The Singapore Free Press, 28 February 1951

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1 8 The Singapore Free Press
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    21 1 The Singapore Free Press LARGEST AFTERNOON SALE IN MALAYA NO 18'.057 SINGAPORE, WEDNESDAY, FEBRUARY 28, 1951 PRUT II N I IMs
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    BRITAIN 'WILL CRUSH TERRORISM'
    547 1 ealth status for a lay a the aim ol For Colonies Mr. James Griffiths, -aid m the unions last night that m addition to overcoming the task m M*laya was to briny; about "a great social lined lo beal down terrorism m Malaya, he s;iid lone
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    Gunman fired in the dark
    35 1 PENANG, Wednesday. »i mm *\nd a half hours, a 12-year-..ih Pnh I hye, his brother-in-law, Ang bus tiriMM. (>n^ Ah Eng. were woundihftinga la^t ni«ht. All are lying is condition.
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    Eden asks about riots
    69 1 LONDON, Wed. ANTHONY den speaking m the Huise i»t < HMMM debate on Malaya, vsterday asked if the immediate l«>>.son«* learned from the riots m Singapore lin? >ear were now being applied without ins; for the Commission oi Inquiry's report. The fact that 18 people were
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    60 Reds killed in 24 hours
    69 1 SAIGON. Wed. f^RENCH Union forces In r Cochln-China killed 60 Minh troops and took 39 prisoners m local operas during the last 24 hours. a French army communique s nch planes continued king positions m the nps of the Plaine Des of Saigon, and
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    AIR LINER CRASHES
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    Grenade thrown in cinema
    77 1 Grenade thrown in cinema Free P*eM Stall" Reporter KUALA LUMPUR, Wed. ONE Malay was killed a^d eight people m the] audience wounded when a i handgrenade exploded In j the Wok Loh Cirre >sungei Siput, Perak last nig The man *'ho threw t-tjS] urenade was chased Ui ail squatter area
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    HARDING FOR THE RHINE
    112 1 LONDON, Wed. SIR John Harding, Com-mander-in-Chief of the Far East Land Forces, will become Commander of the British Army of the Rhine m September, the War Office announced last night. Lieutenant General Sir Charles Keightley. at present C-in-C British Army of the Rhine will take over
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    S M. C. TO DECIDE ON C. O.L. RATES
    135 1 S M. C. TO DECIDE ON C. O.L. RA TES Free Press Staff Reporter. AT THEIR meeting this afternoon, Singapore Municipal Commissioners will be asked to confirm higher cost of living allowances to their employees, effective retrospectively to Jan. 1 this year. The rates proposed are: For daily rated employees:
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    Indian envoy for S'pore
    48 1 \\R M. Gopala Menon, foi 1 merly First SecreUi the Indian deli |J th United Nations at Lake Su cess has b pointed I dia's liv c Malay. H r iirs Ministry annoiu Tlie Indian Informati«> Service m Singapore ihla nioining that it jlfjd_—
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    Strike DOCKERS GO BACK
    62 1 Strike DOCKERS GO BACK LONDON. Wed. i jNDON docker* who stopp'Lj ed work yesterday m sapport of seven colleagues appearing m court charged with conspiring to incite illegal strikes will return to work today while the court hearing continues. Right thousand men were out yesterday, the second successive week of
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    Printer killed
    116 1 ONE printer was killed and 5 others wounded yesterday when loyal employees of the Buenos Aires newspaper. La Prensa. ran a gauntlet of armed pickets m an effort to pubdish today s edition. Fighting raged m front of the plant for 45 minutes before police intervened and cleared
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    ADMIRAL'S TRIP
    22 1 Admiral Forrest P. Sherman U.S. Naval Chief-of-Statf. and his aides will visit Greece b ween March 8 and 9.- A.P.
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    20 REBELS DEAD
    27 1 Burmese Government rroops fighting Communist insurgents m the Central Burma districts of Shwebo and "againg. have killed 20 reis anl wounded several more. Reuter
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    R.A.F. officer in court
    90 1 Free Press Start" Reporter KUALA LUMPUR, Wed. FLT.-Lt. R. B. Leighton, D.F.C. former pathfinder gunner with an extensive record of flights over Germany during the last war, was today bound over for six months m the sum of $500 m one surety on a charge of
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    Executions stayed
    32 1 The executions ol seven convicted German Nazi war criminals was ordered on Tuesday to bf* postponed indefinitely p- nding action on their appeals by th*» United S" Supreme Couri A.P.
