The Singapore Free Press, 7 March 1952

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    20 1 The Singapore Free Press LARGEST AFTERNOON SALE IN MALAYA v, lv i SINGAPORE, FRIDAY, MARCH 7, 1952. PRICE FIFTEEN CENTS.
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    CALL TO KICK OUT BEVAN
    448 1 Attlee must act or lose Labour leadership LONDON, Friday. fHE. fight between Mr. Clement Attlee, the moderate ex-Prime Minister, who is 67, and Mr. Aneurin Bevan, 54-year-old Welshman, j left-winger and ex-miner, for the leadership of the British Labour Party is approaching a climax. It
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    HIS POSITION IS CHALLENGED
    7 1 HIS POSITION IS CHA LLENGED MR ATTLEE.
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    Fire destroys A-bomb carrier
    86 1 FORT WORTH, Texas, Fri. A U553,500,000 ton-engine B-36 bomber was destroyed by fire yesterday shortly after it landed at Carswell Air Force Base. The Commander suffered a sprained ankle and a firefighter received second degree burns. Thirteen other crewmembers escaped injury. The giant atom-bomb carrier took
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    RUBBER UP 1½ CENTS
    40 1 Rubber price rose by one and a half cents per pound this morning m Singapore market, and was quoted at $1.12 per lb. Brokers expect the price to go up m the course of tne day.
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    FRANCE SWINGS TO RIGHT
    222 1 PARIS, Friday. TWENTY -seven Gaullists pushed M. Antoine 1 Pinav into power as the French "save the franc" Prime Minister last night and gave France her Hoes! swin* to the right since the liberation m 1944 ar-oid tannery n i bad lone to the As- >
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    WILL WAIT TEN YEARS FOR LOVER
    154 1 TOKYO, Fri. A 27-YEAR-OLD Japanse r^ woman yesterday sob* bed and declared that she would wait "10 years" for her lover, one of the two French soldiers arrested for an $8,000 bank robbery m Tokyo. Yukiko Nakamura, released by Army officials after questioning, denied
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    Industrialists held
    23 1 Four West German industrialists have been arrested for peddling industrial secrets of the rich Ruhr Basin to Communist East Germany A.P.
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    U.K. ENVOY SEES EGYPT PREMIER
    117 1 CAIRO, Friday. EGYPT'S Prime Minister, Naguib Hilaly Pasha, and Sir Ralph Stevenson, the British Ambassador were believed to have discussed the possibility of reaching a new understanding between their two countries when they met yesterday. Neither Egyptian nor British official sources made any statement about
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    'FLU' EPIDEMIC
    6 1 'FLU EPIDEMIC _.< k ii_ unoUK outhnri-
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    This wasn't good enough
    34 1 THE SINGAPORE stall at the Colombo Exhibition which was criticised by Mr. P. F. de Souza, Nominated Legislative Councillor, who said that he was ashamed mad disappointed at the effort.
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    HE TRIED TO BLOW UP COURT
    43 1 Ai* out-of-work newspaper seller. K-year-old Beinhold Brecht. admitted that he tried to blow up the West German constitutional court building on February 7. "I wanted it to be a warning ngtttast the ide* rearming Germany- he said
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    'Tugs' were planes
    66 1 FRKMANTLE. Fri. SIX fighter planes harnessed at each end of the flight deck were used to move the aircraft carrier HMAS Sydney away from a wharf here when a strike deprived her of tugs. When the aircraft »«t«rs were "revved up" the carrier slowly moved ont into
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    CIRCUS TOOK A BATH
    56 1 Five elephants, 13 tigers some 60 Polar bears, lions, zebras and other beasts of the circus had to have their feet washed before they could enter Switzerland Swiss customs officials at Basel insisted on the bath because of the possibility the animals might spread the foot-and-mouth
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    SARIS STOLEN IN LONDON
    50 1 Silver and gold embroidered saris were among valuables taken m a robbery yesterday at the London West End flat of Princess Indira of Kafnrthalt. Th» thief broke m while the flat was unoccupied m the early evening and escaped with clothing and jewellery worth about £651.
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    SCRAP IRON SEIZED
    25 1 The Russians yesterday confiscated 250 tons of scrap iron from two barges on their way to West Germany from West Berlin.- A.F.P.
