Singapore Standard, 14 July 1950

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    16 1 Singapore Standard ldjgokko kjgjioiu SINGAPORE, FRIDAY, JULY 14, 1950. ssae-a— a i 12 PAGES TEN CENTS
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    Fifty Superforts Deal N. korean Target Big Blow
    301 1 TOKYO, July 13— (AJ plastered a ke target with 500 tons of bo single air blow of the bomber was loaded with 1( The mission inaugurated mass precision bombing by two groups of Superforts hurried here from their West Coast bases War
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    Reds Use Five Divisions For Drive On Kim
    253 1 TOKYO. July 13-(U.p.yJ Three Red divisions masstfi today for an attempt to fore? .the American Kum river da fense line and two oth3 slashed southward far to *m east in a flanking attack The United States Eight! Army blew up the bridge;
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    How GurkhaPoliceman Will Look
    55 1 «Z&* Sf Z£\£%* ip cUltato ri "-porto.l «cort ..d the who I 1 h *»h1 l< !!£r' i* hl [f lto £j?! n ta GgBU Stad. 1» ye»r-old Srwmban born Gurkha M>?.^. k T U3r co»tta«ait Hewasi special eonsUble in Malacca but cot a transfer when
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    Singaporeans Crane Necks To Look At Flying Saucer But See Only 'Met' Balloon
    313 1 Singaporeans Crane Necks To Look At Flying Saucer But See Only 'Met' Balloon SINGAPORE became a city of sky-gazers yesterday when hundreds of people craned upwards to catch a glimpse of the "flying saucer." Mystery grew larger as the white floating object bobbed up and down, ascending still higher and
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    Soviets Have 800 Ships Near Korea
    213 1 Soviets Have 800 Ships N ear Korea WASHINGTON, July 13: (AP> Russia is believed to have about 800 naval craft, near the Korean war area including between 70 and 80 submarines. Naval sources here figure perhaps a third of this school of submarines are of the latest type. Although the
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    Valley Forge Not Sunk, US Navy Says
    193 1 WASHINGTON, July 13 (AP) —The US. Navy said today :that there is no foundation for rumours that the aircraft carrier Valley Forge had been torpedoed in Korean waters, e Captain Walter Karig, spokesman for the Navy deJ partment. said contact had t been
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    Valley Forge Still Afloat..,Rumours Unfounded
    6 1 Valley Forge Still Afloat.., Rumours Unfounded
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    Threaten N.Koresns With Stomic Bomid Congressmen Insist
    334 1 Threaten N.Koresns With Stomic Bomid Congressmen Insist WASHINGTON, July 13 (AP) Congressional demands for threatening the Korean Communists ivith the atom bomb and for calling up the National Suard served today as an index to the growing seriousness with which lawmakers are treating the vorld situation. Members of the House
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    Use Of New Rockets By US Soon
    439 1 Use Of New Rockets By US Soon AN AMERICAN AIR BASE IN JAPAN, July 13 (UP) New types of armour piercing rockets will be added soon to the armament of American combat planes in the Korean war. General Hoyt S. Vandenberg. United States Air Force Chief of Staff, dis-l closed
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    Vandenberg, Collins To Meet MacA.
    165 1 TOKYO. July 13(Reuter-' A.AP.)— Gen. J. Lawton "Lightning Joe" Collins. United States Army Chief of Stan* and Gen. Hoyt S. Vandenberg United States Air Force Chief of Staff, arrived in Tokyo at 7.10 a.m. today for a war conference with Gen. Douglas MacArthur. R Gen.
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    Petition To King Ready Next Week
    141 2 Standard Staff Reporter THE petition to the king foi the grant of a Royal Chartei raising the status of the towi of Singapore to that of a city is expected to be ready b; early next week. The Acting Municipal Pres ident, Mr. T.
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    2 Charged With Theft Of Wood
    104 2 lONG KHOON Kee and a 1 woman, Chng Chiang Neo, 1 were acused in the Singapore Third Police Court yesterday of stealing $50 worth of wood from a building site on Palmer Ruad on July 12. Ong and Chng also faced an alternative charge
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    Five Governments Plan Biggest-Ever Fisheries Research Station In S'pore
    308 2 Standard Staff Reporter AN AMBITIOUS project for the building of a regional marine fisheries research station in Singapore is now being considered by five governments. This 'institute, which will be the biggest ever in Southeast Asia, will serve the needs of
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    34 2 Mrs. (Dr. Yuan Hsueh-I of Singapore, who will be leaving for further studies in the United States. She Mill serve a rotating medical internship for one year at Herrick Memorial Hospital in Berkeley, California.
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    Squatters Are Asked To Quit
    148 2 Squatters Are Asked To Quit Standard Staff Renorter' THE NEWLY-FORMED Singapore branch of the Malayan Chinese Association is taking an active interest in 13 Braddell Road Chinese squatter families, numbering 99 people in all, who have betn summonsed to appear in co.irt on July 25 for "unlawful occupation." These squatters
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    Register As Voters' Plea To Women
    151 2 Standard Staff Reporter Mrs. S. F. HO urged more j women to stand for legislative j Council and Municipal elec- s tions in a talk over Radio Malaya last night. The women of Singapore,' Mrs. Ho said, were lucky in 1 that they were
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    Didn't Know Dingy Carried Opium.
    379 2 ON THE MORNING of I pan was seen chugging dowr a Chinese at the wheel. That sampan had on board a cargo worth about $100,000.! The cargo was opium in five gunny sacks. Unknown to the Chinese, a j customs officer was standing near the
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    26 2 hird j____________h____________________ *hen| This is the first of the new fluorescent HgfaJa ta be Installed la CoUyer Quay yesterday. _______________________f______l_________^^ along the road. These lights have
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    Death Appeal Dismissed
    102 2 A 20- YEAR-OLD Chinese artisan, Tan Lim Bee, yesterday stood calmly erect in the dock of the Singapore Appeal Court when he heard that his appeal against a death sentence for tne murder of a Chinese car- penter, was dismissed. The appeal was heard before the Singapore
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    Colont Steps Up Air Safety Drive, 'Pirate' Airlines Hit
    292 2 Colont Steps Up Air Safety Drive, 'Pirate' Airlines Hit Standard SU "PIRATE" airline comp tnd from Singapore are lial New regulations set fc Licensing of Air Services) )ffender liable to a fine noi erm not exceeding three m iff Reporter lanies running a service to !>le to prosecution. >rth in
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    S'pore Firm Answers SOS To Save Films
    134 2 Standard Staff Reporter AN URGENT request from the British film director. Mr. ourol (Third Man) Reed, for an air conditioning unit to be sent to Brunei, where he is on location, was answered within a few hours yesterday. Sime Darbys in Singapore, to
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    Kallang Gets A Special Visitor
    76 2 Standard Staff Reporter FROM THE oil fields of Su matra came a special visitor to Kallang airport yesterday a passenger-carrying Dakota belonging to the Standard Vacuum Oil Company. Its mission? To carry important cargo and officials of the Company to Palembang. Manned by an all
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    3 Lottery Cases Before Court
    84 2 THREE cases of assisting In the management of chap-ji-kee lotteries were heard in the Singapore Fourth Police Court yesterday. In the first case, Goh Bong Kee pleaded Not Guilty. He was offered bail of $1,000, and the case was postponed to Sept 8. In two
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    Alleged Big Robbery Plot Told In Court
    183 2 FOUR CHINESE, Khoh Eng Kiat, Chan Sun Li. Lau Siak Hin and Chu Tiong Sun were committed yesterday to the Assizes at the end of a preliminary inquiry in the Singapore Relief Court. They were tentatively charged with committing criminal conspiracy by agreeing
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    Indian Assn. Elects New Office-Bearers
    103 2 The following form the new managing committee of the Indian Association. Singapore. President: Dr. M. Abraham, 'vice president: Mr. Jamnadaj J. Mehta, hoa. secretary: Mr. M. S. Menon. hon. treasurer: Mr. R. M. Krishnan, sports chairman Mr. Abbasbhojf Nomanbhoy, sports secretary Mr. J. Louis, committee:
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    RADIO TALK
    15 2 THE Assistant Registrar Q Elections, Mr. M. Ponnudu ray, will speak' over Radi
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    MAROONED
    72 2 Many curs were stranded (as in picture abovr) in knee-deep floods when a thunderstorm raged for two hoars yesterday. An official of the meteorological station stated that 1.6 inches of rain was recorded for the two hours compared with a total of 1.78 inches registered for the whole of
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    More Cars And Bicycles In Singapore
    120 2 Standard Staff Reporter THERE was an increase ii cars, hired car drivers an< bicycles, but a decrease ii tric>xles and trisha rider during the first half of th( year. Biegest increase was in th' number of bicycles vhich sho up by 1..869 bringing the
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    EMERGENCY EXTENDED
    31 2 THE Governor of Singapore Sir Franklin Gimson, has e* tended the period of emcrger ey in the Culony for a furthe three months, says a Govert ment Gazette notification.
