The Singapore Free Press, 5 August 1952

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    18 1 The Singapore Free Press LARGEST AFTERNOON SALE IN MALAYA X SINGAPORE, TUESDAY, AUGUST 5, 1952. PRICE FIFTEEN CENTS
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    Children have to be vaccinated twice
    84 1 Children have to be vaccinated twice J| Reporter of Singapore children, who are ioinz to Britain be ncinated twice. I on iccount of any s! m the regulations, children were m .mated m hout their par- and the will not issue vai- m certifieiWs. native of one s< ved several
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    YOUR FOOD IS IN DANGER
    450 1 Jap demands help to cut Asia rice supply ROME, Tuesday. rpiL food situation m Asia is so serious that the United Nations Food and Agricultural Organisation is calling an international conference to discuss it. The Organisation made this announcement at the end of a long
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    Girl robbed of jewels by trick
    56 1 Girl robbed of jewels by trick j ft Reporter \H-OLT Urn if Cuff Road, D m c listed of a a gold a shop c was aese woman. Id where O told v .ome, the woman or some child's ered a home. I report to i -man did *ntBr ->rd
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    MENON TO GO
    17 1 Irdia's Hi«h Commissioner m Ceylon. Mr. K. P. K. Menwill soon relinquish his Reuter
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    Red Dean rattled
    62 1 CANTERBURY, Tues. THE Red Dean of Canterbury. Dr. Hewlett Johnson, was silenced m hi* cathedral here when m the midst of a eulogy of Communist China. Suddenly the amplifiers failed and the Dean's voice rattled like a machinegun m 100 loudspeakers. Dr. Johnson said: "Someone has been
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    UNION MAN SACKED SAYS WILLIAMS
    126 1 UNION MAN SACKED SAYS WILLIAMS Free Press Staff Reporter THE president of the Singapore General Labour Union, Mr. Peter M. Williams, this morning accused Babcock and Wilcox Ltd— contractors for the now power station of victimising a union man. He told the Free Press that as a result of a
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    Vickers due back today
    85 1 Fret- Press Staff Reporter SINGAPORE'S Director of Medical Services, Dr. W. J Vickers. who flew to Britain a month ago to attend a conference of Colonial medical directors, is expected to return to the Colony this afternoon. Before Dr. Vickers left the Colony he said he
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    38 killed in bus accident
    50 1 CHICAGO, Tues. TW O Greyhound buses collided head-on south of Waco. Texas, early yesterday 38 persons were killed. The accident which occurred early m the morning on Temple Highway, seven miles south oX Waco, was described by officials at the worst of its kind. U.P.
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    72 1 Signs of next years coronation of Queen Elizabeth II are already m evidence and at the Whitefriars Glass Works, Weildstone, Middlesex, goblets are being made to mark the occasion. Th c stems are spiralled m red, white and blue and they aacr c engraved with the Queen's crest and the
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    Rhee likely to stay in power
    224 1 SEOUL, Tuesday. Ol PPORTERS OF PRESIDENT Syhgman Rhee were confident yesterday that the 77-year-old politician would be swept back into power for a second term when South Korea goes to the polls today. Dr. Rhee is being opposed by three candidates. Nine others are
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    35 HURT EN HOLIDAY CRASHES
    144 1 Free Press Staff Reporter 1 THIRTY-FIVE people were hurt m 110 road collisions involving all kinds of traffic m Singapore during the August Bank Holidays. There were no fatalities. Eight of the injured were women. Ten of the 31 accidents involved lorries and vans. The
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    Yoshida says war machine is under way
    240 1 Yoshida says war machine is under way TOKYO, Tuesday. JAPAN'S Prime Minister, Mr. Shigeru Yoshida, J declared for the first time yesterday that Japan's National Police Reserve (NPR) is the "cornerstone of a new Japanese army." The announcement was no surprise it has been obvious for at least two years
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    Robot aids air defence
    107 1 NEW YORK. Tues. THL development of a $2,000,000 electronic robot to, help to perfect weapons to repel enemy air attacks has been announced at the Raytheon Manufacturing Company at Waltham. Massachusetts. Commander Grayson Merrill, of the U.S. Navy Bureau of Aeronautics, said yesterday that the huge
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    Katong grange robbed
    105 1 MR. OTTO JOSEPH MULLER, proprietor of the Katong Grange, a Singapore boarding house, reported yesterday to the police that his room and those j)f five guests had been entered the previous night. Among the missing articles were: $140 m cash, three wallets, four identity cards, a watch
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    Honorary members
    87 1 Free Press Staff Reporter THE Alumni Association of the King Edward VII College of Medicine and Faculty of Medicine, University of Malaya, has elected Mr. Malcolm Mac Donald. Commissioner-General and Mr. C. C. Tan, honorary members. The Association elected Dr. Chen Su Lan its President Emeritus. This new
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    STAR DIVORCED
    19 1 Redhaired Maureen O'Hara was granted a divorce from film director Will Price m Los Angeles yesterday. A.P.
