The Singapore Free Press, 2 June 1952

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    19 1 The Singapore Free Press LARGEST AFTERNOON SALE IN MALAYA No. 18,407. SINGAPORE, MONDAY, JUNE 2, 1952. PRICE FIFTEEN CENTS*
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    HE DOES NOT LIKE KOJE
    46 1 picture. THIS COMMUNIST prisoner of war at Compound 76 on Koje Island, Korea, is pulle d back by a fellow prisoner as he tries to escape under the barbed wire. Other prisoners m the background watch the futile escape bid. A.P.
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    ATTACK ON EISENHOWER
    493 1 Taft blames him for U.S. air weakness WASHINGTON, Monday. gARELY 90 MINUTES before Gen. Dwight D. Eisenhower arrived m Washington from Europe, Senator Robert Taf t yesterday unleashed a bitter attack on the general and charged that United States airpower began deteriorating ust after World War- Two
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    34 1 Repor t m Page 7. TRIUMPHANT Ong Poh Lim shakes hands with Robert Williams after beating him m the match which gave victory to Malaya m the T homas Cup Challenge Round. Free Press
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    Five navies to fight mock war
    115 1 Five navies to fight mock war VAprnn w Ar A NAPLES, Mon. ADMIRAL Earl Mountbat- ten, Britain's new naval Commander-in-Chief m the Mediterranean, will defend the fortress island of Malta m the coming week from an amphibious landing assault exercise by U.S. Marines. nkS~ -i, w 'F~* TWs will be
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    Royal romance with actress
    99 1 LONDON, Mon. rpHE engagement of the X Hon. Gerald Lascelles, cousin of Queen Elizabeth and 13th m line of succession to the British throne was announced m London yesterday 24 hours after court mourning for the late King George VI came to an end. He 18
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    U.S. ARMY TESTS ATOMIC WEAPONS
    171 1 U.S. ARMY TESTS ATOMIC WEAPONS 1 VEGAS. Nevada, Mon. i-.ITED States Army** most realistic atomic manoeuvres to date started yesterday with ti. exploding of n dv teai device. T flash at 4.45 a.m. at Y.i Flat brought 1.000 t 1 infantrymen out of I ixholes and trenches. I r. five
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    TWO FIRES IN S'PORE
    54 1 Free Press Staff Reporter A imall fire destroyed the bark of a cane and rattan m Crawford Street, yesterday Two fire engines put out the blaze. A lallang fire broke out m the grounds of Tan Tock S*»ng Hospital. Firemen prevented it from spreading to nearby
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    Paris Reds call for strike wave
    97 1 PARIS, Monday. T*HE Communist-led General Confederation of x Workers last night called for a general work stoppage m Paris and a nationwide wave of strikes m retaliation for the government's crackdown on the French Communist Party. The Confederation, and the Union of Metal Workers
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    Duclos loved roast pigeon?
    75 1 PARIS, Mon. WAS French Communist boss Jacques Duelos hungry for roast pigeon or did he intend to use the birds against the nations security? That was the burning question French justice faced yesterday, when examining magistrate, Jacquinot, ordered a postmortem on two pigeons found m Duelos'
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    34 1 Mr. Stanley Anthony Ameresekere, kissinf his bride, Miss Florence Mary Wickramasinha, after their wedding at the Cathedral of the Good Shepherd, Singapore this morning. The bridegroom *h* Puhlie Relations Office. Singapore Free Press Picture
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    RAF TESTS BOYS
    26 1 Boys of 16 years can now be tested for future training as pilots and other flying crew with the Royal Air force. Reuter
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    Helicopter to aid BOAC
    68 1 LONDON, Mon. BRITISH Overseas Airways will use a UJS. Air Force helicopter to evacuate the remaining passengers and crew of the stranded airliner Hermes, which landed m tha Sahara Desert last Monday, a spokesman said yesterday. The U.S.A.F. base at Tripoli, North Africa, had been asked
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    THEY SAW ISLAND RISE FROM SEA
    204 1 NEW WESTMINSTER, Mon. A MAN. who claims he saw the birth of an island, thinks someone should place a flag on it "before the Russians claim it." Mr. Neil S. Jamieson. 21, fhird officer aboard the 7,500--ton British freighter Queene Anne, now berthed here,
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    11 want to remain tribal 'fathers'
    99 1 ACCRA, Gold Coast, Monday. ELEVEN Gold Coast chiefs asked the Colonial "Secretary, Mr. Oliver Lyttelton, today that the part they had hitherto played m the ordered and progressive development of the colony should be encouraged. The Gold Coast's African Prime Minister, Dr. Kwane Nkrumah,
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    ISLAND REDS DEFY 'DON'T SING' BAN
