Malaya Tribune, 19 July 1949

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    56 1 MALAYA Tribune BY THE PEOPLE FOR THE PEOPLE Tel: 'Tribune" Spore LARGER SALES Phone J Nine Unci Published simultaneously at Singapore, Kuala Lumpur, Ipoh and Pvnang. TWELVE PAGES SINGAPORE, TUESDAY, JULY 19, 1949 PRICE TEN CENTS THE MALAYA TRIBUNE LONDON REPRESENTATIVE: E. Maunce Glover c/o ewepaper Features, Ltd., 107, Fleet
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    DREAM DROVE HAIGH TO SLAY
    409 1 COUNCIL PLEADS INSANITY Reuter. f„.^ EUES .Monday. John George Haigh murdered five women iuni T T"' V heiF blood and *Mlvwi their bodies in acid at the bidding ot a dream spirit. Defence counsel Sir David Maxwell-Fyfe said this in court today in a dramatic
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    Xl Kill 111 AM i;
    74 1 STOP PRESS SEGAMAT, Today.—ln a combined operation with ground forces Spitfires raided a bandit i area at Kampong Tenang with bombs and beavy machine gun fire. Alter the raid patrols of the 1 1 Gurkha Rifles and police flushed the area. Contact was made witb
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    BRUCE ACQUITTED
    36 1 Reuter. CALCUTTA, Mon. Major 1 R. Bruce, a special officer of the West .Bengal Civil Supplies Department, was acquitted today of a charge of falsification of accounts. Bruch was arrested in July last year.—Reuter.
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    STRIKE HOPES FADE
    115 1 U.P. LONDON. Mon. Hopes of -settling London's crippling dock -trike fadcc today with the breakdown of negotiations and he strikers' ranks bulged to nrer 15,000 more than half the total dock labour force. Seven thousand troops 2,000 more than Sunday struggled with the growing >acklog of ingoing
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    MORE TROOPS REACH HONGKONG
    71 1 U.P. HONG KONG, Mon.—More than 300 British troops arrived today aboard two troopships to reinforce the Hong Kong gnrrison. They included 16 soldiers taken prisoner here by the Japanese in December, 1941. The main units consisted of the first Battalion of the Middlesex regiment which was
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    —MACAO TOO
    42 1 LOBITO BAY, PORTUGUESE WEST AFRICA. Mon ._Portugal is sending more African troops to reinforce the garrison in Macao. Angolan and Negro soldiers embarked on the S.S. Colonial today ior Macao. They will join a contingent sent from Lisbon last week
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    India Ends Ban On KLM
    62 1 NEW DELHI. Mon. The Netherlands Embassy in New Delhi announced today that it had been officially informed that India had lifted the ban on X.L.M. Mights across Indian territory. The ban was imposed last December during the Dutch "police action" in Indonesia. Last week Pakistan
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    COMPOSER DIES
    28 1 U.P. PRAGUE. Mon. Outstanding Czech composer Vitezslav Novak. 78, died suddenly early today after an heart attack at his summer residence at Skutec. eastern Bohemia—l '.P.
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    "CRISIS PLAYED DOWN"
    146 1  -  -SAYS EDEN Reuter. LONDON Mon. Mr. Anthony Eden. Deputy Opnositlon leader, today accused Sii Stafford Cripps of trying to "play down the gravity of Britain's economic «"tmtion." Ho thoneh* the Chancellor, who had hitherto never hesitated to put the true picture, however stark, before the nation, was
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    CRIPPS HAPPY OVER TALKS
    73 1 LONDON, Mon. -Sir Stafford Cripps, British Chancellor of the Exchequer, said tooight that the Finance Ministers' conference had been •one of the most successful Commonwealth conferences we have ever held." He said it would be safe to assume mat the dol ar import cuts which the
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    Opera Star In Town
    100 1 Madame Elizabeth Schwarzkopf, the world-famous VienmKM lyric soprano, (rave an interview and sang three songs over Radio Malaya last night. She arrived yesterday afternoon from Cairo, after being d > ayed 21 hours, sh«- is on her way to give a series of 88 concerts in
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    CHINA REDS LIST LOSSES
    99 1 U.P. SHANGHAI. Mon. The Chinese Communists, who rarely discuss their war losses, said today that the Red Army lost 1.432.900 men during the past three years of fighting. The Communist New China News agency put the losses at 243.900 killed, 989.700 wound cd. 10.400 captured and
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    MINISTERS PLAN STANDING $ GUARD
    433 1 MINISTERS PLAN STANDING GUARD Dollar Earning Colonies Will Be Looked After Reuter. LONDON, Monday. DLANS for Commonwealth consultative machinery to keep the dollar-sterling problem under review will be discussed here tli's week as a sequel to the Commonwealth Finance Ministers' secret six-d*y dollar talks which ended here tonight. The Commonwealth
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    Praise For Malaya
    681 1 Reuter. LONDON, Mon.—A special tribute to Malaya for her contribution to the dollar earning of the sterling area was cqntaincd in the communique on the Commonwealth Finance Ministers' Conference issued last night. The crmmunique said: "Trio final session of tne meeting of Commonwealth Finance Ministers was hold
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    WE NEED FREER HAND TO DEAL WITH RUDDER ISSUES Lee Kong Chian
    506 2 MALAYA needs a freer hand to handle her own rubber problems than she has had hitherto, Mr. Lee Kong Chian, prominent Malayan Chinese robber merchant and industrialist, told the oress yesterday. He added: "Everything is now being controlled
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    HE HAS SAVED TO STUDY LAW IN ENGLAND
    186 2 BECAUSE ho fools he would I never be able to get a law degree at the Unixeisity of Malaya, a 26-year-old Penang IttM is- sailing to Bcita.n with his life-savings of £500 and a promise of £25 a month for liuee yejtrs
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    Malays Are Interested In Unions
    111 2 There was a growing interest on the part ♦of Malay workers in trade union organisation, said Mr. John Brazier, Trade Union Adviser. Malaya, in his Annual Report for 1948. With the restriction on immigration from India, the number of Malays employed in the various industries
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    SERGEANTS PASS IN MALAY
    51 2 KUALA LUMPUR. Mon.— Twenty Sergeants have passed their Ma'ay examination with a distinction which means they got 120 marks out of a possible 150. Forty-six others have got passes. Further one Sergeant has passed in Tamil and five other Sergeants have acquired a working knowledge of
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    BROKE THEIR FAST
    31 2 KUALA LUMPUR. Mon.— His Highness the Yang DiPertuan Besar Negri Sembilan invited Government and religious officials to Astana I Hinggap,» Seremban, on Friday night, to break the fast.
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    Are You Sending The Baby?
