The Singapore Free Press, 18 January 1952

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  • 19 1 The Singapore Free Press LARGEST AFTERNOON SALE IN MALAYA So. 18,292. SINGAPORE. FRIDAY,, JANUARY 18, 1952. PRICE* FIFTEEN CENTS.
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  • 1597 1 Resolute response if Chinese Reds spread conflict WASHINGTON, Friday. J^|R. WINSTON CHURCHILL yesterday endorsed the United States policy of defending Formosa against Red China and pledged Britain to a "resolute and effective" response if any new Communist aggression flares up m the Far East. By implication at
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  • 98 1 Britain U.S. will bomb China— if WASHINGTON, Fri. BRITAIN and the United States have agreed that if the. Chinese Communists agree to a Korean truce and then break it. United Nations Forces will immediately blast military targets on the China mainland. This was disclosed by authoritative British and American sources.
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  • 282 1 He stole limelight from Capt. Carlsen WASHINGTON, Fri. mk WINSTON CHURCHILL. I a received a thunderous .a mm yesterday, when h cum to the Capitol to [dress a joint session of IS Congress. mm, Representatives. ibinet officers. Supreme ir. Justices and military h .idt-rs, who packed the Reprvst ntatives' Chamber
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  • 96 1 U.K., US TO DISCUSS A-PLANS WASHINGTON, Fri. PRESIDENT TRUMAN and Mr. Churchill have agreed to let scientific experts "explore an exchange of atomic energy information between the United States and Britain. Informed sources said the agreement was the first of a series of steps looking toward a closer atomic energy
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  • 57 1 More than 10 Chinese, their faces covered "with handkerchiefs, entered the Wah Moh Rubber Factory m Sembawang Road, Singapore, at 12.30 a.m. today. They were alleged to have covered up the watchman and a factory labourer, with a blanket. When the watchman raised an alarm, the intruders
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  • 175 1 NEW YORK, Friday. CAPTAIN Kurt Carlsen rode up Broadway yesterday amid waves of cheers for his courage. Over and over came the shout "well done". It was New York's rousing salute to the man whose dauntless love of his ship, the Flying Enterprise, made him
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  • 111 1 MURDER-FOR- CASH PROTEST CAIRO, Fri. BRITAIN yesterday renewed her protest against an Egyptian newspaper's offer of £1,000 to any one who kills Lt-General Sir George Erskine. The British Ambassador, ttian Government apparently considered it would be appropriate and adequate to take no action other than to reprimand the editor of
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  • 54 1 Arriving at the Cathedral of the Good Shepherd, Singapore this morning for the requiem high mass m honour of the late Marshal Jean de Lattre de Tassigny: (left) M. Andre Guibaut, French Consul General, and his wife, and (right) Mrs. Mac Donald, Mr. Malcolm Mac Donald,
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  • 357 1 Malaya 'full of smiles'— L yttelton LONDON, Friday. FJESPITE the present difficulties and inherent complications m the situation, given necessary patience and wisdom, political progress of Malaya towards the goal of a united independent state as a whole was to be hoped for,, the Secretary for Colonies, Mr. Oliver Lyttelton,
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  • 72 1 GENERAL Matthew Ridgway flew unexpectedly to Korea yesterday for a quick visit to the front and to confer with Allied armistice negotiators. The United Nations commander landed m Korea uader a veil of secrecy without previous warning to newsmen. He paid a short visit to the
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  • 181 1 REQUIEM FOR DE LATTRE DIPLOMATS, Service chiefs and local leaders this morning attended a requiem high mass held at the Singapore Cathedral of the Good Shepherd for the late Marshal Jean de Lattre de Tassigny. Four British soldiers and four French sailors from the French aircraft-carrier Arromanches took turns during
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  • 27 1 Mr. Clement Attlee, 69--year-old leader of the British Labour Opposition, will fly to the United States In March to make a speech m Philadelphia.
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  • 20 1 A 15 h.p. motor-car was stolen from outside Raffles Hotel, Singapore, between 7.15 p.m. and 10.15 p.m. yesterday.
