The Singapore Free Press, 3 July 1952

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    18 1 The Singapore Free Press LARGEST AFTERNOON SALE IN MALAYA I SINGAPORE, THURSDAY, JULY 3, 1952. PRICE FIFTEEN CENTS
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    JAPS ANGRY WITH BRITAIN
    278 1 JAPS ANGRY WITH BRITAIN Row over a navy base TOKYO, Thursday. LONDON reports that Britain hopes to retain '•most, if not all" of her naval installations at the Kure base m Japan have angered the Japanese. Their answer is, "No". A spokesman at the Foreign Office m Tokyo -d a
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    'Job Week' scouts do chares at Govt. house
    66 1 'Job Week' scouts do chares at Govt. house Reporter 1. i iiu>i Urn Gtrniainit It was pirt of their UMM 1 > wer? under ►<)di.»rd. ::Ptly as m Executive ■■';.n, v inifrence T m H :> v !.:adroni I Farad, who thr boys. told I uuit It h?ar the a
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    New cabinet sworn in
    20 1 &ANDRIA T: Ti Cabinet Sirry Pasha by his abinet ich follow o! Hiialy rrrnnmit laj?t Reuter
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    FINANCIAL AID FOR AUSTRALIA
    27 1 P n? c it Robert Menzies, D Sydney last i can ex--150.000 000 th« International; ntlal recur- HIS for th*» n->r» fov Reuter
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    Americans like them noisier
    31 1 A Bailer. ChancelExchequer, gave 'ycle bell makers a >n how to sell mean market. i beib a little .c noisier ooa for the home he said A.P.
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    French hit Vietminh
    46 1 HANOI, Thurs. nPWENTY NINE French -I fighter-bombers scored direct hits yesterday on Com-munist-led Vietminh war produccion plants south of Hanoi. The planes centred their attacks on factories producing small arms. Other bombers, dropping napalm, set fire to Vietminh barracks and depots. A. P.
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    SPY GAOLED
    28 1 A United States High Commission Court m Nuremberg on Tuesday sentenced a German woman. Use Weghofer, 27. to four years imprisonment for sDvine for Czechoslovakia Reuter
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    SPORE CHILD ROBBED
    56 1 Free Press Staff Reporter. Patricia La Brooy. aged flv c and a half of Thomson Road. Singapore, was robbed yesterday near the Far Eastern Music School m Kirk Terrace by a Chinese woman. Patricia s necklace, worth $65, was taken. The woman told the child she had
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    STREET FOR MAO
    25 1 The main street m Erfurt, capital of Thiringia province lEjst Germany) has been named after Mao Tse Tung. President of Communist Reuter
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    BEWARE OF THIS MAN
    90 1 BEWARE OF THIS MAN Free Press Staff Reporter A CHINESE is going round Singapore pretending to be a City Council meter reader so as to gain entry to houses- to rob th eoccupams. Today a C.I.D. spokesman warned householders to be on their guard against thLs man. Any such person
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    U.S. QUOTAS FOR ASIANS
    41 1 President Truman has Lssu- ed a proclamation fixing i country-by-country quotas under the new immigration laws enacted by Congress over his veto. The quotas are: Afghanistan 100 Asia-Pacific triangle 100. Ceylon 100. China 105. India 100.— AP.
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    Synthetics 'cannot displace rubber'
    350 1 Free Press Corresuondent LONDON, Thursday. CONFIDENCE m the future of natural rubber is expressed by Sir Er:« MaeFadyen reviewing Lanadron Rubber Estate's activities for 1951. Sir Eric said: "I entirely dissent from the view that plantation rubber, before long, will be displaced by all-synthetic production. There
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    A pat on the back for Queen
    96 1 A pat on the back for Queen LONDON. Thurs THE Queen visited the Royal Agricultural Society's show at Newton Abbot yeiterday and presented medals to 14 veteran farm workers from all over England whose services on the land totalled 730 years. Thousands of west country people welcomed the Queen when
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    BOY SCOUTS AT WORK
    22 1 ._.we .oiling un one of many carpets which they dusted at Government r»fc,.« M «j rKn« r.mn KiaiLer.
