern Assam to some future date, Indian Foreign Ministry sources said yesterday. The Home Minister, Mr. Chakravarthi Rajagopalachari, told Parliament yesterday that Communists m 13 villages m Assam were engaging m the murder of officials,A.P. - 66 words
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Article, Illustration169 1951-02-22 1 LONDON, Thurs. A SECRET inter-governmen- tal conference on world rubber problems ended its first phase yesterday m London. A briet communique .;aid the findings of the ten-na-tion meeting which includes Britain, the United States Britain's Commonwealth countries as a separate group, have been forwarded forA.P. - 169 words
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Article70 1951-02-22 1 PENANG, Thurs. THREE Chinese youlhs burn- cci a bus early this morning m Tanjong Tokong, Penang. The arsonists, at least one of whom was armed with a pistol escaped immediately. The fire brigade was just In time to save the bus from total destruction. The ChineseA.P. - 70 words
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Article80 1951-02-22 1 TEHERAN. Thurs. THE mystery of the 1.000 uninvited guests at the Shah's wedding reception sent heads rolling m court circles last, night. resigned; his .second-in-com-mand Grand Master ot Ceremoni.-a Anoushiravan Sepahbodi, has also resigned, while Master of Ceremonies Hornoz Pirnia is reported to highly exclusive80 words
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Article54 1951-02-22 1 HONG KONG. Wed.—Revenue officers today seized £17.000 worth of gold hidden In a basket of vegetables m a ship which arrived from Macao. It was the second largo seizure of smuggled gold m three days. On Monday £112.000 worth waus found hidden aboard a ship about toReuter - 54 words
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Article95 1951-02-22 1 LONDON, Thursday. T*HE Colonial Secretary, Mr. James Griffiths, told L the House of Commons yesterday that the recruitment of Chinese for the uniformed branch of the police force m Malaya had been encouraging. The first batch of recruits completed their training In December, he said. Mr.Reuter - 95 words
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Article69 1951-02-22 1 MILAN, Thurs. A LTHOUOH doctors havt warned her that she risks booming a cripple for life, pretty Ria Baran of Germany intends to compete here next Friday. Saturday and Sunday with skating stars of 11 other nations. Early this month m Switzerland she fell and injured69 words
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Article211 1951-02-22 1 TOKYO, Thursday. ORITISH troops thrust to a point 10 miles east of Seoul last night, ready to stab behind the Com-munist-held capital if an assault is ordered. Rain-soaked U.N. columns, which earlier hammered out the Wonju bulge on the ceatrml sector, reported the Communists retreating rapidly.211 words
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Article43 1951-02-22 1 A LLAN LEWIS, Free Press racing correspondent, tipped five straight winners yesterday. They were Park ($33 $10), Ursus (532 $10), Cambridge (S2l $8), Asia (526 $9) and Pink Gin ($23 $9). Asia and Pink Gin were Lewis' best bets.43 words
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Article43 1951-02-22 1 U.P. The Australian Prime Minister, Mr. Robert Menzies announced after a late sitting of the Cabinet last night that subject to the advice of senior counsel the Government would take further proceedings against miners'* leaders for stooDaeres m the coalfields.- ReuterU.P.; Reuter - 43 words
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Article, Illustration211 1951-02-22 1 We find the mystery riot hero 11/JTHIN 24 hours of a police ftpptM ior him, tri-> Free Press today found the mystery hero of tfce riots m Geylang. He is Johnny Mortell, former Orient b< champion, who rescued two European a child and v^ave them shelter m a Chi not211 words
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Article53 1951-02-22 1 Fr<'<> Press Stall Reporter KUALA LUMPUR. Thin DURING an engagement b tween bandits and police escorting a party of Telecoms labourers m the Tapah area of Perak yesterday, a Chinese rubber tapper was shot and I fatally wounded. He was seen lo run away while thr en- gagement53 words
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Advertisement32 1951-02-22 1 UT SiLVER PIECES k r Restored W/fat's Kw* CM* 3 kinds of GORGONZOLA Italy, Australia and mark each cheese its own nuance of ur One must be y OUR favourite! SOLD STORAGE32 words
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Advertisement76 1951-02-22 1 STHE BESPOKE TAILORS t kTHAT CAN SATISFY YOU UPfOHf liptons On a j^ CANISTER TEA IS I PA^ II fl'Tlg IDEA! 'FOR FOOD f f IAJU PARCELS. i MijUOU^I PACK I I) IN \lf various sizes L pvPWTifcrrj. i ib.s«//ib., i 4 ib. V SOLE ItfPOkTERS: BBNR\ w kLOH A76 words
