The Singapore Free Press, 6 August 1952

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    18 1 The Singapore Free Press LARGEST AFTERNOON SALE IN MALAYA \»> 18J63. SINGAPORE, WEDNESDAY, AUGUST 6, 1952. PRICE FIFTEEN CENTS
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    JAPAN ANGERS BRITAIN
    571 1 Mr. Eden demands 2 sailors be freed LONDON, Wednesday. ANTHONY EDEN, British Foreign Secretary, last night summoned the Japanese Ambassador, m London Mr. Shunichi Matsumoto, and made the strongest representations against a Japanese Civil Court's sentence of two and a half years* imprisonment on two 21-year-old Bf\tish
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    Flash over hydrogen bomb plant
    80 1 Flash over hydrogen bomb plant NEW YORK, Wed. 4 >UAPELESS incades- ttmi flash of light" reported over the bnergy Commisit ti\drogen bomb n .it Augusta. >terday. officials said "the appropriate authorities bet*n notified." f.\*h was first rev n an official of the t>upi>nt He Nemours I Be s-iid the flash
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    MR. MENON: FRESH COMPLAINT
    50 1 MR. MENON: FRESH COMPLAINT rre>s Staff Reporter AGAPOR spoke;>rnihg of involving 5 DOO. have been Mr. C. G. lawyer, aga a warrant of non left for India month ago. He plane bound for q address m 4. Purusa'A Madras. .pore drop occasionally r.ents with M s| of them fO* X
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    POWs-only bar to truce
    67 1 POWs-only bar to truce MUSAN. Wed. 4 jf the rV Korean armistice document was agreed to yesterday by Communist and United Nations staff officers. The Settlement of the wording of the document leaves the two sides m the position of having a completed text and yet still bitterly deadlocked on
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    BOMBER CRASH
    27 1 A B-36 Superbomber crashed into the Pacific ocean off San Diego. California, yesterday. First reports indicated that all crew members parachuted from the plane. U.P.
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    Thieves cut way into house
    90 1 Thieves cut way into house Free Press Staff Reporter NINE bottles of wine and spirits, two pipes, some jewellery and a pen were stolen yesterday morning from the home of a European m Kay Siang Road, Singapore. The total value of the property was $500. The burglars entered the house
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    Guerillas raids polls
    50 1 The Republic of Korea voted for a president m a quiet, orderly election marred only by a Communist guerilla raid on a polling station. The result, says A.P., will not be known for two or three days, but the aged President Syngman Rhee seems assured of re-election.
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    S. AFRICA URANIUM
    16 1 South Africa Will produce its first uranium by the end of September. Reuter
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    CONSUL FEARED IRON CURTAIN
    196 1 CHICAGO, Wednesday. MR ZYGMUNT Fabisian, Polish Consul m Chicago, said yesterday he had resigned his post and asked the United States for asylum. He said he resigned be- cause he "couldn't stand the political situation m Poland." Mr Fablsian, Consul here since 1949, said he wrote
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    28 1 picture PRINCESS MARGARET and a party, including the Earl and Countess of Westmorland, leaving: the London Coliseum after seeing a performance of "Call Me Madam" last week. Popper
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    City workers are angry
    189 1 City workers are angry HORSES FOR LOSSES Free Press Staff Reporter AMOVE to remove Mr. D. E. Siddons as chairman of the Singapore City Council Thrift and Loan Society is being considered by certain members, it is understood. These members have taken strong objection to a statement attributed on Saturday
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    CLERGYMAN'S FIREWALKING SENSATION
    101 1 CLERGYMAN'S FIREWALKING SENSATION COLOMBO, Wed. A British Christian clergyman, Eric Robinson, created a sensation yesterday by performing the Hindu ceremony of firewalking before 3,000 pilgrims at Ceylon's famous shrine of Kataramgama. Mr. Robinson, who recently achieved a measure of notoriety by supporting the Indian and Ceyjonese practice of firewalking, was
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    MEMBERSHIP LIMITED
    32 1 The United States. New Zealand and Australia have tacitly agreed at the Pacific Pact Security conference that membership of the Pact will not be extended, it was reported yesterday. Reuter
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    MR. GROMYKO
    21 1 Mr. Gromyko, newly-ap-pointed Soviet Ambassador to Britain, will present his credentials to the Queen at Buckingham Palace, tomorrow. U.P.
