The Singapore Free Press, 12 March 1951

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    19 1 The Singapore Free Press LARGEST AFTERNOON SALE IN MALAYA SINGAPORE, MONDAY, MARCH 12, 1951. I'KH I I!\ IN I^.
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    20,000 REDS OF TYPHUS
    356 1 Chinese pull back again GENERAL MACARTHU^^dS'r; yesterday got a report that typhus m Korea has *d out 20,000 Chinese and North Korean troops. The Chinese were said to be considering admitting an Internationa] Red Cross representative to Korea m the hope of getting help nst the
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    MALAYAN DIES IN H.K. CRASH
    35 1 HONG KONG, Monday. i lmrit\ aged 44, of Singapore, Nestles Products (Malaya) Ltd.. sfi persons killed when a Pacific Skymastei crashed into day. He was the only Briton on X
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    Queen not to have baby in Siam
    60 1 Queen not to have baby in Siam LAI rkUEEN 61RIKIT oj Siam, the chi ,i member of ir-old inter I at the studying ty. r.vn m Lausanne a the would ask .m following .-ent. and that ttie >c born m Bangkok. nted out that there no constitutional fined over the
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    FOUR MORE TOP CZECHS HELD
    157 1 PRAGUE, Monday. IX)UR more top-ranking Czech Communists Have been arrested and ch-.ir -t with treason. The deputy Ministry ot National Defence, General Reicin. la alleged to have been an accomplice of Otto Sling former Communist Party Secretary in Brno, now under arrest on charges of
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    FRENCH KILL 700 VIETMINH
    133 1 SAIGON, Mon. VIETMINH Communists have lost nearly 700 regular troops m scattered operations m Indo-China m the last three days. A French communique said 120 were killed and 165 prisoners were taken In Tonkin province alone, mainly near Gialoc, 30 miles southeast of Hanoi. It said
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    HK leads in welfare
    122 1 HOXG KONG. Mon. THE standard of social welfare uork m Hong Kong has few parallels m the East, according to Fr. T. F. Ryan, S.J chairman of the Hong Kong Council of Social Services. Fr. Ryan said that if critical accounts that had been published abroad
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    AMERICANS USE RADIO BOMBS
    63 1 RADIO-controlled bombs are being used m the Korean war. They are fairly crude compared with advanced models under development, but they are forerunners of guided missiles. The bombs, beins dropped on Chinese and North Korean targets by the IT.S.l T .S. Far East Air Forces, are
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    BRIGGS TO GO ON LEAVE
    40 1 KUALA LUMPUR, Mon. THE Director of Operations, Lieut.-Gen. Sir Harold Briggs, will take a short leave about the end of this month. He will be absent from Malaya for a few weeks, returning m April.
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    More U.S. aid for Asia urged
    365 1 KEY WEST, FLORIDA, Monday. 4 MULTI-BILLION dollar spending: programme under a powerful new foreign economics chief was proposed to President Truman yesterday to "break the back of hunger and famine' and hk\{ Soviet aggression short of war. The proposal came from the International Development
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    TRUMAN ORDER NEW WARSHIPS
    52 1 DRFSIDENT TRUMAN has signed a Bill authorizing 500,000 tons m new naval construction, including a 60,000-ton aircraft carrier capable of carrying atom bom?»ers. The Bill authorises $2,000,000,000 m spending and also provides for the modernizing of 1.000.M0 tons of naval vessels. It calls for a two-year
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    972 MORE CASUALTIES
    32 1 The lat' A;. casualty hsi m the X war containing 972 names wa^ issued m Washington j day. Most of the casualties were suffered between Feb 11 and IP.
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    ANOTHER 'NO' FROM GROMYKO?
    81 1 ANOTHER 'NO' FROM GROMYKO? PAH S M Andi Soviet delegation, i Bik Four C' i I Tiie v. on have India i hey will b :heir com;); range a B I Towai day :i at the F id Pa: is. M. A,< 1 thai Unit France and B: ready to
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    'QUIT IRELAND'
    40 1 Mr. Scan Macßride. Eire External AiTairs Mi- Ister, said m a .speech m Boston yesterday that he hoped Britain would soon leave Northern Ireland "under circumstances similar to the Boston evacuation of St. Patrick's Day. 174 years ago."
