The Singapore Free Press, 17 November 1951

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    18 1 The Singapore Free Press LARGEST AFTERNOON SALE IN MALAYA I SINGAPORE, SATURDAY, NOVEMBER 17, 1951. PRICE FIFTEEN CENTSk
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    NEW SOVIET PEACE PLAN
    414 1 A- weapons and armies ie-third PARIS, Saturday. Minister, Mr. Vishinsky nanded an immediate ban on I one-third cut of the armed Powers as an nrfcmt pre- te, Mr. Dean Acheson, latest suggestion and United States, Britain the "business of trying steps toward disarma,i he was glad
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    U.K. ASKS FOR PROOF OF RED KILLINGS
    232 1 U.K. ASKS FOR PROOF OF RED KILLINGS LONDON, Sat. BRITAIN has asked the United States if it can Dack up an American Eighth Army officer's charge that the Korean Reds have killed about 12,000 allied war prisonBTS. A Foreign Office spokesman told reporters that this country had no official information
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    ESTATE GANG HITS AGAIN
    10 1 ESTATE GANG HITS AGAIN •f. Dr..: t 1 0 I
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    200,000 H.G. FORCE FOR BRITAIN
    95 1 200,000 H.G. FORCE FOR BRITAIN LONDON, Sat. DRITAIN Is to make a Home 19 Guard force of 200.000 men. it was revealed yesterday with the Issue of the text of the new Home Guard Act. The new Home Guard will be mainly responsible for defence of the British Isles against
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    TAX CHIEF DISMISSED
    59 1 President Truman yesterday dismissed the Assistant Attorney-General of me United States. Mr T.k. Caudle for certain activities other than his official duties. Mr Caudle was m charge of the taxation services of the Justice Department and had been criticised by .a Congressional committee which asked that documents
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    Soviet told: real enemy is fear
    65 1 NEW YORK, Saturday. is there, it is Russia's fear of us and our fear of Kussla. As long as that fear of each other Ixists neither nation is there This is the frustration of hopes and plans we had at least on this side
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    Yacht wreck: Murder charge
    33 1 CASABLANCA. Sat IUUKDER charge^ were filed M yesterday m M^ fee JSSST mUnS The charges were fijed Xf nnp-man Grand Jury. with w"e investieatinK 2Lt«k ism the charges. A.P.
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    Motor Club dance
    25 1 picture. Miss Barbara Deans dancing the hula-hula at the Sinsipore Motor Club's annual dance at the Raffles Hotel last night. Free Press
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    U.S. may give Persia loan
    178 1 KEY WEST, Florida, Saturday. THE White House said yesterday that President 1 Truman had written to the Persian Prime Minister, Dr. Mossadeq, promising to give caret ul consideration to a request for a loan to Persia. The President's Secretary, Mr. Joseph Short said- "The President
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    TWO WIDE BOYS
    17 1 "Come, come, George, Mr. Dimmook was only joking when he offered you a job".
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    2 COMETS FOR PACIFIC ROUTE
    34 1 The de Havilland Aircraft Company experts to deliver late two Comet jet airliners to Canalian Pacific Airliners The 490 m.p.h planes will go into service on the Van-couver-Australia service
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    BACK SOUR STARLIGHT
    49 1 says Lewis ALLAN LEWIS, Free Tress racing correspondent, names Solar Starlight, Stormy Wizard and Stage Show as his best bets at Bukit Timah today. Best outsiders: Sudan and Heritor. TRESPASSER recommends Solar Starlight and Fine Run. Outsider Privateer. THE GOING is likely to be fairly good.
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    ITALIANS IN KOREA
    29 1 Sixty doctors, nurses and attendants of the Italian Red Cross arrived m Pusan aboard a U.S. navy transnort yesterday to serve United Nations wounded. A .P.
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    Ship amok in harbour
    71 1 Ship amok in harbour NEW YORK, Sat. THE Swedish motorship Los 1 Angeles ran amok as it pulled into Los Angeles harbour yesterday, crashing hue a berth and causing daman estimated at $200,000. The 450- foot freighter ripped through concrete and heavy planking and shoved a 24-foot section of a
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    Planes bomb flood waters
    71 1 ROME, Sat. pLANES were ordered to bomb the raging Po River yesterday m an effort to divert flood waters menacing the towns of Rovigo and Adrio. Helicopters were pressed into service to rescue and isolated flood victims m northern Italy, -where at least 80 persons have
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    11 POLICE ARE HONOURED
    41 1 Eleven Singapore police officers and constables were presented with letters of commendation this morning by the Commissioner, Mr. J. P. Penncfather-Evans. The awards were for "outstandingly good police work" m the Colony m the past two months.
