The Singapore Free Press, 9 September 1955

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    16 1 The singapore Largest Afternoon Sale m Malaya ***** Siiu.j.orr. rridry, September 9. 19.-).-, r j,-e l>Cls
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    Dawn planes drop the first million amnesty leaflets
    296 1 A MILLION Leaflets fluttered down into Malaya's 1 f* jungle this morning— breaking the news of the amnesty to the Communist terrorists. Planes roared out from Kuala Lumpur at lawn on their 'end the emergency" mission. ring the next nine days the
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    TENGKU WARNS REDS WHO WON'T QUIT
    160 1 TENGKU WARNS REDS WHO WON'T QUIT JE< URITY forces will '•';> up efforts to hunt >wn terrorists who refuse accept the amnesty, the f Minister, Tensjku J lul Rahman, said m ki Lumpur last night. me security forces will 1 le fP Into the Jungle li>i) strengthen secu:i1 llr Ul
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    FREE BEER FOR 'WALK' COMPETITORS
    51 1 FREE BEER FOR 'WALK' COMPETITORS Free beer will be waiting for competitors who complete the Singapore-Johore Bahru Walk being organised by the Free Press. The offer to .supply Carlsberg beer free was made today by the East Asiatic Co., Ltd Closing date for entries for the Walk i.s Monday (first
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    755 AIR RAIDS IN A MONTH
    26 1 Peking Radio said today that Nationalist Chinese planes appeared over Red hina 735 Limes m Aumist and Bye were damaged
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    Lock icon POLL SNAG
    30 1 Indonesia's first parliamentary elections will begin On Sept. 29 with 24 of its 208 electoral districts unablo to open their polling booths for lack of funds. A. P.
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    TO VISIT RUSSIA A S'PORE VOYAGE OF DISCOVERY
    118 1 TO VISIT RUSSIA A S'PORE VOYAGE OF DISCOVERY The Swedish Premier, Mr. Tafce Erlander and his wife, are to pay an unofficial visit to Russia Members of the mission which left tor Indonesia today are (from left) Mr. Yap Pheng (ieck. chairman. Trade Advisory Council. Inche Abdul Humid bin Ila.ii
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    Lock icon 'MY WIFE CARRIED ON WITH ALY KHAN'
    155 1 'MY WIFE CARRIED ON WITH ALY KHAN' APRBTTY rormer photo iraphlc model wm accused yesterday m a divorce complaint In Santa Monica California, ol "carrying on" with Prince Aly Khan, for mer huflbund oi actren Rita Hayworth Hownrd Lang, 4G. of Beverly EiilU, California, chnrged thai hil wife Vit 31.
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    Marshall hopes to end Jakarta fears
    286 1 'THE Singapore Chief Minister, Mr. David Marshall, headed a goodwill mission to Indonesia today. They left by Malayan Airways plane. Mr. Marshall described it as a 'voyage of discovery by the young Government of Singapore of its neighbours, friends and allies of the tuture."
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    RUBBER UP
    27 1 The Singapore Rubber Market opened on an uncertain tone this morning with first grade, September shipment, at $1.47% a lb., 2V4 cents above yesterday's close.
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    600 STRIKE
    17 1 About 600 workers of the Singapore Glass factory went on a Lightning strike this morning.
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    WORKERS TO STUDY CHARTER
    114 2 WORKERS TO STUDY CHARTER flMll Sil I I 1 s:\ partj i v. il and °P worfcei In th< to a meeting a discuss th <■ part) draft charter hid has been (!r i A :t mail committed. T- V j»- Party, In itateroeni last night, laid that th« charter
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    Lock icon Red leader dies
    17 2 Rt.epan Nikonovlrh Tarmnn, a deputy of th<' Supreme Soviet, has di f "d A.P.
