Malaya Tribune, 2 August 1949

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    57 1 MALAYA TRIBUNE r— s «H Spore MALAYA'S NATIONAL NEWSPAPER I Phone 5811/3 I Nine lints, j rufcji«ft*J B\mttltan*ouBty ai xu.gapore, Kuala Lumpur, Ipoh and Ptmang v> TWELVE PAGES SINGAPORE, TUESDAY, AUGUST 2, 1949 PRICE TEN CENTS THE MALAYA TRIBUNE LONDON REPRESENTATIVE: E. Maurice Giover, Malaya Tribune Office, US Fleet Street,
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    France Calls For Arms Census
    269 1 NON-A TOMIC Reuter. LAKE SUCCESS, Mon.— I The United Nations ConvenAiwamonu Cormnis- i sion today approved, by e?ght votes to three, a French proposal for a world census of non-atomic weapons and armed forces. Egypt. Russia and the Ukraine voted aeainst the propo-al which also
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    FLOODS IN JAPAN
    33 1 U.P. iok\o, Mon. Thirteen went killed and two missing la floods on Shikoku u»nd, Central Japan, where **»y rains inundated thouof homes, washed out auway tracks and destroyed and diimaged
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    LONDON MUFFS BIG TIN DEAL
    374 1  -  Dollars Go Begging 'Red Tape 9 By LAWRENCE G. MANI ORDERS from Manila and Honolulu for 50 tons of Straits tin worth UA $110,000 have been turned down by the UJL Ministry of Supply. The orders were placed in Singapore and were passed on to
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    LEIGHTON FLIES BACK
    36 1 U.P. NANKING, Mon. The M.S. Ambassador. Leighton j Stuart, and the consul-gene-ral in Shanghai. J. M. Cabot, will leave next Saturday by plane for the United States for consultation, it was announced today.—U.P.
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    Bath-Tub Special
    78 1 A.P. Photo. Endl Meyer beat* the V heat at (arlstadt. New I Jersey, USA in his j "Bathtub specia!". The I <ralt is composed of a 50 t year old bathtub support- i ed on a woisden platform between two balsa wood Pontoons. The craft h:is J the
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    George Reed Going Home
    61 1 Mr. George Reed. Southeast Asia's Special Commissioner for the International Transportworkers' Federation, now seriously ill in the Singapore General Hospital, has been advised to reutrn to England "as soon as posible,, for recuperation. He is expected to leave Singapore with Mrs. JReori the Carthagf: on August
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    AMETHYST MEN TOLD TWO HOURS BEFORE DASH
    745 1 (By William Parrott, Rcuter Correspondent) THE cruiser Jamaica, flagship of Vice Admiral Madden, Second-kt-Com--1 mand of the British Far Eastern Station, tonight kept her rendezvous north of Formosa with the frigate Amethyst. The Jamaica met the Amethyst, already under escort by the destroyer
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    2,000 MINERS BOO COMMUNIST BOSS
    180 1 2, 000 MINERS BOO COMMUNIST BOSS Reuter-AAP. SYDNEY, Monday.—Meetings of rank-and-file miners in the northern New South Wales' i coalfields today indicated a growing demand for calling mass meetings to discuss "SSnd end Australia's coal strike, now in its sixth week. The men seek higher wages and shorter hours. At
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    CLARK RAISED
    42 1 Reuter. WASHINGTON. Mon.—Presi- dent Truman announced today I that Attorney General Tom Clark had accepted his offer of J appointment to the supreme court and that Sena'.or J. Howard J M< Grath (Democrat, Rhode Is- land) succeed Mr. Clark. -Keuter.
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    "Wimpey" Wins At 510 mph
    154 1 Reuter. BIRMINGHAM. Monday. Squadron Leader T. S. ("Wimpey") Wade, flying one of Britain's latest jet warplanes, the Hawker P. 1040. today won an air race, billed as the fastest ever held, from two of the world's fastest jet planes and pilots. In the climax of
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    Immediate D.S.O. For Kerans
    124 1 Reuter. LONDON, Mon.—The king has approved the immediate award of the Distinguished Service Or- <hr to Lieutenant Com- I mander J. S. Kerans, < apia in of the Amethyst, j it was officially en noun- L ced today. Kerans a 35-yrar-oid lri«h-horn officer, has been in
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    ATTLEE THANKS EMPIRE
    74 1 LONDON, Mon.—The BrlI tish Prime Minister, Mr. Clement Attlee, has sent personal messages to the Prime Ministers of Australia, New j Zealand and South Africa, I thanking them for the part which air crews from the three countries played in the 1 successful Berlin airlift operation. In
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    200 NON-MALAYS TO JOIN UMNO
    332 1  -  By HARRY FANG piVE European estate mpminers and heads of firms and several Chinese towkays are among the 200 persons applying for associate membership in the Johoij banru Division of me United Malay Nationalist organisation. The. five Europeans are among the 30 written applications received
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    SPECIALS KOI 8 It A MM I
    103 1 STOP PRESS KLUANG, Today.—Special constables on Kluang Estate repelled a bandit attack in the early hours this morning. The laid, started at 2 a.m. with .ne bandies t'K'.ig ;t gun bursts at the spec, il constables who wcii the office. The defeadNt* plied
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    S'PORE DOCTOR TO BROADCAST FROM AUSTRALIA
    78 1 Dr. Au Kee Hock, a Singapore doctor who is doing postgraduate studies in Australia under the Australian Government Senior Fellowship scheme will be heard over Radio Australia at 5 p.m. and 8.15 p.m. tomorrow night. Dr. Au is in the Eye and Ear Hospital
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    An Underwater Cameraman And The Picture He Took
    84 2 The British Admiralty has revealed N nr underwater einephotography which v.he I the damage to sunken ship* «.r tfttoae bc!ed be! r i line. Wearing "frog.nan" foot fins :;>..! Bfntpptd tt irifcontained breathing gear. 'A. H. Hodges <.i th i Nava! Volunteer
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    INDONESIAN CEASE-FIRE WILL BE ISSUED TOMORROW
    274 2 A.P. BATAVIA, Monday. THE United Nations Commission for Indonesia announced today that Dutch and Republican orders to cease hostilities in Indonesia will be issued on Wednesday. August 3. to "become effective some days later". The ceasefire agreement was formalized in a closed meeting of
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    'DON'T KILL MILCH-COWS'
    71 2 Reuter. HOMBAY, Mon.—Dr. Normau C. Wright, Chief Scieu- j tific Adviser to the British T Ministry of Food, has suggea- l ted that the Indian Govern- ment should ban the slaughter 1 of milch-cows. Dr. Wright, who is in India to advise the Government I on the
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    SILVER DOLLARS
    27 2 A.P. HONGKONG, Mon— Three thousand boxes of silver dollars arrived in Hongkong aboard the President Wilson on July 31 for .the Nationalists in Canton. —A.P.
