The Singapore Free Press, 28 August 1952

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    18 1 The Singapore Free Press LARGEST AFTERNOON SALE IN MALAYA 18.482. SINGAPORE, THURSDAY, AUGUST 28, 1952. PRICE FIFTEEN CENTS
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    EGYPT PREMIER TO QUIT
    406 1 Row with Neguib over purge and reforms CAIRO, Thursday. fHE Egyptian Prime Minister, Aly Maher, has threatened to resign over the question of land reform. A cleavage between Aly Maher and Gen Neguib. Egypt's strong man and leader of the ccup which ousted King Farouk, on
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    Colony not to issue notice on blackmail
    95 1 Colony not to issue notice on blackmail c Press Staff Reporter Tpore Government r KIM S>uing a the people assurthat it will not liackmailed by I tnstmni death tiding Commune Migh Commissioner for Federation. Gen. Sir Tempter, yesterday eh a notice which >unt to an amnne who had been belp
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    Woman hurt in crash
    14 1 I Reporter ved Dep Kepnel Ro i sent to .^nd
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    White supremacy champion loses
    18 1 White supremacy champion loses cong: brans' Repre"the iltc sups< o« his of Jackson. 3 ci?ftst6d by Aoer- A.P.
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    KASHMIR SECRET
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    HE CONFESSED IN RHYME
    156 1 IMS IS A MAN who believed m wholesale murder. Tore Hedin. a Swedish ex-policeman, butchered his fiance, Ulla Oestberg, with a hatchet because she ended their engagement, set fire to an old folks' home at which Ulla worked and burned to death five aged j>eoples then
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    And now— an even faster Canberra
    164 1 And now an even faster Canberra LONDON, Thurs.^ BRITAIN has a Canberra jet bomber, which is faster than the one which set Tuesday's two-way transAtlantic record. The latest edition of the Royal Air Force's journal said a No. 1 medium bomber will be unveiled next week at Farnborough air show,
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    HIS WRITING WAS FINEST
    54 1 picture MR. L1M WOON PING. first prize winner of last night's calligraphy contest organised by the China Society. Singapore, at the Chinese Swimming Club, writing as members and guests crowd round to watch. The contest was part of celebrations commemorating the birthday of the great Chinese
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    Trieste peace is urged
    35 1 LONDON, Thurs. THE United States. Britain and France have formally urged Italy and Yugoslavia to get together soon for a final settlement of their differences over Trieste, informed sources said yesterday.
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    MEDALS IN KOREA
    48 1 Britain's military chief m Korea, Maj. Gen. A. J. H. Cassels, yesterday pinned medal ribbons on 37 officers and men of the Commonwealth Brigade, says A.P. Gen. Cassels .is due to leavt? shortly for Germany where he will take command of the British First Corps.
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    FREEDOM FLIGHTS
    34 1 The three Allied air lines operating m Berlin announced yesterday they will fly refugees from the Communist East Zone out of Berlin to the West at fares reduced by one- third. Reuter
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    INTEREST IN MARS
    80 1 Soviet scientists will build an observatory m the heart of Asia to study plant life m Mars. Moscow Radio said yesterday. U.P. Dr. Victor Purcell, whose fact-finding mission m Malaya has become the subject of controversy, poses for a picture at a cocktail party given for him
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    'Sack Acheson' they urge
    62 1 NEW YORK. Thurs. rE American Legion Convention yesterday adopted a resolution demanding the dismissal of the Secretary of State Mr Dean Acheson. and "those m his department found wanting m the proper activation of their duty to their country." Adopted overwhelmingly by a voice vote, the
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    HE'LL JUMP INTO SEINE
    48 1 Mr Benard MacFadden. 84-year-old U.S. publisher and physical culture enthusiast, arrived m Paris yesterday to make a parachute leap into the Seine river. Mr MacFadden said. I like to jump to celebrate my birthdays and to show that I am still a young guy.