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Article618 1951-02-22 2 GEORGE MALCOLM THOMSON - NGUSB STORIES FROM NEW WRITING. John Lehmann. CANNOT remember .seeing crowded into one volume so many pood short stories as are gathered here. This r to say that the quality is even any more than the length les is uniform, rtain is '24 storiestally, powerful618 words
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Article, Illustration324 1951-02-22 2 Gide Shocked 2 Generations ANDRE Gide. con- sidered by many French critics the foremost writer of his time, shocked and fascinated two generations with his literary probities on i morality and im- morality. Deeply religious m his background, m his books S he seemed to defend > theft, murder andA.P. - 324 words
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529 1951-02-22 2 J.P.W. Mallalieu - Quick Looks The Saroyan Road To Success gEFORE the war William Saroyan. m his own wirds. was a "whiz m the .short story game. But since then I had seen nothing new he had written. So I was interested at once m THE ASSYRIAN < Faber and Faber the first529 words
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Article737 1951-02-22 2 CHARLES WINTOUR - Tories Won Id Win 420 Seats T'HE General Election xof 1950 was fought and won largely on issues which less than a year later have been obscured or forgotten m the larger movement of world events. That must be the conclusion which any reader, whatever his party affiliations, must reach737 words
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Advertisement143 1951-02-22 2 1 An Ideal Gift. I SMITH'S Mtm j ~V. praOual little Clock If M Hie Uttle Gem- (size l\ ins.) is a m*n srade iewelled lever clock is < full* guaranteed Supplied m Green l Blue, Pink (.old shades From Leading Jewellers. Watchmakers < Stores. j •< r ent: P.O143 words
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Miscellaneous220 1951-02-22 2 Yqtto Ne W Crossword No. 285 IJORN today, you have ex- I If I Hi rcplional capabilities, but -^^^^^^^f I j >im mu>t learn to take your- Jj£ WSt Jml3 i^ r^^ self more seriously if you are I to re.ioh the heights of ac- ff^^ p| complishment. Self-reliance II220 words
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Article, Illustration286 1951-02-22 3 RAVEN'S WIDOW SUES COMPANY A murderer's furniture deal rfw M LONDON, Thursday. |Hh widow of Daniel Raven, who was hanged for murder, brought an action m the lungs Bench Division, London. It concerned a bill or sale on furniture m the house provided by her murdered parents. Suing as Mrs.286 words
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Article12 1951-02-22 3 Sheep may starve— too much food '•d with Is at sheep ReuterReuter - 12 words
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Article61 1951-02-22 3 THE sport m which Britain lini pr^-em tor-cycUng ha.s never re enthusiasts. An all.en's team has already i a flrst-claaa trial and now comes news of a ial to form a women's cycling club. T< '.y. the title Midhind Motor Maids' Club has chosen, and an inmeeting61 words
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Article146 1951-02-22 3 A SOLDIER'S VICARAGE FOR SALE LONDON. Thurs. IN the market because it is 1 too big for present-day needs. Holbrook Vicarage m Derby was once taken over by a soldier demobbed from the battlefields. He was the Rev. William Leeke. Before becoming the incumbent for 37 years from 1840. he146 words
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Article56 1951-02-22 3 KILLED AFTER FUN E RAL f^IGHTNING struck and killed 57-year-old retired policeman George David Dowsett at Inglewood, Queensland, a few hours after he had attended the funeral of his 101-year-old mother. Dowsett was In a building under a pepper tree at the rear of a friend's house. The flash meltedReuter - 56 words
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Article42 1951-02-22 3 LONDON Thurs. QNE of London's busiest main roads will become a colourful 'garden" during the Festival of Britain. It is a long stretch of West London's Chi.swiek High Road where the pavements will be lined with flowers.- ReuterReuter - 42 words
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Article52 1951-02-22 3 A GARDEN specially scented for the blind will be made at Egeiton Park, Bexhill. Surrey. First a stone wall about 3ft. Bin. high will be built. Then flowers, chosen for their scent, will be planted level with the top so that blind people can touch theReuter - 52 words
