The Singapore Free Press, 16 February 1952

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  • 15 1 The Singapore Free Press fhghfgh v». IS£H. SINGAPORE, SATURDAY, FEBRUARY 16, 1952. PRICE FIFTEEN CENTS.
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  • 325 1 Mew terrorism m Suez; road blocks back ISMAILIA, Saturday. DUIiISH military headquarters yesterday re-im»<>sed restrictions on travelling m the tanal Zone, lifted earlier this week, a few hour- after Egyptians blew up and wrecked a British military oil train on the Post Said-Suez lino \n announcement
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  • 362 1 LONDON, Saturday. PEOPLES of the British Commonwealth and Empire from the corners of the South Pacific to the snowbound Canadian prairies paid their final tribute to Kin* George VI yesterday. They paused from their duties to bow their heads m silent prayer. They attended
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  • 128 1 STERLING RESERVES PLUNGE LONDON, Sat. 'THE gold and dollar reserves of the sterling area have been drained below the "danger lever of $2,000,000,--000 and are now at tine lowest point since the last devaluation, it was learned today. Authoritative sources said that m the first seven weeks of the new
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  • 83 1 LONDON, Sat. TWO persons died here yesterday while watching the funeral services for the King oft television. Mr. and Mrs. Caudle had gone to the home of a friend to witness the ceremony. As soon as the first image of the funeral procession appeared on
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  • 47 1 Chinese reports said m Hong Kong yesterday that about 600 merchants and industrialists arrested by the Chinese Communists m Canton on the charges of "swindling the State" will be tried by the same kind of "people's tribunals" which had tried foreign missionaries.
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  • 17 1 French Union lbrces killed 300 Vietminh troops and captured S? when they swept an
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  • 71 1 SECRET PACT DENIED WASHINGTON. Sat. THE State Department said yesierday President Trumir. Ad no: make any secret "nilitarv commitments'* dur\nz his recent talk s with Mr. 1..; £> apartment spokesmi: Mr. Michael McDerjr. lecttMd to elaborate. The Commit :ee had asked for a :?oor: while considerin' a resolution by Represents
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  • 26 1 Th( Defence Department estimated yesterday that total Red bat:le and nonbattle casualties m Korea are l*'-->-000. an increase of 14.000 ".to weeks.- U.P.
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  • 223 1 Thousand vote in first hour in K. Lumpur Free Press Staff Reporter KUALA LUMPUR, Sat. J£UALA LUMPUR'S first Municipal election started this morning with well over 1,000 electors casting their vote m the first hour; at many stations men and women queued up some time before voting began. Voting started
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  • 88 1 TEHERAN, Sat. DR. HOSSEIN FATEMI, a staunch supporter and former Deputy Premier of Dr Mohammed Mossadeq, was shot and seriously wounded yesterday m an attempted assassination. Fatemi, widely regarded as a major Influence on Mossadeq's policies, was shot by 16-year-old Gholam Houssein Tabriz!, a fanatical member
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  • 111 1 TUNIS, Saturday. a T least three persons were seriously wounded A here yesterday when veiled Muslim women throw four grenades at security police m front of mi s i —the Residency. Two of the injured were French policemen and the third was an Arab woman.
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  • 51 1 Eight transports laden with Russian radar equipment landed at the "Pai Mon" airfield m the outskirts of Lhasa, capital of Tibet, on 1. Together with the radar equipment thwe were also 30 Russian advisers who will supervise the setting up of a radar netwerk hi Tibet.—
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  • 48 1 The body of the Kin r yeftenlay *J*lto* thoie |»t hl» a neesters In the Royal Vault m St. George's Chapel, Wi ndsor Castle, la this picture of the castle, the great west door of the chapel ca n be seen m the foreground.