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    A LOUSY TRICK
    105 1 BERLIN Sat. Paul Sonnefeld, 54. started serving a four-month gaol sentence jesterday, for hiring his nephew to place bedbugs m the rooms of a rival hotel Fritz Thimm, a 24-year-old student told a German court he got 60 marks <$50 Malayan) from his u~cle for letting out
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    Gun battle rages in Port Said
    343 1 Gun battle rages in Port Said FAYID, SUEZ CANAL, Saturday. BRITISH troops clashed m a gun battle yesterday with Egyptians, some of them terrorists intensifying their campaign m the Suez Cana! zone, killing at least one and wounding four. Two British soldiers were wounded. In one attack, terrorists fired on
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    PREMIER ELECTED
    25 1 The Pakistani Prime Minister, Khwaja Nazimuddin, was unanimously elected President of the Muslim League party !n Xi" r b i y o(;t e:-
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    FOOD RUSHED TO CANAL ZONE TROOPS
    115 1 FOOD RUSHED TO CANAL ZONE TROOPS NICOSIA, (Cyprusi, Sat. FRESH supplies or tanks and food for British trooi>s ia the Suez Canal zone were teing rushed from Cyprus yesterday. The British vessel Sulva. left Famagusta with a full cargo of tanks and food and the transport ships Empire Roach and
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    BOXER HITS REFEREE
    60 1 NEW YORK. Sat. BOXER Rocky Compit«?llo r who struck referee Jack Appell, paid for his outbursts yesterday by drawing indefinite suspension and a possible revocation of hif licence. Compitello was disqualified on Thursday night during the third round of his bout at Brooklyn Broadway arena when he
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    WHO WAS THE FIRST TO MAKE A FIRE?
    333 2 WHO WAS THE FIRST TO MAKE A FIRE? READ and LEARN WHEN you are sitting ff around a fire have you ever thought of the first person to make a fire? There are many legends on the subject. One states that North-American bison "were racing across plains and made sparks
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    16 2 and write oat fif t y times. 1 must not make fireworks In the chemistry class
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    Page For Children
    822 2 Are you too busy to have pen pals? OU R Pen Pals' Column, started about a month ago, is dying through lack of support. Not more than 20 of you ever wrote m to have your names, addresses and the nature of your hobbies published that others
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    The Mystery of The Islands
    707 2  - The Mystery of The Island s RASTUS V,V-->. QNE evening wnei they were all discussing their disguises Parappallam remarked that he had once been connected with a. travelling circus and that he had had considerable experience with make up To prove his words he set to work on Dick. Using
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      75 2 JUNIOR CONTEST 0 lr> and win a prize m our colouring cunie.st. nnen you have completed it fill m your name, address and age, and post to Children's Page. Singapore Free Press, Cecil Street, to arrive not later than Wednesday next. There are four prizes of $5 (one each to
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      229 2 JUNIOR CROSSWORD I 1 I 7 I' A I I C I 5 4 CLttS ACROSS. 1, a v^ c tiors inio which a play is by-product of coal. 3 One divided. 3 There are 48 m of the Channel Islands. 5. the U.S.A. 4. A cooking stove. "Cat" m
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    U.K.'s all set for jet air service
    122 3 U.K. 's all set for jet air service LONDON, Saturday. Ball set to launch the world's first jet irlv m 1952. and according to a regular services to South Africa definitely be m operation before rin? I Jo jmer rcu> mm aranch off Gull i -c yfars new and more
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    BARON HAD 'TOO MUCH VODKA'
    271 3 BARON HAD 'TOO MUCH VODKA' Fought fifteen waiters alone CIR Pvaw vj -i m .^^lS, Saturday. S chamDion ard M Styn 12th baronet SftnSSi^S 6^ 11 When he bjefted t0 a Poficeman^oo'K, the h tactic a' error of hitting nned £20 Sir Pve?s toiH with assault an^ had a bit
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    'IMPOSSIBLE THEY'RE FALSE'
    49 3 'IMPOSSIBLE THEY 'RE FALSE' /HARGED with biting her tenant during an argument over whether the rent cheque or the receipt should change hands first, Mrs. Martha Stelling. of San Francisco, who is being sued for £3.750 damages by Miss Emma Smith, said triumphantly: "Impossible— l haTe got false teeth."