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    ST. EVA
    23 1 The Secretary General of the Argentina Confederation of Labour yesterday described Eva Peron as "already a saint St. Eva of America."
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    TALKS ON KASHMIR
    36 1 India's Defence Minister, Mr. Gopalaswamy Ayangar, will represent India at talks opening m Geneva on Aug 25 to discuss the demilitarization of Jammu, Kashmir State, with the United Nations mediator. Frank Graham. U.P.
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    REQUEST TO U.N.
    32 1 Thirteen Asian and African countries yesterday filed a formal request for the inclusion of the French-Tuni-sian dispute on the agenda of the United Nations General Assembly on October 14.
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    PRINCESS' FRIEND TO MARRY
    162 1 PRINCESS' FRIEND TO MARRY LONDON, Wed. JANE McNeil!, 21-year-old blonde English society girl, has announced her engagement to the Earl of Dalkeith, 28-year-old heir to a Scottish dukedom whose name was often been romantically linked with Princess Margaret. The Earl, a naval officer during the war, has been a frequent
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    Athlete wins freedom bid
    231 1 HELSINKI, Wed. A MEMBER of the Rumanian Olympic team escaped an attempted kidnapping and became a refugee from his Communist homeland last night after a dramatic struggle m downtown Helsinki. The Finnish police rescued him after two of his countrymen tried to pull him into a
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    Cairo stripping Farouk of all his estates
    352 1 Cairo stripping Farouk of all his estates CAIRO, Wednesday. THE GOVERNMENT yesterday formally seized the vast Egyptian estates of exiled King Farouk as a preliminary to deciding how to dispose of them. A decree designated a two-man "Sequestration Office 1 to take possession of the former King's property, which includes
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    Britain's plan to cut debts
    145 1 Britain's plan to cut debts LONDON. Wed. •TiHE Chancellor of the Ex- chequer. Mr. Butler, last > night played a new card m 1 his attempt to reduce Britain's indebtedness to Eur The Bank of England announced that it was prepand 1 for the time being to app: applications from
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    COURT STAFF IS KEPT ON
    37 1 The Queen on Monday night designated her royal household staff and kept on most of the court who served her father, the late King Geo >ze VI. John Masefield remains Pcet Laureate.
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    Antibiotics Fight Germ Cultures
    700 2 WnCAPORB DPfc leaving the body to fight the germs IV'HEN it was discover- ed that penicillin mould was able to kill many disease-causing ger: thousands of moulds were tested m the hope of find: something more potent n penicillin. Many moulds aro made today— penicillin, streptomycin,
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    HOMEWARD BOUND
    41 2 A Danish doctor «tnd two Danijli BVSei gather round the berth of Jan Van Bespel, .a Dutch soldier wounded m Korea, on board the hospital ship Jutlandia as it steams towards Naples on its wav bick from the batt!?frcnt.
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    NEW DRUG TRIED ON CONVICTS
    252 2 THE CHAPMAN PINCHER CQLUMH 4 MEXICAN convicts have been human guinea pigs for a new drug developed by British scientists. They allowed themselves to be bitten by mosquitoes heavily infected with malaria on promise that their sentences would be reduced. THF DRUG Ls DARAPRIM. a
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    If Faith CAN Heal what is the church doing
    511 2  -  CANON HUGH WARNER m^n By POSTCRIPT TO THE SERIES ON LAY HEALERS "Streams of them— yes, I can truthfully say I have seen streams of people coming here ivith various Hinds of sickness. None of them leaves us without m some
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      47 2 Solution to Crossword No. 732 YESTERDAY'S SOLUTION.— Across: 1, Cocktail. 7, Return match. 8, Ell. 9, Altered. 10, Posited. 11, Out. 13, Sherry party. 15, Escapade. Down;. 1, Cattle sheds. 2, C?r. 3, Tempted. 4, Intercourse. 5, Free. 6, Chad. 9j Asteria. 10, push. 12, Toys. 14.
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      366 2 YOUR LUCKY STAR B(-K\ nxia>. >ou haw tm,' of these a'rrt. quick irind* that ran lake kn facts and t omr to nrw and intrres'ing conclusions. Your jjdjrmcnt is ar uraU and Independent m thought and ■n. your novel approach to problem is satneiitnr* what brinTs >-i: your bes^t *tt?cr»s.
