The Singapore Free Press, 15 January 1952

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  • 20 1 The Singapore Free Press LARGEST AFTERNOON SALE IN MALAYA SINGAPORE, No. 18,289. SINGAPORE, TUESDAY, JANUARY 15, 1952. PRICE FIFTEEN CENTS.
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  • 372 1 Powers agree on plan for supreme council OTTAWA, Tuesday. *y HE United States, Britain and Canada have agreed upon a plan to streamline the Atlantic Treaty Organization and create a high-level council that would sit continuously like the United Nations Security Council, it was reported today.
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  • 104 1 SAN FRANCISCO, Tues. A BLUSTERING gale accompanying a storm that soaked California yesterday ripped a dynamite barge from its mooring and tossed it about in San Francisco Bay for four hours before the Coast Guard could find it and take it in tow. One man rode
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  • 112 1 NEW YORK, Tues. AN Airliner trying to land in dense fog crashed in the East River in the middle of New York City yesterday. But all 33 passengers and the crew of three were saved. The passengers, some of them cut and all suffering from shock,
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  • 163 1 l rec Press Staff Reporter rn .GAPORE'S western 4 44i suffered since 4 night the longest a rcout which has yet irred in the Colony, ing more than 22 4. nous hours so far. supply wa_s still not •d up till 10 am. today S'.vettenham Road,
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  • 78 1 "Did not quit on tin issue' WASHINGTON, Tues. ■R W. Stuart Symington l] :d last night that the tin price situation had ab1 4.y nothing to do with recent resignation as ol the Reconstruction R ce Corporation. He said at a news conference that he told President in at the
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  • 28 1 rhe United States, Britain, nc« and West Germany have aereed to call an interf ral conference on Gerr"?n external debts on Feb- 28 in London.— U.P.
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  • 16 1 The body of an ex-Singa-pore air hostess, Miss Laura Lee, who died in the United
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    61 1 The Secretary for Colonies, Mr. Lyttelton, is to announce today the appointment of a new High Commissioner in the Federation, informed circles predicted in London last night. They said General Sir Gerald Templer was the most likely choice for the post. Here the General is seen talking to a recruit
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  • 84 1 Truman seeks authority on synthetic WASHINGTON, Tues. PRESIDENT Truman asked Congress yesterday to extend for two years the government's authority to operate plants producing general purpose synthetic rubber. The continuing threat of a "third world war" requires this, Mr. Truman told Congress in a special message. He suggested, however, that
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  • 146 1 Free Press Staff Reporter THE Archbishop of York, Dr. Cryil Garbett left Singapore for Colombo by Air Ceylon this morning on the first leg of his journey home. His Grace said at the air port: "I have been here just long enough to realise how great
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  • 106 1 CLEVELAND, Ohio, Tues. A 34-year-old mother who unexpectedly gave birth to a seven-pound boy here yesterday said she was "utterly speechless" because she had thought she just had "stomach pains". Mrs. Lillian Craft complained on Sunday night to her husband, Raymond, 38, of pain in
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  • 274 1 Danes honour Carlsen NEW YORK, Tuesday. CAPTAIN Kurt Carlsen and the Isbrantsen Company were criticised by members of the crew of the Flying Enterprise yesterday at Coast Guard hearings into the loss of the ship. Arthur Janssens, the boatswain, blamed the cracking of
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  • 33 1 Freighter snaps towline The disabled British freighter, Admiral Chase (5,000 tons) broke a towrope linking her with the rescue tug Caroline Moller and is drifting in the Indian Ocean between Sumatra and Ceylon.
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  • 39 1 Seventeen year old Teo Koon Kim, a schoolboy who was hurt in an accident yesterday at Chin Swee Road, Singapore, while on his way to school, died from his injuries soon after admission to hospital.
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  • 31 1 Informed sources in London said yesterday that the King will stand by his decision to visit South Africa's "White supremacy" Prime Minister, Dr. Malan, despite mounting criticism.- U.P.
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  • 32 1 President Truman yesterday nominated Mr. William H. Draper Jr., a New York banker and former UnderSecretary of the Army, as roving ambassador in Europe under the Mutual Security Act.- A.P.