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    EFFORT WAS WASTED
    42 1 Customs officials say an Air France steward, arrested m New York on a charge of failing to declare seven platinum bars, valued at $7,000. had no reason to try to hid? the metal. There is no duty on p:
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    Stevenson defends Gen. Marshall
    272 1 REFUGE OF SCOUNDRELS' NEW YORK, Thursday. GOVERNOR Adlai Stevenson, Democratic presi- dential nominee, yesterday accused attackers of General George C. Marshall of hiding under a of scoundrels". Mr. Stevenson, speaking before the American Legion convention, did not use any names, but he left no doubt one
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    DANCER SPIED FOR RUSSIAN BOY FRIEND
    93 1 MUNICH, GERMANY, Thurs. A PRETTY German dancer was gaoled for four years here yesterday for attempting to spy for her Russian army officer boy friend. A United States High Commission court ordered the sentence on Ursula Hesselbarth, 23. She admitted she had known the
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    Last hope for killer
    51 1 John Thomas Straffen, aged 22, found guilty of killing a child, will be executed at Wandsworth prison on Thursday morning, September 4. Straffen's only hope of escaping the gallows now is that the Home Secretary, Sir David Maxwell-Fyfe, may use his power to recommend a reprieve.
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    Appeal to workers
    60 1 Appeal to workers WASHINGTON, Thurs. PRESIDENT Truman yesterday called on American workers to safeguard national security "by building strong defences at home and by working with other nations to keep peace m the world." The President said the record of the country's 16,000,000 workers organised m tradf unions was a
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    POWER THIEF
    57 1 A GENERATOR, worth $7,000, was stolen yesterday from the wooden platform erected over the wreck of the Kmpress Asia near the Southern Shores' Lighthouse n Singapore. The generator was placed there by the International Salvage Association It was last seen on Auz. 20 and no check was made
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    Violence in Kenya
    86 1 NAiKUBi, Tnurs. MR. Michael Blundleader of the European elected members of the Kenya Legislative Cour yesterday empre,ssed "increasing concern* at the lack of law and order m certain parts of the colony. Mr. Blundell said: "Many innocent Africans with great foodwlO towards the Govern- 1 ment are
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    Eden back at his desk
    53 1 LONDON. Thurs. rF Foreign ;ary. Mr. Ai:ih from 1 rtuj ymoon relay and •it to work at gn Office. He was at his desk less than two hour r landing at London Alrp irt with his bride of two weeks, the former Clarissa Spen Churchtt,
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    Japs plan to try more U.N. men
    186 1 Japs plan to try more U.N. men TOKYO, Thurs IT APPEARED today that the recent trial m Kobe of two British sailors on charges of robbery may be only the first m a series of Japanese court trials of U.N. servicemen. Procurator General Tosuke Sato, chief government prosecutor m Japan,
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    STEEL SUPPLIES
    30 1 The U.S. Defence Production Administrator. Mr. Harry Fowler, said yesterday that the nations steel supplies will return to pre-strike levels during the first three months of 1953. U.P.
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    George V: a Good and Wise King
    1373 2 Hozc much Britain owes to King George is made clear m an official biography of his public life prepared by Mr. Harold Nicolson TF Queen Victoria hac had her way Mr Harold Nicolson's KINC GEORGE V: His Life and Reign (Constable' would have
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    ROYAL REBUKES
    236 2 LING GEORGE V rv i% rebuked his Pr: Ministers m writing. Ahin 1912 after v King had got to hear about a Commons uproar m v'lich the Speaker twice adjoi ed the debate and once threatened to resign and m which a Tory MP. threw a Liberal Minister
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    HOW THE 'RED' DEAN GOT HIS JOB
    192 2 HOW THE 'RED' DEAN GOT HIS JOB WHO first set the Red TT Dean of Canterbury, Dr. Hewlett Johnson, on the road to high office m the Church? Mr Ramsay Mac Donald has usually been given the responsibility. He was Prime Minister m 1924 when Dr. Johnson after 16 years
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    Coronation, 'a terrible ordeal'
    347 2 Coronation, 'a terrible ordeal' WHAT are Hie though* of flic Sovereign on Coronation Day? An extract from the 1911 diary of King George V, m a book just published gives an answer which is a part of history and, possibly, an insight into Hie mind of Queen Elizabeth on her
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    Sea brought wealth —and leisure
    513 2 MARGARET SHIPLEY MEETS TWO AUTHORS OF BEST-SELLERS ABOUT THE SEA. TWO youne: men went to sea, but not to seek a fortune. Yet to both, still young, the sea has paid golden dividends. Both have written best-selling novels :ibout the sea which have made them
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    otrachey writes a novel
    94 2 otrachey writes a novel ■pOR an ordinar 1 ber of ri. classes thing pa. rary the s1 politici. st- i son. anc who: often as Bli THF FRO? nov« then heic < reason.* FR the boo*, c story of how a yo down c es m I how he marescues
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      148 2 New Crossword No. 752 H'° I" CLUES ACSOSS 1. They shcuhl be put li:to ashes (6, s>. 7. A simple pk (3). 3. Play with the elemenus (7). 9. Scottish burgh Includes space for putting (8). 12. 6he rubs one up the right way (t>*. 15. one needs Al blood
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      50 2 Solution to Crossword No. 751 YESTERDAY'S SOLITIOX. Across: 1, Nonchalance. 7, Toll- j ing. 8. Use. 9. Orawer. 10. Pity 12, Code. 13, Riches. 16, Ado. 17, Raiment. 18. God daughier. Down: 1. Noted. 2. Null ar.d void 3. Hailed 4. Logs. 5. Nourishment, j 6 E uviv. 11. R.
