The Singapore Free Press, 22 April 1952

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    18 1 The Singapore Free Press LARGEST AFTERNOON SALE 111 MALAYA >,>. 1837- SINGAPORE. TUESDAY, APRIL 28. IM2. PRICE FIFTEEN CEBITS.
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    2,000 IN GAOL RIOT ORGY
    338 1 Razor men say: we will behead guards JACKSON, Michigan, Tuesday. My 2 noting convicts seized control of half of Southern Michigan prison j yesterday— the biggest m the world— setting fire to four buildings and destroying everything they could lay their hands on th. SSSj^k??
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    Rebels seek to break trap 20m. from Hanoi
    228 1 Rebels seek to break trap 20m. from Hanoi SAIGON. Tue& rMMJMST rebels trapped lg a pocket 20 miles east Han were fighting yest >-li i break through the rocircting French Union Urcts the French High C>mr. ss '-ier. Mr. Jean L^: tnu an, arrived m Saigon I take P residence.
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    AIR WAR FLARES UP IN KOREA
    176 1 TOKYO, Tues. rE air and sea war m Korea flared again m the past 24 hours as British and Australian bombers blasted Communist positions and sup* plies. American Sabrejets battled with MIGs and naval vessels pounded shore emplacements. In a dog-flght, m which 50
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    BACK TO WORK
    43 1 Some of the 210 workers who were dismissed by the National Carbon Company on Bukit Timah Road, Singapore, last week for refusing to attend to their duties, have come back for work, said a spokesman of the firm this morning.
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    Four killed on speed track
    63 1 BUENOS AIRES. Tues. T 1 j :-cmg cars killed people and Injured a Sunday when, followin< .ncr J. Castellani. n*j cashed into the crowd pee him on the track. I Dayton. Ohio, at the time, a racing car, lanuni] into the grands v the local
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    ENVOY SWORN IN
    25 1 the first postwar United Ambassador to Japan, ■fc Robert Murphy, was gwna m yesterday by Secreftj or State Mr. Dean Acheson, A.F.P.
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    Sky chase after 1,000 mph craft
    109 1 LONDON, Ontario, Tuesday. WIDELY-SEPARATED reports of an unidentified craft high m the skies, leaving a vapour trail and travelling at a speed estimated at more than 1,000 miles an hour, were received last night from Western Ontario points. Canadian Air Force Reserve fighters here
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    Sylvia Ashley gets divorce from Gable
    89 1 Sylvia Ashley gets divorce from Gable HOLLYWOOD, Tues. LADY Sylvia Ashley hobbled into court on crutches yesterday and won a default divorce from film actor Clark Gable because he told me be did not 'wish to be married to me or anyone else." Lady Sylvia, still suffering a broken foot
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    T.V. crosses the channel
    28 1 LONDON, Tues. pRST television pictures to be transmitted from Paris across the »fogH**> Qhannel were shown yesterday at the British Broadcasting Cor"boration's London headquar-
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    59 1 picture. BEARDED TONY MARTIN, aged 19, with two friends, David Bottomley and Michael Salter, wa 8 held captive by Chinese Communists for 71 days when their homebuilt boat was blown, off-c ourse from Lantao onto Redheld Lin Tin Island. Released and sent to Hong: Kong:, Tony (seen here) traces his
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    BRITISH COMET MAKES HISTORY
    286 1 London-Rome m 2 hours 29mins. LONDON, Tuesday. A RECORD breaking Comet jet airliner of the British Overseas Airways Corporation made history last night by touching down here after flying the 927 miles from Rome to London m two hours 29 minutes against head winds. The 36-seater
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    East Air Force gets new chief
    68 1 LONDON, Tues. A IR Vice Marshal A. C. Sanderson, who has been Director -General of Personnel at the British Air Minis? try for over two years, will succeed Air Marshal 'Sir Francis Pogarty as Commander of the British Far East Air Force m May.
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    MORE LOANS FOR S.E.A.
    35 1 Australia. India. Pakistan and Slam may receive additional loans from the World Bank, its president, Mr. Eugene Black, indicated m Washington yesterday on his return from a trip to these countries.
