The Singapore Free Press, 26 June 1954

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    Masthead
    18 1 The Singapore Free Press Largest Afternoon Sale m Malaya. No. UMfi Singapore, Sat., June 26, 1954. Price 15t'ts
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    CHOU MAY CALL IN ON HIS WAY HOME
    96 1 MR. CHOI' EN LAI, the Chinese Premier and Foreign Minister, may arrive m Singapore on his way home to Peking after his talks with India's Prime Minister, Mr. Nehru, m New Delhi, New Delhi message today said that Mr. Chou was I
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    Rail town in flames as Guatemala case gets U.N. hearing
    211 1 pHIQUIMULA, a Guatemalan railway city 20 miles from the border with Honduras, is m flames from air attacks by anti-Communist rebels, the Government reported yesterday. Four plane? manned by crews of "the same nationality as their innocent victims as well
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    Reds to free flier
    79 1 Squadron -Leader A. R. Mackenzie, a RCAF pilot shot down m Korea m December 1352. is "alive and well" and will by released by the Chinese Communists. MRS. JAN MAWSON. the world's only woman boxing promoter, arrived m Singapore from Australia yesterday and was disappointed to
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    N. Africa visit
    21 1 The U.S Air Force Secretary. Mr Harold Talbot will fly to North Africa and Europe next Thursday. A.P
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    Rubber price
    25 1 The Singapore rubber market opened quietly this morning with first grade, July shipment, at 66 cents a pound one-quarter cent below yestertajTa close.
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    CRASH INQUIRY TESTS OUT THAT MIKE
    118 1 THE Kallang air crash Inquiry m Singapore thi.s morning took time off to test accoustics when th«- ftrst micro phone installed m the witness box was tried out. It was decided that thenshould be an additional amplifier for lawyers. Laughter broke out as Dr
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    IKE, WINSTON BEGIN A-TALKS
    264 1 Closer link is the aim THE European Defence Community and the exchange of atomic information between the Western Allies were the two chief subjects discussed yesterday m Washington by President Eisenhower and Sir Winston Churchill, the White House announced. jno two leaders and meir roreign secreianes,
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    FLOODS HALT TRAFFIC
    68 1 FLOODS halted traffic and hampered pedestrians m many parts of the Colony when it rained heavily for about an hour this morning. The road leading to Kirn Kiat Avenue off Balestier Road became almost impassable as cars and tri.sha.s got bogged down. Traffic was also halted m
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    Win with Pendengar
    136 1 Win with Pendengar r |*#»Al the free Kress ra< inf -i- expert, Pendcngar. t tke« up the challenge to give *pecial last-minute selections which will help racegoers to show a profit. And here they are f»r the opening day of the Kuala Lumpur June .Meeting: incut! nap Conventional KAMI-WAY DOMILE
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    THE STUDENTS REGISTER IN THE RAIN
    87 1 THE STUDENTS REGISTER IN THE RAIN Seven Singapore Chinese middle schools including four girls schools which re-open on Monday, began re-registration of students today. Despite rain, students turned up at all the schools, < ach accompanied by two sponsors to guarantee good conduct as required under a stricter system of
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    Himsworth off to London
    62 1 The Federation's Financial Secretary. Mr. E. Himsworth is leaving for Britain today for consultations with the Colonial Office and the Treasury. The talks will be of a preliminary nature and it If cxi pected that they will range over the whole field of Federal finances, both
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    POLICE DOGS BREAK UP RED COMMANDO RAID
    229 2 -then tracers tear through Vietminh SAVACIK police* dfi broke up a daring Vietniinh commando sneak attack on Donson. one *i the biggest air bases m the Keel Kiver Delta, near Haiphong, the French High Command announced yesterday. The Red squad attempted to wriggle
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    Experts may work out a plan for armistice
    149 2 Experts may work out a plan for armistice Russia and Communist China yesterday accepted m principle i French proposal that i committtee of experts be .vet up by the nine-nation Inao-China conference m Geneva to thrash oat s<>mc of the key Issues o! International armistice control, conference sources .said last
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    'It would be folly'
    33 2 The Washington Post said yesterday that South Korea would be guilty of the "most incredible folly" if she reopened the war after the failure of the Geneva conference Reuter
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    Trade talks in Moscow
    51 2 ■j\/|K. Harold Wil.son, former British Labour president of the Board of Trade, has di.scu.s.sccl Bast-West trade problems m Moscow with the Soviet Deputy Premier, Mr. Ana-sta.s Mikoyan. Mr. Mikoyan, who is also Trade Minister, received Mr. Wilson on Thursday after he had conferred with Soviet trading
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    She wants to stay here
    55 2 MONA KON(;. vivacious vocalist from Hong Kong now staffing at Singapore's Capitol Restaurant, is 22, single, has beea m Malaya for more than a year and alternates singing encasements m Singapore with theatre tours, m the federation. She says she would like to stay permanently
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    JAPS ARREST COMMONWEALTH SOLDIERS: THEFTS ALLEGED
    95 2 JAPANESE police last night arrested h Canadian and British Commonwealth .soldiers aceu.scd of stealing about U5513,600 worth of clothing and other property Irom a Japanese ordnance d>pot during the past year. Kyodo news lenrlce report* d. The arn-.st.s, with the COoperation oi special British
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    'Keep Reds out'
    29 2 The U. S. Senate Foreign Relations Committee yesterday approved unanimously resolution that the international Communist movement must bo kept out of the American hemisphere. A. P
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    Jakarta on A-tests
    28 2 The Indonesian Government Meteorological and Geophysical Service yesterday said the U. S nuclear weapons tests m the Pacific were not harmful to Jii(k»i.e.-l«i. A. P.