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    Masked for health
    37 1 are put on two men al« r a BOAC f'onslHlalion arrived at Sydney from London. One of the mm ii-ht Steward Back was suffering from Enfiurnza file the other, Achar Romvandana, of Pißfkok; trail
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    BID ON TRUMAN: 'I HAD TO DO IT'—KILLER
    140 1 BID ON TRUMAN: 'I HAD TO DO IT'— KILLER WASHINGTON, Wednesday QSCAR Collazo. the Puerto Itican nationalist, who i> charged with killing a White House guard d.nm an attempt to a^assinate President Truman, told hospital nurse he "had to do some slum! Blair House lor political reasons." it was alleged
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    NEW PRICE ORDER IN U.S.
    38 1 The U.S. Governmeni Lerday unfroze the r prices of cloihing. furnit rugs, lamps, drygoods and household textiles, and clamped a new freeze on the retail"margin" be: ween he pays and what he receives.
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    U.N. OUT-NUMBERS REDS IN SOUTH
    281 1 WITH THE U.S. EIGHTH ARMY, Wednesday j THE United States Eighth Army, m a month of sax age j fighting, has whittled down the Reds until United Nations ground forces temporarily outnumber Chinev and North Korean troops below the 38th Parallel. From the Yellow Sea
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    Allied mock battlefields
    47 1 BONN Wed. .^l.l.lhn mock battlefields m West (jermany cover an area half the sizt of the Duchy of Luxembourg:, German officials reported yesterday. U.S. and British troops alone use 529 square miles for training grounds. The French also have marked off large military areas.
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    TEST SCORES
    108 1 TWO wickets m &v Wright this, moi strengthened England's on the Fifth I bourne. Australia had 142 run.s the board for Tour when Wright sett wjth hed leg break ••*<* arr > o. the off stump. t almost bowl.-d lav Johnson, the next b with his Mtn ball
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    A FAULTY POSTURE CAUSES MANY ILLS
    702 2 The I Chapman Pincher Column I OOK at the picture m the next column the man sitting badly. the girl sitting correctly from head to toe. Standing with a slouch and slumping m a chair do far more than merely take the spring out
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    Teeth can have porcelain repair
    584 2 THE SINGAPORE DOCTOR HAVE a mouthful of nice teeth except for a gold tooth m the upper front row which makes me very embarrassed ivhe?i smiling. I have made tip my mind to have this tooth replaced by an artificial one. Wha L is your
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    OFC plays with rain
    293 2  - OFC plays with rain JOHN REDFERN From Kongwa, THE Overseas Food Cor- poration, which failed with groundnuts, has started trying to produce rain. With chemicals released by burners on the ground or balloons exploded at great heights, the corporation is trying to tip over the clouds where they will do
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      289 2 Just the thing for that bad cough JM, Campbell's Cherry If Cough Syrup is one of the I remedies for coughs, i colds and bronchitis. It is pleasantly flavoured and can be taken /^S, without dilution. It is par- T^K ticularly helpful to the J M elderly a hen taken
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      264 2 YOUR LUCKY STAR T>ORN today you have out13 standing talents that should be utilized to their utmost. Self-confidence and ambition are two characteristics that are bound to carry you far. You have a great desire to Kt strange and far places and probably will travel widely at some time in
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      78 2 New Crossword No. 290 l Li *.s A( hoss 4 Ktnitmber whut Brum,iss vi«Hors have (4. 2. 4) 8 Windsor niaybr, on the chess board <5 C>. i). n\e m a dance frolic I*) 10. U.S. home for Sally and Emily? (5). 11. Tree m shady glen 12 Dared of
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    THE MAN WHO COULD NOT TASTE
    286 3 THE MAN WHO COULD NOT TASTE British health service helps LONDON, Wednesday. JN a London hospital a 23-year-old Italian, Domenico Ilario, is under going a series of operations which will enable him to taste and swallow food for the first time m 20 v ears. A Harley-street surgeon has carried
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    CEYLONESE FIRST, EUROPEANS TOLD
    144 3 COLOMBO, Wednesday. VTHE European community m Colombo has been warned by Mr. A. E. Goonesinha, Ceylon's Minister of State, that he would be compelled to introduce legislation if they refused to co-operate with Government s policy of "Ceylonisation" m employment The Minister quoted a :iireetor of
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    54 3 BOW STREET BALLOON -A balloon one of several bearing inscriptions and released outside the court is forced through the door of Bow Street Magistrate's Court, 1 ondon, by a police constable at the hearing against seven dockers. The dockers are charged with conspiring to incite others to t ike par
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    NORMAL PROCESS
    15 3 The Duchess of Windsor who underwent an operation Thursday, is progressing normally. Reuter
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    Dogs give 'safety first' show
    110 3 Dogs give 'safety first' show LONDON, Wed. J^ black mongrel dog called ***** is star performer m a Wandsworth (London' Council show designed to teach children how dog.> ■should cross the road. Tne Council is organising the show because "it is esti mated dog> cause 60,000 accidents a year." Three
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    27 3 Mr. J. D. Fryer, a British expert on control of weed growth, is to investigate extensive damage to embankments and irrigation m the Middle East.- A. P.