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    'West Indies Should Join Canada'
    96 2 A.P. KINGSTON JAMAICA, i Mon. Gregory Power, Exej cutive Assistant to the Newfoundland Premier Joseph Smalhvood, suggested here j that the British West Indies take steps to explore the possibility of becoming CanaI da's eleventh Province. Newfoundland joined Canada on March 31 as the tenth
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    ANOTHER STATE OFF THE MAP
    113 2 A.P. NEW DELHI. Mon. The I 1,300 year old Himalayan j princely state of Tehri- Garhwai will cease to exist from today. The Government of India j recently announced its dccii sion to integrate this 4,500 square mile princedom with j the adjoining United Proi
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    FIRST CALL
    31 2 U.P. .MANILA, Mon.—Dr. Charles Thambu. newly accredited I Consul-General here of the Indonesian Republic, paid lis first official call as Consul-Ge-neral today on Undersecretary of Foreign Affairs Felino Neri.—U.P.
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    RADIO RELAY
    41 2 Reuter. COLOMBO. Mon. From Aug. 1. the BBC programme "Question and Answer" will be relayed by Radio Ceylon on 326 metres between 7.30 p.m. and 8 p.m. (Ceylon Time) and will contain answers to questions of Ceylon listeners. Reuter.
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    ANTI-T.B. FUNDS
    40 2 MALACCA. Mon. The Malacca Rotary Club's cinema shows in aid of anti-T.B. Funds last week realised a net $1,949.17. Dr. Glyn Evans, the C.M.0.. Malacca, will give a talk at the Rotary Club's tea meeting on August 3.
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    U.S. Stands Firm On Reparations
    207 2 A.P. WASHINGTON, Monday. THE United States intends to stand firm on the pre- sent reparations policy toward Germany despite increasing German complaints against dismantling, a top government official said. A move has sprung up in the Senate also to ask a new review of the
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    MANILA HAS MORE CRIME
    60 2 U.P. MANILA, Mon, The Police Department said that criminality had increased in j Manila during the fiscal year ended June 30 compared to the previous fiscal year. There were 21 murders of which 17 were solved. Police authorities attributed the increase in criminality to worsening congestion
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    Rita And Aly Are Rolling Marbles
    127 2 U.P. DEAUVILLE, France, Monday. riLM-STAR-TURNED-PRINCESS Rita Hayworth who was reported by her servants to be "definitely expecting a baby", has taken up marble rolling as a pastime in her new secluded life. The glamorous a«trc-s who married Prince Aly Khan j last May spends
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    PARDON
    29 2 Reuter. i LONDON, Mon. The Argentine Government ha? par- doned all foreigners who ent--1 er ed the country illegally beI fore July 9. Buenes Aires Radio reported.— Reuter.
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    TWO LEFT
    33 2 Reuter. j NEW DELHI. Mon.-Po-j lice at Gwalior today ariested Sakharam Dandawate. one of thiee men -till wanted in the Gandhi murder case, according to a report uaching I here. —Reuter.
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    You Gave Lepers Hope -GURNEY
    176 3 in' V.L A LCMI'i;*. Moa. j J\ Km y Gurnc>, Fori Hieh Commissioner, r ;it told Federation th it they Jiad -at pb reviving th 1 e of the lepeis at Stl r "v i I»UU>ll. I I tl. "It i a grc:.t thing "iven
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    SINGAPORE HCUSEWIVES GET VOTE
    135 3 Housewives are henceforth expected to pay closer attention to the woik of elected Municipal Commissioners for they have been given the light to rtJte in the Municipal elections. Fhis came with the passing tst Meeting of the Sicgapon Legislative Council Mr. John Laycocks Municipal Elections i
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    X-Rays Subsidized
    50 3 Singapore Legislative Council has sanctioned payment of a $2,400 subsidy to the Singapore Anti-Tuber-culosis Association to meet the cost of X-Ray examination of school children. The amount is based on the children -S.A.T.A. expects to be able to deal *ith at an estimated cost of W per child.
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    NO STAMP DUTY FOR THEM
    38 3 perativc Societies qren Federation will be exempted from payment o- stamp duty if a hiJlgwhjch fi»."t reading at Smgipoie Legislative council last week is .adopted. xtmption is alavailablc foi societies PPcrntmg in Singapore
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    Sea Cadet Corps Bill
    31 3 >as been ipisodnocd Legislative .Council ConstiiUte the -Sea antl to-provide Of commission, i adapted from Fo.ee O.d!contatos power;to "'ations for the g©v"nagement an i r the Corps.
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    CUTTING DOWN ON LICENCES
    51 3 hu,i appraisers and "ay in future to take out only one 00 10 tOWn bill amending the AucLicences Ordinance, trough its iirst Singapore Le--5*5 r otxiin] last .week, of e» r vi s,t "i for the issue »cc for boUi areas separate ones under prec« n
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    Bus Company Formed
    68 3 Petak Malay and Chinese businessman in a gcstuie towards Sino-Malay cp-opera-tion in the commercial field have launched a $1,000,000 transport company in Ipoh. The shares will be held half by Malays and half by Chinese The compunv which »riii tiled the Sino-Malay Omnibus Exoiess Serv J<- <
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    THIVY LIBEL WRIT HEARINGS TODAY
    176 3 (From Our Own Correspondent) PAENANG, Today. JJt. bine esse proceedings will continue today in P*naD* in connection with the writ for libel served on Mr. John A. Thivv, Representative of the Government cf India. Mr. P. A. Gouldsbury, OSPC Kulim, who with Mr. R. S.