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    22 nurses in mass suicide to escape violation
    468 3 22 nurses in mass suicide to escape violation rpVENTY-TWO young Japanese Arm^ Curses inmitted mass suicide m 1946 to save them--9 from rape at the hands of Soviet Army otlicers. The story was told by Mrs. Kimiko Hori ;2. a former lieutenant m the Imperial JapanNurse Corps. She and two
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    39 3 picture. THE BEVERLEY SISTERS, .an American vaudeville act, arrived m London wearing pearl caps and striped blouses to appear with Bob Hope at the London Palladium. The singing trio, from left to right, are Teddy, Joy and Babs.- Reuter
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    His mother was amused
    37 3 Mrs. Angelo Longo of New York said that she more amused than indignant when her son, Robert received an army draft card from a nearby selective service board. Bobby is only 19-mnnth-old. U.P.
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    33 3 photo. A TALENT scout saw 24--y ear- old Gill Lam Lynne dance at the London Palladium, and offered her a part opposite Enrol Flynn m a n*w film, "The Master of Ballantrae.' Reuter
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    TIME OUT FOR LAUGHS
    34 3 Fltß ANGELI finds Gene Kelly's good humour infectious as they read dialogue together. The two stars hav e just completed "The Devil Makes Three" which M.G.M. filmed at Bavaria, Germany.
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    U.S. ARMS JAPS
    43 3 The Heading Tokyo newspaper, Asahifl has reported that United States security forces have agreed to hand over shortly at least flvs 20- ton tanks and about ten 105 and 155 millimetre artillery pieces to the Japanese national police reserve.— Reuter
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    FANS GASP AS FISH 'SWIM' IN CINEMA
    180 3 FANS GASP AS FISH 'SWIM' IN CINEMA MOSCOW, Thurs. THE stereoscopic cinema continues to attract :>acked houses m Moscow. It is so fascinating, many people :cme back again and again to cc it. Work has been going on a ;ong time m the USSR on stereoscopic films. Semyon Ivanov, son
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    THE MAN WHO JUST WANTED FREEDOM
    330 3 THE MAN WHO JUST WANTED FREEDOM LONDON, Thurs. AT 50 Karri Firt, creep- 1 ing to freedom overj the Czech border, wasj shot m the head by a Russian sentry. Yet he got away. He reached England and was grateful —"I would always be willing to give my life for
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    38 INJURED IN KOJE CLASH
    37 3 Thirty -eight Communist war prisoners and Allied 1 guards were wounded on Koje Island on Aug. 11 m a clash between guards and a i "hard core" of Red agita--1 tors. U.P.
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    U.K. ARMED FORCES
    21 3 U. K. ARMED FORCES Br; _i.ri n active armed on June 30 last num--872,100. the Defence v has announced m Reuter
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    BUCKLEY
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    Ex-queen's shorts are big headache to her mother
    126 3 Ex-queen's shorts are big headache to her mother ALEXANDRIA, Thursday. 4 SSILA Sadek, ex-Queen NarrimanV mother, has written to her daughter, now In Capri with ex-King Farouk, saying: "In some photooraph I have seen you are wearing shorts and this has caused criticism here. This is contrary to our Muslim
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    Drunkenness blamed for delayed U.S. air bases
    217 3 Drunkenness blamed for delayed U.S. air bases WASHINGTON. Thurs. PENTAGON officials are studying a sc rchtng Senate report charging seme top military men with "confus delay, indecision and wain the rush construe U.S. air bases m North Afr'ra. Topping a long lisi of conclusions and recorrmendatiuns was a direc; Secretary
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    Vaccine for polio—maybe
    66 3 Vaccine for polio maybe MELBOURNE, Thurs. IT is highly probable that within 20 years there will be a vaccine against poliomyelitis as that against diphtheria, Sir MacFarlane Burnet, the authority on viruses, told the Australian Medical Congress. Sir MacFarlane, head of Melbourne's Walter and Eliza Hall Research Institute, said the
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    WAR VETERANS
    28 3 The Veterans Administration reported m Washington that the number of veterans with service since the start of the Korean war reached 1,021.000 on July 31. A.P.
