The Singapore Free Press, 31 March 1951

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1 4 The Singapore Free Press
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    19 1 The Singapore Free Press LARGEST AFTERNOON SALE IN MALAYA a srl SINGAPORE, SATURDAY, MARCH 31, 1951 PRICE TEX CENTS
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    REDS BUILD UP TO ATTACK
    210 1 I Americans blast Yalu river bridges I battle, over the bridges of th* H£ Y Ss.?!^_ ly J Reliable intelligence sources said the Communists had between 150.000 to 225,000 men in or moving to the buildup area in the centre-west of the Korean peninsula. The
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    43 1 pic- FLOWER SHOW: Lady Gimson, who won the championship cup last night for the best exhibit of flowering pot plants with her zinnias, and who was also giving the cups away, presents the prize to her husband, the Governor of Singapore. Free Press
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    52 1 picture. DON, C t Sinsapw lodast Girls' School Liiti:' PercusBani which will be taking part in a concert to be s»iven by the Maudrene School of Dancin? in aid of the M.(..S Buildin? Fund u«\t week, shows her classmate Lim Hsiu Lien, exactly how she wants "Three Blind Mice" played.
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    AUSTRALIANS TO JOIN AT 17
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    EXPANDING
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    PU YI's FATHER
    18 1 The father ol Henry Pu Yi. the Japan-,- -ed ruler of Manchukuo. has died. Reuter
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    ENOUGH RUBBER
    33 1 Americas synthetic rubber plants should be producing 900 000 tons year by June, which would prevent any shortage of tyres or otKer rubber products, Vict Ptesirtpnt J. Ward Keener, of the
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    MORE TANKERS
    26 1 The world's tanker fleet ha s increased about 50 per cent, since 1939. according to a survey by the Association of American shipowners.— A.P.
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    Bandits shoot three
    185 1 Free Press Staff Reporter TWO British soldiers and an Indian civilian were wounded when bandits fired at the Penang to Kuala Lumpur mail train in the Sungei Siput district of Perak last night. The wounded Indian was Shanmugam, inside-right of Prai Railway Institute soccer eleven who was
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    Search ends
    27 1 Search for the American Globemaster aircraft which disappeared over the Atlantic eight days ago will end when planes now searching return to their bases. Reuter
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    SMALLPOX
    35 1 The Hong Kong Health Department reported yesterday the widespread. prevalence of 1 smallpox throughout the Far East. The government has imposed quarantine restrictions against travellers from China. Indo-China. Japan. Burma since New eY U.P.
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    33 1 Jo; RXAUST WEDS .-li-s -.rome ftfery Khoo. ol re** Rang, and her bridegroom .Vr. Kaiph Modder. after their wedding yesterday in Singapore. Mr. Modder is on the editorial staff of the Straits Times.
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    S.A. RACE ZONES LAW IN FORCE
    233 1 S.A. RACE ZONES LA W IN FORCE CAPETOWN, Saturday. T^HE South Africa Group Areas Act, which divides the country into racial zones for white, black and other coloured people came into effect yesterday. The bill which has been de-T scribed by the Prime Minister, Mr. Daniel Malan, as the "kernel"
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    MAO OFFERS MORE RICE TO INDIA
    176 1 MAO OFFERS MORE RICE TO INDIA NEW DELHI, Sat. IN A BID for Indian friends- ship. Communist China has offered India another 1.000,--000 tons of food grains and Russia has indicated her willingness to supply more than the 50.000 tons she offered last week. The disclosures came yes--terday while a
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    RITA QUITTING
    30 1 Rita Hayworth is considering a separation from Prince Ali Khan, the New York Pest reported yesterday. The ex-star and her two daughters are now in New York.— A.P.
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    Not a united State
    62 1 DACHELORS of Rome's u diplomatic corps, the grown-up sons and daughters of diplomats and the younger set of Italy's official society, have joined forces to provide themselves with an escape from often boring diplomatic functions. They have organised the 'Republic of the Unmarried," complete with cabinet
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    Mutton goes up 30 cents
    119 1 Free Press Staff Reporter jyjUTTON from locally slaughtered Australian sheep is going up 30 cents a lb., Mr. W. W. Jenkins, deputy Controller of Supplies, announced this morning. The price lor any cut of mutton from locally slaughtered Australian sheep was $1.30 a lb. Mr.