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    BIG SHAKE-UP IN RED CHINA WAR COUNCIL
    119 2 ifOMMUNIST China announc\\J ed last night a maior re--1 organisation of its highest military command and the i appointment of a former Red colonel to the post of Finance Minister. The announcement followed a shakeuu m Red China's internal government m which i
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    FOUR REDS ARE GAOLED FOR SPYING
    62 2 FOUR REDS ARE GAOLED FOR SPYING A MILITARY court m Bari Italy, yesterday sentenced four Italians convicted of espionage to eaol sentences raniring from six years and eight months to 13 years. Another two were convicted of revealing information without intent to spy and were sentenced to a year and
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    Conduct of Indian envoy 'undiplomatic'
    192 2 WKiTE AUSTRALIA POLICY DEFENDED 4RTHUR CALWELL, Deputy Leader of the Federal Opposition and former Immigration Minister m Sydney, yesterday strongly criticised India's High Commissioner General Cariappa for attacking Australia's refusal to allow Indians to settle m Australia. 'Since General Carlappa set 7 foot on Australian
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    Restless night
    28 2 Mr. Harry S. Truman, expresident of the U.S., .spent a second restless night at Kansas City hospital where he is recovering from an emergency operation. A.P.
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    Polio cripple gets his wishgift from musician
    166 2 Polio cripple gets his wishgift from musician POLIO victim Bolhassan 1 Paiee. 22 -year -old crippled ex-musician from Sarawak, has got his wish Two days ago m Singapore, he appealed for a piano accordion so that he could play m his sick bed m Vintjna Welfare Home, m Queen Street
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    No more alcohol
    29 2 One of Moscow's best know; bars "Koktail Holl" been transformed into an cream parlour after the prfN 1 had criticised it for servintdrinks to teenagers. A.P.
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    SOVIET TANKER SEIZED BY CHINESE NAVY
    164 3 SOVIET TANKER SEIZED BY CHINESE NAVY Broke UN oil embargo-charge N S, f T 9»"as navy seized the Russian tanker Tuapse, off Formosa on Wednesday. It is beins held at the port of Kaohsiung. The official announcement from Talpch did not by C Russia c natlonality of thy sni P'
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    11 students arrested in E. Pakistan
    58 3 1 1 students arrested in E. Pakistan EVEN .student leaders !i were arrested at a secret m letlng last nl S ht m Dacca, of East Pakistan. Police said they were suspected of being Communists. sympathisers. This brings the total number arrested since the ousting the anti-Moslem League Government m
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    New envoy to Persia
    24 3 Mr Vlademar J. Gallman, 55, of New York, now Ambassador to South Africa, has been nominated Ambassador to Persia. A.P.
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    MARILYN: I'M NOT EXPECTING A BABY
    37 3 MARILYN: I'M NOT EXPECTING A BABY Actress Marilyn Monroe said m Hollywood yesterday that she was not expecting a baby. She said her collapse on a movie set on Tuesday was due to overwork and nerves. AP
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    U.S. NAVY TO BUY PHILIPPINE LAND
    51 3 The United States Navy is seeking to buy 308,000 acres of land m Zambales province as a site for communications facilities it is reported m Manila The report said the Philippines was willing to sell 775 acres and to lease the rest of the
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    They'll admit Negroes now
    38 3 TIE University of Maryland will now admit Negroes to the University's undergraduate schools as well as graduate schooLs. Negroes have been admitted to the graduate schools ol Medicine and Law since 1952 A. P.