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    JAP STAR BACK
    24 3 Shirley Yamaguchi, Japanese screen star, arrived In Hong Kong on Thursday after completing a Hollywood picture entitled "East Is East." Reuter
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    FRANCE HALTS PAPER IMPORTS
    66 3 The French Cxovernment halted all tobacco and paper pulp imports yesterday and announced further 'import bans, cuts for coal, chemical products and oil to save thr country from financial ruin. The Finance Minister M. Rene Mayer, disclosed this to the National Assembly. The slash m dollar
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    PILOTS SPOT A 'SAUCER'
    97 3 HONG KONG, Sat. BRITISH pilot and hk co-pilot whilst on their flight to Bangkok from Rangoon reported they saw ahead of them at 2 a.m. on Thursday a green saucer which seemed to have sparks all around it. The pilot contacted Bangkok airfield thinking this was
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    SIR MOHAMMED MEETS ARABS
    55 3 Sir Mohammed Zairuilah Khan, the Pakistan Foreign Minister, was meeting leading diplomats from six Arab states at a private meeting m Paris last night. They were expected to dis cuss the Middle East defence proposals issued last week by Britain, the United States. France and Turkey,
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    RED CASUALTIES
    31 3 The U.S. Defence Department estimated yesterday that the Communists suffered 1.457,466 casualties m Korea through November 6— an increase of 14.622 over the number reported through October 31.- U.P.
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    BEACH BEAUTY
    9 3 TODAY'S PIN-UP: Debra Paget, 20th Century-Fox lovely.
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    HIS LOVE FOR SON MAY GET HIM SHOT
    188 3 HONG KONG, Sat. A HONG V.ONG Chinese newspaper recently published a story of how a father's love for his ldng-lost son led to the old man's downfall. In 1940, the Chi Yin Pao related, Hsieh Yu-tsai and other Communist guerrillas were captured
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    2 men win£50,000-and don't know what to do
    124 3 MELBOURNE. Sat. TWO clubmen are m a quandry they won £50,000 m the Tattersalls Melbourne Cup consultation and they iust can't find any--1 thing to do with the money. George Cook. 62. a member of the V.R.C. and a Fliners Lane frock
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    FALSE RED NOTE
    35 3 The China Union Press reported in'Taipeh that the Chinese Communists m Canton were printing counterfeit American banknotes to be mingled with genuine ones m purchasing commodities m Macao and Hong Kong. Reuter
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      419 3 LUCKY STAR rtHDAY SUNDAY OORN today, the ele- men^s of leadership j are strong m your nature You have vaunt- k n on a |vf f ins ideaLs. great innate wisdom and quick, intut•JJJ^itti'''' <*» >n iart tive insight that makes ni r th f\!!i v easy for you make
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    The Singapore Free Press SATURDAY, Nov. 17, 1951. The Arab split
    519 4 The Singapore Free Press SATURDAY, Nov. 17, 1951. The Arab split PGYPT may well lose leadership of the Arab world as a result of her out-of-hand rejection of the Middle East Command proposals advanced by Britain, the United States and France. The current talks among the Arab states m Paris
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    Synthetic fuel race is a grim marathon
    848 4  -  KAY MURRAY Wanted by the U.S.— cheap petrol so the scientists get their heads together, says AMERICAN oil men believe that the full effects of the Iran crisis will not be felt until mid-December— a Christmas present nobody wants. By that time, unless
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    11 4 Cheer up, everybody 1 Mr. Butler's just discovered another threepenny bit
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    Around Singpore
    731 4  -  CITI ZEN 111 /CANDIDATES contesting the Singapore City Council elections m December form two groups. Those who have plenty to say on many matters including matters which do not concern the City Council; and those who are restrained, speaking only when the occasion arises. In the first category
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    Effigies are restored
    197 4 AFTER two years delicate "surgery," effigies of ancient kings and queens of England stored m Westminser Abbey have been restored. Mr. R. P. HowgraveGraham, Assistant Keeper of the Muniments at the Abbey, described them at"fascinating combinations of realism and artistic skill." Two are actual death masks, and
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    THE RAINS CAME-BY 'SCIENTIFIC MARVFL'
    637 4 r. M. Mac Coirs American Column! But New York is not so happy now DO you recall all that song and dance that went on about the rainmaking m upper New York State last, year? Then the New York municipal authorities were cock-a-hoop at their
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    BLUE PENCIL STRIKES
    479 4 —on Britain's holiday post-card* Blackpool surma T^HE blue pencil of the seaside postcard censor has for some time been poised over the holiday-maker seeking the sauciest specimen of humour for "just a line' those postcards with the buxom, blonde barmaids, honeymoon couples, preposterously stout women and henpecked
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    ? The rains ? ame, but ? dn't help much...
    33 5 The rains ame, but dn't help much... irr'l ()1 !*f, th rfd 03 ■Jinfl m the f^d dropped heb td dim nia SS for T^ firNt offence "the dam and I^Uh* m m»nd
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    ? st Time in 59 years
    6 5 st Time in 59 years I
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    MORE BABIES GET B.C.G. TREATMENT
    29 5 MORE BABIES GET B.C.G. TREATMENT c parents were now allowing newly-born babies to be ated with BCG, Dr. V. J :.im, Obstetrician of the M err.ity Hospital said ay.