    171 2 EIGHTY-EIGHT babies of a!I races l.aye been entered fo: the Chinese V.M.C.A. Baby Show jn Sunday. Thirty-three of them a«"e in the first divi- sion (one to six months) and 1 the rem lining 55 are in the second division «7-24 monthsi There are still
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    Bandit Camp Destroyed
    68 2 KUALA LUMPUR, Mon.— A police patrol located and destroyed a newly-built bandit camp in the kluang area on Saturday. The camp was capable of accommodating 60 persons and had been evacuated two days previously A bandit was shot dead when a police and military patrol engaged some
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    NEW USES FOR RUBBER URGED
    189 2 THE Director of the Rubber Research Institm Malaya has been approached with a view to couraging fresh interest in rubber and aspfc according to the report for 1948 of the British I i i-k i r>, ber Development BoardThe report adds "There Is reason to
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    Johore Normal Exams Today
    31 2 JOHORE BAHRU, Mon The examinations- in Practical Teaching and Oral English for Normal Cla.'s Students in Kluang and Segamat will take place from today till July 21.
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    London Goes On A Cruise
    69 2 The British cruiser H.M.S. London with the Flag Officer; Ma"aya, Rear Admiral C. Caslon. left Singapore Outei Roads for the Eun Coast of Malaya "on a cruise" yesterday, according to a Nava' spokesman. Rear Admiral Caslon is accompanied by his sccietary and flag lieutenant. They
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    OFF TO BRISTOL
    20 2 Che' Mahfoz bin Khalid of Johore is to go to Bristol Uni- i versify to study Engineering.
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    Birthday Party
    55 2 ..Ir. Francis Tan (standing iof No. i Richards Avenue returns the fonst oi hla frii at Ms 70t;i. birthday party held at his residence recently. His iri.-nds i\rv (from th<> left I Messrs. In Chew liok, Anjr Yong Guan. Tay Ah Choon, Sin Ah Ivovv, Taj J H
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    FERRIES DON'T PAY ANY TAX
    95 2 JOHORE BAHRU The Penambang C< n holds the '-monopoly of th ferry services at Sunj,< i Aiuaand Sungei Batu on a privilege granted by Hin Highness The Sultan of jl hoi, i.i 1935 and does not ica'tv or ta:: t G v. Last year, 168£27
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    ASSIST. SECRETARY
    22 2 M». V. E. Dawson. M.C.S has been appointed Assistant Secretary. Colonial riat, in place of Mr. T. E Smith, M.C.S.
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    Trade school hoys are taught more
    101 2 JOHORE BAHRU, Monday. Boys at the Junior Technical (Trade) School here are taught more subjects, stated a State Council report released today. T Carpentry, bricklaying, tailoring, motor mechanics (which includes a certain amount of machine work) welding, tinsmith and blacksmith work are some of
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    2 Chinese Attacked
    62 2 KUALA LUMPUR, Mon.— A Chinese man was brought to Pudu Police Station with two bullet wounds in his stomach. His hands were tied behind his back and a rope connected to his neck. Later a Chinese woman wa.s found lying dead near the roadside where the* wounded
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      404 2 BLI E NETWORK *»a n.vui street 9 t0 si ENGLISH PBOGBAMMES Haeivdel. 10.00 Percy Fai.K d Mr.. His, Or. hisira 10 30 2i"V «-nkadraman. 0.30 Time 10 00 AM News from Koala m"»le b> All Star Seviette llioo l 'f. ni 4 .i***"' e,O Sri v Lumpur, 10.05 (approx.) Close
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    1949 INCOME TAX RETURNS OUT THIS MONTH
    549 3 IiNLOMIL. Tax returns for 1949 are being issued this month and the Singapore Income Tax Department will start making assessments for 1949 in August or September. This was said yesterday by an unidentified mem- ber of the Singapore Income Tax Department in an
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    Committee Will Study Films
    133 3 THK Singapore Government has set up a five-man committee to consider and make representations on certain aspects of the film in- dustry and all aspects of the Entertainments Duty. The members of the committee are Messrs. P. F. de Souza. Lim Yew Hock, J. E. Pepper,
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    New Doctor For S'pore
    115 3 Dr. Margaret Olin. of Dublin, is shortly to join the ranks of Singapore's women doctors. Her husband, Major C. H. Olin. ef the Royal Engineers, is soldiering in -lohore, so they Mv« i' l -'ohore llahru. Dr O'in. after graduating from Ihe Loretto Convent in Dublin,
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    Baby Rides A Bus
    42 3 I.itth 'idinn\ gets a doub'e ride and finch, thai his pram is pot; rtixhionrd t*) absorb Ihe jelts ~f a Singapore bus. Johnn\ ivatcheti rmh interest the various paaaeagera as the) g«'t on and off.—Tribune Photo. -TrHninr t'lliitO.
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    Boucher Gets Bar To D.S.O.
    89 3 KI'ALA LUMPUR, Mon. Major-General c. h. Boucher, G. O. C. Malaya District, wa* presented yesterday with a bar to his D. S. O. by the Hiirh Commissioner. -Cir Henry Gurney, at a ceremony in King's House. The decoration was made to General Boucher for hi.-
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    He Broke A Trust
    52 3 Robert Chan, an Englisespeaking Chinese, was convicted in the Fouith Police Court yesterday of breach of trust cf a Kodak and a Leica canteia. valued at He was lined .«."500 and ordered \o pay the complainant $202 for expenses incurred hi ccming down from Pahang for
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    Two Gurkhas, 1 Malay Decorated
    647 3 THE Military Cross and the Military Medal have 1 been awarded to two men of the 1 10 Gurkha Rifles and the Military Medal has been awarded to B corporal of the Malay Regiment for gallantry during operations in Malaya. The Military Cross goes to
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    TWO SENTENCES ARE QUASHED
    205 3 THE Singapore Court of Criminal Appeal yesterday heard eight cases. Lower court convictions were set aside in two instances. Six appeals were dismissed. Th; Court SCt aside the conviction of a Ho.i.cien, Lim Ah Yew. Lim iiail been sentenced to fTyc years' ;igorous imprisonment and 12
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    DONATION TO FLOOD VICTIMS
    59 3 Mr. Lim Dock Kcr. J.P. or the Hongkong and Shanghai Dank, has donated $600 fey the relief of Hood victims in China. Mr. Lim hnpeg othr» ehaiitaV< persons and organisations in Singapore will foim a China Flood Relief Fund to raise money to buy foodstuffs nn<l
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    LECTURE FOR ARMY OFFICERS
    26 3 KUALA LUMPUR, Mon. Dr. Wansborough-Joncs, Scientific Adviser to the Army Cr.uncil, gave a lecture to Officers of Malaya District here this morning.
