The Singapore Free Press, 29 August 1951

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    19 1 The Singapore Free Press LARGEST AFTERNOON SALE IN MALAYA I. urn SINGAPORE, WEDNESDAY. AUGUST 29, 1951. PRICE FIFTEEN IBh.
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    RED DEMAND REJECTED
    376 1 Ridgway refuses to reopen inquiry TOKYO, Wednesday. fftfXAL MATTHEW RIDGWAY, m a broadcast answer to the Communists today, tht Communist answer to his message of d:iv t ould serve no purpose other than to Mitinik; an unjustifiable delay m the armistice MS. ttdgwaj said, "A s stated
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    Fed. will float loan of $32 mil.
    89 1 MafT Reporter MPUR. Wed. Government a loan issue 03.000. The npropriated ments arisII rehabili- ;.:inent. red cost of -s. which c :.nd construcelectricity telecomi ;<:es and rising proI»B^ $100,000,- some two a civ been met t of the proceeds of the 3 :r.ade
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    BIG 3 TO MEET
    24 1 I State DepartI rdav confirmed I Three Foreign I aters would meet m I i from Sept. 10 to Reuter
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    More timber bought
    13 1 t countries are •.iiber this year year since the A.P.
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    'FATAL' TO LEAVE VIETNAM
    236 1 WASHINGTON. Wed THE American Ambas- sador to France, Mr David Bruce, m a statement made public here today, S aid that the fighting m Indo-China was part of the worldwide struggle against Communism and that it would be a disaster if France wer c to withdraw
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    More atom tests in U.S.
    174 1 WASHINGTON, Wed. THE Atomic Energy Com- mission announced yesterday that it will set off a new series of blasts with both atomic and ordinary explosives "m the near future" at the Las Vagas, Nevada, test site. The tests will be secret "because of the nature
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    FIRING ENQIURY
    44 1 The Governments of Assam and East Bengal (Pakistan) have agreed to participate m a joint semi-judicial inquiry into an incident five days ago when Pakistani forces were alleged to have opened fire across the border on an Assam police patrol party. Reuter
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    Galway Greer best bet tor today
    45 1 ALLAN LEWIS, Free Press raring correspondent, gives Martini, Sunny Valley and Galway Greer as his best bets for K.L. today. TRESPASSER recom- Hoy and Constellation. PICTURE TIP and latest course information appear m Page 7. THE GOING is expected
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    42 1 picture. The U.S. Secretary of State. Mr. Dean Acheson. turns cabinetmaker at weekends. On his MaryHnd farm he has equipped a little wooden building with power and hand tools used by expert cabinetmakers. Here he makes furniture for his 159-year-old housr. A.P.
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    'TOO MANY BRITISH TROOPS IN SUEZ'
    239 1 LONDON, Wednesday. T^HE Egyptian representative told the U.N. Security A Council yesterday that Britain had stationed more troops m the Suez Canal zone than her treaty vrith Egypt allowed. Under the twenty-year-military pact which has until 1956 to run— Britain can station 10,000 ground
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    Attack on Kashmir 'not likely'
    78 1 Attack on Kashmir 'not likely' NEW DELHI. Wed. rE Prime Minister of India Jawaharlal Nerim said tonight he did not tlv.nk there was any likelihood of Pakistan attacking Kashmir on the eve of the Constituent Assembly elections next month. "There is always a possibility when so many war cries are
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    Malaya's trade drops
    209 1 Free Press Staff Reporter MALAYA'S foreign trade I?1 last month fell by more than $66,400,000, with a favourable balance of $15,300,000 compared with $128,000,000 m June. This was due principally to an $88,000,000 decrease m July exports ($408.000,000 i as compared with Junes < $497,700.--00 0». Imports,
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    2 airlines halve losses
    77 1 LONDON, Wed. gRITAIN'S two state-owned airlines operated at a loss of £5,540,000 m the year ended March 31, they reported yesterday. This compared with a loss of £9,160,000 m the preceding 12 months. The airlines are the British Overseas Airways Corporation (BOAC) and the British European
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    HEROIN CARRIER
    28 1 Paula Russo, 43-year-old New York beautician, was arrested on a narcotics charge after a policewoman reported finding a packet of heroin hidden m her bra.s.siere.- A.P
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    WARNING
    16 1 The Ngpalese government yesterday warned "reactionary elements" against creating unsettled condition* m the country Reuter
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    Truman lectures Czech envoy
    157 1 WASHINGTON, Wednesday. PRESIDENT TRUMAN gave the new Czechoslovak 1 Ambassador to the United States a stiff lecture yesterday, telling him the best way to improve the present poor relations between the two countries was to free the imprisoned American newsman, William Oatis. Mr. Truman was short
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    Doctors barred from practice
    61 1 Doctors barred from practice Three Indian students who have qualified m South Africa as doctors cannot practise medicine there. Students must serve one year's interneship before being admitted to the medical register and these ttudenu have made more than 30 applications m vain for medical posts. They were told that
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    DEFENCE BUDGET
    15 1 Over seventeen percent of Belgium's ordinary budge: will go to defence In 1952.
