Singapore Standard, 22 August 1950

Microfilm: NL2275
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    16 1 Singapore Standard W ft M Wl NOj». SINGAPORE, TUESDAY, AUGUST 22, 1950. 12 PAGES TEN CENTS
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    New Move To Form TUC Likely
    107 1 mmhMi BtU Keporter i \EW B»V€ to form a T *de Unto" congress m 1 fnore Is Hkely to be a,r i. «wi,..- ition of Singapore FeaeraMw .em which is g lav. will disivach a T.U.C. may ..nninis•ne Trade Union p by the T
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    Second Shipment Of American Arms Arrives In Saigon
    54 1 5 JON, Aug. 21 (AP)— The Steel Yen« i Sunday night second shipment of lij to be deliI under the ited States programme .ma. The Isthmian Line vessel her mixed nd commercial cargo il morning. A large part of: Ihi military cargo
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    British Carrier Theseus Speeding Her Way To Korea
    71 1 photo. The British Aycnul Cai ncr Theseus, 13,350 tons, steamed out of Portsmouth on August 18 to join the British naval forces operating off Korea under the command of Gen. Douglas Mac Arthur. The 635 feet long warship which has a speed
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    1,500 Tommies Ready To Leave HK For Korea
    532 1 HONGKONG, Aug. 21— (UP)— Two battalions of British troops, numbering about 1,500 men, packed gear and checked weapons today preparatory to leaving for Korea possibly this week to become the first non-American reinforcements for the hard-pressed United Nations ground forces. The units
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    Advisory Body To State War C'ttee Will Be Set Up
    71 1 KUALA LUMPUR, Mon.— An advisory committee to the State War Committee is to be set up shortly m Selangor to help m implementing the Briggs Plan. The Standard understands that the Malayan Chinese Association. the United Malays National Organisation, the
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    Australia. Pl Troops To Be Sent At Once
    104 1 HONGKONG, Aug. 21 (UP) —Australia and the Philippics joined Britain today m announcing that they will send ground troops at once to Korea to reinforce the hardpressed United Nations forces. Altogether, the three countries will ship 3.600 infantrymen to General Mac Arthur's
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    Appeal Board Upholds Ban Of Indian Film
    158 1 Standard Staff Reporter THE Singapore Film Appeal Board has banned the Hindu- stani film "Shaheed." which tells a love story against the background of the Indian independence movement of 1942. The film had been originally banned by the Film Censor, Mr. Jack Evans,
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    Red China Demands UN Representation
    48 1 LAKE SUCCESS, Aug. 21 AP) —Red China on Monday formally demanded representation m the United Nations Korean discussions. OAr> i„j The demand was presented m a telegram from Red China s Foreign Minister Chou Eniai to Secretary-General Trygve Lie *nd Russia's Jacob Mali*.
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    Indian Youth Kills Self On Rail Track
    172 1 Indian Youth Kills Self On Rail Track Standard Staff Reporter A 21 -YEAR-OLD Indian, K. j M. Jacob, was run over by the Singapore-Kuala Lumpur train last night at the 10th mile Bukit Panjang. Jacob's arms and legs were severed from his body. He died instantaneously. Police found some letters
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    Three Cases Of Burglary Reported
    78 1 THREE burglary cases were j reported m Singapore yester- day. In the first instance the house of an American couple m Holland Park was robbed of $59 cash and a fountain pen I early yesterday morning. At about the same time the Auxiliary Police Officers'
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    Sir Owen Dixon Back In Karachi
    28 1 Sir Owen Dixon. U.N. mediator for Kashmir, after conferring with Pandit Nehru m New Delhi on Sunday, returned to Karachi yesterday. A.P.
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    Margaret Celebrates Quiet 20th Birthday
    90 1 BALMORAL. Scotland. Aug. 21 AP) -FH~«f garet stepped blithely out of her teens Monday and thereby C,^^J2^d!fuihS A of Kte George VI and Queen EliS£t£ °?ellbrated ff her 20th wYhmrnXJ A That upset the story dating back to antiquity^ that any girl born m Glamis
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    North Korean Troops Suffer 11,000 Casualties In 3 Days
    352 1 TOKYO. Aug. 21 (AP)— The North Koreans were taking a heavy pounding Monday from the ever strengthening Allied land, sea and air forces. A three-day of 11,000 casualties has been inflicted on the North Koreans, said Russel Brines, A. P. staff
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    Gls Blunt Spearhead W.OfPusan
    332 1 Gls Blunt Spearhead W.OfPusan TOKYO, Aug. 22 (UP)— American troops have blunted one Communist spearhead 35 miles west of Pusan. But they have lost some hills to another column thrusting along the nearby South Korean coastal road. Stalled all around the allied beachhead, the North Koreans were reported massing strong
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    Seven Arrested For Ship's Rice Theft
    70 1 Twenty-four bags of rice were stolen from a ship. "lonian Moon", anchored off the outer roads of the Singapore Harbour m the early hours of yesterday morning. Four Chinese, crew of a tongkang, and three European members of the crew were arrested m this
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    US Top Army, Navy Men See MacA.
    145 1 US Top Army, Navy Men See MacA. TOKYO. Aus. 21— (AP)— U.S. Army Chief of Staff. General Lawton J. Collins, and j Chief of Naval Operations. Admiral Forest P. Sherman, j engaged m conferences m TOkyo today with General I Mac Arthur but declined to disclose their nature. Vice Admiral
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    Exports Of Strategic Materials From Pl To Hongkong Banned
    94 1 MANILA, Aug. 21 (Reuter)— All exports of strategic materials to Hongkong from the Philippines have been banned by the Government. it was disclosed today However, such exports may be permitted if they are favourably endorsed by the British Government. Prime objective
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    UK Conscious Of Malaya's Place-Davies
    156 1 Standard Staff Reporter BRITAIN today is very conscious of the importance ot Mataya, and the Malayan campaign against banditry, stated the Attorney-General of Singapore, Mr. E. J. Davies. m an interview with The Standard a few minutes after the Canton docked from overseas last night.