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  • 625 1 Last rites held for the Kins WINDSOR, Saturday. THE QUEEN yesterday scattered earth from gilt bowl on the coffin of her father, and amid the hushed silence of historic St. George** Chapel, King George VI was laid to rest among his ancestors. Under the ancient silken banners of the Order
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  • 840 2 When Hawkins, Raleigh and Drake sailed the seas 'Our new Queen can be as great as the Elizabeth who led England to a golden age 9 say some people m Britain "FAMOUS have been the reigns of our Queens,'' said Mr. Winston Churchill, the
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  • 102 2 PEN PALS' COLUMN C. S. SOB. of 5, Lorong Marican, off Changi Road, Singapore 14, Is 14 and likes cycling, reading, singing songs and playing badminton. He is also interested m swimming and first aid He wants Den pals over the age of 1# throughout the world but especially m
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  • 1082 2 ARRIVAL m LONDON HPHE glow and warmth from the log fire m the inn parlour brought needed warmth. Soon we sat down to a rich meal of roast venison, thick potato soup and hunks of bread, washed down with ale. After the meal the landlord showed us
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    • 215 2 I JUNIOR CONTEST 1 i 1 IN this puzzle are two pastimes of children who lives m I countries where it gets every cold m the winter. When there fj is snow on the ground they play. g 1 2 1 When yon have found out what they are fill
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    • 125 2 JUNIOR CROSSWORD llfl mH I I fl Mia 11 1 I I I I*^ I I I I CLUES ACROSS.— I. An- into his parlour 4lt gives dent game played on a Us light and heat.* 5, Long board with 64 squares, 7, weapon used m hunting 0. Sermons are
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  • 365 3 JAPAN MAY INVEST IN MALAYA U.S. $91 m. to-be underwritten nuti? TOKYO, Saturday. T^iiTA^Li 00^ *****6111 wiil underwrite U5591,250,W)0 over a period of five years for Japanese firms to invest m Malaya and other countries of South-East Asia, a Government spokesman said yesterday nwf mium!**?* J apa Wiu able to
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  • 238 3 He sold police spicy books LONDON, Sat. OAISLEY bookseller Ar- chibald Campbell, of 152 George Street, who was fined £5 at Paisley for displaying 29 books, denied they were indecent or obscene. H e said he had seen "worse" on billboards advertising films than on the fronts of the books
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  • 82 3 CAIRO, Sat. JOE Renson, director of the Egyptian Hotels Company and the general manager of Shepherds Hotel, said yes"rd*V9!ir desire is Hntpi ebU T lld w th Shepherds *Wl year s and w e hope it O rf going on y ea 's hence". vi^ n
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  • 75 3 JAKARTA. Sat FUSION Minister. Mr. Achmed Soebardjo, said J e c cabinet feel* t>Oed c?'? ng m accepting aid for In d<>U c d t er th^ Mutual Scebardjo k under fire IS Hd^Si, f r accepting *i t L lthout consulting or parlif.--tt^d^lS say he n
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  • 42 3 BEST-WRESSED YOUNG MAIN haii l llorin 8 industry (aar^ haled Prince the Q lhree -year-old son as "the best tain )un? m an m BriI^rard U rnn S *icr. Jl d n gutter, said the u WkJ2m and deer huntmg cap.— AJ>.
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  • 39 3 A 25-yefcr-old labourer. Santiago Pacion, was sentenced to two months' and one day's imprisonment for stealing a pack of Chesterfield cigarettes. He admitted his guilt and explained: "I longed to taste that brand." U.P.
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  • 36 3 The north wall of the main crater of Mount Vesuvius volcano caved m on Thursday with a gigantic roar that sent thousands of villagers running for cover. The volcano did not erupt.
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  • 23 3 Four Syrian soldiers found guilty of deserting to the enemy line during the Palestine war were executed m Damascus yesterday. Reuter
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  • 200 3 HONG KONG, Saturday. rIE Chinese Communists' 1952 thought-control drive, better known as the* 'brain washing campaign', has reached the physics departments of Tsinghua University m Peking. From the tone of a Communist propaganda story about it, the teachers of the physics department do not
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    30 3 TODAY'S PIN-UP is beaut if ul Jeanne Cram of 20th Century Fox. Her latest role is m "People Will Talk." And wouldn't you?— after a food look at this picture.
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  • 113 3 TOKYO, Saturday. npWENTY-four-year-old Saburo Fujishiro of Tokyo, x wanted to become a great novelist, but to be a great novelist he needed material. To get the material he needed funds. And to get the funds he posed as an official of the Ministry of
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  • 20 3 They Learn the hard way Two London lawbreakers have learned the hard way iv.i 'n M »i.-.M<4 Vio« a new
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  • 40 3 The Indian-Pacific Fisheries Council has decided to set up six training centres m SouthEast Asia for students m fisheries technology. The training centres will be set up m Indonesia, India, Siam, Manila and elsewhere m Southeast Asia. U.P.
