The Singapore Free Press, 22 August 1952

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    18 1 The Singapore Free Press LARGEST AFTERNOON SALE IN MALAYA 18.477. SINGAPORE, FRIDAY, AUGUST 22, 1952. PRICE FIFTEEN CENTS
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    TRUMAN REBUKES ADLAI
    407 1 He's hurt by reference to Govt. mess WASHINGTON, Friday. WHAT SEEMED an implied rebuke "to the Democratic presidential candidate, Mr. Adlai Stevenson, President Truman yesterday said that the Democratic Party would have to run on the record of the administrations of President Roosevelt and himself m the
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    Japs tell Clark of crimes by troops
    174 1 TOKYO, Friday. JAPANESE lawyers complained to Gen. Mark Clark J yesterday that United States and United Nations servicemen m Japan have repeatedly committed vicious crimes. The Federation of Bar Associations sent a resolution ito the United Nations ComI mander asking him to give
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    Her husband sold slaves
    55 1 MOMBASA. Fri. ij\V\NA Shey. an Arab *?1 MMI who has died d 110. did her own shopping. cooking and rk until three The first of her three mils na> a prosperous dea'er who died m •ul she vividly re all-mid-19th century when Mombasa had fket and
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    KASHMIR RULES OUT MAHARAJA
    31 1 W DELHI I ry aent ler d a y I for an cheese h ad s to of •ted Singh, son Dr Frank P. Iks on U.P.
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    Recruitment to police: no decision yet
    102 1 Recruitment to police: no decision yet Free Press Staff Reporter SINGAPORE Police have yet to take a decision on the recruitment of non-English-speaking Chinese. A police spokesman told the Free Press this morning: 'The scheme depends on certain factors which are still under, consideration." The Chinese recruiting scheme was first
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    STALL ROBBED
    42 1 Free Press Staff Reporter A cigarettes and sweets stali near the Seletar Market. Singapore, was broken into last night and goods, worth $98. stolen. The stall is owned by an Indian, who is also a Labourer at the Naval Base.
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    JAPANESE DEBTS
    22 1 Japanese debt talks In New York have been "deadlocked" by British insistence on dollar settlements for certain op- tions.— Reuter
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    New Red bastion in slave republics
    231 1 photo. LONDON, Friday. SOVIET Russia is creating a gigantic military and industrial stronghold m the Baltic republics of Estonia, Latvia and Lithuania, the newly-published five-year plan revealed today. The new plan, to ba sWbmitted to the 19th Congress of the Communist Party of the
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    EDITOR IN SEA
    38 1 A United States Navy shore patrol found the body of Ko Seng Liat, 48, managing editor of the Manila Fookien Times, m Manila Bay. He had been clubbed and thrown into the sea, says U.P.
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    'PEOPLE'S RULE' IN A STORE
    77 1 HONG KONG, Fri. A CHINESE drug store owner who reached Hong Kong from Shanghai this week said his store was so firmly m the hands of the workers that "I had to ask their permission to take an aspirin." The American-educated pharmacist who managed one
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    CANTON ROUND-UP
    48 1 Chinese Communist authorIties m Canton have begun rounding up unemployed men I and women and ques- 1 tioning them carefully about j 1 any hidden resources It is I i suspected m Hong Kong these round-ups are for the i Red slave labour camps. j A.P.
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    H.K. WEDDING IN LONDON
    67 1 pnoio THE FORMER MISS MARX MARTHA SAL-YIN LO. 24, married Kenneth Kai-yin Chau, m London. Both bride and bridegroom are from Hong Kong. The bride wears Chinese bridal dress as she presents a bowl of tea to her father-in-law during the reception which followed the wedding.
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    CANE FOR 'FOOLISH' STUDENTS
    103 1 ERKSPRUIT, S. Africa, Fri. SEVENTY seven African st'idents were sentenced to six strokes yeach with a licrht cane aftPr riots at a Methodist mission school la «rv,ipb one student was shot and buildings fired. Damage to the school— Bensonville Methodist Institutiorv—was estimated at £1,000. The magistrate
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    Indies to vote
    83 1 CALCUTTA, Fri. THE Indonesian Vice President, Dr. Mohammed Hatta, said yesterday that his government intended to hold elections next year. Dr. Hatta passed through here enroute to Mecca accompanied by his wife and several officials. In addition to the law and order problem, which he said was
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    DEATH ASKED FOR 27 EGYPT RIOTERS
    154 1 CAIRO, Friday. THE MILITARY PROSECUTOR yesterday asked for the death sentence for 27 workers charged with murder, arson and destruction at the Kafr El Dawar cotton mills on August 13. A military court there had completed hearing m the second trial to grow out
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    PAY DEMANDS TO FOLLOW RICE RISE
    346 1 PAY DEMANDS TO FOLLOW RICE RISE Free Press Staff Reporter WE have to accept me inevitable wan good grace," said Dr. C. J. Paglar, a Singapore Legislative Councillor, this morning, commenting on the Government's decision to increase the price of rice on Sept. 1 by five cents to 37 cents
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    LIVING COSTS RISE IN U.S.