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    ATOMIC SUGAR TO FIGHT DIABETES
    173 1 ATOMIC SUGAR TO FIGHT DIABETES LONDON, Tues. BRITAIN has produced an atomic weapon m the nght against diabetes radioactive sugar, which sells at £4,000 an ounce. A Ministry of Supply spokesman said yesterday that the sugar is being manufactured at government laboratories at Amersham, an offshoot of Britain's main atomic
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    Churchill recovers
    89 1 Churchill recovers LONDON, Tues. A PPARENTLY fully-recover-A ed from the bad cold he ha 1 during the past few days, the Prime Minister, Mr. Churchill, attended yesterday the re-opening of a parliamentary session m the House of Commons. For the first time the Prime Minister was wearing on the right
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    Two men rob a woman
    118 1 Free Press Staff Reporter TWO INDIANS waylaid a x woman, Wong Ching Chin, m Syed Alwi Road, Singapore, at 8 pjn. yesterday. They asked for her identity card. They then took away her watch, a set of pen and pencil and $100. The total value
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    Canberra for tests
    24 1 British is sending a third Canberra Jet bomber to Australia for use m secret tests at the Woomera rocket radge.- Reuter
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    A dye for hold-ups
    45 1 HALIFAX, Tacs. A LOCAL marine engineer and mMtoMakjJ** invented "Jet g*» mnf roW>efS and their loot. A w-« .ir empiiyee would blaieirterok^er with djed ammo- nium hydroxide sh^^^fa tii|| nonle «»der 2.W0 »m.l A a** wouldn't wash •tt*Wm tor seww •»y««
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    Sir Stafford Cripps is dead
    286 1 Sir Stafford Cripps is dead ZURICH, Tuesday. OIR STAFFORD CRIPPS, former "iron" Pin mull if of the Exchequer and the greatest remaining figure of the Labour Party old guard other than Mr. Clement Attlee* died here last night. He wo* Id hay« been 63 on Thursday. For more than two
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    Very great man—Attlee
    128 1 Very great man Attlee LONDON, Tues. rE Ceader of the Labour Party, Mr. Atttee, Prime Minister from 1945 until last year, said m tribute that Sir Stafford— "a very great man was inspired m all his actions by deeply held religious convictons. "His brilliant intellect was united to a strong
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    Love 'triangle' in a circus
    58 1 Love 'triangle' in a circus Tobruk, a circus lion, was killed on Sunday night m a zoological "triangle" at Capri. He tried to win the affection of the lioness, Cabira. Her mate Cabir, could not stand it and attacked Tobruk m the performance. Keepers fired a shot to break up
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    'Gambia' in Rangoon
    17 1 The British cruiser Gambia arrived m Rangoon yesterday on a five-day goodwill visit Reuter
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    THE FRAU DOKTOR
    890 2 THE FRAU DOKTOR A judge, a grandmother. and a good hand at making apf elstrudel she thinks British courts are fascinating T*HE Judge was In A quite a fluster. "I have just heard that I am a grandmother." she explained. It was Frau Doktor Erna Scheffler speaking —at 58 one
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    A Primate and his son
    63 2 Mr. Charles T). Fisher, third of the Archbishop of-Can-terbury's six sons, with his bride. Mis* Anne Gilmour Hammond of Southern Rhodesia and hU father at Canterbury Cathedral after his wedding. The bridegroom's father conducted the ceremony. The other five sons of the Primate were ushers
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    The Queen Adopted a Little Girl
    683 2  -  DONALD McCORMICK By IVTEARLY five years ago the Queen adopted an eight-year-old girl. I can't tell you her name. But I can tel! you that today, thanks to the devotion of the Queen, she is one of the happiest little girls m Nigeria. When
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    there's an Easy Way to Curly Hair
    452 2  - there' s an Easy Way to Curly Hair JEAN WISEMAN rays YOU can't begin training a youngster's hair too early— and m fact most mothers do brush even baby's first hairs Into a quiff of coxcomb of some kind. Today most little girls have their hair fairly short and can
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    GAIN A POUND A DAY
    191 2 GAIN A POUND A DAY —m weight YOU can gain a pound of weight a day eating a new soup, that looks like black coffee. It is building up human strength before or after operations. It was the only food for 461 days for one woman while plastic surgery built
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    'COFFEE CREAM'
    120 2 'COFFEE CREAM THE latest and 1 fashionable Lj* 0 owes its insDirattrJr I muda-s SSJSS t0 T "bronzed lock- > lioutandreplac^f^iy coffee ar.G creaß ,\^the Use Cariora.- tot sub-tint loundaticnb^.J Air-Spun pouter ft "warmed with peach J! spiced with cinnamon ■'ft sounds good enough to eat > If this new
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      133 2 WOMEN who buy for MEN and MEN wh« buy for themselves cheese CHARATAN'S PIPES j CHARATAN DE LUXE a medium priced pipe that conforms to the High Standard of CHARATAN SUPER $10ORLIK.BRUYERE $9, ALSO IN STOCK A FULL RANGE OF dunhi pipes ot the M.g.iest S.and.rd, the.c nt>e% bearing the
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      243 2 YOUR LUCKY STAR DORN today, you have assurance, self-confidence and perspicacity. You are shrewd when it comes to business and you are not easily deceived when judging the character of an individual. You have a deep desire to learn the truth about everything and would make an excellent judge or
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      22 2 Solution To Crossword Mo. 641 YESTERDAY'S SOLUTION.— Across: l. Mumps 4. Poser 7. Candlelight. 8. Anticipated. 10. Broad Street. 12, Bridesmaids. 14.
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      80 2 New Crossword No* 642 II I CLUES ACROSS 1. Headgear for worn-out horses? (5. 4). 6. Involved with an old Mecca pit (11). 8. From the dying one the wind of the western sea was summoned to blow (4). 9. Behind time m the postscript (6). 11. Crooked girl, Inefficient
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    Bridge Hand
    183 3 i ask the top-ranking ers of the country «U their favourite :!v natural to expect si ms. It requires a -r. however, for a >iic where he bid a tidal make it. Or o. m this case, may Nell .Mrs. George) South player who thia rock-crusher. cautious bidder,
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    State-owned children are 'mere robots' says primate
    186 3 LONDON. Tues. r- -REN belong to their 1 parents and not to the Stati Dr Cyril Garbett. the p of York declared. fell sermon at Scarborough. said: m modern days w n has been used to :h€ child in:o a com- instrument which
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    Memorial to King
    47 3 fl is believed to be the "2 memorial m Britain to 2*m*mmte the reign of J2« Gforge VI was unveiled £3 dedicated at Flitcham ;i"- church on the Sand- y* --um Estate. The memoJ^ ta^es the form of a m carved oak stall. """"•WUtCT
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    10 3 J German bank will lie !5-- r Dresdar Bank. A.F.P.
