The Singapore Free Press, 28 May 1952

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    19 1 The Singapore Free Press LABQEST AFTERMOOW SALE 1M MALAYA Si). 18,403. SINGAPORE, WEDNESDAY, MAY 28, 1552. PRICE FIFTEEN CENTS
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    U.K. GUARANTEE TO w. EUROPE
    634 1 Germans sign treaty for joint army PARIS, Wednesday. HISTORY-MAKING TREATY to mesh the soldiers of re-armed Germany into a 43-divi-sion force with the troops of five other European nations was signed m Paris yesterday. The ceremony was followed immediately by a sweeping declaration of American
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    JAPAN ASKS FOR CONSUL IN S'PORE
    179 1 l re Pleas Staff Reporter JIPAN has started i^iations with the British Government for th establishment of a. C >: -.< ;iite-General m Singapore, Mr. Michaei Sasaki, representative of Japanese Export Ti Research Organif .mi m the Colony, told t: free Press this mornSasaki
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    BAG SNATCH
    41 1 Free Press Staff Reporter a 17-year-old Singapore pn, Lai Ah Moy was robbed it her handbag, containing and an identity card, by i mm m Tanjong -Raton* Road last night. The man «tv from behind and snatched the bag.
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    Notorious Changi convict breaks gaol
    134 1 Notorious Changi convict breaks gaol Free Press Staff Reporter ABOYANESE convict, who was serving an 18-month sentence for housebreaking. at Changi prison. Singapore, broke gaol last evening by slipping away while out with a working party of 15 convicts. Police, who set up road blocks all over the island last
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    LAST DAY OF TRUCE
    85 1 A FINAL effort will be mads today by the Government and the Post and Telegraphs Uniformed Staff Union to reach agreement on the Union's two outstanding claim*. These relate to pay scales of telegraph messengers. The truce is due to end this evening. The spokesman of
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    MANY HAD OPIUM
    24 1 The United States told the United Nations yesterday that large numbers of captured North Koreans bad opium m their possession U.P.
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    'Traitors' in civil service, says Casey
    231 1 CANBERRA, Wednesday. WHERE is "a small but extremely dangerous nest A of traitors" m the Australian civil service, Mr. Richard Casey, External Affairs Minister, said yesterday. I He said the government started a probe into the service after the grievous leakage of the draft
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    REDS CUTTING WIRES, ROADS FROM BERLIN
    299 1 BERLIN, Wednesday. THE RUSSIANS and their East German Communist henchmen started cutting telephone and telegraph service between West Berlin and the outside world yesterday and barred Allied patrols from the lifeline highway to the West. This action, which may be the start of a
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    United party leads in Ceylon
    159 1 United party leads in Ceylon COLOMBO, Wed. ON the basis of results at the half-way point m Ceylon's national elections, Mr. Dudley Senanayake, the Premier, appeared to be certain to be asked to form a new government around hi& leading United .National Party. With only one seat still unreported from
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    Shot boy was silent
    125 1 LONDON, Wed. A 13- YEAR-OLD boy who didn't want to get his friend m trouble sat stoically through the morning session at school yesterday and then staggered home to tell his mother he had been shot. The bullet had been fired accidentally from an old German
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    US students riot again
    64 1 BOSTON, Wed. rpHE COLLEGE student A rioting craze spread to the Harvard Medical School yesterday with student-doc-tors tossing water bombs and beer cans at Harvard University police. The disturbance occurred m Vanderbilt Hall near the children's medical centre. About 325 students are housed m the hall.
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    TOO MANY BULBS-U.S. CUP MANAGER
    230 1 KEN DAVIDSON, manager of the American Thomas Cup team, told the Singapore Free Press this morning that he wa r hoping to cement victory tonight, taking full advantage of the very useful three-one lead they took last night Hp by no means underestimates the Indians,
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    42 1 picture. BOYS OF TUFTS College, Redford, Massachusetts, USA, lire doused with waste-buckets filled with strongly 'perfumed' water by Jackson College girls as the boys scale a fire escape m a raid for girls' panties. The boys retreated before ihe bucket brigade. A.P.
