The Singapore Free Press, 24 May 1952

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    20 1 The Singapore Free Press LARGEST AFTERNOON SALE IN MALAYA No. JS" )0 SINGAPORE, SATURDAY, MAT 24, 1952. PRICE FIFTEEN CENTS
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    TWO US. GENERALS 'BROKEN'
    537 1 Koje prison men reduced to Colonels WASHINGTON, Saturday. irHE United States Army yesterday reduced 1 two generals to their substantive rank of colonel. They were Brig-Gen. Francis T. Dodd, former commander of the prison camp on Koje Mand. off Pusan, who was seized by Communist prisoners
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    POST STRIKERS MAY ACCEPT ARBITRATION
    142 1 Free Press Staff Reporter mHE striking Singapore X postmen are likely to accept arbitration as a means of ending the deadlock, a spokesman of the Post and Telegraph Uniformed Staff Union said this morning. The resullt would be binding on both sides and once this
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    Danes leave for K.L.
    76 1 Free Press Staff Reporter fITHE Danish Thomas Cup 1 team which arrived by air m the Colony last night, left for Kuala Lumpur at 9.30 this morning. Mr. N P. Kristensen, manager of the team, said to the Free Press that his team was m excellent
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    Japs want share in Indies ore
    49 1 Japs want share in Indies ore The Japanese Government has decided to give Indonesia two to three years to payoff the UJ3460.000.000 it owes Japan on trade balances. Japan might write off part of the debt m return for a Japanese share m developing Indonesia's Iron ore deposits. A.P.
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    FORD STRIKE
    14 1 The big Ford,: CompaAilaf Canada plant vftsshut down at Windsor, Oqttrio. yester-
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    CUT PRICE GREENS
    32 1 picture. Mrs Robert Eu. president of the Singapore Consumers' Association selling vegetables to a number of Tiong Bahru housewives at the Tiong Bahru Co-op-erative Store, this morning. Free Press
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    ESCAPED TO GIVE BIRTH
    114 1 ESCAPED TO GIVE BIRTH LONDON. Sat. A WOMAN convict who escaped from a hospital maternity ward m Manchester, 160 miles northwest of here on May 3 when the birth of her baby was believed imminent, was found m a London maternity ward yesterday with a four-day-old daughter. The woman, Bernardine
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    Shoppers flock to T. Bahru
    260 1 Shoppers flock to T. Bahru Free Press Staff Reporter AN experiment by the Singapore Consumers Association to cut vegetable prices by seliin* them on a non-profit-makin* basis drew enthusiastic response from housewives at Tion* Bahru this morning. More than 60 turned up within the first hour of the opening of
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    ONE THREE ONE TO WIN THE CUP
    81 1 ALLAN LEWIS says thai the best bets for Cup day at Buklt Timah should be:— Brave Wind, Aviwj and Sabelas June. A good combination for the «ooWr is:— Mafic Oak and SolThe Governor's Cop should go to One Three One. The dangers are
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    NURSE AS TRIBE CHIEFTAINESS
    47 1 A group of Bamangwato tribesmen said In Bechuanaland yesterday that they plan to nominate Naledi Khama, stated to be a nurse at St. Bartholomew's Hospital m London, as chieftainess. She is the younger halfsister of Seretse Khama, exiled chief of the Bamangwato. Reuter
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    CYYLON VOTES
    27 1 I Ceylon* first general ~lecUloTi since she gained her independence w*H. betta ws* frttli the isjflf s 2 99*08 21*-- X.iiAWin* 1 fn fill 95
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    ASIA AID SLASHED
    97 1 WASHINGTON, Sat. mHE House of RepresentaJL tives tentatively approved a $111,200,000 cut m economic aid to Asia m the mutual security bil better known as the foreign aid bill. The cut for Asia does not affect the $611,230,000 m the bill for military assistance to the Philippines,
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    Persia wants to be friends
    76 1 BONN. Sat. PRSIA still hopes for a reconciliation with Britain on the oil issue, Dr. All Amini, Persian Economics Minister, said here yesterday. For that reason she will not build a tanker fleet of her own, nor will she hire German oil technicians though she
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    Rubber shortage in 1960 forecast
    129 1 v LONDON. Sat. AN American rubber comL pahy executive last night warned that the present standard of rubber production must be maintained because within eight years the world's wild be short of rubber again. Development of tl« G^w year Rubber Company at Akron, made that
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    Fire hoses at German peace talks
    278 1 BONN, Saturday. T»HE BIG THREE FOREIGN MINISTERS arrived m Bonn yesterday to offer West Germany a key place m free Europe's defence against the menace of Soviet aggression. The peace pact to be signed on Monday will liquidate six years of war and seven
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    Accord on joint army
    98 1 STRASBOURG, Sat. TORENCH foreign Minister, Mr. Robert Schuman, said yesterday that the six nations participating m the projected European Army have reached agreement on the treaty of the European Defence Community. The six-nation representatives have agreed the treaty should run for 50 years. If, however, the
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    AIR CRASH IS A MYSTERY
    43 1 Aviation experts of the U.S. High Commission at Frankfurt announced yesterday that a two-month investigation has failed to reveal the cause of the crash of a KLM airliner on March 22, m which 45 people were killed A.P.