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    President Praises FPA Work, Urges Members Expand Your Sphere'
    461 2 ev Standard Staff Reporter THE FAMILY Planning Association Kma^ irhich has drawn enquiries from all paru o| tfa ft ation, Sarawak and Indonesia, was ur^« i o expand Its activities. The President, Mr. T. P. F. McNeice, it the first annual
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    Army Workers Seeking Pay Revision
    82 2 Army Workers Seeking Pay Revision standard SUf lf>r thi a Su!)-C'omm Civil Ser. fir^t nn drnw up army Civil ;-n on the B. vernment i No drv and it I will h.'iw to ral tin.r i ran be lir.. a Tne m b th«i bt ronsidert'l t Council nl v
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    STOLE BLANKET
    15 2 I CHOO |o i Road Singapore a yesterday *>f Senteni j .luly M.
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    DRIVER DISQUALIFIED
    53 2 Standard Staff Corre*poodcn SEREMBAN, Thurs Sooi Keong, A Chinese driver of i private motor car, was fin ed $100 by the Serembai Magistrate for having drivei his CM while under the intlu ence of drink. He wa.s further disqualifle t from driving a motor vehicl for a period
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    Federation Education Chief Denies Lack Of Common Unity In Schools
    356 3 I By M. T. YONG .Standard Staff Correspondent Th KUA^ LUMPUR Thurs The attack, made nf,t ntly^ against the Policy of the education authorities with nOt A f r vidin g schools with a Malayan objective was answered today by
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    81 3 d,> on their way to the Commonwealth I^RSSK? t*e which will be held in New Zealand tb£ mSlth r.j' picture shows, (left to ri^ht) ProfeSnr r CambridtC Iniversity. Sir Philip Morris 11 of Bristol University, and Dr. D.fr. iSES LondVn^nfvlr! Itclou are Dr. S.M. Hussein, vice-chancellor t^ Cniversity in Pakistan,
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    Seiangor Police Want Climese, Appeal To MCA.
    142 3 Recruits, if they are not Federal Citizens or British subject*, should, if eligible, be prepared to apply for Federal citizenship. Candidates should be beAeen the ages of 17 and 23 md should have been two ■ears in a Chinese school or tble to
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    KL Kampong Clinic Plan Is Deferred SUncMrd Stall Corespondent
    75 3 KL Kampong Clinic Plan Is Deferred SUncMrd Stall Corespondent T'n mLA LUMP^'H. Thurs.The Municipal Commissioners lr i'h d^ ided t0 defer *«*SSI or- v. he* her a Municipal midp^dtalc should bS set up g.Kamponi Bharu for the Mabys cntil the views of the I People had been ob? D r
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    CARR-SAUNDERS DINNER
    41 3 St t?V?w d Staff Correspondent KUALA LUMPUR. Thurs The Alumni Association of the King Edward VII College of Medicine and the Stamford Club, Selangor, will entertain Sir Alexander Carr-Saunders to dinner at the Hotel Majestic J on Thursday night.
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    Changes In Train Services In Fed.
    92 3 t" dard C-rresponden „^n effect from Satur 1 night mai r rerr -"i unchanged from P i?' r^ trams at 5.41 Gerr.as an d K L a Lumpur tc h^-t,'ue U o a rur PUr Wil or^XL eXi f- ing loca; hn e wni
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    UMNO Youth League Meeting Today
    16 3 UMNO Youth League Me eting Today A J OHORr RAr f n° rreSPOndeilt KS^bersnn be "elected
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    49 3 1O STLDY IN U.S.— Two more Malayans are proceedIng to America to study. They are David Chow Chan Wai Z*V d Khaw Kok Be**. Chow will take up medicine while Khaw will take up economics. Khaw Kok Bens is a graduate of Chung Ling High School, Penang. Chow was
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    1700 Are Screened In A Village
    131 3 Standard Staff Correspondent P KUALA LUMPUR, Thurs.Following screening of 1 70C people in a village in Kedah three Chinese were detained Sentries drove oft bandits I who fired shots at an estate group hospital in Kedah last i night. An armed Chinese bandit was
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    20 3 Fifteen-year-old Miss Chonjp Girl Guide of the Clifford School, Kuala Lipis. who is leaving for the Australian Jamboree. Standard photo.