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    WINGATE-'A MAN OF GENIUS'
    189 1 WINGATE- 'A MAN OF GENIUS' LONDON, Mon. A MEMORIAL tablet to Major-Gen. Orde C. Wingate, leader of the Chindit forces m Burma, was unveiled at his old school, Charterhouse, yesterday by Vice-Admiral Earl Mountbatten of Burma. It bore the epitaph "a nan of genius who might well have become also
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    REARM '& DON'T SPARE LIVING STANDARDS'
    117 1 REARM DON'T SPARE LIVING STANDARDS' LONDON. Monday. A RESOLUTION calling tor "the immed strengthening oi the military forces of the democracies, if necessary at the expense oi material standards of living" was adopted yesterday by the council of the British Liberal Party. The resolution also recom- r mended: Contribution by
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    SINGAPORE FIFTH IN ASIANGAMES
    270 1 NEW DELHI, IfcUtul OINGAPOBE came Mil fifth amon; th<* II participating countries m the first Asian liamti which ended yesterd:i\ at N<\\ Delhi. Malayan athletes came into promin final day of the Gaiii triumphs earlier In the week of swimme Chwee Kok, who won three of
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    PC KILLED 3 WOUNDED
    19 1 li I mCmi< H.mi vi KUi AFOI killwounde bane; conv< A poli a lon I
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    Britons in their Native Habitat
    685 2 BERNARD WICKSTEED begins a conducted tour o£ Britain as a Festival guide to overseas visitors H< L, Huni (\l \L hand-outs of That Other will be encouraged mi the n\- md B Itain In n surroundings ■'intry and I :11 be 01 i get the
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    SIMPLE-LIFE SULTANHAS 5, PALACES, 48 CARS
    543 2 SIMPLE-LIFE SULTANHAS 5, PALACES, 48 CARS Rulers of Morocco By A SPECIAL CORRESPONDENT PARIS. THE night Sidi Mohammed Ben Youssef became Sultan of Morocco, the Oulemas. or wise men, of Fez prophesied there would be rumours of war m the 24th year of his reign. Recently In the 24th year
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    A QUIZ IN THE STRATOSPHERE
    618 2  - A QUIZ IN THE STRA TO SPHERE Charles Foley By NEW YORK. THE first flying quiz of the Air Age has been held. It was thrown open at 10 p.m. to 57 passengers on the inaugural flight of a new service with which Britain hopes to snatch the lion's share
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    London 'Blitz' Dog Hero
    20 2 animal HMS Inr.a 1 for alive ly [I On I knew t par' to be <1<
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      210 2 EVERYMAN'S LIBRARY JUSI RECEIVED 2,5(H) VOLUMES SPECIAL RATES FOR SCHOOLS AND STUDENTS MARICAN SONS 7 1 Orchard Rojkl, Singapore D. S. WIJENDRA ihIDN I. P-\MTH> ACTURING JEWELLEK. DEAI ER IN D T AMOND D PRECIOUS STONES AND ENGRAVER 170, MIDDLE ROAD, SINGAPORE. Air Conditioned a^w» Singapore's for your comfort i
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      83 2 Rifi nfiJfiTim t GRAND OPENING TODAY .g One of the largest and most modernised hotel mk m£J&\ m MALAYA Due to great demand of rooms, bookings have £ggK started since 24th February, 1951 .jutHJP 15, BERNAM ST., SINGAPORE |f|l pi I <OFF TANJONG PAGAR ROAD) ILL. ***** > Grand Reduction
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      160 2 N&w Crossword No. 300 /3 i JEM* r'f ACROSS 1 What noi^y fireworks do <2, 4 1. 4>: 7. Our dumb friends' doctor <3)- 8. Try Leah for this (7); 9. Whom the jolly miller cared for <6>; 11. Field drir^: got by me vuth a penny (4); 13. River
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      273 2 YOUR LUCKY STAR n()KN today, you have the courage oi your convictions and once convinced of something you will fight for it against tremendous odds. You are happiest when working without supervision. Enter a partnership only if you can be the leader! You are the type who may change jobs
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    CENSUS WILL REVEAL NO SECRETS
    265 3 CENSUS WILL REVEAL NO SECRETS Burglars may give occupation LONDON, Monday. BRITAIN'S 20,000 deserters from the Forces have nothing to fear from the 1951 census. /\u eo J? c orth R W*trar-(;eneral— in charge ol the Big Count, that starts on April B— told reporters m London: "A man may
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    PRAISE FOR INDIA
    34 3 The independent Frankfurter Allegemeine Zeitung praised India for her offer to exchange envoys with West Germany. She la first country to do so after the revision of the Ocrnnation Statute. Reuter
