The Singapore Free Press, 18 April 1952

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1 4 The Singapore Free Press
  • 19 1 The Singapore Free Press LARGEST AFTERNOON SALE IN MALAYA fa ISSB9. SINGAPORE, FRIDAY, APRIL 18, 1952. PRICE FIFTEEN CENTS.
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  • 418 1 Opposition will meet force with force A PRIW, k__ CAp ETOWN, Friday. iKlblb bordering on the situation that pre. vailed before the Boer War m South Africa is developing m this country. That is th e interpretation that some British and American despatches are putting
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  • 133 1 Churchill has a heavy cold LONDON, Fri. Mr CHURCHILL is suffering irom a heavy cold. A statement issued from his official London home said the coM is taking a normal course but he has been advised to stay at home for the present." The Prime Minister is 77. Mr Churchill
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  • 258 1 Ridgway is likely to succeed Ike WASHINGTON, Friday. THE NORTH ATLANTIC CouncU will meet m Paris on Monday to discuss the successor to Gen. Dwight Eisenhower, Supreme Commander of North Atlantic Forces m Europe. It is believed that the Council will agree that the general appointed should be an American
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  • 81 1 LONDON. Fri. JJR EDEN. British Foreign Secretary, yesterday discussed with the French and United States Ambassadors, xparately. the latest Soviet nob or. a future settlement with Germany. The Soviet note, handed to the Western Powers m Moscow las: week, proposed that the fow occupying powers
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  • 40 1 A r r v Far Eastern air link between. Calcutta and Djakarta via Bangkok is expect- to come into operation some time next month. It will be operated by Bharat Airways, an Indian airune.- Reuter
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  • 148 1 SOCIALIST CACKLE TO BE CUT LONDON, Fri mHE CONSERVATIVE Gov--L ernment last night took drastic action to throw off the shackles which Socialist delaying tactics have put on Its legislative programme. Alarmed by the hold-up of official business it decided that when the House of Commons resumes on Monday after
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    22 1 MR. JAN EVERT de Jong and Miss Johanna Goverdina Maria Akkermans were married at the Cathedral of the Good Shepherd, Singapore yesterday.
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  • 211 1 Indies to hit smugglers NEW YORK, Friday. INDONESIA is purchasing fast patrol boats m the United States which are expected to put an end to smuggling of rubber, te*, copra, tin, sugar and quinine from Indonesian ports to Malaya, Siam and North Borneo. J.A.F. Sulitatu, head of the special branch
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  • 50 1 NEW YORK, Fri. KATIE White of Savannah, Georgia, filed an application for the annulment of her marriage yesterday explaining that she had fallen m love with another man while waiting 47 years for her husband. He left home saying he would be back for supper. U.P.
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  • 32 1 Dacca University reopened on Tuesday after being closed since February 27 because of disturbances over the claim for Bengali to have equality with Urdu as Pakistan's state language Reu ter
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  • 86 1 To Peking for trade MOSCOW, Fri gEVEN members of the British group of the economic conference here left by air yesterday for Peking. They hope to negotiate further details m the AngloChinese barter agreement valued at £10,000,000 which was concluded here. Lord Boyd-Orr, leader of the British group which has
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  • 27 1 Lord Greene, who as former Master of the Rolls, ranked third among tha heads of the English judicial system died last night, aged 69.— Reuter
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  • 43 1 Thefts of bicycles m front of the West Berlin Police Headquarters prompted the Chief to post a large sign reading: "You park here at your own risk." Now the sign and the bicycle stand have been stolen. A. P.
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  • 57 1 The composer Rudolf Friml. known for such operattas as "Rose Marie" and "Vagabond King," yesterday married his Chinese secretary, Kay Ling, In a surprise ceremony at San Francisco. Kay's sister, Mary, another secretary witnessed the wedding. Friml gave his age as 67 and his bride is
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  • 131 1 IMPEACH TRUMAN TAFT BOSTON Fri. SENATOR Robert A. Taft, a leading Republican contender for the United States presidency, said yesterday that Congress should "consider the impeachment" of President Truman for his seizure of the steel industry. Senator Taft told a press conference: "I think the seizure is a valid case
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  • 88 1 WASHINGTON, Fri. GENERAL Hoyt Vand.nberg, United States Air Force Chief of Staff, said yesterday the so-called "stay down" strike of American f lier* was a "tempest m a teapot." He told reporters the publicity given to charges brought against a small number of airmen "is not
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  • 154 1 LONDON, Friday. rrHE Royal Air Force should have at least 250 Jet- propelled long range Valiants— the new "atom bombers"— in the front line as a mtaimum for her own air security, Air Chief Marshal Sir Guy Garrod declared yesterday. Some people thought the Americana should
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  • 34 1 The Supreme Command of the Allied Powers m Japan will .return USS2OO,OQO,OOO worth of gold, silver and precious metals to the Bank of Janan when the peace treaty becomes eflective.- AFP
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  • 126 1 Free Press Staff Reporter rE first big social function the new Singapore Governor will attend wUT be the International Press Ball at Raffles Hotel- on Saturday. May *s. _t In a cable from J^ndon las* tflght to Mr. John^ C. Ball, the Governor-Designate. Mr.
