The Straits Times, 16 July 1954

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    14 1 The Straits Times I sid 1845 SINGAPORE, FRIDAY, lULI 16, 1954 if 15 CENTS
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    PEACE: THEY ALL SAY IT
    279 1 PEACE THEY ALL SAY IT I*fl<r» v«? #a «.t% f*™\ f^\ f^\ f""*l M. France is confident: 'Communists will days co go |»j (nj |w) l|oj argue then agree iM last hal£ hour Iutthe price ill be high lENKVA, Than. nch Premier, \l. Pierre Mendes ice, plunged into ial round
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    Mil CHASE COSTS HIM $25
    49 1 Bu: 1 was I" 1 ■■.•> nwrd me Holloway, I r ac ir.itlir c( urt tZH. ng charge. I That's a foolLsh way to not your money," Judge Marice Tasgert replied. •'You're going to lo.se it now." He did— plus $10. The fine y-A p.
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    The heat kills 76
    34 1 NEW YORK. Thurs— At least 76 persons have died as a result of the torrid heat wave which developed over a large part of the United States this week. -A.P.
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    Vietnam says: Give us U.S. arms if Delta goes
    289 1 HANOI, Thurs. IK the French acrrp to abandon the Red River delta as thr price of an I niln Inn i rcasc-firc, the Vietnamese (Jovernnient will ask the I.S. to send it direct arms shipments. Dr. Hoiinc Co Binh, president of
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    SHOTS AT HOSTESS BY PLANE PIRATE
    106 1 SEATTLE, Thursday. 4 21-YEAR-OLD farm assistant failed in an attempt yesterday to commandeer at pistol point a TransCanada airliner, and surrendered to police after firing two shots at a fleeing stewardess. HLs shots Hit the fuselage near the stewardess as .-he ran down the
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    'IF REDS ATTACK WE HIT BACK'
    247 1 Big Three agree to start work at once on S-E Asia guarantee PARIS, Thursday. T<HE UNITED STATES yesterday won a plc-dpe from Britain and Fiance that they will join her at once in working out v plan to guarantee South-east Asiai against further Communist
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    Bulldozer j parts '■ recovered
    97 1 Bulldozer parts recovered KUALA LUMPUR. Thurs. poi.icE recovered spare bull- 1 dozer parts and tools from a house i i Ring Road Koala Lumpur, today. Tiv.s followed yesterday's I seizure '>f two Army bulldozers i believed to be part of a recent theft of War Department i equipment m BiagaOOK
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    Ceylon Govt probe
    62 1 COLOMBO. Thurs. The Oylon Government announced today that a throe- man commission has been appointed to '.lquirc Into the "affairs and general conduct "I Mr. N. U. Jayawardene. governor of the Central Bank nt Ceylon and Mrs. Jafawar- done, and has listed 49 matters, to be Inquired
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    Rise Sir Otto-Siamese style
    46 1 Rise Sir Otto Siamese style WASHINGTON. Thurs— The Siamese ambassador Pote Sarasln yesterday made General Otto F Weyland. Commander of the Tactical Air Force, a Knight Commander of the Most Exalted Order of the White Elephant and decorated him with the Star of the Ord"r.— U.P.
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    Malaya s own magazine
    115 1 Malaya 's own magazine UHORT stories by the world's leading writers are a strong feature of THE MALAY A. MONTHLY, the new Straits Times magarine. Among the four in the August issue, to be published on July 28. ts one in a Malayan setting. Three of the stories are illustrated
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    Burma-Siam rail
    23 1 RANGOON. Wed Burma and Siam may build a railway to link them. Engineers from both nations are preparing reports.- A P.
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    Priest dies
    40 1 NEW YORK. Thurs— The Rev. Julius Bussr. aged 47. a Catholic priest who once said he considered it a privilege to die of cancer, died in Parsons. Kansas last night after months of sutlering from abdominal cancer. A.P.
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    Beauties decide: Brains are best
    255 1 Beauties decide: Brains are best LONG BEACH Thurs. T*HE world's beauties began arriving today for the Miss Universe beauty pageant. The first official meeting ol Oil the beauties will be held tomorrow evening. The feature of Saturdays programme ll a welcoming dinner and on Sunday thi.s city will stam Its
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    Joan is queen of the tall people
    72 1 Joan is queen of the tall people PALO ALTO lCaUf.>, Thars."The Intern.it ioi.. I Convention of Tall People' opened here yesterday with the selection f a comparative mi Igct for "Beaut> Queen of Height." She i.s Joan Van. a blonde Sft 11 in., secre' y from Chicago. The American Affiliation
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    Fires damage U.S. libraries
    36 1 CAIRO. Thurs.- Fire.s started by incendiary bomb.s broke out simultaneously last nicht in American Information Service libraries in Cairo and Alexandria. Hundreds of books worth about MSIO.OOO were destroyed or damaged- Reuter.
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    Ran to death
    36 1 GLENDALH; California. Thurs Late to a funeral. D G. Kenning ran from his car to the chapel yesterday, made it through the door and then collapsed and died of a heart attack— A.P.
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    Baby assaulted
    28 1 SEMINOLE. Texas. Thurs. An ex-convict. Bill Hughes. 34. has been arrested and charged with kidnapping and sexually assaulting a five month old daughter of his friena.
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    Britain helps
    25 1 LONDON. Thurs. The British Government has offered Austria 4.000 blankets and 20 tons of food to help in it* Hood relief. A. P.
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    No defence against H-bomb: Churchill
    264 1 LONDON, Thurs.— Sir Winston Churchill said today that there was no defence against the hydrocen bomb, but there were deterrents. If it was certain they could be applied they might "possibly in urn us out on the right side of the river." the Prime Minister
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    Rulers still say 'no'
    507 1 Rulers still say 'no' They're against the 'outsiders' KUALA LUMPUR. Thun T»HE Malay Rulers arr not satisfied thai commission drawn from lUtside Malaya 'would irovide the most satlsactory body" for revtewng the constitution of country. They ll|ll mil this view totheir nmliTin h Commissioner. Sir Dinairi MacOllllvray, when ■n.siflerecl the
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    No. 1 A-PLANE CRASHES and BLOWS UP
    347 1 No. 1 A-PLANE CRASHES and BLOWS UP Witness 'saw tail drop off Britain's secret Victor LONDON, Thursday. /'I.AI.MKD to be the most powerful plane m existence Britain's secret Victor atom-bomber crashed vi iranfield. Bedfordshire, today, killing the pilot and three of its crew. "It gave a quick dip and men
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    'WE NEED GERMANY' -GENERAL
    69 1 'WE NEED GERMANY' GENERAL WASHI LIMI I ALFP" ;UE; vJ Supp m^ Allied Commander in Europe *.i.d hi Western nces could not withstand an all-out by the Soviet Union. He said, however, that they were than three v.-nrs ago "We at irten thin. ire need a German contribution to the
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    STOP PRESS
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    JUST LIKE CZAR MCK'S TIME
    69 1 JUST LIKE CZAR NICK'S TIME FRANKFURT. Thurs Mr. George Kennan. former United States Ambassador to V said yesterday conditions in Russia have not changed much since the time of Czar Nicholas more than 100 years a<o Mr. Kennan. who i.s lecturinc at Frankfurt University century ago "there was npylng control
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    Barefeet firemen were demoralised—l9s2 Kallang report
    1120 2 Baref eet firemen were demoralised— l 952 Kallang report CRASH INQUIRY HEARS OF 'OBSOLETE VEHICLES, FORGOTTEN DRILLS AND CLUMSY APPARATUS* 4N officer of the SinA c.i p«re Fire Brigade reported in 1952 that the fire services at Kalian* airport were a demoralised, ill clad force equipped with obsolete vehicles. The
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    CUT THAT DUTY NOW —TIN PLEA IN LONDON
    193 2 CUT THAT DUTY NOW TIN PLEA IN LONDON LONDON. Thursday. VjR. A. G. GLENISTER. Chairman of the Malayan ITI Chamber of Mines, yesterday expressed the hope that the Federation Government would take "immediate and practical action" to reduce the export duty on tin. Addressing the chambers 36th general meeting. Mr.