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    U.S. IS GETTING THE TEA HABIT
    161 3 V. IGTON, Mon. 4MERIC.VS taste Tor tea is i\ increasing The almost 115.000.000 ;ing U5554,000,000 •50. The Agriculture Decent said this was by he largest In years. The department attributed Mo higher c prices and a unique L iveriising campaign by members of the
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    A shell did the job
    57 3 BERNE, Mon. A SWISS military rourt has convicted three Swiss army officers and six civilians of responsibility for the wartime construction of faulty concrete defence installations m Switzerland's most important defence areas. Tests made on the concrete hunkers after the war showed that one shell
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    Safe fires on show
    93 3 LONDON, Mon. 'pwo British firms are showing their latest 'safety' household appliances at the Ideal Home Exhibition which opens next month at Olympia, London. Electric fires will include one with untouchable elements which goes out automatically when tilted or knocked over, and another with a new
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    19 3 Motor torpedo-boats on patrol m line ahead formation during exercises held m the English Channel and the North Sea.
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    A war cruise -in picture
    195 3 DEVONPORT, Monday. 'jnHREE HUNDRED of the 600 sailors m the cruiser Jamaica can tell you just where they have been m the last two years and can prove it m pictures. All because 36-year-old Yeoman of Signals Leonard Willis had an idea. His off-watch hobby
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    NO H-BOMB
    27 3 Senator Brien McMahon •'Democrat'), chairman of the Joint Congressional Atomic Committee. has denied reports that a hydrogen bomb was exploded during recent Nevada tests. A.P.
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    FIRST MEETING
    33 3 A five-nation committee set up by the U.N. General Assembly to confer with South Africa over the administration of South-west Africa his met for the first time at Lake Success.— Reuter
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    She'll fight to the end
    86 3 CITRNAV.U A, Mexico, Mon. THi; Wool worth heiress, Miss Barbara Mutton, ha> stated that she will 'light to a finish for a Mexican divorce from Prince l£or Troubetzkoy no matter how long it takes." She ordered her attorneys to carry her divorce suit "as far
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    U.S. helps her metal prospectors
    111 3 NEW YORK, Mon. £JANADA and the United States have taken special steps to increase production of strategic and critical metals for defence. The American government has set aside US$lO,OOO,OOO to assist prospectors and mine operators m their search for a score of metals. Including cobalt,
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    NO TRACE OF LOST PLANE
    51 3 A three-nation search has failed to uncover any trace of a U.S. B-29 bomber missing In the Mediterranean with 12 men aboard. The plane was reported lost on Saturday while on a routine navigational round flight from its base at Lankenheath Airfield, m Eastern England.
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    'Lonely heart' killers die
    77 3 OS3INING. New York. .-on. LONELY heart killers Martha Beck and Raymund Fernandez, fatally linked durlsr* their career of lust and murder for profit, died ei<»ht minutes apart in Sing-Sins prison's electric chair. Fernandez was the first to pay with his life for the ham-mer-and scarf killing
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    'Blue Angel' fighter is dead
    98 3 'Blue Angel' fighter is dead SAN DIEGO, CALIFORNIA Monday. T'HE learii:.- Blue Angel" of the U B Navy to dead —killed m his jet ftp plane off Korea. Pacific Fleet Air Headq.. ers announced m San 0 thru Commander John J Mapcia. Jr., 33 mot his deat) a strike by
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    NEW TREATY TALKS
    24 3 Ai to r< devise a new legal b net' <if the Su7one are likely to be r m London later I
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    SOLDIER STABBED
    26 3 A British soldier was stat)bpd m the street and I died of wounds at Dui.v m the Ruhr on Saturday Two German youths Reuter
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    BETTER AND BETTER
    26 3 Mr. Jaks:i Petnr\ Depw'y >.slav Rrprosrntativo > the United Natio! said that reli b^t\Aeen \ht> Vr Yun: o slavia are better and better U.P.
