The Singapore Free Press, 11 July 1952

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    19 1 The Singapore Free Press LARGEST AFTERNOON SALE IN MALAYA ty tyuyujytjt SINGAPORE, FRIDAY, JULY 11, 1952. PRICE FIFTEEN CENTS
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    IKE GATHERS MORE VOTES
    559 1 Taft confers with Mac A. on new strategy CHIC AGO, Friday. niHT EISENHOWER raced toward publican presidential nomination > i stop-Ike movement in which tffcrunus oi (iovernor Earl Warren and Gen. rArthur loomed. .hower's lieutenants claim he needs >tes to win the nomination on the that
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    S.A. CITIZENSHIP
    23 1 British settlers will now :y for South African riship in four years instead of five if they learn Af- rikaans. A.P.
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    2 get shock ironing
    37 1 i >IM.\POKF Chinese A buv and ?irl received .n while iron\hr> this morning. Dl octuiTfd at Me in Crai? Road. ■•11l wen taken to the Ofiieral Hospital by amkalancr. but their condition seriou
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    LAWYER'S MAIL UNOPENED
    22 1 LAWYER'S MAIL UNOPENED irge of st of ith his n. a his 1 ED >ut a bustness is bein-; open routine lerk
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    BACK IN H.K.
    12 1 Terence Airey. ■wsixier in Chief in there from Br/
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    CIVIL DEFENCE VISIT
    37 1 picture. The Governor of Singapore, Mr. J. F. Nicoll, met Civil Defence Officers at the Kolam Ayer headquarters this morning. He is here seen meeting Mr. fir. I. Watson, the Citv Architect. Free Press
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    FATAL TO QUIT KOREA- Churchill
    240 1 FATAL TO QUIT KOREA- Churchill Far East Peace Issue LONDON, Friday. MR. CHI Rt HILL said yesterday that nothing would be more fatal to British interests than if she pulled out of Korea. Mr. Emrya Hughes, Labour, had urged Mr. Churchill to take the advice of the Society of Friends
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    BOY GANG ROB CLERK AT KATONG
    94 1 A GANG of seven youths robbed a Singapore City Council clerk of a pen and $60 as he was sitting at the extreme end of a road in Marine Parade at 10 o'clock last night. The clerk, living in East Coast Road, was sitting
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    Whip as cure for wife-stealing
    143 1 LONDON, Friday. WIFE STEALERS' should be flogged, the official newspaper of the Church of England suggested yesterday. The paper said: "There is I a class of men fond of assuring other men's wives how willingly they would go, through fire and torment for them. Ultimately
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    India won't aid inquiry
    69 1 WASHINGTON, Fri. TNFORMED officials said 1 yesterday the United States would continue to push its plan for a commission of flve neutral nations to investigate conditions in United Nations prison camps in Korea despite India's and Indonesia's refusals to serve on it. The officials stated emphatically
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    It has taken 139 years
    86 1 WASHINGTON, Fri. PRESIDENT Truman yes--1 terday signed a bill giving him authority to restore a young naval officer's commission, stripped from him 139 years ago when a British frigate captured an American warship. Congress passed the bill to erase the stigma from the officer William
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    C. G. is back in S'pore
    54 1 C. G. is back in S 'pore Free Press Staff Reporter mHE Commissioner -General A Mr. Malcolm MacDonald, returned to Singapore this morning by plane after spending three weeks in Japan. During hi* visit which was 'purely social," Mr. MacDonald met a number of Japanese leaders including the Japanese Foreign
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    Telegraph link
    31 1 A telegraph service has been opened between Chungking and Lhasa, the Tibetan capital as from July 1. Telegraph services will also connect Lhasha with Chungtu nnd Kanstins shortly.- Reuter
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    They even bet on the rain
    113 1 NEW DELHI, Fri. INDIAN bookies will take your monev on any sort of a warer— from the cban°<» of r''n through the dii I bird miy t to <h«» ||**«1 number of tht licence of an approaching car. Last night, police arrested 14 persons
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    Picture of Stalin was his passport
    283 1 HANOVER, Friday. A BRITISH soldier told a court martial in Hanover yesterday that he escaped from East Germany by' distracting Russian train guards and patrols with a picture of Stalin. Pte. Francis Kelly, aged 26, of Dundee, pleaded not guilty to desertion from the
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    Governor listens to complaint
    153 1 Governor listens to complaint Free Press Staff Reporter rE Governor of Singapore, Mr. J. F. Nicoll, who visited the Colony's Civil Defence Headquarters at Kolam Ayer, this morning, heard complaints about the system of paying allowances. Civil Defence officers said they received their allowances late. The Governor told them: "I
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    ACHESON TELLS 'LONG STORY'
    47 1 ACHESON TELLS 'LONG STORY' The U.S. Secretary of State, Mr. Dean Acheson, spent 45 minutes with President Truman yesterday reporting on his trip to Europe and South America. "I had a long story to tell and he was interested in listening to it," Mr. Acheson said. A.P.