    55 1 America's cost of living index reached an all-time peak yesterday. A sharp rise m food costs increased the latest ind?x covering prices for ths month of July to 190.8 per cent of the 1935-1939 average. The new figure was 12.1 points above June 1950 when
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    Birthday roses for the sad Princess
    218 1 BALMORAL, Fri. ORINCESS Margaret, celebrating her 22nd birthday anniversary yesterday received a mysterious bouquet of flowers from an anonymous admirer m the United States. Florists m Aberdeen said that the bouquet was ordered by someone m Danville. Illinois, who specified that it should contain
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    PAY SCHEME FOR TROOPS
    50 1 Free Press Staff Reporter A scheme for Mala Other Ranks, with the Bi Forces, similar to that announced by the Federation Government on retired pay, pensions and gratuit, the Malay and Federa I Regiments, is under consi j ation, it was officially jnounccd m Singapore morniner.
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    Something a Bit More Feminine
    589 2 Something a Bit More Feminine THE Crown which is Correct correct m Sty ste. Dignity, and Protocol is now off the drawing- board and I $8 a pattern (371 sa far) to the better-intentioned Corolon souvenir manufacturers who are anxious to do the risht thing. The man who designed the-
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    SAY—YOU ENGLISH GO IN FOR RITZY TOGS I
    764 2 SAY— YOU ENGLISH GO IN FOR RITZY TOGS I The craze for jeans is a symbol of a trend that even has Americans worried ...says JAMES LEASOR UNTIL quite recently, blue jeans were something French fishermen wore. British outfitters carried a few pairs, usually for sale to motor mechanics m
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    Meet... SOPHIE
    682 2  -  Anne Edwards Two women who give fashion a i,j p ...the girl m a million uith a mamu^ that^ sells clothes to a million PARIS, \MEET SOPHlE— whose Itl j^b is to puf over the clothes the designer makes. Tall, tawnyhaired, with marmaladecolonred eyes, wide shoulders and a
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    ON THE SPREE BY THE SEINE
    511 2 ON THE SPREE BY THE SEINE IRIS ASHLEY FINDS PARIS IS AMERICAN VISITORS to Paris at the moment are bound to find themselves wondering if there can be anybody left m the United States but doss and Indians. No offence meant; merely that here m August one Ret» the impression
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      29 2 New Crossword No. 747 I md ~~ibi c p:c<ive a-fm U ot ln lh e Zodiac peri aijee-io' f or schL t by 1 Th. »~.k iLI K> »«WN
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      37 2 Solution to Crossword No. 746 rtSTKRDAY'S SOLUTION. Arrow: i Capes. 4. Ripen. 7. Anchor chain c. Knight. 9, Moth. 11. Orgy. 12. Slouch. 15, Feather beds. 16. Liege. 17. Lisle. Down: 1. Crank. 2. Packfru? case. 3.
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      141 2 YOUR LUCKY STAR BORN today, you are versatile. talented and energetic. Yon have a rivid imagination and can pat it to use m literary or artistic endeavours. Although you enjoy beauty m all forms, you are al«o something of a realist and do not minirout- the ugly things of life.
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    MOTHER SAW SON LEAP TO DEATH
    246 3 MOTHER SAW SON LEAP TO DEATH He spoke about a 'threat' ripT h vf >S father Alexkn- hll M t cl f? lr 1 said his son had been told he might have to PiTf e tnt Vldenc i asainst John Clifton aged 22, accused o* attempting to murder his
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    Uranium City
    55 3 The fussiri and feudiri break out :ONTO. Friday. J.md feudirf broken out at City, on s 59th Parallel, spectoia m :id's first uranium pute Is between the La and the sour:iKi prospech the tenderfoots that the old hands and foxed besi rfoots allege rf sourdoughs yndicate jected a
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    BUCKLEY
    83 3 :aln *hat ■?d the gun long be.c. grumble is that the red over the wifiderbush and jacknewcomers j c promising area* No 4 is that one coated men to give r«s to independent projectors. c been no <~.: ir.i shootings m the \!:Qm -..-hIDn but tn? claims hive m
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    Midnight calls led prince to radio girl pal
    118 3 CAGLIARI. Sardinia, Fri. pRINCE Talal Aziz, second son of Saudi Arabia's oil rich king Ibn Saud. has flown 4,000 miles to this island to meet a Sardinian girl a "radio pal". Th c 27 -year-old Prince is a "ham" (radio amateur) enthusiast.
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    80-mile paddle to freedom
    45 3 A youth has landed neor Malmo on the south coast at Sweden m a collapsible canoe and asked for asylum as a political refugee from Communist East Germany. He claimed to have paddled about 80 miles aero:» the Baltic Sea.- Reuter
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    Nato will meet aims
    40 3 The North Atlantic Treaty Council has re-affirmed their intentions of fully meeting their goals for 1952 m the Western arms build-up m an attempt to se: at rest reports that the programme A.P. was bogging down-
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    TURKISH WHEAT
    23 3 Turkey will deliver 100.000 tons of wheat to Yugoslavia under the Turko- Yugoslav trade agreement signed m Ankara on Monday U.P.
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    200 FALL IN OIL
    38 3 More than 200 people fell into an oil tank and 50 were hurt when a roof on which they were crowding to watch a fireworks display at Chiba. Japan, collapsed, says Reuter from Tokyo.
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    IRON FROM JAPAN
    18 3 Argentina has bought 25.000 tons of cast iron from Japan at $93 per ton.- U.P.