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    Lock icon Jakarta's new army boss
    75 2 NORTH Sumatra division commander Colonel fiimbolon ha.s bf-on proposed a.s new army chid of .staff, a reliable source said m Jakarta yesterday. Simbolon was considered acceptable by the army whose opposition against the appointment of Maj. Gen Bambang Utojo m july led to the downfall of
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    Malaya will 'be led wisely'
    692 2 itltmsil RULE GOOD. FAIR, FRIENDLY: MaeDONALD 3 CONDITIONS FOR SELF GOVERNMENT Call /or frit* nitty response Mi, Ma DO iLD i, ndon sterday that m spite ol lifticultiei ol the situation In Malaya and Singapore he l>( Ueved the people Ui' re "will be led
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    Lock icon EX-MAU MAUS HIT BACK AT GUERILLAS IN FORESTS
    190 2 rpHE Kenya War Department is beating the Mau Man terrorists at their own game by sending bogus terrorists into the Kenya forests to wage fierce guerilla warfare against the fanatical grouu. The department announced yesterday that since the beginning of the emergency,
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    Lock icon 'Red amnesty will not end infiltration'
    167 2 'Red amnesty will not end infiltration' VI ft. Alan Lennox-Boyd, Itl Secretary of State for the Colonies, said m London yesterday ne did not think the amnesty ofterea to Communist terrorists m Malaya would mean the end of Communist indoctrination and infiltration. Speaking m a radio interview, m which one
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    Lock icon PERON GETS DEATH WARNING
    210 2 Hunt on for Army officers conspiracy f y\K of President Juan D, Peron'x chiel y political henchmen said m Buenos Aires, yesterday that the President's foes would not hesitate to try t<» assassinate Carlos Aloe, Governor ol Buenos Airea province, told a convention >f sofi drinl
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    Lock icon President recovers
    28 2 Preside], t Antonin Zapotocky of Czechoslovakia has recovered satisfactorily from a serious heart attack nine day. 1 aj;o, it was announced m Prague! last night. Reuter
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    Lock icon VIGILANTES KILL FIVE
    56 2 Civilian 1 "vigilantes" ihoi five M r cans dead and wounded 15 others y< day when a terrorist bomb was in* ol at their truck m Rabat. •Six of the special civilian "1 protection force" were injured bomb attack which French ;>>.- feared might signal a wav
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      229 2 WHAT DOES HE SEE IN THAT I All women have heard it most have said it WW II Iwl AN r —and m this weeks WEEK-ENDER you w can read what he does see m her and ,^slB^ why. The secret is revealed by Agnes fflWn»|i Borhm with her hints
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    AID TO FREE ASIA VITAL, SAYS U.S. CHIEF
    253 3 AID TO FREE ASIA VITAL, SAYS U.S. CHIEF Where the pressure is greatest vvneu the pressure is greatest." He tO W his first Washington news conference since taking over the International Co-operation Administration two months ago, he attributed "great importance" to the so-called Free Asian arc running from Japan to
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    Lock icon Flat death: Mother is arrested
    121 3 STRICT Attorney uel Dash said m phia yesterday he li red the arrest of j ?rtrude Silver on L ,of being an acccs\n bei re the fart of abor\i\ m the death of her fighter. Mrs. Doris Jean trek'her. The 2 2 -year -old food
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    EXTRAORDINARY PROGRESS IN
    78 3 I AGRICULTURE I President Allan B. Kline of the Interna- tional Federation of Agricultural Producers said m Rome today that "extraordinary progress" is being made m Far Eastern agriculture. E Kline, recently at- tended the East Asian 5 Rural Reconstruction conference m Japan. He said: "While it
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    Lock icon Juries in Britain hostile to Gls'
    233 3 U.S. PRISONERS TELL CONGRESSMAN... REPRESENTATIVE Frank J. Becker (Re-publican-New York) declared yesterday that lostile" juries m England and France try nerican soldiers accused of committino crimes hilf off military bases. -aid. on his return to New York he had made a i U.S. prisoners
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    SEIZED FISHING BOATS RETURN
    29 3 Three Japanese fishingboats and their 45 crew members returned to Northern Hokkaido yesterday after being seized by Soviet .authorities m South Sakhalin waters on Monday.