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    RAIL MEN THREATEN THE TORIES
    70 1 RAIL MEN THREATEN THE TORIES SCARBOROUGH, England, Fri. BRITISH railwaymen yesterday threatened to use industrial force to stop the Conservative Government's plan to hand back part of th e nationalised transport industry to private ownership. The General Secretary of the Railwaymen 's Union, Mr. J. B. Figgins, told th e
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    JAPAN WILL BE PASSED OVER
    40 1 The Philippine Army is considering omitting Japan as a stopping point fo Filipino troops on their wa> home from Korea. The proposed policy woitfd prevent further friction be tween FilipinD soldiers anc Japanese nationals.- A.P.
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    'No new taxes' Ceylon told
    35 1 COLOMBO Fri. CEYLONE3E Finance Minister, Mr. J. R. Jayawardene, said yesterday he proposed to balance the courr 35.000.000 rupee's budget deficit without recourse to any fresh taxation direct or indirect.
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    Farouksends his doctors
    47 1 CAIRO. Fri. KING FAROUK has ordered a grcup of T leadneuroloiii.sts to fly to Amman to atte'.d ailing King Tolal of Jordan King Taial. who i.s suffering from schizophenia (split mind^ returned to Amman a week aeo after a seven-week stav in Europe.- Reuter
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    'Unsound policy' —says Ridgway
    198 1 'Unsound policy' —says Ridgway LONDON. Fri. GEN. Matthew B. Ridgway said yesterday he is against proposals for all-out emphasis on U.S. air power The Supreme Commander of Allied Powers in Europe told a news conference that priority for any one of the armed services air. sea and land at the
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    FOOD DROP
    27 1 Planes based in Northern Siam have been parachuting food and ammunition to Chinese Nationalist guerillas inside Burma, official sources in Rangoon said yesterday. A .P.
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    Finding a Home for the Service Wife
    720 2 Reference to lack o£ Ticcommoda t ion for the, w ife and children of a naval officer posted abroad duruw the war was made at a courts 7nartial at Portsmou t h recently. This article sets out to ansive the il uestio n
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    Returning Beauty
    57 2 Myriam Lynn, "Miss Belgiu m," makes a pretty study at International Airport. Ide wild. New York, on her way back to Belgium from the "Miss Universe" contest. WRAFS at H.Q. Fighter Command Unit. Stanmore, Middlesex, line up to get their new blue-grey, fur felt caps. Thev will be
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    Want to Live to be 125?
    482 2 Bernard Eaton learns secret of youth I ATEST man to jump on the "live longer" bandwagon presently led by Gaylord Hauser with his dietetic theories—is a palefaced dark-haired 57-year-old White Russian called Dr. Victor Bos^omoletz. Dr. Bogomoletz is convinc ed he has found' the
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    FRESH (ATOMIC) FOOD
    123 2 AS the Atomic Age ge:.s into its stride there comes news of the first modern invention which may be outdated under new atom power plans. The invention is the refrigerator Scientists—American scientists anyway predict that in the foreseeable future food may be kept fresh by atomic radiation.
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    HOLIDAY AT HOME
    771 2 From london, Iris Ashley talks aboutjer... ...that didn't go off successfully TT happened twice last week. First the milkman told me: "We're not going away this year. Digs at the seaside last year were very expensive and the food was awful; besides, it rained all the time".
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    YOUR LUCKY STAR
    231 2 HOK.N today, your orginality of thought, independence of artion, and energy, combined with your good business head, should bring you a comfortable fortune at a fairly early age. You know how to dri\e a hard bargain but your innate honesty will keep you from trying to he
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      133 2 New Crossword No. 71 1 I^K- *^^M Lar^i i I '111 I I HHf^ I GBE MLIII I I I I CI.I'FS ACROSS 1. Bay thar <8). 7. Th! s tells you how tar the boxing cont/st has '-one '5. 6). 8. Vocal fall (7). 9. Give us d -it'a
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    Solicitor lived four years in 'shadow of the axe'
    346 3 Solicitor lived four years in 'shadow of the axe' LONDON, Friday. AN "axe cast its shadow" each day and night for four years over Roland Winn Smith, 53, a former solicitor and magistrates' clerk. And when it fell on him recently Smith went to gaol for 18 months. Said Mr.
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    21 3 \tul. if it Mv hat!", »ho blame mju? It is i petal lac« bat, and apu ell with Biirror-ironted antiglare nilr.
