Singapore Standard, 29 August 1950

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    Masthead
    14 1 Singapore tiger Standard VOL. 1 NO. 58 L SINGAPORE, TUESDAYr^gj^US-r29ri9507^ 12 PAGES TEN CENTS
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  • Article, Illustration
    MenziesUrges Australians To Be Ready
    296 1 CANBERRA, Aug. 28 (Reuter-AAP)— Australian Prime Minister Robert Menzies today appealed to every Australian to regard Korea as his own business. "We never know where danger may present itself. We must be ready and instantly ready to defend the things that mean everything to us."
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    IG Farben Combine Dissolved
    43 1 IG Farben Combine Dissolved FRANK R Hi gl v a ag the the a omyet V of gave i A nted F --p. 800 .r The law is "an of lUcd extinguish its A Britisl A ■ri ap. 12 nti gi p will
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    PoliceVan Overturns, None Hurt
    133 1 Standard S^aff Reporter A CORPSE-CARRYING Police truck came to grief at j the junction of Chua Chu Kang Road and 15th mile Lim Chu Kar.g Road last night, when the vehicle ran off the road and ended up on its hood. The truck was returning from
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    Jewels Valued At $3,000 Stolen Here
    169 1 Standard Staff Reporter A daring early morning robbery WBS carried out yesterday at a jeweller's at Winchester House, Collyer Quay, when precious stones to the value of about SiIOOO were stolen. The loss was first discovered by a Frenchman, M. Jean Eric CotU\ an
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    Police Truck Turns Turtle
    38 1 photo. and Lim rhuV^L"' a t? rae turUe near the i un^«» of Chua Chu Kan? koad ana Lira Chu Kane Road last njght, when it ran off the road ia heavy mist.- Standard
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    Malayan Film Unit Rushing Work To Fight Communism
    402 1 Standard Staff Reporter FORTY-FIVE per cent of Malaya's six million population is illiterate, and it is this section that the Communists in the main seek to influence. This is the opinion of Mr. H. W. Govan of the Malayan Film Unit, now
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    Rejects USI Claim On New Guinea
    132 1 THE HAGUE, Aug. 29, (AP). The Australian Foreign Min- ister, Mr. Percy C. Spender, rejected on Monday the Indonesian claim on New Guinea Island He said there was neither geographical nor historical ground for New Guinea joining Indonesian territory. Mr. SptMider made his statet
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  • Article
    European Woman Loses Wristwatch
    47 1 Standard Staff Reporter A European woman, Mrs. E. Miranda, reported the loss of her $2,000 wristwatch to the Police yesterday. She said that she noticed the loss only on her way back from the Singapore Swimming Club to her residence at Oxley Rise.
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  • Article
    US Warships Join Pohang Battle, Shell Red Lines
    420 1 TOKYO, Aug. 28 (LP) American cruisers and destroyers have joined the battle for Pohang. They sent five, six and eight-inch shells streaking through the night sky into the North Korean forces that were massing important port and airfor a lunge toward the
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    Message Pleases Formosa
    176 1 Message Pleases Formosa TAIPEI, Augr. 28 (AP) General MacArthur's message to the Veterans of Foreign Wars on the subject of Formosa gave Chinese Nationalist morale here a distinct fillip. Its cancellation on orders from Washington was a letdown, but much of the original effect still persisted. Nationalist monitors here yesterday
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    EXTRACTS OF MESSAGE
    251 1 The following paragraphs are extracts of Mac-Arthur's 1,500--word message which Truman ordered withdrawn: "Through the Pacific victory of World War 11, the strategic frontier of the United States was extended from the coastal waters of the Americas to embrace the entire Pacific Ocean which has become a
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    Teacher Believed Drowned Near Tanjong Balai
    76 1 Standard Staff Reporter A teacher of a Singapore Chinese school, 23-year-old Gan Eng Kiat, went out to Tanjong Balai near South Wind Hotel on Saturday afternoon for a swim with six Chinese students and some friends, but disappeared a few minutes after he had
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    Interference With Mail Trains In Berlin Protested
    64 1 BERLIN. Aug. 28. (Renter). —The three We.st.-rn Allied Commandants in Berlin announced today they had piw t<?.->ted to the Russian ordination authorities against "Sot iet interference with interzonal mail trains." Their announcement aride^ that no reply had yet been received to a protest
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    Largest Single Uranium Deposit Discovered In UK
    61 1 LONDON, Aug. 28 (AP)— The British Government has announced the discovery of thf largest single deposit, perhaps a million tons, of uranium locate in the British isles. The Department of Scientific and Industrial Re search said the ore is "in no war inferior"
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  • War Briefs
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      Belgium To Send Unit
      62 1 BRUSSELS, Aug. 28 (Reu ter) Belgium has decided to place a unit of volunteers, mainly commandos and paratroops, at the disposal of the United Nations for the Korean front, it was officially announced here today. The Government announced that the volunteers corps was now being set
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      US Casually List
      61 1 WASHINGTON. Aug. 27 (UP).— The Defence Deoartment boosted the toll of American casualties by 929 today in releasing the Largest casualty list since the outbreak of the Korean war. The 77th casualty list identified 106 as killed in action and 16 fatally wounded or fatally injured. It
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      Specialists Alerted
      52 1 HONGKONG. Aug. 28. (AP). A small unit of experienced i specialists in anti-tank warfare, handpickod from a mortar battery in Hongkong, has been alerted to standbv for the Korean battlefront, it was reliably learned here today. Military circles unofficially indicated that the unit will probably leave some time
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      Jap Ship Strafed
      53 1 TOKYO. Aug. 28— (ReuterAAP) An airplane of unidentified nationality strafed the 1.750-ton Japanese ship Chiyoda Maru in the Korean Straits yesterday, reports Jiji news agency today. Jiji said the National Maritime Safety Board Headquarters in Tokyo was notified of the incident from its agency in Moji, northern
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    Superforts Bomb Red War Plants
    162 1 TOKYO. Aug. 29— (AP)— American Superforts in a new j strike at North Korean war industry, on Monday rained 300 tons of bombs on Songjin. east coastal town 180 miles north of the 38th parallel. Allied fighter planes continued to hit North Koreans in close
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    Thugs Attack, Rob Indian Labourer
    42 1 Standard Staff Reporter A 47-year-old Indian labourer of the Singapore Harbour Board, P. Veeran. was attacked by four persons and robbed of $10 last night. The incident took place at Kampong Bahru. near the Bushey Park Home.
