The Singapore Free Press, 30 August 1955
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The Singapore Free Press
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Title Section19 1955-08-30 1 The Singapore Free Press Largest Afternoon Sale in Malaya No. *****. Singapore, Tuesday. August 30. 1955. Priee 15 CU19 words
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Article74 1955-08-30 1 *8 full-size page supplement FULL-SIZE 48-page supplement on Malayan Industries will be published free with the Free Press tomorrow. It will describe the main secondary industries of Singapore and the Federation in words and pictures and will contain special messages from Singapore's Chief Minister. Mr. David Marshall, and74 words
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Article, Illustration115 1955-08-30 1 Rita and fourth husband Dick to nart A CTRESS Rita Hayworth said in Hollywood yesterday A that she was separating from her fourth husband, crooner Dick Haymes. (They are seen together above) "I have separated from Dick because I believe that in the best interests of my children, Dick andA.P. - 115 words
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Article74 1955-08-30 1 A new group o£ "peaceful r invaders" left Poona yesterday on their way to nter Portuguese India. had been waiting for a "decision from the "Gou Liberation Committee" which cancelled all "in- ins" of Portuguese erritory after more than demonstrators were killed by frontier guards duringAP - 74 words
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Article43 1955-08-30 1 Two men armed with knives held up Malay film tar Siput Sarawak in ier home in McPherson oad, Singapore, yesterday fternoon and robbed her of iluables and cash worth $170. They herded the family a room before ransackl the place.43 words
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Article47 1955-08-30 1 The Chief Minister, Mr. David Marshall, and his coUpasues i n the Singapore Council of Ministers will ave for Kuala Lumpur toJrrow morning to attend opening session of the F ;erai Legislative Council. Mr Marshall will attend meeting of the joint coordination committee.47 words
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Article38 1955-08-30 1 A blocked acetylene 'cutter i used a .small fire in the cond .storey of the New Asia skyscraper in Collyer Quay, Singapore, this morn- >• A .small rubber pipe was burnt. The fire brigade put the /ire.38 words
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Article15 1955-08-30 1 (leant Edith died >terday as a threat to L'nitpH stutps niflin- U.P.U.P. - 15 words
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Article54 1955-08-30 1 The advance party of the Australian army component for the strategic reserve in Malaya will sail from Sydney on the liner Ne* Australia on Thursday. Army Minister Jasiah Francis announced in Canberra, yesterday. The main Australian force, he said, will sail from Brisbane on October 8U.P. - 54 words
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115 1955-08-30 1 DIVORCE: STORE CALL TO AID CHINESE WOMEN /"iHINESE women are now \j the only women in Singapore who have no regular divorce laws, Mrs. Shirin Fozdar. secretary of the Singapore Women's Council, said yesterday. '•I appeal to Mr. Lee Kuan Yew now, as a leader of the Chinese community, to115 words
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Article24 1955-08-30 1 The Singapore Rubber Market ooened J^etly thfc morning with tot September shipment, a $1.42 a lb., three-quarters of a cent below yesterday^24 words
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Article326 1955-08-30 1 SPO <MA., rtv strike-hit Singapore Cold Storage said this morning that he Iw received reports of toyfcJ workers being intimidated during the night. Bui despite the threats nearly soo workers reported for duty this i rooming. npaii irom me nome aeiivery service ana retail shops,326 words
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Article94 1955-08-30 1 INTER MARRIAGE between nations as the "easiest and most blissful form of co-exi.>tence" was advocated yesterday by British Labour M.P.. Mr F J Bellenger, in a humourous speech to the Interparliamentary Uni^i Conveu In HeWnfcl. auf-rcd Britain 900 yearn a"0 but Britain has never since hadReuter - 94 words
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Article80 1955-08-30 1 Dragnet out for mystery raiders POLICE spread a dragnet through the streets of Edinburgh, Scotland, yesterday for two mysterious raiders who knocked out a sentry who caught them hiding in an army barracks yesterday morning. Patrolling military police found the sentry unconscious. An army officer said nothing appeared to have80 words