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    VANISHED MEN
    36 3 The United Nations special commission on prisoners-of-war has opened its third session at Geneva to continue hitherto fruitless efforts to trace hundreds of thousands ot men who vanished, neanly all m Russian-held areas.- Reuter
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    LANZA SUSPENDED
    27 3 The MGM studio has indefinitely suspended singing star Mario Lanza for failure to report for the start of a new film, "The Student Prince." A.P.
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    PLANE CRASH
    33 3 All 18 passengers aboard a Royal Pakistan Air Force plane including high officials of the Pakistan Army and Police were believed killed when it crashed near Jhelum m the Punjab. Reuter
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    HIMALAYAN SURVEY
    28 3 The Indian Government will shortly make a survey of the Himalayan mountain range to determine the exact height of Mount Everest, the world's highest peak.- U.P.
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    Bridge Hand
    216 3 |ME Of th' en the :rus- m DMHtt I down se, er a leid clubs and a < Ub fine*h.md. or i hear I finises, v lost the coitri.r. HI le none of these pi Bd a l'>v. fa trom dv If Eas 1 had play d the
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    FLOOD IN MANILA
    24 3 Surging flood waters, which ran waist-deep through large sections of Manila, on Tuesday left nine persons >ad and four missing. U.P.
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      20 3 r r ,ru.r4^lfNO^ YQO-gfc NOT TQj^ wei.L 6eCAUsL I MEW DfcfcPllir* ALL TUt KA6«r -I THINK, N(J t^u +iji**& Si
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      280 3 YOUR LUCKY STAR ,»ORN today, you have a restlessness of spirit which may bring you considerable discontent unless you learn to understand your own self early m life. You are an idealist, a perfectionist, and want nothing but the very best that life has to offer. If you don't find
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      176 3 9.45 Guest Artist; 10 Music for Dancmf?: 10.30 News: 10.45 11 Light Music B*o*C> 5.25 pjn. Programme Summary; 5.30 The Casino Orch —Conducted by Reginald Kilbey. 5 Mid -Week Talk— 'The British Housewile,' by Field-Marshal Sir W.iham Sim: 6.15 Sports Round-Up: 6.30 Tne News News Talk; 6.45 Interlude; 6.50 From
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      No long leave
      656 4 No long leave 4 CANBERRA iern Ireland be At to id and n hours 59 minu: T. rew brea M tney a oS 1 .md hour, it *as still a- hen they A i the 100-knot wind than for the A feature of life of Europe r four years— :>
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    GERMANS: ALL IN THEIR FAVOUR
    305 4 4S the Mdc cf Euro- Dean events runs m their favour the Germans themselves are becoming increasing y stubborn m their demands In order to gain a dominant voice m the European Army, thp Germans are offering the secrets of superior German weapons and an
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    DEFIANT MEN
    420 4 of SOUTH AFRICA could pay a tine but they take martyrdom m gaol move cattle as directed to prevent exhaustion of pastures. 3 SUPPRESSION OF COM- MUNISM. This gives the M. nister of Justice mow Mr. Charles Swart) power 10 name any person as a ComBy ARTHUR MAPLETON
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    Charity Begins in the Stately Homes of England
    1083 4 Owners of nations showplaces get tax-free living, says John Waterman AT ELY as dowagerc long past their prime, stately as Elizabethan courtiers stanci the Stately Homes of England m the quiet valleys and parks of the land. Even m this 1952 age
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    SEARCH in the ARCTIC
    201 4 U NUk Corr>»n j. r Simpson. 2«i I Land of Ice 1 i$ COI scientific c r > ever q<. i off at Dcp' I slipped tSroug fhc I to the open > tart a pM| nr I heroi: adventutc of ttic new Ehxaberhan Age. Expeditions
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    RAISE NURSES' PAY SAYS MRS. EU
    128 5 'It will help to attract more recruits 9 Free Press Staff Reporter ]y|RS. Robert Eu, Singapore City Councillor, yesterday urged the Government to offer nurses about the same salary scheme as offered to teachers. This would help to get more recruits to the profession,
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    S1 m. POLICE SCHOOL READY SOON
