Singapore Standard, 9 May 1951

Microfilm: NL2280
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    19 1 Singapore Standard jst /Hi JL I VOL. 1 NO. 312 SINGAPORE, WEDNESDAY, MAY 9, 1951. 8 PAGES FIFTEEN CENTS.
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  • Article
    Allies Push 18 Miles Aided By Air Power
    280 1 Allies Push 18 Miles Aided By Air Power fTOtOO. May 8 (IP)— United Nations forces aiihcd W mile* ■orthwcal of Seoul today under an umbrella «»l *lranii» ti^hler-bombers m the second day .if a ne* t oiiiiier-offeiiMve against an ever-increasing Communist build-up. All along the 100-mile front Allied tanks and
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    US Rejects Russia's Jap Treaty Plan
    112 1 .ON May 8 (AP) iti States re- Russi i*3 ;n to •r I ng oi t esc pc c tn I the Pa irers, iding mist China. ly was a c owes .mese pea c s* ttlei en& s Stal Depaxi ac it S
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    Hertogh Case Is Resumed
    122 1 Hertogh Case Is Resumed BREDA. Hoi V 8 <RevThe D G imeni tta ksc fat the oi the ;>J^e of ■•-i Dutch gi Bertha gh, to 21 M daj Uacher, nsooi Adaoi. H eith« B« d >r ManAd o:. c married g to Moalcn >• m Sine last August present
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    285 Shot In S'hai
    65 1 HONGKONG, May 8 (ReuterAAP)— A total of 285 men and women were executed by the Chinese Communists m Shanghai on Apr. 30. according to oflP.rial newspapers which reached here today. This is the largest number the Communists have yet officially admitted shooting m a single day.
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    Rep. John Kee Dies
    31 1 WASHINGTON. May 8 (UP) Representative John Kee, 76--year-old Democratic Chairman of the House Foreign Affairs Committee, suffered a fatal seizure while presiding ovgr a Committee meeting today.
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    They Are Shown How It Is Done
    88 1 Top picture shows the party of Senior Siamese Army Officers, who are on a courtesy visit to the British Army m Singapore. being shown around the FARELF Training Centre at Kota Tings i. yesterday morning. Heading the group are Lt.Gen. Dej Dcjpradiyudh, Deputy
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    Thai Officers See Jungle Fight Sample
    216 1 Standard Staff Reporter THE SENIOR Siamese Army officers who are on a courtesy visit to the British Army m Singapore were given a vivid demonstration of bandit fighting at Kota Tinggi yesterday morning by about 50 personnel from the FAR ELF Training Centre. The
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    8 Young Malay Policemen Face Murder Charge
    122 1 Standard Staff Correspondent MALACCA. Tues. Eight young Malay policemen, lome of them m their teens, with difficulty squeezed into the dock at the assizes this morning to answer a charge of gang robbery with murder before Mr. Justice Abbott of an auxiliary policeman,
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    Total Casualties
    29 1 FROM the start of the Emergency m Malaya till May 4 this year, Army casualties m Malaya totalled 287 killed and 421 wounded, announced Headquarters Malaya yesterday.
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    Dies From Accident
    7 1 A 40-year-old Chinese driven
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    Survey Of Colony's Industrial Potential Now Being Studied
    200 1 Standard Staff Reporter THE Singapore Government is now investigating the possibility of undertaking an intensive survey of the Colony's industrial potential. This was revealed by the Singapore Economic Information Bulletin (May issue) last night. The Bulletin said the Government realised the importance
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    Darus Shariff Freed From St. John's Is.
    123 1 Standard Malay Correspondent DARUS SHARIFF, Secretary of the Singapore Malay Welfare Council, who was one of the six members of the Nadra Action Committee detained m connection with the December riots was released from Saint John's Island Detention Camp on Monday. With his
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    Helicopter Lands On Football Pitch
    57 1 AN R.A.F. helicopter which airlifted a sick Gurkha soldier from South-east Johore yesterday (Tuesday) landed the patient on th« football pitch at the 8.M.H., Singapore. The helicopter landed on the jungle verge to make the pick-up, after the sick man's comrades had cleared a site.
