The Singapore Free Press, 25 April 1952

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    19 1 The Singapore Free Press LARGEST AFTERNOON SALE IN MALAYA No. 18.375. SINGAPORE, FRIDAY, APRIL 25, 1952. PRICE FIFTEEN CENTS.!
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    TRUMAN TO STALIN: GET OUT
    635 1 'Ultimatum* not meant WASHINGTON. Friday. P th!! D h EI T ™MAN'S statement yesLday that he forced Russian troops out of Persia Sh.l!T2* ttvh v- S Viet Prime Minister, MaS r»m v ltllnat vu 1 m stunned diplomats. It bew^iA UICk l y evident that
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    Snoring got them house
    121 1 CAMBRIDGE, Fri. 'THOUSANDS of British -L couples lie awake at night tryiffg to find out ways of getting a house. But Mrs. Gwendoline Nightingale and her husband snored their son and daughter-in-law into one yesterday. Because the elder Nightingales snore so loudly that they have to
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    WIRELESS TROUBLE
    36 1 A further period of magnetic activity Is expected to disturb wireless conditions between April 26 and May 5. It is thought that the North Atlantic and Far East routes will be most affected. Reuter
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    Wife was faithless, says film actor
    187 1 Wife was faithless, says film actor Lc^LYwOOD, Fri. r II actoc Franchot Tone r e I a y charged his k ess rite, Barbara Payton, l b l rc na mit ting adultery pj 0 i tof Tom Neal. accusation came as line's attorney filed an t with the clerk
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    SPEAKMAN, V.C., REJOINS UNIT
    46 1 SPEAKMAN, V.C., REJOINS UNIT W?ate William Speakman, is digging m happily ■Pin on a Korean hillside, Mrting ro the adjutant of W Battalion King's On ScotUsti Borderers Major A^n Jackson said 85 abnan had rejoined his m positions on the ola Korean valley with Re uter
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    'CULTURAL' WAIT
    21 1 Budapest's biggest railvwav rminus now has a "cultural •siting room." Passengers P; 3 > ther or ti lv«m i^hess. A.P.
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    ANZAC DAY OBSERVED IN S'PORE
    171 1 Free Press Staff Reporter SINGAPORE'S Governor, Mr. John Fearn s Nicoll, this morning laid a wreath at the Cenotaph to cormfceia^ratee; Anzac Day. v The service, which was jointly conducted by Padre E. W. New, of the Australian Air Force and Canon R. K. S.
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    One-man revolt in prison
    54 1 One-man revolt in prison The prison m Joliet, Illinois has a one-man rebellion but warden Joseph Ragen is not excited. Vincent Kasprack, 29, serving a term for armed robbery, climbed to the top of ah 80-toot tower and stayed there. Said Ragen "He got up by himself. He can get
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    'Dinner fit for a king' demand
    285 1 U.S. GAOL MUTINY NEARS END JACKSON, MICHIGAN, Friday. DEEFSTEAKS, icecream and "appropriate trim--13 mings" await 179 diehard convicts when they open up their barricades and "surrender" after a four-day revolution at Jackson prison largest gaol m the world. The mutinous convicts signed a formal
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    EVICTION LIBEL ALLEGED
    69 1 EVICTION LIBEL ALLEGED A WRIT claiming damages for libel was issued this morning against Mr. Goon Sam King and Mr. K. S. Chang, publisher and editor respectively of the Singapore Standard. The claim for damages arises out of an article m the Standard headed "Six Houses Demolished," which appeared on
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    VIETMINH REDS IN RETREAT
    118 1 HANOI, Friday. nENERAL Gonzales de Linares, French Commander m North Vietnam, said yesterday that the Com-munist-led Vietminh's crack 316 th division was m flight northward from the Red River delta. The General said the division pulled out after French forces had inflicted extremely heavy lcsses on
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    SUDAN APPROVES
    15 1 The Sudanese Legislature has approved the draft of a new Sudan Constitution. U.P.