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    Burmese troops hold, quiz Chiang general
    92 1 RANGOON, Wednesday. BURMESE Government forces, fighting Chinese Nationalists m the Kengtung area on the Burma Siam border, have captured Major-General U Sufai, second m command to General Li Mi, It was announced yesterday. After interrogation General Li Su-fai was ordered to be detained irt
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    PLAICE CRASH
    20 1 A Coast Guard PBM amphibion plane crashed shortly after taking off from the Coast Guard station at Port
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    ENVOY TO BONN
    22 1 Mr. Dutt, the first Indian Ambassador to West Germany, arrived m Bonn to take up his aDDointment yesterday. Reuter
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    Nam II hints of offensive: U.N. alert
    284 1 TOKYO, Wed. A LLIED patrols scanned A no-man's-land yesterday for signs of a new Communist offensive and troops all along the line are alert and ready for any eventuality. North Korean Gen. Nam II threatened to unleash the mfllionman Red army m retaliation
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    IKE GAINS
    30 1 Supporters of General Eisenhower yesterday won all 22 of the Connecticut state delegates to the July convention to pick the Republican presidential candidate of the United States. A.P.
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    W.H.O. Group Tour Will Help World
    793 2 Knowledge gained will be useful m building-up health services m undeveloped areas LAST year, a United Nations World Health Organisation study group visited Sweden, Scotland and Belgium to collect information on national public health services In these countries. What they learned will be o*
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    41 2 These His were »ut on experimental diet of t*m meal and leSiit meal with mure Vitamin J**JL days. Ifc* pig en the right received f fs^;*";'B onthe left did not Itie pig which^received weighs SI the wWeh did net weigsw pounds
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    Girls- With Only Half 'Clo' On
    146 2 Girls- With Only Half 'Clo' On GmLS are watking about m London* luncn-ttmf sunshine with only half their "Clo" on. The Clo is the scientists' newest yardstick for measuring the wanning power ol clothing. A girl m a tweed suit or a man m a lounge suitjs wearing one Clo.
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    Change of Weather Brings in 'Flu, Colds
    935 2 I The SINGAPORE DOCTOR says... T*HE change of weather A has brought with it the seasonal spread of flu. In young people it merely causes slight physical and mental disturbances, but m the very young and very old, it can become the starting
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    Meteor? I Think Not
    130 2 SCORES of reports on the strange- light m the sky which. Londoners took tor t flying saucer too mon ths ago have now been silted toy experts of the Meteorological Office and Greenwich Owserya w*f y Their conclusion: -it vat ft particularly bright meteor which passed
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    MONOCLE MAM EXPLOITED HOUSE FAMINE
    411 3 MONOCLE MAM EXPLOITED HOUSE FAMINE LONDON, Wednesday. T<HE rich man's son who called himself a count, the ex-solicitor, ex-playboy, and ex-racing motorist, put his monocle firmly m place and went off to serve ten years m gaol. John Edward Johnston-Noad for that is his name had, it was said, tricked
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    LOST HIS SHIRT TO 'TERRIBLE' WOMAN
    241 3 LOST HIS SHIRT TO 'TERRIBLE' WOMAN LONDON, Wed. w%OH2RT Huttan McNaly 1 1 had a cat and chickens J* [£*£> wanted a *ife. So J; Approached a matrimonial v result was an introfi :oa to a woman at Carand aftsr correspon7'.' iie weni there to see j;. r Taen things
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    Peasants attack Red officials
    40 3 Angry Chinese villagers armed with farm tools attacked three Communist P.ir v members who arrested a teal schoolteacher m Pak Shek village m South China. Communist troops rushed to Uk rescue and arrested artcta] villagers. Reuter
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    MOSCOW-BOUND
    31 3 Ladj Gascoigne, wife of S i Aivary Gascoigne, British An.aa.ssaclor to Moscow, has arr t ved m Hong Kong from T >!<yo enroute to Mnsfnw tn j'>:n hf>r husband. U.P.
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    Women may join Turkish army
    73 3 ANKARA, Wed. TALKS are under way at the Ministry of National Defence and General Staff Headquarters on the employment of women m the Turkish Army for non-combat missions. If a decision is reached on this matter, women will at first take assignments m the Ministry
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    Tattooing may harm your liver
    83 3 LONDON, Wed. JT looks as though tattooing can pass along certain virus diseases. Three British Medical officers have reported m the British Journal how they noticed m a Hong Kong hospital that more than a third of the cases with Vver inflammation had been tattooed.
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    A super race of rabbits?
    70 3 MELBOURNE, Wed. AUSTRALIAN farmers fear bald-eyed rabbits— those that have survived the killer disease myxomatosis may be forerunners to a super race. Myxomatosis, which usually kills m less than a fortnight, attacks the head and eyes. The few rabbits which survive are hairless round the
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    EMPRESS NAGAKO
    20 3 Empress Nagako has received the envoys of five nations and the Papal Internuncio, Archbishop Maximilian de Furstenberg. U.P.
