The Singapore Free Press, 29 November 1951

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    19 1 The Singapore Free Press LARGEST AFTERNOON SALE HI MALAYA i«c SINGAPORE, THURSDAY, NOVEMBER 29, 195 L PRICE FIFTEEN CENTS.
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    Curtsey for a Queen
    65 1 picture. Queen Sirikit of Siam receives a curtsey from Mrs. Malcolm Mac Donald, wife of the Commissioner- General on her arrival m Singapore from Europe yesterday. In the centre is Mr. Mac Donald, who, with the Governor of Singapore, Sir Franklin Gimson, welcomed the Kins and
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    NO U.N. CEASEFIRE ORDER
    562 1 9 *9 lorea fighting to go on until truce signed KEY WEST, Florida, Thursday. JHE WHITE HOUSE said yesterday, "There can be no cease-fire m Korea until an armistice agreement has been signed". The White House described as "not true" Dress reports saying that ground fighting
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    BRITAIN BRITAIN CHARGES
    152 1 BRITAIN BRITAIN CHARGES UOKDON, Thins. V-- Nutting, fry-:;. Stairs Un- tr 5 Lid yesKlie could not ac;;:'''v-:. .::< made m CJe of Commons *V,. s^phen Davies, •>--.':r4 Labour memt "-hat barbarities 0 practised m Korea •;-.e BtfK ol the tiai Nations a;- xa: prisoners m North t-- xe:e Killer: -and
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    MOSSADEQ SEES HENDERSON
    37 1 MOSSADEQ SEES HENDERSON C. v Mr. Loy r: ailed jn Persian 5*- Mcssadeq yesterday said I; frank fc M: a^q -hief poliL, y°" n: ex-Premier fGavani prepared to f -sr.ce an:! Swit- r medical treat- A. P.
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    MAY QUIT KOREA
    13 1 \tZ: :-hdraw I trom Korea p.- J improved A. P.
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    U.K. won't join Europe army
    166 1 ROME, Thursday. THE Foreign Secretary, Mr. Anthony Eden, yesterday promised the "closest possible British association" with the projected European army, but he firmly ruled out British troops participation. He told the North Atlantic Treaty Organisation meeting here, that Britain had "taken effective steps for our
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    Nair wants leakage probe
    61 1 MR. MPD. Nair (LabourSouth Ward) a Singapore City Councilor, said this morning that he would move a resolution at the next meeting of the Council to appoint a committee to inquire into the leakage of the Hill report on local government. Mr. Nair suggested that meanwhile
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    ENVOYS TO AUSTRIA
    34 1 The United States High Commissioner m Austria, Mr. Walter J. Donnely, and the British High Commissioner, Sir Harold Cacia, handed their credentials as Ambassadors m Vienna to President Koerner yesterday.- AFP
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    Determined smugglers
    46 1 vhip from an Eastern port escaped pom Bombay A S nirJurVst night after unloading contraband add S^jot tried to intent Her bu^sHe eluded them leaving beh^dgM bars mji f n Z%mfo,l%ers Z^lJpTng Ibolrd and sett IZ^lil tTe ralo mcers toe re baddly wounded. A.P.
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    Girls pilot Red jets
    87 1 FAN MUN JOM, Thurs. THE Communists are using large numbers of women jet pilots over Northwest Korea, a Communist correspondent said yesterday. Mr. Wilfred Burchett, Australian-born correspondent for the Paris newspaper Cc Soir, said the women pilots were mixed into regular air squadrons. There is no
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    BANDITS ATTACK CONVOY
    102 1 Free Press Staff Reporter KUALA LUMPUR, Thurs. p^ POLICE convoy of two civilian vehicles and a partly armoured vehicle came under heavy fire from banks on both sides of the road m Kulim district of Kedah yesterday. Two police officers were slightly wounded. One was taken to
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    HE SPEAKS UP FOR THE U.S.
    55 1 HE SPEAKS UP FOR THE U.S. Mr. Osman Kazani of Turkey, yesterday had an answer for Iceland's Mr. William S. Stanford, who complained to the European Consultative Assembly about the lack of culture m the TJ S Mr. Kazani said: "You cannot fight for freedom with Venus of Milo or
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    AIR RAID ALARM SOUNDS IN N.Y.
    31 1 Eight million New Yorkers ran for shelter yesterday n the city's first all-out air raid drill. Pedestrians on the normally teeming streets vanished—like magic A.P.
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    King plans sea cruise
    90 1 LONDON, Thur. THE King, who is recovering from a lung operation, hopes to make a cruise of some weeks m the battleship Vanguard early next spring. He will be accompanied by the Queen. This was announced m a statement from Buckingham Palace last night. No information
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    How much U.S. aid? Churchill silent
    250 1 How much U.S. aid? Churchill silent .LONDON, Thurs. MR. CHURCHILL deiTl clined last night to say how much U.S. aid he will seek for Britain when he confers with President Truman m Washington m January. Informed sources estimate that he will seek around U*****,000,000. Mr. Marcus Lipton (Labour) asked Mr.
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    UNDERGROUND SHIP CLAIM
    88 1 1 MOSCOW. Thurs. 'THE bi-monthly "Smena"— a j Pravda publication yes- terday reported the Soviet invention of an "underground ship" and the development of a new science called terra dynamics" with immense possibilities of the eventual development of subterranean navigation. It said following intensive study made m
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    9M. WERE UNIONISTS
    17 1 About 9,235,000 people were members of British trade unions at the end of 1950.
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    More troops for Malaya unlikely
    133 1 COLOMBO, Thursday. 'THE Colonial Secretary, Mr. Oliver Lyttelton, said x here yesterday that he had no immediate solution to the bandit problem m Malaya, but he thought it a good idea to introduce helicopters into the war. Mr. Lyttelton. who arrived here last night on
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    TERROR GANG KILL DUTCHMAN
    76 1 A large terrorist gang estimated to be between 100 and 300 strong on Tuesday morning'held up eight cars on the highway from Bandung to Cheribon, and shot dead a Dutchman, Mr. W. D. Roils. He broke through two terrorist road blocks but was finally stopped by
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    Egyptians promise to end terror
    361 1 Egyptians promise to end terror ISMAILIA, Thursday. ALL British forces will withdraw from the main Suez Canal zone towns of Ismailia, Suez and Port Said m return for Egyptian promises to help fight the terrorists, British headquarters announced last night. Almost all British service families have been evacuated to guarded
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    PAKISTAN TRIES FOR SUEZ ACCORD
    72 1 PARIS, Thur SIR Mohammed Zafrullah Khan, Pakistan Foreign Minister, said last night he was still having informal talks with both British and Egyptian representatives trying to bring them together over the Anglo-Egyptian dispute. The talks had not yel reached the stage when anything could be
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    Three die in ship blaze
    65 1 SAN PEDRO, California. Thurs. FHE Norwegian ship, Balaan, limped into San Pedro under auxiliary power and reported that the ship's master and two passengers perished m the blaze, which swept through five decks of the superstructure. Three members of the crew were injured seriously while
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    FILM BANNED
    24 1 Australia yesterday banned the Roberto Rossellini film. "The Miracle," as "a travesty of the Nativity offensive to oeople of any domination."— A.P.
