The Singapore Free Press, 20 August 1952

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    18 1 The Singapore Free Press LARGEST AFTERNOON SALE IN MALAYA 18.475. SINGAPORE, WEDNESDAY, AUGUST 20, 1952. PRICE FIFTEEN CENT?
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    VAST U.S. RUBBER DRIVE
    250 1 $80,000,000 outlay on military factories WASHINGTON, Wednesday. piE United States Defence Production Administration m Washington yesterday gave the rubber industry a defence expansion goal calling for an US$BO,OOO,OOO outlay for new plants and equipment to produce military rubber and rubber products. The expansion programme includes specialpurpose
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    Margaret's bodyguards upset the Swedes
    177 1 Margaret's bodyguards upset the Swedes STOCKHOLM. Wed. S'ISH newspapers complained yesterday that hu^kv American secret settnxlysuards accomI Margaret Truman li exceeded their dut interfered with reporters ami photographers and down some the goodwill she had built up. Mii that the bodyb are not necessary guards provided by S oret Service
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    LONG SMOKE
    29 1 MELBOURNE. Wed.— David 'Paddy" McMahon. 62. smok- ed one pipeful of tobacco for 102 minutes 16 seconds. Previous longest recorded smoke was 94 minutes 25 seconds.— Reuter
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    Election lists: few object
    155 1 Election lists: few object Free Press Staff Reporter ONLY two objections and one claim have up till this morning been received by the Singapore Elections Department m connection with the new electoral lists. In the Legislative Council yesterday. Mr. C. C. Tan said that it was likely that, owing to
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    NIGHT THEFT
    25 1 Thieves broke Into the home of an Indian family m Anguilla Park. Singapore, last night and stole $200 cash and property worth $430.
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    More police move in
    45 1 More police move in CAPETOWN. Wed. STRONG police reinforcements have moved into eastern Capetown province to deal with the passive resistance campaign against "unjust laws." About 2.000 natives and Indians have been arrested throughout South Africa since the campaign began nearly two months ago.- A.P.
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    THEFT FROM CAR
    40 1 A sewing machine, worth $425 belonging to a European woman, was stolen frevn her unlocked car, parked m Penang Road, Singapore, i yesterday afternoon. She had 1 left the machine m the car I 15 minutes earlier.
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    DOG VACCINATIONS IN ANTI-RABIES FIGHT
    179 1 Free Press Staff Reporter FE Singapore Government has ordered vaccine for the vaccination of all dogs m Singapore against rabies. Vaccinations are expected to begin at the end of this year. The Veterinary Surgeon,! Mr A. H. Foster, told the Free Press this morning: "We
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    Liner postpones maiden Voyage
    28 1 The French Line announced from Le Havre yest?rday it is postponing the maiden voyage of its ne w liner Antilles, originally set *<* Oct. 3.
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    Fire breaks out in chimney
    40 1 TWO engines from the Central Fire Station were summoned to a shophouse m Kallang Road, Singapore today where a chimney had caught fire. The firemen put the blaze out before damage was done to proprety.
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    PARIS-PEKING PACT
    23 1 Peking radio said yesterday that France and Communist China had signed a US$2,--800,000 barter trade agreement m Berlin on Aug. 9.
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    Off for honeymoon
    31 1 picture. Mr. Anthony Eden and his bride, Miss Clarissa Spencer Churchill, pose for a photograph with Mr. and Mrs. Churchill before leaving on their honeymoon m Portugal Reuter
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    Senator brings 'fantastic' charge
    234 1 $2 MILLION LIBEL SUIT 1 WASHINGTON, Wed. MR. PAUL G. HOFFMAN, first head of the Marshall Aid Plan, yesterday declared under oath that charges made last year by Senator Joseph McCarthy —bitter anti-Communist campaigner against General George C. Marshall and the Plan were fantastic&llv false *Mr.
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    Good bets for K.L.