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Article, Illustration196 1951-02-22 3 From £500 salary to £107,000— and back NEW YORK, Thursday. IT'S tough at the top, but it's tougher to fall from 1 a £107,000-a-year job at the top. What does a man do then? Forty-one-year-old Charles Luckmun, who lost the presidency of the U.S. Lever Bros, just over a year196 words
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Article96 1951-02-22 3 WONJU, KOREA. Thurs JEEP carrying General Mac Arthur on a frontline inspection twisted and skidded as it sp?d over muddy, hilly .oatts. "Who is that wild man driving: that front jeep," asked Cletus P. Thompson, a driver further back m the convoy. 'If that character doesn'tA.P. - 96 words
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Article124 1951-02-22 3 COLOMBO, Thurs. "DATMALANA airport. 12 mile* from Colombo, i* to be reopened at the end of this month -for use by airlines other than Air Ceylon. Two months ago except for the Air Ceylon Skymasters and the Air India Dakotas no other planes were allowed toReuter - 124 words
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Article25 1951-02-22 3 The U.S. Atomic Energy Commission has developed a process for extracting bomb-making uranium from phosphate rocks as a byproduct of fertiliser production.- A PA.P. - 25 words
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Article, Illustration112 1951-02-22 3 Bridge Hand Dealer South damr All ]\TORTII v..is ai faull m fairly situation. South bid One Spade North One Trump and South Two Hearts. North passed fearing that a simple preference bid of Two Spades might be read v encouraging. .t.i<l this peculiar contract proved unmanageable against an opening Club112 words
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Article27 1951-02-22 3 Allied intelligence think that Czechoslovak Former For. Vladimir Clenu prisoner m his ou dementii pearancr more tha weeks ano caused I had b\ A.P.A.P. - 27 words
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Article121 1951-02-22 3 'Z' cobblers will keep business LONDOxN. Thurs. THE Kettering and Corby Boot Trade Association. Nort hamptonshire, look after the business terests of any local robbh r who is called up. under the "Z" scheme. While they are In uniform, footwear from their customers will be distributed among the Association members,121 words
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Article124 1951-02-22 3 Birth was a medical rarity HILIJSBORO. TEXAS Tl 50-YEAR-OLD H doctor relates how a 311--year-old N seven children hac to a normal chl abdominal pn almost unparalleled cal annals, boi Dr J L c i eh of all "at our command failer! j find a record of a similar InU.P. - 124 words
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Advertisement28 1951-02-22 3 Did you MACLEAN your teeth today? *Vy T 4 '<%^ 1 Hi I > V Of course I did .v^ W* DCDAVinc ircmhanJ ciaio iro«| M Shk TOOTH past e28 words
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Miscellaneous199 1951-02-22 3 SINGAPORE BFEBS [Singapore] ■^"XX 4.45 pjn. Programme s 447 From the London E Corn;* 15 BB< 3.30 Time BBC» 6 (grammes IBC <■> 30 CanBBC"; 6 43 London Concert* 7.30 English Haif:vople 1.15 l BBC I nd P B v .BBC' I Sumi 10 Radio N< Reel 'BBC>; Time for199 words
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Article298 1951-02-22 4 s. And beX he -peaks sc loom and :> m position to do so much mischief i if he i oes, M mch good, world >\ cka a list.lin s: "War is not mevit- n t i r an :ig tht or.. 1 Lit words. v are298 words
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Article, Illustration900 1951-02-22 4 SHOULD WE RELEASE MEN LIKE HESS Alfrrd von Krupp, the former German arms boss, has been freed from prison. Twenty-one Nazi war criminals under sentence of death have been reprieved. And Britain's Huh Commissioner m Germany, Sir Ivone Kirkpatrick has hinted at moves to review the sentences on other prominent900 words
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Article, Illustration457 1951-02-22 4 It Se ems To Me. ()UR old triend, or rather enemy, the Vicious Spiral, does not discriminate. It spares neither prince, poet nor peasant. In Singapore, it doesn't even spare the tree. With firewood and charcoal prices up a hundred per cent m a few months because of scarcity, it457 words
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Article, Illustration13 1951-02-22 4 GILES' IMPRESSION wow i suppose they'll havt gs m court for wrongful imprisonment13 words
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Article273 1951-02-22 4 OARON Munchausen, biggest liar m the world, might have cast envious eyes at a post which became vacant last week: the presidency of the Soviet Science Academy. Sergei Vavilov. the last president, has died. Here are some of the progressive facts mentioned recently by the273 words