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    RIOT DAMAGE TO VEHICLES OWNED BY CITY EMPLOYEES
    184 5 RIOT DAMAGE TO VEHICLES OWNED BY CITY EMPLOYEES Council agrees to pay claims m future THP v PreSS Staff Reporter T mit£ nn a n f C *i. a "l- GenCral Pur P° ses Com-re-aTrm,H Sln a P° re Ci^ Council has re-attirmed its recommendation that the inSiivp 0 W
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    37 5 bride was Miss Margaret Hay Borcnwick Denwick. The groom is chief accountant with the General Electric Company.- Mr. AND MRS. SIDNEY MATTHEWS after their wedding at the Presbyterian Church m Singapore yesterday evening. The picture. Free Press
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    CAPTAIN OF NAVAL DOCK
    38 5 picture. (apt. C. H. Campbell. R.X.. who has arrived m Singapore to ufce over as Captain of H. M. Singapore Naval Base. Captain Campbell served previous) v on the Admiralty Interv.rwing Board. Free Press
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    Wording was too indefinite
    139 5 This recommendation, however, was referred back at a meeting of the full body of City Councillors on the ground that its wording was too indefinite. It was also thought inadvisable for the Council to accept responsibility for damage of vehicles involved m such circumstances. Furthermore, the
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    Legal aid—if acquitted
    166 5 Legal aid— if acquitted TF a Singapore CUy Council employee has been arrested and charged with an offence arising out of his official duties, the Council should pay for his legal aid only if he is acquittc.l after trial. This proposal has been made by the Council's Finance and (ieneial
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    Widow loses claim for furniture
    177 5 Fre« Press Staff Reporter AN interpleader's summons x by Mrs. Beatrice Leach, a widow, of Whampoa Road, for recovery of furniture seized from her home by a Court Dailiff executing a writ, was dismissed yesterday by the Singapore Second Civil District Judge, Mr. N L.
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    S'pore lifeguards get line & reel equipment
    335 5 S'pore lifeguards get line reel equipment AT LONG LAST, IT'S HERE...' Free Press Staff Reporter A HUGE wooden case was delivered yesterday morning to the Young Men's Christian Association m Orchard Road -It contained the line and reel which the Singapore Lifeguard Corps had ordered from the Royal Life Saving
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    MOST IMPORTANT MEETING OF FEDERAL COUNCIL
    83 5 MOST IMPORTANT MEETING OF FEDERAL COUNCIL Free Press Staff Reporter NINETY-THREE oral and written questions, covering a wide held, are to be asked at the threeday budget meeting of the Federal Legislative Council which starts m Kuala Lumpur next Wednesday. Important statements on the emergency will be made by the
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    BIRTHS & DEATHS
    51 5 BIRTHS DEATHS r pHEKt were /&t$ oadles Dorn m the City ot Singaprre- tor the week ending Nov 10 Deaths over the same period totalled 174 (100 males and 74 fema.'esj. Chief causes of mortality «eie tuberculosis 23. pneumonia 20, enteriis 14. Beri-Beri 6. convulsions 4 malaria 2 and dysentery
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    REQUEST FOR MEETING WITH SECY. OF STATE
    41 5 Tlie King Edward VII College of Medicine Alumni Association is writing to the Chief Secretary of the Federation of Malaya requesting a meeting with Mr Oliver Lvttleton Colonial Iwn *«TT. when he visits Malaga
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    Presentation of Johore Medals
    180 5 TRe Presentation of Johore medals awarded m i.he Sultan's birthcay honours was made during last weekend at Kota Tinggi to recipients m the Kota Tinggi and Mersin« districts by the Tungku Mahkota of Johore. Ceremony *hlch took place on Oll X n ot P a ada
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    GOVT. STOPS SUBSIDY: EDITOR PROTESTS
    246 5 'THE Governments of Sin- gapore and the Federation nave stopped their monthly subsidy of $200 and S3OO respectively to the "¥ounff Malayans," a bimonthly publicaticn from Kuala Lumpur, devoted mainly to the youth of Malaya and the neighbouring countries. The publication, edited by Mr. Richard
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    Lone rider to start Southern India tour next week
    554 5  - Lone rider to start Southern India tour next week PETER HILL 3,500-mile trip by motor cycle AASDFSDF By A PROMINENT member of the CommissionerGeneral's staff, who knows the North west Frontier and Central Provinces of India as well as he knows the back of his hand, will be leaving Singapore
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    NESCASTLE BRING BACK OLD WINGERS
    504 6 NESCASTLE BRING BACK OLD WINGERS Hard game with Arsenal today TWO outstanding games m the First Division of the English Football League top today's soccer bill. Arsenal, leaders of the premier bracket by one point, visit F.A. Cup holders, Newcastle United, and second place Portsmouth travel to Manchester United, lying