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    BUCKLEY
    12 3 'SERGEANT FISHOOK WOULD LIKE TO BORROW A CUP OF SUGAR 7_z^
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      181 3 limed etVtertu/ UICALu tNG»ro«-r£. 1524« f >Asc- m till CLEARANCE SALE I Ist -15th March) m its truest meaning We want to sell out all of them Thousands of HAND MADE FUCI GOODS, CURIOS, JEWELRY. FANCY FURNITURE, CAMPHOR CHESTS, LINEN GOODS etc., etc., M prices never offered before To c
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      107 3 f SALE BARGAINS fr :•> TABLE CLOTHS I COTTON DAMASK 63"x63- USLALLY SALE 63 Xb3 512.25 $10.95 Z > 7 n" 7<v USUALLY SALE 70x70 U4^o $T3.25 PURE LINEN :> BREAKFAST CLOTHS c;d" USUALL y SALE x 54 $io.2s $8.25 i NAPKINS TO MATCH USUALLY SALE 'r., SINGAPORE i-^-*" ranqc
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      353 3 SINGAPORE BFEBS [Singapore! (Bl.l'r. NETWORK) 4.45 p.m. Programme Summary; 10 a ni. Korean News and Emer- 4.47 From, the London Editorials gency News; 10.45 For the Schools: BBC 4.55 composer of the Week 12 Programmes in Malay; 1 p.m. Dance Music— Jan Arnold Or- —William Walton; 5.15 Report chestra: 1.30
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    The Singapore Free Press Death by the inch
    303 4 The Singapore Free Press Death by the inch 28. 195!. TALK of death on the roads, and the mind instantly conjure as of hell-for-leath-drivers, besotted it the wheel anci lis dream tin to an early S .etimes, minded by anti-T.H ht think of people spitting out the germs of that
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    Gauleiter-to-be of Britain
    773 4  - Gauleiter- to-be of Britain Charles Foley He's out of prison now By AIT of the depths of Landsbcrg Prison, stepping nimbly past the spotlight which made so controversial an event of Alfred Krupp's release, comes the light, athletic figure of Ernst Wilhelm Bohle. the man who mi^ht have ruled Britain.
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    Toscanini Cancels London Visit
    373 4  -  HUBERT FOSS By I ONDON'S new concert L hall the Royal Festival Hall which has been built on the site of the South Bank Exhibition, main centre of the Festival of Britain is already a landmark. The first public concert to take place there on Friday,
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    March Music Festival
    751 4 March Music Festival Local Topics by PRESTO DETAILS Tuesday. March 20: Pianoforte recital by JacQues Genty. Thursday: Violin recital by Lola Bobesco. Sunday: Orchestral concert with Genty and Bobesco. Tuesday. March 27: Sonata recital by Genty and Bobesco. Thursday: Orchestral concert with Genty and Bobesco. Tickets: For the recitals: $2.
