The Singapore Free Press, 22 May 1952

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    19 1 The Singapore Free Press LARGEST AFTERNOON SALE IN MALAYA P» 18.398. SINGAPORE, THURSDAY, MAY 22, 1952. PRICE FIFTEEN CENTS.
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    CEYLON WANTS R.N. OUT
    469 1 Will take over at 'Trinco' when ready TRINCOMALEE, Ceylon, Thursday. £JEYLON will take over the huge naval base at Trincomalee from the British as soon as her navy can handle the nations sea defences. The Home Minister, Sir Oliver Goonetilleke, made this promise m an election
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    Colonies asksd to dollars
    185 1 Colonies asksd to dollars LONDON, Thurs. MB L Ilcpkinson, Minis- ol State for Colonial said m the House of oa yesterday that govnts ol colonial territobad been asked to limit imports from non-sterl-intri including tex- from J- .pan. •■> of the territories had 5 cci the issue of imI- licences
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    Polities at Olympics
    68 1 fNLvV YORK, Thurs. MEMBER of the United Stales Olympic committee yesterday that the So- Union was "determined make a tremendous show--1:\:\ for political reasons" m l Olympic Games at Hel- v m July. Richard M. Ritter, rary secretary of the 5 Amateur Swlmminj? ratk», said: "I have
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    Ghost will be homeless
    72 1 COLCHESTER. Essex. Thurs. A ghost Is soon to join the ranks of British homeless. The rambling, ornate Berechurch Hall near here, is to be demolished and the legendary "woman m white" who has drifted through its 35 rooms. for many a year will lose her favourite
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    NEW UNIFORMS
    22 1 Emperor Halle Selassie of Ethiopia has ordered 180 ceremonial uniforms for his Imperial Guard from a Hague firm. A .P.
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    CAR ACCIDENT
    23 1 A Chinese pedestrian was admitted to hospital with injuries shortly after midnight following a car accident m East Coast Road. Singapore.
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    His wives refused to prosecute
    144 1 His wives refused to prosecute A 32-year-old salesman told the police yesterday that he has been married six times without getting a divorce. "Redheads, blondes and Brunettes, I love them all," declared Robert James. "Getting married is the easiest thing one can do, but getting unhitched b a heap of
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    DUKE SAILS FOR EUROPE
    43 1 The Duke and Duchess of Windsor left New York yesterday aboard the liner Queen Elizabeth. The Duke said he planned to spend four days- in London visiting his mother, Queen Mary, on the occasion of her 85th birthday. U.P.
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    London's night clubs are empty
    115 1 London 's night clubs are empty LONDON. Thurs. TONDON was once one of the world's foremost afterdark entertainment centres— but now. night club proprietors are wondering how much longer they can stay open. Night after night the clubs are often half empty. Some have only one or two couples m
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    Cat burglar steals gun
    49 1 Free Press Staff Reporter A .DOUBLE BARRELLED shotgun was stolen from the almirah of Mr. Ng Peck Kwee when his room m Kirn Chuan Road. Singapore, .was burgled this morning. According to the police, the burglar entered the house with the help of a ladder.
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    100th BIRTHDAY
    28 1 WiUiam Eddington, of Kalamazoo, Michigan, observed his 100 th birthday yesterday by promising to cut his coffee consumption from 40 to 20 cups per day.— UP
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    'Other woman' should pay
    45 1 npHE British legal profession said yesterday the tearM. ful old law "it's the woman who pays" should be wronged wife should have the right to cash damages from the other woman, just as a husband collects under fata, ilia *iUmP m»n_
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    Midget stabs for Navy
    51 1 picture. PICTURE shows a midget submarine of the Royal Navy— one of the X-craft of World War II which successfully engaged the German ship Tripitz anchored m a fjord m Norway m the autumn of 1943. X-craft will take part m future naval exercises of NATC
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    Scientists object to security check
    180 1 LONDON, Thursday. SCIENTISTS employed by the British Government yesterday urged civil servants to refuse to disclose information about fellow-workers m the new anti-Communist security drive. The scientists and their colleagues of the Government's Department of Scientific and Industrial Research made their* proposal m a motion
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    ROAD HAULAGE FREED
    71 1 LONDON, Thurs. rTHE HOUSE OP COMMONS A last night approved Mr. Churchill's plans to sell road haulage back to private, owners undeterred by a Labour Party pledge to re-nationalise the industry if the Socialists get back to power. Voting was 305 to 283. The Government will m
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    MacDONALD IN HONG KONG
    54 1 Mr. Malcolm Mac Donald arrived m Hong Kong by plane from Singapore yesterday for what the government described as a "purely routine visit" of several days. Mr. Mac Donald went immediately from the airport to Government House where he will be the guest of the Governor,
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    BRITAIN WARNS PERSIAN GOVT.
    137 1 LONDON, Thursday. rpHE M«uqae&> of Heading, Under Secretary for r Foreign Affairs, told the House of Lords yesterday that Britain would "resist any attempt to use force" against Bahrein, the British -protected sheikdom m the Persian Gulf. Lord Vansittart. former diplomatic adviser to the British Government,
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    'JUNGLE MEN' ARE WARNED
    48 1 Indian Communists a.re "jungle men" and will be treated as public enemies if they resort to violence, Mr. N. C. Ayyangar, leader of the Upper House, told the Central Parliament m New Delhi yesterday. The House expressed overwhelming approval of the Nehru government's policies.