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    Rubber Experts Meet In Singapore Today
    328 3 f r ,Jit [°yitnst Synthetic UMHO Branches •Hot Doing X;;eir Bit' < lrtl i.;rd Staff (orresp. X KANCSAR. Mll _>liny branches of T i niird MaUys NationV 0,-ini^itioii have not JL, rarrjta* their "^wliM thiv the 1949- port ol I'MXO states int ftfa to
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    HomeGuard Plan Urged By UMNO
    44 3 v .rvi.ri! su:fT t <♦; i -spondent 3AB Won.— m report of the il Or- m or»tepa to force. rength had 1 arm< os t ion report. beini F a that cst to re of to do those under m.
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    FIREMEN CLIMB 80 FT. TO PREVENT FIRE
    31 3 FIREMEN CLIMB 80 FT. TO PREVENT FIRE >l.»mlird MJtT lorr^pondent .:.m.— j v 80 i eni fire j 4 from se in RRaa 1 a '•ving had several 3 hed e*se-
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    STRANGLED MAN FOUND TIED TO TREE
    20 3 STRANGLED MAN FOUND TIED TO TREE v .-';'l M.ifT r'^pundent R. M n.— T imil tied to •?or. h is
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    Prowler Adds To His List Of Convictions
    244 3 Standard Staff Correspondent KUALA LUMPUR. Mon. A Malay, Hussein bin Mat, with 17 previous convictions dating back to 192f>. was today sentenced to six months' rigorous imprisonment by Raja Suleiman, in the First Magistrate's Court, for loitering at 3.50 a.m. along Batu Road
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    Teacher Cut Card To Fit Holder
    175 3 Standard Staff Correspondent JOHORE BAHRU, Mon A 53-year-old Japanese woman, Misawa Tori, who described herself as a British subject and school teacher of Singapore, appeared this morning before Inche A. Kadir Yusof in the Magistrate's Court. charged with having mutilated her identity card and
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    Two Acquitted. Two For Trial
    79 3 Standard Staff Correspondent KUALA LUMPUR, Mon Without being called to make their defence, two special conj stables, Tarnby bin Jalan Pon« and Tamby bin Hussain. were acquitted today by Raja Sulai- man. the First Magistrate, of a charge of extorting $9 from I a Chinese
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    Photo-Map Dropped To Dakota Rescuers
    207 3 THE rescue party which is fighting its way through difficult jungle to reach the R.A.F. Dakota which crashed in Kelantan last Friday, received a special photo-map of the jungle area which they have to traverse from an R.A.F. plane which air-dropped the map to the
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    COCKTAIL PARTY
    28 3 THE directors of Yin Woh Goldsmiths and Jewellers are giving a cocktail party at No. 36, Malay Street, Klang, from 12 noon to 5 p.m. today.
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    Helicopter Rescues A Soldier
    134 3 Helicopter Rescues A Soldier This picture, exclusive to The Standard and the first of its kind to be published, was taken by one of the pilots of the F.E.A.F. Casualty Evacuation helicopter which recently made a 1,000-round trip from Singapore to Bertam, Kelantan, to air-lift a wounded Malay soldier to
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    KL Seeks Views On Crematorium
    60 3 KUALA LUMPUR, Mon. A crematorium may be built here by the Municipality for the use of all communities, if there is sufficient demand for it. The Municipality will soon invite the views of community leaders on the proposal which had been put to it by
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    Penang YWCA Ballet Class ShowsPromise
    118 3 Penang YWCA Ballet Class ShowsPromise Standard Staff Correspondent PENANG, Mon.— The Ballet Class organised by the Penang Young Women's Christian Association, comprises charming young girls between the ages of six and 16 from various nationalities in Penang. The class meets every Saturday afternoon at the YWCA Headquarters, in Anson Road.
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    Parliamentary Group Formed By UMNO
    181 3 KUALA K A N-G SA R. Mon.— The UMNO decided at today's meeting to form a Parliamentary Group whose members will comprise officials of the UMNO and State and Federation Malay Councillors. Dato Onn, who will also be the Parliamentary Group President, was authorised to
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    KL To Have New, Better Fire Engine
    125 3 Standard Staff Correspondent KUALA LUMPUR, Hon.— Kuala Lumpur is to have a modern fire engine with a 100--foot tamable ladder used in most big cities in the world. This new "Merryweather" 100-foot turnable equipment is to be purchased by the Kuala Lumpur Municipality
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    'He Threatened To Get Me Shot,' ASP Tells Court
    505 3 'He Threatened To Get Me Shot, ASP Tells Court do! ice are smart because I will *et you. I live in Cheras. You know CWeras. do you'" Mr. Phillips added that hi« reaction on hearing these words was one of fright. Later, when the investigating officer arrived, he ordered the
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    Lifeguard Corps Organised
    174 3 Lifeguard Corps Organised Standard Staff Reporter THE Singapore Lifeguard Corps came into being yesterday with their first general meeting and election of officers. The meeting at the YMCA was attended by over 200 members and guests. The Corps is negotiating with the Government for lisa of Mount Emily pool after
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    MERCANTILE INSTITUTION
    41 3 209. Queen Street Phone 2370. Receives students for the study of Shorthand (Pitman Gregg) Book Keeping, Accountancy, Practical English, Mathematics and for any other subjects that fascinate. The School that holds the highest record in Shorthand, Typewriting and Book-Keeping.