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    MORE RUBBER FROM CONGO
    46 1 Rubber production baby industry of Belgium's va_*t Congo, appears to be out of the infant stage. Latest figures place 1950 production at 8.000 tons, compared with 5,737 in 1949 and 1,047 in 1945. Producers estimate 1951 production at around 10.000 tons.—. A.P.
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    TIN PRICE UP
    26 1 The U.S. Reconstruction Finance Corporation Friday quoted spot tin yesterday at USsl. so cents a pound, up 4J'j cents from Thursday. A. P.
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    IT DOES EVERYTHING BUT VOTE
    166 1 MOSCOW, Sat. IviROM east of Lake Baikal 1 comes new s of a brand new agricultural animal a khainyk with reportedly great potentialities. Ir cross between a Tibetan yak and ordinary Sovla't cattle M<* collective nmers hi Buryat, in the Mongol Republic, already have herds
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    Russians spring 2 surprises
    164 1 Russians spring 2 surprises PARIS, Saturday. RUSSIA sprang two surprises when the Foreign Ministers deputies met here yesterday for the 20th time in their search for an agreed agenda for a Foreign Ministers' meeting. The Soviet deputy Foreign Minister, Andrei Gromyko, told the meeting that Russia was willing ta include
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    U.N. ADOPTS NEW KASHMIR PUN
    211 1 LAKE SUCCESS, Saturday T»HE UNITED NATIONS Security Council yesterday A approved an Anglo-American resolution on Kashmir by eiffht votes in favour and three abstentions India, Yugoslavia and the Soviet Union. India's Sir Benegal Rau look the floor to announce that under the rules he was
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    PARIS 15-DAY STRIKE ENDS
    55 1 Paris strike lead day ordered 34,000 subway workerafter a walk-out I transport I Premier U> nri Qu ille i self agreed to ai l the strikers y,' iwair The government I to raise coal, ga_ and electricity prices, i pay for m Increase partly to meet
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    Ex-P.M. DEAD
    21 1 Prince Kindavong f< rmer Prime Minister ol Laos, h• died in a Paris hospital s will be taken ■> Lt
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    A Page For You and By You
    284 2 A Page For You and By You i ii Children, IIOW did you enjoy your Easter holi- In spite of the i asiona] ramy wearit would not have 1 a hard to spend a full and happy leftside or intry. must all be right back at your school studies once
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    38 2 ...I Penguin, seems to be bn-, a pipe in the London Zoo. Actually this is the Peagß___s' Nesting Season and Joe has picked up Ihe mode!, probably dropped ly a Zoo visitor, in his search for nesting materials.
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    PAGE FOR CHILDREN
    729 2  -  S. C. GEORGE Sagada Is Tricked And Killed By concluding instalments of a sea serial I^HE violence of the storm had delayed Jack's departure, and he had decided to cut through the jungle, where their guide had led them astray. But their arrival could not have been
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    THESE NAMES ARE NEWS
    293 2 YUGOSLAVIA: Many watchful ey?* are turning just now in the direction of Yugoslavia: for some think that the neft Communist move will be to subdue that country. Its climate varies considerably. In Macedonia even rice is while on the highlands there is snow for 30 to
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    Make a microscope
    166 2 LIOW would you like 11 a microscope? You can make one which will enlarge things to 40 times their natural size. Take a short cotton rc< I (R. > Widen one end of the hole that runs through it. Blacken the inside and let 't dry. Then
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    JUMPING FOR JOY
    23 2 j auline Colegate, in her Tabby costume for i, don show, leaps for joy on the roof oi th« l
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      130 2 QUIZ 1. How many square yards are there in a square rod. pole, or perch? 2. What is the meaning of P.T.0., G.P.O and N.C.0.? 3. What are raisins? 4. On what island was Napolean born and on what island did he die? (Answers at foot of Col. 6) SINGAPORE
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      22 2 ANSWERS 1, 30 Vi Squv.re yards. 2,— -P.T.O. means "Please turn over." G.P.O. means "General Post Office." and N.C.O* means "Non-Commissioned Officer.