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    SOLDIERS STOOD AN HOUR IN SUN: OFFICERS ACCUSED
    82 2 NEW YORK, Thurs. The I.S. Army has ordered court martial proceedings against a lieutenant and a sergeant Mho are accused of making their company stand at attention for an hour in 90--degree weather. Lt. Robert S. Morgan. 28. and Sgt. J. Vitbeck.
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    They made a 5-ton mistake
    71 2 NEWPORT Rhode Island. Thurs Newport residents chuckled today over the news that workmen puttin- ;p < ■4ft Japanese lantern In a park in Providence, another Rhode Island town, had put one section upside down Then somebody looker closely at the lantern bier had been given
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    TALE OF ADiirf —TO HELP in ' GET NEWS PM\p
    306 2 TALE OF ADULTE TO HELP RUSSIAN GET NEWS PRINTE MELBOURNE. Thurs. F BEGAN OS!U.IV\n an Australian journalist, told the spy in quiry today that he wrote a dossier ••Document H" of fellow members of thr press gallery in Parliament and gave it to a Tass .Soviet new, agency) man, Pakhomov,
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    tttlee's attack on Dulles policy ks Washington
    309 3 Attlee's attack on Dulles policy irks Washington UNDERMINES DRIVE FOR UNITED FRONT' WASHINGTON, Thursday. ()KFICIAL Washington reacted with dismay to the vehemence of Mr. Clement Attlee's attack in the House of Commons yesterday on United States foreign policies in the Far Kast'and Europe. His suggestion that Generalissimo Chiang Kai Shek
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    STARS TAKE A BREAK |
    36 3 STARS TAKE A BREAK I RKM II Him stars Miihele Morgan and Daniel fielm portraying Josephine and Bonapartr in the Mm "Napo Iron" which Sacha Guitry is making in Paris, rest bet ween shots Popper picture
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    lALIN PLAN ON THE tONG LINES'
    132 3 SALIN PLAN 'ON THE WRONG LINES' LONDON, Thurs. sulin I'l.i" «H W .1 In 1 h nice Ike 1 entral Asia K.M'il >n I<l|s lcl H,,". h<-.< ril ni Min>' Bta- 1, h 1-^ aeen i>r»X..11K ..11 the \Mi.ng arrordini to siicn- i b] rass 1 rncj «ald thai .1
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    I c penalty: c per cent ie crime
    62 3 The penalty: One per cent the crime I K< >NG, Thurs. j ii pilot At HK$l. -'"<) 1 about Kov lnnn Court ns to export 100 irth HKSI2O.OOO H^^K Indo-China port' 'Be Morse, a Hong officer 01 the Brit Cathay F Ib fl :era said tiie\ Man Morse at Hone
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    Athletes may be beaten— by a strike
    93 3 Athletes may be beaten by a strike VANCOUVER. British Colombia, Thurs. A SHIPPING strike at Sydney in Australia made the 65 members of New Zealand's British Empire Games squad !car yesterday that their equipment wouid not arrive here in time for the games. MO t of the rowing team's kit.
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    Girl quizzed 10 hours
    61 3 BERLIN. Thurs— An American cirl student who mistakenly entered the Soviet zone of Berlin by train was freed yesterday after being held for 10 hours by the Russian authorities and questioned by 3ti people. The cirl, Charlotte Tiepo, aged 22. an American exchange -tudent in Paris,
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    WHY I QUIT THE CABINET— Mr. SENANAYAKE
    345 3 WHY I QUIT THE CABINET Mr. SENANAYAKE COLOMBO. Thursday. THE Ceylon-China trade pact and the Ceylon Prime Ministers contemplated visit to the United States are among the reasons which made Mr. R G Senanayake. Minister of Commerce and Trade, resign from the Cabinet. The Minister listed live reasons which made
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    Right hours, wrong home
    66 3 PHOEN'i:; AriMM. Thurv When the Eaton family left la.<=t week for a new home in i New York State. room was made in the car for their coolie dog. Trixie. But somewhere in Oklahoma. Trixie got separated from the Eaton>. ThL< week, dusty and tired from
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    They throw out ALL the Reds
    52 3 GUATEMALA CITY. Thurs. The Government junta de- 1 creed today that all 0088 munists and fellow travellers will be dismissed from Governmtnt and municipal jobs' without severance pay. The decree pointed out that employees in the public service art members of the Party or
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    Pact signing postponed
    48 3 ATHENS. Thur.s. A joint Greek-Turkish-Yugoslav com- 1 munique issued last night said; that the conferences of their. Foreign Ministers due to take place on Saturday to sign the Balkan military alliance had' been postponed. Preparatory work could not De completed in time, it said Reuter.
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    She will die for poison murders
    50 3 NEW DELHI. Thurs. Mrs. Atan Bai Jain. 35. was sen-: tenced today to be hanged for I the murder of three young i girl employees she suspected of having affairs with her husband. I Mrs. Jain gave the girls i potm in sweets.— A.P.
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    A trade date
    24 3 NEW YORK. Thurs.— The first international trade fair to be held in this city will open here next May IS. -UP
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    Prisoners tell of death march
    50 3 HANOI. Thurs— The French High Command said today that many French prisoners-of-war captured at Dien Bien Phu died during a 450-mile march to prisoner camps. The information came from sick and wounded prisoners who returned today from the Comn, jnist side, the command said.— Reuter.
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    PRINCESS STAYS AT BALL UNTIL 3 a.m.
