The Singapore Free Press, 5 October 1955

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    16 1 The Singapore Free Press Largest Afternoon Sale m Malaya Singapore, Wednesday, October 5, 1955. Price ifClfl
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    Schooling will go on in hospitals: Pledge by Braga
    209 1 Schooling will go on in hospitals: Pledge by Braga n !'i. Singapore Government hopes to make I- permanent arrangement for school children continue their education while they are ill In i pital. [r A. J. Braga, Minister of Health, announced at the opening of the exhibition at the diverlonal 1
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    Lock icon GREEK PREMIER PAPAGOS DIES AT 72
    73 1 GREEK PREMIER PAPAGOS DIES AT 72 EX I* rime Minister, I ield Marshal \lexPapagOS, died in ist nielli, aged 11. !I' Her yesterday, the nier signed a papeT ilnatina Foreign MiniStephan Stephanoaa i provisional titute during liis iU!1l Marshal, above was to i»f Greece's fight ls i Mussolini's armies World
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    Lock icon Millionaire in poll lead
    37 1 Millionaire in poll lead Mi Industriallsl jai ly lead over the CommunUt-sup-mdidatea m first vestordny mi n Bra- Idential elections rtiom of voles be- r < i vivcd .>p(>culaposalble military M army ta diMatis* •i lac result*.- U.P.
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    CYCLE STOLEN
    24 1 A Singapore Harbour Board constable has report ed that his motor cycle was stolen outside a cinema In Dhobv Ghaut Last night
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    RUBBER FALL HALTS: PRICE UP 3 CENTS
    107 1 FREE PRESS MARKET CORRESPONDENT The downward trend of rubber prices following liquidation during the last few days was halted whm the market In Singapore opened this i morning October first grade, f.o.b buyers, was quot ed at si 33 a ]i) a cent
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    JOINT TAX TALK SURPRISE
    260 1 JOINT TAX TALK SURPRISE Marshall flies to K.L. JHE Singapore Ohief Minister, Mr. David Marshall, and the Finance Secretary, Mr. T. M. Hart, unexpectedly flew to Kuala Lumpur this morning to discuss tax and budget problems with the Federation Government. The Five Press understands thai they will specificath discuss the
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    Aly starts second courtship of Rita
    191 1 Aly starts second courtship of Rita PRINCE Aly Khan began hijj second courtship <>i" actress Rita Hayworth yesterday with a midnight champagne supper and an hour-loriii tete-a-tete behind the drawn curtains of her Paris hotel suite He tuld friends he planned to woo Rita with a full schedule of theatre
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    Lock icon 500 mutiny in jail
    67 1 Five hi dred prisoners mutinied and barricaded themselves m a section ol Secunderabad District jail lour miles from Hyderabad lasl night. Police cordoned off t he building. Trouble broke out during the evening meal over She rii i ribution ol rations. The prisoners seized the Depu'y
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    WHITLEY COUNCIL MEETING
    23 1 The first meeting of the Whitley Council In the Eflngapore Telecommunicationa Department wa i held In Fullerton Building thia morning.