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    SHOPHOUSE FIRE
    19 1 A small flr e which btoke oat last night In a shophouse m Keng Chepw Street, Singa-
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    Menzies asks U.S. to arm Australia
    318 1 Menzies asks U.S. to arm Australia WASHINGTON, Thursday. THE U.S. Defence Department is studying whether the United States can help to arm Australia and also if a Pacific Council standing group can be set up m Washington. A meeting yesterday of the Australian Prime Minister, Mr. Robert Menzies, with the
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    Oil men go back to work
    166 1 Oil men go back to work DENVER. Thurs. NEARLY ALL the 9oTo» American oil workers who walked out for higher wage* on April 30, imposing cuts on many world airlines, will be back at work by the end of this week. Predicting this yesterday. Mr. O. A. Knight, President of
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    FREIGHTER IN DISTRESS
    26 1 Two ships yesterday raced toward the freighter Paciflf Transport, which was drifting helplessly about 900 miles east of Yokohama after losing its rudder.
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      12 1 SILVER PIKIS V Singing hey nonny nay and a i i i
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      107 1 PX 23'UMMSISL PHONE ***** SINGAPORE 6 A |_WJ m Chanwaane m de la fcoane cuvee Champagne was first g^l^^^^^W blended m its present \^^^r form by Dom Perignon, y^Mf^^ cellar keeper to the Abbey of Hautvillers during the 17th century* By blending wines of different growths he achieved a wine
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    The Lord Is Now a a Labourer
    774 2  - The Lord Is Now a a Labourer C. F. J. HANKINSON By Editor of Debrett rrHJS year's Debrett, which came out last week, was the 150 th since its first appearance m 1781 when a French emigre gave it his name. It has been described as "the dictionary of Britain's
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    PREFERS RUSKIN TO PEARLS
    176 2 WHEN wealthy Kukichi Mikimoto Japan's famous "Pearl King"— decided that, at 93, it was about time someone else took the running ol the vast Mikimoto fisheries he thought that his 58-year-old son would be just the man for the job. Only another "Pearl King" can imagine
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    A Monomaniac but he Was Happy
    824 2 A Monomaniac but he Was Happy Peter Qoennell reviews new books m U.K. UNDER REVIEW C«M— <**■ f i by Wilmarth Lewis. Constable, 305.). Miriam Rothschild ftad Theresa Clay. The New Naturalist Series. (Collins.) RECIPES for happiness are almost as popular as recipes for long life; and, although no recipe-
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    Helpless Cripple Who Won Fame
    271 2 MR. GEORGE THOMAS, crippled son of a London dustman, who won fa m« with his book "A Tenement In Soho* died In London recently. From the ace of 14 he became a prisoner for life aSsffleraaaa: s? tJsrrating a book. Mr. Thomas and three other
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    'UG' IS A 2000-PAGE FIRST NOVEL
    450 2 'UG' IS A 2000-PAGE FIRST NOVEL WACO, Texas. NADISON Cooper calls the 2,000 page novel he spent 11 years writing m secrecy Just plain "UG." 'UG," he grunted every time he went into his little office- on the third floor of his big home m Waco and skinned his shin
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    REVISED 'GUIDE TO STORE'
    67 2 A NEW and completely revised edition of the 200--page "Guide to Singapore" has justjbeen'published. This sixth edition is an invaluable fount of useful information -for travellers and >€^<|ents. i*i'ftSj* facto ..and iflgur.es, and gives details The Colony's history and geography, its people, trade, and industries, scenic
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    BOOKS in the SHOPS
    117 2 BOOKS in the SHOPS Canoe L 1938. Translated' I dreas Mayor w > r ,'{> production by -J<( Muggeridge (Melhuew) 21s). A previously vuh' uh E j section of "Ciano's Dian written after the preset* section, when the hop j of the Axis had begun to\ decline showed us ji;
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    PICTURE OF DEFEAT
    91 2 THE SMOKING MOUNTAIN. By Kay Boyle. Faber. r[IS group of stories from the American occupied zone of Germany give a picture which sticks m the mind of a defeated ration that has lost self-re&oect but not cunning and oi its uneasy conquerors, who arj taking to the
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      129 2 GOING MY WAY by JACQUES CHEGARAV $9.00 I The adventures, impressions and opinions of a French journalist who thumbed his way round the world. ARTHUR BARKER DONALD MOORE LONDON SINGAPORE PORTEX PLASTIC SKIN for cuts and skin abrasions Applied In thin layers it makes a healing sea! that is Waterproof
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      31 2 YOUR LUCKY STAR i^sHf m a certain denr** of You have a charmtne. marhari l^l,^^. w is eh b^rerer. thai calls for jC£t S i "a'A-a flare- ftnn IM*# will »—.*..t
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      80 2 New Crossword No. 668 •MMaHiM«MH^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^Xaw^^HMM«a^^^^^^^^^M«MiMtaMMMHw*^a^^^a^^^a^^^^a^a^^a^^a^a^^^B^^v I4M|BH v aiiaMl *****1 I I I CLUES ACROSS 1. "Go out into* the highways and hedges, and— them to come m" it). 5. jA took among the sasseof «b (3)» 8. A tell-tale (3). 9. Play fa wor*? Nrf tajrordipt ldlfcnnof ctfb book-k«eDer* '(ll);
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      49 2 Solution To Crossword Mo. 667 YESTERDAY'S SOLTTION Across: 7. Ptoot the bill 8 On end. 9. Lilac. 10. Pandemonium. 12. Epics. 14. Idler. IS. See eye to eye. D«wn: 1. If you Please. 1 Modern times. 3. Stodge. 4 Peel. 5. Hillbillies. 6. Black Market. :i. Opiate. 13. Style.