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    'U.K. against Jap payment to civilians
    129 1 'U.K. against Jap payment to civilians LONDON, Wednesday. ORITAIN does not support the Dutch standpoint **that compensation under the Japanese peace treaty ought to be granted to former civilian prisoners as well as to former Allied prisoners of war, it is understood m diplomatic quarters here. This is because Britain
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    Grady to see the Shah
    109 1 TEHERAN, Wed. •JTiE American Ambassador to Persia Dr. Henry F. Grady, will make a final attempt today to heal the breach between Iran and Britain caused by the suspension of the oil talks last week. He will call on the Shah m an attempt to
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    AID TO TITO
    40 1 The United States. Great Britain and France have concluded an agreement under which the three nations will furnish US $50,000,000 economic aid to Yugoslavia to support the Yugoslavian contribution to the security of the free world. A.F.P.
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    AIR DAY SPECIAL
    78 1 16-PAGE Air Day supplement will be iwurd with the Singapore Free Press on Friday. It will contain a wraith of mlereMine information and many exciting pictures about aviation m Malar* and abroad. Special articles will deal with the prospect* of aviation as a career for Malayan youth
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    FAR EAST WANTS U.S. LOANS
    102 1 FAR EAST WANTS U.S. LOANS WASHINGTON. Wed THE chairman of the Ex-port-Import Bank, Mr. Gascon, estimated yesterday that the bank would be called to pay out $500,000,000 to develop industrial supplies of strategic materials abroad Testifying before the Senate Banking sub-commite* m support of legislation to increase the bank's lending
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    Poor health can cause forgetfulness
    583 2 And then a few week's rest is necessary, says the Singapore Doctor T^HE memory has the power of retaining and recalling impressions. Impressions are collected throughout life through the sense organs— eyes, ear, nose -and from the sense organs the impressions are carried to the
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    V 2 rockets point way to the Moon
    708 2  -  WILLIAM COURTENAY FIVE DAYS TO GET THERE? By IT is a mere 239,000 miles from the Earth to the Moon. Our scientists believe that it may be reached m a voyage lasting five days. They work on a system of deduction from
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    Ships for immigrants
    278 2 TTHE Canadian Government, faced with a serious shortage of manpower, are planning to charter ships to bring immigrants here, and may take over several vessels operated by the International Refugee Organisation. Much as Canada needs and prefers British settlers, the great majority of immigrants are likely to
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    THESE WILL SA VE LIVES
    70 2 Dr. Benjamin M. Duggat, American scientist who discovered anti-bietic aureomycin inspects rows of tests tubes m his laboratory. Early cultures of molds flourish here under ideal conditions of temperature and humidity. Aureomycin is effective against types of bacteria Which formerly were combated individually with penicillin
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    Suggestions for coolness
    249 2 Suggestions for coolness YOU may'nnd it impracticable to spend the year m a refrigerator at the North Pole so here is another suggestion: Sit under a large white umbrella, painted green inside, m your birthday suit. This umbrella birthday suit suggestion, which has the added advantage of bein^* scientifically sound,
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    DR KROLL MAY HAVE TO CLOSE SURGERY
    622 2  - DR KROLL MAY HAVE TO CLOSE SURGERY Anthony Tern Because he was n,,*i v says I^ORTY-FOUR-YEAR- OLD Dr. Friedrich Kroll, of Dietmold, Germany, the neurosurgeou whose miracle hands and delicate brain operations are savings lives despaired of by other doctors, learnt that he may have to close down his vital
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    New stones?