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    MALAYAN RICE OUTPUT IS UP
    212 1 MALAY AN RICE OUTPUT IS UP LONDON, Thursday. MR. Henry Hopkinson, British Minister of Stat:for the Colonies, told the House of Commons yesterday that Malayan ric c production rose from about 340,000 tons m 1948 to 440,000 tons m 1951 as a result of major irrigation schemes and agricultural experiments.
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    Prayers for Eva
    42 1 Masses were said m all churches m Argentina for the return to health of Eva Peron, wife of the President. The Argentine Embassy m London said that it had no official knowledge of the nature of Eva Peron's illness.
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    BOMBER CRASHES ON HOMES
    140 1 BOMBER CRASHES ON HOMES SALISBURY. Thurs. AN Air Force bombing plane crashed into a housing estate and set fire to 11 homes yesterday despite a desperate attempt of its pilot to reach the open country. The pilot of the plane, on a test flight from a secret experimental station, and
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    Fun and games in beseiged assembly hall
    356 1 Fun and games in beseiged assembly hall Pl T SAN f Thursday Jtf IDNIGHT m Pusan found strange scenes m the ifX South Korean Assembly as members pla>ed games, ate snacks and attended a cinema shot* while they waited for the police to round up enough Assemblymen to form a
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    CAT BURGLAR CLIMBS TO MAN'S WINDOW
    142 1 CAT BURGLAR CLIMBS TO MAN'S WINDOW ASHANGHAINEoE, living m a second-floor S.I.T. flat m Choy Van Street, Tiong Bahru, Singapore, missed his trousers, a watch worth $180, and a pen when he woke up yesterday morning. The articles had been left near an open window of his bedroom. All the
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    LOCUST INVASION
    11 1 Large swarms of locu v. have entered West Pakistan
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    Yalu plan Is unserviceable
    32 1 Yalu plan Is unserviceable A United Nations communique m Tokyo said yesterday that all the 13 Yalu power plants m North Korea which were bom bod last week had been "kno-kM cvit
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    Good Music May 'Cure' Bad Boys
    1070 2 Good Music May 'Cure' Bad Boys The case histories of 5,000 provide the raw material of a new book reviewed today by MONTAGUE SMITH /\*N bad boys be reclaimed by good music or by similar artistic stimulus introduced into their barren and thwarted lives? This new and startline: suggestion is
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    QUICK LOOKS
    173 2 The Witch's Thorn, by« Ruth Park. Michael V Joseph.). Picturesque novel of j the type that used to < be caled "earthy"— all < about the odd inhabitants of a remote New Zealand village. Admirable descriptions of the place itself; but the characters, both good and evil, arc
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    HE SCANDALISED A GENERATION
    722 2 HE SCANDALISED A GENERATION THE SAGE OF BALTIMORE: the life and riotous times of H. L. Mencken. By William .Manchester. (Melrose). 4MONG primitive tribes, a painful and humiliating ordeal marks the boy's advance into manhood. In the protracted adolescence of America, H. L. Mencken served as a one-man rite of
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    KING'S FLIGHT MAY DISBAND
    108 2 THE future of the Kings Jht of five Viking aircraft used by the RoyaC FamHj is being discussed s whether it shall bt re-nan:ed the Queen's ar.ded Tne Kings Right dates 5 Of X WE Tl I ien and had been taught to by a youn^
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    Socialism Ruefully Looks Back
    913 2 Socialism Ruefully Looks Back GEORGE MURRAY an Anti-Socialist says disillusionment peers from every page of the latest Socialist booklet. 1 HAVE just finished reading one of the most pathetic booklets that have come my way for a long time. It is called "SOCIALISM: A NEW STATEMENT OF PRINCIPLES". But it
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    A GREAT EDITOR