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    He will visit bandit areas
    112 1 Free Press Staff Reporter. MR. Justice William O. Douglas, noted American jurist and writer, arrived m Singapore by Pan American Airways this morning from America He "'ill make a tour of w~..sl<+ infncfoH orpa« m t.hO Federation, it is understood. At the airport to meefr
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    U.S. SHELL TRUCE AREA, REDS SAY
    139 1 HONG KONG, Tuesday. THE COMMUNIST New China news agency yesterday alleged that American guns shelled the Korean armistice talks neutral area of Panmunjom between 4 and 7 o'clock on Saturday. Moscow Radio said that U.S. bombers again raided the North Korean capital of Pyongyang
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    RUBBER EXPORTS
    28 1 Total exports of rubber of all grades from Singapore and the Federation during July amounted to 71,891 tons. Total exports of tin amounted to 5,937 tons.
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    As Shakespeare said
    32 1 Edward Leroy G^tes, 47. former bantamweiglr! boxer charged with fighting a policeman m Baltimore, was told by a Shakespeare-loving magistrate: "Battler rest thy warfare over— for 10 days." A.P.
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    Wafdists plan big party purge
    181 1 Wafdists plan big party purge CAIRO, Tues. EGYPT'S powerful Wafd Party, relatively inactive since deposed King Farouk's dissolution of Parliament earlier this year, went into an executive session last night to plan a party purge. Wafd newspapers said the meeting, organised by the party leader and the former Premier, Mustafa
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    TOO MUCH SUGAR
    31 1 The International Sugar Council will meet m London next month to discuss ways of increasing world sugar consumption. Surplus production of 2,500,000 tons is expected this year. A.P.
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    EXPRESS DERAILED
    31 1 EX PRESS DERAILED A Paris-bound Vienna Express was derailed near Boeheim Kirchen, 40 miles west of Vienna yesterday, killing one Austrian railway employee and injuring 14, persons, 11 of them passengers.
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    TALE OF A SHIRT
    679 2 Iris Ashley tells how Fashion has borrowed a 'trnre male 9 style < T?OR years and years S movie moguls have been dreaming up plots therein for some reason the heroine has to borrow the hero's shirt, or pyjama jacket (her own garments being connientlj soused
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    How to Unconfirm a Confirmed Bachelor
    513 2 WHEN they dig up the chronicles of the Stone Age, I'd like to bet they're going to find a whole lot of tablets advising the ladies of the time how to attract the man with the club. Since then, from the papyrus to the
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    Chocolate Booster
    119 2 ANEW kind of chocolate which seems to boost the growth of young children has been devised by a London University professor. Children who were given a bar of chocolate every day for 13 weeks gained an extra quarter of an inch m height, a medical report claims. The
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    Bachelors for Whom the Drums Roll!
    655 2  - Bachelors for Whom the Drums Roll! KAY MURRAY By OACHELORS are bursting out all over m the United States. Latest to hit the headlines was Mr. Alistair Forbes, of Aberdeen, who, after following baseball on the U.S. Army's European broadcasts, wrote to the famous team, the Brooklyn Dodgers, and asked
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      147 2 Solution to Crossword No. 731 YESTERDAY'S SOLUTION. I Across: 1. Cocktail. 7, Return match. 8. Ell. 9. Altered. 10. Posited. 11. Out. 13 Sherry party. 15. Escapade. Down: 1. Cattle, sheds. 2. Car. 3. Tempted. 4. Intercourse. 5, Free. 6. Chad. 9, Asteria. 10, Push. 12, Toys. 14. Pea. YOUR
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      139 2 New Crossword No. 732 LIES A(rOSS *w i On one occ^ sion during a concert (4). 3. One has to pull the strings with this to respond t o those who 2 (6) 7. Danger of cowardice for the white races? (6. 5). 9. Curative usage (9). 11. 'Wcnjen ar^l-r^never
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    BEACH NUDITY CONFOUNDS TOURISTS
    190 3 BEACH NUDITY CONFOUNDS TOURISTS fan TucsJuy, August 5, 1952 But bathers don't bat an eyelid STOCKHOLM, Tuesday. >„mming costume outdated m the Stock 1 n archipelago? This question was frequently the recent heat wave by foreier ilin« among islands and rocks lloiU iuaches, adorned by nude sunbathers of lie quietly
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    51 3 THIS IS redhaired Helene Stanley of 30th CenturyFox Films, described by the publicity department as a "very talented young: lady who can sing:, dance, act and cook". While occasionally it may be necessary to emphasise that an actress can act, the point about cooking ability m an actress m somewhat
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    G-STRINGS OFF FILLED THEATRE
    121 3 G-STRINGS OFF FILLED THEATRE Ihe police also went TOKYO. Tues. -ca^e is back m Japan. but must exercise ingenuity to n box-office re- Japanese audilase interest easily m where nudity is "place. of acres of sunJapanese skin, the now are more like ayed by girls who rhe law alI around
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    KOREA-BOUND
    25 3 <*n Italian medical, and enlisted men ■fl Rome by j for Toky..> en route rea to replace the contingent there at R^d Cross Hospi-
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    How to heal a scorpion bite
    110 3 KHARTOUM. Tues WHAT'S the best thing for a scorpion bite? A Sudan official has recommended an absolutely infallible remedy. This is to drown a handful of live icorpions m Simsim oil (m h they rapidly disinte--1 and to apply the resultant paste to the
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    SALUTE TO STRIPES
    27 3 A.P. CONFIDENT stance, and why not. when you are Judy Travcrs, under contract to Paramount, have what it takes, and the future looks rosy?
