The Singapore Free Press, 21 August 1951

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    17 1 The Singapore Free Press LARGEST AFTERNOON SALE IN MALAYA SINGAPORE, TUESDAY, AUGUST 21, 1951. PRICE FIFTEEN CENTS-
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    RIOT REPORT: GOVT. PLEDGE
    1197 1 \o wisn to evade tsponsibility -ays Gimson Free Press Staff Reporter > r \KIN<' c R*°* InQtfiry Commission's the Singapore Legislative Council j, morning the Governor, Sir Franklin ijnin. -aid that steps had already been taken initiate a detailed investigation of the alle[ion *that have been
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    Supply Board made $71/2 mil profit
    832 1 Free Press Staff Reporter THE overall profit earned by the Joint Supply Board m Malaya m the 33 months of its active existence, from April 1, 1946 to Dec. 31, 1948, was $7,500,000, equivalent to 1.15 per cent, of the turnover. Losses were incurred
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    Oil fire: 25 dead, 3 missing
    156 1 Free Press Staff Reporter. HPHE full list of casualiiies x on the Anglo-Saxon tanker Dromus and on the Shell Company installation at Pulau Bukom were given this morning as 25 dead and three missing. Casualties on the Dromas were: Three European officers killed, 18
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    FILM PROTEST
    29 1 The Arabian Ambassador m Indonesia yesterday protested against the showing of American motion picture, sword In The Desert," as a picture that might the Arab community.- U.P.
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    Bomber crashes into a house
    92 1 850 CLASHES A B 5« bomber crashed through an apartment house and exploded 'like a bomb" against a hillside m Seattle's industrial section. Officials at the scene of destruction said an hour later that at least nine persons were believed dead the six-man crew of
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    3 BANDITS GIVE UP, 11 KILLED
    103 1 KUALA LUMPUR, Tues. TWO MORE terrorists sur--1 rendered m the Federation yesterday, and a third surrendered to the police on Sunday. Five bandits were reported killed yesterday and three wounded. A special constable was killed. A woman bandit was killed and two bandits wounded
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    Pensions under study
    76 1 THE Singapore Government stated today m the Legislative Council that the question of cost of living allowances payable to pensioners was still under consideration. It was a very complex problem, requiring careful study, and it had not so far bee. possible to reach a decision. The financial
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    BIRTH RATE DROP
    25 1 The birth rate for England and Wales fell to 16.3 per thousand of population m the first quarter of 1951. A. P.
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    REDS NOT BACKING DOWN
    184 1 REDS NOT BACKING DOWN TOKYO. Tues. FE Communist Pek-ig Radio yesterday said that a Korean cease-fire agreement would be 'impossible" unless the United Nations negotiators agree to a demarcation line along the 58th Parallel The broadcast said "no progress" had been made on the issue m the last few day.;.
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    TRUMAN CHALLENGE TO RUSSIA
    255 1 WASHINGTON. Tues. PRESIDENT Truman last night challenged Russia to prove that she is sincere for peace by taking a number of concrete steps among them some which would contribute •toward establishing the conditions of peace with Germany, Austria and Japan. The Presidents?*' comment was m a
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    $5 MIL. GRANT TO UNIVERSITY
    146 1 Free Press Staff Reporter 4 $5,000,000 grant by the Singapore Government to the University of Malaya has been approved by he Finance Committee of the Legislative Council. Reporting this to the Council this morning, the ComnrJttee says that the sum is the Colony's share of
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    U.S. OFFICERS GO TO SPAIN
    48 1 A UJS. military survey team ha* left Washington for Madrid. The team was named by the Joint Chiefs of Staff as the result of the earlier visit to Spain of the late Admiral Forrest P. Sherman, then UJ3. Chief of Naval Operations.- Reuter
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    New $450,000 Council vote for schools
    224 1 Free Press Staff Reporter A SUPPLEMENTARY vote for $450,000 to meet the increased cost m the construction of 18 new schools m Singapore has been passed by the Finance Committee of the Legislative Council. Seven of the schools will be m the rural areas.
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    CUT OFF TONGUE
    30 1 Three Ethiopian tribesman were hanged today for cutting out the tongue and slashing off the ears of a countryman. They thought ha waj ft police Informer.— U.P.
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    NEW U.K. ENVOY
    15 1 Sir Francis Edward Evans has bfen appointed British Ministpr to Israel- A.P.
