The Singapore Free Press, 6 October 1955

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    Masthead
    18 1 The Singapore Free Press Largest Afternoon Sale m Malaya *****. >ni^.»|)<»i»-, Thursday, October 6, 1955. Price 15 Its.
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    4,300 sit exam but only half will get placed
    192 1 4,300 sit exam but only half will get placed a RECORD number of r than 4,300 pupils m Singapore will sit for a competitive examination next month for entrance to standard six m Govern n t Schools next year. But then' are places for on l 3 about hall of
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    THE WALK PRIZES: DETAILS
    348 1 THE WALK PRIZES: DETAILS fIiHE competitors m the 1 Sin apore-Johore Bahru Walk Contest, organised j Free Press to be j leld on Sunday, have been divided into three secSeniors. Juniors and Veterans A challenge cup will be awarded In each section. i is how the awards will be made-
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    RUBBER SLUMPS 8 1/8 CENTS
    96 1 RUBBER SLUMPS 8 1/8 CENTS The Free Press Market Correspondent FTTHE rubber price cracked A m Singapore this morning, October first grade. f.o.b. buyers, being quoted at $1.26 a lb. 8i cents below last night's closing price. The crack In the Singapore market follows shaken confidence \t the London overnight
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    Lock icon THE LOVERS' DERBY
    117 1 Aly beats Town send m Paris race I>KIN< i: Aly Khun beat (Iroup Captain P» ter TOWOSend m a gentlemen's amateui horse race humorously labelled a "Lovers' Derby," at Lc Tremblay neai Parte, yesterday Aiy finished second on R«Ti Townsend <»»ur m fifth on Hemrod. At tin-
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    Lock icon FIREMEN FIGHT SHIP BLAZE
    320 1 FIREMEN FIGHT SHIP BLAZE 24-HOUR PUMPING IN COPRA HOLD 'PHE 6,650-ton Norwe- Kian freighter Troja anchored m Singapore's outer roads early this morning after a 600--mile dash with 1,500 tons of copra cake ablaze m No. 4 hold. The Singapore Harbour Board tug Tolong, complete with nrefighting equipment, was quickly
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    Big TUC drive for 10,000 members
    159 1 Big TUC drive for 10,000 members rwKIE .Singapore Trade L Union Congress started its big drive last night to organise about 10.000 white-collar and industrial worker^ employed m large commercial house* m the city. Mr. S. Jaganathan, TUC president, said the employees m each firm would be organised first into
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    Winning tips aid fund
    97 1 \slo note part of a "very. very, small fortune' 1 made at Bukit Timah races—has been received by the Free Press from "A punter" who asked that it be forwarded to the Kampong Tiong Bahru fire relief fund. The anonymous sportsman said he won his "small
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    HERO'S WIDOW
    47 1 Mrs 1 Lim Bo Sen., WidOW the Malayan war h( i who was adniitted to the General Hospital ye it< i day ror food poisoning, la report ed to be getting better. "Hrr condition i atl r.' r tory", said a hospital Dl( I sage.
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    Marshall report
    32 1 The Singapore Chlel Minister. Mr. Marshall, I expected to k'vp r re mine of yesterday's talks with Tmgku Abdul Rahman a( n meeting of the Council of Minuter* LhL morning.
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    Rebels retake a vital mountain pass
    205 2 Rebels retake a vital mountain pass BERBER tribesmen .swept down from the hills yesterday and recaptured A* the key Nador Pass In the Rifl Mountains of French Morocco. French Foreign Legionnaires and colonial infantry Immediately mounted a counter-offensive to win it back. When, u-ss than two hours after two light
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    Lock icon HE FLEW TO U.S. FOR A BATH
    261 2 actor Victor Mai m descended on Londo exclusive Savoy Hotel yea terdav straight U ■■'■'< Africa clad In tatl i d shorts and can s lorn torn. Six hours later he fle^ of! again to New sTork b cause he could not get
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    FIJIANS KILL TWO REDS
    28 2 Two Terror! I wi re killed by a p:' 4 rol 0i the Ist l 'iji ans m ihe Segamat area of Johore yesterday.
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    Lock icon S. Korea rebuilt, U.N. aid to end
    223 2 r pHE United Nations Korea Reconstruction Agency was voted out of business yesterday as soon as it winds up Its present assistance programmes m South Kor< a, probably by 1957, by the Economic Committee of the General Assembly. The decision taken by a
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    Lock icon ARE RAF 'FLUNKEYS' AFRAID TO SPEAK?