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    'Iron Stein' was named in I.Q. test
    51 3 'Iron Stein' was named in I.Q. test the :er who ■be Kv Communist '.hers the P rational I up on 1 o dc the gi rid *-iers. Iron D nmark, md BulK them ail I rendemna'ors." the ann: Who .nd what Only one Pc that Walt s a prosrressive 1
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    New high altar as memorial
    42 3 New high altar as memorial ve teen made for Commonwealth CaI f a new hi?h ace the oria bomb in be deU) Common W; heir ar— Renter. H ComBonn. M Andre >ncet has or-^erei 19 German French. ~>"1 Of CAntonoa tnw A.P.
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    GIRL TRAPPED 'DOLLAR' MEN
    220 3 LONDON, Friday. work by a Bond-street shopgirl trapped an American and a Frenchman who cleaned up £300 in a month with forged 100-dollar notes. The men were gaoled at the Old Bailey— the Ameri- 1 can, Harlan Robert Bronston, aged 29. for 21 months, and the
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    The louder the noise, the better
    110 3 CHICAGO, Fn. A ROUGH rule to tell whether noise might be harmful to hearing ability is suggested by Dr. Howard C Hardy, an acoustics expert. The rule: Industrial noise is in the danger zone when a workman has to shout into his neighbour's ear
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    Bridge Hand
    302 3 Both aides vulnerable. North dealer NORTH AA K J (?4 2 0 6 5 K J 10 9 6 3 WKST KAST 4 10 932 A J 10 9 7 <? K 6 3 0Q874 OJIO 93 *s* Q 7 SOUTH *Q s 4 VQ 8 5 0A
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    75,000 DOGS IN ACCIDENTS
    48 3 Lord Llewe'lin. President of the Royal Society for the Prevention of Accidents, told a conference in London that 75.000 dogs were involved in road accidents in Britain last year. As a result 23 people were killed and 2.580 injured. 600 of them seriously.- Reuter
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    Boy rode piggy back to school for one year
    253 3 ROMS, Fri. TWO prizes for national solidarity were given to two children cf Southern Tyrol who "piggybacked" a crippled classmate to school fcr a whole year. Sentimental Italy was moved by the tale of how Gilberto Mittempergher and Remo Percher, two
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    AVAILABLE TO ALL CHURCHES
    66 3 AVAILABLE TO ALL CHURCHES Marble from St. Paul's Cathedral is available to any who wish to incorporate it into their church as a symbol of fellowship with the ancient cathedral church of London. Already more than 50 churches in Britain and overseas have received pieces, including churches in the United
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    REDS' VICTIM
    30 3 A Belgian missionary. Father F Van Anderstraeten, expelled from China, has arrived in Hong Kong "sick and mentally unbalanced." after two years in a Communist gaol says A.P.
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    MAHDI FOR LONDON
    21 3 Sayed Sir Abdel Rahman, El Mahdi Pasha, Sudanese independence leader, will probably visit Britain unofficially in August.- A.P.
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    BUCKLEY
    15 3 "ONE THING ABOUT THE ARMY YOUR WIFE CAN T COLLECT YA WHOLE CHECK." v
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    Women exiles may return
    86 3 ANKARA, Ffi. FEMALE members of Turkey s former imperial family, the Ottomans (Osmanlis), in exile since the revolution after World War I, may now return to Turkey, regain Turkish nationality and make their homes if they wish. Turkey's Grand National Assembly (Parliament) recently passed a measure
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    'No snoring' while the House is in session
    75 3 HYDERABAD, Fri. 1U EMBERS of the Hyderabad State Assembly may sleep Lfl during sessions— but snoring is a breach of order. Speaker Kashinathrao Vaidya so ruled when one member called the chair's attention to a sleeving member on the treasury benches. He
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    LOVELY TO LOOK AT
    34 3 JUNE HAVER, who appears in 20th Century-Fox pictures, seems very pleased with her new hair-do which exposes the ears. In her latest picture "Love Nest," June co-stars with Williajn Lundigan.
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    GIRL GUIDE HAD SUDDEN IMPULSE
    284 3 GIRL GUIDE HAD SUDDEN IMPULSE LONDON, Fri. UNABLE to control the sud--den impulses of a dual personality, a 14-year-old girl who wanted to be always in the limelight changed from a Girl Guide and a keen Sunday school member to a housebreaker and thief. This was the story told at
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    NATIONALIST NOT WANTED
    47 3 A Tunisian nationalist leader, Mr. Mohamed Ma.smoudi has been told to leave France and live elsewhere. The Interior Minister in Paris said his political activities made him an "undesirable resident." He was free to live in Algeria or anywhere else outside metropolitan France. Reuter
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    Terrified man peered under bed for wife
    295 3 Terrified man peered under bed for wife LONDON, Friday. AM AX Albert Eggerman, a waiter, was so terrified A after an attack by his wife he used to look under the bed for fear that somehow she had got into his room and might be hiding there. This was Eggerman's
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    HOW TALL IS EVEREST?