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      191 2 tOi ST*° N fvUtfr CROOKES ALIIIIT OH. One of the nchest knowmin A is Crookes H.\ but 01 contains vitamin D es MM fof because It builds sturdy bees i motes healthy growth. Start Crookes Halibut Oil now Available at all Dspen- saries and Medical Stores I yr ________________l In
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      208 2 f Solve this puzzle jj THIS wcwk'i puit/le. boys and girls, will test your know1 Mtgc of flowers, five of which are shown in the pieHire. olour the drawing and write the names on a postt.trd aid >our name address and age. and post it to f'hildren's Pa::e. Singapore Free
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    BUCKLEY
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    JAPS REVIVING THOUGHT POLICE
    240 3 Accusation by newspaperman A fHARrr MELBOURNE, Saturday. Ar i'fl at th Japanese Government has ha/hV2 J h i T t OUffht Po,ic e to beat Communism Tot™ ade y Mr Dona,d Greenlees, former lokyo correspondent of the Melbourne Argus. aftPr rL« i K? 1 P lice
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    Watches by the pair
    34 3 Displaying the latest fad in watches-a matched pair for husband and wife— is 20--year-old Marie Louise Cuenin, the daughter of a Swiss watchmaker and holder of the title -Miss Geneva/'
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    AIR ATTACK
    18 3 French fighter pilots have pounded Vietminh strongholds in the Tonkin Delta bridgehead despite bad weather.— Reuter
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    Blood led him to thief
    199 3 Dei^ctive highly commended' LONDON, Saturday. >LOODSTAINS on the pavement To the author 13 of mysterv stories they would be an outworn form of trail But not to Detective Constable Eastop. Thev were his only clue In the case of the 14 missing handbags, stolen from
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    Divining makes him groggy
    173 3 Divining makes him groggy LONDON, Sat. LAWRENCE Ward, iocal water diviner at Fleckney. Leicestershire, has said that he is going to give up finding water professionally and stick to bricklaying. "There's water in the main for most people now." he observed "Anyhow, water divining takes too much out ot me,
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    24 3 Mr Kwame Nkrumah. leader of the Gold Coast Government, has accepted an invitation to visit the United States to receive an honorary degree.— Reuter
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    Bridge Problem
    456 3 Both slde_ vulnerable. North dealer. NORTH A Q 3 V 10 9 8 S OAKJH K 7 WEST EAST *AJ4 *****1 y 6 4 0532 0 7 4 Q I «JUS SOUTH ft K It I 0 Q 10 6 A A 10 5 4 The bidding North
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      67 3 WE HAVE THE PLEASURE i TO ANNOUNCE OUR SENSATIONAL SALE of SALES I m IN ALL DEPARTMENTS COMMENCING FROM MONDAY, 2nd APRIL, 1951 j WITH AN AMALGAM OF BOOMING OFFERS INVALUABLE OPPORTUNITIES j GENUINE BARGAINS DRASTIC REDUCTIONS j "STRIKE WHILE THE IRON IS HOT BUY WHILE THE SALE IS ON"
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      152 3 MNGAK>RE BFEBS ISingapore) (BLUE NETWORK) 4 45 pm programme Summary; 10 1 m Korean News and Emer- 4 From the London Editorials gency News; 10,10, Close^l- g o 4 55 composer of the £a a _Xe eS Sumn«ry: "1.02 Saturday Week Vaughan Williams; 5.15 mmSam X.m Time Signal^ worM Affairj
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      454 3 i^^llur3K6 Exclusive to the Singapore Free Press in Malava CT BuT Wl UAVEM* 7 WAD 1 DoN*t| I THERE*. NOTHING" TD BE APRAiD I I MOPE SO? iV EXHAU.TR).!^^ IT .T___KL_/ A MINUTF- RF^T r J KNOW i» 0* NA&DA ODD ThiNG MAVF i— I'M GO«NG RIGHT TO&fcO. r~H_PfcT MANDRAKF.
