The Singapore Free Press, 30 July 1952

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    19 1 The Singapore Free Press LARGEST AFTERNOON SALE IN MALAYA NO 18,457 SINGAPORE, WEDNESDAY, JULY 30, 1952. PRICE FIFTEEN CEN
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    LABOUR HOOTS BUTLER
    503 1 More work plea sets M.P.s m uproar I LONDON, Wednesday. Chancellor of the Exchequer, Mr. Hutler, opened a two-day debate m the House of Commons on econohis speech ended amid hoots and •u:<ms from the Labour benches, r told M.Ps. that British workers had .dent of three
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    Manager found shot
    47 1 IN >iaff Reporter PEN AM. Wed. I BARNES, mana*l the Penang bnn cstetner (East--1 wm found shot m his Beach Street office -it 8.30 this morning, j Mr. Rimes Has due to go on leave shortly. He died j i shot wound through heart
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    PERSIA TO ASK U.S. TO LEAVE
    79 1 lIERAN. Wed. DS for the withu fcnwal from Persia of isslons eruptlament yesterday newsPri mier Mosed to end the -?s. •vhich ocfrom to the governPersian officials JJM»ed tr.a: they did not -gtheried army have no Intending anybody." I r.e Persian »°use yesterday appro\ed tor
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    BRITISH VIEW
    37 1 LONDON, Wed— Mr. Oliver Lyttelton the Colonial Secretary, told the House of Commons m a written reply yesterday that the British Government regarded European settlement as "an essential and permanent part of Kenya's development." Reuter
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    BAYONETS FOR RIOTOUS MOB
    41 1 RIOTS broke out m Teheran last week as Dr. Mossadeq ousted Ghavam e s Sult.iaeh m a dramatic return to power. Here, a line of Persian troops, with fixed bayonets, move down .a street to *uell fighting
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    Argentinians can still write to Eva
    253 1 Argentinians can still write to Eva THEY WILL GET ANSWERS BUENOS AIRES, Wednesday. PRESIDENT Juan Peron told the Argentinians yesterday that anyone needing help should keep on writing to Eva Peron, even though she is dead. An official announcement from the President said they would receive answers m her name.
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    NOT SAUCERS, SAY AIR FORCE EXPERTS
    123 1 WASHINGTON, Wednesday. ITNITED STATES Air Force experts yesterday said they were satisfied that the recent "flying saucer" sightings over Washington derived from natural causes. Major-General John A. Samford, Director of Aii Force Intelligence said an analysis of mysterious object sightings for six years reveal-,
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    Attempt on 'Old Baldy'
    63 1 TOKYO. Wed. FIGHTING along the waterlogged Korean front flared up anew yesterday when Communist infantry surged forward under cover of darkness and vainly attempted to throw Allied forces off strategic "Old Baldy" on the western front. The Eighth Army reported that after a nearly two-hour pitched
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    BURGLARS GET $95 IN CASH
    37 1 A Singapore shopkeeper, Mohamed Abdullah, of Geylang Road, reported yesterday that his shop had been burgled. Cash totalling $95 was stolen. Entry was made by forcing open a window with a crowbar.
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    GOODWILL CRUISE
    22 1 The 5,900-ton New Zealand cruiser Bollona, on a six months goodwill cruise to Britain, left Colombo yesterday morning for Bombay.
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    Ceylon buys rice with dollars
    157 1 Ceylon buys rice with dollars COLOMBO, Wed. CIR Oliver Goonetilleke, v Ceylon's Food Minister, announced here yesterday that arrangements had been concluded with the United States for the supply of rice to Ceylon. Sir Oliver, who was returning by air from a food mission to London and Washington, said the
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    Eight hurt in crashes
    92 1 Free Press Staff Reporter. t^IGHT people were injured, U two seriously, m three motor collisions which occur- red m Singapore near midj night. i Two of four Chinese were drag- ged unconscious from a car which overturned and crashed into a drain at Nee Soon Road.
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    TROOPS GIVEN AMMO DRILL
    44 1 Seven hundred U.S. troops unloaded cargo frccn a freighter over an open beach at Poinoe De Gave, France south-west French coastal port, yesterday to learn how to keep passing the ammunition should war destroy or cripple other French ports.— A.P.
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    PURGE OF JEWS
    24 1 Rumania ls following up the dismissal of her Foreign Minister. Ana Pauker, a Jew. with a purge of other Jews. U.P.