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    POLICE DETAIN COLD MAN
    51 3 BAGHDAD. Fri. Sharef Eldin Ahmed, the Turkish Army. :i by Iraqi Cuspoiice with 10.000 gold jewellery and currencies as he was leaving Baghdad airport by plane. T:-e capiain and a Turkish civilian accompanying him attempted to resist officers who wanted to search them, but later yielded.
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    LIBEL SUIT
    31 3 The West German Government at Bonn has announced it will sue the Communist party leader Heinz Renner. for libel for alleging government agents wrecked his party head- quarters- Reuter
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    NEO-NAZIS
    23 3 Mr. Jacob Blaustein, president of the AmericanJewish Committee, discussed with President Truman m neo-Nazi laws enacted m Austria last month, says A.P.
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    HIGHEST AWARD
    32 3 General Augustin Guilaume. France's ResidentGeneral m Morocco, and General Raoul Salan, Com-mander-in-Chief m IndoChina, were awarded the n nd Cros* f the Lesion of Honour highest award m c Reuter
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    Bridge Quiz
    374 3 ¥T Ls nice to hear partner open the bidding when you have a pretty good hand but even with f?ood hands you can tjet P^or results If you fail to select th« correct tid. Partner opens with one spade. What do ycu respjn (next nlayer having passed), wi
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    GIRL KISSING HUSBAND HIT CUT AT WIFE
    196 3 BRISTON, Fri. ]yjRS. Rosina Emily Smit): went out looking for her husband at 10.20 p.m. and i found him kissing a 19-year- old maid outside the nurses' home of the Royal Infirmary m Terrell-street, Bristol. The skirmish which followed was described to Bristol
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    TURKS IN NAPLES
    32 3 Thirty-four officers and cadets of the Turkish Air College have arrived m Naples for a three -day inspection tour of the Aided Forces Headquarters m South- em Europe. U.P.
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    QUEEN OF THE BALL
    26 3 Actress Jeanne Cram reigned as queen at the Grand Ball of the Knights of Columbus National Conven- A.P. tion m Los Angeles.
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    LAMOUR IN SPANGLES
    29 3 A NEW Dorothy Lamour is seen m Cecil deMille's production. "The Greatest Show on Earth". Trading sarong for spangles, Dot appears as a circus show girl.
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    Bushmen have sixth sense
    128 3 SYDNEY. Friday. a SYDNEY University expedition. back from Australia's Arnhem Land, believes it has evidence of a sixth sense among primitive natives. The evidence, though not conclusive. supports fh c widely-held belief that the i Stone Age aborigine has intuitive powers beyond the experience of white
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    Reds give workers the works
    117 3 Reds give workers the works HONG KONG, Fri. r[E Liberation Daily, Communist party organ m Shanghai, reported a grave phenomenon of miscarriage among the women workers due to overwork m factories. The newspaper said that m most Ea§t China factories workers are made to work 11 to 11 hours a
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    AVIATION SCHOOL
    27 3 Plans for a Japanese aviation school and the recruitment of crews for a coastguard "navy were reported by the Kyodo news agency at Tokyo.- Reuter
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    HEROIN CHARGE
    31 3 The Egyptian bosun of a British-owned ship, Miguel de Labringga, faces a US$lOO,--000 heroin smuggling charge m Baltimore. He was held m default of US $15,000 bail A .P.
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    APPEAL TO RUSSIA
    28 3 Brazil and Tour other countries will call upon the United Naticns General Assembly to appeal to Russia to stop blocking a treaty with Austria.- U.P.
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    Brother-in-law was the 'cuckoo in the nest'
    437 3 Broth er-in -la w was the 'cuckoo in the nest LONDON, Friday. WHEN a miner's married sister died, he brought TT his bereaved brother-in-law to stay at his home. But soon the man became, m the words of Judge A. C. Caporn, at Nottingham Divorce Court, a cuckoo m the
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    DRUG LAW UPSETS HK POLICE
    125 3 DRUG LA W UPSETS HK POLICE HONG KONG. Fri. DOLICE assigned to the narcotics squad here are up against a frustrating situation. They have been raiding morphine dives (where mor- phine is smoked but they cannot arrest the smokersseems there's no law against it. This perturbing situation came to light
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    A KING'S GIFT
    28 3 King Feisal of Iraq made a personal gift of US$2,BOO to the Washington Mosque Fund during a week-end visit to the U.S. capital.- A. P.
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    VISIT TO BRITAIN
    25 3 Four Japanese newspaper editors wIK visit Britain m September as guests of the British Government and will stay for two months.— Reuter
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    RKO Studios sued again
    124 3 LOS ANGELES. F THE attorney who repn ed the British film s'.ars, Jean Simmons and Stewart Granger, m their recent drmase £uit against Mr. Hughes and RKO studios has now sued Mr. Hug and others fcr £280,000 libel dam? A complaint by the attorney. Mr. Martin
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    TRADE DEFICIT
    21 3 Australia had a deficit of £(A (576.000.000 biggest In her history— in her balance of payments during 1951-52. Reuter.