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    Woman suggested good time said taximan
    460 3 Woman suggested good time said taximan alleged to have taken place in a taxi at i 26 ofManchesten J yCe Geraldin e Briggs, aged The woman's story was that after attending a dance m Manchester she walked to Piccadilly to catch a bus non lS about 12.50 a m and
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    28 3 SO riHING new m shoe fashions rhinestones on the strap and around the edge of the in-step. Showing off her new shoes is pretty Marilyn Marwell, of Paramount.
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    Bridge Quiz
    78 3 ■eobidornottoMd? And. if so. T Whether you use Hicks or P° in counts. \hi mcc: impor art consi- b tbe rebi i you may You've dealt your- the following hands. ?g£3k what v v three up any icors but your :ner V :r MSCOBd ?bid orer :ier may
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    NAZIS TOOK HIS HOTELS
    20 3 Adolf .tive cl „:id later I 73 v\is the owner a Berlin .^nscious fortune and A.P.
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    U.S. army orders ammo cuts
    26 3 U.S. army orders ammo cuts has ning of il Units .on m r.ed for '< verity" was recent 5" :mmunitior. per cent, below lied output for A.P.
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    Petrol will drive 2,000 m.p.h.rockets of future
    247 3 Petrol will drive 2,000 m.p.h.rockets of future LONDON, Wed IN a statement disclosing further details of Britain's new weapons— guided rockets travelling over 2.000 m.p.h. and at fantastic heights— the Society of British Aircraft Constructors announce: "The powerplants of some of the guided missiles of the future wQ be rocket
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    Unconscious ior three months
    41 3 Unconscious ior three months Emma Achtychichuk. pretty 21-year-old University student who was unconscious for 93 days after a car accident, was returned to her home at Vancouver from a U.S. clinic conscious and able to speak. But she still cannot walk.
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    ADVICE TO YOUTH
    37 3 Mr. Maurice Sauve. of Montreal, Canadian president of the World Assembly of Youth, m Dakar, Senegal has called on young people to take seriously their responsibilities m the building of a better world. Reuter
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    Masseuse says: Man duped me
    294 3 LONDON, Wed. AN attractive girl alleged at i West London that a man told her he bribed a Scotland Yard official to divert police attention from a massage and modelling business she ran m a Mayfair flat. The man, George Albert Dunbar Axtell, aged 45.
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    He sinned by talking to his 'mother-in-law'
    237 3 DARWIN, Wednesday. T\R. Richard Wareham, an American anthropolo- gist working among Australian aborigines, was allotted a mother-in-law and spoke to her. That— although he didn't know it— was a great sin. The tribal row that started took half a day to settle. Dr.
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    Underwater drama: boy stabs shark
    89 3 GENOA, Wed. A SHARK which sought a meal off a 17-year-old youth here came off second best and retired hurriedly with knife wounds m its 200-lb body. The youth was swimming underwater off the seashore, catching fish with his hands a popular pastime m this
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    BOAT CAPSIZES
    31 3 At least 12 persons, including seven women, were drowned m the Ganges near Benares as a boat, carrying 20 persons, capsized due to strong wind and heavy tide. A.P.
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    OFF TO EUROPE
    26 3 The U.S. Secretary of the Army. Mr. Frank Pace, has left New 'York by plane on a trip to Europe and Greenland. A.P.