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    Break in Persian oil talks
    247 1 TEHERAN. Tues. fPHE British and Persian oil delegations would not meet again until "present difficulties** were settled at a MfM level, said a British spokesman lust night m Teheran. No further meetings h.wn been arranged. but Mr. Averell Harnman is trvinr» '<* bring the tvo
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    Families to be resettled
    41 1 The Singapore Government plans to resettle some 7>f families who are i arming n the Paya Lebar arra v an lniernatioi al airport i be Donitmcted. Rpsptilemrn, h to bo dual process m 'hat ih' .if7< nay
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    One bride wore dress of stamps
    639 2  -  M.S. PATTON By And another went to the altar m surgical muslin IVTEDDINGS of cele- brities usually j Jo jus attention on the i magnificence and origi- f nality of the bride's wedding dress. Long and detailed descriptions appear m the local press. and
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    THE SAREES
    460 2 Bv The Beffiun Mariam Osmani Worn in Britain THE saree has come into its own m Britain this summer. By the seaside the multicoloured silks flutter as gaily as the festive bunting and streamers. Around the English c o v n t r y-side, m chiffons and muslins,
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    Are royalty fashion leaders?
    426 2 asks FRANCES DALE WHO are the arbiters of British Fashion? I have been studying the autumn models created by our top ten designers for the leaders of fashion to wear both here and overseas. Are these the unaided brain childran of our talenied couturiers or does
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      165 2 *:<ew Crossword No. 43? 1. You'll rind it on board steamer (4); 3. Stuck up p rhsps <6> 8 What none could do to the Gcrdian knot <5); 9. Canceled by "All Clear" (5); 10. It's down n nto t up, this children and rvandchildren climb 16, 4); 12. Be
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      176 2 YOUR LUCKY STAR DORN today, you have what is sometimes called the "third eye." Your intuition is exceptionally keen. You instinctively know how to act m a crisis and often even seem to know beforehand what is going to happen. This gift is apt to make your influence over others
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    MEARRIAGE MEANT DEATH TO 3 MEN
    355 3 MEARRIAGE MEANT DEATH TO 3 MEN Fought war after it ended THIS is the odd story «f 11 TOK *O. Tuesday. It is a oiWr ™J. y 34 men and on woman. 19 Japanes^ af^r 17 lpt to the recen t surrender <riSf y ma de their fanatical c* as
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    68 3 II T SH The sirl surrounded by mu^L-al l Ki>>emary A«lionby. shown with antique (alpin Society's Exhibition of British umehts m London. In her rijfht hand is a than 600 years old which was eiven by 1 to the Farl of Leicester; above is a Ser«t the Battle of Waterloo;
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    BUCKLEY
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    NEW PLANE SPEED RECORD
    62 3 Colonel Fred J. Assani, flying an F-86 E. Sabre jet plane, set a new 100 kilometre closed course world speed record m Detroit with an average speed of 628. >i98 miles an hour. This eclipses the old record of 605.230 mph set by John Douglas Derry
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    ROYAL SERVICE
    40 3 Diners at a Toronto restaurant grt royal service these days. The waitress at the Quick Lunch is Lika Baeaku, a member of the royal family of Albania, who came to Canada with her husband as displaced persons. U.P.
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    India's first plane ready
    316 3 India 's first plane ready NEW DELHI, Tuesday. A SMALL, silver, squarewinged aircTaft will take off from an airfield near Bangalore m Southern India this month (August)— and make Indian air history. For this tiny, single-engined trainer plane, named the HT-2, will be the first plane ever to be designed
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    Bridge Hand
    357 3 Bridge Hand \A/t,RN B»UUI reiramed lrom a free rcb.d over East's two diamond call, he was absolutely right But he allowed his conservatism to create a bit too much optimism when North found a heart raise that was little more than an effort to compete for a part score. The
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    60,000 books to make way for paint
    165 3 60,000 books to make way for paint LONDON, lues. FIFTEEN workmen will spend a fortnight moving 70,000 reference books out of the British Museum reading room ready for a five-month closure starting on November 1. The room, used by 400 people a day, will have its first complete redecoration since
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    67 3 phot* lie --■> i. HS.IM.A. m!!n with lira swans which h» is about tn return to the Thames. A number of thrm had to b* rounded up m the pool of London, because their plumage had been foulcJ by oil leaking fro-.i a sh p. Thry were then tahrn to
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    Big show for peace pact
    93 3 NEW YORK, Tues. fHE ceremony of the signing of a Japanese peace treaty at San Francisco will be televised all over the Uniied Slates through a new sysipm of "coast- to- coast" relay, using ultra-short waves, the American Telephone and Telegraph Company announced m Now
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    RUSSIA HITS U.S. ACTION
    59 3 Russia has accused America in a diplomatic note of an act "Which aims at further worsening Soviet American relations." Moscow Radio reporrec! i hat the Soviet Government has sent a note i« Washington in reply to the American notp oi June 23 which toM Russia of
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    DARING RAID
    26 3 Anti-Communist Kuerillas attacked a Canton suburban police station on August 8 In a daring raid and disarmed the entire police force of 50. U.P.