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  • 38 1 The new $180,000 wing of the Singapore Methodist Girls School was opened this morning by the Director of Education, Mr. A. W. Frisby. The opening ceremony began with an address by Rev. E S. Dau.
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  • 24 1 A young Chinese couple were robbed of $156 and jewellery, worth $270, at midnight yesterday at Marine Parade, Singapore, by four men-
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  • 190 1 Angle-US tin pact held up WASHINGTON, Fri. ANNOUNCEMENT of an Anglo- American metals exchange agreement is being delayed indefinitely by a last- minute British demand that a large proportion of the tin involved should be of second grade, informed sources said yesterday. They said that an announcement would have been
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  • 84 1 U.S. may free import of natural rubber WASHINGTON, Fri. THE U.S. Government announced yesterday that it will sell crude natural rubber to domestic users at 50.5 cents (US) a pound, instead of the current 52 cents. The price will be effective with next month's deliveries. At the same time the
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  • Page 1 Advertisements
    • 125 1 fxc£o4*?m seUcUc9%*_at_ < SGWDPiIICTRIfTc? t O&CHAKD KOl Pttame 4fs€ SINGAPORE 9. p.im. a *mW&s~^m*~^k<_(r AmWl* m w mm= *m/ Zl. 'A 'A*Tn_B~ m\m^^^ B^"""" A^. _Am\\\\a ___t^fc# I I-o/i</ er^jh* mr —^J FOOD authorities say how important it h tkot you jkould gtt •n adequate daily supply ol vitamin* and
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    • 191 1 SINGAPORE RESTAURANT (Ist Class Bar) 79, Bras Basah Rd. Tel. 4068. Singapore. 7. Excellent Cuisine Ist Class Service Special Cocktails Cold Beer, Wine Spirits European Dinner Ala Carte Chinese Food HARDY AMIES .■l____c_B_yX' y Sfafc:' -ji--! __F M. m, A**\ |B||>:v:.fe||P _BK _v _E_s____Bffigß__j__3_H wWbww 95lMHgXi;/.v_t'SHHB? r .SSe-iKv s^^ _fl_/_K.3H___SB__i.
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  • 358 2  - BLACKOUT BE READY MARIE GOUGH says "DLACKOUTS have become part and parcel of our daily life. We plan our eating and our entertaining by the even (or odd) date. The daily paper is eagerly scanned for the position of our district on the "blackout list." If we are near the
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    29 2  -  OSBERT LANCASTER by Honestly, darling, tt is really rather embarrasstna that this should always have to havven the moment l come back after a weekend m Paris."
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  • 380 2  - King 's cottage sets a where to sleep problem ARTHUR MAPLESON SEASIDE RESIDENCE 6 BEDS ROOM FOR TWO IN ROOF.... AND TWO DATHS By SEZELA, South Natal. T*HE King and Queen A and Princess Margaret will be living very much the family life when they move into Botha House, m
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  • 1011 2  -  James Leasor jiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiii-iiiiii |J«r im-i«i. i. hii..i..iiii_ to the parents of little Tommy Kavanagh, the baby boy whisked off _rom Lambeth to sunny California AN Open Letter from Jane Russell's mother turned up with m post of Mrs. Florence Kavanagh, whose baby son
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  • 156 2 IFEEL somehow that Mrs. Gatcheils pupiis didn\ complain about her teaching Mrs. Gatchell ta a wise old woman ox 85, an ex-school teacher, who gave up the thjee R's year s ago to become a farmer. Pretty early m her farming career m Buffalo N.Y mice gnawed her
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  • Page 2 Advertisements
    • 67 2 thiS Diire milk Every baby fed by bottle needs thit pure, nourishing milk Ostermilk. It is so easily digested that vuur baby ts contented, sleeps soundly, and grows {_o____\______\__t_to% healthily strong. Ostermilk, with its y|JB--«MSJgjj|gl added iron and vitamin D, means tli_sl*EßMJ!lE__ straight backs and sturdy limbs. 6^7^s^ j§ Ostermilk