    62 2 several small baps of coloured stones collected m Ceylon during a seven months' trip, Mr. Kenneth Parkinson, 45-year-old Yorkshire expert m precious stones, believes he may have an entirely new mineral. British Museum scientists are working on a reddish brown stone which Mr. Parkinson found m the collection.
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    Solution to "Crossword No. 443
    55 2 Across: 1, Retriever. 8, Baric and Bite. 9. Sinus. 11. Hare. 14. Wags. Is, Setter. 20. Bloodhounds 21. Kennelmen. Down: 2, Erroi. 3 Road up. 4, Ends. 5. Elixa. 6. Fobs. 7. Cede. 10. Ida. 12, Roe. 13. Recoil. 14, Webs. 15, Grove. 17. Ting*
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      175 2 YOUR LUCKY STAR JgORN today, within yourself you are steadfast m your ideals. But, outwardly, you may appear to waver since you are inclined to worry over details. Yon can become discouraged and depressed If something does not shape up exactly at you envisioned It. Strangely enough, your judgment is
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      148 2 New Crossword No. 444 CLiES ACROSS 1. Sweet fruit (6, 5). 7, Comparatively out of practice (7). 8. Tutor for sluggard (3). 9, So I went first and got a bit dirty <6>. 10, Run together disparagingly (4J. 12, Does this apple grow on a conifer? (4). 13, Handy textbook
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    'STALIN'S FAITHFUL ARE FLEEING
    1278 3  -  SEFTON DELMER From Young guard lead breakout SEFTOX DELMER, investigates the swelling stream of refugees breaking through to the West from the Soviet satellite States. It is a story of the Men Who Got Out or were thrown out. Here is his first report vi£NNA, Wednesday.
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    TANDON READY TO STEP DOWN
    71 3 The All-India Congress Party President, Dr. Tandon has offered to resign m favour of Premier Nehru m order to heal a threatened split m the party. Dr. Tandon made the offer m a speech to the Workers Congress at Gwalior. "If he agrees to take
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    20 3 Molotov and the Rassizn Ac ba«warior to Poland. Lebediev. with one of Poland's Communist leaders. Marshal RolaZymierski, the defence chief.
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    Bridge Hand
    319 3 North-South vulnerable. Both sides SO on score. Souib dealer. ONE of the odder truths of bidding is that it is frequently easier to reach a no trump contract by opening with a suit bid and to reach a suit contract by opening with one no trump. This is
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    Rumour raises tin prices
    82 3 LONDON, Wed. price of tin jumped under the influence of an unconfirmed rumour that "troops from the Caucasus'* entered North Korea. Spot was up £41-1 4 to close .at €1,000 but no tin changed hands. Three months rcse £35 to €922-1 2. The turnover was 95
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    7 HAWAII REDS HELD
    49 3 The U.S. Federal Bjreau of Investigation yesterday arrested .^even alleged Communist party leaders m the Hawaii Islands. An official statement said that the detentions were "extremely important because of the strategic importance of the Hawaiian Islands m our fteht against CommunLsm m the Pacific."- Reuter
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    Treasure hunt 'stirs ghost'
    187 3 Treasure hunt 'stirs ghost LUNDUM, Wednesday. GUPERSTTTIOLS folk living near the 11th century Wigmore Abbey, Herefordshire, are concerned lest treasure-seekers have been responsible for the appearance of the ghost of the White Abbot. Twice recently the apparition, has been reported as having been seen The "locals" say that the monks
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    MUST GO TO THE LIMIT-IKE
    71 3 General Dwlght D Elsenhower ha* told the VS. Congressional Committee studying aid to Western Europe that "one thing that can break the United Statet and give us nothing m return is to drag this thing out." -We matt go to the limit of our producing
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    PACT TALKS
    31 3 The Permanent Secretary to the Pakistan Ministry of External Affairs. Mohammed Ikraxnullah, is to discuss the Japanese peace treaty question with British authorities during his visit to London A.F.P.