    171 1 ISLAND REDS DEFY 'DON'T SING BAN KOJE ISLAND, Monday. BRIGADIER-GENERAL Hayden Boatner ordered his 80,000 Communist prisoners to cease mass singing at night, but the unruly Reds last night disobeyed his instructions In at least some of the compounds. i Gen. Boatner told the Reds that they could practice singing
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    BARTER PACT
    17 1 An unofficial Japanese delegation now In Peking yesterday signed a £30.000,--000 each way barter trade
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    Belgian King keeps a tryst in Venice
    84 1 Belgian King keeps a tryst in Venice SIENA, Mon. rO BAUDOUIN, of Belgium sped away from this little medieval Tuscan town m a powerful American car today, trailed by a string of photographers and reporters. It was assumed he was making for Venice, where he is expected to meet 22-year-old
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    'Ignore Europe army' call
    335 1 'Ignore Europe army' call BERLIN, Mon. (X>MMUNIST-ruled East Germany paraded ft* armed forces yesterday m the most militaristic display since the Hitler era. The big show took place at inipzig, where mere than 100,000 members of the Com-munist-free German youth (FDJ) climaxed their fourth annual congress with a parade for
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    OUT ON PARODE
    30 1 Field Marshal Albert Kesselring, 66, serving a life sentence for war crimes, has been released on parole for One V' 4 0^ vi«it a s\n\r relative.- Reuter
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    The Queen's Soldiers prepare for the Royal Tournament
    22 2 The Queen's Soldiers prepare for the Royal Tournament Imm4 the Qv*ea» Tt«t*. f while troapr <*• HttMdnii Meucat KuJt nearly. Tfr* >« Mi k*m
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    No American Strength in Middle East
    550 2  - No American Strength in Middle East L. S. Chakales by T3K American policy of creating "situa* tions of strength" to meet Communist a$ agresskm is conspicuous by its absence m the Middle East. There are no modern. American tanks, planes, guns or ammunition m the entire area oi the Lebanon,
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    No Work' Figures up Everywhere
    457 2 SPOTLIGHT on UNEMPLOYMENT UNEMPLOYMENT is on the increase m France, although it is not yet serious. Worst hit, at the moment, is the textile industry. Some mills, especially m ♦he Vosges and m Central France, are working short weeks. Principal cause of the unemployment is
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    Late at all Levels Laid On for the Sultan
    414 2 Late at all Levels Laid On for the Sultan Says Eve Perrick OULTAN OMAR AU SAIFUDDIN of Brunei C.M.G., is m England to "view some aspects of BntisA life" And he **aUy couldn't have chosen a better vantage point to view them f torn. Without oeovißg tram ate ??Z^ hol
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    Waiting for Summer
    27 2 Tfee fleet aircraft carrier 'inde&itafcaWe" with, the d«sJ £L 'w n *s" atoncsiAe at Poßtsnumta wece the Horn* is assembllßc; for its summer «xeicises.
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    MARKET TIME IN MANHATTAN
    703 2  -  Kay Murray Meet Me m New Ye?. •y NEW YORK is a bun* fry etty. K«eiy ywur 13,00^000 city and suburban dwellers buy perishable foods to the tune of 5302>47?,00C The city's wholesale markets spread over twenty congested blocks of antiquated buildings. People have been coming
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      162 2 YOUR LUCKY STAR RORN today, yea are, ingenions, quick thinking, alert. intuitive and energetic. Yea are aa lie Hie I judge of hunun oature aad are rarely. If ever, ndstafcon la wing aa aa tadfctgaal ee a sttaatma, Yet, at time*, you aeeear to be too timid to exert year
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      160 2 SolflliPea XO Crossword No. 676 YESTERDAY'S SOLUTION.— Access: Marron Glace. 7. Silicle. 8. Ada 9. Epsom. 11. Trick. 12. Benin. 13. Ideal. 14. M.U.T. IS,, cockpit. H. Staple Simon. Down: 1. Matted heads. 2. Ral. 3. OecumeaicsL 4. Great nieces. 5. Avarice, Exosktleton. 10. Sanctum. It. Pym. New Crossword No.
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    THEYDON'T WANT TO LEARN THE LANGUAGE
    84 3 THEYDON'T WANT TO LEARN THE LANGUAGE SEW DELHI, Mon. TGHT members cf the m parliament walked t of the House when Raii- Mmister, Mr. Lai Baha- Shasrtit insisted on gating Hindi (India** pationa] language) instead 01 *if :S we re South Indians. ta A v.vo were Communists. 7 p. -eturned
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    Soviet mission to Japan no longer exists
    101 3 TOKYO, Mon. TBE Japanese Government t baa notified the diplomatic mission that it ha* ceased to .< Bi: the Government a >j it would take no eediaU action to get the .r. removed. c action brought to a 1. uncertain status of h
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    Bridge Quiz
    361 3 y^'HEN partner has opensd tfce o.dding with one club, you Ha m mind th^ possibility M i)'* has made a prepared IN i a short suit. If so, his dub suit may be only three cards '■■i and his hand may not. b? Tly stron? because if he
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    WAGES BILL UP 360.30 P.C.