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      266 3 Bwzs Hand •o no a job on him. b had the spade ace and "b k:: a might be a 'V for five spades. Sihdor A i equally m the dark. Goren w had a bit? hand and was biJding five diamonds because a tg] be ma^. t \*.T eakish
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      182 3 BUCKLEY \2~'£--~ZC «j j£5joo«rTvj THf PINUP KEEPS THE 8OrS WEU INFORMED I grammes (BBCr, 9.30 Burme.se: SINGAPORL News <BBC»; 9.45 Programme Summary and Interlude; 10 (BM'b NETWORK) News Reel <B3C>; 10.15 Silas Marnei— 2 'Treasure R 935 a.m For the Schools: 10.45 Science <fc Everyd.r Music Movement; 10 Korean Da
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      Volunteer Specials
      307 4 k done tli >: the Voluii <vD :n--ill tithe memories ol They ill. there tort*. w< r h<* news that by Dd of this month -line strength the force will h D doubled. 1 000. lore nd beei. tht to regular n< A further 300 pli' are now
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    U.S. Should be Told More About Malaya's War
    1152 4  - U.S. Should be Told More About Malaya's War Hall Romnay hkjyjbmjjpok,MN ,MHJ JHILJOP; London press support is divided T»HE unique feature of the debate on Malaya which Mr. Anthony Eden initiated m the House of Commons, m order to give the Government an opportunity of making a comprehensive reuort on
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    SPRING IN THE COSTWOLDS
    5 4 SPRING IN THE COST WOLDS
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    MOUNTED POLICE AGAIN
    36 4 After 25 years the Army has a Corps of Military Mounted Police again. Here a patrol from the Provost Lines at Aldershot make a snap check on a soldier m an Aldershot street.
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    'Don't be silly, Ernie—nobody's been arranging peace conferences behind your back"
    21 4 'Don't be silly, Ernie— nobody's been arranging peace conferences behind your back" (Mr. truest Bevin has recently resigned the Foreign SecreUrj
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    MR. SHINWELL 'OUT OF TOUCH'
    811 4 is devoting his spare time to a biography of Singapore's founder, and I think it safe to say that it will be a valuable addition to the Malayan bibliography. Incidentally, Mr. Wurtzburg's original idea for a Malayan centre m London was for the conversion of
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    ALL WERE, IKE'S MEN
    50 4 ALL WERE, IKE'S MEN POLITICIANand dinner party In 1 week, had «if mon they with General I At the In was the G erican had lnvit< Genei\. to an reunion Two < Colonel Jam< deputy. LiSir Jol puty Chi( party were Harold Morgan chard General Sir H and Admiral Lord
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      27 4 W323 Dumond and Platinum j SINGLE STONE I RINGS from $750/- To $3000 or more S.P.H.deSILVA 45. HIGH STREET. SINGAPORE. K. LUMPUR A IPOH I I mm
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      98 4 I 2nd Floor 13-B, Battery Road I Good Selection of I WOOLLEN SUITS FROCKS BOOKS ON PHOTOGRAPHY The World of the Leica Making Your Photographs Effective b" Dudiit Leica Cu.de j The Man Behind the Camera by Cernsieim Photography Theory and Practice by Clere Photofacts by Wakefield -vol. 1 Sound
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    WHY TROOPS DON'T USE VHP DEPOTS
    107 5 WHY TROOPS DON'T USE VHP DEPOTS m Si id K»"porlrr IKERIES m 1 t* v are Liar *.th militirj i+SSr*** u.sh to K,n mloiii than I P H through not i Hid .Mtain ih- home i hroo«h n I •hr f'rtt y, Tariets" v»- fiMtd Why jam? 1 Of I
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    DESERTER GAOLED
    5 5 .imthe SeSom K&jang
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    S.C.A. OPENS FIGHT ON PROFITEERS
    365 5 S.C.A. OPENS FIGHT ON PROFITEERS rvess, vcLclio and cinemas will asked to be hell) FORMATION of a Pan-Malavan Tn Staff Re 4 rter prices both here and in ?h e FedeJa^r^ h^T"? tofight high Singapore Consumers' Association wh ?h L Ultimate aim of the Mrs. Robert En, Singapore MunTHn^r S
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    'WAR' ON UNLICENSED ICE-CREAM TRADE
    298 5 Tree Press Staff Reporter EMBERS of the public are urged to report any instances of unauthorised sales of ice-cream on the streets of Singapore. "We would be very glad if the public would report such instances to us."' Dr. H.R. Morrison. Senion Assistant Municipal Health
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    Saved From Drowning
    11 5 A 15-year-old ichoolboy, C Seng, was e dJi^»m
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    Guest of honour
    113 5 The Very Reverend Jiro. Anastase, Superior-General of the Order of the Gabrielite Brothers, was guest-of-honour at a reception held m the Holy Innocents' English School yesterday. In the picture ab.ive he is seen speaking at the reteption. On the left is the Rev. Father Chan and on
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    DEATH SENTENCE
    6 5 Abdul Majul bin J**'^*;'
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    MATRIARCHAL SYSTEM
    113 5 Free Press Staff Reporter The move by the religious section of the UMNO Branch m Rembau for the abolition of the matriarchal .system, known m Malay as the Ada! Perpateh, has been supported by the Data Undang i f Rembau who has expressed his readiness to follow the
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    48 5 MISS MARIAM SALJM of the Convent of the Holy Infant Jesus Singapore, sole Malay girl m Singapore to obtain a first grade tn the recent Senior Cavibridge exams. Miss Mariam, ivho is J^. says she intends to become a teacher and is at present attending the Normal class.