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    33 3 Ni^htseers crowd outside j .i London hotel to see Ymerica's glamourous grandmother Marlene Dietrich, who Is appear- >'»« at a night club. With her (right) is playwright j >etef Noel Coward. I Reuter picture.
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    Beat down the Reds'—Rhee
    54 3 Beat down the Reds'— Rhee 'resident Syngman Rhee of outh Korea called upon the world yesterday to 'use J| iru^e and force if necessary" !>eat down the spread of Communism* "If our friends hesitate and their eyes to realities we X ►ream will not sheepishly tit until we have become
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    Reds try to break into gaol
    110 3 AIORE than 100 CommunLsts yesterday tried to break into gaol at Jolanda di Savola. near Ferrara, Italy, to free ei^ht comrades held as farm strike trouble makers. The eight men, identified as members of the Communist party, had been arrested at dawn as agitator*
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    Inflation fear conquered in Britain
    169 3 Inflation fear conquered in Britain MR. R. A. BUTLER. Chan cellor of the Exchequer i '1 m London yesterday that Britain has "conquered the fear of inflation." added: "Our reserves are now .standing at the level ol 'V'-r C 1.000 million and an>n tlic edge of achieving ><<HK) million m
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    WORLD TIN AGREEMENT CONSIDERED CERTAIN
    204 3 —as vital Australian entry comes m FRANCE signed the International Tin Agreement V yesterday She controls 55 votes as a consumer and her signature brines to eight the tota number of consumers who have signed or promised to sign Australia's decision to sign has come
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    Union orders boycott on caterers
    96 3 Union orders boycott on caterers 1"Mil Communlit-led PHectri--1 cal Truies Union yesterday ordered its 220.000 tnemten throughout Britain to boycott completely the big J. Lyons Company of catcrvr.v "This means that our mcmfxT.s must not -40 into their U-a shops hotels, or any of the subsidiary undertakings," said assistant i^neral
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    Third tour
    22 3 The Canadian destroyer Iroquois will sail from Halifax on July 1 for d third tour of duty m Korea. A.P.
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    Goodwill visit
    15 3 Three Egyptian warships will pay a goodwill visit to Yukus lavia m July.
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      Opnion Worth while task
      350 4 Opnion Worth while task It has been said that when a government is facing a period of financial economy and the people at the same time have need of greater development m the social fields, the occasion Is best suited to the promotion of a viporou.s community development movement. Clearly
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    LET'S MEET EACH OTHER MORE THAN HALF WAY!
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    A Black Outlook for EISENHOWER
    424 4  - A Black Outlook for EISENHOWER KAY MURR AY In addition to international problems now being discussed with Churchill, the Eisenhower administration has other causes for misgiving. One is the desertion of some of the strongest men m the Millionaire Cabinet". Fear of McCarthy probes is causing prospective replacements to shy
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    Exit the following....
    25 4 Above Marti?i Durkin Secretary of Labour deft and Emmet t Hughes. Left: Walter Bedel Smith 'Foreign Affairs, and Roger M. Kyc: Defence).
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    'CAT'-MEN USE SECRET 'ARM' TO ROB FLATS
    209 5 'CAT'-MEN USE SECRET 'ARM' TO ROB FLATS i DARING gang of cat-burglars, using drills, is scaring resident *l of Tiong Bharu. What apparently is even more frightening i s that entry into gats has been gained without damage to doors. Residents whispered that the thieves had a "secret weapon" to
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    NEW LAWS SOLVE GHOST CAR RIDDLE
    173 5 NEW LAWS SOLVE GHOST CAR RIDDLE KUALA LUMPUR, Sat 4IDED by new legislation, tion, the Federatior Department of Roac Transport plans to solv( the mystery of abou b. 500 "ghost" vehicles whose licences have expired. subsidiary legislation passed by the FederaJ Locative Council a iiho^t" vehicle will have its registration
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    BIG SUGAR STOCK MAY CUT PRICE
    158 5 Singapore, housewives may lH cheaper sugor soon. tiants m the local sugar 'rade yesterday told the Free 'reta plenty of sugar was expected to arrive m the Colony shortly. lesale price of top quality >rrno:>an sugar is around !-3 25 a picul, and Java
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    The old soldiers
    27 5 f KNANG, Sat.-The Ex-Ser-Association of Malaya will 1 its annual delegates' ron"ence m Penans at the E. d:i 'J O. Hotel on July 18.