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    NEW RECORDS
    331 4 Beethoven Symphony No. 7 m A played by the Philharmonia Orchestra conducted by Alceo Galliera. Col. DX 8359-63. The ideal recording of this great work remains to be done. This, however, meets almost all the requirements. Most important of all it is nicely balanced and m perspective. It
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    IN THE SWING
    38 4  -  FELIX By s att< ses> Stu- the I i culty and then d T b? I mm:--5.45 RECORD I V Rifl Til X her Par] joe Joe I d R 3345 Once Don Dli J <
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      9 4 ROLEX i LONGINE WATCHES H.SENA LTD. SINGAPORE PEMANG BANGKOK
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    S'PORE SHORT OF WOMEN DOCTORS
    284 5 S'PORE SHORT OF WOMEN DOCTORS Medical men for infant clinics Frto Press Staff Reporter MV 1K I)O< T ()I^ '»Si»tapore w i<| for the first time be offered jobs m the .Municipal Infant^Welfare Clinics-jobs which m the past have !)t>en performed exclusively »y women doctors. Commissioners- Health Comtsltteo has I
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    A great loss To education
    10 5 A great loss To education I L I I I
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    CARNIVAL BALL ON APRIL 5
    56 5 CARNIVAL BALL ON APRIL 5 i AL BALL to elect a Ideal Workwill be held at April 5. The rr General. Mi MacOonald. has con>e patron of the his being orthe Junior Cham>f Commerce 4 The B^l will Sinfaporc Antion. th* 1 p in to take up a for the
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    SALARY SCALES & EXAMINATIONS
    135 5 SALARY SCALES EXAMINATIONS nrnE Penang Municipal President, Mr H G. Hamme: 1 Ki;ri Gcnernment and •al clerks "are perhaps too much of the examination b While I sympathise with thr t :k^ to a certain extern. I fed it should be remembered that accept .'.nee of revised implied acceptanc Of
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    'DEAD LETTERS' LAST YEAR 151,966
    249 5 Free Press Stall" Reporter jPWO-HINDRED more "dead letters" were received last year by the Singapore General Post OHice weekly than m 1949, an Assistant Controller of Posts told the Free Press yesterday. During 1950. 151.966 -dead letters" were received, showing an increase of about five
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    NEW CHAPLAIN
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    Sea bathers need rooms to change
    169 5 Sea bathers need rooms to change J.V ORDER that changing rooms may be built for bathers who frequent the sea beach at Singapore's Marine Parade, the Municipal Commissioners will ask the Cojnmissioner of Lands whether a suitable Mte m the vicinity is available for this purpose. A recent inspection of
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    MALAYAN BOARD OF INCOME TAX
    47 5 Dato Haji Mohm. Eusoff bin mot, 0.8. E., has been appointed a member of the Malayan Board of Irco'r.e Tax for a further term of three y< .trs. At teasl four Town Boards In h Malaya will be converted ialities by 1952.
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    PARENT BODY MOVES TO PREVENT CLOSURE
    335 5 Jalan Eunos Boys' Club Free Press Staff Reporter T*HE Federation of Singapore Boys' Clubs, parent A body of all boys' clubs m the Colony, will call an emergency meeting shortly m an attempt to prevent the closing down of the Malay Settlement Boys' Club
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    RIOT INQUIRY INSPECTION
    36 5 picture. MKMBEKS of the Riot ommission yesterday vi ited the Singapore Police Radio Control Room at Pearl's Hill. Here they are inspecting the equipment carried by a mobile radio patrol van. Free Press
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    METALLING FOR RURAL ROADS
    142 5 Free Press Staff Reporter POUR PRIVATE ROADS m Singapore Belmont and Leedon Roads off Holland Read, Lorong Asu off Payar Lebar and Lowland Road off Serar.goon Road will be converted into metal roads this year. Mr. R. R. Cambnc ye. Executive Engineer, Public Works Department (Rural)
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    397,814 TONS OF CARGO DISCHARGED
    30 5 A total of 397.814 tons of cargo was discharged at the Singapore Harbour Board m January this year. Total" cargo loaded on ships was 214.191.
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    RESULTS OF CERTIFIED SECRETARIES EXAM.
    341 5 OWING are the result! of 1 the examinations for the Cuiporatioo of Certified Secretaries m Singapore last December! nfTERMEDIATI I XAMINX TinN— Bek Sw« Kiang. H« S? k N OmT Tan Hi Ch«£ ■el Goh Khuan v. ■NTEBMEDIATC (SE< i •vV EXAMINATION:- Ang O; Poi
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    NO INCREASE OF 'GREENS' IS POSSIBLE
    230 5 SPORE FOOD PRODUCTION Free Presv Reporter 4 COMMITTEE, sitting at present to in\<> the possibilities of ptfta| m<»: Singapore island, has not jr«l reacted A«i the Free Press was told yesterd.»\ But a spokesman of tlu ture m Singapore, said: "A 1 more to
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    122nd to be hanged
    31 5 For having helped the bandits a Johore rubber Upper. Karupayah. wa.s hanged yesterday m Johore Bahru. He was the 122n<: to be hanped »;nder the E^iierfency Regulations.