    35 3 W AGES BILL UP 360.30 P.C. J Wgi paid m factories since ai''V M Jum Pfd 360.3 per by^ d value of output ;7; the Com■stati.stician* re- ii -alary and Just short of Reuter AAP
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    NORWAY TO HELP
    21 3 '*aY .V- *c .V.;r e 'P India ir^r' a ,f nd economic i^.ooo S; Uhme nt of eountSL
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    LEAVE THAT HIDE-OUT BAO DAI TOLD
    368 3 LEAVE THAT HIDE-OUT B AO DAI TOLD mm> SAIGON, Monday. T»7 f"? F fh Co «»««ioner and nJident -h^StS Indo-Chtoa, M. Jean Letonrneaa, SSL^T'wS* "S* 11 has an austerity pro gramme for Vietnam State and a plan for a national assemoiy. *Hot IEL* "T 6 rtty P ro ?amme, which
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    20 3 LoN.sTANCE SMiTH appears to be kept waiting here for an appointment, and seems to be taking it very good naturedly.
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    Atom plant strike
    77 3 HARWELL, Mon. FIFTY electricians and their mates at Britain's atomic research establishment here struck a few hours after their Communist-led union had caUed for a strike of 40,090 provincial members. The Harwell men, emPloyed by a contractor on the wiring .of new buildings *t the giant atomic
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    Drought halts beef from Australia
    323 3 Drought halts beef from Australia SYDNEY, Mon. A LL hope of relief before November from the great north Australian drought has been officially abandoned. This grim decision is being passed out by radio from government officers who were sent by truck across the grey, desolate plains that stretch m three
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    A COLLAR MADE THE SERGEANT MOODY
    196 3 A COLLAR MADE THE SERGEANT MOODY LONDON, Men. SERGEANT Harold Reeves, aged 26, of the 2nd Battalion Scots Guards, would have been on "demob" leave if he hadn't an artistic temperament and a tight collar. He could have been sunning himself on his hometown beach at Bournemouth instead of waiting
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    HORSE BAIT
    37 3 Householders of Boronia Road, Bellevue Hill, Sydney put their bread scraps on the kerb outside their houses to tempt a milkman's horse away from rubbish bins he upsets m the auest for crusts. Reuter AAP
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    BILL VETOED
    14 3 President Truman has vetoed legislation to give the statttf ifttt* .to oil-vicfcvtandf
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    ALL FLIGHTS TO U.S. RESUMED
    45 3 British Overseas Airways have restored its full weekly i trans- Atlantic service of 14 each way Stratocruiser and four tourist flights. The service had been curtailed because of aviation fuel restrictions due to the United States oil refinery strike.- Reuter
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    ARMY TALKS
    23 3 The annual British army and Commonwealth commanders conference will take place- at Larkhill, Southern England from June 25 to 27. Reuter
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    BURMESE MISSION
    25 3 r A five-man Burmese partiamentary mission led by the Education Minister. U Jhan Aung, will visit Britain from June 16 to July 2.
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    'BAD GIRL' IN GENOA
    25 3 1 SHELLY WINTERS, Holly wo atf's "bad ffirl" and the Italian film actor Vfttario GaSsman, pictured together at >..a> Pnnnor nfoiiir*
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    WRIGGLING NECKLACE
    34 3 pictore. BILLIE WORTH, an American actress appearing m the London show, "Bet Your Life," is all wrapped up with a boa constrictor, six feet long, during a visit to Whipsmde zoo.- A.P.
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    Why U.S. students pant for panties
    401 3  -  HAL BOYLE NOVEL AID TO EJ^AMS. By NEW YORK, Monday. THHE nationwide rash of raids by American college 1 boys on coed dormitories strikes a cheerful note m a mad and angry world. They show that the young of America still have the quality
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    BUCKLEY
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    SLOVAK PURGED
    39 3 Dr. Jan Sevick, a Slovak leader and Czechoslovak Cabinet Minister since the Communists took control m 1948. has been purged from his post as chairman of the Slovak Regeneration Party, a^ording to a Prague radio report.- A.P.
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    MINISTER SACKED
    28 3 i Czech President, Klement Gottwald. has suspended Dr. Jan Seycik Deputy Prime Minister and head of the Department for Physical Cul!ture from his official duties. Reuter
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    12 3 Tokyo's population increased 376,800 during .the 'last 12 months. It is nowi
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    Mr. C. wrote a notice in red pencil on visitors' day
    168 3 Mr. C. wrote a notice in red pencil on visitors' day LONDON, Mon. II7HILE Mr. Churchill was busy with the transport row TT m the Commons recently, police battled with a different transport problem outside bis home at Westernam, Kent. The 82-acre grounds «of the Manor of Chartwell were open
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    JAP TRADERS GET WARNING
    34 3 The Japanese Trade Commissioner. Mr. Takio Oda, warned Japanese exporters to refrain from unfair trade practices. He said Japanese exporters were guilty of making "false invoices" for exnort contracts.- Reuter
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    FLIGHTS RESUME
    18 3 Airline travel and other private flying m the U.S. can return to normal on Tuesday. A.P.