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  • Page 2 Miscellaneous
    • 27 2 Solution To Crossword Mo. 562 YESTERDAY'S SOLUTION. \cross: 1, 6, Skeleton m a cupboard. 8, Ducat. 9, Drier. 10. All up. 18, Risks. 13, Sight of land
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    • 343 2 YOUR LUCKY STAR I^ORN today, your reasoning ability is exceptional; your mind keen and your critical abilities sharp. You know what is good and what is bad m art, music or literature and you could make use of this as a life work. Although business ability is marked, you probably
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  • 273 3 U.S. STEEL IS KEY TO WAR THIS YEAR NEW YORK, Friday. (jTEEL-hungry nations of the non-Communist world may find m United States output of the commodity m 1952 the key to the doubts and fears hidden by the "Iron Curtain". Steel can do many things m 1952 to answer a
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    299 3 North-South rulnerable. »rtt dealer. -ro '.he ondge player whose partner has opened with a two-uid, the obligation to keep the bidding alive until game has reached is sacred. His is not rearm why; his but to do m this case, to die. For West .../rd from the bidding
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  • 46 3 Tr_e director of the Pasteur Institute m Casablanca, Morocco, who discovered an tffecttre typhus remedy m 1939. is now at work on a on to cure infantile paraThe biggest obstacle so far to the research has been a shortage of Barbary apes for experiments.
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  • 58 3 SYDNEY, Fri. WIVES don't count m a mans promotion, said some big employers here. It's hard to get the right man with the ability and drive you need. When you do get him you give him his chance to go ahead. You are employing the man, not
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  • 130 3 £2 'WHILE-YOU-WAIT' SYDNEY, Fri. gYDNEY mechanics have developed a cheap "while-you-wait" service for decarbonising motor car engines. Cost of the 42-minutes operation in £A2— less than a quarter of the cost of other methods now in use. Oil is poured through the carburettor air filter while the motor is running.
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  • 44 3 BARBER'S 'HOT TOWEL' ACT A customer m Stefan Miloch's barber chair at Hull, relaxed and closed his eyes w-"m- **v~~h put hot towels over his face. as fined five pounds icr taking £17 from the customer's coat while he was underneath the towel. U.P.
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  • 22 3 Australia's atom research centre has announced its first nuclear reaction using lithium and hydrogen to produce atoms of helium Reuter
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  • 73 3 Women tackle railway work For the first time since the last war women are tackling maintenance work on Britain's railways. Nearly 400 women clear tracks, which were m danger of becoming overgrown with weeds. They will work only m sidings until they become accustomed to the dangers of working near
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  • 207 3 LONDON, Friday. r)OCTORS who treat babies as if they were "bottles of medicine", and hand them over for adoption m order to do the adoption parents good, were criticised m London by the Hon. Mrs. M. E Edwards, chairman of the Standing Conference of Societies
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  • 43 3 Viking aircraft used by Indian airlines have been temporarily grounded at the request of the manufacturers. Vickers-Armstrong. m Britain. They are expected to be back m the air soon after special parts have been flown out from Britain. Reuter
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    18 3 MARLENE DIETRICH, is ca lied the "glamorous, grandma" by Hollywood because s he still looks youthful at 52.