    401 2 pRITAIN'S airmen have *> wrung a half -promise from the Air Ministry that they will nut again be made to dress up m knee breeches, wig and silk stockings to serve as "flunkeys'' at officers' balls. The cautious official phrase of the Air Undersecretary.
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    Lock icon MAJOR SMITH WINS FIGHT FOR AH TSAI
    204 2 MAJOR SMITH WINS FIGHT FOR AH TSAI rpllE B■! filial Army 1 has decided not to accept tile resignation Of SG-year-old. Major Catherine Smith, who tuok a live-year old Chinese boy home to England with her i, Malaya last August. The Salvation Army announcement said restti day that Major Smith,
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    Lock icon PERON: I'M STILL PRESIDENT
    157 2 PERON: I'M STILL PRESIDENT OUSTED President Percn said yesterday he still the constitutional president of Argentina. He did not rule out the possibility that "some day it would occur to me to return to Argentine politics hut said that, for now he intended to remain m Paraguay. ?Ie said that
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    Lock icon 'ASIA SEEKS ONLY PEACE AND ECONOMIC SECURITY'
    288 2 IjiORMER v S. \mbas ador to tndia Chester Bowles said In New York yesterday thai Americ m musi m■ k< a greati r i ITon to uivi r tand Id al and piratlon to help rei <<>?•(• Amert pn t< he hi iev<
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    LIFE JAIL FOR I.R.A. MEN WHO STOLE ARMS
    219 3 LIFE JAIL FOR I.R.A. MEN WHO STOLE ARMS Act of war, says judge rrHRES young Insh--1 nun were found lU !r m Reading, ir phy, 23, James ,7 Other sentences m concurrently rob The r»«o nad d to give evidt n., mi n their defence to plead to the three-
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    Lock icon WIFE LEFT ACTOR TO FIGHT BULLS
    76 3 WIFE LEFT ACTOR TO FIGHT BULLS ■SEVILLE BRAND, 34, 'mi Hollywood character ac'jo. ,m, -run ted a divorce ■esterday'in Santa Monica. ftr.i.iornia. because his wife Ku him to become a bull-M^iitt-r shortly after their lu:Tiau r e m December, 1954 I Brand originally was a ■etendant m divorce action Mlcci
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    MAUREEN WINS CUSTODY OF CHILD
    63 3 MAUREEN WINS CUSTODY OF CHILD I A CTRESS Maureen x\ O'Hare (above) won the custody of her 11--year-old daughter yesterday when her exhusband, William H. Price, withdrew charge* that she had an affair r with a Mexican lawyer. Attorneys for both sides agreed to a sti- < pulation m a
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    Lock icon PORRIDGE INHIS FACE
    147 3 The corporal was m such a temper 4 y, army corporal served cook with porridge by push inc. it m his —a court-martial was I at Farnham, Hampshire, yesterday. c'»fik. Derek Daley, roaliated by flinging an empty plate at Corporal James Casey. It missed, Tl>e trouble began,
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    Lock icon Gun fight at factory: Eight wounded
    192 3 Gun fight at factory: Eight wounded ROW OVER FIRED STRIKERS JpiGHT people were wounded m a gun battle yesterday at the gates of a foundry m New Castle, Indiana, where a crowd of union labourers demonstrated against the firing of 35 strikers m a 10-week walkout at the plant. At
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    Marshall to be at Varsity ball
    70 3 The Chief Minister, Mr. David Marshall, will be the guest of honour at the charity ball of the Pan-Mala-yan Student?; Federation to be held m the Oei Tlong Ham Hal] at the Univer.sity of Malaya tomorrow. The Little Sisters of the Poor will receive
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    The riddle of the two trains
    118 3 The riddle of the two trains Rain r«'ii fn London yesttrday afternoon, but it may take three yean to nnd if pny of it wai made by man. Rain-mfaklng o>.pe r lments were ste i ted yesterday morning "n Salisbury Plain, by tlio Air Ministry, and the re wits wrrr
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    Lock icon THE BEAST WILL NOT BE FREED
    97 3 The Bavarian Justice Ministry yesterday quashed reports that Use Koch, the "Beast of Buehenwald." will soon be released from prison and will emigrate to Australia. A spokesman said there was no consideration of pardon for the former mistress of one of Nazi Germany's most
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    Lock icon 'FLOGGING LIKE AT SCHOOL'
    105 3 ii.'hkn natives arc Bogged m the Australian trust territory of Papua, In New Guinea, It Is done m humane fashion, Territories Minister Paul Hasluak told the Canberra House of Representative yeatei clay. Replying to a speech by New South W.ile.s Labourite Charles Griffiths, urging abolishment of
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    Lock icon Fence bars smugglers
    40 3 The Indian Government is considering erecting 30 miles of barbed wire fencing along the Indian-Goa border to prevent smuggling. Government officials estimate articles worth 500.000 rupees are smuggled into India by this rout t > each month.- U.P.