    166 3 BAD EILSEN. West Germany. Thurs. PRINCESS MARGARET chatted and danced with British Army officers until well after three o'clock here this morning at a ball given in her honour at R.A.F. headqUShV spent four and three quurter hours with the 600 imti but
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    Red churchmen get green light
    43 3 new york nan it,? United States plans to anmit at l.'a.st 16 delegates trorr. Communist countries lor the assembly of the World Council of Churches, it was announced vistcrday The number may tun to about 20 —A P
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    LONDON STOCKS
    292 3 LONDON, Thurs /"'ILTEDOED lK«ue« were ■gain the feature on the London »tock "xchangi today making good additions to their recent spectacular advanca. Foreign bonds were in demand ■vlth Japanese and Oermang movlnc •ich'T in good activity. Among industrlaU. heavy enalneerinu was featured with radios electrical* and selected motors
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    LONDON RUBBER
    38 3 LONDON. July 15. Spot 20\d.. Aug 20-»d. Sept. 20\d.. Oct. -Dec. -OHd Jan -Mar 2()\.d Apr-June 20Vd.. July ell 20 7 16d.. Aug. eXX. 20 7 16d Sept c.l.f. 20 7 16d Tone: Quiet but steady.
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    LONDON TIN
    27 3 LONDON. July 15. Cash Buyers tifil: Sellers C 766: forward Buyers €755: Sellers C 756; Settlement V 764 Turnover a.m. 125 tons: pm. 10 tons.
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    Copra dealer robbed
    44 4 TELUK ANSON. Thurs. Three men. two carrying parangs and the other a shotgun. broke Into the home of Kau Bwe Bak. 36. a copra dealer, near here, and robbed him of $543 and jewellery. Two of the robbers wore i masks.
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    Man who held thief is pn
    121 4 Man who held thief is praisea LIM SENG KIAT, an attendant at Singapore General Hospital, helped a middle-aged woman in detaining a thief who had snatched $25 from her and took him. with a constable, to the police Mat urn Lim told the Firsi Criminal District Court yesterday that i
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    ATTEMPT TO AVERT STRIKE FLOPS IN 3 MINS.
    761 4 Our last word, says unions' secretary after deadlock at meeting with City Council UOPEvS to avert a strike n on Monday by Singapore's 10,000 city labour forces faded last night after a meeting of only three minutes between the City Council and
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    THE MAN WHO MUST SET AN EXAMPLE
    269 4 $75 fine for negligent driving KUALA LUMPUR. Thursday. A POLICE inspector, charged in the Sessions Court here with dangerous driving, told the court: "As a police officer I have been taught to set an example to the public and as an officer I
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    A 'plea by post'should be just a plain 'yes'
    102 4 A 'plea by post' should be just a plain 'yes' INCIIE Abdul Wahah Ohows. the Singapore First Traffic Magistrate, yesterday said that people, who admit their guilt by letter should make a "Hear iin(|iialifird" plea. He said this after a motorist, {.an llui Hmfl of llunnun Koail. had pleaded guilty
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    Dinner for D.O.
    40 4 TAIPING. Thurs. Representatives of all communitl*^ are giving a farewell dinner to the District Officer. Larut and Matang. Mr O W Wolters tl the Hokkien Hoay Kuan on Saturday. Mr. Wolters s shortly going on long leave.
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    SCHEME FOR PLAYGROUNDS IN THE PARK
    67 4 KUALA LUMPUR. Thurs. Plans are being prepared to provide children's playgrounds in the Coronation Park and the Lake Gardens here. The scheme la being undertaken by the Selangor Playing Fields Association, with the support of the Municipal Council. The playground* will be called the
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    Today's Radio SINGAPORE
    135 4 Today's Radio SINGAPORE AM 715 Time Signal and Opening Announcement; 716 Morning Star: 730 News- 735 Melody Mixture: 8 00 -8 30 Hill-BUly Half Hour. POO Music While You Work; 9.45 Housewives' Choice; 10 30 A New Elizabethan Lock* At World Problems. 10 45 1130 Friday P.M. 1.00 Time For
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    Youths posed as collectors
    45 4 JOHORE BAHRU. Thurs. Two youths, Lim Teek Lai and Ho SconK Kong, posed collectors for the State Welfare Room and obtained small nuns of money from three women In the Police Court today they wore fined $45 each for 1 eheatine.
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    Back: j-Red * from i
    14 4 Back: Red from WAY i THI which July 9 i r r i I"
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    New lawyJ ■
    4 4 New lawyer I l!
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    'Do not think j are aliens hen
    55 4 'Do not think are aliens her THIS IS YOUR HOME. STri)E\TS /CHINESE students must aliens in Malaya. Mr. H of the Federation Adult Ec 1.200 Han Chiang, School bo;. i your c rights Mr H S Need It y franr!. "Don't Ohasi> urged public Die in not on to pr
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    FASHION SHOW TO AID FUND
    123 4 FASHION SHOW TO AID FUND Hair contest, t<n> > T INL Singapore fashion houses are to st. fashion display at Raffle.Hotel on July 28 Prizes will be awarded for the best morning, cocktail and eveninc dn Six leading hairdressers wii; compete in a hairstyhng demonstration. Obiects of the show, organiser,
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    New se
    17 4 New expre service XI the K told the M tweer. Port only Thi the pre.sr:: Thr Jl
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    How many graduate U^ Mr. Awbery wants
    78 4 How many graduate teacher Mr. Awbery wants LONDON, Thurs. In the House of Commons yesterday, Mr. Stan Awberr> (Labour) asked Mr. l.ytu-l-ton, the Colonial Secretary, how many graduates passed through thr I'niversin if Malaya in the past In years and how man\ "i them took up teat hint: posts Mr.
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    Operation disrupts the terror gangs
    272 5 THA T'S A MAIN AIM, SAYS GOVERNMENT IPOH, Thursday. OPERATION TERMITE, launched a week ago when paratroopers dropped into the Perak jungle, is well on its way to achieving one of its main objects, a Perak (Jovernment statement said today. The terrorist organisation in the
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    FREEMAN SMILES ON THE CITY
    55 5 MR. J. T REA. acting president of the I ity ountil unveiU the S".0«0 portrait of Sir Franklin (iimson. Singapore s first Freeman and (iovernor from 1146 to 1952. at the Victoria Memorial Hill yesterday. Watching him are Mrs Rea and Sir John Nicoll. thr
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    Fowl pest serum a winner
    148 5 Fowl pest serum a winner Bm. BIRDS SA VED MASS inoculation ol poultry auaiiist disease was a great success, Slngapore'i chiei Veterinary Officer, Mr. R. A. Wright, said yesterday. About 8,000.000 birds he said bad so far been Injected with a vaccine »pH rani- khet. which previously caused .serious loss
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    $200,000 case postponed
    74 5 The ease of five men, accrued of possession of 325 lb of raw opium valued at more than «200.00n, was postponed to Tulv 27 for ludcment in the Singapore Third Criminal District Court yesterday One Yit. Lee Chenc Pon>j Chua Gone. Yeo Ten Pow and Loo Chow
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    Man sent for observation
    49 5 Tanc Mun Chuck was charged in the Singapore Fitth Police Court yesterday with raping a 13-year-old ulrl. Chong Pui Ngan at 930 p.m on July 11 He was sent to Woodbridce Hospital for observation. The case will come up for mention I on July 29.