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    'NICE' JANE MAY ADOPT TOMMY
    179 1 LONDON, Fri. IANE Russell can go ahead now and adopt little Tommy Kavanagh, but a court warned yesterday nobody else shculd try getting a baby from Britain that way. Tommy is the 20-month-old sen of Mr. and Mrs. Michael Kavanap.h. Londoners of Irish extraction. T^air
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    SPY CHARGE
    15 1 Yugoslavia formally asked Russia yesterday to withdraw Vladimir Dmitrievir Karmanov, first secretary of
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    REQUEST GRANTED
    27 1 REQUEST GRAN TED Japan has granted a Philippine request for an extension of the barter trade and financial agreements between the two countries .until June 30.— Reuter
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    RAFFLES PLACE FIRE ALARM
    47 1 A small fire damaged some textiles and other goods m a passageway leading to Gian. Singh's store m Raffles Place, Singapore, this morning. Three fir e engines arrived soon after an alarm was raised by a salesman. Firemen quickly put out the fire.
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    FIRST SINCE WAR
    26 1 Italy laid the keel yesterday of her first destroyer since World War II and announced to start build- plans ing five more— A.P.
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    25,000 Reds storm Berlin in riot rehearsal
    336 1 25 ,000 Reds storm Berlin in riot rehearsal BERLIN, Friday. of East fterlin Communists stormed A West Berlin yesterday m a series of ma jot demonstrations the worst m the city's seven-year occupation history and battled police with stones and their hands. Communist "action squads" demanding German unity on Soviet
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    Coronation may take place in June 1953
    145 1 Coronation may take place in June 1953 A.P. LONDON, FrL »pHE Coronation of the Queen will take place either m the last week of May or the first week of June, 1953, an authoritative source said yesterday. An official announcement of the date 1 is expected soon The London Daily
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    FOR PEKING
    20 1 A six-man Indian delegation arrived m Hong Kong yesterday on its way to May Day celebrations m Peking.
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    TAXI DRIVER ATTACKED AND ROBBED
    148 1 TAXI DRIVER ATTACKED AND ROBBED Free Press Staff Reporter rpHE story of a taxi-driver, Chua, Ah Chan, who was beaten until he was unconscious and then robbed by two passengers aided by two others m Singapore at 12.30 a.m. last Saturday, wa s told to the Police yesterday. Chua was
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    STERLING FIRM
    30 1 The British pound fetched US$2.Bl cents on New York's open market yesterday, oneeighth of a cent more than on Wednesday. Par is US$2.BO cents to the pound.- A.P.
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    IT'S FINE AND DANDY
    628 2  - IT'S FINE AND DANDY Kenn Passingham A Male Mannequin Walks Onfo Women's Page Says I HAVE just spent the most embarrassing hours of my life— as a male mannequin m an Edwardian-style suit m Oxford-street. London. A stunt? Not at all, A pure academic interest m brighter clothes for men.
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    CHANGSAM NECKLINE
    52 2 Pier Ang eti. wears this dress el meet free* silk rev her role m 'The Light Towcfc". The hill skirt hat Urge parch pockets, and the fitted bodice with its chongsam neckline it fattened by tiny frogs. Yellow paisley print which matches her scarf is used for tvte
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    Trumans Return to a New White House!
    867 2 Trumans Return to a New White House! It cost Straits $20 m. to renovate, sdys 0. H. Brandon. ■BftBM EVI>R several days moving-vans have been passing through the black iron gates of the White House on Pennsylvania Avenue. It has been moving week for the Trumans. And now they are
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    My Fashion 'Oscars'
    219 2  -  Jean Wiseman By LONDON: AWARDS are a popular means of expressing approval: m Britain, we have them for films, radio and television, while m America they also have them for fashion efforts— the best fabric, design, accessory, trimming and so forth. This week then, I'd like to
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      5 2 Solution To Crossword No. 644
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      29 2 New Crossword No* 645 GLUES ACROSS 1. All's revels In a French Palace (10). 7. Renegade Quadruped (3). 8. What Gilbert Harding gives his team (7). 9. 14, 10.