    182 5 S 1 m. POLICE SCHOOL READY SOON IPOH, Thurs. THE Ptxak Police Contingent's residential retraining school for special constables, a $1,000,000 topi priority job, will soon be ready for use. i The largest of its kind m the Federation, it is m line with General Sir Gerald Templers programme for
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    NO GOVT LAND FOR TB HOME
    143 5 Free Press Staff Reporter Government might not be able to give land for a tuberculosis home because of the scarcity of Crown land m the Colony, the Acting I Secretary for Chinese Affairs, Mr. C. W. Lyl-, told a meeting of the Working Committee
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    Don't send P.C.s with landlords, they plead
    72 5 ftotc Press Staff Reporter SINGAPORE A t t a pi Dwellers' Association has asked the Commisler of Police not to allow policemen to ac-j landlords when go to demolish hon. :ation said that c ions police I by when landlords homes pigstyes. ns
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    Thief leads search
    85 5 KUANTAN Thurs CHEW SENG CHOO, a coffee-shop assistant, was i $400 at Kuantan for a camera belonging ls Lee. Lee and four others went be coffee -shop for a drink Mia was hung on they left they c camera, turned for it. bat a man hv :en
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    CIRCUS AT KLANG
    18 5 ING, Thurs.— The Tai X:"a open a season at KJane opposite Capitol, for atocut two
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    Blackout schedule
    114 5 SUBSTATIONS liable to load shedding tonight are: Rangoon Kd.. Towner Rd.. Seranfon Kd., Scnnctt L>t Kolam Aycv, M.Phroon Kd.. Kin Chuan Kd.. Bomndary Rd.. Horrncr Rd.. I pprr vnnioon Yio Chu Kaac Kd.. Govt Printing Wks Woodeifh Pk., BrsddeJ Heights. Arthur Kd > pocr Swimminc Cub. Jg. Rbu.
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    Racial harmony our aim—UMNO
    141 5 Racial harmony our aim— UMNO IPOH, Thursday. UMNO always has the harmony of the country as V one of its main objects, says a statement issued by the Executive Committee of the Perak brancn yesterday. 4 The Perak branch considers," adds the statement, 14 that a probe into the conditions
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    65 5 MR L ELION (right) managing director of Oy cr se^ Traders Ltd., receives a gift jkmated by the from the firm's manager, Mr. Th. Mathod, at a »"weii dinner given at the Tai Tong Restaurant. Happy World, on Tuesday. Mr. Elion will leave Singapore next Monday for Britain via Europe
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    NEW SUB-AGENT
    31 5 MUAR. Thurs.— Mr. DA. Cu-Jiming has taken over the duties of sub-agent of the Hongkong and Shanghai Bank Muar. from Mr. G. G. FaLston, who has gone on leave.
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    This aid is without obligation
    181 5 This aid is without obligation Free Press Staff Reporter JJOLDERS of Singapore Government bursaries to the University of Malaya are not obliged to work m Singapore after completing their studies, Mr. H. D. Lewis, j Assistant Registrar at the University, said yesterday. Fifteen bursaries will be j awarded each year
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    Offered $5 to corporal
    66 5 MALACCA. Thurs. KWAN KWANG HWA, 19, of of Seremban. was sentenced to one day's gaol and fined $500 at Masjid Tanah Court yesterday for offering a police corporal $5 as a bribe. Kwan was alleged to have given the money to the corporal with a request
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    PIG FARMERS WILL GET STUD AID
    169 5 KUALA LUMPUR, Thurs. PIG stud centres are being set up m eight new villages m Malacca to help pig fanners. The Pulau Gadong stud farm opened m 1939, to raise a stock of pure bred midcV white pigs, to be used Tor improvmg local
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    66 5 MRS. JOSEPHINE ESTHEK MARTIN, a Singapore schoolteacher, and her 11 -year-old son, Michael, who are leaving tomorrow on the' Will? m Ruys for Britain to study Mrs. Martin, also a gunner m the Singapore Women's Auxiliary Corps, is on a three -year scholarship to study physical training. While m Britain
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    Power station to be air-conditioned
    117 5 SINGAPORE'S new power station at Pasir Panjang will be partly air-conditioned at a cost of over 5'i56,000. I The plant, however, will not be delivered until next year and will be installed only after the new station has begun to supply the city with electricity,
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    24 5 MISS JUNE Merton. Burmese fan dancer, who will fivp two items at the dance recital at th*> Victoria Theatre, Singapore, tomorrow at 8.30 p.m.