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    Thousands Die In San Salvador 'Quake
    59 1 SAN SALVADOR, May 8 (UP) —The death toll from the worst earthquake m El Salvador's history soared into thousands as rescue parties dug through the ruins m southern towns. The Defence Ministry announced that the terrible eanh shudder at 2.15 p.m. on Sunday brought
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    De Tassigny, Bao Dai Reach Full Agreement
    95 1 De Tassigny, Bao Dai Reach Full Agreement NHATRANG, South Annam, May 8, (Renter) Gen. De Lattre De Tassigny, French High Commissioner, and exEmperor Bao Dai, head of Vietnam, reached "complete agreement" here today on new defence co-operation and higher living standards for IndoChinese people. These moves m the fight against
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    Cordell Hull III
    43 1 WASHINGTON, May 8 (AP>— Former Secretary of State Cordell Hull is m a precarious condition at the Naval Medical Centre at nearby Bethesda. Maryland. He was admitted to the hospi tal on Saturday. He is nearly 80 years of age.
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    Export Of Gunny Bags To Hongkong Prohibited
    193 1 Stutchbury Declares Standard Staff Reporter. THE EXPORT of gunny or jute bags to Hongkong is strictly prohibited by the Singapore and Federation Governments, Mr. A. D. Stutchbury, Deputy Secretary for Economic Affairs said yesterday. This action has been necessary because Malaya gets only
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    US Korea Policy To Force Reds To Accept Peace
    339 1 MARSHALL ANSWERS *NO POLICY' CHARGE WASHINGTON, May 8 (IP) Defence Secretary GiJtgfc Marshall said today that the United States policy m Korea is to inflict such 4fc terrific casualties on the Chinese Communists that the Reds Mill be forced to ac-
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    No US Visa For Those Reaching HK From Chind
    146 1 HONGKONG, May 6 (AP)— Numerous travel agency officials told Associated Press today the U.S. Consulate-General m Hongkong has suspended the issuance of "any and all kinds" of visas for the United States for foreigners coming out of Red China. From now
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    Boat Explosion
    21 1 A SUDDEN explosion illuminated the sky near Boat Quay last night shortly after 11 o'clock when a small motor
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    New Record In '51 Rubber Output Seen
    334 1 British Planter In US Says: WASHINGTON, May 8 \l») A BritM rubber planter from Mala\a predict* that the Malayan Federation's natural rubber output thin \«ar will lop the record set m 1950 and that the Kmer«i<ne\ will In- o*or m from 18 month*
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    Huge Gold Haul Made In Sampan
    102 1 Standard Stall Reporter SINGAPORE PoUca mini >^00.000 worth o! gold birs [nun a moi tampan at i c month ol Singapore River oa Sunday morning The se sure was made by a Marine patrol The samnii'i v. .i> loaded with kegs of naih hen
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    Truman Spends 67th Birthday Working
    43 1 WASHINGTON. May 8 <Reuten President Truman spent his 67th birthday working as usual today. White Rouse Press Secretary Joseph Sh > said Mi*. Truman misfit have eight appointments, including one with Mr Drwid Rrn Gurion, Prime Minister of Isr.-iol.
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    Actress Mary Astor Attempts Suicide
    53 1 HOLLYWOOD. May 8 (AP> Police said today actress Maty Astor, 45. attempted suicide early today Officers said they found her unconscious on the floor of her apartment with sleeping pi 111 strewn about She was tak«"n to Valley Hospital and her condition was later reported
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    Accused Had Bank Stamp Made-COUrt 1010
    399 2 $225,000 Trust Case Continues Standard Staff Reporter A PRINTER and a rubber stamp maker told tbe Singapore Fourth Police Court yesterday how Tan Vik Khoon, tentatively charged with criminal breach of trust of $225,713.93 belonging to Ban Hock Leong Oil Mills, ordered 1,000 copies
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    81 2 TWENTT-THKEC Malay Other Basks of Ike R.A.s.c. School. Nee Soon, vrsterdny donated a total of '23 bottles of uroup O and B blood to the Mimapon' Blood Bank. >pokr>m.m el the Blood T: -insfu.slon (nitre at the m-ral ISms>i!.il said th.it all through last week there was a shortage of
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    They Insist A Ghost Killed Him
    153 2 SARW ATI bin Ahmad, a young M v told the Singapore Coroner yesterday that he could not believe that his friend, who was sleeping with him suddenly cued of strangulation. Ahmad was giving evidence at the continued inquest into the death of Suchaya bin
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    Recognised Voice Of Alleged Robber
    86 2 GIVING evidence at the Singapore Assizes yesterday a woman, Goh Siu Choo. said she recognised the voice of one of two men who robbed her of a $200 gold necklace. In the dock was a young man, Lim Choy Fatt, charged with armed robbery. Goh
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    BLACKOUT HALTS ASSIZE CASE