    145 2 R <** and th Worker by bale I "JHL tod:. magaz.-. owes its to the effori man, wh idea, dj backers and creation rtruggiini Describee Alexander dish or. Harold R L ishing mixturbulence a brilliance -J* goes that hi stomach Jeer petuallj a famiblu'd up gr& cisely
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      116 2 New Crossword No. 704 |l_ "I L i I M~n~ KPEBEES CLUES ACROSS 1. Prescriptive for formulas (7). 7 A constant Transatlantic roller, m song (3. 3, 5). 8. Witch doctor's practice (5) 9 Alternatively return Sir fof this plant (5). 10. The scoundrel WiU go back into French Street
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      192 2 YOUR LUCKY STAR OORN today, you ar e %ne of find a proper balance. those appealing, talented Although your emotions are individuals who attract atten- deep, you are not very delion wherever they go. You raonstrative, strangely enough, are basically an idealist and Sometimes the object of your are always
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    POLICE RAID PUB AFTER FIVE-DAY WATCH
    207 3 POLICE RAID PUB AFTER FIVE-DAY WATCH CROYDON, Thursday. pOLICE £aye evidence at Croydon, Surrey, of 1 watch which was kept for five days inside ai >d out-ide a public-house. joint licensees. Lavinia Pye, married, and Crowe, single, who are sisters, were fined a £20 t ach on summonses alleging that
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    LAST PARADE OF AN OLD SOLDIER
    112 3 LAST PARADE OF AN OLD SOLDIER ND. Thurs. T.< square at the Ol the Green HoRj ..r. md. Yorkra 'unded for es with marching wells to officers Few of them had a> when v D. Chads, the v nded parade retiring at the month after 32 H. Murray tnd District
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    Raised to ambassador
    24 3 Cambodia, pre> ent Truman credentu a which to the rank of and a fp w Ttan Van Kha the Presiient U.P.
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    Crash figures prove zebras save lives
    161 3 Crash figures prove zebras save lives Z LONDON, Thurs. EBRA crossing are saving lives by reducing the number of read accidents affecting pedestrians. Figures d by the Ministry of >rt give unmistakable n of this. In February. March, and April of this year 11,012 pedestrians were killed or •ed m
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    BUCKLEY
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    NEW INDIAN FARM LAW
    38 3 The Indian Prime Minister, Mr Nehru, has abolished the 150-year-old system of tenant farming. Under a new law, any land belonging to landlords that is not cultivated will be aoDropriated by the state.- U.P.
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    New role for tough soldier
    71 3 New role for tough soldier Field Marshal Sir William Slim. Chief of th P Imp?rial General Staff, is to appear m what seems a new role for the tough soldier who campaigned with the 14th Army m Burma. On Sunday. July 6. he is tn speak on the Home Service
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    GIVING THE GEN
    38 3 Tventy-one United States Air Force officers have arrived m London from Washington by air to inform an R A.F conference at West Raynham, Norfolk, on the oeiformance of Russian-built planes m K r rea.- Reuter
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    The kali is Jakarta's way of life
    241 3 The kali is Jakarta's way of life JAKARTA, Thurs. KALI.' m Indonesian, means a canal. But it also means a way of life. Through this torrid capital city not one, but a doveo ancient kalis wind their way past civilization and into the lives of nearly two million people. Jakarta
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    Archers formed royal bodyguard
    277 3 EDINBURGH, Thursday. OOME of the finest bowmen m Britain were among the members of the Royal Company of Archers whose duty it was to act as the Queen's Bodyguard during her first visit to Scotland as Sovereign. Their parade m Edinburgh included the ancient ceremony of
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    Scantily-clad glamour girl carries K.O.