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    Envoy sees Egypt P.M.
    73 1 Envoy sees Egypt P.M. CAIRO, Wed. rE British Ambassador, Sir Ralph Stevenson, conferred with Premier Aly Maher Pasha and General Naguib last night at the 'Ministry of Foreign Affairs. H e was given a political and military picture of the new regime m Egypt which culminated In the abdication of
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    COMET SERVICE TO CEYLON
    45 1 Air passengers will be able to travel from London to Karachi (4,450 miles) m 14 hours 52 minutes and to Bombay (5,001 miles) m 17 hours 50 minutes m Britain's record-breaking Comet jetliners. First London-Ceylon service begins on August 11.— Reuter
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    Crowd ignored woman's cry for help
    59 1 Crowd ignored woman's cry for help Free Press Staff Reporter. A MALAY cyclist snatched the handbag of a Teochew woman, Alice Nah, m Jalan Besar, Singapore, yesterday. The bag contained an identity card and $16. The woman was walking home from the market. Although there were peoDle near a bus
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    Prison probe in U.K. urged
    63 1 LONDON, Wed. A PARLIAMENTARY Committee on budget estimates yesterday urged an inquiry into Britain's prisons, saying that evidence submitted to it was "alarming and raised problems of major importance." In a report on the nat!bn's penal institutions, the Committee said that last February 4,500 inmates
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    WORKMEN FIND TWO BOMBS
    40 1 Free Press Staff Reporter Workmen clearing a building site m Meyappa Chettiar Road at Upper Serangoon, Singapore, yesterday found two unexploded bombs. Police were standing on guard waiting for the military to remove them this morning.
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    LALLANG FIRE
    41 1 Bungalows, flats, and quarters m the Pender, Morse and Breeze Roads area off Keppel Road were saved by Singapore firemen yesterday when a fire swept through five acres of shrubbery and lallang. The firemen were engaged for three hours.
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    FIRE HAVOC
    29 1 The "biggest ever" fire m Jakarta yesterday burned out half a square mile of slums. One child was killed and 10,000 people were left home- less.— A.P.
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    BAPTIST MEETING
    23 1 Some 500 leading Baptists from 21 countries are meeting m Copenhagen for the first Congress of European Bap- list Federation.— A.P.
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    Penang best bets
    38 1 Allan Lewis, Free Press racing correspondent, sives White Carnation. Thirlmere and Nomad as his best beta at Penang today, outsiders: Dundonald and Regal Aire. Trespasser's best are White Carnation and Thirlmere. >' 1 1 ♦<**;♦ r>niirvo information
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    Shenton Way: buyers have paid $3.9 m.
    387 1 Shenton Way: buyers have paid $3. 9 m. Free Press Staff Reporter A NUMBER of the purchasers of the 17 plots of Crgwn land on Shenton Way and Robinson Road. Singapore, have had their building: plans rejected because the buildings would cost more than tbe $50,000 maximum permitted by the
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    FRENCH KILL 500 VIETMIKH, RETAKE AREA
    99 1 SAIGON Wed. HEAVILY reinforced French troops held a vital se on the Annam jungle coast yesterday after inflicting more than 500 casualties on Communist-led Vi c t f .n ;n h rebels. Counter-attacking FrancoVietnam ground forces, supported by artillery and air cover, fought their
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    Untrue, says Finland
    66 1 Untrue, says Finland HELSINKI, Wed. A FINNISH Foreign Office official said last night there was absolutely no confirmation of reports that Hungarian swimmers were seeking asylum In Finland. The reports, persistently repeated m the Olympic swiii ming stadium yesterday, were to the effect that two members of the Hungarian team
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    Seven Men Test Radio 'Miracles'
    928 2  -  GEORGE SCOTT FGUJFHJNGFHJ By F^ the answer to the question Can Faith Beaif is "Yes," then just HCW docs the power work? That is the starting point tff today's investigation. And, right away, we go to a London West End surgery where a. doctor is
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    A Chimp Tries Cold-Killer in a 'Saucepan'
    285 2 A Chimp Tries Cold -Killer in a 'Saucepan' GFURTU FGHJRTURT lOEY, the six-year-old chimpanzee I interviewed m Dublin Zoo. may go down m medical history as a pioneer who helped to prevent millions of people from catching colds. Zoo chimps are extremely susceptible to the germs of coughs and colds
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    46 2 Meet 29-year-old David Morgan, wno made aviaiion history recently by flying from London to Brussels m record time. At a speed of 665.9 m.p.h. he covered the distance from city centre to city centre m 18 mm. 3.3 sees. He was flying a Vickers Supermarine Swift.