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    Far East warning: 'be on guard'
    185 1 WASHINGTON, Sat. fTHE United States sent •1 a warning ten day* ago to 16 United Nation* countries with forces m Korea to be on guard against possible new "Communist aggression m the Far East." Disclosing this yesterday, the State Department said the Secretary of
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    U.S. TELEGRAPH STRIKE ENDS
    66 1 An agreement reached yesterday is expected to end the 51-day strike of 30,000 employees against the Western Union Telegraph Company m America. The agreement provides for a 40-hour week at the same pay for those now working 48 hours. Those already working the 40-hour week get
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      Junior Contest
      64 2 HEM it anotfiet painting contest for you. When you have timubtd it sen 4 it to Children's Pag*, Si»fap«re Free Press, Cecil Street, arrive not later than Wednesday next. There are four prizes of $5 (one each to a boy and girl ■p to and including the ago
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      Outvard the "Onslaught
      1193 2 LOOKING FOR FOOD lIM Manderly, the hero of v this tele, left his home m Plymouth, went to London and joined the "Onskui? ht" as a cabin boy. The "Onslaught," on a voyage of discovery to the Eastern Seas called at Sierra Leone on the West Coast
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      Money Means Nothing To This Bird Collector
      912 2 He makes hazardous journeys into the jungle and never thinks about payment for his work A FRIEND of mine, a collector of rare birds, has Just returned to Singapore from a lone and hazardous trip into the wilds of Indonesia and New Guinea.
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      1 IN 9 PASSENGERS IS AN ANIMAL
      270 2 rPHE plane from Bangkok glittered m the sun over London Airport, circled, and skimmed down the runway towards a little group of welcoming officials. Eager photographers focused their cameras on the first passenger to appear. Despite his small size— he was only 40in,
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      149 2 Rupert and the New Bonnet 7 The friends thai Rupert has smiles. Year Mother must trust made m the bus see that he alights you very *nuch when she tends yea at ihe right (dace, and they tell to fetch anything as important Wm which way to go, so that
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    SCOTLAND YARD FEARS WAVE OF VIOLENCE
    249 3 SCOTLAND YARD FEARS WAVE OF VIOLENCE LONDON, Saturday. OCOTLAND YARD officers are watching the latest intTSTJiL* c*e n il f eud whk ""y develop into the most serious outbreak of violence In recent In the pastiew days three members of one gang have been beaten up. One man was surrounded
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    GERMANS ARE 'SAVED' FROM BRITISH SAUSAGES
    68 3 BERLIN, Sat. VtRITISH-type sausages are 9 banned m Germany: there is not enough meat m them to come up to official German standards. The Control Commission gazetted this to British housewives m Berlin. One /butcher has been given special permission to make the low-grade
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    Bridge Quiz
    373 3 WHEN partner has cp:ned the bidding, your first response should look ahead to the nevt round especially if you chocse a bid that will force partner to bid again. Quite often, the insoluble problem that arises later has its roots m a poor choice of the responding hand's
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    Stolen treasures
    18 3 Gold art treasures valued at £35,000 have been itolen from the Jewish National Museum m Jerusalem.
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    ENVOY TO POLAND
    22 3 Sir Francis Shepherd, Britain's new Ambassador to Poland, has presented his credentials to the President of Poland at Warsaw.
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    TURNED DOWN
    50 3 The Prime Minister, Mr. Churchill, has announced that he turned down a request from Israel for £5,000,000 loan to buy oil because of Britain's own serious economic situation. U.P. JAN STERLING, provocative Paramount player, models a playsuit especially deafened for her by experts of the studios wardrobe department.