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    3 YOUTHS JAILED
    28 3 A West Berlin eoart na c .sentf-no'C'd three East OerflMUi youths to imprisonment !r R i tr> thn-p vecki f fV r "ili^gal Communist propaganda.
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    NAVAL VISITS CAN CELLED
    18 3 Itin 'rv a |)-i»po>»-fi British Dcompatible Cirrum> anc s to Gibraltar hal I Reuter
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    Holland opposed
    13 3 Holland :s opp 'lo Aii'»lo-/ Japarrr^ j signed m Bt Reuter
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    The Singapore Free Press TUESDAY, August 21, 1951. The fire peril
    357 4 The Singapore Free Press TUESDAY, August 21, 1951. The fire peril ••TDIRE!" It is a dread cry. That cry yesterday was followed by an appalling toll m human lives. Twentytwo died off Pulau Bukom. Many were Injured. That grim tragedy awakens public sympathy for the bereaved, and admiration for the
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    Fanatic youth
    134 4 rR two weeks the regimented ranks of young Communists have been herded m parades through the streets of East Berlin. They have shouted slogans clenched fists. On Sunday, half a million of these young fanatics at a great rally swore allegiance to Stalin and vowed to "wreck the
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    Don Iddon's Diary
    1121 4 WELCOME to Anthony Eden, the Americans say, and some ask penetrating questions. Why does Great Britain stagger from one financial crisis to another? Does Britain intend to pay back to the United States the 1945 loan? If so, please explain the report that she will waive interest
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    Model life of Gurkhas
    195 4 45 young Gurkha police recruits brought over from their homes m Nepal to join the Singapore Police Force, lead a model lifp m their camp at Cantonment Road. They are very well behaved people," says their commanding officer, Mr Scott Leathart. The new recruits are doinr*
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    British Summer Scene
    5 4 Holiday cricket
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    50,000 RED DESERTERS IN W. EUROPE
    764 4  - 50,000 RED DESERTERS IN W. EUROPE JOHN ASHWIN WINDOW ON THE WORLD 5L Death or heavy prison sen fences for those ca ugh t T^O-ONE can say that Soviet morale is collapsing because of a few army deserters. There is no doubt on the other hand, that there .is a
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    Don't tax donations to Charity'-Dato Paglar
    139 5 L Pr^ suff R «*P° rtpr I all monetmi to chaTax would ipore'a wealthy JJ2 »v make endowJa and conations to institutions table organlsaC J Paglar, Cuuncillar for I Free Press bat he knew where those thropically- to help tskte Malaya, Irny's tax did
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    BETTER RADIO SERVICE FOR LOCAL LISTENERS
    281 5 BETTER RADIO SERVICE FOR LOCAL LISTENERS Specialists to advise on all programmes RY havin<r -i v cc Press Staff Reporter casting author^ 5°T Utees of s P edalists to advise the broad subjects RaH miS ln th J s countr y <"» programmes and programme throughout S L'! n a
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    25 5 lf film <tu* Pfriorm the Dane dunnc the >ni Inhibition **?,*> hrld rrrently In the Biarita Park. KoU Bharu, in ail ■^■"^nf Studio Medo I picture
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    Committee's functions
    108 5 fHE Director of Broadcasting said yesterday that there was a need for specialists to advise the department on broadcasting matters as, apart from providing news ICe t ln Malay English, Tamil and Chinese dialects and schools broadcasting and entertainment. Radio Mala yas functions were also to educate public
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    Y.W.CA. to stage 'Quiet Week-end'
    82 5 Free Press Staff Reporter ON Friday and Saturday of this week, the Y.W.CA. Players will present Esther McCracken's comedy •'Quiet Week-End at the Victoria Theatre m aid of Y.W.CA. funds. The performance on Friday (Aug 24) will be at 6.30 pm. On Saturday. (Aug. 25)
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    'Move On' order to open air cinemas