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    'War' Germs Would Strike at Friend and Foe
    734 2 War' Germs Would Strike at Friend and Foe k V MMM <tMtM^iMMrM^w*********** M J > i > >> >> And the cost of protection to the attackers might well be prohibitive rpHE use of germs as a weapon m war is being considered^ by many countries today. And if germs
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      42 2 Solution To Crossword No. 726 YESTERDAY'S SOLUTION.— Acn»»: 1. Significant. 7. Bhamble. 8 Kit. 9. Loiter. 10. Pace 12 Adam. if. Cmdki. 16. rti. 17. Retreat. 18. Con*clOM.s'y Down: 1. S j sal. 2. Grn\ltation. 3. Inbred A THaa C a_.l. i
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      139 2 N&w Crossword No. 727 1 j i i ill "^yp? CLUES ACROSS 2, 7. Peer, not of public mark that's Lord Salisbury's job (4, 5, 4). 8. One is not well kn own when m this (9). 9. A bit of luck I eventually have, m Russia (4). 10. No
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    Finder beware
    812 3 Finder beware M UST CARELESSNESS BE PUNISHED? 1 11 0 1 1 1 bill g lair -in* I 1 Fred \v.my •on- so. NOW somewhat. a: the I rememlip iomev trans- had been waiting. club and m a bout it. -I dis- v. I I much that I ite him.
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    BUCKLEY
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    Homing pigeon home
    43 3 Homing pigeon home The first of 40 homing j pigeons released from Hel :i on the opening day of I the Olympic Games arrived at its "home at Lueneburg, Germany, having flown the 750 miles m seven days. its and 15 minutes.- Reuter
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    LOVE IS BAD FOR SWORDFISH
    403 3  -  William Mairani by [^OVK makes suckers and steaks out of sword fish. It thereby also helps the poor iisherfolk of Scilla, the legendary southern Italian town, to live Comes love and the usually wary swordfish becomes a foolish fellow and a 40-cents-a-pound target for the
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    42 3 photo. Still looking slightly bewildered, this one-day-old Spanish lamb snuggles m the friendly arms of 17--year-ojd Sheilah Joyce of Kingston-on-Thames at Chessington Zoo, Surrey. The newcomer is m time to join a coming-of-age celebration— the Zoo's 21st anniversary is this year. Reuter
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    BRIDGE BIDS
    666 3 YEARS of practical experience have led contract bridge ruthorities to conclude that certain bids should be limited so that they would invariably describe hands of definitely prescribed strength. In particular, the opening bids of one, two. and three no-trump are limited both as *o high-card strength and distribution.
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    From sugar pills to psychiatry
    575 3  -  ELON TORRENCE by A DOCTOR, who once had nothing but "sugar pills and a few words" for patients with emotional disorders celebrated his 90th birthday this month, still active as chairman of America's largest training centre for psychiatrists. With his physician sons, Karl and William,
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  • The Singapore Free Press WEDNESDAY. July 30. 1952.
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      This year, next year
      526 4 \L HEXEVER Singapore nasjs the authorities' jut the target date lor power from Uie new station, pat con the stock reply: "We mot make any firm promise". Generally this is accompanied by A the need for patience and keeping our fingers crossed. not quite a case
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    Busting the Racket in Rents
    238 4 Busting the Racket in Rents IT'S frightfully noble lof the City Council official to champion Singapore's landlords by suggesting rents of all houses occupied by one or two separate families be increased by 25 per cent. But by whom does this Master Mind suppose any such increase will be met
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    'Kiwis' and comics
    193 4 T WOULD like to state In regard to your arti- cle "Kiwi's banning on comics'* (Free Press, July 21) that their attack is a shameful one. If government can ban the of comics having storiejL on gangster. sm then films ned at our theatres will have to
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    AN 'S.O.S.' FROM THE U.S.