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  • 180 1 Free Press Staff Reporter IPOH, Tues. TWENTY-ONE Perak residents were honoured by the Sultan of Perak on the occasion of his 62nd birthday today. Messrs. J. D. Mead, Kok Yoon San, Wong Yong Hew, Jal Manecksha, Inche Chik Yusuf bin Sheik Abdul Rah-~-nv> n«H Tr^ha Ahdnl
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  • 308 1 U.K. to quit Suez in 2 years— plan UNITED NATIONS, Paris, Tuesday. ORITAIN yesterday was understood to have agreed ■"to consider a mediation plan by Saudi Arabia for v settlement of the Anglo- Egyptian dispute. This plan was reported to provide for the evacuation of British troops from the Suez
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  • 47 1 A four-engine United Statea Navy privateer patrol bomber with 12 men aboard crashed and burned last night near Yokohama. Three bodies have been recovered so far. It is believed, some of the crew may have parachuted to safety before the crash. UP
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  • 92 1 BERLIN, Tues. MR. GORDON CRIER, Bri- tish Broadcasting Corporat on Producer, who has been directing Miss Gracia Fields' singing tour in Germany, disappeared in the East Zone on Saturday and is believed to have been arrested by the Russians. Peter Wilson, another member of the
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  • 29 1 Dr. Albert Schweitzer, philosopher, organist and physician, passed his 77th birthday quietly yesterday in a West African village, according to a report received atl Strassbourg. France.— U.P.
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  • 459 2  -  LOUISE PETRIE IN PARIS... By DARIS still puts all her favours on the slim waist. The silhouette that gets the biggest majority in the dressmaking salons is one with a waist that looks slim and breakable. All the tricks ot the thread and needle fraternity
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  • Page 2 Miscellaneous
    • 334 2 YOUR LUCKY STAR DORN today, your perception is keen and you are a quick judge of other people. This tends to make you *a skeptic; seeing, with you, is believing. You want proof before you go into a project. You don't believe in taking chances on things unless you are
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    • 35 2 gfhf Solution Xo Crossword No. 559 YESTERDAY'S SOLUTION AfrpM: sentences. 8, Courtjester. 10, 6.QJI 11, Matt 13. Jury. 14, Tainted. 15. View. 16, Weed. 18. Try. 38, Alibi. 22. Error. 24. Cell t?_.n* v.-.— n.
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  • 18 3 Pakistan has proposed that the three-year-old United Nations Palestine Conciliation Commission should be continued and enlarged.
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  • 448 3 They cut off all escape WASHINGTON, Tuesday. WHERE arc five iron curtains— not just one— surrounding the whole Soviet Union. They run along the tremendous Soviet border, from Norway on the north-west, around the south past Afghanistan and India, and up the Pacific coast all
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  • 145 3 LONDON. Tues. 4 team of atomic re- j ireh scientists from University will visit this year because there > many atomic parti- the air above Britain. radiation scientists Sweden, France, and will join them there r attempt to capture secrets of the upper
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  • 46 3 M:rza Abel Hassan Pakistani Ambas- the United States. has been appointed High ;>>iorier in London in isi to Mr. Habib Ibra- Rahimtoola. I Mr Mohamed Ali, Pakistan j H Commissioner in Can-; acto i til BO to Washington Mb Ispahani's place.— Reuter
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  • 20 3 Chilean Foreign Minister, Signor Eduardo Irarrazaval, resigned because of disagreement with other Cabinet members over domestic politics- U.P.