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    U.S. LABOUR WONT ATTEND
    57 3 The Executive Council of the American Federation of Labour has voted not to attend the July meeting m Berlin of the International Confederation of Free Trade Unions. The Council feels that the Confederation departs m some acts from free trade union principles, and is following a
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    21 3 Henry Syroade VJS. Undersecretary of State for Middle East and North African Affairs, arrived In Amman by plane from Damascus. A.P.
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    NEW RED ENVOY
    24 3 The Presidium of the Supreme Soviet has appointed Mr. Piotr Vladimirov as Soviet Ambassador to Burma, replacing Mr. Alexander Savelyev.- Reuter
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    DON'T BLAME BAD GIRLS', SAYS M.P.
    260 3 LONDON, Saturday. "(JOOD-TTME" girls mix with normal children m J* a "children's hostel," the L.C.C. was told. These girls, 16-year-old moral delinquents, are taken off the streets— of ten late at night. Somewhere ha* to r< n oon? n 1 put tnem The P°
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    He was 'she' is claim to court
    139 3 He was 'she' is claim to court COLOMBO, Sat. FFHE cleric of the court at Matara, South Ceylon, called the name "Aslin Nona", and a slim young man wearing a Hitler-type moustache entered the room. And when the clerk pointed out that the court wished to hear the evidence of
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      211 3 (1) Are you 21 or over? (2) Were you bora ii Singapore or other British territory, the Federation of Malaya, Nortfc Borneo, Sarawak or Brunei? (3) Have you lived m Singapore for the past 3 years? If you can answer "Yes" to all these Questions, you can register as a
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      184 3 EMPIRE YOUTH SUHDAY 25th May 1952 all temples, mosques, synagogues aw churches: (Singapore Youth Council) Space kindly donated by JvyV^fr Shriro (China) Ltd. "i^ MOTION SMITH SON LTD. (Incorporating John Duke A M Ezekiel ft Sons) OPTICIANS In attendance. MR. H. H. ROCKALL, F.S.M.C Late London Refraction Hospital 13, BATTERY
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      213 3 Radio SINGAPORE M, 10 05 Housewives* 3 L New Records; 1 Cr>i Bo Cr^y Orch.; 1.30P v: 2 Altum of HarU54 Racing. Spore; children; 7 News; 7.15 6i rhoice; 750 Spotlight 8 I Haven't A MJsic m the Modern 94^ Thomas Cup Badv. e5 n llJt BB.C ■31 Prcgraame Summary;
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      536 3 Solution To Crossword No. 669 YESTERDAY'S SOLUTION— Across: 1, Emotional, 7, Air-lift. 8, Air. 10, Road repairs. 12, Long, long ago. 15, Yet. 17, Connive. 18, Sob-sister. Down: 2\ Murrain. 3, Trier. 4, On top. 5, Ada. 6, Fair play. 9, Restorer. 11, imagine. 13, Lcchs. 14, Nines. 16, Two.
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    The Singapore Free Press SATURDAY, May 24, 1952. T. Bahru crusade
    229 4 The Singapore Free Press SATURDAY, May 24, 1952. T. Bahru crusade 'THE boom is over, but prices, especially food prices, are still high. 2 his fact ought to make the man-in-the-street and the housewife m the market think again about the antiprofiteering crusade of the Singapore Consumers' Association. Undeterred by
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    Personal touch
    132 4 7THE day after a candle- burning Singaporean wrote to the Straits Times describing his troubles Miss Amy Laycock and Mr. Chan Kum Chee, elected City Councillors, offered thenhelp. The correspondent, Mr. Chew Thian Ann, had complained that for month* he nad lived m a new house on Frankel
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    Leadership
    182 4 f\NE of the vital necessities \J m the war against the bandits m Malaya is leadership. By leadership is not meant exhortations, example, inspiration or colourful personality at the top. This is essential and it is there m the bodies of the High Commissioner and his immediate subordinates. The
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    Zonguldak—the New Name in Coal
    924 4 Zonguldak— the New Name in Coal $400,000, 000 HAS BEEN SP&tfs 0N... A mine m Turkey, facing Russia across the Black Sea, has been transformed into miracle of production and a rival to other great Western mines, says Henry Thody i\N the wild, rugged v shores of the Blao.K Sea,
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    HEAT and MEAT
    243 4 OOWEVER heated the battles m the Amphitheatre at Chicago, home of the -U.S. meat industry chosen by both the Democratic and Republican parties for their conventions m July— ,ther e is one place m which delegates will sink their differences. This is the famous Stock Yard Inn,
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    It Seems To Me...