    103 4 I WOULD like to correspond with someone m Singapore willing to tell me about your city and send me papers, books, maps «tc. I would like a tourists' street map and one of surrounding 25 miles territory. I would also like to know of ju-jitsu
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    95 4 Vera Lynn, singing; sweetheart of millions, stands to lose a fortune by staying m Britain. Romping m the garden with her six.-year-old daughter, Virginia, she said "I have everything I want right here." The National Broadcasting Company of America, want Vera to spend nine months each year for four years
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    LETTERS TO THE EDITOR
    120 4 LETTERS TO THE EDITOR fare of all citizens. Commonsense demands they be so formulated that no one type of citizen benefits to the exclusion of others. And when a City lacks machinery to implement any law, that law should not be enforced. m these days of mounting living costs and
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    Chinese Have Always Sorrowed Music SAYS HSI
    470 4 Chinese Have Always Sorrowed Music SAYS HSI TT is strange that, m a 1 culture as highly developed as the Chinese, music always was an importation. The Chinese excelled m all the other fine art< yet created no music of their own. Scholars are still puzzling over this problem today.
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    'STORY OF JAZZ' FILMED
    137 4  -  FELIX By AN all- jazz film, "An Introduction to Ja"zz", which starts m .1619 and ends m 1922 has been produced by the University of California Proposed sequels will take the story right up to the Bop oeriod and present-day Jazz. Discs were used for the
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    LATEEST RECORDS
    182 4 CENMi' GO^OM AN and HiS ORCHESTRA: South of the Border Muskat RmmblF (Col D.C. 592). "South of the Border," hit tune m Singapore about 15 years ago is here revived m swing style It has many delightful "breaks". Credit is due to Benny's brass and sax teams lor
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    COMPOSING FOR THE FILMS
    683 4  - COMPOSING FOR THE FILMS PRESTO Music topics by r? you were asked to express an Alec Guinness character, such the one he plays m the film "The Card", m music how would you do it? Far the perfect answer go to "The Card" and listen to the music. Alec Guinness's
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    LATEST RECORDS
    9 4 LATEST RECORDS Of I I I I I VBfiMta
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    There is no Money in Symphonies
    826 4 There is no Money in Symphonies CHARLES REID says most modern composers earn their living from writing film music. TJNQUELLED by niggardly pay, classical composers go on hopefully adding crotchet to crotchet. Sixty serious works, written by nearly as many composers, were submitted for the annual Festival of British Contemporary
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    A rule for 5-minute speeches
    165 5 A rule for 5- minute speeches Free Press Staff Reporter SINGAPORE City Councillors should not criticised m adjournment speeches, says a draft amendment to the business bylaws. Amendments to the bylaws 1 drafted following the decision of the Council m May to impose a flv£ minute limit on adjournment speeches,
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    COLONY LOSING TRADE TO H.K.
    182 5 Merchants tell committee: 'Govt is responsible Free Press Staff Reporter SINGAPORE traders have told the Trade Advisory Committee that the entrepot trade of the Colony was slowly passing to Hong Kong. The chief reasons for the shift, they said, were: 1. Government restrictions on imports
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    Case heard in camera
    89 5 KUALA LUMPUR, Wed. The trial of a Chinese woman charged with consorting with a terrorist was yes- terday held m camera m the Kuala Lumpur Supreme court on an application made by the DPP, Mr. P. G. Clough. Mr. Clough said his application was made for
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    VETERANS' CHIEF
    43 5 picture. COL TtiRKY ADEVOSO, president of the Philippine Veterans' Legion (left), who arrived m Singapore yesterday to organise a veterans' "convention m September. He is pictured at the airport with the Philippine Consul m Singapore, Mr. Yusup R. Abubakar. Free Press
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    HAD NO LICENCE
    25 5 SEGAMAT. Wed.— For selling a packet of cigarettes without a price control licence. Pun Siew Fong 45, la fined 530 at Seiamat.
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    He trespassed
    15 5 REGA M A T. Wed.— For trespassing into Johore Labis Estate. Narayanasamy, 28,
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    Saw thief in mirror
    113 5 KUALA LUMPUR. Wed. A REFLECTION m a mirror A enabled a Kuala Lumpur 5-hepkeeper to catch a thief. The shopkeeper was attending to one of his customers when he saw m the mirror m his rhop a man removing a pair of shoes from a show
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    BRIGADE WANTS 300 WOMEN
    164 5 BRIGADE WANTS 300 WOMEN Free Press Staff Reporter AN all-out drive for 300 women will be made by the Singapore St. John Ambulance Brigade m a fortnight. Plans for the campaign are ready. Thousands of posters and pamphlets have already been printed. Girls under the age of 16 may enrol
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    INCONSIDERATE
    32 5 MUAR. Wed.— For driving a car without consideration for the safety of other users of the road. Tan Joong Yann was fined $20 at Muar. He collided with a cyclist at
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    1,000 rehearse for October festivals
    201 5 1,000 rehearse for Octobe r f estiva ls Free Press Staff Reporter i°INE thousand boys and girls from 27 Colony English schools are rehearsing for the drama and music festivals to be held during this year's Education Week m October. i Mr. Henry Hochstadt, chairman of the Singapore Teachers' Unicn
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    HE HAD OPIUM
    25 5 MUAR, Wed.— For possession of opium at the resettlement area, Tangkak, Lim Ann. 47, was sentenced at Muar to three months' gaol.