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    Holding Talks
    10 1 Gen. J. Lawton Collins Adm. Forrest P. Sherman
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    Jailed For Assault
    52 2 FOUND guilty of assaulting a stall-holder to extort $10 from him, three young.Chinese, Gek Peng Sionfc X >h See Meng and Koh Kirn Heng were sentenced m the Singapore First District Court yesterday t* gaol. Gek got three months' while See Meng and Kirn Heng each u_ot
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    Cancer Stricken Pilgrim Is Back Uncured, Bat Inspired
    423 2 Standard Stall Reporter BASIL PHELAN, 35-year old cancer-stricken Australian school teacher, who flew la, 000 jni les from lUabrook. Victoria, to Lourdes, France's holy grotto, m the hope that a miracle might cure his disease, returned yesterday 'physically worse, but spiritually greater."
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    Union To Take Up Case Of Gas Men's Dismissal
    244 2 Standard Staff Reporter THE GOVERNMENT and Municipal Labour Union is not satisfied with the -findings of the Gas Department Enquiry Sub-Committee, confirming the dismissal of two long service employees, G. Somasundram and V. Chilliah. The Union b considering the next step
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    Accused's Story Is Not Fantastic, Says Magistrate
    132 2 TWENTY-NINE-year-old Ho I Kai Seng was acquitted of a charge of being m possession of 507 leaf packets of chandu, by the Singapore Second District Judge yesterday. Ho was stopped by the police at a road block at South Bridge Road on May
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    Hotelier Fined
    62 2 A hotel keeper, Wong Mm Teng was fined $200 m the Singappre Fourth Police court yesterday for failing to enter m the register book the names of a couple using the hotel. Wong's premises, Hup H<se Hotel m Geylang Road was paid a surprise check by Inspector Jacob
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    Another Fined $150
    29 2 FORTY-nine-year-old Lim Boey Choong of Hare Street was fined $150 m the Singapore Fourth Police Court yesterday ior assisting m the running of a chap-ji-ki lottery.
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    Wounded Anti-Bandit Men See Cinema Shows In Bed
    258 2 Standard SUIT Reporter. WOINDKI) and sick soldiers brought back to the British Military Hospital ia Singapore from their anti-bandit operations m the Malayan jungles, get their share of entertainment m the form of concerts, cinema shows and other amusements arranged by the
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    Loud Loudspeaker
    35 2 JELANI Shaul Hamid: n shopkeeper m Anson Road pleaded guilty m the Singapore Third Police Court yesterday to operating a loudspeaker too loudly and causing annoyance to the public. He was fined $16.
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    Found With Chandu
    42 2 ONG CHEE TOH, 43, pleaded guilty m the Singapore Second District Court yesterday to a c V a e of being m Possession of 50 leaf packets of chandu and a chandu pipe. Sentence was deferred to Aug. 28.
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    Attempted Suicide
    38 2 A WOMAN, Kum Ah Heng was bound over for six months' by the Singapore Fourth Police Magistrate yesterday after she pleaded guilty to a charge of attempted suicide by leaping from a height of 15 feet.
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    Man Fined $800
    34 2 on r^ E 2? was on Chan Kam Loong (31) m r^,rt Smg ap^ re Third Police rfl?_£ est S rda y J ,or Possession oi 15 pounds of dutiable cigars.
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    52 2 th?Thi^s S E B th! USy two h jpstMdaj afternoon with wfah tlilS £od b OyS n h n6 "»"> had come to Tfffi ctiVSgl "ff Singapore Representative four chHdre?s!S*»? Udl l,M> by his wlf d wheri Mr ™?~,5?. ver of COfm r« for Mauritius wnere Mr. Thivy wfll represent
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    Medical Scheme For Undergrads Proposed
    137 2 Standard Staff Reporter A MEDICAL scheme for undergraduates of the UniverJSJ* Malaya will be instituted m the near future if and when statistics now being sought are available. The man responsible for the scheme is Profes r J. H. Strahao, Professor ol Social Medicine and
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    S'pore's 'Week-end Fliers' To Start Training In Sept.
    760 2 S'pore' s 'Week-end Fliers' To Start Training In Sept. THE FIRST batch of Malaya's "weekend fliers" will be receiving active flying training by mid-September, it was stated by an R.A.F. spokesman here last night. The men will be chosen from 25 candidates at a selection board to be held this
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    Boy (17) Stole Mother's Fowls
    82 2 SEVENTEEN year-old Lee Joo Meng of Tpper Serangoon Road pleaded guilty iv a Singapore Pol ire Court yesterday, for stealing two fowls belonging his mother. In mitagation I,ee said he had been repeatedly refused "a small allowance* by his mother. Lee was bound over for
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    Woke Up Two Men To Confess Killing
    269 2 vei??t ToM HOW TWO Chine, pore s Chinatown were of the morning by a room mat told them he had killed a mai Justice Thorogood and I Assize Court, yesterday. In the dock stood Tan Joon Long charged with the murder of Wee
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    Peeping Tom Filled $3D
    32 2 IRRI ri I) uhiie p-pfc throw ril of i H 1 I B 1 a; 1 .'lK"..rfd Wf* 1 M v r. 8 I M I I P
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    Clerk Faces 21 CBT Charges, Claims Trial
    218 2 A 33-year-old clerk, Tong Kirn Cheong, employed by Scott and English Ltd, Bon*iam Building appeared m the Singapore Relief Court yesterday on 22 tentative charges of falsification of office documents nnd 21 charges of criminal broach of trust involving goods to the tot
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    Six Areas Under Curfew
    70 3 Six Areas Under Curfew a Stiff Correspondent "SSIA LUMPUR Mon.- X „,'i. m Selangor come Six r orders from to2*l„d i the re i<ient s remain out- ,ho closed 'gec*d T ar, uKiibu and Rawang Town X (both midnight Yam Bharu and Xl Lama Town Boards area contained r fence
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    BANK DIRECTOR TO WED IN SEREMBAN
    37 3 Standard Staff Correspondent SEREMBAN. Mon. Mr. Iram Nicholas. Oriental Bank Lumpur, will Mary Celine laughter of Mr. State P.W.D.. Seremban, Manuelpillay at .urch of the Visitation, Seremban, on Saturday, Aug. Seremban.