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      10 3 AUSTRALIAN CRAYFISH or CRAYTAILS with SALAD make a perfect meal
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      79 3 THE CAPITOL RESTAURANT presents Peter Sorter's NEW CV Floor show: "A LITTLE SPANISH Reservation phone *****-***** TQ W2V* DINNER t^f 4i40 y^\ f 'V^ wt i*_' ALA°CA*TE Jlj^yyy^l No Cower Charge Extension 1 A. M. TWOV DRESS SHOP Next To Whiteaways Tele. 5474 K.L. NOTHING OVER $35.00 Have You Seen
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      35 3 V t r- t vnn KOt- nuc im S 111 DON I kHOW UOW VOu\ Hfl DIDN'T HAVE ANY fgOUglESj VEGV WtLl.DtlZ. IT WtT.) iT^y^ Tvmp °TM£Tic m MAggieo^E with nomw) Q> Jgggf -Jr=ZZl I
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      194 3 Radio SINGAPORE 10 a.m News; 10.05 Matine*; 11 Brass Bands; 1 p.m. Radio Orch.; 1.30 News; 1.48-2 Dick Jargens Orch.; 6.13 Signature <Tune; 6.15 News; 6.35 Reporter Notebook; 6.50 Forces Wfcvourite*; 7.30 Come into the Parlour; Talk; 8.15 Evening Star: 8.30 Friday Prom; 9.30 News; 9.45 D.mr« Music; 10.15 Voices
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    The Singapore Free Press FRIDAY, August 22, 1952. Russia's rulers
    563 4 The Singapore Free Press FRIDAY, August 22, 1952. Russia's rulers THERE will be more speculation about the fling of the national congress of the Russian Communist Party m Moscow, on October 5, than any other event m world politics since the war. The congress from which the ml: .ue is
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    Air warfare without men
    580 4 Air warfare without men DOES THE CHEAP GUIDED MISSILE MEAN THE END OF COSTLY AIR FORCES AS WE KNOW THEM? ASKS WILLIAM COURTENAY THE tiring ot Britain's first guided missiles off the Welsh coast ana the development of the first rocket-engined aircraft suggest that the days of air forces as
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    Tootled' as he Drove
    131 4 Tootled' as he Drove :_IT WAS NO CRIME i A MOTORIST m Britain drove along the road playing a mouth organ. To a policeman who stopped him he said: "I travel long distances for my firm and often play while driving." The police accused the motorist, 20-year-old icecream salesman Terry
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    THE ATOM AGE KLONDIKE
    1274 4  -  RICHARD GREENOUGH First on-the-spot story of by They hunt fortunes with decorum, degrees, and Geiger counters. But the man from England makes his money with a shop URANIUM CITY, Nr Saskatchewan: TJERE. literally at the n back of beyond 500 miles from the nearest proper civilisation,
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    The Man Behind Doenitz Speaks
    479 4  -  FRANK SERGEANT By —on Russia's Submarines HAMBURG: I MET him m the comfortably furnished Director's Office of a 1 00-year-old private bank m this city. As he swivelled round m his chair and faced me it was hard to realise that this scholarly-looking 52-year-old successful
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      21 4 I ENGAGEMENT WFiT RI«GS par 19^ Oh Ycu and Enthrall Her P. H. HENDRY, Manufacturing Jeweller >8 NORTH BRIDGE ROAD SINCAFORE-6
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      40 4 \y 1 and i)ou II wear SIZES 4-10 V^^^l SPORE. buiit from the best leathers, pliable comfortable and durable With special non-slip rubber sole hee' Made m Northampton, England I FINE ENGLISH SHOES M AVAILABLE AT BATA BUILDING, SINGAPORE. B
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    POLLUTED MILK SOLD IN S'PORE
    208 5 oheds must have fresh water Health chief SINGAPORE'S Chief Health Officer, Dr. M. Doraisinsham, told* the Colony Rural Board yesterday that fresh milk sold by many S milkmen was polluted. wJt^J? I 1 pec s2 rs he sa^' recently found a small fish- ikan Puteh"—
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    DENTAL HUTS FOR THREE SCHOOLS
    52 5 DENTAL HUTS FOR THREE SCHOOLS Ntaff Reporter treatment will .ulable to three Sin .ools dental huts. shortly m the mdj at a h. are i Chief Dt told the and s we dcccL atxrae will be h hut .n SincraI i I ck S?n^ H ;olp has bctn ..00l will
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    HINDU FESTIVAL
    14 5 If the S.n- uncil will thurSri Senpie. 19 Bl I 5 pjn.
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    40 FILMS BANNED IN YEAR
    109 5 SINGAPORE Government O last year censored 816 fi;:ns. and banned 40 of them Mr. Jack Evans, the Malayan rUn Censor, told 1 the Free Press yesterday. Of the banned n>ns 32 were from the United States four were Cantonese films' i three Hindustani films and
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    VILLAGERS FORM SELF HELP COUNCIL
    132 5 VILLAGERS FORM SELF HELP COUNCIL PENANG Fr: TO FOSTER the spirit of co-operaiion and selfhelp, a village council has been set up m Tanjong Tokong. four miles from G Town. The draft constitution was adopted at a recent m:eting of villagers a-d has been submitted to the Registrar of Societies.
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    Firm employees vaccinated
    39 5 More than 150 employees of Standard Vacuum Oil Company m Union Building, Singapore, were yesterday vaccinated against smallbox. Vaccinations were carried out by the firm's private doctor. Employees of the firm's branches will bs vaccinated today.
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    SCOUT RALLY
    35 5 BATU PAH AT. Fri. A two-day rally for Johore Scouts will be held on Sept. 5 a t the Victory Camp. Batu Pahat. It is expected tha^ more than 2,000 Scouts will attend.