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    18th NEW SCHOOL
    26 5 The Dust net Offirpr, Lower Perak, declared open fihool m Sungkai Batang the eighteenth to be buili since the hberation m the distil
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    CAVE THIS MAN A NEW FACE
    110 5 'P90ZTH5TIC* r|ISFI(iI ECU I man m Ihr |»'< \*a>- i. m a nev m <•♦• uwt lip complete with j hi l.ropold i ii a »isit to Sll Dr. Drctfvsf is pr<istheti< s < oration." Hi pr»%Mi*i coloured no«-es. r.«rb Ii olh r b<nl\
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    A ghost portrait accused the 'perfect murderer'
    1078 6  - A ghost portrait accused the 'perfect murderer' ex-Superintendent FABIAN OF THE YARD, ON TOUR. CONTINUES THE RUXTON by ROBERT FABIAN I)lt. Buck Ruxton grasped Ihe parapet of desolate Gardenholme Bridge m Dumfriesshire and pecicd M the rainswollen stream m the ravine below It seemed safe to drop a doien bloodstained
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    AUSTRALIA FIGHTING HARD FOR RUNS
    749 6 AUSTRALIA FIGHTING HARD FOR RUNS Superb innings by Simpson From BILL BOWES Special to the Free Press MELBOURNE, Wednesday. FOURTH day of the Fifth Test at Melbourne yesterday ended with Australia four second-innings wickets down and only 26 runs ahead of England. A great Innings by Res. Simpson who celebrated
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    Bridge Hand
    329 6 NORTH r j cajne back thnr m: -oce.in triiunnh m the International matches In Bermuda :»nd proceeded to full on their l.i AllpetlUon m Ihe New Orleans. What both expert North-South teams did to this hand will remind of Aunt Agatha's werkly CoO*rac» afternoon. And if Aunt Auatha
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    Scoreboard
    186 6 AUSTRALIA— »M Inns.: Ell ENGI |ND— lH lm>. Hull.. i) h Hole 70 \\'j>h brook C Tallon b Miller 27 Simpson not out 156 Cumpton c Miller b Lindwall 11 Sheppaid c Tallon b Miller 1 Brown b Lindwall 6 Evans b Miller 1 Bedser b Lindwall 11 Bailey
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    RUSSIA ACCEPTS
    36 6 Russia has accepted an invitation to compete m the European basketball championships m Paris from May 3 to 10. Acceptances have also been received from Bulgaria, Greece, the Netherlands, Finland. Switzerland and Scotland.- A.P.
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    STORY
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    PHILIPPINES CERTAIN OF 2 1st PLACES
    419 7 PHILIPPINES CERTAIN OF 2 1st PLACES Best Asian side m basketball Special to the Free Press piLIPINOS feel confident of winning one first place m weightlifting and taking the basketball championship at the first Asian (James opening m New Delhi on March 4. However they tear they have little chance
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    Wishes for 'good, clean football'
    8 7 Wishes for 'good, clean football' u N% \TT.
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    Hew soccer season opens tomorrow
    261 7  -  CRU SADER Bj M,\ ci season opens tomorrow, tit n features as compared with BUguratMM of the United Serolhei the exclusion of Singapore up nmipetition for lhc first time the series m 1121. gue aims at bringing jroancl.and this more or less on fc.n experi-
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    Asian Soccer League move
    63 7 OROPOSAL for forming 1 an Asian Soccer League ha s b+*n received by the Singapore Amateur Footbalf Association. It emanates from the AllIndia Football Federation, who m a cable to S.A.F.A., invites a representative to a meetiiiK to he held m C:il- utta. The proposal will
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    1952 THOMAS CUP: U.S. MAY KEEP OUT
    74 7 J'MTED States may not be able to enter a team m :he Thomas Cup competition next year because of "uncerworld conditions," Hulet Smith, vice-president of the >nal Badminton Association and member of the U.S.A. Thomas Cup selection committee, said yesterday. •We are ely
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    COMMONWEALTH SNATCH WIN
    87 7 XI at i ,nrt and at tea Gul Mohamed *ndo were together. Kidgb, for this stage maidens, eign. runv !i\e wickets. Gul Mohamed made a valiant :pt to sa\e Gie game and Fernando added 57 for the nth wicket pe.tacuia: .au h by Dooland F( mdo. Bannerjee
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    Today's sport
    16 7 Rt'KBY: RAF. Chang] v GHQ Farelf at Tanglin. FENCING: Farelf Individual Championships at Tangha
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    ENGLAND READY FOR THE 'KILL'
    251 7 All the England players went to bed early last nigiit A J determined to be at their best for the fifth day of the match which might provide them a chance of vie«rv They realised that they would be faced b> douehty opponents, who would
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    Turpin KO's Van Dam in 48 sees.