    80 2 A "BLACKOUT" yesterday morning interrupted a case before the Singapore Assizes, causing the court to adjourn for 15 minutes. With all the doors closed, the atmosphere was stifling soon after fans stopped. Mr. Justice Fletcher Rogers remarked he did not see how a court of justice
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    RAPE CHARGE
    51 2 A CHARGE of raping a Chinese girl m the back lane of Java Road at about 5 p.m. on May (> was explained to a 19--year-old Asad bin Hussein m the Singapore Second Police Court yesterday. He was remanded un il May 15 when the case comes ip
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    S'pore Painting Rushed To Montreal Art Show
    335 2 Standard Staff Reporter A LARGE oil painting done by a talented Singapore stenographer is being flown post-haste to Montreal. Canada, to take part m the International Art Exhibition sponsored by the Junior Chamber International. The man who painted the picture is 23 year
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    LIGHTNING STRIKES FIVE BOYS OUTSIDE CLASSROOM
    205 2 Standard Staff Reporter FIVE boys of the Dunearn Road Mixed English School were struck by lightning, two severely, when a flash hit the school during the severe thunderstorm which broke over Singapore yesterday morning between 7.30 and 8 a.m. There were about 300 -Indents,
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    46 2 S^r IS? M SI- V E Tan pictured on occasion of 54th wedding anniversary. A party was held at their home on Monday evening at Branksome Road, Singapore Five of their seven children and 18 of their 21 children were present Kuna G. S. King Photo
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    Victims Of Fire Apply For Help
    108 2 Standard Staff Reporter ALL MORNING yesterday, the heads of families whose houses were destroyed by fire which swept through Kampong Lavender on Monday, applied to five social welfare investigators for help. All were glum and all were resigned to their Losses. They all told
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    SIT Tenants Appeal To Lim, Chamber
    160 2 SIT Tenants Appeal To Lim, Chamber TENANTS of the Singapore Improvement Trust, who recently received eviction notices, have approached the Chinese Chamber of Commerce, and the president of the Singapore Labour Party. Mr. Lim Yew Hock. to help them retain their flats. The Standard was toid yesterday. More than (iO
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    MORE CARS, LESS TRISHAS IN S'PORE
    154 2 Standard Staff Reporter A BIG increase m the number of motor cars .'n the Colony totalling 1,421 for the first four months of the year was reported m the statistics issued by the Singapore Municipal Registrar of Vehicles There pre now 18,013 cars registered
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      177 2 FOR THE TIME OF YOUR LIFE SLNGAPORE— IS9, OcU St. PENANG— I3. Chin, h>, i?M^\ Have you heard Sffl^&ZT latest (SKI H '^fe "leyte traders limited W>fc^lT^sr HA, ROBiN;ON kuAb»» '.(.AfiH ILL Iliv /7F£: TOP-NOTCH STARS m the BIGGEST MUSICAL E\ El Cagney Mayo Day M ac rae neisgn International
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  • Page 2 Miscellaneous
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      57 2 £STk AH^SoJ^t'vO^'as'V lAM LADY HOTFOOT? WEARING 1 I I'LL DO )_i YO' LET ME I IqUITE^-FAIP PLAY VcOO "if^ k Wti MQQWftFAM KSWJNEL MISS ITSWINES CLOTHES r y THE oMch.' (1Q rr. < AND ALL THAT SORT Saß^?> '—J 'INI^M LiiNjC- ont. 7^ i(~\i uTF" PA ICF BBCTffkICCC Vlt A.
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    Red Posters In School Desks
    168 3 Red Pos ters In School Desks CALL-UP PUPILS DON'T RETURN Standard Staff Correspondent PENANG, Tues. A large number of Communist pamphlets were found m the desks of some of the classrooms at the Chung Hwa High School m Maxwell Road yesterday, when the school re-opened for the second term. The
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    Don't Abuse Your Freedom, Women Told
    266 3 Standard Staff Reporter A CALL to the women of Singapore not to abuse their hard-won freedom, but to combine it with a happy and contented home life was made by Mrs. Vilasini Menon, first elected woman Legislative Councillor, at a tea party given m
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    Curfew Covers Three Districts
    88 3 A CURFEW has been declared covering the Police Districts of Batu Pahat. Senggarang and Pontian, m Johore. The following roads and areas are excluded from this order: U) Ail town board areas: (2' The metalled portion of Government Road between Batu Pahat and Kampong Parit Raja,
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    That Rush Was Unnecessary
    76 3 MALACCA. Tucs. Mr. M. J. Taylor, tor whom the American "wonder drug" was specially flown out from New York is progressing favourably, Dr. W. Clyn Evans. Chief Medical Officer, Malacca, said yesterday. He said that the "well meant but unnecessary efforts" m rushing the drugs (cortisone
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    BANDIT KILLED
    47 3 KUALA LUMPUR. Tues.— Security Forces killed one bandit m the Federation during the 24 hours ending at 9 o'clock this morning. One extra Police Constable and a Chinese civilian have been killed and two European Lieutenants have been wounded by bandits during the same period.