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Article61 1955-08-30 1 600 held in Iron Hand raid HEAVILY-ARMED police, carrying out government's "Iron hand' policy of dealing with a itpreadln« wave of strikes, arrested 600 striking health workers m a raid In Santiago, Chile, yesterday. The roundup Increased to 750 the number of persons arrested since Friday in a government driveU.P. - 61 words
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Article16 1955-08-30 1 The Scandinavian Airlines System will tp.Hu^ui i'ei over Hs Polar route f>n Oct A.P.A.P. - 16 words
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Article27 1955-08-30 1 A Singapore Traction Company bus conductor yesterday reported the theft of 2.000 J»us tickets from his vrhHe which runs between in- and Collyer Quay.27 words
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242 1955-08-30 2 Britain ready to cut Korea neutrals r E British FVirc-mn Office made It plain yesterday that Britain U ready to consider the reshaping and possible disbanding of the four-power neutrw tion.s .supervisory commission <NNSC» In Korea. A .spokesman welcomed "as t useful fu>t step' a decision by the Korean MilitaryA.P. - 242 words
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Article60 1955-08-30 2 THE United Nations Command yesterday told Communists in the military armistice commission tnat dissolution of the nMJlr.il nations' inspection system in Korea was the only answer to problems which had arisen. The Command and the Communists agreed for the time being only to a reduction in the60 words
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Article148 1955-08-30 2 SCOTS miners joined English and Welsh colleaguea yesterday in opposing the suggested importing of 10.000 Italians to help in Brita i n 's undermanned coalfields. Mr Abe MofTat. leader of the Scottish area of the National Union of Mlneworker.s, said after a meeting of hisReuter - 148 words
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Article54 1955-08-30 2 Mr. Malcolm MacDonald, the Commissioner-General, told 30 Singapore press photographers this morning, "I can't think of a moreawful job than yours." Mr. MacDonald who was speaking at a farewell breakfast at the Airview Restaurant, given by the Singapore Press Photographers Association, complimented them for their consistent54 words
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197 1955-08-30 2 US ready to exchange her 'blueprints' rrvHE United States de--1 clared yesterday it is ready to put into immediate effect President Eisenhower's plan for an exchange of military "blueprints" with Russia and an agreement to permit aerial Inspection of each other's country. U.S. ambassador Henry Cabot Lodge, Jr.. laid before197 words
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Article, Illustration54 1955-08-30 2 pictures. SOME of the women (above) who attended the formation yesterday of the Singapore Voluntary Workers' Association listen to Mr. Lam Yew Hock (below), the Minister for Labour and Welfare, who addressed them at the meeting held in the press conference room at theFree Press - 54 words
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Article151 1955-08-30 2 Wounds were not attended by Korea Reds, accuses U.N. T<HE United Nations Command in Korea, yester- day charged the Communists with gross neglect of Lt. Guy Bumpass white the wounded American flier was in Red hands. Maj Gen. Harland Parks, senior allied delegate to the Military ArmisticeA.P. - 151 words
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101 1955-08-30 2 Village feud ends in seven murders CEVEN people died in a 30-minute chain of murder at a village fiesta at the foot of Mt. Ida, Greece, at midnight last Saturday. The killings began when Emmanuel Viesakis, 35, plunged a cutlass between the shoulder blades of John Frangiadakis, a game-keeper who101 words
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Article266 1955-08-30 2 RALPH A. OLSEN. American farmer just back in the United States from a Russian farm tour, said the average Soviet farmer was "contented" even though he lived by "primitive" standards. "The common people never have known what Rood living conditions were and theyU.P. - 266 words
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215 1955-08-30 2 FRENCH Premier Edgar Faure yesterday persuaded his divided Cabinet to agree to the broad lines of his plan for restoring peace to blood-soaked Morocco, and informed Paris sources said a new Resident General would be named within 48 hours. But many points of detailU.P. - 215 words
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Article20 1955-08-30 2 A grow of 614 Chine* students left Pekinp for Russia yesterday to stud> ai higiher educational establishments. ReuterReuter - 20 words