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    Her Pen is Her Fortune
    870 2  -  JAMES DOW I fiaphne Dv Maurier f can 1 "help writing 'bestsellers' j BY A S T week the highest-paid woman writer m Britain added some £50,000 to her earnings. An astanishingly high reward tor three months' work with a romantic pen? Possibly. But to
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    Ivor's Prison Agony
    220 2 Ivor's Prison Agony rTHIS is the story Ivor Novello never told the story of his month's impri- sonment during the war for a petrol offence. I "To say that Novello was stunned by the sen- tence is to understate." writes his biographer, W. Mac Queen Pope. "He f stood like
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    Big Bad Book
    264 2  -  PETER QUENHELL By CHILDREN OF THE ARCHBISHOP. By Norman Collins. (Collins) WHO'S afraid of the Big ¥V Bad Book? Not Mr. Norman Collins, a brisk ana capable story-teller who can prolong th c life of a novel beyond its natural term without obvious use of the oxygen-tent.
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    The Stoty of a Stage Idol
    648 2  - The Stoty of a Stage Idol CECIL WILSON A frank biography of Ivor Novello is reviewed by Ivor, the Story of -an Achievement, by W. Mac-quteen-Pope, <W. H. Allen, 225. 6d.), (Published on November 30). HE was "Ivor-* to intimates, acquaintances, and total strangers; to the women who cleaned the
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    QUICK LOOKS
    115 2 The English Past, by A L. Rowse. (Macmillan) Sub-titled Evocations of Persons and Places," this is a collection of essays— 4f unequal value describing an expedition into the English past through the biographies of famous writers Swift and the Brones. Thomas Hardy and D. H. Lawrence. Among the
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    'Monty' started badly
    165 2 'Monty' started badly "Y ou are Q ui^e use- less; you will pet nowhere was the parting prophecy of a Sandhurst instructor to a 1908 -cadet who had ranked thirtieth out of 150 budding officers. This cadet was Bernard Law Montgomery, the future victor of Alamein and present Deputy to
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      155 2 ANDRE GUIRAUT, who wrote TIBETAN VENTURE is that rare combination a scimtat adventurer and writer. He is also Singapore s French Consul -General TIBETAN VENTURE t!. bc^ story of his expedition throurh ihecountryoi the Ngolo-Setas. It is published at $9 60 by JOHN MURRAY who is represented throughout the Far
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      42 2 Solution to Crossword Mo. 521 YESTERDAY'S SOLUTION Across: L f Unsafe. fc.nSwaJ 8. Hydrography. 9; Liner, *H, Bi«ik«. 14, Sandy. 17; t»otWf; f 19, MeiS chantiniaTi. 20, Crew. 21 Shanty 4 Down: ly Upholds.; 2, t 3, Woman. 19, lf-.CC. k A
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      106 2 New Crossword No. 522 I*^ ■T'TMi aßsv II I i^sfl Is^H <JL.Ui2.Si AciiUs> 3. 6, ttie language children are born to t6, 6) 1 Ones legal y***^™ certainl y n °t left here (6). 8. A forbidding flag (6) 10 12. The sun means periods of 2 4 hours to
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    36 3 picture The Duchess of Windsor grimaces as the Duke takes a shot at a pheasant during a shoot m Frenchoccupied Germany near the River Rhine as the guests of the Count and Countess of Beaumont. A.P.
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    HE GAMBLED TO THE LAST
    332 3 HE GAMBLED TO THE LAST Killer bet 6 to 4 against noose he went down "unique m English SffiSJ*.. 0 11 C UnSel M For Mills was. until the very wi y end, a gambler. y Said Mr. Richard Elwes, K.C., defending: "if you are ever going to see a
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    'REMOVE MVYOR'
    28 3 9soth Korean adminis"xm inves:iga;ing coma;* has recommended the Ijaial o* ti:p Mayor of South Korean capital. wmmirtee has been ws-ijatii^ alleged mlsWiag of 300.000.000 won. Reuter
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    Why do men drink?
    56 3 POR YEARS Americans Imitc worried mightily about the problems of alcoholism, and there have been countless scientific attemptsto determine just why people Now Dr. Ernest Dichter, a New York psychiatrist who has conducted six separate and exhaustive studies _on the subject, comes up with an explanation:
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    REFUGEE SLAIN, TWO HELD
    63 3 A Vienna dentist who came to the U.S. as a displaced person was beaten to death m a cellar m New York by two men who wanted money for a party with their girl friends. He was Oscar Kimmel, 40. Now York Police said that two
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    Two mountains found in sea
    67 3 The British navy survey ship "Cook" reported on Monday that she had discovered two submerged mountains rising 10,000 feet from the floor of the Atlantic Ocean halfway between the Orkney Islands and Spitsbergen. Their peaks were 1,800 feet below water level and two miles apart.
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    Govt. consents to marriage
    53 3 Mr. Sheppard ("Abdullah" King, Texas oil fortune heir, has been told that the Egyptian Government has no objection to his marriage with the Egyptian dancer, Samia Gamal. The couple failed to obtain the necessary papers from Cairo's Government last Saturday and went through the formalities again
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    8 3 TODAY'S PIN-UP: Shapely Joyce Mackenzie, 20fch. Century-Fox star.
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    AUSTRIAN PROTEST
    32 3 The Austrian Chancellor, Mr. Otto Figl, has protested to Saviet Deputy High Com- missioner. General Kraa- kievich, against the interference of Soviet authorities m Austrian domestic affair*. A.F.P. A.F. P.