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    Lock icon IKE CHEERFUL
    15 1 President Eisenhowei doctors today reported linn to b€ "comfortable, relaxed ;iii(i cheerful." Reuter
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    Lock icon I'll write memoirs alone-Duchess
    117 1 I'll write memoirs alone-Duchess npHE Duchess oi Windsor announced last nighi thai il I would continue writing her memoirs despite the walk nut nt Cleveland Amory, \xt American ghostwriter. The Duchess said m a statement Issued *>v the Duh <)< Windsor's secretary In London that the bonk would be rea
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    TERRORISTS SWOOP AS HARDING TALKS
    114 1 "CM eld Marshal sir John 5. Hardiiig, new Governor of Cyprus, and Arch bishop Makarios, loader of the movement for the \aland'.s union with Greece, yesterday held a 95-minute "man to man' 1 talk behind clo.sed doors at a Nicosia luxury hotel. As they talked
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    RUSH TO RESCUE TRAPPED FRENCH
    114 2 RUSH TO RESCUE TRAPPED FRENCH REINFORCEMENTS re rushed to rescue b crack Wrench Foreign Legion regiment pinned down lor lour hours m the Rifl llountain.s last night b) concen trated rebel lire In another part <>! [h>mountains an armoured column was reported In difficulties ftfi ij fought to bring order
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    Lock icon Probe on 'secret UK paper'
    195 2 AS THE EGYPTIAN PREMIER BLUFFING OXER DOCUMENT? ryilE British War Oitice yesterday began an "investigation 1 into the authenticity of an alleged secret British document on mid-Eastern policy now m Egyptian hands. A spokesman said the War Oitice initiated the inquiry to establish whether the
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    RED CHINA'S TRADE WITH S-EA GROWS
    63 2 tv>MMt;m.sT China's Uni ports and x ports during the flrsi i Ight months oj •hi year "were nearly 13 p i cenl greatej than m tame period last year," ';,< Communis4 New china New* Agency reported yesterday The agency Said "Breakdown oi figures shows
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    Norodom hits at rice racketeers
    46 2 Norodom hits at rice racketeers Ex -Xi ng Norodom Sihanouk, newly named premier of Cambodia, yesterday announced "drastic measures" wi)l be taken against rice tralJickeis. a French news agency reported m Paris. The traffickers stock large quantities of rice to create artificial shortage and rai.se prices.
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    Lock icon Butler backs the £ and $ slide stops
    237 2 Butler backs the and slide stops Plan to stem inflation [yjH. R A. BUTLER, Britain's Chancollor of the Exchequer, pledged last night m London he would "at all costs" defend the pound sterling and made it clear he intends to take new steps to 7i -stem inflation. He was speaking
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    Israel also to buy more arms
    99 2 Israel also to buy more arms PREMIER DESIGNATE David Ben (iurion warned l M u yesterday that, a though we have a better army than any the Arab states, our armament is tar below the general standard of that of the Arab armies.' Ben (iurion told the third annual gathering
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    Lock icon UNIFIED GERMANY NEARER-DULLES
    177 2 UNIFIED GERMANY NEARER -DULLES THE U.S. Secretary of State, Mr. John Foster Dulles, tolrl reporters m Washington yesterday that la. 1 believed the coming Big Four foreign ministers conference m Geneva would make positive progress towards Unifying Germany. He did not mean to say they would Conclude the matter at
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    Lock icon U.S. HOPES FOR MID-EAST SECURITY GUARANTEE
    287 2 rE United States Secretary of State. Mr. John Foster Dulles, told his Press conference m Washington yesterday that he still hoped that a "security guarantee sponsored by the United Nations" might dissipate fear dominating the Middle East. Commenting on proposed shipments of arms by
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    Lock icon Inflation dampens Tory rally
    73 2 Inflation dampens Tory rally THOUSANDS of Conservatives arrived at fashionable south coast holiday resort of Bournemouth last night for their party's annual conference— first since Sir Anthony Eden'.s government was returned to power m May. Normally this would have been a "victory rally" but because of the inflationary threat now
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    Lock icon America backs Spain's UN bid
    51 2 Mr. John Foster Dulles, United States Secretary of State, said m Washington, yesterday that America supported Spams bid for admission to the United Nations because the world organisation's charter declared that all peace loving nations able and willing to carry out its provisions were eligible.
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    Lock icon U.K. ALLEGES $255M. BRIBE FOR CONTROL OF OIL OASIS
    249 3 U.K. ALLEGES $255 M. BRIBE FOR CONTROL OF OIL OASIS I KHUN yesterday accused Saudi Arabia of pled bribery involving more tban £30 ,j,ooo,ooo— in an effort to gain control rich Buraimi Oasis on the Persian (iulf rabia was also charged with attempt\er" with the- impartiality of an interribunal set
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    Lock icon JAP A-SHIPS?
    21 3 JAP A -SHIPS? l 0 News Service said Tokyo the ion Ministry is irch on buildjj powered ships I i A.P.
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    Lock icon 'White men paid me midnight visit'
    227 3 UNCLE OF SLAIN NEGRO BOY SAYS... \JOSE WRIGHT, uncle of a Chicago Negro boy A?1 slain m Mississippi and chief witness against two white men charged with murder, has told a New York newspaper he had to flee tor his life following the trial.