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      103 2 YOUR LUCKY STAR BOEN taday, yn are steadfast and! loyal to yoar friends aa well aa to yoar iniml idea hi In the lav* V^sW JHtl» Vnv |M^ aTsaaaUnsavSC^K nr9 as* false friend beca«ae af Wind loyalty. In the totter, prevent yourself from becniarng dogmatic keep yoar mind open to
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    NO FOOD, WATER ON ATLANTIC CROSSING
    304 3 NO FOOD, WATER ON ATLANTIC CROSSING o will 'market' m ocean th^S^SS^ffi^' what long time If o^- they ar> proS tackle." nstuag- ii B°«rt»rd said: "I beISS1 SS J?** te no reaaon w&ymen cannot get all they 2!?r 'S? the Proteins, »ts, vltamtoa— and even enough drinking water to keep
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    Loud cheers for a steer
    82 3 SYDNEY, Fri. IN a flash a steer became the focal point instead of merely one of a mob m a cattle draft competition at the Royal' Show here. The crowd cheered the steer as it broke from the ring, sped through a gate m the
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    PASSPORT CASE
    29 3 The U.S State Department's broad authority to deny or revoke passports was chall«n*ed m the Federal Court and a threepanel agreed to hear judge the case A.P.
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    Former wife wants to dig Into money he dug up
    128 3 MILWAUKEE, Wisconsin, Fri. FRANK Przanowski, who burled $9,200 and then had to call the police to help him find it, now wishes he had left it where it was. The 60-year-old labourer went to the police m suburban Cubashy when
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    Ship gets smoke summons
    54 3 Ship gets smoke summons New York City handed out a summons to officials of the French Line, operators of the 43,000-ton liner He de France, charging them with violating smoke control regulations. The He de Prance "smokes every time it comes m here," said William G. Christy, Director of the
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    Surrenders to authorities
    52 3 Surrenders to authorities Jamal Imami, wealthy rightwing leader of the opposition to Premier Mohamed Mossadeq's oil policy, has surrendered to the Ministry of Justice on a charge of illegal financial dealings. His supporters were around the Ministry of Justice when he arrived, and shouted "Death to Mossadeq: long live Jamal
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    She asked for 'blood for man in the theatre'
    366 3 She asked for 'blood for man in the theatre LONDON, Friday i N effort was made to make a scapegoat of a ii student nurse for mistakes that really belonged to others, a coroner said at an inquest on a man who died at York City General Hospital because of
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    Telescopic war on squirrels
    68 3 Woodmen in the 64,000 acre New Forest are to use a new method to clear 10.000 Krey squirrels from their hiding places in the trees, this spring. A telescopic aluminium pole 80 ft. long will prod the destructive animals from their nests so that they can
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    Visit to Tashkent
    24 3 The Indian delegation to the International Economic Conference m Moscow departed by plane for Tashkent, the capital of Soviet Uzbekistan.— AFP
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    Big 3 reply to Russia
    71 3 LONDON. Pri. SENIOR British, French and American officials have met at the Foreign Office here to draw up the Western reply to the latest Soviet note en a final settlement with Germany. The Western reply .is expected to reject the Soviet proposal that the occupying
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    13 3 A NEW picture of diminitive Vera-Ellen, dancing film star with the hyphenated name.
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    JACKAL HUNT
    17 3 The. lndian Army is being, called m to hunt down 2.000 jackals plaguing New Delhi.
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    JEANNE GETS 'PLUM'
    45 3 TWENTY -ONE CHANGES of wardrobe, to delight the heart of any woman, was the "plum" which feU to Jeanne Cram, when she was assigned the role of the high-fashion model m the 20th Century -Fox comeay, "The Model and the Marriage Broker".
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    A SULTRY, SIGHING SIREN LOOKS AROUND
    281 3 FAITH DOMERGUE, toe latest m lino of filmproducer Howard Hughes* discoveries— first and cond Places are held by Jeair Harlow and Jane Russettis now m London on a holiday while her tot»and. Hugo Fregonese, directs a Pi Nm F c years m the Howard
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    WOMAN GOT SCAR THREAT
    243 3 WOMAN GOT SCAR THREAT LIVERPOOL, Fri. AN attractive young married woman, Constance Stagger, told Liverpool magistrates that a man she met m a bar threatened to scar her face if She refused to help him peddle dope. police, raiding her flat after her meeting with the man, found morphine capsules
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    OFFICIAL END OF JAP WAR
    87 3 WASHINGTON, Prl. mHE Secretary or State, Mr. JL Dean Acheson, has told his Press conference that a formal ceremony would be held at the State Department on Apr. 28 when the Japanese peace treaty comes into force. The United States would deposit its instrument of
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    SWORN IN
    22 3 The first non-Congress Party State Government m India was sworn m Pepsu. Union of the Patiala and East Punjab States.