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    Irish guard for French oysters
    148 3 Irish guard for French oysters DUBLIN, Mon. HTHE health of about 300.000 A French oysters lying m a bay off Ireland's west coast is being watched carefully by the Irish. Sea Fisheries Association. The oysters, worth about £2,000 sterling, have been flown from France over the last three years and
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      50 3 Available at all leading stcres: Humanised TRUFOOD MOST LIKE MOTHER'S MILK Singapore and Federation $2/20 per tin. Agent*:THE FEDERAL DISPENSARY LTD OMCOIIPOKATeO W «M FCOCftATtOM O» MAC* V At ESTABLISHED 1001 ttNAAPOM. RUALA-LUMPUft. KLAMO. lIMMBAN. PfNAMA FOR MICROMETERS 4 tAUCB ASSOCIATED INSTRUMENT MANUFACTURERS !£S St« OrcHart) KoHd <inc4|>«irf l>i *****
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      152 3 cvcvc SINGAPORE 9 a.m. Calling AU Hospitals; j 10 News; 10.05 Interlude; 10.16 Ballet Music: 11—1110 Xavier Cugat His Orch.; 1 p.m. Monday Matinee: 1.30 News; 1.45 Home on the Range; 2 Palm Court Orch.; 2.30 lan Stweart, Piano; 2.45 Story; 3 Holiday Concert; 4 London Studio Melodies; 4.30—5 Tea
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      155 3 morganshire v. India at Cardiff Commentator: Peter West; Welsh Miscellany— Student Songs of Wales; 8.15 The Debate Continues—A Parliamentary Review; 8.30 The News A Home News; 8.45 Reutrun to India—- Wynford Vaughan Thomas report on India as he found it efter five years of independence; 9.15 Ivor Moreton and Dave
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    The Singapore Free Press MONDAY. June 2, 1952. Claims to Sudan
    513 4 The Singapore Free Press MONDAY. June 2, 1952. Claims to Sudan E3YPT continues to press her claims to the Sudan. The results of four and a half years study by a mission of the Rockefeller Institute for Medical Research into the living conditions of Egyptian villagers have been published. At
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    Hot Air Man is Cooking by Sunshine
    861 4 Hot Air Man is Cooking by Sunshine r TO most people "hot x air" means wild talk, but to a 28-year-old Indian scientist, Dr. M. L. Ghai, it is a career he makes hot air work for him. At "Suntrap Corner" of India's National Physical Laboratory, on the edge of
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    25 4 W Hbcrforcc informs me he it m lot* with teacher and therefore against the Teachers' Strike we must remember f to do Wilbcrforce after school."
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    U.S.- 'Policemen 'Are Guarding Germany's Eastern Frontiers
    698 4 They are the 'armoured cavalry' regiments which would hold the Russians if war came. fTHE United States Constabulary, reorganised from the police arm of the American Occupation of Germany into a faststriking armoured force, has been given the mission of trying to blunt
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    No Leopards in Geneva
    151 4 THERE'S a new !ai fa Geneva todai you might can to n i you're going that iraj leave. The law is t&ai you c wander the citj tagging a lion r leopard "any kindred fcx asi along behind S Tne City Fathers I makers of Qeneva)
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    Queen's Colour for Portsmouth
    26 4 'i&JJmS^ to th <****'* C* 1 to the Portsmouth CohiumiiuL at the 1«M NaV«l girWlllri Pttrta mouth. Receivinr th« Colour l*lA*at*mma*. il 9iiJL~**l
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    THE TWO QUEENS
    902 4  -  VICTOR HUDSON :;BMm^ i i to^i ne#|; courage to be, with us agah^ By rVO Queens have come back into the public eye... and millions all over the world are happy because It is so. Happy to see the Queen Mother laugh again. Happy to know that
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      27 4 RESETTING JEWELLERY IS A SPECIALITY OF MINE I HAVE DONE IT FOR OVER 25 YEARS CAN ASSURE EVERY SATISFACTION. SP.H.deSILVA 45, Hifh St.. Singapore, Kuala Lumpur Ipoh
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    ASIAN TECHNICIANS SAY NO' TO THE WAR DEPT.