    93 3 Scantily-clad glamour girl carries K.O. SYDNEY, Thiirs. jyjELBOIRNE amateur Frank Jones was quickly named "the picture book" boxer when he arrived for a series of bouts recently. He wears earrings and the 16 tattoos on his chest, back, arms and legs are said to distract opponents. Jones, with almost 10
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    AWARD FOR SILENT HERO
    147 3 T LONDON, Thur. I* rs the French autried to find c W a»ter Douglas, of t Yorkshire Resi■t and No. 1 Commando unded and with mpanion. caper man strong- Mie on Nov. •r r > purent> ived a letter from BUnchard at the h mnassv m
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    Man's best friend
    67 3 ROME, Thurs. FAKMi.K Luigi Costa came to town to get himself spurred up. He brought a snappy new suit, had his grey hairs tinted back to their original brown, and returned to his farm smelling sweetly of shaving lotion and pomade. "Well my big watchdog just didn't
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    CRACKERS IN BED
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    Wave energy moves boat
    108 3 LONDON, Thurs. A BOAT propelled by neither engine nor sails is to have its trials this month. It incorporates a "waveenergy" unit invented by Mr. Donald V. HotchkLss. a naval architect, of Parkstciie, Dorset. Fin-like diaphragms are fitted for e and aft. The waves move the
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    GERMAN PEACE PACT RATIFIED
    52 3 The U.S. Senate has ratified the West German peace contract, by a roll call vote of 77 to 5. The Senate then took up the ratification of a companion agreement extending to West Germany guarantees of the North Atlantic Treaty through the new six-power Euronpnn Dpfpnr*«
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    FISHING RIGHTS
    30 3 The U.S. Senate Foreign Relations Committee has approved the North Pacific Fisheries Convention which sets out North Pacific fishing rights of the United States. Canada and Japan. Reuter
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    Joshua (and his trumpet) did thorough job on Jericho
    200 3 Joshua (and his trumpet) did thorough job on Jericho LONDON, Thursday. JERICHO, m the Holy Land, may be the oldest city of which the modern world has so far found any evidence, according to a British archaeologist. Kathleen Kenyon, director r of the British School of i Archaeology m Jerusalem,
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    Cheques, will be televised
    141 3 LONDON, Thurs. TELEVISION sets for business purposes may soon be installed m many offices, factories and showrooms m Britain. Experiments by a London bank aril a radio company have proved that television has a future m industry and commerce. Many orders followed the tests. Commercial firms
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    U.S. DISPLAYS NEW TANK
    48 3 Tne United States army unveiled the first completely new medium tank developed since the war— the Patton 48 tank. Officials said the new tank m the 45 to 50 ton class, with a crew cf four, had a 90 millimetre high velocity gun. Reuter
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    LIFE IN WEST END CLUB 'HORRIFIED' PEER
    309 3 LIFE IN WEST END CLUB 'HORRIFIED' PEER LONDON. Thurs. INSCRIPTIONS of what goes o n behind the scenes m some plush West End clubs and restaurants have shocked the House of Lords. The men *'fio. for a few minutes, opened the doors which lead to the kitchens wervr Lord Had?n-Guest.
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    Bridge Hand
    311 3 VCU remember the stcry about the man who started fee slockmarket rumour. He owned a lot of shares m an oil company so he whispered here and there tha t ;he company had brrught m a big gusher, irettj soon the stock started to c!i.i]b as those who
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      234 3 •JIMrftPORF interlude; 6.50 From the EditooinviMrunL rials 700 S p Orting Record; 7 15 9.35 a.m. Schools; 10 News; an f and Livestock-An agricul--10.05 Music While You Work; tural magazine; 7.45 John Gavall 10.45 Schools; 1 p.m. Sidney %ith his guitar anqing songs Torch A- his Orrh l3n News- of
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    The Singapore Free Press THURSDAY, July 3. 1952. Visit to the Japs