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    Lock icon Going into radio
    18 3 Tlio Manila Chronicle plans to Operate powerful 50,000-watt radio station early m 1956 A P
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    Lock icon HUNDREDS FLEEING TEXAS FLOODS
    123 3 SWOLLEN waters of the Wichita River "> f| 11 i ribut b rie i chased hundred I 1 1 "in t heir Noil}) Texas home yesterday, smashed ;< main line railroad bridge and cut acroi i highways^ mo] t ii.ii) i f i 0 r,i mllies
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    Lock icon 'America, meet Diana, the UK's answer to Marilyn'
    178 3 'America, meet Diana, the UK 's answer to Marilyn BRITAIN'S Diana Dors is Introduced to the u.s. m the leading article In the cinema section of Time magazine published yesterday. The article is accompanied by an eloquent hall-length photo showing platinum blonde m a low-cut evening dress. The magazine avers:
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    Lock icon Posed as his wife's lover to win divorce
    124 3 Posed as his wife's lover to win divorce MONTAGUE HARRIS, 3l>. -U-i- was .sent to jail yesterday for four years m Reading, England, for posing as his wife's lover. Harris admitted playing ihe dual role of husband and corespondent to fake evidence for a divorce so he could marry another
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    Lock icon Viscount breaks a record
    36 3 A British European Airway^ turbo-prop Viscount airliner set a non-stop flight record between London and Vienna yesterday. It took 2:53 hours to cover the 850-mile distance an tverage of 315 m.p.h. U.P.
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    Lock icon A FORMER GOVERNOR DIVORCED, TO REWED
    142 3 SIR Alexander Hood, former British Governor of Bermuda, was divorced m Reno. Nevada yesterday after 36 years of marriage and said he planned to marry a Bermuda woman immediately. His bride will b^ Mrs. Helen Winifred Wilkinson, who divorced her husband Of 29 years
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    Lock icon NIGERIA IS BIG RUBBER EXPORTER
    92 3 NIGERIA IS BIG RUBBER EXPORTER r i(;i;RiA haa aoi :;i om« Britain 'a fourth Largest i upplh r ol rubber, itatisticfl f( r lie pa t c I h t month l i 'fl m Lagos ycstt Tdav. m the eight-month pei lod ending Aug. 3 1. Nig< rl m
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    The Singapore Free Press WEDNESDAY, Oct. 5, 1955. Opinion WORKERS CHARTER
    219 4 The Singapore Free Press WEDNESDAY, Oct. 5, 1955. Opinion WORKERS CHARTER OINGAPORE workers j will get a new deal under the Labour Bill to be placed before the Legislative Assembly on October 12 The Bill provides for improved conditions of .service and new protection for workers. Under this law, workers
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    Suddenly, Eisenhower's illness transforms the whole outlook of the Toughest Job in the world
    470 4 r yiii. h< atl suffered by Pr< i l.« iit n ighl EU< n hower utterly tran forms the Unito d Btat( ditical ..<■• ne. Befon hia illness It looked a virtual <■• rtainty that the
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    The Political Power of a Heartbeat
    547 4  - The Political Power of a Heartbeat RENE MacCOLL by "We haven't got anyone rise but Ike Who COUld pull H on." they would privately confess. Well, now it will be a ease of hard necessity and someone else will have to be found. Who? During the last elections. back m
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    SINGAPORE SPOTLIGHT
    1215 5  -  Adelaide Eastley BY.. »ND t AS eminent I Lady Kama iot be coming I ipore, after all. problems in j keep her ntil she flies I to Tokyo to I i the InterLi Planned Conferc this month. Singapore Fal mning Asso- id the Kamala arranged for t. Dlic
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      585 6 illA.XlinAKi: hv Lt« Falk and Phil Davi* I! V |V\ GOOOB^f, MR. ROCKS. THANKS I'LL LOCK EVERYTHING UPTIGHT TH£ REAL GIRL Or^ J[ V- (f t n fOAThL MONfcY. I'LL BE BACK/- IT MUST REMAIN SECRET -ANDTHE DUMMY-- I■) Lcc ;V- U aT-™ roMORR /v ro finish jy until we
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    EX-CONSTABLE WHO HELD UP POLICE CHIEF
    275 7 4 man stepped oil the paiement. £X A oar braked sharply. And the pedestrian found himself m court summoned under a 120-year-old Act. The driver of ihe car was the Chifcf constable of Derby. Colonvl Horatio Rawings, aged 63. The man walking m St
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    100 women tenants fight police
    234 7 1 00 women tenants fight police ANGRY council tenants fought with police at Ilford Town Hall one night. A woman was injured when police horses were used to clear the pavements. One policeman was hit. Four men were arrested. In the entrance hall 100 women struggled with police. One fainted.