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    Governor at opera film
    58 5 Governor at opera film Free Press Staff Reporter FE Governor, Mr. J. F. Nicoll, last night attended the premiere of the operatic film "Love of a Clown" based on Leoncavallo's "I Pagliacci," now showing at tae Pavilion cinema. The guests, who included leading Colony musicians, afterwards had refreshments m the
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    Chamber gets nore members
    57 5 rpHE Singapore Chinese -fl- Chamber of Commerce has got 129 new '.nembers from the Teochew community. Dr. S. Y. Wang, secretary of the Chamber, told the Free Press yesterday that I more than 80 other Teochew business concerns and mdi-; viduals would soon be enrolled. The
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    TUG will pick 4 for course
    57 5 rE Singapore Trade Union Congress has asked unions to recommend Candidates for the I.C.F.T.U. training course m Calcutta m Sept. The Governing Council of the T.U.C. will select four] unionists from those recommended by the unions. The unions have been ask- j ed to
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    FLOWER SHOW AT STORE TRADE FAIR
    159 5 Free Press Staff Reporter rIE Australian Trade Commissioner, Mr. A. J. Day, said today that Western Australian wild flowers would be displayed at the Australian pavilion at the trade fair to be cpened at the Happy World S'ngarnrp. on Friday. The wild flowers were
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    44 5 pic- MALAY KAMPONG BOYS learn the building trade. ISfcnsor (right) and Safuan, both kampong boys of Negri Sembilan, are taught bricklaying by a Chinese contractor. The training is part of the State's Apprentices Training Scheme m which the RIDA i s cooperating. Free Press
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    LOTTERY FOR FOOD FARMS URGED
    186 5 Free Press Staff Reporter rpHE Straits Chinese British Association is con- sidering a proposal to run a $500,000 lottery to finance the establishment of farms to increase the production of vegetables, pork and poultry, said Mr. Lee Kirn Chuan, a member of the association's committee
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    More classes for Colony adults
    64 5 More classes for Colony adults Free Press Staff Reporter SINGAPORE Council for j Adult Education plans to start 20 more literacy classes and appoint eignt more supervisors. The expansion will take place as soon as present re- arrangements of classes are completed. The 20 new classes planned will include seven
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    Centre for blind children plan
    92 5 Centre for blind children plan Free Press Staff Reporter pOLONY may have a centre for blind children under six y< age if a recommer i by Sir Clutha II a blind expert, i<= I ed by the Singapore Association for th; The proposal was ed by the association at a
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    Blackout schedule
    142 5 SI USTATIONS liable to load shedding tonight are: Broadrlck Rd.. Sea View Hotel, East Coast Rd., Telok Kurau, an Park Hotel, t > dok. Chanel r.\? i hangi Prison. 1 aiu Merah Besar, Setarang Barracks, Atlas Ice, Happy World. 1 her Loron* 1, Sima Avrnuf Sa»mJII, Shell Co..