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    Thefts Reported
    46 3 A Euiopean. Mr. R. Xutt ol Telok Kurau Road, reported yesterday to the police the loss of $50 from his house. A Malay living at the S.V.C. quarteis on Beach Road Juid some and a gold pin stolen. He also reported to the police.
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    Malay Women's Band To Make Debut
    279 3 (TIUBI NE STAFF KEFOKTEK) |M LAVA'S first Malay women music party the Wanita Kronchong Orkest, Singapore—will takeits iii';>t bow at the wew World Amusement ParK. in a two-night Malay variety concert programme which begins to-morrow night. The concert is sponsored by the Singapoie Malay
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    SWISS FETE
    44 3 Two hundred.people attended the cocktail party held yesterday by the Swiss Consul, Ivir. A. Falouicr, at the Swiss Consulate. Among those present were Air Vice Marsh*! Sii Hugh Lloyd, Australian High Commissioner Claude Massey and Chief Justice Mr. Murray-Aynsley nnd Mrs. Murray-Aynley.
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    SINGAPORE WOMAN CLAIMS MIRACLE
    205 3 'Madonna Cured Me' A SINGAp O RE midwife, 70-year-old Mrs. S. j Morales, of Bukit Teresa, believes that she has J been cured of a serious illness by a miracle i Rose petals from the shrine of the replica of Ceylon's 300--year-old Madonna, Our Lady I
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    BACK ON THE RUN
    185 3 MALAY AN-born Captain D. M. Stuart, well-known to thousands cf pre-wai ship passengers in the United Kingdom, India. Ceylon, the Fa; Fast and Australia, will ,ha seen again on the United Kingdom, India and Australia run. He. has been named command)• i- of the n»iw 31,--000-ton
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    Rediffusion Is Launched
    416 3 SINGAPORE'S Radio Uediffusion was oftieialiy punched Jast night by the Governor of Singapore, Sir Franklin .Gimson. The service has already been operating for about three weeks but not nights. The ceremony at the company's aUldio and OlU'o Building In C!emenceau Avenue was the official send-oft to a
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    RAFS LASH BANDITS AT AYER PUTEH
    166 3 KUALA LUMPUR. Mon. R. A. b. Beaufigbteis and Rjfavards earned out a three- hcu' devaqiating 'aid on a J bandit locality in the Aye: J Putch area of Kemanii'n in i Trengganu yesterday. The Harvarda struck ftrst with bembs which started ieiies of fires.
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    CALL FOR MALAY TOP OFFICIAL
    87 3 The Pan-Mala>an Malay Teachers' Union, at ktfl annual gchcral meeting in Malacca OUrillg the week-end, uiged Government to appoint a Malay as Deputy Director of Education, Federation of Malaya. Tht> proposal will be submitted to Government through the United Malay: I National Organisation. LM.\o President,
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    Bus stoppage causes upset in Tiong Bharu
    204 3 RESIDENTS of the Tiong Bharu area were badly inconvenienced yesterday, when the Green and Red Buses suspended the service they had been "ivmg the area for IS months. Sininnn,... r>4*.. r.IL.. smpapoiv City Fatheis at :their last meeting decided to terminate the Jiceuee
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    GOOD SHOOTING, HAT PARADE AT S.R.A. ANNUAL MEETING
    52 4 WAS THAT A BULL' Johnny isn't satisfied. He feels that his dad, F Lt. Watts of the R.A.F. should have scored a little more. Sgt. OnR Yeok W«h of the Malayan Air Training; Corps receives the all dear from the tar^t, 500
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    Sun Keeps Women Spectators Away
    67 4 THE Singapore Rifle Association's "Bisley" shoot 1 opened in a blistering hot day. It kept women spectators away and only two of them participated. During Sunday, the second da/ of the "Bisley," a mild shower brought the temperature of the participants down. The Singapore Gun
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    Gun Club Members Also Have An Outing
    59 4 Blazing Away At Flying Saucers SOME WORE BEARDS SOME WERE HATLESS AND TWO WERE WOMEN TOP RIGHT: Col. C. F. SESTON COOLS HIS GUN AND HIMSELF WHILE THE CLAY PIGEONS ARE BEING BROUGHT TO THE SKEET TRAPS. RIGHT: RICHARD EU AND B. S.
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    Eight-hour Day For Monks
    92 5 A.P. TOKVft MM. Th« J rht hour-day ~f a Buddhist i rj atop 7,000-ioot >. hirhiiiicnzan, ■*w*pap** Yomiuri j 1 nti! M'i 1 month (July). 1 tht- priests got up at mi worked until I in. Hut now, said taatavt they have rr- «a;>an\ labour j
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    Jailed For Chaining Dog in Safe
    140 5 i ONDON, Mon.—The magislt Hartford left the to examine an old. ntsty meat safe in which, it tid, i do« was chained t m iy that it could m Be down. Aft m it Alfied White. 38, ci East Koad, Belvedere. a. jailed fci
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    'KING'S ENGLISH BEING KICKED TO DEATH'
    275 5 Australians Are Worst Offenders A.P. SYDNEY, Monday. JHE King's English, says Sidney J. Baker, is all washed up. The language, he says, will one day be replaced by American-English. Baker is an Australian lecturer and Journalist -.vho har- made a study of Australian speech.
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    SHE DRANK AWAY £4,500
    93 5 LONDON, Mon. A legacy of $4,950 came to 50-year-old Winifred Langton, of Trebo-vir-road. Earl's Court, S.W. The money went fast mostly on drink. Eighteen months later she had only £450 left. That was what the police said at Bow-street when she was sent to 12 months'
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    BEES HALT TRAFFIC
    27 5 Traffic in Wai stone-lane, Hockley, Birmingham, was brought to a standstill when a swarm of bees settled on the i bonnet of a van.