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    The Singapore Free Press The Hon. Mrs. X
    461 4 rtDAY Mai a, 1951. m I 'j NTY years ago the of a woman ever j for election to' Legi Council i aw been re_*eiv- with derision, per- horror, ccr- with de.p amazeThe consenative, generation would 1 heads and n up hands.
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    'Eisenhowerville' to be ready in 90 days
    938 4 'Eisenhowerville' to be ready in 90 days WORK HAS STARTED ON A PREFABRICATED TOWN IN THE MARLY FOREST writes HENRY THODY r*ANGS of blue-over- ailed French labourers recently lifted the first spadefuls of earth in Marly Forest, ten miles west of Paris. Work on one of the most important military
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    The Forest of Trool
    339 4 "THE Forest of Glen Trool is little more than a name at the moment. In another 50 years' time, however, its 30-million trees will j be In their full majesty to transform the area into the pride of Scotland and one of its showpieces. Much ot
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    Talking about Singapore by citizen
    882 4 Talking about Singapore by citizen ELECTIONEERING CORRUPTION ALTHOUGH In past elections in Singapore, there have been murmurs of unfair practices by certain candidates, this is the first time that outright statements have been made charging unnamed contestants with buying votes and with interfering with the election posters of rival candidates.
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    CANADA DIGS FOR ATOMIC TREASURE
    694 4 Titanium, wonder metal of this modern age, is being mined daily, says McKENZIE PORTER. CANADIANS are now gouging lrom their mineral treasure chest a metal that will soon push the world into the atomic era with accelerated speed Its name is titanium. Just as steel
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    Warwickshire 'Chalet Town'
    121 4 J^ PLAN for a "chalet town" to house tourists at Kenilworth, historic Warwickshire beauty spot, has been approved by the local Council. The "town" will, it is hoped, be ready to receive overseas visitors to the Festival of Britain. Strong backing has been given to the scheme
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    ONE WATER METER FOR EW BUILDINGS
    98 5 ONE WATER METER FOR EW BUILDINGS \ho."toge may affect S'pore Trust houses I Free Press Staff Reporter >K !h shortage of water meters will tend to get worse in llir U >* ard the end of the year, the Municipality wiinJsta" m ;v m any future multi-store ved building. ;ystem.
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    BUILT IN SIX MONTHS IN ATOM-BOMBED HIROSHIMA
    78 5 Free Press SUIT Reporter. Dl'ILT in the Mitsubishi Shipyards of a t o m bombed Hiroshima in six months, the Japanese ship in the picture below the Seiko Maru is now in Singapore discharging a 6.500-ton cargo of cement for the Colony. The
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    Flower Show surprise
    148 5 'Thi» is the biggest Mi_-pr_.se ot tnv life". »aid Singapore school teacher. Mr. C de Silva, t pit lured above with his wife) when he found he had wen two large cups with his Dendrobium Caesar at the' Flower Show yesterday. "We nearly didn't enter i»" he
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    Coffee shop assistants want higher wages
    188 5 Free Press Staff Reporter MORE than 4,000 coffee shop assistants in the Colony have decided to make an appeal to their employers for increased wages in view of the present high cost of living. Following a recent meeting of the Singapore Coffee Shop Employees'
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    Cigarettes for Army
    51 5 Soldiers In the Federation have not been affected bv the "artificial shortage of cigarettes. There has been no reduction m the normal supply of between 5,000.000 and 7.0O0.0O:i cigarettes a month to the Army. The _*upplv is obtained direct from the United Kingdom through the Malavan Tobacco
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    54 5 m Le Quoc L.ap s one three members of the Indorhmese Press on a t*sK to Malava at the invitation of the CommisMoncr-Generars office.— picture. The Commissioner-General. Mr. Malcolm MacDonald greets M. Le Qooe Lap. chief rdluwr of I -Frhoti du Vietnam, »t his residence at Bukit Serene on Thursday.
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    22 5 The next session of Singapore Assize* will be held at the Supreme Cccrt on Monday, at 10.30 a.m. day visit to Jpoh.