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  • 123 1 Big fire wipes out entire Jap city TOKYO, Fri. JAPAN'S biggest post- war fire, a wind-whip-ped blaze that has left at least 15,000 persons homeless, has caused the destruction of the entire coastal city of Tottori. The national police said 140 persons were injured and 4,500 homes destroyed ia Tottori,
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  • 85 1 LISIEUX. France, Fri. BANDITS last night held up bank messengers carrying the day's takings to safe keeping from- a temporary bank m a wooden hut next to the police staUon of this war damaged Normandy town. Messengers from the Credit Industriel Et. Commercial were on their
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  • 20 1 Professor Corrado Barbagallo. author o_ the eightvolume "Universal History," died m Turin on Wednesday. He wa_ 75.- U.P.
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  • 16 1 A treaty of friendship between Persia and Pakistan was signed yesterday m Teheran. U.P.
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  • 504 2 IF you think you would not be interested m a play about the young Queen Elizabeth 1., then you reckon without the fire, the zest, the sparkle, and urgent personality of Miss Mary Morris. Recently as the curtain descended after the first performance of "The
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  • 601 2 ALF DAISY CRAZY OR LAZY? ssmati -ammtr*m:»***i sest'raa-t. asks Evelyn Irons gVERY generation, as it advances into middle years, bewails the bad manners &nd the appalling appearance of young people. Things are not what they used to be. Of course, THEY NEVER WERE! I spent a week-end m London examining
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  • 550 2  - 'Elizabethans in America? Kay Murray By AMERICAN fashion circles are already talking of a possible "Elizabethan" mode for the Autumn. The-Traphagan School of Fashion, one of the New York's soundest and most original technical institutions, even set the problem of adapting the styles worn 400 years ago to some of
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  • Page 2 Miscellaneous

  • 40 3 Eight nshermen are believwLv_J? Ye been downed oil Hokkaido Japan's northern nile an hour wind. J r e n telephone* wires are delaying accurate assessment of casualties and damage roots were blown from 3000 nouses.— Reuter.
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  • 94 3 LONDON. Fri. th l biggest floating gar- built for British p u rhe 3300- ten Lr: Warden, goes into > r oo the Dover- Bou;.»r.e rente on May 18. 8 r continental car traffic bad been steadily the Lord War- :->.. rry 120 cars.
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  • 288 3 MYSTERY KILLER FOILS POLICE Artist describes his murderer AN WNDON, Friday. lUt __Eh! d rt,St :_f ttoc,w Faddtogton erased t« Jll- d broken. Th^ he c__e alon_ .S shout d fOT help. No one •the toe t£S ed haTe W hospta! fiSLS. ncta JoW Dr -ke. said m had i
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  • 71 3 TOKYO, Fri. IjKHJR trading firms, for- merly part of the giant Mitsubishi financial cartel (the Zaibatsu), have amalgamated. They had been broken off from the Mitsubishi Trading Company under an early Occupation directive aimed at smashing concentrations of power m the hands of the big Japanese
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  • 64 3 U.N. forms expert panel PEW YORK, Fri. THE United Nations Collective Measures Committee has established a panel of 20 military experts from eight countries to give technical advice to countries earmarking armed forces for use by the U.N. against future aggressors. Three each were chosen from Britain. France, Greece, the
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  • 33 3 The French Ministry of Relations with the Associated States of Indo-China said that French expeditionary forces killed and missing amounted to 2,195 from November 1, 1931. to March 31, 1952.- AFP.