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    Passport facilities for Filipinos in Malaya
    200 5 Free Press Staff Reporter IX ORDER to facilitate the issue of passports to Filipinos m Singapore and the Federation who desire to travel abroad, the Philippines Consul m 'Bangkok, Senor Jose Alejandrina, will be visiting Malaya soon to process these documents himself. Scnor Alejandrina
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    SMC acceptstenders for $1,500,000 sewer plan
    194 5 SMC accepts tenders for 1,500,000 sewer plan Free Press Staff Reporter HPFXDERS have been accepted by Singapore Municipal Commissioners, and x work is expected to be^in shortly, m connection with the $1,500,000 scheme for the laying of new sewers m Paya Lebar and MacPherson Koads to service the housing estate
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    KRANJI'S GARDEN OF THE DEAD SPELLS PEACE FOR 4,000 HEROES
    437 5  -  PETER HILL By "/"VNE of the finest cemeteries we have seen" "Most wonderful place 1 ha\e seen m my life many thanks." These are just two of the comments written m the Kranji War Graves Visitors' Book at the 13
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    NO EXAM FOR SMC STENOS
    64 5 required an examination ol le i f I'o they will hav--'v rep< io the effrrt hat t. work I graphic ana Hoaliflcatlooi to a minimum cve v of 75 per Vent. TfcLs decision wa.v made by L'Naminations Con CommLssiorv Tlie rommi which certain gradf f'
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    KAMPONG SOCIETIES
    57 5 The establishment of kam;wne societies with power to colled land revenue for the Government is one of the far-reaching recommendations made by Dato Onn bin J'affar, m a memorandum for a wholesale reorganisation of RIDA. The Kviala Lumpur Municipality has set up an Establishments Board to deal with
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    GRADS WANT BIGGER VOICE ON COUNCIL
    176 5 AT THE MELTING of the Guild of Ciraiinatrs t»«<* University of Malaya being held this month, the Alumni Association of the King Edward VII Collef Medicine and the Pan-Malayan Council of th< ford Club will ask that graduate representation Mi tttfl Council of the
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      210 5 YOUR BABY WOULD LIKE A Touracol The ideal cot for baby from birth. Its strong, lmht tubular BtoH frame is modern m every line, with chromium plated fin: surface that is always bright and does not chip or easily mark. The fabric is m lovely powder blue or pink. Cosy
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    CREDITABLE SHOWING BY COLONY TEAM
    614 6 Liang Chiang wins hurdles From W. E. TREVOR NEW DELHI, Monday. SINGAPORE ended the first Asian Games m fifth place out of 11 competing nations, winning eight gold medals 15 silver and two bronze and an average of a medal to each member of the
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    41 6 picture. Brentford goalkeeper, Jeffries, clutches the ball as Smith (No. 10), Manchester City inside-left, closes in, with Greenwood, Brentford's centre-half, standing: by. Brentford defeated Manchester City in this Div. two match played it Brentford by two goals to nil.- Topical Press
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    All-Jap finish
    39 6 YESTERDAY'S Asian Games 1 190 kilometres cycle race ended m an all-Japan finish The first three were Kiheo Tomiko, Tachiro Yuji and Takeo Sato m that order. Thn winner's time was 5 hrs ?*> mins. 23.5 sees. Reuter
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    Brilliant burst by Picture Goer
    883 6  -  ALLAN LEWIS PENANG RACE REVIEW By DICTURE GOER (Ayros) ran to the front with such case at the three that he look as if he had just joined m the race, for the Kedah Cup, which he won on Saturday, the concluding day of the
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    LATEST SOCCER LEAGUE PLACINGS