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    43 6 South African rug-by touris ts were m biilliant form against Cambridge i'niversi ty when they clashed at Cambridge on Nov. 8- P. Jo tinstone (South Africa) is seen bringing- down K. J. Dalgiesh. Springboks won by 30 points to nil. picture Key stone
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    Farr loses on points to Hoosman
    117 6 ■TOMMY FARR, Welsh 1 heavyweight champion and former British titleholder, lost a narrow points decision to Al Roosman, a coloured American boxer, over ten rounds m Manchester last night. The crowd, who had fceca pleased with Farr's courageous display, booed the winner but -there
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    Rotherham bid for Division I
    316 6 From ARCHIE QIICK •"TEAM of the Moment" arc Rotherham United. If 1 form runs true to book they should be leaders of Division II this evening for the first time m their 33 years' history. The Club have already finished second to Doncaster Rovers, Lincoln
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    WEEKES MAY COASH IN COLOMBO
    112 6 ONE of the star batsmen now with the touring West Indian cricket team m Australia may become a coach m Colombo. Negotiation between the Ceylon Cricket Association and Weekes are now In progress and Mr. M. K. M. Ismail, secretary of the Ceylon Cricket Association.
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    SINGAPORE'S 4th VICTORY
    61 6 CINGAPORE. who beat Perak O six-nil m the Malaya Cup final this season, had a harder game against the State side at Ipoh yesterday before notching the fourth straight win of thetr Federation tour by a five-one margin. Scorers for Singapore were Awang Bakar (2). Alan King
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    Good start by Pakistan
    164 6 T)ICK SPOONER. the Warwickshire wicketkeeper. developed stomach trouble and was unable to field m the second day of the MCC's unofficial Test" match atiinst Pakistan at Lahore yesterday Pred Ridgway, the Kent bowler, acted as substitute. Pakistan, resuming 247 runs behind the MCC's first innings total
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    RNAS DOWN SCC 2-1
    39 6 J>OYAL Riia] Air Station Sembawang beat a Singapore C: icket Club hockey side by two goals to one m a friendly match yesterday on the Padang. Brown scorec twice for R.N.A.S. Hau? scored for S.C.C.
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    RECOVERY BY N.S.W.
    177 6 RECOVERY BY N.S.W. West Indies are three wickets down for 38 runs after dismissing New South Wales for 239 at Sydney yesterday, the first day of their match. After losing hall their wickets for 48, a century Bth wicic»t partnership by K. Flockton and R. Benaud enabled New £wft Wales
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    Ridings 112 n.o.
    45 6 COUTH Australia scored 351 for five m their innings on the open ng day of their Sheffield Shield match against Victoria, the Shield holders, at Adelaide yesterday. Bill Ridings, South Australian captain and all-rounder was unbeaten with 112 af £i» close. Reuter-AAP
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    kiwis in final
    56 6 |^IWI Members League entered the final of the Singapore Youth Council's Raynor Shield soccer tourney through beat ng Yourg Men's Muslim Association by two goals to one yesterday a* Farrer Park. Federation of Boys Club wiT meet Kiwis m the Nov. 30 fl-al scheduled to take place
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    EDDY CHOONG BEATS HOLM
    176 6 F'DDY Choong Ewe Beng of Malaya and Jorn lj Skarrup last night advanced to the finals of the Glasgow international badminton tournament. Playing before a crowd of 3,000, Choong the favourite to win the title outclassed Paul Holm of Denmark 15 8, 15—8, while Skarrup defeated
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    Saw Pak In Palladium display
    134 6 MALAYAN weghtlifter Thong Saw Pak, took part m the annual display of the Health and Strength League m the Palladium, London, last Salute. Representing Malaya at the inviiation of the League, he figured m a pressing match m which there were three other lifters from
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    Hockey 'Tests'
    50 6 THE Japanese touring hockey team arrived m New Delhi yesterday for a threeday stay, during which they will play their third Test tomorrow. The first two Tests were olaved m Calcutta and Lucknow respectively They were defeated by Indian teams by six coals to nil each time. A.P
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    British flat-racing season ends today
    148 6 DRITAINS 1951 flat-racing season ends today witfi meetings at Lingfield Park and Manchester. The season began on March 4. Steeplechases will be run at British racecourses until next March. The November Handicap, over a mile and a half at Manchester, is the big race of
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    Bridge Problem
    351 6 Neither side rulneratfle* South dealer. The bidding: Bouth West North East £<? P*»B 2* Paa. 2N.T. Pass a« Pan *V All Pass Wr:tiuti m the British Bridge Mdsazine J. H. Ritch, one of England's experts on play, uses the* North-Soulh cards of this hand to illustrate several points.