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  • 15 3 Atomic energy Is heating a house and lighting electric lamps m Idaho. U.P.
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  • 163 3 BONN, Saturday. pENERAL Farmbacher, a Corps Commander under Field Marshal Rommel, is one of half-a-dozen German senior officers now serving m the Egyptian army, a senior official of the West German Government said. I The official said his government had told the Control Commission privately
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  • 68 3 4 NAVIES WILL TAKE PART The biggest joint naval manoeuvres ever staged m the Mediterranean will be held on February 26 March 5 with fleets from the American, British, French and Italian navies taking part. Naval units from the four Atlantic Pact nations will be grouped without regard to nationality
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  • 25 3 The British Treasury announced yesterday that the Indian British Financial Agreement which expires last June would be prolonged until June 30, 1952. AFP
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  • 18 3 The first postwar official trade talks between Japan and Ceylon opened m Colombo on Wednesday.- AFP
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    219 3 Neither aid* vulnerable. South dealer. The bidding: South Wist North Bast 19 Dbl. Pass tO S9 DM. All Pas* you might open the bidding with a four-card suit, so when you have a five-carder it is true you have additional values. That doesn't mean that those values are
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  • 299 3 LONDON, Saturday. URIC PINDER, 28, was to be married. He bought "a house and watched happily as the new furniture he and his sweetheart had chosen was moved m. Then, three days before the wedding, he was charged with driving
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  • 97 3 NEW YORK, Sat. GOVERNOR Earl Warren of California has challenged a statement made by Senator Robert A. Taft, of Ohio, that America should arm Chinese Nationalist forces on Formosa for an invasion of the territory held by the People's Republic of China. "I do not see
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  • 192 3 'A-bomb show at fireside' AN atom bomb explosion might soon be brought to the fireside by television, an expert' said yesterday. j Remotely-controlled transminers could telecast the ex*' plosion for scientists to examine. Mr. J. D. McGee told the Royal Society of Arts that such a transmitter could show, what
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    • 374 3 YOUR LUCKY PSTAR SATURDAY B thetic and andersUndin P *Vou uke the initiate goffering help in BC v and can always be do. Uded upon to come to tho of all m any crisis. If yo« ,n to be constrncUTe m ttl permanent help. But ,ll !ou merely lend an
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    • 70 3 Solution To Crossword No. 586 YESTEBDAT*B SOLUTION. Across: 1, Pea. 3. Capital. 7. Parsnip. 8, Ilk. 9. RecoUectod. 11, Bottle party. 13. Lea. 14. Glamour. 16. Wreaths. 17, R.M.S. Down: 1, Paper. 2, Air. 3, Candle-light. 4. Puppet plays 5. Twister. 6. Liked. 10. Cottage. 11. Below. 12. Tories. 15.
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    • 326 4 /\N£ of the most valua"ble chapters m Dr. L. C. Hill's report on the local government system m Singapore deals with the problem of committee work,- a problem which must be resolutely tackled if we are to have efficient administration carried out with economical spending of public
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    • 157 4 FING George VI has finally n been laid to rest with his forefathers m Windsor. His place m history is assured. It ha* been suggested that he will be known to future generations as "King George the Dutiful" as King George V war "the Father," King Edward VH.
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  • 715 4  - Both Sides Are 'Winning' Indo- China War LARRY ALLEN ATTRITtQN WITHOUT DECISION soys Vietminh are keeping thousands of French troops busy, drawing U.S. arms away from other trouble spots. The French are inflicting heavy casualties. HANOI. IT'S hard to pick a winner m a war of attrition, the kind of
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  • 96 4 CEVENTY-CMiE men, women w and children, many of them related and all connected with a Hampshire firm have left Britain m the emigrant liner New Australia for Tasmania. Business had not been too good with the firm. They sent out a director to explore the prospects m Tasmania, and
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  • 563 4 By CITIZEN A KNOWIiEDGfc ot English^ does not necessarily denote intelligence above the average or ability out of the ordinary But it is true that some City Councillors have laid themselves open to the charge that they are nQt easily understood, and the call for better English from
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  • 634 4  - THE VISITOR FROM GERMANY.... ANTHONY TERRY ...Herr Roosenveldt, goes to i Britain as a contact man i or Fascists by IJERR Roosenveldt is a regular visitor to Britain. His job is courier and contact man between Fascists m England who are eager to support the new Nazis m Germany. He
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  • 240 4 THIS week the British Council has been deciding whether or not to send a lecturer to Teheran to talk to the Persians about British culture. The Persians have denounced the 1857 friendship treaty with Britain. They don't want our culture or our consuls. Brit»m
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    • 8 1 Free Press Saturday Maqazine Saturday, February 16, 1952
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    • 578 1  - There 's money in seaweed RAE MARCH fty 4 l any beach town Am Malaya you vifl find seaweed for jak Whatever can myooe want \yith that gluey, slimy vegetation from the sea is one's first thought. But there is quite a fortune under the lappins waves, and seaweed has
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    • 13 1 Searching for seaweed at low tide.—Photo by Birte Steincke.
