The Singapore Free Press, 19 March 1952

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    22 1 The Singapore Free Press A 39 LAUOEBT AFTERNOON SALE IN MALAYA >v. i** 344 SINGAPORE, WEDNESDAY, MARCH 19, 1952. PRICE FIFTEEN CENTW
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    $15 MILLION FOR HOUSING
    408 1 200 Govt, homes to be built, more bought Free Press Staff Reporter KUALA LUMPUR, Wednesday. fHE Federation Government is to spend more than $15 million this year to build new houses and flats and buy suitable houses for its senior officers, the Federal Legislative Council was
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    BRITAIN PLANS TO GAIN AIR PARITY
    263 1 BRITAIN PLANS TO GAIN AIR PARITY LONDON, Wed* llfß. GEORGE WARD, the a"* new Parliamentary Secretary to the Air Ministry, told the House of Commons that Britain intended to regain the air advantage it had lost to Russia and the the United States. Mr. Ward made the statement m asking
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    GILTEDGED IS BEST BET
    53 1 rjILTEDGED, Opera and My Lin* are the best bets at Bukit Timah today, says Allan Lewis. For a longshot. he recommends Firm. TRESPASSER'S best are &jnf*»wn and Gay-de-Lyon. TODAY'S course m formation is m Fag c 7. THE GOING wiU be good if were is no
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    Oil talks may be resumed
    85 1 ___n_ r, 1 1 AVIV We MR. Hector Prudhomme, L ead r of the World Bank mission which Is now on its way back to Washington after the breakdown of its attempt to solve the Persian oU problem, said here yesterday that the failure did
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    He wants secrets of Britain's A-bomb
    153 1 He wants secrets of Britain's A-bomb WASHINGTON, Thurs. Tentative Kjames G Fulton (ReDUbUcan yesterday deeded that Mr. Averell garriman Mutual Sec ;.'-v Director, give stalls about Britain's st>mic v*-iopment to a se s* >ion of the Boose Foreign Affairs Con mittee. 7 mmittee was questi i Mj Harriman about Pr
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    NEW DRUG FOR MALARIA
    34 1 At>'-' it IMM soldier volun•Wa *W r.t.j the U.S. Army est a new drug, primaquine, Jnicb is believed, may be g besl re developed thus ■i X mbal malaria A.P.
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    FRANC PLAN
    21 1 Council o] Ministers yesp 'iy agreed upon French r Antoine Pinay s flvePjaD to meet French V Acuities.- Reuter
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    Singh can go on training circus lions
    131 1 WASHINGTON, Wed. •THE House of Repesentatives I agreed yesterday that the "show must go on" and voted to let Arokaswami Arumai Singh keep on taming lions. It approved and sent to the Senate a Bill which would grant the native of India the
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    Storm over cup of tea
    65 1 TjM)UR thousand oil re- finery workers staged a wildcat strike at Rochester, England, yesterday because they were unable to have a cup of afternoon tea. The workers complained that they were not allowed an afternoon tea-break. while employees of rival contractors were. They also compained
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    BRITAIN'S 1st CHINESE PEERESS
    41 1 LONDON. Wednesday. BRITAIN has her first Chinese peeress. With the death yesterday at Newcastle-^nder-Lyme of Lord Lindsay of Wrker! the title eoes Jo his son. V J*£ SVho 11 years ago, whilt- a lecturer at Peking Univer
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    Stolen money found in stuffed chair
    93 1 Stolen money found in stuffed chair WASHINGTON, Wed. THE FBI. announced on Monday the seventh arrest m the U551,500,000 robbery of eccentric millionaire Lavere V. Redfield's mansion near Reno, Nevada. The FJB.I. said Benton Henry Robinson, 65, handyman at a guest ranch outside Reno, was arrested when agents found 36.731
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    Big. 3 agree on reply to Russia
    153 1 LONDON, Wednesday. DRITAIN, France and the United States have now agreed on the text of their reply to the Soviet note proposing German unity, it was reported here last night. The text will be finally approved later this week when the Foreign Secretary,
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    U.S. ARMY MAY BAN DIARIES
    62 1 Major General Alexander Boiling, U.S. Army Intelligence Chief, disclosed yesterday that he recommended all army personnel serving overseas be forbidden to keep personal diaries. The recommendation was the outgrowth of the recent disclosure that a Communist agent had stolen and photographed the secret diary of
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    NEW BANK
    24 1 The first Indian bank to open a branch m Hong Kong the United Commercial Bank was formally open 3d yesterday afternoon.- U.P.
