Singapore Standard, 28 August 1950

Microfilm: NL2276
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    13 1 Singapore Standard \0L. 1 >•'<>• 57 SINGAPORE, MONDAY, AUGUST2B, 1950. 8 PAGES TEN CENTS
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  • Article
    UMNO Delegates Accept New Citizenship Plan, Ask Minor Amendments
    168 1 UMNO Delegates Accept New Citizenship Plan, Ask Minor Amendments Standard Staff Correspondent M u K WOSAR, Sun— At today's meeting of the UMNO Genera! As^mhlv MN gates agreed to accept certain recommendation Tol t-^rom__^Siii. tion oi Kede: rit-zens-Up ,t,is.ur, d tr.t the re- snotild be l^uhi' r I a v
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    Dato Onn Returns To Helm Of UMNO
    276 1 Standard Staff Correspondent KUALA LUMPUR, Sun.-Dato Onn bin Ja'afar has once again taken over reins of office in the United Malays National Organisation a seat which he voluntarily vacated some months ago. Dato Onn was unanimously elected President after he had given notice
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  • Article
    Hedy Lamarr Finds Jewels Missing
    32 1 NEW YORK. Aug. 27 (AP) Poiiie announced on Saturday that they are investigating the reported disappearance of jewels worth U*****.000 (£904)00) owned by screen actress He-iy LannoT.
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  • Article
    Proposal Made On Education
    61 1 Proposal Made On Education KUALA KANGSAR. Sun.— At the UMNO meeting this morning, the committee on Malay education formed the subject of a discussion. It was revealed that the committee, now meeting in Kuala Lumpur, will consider the suggestion to appoint a Malay to be the Deputy Director of Education
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  • Article
    8 Die, 35 Hurt In Irish Mail Express Crash
    136 1 Irish Mail Express crashed headon into a switch engine here shortly before dawn today killing at least_ eight persons and injuring 30. The heroism of youthful fireman Jack Williams. hurt in both legs, averted an even worse disaster. The warning detonators
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    Swims To Fame, Fortune
    64 1 Photo. Twentyone-y ear-old English school teacher, Miss Eileen Fenton, swam her way across the English Channel last week to fame and a 1,000 rheque given by the Daiiy Mail. She was the first woman entry to cross the famous snan and is shown above receiying the
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  • Article
    Heads Of British Troops Confer With Gen. Walker
    228 1 WITH THE EIGHTH ARMY HEADQUARTERS IN KOREA, Aug. 27 (UP) Advance leaders of two British battalions soon to join the United Nations ground fight against the Communist invaders of southern Korea conferred at length today with Eighth Army Ground Commander Lieut Gen.
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  • Article
    Bevin Leads Delegation To New York
    161 1 Bevin Leads Delegation To New York LONDON. Aug. 27— (AP)— Foreign Secretary Ernest Bevin will head the four-man British delegation at the meeting of the Western powers Foreign Ministers in New York, the Foreign Office announced Saturday. The meeting, along with tri-partite talks on the North Atlantic pact. Germany and
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  • Article
    Canadian Railway Talks In Deadlock
    33 1 OTTAWA. Aug. 27— (AP)— The Canadian Railway announced late last night that the latest negotiations with their unions on the five-day old strike had ended in a stalemate^
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  • Article
    Ethiopian Peasants Revolt In Gollam
    64 1 CAIRO, Aug. 27 (AP) Ethiopian peasants cut the throats of two wealthy District Governors in a bloody revolt against the rule of Emperor Haile Selassie. According to reliable information reaching here on Saturday truck-loads of government troops have been rushed to the restless Gqllam Province
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  • Article
    Britain To Produce New Night Jets
    186 1 LONDON, Aug. 28— (Reuter)— Production of a new meteor jet night fighter for the Royal Air Force destined to be the backbone of Western European night defences and described as a flying radar station was announced here toDlff The Diane a development of the
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  • Article, Illustration
    Red Troops Capture Kigye, Push On To Menace Pohang
    533 1 IT _PH THE SOUTH KOREAN FORCES ON THE POHANG FRONT, Aug. Zl~ (UP)--Camiminist troops today captured Kigye and drove through the mountains and along the east coast road to within gunshot sound of Pohang. *u S l 6 advances caused Lieutenant
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  • Article
    Two Chinese Save Friend From Drowning
    143 1 Standard Staff Reporter PROMPT action by two Chinese in the sea off Changi Point averted what might have been a drowning tragedy yesterday when the boat in which they were rowing capsised, throwing them and a friend into the sea. The friend, 25-year-old Lim
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  • Article
    Corsairs, Panther Jets Hit 40 Trucks
    167 1 TOKYO, Aug. 27— (AP) 77 turned a highway crowd munition trucks into a bl Saturday. The returning fighter fliers f of skyraiders, Corsairs and j Panther jets claimed more than 40 trucks and four high- j way bridges were destroyed, i Ihe trucks burst
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    Malay Falls In Bathroom, Dies
    30 1 A Malay at an address at Lorong 40 in Geylang. had a fall in his bathroom yesterday and died before an ambulance could be summoned.