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    • 705 1 In ancient times a good kris was considered the first of three essentials for a man's happiness CYMBOLIC of the Malay spirit and past relic of its highest civilization is the weapon many Malays now carry as an ornament the kris. The history of
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    • 843 1  -  J. K. Tan by One night a year a suitable banquet is prepared and the household retires early so as not to disturb the revels of the rodent festival. JJID you notice any thing unusual last Thursday night before you slept? Was there any abnormal
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    • 22 2 Rex Harrison will play Lord Louis Mountbatten m "The Gandhi Life Story," according to producer Gabriel Pascal. "We also
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    • 942 2  - H'wood's Marriage Malcontents Michael Ruddy 'Off with the old. On with the new 9 sums up their attitude 9 By HOLLYWOOD: A VISITOR from Phil adelphia who knows many film stars and producers was staying last week with a director who must be nameless, whose wife is a friend of
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    • 706 2 Film Heroines are SO Fickle IAN GRANT PREVIEWS THE LATEST FILMS m I <"~* T<HIS week has been a succession of visits to Singapore pfe-view theatres. If I were asked to mark the film wares on which I have been invited to express an opinion for your benefit and assuming
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    • 338 2 DOUGLAS LACKERSTEEN previews "Tail Order" and "Tale of the Navajos 99 coming to Singapore AGEING Dick Poweil steps backwards into history m the thriller, "TALL ORDER" (coming to the Cathay) and upsets a plot to eliminate "Honest Abe" Lincoln before he becomes President of the
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    • 411 2  - The Voice will soon be The Name DAVID LEWIN The career of GLYNIS JOHNS has been skilfully managed, say rjLYNIS Johns, British film star, made a record before she teft England for America. It was called "Love At Last". Then slie got married. The voice has a subtle quality a
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    • 88 2 Barbara tttl brother. Byron S;ev has been playing "bi m Hollywood for he la years, was called on to a scene v:th his sister for ifu first ti efell flat on hfe El The hmwiliffjni c occurred on th< "Clash by Night". Bten who still (^ii^^
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    • 1222 3  - The Perfect Crime ERIC MITCHELL A Free Press short story by JT was damp and dismal, the night I killed Joshua Crone. My "little black bag" made me look very g much the doctor when I left home at precisely five minutes past eight. My plan was perfectbut would I
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    • 616 3  -  WILLIAM L. WORDEN by A SOPHISTICATED white hen lived a mile from Kimpo air field m Korea. Even a chicken, subjected to a mass of new experiences m a short time, develops a blase attitude towards most of them. This hen, pecking out a living
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    • 934 3  - MAN'S STRUGGLE FOR HEALTH Dr. Paul F. Russell by NOTHING on earth is more international than disease. Perhaps someday public health also will be universal, but at present there is plenty of scope for international preventive medicine. The word "international" implies something shared by the citizens of two or more
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    • 821 4 J]FFORTS to bring a Fiji cricket team to Britain are still being made by Mr. Philip A. Snow, an official of the Colonial Office home on leave. A former county cricketer, Snow is now President of the Fijian Cricket Association In a recent 83.C.