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    Assault claim by two holiday girls is heard
    203 3 LONDON. Wed. COMPLAINTS made by two girl bathers on holiday brought a married man before the magistrates at Littlehampton, Sussex. He is Joseph Reginald Bethell, aged 26, insurance agent, who was accused of improperly assaulting the girls, aged 16 and 18. Overruling
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    CANTON PARK RE-NAMED
    57 3 The "Red Chamber on the Sea, a famous amusement park m the Western outskirts of Canton, was closed down by the Communists m 1949 because it was hopelessly "bourgeoise.. 1 This summer it was reopened by some of the comrades as a progressive recreation area Its new
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      328 3 OINGAi^URL* Meet Again* Wick Tony I" yne aul 10 ajn. News; 10.05 Composer David Evan s and Urn George of the Week; 10.30 Time to Mitchell Choir. Stanley Black and Dance; 11-11.30 London Studio tne Dance Orch.; 7.30 Work and Concerts; 1 p.m. Paul Carson Worship; 7.45 Cricket: Warwi?k(organ); 1.30
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  • The Singapore Free Press WEDNESDAY, August 6, 1952
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      Rice and dollars
      638 4 YOUR food is m dan That was the rr. headline m the Free Press yesterday. That was how we interpreted the statement of the United Nations Food and Agricultural Organisation that the E a "grave rice On the available facts, there be. m her Ber ihe producing
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    Prospects at The Bar
    1272 4 After School— The Law} Hard Work, Hard Thinking are needed for success says Sir Travers Humphreys the great criminal judge who retired last year. This is the second of a series of articles by eminent men addressed to young people just leaving school. FIND it difficult
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    LATEST RECORDS
    229 4 t- .< i and Vm .uv i D m mot "Dorian". Fernando Germani (organ) H.M.V. t 7918/19. Making use of the Dorian mode as the basis for this composition. Bach distinguishes it from the well known Toccata and Fugue m D Minor which has also been recorded by
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    They Spoil the Victoria Hall
    597 4  -  PRESTO fufdt hj tu ilfß. Anatole Schister, the artist who is to renovate the 22 portraits at the Victoria Hall, has said that they should be removed as, m his view, the hall is spoiling them. I aerree with Mr. Schister; they should go but
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    NATURE' IN CHINESE MUSIC
    599 4  - NATURE' IN CHINESE MUSIC FU HSI BY rpHE CHINESE are A great lovers of nature. Appreciation of the beauties of mountain and plain, flowers trees and sky, abound m their art and litera ture. They believe that all things are linked m close brotherhood and that Heaven, Earth and Man
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    "Three little maids from school."
    59 4 Hid apparently "filled to the brim \*.th >, u*h glee" are (top to bottom) Be madette OFarrell. Ann ilinslip and Sylvia Clark. They will play scenes from "The Mikado m the film of "Mr Gilbert and Mr. Sullivan* which is beinr produced m London. Robert
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    STORE VIOLINIST TO GIVE RECITAL
    61 4 S.IEELA I pore-: has recent. four y< land, wil the day. M will by ss renew her land if! colony. &rst cair.r fore m I E N.S.A. o: under Dr. Ei don 1 of. her She bei the Roya won fesl peared m v gram
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    New Jazz Group
    166 4  -  PELIX By JOE DAM ELS brat c-d drumband leader. 17th yeai under 1 name h band ip. JOf Pure jazz "Wh< says. k ed for Orlear. Joe ha. the hi. ear; nov th,. The e:. jazz. Hus iat- is Wet. band STO:~ Ti liant clari: trombc portar.
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    'BE LOYAL TO FED.' INDIANS TOLD
    167 5 BE LOYAL TO FED.' INDIANS TOLD ALOR STAR, Wed. rpHE Representative of the Government of India, Mr. M. Gopala Menon, yesterday urged 80,000 Indians m Kedah to take up State nationality. "If they wish to enjoy eqnal rights with other Malayans, they must be loyal, and faithful to this country",
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    Broke price law
    27 5 MUAR, Wed.— A rice retailer Heng Kirn Leng, was fined a total of $115 on three charges m contravention of the Price Control Ordinance.
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    SECRETARIAT EFFICIENCY DRIVE
    351 5 iVfew system of minuting, correspondence Free Press Staff Reporter JINGAPORE Government Secretariat yesterday made sweeping changes m administrative procedure to improve the efficiency of the department. Government's old minuting and correspondence procedure has been scrapped. A commercial system has been adopted m its place. No longer will
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    Paglar plan to reduce suicides
    92 5 DR. C. J. Paglar, member for Changi, will urge the Government at the Singapore Legislative Council this month to restrict the sale of caustic soda m view of the increasing number of suicides. Dr. Paglar will also urge the Government to stop lorries from carrying
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    'New look' for school
    70 5 rw\HE Khee Fatt School m 1 Cairnhill Road, Singapore, will spend $10,000 to give a "new look" to the school. The playing fields will be reconditioned, the school building whitewashed, the school fenced and older desks replaced. Two new classes will be added to the existing
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    Lofthouse recitals
    100 5 KUALA LUMPUR, Wed. DR. Thornton Lofthouse, the famous musician, will give a recital at the Kuala Lumpur Town Hall on Saturday, Aug. 16 at a 9 p.m. The recital will be m aid of the Kuala Lumpur Musical Society scholarship fund. He will repeat the recital at the
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    Malaya's top dancers
    34 5 MR. T. K. CHOO and Mrs, Michael Tan (SeUngor), crowned this year's all- Malayan amateur ballroom champions, with their trophies at E. and O. Hotel, Penan?*, where the competitoin was held.