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    New Bo oks At Raffles Library
    213 3 The fullmvm-r new '><><.k ir. beiflg added lo iae RntYlen Library: An Army in KmL w Antlers Bevend the tuning Oi History Henri Breuil: DiJVpnu' in p. and War. 11. hvi«itchbiill Hugesran; Throw Mjj a «<>"•• U loenor Lothrdp; T'« T ire*Cburchill». A. S.
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    There's Winter Sport In July High Up Here In The Australian Alps
    282 4 While a summer sun shines over the Northern Hemisphere, a vast hlanket of snow covers the Australian Alps. From June to September is snow sports time in Australia, although in most yewrs there is good snow from May
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    HOW IT ALL STARTED
    122 4 Tilt uictionar\ mrnn* m. ski as a wooden snow -slid.. anil the art of using tin- lid, in one form or another, has btrn known to man for more than ,\<»;mi ynmtm. The early Armenian* >-\.n managed to teach their aorati to use a kind of
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    Bought £2000 Clock For 35 Shillings
    154 5 Reuter-AAP. SYDNEY Mon. There is ,ne man in Sydney who j that he has never te lor an appointment i life because he has 70 I in bis ohVe to keep J him on time. late agent, the man a eonnoi -.;our of antiques.
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    Guard Of Honour
    39 5 President Koekarno nl ihe Indonesian wepublie inspects a guard >f honour of Japanese helmeted Indonesian Uepub'a M troops ailer his arrival at Jogjakarta in a Hatted Nations airerait at the end oi seven months ot exHe.
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    TWO SELF-PROCLAIMED SPACE KINGS PREPARE FOR WAR
    354 5 SYDNEY, Monday.—lf yon—and especially New Yorker James Managua—are planning a trip into space, look out for trouble. Because trouble is brewing out there. The other day Managan announced he owned all space, and called it Celestia. He warned the United States Navy »nd
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    Warning To Parents
    90 5 LONDON, Mon. —One of n'a top authorities on rth warns that unnecohstetrical operations can ie the death of "many naotaera and many more babies every year." William GilUatt. nresif the Royal College of 0 .< trioians and Gynaecolog who attended Pr.ncess E sabeth in her confinement, said
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    Exit "Royal"
    57 5 Reuter. NEW DELHI, Mon. The title "Royal" will be d trom the names of Thi Royal Indian Navy" and the "Royal Indian Air Force" January, when India is lined a Sovereign Indent Republic. With the inauguration of Is.dian Republic, the ot some regiments of Indian Army will also
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    U. S. Forces Back Giant Helicopter
    191 5 A.P. NEW YORK. Monday. v ALL throe services arc y financing the Piasecki J < rnpany in the construction huge two-rotor helicop- i to use with a detachable jr" I triage. And many large business are just as interested ta the idea. The advantage
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    REDS TO SEE THE PALEFACE
    142 5 Reuter. LONDON. Mon. Films stattin l Bob Hope and Bine mong 24 bring I to the Scvict Governl t for showing in Russia. The -Motion Picture Asso- America announced in London, adding that -Mr. L-: Kanturek, their m ivnope supervisor hits been granted a visa
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    U.S. To Unmask Spies
    111 5 U.P. WASHINGTON. Mon. Chairman Pat McCaran, Democrat of Nevada, of the Senate Judicial Committee, revealed plans yesterday to "expo.;e in detail the spy activities ot auens who enter the United State under the c'.cak ct diplomatic immunity, He said no names will be named but that
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    BRINGING UP BABY
    149 5 Reuter. HARROGATE. Mon. Parents wno rely on "the heavy hand, the biting tongUC and the irozen face" to keep their children in order I are making them "rebels", ac- cording to Professor Charles I ViningT of Leeds University. Protessor Vining, addressing a British Medical AssoC ation conference
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    JAP TEACHERS
    64 5 NEW DELHI, Mon. Seven Japanese experts will arrive heie in August demonstrate t> Indla-craTtsmefl the working cf Japanese machine* for cottage Industries. Two women experts norn sad industrial institute in Tokyo have also been invited by the Indian Government. An Indian Cottage lndu mission, now on a tour
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    "NO NEWS"
    37 5 WASHINGTON. Mon. State Department Press Officer Michael McDermott said today the Department "has no information" about a report from Berlin that the Hatted States and IJSmd Kingdom were considering a .-harp reduction in the airlift.
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    BRITON TWICE SENTENCED FOR SAME CRIME
    162 5 A.P. LONDON, Monday.—A man already serving a seven year prison term for trying to kill his wife has been sentenced to death for her murder. Leonard Jack Thomas, 46, was convicted by ft jury of fatally stabbing his wife Florence, during an argument last
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    The Navy Is Manned By Boys
    150 5 PLYMOUTH, Mon. Britain's worships have left the Western Union Fleet at the end of the first combined cxeicise to face a great problem manpower. Throughout the exercise the battleship Anson and aircraftcarrier Victorious were manned virtually by boys under training. Not B single ship
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    PUPILS' DREAM COME TRUE
    121 5 Reuter. LONDON, Mon. The I damn of nearly all schooichildi. ii to catch the exirinim r our canal true foi oS.OOo pnplis in noitem Eagßtad sitting rot this year's .school certificate examination (c luive.lent of matt iculaticni. There was a mistake In tire g> ometry paper
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    200,000TH FCCD PARCEL TO BRITAIN
    134 5 Reuter-AAP. MELBOURNE, Mon. Despatch ot tne -OO.COUth iood parcel to Britain was celebrated by the Silver Door at the end ot June. Founded in Melbourne, Victoria, in 1930, the voluntary crganisation had ar- its sole object the collecting ot waste silver toil to raise iunds
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    BAD EYESIGHT
    117 5 Reuter. LONDON, Mon. -Nearly I every other peison in Britain hi- bad eyesight and mon t.ian 2f> million pairs of spectacles would be requiw-u ii everyone who needed them pat in an cider. The Association cf Optical Practitioners have given this figures: it estimated 20.000.000 eye-suffcM ers in
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    SALES DROP
    33 5 A.P. WASHINGTON, Mon. I tatted States department tore sales dropped seven per cent below last year s figure in the week which involved the Independence Day holiday of July 4 —A.P.