    468 4  -  POLITICO £SI rjISCUSSING car num1/ bers some time ago a woman friend said to me, "If I had my choice of a number I would choose an involved one then a traffic policeman man would find it difficult to remember.*' Some weeks later I saw her
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    Dance at a Wedding
    77 4 Morris dancers, In costume and carrying staves, dance outside the church after the wedding of Dr. J. Christopher Penton, of St. Albans, and Miss Nancy Ewart, of Weybridge, at Weybridge. Surrey, Parish Church. Dr. Penton is a wellknown Morris dancer. The Smallest The "Samuel Pepys," the
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    Steak Beyond Price
    374 4  -  Geoffrey Becca ti/iy hosts had steak for dinner the night before I returned to London from New York. It weighed 5 ib., and was cooked to a splendid pink and brown over a charcoal fire. My hostess brought out a glittering set of steak knives —"the first
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    THE RIDDLE OF RICH 'MONEY PIT'
    745 4  -  IRVING C. WHYNOT I By In June a group of adventurers will resume their efforts to find the $16,000,000 buried on Oak Island off Nova Scotia NOVA SCOTIA. /)NE of the most ex- tensive treasure hunts m centuries will resume this June as a
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    JAPS OFFER MALAYA CAPITAL GOODS
    158 5 JAPS OFFER MALAYA CAPITAL GOODS Aid for industrialisation tap am L J Free PreBB S*** Reporter J^»nih S! 8 0 1 sd ».> ndustri «l P^nte «n<l «*h« capital goods to A 2£f ifS!? 1 c UlltneB includinjf Singapore and Federation. and too^^icK e i^2? 1 ie !f c officiate?
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    Drive, for recruits In a big way'
    118 5 Drive for recruits In a big way' SINGAPORE police plan to recruit "m a W way" non-English speaking Chinese for its rank and file will begin m a fortnight. Mr. A. H. Frew, Superintendent, and Mr. Seah Yun Chong, Assistant Superintendent, will fly to Hong Kong where they will spend
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    GETS CERTIFICATE
    36 5 Lim Eng Ser, aged 17, was one of nine Singapore scouts who received Queen Scout certificates from the Governor of Singapore. Mr. J. F. Nicoll, at the Boys' Scouts headquarters m Armenian Street yesterday.
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    Penang plans to get more water
    126 5 Penang plans to get more water PENANG, Sat. THE average daily demand for water ia Penang exceeds the dry weather availability and this constitutes an unsound state of affairs, Mr. C. A. Collins, Municipal Water Engineer, says m his annual report published yesterday. The report records a daily consumption of
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    ANOTHER TALK
    27 5 The President of Singapore City Council, Mr. T. P. P. McNeice, made a second broadcast last night on how to fill m election registration forms.
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    He answers a complaint
    113 5 Free Press SUIT Reporter MOBILE Traffic police jeeps, which cruise along busy roads warninig motorists to avoid congestion have, so far, not drawn any complaints from the public, Mr. W. R. M. Haxworth, Traffic Superintendent, told the Free Press yesterday. He was commenting on a complaint
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    He is going on world tour
    51 5 Mr, Eng Kam Hua, assistant Chinese programme organiser of Radio Malaya, Singapore, will be leaving by plane next week on a round-the-world vacation trip. Mr. Eng will be away for about six months. He hopes to visit Hong Kong, Japan. Europe and the United
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    Blackout Schedule
    146 5 CUBSTATIONS liable to load shedding tonifht are: Island Golf Club. Seletar Pumps, Nee Soon. Seletar Wireless. Mental Hospital, Jalan Pekan. Jalan Sultan. Beach Rd.. Alhambra, Raffles Hotel. Sumbawa Rd.. Boon Tat St.. Aljunid Rd., Sims Avenue, Paya Lebax Pomps, Joo Chlal Place. Jalan Yasin. Jalan Eunos, Rangoon Rd.,
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    INDIAN SOCIAL
    34 5 Singapore Indian Association wili hold a dance and c"».?*?i r r June 7at P at the club premises m Balestier Kjuq. iv*tmbers wishing to attend may collect their cards from the office.
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    UNION CHIEF RESENTS THEIR 'TACTICS'
    143 5 PENANG, Saturday. WHE "tactics' used by some employers to try and induce Government to delay enforcement of the Employees' Provident Fund Ordinance ftere criticised yesterday by Mr. Ooi Thiam Sicw v secretary of the Penang division of the Malayan Trade Union Council. Pointing out that
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    Ipoh children greet Lady Tempter
    48 5 A CROWD of bright-eyed children greeted Lady Tempter when she visited the Salvation Army Girl's Home m Ipoh. With Lady Templer are Mrs. Blelloch, wife of the British Adviser. Perak, and the matron of the home, Major K. Smith.— Dept. of Information picture.