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    CHIANG WITHDRAWS
    26 3 Nationalist China has withdrawn from the International Red Cross conference m Toronto and angrily protested against the conference's admission of Chinese Communist delegates.— U.P.
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    Youths drew lots to slash girl
    231 3 LIVERPOOL, Tuesday. At ATCHSTICKS were used by Borstal youths w.ho 1 x drew lots to decide who should slash the throat of Marie Milne, a witness m a murder trial. James McMahon. aged" 19, drew the fatal match, Liverpool City Quarter Sections were tola.
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    TASEC SETS HIMSELF TOUGH TASK
    253 3 BELGRADE, Tuesday. IN this land of the plum and the grape, a cry for temperance and, ultimately, prohibition— has been raised to cut down Yugoslavia's vast consumption of beer, wine and rakija and to pro- j mote the cause of socialism. Leader of the crusade
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    BUCKLEY
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    AID FOR REFUGEES
    29 3 The Ford Foundation has announced that it has granted U552,900,000 (-more than £1,035,000) to help the United Nations nnd a permanent solution to the refugee problem.
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    Assemblyman gaoled
    26 3 A Korean National Assemblyman. Sun Mm Ho, was sentenced m Pusan to eight years imprisonment for shooting a South Korean army captain. A.P. U.P.
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    'RARE CANDOUR' IN DIVORCE SUIT
    250 3 Judges were embarrassed EDINBURGH, Tuesday. WHEN an Edinburgh dental surgeon, Douglas Stewart Munro, heard m 1950 that his then 20-year-old son Gordon was friendly with Mrs. Christine Riddell, seven years his senior, he said he did not want his son to be involved m any
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    Napoleon's razor lies in museum
    114 3 Napoleon's razor lies in museum LONDON. Tues. HAST and present members of the Royal Army Medical Corps have been asked to look out for medals or other articles "of sentimental j value for the new Corps museum. The object is to show the long history and tradition of j the
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    Judge on court martial appeal
    126 3 LONDON, Tues. AT a recent hearing m the, newly-established CourtsMartial Appeal Court, Lord Chief Justice Hilbery said it was as well that applicants appealing against conviction should know that the Court could only act on the same principles' as did the Court of Criminal Appeal.
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    Bridge Hand
    355 3 Neither side vulnerable Nortb>dealer. The. bidding: North East South V.'est INT Pass 4 A All Tas» WHEN turn experts operate around the same tablo. the on-looker is m for some fun So join us m watching the battle 01 wits and skill on this deal. West opened the
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    OUTLAWS GIVE UP
    30 3 A Muslim bandit leader, Hadji Kamlon, and 300 of his outlaws have surrendered unconditionally to the Defence Secretary, Mr. Ramon Mageaysay, on Jolo Island, Southern Philippines. U.P.