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    EASINESS O. K. IN HONGKONG
    135 5 Reuter. COLOMBO, Men. "Business" is flourish-rig ii» HOnekong through 'here is cr, atinoaphere of impend 5 r.g among the inhabi.ants of the island," said Mr. L. de Silva, a Ceylcnese bu sin""ssman who nad be:n there a number of years. Mi. de flilva said that
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    HUSBAND ACQUITTED OF RAPING WIFE
    179 5 A.P. LONDON, Monday.—A jury here has acquited Edward Clarke of a charge of raping his own wife. Clarke, a 35-year-old truck driver, admitted making love to his estranged mate, but said she was willing. The wife's version was different however. She complained that Clarke cajoled
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    "GHOSTLY" BLACK MARKET
    53 5 Reuter. B -:.rZAY. Mon. Bombay police lecently unearthed a big iacket. wnen the> raided a "haunted"' house in the city's residential ea. The police found ghost" ration caros tog-., tner with a laige ncantitv of vi reals, under a I rap of rubbish in the attic of
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    INDIA'S ROLE IN WORLD AFFAIRS
    1690 6  -  India's approach to world problems is governed by three main principles World peace, racial equality and freedom for nations n subjugation. by A CORRESPONDENT Reuter. BOMBAY rDIA is fast becoming the leader or resurgent Asia and a vital figure in the councils of the world.
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    TAKE IT OR LEAVE IT
    599 6 fHE joint Select Committees on War Damage Compensation meet in Singapore on Friday. Let us hope that they are meeting for the last time. The life-line has been thrown out and drawn back so often that the people of Malaya are almost reconciled to doing
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    Sinatra Of Japan
    282 6 U.P. TOKYO. IN Japan you are nobody if you are just yourself. To l»e 1 a big shot, you have got to be identified as the Japanese version of somebody in another country. Take Katsuhlko Haida. He's a pretty good looking young man with a swell voice
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    War Damage Compensation
    608 6 MEMORANDUM BY S'PORE ASSOC J A 77GA Sir, ONE of the main objects of the Singapore Association 1» to concern itself with "matters of public importance" atlecting the well are of tite people of the Colony; and further, to make representations to Government or other authorities upon
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    KITH MILLETT ROMANCE LEAVES THE DINNER TABLE WHEN JUNIOR ARRIVES
    396 7 WOMAN'S PAGE \TEYER. never forget that the dinner hour is the hour of intimacy. Even after marriage dinner should and could retain its aura of romance." So says a New York restaurateur. After marriage, yes. But after children no. Let's
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    AWAY WITH TRIMMINGS WHEN TRYING-ON FROCKS
    236 7 WHEN trying the effect of a dress before a looking glass in the privacy of your bedroom, take some of the details away, and watch how doing that improves the style. If you are wearing a necklace —take it off and you will most
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    Hobo Handbags
    54 7 These hobo handbags, casually over the shoulder and suspended from sticks and straps, have made their appearance n Paris. At left, vivid green suede, draped to resemble the hobo's knotted handkerchief, makes a roomy purse. The unusual box bag at the right is done in soft cherry suede
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    DON'T LET DAUGHTER "CLING"
    266 7  -  By ALICIA HART THE girl who grows more dependent upon her mother as she grows older needs to develop some self-reliance Otherwise she will never, so long as her mother is able to guide her, live her own life as an independent woman. Clinging to a
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    Powder Without "Pouff!"
    143 7 NOW a tiny child, trained in the habits of good glooming can also dust hei iell after a bath without dusting herself out of sight. The hazard of creating a flurry in a bathioom like a rampant snowstorm has also been removed, thanks to a new type
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    Around The Town
    635 7  -  Hv Vera Ardmore MR. Otto Foorman who, with ni s wife, Rcgina. is wellknown to Singapoie musiclovers, is giving a scries of weekly classical piano recitals at the Foorman Music Studio. Moulmein Road, on Friday evenings. Admission is free, hut guests come by invitation only, to save
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    U.S. SENATORS TO ASK ARMS AID FOR CHINA
    353 8 To Cost $200 Million U.P. WASHINGTON, Monday. REPUBLICAN Senator William Knowland today said that a programme totalling some $200,000,--000 for arms for China will be offered to Congress as soon as the Atlantic Pact is ratified. He made the announcement as the
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    TYPHOID CLAIMS NINE LIVES IN BULACAN
    119 8 A.P. MANILA. Mon. Pratt repcits said today that the typhoid epidemic has b.okerj out in refugee centres in Hulacan province and claimed at least nine lives. They Mid several othei typhoid patient" weie confined to boapit lis. The refugee centres were established when village
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    THOUSANDS
    47 8 Reuter. MIAMI, Florida, Mon. Israel's goal in housing its thousands of immigrants is to build houses in lour or five days, a leading Israeli architect declared here "We must build 60,000 houses a year as a minimum," said the architect, Mr. Meir Horman, of Tel Aviv.—Reuter.
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    Control Over Movies Tightened In Shai
    169 8 U.P. SHANGHAI, Monday. The Communist administrators of Shanghai tightened control I yesterday over movies, plays, books and night clubs to "protect" public morals and political thought. The Communists planned to establish a movie censorship office to weed •wal unfavourable political ideas under a directive
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    Churchill Gives £25
    101 8 A Fund Is Started For His Ex-Euemy UP LONDON, Mon. Englishmen led by Britain's wartime Premier Winston Churchill contributed pennies amounting to hundreds of dollars yesterday to provide a British counsel tor German Field Marshal Fritz yon Mannstein, who is scheduled to go on trial on August
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    SAVINGS RECORD
    24 8 Reuter. CANBEKKA. Mon. Savings bank deposits in Australia reached a record in May. the Commonwealth Statistician (Dr. Roland Wilson t reported recently.—Reuter.
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    China Key To Red Problem In Asia
    455 8  -  SAYS LAUREL A.P. MANILA, Monday. JOSE P. LAUREL, who may become the next President of the Philippines said that he believes that China is the key to the Communist problem for all of Asia. Laurel however, doubts that the Philippines can play an
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    This Reel Platform Collapsed
    93 8 A.P. DUBLIN, Mon.—C'oiunisi sympathisers attempted a demonstration In Dublin on Saturday but it was shortlived. Speakers eiimbed to a portable platform, off O'Connell Street and Church-bound crowds listened just long enough to understand the trend of the speeches. Then, the platform was upset and a few
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    More men, money for Japan
    251 8 MacA. To Ask For U.P. rpOKIO. Mon. A well inI farmed source predicted today that Gen Douglas MacArthur would appeal directly to Gen. Omar Bradley to send more m n and more money to Japan v.hen the army's Chief of Start visi.s Tokio in September.
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    CHUTE FAILS —MAN PLUNGES TO DEATH
    100 8 U.P. RUTLAND, Vermont. Mon. a Wartime combat paratn >, pttanjed 2.000 feet to his death in a rocky gorge beside Rutland City airport yesterday when his chute j failed to open in a $50 exhibi- tion jump. The leap, a special attracl tion at
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    MORE TROOPS FOR H.K
    30 8 Reuter. HONGKONG, Mon.—About 4,000 troop reinforcements arrived here by ship from Britain today, bringing the unofficially estimated total of the Army Garrison to more than 13,000.—Reuter.
