The Singapore Free Press, 28 April 1952

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    14 1 The Singpore Free Press LARGEST AFTERNOON SALE IN MALAYA SINGAPORE, MONDAY, APRIL 28, 1952.
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    176 LOST IN DESTROYER
    428 1 \.i. 18,377. U A warship sunk m collision with carrier cn«~ WASHINGTON, Monday. SP 27'?? L? Sr 7 officerB Md men we United States destroyer-minesw«>n»r eiriv Sf adquar ers stated at Norfolk, Virginia, STar?^^" 1 ne hundred m ™««V six are reported missing. »h* H^t ad
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    NICOLL SEES NEW POWER STATION
    150 1 NICOLL SEES NEW POWER STATION Free Tress Staff Reporter 'PHE Governor of Singapore, Mr. J. F. Nicoll, this morning inspected the new power station being built at Pasir Panjang. He promised City Councillors that he would do his best to expedite delivery of the materials required for the station. He
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    Jet plane destroys bank, two people dead
    121 1 Jet plane destroys bank, two people dead b ßoaeot>ißS, Lngland. Mon. i FLAMING American *A Thunderjet fighter hurt- 1 unto a bank building m i old-world town's main t yesterday, killing the r and an elderly couple r.juring several others. blast of flame that I »sh| down the building nd
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    Intruders in S'pore bank
    60 1 14 SINGAPORE Sikh watch- man at the Mercantile I ink, hearing noises inside building at 1 a.m. yesterd... on investigation, i u r Indians running to the upper floors of the bank. Police investigations rerealed that the back door of the building leading to a back
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    FASTEST TYPIST
    29 1 Miss D. Lee of Sydney has wqb the speed typewriting of Australia v h a speed of 98 word s per minute tested over four minutes.- Reuter
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    The parrot's fatal curse: Lodger will sue owner
    130 1 The parrot's fatal curse: Lodger will sue owner BERLIN, Mon. A MAN fined m Berlin on Saturday for kil&ing his l?ndlady's parrot wa s preparingr yesterday to sue the woman for damages because the 'parrot ealded him an old so and so tore up his underwear, broke his wristwatch and
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    THEY AGREE
    24 1 French British and German Socialists are m agreement on the necessity of a fourpower conference to settle the problem of German unity.
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    M.P. WARNS ON GERMAN ARMS
    165 1 LONDON, Monday. lifK. Hector McNeil, Labour M.P., said here yesterday that Germany must be put at the bottom of the European list for arms. He was addressing a meeting arranged by the World Jewish Congress to commemorate the 6,000.000 Jewish victims of Hitler's Nazis. Mr.
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    Sudan recruits 'security men'
    26 1 Sudan recruits 'security men' Three Egyptian officers are recruiting 2,000 Sudanese and others here for "a new Egyptian internal security force." the Sudan Government announced yesterday.
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    50 1 picture. The Singapore City Electrical Engineer, Mr. C. C. v Payne (with bat) explaining to the Governor, Mr. J. F. Nicoll (on his left) and a group of City Councillors the work being done m the construction of the new Power Station at Pa sir Panjane. this morning.- Free Press
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    Korea Reds build 'Stalingrad line'
    286 1 TOKYO, Monday. *THE Communist forces are building a "Stalingrad line" of defences across Korea manned by "well over three-quarters of a million men," the Eighth Army said today. The Reds are now well equipped and ready to strike if the truce talks break down although
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    Singapore widow murdered
    117 1 Singapore widow murdered Free Press Staff Reporter A 40-YEAR-OLD Singapore Cantonese widow, Chiong Ah Tin, was attacked by a man m her house at 10.30 o'clock last night m Martin Road. The woman, who was the proprietress of a coffee shop, was hacked to death* with a chopper. A C.I.D.
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    Africa move serious
    67 1 LONDON, Mon. MR. PHILIP NOEL-BAKER, M.P.. former Secretary of State for Commonwealth Relations m Britain's Labour Government, said at Fleur de Lys, Monmouthshire, yesterday that if the Government forced through a federation m Central Africa "against the known wishes of the Africans, the developments may be serious
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    Britain enrols Home Guards
    43 1 LONDON. Mon. ENROLMENT for Britain's JCi Home Guard begins today. The War Office needs 125,000 men now, but so far about 40,000 recruits have registered. Parliament has sanctioned the raising of a Home Guard 170,000 strong this year.— Reuter
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    COLONIAL SCOUTS MEET QUEEN
    109 1 WINDSOR, Mon. rE Queen yesterday took the salute at a review of 1,000 Queen's scouts and holders of scout awards for rrrHantry. M The parade, preceded the iofK onnnai National Scout King George VI was buried. Before the march past, the Queen- -dressed m black— met
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    HE BLAMED ALLIES FOR ASIA WAR
    582 1 HE BLAMED ALLIES FOR ASIA WAR Tojo's last testament TOKYO, Monday. HPHE Japanese general Hideki Tojo, m his last will A and testament before execution as a war criminal, fixed responsibility for the war with Japan upon the Allies. He wrote that "although we were forced to surrender because we
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    Air attack on Bandits
    47 1 Free Press Staff Reporter FIREFLY and Speed Fury aircraft attacked bandit encampments m the Kota Tinggi and Merging area on Saturday. Heavy concentrations of explosive-headed rockets and incendiary ammunition found the target. The attack was followed by a demonstration flight over the area.