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    MALAYA MAY BE SINKING
    170 7 MALA YA MAY BE SINKING ■WHMIIHMI4IIM IMIIIMIIHIIIIIHM 4 ITSTRALIAN scientists are carrying out experiments to see if Malaya is "sinking," according to an Australian Commission m Singapore. The scientists, says tftie release, have estimated that if both sheets of ice m the Arctic and the Antarctic were to imelt off
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    Rice trade must be stabilised
    123 7 Rice trade must be stabilised PROPOSALS on how the international nee trade can be .stabilised to ensure rice-eating countries receive a supply, are being discussed at a conference m Bangkok, at which Singapore is represented. Singapore's representative Ls Mr. K. M. Byrne, Principal Assistant Secretary at the Ministry of Commerce
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    HANDYMAN ABOUT THE HOUSE
    73 7 HANDYMAN ABOUT THE HOUSE piFTEEN thousand houses and flats on l elates belonging to Wolvrrhampton Corporation have, because of labour shortage, become one vast "do it your.sdf" area for minor repairs. iiou.sing manager Mr. r. J. C'owley .say.s so m hLs annual report. Among jobs done by tenants were rewashering
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    When the apples taste the bitterest
    241 7 When the apples taste the bitterest E \|K. HENRY PRICE. E Ifl Tory MP for I^w- E isham West, who says E Ehe rarely gets any E E fruit for himself from E hi.s 12 apple trees, has E E asked the Home Secre- E E tary to change the
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    The Wandering Heart of Montrose
    1345 8  -  REGINALD COLBY by THE WORLD'S STRANGEST STORIES ■JIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIHIIIIIIIIII llllltllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllHH stopped beating m 1650, when its owner was executed Thereafter it travelled, through the centuries, to India, France and (by air mail) to Canada |,|||l(|[|||||!lll|||||||||||lllli:!ll!llillll'llllli!!llllinilillllllllllllllll!!!IIIIIIIMIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIII!IHII!lilllll!lllrT i\ii) a small p. !.'<•< lent from Bournemouth post office <)n
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    62 8 picture. Only a fru u«cks M Md makin X htff first appearance before (he judßes she's already aware of her beaut 3 and ability to attract attention, osprciaiv when the i.h«io K raph.rs arrive. In fact, rfie's completely camera coniclomAi yet unnamed Ih.s attra.l.vx ,rram kitten »M entered for the
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    Queen Mother gives the cue
    353 8 Queen Mother gives the cue 4 NEW solution u> thr problem ul house parties overstrained gui m room accommodation has been found busy Scottish he tesses cm Royal Deeside and elsewl m the Highland The answer caravan. In adopting this soli overcrowding, s< hostesses are' takinj cue from their com]
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    EX-FIANCE FIGHTS DIANA DORS' HUSBAND
    306 9 nI m star Diana U ix>rs ex- fiance 25- year-old Michael CaWuterneld, had a gS with Diana Dors Band, 30-year-old Dennis Hamilton OitlI And at Bow-street raborn-Waterneld was fined 20s. for insulting behaviour. happened one Saturday ni«ht Gala Night at the Embassy Club m Old
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    Sandra, 10, is council's 'economic adviser'
    147 9 BLONDE, ten-year-old Sandra Scott has been called to the council chamber m Hexham, Northumberland, to show how to raise £4,000. The 10,000 townsfolk were set that target two years ago for a swimming baths intended as a permanent memorial to the Coronation. So far
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    Furniture may soon go up
    61 9 It may suun cost more to furnish a home. The British Furniture Manufacturers' Association recommended their members "to adjust prices where necessary." With wages and materials costing more, the adjustments can go only one way -up Trade opinion is that the rise will be about
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    KNIFE SAVES PILOT IN TWO-MILE FALL
    377 9 QQUADRON LEADER STANLEY HEWITT shot out of a crashing Can- berra Jet bomber more than two miles up and found that his parachute would not open. It was caught m his ejector seat. He was at 11,000 ft. plunging face down towards earth with
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    LIGHTWEIGHT JET CRASHES
    200 9 ORITAIN'S only Fol- O land Midge the light supersonic jet Z fighter which was the sensation of last year's Farnborough Air Show has been destroyed m a take-otT tragedy. The foreign pilot flying it, Major Max Mathez, a Swiss test pilot, was picked up dying from the
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    Brando style out
    28 9 Italian barbers In confer, once at M'lan agreed f -o boycott the Marlon Brando hair style became It "looked .strange" on the average man* head.