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Article88 1951-02-22 4 QNCE a year, m March, the vicar of B«»;u,-e Hampshire, pansh church must preach what is k,jown U the "Wild Beast Sermon" to honour a legacy left generations ago by a family m thankfulness for the resrue of one of its members from a lion while travelling m88 words
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579 1951-02-22 4 MORAY WILLIAMS - EUROPEAN DEFENCE AS the We&tern world looks to its defence? m Europe and the East, Norway lookt north to a grim, unnospitable, frozen border the 200--mile "White Frontier" that divides her from Russia. The military experts realise that if Russia decided to attack Scandinavia she579 words
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Advertisement21 1951-02-22 4 CxcjuisiTe B.P.deSILVAL 1 i*CO*t>OP*TCD IK CfriOM) MANUMCTURtM JEWELLERS OVIK 73 riMMS Of Xf'UTATfO* (tip fxt t |H-f£s THURSDAY. Feb 22 1951.21 words
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Advertisement6 1951-02-22 4 famous TIGFR BMM collection Masterpiece LKslinciion^^6 words
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422 1951-02-22 5 SMC PRESIDENT REBUKES COMMISSIONER 'Unworthy' allegation against Vehicles Chief A AMLrAT c PreSS SUff Re P° r ter *v o N by a Singapore Municipal Commissioner against a ht Ke^ lstrar of Vehicles was described as "unworthy" hy the President Mr. T P. F. McNeice, at a mating held earlier422 words
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Article, Illustration50 1951-02-22 5 NEEDN'T WORRY! '.>.»rlrr ild. therefore, be no dto raise the price aoroad. The Gin Rectifiers and Disrrs% Association also announced new maximum re-ail prices for gin m the UK with effect from last Monday. Bo: ties now cost 33s 9d each. reasons are the same as for whisky.50 words
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74 1951-02-22 5 FAT, JEWELLED WOMAN IS BANDIT LEADER 4 i id Chinese pr— in, al- m.i.vn expensively dressed armed with a pistol or >ten pu is one of the «»f a bandit gang which has burned a large number of bu>es m Selangor ttiis drivers and conductors operating north-west of Ku.il.i I.umpur74 words
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Article54 1951-02-22 5 J^ee Press Staff Reporter THL Consumers' Resistance 1 Movement formed by Mrs. Robert Eu to fight the high cost of living m Singapore will hold a committee meeting this afternoon. When it is decided how the Movement is to get going, a general meeting for the54 words
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Article, Illustration36 1951-02-22 5 I 6 HOLDING burning :osssticks m their hands, Chinese women enter a temple m Singapore's Chinatown to offer their prayers for the Chap Ooh h festival ichieh was celebrated on Tuesday.— PressPress - 36 words
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111 1951-02-22 5 NEW CANADIAN TRADE CHIEF FOR S'PORE MR. R. K. THOMSON, Acting Canadian Government Trade Commissioner, leaves Singapore on Feb. 25 for home leave and a new appointment. Mr. D. S. Armstrong arrived m Singapore on Feb. 20 and will be the new Canadian Government Trade Commissioner here. Mr. Armstrong was111 words
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Article, Illustration114 1951-02-22 5 PENANG and Province Wellesley Rangers. Giri Guides and Brownies will hold a ceremony this evening at their Peel Avenue Headquarters on the occasion of "Thinking Day." the one day m the year when Guides all over the world renew their promise and think of their sisterFre^ Press - 114 words
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Article52 1951-02-22 5 The Literary and Social meeting arranged by the Students' Circle of the H. Tan Accountancy School will be held at the British Council Hall Stamford. Road, on Saturday, Feb. 24 at 7 30 p.m. The social will follow immediately after a talk to be given by Mr. T.52 words
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Article, Illustration64 1951-02-22 5 Tht Bishop of Singapore, the Rev. H. W. Baines, and Mrs. Baines are due m Ipoh on Feb. 27 for a fortnight's stay m Perak. tal— picture THREE STAFF h'VRSES Mlisses <h S<<>u(Penang) Enid Wong <lpoh> and Lino Hie Leng fSitiawan)—who have been appointedFree Press - 64 words
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Article119 1951-02-22 5 F.P. Malay Correspondent rpERRIFIED residents m the 1 usually Quiet kampong Chabang Empat, .Tumpat Keiantan. ran wildly to escape a Malay who ran amok recently and seriously injured 10 people m the the Utu&an Melayu. An old woman and a Malay schoolgirl received severe stomach and head119 words