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    COL CONTROL IS DIFFICULT
    86 5 EXPERIENCE had shown that commodity and price control presented a problem beset icith difficulties, said Mr. A. F. Taylor, deputy Chairman of the Singapore Chamber of Commerce, at ihe annual general meeting yesterday. Any satisfactory solution, he said, called for the uttnost co-operation of all classes
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    JAP TEXTILES
    55 5 Singapore importers are notified that the validity period of licences already issued for the importation of Japanese textiles, either against the quotas or outside the quotas, mav. on application, be extended to Sept. 30. 1951. and that any further licences issued for the importation of Japanese textiles will
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    IF YOU ELECT ME....'
    151 5 IF YOU ELECT ME. Dr. -*at_-a_- s promises T\R. P. T. Nathan, Singapore Municipal Commiaaioner. who is standing as an Independent Candidate for Rochore Ward in the forthcoming Legislative Council Elections, promises to. strive for free and compulsory education for children of all nationalities if elected. Dr. Nathan says, that
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    COUNCIL REPRESENTATION fOR CHAMBERS OF COMMERCE
    159 5 fl was not a part td the functions 1 of the Singapore Chamber of Commerce to interest itself In SSSSs or the constitution ot tbe Government, said Mr A r. Tartar deputy Chairman of tha Chamber, in m ffr»33 H h *t .genera- n*?etm&
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    'Never again' demand by S'pore Chamber of Commerce
    247 5 THE DECEMBER RIOTS lyE demand as a right that never again shall a minority be allowed to put the people of Singapore in danger of their lives or of loss or damage to their property', declared Mr. A. F. Taylor, deputy chairman
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    MC's row over increase in gas price
    1606 5 MC's row over increase in gas price Free Press Staff Reporter SINGAPORE Municipal Commissioners should not trj to bluff the public, said Mr. Yap Pheng Pt_et (Nominated), lashing out at some of his colleagues during a debate on a 50-cent increase in the price of gas which the Commissioners confirmed
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    ROUSING SEND OFF FOR SCOTS GUARDS
    65 5 The Second Battalion Srots Guards was last night given a rousing send-off when they passed through Kuala L'lmpur on their way from Kuala Kubu Bahru to Singapore in readiness for embarkation to Britain. The High Commissioner. Sir Heniy G'jrney. was at the Railway Station
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    DOCTOR BEREAVED
    50 5 The death occurred yesterday of Mrs. Amy Illovsky. wife of Dr. J. Illovsky of 4 Lloyd Gardens and Middle Road. Mrs. IXovsky, who was 31. had been in ill health for some time. She leaves two young children. The funeral ls today at Bidadari cemetery at 4 p.m.
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    NEWCOMERS WORK BEST ON TRACK
    799 7  - NEWCOMERS WORK BEST ON TRACK ALLAN LEWIS Today's Bukit Timah gallops By RECENT importations, Perverse and Bella nm h ar, thi: er m e ,r onK ih t best w ke SS WwiSUffß f_ t e wdr h k K°" d i> ii m r ,dsl work. I erver^p and
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    27 7 An exciting scramble jum uu *>iut- uivernampton Wanderers' goal area when Wolv es met Arsenal at Highbury on March 24. Arsen^J won by two goals to one.
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    Spurs call off tour
    46 7 r hAS t Fi ..ft t hr,r i )ru P° s d |fe s Mimr t irom the -club l<s_Ed At***** the wit*** a to play X merica diflin >uch a caMh ro.ibles give i"t--u ter h sear- isons v DS. AP
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    Astromonte is clear favourite
    10 7 I rattle .onte end I Reuter
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    WAIL SWIMS FASTEST 1,500
    11 7 1 remins. but a ot set AP
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    Rugby results
    7 7 era beat Reuter A P
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    FREJUS DEAD
    21 7 rKEJL'S, a horse allotted to the Penan? Turf Club under the import scheme, died two days after leaving England.