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    Table tennis star for world tourney
    675 6  -  CRUSADER SINGAPORE SPORTS ROlmnJ By SINGAPORE Table Tennis Association Council decided at a, meeting last night at Nam Wah Sports Club to send a team of four players and an official to the world championships to be held m Bombay from Feb. 1 to
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      272 6 SINGAPORE 8.8.C SINGAPORE 1.00 p.m. Programme Summary. 102 Saturday Ballroom— Matty (General Overseas Service) Malneck Skinnay Etonk Orches- 615 s K ound-Up; 6.30 tra; 1.30 Time Signal News. 1.50 N N Analysis; 6A Pro Interlude of Plantotion Music; 2.00 gramme Parade 6 > 50 Tne Album of Harmony; 2.15 to
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    MELBURY COURT IS PUNTERS CHOICE
    682 7  - MELBURY COURT IS PUNTERS CHOICE ALLAN LEWSI \foil hi fits on today's tclccs By I iRV lourt «a- the most discussed horse I l t Timah thi> morning when racegoers I nir the -haiu-es of today's runners. I* 1 nrobably send her out a proI vourite. She has excellent form
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    Today's best bet
    136 7  -  McLeod By COLAR STARLIGHT'S form at Ipoh should make him the best bet of the day m the last race (Class 1, Div. 2 6f.1 this afternoon. He won easily over the straight 5V 2 furlongs and was unlucky not to have won his second start when
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    TODAY'S SPORT
    52 7 RUGBY: Selangor Club v. Singapore Cricket Club, Pmdang; South Johor e v. Naval Base, Seletar; REME v. RNAS, Sembawang. SOCCER: French Air Force v. RAF Malaya, Changi; Indian RC v. REME, harrer Park. AQUATICS: University swimming championships. Haw Par pool, 2.30 p.m. RACING: Singapore Turf Club winter meeting
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    TODAY'S BUKIT TIMAH ACCEPTORS
    1282 7 DELOW is todays racecard for Bukit Timah. The double tote will be on Races 6 and 9. big sweep on Race 7. SCRATCHED FROM ALL ENGAGEMENTS? Red Cai nation. Jacks Darling, Electroplate. Northern Light. Race 1—2.00: Class 2, Div. 6—6 Furs. 1 403 Hurry Vp McCloud
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    Colonel Daly does sound trial
    545 7 IN preparation for his engagement over 1 3 4 miles next Saturday. Colonel Dalv (Percival) did a sound trial over that distance at Bukit Timah this morning. Starting from the l 3 /4 miles post with Madrid (Crowe) at about half-pace, they increased the pace
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    All the latest selections
    266 7 ALLAN LEWIB TRESPASSER EP,f)M JEEP CALL BOY POINT FK 200 «^i?i E F i RE ADONIS RISING GLORY ADONIS SPORTING GESTURE Sportinr Gesture Lady Luck Cease-Fire Risinf Glory Fla* of Peace nßrry tiP Rising Glory Spot-tin* Gesture Cease-Firr Geare-Firc BAC f3O STORMY WIZARD STORMY WIZARD STORMY
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    Varsity mile swim held
    44 7 [N the final of the Uaiver&i y of Malaya one-mile svrtm at Hay. Par pool yesterday Goh Konc Chiang cruised home to first place 28 mm. 2 sec. Ong Leng Gin and Lai Kuok Leong were second and ttrrd respectively.
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    FRENCH AIR FORCE XI HERE
    66 7 At Jalan Besar Stadium u>motrow, Singapore Amateur P.A. will meet the French Air Force visitors, who arrived here '•"ctprdnv The SAP A tMm W& be: Narayana; Davids, Sullen; Kok it.oug Moon uemiK isinau tiu iar*?; S Madon, Guthrie, Ibrahin> Dollah Ah Ho# Rahim Omar Reserves:
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    Hard problem
    55 7 A PROBLEM confronts t^e old boys of Christ's H< i pital. A drainage system lor their rugby ground at Fairlop Essex may cost £400. The ground was u«^ d taf aericultural purposes during the war It has now becorm so solid that the graftj will not crow and
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    BRITAIN TELLS EGYPT 'YOULIEDAT UN MEETING'
    274 8 BRITAIN TELLS EGYPT 'YOULIEDAT UN MEETING CAIRO, Saturday. A SPOKESMAN of the British Embassy here last night denied the allegation made by Egyptian Foreign Minister Salah el Din Pasha at the United Nations General Assembly m Paris that British forces had taken complete possession of the Suez Canal zone. He
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    RED TAX MEN ARE GIVEN ARMED ESCORT
    106 8 RED TAX MEN ARE GIVEN ARMED ESCORT POMMUNIST tax collectors under armed escort this week began levying stiff autumn grain collections designed to offset the Reds' heavy economic drain. A directive which gave the task top priority m central South China, noted that collections last summer were below the target
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    JAP WIVES FOR U.S.