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    Bridge Hand
    268 3 VOT3 are playing m a match point duplicate game; your partner is life master Ralph Cohen, of Westmount, Quebec, Canada. And you have a momentous decision to make m the following bidding: WeU, it's up to you. You have cue-bid to show the ace and king of hearts
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      128 3 Radio SINGAPORE 10 »jn. Hew.; 10.0«M»t!M*: Lawrence Welk Orch.; 6.15 Forces Prom: »J0 News: 9.45 Latin AmeSSS Serenade: 10 Britain Stags; i£ls Coians O^K^PSLi!: 30 11 Take Your Partners Fieaae. BB.C 5 25 ojn. Programme BamoMp: 5/0 "X Stock m My Mtod"The Second of three tato by Tyrone Outhrle to
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    The Singapore Free Press FRIDAY, April 25, 1952. Are you for him?
    596 4 The Singapore Free Press FRIDAY, April 25, 1952. Are you for him? IN Britain M.P.s of the Leftist persuasion and newspapers of Liberal sentiments Join m high-minded and sententious criticism of the High Commissioner of the Federations enterprise and forceful methods. The politicians seek a discreditable party advantage by what
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    HaremDaysHave Gone for Ever
    899 4 mu^mmt^-mmm^miv m women x compared witfc English or Americar women, are not free. Compared with theii co-religionists in the rest of the Islamic world, they are riotously free. They are a blend of Asia, Europe, and America. I have spent many days recently talking with Turkish
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    RENTS: 'A LAWYER' REPLIES......
    405 4 LETTER TO THE EDITOR AS the author of the article m The ••Sunday Times" which was criticised by your correspondent "Irenic" m the Free Press on Tuesday may I offer some comments on "Irenic's" observations. The article m question was primarily concerned with the lower class
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    Morrison Will beat Bevan —on Points
    706 4 Morrison Will beat Bevan on Points Emmanuel ShinweU. former Minister for War, gives a ''ringside" commentary on Hie battle for succession to tlie leadership of Britain 'sLabour Party. TpHE principal conx tenders for the leadership of the British Labour Party are Herbert Morrison and Aneurin Bevan. I don't beuieve that
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    102 4 An Italian sculptor, Lorenzo Ferri, of Rome, believes Jesus Christ had a noble figure, with a majestic face and the build of an athlete. Be was about six feet two inches tall, with tady moulded limbs. Ferri, who has studied the subject for years, bases his computations on the, Holy
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    U.S. warning on gas war
    371 4 U.S. warning on gas war ggggg&gj; A WARM\ G f Russians mT* 1 regard the G- > Ci;vention and toolscrimirmtesly^ •event of anothofj* has been i SSU h American Militant odCKirm th^'r war*with action the cans have **n. tensive *V" American tro opf Germany. Sincr the end of a almost
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      25 4 t■ Modern /tings of Distinction foi Every Occasion? P. H. KNDRY, Manufacturing Jeweller ft. NOtTH BRIDGE ROAD. SINGAPORE. 6. 4 B ATU ROAD, KUALA LUMPUR
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      35 4 Make your friends at home happy! Send food ffc^ b appreciated more than ever now! We choose your own items. We pack. port and insure against total loss. FOOD PARCELS ft** Singapore Cold Storage Co-
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    9-STOREY 'HOME' FOR LIN YANG
    124 5 9-STOREY 'HOME' FOR LIN YANG U/oRK on a nine-storey If building for the 130^ VlJ r-oid Lin Yang AsspNation wil sf 2^ 1 Upper Pickering Street, plans for the new building tow -peh approved. The a -< .ciation at present has an f( (hi nese- sty led building m smUi
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    GOVT. CLINIC SAID NO TO HUNDREDS
    152 5 GO VT. CLINIC SAID NO TO HUNDREDS No facilities for treatment Free Press Staff Reporter HUNDREDS of people needing dental treatment were turned away last year because of the limited facilities at the General Hospital Dental Clinic, Prof. R. J, S. Tickle, Professor of Dental Surgery, University of Malaya, told
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    23 5 ONE-LEGGED Ton Hoar where rimltar* gST^ fven b the Sta»pe£ J*prosy Relief iSgSta. o«wr children. A Sf taT^f. •'*•*•■»<«* to Free Press Free Picture.