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    MPIEA—Employees Talks Deadlocked
    326 3 MPIEA— Employees Talks Deadlocked Standard Stall Correspondent KUALA LUMPUR Mon A _^„„_ji m the talks between the M a T a t a n pi k W3 t S reac,led Employers' Association and 1 168 over the standardisation of tasks representatives tion T of An'aTan'lsTaTe 6 As^^Vt the Federawag t
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    Bandits Are Worried By News Lack
    143 3 Standard Staff Correspondent KUALA LUMPUR. Mon. At the last Press conference here attended by Sir Harold Briggs, Director of Operations, it was explained that the reaS n u foi J. not rev ealing locations ot bandit outrages was to avoid passing information of this
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    KL Rotarians To Donate Blood
    60 3 Standard Staff Correspandent KUALA LUMPUR. Mon. The Rotary Club hero has selected Wednesday, Aug. 30 as I blood bank day. A call has been made to at least 20 Rotarians to present themselves at the civil General Hospital, nursing training ward, between 5 and 6.30
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    TO TALK ON RUBBER
    38 3 KUALA LUMPUR, Mon. The associate director of USIS. Mr. L. Yen B. Nichols, will deliver an illustrated talk on "The USA as a Consumer of Rubber," at the SCRC on Thursday at 7.50 p.m.
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    Hurt Another In Aiding Wise
    48 3 standard Staff Correspondent IPUR, Mon. Sa nat bin the aid of the latter was ir other y slrlj5 lrl j Damans i a Road. s today lound over tn be of sood betha for :t _j i was worded the magistral. Raja Suleiman.
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    31 3 Captain and Mrs. J. Mulme photographed with a friend (left) at the reception held at tlte 1/7 Gurkha Rifles Officers' Mess m Seremban, after their wedding at the St. Mark's Church.
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    DPP Is Still Undecided
    101 3 DPP Is Still Undecided Standard Staff Correspondent KUALA LUMPUR, Mon. Because the investigation papers m a case m which two British soldiers, Edgar Hodgson and Lawrence Tamlin, who were charged recently with stealing a motor-cycle from outside the Capital Hotel, had been sent to the Deputy PublicProsecutor, the case was
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    OFFICER CELEBRATES
    49 3 Standard Staff Correspondent SEREMBAN, Mon. At the Negri Sembilan Club yesterday. Inspector Arthur F. John of the Tampin Police and Mrs. John held a "cake and wine" party on the occasion of their recent marriage at Kedah. There was a large attendance including the Undang of Rembau.
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    Two Fail In Appeal Against Sentences
    273 3 1 vttat A S T t ??l? ard Staft Correspondent nnl.Vo LA LUMPUR, Mon. The appeals of a young police corporal, Herbert Augustine, and a mechanic of vmr. if de P artme nt, N. Gunaratnam, against fines of rh^oT t* r S? onths simple
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    Court Orders Man's Arrest
    85 3 Standard Staff Correspondent KUALA LUMPUR. Mon Raja Suleiman. the First Magistrate, today ordered a warrant of arrest to be issued against a Chinese, Kun Hock Heng. for failing to appear m court on a charge of being m possession of 16 tahils of opium at the
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    Defendants Allege Doctor Fixed Own Price For Houses
    473 3 Occiiporfon Beat Dispute Standard Staff Correspondent KUALA LUMPUR, Mon. That a Kuala Lumpur medical practitioner, Dr. J. H. Ponnampalam, had sold his two houses at Setapak during the Japanese occupation after fixing the price through a broker and not under duress, was
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    SEREMBAN WEDDING
    49 3 Standard Staff Correspondent SEREMBAN, Mon. At the Church of St. Mark. Mr. Lincoln Loo Nadarajah. of tho stall of King George V School, married Miss Angeline Balasingam. The reception was held m the King George V School Hall. The Rev. Darbyshire proposed the toast to the couple.
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    400 SPECIALS WANTED
    31 3 Standard Staff Correspondent KUALA LUMPUR, Mon. Four hundred special constables are required to serve m Perak, and for this purpose the Chief Police Officer, Kelantan, is inviting applications.
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    Whitehall Decision Pleases Singapore Leaders, Step Towards Self-Government
    627 4 Standard Staff Reporter THE LABOUR Party of Singapore does not consider the increase of three elected seats m the Legislative Council, recently approved by Whitehall, as "a substantial advance m the present position. by TheGenera! Secretary ofthe Party, Mr. R M Williams
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    Escape Bid
    50 4 Standard Stafl Correspondent TAIPING. Mon— A short term convict m the Taiping Jail made a bold bid for freedom on Sunday when he jumped off a prison truck. His liberty, however, was shortlived for he was recaptured a short distance away from the prison compound m Walker Road.
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    KL's 'Grand Old Lady' Leaving On Retirement
    353 4 KL' s 'Grand Old Lady' Leaving On Retirement Standard Staff Correspondent KUALA Ll MPI R, Mon. Miss Mabel Marsh, the "Grand Old Lady" of the Methodist Girls* School, Kuala Lumpur, will leave Malaya next month on retirement after 40 years of teaching and guiding the girls of this country. She
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    Girl Mauled By Circus Tiger
    104 4 TELUK ANSON, Mon. A 15-year-old Chinese girl, Yeoh Kam Ho, had the rare experience of being mauled by a tiger and coming out of the affray alive. Yeoh was among others who went to see the animals m the Sheum Circus about 4 p.m. yesterday.
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    Convent Girls Move In To New Home
    520 4 Standard Woman Correspondent EXCITEMENT is mounting at the Singapore Convent of the Good Shepherd, m Kampong Java Road. Daily, carloads of girls are transported to what will be their new home, at Thomson Road. These girls, whose ages vary from 16 years upwards,
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    PERAK WANTS MORE 'SPECIALS'
    47 4 Standard Staff Correspondent IPOH. Mon.— The Perak Government requires a very large number of special constables who are promised an initial salary of $70 a month. Recruitment is carried out daily at the Central Police Station. Ipoh. All rares are eligible to join.