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    NOW AN AIR DRIVE TO BEAT ILLITERACY
    120 5 PENANG. Thursday. f pHE Federation Adult Education Association plans to 1 use the radio in its drive to wipe out illiteracy in the country. 1 At an executive committee meeting in Kuala Lirnpur thi.> Sunday the secretary. Mr Chanc Mm Kec. will submit
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    Menon puts off departure
    38 5 The departure of Mr. M. Gopala Menon. retiring Indian Government Representative, in Singapore, has been postponed to July 25. Mr. Menon was yesterday entertained to a farewell tea party by the Indian Graduates Association.
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    Top job for ex-MCS man
    71 5 Sir John MarPhPrson, Governor of Nigeria, who will become the first GovernorGeneral of the Federation of Nigeria on the introduction of the proposed new constitution there later this year, began his career in Malaya. He joined the Malayan Civil Service in 1921 and served In
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    Parade in rain
    31 5 BATU PAHAT. Thurs Maior General Perowne. the 0.0.C 17th Division in Malaya, today visited the First Infantry Regiment at Batu Pahat He inspected the guard in torrential rain.
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    THEY'LL RUN SINGAPORE'S NEW BANK
    71 5 Till' llv I II locilly established Chinese hank the I mln-^t i■ >! and Commercial Rank will open in (rril Strrrt. Sincaporr. tomorrow. Straits TimpN pi( turr abmr >how> Mr. Lan Kirn < hronc thairman (Irftt. Mr. Y. K. Hwang, managing dtrrctor. and Mr. Uiu
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    A PORTRAIT OF SIR FRANKLIN
    191 5 'He had a bad start 9 Mr, Tan A $7,000 portrait of Sir Franklin Gimson. Singapore s first Freeman and Governor from 1946 to 1952. was yesterday presented to the City Council and unveiled at the Victoria Memorial Hall. Mr J. T. Rea. acting presiJent
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    Thieves get $1,300 in raids
    76 5 Thieves get $1,300 in raids A TOTAL of $1,300 in cash and valuables tv last in three thefts reported to Sincapore police yesterday. A woman livini? in Joo Chiat Road last a diamond rinp worth $670 It was stolen from a cuaboard. A camera worth $450 wa* stolen from the
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      302 5 fp Presto PRESTO wasries everything! Dirk and grease disappear lile magic when you put a few drops of PRESTO in the washing water. See how dishes, tiles sparkle. Our Service includes ■MB arranging Visas. mtmU Health Documents. WJW making Hotel reser- sYMIw vations, planning gVa^sw itineraries, etc. dgs^BH^B^sSa^BV EXTRA COST
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      277 5 SINGAPORE DIARY Tr LOK *Y1 K M.V F.: Bible-Mufly I Week" programme lenure in Entt- our.-* on Art* ot the Apostles' by lis-h on modern art by M. Fourquet. the Rey. H. I. Bone, churrh hall. 235 association premise*. 6.30 pm.; I Telok Ayer Street. 7.30 pm. fashion show b..
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    DEATH
    34 6 10 Horrfj lit (minimum). PETER TANO BANK HANSEN. Factern Manufacturing Co.. passed away on the 14th July 1954 at the l Penang Mission Hospital after a prolonged illness. InterrPd at Western Road Cemetery.
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    ArKNOWI.EDC.MENT Jn Unrtt* titt , minimum 1
    41 6 ACKNOWLEDGEMENT 70 Wtrmt 110 (minimum). DR. W H. BRODIE and family wish to thank all those who sent Flowers to the Funeral o( Dr M. O. Brodle and regret th.it it rum not been possible to write to each per- tonally.
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    ANNOUNCEMKNTS
    95 6 ANNOUNCEMENTS 10 Ww4t tl* (minimum). FOLLOW PEDANT F. er\ Day In! the 'Malay Mall' If you want to win that 15,000 word puzzle. QANYMED lacsimues are the j finest art reproduction* available to- day. Call and see our collection Donald Moore Ltd. Mac Donald Houw. Singapore MORE SEI ECTIONS in
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    Singapore, Friday July 16, 1954. Return To Geneva
    710 6 The Straits Times Singapore, Friday July 16, 1954. Return To Geneva Anglo- American relations are) not so unshakable that outbursts Midi as Mr. Attlee permitted himself in Parliament can be lightly afforded. Except for the circumstances at Geneva, Mr. Att loo's criticisms of American policy in Asia might have done
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    Colony Assembly
    406 6 Three motions concerning the coming constitutional changes in Singapore are on the order paper for next week's meeting of the Legislative Council. All are in the names of Labour representatives. Mr. Dasaratha Raj will ask the Council to express disapproval of the recommendation that there shall be four
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    City Strike Threat
    207 6 By refusing yesterday to in- 1 chide the backdating of thei Ritson scales in negotiations v hich the City Council wishes o hold with its labour force,! the Federation of City Council' Labour Unions rules itself out; of court. The only conclusion is that they are determined
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      'Hardships' at Indian customs
      155 6 'Hardships' at Indian customs rE "hardships' referred to by a reader and by Mr A. i Sreedriaran do not appear to ,be what Mr T. M Abdul Rai him and the Singapore Indian I Chamber of Commerce had in mind when they sent their i protest to India House. In
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      Cyclists and right of way
      62 6 SIX cyclists were among the ten people killed on Sin- gapnre roads In June. Though sometimes the blame lies on the cyclists themselves, not all motorists give cyclists their right of the road. I have often seen cyclists forced too close to the side of
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      CASE OF LABOUR MEMBER
      376 6 CASE OF LABOUR MEMBER 'rpHE Malayan Labour Party is j L said to have decided that Its members on the Federal f nincll th^nM resign, because elections are not to be held in 19 14 Mr Tan Phock Kin. secretary ol the Penan* Labour Party la a press statement following
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      'A godless ideology'
      117 6 MR. BALKARA SINGH complains of people exploitlne the name of religion for selfish political ends This practice is jnot a recent innovation, because men have for centuries made religion a farcical in ment to suppress their fellowmen and women. This hypocrisy has been mainly responsible for the
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      An easy way to fight teeth decay
      126 6 piARIEB can lead to loss of teeth and this is a serious thing. Regular visits to the dentist can cut down this loss but there Is a public health measure which has been proved to reduce the incidence ot carles Itself. This measure
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      It was for good cause
      130 6 I AM afraid my letter on Use of coupons at fun fair" was misunderstood Certainly, no-one would attend a fair without any ralca or regulations. I do appreciate the way the fair was organised, but the unnecessary introduction of embarrassing lastminute rules <whlch were not
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      Perak Govt. had to pay for land
      130 6 Perak Govt. had to pay for land rE REPORT on "Ol Road shock.' remin of a curious parallel in Perak about 25 years ago when Government, thr the P.W.D., appropriated a piece of private land at K par to construct a r Mr. Sengal Rayan Nairiu a well-known contractor an
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      Plea for clinic
      32 6 rERE Ls a ureat need for a cltmc in Kluang toi male outdoor patierr the one for women and dren which is dn-.n- wonderful work N. s b. Kluanq
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      Position of Indians in the new Malaya
      158 6 MAY I draw the attention of the Rulers to tho confusion of Indians in the future Malaya caused by the Malayan Indian Congress. The MIC. the Malayan Indian Association and the Federation of Indian Organisations failed to merge and so denied the Indian
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      'Romance' in the Federal capital
      220 6 'Romance' in the Federal capital /~|NE Saturday recently, at about 11.30 p.m. I turned from Campbell Road. Kuala Lumpur and drove along Batu Road. Women in groups or singly moved about on the five-foot paths. I parked my car and walked back to get an Idea of what was happening.