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    YMCA fund donations
    89 5 rREE European firms In Singapore Overseas Traders, Robinsons and M. Flinter and S. Grinberg have given $1,000, $500 and $300 respectively to the building fund of the Singapore Chinese Young Men's Christian Association. An individual contribution of $1,000 ha s been made by Mr. E. N. Simpson.
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    Insubordinate
    25 5 MUAR, Fri. A home guard, Govindasamy, who did Dot do sentry duty at Tangkak as ordered by his officer, was fined $15 at Muar.
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    Driver fined
    35 5 JOHORE BAHRU, Pri S. Chelliah, a motor bus driw .who drove m a negliS?k man er *nd collided with a motor car which then STSJ"S?I a was fined $35 m the Police Court
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    ANNUAL MEETING
    25 5 T.-.e annual meeting of the Singapore Stamford Club will if held tomorrow at 3 p.xn. f ll Raffles Institution tea-cht-s i nirr.on. room.
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    City may refuse to raise wages
    166 5 THE Singapore City Council cannot meet the demands of its labour force without upsetting the wage structure of the Colony, a City Counc llor said yesterday. added, other large em- I ployers in the Colony should I any substantial I increase. I The union
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    Haxworth explains a sign
    110 5 Haxworth explains a sign POSTERS illustrating "Halt at Major Road" signs are being carried bj Singapore traffic police vans to educate "baffled" motorists. The Traffic Chief. Mr. W. R. M. Hax worth, said yesterday he had been requested many times by motorists to explain what the word "halt" on these
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    1,023 join up in Penang
    113 5 PENANG. Fri. OUT of 1,400 air raid wardens needed by Penang's civil defence organisation, 1,023 volunteers have enrolled so far, Brigadier W. H. Bordass. new Assistant Commissioner for the Northern Region, said yesterday. "There should be no difficulty m recruiting the remaining 377 wardens," he
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    49 banished in 3 months
    79 5 KUALA LUMPUR, Fri. mWELVE banishment orders L were approved last month bringing the total since the beginning of the year to 49, the Federal Government announced yesterday. Of the 49 banished 37 were aliens, two British subjects (convicted of crimes), and the other 10 aliens
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    Brothers had stolen iron
    60 5 TWO brothers. Chiang Pok Siang and Chiang Joon Song, were each fined $100, or one month's imprisonment t by the Singapore Fourth Police iSiiSSSnir. D H. Chapman, for- stealing four perforated iron sheets ▼alued at $40 They were seen removing sheets by a policeman on rounds
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    St. John parade tomorrow
    71 5 St. John parade tomorrow PENANG. Fri. The north and south sections or* the Penang centre of the St. John. Ambulance Brigade wili stage a parade at civil defence headquarters Macalister -Road tomorrow afiej: noon. The south section will parade at 4 p.m. and the north section at 5 p.m. First
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    VOTERS' REGISTER NOW UP TO DATE
    178 5 JfflE Singapore Electoral Re- g!ster has now been brought up to date. There will be no house-to-house check this year to purge the roHs, the Free Press understands. A check-up made last year resulted m 18,000 names betas removed from the electoral ..lists because
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    Wanted: Fish to eat water weeds
    127 5 Wanted: Fish to eat water weeds r«OURAMY fish which live on weeds and insect larvae are still wanted by the Singapore Botanic Oardens authorities to control HydriUa water weed s in the Lake. The director of the Gardens, Mr. M. R. Henderson, says, m his annual report that these fish
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    638 REGISTER IN A WEEK
    83 5 MUAR. Fri. A total of 638 people have registered as voters m Ifuar, a week after the registration for the Jton«f«r Mahmood bin Hussein, Supcnrisor of Electta* said t Detailed results for tt* three wards jut: Suits* IbraWm 2M; 19 mnd Parit Stongkat. 181 TnrhP