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    Indonesian leaders fail to agree
    76 1 Indonesian leaders fail to agree JAKARTA. Wed. LEADERS of Indonesia's two main political parties yesterday gave up their attempts to form a new government, ending a three week-old Cabinet crisis. Prawoto Mangkusasmito. vice chairman of the Masjumi (Muslim) party, and Sidik Djojosukarto, president of the National Party, had accepted a
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    SHELLS HIT R.N. SHIPS
    322 1 Korean battle for Islands TOKYO, Wednesday. A LLIED naval headquarters last night gave the IX first details of a battle which has been going on for three months m North Korean waters for control of some strategic islands. Several Allied vessels have been hit by Communist
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    43 1 THREE Bntish actresses going to Hollywood to take roles as sisters m the film Pleasure Island" will deliver a film magazine's awards to Kirk Douglas and Jane Wyman. The girls are (L.to R.) Dorothy Bromiley, 21, Audrey Dalton, lg. and Jean Elan, 22.
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    GANDHI HAS 9 DAYS TO GO
    24 1 After fasting 12 days, Mr. Manilal Gandhi is finding it increasingly difficult to carry 0n l_ hoonminnr maal/ar
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    2,000 miles non-stop
    57 1 NEUBIBERG, Germany Wed. rO United States F-84 Thunderjets flew 2,008 miles non-stop over seven European countries more than twice their normal range —m less than five hours yesterday. The Air Force said the flight covered a five-leg course which took the planes from their bar*, here to
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    Seven to get $33,477
    16 1 A PROVISION of $33,477 to pay the salaries and al--1/.»*.<-r-/»_k« artHiflnnril ct.ff
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    Arrest of leaders angers Wafdists
    254 1 Arrest of leaders angers Wafdists CAIRO. Wed. EX-PREMIER Nahad Pasha yesterday sum -J moned an emergency meeting of the Waf3 Nationalists executive and Parliamentary group to examine the situation after the house arrest o_^ frv^p key members*— "strong man" Scrag El Din Pasha, the former Interior Minister, and Abdel Fattah
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    HEIRESS WEDS
    27 1 Edwina Wills. 19. British tobacco heiress, and Viscount Savernake, 25. were married m the City Hall at Menton, on the French Riviera on Monday. A.P.
