The Singapore Free Press, 11 March 1952

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    17 1 Singapore Free Press LARGEST AFTERNOON SALE IN MALAYA |U« SINGAPORE, TUESDAY, MARCH 11, 1952. PRICE FIFTEEN CENTS.
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    ULTIMATUM FOR BEVAN
    420 1 Labour rebels told: 'recant or get out* LONDON, Tuesday. J^ABOUR moderates yesterday decided to give the rebellious Bevanites the choice either "play ball" from now on or face the threat of expulsion from the party. The ultimatum will be handed to Mr. Aneurin Bevan and his left-wing
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    ZULU riot -WOMEN WHOOPED WAR CRY
    318 1 ZULU riot -WOMEN WHOOPED WAR CRY 0 iA NNEbBURG, Tues. rtIROPEAN police arm- I J bed witb sub-machine-,4 patrolled the rail--53 track dividing the 2Sve Quarter of this 5y last night, ready to cuell any fresh outbreak J *he rioting between grin and Basuto tribes■eft agfrt-wg, which broke;: Q Sunday
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    CONDUCTOR DIES
    26 1 ft Leonar Walker, 51, Jormer conductor of the L jndon Symphony. Liverpool Philharmonic and BBC Symphony, died yesterday at his k' rr.e m Hollywood.
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    Britain set for bombs
    112 1 Britain is to spend £83,000 m the coming year on deep air raid shelters, Government financial estimates showed yesterday. Estimated spending on civil defence generally will be £14.195.360, an increase on the current year of over £4,000,000. The estimates show a cut of £9,856,056 under the
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    ROBBERS PUT THEM TO BED
    74 1 Free Press Staff Reporter I An elderly Chinese woman, her son and her grandson, living m a sundry shop m Kallang Road, Singapore, were herded into a bed last night by four Chinese intruders, one of whom carried a revolver. The victims were later tied
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    Rebels driven into trap at Hanoi
    162 1 Rebels driven into trap at Hanoi SAIGON, Tues. TNO Communist battalions were reported surrounded on an island near Hanoi yesterday as officials announced a heavy death toll m a train dynamited by the rebels far to the south. The climax of the five clays of violent fighting to halt a
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    7 MIGs bagged near Yalu
    61 1 SEOUL, Tues. ALLIED jet fighters shot down seven MIG 15 jets yesterday when the enemy, tried to intercept allied bombing of a Communist rail line. As more than 100 fighter bombers poured almost 500,--000 pounds of bombs on a 15-mile stretch of Communist railroad near
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    SHE'LL FAST FOR 67 DAYS
    66 1 picture. f Trieste, Italy, has started record for the longest fast. days. She drinks three litres to lose about 22 lbs. m a Goys m her glasscase at MRS. NADIA GOYA, 46, 0 on an attempt to beat the She intends to fast for 67
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    NEWDUTY ON STORE LIQUOR
    118 1 NEWDUTY ON STORE LIQUOR Free frets Keporter. •T-HE Singapore Government announced this morning that as from today the rates of duties chargeable m Singapore on intoxicating liquor are revised as follows. Rectified spirit $52.50 per proof gallon. Br„ndy $61.50 per proof gallon Brandy m bottle and accepted by the comptroller
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    DECLINE IN RUBBER OUTPUT DISTURBING
    108 1 TBE increase m rubber 1 prices m ***** 0 from 23 38d. a nrund to 44.96 d a Dound brings anorehensicms of a sirrvlar decline, pecordinp* to Sir John flays In a statement to be oresented at ed decline m tne average output of each
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    TRUCK OVERTURNS
    24 1 Five office workers enroute to work today were badly injured when the military truck m which they were travelling overturned at a
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    'U.S. favouring the Germans'
    219 1 -AND IN FRANCE DE GAULLE SAYS PARIS, Tuesday. fENERAL CHARLES de Gaulle yesterday angrily <* attacked the United States for seeming to favom Germany. He also attacked the new French Cabinet as unable to save tte country. tic Pact and the European Army, he told a
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    H.K. LABELS SWINDLE
    93 1 HONG KOiVG, Tues. HONG KONG police have broken up a commercial counterfeiting ring which has been manufacturing and exporting products stamped with the name and label of the American-in-corporation National Car* bon Company. The ring was smashed tn six raids on Kowloon and Victoria Island. Five of
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    NEW PLANE FOR U.S.