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    Missing bandboys are found
    41 9 The three 18-year-old bandboys reported missing one Sunday from the Royal Marine School of Music at Deal have been found. One returned to the school, and the others were found on the coast between Dover and Deal.
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    Treasure Island
    35 9 The Sark, Channel Islands budget for 1955 shows that next year estimated expenditure for the community of 540 people will by £7,215 and income will be £11,303, giving a v.rplus of over £4,000.
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    THE SAD WOMAN IN CABIN 99
    232 9 A WOMAN m Cabin 99 was worried because she believed some of the other passengers thought she was a German spy. She disappeared on a moonlit night from the 21,867--ton liner Rangitane, m the Pacific. A stewardess, Miss Mary Wilkins, of Edinburgh, told the
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    'Vanishing woman' puzzle revived
    238 9 'Vanishing woman' puzzle revived THE death of 64-year-old Georice Wyncoll, found hanged m Whalebone Cottage, Fingringhoe. Ess* x revives a 16-year-old mystery Was Constance Ada Kent murdered? George Wyncoll was the friend of Constance Kent who had made a name for herself m the 'nineties as an actress Her stage
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    ROUND ABOUT S'PORE
    511 10 ROUND ABOUT S'PORE ■m. M^^T** j#^^^^^^r B HpWr %*Jm ound-up by Oswald Henry 1 I ABOVE The subject under discussion is Kenya and the man who knows all about the place is Brian Gotto (right) who spent many years there and was host to several famous Hollywood stars. Listening with
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    Communism: Common enemy of democracy
    1003 12 M MUM imHMtMHi In a ctty-wide contest, schoolchildren had to write on the problem of world I peace Outstanding essay contributions 5 are bein^', published by the Free f'ress Here is the second by FRANCES KINC, 16. Si Andrews School IN THE days of old
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    Lock icon PETTICOAT CROWD GOES MECHANICAL
    633 12  -  HAL BOYLE BY WHO said woman's place was m true every year. The influx of truly startling. Nearly one out of ed now powder their noses on the Women first began punching time clocks m large numbers during World War I. The trend mushroomed during th
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    Her 'career' is living dangemusly
    225 12 Her 'career is living dangemusly I VINO dangerously is a career with the Countess E Ij of Limerick, executive vice-chairman of the E British Red Cross Society. She arrives m Singapore E soon just when is uncertain for her third visit S within the last five years, alter an inspection
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    Now playing fields grow from marshes —thanks to rubbish
    430 12 Number three m a series of articles by Free Press writer VIVIEN N E PUCKRIDGE to mark Singapore's Health Week from November 2 to 6. SINGAPORE rubbish is used to transform malarial swamps into playing fields and building plots. In the
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    Money, Maestro please!
    557 13 Money, Maestro please! Ted Heath seldom plays the old trombone these days he's a bandleader m big business now BEGGISH man, irongrey, m early fifties, cropped moustache, calm smile, panther tread. That, up to a point, is Ted Heath. His Cockney isn't half as s; vagi as lie fears. "When
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    Lock icon Do long-play discs kill the concerts?
    603 13  - Do long-play discs kill the concerts? FRANCIS MARTIN by Three years ago one record put Yma Suma; m the 52,500-a-nig!, t class-but the record was a 78 rpALK a.s you like about the marvels of long- pi a y. The modest 78r. Is still the concert promoter's firm favourite. On
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    THE BRIDGE to the BOWSTRING
    2107 14  -  ARTHUR GOULD LEE by 'Most of the women here were no more than slaves, young girls m a cage, ny saia... But did this story really happen? Tomorrow the answer will be published for over three years, from 1981 to i94u. i enjoyed tha raw
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    Very much at home
    37 15 PLAID to the fore m pink-arul-Mu" lam > accents this blue taffeta coat which matches Dolores Gray's harem pants. Full stand-out skirt is (inched m at the waist by a belt with rhinestone buckle.