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    'Colonreds Worse Off In U.S.'
    290 8 U.P. NEW DELHI. Mon. An American Negro editor says a trip from Washington to India has convinced him that colour discrimination is harsher in the United States than most other countries, but that American Negroes are "mighty fortunate" even so. P. L. Prattis, executive editor
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    .......AND IT KEEPS ACCURATE TIME TOO
    36 8 mis gardener's master-piece is located in a park in vuekfitnd, New Zealand. The border plants oi diff.rent color* the Lettering and numbers in the clock, and H accurate time, too.
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    Call For Total War Against Indian Reds
    145 8 Call For Total War Against India n Reds Reuter. BOMBAY, Monday. I AL BAHADUR SHASTRI, Police Minister oi L United Provinces, today called for "total war against the Indian Communist Party to Fave demo racy in ihe country." The Minister was addicss- j ing a public meeting in Lucknow convened
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    TOO YOUNG TO BE PUNISHED
    71 8 U.P. SAN FRANCISC Teddy Moreno, seven, won t be punished for killing his friend the corner grocer. The child was still amazed at the noise the toy gun made when he picked it up behind the grocery counter, pulled the trigger and sent the fatal
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    30,000 SCHOOLS
    29 8 Reuter. BOMBAY, Mon. A network of 10,000 primary schools wd! be established in this province by the Bombay Government as part ot its "mass literacy campaign. Reuter.
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    AUSSIES ASKED TO REGISTER
    264 9 ItfIERE is "nothing ulterior" in the advertisement by ihe Australian Commissioner asking every i tialian in Singapore to send in his name, age, place of birth and present address. Mr. Claude Mass* y Australian Commissioner told the Tribune this yesterday It is merely to keep a
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    Note For Mr. Leong
    51 9 Mr. V. Fowler. Deputy commissioner of the C.I.D. iv his possession an (entity caid belonging to Mr. Leong* Fuay Choon sent to him in ar. envelope unaccompanied by cover letter. The card is a Johore issue and the address given on it is. 1 1a.1.; Abdullah,
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    MIRDER CHARGE
    36 9 MALACCA, Mon. A Hakka. Tan Ah Koon. charged D the Circuit Magistrate's Court with the axe murder of a ten-year-old gu\ at Java Lane on July 7, has been sent to hospital tor observation.
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    Police Seize Capsules
    121 9 MORE than 10,000 wax capsules of a Chinese patent medicine alleged to contain ai sonic were seized by the Criminal Investigation Department recently. Mr. kZ. V. Fowler, Deputy Commissioner of the C.I.D. told the press yesterday, "In consequence of a Chinese child dying after taking a certain
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    CHILD'S DEATH WAS DUE TO NATURAL CAUSE
    131 9 A verdict of death by natural cruses was returned at the inquest of Ong Kwee Chye. an eight months' old boy, wiio died shortly after being given some Chinese medicinal powder which Government chemists found to contain lead and arsenic. The Singapore Coroner,
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    Yugoslav footballers pass through S'pore
    158 9 THE crack Yugoslav soccer team Haiduk from 1 Split, Dalmatia—who have played in four continents passed through Singapore last night to play :n the fifth. Australia. This is the first European team to tour Australia since the war. All members. 20 of them, ire ex-National
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    SCRUB TYHUS
    55 9 Xl "ALA LUMPUR. Mon.— Light cases of Scrub Tyhus ie reported in the Federation for the week ending July 2. a decrease of six from the previous week. There were no 'leaths. Two cases of Poliomyelitis were reported, there were no deaths. In the previous week there were
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    HEARING POSTPONED
    47 9 KUALA LUMPUR, Mon. Mr. Justice Spencer Wilkinson in the Supreme Court today postponed to August 12 the hearing of an order nisi calling upon the editor and proprietors of the Tamil Kenan t<« show cause why they should not be committed for contempt of court.
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    IMMIGRATION
    19 9 Mr. Mohd. Ali bin H. M. Sihib ha.s been appointed Assistant Immigration Officer for the Colony of Singapore.
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    WORK AT STEEL PLANT HALTED
    115 9 U.P. PITTSBURGH, Mon. The United States Steel Corporation, the world's, largest steel maker. became a sleeping giant yesterday as the rank and file of the CIO United Steelworkers awaited the strike deadline set for one minute past midnight. Far flung operations on United States Steel
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    Manila Has New Runway
    61 9 U.P. MANILA. Mon. Matula International Airport has a new $2.700.000 runway, designed to accommodate tne Wesrest commerical airliners. The 7,500 by 200 foot runway, with taxiway and parking apron will be inaugurated in August. It was built with the help of the U. s». Civil Aeronautics
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    NEW TYPE SYNTHETIC RUBBER FOUND
    285 9 U.P. NEW YORK, Monday AUTOMOBILES one of these days, according to a A synthetic expert, will be running 75,000 miles with the same set of tires. Seventy-five thousand miles is three times around the world. Dr. Charles P. Fryling, of Phillips, Tex., in a report
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    India Free Exports Of Raw Jute
    78 9 U.P. NEW DELHI. Mon. The government has announced that it would tree expo its of raw jute t.» all countries until the end of the year in view of lUcreesed cultlvattion. The position will be leviewed in November when export regulations for the hist
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    U.S. Rice Exports
    48 9 U.P. WASHINGTON. Mon. Thi Agriculture Department &HkJ LTnited States rice export.', in M.'.y totalled 105.000,000 pounds, bringing the total for the ten months ended May 31 to 843,000.000 pounds. About 70.000.000 pounds went to the Far East. Philippines received 56.000.000 and China the remainder. UP.
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    FREE EXPORT
    37 9 A.P. NEW DELHI. Mon To liberalise exports, the Government of India has sanctioned free expoit of samples of all kinds without license. The value of each sample, however, should not exceed 50 rupee* (US$l5). a.p.
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    TRUMAN DECLINES
    32 9 A.P. AKRON. Ohio, Mon.—President Truman has deemed to discuss unemployment in the rubbei industry "at this time" with the ClO-L'nited Rubbei Workers, URW President H. R. Lloyd said here. A.P.