    54 1 picture. NEW U.S. PLANE: The latest carrier-based jet fighter for the U.S. Navy, the North American FJ2 Fury flying m formation with its predecessor the FJI. Thc newer aircraft has swept back win^s. four 20 m.m. cannon, a speed of €50 mph and a ceiling of
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    Germans support 'rearm policy
    170 1 LOCAL elections, regarded as an unofficial test vote, yesterday gave a clear-cut victory to Chancellor Konrad Adenauer, his West German coalition and the Federal rearmament policy, final figures reveal. 1 The result smashed the hopes of Dr. Kurt Schumacher's Socialist Opposition. The balloting gave the coalition
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    Pickpocket in bus
    92 1 Pickpocket in bus Free Press Stall Reporter A Gurkha soldier travelling A ma Singapore bus along New Bridge Road towards Stamford Road yesterday felt some pressure on his hippocket. His pen had gone. Later he felt his pocket being touched again. Glancing round, he saw a Chinese and spoke to
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    Havana falls in predawn coup
    260 1 Havana falls in predawn coup HAVANA, Tues. GENERAL Fulgencio 'Batista, Cuba's "president maker", seized control of the Army m a predawn coup yesterday and the Presidential Palace surrendered to his troops six hours later. Batista struck at three o'clock m the morning while Havana still slept. He won control of
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    RAZOR WOUNDS
    20 1 A Chinese was admitted to hospital m a serious condition early today with razor wounds on his body.
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    Romance is in the air
    597 2 Clothes are 'dressed up' and feminine— in London r LONDON: ROMANCE is m the air this spring m the fashion world at least. Clothes are "dressed up", and, for the most part, very feminine, of soft wools m glowing colours. Gone are the shaggy materials
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    Your Opinion Here May Win You A Swim-Suit
    230 2 Your Opinion Here May Win You A Swim-Suit FASHION CONTEST PAULINE Stroud, lovely star of "Lady Codiva Rides Again," whicfi will be shown m Singapore soon, is pictured here wearing four different hair styles. Sophistication is the keynote m "A." Tha hair is caught up m a swirl on top
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    SAVE THE QUEEN
    1020 2  -  JAMES DOW How Can Britain -w -m -m r rom overwork, asks WHAT kind of life faces the young Queen Elizabeth? Is her sense of duty and patriotism going to bring her under the same strains and stresses that many believe were too heavy for her father
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    A Scotswoman May Be Tne First Lady
    460 2 A Scotswoman May Be Tne First Lady KAY MURRAY....IN AMERICA She's glad Ihe While House has a big back garden SHORTLY, after Senator Kefauver announced that he would throw his famous coonskin hat into the Presidential ring, his wife, the former Nancy Piggott of Glasgow, received a telephone call from
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      142 2 YOUR LUCKY STAR gORN today, you are one of those industrious, energetic individuals who is always doing something. You manage to get a lot done, too. m a very abort time and without making much of a fuss. You are fond of all the good things of life but you
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      97 2 New Crossword No. 607 i j mm [4 |5 is "Till jf-,4 Ei iS~ „_i i I i_E HI mi M At ROSS: 4 Wherv 3 dozen blackbirds were *mcrusied (3-4). I.,As rope is twisted for cur entertainment (6) 8 Anncur.ce.rent that the m'nut- limit is reached (5-2). 9. Doggy
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    EVIL SPIRITS HAUNT KENT SCHOOL
    352 3 jiairon tells of strange noises LONDON, Tuesday. K.\ Francis Gripper, chaplain to 400-year-Tn famed Tollbridge School, m- Kent, has i ted two services "to exorcise evil spirits" m c "hooi sanatorium. te-S <e ruces followed noises and disturbances Jniture reported by the matron. Miss Dorothy
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    38 3 picture. MRS. ROOSEVELT, currently m India as a State guest, visited the Harijan Colony m New Delhi, where Mahatma Gandhi often stayed before hi s death. Here she trie s her hand at the charka (sninniner A. P.
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    Ceylon profits from tourists
    67 3 Ceylon profits from tourists _i COLOMBO. Tues. it: -on earned approxi- mately £430.000 trom «fc traffic last year ceased earnings from gjnsta have prompted the wvemment to consider vari[J** schemes to giv P tourists amenities and facilities s«e proposals include tne of an autobus corp. ration to run Rouses, spread
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    RED MOVE IN ITALY
    28 3 c< mmunist Party J Synced it would J ion of the E -•;> v- industries and 3** free medial service over nment home- Drogramme.- A.P.
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    OIL PACT SIGNED
    23 3 I •'V,..r, l between A> 0 Government and F J f)f)1 oil refinery m .5; emont was *_o nt?rt U.P.
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    WIFE AGED 16 DIED IN DOPE DEN
    254 3 NEW YORK. Tues. A NEGRO dope peddler 11 has admitted that a 16 year old runaway white girl, Mrs. Joanne Barbara Scott, mother of a young baby, died after a wild "junk party" m his narcotics den. police here said. The man, 29
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    B.B.C SINGAPORE
    112 3 6.15 p.m Sports Bound-Up; 6.30 The News News Analysis; 6.45 Daily Quotations and Interlude; 6.50 Prom the Ed^orials; 7 Forces Favourites; 7.30 Music for Dancing— A programme of strict tempo dance music played by Victor Silvester, and his Ballroom Orchestra: 8.15 Letter from America by Alistair Cooke: 8.30
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    U.S, DIPLOMATS
    29 3 The Assistant Secretary of State. Mr. George Perkins, said m Paris the United States was considering closing-down some of its diplomatic missions behind U.P. the Iron Curtain.—
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    2 PERISH IN BLAZING CARAVAN
    199 3 2 PERISH IN BLAZING CARAVAN LONDON, Tues. A 20-YEAR-OLD aircraftman who was baby-sitting woke up at midnight, found the place on fire and panicked. Two children, aged four and 18 months died m the flames. The children were left m charge of Aircraftman Harold Brookes by their parents. Sergeant J.