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    Minefields hero gets M.C.
    46 3 TOKYO. Thurs. k VCUXG English officer n mbom foot was blown off waring minefields at the f' r >°.: tB Korea, has been ■warded the Military Cross. Hi ta Li Colin Devkie Carr, X il the 28th Field Regi- T Rcvai Engineers A.p.
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    CASEY DENIES A RUMOUR
    45 3 Australian External Affairs Minister, Mr. Robert Casey. ■m ed a Washington report Australia would oppose s? nes membership m a r >-;-d Pacific Defence J i oort said that Ausnraiij would refuse to enter ■ro pa ts with non-Cauca-■wn ountries A.P.
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    FASHION SHOW
    39 3 a rtshka 6 h o w of Indian Cm m- t ld at the Indian f ,.j u ates office m New York mV^'i r m «eh favourable r.t from experts of the *»i [aftioo stores Reuter
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    Church will win, says Jap bishop
    59 3 Japan's newest Catholic bishop, the Most Rev. Paul Y. Furuya, said that he is convinced the church will triumph over communism m Japan. He became the first bishop of the new diocese of Kyoto last September. He is In Seattle on his way to
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    NIGHT CLUB QUEEN PACKS GLOSS IN GAOL CELL
    410 3 NIGHT CLUB QUEEN PACKS GLOSS IN GAOL CELL mJSk^L^? SyITU M(I *J *rowid West End She was sentenced at Lonaon sessions for conspiracy and false pretences. A naval commander and an accountant were her victims They met her at night clubs. Her accomplice, 28-year-old Derek Holies, otherwise variety artist and
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    RUNAWAY BRIDE TOLD 'NO DECREE'
    235 3 LONDON. Thurs. RL is AWAY bride was re- u^ v a decree m the Jrtjan *as married at 19 ibi consent of her iv She la now zo. p1 eted cruelty by h»r J^ar-oid husband, Mr. Ed- con schoolmaster. just Wilmer said the rfr< married
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    TRIBAL WARFARE
    35 3 Mounted police have been rushed to the Masomeni Zulu reserve on the Southern Natal coast where authorities fear open warfare may break out following faction fighting m which 19 huts were burned down.
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    Bridge Hand
    173 3 wiVE bidd rs might earns should reach tt because West jumps to I :^e trick short. The pro>^n,iJ o n mafe e nine tricks sea^ P Sumsd c Pening lead queen. >•' '"vT S ln:wco »e«iate par iN e r nol v> e sp«clau y tricky East can
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    China Canadians hold meeting
    37 3 China Canadians hold meeting Representatives of Chinese communities In Canada have held their first convention In Canada. Delegates came from 30 cities and towns. The meeting was called to discuss a unified policy for Chinese Canadians A.P.
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    MILITARY AID
    21 3 U.S. military aid, authorised but undelivered to the Allies, totalled more than US$ll,OOO million at the start of 1952.
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    Policewoman was decoy in non-stop train
    207 3 Policewoman was decoy in non-stop train LONDON, Thurs. PLLOWINO a complaint by a girl a policewoman and a detective posted themselves on each side of a man m a non-stop electric train, the policewoman said at Romford, Essex. She was giving evidence when Harry Edward Vincent, aged 36, was sent
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    Refused permit to visit Japan
    66 3 The State Department has refused a passport to an American clergyman to visit Japan because the trip "would not be m the best interests of the United States." The Rev. Dr. J. Henry Carpenter, executive secretary, Protestant Council of New York City, had planned to
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    MORE BURMA REBELS KILLED
    40 3 Twenty rebels were killed m a government offensive m Mergui District, 300 miles south of Rangoon. Another 18 rebels were killed and 10 wounded m an operation m Minbu District, 300 miles north of Rangoon. Reuter
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    PAPER PRICE UP
    21 3 Two Canadian news print manufacturers have announced a price increase of US$lO a ton, effective June 15 AP
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    Warders demand smarter look
    107 3 R'-lT^u NTD ON, Thurs. B '--min Pn On warders af in2 C i° theS COn di^e n t^rt mcers at 12 4* »hp imoroved. of K n annual conference -f 2 Officers' Ac? be put forward demanding that the Prison Commissioners should be told of faults
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    NEW MUSIC THEME CAUSED ROW
    202 3 PARIS, Thursday. A WOMAN clapped once ironically at a chamber music concert m a Champs-Elys6es theatre. Then she slapped the face of 28-year-old Armand Gatti as he scrambled over three rows of seats to protest. It happened while an extract from "Structures.." an unfinished work
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    RIDGWAY GETS DSM
    24 3 President Truman has awarded the Distinguished Service Medal to General Matthew B. Ridgway, for his service m Korea and Japan. AP
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    RATIONING TO END
    13 3 All food rationing will end m Ireland on July 4
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    Not much money in the bank, but she'll wed
    165 3 Not much money in the bank, but she'll wed PLYMOUTH, Thurs. HOW much money does a young couple need to get married on today? Fifty pounds, said a 19-year-old, girl. Not enough, said her widowed mother. So the girl asked the magistrates at Plymouth to decide. She is engaged to
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    LAST SURVIVOR
    29 3 Vittorio Emanuele Orlando, dean of Italy's elder statesmen and last survivor of the Big Four of World I. has observed his 92nd birthday m Rome AP AP
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    BUCKLEY
    39 3 ON THE ROCKS? Well, hardly! For the girl is Lizabeth Scott, sultry-voice, siren seen m Hal WalUs Productions. This is just a publicity man's idea of getting Liiabeth m a glamour pose, but then she'd look glamorous anywhere.