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      58 3 DIRECT from PARIS La Ba! Tabarin Cabaret rO PERFORM IN SBHCAPORE SOON -it'll Far Opemimg Date Of The NEW FRENCH NIGHTCLUB ifilfftUA ACADEMY AWARD' CUL!JVA WATCHES U _E. NASSIM <c SONS 331, North Bridge Rood, Wat, h Merchants for over 40 yeors. D^SiNK. Wi>|-^% 1 1 ITy |T j[\\ bo
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      65 3 DewTt/s "cough 'sjfwjp W^^^ (or the'older mrmbers U o 'Their family, and Wt^^lS^^M^ DfWim nw cough syrup I Hl^fl ti 1 B 1 Soothing and sedative in their |^r^r|»! w^L*"" |3 De Witt's Cough Syrups are a valu- EfihJfltffP^^^^EE^ Jfej able expectorant assisting in the re* V^nTft«^^|\vl&J^^^Hf moval of phlegm
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  • Page 3 Miscellaneous
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      297 3 SEL A jXGOR— Today M* LA CCA Today Capitol: Cinderella 3, 6.30 and Majestic: Bemuse of Eve 915 pm 3.15. 7 and &.15 Pm. Lido: Njit Hoi Chee Wen 3, 7, Pavilion: The Outriders 3. G.30 9.15 p^m. -ind 9pm R^x: Kung Mei Tai Phor Mei Odeon- The Secret Land
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    Recruitment Policy Defined
    336 4 Recruitmen t Policy Defined University Men For Higher Posts Standard Staff Correspondent PENANG, Mon. The present policy of the Goverflment is that officers for the Administrative Service should be recruited from their own University of Malaya or from holders of Raffles College diploma, and if such recruits were called for,
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    Butterworth Dance Was A Great Success
    198 4 Standard Staff Correspondent BUTTERWORTH, Mon— The all-community charity dance sponsored by the Province Wellesley Welfare Committee in aid of the Welfare Fund at St. Mark's School Hall on Saturday night was a great success. Several floor shows were held. These included three ballet dances
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    Australia Impresses Minister
    124 4 THE Commonwealth Relations Secretary, Mr. Gordon Walker, said in Sydney before leaving for Singapore, that Australia impressed him as a country of terrific potential wealth. He has just completed a 10,000--mile tour of the continent He told an Australian press conference that some problems 'down under* were
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    1st Dog Show In Penang
    111 4 Standard Staff Correspondent PENANG, Mon. For the first time in Penang, a doe show in aid of the Royal So^ ciety for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals Penang and Province Wellesley Branch will be held at the Nlw World Amusement Park on Friday Sept.
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    New Move To End Dockyard Strike
    143 4 Standard Staff Correspondent PENAXG. Mon. A new move is being made to end the long drawn-out strike of the Sungei Nyok artisans. Mr. Lee IVoon Mun, a labour leader, is calling a meeting of strikers some time this week to consider his proposals. II
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    Peon Bound Over On Theft Charge
    120 4 Standard Staff Correspondent PENANG, Mon.— Abu Bakar bin Ismail, a former peon of Wearne Bros. Ltd.. told the Sessions Court President, Mr. M. R. F. Rogers, today that he took a registered letter containing $46 in order to help his uncle who was sick
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    Pension For Hill Railway Staff Sought
    117 4 Pension For Hill Railway Staff Sought Standard Staff Correspondent PENANG, Mon.— The question, whether employees working at the Penang Hill Railway Station would be placed on a pension scheme, was brought up by Dr. N. K. Menon at the settlement Council this afternoon. The Settlement Secretary. Mr. J. P. Blackledge,
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    1,0280n Waiting List In Penang
    65 4 1,0280n Waiting List In Penang Standard Staff Correspondent PENANG, Mon. The number of officers on the waiting list for Government quarters at present is 1,028. This was revealed in Government's written reply tabled at today's Settlement 'Council meeting, in answer to Mr. Mohamed Noor bin Hamzah's question. I^ 3l that
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    Gimson To Be HMG's Guest
    59 4 THE GOVERNOR of Singapore. Sir Franklin Gimson, has accepted an invitation to attend the formal opening of the new House of Commons on Oct. 26, as the guest of His Majesty*! Government. This decision was reached after consultation with the members of the Singapore Legislative
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    MCA Fetes UMNO Delegates At KK
    73 4 Standard Staff Correspondent KUALA KANGSAR, Mon.— The Perak branch of the Malayan Chinese Association entertained delegates to the UMNO general assembly here to a tea-party this evening on the Iskandar Polo Club ground. More than 200 persons amongst whom were Dato Onn bin Jaffar,
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    124,000 Attending Schools In S'pore
    277 4 SINGAPORE'S school population has increased steadily from 39,000 in 1945 to 124,000 this year Facts relating to the, expansion of the Colony's educational plans are shown in posters issued by the Public Relations Ornce. Singapore. There are 530 schools and similar institutions in Singapore today.
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    Committee To Plan Colony's Electoral Machinery Named
    231 4 Standard Staff Reporter THE SINGAPORE Government yesterday officially announced the appointment of a committee to plan the Colony's electoral machinery in view of the addition of three more elected members in the Legislative Council. The extra seats mean' that the Legislative Council, after
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    CG Entertains Press Chief, MP At Bukit Serene
    424 4 Standard Staff Reporter BUKIT SERENE residence of the CommissionerGeneral in South-East Asia was last night a rendezvous for a prominent Australian newspaper proprietor, Sir Gordon Rolph, who had visited Britain and a British Member of Parliament, Mr. Patrick Gordon Walker, just back
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    Motto For Penang Committee Named
    48 4 Motto For Penang Committee Named Standard Staff Correspondent PENANG, Mon.— A select committee has been appointed to recommend a suitable motto for Penang at the Settlement Council this afternoon. They are Dr. K. M. Ariff, (chairman), Dr. Lee Tiang Keng and Mr. S. T. Stewart. Sir GORDON ROLPH
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    Wants Power To Arrest Policemen
    127 4 Standard Staff Correspondent PARIT BUNTAR, Mon.— A request by an accused person to the Magistrate that he be given authority to arrest members of the Police Force who had left their bicycles unattended was made by Haji Mohamad bin Haji Ali at the Parit Buntar
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    HUSSARS LEAVE FOR HONGKONG
    22 4 Standard suff Corn>iK««« IPOH M of th< F Hussars Id I i mg. Thi j Ipoh B accomi
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    Penang Wants Land For Officers 'Houses
    268 4 Standard Staff Correspondent PENANG, Mon. The Settlement Treasurer, Mr. A. G. Argent, announced in the Council today that the Shell Co. Ltd. has offered for sale an area of land of 128,502 square feet and it was proposed to build senior officers' quarters on
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    Mellersh To Visit Borneo, Sarawak
    44 4 THE AIR Officer Commanding, Malaya, Air Vice Marshal Sir Francis Mellerish is due to take off this morning on a routine visit to the Governors of Borneo and Sarawak. The Air Vice Marshal is Air Adviser to both Governors.