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    They want aid for Mandarin classes
    184 5 They want aid for Mandarin classes THE Singapore Chinese Schools' Conference will ask the Chinese Chamber of Commerce to urge the Government to continue subsidsing adult classes m Mandarin. The conference wants Mr. Tan Chin Tuan, the Chamber's representative on the Legislative Council, to state the case m the Council.
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    Swamp now rice land
    109 5 Swamp now rice land KUALA LUMPUR. Frl. FIFTY THOUSAND acres of swamp m West Selangor has been transformed into a colony of rich padi land and productive farms, with rice mills, engineering works, schools and mosques. Construction work on the State's most important irrigation project has been gome: on since
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    TALENTIME
    21 5 Chinese Swimming Ciub, Singapore, will hold a talentime for music at the club on Friday. Aug. 29. at 8.00 p.m.
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    Indian Assn. may expand activities
    109 5 TTHE Singapore Indian Association may "interest A itself m the economic and general welfare" of Indians if certain amendments to the constitution are passed by the general meeting on Aug. 31. The amendments have been proposed by the outgoing managing committee. The association at present
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    ANOTHER WEATHER STATION
    80 5 ANOTHER WEATHER STATION CINGAPORE Meteorological i Department will send an officer to Christmas Island next week to instal equipment for a meteorological reporting station on the island. An official of the department told the Free Press yesterday: "We will be able to receive weather reports from that island m a
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    'Teach civics' teachers told
    81 5 KUALA LUMPUR, Fri. T*HE Federation Director of Information Services, Mr. J. N. McHugh, told teachers attending their Union's vacation course on Wednesday, that Malayan schoolchildren must be given civic training. "The youth of today, when leaving school, plunges straight into the stress of life under Emergency
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    Blackout schedule
    74 5 SUBSTATIONS liable to load %hedding tonight are: Sumbaua Rd.. Beach K«l., Odeon Cinema. Alhambra, KatTle s Hotel. Boon Tat St., Aljunied Rd.. Sims Aye Pa>a Lebar Pumps. Sennett Est., McPherson Ad Kirn Chuan Rd., Dunman Rd. Joo t'hiat Place Jalan Yasin. Jalan funds, Cambridge Rd.. Rangoon Rd., Towner
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    POPPY FUND AID FOR 'NEW' SOLDIERS
    158 5 PENANG. Fri. MEN of the new Federation Regiment will be included among the servicemen benefiting from the Poppy Day Fund. Mr H B. Van Praagh. oresident of the Settlement branch of the Ex-Services of Malaya, said rm wpdnosdav at a n ing held to
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    GOVT WORK SON BUILDING PLAN
    253 5 CIXGAPORE Government's building programme is being planned on a long-term basis, it was announced at yesterday's Rural Board meeting. A Beard member who made the announcement said that the Financial Secretary's office had issued circulars to government departments asking for details of buildings requiring priority.
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    69 cases of diphtheria
    53 5 Free Press Staff Reporter SIXTY-NINE cases of diphtheria were reported from Singapore's rural areas during the first seven months of this year. Last month alone there were 10 cases. Also -in July, 51 cases of T.B. were recorded. Ten people suffered from chickenpox. No "dangerous infectious
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    He tells why doctors quit Govt. service
    144 5 Free Press Staff Reporter A few locally-recruited doctors have resigned from the Singapore Medici Service during the past year. Three resigned during the last two months. A senior Asian doctor gave these reasons for the resignations Long hours of work, lack of opportunity
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    More marriages —but fewer under—16 brides
    113 5 More marriages but fewer under— 16 brides Free Press Staff Reporter ItfORE people are getting married m Singapore, figures released by the Registry of Marriages show. Five hundred and fifty-four couples were married from January to June, this year. This is an increase of 29 over the total for the
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    BANK DIVIDEND
    22 5 The Mercantile Bank of India has declared an interim dividend of 6 per cent. less tax payable on Sept. 23.
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    BOARD TO TAKE OVER ISLANDS
    132 5 BOARD TO TAKE OVER ISLANDS Free Press Staff Reporter SINGAPORE Rural Board yesterday decided to amend the Notification creating a Rural Board to include all islands within territorial waters. The Board decided to leave the phrasing cf the amendment to the Attorney-Gen-eral. Under the amended Notification, all Islands of! Singapore,
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    VISIT TO COLEGE
    24 5 KUALA LUMPUR. Fri Mateyan teachers at a refresher course ct Kuala Lumpur spent yesterday at the Agricultural College at Serdang. Selangor.
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    UNION COMPLAINS AGAINST REGISTRAR
    204 5 OINGAPORE Registrar of d Vehicles Workers' Union has protested to the City Council President, Mr. T. P. F. McNeice. against actions taken by the acting Registrar of Vehicles, Mr. B. C. J. Buckeridge. and the former Registrar, Mr. W. A. M. Watts. Mr. Buckeridge is alleged
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    TAKE SEAL PRINCE FOR 1¼M
    733 6 TAKE SEAL PRINCE FOR 1¼M s^or meeting By ALLAN LEWIS QUICKSILVER, British Film, 16 M.M., Ever- green, Temujin, Seal Prince and, if started Payeur, can all be given winning chances m the main race, Cl 3, Div. I— lj nttes, at Kuala Lumpur tomorrow, concluding day of the Selangor Turf
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    C1. 4, Div. 1-6 F.