    35 1 KIND REGARDS, Demonic and The Minx are today's best bets at Kuala Lumpur, says AJlan Lewis. Best outsider? Goring. TRESPASSER recommends Kind Regards and The Minx. THE GOING will be hard
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    JAPAN INVITED
    15 1 France has invited Japan to send 2,000 male immigrants to New Caledonia.- Reuter
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    CONTROLS OFF
    18 1 The Government has lifted price controls on coffee m Britain, a London announce- ment said.— Reuter
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    HE DEFENDS THE NAPALM BOMB
    104 1 HE DEFENDS THE NAPALM BOMB WASHINGTON, Wed. •TOE United States Secre--1 tary or Defence, Mr. Robert Lovett at a news conference m Washington yesterday defended the use of napalm (jellied gasoline) fire bombs m the Korean war on the grounds that fire has been a recognised military weapon for at
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    Rebels cut Rangoon's water
    149 1 RANGOON, Wed. REBELS yesterday dynamited the pipeline supplying Rangoon's drinking water and the capital! went thirsty for the fifth time this year. Rangoon Corporation officials said the pipeline was Mown ud five miles south of the main Gyobyu reservoir, 42 miles north of Rangoon. Extent ox
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    Persia says 'Let's have arbitration'
    227 1 TEHERAN, Wednesday. PERSIA proposed yesterday to refer to arbitration the dispute over compensation to the AngloIranian Oil Company for its seizure and nationalization by Premier Mossadeq. The new departure m the protracted oil crisis, which has driven Persia to the brink of bankruptcy, came as
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    U.S. envoys meet for talks
    33 1 Mr. Chester Bowes. U.S. Ambassador to India, arrived m Rangoon yesterday with two of his Embassy staff for talks with Mr. William J. Sebald. U.S. Ambassador to Burma.
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    100 JAP TRADERS HERE SOON
    115 1 100 JAP TRADERS HERE SOON TOKYO, Wed. A HUNDRED Japanese traders and business- will leave on Septembe> 13 lor a two-week tour of South-East Asian countries for the express purpose of promoting co-operation with Chinese businessmen m these areas. A trade newspaper. Nihon Keizai, said the tour will be made
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    Rubber for Mao
    30 1 The Commerce Minister, Mr. R. C. Senanayake, told Parliament m Colombo yesterday that the Ceylon government is considering ex- tending her rubber trade with Communist China.— A.P.
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    Bus man attacked
    57 1 rO Malays who boarded a bus at the 13* milestone, Lim Chu Kang Road, Singapore, yesterday robbed the bus conductor of $19.40 after assaulting him. While the first Malay snatched the money from the conductor's bag. his assist- ant threw a stone at the man. The conductor
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    A HYPOCHONDRIAC
    1442 2  -  LEONARD MOSLEY Y%xr www^- ARE YOU SCARED TO SEE YOUR DOCTOR? I The collaboration of doctors has been sought m this series. The hope is that it may bring relief to the thousands of men and women who are literally 'worrying themselves sick." HICH MOTIVES —usually the fear
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    Cockles Not a Good Food for the Poor
    826 2 Cockles Not a Good Food for the Poor I SiWP° re I Doctor I What is the food value of cockles? Are they a good substitute for meat? They are cheap, and a larger sale of them to the poorer classes as a substitute for meat would help to lower
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      169 2 YOUR LUCKY STAR gORN today, you are kind- artristic and lite arv tendenly. sympathetic and loving- *les and if you channel your ly devoted to members of emotions into this productive your own family. You mre fie!d y° u can P™vt most sucverv sensitive to influences- etMful m one of
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      48 2 Solution To Crossword No. 744 YESTERDAY'S SOLUTION Across: 1. Digest. 4, Asia. 7. Window frame. 9, Y.H.A. 10. Tourist. 11. Turn out. 12. Ham. 14. Plas-ter-cast. 15. Deed. 16, Wrench "own: 1. Dowry. 2, Gun carriage. 3. Short coat. 5. Spanish main 6. A^ert 8. Fruitprpi- n TwdH
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      131 2 New Crossword No. 745 Ha CLI ESACROSS 1. Found m the emu glen (7). 5. Reserve of the Silent Service (3). 7. Does this bird peddle its prey? (7-4) 8. Are these recorded m the Naval Scrapbook? (3, 6). il. Indicates what the author called his work (4. 5). 13.