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    ARRESTS IN CAPE TOWN
    41 3 ARRESTS IN CAPE TOW N Capetown's first incident m the current campaign agains* Malan's race Mgreg; laws occurred with the arrests of 10 Africans for entering and refusing to leave a waiting room reserved for Europeans on Capetown railway station.- Reuter
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    LAW AMENDED
    36 3 The Egyptian Government has removed some restric tions on foreign capital by amending an article of the Company Law so that foreign holdings of company shares may be more than 51 per cent. Reuter
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    CURTAIN RAISER
    30 3 Lawyers from 42 countries, ending a seven-day conference m Berlin, have decided to set up a permanent commission to study and expose injustice behind the Iron Curtain.- Reuter
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      14 3 \TTT^rTT7TrTTTrT7^T^XT^^T!T^\ a xr wen. what Ace vov waitin&^r- r7ve?^eAT </ PieA^eo with vou^qi/ 6-i-k (f
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      250 3 Radio SINGAPORE 1 p.m. Radio Orch.; 1.30 N 1.45 Milton de Lu*g and Swing Wing; 2 Close: 5 Ma 6.15 Interlude; 6.25 Unitei Nations Album; 6.40 Rdio Malaya. Trio; 6.55 Ann I News: 7.15 Radio Doctor; 730 The -The Adventures, of PC. 49": 8 Perry Como Show; 8.15 Marino Barreto,
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    The Singapore Free Press TUESDAY, August 5. 1952. Lack of doctors
    527 4 The Singapore Free Press TUESDAY, August 5. 1952. Lack of doctors a speech to the Alumni Association of the King Edward VII College of Medicine, the Federation's Memter for Health, Dr. Lee Tiang Keng, tried to dispel fears that the locally-trained doctor will not have his interests safeguarded in the
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    Choose the Job You Want To do
    932 4 LEAVING SCriOOU-ihen here is some good advice from a famous soldier A I ANY men of my age <L?i when they look- at you, a youth on the threshold of life, shake their heads and say dismally: "Ah, my poor boy, you're going
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    Open Letter to Mr. Lyttelton...
    534 4 FROM THE JEHOVAH WITNESSES AS the Colonial Secretary you have a very responsible position. Millions of people here and elsewhere throughout the world look to you and your colleagues for wise counsel and guidance m these troublesome days You are flghtine: i sinister evil m
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    Stowaway 'Season' has Begun
    736 4 Stowaway 'Season has Begun THHE 1952 season for A stowaways has now got into its stride, and izi ships arriving m British ports a steady average of 95 persons a month emerge as illegal passengers from out of ships' cupboards, coal bunkers. lifeboats, empty cabins and cloakroom compartments. Its harder
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    OLYMPIC RATIONS
    118 4 T'HF L of th< made b v exec the U.S. c mi t tee, wncremarked fying to k lads will not be capped department. This m refer* steaks, 2,500 pounds ditto of sh the nd boiled haAmericans to Helsinki. doubtful would h» since alt bout .cc dep;> a
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    200 FAMILY MAY GET NEW HOMES
    192 5 School plan for squatters m Tiong Bahru for »h«nt 5? k U < S f S I" TionK Bahru R oad for about 200 squatter families at the end of c Ve u r Mr Leong Yuen H »e, an official of tae school
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    MARRIAGE LAW IS A STEP FORWARD Bishop
    76 5 MARRIAGE LAW IS A STEP FORWARD Bishop rriago cane In the Colony ibed of SingaEteT. H. W. i "notable tt social pro- :-.-.:r..:r.Aics will S •f pronlblts yay person of age m the > and, except m imstanctSi m th« Litest issue ripr" the Ca—the Bishop sing of such a
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    U.S. VISITOR
    8 5 William O. S. Supreme Singapore from
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    Sir Gerald praises War Committee
    114 5 Sir Gerald praises War Committee KUALA LUMPUR, Tues. SPECIAL message of congratulations has been sent to the Pahang State War ExexrutiTe Committee by the High Commissioner, General Sir Gerald Templer Sir Gerald praised the -enthusiasm and vigour" displayed by those responsible lor the operations m the Kuantan area of Pahang,
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    24 apply for varsity course
    98 5 24 apply for varsity course Free Press Staff Reporter npWENTY-FOUR students X have applied for admission to the University of Malaya for the social studies course scheduled to start m October. A "food number" of these hope to become almoners. Ncn-fraduste applicants have sat for an entrance examination the results
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    Recruiting in Malacca
    63 5 KUALA LUMPUR. Tues. Thursday and Friday, Major A. S. Watt will be m Malacca to interview Straits- born Chinese, Eurasians and South Indians for the British Army. The recruiting office wilf be at the Malacca Labour Office. There are vacancies to British Army units for tradesmen as
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    Blackout schedule
    153 5 SUBSTATIONS liable to load O shedding tonight are: Sago St.. Raman SU People's Park, Nanaon Rd, Lam S««a Oil Mills. Ban Bin. UJE. Networks. t'.E. Factory, River Valley Rd.. Orchard R<L. Armenian St. Static, KJJliney Rd., Adelphi. Capital. Xewtea 1 X. Cfca««ery Lane, Wayang Satu, Chartered Bank, Asia
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    KOTA BAHRU WEDDING
    30 5 KOTA BAHRU. Tues. Sheikh Nordin, attached to Police Headquarters, Kota Bahru.wUl be married to Che Wan Kalthom binte Che Sulaiman, of Kampong Tingkat, Kota Bahru, on Friday.