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    $1000 FOR LIBRARY
    68 3 St J l d r* r A r £I? ff Correspondent SEOAMAT. Thurs.— The Segamat District Lending Library has received from the Jonore Government a gift of In response to the appeal of JM untiring chairman. Mrs V S. H. Kemp, and the Hon. secretary, Air. Menon,
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    Woman Fails In Maintenance Suit
    105 3 Standard Staff Correspondent KUALA LUMPUR. Thurs.— No order was made by the Second Magistrate, Inche Annuar, today in a claim for maintenance brought up by a woman. Yap Yoong against a man with whom she lived previously rod had not married. Ihe woman said that
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    Ex-Detective To Pay Wife $20 A Month
    272 3 Standard Staff Correspondent KUALA LUMPUR, Thurs.— V wife claiming maintenance orm her unemployed husband, i Eurasian named Edgar Berry, old the Second Magistrate, nche Annuar today, that her lusband had deserted her three months ago and was in love /ith another woman. Berry,
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    Govt. Chemistry Dept. Man Charged With Possession Of Opium
    337 3 Standard Staff Correspondent KUALA LUMPUR, Thurs.-A laboratory assistant in the Department of Chemistry at Brickfields. Kuala Lumpjir, Katan bin Uda. was today charged before the President of the Sessions Court, Mr. D M K Grant with possession of 7J tahils of
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    First NS Woman Lawyer To Stay Awhile In UK
    130 3 Special To The Standard SEREMBAN, Thurs Daughter of Scremban's most popular Dr. Chong Ah Khoon. and of social worker, Mrs. Chong Ah Khoon the State's first woman barrister-at-law, Miss Chong Kim Yin, who was called to the Bar in England recently,
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    Youth Council Formed In KL; Aims Defined
    116 3 ganisations in rural areas »n fhf ye fl an important part ir the shaping of youth. ies whlT? 16 tF i aIS and di^ultI fatl.or IC S conf r on ted our forenH?i ha^ e been el iminated k?nrt educatlonal work of any
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    No Govt Aid For Laying Rubber Roads
    144 3 KUALA LUMPUR. Thurs.ine Kuala Lumpur Municipal commissioners were informed at their meeting today that the Government of the Federation I™ ot to take P a rt directly roads ylhg of rubb erised j This decision was given bv Government as the result of
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    Sovt. Official Wins Appeal
    111 3 MALACCA. Thurs. The >eputy Assistant Controher of mimgration, Malacca, Yap 'ook Cheong, successfully ap«aled to the High Court yeserday again-t an order of the awer court. The order allowed an appli- < ation by the prosecution to Undraw a charge under the i Corruption Ordinance and
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    K.L. Girl Still Missing 'Victim Of Amnesia Theory Put Forth
    206 3 K.L. Girl Still Missing 'Victim Of Amnesia Theory Put Forth KI'ALA urn*** 1 Correspondent nurse of the General HwU" sL C hon since Tuesday last osplul she "as been mlssingr wnnesia?" Huesuon^ Is she a victim of J£i "wang Sat Chong hac vith her two paper bags anc bund aCe
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    Parents' Disservice To Children
    121 3 Parents' Disservice To Children KLALA LUMPUR. Thurs ihe Government of the Federation has reason to suspect £at parents, in oider to save themselves the trouble of producing birth certificates, when applying for identity cards have made false declarations that their children have been born abroad. The attention of the public
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    Gurkhas Prove A Success; S'pore Police May Recruit More Soon
    320 4 By John C. Spittel, Standard Staff Reporter THE GURKHA contingent, introduced as an experiment in the Singapore Police Force to replace the pre-war Sikh contingent, has proved such a success that recruitment for more Gurkhas is now under consideration. This
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    29 4 GURKHA POLICEMEN of the Sineapore Police Fort* relax in the police canteen on Duxton Plain. They aud their families set the sane type of accommodation provided for local constables.
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    Kedah Gets New Health Sister
    51 4 Mm D. Rothera, who arrived rtcently from England, has taken over duties from Miss C. E. Sturdee as Health SisterCentral tnd South Kedah. Miss Sturdee, who was the: First Health Sister here, is' leaving Malaya tomorrow by tl» Carthage on study leav« in' U* MM
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    Witness Treated As Hostile In Jewellery Case
    472 4 A PAWNBROKER. Wong Yin Seng, of Havelock Road was treated as a hostile witness in the Singapore First District Court yesterday He was a prosecution witness in the case in which a 27-year-old woman, Lim Gek Lang, of Thomson Road, was*^ charged with
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    The Moderate Unionist Is Not A Rebel'
    114 4 Standard Staff Correspondent PENANG. Thurs.— The moderate trade unionist is not a revolutionist. He does not think of overthrowing the present social and economic system He does not object to the wage system, nor to property being held by individuals. Mr. Victor Tan
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    Two Stories That Make You Sit Up And Think
    752 4 Two Stories That Make You Sit Up And Think [Court Reports LONDON, July 10 (By j Air Mail).— That astute showman Mr. Barnum used to say, 'There's a fool born every minute," and it is certainly true I that human credulity can J be stretched to a remark- able degree.
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    LONDON Letter
    185 4 she would not put up with JealoUS Of Coeney A Nr»TWiP» m. reason for the stones he told of her in the witness-box, she said, was that he was jealous "Of whom?' asked prosecuting counsel. "Of that man there* answered Mrs. Holder, pointing to 36-year-old Victor Cooney, who
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    Fined $150 For Theft Of $80
    273 4 Standard Staff Correspondent IPOH, Thurs.— A 21 -year-old Teochew, Goh Meng Chai, 1 arrested one year after committing the offence, was found guilty yesterday by the President of the Sessions Court, Mr. !M. .Garton, of theft of $80 j belonging to a friend. Goh
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    100-Yr-Old Elephant Shot Dead
    74 4 Standard Staff Correspondent TELLK ANSON. Ttaurs.— An elephajit. believed to he about lit years old. was shot dead by the Game Wardea of Batu Gajah ia the vicinity of Subrang Estate, TeJak Anson today. The animal, which weighed three tons and was more than five feet
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    Professor Exhibits 400 Paintings
    59 4 1 PENANG, Thurs. More 5 than 400 pictures showing' Chinese decorative r.o :j;:.v J water colour paintings and S black and white illustrations jwere put on display at Profes- sor Lim Chon Teck's exhibi--2 lion which was opened today £at the Hui Ann Association. Magazine Road.
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    28 4 Tivo yonng Gurkha women who accompanied their men to Singapore. On the left is Seeata Kala, who spends her spare time knitting: football stockings for the Gurkha teim.
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    Quick Action By Penang Fire Brigade
    90 4 Standard Stuff Correspondent 1 PENANCT. Thurs. The prompt arrival of the fire brigade prevented what might I have developed into a big fire in a Malay house in Siam Road at noon today 1 On receiving the alarm, engines of the fire brigade rushed
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    Govt. To Eject 550 Occupiers Of State Land
    89 4 IPOH. Thurs. Ejectment orders will soon be issued to about sf>o unauthorised occupiers of State land. around Coronation Park, which Government hu< nl ready earmarked for development. The ejectment is also part of 1 a plan for the gradual cleari anee of
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    Kuala Kangsar Show
    28 4 IPOH. Thurs.— The Reaent of Perak will declare open the Kuala Kang&ar District Agrij cultural show at Manong at 1 11 a.m. on July 22.
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    Kallang Airport Safe For Night Flying, Pan-American To Make Start.
    249 4 Kallang Airport Safe For Night Flying, PanAmerican To M ake Start. Standard Aviation Reporter KALLANG airport is safe and suitable for all types of United Stales; passenger and freight aircraft operating on night, schedules from Singapore. This is the result of investigations made this week by a special United States
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    Negri Rotary Chief Outlines Club's Plans
    96 4 Negri Rotary Chief Outlines Club's Plans Standard Staff Correspondent SEREMBAN. Thurs.— Negri Sembilan's first Trade Unionist Rotary president and Federal Legislative Councillor. Mr. P.: P. Narayanan, told The Stand-' ard that youth work and a^ivities to ameliorate living conditions in the State will be i in the forefront of his
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    Buddhist Centres Planned For Fed. And Singapore
    95 4 Standard Staff Correspondent i PENANG. Thurs— The forthi SfoJ Ld B »H<* c ference held once in every two take oh a either in I Burma or ThailaiieL This was decider! nt the World B Mdhist Confcrev-e in Ceylon, according to Mr. Khoo
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    S. Patani's New Mosque
    47 4 Standard Staff Corrr*p:»_id -nt SUNGEI PATANI. Thur The new mosque, built by the Hon. Tuan Syed Jan Al'jatfii on the site of the old one, at Sungei P*al. Tan. org Daw.,.. will be declared open by the Sultan of Redan on July 21.