    336 5 ASIAN TECHNICIANS SAY NO' TO THE WAR DEPT. P^bw 't appear before board §ki\IOK Asian technicians employed m War Department estaMishments m Singapore have toned down a request by the Command Secretary to appear before a selection board tomorrow to ascertain their eligibility for continued employment The refusals were made
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    Communists: A police fear
    102 5 Communists: A police fear pOMMUNIST activity In \j Singapore during the last five months was negligible, a SP**l *l Branch official told the Flee Press yesterday. But he waraad. "The qalet periods are the most danger ravt Be MM that althoath the MOP. had been litlln that did not mean
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    Youth to help build church
    216 5 Youth to help build church Methodist Youth 1 K-Jllowship m Malaya organise a work at the new village Sr Pundamaran, near P swettenham, during [he va^ust school holidays to help build a T h and youth centra. church and youth m itrf fiiimated to cost over Sodo are the main
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    AN ARTS COUNCIL PLANNED
    137 5 AH Art* Council is being planned m Singapore. DtotiMiiOPs hare taken place acd an approach may be made to Oovenuwnl for support. The Council, when formed, would seek to co-ordinate and, if necessary, aubskff.se art acUtivitles m the Colony. It would not ffipp T f n
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    Schools work on textbooks
    140 5 SINGAPORE Chinese schools have been asked by the Singapore Chinese Schools' Conference to held m compiling text-books m certain subjects for use m loc .1 schools. Representatives of the Conference, who attended the recent pan-Malayan maetin£*pf the Government-sponsored advisory committee or the revision of text-books, reported
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    C.P.O. praises 300 APs.
    146 5 BUTTERWORTH, Mon. FNANG'S Chief Police Officer, Mr. C M J. Kirke, told 380 auxiliary policemen of Butterworth and Bukit Mertajam that their foot mobile patrols, screening and sweeping operations were giving much assistance to the regular police force "Your spare time Job magnifies your efforts and
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    P.W.D. UNION OFFICALS
    93 5 BATU PAHAT. Mon.- The following office-bearers were elected at the annual general meeting of the P.W2>. Technical Senrices Union (Joiiore regional branch), held In the Chinese Chamber of Commerce: Chairman— Mr. P. I. Gopal; Viee-Chalrman Inehe Ismail bin Saad; Hon. Secy— I ache Ahmad bin Hassan; Hon.
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    PERAK HOLIDAY
    24 5 IPOH, Mon. Thursday, June S» chosen for the celebration erf the Queen s Birthday, will be observed as DubUj? riolldav tn Perak
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    Blackout schedule
    95 5 SUBSTATIONS liable te l*Ad fikeddißC tonisfaft are: 3flb^ BflMdL Jnt>» f N **r m Jal&A Sultan, Beach Road, Alhambra. Raffles .Hotel, Sumbawa Boad, Boon Tat St., Aljunld Rd., .Sims Avenue, Pay* Lebar Pomps, Joa CUM Place, Mian ¥asm, JaU» Yunus, Rangoon Rd., Towner Rd., Serangoon Rd., Sennett Estate,
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    Traders want order changed
    160 5 Traders want order changed Free Press Staff Reporter Importers of Japanese textiles are asking the Singapore Government to allow alterations to descriptions and quality of goods mentioned m import licences for at least goods now on the way. The order refusing such alterations was made without consulting the trade, they
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    More voters in Penang
    40 5 PBHANG* MOB. ANOTHER 2.742 voters were added to the Fenang Municipal electoral rolls whea icdstiation of voters at the »ri»™—»« ended en Saturday. A total of 433 voters registered at the porch of the Municipal office.
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    KILLED BY LANDSLIDE
    51 5 i MXJAR, Mon.—Um Cheng Hai, a lorry attendant of United Chinese Transport Co Ltd., Muar, was killed by a landslide at the 15 the milestone gravel cprarry. Ayer Itam on Feb. 16. His widowed mother has been awarded $3,200 compensation "by the North Johare Commissioner for Workmen's
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    EXCHANGE GETS JOBS FOR 4,100
    126 5 Fte* Press Staff Beptvter SIKGAFORE Employment Exchange wMch received 6.32 ft applicaUons for employment during the last five mouths, farad jobs for 4.T0 people. An official of the department told the Free Press that the Efcchange had met all demands for labourers and domestic servants.