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    FREE PRESS WEDNESDAY SHORT STORY
    448 3 start to blow them. What's more, they won't stop blowmg them, if i know kids. They will blow them from morning till fright. Do you get the idea now?" "I sure do!" Pop-up said admiringly "With the kids blowing their whistles at the time, no
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    Whistle for it
    437 3  -  MICHAEL HERVEY by VICK and Pop-up Bill, two of Town s and-coming boys, x ere al their favourite me of snooker. vai obvious hey kept th their re not on their They were worriI a poor bad not been ab.r were taking too mucn ir affairs. It
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    Uniform copyright
    84 3 Representatives of 47 nations began a three-week session m Geneva yesterday during which they hope to adopt a treaty giving uniform international copyright protection to writers, artists and composers.— UP. photo. The "Battle of Flowers," generally regarded as a feature of the French Riviera, is also a major
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    Bridge Hand
    272 3 "Pi\>empive bi^s are perfectly wonderful things," writes East with tongue-in-cheek enthusiasm. "I was tempted to take out the three-spade double into four hearts, but luckily I passed. And lo and behold, I got a chance to whack the cpponents at that selfsame contract. So instead of contracting to
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    Stalin reminds me of Humpty Dumpty
    784 3  -  BARBARA VEREKER says J^O one, i think, has yet remarked upon the affinity between Comrade Stalin and Humpty Dumpty. Barbara Vereker, British journalist, writes for many women's publications on a wide variety of subjects. Sh e is a playwright and is now film critic
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    PUCKELY
    130 3 as "free, democracic and independent" we have only to look at the country concerned to see that it is what we should call "enslaved, totalitarian and satellite." When the Communists announce that "m Russia women enjoy equal rights with men" we have only to consider the way m which
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      161 3 SINGAPORE lude- 6.50 From the Editorials; or l^^^ 1 A°# STS Billy <SK? SS'' Snow 5 w?* £*2? iT^ondon^tud^CoS Alan Breeze and V*™***"* certs: Ip.m. Tommy Dorsey Orch.; ™?Jf"* n A, n ,*^fr shcS 1.30 News: 1.45 Lunch Time Prom; Scottish Magazine, 8.15 Short 2 Racing Selangor; 6.13 Signature Story
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    What the diver saw
    36 4 .../throngs of beautiful girls standing on the sandy bottom. ..as the current flowed the lovelies swayed as though still alive... they had been strangled m their sleep by jealous harem rivals 9
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    The Singapore Free Press WEDNESDAY, August 20, 1952 Hot and cold
    335 4 The Singapore Free Press WEDNESDAY, August 20, 1952 Hot and cold SINGAPORE apparently possessed of a secret weapon, or secret information, which is denied to the Federation of Malaya m the common war on terrorism. We hazard this guess because, while General Templer has been exhorting the people across the
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    Soft answer
    238 4 IN a written answer to Dr. C. J. Paglar, who raised the .3 Lion of accidents to lonici conveying passen- i gers. Government stated X it was not aware of 1 any increase m such accidents. It is up to Government to be aware of what is g3lng
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    Scandals of the Harem
    938 4 HENRY THODY visits the Seraglio Palace m Istanbul, scene of a thousand -and -me fabulous nights, both gruesome and exotk. ISTANBUL. I FIRST heard the story m a bazaar coffee shop where wrinkled old Turks were puffing their hookahs. A diver swimming deep beneath the palace
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    Dorsey and this 'Bop business'
    306 4  -  FELIX By pOPU L A R band leader. Tommy Dorsey, has threatened to leave the band business at the end of the year because he cannot find good musicians. He complains: "Ever since the start of this horrible bop business, I cannot find musicians that
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    SONGS FOR THE LOVE-LORN
    519 4  -  Fu HSI Chinese, too, are sentimental by "DENEATH the outward stoicism ol the Chinese there exists i streak of sentimentality as big as any Westerner's. Because they are not as demonstrative as the American or European m public, it is generally assumed that sentimental love, as
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    A Musical 'Digest'
    493 4  - A Musical 'Digest PRESTO Music topics by ml-lERE is a record •I now on sale m Singapore which everyone will enjoy.* All except the purists. The music is Tschaikowsky's and it includes most of the tunes that have made Tschaikowsky so popular. It is a Tschaikowsky digest, 1 a fantasy
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    LATEST RECORDS
    171 4 x cprrsuic recoxis th^s v including a re- issue of an RICO CARUSO favourite <D 3 1802) m which tbe ::or sings "On w.th the MoUev" d. Pa*liacci) and "Lake a Dit--~> (Mutht 1 Reproduction u> not v > to modf aaixis > J secin 1 }<? •pmclicd'.