    553 4 The Singapore Free Press THURSDAY, July 3. 1952. Visit to the Japs THERE are many people I m Singapore, Asian as well as European, who lost loved ones m the war, or themselves soiicred imprisonment, torcure, and prolonged scry at the hands of 1 Japanese. more saw the Japanese as
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    The Rose Mary Brings Back History to Hot and Dusty Aden
    729 4  -  Kenneth Pearson —m Peaceful Wafers LONDON. t*OR the second time In the history of Aden a ship focuses international attention on that hot and dusty port built on volcanic rock on the South Coast of Arabia. In 1539 it
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    Roll in the Barrels. Mr. Haxworth
    466 4 Roll in the Barrels. Mr. Haxworth LETTER to the EDITOR MR. HAXWORTH, our i?1 chief of Traffic Police, has got his medal. But there are no prizes for the motorists who successfully negotiate the mazes he has had erected at all the principal road junctions, only a possible penalty if
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    Soviet 'Back Area' Troops are Watched
    513 4 pOLLOWLNG the new? r that for the sake of security and to awaken public interest the American Air Force is demanding a 24-hours-a-day watch for suspicious aircraft around America's coast, triers comes news that a similar "army" watch is being undertaken by U.S Intelligence
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    Sir Cheng-lock Replies
    949 4 tfHE following are my answers to "Inquirer", whose' questions appeared m your issue of Monday. Question 1: Is leadership m the MCA consistent with leadership m the Independence of Malaya Party ■Me* is mom-communal (one might say anti-com-munal) if the MCA is to become actively political? Answer:
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    Don't be children, Labour is advised
    166 5 Don't be children, Labour is advised Reporter v i* tr>m* and it* promote Mr. Yap ed ft r on the p protest Mr. J. F 'hf iction of nt, Mr T. t thr Counn lon day. nK alter J^n-i! headlines m new^pap** l^- and snow Mblu I*** are m| and
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    Council meeting
    6 5 Thurs.— of the will
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    S'PORE BUILDERS: 'GIVE US THE JOB'
    246 5 A7o need for H.K. labour Free Press Staff Reporter gIMiAPORE contractors yesterday criticised a recommendation tabled at the Federal Legislative Council that Hong Kong and Indian contractors should be offered big contracts m the Federation and be permitted to bring their workmen. A Council
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    Sultan plays host
    65 5 rpHE Sultan of Selangor entertaining 250 Malay parents and principals of English schools to a teaparty on Tuesday. The object of the party was to provide an opportunity for parents to meet the principals. On both sides of the Sultan are Mr. J. Young (left), Senior Inspector
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    CO-OP PLAN NOW FACES ACID TEST
    182 5 KUALA LUMPUR, Thurs. 18 months of rapid development, the Cooperative s\ores movement m the Federation must now get down to "the more exacting tests of consolidation," says a Government white paper tabled at the Federal Legislative Council meeting yesterday. At the beginning of 1951.
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    THEY WILL SEEK REDUCTION
    61 5 Three nominees of the Chinese High School, Singapore, will approach the Government for a reduction on the assessment on the annual value of the School's land. The assessment will be increased from $1,800 to 510.160, Mr. Cheng Ann Loone. the principal, said yesterday. Seeing the Government
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    How new houses can get lights
    257 5 HPHE City Council when supplying electricity to new A housing estates m Singapore ensure that the Council would get an adequate return for the capital invested m a new substation, said Mr. D. Robertson, a City Councillor, yesterday. A cash deposit to cover the
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    13 killed on roads
    47 5 people were killA ed on Singapore roads last month, a traffic police official said. A total of about 1.000 accidents were recorded over the same period. Last month's number of fatalities showed an increase over that for May. when ten peecple were killed.