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    Forged Brother's Signature
    239 4 Forged Brother's Signature Standard Staff Correspondent IPOH, Hon.— Convicted on charge of using a forged promissory note m respect of $6,000, a 65-year-old Indian Muslim, O. A. Kader Mohaideen. was sentenced to live years' imprisonment by Mr. Justice Thomson ia the Perak Hign Court today. Expert evidence on hand writing
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    2 Ambitious Scouters
    198 4 Standard Staff Correspondent IPOH. Mon.— Two Ipoh scouters have sot their hearts on visiting England by working their passages. They intend doing this the hard wav and have embarked on a working scheme which will include setting up bicycle parks, holding fun fairs, cinema shows, and various
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    'Reds Will Wait, NotToTakeHong Kong By Force'
    357 4 Standard Stair Reporter MOST of the intelligentsia m Hongkong think that the Reds on the Chinese mainland wiil "wait for Hongkong to dry np economically and become more of a burden than a source of revenue to the British.** This was stated by
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    Buddhists To Build Temple For Lepers
    205 4 Standard Stall Cnm->j)<>nd»' it PENANG, Mon.— A campaign will soon he l.'uncW by the Penang: Buddhist Institute lo >c a \uni «f Si."», (100 through public subscription* tr Un purpo*W building a Buddhist temple at the It er se ttlemwt a Pulau Jerejak m
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    Red Envoy Can Land In S'pore
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    BABY IN DUSTBIN
    20 4 JOHORE BANK' 1 -A nowiy boni found m a dustbin Nurses Quarters hen day by a scavenger.
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    Juju The Bulldog
    20 4 Juju The Bulldog 1 V •t p m[ _t I I I i. Miss M,,. tr t w a4 j,
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      297 4 <s/<7 1 Vmi' T i U s?l Bhakta Kalathi 2.30, 6 .30. -Jf'ij.l-\U(Jfi 0((.lY 9 30 p.m. v r_A r Rex: Three Came Home 3. 6.30 Odeon: Jack London 3 p 4", an d 915 P m 9.1a p.m. I Savoy: Because Of Eve I 7 Pavilion: Silent Dream (Canto-
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    WebbTakes Red From 'Belvedere'
    422 5  - WebbTakes Red From 'Belvedere' 'LENSMAN' By ptlFfON WEBB, apL pearing as the father ftf ii children m the film version of the human interest best-seller Cheaper By The Dozen/ scheduled to open shortIv m Singapore, states he ii giad t<» have a rest from Behedere roles. „p. re beginning to
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    Lizabeth Defines Kissers: Six Types-But Only One Is A 'Dream Boat'
    396 5  - Lizabeth Defines Kissers: Six Types- But Only One Is A 'Dream Boat' FRANK NEILL By TTOLLYWOOD, August 21 xx Lizabeth Scott, the gal who eased newsprint shortages during the war hy dropping "E" off the front of her handle, asked us to come up and see her some time so
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    Gay Scenes At The Bal Tabarin
    55 5 A colourful and spectacular cabaret number that highlights the French film "A Night At The Bal Tabarin" which will soon have its release m Singapore through its distributing agents— Shaw Bros. The story for the film is, incidentally, built round this famous French night
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    'MUCH-BINDING-IN-THE-MARSH'
    211 5 'T'HE men of the British Broadcasting Corporation's "Much-Binding in-the-Marsh". (from left to right Richard Murdoch. Kenneth Home, Maurice Denham and Sam Costa), welcoming the two women members, Barbara Leigh and Diana Morrison to the programme. Diana Morrison was Miss Hotchkiss of the well beloved "ITMA". She is tall. slim
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    COUNT YOUR TRICKS TO INSURE SUCCESS
    280 5  -  William E. McKenny Bridge Corner By r\NLY experience will make a good card player. However, a person may become a good player more quickly learning to use the gadgets employed by the experts, such as end plays, safety plays, squeeze plays, coups, and so
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    ALL THE WORLD'S HER STAGE..
    579 5  -  OSWALD HENRY By fO MOLLIE ROSS— tall, attractive, plat-inum-blonde wife of Mr. Arthur A. Ross of the Singapore Municipality all the world's a stage, and children its principal stars. And, with good reason, too. For 20 years as a photographer, Mo Hie Ross has made
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      118 5 Today's Highlights RADIO MALAYA (Singapore) Light music (1 p.m.) is played by the Radio Orchestra whose repertoire m« eludes Strauss' waltz, "Wine, Women and Song." At 9.45 p.m. the Station rings up the curtain on selections of arias from great operas. Dance Music tonight (10.30 p.m.) is played by the
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    Singapore Standard
    84 6 K. S. CHANG, Editor-in-Chiof Published daily* including Sundays by the Sin Poh (Star News) Amalgamated, Ltd., at 123 Robinson Road, Singapore. Subscription rates: 10 cents per copy, $3 per month and $9.00 per three months, m Singapore and throughout, tne Federation of Malaya, postage extra. Advertisement rates on
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    Rule Of Palm Grease
    705 6 INSTITUTIONAL lawyers pay tribute to what is known as the rule of law. The man-in-the-. street, too. pays tribute sometimes tribute to the rule of palm-grease Of course, the rule of palmgrease is not as universally applied throughout our administration as it is m many other
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    It's The Talk Of the Town
    1063 6 It's The Talk Of the Town Anti-Social Habit THE decision of the Government to step up measures to the anti-social habit of spitting m public is not likely to meet with the success it should. It was stated m Council the other day that only one person was prosecuted last
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    In Honour Of Kwan Ti
    276 6  - In Honour Of K wan Ti Ho Chien by AT time of writing, the annual religious festivities m honour of Kwan Ti, the Chinese God of War, which started on the 6th of tliis month at Batu Gajah. are still m progress. The celebrations are centred at the compound of
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    USELESS EUSTACE
    22 6 Packed out. Sir, but I can squeeze you m here for the night if you. don't mind sharing the room
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    RUSSIA'S SECRET A-BOMB ARSENAL
    562 6  - RUSSIA'S SEC R ET A-BOMB ARSENAL Kingsbury Smith *9 PARIS, (INS)— AUTHORITATIVE sources r"" said recently that the Atlantic Pact defence chiefs now believe Soviet Russia may have a stockpile of about 20 atom bombs. These sources further said tt is believed that Russia may be producing atom bombs at
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    We, the People
    651 6 Professional PoliticLins Sir.— A good deal has been said and written to the Press Of the great dangers which wiil result from the adoption of the scheme for paving our Legislative Councillors and Munic.pal Commissioners a monthly allowance of $500 and $300 respectively. To my mind the
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    Review of Views
    53 6 Review of Views Few Are Chose, V I I I i I I 'I I I I I m I Fearful Future I m H I H m _m I I I L: Ja'ole Deed I I i I c m M Get Out. Villain KICK Jn i• i I
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    Nehru May Go To Peking To Try For Korean Peace
    200 7 photo. M1 fcW "JSffi A «ff- 21 (AP) The Indian Prime Minister Pandit Nehru who has been invited to Peking by the Chinese Communist Government is Hiving the invitation serious consideration although so tar he has not replied officially, it
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    Russian Warships Are Massed Near Korea
    135 7 HONGKONG, Aug. 21 (AP) Arrivals from Dairen say that many Russian warships are now concentrated m that biff Manchurian port, close to North Korea. Crew members of the Panamanian freighter Eastern Venture, who were m Dairen from Aur 4 to 11. said there were
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    Peking Makes Demand
    73 7 TOKYO, Aug. (UP):— The Peking radio said that Foreign Minister Chou En lai has i Bed the U.N. Security Council that a Peking delegation is necessary for any dis- on of the Korean question b< lore the world body. .idto quoted Mr Chou as >: the Peking
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    5,000 N. koreans Killed By Advancing Allies In 'Biggest Victory' So Far
    285 7 5,000 N. koreans Killed By Advancing Allies In 'Biggest Victory' So Far TOKYO, Aug. 21 (UP):— The South Korean a m having rooted 30.000 Communists to a 16 mile advaifj V tftlS Korean coast, killta* 3,800 to the past three days to the v,^ ry ot the war," while U.S.