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    FISH NET FACTORY FOR S'PORE
    247 5 FISH NET FACTORY FOR S'PORE Jap machinery will be used piSHJNG nets will be manufactured on a large scale m Singapore when a $120,000 factory begins production at the end of this year at Geylang. The factory, which will be started with a capital of $500,000, will be operated by
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    It is a mile long
    27 5 picture. MR. LOO KIEN SING with one of his mile-long fishing nets manufactured m his shop m Beach Road. Singapore.— Free Press
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    SMOKERS MAY GET CANCER —DOCTOR
    176 5 SMOKERS MAY GET CANCER —DOCTOR ARE you a cigarette smoker? If so, there is a possibility that you might develop cancer of the lungs. A top Singapore Government doctor yesterday said: "This opinion is based on figures compiled by statisticians of world repute." Whether yon inhale or not when smoking
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    Blackout schedule
    60 5 SUBSTATIONS liable to load shedding: tonight are: Perak Koad. JuOand BM Bendemrer Rd.. Ban Hock Leon's Milne Kd JaUn Pekan. Jalan Sultan. Sumbawa Kd.. Beach Road. Odeon Cinema. Alhanbra. Raff* s Hotel Boon Tat St. Aljunid Kd.. Sim's Are., Paya Lebar Pumps. MtPhcrson Rd., Kirn Chuan Kd.. Boundary
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    THESE GRADS MAY GET COLONY JOBS
    857 5 jtffEDICAL graduates of the University of Malaya i 1 who, as students, received financial aid from the Federation, may be accepted for posts m the Singapore medical service. The attention of the Legislative Council was yesterday drawn by C. C. Tan (Prograssive Tanglin) to
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    'Labour is not ruled by clique'
    102 5 'Labour is not ruled by clique' nnHERE is no clique -m the A General Council of the Singapore Labour party. Mr. D. Stevens, secretary, totd the Free Press yesterday. He was commenting on a statement by Mr. E. V. Davies, leader of the party m the City Council. that the
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    She was his sister-in-law
    43 5 MUAR, Wed— Keliwan bin Semon was fined $150 cr 10 weeds' gaol at Muar for having sexual intercourse with his sister-in-law. This is forbidden by Muslim law. The woman, Oyet binte Shunut, was fined C5O for abetting the offence.
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    Membership of IMP may be restricted
    149 5 Membership of IMP may be restricted KUALA LUMPUR, Wed. A MOTION to aaiend the membership rules of the i Independence of Malaya Party to make them more i restrictive is to be discussed at a special general meeting of the Kuala Lumpur branch on Sunday. Aug. 31. The meeting will
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    He will study radiology
    48 5 RAUB Wed.— lnche Mohamed bin Mat Dong, 30, a hospital assistant, has been selected to go to Britain for a two-year course m X-ray work at the School of Radiology Royal Hospital. Sheffield He will leave for England on Oct. 3 m the Canton.
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    THREE TRESPASSED
    27 5 MUAR Wed. Choo Tin Yon*. Choo Koo and Lai Kirn. who trrarsssed into Bukit Seramp?n° E-t?»t\ Tin° f -:°k, were each fined $10 at Muar.