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      Teachers in private schools
      90 6 Teachers in private schools »|R. M LMINM asks wheA ther I know that "most of the Malayan students on their way to the Cambridge School Certificate classes are taught by Indian graduates and matrlrulatt-s." There is a snull pefcenULM Of t— Ctoen with Indian qualifications. In addition to their local
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      Malay seamen want houses instead of swimming pool
      494 6 WLTE were amazed to read your report of the 1 Governor's speech when he laid the foundation I stone of the $150,000 swimming pool at Connel House (Marine Hostel). We cannot Imagine why anyone should go to the trouble of telling the
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      132 6 Quarters and staff of P.W.D. STAFFS of the Public Works Department are most fortunate as far as Government quarters in Parlt Buntar are concerned. Most of them are given some sort of quarters or barracks. Some of them live in the heart of the town and are not far off
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      65 6 EISENHOWER'S JOB WORLD'S TOUGHEST How does he do it? He deals with Congress, guides foreign policy, heads 2 million government employees, signs his name 300 times a day, talks with over 100 officials a week! How the U.S. President handles the world's toughest Job. (Read it in the June issued.)
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      65 6 For Music Love LONG PLAYING 33 R. GILBERT SULLIVAN Coaplete Rec« HM S. •Pinafore" The Pirates of Penzanic The Mikado The Gondoliers Trial by Jury Ruddißore The Yeomen of the Guard lolanthe Patience The Sorcerer ALL BY THE D OYLY CARTE C GET THEM FRO T iMoutru^ S MOUTRIE CO
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    (he judge takes a train trip to ;ee round the bend
    400 7 The judge takes a train trip to see round the bend FOOTPLATE JOURNEY MAKES HISTORY wi, i~*m. SKRKMBAN, Thursday. *j|AI«AIAN court history was created at Seremban today when Mr. K. Corballv, President of the Sessions Court, travelled on a Malayan Railway engine to see for himself "the visibility of a
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    lieIie tenants i these ats will ye high
    78 7 lieI ie tenants in these flats will live high Hi sini ipore Improve rrust'a iirst I 1 I stoic Hals "ill be PrineCM H*r« Uttuin in h RK i"'« ■S i I'.sr ,v the month and ~JJ tc4 io begin is p.irt of illion ()ueens- k oi Bats pit hi(h.
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    U.S. Consul: General due Aug. 9
    141 7 U.S. Consul: General due Aug. 9 A FTER a lapse of seven month-s. the United States will once again be represented in Singapore by a Consul-Gen-eral. The new Consul-General. Mi James Lampton Berry, is now serving as deputy operations co-ordinator on the .stafl the Under-Secretarv of State. General Bedell Smith
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    Deserter gaoled
    21 7 IPOH. Thurs A young special constable. Su'alman bin Osman was sentenct d to&.\y to one month's saol for desertion.
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    INTO JUNGLE TO LOOK FOR SOIL
    209 7 A touch of rubber spoils it all KUALA LUMPUR. Thursday A SOIL survey team has started a four-month search in the Kuala Trengganu area for cocoa growing sites. Local labour is being recruited to help the search. The task is to find soil in
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    First fault in 20 years
    61 7 Mariyah Samiah. 43. a lorrydriver with a 20-year clean driving record, wa. .sentenced to ,-:x months' gaol in the Singapore Traffic District Court yesterday foi causing the death ,of Mohd. Naina bin Kadir I Ghouse. 56, by negligent driving Mohd Naina. a shop-assist-ant, was killed
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    School show
    40 7 IPOH. Thurs— A programme ot international songs, dances and costumes will be staged at the St. Michael's Institution hall on Auc 7 at 8.30 p.m. in aid of Lariv Templer's TB fund by a committee of ipoh women.
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    High Tides
    85 7 TOI»AY: Singapore IIJI a.m. (8 ft 3 ins i 10 53 pm. (9 ft 8 ins.i; Port Dlckvm 40 a.m. 18 ft.) 7.13 i p.m. iR ft. 8 Ins i Penang 1.05 a.m. |6 ft. 6 ins.) 1.02 p.m. (8 ft. 1 In TOMORROW: Singapore 1223 a.m. (8
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    md dies in swamp clash
    67 7 ■L UMPUR Thurs. K Btn on Dttt nf Karwg Selangor can a hHi clearing bandit I The others fled without ex- changing fire. A rifle and six packs were recovered. The rifle was found to be on>' of those taken by a group ,ot 30
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    ■in r for meter engineer
    32 7 Dinner for meter engineer -ft^ co-opera-trt< t i w( 11 dinner at c;^ e rant, Great I paM seven tO- < "ho came •v-,, to helu iix taxi Mr. "ic by tttM Sunday
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    I! II secretary o rive talk *
    18 7 Toc H secretary to give talk H i B Itain for 'Ik to rtment on i'" H. its
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    SOMEBODY LOST HIS SHIRT
    46 7 A taxi-driver handed over to the Singapore police yes- 1 terday a pair of woman's j 1 nylon rtirfltlrf a sports shirt and a birthday greeting card They were left behind in the taxi somewhere between Orchard Road and Ayer Raiah Road
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    Power equipment for show
    45 7 Some of the latest electrical appliances and equipment will be on show at the Happy World Trade Fair, which opens la Singapore on July 31. They wiU be displayed by the City Electricity Department in an effort to increase power consumption.
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    Copters are coming to big welcome
    196 7 KUALA LUMPUR. Thui>. SERVICE Chiefs in Kuala Lumpur today welcomed the news from London that a "build-up" in helicopters can be expected in the Federa- tion. A few months aKo the then Hlßh Commissioner. General Si, Gerald Templer. wrote to thr War Office for
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    Driver fined
    27 7 A lorry driver. R Visullncam of Race Coiirsr Road, was flnrt, $50 in Singapore yesterdnv !<m speedtnc in Geylanc Road at 5 30 a m
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    miss ooi eneirs good NEWS WITH BIG LAUGH
    55 7 MISS OOI GREETS GOOD NEWS WITH BIG LAUGH .MISS him LI LIAN, a student teacher of St. Gabriel's School, Kuala Lumpur, laughed happily when she heard *he had been chosen for a teacher's training course at Kirkby. England. Miss Ooi. 22. was among 85 chosen. They will leave for England
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    Judgment today in libel action
    73 7 Judgment will b*> deliverrd by Mr. Justice Taylor in the Singapore High Court today In the libel action for damaprwhich M R. Swain, managinu director of Hume Industrie(Far East i Ltd.. has broupht against C. H. Unbehaun. former managing director of the compans. It was
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    Firemen save a hut
    49 7 Two fire engines turned out to tackle a fire in an attap house in Kampong Lew Lian, off Paya Lebar Road, Singapore, yesterday afternoon. The blaze which destroyed a small portion of the roof was put out within a few minute* of the brigade's arrival.