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    Hollywood has been good to me
    237 15 Hollywood has been good to me SAYS DOLORES GRAY T LOVE Hollywood. It's not like a nitrhl club where one competes with soft lights, couples who want to spoon and the urge to set full value out of filet mignon. It's not like the state where one repeats the same
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    'It's a bit of all right!'
    989 15  - 'It's a bit of all right!' JAMES BACON D ES IT FEEL I? BE MARRI£D THE SCREEN'S GREATEST BEAUTY? MICHAEL WILDING SUPPLIES THE ANSWER WHEN HE SAYS: £3A& fMMjm tt i is Elizabeth Taylor unfair to organised womanhood? At least one too feminine star thinks so. "Liz should be picketed
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    48 16 picture. CLOUDS of smoke billow from a fire that recently broke out on a pier of the Jersey City Docks Tugs had to pull two liners out into the safety of the Hudson River. The fire started while workmen were repairing the pier. Its cause was unknown. Reuter
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    BRIDGE HAND
    320 16 AT one table, wtirn this hand I■■ was played In the Vandei bin Team of Four Championship woo by the Bchenken team earlier this y« v, the winners played Bast-west and the resull was I tatiir t,hrce-cl ib Contract v.it.h four-odd made for a SCOTC of ISO points.
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    Never argue with a Cypriot —
    439 16 Never argue with a Cypriot reports DAVID BURK from Nicosia IT'S A SHEER WASTE OF TIME -AND EFFORT HPHE car parked by our Nicosia front door turned out to be the new char's car. Her instructions are to come to work at eight each morning. And promptly at somewhere between
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    These stars outshine
    107 16 our sun Of b\\w stars m the Largo cloud of Magellan, the nearest tf.'ilaxy to our own Milky W:iv System of stars and nebulae, contain a fow supersiant stars that are Dtore than 200,000 times as bright n.s nur sun. This wns reported recently by Dr. Harlow
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      283 16 I I I Stf. B BBf I 'i I 'I (i i is across 3 Are they for Rosa? (4). 1 Sharp i&ewttl reve-al them Jgj tu f»J "i 1 il 1 1 l(1 nnst (4> 7 iiov* things improve when 4 Proceed In thii time- to urge ft y
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    HER LEADING MEN CLIMB TO STARDOM
    440 17  - HER LEADING MEN CLIMB TO STARDOM HAROLD HEFFERNAN By So Cliff is hoping some of Crawford's star-dust rubs off on him nVER hear of an ■^actor nam< d Clifl Rob( it son? Probably not. But chances are you may alter Joan Crawford's next picture hits the screens -that is, if
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    Ann's a girl with dreams
    256 17 ANN BLYTH has al- ways been a girl dreams. Moreover, she stresses the cc of having al m life and deviating from c's objective. always wanted to 1 her first profesappearances as a ret, her first big hit came as a draictress and for terward
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    Rita-back in a month, says Dick
    363 17  -  SHEILAH GRAHAM DICK HAYMES, always an optimist, is saying, "I know Rita will be back. I'm going to work hard on my record album and TV show, and she win be back U) a month." F ESTHER WILLIAMS has j sent this advice to
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    32 17 I RIGHT: Ava Gardner who is said to give a remarkable I performance as an Anglo- Indian girl m "Bhowani Junction" is here seen m a r dramatic sequence m the film.