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    City told: 'Do not limit taxis'
    157 5 MR. S. S. Manyam, a City Councillor, has sent a memorandum to the City Council setting out his case against limiting the number of taxis m Singapore. The Council is scheduled to discuss at it* meeting on May 30 whether or not the limit
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    Services in Mandarin
    129 5 SINGAPORE Foochow Methodist Church will hold regligious services m Mandarin probably from next month. It will be the first Method*st Church m Malaya to have Mandarin services. Rev. Kao Jih Eng, pastor of the church, said yesterday that this would enable more church elders to take an
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    Nair says: Labour faces big test
    115 5 Nair says: Labour faces big test A WARNING that the general council of the Singapore Labour Party should be very cautious m choosing its candidates for the December City Council elections, was given yesterday by Mr. M. P. D. Nair, City Councillor for the South Ward. Mr. Naif said yesterday
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    Indian Assn. concert
    73 5 SINGAPORE Indian Assocation will hold a concert on June 21 and 22 at the Anglo-Chinese School auditorum, m Barker Road, m aid ci me proposed relief home for destitute Indians and the Madras famine relief fund. The concert will consist of Indian dances, songs and a costume
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    Failure to pay fluty alleged
    43 5 SEREMBAN, Sat.—Charged with being found m possession of 65 watches, on which duty had not been paid, at Kuala Pilah.on Mar. 8 last, Yoong Ngah Koh pleaded not guilty. The case was fixed for mention on June 2.
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    Police inspectors may get pay rise
    119 5 Free Press Staff Reporter TNSPECTORS of the Singapore police force will get A more pay if a scheme now under consideration is accepted by Government. A police headquarters official told the Free Press: "The question has been discussed several times, but no finaJ agreement
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    Amateur dance competition
    37 5 Amateur dance competition The Singapore Dance Association is organising a dance competition at the Happy World Cabaret on June 6 and 7 The competition is open to amateurs who have never participated m any dance competition before.
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    School plans $120,000 extension
    138 5 Free Press Staff Reporter ST. Hilda's School. Singapore, which has about 1.000 pupils is planning a $120,000 expansion scheme this year, Miss Nellie Mitchell, the principal, said yesterday.* The extension will include a block of new classrooms, a sports field, a new tiffin shed, and quarters
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    RADRODRO ROCKS BROOKS
    609 6 RADRODRO ROCKS BROOKS Wins with his left Free Press Boxing Reporter A HOST of voices made the rafters ring with a A Fijian victory soar at the Happy World Stadium last night when Isimeli Radrodro was declared the winner of his fight against Orient t rip le champion Boy books.
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    JACK GARDNER QUITS RING
    49 6 Jack Gardner, who lost his British heavjwefght boxing title to Johnny WUliams last Match, yesterday t^i^inml his itwrfrffr** to TCttre from blaring. "I have definitely decided to quit the ring and there will be.no tmifhaa." the 25-year-old Gardner said at hit farm near Market Harbrough.