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  • 184 3 RUSSIA SPREADS OUT HER IRON ROAD E LONDON, Fri. YEN if it never comes, there seems to be no doubt now that Russia is going all out to prepare (purely defensively, of course) for World War HI. Latest item of preparation concerns the railways stretching across Siberia and Central Asia
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  • 121 3 LONDON. Fri. LIEUT-COLONEL P. R. Butler, who commanded the Royal Welsh Fusiliers fr.vn 1927 to 1931 and Is an authority on the Sikh wars. is concerned about th e state of the Chillianwalla obelisk standing between the river frontage of the Royal Hospital, Chelsea and the Thames.
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  • 42 3 Chinese Communist General Chang Ching-wu, m charge of the Tibetan Administration, has left Lhasa for India, accompanied by high officials. Observers believe Chang will discuss a revision of the Indo-Tibetan treaty with Indian External Ministry offi- cials.— UP
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  • 217 3 NEW YORK, Fri. WE, the people, are such f? charming liars. It's a matter of scientific fact, says Alfred Politz, a research expert and public opinion surveyor* We like to deceive ourselves. "Ask most people about their schooling," Politz reports, "and you. l fin <* twice
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  • 59 3 Britain will continue to keep a tight control on imports from Western Europe and some other countries, the Board of Trade has announced. These imports, cut back last November to meet the economic crisis, will be held at approximately the same rate m the second half
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  • 31 3 Many Israel students now attending foreign universities m Europe or the United States will. have to return to Israel and continue their studies m Jerusalem, because »Ka rvwprnment cannot
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    29 3 -ASTER was such fun. Mar tin Bowman, aged nine months, of Whitchurch, Somerset, learns all about it from the fluffy one-day-old chick which perches on his feeding bottle.
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  • 280 3 FOR 10s. HE JOINED NEO-NAZIS LONDON, Friday. DACK m England after six years m Germany is Mr. Douglas Pack, with his German dole card m his pocket and his membership badge of Otto Reiner's new Nasi Party m his wallet In Germany he worked at i*-
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    279 3 Neither side vulnerable? North dealer LIFE Master Sam Gold, ot Montreal, Canada, provides this hand as proof of the truth that your own good hands aren't necessarily the ones you can't forget. In this one the opponents blundered their way into a top score that is as bad
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  • 305 3 HE NO LONGER FEELS A THOME IN ENGLAND F CAIRO, Friday, a squalid Arab village on which the shadow of the Great Pyramid falls at sunset lives an Englishman who "no longer feels at home m England" and has applied for Egyptian citizenship. Z* "a* ll literature at the Fuad
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  • 127 3 J TOKYO, Frt. APAN and Britain have agreed "m principle" on navigation and ports of entry for their ships m each other's ports, according to> Transportation Ministry sources. The agreement grants Japanese ships blanket clearance to enter ports under British control including both United Kingdom
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    • 176 3 gadio SINGAPORE N i 0.05 Matinee; 10 f•" v For Strings; 1 orch.; 1.30 News; d? T-- v Dorsey and Bis i* Forces' Favourites; Or--' 1 T ents: 7 News; 7.15 l>> Ar oook; 7.30 Hit ■w v Drifting Through the ftf*-' .vage of sading <*»?■ 8.15 Evening prem, Prokofiefl.
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    • 118 3 YOUR LUCKY STAR BORN today, yon have a and unless yon follow them happy nature, a quick implicitly at aal t times, you wit, and a very retentive wfll make mistakes In jndgmemory. Yon make friends *****•> Your first thoughts wherever yon go, bnt some- J« *Iw»y» Tour M^ times
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  • 555 4 The Singapore Free Press FRIDAY. April 18. 1952. Control of rent fTHE bloodsucking chief tenant is to have his teeth drawn. That is the one welcome feature which may be discerned m the new rent control Bill proposed for Singapore. The existing law is not without its curbs on the
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  • 701 4 A SPECIAL CORRESPONDENT says Communist propagandists dominate the lives of the Russians. OUSSIA has 5,000,000 to 10,000,000 trained propagandists behind a Russiu-wide "hate America*' campaign, according to official U.S. Intelligence estimates. "Nothing like it has existed m history," said Mose Harvey, chief of intelligence on
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  • Letter to the Editor
    • 270 4 AN studying the street and placenames of Singapore I came across some striking omissions which I pass on to the authorities to note. It is not necessary that every Colonial Secretary or OA.G. be remembered, unless he has rendered outstanding services. But as a matter of course Governors
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  • 669 4 r)N October 16 Mr. W.C. Taylor, Acting Financial Secretary, was reported to have said at a Legislative Council meeting that "entertainments are luxuries" That really started something The Cinematograph Exhibitors' Association of Singapore and the Federation, who have been trying for years to get a reduction