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    COME AND SHOW US HOW TO RUN A MILE'
    842 18  - COME AND SHOW US HOW TO RUN A MILE' George Whiting U.S. athletics chief asks Hewson- by BRIAN Stanford Hey son, who v\ill \h* n-~ turning to (In- cutting of slrt'k Miits in S.ivili' IC<»v\ v\ h tMi In lruv»-s the IflllS m*\t month, m.tv like h» knitu thai his
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    SINCAPORE-JOHORE BAHRU WALK COMPETITION ENTRIES
    679 18 J>ELOW is given tfte full list of entries m age groups for the SingapoivJohore Bahru Walk which Is to be held on Sunday. AGE GROUP 18 TO 21. Wong Kok Hiong, Robert Choo, Robert Sim, Neo Kirn Hak, Scan Seals How Johnny H'>, Boey Cheng
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    RULES TO REMEMBER
    410 18 ijkkk arc the rules, drawn up with the help of the Achilles Athletic Club for the Singapore* fohore Bahru Walk Conten i organised by the Pree Press. 1 Compel lt< i i.i as iemble at the B R C end ol the Padang by r> 30 am
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    THE ROLE OF SPORT IN THE RUSSIAN THAW
    964 19 We should do well to study this Iron Curtain phenomenon HI MAKKABLK change has taken place m the world of sP«»rt m etent times. This change is important t Ltise it >s p*rt and parcel of the "new diplomatic It has also
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    Man 170 miles away is blamed
    554 19  - Man 170 miles away is blamed CLIVE GRAHAM INJUSTICE -SAYS TRAINER'S WIFE Mlllllllllilllllllllllllllllllllllillllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllll By (The Scout) I THE BIG [DOPE |MYSTf*Y j9r\NK "i" tli<* strangest of all mJ Uir vo-ciilU'd "doping" It>nrs uhii'h 1 have been Ihttkum over the past few KiniTnis ;i former f'ork.sliiic trainer Arthur letcalfe, of IVentbridge,
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    TODAY'S SPORT
    57 19 1 H PTB ground; Sclctaf Changi Comj; liii RCfft! SHotar; Irlal, padanjr; Warra- I < ombinod Air Forces (l1 '•••njeah; RNAS Sem- ••>: v Q.H.Q. FAREI.F, "MWUif; |,C.C. "A" v Sin«aIIO( XXV "V I. rug up. Div. S: MAAF ill ITC RTound. Raßlrs In v Johore English ColM
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    POH LIM SCORES EASY VICTORIES
    249 19 ONG POH LIM cleared his first hurdios with ease m the Singapore Badminton Association's men's Singles :ind doubles championships last night. Ho conceded seven points before beating Chiang Pan Luke m the singles and then with Ismail Mar j an gave away only three points
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    ROSEWALL AND HOAD WIN IN TOKYO DEBUT
    140 19 AUSTRALIAN Davis Cup stars Ken RoseWftll and Lew Hoad made their debut m Tokyo yesterday In exhibition singles m a t c h (> auainst Japanese DaviH Cup players Atsushi Miyaffl and Knsei Kamo. Hoad beat Kamo 1 6. 6 I, 7 5,
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    Raffles hit Beatty 17-3
    110 19 RAFFLES Institution trounced Beatty Secondary School by 17 points (a poal. three trios and a penalty) to three penalty) m an lnter-SChOO] rugger match on the R.I. ground yesterday. Showinu marked Superiority throughout, Raffles attacked tor long period.s and led by two trie.s by Shin Cheon^
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    Jap champ wins over Elorde
    35 19 Orient feauienvctght ehaiB a pion .siiiK'Mi Kaneko ol Japan wf>n a close io round declrfon (,\t i Plaali Dorde ol the Philippine* l.r t nlghl L« fcrt e 4,(" l(
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    R.S.G.C. October tourney results
    118 19 rpHS <>' tobei medal v troke) Singapore 001 l Club iwu vu>ii by J v Qhmj m the "A 1 <■ l i v i ion .<ikl In X i Evan m thr H" di. l.sion Hail sWfeo nrtimen were A" 1■ t rjHir V C
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    MRS. LIM WINS 'A' GOLF TITLE
    61 19 Mrs. R Lim was the A" winner of the Royal Island Club's ii.o A. Octoix^r competition while Mrs. N. Mcl.,achlan was the "B" champion. Qualifiers and draw for the first round of the McDonald trophy were Mrs Hod/kmsoii v Mrs. McMullan Mn McLachlan w
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    Soccer finals postponed
    38 19 The Singapore Business louses Football Associations (■a^iif .Hid cup final, between si'. n and Jacks, and Reserve eague final, between Praaer and ffeave and 8.T.0. scheduled for Jalan Besar, have been post>oiu'd to Oct. 12.