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    'Drunk' Plea Fails, Man Fined $75
    81 4 Stiadard Staff < .-.rrfsnon R IPOH. 1 iintox. the M. jtodny tin taurant pr< I Sang. charge to a tl In aMition. i The ;Hugh 1 !Hc |0C (!r the kit IfCMtf kr. Comirit; (1 n •truck it a tri two paers escap* away
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    Astate Workers Hear About Trade Unions
    48 4 Astate Workers Hear About Trade Unions Stiruiard Stall I sJett wur-. saw If and tnos<» r Malayan r edu< ••>• trade V Pnolic Addre Mr. B A Union Officer, for the tour, s n tl !>!<•.< __ad I I yan Trade Ui In't I < fwy and i e bargas*
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    12 Ipoh First Aiders Qualify For Medallions
    115 4 Mmdurd SUIT Carrc^poadent IPOH, Thurs. Twelve members of the St. Johns Ambulance Brigade. Division One (Perak). pas.-e-l their first aid examination yesterday to qualify for medallions Four others qualified for "labels." Full list of the successful candidates are: First-aid Certificates: Mrs. i S.
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    23 4 MR. AZIZ HAMIDI. of Prn-ine. has btt-n appointrd Southeast Asia reprrsrntativr of the Fax East Advrrtisrr of USA a roasamrr and trade miganac.
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    Movie Sets Fashion For Men
    348 5 By NORA W. MARTIN. J P A^, 0 J 13 ~For their n/r n J, 950 Summ er Look for Men" Paris tailors and shirt makers seem to have taken ir inspiration from Rhett (Clark Gable) Butler thi armed forces, Indian chiefs L and Spanish
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    A HAT TO GO TO YOUR HEAD
    64 5 W!u L Sin a PO«"e Jady have the courage and i»*«« ~L fnM»-Jo appear in this outstanding, decoth^Tn^rTi. fif fo u rthfom i»* Race Meetings at H,* fSn a "S r P£? hady straw hat with iat *r hSEJm!*' 4 WI SS litel
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    BAKED STEAK NEEDS NO WATCHING
    210 5  -  GAYNOR MADDOX By pORK-TENDER, delk-ious, perfe<-t with baked potatoes ccKjked alonfij with it, this steak requires uo ovenwatching. Baked Steuk) (4-<> servings) ONE and ooe-half pounds chuck steak <1J inches thick), 1\ teaspoons kitchen bouquet. 1 tablespoon fat. 1 cup thinly slired onion. Bounce can
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    End Play Used On First Round
    353 5 WILLIAM E. McKKNNEY ON BRIDGE q^O NEW YORKERS. the VanderbiJt Cup Tournament for the national knockout team-or-four championship is the most important team-of-four event of the year. The bridge' league ranks its masters team of-Cour first; and it should rank first because it it
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    Don't Fall In Love With Your Own Image: It's Fatal
    403 5 By Samuel G. and Esther B. Klinff 0 Why do some girls fail to T.arry? A. One very important rt-.tson -is that they're so completely wrapped up in themselves, so absorbed with their own egos and persona lilies, that all
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    Fight Fatigue By Relaxing
    166 5 A SHORT rest period every day will do much to help a woman overcome fatigue. Such relaxation smoothes out tension, restores energy and sends a woman back to her work refreshed and with vew strength 'Resting" may mean Bleeping. It may also mean just lying down,
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    WILL YOUR HANDS BE READ?
    677 5  -  LILLIAN BUCKOKE By J\f AYBE only one man in 50 views your hands first nothw ma ih fi ?i J^PJ^^on Jinsers. Not for JMrthtaff did the old Sheiks sing of Pale Hands f wvc. awJl. I na^i^ s means "hands," and "cura" in£?J? T^'ore. "manicure"
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    Who Is To Blame?
    738 6 'FHE political lethargy of the Singaporeans is X undoubtedly exasperating, particularly to our political leaders who have tried hard to prod them into activity. During the past few days, party leaders have made spirited appeals to the public, through the radio, to go and register. These
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    We the People
    825 6 A Note For The STC. Sir I feel sure there must be thousands of motorists who will join me in a protest against the bad road manners of the Singapore Traction Bus and Trolley drivers. Daily one comes across these drivers handling their vehicles in such a
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    K.L. ROTARIANS'
    366 6 THREE AIMS 4 HOaIE for boys who have left approved schools and homes. until such time as they are selfsupporting; a holiday camp for needy people and a scholarship to the University of Malaya these are the three goals the Kuala Lumpur Rotary Club have set for themselves
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    Mystery Of The Green Apples
    942 6 Strange Things Are Going On In Titoland, Sut The Strangest Of All Is The.... BEHIND the scene* In Yugoslavia today mys- terious things are going on. There is. for exmaple, the mystery of the "green apples." This is 9 code name for intrigue. It may
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    They Walk Without Fear Now
    371 6 VOROSLKA (INS) JAPANESK civilians may now take a Sunday stroll in the sprawling Yokosuka navy yard here without risking landing in Jail. For the first ISHM in its 70-year history, the yard, now the main United States navy base in the Far East, has been
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    Review of Views
    307 6 Review of Views Hearer Home FOR DAYS. H»n caj vernacuL V snowed und. °T* courses in the larly disroui w.i Nan >un| ever, brought notice a. problem concern to Sin*. Sanyang yerterd.i question oi Th« I the BtocUoo Sanyang st-es pr.a- v pore in m"' 1 popular eleci that more
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    Red China's Admission To UN As Soviet Price For Ending Korea War
    233 7 to U?Wi nS^iS^ price for agreeine to mSS^ 1 h^ to ««ssla's Diplomatic |utrt2^ herT faSS^Jf 1 Kowan w the core of the telL in J th dems "tf must be Ambassador, J hc Britlsh Foreign Minister, S*J£*»**
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    24 7 photo. An Fast Berliner looks at the >tatue of Frederick the (treat, just uncovered from it* wartime packing of straw ■attiag and bricks.. I.N
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    US Steps Up Aid, Calls To UN Allies
    123 7 US Steps Up Aid, Calls To UN Allies WASH INGTON. July |J America is stepj supplies of men and 3 Korea as senator-! d tnands iur more foreign the publje from l r o ii t pages I the .and. aid from troops U.N. members multithe Senate after a some
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    French Diplomats Held In Bucharest
    37 7 PARIS Julj lI.— (API i rial circlei said »nce*a diplomatic mi,-. arest is being held j prisoners within ?ho 1 f»tl ot the Rumanian rani- UWWAT IS BACK vlinister „t Mid Brilam.-Rcuter.
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    'Fighting To Last Months'
    125 7 WASHINGTON. July 73 (UP):— Declaring that the nation is m grave n] Senator Lyndon Johnson proposed calling up the National Ouard and enacting an industr *t "^V^ *****110 legislation Mr Johnson, member of the Senate Armed Services Committee told the Senate that the Americans fighting in
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    US 8th Army Takes Over From USAFIK in Korea
    104 7 aJ^ KVO July l <Reuter- L»eut-Gt>n. Walton H. walker. Commanding General I 01 the L'.S. Bth Army, has M- turned ••ommand of the ground i I In Korea and has estabI ashed an advanced command post in South Korea, MaoArthur's Headquarters
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    MASTER EXECUTED
    28 7 Chang Pci-lin Master of the China MemiM ship Hai Sliun. )\us been executed in Tftipeh lor trying to sail the ship to a Ciniitse Rt:d pori.