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      312 3 SINGAPORE 100 p.m. Heinz Alexander at the Hammond Organ, Capital Restaurant, Singapore; 1.30 Time Signal News; 1.45 Lunch Time Prom; 200 Light Music; 2.15 to 5. Racing Commentaries from Selangor Turf Club with interval Music from the studios; 6.15 Programme Summary; 6.17 Young People's Programme; 6.35 Entr'act A Piano Interlude;
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      103 3 tain— A talk; 6.00 Meet The Commonwealth; 6.30 News News Analysis; 6.45 Programme Parade: 6.50 From The Editorials; 7.00 'Glen Airic'— A talk by David Keir 7.15 From The Promenade Conceris; 8 'The Hymns We Sing'; 8.15 Plain English— Rules of the Game: 1: What! No Rules?" by Geoffrey Earle;
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    The Singapore Free Press WEDNESDAY. Aug. 29, 1951. Slow-hogs & others
    547 4 The Singapore Free Press WEDNESDAY. Aug. 29, 1951. Slow-hogs others THOSE who believe that speeding i s the only sin on the highways will be astonished to learn that a motorist who drove at five miles an hour has been fined and disqualified. And vet the punishment was well-deserved. •T/ij
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    Musical end for local 'Festival'
    882 4  -  PRESTO MUSIC TOPICS by T»HE closing of the Festival of Britain m Maiaya will be commemorated on the 28th September at the Victoria Memorial Hall by a musical pageant Organised through the efforts of Mr. Gordon Morris of United Engineers, this pageant will take a
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    THE DOG THAT FAILED
    547 4  -  Frank Rogers Sfage Club's New Play Gefs Under Way With,... [RONALD DAVIES, v Cathay publicity manager and producer of the Stage Club's new play "You Can't Take It With You" had a bright idea. He introduced a dog's part into the script. The dog. Jack, a
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    Eddy turns 'popular'
    432 4  -  FELIX SWING TOPICS by /)PERATIC singer v Nelson Eddy has turned his attention to the "popular" field of music. For his first Columbia recording he is featured with the great American songster, Jo Stafford. Thi* unique combination is heard m renderings of a new ballad "With these
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    AIR DAY: FACILITIES FOR ALL ARRANGED
    354 4 AIR DAY: FACILITIES FOR ALL ARRANGED LETTER to the EDITOR CIR, Singapore Air Day is not run lor profit, and the considerable apparent profit that appears because of the free services given by the Royal Air Force and a great many civilians accrues to RAF and Singapore charities. Because of
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    Record Reviews
    537 4 BACH: Brandenburg Concerto So. 2in F marjor. The Danish State B'casting Symphony Orchestra, conducted by Mogens \fo!dike. H.M.V. C.7848-9. Another exceptional performance by this orchestra, whose high standards of musicianship and integrity always do the best possible by any work they perform. Belonging to the family of the
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    Ups-and-downs in Govt Savings Bonos
    140 4 OEFORE World Wai II British National Savings were looked upon as the best and safest investment m the world for the average wage earner. And m those seemingly far-off days not even the most credulous speculator would have considered buying any bonds from the Mexican
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    MCs told of unhygienic eating shops
    164 5 MCs told of unhygienic eating shops rFre« Prrw Staff Reporter deteriorating condition! undrr which many eating houses m the city a -e run and the unhygienic habits of some of those who patr«ni*e them nave been brought to the notice of several Municipal Commfs•ioners. Mr. Yap Pheng Geek, nominated Commissioner,
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    FESTIVAL FILM COMING HERE
    116 5 gY the end of August, copies of the nim "Festival m London" will have been sent to Malaya, Hongkong, the Associated States of Indochina. Thailand, Indonesia, other parts of the Commonwealth, to the U.S.A. and to some countries m Europe and the Middle East. It will
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    PROFIT IN 5 MONTHS
    27 5 A net profit of $1,004.10 has been made by the Tassek Glupor Co-operative Farming Society vhfcti first started business m April this ypar.