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    Countess was appalled
    271 1 Countess was appalled Free Press Staff Reporter THE "appalling lack" of T.B. beds and the "terrible shortage" of civil hospital personnel and accommodation were two things m Malaya that shocked Countess Mountbatten, wh# left Kalian g Airport this morning for Hong Kong after a six-day tour of Singapore and the
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    OUT NUMBERED ALLIES WIN AIR BATTLE
    122 1 EIGHTH ARMY HEADQUARTERS, Korea, Fri. oix ALLIED Sabre-jets, outnumbered more than three to one, shot down a Communist MIG-15 jet fighter and damaged another m a ten-minute air battle over Korea yesterday. Fighter bombers destroyed or damaged 50 freight cars and cut North Korean
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    MAN INJURED IN RAIL YARD
    41 1 Free Press Staff Report ex A Chinese was crashed by one of the wagons of a train hi the yard of the Singapore Railway Station at 655 this morning and was admitted to hospital by ambulance.
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    THEY DIG IN MUD FOR 15 LIVES
    55 1 TOKYO, Fri RBsxsfc «rori«»r« were last night digging for l^ to it «*n«i« m a landslide of Families wer** ouri«-*d m tneir homes and miners In Kushlro a *y OI 1™ m washed away Bail traffic has oeer» restored on six out of
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    Spy took photo of general's secret diary
    270 1 WASHINGTON, Friday. "A N individual believed to be a Soviet agent" into an American General's room m Frankfurt last summer and took pictures of his diary, the U.S. ArmJ said yesterday. The diary expressed the General's view that war with Russia was imminent.
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    RUSSIA'S BUDGET A RECORD
    97 1 RUSSIA'S BUDGET A RECORD MOSCOW, Prf. FINANCE Minister, Mr. Arseni Zverev Introduced the bigget budget m Russia's history m the Parliament or the Supreme Soviet last night including $23*5,000,000 m military appropriations. •Hie budget, calls for total expenditures this year of 476^00,000,000 rubles. Of this defence appropriations total **********,000 rubles.
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    Hard fight near Hanoi
    53 1 SAIGON, Fri. IJARD FIGHTING is rag- ing near Phycyen, 24 miles northwest of Hanoi, between 3,000 French Union troops and two bmttattons of troops of the Communists-led Vietminh. French parachute troops, supported by tanks and other armowed vehicles, «ttacfced to dean out the two battalons and
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    Parents— Your War
    434 2  - Parents Your War Iris Ashley By I LONDON: A LONDON news- paper recently carried a most heartening headline. It said: "War On Comics' Has Begun", and went on: "Teachers- Tell Home Secretary 'Sexy, Brutal, and a Menace*". British parents should be very thankful indeed that war is to t>e waged
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    She Was Well Advised
    121 2 PACT and FASHION-No. 3 P E casual m your sports wear" a fashion magazine informs I r V us Use a man's shirt tucked info a pair of brief skorrs". On the lef r is the sort of drawing used to illustrate such an outfit. The
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    'THE GIRLS' ARE A JOKE IN U.S.
    599 2 'THE GIRLS ARE A JOKE IN U.S. KAY MURRAY.... in AMERICA Woman of forty— plus is an Aunt Sally for every cartoonist T*HE American woman m her forties, fifties and sixties has become a kind of Aunt Sally for every cartoonist and film director out for a quick laugh. Who
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    The 'Other Queen' Rules Happy Land
    772 2  -  CLAIRE DUNNE Salote of Tonga's subjects know no crime or debt Bv AS Queen Elizabeth begms the first year of her reign, the Commonwealth's other Queen, Salots of Tonga, looks forward to her twenty-second year as a ruler. Queen, Salote, who stands six fooc
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      159 2 l» Jt 4 ij New Quick l)r\ skin ii I I will look radiantly fresh and itmm II •oft. Care lines seem to disi f r j| J ANTI-irRIXK LE CHE AM I MAYHARD CO., LTD. jj 11. Battery Road* I'hon,. mij ■j? ii fjX&w iwuy y^U) Me *«^2 AtQ
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      8 2 Solution To Crossword No. 60S m YESTERDAY'S SOLUTION.