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    DON'T LOOK NOW, BUT
    20 4  - DON 'T LOOK NOW BUT GILES by 11 Look here, Sanders are you watching me or am I watching you
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    The Singapore Free Press THURSDAY, Oct. 6, 1955. Opinion PEOPLE'S BEACH
    207 4 The Singapore Free Press THURSDAY, Oct. 6, 1955. Opinion PEOPLE'S BEACH rpHANKS to the wide new coast road linking Tanah Merah Besar to Changi Village, the fine stretch of beach alontf this section of the Singapore coast line ha s been made easily accessible to the public. And the people
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    The wrong way to fill a Big Job
    466 4  - The wrong way to fill a Big Job DEREK MARKS by qiR ROBERT ARMIT- AGE, 59- year -old ex-Governor of Cyprus, has lost hi.s job. As he moves on to become Governor of Nyasaland, battalions of young British National Servicemen stand by m Cyprus waiting for the bomb und the
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    BY THE WAY
    239 4  -  UNKNOWN r rilK Caterers' Association, of which I wa.s Public Relations Officer for two years, Is playing with a very pretty idea, it customers had to "Clock-Ill" to cafes, with the time allowed them stamped on a paw, more people could DC .served. But t foresee arguments
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      29 4 EXCELLENT RINGS OF DIAMONDS L CfMS IN PLATINUM ft I Q I Workn i I G. C. Cc HIM 8303 i, RAFPLIS PLACI Sinsapon; 1 T«l 831 1 5
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    Lock icon FIRST PARADE
    92 5 VIENNA saw its first parade of Austrian troops for over 17 years when four companies of Austria's new frontier guards marched past President Koerner m the Helden Platz. Formerly part of the so-called gendarmerie, the troops have been trained m the past few years m the Western zones
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    193 mph on U.K. motor cycle
    89 5 193 mph on U.K. motor cycle (BRITISH motor-cycle has set up a new world ed record of 193.72 miles an hour, -a speciallyuiilt, cigar-shaped 650 c c. Triumph was ridden by rican, Johnnie Alf Fort Worth, Texas. ihieved an average 1 of 193.72 m.p..h. m 'ay runs, 11 an official
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    TUGS GO TO HELP NEWEST CARRIER
    122 5 TUGS GO TO HELP NEWEST CARRIER r r O ocean-going tugs had to go to the help ol Britain's newest carrier, the Hermes, wallowing m th€ Irish v a recently. The 18.300 Hermes was being towed from the Mersey to Barrow-ln-Fumess b> four tugs wben rough weather halted her, r
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    VILLAGE CLOSING FOR EVER?
    237 5 i fTHE deserted Wiltshire village of Imber, shat- tered by gunfire and overgrown with weeds, may be lost for ever The War Ofllce has a plan to close permanently all roads and rights of way within the bounds of the Imber firing range— an area about
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    Snatch thieves rob woman
    50 5 A Singapore Navaneedan Qovindasamy Raja. 24, had her $150 gold neckiace snatched by two men In Henderson Road last night ;i rter he had rel used tO give them $2 Police late Is if night de talned two men, The neck lace has b efl recovered.