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    New MacA. Warning
    61 7 New MacA. Warning TOKYO, Aug. £1 (AP)— (fen. Mac Arthur warned Urn of Urn North Korean forces yesterday that he would be heM responsible if Red atrocities against U.N. troops were noi at once stopped. The warning which was broadcast and contained tn le e topped by planes, said "incontrovertible
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    Proof Of Red Aid In Korea
    93 7 WATH U.S. 24TH DIVISION IN KOREA, Aug. 21. (UP)— Representative Hugh Scott Jnr., of Pennsylvania said that material captured recently by the Americans show positive evidence that, despite her official denials. Russia is aiding the North Korean Communists. Mr. Scott ana Representative Henry Latsam
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    US Is Urged To Tell 'War Aims'
    158 7 US Is Urged To Tell 'War Aims' LAKE SUCCESS, Aug. 21. (UP) Pressure is mounting rapidly here for America to tell her "war aims" m the Korean conflict, as exploratory talks proceed on a scheme to put North Korea under temporary U.N. trusteeship. Pressure for showing the Korean masses what
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    Unrest In Red Korea Is Growing
    87 7 TOKYO, Aug. 21 (AP):— Growing unrest m areas under the Korean Communists, disclosed by Gen. Mac Arthur's intelligence staff, is believed to be a reason for the increasingly evident manpower shortage seen m Red lines. One spokesman said, "Lines of communication duties and possibly
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    Kashmir Watch
    30 7 SRINAGAR (Kashmir). Aug. 21 (AP)— A close watch is bein# kept on the passes connecting Tibet with Ladakh. Kashmir, to keep out potential "troublemaker);" and prevertf. armj, smuggling.
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    27 7 photo. Korean police serving ./iu the U.S. Marines are shown sampling U.S. rations. They apparently find the contents amusing, judging by smiles of those m background. A.P.
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    Tries Again
    33 7 Jacob Malik, chief Soviet Delegate to the United Nations, yesterday again summoned a private meeting of the Security Council. He refused to tell the other delegates what he intended to ilfseNL
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      GI's Suspicious Of Stray Dogs
      98 7 ON THE KOREAN WAR FRONT. Aug. 21.— A1l members of one U.S. infantry company are now suspicious of stray mongrel dogs. One day last week some stray dogs came up and sniffed the foxholes m which a company of US infantry were dug m on
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      39 7 The Nizam or Hyderabad has requested that other traffic share the road with him when he goes for a drive through Hyderabad City. For years all other traffic was cleared from the streets when the Nizam went driving A.P.
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      79 7 m -a Nearly 1.000 housewives from all over the world will meet m Copenhagen m September for a congress to discuss improving the standards of rural homes and exchange visits of school children to foreign countries. Begum Aizuz Rasul. woman, member of the Legislative Council m Lucknow, has complained that
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      36 7 When the Americans entered the town of Masan (Korea) they noted with pleasure a placard outside a nouse. "Special Service for U.N Troops.' Military police investigated and arrested eight Korean women on undisclosed charges Reuter AAP.
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      17 7 Egypt has opened the first tuberculosis convalescent home lor wonders which that country has ever had.- A.P.
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      24 7 About 700 Japanese are still stranded m the Peking and Tientsin areas of China, a Japanese who has iust returned to Tokyo reports.- Reuter
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      21 7 Tokyo merchants have presented to wounded (..Is from Korea ashtrays. magazines. Punch and -Judy dolls, picture frames, fans and games Reuter
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      36 7 The International Federation for the Abolition of Prostitution has called a world conference to meet m Rome m October Main topics will be "The State and Prostitution." and "Sanitary Pro blems Posed by Prostitution A. P.
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      16 7 A Horsham (Sussex) sow gave birth to 22 pu?s. bringing her total family to 75 Reuter
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      28 7 President Truman Hai chosen Lieut.-Gen Walter Bedell Smith, former ambassador to Moscow. to be director of the Central In telligence Agency to replace Rear Adm RH Hillenkoetter.— U.P.
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      60 7 The National Press Club m Washington is to establish a memorial fund m honour of the late Col. Unni Nayar of India, the money to be used m sending Indian newspapermen to America for training and study. Col. Nayar was killed by a mine on August 11 while acting as
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      20 7 Australia's population should reach 8.500,000 by the middle of next year, says the latest report by the Commonwealth Statistician. Reuter
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      28 7 The Sudan Government has advised Khartoum residents ta stop using cannon shells as door-stops, after an old warhead, dating back to the 1884--85 sie?e of Khartoum exploded. A.P.
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      39 7 The initial phases of IndoChina's programme to raise its health standards with (J.S aid will be carried out with the use ot U*****,000 worth of drugs, m secticide sprays and related equipment, the EC. A has an nounced. A.P.