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    57 5 THE teachers as well as pupils competed vi sixth annual athletic meeting of the Kaffie: Girls' High School this week. Above, some of the teach ing staff get ready for the start of their event. Below one of the schoolgirls keeps her eye on the ball as sin takes part
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    On your mark now —go!
    5 5 On your mark now —go!
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    Call to make voice of motorist heard
    149 5 THE chairman of the Automobile Association of Singapore, Mr. E. D. Ru*shworth urge* more motorists to join the association "m their own Interests." In the association's latest pamphlet to members. Mr. Rushworth stressed the many problem, racing the motorist He .said, "Our task
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    FRENCH FACE LABOUR WORRY
    71 6 IT LOOKS like more trouble on the French labour front Civil servants— the men win •set off the great wave o strikes last August are furl ous with the Government foi holding back on wage claims Teachers are threatening U come out first with an "Exan
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      311 6 C A H xIW m llft I Wi" I 1 I I 1 >-;iP |i J «m> I I I I <r &}'%>, J %>, A- -fk MANDRAKE by Lee Falk and Phil Davis Ililhn£*s==^| li^n II asiissi 1 II &K^ I Isrs-^srssK;™^) gS&SSff" 1 Srl^^J s^^jra. gßftfilra 7RCASURV IMPTvaf
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      626 6 IYOURI ILUCKYI STAR) of those serious minds that functions with methodical precision. You have a M »d memory, a good head O r figures and a keen wit. z can be as determined and firm as the rock of (iibralUr t You have a very keen s«, j a z
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    S.I.T. DROPS BIG RENT DEMAND ON GARAGES
    97 7 S.I.T. DROPS BIG RENT DEMAND ON GARAGES fHE Singapore Improvement Trust yesterday dropped their demand for a 300 per cent rent increase of garage* m Tiong Bharu. They had warned renten of their 48 garages that the monthly rent would be increased from $6.25 to $20 a.« from July 1.
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    Progress at new airport
    64 7 I ATEST aerial view of the J multi-million dollar Paya Lebar airport taken by a Free Press cameraman. The 8,000-fcot runway lies m the centre, and is expected to be nrar completion by the end of the year. The concrete parking apron is about half finished,
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    The killer
    30 7 KUALA LUMPUR Sat. Twenty-one persons died of pneumonia m the Federation m the week ended June 12 This was an increase of nine leatha over the previous week
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    Visit to centre
    26 7 KUALA LUMPUR, Sat. I i "it-Gen. Sir Geoffrey 'nine. Director of Operations visited the police field cc training centre at Dusun Tua, Selansor.
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    DIPLOMAT SEES NO RACIAL STRIFE IN MALAYA – OUTLOOK IS BRIGHT
    251 7 DIPLOMAT SEES NO RACIAL STRIFE IN MALAYA OUTLOOK IS BRIGHT POMMUNAL differences In Malaya are not basically racial, says Dr. F. A. van Woerden, retiring: Dutch Consul-General m Singapore. He thinks they stem from economic and political issues. Dr. van Woerden who is leaving next week to take over his
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    All 8 quit council
    65 7 MUAR. Sat. All the eight elected UMNO-MCA men on the Muar Town Council have tendered their resignations to the President. They are: Mr. Chan Shi Shi. Mr. Ho Koon Toh, Dr. Lim Ah Sitt. Tuan Haji Hassan bin Haji Yunos. Tuan Haji Ashari bin Abdullah. Inche
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    Indonesia outlet for S'pore's used cars
    181 7 cars, especially American-manu-factured, are flooding used-car marUs m Singapore, but there are few buyer;*. Dealer.s, however, have found an outlet for the car.s m Indonesia. "There are many anxious purchaser* there, so we are shipping over most of our unwanted .second-car vehicles a leading
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    He stole PCs stove: gaoled
    41 7 IPOH, Sat. Dahalan bin ■laafar. 20. wa.s sentenced to six months' gaol by Inche Abdullah bin Gl>azali m the Magistrate's Court here for stealing a stove belonging to a police constable. He had two previous convictions.
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    Doctors' dinner
    36 7 ALOR STAR. Sat. The Alumni Association of the Kuva Edward VII College of Medicine will hold its annual dinner at the Setia Ke.sukaan Club, Alor Star. U>-nlght. It will be followed by a dance.