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    17 GOENG TO BRITAIN ON SCHOLARSHIPS
    257 5 Free Press Staff Reporter TpiFTEEN Singapore GovJP eminent employees who have been awarded Government scholarships tc study m Britain will leave within the next two weeks. Six of them are women. Five are employed ,m the Medical Department, four m the Education Department, two
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    Teacher shortage: Position improving
    151 5 ]tf R. R. E. INCE, the Deputy Director of Education, iTI told the Free Press yesterday that one of the reasons for the shortage of teachers m Singapore was that fewer students sit for the School Certificate examination now than pre-war. Their number, however, was increasing,
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    BETTING NOT AN OFFENCE, SAYS COUNSEL
    145 5 PENANG, Wed. AFTER the defence counsel, Mr. Lim Kheng Kooi, had said that betting m itself was not an offence, the Penang First Magistrate, Mr. D. C. I. Wernham. yesterday reserved judgment' on whether Ch'ng Cheng Hock, former chief clerk of the Penang General
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    Medical workers plan union
    34 5 KLUANG. Wed.— A meeting to inaugurate the Medical and Health Assistants' Union, South Malaya, was held at Kluang on Sunday at the Kluang Indian Association. An interim committee was elected.
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    Inducement to Ceylonese
    53 5 Inducement to Ceylonese JOHORE BAHRU, Wed. Ceylonese m Johore are planning to form a company to be known as the Lanka Realty Coy, Ltd., to establish Ceylonese settlements m various parts of the State. Ceylonese taking Malayan citizenship will be encouraged to take a greater interest m Malaya by investigating
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    ON BRIBE CHARGE
    23 5 SEGAMAT, Wed. Sinniah was allowed $300 bail at Segamat after being charged with corruptly giving $1 to a special constable.
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    HAD CHANDU
    18 5 SEGAMAT. Wed Fong Kit, 64, was sentenced at Segamat to six months' for possession of chandu.
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    HAD NO LICENCE
    21 5 MUAR. Wed. Mahamed, Arip bin Omar was fined $20 at Muar for driving a car without a licence.
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    SHE STUDIED YOUTH WORK
    20 5 MISS LIM POH LI AN, who returned to Singapore yesterday after studying yonth leadership m Britain.
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    Civil defence course during Home leave
    90 5 Civil defence course during Home leave rpHE Governments of Singapore and the Federation axe encouraging their officers on leave m Britain to attend courses m civil defence. Officers now on home leave have been informed that half the period of the course would be counted as duty. Many officers are
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    THEY WANT UNIFORM GOVT. AID
    89 5 'THE Singapore Chinese j -i- Schools' Conference will ask the Education Department to give uniform grants-in-aid to Chinese schools. The Conference will also request the authorities to grant Chinese school principals, staff superintendents and physical instructors the same scale of allowances given to qualified teachers.
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    175 broke holiday law
    38 5 AN official of the Labour Department told the Free Press yesterday that 175 shopkeepers were convicted under the Weekly Holidays' Ordinance during the last seven months of the year. Taey paid $4,685 m fines.
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    Siamese help build church
    96 5 PORT SWETTENHAM. Wed. FIVE SIAMESE, including two girls from Bangkok, have arrived at Port Swettenham to join the members of the Malayan Youth Fellowship who are buitding a church at the Pendamaram new village. They are the Misses Penpet and Bempen Nanakorn. and Messrs. Somsakdl Lokdai.
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    WOMAN FINED
    25 5 SEGAMAT, Wed— Because she refused to show her identity card to a police j officer. LAm Phlan. (58). was nned $15 at Segamat.
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    SEREMBAN TRAINS 200 APs
    89 5 KUALA LUMPUR. Wed. Many prominent Seremban citizens are among the 200 newCy enrolled auxiliary policemen who are going inte training from today at the AJ\ Headquarters, Seremban. No. 1 Squad will train on Wednesdays and Saturdays and No. 2 Squad on Mondays mi Thursdays under th*
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    YORKS CUT SURREY LEAD
    488 6 9 wkt. win keeps title bid alive YORKSHIRE beat Surrey, English County cricket championship leaders by nine wickets yesterday, to keep alive their own bid for the title. They cut Surrey's lead to 28 points, but Surrey with four more games to play have a match
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    HUTTON BEST WITH BAT
    146 6 TEN HUTTON, England's prcfesslonal captain, topprd the j batting averages m the Test series with India which ended yesterday. He scored 399 runs m six innings for an average of 7980. India's captain. Vija? Hasare. headed the Indian batting list with 333 runs m seven innings
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    SELANGOR CLUB WIN
    75 6 (Free Press Ccrrespondcni) Nadarajah. and his schoolboy sor. Sivamayam. opened the batting here on Sunday for West Panang against a Selangor Club eleven. Selangor Club won by seven wickets. West Pananf: 119 Sivamayam 25 A. H. Phillips 4-21. Selangor Club 129 for two t Selvanayeg un 25.