    27 8 Nearly 6,000 American military personnel m the Far East Command have declared their intention of bringing Japanese wives into the United States. A.P.
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    DANCER FOR U.S.
    35 8 The Egyptian dancer. Samis Gamal, who ?s engaged to the American oil man. Sheppard King, will appear at the "Latin Quarter" m Miami, Florida, next January and later m New York. A.P.
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    JURY SPLIT ON '68-FT ASSAULT'
    173 8 YANCEYVILLE, North Carolina, Saturday. JURY failed here to agree m its first effort to A decide whether a Negro assaulted a white girl who testified that he got no closer than 68 feet to her. The jury of eight men and four negroes has to
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    JOINT POLICY AT U.N.
    53 8 PARIS, Fri. gEVEN Commonwealth nations met yesterday to discuss their attitudes towards some of the main political issues m the United Nations General Assembly, including the three-power disarmament plan and the German election question. The countries represented were India, Britain, Canada, Australia, New Zealand, South Africa
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    TREASURE HUNT IN VIENNA
    142 8 Viennese police are m- j vestigating a charge brought against Herr Windbrechtinger, professional treasure hunter, by a former SS man whose identity is not disclosed. The charge concerns the now legendary "Rosen- l berg treasure" which the foresighted Nazi Reichsleiter of that name prudently buried near
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    Start talks for peace now—Lie
    296 8 Start talks for peace now— Lie PARIS, Saturday. THE Secretary-General of the United Nations, iMi A Trygve Lie, yesterday appealed to the foreign ministers of all countries to start negotiations now to end the cold war. "This is the place and time to begin, he said. Mr. Lie, urged the
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    FIRES RAZE 60 HAMLETS
    40 8 Raging bush fires have swept up to the suburbs of Sydney, destroying 60 hamlets, a church and a factory. Heat-stained and blackened Sydney firemen yesterday reported most of the fires round the port under control. Reuter.
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      277 8 ENGAGEMENT WCNG-YIP. Engagement will be announced on 18th Nov. between Chiang Fook, Municipal Electric Dept., eldest son of Mr. Mrs. Wong Sre Quee. Singapore and Slew N?oh. eldest daughter of Mr Y:p Mun Peng. Singapore. DEATH FERNANDEZ: Dr. P. C. Ferz of 9. Martia Road, Singapore. Funeral on Sunday 10
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      181 8 New Crossword No. 512 o|lll I I I CLUES ACROSS 1. Four-footed friend (8, 3). 7. Union penny (3). 8. Cross of the Mediterranean (7). 9. Never by the seaside (6). 10. Often associated with Spick (4). 13. Delightful partsong (4). 14. Aircraft should feel at home m it (6).
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      56 8 Solution To Crossword No. 511 Across: 1, Galley slave. 7, Recur. 8. Gates. 9, Tan. 11, All the same. 13, Applicable. 17. Ash. 18. Onion. 19. Arlen 20. Finger posts. Down: 1, German. 2. Local option. 3. Earth. 3, Earth 4, Signs. 5. Automobiles. 6, Erse. 10. Aegis. 12 Tennis.
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      Masthead
      8 1 Free Press Saturday Magazine SATURDAY, NOV. 17, 1951
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      Have you ever tried an oil bath?