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    17 men face assembly charge
    94 7 17 men face assembly charge JOHORL BAHRU. Thurs SEVENTEEN men arrested yesterday at Jalan Lembu Kuda were charged today with betne members of an unlawful ;->sembly. the obiect of which was to assault a number of persons unknown Those charerd were: Chong Ah Cheng. Law Boon Chwee. Sim Chene Hua,
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    Malayan art in London
    62 7 Ten paintings by four Malayan artists are now on display in the 'Artists from the Commonwealth" exhibition at the Imperial Institute Gallery. London. The Malayan artists are Phan Van Mv who sent four paintings. Wu Tsai Yen, S Ahmad Jamal and Margaret Tav who submitted two
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    THEY DID NOT SLAY DECTECTIVE: JURY
    168 7 PENANG, Thursday. lEW NGEN SIAP and Nr Choriß Kong. Jointly J charged with murdering a detoetive. Loan Khuan Jin, at Ayer Itam on June 26 last year, were acquitted today after ?n eight-day trial. A special jury of two Europeans, four Indians and on*
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    'Disorderly' detective fined $100
    106 7 'Disorderly' detective fined $100 SEREMBA.N. Thurs. LEE CHEE WAH. a detective, was today fined $100. In default one month's gaol, lor behaving in a disorderly manner while carrying a revolver Leong Chong Choy, a bar boy. at the International Hotel said that on the night of May 28. he was
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    THE EX-JUDGE BECOMES A CURATE
    114 7 THE EX-JUDGE BECOMES A CURATE From HALL ROMNEV LONDON. ThUTS. A FORMER Malayan jud«?p. Mr. L. F C. Evans, is to become curate in the Dickensian village of Cobham, Kent. whrre he wa? born. Mr Evans, who retired to canterbury in 1951 will b." nrdalned in September. C a 1
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    Sack for 118 workers
    124 7 Sack for 118 workers TEMPORARIES' IN WAR DEPT. :<UALA LUMPUR. Thurs. THE War Department is sacking 118 temporary daily-paid rmployer.s engagrG on building work around Kuala Lumpur. Snme will stop work at ttM end "f this week and othmat the end nf next week. A spnk" sman fnr hfai- Quarters.
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    GOING, GOING—NIXON HANKY
    59 7 GOING, GOING— NIXON HANKY KUALA LUMPUR, Thur A handkerchief sent by Mrs. Richard Nixon, wife of the Vice-President of Amen, be auctioned ai the fun fair of the Methodist Girls School in' I upimir on July :<1 ent the handkerchief m M autographed rover alter If mini from .1 former
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      203 7 U.i W i if^«<i r 1 t (J> THE KirC// THE WVULD HAS LEAtNZj 70 TRUST So«« d» /y «.ll own one OLYMPIC GAMES For 20 years Omi:.i Ins oniri.illv timed the Olympics. In recocnitinn of Owefal Oatatmad ing leadership in prei imoti timing (hr (>l\mpir C'ommittre of Helsinki presented
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      96 7 The weather M 1 X I M I M TKMI'KRATI RK: u 30 p.m on Jul> 14 to 7 3d am on July 15 1 Singapore 74 degrets. Penang 73. Kola Bahru 73. Kuala Lumpur 70. Ipoli 72. Kuanlan 71. MAXIM I'M TKMI'KKATI RK: <7.3O a m. to 7.30 p.m.
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      The Flesh is there—but the Flame is missing
      346 8  - The Flesh is there but the Flame is missing JACK BEAUMONT By "FLAME and the Flesh" which is shortly to be released by the Cathay Organisation was for me an enjoyable picture. It was filmed in colour on location in Naples, Amalfi and Positano, a part of Italy of which
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      HIGHEST PRICE EVER FOR THE GREATEST STORY...'
      204 8 THE Greatest Story Ever Told'" by Fulton Oursler was purchased recently by 20th Century-Fox at the greatest price ever paid for a motion picture property, it was announced by Darryl F. Zanuck. vice president in charge of production at the studio. A cumulative
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      He champions stars with 'temperament'
      170 8 He champions stars with 'temperament' TOI'OH (11 v actor Sterling Hayden has come to the defence of that much maligned Hollywood breed stars with temperament. Hayden himself is as even tempered as a household pet. Proof of his co-operativeness is the fact that he has made eleven pictures in the
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      393 8 WORLD of THEATRE THERE is never any doubt as to the thriving prosperity of music in Singapore. Kuala Lumpur. too. sometimes reminds us of the extent of talent at their disposal, but it is less often we hear about Malacca's musicians. The omf"»ion will be remedied tomorrow with the Youth
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      TO KEEP YOU IN THE PICTURE
      147 8 KNIGHTS OF THE ROUND TABLE. Based on Thomas Malloryi "Le Mort d'Arthur" and starring Mcl Ferrer as Kins Arthur. Robert Taylor as Sir Lancelot and <<■ lovely Ava Gardner as Queen Guinevere. Brilliantly photographed in Cinemascope. Grand entertainment. > HOBSONS CHOICE. Based on the
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      332 8 m. m m m mm wmmmmmmm? |#SHAW BROTHERS^! g l^fjy A \Bi *JS WHr@ JB rT^§ ''45 4 00/ TtU H^^^j^^^^^^j^^fisi 6.309.30 \^^/iiiii :::>: I |\J s Technicolor m LADD si^:^! "orourkellW ■~h t a J^m L^L^LW. '.HZ. D II V A I Jv V^^^k^ K U T A L
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      250 8 ?ATM..(l?i*N .?M 9^An^!l! WM o P10« 5"«OO AW COWITICHIFD 9 M-G-M'S STARTLING I)R M (fn« GRIPS YOU FROM START TO FINISH! fjk EXECUTIVE WTJfr I SUITE WtliAM HOLOCM JUHE ALLYSON Ik 1 Barbara Stanwyck Frokw: March Tj r v WALTERPBGEON SHaLfYWWTERS 1 PAHOOUGUS LOUKCAUe Wx DEJW INS" NMFOCH PLUS: tom
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      311 8 The Straits Times Crossword 14 IS J 16 IH >7 'B 20 T2l |H 22~ 23 2* 25 26" r. "7~ I ia~ ACROSS 7 AHe must causa you to copy 8. A red rum a day Rives the prow- (8) ler away 181. 15. The ox for example Is
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    Roy Gardner was last of the 'Wild West' badmen
    2126 9 Roy Gardner was last of the 'Wild West' badmen TIMES special FEATURE J\ THICK-SET, white-haired, kindly -faced man sat in a room in L a fifth-rate San Francisco hotel on January 10, 1940. On the table was a note explaining that he was "old and tired" and could not "face
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      204 9 ■lostora |ust .1 ri w drops touch of J CLOSTORA and rh« natural lustre of your ti nr will be revealed n i|| full Clory BBW^' i "J soil il H P JTA*Jb7 ABLETS .imrnt I" regain tmtrgj uin L an iifshiK I in ones In a nal.ir.il I I