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    No Matter How Thin You Slice It, It's Not Sausage—Now
    249 5 A.P. NEW YORK. Monday.—The saying—"no matter how thin you slice it, it's still sausage,"—can now be challenged. The slice is a piece of rainbow, provided it is cut with a new machine announced by the U. S. National Bureau of
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    HIT ON THE NOSE
    27 5 Milj »*g Michael ion variety proby f et iim Xer Lnc B °on stood He aud a fight scene. •nov PUnch on Mills's
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    Not Very Funny
    82 5 A.P. 5 SHANGHAI, Mon. N CTiu Liang is a popular Shanghai comedian who performs under the stage name of Jolly WtHe npsMv." i **«t the Communist J J authoriti. s have deckled his art is not very funny. -F»r 'a skit entitled J j ♦'Everybody Wants to
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    £300 FOR SPEED
    51 5 LAn Isle of Wight contractor with a job whrcn involved sinking piles into the sec-bed J said to his men "I will allot £2,000 wages to the job, am' anything you save you car have among yourselves." Ro- suit: A speed-up in work, and $300 divided in
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    Mr. Common Has A Problem: Where To Bury The Bats
    173 5 Reuter. SHEPPERTON ON THAMES, Monday. Mr. William Common, 37-year-old engineer, beca/ne suspicious when he noticed dozens of bats flying around his house here every evening at dusk. It was a comparatively modern house, without a belfry or any other feature
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    JIMPY DIDN'T LIKE JUMPERS
    90 5 Reuter-AAP. MELBOURNE, Mon. Melbourne Zco was cold during July. It was winter, and. because of a strike of Australian coal miners, gas heating Was oft. Jimpy. popular young chimpunzce, was unnappy end in a bad temper. He hated cold, but he hated clothes more. Attendants put
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    Secret Of The Safe From Burma
    159 5 LONDON Mon. WHEN a forward British Army unit was captured i in the ear'y days of the Burma j war, jv locked safe was left behind. .The Japs carried it Off and i tried to open it, to see if it contained*any vita! war
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    Welcome To The 'Viking Invaders'
    105 5 Iloiiduy makers at Brcadstairs, Kent, v,a\e Danish and British flags, welcoming the "invader" J liugin as she is rowed i into the Kay on July 28. She left Esjberg, Jutland, J 1 10 days ago to eomme- mer.ite the trip made by i i flengist
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    Smuggling Craze Is Growing
    285 5 LONDON, Mon. BRITONS going abroad and returning are falling lower and lowej in the estimation of Uxs Customs men they meet at the po:N MOre and more people are being Lau 9 -!-t tr\ ing to get in and out of the country with something hidden
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    THE HOUSE OF STRANGE INCIDENTS
    203 5 LONDON, Mon. Detectives are watching a sixroomed house in which a woman says she found a bloodstained shroud embroidered with lilies. The woman. 65-year-old Mrs. Harriet Clarke, is tenant of the house in Nile-street. Sunderland. She told of strange happenings in the 100-yeai-old house in
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    EVERYWHERE THE LEOPARD WENT....
    85 5 Reuter. COLOMBO. Mon. .wo leopard* prowling in tbe vicinit) Katnapura, 70 mtiM ttaga CokMabo, hay. ))t't-n «redded wiili tho disapp*tt»ai»f of a number of catlle and nor.- than IWMKjf dogs. KiTorts arc being mad." U the animal Meanwhtfc MNPdnnta and villager* in 1 area avoid loitering
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    $2,000 Rehabilitation For A Cycle Thief
    192 5 Justice In Red-Occupied S'hai: U.P. HONGKONG, Monday.—This is one story now going the rounds to illustrate the administration of justice in Communist-occupied Shanghai: A youth was caught red-handed stealing a bicycle. Taken to the Public Security Bureau, he confessed and told the examining inspector
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    THE TRAPPER
    61 5 Reuter.-AAP. KALGOORLIE, MOn. More than £AlOO a week was earned recently by a dingo trapper operating in wild country in Western Australia. After two weeks hunting he was paid £A 206 for bringing in the scalps of 200 dingoes. 18 foxes and the beaks of eight eagles. Dingoes
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    THE VETERAN
    62 5 ReuterAAP. BRISBANE. Mon. —Admitted to a Brisbane hospital with a fractured thigh, a Central Queensland veteran of 94, said he could boast of a family of nineteen children, the eldest of whom was 70 and the youngest three. He said he had eleven of his children by his
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    WON BY A HEAD
    37 5 Playmates bet five-year-old Bruce Raison, of Senhill Wood-road, Sutton, Surrey, that he could not get his head through the school railings. T e did. but he could not out. Hacksaw.; cut him free.
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    AMETHYST
    573 6 JJOW fitting it is that the Silent Service should, when it decides to speak, be the most eloquent of all. How few are its words, and yet how full they are of that devotion to duty, that indomitable spirit which has made Britain's Navy the pride of her people,
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    THE PLAGUE THAT HOPS
    541 6  -  Here is the first of three articles that tell the story or man's battle against a scourge that is as old as man's history. By Douglas Larsen WASHINGTON IN the history of man's firfct for survival on Earth, grasshopper plagues rank with floods 3*orms and drougnvs
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    VOICE OF INDONESIA
    648 6 A.P. JOGJAKARTA RESTORATION of the Indonesian Republic in its capital city has given the Nationalist press in the Indies a new voice. In other areas, newspapers with pro-Republi-can sentiments are muffled under a blanket of Dutch government control. When the Dutch took over the Republic last December,
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    HOW TO BE A FATHER—WITH TEARS
    656 6  - HOW TO BE A FATHER —WITH TEARS Being a father is becoming a grim business in this Modern Age. When mother steps out, father must be prepared to step in and bathe, feed ami dress the 'bundle from heaven Itv EDWARD KITCH A.P. CHICAGO EXPECTANT fathers are taught what to
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    FINDING WORK FOR REFUGEES
    225 6  -  MEN WITHOUT A COUNTRY—2 By FRED ZUNY A.P. BEIRUT ITNITED Nations consideraU tion of the Arab refugee problem will be guided to a great extent by the reports of a fact-finding committee now looking into the question. The U.N. is expected to take up the question