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    Malayan Girl Guides at Klang
    48 5 picture. SOME of the Girt Guides from all parts of the Federation and Singapore uht Me camping m the commmd of BukH Istana. Klang. Led by ftOas A. are learning campcraft, songs and garnet. The and witt continue until Beat Monday. Free Press
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    S'pore may have wash houses
    167 5 pUBLIC wash houses may be set up m Singapore 1 if the City Council approves a proposal to provide this service for the more congested areas of the city. i The Council's Public Utilities Committee has agreed that the City Water Engineer should work out
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    $200 fine for S.C. who deserted
    54 5 SEGAMAT, Fri. a Malay special constable who deserted from duty from a police post at Tenang Kampong was fined $200, or two months' gaol, here. The accused, Atan bin Yahaya, aged 21, surrendered to the police, it was stated, and expressed a desire to
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    SQUADRON PLANS MOCK WAR
    59 5 SQUADRON PLANS MOCK WAR PENANG, Fri. THE Penang Squadron of tfre Malayan Auxiliary Air Force will hold its first mock air fight exercises over the island tomorrow. Taking part will be Harvard planes, which will simulate dog fights m conjunction with the fighter control unit equipped with ground radar. The
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    BLACKOUT SCHEDULE
    173 5 OUBSTATIONS liable to load shedding tonight are: Kah Hin, Fred Water House Industrial Cases, Kilburn Estate, Dunearn Rd.. Turf dab. Enr Neo Avenue, Ewart Park, Holland Rd., Adam Park, Gallop Hill, Chatsworth Rd., Peirce Rd., SomervUle Estate. Leedon Rd.. Victoria Park, Nassim Hill, Paterson Rd., Great World, Ho
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    3 nay attend Madras conference
    76 5 3 nay attend Madras conference Free Press Staff Reporter ¥\ELEGATES from Singa- pore will attend the sixth International Conference of Social Work to be held In Madras from December 14 to 19. The Social Welfare Council has recommended to the Government that three representatives be sent to Madras. Cultural and
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    'THE FLAG' TO MASTER COBRO
    786 6  - 'THE FLAG' TO MASTER COBRO ALLAN LEWIS By K.L. prospects (^LTEDGED,- Clickity Click, Cobro, Fla* of Peace, Philanthropist, Airmail, Rapid Red, Sealed Orders and Beach Park all have strong claims m the main sprint at Kuala Lumpur tomorrow, final day of the Selangor Turf Club's April meeting. The winner looks
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    821 6 Horses, not accepting "POLLOWING horses will f not start at Kuala Lumpur tomorrow: Jimson, Steeltrap, Radio Artist, Kupay, Eudora, Millwall, Chesieres, Playtime. Atlantas, Coastguard, The Blessing, Argos Lad, Six and Eight, Artist's Rifle, Balrobbie and La Wan. Perseverance and Fair Enough are doubtful starters. possibility with one pound extra m
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    35M.M. is ready for maiden triumph
    482 6 35M.M. is ready for maiden triumph mffiRTY-FIVE M.M.'s A early pace should enable him to open his winning account m the race for Cl. 3, Div. 2, 6 P. He gave a dashing display on the first day when he led with Cobro from barrier rise. However, at the finish
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    BACK TO THE DEMPSEY ERA
    338 6  -  JACK CUDDY By DUST from the Jersey Joe Walcott rumpus has almost obscured the rise of new and dangerous heavyweight contenders m the United States. The ascension of Clarence Henry, Los Angeles; Coiey Wallacen, New York; Dan Bucceroni, Philadelphia, and James J. Parker, Toronto, studded
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    CHEW BEE AND HEE CHIN WIN IN 14 MINUTES
    262 6 FORMER Malayan doubles champion^ Ong Chew Bee and Lim Hee Chin took 14 minutes yesterday to qualify for the semifinal of the men's doubles m the Singapore YMCA open tennis championships which are beinc played on the Bras Basah Road courts.
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    POSTPONED
    26 6 The Business Houses F.A. Div, 2 match between Malayan Airways and Strai T s Times to be played today has been pjs'.poaed to June 3.