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    RULES WAIVED FOR 820 HOUSES
    112 5 WW9G *HSS SWM* KCpOGICf ri enable the Sfcagapoie Improvement Trust to bufltf 600 cheao Tats »t Kaawoong Java awl another 22a ai BuHar Camo. the City Qctbdl has anted to s^wtt smaller kttehens and 4^-kw* aon-loarf bearing walk to fee built three storey* hfcfr. It
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    They are jubilant—and excited
    70 5 JUBILATION and excitement to get under the net lot the c— giatiatiwg. The last buUcm «f the evening la ever. Malaya have troiuuted hmtwit* 7-2 and won the Thomas Cap aiain. But there's Wynn Rogers and Bob Williams, of America, anxious to say, "Well done,* fa
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    City to go ahead with flood plan
    132 5 NOTWITHSTANDING refusals by Gme Estate 11 residents to pay for a ••oil alleviation scheme, the Singapore City Council will proceed with draining the place and recovering the cost tromt the owners of proper ty. The Council has confirmed a committee decision agreeing m
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    FAREWELL PARTY TO POLICE CHIEF
    42 5 MUAR, Mon. Mr. J. Hargreaves, Q.S.P.C., Muar, was entertained to a farewell party by the M.C.A. at the Ohiong Chuan Association on Thursday before going to Kuala Lumpur on transfer. Mr. P. Smith. 0.C.P.D.. will replace him.
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    NO LICENCE
    24 5 MUAR. Mon. Two hawkers Tay Bock and Ileng Yew Chuan, were each fined $15 at Muar for selling ice-cream withont a licence.
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    Johore police inspectors form assn.
    128 5 Free Press Stall Reporter OOLICE Inspectors of Johore have formed an association to safeguard their interests. The inaugural meeting, which was convened by Inspector Gurcharn Singh of Segamat, was held at Johore Bahru Police Inspectors' Mess yesterday. The Commissioner of Police, Federation of Malaya, and
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    'We didn't break the law' school
    152 5 'We didn't break the law' school T»HE committee of the L Yocfc Eng School, Singapore, at a meeting, expressed confidence m the management of the school, the teaching staff and the pupil*. They agreed that according tn their knowledge the school was not engaged m anti-Government activities. Police raided the
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    25 PASS EXAM
    100 5 rpWENTY-FIVB Singapore loffrmontt servants la&Te passed the higher services examination (Part I) held last month. They are: Bostan bin Haji ftfohazned ICgra^i^ H. IX Rozario, C. S. Nair. Suppiah Nadarajah, N. A. Kularajah, B. M. Barker, A. Nadesan, Wong Kan Yeow, Lee Pen* Guan, A. E. Chel!?an,
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    It was her 64th birthday
    67 5 BATUPAHAT, Mon.— About 70 people attended a dinner given by Mr. Teo Pak Hoe on Thursday I&st to celebrate the (Mth birthday of Madam Ong Swee Imm, a prominent member of the Chinese community m Batu Pahat and Muar. The mother of four sons, all
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    COATES NETS 3 IN NAVY WIN
    453 6 COATES NETS 3 IN NAVY WIN Floodlit soccer m Singapore By A Special Correspondent Royal Navy 4; R.E.M.E I. PIPES and drums of the Gordon Highlanders lent a colourful note to Saturday night's floodlit soccer match at Ayer Raja Road, Singapore. The skirl of the bagpipes at half-time drew even
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    Spectacularwin for 'Little No'
    191 6 MAUREEN CONNOLLY, 17--year-old American tennis champion, came from behind to defeat Mrs. Pat Todd, La Jolla. California, 3-6, 6-3. 6-4 m the final of the Surrey grass courts championship on Saturday at Surbiton. "Little Mo" trailed 2-4 m the deciding set but m a terrific finish
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    SIGS BEAT GHQ 2-1
    74 6 A GOAL m the third minute of extra time decided Saturday's FARELF Cup (first-round) soccer match at Tanglin m favour of District Signals who beat G.H.Q. by two goals to one. After a scoreless first-half Thompson gave Signals the lead m the 14th minute of the
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    Murray Soves
    41 6 Murray Soves picture. Rovers' goalkeeper* Murray, leaps to hold a high cross m yesterday's key SXSfJL league match at Jalan Besar Stadium. Covering their go alkeeper are Teow Keng and Kee Seng. Rovers won by the only goal scored.- Free Press
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    U.K. holiday crowds brave the weather
    518 6 COUNTY CRICKET WIDESPREAD rain interfered with Saturday's county cricket programme, Tf but on most grounds Witsuntide holiday crowds saw a lot of the type of play that will keep the game very much alive. Pre-season warnings and hints to players that the public want
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    BRAWLS AS DROBNY BEATS SEDGMAN
    232 6 DRAWLS broke out among the 13,000 spectators **when Egypt's Yaroslav Drobny and America's Frank Sedgman resumed their French lawn tennis singles championship match m Paris yesterday after a thunderstorm had held up play. After the 32-minute break, hundreds who had left their seats m the
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    EIGHT HORSES FOR CHURCHILL STAKES
    54 6 EIGHT probable runners and jockeys for the Winston Churchill stakes running over one mile seven furlongs 65 yards at Hurst Park today are: m F!ast Pox, P. Palmer; Aquino n, W. Snaith; Neron. L. Piggott; Eastern Emperor, W. Rickaby; PMfr Contract, P. Barlow; Tufthunter, W.