    204 3 HOW TALL IS EVEREST? NEW DELHI Fri HOW tall is Mount Everest, the world's highest mountain? Three -official" heights for the great rock mass exist —all of them different. Most American geographers accept the figure of 29,249 feet. But Europeans, including German scientists the Swiss team just beaten by bad
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      17 3 yes, that dollar does 90 a long way at FITZPATRICKS p* For Economy and Quality shop at
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      78 3 ALWAYS FIRST WITH THE LATEST HIGH CLASS TROPICALS FROM SWITZERLAND I\ SIX PLEASING SHADES IDEAL FOR ALL OCCASIONS GET IT AT WASSIAMULL S (STORE OF QUALITY ELEGANCE) 31 -33, HIGH STREET GENTSDEPT. SINGAPORE PHONE: ***** RADIO fffilY INCORPORATING RADIO MALAYA NEWS t CAbH PRIZE WINNERS DOWN YOUR WAY 1 —MALACCA
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    The Singapore Free Press FRIDAY, July 11, 1952. Cruising taxis
    552 4 The Singapore Free Press FRIDAY, July 11, 1952. Cruising taxis SINGAPORE should be minus one traffic hazard if and when the new City Council taxi bylaw is enforced, pro-' hibftine: the hiring of these vehicles by sea The ban is aimed at the cruising taxi, which p. mainly along North
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    BRITISH BISHOPS ARE UNDER FIRE
    1027 4 BRITISH BISHOPS ARE UNDER FIRE Are There Too Many Of Them Appointed Today? OISHOFS are under fire in the preface to the new Crockford's clerical directory.* Main charges made against them: Bishops are too numerous and top expensive The majority bring meagre intellectual gifts to adorn their office. On the
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    Summer Christmas
    182 4 pHRISTMAS comes but once a year except in California of course where j they have an extra Christmas in June. This isn't because Californians have a more-than-normal affection for Father Christmas but more because toy dealers and manufacturers down Los Angeles way have decided they could sell more
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    No Slump Fear for Austrian Factory-Farmers
    555 4  - No Slump Fear for Austrian Factor yFarmers RITCHIE McEWEN Says MORE than bO per cent, of Austria "s large and important textile industry is concentrated in the Western Province of Vorarlberg along the shores of Lake Constance, where 16,000 persons are employed in 200 textile factories. With a tiny population
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    Don Iddon's Diary
    760 4 Don Iddon's Diary ALL that an American visiting England needs is his passport and passage money. No visa, no exit permit, no income-tax clearance no health certificate. An Englishman (myself) visiting England from the United States needs a stack of documents almost as high as an elephant's thigh to get
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      23 4 ENGAGEMENT WED3IKG RINGS Our Wmt Rincjs Will Interest You owd Enthrall Her P. H. HENDRY, Manufacturing Jeweller 78 NORTH BRIDGE ROAD SINGAPORE 6
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      34 4 POCKET CARTOON by OSBERT LANC.A iJ "I assure >ou, my d**' Flora, that the mm'* ht opened his vxouih I He was an American. jiW BATMIN6 TRUNKS HltejJ MADE IN» US A t x
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    BENEFITS PLAN FOR TEACHERS
    263 5 Scheme for aided school men is being considered Free Press Staff Reporter §L (iAPORE (Government is actively considering the question of a retirement benefits scheme for aided English school teachers, Mr. >l. WL loung, the acting Director of Education, said yesterday. This is a pan-Malayan affair
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    YOUTHS TO FIGHT TO RETAIN CAMP
    48 5 YOUTHS TO FIGHT TO RETAIN CAMP ORE Youth .ill fight for on of theiv old holiday r Biru, South h the Johore wants r securit v r ve r nap have livil camp as can time being. 00 pco; be place I has Johore thf SYC. Dr. C
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    NAVY MEN WATCH PARADE
    52 5 KUALA LUMPUR. Fri. Officers and ratings of the Indian Naval Squadron now in Malayan waters watched yesterday's passing out parade iof 160 recruits of the Malay Regiment at Port Dickson. The Sultan of Perak took the salute. Th e recruits— the 21st intake—had just completed six
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    Pahang union
    12 5 1 Pahang yee^' were electKim I Bidi Mr. Tan Mi
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    COUNCIL MAY ACCEPT RENT BILL
    166 5 COUNCIL MAY ACCEPT RENT BILL Free Press Staff Reporter THe Reiit Control Bill, which comes up *or second reading at the meeting of the apore Legislative Council next Thursday, may be passed. Councillors of both the political parties are generally, agreed on the provisions of the Bill and no amendments
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    YWCA SCHOOL FOR WOMEN
    30 5 AN ARTISTS IMPRESSION of the new 8270,000 Y.VV.C.A. Women's instruction centre which will be built at the junction of Wayang: Street and Canal Road in Singapore.