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  • 154 3 LONDON, Tues. BRITONS are today reading more than ever before and it seems they are becoming increasingly seri-ous-minded. Librarians all over the country report a growing demand for non-fiction, autobiography, travel and scientific books, and at the same time a big drop in light, escapist romances and
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    74 3 A HELICOPTER of the U.S. 3rd Air Rescue Squadron heads for a landing on the deck of the U.S. Navy Hospital ship "Consolation" anchored off-shore in Korean waters. The h el copter carries wounded U.S. and South Korean marines from a seaside airstrip two miles away on the North Korean
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  • 256 3 CLEVELAND, Ohio, Tuesday. SUDDENLY there was hell on the moon. A planet, only 120 miles in diameter, shot in from space and smashed into the moon's great yellow face. It blew up hundreds of miles of the crust, created a hot deep seat of
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  • 122 3 ZURICH, Tues. J^ SWISS police officer has patented an invention which he claims should reduce car accidents by at least 80 per. cent. This is a combined accelerator and foot-brake which can be fitted to all cars, buses and lorries with hydraulic brakes. The accelerator Is
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  • 34 3 Thousands of Cypriote, defying an official ban on public meetings, gathered in the Cathedral in Nicosia, and heard Archbishop Makarios call for a bolder struggle for "Enosis"— union with Greece. Reuter
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  • 35 3 A large Sydney butter distributing firm now sends a ball-point pen to customers late in paying their birs. If the hint is not takon, a refill for the pen is sent.— Reuter
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  • 32 3 British Army and Air Force missions will be withdrawn from Greece at the end of the fiscal year for economy reasons. Britain will maintain her naval mission In Athens. A.P.
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  • 287 3 Hong Kong paper says U.S. is guilty of sabotage HONG KONG, Tuesday. AN article in the South China Sunday PostHerald has accused the United States of sabotaging Hong Kong's textile industry by supplying her "worst rivar— Japan— with cheap American raw cotton while banning similar exports to Hong Kong via
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  • 116 3 BERLIN. Tues. ARMS smuggling, from East German Communists to Communist groups in West Germany, is the latest headache worrying U-S. Intelligence authorities. Sifting through hundreds of reports, American Intelligence officers have come to the conclusion that the arms traffic from East to West has
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  • 57 3 The Aga Khan and Begum arrived in Karachi on a "routine" visit to the 500.000 Ismail community in Pakistan to last four weeks during which usual religious ceremonies will take place Karachi is already preparing for a Jubilee visit in 1954 when the Aga
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  • 29 3 Two members of the crew of an American naval plane were killed when the machine crashed near th<» American naval base of Groose Isle.— A.F.P.
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  • Page 3 Miscellaneous
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  • 490 4 The Singapore Free Press TUESDAY, Jan. 15, 1952. Sin on the roads T»HE traffic islands of Singapore are growing. They grow ih size. They grow in number. We have white lines. We are to have yellow lines. They are all useful in easing the flow of traffic, but no-one supposes
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  • 756 4  -  R. M. MacColl says WASHINGTON. BOOMING into the New Year a New Year in which she must elect herself a new President or decide to keep on Mr. Truman—America presents to Mr. Churchill a gigantic paradox between the facts of her national life and the mood
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  • 92 4 LETTER TO THE EDITOR OOMETHINU appears to be wrong somewhere in the Electrical Department. The Tiong Bahru area was blacked out on two consecutive nights last Saturday and Sunday and there were five blackouts within the past 15 nights. Last Chinese New Year blackouts occurred in this area,
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  • 773 4  - It's a grand life i n the Culture Brigade JAMES MAYO Bv They have cut price I k:ood, drink, petrol* I They don't pay tax; They can all get free j psycho-analysis mmm^mhm^«m----«-<<'. A DOZEN people will meet in Paris for six days next year to "discuss editorial policy and
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  • 333 4  -  WILLIAM HAMSRER By TEHERAN. I IVING in Teheran these days is like living in Berlin back in 1932, just when Hitler was coming to power. Mossadeq is facing che biggest challenge since that day last May when he tottered up the steps in the Majlis, dashed
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  • 63 4 Representative Peter Mack landed in Honolulu on Sunday night after a 1,035-mile flight from Midway Island. That took 11 hours and five minutes, an hour and 10 minutes longer than he planned. His next flight will be 2,395 lonesome miles over the Pacific from