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    FRENCH WEEK PLANNERS
    52 5 MONSIEURS A. F. d e Ferry, Director of Archives and Libraries m Indo-China (left) and B. P. Groslier, secretary general, Society of Indo-Chinese Studios and Ecole Franchise d'Ertreme Orient m Saigon, hav e arrived m Singapore to plan French Week celebrations from July 7 to 14. Free
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    Bendemeer area huts menace to health
    220 5 Free Press Staff Reporter APIECE of Crown land behind Bendemeer m Singapore, which is liable to become highly malarious, is rapidly becoming overcrowded with insanitary unauthorised huts, the City Healtn Officer has reported to the City Council's Healtn Committee. This site is usually referred
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    BLACKOUT SCHEDULE
    162 5 SUB-STATIONS liable to load shedding today are: Chatsworlh Rd., Pelrce Rd Somerrille EsUte, L**?™ Rd Victoria Park. Nas*lm pat i r son Rd.. no Hong: Oil Mills, Gt. World, Alex. Incinerator. Haveloc* Rd.. Malayan A A.B.C. Breweries Methelm Co.. Tanjflto Rd.. Phoenix Pk., Alex. Brickworks. Pasir Panfan*. Onlnm
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    STORM HOUSE VICTIMS SAY 'NO' TO OFFER
    161 5 Free Press Staff Reporter piVE Singapore families, made homeless when their house m Fraser Street collapsed on Tuesday morning, have rejected a Social Welfare Department offer of accommodation m one of its homes. A Social Welfare official told the Free Press yesterday that
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    Schools to hold summer conference
    105 5 Schools to hold summer conference Free Press Staff Reporter A hundred and twenty pupils from Chinese junior and high schools m Singapore will attend on Saturday a "summer conference" planned by the Chinese Young Men's Christian Association. This conference the fourth of its kind will be held at the Chung
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    Army draws up pension plan for civilians
    517 5 A rmy dra ws up pension plan for civilians Free Press Staff Reporter i /CIVILIAN local staff employed by the War Office m Singapore and Malaya with 10 or more years* service m a non-industrial capacity will be eligible for pension and gratuity. under a scheme drawn up I by
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    A million more goes to wages
    168 5 SINGAPORE City Council's new wage offer to its 8,000 Labourers will cost the Council $1.2 million more annually. Mr. J. T. Rea, deputy City President, told the Free Press yesterday. Under the offer, at k 5.000 labourers will benefit fully; 1.500 will obtain slight
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    Loan society's officials
    89 5 QFFICIALS elected to serve the Singapore Municipal Employees' Co operative Thrift and Loan Society Ltd., for 1952-53, at the Society's recent annual general meeting, are: President: Mr. T. P. F. McNeice; vice-presidents: Mr. J. G. AspinaJl; Mr. W. I. Watson; Mr. P. C. Marcus. Committee of Management:
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    Don Iddon's Diary
    1167 6 Don Iddon's Diary AMERICA AND THAT BL UE RIBAND: ITS ALL OVER BAR THE SAILING! 'THE new American 1 liner, the United Sates, is tied up at her New York docic, and never has so much fuss been made of a grey.t lady. She is lovely to look at. delightful
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    He Tracks Down 'Masterpieces' Painted by Forgers
    951 6  - He Tracks Down 'Masterpieces' Painted by Forgers STEPHEN COULTER By A QUIET, smartly dressed man stopped outside an art dealer's shop m the Faubourg St. Honorethe Bond Street of Paris. He paused for some time examining with care a framed painting on display, then went m and asked the price.
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    KINDER S PRINCE SHOWS IE FORM
    699 7 Ij\ good thing for Saturday LAN LEWIS KINCE I ansdown), a newcomer 'tis first race at Penang, showed oment this morning, when he was h bettor than Forget-Me-Not (Tjoa) Vi > m -57 2 :\ce did his work well on the bit will be
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    technicolor should win here
    118 7 technicolor should win here 01 ok la one improved TiniLih. rulloil this 1 irked on Gambai both le out on they ran well on nicolor r of dsh. ved im- the English I Brothfor hi] rj hard tn which Owl of hi- 1 ur'tw E DonJ. Don- m 38. Owl
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    NEW JOCKEY AT B. TIMAH
    71 7  -  ALLAN LEWIS BY J. SMITH, a successful Newcastle (Aust.) jockey who arrived m Singapore yesterday was riding work at Bukit Timah this mornins:. Smith will ride as first jockey for Keith Daniels. He can ride at 7 st. 11 lb. George Straker. who has been
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    SEDGMAN AND DROBNY MEET IN FINAL