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    'Wives Not Parasites'
    42 7 MELBOURNE, July <Reuter-AAP):-Wives here no imt tgret with f )r. Frances Scott of San Francisco, who told a San Francisco audience of women that reives were economic paras;t*>s Pettifog off their husband* by the strain of mniw laining them.
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    A.-bomb Ultimatum Urged
    83 7 ASHIM.ION. July 13 (UP) Representative Lloyd B'-ntM-n proposed before a cheering House yesterday that President Truman "advixe the Commander 0/ the North Korean fon«s to withdraw in one we** or Norto Korean raies will be subject to an atomic attack Korean -JI r BentseD a World War
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    NEW FRENCH CABINET
    24 7 Newly-Elected French Premier Rene Pleven has formed his Government, the 13th postLiberation Cabinet, with M. Robert S.numan as Foreign Minister— Reuter.
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    Aggression, Not A-bomb Use, Is Crime: Acheson
    165 7 WASHINGTON, July 13 <Reuter):-The V S SeeCommunist .ampaign to obtain signatures for a peace petition against the use of the atomic bomb, saldtte question of weapons was incidental to the crtme of aggression itself. He described the world peace appeal from the Stockholm
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    PoWs In N. Korea
    30 7 X he Re<i K^rean radio says U.S. pris«jnersHjf-war have b*« n marched down Stalin Street in Pyongyang, the horth Korean capital, to Myonchi prison camp.— A.P.
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    US To Strengthen Fleet Air Arm By Using Reserves
    86 7 WASHINGTON, July 13— i(AP)— The U S. Navy will build up its air arm by putting into active service a number of fighter and torpedo bomber planes now in reserve, Navy spokesman said. The planes being taken from storage include Corsairs
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    75 7 The 1000-guinea pedigree Ayrshire bull. The Champ'* crazes apologetically at the damage she had caused in a china shop in London, where he was being filmed —to give the lie to the old tag about bulls in china shops. For half-an-hour he had tiptoed daintily amid tables and showcases without
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    10,000 Indonesians Going To Mecca
    53 7 CAIRO. July 13.— (AP)r Ten Thousand Indonesian Moslems, the largest number since the war. will make the Haji pilgrimage to Mecca this year, Maitre Mohammed El Rasheedy, Indonsian Minister to Egypt and Saudi Arabia, said today. He said the first of nine pilgrim ships left
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    Next Election
    38 7 LONDON", July IS (AP>— The National Executive of the Labour Party has approved the preliminary draft of its platform for the next election, which the pre.^s p scs m;*v lake place bet.we.i November and next February.
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    UK Aid In Asia Is Big But She May SendTroops To Korea
    103 7 UK Aid In Asia Is Big But She May SendTroops To Korea saw sarssi-jsa £g longkong and Malaya, she Is ready to consider ftf leaders are said to, understand that Britain's military resources already are over-strained by her commitments In Malaya, where she is fighting a Red-led revolt, and in
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    30 7 C I*s tired out from days of continuous fighting and movement. sleep in an abaadoaed house somewhere at the front oblivious of the tank-led advancing Red Koreans. A. P. photo.
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    WARSHIPS FOR KOREA
    19 7 Three Canadian destroyers have been turned over to the United Nations for service in Korea— Reuter.
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    49 7 me U.S. Secretary of State, Mr Dean am.*^ a,„ press conference that South Korean troS? to L d are seen above), now regronpin* SST iSSrk! 7*2™ tanks and heavy artillery attacks, were account of themselves." There had be?n *Ji jS OO from the South Korea- «-JJ J th^o^le {£tff
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    US Not To Pass38th Parallel
    187 7 i TOKYO, July 13 (UP)- —A spokesman of U.S. Hq. r m Korea said yesterday J at as things now stand, the U.S. forces would halt at the 38th Parallel and we would also prevent the aouth Koreans from crossing the border." In Tokyo, Mr.
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    US Warning. On Yugoslavia
    43 7 WASHINGTON, July 13 (Reuter):-- The U.S. Secretary of State, Mr. Dean Aeheson warned last night that aggression against Yugoslavia would be of the utmost seriousness. He was commenting on reports of troop movements in Bulgaria, seemingly directed against Yugoslavia.
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    Mac A. Says N. Korea Leaders Responsible
    180 7 TOKYO July 13 (Reuter):-Gen. Douglas MacArthur, overall commander of the U.N. forces in Korea is astounded by the barbarous murder of U S war prisoners by the North Koreans and holds the North Korean leaders responsible for "permitting these uncivilised actions," an official
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    'Romulo For Korea' Move Is Growing
    135 7 M NEW YORK. July 13 (UP)— .Growing support for a proposal that the P.I. Foreign Secretary. Brig-Gen. Carlos Komulo, join Gen. MacArthur's j headquarters as a co-ordinator 'of the U.N. military forces in Korea is reported by the Newsweek magazine. The proposal was made
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    Russians Call MacA. Pale-Faced Mikado
    118 7 MOSCOW, July 13 (UP) -The Soviet Ut~~ entire great continent into an American concemraUon camp to save decaying capitalism." The article was accompanied by a cartoon, showing Gen. MacArthur trampling on the map of Asia with a bludgeon in one hand and an atom bomb
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    The Odds Are 'Senseless,' Says Officer
    77 7 t A VS. BASE IN SOUTH KOREA, July 13 (Router)— Lieut. Edward James, 25 yesterday described the conditions under which U.S. forces had to fight in Korea. He said I went through .the last war and we never had to fight with our flanks
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    Woman, 21, Has Nine Children
    38 7 WILLIAMSTON (North Carolina), July 13 (UP): A 21-year-old Negro woman. Mrs. Viola Rogers Brown, who bore quadruplets, when she was 17, gave birth to quintuplets yesterday but all died within a few minutes.
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    BREAK WITH RED BLOC'
    24 7 Senator Pat McCarran has called for immediate breaking by America of diplomatic relations with Russia and her satellite countries. U.P.
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    Col. Nayar For Korea
    47 7 Col. Unni Nayar, press attache at the Indian Embassy in Washington, has left for Tokyo and Korea, where he will serve as alternate Indian delegate on the U.N. Commission on Korea. Col. Nayar was eye-witness of the Indian Army in Malaya during 1941.
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    UK Armies Ready For Emergency
    163 7 LONDON, July 13 (Renter):- The Defence Minister, Mr. Emanoel Nninwell, assured Parliament yesterday that Britain had taken the necessary precautions within her resources to prepare her armed forces for any foreseeable emergency. The situation is on* of fT ave anxiety. We nre taking all possible
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    3 7 GEN. CARLOS ROMULO.
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    South Africa To Defy UN, World Court
    95 7 South Africa To Defy UN, World Court _J°NDON. .July 13 (AP): The Union of South Africa intends to absorb South-west Africa into her own territory in defiance of the U.N. and the International Court of Justice. This was made clear by Mr. Eric Louw, South African Minister for Economic Affairs,
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    BOUND FOR LONDON ZOO
    37 7 A shipment oi wild animals, reptiles and birds, including a hippopotamus, a leopard, a giraffe and a python, was loaded aboard the freighter Linaria Mombara in Mombasa for delivery to London Zoo. A.P.
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    THE STOCK MARKETS New York
    260 8 THE STOCK MARKETS New York REPORTS that Bulgarian motorised units were approaching the Yugoslav frontier contributed to the worst fall in stocks on New York Exchange since American intervention in Korea. A selling drive on Wednesday forced the New York stock market down one to four dollars a share in
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    INDIAN PRODUCTION
    35 8 PRODUCTION targets In India are expected to go up by 67 per cent this year. Rise in production has been made possible by the largescale imports of machinery during the past thre«» years.