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    DECORATED
    28 3 The Hungarian Praesidium conferred the First Class Order of Merit, the nations highest decoration, on Vice Premier Matyas Rakosi on the occasion of his 60th U.P. birthday
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    EXECUTION STAYED
    28 3 Eight Greek Communists sentenced to die as spies have won a stay of execution until their cases can be reviewed by an A-*h**n.** Pardons Board.— A.P.
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    FOOD INQUIRY
    47 3 Director-General of the Food and Agriculture Organisation, Mr. Norris Dodd, has started investigations into India's food crisis Generai Motors' U.S plants built 351,681 cars and trucks m the first two months of this year compared with 521.474 vehicles m the same oeriod of 1951.- A.P.
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    Secret of the locked room
    211 3 Secret of the locked room LONDON, Tuesday. r)ETECTIVES investigating a brutal attack on an 87-year-old man, critically ill m hospital, opened a locked room at his home and revealed a eh his closest neighbours secret side of his life whi had not suspected. For round the roommounted on easels and
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    JAP FARMERS DEMONSTRATE
    43 3 Amout 300 Japanese farmers f rom North Japan have demonstrated m Tokyo for the first time after the war. They appealed to the citizens of Tokyo to protect Japan's farmers and stop "buying of foreign rice and dairy products". A.P.
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    Sick baby refused
    160 3 BONN Germany, Tues. WEEING and worried, a young mother and her baby daughter, dangerously ill, reached a German brain clinic at Detmold after taking 18 hours to cover the 150 miles from Dusseldorf Airport. oritish and German authorities are alleged to nave refused to provide an ambulance
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    'Old maids' seize town, gaol, fine single men
    196 3 NEW YORK, Tues. HPHE young unmarried women called the tune at Aurora, Illinois, and the bachelors paid the piper— at the rate of about $75 (£27) and 12 pints of blood an hour. For the administration of the little industrial town of
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    German plan for defence
    76 3 BONN, Tues. T'HE West Germans are prepared to expand their armed frontier police force to defend their borders if the European Army plan fails, Interior Minister, Mr. Robert Lehr, said. In a radio interview, he said that the frontier police, which at present l>as eight infantry
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    ONE KILLED IN TRIBAL FIGHT
    47 3 Two hundred Johannesburg police, some armed with sten guns, rushed to Newclare Johannesburg's African township when members of the Basuto tr.be, and other Africans fought a pitched battle with sticks and stones. One African was killed and one seriously injured Reu ter
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    SHIPS COLLIDE
    25 3 The British steamer Camroux was extensively damaged m a collision with the Dutch freighter Zeeland 37 miles off the Humbr mouth. A. P.
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    NEW HARDWOOD
    29 3 The Yale Forestry School has found tropical hardwood which is five times as strong as the American white oak and nearly half as strong as aluminium U.P.
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    RAIL SHUTDOWN
    28 3 The New York Central railroad has suspended all operation.** on lines west of Buffalo, New York, because of work stoppage by engineers, firemen anri conductors. A.P.