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Article317 1951-02-22 5 FESTIVAL OF BRITAIN Free Press Staff Reporter /\XLY a few people from Singapore will be visit- ing England m the middle of this year to attend the Festival of Britain, leading travel agencies and shipping companies disclosed to the Free Press yesterday. Although317 words
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Article676 1951-02-22 5 Big drive for new recruits Free Press Staff Reporter pULL DETAILS of a nursing career m Singapore, 1 its duties and amenities, the rates of pay and opportunities for study abroad, and the prospects of rising to the highest post m the service, hay? been sent to676 words
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Article225 1951-02-22 5 Vree Press Staff Rep P npilF. Johorr ranMt) I Committee is considering the problem of whether to restore the prewar hiMulf bridtr at the (ausewa* m leawn? it It is at prenent. "The chances of the bridge I replaced are h«vr\n li.rhe Ibrahim bin Abdul Kill man. the225 words
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Article36 1951-02-22 5 T.,* dug grave a; Pudu ed m a Chine* I bein? produced m Lumpur Court charged wil the death with buryinc her n which is n ground. C ignor: H< v36 words
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Advertisement63 1951-02-22 5 4 Swim In Style j H can /ja*,'e /Ac choice of Leading Brands of 2 SWIMMING 1 TRUNKS i FASIWI KNIT CATALIMA AND J A JAN. ZEN MERIDIAN i »»om 30" »o 44" waist IN WOOL. COTTON OR SATIN. f »i(/^ 3NM«r fr//7v Selection. foewt Si*U} A$ JB^ DIAMOND GEM63 words
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Advertisement20 1951-02-22 5 1 B^^^^^^^ *l^J*^^^^^^^B^ 3S«*^r~ t* REVELATION (With the Patent E^ ng FiUir EXPANDING SUIT CASES jT !N BROWN and BLUE20 words
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Article, Illustration675 1951-02-22 6 Pink Gin is too good for Div. 2 By ALLAN LEWIS PAMBRIOGE proved himself a sprinter well above th*» ordinary when he outpaced one of the smartest fields seen out for some time m the main race at Bukit Timah yesterday, second day of the SingaporeFree Press - 675 words
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Article455 1951-02-22 6 JRSUS displayed staying ability when he came from last, m the early stages, to defeat Heritor by a length and threequarters m the fourth race, over a mile, yesterday. Ouranos was third, with the pacemaker, Madasarj fourth. Abdul Mawi rode the winner very confidently455 words
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Article279 1951-02-22 6 16 new players for GHQ FARELF r* H.Q. FARELF are looking forward to the open- ins of the soccer season. Their first match m the Services League is against R.E.M.E on March 10. More than any other team, G.H.Q. are handicapped by constant changes m footballers station- 1 ed there.279 words
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Article, Illustration68 1951-02-22 6 »Mip (La^U-a) k „s his lead to win lroll lninsured (Blery) Ki( hm( n:| (M main sprint yesterday. 1 V U nn hom^ Uiv. 2 «c, r hT rTuUohJ and Harrier (Woods) thirl "lIIIMM .iilii imnnnriin > draws a»-,ay to lake the Class 1. Div. 3. orioilf68 words
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643 1951-02-22 6 CHARLES BRYCE - CHARLES BRYCE 1951 SOCCER PROSPECTS T> E.M.E., Singapore, are out to better last season's petftma soccer season sets under way. They will be entei S.A.F.A. League as well as m the recently-formed United The various units will compete separately In the643 words
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Article97 1951-02-22 6 DILLY Cook, Sydney jockey *f said yesterday he had not definitely decided to ride m England this season. I have received an attractive offer to return to England, but I have not yet given the matter full consideration," Cook said. 4u" m decide definitely about theA.P. - 97 words
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Article30 1951-02-22 6 John Goddard, who led the ide which beat England m the Test series last summer, na3 accepted the captaincy of the West Indies cricket team -Australia this year.30 words
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Article16 1951-02-22 6 INDON! 1 too Raj;- i bined sid< Inn the a half A.P.A.P. - 16 words
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Advertisement90 1951-02-22 6 HOW SHOWING II I p.m. »ea-liCiOu s/ ■-f /fS -T.rOtOR >; ft L «fM "i>ORIS GOROON^ DAY ftf RAE .SON-jIYMfIRE-JIROEN B[VM-S*MH-mvr«irTinr I] X A STARTS i 1 T.I TODAY! II M A l| M p.m. THE FAMOUS ACTION STAR IN A GREAT ADVENTURE DRAMA! R WDOI.IM! S( Mil m "the90 words
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Article, Illustration738 1951-02-22 7 CROWN IS DEPENDING ON COMPTON 'Too good to go on missing From BILL BOWES Special to the Free Press AXT MELBOURNE, Thursday. (A N Ln gland win the fifth and last Test, which begins at Melbourne tomorrow? Freddie Brown, who will be remembered as one of England's best fighting captains738 words