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    Trust moves into its new home
    35 5 Trust moves into its new home picture. SINGAPORE Improvement Trust began shifting into its new nine-storey headquarters m Upper Pickering Street yesterday. Picture shows labourers handling equipment belonging to the Trust's general office. Free Press
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    Negligent
    24 5 KLUANG. Wed.— Ong Kee Van was fined $200, or 40 days' gaol, m the Circuit Magistrate's court on a charge of negligent driving.
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    CHINESE TEACHERS WANT BENEFIT FUND
    122 5 Free Press SUIT Reporter SINGAPORE Chinese Middle Schools Teachers* Union will ask Chinese schools to set up a provident fund lor teachers and give free education and pay all schooling expenses to their children. The Union will launch a drive for funds on Saturday. It*
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    DON'T RAISE RICE PRICE-COMMITTEE
    87 5 A SELECT committee of the Singapore Legislative Council has recommended that the price of rationed rice should not be increased m any eventuality. Rationed rice is now 32 cents a kati, which is six cents more than the price m December, last year. The committee has
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    SANG FOR TROOPS -NOW AN AIR HOSTESS
    43 5 SANG FOR TROOPS -NOW AN AIR HOSTESS A TTRACTIVt; Jeanette Lee, <*». former Singapore songstress, who has been appointed a Qantas ground hostess. Mrs. Lee, who entertained thousands of troops during World War 11, came to the Colony shortly after the liberation with E.N.S.A.
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    New J.P. feted
    50 5 KOTA BAHRU, Wed— Haji A. G. Omar, a prominent merchant of Kota Bahru and member of the Executive and State Councils, Kelantan. was feted on Monday at the Biaritz Park here by the Kelantan Indian Chamber of Commerce on his appointment as a Justice of the Peace
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    T.U.C. will help settle power station dispute
    193 5 gINGAPORE Trade Union Congress will try to settle the labour dispute at the Pasir Panian* power station, Mr. Lim Yew Hock, the president" said yesterday. The President of the City Council, Mr. T. P. F. McNeLce. said a labour strike will delay the
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    She wins prize for dress
    96 5 SEREMBAN, Wed. HPHE first prize a l>eauti- ful manicure set was won by Miss Pranis Lloyd Owen, 18, a telephone operator of Wea r n c Brothers, Seremban branch, m the fancy dress ball competition held at the New Management Cabaret, Seremban. Miss Owen was
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    IN FED: Govt. 'not fair' to local doctors
    223 5 IN FED: Govt. 'not fair to local doctors rpHE Malayan Medical Department should end the discriminatory treatment practised a locally recruited doctors m the Fedora Prof. A. A. Sandosham, presideiit-plert of th Pai:Malayan Alumni Association of the King I I VII College of Medicine and Facu.ty «f M?di University of
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    IN S'PORE: Pharmacists won't join the Govt.