    24 6 IVHY WORRY, up one di T? with'sib less for his first start win In Div 2. looks to have
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    Horses not accepting
    649 6 BELOW arc the probable scratching^ tor tomorrow Kuala Lumpur races: Red Wolf, Payeur. Temujin. Sturveta. Flag of Peace, Golden Lotus. Lord Dhoti, Gwil y m, Sound Wave, Inspiration, Oomaridiirn, China Town. Mat nee, M%yfair, Nessus, Flame of the Forest, Star Lodes and Devil Diver. Mona's Kuda is
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    GOING IN HERITOR'S FAVOUR
    336 6 yAKING the line that Heritor's form on the Hr.n day was all wrong because o' tae baH track. I expect to see a di.Tprent Heritor tomorrow, with tic stin<? out of the ground With a pound les thin he c\ ried on the first day. he
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    Hurry Up should win this
    195 6 Hurry Up should win this IN a rather weak field for Cl. 4, Div. 3, 6F. Hurry Up appeals most. He missed his first engagement, but is working well enough to win this. He has just dropped from Cl. 3, where his form was fairly good. Jeannette, Demonic, Harrier, Brilliant
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    Tulyar fancied
    77 6 LONDON bookmakers were las' nicht quoting Childe Harold as a 5-1 Joint second favourite with Queen Elizabeths Gay Time for the Doocaitff St. Lefcer. Their move followed Chtlde n»ro'd's success m the Volttgeur Stakes at York on Wednesday. Previrusl the colt was 10-1 third favourite. Tu'.yar remains favourite
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    Malayan tennis tourney draw
    891 6 rjEFENDING champion, K. H. Ip of Hong Kong, Is 17 seeded No. 1 m the Men's Singles of this year's Malayan lawn tennis championships at Penang from Aug. 28 to Sept. 1. The draw is: .Mfc.N s >IM.UL> rop >ci riov k h ip .ovei. Ana&e
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    Day's best bet is— 'Connie'
    198 6 Day's best bet is 'Connie CONSTELLATION looks the best bet of the day m CL 4, Div. 2 6f. He was running over the top of everything else at the finish of the 5 J 2 f. on Wednesday when he was only two lengths and a short head from
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    Cup tie luck was with the Royal Navy XI
    324 6 Cup tie luck was with the Royal Navy XI Royal Navy 1; S.C.C. OOYAL NAVY, fielding a depleted team A lucky to beat a nippy Singapore Crickn XI, by a solitary goal m yesterda\ si,? Amateur F.A. Cup tie, played at lUu Stadium. an ««sar I S.C.C. worried the Navy,
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    Three share swimming honours
    73 6 THRFE swiii 1 dividual h nesday "s Rcyal 4 ance Corns man pool. They were Qti v Weldret No 31 phi--3 E: 33 13 x, z Penman cp: 100 xds frr-vvir; Ho!: 1. Pte. How< backstroke 2. P Medley rela\ Lt. W*»ldrck. 2?0 yds. fre I
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    NON-BENDERS RE-UNION
    138 6 T^ON-BENDER? parti of Mala\. Ktttk Lumpur post-v rricto match ar. Tvo cl flret timi began m 193. South Before th? wsr Hk mttcha were pltjrri beti and tN» war M became a StQfapo* Federation fixture The other change li that tit oe oerided over one d.v as m
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    Gardner's midget tops 200 m.p.h.
    63 6 T. Col. Goldi? 0 racing dr. speed trials at I with 18 record* for I his credit. Thundering along he V. ville salt flats In hi> special Col O rci miles per hour during run one m.p.h short of 203 9 record sc' m 1939
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    U.K. SOCCER BOOM IS OVER
    174 7 U.K. SOCCER BOOM IS OVER 500 players seek jobs LONDON, Friday. jrftftLl l million soccer enthusiasts will i their weekly trek to the football m U ol Knsland and Wales tomorrow Jrten the 1952 M first class Association Footi opens this great annual winter which provides the double attraction of
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    Bebe Grande wins the Gimcrack
    190 7 JACK Gerber's two-year-old filly. -Bebe Grande, led all the way to win the 6 f Girak Stakes yesterday, at of the two-year races. Grande a seven-to-one shot m the books, whipped the Maharanee of Baroda'« hitherto unbeaten colt VShistler by a length and a with
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    EUROPEAN BASEBALL
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    FIVE YEARS TO CHANGE A LAW
    282 7 pOOTBALL is con- tinuous— with 81 countries now officially concerned, there's no end to it. nee. Wales wish to regularise the use of the white ball. They say managers and trainers have been introducing this waterproof, light -weight ball when it i otiti their
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    GLOBETROTTERS TO PLAY v. ALL-S'PORE
    347 7 THE Harlem Globetrot- ten, world Uuring American Negro basketball team, flew into Sin--2£ rc w yesterday alon* Vet NeW York Ccl The tourists, who arc scheduled to pi ay on€ ex bibition match m Kuala Lumpur and four m Singapore, were late m arrival owing
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    S'PORE FIRST IN EMPIRE SHOOTS
    47 7 Two Singapore teams won Empire rifle and revolver shoot championships held recently. An S.R.A. team won the Empire (Day Challenge Shield trifles) and the Lord Wakefleld silver medais. Another team, comprising four airmen, won the Lynch- Staun ton Challenge Cup for revolvers.