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    Too tall for bed or plane
    87 3 LONDON. Wed. I T S Airman Bill Blackburn icnew he was too tall 6i t 3 -m.— for flying duties but he did expect a bed *hen he arrived at his base ■i Briz e Norton. Oxfordshire. Th t wasn't one long enough I
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    NEWSMEN PROTEST
    42 3 Pakistan journalists observed a day of protest on Monday against the new security act which empowers the government to censor and suppress newspapers and force journalists to disclose sources of news considered likely to endanger the safety of the state.
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    ASSAM 'QUAKE
    13 3 A severe earthquake rocked Dibrugarh Assam, but caused no deaths A.P.
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    Bridge Hand
    147 3 Intercollegiate Hand No. S North-South vulnerable. North dealer SOME Scuth players may choose to respond two no-trump to the opening diamond bid. result- ing m their becoming the declarer. But this cannot affrct the achievement of the par result. As is true of the majority of this year's
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    Atom jobs for bright young men
    202 3 Atom jobs for bright young men LONDON. Wed. npHE pick of Britain's young 1 scientists, needed urgently for the growing company of atomic research workers at Harwell, are to be tempted to join the Ministry of Supply's ranks by an offer of "Fellowships" at the Atomic Energy Research Establishment. The
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    SPAIN ENTERS UNESCO
    41 3 SPAIN ENTERS UNESCO Spain, barred from full U.N. membership, has been endorsed for membership m one of its major agencies UNiSCO. The Economic and Social Council overrode Soviet objections with a 12 to 5 vote m favour of SDain's admission. A.P.
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    IMF MEETING
    30 3 The International Monetary Fund and the International Bank for Reconstruction and Development will hold their annual general meeting m Mexico City from Sept. 3 to Sept. 12. Reuter
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    Judy nearly missed her cue
    119 3 NEW YORK. Wed. A LOS ANGELES Judge waited for two hours for Judy Garland to appear m his court. Then he ordered her to be arrested for contempt of court. yer explained that shr had followed his advice not to appear until the minute she,
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    LOVELY OBJECT
    38 3 AVA NORRING, new Hungarian import to Hollywood, added a touch of glamour to the "What Price Glory!" set on the 20th CenturyFox lot when she visited the French village built for filming James Cagney's latest picture.
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    GROOM TOLD: 'BUT YOU'RE A GIRL—'
    285 3 EDINBURGH, Wednesday. JOHN WILSON, lean, twinkling-eyed Scot, lived 50 adventurous years before discovering that he was legally a woman. He might never have found out had he not decided to marry. Three days before his wedding day John, an Edinburgh shopkeeper, broke the news
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    BARTER TRADE
    35 3 A group of Japanese firms have announced plans m Tokyo for a £20,000.000 tarter trade with Red China, although the Government had said it had no intention of resuming commerce with Peking. U.P.
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    Attlee submitted to film men, but Churchill growled
    272 3 Attlee submitted to film men, but Churchill growled LONDON, Wednesday. 'THE newsreel men ran into trouble when they 1 filmed the Socialist Ministers. A Left- Wing magazine accused them of presenting the Minister* m a villainous light. Mr. Howard Thomas, Associated British Pathe producer, told at a dinner m London
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    26 3 The Senate Armed Service Committee has approved the nomination of Vice Admiral Robert Briscoe as Commander of the United States naval forces m the Far East.
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    Priest urges brighter funerals
    63 3 LONDON, Wai: BRIGHTER funerals with mow ness drepsed m white as an ei»r«ri— of hope are advocated by the Rev. Willouf hby rector of Laceby, Lhicolnahire. He said In asnnm "I have officiated at hundred* of funerals, many of which appeared to be really pagan as
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    DINGO MENACE IN QUEENSLAND
    61 3 Queensland dingoes are eating 84.000 beef calves a year, a delegate told Central and Northern Oraslers' Association at Longreach. He quoted a letter from one station owner who said that m good seasons dingoes took up to 12 per cent, of the calf crop and m
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    TO BE VACATED
    29 3 The massive Dal Ichi building, symbol of almost seven years of allied occupation of Japan, will be vacated by U.S. forces beginning on June 7. A.P.