    808 6 I .ON DON. Sun Toe following are U.K.. footoall .standings after yesterday's matches: FIRST DIVISION Tottenham 32 18 8 ***** 44 Mid'brough 31 16 9 ***** 41 .Manchester U32 16 7 947 33 39 o*l 33 16 7 10 61 43 39 astleU 29 15 8
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    Bad slip: many prizes not given
    436 6 4 T precisely 6.30 last evening, as the sun set over New Delhi, the flags were slowly lowered and the sacred flame put out. The First Asian Games were over. The closing ceremony was an impressive affair and was very beautiful to watch, but
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    1951 TABLE TENNIS TOURNAMENTS
    99 6 EVNTRIES for this year's Singa- pore Table Tennis Association tournaments close on Apnl 7. All tie s will be played at the Great Wo r ld. tentative da'e few starting being April 20. Events and entry fee* are. inter-club league ($lO a team)! junior inter-club leaaue
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    S.C.C. MEETING
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    INDEA SPRING SURPRISE ON SINGAPORE
    430 6  -  W.E. TREVOR Water polo f j na| From NEW DELHI tmA piVE thousand people jammed tl r Delhi's Nation-;! stadium swimmi,,.. W sweltering sun yesterday Mining t«» snatch an exciting and somculi.it unex» victory over Singapore in the u the First Asian Games. l0 f|1
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    B.B.B.C. BACK ROBINSON
    17 6 I recoi. douL VPIC: Br ti>h I Bolh U S The B: is A.P.
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    FORWARDS DISAPPOINT
    142 7 Tigers 1. P. 8.1 0. TIGERS again showed poor finishing m yesterday's S.A.F.A. Div. I match at Jalan Besar Stadium and just managed to collect full points with a solitary goal against Pulau Brani United. Play was externely fast with Tigers having more of the exchange. Pulau Brani.
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    Leach regains world title
    206 7 inHNN* Irach, the English international, regainthf Men's itafks title which he first won m m the world table tennis championships led m Vienna yesterday. In the final he i Tan \mlreadis (Czechoslovakia). 16 21, 5-ii I ol Rumania retained title. In the final she beat ngary)
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    BETTER MAN WON,' SAYS POH LIM
    273 7 BETTER MAN WON,' SAYS POH LIM Peng Soon given hard fight W G Peng oon is a s player. It is his fine service, coupled with his marvellous courtcraft, which makes him so very hard to beat and I have no excuse. I did my best, but the better man
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    P.I. team says No to S'pore
    152 7 P.I. team says No to S'pore From W. E. TREVOR NEW DELHI, Mon. AN invitation by the Sin--1 v g a pore Chinese Amateur Athletic Federation to the Philippines basketball team for a ten-day stay m Singapore on the way back to Manila after the Asian Games has been turned
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    DROBNY WINS TITLE AGAIN
    170 7 JAROSLAV Drobny, self-exil-ed Czech star, retained the men's singles title yesterday m the Egyptian lawn tennis championships at Cairo. In the final he beat Felicisimo Ampon, diminutive Philippines Davis Cup player. 6—3. 6—4. 6—o. Miss Shirley Fry (United States) won the women's .singles title on Saturday,
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    G.H.Q. Signals win
    25 7 GH.Q. Signal Regiment defeated R.A.S.C School by two goals to one yesterday m a United Services League soccer match at Nee Soon.
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    S.M.E.A. withdraw
    26 7 gINGAPORE Mechanical Engineering Association have withdrawn from the Singapore Amateur Football ■i iation Div. II League as they aie unable to field a m.
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    LOUIS v. CUBAN
    37 7 Joe Louis signed a contract on Saturday to fight Omilio -monte. a Cuban heavyht. on March 28 m Olympia Stadium. Detroit. Louis on points when they first met m Miami last month. Reuter U.P.