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    MARSHALL OUT OF 400 m. RACE
    198 6 MARSHALL OUT OF 400 m. RACE World s fastest fails to qualify JpOUR new Olympic swimming records and one new rifle record were set at Helsinki yesterday as five different nations won Gold Medals m the 11th day of the Olympic Games. Th? most thrilling event of the day was
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    All the finals
    98 6 MEN'S 4 x Btt-M. KELAY 1. l\S. (Wayne Moore, Bill Woolsey, Ford Konno. Jim .McLane) 8:31.1 (Olympic record old record 8: U.I sc\ yesterday m preliminaries by Japan) 2. Japan 8:33.5; 3. France 8:45.9; -vreden 8:15.9; 5. Hungary \t>; 6. Britain 8:52.9; 7. \fri<a 8:55J; 8. Argentina
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    I.O.C. MEETING RED CHINA QUESTION SHELVED
    441 6 I.O.C. MEETING RED CHINA QUESTION SHELVED COMMUNIST China's application for membership of the International Amateur Athletic Federation has been shelved for two years— until the 1.0.C. meets again m Zurich m 1954. This means that m the meantime no Red China athletes will be able to enter m international track
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    U.S. CAME FROM BEHIND
    248 6 U.S. CAME FROM BEHIND 800 m RELAY rE United States successfully defended its men's 800-metre freestyle Olympic relay championship yesterday and kept alive its hope for another clean sweep m the men's swimming. Twenty one year old Jimmy McLane, Yale University star came from behind to carry the American quartet
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    Miss Jensen was almost in tears
    157 6 npHERE were almost tears at the (living board when Zoo Olsen-Jensen, American 1948 Silver Medallist, made a mess of one of her compulsory springboard dives. Nearly weeping, she protested the diving board was not properly set and that whirring cine- cameras had put her
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    IN FINAL
    37 6 The following qualified for the men's 400 m. freestyle final: Jean Boiteux (France); Olof Ostr&nd (Sweden); Jackie Wardrop (Britain) Hironoshin Furuhashi (Japan) Wayne Moore (US); James McLane (IS); Ford Konno (US), Peter Duncan (South Africa).
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    DOCKYARD WIN 2-1 v. ROVERS 'A'
    50 6 H. M. Dockyard beat Rovers "A" 2-0 m their SAFA Junior Cup replay at CYMA ground yesterday. Rovers were the first to show up but missed a penalty, taken by Hussein. Dockyard then got Rovers on the run. scoring through Mohamed and Peh Kweng.
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    URUGUAY MEN SUSPEiNDED
    161 6 Two Uruguayan basketball players were last night barred from further play m the 1952 Olympic Games for their part m an attack on Vincent P. Farrell iUSA> who refereed a game the Uruguayans lost on Monday. The suspension was agreed between the International Amateur Basketball Federation and
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    25 6 Adhema? Ferreira da, Silva of Brazil winning the hop step and jump final with an Olympic rfiford distance of 53 ft. 2V» m.
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    Cripple wins Silver Medal
    201 6 |>LUCKY Mrs. Lis Hartel, 35-year-old Danish woman crippled from infantile paralysis, burst into tears of joy yesterday when the Olympic judges told her that she had gained second place m the opening equestrian event. Th.re was a gasp of amazenun: from the spectators when she nad
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    MARCIANO TO MEETWALCOTT
    156 6 ROCKY Marciano eyes Sept 23 million dollar title shot at heavyweigh* champion Jersey Joe Walcott after his sensational tworcund knockout of Harry thews. Jim Norris, International Boxing Club president, said after the Marciano-Matthews bout: "A million is a conservative not counting television or theatre TV." "I'm ready
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    INDIAS WIN BY 6 WICKETS
    264 6 INDIAS WIN BY 6 WICKETS TNDIAN UNI t revenge :or an Surrey, pr County champion.- won m London six wickets. They fully dt t M victory for after Dive brilliant fowling m the Su*rey first Inning. Homu Adhikari, tourists' vice-captaui and Dattu Phadkar yesterdat scored 107 m an unfinished fifth
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    47 6 SO. CEI SAFA I 1 R«» fTf r. 101 I. Bes»r D R**' litei v SMSr— CVMA I Tampenis Ro»*rs KM! lan*;. Bl SIM Hoi Guthrie v. X I.— Thomson M Boraeoc v. H.K. Bank B-r*rm Park. nUENDLI »K< Customs— Farrer Park TENM& Spore «hampionship^-VMi
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    Yorkshire move up with win over Middlesex
    561 6 WHILE Surrey leaders m the county eh m, were thrashed by the Indian tourit, nshi P Yorkshire closed the gap at the top table by easily beating Middlesex. Middlesex one time main < have slipped a good deal m n* unless they rally
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    AZAD & THIRLMERE BEST FOR THE DAY