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    T.U.C. CHIEF URGES ELECTIONS IN PERAK
    169 5 T.U.C. CHIEF URGES ELECTIONS IN PERAK Free Press Staff Reporter IPOH, Tues. TWO questions on elec-; toral rights are among j the 17 to be submitted by Unofficial members to the Perak Council of State wken it meets tomorrow. Mr. C. H. Yin, president ot the Malayan Trade Union Council,
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    TEN TO GIVE BLOOD
    53 5 Free Press Staff Reporter Ten members of the Singapore 4-H Club will give blood OB Sunday to the blood bank. They will later join other members of the club for a picnic on an island off Ponggol Point. Fourteen members of the club gave blood a
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    THEY DO AN INDIAN DANCE
    45 5 MR Vsman Gumanti (left) and Mr. K. P. Bhaskar. who will perform this Indian dance Kailasodharanam at a concert at the Victoria Memorial Hall, Singapore, on Aug. 17. Th c concert will bo presented by the Indian Fine Arts Society.
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    This waiver may help speculators
    209 5 F 1 would be impossible for the Singapore City Council to waive deposits for the supply of electricity to housing estates, because land speculators might take advantage of it, said Mr. D. Robertson, a City Councillor. The Singapore Association* has suggested that some other method
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    250 dogs get anti-rabies vaccination
    110 5 250 dogs get anti-rabies vaccination KUALA LUMPUR, Tues. SELANGOR veterinary officers yesterday vaccinated more than 250 dogs m Kuala Lumpur against rabies m the first day of the new campaign to rid the Federation of the disease. Two persons helping to handle the animals were bitten by two protesting dogs.
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    PUBLIC HELP WILL END CRISIS QUICKLY
    112 5 ALOJR STAR, Tues. rE EMERGENCY would end sooner than expected \t the present spirit of cooperation of the public continued, the State Secretary, Tengku Ismail, said on Sunday. H* was replying to Mr. Chor Peng Chin, president of theJtedah Chinese Chamber of Commerce, at
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    54 5 piiiurr. WING COMMANDER M. Wasse. R.A.F. station commander, Kuala Lumpur, congratulates Air Cadet First Class Osman bin Mohd Rose, of No. 1 Squadron (Selanpor) Federation Air Training Corps, as he presents hhn with a Proficiency Star on Sunday. In th P centre is the A.T.C. squadron adjutant, Fl ying Officer
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    Spraying as good as drug for Malaria
    118 5 KUALA LUMPUR, Tues. MALARIA CONTROL experiments m the last two years jn Negri Sembilan show that house spraying with D.D.T. or B.H.C. (Gammexane) had the same result as a weeiry dosage with the suppressive drug Paludrine over the same period. But tne almost
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    AMY WANTS THIS ROAD IMPROVED
    175 5 Free Press Staff Reporter SINGAPORE City Council may take over and develop Wilkinson Road if Miss Amy Laycock is successful m the action she proposes to take. She has given notice to the City Council that if nothing is done within the next two weeks
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    Co-op houses
    23 5 IPOH Tues The Sultan of Perak will open the Ipoh Co-operative Housing So- ciety's first settlement m Kampar Road on Saturday.
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    Plea fails to bring in volunteers
    70 5 Free Press Staff Reporter NONE has responded to the appeal made by the Board of Women Justices of Peade for women volunteers to teach women prisoners m the Colony English and handcralt. Mrs.Loh Poon Lip, chairman of the Board, said jesterday: "It* is two
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    SOCIETY TO TRAIN WORKERS
    65 5 QINGAPORE Children's So»3 ciety is planning to train women voluntary workers m the prevention of cruelty to children. Mr Joanna Moore, an official of the society, raid yes- :ercay: "Thing* are still m .hp planning stage. We cannot make a statement j Th</ society proposes to
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    Tenants want changes in Bill
    174 5 Tenants want changes in Bill TENANTS have asked the Colonial Secrete ry to make it obligatory landlords to demand m writing payment of rent 21 days before taking legal action for e\ tk>n. "Otherwise tenants will d<> at the mercy ol unscn; j landlords,' says a nacmor dum. The memorandum
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    Ruler visits Guard school
    112 5 KIiALA LUMPUR, Tues. rE Sultan of Selangor yesterday paid his firs: vi th* Selangor State Home Guard School at Ampang mJfces from Kuata Lum, He told the 40 trainees .it the school, which was started a week ago, that some of them would be sent as
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      183 5 A^^Hm^ 80/ d that li S er he* okvioosry a sensitive animal who knows a good Radio when he bea« AND WHAT BETTER RADIO COULD he hear than a Cossor Melody Maker? Imagine a powerful 5 valve superhet that captures a symphony from New Yortc or a football game from
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    U.S. TRIUMPH AT WHITE CITY MEET
    553 6 U.S. TRIUMPH AT WHITE CITY MEET Three world records go RECORDS were sent tumbling by men and women Olympic athletes from the British Empire and the United States at the White City Stadium, London yesterday. A holiday crowd of 50,000 watched the meeting. One world record was set up and
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    Javelin winner
    30 6 C Vounj. who won the javelin event »t the Helsinki Olympics, helped the United State's trio take first place m this event at the Whi r City yesterday.