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      152 2 'UNMABBIEDS' Why so many? By Bob Thomas WHY are there so f T many unmarried actresses m Hollywood? There are far more bachelor girls than bachelors. To name a few: Katherine Hepburn, Debra Paget, Mitzi Gaynor, Piper Laurie, Kean Peters, Ann Blyth, Patricia Neal, Yvonne De Carlo. This social phenomenon
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      200 2 YOUR LUCKY ol AX JJORN today, it would be well for you to develop selfreliance and a will of your own if you are to achieve your fullest ambitions Yon are inclined to be a little over cautious m making decisions. You wait too long before saying "yes" or "no".
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    BOGUS DETECTIVE ARRESTED
    305 3 Convicts were among duped PA MS» Friday. -HE worlds most brilliant private detective", 1 who coached Britain's amateur sleuths to outdo shrrlock Holmes, is today desperately trying to ■fihe the Case of the Nasty CttwlMt, It looks like being his last case for some time. For 24-ye
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    7 3 VIRGINIA MAYO, Warner Bros, shapely dancing star.
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    RITA IS STILL ALY'S WIFE
    62 3 Prince Aly Khan said m Paris yesterday. "There is nothing new on Rita and me. We are still married." Asked about the health of his father, the Aga Khan, who suffered a heart attack m India and was flown to his villa at Cannes last
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    DUKE IN N.Y.
    25 3 The Duke of Windsor was the only passenger allowed ashore as soon as the liner Queen Elizabeth docked m He- York A.P.
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    Bridge Hand
    285 3 IS -oc^-s deal East fell for one 1 -r.e oldest "con games" m :cUe S^th. dealer >»rih South >Tilnerable ;eg wltnout saying that ißtkhSootta should not have .-> v. slam contract, lackis. did the ace of spades ar- orr.e \ery important trumps. torn m, :r.es bidding was not
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    She eloped with father
    38 3 She eloped with f ather MANILA, FrL VtSIDERIO LACTAO. 23. h L i^ 7l^ took his !!!!JlJ^rigingiEhen he cfacooereif ills 19-year-old sweetheart hod jilted him. She hod run off into the hois with his father. Eugenio, aged 50<—A..
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    Siam is not concerned about invasion
    308 3 Siam is not concerned about invasion BANGKOK, Fri. EK)R many months, the 1 Kingdom of Siam has been looking askance towards the area north of their border, where South China and Burma meet. If Chinese invasion really comes, Stem's military leaders opined, it will come from the north across Burma
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    THE KREMLIN LINE-UP
    48 3 Moscow Radio broadcasting the names Of prominent officials who attended a meeting of ti?e Supreme Soviet put Georgi Malenkov first and LLaventi Beria secjnd. Both are of the ruling Politburo and have been mentioned »*J>osstote successors tommier Josef Stalin as alternatives to VlachestaY Molotor, U.P.
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    LEGLESS MAN FREED FROM CRUEL MATE
    251 3 LONDON, Friday. ltfRS. Daphne Joan House, described by a judge as if* "a very hard type of woman, a very bad tempered woman", was divorced by her legless husband because she was cruel to him. The husband, Mr. Robert George House, lost his lees
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    BUCKLEY
    13 3 "BUT SARGE I IT'S MY ONLY CHANCE TO DO MY LAUNDRY I
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    Bad packing hurts Ceylon
    129 3 COLOMBO. FrL rE rubber industry Id Ceylon is suffering financial loss, probably amounting to thousands of pounds sterling, through badly packed or marked bales. This is revealed m a report received m Ceylon from Mr. L. A. Wilson of the Rubber Trade Association of London. The
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    MORE IRON FOR H.K.
    30 3 Britain has granted Hong Kong a second quarter allotment of 3,000 tons of galvanised iron sheets. Hong Kong's first quarter allowance was only 300 tons.— A.P.
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    BEST DIRECTOR
    34 3 Signor Vittorio de Sice, Italian film director wiU ttf to Mew York this week to receive the Hew York Critics' award as the best director of 1951 M* "Miracles of Milan." A.P.
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    Romance in the air
    64 3 LONDON, Fri MARRIAGE is causing a shortage of stewardesses for British Overseas Airways Corporation aircraft. Although more than 800 girls answered a recent appeal the Corporation still cannot fill vacancies. B. O. A. C. stewardesses have been marrying or getting engaged at the rate of nearly
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    ITALY BANS PROSTITUTION
    35 3 The Italian Senate approved a bill abolishing legalized prostitution. The bill, introduced by a woman Senator, Elina Merlin of the left wing Socialists, had been pigeon-holed by the Senate since 1949.- U.P.