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    Bigger Stocks Of Rubber In Malaya
    130 8 Standard Staff Reporter MONTHLY returns from the Registrar of Malayan Statistics showed increased in both dealers and port stocks at the end .of June. Dealers' storks of rubber at Malayan ports at the end of June "amounted to 69.265 tons. lan increase of 6,557
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    Name Change Does Not Alter Banks Services
    223 8 FROM today, the Nederlandsch Indische Handelsbank i has been renamed the Nationale Handelsbank N.V. The change of name will not affect the business of the bank in any way whatever. It remains the same bank giving the same services after the change of
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    Centre Of Spice Trade
    78 8 As an entrepot, Singapore handles a good proportion of the rich spiee trade of the Indies. Picture above shows dry chilly being unjoaded from junks alongside the Singapore River into quayside godowns. For centuries, the spice trade of the Indies has attracted traders from far off
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    Rubber Price Is Up Again-By 2 1/2 Cents; Sellers Scarce
    213 8 Rubber Price Is Up Again -By 2 1/2 Cents; Sellers Scarce Standard Market Reporter THE SINGAPORE rubber market was firm at the close yesterday, first grade for August shipment being! 1 transacted at as high as 89J cents per lb. 2^ cent above the previous day's closing prices. Opening easier
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    Thais To Step Up Cotton Production
    232 8 BANGKOK, July 13 (Reu-ter-AAP)—The Bangkok Cotton Mills the only private spinning mill operated in Thailand, has leased from the government the whole of the Ministry of Industry's spinning plant at Wat Stroithong, in the Bangkrabue district. The vire-president of the Bangkok Cotton Mills. Mr.
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    New Synthetic Tyre Rubber
    93 8 A NEW synthetic rubber suitable for use In motor-car tyres has been developed in the Unfted States. The rubber is made from butadiene, which is derived from petroleum, and can be adequately supplied by existing refining plants. It requires no styrene, the substance ordinarily mixed with
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    TIN PRICE
    17 8 SINGAPORE. Thursday. July 13: The price of tin today was $345 per piculs. Up $10.
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    Indonesia Names Tree List' Goods, Restores Imports To Private Hands
    467 8 ftfk^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^m^i^^^^^r^^i Standard Staff Reporter FULL DETAILS of the recent lifting by the United States of Indonesia of sales restrictions and the inclusion of more items in the category of "free list" goods were released by the Indonesia Office in Singapore
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    Latex Foam Industry Expanding
    75 8 Latex Foam Industry Expanding THE LATEX is now worlriwi output of 40,000 and an approv at least £lti mi This is a compared years ago in a ci, machine it F..rt I; Robert Wilhair. Press Officer, to 1 "I have ju r few facts which said iboufl U) popularity cushioning'
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    Pakistan Exports More Cotton
    29 8 I KARACHI J I Pak in M.,y v.cr<> greater than m the Commerce M report i«1. Principal I tan ••.■>n during I < Static. Gem ..nd.
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    Hongkong Tin Pays 35 Percent
    291 8 Standard Staff Correnpondent LONDON, (By Air Mail).— As the result of the sale of 9301 tons of tin ore, the accounts of Hongkong Tin show a gross profit of £179.375, nearly double that of the previous year, stated the chairman. Mr. Jack Addinsell, at the
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    MALAYAN TIN RUBBER OUTPUTS
    111 8 Output returns of some Malayan tin and rubber companies for the quarter to June 30, lt*5i>. are given below PicuU Chendei lar.g Tin Dredging. Limited 777 Gopena Consolidated, Limited 4.0M Hongkong Tin. Limited 775 Kent iF.MSi Tin Dredging. Limited 2.400 The Kinta Tin Mines. Limited 1.6.10
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    LAHAT MINES OUTPUT
    20 8 The Lanat Mines Limited output (sales) 53 tons, estimated profit £5 122 <££ the Quarter to June 30.
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    PRODUCE PRICES IN SINGAPORE
    107 8 COPRA in Singapore was fairly steady yesterday with buyers opening at $37 and rising up to $37| at the end of the day. Sellers held off at $38 Coconut oil buyers quoted $57J and sellersssB. Prices (in Malayan dollars per picul) in the Singapore produce market
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    LEAD PRICE UP £4
    36 8 LONDON, July, 12 (UP) The Ministry of Supply today announced that the price of good soft pig lead would be increased by £4 to £92 per ton delivered, with effect from tomorrow.
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    Tin Jumps Another £24 A Ton
    118 8 LONDON. July IJ (UP)— The tin market had ■OOCIM r stormy session this moi with prices soaring CM per ton to O>H5, the highest since November 17 wiien pri falling from the initial fOVOTIIinont selling price of £725. Spot jumped C24 to £685--7/8 and
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    India Must Import 100.000 Tons Sugar
    74 8 NEW DELHI. July 13 (AP) India must import 100.000 tons of sugar to meet essential needs daring the present year, the Food Ministry announced. Indian domestic sugar production was short of the tar^t figure last year, and this year's crop alto appears likely "to
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    Pak. Exports Up
    34 8 KARACHI. July 13 iAP) 1 M «»f export] Pakistan through K;.r May of this y, r 0.000.000 (about US 000.000) creator than th< M i:nix>rts tfaroufh Karachi In the same month.
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    DEBENTURES AND LOANS
    52 8 MINK IP W S'pore 5* |02f 6J« 1030 t 1 9 3'. u: 4 1 Pena.s 4| 1937 24% 194 I LOANS F.MS 4j S S War 3~0 FMS War 3 SS VV ,r J (FMS War 3 .M Union i Sir. g :j pore 3~# Rehab
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    Latest Malayan Share Prices
    685 8 SINGAPORE. Thurs.— THE MALAYAN' tin share market responded well this morning to the better bids for shares from London. The better local tin metal price added an additional fillip I but the market closed quieter. with sellers predominating. Closing prices were: INDUSTRIALS Buyer Seller Alex Bricks
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      112 8 Ruling Money Exchange Rates EXCHANGE rates now in force, as supplied by the Malayan Exchange Banks Association, are as follows: FREE MARKET CURRENCIES SELLINa BOTINO tea. Sps ,^l;,. it mt «h New Zealand 2/4 1/32 /l^^« 1/4 India. Ceylou 155 3/4 156 3/4 157 and Burma Pakistan 108 1/1 109
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      80 9 The ***** ton Denbighshire on? of the nine Glen Line resseb which will operate <>n a fast schedule between i .mdon and Penang calling n milarly at Singapore, twice Monthly. This 18 knot vessel, together with several other (.In and Shire Liners, was requisitioned by the Adilty at the outbreak
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      Aluminium Replaces Steel In W. African Govt. Motor Vessel
      101 9 )tor vessel "Lady pleted n short ■"hii Morris and Ltd., for the ;nt of Gambia, has r 1 ire wholly of .:m alloy, about ght metal being thus displacing 70 1 56 ft, bers, with a arrl a disyilaceTo::s, with a
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      Cloverlock Returns Unscathed To HK After N'lists Fire
      119 9 Cloverlock Returns Unscathed To HK After N 'lists Fire HONGKONG. July 13— (AP) The eight-hundred-ton British blockade runner Cloverlock, returned unscathed to i Hongkong on Wednesday, after I having been shelled by Najtionalist shore batteries on iQuemoy on July 7. and attackled by two Nationalist warships the next day. The
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      Inquiry Ordered
      33 9 The House of Representatives by a unanimous vote on Wednesday authorized its maritime committee to investigate the May 19 th disaster at South Amboy, New Jersey, when 34 persons were killed
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      How Muck Gold Has Davy Jones?