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    • 319 4  - 'MONTY' EXPLODES A LAND MINE PETER WILSON 'Open Olympics: By AT last, at last, at last, support for A my plea that the Olympic Games should be "open"— so that the best competitors m all sports, irrespective of whether they are alleged amateurs or open professionals, could compete m what
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    • 165 4 THEY'RE ALL TALKING ABOUT IT (By The Sportsman) TPHE recently-expressed views of Field Marshal Lord Montfomery have resulted m a eon* troversy throughout. British sportinff circles. Lord Aberdare— former Middle. sex cricketer, rackets and tennis champion deeply interested m youth and physical fitness movements. 25 years a member of the
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    • 48 4 rwas a bitterly cold day o w we 5£ e 5 st Luke B? a yed Portchester In the Portsmouth League, to goalkeeper Wheatley, of St. Luke*, thought he would do a spot of PT on his crossbar. Under his weight the posts collapsed
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    • 577 4  -  McDonald Bailey Says I'M taking up Yoga. Not walking on burning coals, or fire eating, or eating glass yet. I'm concentrating for the moment on the Yoga way of deep breathing. Maybe I'll graduate later to the more advanced practices of the ancient Indian art. I'm
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    • 140 4 qUPERSTTTION among footballers is legend, but the fortunes of Ted Fenton, manager of West Ham United, centred last week around a lucky champagne cork when his side met Sheffield United m replay of their fourth-round P.A. Cup-tie. Though Ted rather ruefully admits that the cork had lain
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    • 87 4 \yHEN the Eire Amateur Billiards Championship begins m Dublin a time-limit is to be Imposed. The heats are scheduled for 500 points up, but if they have not been completed at the end of two hours the games will be stopped and the leading player adjudged the winner.
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    • 364 4  -  GEOFFREY SIMPSON by nOES Sugar Ray Robinson have to see Paris? He does. His mind has been set on it ever since his first taste of Parisian life. To make sure of a second trip this astute world champion and business man has fixed himself
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    • 522 4  - Why not?-a 'Gold Star' for S'pore ED PETERS By fIGHT days from today, Singapore's fifth post-war motoring season begins with the staging of the kilometre standing start speed trial on Dunearn Road. There is every reason to believe that this will be a Tecord season for motor-racing. Firstly, because there
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    • 174 4 The golfer and the rugby star TJERE is a case of two sportsmen a golfer and a rugby player who want to be reinstated ai amateurs. What are their chances' 1 For the golfer. Alex King of Roehampton. a certainty: for the footballer, H. Harper of Hull, extremely slender The
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    • 370 4  -  JOHN MACADAM *****LYMP1C5...N06 By WE have had occaTf sion from time to time, across the chasm of the years, to type up a cudgel and hurl it at the head of that ferocious, tantalising, raucous, loyal, and also long-suffering citizen— the little man
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    • 164 4 THE announcement that the British Olympic Association has only recently formed an Appeals Committee to raise and coordinate funds is lamentable. The time to form this committee was immediately after the Olympiad of 1948. Since then the governing bodies of the sports concerned have begun to ask for
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    • 268 5 GOVTS WARNED AGAINST EXPAT PAY RISE 'Asians may be discontented 9 Free Press Stair Reporter increases m salaries or allowances of Malayan Government officers should be applicable to all and not to expatriate officers only, said Professor A. A. Sandosham, president of the southern branch of the Alumni Association of
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      17 5 SCENE inside St. Andrew's Cathedral, m Singapore, yesterday, during the State memorial service for the late King.