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    Huge Underground Arsenal is Ready
    991 2 Gerald Pawle looks round one of Britain's five hidden ammunition depots. ALMOST everything under the sun which is used by the British Army is supplied by the Royal Army Ordnance Corps. They are the universal providers, receiving, storing, and issuing all the Army's clothing; its
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    Spring in Paris
    59 2 Parisians had riven up Suring has lost but finally it reached the Eiffel Tower, breaking out the blossom on the trees beneath the giant landmark. Below: General Eisenhower and his wife leaving the American proCathedral m Paris, after a Sunday service. Behind them are Mrs Eisenhower** sister,
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    U.S. Army Economises —With a Jingle
    208 2 'Overcoats don't come from heaven. The one you wear costs thirty-seven; The cost of living's goingup— Tioo-eighty-six for canteen and cup i^ERTAINLY not poetry *J and not even good verse but nevertheless this little jingle is the gate-way to the new American Army. It
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    Solution To Crossword No. 646
    55 2 YESTERDAY'S SOLUTION Ay—- i. Smoking room. 7. Dog day* 8. Ear. 9. Erne. 10. Malice. IS. Dacoit. 14. De?p. 16. Air 18. Seriema. 19. Half a league. Down: 1. Sudden death. 2. Organic. 3. Iraq. 4. Gasbag. 5. One. 6. Market place. 11. Iceberg. 12.
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    Europe Favours Gen, Eisenhower
    606 2 Europe Favours Gen, Eisenhower SPOTLIGHT on the PRESIDENTIAL ELECTION But Mac Arthur, the "Fuhrer type," fills the Germans with admiration FkANISH newspapers are reporting the American primary elections almost as though they were taking place m Denmark! Interpretative articles and broadcasts make everyday news, and Mr. Trumanls decision not to
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    THE OLD LADY LIKED FAST CARS
    617 2 THE OLD LADY LIKED FAST CARS ft. M. MacColFs American ColgmTl WASHINGTON. A LITTLE old woman who kept 27 cars and always walked out to them over red carpet has died m her 70-room mansion. She is Mrs. Florence Vanderbilt Twombly, grandchild of "Commodore" Cornelius Vanderbilt, the ferryboat skipper who
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      77 2 MEMORANDUM NOTE FOR AIR TRAVELLERS. ML*. SCHEDULE CHAISE. Flight Four from Singapore to Manila and on to the U.S.A. will henceforth be known as flight 834/2. This flight will depart every Wednesday morning at 9.30 L.T., effective with the departure on April 30th, 1952. Flight 834/2 will arrive m Manila
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      93 2 New Crossword No* 647 CLUES ACROSS 1. "Let dogs delight to— and id" (4). 3. It grows gum arable (6). 7. Country Life is not for him (4-7). 9. Remarkable singleton? (4). 10. P.S. One for a Polish town (5). 12. Mad auction offer by artist (5). 13. Ido love
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    WHISKY A BURNING QUESTION WITH SCOTS
    442 3 WHISKY A BURNING QUESTION WITH SCOTS Distillers war on blenders GLASGOW, Monday. SCOTLAND Is debating a burning question— ls immature whisky fli to drink? A related question is, presuming it can let swallowed, should young whhky be aUowcd to go out into the world as a sort of symbol of
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    9 3 rea-naired Helene Stanley, under contract to 20th Cen- tary-F**.