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    MODEL WINS RACE FOR A KISS
    80 3 MODEL WINS RACE FOR A KISS Ellesen. pretty 4 "dish model, y,ester--1 t a mannequins' race out one and a half m Paris. The prize. oliceman'a kiss. Six mannequins -French 'dish all dressed to ion m autumn gowns [a coats and wearing the '"•;t Paris hats took' part [the rail'
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    Lock icon TIE-UP OF U.S. PORTS NOW LOOMS
    124 3 THE International Longshoremen's Association has threatened to keep New York port closed until the governors of New York and New Jersey agree to hear the union's grievances. The strike threatens to spread to Atlantic and Gulf coast ports. Longshoremen m Baltimore have joined the
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    Lock icon 36 IN ICE-TRAPPED SHIP
    74 3 rPHIRTY-BIX passengera I an<j ci %i a M 61 1. tr&ppcd iii ;it] Ic6 ■locki d i reighter oil the bleak northeast coast of ('H'rni.md since la.st Prid >y. \v:v expected tO Ia" rescued v^trrdav Cjl oinyiic Btftfk, cum mander of the U.S Sixth Air Rescue^
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    Lock icon 65 held in swoop on opium dens
    100 3 65 held in swoop on opium dens A MIDNIGHT RAID il on 32 opium dri»s m E Teheran led to the ;ir- E E rest of (>5 drug addicts E the military gover- nor, (ien. Teymour Buk Itur. luiinched v na- tionul anti drug tarn- p^»«" E s The t>s
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    Lock icon 3,000 GIRLS IN TAX PROTEST PARADE
    114 3 THREE THOUSAND cabaret girls and geishas x paraded m Tokyo yesterday to protest against a new government tax collection system which goes into effect on November 1. The new law requires the girls to turn m receipts showing their profits from an evening's work.
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    Lock icon School racial ban in reverse
    167 3 School racial ban in reverse A WHITE boy and girl applied tor admission to a Negro .school nearer their home than the white school but were turned away, it wa.s disclosed yesterday. That was an entirely new twist to the .segregation situation which had the Guilford College community, North Carolina,
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    The Singapore Free Press FRIDAY, Sept. 9, 1955. Opinion TURNCOAT CHILDREN
    248 4 The Singapore Free Press FRIDAY, Sept. 9, 1955. Opinion TURNCOAT CHILDREN 4 mono the many nationalist ie mind ('d Chinese youths m Singapore and the Federation who have pone to Red China, t here Is a growing list oi those who wish to i et urn. The majority have gone
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    Lock icon Tha lesson I learned in that gramophone shop
    873 4 REMEiVlacCOLLteils more about the new Britain \i 'Ho an th< Rich of Britain In 1955 Part ol thi wer cam< to me as i i tood m a gramophone hop m Not I] jham, Idly sizing up i i tomers who nrammed
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    BY THE WAY
    144 4  -  unknown <-?■ Kw eni m wgpapi r cor n spond( net about the hoatzln th< bird which h i ir m a dean 1 m bl le faci and a naked chi I made me *< nder wh< th( i ob rvera confusing it with I noslpat
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    Lock icon SINGAPORE SPOTLIGHT
    543 5  -  Adelaide Eastley BY« CELEBRATING Ufi first anniversary o1 i mstructive and civicminded progress, tht Square-Dancing Circle of Katong's Joo Chiat Community Centre. Department of Social Welfare, will hold 8 gi dance tonight a 1 Si i ;apore Hotel, Gey lan from 8.30 p.m. t 1 a.m. As far
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    VITAL ROLE FOR YOUTH
    385 5 IBOUILLABAISE: A di.sjuished American Negro Mr, (Jeorge Carter, secretary for the •rid Assembly of Youth, Singapore later month, jry country m Asia," tic! recently, "has a 1 problem. Youth clubs cut right across distinctions and take heed of traditional ar e contributing h toward moulding a
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    4 BADMINTON GROUSE
    84 5 OPEN LETTER: To Messrs. Lim Chuan Geok and Aw Cheng Chye Devotees of badminton, which Mr. Malcolm Mat Donald calls "noblest game played by man," are getting fed up with trekking optimistically to the Badminton Hall m Guillomard Road, armed to the teeth with rackets and shuttlecocks