    104 5 IN S'PORE: Pharmacists won't join the Govt. OIKGAPCRE Government 1^ wan us pharmacists. But none of the recen^} -qualified graduates want to join Gov- emment because the pay is low. Most of them are employed m commercial firms. An official of the Malayan Pharmaceutical Association (Southern Branch) said yesterday: "A
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    'No bomb' says Army
    49 5 'N o bomb' says Army INVESTIGATIONS have proved that there is no bomb In the compound of Anthony Road Girls' School, off Clemenceau Avenue, Singapore, Mr. R. W. Watson Hyatt, Inspector of Schools, told the Free Press yesterday. Every inch of the suspected area hV been examined by Arm}
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    Beware of the elephant
    915 6  -  MICHAEL HASTINGS A short story by THERE are men who can go out East and wreck twenty years of patiently created harmony m as many minutes. Peter, for example. His sense of humour was that of a boisterous school-boy. One of his favourite victims was the
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    A great leap
    73 6 Apparently leaping over the Big Ben clocktower on the other side of the Thames is ballerina Sonia Arova, pictured as she rehearsed on the roof of the Royal Festival Hall, South Bank, London, for the Festival Ballet summe r opening at the Hall. Sonia, the daughter of
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    Britain s wonder fabric
    92 6 Britain s wonder fa bric BRITAIN is now developing a fab» ie which can be used for everything from men's shirts and women's wear to a factory conveyor belt. It is called Terylene and was described as "Britain s wonder fabric" when Dr. P.B. Ridge of the Impe Chemicaf Industries
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    TALENT OR BEAUTY: U.S. ARGUMENT
    478 6  - TALENT OR BEAUTY: U.S. ARGUMENT John Bausman by FVKR since 1921 Atlantic City has been picking Miss Americas and confident officials of that annual show figure they can do without advice from the new rival "Miss Universe" contest m California. Miss America pageant bosses continue to insist their winner must
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    Allied rebuff likely
    37 6 Mr. Walter J. Donnelly, new United States High Commissioner at Bonn, yesterday indicated the Western powers would reject the latest Soviet request to allow West Germany to send strategic goods to East German Reuter
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    SWISS MAKE PACT
    15 6 Switzerland has concluded a new trade and financial agreement with Rumania. A.P.
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    Tea links the world in Peace
    346 6  -  DOROTHY THOMAS by rpEA is responsible for some of the best conversation and finest prose m the English language. The great Dr. Samuel Johnson once admitted that "my mind is good for little without tea". Today, as one of the foremost commodities of international
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      161 6 W<"??dr3K6 Exclusive to the Singapore Free Press m Malaya I WAS iN AN EMPTY LOT. I TKQUGHT I JUST THE W^^lP^^ I KNOW. .-tt-THIS IS THE PURSE I OCT 1 lIWASSAPE. SAME.YOU h *T TONIGHT. LOOKS LIKE A 6000 HAUL. YOU GOTTA BE CAPFUL x" 7^ L^r.' CAN'T BE TOO
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    THRILLS AT 'SAINTS' BOXING
    414 7 Three fights are stopped Free Pnm Boxing Correspondent |f was ftoWi on at St. Andrew's School r day, and hard knocks were exchanged ot >pirit. It was the school's 15th. Innu-il Inter-House Boxing Tournament. iled to go the full distance— of d Gomes House with 84
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    31 7 Galina Zybina. of Russia, winning the putting the weight contest .m the Olympic games at Helsinki She created a world and Olympic record with a putt of 50 ft. 1) m.
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      'Capitalist bid to defame Sovet sport'
      39 7 'Capitalist bid to defame Sovet sport' E:. v „:iists the 4 tO I Wca s and in- to deSoviet :11 of che capitalists :..e leader definitely v c any i of the but n on Russian the were re-
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      'Best ever' MAAA meet forecast
      73 7 Men received c :c on x what Perak's „c "best s. for Are .9 senance Xix African -?cr. and a full last year's "*rne Its best oe offldally .c P.*^mTni«fiqnfir .:olm Mac Donald n will be tor. 'ace he meet -r.enti are be:n^ Malaya broadj
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      SOLOMONS IS AFTER MAXIM
      34 7 SOLOMONS IS AF TER MAXIM I British fight I America last n to m the world «.pion for Bri •opies lay by manager Gecrge of Maxim witl c :-Don Cockell "noos said yeswould Reuter
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      SCHOOLS v. ACHILLES
      59 7 SCH OOLS v. ACHILLES combined Schools to field a strong Achilles Club m j sports meeting he Singapore Re--450 p.m. today: j c of 14 events r "P.tto yds.. 100 yds.. Putting the shot. I^m! *°men». 220 yds.. **mto> •JS? J ll5 5 120 yds. 5<U.. throwing the hurdles high
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      WALKOYER
      10 7 t 1 Rana KCommuV Div. M A. ground yes-
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    HAMBURG TENNIS
    51 7 rpop-Seeded Dorothy Head (US) 1 defeated Lisa Manfredl (Italy) 6-0. 6-1 yesterday io a<* van the women's singles quarter finals m the international tennis tournament at Hamburg. Other results included:- t Joy Mottram .England) beat Luise jencQuel-Horm (Germany) '"jotn 2 Curry .England) beat Mimml Murlle (.Germany) 6--. 6-2.-
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    24 7 photo. One of the many thrilling incidents during yesterday's soccer between South China and Singapore at Jalan Besar Stadium. Tourists won 3-2. Free Press
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    Surrey a step closer to title
    644 7 •SURREY took another step towards winning the County cricket title by trouncing Nottinghamshire by an innings and 80 runs at the Oval yesterday, and gaining their 17th championship victory m 21 matches. The man, who played a leading part m their success was the
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    NO INDIANS IN COMMONWEALTH XI
    226 7 FDIA, who have an engagement with an England XI at Hastings during the same oeriod are the only cricketing country not represented m a Commonwealth side which meets an England team at Kingston, Surrey, on Sept. 3, 4 and 5. This 15 the annual Kingston
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    SERVICES SOCCER ROUNDUP
    558 7 RAF Lodgers crack m nine without reply R.A.F. Lowers 9; R.N.A.S 0. OY TROUNCING Royal Naval Air Station Sembawang to the tune cf nine goals to nil at Changi yesterday Royal Air Force Lodger Units gave a furt>er boost to their United Services Sen:or League goal average.