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    Tea party in the sea
    121 8 ANEW life- jacket which keeps you above the waves has been marketed by a Hamburg inventor. Called the "Isoretta", it is made m all sizes, from those for the very young to the very stout. The smallest size weighs about six ounces and costs a
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    Wife on strike for more money
    228 8 4 WIFE went on strike and refused to do the cooking A a iter she failed m her demand for more money from her husband, said Mr. Justice Sachs, at Liverpool Divorce Court. Later, added the judge, she valked out. leaving her hus>and and
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    41 8 This little pedal ear was on show at a car elegance competition which took place m Enghein, France The picture. «hows a mannequin. Daniele Saintoin, m the driving seat and two men lifting the car and model with apparent Popper picture
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    HE'LL PAY £2,300 FOR A 'LARK'
    162 8 HE'LL PAY £2,300 FOR A 'LARK' A 27-YEAR-OLD man wa.s ordered to pay £2,309 damages and costs to a fellow employee who lost the sight of an eye during "a silly .sort of larking" at work. After the High Court hearing, the man. Mr. Frank Crump, of Malvern-road, Little Thurrock,
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    1.000 JOBS GOING
    22 8 London Tram port li looking for 1,000 bu.s conductor* atul 6(K) drhrerj Immediately to niukc uood lo^si-* of stall
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    TEH YEARS IS 'NOT TOO MUCH' FOR FATHER
    196 8 TEH YEARS IS 'NOT TOO MUCH' FOR FATHER SENTENCE of 10 years' £3 imprisonment was passed at Jersey m the Channel Islands, on Ernest Charles Mallev. aged 54, a native of Norfolk, who pleaded guilty to offences against his two daughters. The Attorney-General for Jersey said that one of the
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    EXCLUSIVE GIRLS WENT TO MAYFAIR FLAT
    364 8 Police kept three-day watch VISITS of smartly-dressed women and prosperous-looking businessmen to a (Jat m an exclusive part of London's Mayfair were mentioned m evidence heard by the magistrate at Marlborough-street, London. Mr. Leonard Gost, who prosecuted, said the flat was "used as an
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    Fires were only their sideline
    86 8 Fires were only their sideline 'JHE KENT Fire Brigade's annual report says: "Some of our queerest jobs have been during the last 12 months and have had nothing to do with fires. "We have been called to search roofs for burglars, to remove a jet plane from a road, to
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    BLIND HORSE MAY SEE
    78 8 DOLLY, a blind carthorse, may see again. Veterinary surgeons operated dft her for two hours grafting a new cornea on each eye. Then, m her special stable at Gateshead, Durham, she was bandaged. Now, volunteers will keep day and night watoh to see that she does
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    SCHOOL TO GIVE MAKE-UP LESSONS
    45 8 Girls about to leave school* at Finchley, London, will be invited by their head teachers to attend a make up lecture. "It is be.st that they should learn the proper way rather than smudge paint on thenfaces." said an official.
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    BOY 'BEAT TEACHER'
    63 9 A middle-aged schoolmistress told Guildford juvenile court that a 14-year-oid boy beat her with a ruler m front of the class, punched her under the jaw and shouted: "I'm going home, you re not goinjj to stou me." Later the teacher withdrew her summons against the boy.
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    He'll pay—even if it means going in rags
    191 9 He'll pay— even if it means going in rags rA MAN who appeared m court at Old-Street, London. Mr. Harold Sturge, the magistrate, said: "You are going to understand for the first time the obligation wf bringing children into the world." The man, Lewis Henry Wilkshire, aged 24, cinema projectionist,
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    THE HAPPY BARON
    41 9 A baron of beef > two sinoins left uncut at the backbone) weighing about 2401 b. will be on the menu at a dinner to be held on July 12 by Oxford butchers celebrating the end of meat rationing.
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    THEY WERE UNSAFE
    24 9 of 207 scnooi cmiuicu. blcvcles inspected by police Huntingdonshire. England, during the last thn-c rnjav^hs. 117 were found to be ii.muvc
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    THAT BLINDFOLD GAME STARTED IT
    270 9 -Things flew at husband |T WAS at a New Year party, after 23 years of married life, that the trouble began, said Air ommissioner Latey m the Divorce Court. The couple, he said, were married m 1923 and had ;ix children. The husband was a
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    37 9 picture. QUEEN JULIANA of the Netherlands snakes hands with Bishop K. Jacob of South India during celebrations marking the 150 th anniversary of the British and Foreign Bible Societies, at the Houtrust Halls, The Hague, Holland. A.P.