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    THE FAITH HEALERS
    1125 2 HUGH CLE LAND writes the first of a series of articles on Father John Seeks Cures at the Sanctuary pVERY day recently, Ci a hundred or so letters have been arriving: at Milton Abbey, a prey, bleak, 100-room house near Blandford m Dorset. The letters are written
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    Certain Drugs MUST be Administered byu the Doctor
    623 2 The Singapore Doctor pLEASE explain why the fpllowing drugs cannot be bought without a doctor's prescription: 693 tablets for pneumonia and gonorrhoea, sulphaguanidine tablets for diarrhoea, penicillin ointment for septic wounds. If the public could purchase these without a prescription, they wouldn't
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    'Clock' Loses 1 sec. m 30 Years
    379 2  - 'Clock' Loses 1 sec. m 30 Years THOMAS R. HENRY By mHE first model of a A "clock" which will [1 measure time with an accuracy of one second m every 10,000,000,000, or every 30 years, has been constructed at the National Bureau of Standards m America. Its pendulum is
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      14 2 Solution To Crossword No. 613 YESTERDAY'S SOLUTION. iornc. O T mmtmmmmtm Tt t>-ii n
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    STALIN WEARS THE PANTS IN RED CHINA
    275 3 HONG KONG, Wednesday. \ii i*sc (ung and his cohorts have turned their M newly-won empire into, a vast Soviet Russian J |M club Developments over the last two years Live provr 1 that the relationships between Soviet n am l Red China, besides
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    GOTTWALD IS FACED WITH PURGE
    227 3 GOTTWALD IS FACED WITH PURGE ROME, Wed. £LEMENT Gottwalc president of Com-munist-ruled Czechoslovakia, occupies a shaky throne. He may be out of it within two to six months. This is the opinion of a reliable source from inside that iron curtain country. Gottwald may attempt to flee the country to
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    TENOR DIES
    27 3 Enzo de Muro Lomanto. 51 noted Italian tenor, has died ba Milan. He sang with Arturc Toscannini's orchestra m Europe and the United States A.P.
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    Air safely talks
    18 3 International airlines have a^re^j to closer co-operation security policy m talks ■fetch ended at" Sydney.
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    Chiropody Corps for Army?
    119 3 LOS DON, Wed. MmmXbers of the Council of Chiropodists are suggesting that the Army should establish i Corps of Chiropodists icith commissioned rank. Mr y. H. Tertis, practising London chiropodist ano is secretary of the Council, said it is well-known thi: many recruits suffer ago. ■jo
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    Korean isle is female Utopia
    323 3 PUSAN, Korea, Wednesday. ITOREA has diving girls, but they are not lovely 1V ladies m scanty bathing suits, zipping into the water m perfect form and beauty. They are women m their 30's and 40's, earning a living by scraping food from the bottom of
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    15 3 A SAUCY WINK from Jeff Bunnell, Columbia starlet, who appears m "The Thief of Damascus".
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    ACQUITTED OF MANSLAUGHTER
    58 3 Mrs. Margaret Ryan, 42--year-old former New York socialite, was acquitted of manslaughter m the slaying of a young trespasser on her ranch. A Jury of nine men and three women deliberated for four hours and If minutes before delivering the verdict m Mrs. Ryan's second trial for
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    JAP MISSION
    25 3 A four-man Japanese diplomatic delegation has arrived m Bonn to study the question of exchange of diplomatic representatives between Bonn and Tokyo.— A.F.P.
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    MUSEUM WINS OVER MURAL
    127 3 MEXICO, Wed. DIEGO RIVERA'S new mural depicting Britain, the U.S. and France m an unfa- I vourable light has been removed from Mexico's Fine' Arts Palace. The mural, "Nightmares of War and Dreams of Peace", had been officially commissioned for the Paris Exhibition of Mexican art
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    27 3 FATHER WAGNER, new administrator nf -America's "•Boys* Town" (left) was a dinner guest nf Fhil Hurls and his wife, Ali^e Faye, during a goodwill tear of Hollywood.
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    REDS LOSE 1 MIL IN KOREA
    45 3 The United States Army estimated Communist military casualties m Korea at 1,614,710.' The last official report from the United Nation, m early February put United Nations losses from the beginning of the war until December 31 at 306,707:- Reuter
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    'TO DOWDY' REMARK GOT 'BLIND' RETORT
    63 3 MELBOURNE. Wed. RACK m Australia after lf years m America and Europe, an Adelaide fashion designer considers Melbourne girls "too dowdy." *->.-„-» 97 sAid they Apart from untidy hair, Ryan said, he *-*>_L ount Lfisl! "wearing clothes they might have slept m." Ryan's criticism
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    HE DRANK AND CALLED ME VILE NAMES, SHE SAID
    237 3 ANEW YORK, Wednesday. SMART, dark-haired British girl has won a divorce from her American husband who alleged that her relatives threw him out of his own house. She was Mrs. Jean Louise Thompson, 26-year-old daughter of Mr. Robert Ingram, of Eastbourne.