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    33 ENTER HOCKEY LEAGUE
    158 6 'THIRTY-THREE teams have entered for the Singapore Hockey Association's league tournaments to be held this year. It has been decided to split the teams into four sections. This year's league tournaments will be competed i:r shields presented by Prof. A.A. Sandosham and Mr. G. K. Gosain.
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    TOURISTS' DINNER
    22 6 The Sou h China footballers of Hong Koiv i ere entertained to dinner by the Amicable Athletic Association last night.
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    RECORD JUMP
    39 6 L. W. Davies, of the United States, broke the Olympic high jump record when he cleared 6 ft. 83 m. The pre* vious Olympic record was 6 ft. V m. Picture sV.ows Davies making his record leap.
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    Brilliant throw in beats South
    560 6 THE sixth annual cricket "test" between North and South which went into its third and final day on the S.C.C. Padang yesterday, /nded wjtn all the thrijls a cricket fan could wish to see for North won by the slim margin of eight runs. North
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    WHATNOT MUST BE WATCHED IN S'PORE
    1303 6  -  ALLAN LEWIS How they ran at Penang By COLONEL WHATNOT, a 5-year-old bay English gelding by Fair! i X Niknar, won the Penan g Gold Cup, main race yesterday at th* day of Penan* Turf Club's Bank Holiday Meeting. COn cludinr Third and fourth
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    Selangor win polo
    152 6 i X the j hold© whom they f m ihe m Associate son Roar. The visitors t«cm work and. dividual eflc: could not imj ?oals handicap. Within second? ttM Selangor pr»s. Dimonne.nan good hit. ihe pressure and Lukshmeyah < Sclangor splendid solo t B Rave a fi
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    PENG SOON WINS IN 10 MIN
    396 7 Results j lull final results wereMen« Singles: Wong p enj r Soon <Joho.e> bt. Abdullah Piruz (Selangor) 15-8 (Piru* retired after the first set). Women's Singles: Mrs Cecilia Samuel <Selangor> bt. Helen Heng of Singapore 11-9 9-12 12-9. Men't Doubles. E. L. (David) Choong
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    KEEN DUEL IN COLONY GOLF FINAL
    74 7 I: 3.1 lOJght OUt :ry green at the -ingapcre Golf Club J. C. Stirling of md Club won the Stagapjre golf championship by Of club-mate B.U Me over 18 holes. g went round the n 79. His opponent an 80. •no won his quarterh
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    GUN CLUB RESULTS
    98 7 GUN CLUB RESULTS 7 points j c.ime the az Challenge 1952 B i«iy Shoot i Gun Club at yesterday. G. son the Ho Hock Cup (Handicap Braga. wile of the it the club, gave r opines. results: r N. R. Mistri ivan ipoj Pern ttti wiU» C -Jberg S;m Guan
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    Russians say they're 1st. again
    198 7 Russians say they're 1st. again Rl SSIA yesterday, claimed an overall victory m the Olympic Games with 494 points. Apparently the Russians decided a first place was worth only seven points instead of the 10 points awarded by the standard scoring method used on al! O'.ympic Games since 1920. A
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    BORNEO TO SEND TEAM
    92 7 piVE H meo athle. s will D ears jran aa a. meet to be held a* Ipoh on Aus. 15 and 16. Slbldol. the Borneo shot putt champicn. ij confident of breaking the Malayan record of 41ft. 3in. Sibidol has been puttine 40ft. lOin. durir* training.