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    Penang Budget Shows Deficit
    177 4 Standard Staff Correspond,^ PENANG, Mon. The Settle approved draft estimates for 195] M H $8,123,105. The estimated revenue tion from Federal Funds, which il I yet, is $4,250,774, while the estima < $12^73,897. exn The biggest Hem on the estimated expenditure is for the Education Department,
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    Penatig To Have More Holidays
    27 4 Penatig To Have More Holidays Standard sj./t f( PENAN '°^i rial. K. j, meet I r Cou:.<i. -la, s, SUJjr Ili. H 6 5. M •cS Th,
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    No Hooch Poisoning Reported
    162 4 Standard Staff Correspondent PENANG, Mon.— No CMKf of alcoholic and metallic poisoning due to illicit toddy md samsu have been reported from ttm Government Medical Rt- cords and the statistics of Estate Group Hospitals. This was Government's written reply to a question by Dr N. K.
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    Education Expansion Plan Ready
    35 4 Education Expansion Plan Ready Stand ltd v i MWifcg and I K E Counf Thr that t tatioi Of DO] orcu At' p:r a I < t f or Soh ehi ren Bag childn i i
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    Are New Yorkers Sophisticated? Ask Pat—He'll Tell You
    448 5  - Are New Yorkers Sophisticated? Ask Pat— He'll Tell You 'LENSMAN' By HOI ITWOOD, Aug. 28. j Sen Yorkers are t nothing daws -t of all visiting Well, don't bet i jm do. you'll takers among H filn-.rd the Be- is production ol p, ::non's "Johnny I ni ted Artists. concerned,
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    THEY'VE FOUND THE ANSWER
    288 5 T HEY'VE FOUND THE ANSWER 28.— Men they have fa :ory ans- of un- ftadia costs producers UO I Aubrey e Mayflower I completed i St :y." starPrke, Jack > i S.junan Me- They cut costs by filming a !arge proportion of the picture on location in South Africa, and
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    Whistle Provoker
    47 5 This dame with the whistle-provoking figure is lovely Adele Jergens who has a top role in RKO Radio's exciting melodrama "Code 3? Adele recently completed a role .in Samuel Goldwyn's "Edge of Doom," which stars Dana Andrews, Farley Granger and Joan Evans, another Goldwyn "discovery."
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    Stvanson Does No Sivan Song On Picture Plugging Junket
    618 5  -  ERSKINE JOHNSON By TJOLLYWOOD, Aug. 28 Not in the scripts Gloria Swanson's zLngy wordage on her tub-thumping: tour for "Sunset Boulevard": "When I left they said I'd never last. I hit 30 cities and cutlasted three secretaries and two maids. The
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    LITTLE CHANGE IN LANA'S CHASSIS SINCE HER DEBUT
    426 5  -  JAMES PADGITT By HOLLYWOOD, Ail*. 28 —There has been a change of only two halfinches and three pounds in the shapely chassis of Lana Turner since her debut in the big time 12 years ago, as Mickey Rooney's sweetie in an Andy
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    LIKE MOTHER, SO DAUGHTER
    70 5 Snapped on the set of Paramount's "Sunset Boulevard," this photo of Gloria Swanson and daughter is proof positive that much of the renowned Swanson beauty and charm has passed along to her offspring. Gloria ends her too-long-absence from the screen by co-starring with William Holden and
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    OLIVIER, OLIVIA WIN AWARDS
    155 5 "I^ENICE, Aug. 28. Sir Laurence Olivier was awarded the Silver Ribbon for 1949-50 by a Committee of the 11th Film Festival here as the "Director of the best foreign film of the season". The award was made for Sir Laurence's "Henry V". Other foreign artists awarded
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    Don't Trust To Luck
    464 5 BRIDGE CORNER BT WILLIAM E. McKENNEY rPO count your trick in A today's hand involves slightly complicated mathematics. Nevertheless, if you will take the time to visualise the possibilities. rather than trust to luck, it is not difficult to make the jSafety-Play Series Neither vuL South
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  • Page 5 Miscellaneous
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      204 5 YOUR RADIO PROGRAMMES RADIO MALAYA SINCiAFGRE ENGLISH PROGRAMME 1U a.m. News from Singapore and the Emergency News from Kuala Lumpur; 1 p.m. Light Music; 1.30 Time Signal and News; 1.45 Dance Music by the Bachelors: 6 p.m. Programme Summary; 6.02 Listeners' Choice; 7 p.m. Time Signal, News, Singapore Share Market
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      207 5 Musical Interlude; 5.03 News in Cantonese; 5.07 Short Talk in Cantonese; 5.10 Cantonese Selections; 5.30 Musical Interlude; 5.33 News in Hakka; 5.37 Short Talk in Hakka; 5.40 Guakang Selections; 9 p.m. Sig. Tune and Opening Annct. 9.01 News in Mandarin and Market Report in Amoy; 9.15 Say It with Music;
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      199 5 Singers; 6.30 Children's Corner; 7 p.m. News. Share Market Recital 8.30 The Talk of the Town <S); 9 p.m. Clock Chimes: Tommy Handley in ITMA: 8 p."m. Take it from Here: 8.30 Talk of the Town: 9 p.m. Nights at the Ballet: 9.30 News; 9.45 Great Artists; 10 p.m. Paul
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    The Sixth Column
    749 6 THE Governments of Singapore and the FederaX tion are considering the of sugar rationing because the spivs are trying to cash m on a possible world shortage of sugar. War scare has started a surge of panic buying throughout the world which may result in a world-wide
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    LET LIGHTS BE DIMMED!