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    PREGNANT WOMEN WORRY CAIRO
    145 3 CAIRO. Wit pRBONANT women are the strict 10 p.m to 6 a.m. curfew. Only a select few persons with «l*clal P**f*!«« JJ2; mltted to stir outside their homes during cwfew-I howg tmtKuted «fter the Ms rtotin* of Jan. 26. phone at home Authorities said they received
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    Husband thought wife could he 'sacked'
    227 3 Husband thought wife could he 'sacked' LONDON. Fri. A 5 SELF-MADE man, who A began his climb to wealth betting on dog races, failed m his plea for divorce from second wife. I Mr. Commissioner Blanco White decided that his charge of her misconduct could not be supported. He granted
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      215 3 Radio SINGAPORE 1 p.m. The Ka4to Orchestra; IJO Time Signal ft News; 1.45 Dance Music—George Barnes Octet: S Close: 5 Programmes m Malay; 6.15 Time Signal ft News: 6.17 Forces Favourites— A programme of requests by the Forces presented by Josephine West: 6.55 Announcements ft Singapore Share Market Report: 7
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    The Singapore Free Press FRIDAY, Mar. 7, 1952. Call-up Bill
    503 4 The Singapore Free Press FRIDAY, Mar. 7, 1952. Call-up Bill REACTION to the National Service Bill in both Singapore and the Federation has been such as to leave the impression that a fervent spirit of service has suddenly gripped the country. Legislative Councillors feel that "conscription is long overdue." A
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    'Let's Go to Cape Town— by Car'
    1029 4 Two ordinary men who answered the tall for adventure BEARDED, Yorkshire-born, 43 -year-old Ceorge Hinch--0 liffe, who used to be a bus conductor m Bradford, and 35-year-old ex-mechanic James Bulman, have armed home m Britain after a notable adventure. In a year-old 10
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    It Seems To Me...
    730 4  -  POLITICO a F*^W OURELY something could be done to reduce queuing outside government and municipal offices. The latest example of this Singapore curse is to be seen daily now outside the Manpower Bureau's Stamford Road office. Hundreds of people can be seen waiting for hours throughout
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    MYSTICISM AND INSURRECTION
    250 4 MYSTICISM AND INSURRECTION —In Indonesia INDONESIANS, to find 1 a way out of the despondency, that has fallen on them since independence, resort to mysticism and armed insurrection against state and society. Sutan Sjahrir, ex-premier and one of Indonesia's cleverest politicians, paints this sombre picture. Sjahrir said he believed Indonesia's
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    Lord ALEXANDER
    698 4 Goes home to a new job with n\ items of baggage and a homing problem, says George Gorman not be available until 8.30 a.m. and (2) that his family were not to be disturbed. Shortly before he met the Press I saw him m the stateroom which he
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      23 4 Modern .Ring* of Distinction fot Every Occasion. P. H. HENDRY, Manufacturing Jeweller 78. NORTH BRIDGE ROAD SINGAPORE. 6. 4. BATU ROAD. KUALA LUMPUR.
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      80 4 i v- mm TL M;J* of iL d %J> Here she comes— the new Baby fro No 10! Oh, do let me have a peep sh^ simply lovely— and how like her Daddy! No. no, she's dummy's girl-lock at her eyes! Baby Joan doesn't worry-she has her happy contented smile
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    COST HIGH-SO NEW SIT HOMES TO BE SMALL
    255 5 COST HIGH-SO NEW SIT HOMES TO BE SMALL mm? q- Free Press staff Reporter A j .^ngapore Improvement Trust has decided, on account of the high cost of building, to build only the cheapest type of accommodation, such as artisans' flats. if a recent meeting of the Bdard of Trustees
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    28 5 DR. LYELL ANDREWS, a former prisoner of war m Singapore and Siam who returned to the Colony recently from Sydney to Join the SATA as an -assistant radiologist.
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    Post office plan to cut delay at counters
    97 5 vree Press Staff Reporter Klerks at the Singal pore General Post office counters may, from sometime m April, L™ all kinds of ordinary nost office duty. new system, called the taJfrtch Scheme, required 2S time to plan said Mr 5 A Cooper.