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      227 3 BUCKLEY "HE TRIPPED OVER THE FIRST AID KIT I" Eadio SINGAPORE 930 a.m Schools 9.55 Interlude: 10 News; 10.05 Rendezvous with the Stars; 10.45-12 Schools; l p.m. Paul Carson, oriran; 1.30 News; 1.45 Lunch Time Prom. £.320 Schools: 6.17 Hobbies: 6.40 Radio String Ensemble; 6.55 Announcements; 7 News; 7.15-J.25 This
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    The Singapore Free Press WEDNESDAY, May 28. 1952. The Koje blunder
    526 4 The Singapore Free Press WEDNESDAY, May 28. 1952. The Koje blunder IT is certain we do not yet know the full story of Koje, the grimmest j prison camp of modern i times, and the maddest episode of war m this century. But we know enough Ihe world read of
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    Swing Boys of 'Red-Hot Russia
    831 4 Barbara Vereker talks about modern music and the dance hall m Russia lI7HEN is a dance not a dance? The Communists could probably tell you. "Following Soviet directives our culture m dancing has undergone unprecedented development, and the dance m our country also has become
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    Jazz Jamboree Suggested
    484 4 JAZZ and swing fans will be delighted to hear that it has been suggested that a jazz Jamboree be held m Singapore. The suggestion, which was made recently during a chat with bandleader Gerry Soliano. will certainly get the support of every modern music lover m the
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    Record Reviews
    152 4 TUBINA. Duai Fantasticas The Halle Orchestra (Barbirolli) H.M.V. DB 9738/39. Albcnli Valla, Granadot and Joaquin Turin*, who died only three fears ago, are representatives, of a true Spanish School of music. The nostalgic flavour of Oriental (Moorish) romanticism couple with the Impressionism of the DebussyRavel School from France
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    PENTATHLON RIDER
    36 4 Lieut. Col. A. Pringle, Ro yal Signals, taking an obstacle m the British Modern Pentathlon Championships at Tweseldown. Britai n's Olympic team of three SpVcted to be chosen from the winners of the Penta-
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    MUSICAL SOCIETY'S SCHOLARSHIP GRANT
    390 4  -  PRESTO MUSIC TOPICS by I SHOULD like this week to congratulate the Musical Society on two wise decisions on which they have agreed m principle. The first is the granting of one (possibly two> local scholarships to selected students. The second is the provision of free
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    Menuhin Wants World Covt
    53 4 Yehudi Menuhin, (right) the violinist, and Lord Beveridge. the great economist, were the principal speakers at a meeting held recently at Kingsway Hall, London, and organised by the "World Movement for World Federal Government" and the "European Union of Federalists." Other speakers were Ursula. Jeans, and
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    WOMEN'S PARTY
    223 4 SOMETHING new m America's election campaign a Third Party (apart from the Republicans and Demo crats) to be called the Women's Party of America. The idea is that women's organisations throughout American withdraw their support from Democrat and Republican candidates, run their own pet candidates jmd encourage ALL
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    British Motor-Bikes Are Best
    651 4  - British MotorBikes Are Best O. H. BRANDON m America, m% after Amcrica-s tri- They are outsell! n* A bute to the world "8 supremacy of British American bike? bicycles come downright admissions that 1 the U.S. cannot compete with Britain m the making and selling of motor-cycles. Once again British-goods-are-best
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    CHEAPER VEGETABLES PLAN
    164 5 Consumers Assn. to open more stalls Press Staff Reporter gINGAPORE Consumers' Association will shortly ask Government to help import vegetables direct from sources of supply, the president of the association, Mrs. Robert Eu, told the Free Press. She said that as a result of the success of
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    price DROP WORRIES UNION
    111 5 price DROP WORRIES UNION KLUANG, Wed. rrHE Johore Estates 1 staff Union, at its delegates annual conference, expressed an--sety at the continued 4*op m the price of rubteTand the effect it have on their 'f. c chairman, Mr. K. N. ■air appealed to the mem- to 'and united. He said
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    Founder's day
    23 5 Old Raffleaans 1 Asso- hold its annual r*s Daj dinner and at the Adelphl fbof q Singapore on June tBp m.