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Article, Illustration28 1951-02-22 7 picture .Madam Ida Oei leads m Princess (•uinevere (Healej winner of the second race <CI. 1. Mr. 3 B F.) at Bukit Timah yesterday. Free PivssFree Pivss - 28 words
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Article70 1951-02-22 7 The following are Office bearers of the Malay Sports Association for the year: President. Mahmood Hi. Yusoff < re-elected > Vice-presidents. Abu Nairn HJ. Ismail < re-elected A. Rahim Aziz: Hon. general sec., Bostam Hj. Kurshl (re-elected): Hon. asst. gen. sec. Hussein Hamid: Hon. treasurer. Hussein Siraj70 words
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Article32 1951-02-22 7 Fred Davis led Walter Donaldson, the holder. &y ?7 frames to 23 at the end of yesterday's play m the final of the world professional snooker championship at Blackpool.- ReuterReuter - 32 words
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Article23 1951-02-22 7 Linfield beat Crusades by three goals to two m their se-cond-round replay m the Irish Cup soccer competition yesterday.- Reuter A.P.Reuter; A.P. - 23 words
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Article84 1951-02-22 7 WINNERS m the Singapore Base District individual amateur fencing championships held at the Gymnasium, Tanglin Barracks, on Monday and Tuesday. Left to right: QSMI M. B. Grainger (epee, sabre), Sgt. Norton (bayonet), and SMI. T. W. Evans (foil). Grainger was runner-up m the foil final, while EvansFree Press - 84 words
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Article9 1951-02-22 7 Kinsey in Welsh XI v. Ireland lor to A.P.A.P. - 9 words
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Article230 1951-02-22 7 AFREE-hiUing innings of 170 by the Commonwealth captain, Leslie Ames (Kent), highlighted the final day's play of the two-day mat<h between the Commonwealth touring side and Ceylon Centra! Provinces, which ended m a draw at Kandy yesterday. Resuming: their first innings m bright weather,Reuter - 230 words
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Article543 1951-02-22 7 ALLAN LEWIS - ALLAN LEWIS By TODAY'S TRACK WORK OEST worker at Bukit Timah this morning was Glory (Mawi), who was sent with River Patrol (Percival) over three furlongs, which took them 41 4 5. They were nicely on the bit, with Rising Glory doing better than his543 words
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Article49 1951-02-22 7 YESTERDAY'S Big Sweep was drawn ort race seven as follows: Total Pool: $419,100. First: *****6 ($188,595) Second- *****0 94,297) Third: *****1 52,387) Starters ($7,483 each) Nos. *****0; *****5; *****0: *****5: *****5: *****9: *****9. Consolation ($3,143 each): Nos: *****1: *****7; *****5: *****1; *****2; *****2; *****6: *****1; *****5; *****3.49 words
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Article56 1951-02-22 7 LAST nights results m the University of Malaya badminton championships aie: SINGLES: Ng Kam Poh received a walkover from Ishak; Abdul Hamid beat Jerry Lim 15-1, 15-3. Wong Kong Meng beat Tan Kia Meng 15-7. 15-0". DOUBLES: J. Subramaniatm and Cheong Pak Soon received a w.o. from Slew56 words
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Article182 1951-02-22 7 Inter-unit boxing final tomorrow night at eight o clock lit final <>f the Singapore Base District inter-unit bin championships take place at Tanglin Barracks gymnasium. The winning team will 1m presented with the Anchor Cup. The finalists are 30 Bn. R.A.O.C. a:,<j R.A School (Far East), who are the favount.182 words
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Article99 1951-02-22 7 gOLDKLUBBEN SOCC yesterday Hong Kong aJI-star side 3-2 m the last game of Danes' Far our. Danes leave fol home row Inside-left Au scored I. m the 15th minute lor Honn Kong, but Jensen, who I placed ErickSen i forward equalised 13th minu TwoA.P. - 99 words
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Article122 1951-02-22 7 Twickenham inspection A SPECIAL committee of the English Rugby Union decided yesterday that the Twickenham ground' was fit for play m the EnglandFrance rugby football international on Saturday The committee made an inspection of the turf because it had been badly cut up m a game last Saturday and theA.P. - 122 words
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Article40 1951-02-22 7 A torch lit from the eternal flame at Athens Olympia, and to be used In the opening ceremonies of the Pan American Games at Buenos Aires, left Rome yesterday m an Argentine airliner for thr> Argentine capital. A.P.A.P. - 40 words