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    MOTHER ANSWERS THE POPE
    214 3 LONDON, Thurs. 4 ROMAN Catholic mother whose life was saved at the expense of her unborn child described the Pope's edict on childbirth as "a sentence of death" m a 8.8.C. broadcast. T In a contribution to "Air Space." a letters programme from Bristol, she stated:
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    THE ROYAL NOSE IS STRAIGHT
    331 3 Hoaxers tailed because— BRUSSELS, Thursday. A PHONE rang m the Sacre Coeur girls' convent school at Heverle and the Reverend Mother answered. 'This," said a voice, "is the Cabinet of King Baudouin. "His Majesty has graciously accorded to your school the privilege of a royal
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    NYLON 'ARMOUR' FOR SOLDIERS
    149 3 Will reduce death risks NEW YORK, Thursday. f OL. John Wood, head of America's Army Medical Research Service, said that new "armour" for the protection of army personnel had just, been tested m Korea. It would reduce the risks of death from 50 per cent, to
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    TRADE FAIR
    14 3 Hungary will participate m the International Fair m Bombay m December A.P.
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    EX-PRINCESS TO SETTLE IN U.S.
    53 3 Princess Vera Romanov of Russia, a grand-niece of Czar Alexander of Russia, will emigrate to the United States on December 4. She came to Germany m 1923 and lived with relatives. Since 1945 she has been employed as a Secretary to the British Control Commission
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    Rape sentence is upheld
    84 3 WASHINGTON, Thurs. AN American corporal has lost an appeal against a 20-year prison sentence for raping a 13-year-old Korean girl last February. The U.S. Court of Military Appeal on Tuesday confirmed the conviction and sentenced on Corporal James R. Slozes. Slozes, a military policeman, was convicted
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    NOT TO RUSSIA
    28 3 The Persian Ambassador to the United States, Mr. Nasrolan Erkezam. said Tuesday night he did not think the Middle East would turn towards Russia. U.P.
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      208 3 BUCKLEY **m r Iffl ME come YOUR LUCKY STAR fiTIS the ability to Z C enjoy freedom *St and »<* on > et T U cooper.tin* *2* -an those wh» *ir ioe.l*. Vt:u are •^prrameoul-^tyou s re i]t O f contradictions and Zr utare h a complicated mvi ih« h
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  • The Singapore Free Press THURSDAY. Nov. 29. 1951.
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      Malaya's task
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      GIBRALTAR
      149 4 PENERAL Franco is a happy —if misguided-man. He still has Spain m his iron grip though the privations which his rule imposes on the poorer classes have made them restless. He has secured promises of financial aid from America m exchange for allowing them to have military bases m
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    Air Warfare Must be Taken More. Seriously
    802 4 Air Warfare Must be Taken More. Seriously Grim lessons have been driven home m recent Army exercises m Europe, says Gerald Pawle pOR months now Europe has echoed with the tramp of the soldier on the march, the rumble of tanks and guns. On the Continent, where wars, or threats
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    It Seems To Me...
    698 4  -  Politico By OINGAPORE has its election difficulties. We must contend with manifestos so recklessly irresponsible that they are warranted to scare away the voters, with charges of dirty work m the election campaigns, and finally with an electorate which is supposed to prefer the rival attractions
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    CHURCHILL THE HAPPY WARRIOR
    777 4  - CHURCHILL THE HAPPY WARRIOR GRAHAM CAWTHORNE This is the last of three articles on Britain's new Premier by "VEVER, never, never, not m any event, great or small, large or paltry, never, never yield to force; never yield to the growing and apparently overwhelming might of the enemy", said Winston
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    JEST A MINUTE!
    19 4  -  GEOFFREY EVANS 4v Dear Lord Wooltbn «mi r eler cnte lo your plea for tnt.r*as«ti production
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    BUSINESS ASUSUAL
    430 4  - B USINESS ASUSUAL Kenneth Macaulay By WHEN THE PERSIANS SAY- WHAT_MREDER fHE Persians will 1 fall out with Mr. Eden over his statement that the economic life of Persia is disintegrating. A report from Teheran recently said: "Business as usual." But there's a catch: business as usual m Persia is
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      283 1 1 |IN THE OTHERS PAGES STORIES: Jf f^ The Glow of Christmas by K. S. Chia 3 tetf Caterpillars, a tale of terror, by E. F. Benson 14 *m «r What shall I buy for him? by Biddie Burke 2 S fc» Police Dread the Christmas Rush 2 2 3p*
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  • Christamas SUPPLEMENT
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      6 1 Christamas SUPPLEMENT Thursday, November 29, 1951
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      The stamp of charity
      910 1  - The stamp of charity PATRICK DOYLE <f CHRISTMAS SEAL SENDS A MESSAGE OF HOPE ROUND THE WORLD. by s \j\l.L Christmas A a fixed <»v ;i v postcard, or r^jlsphiving ;i h\il I the fight J ns t tuberculosis. ;^e Christmas seals, m size and cie-rT-i ordinary postage JX.;, have
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      THE POET OF THE CHRISTMAS CARD
      686 1  - THE POET OF THE CHRISTMAS CARD Roland Stamp by \MONG THE JOYS that Christmas brings, There's one more dear than words can say, Which is to greet the folk we meet And others who are far away; *A Happy Christmas!' Just those words Can mean so much and ring so
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      'WHAT SHALL I BUY FOR HIM?'
      990 2 'WHAT SHALL I BUY FOR HIM BIDDIE BURKE makes some useful suggestions for all those who have the difficult task of choosing a Christmas gift for a man. \yHEN it comes to buying men presents, they are notoriously the "difficult sex." But this Christmas the shops are so well stocked
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      Police dread the Christmas rush
      730 2 by A SPECIAL CORRESPONDENT Stealing from handbags is one of the worst cume problems during the last shopping weeks before the festivities. DRlf ISH police and store detectives dread the Christmas shopping rush and not" because of shoplifters. It is the customers, not the stores,
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      The glow of Christmas
      1703 3  -  K. S. CHIA A Free Press short story by H ow empty could a woman's heart be? AvaLim had asked herself this question for the last six months. Here she was, m a big, lovely home, but it was empty except for herself and her servants
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      MAKE YOUR OWN CHRISTMAS CARD!