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    Bomb at U.S. Negro home
    86 3 Bomb at U.S. Negro home LOS ANGLES, Wed. ro bombs planted m front of two homes and set off simultaneously by timing devices damaged both houses and rocked the neighbourhood but no one was injured. A Negro family lived m one of the homes. The family said they moved into
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    NINTH NATION
    25 3 Australia has become the ninth nation to signify her intention to join a proposed United Nations agency m the field of shipping.- A.P.
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    The pearly king left New York wide -eyed
    133 3 The pearly king left New York wide -eyed NEW YORK, Wed. NEW YORKERS who thought they had seen everything wer c taken aback by their first sight of a London pearly king and his queen. Resplendent m ostrich plumes and pearl-studded clothing, Mr. And Mrs. Bert Matthews alighted, from a
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    War would be folly, he says
    62 3 TORONTO, Wed. CANADA'S Prime Minister. Mr. Louis St Laurent, has condemned the idea of a preventive wa r against Russia as "blind folly." "None but the blindest would consider the folly of trying by force to destroy the Soviet state, because we .know too
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    BUCKLEY
    13 3 "HE USED TO WORK IN A. SUPER at ii,. .fiBiiiBi MARKET! t-/i
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    GAOL FOR NAZI JEW BAITER
    59 3 A German court at Nuremburg has sentenced Franz Rademacher, wartime bead of the Nazi Office of Jewish Affairs, to three years and five months m gaol for complicity m the mass killings and deportations of Jews. He is the first major war criminal to be
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    Bridge Hand
    234 3 Both sides -/Miserable. West dealer. I Look only at the West sad North cards.) YOU are West, an expert, playing A with an- export partner against expert opponents. In other words, you can expect everyone to make the right play, and Uiree la missing. Is Sooth falsecarding or
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    The Singapore Free Press WEDNESDAY, Mar 19, 1952. The last drink
    628 4 The Singapore Free Press WEDNESDAY, Mar 19, 1952. The last drink T<HE Singapore Customs and Excise Department has begun a campaign against late drinking. It may be assumed that the department is convinced there is nothing more profitable on which its staff can be employed. At the same time it
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    Queen will be 'Fitted' for Crown
    629 4 Queen will be 'Fitted' for Crown Arnold Agnew recalls the misadventures that used to attend Coronations and the preparations that precede them WILLIAM Shakespeare f f was only half right when he. said "uneasy lies the head that wears the crown". The crown doesn't lie so easily either unless it
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    CORONATION MYSTERY
    65 4 1 mHAT are the facts rangements for a mid- about the great Co- summer Coronation. T ronation date mystery? Then the BJS.C. said (Shortly after the King's. that the Coronation death the Buckingham would not take place wnPalace staff and the Col- til next year. No an--7 lege
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    LET'S HAVE SOME GOOD TUNES
    995 4 LET'S HAVE SOME GOOD TUNES Music topics by PRESTO A N American negro has just composed a symphony which the New York music critics' circle has just adjudged to be the outstanding orchestral work performed in New York last year His name is Howard Swanson; he is 42; he began
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    New Japanese Opera for the 'Met'?