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    ENGLAND CAN BEAT AUSSIES
    77 6 LEN Hutton, England's cricket captain, expressed the opinion yesterday that England could beat Australia m all five Tests next season. At a Press conference called after the final Test against India had been abandoned at the Oval, Hutton was asked: "Do you regard the outlook favourable
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    Crippled Rovers snatch victory
    330 6 Rovers S.C. 2, Fathul Karib 1. •THRILLS galore came from 1 yesterday's S.A.F.A. Senior Cup replay between Rovers Sports Club and Fathul Karib at Jalan Bcsar Stadium. After sixty minutes of hair-raising soccer the score stood at one-all. The tenman Rovers team was lucky to snatch
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    JOHANSEN KEEPS EUROPE TITLE
    288 6 TOERGEN Johansen, Denmark, on Tuesday night retained his European lightweight crown by beating Duilio Loi, Italy, m a 15-round match that, according to Scots referee Eugene Henderson, was too good to be exciting to the spectators. Johansen, who wen his title by defeating Tommy McGovern of
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    'US BOXERS SCARED OF TURPIN'
    212 6 DRITAIN'S boxing promoter Jack Solomons, returned I 0 England m the Queen Mary from New York, on Monday night, after trying i to get world light-heavy- weight king, Joey Maxim, j into the ring with British i champion Randolph Turpin m London this September. Commented
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    ROYAL SERENADE WINS NINTHORPE
    67 6 ROYAL SERENADE WINS NINTHORPE Mr Mai Bell's Royal Serenade won the fiv. -furlong Nxmthcrpe Stakes In Yc?rk yesterday afterneon. Mr. J Measure's Gre, 1 Sover.ign W9M lee nd and Mr. W Rimells Easier Bride third. Five ran. B.tting: 4—6 favcuri"e Rcyal Bertaadr, id 1 Grey Sovere.cn 6—l Eas:er Bride Won
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    Ebor handicap acceptors
    99 6 17IIGHTEEN probables and joeJCi keys for the Ebor Handicap to be run over one mile and three-quarters at York today, are: Tufthunter, Gordon Richards; Le Tellier, G. Littlewood; Amamnestes, Edgar Britt; Coltbridge, J. Sime, Border War, N. Hewitt; The Master Cutler, W. Snaith; Nick La Rocca, E.
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    001 WINS IN 15 MIN.
    313 6 001 TEIK HOCK, Malayan Thomas Cud player and Penang champion, took 15 minutes to beat Cheah Thean Kin m the men's singCes of the Penang open badminton championships on Monday night at the Chian High Schooi. David Choong Ewe Leong also won his singles match,
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    803 6  -  NERRAL MOREIRA By qpHE 31st Malayan Amateur Athletic th x ships, concluded m Ipoh over the certainly proved to be the *so rts event year" at least where Perak was concern the Tnougn tne ncme State ended ud fourth m the team championship placing, the
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    TABLE TENNIS TOURNEY
    204 6 /CHINESE Chin V expected. won heir against Prince Edaa-c Roid (Moulei at the SB A last night to remain uncefeau-c the final to G: u 1 Singapore Table Tenr. jocia league champions: Three tea:-. Group A' for tbt the final after a: Chinese Engine <Biue> who beat
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    17 6 India were beaten 3-0 Franc* In the mi ball championships yesterday. Scores were 15-7 Reuter
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    809 7  - MORE COUR SE SCRATCHINGS EXPECTED ALLAN LEWIS From Kind Regards a certainty oTAKS Remember, Nessus, Proctor, Airmail I Loveset, The Monarch, Roy Valiant, LifePride of Burma and Calypso will not start thi- afternoon, second day of the Selangor Turf I August meeting. Last, Nature's Gentleman, Palitoy and Majula :ra are
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    128 7 QUEEN Elixabeth U's two-year-old colt Aureolo, making its first appearance on a racecourse, won the Acomb Stakes over six fu -longs at York yesterday. Aursolo, a 100-6 shot ridden by v Carr. won by a head from fir T P. Bteckwells Brolly (5-1) l-i a photo
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    53 7 The Au<TJst McjuJ "C" DW*J (3trox*» Otfape^Wmi p-ayni o 70 X Oth?r cards retu.-ned were T. E. Jackson (93—24 75), J. A. E Mac Lean (99-24: To >. Ball Sweep on iv Ist Nine was won by V. C Teaodale 1 33 > anci >n the 2nd Nin
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    Chia enters P.L. T.A. semi-finals
    228 7 Chia enters P.L. T.A. semi-finals ROBERT Chia, favourite for this year's men's singles title yesterday advanced into' the semi-final of the 1952 Penang open tennis championships on the Penang Sports Club courts. Chia beat Oh 'Lock Heng. the Kedah champion, easily m straight sets. His greatest rival. K. E. M.