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    27 4 Osman Gumanti and Rose Kberwein in "Bewitched a j Balmese dance which will be presented at the Fine Art of Movement Academy recital of Eastern and West-
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  • 759 4 An Ex- Magistrate replies.... Last week Coart Reporter JOHN CLARKE alleged that London magistrates "appeared to work to a pattern of punishment as individual as a hair style" CLAUD MULLINS, an Ex- Metropolitan magistrate replies SJEEORE coming to **the details in Mr. Clarke's article, I would mention certain general principles
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  • 202 5 Bonuses cut as firms fear bad times Free Press Staff Reporter YEAR bonuses to employees of Chinese rubber merchants will be less this year because profits last year were 75 per cent, of those in 1950. An executive of one leading Chinese firm in Singapore
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  • 147 5 YOU MUST Ask for this help Free Press Staff Reporter THE Singapore Social Welfare Department would help families facing eviction with temporary accommodation if it they asked for it, a spokesman said yesterday. "We can offer them temporary accommodation at Bushey Park Home," he said, said. Only destitutes and old
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  • 142 5 Home for 'repentant' women proposed Free Press Correspondent rpHE Singapore Muslim Advisory Board has appointed a special committee to consider buildin., a home for prostitutes who promise to repent, the Free Press, understands. Thf Board, which met reeently, also discussed the nation of a Muslim Reus Court in Singapore. The
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  • 26 5 KOTA BAHRU, Tues. Inche Raman Rahmat. of th e Sot u Welfare Department. K i Bahru. is to attend a week course in Kuala
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  • 92 5 MALAY students in English schools whose parents are poor will be financially aided by the Province Wellesley Division of the U.M.N.O This aid would be drawn from the $20,000 collected on the occasion of "pasar malam" held bv the Kaum Ibu last December. It is understood
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  • 105 5 KUALA LUMPUR. Tues. AN engineering workshop is to be built in the Serendah Boys' Home, Selangor. It is proposed to start work on it this month. The home was expanded last year. Three new classrooms, a recreation room, dining room, bathroom and four staff quarters were
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  • 142 5 rE King Edward VII Medical Society, in conjunction with the students of the Faculty of Medicine, University of Malaya, is organising a "medical week" from Jan. 17 to 26. The main activity of the Week will be the revival of the Medical College Union- Alumni Association's
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  • 54 5 KUALA LUMPUR, Tues. Ayei Hitam Tin L»rec-_.-_g Company produced 563 ions (9,542 piculs) of tin ore in the last quarter of last year Production &y Puket Tin Dredging Company for the same period was 111, tons (1,873 piculs). The output of Renone Tin Dredging Company was
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    62 5 picture. IT WAS NOT ONLY A NEW CLASS but an entirely new classroom with new furniiure as well, for pupils of the School Certificate class of th e Methodist Girls' School at mount Sophia, Singapore. Their classroom is in the ne w $180,000 Mary C. Nind wins of the Sophia
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  • 204 5 AfR. Lee Kim Chuan, Deputy Public Relations Secretary, Singapore, has published a volume of nine short stories in Chinese, based on Malayan life. The book is entitled "Dorthy" after one of the characters in his stories. It has had an enthusiastic reception from the
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  • 124 5 Speed these Bills, says Laycock Free Press Reporter THE Rent Control BUI and the Central Provident Fund Bill, now before select committees of the Singapore Legislative Council, should become law as early as possible, Mr. John Laycock, Progressive Party Councillor for Katong said yesterday. The Rent Control Bill was drafted
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  • 220 5 Free Press Staff Reporter DOOR people can live more cheaply in Hong Kong r than in Singapore, said Mr. John Laycock, Legislative Councillor, who has returned to the Colony after a six-week visit to Hong Kong. But Singapore has better housing conditions than
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  • 200 5 Free Press Staff Reporter IF the Government provides free legal service for A the poor, local lawyers may accept two-thirds of their usual charges from clients of the lower income groups, said a leading Singapore lawyer yesterday. It is the practice in England,
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  • 43 5 JOHORE BAHRU, Tues. JJAJI Harun bin Haji Said, aged 63, tried to climb a rambutan tree to pluck the fruit. He slipped and fell to his death. The Muar Magistrate recorded a verdict of death by misadventure.
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  • 31 5 Mr. J. Yallop has been commissioned a Pilot Officer in the Malayan Air Training Corps. Mr. Eu Cheow Chye has been appointed a District Judge for the Colony of Singapore.