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Advertisement33 1955-08-30 2 FOR SEA AND AIR RESERVATIONS TO HONGKONG JAPAN THAILAND INDIA consult SINGAPORE TRAVEL BUREAU 1 1 The Arcade (Ground Floor) TEL: ***** SINGAPORE! GRAMS 'TRAVBUREAU" Discuss Your Travel Requirements in Air Ctmditioned Comfort33 words
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271 1955-08-30 3 CORPORAL WITH A CHINESE WIFE MAY BE MILLIONAIRE A British regular soldier who recently discovered deposits of the nire mineral "beryl" in Hong Kong is likely to become a millionaire. I Corporal William B. Harries, married to a Chinese girl and living in Hon<r Kong has been permitted to stakeReuter - 271 words
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79 1955-08-30 3 Aussie Navy to recruit 1,000 Britons rplIE Royal Au>tralian Navy I plans to recruit 1,000 men In Britain, Commodore j C. Morrow, second member of the Australian Naval Beard, announced in Bris- n yesterday. Commodore Morrow said rmer Royal N^vy ratings ...ould be preferred. The men would be allowed toReuter - 79 words
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94 1955-08-30 3 MP's wife is held on drugs charge MRS. Harry Pursey. wife ot I British MP yesterdav pleaded no t guilty .n sessions conn in Montreal, Canada, to a charge of Illegal pCMttasion of narcotics. She claimed trial bv jury and the preliminary hearing w■ i fixed for Sept. 1. BailA.P. - 94 words
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Article37 1955-08-30 3 Two women and a man. m embers of a Filipino Operation Fraternisation*" a »oodwill mission were drowned when their boat capsized on a river near Thayninhi 25 miles northeast of Saieon. U.P.U.P. - 37 words
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Article48 1955-08-30 3 NINE people w«Te killed by lightning in North Germany over the week-end. Throe men were killed by one lightning bolt near Cuxhaven on Saturday while they were driven irom the mainland .shore to Neuwerk Island in a convoy of horsedrawn wagons at low tide48 words
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141 1955-08-30 3 Frightened witnesses in U.K. gang case JACK "SPOT" COMER, 42, •elf-styled "gangster No. 1" and Albert Dimes, 40 i were sent for trial at the I Old Bailey central criminal court yesterday alter a lower magistrate's court had been t o ]d of a running stiletto > fi«ht through theReutor - 141 words
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Article, Illustration279 1955-08-30 3 VIVIENNE PUCKRIDGE - AUSTRALIANS DANCE AS IF THEY WERE SKATING' VIVIENNE PUCKRIDGE By THE most lasting impression of 1 Australia that StafT-Sgt. Tom Steele of the U.S. Air Force will take home with him is that "they dance down there like they were roller>kating." Sgt. Steele is one of a group of 22279 words
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Article76 1955-08-30 3 THE red-haired H-y rold mistress of banK robber Louis E. Teller waa sentenced in Cleveland, Ohio, yesterday to a 10--year jail term prison for a U5527,000 bank robbery. Four month* pregnant Mrs. Lora Ritenour gobbed M she h<;ird the sentenro Mrs Riu-nour pleaded guilty to driving a76 words
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Article, Illustration183 1955-08-30 3 Mamie nervous at wedding No. 2 IN a five minute hotrl e^r* m<»riv yesterday *t Toledo Ohm. blond? him Act rev» MiiiiM- Wn l>«>ren, Im-i .inir the wife of band leader K:iy Anthony. H w.is i c <»mi marriage fur t»»th lins Van Doren nervous and spoke in a whisperA.P. - 183 words
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Article30 1955-08-30 3 Sir James Walton, a Royal surgeon to the Queen and to the previous three British kings baa died at his home at Mayficlri, Sussex, aiied 73 ReuterReuter - 30 words
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Singapore Free Press TUESDAY. Aug. 30. 1955. Opinion
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Article216 1955-08-30 4 r PHE Chief Minister S promise that the Government will match dollar for dollar up to $250,000 in public subscriptions to the fund sparked by Mr. Malcolm MacDonald for a youth sports centre will be applauded by all. For such a centre is a down-to-earth investment in216 words
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Article, Illustration741 1955-08-30 4 ARNOLD FIELD - ARNOLD FIELD by The underworld needs one push to make it hell IS BRITAIN on the eve of gang warfare? Will rival factions come into the open to protect their leaders? Scotland Yard is alert to the danger since the stabbing in Soho of a741 words
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494 1955-08-30 4 OMER ANDERSON - The Big Four should meet at Verdun OMER ANDERSON suggests IT MIGHT be a good idea to convene the October conference of the Big Four Foreign Ministers in Verdun not Geneva. For a conference designed to promote disarmament and buttress peace, there isn't a more appropriate site anywhere. For Verdun,494 words