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    They dined within sight of the enemy
    315 3 They dined within sight of the enemy SAIGON, Thurs. BETWEEN 18,000 and 20,000— roughly *bout half the total number m France's famed "Foreign Legion"— are playing an important role m the war of the. Ftench Union forces m Indo-China against the Communistled Vietminh. Most of the hard-fighting, courageous Legionnaires are
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      138 3 ATTENTION, PLCASCI Our Retell Department will be closed from Thursday, 22nd to Monday, 26th May f 1952, for Renovation. MARICAN SOUS, 74. ORCHARD ROAD. SINGAPORE, 9. ■LA %kj> W** _-«rf*» ..(i 1 Available at all leading stores; Humanised TRUFOJDD MOST LIKE MOTHER'S MILK Singapore and Federation $2/20 per tin. THE
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      216 3 SINGAPORE Tne Editorials; 7.00 Sporting Re- w 1- A mow.. An agricultural magazine; 7.45 9.35 ajn.-9.55 Schools; 10 News, Sandy MacPherson at the theatre 10.05 Music While You Work. o^^. BJW Wel-|| Dtajy—com--10.45-12 Schools; 1 P-pv™*"* current affairs m Wales. Peluso Concert Orch.; IJO introduced by W. R. Owen; 8.15
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    The Singapore Free Press THURSDAY, May 22, 1952. Time for talk
    537 4 The Singapore Free Press THURSDAY, May 22, 1952. Time for talk VTEVER mind saving 1 anybody's face. Üby the time this appears full negotiations have not been resumed for a settlement of the Singapore postal strike, tfcen a start should £>c made immediately. Six hundred well-behaved postmen with very slight
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    How Many Innocent Men Are In Jail?
    1158 4 In France, there uneasiness and Frenchmen^ are asking... So many terrible errors of justice have come to light..,, so many men have suffered for crimes they didn't commit, says Stephen Coulter OUT on the cafe terraces, oyer lunch tables and m country buses
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    NO MORE GUN FIGHTS IN THIS CHINATOWN
    548 4  -  Kay Murray Meet me m New York By WHEN the sightseeing f bus unloads its tourists m New York's Chinatown, the guide will warn them: "Now, hold hands— and don't get lost!" Any cop m the vicinity will give a conspiratorial snigger, for
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    Fireproof liner
    130 4 Fireproof liner WHEN the 52,000-to:i ff superliner "S.S. United States' moves from the United States line pier on July 3 to the waving of flags and the salutes of hundreds of ships' sirens, two of her passengers win breathe a sigh of relief. They are Anne Urquhart and Dorothy Marckwald
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    GLORIA IN ROME
    39 4 Hollywood star Gloria De Haven, enjoys a rest at the famous Spanish stops m the cenfre of Rome, after a sight-seeing tour. In the fcukgro&4 *H *t the church of "Santissima Trim** Dfe fM*l£i I i^LUM
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    Tiny Radium Hill Will Be World Famous
    503 4  - Tiny Radium Hill Will Be World Famous DOUGLAS JERVIS Fro m Thanks to South Australia's 4 hilly-billy Premier' Pr Stfuth Australia's desolate north-east where only the mean* derings oi kangaroos and the wild screechings of thousands of white cockatoos have disturbed the tranquillity for mare than a century, a little
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    POLICE TO ACT ON GAMBLING STALLS
    130 5 Ctgarette prizes declared illegal SINGAPORE Police are considering what action to take against gambling stalls m the amusement parks m view of the High Court judgment that "games of chance even with ?E I S?*yL l 2™ es »ffl«*»V spokesman told the Free Press
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    DO NOT STAY OUT LATE AT MIGHT
    103 5 DO NOT STAY OUT LATE AT MIGHT Fr Fress Staff Reporter oiNGAPORE police, yesSterday advised peor m view of the recent F r0 p oi street robberies £t to stay out late at J^M except when neces*v 'V operate either h uor m small gangs K'liimes they wear masks. wientlv
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    2,458 REGISTER
    60 5 B^TU PAHAT, Thurs.— A tot a 1 f 2.458 people have so m registered for Batu PaS T Council elections. The iWßba of people quallf -o Wflstei is estimated It If M* NO PERMIT MUAR Thurs.— For carrying r-.bber m his jeep without a v-auiaee orrmit at Jalan
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    Bribery charge
    22 5 SEGAMAT, Thurs— Bail m ?250 i v a! 'owed 47-year-old Poof Hr:v: charged at Segarat wHh rTrring a bribe to
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    Scout leaders for new villages
    104 5 KOALA LUMPUR. Thurs. nPHIRTY-TWO 1- for training as Scout leaders m the new villages are attending a course at th* Malay school m Rasa, North Selangor. The course, which ends on June 1, is under Mr. D. Diaa, of the Government School, Kuala Kubu. He
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    DIDN'T NOTIFY
    24 5 DID N'T NOTIFY ■KSAMAI. Wed For ::fy n:s change Iron Ittu Caves. r to Batu Anam re). 44-year-old Liew F Cheong was fined $15
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    Charity concert
    33 5 DINDINGS. Thurs.— A large gathering attended a variety concert staged by the Malays m aid of the Lumut Malay School extension building fund. The Pancharagan Bisikan Bayu Band was m attendance.