      228 9 WASHINGTON (INS)-How much treasure lies at the bottom of the sea in rotting ships? Milhons of rth Pr ba^ but °"ly the P tidy sum of rians SC mS accounted for by the histoThis figure is based upon a survey of 70 old treasure
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      Aircraft Workshop For K.L
      138 9 KUALA LUMPUR, which •is fast becoming the centre of light aircraft flying in Malaya is soon to have a well-equip-ped workshop to undertake all types of overhaul of light aircraft, including the Annual Certificate of Airworthiness j required by the Department of Civil Aviation I The
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      Govt Orders Investigation By Officials Causes Of Strikes In London Pert
      723 9 I WHY HAS the port of London been the most strike- 1 troubled sector of British industry in the last five tears? 1 An answer to this question is being sought bv five men, meeting behind closed doors. Appointed
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      SURFACE MAILS
      348 9 Despatches TODAY: Sarawak (except Miri> 6 p.m by Augby; Sou»h and East Africa noon by Tegelberg; InrioChma 6 p.m. by Buloh; Kelantan (parcels only) 6 p.m. by Buloh; Sibu 6 p!m. by Bruas. TOMORROW: North Borneo, Labuan, Brunei and Miri 9 a.m. by Darvel; Palembang noon by Tosari;
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      Crew Must Have Visa For Manila
      211 9 Standard Shipping Reporter NEW PHILIPPINE 1 Immigration Laws make it j necessary for vessels ar-i riving in the Philippines to have had their crew lists visaed by Philippine Con- sular officials or their rej presentatives abroad. This information has been released by the Singa-,
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      115 9 KALLANG ARRIVALS AND DEPARTURES Arrivals Departures KLM Constellation T.V S a.m. for Bangkok, Calcutta, Karachi, Basrah, Cairo, Amsterys Dakota dam ETD 7.30 a.m. ig, Ipoh, Kuala Q.E.A.-BOAC Constellation 1 50 a.m. for Sydney ETD 9.25 a.m. tan, Kuala Kubu, for Calcutta. Cairo, Rome, S, Taiping. London ETD 8.30 am. .umpur
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      222 9 I IN and OUT OF HARBOUR I Patroclus (Mansfield) Godown 44-45 Godown 23-24 riuale Mambang (Straits Steamship) otan Djirak (Standard Vacuum Angby (Straits Steamship) TODAY stan I>jirak (Standard Va- Godown 21-22 vrcrcßfiAV Angby for Sarawak; cuum) Sheers Wharf Foochow (China Navigation) YESTERDAY straat Soenda for Sout h and Seroei (K.P.M.)
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    769 10 Private Affairs Girl 26, After Dating Man Several Years, Positively Feels She Wouldn't Marry Him, Yet Seems Unable To Renounce His Company. DEAR MARY HA WORTH I have been going with John for nearly four years and am now 26. He is very much in love with me, but I
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    Donald Peers is Sritis'i Edition Of Frank Sinatra
    661 10 By MILTON KAPLAN INS Staff Correspondent LONDON, July 9.— (INS).— Bobby-soxers scream More, Donald, More," middle-aged women mob him and fan letters pour in by the thousands on a one-time painter who says he is "just a fat little man with a
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    Food Fair Uses Nude Woman To Illustrate Values
    227 10 LONDON. July 11 (INS), A transparent, life-size figure of a nude woman and not food will be the central feature of the British Food Fair at Olympia. I^ondon from August 29 to September 9. I It will be used by the Central
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    Six Golden Rules Cited For Marriage
    57 10 5 CHELMSFORD, SUSSEX COUNTY. (INS) St. Mary's fellowship of Great Waltham near Chelmsford voted these six golden rules for marriage: 1 Tolerance. ,7 2. Partnership. 3. Mutual trust. 4. To give praise where It is due. 5. To maintain pride in oneself and one's
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    18 10  -  Ed Reed *y "Ive always wanted to ride one of these new 'vista dome* cars."
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    British Washing Powder Firms Slashing Prices
    163 10 LONDON, fINS)— Britain's washing powder firms are waging a trade war in which they are slashing prices, offering two packets for the price of one, and launching lavish advertising campaigns. But housewives are winning the soapflake battle. A representative of one big combine said
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    British Medico Says Gluttony Caused Fatness
    250 10 LONDON, July 10. (INS) A leading British doctor says that gluttony, not glands, is to blame for fatness. Dr. William Neville Mann, stomach specialist of Guy's Hospital. London, declares in the current issue of the English medical journal "Practitioner": "Fat people are fat because
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    369 10 Science Is Searching For New Chemicals To Kill Off Insects By KDWIN P. JOKDAN M l> Written for M Service r 0 THE constant battle against harmful insects, particutllarly those that cause such 1 important diseases of human I beings as malaria, yellow fever, plague and typhus, has
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    La Motta frounces Tiberio
    98 11 La Motta frounces Tiberio NEW YORK, July 12 (UP) -Jake l:i Motta turned boxin_ master tonight and kept world middleweight vn hy winning a lopsided unanimous 1;> round decision over Voung Tiberio Mitri of before 16.369 fans at *on Square Garden. 1.1 Motta forsook his u« :al wild, hooking, slami;
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    US. Plans "Baby" Soccer Leagues
    166 11 YORK.—(AP)ill, u trying to encoi; motors think it can o to start with th< ies and let the sport the boys grow." said uamskill, executive secretUnited States Soccer oriation. i the small leare for boys from eight to ..Tiber of such juver teams in the
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    Stewards Cup Field For Goodwood
    108 11 Stewards Cup Field For Goodwood JuU 12 (Reuterl. 1 Wa V.. :tors for the Ste- »^P, the big six furlongs. at Goodwood on v «re published today. fZirZH fuilh weights): fords T^ all 8()9 St tt f.old Mist 8.08. Master Gunner 5 all 8.07. V-3 Mist 804, Richr.)e r Angehgo
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    Luis Romero Silent About Future Plans
    309 11 MADRID. July 12_— <AF) A professional boxer whc g nl™'* i! a]k i about fut ur t plans has been found in Spain i He is the European bantam- eXg u S^ampion Luis Romero f h hard-hitting, fast-stepping -left-hander who is 'tops* J among
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    41 11 7'r U T h U rJl t t lt £%J "lf^ Ute Mi s6a JS- !f S* to won I** month's Tourist Trophj Kw 11. T.) fat* at fcif i^S' ridin|f tl/SSJiL 81 r< is e of 27 miles ai Yec
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    IORNIE MILE SPEED TRIAL WILL SEE KEEN TUSSLES
    416 11 excitement Feto regarding the treatment^gi^S 1 m re °wf r gain Edition?]^^-^L^^HT 15 That the event i<: t« iCT «»tra "knoti" no doubt, and S nt °> d^f t *»B battle there is rn ifSr* 11 Curv «iv« the 5 or flashes
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    Australia Accepts Davis Cup Entry Df Japan, Germany
    110 11 ter-AAP). Australia has consistently opposed the readmission of Japan to the Davis Cup series but Mr. IL A. Pitt, president of the Australian L.T.A., said today that they would have to accept the decision by the International Lawn Tennis Federation. The ILTF
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    Negri Has Bumper Entry for AA Sports
    542 11 iSEREMBAN, July 12--including 15 women Y etic championship meet Athletic Association 21 and 22. e units represented are Gurkhas, N'egri Sembitan ese Recreation Club, Negri ulan Indian Association, Malay Regiment (Depot), Negn Sembilan Police. Negri Sembilan Ceylonese Association. St Pauls Institution, Anglo-Chi-nese School,