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    SELETAR TURNED ON THE HEAT
    363 7 —but the Firemen held out CHANGE of tactics did not enable Seletar Vilie to beat Singapore Fire Brigade m their SAFA League Div. 1118 soccer match at Geylang Stadium yesterday. Ibrahim bin Yope was the best player on the field. It was through him that
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    Singapore'A' v. Johore Chinese
    67 7 Singapore 'A' v. Johore Chinese The following are selected to represent Singapore "A'' m a friendly soccer match against Johore Chinese at Jalan Besar stadium on Saturday. Aug. 23rd: Yew Chang; Hassan, Velu; Aman, Hee Jong, A. Rashid: Omar Awang, Mac Donald, Kok Peow, Eng Siang, Avtar Singh. Reserves: Narayanan.
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    Bourke v. Tookey for Dave's title
    120 7 AUSTRALIAS top ranking middleweights, Al Bourke and Ron Teokey. have been matched for the Australian and British Empire titles held by the late Dave -Bands, it was announced m Melbourne yesterday by Mr. R. Lean, mafiager of Stadiums Limited. The contest will be staged
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    Cheng Wah score 13
    102 7 Cheng Wah score 13 GCORnVG as and when they liked. Cheng Wah piled up a record score of 13 goals without reply against Borneo Motors S.C. m an Ipoh League Div. 1 match on the Ipoh Padang. Cheng Wah are already sure of keeping the League Championship although they have
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    BANKERS DRAW
    24 7 Ford Sports Club and Mercantile Bank fought out a scoreless draw m their S.B.HJ.A. Cup and League game at Farrer Park yesterday
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      R.E.M.E. DRAW FIVE MINUTES FROM TIME
      236 7 R.E.M.E. DRAW FIVE MINUTES FROM TIME R.A.F. M.U 1; R.E.M.E 1. TJOYAL Electrical and Mechanical Engineers equ Used five minutes from the end of#yesterri United Services Senior League soccer match played at Seletar. It was an unexciting encounter m which Maintenance Unit were the better team. M.U. too* the lead
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      KRANJI WIN
      25 7 IN a Services Junior League match at Kranji yesterday Royal Navy Kranji beat Royal Naval Air Station Sembawang by four goals to one.
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      4-0 WIN FOR R.N.A.S.
      27 7 4-0 WIN FOR R.N.A.S. ROYAL Naval Air Si Sembawari'T brat B Terror by four poals to nil m a United Services St League tie at S^mbawan^ yesterdar.
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      POSTPONED
      21 7 YESTERDAY'S Service* Junior League soccer match between R.AJ 1 Tengah and R.A.F. Selerar. scheduled for Tengah. v.as postponed until tomorrow.
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      TENGAH WIN 2-1
      27 7 I>OYAL Air Force Tcn^ah defeated Royal Ail- Force Seletar by two goals to one ir their United Services Senior League tie «t Tengah yesterday.
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      134 7 'pHE Pakistan Olympic hooker team last night beat a s c Ed Bavaiian side fty five go*! three after being three-all at halftime Pakistan dazz'ci th^ soect~tcr» with their brill'ant rtickwork. p ticularly Abdu! Ham'd, w four goal* But for the t?nac ous defence the touring
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      INMAM TEAM v. R.A.F.