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    Wedding day is the bride's day
    288 9 Wedding day is the bride's day A WEDDING DAY is the bride's day. But— said Mr. Commissioner Edgedale m the Divorce Court one 21 -year-old bridegroom did not appear to think so. He wa.s Mr. Anthony George Hammersley, of Haliburtonroad, St. Margarets. East Twickenham. And went on the commissioner shortly
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    Blackmail victim is refused cloak of secrecy
    665 9 Blackmail victim is refused cloak of secrecy EX-VARSITY MAN GAOLED AN application to suppres. 1 the name of a man of 21 who had what was described as a "wealthy background." was refused by Mr. A. W Cockburn, Q.C., the chairman, at London Sessions. Mr. Cockburn said the suppression of
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    MYSTERY MEN of the jungle
    690 10  - MYSTERY MEN of the jungle KATHLEEN HICKLEY H CHAPTER SIX To the rescue THE KING shut m a cage?" thundered Prince Mohud. He turned to the boys. "It's begun already/ he said bitterly. "They'll take him away and sell him as they did the last time one of us was
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      160 10 #4T /Wt &OW£S UOA&O* IA WASHABLE yfy\ IMXI>I SKIBT 1/ Oseful and smart Was'i 1 .harming FROCK \njftLr inf us ou siV l u:ihl y- washable cotton Wl» WPIM Colour Mf oossTb'e detachable white piqie co'.hir A||/ Mit ond dioic?) en Ca P slt eves Zl^ iv P lack(Pt LODiflQi
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      547 10 Rupert and the Magic Ball— B ftuprrt approaches <he noise chough he flourish™ his arms h« cautiously m case the man is still cannot hit if. At length m 6esangry w:.h hint. Thf shouting goes per o. ion he plunges underneath on and next mini> c the stranger some bu«hej
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      205 10 SHOW YOMI SKILL A WIN A K/ 1 f PRIZE 4^fe^t?^ I I|SIZBB are to be won. />Tm\f/<^ f Vw \Y£ /TV- 9 boys and girls. Km f^#V *l Jj\sk vN/^--colouring this picture. ls<- fJ^ C V^iX paints, (rayons or chalks; /I I f^^^-^-^r^^ Kj the method of colouring to-
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    ITS CALLED 'WINDSCREEN SICKNESS'
    562 11  - ITS CALLED 'WINDSCREEN SICKNESS' STEPHEN COULTER French ne w sletter fry AFTER the flying saucer epidemic, here we have "windscreen sickness"—a very odd affair. Like the saucers, it began m the United States, spread to Britain and has now reached France where it is causing much mystification. All over the
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    115 11 Above; The picturesque scene at the installation of Sir Winston Churchill as a Knight Companion of the Gafteff m service at St George's Chapel. Windsor. The procession is approaching the Chapel. Windsor Castle can be seen m the background. The Queen, m (Jarter robes, her train held by a page,
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    'Big Three' rule Russia
    294 11 PROM a diplomat who has spent the whole of the post-war years behind the Iron Curtain comes a careful appraisal of the new political set-up m Russia. There is ample evidence that the real power is shared by a few men, and that Malenkov himself not
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    Painting now big business
    147 11 imjyinu And leillng of modern pointings hius become big buslneo m France since the war. Speculation li foeh that the picture market i.s now ji .sort Of .sub-Stock ExchariKf where people buy M much for the Mke of profits or to lock ud money :,rcurrly U
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    Beware of cramp when swimming
    658 12 says THE SINCAPORE DOCTOR: /^ramp is i painful contraction of muscles. It can be brought about by conditions which upset the normal balance of various salts m the body. If we think of the body a.s a perfect machine we will realise that the various
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    WHERE IS FATHER'S PLACE?
    207 12  - WHERE IS FATHER'S PLACE? Eileen Ascroft by ITS the presence of the father 1 a comfort to the mother during the baby's birth? Professor W. C. W. Nixon, of University College Hospital, was the first man at a London hospital to allow fathers to remain at their wives' bedsides Instead
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      235 12 HICK LEY d^> I 1 L-i— 1 Bridge Quiz r PHE REQUIREMENTS for a free bid are somewhat reduced when partner has doubled for a takeout and the next player has tried to shut you out of the bidding by 2iving his partner a preemptive raise. However, many players react
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      319 12 high cards than hand (a) you must distinguish between the two else partner might pass with a shaded double and leave you at only three spades, or with a big hand he might bid only four spades over three and cause you to miss a slam. (o Pass. There Is
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    13 13 Vera Ralston as she appears m "Jublic Trail" (coming to Singapore).