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Article26 1951-02-22 7 World figure-skating championships will be held at the Milan Ice and Sports Palace beginning tomorrow with 75 entrants from 12 nations, including Germany and Japan.26 words
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Article53 1951-02-22 7 [^ONG ISLAND Uni abandoned inte: athletic alter four of i basketball players had *or a accused of taking US$lB m bribes to "n> es. It was the aftermath District Attorneys arr« players on three major ;>.• York basketball teams ed to have taken bn ensureA.P. - 53 words
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Article55 1951-02-22 7 KUALA LUMPUR. Tl IN preparation for tht district soccer compel: :h< Football Association of Selangor staged a trial terday on the Taylor B ground to select X Lumpur North and South teams. Whites beat Colours three goals to twu Seer* Whites' three goal Palani. For Coloi and55 words
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Article18 1951-02-22 7 Solution to McLPod'* P lure Tip to yesterday's r< is Best Bet 'unplaced, tn race one).18 words
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Advertisement262 1951-02-22 7 yl^/ the weights for Saturday meeting, are: ci i,Div 3-1 M I ci. i,Div. j-6F. SPRING CUP and Z7 yd. d >• C,.1,Div.1-IM. >li"waU 9 n 3 i N cr; s alk SS Bonnie Prince 900 Empirf Ro* e «.10 and 17 yd. Bi||rCarol 8.10 Glorify J.J9 i.iL.ocm 9.0. i«262 words
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Advertisement87 1951-02-22 7 TO DOCTORS, PHARMACISTS AND PHARMACY STUDENTS. copies of the BRITISH PHARMACOPEIA LATEST EDITION NOW AVAILABLE, GRAFTON LABORATORIES LTD. I The weekly issues of the Straits Budget can be vnt by Air Mail to any address m the I'nited Kingdom at an Inclusive rate of i 24.00 FOR SIX MOimi If87 words
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Article54 1951-02-22 8 TO NOREEN inee Stokes., wit* I Symes. Cable on Feb. 20th, at Hospital, a son. On 15th Feb.. 1951, Hospital, to .\ifp of Capt R II Selley, RE., a son Peter), brother for Q I On 20 2 .51. at Bunsjsar T X to Loma, wife of I H54 words
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Article39 1951-02-22 8 •K-BEI I MRS: On I reh. Ipoh by C. Dumoer. Andre* Crol 1 f <ooh on!v son of Mr. Az J R Black. Arbroath. Scot- Bellairs. of Mr A" Mi DtoOf Rumbut.m A >. En^--1 of Tore Johor>' r39 words
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Article20 1951-02-22 8 WO CHILDREN Danker v rela nded rn^ 1 of con- der their ftds :ind i and all nded t20 words
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Article, Illustration307 1951-02-22 8 EX-OFFICER IS JAILED AS SPY •Ml lIDEK FIRST* Alter finding two bodies m an apartment m Berkeley, California, police concluded that >Irs. Divid Cary, 28. an attractive model, shot her husband, 30, then killed herself with a shot through the roof of her mouth. Cary was an instructor at theReuter; A.P. - 307 words
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Article205 1951-02-22 8 Britain trained 1,000,000 LONDON. Thurs. LORD HALL. First Lord of the Admiralty, said yesterday that the maintenance of conscription m Britain since the war ha s resulted m the training of nearly 1.000.000 men. The nation had avoided what always has happened before"— the complete disinition m peace time ofA.P. - 205 words
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Article70 1951-02-22 8 OTTAWA. Thurs. THE Canadian Congress of Labour U launching a campaign to raise money to train trade union leaders m South-East Asia, it was announced tod Countries expected to benefit include Malaya. India. >tan. Burma, and IndoChina. The money will be spent through the InternationalReuter - 70 words
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Article30 1951-02-22 8 New Zealand's Prime Minister, Mr. Sidney Holland proclaimed a state of national emergency last night m a move to combat trie effects of the nation-wide waterfront strike.- U.P.U.P. - 30 words
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Article28 1951-02-22 8 Three soldiers and two seamen died and 15 others were made ill by drinking wood alcohol while awaiting evacuation from the Hungnam beachhead m December.— A.P.A.P. - 28 words
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Article190 1951-02-22 8 'I WAS A TELEPHONE WIFE' LOS ANGELES. Thurs. rTHE Hollywood actress. Barbara Stanwyk. yester l;iy obtained a divorce from actor Robert Taylor, a divorce which she testified he requested. Composed and low-/olced, Miss Stanwyk told Superior Court Judge Thurmond Clarke: "Shortly after Mr. Taylor's return from italy m December whereA.P - 190 words