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    $58,000 for shophouse
    133 5 Free Press Staff Reporter A 40-YEAR-OLD shophouse m Market Street, Singapore with only its attic vacant, was auctioned yesterday for $58,000. Although bidding for the property was fairly brisk, real estate speculators were absent Nassim and Company, the auctioneers, said that the Market Street property could have
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    Raja tours kampongs
    94 5 KUALA KANGSAR, Wed. rE Raja Bendahara of Perak, accompanied by other Perak chiefs, the Mufti of Perak, and Government officers made a three-day tour of Upper Perak last week. They visited Malay kampongs, new Sakai settlements, Belum Bharu, headquarters of the 16 Federal Jungle Company at Kuala
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    Dispensary is urged for Changi
    54 5 Dispensary is urged for Changi DATO C. J. Paglar, Progressive Legislative Councillor for Changi, will ask Government to convert the present clinic at Changi Point Into a well-equipped dispensary. He will also urge the formation of a panel of doctors living In the Geylang. area who could be called upon
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    Progressives may choose Mr. Vasagar
    131 5 SINGAPORE Progressive Party may nominate Mr. S. M. Vasagar again as their candidate for South Ward m the City Council elections m December, the Free Press understands. Mr. Vasagar unsuccessfully contested South Ward m the last elections, being beaten by a narrow margin by the
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    MORE JOIN A CO-OP
    50 5 KLUANG, Wed The Kluang Co-operative Stores Society membership has increased by about 20 per cent, while average daily sales have gone up from $417 m February to $576 m April. Food parcels sent to England by relatives and friends are very popular because of lowered costs.
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    Assault charge
    22 5 SEGAMAT, Wed.— Bail of $350 wa.s offered Nasir bin Samad. 45 charged here with causing hurt to Bajan bin Noah.
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    New Councillor
    42 5 KUALA LUMPUR, Wed. —Mr. Geoffrey Michael Knocker ,of Harrisons and Crosfield, Kuala Lumpur, has been appointed a temporary unofficial member of the Federal Legislative Council m the absence of Mr. H. H. Facer, who left the Federation on May 5.
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    THESE WOMEN ARE KEEN TO HELP
    120 5 SINGAPORE'S Indonesian women are keen to join the welfare section Home Nursing) of the Civil Defence Corps The president of the Indonesian Women's Club, Mrs. R. A. Pohan, said yesterday the drive for woman recruits would be expedited if there were classes m Romanised
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    30 new MCA branches plan
    75 5 IPOH, Wed. HPHE Malayan Chinese AssoA elation branches may be set up m about 30 new Tillages and smaller towns m Perak within the next few months. The working committee of the Perak M.C.A. has delegated Mr. Too Joon Hing to encourage and form these
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    RUSH FOR TICKETS
    17 5 picture. THE QUEUE for tickets outside the Happy World Stadium last night. Free Press
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    Planners to advise City on sawmills
    157 5 Free Press Staff Reporter DUBLIC Works Committee of the Singapore City L Council will refer to the planning authority recently appointed by Government the question of whether sawmills should be removed further out of town. This will tree the city's waterways of logs. Congestion
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    Merchants told: 'No new licences'
    127 5 Merchants told: 'No new licences' Free Press Staff Reporter SINGAPORE Government has told merchants that no new licences to import textiles from Japan would be given till all the cloth so far licensed for import from that country had been brought into the Colony. Licences to import 98,000,--000 yards of
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    Park problem: AMI to help
    146 5 KUALA LUMPUR, Wed. HTHE Automobile Association 1 of Malaya, Selangor and Pahang branch, will help the Kuala Lumpur Municipality to tackle the parking space problem m the town. With new vehicles registered every week, the parking situation m the town is becoming chaotic. Mr. Qeorge
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    TAXI MEN MAY REFUSE THESE FARES
    174 5 TAXI MEN MAY REFUSE THESE FARES SINGAPORE taxi-drivers have asked for police .protection and an insurance scheme against assault and robbery. A number of taxi-drivers were recently assaulted and robbed by passengers after being directed into lonely roads m the night. Mr. T. A. Simon, president of the Singapore Hire
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    He wants a 'roving commission' for town
    185 5 He wants a 'roving commission' for town K. LUMPUR, Wed. A "ROVING commission" of Kuaia Lumpur Municipal councillors will tour the town once a month to inspect the condition of roads, streets and lanes, if the Council accepts a proposal by Mr. S. A. M. Ally Maricar tomorrow. The commission
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    Youth Council officials
    130 5 Singapore Youth Coun- cil will not send delegates to this year's World Assembly of Youth which wifil be held m French West Africa. This was decided at a recent Council meeting, Mr. A. M. Cherian, vice-president, told the Free Press yesterday. The Council, he said, had instead
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    73 5 OIiBSTATIONS liable to load O shedding: tonight are: Atlas Ice, Cathay, McDonald House, Tan Chye Place F. Can., Seah St./ Waterloo St., St Andrews /H St. Stamford. Albert St.. Short St., New Ice Works, Fire Stone, MacKenzie Road, B«kit Timah Pumps, Balestier Road, Jalan Ampas, 8.M.8.C, Mcßitchie, Braddell