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    Bridge Hand
    317 3 qr rrfE is more to the art cf 'j id ding than merely esUm ?he number of tricks ycu c 'he combined hands may Your estimae may be but you may convey a Ei Hug impression of the d of your strength. The with North's leap to four
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    AUDIENCE WITH THE POPE
    57 3 AUDIENCE WITH THE POPE The Pope has accorded a special audience, v h the full splendour of Vatican ceremonial, to King N »rxiom Sihanouk of Cambodia. The young monarch is on t semi-official visit to Italy. mainly to attend the current Rwe international horse dhow m which a small team
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    KOREANS HELD
    43 3 Japanese police have arrested 20 of about MOO Korean residents In Japan, who demonstrated In Japanese cities against the recent closing down of Korean schools. According to police reports nine policemen were injured by sticks, stones and tear gas bombs. Reuter
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    Hooked by a fish
    51 3 Hooked by a fish HONG KONG, Mon. AU Yang-yi, a fishmonger's helper m Hong Kong, was hooked by a fish. He was eating fish heads one evening when he bit down on a hook. It became lodged m his tongue and minor surgery was required before it could be removed.
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    TWO MORE MONTHS
    21 3 The Persian Government has decided to extend martial law m Teheran, the capital, for two more months.- A.P.
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    Red plan to put Nomads to work
    223 3 Europe's gypsies may vanish r-«r» VIENNA, Monday. ■TOE Communists behind the iron curtain have ruled there shall be no more roaming lor Europe's nomadic, dark-skinned gypsy rfcce, and no more soul-searing gypsy music of the kind that tempted city-dwellers to cast off their
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    BOY WITH GUN FORGOT GOLDEN RULE
    242 3 LONDON, Mon. A BOY who observed all the rules of shooting except one found himself giving evidence at an inquest. He was Brian Johnson, of Kemsing, Kent, and the East Sussex Coroner, Dr. A. C. Sommerville, said the golden rule that Brian forgot was:
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    GERMAN SINGER DIES
    46 3 Elizabeth Schumann. 63--year-old concert and operatic singer, died In New York after a long illness. Miss Schumann was principally a concert singer, but during her long career she performed m opera at the Metropolitan and with Chicago and San Francisco companies.- A .P.
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    NEARLY ALL ARE GONE
    61 3 Less than 100 foreign Protestant missionaries are left m China out of a 1949 total of more than 3.000, the China Missionary Bulletin reported here. Some left before the Communists tock over the country, others when it became impossible to work, to get funds from abroad,
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    PLANES/TROOPS HIT VIETMINH
    65 3 French Union troops and tactical aircraft hit out at Communist led rebels entrenched m fortified positions between Hanoi and the sea. Heavy righting was reported east of Hung-yen, 30 miles south-east of Hanoi and mopping up operations continued north of the Canal of Rapids 20 miles to
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    KILLED IN CHURCH
    37 3 The State Department has that Mrs. Paul Johnson, wife of a United States missionary m Siam, was killed during a bandit attack on her husband's church m North-east Siam. The missionary was wounded.- AFP
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    Monkey lungs for humans
    127 3 NEW YORK, Mod. PRST use of a monkey lung to provide an external substitute tor the lungs of a human being during surgery vras announced In White Sulphur Springs. West Virginia, by a surgeon who said the technique kept several of them for three hours. The
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    An ungentlemanly bus conductor hit mother-to-be
    248 3 An ungentlemanly bus conductor hit mother-to-be LONDON, Monday. A LONDON TRANSPORT conductor, William A Leonard Peacher, 22, was said m court at Hendon, N.W., to have struck an expectant mother on his bus. The court was told that the woman, Mrs. Maria Murley, of Pursley-road, Mill HUI, had a miscarriage
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    E. GERMANS FOR INDO-CHINA
    40 3 Newsweek magazine said that for several months an ex-Luftwaffe officer (who was unnamed) has been busy m East Germany recruiting German engineers, mechanics and war veterans to serve with Communist Vietminh force* m Indo-Chlna. A. P.
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    IN PLACE OF FEAR
    221 4 /CONSIDER the case of Ah \> Kow, the former meeseler of Kuala Lumpur who has won a $160,000 prize but has lost his peace of mind. Given his sudden good fortune, anyone who is not already wealthy would feel that every care m the world had
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    The Singapore Free Press MONDAY, Aril 28, 1952. Chinese police
    314 4 The Singapore Free Press MONDAY, Aril 28, 1952. Chinese police EIGHT hundred thousand of Singapore's million people are Chinese, but there are only 294 Chinese policemen m the Colony's force of 3,350. This fantastic lack of balance needs to be adjusted if Singapore police work is to be as efficient
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    The Choice Before The U.S. Voters
    591 4 AMERICA'S Democrat and Republican parties are confused contradictions, with little or no resemblance to political parties as Britons understand and define them. There is often, and there is today, greater and more basic division within the party organisations than there is between them. The
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    BOAC's Left -Luggage'
    647 4 From Our London Correspondent DASSENGERS on air- lines seem to be just as absent-minded about their belongings as those on trains or buses. The lost property 'office at 8.0.A.C. is now overflowing with articles left behind m aircraft which have flown thousands of, miles round the world.