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      405 9 f\ Father tells the family 'keep </our leeth KOLYNOStffe?/?/ Kolynos clean means really clean. I Bl rich foam penetrates into every cornet /B^^l and crevice and in between your teeth 4&&&*^y fighting the bacteria that cause \jKF^ S^L. decay and ill-h-nlth. Yes, Kolynos J |LV B cleans thoroughly, to keep
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      164 9 Sltfrhwli Hnitnvs II 7io vasts splits? y~2f y '^'"^S^Sitir^^B I T4(C£ TWE BODy iKTO )I \<,N'T TUAT a\[ ARRIVED AT I IiNV FOOL V JEeE/MIAM I I T^- TM£ SHEP.' THI4 CASE SUDD6N <J *v P£4? ICMOW6 WANT TO MEET "^Tuv c u ,d cliP tvY,t t^cc vc^pJ l 6
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    MARKETS Ai DULL AGAII
    460 10 MARKETS AR DULL AGAIN Rubber below MARKETS were quiet in Singapore 1 with a restricted turnover on the Share Market and the rubber price rlnsjn the 70 cents level, at &M cent. a time for nearly a fortnight after a dull f The rubber market wea lnflu< don and New
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      1634 10 NOTICES THE ATLAS ICE CO., LTD. (Incorporated in the federation of Malaya) Registered Business t'ertlfleate No. 411 18, Jonker Street. Malacca. EXTRAORDINARY GENERAL MEETING Notice Is iiereby given that an Extraordinary Oeneral Meeting of the Company will be held at the Registered Office of the Company No. 18, Jonker Street.
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      190 10 ADVERSE MAY TRADE BALANCE TINAI. lieures for PanMaliyan trade issued last night give an kdvWM trade balance for Maj <>i approximately Sft. JOO.OOO imports amountins to rWMtIJM and expwfe to 51>.),J75.000 There ".ia.s not heen .i favourable .Malayan Iradr bal-tm-r in any month since October 19.">"!. The adverse trule balance
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      1157 11 McALISTER tfc CO., LTD. TEL: No. 2*l*l ELLERMAN <fc BUCKMALL KLAVEMESS LIME LONDON, HAVRE, ROTTERDAM, LOS ANGELES, SAN FRANCISCO. HAMBURG PORTLAND, SEATTLE 4. VANCOUVER ond for USA., North Atlantic Ports Accepting cergo for Control 1 South arxi Cn.orto vio Colombo Americen I ->rt« CITY OF SYDNEY iaiiciinviiii S[prr, P Sham
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    K.LM. chief for leave
    104 12 K.L.M. chief for leave MR. J. W.TURNER-LASH-MAR, general manager for XL.M. in Malaya ROea on four months leave to Holland by company aircraft on Sunday and Mr. G. Ph, U de Stoppelaar the deputy general manager will act In his place. Mr. Turner-Lashmar first came to Malaya in September 1952
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    Secondary industry is aided by can production
    1014 12 METAL BOX EXPANSION NEW BODY FOR THE COPRA TRADE A FTER many unsuccosful efforts in post war years, a Singapore Copra Association has been formed and is generally regarded as a big step forward in regulating this growing market. The decision to form
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    COMMERCIAL NEWS & VIEWS
    180 12 COMMERCIAL NEWS VIEWS H^^^^H RUBBER PRICE RISE COMPARATIVELY LOW Chairman blames U.S. policy 'THE price of Malayan rubber has risen by only 29 A per cent whereas the price of American cotton and wheat has risen by 2<58 and 217 per cent respectively. The comparative period- are 1939 and 1954.
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    Tenth Chinese bank in Malaya to open
    234 12 50 years' banking progress ANOTHER step in the steady progress of 50 years of Chinese banking in Malaya will be marked by the opening tomorrow of a tenth locally established Chinese bank The Industrial and Commercial Bank. Ltd., of Cecil Street, Singapore. The
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    Rubberised roads are making progress
    229 12 Rubberised roads are making progress pONTINUED progress on rubberised roads is reported. 59 such roads having Leen laid in coun- tries throughout the world, during the year. The 1953 annual report of the Br;ti.-.h Rubber Development Board says that conclusive pruof of the advantage of rubberised roads can best come
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    Record Specialist
    55 12 MISS CHRISTINE KIM ii: who h;»s rrturnrcl Ironi London to join H'illlam Jacks' record section as public it> specialist. .Miss Kiefrr was previously with His Master's Voice Studio in Singapore and is a former ommittrr number of the >nu.ipnri Musical Societv Whilr in Kurope she visited Philips' record
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    ORE RACING DAYS NEXT EAR ASKED (I OWNERS
    101 13 ORE RACING DAYS NEXT YEAR ASKED BY OWNERS m ii et H mi t. ii ing Malayan '"ri I \ssorlatk>n 111 i pinpos I full usr of free H in- extra" lit- it Ptc Saturdays, v 111.- I >\\ mis ■is »it Ii ap- is Hut tha i lull v
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    kODOOLA HAS COME TO HA M)
    463 13 BANDOOLA ODOOLA HAS COME TO HA ND {aces over right trip for first time tomorrow IH, KI'SOM JEEP. N 11,101. h«s rome «<» hand splendidly every 1,,., seems to improve him and I think he f* j!J, hi* presence feM in the Singapore Cup miles ;it Bukil Timah tomorrow. This
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    ti lead 2-0 Davis Cup
    14 13 U.S. lead 2-0 in Davis Cup I UN t •\merlrnn Td.i\. for the sfml-
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    ri:n\w regains m\) derm cup
    6 13 BRITAIN REGAINS LORD DERBY CUP AP
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    9 13 NEW WORLD RELAY MARK BY HUNGA RY ll be'ter
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    Perak amateur meet Aug. 14
    65 13 The next amateur race meeting 111 he held a; the Pc; In Incih nn Saturday. Aug '.4. Er.--r-.e.s i lo>e on Wednesday Races scheduled for the one-day meeting are l O|iei. I Maiden p 3f. 4 u'-ers Cup a handicap fm mile f> CombUM Cup
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    Northants in hectic mood, hit 359 for 6
    180 13 NORTHAMPTON, Tliurs V'OK IHAMPIONSHIHES Com- limm— ltil players did well at the e\|>en.-e o! the I'akustan bowlers when ttie mui;ty Narad 359 for six declared in 320 minutes on a docile \wcket here yeMeul.iv Au.s!:.ilia!us Q«orfa lube and, lock Livingston »nd New
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    Bergmann, Leach due in Colony
    171 13 P*NOLAND'I X. chard Bergman. four times world table-tenr.ls champion and acknow ledged througliottl the world a« the master of defence, will be \LMtIIiK Singapore MPkla before the end of July when he PMM ihroUK'' on his way to Australia. Bei'Kinan hM been invited together nil
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    GOOD TRIAL BY STAR SAPPHIRE
    324 13 Vl-AMUMKK Star Sapphire. «in 1 Harry McCloud astride. sho«e<t good ealiopini! ability on the train- k at Bukit Tlmah v.-sier-dav morning when he paced Strait* (ode >C'larke) In a gallop over 3f. In 37 4 S Arross the line It was pptUre by a Mck.