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    40 5 picture. An operator at work on a special mat nine which facilitates the compilation of census and other statistics. She is one of six girls specially engaged to do (lie spadework m compiling B-in^v !«m (msus rr irns. Free Press
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    Coloured route plates on buses 'would not be justified'
    400 5 Free Press Staff Reporter MR A A Ewing, General Manager of the Singapore Traction Company, told the Free Press yesterday that the suggestion made by a correspondent ?o the press 'that'coloured plates should be instal led on the company's buses £^*J}l<£%*
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    ACS BOY FOR AUSTRALIA
    12 5 MX Yap Yit Poh. 20 yrar-old !a,;r. eg
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    STRAIN ON KALLANG RUNWAY
    127 5 The Singapore Government recently approved an additional vote of $100,000 for urgent repairs to the runway at Kallang airport, which is beginning to break up under the strain of increasingly heavy air traffic. The Director of Civil Aviation, Mr. A. W Savage, told the Free Press
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    6-MONTH BUILDING RECORD
    282 5 6-MONTH BUILDING RECORD Plans approved for 1, 1 91 homes Free Press Staff Reporter jyjORE new private buildings have been constructed m Singapore during the first half of this year, judging from the number of plans approved by the Municipal Architect, than m the corresponding period of 1950 and this,
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    S PORE LOSES RADIOLOGIST U.K. post for acting CMO
    231 5 S PORE LOSES RADIOLOGIST U.K. post for acting CMO Free Press SUIT Reporter. SINGAPORE will be losing the most senior of iU three radiologists next month whea Dr. J. W. Winchester, acting Chief Medical Officer and Radiologist, Singapore General Hospital, leaves for U.K. to take up an appointment as Consultant
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    RELEASED FROM SMC SERVICE
    84 5 »JIHE Health Committee of the Singapore Municipal Commissioners have unanimously agreed to release Dr Phay Seng Whatt. Assistant Municipal Bacteriologist, from Municipal service on October 1. The committee has also r'ccided to waive part of the required notice period subject to the recovery from him ol
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    LECTURES FOR TEACHERS
    67 5 Lnder the auspices of the Government Afternoon Schools Association, the following lectures rune been arranged to be given by Mr. Hockstadt for the benefit of teachers m these schools at 9.30 a.m. on *»ach of the undermentioned dates: Aug. 30— Teaching of English. Aug. 31— Teaching of
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    BLACKOUT AREAS
    162 5 'J'HE following sub-stations v.ilJ be liable to load-shedding tonight: Upper Cross St. 'Pagoda 61. Upper Hokien Street, Pickering St./ Church St.. Upper Circular Rd Carpenter St., Prince St. Market St., Raffles Place/A!alacca St., Bout Quay, Union Building, Hume Pipe. Rheem, Ford, Bin Seng, Wire Mesh, P.W.D. Quarry, Nanyang
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    2 VIEWS ON INDEPENDENCE'
    120 5 rPHE Peninsula Malays Union is moving a resolution at the Congress Melayu m October asking that a deputation of Malays be sent to England to demand immediate independence for Malaya. Inche Hashim Ghani, President of the P.M.U., said yesterday that he was of the opinion that
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    SMSU protest on pay reduction
    261 5 SMS U protest on pay reduction "UNFAIR TO LOR 6 SERVICE OFF'CFRS Free Press Staff Reporter rpHE Singapore Municipal Services Union is to -L protest against a decision of the Commissioners to reduce the starting salary of officers of the Special I Grade m the Clerical Division and Designated Posts
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    'Watch those new traffic lights...'