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Advertisement15 1955-08-30 4 WingO TflflpY f TP PRECISION WATCHES AT MODERATE PRICES Manufactured by Amida Watch Co, SAj15 words
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Advertisement143 1955-08-30 4 Visit the ORCHARD ROAD ARCADE dlTj DOLCIS for shoes VM^ Something to i-en<!? .«nd shoe repairs. w^yj^^ The answer i> the T&fL S.P.C.K. BOOK The STRAITS TIMES office is f^S/^^2 handy for insert- V m ing press an- HILDA'S for all nouncements. kinds of froclts ",^P[ Buy your films Wj&:»143 words
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439 1955-08-30 5 CHEAPER, FASTER AND QUIETER POR 40 years Comander George Wheeler dreamed of the ship that would sail sideways. Now, aged Hi he has built his dream ship in the back garden of his home on the Isle of Wight, two miles from the439 words
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Article, Illustration55 1955-08-30 5 THE FAST GROWING Good quads— they're now seven years old think it's fun to be taller still, even if the stilts are a bit difficult to manage at first. The quads, daughters of Mr. and Mrs. Charles Good, pictured at their home at Nettleton, Wiltshire, are (from left): Jennifer, Frances,Reuter - 55 words
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Article, Illustration15 1955-08-30 5 picture. Brishton .Nurs.ry Stakes •< Jhr s t orts Arpna L event- ReuterReuter - 15 words
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336 1955-08-30 5 A TINY FIREWOMAN DROVE A 2-TOHNER A 23-YEAR-OLD tiny flrewoman, with specially hitched -in trousers, was driving a two-ton scarlet fire wagon as a test. Beside her: the instructor. The instructor was Gravesend's Chief Fire Officer. He told Betty Wayland that when he said "Stop" she must stop as if336 words
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Article82 1955-08-30 5 A warning to parent* to keep their cblldn I away from tHc berries pi the woody nlghtihade which abounds in hed« rowa throughout Britain. been I 1 Dr Malcolm Qrau, Medica Officer ol Health lot Hem< J Hempstead, Herti. Dr OrO had been lnfMtlgatlnp th82 words
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Advertisement28 1955-08-30 5 GfVe your car a lasting v\^J il -DIAMOND SlllNi :«PP-^ JOHNSONS t ANO RUBBING! X JUST SPREAD k AND WIPE! yL. Sole Aft**!' ja KIAN CWAN -MALAYA) LTD.28 words
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Miscellaneous105 1955-08-30 6 fUPwjr^^^^^^^^^^^ ft I M H M 1 V ft 14 L *"ttl MANDRAKE by Lee Falk and Phil Davis p^?^£?«™t E nt U^ REAL ELECTRONIC ROBOT/ SO ->/—-^1 QUESTIONS. WE Bfc&M^^..^- i lifelike you'll < -^^Jr^o^C'^ 1 /^TT' JSp^ I TARZAN by Edgar Rice Burroughs B> W 1 1 AWws105 words
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Miscellaneous711 1955-08-30 6 YOUR LUCKY j j STAR j| I K ORN toda y- y° u ive tne appearaiu ■< t O Of being a jolly, happy-go-lucky X person who worries not at all about anything but just plunges into life J expecting the best and usually ret- J ting it! You have711 words
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Article197 1955-08-30 7 LONDON. Auc. 29. Prevlou, Today pi KBI'R N°. BSS cJi buyers 40 buyer luropean Port* Sept«a_iber 41 sellers 41 sellers ni itBKR No. 1 E88 cli. 404 buyers 40 S buyers luropean P«ls October 40% sellers 41 sellers RUBBER No. 1 RSS Spot 41 buyers 414 buyers197 words
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Article103 1955-08-30 7 NEW YORK. \u. Previous Today TIN Straits spot and nearby 96.00 nom. 95.75 non TIN futures August 95.00 bid 96.00 non. 97.00 asked expired in. September 95.00 bid 94.80 bid 96.00 asked 95.80 a.ske.October 94.25 bid 94 05 bid 95.25 asked 95.05 ask fJ TONE: Stead*. SALES::103 words
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Article51 1955-08-30 7 Spot and awaiting Malabar 44. loata 43I£, September 43, October, December Malabar lampong option 43. Sarawak spot awaiting release 39 afloats 38^, Sept. Sept. 38'-.. Lampong spot and awaiting "release 44. an"oat s 43' 2. Sept. shipment 43 sellers ex-dock. Above prices quoted in U.S. cents per51 words
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Article33 1955-08-30 7 NEW YORK. Aug W Previou s Today M Industrials 463.70 464.37 Railroads 157.11 156.50 I" Domestic Bonds 98 50 98.47 15 Itilities 66.07 66.18 I Stocks Composite Average 166.87 166.8733 words
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Article113 1955-08-30 7 Previous Today < OI'R Philippines ci.f. UK/ North European delivered weight per long ton Aug./ Sept. $174 sellers $1724 seller "i'RA Philippines f.o.b. Manila •n bulk per ton Unquoted Unquoted COPRA Straits c.i.f. UK/North Kuropean delivered weight per l<»n„ ton Aug /Sept £64*4 buyers £644 buyers113 words