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    MRS. F.D.R. AS 'AN OBSERVER'
    63 5 MRS. F.D.R. AS 'AN OBSERVER' MRS. AMERICA: From the viewing gallery at the airport la.st Sunday a crowd of American residents watched the Garuda Airways plane from Jakarta unload passengers. From the windows outside the YIP room, a knot of diplomats also watched. Last ftiltffflgfT to leave wa.s the familiar
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    Moral rehabilitation for Manila youth
    182 6 PRESIDENT R a m o n Magsaysay of the Philippines has declared allout war against the rapidly rising juvenile d( linquency m hia country. He has launch* (1 a Youth M oral Rehabilitation Movement, sponsored by the Manila Lions Club as reports of juvenile offences
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      232 6 MANDRAKE by Lee Falk and Phil Davis r- x 2> 1 r. M p n cCIQ! t /ThiS ONit OlO.' I I |*TMfM TMI AOOO7 //HAT I TT TOOK DICTATION NO «OBOT I SAW 'T/ I PA'O -X/ MOMOANDSPOKt SHALL i A/v T r^ D /if r r 7 41^
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      609 6 YOUR LUCKY STAR I jorn today, your latui- libra (Sept. j; o > !;i M ar€ k. 1 D 23) Don't pern you knot instinctively emotions to get om what you should do under control today gta; a 1 kinds oi differing Cir- calm as you can under cumstances. an
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    Bound the World Market Prices
    515 7 U.S. PEPPER and awaiting Malabar afloats 41 V£. September j 41. October 40. SarawnK spot and awaiting release 38, afloats 36'j. 1 Sept 36 Lampong spot and Waiting release 42&, afloats 41 2 Sept. shipment 40 V- sellers ex-dock. Above prices quoted i7i U.S. cents
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    JOHORE'S GAY WEEK OF POMP AND CEREMONY... WAYANGS AND PARTIES
    101 7 JOHORE'S GAY WEEK OF POMP AND CEREMONY... WAYANGS AND PARTIES gEPTEMUER 17 is a big (late for the people of Johore. It will mark the start of a week of celebrations the like of which the State has never seen all m honour of the S2nd birthday and diamond jubilee
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      1025 7 Full plans for the Crowning ERE are the plans for 4j 3 to 5.30 p.m. and 7 p.m. the Thanksgiving Ser- £> W*£% WH f\ Fl \f to midnight: Entertainvice, the Crowning Cere- KJxZ'M KZ? mM9/\W M W nient (Ronggeng, Chinese mony and the Investiture to *J wayang, "dances of
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    CAPSTICK in the Valleys of Suspicion...
    1178 8  - CAPSTICK in the Valleys of Suspicion... PERCY HOSKINS THE GREAT CASES OF SCOTLAND YARD'S GREAT DETECTIVES by m- w once a Liver- i kx)l <•) loirboy v. ho ran awaj to sea. [n rec< iii yea rs he has done more than :i 'V oth( i man t o ma
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    FLYPAPERS PUT HIM IN THE MONEY
    577 8  - FLYPAPERS PUT HIM IN THE MONEY RITCHIE McEWEN by ALL Vienna is chuckA ling at the story of how a stateless, 53--year-old refugee businessman, Johann Sdolschek, used 800,000 shrivelled up ami worthless flypapers to hoodwink Austria's reputably astute export control authorities m 1950 which was unfolded before a parked Vienna
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    GUIDED WEAPON SHIP FOR ROYAL NAVY
    55 9 OFFICIAL photo -i iph of an artist's unpression of one of the new guided weapon ships now being designed by Admiralty experti for the Royal \\tv>. As announced bj the First Lord of Idmiralty. they will be. tomethfcif over 10,000 I ,n> and an
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    'New car owners 90 speed crazy'
    194 9 'New car owners 90 speed crazy' JELFAST coroner, Dr. ft HP. Lowe, set off a ban car-racing" conroversy, when he eritcised spectators who ry to emulate cometitors. Local authorities must s'.; niselve.s where all ii.s speed is leading us, ji r Dr. Lowe, at the Belist inquest on Julian i
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    Colonel puts men under a curlew
    218 9 Colonel puts men under a curlew IN Army commander 1 ordered 1,300 troops p the parade ground i* night and told Mn: You will not civilian clothes, M you will be back m Mnp by 10 p.m. order, he told them, L; apply until you befhave 1 more .soldier-like manL