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    27 Boys Were Given Away
    52 3 Standard Staff Reporter SINGAPORE parents who are usually unwilling to part with sons, gave away 27 boys for adoption, it is stated m the Progress Report of the Social Welfare Department for April. 1951. An equal number of girls were also given away for adoption.
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    Poultry Rearing
    38 3 POULTRY rearing is becoming popular among the girls m Welfare Institutions m Singapore, it is stated m the Department of Social Welfare Report for April, 1951. In the Girls' Homecraft Centre, there are now 77 birds.
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    47 3 photo. Miss Tan Ju Leng thanks Mr. J. D. Joseph (right), principal of the teachers' Training College at a tea-party at the G. H. Cafe yesterday. Mr. Joseph is going on six months' leave to the United Kingdom. He leaves by the Canton on May 18 Standard
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    New Buildings Planned in Johore
    156 3 JOHORE BAHRU. Tues Several building projects costing more than a million dollars will be completed by the end of this year. The Standard understands. These include the construction of six $40,000 bungalows for Government officers on the strip of. land along Jalan Yahaya Awal. Each
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    WOMAN BOMB THROWER DIES
    70 3 IPOH, Tues. The woman brmdit who was shot by Security Forces at Puslng yesterday while throwing a handgrenade, died at one o'clock this morning and has since been identified as Chee Meng. aged 24. She had an old gun-shot wound on her left shoulder and was
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    33 Girls Rounded Up
    99 3 Standard Staff Reporter DURING a "determined drive on street-walkers" 33 women were detained by the Anti-vice squad of the Social Welfare Department, it is stated m the report tor April, 1951. They were all released alter they had been photographed and given medical attention. It is
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    Prizewinners Give Concert
    101 3 Prizewinners Give Concert Standard Staff Reporter THE eleven prize-winning competitors ot the Chinese V.M.C.A. Piano Competition which was held last month played to a large invited audience m the Victoria Memorial Hall last night. The Hon. Mr. G. W. Davis, chairman of the panel ot judges, made a report on
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    OWN PREMISES
    29 3 IPOH. Tues.— The newlyformed Federation of Chinese Rubber Dealers Associations m Perak. has decided to build its own premises m Ipoh. The building will cost about $100,000.
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    Gun Went Off, Hit Driver
    157 3 Standard Staff Correspondent TAIPING, Tues.— A verdict of accidental death was returned by the Coroner, Che Abdul Aziz, at the inquest into the death of Yaacob bin Hussein, who was accidentally shot by Mrs. D. G. Goddard wife of a R.A.F. sergeant on March 11.
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    Failures Guide The CDC
    778 4 'THE annual report of the Colonial Development Corporation published about a fortnight ago is a cautious and frank document. While affirming its faith m the C D.C., the report does not try to hide the expensive errors it committed during the financial year ending December 31,
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    MALAYA: The Communists And The Emergency
    1431 4 MALAYA: The Communists And The Emergency IT is symp omatic of the great changes whlcn have taken place m Asia since the war that the term "Malaya" has ceased to be a purely geographies] noti- n and has now become the official designation of a new political entity: a new
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      PENSIONER MAKES A PLEA
      820 4 Sir: In 1910 -a hen the price of rice was one dollar for 4 gantangs, sugar rt cents ■a. kati, and matches one cent for 2 boxes, the salary of a M.C.S. Cade* recruited from England was $150 a m th and I was drawing 150
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      THE LAST LAP
      392 4 Sir. I read with great pleasure the announcement made by Dato E. E. C. Thuraisingham, giving the categories exempted from call up which appeared m your paper of the sth instant. I understand from the stated categories that the pupils m the third year Senior and Junior
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      UNION FOR SHOP ASSTS
      322 4 Sir. It was reported m the Press recently that the Labour Party of Singapore *has under consideration a proposal to help form a Union for Uie Shop Assistants m Singapore, who unfortunately do not yet have any form of organisation to protect their interests from some
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    USELESS EUSTACE
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    100,000 Japanese May Be "Depurged"
    368 4  -  FRANK ROBERTSON By TOKYO. MORE than a hundred thousand Japanese who have been baned from any participation mi n public affairs are likely to be removed from the purged list m the near future. All Japanese newspapers recently carried stories forecasting this development, and there
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    Review of View
    367 4 Review of View I Chicken Hearted •PRO KUOMINGTANG Shing Jit Poa end, editorial the remark x General MacArthu I testimony tl at >, States drops Trun: > m Korea and tdoptf I strategy to stop I muniim. sh< is d The Daily alleged tha I Truman ami h:> 'cocktail suited
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      89 4 Singapore H>tattbar& A. S. CHAXC, Editor-in-Chief Published daily including Sunday by the Sin Poh (Si ir News) dttlfamatcd, Ltd. at 128 Tooinson Road. Singapore Subscription rates: 19 cen's per copy. $4.50 per menth and $1,150 per three months including the Sunday Standard, m Singapore and throughout the Federation of Malaya,
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    Gloucesters Praised In Citation
    71 5 ON THE WESTERN FRONT. May 8 (UP>— ln a dusty, sunbleached Korean schoolyard, Lieut. Gen. James Van Fleet, Commander of United Nations ground forces m Korea, presented the United States Presidential Citation today to the First Battalion of the Royal Gloucestershire Regiment of the British Army.