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    Presentations at Ipoh races
    68 7 IN addition to the trophies and souvenirs for (he owners of the winning horses, the following will be presented at the coming Perak Turf Club Easter meeting. A gold cigarette case to the jockey of the Perak llerby winner, a souvenir to the trainer of the
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    WEIGHTS FOR IPOH RACES
    388 7 l^ollowing are weighs for Saturday, first day of the Perak Turf lub Easter Meeting. St. Patrick Stakes Cl. I—s' F. Str. Cambridge 9.07 Mhs Nathan 9.04 Richmond »jM Inin-ured 9.04 Garuda 9.00 Good Gamble 9.00 Noble Lad 9.00 Technicolor 9.00 Rigotetto 9.00 Cl. l,Div. I— BJF.
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    Hassan may give up title
    105 7 TACK Hassan is likely to J give up the lightweight boxing championship of Australia The management oi Sydney Stadium has given hfrStil AgrU 9 to get down tn 9 9 to defend his title against Frankie Flannery but the general manager, Mr. R_ Lean said
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    OXFORD DEFEAT CAMBRIDGE
    203 7 OXFORD beat Cambridge by 72 2 points to 63 Va in the annual inter-Varsity track and field sports at the White City. London, on Saturday, thus registering their fourth successive victory m the encounter. Weather conditions were appalling cold damp mist and rain yet the track events
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    Big Sweep record
    132 7 THE Unlimited Sweep for the last day at Penang reached the total pool of 5419,999 which gave a first prize of SlOO.BOO This is the first time that a first prize m an Unlimited sweep has exceeded SlOO.OOO m Penang. Owners' added money for the meeting was
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    UK SOCCER
    64 7 REMAINING results m Saturday's UK. soccer are: Friendliest Swansea 5 Dundee U. 4; Hearts 1. Manchester City 0. F.A. Amatour Cup (semifinal*: Bromley .2. Bishop Auckland 3 Fourth-round replay: Hendon 2, Wimbledon 0. IRISH LEAGUE: Ballymena U. 1, Crusaders 2; Bangor 1, Portadown 4: Derfy C. 3. Clifotonville
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    19 7 Ireland beat Wales by three goals to one m a men's hockey international match at Belfast on Saturday. Reuter
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    Singapore cricket gets under way
    183 7 /^OLONY cricket got under way over the week-end Vy m preparation for the Singapore Cricket Association tournament, which starts next week With a total of 247 for six wickets declared <Khoo Ong Lee 76, Ong Swee Law not out 57), Singapore Chinese Recreation Club showed
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    PICTURE TIP
    11 7 Solution to McLeod's Picture Tip on Saturday is Trobella.
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    HUGE BONFIRE ENDS FIRST ASIAN GAMES
    409 7 ."COR the first lime m history Asian youth of 11 Eastern nations gathered to par- ticipate m the First Asia7i Games singsong last night 4 and it was the happiest thing that had happened m this part of the world for f a long
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    Perak 'Derby' horses out on Ipoh track
    198 7  -  ALLAN LEWIS From IPOH, Monday. A NUMBER of Perak "Derby" prospects were taken out for eMteftag exercise on the sand-track this morning. Interest was centred on the newcomer, Colonel Daly, who went six furlongs at a steady pace with another newcomer, Tajurrah. Colonel
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    MED. MAY GET US. 'SUPREMO'
    334 8 MED. MAY GET US. 'SUPREMO' Defence talks open m Ma Ita THE appointment of a supreme naval commander of the Mediterranean under the North Atlantic Treaty is likely to figure largely m the two-day conference between British and American service chiefs which opens m Malta today. The issue is whether
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    'STALIN DECEIVED US'— Tito
    158 8 'STALIN DECEIVED US'— Tito M BELGRADE, Mon ARSHAL Tito told an i«xservicemen's congress yesterday that it was not* the Russian people but th~ir leaders, headed by Stalin, who had deceived Yugoslavia. He accused the Cominform of planning aggression against Yugoslavia and called on the nation to arm to avert an
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    Dockers doped themselves
    62 8 U AKBOI'K workers m Sou- rabaya recently stole i quantity of sleeping tablets from a ship which was bein? unloaded, according: to Aneta news agency. Some of the do«.-k workers ate a numhcr of the tablets and felt drowsy. A number of them fell asleep during: work.