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    RUBBER MARKET
    75 9 Wiih no London or New fori ;l>l\i<e.s dlilirij; Ihe wiek-i'lltl Itw rubber muiWet ruled extrfrMOty quit. Only small business wmM P~i»» lag vi about Saturdays cloning prices. Claolnii priom mm B<..yt rs SeP.et s No. 1 All*. Rss X 1/2 '.a :i 4 No. 2 Aim. RSS 31
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    Produce Market
    38 9 The prodiice market waerully quiet but tlrrn ye.st.-i .jay, with no price-i-hanKe.s, from Saturday's, quotations. Arrivals of about 1,300 baus vi wa.s reported yeste. tav. There were no advices from London BT New York on pepper
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    Don't Cut Aid, Says Hoffman
    141 9 AP WASHINGTON, Mon. Economic Co-operation AdmiI nlslratnt Paul Hoffman appealed to Senate leaders recently to op,'>u <• plan to I restrict JBfa.ooo.o4W.OiO of I foreign aid Blooey to Use I purchase ot surplus American farm products. I Hoffman said he was conBdeut the Senate will
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    Corporation Pays 5 Per Cent Bonus
    325 9 IYA.TO S. Q. Wong, chairman of the board of directors of the Eastern United Assurance Corporation, reported a "general all round increase" in the business of the Corporation at the board's Annual General Meeting on Saturday. The board, he said, was now able to
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    Market Quiet
    19 9 Quiet conditions prevailed in the Hharemarket yesterday and price changes were negligible. Interest continued in rertain tinshares.
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    Malayan Share Quotations
    822 9 Singapoie. Mon. Buyers. Sellers. Atlas Ice 15.50 16.50 Alex. Brick Pref 2.45 2.55 xd Ord-3. 2.07 4 2.17 ft xd 8.8. Petrol 36/- 37/B.M. Trustee 7.50 8.50 Cons. Tin Ord. 13/- 14/- xd do. (P) 21/- 22/E Utd. Assur. 40.75 41.75 cd Estate Trust 7.00 8.00 Federal
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    PRIVATE SHIPS NOT AFFECTED
    59 9 U.P. WASHINGTON. Mon. The National Fedeiation of Amencan Shipping said increased competition thus far "had relatively little effect on the size of actively-operated pri-Yaaly-owned Amedcan merchant marine." The Fedeiation'. semiannual repoit sciQ the number of privately-owned fleet vessels declined by only 23 ships since January 1.
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    Along The Godowns
    52 9 Empire Hamble (Sheers Wharf); Soudan (42/ 43); Mount Mansfield (38/39); Bcnvorlich (36/37); Benreoch (33 34); Bantam (31 32); Meerkerk —Fernside (17/ 18); Resang (19/20b; Maxwell Brander (21/22); Idomeneus (23 24); Havsbris (27/28); Silverwalnut (15 16); Rimau (14); Soestdijk (11); Glaucus (8/9); Katong (6/7); Sui Yuan (Coal Plant);
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    BRITISH AMATEURISM HITS A NEW HIGH
    511 10  -  'Amateurs pros should Co-opera te 9 From VERNON MORGAN Reuter. LONDON, Monday. THE British are known to be real sticklers for etiquette when it comes to amateurism in sport, but nothing in recent years equals a reported decision by the Amateur Boxing Association not
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    COMEDIANS PROMOTE FIGHT
    111 10 U.P. LOS ANGELES, Mon. .lack Dempsey, former world s heavyweight champion, today offered to give his services as referee in Thursday's lightweight championship bout between Ike Williams and challenger Enrizue Bolanos. He telegraphed his otter to the comedians Lou Costello and Bud Abbott, promoters of the charity
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    SAVOY SHUTTLE PARTY WIN
    135 10 MALACCA Mum. The Savoy Badminton Party of Malacca beat the Hakka Community Badminton Party by 5 games to 2 in a friendly match at the latter s courts at Kubu. Scores C. Savoy players mentioned tirst»: SINGLES: Wee Gnap Hone lost to Tan Kirn Kiat 12
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    JAP SWIMMERS TO COMPETE IN AMERICA
    90 10 A.P. NEW YORK. Mon.— Four Japanese swimming stars will compete in the I ..S. National A. A. 1". mens swimming championships at Los Angeles on Augm t 19-21. A. A. T*. headquarters announced on Friday. Their appearance again.-t the best swimmers In the United
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    Red paper denounces exiled Drobny
    134 10 U.P. I'KACtUE. Monday. JRE Communist newspaper Rude I'ravo today denounced Jeroslav Drobny, Czech tennis champion, who announced in Switzerland last week thsil he never would return to Czechoslovakia as "a double-faced ball chaser for the aristocracy.'* The Dewipapei appttrentl) wl n referring b Dtoisiy'n stait
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    TITAN B.P.
    101 10 The following were el ictad oilue-bearers he the Titan Badminton I'arlv for 10-1.»: Pat rot. Mr. C. W. Kouj.-; President Mr. Chan Teck Seng Vu..-Presidents: Messrs Tan Boon Hm' and Chooni; Chin Tong; Hon. S.ci.'iary Mr. Cl.ua K.»k Clieng; Hon. Asst. Been.l I ar.', Mr. An;' Cllill ('...>••;
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    AMPON WINS
    31 10 A.P. NEWPORT, WALES. Mon. Felicisimo Ampon of the Philippines won the Welih lawn tennis championship yesterday by def.-ating Svd Levy of South Aft ids 1-6. 6-2." 7-5 8-0. A.P.
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    S.B.A. TIES FOR THE WEEK-END
    360 10 THE following ties in Urn S wapore Badminton Assocn tion's Junior Uadnti.itou Championships will be yd 011 t the weekend SATI BP W 2.15 T*u Kbye H.n v. Nj: Bong I'eon (Fraternal.. Heng bum Kvs'-. (TI. Fanul> I Tmn H'»'k i (Mercury); Wahab bin B*riojni
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    Red Editor asks Russia to boycott Olympics
    135 10 A.P. PRAHA. Mon. A sports editor for Czechoslovakia's Communist press said yesterduy that the Russians should boycott the Olympic Games and restrict their sports competition with' the West, because "the capitalists dictate humiliating conditions.'' The writer was Miroslaw Hladky. sports editor of the
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    'Rich Man's Sport' Gains Popularity
    284 10 ROWING Reuter. LONDON, Monday. D OWING is becoming a more and more popular sport. There is every indication that this is so not only in Britain but in other countries where this tne water s|K>rt has existed for generations. It rather strangt that it should
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    LONE EAGLE FAVOURITE FORST.LEGER
    289 10 Reuter. LON!>ON\ Mon. William Woodward Chan man of the New fork Jockey Club, may have nmi on*' Ascot disappointment with the d» f«-at of hh] horse, Black Tarquin. in the Ascot Gold Tup by Lord Derby'j A vcidon. but at Ascot la >t week in the
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    BODCA TO HOLD BADMINTON TOURNAMENT
    145 10 fciUri. s .in- Invito ram ftuW r- of the 8.0.D. Cird-un? ,3S^ *S." r,,r J 5w iimiuii rournanieni kuk'h win **2JH !lm Aumrt. Entries nrc slso invited from members of military iterson») »1 km.,,.. r&T LJS first become associate ruenibei of »li.' and nfetr an
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    ARGENTINES WIN
    47 10 Reuter. CHICAGO, Mon. Argentine's crack polo team El Trebol won the first of the three game .series with the United States here yesterday, beating an all-star team by 10—8. The second match will be played next Sunday, and the final game on July :il Reuter.