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    Price of 'free' rice goes up
    149 5 Price of 'free' rice goes up Free Press Staff Reporter OEVERAL Singapore dealers yeste: six days after Government announced its tention to raise the nrice of rationed rice from Sept. 1. increased t! price of market rico Dealers m town quoted between 54 and 57 centjs for a kati of
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    'New arrival' had no card
    45 5 TAIPING Thurs. M. P. Karappusamy, 25, pleaded guilty before the Taiping Magistrate to failing to obtain an identity card. He said he wag a new arrival from India, j Sentence was deferred to Sept. 16, bail of $300 being allowed.
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    Guide book ready
    106 5 PENANG. Thurs. SEVERAL designs for a Municipal coat of prepared by the M Architect will be subir. councillors for consic 1 :ion at their monthly meeting tomorrow. They will also receive a. copy of the illustrated guide to Penang, which has b printed m Enpland The guide,
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    Delegates Mill be entertained
    109 5 Delegates Mill be entertained PENANG. Thur* of the Penang centre of the World Fellowship of Buddhists will entertain Fed* ration delegates to the World Conlerence of Buddhists m Japan to a farewell dinner at the Penang Buddhist Institute tomorrow at 6 p.m. JOUNNY JOHNSON, the Singapore artist, who is one
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    Actor turned Playwright
    42 6 Actor Raymond Massey, who has turned playwright with Sir Godfrey Tearle, who takes the title role m his play The Hanging Judge", m London. "The Hanging Judgre" will open m Manchester this month. It is produced by Michael Powell.
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    Dr.F^^A is counting Ca- ,*' \ pistachios \ . 3no pomegranates From THOMAS CLAYTON
    454 6 Dr.F^^A is counting Ca- pistachios 3no pomegranates From THOMAS CLAYTON BAGHDAD. 4 MERRY, rotund man from Kensington is Kurdistan by mule, and came) *n rch of- -statistics He la Dr. K. G. Fenelon. and ie is spend 20 dv questioni".^ this era a m ksl roadless, Iraqi territory on the
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    THERE'S NO CRIME IN THIS HAPPY FAMILY
    489 6  - THERE'S NO CRIME IN THIS HAPPY FAMILY Irving C. Wynot By HALIFAX. Nova Scotia: HAVE ]ust returned from a visit to the nearest approach to Utopia on this side of the Atlantic Thi? paradise is West Pubnico. a picturesque settlement of French Canadians on Nova Scotia's western snore. It if
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    Japs to Light a Mountain
    242 6 Japs to Light a Mountain ILLUMINATED mounx taineering is the latest thing m oddr m Japan. A huefloodlight has tx built on the top Mouir Fuji to Illuminate the summit of the graceful peak thro: the summer nights of the official climbing season, and on cloud: nights the floodlit cone
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    Stalin's 'City of Damned'
    522 6 ...where Allied deserters to the East languish m slavery TN the south-east tip of Russia's Red Zoro of Germany lies the sinister town of Bautzen. This is Communism's 'Devil's Island" where i.he Russians have banded together all deserters from the Western armies. Since the first whispers
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    ARSENAL BEAT LEAGUE CHAMPIONS
    367 7  - ARSENAL BEAT LEAGUE CHAMPIONS JIM CHAMBERS Odd goal downs Manchester U. By L\(,LISH and Scottish football clubs ran through a heavy card on Tuesday, the fans having almost as many games to watch as on a normal Saturday afternoon. irly 60,000 of them filled out the spacious Kbury Stadium in
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    172 7 rooTBALL results: URST DIVISION \r*enal 2 Manchester I I, irlton 2 Portsmouth 2. Chel%em 1 Derby 1. Liverpool 1 Sheffield Wedn." t. Manchester City 0 Toiirnham 1. Mtddlesbroufh 3 Jiff t. West Rromwich 1 Newr Nt(OM) DIVISION P irnsley Notts F. 2. Bory 2 !>onoaHter Swansea 3 HuddcrsfleM t
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    Chasing the Heavy title...