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    WELFARE DEPT HELPED 23,000
    53 5 JOHORE BAHRU, Fri. I total oi 23.741 persons itceiicd assistance frcm the g al Welfare Department under various relief grants Id 1951. 0! this 10.371 were Malays, ÜBS *tlt Chinese. Of the I tal IQ 586 were flood victtoa of all races. Those who ifccired food
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    Chinese chair: choice soon
    45 5 THE Chinese Chair at the University of Malaya is expected to be filled soon. There are several applicants for the job and the University authorities will meet shortly to make the selection The Chinese Department is expected to function next year.
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    Prizes for calligraphy
    102 5 Prizes for calligraphy FRTY-SIX prizes, including 30 consolation prizes, will be distributed to successful entrants of t v e recent Chinese calligraphy competitions, at 3 p.m. on Saturday, at the Chinese Young Merits Christian Association, Singapore Mrs. Homer Cheng, wife of the president of the association, will give away the
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    Seventy set problem to dept.
    168 5 Free Press Staff Reporter f'HE Singapore Education Department is still considering: what should be done with the 70 students m the Teachers' Training College who have passed the three months emergency course under the Five-year Plan. The 70 students were taken on m 1950 before
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    Rice cards: Rumours are denied
    141 5 Rice cards: Rumours are denied KUALA LUMPUR, Pri. THE Assistant Controller of Supplies, Selangor, yesterday denied rumours that after Mar. 17 ration cards would not be issued. Applications for ration cards, for renewal of expired cards and for additions to rice cards could still be made after that date. He
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    MORE PEOPLE GET TB RELIEF
    154 5 Free Press Staff Reporter FINANCIAL assistance to tuberculosis sufferers 1 given by the Singapore Social Welfare Department hit a new high during the first two months of this year, a spokesman of the depart- ment said yesterday. I Jauuary and February were also record months
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    WEDDING PARTY.
    50 5 Mr. and Mrs. S. C. Lv, of Singapore, will give a cocktail party at the Raffles Hotel on March 23 between 4 and 6 p.m. m celebration of the marriage of their son. Earl Mini? Teh to Miss Norma Yin which takes place on March 22 m Sydney.
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    Radio feature is popular
    67 5 RADIO Malaya's ''Workers' Playtime" programme is to become a regular feature, the Free Press was told yesterday. The Broadcasting authorities have already recorded four programmes, two m Singapore, and two m Malacca, and will make another for Indian workers at the. Municipal Jines, Jalan Besar, tomorrow.
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    INDIAN WOMEN TO HOLD SOCIAL
    37 5 The women's section of tie Singapore Indian Association will hold a social at the Association roof garden on March 11, at 5.30 p.m. All women members, and wives of members are invited.
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    1,571,384 ACRES TAPPED IN JAN.
    29 5 KUALA LUMPUR, Fri- m December last Wit, <.he\ acreage tapped was 1678.4171 for December last year Acreage of tappable rubber not taDDed on estate*
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    Some came to buy—some to see
    38 5 Some came to buy —some to see BUYERS and spectators at the saleroom of Cheong Hock Chye and Company where lots on Crown land m the Shenton Way and Robinson Road. Singapore, were sold yesterday.— free Press picture.