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    Girls Incline to overswing
    492 10 NO. 2 of a scries oj articles by BkN HOCAN, U. S. Open Champion. GOLF MOST girls find golf a rather difficult game for a very simple reason They fail to understand the mechanics of the ;;ame. Quite often they pattern then swing after watching top
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    Mankad Gets 1,000 Runs
    139 10 Reuter. MANCHESTER, Moa<—Bj •»4 oring 55 not out again*; LittlcbnroiiKh Vincnt Mankad. nstii ton Morr'- Indian Tr*i cricket EC, Iras v.nn trY rao for a thousand run* in Hit central Lancashire I. ami. He now ha* IJO2 run*. His nearest rixal m i r.uiUie Worrall, th-
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    BRITAIN BEATS I.S.
    38 10 A.P. COWES. ISLE OF WIGHT Sun.- Great Britain A the United States in the first natch of the British American cup races for yacht- of the fu meter inteination.:: class ■eh at Cowes yesterda; A.P.
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    RECORD OVERSEAS ENTRIES FOR MLTA TOURNEY
    974 11 4 Champions A mong 'Invaders 9 THIS year's Malayan Lawn Tennis Championships to be held here during the August Holidays have attracted the biggest number of overseas players a good omen for the future of local tennis. The "invaders" comprise five men and six
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    Recs Win Scrappy Game
    183 11 THE Singapore Recreation I Jlnb XI beat the R.E.M.E. 1 in a S A.F.A. Senior igue soccer fixture at Ja!an r yesterday. Ihr game was scrappy i of the time. n, R.E.M.E.'s goalie was the luckiest man on life I anil managed to waul off incessant
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    ODA WANTS TO SEE ATHLETES IN ACTION
    103 11 Reuter. NEW YOrtK, Mon. Mikia aOonal track and field coach of Japan, said today he I attaiwpt to go to Europe' to observe United 31 tea athletics in action Lgainst Euiopean stars. Oda. Olympic hop, step and hampion in 1936. arrlv- 'on Saturday
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    NEW JAVELIN RECORD
    57 11 A.P. PRAGUE, Mon—Mrs. Dana Z itopek, the Czech Olympic rl imp ion distance runner, set a new national record in the n th:ow with a distance 14.02 metres today, while I !zech women's tiack team to Austria's team. The Austrian* won by 54 points to r .2.
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    STURGESS BEATS JOHANSSON
    50 11 A.P. STOCKHOLM. Mon. The South African tennis player. T "■;< StiirgesS, today beat SweT itcn Johansson 6-3, 6-2, 7-:> in a match at VaiSwedlSh summer rescit. In a mixed double match Sturgess and Rita Anderson, U.S., defeated Johansson and Mary Half ord, Britain. The was 6-2. 2-6,
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    CLAYTON v. MILLER
    33 11 Reuter. m.-w-* LONDON, Mon. Ronnie Clayton. English holder of the Biitish Empire featherweight championship, will defend his title against Eddie Mill-?-" of Australia, at Livcyool on 1 August 11. -Reutei
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    Gibbs At Scottish Golf Meet
    127 11 Reuter. EDINBURGH, Mon.—*l W. J. Glbbs of Selangor, bad a round of 75 on the j (iullene course here today in the first of the i two qualifying rounds In J the Scottish Amateur I golf championship. There was a record en- try of 293
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    I.C.I. WIN AT BADMINTON
    107 11 In a badminton match at the Social Welfare Hall recently. 1.C.1 Recreation Club narrowiy oeat Reuters Ltd. By four games to three. Results Singles LCI. men mentioned Ofst): Teoh Bah Ch- c beat A. Silas 15-1. 15-G; Kwek Choon Hin lost to A. Majid 0-5, 10-15;
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    LOUDSPEAKERS FOR LINESMEN
    134 11 Reuter. LONDON, Mon.—Linesmen at Wimbledon and more important idwn term's tournaments may in future he BQUiPped with loud sveakers o* nags so tfurt the players. and the public too, may be aware of +he*.r decisions. Often during the Wimble- don championships they called a fault and none
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    Y.M.C.A. TENNIS RESULTS
    204 11 Following are the vaults of yesterday's V.M.C.A. lennls Men s open double**: S. A. Dawood ft A. G. B. Paklr beat Tan Eng Wan We.. Bag Ixvck 9-7 6-3: quarter-finals, II K. Yadi ft Yap Ah Hian beat X.' Pan;,' ft Dr. Chan Ah Kow 6-1 6-1
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    S.C.C. LADIES WIN
    22 11 The Singapore Cricket Club Ladies beat the Girls' Sports Club 20-16 at netball played on the S.C.C Padang, yesterday.
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    Jackson Celebrates His Test Selection
    526 11 LOX&ON, Monday. DERBYSHIRE pace bowler Leslie Jackson today celebrated his selection among the England Test 12 by capturing three Glamorgan wickets two in one over for six runs. This followed his two for nothing spell on Saturday, and he finished with an innings analysis of
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    Scotland's Openers In Fighting Stand
    299 11 Reuter. GLASGOW, Monday A FIGHTING stand by the Scotland opening pair, n G. L. Willatt and T. R. Crosskey, put on 138 unbeaten here today after Scotland had followed on 286 behind the New Zealanders. The New Zealanders scored 423 in their first innings and
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    RAIN SLOWS DOWN TRAINING
    156 11 Penang Races From ALLAN LEWIS PENANG, Today. Heavy rain last night prevented much work to be done this morning. The only track opened was the No. 3 grass and sand track. All the horses did pace work. They are: Mascotte, Jack's Darling (Spencer), Merlin, steady, Silver
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    YUGOSLAV XI PASSES HERE
    43 11 A Yugoslav football team passed through Singapore by a 8.0.A.C. Constellation last night on a two-month tour to Australia for a series of 13 games. The party of 18 players, in. elude live internationals, a trainer and a manager.