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  • Article, Illustration
    Oranje's Passengers Not Allowed To Land In Singapore
    293 2 Oranje 's Passengers Not Allowed To Land In Singapore PASSENGERS in the Oranje: Dr. Hatnan Mohamad Achmad, Embassy First Secretary in the Indonesian High Commissioner's office' at The Hague, pictured by the Standard aboard ship at Singapore with his wife yesterday evening. Dr. Achmad, a doctor in both Indonesian and
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  • Article
    Unions To Discuss TUC For Colony
    115 2 Standard Staff Reporter MR. V. K. NAIR. convenor of the new Trade Union Cong-' less has sent out invitations Iq all the Unions in the Colony j to send delegates to a meeting On Sept. 10. The meeting, which is to be' held at
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    Here To See If Hollywood Version Is True
    95 2 THE FIRST Canadian officers to come t<> Singapore since the war are here t;> "rind cut if the Hollywood version of Singapore i- really true." Major F. E. F >n. Irish Fu>oHors <>f Canada, and Major H. S. Moore, Calgary Highlandera of
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    To Retire After 25 Years In FE
    212 2 WITH memories of the old China and the new Java, 61 -year-old Professor Dr. A. B. Droogleever Fortuyn is leaving the Fur East in the Oranje "to retire, I have no plans, no place in Holland is really my home." From 1925-1942, Prof.
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  • Article
    Heads Of Departments To Allocate Quarters
    323 2 Standard Staff Reporter A MUNICIPAL Committee has decided that the allocations of Senior Officers' quarters vi the Electricity and Water Departments should be made by the respective Heads of Departments. The Committee also decided j that the Rate Fund Senior OffiI cars' quarters should
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  • Article, Illustration
    Sydney Professor
    110 2 Experiments witn the "Flying Wins" type of air transportation have proved successful and it is possible that they may be used within the next five years. Professor A. V. Stephen* of the University of Sydney, who arrived in Singapore by Qantas Constellation from Australia, told this to The
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  • Article
    Rescue Men Five Miles From Wreck
    121 2 THE three police and Army rescue teams which are fight- j ing their way through the j Kelantan jungle to the scene of Friday's Dakota crash, are estimated yesterday to be five to six mites front the wreck. They have joined forces and are
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  • Article
    New Plans For Announcing City Elections
    112 2 New Plans For Announcing City Elections Standard Staff Reporter THE arrangements for an- j nouncement of the Municipal Elections, which will take place on Dec. 2. are to be altered, a Municipal Committee has decided. Unlike last year, the Returning Officer will have a separate Counting Room at the base
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    Untitled
    54 2 MK. AM) MRS. Jacob Beaten both < happily, after their marriage at the VI v I gogue, Singapore, yesterday. The brid< Mis* hX V| Her gown was of ivory satin aith Ion. v I Head dress was surmounted b\ flov I enclosing a real flower bud A re, St Andrews
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    Indonesia Can Produce 500,000 Tons Rubber Yearly, Says Delegate
    171 2 Indonesia Can Produce 500,000 Tons Rubber Yearly, Says Delegate Standard Stan INDONESIAN rubber pi I 500.000 ton^ a year. Di G. J. I the Indonesian Rubtx I of Jakarta said in b:n,qapore yesterday. lh< was d.ic. he conti to new currency r < gu] introduced in the Repul Indonesia whi'"h
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    FIRE STATIONS ARE PROTECTED PLACES