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    A shot in the neck 'did him good'
    77 3 HfHPftf hftßMkfeA^d^v Aft M Mgg WAS *"iuiis into his hone ftftA wvaa4s4 hIM nrc». »«> af ualiy savM] tK* Hjjir fr«M ma •pemtion. J^L^ncfc Frederick WHThompaon, aged 34, w*s man the night he set to raid the house of Mr. SwKf c
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    SEAOG PUNCHED CLERIC ON THE NOSE, -COURT
    361 3 S EAOG PUNCHED CLERIC ON THE NOSE, -COURT OEVENTY- YEAR-OLD R^ 0 o William UirDSo R^" A 5 miral E'" c s t to King Geonre' V N < reti «"«l>. Naval A.D.C Punched ttTSwHifi/ 11 *****11 ""W that he Ditcheat, on tht nS^ Gw c Cole RecU Pltche l
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    CREAMBAN RAISED FOR BABY BOY
    166 3 A LONDON, Tues GOVERNMENT Order has been relaxed for one Fnar. Robert's diet, includes cream— two-thirds of a pint at a time. It is made specially for nim at a Brighton dairy be--2? se !i specialist at the Royal Alexandra Hospital for cmidren recommended it
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    Britons' visit to Peking
    59 3 LONDON, Tues. SEVEN Britons who attended the Moscow international conference have arrived m Peking according to a New China News Agency despatch received m London. During the Moscow talks, British businessmen, acting m a private capacity, concluded deals with the Chinese providing for an exchange of
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    'BAN G.L.s FROM JAP BROTHELS'
    63 3 Japans most prominent woman leader has appealed to Mrs Matthew Ridgway to ask the General to bar American servicemen from Japanese brothels and "isolate immoral U.S. troops. The plea was contained to a personal letter to the Allied Supreme Commander's wife from Mrs. Uyemura, 6fc
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    86 3 FILM DIRECTOR Delmar Daves i s made aa Honorary Texan, if such a thing: is possible, by members of his cast upon completion of the 20th Century-Fox film, "Return of the Texan." Three- time Academy Award winner Walter Brennan presents. Daves with a Texas hat while looking on are, (left
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    20 TRAPPED IN MINE FALL
    38 3 Hopes of rescuing 20 workers entombed after a mine collapse m Mysore have been abandoned. Rescue parties at the Champion Reef Mine could not reach a the spot where the men were trapped.
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    'Noah's Ark' now flies
    90 3 LONDON, Tues. THE largest collection of wild animals ever to fly the Atlantic nearly 100 plus 160 birds ha* left London by Pan-American Clipper for New York. They are for Seattle Zoo. The flying Noah's Ark included two elephant calves, two tiger cubs, two leopards, eight
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    Deserter gaoled
    32 3 A U.S. military court m Berlin has sentenced an American soldier, Robert Natsakula, to 18 months' imprisonment for having deserted and sought asylum m the Soviet sector m 1950.— AFP
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    HER HOME IS A CARAVAN
    71 3 In a caravan with her husband of five weeks. He once worked on her father 9 estate. mond Woodward met when her Wnf/eBtoMJ.«J estate of her U***, Major A. W. BmAU a Shropshire JMf^^'J a Ludlow- England. Twentf-£x-yxear-old Angel** paragain* V* marriage and now, according
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    Hat trick wins order
    69 3 MID ?SJS i ii. mHE silesnuiD hsrled hif 1 hat In the corner of the office, pom* fetn* ea tte crown, and lit I on with hlifakt talk MtU Hn— Mta were IfcWg tne ceilinf. Then he put oat the fere with the exltingmhhfir he wajl
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    TAX PEOPLE MUST WAIT, SHE SAID
    301 3 1 LONDON, Tuesday. ]i|ISS HERMIONE BADDELEY, the actress, has lfl filed her petition m bankruptcy and is treating her misfortunes with characteristic philosophy. "Business ventures, income-tax demands, and burglaries" were her explanation when she was told that the London Gazette had announced a receiving
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    Japanese discuss honourable red feather
    196 3 Japanese discuss honourable red feather TOKYO, Tues. A GROUP of earnest gentlemen m Japan are discussing feathers. Not feathers m general but feathers m particular— the red tail feathers of the sacred red heron. The discussion on feathers revolves around the fact that shaven-headed monks of the Shrine of Ise,
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    PRAVDA STORY
    34 3 Pravda carried a story claiming that a group of "progressive women" :n Fairvtew. Tennessee, wrote to women m Pyongyang, capital of North Korea, expressing sympathy with them Names were not given.- A.P.
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    Rita not interested
    31 3 Actress Rita Hayworth said she was "not interested" m a reconciliation with her estranged husband. Prince Aly Khan, and had no plans to meet him m Mexico.- U.P.
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    A PREMIER QUITS
    18 3 Mr. John M. Chang, South Korean Prime Minister, has resigned .because of ill health.- Reuter
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    Search for 5 ships
    39 3 Norway h&s asked the U.S. and Soviet Russia to help m a search for five Norwegian sealing vessels and their 79 crewmen, missing for 16 days off the barren coast of. East Greenland A .P.
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    DIVORCED
    30 3 Actress Terry Moore, 23. has received an uncontested divorce from football star Glenn Davis, 27, whom she said v did not like anyone In the motion picture industry/ UP
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    HUNT FOR RADIO LUNATIC
    298 3 Fake SOS calls worry ships DOVER, Tuesday. XI tJNT is on for a radio lunatic who has been sentf- ing out fake SOS calls m the Channel. The latest— SOS, STRUCK MlNE— gave a position 2S miles east of the North Foreland. The Dover-Ostend steamer, Koning
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    A Queen's letters in $1 mil find
    164 3 A Queen's letters in $1 mil find NEW YORK, Tims. A COLLECTION of rare papers and manuscripts, including letters signed by Elizabeth 1., Henry VII.. Henry VIII.. and Christopher Columbus, found m the small town library of Southport, Connecticut, was said to be worth more than a million dollars. Among
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    OIL JOB
    17 3 Italy will refine 2.500,000 tons of Persian crude oil for Finland, Denmark and Norway A.P.