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    Green nets 3 for Signals
    122 7 gHEER hard work gamed a three-one victory for Singapore District Signal. Regiment against 30 Battalion R.A.O.C. in United Services League soccer match at 8.0.D. ground yesterday. Playing forceful soccer from the kick-off. Signals swooped down on the Battalion goal. After several misses Signals netted in
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    STATE LICENSING OF JOCKEYS
    66 7 w-vier-■l lt\ lIHII ra for trainers \ernor |"mjN I), u,. u ned a Ikt Mat*- Kaiinjj ••■■^M«n all luensin? J^*f»r thf .port from which the State collected over S2OOOOOOO last year. The Jockey Club, a pri-vately-owned association, had formerly held powers to i>sue all horseracing licences
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    SCOTTISH LEAGUE
    19 7 Third Lanark and East Fife drew one-all in their Scottish League "A"' soccer fixture yesterday.— Reuter A.P.
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    State Trial
    24 7 JOHORE held their first State trial of the season at Muar yesterday. North Johore beat South Johore by three goals to two.
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    Former diving star in Singapore
    487 7 Free Press Staff Reporter JOHNNIE Johnson, the man who produced England and India's first aquacades in 1939 ond 1949, respectively, and who coached the Indian Olympic swimming: and diving team in England, has arrived in Singapore to see just how good our swimming stars are.
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    WEIGHTS FOR STORE RACES
    451 7 pOLLOWING are the weights for next Saturday, 1 first day of the Singapore Turf Club April Meeting. Cl. 2, Div. 1— 1 M. Abbeystead 9.04 Charlemagne 8.13 General 8.12 Astute Monarch 8.10 Friar's Last 8.08 Golden Grove 8.07 Haoma 8.07 Sweet Maisie 8.06 Fifty -Fifty 8.06
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    F. & N. too good for O.T.E.C.
    302 7 F. N. too good for O.T.E.C. Soccer News E^RASER and Neave S.C. scored a five-one victory over Oriental Telephone and Electric Co. in yesterday's Business Houses League /natch on the River Valley Road ground. F. and N. crashed in three first-half goals without reply. Yasin <2» and Kassim were the
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    WILL RUSH TO BOAT AFTER GAME
    189 7 fiom JIM CHAMBERS tj ANS Jeppson, the brilliant Swedish amateur centreforward who has had such a big part in Charlton Athletic's revival, plays his last match of the season against Portsmouth today. Charlton have made a nice gesture m appointing him Ca Han l
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    RED BLOCKADE ON BERLIN HIGHWAY
    112 8 BERLIN, Sat, TH E East German Communist police yesterday blockaded the 100-mile highb.av between Berlin and West Germany for one hour in a dispute over a screaming woman. The flare-up— at Dreilinden, the dividing line between Berlin's West sector and the Soviet zone— was a
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    CHRISTIAN SCIENCE SOCIETY
    66 8 8. Orange Grove Rd., S'pore. Branch of the THE FIRST CHURCH OF CHRIST, SCIENTIST, in Boston, U.S A. SERVICES— Sun., 10.30 a.m. Subject— REALlTY SUNDAY SCHOOL 9.15 a.m. TESTIMONY MEETING April 4th, at 6.30 p.m. READING ROOM Open Mondays, Wednesdays and Fridays, 5.30—7 p.m.— Tuesdays and Thursdays
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    9 8 Tell my fiddlers to gef busy fiddling seme coal'"
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    TRUMAN 'BECOMING DICTATOR'
    247 8 Charge made by Republicans WASHINGTON, Saturday. THE Republicans accused President Truman yes- terday in the Senate of claiming a dictator's powers over the issue of sending troops to Europe. The Senate will vote on Monday on the resolution endorsing the present plans to transfer six United States
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    34 8 EASTER BONNET Tvpically Easter is this bonnet worn yat the Easter Parade iii Hyde Park, London, by acrobatic dancer, Eileen O'Dare. The emerald green conical hat is festooned with chicks and real egg shells.
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    OIL OUTPUT DOWN
    26 8 Iranian crude oil output In January averaged 647.782 barrels daily— a drop of 10.8 per cent rom the preceding mon I s A.P.