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    Truman Refuses Onus For Any Extension Of War
    778 5 Truman Refuses Onus For Any Extension Of War WASHINGTON, xMay 8 (AP) President Truman bluntly declared last night that he would not want to be responsible for any extension of the Korean war. "Remember this," said Truman m revising his major foreign policy speech after copies of it already had
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    AIOC Taking Oil Dispute To Arbitration
    153 5 TEHERAN. May 8 (Reuter): The Anglo-Iranian Oil Company has told the Persian Government that it is taking the oil nationalisation dispute to arbitration. The Company announced today that it had nominated Lord Radcliife, a Lord of Appeal m ordinary, as its arbiThe Shah signed
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    Warner Baxter Dies
    55 5 BEVFRLY HILLS CALIFORNIA. May 8 (AP)— Warner Baxter, 62. veteran motion picture uc\o\-, died ai his home last night at;e: a lo:i£ illness He had suffered from arthritis for years and a lobotomy was performed three weeks ago to alleviate his pain. Bronchi;:! pneumonia set m recently
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    Truman Praises Malaya's Drive Against Reds
    102 5 WASHINGTON. May 8 (USIS) President Truman had high praise for the efforts being made to destroy communist banditry m Malaya. In a major address Monday on American policy m the Far East, the President said '"the British are holding firm against communist guerilla attacks"
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    Wedemeyer Wants To Quit
    66 5 SAX FRANCISCO. May 7. (UP).— Lt. General Albert Wedemeyer whose long secret report on Korea was released only last week said today that he has asked for retirement from the Army. The Commander of the Sixth Army and veteran of Mti years of military service would
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    US Unit In Iceland
    40 5 WASHINGTON. May 8 (AP* U.S Defence officials said Monday an initial detachment of American troops which landed m Iceland Monday consisted of about 200 men. They t were commanded by Brig.-Gen. Edward Joha McGraw o! Philadelphia.
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    UK, France To Back US Proposal For Embargo On Peking
    182 5 UNITED NATIONS, New York, May 8 (AP) Britain and France indicated on Monday that they support an American proposal for a woiid.-wide embargo against shipping: arms, ammunition and war material to Red China and North Korea. The United States proposal
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      62 5 LAKE SUCCESS. May 7 (UP) Russia demanded and was refused the ouster of Nationalist Chinese delegates m the statistical and fiscal commissions of the United Nations simultaneously today. India abstained m both votes. U.S.' Secretary of Defence George Marshall told Senators Monday that Gen. Douglas Mac Arthur never violated any
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      28 5 BRITAIN has been promised "further United States cooperation" m obtaining raw materials and machine tools for defence. Supply Minister Strauss told the House of Commons Monday.- A. P
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      31 5 AN American spokesman <*t the United Nations said Monday the U.S. delegation will present an embargo resolution on Britain's trade with Communist China to the 12-nation Sanctions Committee later Monday.- A.P
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      29 5 BRITAIN has agreed to defer payment for 43,000 tons of wheat lent to India last November, Mr. Frederick Willey. Parliamentary Secretary to the Ministry of Food, said today.— Reuter
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    Transport Probe Is Promised
    140 5 Standard Staff orrespondent KUALA LUMPUR. Ti:e> An assurance that every possible step would be taken to remedy the shortage of buses hi Kelantan was given by the St.;'.e Secretary at the State Council meeting on Saturday. He was replying to Haji Nik Ja'afar who drew attention
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    41 5 INCHE Abdul Razak bin Jailani. a Class 2C Malay Officer m the Johore Civil Service, has assumed duties as Secretary of the Johore Bahru Town Board relieving Inche Ismi bin Ismail, who has been appointed Election Officer for Johore Bahru district.