    196 5 'Move On' order to open air cinemas Free Press Staff Reporter PROPRIETORS of open air cinemas have protested against Singapore Rural Boards decision which does not permit them to remain at one site for more than three months. Dr C J. Pa&lar. Legislative Councillor for Changi, said that he saw
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    COMMERCIAL LABORATORY
    55 5 Mr H R. MARCHAND. manager of the Singapore branch of E. Ott and Company, who is taking an active interest m starting a commercial laboratory for his firm Mr. Marchand first came out to Malaya with the BM.A as a supplies officer m 1945 and joined his firm
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    25 years in occupation -now asked to quit
    226 5 Free Press Staff Reporter HPHE occupants of 21 stalls on a piece of Crown land m Eu Tong Seng Street have appealed against an oFder asking them to vacate the premises, which they had developed and occupied on Temporary Occupation Licence for
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    BLACKOUT AREAS
    87 5 THE following sub-stations will be liable to load-shedding tonight. Bukit Pasoh. 8.A.T., Trafalgar Street, Prince Edward Road. Sa«o Street, People's Park. Nanson Road, Lam Soon Oil Mills, Guan Hin. U.E. Network, I.E. Factory. Rh rr Valley Road. Killiney Road. Orchard Road. Armenian Street Static. Capitol, Newton Not. 1
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    'Missing Persons & Property Bureau'
    252 5 'Missing Persons Property Bureau' for Air Day Free Prrss Staff Reporter rrilE Singapore Youth Council las arranged to set up a ••Missin* Persons and Property 355? at Kalian* Airport for ths year's Air Day on Sept. 1. The decision, which will rectify m M riou. omission In previous Air I>ay
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    10 minuses to approve $30-million loan
    375 5 10 minuses to approve $30-million loan Free Press Staff Reporter IT a special meeting lasting only ten mmut< yesterday, Singapore Municipal Commission* approved a proposal to float this week a S30,000.«<»0 loan at 3'{ per cent, redeemable m a minimum nff ten years and a maximum of 20 years. The
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    'BERSANDING'
    38 5 THE "BE RSAN DIN G" ("marriage") of Che Abdui Ranman, of the Survey Department, Kuala I.nmmir. and Che' Nah binte Hj. Ibrahim, which took place at Kampong Bharu, Kuala Lumpur, recently— Photo by N. Wong, Kuala Lumpur
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    NO CELEBRATIONS
    29 5 No official ceremonies v ill be held thig year to celebrate the birthday Of the Yang di Pertuan Besar of Negri Sembilan wh.ch falls on Aug. 24.
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    Visual &c aural education
    81 5 Two Penan; Convent school Hi. Is. Pauline Chan (left) and Aggie Loh, were Interested m the "Shakespeare Lesson" stand at the exhibition of visual and aural aids to education m the Victoria School. Even the most bored pupils will be interested when they hear records of
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    Water & electricity schemes
    177 5 Water electricity schemes EARLIER In >e.^f-rdays debat* spit king of Hie water and electricity schemes. Mr. Ward said that these h;.d to da?e been financed from Die tvailable proceeds of the 3% per cent, loan floated at the bep inning >f 1943. That money was now exhausted and further funds
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    Lighter owners & launch service
    115 5 Lighter owners launch service 'PHE Siiiuapore Li 11 h" r Owners' Association Mipport.s proposal for the r.peration of a launch KlVftut between Kalian^ and Colly r Quay for office workers agreed that this would the traffic bottleneck during the peak hours, but were Dot m a position to offer an\
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    A GREAT SUCCESS
    46 5 The fir.st films to be made m Malaya by an entirely local staff of scriptwriter, director, cameraman and technicians were declared a great success m Kuala Lumpur yesterday by a critical audience of experts from the Rubber Research Institute and Serdang Agricultural College.
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    MALAYA SPORT IN PICTURES
    106 6 Mil. CLAY rei-eiv lie his prlxe« lor winning the KSU yds. and mile races from the Governor of Singapore. Sir Franklin Ghnson. His time for the mile was 4 mm. 42.8 sec. and far the 880 yds., 2 mm. 1.3 ser. TUL VaAmeiOSS: Singajiore's tram lo^th?