      12 3 Children why. not row* tHt PMrrgg '"X^J^igFVm
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      MALAYAN MEMORIES
      1198 4  -  ERIC MITCHELL !A resident of Malaya looks back over the years and recalls the highlights of past Christmases m this country. by THRISTMAS 1951 has to the peoples of Singapore and Malaya a significance other than the perennial giving of presents, parties and the merry whirligig of Yuletide
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      Guide for toy buying
      433 4 LET DORIS GIBB BE YOUR gALESMKN m toy stores often wish that parents would decide what they are going to give little Mary or Tommy to? Christmas before Hiev go shopping. "He's six years of agr —what do you think he would like?" Questions such as
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      THE CHRISTMAS TREE MYSTERY
      1247 5  -  PETER GRAHAM by My diamond brooch, it's gone," cried Mrs. Gordon. The robbery threw a gloom over the party until Tony set his mind to work and solved the riddle of why paper crinkled at TONY sat bolt up- right m bed. Far away across the
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      Who brought home the Christmas mail?
      56 5 m a rev^ie d'i&rtc't cut off by imtne^an aerorlave drnvved at}a L (orijnining inUUtnH* nar&M It missed the ipof where it was expected to fa& anfr dropped f TrL vlrydim^H to reach. Three pairs of people ut ovtt fa reefer U. Tract m an
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      His Majesty, the Turkey!
      1274 6  -  MARIE GOUGH GET THE MOST OUT OF THAT CHRISTMAS BIRD. HOUSEWIVES. HERE ARE SOME RECIPES FOR BETTER TURKEY EATING. by QN your toes, housewives! Wrest that hist dollar's worth of delight and nourishment from the costly carcase of this year's .turkey. The male turkey makes beccer
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      FOES SOUGHT HIS DEATH
      966 7 A j Bashir W .;,,j m KngI NN years ago 1 Ss hailed f^iand said, u Scot ird, please V..; be asked for 2* m authority f; *he foremost -Xader In India" to a taci*?r official, who, be must have 1"* J thousands of P ineitk
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      Post office makes ready
      189 7 MOUNT PLEASANT. London, one of the largest letter and parcel sorting ofjices m the world, is being made ready for handling the vast amount of Christmas traffic that is expected to flow through it. The room m which the letters are sorted is longer than a
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      The most British of them all
      340 7 The most British of them all DANTOMIME is, pro--1 bably, the most purely British of all forms of Dramatic Art and it flourishes nowhere outside the Commonwealth. Itg origin is ancient but the people of Britain laid hold of it m the reign of James I and m the way
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      Christmas crackers
      351 7  -  KLUANGER by NOW I'M A psycho-analyst, and people come to me In cases where they need some treatment by psychiatry. We had some funny customers, of that you may be sure. But none, perhaps, so funny as the lad from Singapore. The boy was, roughly, ten years old,
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      CHRISTMAS Records
      1278 8  - CHRISTMAS Records BILL WEBB JONES Christmas is so definitely the festival of the family circle that during this period the gramophone is probably worked harder than at any other time of the year. by the approach of Christmas the cry will once again be wrung from many of! us, "What
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      Bells ring at dawn to call the faithful
      749 9 Bells ring at dawn to call the faithful CHRISTMAS IN ROME -miSTMASis lookI lands and i:«>- re Uian m There the J bustle of pieSL The sho,« are full of pretty things for presents. The picture oX the Virgin hangs conspicuously among the green branches brought m to decorate houses
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      US. Christmas tree
      51 9 rhoto An 85-foot Norway spruce Christjnas tree is placeain position by a crane m the customary place overlooking the outdoor skating rink of Rockfeller Pl*~a m New York City. total of seven miles of wire will be needed to striv* the 7,500 red. yellow and oranne hv.hs.—
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      Santa and the COWBOY
      1688 10  - Santa and the COWBOY LUCRECE HUDGINS By &tmr, Kid Buckqroo. the Terror of the Wesi. strives t 0 I the day for Santa against the bad Jindians is the them er^ exciting Christmas serial for children, young Qnc j LUCRECE HUDGINS, CHAPTER ONE SANTA AND THE COWBOY ANCE upon a
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      Waddle Wizard
      1260 11  - Waddle Wizard KATHLEEN HICKLEY A STORY FOR THE CHILDREN by WADDLE the Wizard was feeling annoyed with life. "Not a soul has been to see me for years" he grumbled. "What's the matter with everyone these days? Don't they want spells nnv more?" "Well!" said his Wife You know the
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      LAND OF THE LOST
      1367 13 :i Qiristnias we are wont to turn tn th <th+ end snoto Here is a true story of four gallant who returned from a wonderland that the Ice Me left untouched. :V q Special "-respondent S^DERLAND A tlvl Dg a f n f down al k(>
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      Caterpillars
      3662 14  -  E.F.BENSON E. F. BENSON A tale of ierror by by In "Cateroillars" we have a tale of striking originality. It is brmi,n«; e SS and without doubt one of the most horning stories m aiiy collection of rate u *s O 'J£™£ Frederic Benson, was bom at Wellington College
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      954 16  - Bethlehem is a friendly little town MARY I R WIN by THE birthplace of Christ, Bethlehem, stands near Jerusalem at a distance of five and a half miles. The pilgrim thither will find much to interest him on the journey and no guide is needed to point out the Field
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      706 17  - THE LAW YOUR CHRISTMAS MENU Charles Bur bank By JF you are a lawabiding citizen m England, your Christmas dinner ought to be a frugal affair. This has nothing to do with food shortages or prices or even with rationing. It is simply that the law of England has for
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      1382 18 ESTHER WILL HAVE A BUSY CHRISTMAS Malaya's favourite film star, Esther WilliQms, next month will introduce Christmas to her youngest son. In this story from Hollywood exclusive to the Free Press, our correspondent tells howEstherlearned that true love and happiness are not bought on the stock market or by a
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        42 8 THE SAINT by Leslie Charteris B^BBMfegir GEP IN PEgg, TT)" J LOOK, OTTO .H f HE'LL B£ ALL H IT /MUST'VE 1 DOES "T I 170 NOT >P^^^H JUfi^ 1 /'tJ R,GHT &UTHE^ BEEN THE n ,T PEEL BEHIND LIKE IT ENOUGH
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      132 2 CHRISTMAS and NEW yrj FESTIVITIES SEAVIEW HOl El BALLROOM Don Castillo tr oor/,. r CHICKEN INN Julian Foorman fif //.vr,. CHRISTMAS EVE- E^n^ (Dinner $12 aj|L NEW YEARS EVE- E (Dinner S l 5 -J RESERVATIONS UU^ 7^ latest M-G-M film |fe I "RICH, YOUNG AND PREny DANIELLE DARRIEUX b
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      50 3 Come on kiddiesOPIE N C^ N THE y^v F I RSI LUU m% pa wm&sssm^^o^ w'ifvuL i Exfe^ons to .1/ Oepfs. 11l EJ ITC Q I SI D lf C P sf goJt 696 P^e 5436 *****1 I EH WH¥3 g ram* WARMLD (WHITEAWAY. LAIDLAW V CO.. LTD.) SINGAPORE. 1.