    64 2 Standard Staff Reporter THE Centra! Fire Station I and the Geylang Fire Station are to be gazetted as protected places. The Municipal Commissioners have asked Government to notify this. Commissioners are to call for tenders for supply of I fencing and warning notices j on
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  • Article
    Chief Officer Died By Misadventure
    221 2 A VERDICT of dcatii by misadventure was n turned by the Singapore Coroner. Mr. W. G. Porter, yesJ day, at the inquest on a 31-year-old Dutchman, C tie] Hagers, Chief Officer of the Anglo-Saxon tank i Saidja Hagers fell owr the bannisters of the Dutch
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  • Article
    Large Buying Interest In Rubber, Tin; Malayan Dollars Neglected
    896 2 Weekly Share Market Report l ii hi i Tim MALAYAN share markets had i a disappointing week in which the violent daily commodity fluctuations had no counterpart. If there was a feature, then it was the fairly large and sustained buying
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    Perak Union Writes Off Big Arrears
    190 3 Standard Staff Correspondent S n —An appeal to the Perak Cleri- i 4-ve t^eir "full the onion was F G H. Parry. C in illor, at togenen] meeting i m 19 patron of made the appeal :>. decided to .es H M) arrears o
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    Untitled
    57 3 ik \utor Purc.li paid a visit to the Penang Chinese number of Commerce where the Malayan Chinese Associat n Branch office is also situated He was accompanied bv M r N| Sui Cam. Mr. Khoo Sian Ewe, Mr. Lim Khye Zm Mrs B H. Oon and Dr. Lee Tiang Keng,
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    PCASU Meeting Sept.9
    75 3 PENANG. Sun.— The fourth annual general meeting of members of the Penang Cleri- and Administrative Staff Union will be held at the Union premises at 27, Anson j Road here on Saturday, Sept. 9 at 4 p.m. sharp. Among the items on the agenda is the election
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    False Report To Police Alleged
    112 3 Standard Staff Correspondent JOHORE BAHRU, Sun.— A young Chinese, Tay Ah Kwee of Tebrau was charged before Inche A. Kadir Yusof with giving false information to the police. It was alleged that on March 30, Tay went to the Tebrau police station and lodged a
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    GO SLOW ON BERTHA CASE, ONN ADVISES
    251 3 Standard Staff Correspondent KUALA KANGSAR, Sun. Dato Onn bin Ja'afar advised the meeting of the women's section of UMNO yesterday evening that they should not be in ah^y the Dutch GP? l° n a re S ardln g Bertha de HertoghThe Dato pointed
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    Wants Woman On Rural Board
    82 3 Standard Staff Correspondent KUALA KANGSAR, Sun.— Che Norma Kamarrudin, woman delegate from Sebarkas, Keflah, suggested at a meeting of the Women's section of UMNO today, that their section should ask the federation Government to appoint a Malay woman member to sit in the Advisory Committee
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    Penang Coast Road Used As Speedway
    89 3 Standard Staff Correspondent PENANG, Sun.— Chief Inspector R.H. Yorke told The Standard that some motorcyclists were using the New Coast Road as "a speedway'', without any regard for the 30 m.p.h. speed limit. He stated that the police were aware of this and are
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    TU OFFICER WEDS IN PENANG
    53 3 PENANG, Sun.— The wedding took place at the Wesley Methodist Church (Fitzgerald Memorial) in Burmah Road yesterday between Miss Caroline Ruth Kamalambal and Mr. Samuel Arul Abishegam, Penang's Trade Union Officer. The bride is the daughter of Mr. Mrs. S. Gurubatham, a retired goods station
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    Phone Booth Stoned
    40 3 Standard Staff Correspondent PENANG, Sun.— The public telephone booth in Burmah Road, in front of the Burmah Road Hall, was stoned by unknown persons tonight. This is the second time that the telephone booth has been smashed.