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    POLICE KEEN TO LEARN ENGLISH: MANY AT CLASSES
    248 5 POLICE KEEN TO LEARN ENGLISH: MANY AT CLASSES Free Press Staff Reporter SINGAPORE police are stepping up their programme to teach English to all the rank and file. Six full-time teachers may soon be recruited. The Force Education Officer, Mr. Seah Yoon Chong, A.S.P., told the Free Press yesterday that
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    BURGLARS STEAL $500
    37 5 PENANG. Fri. Burglars stole cash, jewellery and clothing, valued at about $526 from a house at Caunter Hall, near Sungei Pinang Road, on Wednesday. A padlock had been forced open and the house ransacked.
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    'House the evicted' says Mr. Yap
    149 5 MR. Yap Pheng Geek, a City Councillor, told the Free Press yesterday that alternative accommodation should be given to those who are evicted from unauthorised dwellings. 4 He said he is glad that the Governor has directed Mr. T. P. F. McNiece. chairman of
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    NEGRI PLANS TB HOME
    112 5 NEGRI PLANS TB HOME SEREMBAN. Fri. mHE Negri Sembilan State 1 Government is to be asked by the Anti-T.B. Association to allow a former Boy Scouts' camp at Port Dickson to be used as a settlement for chronic T.B. sufferers. If the Government approves the project such a convalescent home
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    Club plans to raise money
    66 5 KATONG Boys' Club, Singapore, plans to hold a cinema show, stage a play, and promote an amateur boxing contest to raise money for the club.. Charity show will be at 11 a.m. tomorrow at the Roxy Cinema. The film The West Point Story" will be
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    Beam falls on woman
    66 5 Beam falls on woman A heavy beam, 12 feet long, fell three storeys down the airwell of a house in Hock Lam Street and struck a 61--year-old women, the Singapore Coroner'e Court was told yesterday. The woman, Chia Ah Heng, died two days later on May 30. Police found that
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    Bandit victim is named
    35 5 The European police lieutenant killed in a police boat in the Kuala Krai area of Kelantan on Tuesday was Dennis Wedgewood. aged 32. whose address was 22, Church Terrace, Glossop. Derbyshire.
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    Innoeulations for poultry
    47 5 IPOH, Fri. Poultry innoculations wilfl be carried out at the Veterinary Centre. Ipoh, from Monday next, the State Government announced yesterday. The- centre will be open tor this purpose from Monday to Friday every week except on public hoCidavs. between 230 and 4.30 p.m.
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    SCOUTS GET LIFEBOAT
    21 5 TELUK ANSON, Fri. The Teluk Anson Sea Scouts have received a steel lifeboat donated by a Singapore firm.
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    VILLAGERS GET TITLE TO LAND
    162 5 KUALA LUMPUR. Fri. THE Tr^naiganu Government yesterday announced It w!4l issue 30-year leases for land in the State's only two new vilsages. Pi f n Lima Dunp,m> and Batu Rakit (Kuala Trengganu). To ensure that each holdlnp romains an economic unit, subdivision or titles will
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    Expatriate allowance —the rule
    120 5 Expatriate allowance —the rule Free Press Staft Reporter AN expatriate officer of the Singapore City Council may be eligible for continued payment of expatriate allowance after he has decided to settle down in the Colony, it was pointed out at a Finance Committee meeting of the Council. The question was
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    Issue pictorial stamps, GovL is advised
    150 5 Issue pictorial stamps, GovL is advised Free Press Staff Reporter rpHE Stamp Designs Committee, appoint; d about two years ago, has advised the Singapcne Government to issue stamps with pictorial d< s< Their report is being considered by the Govemor-in-Council. i A Government official said j yesterday that an expert
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    These being printed
    44 5 NEW ten-cent Corona- I tion stamps will be I on sale during the i Coronation Week in all Siagapore and Federa--1 tion post offices, a Got- i eminent official said yes- terday. The stamps are being printed in England iIIIHtIIMIIIMHIIIIIMKini MMMIIIMIIIIIHIMUIMM-
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    Civil engineer weds in K.L.