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      388 4 Just an ordinary stock watch... yet it lost only 10 seconds m a month! m•* jsll^ /T^his is the story of a South African watch\mMM\ 1 >™kcr. He lives at Pinelands". And like Jfilijf a fine craftsman, he is highly critical. He fIH^J had heard about the world-wide reputation tor
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      123 4 TKE PARTY SPIRIT v r^^F GQ@G3[S^ WAUGH ffi| itfKorpcrclttd m $>»f<Loort) Bra*cha at SINGAPORE PENANG KUALA LUV? 31 iifci ill ■1 1 fii F S« v^*.T\ fyCCc I> l CmvJaliAill^l "jkon LARGEST STOCK AMATEUR PHOTO STORES LTD. {1500 109, North Bridge Road. Singapore 6. Tel. 6589 I THE BRITISH AMERICAN
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      183 5 I ip. sc«£ THROATS PU£ "A J I 'TT^NA^i FROM ALL %m?%. X?|3^ I SUMATRA TRAOM6 CO (MAMYA) LTD S fPW f HA\E\T YOU FORGOTTEN SOMETHING? Din /;>•. x'mas I COME, LETS GO TO I LIM SHING HONG JEWELLERS AT HEAD OFFICE: BRANCH OFFICE H 5? H.II Street 239 £r
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      207 5 I GOLD I |DOLLAR| 4 fJ^^M ■■■■MM IMHI ■■■I DHJaOUS*PURE*FRAGRANT Shim Yip Leong Tea Plantations:; CAMERON HIGHLANDS KaSWrPECOgATION AND jggjlgal PARTY LIOHTS I These attractive Osram lights can be used) B^V«l|ff F rFa^H tO < ecorate Christmas Trees Restaurants^ |H^K\v fWShop Windows and Showrooms ■PW^V^ They can be used on
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      241 6 II M I I I I 1111 l II ■limillil.LH.L.JM-lim.. A A Covered m Art Satin make excellent presents! to please all raste*. JA I vHbE *£W {j\ fS ends I J*W JI^L Wi rA^. 5 (Organdie) $13.95 tO $55.50 VgJ(A $24 50 W(WCj/Lm\Sk X^^^^vl with Nursery design o^^^^ J^=—;=:-73-
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      34 7 w^ a i 1 I'll iry&L OL O o r r^^ JEWELLERY i^P* "0 BETTER PLACE ||7^ ujffr Confidence than fM TONG^HIN x^ SOLDSmiTHS£ DlflmonD PEOLERS -^4 NORTH BRIDGE Rfc. SPORE 7. PHONE: *****
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      215 7 I CHANEL iißiiß^^B«S "ivKaaPSK' ■l-'W^'-' W rTnß^pr^ .■,l .dMAm&fr*.. .^.T^ s^t,^^ :-*-*c->. w jl ;sR'?!?-' <^-- > '•':.'<■:•.■■ :'f\/y --^k- &,'X\s&^? v"' H PARFUMS I CHANEL r^P l^^E^*\ < 1' :> *-"> 'H^^l- 2H <■ I W > 'n ,:"j pA em s.; y U DISTRIBUTORS FOR MALAYA. 1 4
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      342 8 (jfif' s Titatr please and La sir fhrouah the years. TEfl COFFEE SETS IN STERLING SILVER eE.P.N.S. 2ft BATTERY RD, SOWDRE I. TEL: ***** }i "SUITS" you for I STYLE -COOL* COMFORT J^ Try us for your next suit. [W wfif 8 Lowest price and prompt service guaranteed xif ML
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      133 8 A STIMULATING ORINK QT Quant For Special CHRISTMAS GIFI i j VISIT THE ARCADE NEWS Gli, j 8, The Arcade, Collyer Quay P-O.Boi 161S j FOR I JX'MAS CARDS, BOOKS, MAGAZINEsj j PERIODICALS LETT S, COLLINS j WALKER'S DIARIES PURSES WRITING CASES I FANCY j STATIONERY. 1 y^ BINOCULARS g
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      157 9 *V3£m± *Zjo2f*^£ oj#y^# gg#y^g fl-j^y^y #^jy^# *^£T+~P «j i I^l uality Gifts s For Christmas IN JEWELLERY SM^ SILVERWARE "Amongst Jewellery and Silverware fc° vAicA ii itotr on display at our shop 8 <« Singapore, Kuala Lumpur and Ipoh. m One is bound to find exactly what he }l g
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      143 10 ■B K^^H f gii^Hß ib JB fi bJ^^^^^BßPS^m^Bßn^^^ BB ■H N^jiUH^Vß MBEeßri J^bNNNJbt *l^S^CTl^i!^\^*^ *Bßßß^BU\i!iiUM^ff^^NNffNßn^Hr PW^Pf^B^BH[^^^^^BfwNN fIiNNN^NK B^^M_^_^^^^ M "^Pgfßl^^^^BPM^^^^^^^^^B3E3ißSßß»t^sp|HßlßwßE PELAPONE RICARDO DIESEL ENGINES. MACLAINE STOKVIS (MJ LTD. SINGAPORE KUALA LUMPUR PENANC %f^^S^^Hf''**iv'.'* NH^NBv NBF BBr M^r J^N«(BB'fs^^NM M*K X 1 A^^V eT-KoN Jm^m *^4S&Z%%S!^^ jff&zT ¥^b*l H. //mm m
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      197 11 MOST POPULAR SEWING MACHINES FO* INSTALMENT jTT Hand Machines only $20/- per month. j I^S^NIM Treadle-Machines only $30/- per month: Wholesale Retail. KHIOW KWANG CO. 744. NORTH BRIDGE ROAD, SINGAPORE. ;^T* f x'mas sale H FROM— 2Bth NOV. 1951 FOR 3 WEEKS ONLY iiTRACTIVE MORNING FROCKS AN D EVENING GOWNS.