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    A HAPPY DAY FOR NORMA four wins, two records
    614 6  - A HAPPY DAY FOR NORMA four wins, two records WATERMAN By VTEO Chwee KoK's grand bid to beat his own cv 11 pore IN metres freestyle record at the Sin a Swimming Club on Saturday afternoon tend P r overshadow the performances* of a 12 *1 i% schoolgirl. "-Sear-m But
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    NANKEVILLE TROUNCES U.S. 'HOPE'
    318 6 OLTWIC PREVIEW BRITAIN'S Bill Nankeville trounced Americas Don Gehrmann and two leading Yugoslav distance runners ;o win the international 1,500--metre race on Saturday m the sparkling time of 3 minutes, 49 seconds during a sports meet sponsored by a British newspaper. A crowd of 25.000 at
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    THE AMERICANS WENT DOWN FULL OF FIGHT
    860 7  -  LEE SIEW YEE By MALAYA remain the world badminton champions. To the deafening cheers of more than 9,000 spectators at the Happy World last night, Ong Poh Lin, m the third match on the programme, scored the point which gave the Thomas Cup
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    'MALAYANS WERE SUPERIOR'
    142 7 'MALAYANS WERE SUPERIOR' -Ken Davidson MR. UN DAVIDSON, manager of Hi* American Thomas Cup team this morning oil fii his congratulations to tke vktorioas Malayans. He told the Free rress: "Your men were definitely a superior team. They fiiUy deBat, added Mr. Davidson. "We will return m three Tears. and
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    ROVERS 'A' NET 6 v. SOCIALS
    100 7 ROVERS 'A NET 6 v. SOCIALS f>OVKRS -A* trouimd Social J% AJ 1 t v six to»te to att±t ft S.A.P.A. Div. SA gam* played mi Geylang yesterday. Thts <**" r«OLD Storage B w«rt awarded a walk-e««v when Rnainimii S.C fattad to turn up, for their SBHFA Div 3 game
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    The Cup stays in Malaya-and what a wonderful night!
    67 7 Left: Malaya's smiling champion, Wong Peng Soon receives his gold medal from Mr. John L. Woods/ a senior patron of the Badminton Association of Malaya, who was acting as an official representative of the International Badminton Federation. Centre: Mr. Lim Chnan
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    GAME MALAYA LOST
    584 7 GAME MALAYA LOST SATURDAY NIGHT SWAN KON LEONG sat by \j himself, head bowed, a lonely disconsolate figure. Past him milled the chattering crowds who had come to the Happy World on Saturday night expecting to see Malaya win al four matches against America m the first lee of the
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    Rovers triumph without star
    410 7 Rovers.. 1; Tigers.... O OVERS maintained their unbeaten record In the S.AJF.A. lint division yesterday and seem all *et to win their first championship. Rovers, one-nil win over rivals Tigers was indeed creditable, all the more so as they scored the deciding goal m the fourth
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    RUSH FOR SBA TOURNEY TICKETS Oil
    105 7 RUSH FOR SBA TOURNEY TICKETS Oil THOUSANDS have already X applied for tickets for the badminton tournament which win be held m the new Singapore B-A. hall on June 9 and It. Countries taking part are. America, Denmark, India, Slam and Malaya. Mr. Lira Chuan Geok. present of the SJLA.,
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    21 7 In a friendly cricket match played on the Singapore Recreation Club ground yesterday, S.R.C. beat Singapore Combined Schools by 51 runt.
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    All the results
    111 7 Won* Peng Soon beat Dick Mitchell 15— 15— Marten Mendez beat 00l Telk Hock U--15, l&—lt, retired. On* Poh lim beat Bob Williams 15—1, 15-* Chan Kon Leong and Abdullah Piruz beat Carl Leved&y and Dick Mitchell 15—2, 15—2. Ong Poh Urn and Ismail bin Mar jan
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    TOWEEL WINS
    30 7 WORLD bantamweight champion Vie Toweel of South Africa beat Theo Medina when the Frenchman retired after ■even gruelling rounds at Johannesburg on Saturday night m a OCC-tltiC bOUt.
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    B.R.M. JINX IS STILL ACTIVE
    289 7 BRITAIN'S ill-lated racing car. thft BiLM has failed again. Two BUM cars were forced to retire m the Albi Grand Prix jesterday beloxa the race vat half oxer. toute Rostlr (France) driving a WerrarV wo> the race. FraiiciacoÜbM (Braatt). atoo driving a Fwrrazi, was ■bvoou.
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    Davies drives Fraser Nash in record time
    341 7 Davies drives Fraser Nash in record time nPOP honours at the Malacca Speed trial organised A by the Malacca and Negri Serabllan branches of the A.A.M. went to R. B. Davies of Kluang, who drove the Frater Nash over the distance la 33.57 seconds to better the former record time
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    Williams, de Kretser help Rest
    262 7 Williams, de Kretser help Rest A VALUABLE fourth wicket between Williams (61 > and de Kretser (48) which realised 113 runs greatly helped The R^t out cf an anxious situation yesterday when they met Europeans far the second day on the padang m their annual match for the Clarke Cup.