    291 7 Turpin KO's Van Dam in 48 sees. RANDOLPH TURPIX, British champion, knocked out Lucien Van Dam, of Holland, m 48 seconds, including the count, to win, the vacant European middleweight title at Harringay arena, London, last night. Turpin attacked immediately, but Van Dam closed with him and punched back spiiitedly.
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    34 7 picture. Neil Franklin, Hull's centre- hall", just manages to get the ball away from Southampton outside-left, Edwards, m their Second Division match on Feb. 17. Hull won by three goals to two. Topical Press
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    ASIAN GAMES BROADCASTS
    144 7 JN connection with the Asian Games, All-India Radio will put out a series of special broadcasts to SouthEast Asia. These will also be repeated m Chinese and Indonesian. The programmes can be heard at 1930 hours <IST» on 16 82 and 19. 54 metres. The following is
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    SLOW WORK AT PENANG
    44 7 By ALAN LEWIS PENANG. Wed. ALL horses were given slow work at Batu Gantong this morning. Most of them worked on the small sand track near the stable. Of the outstation strings, only Spencer. Daniels and Yong's horses have arrived.
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    Latest fancies for Melbourne races
    209 7 riYDNEY filly Mighty Song. which finished fast to run fifth m the recent Oakleigh Plate, has moved into prominence m the £A3.000 Newmarket Handicap to be run over six furL'ngs at Flemington on Saturday. She shares third favouritism. In addition to straight-out support. Mighty Song
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    FARELF FENCING EVENTS
    243 7 FARELF Individual Fencing Championships bfgin today with the epee final at 2.30 p.m. at Tanglin Barracks gymnasium. The inter-unit team bayonet fencing championships will be decided tomorrow, the semi-finals m the morning and the final at 5.30 p.m. R.E.M.E. Base Workshops will represent Singapore Base District against
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    W. AUSTRALIA TAKE POINTS
    71 7 WEST Australia gained firstinnings points against South Australia m the last Sheffield Shield match of the season which ended at Adelaide yesterday. South Australia carried their overnight total of 334 for nine to 385 and West Australia m their second innings made 215 for eight. West
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    New grandstand for Selangor T.C.
    66 7 KUALA LUMPUR. Wed. A MENDED plans for a new A grandstand at the Selangor Turf Club. K. Lumpur, will be submitted for approval at the annual general meeting of the club to be held at the race course at 6 p.m. today. If the plans
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    THE TEST
    179 7 (Continued from Page 6) and. as he is racing neck and neck with Broun for the "Vok" £1.000 trophy to the best player of the series, again, all very interesting. (Vok is a wine flrrai. Australia now had four men out for 89. and perhaps it was understandable
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    BIRTH
    73 8 wife of I n iwk< »t Kai •h February. 1 N(. \(.l MINTS \G CHIA. Th n- Ming, eldesPang II S if Mr. A: Mrs. nt. EN N I >n of H I A.C.S.-O.B A ITKMIS If ANTED MCLES IOK >Mi )N Coo PrOKTVNlTlES I '3. F P. ■pply
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    Shinwell's son fined
    103 8 Shinwell's son fined MARK CROSS England. Wed. IjiRN'EST SHINWELL. son o[ J the Defence Minister. Mr. Emanuel Shinwell, yesterday pleaded guilty to violating building controls, and was ordered to pay 2,000 line or go to jai] foe three months. Shinwell and a local builder, Oliver Piper. 32. were ac- d
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    SPEED JAPANESE TREATY – TRUMAN
    209 8 SPEED JAPANESE TREATY TRUMAN Dulles reports to White House WASHINGTON, Wednesday, PRESIDENT Truman yesterday told his Special Envoy, Mr. John Foster Dulles, to press tor a speedy Japanese peace settlement, which Mr. Dulles said would help avert a new war m the Pacific. Mr Dulles reported personally to President Truman
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    23 8 TOOTHFUL TIGER Imaginative tank men m Korea add to the formidable aspect of their M-46 tank by painting it with a ferocious face.