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    REME'S position pretty shaky
    356 6 O E.M.E. continue to maintain their lead m the tXm Senior Division of the Singapore Amateur Football Association league. But their position does not now seem to be as safe as it appeared last week. Only yesterday they were held to a goalless draw by Kota
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    FIGHTING DISPLAY BY RAJAS
    335 6 FIGHTING DISPLAY BY RAJAS Kota Raja 0; RE ME. 0. ALL credit goes to Kota Raja for a display of sheer guts heart and grim determination while holding league leaders R.E.M.E. to a goalless draw at Jalan Besai Stadium yesterday. This S.A.FA. First Divisionencounter provided very good fare and was
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    UNITED SERVICES JUNIOR LEAGUE
    89 6 FLYING Boat Wing beat RAP. x Changi 2nd XI by three goals to nil m a Services Junior League match played at Changi yesterday. Scorers were outside-right Maunder (2) and csntre-forward Eddie. T>OYAL Army Pay Corps beat -L* 443 BAD by two goals to one at
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    MIDDLESEX STILL AT TOP OF TABLE
    394 6 MIDDLESEX defeating Gloucestershire by 111 runs yesterday strengthened their position at the head of the County cricket championship table. With four victories m five matches they fcave 48 points. 20 more than Northamptonshire, awl Surrey, both of whom hate played three m sw S
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    Seletar surprise for R.A.F. Tengah
    196 6 RAF Seletar 3; RAF Tengah 3 AFTER maintaining a threeone lead till fifteen minutes before full time, R.AJF. Tengah conceded another two goals to R.A.P. Seletar and had to be content with shared points m their United Services Senior League match -t Seletar yesterday. The
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    CUP WINNER WILL PAY $30 AT LEAST
    1397 7 Going Good —Official Tlxr Af T ATM I ITWTC a\K and a quarter inches of rain was registeru e d at Bukit Timah last night, but the Clerk of the Course, Mr. D. Brown, says the going will be good despite this. The
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    ODD-GOAL WIN
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    INDIANS WIN
    67 7 TNDIANS m the sixth first class x ga«e of their tour gained their first victory with a win over Oxford University by nine wickets. Set 62 to win the Indians lost Roy at 25 and then Umrigar. beginning ts afgrosiYely as he had left off m the first
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    GHO CHALK UP FIRST WIN OF THE SEASON
    223 7 GHO CHALK UP FIRST WIN OF THE SEASON GJH.Q. 3; S.EJL t. GH.Q. may stiU be trailing the United Services Football ftgaoctitiii league table tat at teftftt they have tiro points to their credit after yesterday's match at Gillman Barracks. The league tie produced G.EQ.'s first win of the season.
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    GOALIE SHINES FOR CHANGI
    121 7 GHQ Sigs. 2; RAF Changi 1. ROYAL Air Force Changl can thank Howard their goalkeeper for escaping with only a one goal defeat m their Services League Senior match against G.H.Q. Signal Regiment at Tanglin yesterday. There was no score before halltime. Chang! resumed on the
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    Miracles are possible, churchman proclaims
    417 8 Miracles are possible, churchman proclaims T.B. GIBL iIT ttf AmMM&&> LONDON* Saturday. A MODERN miracle— is there such a thing? Spiritual healing—should its revival be fostered by the Church? These questions were debated by bishops at Church House, Westminster. Of miracles, the Bishop of Derby, Dr. A, E. J. Rawlinson,
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    Border not crossed
    26 8 Reports that Chinese troops had crossed the border into the Portuguese territory of Macao after frontier incidents were denied m Lisbon yesterday Reuter
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    One killed, 144 injured in rioting
    204 8 One killed, 1 44 injured in rioting PUSAN. Sat. SYNE woman was killed and \J 144 other persons injured yesterday when shouting rioters clashed with a battalion of oolice and troops m front of the Korean Capitol building. A mob of 1.500 youthful rowdies, including a number of women were
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    MALAN BANS NEWSPAPER
    50 8 South African Prime Minister, Mr. Daniel F. Malan's Nationalist regime banned the weekly newspaper, Cape Guardian, yesterday on the grounds that it served as a mouthpiece of the Union's outlawed Communist Party. The 16-year-old paper is the first organ to be suppressed here m peace time. A.P.
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    HIGHER PENSIONS
    28 8 President Truman signed yesterday two bills increasing pensions to disabled veterans. They are expected ultimately to cost the government more than US$4OO,--000,000 a year.- A. P.
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    LIQUIDATED
    26 8 Formosa's Peace Preservation headquarters claimed yesterday 90 per cent of subversive Communist elements m Formosa had been either arrested or surrendered to the authorities.- A.P.
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    Not enough in right plates
    71 8 BOLLYWOOD, Saturday. MOST film stars' figures are far from perfect, say two expert students of Hollywood form. Al and Estelle Allardale, owners of an exclusive f own shop used by the stars, had these comments on their customers: Greta jGarbo: Feet too long, posture poor.
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    ARTIST ON RAFT, GIVEN UP, SAFE IN TIMOR
    251 8 DARWIN, Saturday. TACK FAIRWEATHER, artist given up as lost oh a voyage across the Timor Sea on a tiny raft, is alive and well on Timor Island, said a radio message received m Darwin, Northern Australia, yesterday. The message, received by the
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    YOUNG STAR IN ASCENT
    29 8 YOUNG STAR IN ASCENT Fifteen-year-old Sa'adiah, who has been a dancer with the Malay Film Productions for the past two yeai*. has recently been selected for lea d roles.