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    OURCUP MEN GET DOWN TO BUSINESS
    294 7 OURCUP MEN GET DOWN TO BUSINESS Mr. Li w has a problem MALAYA'S^ ft dniillto c «"«»Poiiileiit marked so they had trTf^iT k l e the court was n^ thtt thZ»'_ M 1 u yester<l JJ 8 how the ticket, should This morning most of the payers will move into
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    'MALAYA'S HEAT MAY BEAT US'
    315 7 -SAYS U.S. CUP CANDIDATE rpHE heat m Malaya will be an important factor m favour of the Cup defenders when the Thomas Cup matches are played m Singapore nest month, says Wynn Rogers, a doable prospect on the United Stites team. Malaya s climate to
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    Aryans win at Kluang
    108 7 Aryans win at Kluang ARYAN Gymkhana gave a good performance against Johore Chinese Football Association at Kluang yesterday winning byltwo goals to one. The short accurate passing of the Indian tourists dumbfounded the home defence on many an occasion, but it was Johore Chinese who scored first, Yew Chal receiving
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    R.AO.C. WIN 5-3
    23 7 T»»TY Battalion Royal Army !«nak by Are p»b to three ta Arm? Major TJnlu League «oc- match at Ataaaftm yester-
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    Flannery stops Clay
    92 7 ■ORANK Flaimery, Auslraltan f mV"'«l»» d»mpicm retained his title In Md>»«S£ last nlgbt when he beat All i* Ctaj, the rtf»w ateWtoT light In the 11th round. The first two rounds were nery even, but Flannery began to weaken hit opponent with fierce body punching and from
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    SOCCER RESULTS
    48 7 gNGLISU FA. rewilts:— Mr. I: Charlton AthleUc 0 Aston Vlll* 1. J County 1 CTfrttf P»teot Northampton Town 4 Leyton Orient °*Dlv. HI |N«rtli): Scunthorpe 1 Carlisle L~K— Mr. SHELL Sports Club beat Malayan Publishing House by f our goals to one m a Singapore Bust-
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    STILL FAVOURITE
    40 7 Mr John Dewars' Agitator retained hk plw» M 1-4 f«KWlte for the 1000 guineas -at last night's Victoria Club callover m London. One backer got 9-4 to £800 but th* odds were then cut back to 2 l
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    NOISE BUT SAMARA —WOLF
    216 7 CHIEF Little Wolf, the fi>efoot seven, 240 Ib. Redskin grappler. will be on the warpath again m Singapore this Saturday night at the Happy World Stadium. The Chief has cabled that he will be m the Colony today for a short stay and will meet nobody
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    LODGERS HOLD 5-POENT LEAD
    351 7 117ITH eight games behind them, Royal Air Force Lodger Units are five points ahead of their nearest rivals m the United Services x Football Association Senior League. Terror and Changi are unchanged In position, each having nine points. Terror lying second with a better goal average
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    IT'S A GOAL!
    49 7 IT'S A GOAL! Tottenham Hotspur beat Portsmouth three- one at Tottenham: Phillips the Portsmouth inside left (left) beat* Ditehborn the Spars goalkeeper (on ground) to scare Portsmouth's first coal, Withers Tottenham left tack to seen attempting to stop the ball entering the net, while Nicholson and Ramsey ran hi.
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    Rovers romp to five-goal win
    537 7 SOCCER ROUNDUP Rovers 'A' 5; K. Muslim League 0. HAVING things very much their own way from a start to finish. Rovers 'A' trounced K. Muslim League by five goals to nil m their S.A.F.A. Second Division fixture at Geylang yesterday. Muslim League tried hard
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    U.K. RUGGER
    33 7 RUGBY LEAGUE Belle Vue Rangers 20 Barr\v 2. Workington Town 8 Rochdale Hornets 11. RUGBY UNION Redruth 9 St. Ives 6. Somerset Police 0 Bath 8. Newport 18 Brigend B— Reuttr.