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    Inter-Team Athletic Match
    204 11 Inter-Team Athletic Match The following athletes have' eea selected to represent themgapore Chinese Amateur, 1 thletic Federation in a riangtilar Sports organised J the Singapore A.AJi. toorrow at the sRc ground arting at 5 p.m. sharp. Teams !H f A Pa A rt are thc S.C.A.A.F., wjft A.A. and Indian
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    AH Were Aussies This Time
    31 11 AH Were Aussies This Time Adrian Quist and John Bromwick who beat fellow rS?"^^ S eof •■»w« and BUly Sidwe I in the double final at Wimbledon.— laternaUonal News photo. li
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    135 11 France Wins Fencing Championship fA^P^? CARI J^ 13.-1 i™, -—-France won the wo 1 r mens foil world champion- I S± io^ terdny hy < r^ En^ land *x*at Italy 12-4 r Denmark beat Austria I<MS;' c uigiand beat Austria 8-8 (Eng- v X^L touches, Austria 50) l Denmark took
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    Bogota's big Money Tempted Two, But fioth Came Home
    794 11 Bogota 's big Money Tempted Two, But fioth Came Home By H. LONDON, July 9— Th Soccer star Neil Frankli Stoke City, suddenly took where, it seems, they are With him wen t Georg Mountford, another Stoke foot bail celebrity, and this starte. quite a trek of players fron the
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    Hussars' Batsmen Fail At Raub
    107 11 R R^; B JulJ H.-On the Raul> P.idang. the Raub IndoCeyloncse defeated the 'B" Squadron 4th. Hussars by 40 runs. w The Indo-Ceylonese batted first and compiled M runs. After the opening pair LR Shon (JO) and De Silva (25) nad given them a good
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    Rain Has Increased La Traviatas Chances For Singapore Meet
    599 12 I By OLLIE DAVIES i MOVING attractively La Traviata (Landsdown) showed up best on the soft tr^ck at Bukit Timah yesterday morning. Accompanied by his s the 3 year-old bay ran thre< of the day. Rain has enhanced the Atout gelding's
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    9 12 Tan Wah San. junior singles tennis champion of Malacca.
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    Selangor Chinese Consolidate Lead In Soccer League
    166 12 Standard Staff Correspondent KUALA LUMPUR, Thurs The Selangor Chinese Re reation Club consolidated their position in the First Division of the Selangor Soccer League with a five nil victory over the Selangor Indian Association In a second round fixture at Taylor Road to-day.
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    Arthur Lees Leads Irish Golf Open
    119 12 DUBLIN, July 12:—(Reuter) Arthur Lees, the former Yorkshire golfer now at Sunningdale, Berkshire, today led the field after the first round of the Irish open golf championship on the Royal Dublin course at Dollymount. He was rounrt In 6i>. a stroke ahead of Dai
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    Brilliant Batting By Worrell And Marshall In Leicester Match
    766 12 LEICESTER, July 13— Scoring 651 runs for the loss of only two wickets at the close of the first day of their three-day match, the talented batting of the West Indies touring team overwhelmed Leicestershire here to-day. Frank Worrell had made
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    Teams For Week-End Cricket In Singapore
    355 12 The following will play for the S.R.C. against the Combin-i ed Schools on the Raffles In- 1 stitution ground on Sunday: V. C. Westerhout (Capt.); J. Aeria; J. D'Almeida; R. da Silva; S. Fcrreira; A. M. Jansen; D. Kruseman; J. Martens; R. ferry; J.
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    20 12 Havard University, U.S.A. winning the Grand Challenge Cup Final at Henley from Students of Roeivereeniging Fjord, Holland by one length.
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    Singapore, Selangor ' Eurasian Teams In Cricket "Test"
    219 12 Singapore, Selangor Eurasian Teams In Cricket "Test" A SELANGQR Eurasian Association billiards, cricket, tennis and billiards team arrives in Singapore c this week-end to meet the Singapore Recreation in an 1 annual series of matches. The main item in the pro- J gramme will be the cricket match for the
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    Ship's Soccer Team Wins All Games
    36 12 A football team from s.s. Patroolus played three matches In Singapore and won all. The team beat s.s. Fallymearsk 4-0 the Command Depot Medical Store 4-1, and Singapore District 9-0,
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    Robinson Gets Two Opponents From One Night Of Boxing
    321 12 NEW YORK, July 13 Lamotta-Ray Robinson figh' following the middleweight of Italy's Tiberio Mitri. Lamotta is due to step into the offices of the Inter- national Boxing Club some time this afternoon to pick up a cheqque of around U5533,700 and
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    K. Lipis Poiice Win At Cricket
    108 12 KUALA LIPIS. Monday. In an interesting game of cricket played here yesterday the Kuala Lipis Police XI beat the Clifford School XI by only 13 runs. Winning the toss the Poll ice took first knock and made ,101. Moorthy was the highest scorer with
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    Medan Girls Beaten At Basketball
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    21 12 Prizes for the Johore Bahru Kifle Club annual meeting. In the centre is the championship trophy presented by the Tungku Mahkota.
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    18 12 The Senior SAFA League fixture between Tiqor Sporting Association and RAF (Selotar) Mk iI UJ lavedatJnlan.
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    117 12 (FROM PAGE I was told, v. tend up to M.6OQ I Commander Moo that it probably M iprUDl I i-;ik" the w.ty it wa tanve dono. A flood of onw Dfompti a general stateballoons. He said ex peri mental I to determw.< I altitudes. "We know y.
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    S'Ban Welfare Week Singing Contest
    105 12 SEREMBAN. Thurs—Judging by the enthusiasm shown by would-be contestants who turn out on practice nights, the Welfare Week Singing Contest on July 28-30. organised by the Seremban Chinese Reading Circle, is expected to draw bigger entries than last year. While only Mandarin songs were sung
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    Seven New Buses For Tanjong Bungah
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    ARMY DRIVER FINED
    50 12 Standard Staff Correspondent IPOH. Thurs.— A military armoured car driver. Trooper Bell, who pleaded guilty to inconsiderate driving was lined $15 by Che Bahaudftß, the Magistrate, this morning. Bell drove into a civilian car at the traffic lights junction in Tambun Road on May 15 this year.
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    J. Bahru Rifle Shoot Next Week
    111 12 The Sir Ismail Challenge 'up, donated by the Regent of ohore. Tungku Mahkota. will >e presented to the "best shot" >t the annual rifle meeting of he Johore Bnhru Rifle Assoiation to l>e held at the Ass>>iation's miniature range at Oilam Ayer on July
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    Tiong Bahru Rangers To Meet Dockyard XI
    126 12 The team to represent the Tiong Bahru Rangers in friendly game of ■OCcer against the Singapore Harbour Board Dockyard XI on Sunday at at the Univev.itv Ground College Road, wii! he m from the following Loh Fook Tenp. Cheong Min, Hi)in Chun Hoong,
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