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    BEN HOGAN QUITS
    33 7 Ben Hogan. the golfer, says It is "extremely doubtful" that ne Till take part m any more bigtmi3 gold. He is said to feel he is past his best A.P.
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    1954 Games 'a link'
    132 7 1954 Games 'a link A message of good wishes for the success of the 1954 Empire Games has been sent by Mr Winston Churchill to Stanley W. Smith of Vancouver, general chairman of the organising committee. Mr. Smith, who attended the Olympic Games m Helsinki, left London today for Vancouver,
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    Good start by Aussie stars
    70 7 BROOKUNE. (Mass). W.rt.— Prank Sedgman and Ken McGregor of Australia launched *ne •ice of their DS. nation il t.tles by defeating Edward Sheer and Peter Sherwood 6-0. 6-0, 7-5 m a second round wiatc.n hre day. cond round match here yesterday. Maureen Connolly, American Wimbledom
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    Indian batsmen in lifeless mood
    366 7 TNDIA seemed m danger of their second County defeat of the tour at the end of the second day of their match at Hove, when they were 157 runs lhead of Sussex. The County reached 220 resterday to gain a lead of 34 >ver their
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    SCA senior tourney averages
    319 7 BOWLING (15 wickets and more) O. M. R. W. Aye. i £ng Cheng 191 62 409 48 8.52 Colling 223 71 487 50 9.74 Davonport 207 54 485 48 10.14 Midglev 158 30 416 41 10.15 DeKret&er 194 55 409 39 10.49 Madari 65 4 158
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    FINAL S.C.A. LGE TABLES
    96 7 rPHIS is how the senior tourna- ment teams finished m their sectional championships m 1952: RAF 8 3 4 1 72 Chinese 8 2 1 3 2 56 SRC 8 3 2 1 2 52 Indians 8 2 4 1 1 36 Navy 8 3 1
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    HAMMER CHAMP EMIGRATES
    50 7 DUNCAN Clark. 37-year-old British hammer throw champion has resigned from the Royal Ulster Constabulary :o emigre c to New Zealand. Clark who took part m the Olympic Games m Helsi 'ki and London won the hammer chamDionshin m the 1950 Empire Games m New Zealand. Reuter •vjM>-l
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    DAVIES CUP
    39 7 The third annual soccr :r/' ii for the cup presented by Mr. Nensen Davies will be played between the Indian Youngsters Sports Club and S letar Vilte at the Clerical Union ground on Saturday at 5.15 p.m.
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    BARNES BRINGS LIBEL CLAIM
    199 7 DICTATION by the Marylebone Cricket Club—supreme body of British Test cricket— was suggested m a Sydney court yesterday as the probable reason for the \uf ralian Board of Control's tion of Sid Barnes after selectors had chosen him for Australia. The suggest 'on was made b?
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    FIGHTING CENTURY BY BROWN SAVES NORTHANTS
    648 7 FIGHTING CENTURY BY BROWN SAVES NORTHANTS pREDDIE BROWN, 41-year-old former England Test cricket captain, played a grand fighting innings to save Northamptonshire from the danger of cheaj dismissal m their home county championship match against Glamorgan yesterday. Coming m when his side had lost five wickets for 80, Brown hit
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    H.K. INVITES AUSSIES
    94 7 T HE Hong Kong Cricket dub has invited an Australian m visit the Colony for four liuiliriat test matches beginn■f next October. The players invited are \V. J. O'Reffly, Arthur Morris, Ray Lindwall, Don Tallon, Colin McCool, A. Waller, A. Davidson. R. Benaud. R. Flockton, J. De
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    Today's Sport
    54 7 MKCEB 1)1 V. 1: PuUu Brani v Kola Raja at Jalan Briar I»IV. 2:— Star SoccerH«« v. P M.W 1.. at Gef-amg. BISISIS> HOI SES: Sim*- Oarbv OTf'C". at I A N; V. B«k«in harU-rcd Bank, at 1*I( Man rirlsbattk v Hoiukonj; Bank al Farrer Park. CRICKET ■'iiiiu
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    'BOXER'S JOB IS TOUGH—GRAHAM
    220 7 'BOXER'S JOB IS TOUGH— GRAHAM AT the age of 30, and after 113 professional lights, Irish Billy Graham is willing to admit it's hard work being a boxer. "I always liked to fight and can remember when I'd rather fight than eat," he said. "Bui now it's just plain hard
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    MALAY TEAM v. JOHORE CHINESE
    71 7 The team to represent Singapore Malays against Johore Chinese m a friendly soccer match to be played at the Jalan Besar Stadium at 5.15 p.m tomorrow will be chosen from the following: O«man Angullia. Arshad Jafiar. Johan, Hassan, Ali Samijaa. Rahman «Jr.l. Rashid Gitnan. Aman,
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    TAMILS DRAW v. CHINESE
    42 7 Tamil BA md Chinfse Athecic "A" drew 3-3 m a SAFA Div. 2 match at Geylang stadium yesterday. S. Chandra, Govinda^my md Pau] Dav? s scored for T;r Hern Soo, Ah Seng end sarrjy (own |oal) pot c.A
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    Jap swimmers trail French
    145 7 CRANCE won the first three 1 events m the Franee-Ja swimming match at Marseilles last night. tfesufts were: 100 sm. freestyle— l Atex Jany France. 57.i sees J Tani***^ Japan 3. Goto. Japan. 4#« m. freestylr I Jean Roiteux. Prance. 4 mins 41 1 Furuhashi Japan.