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    13 DIE IN MINE
    27 3 About 13 East German miners died and 27 were injured m an accident at a mine at Zwickau. Saxony during the weekend.- Reuter
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    Cyprus defence
    31 3 Senior British Army and RAF officers have been holding a series of meetings m Nicosia preliminary to the establishment of a Middle East Defence Planning Board m Cyprus.- AFP
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      100 3 THE WORKS OF J. B. PRIESTLEY English Journey $6.30 Adam In Moonshine 5.10 The Doomday Men 5. 10 Let The People Sing 5. 10 Faraway 5.10 Wonder Hero 5.10 Angel Pavement 5. 10 The Good Companions 5.10 The Walk In The City 510 Midnight On The Desert 7.50 Postage Extra.
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      132 3 Radio Listening new* Talk; f .45 BBC LMeoer th? aSwalT W it^lJ> j| B qgg; tbe piano; SjM XHster SSI: Ut News: 1.45-1, i* rica by ABstak Cboke; SJO The Schlnaer Trto; tJi UJf. Albw ntwt Home New; 5.45 BBC C4O Radio Malaya Trio: US indknd light Orchestra; IJO s
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    HOTELS AND BROTHELS
    204 4 AN Important move is to De taken by the Singapore Government m the campaign against vice. It intends to introduce legislation for stricter control of hotels and lodging houses. No further information is available, but it is a fair assumption that the legislation will embody a recommendation
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    The Singapore Free Press TUESDAY. April 22. 1952. Laws and orders
    315 4 The Singapore Free Press TUESDAY. April 22. 1952. Laws and orders WE hear much of law and order and the need to maintain it. Everyone knows what that stands for. In terror-ridden Malaya, its broad and sufficient meaning is that no-one should be allowed to put on a three-star cap
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    Brazil, Land of Opportunity
    1215 4 SPOTLIGHT OK A. NEW WORLD SAO PAULO, Brazil. TO find your way m x this forest of towering white skyscrapers you generally need to ask three people. The first will be a foreigner like yourself; the second a Brazilian who's also a stranger here and only
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    ENTERTAINMENTS: Round 5
    314 4 LETTER TO THE EDITOR "OOLITICO" will b e tater--1 ested to know that round five has started m the shadow boxing match on whether or not entertainments are luxuries, which perhaps might be finished m your columns. I enclose a copy of a letter dated April 1
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    New Scandals Dismm the French
    739 4  - New Scandals Dismm the French JAMES MAYO reports on the strange cases of Mmc Poupard accused of forgery, of the wrongly arrested docker, and of the murdered maquis. UP Montmartre near "the shady night-clubs and the strip-tease cabarets, M. Marcel Ayme, the son of a country blacksmith, is nightly lifting
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    ....And Now the True Suez Story Can be Told
    581 4 ....And Now the True Suez Story Can be Told ISMAILIA. t r ljaitp > FOR security reasons. L HAYS nveab the x it is still not ad- nature of the crisis m 2S? lescribe1 escribe US T the Canal Zone and hn™ what a hole our Canal Zon e garrison
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      43 4 It wuld be drama —^1 jf we could fcaty over -<-**~r a ltW c c tL> 4^j ij i *dj^ t*%« characterises <* cur Hol»d*y activity into tk d^j v rou An English commentary on an English weekend wCiich can be applied to Singapore.
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    McNEICE WANTS RENT LAW CHANGED
    205 5 'Rise m pre-war rents will benefit city 9 Free Press Staff Reporter T H p J[f sident of the Singapore City Council, Mr. T. P. p. McNei cc, said yesterday that he personally favoured changes m the Rent Control Ordinance. Control of rents reacts unfavourably
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    BLAZE DELAYS SHIP BY 2 DAYS
    183 5 BLAZE DELAYS SHIP BY 2 DAYS PENANG, Tues. THE Blue Funnel vessel Calchas arrived m P n m°: two days' late on Sunday evening because a fire broke out m midjUVi after the ship nad It: Suez. >i: R C. Wurtzburg, of M 2 snpid and Co.. the local E
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    Team to recruit in Malacca
    46 5 KUALA LUMPUR, Tues.— The Malay Regiment recruiting team will visit Malacca early next month. Dates and places for interviewing recruits are May 6 and 7 at the Labour Office, Malacca May. 8 m Alor Gajah district. May 10 m Jasin district.
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    CHINESE SCHOOL ANNIVERSARY
    43 5 The Chung Cheng High School, a Singapore Chinese secondary mixed school, will celebrate its 13th anniversary next Wednesday. Tne students will hold a variety concert, open to the public, at the school hall m Km Yam Road on the day.
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    Military training Varsity plan
    87 5 Military training Varsity plan *Wfa Staff Reporter STUDENTS of the UftiVMHty of Malaya JfiSl i2, f °j; m Officers Training Corns Jo train those desi?!S to qualify for commis««js m a local regiment. Tn« proposal oosa s been f^f*^ m principle by the Students' Council and the University authorities. A
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    Boars cut output
    118 5 KUALA LUMPUR, Tues. DEAVY rains and damage tl by wild Jooars reduced vegetable production at the Serendah Boys' Home, Selangor, last month. Wild boars caused a loss of at least four piculs of vegetables. One prefect dug pits as traps to guard his tapioca. The home's output
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    TOO NOISY
    24 5 SEGAMAT, Tues.— For an•noying his neighbours by playing his radio loudly. Tan Kee Joo, 17, was fined $5 by the Segamat Magistrate.