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    $5,000 sought for fund
    157 5 A BALL m aid of St. Andrew's School Building Fund to be held on June 14 at Raffles Hotel is expected to raise 15,000, a committee member of the Building Fund said yesterday. Highlights of the evening wiil include a fashion display by Vanities and a
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    They wait for moon
    56 5 QINGAPORE Muslims will start their fasting month on Sunday if the moon is seen on Saturday night. Otherwise the fast will begin on Monday, said the Muslim Advisory Board. Singapore yesterday. Hiey will begin the fast on Saturday If the moon is seen the night previous
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    NEW DRAFT CONSTITUTION
    73 5 Dr. 8. T. Wang, secretary of the Singapore Chinese Chamber of Commerce, has drafted m Chinese a new provisional constitution for the Chamber. A sub-committee win discuss the draft at 4 p.m. today M*S. A W. Frisby, wife of the retiring Director of Education, Stags****, presents Urn
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    New officers for Malay Regiment
    191 5 New officers for Malay Regiment KUALA LUMPUR. Thurs. A NUMBER of British officers are expected to arrive soon to serve m the Malay Regiment. They will help to replace several British officers due to return home on leave, ox for re-posting, after completion of their thtee-year term* with the regiment
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    YwCA FUND GETS $12,099
    62 5 The YWCA announced last night that $12,099.25 was collected on the Brick Day held recently m aid of the Women's Centre Building Fund. Mrs. Cherry Chua collected the most on the day among individual workers. The leading teams m the drive were headed by Mrs. Yeow
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    PACIFIC JAMBOREE
    29 5 Johore hat decided to send 16 boy scouts to attend the Pan-Pacific Jamboree to be held m Mew South Wales during the latter part of the year.
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    Blackout schedule
    128 5 SUBSTATIONS liable to lead shedding tonight are: Brwdiiek ML. Itt* Kvu. Bedok] Ch*»fl tft a** dwarf Prtotn, xteah Merah Bcoar. Sel&rang Barracks, MwmiteHtn IHtwwk. B*ptf SwlnuKlßc Ctak, ifcnjMf Ui. Shipyard. Bin Cross, Naajmn* Ice Wks, Cathmj. MacDonald Hcmse, Tan Chy« Place/ Ft Catmint, Seah St/Waterlao St., St. Andrews
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    DOGS IN SACK
    30 5 SERKMBAN, Thms. Lew Till was fined $15 tor cruelty to animals. He hrd carried a dog and two bitches m a gunny sack at Ulo Beranang village.
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    NEGLIGENT
    25 5 KUANTAN, Thurs. Yee Yew Choo was fined $40 In Kuantan for negligent driving. He had driven his car into a ditch while rounding a
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    Mother gets Tai Tong
    51 5 KUALA LUMPUR, Thurs. niHE Social Welfare Department yesterday decided to return little "Peter" Tal Tong, who was found wandering at Circular Road, Kuala Lumpur, on Monday to his mother. On Tesday his mother called on the Welfare Department with Tai Tong's birth certificate to r'Mm the
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    TIN ORE DEALERS PLAN PROTEST
    101 5 KOALA LUMPUR, Thurs. npiN ore dealers' associations !> la Pink and Selanxor am plaimtug new moves m their protest against the re'W'i'fuaed at t ulsefftKito b# iv Aa anpeai to the H:?n Commissioner may be considered, the Free Press was told yesterday More than halt
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    These women were embarassed-Amy
    173 5 MISS AMY LAYCOCK, a City Councillor, said iTX yesterday that she was disappointed at women's response to the call to join the Civil Defence Corps. Some women who joined up, she said, felt embarrassed and out of place among the men who outnumbered' them and left
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    Muar woman writes Malaya song
    53 5 Muar woman writes Malaya song MUAR, Thus. A WOMAN m Muar has composed a "Song of Malaya/ which was sang on Empire Day by 5,000 school children on the Government English grounds. The song has been popular among schools for sometime. Hie composer, who wishes to remain anonymous, wrote the
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    TWO PUMPS STOLEN
    56 5 TWO PUMPS STOLEN KUALA LUMPUR. Thurs. A Malay told the police on Tuesday that he was assaulted m broad daylight by two other Malays at Kapar Road, Klang, and robbed of his wrist watch. The engine room at Yuen Chong tin mine, Selayang. near Kuala Lumpur, was broken into and
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    OUTRAGED WIFE'S MODESTY
    126 5 OUTRAGED WIFE'S MODESTY KUALA LUMPUR. Than. MARIMUTHU, wlio used criminal force on his wife to outrage her modesty, had his appeal, against a twomonth prison sentence dismissed by Mr. Justice Wilson In the Kuala Lumpur Supreme Court yesterday. Mr. R. P. S. Rajasooria. who argued the appeal, amid Marlmuthu's wife
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    Course at Calcutta for union leaders
    201 5 Course at Calcutta for union leaders A 12-WEEK course m rL trade y*tnwi^m open to trade unionists m Singapore, is being organised by the International Confederation of Free •Trade Unions at Calcutta m September. Tbe course will be held at a new Asian trade union college to be started by
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    Bandits rob Malay
    18 5 Masked bandits held up a Malay and robbed him m th# Tapah area of Pwak.