    100 5 MOTORISTS TOLD... Free Prcw Staff Reporter "V^EEP your eyes on the new traffic lightt installed at the junction of Lavender Street and Kallang Road", Mr. W R. M. Raxworth, Singapore's Traffic Chief, cautioned motorists jesterday The centre pedestal has been removed and traffic will continue
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      131 5 WZ7 I M GM j AVA GARDNER sines 'HOW AM i TO KNOW from the film 'PANDORA AND THE FLYING DUTCHMAN (NOW SHOWING AT THE CAPITOL) coupled with 'THE LOVELIEST NICHT OF THE YEAR t (film 'The Great Caruso) Sung by Ann Blythe i Both with Johnny Green His Orchestra
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    Will glory come to Perak after 20 years of struggle?
    469 6  - Will glory come to Perak after 20 years of struggle? TEMPLAR MALAYA CUP FINAL PREVIEW By OUNDAY'S Malaya Cup soccer final between Singapore and Perak at Kuala Lumpur has become perhaps the most-discussed event on the Malayan sporting calendar for a number of years. Will Perak break the "hoodoo" cast
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    THE DOOR-DIE' TEAM
    225 6 4 SOUND defence which has stood up consistently to the best attacks m North Malaya will be Peraks strongest weapon when they face Singapore m their long hoped-for Malaya Cup final at Kuala Lumpur on Sunday. The Military are strongly represented m Perak's "do-or-die*' side which has
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    A FLASHBACK TO 1931
    1203 6 NEIL HUNTER who reported the 1931 Cup final between Perak and Singapore for the former Malayan newspaper, The Times of Malaya, brings back memories m this article of the great battle between the two teams..., A LITTLE over twenty years ago it was on Aug. 8,
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    FIVE MEN WHO MADE THE GRADE
    358 6 'pHE following are thumb-nail sketches of the five new Cup additions to the Singapore team: Alan King (outside-left). 21--year-old Englishman from Ifgwcastle will be experiencing his first Malaya Cup final on Sunday. Formerly with Aston Villa and Newcastle Unites the English Div, I Clubs.
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    ALL THE FINALS
    117 6 ALL THE FI NALS pULL Malaya Cup final results since the comS£li tion was mau ?urated m 1921 are: 1921 Singapore beat Selangor 2-1; 1922 Selansor beat Singapore 3-2; 1923 Singapore beat Perak 2-1; 1924 Singapore beat Selangor 1-0; 1925 Singapore boat Selangor 2-1; 1926 Perak beat Singapore 1-0; 1927
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    GALWAY GREER WILL BE A HOT FAVOURITE
    673 7  -  ALLAN LEWIS From latest stable fancies from XL XL ALA LUMPUR, Wednesday fHKKK "as little discussion on today's racinjr I (l the course this morning. The general #p ,nion is the programme is hard. Galwav i;ree r fa the popular fancy m what
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    HOLLYWOOD Beauty Hint
    81 7 tfUt^ac&ifl* 'iattoruil wane to be v luvtly Clawd- our poise at MM get sell- -i. oh things as bnrg a-% tine a* kc them to be, and You mustn't. Buy b«>t quality you can nn perfectly clean ul wear them 'bought. Perfect a very important .it c
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    B.B.B.C. WANTS WORLD CHAMPIONSHIP BODY
    172 7 THE British Boxing Board of Control is sending 1 their secretary, Teddy Waltham to the United States to get the world heavyweight championship situation straightened out Waltham sailed on the Queen Mary yesterday and will stay m New York until after the Randy Turpin— Sugar
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    10 7 PHOTO pUyed at Manchester on Aug.** 4 <r Topical Press