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      112 11 I 242 Orchard Road, Singapore 9. Tel. ***** GARMENTS s^r^7 RSS^ Va^b Va^% V^% V^o Vc2^ V^o o*<fc#6 i4n /rfea/ IVay to Say MERRY X'MAS XL^a^m*^ M JEWELLERY is an Attractive $jsdsfflaß/L n <l Ideal Gift. It says a Lot W^sßQglS&Sr yk what words cannot express. We have a Large
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      139 14 ■■•11 .1 COMPLIMENTS OF THE XMAS SEASON TO OUR CUSTOMERS AND FRIENDS from MARICAN SONS X'mas cards, including cards with Malayan views. Visit our children's corner for children's books and other gifts to delight a child's heart. 74. Orchard Road, Singapore 9. Phone: *****. tf^,^ GT*2£iX»' GT^%£&> v^c&Jq V*2&*O JZ£&>
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      99 15 I w^^m Sk 9HKV Sk^^l Selected fASH IONABLE GIFTS for CHRISTMAS -ail ROAIIiJ LLAD TO"" i j I SINGAPORE'S ULTRA MODERN i RENDEZVOUS j "^SINGAPORE AIRPORT HOTEL LTD. i More than You Expect j i to Enjoy. |j Less than You Expect j to Spend. j Reserve Your Table for
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      225 15 s c S NELSONPASGE SPORT-SH!^TS g Singapore's Most Popular Sport -Shirts !S INTERWOVEN NYLON SOCKS A r o Equal For Wear M I CUP-ON BOWS 1 ft iV^t» 5/.y/€5 New Designs gj 31-33, High St. Singapore 6« .2 f>'^A m^s Gifts Perfumes, Cosmetics, Hair Brushes, Noveity Compacts, Gifr Sets, Dressing
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      170 16 Ifffiif*' so much better 111 fft W&L 5' lpJ^^^ V II 111 fjff W ,Jj Jm r 1 1 Player's N?3 Qhe Quality Cigarette SINGAPORE $2.10 per tin FEDERATION $2.30 per tin IPHILIPSI Ss Give |/4F""N| This X'mas I<>s2 P^sJ Model I mm %O ifik Price §230.00 LfflSS 10^ CASH
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      183 16 AUROUaI UwtiIPAYYOUtoPAYm We have the FINES! p/- Christmas Gifts m Town reasonable prices. 01 TOYS FOR Gffij 3 rINLT^^I BOYS GIFT. "o- A MOTHER. FA' PLASTIC WAR! Jg FACT EVERYTHING X 34/40 North Bridge R Osd Singapore 6. Tel 3788 37 J Ladies! For Your mas Qifa I insisl on
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      247 17 *M nPI mnW Bv^r' nu ■HKHss^Jv^9t^mntm^^L\J j CHRISTMAS BAZZAR tor jMsV XVmu presents from \t DULFAKIR'S Wi have an amazing selection of gift books. i children i books and annuals, Tom Smirk's and r«rf I Ciiev s crackers nmd stockings. Letts* mmd 5< Wli«» Diaries. X'mas trees, decorations, kp twain,
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      112 17 NYLON HOSIERY //> >»a»wy cotmucnon wt» ropmsHion FEftmm mktnonmm shades fe >Q GEtll/lffE 0A&0E V^/V\ Obtainable at: Raffles Silk Store, Raffles Place Fverfair fir Co., N. Bridge Road Other Leading Stores. ■r^JI aY B I jy ONES r SELECT HI B^^ LIVARPE t»^^^^ AVAILABLE IN TINS 6r PACKETS. Sole Agents:
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      90 19 c jM /}> '■■■SSSSiSSS BP(r*^RS s^ %0w jw tew i^^/^f W*U«MK«*ir|i 3 follow the Crowd of Thrifty v\ 1 SAVE°| P N er A°BIG WAY I j YOUR GIFTS FOR X'MAS 8 As! THIS TEAR Jj t\m^t &T!lA^^%l***rt\ ip5555^2"35E3 Dfx^ s^k J^vfi&^^^Sf •S^^^r^ fMmm rff MMMMM^— i— 1— JUVENIA U
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    221 5 BUDGET CUT SHWLVES TECHNICAL TRAINING PLAN need for skilled workers nv Free Press Staff Reporter ]$V slashing the first instalment of a vote for a proposed new junior technical school m Singapore by $499,990-thus reducing expenditure to a token $10-the Budget Committee ot the Legislative Council has shelved a bie
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    277 5 PUNS SET FOR CITY ELECTIONS Free Press Staff Reporter ALL arrangements for the S n a P° re City Council elections to be held on Saturday, W i HI lx new c «*ncaioTs will lie rVT' i^ ye been col »>P»eted, Mr. v. G. Thomson, the Sunerrisor •f Elections, told
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    ASSOCIATION FOR CHINESE COOKS
    51 5 Chinese cooks employed In the restaurants of Ipoh formed, on Monday, a Statewide association with premises m Theatre Street. The membership at present totals about 100. Cooks from the other centres of the State are expected to enrol m the new association to make it fully
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    244 5 Free Press Staff Reporter FOUR students from the University of Malaya, two from the Teachers' Training College, and another from Trinity College, are being sent by the Malayan Students' Christian Movement to attend an "Asian Leadership Training Course" m Sukabumi, near Jarkarta, next month,
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    34 5 Mr. J. N. Davies, Headmaster, Johore English College, will be going on leave m a fortnight's time. Mr. A. H. Hill, from the Victoria Institution, Kuala Lumpur, will act as headmaster.
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    63 5 "MAN WITH A CPW" One of the many paintings by Mr. Chong Soo Pieng now on display at the exhibition of 89 works by four Singapore Chines* artists hi the British Council Hall. The other three artists are Mr. Liv Kang, president of the Society of Chinese
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    152 5 Mr. A. W. Frisby, Director of Education, Singapore, told the Free Press yesterday that one of the first things the education authorities hoped to do at the proposed new school was to teach domestic building to the pupils. "What we would do If we got
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    225 5 POTONG PASIR FARMERS TO TRY AGAIN Free Press Staff Reporter POTONG Pajslr farmers would be eager to do retail business again m a i public market, a member of the Sor Choy Growers' As- j sociation, Singapore, said! yesterday. i The City Council Health Committee authorised the President, Mr. T.
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    33 5 Maityai X.W.C.A Pie idem, Mr^. Ce!?s::- B. A utz, of Sin^apcr? rffl y sit ipoii wday ;n f^p rcursp r T hrr fcctr* Of > i'* Ass^ciaticr.'g Fcdeiation cc vtres.