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  • 712 4 'Doomed Marriages Are Saved SYLVIA SHORT outlines the work of the Marriage Guidance Council which has kept thousands out of the divorce courts pVERY year several *r thousand people m Britain whose marriages are breaking up head not for the divorce courts, but for the National Marriage Guidance Couricil of
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  • 82 4 "Those appointed to the unified Health Service on or after January 1 1948 may be expatriate or locally appointed Arian officers extract from a contemporary. For 'Martin read 'Jesus MISS Mgyy Borden (Lady ITA Spears), the novelist, ha* just wrijtten a book called "Martin Merriedew." It is proving a
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  • 666 4 TJARLEM, to most "Europeans, is hot jazz and cold-water flats. It is empty lots strewn with tin cans and indescribable refuse, and the long lines of Negrochauffeured limousines outside the swing-happy night clubs Manhattan's final outpost against the sobering dawn. It is these and much more
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    • 23 4 Modern Rings of Distinction for Every Occasion. P. H. HENDRY, Manufacturing Jeweller 78 NORTH BRIDCf ROAD SINCAPOR! 6. 4 BATU BOAD KUALA LUMPUR
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  • Page 4 Miscellaneous

  • 244 5 for mtekii\ \|AM coiuiiy uigtuuwuuus pan io npm n th W pie on the electoral register The ,3 d 6 me to et more P*°rea dv assisting. rural district committees are alJ I M f- A. M. Gherian, President of th e Singapore
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  • 128 5 I egislatlON aiming at a** stricter control of hotels, boarciing-houses and lodginghouses, other than seamen's lodging-houses, m Singapore, Is being drafted, states tiie 1951 report of the Social Welfare Department. The legislation ta to help the drive igainst vice. The determined efforts which the Anti-Vice
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  • 79 5 Charlotte Hastings' "Bonaventure" is to be staged by Y. W. Players at the Victoria Theatre for two nights beginning on May 2 at 9 p.m. The play is being produced by Inez Quitzow. Those taking part will be Pamela Canavan, Maureen Clarke, Zaida Short, Marguerite Horrigan, Violet
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  • 30 5 Lord Colgrain of Everlands has retired from the Court of Directors of the Chartered Bank of India, Australia and Chijia He served the bank for about 30 years.
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  • 166 5 MAUDRENE'S School of Dancing gave a varied twohour entertainment at the Victoria Theatre yesterday. There were 27 items, both solo and group dances, and a feature was the splendid backstage organisation which enabled the show to move without a hitch. The costumes were lavish, there
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  • 42 5 THIS DRAWING by Mr. Chen Wen-Hsi is the most expensive painting among the 168 that will be displayed at the Singapore Art Society's third annual open exhibition at the British Council Hall. The painting is priced at $1,000.
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  • 157 5 ART SHOW TO OPEN TODAY Free Press Staff Reporter npHE Singapore Art Society's third annual open exhibition of works by local' artists will be opened at the British Council Hall, Singapore, at 5.30 p.m. today by M. Andre Gibaut, Consul-General for France, who is himself one of the exhibitors. The
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  • 266 5 PROF. A. A. Sandosham, president of the Alumni Association of the King Edward VII College of Medicine (Southern Branch), said yesterday his first reaction to the unified health service plan was one of "great disappointment." He said "It has taken a sur*pri singly long time for
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  • 63 5 PENANG, Fri.— The Municipal Council's information guide to Penang may be printed m England if the Finance and General Purposes Committee accept a quotation by a London firm. The guide is compiled and illustrated by Mrs. S. V. Adams, wife of the Municipal Treasurer and Secretary,
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  • 51 5 Students tour Malaya After a three-day vacation m Singapore, 22 senior students of the Chung Cheng Middle School m Raub, Pahang, sailed with their three teachers today for Penang to continue their educational tour of the country. They will visit all the main towns m North Malaya before returning to
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  • 86 5 SUBSTATIONS liable to load shedding tonight are: St. Andrews/High St./ Stamford Rd., Albert St, Short St.. New Ice Works, Fire Stone, Mackenzie Rd., Bukit Timah Pumps, Balestier Rd., Jalan Ampas, 8.M.8.C, Mcßitchie, Braddell Rise. Island Golf Club, Seletar Pumps, Nee Soon. Seletar Wireless, Mental Hospital. Trafalgar Estate, New
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  • 437 5 ONLY ONE SAID 'NO TO CALL-UPLAW Free Press Staff Reporter SINGAPORE Legislative Council yesterday passed the second reading of the National Service B 11 and referred it to* an eight-man Select Comm'itee. Only one member Mr. Lim Tew Hock (Labour Keppel) voted against the Bill. The committee Is empowered to
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  • 211 5 TUC man pleads against strikes UR. S. Jaganathan, secretary of the Singapore Trade Union Congress, yesterday urged Colony employees who are on strike or have threatened to go on strike and their employers to settle their disputes by negotiation. Fifteen unions, with a total membership of 25,000, are involved m
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  • 23 5 SEGAMAT, Fri. Four market stallholders were fined a total of $65 by the Segamat Magistrate for obstruction m the vegetable market.