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    HE LOSES BUS, THEN WALKS 120 MILES
    452 9 George, 67, says: 'I'm independent, see 9 GEORGE GRAHAMSLAW, who is 67, had 10 cigarettes, a stick of rock, and NOT a penny, when he missed his coach m Blackpool. It was 165 miles back home to Newcastle. He set out to walk
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    Young Peter captures a lion's den
    157 9 Young Peter captures a lion's den WHEN lions had to give up their cage for the sake of Private Peter Lifter, a 19-year-old National Serviceman were they annoyed? They were furious. Private Lister was on an Army initiative test. His CO. at Blackdown Camp, Hampshire, gave him 36 hours to
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    A change for Mr. Murphy
    90 9 Michael Murphy's trousers were torn perceptibly so. A policeman asked him to put on his raincoat. He refused. He refused also to repair them. A woman offered him a new pair. "No thanks," he said. So Murphy— aged 29, of no fixed address was accused
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    Ma foi Cafes of Paris must retreat
    129 9 rEY'RE going to try to make the pavement cafes on the Champs-Elysees take up less space with their crowded tables of drinkers, talkers and watchers of the passing scene. This was announced by the Prefect of the Paris police. He said the cafe-owners
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    196 10 FRENCH NUME MINISTER, M 1,1,,r f a,,r, aml V1 lahar Ammar thr lunisian Frim, MinKtrr. exchwiff th, instr,,m,nts O f ratification «.f the Iranio lun.sian Ihh.m nil,. ftfreemeiOl, RboVC Ihrs, urrr I eenib ilfie4 bj the Be* of Tanii an,i ibertforc mm become lan This h.,s
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    Lock icon STAR FOR VIENNA
    51 11 EUNICE GAYSON one of the contingent of stars from the Rank organisation picked to go to the Film Festival at Venice. She had her dress designed by film costume designer Julie Harris. It took ten yards of pure silk satin m a new vibrant shade Venetian pink.-
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    Lock icon WORLD NEWS IN PICTURES
    179 11 picture. WITH other young «mj officers, the |11lk <" of Kent, newly ommfssioned as a ;""><f lieutenant In J h< Royal s<ots rr > s mls, lowest '■tun- hKht. on top Jl a Onturion tank or a Irsson at the •onnrry School, '•"'worth. Dorsfl above. Xi
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    WHOSE TURN NEXT?
    16 12  -  Cumtnings by "Rcportins the theft of one aircraft carrier it's the f.R.A. again...
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    Men are playing with DYNAMITE
    1217 12 Men are playing with DYNAMITE .IIIiIIIMIIIIIMIIIIIIIIHIIIIIIKIIMIIIIIIIIIIIIMIIIIIIIIIIIIMIIIIICMIIIIIIIII'IIIiniIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIUIIIIMIIIIHIIIIIJ 4.1 OIK. I GALE jjocs on a new assignment. The man who wrote the book No Flies m China the man who has just returned from I Israel now goes to Dublin to report the other side of the I.R.A. story. I ICENSED to
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    'MURDERESS' AGED 8
    114 12 fHE most alarming little murderess m NewYork, 9-year-old Patty McCormack. i s one of the most normal children off stage you could hope to meet Patty's sinister role Bj a juvenile assassin m "The Bad Seed" brings cold chills to the audience's spine eight times a week,
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    Scientists hunt for the lost world
    398 12 Scientists hunt for the lost world i group of scientists m Kenya are I searching for a ios world containini historic creatures. The world they seek Is m the Kakamega i a dense jungle In the Nyanza Province al Lake Victoria's ea tern shore where they believe they may find
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    Lock icon was he the worst Poet Laureate ever?
    958 13  - was he the worst Poet Laureate ever? fORGE MALCOLM THOMSON I bock review by The critics were astounded, the comic papers delighted when Alfred Austin's appointment was announced. But the bantam poet was not m the least surprised. kLFRED AUSTIN, VlCta] By Norton B. i Weidenfeld and poison. 18s. pages.