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    Modern 'Count' of Monte Cristo eats vipers
    204 8 Modern 'Count' of Monte Cristo eats vipers ROME, Saturday. A MAN who eats snakes and wears a Jong beard is living alone on the fabled, viper-ridden island of Monte Cristo. His home is a ruined 11th-century cloister. His life is like that of Robinson Crusoe. He hunts rabbits and catches
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    Well again after 37 operations
    92 8 Well again after 37 operations G LONDON, Sat. ERRY FITZGERALD of Los Angeles said yesterday his doctors have pronounced him cured after 37 operations m six years to repair injuries suffered m an air crash. Mr. Fitzgerald, now over 60, was unconscious for 20 weeks after the plane crash hi
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    REDS CLOSE MORE ROADS
    49 8 REDS CLOSE MORE ROADS The Russians yesterday closed two more border crossing points between East and West Germany— making five trade routes shut down within two days. The closings affect German traffic only. The international highway for the Allies to Berlin was not affected and traffic flowed normally U.P.
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      47 8 THE SAINT by Leslie Charteris jSlLLi^ylF^Ty i ilr mi nn WMilfnn i mmi 1 imiuiiiii inu.uiiiiiniiiiMi W WHATEVER YOU HAVE^n SHOW InONSEN^^SSBI UP6TAIKS HAVE MAD€ ACRUP6 ONCg, T#£y A*f GQ/AG 7D M THOUGHT Of CAN DO *?U% YOU A KflMj K>^^> S RT F ALs EYVE o*.4&UM^^^k
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      5 1 UNKNOWN Satuiday. May .24, 1952
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      Where the Arabs made their homes
      788 1 Where the Arabs made their homes DOWN m the v Kampong Glam 3IVI of Singapore, where the green dome and yellow walls m Sultan Mosque stand Ol ,t from the surrounding buildings, is i group of streets bearing names peculin [q the Muslim ii .'i. This grouping of g^reet names,
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      A S'PORE LANDMARK
      16 1 -Photo by Sonta Pearson "The green dome and yellow watls of Sultan Mosque."-
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      HE HOLDS THE KEY TO WISE LIVING
      988 1 AS I sat outside his room at the Pure Life Society orphanage at Puchong, I wondered what sort of a man this Yogi could be who attract ed crowds of people of all religions and races, and who blew a whistle when he
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      A MOON OF MANY TALES
      640 1 KAYSEE tells about THE Chinese fifth moon which begins today is a month of many legends. It is the month' when Chinese remember a great and loyal minister, Chu Yuan, m whose honour they used to hold Dragon Boat races. It is the moon when
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      The French Do Better Than This
      332 2 II7E are very grateful to Shaw Brothers for bringing us French and Italian films but I hope "LE ROI" (coming to the Pavilion) is not an indication of the kind of foreign films we are to expect, (writes lan Grant). *Le Roi" Is a
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      The old Bob Hope formula still works
      249 2  - The old Bob Hope formula still works DOUGLAS LACKERSTEEN By 'THE degree of your 1 enjoyment of "MY FAVOURITE SPY", the Bob Hope film (coming to the Cathay) will depend on how rabid a Hope fan you are. If you like Hope, then you like his films because they are
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      A Cardinal faces trial
      182 2 •fiVTLTY OF TREASON" >* (Pavilion) like "Desert Fox* is an essay m fact-fic-tion. It is the story of Cardinal Mindzenty's arrest and trial by the Communists m Hungary. The facts are based on "the public papers of the Cardinal" and on the observations of newspaper correspondent^
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      This 'Rommel' is Fact—and Fiction
      412 2 This 'Rommel' is Fact— and Fiction illlMMrfilShil WAR these days is a precise science. The "romance' 1 of "The charge of the light Brigade" and "The Thin Red Line" is a thing ot the past This is one of the reasons why Erwin Rommel, the German general, so captured public
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      Bullfighting glamourised
      168 2 JUST as "Rommel" romanticises the greatest bloodsport of them all— war— co does 'THE BULLFIGHTER AND THE LADY" (Capitol) cast a halo round bullfighting:. The attractive features of the 'bullring are here made the most of. There are wonderful shots from all angles of the matador's ballet-like perorations
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      PAULINE'S FILM STORY CAME TRUE
      441 2  - PAULINE'S FILM STORY CAME TR UE C ECIL WILSON By ANGE upon a time .t there was a pretty little honey-haired dancer named Pauline Stroud, who lived m Hatfield, Hertfordshire, like so many other pretty girls of 19 she dreamed of being a film star. It was only an idle