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    Police hold Red China tanker
    115 8 Police hold Red China tanker HONG KONG. Mon. THK Marine police intercepted and held m Hong Kong last night the 15.000--ton Chinese tanker Yung whose crew d year to Chinese Communists and flew the Red while was being repaired m Hong Kong docks. The Yung Hau. which belongs to the
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    WALCOTT LOSES TO SCHOOLBOY
    77 8 JERScY Joe Walcott. who lost in his fourth attempt tor the world heavy-weight against the champion Lzzurd Charles, last week, lost n at the week-end to a future world heavy-weight 10-year old's schoolboy champion He lost a "unanimous" three-round decision to his .son. Vincent, who was
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    NEW STAFF CHIEF
    36 8 The British War Office yesterday announced the appointment of Major-Gen. C. D. Packard. Commander of the British Military Mission to Greece, as Chief of Staff of the British Middle Eas* Land Forces.- A.P.
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    SHAH PICKS NEW PRIME MINISTER
    225 8 TEHERAN, Monday. TPHE Shah of Persia yesterday asked the former Persian Ambassador to Washington, Hussain Ala, to take over the Premiership after Parliament refused to approve Khali Fahimi as Actinz Prime Minister. Khalil Fahmi. Minister without Portfolio was ordered io take over after the assassination,
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    'Rely on army men' U.S. told
    176 8 'Rely on army men' U.S. told WASHINGTON, Monday. T*HE former U.S. Secretary of War, Mr. Robert x Patterson, urged Congress and the American public yesterday to "rely on the judgment of our military leaders about sending U.S. troops to Europe. Mr. Patterson, a Republican, said that Congressional strings on troop
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    INDIA, IRAQ PACT
    13 8 India and Iraq will shortly sign a trade agreement A.P.
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    RADIO AIDS THE HEAVYWEIGHT
    192 8 M~ D LONDON, Monday. ORE than 20,000 women are waiting for 8.8.C. instructions before the y start the biggest slimming campaign since obesity began. And now television chiefs have decided to he}p fat men, too. So far, the slimming programme has been presented only during the
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    HOPE IN THE CARDS
    41 8 picture. A Saigon street fortuneteller reads the cards for a pedicab driver. Fortunetellins seems to be a popular profession m Saigon where one can be seen every ten yards alon ff the Boulevard de la Sonime.- A.P.
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    Italian P.M. leaves for London talks
    128 8 Italian P.M. leaves for London talks ROME. Mon. THE Italian Prime Minister, Signor de Gasperi and the Foreign Minister, Count Carlo Sforza, left Rome by train for London yesterday for a threeday conference with British government leaders. Sir Victor Mallet, British Ambassador to Italy, arrived m London by air yesterda-.
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    SLAVS HONOUR KARL MARX
    63 8 Yugoslavia's 11-man Parliamentary delegation to Britain yesterday laid a wreath on the grave of Karl Marx, father of Socialism and Communism, who is buried at High Gate Cemetery! North London. The group is m London at the invitation of the British Parliament It also went to
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    They want a bit of barque
    56 8 QCHOOLBOYS, old seamen and museinns all over the world are writing to an Antwerp shipbreaking firm asking for souvenirs from the four-masted barque Passeti, one of the last, windjammers. Passeti ivas towed m from Cardiff yesterday. A competitor m the Australia to England grain
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    SIX RESCUED
    26 8 The French destroyer Marceau has taken to Gibraltar the six crew of the British Anson plane which went down m the sea on Saturday.
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    French 'civil war' warning
    212 8 PEN. Charles de Gaulle, yesterd attempt to prolong: the life of the prr Parliament beyond its legal term j n would "mean civil war". The General, addressing 1,00 party from all parts of Fra. country would have the clear <■>. Communists on the left. th«force" parties
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    New cabinet starts work
    16 8 tackl' the p 11 da P; minisi mer.a 3. R, f>n U.P.
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      46 8 "1 don't think Clem is being f*ry WU« abo-jt this!" THE SAINT by Leslie Charters \N| W0^4P jjjjp^* P^iNCE OF Wf I MAI IS. iK /I'LL BE <5LAD TO OBLIGE /wh'AT PO^S A TPAlTOeV/ THE I KS ACCUSE(^ A S 1 >OU, HUGO. IF AN/ONE WILlJ
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