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    UK SPENT £12 MILLION ON COLONIES IN 1948
    413 12 Mr. Creech Jones Reports Reuter. LONDON, Monday. DRITAJN contributed another £12,000,000 towards the development of her colonial empire last year, Mr. Arthur Creech Jones, Colonial Secretary, reported today. A return of schemes planned under the Colonial Development and Welfar Act, showed that
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    THE ZOO'S "WOLF MAN" IS DEAD
    98 12 A.P. PERTSI, SCOTLAND, Mon —The man who said he could talk to V/olves is dead. The mnounccment wat; made today of the death in a nearby hospital on Krulay or ;><>ugias Stuart Spens Stcuart. 77. Stcuart. a fellow of the Zoological Society, became known
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    Troops Kill 150 Karens
    91 12 Reuter. RANGOON. Mon -A total Of 150 Karen rebels were k 11"! and ottiers wounded in a 24-hour battle with Government troops round Da'ku. an important tcwn on the Rangoon-Mandalay railway, north of Rangoon, the Burmese Army radio Mated tonightIne radio said street fighting raged when
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    Two Men Knocked At These Gates
    57 12 Two Municipal Commissioners yesterday morning visited the new Aw Boon Haw mansion in Tanglin Road as a result of a rent assessment appeal by Mr. Aw. Tiger Mansion, as the house is called, was opened in February, 1948, and is the last word in
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    Europe Must Learn To Compete
    203 12 U.P. LAKE SUCCESS, Monday. The United Nations in a survey of world economic conditions said tonight that Western Europe must adjust its prices and vary its goods to meet the competition of the United States, especially in Latin American markets. The 000-page report said the
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    'SUSPEND HIM'
    53 12 A.P. WASHINGTON, Mon. Representative Paul Shafer. Republican, demanded on Sunday that President Truman suspend his military aide. Major General Harry H. Vaugnan. He said Vaugnan was implicated in the same cas s ns suspended Major General? Herman Fcldman and A Men H. Wftitt in connection with handling cf
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    WELCOME TO JOGJA-SAYS THE SULTAN TO THE PRESIDENT
    44 12 President Soekarno, of Indonesia, is welcomed back to ■logiakarta at Maguwo Airfield recently by Sulla i Ilamengku Ituwono, who was responsible for security in the city until the return of the Republican leaders.—A.P. picture. vr. i>i<tun.
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    CHARLES (81) ACCUSED OF HITTING WIFE
    73 12 A.P. LONDON, Mon Charles A. Smith, 81. was temaadeU to- day on a chaige ot attempted murder. Smitn was accused of st'iking his 79-year-old wife, Suiah. with a mallet. Doctors said tnat she is expected to i ecover. j At a preliminary hearing 1
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    Indonesian Cabinet To Be Reshuffled
    243 12 A.P. JOGJAKARTA, Monday. JHE Indonesian Republican Cabinet is to be completely reshuffled, it was officially announced today. Dr. Mohammed Hatta will remain at its head. Announcing this, Mohammed Natsir. Minister of Information, said that the changes in the cabinet would be made because it was
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    TYPHOON 'FAYE'
    30 12 Reuter. TOKYO, Mon. Typhoon "Faye" faded out in the Japan Sea. last night, after roaring up the west coast of Kyushu from Kagoshima. through Saga and Fukuoka Prefectures.—Reuter.
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    They Will Map The Sky
    114 12 U.P. PAEOMAR. California. The Mount Palnmar Observatory announced tod.,y that its scientists will start compiling the first complete map of the sky tomorrow. The project will be carried out by the 48-inch camera, the largest of lis type in the world. More than 2,000 photographs
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    FREIGHTER SINKS
    33 12 U.P. CAIRO. Mon.—The 200-ton Italian freighter Vega sank 30 miles outside of Alexandria harbour Saturday but the captain and six-man crew escaped in a life-boat. the Coast Guard reported today. —U.P.
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    'Monty Gnawed On Ike's Nerves'
    177 12 A.P. LONDON, Mon. Kay Summcrsby, the British girl who was General Eisenhower's wartime chauffeur an wrote a book about it, landed in Britain today with unchanged views on the great men of the second world war. The book, "Eisenhower was my Boss." was criticised by
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    BEVIN TO HAVE HIS SAY IN DOLLAR TALKS
    325 12 Reuter. LONDON, Monday. DRITAIN'S Foreign Secretary Ernest Bevin is expetted to deal in the House of Commons this evening with policy aspects of the dollar problem. Mr. Bevin will be the Government's chief speaker in winding up the debate which began on
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    Mr. Smith Is Told To Leave
    150 12 LONDON". Mon. A Labour Member of Parliament. Mr. Ellis Smith, was ordered out of the House of Commons chambei tonight. Mr. Smith, a former Parliamentary Secretary to the Board of Trade he tesigncd because of differences of opinion with Sir Staffotd Ctipps had protested
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    3 Killed
    71 12 CALCUTTA, Mon. Thi oe people were killed and 11 injuied in a gun battle between police and an ainad crowd at Dibrugarh, an industrial town near the lndoBaimese frontie;. on Saturday night, delayed reports reaching here said today. The Killed included a police inspector and a woman mcmbei
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    GUARDS GO HOME
    181 12 WITH the flag of th Gr». adiet.s on hci the troopship Dilw away from \\.&lt; quay yesterday to tl of their regiment h and "Old Lang Sync the and Di Seafotth Highland) 2nd. Bn. Scots Gui The occasion was j p a ture of the 3rd Bn
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    JEEP TURNS OVER
    33 12 Reuter. RAWALPINDIN M O.—B*rdir Mohammed Ibrah:iTi Khan. President of the Azad X Government, narrowly death today when bJa jeep crashed into the embankment of Thelum river and turned ups;dt down.—Reuter.
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    WHAT'S ON TODAY General
    64 12 MAN LI BENEYOLENT K*SCK IATION i wa La ft. i-ra&gt; Uu; a i ao f-llai fiuaU p.m. Y.WA JL: ticnal Class opens at 1&lt;.'.30 ai v, Katies v.-a... SINGAPORE «,i» HI I V M&gt;ClbiV: Meeting a' «rtjverr.men. tiouse 5.1a p.m. THEO&gt;ill nil A I. &gt;Ot IETY
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    148 12 CATHAY: "Presen iii- Lily Mar.«" with Juuy OdiiaaU. \a. Hcthn, Tommy L&gt;or. m«l !&gt; ciusdv' ouhesiia.-. 11 a.m. 1.4 4.15, 6.45 9.»» p.m. i .II I &gt;. Erroi Flynn, Ida Lupin*» i- *r. Parker. 11 a.m.. 1.4-&gt;. 4. 6.1' 1 a* 115 9.30 p.m. ALHAMUBA: &gt; with Ann Cor.o
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    11 12 INTER C'OMMI N'Tl C'EK: Chi no.-. J ilan Bts-ar Stadi
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    LONDON SHARES
    120 12 LONDON. Mob. 1 of the end of account period which tomorrow some preWt-iakiny stock exchange I dity base motais and rican ladatetriitr i selling with operator* profits made during Other markets were quiet and price chi few and small. Sligh rity was shown bj irons, steels »nd eouipments
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