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219 1955-08-30 7 THE soldier who couldn't stop smiling was sentenced to 84 days' detention and smiled as he marched to the guardroom. Twenty-one-year-old National Serviceman John Mr Ritchie stationed at the Cavalry Barracks. York couldn't help it. Even the memory made him smile The memory of219 words
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173 1955-08-30 7 Dogfight! Fun flies —then bottles THREE dogs out for a midnight walk started fighting and soon their owners joined In. This is how a counsel f told the story at Bowstreet: Mrs. Margaret Perez, of Apple ford road. North Kensington, was walking her small dog on one side of Kensal-road.173 words
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Article, Illustration50 1955-08-30 7 piciurc PRIMO CARNERA towers over sft. 2in. (118-lb.) Maria Metiado. the Malay film star, as they rhumba at a Singapore ni«ht spot. Said Maria: "He is so huce. I couldn't see my hand when he held it In his But, he is so and so full of fun."- Free PressFree Press - 50 words
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Article39 1955-08-30 7 So angry was a 20-year-old .ship's steward, Terence Dickin, after a telephone row with his girl friend that he smashed his flat through a window of the telephone kiosk. He was fined £1 at Wallasey, Cheshire.39 words
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Article, Illustration44 1955-08-30 7 Clamorous quarry is lovely blonde film star Belinda l.er. plaving hidr jindsftk among i the nand dunr* while off duty" from Kaling Ktudlos But whv. with i curves like these, does «n*pHy Belinda want to hidr at .ill Reuter nlrlureReuter - 44 words
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276 1955-08-30 7 DR. Hugh WoodfieldDavies, the London anaesthetist, whose wife died as he administered an anaesthetic, for an operation on her leg, told the St. Paneras coroner that she had taken to drink. Death by Misadventure was the inquest, verdict. The coroner, Mr W.276 words
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Advertisement27 1955-08-30 7 "NICOLINE MAERSK" LOADING PORT SINGAPORE SWETI ENHAM PENANG Easteni Roads 9—lo Sept. 11—12 Sept. Sails 8 Sept. FOR NEW YORK BOSTON BALTIMORE PHILADELPHIA MONTREAL (Direct) SHIP® MAERSK27 words
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Advertisement39 1955-08-30 7 DON'T WORRY OVER PACKING LET US DO IT FOR YOU SINGAPORE PACKING COMPANY LTD. IN ASSOCIATION WITH SINGAPORE BAGGAGE TRANSPORT AGENCY LTD. 65, Thr Arcadr Sin K apor«- TH: OMI J Line. 1 Roderr Strrrt. KuaU l.umpur Trl: 4347.39 words
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Article, Illustration1368 1955-08-30 8 F. Terry Newman - THE WOLF GIRLS of Midnapore F. Terry Newman by FDFD TK3-DAY there is an extensive literature devoted to the weird and Intriguing lives of feral children children who were abducted or who wandered oir and were reared by four-footed fostermothers. The best authenticated of all such cases Ul without doubt1,368 words
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Article, Illustration33 1955-08-30 8 picture. A blow lands and one of the boxing kittens sees stars, all lit up and visible to the hundreds of holiday makers enjoying the illuminations at Happy Mount Park, Morecambe, Lancashire ReuterReuter - 33 words
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Article443 1955-08-30 9 Woman denies she broke up home Enticement ease talk 'irrelevant 9 MISS ESTELLE HOUBIGANT denied trying to break up the home of undertaker Wallace Beale. But for causing a breach of the peace there she was bound over in £250 and ordered to pay 50443 words
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Article, Illustration257 1955-08-30 9 BRITAIN has a second "Flying Bedstead." incorporating several secret advances and improvements. The first flight may be made this week. Bedstead No 2, which has been built at the RollsRoyce experimental airfield at Hucknall, Nottinghamshire, has already had engine tests on the special257 words
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Article202 1955-08-30 9 THREE boys who followed the centuries old Portsmouth custom of wallowing in the black harbour mud at low tide and shouting 'Throw us a coin" found themselves In court MUDLARK NO 1 was 13 Sa^Constable Tony Kille: "He was shouting and waving to people P^nj by202 words
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Article17 1955-08-30 9 A lobster 2 ft. 8 in. long weighing 91b. 20z., was caught at PortUlevan. Cornwall.17 words