    1014 7 AZAD THIRLM ERE BEST FOR THE DAY Earthquake to win the 4.50 From ALLAN LEWIS ft too good a day to go punting", seemed he general opinion at the racecourse ,rniag when this afternoon's events were mitt di-nission. Dream, Black Velvet, Masterman. Oas* id. Thaumaturgy, Film Studio and kp were
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    Magic sponge did the trick
    695 7 Magic sponge did the trick R.A.F. MX 2; S.E.R 0. QOMEONE at Seletar has been taking lessons m P sorcery. At Gillman Barracks yesterday the "magic sponge" of the Royal Air Force Maintenance Unit trainer really cast a spell, for within 20 seconds of receiving its soothing elixir Combined Services
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    Jackson keeps golf title
    79 7 R. R. Jackson retained the Perak ..Turf Club 8. C golf championship, beating R. O. Buchan four and three In the final at the weekend. Results of other recent competitions are as follows: June Medal: R. H. A. Johnson (after replay); Too Joon Lim Cup (mixed
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    SLTA TIES
    219 7 S.L.T.A. ties today on V.M.C.A. courts :*.:«> P.M.: MEN'S SINGLES: J. H Kuiper v A. Q. B. Pakir; H. Kamis v Capt G. T. B. Prance. MEN'S DOUBLES: S. A. Dawood and H. K. Yadi v Chia Chin 31a ng and Koh Bok Aik- C X Pang and
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    Fords beat Airways 3-1
    133 7 "PORD Sports Club had little difficulty m beating Malayan Airways S.C 3-1 m a Singapore B.H.F.A. League Cup fixture at Farrer Park yesterday. Fords kicked ofi" and had Airways on the defensive lor the major part of the first half. Kok Cheng scored for Ford m
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    EURASIANS SCORE UNIMPRESSIVE WIN
    371 7 Eurasians 4; Indonesians 1. EURASIANS' performance was far from impressive when they beat Indonesians m a Singapore Amateur F.A. Comn-.unity League match by a flattering margin of four goals to one at Jalan Besar Stadium yesterday. The ten-man Indonesian team worried Eurasians thoroughly, and it was
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    DOWNED 4-2
    71 7 Indian Brotherhood soccerites beat Wonder Lads 4-2 m a Div. 3A SAPA League match at Geylang yesterday, In a fast and exciting game. Marimutnu, Inside-left, opened the scoring for Brotherhood early In the first half. Shortly afterwards Muthusamy, outside-right, Increased the lead. Just before the interval Mohd. Noor
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    LODGERS WIN 'LOCAL DERBY' AT CHANGI
    411 7 LODGERS WIN 'LOCAL DERBY' AT CHANGI R.A.F. L.U 4; R.A.F. Chantf I. A LARGE turn out of servicemen at Changi yesterday, wielding flacrs and rattles ;ind dressed m team colours, watched the "local Derby" United Services League senior tie between Royal Air Force Lodgers and their station rivals, R.A.F. Changi.
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    SEMBAWANG WIN 5-2
    56 7 ROYAL Naval Air S' Sembawang beat G.HQ Signal Reg.ment by five g to two m a Sen; n.ior League tie played at Sembawang yesterday. Scorers for Sembawang were ved^e (3; Read and Gauntlrtt. The other Senior League tie. scheduled for Naval Ibetween H.MS. Terror and Royal Army
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    30 7 The draw for the Malayan Badminton Championship to be played during Hie August Bank holidays m the Singapore Badminton Hall will take place Bonham Building at 4.30 p.m. today.
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      352 7 ACCEPTORS and probable jockeys foi todays races at Penang are given below. The Big Sweep will be dr two on Kate 8 There will be nr» double tote. RACE 1—2.15: CL. 5, DIV. 3— 5A F. ;> m-» woeda 9.00 2 OS9 Good Advice Lansdown 8.12 3 383 L Apache
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    Nations will start rubber talks today
    262 8 LONDON. Wed. REPRESENTATIVES of all the major rubber producing and consuming countries except the Soviet bloc meet m London today to consider means of stabilising the industry. The points they will consider are: Whether it is possible to work out a plan to prevent
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    Negro airmen barred
    58 8 RBNO, Wed. re U.S. Air Force base at Stead plans to send its 90 Negro airmen HO miles for entertainment because :hey have been refused service m some clubs and restaurants m Reno. Colonel William C. Kingsbury, commander at Stead, said he has arranged free weekend bus
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    Gaol for a threat
    68 8 BRISTOL, Wed. AN EGYPTIAN businessman, Riad Kamal Haggag, got 29 days' gaol yesterday for threatening to murder his step-grandfather. He threatened his relative after his new wife, Theresa. 20, said on her weddirjg night that the step-grand-father had raped her when she was 13. The latter
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    Farmhands strike
    23 8 Some 2.000,000 farmhands were called out on strike throughout Italy at dawn yesterday m a bid for higher family allowances.— A.P.