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    ELIZABETH II REMAINS A 'WINDSOR'
    506 4 ELIZABETH II REMAINS A 'WINDSOR' npHE Queen's procla- mation that she and her children shall be styled and known as of the House of Windsor has disposed of the argument which arose at her accession that she would be the last sovereign of the House of Windsor, that the surname
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    Begum at the Wheel
    62 4 The Af a Khan tits m the passenger seat of his car as he leaves his French JRivier* villa for the fin* time since his illness. With the Begum at the wheel of the car, the Aga Khan, who hat been suffering from a disease of
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    'ROMANCE, BALLET DO NOT MIX'
    406 4 By 808 THOMAS, ROMANCE and ballet do not mix too well," said Maria Talichief, latest of the ballerinas to be imported by Hollywood. Miss Tallchief, one of the stars of the New York City centre ballet, will portray Anna Pavlova m "The One Piece Bathing
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    Off to Sunny Florida
    731 4 Off to Sunny Florida pXCBPT for those **whose bones require a special amount of cooking, America's winter pilgrims have returned from Florida to their homes m the north by now. They go about glowing with out-of -place colour, and comparing notes with one another on the different Floridian filches to
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    Corny
    75 4 A cinema m Washington took a pol] among its regular patrons on whether '.hey liked or disapproved of popcorn. By 95 to 1 they said they loathed the sight, smel and taste of the stuff. Encouraged by this the management no' only threw away its pop- corn aelln| machines,
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    MCA MAY CONTEST ELECTIONS IN S'PORE
    70 5 MCA MAY CONTEST ELECTIONS IN S'PORE Rights for nonChinese plan SIN w22!L branch f Chines ticilSS on m *l *»<»» take part m pollandi2Efr Colony «»d contest City 8l fu v f. Council Sections. g£SsiWi The branch is setting up districts to bring th« organisattcm closer to the people A
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    35 5 UNIFORMED EMPLOYEES of the Singapore Postal Services lifting their hands as a "go-ahead" signal on a strike decision, at an emergency meeting of the Singapore Post and Telegraph Uniformed Staff Union, yesterday. Free Press picture.
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    SHORTAGE OF MONEY HAMPERS CHURCH
    159 5 SHORTAGE OF MONEY HAMPERS CHURCH IPOH, Mon. oHORTAGE of money and workers appejar at the moment to be insurn )imtable difficulties m the development of educational work by the Anglican Church m Malaya, states Mr. Dong Chui Sing, diocesan retary for schools, m iis report to be presented at the
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    Recruiting to start soon
    39 5 JOHORE BAHRU, Mon. T: MCA. branches at K.uang. Muar and Kota T.ngg: n hav e held meetings :n connection with re<T;:t:ri2 men for the police I ice. A recruiting campaign will start soon m Johore.
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    Hospital staff to get more leaye
    112 5 $HIFT workers at the Singapore Middleton Hospital pay get additional days oft m lieu of public holidays which they do not enjoy. A City Council committee will recommend that extra stafl be employed to make this possible. At present the nurses and hospital assistants
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    Secret talks in K.L.
    61 5 KUALA LUMPUR, Mon. .pOMMUNITY leaders m \j Kuala Lumpur hav e held a Secret meeting with Mr. A. N Ross, British Adviser for Selangor, to discuss ways and means of promoting communal harmony and understanding. Twelve leaders attended the meeting. Th e talks wer P informal.
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    Motorist fined
    17 5 PORT DICKSON, Mon.^For using his private car for carrying fares A. Suberamaniam was fined $50.
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    HAD TODDY
    26 5 PORT DICKSON, Mon.— For having two quart' bottle* of fermented toddy at the Ist mile. Seremban Road, Port Dickson. V. Govindan was fined $40.