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114 1955-08-30 9 MRS JAMES LAVALLE idly glanced at a police "wanted" notice- and discovered that she was Mrs. Charles Falzone, wife of one of the ten most-wanted fugitives in the United States. She got in touch with the Federal Bureau of Investigation. Then F.114 words
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Article29 1955-08-30 9 Winston Churchill was given eight strokes of the Birch recently He is a 17--vear-old member of a gang which has been raiding shops in Guernsey.29 words
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Article, Illustration87 1955-08-30 9 The tanks thai killed four asleep in ramp Th e two runaway. Charioteer tanks after they had ploughed Into an army camp on Salisbury Plain and killed four Territorial army soldiers as they slept. Four others were Injured. The tragedy occurred on August 18 Just before 2 a.m. Investigations showedPopper - 87 words
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193 1955-08-30 9 'CHEW AS YOU VIEW' IS NEW TV CRAZE YET another now habit has been added to the growing list caused by television In Britain. The latest Is the "Chew while you view" trend, reported by a firm of commercial survey analysts. The firm, the Social Service Research Group, says 45193 words
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Article, Illustration183 1955-08-30 11 4 Day of Swim Records Our photographer had an exciting day at the Nuffleld Pool when be went there for the Singapore Base District annual individual and team championships. He saw many records broken. The GOC's wife, Mrs. D DC. Tulloch presented the prizes— and a 1 of them were183 words
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Article217 1955-08-30 12 D. M. DAVIES - Mouse story with a trap to it D. M. DAVIES A IWOULDNT have believed it. Every source of verification has been tapped though. I confess I've found no support for the story but I must report that I also found nothing to contradict it. So I have just had to217 words
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Article121 1955-08-30 12 100 to be 'aunts, uncles WARWICKSHIRE'S Ohil■J dren's Department wanted 25 coupes to act as "aunts and uncles" to young children whose mothers have to go into hospital. They have had a hundred offers. The County Child ren\s Officer, Miss S.E. Bowkett. says, "We have been plea- I santly surprised.121 words
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Article, Illustration774 1955-08-30 12 BERNARD LEVIN - Prof essor (of logic) hears ghost voice BERNARD LEVIN »v 'YOU'VE BROKEN YOUR GLASSES' HENRY HABBERLEY PRICE, Bachelor of Science. Master of Arts, Fellow of the British Association, author of Hume's Theory of the External World, and Wykeham Professor of Logic in the University of Oxford, sucked thoughtfully at his774 words
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Article802 1955-08-30 12 Shelley Rohde - Shelley Rohde £*****11 I*U ********************111':= A RUSSIAN woman's home is her sanctuary, the one place in which she feels secure from the outside world. And a foreign visitor in the Russian home is a rare and privileged being. The protective wall that surrounds each802 words
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Article410 1955-08-30 13 BEER DROUGHT MEANS HARDSHIP [)EER is almost as traditional a drink n East Africa as in (k-rmany and Great Iritain. Indeed, so pormously popular [as it become that kt year people of [e n y a Tanganyika nd Uganda drank a cord 578,000 gallons lonthly compared to ily 20,000 gallons410 words
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Article, Illustration556 1955-08-30 13 SUNNY GIAM - Models are cheap in this town SUNNY GIAM says 2UNGEI GOLOK, th< Siamese border town north of Kelantan, some 200 yards from Rentau Panjang, Kelantan'g frontier town. offerg many opportunities for nude photography. Here uiiis of Siamese and Malayan ormins are available as nude models and they charge very little556 words
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Article, Illustration31 1955-08-30 13 This official Pi< -turr AM a format:..., of four j. t air. -rail •s star^^sßKß durin,; a,roba ll( s M ui a a.r«ba t i, trams whlrh U31 words
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Article244 1955-08-30 13 John K. Cooky - John K. Cooky by rrHE international city 1 of Tangier of 200.000 people on the south Bide of Gibraltar Strait a sort of Switzerland of North Africa today is battening its hatches in fear that it would soon be swept up in the spreading North Africa riots244 words
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Article, Illustration540 1955-08-30 14 It was a six-month lightmare when those atoms ran wild! BRITISH scientists are to re-examine safety precautions at nuclear power stations. This follows warnings by American, Canadian and Russian scientists at the international atomic conference at Geneva. Thoy were discussing what would happen if a nucleir power station went wildReuter - 540 words