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    10 3 77 SOUNDS A UTTL£ RUSTY TO HIM r _n'*-*
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  • 169 3 BRITAIN MAY GET KOREAN SCRAP LONDON, Fri. ORITAIN'S metal fa**mine may be eased by supplies of scrap, sent back from Korea. Brass shell cases have already been returned, and a new scheme has been prepared to intensify collection of the war scrap. The scheme has not yet been announced because
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  • 80 3 MILAN, Fri. PLANS for a two-cylinder automobile capable of doing about 70 miles to a gallon of gasoline were revealed here j by an Italian company Officials of the M. V. Augusta Company said they hoped 1 to come out soon with both tourist and
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  • Page 3 Advertisements
    • 131 3 SOUTH ASIA RESTAURANT and BAR 12, Bencoolen Street, Singapore. Tele: ***** *****. (Ist Class Restaurant Bar) Open Daily up to Midnight Dancing from 8 p.m. to Midnight and on Every Saturday night with JOHN BULL and His Band to entertain you. Meals: Special Hainan Chicken Rice served daily from 8
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    • 139 3 50,000,000 jfHXfk, TOOTH PASTE IN PREVENTING TOOTH DECAY MINIMISES UNPLEASANTNESS IN MANY A WAY SMALL 'LARGE* GIANT SIZE OBTAINABLE EVERYWHERE SPECIAL ANNOUNCEMENT! Sensational Price Reduction For one month only the popular Cold Wave has been reduced from $35.00 to $20.00. Offer closes 14th Feb. Book now and avoid disappointment. Maison
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  • Page 3 Miscellaneous
    • 281 3 Today's Listening SINGAPORE 10—10.10 Emergency News from XL.; 1 p.m Radio Orch.; 1.30 News; 1.45—2 Dance Music; 6.15 "Forces Favourites"; 6.55 Announcements; 7 News; 7.15 "The Man Behind the Camera": 7.30 "Personal Choice": 8 Talk; 8.15 "Evening Star"; 8.30 Friday Prom. Elgar: 9.30 News; 9.45 "Latin American Serenade": 10 'Waltz
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    • 84 3 8.8.C. SINGAPORE 6.15 p.m. Sports Round-Up; 6.30 The News News Analysis; 6.45 United Nations Report; 6.50 From The Editorials, 7 Radio Theatre— 'Those m Favour by Christopher Mayhew; 8.30 The News Home News; 8.45 Music from Grand Hotel The Palm Court Orchestra; 9.30 Radio Newsreel; 945 Variety Bandbox; 10.43 New
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  • 407 4 The Singapore Free Press FRIDAY, Jan. 18, 1952. Land prices SINGAPORE needs land, lots of land. Land for playflelds and parks to freshen the stale, dusty air of our growing city. For schools and hospitals and' other vital public pro- j jects. For production j of some of the food
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  • 159 4 At the counter r£ latest report about the work of the Singapore Government's organisation consultants suggests that they will be making recommendations on improved methods for filing and minuting for the various Government departments. This is a good thing by itself, but many citizens wonder if the
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  • 798 4  -  JOHN HALL Maritime History by In Peace and War the Little Ships Have Made Sure of Fame m yraiLE all over the world men and women sympathise with the gallant skipper of the Flying Enterprise, cheated of triumph after 13 days m his crippled ship, men
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  • 831 4  -  Elspeth Huxley In America, he saw the party machine at work. In Africa he has copied it's methods. says r<HIEFS with gaily patterned silk or velveteen cloths, worn like togas to leave one shoulder bare, add distinction to an almos. all-African Gold Coast
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  • 188 4 HE'S THE WONDER OF ITALY ANNOUNCED TRUE INCOME ROME, OIGNOR Gaetano Marzotto (an enormously wealthy textile magnate) is today the wonder of Italy. He appears to have announced his true income m his income-tax returns. This is a revolutionary event m the history of Italian taxcolieeting, and ft has caused
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  • 878 4 Don. Iddon's Diary Why was HE rushed? WHY all the rush? Why the frantic hurry? From the moment Winston Churchill arrived m the United States he was sped from one place to another as if he were going to a fire. f He sped, from the British Embassy to Blair
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  • Page 4 Miscellaneous

  • 214 5 Colony plan to beat speculators Free Press Staff Reporter LAND values m Singapore would be "frozen" to prevent speculation before the Master Plan is published, Sir George Pepler, the town planning expert, said yesterday. All land should be fairly valued, before the plan is
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  • 106 5 Many try for a police job j re Press Staff Reporter M .NY people have applied m foi the $780-post of retary advertised by the L pore Police. The closing for applications ls Sun- }oh Ifl open to civilians of all races and the man ted wHI be given an
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  • 83 5 SINGAPORE City Council is idying whether it be more economical to uniform raincoats m r the current year. Council proposes, if possible, pply a standard type of icoat for -members of the I .ire. by the nature duties, eligible for a raincoat. partmental chiefs are being
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  • 72 5 Indians m Singapore and the Federation have been given permission to fly their National Flag on their homes and business premises on Jan. 26. the Indian Republic Day, said Mr. P. K. Guha, Information Officer of the Government of India m Malaya, yesterday. He said, flags
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    31 5 MISS LI'ISA GILARDENGHI 20 year old Italian film star, who is returning to Italy on the liner Ugolini Vivaldi which sailed from Singapore yesterday. Luisa spent one month m Manila studying.