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    GOVT. STOCKS STEADYING
    125 8 LONDON, Saturday. ORITISH Government funds yesterday failed to continue their recent upward surge and were narrowly irregular with some profit-taking. Industrials made an uncertain start, but later progressed to close with some useful gains which were mainly the result of selective support from the provinces, I Light
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    Actor weeps over 'Oscar'
    259 8 HOLLYWOOD, Saturday. JUDY Holliday, who won the coveted best actress "Oscar" last night for her brassy portrayal of a dumb blonde in "Born Yesterday," had to accept it by remote control. She was in New York where she listened to a thunderous ovation over 3,000 miles
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    FRENCH LEAD
    19 8 Frenchmen formed the I largest single group among I the 3,386 Europeans who visited India during 1950
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    ANTI-PAPIST CHARGED
    56 8 Laura Diaz, pretty 30-year-old Communist Deputy in the Italian Parliament, was found guilty last night of offences against the Pope, by saying in a speech that his hands were dripping with blood. The court gave the ex-so-ciety girl a suspended sentence of eight months. The prosecutor asked for
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    Crofter, 70 buried for 16 hours
    142 8 GLASGOW. Sat. SEVENTY YEAR OLD Neil Beaton, who was buried for 16 hours in a snowdrift; in South Uist. in the Outer Hebrides, is now back at his croft. Old Neil who has nine children, left his home to fetch the family rations. But
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    Vietminh force discovered
    67 8 French forces yesterday found a "large group" of Vietminh in the rugged Dongtrieu mountains about 48 miles northeast of Hanoi, according to usually reliable French sources. They may constitute, with other Vietminh forces believed to be massing further west in the mountains of northern Tonking, a Vietminh
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    COAL'S FUTURE STILL SAFE
    55 8 A British scientist told members of the U.S. National Coal Association yesterday in Washington that atomic power Is a long way from re- placing their product. The opinion of Sir Henry Tizzard. Adviser to the British Government, was relayed to the Association members by the United
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      44 8 THE SAINT by Leslie Charteris k_^T~^s^ [AH, BUT iT .5 Cra-?O(EXCE_._.ENTLYJ [Voj hA_3 NO ]T hAvE PAR. S 'AND SASTON iSAT LEASTJ TO SEE YOU. MA VThANK YQj TROuSw6 yOM.V nAO CIVILIZED THAN THAT M CHERIE 'DiQ ALL f ps v *> W.Th <0 TROUBLE
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      Masthead
      8 1 Free Press Saturday Magazine Saturday. March 31, 1951.
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      A CURIOSITY AT LABRADOR
      988 1  - A CURIOSITY AT LABRADOR R. E. Holttum by The sea cliff at Labrador, about two miles irom the heart of Singapore city, is to be gazetted as one of the Colony's four nature reserves by reason of its characteristic vegetation In this article the Professor of Botany at the' University
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      Let's talk about food
      822 1 Let 's talk about food YAN MAKAN' IS A WIDE TERM. IT EMBRACES jjl LY EVERY KIND OF FOOD. MALAY. EUROPEAN q SE. SIAMESE. AND INDIAN. AND BECAUSE THE J BJECT IS SO PLEASANT. K. S. CHIA says- |o vou like in life? leresting lhe other dllb (m ii and
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      8 1 by of the Seremban lakes K. S Kony
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      Less 15 teeth and two tonsils
      512 1  - Less 15 teeth and two tonsils CHARLES GIBSON A Free Press short story by pAPTAIN George l the name fitted I put 4 own M l l,s pen and said, "Ive Hot that ache across the forehead again/ "Acne?" said the D.A.Q.M.G., who was examining a claim by a Tanglin
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      'Bogie'and Bacall Want Some Fun
      724 2  - 'Bogie' and Bacall Want Some Fun David Lewin By B O G A R T S— Humphrey and Betty took a look at Britain for an hour recently from the deck of an Atlantic liner in Plymouth Sound. Then they pushed off to Paris. No discourtesy intended. It was just
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      Robert Taylor Goes 'Red'
      333 2 Frank Rogers previews "Devil's Doorway". •nEVIL'S DOOR**WAY" (coming to the Cathay) is a western with the Red Indian, hitherto portrayed as a not too pleasant fellow, in the rola of the oppressed and the white man as the oppressor. Many will think it laudable sentiment oa
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      More deadly than the Male