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    Rainstorm could not stop Snead
    423 7 Rainstorm could not stop Snead SAM 3nead blazed through a rainstorm with a smashing seven under par 65 yesterday to overcjme a one stroke lead held by Tommy Bolt and win the $3,420 top prize m the $25,000 'all American" open Tarn O'Shanter golf tournament 1 at Niles, Illinois. His
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    123 wickets go for 234 runs in 'Roses'match
    539 7 1 23 wickets go for 234 runs in 'Roses' match OURREY were m sight of their 17th championship victory of the season when Nottinghamshire, needing 131 to escape an innings defeat, lost four second innings wickets for 28 by the close of play at the Oval yesterday, i A fourth
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    TITLE TO SEDGMAN AND SEIXAS
    51 7 FRANK SEDGMAN. Australian holder of the United States and Wimbledon championships paired with Victcr Seixas of America to win the doubles finals at the Meadow Club tennis tournament at Southampton, New York yesterday. They beat Noel Brown (US) and Luis Ayala (Chile) 6-3. 10-8. 6-4,
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    G.H.Q. beat S.C.C. XI
    140 7 G.H.Q. beat a Singapore j Cricket Club team at Tanglin on Saturday by seven wickets. Scores: S.C.C.: Heard c McKnight b Pegg 17; Stewart b Crookes 10; Morris st McKnight b Crookes 52 Massey c Pegg b Chappell 7; Price c Pegg b Chappell 0; Hulls
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    HURT KNEE
    6 7 IVAN VASS Spore skipper
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    CLEAN SWEEP FOR CANADA
    66 7 CANADA won the final two singles matches against Mexico In the second round of the Davis Cup (North American zone) tennis tournament to score a 5-0 sweep at Montreal on Sunday. Canada meets the United States m the final round of the North American zone competition
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    Indian tailenders in merry mood
    430 7 COME fine free hitting by G. S. Ramchand and little wicketkeeper Probir Sen delighted a large holiday crowd at Swansea yesterday, and enabled the Indian tourists to lead Glamorgan by 102 m the first innings. The County side hit five without loss m the remaining
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    GUNNERS LOSE BY 7 WICKETS
    140 7 GUNNERS LOSE BY 7 WICKETS S.C.C. beat Royal Artillery at Blakang Matl on Sunday by seven wickets. Scores: R.A: Salaman c Ede b Pierce 2; Nicholas lbw b Gould 4; Irwin b Gould 1; Oscroft lbw b Gould 0; Ford b Alger 34; Coupe b Gould 36; Nicholson run out
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    INJURY KEEPS VASS OUT OF S'PORE TEAM
    118 7 Free Press Soccer Repot ter SINGAPORE, Malaya Cup holders, take the field today against South China, the touring Hon? Kong football team, at Jalan Besar Stadium, but they will be without their skipper, Ivan Vass has to stand down because of an injured
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    Scratch team shook Indians
    67 7 Singapore En opeans foar i-e--gular players and seven spectators shocked Singapore Ind.am at Jalan Besar Stadium yesterday. For they came very near beating Indians m a SAfX Community League game. Europeans lost 3-2. Europeans led by 2-1 afier 30 minutes play, but the side .six of
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    TITLE FIGHT
    33 7 NEW YORK, Mon.--Lauro Salas of Mexico, the world lightweight champion, will defend his title against Jimmy Carter of New York m Madison Square Garden on Aue. 27. it was announced Ux
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    Newcomer wins singles title
    232 7 TOP SEED BEATEN A NEWCOMER to Singapore l\ tennis, Miss S. M. Patterson, won the women's singl* i i final yesterday m the tb pore Lawn Tennis Associate m championships being p' lyed at the V.M.C.A. courts. Miss Patterson won the women's final by beating ;opseeded
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    QUEEN MOTHER SPENDS QUIET BIRTHDAY
    72 8 QUEEN MOTHER SPENDS QUIET BIRTHDAY IX Roy i by of Park 5 erday m greeting to OJ- ■•>'■ were other salutes at E.-.ush naval bases aiici with flag> Yacht tokinf the regatta cff the Is!---of v ere dressed m her •> fluttered ore: pubhc* buildings throughout Bu' the Queer. M
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    HE SLIPPED UP ON WAXED COIN
    18 8 A p> r n i he one thr C\\ulfie!rt had put A.P.
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    Anzus security council set up in Honolulu
    320 8 HONOLULU, Tuesday. TOP DIPLOMATIC CHIEFS of the United States, -alia and New Zealand yesterday agreed to organize a permanent Anzus Security Council taking up the issue of relations with other nations. In its first hour-Ions: executive session, tne Anzus conference agreed to annual
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    'Mossadeq good for us' —PRINCESS
    215 8 GENEVA, Tuesday. DRINCESS ASHRAF PAHLEVI, the twin sister of 1 the Shah of Persia, said yesterday that she thinks the situation in her country i s under control and will remain calm. Asked her opinion of the return to power of Premier Mossadeq as she
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    Bright red is safer
    95 8 WASHINGTON. Tues. r>ESEARCH tests have disIV closed that the yellow used widely for rafts, lifeboats and life preservers is not the best colour for airsea rescue equipment, according to the U.S. Navy. The Navy's Bureau of Medicine and Surgery said the research of colour visibility at
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    3 PENALISED
    32 8 Three executives of a Moscow shoe manufacturing factory have been sentenced to five years' imprisonment for falsifying production figures and permitting shoddy goods to 20 on the market. A .P.