    41 5 KUALA LUMPUR. Fri. The wedding took place at St. Andrew's Presbyterian Church. Kuala Lumpur, on Wednesday of Mro. Nora Lena Betts and Mr. Matthew i Lambie Clark, a cwil engin- eer of Malayan Cement Company, Rawang.
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    Drum explodes
    34 5 A drum of carbide last night exploded in a Ch: shophouse in Serarv Road, near Buffalo h Singapore, and started a The fire brigade was ca)!--1 ed and the ftre was put
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    BLACKOUT SCHEDULE
    202 5 SUBSTATIONS liable to load shedding tonight are: Union Building, Sac* St.. Ramah St.. Peoples Park. Nanson Rd., Lam Soon Oil Mills. Guan Hin, I.E. network and Factary, River Valley Rd.. KilUney Rd.. Orchard Rd. N.A.A.F.1., Armenian < St. Static, Adeiphi. Capitol. Newton 1 2, Chancery Lane. W»- yang:
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    CHAMBER PLEADS FOR THESE SQUATTERS
    142 5 CHAMBER PLEADS FOR THESE SQUATTERS Free Press Staff Reporter SINGAPORE Chir.i Chamber of Commerce has asked Gov. merit to reconsider its decision to demolish the squatter huts in Bu.demeer Road are:. B a pore. The occupar* I have complained Chaoiber. They alleged t 1. They had b^ en build nj?
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    TAKE ENTERTAINMENT & WOODCOTE INN
    713 6  - TAKE ENTERTAINMENT WOODCOTE INN ALLAN LEWIS Best for two main races By JHE SINGAPORE CUP, lj Miles, and The Williamson Memorial Stakes, seven furlongs, the only races for Cl. 1 horses, are the main attractions at Bukit Timah tomorrow when the Singapore Turf Club concludes it's July meeting. Raj Mahal
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    Starters and riders
    180 6 PROBABLE starters and riders for the two main races: SINGAPORE CUP ($16,000 and a trophy) 1 Curlew 9.07 E. Donnelly 2 Technicolor 9.02 M. Padek 3 Entertainment 9.00 C. Tulloh 4 The Bosun 8.09 C. Spencer 5 Brave Wind 8.09 H. Charles--6 Snapdragon 807 G. Lansdown 7
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    Day's best bet: WINAGAIN
    298 6 Day 's best bet: WINAGAIN he is up two divisions with only 2 lb. less, A Winagain should be the best bet of the day in the i Cl 3, Div. 3 6 F. race. He put up a good perform- ance to finish third to Bunga lon the first
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    GIVE PAYEUR ANOTHER CHANCE
    317 6 pAYEI'R shcu'd improve enough from his first race to over- come his 10 lb. extra and take this Cl. 3, Div. 4 race over 6P. Payeur was running on strongly j at the end of Div. 2 on Widnes- day. when he finished third to i
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    Big fields will go to the tapes in Cl. 3 sprints
    449 6 BIG fields will be the dominating feature of the Cl. 3, sprints tomorrow at Bukit Timah. Even allowing for numerous scratching^, fields would still be maximum size. Six winners are handicapped among 18 which comprise the field in Cl.
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    BALLOT TO REDUCE THE FIELD
    116 6 BALLOT TO REDUCE THE FIELD A BALLOT to reduce the field to 16 will probably be taken for the CI. 3. Div. 4— 6F. and 19 Yds. rate tomorrow. Nineteen horses were handi- i capped in this race and only one scratching has been notified. Two horses will have to
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    JIMSON HARD TO BEAT
    783 6 JIMSON HARD TO BEAT T OVESET. Beech Pool, Applause. Jimson, Honourbright, and i Hurry Up look the pick of this I Cl. 3, Div. 2 field. Loveset was a fairly good third' behind Mubarak and Sturveta over seven. Down a division with 10 lb. extra gives him a great chance,
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      191 6 Horses not accepting FOLLOWING horses will not start tomorrow: Raj .Mahal. One Three. One. Short Hairs. Kong Mine. Applause. Guilty, Rio Grande, Hard Cash, Winter Lady and Haoma. Pink Gin. Beech Pool and Assize are very doubtful starters. 4 Shows: 1.00. 3.30. 6.30. 9.30 p.m. $mtt s^.VfinfßoooiA.Boo Rehana Ranjan (Hindustani)
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    SURREY GAIN THEIR 12th VICTORY
    545 7 SURREY GAIN THEIR 12th VICTORY Lead Middlesex by 32 points "gURREY yesterday gained their 12th victory in 15 County cricket championship matches when they defeated Worcestershire with a day to spare. They now have 152 points and lead by 32 from their nearest rivals, Middlesex, who are not playing the
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    India is 294 runs behind
    53 7 :r. T; innings runs to re at Chest:r320 minut?s for no wicket built innings g*j all ou*. iia had tcket by lm> 162. > $6 •iiner c- f*<*3d "6. ...r 63. <rr b k !b* Phadkax u 65. C I 6—4*— H Gaekv .-.-.uad 34
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    SHARE POINTS
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    Red Tape village U thrown open
    277 7 OLYMPIC ROUNDUP curtain' nations have unexpectedly let 1 the bar» at their isolated Olympic village in what appears to be an official switch in policy. in Helsinki to compete in the Olympic ienJy dropped their icy reserve yester.ed unusual friendliness. J Pri sa reflrst
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    SP. H.P.