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Advertisement127 1955-08-30 14 CARPETS! Have Them Dry Cleaned WASHINGTON DRY CLEANING CO. U2/414ORCHARDROAD SINGAPORE-9. TEL ***** LAST WEEK OF SALE Don't miss this grand opportunity further Reductions Arrow Shirts (Made in U S.A.) PAR" $8.00 each TOUR" $8.00 each Sole Agents for ARMOUR' Shirts Standard size at greatly reduced price. Cood Quality, Lasting127 words
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Advertisement592 1955-08-30 15 ,^fX J^IK3K J ftKK BIRTHDAY AND mW^fc, j^ NCISE HOUSEHOLD y LOWERS IS WEDDING GIFTS L&\ ■CYCLO P E D I A rhrn ran V «"J <^| TIPPA K I :srsg dBPSi^ »w. TYPEWRITERS -'"^f KBS^hT irt niltna hi-fi sd •enance phone and be amvinad. VF>-; y J jTj^ Selected592 words
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Article, Illustration1737 1955-08-30 16 ORSON WELLES - FIFI and the CHILEAN TRUFFLE... ORSON WELLES hy iimiiimiiiiiiiim'imiimimmiiMiiiimiimimiiiiiiimim FACT or FICTION? Again a story in this series by famous writers invites you to solve the puzzle This tale COULD have happened. But did it? Tomorrow the answer will bo given. JV)RTY this year, George Orson Welles the child prodigy1,737 words
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Article, Illustration53 1955-08-30 16 Ml Tl %L admiration as llir "underworld kin*" meet* tl.r underwater quern" in expressed in this picture as artor C.^or^f mil who p.Miiuvs tuu^h kuhjcsUt roh> in hlnvs, ta-.ts an app.rtuitiv*- eye on thr unusii.il toslumr l.sthw Williams wears us *»unnun« 'naeruuid- ul n i-arly ««-nlury m a yiclure s»lic53 words
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Advertisement16 1955-08-30 16 THE ;tnsw«>r to yesterday's "Did It Happen" story 'THE INNOCENT BYSTWDIR' is YES, it did happen.16 words
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Article, Illustration1056 1955-08-30 17 HE FELL 1,000 FEET— AND LIVED! PARATROOPER TELLS OF ■THOSE DREAD MOMENTS' WHEN BOTH HIS MUTES FAILED TO OPEN L. favourite bedtime l Hf v for young ,,,roopers is lous tale of M ,i.zak-the oaratrooper B> iv v of a soldier i« from a plane SSf pWed into a snow-Popper - 1,056 words
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Article381 1955-08-30 17 CIXTEEN prearranged "par" deals, recently played in more than 150 UA colleges U> decide the 1955 Intercollegiate Bridge Championships, are being presented in this column. To play tne.se deals In your own game, instead of reading the par results now, save the entire series until completed. Then have381 words
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Advertisement20 1955-08-30 17 '^r^vir^'.K.'M ?at an indusire rate of $24.00 I FOB SIX MONTHS J, f y( ,a -ant th, "BlOGtrr- 2^VbJSStf M«S20 words
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Miscellaneous210 1955-08-30 17 CLUES ACROSS 10 Mostly cancel something donor or a timely n JSgSttiTiflC a collar but''ci.nce u. 4, 2, 6). t ij Toper with a lariat for the v change r4». common ptople (10. x A n £*S£ riv er (3). 12 U tins the ancient story of JJivM air (3)210 words
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Article, Illustration978 1955-08-30 18 Ralph Blakeman - Ralph Blakeman FDFD i ii 'iirniiMi h ALTHOUGH LAST WEEK WAS A COMPARATIVELY QUIET ONE FOR j SOCCER FANS, WITH ONE OTTER -SECTION LEAGUE j COMPLETED AND VERY FEW GAMES REMAINING TO BE PLAYED IN THE OTHER, THE SPOTLIGHT WAS CENTRED ON THE978 words
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Article33 1955-08-30 18 CPRINGDALE S. C. beat Ford S.C. 3-1 in a friendly soorer match at Farrer Paric vestrrdny. Tiun Soo n (2) and Kok Mentj Morcd for Sprlnydale and AU Roluuau Cot Fjiii.33 words
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Article176 1955-08-30 18 E /COMPARATIVELY rare <ase of an umpire injured E occurred in cricket match at Bootle, Lancashire. It E was not the hall which struck him but a flying: bail. In a Northern Liverpool competition match at Wad- E E "am Road, Bootle a straight-driven ball176 words
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Article, Illustration316 1955-08-30 18 Compton's Test days may be over jMltllllltllMMMMlll V limiMNHHllllllll; SPECIAL CORRESPONDENT DEMS tOMPTON WAS A WORRIED MAN WHEN HE JOINED THE TWO TEST li AVIS THK OTHER DAY IN THE PLAYERS' DININGROOM AT THE OVAL TO DRINK THE CHAMPAGNE TOAST TO PETER MAY AND ENGLAND S VICTOBY. His old knee316 words
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Article368 1955-08-30 18 SASA CHAMPIONSHIPS rpiIIRTEEN-YEAR-OLD BERNICE LANCASTER QUALI--1 FIEI) FOR FOUR FINALS AT THE SINGAPORE AMATEUR SWIMMING ASSOCIATION CHAMPIONSHIPS WHEN HEATS WERE HELD AT THE CHINESE SWIMMING CLUB YESTERDAY. Bernice swept past her opposition and led from start to finish in all her four heats. Her best368 words