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    Engineer Feted
    29 5 MR. H.G. FROST, Executhe Engineer. Kelantan. was entertained yesterday by the staff of the Public Works Department on the eve of his departure for Furope on leave.
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    School C'ttees Raise $49,000
    176 5 Standard Staff Correspondent KUALA LUMPUR. Tues— All local school committees m Kelantan have set themselves to provide better school buildings and furniture this year. It is estimated that for every dollar that the Education Department has offered towards this end, local committees have raised two dollars.
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    No Clash Over Josey's Sunday Script—Green
    251 5 No Clash Over Josey 's Sunday Script Green Standard SiaH Correspondent KUALA LLMPLR. Tue*. The amendment* to Mr. Alex Josey't* radio broadcast on Sunday ni^hl was done m the clowM co-operation Kith the KnierjUeney Information Service. There was no rla*h of any kind, according to Mr. Carlton v»rcen, Director of
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    Couldn't Contain Tears In Court
    117 5 TIMAH bi it e B;:d;n. the wife of the Penghulu oi M« tkek. Alor G.■• Dijsti id Ma i eea cried m the Efich Court :his morning after M Just cc Abb* t1 had dismissed, with costs a claim against her. The plaintiff, Jaamah binte
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    11,035 Register As Citizens
    72 5 Standard Staff Correspondent KUALA LUMPUR, Tuei Eleven thousand three hundred and five move people m the Federation received Federal citizenship certificates during February bringing the teal to date to 187.56 C Of the total for February 9.548 were Chinese. The next largest groups were Indians. Pakistanis
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    Acquitted Of Theft Charge
    105 5 Standard Stall orrespondent KUA L A LUMPUH, lam Accepting the submission ■>'. defence cou I Mr M N -rasami, that h s c'r.o- h .-i no case to mcci the Presidei I <■! the Sessions C »urt, 1 inku Abdul R'' i'^:.!;. a acquitted and discharged
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    Youth Freed Of Murder Charge
    80 5 Standard Staff Reporter JOHORE BAHRU. Tu.-s ftfe Justice Paul Storr, jresterdas ecs fitted and discharged a young Indian. X Thomas Mathews, m the Assiz e Court of mv d< mother Indian. Sankara Nalr. at Niyor estate, on Dec. 11 last yeai Th~ two Assessors retui
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    He Holds 19 Jobs
    59 5 Standard Staff Correspondent WHEN counsel m m appe, rase m the Malacca Hi^h Coin mentioned the lack of detail m the Sessions Court President's judgment, as ground for appeal. Mr. Justice Abbott asked for tolerance as the Boflliuill Court P-esident holds 18 >1 lei appointments. The
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    JUST LOOKING...
    221 6 Around The Spore Shops 17XU. It's hit Singapore like a minor monsoon during these past few weeks. And how cantankerous our menfolk are, once they've begun to recover from its worst effects. Much more fussy than the alleged weaker sex. Once penicillin dosage is completes, and gargle mixtures
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    K.L. On That "New Look"
    330 6 Standard Staff Reporter 4 LTHOUGH the strapless A cheongsum which met the startled *aze of the male population m Johore Bahru at the recent International Fashion Show was for the first time introduced m the Federation, fashion-conscious ladies m the Federal capital have viewed this
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    771 6 They have judged by resultsmuch better than accepting what the advertiser has to say about it. Mr. Bateman has been with Horlicks for 22 years. Before then he had travelled extensively, as a businessman, throughout Europe, South America, Asia, Africa and the Mediterranean countries. Until 1936 He
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    87 6 photos (On top). The well-known Malay screen star and singer P. Ramlee and (below) popular recording artiste Momo. both of whom made personal appearances before an appreciative audience at Monday's Gramophone Recital of Malay Music £iven at the H.M.> Studio m Mac Donald House. Singapore. Standard Mr. Aw
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    New Fall In Copra Price
    107 7 Standard Staff Reporter COPRA again weakened yesterday, buyers m the Singapore produce market indicating (46J and sellers $47| per picul. Coconut oil remained quiet at unchanged quota' ions. Pepper prices were slightly easier, Muntok white being quoted as 51. 050 per picul. while Lampong black
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    RUBBER CROPS
    63 7 HARRISON'S and Crosfield (Malaya) Ltd. report the following April crops: Allenby Rubber Co.. Ltd :*4.000 lb: Benta Rubber Estates Ltd. U4.000 lb: Jeram Kuantan Rubber Est., Ltd. 62.000: Kundong Rubber Est.. Ltd 39 000 lb: Mentakab Rubber Co.. Ltd. 54.500 lb: Sungei Bagan Rubber Co.. Ltd. 113,000 lb:
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    Fresh Decline In Singapore Rubber Prices