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    RAIN RESULTS IN DRAW
    45 7 74 UN caused the cancellation v of yesterday's play m the India v. Glamorgan ma"eh which was therefore left drawn. Scores: Glamorgan Ist. Innings 204 for 9 declared. 2nd. Innings —5 for 0. India: lsC. Innings— 3^-6 for 9 declared.- Reuter
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    Loafs' life story film
    58 7 Loafs' life s tory film JOE LOUIS, former world heavyweight boxing; champion, will himself act m some scenes of a film version of his life story. He said a full length film '"The Joe Louis Story" would be produced next autumn. A professional actor, sti|l to be selected, will play
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    Malayans win doubles title
    86 7 I f fALAYAN dental students Ml R.T. Lam and T.T. Choon retained the men's doubles title m the West Australian badminton championships m i Perth, Australia, on Monday. They beat another Mala- yan student, J.H. Leow, and < Brian Treasure 15-12 15-12. j Lam and Choon,
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    AND THE REFEREE GAVE & PENALTY!
    589 7 AND THE REFEREE GAVE PENALTY! R.A.F. Changi 3; R.A.O.C. 1. PURELY there are times m soccer when the technicalities of the law should be tempered by discretion. And if ever there was a case meriting discretion it was m yesterday's United Services Senior League tie at Alexandra when a player
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    GLOBETROTTERS MANAGER HERE
    98 7 Harry Hannin, advance pubir manager of the Harlem Globetrotters, the American Negro baske ball team, arrived In Singapore yesterday to make arrange- j ments for the Trotters' stay m the Colony. The Trotters, scheduled to play three matches m Singapore and cne m Kuala Lumpur, are expected
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    RUGBY OFFICIALS
    79 7 Selangor Rugby Football Union official* far the 1952-3 season are: President. O. H. R. Beadles, vicepr< sident. Ong Yoke Lin: hon. iecre- i tarv J G Houston; hon. treasurer. J. N. McHiujh. Committee: R P. E I Waugh (Selangor Club). J. B. DudIteon (K.Ang Club) Selanßor Services nominee.
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    TOURISTS WIN A GRAND GAME
    330 7 TOURISTS WIN A GRAND GAME South China 3; Singapore IT WAS a grand, nuor--1 keen game at Jalan Besar Stadium yesterday. Tci-risis were definitely no, '.superior m any wa> the Colony fivouritss. But It WNUt be said every man hzA en the field hard. Tourists >re m the 10th Ounr.ie.
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    Sweden protests to Russia
    24 8 Sweden protests to Russia Sweden delivered two proB Union ilnst Russian aton rmed 5 h planes over inter- vaten and pj activities m U.P.