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    'COLD' PRACTICE FOR INDIAN TEAM
    122 7 qtHE Indian cricketers practised jw^f conditions which were strange iot most of them and thus no aa a result of overnight rain, kilt Se ball came th^aj^t ***™i Moat batsmen found the dead tint handicapped any attempt at forward play and they concentrated mostly on
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    RQBINSON TO MEET TURPIN -SOCIALLY
    412 7  - RQBINSON TO MEET TURPIN -SOCIALLY GEORGE WHITING By< OAT ROBINSON is to meet Randolph Turpin at K% the White City on Jane It. Fortunately for Robinson, bat unfortunately for Turpin, the nesting will only be social. Robinson, sailed for Europe yesterday, and has promised to be* on view m a
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    SELANGOR B.A. WILL INVITE WORLD'S BEST
    70 7 HONG Kong badminton jrtars will probably be seen m action m Kuala turn, pur when the Selangor B A. Open Invitation Champion, ships are held m the new hall. The competition is scheduled for June 4, .5, 6, and 7 The world's leading players
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    IT PLANS WORLDS COLOURBAR REMOVAL
    292 8 M«l«n brings charge agahut U.H. CAPETOWN, Friday. SOUTH Africa's prime minister, Dr. Daniel Malan said yesterday that Russia and the world's nonwhite states want to make South- West Africa *'a jumping-off place* against the Union. In a bitter attack on the United Nations for showing
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    RUSSIA MOVES ATOM PLANTS
    52 8 LONDON, Fri. A PRIVATE publication that claims to have iron curtain sources said yesterday a number of Russia's most important atomic research installations were moved into China recently. This followed the revelation of the location of her earlier research establishment inside Russia itself, said the Intelligence
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    S. AFRICANS HUMILIATED, —CHARGE
    109 8 CAPETOWN, Fri. IN the House of Assembly yesterday, the leader of the Opposition, Mr. Strauss, said citizens of South Africa who passed through India and Pakistan received humiliating treatment. They were required to pay a deposit, of £2 (sterling) simply because they were South Africans. This,
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    'Democrats backing Eisenhower'—charge
    209 8 'Democrats backing Eisenhower'— charge BOSTON, Friday. THE former Republican Party National Chairman, Mr. Carroll Recce, says the Truman administration is "spending huge sums to promote E senhower bes^S?^ fiinire Eisenhower k *nc Democrats' Mr. Recce, Republican representative from Tennessee, made his charge at a news conference yesterday He came to
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    16 8 Workers who slack will not get paid for their lunch break, Hungary's official Gazette announced. A.P.
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    NEW RED LINE ON FREE LOVE
    145 8 MOSCOW. Fri. THE Communist youth -I newspaper, Komsomol Pravda, yesterday condemned "free love" as something unwanted m Soviet society. It explained that m the early years of the Russian revolution "we had theoreticians who openly preached the gospel of free love/ ac- cording to
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    HOSPITAL WING OPENED
    39 8 HOSPITAL WING OPENED picture. Singapore's Colonial Secretary. Mr. W. L. Blythe, examining the X-ray apparatus of the Youngber* Memorial Hospital m Upper Serangoon Road yesterday after he had declared open the new $425,000 wing of the hospital.— Free Press
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    Pope's call to world's women
    219 8 Pope 's call to world 's women VATICAN CITY, Friday. HpHE POPE yesterday called on the women of the 1 world to join together In imposing their will for peace upon ''rulers of peoples who maintain a state of things which gives rise to war.' 9 He was addressing leaders
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    RUBBER CARGO
    22 8 The Polish vessel. Fionia arrived m Colombo on Wednesday enroute to Europe with a cargo of 150 tons of A.F.P.
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    QUEEN JULIANA
    27 8 Queen Juliana of the Netherlands landed at Hamilton, Ontario yesterday for a visit to Dutch immigrants who have made their homes m this area. U.P.
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    Tories gag Labour filibuster
    206 8 Tories gag Labour filibuster LONDON, FrL r! Conservatives yesterday gagged a Labour filibuster against fees for some of the country's free health service. The Tory move opened 'the way to quicker action on. their proposals to turn socialised steel and long-dis-tance haulage back to private owners. The gag— called a
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    ARMY TWINS TO SERVE TOGETHER
    76 8 YOKOHAMA, Fri. REGULATIONS of the U.S. Army say thai twins can serve together if It Is not too much trouble to the army. The Green twins of Masury, Ohio, are both m the army, but one is here and the other m Germany. Yesterday the
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    CEYLON ENTERS SHIPPING FIELD
    51 8 Ceylon's first commercial shipping venture is to be started shortly as a co-opera-tive movement with the assistance of a German firm m Bremen. Operations will first begin with the transportation of co-operative cargo between Ceylon and South India and later they will extend fur- ther afield.
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    30 8 Two young men dropped m to a restaurant at Qlen Buanis, Maryland. They landed their helicopter m the car park, ate breakfast and flew away.— A.P.
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