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    235 7 RITII MILLET WHO HAS THE FIRST CALL YCUR CHILD CR YOUR HUSBAND? l! <»"»!'»" l'0l n»s n»l»l«u»tl nl- n. s entlllren n«<?" > s. ,,..< «z», >«<lon «>ulu»n r»n «leelH« „n< »v»> or tl»«? n »»»l»t to t»« 6«iia>cl > U«nu«lll!i ul l,u>it,»no! unci ll,»> «>n»»n t« out
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    53 7 »-1 wiw >. >. !,1>, p 0t ,r> »t> I'lllx N»ve .o!»<x>! tl»e finsi »»c>e os > .»!7. <l s>: <l ..ti'»"' n< l> ''^«n >! !>ln,t n>.r ,< >'!^-', N»l»it'^ >' .'l',!.! '1- ot t»>'l >,, c,? v«'.-,s to Il >0Ul ll-l- >
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    PINK LIP-STICK FOR APPLE BLOOM SHADES
    101 7 AN event of note is tne wedding cf pink make up and the icy look of fashions. Such a union leaves nothing undone in helping a girl to make the mdst of her feminine allure. Typical of new lipstick pinks is one which translates
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    Jashion's Gay Gypsy
    192 7 gypsy is noncrushable nylon tricot. Because befrilled or fanpleated lingerie is made of nylon tricot, glamour garments which are usually left behind by the traveller will take to suitcases this mammer. Such lingerie can shed its wrinkljs a few minutes after it's rulled out of a crammed
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    Show-Off Antics Just Show Immaturity
    192 7 HOW good arc your manners when you are away from the careful coaching of parents at home? The answer will give you a good clue as to now "grown-up" you really are. If you learn to show a thoughtful regard for the. rights of others
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    HANDLE ACCESSORIES WITH AN AIR
    103 7 THE wey you carry your >at and gloves and otlier < fleets puts more of a stamp of quality upon them than any price-tag indication of cost. I've seen bargain-basement gloves take on the airs of expensive imports when the woman wno removed them from
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    Harrassed Hostess
    119 7 I If JTOVJ the ii a line- IMM flat (no impoHsihi- J i litv in Singapore) and J Hud it hard to i S retnrq djßn-r t«\f?:ith i becaose of lltidterl space, v«iiy not skip entertain- ir at BOOM (ompletely t i i Y>»u can. of course, pn\
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    33 7 THK latest perfume park is Nil like a lips-tick. Equivalent to an ounce of liquid perfume, the sticl: is easy te carry and use and naturally does away with splMiufi and evaporation.
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    Around The Town
    599 7  -  By Vera Ardmore AS Philip Rogers walked firmly to the font for his Christening at Tanglin Garrison Church at 10.30 a.m.. last Sunday, his parents Major and Mrs. Vv. C. G. Rogers anxiously watched proceedings. All went well until he was lifted up and then he showed
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    700 AMERICANS ANXIOUS TO QUIT S'HAI
    58 8 A.P. Manila, Men.—An American vessel is being made ready at Hongkong to evacuate American citizens still in Shanghai, the Philippine Foreign Office disclosed. The name of the vessel and the date of departure are not yet known. Recent reports from China Indicated more than
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    MORE EFFECTIVE ATOM BOMBS BEING MADE
    380 8 Reuter. WASHINGTON, Monday. THE United States Atomic Energy Commission an- j nounced today that "new and more atom bombs, tested on Enhvetok atoll m the Pacific j last year, were being produced "on an industrial i ''Uranium and plutonium for the bombs and other
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    ASYLUM HEADS IMPRISONED
    58 8 U.P. FRANKFURT, Mon. Dr. Valentine Falthauser, 73. director of two Bavarian insane asylums, was sentenced to three years' prison for practices which contributed to the death of 300 inmates, thr German news Agency Dene reported. Three other officials in asylums located in Kaufberen and Irsee were also
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    U.S. CADETS ON CRUISE
    47 8 U.P. WASHINGTON, Mon.—The Navy announced that 10 vessels headed by the USS Missouri will leave on a midshipmen training cruise to France on Wednesday. The ship* will carry 1.200 midshipmen from the Naval Academy and eight universities to Cherbourg on Aug. 15.— U.P.
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    RUSSIA FAILS....
    175 8 A.P. i NEW YORK, Mon. Russia, which expected i S to become a leading r i eonipetitor in merchant J «htpprng after the war, us failed to do so, the i American Merchant In- stitute said on Sunday. S I The institute is an or- i ganisation of
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    'CHINA WILL BE RED IN A YEAR'
    177 8 SHAI MAYOR PREDICTS U.P. SHANGHAI, Monday. DED Mayor Chen Vi, on the eve of the 2'Jnd aimivers*ry of the Communist R army, nwdfeted today that the whole of China xvMl falito tneCoiwminists i wfthm owe year. Chen saftl he was confident that the
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    REDS CiVE PROTESTANTS FIVE SEATS
    123 8 U.P. NANKING. Mon. It was learned fiom reliable sources today that the Communists had "allotted Chinese Protestants five seats in the multi-party Political Consultations Confer met which is scheduled to be con\cned hcrtly to term "the Democlatic Republic of the Chinese lvople' and elect "a
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    States Armies To Integrate With India
    153 8 Reuter. NEW DELHI, Monday. THE armed forces of Indian States Unions and 1 "individual" States arc to be integrated with the Indian Army. This decision was reached at a conference here last week between Indian Government officials and the Rajpramukhs and Premiers of States
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    CHRISTIE PROMOTED
    48 8 U.P. SAN FRANCISCO, Mon.— A ceremony will be held on Treasure Island today honouring Rear-Admiral Ralph W. Christie, General Inspector of ths western sea frontier, who is retiring after 38 years' service. Upon retirement. Admiral Christie will be promoted to the rank of Vice Admiral. U.P.
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    More Pay For Jobless
    113 8 U.P. WASHINGTON. Mon.- The CIO proposed yesterday that unemployed workers be given a jobless pay ejual to 50 to 85 percent of their regular earn- j mgs as a means of sustaining their purchasing power and restoring full employment. The plan was suggested in the ClO's
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    RABIES OUTBREAK
    38 8 Reuter. TOKYO. Mon Government ortVlals have ordered all dotfs and <ats inoculated and banned all pet shows as a ».recajtfc>n apainsi the spread of rabies which has broken out in six pre- 1 fectures around Tokyo.—Reuter.