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    Free water: policy sought
    117 5 HpHE Singapore City CounciJ has directed its Health Officer to make recommendations on standpipes and the provision of free water supplies. A Council committee has agreed that a new standpipe be put up at Kampctig Potong Pasir. The City Health Office naa also been asked to
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    Unions plan meetings on May Day
    80 5 Unions plan meetings on May Day Fre« Press Staff Reporter. TIRADE unions, affiliated to A the Singapore Trade Union Congress, plan to hold a mass meeting at the Victoria Memorial Hall to celebrate May Day. Singapore police have turned down an application from the Congress to hold a procession on
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    Life boat for Scout Troop
    67 5 TELUK ANSON, Mon.— The Lower PeraK Sea Scout Troop will soon acquire a life boat from Singapore. Inche Ibrahim Ayit has been chosen Sccut Master and Mr. Loh Piang.Wong his assistant. Mr. Eric Rode will be the Soouter m charge. Mr. R. J. Morton, vicepresident
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    SURGEON MAY NOT DO PRIVATE PRACTICE
    116 5 TIE Singapore City Council's health committee has recommended that future holders of the post of City Veterinary Surgeon should not undertake private work outside office hours. The present surgeon is permitted to. do private work outside office hours and to retain ahlf the fees
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    50 5 Mr Malcolm Macfonald. Commissioner-General for Sout h-East As a aa«r*«ft'** Mmt o« or Malaya youth leaders and member* of the executive committee at the r^oal i mmi SSvnw of the Malayan Y-nth Counril at^uala Lumpur on Satur--3a7 On hil kft jUited) Is the *M"g£g- F C A~ lan£^» <Belan«of X4«Ui
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    This may affect bungalows
    57 5 Free Press Staff Reporter A Bill to tighten up the City Council's bungalow area by-law s will be tabled at the monthly meeting of the Council on Wednesday. The main object of the Bill is to prevent persons from converting a house to let out rooms,
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    MYF leader will give talk
    68 5 Mr. Joe Kennedy, representative of Methodist youth m the United States to the recent All-Malaya Methodist Youth Fellowship Institute m Singapore, will conduct a "Workshop on Evangelism" at the Paya Lebar M.VJ 1 hall at 7.30 p.m. every night from today until Thursday. Mr. Kennedy
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    They must wait to be punished
    175 5 SO many people are accused of breaking Singapore's traffic laws that prosecutions begun m the middle of last year are only now being heard. Some 300 cases had piled up last year, but the reopening of the Second Traffic Court last January has relieved
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    ***** hawkers get licences
    111 5 11 500 hawkers get licences Free Press Staff Reporter ABOUT 11,500 itinerant hawkers m Singapore have been licensed since registration began on Jan. 2, Mr. J. Ephraim, Deputy Superintendent of the Town Cleansing Department, told the Free Press yesterday. There is now no limit to the number of hawkers who
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    Fire victims get aid
    114 5 SUNGEI PATANI, Mon. SEVEN kampong residents whose houses were destroyed by fire hav e been granted cash relief by the Kedah State Welfare Committee At the Welfare committee meeting on Saturday m Sungei Patani it was announced that six of the villagers had been granted immediate
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    HAD CHANDU
    28 5 MUAR, Mon.— For possession of chandu at Bakri, a new village, Teh Kit was bound over m $100 to be of good behaviour for six months.
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    DESERTER FINED
    25 5 TELUK ANSON, Mon. Shaari bin Abdul Rani, a special constable, was fined $100 or six weeks' imprisonment, for deserting from the Police Force.
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    BLACKOUT SCHEDULE
    121 5 SUBSTATIONS liable to loadshedding tonight are: Arthur Rd., Broadnck Ed., Sea View Hotel, Tdok Kurau, Cbanfi Prison, Changi 9% milestone, Bedok, Tanah Merah, Besar Selarang Barracks, Atlas lee, Happy World, Asia Robber, Loronf S, Sims Avenue Sawmill, Shell Co., .Lee .Rubber Works, Mountbatten Network, Singapore Swimming Club, Tanjong
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    NEW PARTY FORMED IN COLONY
    244 5 NEW PARTY FORMED IN COLONY A NEW political party/ the Singapore Elector* Welfare Council, was formed In Singapore on Saturday at a meeting of voters from ail the electoral wards and districts of the Colony. Che Zahara binte Noor Mohammed, president of the Malay Women's Welfare Association, was elected chairman
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    Penang Chambers' plea on squatters
    261 5 Penang Chambers' plea on squatters PENANG, Mon. T*HE speedy implementE ation of the Fede ration Governments resettlement policy is essential to the early termination of the Emergency, says a jo nt memorandum the three Penang chambers at commerce European, Chinese and Indian have sent to the Secretary of 'State for
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    TROPHY WILL BE HELD JOINTLY
    447 6 Cup replay drawn 1-1 Singapore 1; Hong Kong 1. ANOTHER fighting display by Singapore; another thrill-packed match for Jalan Besar Stadium spectators; and another stalemate result m the battle for the Aw Hoe Memorial Cup. Yesterday's drawn replay of the annual inter-port competition means that
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    RUGBY LEAGUE RESULTS
    63 6 LONDON. Sun. Yesterday's U.K. Rugby League results: RUGBY LEAGUE Barrow 12, St. Helens 8; Bradford Northern 40, Wakefleld Trinity 9; Belle Vue Rangers 18. Halifax 5; Cardiff 14, Wigan 59: Huddersfield 45, Hull 6. Hull Kingston Rovers 3, Oldham 33; Leeds 38, Keighley 13; Leigh 45. Liverpool
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    Early goal set terrific pace
    309 6 YOUTH CUP FINAL VICTORIA School Football Team emerged champions of the first Singapore Amateur F.A. Youth League with an unbeaten record when they beat St Joseph's Institution by three goals to one m a razor-keen final at Jalan Besar Stadium yesfter. day. Victoria, faster tpd
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    BREAKS RECORD
    43 6 This Is* Ten* Pei Wah, a Singapore hope for the World Olympics at Helsinki. On Saturday she brake the Malayan record for the Si-metres hurdles at the first trials s*t by the S.O.S.C. and won a place m the colony contingent.