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    New youth club
    249 5 SEREMBAN. Wed. THE committee appointed to form a club In Seremban to provide social, sporting and cultural activities to young workers has decided to call the organisation the Queen Elizabeth Coronation Youth Club. Mr. Justice Charles Abbott, chairman of the commit tee, told the Free Press that
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    41 6 photo. Mr. Hardoko Hardjosubokot o, an attache m the Indonesian Embassy m London, and his bride leaving the Mosque at Woking, Surrey, after the marriage ceremony. The bride, the forme r Miss Supiah Partadinata. is secretary to the Indonesian Ambassador Popper
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    Aid for Land of the Blind
    699 6  - Aid f or Land of the Blind JAMES NORTHCOTT h JJRITISH colonial governments are backing a £30,000 sterling mission of mercy preparing to set out at the end of this year to the Laml of the Blind m West Africa. Two small mobile units will begin the first fullscale attack
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    65 6 Keith Wilson, 7, of Bruce Grove, North London, re used to sell his pet Irish setter, Chris, for US$l,OOO offered by an American who spotted the dog m the street Keith's father found the dog astray and ill at Christmas 1950. The family nursed it back to health and Keith
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    LOOKS LIKE U:S. v. MALAYA
    622 7  -  LEE SIEW TEE Only heat can heat Yanks now By UNLESS the Americans succumb to the heat I* w Vic h they survived last night at the Happy World Stadium, it looks like Malaya versus the Vnited States m the Thomas Cup Challenge With a
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    STRICTER CONTROL
    95 7 MORE rigid crowd control will be made this evening when the Thomas Cap matches between United States and India are continued at the Bappy World Stadium. Ticket-holders an requested only to eater by the gates specified on their tickets. Only holders of tickets of two portions will be
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    HARPER MAY TURN TRAINER
    71 7  - HARPER MAY TURN TRAINER ALLAN LEWIS From lOCKEY Ted Harper, who J was recently Injured m Penang, is contemplating on becoming a trainer. I understand he has been made a gilt-edged offer by two Singapore European owners. The owners intend to develop a property at the tcp of Swiss Club
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    TONIGHT'S GAMES
    80 7 I AST night's total gate 1-* collection was $35,000. it is expected that the cute for all four nights t:uer-zone final and challenge round will be m the region of $160,000. Singles: M. Mendez v D. Mohan. D. Mitchell T. N. Seth. Joe Alston v Amrik Dem an.
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    Navy romp to 3—0 victory
    282 7 Navy romp to 3—0 victory Rpyal Navy... 9; Casuals... o. I AST year* winners of the *J S.A.FA Challenge Cup,! maintained their reputation when they hurdled through their opening tie against Chinese Casuals at the Jalan Besar Stadium yesterday. Navy made a cautious opening, then settled down to their best
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    SASA OFFICIALS
    89 7 At the annual general meeting of the Singapore Amateur Swimming Association at the V.M.C.A. yesterday, the following were elected officials for the coming year: President: Lee Fong Lira (YMCA); vice-president: Lim Yeow Lim (TSC); hon. secretary «fe treasurer: Tan Sin Whatt (TSC); committee: Messrs: M. G. Poley (SSC),
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    FARR WINS
    20 7 ABERGAVEHNT. Wales, Tommy Farr. former British heavyweight chann»\nn outpointed Georges Ro&iers of Belgium here tonight over 10 rounds.
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    INDIANS FORCE THRILLING DRAW
    377 7 ACOURAGBX>US effort by Essex to force a difficult win just failed at 111 ord yesterday m their match against Ir^**"* An unorthodox but adventurous 86 by Phadkar, contrasted by a restrained but correct innings by Manjrekar, helped Indians to draw the match. i Two hundred and
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    SEDGEMAN IN LAST 4
    137 7 SEDGEMAN IN LAST 4 PAMS TtIMET PANK Seogeman (Australia) defeated Budge Patty (US) 6-4, €-2, «-l m the quarter finals of the Preach international tenate championships 1b Paris yesterday. Sedgman will play the winner of the Dick Savitt-Erie Sturgess match In the twntltnasi Australian Ken McGregor beat Fettdsfmo Ampan, Philippines
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    Middlesex lose—but still at the top
    373 7 Middlesex lose— but still at the top MIDDLESEX retained 11 their lead m the County Cricket championship though beaten yesterday by Leicestershire who gained their first win and points of the season. Wine by their nearest challenger* Surrey and Yorkshire, however cut Middlesex's lead of 20 points to eight Surrey,
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    Johore hockey to be revived
    58 7 AN attempt is being made lo revive the Johore Hocfccy Association. At a meeting held to JJhore Bahru during the weekend Inche Mabob bin Ahmad was elected chairman and Mr. W. N. Mcore Hon. Secretary nd ?[J casure fw. It was decided to write to
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    STRANAHAN HAD TOUCH FIGHT
    49 7 TORANK Strcnahan, the Amerfr can favourite had a grta struggle yesterday to hitfl; year-old Joe Gent to *&c round of the Britteh an»toar golf fhfw?p*opgh*r at PrestwlcK, Scottand. Stranahan gained a thriving 21*t bole success after a tremendous struggle which lasted over four hours. Reuter
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    T.B.A. WIN 2-0
    29 7 The Tamil Brotherhood Association beat Singapore Cricket Club by two goals m a friendly soccer games on the padang yesterday. Scorers were 8. Chandra and Ramakrishnan.