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  • 998 6  - WINGAIN TO SCORE EASILY ALLAN LEWIS By K.L. prospects WINAGAIN, a handsome grey gelding hj Magic Red, should be one of the best bets at Kuala Lumpur tomorrow, first day of the Selangor Turf Club's April meeting. Winagain, who meets a field of newcomers In CI. 3, Div. 2, S
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  • 225 6 GAY DE LYON IS PICK OF THIS LOT |?PSOM Derby, Gay de Lyon and Brecongill look the pick of this CI. 3, Div. 3 field over 7 F. with Baba a likely danger to the three. Epsom Derby finished third to Matinee, then fourth to Audiola at Penang, his last
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  • 272 6 OBSERVATION and Rapid Red will probably dominate the betting on the main race tomorrow, OL 3. Div. 1, b% P. Observation finished second to Sealed Orders m his first start m Div. 2, then beat* a good field m Div. 1 at his second start
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  • 41 6 HTHESE horses will not X gtart at Kuala Lumpur tomorrow: Gadsow Glen, Thaumaturgy, Gwilym! Corsair, Liberty Flag, Sanguine, Cinders Prince, Rupert, Skyrider, Jimson. American Band. Kupay, High Descent; Reward md Peter, .■each *aik and Corri- are doubtful starter*
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  • 375 6 Danger is Floor Show PH I L A N THROPIST looks the Pfck on form, but I am inclined to give Floor Show a great chance of beating him. Both horses have won their last two starts, but Philanthropist has not appeared m public since January, while Floor Show won
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    6 6 KEEPS TITLE RAY ROBINSON Still champion
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  • 615 6 IMPROVED STURVETA CAN WIN WHEN he won at Penang, Sturveta gave the impression that he would not be troubled by an extra bit of distance, and with that m mind, plus his improvement on the track, I am not looking beyond him for the winner of this CI. 3, Div.
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  • 732 6 I LOUT TO A GREAT GUY' SAID ROCKY You'll have to ask w«aknocl«io?n.' thej^illt .He added: Gnu,,* to it and I X?J°.*««« ■J. which he did I 'iV*** hU way he would hai Jj^ 1 1 brains out. He's S,f aoc toi aJ Cher you kno" -J A.P. Reuter ROCKY
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  • 79 6 The Boxen are sued A CINCINNATI Jjyaerved noticed a^ •H damage suit principals mi n 0 middleweight ti£ W £J champs ft Robinson and R ock? £j ziano. W| Pclier alleged that lUta, son broke a verbal anW ment to defend his jt against Graziano m Cindn 7V l^t Sept.
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  • 121 6  - 'Tiger' meets 'Boa' on Saturday MATMAX By TIGER Holden, the snarling Australian matmar.. gets to grips with Chinese dropkick specialist Botes Bi at the Happy World Stadium tomorrow night. The Tiger Is strong, but he will find Bote* quite a handful to cope with for the Chinese if a live
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  • 58 6 SAINT Joseph I.uvi:u':on J tarda y bea- R-ffles Institution by two goals 10 one to enter tne final of tbe SAFA Youth Com- petition. Tho mat h was piajw at Victoria School poMM. Grosse scored both ymm m St. Joseph's Rafflesians to score when a 6<
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  • 37 6 ROYAL Navj K:a:.M V** X three-one victory over todi* Recreation Club A yesterfc their SA FA. Dr. 2 league m-.«» at Oeylang Stadium Scorers for Knwji f**2 (two penalties; wj Masilamani scored foi tne dians.