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    Kite-Flying is An Offence
    78 3 PENANG, Sun.-When the subject of kiteflying was mentioned to Chief te« CtOI Yorke of h Branch > he said »»h was an offence under the Minor Offences £eTsi5 and liaWe t0 a ™}£v is danger to the Public because these youths run across roads absolutely without
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    Child Takes Wartime Drug, Dies
    94 3 Standard Staff Correspondent PENANG. Sun.— Khew Ah Liew, a Chinese woman, told Mr. D. R. Home in the Coroner's Court yesterday that on July 6. she gave her child some mixture which had been obtained during the Japanese occupation. The mother said a few days
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    Driver Fined
    72 3 Standard Staff Correspondent JOHORE BAHRU, Sun— A young Chinese car driver. Koh Ah Cheow of Bukit Timah. Singapore, pleaded guilty to a charge of carrying goods in his car without a haulage permit. He was fined $20 by Inche A. Kadir Yusof. the Magistrate. It was stated that
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    Untitled
    76 3 A new canteen to serve the 500 members of the staff of the Stores. Workshops and Training Branch of the Telecommunications Department was opened last week at Brickfields Road, Kuala Lumpur. Picture shows Mr. A.A. Strachan. Director-General of Telecommunications, Federation of Malaya, addressing the gathering. (left to right) Mr. V.
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    New Menace On Roads In Penang
    215 3 Standard Staff Correspondent PENANG, Sun. Riding of I hired bicycles which are in a bad condition by youths between ages of eight and 11 on public roads is another menace to traffic in Penang, according to Chief Inspector R. H. Yorke, Officer-in-charge, Traffic Branch.
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    UMNO Aids Two Students In UK
    98 3 Standard Staff Correspondent KUALA KANGSAR, Sun. The United Malays National Organisation has made awards of scholarships and has given aid for the benefit of Malay education. Disclosing this, the UMNO report issued today states that from the beginning of 1947 until mid-1950, a sum
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    UMNO Membership Largest In Johore
    65 3 Standard Staff Correspondent KUALA KANGSAR, Sun.— The State of Johore has the biggest membership in the United Malays National Organisation of 20,465 at the end of July. This compares with 421 members in the State of Kelantan. The General Secretary, Captain Hussein bin Onn disclosed
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    4 WAGONS DERAILED
    45 3 Standard Staff Correspondent KUALA LUMPUR, Sun.— Four crash wagons were de- railed in Negri Sembilan yesterday after bandits had re- I moved a length of rail. There were no casualties. Bandits stopped and burnt a j lorry in Negri Sembilan yesterday afternoon.
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    FIRE BRIGADE HOAXED
    37 3 THE Singapore Fire Brigade were hoaxed on Saturday night when two of their fire engines rushed out to Havelock Road to answer a call. On arrival, the firemen found a fire alarm box broken.
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    CHINESE STABBED
    27 3 Standard Staff Correspondent KUALA LUMPUR, Sun.— A Chinese was taken into custody yesterday following the stabbing of another Chinese, it is believed, over domestic troubles.