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Article27 1951-02-22 8 The Governor of Cyprus, Sir Andrew B. Wright, has signed four anti-sedition laws which provide heavy penalties for provoking civil disturbances and publishing seditious literature.- A.P.A.P. - 27 words
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Article60 1951-02-22 8 THE slowest nations m settling outstanding debts are Russia, Hungary, Poland, Bulgaria, Ecuador, Peru, Guatemala and Costa Rica, according" to Wednesday's annual report of the Council of Foreign Bondholders. It is impossible to realise anything* on loans to the Soviet Union, said the report, and hardA.P. - 60 words
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Article126 1951-02-22 8 DURBAN, Thurs. »pHE British West Indies, when federated, will probably be the next to achieve Commonwealth status, the Secretary of State for Commonwealth Relations, Mr. Gordon Walker, told a Press conference here today. He said the date by which Gold Coast would reach Commonwealth status wouldReuter - 126 words
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Article118 1951-02-22 8 LONDON, Thurs. DRITAIN announced yesterD day that it is taking steps to prevent further shipments of oil from Hong Kong to China. The Colonial Secretary, Mr. James Griffiths, told the House of Commons that there have been no shipments since the first of OctoberA.P. - 118 words
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Article40 1951-02-22 8 Usman Batur, chief of Sinkiang's Nationalist guerillas, has been arrested by the Com. munists.- A.P Eight people were killed and 20 hurt when a bus overturned and went over a 500- foot drop near Tolima, Guatemala.- ReuterA.P; Reuter - 40 words
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Article135 1951-02-22 8 Africans say farmer whipped them JOHANNESBURG, Thurs. J^EATHER thonged whips, home-made truncheons and other weapons wore exhibits m Delmas. Transvaal, court Wednesday when a 40--year-old farmer. Max Mann, his foreman. 31 -year-old Johannes Pieters. and six African "boss" boys appeared at an inquiry into allegations involving 78 counts of assault135 words
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Article26 1951-02-22 8 Yesterday closing quotations on the Hong Kong money market were: HK56.115 6.15 per US$l. HK515.67 per sterling. HKS327 0 per tael of gold. U.P.U.P. - 26 words
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Article88 1951-02-22 8 LONDON, Thurs. fHE British Government yesterday threatened to gaol anyone Inciting military reservists to disobey call-up orders. Tne move followed circulation of a chain of letters urging wartime Servicemen to ignore recall for 15 days training m the summer. A Bill sent to the Commons for88 words
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Article129 1951-02-22 8 LABOUR UNREST EASES MARKET LONDON, Thursday. pAUTION and a generally easier trend was again apparent m the Stock Exchange yesterday, which remained under the influence of the labour troubles m railway, dock and engineering trades. British Government funds, however, were fractionally higher and with a harder toneReuter. - 129 words
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Article51 1951-02-22 8 United Stales combat casualties m Korea are now 49.132, an increase of 1,097 since the last official announcement a week ago. The total represents casualties reported to next of kin up to February 16. It includes 7.408 killed, 32,230 wounded and 9,494 missine m action.- A.A.P. - 51 words
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Article204 1951-02-22 8 Tips are not employer 's LONDON, Thursday. SPHERE was a smile on the face of every waiter and waitress m Britain last night. Ana the tips they £ot from customers were received with thanks to five judges. For these judges decided that when a customer gives a tip it becomes204 words
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Article21 1951-02-22 8 General Eisenhower, W crn Defence Supn mander. arrived m Pa;. jv to take up his a idquarters. ReuterReuter - 21 words
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Article54 1951-02-22 8 NEW YORK, Thurs. CAPT. Jefferson Davis Cohn 70, international financier and former owner of the largest racing stable m France, died last night m Mew York. Ho leaves a widow, opera star Helen Gleason, and two sisters m England. Born m London, Capt. Cohn played a part54 words
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Article, Illustration10 1951-02-22 8 bon DOW pel (IcM) I) r.o;.10 words
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Miscellaneous12 1951-02-22 8 THE SAINT by Leslie Charteris Tn^lJ w^rcSTi N^^^^^ir^i. 7"n5^ tins unrack twF"12 words
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