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    Bridge Hand
    182 3 COUTH did a remarkable job m today's deal, playing the hand m double-dummy fashion to bring home his grand-slam contract. North, dealer As things turned out. however. North's final decision was excellent. West opened the heart king. When dummy appeared South saw at a glance that no ordinary
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    CRUEL MOTHER THRASHED SON SAVAGELY
    227 3 CRUEL MOTHER THRASHED SON SAVAGELY LONDON, Tuesday. A MOTHER was gaoled here for cruelty to her 12-year-old son the same little boy who seven years before had been taken away from her because she assaulted him. For that assault m 1945 the mother was gaoled for six months; now the
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    ZEBRA JP SACKED
    137 3 LONDON, Tues. A MAGISTRATE was sacked for refusing to fine two motorists who broke the zebra-crossing law. He is Mayor Walter Stuart, of Middleton, Lanes. The motorists were summoned for ignoring no-parkine signs beside a zebra-crossing. "I am a motorist, and I say, you cannot see these
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    New tremors shake Etna: wide damage
    71 3 CATANIA, Sicily, Tues. MINOR tremors still were shaking the area around Mount Etna yesterday after a week of earthquakes when populations of whole town* slept m the chilly open at nights. The tremors were recorded at an interval o_ 12 hours. They began eight
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      82 3 Radio SINGAPORE 10 ajn Emergency News Prom KJL.; 10.05 "Tunes Prom The Shows"; 10.45-12 Schools; 1 pm. Light Music; 130 News; 1.45 Joe Schirmer Tr.o; 2—3.30 Schools; 6.15 "Four Stars and a Starlet 6.25 UJS. Album; 6.40 Radio Malaya Trio: 6 55 Announcements; 7 News: 7.15 "Can We Help You?";
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    The Singapore Free Press Budget Day
    527 4 The Singapore Free Press Budget Day TUESDAY, Mar. 11, 1052. rDDAY Britain gets the bad news. In the House of Commons this afternoon the ChanIcellor of the Exchequer, Mr. Butler, will present his Budget aimed at rescuing the nation from bankruptcy. The task which falls to the first Conservative Chancellor
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    If the A-bombers swoop on Britain
    726 4  - - E. COLSTON SHEPHERD saya LONDON. fitHE Royal Air Force ha* made big strides recently ln the develooment of guided antiaircraft missiles, but it is still a long way from finding the perfect defence against the atombomber. The R.A.F.'s World War n average of shooting
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    POCKET CARTOON
    36 4  -  OSBERT LANCASTER 1 Just to show you now the French crisis really ts GiQi Framboise-Pernod tells me her husband is so over wroupht that he very nearly filled m his income tax return* correctly
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    THREE MEN IN A BOAT ESCAPE REDS
    710 4  - THREE MEN IN A BOAT ESCAPE REDS EUGENE TILUNGER NE W YORK. nr»HE dramatic story of their sensational escape from behind the Iron Curtain m an 80--ton fishing boat across the Baltic, after nailing down the door of the cabin of their Russian colleagues, has been told by three young
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    lhe Phantom Army Europe fears
    1209 4  - lhe Phantom Army Europe fears SEFTON DELMER By P)R year I have followed the fortunes of the Phantom Army-— the new German army to be raised as a part of the European Army. AT SHAPE headquarters I was told: "We want a frontline force to hold tbe Russians while we
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    Britain's Loss
    100 4 HOW many million po* worth of British ycues have uone across a Atlantic since I'm war It: is a question thousanc. i antique ceaer c all to Britain are Bating ft* selves. Some say ttai country is almost cieioec out Antiques of vata artistic quality ere becor.-* rarer
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    A BRITISH VIEW
    164 4 a ukitish military view recently expressed by an officer xoho has studied the realities behind the glamour of the European 1 army vision was "The Germans have swelJ led heads. When they were fold Europe depended on their help, the price went t/p and wp. iVow, x/
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    CITY IS ADVISED: 'RAISE THESE WORKERS' SALARIES'
    272 5 CITY IS ADVISED: 'RAISE THESE WORKERS' SALARIES PERTAIN^ P Pci eS f Stoff CERTAIN attendants, peons and other mem«.w3L«? Jr% ft*** 1 1 City Connors siibordmate staff will get increased pay if the ma^mL^^r 158 hi^ er and Schemes Review Committee. the $M a i7o e^i a a^ €ndants and
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    55 5 picture. MORE THAN 16$ new entrants lata the scalar ranks of Singapore Government services were yesterday given thc first of a series of lectures an how a paMic servant should behave. In thc pic tare, Mir.. H. M. Danker, office soperitttemkttt of th«* Colonial Secretariat, tells the "young 0 officers
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    Feminine vanity their problem
    233 5 Feminine vanity their problem tiDMKN hundreds of tt them every day are •fetal Singapore's identity card registration authorities a headache. Reason: "Sheer feminine v.nitv," says Mr. Cheng Kirn Whatt. Commissioner for Registration. r m since the Government announced recently that owners of torn or defaced identity cards shoald have them
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    Poor entries for show
    78 5 PENANG, Tues. ENTRIES for the Penang Settlement Youth Talentime Show on March 27 have proved disappointing. Only two have entered so far. Either Penang talent is too ?hy o rin tending participants are waiting to make lastminute entries," said the chairman of the sub-commit-tee. Mr. A.
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    ONN FOR KARACHI PARLEY
    125 5 Free Press Stall Reporter |)ATO Onn bin Jaaf ar, Member for Home Affairs and Chairman of the RH>A. will leave for Karachi on March 22 to attend the Colombo Plan Conference. RIDA has not obtained any aid from thc Colombo Plan as the $5 million allocated
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    Courses for Ketuas
    88 5 IPOH, Tues. THE Rural and Industrial Development Authority is planning a comprehensive course m village leadership and modern methods of agriculture for kampong ketuas from all over Malaya. Eighty ketuas will attend the course m two batches, said Datoh Zainai Abldin bin Haji Abas, Deputy Chairman of
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    Art show for students
    45 5 OINOAPORE Chinese Young Men's Christian Association will sponsor a three-day students' art exhibition at the British Council Hall from April 5 to celebrate Chinese Children's Day. Hie association will invite entries from CWneie schools m Sdgapore and theFederation for the exhibition.