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    Dr. Allen Leaves Today
    145 3 DR. G. V. ALLEN, ViceChancellor of the University of Malaya, returned to Singapore by Qantas Constellation from Sydney yesterday— but only for a few hours. This morning, he will leave in the same aircraft for long leave in the United Kingdom. During this time, Dr. Allen
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      356 3 f F E DE RAT^j^^^^ Yan Kai 3. 6.30 and 9.15 p.m. SELANCOR— Today Sa 9 v^ P .m° cha (Canlonese) 3 7 Majestic! Because of Eve //>#// Today P.vHi.n: Th." Outers 630 **f-. The. Doctor a^ th. Girl and 9 p.m. Rex The Capture 1, 3.15. 6.45 Odeon: Key
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  • Article
    Scramble For Rice
    747 4 TTVENTS which have followed the closing down of the International Emergency Food Council have been such as to make imperative the summoning of South-East Asia experts to a conference on rice in Singapore early next month. The lEFC was shut down at the end of last year
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  • Article
    ONE PUBLIC ENEMY LESS FOR BURMA
    920 4 For two years, Saw Ba U Gyi, born a Karen, had led the separatist movement oJf his people. On August 12 last, he was shot by Union troops. Article here tells of the engagement leading to the killing of Saw Ba U Gyi, written
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    England, Here We Come! Ipoh Scouts Say
    124 4 TYPIFYING a Scout's roving spirit and thirst for adventure, an Ipoh scout Master and a Rover leader have announced their determination to make a trip to England next year for a short training course and the World Scout Jamboree. Any job which can
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    The World Still Listens
    285 4 A SIX FOOT, black- haired, broad shouldered mar. r.eaks in a New York uurb and the World will listen. His name? Jacob Alexandrovitch Malik, fortyfour year old Russian delegate to the Security Council, who is chairman at Lake Success in the four hundred and seventy-ninth attempt
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  • We, the People
    • Letter
      That Source Of Power
      242 4 Sir; I am not aware of 1 any section In the Municipal Ordinance which provides for: (a) the. payment of money from the Municipal Fund to a Municipal Commis--1 sioner for holding office as such. (b) the right of a Munici- > pal Commissioner to vote
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    • Letter
      Elections As A Feast
      179 4 Sir,— Mr. Tan Soon Kim's letter published in your paper on August 24 shows clearly the role his party plays in the national life of this country. For a political party based on the popular will of a people to be satisfied with sovereignty be.ng vested
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    • Letter
      He Cries In Shame
      186 4 Sir: I have been watching events connected with the current Reduffusion Strike very closely and as a Chinese am ashamed and astonished to learn that so many of my fellow countrymen have applied for work with a Company whose integrity is in question. I can conceive
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    • Letter
      With Grave Suspicion
      339 4 Sir: In your issue of August 20. you carried a story which states that the Labour Party of Singapore is to launch a wurJd-wide appeal for funds. I do not doubt the accuracy of your report, but I very much doubt the wisdom of a local political
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    • Letter
      He Refuses To 'Swallow'
      125 4 Sir: Congrat I u your editorial on the Gearman Army. Lord Vansittart warned u^ many times about German imperialist ambitions and so did Mr Churchill and the other leaders. We doni want I German army auain oo an Some time ago I hasrd on the radio
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    USELESS EUSTACE
    14 4 "You and your rudd.% u>> wheel: That uas a thrt-*' guinea perm'."
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  • Review of Views
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    US Navy Ready To Meet Reds On Invasion Attempt
    345 5 US Navy Ready To Meet Reds On Invasion Attempt ¥T«uI?^??' Ang u < UP > Commander of the united States naval forces in the Far East said today that the communists had better think twice before they KL ♦J n T5 d 5 Forniosa Vice-Admira! Charles Joy said that the
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  • Article
    Youth Values His Name More Than Willed Fortune
    71 5 SYDNEY, August 27 (UP) —Twenty two year old Charles Grossman has a fortune of £41,000 waiting for him, if he adopts his great-uncle's name of Statter. But he does not think it worth it. His mother said, "Charley thinks he has done
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    Soviets Said Building Sub Base At Yulin
    121 5 HONGKONG, Aug. 27. (AP). The newspaper Wah Kiu Yat Po here published a report that Russia had converted the port of Yulin, on the south coast of China's Hainan Island, into an important submarine base. The report lacks any sort of independent confirmation.
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    Chief Slain
    81 5 J»e Burmese government's Ministry of Information took this picture of the Karen rebel chief, Saw Ba U Gyi's body on a concrete slab at the Moulmein Civil Hospital for distribution among newspapers. Burmese newsmen also photographed the dead rebel, slain as he defied capture at his secret jungle
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    Peking Wants Reds Present At GA Meets
    187 5 LAKE SUCCESS, Aug. 27, (AP)— The Chinese Communist regime in Peking announced to the United Nations Saturday that it wants to send a delegation to be seated in the General Assembly opening on September 19. Red China's Foreign Minister Chou En-Lai cabled U.N.