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    Govt may reimpose quota system
    191 5 Go vt may reimpose quota system IMPORT OF JAP TEXTILES Free Press Staff Reporter SINGAPORE Economic Affairs Department officials are consulting the representatives of the three Chambers of Commerce about reimposing a quota system for the import of Japanese textiles. The quota system wa s re- moved last year. The
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    100 WANT TODDY SHOP BANNED
    102 5 100 WANT TODDY SHOP BANNED PENANG, Fri. A hundred merchants and residents m the business area of King Street here have petitioned "m the name of peace" against the proposed re-opening of a toddy shop m the neighbourhood. The shop has been closed since the war. On learning that the
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    GOVT. ASSURANCE ON DEBT
    75 5 JOHORE BAHRU, Fri. rpo encourage Government servants to join the Johore Bahru District Government Employees Co-operative Thrift and l£an Society without fear, to disclose their debts, the society had requested Government to give an assur- ance that such disclosure would not result m disciplinary action. Tlie
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    Two top men quit office in chamber
    150 5 Free Press Staff Reporter MR. Tan Lark Sye, president of the Singapore Chinese Chamber of Commerce, and Mr. Lee Kong Chian, a former president, have resigned from the new committee of the Chamber. Mr. Tan refused to say why he resigned. Mr. Lee
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    Expulsion talk put off
    114 5 PENANG. Fri. INCHE S. M. Zainul Atoidin, president of Penang UMNO, said yesterday his executive committee would like to have more time to study the aims and objects of other political parties before considering any resolution to expel UMNO members who joined them "We do not
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    BACK FILM FAN IN MAIN RACE TOMORROW
    1430 6 BACK FILM FAN IN MAIN RACE TOMORROW Sturveta and Tempest to score again itrong place chance. Selections -Ist: TEMPEST 2nd: Oomaridairn S*d: Bine Eyes. Outsider:- Mayfair. Cl. 3, Div. 2,-61. Bed Wolf, Ocean Snare, Film Fan, Jeannette, Floor Show and Mo mbasa all have claims m the Kedah Cup, the
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    Hones not accepting
    54 6 Hones not accepting f»HE f cllowing horses will not start touorrow! Ocean Snare, Hector, Chesieres, Honourbright, Perseverance, Flag of Peace, Life Buoy, Box Office, Kind Regards, Trobeua, Capitol Kid, Glorify, Neptune's Daughter, VuiUaume, Hawaii, Six and Eight, Wild Jinks, John Ham, Fair Enough, Asad, Screen, Malay Film, Pictare Fan. Clonagh,
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    Cl. 4&5, Div. 1,-6f.
    658 6 DAK Haven. Plylite, China Town, Finalist and Dundonald should provide the finish of the I race for Classes 4& 5, Div. 1, 6f. Pax Haven, who came home > strongly when third to Sporting j Pink and Binnton the first day. r will appreciate the extra
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    ACADEMY AWARD FOR SPRING CUP
    194 6 pENAUSED is ib. for his first start win over seven furlongs, Academy Award Is class enough to overcome that and complete a doable by taking the Spring Cup Jar Classes 4 and 5, Wv. 1. over •H furlongs. Academy Award. by Dante, should appreciate the
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    ROVERS S.C. FIGHT FOR ONE-GOAL WIN
    254 6 JJOVERS were not impressive m their three-two victory over Indian R.C. at Jalan Besar Stadium yesterday. For a S.A.F.A. Div. I match the standard of football was lamentable. The Indians were a poor combination, and yet Rovers found themselves struggling to remain m the
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    Signals look good for fifth win
    375 7 RUGBY CUP From PETER LOVEGROVB THE Ist Training .Regiment Eoyal Signals (Catterick) are well on the way to setting up new records m the Army Rugby Challenge Cup this month. Lust season they won this trophy for the fourth gKCCssfre time to equal the
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    39 7 JH}H\ TKABERT, the U.S. Davis Cup players who is now serving m the Navy, congratulates Nancy Chaffee after she won the national indoor tennis title for the third successive year. She beat Mrs. Pat Todd 6-1. 6-0. Pottptr pictare.
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    29 7 BFSSEX the Essex County F.A. outside-left (white shirt> ibout to be tackled by Army fullback, Pte. Bernard when the two teams met at Colchester. Army won s—o. ANS picture.
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    CEYLON S.C. Xls FOR WEEKEND
    130 7 Cey :ui> sports dub otkkci teams for the weekend are: Against Police Sports Ciub "A" Satarday at the Depot Ground at 2 pm.: V. R Sabapathy iCapt Dr X S Retnam S Nagiab A C Shegran W Ponnampalam. S. Kulisinx ham C Fernando David Navaratnam.
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    BILLIARPS KING IN MARATHON RACE
    51 7 W" AI r ER UNDRUM, world bilr ,u^ tampion, has just •Kefi 2lb miles m an eight-day J 'han v eXhibitiOn m Melbourne «hf^ h0U K h he wore sPWial H*ht htHvv h said they felt IMce TOj boor, :lfter fh A 4_w tK How
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    LA MOTTA HELD TO DRAW
    21 7 Jake La Ms ore-*ime em- 2 H.rston. battled v night m a sizzlin* Detroit A. P.