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    All The Latest Selections
    215 7 LLAN uwi» iKf.siAvstK -j unum i fctF UALI Bm pdmhsh Race 1 MARTINI Marco Polo MARTINI MARTINI MARCO POLO Jaunty J! Golden New. Caravan Jaunty I Marco Pol J-unty Golden News John Race Z SANIAVA 3 J* BaUm CiRAND PARADE AMI SEMENT ANLANA KLAREPATH Amusement Marep«th
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    TODAY'S CARD
    632 7 AC'L'LiriOKS and probibl c jockeys tor todays races are given below. Double Totes will be on Races four and Five, and Seven and Eight, Big Sweep will be on Race Eight RACE 1—2.45: CLASS 5, DIV. 3—6 FURS. 1 020 John Jones 9.00 2 100 Mn«- ro Polo
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    U.K. SOCCER RESULTS
    54 7 THIRD DIVISION (Southern) Bristol City 1 Bournemouth 0 THIRD DIVISION (Northern) Rochdale G Darlington 2 Southport 1 Bradford City 1 Tranmere R. 2 York City 0 SCOTTISH LEAGUE CUP DIV. "B" Albion Rovers 0 Clyde I IRISH GOLD CUP (First Round) Ballymena U. 3 Ards 4 Glentoran
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    SAPPERS BEAT G.H.Q. 1-0
    38 7 SINGAPORE Engineer Regi- ment defeated G.H.Q. by the only goal, scored m yesterday's United Services League soccer match at Gillman Barracks. Inside-right Kennedy gained the winning goal for the Sappers m the first half.
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    TURPIN'S PROFIT
    31 7 OANDOLPH Turpin i« likely to bring home £5.000 as a result of his fight with Su«ar Ray Robinson, it was estimated by boxing finance experts here yesterday.- A. P.
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    PICTURE" TIP
    8 7  -  McLeod By „c 7 v;i.:,. tomorrow
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    U.K. Rugby results
    24 7 YESTERDAY'S Rugby League results were: Batley 19. Bell Vue Rangers 5; Keighlev 34. Dewsbury 7; Oldham 26. Liverpool City 0. Reuter
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    Charity boxing: 10-bout bill
    152 7 A xing promotion l y Darby Koh consisting of ten bouts m aid of the Kampong Bugis Fire Relief Fund will take place at the Happy World Stadium on Friday at 9 p.m. The programme will be neaped by a fight between Young Roberts ol Singapore.
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    FRANK LOWSON FIT
    49 7 pRANK Low son, the 26-year-old Yorkshire and England opening batsman, who last week underwent an operation for the removal of varicose veins, was yesterday declared fit to travel with the M.C.C. party which leaves on September 16 for a tour of India, Pakistan and Ceylon.- Reuter
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    Only one decision in three days
    626 7 RAIN MARS COUNTY MATCHES RAIN which caused interruptions on all three days made a definite decision possible m only one English county cricket match. There was no decision m four while a further three were abandoned yesterday as draws. With the county championship already
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    TommyMcGovern K. O. 's Thompson to win title
    278 7 TommyMcGovern K. O. 's Thompson to win title 'POMMY McGovern of London became the new British lightweight boxing champion when he knocked out the holder of the title. Billy Thompson of Yorkshire, m the first round of their title lieht at the Wandsworth Stadium. London, last night The fight ended
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      28 7 Today's sport SOCCER: South China v Combined Services, Jalan Besar Stadium; Junior Cup-tie: KAMI, v C.V.M.A. (P.M.), Geylanf: Third Div. B: Raton* Sajarah v C.I.M.A., St. George's Road.