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    216 5 Free Press Staff Reporter ■JHE "Girls' Service Team" organised by the Young Women's Christian Association five months ago to help Singapore housewives look after their babies, darn, cook, sew, and wash, has proved an unprecedented success, Mrs. F.Y. Khoo, Secretary of th« Chinese section
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    25 5 A portion of Rifle Range Road m Kuala Lumpur is to be named "Gurney Road" m honour of the late Sir Henry Gurney
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    X'MAS RECORDING FOR SERVICEMEN IN GERMANY
    41 5 THE RAINBOW SERENADERS from R.A.F. Tengah, Singapore, recording a song for the Christmas entertainment of British Servicemen m the Rhineland, Germany. This Free Press picture was taken yesterday m the studio of Radio Malaya. Singapore.
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    103 5 CHARITY CONCERT SALE OF WORK AN informal concert, m aid of St. Andrew's Mission Hospital Linen Guild will be held at the Y.W.C.A. m Collyer Quay, op Wednesday. Dec. 5 at 10 a.m. There will also be a stall at which articles made by the members of the Guild and
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    1186 5 'Suspicion must rest on Council' says President CONFIDENTIAL CITY REPORT LEAKAGE Free Press Staff Reporter TtHE suspicion for the leakage to a Singapore newsx paper of the confidential report by Dr. L. C. Hill on local goyernment must rest on the City Council, said the President, Mr. T. P. F.
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    ROUGH PLAY IN WEMBLEY SOCCER
    746 6 Austria draw with penalty From JIM CHAMBERS ENGLAND'S national soccer team rolled back a powerful challenge by Austria yesterday and came out Of a thrilling game at the vast Wembley Stadium (London) m a two-all tie with the ball artists from Vienna. But the England
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    104 6 "THREE players two Austrians 1 and one Englishman will be reported to the international football association (FIFA) for violation of rules during yesterday's Austria-England soccer match, referee Jack Mowat of Scotland said last night. The players are Leopold Gernhardt, the Austrian captain and inside-right. Gerhard
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    31 6 The two matches m the S.H.A. women's seven-a-side hockey competition scheduled have been played at the S.C.C. yesterday were postponed and will be played on the S.R.C. ground today.
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    Medicals lose
    43 6 ARTS and Scoence Faculty beat Medical Faculty by three goals to one m a University of Malaya interFaculty hockey match played at Sepoy Lines yesterday. Scorers for Arts and Science were Jamaluddin. Mosbergin and Azizul -Rahman. N. Oorloff scored for Medicals.
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    542 6 picture. Free Press Rugby -Reporter The Rest 3 (penalty goal); Scotland 0. SCOTLAND'S bid for a "hat-trick" did not come off yesterday. Weather conditions on the Padang put a damper on wizardry m any form, and the Scots were unable to conjure up the thrilling
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    GOTHENBURG WIN 2-0
    49 6 fOTHENBURG soccer tourU ing team routed the Burmese Armed Forces XI by two goals to nil m Rangoon yesterday. All the goals came m the second half. This was the second of three games which the Swedes are playing m Rangoon before coming to Singapore.- A.P.
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    31 6 K.O. HOCKEY: Snr Div. Sherwood Foresters v RAF (Changi) Jnr. Div., S*pore Eng. Regt. v SHB at Gilhnan; I.A. 'B v RNAC at 1.A.; Women's 7-a-Side. at SRC.
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    ALLEGED BRIBE TO PLAYER
    167 6 CCOTTISH Police have ar- rested one man m con- J nection with an attempt to j bribe a Scottish League soccer player to lose a game Joseph McCudden a baker, appeared m court m Hamil- I ton yesterday and was bound over until tomorrow when he
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    SPRINGBOKS HELD TO 14-3 MARGIN
    42 6 COUTH African Rugby Union touring team beat North of Scotland by 14 points to three yesterday. Results of club matches were: Oxford University Greyhounds 49, United Services Chatham 0; Cambridge University 23. St. Mary's Hospital 10.— Reuter,
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    F.A. Cup first round replays
    47 6 YESTERDAYS F.A. Cup firstround replays resulted as follows: Aldershot 3, Tonbridge 2 (after extra time); Bradford 1, York City 1 (after extra time); Folkstone 5, Barnstaple 2; Gateshead I, Stockport county 1 (after extra time); Mansfield 0. Stock- ton 2.- Reuter. A.P.
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    Player collapses
    36 6 MAHMOUD Talaat, the Egyptian Davis Cup 'tennis player, collapsed on a court during a game yesterday and died a few minutes later. Talaat, Egypt's top doubles player, was m his early for- ties.- A.P.
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    FLYLITE DOES WINNING GALLOP
    512 7 FLYLITE DOES WINNING GALLOP Breukelen trio m sound trial From ALLAN LEWIS F LYLITE did the best tKj£Sj; ning when he ran three furlongs m 38 seconds on the number two grass track, which was sHghfly heavy Flylite Worked whTch makes Ms gallop better than usual. He is engaged m
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    TEST MEN KEEN ON CEYLON GAME
    132 7 ELEVEN Australian Test players and four Pakistan internationals have ?h? re f~ d he ir willl n*ne« to play™ c c i al four^ a y match auainst the If.C.C m Colombo next February Princess Elizabeth and ihe Duke of Edinburgh, who will visit
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    S.I.F.A. DINNER
    49 7 The Singapore Indian Football Association will hold a dinner at the Seayiew Hotel on Sunday Dec. 9 In honour of the All-India Football tourlsti. Tickets at $10 per bead can be obtained from Mr. B. Apavop. Hon Sec SJ.P.A. e/o Assessors Dept.. City Council before Dec. b.
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    UNKNOWN
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    RUNAWAY WIN FOR JUNGLE SCOUTS
    261 7 IN their Fraser Neave Cup in-ter-unit rugger match at Kluang the Special Air Service Rort (Malayan Scouts) were one JStat short of a half-century when they ran up a score of 49 (five jSSs. Seven tries and a drop goal) to nil against Engineer Training
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    A day out for the forwards
    241 7 REST OF THE RUGBY Free Press Rugby Reporter WATERLOGGED grounds and steady rain affected TT every rugby match played m Singapore yesterday. It was a day out for the forwards, the threequarters taking a back seat under the conditions. Royal Air Force Changi and
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    4-page race supplement
    49 7 fIPOMORRW'S Singapore Free Press mil contain a special four page race supplement. Main features will be articles on rising costs for racehorse owners and a complete form guide for all horses entered for the coming 1 Ipoh races. Order your copy of the FREE PRESS today.