    470 4 New Japanese Opera for the 'Met'? RAY FALK writes on Twi light Crane bound for New York. TOKYO. IF Japan's leading tenor, Yoshie Fujiwara, has his way, a Japanese Opera will be presented at the Metropolitan Opera, New York next season. Mr. Fujiwara is en route to the U.S. with
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    S'PORE DANCE BANDS PLEASE NOTE
    512 4  - S'PORE DANCE BANDS PLEASE NOTE FELIX By AFTER 21 years as bandleader, Joe (strict tempo) Loss has set down a few tips which I feel will go far to improve the sad state of many Singapore bands. Maestros take note In your business the customer is always right! vAll sorts
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    NEW RECORDS
    273 4 HANDEL. Soil ich m Mamre's Segens aun (Shall I m Mamre's fertile plain) from "Joshua Act 3. Wie willig tragt Vaterherz How willing my paternal love) from Samson" Act. 3. Hans Hotter (baritone). Philharmonia Orchestra (Weldon). Sang m German. COLUMBIA LX 1516. Hans Hotter gives out his vocal
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    $2 million factory goes up
    163 5 THE new $2,000,000 Cable and Wireless factory and depot being built on reclaimed land m th c Singapore Harbour area opposite Pulau Hantu, will, probably, not be ready betor c the end of this year, the Free wft w t s told yesterday. It is
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    Pay these men more, Council is urged
    166 5 Pay these men more, Council is urged A KUALA LUMPUR, Wed. N improved salary scheme for home guard inspectors was submitted for approval today to the Federal Legislative Council. The new scale starts at $200 a month with annual increases of $10 to $250, together with a cost of living
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    GRANT FOR EDUCATION SOUGHT
    72 5 GRANT FOR EDUCATION SOUGHT KUALA LUMPUR, Wed. A $300,000 government grant to adult education associations m the Federation was asked for at today's meeting of the Federal Legislative Council. Of this sum $60,000 is required by the Adult Education Association of the Federation. The remaining $240,000 will be used by
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    Customs seize $60,000 opium
    87 5 JOHORE BAHRU. Wed. CUSTOMS officers made a haul of opium worth $60,000 on Monday, hardly 24 hours after they had seized 150 lbs of opium which was being taken to Singapore from upcountry. Monday's haul too was being taken to the Colony m a car. The
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    Johore has new police chief
    62 5 Mr. J. B. Masefield has taken over duties of the Chief Police Officer, Johore, m the capacity of Assistant Commissioner of Police, from Mr P D. H. Jackson who has left for Kuala Lumpur on promotion. Mr F. D. Marrable,.O.SP,C. Segamat, who was recently promoted
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    38 5 MR D SAXngg oae o: the judges of the Singapore Flower Show to be held at the Happy World Stadium, Singapore, on March 28, arrived m the Colony by air yesterday Mr. Sander is an expert on orchids.
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    FED. GOVT. OWES THESE OFFICERS SI MILLION
    94 5 mHE Federal Legislative 1 council was asked today to approve payment of arrears of salary totalling over $1 100,000 to technical assistants m eight government departments. The arrears rwve prison out of government's acceptance of all technical assistants into a sneclal salary scheme
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    YMCA fund gets $5,000
    82 5 A SINGAPORE commission agent, Mr. Chua Khiam Teck, yesterday collected $5,000 for the Singapore Chinese V.M.C.A. building fund. Four of his donors contributed $1,000 ea*ch. They were Tong Lam and Co., Chye Hin Limited, Sin Lam Cheong Saw Mill Co., and Kirn Hock Cheong Saw Mill
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    LECTURE
    29 5 There will bo a public lecture at the Theosophical Society, No. 8 Cairnhill Road, Singapore, tomorrow at 6.30 pjn. by Mr. Teo Geok Leng. Subject: What is Theosophy".
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    For members only
    28 5 Mr. Chuang Hui-tsuan, the secretary of the Singapore Branch of the Malayan Chinese Association, said yesterday that MCA sweep tickets are sold to members only.
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    $300,000 wing for hospital
    140 5 THE Kwong Wai Siu Free Hospital, Singapore, plans to build a $300,000 extension this year. The plan includes a meeting hall, an office, a store, and two blocks of quarters for the staff. Mr. Lee Leong Kee, the president said yesterday that the construction of a
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    Discussion on mixed marriage
    44 5 The East West Society, Singapore, will have a public discussion tomorrow on whether it is advisable today to have mixed marriages between different communities. The discussion meeting will be held at 8.30 p.m. at the British Council, Stamford Road, Singapore.