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  • 27 5 Arshad bin Hassan, aged 24, fell from a tree in Claymore Hill on Sunday and died shortly after admission to the Singapore General Hospital.
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  • 155 5 Response to course worries university Free Press Staff Reporter rrUE University of Malaya is concerned ovfcr the poor response it has received to its teachers' training course. Only 12 students have joined to take their diploma in education and 14 to take their certificate in education. The course for a
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  • 66 5 They'll save for T.B. fund THE Smgapore Firewood and Charcoal Dealers' Association will cut down expenditure on the celebration of their silver jubilee anniversary on Oct. 20 and donate the money saved to the S.A.T.A. and Tong Chal Medical Institution. The association will appeal to all well-wishers to refrain from
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  • 61 5 RAUB, Tues. A pantomime in three acts entitled 'Babes :n the Wood" or "Two in the Ulu" was staged bv the 12th Royal Lancers Amateur Dramatic Society at Raub Club. It was produced and directed by Sgt. Chandler. Music was provided by the band
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  • 1439 6 Nothing to beat French Rose By ALLAN LEWIS UIT The Spot should be one of the best bets n tomorrow at Bukit Timah, second day of the Singapore Turf Club's Spring meetingHe has raced only twice in Malaya— his first race was at Bukit Timah
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  • 80 6 rE following horses will not run at Bukit Timah tomorrow, second day of the Singapore Turf Club's Spring meeting.: Fairy Tale, Jack McGinty, Tryas, Merry Go Round, Film Studio, Horizon, Hard Cash, Persian Gem, Cabaret, Sporting Gesture, Stage Show, Stormy Wizard. Shahpere, My Ling. Seblas June, Brecongil,
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  • 52 6 The annual Singapore interServices triangular hockey tournament will start on Saturday when the Army, favourites to win this year's championship, will meet R.A.F at Tanglin. The following will renresent Army: •Kupalid; Coulter. Shaw; Etherlngton, Reynolds, Sweet; Slade. Sinclair. Dickinson. Rajah Tan, Knox. Reserves: Dodkin Parry, Lawson. Butcher
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  • 164 6 DEDIGREE will win again in this race for CI. 2, Div. 1 over six furlongs despite his rise of one division with 2 lb. extra. I have no doubt about him saddling up. He did that at Ipoh and he was so full of himself
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  • 22 6 >.\ This is how Jeannette won the second race on Saturday at Bukit Timah. by eight lengths from Mombasa (McPherson).
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  • 379 6 AN anery Joe Louis was at war with the Profes- sional Golfers Association yesterday over its rule prohibiting him and other Negroes from tourname Ttie tog-standing PGA rule against non-white players fell on Louis whep he arrived on Sunday fo v this week's San Diego opert^
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  • 90 6 Mendez wins a Canadian title rPWO Americans captured top honours at the eighth annual Strathgowan international invitation badminton tournament at Toronto on Sunday. Martin Mendez of San Diego, California, took the men's singles honours by beating Don Smythe. of Toronto, Boulevard, 15-14, 19-15 in the finals. Ethel Marshall, of Buffalo,
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  • 113 6 31 for House Lge. tourney one teams representing 29 clubs will take part in the three divisions of the 1952 Singapore Business Houses Football Association League championships. Seven new clubs have* been accepted as affiliates. They are Jacks. Boustead, East Asiatic. Borneo, Overseas Chinese Bank, Ha-dels-bank and Mercantile Bank. Singapore
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  • 97 6 TarTy t**nenn|.. Australia's flyweight boxing champion who t.k.o 'd Sonny Chia ln the third round of their fight at the Happy World arena on Friday night, has been admitted to the General Hospital with an abcess in the ear. Bernie Hall. Taffy's stable«ate, said last night that
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  • 31 6 Trainei Alan Keddle lias returned to Singapore with his family after a flying visit to the United Kingdom and France. Heddle attended the Newmarket Sales and bought some horses.