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    MYF SHOW
    30 5 TThe Telok Ayer Methodist Youth Fellowship will present an entertainment nrcr-gramme at the Wesley dnurch hall m Fbrt Canning, Singapore. at eight o'clock tonight. Admission Is by programme.
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    Union may aid detained teachers
    95 5 Union may aid detained teachers Free Pres» Staff Reporter SINGAPORE Teachers' Union may form a "Citisens' Rights Committee" to look after the interests of the two English school teachers detained under the Emergency Regulations m January, last year. At a recent meeting held at thc Union's premises at which representatives
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    Prices kept Chinese away from auction
    149 5 Prices kept Chinese away from auction Free Press Staff Reporter SINGAPORE Chinese business circles said today that the poor support given by the Chinese community to the auction sales of Government land along Shenton Way and Robinson Roads was mainly due to the general opinion that the cost of the
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    Sun Yat-sen anniversary
    77 5 TWO hundred invitations have been sent out by the United Library, a Singapore pro-Nationalist Chinese organisation, to a ceremony at its premises m Armenian Street, tomorrow to observe the anniversary of the death of Dr. Sun Vat-Sen, rather of the Chinese Republic. The anthem of Nationalist China
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    BLACKOUT SCHEDULE
    186 5 CUBSTATION areas Liable to be U Meofcod cc* tonight are: Tion* Bahru, Sago Si* &amah St., Peoples Park, Hansen Rd., Lam Soon Oil Mills. Guan Bin, U.K. Network, TJ.E. Factory, River Valley Rd., KJWaey Rd., Orchard Rd* Armenian St. Static, Adelfbi, Cftpftoi, Jfewten 1 sad t, Wayang Sato,
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    LIFEGUARDS AT S'PORE BEACHES THIS YEAR
    127 5 SINGAPORE Life Guard Corps will set uo lifeguard posts at Singapore beach points this year. Mr. Rowland Lyne, president or the Corps, said yesterday: "Our plan is to have a professional fun-time lifeguard pasted at each poinft "He will be responsible for the maintainance
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    Govt, to be queried on tribunal report
    168 5 QUESTIONS on the proposed tuberculosis sanatorium at Tanjong Balai, and delay tn the publication of the Riot Tribunal's report have been submitted by Dr. C. J. Paglar, Legislative Councillor for Changi, for answer at the Council meeting on March 18. He would ask
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    217 accidents —but only one died
    84 5 217 accidents but only one died ONLY one fatality occurred m 217 accidents reported to the Singapore Labour Department last month. The workman was killed by a falling hatch cover. The Commissioner for Workmen's Compensation heard six claims for compensation and awarded th#m a total of $18,220. In 10 other
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    $6,000 for Boys' Home
    91 5 KUALA LUMPUR, Tues. QERENDAH Boys' Rome, run by the "Save The Children Fund of Great Britain," received a donation of $0,000 last month from the Federation Lotteries Board. The money will be used to buy furniture and equipment. Jobs at Malayan Collieries, Batu Arang, were found
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    RIDA GETS $132,000
    133 5 IPOH, Tues. 'pHE Perak State Government yesterday approved several schemes of the rural and Industrial Development Authority which will cost m all about $132,000. The biggest involves a loan of $60,000 to the Haji Mohammed Rice Mill m the Krian District. The money is to be used
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    8,000 Malays against park in Geylang
    195 5 8,000 Malays against park in Geylang Free Press Staff Reporter SINGAPORE Malay Union will send a petition, 0 supported by 8,000 Malays, to the City President, Mr. T. P. F. McNeice, this week protesting aga nst a proposal to turn a trade fair m Changi Read into an amusement park,
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    Varsity may try iew anti-TB drag
    99 5 Varsity may try iew anti-TB drag Free Press Staff Reporter TTNIVERSITY of Malaya's Department ot Clinical Medicine may. experiment with the nnw anti-T.B. drug, NydrazkL A spokesman of the Department said yesterday thai the discoverers of the drug, E. R. Squlbhs and Sons, had notified him that there was a
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    Stranded men get a gift
    101 5 T I HE 20 ship-wrecked For* mosan fishermen who are now being looked after at the Singapore Immigration Department, Bast Wharf, yesterday received donations of $840 sent through the local Chinese newspaper, Chung Shing Jit Pao. The money was handed over to the skipper, Mr.