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  • 166 5 PRICES FOR VACANT PLOTS UP Free Press Staff Reporter VALUES of vacant land m Singapore have gone up by about 50 per cent over the prices obtained last year, an official of Messrs Cheong Hock Chye, a leading land auctioneer, said yesterday. Most of the land-buyers m the last six
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  • 127 5 SINGAPORE City Council is compiling a list of its employees who are members of the Navy, Army or Air Force Reserve, the Local Volunteer Corps -and the Volunteer Special Constabulary. Heads of departments m Council have been requested to submit the names of their officers who are enrolled
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  • 70 5 The Oomptroiifci or income Tax, Singapore, reminds employers that they are required to make a return of particulars respecting employ s of certain classes emDloyed m 1951. The Income _ax jJepaitment has sent out forms for completion to employers. Any employer, who has not been notified
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    48 5 picture. MR. AND BIBS. S. H. BREWER, who are leafing Japan for their home m the U.S.A. after Si years' service m the P_X— the American equivalent Of the NAAFI— in Yokohama. The Brewers are travelling on the Italian Uner, Ugolini Vivaldi, which sailed last night Free Press
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  • 178 5 Free Press Staff Reporter WORK may start shortly on the Singapore Joint Relief Organisation's housing project for Kampong Bugis fire victims at Kolam Ayer. The Singapore Joint Relief Organisation is negotiating with the City for another four acres of land. The Organisation
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  • 106 5 Free Press Staff Reporter MR. and Mrs. Rume Shaw and Mr. and Mrs. Run Run Shaw will distribute gifts to more than 5,000 m Singapore and the Federation during Chinese New s_ear In Kuaia Lumpur, Lpoh, Penang and Malacca, the gifts will be distributed by
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  • 80 5 Sick diners recover Free Press Staff Reporter jyjOST of the thirty people who got typhoid after attending a Chinese dinner m Singapore recently have been discharged from Middleton Hospital, Singapore. The rest are understood to be out of danger. A spokesman of the City Health Department said the source of
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  • 69 5 The uirector-Generai of Army Medical Services, Lt.Gen. Sir Neil Cantlie, arrived m Singapore yesterday by Quantas-BOAC for a ten-day inspection tour of Army medical establishments m Mai Gen. Cantlie. who will later visit Hong Kong and Korea, was met at the airport by Brig. C.
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  • 69 5 JOHORE BAHRU, Fri. The following have been appointed to serve on the Local Hospital Board, Kota Tinggi, for 1952. "he Saflah blnte Monti Mbor, Mrs. M. H. Edmett. •Jngku Noriah blnte Abdul Rahman, Naib Penghulu Mohd. v or bin Awang. Mr Tan B:ag Toon, Mr. Tav Khay
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  • 68 5 rrtHE Singapore Chinese High 1 School has begun work on a big building project m Its school ground at Bukit Timah. construction. Nine houses for teachers will be built next. Hie school also alms to raise fund for a $220,000; swimming pool is also planned.