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    Pearson in Moscow
    16 5 Canadian Minister of Xx tcrnal Affairs, Mr. Lester Pearson, arrived In Mo:. cow
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    BRAVED MAU MAU TERROR
    223 5 rimo Kenya polite tffltlfl have been 1 uiven bars to their George Medals tor bravery asamst Itau Mau—exactly a year alter the original sward*. They are !8-yeiir-oid Superintendent lan Stewart MeAValter Henderson, *on of a Kenya missionary, and 33-year-old I nanda-bom Superintendent Bernard Edward Ruck. Linked
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    On her wall was pub's missing 6-point star
    265 5 NOW IT'S BACK AT PADDY'S BAR pUBLiCAN Mr. Paddy Kennedy climbed a ladder one night and hung a six-pointed brass star outside his bar m Belgrave Mews West, Westminster, it had been missing for over flve months. Said Irishman Paddy, landlord to
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    Opposed rise—won farthing
    200 5 Opposed rise— won farthing I>ARTIAI.LY blind and 59 years old! Misa Helen Wasley, went to a rent tribunal to fight a rent rise, she won a farthing. Mr J. H. Sharp, secretary of the London Housing Society, her landlord, asked St. Pancrai Bent Tribunal to approve an increase from t&s
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    PC tried trick on pools
    123 5 PC tried trick on pools A POLICE CONSTABLE who COl- letted shillings for a > loot ball pool has been J fined V!<>s for false > pretences. The constable, Wali Eace Farr, of Priest- field Road, Forest Hill London, had 700 subscribers, said Ihe prosecution at (ireenwich. The pools were
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      12 5 Iff HS ™&IM 1« m t4-*' It pn ■i# v 1 pWH
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      270 6 M.I.MIICAIii: by L«« i"lk and l»bil »avi% r^,y ANOTHER IwVO MILLION i I I I'LL OET RUTM OUT Of RCCK'S N0 iIK IN CASH/ OUR LAST JOB/ -> OFFICE TONIGHT AND THEN-- CASE AND JhE MONEY APrAI 6IAI '-ND NOW RUTH A'.J I CAN 7 /y u /> THE WONE
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      667 6 4 i' v I t=K J >. it I K ORN today, it is likely that you will O have an interesting and dran H I lite. Witty and original, you are n< at a lOfifi for something to say and will be popular m every gathering which you attend.
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  • Round the World Market Prices
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      U.K. closing prices
      203 7 LONDON, Oet 5. Frevloi.'s Today KiJUUK No. 1 RSS cJ.f. 38 '< buyers 37., buyers ,|>, m P«rti October 38 S* sellers 37 sellers RUBBER So. 1 RSS cJx 38 buyers 37W> buyers I irO pean PtU November 38 4 sellers 37/t JeSSs HIBBEB N«» IRM Spot
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      New York prices
      112 7 NEW YORK, Oct. 5 Previous Today TIN Straits spot and nearby 96.25 nom. 96.25 nom. TIN futures October 9500 bid 95 00 bid 96.00 a.sked 96.00 asked November 94 50 bid 94.50 bid 95.50 asked 95.50 a.sked December 94 °0 bid 94.25 bid 95.00 asked 95. u0
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      U.S. PEPPER
      44 7 I awaiting release release, afloats and Oct. all 34 1 -> 40. afloats 39',, Oct.. Lampong spot and awaiting i /.March equal monthly release 40 afloats 39 1 Oct awak spot, awaiting). 38 Sellers ex-dock Above prices quoted m U.S. cents per Ib
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      DOW JONES AVERAGES
      39 7 I NEW YORK, Oct. 5. o r T i < Previous Today uI M lX 458.85 wi.u B 152.20 153.10 JO Domestic Bonds 93.53 98 50 ll|lll(1 s 62.58 62. 66 ti Mocks Composite Average 162.93 163.(59
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      Copra, coconut oil prices
      104 7 Oct. 5. Previous Today 1"»«> 1 Inlippines r.i.f. UK/ European delivered $185 paid $185 sellers wn«hl per |on R ton Oct/NoV. 1> I'hiiippinei f.o.b. Manila oiM-f\! )ri Unquoted Unquoted 1 Straits r.i.f. JK 'North turopean delivered weight per long <>"/Nov £es% buyers £664 buyers £()7't .sellers
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    Rabbits fighting back
    175 7 Rabbits fighting back Till, first dear evid j A enee that Britain'"* rabbits may be betinninff to win their tight **&vist myxomatosis, the plague which almost wiped them out E has just been issued. lests made at the I of A«ri< u j C c lures Veterinary Labj 2 rator^
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    THE 'GO-LIKE-HELL ARMY' TO STAY
    277 7 FF GENERAL Sir Richard Gale gets his own way o B itam "Ro-like-hell" Army is here to stay. r>ui oeiore any change which amounts to a complete reorganisation of tlu Army— can be put into force permanently, the recommendations will have to be approved by
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    Oh, Romeo—this is NATO calling you
    300 7 Oh, Romeo— this is NATO calling you GUYING THE NEW ALPHABET AN UNPRECEDENTED demand m Army libraries m Britain, for the works of William Shakespeare has been traced to the Royal Corps of Signals. No thirst for knowledge is behind this change m literary tastes, however. The desire of the
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    FLYING CRIMINAL
    38 7 Three-week crime record of a jackdaw on the Netherhall Estate. Leicester: attacks on babies m prams, tearing washing on lines, rooting up bulb.s In gardens, pecking and scaring children. Attempts to capture the bird have failed.