      49 7 INMAM TEAM v. R.A.F. Indian Associations t«am to play R.AJ 1 Coni^rwy 4 m annual Ohandl Memorial Cup cricket at Changi this ueekerr. M. Ralji (capU. Ourdial S>. Y. Madari. V Angullia-, Z. Bhatri, Verity Gill, B. P. Soln. Dr A hams, W. Vias. Her. Gurdial Singh, R. Sandosh'm.
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    DEMANDS MAY FORCE NATION OUT OF BUSINESS
    373 8 Higher wages 'harmful to Britain' LONDON, Wed. INCREASED wages might raise prices and force Britain out of competitive markets, the General Councils of the Traders Union Congress warned yesterday. Without directly telling workers to restrain demands for more pay, trade union chiefs informed
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    LAO PRINCE IN NEW YORK
    93 8 LAO PRINCE IN NEW YORK Prince Sayang, 46-year-old son and heir to Si Havang Yang. ruCer of Laos, IndoChina. arrived m New York aboard the French liner He De France yesterday for a 20-day "private visit to the United States.— U.P. picture. TWENTYFiM- lambskins were used to make this the
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    253 8 J)OMi:;AtfT acting and a professionally slick production could and m the West End did— "sell" the melodrama "This Was a Woman" tc audiences as thrilling entertainment. In less competent hands the play's weaknesses become glaringly obvious. With all its merits the Arts Theatre production at the
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    AIR FORCE TALKS
    32 8 General Thomas T. Handy, Deputy Commander of the United States European Command, arrived m London by air yesterday for a round of conference with American Air Force chiefs.— A.P.
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    SPECIALIST DIES
    28 8 The death of Dr. Fritz Koenig. leading Oerm a r. authority on the surgical treatment of cancer, was announced at Wuerzburg. Germany. He was 86.— A.P.
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    FARMERS GAOLED
    21 8 Ten Czechoslovakian farmMM have been sentenced to prison terms of up to 10 years for sabotage and subversion. U.P.
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    Raped his friend's daughters
    149 8 TOKYO, Wed. AN American Army sergeant who raped the two young daughters of a fellow soddier while he was an overnight guest In the friend's home here, has been sentenced to 50 years' hard labour and dishonourable discharge. An Army spokesman yesterday idAitifled the man as
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    HIROSHIMA REMEMBERS
    47 8 HIROSHIMA REMEMBERS picnirr. A GENERAL view of the anniversary service at Hiroshima, marking the fall of atom bomb seven years ago. Nakanoshima park, centre of the blast, was the scene of the service for the 57 900, odd identified victims. Five A-bomb orphans unveiled a memorial. Popper
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    Frogmen search for bodies
    533 8 LONDON, Wednesday. A SILENT and pathetic stream of townspeople wound down the wooded hillside above Lynmouth m North Devon yesterday, returning to their homes wrecked m Saturday's devastating flood to salvage clothes and treasured knick-knacks. A team of naval frogmen from a nearby combined operations centre
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    BIG FEED DAILY NEW BRITISH MINISTER
    30 8 BIG FEED DAILY NEW BRITISH MINISTER More than 500,000 people are being fed daily from 1,900 soup kitchens m the drought stricken Rayalaseema district of Southern India. j A.P. Reuter
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    Ex-convict seeks equal rights
    50 8 Ex-convict seeks equal rights Vincent Hallinan, an exconvict Progressive Party candidate for president demanded m San Francisco yesterday the same briefing on military strategy that President Truman granted candidates Dwight Eisenhower and Governor Adlai Stevenson. The San Francisco attorney made the demand m a wire to the White House. U.P.
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    234 8 $400 mil. spent, but WASHINGTON \\>h THE newspaper Evening Star said yesterday American factories have produced i of British-type jet aircraft engines aftrr IX of effort and the expenditure of millions oi dciil" 1118 The newspaper identified the engines as the R*n Royce Sapphire known
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    U.K. plane flies faster than sound
    78 8 LONDON, Wfd ORITAIN revealed vester d*y that she has twi P*WM*-«iie a twin jet l^i. o^^ and oth <* a ««C^-.Jet flyinjf triangle. 110 fe powered by two RoU, Royo Avon jets— still classified secret Th* flyi n g trianzle the Bolton Paul 120.
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