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    TWO SURRENDER
    12 5 Two more bandits surrendered to the security forces on Sunday
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    LET MALAYS RULE FED.' THEY SAY
    198 6 PMU plan for self -govt ALOR STAR, Tuesday. fHE Peninsula Malay Union conference yesterday unanimously resolved to ask the British Government to "hand over the administration of this country to the Malays". The conference was attended by delegates from nine State branches. The resolution,
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    56 6 picture. THREE CHEQUES for $912.20, representing the profit of the art exhibition by women artists held In the British Council Hall, Sinapore, from Feb. 16 to 19 being preeented to Mr. R. W. I. Band, Secretary of the Singapore Social Welfare Department, yesterday by Mrs. G. V. Kitson, chairman of
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    Salary scheme is wanted
    81 6 PENANG, Tues. THE inadequacy of text books used ln Malay schools will be among several questions which Penang delegates will raise at the conference of Peninsula Malay teachers to be held m Kuala Lumpur on March 20. Penang delegates will also bring up the question of
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    18 ARE CHOSEN
    39 6 Eighteen people, one Chinese, one Indian and sixteen Malays, were selected by the British Army recruiting team under Capt. W. H. Blakemore at Teluk Anson over the week end. More than fifty turned up for selection.
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    he calls for 'VIRILE* MEASURES
    153 6 he calls for 'VIRILE* MEASURES PENANG, Tues. M AJOR-Gen. E. B. De Fonblanque, Asst. Commissioner for Civil Defence, Northern Region, yesterday called for a "virile approach" to Penang's civil defence problem. •'There used to be an awful term called 'passive air defence'," he said m a Radio Malaya broadcast. "But
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    Colony Tamils form Council
    112 6 A TAMILS' Representative Council was formed m Singapore on Saturday at a meeting held at the Victoria Memorial Hall. Mr. G. Sarangapany, secretary of the new organisation, denied reports that Indians were rushing to leave Malaya, because of the National Service Bill. He said that the
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    Muslim assn. branch formed
    88 6 PENANG. Tues. r [*WO hundred Malays at a meeting here decided* to form a Penang branch of the all-Malaya Islamic Association. This does not mean another political party for Penang, it was explained. Tuan Haji Ahmad Foad, president of the parent association, said he hoped that
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    HE WAS UNFIT FOR TRIAL
    74 6 Inche Ibrahim, the Kuala Lumpur First Court Magistrate, yesterday, acquitted and discharged Yeap Teong Kee, a 27-year-old Chinese, pn a charge of theft after the prosecution had withdrawn th^ charge. Chief Inspector, Raja Abbas, who prosecuted, said that Yeap was of unbalanced mind and was
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    Labour backs Malaya call-up
    217 6 Labour backs Malaya call-up KUALA LUMPUR, Tuesday. rpHE Selangor Labour Party has decided to support A conscription and press its demand for the notnkllaklMAMi rk.9 n Hn^tnnnl *jA#Ansm #A*M«A At a meeting of the Party's executive committee, the National Service Bill was discussed and the committee agreed that "we accept
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    Live fish to be flown in new carrier
    167 6 Live fish to be flown in new carrier AN experiment with a new type of insulated carrier to transport live aquarium fish from Singapore to London by air will be made today. The experiment is being carried out by the Singapore Fisheries Department at the request of the 8.0.A.C. At
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    PENANG SAVES MORE
    124 6 PENANG SAVES MORE PENANG, Tues. pENANG and Kedah savings for last month showed a 100 per cent rise over the January total. A spokesman of the Penang GP O. attributed this to the harvesting of rice crops during the last few weeks. In Kedah alone over 2200 new accounts were
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    WEST KENTS KILL BANDIT
    31 6 In an estate battle with 20 terrorists m the Rawang Area of Selangor yesterday a patrol of the Royal West Kents killed one bandit and wounded another.
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    Aussies' grip on the Ashes is slackening
    850 6  - Aussies' grip on the Ashes is slackening LYALL ROWE From AUSTRALIA'S reign as No. I. cricket n_,_ A well end m England next year if performances are a guide. Defeat «f i^ would give England the Ashes for the fW aU since the controversial bodyline series m im r 1
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    NEW STEPS TO CHECK THE COPERS
    264 6 THE Jockey Club has taken 1 two important step s to combat dopers During the coming flat -race season it will be responsible for security measures at racecourse stable s during a race meeting. The Jockey Ciub his rdded considerably to the strength of
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    MATCHES OFF
    45 6 The SAFA Div. 3A mate.i between Aston A.C. and tomlg»»* S.C. at Geylang yesterday WM postponed because the groun_ unfit for play. Rain caused a o the SAFA Div. 3A r**|« between Kadayanullur M}*-*Jj league and the Metajii v** the C.V.M.A. grouno F«
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    THE BOSUN IN BRILLIANT WORKOUT
    1130 7 Should win 9-f race on Sat. B y ALLAN LEWIS <% ncCr) Privateer m «SI i°& Class 2 horse this morning at Bukit Timah. _r_J 1 Jr 9 ?k ,U s n^ P ivatee on the No. 2 ™<^ ""J? about the nine furlongs S
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    Schoolboys on trial
    84 7 pictures. ALTHOUGH en.husi_.»: was keen, yesterday's Singapore Combined Schools soccer trial Aid not come up to expectations. Meet of the players pat all thought of teamwork aside m favour of individual play, m their efforts to impress the selectees. The result was a two -all draw. TOP:
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    41 7 (HAMPIONS TRAIN: Briton heavyweight boxing thampion Jack Gardner an d flvu eight champion Tern Allen eft on with th.ir training at Preston Park Brighton. Jack fights johnny Williams at Earls Court tonight, while Terry fchts Tetlds Gardner at Hrvcastk March 17.