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    COUNCIL SAYS 'YES' TO TAX ON WINES
    1150 5 tree Press Staff Reporter SINGAPORE Legislative Council yesterday approved f in spite of strong oppos-tion, the new duties for liquors and wines.' I Five Unofficials, adding i heir support to the Government vote of nine, carried the motion by 14 to nine. Councillors
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    80 JOIN CHRISTIAN MOVEMENT
    100 5 Free Press Staff Reporter rpHE recently formed St. A Andrew's School branch of the Students' Christian Movement is applying for affiliation with the SCM headquarters m London, Mr. of the movement is to encour- 1 age closer relationship between students and the Church," Mr. Cheong said.
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    WHEN POLICE MAY SERVE OUTSIDE FED.
    646 5 Committee advises on bill KUALA LUMPUR, Wednesday. IfHE High Commissioner m Council should decide whether or not to send Federation police to serve outside the country, the Select Committee appointed to study the Police Bill recommended today. 1 Their report, making a large number
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    More labs for medical research
    85 5 More labs for medical research KUALA LUMPUR, Wed. A $700,000 scheme for new laboratories and quarters at the Institute for Medical Research at Kuala Lumpur was revealed today. The Federal Legislative Council was asked to approve funds to carry out this project. The expansion will consist of two new laboratories
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    Four men want safes for secrets
    82 5 KUALA LUMPUR, Wed. TH c Federal Legislative Council was asked today to approve the purchase of four safes for security documents. Two of these safes, for the use of the High Commissioner and his deputy, will cost $2,430. The other two, for the deputy
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    Inconsiderate
    22 5 JOHORE BAHRU, Wed.— J. H. Scudder. an army driver, was fined $20 m the Johore Bahru Police Court for incondiderate driving.
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    Blackout schedule
    169 5 PLLOWING substations are liable to load shedding tonight: Raman St., People's Park, Nanson Rd., Lam Soon Oil Mills, (Juan Hin, U.E. Network, U.E. Factory, River Valley Rd., Killiney Rd., Orchard Rd., Armenian St. Static, Adelphi, Capitol, Newton 1 A 2, Wayang Satu, Balmoral Rd., Dalvey Rd., Chartered Bank,
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    He wants MrHaxworth to check
    83 5 POLICE turned out at Penan g Road yesterday just before lunch to check residents' complaints of traffic offences on the road. Two constables, notebooks m hand, waited conspicuously m the vicinity. Nothing happened. The constables left for lunch. Then there were blasts of klaxons as
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    Life on The Rock has settled down
    812 6  - Life on The Rock has settled down DONALD McCORMICK by IT is an ancienl legend that Britain will hold Gibraltar as long as there are apes on "The Rock". Today it would be just as true to suggest that Gibraltar will retnain British as long as it has a Scots
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    THE EYES OF THE WILD
    653 6  -  David Gunston by gYES vary m nature more than almost any other characteristic. At on c end of the scale you get creatures like worms and centipedes which are quite blind, or moles and other underground dwellers which are almost At the other extreme you
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    India-U.S. to sign 3-point pad
    78 6 Mr. Magan S. Dave Pr*& dent of the Indian Chamber of Commerce of AmerA said m New York (fast a Indo-Americar. agreement for which his Chamber ha: bet: agitating for many yesrc M expected to be signec it*in the next few week It was a
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      194 6 Radio SINGAPORE 9JO ajn. 9J5 Schools; 10 Emergency News from KJL; 10.05 "Women's Magazine"; 10.45-12 Schools; 1 pjm. Collins Drlggs, organ; IJO News; 1.45 "Lunch Time Prom*"; 2-TT2O Schools; SJO-5 Racing Spore (Red Network): 6.15 "Hobbies**: Radio String Ensemble: iJS Announcements; 7 News; 7.15--7J5 "This Is Communism"; 7JO "Radio Rhythm