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    'BRING BRITISH MONARCHY UP TO DATE, END POMP'
    429 8 'BRING BRITISH MONARCHY UP TO DA TE, END POMP' Paper calls tor royal advUerM with new atatlook LONDON, Monday. A CALL FOR THE REPLACEMENT of the Queen's advisers by men with a new outlook and bringing the British monarchy "up to date" was made by the Reynolds News yesterday. The
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    U.S. PREPARED TO BUY 100,000 TONS
    302 8 Ceylon may ban rubber to Reds COLOMBO, Monday. T*HE Ceylon Premier, Mr. Dudley Senanayake's A new anti-left wing Government may plug the leak through which nearly 15,000 tons of Ceylon rubber has been shipped to Communist China m the past eight months. Mr. Senanayake,
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    H.K. PICKS A BEAUTY
    33 8 Miss Judy Dann, 21-year-old Chinese airline stenographer, was crowned "Miss Hong Kong 1952 yesterday. She will represent Hong Kong m the forthcoming Miss Universe beauty pageant m California.- U.P.
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    WARMEST MONTH
    57 8 May 1952 was the warmest m Britain since records began m 1871. Temperatures m London reached 84 degrees fahrenheit.- Reuter Colonel Jose Antonio Rein on, presidential candidate of the "National Patriotic Coalition" m the May 11 elections, was yesterday proclaimed President elect of Republic of Panama for a
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    He cooked by the sun
    92 8 THE HAGUE, Mon. A"SUNCOOKER" constructed by a Dutchman during the last winter of the Nan occupation when people were not only starved of food but also of fuel, was placed m the education museum m the Hague yesterday. The cooker is a board with 72
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    DEATH RODE US HIGHWAYS
    54 8 Americans died on the highways at the rate of one every 15 minutes yesterday as good weather over most of the country lured millions to the open road for the first long week-end holiday of the season. The nation counted 244 deaths with 173 of them
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    India's population
    18 8 India's population is now 356,829,485—01 which 70 per cent earn their living from the land.- Reuter
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    STALIN SURPRISED SWEDE OH HOME-MADE TV SET
    145 8 STOCKHOLM, Mon. A SWEDISH radio techniIX cian received a Russian television programme right through the iron curtain. Swedish papers have reported. Henry Erikson, an engineer employed by the Philips Radio Swedish sub-division* plant, was trying out a television set he had built himself
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    MALAN'S MEN SEIZE SACHS
    54 8 MALAN'S MEN SEIZE SACHS picture. CROWDS make a bis; rush towards the police after they arrested Mr. E. S. Sachs, banned secretary of the Garment Workers' Union, after he started to address a .meeting outside the City Hall m Johnnesburg, South Africa recently. Here Sachs is hidden by the police
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    BRITONS PAY FOR THEIR MEDICINE
    162 8 LONDON, Mon. BRITAIN'S socialized medicine programme was scaled down yesterday when, for the first time m four years, Britons had to pay directly for some health services, such as prescriptions, dental treatment, false teeth and wigs. The government cut back the tax-supported programme to save
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    Bonn envoy sails
    30 8 Dr. Werner von Hentig, first West German Ambassador to Indonesia, left during the weekend for Jakarta by the motorsteamer Willem Ruys of the Royal Rotterdam Lloyd. A.P.
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    DEATH PLUNGE INTO CANAL
    33 8 A bus carrying supporters of a Belgium football club, plunged into a canal near Dunkrik yesterday, killing 33 of the passengers. Fifteen people were rescued including two children.- Reuter
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    Money demand from royalty
    348 8 Money demand from royalty STOCKHOLM, Mon. SWEDEN'S public prosecutor may bring blackmail charges against a Stockholm restaurant owner who claims he had "intimate connection" with the late King Gustaf V, it was reported last night. The King died m 1950 at the age of 92. The man, 54-year-old Kurt Haijby,
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    Election fist fights
    40 8 One man was stabbed and shot to death and a score of more persons injured m fistfights m Quito yesterday as Ecuadorians took advantage of perfect weather to go to the polls m the national elections.- U.P.
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    3,000 Africans vow to work for freedom
    165 8 3 ,000 Africans vow to work for freedom PORT ELIZABETH, Monday. MORE than 3,000 Africans last night pledged ITX themselves at a meeting- near here to support "the struggle for African freedom". Dr. J. S. Moroka. president of the African National Congress (major African political organisation), rejected any idea of
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    24 8 The 35th International Eucharistic Congress w lint since 1935— ended at Barcelona yestefday with an open-air mas* attended by mnr* fhan KfIAAAA t^l.^ M
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