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    ENGLAND XV V. SCOTLAND
    126 7 ENGLAND XV V. SCOTLAND Ta! England Rugby Union meet Scotland the Calcutta Cup match a- Hurrayfield on Mar. 15 will t- saute as that selected fci v game with Ireland m nth which was post- bi »use ot national r "EE'E f the England back c selected played m the
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    SEDGMAN MAY NOT PLAY IN JAPAN
    59 7 Tie Australian Lawn Tennis fendstioe President. Sir N rr.an 3nxx.es. said m Melt. m yesterday that it was uni:_*;v the invitation of the JapM Ursa Tennis Association to t*o fenferallaas, including Prank S-cgrnan. to visit Japan will be epred. I tMd decision will be
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    TODAY'S U.S.L FIXTURES
    35 7 SENIOR DIV. RAF Tengah v. R.N.A.S. GHQ v RAF Changi. *AF MX. v. RAF Lodgers JUNIOR DIV. K.-YA.S. v RAF Tengah RAF Changi v 443 BOD H Q RASC v. RAF MX.
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    Soccerites bid for tame
    409 7 Soccerites bid for tame STAR Soccerites who were found far down the Singapore Amateur Football Association Division 2 league table last year have now gathered their strength and hope to triumph over Cheerful Lads and the Marine Department, their strongest rivals m this Division. The new born Soccerites were not
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    EXPERTS DEBATE WORLD SOCCER
    213 7 I EADING world soccer experts met m Rome on lj4 Sunday m the first of a two-day debate on the ■summer Olympics to be held at Helsinki rhe Executive Committee c he International Football Association iFIFA) held JJOW meeting m a hall of g Hotel Quirinale
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    OXFORD CREW WILL HAVE TO IMPROVE
    376 7 OXFORD, since their arrival on the rldeway tn London this week to begin the last stage of their training for the boat race on Mar 29. have Impressed many critics who now give them more than aa outside chance of beetma Cambridge for tbe
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    A team triumph for Amicables
    107 7 Amicables..! 4; Casuals 1. AMICABLE Athletic Association maintained their reputation when they hurdled through the Singapore .Amateur Footfcvll Association senior league encounter against Chinese Casuals at Jalan Besar Stadium, yesterday. f Dangerous and rough play crept m at various stages of the game, as a
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    Assaulted
    466 7 Amicables centre-forward Yin Kee, was beaten up by three Casuals' players immediately after the game. An S.A.F.A. official told the Free Press this morning that an investigation of the incident is being carried out. half eided by a fair share of luck kept the score down. Por the winners.
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    Scottish cup semi-finals
    57 7 Scottish cup semi-finals THE draw for the semi-finals of the Scottish Cup made yesterday is: Third Lanark v. Dundee at Edinburgh. Rangers or Motherwell v. Airdrie or Hearts at Hampden Park. Glasgow. Matches to be played on Saturday March 29. The fourth round replays between Hearts and Airdrieonians and Motherwell
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    3 goals for the losers
    113 7 3 goals for the losers ALTHOUGH scoring three goals Pulau Bukom S.C. lost their Singapore Business Houses F.A. Div. I League match against Eraser Neave at the F. N. ground yesterday. Final score was five-three. Awang Chit put the first goal on the score sheet m the tenth minute, and
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    Sugar Ray lined up for 3 fights
    128 7 r pHE first of three projected title defences hy middleweight champion Sugar Ray Robinson highlights this week's boxing programme. Robinson, being idle since regaining his crown from Randolph Turpin of England last Sept. 12, meets Carl (Bobo) Oisen of Honolulu m San Francisco
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    Barry Darke should stay at home
    206 7 Barry Darke should stay at home Says The Sportsman WAS there ever a country like Australia for disturbing* the placidity of sport? Now controversy rages the,***) whether Barry Darke, thf 16-year-old breaker 6U nearly every Australian* swimming record, shouiaf compete m this year's* Olympic Games, or wait* until the 1956
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    -AND 10 FOR THE WINNERS
    51 7 -AND 10 FOR THE WINNERS OHELL Sports Club reached double figures against Mansfield B.C. *ln their S.B.H.F.A Div. I League match at Shell ground i yesterday. winning by ten goals to nil. Scorers were Rohan (J). Chin Yong (3), Andrew Lim (3) and a Mansfield player who beat hie own
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    $12,000 REWARD SPURS CITY HUNT FOR KILLER
    386 8 $12,000 REWARD SPURS CITY HUNT FOR KILLER BANK ROBBER TURKS PHILANTHROPIST NEW YORK, Tuesday. REWARDS totalling US$l2,OOO have been offered for information leading to the killer of Arnold Schuster, the young salesman whose tip caused the arrest of notorious bank robber Willie (the Actor) Sutton. Schuster, 24, got nothing but