    395 6  -  Leong Hew Meng by Changes In I The Judiciary ipoh. WHEN Ipoh City Fathers met recently for their monthly meeting, a question was raised which had the Chairman stumped for an answer. The -question was: Is there a regulation against the switching on of headlights in
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    Who Can Blame Them
    81 6 Who Can Blame Them THE overworked telephone girls in Ipoh will soon have their work considerably eased when the additional trunk board which is being installed comes into operation. At the moment each operator has to manage ten trunk lines. The additional trunk will mean additional staff; but here a
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    USELESS EUSTACE
    14 6 and talkin' of springs and coils, Shorty took a look outside lately
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    Indian Misgivings About Korean War
    757 6 The anti-West edge of the contused Indian mind is sharpening as a result of the Korean War says R. Chakravorti NEW DELHI (PANA.) r^NE of the ominous though incidental effects of the Korean war on the Indian mind has been the gradual and steady deterioration
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      Our Wonderful Policewomen
      212 6 WELL-DESERVED tribute to the efficiency of Singapore's women police is paid by the Colony Commissioner of Police, Mr. R.E. Foulger, in his report on the activities of the men and women under his charge last year. The present strength of the regular women police is 20 one
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      Elections In The Federation
      312 6 UIM June id last, mernoers of the Federal Legislative Council adopted the report of the Select Committee on Elections. Since then legislation h?s been drafted in accordance with the principles laid dpwn in the report. Now, this important piece of legislation is ready. It was published
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      Now They Go To US
      207 6 ANOTHER Malayan youth, the 12th in three months, has left for the United States for higher studies. He will take a four-year course in business administration. The increasing interest which Malayan parents are taking in American universities is a post-war development. In the past, they
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    We, the People
    341 6 Early To Work And Play Sir. Whatever maj' be the office hours in the other States of the Federation of Malaya and especially the other Districts of the State of Pahang. Kuala Lipis should adopt a revised timetable to enable the clerical stall to indulge in some
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    Review of Views
    60 6 Review of Views av. Chiae* pended t day the a Print< Still A Menare J I K h A Assam. P. int tminion thrtt th( MM borde "Kas dormant Inseparable I in an i briefly and I Win de| oi it ibio it i: Tho I histo MM K.' stand
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    T.B. Centre For B. Gajah
    75 6 OIR ORR| MMMifMi THE plan to 1 Gajah centre The idea was R B .'.1.: D:rt tor of M Ifalas Anti-TB Ai\ isory mtttei ri t Hospit B kmc tei caus4 to the F progress had I built to a TB fr par, tht with
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    Peking's Entry Into War Looms As Reds Charge US Air Attacks
    344 7 Peking' s Entry Into War Looms As Reds Charge US Air Attacks WASHINGTON, Aug. 28 (AP): Concern that Red China, which is reported by the U.S. Army to have massed large forces aim* fe Ktaeu r Jder is about to intervene mibtonly in the Korean conflict has be^ Jiihtened by
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    Retreat Vo More -Walker
    172 7 Retreat Vo More -Walker 21 -L:out.- A ker. co-.n-S ground ie South ay that twal is nited Press. enemy i> ised T.>day. ra o Re- -■< Ml to the c u-mv I ■i: him ici Hi surcf 240 1 the k. Nnito, kg, the S inday I e bulk ot
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    Havoc On N. Korea Shipping
    149 7 Havoc On N. Korea Shipping TOKYO, Aug. 28. (ReuterAAP) U.N. carrier-based aircraft over the week-end sank Communist shipping on the Norfta Korean East coast, in-f-tiding one large sub-chaser or COrvelte type vessel, one ocean-going tanker, one corvette and two large tankers. Gen. MacArthur's communique announces. They also damaged or set
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    Mr. Spender Repudiates Claim By USI
    39 7 Mr. Spender Repudiates Claim By USI Spei Aiisr External here discuss H and and in particular, D itch •a. v\ i ral conn Um bok Ren .red that mere ia b itevci fur :hat Dll New gs to Indonesia."