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    S.I.T. plans flats for its officers
    103 5 S.I.T. plans flats for its officers Free Press Stall Reporter ITOE Singapore Improve- ment Trust has agresd to build a block of six twobedroomed flats at Ridout °i? for it s senior officers. The total cost will be about $200,000, and the block will be sited so as to allow
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    Sentence on S.C. is deferred
    60 5 SEGAMAT, Tues.— A young Malay, 18-year-old Ibrahim bin Abdul Rahman, pleaded guilty before the Segamat Circuit Magistrate to a charge of theft of $1.70 from an Indian labourer. Sentence was deferred when it was discovered that Ibrahim was a special constable. Sanction to prosecute him
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    GOLDSMITH GETS 6 MONTHS GAOL
    50 5 TAIPING. Tues.— Pleading guiilty to committing criminal breach of irust, a -24-year-old goldsmith, Cheah Pak Huah, was sentenced by the Taiping Magistrate to six months' rigorous imprionment. Cheah, who was entrusted with gold valued $570 by his employer, Boey Kok Mow. utilised it for himself.
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    More accidents in Penang
    57 5 PENANG, Tues.— T here were 31 more accidents m Penang last month than m February. Four of them were fatal, four non-fatal and 91 m which no one was hurt. During the month 621 cases were compounded, 99 warnings were issued and 53 summonses were taken
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    $350 BAIL ON TWO CHARGES
    53 5 SEGAMAT, Tues.— Bail of $350 was offered Urn Tong Liong, 25. who faced a double charge at Segamat. Lim was alleged to have been caught moving sweets out of a restricted area and when arrested was stated to have offered a bribe to a constable
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    BLACKOUT SCHEDULE
    153 5 SUBSTATIONS liable to load shedding tonight are: Rangoon Rd., Towner ttd* Kolam Ayer, lfdPherson Rd.. Kirn Chuan Rd., Boundary Rd.. Florence Rd., Upper Serangoon, Tio Ctan Kang Rd., Govt. Printing Works, Woodleign Park, BraddcU Heights, Arthur Rd., Tanjong Katong, Broadrick Rd., Telok Kuraii, Bedok, Cbangi 9K mil«. Changi
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    53 5 picture. WO II E. EMBREY, of the Women's Royal Army Corps and formerly of Shrewsbury, Shropshire. England, receives a certificate for devotion to duty from Sir Charles Keightley, Comman der-in-Chief of Far Cast Land Forces, at Tanglin Barracks, yesterday. Four other British members of the General Headquarters FARELF also received
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    NEW FARELF OFFICIAL
    37 5 A new Deputy Judge Advocate General for FARELF,. H. J Bertram. The reed m Singapore on the Willem Ruys yesterday. Mr. Pereira will replace Mr. O. H. -J. Bartram. The replacement is purely routine.
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    A.A.S. STILL WAITS FOR THE PERMITS
    113 5 A.A.S. STILL WAITS FOR THE PERMITS MANY Malayans are being forced to go on leave abroad without international driving permits, because the Crown Agents have not responded to the Colonial Seecretary, W. L. Blythe's request for 50 of these licences for Singapore. However, they have been assured by the Automobile
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    DRIVE FOR POLICE RECRUITS in S'GOR
    160 5 KUALA LUMPUR, Tuesday. npHE POLICE RECRUITING team began its tour of Selangor yesterday and examined recruits at Tanjong Malim. No special effort is being made to get Chinese recruits m Selangor. v The drive for Chinese recruits was confined to Perak," the commandant of
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    Rajas attend ceremony
    72 5 IPOH, Tues. Titled rajas territorial chiefs, councillors and officials yesterday at the council chamber witnessed the ceremony of the Sultan of Perak presenting the letter of appointment as acting Mentri Besar to Datoh Laxamana Tuan Haji Mohamed Razali bin Mohamed AM Wasi. Datoh Laxamana, whose substantive appointment
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    Left out in the cold, say 250
    209 5 KUALA LUMPUR, Tuesday. rpHE 250 "miscellaneous' clerks of Malayan Rail•L way, doing jobs formerly held by General Clerical Service clerks, feel they were left oat m the cold during the recent negotiations on salary revisions. In the salary revision agreement, there was nothing
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    Assn. wants $20,000
    107 5 ffiHE Tamils Reform Association plans to collect $20,000 to renovate the association building m Serangoon Road, Singapore. The association also plans to reorganise the Tamil Library at 20, Klang Road. The library ha s nearly 2,000 volumes. The new officials of the association are: President: Mr. A.
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    Tinned food glut in Colony
    50 5 \RGED quantities of tinned provisions, imported for MJ transhipment to Indonesia, haye been held up m Singapore because of trade restrictions and the consequent poor demand m Indonesia. The Colony m now overstocked with tinned poods, imported from the United States, Japan, Australia and Europe.
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    Malays quit towns in Fed
    142 5 Malays quit towns in Fed IPOH, Tues. AN attempt is to be made to stem the increasing drift of Malays away from the towns m which they cannot cope with economic and housing conditions. The executive committee of the Perak UMNO on Sunday accepted a proposal to approach the State
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    City shelves decision on these jobs
    173 5 City shelves decision on these jobs Free Press Staff Reporter PENDING a decision oA A whether the Singapore City Architect's Department should be merged with a section of the Improvement Trust, the City Council has agreed to defer for six months a recommendation that certain senior posts m that department
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    'CONNIE' HAS THE FORM TO WIN
    824 6 'CONNIE' HAS THE FORM TO WIN Second day of Selangor races By ALLAN LEWIS CONSTELLATION, strictly on form, looks to be one of the best bets -at Kuala Lumpur tomorrow, second day of the Selangor Turf Club's April meeting. Constellation won a double at the last Penang meeting and taking
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    Hones not accepting
    316 6 rpHESE horses will not start at Kuala Lumper tomorrow: Majnlah Singapura, Flame of th« Forest, Reward. The Tip, Dinar, Rice Mill, Baba, Plaitoy, Cinders Prince, Latin Affair, Bung*. Lundy Isle. Skyrider, Fair Enough, Grape Vine, Friar's Last, Devil Driver and Eden Rock. Redouble is a doubtful starter.