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    NAVY LEAGUE DEPLORES SEA COMMAND
    142 8 NAVY LEAGUE DEPLORES SEA COMMAND >NDON V. THE British Navy I scribed the I lerican Suptome Commander for Atlantic navies m the Atlantic an .i> -wholly und aside the question of the commandei tionted that command set -up would be "at variance with the longling and well tried of command
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    Pleven wins assembly vote
    61 8 The French Premier, Mr. Rene Pleven's cabinet won a precarious vote of confidence m the National Assembly last night on its proposed new election law. The official coir IS -!16. Mr. Pleven's total was considerably below an out- majori'v m the Assembly, but legally sufficient to
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    26 8 French army technicians moved m yesterday to help n the big Choquan electric plant m Saigon when 350 workers went on strike for gher wag U.P
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    RUSSIA DISPUTES DEBT TO U.K.
    122 8 LONDON, Wednesday. DRITAIN revealed yesterday that Soviet Russia owes her about US$3,OOO million, most of which she has refused to recognise. The lion's share of the money owed was incurred by the pre-1917 Czamt government, the Chancellor of the Exchequer Mr. Hugh Gaitske!l. told the
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    CHURCH ROOF COLLAPSES
    57 8 The roof of a church at Sandona, .south-west Columbia, collapsed while the church was filled with girls, and estimates of the killed range up to hundred. A newspaper said the roof crashed during a ceremony killing one hundred, but other reports merely said several were killed, many
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    "Not wortly"
    45 8 The British Attorney-Gen-eral, Sir Hartley Shawcross. has asked the Nobel Peace Prize committee to drop him from the list of 28 individual candidates for the 1951 award because he did not feel his activities m foreign affairs made him a worthy candidate.- U.P.
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    Curb on 'falsies'
    39 8 THE use of n-itural rubber for 'falsies' m brassieres is to be eliminated from tomorrow, the I.S. National Production Authority announced yesterday m Washington. Other products ulTected include toys, inner tubes, golf balls and tennis balls.
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    Where combs are wealth
    321 8 From CYRIL AYNSLEY. WITH THE BRITISH TROOPS, KOREA, Wed. TO possess a comb m Korea is to possess wealth. 1 There has not been a comb for sale since British soldiers landed here. This is a matter which can hardly have escaped the attention of Naafl.
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    'Give India grain' — plea by American
    106 8 'Give India grain plea by American CHICAGO, Wed. THE United States should enact 'at once a special Marshall Plan" for Southeast Asia and should send India 2.000.000 tons of wheat as a gift, Mr. Jai Carey. Secretary and Treasurer of the Congress of Industrial Organisations, said yesterday m Chicago. Mr.
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    HONORARY CONSUL
    29 8 HONORARY CON S UL Mr. Victor B. Strand, ViceChairman of the Indo-Danish Society and a leading Danish businessman, has been appointed Honorary ConsulGeneral for India m Dpnmark. Re uter.
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    BRITON GETS POST
    31 8 Major-General Sir Terence Airey, Allied Commander-in-Chief m the free territory of Trieste, will be named an army chief or staff m General Dwight Eisenhower's Western European Army.— U.P.
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    AIRMEN KILLED
    21 8 Three ..bers of an R.A.F. Wellington bomber crew were killed on Monday night when the plane crash- T 1
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    Minister on war by proxy
    224 8 Minister on war by proxy LONDON, Wed. THE Defence Minister, Mr. Emanuel Shinwell. said yesterday that Britain hopes a strong United Nations military position in Korea will force Red China into talking terms. We never can tell what is going to happen." he told the Foreign Correspondents' Association, but as
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    PLENTY OF JUTE
    40 8 The Pakistan Commerce Minister. Mr. Fazul Rehman. said yesterday that after honouring her commitments to India under the new ;r*de pact Pakistan would still be left with "plenty of jute for the rest of the world".- Reuter.
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    Steadiness in industrials
    157 8 London Stock Exchange LONDON, Wednesday. THE trading period ended quietly m the Stock Exchange yesterday with industrial shares mainly steady and British Government stocks fractionally higher, states Reuter's correpondent. Among the former, investors showed some interest m motors and engineerings but other groups were neglected and recorded
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