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      406 6 YOUR LUCKY STAR j DORN today, yen must art ism, aha! lacking fa. have the ttreet tore and creative Imagtnstton tat 1 affecttou at all those around whatoM, yoa lack in Oat, ja« to fee nimplMilj happy. yoa wtfi make ap m being Yoa do not stand ap weD able
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    TWO BIG 'IFS' MAR DECANTER'S CHANCES
    1247 7  -  ALLAN LEWIS Uninsured safe for top sprint By rrHE ran^e of fancies for the main race this 1 afternoon, second day of the Singapore Turf Hubs March Meeting, was fairly wide when n i Div. 1 sprinters were being discussed at th. racecourse this
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    All The Latest Selections
    177 7 ALLAWLEWIS _MtESPA3gEH V EPSOM JEEP BOY POINTER "IS 1 *£SZ* 22f~ ONAECH T?S?* v uaanm lucifeb Try*. Miciier Lucifer Pecasus Rriradter TT7nm *WW Full Stop Tr£T^ pSSwT **Ss SSJJP® 1 CAEDINAL PUFF GILTEDGED GILTEDGED GILTEDGED gg**»- ssar sss 2sa sss SJi? G PMNOBINa MIIWG COBAZON MY
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    Determined win by Kota Raja
    312 7 Determined win by Kota Raja SOCCER SUMMARY A DETERMINED Kota Raja team yesterday beat B.OJ).CA. by four goals to one m- a Singapore A.F.A. Div. 1 league match at Jalan Besar Stadium. This was Rajas' third successive league victory. BODCA opened accounts through Liddle but at half time the Rajas
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    Danes beat England 9-0
    110 7 DENMARK beat England m the European sone final ot the Thomas Cup badminton compSitton st Yale. Manchester. meet India, winners of the Pacific sone for the right to play the American sone winneri Winners of the final Jntersone tie will challenge the holders, Malaya, m Singapore
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    TODAY'S SPORTS FIXTURES
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    Race Card
    1029 7 A CCEPTORS and probable jockeys at Bukit Timah A today are kiven below. The double tote event will be on Races Five and Eight and the Big Sweep will be drawn on Race Seven. Race 1—2.15: Class 2, Div. 4—6 Furs. 1. 890* Brigadier Spencer 8.13 "Mr. Kwik"
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    Good display by goalie
    118 7 JUNIOR LEAGUE JJOYAL Army Pay Corps were good winners m their U.S.L. Junior Division match against Royal Naval Air Station Sembawang 2nd XI which they won three-two yesterday. Cook m the RN.A.S. goal gave a superb display to save his team from a heavier defeat. McPherson,
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    Costello to use 'rack' on Samara
    210 7 Costello to use 'rack on Samara By MATMAN A L COSTELLO, the bad man of wrestling, Eromises to use his secret old, the Chinese rack, on Seelie Samara on Saturday night at the Happy World Stadium. "I'll get him," growled Costello yesterday, "and boy, what a mess he's going to
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    J.C.C. ELECT OFFICIALS
    84 7 Mr. A. F. Hunter has been reelected president of the Johore Cricket Club for 1952. A programme of inter-club fixtures have been arranged and members are looking forward to another enjoyable and successful season. Mr. D. AUport has succeeded Mr. D. P. Rees as captain and the
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    B.B.B.C. SAYS 'NO' TO WOODCOCK
    51 7 Application of Bruce Woodcock, former British heavyweight champion, for a renewal of his boxer's licence was refused by the British Boxing Board of Control m London yesterday. Woodcodk, now 31, announced his retirement after being beaten for his British title by Jack Gardner m 1950.—
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    FARR BEATS MILAN
    30 7 Tommy Farr, former British heavyweight champion last night beat Giorgio Milan of Italy over 10 rounds m Cardiff, farr, now 37, recently regained Wh heavyweight title.- Reuter
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    Fourth minute goal deceived the spectators