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    Debbie played in a band
    304 13  -  DEBBIE REYNOLDS WHERE m school I wasn't even good enough to get into one of the Dramatic Cli/j plays. Oh. I tried out for every production... but I'd invariably get the giggles when the dialogue got serious. That's why I was relegated to pushing scenery
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    29 13 Ronald Scarle makes a cari- < iture of one of the Fourth form girls m the film "The Belles of St. Trinians. Th« film was inspired by Searle "awful girls"
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    A Briton makes Russians laugh
    805 13  -  Ellen Fraser The name is Formby. il lle makes everyone sing," says Russia's film producer G. V. Alexandrov, clearing up some 'foggy" British ideas on the eve of his return to Moscow. by rpHE way to please the L Russians, Bays a man who knows,
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      230 14 PLAYERS' UNION THREATEN THE Players' Union have received a dusty answer t< their threat to seek Ministry intervention unless the Englusl players' fees are raised for th« present World Cup tournament F.A secretary Sir Stanley Roils said I have received an express letter from the union stating that they are
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      ASIAN GAMES TEAM FETED
      85 14 THE Chinese Nationalist soccer team Which recently won the A-sian Games (hampionship m Manila arrived at Taipeh on Thursday tram Hong Kong by air. Composed almost entirely of Hong Koiih residents the 22-member team headed by I^ee Wai Tong as coach and eight oflic.aLs were given
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    Who is the sportsman in disguise?
    34 14 EOINGAPORI fans E this sports- man well, but they have never seen him =on the rugby field. Who is he? i IMHPW at foot of rolumn 3). J
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    Jake Tuli agrees to Manila fight
    129 14 JAKE TULI. British Empire flyweight boxing cham J pion, announced through his manager Jim Wick; yesterday that he was prepared to accept a Ma nil; offer for two fights. One is In late July against Leo Espinosa of the Philippines, and the second against
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    Empire boxing body formed
    94 14 A BRITISH Commonwealth and Empire Boxing chain-] pionshipij committee has been formed and will hold its inaugural meeting m London m September. Representatives of the British Boxing Board of Control and certain Empire Boards met yesterday and nominated Mr. J. Onslow Fane, chairman of the British
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    TO TOUR AUSTRALIA
    38 14 Miss Janet Morgan, the British women's squash rackets champion, and Miss Sheila Speight (Cheltenham* are to represent Britain m an Australian tour m August and September. They will play m the Australian championhips In Melbourne.
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    NANYANG WIN
    38 14 A basketball team from the t'nited Slates aircraft carrier I Hornet played against Na- I vans Siang Pau at Singapore's Happy World Stadium earlier this week. The Americans, here seen on the attack, were beaten i,k-:>7.
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    DEMOCRATS WIN AT BASEBALL
    61 14 The Democrats defeated the Republicans on Thursday m baseball. Representative Don Wheeler of Georgia pitcher a 2-1 on-hitter before 4,000 enthusiasts to give the Democrats their seventh straight victory over the Republicans m the annual Congressional 'World Series." The Republicans scored their single run m the
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    4 TO REPRESENT BRITISH GUIANA
    57 14 ORITISH Guiana will be represent--13 ad by team of four at the British Empire Games m Vancouver next month. They are Jim Parkes (weightlifter). James Rogers (athlete). John Phillips (swimmer) and Mike Crumewing (cyclist). Rogers whose best distance Ls 440 yards is at present m
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    CHANGI TEAMS ASSURED OF BOTH LEAGUES
    210 14  - CHANGI TEAMS ASSURED OF BOTH LEAGUES CHARLES BRYCE By ROYAL AIR FORCE Changi will make a clean sweep m the Singapore United Services Football League this season. They are assured >f the championship m both divisions. In the first division R.A.F. Changi have 26 points from 16 matches and need
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    Positions
    218 14 P W D L F APIs. Changi A' 19 16 1 2 60 18 33 RAMC 18 11 4 3 37 23 26 Changi B 19 8 5 6 42 31 21 RAF Seletar RAPC 17 8 4 5 28 21 20 Spartans 17 8 3 6 36 29
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    RHODESIAN WINS ULSTER T.T.
    142 14 T3AY AMM of Rhodesia, ridinpj 1 Norton, won the 500 CC Ulster tourist trophy rare at Belfast on Thursday at an average speed of 83 87 miles an hour for the hundred miles. Fod Colemn t AJS> was second at 33 22 mph (134' kph and
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    Russians win chess tourney
    91 14 L>USSIA"S heavily favoured chess masters scored a decisive victory last night over a picked team of American aces. Although several games remain to be completed m the tournament. Russia ensured victory by drawing two of last night "s final round punas. The two drawn games gave
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      7 14 Sportsman m Disguise SOLUTION: Wiebe Wolters, swimmer.