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    MATCH POSTPONED
    50 7 rnHE Singapore Amatuer Football 1 Association Div. J LeagM «c which was to have been played at Geylane Stadium v^terday between Star occerites and Indian Recreation Club was called off by referee Mr John Fergucon owifcK to the fact that me eround was not suitable for P ay.
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    ST. ANDREW'S KEEP UNBEATEN RECORD
    617 7  -  TEMPLAR Great rally by R:I. earns draw By Szxfr 1 1 8 School 2; Raffles Institution 2. pOR sixty minutes at the Raffles Institution ground yesterday, more than 1,000 schoolboys cheered as hard as the game that was being played bofore them when St. Andrew's
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    42 7 AT JALANBESARYESTERDAY: At left, Scaife, Rovers' inside-. right seems to have judged this header more correctly than the I.R.C. defender while m the picture on the right. Murray, Rovers goalkeeper, gets to the ball before Jaffar. Rovers won 3-2. Free Press pictures.
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    MontTremblant wins easily
    141 7 GOLD CUP r|OROTHY Paget's six-year- old jumper, Mont Tremblant, won the Cheltenham Gold Cup— one of Britain's most important steeplechases by ten lengths yesterday over a field that included three Grand National candidates. Shaef was second and Galloway Braes third, another four lengths behind. Out early Freebooter,
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    University golfers 'X-rayed'
    380 7 University golfers 'X-rayed' By JAMES GOODFELLOW gILL COX, former Ryder Cup player, thinks play m the next Oxford-Cam-bridge golf match at Rye (Sussex) from March 21-22 should be of a high standard. He should know. Consultant to both teams, he has Xrayed all 'the players, as he puts it. He
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    INDIAN ASSN. CRICKET TEAMS
    83 7 Indians Association's annual nome-and-home cricket match will be played at Balestier Road on Sunday at 11 a.jn The following have been asked to turn UP Abbasbhoy'i XI: LaU Singh. Dr. Abraham, Choor Singh. Razik Lall. Madari. Gupte, Nadarajah, S. Madari, V. Patel, Acharatlal. Gurucharan Singh, Shiraa.
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    WEIGHTS FOR LAST DAY AT PENANG
    496 7 i for to- > morrow, last day I of the Penang Spring J Meet inf. are: Cl.3,Div.l— B'iF. Adonis 9.09 Winter Scene 8.10 Red Wolf 8.09 Ocean Snare 8.08 i Twelfth of Ang 8.06 i Flame of the Forest 8.06 Winter Lady 8.04 Hector
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    Island Club women's golf
    89 7 The Island Club's (Ladies section) Qualifying Round §f Cathay Cup and L.G.U. February Competition to be held on Sunday, have been c'rawn as follows: Prom Ist Tee: 8.39 a.m. Mrs. James, Mrs. Weeks; 8.33 Mrs. Hodgkinson, Mrs. Cavanagh; 8.36 Mrs. Casman Davis. Mrs. Smart; 8.39 Mrs.
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    Dockyard trounced seven-one
    237 7 I oiNGAPORB Medical Workers Union scored seven Koals and conceded one In their Singapore SmUeur Football Association VLv. 2 league match against aM. Dockyard yesterday. The game JETplayed at St. George^ Rgd. Making the most of their chances. Medicals took a halftoe toad of three-nil through goals
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    Bolton Wanderers draw in Rotterdam
    136 7 BOLTON Wanderers drew 2 2 against the provisional Dutch national team m Rotterdam yesterday. At half time the Dutch led 2—o. Bolton's centr e -forward, Nat Lof thouse, was very active m the first half, when the Dutch had the better of the game, but
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    McGregor loses in semi-final
    62 7 AUSTRALIAN singles champion Ken McGregor was beaten 6-3. 3-6, 5-7, 3-6, by Rex, Hartwig of Victoria m the semi-final of the South Australian Tennis Championships In Sydney yesterday. Hartwig struck a purple patch after dropping the first set and theieafter always had McGregor on the run.
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    TODAYS U.S.L. FIXTURES
    36 7 SENIOR DIVISION R.A.F. (L) v. S.E.R. G.H.Q. Sigs. v. R.A.F. (S) H.M.S. Terror v. R.E.M.E. JUNIOR DIVISION R.A.P.C. v. HQ R.A.S.C. R.A.F. (S) v. FJB.W. R.E.M.E. v. R.N. (X). S.R.R.A. v. R.A.S.C. (S).