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    ALL SET
    23 7 f*HX eagerly-awaited Kid Cavix tan-Oil Turner w*l*u might title light is finally all set for July 7 at Philadelphia municipal Btirtiiim
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    Turpin a sure bet to beat Cockell
    203 7 Turpin a sure bet to beat Cockell DYNAMIC punching Randolph Torpin, British middleweight champion, looks a sure fire bet to be Britain's new light-heavy-weight box in* champion at London's White City stadium on June On that night Turpin. who is stil hoping for a third meeting against world champion. Sugar
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    Sands' career threatened
    110 7 EMPIRE and Australian middleweight title holder Dave Sands. 26, is fighting against rheumatism of the shoulders, which could threaten his career as a boxer. Sands, who holds also the Australian lightheavy and heavyweight titles, said m Melbourne after successfully defending his middleweight titles against Victorian Al Bourke
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    S'PORE INDIANS V. SELETAR
    56 7 b £Lf el *2£ i J£ represent Singapore !«>*»»? •«f In f" rjUF. Setetar (Boat Win*) at soccer on Saturday at Fairer Park: MutMah, M. Chandra, U. Oh** P Murthy, P. Supplah, B. J. IMfChandra. S. Y. All, F^ 9 f I SS^ PHinip. Kanapattiy, U
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    INQUEST ON BOXER
    39 7 AN inquest was ordered yesterday on the death pi Billy WJlki's. IS-year-oW Welsh Amateur boxing champion who coilapeed on Saturday after winning a tournament bout by a knockout. Ife died J4 hours later m hospital. A.P.
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    REST OF THE SOCCER
    168 7 QTAR Soecerites showed fine combination irheii they downed Rocklites by four goals to nil In a S.A.F.A. 'Second Division match on BODCA ground yesterday. The winners acored thcet goals Ih the first half. Kk*B*g netting twice and Roberts once, a fJETHERLANDS Tradm Soil ctety were held
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    GLOBETROTTERS DUE HERE SOON
    112 7 HARLEM Globetrotters, woild-famed^ Amertcmn basketball organisation, will fee visiting SlngaSouth American tour, the Globetrotter* will play hj 23 European and Far Eastern countries on a rouad-the--world tour. They lea?e New York on May 31 and return to the U.S. on Oct. f. Owner-coach Abe Sapsrjtein reported
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    B.A.M. DINNER
    38 7 rpHOSX who wen invited to ek* official ■Hhr*"r of the Badminton fliiofltetlfln of Malaya on June a at the Cathay Restaurant and who have net yet replied are requested to do so as soon as pos-
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    America's Number
    10 7 America's Number MARTEN MENDEZ He won firtt gam* for VS.
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    Gunners are out
    225 7 FARELF COP G.H.Q. Sigs....S; SJt.ILA~.O. A SPARKLING goalkeeping display by Barnett of the Singapore Regiment Royal Artillery thrilled the crowd watching yesterday's firstround FARELF in^er-unit cup tie at Tanglin against GH.Q. Signal Regiment. It was an exciting game with Signals always on the attack. Centre-forward Evans opened
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    9 Hong Kong stars due
    80 7 VJTNE Hong Kong badmlnH ton players left yesterday by a CPA plane for Singapore to participate m the unofficial world championships hi Kuala Lumpur from June 4 to June 7. The group, headed by R. Tay, honorary secretary of the Hong Kong Badminton Association, included
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    Racing world is waiting for the outcome
    368 7  - Racing world is waiting for the outcome NIGEL GEE By HPHE Derby has many meanings. To most of the thousands flocking to Epsom Downs today \t means a Roman holiday, a free show In the sunshine with swings and roundabouts, sandwiches and an annual picnic with an incidental horse race
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    SILNET IS FAVOURITE TODAY
    250 7 SILNET IS FAVOURITE TODAY rENCH-BRED Silnet to favourite for the 173 rd running of the Derby over the mile -and -a -half undulating Epsom Downs track toda y at 15.30 BST. There are 34 probable runners. Otari haa been scratched 1 and Green Signal is not likely to run. Prices
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    ENGAGEMENT
    29 8 AGNES, younger daughter of Mr and Mrs. Chin Leong Seng of Telok Anson, to Michael Ah Long, eldest son of Mr. and Mrs. Low Boh Tan of Singapore.