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    DESOLATION marks the SPOT
    357 13 By a Special Correspondent YOUR sightseeing bus whisks you past an area of desolate ruins In the Soviet sector of Berlin overgrown with tall weeds. Nobody pays heed to the bomb rubble until the guide announces laconically: "And over there is part of the bunker where
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    Lock icon The GAMBLER hated RATS
    1791 14  - The GAMBLER hated RATS JOSEPH JEFFERSON FARJEON by FACT or FICTION? Again a story io tJite series by famous writers iavltes you la solve tte paizle, TIW tale CO OLD have happened. Bat did UT Tomorrow the answer will b* given. Joseph Jefferaon Farj«*<ui is famous as the author of
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    THE SENORA— SHE IS, OH, SO LOVELY!
    584 15  - THE SENORA SHE IS, OH, SO LOVELY! EILEEN ASCROFT w I ONDON IUW probably v never before enjoyt d so many beautiful vomen among: her lomatic corps. Di lomatlc gatherings Slimmer days a fine parade Of j n and beauty. ,ondon*fi loveliest dfplohOStesi I name ira [ris Suazo, wife of
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    74 15 STEWART GRANGER likes to potter about the kitchen, so he gives a helping hand to wife Jean Simmons as she prepares to make him a tasty dessert. The Grangers live m a small but comfortable modern home perched atop one of the highest hills overlooking San Fernando Valley to one
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    THESE WOMEN DON'T EAT ENOUGH
    302 15  - THESE WOMEN DON'T EAT ENOUGH R. HENRY A MERICAN women x don't eat enough at least of the things they need. This becomes truer and truer as they get older, according to reports of the U.S. Department of Agriculture's Bureau of Home Economics. Low intake* FINDINGS from recent studies of
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    He PREACHES a NEW GOSPEL
    599 16  - He PREACHES a NEW GOSPEL ANTHONY WESTELL by Back m Britain now Mr Ezra Taft Benson, bo' year <>id United stat e.s Secretary of Agriculture. Hf was first m Britain 3f> years ago. Th?n he vaj a Mormon missionary seeking converts to his austere faith. He urged Britons for then
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    Bridge Hand
    383 16 Inten •>, ipgiai <■ Hand No 1 5 North South vj 1 n»*rab I c bouth r gIXTEEN prearranged "par 1 deals, recently played In more than 150 vS. colleges to decide the 1955 [ntercollegiate Bride.* 1 Championships, are oping presented Is this par^ daily. To play the!
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    These 'brains' concentrate on single targets
    276 16  - These 'brains' concentrate on single targets Chapman Pincher BRITAIN'S guided JJ rockets for antiaircraft defence are now so far advanced that they have mad< several direct hits on target aircraft flying olf the British coast. m at least one case the 'argot a pilot less robot plain- called a "Drone"
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    LEANING TOWER is STILL MOVING
    137 16 oristol has a lean- Ing tower similar to the world-fanum.N p l>a structure. It is the tower of blitzed Temple church In the city's Victoria Street The tower is sft. out of perpendicular. Although the chu] y i destroyed m the blitz tower still stands.
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      163 16 CLUES across ihion, on rising (3) I I Stand between Mr. Butler 5 Land this man for th€ pi* and a per.nv (5). ter (4) i oo^to an^arm-aupporter for consunu i lC m< 8 An abler side Ls agreeable luilf (6)# 7 It's grand m a tribe to 9 Aim
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    110 17 IT is a scene for "Kismet" set within the elaborate stone walls of the Wazir's palace. Howard Keel. as the poet, Hajj, is being dragged away to the torture chambers by a group of stalwart huskies portraying guards. Director Vince«ite Minnelli calls for action. There are
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    93 18 HOPES <»f ;t return title bout between Robert Cohen, French world bantamweight champion, and South tfrtean ill i<- Toweel have faded. Tow* h will fight m future 111 the feather and lightweight divisions, says his manager and brother Maurice. "Wi> an* not interested
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    124 18 /"<EOFF TANNER. London' rider on a Norton, yesterday added the .senior Manx motor cycling grand Prix to the junior title he won on Tuesday. Tanner set a record yestei day a hen he covered the JiX laps Of the i -le of Man tourist trophy course