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    STURGESS v. PATTY FINAL
    59 7 "7UDGE Patty of Los Angeles, *J thr 1950 Wimbledon t< inpion and Eric BUugcafc, South Africa's No. 1, move, to the final round pettera England Tfennjs champion :n the semi-final Jatkson. Cupper. 7-5. C-2. malnl) by sruperb volley.' nnd acru' i pleci i which i no
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    BIRTHS
    19 8 niCKSON: To Barbara, wife WE. M. Dickson, on 20th August. at 38, Spottiswoode Park, a daughter, Diana Bridget.
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    DEATH
    17 8 NEWS has been received cf the •udden and untimely death m Australia of Mr. KM. Engelmann.
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    FUNERAL
    38 8 THE FUNERAL OF MRS CHEONO CHIN NAM who passed away peacefully on 17.8 1952 will take place on Monday 25.8.1952. The cortege will leave 24 Upper Cross Street for the Peck Shan Teng Cemetery at 9.00 ajn.
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    ACKNOWLEDGMENT
    24 8 THE FAMILY of the late Mr. Wong Peng Kin thank friends and es who sent wreaths an^i lent cars during their rw bereavement
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    'TOO MUCH FUSS' SAYS MARGARET IN HELSINKI
    407 8 'TOO MUCH FUSS SAYS MARGARET IN HELSINKI Miss Truman's bodyguards slink off ship HELSINKI, Friday. MISS MARGARET TRUMAN arrived m Helsinki from Sweden yesterday and said the incident over the actions of her three secret service bodyguards m Stockholm "was made a bigger matter than it was worth." The U.S.
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    GOVT. WIN
    26 8 A buc: amendment h would have amounted o a vote of censure on the rnment was defeated B if Representat) A Canberra, yesterday. Reuter-AAP
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    Burma watches her borders
    57 8 Burma has taken proper security measures to prevent infiltration from China, a Government spokesman told Parliament m Rangoon yesterday. Replying to a question, the spokesman said that out of 447 Chinese from the Chinese mainland who illegally crossed into Burma during the past three years, 320
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    LEADER FAILS
    53 8 Mr. L. A. Donker, Parliamentary leader of the Dutch j i Labour Party, yesterday told Queen Juliana he had failed to form a cabinet to end the i country's eight week old cabinet crisis. The Queen is due to open the new Parliament at The Hague on Sspt-
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    PROMISING SINGAPORE VIOLINISTS
    145 8 PROMISING SINGAPORE VIOLINISTS pUPILS of Dirk Kalf last night raised over $1,000 for the Girls Home Building Fund with their violin recital at the Victoria Hall and their performance surprised and enheartened those who hopes of Malayan selfsufficiency m music. Outstanding was Leroy Peterson iblished himself as a performer of
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    Church 'No' to Eden
    72 8 LONDON. Fri. THE Recorder, a weekly Const rvativp newspaper, slid yesterday the Archbishop of Canterbury. Dr. (itotTrey Fisher, refused to let Mr. Anthony Fden and .Miss Clarbvsa Spencer Churchill be married m an An til lean church. The Foreign Sccrtt.irv u.i> the innocent party m a
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    Violence is feared from Africa 'spivs'
    199 8 NAIROBI. Fn. THE Kenya Government, fearing unlawful assemblies and organised intimidation by threats of violence," has placed the Nyeri district and Nanuyuki location of North Kenya under curfew. Th« order came as a wave of crime swept the colony and 'P^tty cr( being round
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    HE RULED PARTY FROM SICK BED
    191 8 Dr. Schumacher is dead BONN, Friday. T4IE death on Wednesday of Dr. Kurt Schumacher 56-year-old leader of the opposition West German Social Democrats, is a severe loss to his party. For many Germans the one-armed. one-legged politician was the personification of German social democracy.
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    NUMBER WILL BE LIMITED
    46 8 Scientists and military men from most Commonwealth I Australia. witch Britain s ccming atom bomb test& The number of scientists. however, will be limited to those whose work brings them Into direct contact with' atomic weapon developments says a London report. A.P.
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    COLLEEN PREFERRED COWS TO AN ARDENT ROMEO
    94 8 SHANNON. Ireland, Fri. FRANK Hayostak sadly bade farewell to Ireland terday, blaming cows and people for ruining his Lnce with a pretty Irish milkmaid. Frank, a 27-year-old steelworker, said that Breda O'Sullivan, who found his note In a bottle washed ashore n years
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    Reds use UN money to boost cause
    196 8 Reds use UN money to boost cause TOKYO, Fri. FLOURISHING Com- muhist blackmarketeering is taking £1,000,000 annually from United Nations servicemen to help finance Red activities throughout the world, it was stated here yesterday. UJS. military authorities and Japanese police have arrested some American servicemen and 73 Japanese, Chinese and
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    The mess became a muddle
    130 8 The mess became a muddle MOREC AMBE. Fri. NORMAN Edmondson stood proudly surIng the glittering illuminations of this rite w^st coast holiday resort. ha a Conservative. Mr. I wa iciest o. a sign Hashing above the local Conservative Party headquarters reading: "Conservatives are sweeping op n or Socialist met Suddenly
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