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    72 5 picture. MR. STACK V BAR HAM. Deputy Chief Police Officer, Perak, his wife and daughter, Kathleen, who sailed home on th c Italian liner, Ugrolini Vivaldi, yesterday. Formerly of the Palestine Police, Mr. Barham came to Malaya m August. 1948 This is the first time he is going on long
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  • 169 5 SINGAPORE Improvement Trust should concen- trate on slum clearance and building homes for people m the lower income group, said Mr. E. V. Davies, an Improvement Trustee, this morning. He was referring to the talks, to be held shortly, on the future functions of
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  • 33 5 Dr. J. -R. Andy, of the Institute of Medical Research. Kuala Lumpur, will be speaking on "The Geography of Disease" at the Oei Tiong Ham Hall on Jan. 25 at 815 p.m.
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  • 56 5 Pneumonia the killer KUALA LUMPUR. Fri. Pneumonia cases again topped the list m the Federation's health round up for the first week of January. There were 82 cases. During the week there were 23 deaths through pneumonia, compared with 16 for the week before. Next came dysentery, of which there
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  • 83 5 PENANG, Fri. gUPPLIES of Scotch are still limited because distilleries m Scotland were closed during the war. As a result, the distilleries were deprived of large supplies of matured whiskies which would now be available, Mr. C. N. Younghus- band, representative of James Buchanan (Black and
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  • 248 5 Free Press Staff _te#ortflt cess which ls ex- pected shortly to be levied on the Malayan pineapple industry I only be on exports d will not cause any i fusion to the mar i, Mr. Yap Pheng C k\ chairman of the Cen ral Board
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  • 41 5 Air Marshal Sir Fri.« is Fogarty, Commander m Chief of Far East Air Force, flew from Singapore to Negombo, Ceylon, yesterday for a routine visit to -the R.A.F. m Ceylon. H e Will be away for about 10 days.
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  • Page 5 Advertisements
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  • 44 6 YTtOLLOWING horses will J_ not start tomorrow: Fairy Tale, Merry Go Round. Film Studio, Cabaret, Stage Show, My Ling, Kupay, Giltedged. Epsom Derby. American Band, Straight On, Playtime, Friar's Last and Fair Enough. French Band and Bow Tie are doubtful starters.
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  • 86 6 ARMY XV v. S.C.C. T<EAM to represent the Army (Singapore) against Singapore Cricket Club at Rugby on the S.c.C. tomorrow at 5 pm isMajor Mitchell RASC (capt)*; Capt Wortlehock R.A.E.C, capt. PhilUns RJB.. 2/Lt. Clarke XL <§X Byrne R.A.S.C; 2/Lt. Horn RE 2 Lt. McPherson R.E. Major Langley RASC, Cpl.
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  • 310 6 rpHE main distance ra_e .i A the afternoon, Class II Div. 1 over nnicn c furlongs is the most open race of the day. On figures Cape Horn is badly handicapped. He finished second to Master Bruce the first day and now meets
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  • 1574 6  -  ALLAN LEWIS Red Wolf, Jimson and Opera are 3 safe bets By lIIT-THE-SPOT again appeals strongly as one of the best bets of the day m the main sprint at Bukit Timah tomorrow the final day of the Singapore Turf Club's Spring meetingHe finished second to
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  • 219 6 "17 AT da hell dat short, fat Red Endin guy teenk?" bawled out King Kong yesterday wh^n he met a Free Press reporter m the street. "He teenk kan beet me? He batter have cc's head examined. Tel heem King Kong (he was thumping
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  • 38 6 _3avid Hawkins, of Australia, British Empire 220 yards breaststroke swimming champion, last night broke the Australian record for the distance by 4.2 sec. Hawkins clocked 2 mm. 41.7 sec, m his record swim.— Reuter
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    20 6 Mr K. M. Oli Mo named pictured with the trophy which he will present to the winner of the fight
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  • 42 6 Black Velvet draws away pi-iure Black Velvet (Charles) starts to draw away from Brilliant Marc. Honourbright and Pedigree (ridden on rails) about half a furlons from the winning post m Race 5. Black Velvet won b y 2 J lengths. Free Press