    692 7 SEDGMAN AND DROBNY MEET IN FINAL r^RANK Sedgman of Australia and left-hander Jaroslav Drobny, the former Czech now of Egypt, yesterday won through to the men's singles final m the All-England lawn tennis championships at Wimbledon. Sedgman and Drobny who are seeded No. 1 and 2 respectively have both appeared
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    336 7 DURHAM SHOCK INDIANS f;flf;lf;lf;lf touring Indians m Sunderland yesterday, m their two-day match by being able to declare with six wickeLs down for 302 runs after beinu put m to bat. Then they rounded off their excellent batting by taking the wickets of D. Gaekwad and Adhikari, the acting captain,
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    Kind Regards, China Town promoted
    169 7 Kind Regards, China Town promoted KIND REGARDS and China Town, have been sent up a class— Kind Regards from Cl. 4 to Cl. 3 and China Town from Cl. 5 to Cl. 4. From Ctosi 4 to Cl.iss 5- Alton; A^os Lad; Artist's Rifle; Atlanta?; Azad; Baba; Best Wishes; Briimce;
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    Free China bid to lift Olympic ban
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    Indian boy eliminated
    88 7 T> KRISHNAN, promising young Indian tennis player. was beaten after a hard fight yesterday m the quarter-finals of the international boys singles event which is being held during the Wimbledon fortnight. He went down to Sweden's star boy U. Schmidt. 6-4, 9-7. The experience gained by the
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    Y.M.C.A. WIN 2-1
    39 7 YOUNG M?ns Christ aln Asscciation beat Young M^n's Muslim Association by 'wo goals to one m a friendly soccer match on the Balestler Road ground yesterday. Ong Swee Law scored bcth goals for the V.M C.A.
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    NEW ZEALAND HOPES ARE HIGH
    240 7 NEW Zealand hopes .or the Olympic Games have been raised high by the Quality of Its 13 stars' and by the fact that the team, though not the largest to represent It at an Olympic meeting, is the most representative. Track, field, rowing, weightlifting, swimming
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    Middlesex creeps up on Surrey
    117 7 Middlesex creeps up on Surrey MIDDLESEX, scoring a thrilling win over Hampshire with minuter to spare, gained ground on Surrey, who wrttt playing outside the championship, m the county cricket proSTamm 2 yesterday. Yerksfaire with an easy victory over Nottinghamshire also improved their position. Middlesex now have 108 points from
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    FEDERATION OLYMPIC BODY PROPOSED
    157 7 IF everything goes according to pCan the Federation of Malaya may be represented at the 1955 Olympic Games m Me.' bourne. Malayan sports officials are attempting to form a Federation Olympic Sports Council. This body must bo formed Defore Malaya can apply to the International Olympic
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    DAVE SANDS DUE ON JULY 15
    69 7 TSIMELI Radrodro and Slogger < PinaJagi were yesterday signed up by Promoter Nene. Radrodro meets Dave Sands and j Dinalagi has a return bout with I Little Paras at the Happy World I Stadium on July 18. Nene said this morning that the Pijians'
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    Y.M.C.A. GYMNASTICS
    31 7 A meeting of all those interested m the gymnastic sec' Jon of the Young Men's Christ 'Mi Association will be held m the Association tomorrow evening at 5.30 p.m.
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    INDIANS MADE A FIGHT OF IT
    399 7 Malays 4; Indians 2. A KEEN and fast Malay team scored a convincing four-two win over the nippy Indians m the j Singapore Amateur F.A. Community League fixture yesterday at Jalan Besar Stadium. The encounter was disappointing m that the standard of soccer was
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    HUTTON HITS A STYLISH CENTURY
    504 7 HUTTON HITS A STYLISH CENTURY OURREY, Middlesex and Yorkshire, first three fa the County cricket championship table made an excellent start to their matches yesterday, four players from the three clubs notching b them a double century and three hundreds. Yorkshire whom it hopefully sent m to bat. and Middlesex
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    12 HORSES FOR ECLIPSE STAKES
    51 7 rp V he valuable Ellipse Slakes, running over 10 furlongs ai Sacdown Park on Saturday July 12 published m London ft* They are (with wei* Frai&e Dv Bois 9st. 7, Taran'o, FeiLscopc and Helenos r Tuivar, King'fi Bench anc 9, Emmanuel, \i Star each 8
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    FIREMEN WIN 4-3
    25 7 Singapore Fire Brigadr Special Constabulary by four goals to three m a Singapore 1 A.F.A Div. Three B match at Geylane Stadium.