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    FIRMNESS ON LONDON STOCK EXCHANGE
    164 8 FIRMNESS ON LONDON STOCK EXCHANGE LONDON. Wed. ALTHOUGH there was no noticeable expansion m the volume of trade, the general tone m the London Stock Exchange yesterday was rather firmer, states Reuter's financial correspondent. British Government shortdated stocks with fractional rises gave a lead to domestic section m which industrial
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    ICE STAR RETIRES'
    125 8 NEW YORK, Wed. SONJA HENIE said last night m New York that she stepped out of the 1952 Hollywood Ice Revue where she has been replaced by Barbara Ann Scott because she wants to end touring and be near her husband, W Gardiner. She said: "Besides, I
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    JAP PEACE WOULD BE LIMITED'
    391 8 Nehru gives his objections NEW DELHI, Wednesday. THE Indian Prime Minister, Pandit Nehru, said yesterday m New Delhi that the Japanese peace treaty to be signed next month at San Francisco would grant Japan independence but only "with limitations*'. The Prime Minister at a press
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    Klan, but no fear
    119 8 NEW YORK, Wecfc VV KLUX KLANSMEN tried 11 to make a great comeback m North Carolina m defiance of the police. The Klan, which wars on Negroes and nails a fiery cross to the nouses of its intended victims, urged thousands of former members to assemble
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    48 8 photo. HONEYMOONERS— Mr. John D. Rockefeller, jurrfor. pnd his bride, the former Mrs. Martha Baird Allen, take a look at New York City from the front of 30, Rockeiei^r Plaza. The bridegroom, who is 77, and his wife, who is 56, were married m Providence, Rhode Island.- A.P.
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    Labour plans another 'grab'
    150 8 Labour plans another 'grab LONDON, Wednesday. MORE nationalisation of private monopolies and state competition to fight those allowed to exist were advocated m a Labour Party discussion pamphlet issued yesterday. The pamphlet followed a general policy statement released yesterday for the Party's annual conference next month and contained a pledge
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    More balloons go up
    53 8 More balloons go up Anti-Communist "winds of freedom balloons were sent up at Munich yesterday with messages for the people of Pofland. Previously, 10 million bal-loon-borne messages were sent up m winds blowing towards Czechoslovakia. The messages are signed by 'Crusade for Freedom,* and other ant i-Communist organisations m America
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    DE GAULLE ATTACK
    29 8 General de Gaulle's spokesman on foreign affairs accused the French government yesterday of granting the United States bases m Morocco, and getting nothing m return- A.P.
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    INVITATION
    22 8 The Foreign Secretary Mr. Morrison, has invited the Vietnam Premier, Dr. Tran Van-huu. to London after the San Francisco conference. A.F.P.
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    Wrong size-divorce
    70 8 Los Angeles model Dorothy Baum won a divorce from her girdle fitter husband yesterday after testifying that he brought her 126 girdles and only three were the right size. She said her husband had dealings with "all my girl friends" m the course of his work and he
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    BUCKLEY
    7 8 "SHE GAVE HIM THE GATEI' ©-i&
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    A red-hot rival for Hollywood
    174 8 NEW YORK, Wednesday. ANEW Hollywood is getting ready for business and it plans to be^a red-hot competitor of old Hollywood. It is m Cuernayaca. Mexico, and is run by exiles from old Hollywood Communists, producers, and near Communists, playwrights and scriDt writers. They describe the
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    Shirley's ex-husband sent to gaol
    128 8 Shirley's ex-husband sent to gaol LOS ANGELES, Wed. lOHN AGAR, divorced hus- band of Shirley Temple, was sentenced to five months m prison yesterday for drunken driving. A psychiatrist told the court that Agar's drinking was a "neurotic reaction to a series of unhappy experiences m his first marriage." His
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    Death and destruction in Mexico
    268 8 MEXICO d.-i, Wed. ATEXICAN Air Force pilots parachuting food and medicine to thousands marooned by hoods said yesterday that "death and destruction are everywhere" over an area swamped by rising rivers m eastern Mexico. Lt.-Col. Hector Vertier Aguiluz, commander of the mercy airlift, deported "for
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    NEW ATOMIC TESTS SOON
    54 8 NEW ATOMIC TESTS SOON The Atomic Energy Commission announced lhai a new series of atomic tests would begin soon m Nevada. The announcement gave no data but said simply that the Commission has "authorised a programme of experimental detonations of both ordinary high explosives and nuclear explosives to begin m
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