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    Mass Stampede Feared
    92 7 NAIROBI. Aug. 21. (AP): -.4 mail stampede ol the tens of thousands of wild animals is ieared m the 6,000-sqTiare-mile National Game Park. midway between Nairobi and Mombasa, where a great forest lire is raging following volcanic eruptions and severe earth tremors m the Gayulu Hills, m
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    Chiang Asking US For More Military Aid
    128 7 WASHINGTON, Aug. 21 (UP) Dr Wellington Koo. Nationalist China's Ambassador, has returned to the United States from a flying visit to Formosa, bringing with him an urgent plea from Gen. Chiang Kai-shek for increased U.S. military aid to cope with Red invasion, it
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    HK Unit For Korea May Be In Action Within Two Weeks
    307 7 LONDON, Aug. 21 (AP)— British infantrymen being moved this week from Hongkong to Korea will go into action m Korea m less than a fortnight, if required, it is learned here. As no movement of other U.N. forces is
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    Siam Gift Leopard To Japan Dies
    73 7 The female of a pair of leo pards presented to Nagova City Zoo, Japan, by an animal dealer m Siam, died m a plane before reaching Haneda airport, Tokyo. Reuter Dorothy Edna Petersen, 23-year-old former telephone operator, after completing a 2.500-foot jump as part
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    West Must Do Full Share, Says Spofford
    128 7 LONDON, Aug. 21:— The U.S. chairman of the North Atlantic Deputies Council, Mr. Charles Spofford. said last night that, although America is prepared to help rearm Western European nations against the threat of Communist aggression, it is up to them also to play
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    Oil Mills Seek Govt Protection
    300 8 Oil Mills Seek Govt Protection Standard Staff Correspondent KUALA LUMPUR, Mon. Federation oil millers are to appenl to the Government to restrict the export of copra. Tlie industry is running short of supplies of copra, and millers want a reserve stock to remain m Malaya for coconut oil production. At
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    JAP RAYON OUTPUT
    37 8 A-; I 21 -fit AAP) Rayon staple production m Jap. m ia July tut. iled 12.957, 87S mci i r 9 "7.2 19 pounds over June, the interna Ti ide ond Industry Mini >unced.
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    General Motors To Pay Another $2'/2
    85 8 General Motors To Pay Another $2'/ 2 NEW YORK. Aug. 21 <AP>. The Directors of General Motors Corporation have earmarked an extra (US* 11,000.000 out of the rompany's all time record profits to pay a special dividend of I'SS2 50 a share The company had previously made two regular dividend
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    Indian Sugar Millers Flying To Australia
    230 8 Indian Sugar Millers Flying To Australia Standard Staff Reporter THE ACTTE sugar shortage m India has sent two < Indian sugar merchants on a flight to Australia to learn about "mechanised sugar production." Mr. D. M. Dahanukar, director of the Maharashtra Sugar Mills m Bombay, and Mr. B. N. Pittie.
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    Tin Production Drops 556 Tons
    118 8 Standard Staff Reporter j PRODUCTION of tin ore Jni Malaya dropped to 6,762 tons m July from 7,318 tons m t'June, according to official 'Statistics issued yesterday. A drop m production by 813 Hons m Selangor mines was responsible for the low July output of
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    JAPS RETURN ZINC
    21 8 The Japanese Government has restored to the French Government 44n.<.:tt kilograms of zinc Gen. MacArthui's HQ has announced.
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    Ruling Mousy Exchange Rates
    136 8 EXCHANGE rates now m force as ■unnlteH hv th« Malayan Exchange Banks Association are as followsFREE MARKET CURRENCIES SELLING lUVI N <; Australia 21 1 1,11 l'l ln\¥ 2/4 9.33 2/4 6/16 Zealand 132 2 4 21 '32 India Ceylon -.55 3 4 156 3/4 7*7
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    Plantation Strike In Indonesia Steadies S'pore Rubber Market
    128 8 Standard Staff r,.^ NEWS OF plantation v of ing those on -din Indon. steadied ti, ber marki r ;b--showed an 'nr but the d-n particu; not higher I. Ul the Sellers were dined to M r. and the tur An tfen< v
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    77 8 Drums of latex on th 6 wharf last weekend before being: loaded into the American cruise liner President Monroe, which sailed from Singapore on Sunday night on her return to the U.S.A. Tbe Monroe took from Singapore over 1,000 tons of sheet rubber and latex. There Is a rapidly-growing market
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    World May Be Short Of Sugar: Reason—Korea
    371 8 World May Be Short Of Sugar: Reason— Korea LONDON, Aug. 21 <AP) The Korean war has brought a surge m sugar buying which may result m a world sugar shortage, the Financial Times said m an editorial. "Korea has brought a complete change m the world sugar market." the paper
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    UK Firms May Now Import Jap Cloth
    59 8 LONDON. Aug. 21.— (AP)— The British Board of Trade has announced it will consider requests to import limited quantities of grey cloth (cotton and rayon) from Japan until June 30. 1951. The cloth will be exclusively for processing m Britain and re-exporting to
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    MALAYAN SHARE PRICES
    777 8 SINGAPORE, Mon.— Partly encouraged by the improving prices of the tin metal. the Malayan share market opened the week on a very steady tone. However, business was only on a smali scale. Closing quotations were: INDUSTRIALS Buvei Sellei Ales Brick* Pref LM 2 00 Ord 190 2
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    DEBENTURES AND LOANS
    120 8 MUNICIPAL Spore 5 1920 105.00 106.50 4J% 1930 105.50 106.50 3 1935 86.00 87.00 3 1937 92.50 93.50 xi 3 1938 92.50 93.50 xi 4 1939 100.50 102.50 31% 1948 90.00 91.00 Penang 5 1926 105.00 106 50 4f% 1929 104 00 106.00 xi I 1935 95.00
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    JAP CLOTH, OTHER GOODS DEARER
    307 8 Standard Staff Reporter CERTAIN categories mt Japanese textiles are now 60 per cent dearer than m Jnne while, generally, the prices of Japanese manufactures have increased from 30 to 45 per cent of their pre-June level, Singapore importers reported yesterday. Steep rises m the price
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    What's The All In Cost Of Tin, Rubber?