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    CRICKET TOURNAMENT
    94 6 4 l Baiestier rlain on Sunday, the Ceylon Sports Club won the Sing apere Cricket Association Senior Tournament championship when they defeated Singapore Cricket Club on first innings which gave them seven points. In the picture on the left, the Cricket Clubs captain Ede and Wood make their
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    SUNNY VALLEY & FINALIST IMPRESS
    640 7 SUNNY VALLEY FINALIST IMPRESS *Ast gallops at Kuala Lumtmr From ALLAN LEWIS PI *<«« k KUAL A LUMPUR, Tuesday. wili Z/u en lhe 5 1 2 grass track with the (foinjf good was opened for fast work of nffi^bl?"^. &SHSU m front the end of fhre/in^^' 1 L rd <Du™oodie)
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    33 7 photo. 0310 SiTtTSS Randolph Turpi,, joins boxing Jack Solomons (left) in a toast to the success they lunch- together before leavinr j^Uiampton there 4o board th e Queen Marv for New York. Reuter
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    RANDY HAS TOUGH BATTLE'ON ARRIVAL
    265 7 RANDY HAS TOUGH BATTLE' ON ARRIVAL flNDOLPH Turpin had one of the toughest battles of his career a few hours after he vfd in New York yesterday for a return middlept championship bout with Sugar Ray Robin--he gave a press conference. was faced with batteries of reporters leramen. radiomen, television
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    Davis Cup men get ready
    125 7 pRANK Sedgman. Ken McGregor and Mervyn Rose were yesterday chosen by the Australian Lawn Tennis, Association to prepare lor the defence cf the Davi.s Cup at Sydney on December 26.27 ai-d 28. If Sweden and America play the inter-zone Davis Cup final at Melbourne to
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    Two records at Habonim sports
    349 7 AT the fourth annual athletic sports of the Habonim hrld on the St. Andrew's School ground on Sunday, two records v.ere bioker m the Class 1 division. The record breakers were bassoon Lelah and Abraham A'Dcrt who set up new times for Urn l<>< yds.
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    Kelantan want to be in Cup soccer
    230 7 From A Special Correspondent KOTA BAHRU, Monday. KELANTAN soccer is making good progress and everything points to the State taking part m next year's Malaya Cup competition. The Kelantan Amateur Football Association, formed m 1948. has affiliated to the Malayan A.F.A. and is
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    ARMY SUSTAIN 2nd DEFEAT
    50 7 SINGAPORE S FedtraLon-tcuring Army soccer veam suffered their second defeat at Seremban yesterday. gotntr down to Negri Sembilan by two goals to one. On Sunday the Malaya District side beat them four goals to two at K.I Phillips was the scorer for the Sinu;iuore team yesterday.
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    CRICKETERS VISIT CLINIC
    110 7 T^UDLEY NOURSE, the South African cricket captain entered a London clinic veskerdav to have the pin In his fractured left thumb removed. Nourse and At hoi Rowan, who will orobablv be rested now the tests Bre over, are not expected to play In the remaining seven matches
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    SITTING ROOM ONLY AT FINAL
    71 7 I'HERE will be no standing room 1 ;it the Malaya Cup final scheduled to take place between Singapore and Perak on Sunday Sept. 2at the H.Q. Malaya ground. Kuaia Lumpur. It has been announced that at least 8.000 seats will be provided. Tickets will be
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    IT'S NOT CRICKET...