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    1063 6 NO MEAN TIME IN GREENWICH TOWN OF BIG MONEY GOOD FOOD AND LUXURY CARS DIARY Oreenwich, CXmaectfeut: MORE people have more money to this area than any community of similar size anywhere m the world. At least, that is the claim that. lS made for Greenwich and I don t
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    672 6  -  THIS is the story ot a flower a white orchid. It starts at Buckingham Palace on November 27, 1947, a very memorable day m the history off Britain for it was the day on -which the Queen was married. At the reception at Buckingham Palace after
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    IT'S A TOWN WITHIN A TOWN
    788 6  - IT'S A TOWN WITHIN A TOWN J. L. Hays at HwUtoniyo m Ire* at Habbaniya, a desolate spot m the heart of the Iraqi desert which the R.A.F has made into a British garden city, there is a town within a town. Behind a fence which is within a fence,
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    ADONIS DOES A BREEZY GALLOP
    520 7  - ADONIS DOES A BREEZY GALLOP ALLAN LEWIS By fovernor's Cup horses out fItfBSOItS Cup candidates were ondei I Ificc at Bukit Timah this morning when r ,i fj!}op> t*«r Satarday's Ms race wtre done second #rass track. Tfce going was good. idonis '.vas the most attractive worker and now „v
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    S.A.S.A. MEETING
    23 7 The Singapore Amateur Swimming Association's annual general meeting will be held at the V.M.C.A. at 5.30 p.m. on Tuesday, May 27.
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    BEDSER & FLETCHER HIT 100'S
    216 7 BEDSER FLETCHER HIT 100'S A nS???? «"*UT opening S^*^ y torn when they met Essex m the Cwmty cricket championship at Bford yeatwjhj. c scr Btf put on out for 116 alter batting juat over three hours. He hit 17 fours. Fletcher went on to score 142 In four and
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    Indians in trouble
    206 7 HI C. Oowdrey and J. Dc ViiIfl* Hers saved Oxford University with s stand of 110 against Indians at Oxford yesterday. Their stand came after the policy of Hazare, Indian captain, of sending m the University had brought tfaft dUmtMttl of four men for 71 runs. They
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    KEENAN LOSES EUROPEAN BANTAM TITLE
    293 7 KEENAN LOSES EUROPEAN BANTAM TITLE No punch, but down he went JEAN Snytn of Belgium wen the European banfcuMreight <lMppiniMlfcf» last night from Scotland's Peter Ff— m Glasgow. The fight ended m the fifth round when Keenan injured his ankle and fell m the middle of the ring. He twisted
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    The Rest pull a surprise
    319 7 The Best 2; Combined Europeans fr. A formidable Combined Europeans line-up disappointed when they went down by two goals to nil against the Rest at Jalan Besar Stadium yesterday. The game attracted few and even those spectators who were present started edging towards the exits
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    Harper beats Malayan record
    339 7 Harper beats Malayan record rANSPORT Wing wen the Royal Air Force Changi annual athletic meeting- with a total of 47 points yesterday. The Malayan and Fa* Bast Air Force record for the hammer throw was broken by Set Harper who returned a distance of 131 ft 5^ to. Previous PJLA.F.
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    Rail opens June 8
    35 7 SINGAPORE Badminton. Association's new badminton hall at OuiUemard Road, which was originally to be opened on June 4, will now be officially opened by the Governor of Singapore, on June 8.
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    WEIGHTS FOR SATURDAY
    413 7 BELOW are the weifkai lev Saturday, final day of the Singapore Turf Club's Summer THE GOVERNOBS CUP CL 1 Dry. I— IV4M. and U yd. Gambar Melaya 9.07 Galar 8.12 S/indaaa BJI One Three Ob* 8.10 Teeaaaceear au99 Tara Street 947 The Boss* 8.07 MMAMMwmSUnj o.UD Pep-C
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    CUP TICKETS
    37 7 PEOPLE who have been allotted Thomas Cup ticket* will be Issued with them today on the Ist floor of the Cathay Cinema from 9 am. to 12 noon and from 1.30 p.m. to S p.m.