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Article, Illustration534 1955-08-30 19 BURMA LEADS IN S.E. ASIAN BOXING TOURNEY BURMA are in the lead with four points in the South-east Asia boxing championships which started at the Singapore Badminton Hall last night. Five of the Burmese team of six were in action last night in534 words
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Article132 1955-08-30 19 Results of th e first athletic m m of the Young Progres--1;<ld;<ld on Saturday were: I yards "A": l Chee Teck N^ Edmund Kwee. 11 sec.; i m! > V B :l Anton y l° w Co "I Chowdhurie. 11.4 sec.; i<M ff? Lim 2 Miss132 words
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Article135 1955-08-30 19 S. China XI were well treated' AUSTRALIAN soecer officials denied yesterday the Souih Chinese football team was shabbily treated during its recent Australian tour. The Secretary of the New South Wales Association. Bill Onr, said: "The South Chinese received the same attention and courtesies extended to all visiting teams." AU.P. - 135 words
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Article319 1955-08-30 19 MIDDLESEX have a bm Job on hand at Lords today if they hope to fatal the South Africans who ;«re playing U* la.'t county match of their tour Aftfr saving the follow on by throe runs yesterday mornHm. they dismissed the Springboks forReuter - 319 words
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Article87 1955-08-30 19 v ESTLRDAVS IK. utrcrr tr *ult« were: DIVISION I: Anton Villa I. Sundrrland 4; Illarkpnol I Burn ky I; Chel^Ji lluddernlleld Town 0. DIVISION 2: Blackburn Bo\ tm I. Falham 0; HoU City 2. Lincoln City IJ St«kr City I. Bristol Rovern 2; We»l Ham Initrd TortReuter - 87 words
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Article57 1955-08-30 19 AT the annual general meeting of the South Johore Rugby Football Club at the e<l president. He will atao be the Sim and nxturrr Set-retary. a* in Drevloua years. Di wider. t W Fox senary. rh«Sewurer <JuUe> will be undertaken by E L Luwley. j r57 words
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Article15 1955-08-30 19 THE English .schoolboy* XI beai Non-Bend«« by thre* fen 2iJ«r*n Westerhout 3-1 6115 words
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Article31 1955-08-30 20 »occn SINO-MALAYS v South C hina, .lalan l'»s.w. 8 p.m. S.A.F.A. Junior Cup (replay) Corinthians "A" v H.M. Dockyard, Jalan Besar, 7 p.m. SWIMMING S.A.S.A. championships finals, 5.15 p.m.31 words
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Article, Illustration320 1955-08-30 20 DA PREEM SAYS IT'S HOSPITAL FOR THE 'FAT BOY' YOU START IT AND ILL END IT," GROWLED PRIMO CAKNKR A WHEN HE WAS INTRODUCED TO KING KONG AT THE HAPPY WORLD OFFICE LAST NIGHT. They were discussing the most -discussed question Of the week: Should fists be used. Kong banged320 words
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614 1955-08-30 20 FREE PRESS RACING CORRESPONDENT lEADING Gold Vase hopes J were out on the training track at Ipoh this morning but no spectacular times were recorded because of the soft track. There was heavy rain last night and it was still drizzling when614 words
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Article55 1955-08-30 20 ATSHSHI MIYAGi and Kosei Kamo of Japan won the United States doubles lawn tennis championship at Brokeline. Massachusetts yesterday They beat Jerry Mos s and Bill Quillian of the United States, 6—2, 6—3, 3—6. I—6 6—4, to become the first Japanese pair in 75 yearsReuter - 55 words
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Article90 1955-08-30 20 ANSELL Adams, trained heavyweight who mainly fights in Britain, suffered a broken arm in Stockholm last night in a bout against Aldo Pellegrini, of Italy. The unusual boxing injury forced him to give up the fight at the beginning of the filth round and Pellegrini was declaredReuter - 90 words
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Article40 1955-08-30 20 I>AF won the inter-services wntor-jH)lo championship for the sixth year in succession when they defeated the Army by 12-1 at Seletar yesterday. Scorers for RAP were: Ha?ey (2). Taylor <3>. Uewellen <2>, WirrirH <4> and Hinks.40 words
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159 1955-08-30 20 CKHNTY CHAMPIONS SURREY. ARE HAVING THK WORST OF THEIR MATCH AGAINST HAMPSHIRE AND WERE NEAR FOLLOWING ON YESTERDAY. Only bat -mmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmm by JimB Laker Tony withB a minutes.! them that! after seven! wickets were 126! runs still to! Rave the follow Hampshire's pai! thenReuter - 159 words
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