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    Chou' s Charge Lacks Legal Force, Says Yeh
    121 5 TAIPEI, August 26 (UP) Nationalist China's Foreign Minister, George Yeh, said tonight that the charge of the communist Foreign Minister, Chou En-lai, that the United States is committing aggression against China was "devoid of legal force, and should not even be considered
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    Red Attack Said Planned Long Before June 25
    132 5 TOKYO, Aug. 26. (UP). General MacArthur's chief diplomatic Minister, William Sebald, declared today that there is 'unmistakable evidence' that the North Koreans planned their invasion long before the jump-off date of June 25th. In an interview with the official army newspaper, 'Stars
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    Europe In Grave Peril From Red Attack, Says Churchill In Broadcast
    1208 5 Europe In Grave Peril From Red A ttack, Says Churchill In Broadcast There may soon be Communist attacks upon Tibet and Persia, but the supreme paril is in Europe LONDON, Aug. 26 (Reuter)— Mr. Winston Churchill in a nationwide broadcast tonight declared that Europe was in "grave peril" from Communist
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  • Article
    Schuman Plan Anended To Let Britain Take Part
    446 7 Schuman Plan An ended To Let Britain Take Part Aug. 26, (Renter)— British Conservative and French representatives voted together in bT oui oi a proposal, adopted by the European Consul- t Assembly today, calling for a renewed effort to find a ba^is for agreement enabling Britain to join in the
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    Voice Of America Casts Extended
    93 7 WASHINGTON, August 27 (UP) The Voice of America has stepped up its daily radio programmes to Korea and China. New 15 minute programmes in the Korean language, and in Cantonese, began operations to the Far East on August 20. The increased time was added to
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    Reports On Invasion Of Tibet Denied
    66 7 KALIMPONG, INDIA, August 26 (UP)— The head of the Tibetan Delegation to the Government of India said today that there was no foundation to the recent reports that the Chinese communists have invaded Tibet. Tsepon Shakapba said that he has been in regular wireless
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    12 US Marines Arrive In Saigon
    70 7 HONGKONG, Aug. 27. (AP). —Twelve United Slates Marines flew from Hongkong to Saigon Saturday. Six came from South Korea, where they had Fervod with the U.S. diplomats officials and six came from the U.S. The Marines are part of a group on loan to
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  • Article
    DONATES SHIELD
    30 7 TUMPAT, Sun— Dato Kaya Stia president of the Kelantan West Boys Scouts Association has donated a challenge shield to be competed for among scout groups ia U* district
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  • Article, Illustration
    When Father Goes To War
    37 7 photo. British soldiers who left Hongkong for Korea looks her father among troops on the cruiser Ceylon. With her is another relative of one of the troops who went to Korea. AP
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  • Article
    Matthew's Statement Is Refuted
    521 7 WASHINGTON, Aug. 27. (AP).— U.S. Secretary of State Dean Acheson, with an assist from President Truman, cracked down hard on Navy Secretary Francis Matthews on Saturday for saying that the United States should be willing to institute a war "to compel cooperation for peace." The action
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  • Article
    JAP WOMAN INJURED
    31 7 A 46-YEAR-OLD Japanese woman, Matsuko Pothitt, was knocked down by a motor cyclist yesterday at Telok Blangah Road. She was admitted to the General Hospital witij slight injuries.
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  • Article
    Municipality Seeks Advice On Fines
    127 7 Standard Staff Ke porter THE Singapore Municipality has written to the Commissioner for Labour, Mr. G.W. Davis, enquiring the legal position under the Labour Code in respect of fines imposed on openvote labourers. Pre-war labourers of the j Town Cleansing Department were fined for breaches
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    British Marines For Korea
    34 7 photo. .in seen boarding the 13,19t ton aircraft carrier at Portsmouth (England) Augnst 18, for waters At background Is Lord Nelson', famed Korean wa h h M .sl Victory/'- A.P.