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  • 26 6 MEDIC AI fffffctfi Ur.:on awarded a v. ilk-over inth* SA.F.A. Div. 2 ch tiS Woodbridse Hospital *wai to have been played on C.V.M.A ground yesttW
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    • 196 6 Md11 09*31(6 Exclusive to the Singapore Free Ptess m Malaya nTIiEPiSM I WELL.' YOU WERE HERE THIS I I STAY WHERE I W V^V^^l I I-ALMOSTHAO THAT LOAF ill MY M LiJ^R^ J W-Wm MORNING, WANTING AIIANOOUT.' L YOU ARE, OR U 7 #M 0 //f CRUMMY DOESN'T *w/| GIVE
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  • 233 7 FOUR TO FACE TESTS FOR HELSINKI Eng Yoon goes m for hurdles pOUR Singapore athletes— two men and a couple of school girls— will make their bids for tickets to Helsinki on April 26. The girls are Malayan sprint champion Teng Pei Wah and £leanor Ross, and the men— Tan
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    48 7 \rstna! XC beat Chelsea by 3 goals to nil In the replay ti the I A Semi -Final at White Hart Lane, London. Photo show*:- Robertson (Chelsea goalie) attempting to rather the ball taken by Li shman m a centre from c.*,w ".not seen m picture). Topical Press
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  • 190 7 AMERICA'S Thomas Cup captain and No. 1 singles player, Marten Mendez, believes that his team can win international badminton's premier prize when they come to Singapore next month. In common with most of th* United States squad and officials, he is confident that America
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  • 370 7 RI ME NET THREE IN LAST FOUR MIN REME 4 Indian R.C. 3 ROYAL Electrical Mechanical Engineers' ace cen-tre-forward, Slee, came into his own again yesterday when he scored two vital goals against Indian Recreation Club at Jalan Besar Stadinm. REME were a goal behind at half time, and at
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  • 161 7 A NIPPY SET of Katong Sajarah forwards contributed to the defeat of Singapore Cricket Club hi yesterday's Singapore A.F.A. Div. 1 leagues match on the Padang, Sajarah won by two goals to one. S.C.C. tried hard but wasted their efforts through weak finishing. Mulhearn and
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  • 44 7 YESTERDAY'S baseball results: I NATIONAL LEAGUE Brooklyn 14, Boston 8. New York 5, Philadelphia 3. St. Louis 6, Pittsburgh 5. AMERICAN LEAGUE New York 8, Philadelphia 1. Cleveland 1, Chicago 0. St. Louis 5, Detroit 4. Washington 4. Boston 3 (11 innings).
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  • 54 7 rpHE Japan laMe-Tennis Asso--1 elation yesterday announced It would invite two British taWetennis players, Richard Bergmann and Johnny Leach, to tour Japan for a month from the middle of next month. The association would pay all expenses and would expect the two to play 13
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  • 233 7 r[E United States Olympic Committee, planning to send 349 athletes to the summer games m Helsinki, is busy collecting donations. Already it has U. 5.5100,000 m his treasury, but is more then U. 5.5500,000 short of the required U. 5.5700,000 to transport, train and
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  • 10 7 Rugby League result: Widnes 7. Leigh 8.- Reuter
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  • 88 7 PANS for swimmers m the Australian team to travel behind the Iron Curtain after the Olympic Games at Helsinki may be vetoed by the Australian Olympic Federation. Australian swimmers already have been invited to compete m Moscow after the Games. A senior Olympic official commented: "There
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  • 51 7 The Europeans/Eurasians combined eleven to meet Aryan Gymkhana at Jalan Besar stadium tomorrow has been chosen as follows: Murray (Rovers), Carroll (SRC), Benton (SHB), Vass (Rovers), Mortem (Rovers), A. Rozario (SRC), Mac Donald (SCC), Scaife (Rovers), Rodrigo (SRC), Guthrie (Rovers), Wright (SRC). Reserves: Gammel. Mathot, Stuijvenberg, Inglis,
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  • 85 7 SINGAPORE Business Houses F.A. side to play against the Indian tourists the Aryan Gymkhana at Jalan Besar Stadium next Tuesday, will be skippered by Malaya Cup player Ivan Vass. The selection, announced yesterday, named 15 players from which the final line-up will be picked on the field. The
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  • 118 7 THE Soccer Referees Club m Istanbul yesterday proclaimed a boycott of all Professional League member Clubs as long as they continue importing more referees for their league professional games. The decision to bring m foreign referees for Major league and international matches was made sometime
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  • 67 7 ARMY team to mcc* Police at Thomson Road on Saturday and Sunday m the Singapore Cricket Association senior tournament is: Major Bennett, Col Knox, Major Sleator. Major Duggan, Major Weils, Capt. Reynolds, Capt. Diplock Capt Catternach, Lt Stepto. WO* I Oidlow, S/Sgt. Stywey. 12th man, Lt
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  • 216 7 REG Home, British Ryder Cup player, held the lead last night at the end of the second round of the £1,350 Silver King professional golf fcr urnament with a 36-hole aggregate of 135. Home toured th e 5,502-yard West Course of the Moor Park Club
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  • 193 7 ABBY KAY BEATS THE BANDITS TifINUTES after Wed- lxl nesday's ambush m! South Johore m which* bandits killed three men; and wounded two others,, racehorse Abbv Kay arrived on the spot; dreaming of a retirement full of green pastures and juicy carrots. Abby Kay was being transported m an open
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  • 56 7 AWANG Bakar netted two goals for the Singapore Corinthians at Kota Bahru's soccer carnival yesterday when Corinthians beat Kelantan Warders by three goals to one. Corinthians had a two-nil lead at half-time through Awang Bakar'a goals. Sharif Madon added another m the second session. Abdul Rahman gained
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  • 36 7 A penalty goal decided yesterday's Singapore A_P.A. Div. 2 league match at BODCA ground between Tamil Brotherhood Association and Katong Sajarah. Chandra notched the penalty goal for Tamils m the first half.