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    PERAK MALAYS IN TENNIS TRIAL
    64 7 IPOH, Wed. In preparation for the Aziz Cup inter-State Malays tennis tie between Perak and Selangor at Ipoh on Dec. 9, Perak Malays are holding a State Trial this Sunday m which 34 players from all over the State will participate. The tie will consist
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    RSGC MIXED FOURSOMES
    61 7 Royal Singapore Golt Club's November Mixed Foursomes played on Sunday was won by Dr. and Mrs. M. C. Bain (43—7%, —35*4). Other cards were Mrs. C. C. P. Wieners and Mr. H. L. Halgh (41— 4% =36%), Mrs. W. H. Smart and Mr. P. L. Morris (45—
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    Dates for soccer touring teams
    90 7 TWO alterations m dates have been made to the series of games which the All-India Olympic team wfl play In Singapore. The Indian visitors will play their last two games on Dec. 14 and 15 instead of Dec. 15 and 16. The schedule for Gothenburg
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    Kedah to play All-India Goths
    57 7 Al.oß bIAR, Wea Th* Gotn«aour»: football tourists from Sweden *iii definitely play m Alor Star on Dec. 8 against a Kedah Football Association eleven. Tuan Syed Osman Idid toon, secretary of KJP.A said today that the association was also considering a match against the All
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    Penang team champions
    70 7 I IMSTEAD Badminton Party retained the Soon Eng Kong Memorial Shield m the Penang Badminton Association's senior inter-team tournament by defeating; Hu Yew Scan m the final this month. Seated (left to right): Ong Ewe Hock, Ooi Teik Hock, Mr. Chew Boon Ec (President), Lee Hoo Chye,
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    Saturday's U.K. soccer fixtures
    243 7 Saturday's U.K. soccer fixtures FOLLOWING are U.K. soccer fixtures for Saturday, Dec. 1: ENGLISH LEAGUE— DIV. I Boiion v Manchester C. Burnley Chelsea Charlton v HuddersfieM Fulham Wolves Manchester U. v Blackpool Middlesbrough v Snnderland Newcastle Derby County Preston v Portsmouth Stoke Arsenal Tottenham t Liverpool W. Bromwich v Aston
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    SAINTS' FED TOUR OFF
    44 7 ST. Andrew's School's proposed rugby tour of the Federation has been called off. The School team was to have made the trip during the Christmas holidays but, owing to unsatisfactory^ travelling arrangements, the tour has been postponed until next year.
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    EDDIE CHOONG EAGER TO COME
    251 7 From TAN TOttt'SAlK London, Wed. tcDDIE Choong told me In Ci London yesterday that he was glad to learn from the Singapore newspapers that the Badminton Association of Malaya wa£ considering tne possibility oS his training incision m; Malaya's: Thomas ffajt team tiext year JB&
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    BIRTHS
    67 8 WARREN: To Jean, wife of George Warren, at Bungsar* Hospital. Kuala Lumpur, on 26th No ember. 1951. a daughter TURNER: To June Doreen. wife of Edgar Turner. Federation of Malaya Police* Force, at M lacca General Hospital, on 24t>i November, a son. Michael Cl*a*?s Both doing well. EwWIN. On
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    U.S. SACKS 30 INCOMPETENT REVENUE MEN
    138 8 WASHINGTON, Thurs. THE Commissioner of In- ternal Revenue, Mr. James B. Dunlop, yesterday announced the dismissal of 30 officials m his department for incompetence. This drastic measure, brings the number of Internal Revenue officials who have been suspended or whose resignations have been demanded
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    THE HOUSE WAS EMPTY
    47 8 Only about 60 weary eyed Members of Parliament turned up for the start of yesterday's sitting of the House of Commons after a gruelling all-night sitting. The sitting did not end until 10.50 a.m., but they were back again at 2.30 pm. Reuter
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    King to broadcast
    18 8 The King will broadcast on Christmas Day as usual, the 8.8.C. announced yester- day- Reuter
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    BIG 3 ACCEPT 'SMALL POWER'PLAN FOR TALK
    332 8 BIG 3 ACCEPT 'SMALL POWER 'PLAN FOR TALK New 'disarm* proposal to Moscow PARIS, Thursday. THE "BIG THREE" Western powers yesterday -I agreed to sit down with Russia as a party on disarmament and set world diplomats wondering whether the Soviet Foreign Minister, Mr. Andrei Vishinsky, would agree too. Britain
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    'IKE' DENIAL
    42 8 Reports that Gen. Dwight Eisenhower would give up his post of Supreme Allied Commander of Atlantic Forces at the beginning of March next to become presidential candidate were formally denied m Paris yesterday by a spokes- man of SHAPE.—, A.F.P.
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    Mother or child? 'Both,' says Pope
    177 8 VATICAN CITY, Thursday. <T»HE Pope reaffirmed yesterday as the absolute x law of the Roman Catholic Church, that no direct attempt may be made on the life of a child even to save the life of the mother. The Pope was supplementing the remarks
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    FINANCE MEN SECRET MEET
    69 8 Senior finance officials and economic experts of the Commonwealth are expected to meet m London on Jan. 8 to prepare for the Commonwealth Finance Ministers' secret conference beginning m London on Jan.* 15. The agenda for the crucial Ministerial talks on the sterling areas problems, particularly
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    U.S. CASUALTIES
    26 8 The U.S. Defence Department announced yesterday that American battle casualties m Korea have reached 100,883 an increase of 707 since last week. A. P.
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    ARMS DRIVE 'LAGGING DANGEROUSLY'
    116 8 ARMS DRIVE 'LAGGING DANGEROUSLY' WASHINGTON, Thurs. THE U.S. Senate Preparedness Sub-committee reported last night that there was a "dangerous lag" m the production of planes, tanks, guns and other implements of war. Working from secret data supplied by the defence agencies, the group said: "The important and discouraging fact is
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    Earl couldn't refuse King
    293 8 LONDON, Thursday. PARL MOUNTBATTEN said yesterday that when he was first asked by Mr. Clement Attlee, then Prime Minister, to become Viceroy of India, he declined. "I said that no one m his right frame of mind would dream of going out to try to settle
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    'I DIDN'T GET THAT,' SAID MR. TRUMAN
    47 8 picture President Truman leans over the Speakers' table, hand to ear, as he tries to catch a remark directed to him from a guest at a dinner in Washington. The dinner was given by the Women's National Democratic Club. F.P.
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