    271 7 SOMEWHERE IN KOREA. THE U.S. Marine Corps— ivhose boast is that they can beat anybody at any-thing-are especially proud of their latest battle honours-they beat an English team at cricket. At least it was a kind of cricket. The rules were radically altered—" to give everyone a
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    Jackson plays great part in Leicester win
    512 7 VIC Jackson, Leicestershire's Australian allrounder, f played a great part m his county's two-day win over Surrey yesterday and established himself as favourite to win the race for the double of 1,000 runs and 100 wickets this season. Jackson, who saved Leicestershire with
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    Dave Sands beats Doug Miller but again disappoints
    337 7 IVWK Sands of Australia the British Empire middleweight champion, outU pointed Duggie Miller of South Africa m a blood -spattered 10-round nontitle fight m Birmingham last night. Sands weighed 164? lbs.. Miller 164 lbs. Sands cut Miller's left eye m the second
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    UK SOCCER RESULTS
    112 7 ytSTERDAYS UK football rr- suits were: ENGLISH LEAC.I E— >i\ I Stoke City 1 W B Albion I iottenham H 1 Fulhara 0 DIV II Cardiff Cify 2 Rothertviin U 4 Coventry City 3 S«in;et T 2 LeiceMer Cftv 3 Sheffield W 1 Qupftw PR. 1 Hull
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    BRITISH TUC CALLS FOR STIFF TAX
    188 8 Tut brake on profits 9 call LONDON, Tuesday. INCREASED taxes on higher incomes and on profits 1 were called for last ni*ht by the General Council of the British Trades Union Congress. The Council, which co-ordinates Union activities of the 9,000,000 members of its
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    59 8 APOLOGIES Naseen Anwar Beg. leader of the Pakistan delegation to the world assembly of youth at t ornell University, Ithaca, New York, and Mme. Pandit, Indian Ambassador to the United States, apologise to one another. They had had an exchange of words about In-dia-Pakistan relationship on the floor of the
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    Reds find a poison plot
    61 8 BERLIN. Tues. CRICH Honecker, leader of East Germany's state-run youth organisation announced here yesterday that "numerous agents" had been arrested m East Berlin during the 14-day Youth Festival. He said: "We have clamped down on quite a number of agents including several who tried to
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    H.K. MONEY
    23 8 Yesterday's closing quotations on the Hong Kong Money exchange were: HK56.445/6.485 per US$l. HK516.40 per sterling HK$3l6 per tael of gold.
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    No 'secret' pacts between U.S., Japan
    187 8 WASHINGTON, Tuesday. VHE U.S. STATE Department yesterday denied thai it would sign any 'secret" treaties with Japan during or after the Japanese peace conference at San Francisco next month. Mr. Michael McDermott, Slate Department spokesman, described as "nonsense" a foreign report of two impending
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    APPEAL TO PRIVY COUNCIL
    71 8 Joseph Milne, ex-company director m Johannesburg sentenced last year to four years jail and fined £41.200 for fraud, intends to appeal to the Privy Council m London against his conviction and sentence. Although the Privy Council Appeals Act of 1950 abolishes m South Africa the right
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    ASSASSIN'S VICTIM
    32 8 The body of the French General Charles Chanson, who was killed by a Communist assassin m Indo-China on July 31, arrived m Paris by a military 1 Saigon yesterday. U.P.
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    NEW YEN SYSTEM
    20 8 The Japanese Government yesterday announced it will abolish the "convertible yen" system after December 31. 1951, A.P.
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    'Freeze 'would hit industry
    265 8 LONDON, Tuesday. THE British rubber plantation industry has applied to the Chancellor of the Exchequer, Mr. Hugh Gaitskell, for exemption from the three-year dividend freeze which he announced on July 26. The main grounds of the application published tonight by the Rubber Growers' Association are: 1
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    He couldn't afford death
    64 8 |>ERCY MILLEN, 55, of Canterbury, England, and unemployed, was arrested Monday on a charge of attempted suicide. He told police he hadn't even the price of a decent death. Police said Millen put his last coin m the meter, turned on the gas and lay down
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    NEW PARLIAMENT
    10 8 Israel's second Parliament was sworn m yesterday. A.P.
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    BELGRADE DENIES
    20 8 Yugoslavia yesterday denied Italian press reports that an attempt had been mad* 1 tn assassinate Mn^hai Tito U.P.
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    BRAZILIAN RED TO BE TRIED
    54 8 Luiz Carlos Prestes. leader of the Brazilian Communist Party, will be tried m the criminal court of Rio de Janeiro m September m his absence. Prestes, generally believed to be still m Brazil, but well hidden by the Communist underground network. is charged with conspiring
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    TAFT ACCUSED
    28 8 William Green, head of the American Federation of Labour, j'esterday accused Republican Senator Robert Taft of being an organiser of Communism m thu United States. A.F.P.
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    EGYPTIANS ANGER BRITISH PAPER
    206 8 EG YPTIANS ANGER BRITISH PAPER CAIRO, Tuesday. THE refusal of Egyptian swimmers to accept the Daily Mail's prizes in its Cross-Channel Contest has started a newspaper "war" in Cairo. The British- owned Egyptian Gazette declared that the Incident "will have done more to tarnish this country's prestige than any act
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    Visa for Gromyko
    41 8 The British Embassy in Moscow has issued transit visas for England to M. Andrei Gromyko, Soviet Deputy Foreign Minister, and other members of the Soviet delegation to attend the San Francisco conference on the Jananpsp npanp trpafv_ Reuter
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