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  • Article, Illustration
    59 6 Both sides vulnerable. South dealer. The bidding* South West North East 4 AlTpa.. 3 it comes to ruffing with one of two approximately equal trumps, it may prove profitable to ruff with the higher one This Is especially true if you are going to lead the other one back
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  • 56 6 rPHE victorious Perak Rugby XV were yesterday afternoon feted by the Sultan of Perak in the Council Chamber and congratulated w their sp* victory. The Mentn Besar, rhe Briusb Adviser and the President of the Perak Rugby Union, Mr. Justice Bostock-Hili and members of the Perak
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  • 218 6 ren. covered by South's quern and won by West's king. When West led back a low diamond, East assumed it was either because he didn't have the Jack or because he wanted to save that card. At any rate, West ruffed with the spade eight and got ready to
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  • 84 6 RESULTS of the first round of the Singapore chess championships are: Sardar Monamed bt. G. Singh; Lee Mon Seng bt. F. E. M. Pagel; N. Littlewood bt. Gwee Kim Chee; Peter Seng bt. Billy Chan; Mah Beng Guan bt. K. P. Thomas; Tay Kheng Hong bt. F.
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  • 287 6 Only o/te passed umpires exam SEVENTEEN candid*,, 3-10 from th.Smw and seven civilians^ for the Singapore Hoc£ Association's theoretical examination for ci 1 umpires certificates J only one, a servicemen qualified with a t^f more than 90 P c r ±J marks. nv He was Mr. j Bum G.H.Q. (Signals.:
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  • 329 6 SPHERE has been a lupse of several days in the Knockout Competitions owing to the holidays and the rain. An effort is being made to complete both divisions before the end-of-season game between tne Europeans and the Rest which is scheduled for Feb. 16. The positions are
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  • 590 7 ACTION- PACKED BOUTS BY SIGNALS Inter-Sqn. boxing Free Press Boxing Reporter accent was on action in the annual inter-squadron and individual boxing championships of the Singapore District Signal Regiment held last night at Calcutta Camp. For two and a half hours 21 boxers packed all their stamina and strength into
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  • 168 7 mitinued from Page 6) form. She ha_; dropped a .'h 2fb less, i division higher than v. hen sec nd to Harcourt and in division as when second 11. [_M iu_f« to Trobella should r Miss Coy, Mombassa, H> r mone or Sunstream. I prefer :he chances of Sunburn
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  • 493 7 piRST fight in the finals last night was a lightx weight encounter between L/Cpl. Shields and Sgmn. Lau Chin Guan. Chin Guan proved too big and two strong for Shields and was declared the winner after stalking his man for three rounds. The light-welterweight final produced
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  • 166 7 SEMI-FINALS FLYWEIGHT: Sgm. Kessler (2 Sqn.) kt. L/Cpl. Eman; (RHQ) on points; Sim. Seng Huat Aw (STS) k.o.'d Sgm. R_.tnave.lu (2 Sqn.) in round two. BANTAMWEIGHT: Sgm. Watford (STS) kt. L/Cpl. Dhamapala (STS) on points; Cpl. Rodrigues (STS) received walkover from Sgm. Sharp (1 Sqn.). FEATHERWEIGHT: Sgm. Rodrigues (2
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  • 9 7 Solution to Saturday's Picture Tip is Madrid.
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  • 49 7 F.A. Cup third round replays results: Stoke City 3 Sunderland 1. Stoke City will now be away in the fourth round to the winners of the Cardiff-Swindon replay. Coventry City 4, Leicester City 1. Coventry City are now away to Burnley in the fourth round.
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  • 44 7 The University ot Malaya Chess Club's Lightning Championship held at Harrower Hall on Saturday, was won by Charlie Lim, former Malayan singles runnerup. Results Charlie Lim 6 points; Jerry Goh 4 points; Phoon WaiOn 4 points and Teoh Khong Guan Z% points.