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        177 2 TODAY 6 DAILY 11 ÜB.-1.45-4.15-f.4S I and 9.30 p.m. Richard JO*** BASEHART WERNER TONIGHT at M'NITE Ban's FUNNIEST! MY FAVORITE SPY Bob Hedy HOPE LAMARB TODAY 5 SHOWS 11 a m.— 1.30— 4— 6.45 9.30 p.tn. CLIFTON WEBB m ELOPEMENT co-starring Anne William FRANCIS LUNDIGAN TONIGHT ai M'NITE 20th Century-Fox*
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      The girl of death
      1183 3  -  ERIC MITCHELL A Free Press short story By HARRY Dalstrom lingered b£ the river after a partit ar |v hazardous jungle trek to inspect the fire lanes bordering old Malcolm's rubber estate. It was hot and he cursed the lot of a forestry officer. He flung
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      GIFT TO BURMA
      15 3 The' United States has presented Burma with a 700-ton dredep which will
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      ILAMA AND TRMPTERSS
      37 3 Photo, Wylie, the Jive-months-old baby llama at the Bristol Zoo, adopts an "If I don't take it now, she may offer me a larger piece" ruse. The temptress is Julia Mean, aged two.- Reuter
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      They'll blunt any sudden Red attack
      416 3  - They 'll blunt any sudden Red attack ROBERT PETTY by THE U.S. Consta- bulary, reorganise ed from the police arm of the American Occupation of Germany into a faststriking armoured force, has been given the mission of trying to blunt the edge of any Soviet invasion of "the West. Constabulary
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      THE CHINESE DO IT DIFFERENTLY
      479 3  -  Winston Wu by THE Chinese are often regarded as a race from the land of Topsyturvydom, This is because they are m many ways different to people of the West m action, thought and behaviour. Western education has helped to bridge the difference m the
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      The Irish are losing an ancient art
      475 3  - The Irish are losing an ancient art MILTON MARMOR says h* WONDERFUL, ancient art is dying m Ireland. Within a generation, story-telling will be one with the immemorial antiquities of other times. Fortunately, there exists m Dublin an official literary executor of the past. Its name is the Irish Folklore
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      PERSIA LOSES FILM STUDIOS
      36 3 Persia's biggest film studios were rased to the ground m a £170,000 lire m Teheran on Thursday. Seven completed films five of them foreign ones being dubbed m Persian— were destroyed. A.P.
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        175 3 HOLLYWOOD Beauty Hint ftflft^Sk JET% > ft Jl R ft €B^ 9 I i -^^^B bK '-■"•w-v^HHHHb^bib^b^blb^bv Stnrftng Susan Hayward. I ntversal-InUr national HolKwood No detail of feminmc grooming is really "small.", i*ingrrna)ls which stand m need ct ::aiiicu ring,"" or which should mm their enamel replaced, offer a hazard
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      Neo Chwee Kok faces a stiff task
      703 4  -  WATERMAN By BILL Smith is a common enough name. Yet four years ago at the 1948 Olympic Games held m London it was a name which spelt Champion for an Ohio State University student hailing from Hawaii. In the final of the 400
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      CUT THUMB PROVED ME WRONG
      657 4  - CUT THUMB PROVED ME WRONG HENRY LONGHURST A 'gripping* story By EVERYONE who achieves golfing greatness, to say nothing of many who do not, writes, or has written on his or her behalf, a book on how it is done. The first chapter is inevitably entitled "The Grip," and opens
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      Wrestler weighs 700 lb
      309 4 Wrestler weighs 700 l b A CROSS-CHANNEL steamer, lying perhaps a little low m the water, will bring to England today "Gargantua," the 50--stone man for whom special travelling arrangements were being made by the British Railways. Gargantua, more officially Mr. Zehe, Is the champion wrestler of Germany. He will
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      ARMY HOLD CYCLE RACE
      82 4 ARMY HOLD CYCLE RACE picture. Ff the early hours of the mornlnr over 110 Army cycling enthusiasts turned out at the start of the 25 mile Individual Tine Trial Championships on the Southend Road near Gallows corner. The first competitor was off at 6 a.m. and the others started at
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      BRIGHTER PLAY IS ON THE WAY
      1009 4  -  JIM CHAMBERS Says i^OUNTY cricket clubs are all set for a big bid to bring back the customers to their grounds. At last county club officials have realised that dull play does not pay and the word has gone out to all their players
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      Russians have 'secret weapon' for Olympics
      682 4  - Russians have 'secret weapon' for Olympics BLANKERS rpHROUGHOUT the ages people have known that their powers of endurance could be stimulated by the use of certain drugs. It is therefore not surprising that doping found Its way into the world of sport, what could be more simple than to take
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