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    SA Fighters For Korea Soon
    28 7 3 .ETORIA. i U AP» ted South A: squadron mmn leave, meed by Acting CamBreda Theroo, D.Fr afc. 8-year- A in the t
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    Vietnamese Appeal To New Delhi
    79 7 Vietnamese Appeal To New Delhi CALCUTTA, Aug. 28 (Reu- 1 ter)— Nguyen puy Thanh, head j of the Vietnam Information j Mission "to India, declared on arrival here that he would put j the case for recognition of the Bao Dai regime before the j Indian Government and also j
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    Vast UK Uranium Discovery
    137 7 LONDON. Aug. 28. (AP)— A uranium deposit of perhaps 1,000,000 tons has been found by prospectors in the Dolgelly Black Band Shales of Northern Wales, the Government announced. Uranium is an im- r portant source of atomic energy. The Ministry of Supply explained cautiously that the
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    Floods Ruin Tea Plantations
    159 7 NEW DELHI, Aug. 28 (AP) The floods that I followed Assam's devastating earthquake of 12 days ago are pushing further over India's valuable tea plantations as the death toll approaches the 5,000 mark and the quakes continue. Seventy per cent, of buildings in- Dibrugarh, a town
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    No British War Goods For Russia
    178 7 LONDON, Aug. 28 (Router) Overseas Trade Minister, Mr. Arthur Bottomley. has declared that Britain is withhelding all vital strategic material in her trading with the Soviet Union. Commenting on Mr. Winston Churchill's radio statement that a British firm was supplying Russia with some materials
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      97 7 BIRMINGHAM, Aug. 28 (Reuter):— Delegates from ex-prisoner-of-war organisations all over Britain have set up a National Committee to lead a campaign for compensation from the Germans and Japanese. The Committee will represent more than 100,000 men who were in German or Japanese prison camps. Speakers said they wanted compensation similar
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      62 7 Mr. Jacob Baustein of Baltimore, president of the American Jewish Committee, said in Tel Aviv, "American Jewry recognises the necessity for Israel to become strong and self-supporting. American Jewry will give enough help financially to stave off an economic crisis."— A.P.^ The annual conference of Ahmaddiya Muslim, missions in Europe,
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      32 7 Scattered guerilla bands are still conducting "raiding and sabotaging" missions near the northern Greek border and are getting aid from Bulgaria, the U.N. Balkans Committee has reported to the United Nations. A.P
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      24 7 Portuguese Army Minister Brig. Adolph Abranches Pinto has urged increasing U.S. arms and equipment to strengthen the Portuguese army against any Communist aggression. U.P
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      News Briefs
      42 7 Western Union air defence needs more money to build an adequate communications system. Air Chief Marshal Sir James Robb, C.-in-C- of the Western Union Air Forces, said in Fontainbleau at the end of the three-day combined air exercise "Cupola."— Reuter
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      Egypt's Gift To Swimmers
      75 7 ALEXANDRIA, Aug. 28 (AP):—The Egyptian Government has awarded E£5,000 each to Hassan Abdel Rehim, winner of the recent Cross-Channel twim, and Marei Hamad, who was third. The money will allow each swimmer to build a house, a Cabinet announcement said. 4 photo. Chinese Ambassador Wang Jen
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      37 7 Foreign Secretary Ernest Bevin will head the four-man British delegation at a meeting of the Western Powers' foreign ministers in New York, which will precede the session of the U.N. General Assembly opening on Sept. 19.— A.P
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      28 7 An emergency session of the Canadian Parliament called for today will discuss ways and means of settling Canada's railstrike124,000 workers, way by now in its sixth day.—R Reuter
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      27 7 The Chinese Communists have asked Hongkong and Macao Chinese Communists to elect delegates to the Kwangtung Provincial Peoples Representatives Assembly scheduled for Oct. 1 in Canton. A.P.
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      34 7 Winner of the first prize in a Melbourne competition—a car and caraimn icorth A£1,500 gave the lot to his married daughter. He made one condition that the take her mother daughter vioioring. Reuter AAP
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      46 7 Prepared to operate a Swedish hospital in South Korea oa behalf of the United Nations, the first 44 of a 176-member Swedish medical team have arrived by air in New York. The remainder of the personnel are due there in three other planes this week. A.P
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      34 7 The U.S. Army, which has taken over control of the nations railroads has received an assurance from the twc unions, which had set a strike Monday, that they would keep the trains rolling. UP
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    Lose No Time, Swiss Told
    54 7 SWITZERLAND, Aug. 28 (Reuter)— Switzerland, neutral in two world wars, "must lose no time" in rearming herself, specially in tank units, Defence Minister Karl Kebolt said here last night. He said, "The reinforcement of our national defences is an urgent duty. There is no time
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    Mac A. Withdraws Formosa Message On Truman's Order
    226 7 Mac A. Withdraws Formosa Message On Truman 's Order WASHINGTON, Aug. 28-(AP)— Gen. MacArthur, who is known to consider Formosa essential to U.S. security in the Western Pacific and favours positive U.S. action to prevent Red China gaining possession of this strategic island, has, presumably on orders of President Truman,
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    Generals 'Gagged'
    70 7 WASHINGTON. Aug. 28 (UP) Chairman John Kee of the House Foreign Affairs Committee said yesterday that officials who are not charged with making .U.S. foreign policy would do well to "keep their mouths shut" about it. Mr. Kee's statement came amid speculation that President Truman may impose a
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    Tank Bridge Hit
    29 7 Australian Mustangs on Sunday squarely hit and badly damaged a Communist underwater tarfk bridge across the Nam River, near Uiryong. in the southern sector. Reuter AAP
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    Red Invasion Air Force Is 'Ready'
    168 7 HONGKONG, Aug. 28— (AP) —Communist Chfnt is completing the training of 1.000 fighter pilots who are expected to play "a major part"' in the invasion of Formosa, The Hongkong Standard says. I In an article on Chinese Red air preparations, The Standard quoted a
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    INohneak A. War, Says US
    194 7 INohneak A. War, Says US WASHINGTON, Aug. 2ft (AP) Mr. Phillip Jessup, high State Department spokesman, said that if America opened war and knocked out Russia with the atomic bomb, the result would be to create "many new and terribly difficult problems" in the world. Mr. Jessup, one of Secretary
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    Red China Demand
    33 7 The Peking rafiio says Red China has demanded the ousting of Nationalist Chinas repiesentj atives from the International Monetary Fund and the International Bank for Reconstruction and Development.— A P
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    Japan Wants To Join World Bank
    212 8 TOKYO, Aug. 28— (Reuter-AAP)— The Federation of Economic Organisations today urged the Government to exert further efforts in promoting Japan's participation in the World Bank and the International Monetary Fund. In a written statement submitted to the Government, the influential Federation claimed that Japanese
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    Unsettled Tone On Exchange
    141 8 Unsettled Tone On Exchange LONDON*. Aug. 28. (ReuterV Late t reports from the Far East created an unsettled atmosphere on the London Stock Exchange today, although little change of any consequence took place. An early downdrift became a little mure widespread later. bi't it was sentiment rather than selling that
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    Produce Mart Fairly Active
    81 8 COPRA in the Singapore produce market was fairly St< „(\y yesterday, with buyers opening at S4SJ and sellers* $45|. Business was done at $454. Then seller* withdrew to $40. with buyer* advancing to S4SJ ai Which level business was done Coconut (.-1 was quietlv steadv, selle-s
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    £13 Million Jap Trade
    65 8 TOKYO. Aug. 28.— ReuterAAP).— Tue United Stales ka£ bougM in Ja] an over E 13 MM 000 worth of supplies fur the Korean war. .Mote* vehicles and parts were the biggest item, accounting fcr £3.5(»0.u00, followed b\ textiles and paper, iron aw steol. non fciruus metals,
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    Garner To Visit Scandinavia
    69 8 WASHINGTON. Aug. 28 •Reuten— Mr. Robert L. Gamer.; Vice President of the World Bank, will visit Finland. Sweden, Norway and Denmark |in September, after attend- ing the annual meetings of j the bank and the International j Monetary Fund in Paris, it was announced here today.