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    97 18 II 1 S a !>'>cnicr a-cr S n three s msecutive deltverie a fin lass count u 3 p m it i hilfina niiiiiiumiiniiiiii iiiiiiniiuii for cr eter > pon~ err. and it i- tr le, n happened the of tier day at Hoi c, and i
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    2345 19 jfl| 1 m till I J J HL^ kJ A *^J^ X »vl HJalf Probable scratchings i OK OB ABLE scratching* at Ipoh tomorrow are: I Shangrila, Dantesque. Delivery, King-port. Zatopak Sir Hercules, Phenomenon. Waikiki, Acrobat Flying East, Marciano, Flaxey
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      88 19 jllSSftfck. Boxing Tonight For the F Wei:ht A handsome trophy ;?^B donated by Lawyer &Jmj^W u l! H awarded J *'i|^F f the Winner iH^ 818 mm B B I J 188 By BB* j 1 1 w> \:^^^v Siam's Asian Game.' Representative m '7- Manila last year. Sinuaporo's Sensational
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    151 20 The Italians don't like Potty's look li\i I \n boxing ftuthoi i i:cs h;tv i- 01 tiered hea j m i-i- ii t ntonio < i osia not t.» h^iit Jtt. m South \in, vi Ewarf Pol peitei !»•■< i use oi the gi&nt's "antAfonlstit countenance," it v. announced In
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    233 20 ROSEWALL AND SEIXAS ENTER SEMI-FINALS IN U.S. CHAMPIONSHIPS Kin kosi vvu i. of Australia, and defendinf champion Vie sciv.is, is., gained tin- semi-final round Of the United States national tennis championships at Forest Hi!is yesterday. Rose wall, top-seeded <>v the foreign list, defeated American Hamilton Richardson 6-4, 9-7, 2-6, g3,
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    85 20 Raffles XV In 14-0 win over Victoria Raffles Institution beat Victoria School by 14 points (a goal, two tries and penalty,' to nil m an interschool rugger match at Victoria School yesterday. Raffles led by an unconverted try by Chen Ping at the interval and Boon Leont; scored an unconverted
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    63 20 V!■ i. 1 DAYS U.K. !1 i ,ii.;. were: League l>n Uiou II Sv fown 5 Bui 3 League Division m (Southern) lej ton O: lei Colchester United 0; Newport County l, Southampton 0; Northamoton Town 3, Aldershoi 1 Scottish !.<';i^uc Cop play-off (second leg) i Morton
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    33 20 v^(i Ldr. Norton and k/i.i Hirst won th« vv.w month* ly medal played under 81 ible* '»'d rule-, ,v the Royal Island Club fhe airmen v °n with 37 point
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    306 20 rpHE i OURINQ Soul h Afi i;i were all out for 354 runs lusl before tea yesterda) In their Hastln 1" stival match again I Pearce 1 XI Ihe "u: i. p thu t in a flrsl Inning lead ■>' 1 1 runs as
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    185 20 npHE Autumn Cup, worth $3,250 m stakes and a trophy for Class 3, Div. 1 over SVzi., will be the main event, ol the Penanß 'I url Club !h\ <■' iiy Autumn Meeting on Oct. 8. i: 1 aj 15. hr< classes 3, > and
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    82 20 a 'motomea gymkhana m between the Singa] Motor Club and the Police Force, will be held at the Police Training ground on Sunday Abo-it entries havp been re :eived. The mccl Ls organ! ;ed by the Motor Club, it start at 9 a m There will be
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    175 20 i m i iKi yi: UOuffCl c Inrhed 1955 Na i perm ml I defeating Mil *aukee m i »»n In fronl wrtth H m the m i aftei I■ i v Mnuini to pull Karl Bpoonei hu Hi i ellel i' iii or! the i 1
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    200 20 PRIMO FIGHTS DARA IN FAREWELL MATCH TOMORROY. 1 bit more space move around from Sunday Reason? Pn mo Camera would hare left these thoret by then. primo will hare his last Wrestle Hi Singapore tomorrow night wfum he fake, on the heavyweight hampion of India, Dara Singh. And, the chances
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    46 20 Yesterday's Rugby Union results were: Abervon 14. Bledynn Williams team 6; Cheltenham 6, Civil Service 14; Neath 3, West Wales 11; Pontvpool 3. Swansea 0 RUGBY LEAGUE LANCASHIRE UP, second round: Qidnes 9. Swinton 3; RUGBY LEAGUES: B trrow 30. Salform L 3.— Reuter
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