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    52 7 Sixty-seven Trag. Regt. R.A.C. beat 7 Trag. Regt. R. Signals at Catterick m the fins.* 9 of the Army interunit soccer cup by two goa Is to one. Army News Service picture s hows Lt. General Sir Philip M. Balfour presenting the cup to the RA.C. captain Trooper
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  • 123 7 CHESS PLATERS m Russia, where the game Is a national sport, train for matches like a to*er fitting Into condition a world championship fight, one of them said m Utffcn yesterday. ii-'s^A. 11 Mark Tahnaaov, t*tnty-five-Vear-old \\l*Wtim&*rt interview that he keeps fit with tennis, swimming
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  • 377 7  -  ARCHIE QUICK By ORITISH 'amateur boxing is healthier than ever. There was every indication of this m the various Services championships, and it was confirmed when the London ABA held their annual title meeting al the Royal Albert Hall. This was, of course, an elimination
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  • 138 7 GOLDEN BOY AND CHIA PROMISE K.O.s F. P. Boxing Reporter BOY Brooks, middle and light-heavyweight champion of the Cr'ent. may b? m Singapore, next month to fight either Isimeli Radrodro j or Steve Brian. Promoter Nene said thisj morning that he had Veceived a cable from Brooks accepting his terms
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  • 49 7 F. N. SCORE TEN GOALS PRASER Neave Sports Club r whipped Mansfield S.C. by ten goals to nil m yesterday's Business Houses Div. 1 league fixture at the F de N ground. Half-time score waa seven-nil. Scorers were: Samad (5). Yassin (2). Hoon Leong, Awan& Chik and Ah Cheek.
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  • 30 7 The Johore Bahru branch of the Telecoms Athletic and Welfare Association will be holding its second amateur athletic meeting on the Johore English College playground on May 3.
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  • 104 7 AUSTRALIA'S team for the Olympic Games at Helsinki this summer is now expected to total 82 competitors and officials. Finance has been guaranteed to add 43 competitors to the original list of 39. Additions include Australia's crack rowing "eight" which is expected to go close m
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  • 17 7 All Malaya MYP Institute athletic meet will be held at Singapore's Raffles Inst, ground tomorrow.
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  • 19 7 Irish Cup semi-final replay: Glentoran 1, Linfield 0. Glentoran will meet Ballymena United m the flnal.- Reuter
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  • 53 8 NOBLE: To 90rma and Jttrry. at 8.M.H.. Wednesday 16th. a sister for Jack (Kathleen Margaret). Both well. TO ANNIE DRAGON, wife of Mr. Alex Stephen Wee, on 17.4.52. a daughter. Both weU. TO Dr. and Mrs. Ho Boon Liat (nee Dr. Tan Sob Khew). at K.K. Hospital, on 12.4
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  • 334 8 KOREA TRUCE WILL NOT END SERIOUS TROUBLES Iffr* to :^*&ifef NEW YORK, Friday. THE Assistant Secretary of State, Mr. John Allison, warned last night that the free world will continue to face serious troubles m the Far East, even if there is a truce m Korea. He said the Allies
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  • 138 8 ALL-NIGHT POLICE VIGIL AT GRAVE TALSARNAU. Wales Fri. A HEARSE passed a police car on a Welsh road yesterday morning. In the car was Mrs. Alicia M. Roberts on her way to court here. And m the hearse was the body of the husband she is accused of murdering. John
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  • 80 8 LONDON, Fri. rkNLY one m every 20 Bri- tons, who want a new car will get one this year, the Makers' Association said last night. Some would be motorists have waited since 1946 for a new car. Only 60,000 cars will reach the home market the
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  • 14 8 The newly-elected Indian Parliament is due to assemble on May 13.— AFP.