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    VERDICT TODAY ON 'POCKET HITLER'
    251 8 VERDICT TODAY ON 'POCKET HITLER' BRUNSWICK, Tues. THE prosecution ended its slander case against NeoNazi Otto Ernst Remer. 'Germany's pocket-Hitler" yesterday demanding he be found guilty to vindicate the Germans who took part m the anti-Hitler underground. Remer, who was promoted from major to major-general after crushing an attempt to
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    Sea yields more Flying E cargo
    52 8 Sea yields more Flying E cargo Fishermen found a case of valuable porcelain, believed to have been part of the cargo of the Plying Enterprise, floating near Saint Brieuc, Prance, yesterday. It was the second case found along the coast here since Captain Kurt Carlsen's ill-fated ship sank m Janu-
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    'No bombs' policy is foolish, says Taft
    185 8 -iFNATftR i> k WASHINGTON, Tuesday. gENATOR Robert Taft (Republican, Ohio) said bomb rhlSI hat Truman decided not to "dSnM.^ b^ c"e to M -»cJ*-ria because he 2Sc£°* Want t0 offend Bri *-to Korean war Senator Taft who is a contender for the Republican
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    WELL HELP SOLVE BURMA PROBLEM
    216 8 Mr. Nutting tells the House LONDON, Tuesday. ILfR. Anthony Nutting, Foreign Under-Secretary, ITA said last night Britain would do all she could to "take the heat out of the potentially dangerous situation" m Burma caused by the presence of Chinese Nationalist forces m Kengtung Province.
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    Commandos to leave
    52 8 LONDON, Tues. THE 3rd. Commando Bri--1 gade, Royal Marines, will move from Malaya to Malt* by July 1, the Admiralty announced yesterday. The brigade has served for two years m Malaya. The 3rd. Commando Brigade will join Royal Navy and Army units m Malta training for amphibious
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    CZECHS GET NEW BOSS
    94 8 CZECHS GET NEW BOSS VIENNA, Tues. TOHE purge of the followers ef X ousted Secretary-Qenera! Rudolf Slansky, m the Czech Communist Party was apparently complete yesterday with the appointment of a th rd new secretary of the Central Committee The Communist newspaper Rude Pravo disclosed tnat Jindrich Uher. -40, a
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    TO AID U.K.
    22 8 The New Zealand Government wUI today announce financial measures aimed at securing a favourable trade balance to aid Britain.
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    ARRIVAL
    17 8 The King of Greece arrived by plane m Florence yesterday With Princess Helen and Princess Sophie.—
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    TWO FAMOUS EX-WIVES
    34 8 TWO FAMOUS EX-WIVES picture. NANCY SINATRA, former wife of Frankie Sinatra, and Barbara Stanwyck, w'nse divorce from Robert Taylor is now final, arrive at New York together for a ten- Popper day busbandless holiday.-
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    Soviets cling to China ports
    344 8 Soviets cling to China ports HONG KONG, Tues. CHINESE reports from behind the bamboo curtain on Soviet development schemes m Port Arthur and Dairen m Manchuria indicate no Russian willingness to turn the two ports over to Red China by the end of this year as stipulated m the Stalin-Mao
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    London stock gloomy
    89 8 LONDON, Tues. AUSTRALIA'S decision to cut imports added to the pre-budget gloom m the Stock Exchange yesterday and share prices dropped. The belief that import cuts will be severely felt by British industry was reflected by the sharp marking down of values m export groups, particularly motors
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    AIR SERVICES
    13 8 Regular air services between Belgium and Spain will be renewed. A.P.
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    GREEK PREMIER ILL
    14 8 Grt e kPrenv''r oiaS __N ureek Premier, is seriousiy c! A.P.
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    Service wives can be sure of homes
    154 8 LONDON, Tuesday. T'HjE War Office may soon introduce a scheme to guarantee accommodation at home and abroad for the wives and families of sewing soldiers. New regulations to this end— designed to stimulate recruitment to the Regular Army now await approval by the
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    U.K. RESTRICTS MOVEMENTS OF RED DIPLOMATS
    161 8 LONDON Tim a BRITAIN today put up an Ef* limiting certain Communist diolom Urtai area within 25 miles of London to *a The Government told the diniom^ of Russia, Rumania and Bulgaria that mats, trade delegates and journalists wi-fL^. apply for permission if they
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    POLLY APED SEA GULLS
    46 8 POLLY APED SE A GULLS Jasper, a parrot to a cafe owner i rS England, can £iS> guns" cries penfl^ But he came to n__* terday when he Siffg on the .harbour Jg^ gull. His awner wm retrieved him by b*d 2 revived bin uith'%^ Reuter
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