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    28 6 picture Lady Lucfc II (Mawi) being: led m by trainer M. van Breukelen after winning th c seventh race at Bukit Timah yesterday. Free Press
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  • Page 6 Advertisements
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    • 182 6 SENSATIONAL FLOOR SHOW Opening at RAFFLES HOTEL Tomorrow Night THE WORLD FAMOUS DANCERS ANITA AND ARMAND from HOLLYWOOD also THE GROSVENOR HOUSE and CIRO'S CLUB. LONDON -BOOK EARLY EXTENSION TO I AM. On Sale Today a New Edition THE STRAITS TIMES DIRECTORY SINGAPORE and MALAYA OO PRICE POST f REE
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  • 207 7  -  ALLAN LEWIS Jockeys start fund; public support needed By J- IE Malayan Jockeys' Association has started fund for A.E. "Skeeter" Garrard. Garrard, was admitted to Bungsar Hospital after Ihe last race meeting at Kuala Lumpur suffering tr»m Coronary Thrombosis, is still hospital- ri and will not ride
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  • 133 7 BODCA kayo Sappers in SHA tourney 80.D.C.A. "A" yesterday entered the semi-finals of the Singapore Hockey Association's Junior knockout competition when they beat Singapore Royal Engineers by three goals to nil at St. George's Road. When the game was three minutes old B.OD.CA, were awarded a penalty bully, and Smith
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  • 126 7 Reply to Yardley critics JOHN MACADAM oix :mes last season Don Brenna, now with the MCC tarn m India and Pakistan, captained Yorkin he absence of Test oi Norman Yardley. F i Uda reason I invited Ban to reply to the restatement of Brian S i a. ere was lack
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  • 102 7 V o: Malaya underd I fated the graat badminton by four to ml at the FJM.S. rta ve^terday. i first of a series 3 between the graduates __uat_a m celebrating Week" Results: (UnderI rates EMattaMd first). i>ouhirs Loporte Khoo and Loh b* Dr. Chee Phul art
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  • 102 7 I" women's inter- Services J ekey match played at ™g}in yesterday, W.R.A.C. W R.A.F. Changi by three J 1 r nil. All the scoring within a ten minute m the first half. R AC. centre forward. J' Greenfield, gained all gree goals, the first from a
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  • 22 7 1*52 of U.K. league, v .ayL matches p Ja y ed h I*** tHj m (South) County. 3; S^UthEn iu!^^__H!.__W_
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  • 75 7 PETER Keenan threatened m Johannesburg yesterday to "pack my bags and go home to Scotland" unless Vie Toweel forgoes a demand for a return fight m Johannesburg if he loses his world bantamweight title to Keenan on January 26. Keenan wants the return fight m Glasgow,
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    54 7 picture. TIE end of the England m nings m the Third Test match m Calcutta on New Year eve. Leadbeater is run out m attempting to take a second run off Manlcad who, with four for 89. brought his Test victims m this series to 15 a record for an
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    40 7 picture. Abbotsford (Straker) races past the leader -near the winning post to win the sixth race at Bukit Timah on Wednesday. Hit- the Spot (Fry) was second two lengths away, followed by Marcher Lords (Woods) and Royal Dream.- Free Press
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  • 604 7 AFTER concluding his eight-day coaching course m Singapore yesterday afternoon Ray Barkway prepared for his flight back to Britain by X.L.M. Constellation this morning. Amongst prized souvenirs was a blue sarong Batik to remind him of his stay. At Victoria School yesterday, Barkway left an
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  • 63 7 DENMARK'S Jorgen Johansen, new European Lightweight boxing champion, has been ordered to defend his title against British champion, Tommy McGovern, before March 17. The British Boxing Board of Control made the announcement on behalf of the European Boxing Union, and added that promoters and managers of
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  • 21 7 gNGLAND beat Scotland by five matches to four m an international badminton match at Edinburgh last night. Reuter
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  • 23 7 Kugby Union results: Oxford University, C; The Army, 9. Police, 15; Royal Air Force. 6. (Played at Leicester). Reuter
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  • 265 7 BRITAIN'S quarter milers and longer distance runners are using a hare as a pacemaker m preparation for the Olmpic Games at Helsinki. It is a mechanical hare the same hare that the greyhounds chase at dog racing meets. Pacing always has been a vital factor m