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    RIDG WAY IN PARIS: POLICE FOIL RED PLANS
    580 8 The mayor cried, PARIS, Wednesday. r« EN MATTHEW RIDGWAY, newly appointed J Allied Supreme Commander, arrived m Paris yesterday and promptly pledged he would put his Korean war-tested formula for Allied unity to work for the build-up of defences m Western Europe.
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    WORLD TIN OUTPUT ON THE RISE
    220 8 WORLD TIN OUTPUT ON THE RISE THE HAGUE, Wed. ADVANCE statistics of the International Tin Study Group at The Hague show production figures m March m Malaya at 4,735 tons, m Indonesia at 2,886 and m the Belgian Congo at 1,354 tons, all being higher than m the previous month.
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    Mossadeq packs his papers for The Hague
    151 8 TEHERAN, Wednesday. rrHE Persian prime minister, Dr. Mohammed Mossadeq conferred with the Shah for nearly three hours yesterday and discussed Persia's position m the Anglo-Iranian oil dispute. The Shah was shown documents purporting to prove British interference iri Persia's internal affairs. Dr. Mossadegh
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    GERMAN COMPANY
    25 8 Pakistan yesterday signed an agreement with a German firm for the establishment of a telephone and telegraph equipment manufacturing company m Pakistan. A.P.
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    GERMAN GIANT ARRIVES
    49 8 GERMAN GIANT ARRIVES THE GERMAN wrestling champion, Garjantna, 50--stone ami 8 ft. tall, literally stopped traffic as he > waiK ST across a Zebra cross at Victoria, London with Miss C. Kandell, his interpreter, he German will meet Jac* Doyle m a return fight at Dublin on May 30. A.P.
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    CHIANG MAY GET CHINA BACK
    240 8 Aggressive Red polity HONG KONG, Wednesday. A CALM, yet hopeful, appraisal of Chiang Kaishek's chances of recovering the lost China mainland was made here yesterday by Prof. George E. Taylor, Director of the Far Eastern and sus?5 us ?i an Institute at the University of
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    Her 10 eggs In ¾ hour
    70 8 Her 10 eggs In hour LONDON, Wed. JENNIFER, the wonder tl hen, died at Kingsbury. Bucks, last night— 24 hours after laying 10 perfect eggs m 45 minutes. Early this morning she was still weak but proudly cackling but her condition deteriorated throughout the day. Her owner, a farmer, Mr.
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    Sky nurse parachutes to wreck
    91 8 DAKAR, Africa, Wed. TTWO of the 18 people aboard a British Overseas Airways airliner, which crash-landed m the Sahara Deser,t on Monday, were injured slightly but the others were safe, rescue planes reported yesterday. The plane, was sighted partially burned m the sand m the
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    COMMONS QUIZ ON TAX PACT
    58 8 Mr. John Arbuthnot, Conservative, asked m the House of Commons yesterday what progress had been made m the discussions on reciprocal tax arrangements between Britain and Iridla. Mr. Butler, Chancellor of the Exchequer, replied: "Points of difference remain but I am still hopeful that we
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    'Slump may hit freedom fight'
    276 8 'Slump may hit freedom fight' LONDON, Wed. MR. F. D. Ascoli, rubber magnate, writing m the Financial Times yesterday says, 'The suggestion that natural rubber producers have not yet grasped the fundamental fact that synthetic is established as a permanent competitor is totally untrue. "The economic claim of natural producers
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    TRADE PACT
    19 8 Egypt and Germany yesterday Initialled a trade agreement providing for U5528,250 (Egyptian) worth of annual trade exchange.
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    POLICE NAB LEADER FOR NUPTIALS RIOT
    136 8 NEW DELHI, Wednesday. pOLICE yesterday arrested a Hindu extremist leader, V. G. Deshpande, a member of Parliament, after 10,000 persons rioted m protest against the proposed marriage of a Muslim official of the Congress Party and a 19-year-old Hindu girl. Twelve persons were injured
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