    123 8 What's The All In Cost Of Tin, Rubber? LONDON, Aug. 21— (UP)— Complaints m the 'American Metal Market* that the British Ministry of Supply is taking handsome profits m tin on American stockpiling purchases tin was bought by the Ministry at around £555 and i.s saleable today to the Americans
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      Clove Sellers Hold Off In Produce Mart
      173 8 Standard Staff Reporter A BUMPER crop of cloves estimated at around 22.000 tons was expected this season, according to reports from Zanzibar yesterday. This resulted m Zanzibar cloves being quoted at $90 per picul for buyers of September-October shipment, with sellers holding off
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    Sth. Africa Selling More Gold To UK
    23 8 to c the S Beo Afr. I Sell. won i 1 rent the the begii i
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    TIN PRICE UP £42 A TON
    55 8 LONI Tin <• m 1 itrong i I Tr.. i and a buying m L nt Thurud 85 tons Miiei'.i by a itat< raoraaaot an; p The ftnm lo be its noi any d Hint it buys m that Wit* frotn tn a gain
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    COMMODITY PRICES
    63 8 RUBBER The latest Singapore rubber prices yesterday (Auo. 21) were, per Ib. Buyers Sellers No. 1. RSS Spot loose $1.30 Sl 31 No. 1. ESS fob m bales Sept. 51.24 $1.25 No. 2. H S 1.231 $1.24$ No. 3. n $1.23 $1.24 Tone: Slightly easier. TIN SINGAPORE, Mon.,
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    USI To Step Up Copra Production
    216 8 WASHINGTON, Aug. Z% (UP)-The Inited States Department of Agriculture reports that Indonesia plans to increase its production of copra. A newly-appointed Copra Commission, consisting of representatives of the Indonesian Government, copra producers and copra dealers, will undertake a careful study of the best means
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    UK GOVT STOCK PRICES UP
    56 8 LONDON. Aug. 21 (Reuter).ine recent advance m British Government stocks was resumed today when fresh institutional buying lifted prices by ud to three-eighths. All issues were a fleeted but the demand was mainly for long-dated storks. Commodity shares were firmer with tins helped by the
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    Largest Carrier In World May Call Here Next Month
    433 9 m^S-mmimm-m\AmmS_\ «gBBBS-______B-_HB--B_B —^U FShippin^ Aviation [!^EBJubJLi^,^3,,,BB[BBi Standard Shipping Rcnorter SEPTEMBER will be a red letter month, is Tar asilin^^ 0r lillxhe anti-Red is the more fitting expression. BS£^^S^ tnmtmA tmtmmk Warrior, Empire Trooper, Midway. Ttey a^ J^T* munition, ul men we
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    Prow. Stern Of 2 Sunk Ships Made Into 1
    205 9 GENOA, Aug. 21 (AP)The prow of one Liberty ship wrecked m the Red Sea, and the stern of another blown m two by a mine off the Italian coast, have been joined m a giant shipyard surgical operation to make a
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    American Express Hopeful
    153 9 American Express Hopeful Few Tour Cuts K— (AP)— ln a I d few were worried ■ntcmational d reservations or plane travel. nm nUon that have been rushto bring I efl ?•> the The d Express Comthe largest world nations, said it nt m Jime that ships, full tourist year of
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    JAPAN TO BEGIN US RUN IN SEPT.
    43 9 TOKYO, Aug. 21.— (ReuterAAP) A regular run between the United States and Japan by Japanese ships is expected to materialise some time m September, Takeshi Yamaznki. Transportation Minister, said according to Kyodo news agency reports today.
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    17 9 Tbe picture above shows P O's latest warehouse at Genoa with fork-lift trucks for piling and stacking.
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    US Paper Criticises Workers' Decision
    162 9 EW YORK. Aug. 19 (Reuter) The International ten's Union today decided m favour of an go on all future shipments of Soviet products the poits of New York and Boston. >an followed the decision of New York dockunload a car^o of Russian furs which arrived
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    Italy Makes Big Effort In Shipping
    156 9 ROME. (AP) Italy's merchant marine, reduced by the last war to a mere 231 units of 373,167 gross tons, has bounced back to sixth place among the world's shipping nations. Latest official figures put Italy's total ships of all classes, including its growing fishing
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    RESERVED
    28 9 NEW DELHI, Aug. 2L— (AP) India has decided to reserve the coastal shipping trade for Indian shipping. Indian vessels now carry 75 per cent of coastal cargoes.
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    49 9 Believed included ia the U.S. Sixth Fleet, which is speedteg through the Sues Canal to the war ia Korea, is the world's largest aircraftcarrier Midway <45, M tons) seen here. Midway is heading a powerful U.S. Naral force which may be exacted at Singapore early m September.
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    P.& O. Build A New Warehouse
    342 9 THE P and O. Company have just completed a warehouse located on one of the best quays Ponte Miopia m the port of Genoa. This warehouse will serve the interests of P. and 0., British India and General Steam Navigation Companies' services, and is
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    Union-Castle Ship To Have 1 Class Only
    113 9 AN OUTSTANDING addition to the Union-Castle Line's world-renowned fleet is the twin-screw motorship Bloemfontein Castle. This handsome vessel represents an entirely new innovation for the Line m that her 739 passengers are all of one class, an innovation, which it is anticipated, will
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    RED GERMANS TO BUILD 34 SHIPS
    66 9 BERLIN, Aug. 19— (UP) East Germany plans to build at least 34 ships at Wismar on the Baltic Sea during the next five years. East German Deputy Prime Minister, Walter Ulbricht. told 6.000 shipbuilding workers last night that the East German merchant marine would
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    Canton Early
    21 9 The P O mail hip Canton arrived yesterday evening at Singapore and went alongside the wharf a night early.
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    77 10 At Tampin, m Negri Sembifan.f it was a big day for hundreds! of Roman Catholics scores 1 from far away towns when the 1 little Chapel of St. Philomeno held special services to mark the solemnity of the Feast of the patron Saint of the Chapel. These pictures show Catholic
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    33 10 a l lie i jAbove, US soldiers ore teen bri ng q m North Koreon guerillas, seixed with machineguns m their possession. Below a group of North Koreon sold.ers *h 0 surrendered.