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    URANIUM RUSH TO CANADIAN WILDS
    176 8 URANIUM RUSH TO CANADIAN WILDS REGINA. Saskatchewan, Tues. A BIG uranium claimstaking rush started m Northern Saskatt'lu wan yesterday as fortune hunters flew into the wilds when 500 uranium claims were thrown open to prospectors. They converged on the lakedotted wilderness around Bcaverlodge, 600 miles northwest of htre. m what
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    Red Cross is not tool of U.S.
    229 8 REPLY TO COMMUNIST LIES TORONTO, Tuesday. \|R. PAUL RIEGGER, president of the Inter- national Red Cross refuted Communist criticism that the organisation was a "tool" of the American Government m Toronto yesterday. In a 9.000-word report to the 18th conference of the organisation
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    NOT ENOUGH FORRESTALS
    49 8 NOT ENOUGH FORREST ALS The U.S. NV.vy Becrefl Mr. Dan Kimball said j terday that America aba at least three— and probably four— 63,ooo ton Forrestal class aircraft carriers under construction. But Congress voted mone} for a second only by a r row margin, says U.P. frorr Los Angeles.
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    ITALIAN CASUALTIES
    29 8 Italy lost 288.274 men In World War 11. Of these. 33.762 died or were unaccounted for m operations against the Germans after the September 1943 trailstiee.— A.P.
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    Cabinet crisis om Holland
    79 8 IViE HAGUE. TU HOLLANDS rive-week old Cabinet crisis reached .cai stage yesterday when the Dutch Catholic leader. Professor L. J. M. Bee!. announced he had abandoned his efforts to form a cabinet. Professor Bet fc a former Prime Minister and Home Minister m the present Dutch
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    RIOTERS BACK BEHIND BARS
    49 8 Order returned slowly to Montreal's Bordeaux gaol yesterday, replacing the upheaval and riot that held sway during the weekend. The 500 prisoners who broke out of their cells on Friday night were back behind bars, leaving a trail of violence and destruction beMnd them A.P.
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    Armoured vests no protection
    55 8 Armoured vests no protection Filipino soldiers are showing no enthusiasm over the first shipment of U.S. a r vioured vests being used for the first time m operations against Moro bandits m l\e Sulu archipelago. Soldiers say the favourite tactic of the Filipino brigands is ambush and "they hit you
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    I.S. DROUGHT
    33 8 Southern United States and New England farmers have suffered a two-month drought. Damage to corps and livestock m the South has been estimated at more than $500,000,000, says Reuter from Atlanta.
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    MADAME CHIANG
    23 8 Madame Chiang Kai-shek is contemplating an early trip from Formosa to Honolulu and possibly to San Francis--1 to for medical attention.
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    FOREST FIRE
    27 8 A forest fire m the centre of Palermo province m Sicily destroyed 2,000 acres of olive trees and ruined other large wooded areas. A. P.
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    Princess leaps for joy as Dutch beat Reds
    63 8 photo. 1 PRINCESS BEATRIX, of the Netherlands, leaps for as Holland scores m her water polo match against Hungary at Helsinki's Olympic pool. Others are (from left) the Duke of Kent, the Duke of Edinburgh. unidentified man, and Prince Bernh/ird, of the
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    A STATUE HOLDS UP BUILDING
    133 8 HONG KONG. Tues. A BUDDHIST goddess statue, holding up the levelling of a hillock m Hong Kong, is to make way for badly needed building space. The hillock Is rapidly disappearing, but no workmen would dare to go near the 15-foot statue made of cement.
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    BOILING WATER KILLS CHILD
    56 8 Eighteen people four Europeans and 14 Africanswere killed m Pretoria during the weekend, the worst accident toll ever m South Africa* sedate administrative al. One African was murdered; an 18-month-old European child died after boiling water fell on her m the kitchen of her home. The
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    TOUGHER LAWS FOR ANTI-MALANISTS
    161 8 CAPETOWN, Tuesday. npHE South African Government may introduce x new legislation to combat the present wilful law-breaking m the non-European "defiance of unjust laws'' campaign, the Minister of Justice, Mr Charles Swart, said yesterday. Speaking at Vent^rsburg. on the fringe of the Orange Free State goldfields,
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