    83 7 BELGIAN heavyweight rCare; Sys Mas been signed up to fight Germany's Conny Rux In Berlin The fight Is scheduled ior Sept 7 In Berlin's WaWlbuehna open air stadium. R i European Hghtheavvnei*.' champion when he uefea'ed champioo Wllli here on July 26 Berlin sports regard the
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    BACK IN S'PORE
    40 7 %!R 808 NORTON, S.R.A n*s returned with -r leave m the United Norton will take over duties as hand at the forthcoinOold Cup meeting at Bukit Tlmab. During his absence. Mr L. F KniKht acted as handicapper
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    WALKOVER
    26 7 d Storage B" were given a n from I Cl when they m up for their S.n BHF A. League Cup Thomson Road v day
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    LADS SCORE GOOD WIN
    116 7 pHEERFUL Lads -A" played with good combination and ball control to beat Young Companions 2—o m a B.A.F.A. Div. 3A encounter at Geylang S r adium yesterday Cheerful Lads dominated play at the start and stormed Young Companions goalmouth, a here Omar hit the upright after
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    To fight (or Dave's title
    47 7 The British Boxing Board Df Control has decided that should a contest be arranged between Randolph Turpin, British and European champion, and George Angelo. South African title holder, they will recognise It as for the vacant Empire middleweight championship. Reuter RANDOLPH TIJRPIN
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    ARMY RALLY TO WIN
    361 7 Army 3, Indians 1. SINGAPORE Base District, r.fter a poor first half wht a they were a goal down. rase grandly m the second n and smacked m three goals for a well deserved victory m yesterday's Singapore Amateur FA. Community league match at Jalan Besar
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    Surrey toast success with champagne play
    590 7 Surrey toast success with champagne play SURREY, the 1952 county cricket champions, have not lost their zest for points since they made certain of the title. In their last home match of a wonderful season they lambasted the strong attack of Northamptonshire at Kennington Oval yesterday. A big crowd turned
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    Police fight for draw
    253 7 Police 4; SHB 4. DOWN four goals to one, 1 Police Sports Club fought hard to share points m the SAFA Div. II League game at BUDCA ground yesterday. After even exchanges. SJi.B. drew first blood through Omar who banged m a neat grounder from 10
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    HEART TROUBLE
    39 7 SHOHAKI Ishli. Japanese bantamweight wrestling champion and Olympic Gold Medal winner has been advised to rest for som? time owing to heart trouble. Ishii has been taking part m numerous exhibition matches since returning from Helsinki. Reuter
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    RUGBY LEAGUE
    35 7 Rugby League results: Bramley 6 Warrington 11; Hull Kingston Rovers 18 Batley 18; L^igh 21. Belle Vue Rangers 9; Salford 9 St He'ens 15; Widnes 2 Liverpool dv 10. Ycrk 9 Bradford 14
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    PATTY IN LAST 4
    27 7 BUDGE PATTY (Los Angeks) beat Owen Williams (South Africa) 6-4. 6-2 to enter the semi-finals of the Istanbul International tennis championships y s'erday.
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    38 7 Lt A F Stepto will play for the Army Cricket XI a*^ Royal Navy over the weekend at the Naval Base m place of A. F. Hunter. Pla\ commences on Saturday and Sunday at 11 a.m
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    26 7 tfOUTH African middleweiem boxer Duggia Milter ha* signed to Gght Jackie Obrien of uson Square m September 5. m an r id bout. J.P.
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    KENT FOLD UP AGAINST INDIA
    431 7 WELL known for inconsistent batting Keni yesterday collapsed again m remarkable fashion, against India at Canterbury, being all out for 217 after an opening stand of 127 between Fagg and Phebey. Once that pair parted, Kent lost five more wickets for 21 runs m 35
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    Sedgman seeded No. 1
    154 7 FRANK SEDGMAN of Australia, the Wimbledon men's singles champion, has been seeded No. l among the foreign pflayers m the United States lawn tennis championships, which start at Forest Hills tomorrow. Sedgman won the title last year. Vie Seixas. who was runner-up to him, heads the
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    MANSFIELDS HAD TOUGH FIGHT
    114 7 MANSFIELDS HAD TOUGH FIGHT \f ANSFIELD Sports Club were iTI made to tight for their 3-0 victory over Borneo Co. m their Singapore B.H.F.A. League and Cup match at Parrer Park yesterday. Mansfield opened scoring m the 17th minute through Chin Kirn I after a weak clearance by Borneo b
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    357 7 THE S.T.T-A's 1952 Junior InterClub League championships reached the final stages on Tuesday night when the Chinese Engineering Merchants (Blue) repeated their success by beating Mllkyway j M P again m the Group "A" re- play by 6-4 to enter the triangular j final
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    Driscoll took him for a room boy!