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    THE CHIEF WAS CHEEREDTHEN BOOED
    121 6 THE CHIEF WAS CHEEREDTHEN BOOED By M ATM AN n/RESTUNG fans saw a ff boisterous Chief Little Wolf m action at the Happy World Stadium on Saturday night. Hand clap s and cheers greeted the stumpy' Redskin when he ducked through the ropes for his fight with Negro SeeUe Samara,
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    It took Twelfth of August three years to find his form
    156 6 From ALLAN LEWIS II7HEN the main race was Vv ran at Koala Lumpur on Saturday, final day of Selangor Turf Club's April meeting, the going was very heavy, the race bring run In a heavy downpour. Twelfth of Aufmst,
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    How they ran on Saturday
    791 6 ALADDIN (late Batavia) showed improved form to win the ownin. and surprise to pay $1 11 for a win and $17 for a place After being handy from the start, Aladdin challenged the pacemaker, Ashok, with a furlong to go. He ran on fairly well
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    42 BOXERS IN S.A.B.A. C'SHIPS
    97 7 42 BOXERS IN S.A.B.A. C'SHIPS Preliminaries begin tonight fORTY-TWO boxers from the Navy Army Air -■"ass* i» "ir c i? 1i "^*s£ BoxinV iHf Sin *»P»re Amateur weigh-in 0 S'nPJ*** morning the boxers were Mr c < r°T mssioner -Genera]. Mr. Malcolm MacDonaCd will give away the prizes. is Th
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    HOW TO GET A TICKET
    363 7 THOMAS CUP APPLICATIONS for tickets for the Thomas Cup badminton games to be played m Singapore on May 27. 28, 31 and June l can be made now. All applications, should be sent to the Tickets and Seating Committee, No. 7. Bonham Building, to reach
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    LON CAN RANK IN Ist. TEN
    285 7 MR. Oscar State, secretary of the British Empire Weightlif tin* Federation, say s m a letter to a friend m Singapore that Singapore bantamweight champion Lon bin Mohd. Noors 625 lb. might get him into the first 10 bantams at Helsinki, but not higher
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    Kranji beat Police 4-2
    113 7 ROYAL NAVY, Kranji, scored a 4-2 victory over Police S.A. \n a S.A.F.A.- Div. 2 match at Thomson Road yesterday. Kranji opened scoring m the sth minute through left-inside Meldrum. Police fought back after this and equalised through Neubroner who scored off a pass from Hong
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    KHALSA WIN 4-2
    25 7 Singapore Khalsa Association juniors defeated Young Brothers 4-2 m a friendly soccer match jlayed on the P T ercu id yes "erday
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    RACES
    99 7 (Cont. from Fage S) conditions. He followed the pacemakers until well into the straight, then ran on strongly to defeat Motion Picture easily. donagh completed a double for Harry McCloud, who is the leading rider for the meeting. Motion Picture had every chance. He was always prominent, but did
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    Row bowls 11 for 52
    99 7 RAMON SUBBA ROW. Indian student at Cambridge, gave another fine bowling display and took five wickets for 17 runs for the University to bring his ma'ch analysis to H for 52 m the twoday match against the Cryptics. The University had little difflcul y in
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    CHALLENGE CUP
    30 7 Sports Secretaries are reminded that entries for th e SAFA Senior Challenge Cup and Junior Cup competi ions will close on Thursday, May 1 Entrance fee is $10
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    40 7 CTulet little Wolf and Leslie S«m«ra net nil tied up duri w their fight at the Happy mJzL i£rii,ifk:An Saturday night Referee Jim Anders 01, t*ok some time to free ww jfe^ The zedskta won by a lone pin- jail.