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    Importers To Handle Flour, But Bread Will Cost More
    411 8 Govt Shipments End On Aug. 31 Standard Staff Reporter SINGAPORE housewives will be asked to pay two to four cents more for each pound-loaf of bread, because bakers will have to draw their flour supplies from the free market at slightly
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    COST WILL BEHIGHER -OFFICIAL
    190 8 I!f ACCORDANCE with their policy of returning the import of foodstuffs to commercial importers as soon as this can be done without risk to the consumer, the Governments of Singapore and the Federation have decided that the commercial import of flour may be resumed. Commercial-ly-imported flour
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    Bin Contract
    31 8 U NDOIV, Aug. 27 Renter* An electrical contract, valued tboul fj 500.000. has been B< i by the South Wales firm i ire Cables Limited irtfm tl Pakistan Government.
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    COMMODITY PRICES
    69 8 COMMODITY PRICES RUBBER The latest Singapore rubber prices yesterday (Aug. 28) were per lb. Bayers Sellers No. 1. RSS Spot loose $1.44 $1.45 No. 1. RSS fob in bales Sept. $1.41 $1.42 No. 2. RSS fob ia bales Sept. 51.40 $1.41 No. 3. RSS fob in bales Sept $1.39 $1.40
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    SPOT TIN FAMINE
    68 8 LONDON, Aug. 28. (UP), The total turnover in tin in the morning session was five tons for three months' delivery. Famine in the spot metal continued. Spot at £800 was down £5 sterling. Three months fell £14 to C791. The closing prices were: spot £795 buyers, £805
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    Japs Send Penicillin To SE Asia
    111 8 Japs Send Penicillin To SE Asia TOKYO, Aug. 28— (ReuterAAP) Japanese penicillin in small quantities is beginning to rind its way into South-East Asia markets, according to trade sources quoted by Jiji news agency. The inroad being made by the Japanese product was attributed to the depletion of stocks of
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    150,000 CARS A WEEK
    86 8 DETROIT, Aug. 28.— (AP)— The U.S. motor industry turned out its 4.000,000th passenger car of the year in the week Aug. 13-19. The industry's assembly lines are nearly two month's ahead of the record-smashing pace it maintained during 1949. At present. U.S. plants are producing around
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    BIG RICE LOAN
    28 8 NEW DELHI, Aug. 28 (Reutcr) India has "grate- 1 fully accepted" the offer of the Ceylon Government to loan H',ooo tons of rice for Madras.
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    MALAYAN SHARE PRICES
    756 8 SINGAPORE, Mon. Th§ Malayan share market was dull thrpughout today. There was hardly sufficient business passing to indicate the trend of quotations. Closin? quotations were: INDUSTRIALS Buyer Seller Alex Bricks Pref 1.85 1.95 Ord 1.85 1.95 Atllas Ice 11 90 12 25 88. Petrol 29/- 30/B M
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    Australia To Review Rice Policy
    156 8 Australia To Review Rice Policy CANBERRA. Aug. 28. (Reu-ter-AAP). Australia is reviewing her rice exports in the light of domestic needs, Hdr. John Mo wen. Minister of Commerce and Agriculture, announced here today. Except for hospitals the Asian population and people on special diets. Australians have been without rice since
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    SPORE RUBBER MARKET QUIET: SMALL ORDERS
    178 8 Standard Staff Reporter SMALL business passed in the Singapore rubber market yesterday. Buying orders were on the small side, with no particular selling pressure. The market opened very steady at quotations slightly above those prevailing on Saturday. Throughout the day. 1 there were mild
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    Debentures And Loans
    147 8 MUNICIPAL Spore 5r 0 1920 105 00 10G.50 4\"o 1930 105 50 10(5 50 3 1935 86 00 87 00 3 1937 92 SO 9M fVO xi 3 1938 92 50 93 sOxi 4 1939 100 50 102 W 3*% 1948 90 00 91 00 Penang 5
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    Months Before War Effect Is Felt In USA
    230 8 THE A -Tin ir an ship Aimee Lykes left Singapore on Sunday far U.S. Golf ports with about 4,000 tons of rubber. For some time past, there has been some anxiety over the possibility of U.S. purchases of rubber falling off as
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    Dutch Fears On Tinplate
    95 8 THE HAGUE. Aue 28 -AP The Dutch Government ieai> thai the Dutch exports wril\ be threatened if the Tr.ited States place tinplate under eJlocatian "The international situation causes difficulties lor the import of tinplate.'' a spokesman of the Dutch Ministry of Acrirultu:<said yesterday. add:ne that B:i
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    SHORT OF RIBRIK
    27 8 The lubber Industry if. ,is without sufficient I materials stored for possib years m the future, t'-.e Mexican Ministrv ol National Ec momy reports
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    MERCHANTS TO MEET DELEGATION
    20 8 MERCHANTS TO MEET DELEGATION THE Li i of Malay.; I when on S< T- not feration The our will b.