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    Only 'Shock Workers' Wanted
    167 8 A.P. PRAGUE, Mon.—Czechoslovakia's purged Communist party announced yesterday it is again taking in neW members- but omy workers who can prove they have exceeded their production quotas for three months. 'Only the best df the best." proclaimed the party Organ Rude Pravo, publishing details of a
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    BEYFUS, KC, 63 MARRIES 26
    112 8 LONDON, Mon. Mr. Gilbert Hugh Beyfus, the noted X C, was married at C*x- j ton Hall. Westminister, recently to Mrs,. Joan Hilda Grant, of Park-place, S. W. She is 2G and he is "63. The ccuple first met 15 months J ago. Amonc; the
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    THE GHOST OF ADOLF HITLER
    191 8 FRANKFURT, Monday.—A reminder c zism entered Germany's lirst federal campaign today. Swastika decorated calling for the return of Adolf Hi,. buted in Dusseldorf, German po^ The pamphlets attacked Jews and present German political leaders and urged Germans to stay aWay from the polls on Aug.
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    Quirino Has Final Talk With Romulo
    233 8 A.P. 1 MANILA, Monday. PRESIDENT Quinno will confer with Ambassador- Carlos P. Romulo today in the fourth and final preliminary conference on the Pacific Union frame- i W rk Their talks are expected to result in a statement later this week on the economic
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    'I Am Not! A Red' — Says Professor
    170 8 'I Am Not! A Red' Says Professor U.P. MANILA. Mon. The twoday investigation Of Mrs. Mario Louise Fernandez, faculty membĕr In the local university, on charges of propagating Communism in the classroom end<?d last night with a stout denial of all charges by the 57-year-oH French-bom Professor. Ch lrged by
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    NANKING AMBASSADOR
    34 8 A.P. NANKINK, Mon. The j United States ambassador to j China, Dr. Leighton Stuart is scheduled to leave Nanking I for Washington by air tomorrow, an American EfmI baaay spokesman announoed today.—A.P.
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    Trained Agents Flow Into Korea
    159 8 U.P. I SEOUL. Mon. The United State- Mihtirv Mb I Korea was urged to tighten security measun a following reports that agents were flowing mi republic, increasing the numbers from the Northern aooe. At the same time, a artillery exchange peared to be a test
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    40 8 A.P. 1 ROME. Mon. T j bodies were It IfecI day from the ••:•<:-•: wreckage of the XT.M Dutch Constellation air liner whid crashed off the south coss tl I of Bari in .Tune 2:; v. I of livep.-A.r.
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    K.L To Lay Two Rubber Roads
    35 9 > ',!l'l N, i.i, not- »><<> »o t«e v>> !„),li> l»l> ,..->,.-!>. sieve» «ut,n«»- Uu»t- -ue- > >N >»> t''.,». l.. Vo»r0 >c Nerv "<>.des »n two I..imputes dopiest X to lestconlil- >.. e«li°»»»'i <>)!><- Wo,K.-i
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    BIG LOAN FOR NETHERLANDS
    65 9 >l»li. °Nie l K lo, Ne >,! ,ns< s'munce n»« ,.l l'8iln mil- < rinnll, for in- > >)p»0enl. I <r loon ic< to tne so' di>» < Ner^e f l1>.. NonK v. ill «upplv >l nncl i l^l-2N05. > use«i to >l > >j»»!PMeNt n»s«i»
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    CLOTH OFF LICENCE INDIA ANNOUNCES
    161 9 NEW DELHI, Monday.— The Government of India have decided to exclude cotton and woollen fabrics, woollen hosiery, cotton twist yarn and thread and art silk yarn from the scope of Open General Licence Number XV. Other items which have been excluded are fruits (except coconuts
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    AIR MAIL
    62 9 Air mail is expected today from Aden, Afganistan, Cannula, >. America, Egypt, Barape, Iran, Iraq, Africa, Pakistan, ralestine, U.S.A., ft, /.-aland, Burma, Ceylon, Java and Fed. of Malaya. Latest time, of posting' at the <I.l\o. to Adem, S. America, Aftranistan, Canada, hurope, Iran. Africa, Egypt, Pakistan, ralestine, I.SA.,
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    BIG OIL FIND
    52 9 TOKIO. Mon. SCAP oil rxpeits estimated today that deep oil reserves discovered early this year at Yabase. in northern Japan, can produce two and a half million barrels in the next five years and may contain 6.000,000 barrels, almost half of Japan's present ry e of 14.000.000
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    RECORD CAR SALES
    38 9 A.P. NEW YORK, Mon. Gen•fotora Coiporation report...! net sales and earnings for the quarter ending June -0 were the highest in the s history US$l,. ».000 compared with i45.554.0M in the like quarter last year.—A.P.
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    LONDON SUPPORT FOR STERLING TINS
    587 9 SHAREMARKET LAST WEEK (From A Market Correspondent) QESPITE the interruption to business of the Hari Raya Puasa holiday a fair measure of business was written, with the bulk of dealings in tins anil industrials. In tins the chief feature was the support from London for
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    RUBBER PRICES LAST WEEK
    124 9 Highest and lowest rubber n< lets during the week nWlhll 29 I July 1949 were:— Highest Lowest Closing Buyers j Noon I Spot Loose 33 7 8 33 1, 4 33 5/8 1 R.M.A. 1 R.S.S. F. 0.8. August 33 7/8 33 1/8 33 5/8 R.M.A.
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    RED CHINA TRADE DOUBTS
    286 9 U.P. U N KONG Mon. Hongkong traders, who a beloved they on profitable the Chinese Communists, now are not so sure. »n of the Nationals "of Communist X and interception shipptal by Naand gunboats, economic deShanghai have wittaal SJi kem er thoir Comm t thu>::,sm for
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    Profits Set-off Questioned
    250 9 The amended recommendations for war damage J compensation put forward by the Joint Select Committee attracted scant notice in market cireU»s. The view is held that even now four years after the war, ultimate settlement in cash ap|t»ars still so far off as not to be worthy
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    EXPORT SLUMP IN JAPAN
    125 9 A.P. TOKIO, Monday. jyORRIED over the mounting piles of goods prepared for export which are not moving, the Japanese Ministry of International Trade and Industry has decided to do something about it. Half a dozen measures have been decided upon. As of July 30 goods in
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    Manila Cuts Imports
    72 9 U.P. MANILA. Mon. A new executive order broadening the scope of import control went into effect today. The new order increased the percentage of cuts on several items already under import control. Nails, cement, rubber, vegetables and canned pineapples were included in the original list. Secretary of
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    WHEAT PACT IN FORCE TODAY
    104 9 WASHINGTON, Men The first marketing year of the International Wheat Agreement begins today, under which the United States W4II export about million bushels (58.800,000 hectoliters* of wheat annually for the next four years. The International Wheat Agreement went into effect July L. Under it the
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    RED TRADE PACT
    39 9 U.P. LONDON. Mon. The Soviet Union has signed a on. -year reciprocal ttade agreement with Mongolia, for soya beans and rice in exchange for Soviet industrial equipment.. motor vehicles, oil products, textiles, paper and medicine. —U.P.