    173 7 Fresh Decline In Singapore Rubber Prices Standard Staff Reporter. RUBBER prices quoted by the' General Services Administration declined by 1J cents (US) yesterday and locally the prices fell again after a drop of nearly four cents on Monday. There was a further turnover of business of the lower grades at
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    COMMODITY PRICES
    125 7 RUBBER The latest Singapore rubber prices yesterday (May 8) were per lb. Buyers Sellers No. 1 R.S.S Spot Loose 51.73* 51.74 F. 0.8. m bales May. No 1 R.S.S 51.73 81.73^ No R.S.S 51.69J 51.70 No 3 R.S.S. (nom %Un\ 51.68 i Tone: Steady at the decline. LONDON
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    Rubber Price Cartel Is Opposed
    148 7 Rubber Price Cartel Is Opposed NEW YORK. May 7: (Reuter^ "It is imperative to American rubber users that the U.S. -Government does not become involved m a rubber price cartel or m fixed price arrangements with private rubber producers." the Vice-President of B.F. Goodrich Company, Mr. James J. Newman said.
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    Red Bloc Still Gets Rubber
    140 7 DESPITE ttie Imposition of destinations! control on exports of Malayan rubber from April 9. the total shipments to places like Russia. China and Hongkong remained much the same last month as during March. Exports to Russia during April was 6.324 tons against nothing during March,
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    CANADIAN DOLLARS
    34 7 Buying rates (per $100 Malayan! for Canadian dollars from yesterday (Tuesday i were as follows: 35 18 iTT.i, 35 14 (0.D.). 35i (90 d st.). Selling rates for T.T./O.D 34 3 4.
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    Ships in HARBOUR
    196 7 WHARVES Gdn 44 Ismalia. 42/3 Antiiochus, 40 Ki-ma 38 39 Senai, 36/37 Cingalese Prince. 33 4 Aeneas 31 2 Automedon, 27 8 Gorgon. 25 6 Pundua. 23 4 Maron, 21 2 Islander. 1516 Surat. 13/14 Clydebmk 11/12 Thai. 8 9 Benvannock, 6 7 Steel Artisan, Coal Plant:
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    SHARES DOWN ON SELLING
    141 7 SINGAPORE, Tues.— Sellers In the Malayan share market predominated m all sections today and price changes generally were to lower levels. The volume of business continued to be on a restricted scale. Changed prices were INDUSTRIALS Buyers Sellers M. Colls. l.tfzj 1.771 Gammons 2.10 2.20 xbi
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    SHIPPING INTELLIGENCE
    327 7 EAST ASIATIC LINK Outward From Europe m Port: Panama. TO LI ROPE In Port: Flonia AMERiCAN MAIL LINE For OS. West Coast Ports; Accepting cargo for South and Centra) America June 9: Island Mail, sails June 14. EVERETT ORIENT UNI For H'ltong, Japan. May 23: Leneverett. sails May
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    $200,000 Building For Chinese Assn
    121 7 Standard Staff Reporter THE 1.200-STROXG Singapore Kwangtung Hui Kuan (community association of Cantonese. Teochews, Hainanese and Kheks who hail from the province of Kwangtung) plans to raise $200,000 to build modern premises to house the association. A decision to launch its building project as soon
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    HK EXCHANGE
    38 7 HONGKONG. May B— Special Standard Service -Closing prices on the Hongkong Exchange today were HKJ 15.80 to £1 sterling: HK56.137 to USSI: H6KSIBO to Malayan SI; HK$O.32 to one Indonesian Rupiah; Gold HKs::iB.s to one tacL
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    Departmental Training
    37 7 photo. EMPLOYEES of the Social Welfare Department deep m concentration while listening to a speech by the Secretary, Mr. G. W. Webb, yesterday. It was part of the series m their Departmental training course. Standard
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    A Hacked Prison Officer, Convict Gets 2 Yrs. More
    244 7 A PRISONER who attacked a pri>on officer with a cohbler's knife MM sentenced to tun years ri<*nrou<» imprisonment m the Singapore Third District ourl yesterday. The accused, a young Javanese. Abu bin Krosi alia? Jalik bin Saiamin was found guilty of
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    KL TIN PAYS 4 DIVIDENDS
    95 7 KOALA LUMPUR Tin (No Liability) paid four divide ids each of Is. per £1 .-hare for the year ended Sept. SO, 1950. ;;>;d a further dividend ol 3s. since the close of the year, making total dividends paid to date £451,317. The accounts ol the
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    STORE DIARY
    104 7 V.M (A.. Onh.inl Ko.nl: Si i c Chess Club 5 p.m. J 5.30 i m.. Conversational Malay f3O p.m.. Art Club Tea Parts p m.. Recital Ot Recorded isic 8 p.m. rORI Ml MOK« \l I! \l I Spore Musk- Circle Recital Noreen Stokes (piano). Patterson Hutton (baritone',
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    Clubs Doing Well
    38 7 BOYS clubs m Singapore are progressing very well. ;i'.\n emphasis is now being Laid on vocational training In one < them, it is stated m ih< j reoori the Department of Social Welfare for April, 1951.