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    MARCUS AURELIUS IS THE DAY'S BEST BET
    798 6 MARCUS AURELIUS IS THE DAY'S BEST BET \IARCUS AURELIUS should be the i?1 best bet of the day m the Cl. 4, Div. 3 race over seven furlongs. His recent form makes him outstanding .m this field. In his last race up the straight SF. at Ipoh, Marcus Aurelius finished
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    Strong finish
    25 6 Strong finish picture. Twelfth Of August (Fry) finishing strongly to win the second j-ae* at Kuala Lumyur en Saturday from Hector <g. Donnelly) Free rress
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    Paras says: 'No judges, I won't fight again'
    244 6 Paras says: 'No judges, I won't fight again' Free Press Boxing Renoru.. ITTLE PARAS, lightweight c™ ender Orient title, told the Free Press >>! 1" he would not fig ht m a Singapore rU a^ th*£ were two judges, besides the ll? ln t «5 Paras, who said he was
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    Today's USL Fixture
    32 6 ck e A iordivi sio!i K.IVA.S. v R.A.OC RAF Ixidgf rs v r.Hii ■MS Tot J iSpjM JUNIOR Dl^lo^l Kf rh T> BQ RASC tlAf hanci v. HN I
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    Frank Sedgman wins 'Little Wimbledon'
    131 6 FRANK SEDGMAN of Ai* tralia put on a dazzW exhibition yesterday to S feat Jaroslav Drobnv i Egypt, 7-5, 6-3, 1-6, U I the finals of Italy's "iioj? Wimbledon" tennis tourna* ment m Rome. The match had been wide, ly heralded as a preview of
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    HONG KONG XI LEAVES TOMORROW
    65 6 TJONG KONG'S inter-port football team will leave tomorrow for Singapore. It will play the All-Singapore team on April 26. the United Services team on April 27 and the SBo-Malay team on April 30. Seventeen pcayerg with RM. Omar, Secretary of the Hook Kong Football Association,
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    V.M.C.A. TENNIS RESULTS
    198 6 T«HK results of the YJJ.C.A. Tennis championship matches played yesterday were: Singles: One Chew Bee beat A. W. Arnold 6-0, 6-0; Dr. F. Y. Khoo beat Pan Puay Kee 6-1, 6-1; K. S. Pang beat Dr. Chan Ah Kow 6-4, 1-6, 6-1; Uem Khe Liang beat A.
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    SUSPENDED
    39 6 A Straits Times Sports Club player was suspended for one year by a S.A.F.A. Commission of Enquiry yesterday. He was sent off the field during a Singapore B .H.F.A. Div. 2 match against Cold Storage on Apr. 5.
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    BASEBALL RESULTS
    73 6 OESULTS ol early match* m the major American bue* bail leagues on Sunday «ere: National League- New York Giants 6, Brooklyn Docgers i; PhUadelphia Phillies 4. Boston Braves 3; Cincinnan R«ij I, Pittsburgh Pirates 6: St. Lou» Cardinals 2. Chicago Clubs I American League:— New York Yankees 9
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    SEIXAS BEATS MULLOY
    64 6 VIC Seixas beat Gardnar StoDj 6-i 6-4 m the All am** 16 men's slngte6 flnal a* tbeJWj; naUonal Lawn Tennis chanj** ships m Havana. In the women's singles m* Mela Ramirei, the Btoagn cim pion, beat Mrs Pat Todd o- United States, by 5-7 9- tired Mrs
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    U.S. MATMEN IN FORM
    49 6 NAVY coach Ray f a f* who will coach United States OP"^ ing trttm. says iie new is just a s gooa a* team, which won two The 16-man squad g start workoir.s on vmm and work through i W^ before leaving for Hewn UP.
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    WESTBROM BEAT ARSENAL
    464 7 And Manchester shoots ahead with 3-0 win 4 RSENAL'S chances of winning fh e Lcame championship were dimmed yesterday They fere beaten by three goals to one by West jpiwirh. At the same time Manchester United, 2; 0 were at the top of the table with the
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    CRIPPLED SHB HELD OUT TO WIN
    311 7 DESPITE misssd chances r j ;.vo mined penalties *:23pore Harbour Board It beat Chinese Athletic f;. three go l s to one m i&ngapore A.F.A. Div. 2 >::.e match at Geylang jaiu-ii yesterday. C.:.r.e>c were first to score, A- Ser.g beating the S.H.B. paieeper
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    CUPTIE CURIO
    50 7 unu.ua i aspect of the FA C^P semi-final replay betgj Kcwtastle United and I0 «ro Rovers was that Roccr -tre half, Willie Kelly. r*K<aor to United's pivot, bZ Br^nan, hi the Airteam. j^en B-ennan was trans•i?^ 2 Airdrie ob4aiJ from Dun'ennline Bat they have never a»ainst each other.
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    S'GOR G.C. WIN
    18 7 SS Gol clvt > beat PARELF C^ mat eh on the S.O.C. erf> during the wee^nd.
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    TAIPING PRISONS
    12 7 SJ.- ai R °yal Army Service l«i, a first match
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    Today's sport
    16 7 >. >'*£**** »t Jalan Besar. Hh^- Sajarah «A* Jst» BO »CA. V OTEC -v at Farrer
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    PERAK TRY NEWCOMERS
    78 7 IPOH, Man. Several newcomers have been selected by the Perak Amateur Football Association for a State practice to be held tomorrow on the Chinese Assembly Hall ground. Following are the two teams for the practice. Colours: Ahmad Nisar; Sal Chong. Chiang Hoe; Hee Hew, Kirn Fong, Iftt^h»k
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    RUGBY UNION RESULTS
    30 7 Aberm?on 8, Kxeter O; Bridfwater 9. Weston-Super-Mare 5, St. Ivea O; Maesteg O; Torquay r»bw Vale 14: Uaneny 6^ Neath O; Pemance and Newiyn 5. Cardiff 10.