    45 7 TABLETS tnmtmmm to nprii d ener, H P ■MM] freshness, est in one's i brought aSeut in a natural P ism effective lie list of the Ul WIMi \R PROD I n\i>o\ \«k \our M \KI A I Kobinson Kd s; a pore
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    Gordon's century
    173 7 riORDOX Richards. Bri- »\J tain's champion jockey for the past ten < asons. rode his 100th winner of the season at s Salisbury yesterdiy. Richards. who rode three winners on Wednesday, and on Tuesday, needed two winners to reach the 100 mark when racing started yesterday. He won
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    WILLIAMS TO FIGHT IN U.S.
    77 7 Johnny VViliams. British and British Empire heavyweight ch. mpion. will have his first fight in the United States on July 22. H'.s opponent will be Jumrrv Rcusse of Albany. New Yoik. The fight will be he'd over eight rounds in Newark. Rous.se has been ngh'ing
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    SOCCERITES 1-1
    63 7 In a S-A.F.A. Junior Cup tie at Geylang yesterday, Police "B" did extremely well to hold Star Soccerltes to a 1-1 draw. Towards the end, Star Soccerltes dominated play and would have run out easy winners but for the fine goalkeeping of Jamaluddin, who brought off numerous saves.
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    Dave Sands wins in 4 rounds
    86 7 Dave Sands wins in 4 rounds IJKITISH Empire middle- weight champion, Dave Sands who fights Isimeli Radrodro. Fiji and Orient tule holder in Singapore on J"'y 18, retained his Australian heavyweight title when he knocked out Jim Woods in the fourth of the scheduled 15-round bout at Wagge stadium last
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    MARCIANO IS FLOORED
    86 7 Heavyweight contend.r Rocky Marciano was floored for the first time in his career while training for his fight wiih Harry Matthews at the Yankee Scac'ium this, month The unbeaten Marciano was n.t on the chin by an overhand right by sparmate Jimmy C rello. Marciano was driven
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    Daly leads the field
    315 7 I "CTOED DALY, smiling North- > -T mq Ireland golfer attach- ed to the Balmoral Club, Bel- fast, leads the British Open J golf championship field by tour strokes at the halfway stage on the Royal Lytham j and Saint Annes links >| Lytham (Lunas». i
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    Bank win 11-goal game
    210 7 Bank win 11--goal game C'LEVEN goals were scored in the Business Hou c es Div. 3 soccer match at Clerical Union ground yesterday when Mercantile Bank S.C. beat Jacks S.C.. by six goals to five. Jacks would have won but for lapses by tneir goalkeeper whose misfleldicg cost the side
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    WORLD SHOOT
    45 7 HARRY Wendel Reeves of the United States yesterday won the world championship in the centre fire pistol event at Oslo With a" unofficial score of 579 points. The United States also won the team competition with an unofficial score of 2.304 points U.P.