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    • 191 5 MALAYAN Governments aM should bring to this country only specialist officers from Europe and leave the time scale appointments to be filled by local people, said Professor A. A. Sandosham, president of the southern branch of the Alumni Association of King Edward VII College of Medicine, yesterday
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    • 170 5 SHORTER COURSE FOR BSc IMS year, p foe the B. Sc. ibe reduced to -v Professor e i-pv -re: dean of the v '^1' science m the f;' v 'V Malaya, m the Un:ve^;>. s°'5 nnu al report |rV 5^ ht of the accom- ii] tble, and m t vplopment
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    • 60 5 Free Press Staff Reporter The Chinese calligraphy competition to be held at the Nan* Haw Girls* School, Singapore, on Feb. 24, has attracted 120 entrants from students of Singapore Chinese middle and primary schools. The contest is divided into four sections, with four prizes for each section. Prizes
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    • 114 5 175 Malayans studying in the U.S. Free Pf eat Stall Reporter A total of 175 students from Singapore and the Federation are studying m the United States or America Majority of them are private sciiolars. Ten. however, are on scholarships sponsored by the American Government under the SmithMundt Act. Men
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    • 191 5 AN official spokesman yest j erday denied an allegation i by Mr. A. V. de Frank, a Sin- j gapore Rotarian, that the Government and the Legislative Council had been unsympathetic to requests for money made by the Police Department. Mr. de Frank, speaking
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    • 155 5 Free Press Staff Reporter TPO help Singapore drive to combat illiteracy x among Chinese, the Chinese V.M.C.A. would provide, free of charge, teachers to conduct classes, Mr. Homer Cheng, the president, said yesterday. The first evening clan for youths, to be run by the
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    • 64 5 rE hundred and ten new local companies were floated m Singapore last year with a total nominal capital of $171,097,800, Mr. K. 8. Bong, the Registrar of Companies, Singapore, said yesterday. In all 156 new companies were registered last year as compared with 125 companies m the
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    • 304 5 Vmnity solves accommodation problem Free Press Staff Reporter TTNIVERSITY of Malaya has solved the problem of U accommodation, says Sir George Allen, Vice* Chancellor, m his annual report for 1950-51. The problem, he explains, presented special difficulties because it was hoped the University would move to Johore "m the not
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    • 126 5 THEY GET A RARE MANUSRIPT Free Press Staff Reporter gOARD of South-East Asian Studies of the University of Malaya was instrumental m obtaining, through Dato F. W. Douglas, a fine manuscript copy of the Hikayat Iskander, written m 1857. reports Dr. D. W. O. Faris, dean of the Faculty of
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    • 131 5 IPOH, Sat. pERAK will submit threa proposals at the All Malaya Co-operative Conference to be held In Penang on April 12 and 13. These proposals wen decided on at meeting of the Perak Urban Co-operative Union. Tbe proposals are: 1. The office of president and vice-presidents
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    • 78 5 |\R Brock Chisholm, Direc-■^tor-Oeneral of the World Health Organisation, will visit Singapore on a 23,000--mile, two-month world tear. Accompanied by Milton Siegel, Assistant DirectorGeneral of WHO, Dr. Chisholm, who has just left Geneva, will also visit Ceylon, Siam. the Philippines, Hong Kong, Japan, India and
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    • 369 6 Second day of Olympics T»HE sounding of the Olympic fanfare at Bislet x Stadium, Oslo, yesterday marked the formal opening of the sixth Winter Games m ceremonies shadowed by the funeral In London of King George VI. After the 30 teams had marched into the arena,
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    • 179 6 SKI- WIN FOR NORWAY CTEIN Eriksen, of Ncrway, won the second Oold Medal to be awarded m trie winter Olympic Games when he carried off the men's giant Slalom at Norefjell yesterday. Eriksen, a smiling blond •treak. taking chance on chance to gain precious fractions of seconds, led a tough
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    • 35 6 CARRINGTON WITHDRAWN JjICHAEL Carrington, 17-year-old British figure skating champion, was yesterday withdrawn from the Winter Olympics by the National Skating Association. It was understood that the reason was "unsatisfactory conduct.' This Carrington denied emphatically Reuter
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    • 32 6 U>NDON Ft, Scottlsn f A Cup •econd-round replay: Berwick Rangers Alloa Ato 1 Berwick Ranters .re ?ou w nd aw o rpVb I s nd c ln the thf Reuter
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    • 31 6 ART Soto won back the California State middleweight boxing title on Thursday night, decisioDiflg Bobby Jones over m 12 rounds m San Francisco. Both weighed 150*4 lb. A.P.
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    • 640 6  - What's wrong with Oxford rowing? EDGAR TOMLIN Asks IN a few weeks' time, on Mar. 29, the Boat Race 1 will be with us again. Those of us who make a study of rowing at Oxford and Cambridge are convinced that the result of this race profoundly influences the fortunes
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    • 98 6 THE United States opened the Olympic Ice Hockey Tournament last night with a close 3—2 victory orer Norway. The Americans got the surprise m this curtain raiser. Arnold Oss, 23-year-old forward from Minneapolis, was the outstanding player on the ice with a two-goal performance. The American scored
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    • 105 6 At the annual general meeting of the Girls Sports Club, the following were elected: President. Mrs. O. A. Tessensohn (re-elected); Vice-President, Mrs. L. M. Pennefather; Hon. Secretary. Miss Kate de 8 lva (reelected); Asst. Hon. Secretary, Miss Anita Ess; Hon. Treasurer Mr^ M. da Silva (re-elected);' Asst.