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    T.B.A. DRAW
    21 7 Tamil Brotherhood drew two-all m a soccer matcn yesterday with the Singapore Fire brigade at the Clerical Union ground.
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    Scots XI v. U.S. on April 30
    110 7 Scots XI v. U.S. on April 30 lIUOH KELLY, Blackpool JJ. left-half, is the only new international m Scotland's team to pCay United States of America at Hampden Park on Apr. 30. Though America do not rank as a first-class soccer country the Scottish selectors apparently have not forgotten their
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    BOXERS RETURN
    46 7 HPHE Far Eastern University Boxing team returned to Manila on Saturday aboard a Philippines Air Lines plane step a series of bouts m Japan. With two wins, two defeats -and two draws, the five-man Filipino team came out even with their Japanese opponents A.P.
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    johore: tennis
    72 7 JOHORE BAHRU. Mon.— Owing to rain the tennis match last week between the Nong Chik Tennis Party, Johore Bahru. and the Services could not be played. Arrangements have been made to play this match on Thursday on the Alexandra Barracks courts, Singapore. OUCH MY HEAD! Blackpo ol's centre-forward
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    Next trials on May 3
    149 7 POLLOWING is the programme x of matches for the Badminton Association of Malaya's second Thomas Cup trial which will be held m the new Selangor B.A. hall m Kuala Lumpur early next month. FIRST DAT (MAT 3) Singles: Wong Peng Soon v Ong Poh Lim:
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    JOHORE TO STAGE BADMINTON SHOW
    78 7 nnHE JOHORE Badminton Association is to held an invitation tournament at the J.M.F. Drill Hall, Bufcit Timbalan, on May 8. Players taking part include Wong Peng Soon, Ong Poh Lim, Ismail Marjan, Cheong Hock Leng, Tengk* Jalil, Che Ahmad, Haritb, Awang and Tomll Akil. The
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    RUGBY LEAGUE
    19 7 Bramley 9, Hull 13; Barrow 24, Leigh 11; Halifax 8, Salford 10; Swinton 6, Warrington 4. Reuter
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    AGITATOR CIOSES AS FAVOURITE
    273 7 m. John pewar's colt i-wl Agitator who is to be ridden by Gordon *U c *»ardf m the VOW Rptocas classic at Neinnarket next week dosed a two to <»c favourite at the nxst Victoria Club callover on the race m London last night. Lord Roseberry's
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    Our Thomas Cup men are 'just limbering up'
    205 7  - Our Thomas Cup men are 'just limbering up' NETMAN By MALAYA'S Thomas Cup candidates have not a r started their "intensive training* programme yet Mr. Urn Chuan Geok told the Free Press this morning: "Since the Federation players are here, they are just limbering up instead of being idle/ So
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    DANES MAY PLAY IN K. LUMPUR
    98 7 DANES MAY PLAY IN K. LUMPUR r. Cheah Man Sun, hon. secretary of the Badminton Association of Malaya said at a committee meeting of the Selangor B.A. m Kuala Lumpur yesterday, that the B.A.M. Standing Committee had approved Denmark's request for their match against India be played m Kuala Lumpur.
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    Sands will take less money
    174 7 Sands will take less money —if Ray comes to Australia BEDE Kerr, adviser to British Empire middleweight champion Dave Sands, said m Sydney last night that Sands would be willing to forego part of his purse as an extra inducement for world champion Sugar Ray Robinson to fight him m
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    REME WIN WITH PENALTY GOAL
    384 7 R.E.M.E 1; Chinese Athletic 0. A PENALTY goal scored one minute after half- time saw Royal Electrical and Mechanical Engineers gain full points against Chinese Athletic m yesterday's Singapore Amateur F.A. Senior League fixture at Jalan Besar Stadium. This win gives R.E.M.E. the lead m
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    Famechon TKO's Clayton to retain title
    258 7 Famechon TKO 's Clayton to retain title PAY FAMECHON of France retained his Enropeaa featherweight title m Nottingham last nif hi when he beat British champion Ronnie Clayton wh* retired In the fifth round el a 15-round contest* Clayton had a badly cat left eye. Clayton made a gallant but
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    SCFA TO RON TOURNEY FOR CLODS
    150 7 SCFA TO RON TOURNEY FOR CLODS SINGAPORE Chinese Football Association Council at a meeting held yesterday at £arrer Park decided to run an inter-dub soccer competition for all affiliated clubs and associations. This competition, will be run on a league system and will be contested for a challenge trophy presented
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    Hibs beat Motherwell
    93 7 SCOTTISH Senior Division dub Motherwell, who beat Dundee by four goals to nil m the Scottish Cup Final on Saturday, lost to Hibernian yesterday m a league tie. Results of yesterday's U.K. football:— Enf Lee. lli— Brentford 1, West Ham United 1; Cardiff 3. Blackburn 1; En*.