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    JOYCE DEANS IS CONVENT CHAMPION
    228 7 The Convent of the Holy Infant Jesii.s held their first annual athletic sports meeting- yesterday, at St. Joseph's Institution -round. Highlight of the afternoon was the performance of Jovce Deans. Joyce ran the 100 yards in 12.1 sec. which is only .l.sec. above the present
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    VAIN FIGHT BY EUROPEANS
    443 7 Royal Air Force .3; Europeans 1. EH ROPEANS never gave up the fight in yesterday's S.A.F.A. Community League match at Jalan Besar Stadium, but it was a vain fight. The European forwards were right off form, and against a capable R.A.F. defence could do little. The
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    Maxim v. Turpin bout likely this September
    538 7  -  HAROLD MAYES By TOEY MAXIM versus Randy Turpin for White City in September. That's the one spot of boxing meat which appears to have been left after the Yankee Stadium grilling. And, when I say I think that's the way it will be,
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    TEST UMPIRES
    32 7 D. Da\ies (Glamorgan) and F. I S. Lee (Somerset) have been appointed to umpire the third t*^t match between England and I'*dia beginning at Manchester on Thursday Juiy 17. Reuter
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    KUMAR BEATS IAN AYRE TO ENTER FINAL
    111 7 MARESH Kumar, the young Indian No. 1 and S. D Potts of the United States yesterday reached the final of the men's singles in the Irish lawn tennis championships In Dublin. Kumar scored a surprise victory over the Australian Davis Cup player, lan
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      76 7 BSm^ r^ This stylish new Austin the mHI A.70 "Hereford" Saloon repre- g sents yet another great achieve- ment by Austin of England. It &M £.f[ responds to every demand with '^^W^jt -g-^ ~w\ the unhesitating precision that inspires complete confidence, and its outward elegance is well matched by the
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    NEW WEST OFFER TO RUSSIA
    345 8 'Let 's meet on Germany soon WASHINGTON, Friday. T*HE UNITED STATES, British and French governA ments yesterday proposed to Russia an early four-power conference to set up an impartial commission to investigate election conditions throughout Germany. A note from the three Western governments was handed
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    Studio to cut 'lush operations'
    141 8 HOLLYWOOD. Fri. ABOUT 100 executives of Hollywood s biggest studio J Metro Ooldwyn-Mayer I have agreed to sa!ary«cuts of from 25 to 50 per cent for one year. The cuts, part of an economy wave, will apply to officials earring more than $1,000 a week.
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    BOMBS EXPLODE
    15 8 Three bamb explosions occurred in Sfax. causing some ec but injuring no one.
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    Welcome for Jap bride
    96 8 MELBOURNE. Fri. A CROWD of 50 relatives and friends laden with ?ifts welcomed Australia's first Japanese war bride, petite, charming 23-year-old Cherry Parker when she arrived In Melbourne by air from Japan yesterday. With her were her two daughters. three year old Margaret and 18-months-old Kathleen.
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    PLANE CRASHES AND EXPLODES
    42 8 A United States Navy fighter plane, divin? and firing rockets, crashed in the midst of a demonstration of- naval fighter weapons at Chima Lake, California, yesterday. It exploded in a burst of flames. The pilot was killed. Reuter
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    US-CANADA LOAN TO BRITAIN 'ON THE CARDS'
    205 8 TORONTO, Friday HPHE Toronto Financial Post, in a despatch from A Ottawa, said that "a substantial new dollar loan by Canada to Britain— of perhaps $2,500,000,000 to $3.000.000.000— n0w is on the cards". The Post despatch added: 'Such a move is regarded by
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    FRED MADE A BIG CATCH
    47 8 Fred Lumely, of Port Worth. U. S. A., went fishing for the first time in five years. His catch a 25-pound sack full of bonds and deeds worth US$lOO,OOO. Safebreakers had stolen the papers from a nearby ranch last month.- A .P.
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    WATER—SIX CENTS
    23 8 WATER— SIX CENTS Water cost six sents a gallon in Rangoon yesterday and was getting dearer. Rebels cut the pipeline into the A.P.
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    NEW ATLANTIC GREYHOUND
    92 8 THE largest crowd ever to' bid farewell to a vessel in New York jammed Pier 86 as the 53.300-ton liner United States began her maiden crossing of the Atlantic on July 3. The liner arrived at Le Havre, France, 13 hours ahead of schedule, crossing the Atlantic
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    Peter Fleming's defence evidence
    282 8 'MAD MIKE' CALVERT CASE HANOVER, Friday. MAJOR James "Mad Mike" Calvert yesterday denied in the witness-box allegations of indecent conduct with German boys. He told a British court martial that his meetings with Germans described by the prosecution were all of a completely innocent nature^ The
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    Truman signs military bill
    57 8 WASHINGTON, Fri. PRESIDENT Truman signed the giant $46,610,938,912 military appropriations bill to continue the expansion of the armed services and provide the nation with a 143-wing air force by mid--1955. The measure also carries funds for the construction of a second supor-aircraft carrier and $45 a
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    Mossadeq climbs down
    25 8 Persia's Premier. Dr. Mo- hammed Massadeq after i threatening to step down— j has agreed finally to head a new government. A.P.
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    Colonial privilege
    29 8 T LONDON. Friday. HE Colonial Office is discussing plans for a stand on the old hospital site opposite Westminster Abbey for important Coronation spectators from the colonies.
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      307 8 DEATH GEERLINGS: Johannes Hubertus. of Ford Motor Company of i Ltd.. on July 9th. at Singapore General Hospital. KNOWIFTM.MFNT MR OR HASKIM thank all friends who so kindlv sen' nice and valuable vtdding pnm ACCOMMODATION VACANT "ANT 3 double bedrooms seaside, excellent food, cheap rates, approved for forces. European management.
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