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    Town Rangers held to draw
    62 7 HPOWN Rangers were held to a one-all draw by Rovers 'A' m their S.A.P.A. Div. 3A gams playLed at Geylang yesterday. Both goals were scored m the second half and within five minutea of each other. Town Rangers were first to score, Hock Leng netting
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    JACKS WIN 3-1
    75 7 WILLIAM Jack S.C. scored a three-one wia ofer Bait Asiatic B.C. m ft Singapore BHFA fixture played at Clerical Unton ground yesterday. Boon Tong, Yoke Leag and Clements scored for Jack. Aman netted for East Asiatic. MALAYAN Airways S.C. beat J-** ford S.C by one goal to
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    THE TROJANS FOUGHT LIKE TROJANS
    264 7 THE 17th Annual Athletic L Sports of the Badin Mas Government BhgßsZi School were held at the school ground yesterday. Ground conditions were far from good, but the boys comfuture I gire^tori p^ Bdmi«UOß.. Dresented "Trojans'* and fuHy deserved their win. The individual championship m
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    The $242 winner romps home
    48 7 photo. THffge* (Ba«J»y Jr.) heads m procession home to win Race 7 at Bnttt Tlmrii yesWr- dby and pay tke best dividend of the day-^142 far a wim and $37 far place. Tineent three-quarter length aewzj was secend. and Rebuke third. Free Press
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    Zanzibar ran gamely for Summer Cup win
    1642 7  -  ALLAN LEWIS By 7ANZIBAK improved enough from Ms first race to win the $£,9W (plus added money) Summer Cup (Race 6) at Bnkit Timah yesterday, second day of the Singapore Turf Crab's Summer meeting. Zanzibar raced to the leader BUldaw after travelling about
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    BOY BROOKS WILL HAVE TO BE FIT
    191 7 "ETODAY night is Big Fight •F Night m Singapore. Promoter Little Nene has drawn up a card for the Happy World Stadium which includes three fighting Fijians. Two of the Fijian soldiers will be newcomers to the Singapore ring, but the third, Isimeli
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    UNIONISTS CHARGE 'TYRANNY'
    129 8 UNIONISTS CHARGE 'TYRANNY' JOHANNESBURG. Thurs. TiF, South African Trades and Labour Council today decided to appeal to the International Labour Organisation for supDort against the action of Minister of Justice Charles Swart m ordering leaders to resign from trade un: ,t.s. It described these orders as "a p;<ece of blatant
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    BIRTH
    22 8 YAP: To Maureen Hoe. wife of Stanley Yap Hock Kirn. on 17 3.52. at K.K. Hospital. Singapore, a son Both well.
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    ACKNOWLEDGMENT
    36 8 MR. K. G NAIDU and family thank all friends and relatives who attended his daughter's funeral and also the docto>s. sisters, nurses and staff of the General Hospital. Malacca, for their wreaths and kind assistance.
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    RIDGWAY AGAINST AIR BOMBING OF MANCHURIA
    313 8 RIDGWAY AGAINST AIR BOMBING OF MANCHURIA V.S. General n*gei extended truce talk* WASHINGTON, Thursday. fENERAL Matthew Ridgway, former Supreme Commander m Korea, yesterday told members oi the Senate Armed Committee he did not think "too highly" of proposals that the United Nations air forces should bomb Communist bases m Manchuria.
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    CLASH REPORTS 'EXAGGERATED'
    48 8 Brigadier-General Geoffrey Walsh, Commander of the Canadian 27th Brigade, said In Hanover yesterday press reports of clashes between Canadian soldiers and German police during last weekend were "much exaggerated". He said four soldiers were under arrest and awaiting disciplinary action by their battalion commanders. Reuter
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    JAP SAVANT DEAD
    35 8 Dr. Aikitsu Tanakadate, 95, scientist and geophysicist, died In Tokyo yesterday. Dr. Tanakadate was known for his work In introducing the metric system m Japan and promoting Romanised Japanese characters A .P.
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    15th ANNIVERSARY
    31 8 Russia has no intention of building military bases m the Arctic, Moscow radio said yesterday on the 15th anniversary of the first Russian expedition to the North Pole. Reuter
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    DEATH
    57 8 ONG SIOW LEONG. son-in-law «f Mr. Chee Soon Keng. passed away peacefully on 20th May at 2.15 p.m. leaving behind his beloved wife. 2 sons. Guan Bee and Gum Chye and 2 daughters, to mourn his loss. Funeral on Saturday the 24th May. Cortege leaving: No. 19. Tanglin Road
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    PANTIES HAUL WAS SCANTY
    220 8 PANTIES HAUL WAS SCANTY PHILADELPHIA, Thura. MORE than 2,000 University of Pennsylvania students, victims of the nationwide "pantie fever," were beaten back from a lingerie raid on a co-ed dormitory last night, but then raced through the colleges city campus, upsetting cars and battling police. The yelling raiders broke into
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    ONLY HE CAN LOOK AFTER ME, SAYS WIFE
    182 8 PORTSMOUTH, Thursday. A BRITISH naval officer and wartime submarine ace, whose wife says he is the only one who can look after her, was yesterday under close arrest for failing to take up an appointment here Lt. Commander Alaister Mars. 38. was
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    M-East defence
    34 8 The Lebanon will cooperate with the West m a Middle East Defence Command if the Palestine and Anglo-Egyptian disputes are settled satisfactorily. Prime Minister Sami Bey Aloh said m Beirut yesterday A.P.