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    TRUMAN SEEKS AID FOR ASIA'S WAR ON REDS
    656 8 TRUMAN SEEKS AID FOR ASIA'S WAR ON REDS WASHINGTON, Friday. PRESIDENT TRUMAN yesterday told the United States thai more food, better health and hif her living standards are 'the first line of defence against Communism m Asia, Africa and the Near He cited those among "parts of the world where
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    IKE CONFERS
    24 8 Gen. Dwight Eisenhower inspected troops and conferred with military leaders m Athens yesterday on Greece's contribution to the Atlantic Pact forces.- U.P.
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    'OPERATION VORTEX' IS OH IN H.K.
    126 8 HONO KONG, Fri. A N undisclosed number of troops within the Far East Command have been flown m from outside to take part m an inter-service exercise m Hong Bong beginning today and ending on Mar. 11. Brig. E. K. O. Sixsmith, Chief of
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    Baby born with heart exposed
    52 8 Hundreds of curious spectators visited the maternity hospital m Bandra, a Bombay suburb, yesterday to see a rare physiological phenomenon a newborn baby with its heart exposed and protruding outside the body. The baby, a girl, liyed for 40 nous, and weighed 7 Ib. at
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    53 8 WHEN TWO schoolboys saw men passing: suitcases jver a wall and loading them into a car at South West India Dock, they ran to the nearest phone box and dialled Scotland Yard. As a intuit,, the men were arrested. Picture shows the boys, Roderick Kyle (holdm* the phone) and Michael
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    24 8 Nine persons charged with taking part m last Saturday's rioting m Kowloon were gaoled yesterday for terms ranging from on* to six months A.P.
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    SAAR RATIFIES PLAN
    17 8 The Saar Parliament yesterday ratified the Schuman Plan to pool coal and steel.— A.P.
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    London stocks brighter
    77 8 LONDON, Fri. JJNCOURAGED by firmness m Giltedgeds, the markets presented a cheerful appearance m most sections although dealings were slow. The trend towards higher levels was largely a market affair as there was no noticeable change m the public's policy of holding back until after the budget.
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    AIR CHIEF TO STAY
    32 8 President Truman yesterday sent to the Senate for approval the renewal of General Hoyt Vandenberg's appointment as Chief of Staff Of the TTnifori Qfaf a At. Force.- AFP
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    Civil rights trial in U.S.
    118 8 JACKSON. Fri. A WHITE JURY took only 45 minutes to return a verdict of not guilty In the civil rights trial of five Mississippi law officers accused of beating a Negro prisoner. Former sheriff Robert Lee. St. and four deputies were acquitted on an counts
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    27 FOR NOBEL PRIZE CHOICE
    156 8 OSLO, Fri. J± LIST of 27 individual nominations for the 1952 Nobel Peace Prize, including six Americans, was made public yesterday by the Nobel Committee of the Norwegian Parliament. The six are Dr. Frank Buchman, a theologist and leader of the Moral Rearma- ment Movement;
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    ARRIVAL
    19 8 The Director-General of the World Health Organisation, Dr. Brock Chisholm, is scheduled to arrive m Manila today. Reuter
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    Navy to spend $75 m. of U.S. aid
    154 8 LONDON, Friday. ORITAIN plans to spend U5575,000,000 of a forthcoming military grant from the U.S. on the Royal Navy, a Government spokesman said last night. Mr. J. P. L. Thomas, First Lord of the Admiralty, told the House of Commons the Navy
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    ATTLEE vs. BEVAN
    270 8 (Continued from Pas c 1) quickly or his authority as party leader is rone. Mr. Attlee yesterday met leading moderates privately before the Commons convened. Some members of the group ttieir patience exhausted favoured a showdown now. They feU that if the present division goes unchecked tne
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    SOVIET DENIAL
    28 8 The Soviet Press yesterday ridiculed assertions by the Government of the Dominican Republic that Soviet submarines have been sighted off the Caribbean Island's coast.- A. P.
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    FLYING PEACOCK
    40 8 IT IS SOMETIMES Doubt, ed whether peacocks fly. The fact is proved by this •MUM Picture taken m the peafowl house of the l««l*tt «oe> Wings are spread, tall is flamboyant, •nd the feet are retracted,* ■**PPer picture.
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