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    • 96 6 TOE Scottish Rugby Union an--1 nounced yesterday that the team to play Ireland at Lansdowne Road, Dublin, on Feb. 29 would be the same as that beaten by Wales earlier this month. The side Is: I. Thomson (Heriots Former Pupils): R. Gordon (Edinburgh Wanderers) I. Cordial
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      43 6 TRIAL RUN pic tore. Cambridge* victorious m last year's Wat race has already chosen the crew for this rears encounter. It includes three members of last year's eisfat. The Cambridge Crew Is here seen on a trial run on the Cam river. Fox
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    • 445 6  - YANKS ALSO TAKE PART Hylton Cleaver By TtfINETEEN-FTFTY--11 TWO will not be the first time a "Yank at Oxford* has taken part m the University Boat Race. An American coxswain who was m the Oxford boat which sank last year. In 1924 W. P. Melien stroked Oxford. The American who
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      • 149 6 MOndrdKß Exclusive to the Singapore Free Press m Malaya "THEY CAME BACK. ONE OfTHEM jl I YOU OON*T Ir' YOU'RE OVEft- I I NOW M4BOA. H aa*i*t iicc tu»t 1 TIMY FOOTPRINTS immmi ~-^J//\^Hm~« Mr 4 /{DOCJO^" THB/~: MY OWN EYES/ IM TUC Of\\Aincr% I^H^A^^Bl \H B^2^>' nnc y i
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      • 48 6 Today's sport RUGBY: S.C.C. Seven-m-slde (Cont.) from 3.50 pjn.: 1. RJLF. Tenr«h "A'» v B.A.S.C. "C»»: 2. B. A. BlMkUf MM! "B" v Gurkha T.C.; S. B.E.M.E. "A M r S.C.C. "A"; 4. M.8.N.V3. v flytar B«it Wißf Beleter; 5. Cnlverslty G.H.Q. "B"; t. B'pore Enflneer «1» MAM.
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    • 1097 7 fhurnbs up and o Batavia safe bets for today From ALLAN LEWIS .TiMKiHT ON is the best bet at Ipoh today. Thumbs Tp and Batevia should also be safe v! n an otherwise hard programme. q A -hi On will probably start the hottest v
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    • 184 7 AM^IJSWIS TKESPASSEK EPSOM JEEP CALL BOY POINTER *V5 -ESS? S—ST V* TOeAEUA TIHAEUA oSS~ WU,( s4 KT* 6 Th««__, Up Finalist BrUttsnt Son SS-sJ 0^ B^lKJe MALAY FILM CHINATOWN FORT VIEW Serpentine CSekten Bean ___?Tewn S*? y 1 Mo0on Hct caws *wwn Motion Picture Malay Film
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    • 132 7 From IVAN SHARPE 'THE American call a match between eleven men and tep-and-a-cripple "a lame duck show" What would you call this: Before visiting Manchester City, the River Plate club from Buenos Aires— sometimes called "The Millionaires"— played m Genoa, and during the 90 minutes
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    • 60 7 T^ANISH champion Kurt Nielsen v teat Prance's No 1 play«. Bernard Destremau 6-3, 4-4. 6-S, 6-4. m the semi-flnal of the FttFdi Intematioad covered court tennis chamolonshliis j*«* terday. He wUI meet JareslaT Drobny Osjfpt) m the fluk On Tnwsday nrobny blasted his way into the
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    • 87 7 CHESS RESULTS, Urn Boon Keng Cup (4th round) N. Utttewood btTSardar Mohamed; J. C. Hickey bt. O. atafb: Tg Khenj Hong bt. Lee Mon Seng; Man Beng G'jan bt J. E- M. Fagel; Peter Seng U. Urn Cheng Bak; F S. Pet* tot Bfflbj Chan; Owee Kirn
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    • 744 7 RACE, 1—2.20: CLASS 4, DIV. 3— 6 FURS. 1 274 Zalorix Russell 9.08 2 MS Thumbs Up Bagby Jr. 8.13 3 877 Elegant Kid Dunwoodie 8.11 4 855 Brilliant Son J Donnelly 8.09 5 387 Oakf el Woods 8.07 6 342 B»O Tait 8.07 7 960 Ashok
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    • 407 7 Stollmeyer hits 1 35 for tourists OUT m to bat by New Zealand, the West Indies 1 scored 288 for two wickets on the opening day of the second Test at Auckland yesterday. The opening pair, Jeff Stollmeyer and Alan Rae, put on 197, Stollmeyer getting 135 not out and
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    • 279 7 SPEAR OF SARAWAK GOES BEST TODAY'S GALLOPS From ALLAN LEWIS VERY few horses took advantage of the ideal galloping conditions at Ipoh this morning. Those that were working did solid gallops without racing against the clock. The best time wa s returned by old Spear Of Sarawak (Tulloh), who beat