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    816 9 Singapore, Fri. Buyers. Sellers. Atlas Ice 15.50 16.50 Alex. Brick I'ief. 2.45 2.55 Ords. 2.05 2.15 8.8. PctfOl 37 6 3S 6 B.M. Trustee 7.50 8.50 Cons. Tin Ord. 13, 14/--do. (P) 21/- 22/E. Utd. Assur. 40.75 41.75 Estate St Trust 7.00 8.00 Federal Dispensary 7.00 7.25
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    GOLF IS BEST GAME FOR KIDS, SAYS BING
    251 10 8v l)lilX noc^' f >'^^, «>'!»'<» !<<' !'l"! N0."> l>> l> >< l ,> > ,».,> <llti l>>< >'o'oe>on, ,,.>->VN 1.!,, l2l>,o ,"ve> l i. >>0uK «».oul<l settle '..unl<. > »rff7ument. .l.'^l. I. <>e tlie !'V tNe lote L'll „> a ver>'
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    106 10 Reuter. i BOMBAY. Mon. Vijay M"rehanl. India's No. One bal^iiiafi. was today selected 10 captain the Indiali Eleven for the series of 5 unofficial Teats against the Ei""*re cricket team which will tour India this winter. The Indian Cricket Board of Control at its annual
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    SHIRLEY HITS ENGLAND WITH A BIG SPLASH
    125 10 A.P. Dover. England, Hun. Shirley Ma> France, lncot|»oraied. has arrived from the United states to swim tßagiiah Ch 'nnel. The ltS-y. ar old American Kirl and her retinue incorporated under the law hit En::liii<! with a Ug splash cf pubdcity and Bbtrte; ami
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    CRICKET BOARD DROPS CHARGES
    97 10 Bombay. Hon The Ind aa Cricket Control Board toda decided to drop all charge i Bf.Miii.-i Amarnaili. Indian Teat captain »ho was suspended In April las: from repreeenteti Vs cricket for •'continued misbe- I haviour and breach of discipline towards the Board. It was stated tliat
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    Broken Arm Doctor Wins Golf title
    221 10 Colony Champion SIXTY- YEAR-OLD l»r. S.I.N Ibrahim, with an arm Htlll stiff from a recent break, won th« Colon;, tiolf i Championship from Mr. Harry Took, aged thtrtv-fhe. at the island Ciolf C lub yesterday. Because ot his arm, l>r. Ibrahim was not able
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    Seagroatt Takes Honours At S'pore Gun Club Shoot
    335 10 "I KGS" Heagroatt l>;tuii* t' the distinction «f being the highest scorer in the (irand Aggregate slioot with 895 points at the Singapore Gun Club's midsummer Shoot yesterday, held «t club's Bukil Tim»h Range. (Jthe, results of Urn shoot were: Match 1.
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    MADASARI WINS THE PENANG GOLD CUP
    2045 10  -  Minstrel Boy Pays $129 From ALLAN LEWIS PENAJSG, iMontlny. MADASAKl (McPherson) showing the form which 1TI enabled him to run second to Natural in the Selangor Gold Cup in January, won the Penang l.oW Cup today, the last day of the Penang Turf <
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    The Indonesian Chinese footballers left for Java by air this morning, Picture shows themat the Southern hotel at a dinner given by >lr. \\\ Kow and the Tiger Sporting Association—Tribune picture.
    30 10 The Indonesian Chinese footballers left for Java by air this morning, Picture shows themat the Southern hotel at a dinner given by >lr. Kow and the Tiger Sporting Association—Tribune picture.
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    PENG SOON BEATS 00I WITH HIS BACKHAND
    292 11 Helen Heng Keeps Singles Title From Our Own Correspondent rv,*», a**..* KEAJLA LUMPIR, Hondav. I)I>,PLAYL\g top form in all departments of the fame Wong Peirg «ioon, champion of Singapore, recaptured the coveted Vfalavan binaries tit4e from Ooi Teik Hock, 1948 champhm, in one
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    188 11 MORNING SESSION Veterans' >ingle (Final): A. s.. -i beat Koh Ken? Sian'. r Vetrrans' Doubles < Final): A. Sanui'-I and B. le i-otiza beat :har!ie a and Wee L.ng Siang 5-15. 17-13. 15-5. Ladies' single-. (•semi-Final'il f- ien H-nt; bea* Ciieah Kool tee 11-8. t>-ll. 11-7:
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    Wong v. Ooi Helen Heng v- Mrs. Samnel
    342 11 Wong v. Ooi Helen Heng vMrs. Samnel Wong beat Ooi 15-6, 15-10. Won<* Peng Soon took the first ?et off defending champion Ooi Telk Hock. Badminton 3t its best was seen and the Fcore of 15 —6 belied the run ot the play. Rallies were intermeable and for long spells
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    Cham & Yeoh v- Limt & Ong
    124 11 Cham Yeoh v- Limt Ong More steady P la tiie Thomas Cup £>a*r Cfcaa Kon Leong a iff Teoh Teck Chye cracked open the deflhices of the Irish Double® champions. On£ Hoh Lim arid Lirh Kee Fortg. However haTd the Wish winners smashed, tiie imiti icirtate ease with which the
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    190 11 Chan Kok v. Choong Cheah More powerful and agres- i sive play enabled Miss Kok Lan Kee and Miss Valentine I of Perak to take the first set 1 at 35-6 from Misses Cheah Kooi See and Amy Choong ot I Penang m tie ladies aocoks final. The second set
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    Tan Steals Show In Doubles Game
    471 11 mir By SMASH pn E finals of the Malayan Lawn Tennis Chamye*K. ,pS W6re P VPd ff n the C C 2 fJE I? and Chew Bee became this year's mens' doubles champions when they defeated th! Java pair in two sets of 6—l
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    RESULTS
    205 11 Yesterday's full results were: Yesterday's full results were Men* Semr-rinalu: K. H. In beat On* Chew Bee 6-2 6-4 Ladies' Double Semi-Final*: Sf ye and Mr d« Vrie* |>eat Mis* I L. Butt 6-4. 3-6. O-.J. Wkmmf Doubles' Semi-Final* lan Liep Tjiauw and Lee Boen t wan f ,at
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    Tourists' Last Game Ends In A Draw
    618 11  -  By PHILIP GOH 4 LATE ffoal snatched the Indonesian Chinese soceer XI from the verge of defeat in their final game against the Singapore Civilians at Jalan Besar yesterday. The seore at the final whistle was one ail. The encounter was exciting as