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    U. S. PROTEST
    36 8 Several new Austrian laws deemed to favour former Nazis unduly have brought a fir.-n U.S. protest accompanied by a clear warning they would be vetoed m the Allied Occupation Council A P A.P.
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    FAROUK REACHES CAPRI
    334 8 Ex-King bursts into tears lon treading foreign soil NAPLES, Wednesday. pX-KING FAROUK of Egypt burst into tears last night as he stepped down from his royal yacht and went into exile on foreign soil. The crew of the yacht bade farewell three ringing cheers "Long Live King
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    MRS. PRIESTLY GETS DIVORCE
    48 8 The wife of the British novelist and playwright, J. B. Priestly, won an uncontested divorce m London yesterday on grounds of his misconduct. Mrs. Priestly, formerly Mrs Mary v Wyndham-Lewis. became the 58-year-old writer's second wife m 1926. They have two grown children. Reuter
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    CASEY TO LEAD
    35 8 The Australian External Affairs Minister, Mr. Richard Casey, yesterday announced that he would lead an Australian delegation of nine at the first meeting of the Pacific Council m Hawaii next week. Reuter
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    HE MAY CHANGE CITIZENSHIP
    33 8 The U.S. Ambassador to Mexico, Mr. William O'Dwyer. told friends m Mexico City yesterday he was considering becoming a Mexican citizen after hLs resignation from the diplomatic cor U.P.
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    Nationalists dispute identity of Peking man
    264 8 HELSIXKI, Wednesday. rpHE mystery of China's 'missing man" neared a climax yesterday. Four planes from Moscow brought m the 41 -member Olympic delegation of the Chinese People's Republic. In the group was a slender, greying Chinese who identified himself as Tung Shou Vi, longtime
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    47 8 photo. A "TEXAS WEEK" is being staged on the French Riviera. Authentic colour was essential so Air France flew m some Texan mannequins from New York. Photo shows: The man- nequins greet Paris on their arrival at Orly Airport. The hats prove they are Texans.- Paul Popper
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    53 8 photo. THE INDIAN FINGERPRINT expert, Dcv Ram Sharma (right), takes the prints of a Tibetan trader at Nelang, Frontier check post on the Indo-Tibetan border. Only 46 traders have crossed the 60-mil e uninhabited stretch from the last Tibetan villas; a&e to Nelang this year. No Communist infiltration attests have
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    SERVICE EXTENDED
    20 8 Pan American World Airways will extend its pass-enger-cargo trans-Atlantic service to the Middle East from September 1.- U.P.
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    2,000 m.p.h. PLANES WILL BE OF GLASS
    122 8 HAWTHORNE. Wed. ALL-GLASS aeroplanes flying at more than twice the speed of sound were forecast yesterday by Mr. Thomas E. Piper, Director of Materials and Process Engineering of Northrop Aircraft Incorporated. Mr. Piper said glass appeared to be better than most materials m
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    21-GUN SALUTE
    33 8 The frigate Surprise, bringing Admiral Earl Mountbatten, C-in-C of the British Mediterranean Fleet, to Israel, exchanged a 21-gun salute with Israeli shore batteries m the harbour Tel Aviv yesterday morning.— Reuter
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    MANGHAM IN SWITZERLAND
    41 8 Physicians m Lausanne will decide soon whether 78-year-old Somerset Maugham is well enough for an operation for hernia. The English author has developed an acute intestinal infection m addition to the hernia, which brought him to Switzerland.— Reuter
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    NEHRU SLIPS
    27 8 The Indian Prime Minister, Mr. Nehru, slipped and injured his foot slightly yesterday while getting out of his car at Parliament house. New- Delhi- U.P.
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    28 8 k ING'S ACTION Nepal's King Tribhuvan may take up the entire administration and dissolve the ministry unless the Nepali Congress patches up its dif- ierences very soon. U.P.
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    Economic policy to be reviewed
    202 8 C WEALTH PREMIERS To rpHE PRIME MINISTER, Mr. Church/I? A m the House of Commons vested .f^ 101 Commonwealth Prime Ministers viii m th« London m the last week m November i™'" pressing issues of financial, commercial a revie mic policy. and cct^ Mr. Churchill
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