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    • 194 7 FRENCH MAKE BID TO BEAT SPRINGBOKS FRANCE will today have the chance to become the first international side to beat South Africa after World War 11. Scotland, Ireland, Wales and England have all fallen before the Springboks on their victorious tour and today's match at Colombes Stadium is the last
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    • 166 7 SEDGMAN v MOTTRAM IN ASIAN FINAL Tony Mottrani of Britain and Frank Sedgman of Australia yesterday qualified for the men's singles final m the Asian lawn tennis chamship m Colombo. Mottram beat Nakano of Japan 6—2, 6—3, 6—4 and Sedgman defeated V. Skonecki of Poland 6—2, 6—o, *-3. The match
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    • 111 7 JAPAN'S number two table tennis player, Tadaaki Hayashi, yesterday defeated former world champion, Richard Bergmann of England, 21-7, 21-16 m an exhibition match at New Delhi. World champion Hiroji Satoh of Japan defeated his teammate, Norikazu Pujii, 21-12, 21-7. Hayashi, smarting from Thursday's defeat, played a fast
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    • 49 7 CAIRO. Wed.— Egypt's international tennis tournament will be held this year, starting Feb. 29. m spite of unsettled conditions and the recent eovernment seisure of the Gezira Sporting Club. Tfce new US$l2O,OOO centre court, seating 6,000 spectators. will be used for the first time. A.P.
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    • 75 7 TAIPEI lost two singles matches m the men's division and won one match m the women's division m yesterday's opening of the Taipei-Manila inter-city tennis tournament at Manila. Miss Liv Shang-kou, Taipei's No. 1 female player, defeated former Philippine champion Estrella Alburo, 5-7, 6-1, 6-4, earning the only
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    • 48 7 Jack Parker, British speedway team captain injured while traintog on Sydney on Thursday, is m a satisfactory condition, according to a hospital report last night. He fractured his skull and left forearm when his midget car hurtled into a safety fence on Sydney sports ground. Reuter
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      • 153 7 THE TALK OF SINGAPORE EAGERLY AWAITED BATTLE OF THE GIANTS Undisputed iH B^ World Coloured Orient Champion ■^lj| pE j&tiU&Wk, Bemv y- Wei^ llt Champion STORE'S HATED M B Ij^^H^nO 275 LB NEGRO KINGf« WSEELIE KONG|n s /l SAMARA a «€nr row Musr nor miss SUPPORTING BOUTS BUD CODY vs.
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    • 1270 8 THOUSANDS WATCH THE KING'S LAST JOURNEY George VI laid rat at Windsor LONDON, Saturday. AS the sun set over London last evening thousands of flags fluttered up to full staff. The King was dead and buried. Long live the Queen. Queen Elizabeth and the Duke of Edinburgh drove back to
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    • 80 8 BRUSSELS Sat IHNG Baudouin was booed at Christ Church yesterday 11 where he went for ceremonies for Kin* George VI OAs0 As the king, wearing a black armlet on hig military great coat got out of his car, shoots of "Vive Le Rio mounted from the crowd.
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    • 650 8 amid all that splendour and preceded immediately 07 the figures m black of the King's personal servants and valets, one of whom had been the first to see him dead. The bright gold of the flag draping the coffin blazed m the misty London light, as did the
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      • 146 8 NOTICE Sunday's (Feb. *17) Boxing Featuring Nai Sompoog Golden Boy at Happy World has been postponed to Friday FA. 39. Will holders of tickets please note that the tickets still hold good for Feb. 29. Uiiversity Tutorial Classes For Junior, Senior, London Matriculation, Inter Arts, Law, Economics, Commercial subjects, Latin.
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