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    DODGERS WIN WORLD BASEBALL TITLE
    468 20 rpHE Bi Iclyn Ooci i I k» whipping thi N i York. Ya In thi dec Id iig i i.'.'ie ol thi cl i sic behind the pitching of y< m nny Podi t.i ,(.i i in4 ol Oil Hodges ni i m run vi
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    Replacement for Loader unknown
    78 20 Replacement for Loader unknown E r r}HE cricketer to re- JL place Peter Load- r E er. the Surrey fast bowler m the M.C.C. r team to tour Pakistan E this winter, will not be E E known for about az: week, it was announe- E ed by the M.C.C.
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    99 20 T^RANCK. the holders. F withdrew yesterday rroni the whole oi the E E Britannia Shield m- ter services sports E competitlt ins. E Last night five of E E I heir boxers refused to E E submit to judging by c E Amateur Boxing Asso- E ciation i
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    Indian team for Gandhi Cup
    75 20 'TMlfc Indian Hen (>;it ion Club t< i ;»m to meet Royft] Air Force Beletar m the Qondhl Memortal rup match ;it Beletar on flaturday will be selected from: Narayanan, SathESlvam, k Karim, Veloo Ghanl, Rama..imy. Suppiah, Rashid, Pum- RDiy, Bala, Balahudin, Krlsh nan, Narayanadaß,
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    Lock icon Cantor beats British champ in dull bout
    136 20 MOU.Y CANTOR (Canada) outpointed Frank Johnson, i i the British lightweighi champion, m ;i :1 1 1 1 1 ten rounds non-title contest a1 Streatham Ice Rink m London lasi night, Cantor's win met with a mixed reception, but his victory Is expected
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    Lock icon P.I. boxers arrive in Buenos Aires
    50 20 pifii.ri'i'iNi-; boxers Leo Ivy.tinusa mid Danny Kid arrived m F^uonos Airo.s yesterday from New York with th< ii manager, Placido Borromeo. Espinosa Is to flghi world flyweight champion Pasqual Perez of Argentina In a title bout, bui the date has not, been sei A.P.
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    R.A.F. CHANGI BEATEN 5-1
    69 20 VJ INC.AI'DHK Recreation Club Blue beat v k.F, Changi 1 i m b B.H.A second dlvli lor lea Rxture on the padang jtm* i rday 3R c who led S-0 at the m ten 1 1. go! i heir got is t hrough J Marks (2)
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    Lock icon N.Z. TEAM TO PLAY FIRST AT HYDERABAD
    191 20 rpHE Brsl Test betwetn A the touring n< w Zeo i '<i crii k( tei and India 1 m be played at Hydera bad m tead ol Kanpur, ac r i 'm" to ihe Ana] pro t .1 ti i m i<- f
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    Lock icon Trabert, Rosewall and Hoad will turn pro, says confident Kramer
    287 20 Trabert, Rosewall and Hoad will turn pro, says confident Kramer TENNIS PROMOTER Jack Kramer said m Los Angeles that he was confident that Tony Trabert. Wimbledon and American champion, and the young Australian Davis Cup stars, Lew Iload and Ken Rosewall. would soon si^n contracts with him as professionals. Kramer,
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    S.C.C. MISS CHANCES AND ARE HELD 1-1
    178 20 1r whs a game of missed chances for the Singapore Cricket !ui» when they were held 1-1 by the Royal Naval Police m a Hockey Association senior league match on the padang yesterday. i And this gave the policemen (recently promoted from the
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    FORM GUIDE TOMORROW
    23 20 'TOMORROW'S Free Press a ill contain the special ra< c form supplement for the Penang meeting which darts on Saturday,
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    Billiards final
    36 20 THE final of the V.M C.A. J four-ball billiard championship for the Tay Tuan Slang Cup will f played on Friday at 8 p.m. The holder, Yea Ko >n Yam, will defend his title
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    COMBINED SWIM CARNIVAL
    52 20 'T'HE first combined 1 carnival of St. Institution and St. A:. Boy's School will be held tomorrow at 2.30 p.m. at I pool of the Chinese Swimming Club. O]d boys of St. Joseph's and Si Anthony's irp unite 5 metres free style 4.35 v.in. Entries cepted at
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