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    Full points for I.A. in thrilling tourney match
    308 7 Full points for I. A. in thrilling tourney match A THRILLING Singapore Cricket Association rk Senior tourney match at Balestier Road ended yesterday with an outright win for the Indians by 13 runs. This gives them a full 12 points m the competition. Singapore Chinese Recreation Club fought out the
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    SCOREBOARD
    305 7 INDIAN ASSOCIATION— IST. INNS.: 1 .-io SINGAPORE CHINESE B.C.— ISI INNS Ang Earn Hock c Raiji b Bhatri I Khoo One Lee c V Madari b Raiji IX En Cheow Ctaye c V Madari b Angullla Cbeong Thiam siew Ibw Bhatri 0 One Swer Law c AsbrafT b Bhalr
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    ROCKY is Out
    67 7 ROCKY is Out photo. Challenger Hockey Graziano tries to pull himself to his feet as referee Tommy Gilmore counts him out m the third of a scheduled fifteen round World Middleweight title bout at Chicago Stadium. Graziano failed to beat the count and title holder Sugar Ray Robinson retained hi
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    2 TEAMS WIN OUTRIGHT
    280 7 2 TEAMS WIN OUTRIGHT Junior Games Fthe Singapore Cricket Association Junior Tournament yesterday, I. Suratta hit up 56 and 27 not out m his two innings for V.M.C.A against R.A.F. Seletar. V.M.C.A. won the encounter on first innings. Two teams Braddell C.C and 8.0.D. Civilian Association—won their matches outright. The
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    DIPLOCK HITS 107
    213 7 L. J. A. Diplock followed up on his quick 80 for 223 8.0 D. against Singapore Dist. Signals it St. Georges Road on Saturday vith a not out 107 for S.C.C. 'A" who beat G.H.Q. by 104 r ':ns on the padanj? yesterday S.C.C. were 29 when
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    Arsenal were again ' victims of bad luck
    651 7  - Arsenal were again victims of bad luck JIM CHAMBERS By MANCHESTER United clinched their championiTl ship of the first division of the English Football League on Saturday by trouncing Arsenal, their nearest rivals, 6 l. Arsenal, who are scheduled to play Newcastle United m the F.A. Cup final at Wembley
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    Boy Brooks arrives tomorrow
    223 7 Boy Brooks arrives tomorrow gOY BROOKS, triple title holder of the Orient, will stake his middleweight crown against Australian Steve Brian at the Happy World on Friday night. The Negro, conqueror of Sompong, and Alfie Sands, has fought Empire champion Dave Sands three times. Steve Brian has fought once m
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    26 7 AN unfinished opening partner* ship of 109 runs by J. Galifitan and R. Jar.sen featured th# SRC padang match which SRO won against. Non-Bencers C.C. yesterday.
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    ENGAGEMENTS
    39 8 WILSON— de CRUZ. The engagement was announced between Mr. M. Rodney de Cruz, eldest son of Mr. C. A. de Cru» and Mist Patricia Wilson, eldeat daughter of the late Mr. and Mrs. N H. Wilson on 26-4-52.
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    BIRTH
    25 8 FROST: On 24th April. IMS. at Rustington, Sussex, to Betty (nee Gibson) wife of John #N. Frost. Hongkong and Shanghai Bank, a son— Derek.
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    BRITIAN RESUMES NORMAL
    584 8 TIES WITH JAPS TOD A V LONDON, Monday. JAPAN will appoint ambassadors to New Delhi, Washington, London, Paris, Canberra, and Ottawa and create legations m several world capitals almost immediately after the Japanese peace treaty comes into force today. Mr. Koichiro Azakai, head of the Japanese Overseas
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    MOSSADEQ 'IS STILL AILING'
    47 8 MOSSADEQ 'IS STILL AILING' The Persian Premier, Dr. Mossadeq, did not attend yesterday morning's opening of the Majlis. He is still ailing. The Majlis which adjourned after hearing the Shah's speech, reassembled later and elected the oldest member, Sheikhulmulk Orang, as temporary chairman to conduct proceedings, Reuter
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    'BAN JELLY BOMB'
    25 8 The Archbishop of York, Dr. Cyril Garbett, said yesterday the jellied petrol bomb used by the Allies m Koiea should be outlawed.