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    ICKIE' IS TALKING POINT NOW
    76 7 ICKIE' IS TALKING POINT NOW IN the sleepy Warwickshire town of Shlpston-on-Btour the talk i, not of '■rop. :,n r i harvest but «>f "Ickie." i.ocai archaeologists believe that war agricultural workers digging a trench have uncovered some of th*» remains of an Ichthyosaur, a iir» hi itoric monster about
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    STAR PAYS FINE DENIES GUILT
    43 7 Television star Arthur M. Godfrey yesterday paid a $1,500 fine m Washington ia settling a complaint of careless flying. At the same time Godfrey denied, through his attorney, that the payment was an admission of euilt.- A p.
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    The man who cured himself
    163 7 FOUR years after being told at a hospital that an operation was necessary, 73-year-old Mr. Arthur Cambourne got a letter saying: "We regret it has not yet been possible to admit you." But m the meantime Mr. Cambourne —of Riviera- avenue. Pitsea. Essex -has cured
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    2 big fires in London...
    69 7 Loj d>n Fire Br ide i* hort ol (00 m men, M :<■■■■ m its hi toi hI I I hei i b< is m manp< w aid Mr .Jo' n '.I. P. '.ad .i 1 Unl ecre if tld 1 le's total 2,400 n
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    Britain wins Royal 'all mod. cons.' order
    173 7 Britain wins Royal 'all mod. cons. order oritain has won a i'loo.ooo contract againsi v competition from eight other European countries to decorate and furnish a 30-roomed palace being built for traq's King PeisaL The palace, In Bagdad, has now been undei construction for nearly two years, Ft i i
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    Just how did Goering cheat the Rope?
    1279 8  - Just how did Goering cheat the Rope? AIREY NEAVE by M.P. STRAMGEST STORIES the world heard, with a gasp ol atonish 11 1 'i it tha I n« rmann Goering, i lie foremoi t Na/i war criminal on tria i at Nu i emberg had committed suicide m his cell.
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    Gas warfare training
    364 8 pAS warfare may seem to be a bogey of the dead past, but the United States' Army m Europe is taking no chances. The U.S. Army's Chemical Warfare Corps is stressing gas warfare m its programme with the same emphasis that it lay.s on bacteriological and radiological
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    BANNED JAZZMAN TELLS OF HIS BLUES
    348 9 BANNED JAZZMAN TELLS OF HIS BLUES j isil jazz fans i* ailed a truce m hot-versus-coo) and turned their ibim d wrath on the union officials who banned the American trumpeter Chet r from playing In London. iaker, a frail, gapthed Oklahoman, is the leading m the postwar ■•cool" school.
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    Cadets are warned: Cut down smoking
    361 9 Cadets are warned: Cut down smoking r; TAIN'S boy soldiers are learning to smoke B> too young and too much. They are being I encouraged to do it by men who should know I hctliT. m\\o complaint is aired by the Army Cadet Force Association, which says: No unit wants
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    THE DAY HE DROVE A BUS...