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  • 62 7 rE West Indies schoolboy who writes the prize-winn-ing essay on Australia will receive a cricket bat autographed specially for him by Sir Donald Bradman, former world champion batsman, and by the West T ndies cricket team. The bat, given by the Australian Department of Commerce, has
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  • 52 7 PROMOTER Jack Solomons banned Vic Toweel and Peter Keenan yesterday from riding horses, cycles, or travelling i n cars, aircraft or waterskls before th e world bantamweight title fight In Johannesburg on Jan. 27. Solomons' move followed reports that Keenan has been water-skiing and Toweel driving a high-powered
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  • 207 7 IN America recently they introduced rubber floors for boxing rings Just to make a knock out as comfortable as possible for unlucky boxers. Now, from Switzerland, comes news that the Swiss Boxing Federation has announced new rules aimed at "protecting the health of «rPVPnfin<r MSil- Prom
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  • 29 7 picture. Belmont Stable's Honolulu Fry) being led in after winning the fourth race on Sat urday, firstdav of the Singapore Turf Club's Spring meeting.- Free Press
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  • 411 7 TNDIA who were 125 for seven wickets overnight, 1 lost their remaining three wickets for 32 runs at Kanpur yesterday. England thus won the fourth Test by eight wickets. England required only 76 runs to win when they went into bat. The first three Tests in
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  • 87 7 West Australia needed 188 runs to avoid an innings defeat when the second day's play in their Sheffield match against Queensland ended yesterday at Brisbane. They had five wickets left standing. Scores were West Au.tr.ilia 83 and 79 for five: Queensland 350. Queensland tot their remaining
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  • 133 7 'JHE United States Lawn Tennis Association will not take any action over the question of Frank Sedgman's amateur status, and the Lawn Tennis Association of Australia will "let the matter drop" until an official request for an inquiry is received from the International Lawn Tennis Federation. Objections
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  • 272 7 DAY Barkway, British A.A.A. coach, sad yesler- day ihat he noticed the Malayan high jump champion, Lloyd Valberg, lands on the wrong foot while doing the straight western roll. Barkway said this at the Victoria School, where he was taking his "pupils' through
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  • 164 7 Newcastle meet Spurs in 4th Rd. NEWCASTLE UNITED winners of the F-A. Cup last season, yesterday drew lu away match against Leai-.ua champions Tottenham Hotspur for the fourth round of the 1951-52 Cup competition. The fourth round matches will be played on Fe_b. 2. Arsenal, always a favoured contender in
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  • 147 7 THE West Indies helped by an unfinished partnership of 234 between Clyde Wftlcott and Frank Worrell passed Tasmania's first innings total of 223 for the loss of only one wicket at Hcbart, Tasmania, yesterday. At tea with the West Indies total at 271 for one wicket,
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  • 49 8 MR. Sc MRS. A. P. Abeyasekera A- Mr. A. P. L. Jayawardena wish to thank all relatives and friends for their attendance, congratulate ry messages, valuable gifts and e«: stance rendered on the occasion of the wedding of their son an daughter. Mr. and Mrs. Cyril Abevasrkera recently.
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  • 16 8 IN KX On January 10th to CHARMIAN. wife of P.O. Corner, a son Stephen Frederick
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  • 341 8 WASHINGTON, Tuesday. GENERAL Omar Bradley, Chairman of the United States Joint Chiefs of Staff, told a Congressional committee yesterday that France wanted American naval and air support if the Chinese invaded Indo-China, according to reliable informants. General Bradley was reporting to
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    51 8 picture British actress Vivie.i Leigh, and Hollywood actor, Marlon Brando, pictured in a scene from the film version of Tennessee Williams' play, 'Streetcar Named Desire/ The film was chosen the best of 1951 while Miss Leigh was chosen the best actress and Brando the best actor by New York critics.
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  • 42 8 Cardinal Spellman, Roman Catholic Archbishop of New York, now in India, placed a wreath yesterday at the spot where the body of Mahatma Gandhi was cremated. Later he held a 50-minute teatable conference with the Prime Minister Mr. Nehru.
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  • 157 8 HEATED TRUCE PARLEYS PANMUNJOM, Tues. *pHE KOREAN cease fire negotiations nearly broke up yesterday in an angry exchange of accusations by the United Nations and Communist truce teams. The Allies abruptly adjourned the sub-committee on exchange of war prisoners when the Reds accused the United Nations Command delegation of lying.