      561 1 V. R. BALAKRISHNA SAYS IT SOOTHES THE NERVES. COOLS THE BRAIN. SOFTENS THE SKIN. AND REVITALISES THE BODY. B-^niof pwpte hath.' If I tried Hghtwell s cable ouild and not i do- ruo nore nine com- da y oil dy. > Br r
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      PHOTOGRAPHERS ARGUE OVER 'AMATEURS'
      546 1 PHOTOGRAPHERS ARGUE OVER 'AMATEURS' T. F. HWANG replies to charges that 'amateur cameramen are treading on the toes of their piofessional colleagues.' MALAYANS have seldom slandered the English language more than m their current wrong usage of the words "amateur" and "professional" to describe photographers. In Malayan English, a professional
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      LOVE FOR FLOWERS
      662 1  -  K. S. CHIA by Old-world nonyas do not consider it proper for young girls to receive gifts of flowers from men. (JHIXESE girls are always told that if they want to grow up into beautiful women, they must never destroy flowers. How often do we hear Chinese
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        98 1 When you think of a day on the Beach you naturally think of /k WONDERFUL 1 SWIMWEAR Styled for Ibe milzt%lh HOLLYWOOD fl a s E A SIREN ff M N^Sg^ SWIMCAP with flr Jl^^^^l v\ lhe I A |l lw t o m on *mc t i n 1
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      'Rich Young and Pretty' is dull and dowdy
      642 2 The setting is Paris, the result is far from gay, says FRANK ROGERS TANE Powell started J her year well with 'Two Weeks with Love", deteriorated through" "Royal Wedding" and now reaches rock bottom m RICH YOUNG AND PRETTY (coming to the
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      Untitled
      30 2 A striking picture of |ames Mason m his part of FieldMarshal Rommel m the Twentieth Century Fox production "Rommel the Desert Fox," from tvte book "Rommel" by Brigadier Desmond Young.
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      Bitter indictment of teachers
      443 2 pVERY profession, we are told, leaves its indelible imprint. A parson, with or without clerical collar, can be identified at a first hearing; the Civil Servant, the actor, the shop walker, the bar attendant, the Army officer, the policeman, the bookie, carry the tell-tale signs m
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      IT'S AS MUCH ROMAN AS BUBBLE GUM
      607 2  -  R. M. MacColl SIX MILLION DOLLARS WASTED ON THE BIGGEST FLOP OF ALL T* Z But Peter Ustinov is superb m Quo Vadis\ says £IX million dollars! Oh, what a waste! -Quo Vadis," the super-colossallest, fantasticest, most superlative epic to end all epics
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      Celia Johnson is back in films
      722 2  -  HAROLD CONWAY LONDON SHOW TALK by BACK into the Him arena steps Celia J o h n s o n— the best actress the British film industry has known m its chequered history. Miss Johnson alters the star values of Eritish studios overnight. In
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      The Tamil bridegroom pays
      1083 3  - The Tamil bridegroom pays V. R. PONNUDURAI by He has to give the "thali" and its "kodi as well as the wedding saree I -he f VT*»I t rotin'l lier istf she is Hindu •5Sb she is ai■.f d »ith the I I JJINDUS ALWAYS stick to these designs as
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      THE HITTER WHO WOULDN'T HIT
      1528 3  - THE HITTER WHO WOULDN'T HIT DON ESS A Free Press detective story by yyH were sitting round, enjoying a beer utter the day's play m the annual "Over 40 versus Tinier 40" cricket match and talking, as cricketers do, of other days and other players. To some of the youngsters
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      Cupid must be laughing
      167 3  -  HAL BOYLE by CUPID must be laughing fit to split his sides at the United States government. The first session of the 82nd Congress appropriated Rome US^ls,ouo million. It conducted more than 100 .separate inquiries into matters ranging from now mink coats get into the White
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      Irish-bred horses keep on winning
      890 4  -  TRESPASSER By QNK of the features of the 1961 Malayan racing season, now m its closing stages, is the phenomenal success of Irishbred horses. Last season horses bred m Ireland took 69 races m Malaya. So far this year they have scored many more, and
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      Corbett's bid for honours
      103 4 By PITER O'SULLIVAN AGAIN the race Xor the English jockeys' championship is virtually "no race." When the figures are published later m the month Gordon Richards will be undisputed champion for the 24th time m his career. The race for amateur championship honours is< however, very
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      LIKE FATHER LIKE SON?
      77 4 £«ONS of famous sporting i^ fathers seldom achieve fame m a similar sphere, though "Old" George Cox and his son George have made a considerable mark m Sussex cricket. Now Christ's Hospital are doping that this cricket heredity will extend to a v Wrd generation, for
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      Ceylon champion a Tai Yang
      78 4 fOTTON HALL, a Tai Yang v horse out of Reed Point, is Ceylon's champion this season. Many critics are of the opinion that he is easily tht best horse ever sent to Ceylon. He won the Blue Riband of Ceylon for the second year m
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      JOHORE STATE RUGBY
      40 4 JOHORE STATE R UGBY tare. Jonore State rajfty team which lost by 11 points to nine t,» Sin* f Saturday's H.M.S. Malaya fixture on the Singapore f adanr match is against Combined Ser^ces on the Padang next Natur Free Press
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      Selangor Club may ? their revenge today
      351 4  - Selangor Club may their revenge today C. BRYCE By FIFTY years ago the first of the annual rugby matches between Singapore Cricket Club and Selangor Club took place. At that time the two clubs were the only notable rugger forces m Malaya, and through the years since 1901 the fixture
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