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  • 56 8 Mian Branovic, 26 and Dragurin Mitic, 34 two of Yugoslavia's leading tennis stars now m Rome, announced yesterday that they would not return to their Communist homeland. Branovic is single but has his mother living m Shakovetz m Croatia. Mitic is married but his .wife and
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  • 190 8 WASHINGTON, Friday. EHDRMER U.S. Secretary of State, Mr. James F. 1 Byrnes, accused President Truman yesterday of spreading falsehoods about him and of substituting "fiction for history" m describing American relations with Russia since the war The recent book, *"Mr. President," contained a letter which
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  • 80 8 Sea elephant dies aboard fast plane KANSAS CITY, Fri. A BABY sea elephant en route by air from Los Angeles to a zoo m Copenhagen. DeniLirk. died yesterday aboard an express plane. The mammal, also known as an elephant seal, was dead on arrival m Kansas City, according to Richard
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  • 53 8 NEW YORK. Fri. MMS. BERTHA LANSTRA, of Detroit, who celebrated her 102 nd birthday yesterday attributes her long life to never drinking plain water "Don't get me wrong, I don't mean liquor/ she said stoutly. ''I drink 4 coffee or tea and may be a
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  • 21 8 West Germany will soon start shipping meat products to the United States for the first time since the war.
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  • 175 8 OMAHA. Fri. EMERGENCY flood control teams yesterday rushed along the 23 miles of dykes holding back the rising Missouri River here, plugging weak places with lons of sandbags and rocks to prevent a serious break-through. Army barges loaded with rocks waited at key places along
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  • 839 8 (Continued from page 5) on aliens, who "owed no duty or allegiance to this country." Except for political rights, aliens m this country enjoyed practically the same privileges as the local born, he said, such as the same right to trade, to have resort to the courts of
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  • 114 8 Scientist seeks royal damages NEW YORK, Fri. AMERICAN archaeologist, A Mr. /WendeU Philipps, yesterday indicated that- he would claim US$l5O,OOO damage from King Imam Ahmed of Yemen for treatment suffered by an archaeological expedition which he led m Mr. Philipps was obliged to abandon his expedition because of a royal
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  • 25 8 Australian Premier Robert Menzies said yesterday that Australian inflation was coming under control as a result of the improving internal price structure. A.F.P.
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    • 18 1 Friday. April 18, 1952. Ask any sx*c*maer if he knows Joseph Fabian Donnelly. Result a hlnnh fo^ but..
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      3 1 MICKEY DONNELLY
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    • 1066 1  -  MR W. HARRISON, brother in-law of prominent rider Roy Per rival, is on a holiday vix to Malaya and was an interested spectator ar the Perak Derby Meeting. Mr Harrison, who has big ta rests ia the wool indusPerth, West Austra\.i ra a smal)
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    • 169 1 WHAT A GOOD JOCKEY (GORDON) THINKS ABOUT A GOOD 'UN CORDON tells a nice story about one or the Game Type named Sun Chariot, owned by King JGeorge VI. In fact the way Gordon speaks ot thir. horse makes me think he considers it THE Game Type. Gordon knows them
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    • 145 1 Between races at Liverpool, Gordon lists the types that win THE GAME TYPE *As soon as you net r.n his back you can feci he wants to i/o racing. He's taking it all m the crowd the other horses. the man who's riding him. He
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    • 23 1 FILM STAR TYPE it Think.' he knows it alt. Win* a race enly when he feels like ii. Usually a male.
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    • 6 1 The PERAK DERBY— it was a
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      4564 1 HpHE 1952 Perak Turf A Club's three day Derby meeting must be proclaimed the best race meeting ever held m Malaya. The main race at the meeting, The Perak Derby, carried $30,000 m stakes, and a gold trophy valued at $3,000. For the three days' racing the Club
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    • 153 4 By James Park DOROTHY PAGET, the racehorse owner, is th e most-talked-of personality on the English Turf. Now she has set the Turf talking again— by her sudden difference with Bryan Marshall, her jockey. I am sure that Miss Paget does not
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