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    RED JUDGE RAPED 44 WOMEN
    62 8 KONG KONG. Wed. rpHE PEKING Communist I Party paper, the People s has reported the execution for corruption of P Kao-ahung. chief Communist juck County. Pongyuen Pro- held ccurt at d his b ;ded .ses involving wo.jners. mostly iped 44 woDd took bribes from Cth:
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    BIRTHS
    16 8 TO SMMF of R 2, a Suxam Ruth. vnee Mowbra" :e of G R. Bur:
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    TEN-POINT PLAN FOR LASTING PEACE
    271 8 TEN-POINT PLAN FOR LASTING PEACE Eisenhower opens campaign LOS ANGELES, Wednesday. m pENERAL Eisenhower, m his first major speech since the Republican party nominate^ him for the presidency, yesterday outlined a ten-point programme which, he said, aimed at lasting peace, equality for all and honesty m government. The General said
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    NEPAL RULES ON EVEREST BID
    66 8 The Nepal Government will not allow any expedition to attempt to climb Mt. Everest except the same Swiss group that made an attempt last spring and has scheduled another try m October. Nepal has told even the Swiss group that it must bring the same
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    He had no time to see the Queen
    131 8 He had no time to see the Queen LONDON, Wed. BRITAIN'S "Sailor Prince," the Duke of Edinburgh, whipped through London so fast yesterday that he had no time to stop at Buckingham Palace to see his wife, the Queen. The Duke, accompanied by the young Duke of Kent, cousin of
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    Soviets stop UN election inquiry
    154 8 Soviets stop UN election inquiry GENEVA, Wed. rFHE United Nations ComA mission appointed to investigate conditions for free elections m Germany announced last night that it had decided to adjourn indefinitely its session m Geneva. The representatives of the four nations on the commission—Brazil, Iceland, the Netherlands and Pakistan signed
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    LIVES SAVED BY NYLON
    59 8 Nylon armoured vests could reduce battle wounds m the chest and abdomen by 16 per cent., i US. army testing unit rted m Seoul. It had examined 1,000 vests worn by American infantrymen m Korea. The vests have about 22 layers of nylon and are designed
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    FINNS FOR MOSCOW
    25 8 A Finnish delegation has gone to Moscow to negotiate new trade exchanges with the Soviet Union over the coming 12 months. Reuter
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    65 8 Those three lovelies are among 25 girls from Singapore's Girls' Sports Club who are taking part m "Show Business, 1952" a programme presented by Vernon Martinus. j The show m aid of the Club's building fund, will take piaee at the Victoria Theatre on Aug. 27 and 28 This picture,
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    JAP THREAT: 'WE'LL WALK OUT OF GAOL'
    185 8 J TOKYO, Wednesday. APANESE war criminals m Sugamo Prison said yesterday that "if conditions prevail as they are today, then all of the prisoners might lose patience and walk out of the orison gate together." Prisoner representatives complained to pressmen that, they had
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    JAP, CHINESE PACT IN FORCE
    56 8 China and Japan yesterday resumed full diplomatic relations when the bilateral Sino-Japanese peace treaty came into force. The Japanese Government Overseas Agency m Taipei changed its name to the Japanese Embassy and hoisted the first Japanese flag m Taipei since Formosa's return to Nationalist rule
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    PEKING PLAN
    21 8 A preparatory conference aimed at establishing a Chi-nese-Muslim association was held m Peking between July 27 and 31, Reuter
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    Govt. plans for squatters
    188 8 SINGAPORE Government's scheme for the resettlement of squatters from Crown anil Improvement Trust land will not affect squatters on private land, says an official statement. "It would not be possible to allot Crown land for this purpose for all the suitable Crown land available (including Trust
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    Killer of three missed money
    498 8 DIET MAN'S FAMILY MURDER AVIGNON, Wednesday. •2IR JACK DRI MMOND, Britain's World War II food planner, his wife and their 11 -year-old daughter were brutally murdered early yesterday at Lurs In the foothills of the French Alps, where they were on a camping hft!iday. The
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    CONVICTED
    22 8 A Federal court convicted 14 California Communist leaders of conspiring to teach and advocate violent overthrow of the U.S. Government, A.P.
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    Now headquarters
    18 8 A South-Easi European Tactical Air H#adquarters may be set up either m Turkey or Greece. A.P.
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    BULL'S-EYE SCORED BY BULL
    28 8 A PICADOR was hurled to the ground when the ball charged him and his horse during a bullfight m Las Vent a.. Span, recently.
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    Macao bans 3 papers
    29 8 Macao bans 3 papers i} p r Macao Hong k pap that th< frcvn t! present reachim Thf Wah X had a. that the mandinp bordpay WKm th- Reuter
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    'SPIES' SENTENCED
    22 8 'SPI ES SENTENCED An East Ge: Potsdam, near Berlk^i* ed sente: five East Ger employed m > They were for the I Reuter
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