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    More Buses To Ply On Colony-Johore Route
    236 7 Standard Staff Reporter A MUNICIPAL Committee has decided that the bingapore/Johore Express Ltd. should be allowed to increase its present fleet of eight omnibuses if there is a public demand. For the time being, the firm has been allowed to operate four additional
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    102 7 IPOH, Sat.— The Fourth Hussars and the 42 Marine Commandos, two outstanding military soccer teams in the state, clashed in a first round fixture of the Lim Seng Fook knockout cup competition today but the game ended in a goalless draw. It was one
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    Five Records In Europe AAA Meet
    312 7 Five Records In Europe AAA Meet BRUSSELS, Aug. 26— (Reuter) Five championships records were broken on the fourth day of the European athletic games here today. Emil Zatopek, of Czechoslovakia achieved a notable double by winning the 5,000 metres final today. He had previously won the 10,000 metres title. Zatopek
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    Good Batting Seen In Police "Foulger" Shield Cricket Match
    405 7 FINE batting of Cheah Kim Swee who retired after making 53 was a feature of yesterday's cricket game played oh the Police Training School ground between the Gazetted Officers and Inspectors. The match which was played for the Foulger Challenge Shield
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    Rest Beat Cricket Shield Winners
    107 7 MALACCA Sun.— On the Malacca Club padan? today, the Rest beat the Eurasians, the winners of the Doshi cricket shield tournament by 103 runs. The Rest batted first and, thanks mainly to their captain. G.S. Walker, and E. N. Thomas both of whom made 52.
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    Ritchie Cup Sailing Sculls Competition
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    205 7 FINE bowling by Ken Gould and Cague and the unexpected batting failure of the Indians in their second innings enabled the Singapore Cricket Club to win the annual Mahatma Gandhi Memorial Cup game on the SCC padang by nine wickets. Gould who took four wickets for
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    711 8  -  HERMAN RAPPA By A BRILLIANT goal ten seconds from the end gave Malayan Chinese a well-earned 3—2 victory over their Hongkong compatriots at Jalan Besar Stadium yesterday in their annual Ho Ho Cup interport match. Hongkong were holders. The Governor of
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    Bruce Woodcock Cancels A Date With Joe Maxim
    126 8 LONDON. Aug. 27— (AP)— British heavyweight titlist Bruce Woodcock asked on Saturday to be released from a November 14 bout with Joey Maxim, world light heavyweight champion from the United States. In making his request. Woodcock revealed for the first time that
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    234 8 UK League Soccer Results LONDON. Aug. 26. <Reuter>— None of the First Division League sides in English football possess a 100~ record after three games this season. Aston Villa and Wolverhampton lost today when Charlton managed a draw after each had won their first two games. Second Division teams did
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    The Cup Comes Back
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    Rain Forces Draw In KL Cup Cricket Game
    259 8 KUALA LUMPUR, Sun. Thanks to rain, the Combined Colonials for the second year hold the Delilkan Cup for six months, whereafter It will return to the Selangor Club. The Selangor Club, continuing its inning this morning declared with seven wickets down for
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    Navaratnam Shield Cricket In K. Lumpur
    95 8 KUALA LUMPUR. Sunday. Owing to rain only two hours' play was possible in the Navaratnam Shield cricket final between Methodist Boys' School and Telecommunications Athletic and Welfare Association at I'heras Road today. The School, winning the toss j elected to bat first and had
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    Gwat Tek Outpoints Jagir Singh
    41 8 FIGHTING Ln Djakarta's new covered stadium on Friday night. Tan Gwat Tek. holder of the featherweight title of Singapore, outpointed Ipoh's Jagir Singh over ten rounds. In th? eight-round semifinal. Little Panrho outpointed Mok Kai Khoon.
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    417 8 THE Singapore senior singles badminton championships started at the Clerical Union hall last night with a series of surprises. The first was Ismail bin Mar j an s non-appearance for his tie with Lau Teng Siah, Mayflower/ the second Mohd. Sadali Suro's
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