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    Cingalese Prince Arrives In S'pore
    61 7 Cingalese Prince Arrives In S'pore THE CINGALESE PRINCE, Pnnce Line's round the-world modern Ereighter-passei ?ei Liner berthed alongside the Singapore Harbour Board wharves yesterday, while the Eastern Queen, not the Eastern Prince as reported yesterday Loaded with drums of coconut oil Eor Keelung Left Singapore ye rday. The Eastern Prince
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      483 7 SITUATION VACANT WANTED Teachers of both sexes. Qualifications passed Senior Cambridge. Apply Headmaster. Charlton English School, Batu Pahat, Johore. Vr ANTED by Chinese retired merchant English educated woman private secretary. Sound English education. Willing to travel. Salary $300/ 400 according to ability. Box No. T. 222 Spore Standard. TT ANTED
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      21 7 Despatches TODAY: Thailand (parcels only) by Kepong. Arrivals TODAY: U.S.A. by Pres. Buchanan. South Africa by Tjikampek, Western Australia by Maetsuycker.
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      270 7 SITUATION WANTED QUALII [ED nurse Chii ese, open fee engage daily or 1 thly ben Also willing to be companion io invalid or housekeeper to small family. Box So. T 2.' Spore Standard. SITUATION VACANT APPLICATIONS are invit- ed for the posts of Asian Inspector m ihe Federation of Mala:
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      115 7 i? U^ DEPARTURES J 7*^^* Arrivals BO AC from Songkong 1.30 p.m. SIAMESE AIRWAYS from Bangkok 3.40 p.m. C.P.A. from Hongkoni; BJO p.m. from Bangkok 7.30 p.m. MALAYAN AIRWAYS from Kuala Lumpur 9.90 am from Medan, Penang, Taiping Ipoh Kuala Lumpur 0.35 p.m. from Penang. Taiping Ipoh Euala Lumpur 11.50
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    Fox Confident Of Thirlmere And Dundonald
    444 8  -  OLLIE DAVIES By TRAINER FOX has two good ones m Thirl mere and Dundonald and he is confident of their success at renang this afternoon, second day of the Summer Meeting. I regard Thirlmere as the best bet of the day. The going will
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    TOURISTS COLLAPSE
    187 8 BRADFORD, May 7 (Reuter>— The South African cricket team gave another weak display of batting m the second match of their tour here today, losing six wickets for 67 m reply to 214 for four declared by their opponents, Yorkshire. After the resumption it took York.snire only 12
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    Rajas Shock Pulau Brani
    200 8 SAFA league leaders Pulau Brani United received a mild shock at Jalan Besar Stadium yesterday m their key S.A.F.A. Division I encounter against Kota Raja Club when, contrary to expectations, Rajas played highly enterprising soccer and won 2 o. The defeat cost the Islanders two very
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    HOBBS' PLAN MAY CLICK AT PENANG
    364 8 PEGASUS seems to be striking his best form just now and it may be a mistake to ignore him even with 9.08. But the question is can he afford to give all that weight to such a promising field. Counsel 111 was a non-aec
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    Compton Knocks Up 113
    299 8 LONDON, May 7 (ReutersDenis Compton showed no sign of knee trouble when he and Bill Edrich put on 181 for Middlesex third wicket against Leicestershire today. Coming together when two wickets had fallen for 44. the pair immediately attacked the bowling Neither appeared likeL1 i ke
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      33 8 HIGH TIDES at the principal resorts m Maltya. TODAY AM. P.M. Singapore m. >j .y; Malacca io.4J 11.1.1 Port Dlt-k^on 9 1.1 9 "V 4 Port sham mi km Pcnang 1 j« -»7
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