      459 2 "ALL ABOUT EVE' is just that— all about Eve. Not only Eve Harrington, stage star, whose story it tells, but that fascinating, maddening, incomprehensible, indispensable and quite impossible creature, Eve, womankind. Because it is about Eve it has wit and malice, sentiment and pathos— though
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      FILM FACTS
      91 2 DID you know a film studio has: Enough electricity to fill the needs of a city of 40,000? Twenty-two stages, including one termed "a roofed ocean" (it is 120 by 320 feet and contains a tank big enough to float a submarine I A sound department that includes
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      SKELETON THRILLER
      173 2 "MYSTERY STREET 1?1 (coming to the Pavilion) is a thriller in the tradition of "Devil's Weed" and "Asphalt Jungle", both shown in Singapore recently, in that it is a good film made without a top-line cast. More's the pity, in a case like this, that onlv stars can
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      The Struggle ease an agony
      871 3  - The Struggle ease an agony JOHN WRIGHT by Man has been shaving as long as remembered time. But all his ingenuity has not yet found a complete solution to this vexing male problem. ACCORDING to patient computers ol such things, lhe average man ns about 25,000 hair s on nis
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      117 3 For the first time since 1946. the Ist. Bn. Royal Welch fusiliers held their St. David's ordinary ranks' dinner in ine Lmted Kingdom. They only just managed tt on this occasion as they embarked for the Caribbean a few days il' lt is a custom at these dinners for the
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      '! MISS THE SUN'
      178 3 MISS THE SUN' says Kluanger I VERY much regret to say That since I've been back in the U.K. I feel the same as ev'ryone. I miss the sun. I hadn't been here many days Re/ ore I joined the latest craze. Ana did what other seemed to do. I
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      Sponges hit by mysterious disease
      434 3 Sponges hit by mysterious disease A report from SAMUEL NAPIER gPONGES. which already fetch high prices, may be dearer soon because of their scarcity. Undermining one of the oldest businesses in the world is a mysterious plug u e wh i c li has baffled science, and which is destroying
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      Singapore's newest 'find' in football
      616 4  - Singapore 's newest 'find' in football CRUSADER By (SOCCER "find" of the season is Ibrahim Dollah, Kola Raja's new centreforward. Me is proving a worthy replacement for Awang Bakar, now with Tigers. Awang's departure left a big gap in the Singapore League champions' attack, but it is now being satisfactorily
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      Athlete tells of.....
      162 4 WEE Tiang Swee (left) tells below the story of his father's cross-harbour swim from the former Johnston's Pier to Tanjong Rhu. Unlike h«s father, T.ang Swee is an all-round athlete. He was Victoria School's champion in 1933 and is holder of tbe Singapore Chinese long jump record
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      49 4 photo. > "«avy .so. 4) (Mr. Lur.sden) takes the fence hist time round, with Oemn* Vino <.\o h) (('ol. Ph Ihps) and another competitor, on the left, in the Grand Military Festival of Britain Gold Cup at Sandown. The winner was Klaxton, followed by Don Juan and Proud Fancy. Fox
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      ... Father's swim io Tanjong Rhu
      336 4  - Fa ther 's swim io Tanjong Rhu CONRAD NG j I s kmi aft ipt. had succeeded u h hia «1 attempt I i >h Chanmmera throughthe world v. >re cl with enthusiasm longdistance swimnd similar tests endurance. Swimmers In Malaya were no options. Cl uei Swimming Singapore, was t!i
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      Essex to 'axe' costs
      171 4 Essex to 'axe' costs I^SSEX County Cricket J Club, like many other counties, have financial problems. Last season they lost £2,267. Now they have appointed a committee to investigate possible economies. No doubt, they will consider the balance-sheet tha: \va> presented at the recent annual m vting of the club
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      BETTY IS A BORN ATHLETE
      344 4  -  OLYMPIAN University sports personalities....6 By VyHEN Beatrice Lopez broke the tape. winning the 75-yard sprint for women at the University sports meet last year, a well-known Malayan sportsman remarked: "That girl has the lefts of a runner and should go far." And she did go
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      LEAGUE FORM IS UNPREDICTABLE
      316 4 TT is a good thing there are no football pools in Singapore because the results of local League matches are even more unpredictable than those in Britain. Especially in the Services League, where there are only 15 sides to choose from, it is unsafe to go
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