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    Players struggle on drying pitch
    435 13 LONDON. Thursday. UORIN MARLAK (Sussex), for the (ientlemen. and Peter Loader (Surrey), for the Players, strengthened their claims for a place in the MCC party to tour Australia next winter with fine bowling performances in the annual cricket fixture at Lords \esterday. Ofl spinner Marlar.
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    VALDES WINS
    36 13 NEW YORK Than Nino Valde.s. heavyweight champion of Cuba, defeated Tonnnv Hurricane Jackson of New York by a technical knockout in the second round of their 10-round n«ht at Madison Square Ci.uden last night.
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    464 13 I n.lll> for all eight racra at Rukit Timah toniorr.i/. last day of the Singapore July meeting, are: THE SINGAPORE CUP CL. 1, 1 MILES Khar Mousa 9.07 i. ..mi.. i Melayu 9.04 Roman Galley 9.M Bandoola 8.13 Neirr A Blank 8.11 King Crow X.*« Campus Belle 8.06
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    Comb. Schools XI for weekend
    79 14 The Combined r:icket| team to meet a Singapore Cn< ket A>.-ori.uion XI at the Ir.ri l:.m Urn. elation ground tomorrow ,md Sunda) will be plrk«- from: H Slthawalla (ACS r. W.rks iSJI>. E. Tessensohn -SJK. E. Retnam iVS> t. Mm II <VS>. S. JeyaV|l Jome.s
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    POLO GYMKHANA ON SUNDAY
    53 14 The Second Gymkhana of the Sincapoir» Polo Club will be hi Id on the Thomson Road ground ■.•ar;lnc at 3 30 pm. on Sunday. T«o jumping even's are included also a ten? peccinc I ompetltion and a trotting race There »ill also bt swings and other
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    RUGBY REFEREES WH FORM BODY
    475 14 RUGBY REFEREES WILL FORM BODY Welcome move to raise game By W. E. TREVOR. A LONG-FELT need in Malayan Run by will be filled next month with the formation of a Malayan Society of Rujjby Union Referees. Although referees are among the most important men in the game, they have
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    FARRER JUNIORS SCORE 5 TIMES
    44 14 F.ure' Juniors heat Cosmos 5 1 in I S A FA Div. 3C pame at Gey|MM vesteidav I.im Poh Hong >2i JUWMmMf, E de Silva and Hassan >IM| scored for Juniors: Cosmo.-, replied through Ak.-in D S Beatie refereed.
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    FOONG SEONG CUP TEAM
    105 14 The Singapore B.iciminton Associvion released last night the names of seven players who will represMH '.he Colony ac;<inst Malacca the Urn round of the Foonfi ■nap Cup tournament, to be played at M.ibi. ra on July 24 and 25. The team Includes the two Thomas Cuppers.
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    Geylang. Tg Rhu win 'C badminton
    207 14 Geylang. Tg Rhu win 'C' badminton /"•EYLANG Engllfh Buys' School beat Halg Boys' Morning School by 5-0 In the final of the badminton toiirniimet.t for primary schools In "C" Dlstr-tt. played at the Badminton stadium yesterd.iv In the final of the tournament tcjr ytrls' scl 001. Tanjong Rhu Oiiis .School
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    Colony retain Chua Cup on w. o.
    63 14 Jonore nave co.iceded a walkover to Singapore In their Chua Choon tenng Cup lr.'er-state tennis final ■scheduled at the BC.RC courts. lor oday and tomoi row Johore I that they are unable to raise ,i sirti owing to the 1 sorv.e pi.iverSintapore. holders
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    KATONG (iIYENW.O
    34 14 KATONG GIVEN W.O Katong SC were civ en a walkover when P and T failed to field a teim for their SA F A Div 3C came •rtMduled for C V.M A ground yesterday.
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    TENNIS ENTRIES
    15 14 Entries for the Singapore Indian Association tennis tournament rlosftoday. The tournament starts tomorrow.
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    BODCA SURPRISE ATHLETIC 'A'
    52 14 R»t torn team of S A.F A. Div 2 league, the BO DC A., sprang another Miip'^e In their last but one game when they beat Chinese Athletic "A" 4 oat 8.0.D.C A. ground yesterd.iv Chye Hee i2>. Ooon Cheong and ■MM v.ere the scorers. Sgt.
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    SBA JUNIOR TIES FOR TOMORROW
    381 14 TIES for the Singapore Badminton Association's junior championships at the BBA Hall tomorrow are: I Court No. It Miiik Chwee Ouan i ACS i v Tun Kirn Swee IACSI:. Chlem now Sing iYSC> v Koh KM Boon 18P81; rhong h<muH.iw iOBBi V Llm Chlan Yoim
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    Colony will go on with badminton gala plans
    111 14 4 RRANGEMENTS arc still in procrrss to hold an intcrnaVonal badminton exhibition in Sinu in November, Mr. Quek Keng Sianc. honn: tary of the Singapore Badminton Association, told thr .Straits Times yesterday This exhibit inn is beirs specially organist-d to celebrate the
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    TWO-GOAL LEa WAS NOT SAm for business!
    250 14 TWO-GOAL LEa WAS NOT SAFE FOR BUSINESS 4FTKR being behind by twa minutes, a ten-man Indonesl fine recovery to force 3-3 draw Business Houses Y.\. XI in a "friendh Jalan Besar stadium yesterday. Indonesians beuan with nine men and were only reinforce-! mid-way in the first ball by the inclusion
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    TOURISTS I DELAYd
    28 14 TOURISTS DELAYED The league Ba i ii 1 1 tapon and Sini Sunriai i 11,, M-heduli will nu here nn OHUl:, |o rancoiiienu 1 passim ;u 8 1
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    Miss HuJ Low in fiJ
    7 14 Miss Huar Low in fine doubles P
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      72 14 SO&lt; &lt; rR &gt;\r l»iv. |i Pnlicr I I Indian Recreation (luh. t.il.n Hrs»r. Div. M J X v t ompamnn V, Oeylans. •aVA Junior cup. mm i.il XI 1 SHR Recreation luh f'arrrr Park: Town Ranters v Haikn- mi. Mr A irnund. mmdlv: I'.W l&gt; v Singapore Kecreation luh.
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