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    Indonesians Celebrate
    96 10 Neorly 10,000 Indonesians gathered ot the house and grounds of the Representative of the Government of Indonesia, Dr. Z. Zain, for the fifth anniversary Indonesian Independence The function took place m Patterson Road, Singapore. Twenty different kinds of games were played all Indonesian. j Drums throbbed/ tambourins jingled,]
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    361 11 Your Marriages fly Samuel O. and j s tli or B. Kling. pon'fl Take Love p or Granted q Do i.any husbands take| their wies' love too much for| vTe3. Once these mens hay a woman, they think J heirs for keeps, no| what It never occurs? 1 that a
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    829 11  -  H. L Hopkin l ?y with. It will probably affect those who have done their national service as well as those to be called up, and HE shadow of war grows heavier. Mr. Attlee's recall of Parliament obviously means that important measures for strengthening
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    Lady-in- Waiting To Wait
    241 11 J LONDON, Aug. 21-(INS> shm, pretty, dark-eyed Jennifer Bevan. 22-year-old i rV a y- ln -waiting to Princess Margaret intends to remain J heart-free until her royal 2 friend has an engagement ring Son the third finger left-hand. 5 London gossips had recently 2 linked Miss
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    THE DOCTOR SAYS
    420 11  -  EDWIN P. JORDAN, M.D. Painful Gout Is Not Funny To Its Suffering Victims By written for NEA Service 'THERE are few things more r painful than an attack of acute gout. A typical bout starts m the middle of the night with severe pain at the base
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    WEST INDIES TROUNCE GLOSTER BY INNINGS
    253 12 CHELTENHAM, Aug. 21 (Reuter) West Indies trounced Gloucestershire by an innings and 105 runsj today after scoring 271 ht reply to Gloucestershire's 69 m the first innings and then dismissing the County for 97 m the second innings. Ramadhin and Valentine were responsible for
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    SCOREBOARD:
    118 12 Gloucestershire Ist. Innings— 69 WEST INDIES Ist INNINGS Marshall c Lambert b Cook 19 Stollmeyer Ibw Lamberi' 0 Walcott b Mortimore 126 Weekes c Bailey b Cook 57 Trestrail c Wilson b Lambert 0 Christiani b Mortimore 23 Gomel c Milton b Cook 07 Williams c Alien b Mortimore
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    KL Sportsman Les Farragher Dies Suddenly
    191 12 KUALA LUMPUR. Mon.—Selangor cricket has suffered a loss through the sudden death this morning at his residence m Ampang Road of Mr. Leslie Farragher, the fast bowler. His death came as a rude shock to his large circle of friends some of whom were
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    Chartered Bank Win Eight-One
    283 12 THE Business Houses "B soccer encounter between the Chartered Bank and the Overseas Chinese Banking Corporation played at St. George's Road yesterday ended m an overwhelming win by the Chartered Bank by eight goals to one. The game was wholly onesided. The OCBC defence was completely
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    Stonor Shield Winners
    82 12 Stonor Shield Winners The Selangor Club cricket team, winners of the Stonor Shield for the third year, who trounced the Selangor Chinese Recreation Club m the final during the week-end. Seated second from right m the front row is veteran T. M. Hart who played a big part m the
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    The 'Flying Housewife' Is Dutch Hope For European Championship
    306 12 Koo,^ S T T b ER ?i AM A S g 21 (AP) "Fanny BlankersKoen, The Flying Housewife" who won four gold X n < a l l he L ndon Olympic Games m 1948. again is the Dutch hope for
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    Irish Cup Soccer
    50 12 ,rt a DON A^" 19 Following are the results of the Irish Ulster Cup fixtures:- ISh Ballymena U. Ulsterville Bangor i Ards Chftonville 1 Distillery b Derry City 1 Coleraine 2 G enavon ;j Portadown 0 Glentoran 4 Dundela o hSEu Crusaders l Linheld 4 Brentwood 2
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    Penang Lucky To Win Gold Cup Soccer Tie
    417 12 PENANG. Three "gift" goals obtained m the second half of play enabled the Penang Malays to score a lucky win over the Trengganu Malays by the odd goal m seven, m the Sultan's Gold Cup Soccer semi-final played before a large crowd
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    HK Bank Score Narrow Win Over Borneo M'trs.
    438 12 Slrore Commerciat fffwroe h-< l^ e pl? nt 5 s n ted ga T' the Hon £kong and Shanghai Bank S.C. beat Borneo Motors by three goals to two when they clashed m the Business House league match at Geylang yesterday. 6
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    World Sports Shorts
    288 12 STOCKHOLM. Aug. 20 (Reuter) —Jim Fuch* I United States) today set new figures for the world record m putting the Sg *h«m at Visby islahd of V Sa? 1 he attai "fd a distance ot i ,.oi metres (about 58 feet nine inches). Only three days ago
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    For A Pirize Of $2,800 ... 25 Swimmers Race Over English Channel Today
    746 12 For A Pirize Of $2,800 25 Swimmers Race Over English Channel Today FOLKESTONE, England, (INS) Aug.2l— Nineteen men and six women irom 14 different countries are training m Folkestone today for "the free-for-all crossChannel swim which is tentatively scheduled for to-morrow. The London Daily Mail, which is sponsoring the contest,
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    11 Nations To Exhibit In Sports Fair
    99 12 11 Nations To Exhibit In Sports Fair TRENTO. ITALY. Aug. 20 (AP).— Eleven nations, including Britain, are sending exhibits to the International Sports Goods Fair opening here on Monday, it was announced on Sunday. Britain will have a large display of sportswear and sports equipment. Western Germany will exhibit hunting
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    28 12 J?*?? 1 goalkeeper Shaikh Mustapha rushes forward to make a clearam* m Oold Cup match at Kuala ftlab ou Friday between Negri and SeUngor. IW" goals to one.
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    Malayan Chinese Team Selected
    73 12 Malayan Chinese Team Selected IPO". Monday meeting of th fc*t nuiu le foll wer. p„ k d l 0 WJj£ SSK. T „,,"'5 angor,. Kam p„ h p* 1 Font: I'.n,ru mL (S'Porei. Poh bJST.S? Hock sSj •Jtj, Boo« Sf o| (Spore,. Boon Spore, B ,n Kam (hrn r,. nkl
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    Negri 'Blues Celebrate Their Silver Jubilee
    252 12 SEREMBAN. Sun-Asian Rugby enthia Perak, Singapore and Selangor were pr, last night given by the Negri Sembilan All Bl Football Association m commcmorai. V," Jubilee. Among the guests were the tw* -he four coaches of the All Blues. Mr. D E La, the first
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    Slow Work On KL Turf
    36 12  -  OLLIE DAVIES r. SLOW wa w ■< N ,I,,nf the third .md fourth at Km.il I am* morn m, R I i (D Sunny v I (UU Spei .>. Slick, on the Kiftfdon
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    Raffles Cricket
    71 12 The following bo>s have hern selected to represent K.illl rs Institution against the I nglish Schools Boys who are on holiday m Singapore to-morrow at cricket on the R.I. ground at LOO p.m.: R. Sandosham. G. Krishnan, Chin Yoon Fook (Capt.); X S Williams, Verity Gill. V. Nathan.
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