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    674 8 Earl Alexander causes an uproar LONDON, Thursday. ANGRY LABOUR LEADERS yesterday demanded m vain m the House of Commons an immediate emergency debate on the fact that the Defence Minister, Field Marshal Alexander, gave "secret" facts to a meeting of the Canada Club on Tuesday night that he did not
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    Pressman jailed for criticism
    56 8 Pressman jailed for criticism A Lebanese newspaperman was yesterday sentenced to one year m jail and fined 500 Lebanese pounds and his paper was suspended for nine months, for criticising the Lebanese president. Eight other Lebanese newspapers were suspended for various periods last month for publishing articles which the courts
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    130 8 Whizz— and rolling pin tits 'hubby MRS. LILY HADDOCK of Wolverhampton says she does not use a rolling pin m the home but loves throwing one for amusement— especially at a man. So Mrs Haddock has formed a rotting pin club composed of wives of members of the Springfield Working
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    PRINCESS HAS 'NEW LOOK'
    69 8 Princess Margaret has a "new look"— short haircut. darker red lipstick and a hint of mascara under her violet- coloured eyes. A woman correspondent observed yesterday that the j Princess' new hairdo— short and dressed m soft churny curls high up at the backfills m the
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    HEAT WAVE DEATH
    33 8 Mrs. Calouste Gulbenkian, wife of the man who is reputedly the richest m the world, died yesterday after a heart attack at the height of the Paris heat wave.— A.P.
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    219 8 WASHINGTON, Thursday. 4 UNITED STATES Senate committee yesterday recommended perjury proceedings against Mr. Owen Lattimore, Far Eastern expert, and Mr. John P. Davies, a State Department official. The committee alleged that Mr. Lattimore, a professor at the Johns Hopkins University, had been "a conscious articulate instrument of
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    26 BECOME DOCTORS
    130 8 THE following candidates of the University of Malaya have pa^i?d Part II of the Final Professional Examination for the degrees of M.8.. B.S. m medicine, surgery, obstetrics gynaecology Chen Man Hin. Dennis; ChL: Kirn Bcon; Devaraj, T. P. Heng Siak Kwang; Lakhmir Singh Sodhy; Lee Liang Hin:
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    SEAMEN STRIKE
    27 8 Nearly 100 ship,- are held up m ports en the Western coa^t of the United States by a seamen** srrike says A.P. from San Francisco.
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    DRAIN ON DOLLARS DWINDLES
    102 8 LONDON, Thurs. THE Chancellor of the Exchequer, Mr. R.A. Butler, told the? House of Commons I yesterday that the sterling area had virtually stopped the tous drain on its gold and dollar reserves. Mr. Butler said that the sterling area, for which Britain is banker, paid
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    'NO TIME TO LOSE' SAYS BRIDEGROOM, 89
    189 8 LONDON, Thursday. A BRITISH RANKING MARQUESS and the daughter of a Parsee high priest were married yesterday m a 10-minute civil ceremony. The Marquess of Winchester, 89, after pledging his troth to the Indian beauty, Bapsy Pavry, 40 years his junior, told reporters
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    STAMPED IN MONS, 1812
    54 8 Mr. Otto Sorensen of Halbaek. Denmark, claims to own the oldest stamp m the world, says A.P. He is not bothered by recent reports that 113--year-old stamp has been found m Austria. He says his stamp is 27 years older— postmarked at Belgian town of Mcns
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    PRIDES OF 3 NATIONS
    62 8 BLIITHED at piers m the Hudson River, New York, are the maritime prides of three countries, representing Great Britain, France and America. From front to rear are. the Queen Mary, 1020 feet Ion?, of Britain; France's 936 feet long Liberte; and the America's United States 990
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    Commander for court martial
    62 8 Commander for court martial E com: tor of weapon are to i this week the grounci off Plymoul was am The 10.000 a 27-ye-converted *a» new v secret c l Jg* guided controlled being repa: port n.v The na Command, will appear br martial at I naval barracks I commande:
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