    334 7 Fourth minute goal deceived the spectators SERVICES SOCCER ROUNDUP Free Press Soccer Reporter R.A.F. Seletar 2; R.A.O.C. I. WHEN they scored a coal m the fourth m nuie f f Royal Army Ordnance Corns looked set for victory m this United Services Senior League match at 8.0.D, ground yesterday. The
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    Leversedge was the star
    157 7 R.N.A.S 2: SJLR 1. LEVERSEDGE the Royal Naval Air Station centre-forward was a key man m the defeat of Singapore Engineer Regiment at Rembawang m yesterday's senior U S.L. match. In the 12th minute of the league match, Leversedge, who led his forwards well throughout, received
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    M.U. WILTED BEFORE THE ONSLAUGHT
    196 7 M.U. WILTED BEFORE THE ONSLAUGHT R.A.F. Changi, 5; R.A.F. M.U. 1. RAP Changi were a goal behind after six minutea, leyel at one-all at half time, and then with a 30-minute display of fighting football, smacked m four second-hr/f goals for the well deserved victory m this Services Senior league
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    STATE OPPOSITION HELD BACK RIDA RPOJECTS
    390 8 STATE OPPOSITION HELD BACK RIDA RPOJECTS Only $625,062 out of $5 mil was spent Free* Press Staff Reporter KUALA LUMPUR. Wednesday. THE Federation's Rural and Industrial Develop- ment Authority spent only $625,062 out of a $5 million rote on 167 projects and schemes last year, stated a "progress" report laid
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    Army offers life career
    432 8 Army offers life career Big drive for officers VIGOROUS plans to help the British Army meet its heavy commitments m the cold war were announced by Mr. Anthony Head, the War Minister, m the House of Commons last week. The most important is his decision to step-up this year the
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    U.K., U.S. ACADEMIC PACT CALL
    145 8 U.K., U.S. ACADEMIC PACT CALL LONDON, Wed. |\R. JAMES B. CONANT, *-J President of Harvard University, suggested here yesterday that the principal universities of the United States and the British Empire should form an academic alliance. These 75 to 100 universties centred on London and Washington, would serve the whole
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    AIRPORT ARRESTS
    26 8 Several employees of Saudi Arabian Airlines were arrested at Farouk airport yesterday for allegedly trying to smuggle gold worth £3.000 out of Egypt.- A.P.
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    17 8 Premier sees Queen The Queen yesterday received the Prime Minister Mr. Churchill a\t ClarpJloP Tlnnc* London.- A.F.P.
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    More officers wanted
    64 8 KUALA LUMPUR. Wed. FIFTEEN more resettlement supervisors are required to assist m looking after the Federation's rapidly expanding resettlement programme. The Federal Legislative Council was asked today to approve an increase m the establishment of resettlement officers from 65 to 80 The Council was told that there
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    TREATY RATIFIED
    18 8 The Ceylon Senate yesterday passed a Government bill ratify intr thp Jananpsp npsrp treaty.- Reuter picture.
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    Monkeys fly 25 miles info space in rocket
    73 8 F TORONTO. Wednesday. UR monkeys were put m a V-2 rocket, shot 25 miles into space and returned unharmed to testing grounds at White Sands, New Mexico, Cornelius Ryan, Editor of Colliers Magazine, told the Canadian Club here yesterday. He said that
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    How to get rid of atom bombs?
    126 8 How to get rid of atom bombs? LONDON, Wed. A BRITISH scientific journal yesterday came up with a new problem facing international atomic disarmament organisers— how to get rid of existing Abombs. The Atomic Scientists' News claimed that atomic bombs are not difficult to make but very difficult to destroy.
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    MORE CARGO
    41 8 The volume of cargo worked tilrough British ports last year was some 18 per cent higher than the two previous years, but five cargo ships are now required to do the work which should be done by four. U.P.
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