    662 7  - Driscoll took him for a room boy! CHARLES BARNtTT The Jimmy V/ilde Story By HAVING realised that advancing weight would soon force Percy Jones into the bantam cl iss, Teddy Lewis laid his plans for bringing J mmv Wilde into the ranks of contender for British flyweight honours. First, however,
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    GRECO REGAINS WELTER TITLE
    40 7 JOHNNY Greco on loe*d«7 night regained the Ca t .adiHn welterweight title, defeating Armand Savoie of Montreal by a. unanimous derision over 12 rounds m Montreal. Savoie look the title from Greco seven *eek* ago Reuter
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    U.N. lost 1570 planes in Korea
    122 8 U.N. lost 1 570 planes in Korea TOKYO, Thurs. Ii n i) n 11 h i<^t at least 1,572 planes m Korea whil c destroying 644 mmunLst aircraft, it was disclosed yesterday. ■he figures included the i uited Statei Air Force, Hmwy, Marine and for< piloted pi a: actual losses
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    CARNEY AT ATHENS
    11 8 A Robert B of forces m S Reuter
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    'FINAL TRY' IN PERSIA
    402 8 Shah tells Dr. Mossadeq to go easy on U.K. TEHERAN, Thursday. THE SHAH OF PERSIA yesterday exerted pressure for a settlement as senior American and British diplomats m Teheran conferred with Premier Mossadeq m a "final attempt" to settle the oil dispute. The U.S. Ambassador, Mr.
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    BRITISH ATOM TESTS WITHIN 14 DAYS
    76 8 BRITISH ATOM TESTS WITHIN 14 DAYS LONDON. Thurs. A-N'iFICANT gap m the Itinerary of Britair. I hief suggr the fir- of a British will be hela within 14 cL Tin for In the coral reels of te Bello Islands. off lift. :.ti?> h.v.e hinted b r o :ha; they believe
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    17 8 ha\e con.dtd a bartef trade nt which wiJl beiorrif on S pt. 1. says U.P.
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    17 8 The United elrvatpd Its i. Leban n and J rdan to it is of e»r.basi
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    'NO WAGE INCREASES' 200,000 ARE TOLD
    201 8 'NO WAGE INCREASES' 200,000 ARE TOLD LOXDOV Thursday. owners yesterday followed the lead or other British employers m resisting demands for bi^ wa'^e increases by their workers. The Employees' Federation :c!q leaden of 200.000 >hi:> yarc men they would not give way to union claims for a "subs!a*!tiar"«p: y rise.
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    ISRAEL PLAN
    20 8 France has made v representations" to Israel ovor the proDOsed transfer of Israel Foreign Office to Jerusalem. Reuter
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    PAPERS BANNED
    17 8 U.P. Two newspapers printed m Cairo were banned m Tunis yesterday because of antiFrench stories.
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    Boy King rides in tank
    74 8 picture. WLAKING A CRASH HELMET, the boy King oi Iraq. Fa is:* I 11. peer* out of the hatch of a Patton 48 tank before setting off for a ride m the 50- ton steel monster. King Faisal was touring the Livonia tank plant of
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    Krupp held board meetings in Allied gaol
    383 8 Krupp he ld board meetings in Allied gaol BONN. Thursday. 4 STAGGERING £41,700.000 is waiting for Alfried Krupp, Germany's steel king just out of a war crimes prison, if the West German Government accepts an Allied plan to reinstate him as one of the world's richest men. Allied High Commission
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    He claims he is Viscount
    66 8 LONDON, Thurs. A 64-year-old Brigadier, who believes he is a Viscount, said last night he would petition the House of Lords to adjudicate on his claim. Brigadier Francis Dighton Annesley thought he was the 14th Viscount Valentia until British Home Office researchers told him the
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    FATAL TOUR
    23 8 Communist guerrilas have ambushed and killed six South Korean Government officials touring the north Cholla district, says a Pusan report. A.P.
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    HALT IN POLICY
    37 8 The Acting Defence Mobillser. Mr. John Steelman, yesterday called m Washington a ha*t to the Government's policy of channelling shipbuilding contracts to areas, where there is largescale general unemployment or surplus of labour. U.P.
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    CRUSADER GOES NORTH
    70 8 picture. JOHN COBB. Britain's water-speed king; superintends lifting operations as his £15.000 jet-engined ski-boat Crusader is loaded onto a conveyor at Vosper Limited's shipyard. Pork hester, Hampshire, for transport to Loch Ness where he will attempt to crack the world waterspeed record set at 178-4 m.p.h. recently
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    50,000 LOSE THE VOTE IN S. AFRICA
    211 8 PRETORIA. Thand*. A WHITE supremacy law judged unconsti by the South African Appeals Court U J m s was restored yesterday by the Nation ili tJ ated High Court of Parliament, set un S* for that purpose. P S|M The law abolishes the
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