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  • 131 7 RECOMMENDATIONS will be made to the Singapore Government that another site m the Telok Ayer Basin area be selected for the proposed new sports stadium it is understood. It is proposed that the present site be kept as an open space for use as
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  • 51 7 Y^UNG lightweight Luther Rawlings of Chicago defeated Enrique Bolanos of Los Angeles last night by a technical knockout m the fifth round of a scheduled ten-round fight. Rawlings wilf probably meet Jimmy Carter at the end of February m Chicago for the world lightweight title.-
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  • 163 7 Selangor races put back a week By ALLAN LEWIS "THE Se_angor Turf 1 Club's Gold Cui3 meeting has been postponed for a week owing to the transport position. The Perak Turf Club's meeting which is one week after the X.L. t meet has also beep put back a week. This
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  • 97 7 BILL TALBERT DENIES 'CHALLENGE' BILLY Talbert, one of America's leading tennis players, has asked to be disassociated from a challenge he and four other players were reported to have issued to the U.S. Davis Cup team. Talbert said the first he knew of the "challenge" was when he read about
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  • 84 7 CON J A HENIE, the Norwegian-born skating star, was said by the Seattle Times to be the party interested m backing a world heavyweight title fight between Jersey Joe Walcott and Harry Matthews m Los Angeles next summer. Walcott, the champion, had stated m Camden,
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  • 199 8 C'WEALTH PLAN STANDING BODY TO PROP STERLING LONDON, Friday. COMMONWEALTH Finance Ministers meeting here for vital talks on strengthening the sterling will examine a plan to set up a permanent committee m London, reliable sources said here last night. Through the committee, the Commonwealth countries would keep m constant consultation
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    45 8 picture. Damage estimated at millions of dollars was caused by this fire hich swept hotels and stores m a section/ of Atlantic City, New Jersey a few days ago. High winds helped the fire to spread through four hotels and a number of shops.- A.P.
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  • 22 8 Yesterday's closing quotations on the Hong Kong money exchange were: US$l HK56.57 (cash), HK$6.6OV_ <T.T.): £1 HK515.85: one tahil of gold HKs32li.—
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  • 85 8 Pontecorvo reported in China NEW YORK, Fri. RICHARD DEVERALL, Asian representative of the American Federation of Labour, said that a "huge atomic plant and arsenal" has been erected m China's Sinkiang Province by Russia and it is being directed by the British atomic scientist. Bruno Pontecorvo, who disappeared mysteriously last
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  • 41 8 The State Department said yesterday that Mr. John Foster Dulles, principal architect of the Japanese peace treaty, has written to Prime Minister Shigeru Yoshida. thanking him for his promise to recognize the Nationalist Government instead of Red China.- U.P.
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  • 143 8 BERLIN. Fri. A RUSSIAN soldier who shot his way out of the East Zone is now m British Army hands m the West and has asked for political asylum, the British High Commission said last night. He is Private Nicolay Viassilitsch, 20, who surrendered at
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  • 20 8 INDUS TRIALIS T DIES Walter O Briggs 74-year-old American industrialist died at his winter home m Miami, Florida, yesterday.— A.P.
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  • 235 8 HONU KONG, Friday. THREE Canadian priests arrived m Hong Kong this week after three and a half months' imprisonment m Kiangsu Province. They were Rev. Maurice Begin, 46, Leon Valois, 44, Philippe Ouimet, 37, all of Montreal. They said they were ail accused of beine "oppressors of
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  • 208 8 LONDON, Fri. RICHARD Crossman, Labour MP, wrote m a Socialist periodical yesterday that American diplomats told him last week that any Chinese offensive m Korea would be met by heavy strategic bombing across the Yalu River. The Yalu separates North Korea from Manchuria,
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