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    IKE GETS TWO KISSES AND MEDAL
    171 8 PARIS, Thurs. GEN. Dwight D. Eisenhower will hand over Supreme Command of the Allied Forces hi Europe to Gen. Matthew Ridgway on May 30 and will fly to the United States the following day. The French Prime Minister, M. Antoine Pinay yesterday pinned the
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    'Japan no more defeated nation'
    74 8 Japan no longer accepts the position of a defeated nation m her attitude towards the Soviet Union, the Foreign Minister, Mr. Katsuo Okazaki, said m Tokyo yesterday. Answering the question of a Communist member of Parliament m the Foreign Affairs Committee. Mr. Okazaki said that,
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    WARNING STRIKE
    29 8 Half of Tel Aviv's 4,000 municipal workers went on a 20-hour "warning" strike yesterday m support of a demand for a 15 per cent wage increase. Reuter
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    ACTOR DIES IN WOMAN'S APARTMENT
    108 8 NEW YORK, Thurs. "TOUGH GUY" John GarJ- field was found dead yesterday m the New York apartment of actress Iris Whitney. The 39-year-old actor died of a "cardiac condition/ according to Dr. Charles Nammock. Garfield was m New York preparing for summer stock roles. lie
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    DR. PRASAD RIDES TO INSTALLATION
    39 8 DR. PRASAD RIDES TO INSTALLATION picture. DR. RAJENDRA Prasad, India's first president elected by universal adult suffrage, is driven to Parliament House, New Delhi, to take his oath of office. Dr. Prasad is seated beneath a ceremonial umbrella A.P.
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    Terrors of a trip to the moon
    279 8 CLEVELAND, Thursday. POISONOUS OZONE, cosipic rays, boiling blood and drowning m the water of one's own body— these are a few of the hazards awaiting the first man to fly to the moon, says an authority on the earth's upper atmosphere. What's more,
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    LESS FLIGHTS
    23 8 The Air India International has cancelled a number of Its services between India and the U.K. due to fuel shortage Reuter
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    Peace is Britain's main aim
    157 8 Peace is Britain's main aim LONDON, Thurs. mHE Chancellor of the ExJL chequer, Mr. Richard Butler, said yesterday that the British Government's "first responsibility" was to "maintain peace through strength and with honour." "Under our (Conservative Party) influence the outlook for world peace is clearer, the murmurs of world war
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    ONLY TO PROTEST
    39 8 The Prime Minister, Dr. Mohammed Mossadeq, told the Persian Senate yesterday that he was going to The Hague only to protest against the jurisdiction of the International Court of Justice to hear the oil complaint.— Reuter
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    HE'S TIRED OF 'SUMMONSES'
    72 8 A member of the House of Representatives m Canberra said yesterday that the Australian people are getting tired of having their Prime Minister "summoned" to Britain to be told what the "sterling bloc" or some other "bloc" wanted done. Mr. Standish Keon, Labour, told the House
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    SIEGFRIED LINE TO BE RAZED
    40 8 French authorities have returned to German control thousands of Siegfried line bunkers for razing. German sources estimated about 8,000 acres of fertile soil can be brought under cultivation after all bunkers have been razed AP
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    MEAT FOR BRITAIN
    34 8 Details were given m the House of Representatives at Canberra yesterday of the new 15-year meat agreement between Britain and Australia, under which Britain will buy all Australia's exnort surplus.- Reuter
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    EVEREST CLIMB
    24 8 The Andean Association at Mendoza, Argentina, selected 15 young Argentina mountaineers to train for an attempt next year to scale Everest.- U.P.
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      4 1 Thursday, May 22, 1952.
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      'Malaya is almost sure to win'
      834 1  -  CRUSADER Free Press Sports Commentator y\ I i;YHHN<i con*J stdered Malaya ye almost certain of retaining the Thomas (up and confirming Iheir world supremacy j n badminton when t|, lackle the challengers al the Happy World Stadium, on Miv 31 and June 1. I
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      FEAR OF CLIMATE NOT JUSTIFIED
      1654 1  -  /\VER THREE yeaio ago when the Free Press learned that I had had some experience of English badminton m undergraduate days, and had watched the play of R. C. F. Nichols, D. C. Hume and other stars of the pre-war years, I was asked my
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      Singapore's new badminton hall
      5 2 Singapore 's new badminton hall
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      SAGA OF A QUEST FOR FUNDS
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      The greatest of them all
      1014 3 The greatest of them all Peng Soon is acknowledged to be the outstanding badminton player of the day, a position he maintained m the 41st All-England Championships m 190 l and more firmly established m the same tournament this year. He had won the men's singles m 195tt m a
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      THE TEAMS
      557 3 I UNITED STATES: 1 Wynn Rogers, Robert Williams, Carl Loveday (Cap- 1 tain), Marten Mendes. Dick Mitchell, Joe Alston, and i'Ken Davidson (Coach and manager). I DENMARK: I Poul Holm, Joern Ska amp, Joergen Hammergaard I l Ole Jensen. John Nygaard, Ib. Olesen, and N. P. Kries- I
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      OUR TEAM
      759 4  -  Netman Cheong Hock Leng to win Later, be took on Loon* Pan Tap and triumphed 15-1(1. 15-12; Former Singapore champion, Cheong Hock Leng. (remember his sensational Win over Peng Soon m the Colony's badm1 ntnn championships m 1950?) beat Law Teik Hock m jKuala Lumpur. The players ptayed
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      Malaya's Queen of the Courts
      823 5  - Malaya's Queen of the Courts NG YOOK YOON M \IAYA' S "Queen" o f the badminton O(llI ts is Mrs. Cecilia s lllUie L a modest, 30--v ear-oM mother of j U( I>O VS. Taking up the game wne n she was 13, while jaj] a pupil at the Penang
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      FEAR OF CLIMATE
      545 5 (Continued from Pare 1) lava's climate cm physically lit Europeans who stretch their athletic powers to the limit for only short periods at ft time. Nevertheless, let us admit that our own players will have the advantage of playing at home— all the teams were playing 'away*
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