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    4 More Jan Ships To Run
    50 9 4 More Jan Ships To Run g 26 (Reuter- -ry of InterIndustry has been MaeArthur's place four American the English pon Timea today, i r.ave been the Kiyokawa Kobe for 2i. itera are the a Mara, the Mara, the Maru ton Shjnshun expected to E and San Franich wheat and
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    Britain's Pack Plane Is Tested
    126 9 THI I MM XC-120' ry freighter, last month. Ita makers, the ?:!ect welds the prinrtpk with s T\...- :..;o.:t. it is Ito i ivith or without elage cargo It r-.rgo '"pod"! c rolled away; the XC-120 cle" under- :or carriage fitter! to the i ttate
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    N.Y. FLIGHTS
    26 9 A total of 1,430,328 persons boarded planes in New York City for scheduled flights during 1949, according to the U.S. Civil Aeronautics Administration. j
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    Air Day To Aid MAAF Recruiting
    122 9 C7 Standard Staff Reporter SINGAPORE AIR DAY this year which will be held on Saturday, Dec. 2, at Kallang, will primarily be an R.A.F. show along the lines of the Hendon Air Pageant. The main purpose of the show, apart from promoting air-mindedness among
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    Yet Weighty
    38 9 MELBOURNE, (AirmaU) (Reuter-AAP) Armour-plate from British battleships Iron Duke and Renown anchors the ballast carriage of a 100-ton gantry on Melbourne wharves. The gantry was built to unload locomotives built in Britain for the Victorian railways.
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    "Guinea Pig" Plane To Collect More Data
    351 9 LONDON, Aug. 28 (AP) A jet-engined "flying laboratory," designed to enable scientists to study the behaviour of planes flying at high speed nine miles or more above the earth, is expected to make its maiden In Anticipation flight soon. i The four-jet plane,
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    Italy Builds First Jet Aircraft
    83 9 THE JIAT Aeritalia concern has started construction of the first Italian jet aircraft, the G.BO. designed by Giuseppe Gabrielli. With a de Havilland Goblin 4, the power-unit specified, the new aircraft has a designed maximum speed of 550 «n.p.h., and an endurance of three hours
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    Ships Are Booked Either Way On HK-Wuchow Run
    316 9 HONGKONG, Aug. 28- (Reuter-AAP) -Hongkong is linked with the west river port of Wuchow in the Kwangsi province by water for the first time since the Red Army occupied South China. Two motor vessels are now plying regularly between the two ports
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    Jap Ships May Load, Refuel In Malaya
    146 9 TOKYO, Aug. 26— (Reuter-AAP)— Eleven countries have granted a blanket clearance for Japanese shipping, and Malaya is among countries or ports which will allow Japanese ships to load cargoes, announced the Ministry of Transportation today. The eleven countries that have granted clearance include
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    Choose Your Cocktail— Says BOAC
    92 9 Choose Your Cocktail Says BOAC A SERVICE of complimentary cocktails or sherries before and wines during lunches and dinners on their Central Atlantic service to Bermuda, Nassau and Kington, has been recently introduced by BO AC. Passengers on these routes will also be offered cigarettes with coffee. Complimentary drinks were
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      79 9 P| i and New Zealand (parcels only) Telemachus. Ti ntaa (parcels ArfiVdlS S Ke^nf; Today: Gt. Britain N Tre:ea; North land. Eire Europe, North and tan Noon Tai- West Africa, West Indies. Kota Nica; Egypt and Ceylon Glengyte. 5P m Train Thailand Tram; Hongkong, T r a Noonlndia Paki- JV^
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      287 9 IN and OUT Of HARBOUR NIEUW HOLLAND (KPM) Van der Bosch, Avon Venturer. from Australia. Fernbar, Inchmull, British ATMVaii Aug. 31: SITSEN (KPM) Prince, Produce, Chong Tong. from P. Baroe. INNER ROADS YESTERDAY PHAROV fMansftelrn Mantin, Senai, Darter. Ban CHONG TONG; MERAUKE; re a a n n t ?T eld)
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      108 9 dim AmtM+wtmx^S&SL Arrivals AIR CEYLON DOUGLAS DC4 from Colombo ETA 6.30 a.m. KLM CONSTELLATION from Amsterdam, Rome. Cairo. Basrah, Karachi, Calcutta. Bangkok ETA 9.15 a.m. QANTAS EMPIRE AIRWAYS CONSTELLATIONS from London, Rome, Cairo. Calcutta, ETA 3 15 pm. from Sydney. Darwin. Jakarta ETA 2.30 pm. Departures GARUDA INDONESIAN AIRWAYS DOUGLAS
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    It's The Dance Of The Nile
    213 10 It's The Dance Of The Nile FAVOURITE OF AMONG I King Forouk of Egypt gave a gala dinner at Deauville, France, on Aug. 20, and there to dance for him was Samia Gomel, 26-year-old f avourite dancer (see cut below) of the Egyptian sovereign. She danced the Song of the
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    Fishing Is Their Hobby
    107 10 This isn't just one of those fishy stories These pictures, token by o Standard photographer lost Sunday, record o successful outing by Mr. Quek Chwee and his party off Singapore. A former basketball enthusiast, Mr. Quek has turned to fishing as a hobby, and every Sunday
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    Your Marriage
    164 11 Your Marriage V>r l )lim!) narry any-* C -ence is not] Tl much same token.; v someone; .i-.terests are; yours. I t rl l rule, a ess wiU not the wife is l» a .s intelligent J nd. However, :u e between < ,t always -I headaches. J rriage is
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    All's Well, Ends Well
    53 11 OXDON, A I J8 UNS) J London tabbie. women to atch their ad gone he g on the seat. took a pton, got E.izabeth handbag back WBson, of was her fare— terous." 2| iiXS) rke lost her ind bracelet "S A— and Hjde Park. .ter arasol
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    Lie Detector Never Lies
    83 11 BRISBANE, Aug. 28, (Reu-ter-AAP) A reporter was the only man to face the lie detector at an advance demonstration here. He got along with the right answers to air questions put to him by the demonstrator until it came to golf. When he said "yes' to
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    Same Pay For All UN Korea Forces
    719 11  -  H. L. Hopkin World Body Should Shoulder Cost LONDON, Aug 20 TSR Captain A Turko" Westerling, after spending some time in a Singapore gaol, is on his way to London with a plan «to save world peace 1 appears to have :reated considerable
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    Father-in-Law's Ghost Objected To Marriage
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