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    MOSCOW SETS NEW NYLON FASHIONS
    100 8 LONDON. Mon. RUSSIA sounded a new fashion note yesterday. Moscow Radio boasted that Russian women shortly will hav e an abundant supply of nylon hosiery with coloured heeis. The Ministry of Light Industry has supplied state factories with new machines, which produce women's and children's
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    RAAF plans changes
    73 8 v SYDNEY. Mon. TMPORTANT toplevel chan- ges m the Royal Australian Air Force will be made soon, the chief of the Air Staff Air Marshal J. D. L. Hardmsn announced last night. Air Marshal Hardman said he proposed to "decentralise" control of the Australian Air Force More
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    15 8 pictare. MISS TEMPLER'(rijht) and friend photographed at the Kuala Lumpur race, en Saturday Free Press
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    BACK TO FREEDOM
    32 8 Russian authorities yesterday released two United States army sergeants who were arrested last night b> East German police when they accidently crossed into Berlin's Russian sector by car.- Reuter
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    Torchmen ready to fight Malan
    266 8 CAPETOWN, Monday. rpHE High Command of the Torch Commando A warned last night it will "meet action with action* if Dr. Daniel Malan's Government rewrites the Union's constitution. The leaders of the 175,000-strong ex-service-men's movement, announced after two-day emergency talks they are ready to meet
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    Nizam's 3 palaces to be sold
    97 8 Nizam 's 3 palaces to be sold NEW DELHI, Mon. rjIHE Nizam of Hyderabad, one of the world's richest men, has three palaces for sale and is having difficulty m finding buyers. For the past two years, the Hyderabad Government has been trying to sell the three residences m Delhi,
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    Italy makes jet engines
    49 8 MILAN, Mon. ITALY has begun production of De Havilland jet engines under licence from the British company, a De Havilland spokesman said here yesterday. He added they are being made by Fiat, Italy's largest automobile manufacturers and Alfa Romeo, makers of special fast cars.- Reuter
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    EISENHOWER TO GO HOME ON JUNE 1
    161 8 PARIS, Monday. (GENERAL Dwight Eisenhower said last night he is returning to the United States on June 1, the date by which he has asked to be relieved of his post as Supreme Allied Commander m Europe. It was the first official announcement
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    CLAIM SHELVED
    28 8 Indonesia's claim to Dutchcontrolled Western New Guinea has been put on ice f or the present "because Holland preferred it," Dr. Soekiman, ex-Premier, said yesterday.- A.P.
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    21 8 The Amir of- Bahawalpur, Pakistan. announced last night that the state's general election due to start today had been postponed.- Reuter
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    Bishop exposes Communist plot
    110 8 ROME, Mon. A MERICAN Communists a were under secret orders m 1936 to infiltrate into4he Catholic priesthood, Monsignor Fulton J. Sheen revealed yesterday. Tlie 57-year-old Auxiliary Bishop of New York, speak- ins before an overflow congregation m the American Catholic church of Santa Susanna, said: "In
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    SEVEN LOST IN DESERT
    56 8 Seven British soldiers, one of them an officer, have been missing for 48 hours m the Jordan desert, where violent sandstorms* yesterday blotted out the sun and held up rescue attempts. The missing men .are gunners from the 80 light antiaircraft regiment and they have a
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    Horse hurt motorist
    73 8 CHICAGO, Mon. TURORS awarded $3,000 •J damages to an indignant motorcar owner who brought a suit against the owner of a horse that crashed into his car and knocked the motorist cold. The plaintiff, Oscar Safran, 40, said he was driving by a livery* stable when a
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    'BRITONS TOO EXTRAVAGANT
    60 8 A Conservative Member of Parliament yesterday told Britons that they were being too extravagant. "We are spending over £3 a week per family on tobacco, drink, gambling and amusement," Cyril Osborne said m a speech. "This is extravagance that no nation can afford which is living beyond
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    QUEEN JULIANA
    26 8 Queen Juliana of the Netherlands yesterday completed her 26-day visit to the United States and Canada by attending church services at Ottawa.- m U.P.
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    Passive resistance
    31 8 The Ceylon Indian Congress has decided to launch a satyagraha (passive resistance) today as a protest against the- disenfranchisement by the Government of Ceylon of 200.000 Indian residents.- Reuter
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    NEW RED RIOTS LIKELY-WARNING
    190 8 BERLIN, Monday. rpHE West Berlin burgomaster, Mr. Ernst Reuter, warned Berliners m a broadcast yesterday that the Communists were likely soon to stage new demonstrations more violent than those recently directed against the Western sectors. Mr. Reuter also said that the people m the Soviet sector,
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    MONTY IN LISBON
    33 8 Field Marshal Viscount Montgomery yesterday inspected the Torres Veras defences, Portugal's "maginot line", after formally opening the five-day North Atlantic Treaty alliance visit at a military banquet at Lisbon U.P.
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    22 WOUNDED
    30 8 the i,^ Velasco Ibarra twt^J^ d^n; of Ecuador aw^ he age of 66 cam Da L now i the Presidentua J£g»ll» 1 later this year Cn dlv Reuter
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