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    HUMEZ WINS
    46 7 /CHARLES Humez of France \j outpointed his compatriot. Laurent Dauthuille, m a ten-round middleweight bout m Paris last night. Humez, a former world welterweight championship contender, may now be matched against "Sugar" Ray Robinson for the world middleweight crown m Paris this summer. Reuter
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    ARYANS FOR MANILA
    48 7 AN Indian and a Chinese soccer team are expected m Manila during May for matches with local sides. They are the Aryan Gymkhana of Bengalore. India now m Singapore and the Kit Chee's XI of Hongkong. Gymkhana are scheduled to arrive on May S Reuter
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    A SELL-OUT
    48 7 ALL reserved seating acccmmo- dation lor the opening day of touring Indian cricket teams first match against Worcestershire at Worcester on Mag 3 has b?en sold. Seats are still available for the second and third days. The match will be televised on all three days Reuter
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    Whistler Pip the favourite
    65 7 T»HE Maharanee Seeta Dcvi of A Baroda had her first winner of the British flat racing season when her two-year-old colt Whistler won the Gunstone Plata over five furlongs at Wolverhampton yesterday. Whistler, ridden by C. McDonald, started at 10-1 and beat the 15-8 favourite Davra
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    QUEEN OBSERVES BIRTHDAY
    132 8 QUEEN OBSERVES BIRTHDAY WINDSOR, Tues. »THE Queen made good yes- terday a promise she had given the Grenadier Guards 10 years ago that they would be the first troops she would inspect as Sovereign of the Realm. It was the Queen's 26th birthday, her real one. On jiae 5 the
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    IT WILL BE WORSE THAN 20,000 TONS OF TNT!
    400 8 IT WILL BE WORSE THAN 20,000 TONS OF TNT! New A-bomfc Wrt pmM'fetfeiHiWi* LAS VEGAS, Nevada, Tuesday. THE atonic bomb to be mcd today at U* Yucca 1 Flat m "Operation Wf Shot" wW ttojNVt powerful than the bombs which ruined and Nagasaki and ended the Pacific War, Mr. Gordon
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    U.K. INDUSTRY COMPETITION
    133 8 U.K. INDUSTRY COMPETITION LONDON, Tues. fHANCKLLOR of the Exv chequer, Mr. S. A. Butler, warned British industry yesterday of this "growth of skilled and effective competition from Germany and Japan." In a message m the April issue of Target," a Government monthly bulletin on productivity, he called again for higher
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    POINT FOUR CHIEF NAMED
    47 8 Mr. Stanley Andrews, an Arkansas editor and State Department consultant, was nominated by President Truman yesterday to be chief cf the Point Four Programme. Kir. Andrews will replace Dr. Harry Bennett, who was killed recently, m an alrcrash m the Middle East U.P.
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    BIRTHS
    120 8 McNEIL. To Margery JHn at K.K. Singapore on 20th April, Bonny boy; both very well. JONES: to Margaret (oee Ware) wlie of Elmie Jones a daughter Glyais Sandra at Youngberg Hcsp tal on 17-4-52. HOLLOWAY: to Vivienne wlf<* of C. H. Holloway at Kaadang j K^rbau on 21st. a
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    DEATH
    238 8 Madam LEOW JIAK KIANG passed away peacefully at SO Willey Rd. (OB Upper Serangoon Rd on April 19, 1952, leaving behind her dearly beloved busband. Mr. Lee Ah Kow, of Francis Peek <fe Co. Ltd., fire sons, Khun Chtii, Khun Kuan, Kfcim Hock. Khim LJang and Khlm Hong. one
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    BRITAIN ASKS CHINA ABOUT 70 LOST MEN
    176 8 LONDON, Tuesday. TTBE Foreign Secretary, Mr. Eden, said yesterday Britain has. sent another note to Communist China asking for information about 70 Americans, Canadians and other Westerners who axe m Chinese hands. I > Mr. Eden told the House of Commons be was
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    Man escapes
    40 8 through ceiling Jim Ruthven, arrested on a charge of housebreaking, punched his way through the plaster ceiling of his cell and escaped yesterday from the Mar Hill Police Station. "This man/ 1 polic* <*nn. duded, "is violent" A.P.
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    Scientist, lawyer & world statesman
    852 8 Scientist, lawyer world statesman The teetotal vegetarian who was: SIR STAFFORD CRlPPS— scientist, lawyer, politician, lay preacher— will go down m history as the Chancellor of the Exchequer who ruled Britain's economic life m her postwar recovery and wrecked his health m doinc so. In Asia, he win above all
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    25 8 picture TEN-YEAR-OLD Dorothy Perster stares inquiringly at the new friend she has made at the London Zoo— a little. 9»!c-eyed opposum from South America. Reuter
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    SOVIETS BREAK WHALING LAWS
    42 8 The crews of South African whaling ships recently complained that Russian whalers broke international whaling laws by killing blue whales out of season. The crews also charged that the Russians also ignored restrictions on killing spotted whales. U.P.
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    AGA KHAN'S PLAN
    21 8 The Aga Khan intends to spend July and August on the famous Belgian beach of Knocke Lezoute.- AFP
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    44 8 MAX HANDEN, German Operetta star, embraces 18-year-old Helga Gm> kurth after her election as Miss Berlin 1952. She will represent the city In the •'Miss Germany* beauty contest to be held In Wiesbaden. The wnmer^wfll Universe" title hi the United States. A. P. picture.
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    EDEN TRIES TO MEET 2 VIEWS
    223 8 EDEN TRIES TO MEET 2 VIEWS ffOE BRITISH, TORElG^s^ii**, I griw with each, other l n the Dr^ th W I foreign office advisers. Pesen< «T Following their arrival l n London and a preliminary meeting at dinner with the Foreign Secretary on Sunday the British Ambassador to Egypt Ralph
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    Convicts
    39 8 the master lock^"**. SST 1 h **Z< Earlier, the and catcalled bo^ an appeal ton?*** ringleader, to enS th f page. Gth «rr£ Speaking over o ciplinary barracks named convw a*^, drowns by It.,'*' dened throng m^ U.P.
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    MONEY IN ROME
    21 8 *ieid Marshal Low y^ gomery. Deputy !**> Commander for th# Vh? action ol lfita*L£ units along the aS. Reuter
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    BACK IN LONDON
    31 8 Mr. Takashi Ihara as* tant representative ofZ Japanese overseas *&ml London, returned to Loute by air from New YorkS talks on the problea i Japan's pre-war debts Reuter
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