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    104 11 As the Siamese boxer Nai Phol Phrapadaeng is unable to make the trip to Singapore, effor's are now baiM made to get Jimmy Newel] to fight T>obby Njoo. the Batavia chavipion. in this Friday's boxiner programme. Nai Sitphon, who w»*. billed for the second fight, ulso
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    Notice Of Application For A Haulage Permit
    165 11 Take notice that I Ong Ah Chor. of 13. Kedai Payang, Kuala Trengganu, by occupation merchant intend to apply Ito the Commissioner of Road Transport, Federation of Malaya, fcr a permit to authorise Ime to use the! goodß vehicle, t unladen weight 3
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    U.S. Military Leaders Meet In Frankfurt
    275 12 U.P. FRANKFURT, Monday. THE United States' three top military leaders started today the historic task of dovetailing the armed might of Western Europe into a military organization to support the Atlantic Pact The joint Chiefs of Staff—General Omar Bradley. Admiral Louis Denfeld and Air
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    STOP ARMS TO 'SENSITIVE AREAS' CALL
    186 12 Israel Sitting On Keg Of Powder' A.P. WASHINGTON, Monday ITS House of Representatives member Emmanuel Oiler, Democrat, has asked the United States insist on arms embargoes to all "sensitive areas" in the Near East and for the continuation of Palestine medication facilities without change.
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    Cripps... Then Bevin ...And Now Attlee III
    198 12 Cripps. Then Bevin ...And Now Attlee III A.P. LONDON, Monday. DRIME Minister Clement Attlee has fallen ill, the third of Britain's "Big Four" leaders to go on the sick list in time of a national crisis. A spokesman at No. 10 Downing Street said "Attlee has a chill and has
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    DOPE GANG ARRESTED
    41 12 U.P. GENOA, Mon.--Police today announced the arrest of several alleged dope smugglers but admitted that tne ring leader got away. The seizures followed the recent investigations during which Charles Luciano, former New York vice czar was questioned. U.P.
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    Butterfly Collector
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    Personal Injuries Pensions
    63 12 All pensioners undei the Persona! Injuries (Civilians! Scheme will receive cost-of-living allowances retroactive to April 1946. At the last meeting of the Singapore Legislative Coun- cil the Finance Committee's lecommendaUon for $210,000 Hi p'o-t this bill was approved. I'oe allowances will be calculated at the same rates
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    HOPE FOR LEOPOLD
    42 12 A.P. GENEVA. Mon. A deputation of Belgian Socialist leaders returned to the residence of Ex.led King Leopold 111 for a second interview with the King on Monday afternoon. The deputation led by the former premier Paul Henri Spaak. -A.P.
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    KARENS BURN BURMESE HOMES
    237 12 A.P. RANGOON, Monday. UENZADA, the road river and railway junction which forms the northern gateway to the fertile Burmese deltaiands has been reoccupied by Government troops, it was nhcia'lv announced tonight. Renetrade units of PVOs had previously occu- pied the town. Burmese townsfolk are fleeing from
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    EX- U.S. NAVY EMPLOYEES ARE RED LED -U.S. ACCUSES
    311 12 U.P. WASHINGTON. Mood*, JIIE State Department today cjt?d a Shanghai report assorting that Chinese Communist., who had never worked for the American government were leading the former Chinese employees it the I nited States Navy in demanding higher severance pay. Prsss
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    ANNA DIVORCED
    27 12 A.P. PHOENIX. Arizona, Mon. Anna Roosevelt Boettiger, 43. daughter of the late President Roosevelt, was granted a divorce on Monday from John Boettiger. 49.- A.P
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    Marshall Says, Go Ahead With Arms Aid Programme
    246 12 U.P. WASHINGTON. Monday. COLDIER statesman George Marshall said today that President Truman's U551.450.000.000 arms aid programme to help to prevent Russian agression is "urgently necessary." Marshall, former Secretary of State and wartime Army Chief of Staff, told the House Foreign Affairs Committee
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    41 12 U.P. TOKIO, Mon. Five hundred police today raided the editorial offices of the Japanese communist party newspaper and after searching the building arrested two people suspected of black marketing "irregularities" behind the publication of the communist I newspaper.—U.P,
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    Charged For Kissing His Wife
    80 12 U.P. j GALESYIi.' M;<rv land, Mon.— Umy Mifffe. ton, 81, a Vtfedtfßfia ice Cren-n ~m pi was ordered to appce* I court on di» »rd. rij eon- j duet charpvs t.. lay. > His crime _he Mas J caught kissin X Mi > wife lightly
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    68 12 General SINGAPORE Ml'S|( riKCLF UK1TISH < Ol .MIL 11 u L Talk on Ch.nese Music a m panied by orchestra under tte leadership of L*e mow Mon» EIAN LI BENEVOLENT A*»0CIATION: Twa Loh K>>h Prac Uce at 85 Silat Road—»«. V.W.O.A.: Town W nfar-r General Meeting at
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    Cinema
    175 12 CATHAY: "Wake of «he Red Witch" with John Wavne. (;*:l Russell. 11 a.m.. 1.45. 4.15, 6.45 and 9.30 p.m. CAPITOL.: "Mr D. 'n-t Attorney" with liennis O'Keefe. Adolpne Menjou. Mariruertc Chapman ami Michael 11 a.m.. i.4o, 4, 6.3»> and 8.3) p.m. PAVILION: "Bond Street" with Jean Kent and Roland
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    Sport
    14 12 INTEB-rOMMI MIA EAOlB SOCCES: R.A.I Eurasians at Jaian I>< «U" Jil —8.15 p.m.
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