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  • 70 8 BERLIN, Tues. "PHE BRITISH diplomats. Donald Maclean and Guy Burgess, who disappeared from their Foreign Office posts last May are in Russian prison a diplomat recently returned from Russia said in Berlin yesterday. He asked to remain anonymous. He said it was almost "common knowledge" in
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  • 25 8 Yesterday's closing quotations on the Hong Kong money exchange were: U.S.SI. H.K.56,57J (cash); H.K.56.613/ 4 (T.T.). £1 H.K.515.65. Gold: H.K.5322i per tahil.
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  • 29 8 There is only one motor car for every 2,400 people in Japan. This was little more than half the cars that Jap- an had in 1937.- A.P.
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  • 23 8 Anti-aircraft units of the Burma Army have been ordered to shoot down any unauthorised plane violating Burmese territory at night.
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  • 109 8 FREE IN 3 YEARS, AUSTRALIA SAYS LONDON, Tues. »pHE Commonwealth Finance Ministers conference beginning here today may consider an Australian suggestion that a three-year target date be set to achieve free convertibility of the Pound sterling. Reliable sources indicated that the Canadian and New Zealand representatives had supported the Australian
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  • 191 8 CANBERRA, Tuesday. A BITTER political fight is inevitable when the Parliament meets on Feb. 2 to ratify the Japanese peace treaty, it was forecast today. Labour leader Mr. Herbert Evatt pledged over the week-end that Labour would fight the ratification to the limit. He charged
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  • 42 8 Britain v.ent deeper into debt last month ln her shopping in Western Europe. Figures reported yesterday showed she bought nearly £50,000,000 worth of goods more than she sold and paid for only about half of her purchases. A.P.
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  • 11 8 The British Government Is ready to comply with the
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  • 74 8 IMPOSSIBLE,' HE SAYS The Secretary of the Aga Khan said in Karachi yesterday that it is "impossible to weigh the Ismaili Muslim spiritual head in platinum in celebration of his 75th birthday. He said that local Isma lis are planning to celebrate Aga Khan's 75th birthday on January 22 during
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  • 172 8 OTTAWA, Tuesday. OKHiiSir; Uommonwealth Secretary, Lord Ismay, "said here last night that Britain was resolved to "put our house in order whatever the sacrifices" and at the same time to share fully in the free world defences. In a prepared speech
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  • 80 8 TUNISIA, Tues. QEVERAL thousand exw servicemen and trade union members clashed with police outside the Tunis court house yesterday where a trade union leader, Abdul Aziz El Mestri, is being tried on a charge of taking part in a forbidden demonstration march. Three policemen and
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  • 363 8 'West must use wisdom to win in S.-E. Asia' LONDON, Tuesday. THE Western leaders would have to use wisdom as well as skilful force in South-East Asia if there was to be popular resistance to Communist assault or infiltration there, the London Times suggested yesterday. The Times editorial said that
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  • 104 8 Mayor changes his mind over Royal visit COLOMBO, Tues. MAYOR C. T. Grerro has changed his mind about boycotting Princess Elizabeth's visit here next month. He has, instead, offered his cooperation. Mayor Gregro, elected by a coalition of Marxists and breakaway members of the United National Party, said he would
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  • 28 8 Russia's intensive trade propaganda campaign in connection with the current International Industries Fair in Bombay here so far has brought her no orders for goods.- AP
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  • 17 8 Japan's population increased by 100,000 during last September, reaching a total of 84,600,000- Reuter AAP
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  • 86 8 He made up face ef girl he killed TOKYO p,;.'4 4 4 J day arrested a d m an^>' admittl> ing his girl son, Strang as >: then mak. r before he fled 8 The young man.Koh, said he emere- *K death pact wi^ N both of therr taking W^n
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  • 43 8 Engineerino Arm market on the S 1 Stock Exchange y^LK* the M^mty^tlMjf ed Kingdon: mav rZ 1,000,000 tons ofSLpfi the United States Gains in tm ikmm J accompanied by fairlv JJ dealings following renn?-?! Anglo-United State ii deals.- Reuter
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  • 29 8 Bupporten p re Percn have b g tn a paign to fom a S th kmrican Federa between Comm mira "North American imt_*__ lism."- A. P.
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  • 24 8 Ten Communii las, a Philippine- soldia 1\ three civilians were Central Luzon in clashes ween the Red- and htm A.P. yesterday-
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