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    17-YR-OLD CYCLE CHAMPION
    40 15 17-YR-OLD CYCLE CHAMPION Seventeen year old Malik Salamat of the Cosmopolitan Cycling Club, who won the recent 50 kilometres novices bicycle road race championship organised by the Singapore Cycle Racing Association. Malik won m 1 hr. 30 mm. 20 sec.
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    Peter Aliss beats Locke in Daks golf Thrills in the final round
    395 15 Peter Aliss beats Locke in Daks golf Thrills in the final round IIIITKK AM^?>. son 01 a iamous siaiwart of prewar British golf Percy Aliss, yesterday won the 1400 first prize m the Daks £2,000 professional golf tournament. In the final two rounds on the Little Aston course Birmingham, he
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    SPEEDBOAT REGATTA TOMORROW
    95 15 SPEEDBOAT REGATTA TOMORROW VJIX frniu-.' :or the s|**< i.«l invita- j tiOfl race c/jk-ii Uj Urn public have been Mibmitted to the Singapore Outboard Boating Club m their regatta at Chanel F'oint tomorrow at 9.30 i m On the spot entries, however, are still welcomed from members of the public
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    SERVICES DRAW v. PAKISTAN
    232 15 n^KISTAN and Combined I Services drew at Catterick The touri.sts declared at their lunch total of 232 for six. i. t- ing Services the task of scoring 181 m an hour and a They found run-getting diffiult against an accurate attack had scored only 78 for
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    Landy 2 sees, out in 2-mile bid
    117 15 JOHN LANDY, Australia's wonder runner who four days ago lo-t-mi the world mile record to 3 1 >8 sees, yesterday failed m a I to beat the two-mile record of i 40.4 sees, hold by Belgium's n ReifT. Landy won a special two-mile
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    COUNTY SCORES
    197 15 1 tM (i:t\'s rCSUIto! At Lord's Middlesex beat Leicestershire by 10 wickets. Leicester 251 1M (Tltmua 5 for 26); MiddleW 319 and 42 for no wicket. At Horn ford, Yorkshire beat Essex 'v wicket* Yorks 386 for 9 dccl. ""<! :J5 for 2; Essex 157 and 263 <
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    RAIN HALTS WIMBLEDON
    95 15 PERSISTENT ruin prevented a ball being played on the fifth day of the Wimbledon lawn tennis championships yesterday. It wai only the .second time m the last ciuarter of a century rain had completely washed out a day's programme at Wimbledon. Officials delayed their decision for four
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    Glamorgan spinner foils Warwickshire
    175 15 JIM McCONNON, the lanky Glamorgan Off-spinner, checked Warwickshire's championship hopes at Llanelly yesterday by bowling out j,he county leaders for a 72-run defeat. Warwickshire were sent m to make 331 m 250 minutes for victory and had clocked 97 for only two wickets when llcConnon caused
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    THE MALAY WINS AMERICA CUP
    127 15 rpjiE Malay, a claai v y<" b I von ti' (i J75-mlk race I Htiipofi to Bermuda for the Amerki cup on the be oorwt ted I dm The Malay, owned by i> Strohd mer vai the 40th boat to Bni b ooune nrlth reeled
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    YOU CAN'T MISS AT K.L. WITH THESE THREE:
    280 16 •Ten Dollars Peter Pan •Enola Gay F.l\ Course Correspondent rpKN DOLLARS (Race Four), Peter Pan (Rmec Seven) and Enola Gay (Race Three) are three sound each way wafers at Kuala Lumpui today. All three will carry stable confidence. Race morning dawned bright
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    251 16 Striking form on the track SIMTFIRK II <3f m 38 4 s*. Cabinet and Peasant Girl (If m 38 2,5). and Pearly and Kempton (.31. m 39 on the bit; revealed striking form on the training track at Kuala Lumpur this morning. All work was done on the outer strip
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    Aussie girl sets swim record
    56 16 I ORRAINE CRAPP, 15-year-old J member of Australia's Empire Oames team, yesterday broke the world 880 yards freestyle swimming record for women m Brisbane. Miss Crapp's time was 11 minutes 0.2 seconds, which beat the world record of Jl minutes 8.6 seconds set by Miss
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      339 16 MAIN B RACE <In Race 5 Straight On is fancied by his connections and then 1 Is a whisper for Colorado 11. Ten Dollars is the tip of the day. With a bit of luck m the barrier draw this four-year-old .should 'cake-walk" his race. CLASSIFIED ADS. BIRTHS 20 Words
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