    145 9 THE DAY HE DROVE A BUS... WRK E PLAN- QUART, 10-year- old son of a retired I Paris bus driver, had '"•l>itio n to be- I 1 bus driver Driving w;t>, m the I l! > "is srand- 1 *> H d taken 11 cars along the 1 la ys
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    Cold drove rescuer from pond: 'Shame'
    205 9 A MAN who dived Into a canal to rescue a five-year-old boy was rebuked by a coroner for coming out after three minutes. Stefan Ambroz, a^ed 30. of Castleton, said he took off his clothes and dived into the Rochdale canal, but could not
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    MAN WAS THREE TIMES UNLUCKY
    182 9 IfIVE doctors gave evidence at a Hendon inquest 1 which followed the exhumation from Islington Cemetery of a 48-year-old carpenter, John Bird, who died m June, 1953. But all the doctors agreed that Bird died of natural causes, though he had been involved m a
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    Lock icon Towelling dress
    44 9 "HONG KONG," a Terry towelling dress of yellow, greein and black check pattern made by German designer Heinz Oestergaard, specially for a big German textile firm picture. which will be exporting: this and several other models, m time for next season.. Popper
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    RN MAY TURN TO ATOM POWER
    156 9 RN MAY TURN TO ATOM POWER mm Royal Navy la planX ning to t»o over 10 atomic power. This is the reason behind the disposal ol 24 warships, Including an air-craft-carrier and a cruiser, to the nationalised Iron and Steel Corporation. The ship.s. at present m 'mothballs," will be scrapped
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    No one had a flea to sell
    70 9 I 1 HE manager of a cinema m Commercial Road, Stepney, wanted to start a flea circus. He offered a shilling for every flea brought to his office. But nothing hopped In out Of the East End streets Finally he had to get
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    Lock icon LIGHT LIGHTS THE FAIR
    124 11 LIGHT LIGHTS THE FAIR Pictures by The Ovaltine stand (right above) of A. Wander Ltd., won first prize at this year's Singapore Trade Exhibition m the Happy World for being the best decorated stall. Thousands of people are crowding the fair every night to see the bright lights and inspect
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    53 12 A "MIRACLE BABY" who made headlines even before his birth has just cele--1 s s^r«.e ,riZ n^oKr B etrM^ S RSn Irvine, an ex-WAAF,, of the risk MUm Said !> Mrs. Irvine: "He weighs 271 b. (Jo/., and he's growing so fast I cant manage him m the big bath
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    VOLUNTEERS LOOK AFTER THE CONVALESCENTS
    445 12 Number four m a series of articles by Free Press writer VIVIENNE PUCKRIDGE to mavk Singapore's Health Week from November 21 to 26. INJURED and crippled children are given A excellent medical attention m the hospitals whether their parents can afford to pay or not.
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    How they saved this cute fellow
    420 12 How they saved this cute fellow TH E important part which can be played by children m preserving the harmless and colourful wild life of their own countries was recently emphasised by an Australian nature writer, Mr. Crosbie Morrison. In a Radio Australia broadcast, Mr. Morrison I told of how
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    1002 13  - MRS. POST ADDS A POSTSCRIPT EVEL YN IRONS by At 68, America's top hostess expands her horizons i [FE begins again at h for Mrs. MarMerriweather Six months ago, 19 years of marshe divorced her husband. 78Joseph E. js, former AmeriAmbassador to Russia, author of "Mission to Moscow," and resumed
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    323 13  -  Jennifer Johns by itntil now I have *J always looked upon the sun as a particularly kind god providing longed-for facilities for sun-bathing but offering me little else. Now, however, I must change my mind and, with apologies to the sun god for not realising until
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    The LETTER FROM ALDERSHOT
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    Let Norman Hartnell DRESS you...
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    A-SHIELDS for those A – PLANES
    167 16 A -SHIELDS for those A PLANES AMERICAN air »orce > 1\ scientists bay« altered the B-3ti laperbetnbei so that it mm g tarry a ""dear re actor to test the capa- city of new materials ttj to shield the t K'ws of atom pout red airplanes against atonm radiation. Air
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    FAST jets can now fly -SLOW!
    561 16 FAST jets can now fly -SLOW NEWS IN THE AIR THIS Is an engineer's drawing of the US Army's •package" atomic -power reactor, whose components can he transported by air. The power plant will be installed at the IS Army's Engineering Research and Development Laboratory at Fort Belvoir, Virginia. Details
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    BRIDGE HAND
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      244 16 DAILY CROSSWORD CLUES \< koss death ik> 1 ah- these the original dub B a vessel that cornea to tin tm u•■ .111. rescue <7> 8 More mature bul Mft htart- 6is earthy to tome exteni <:*> ed 7 Frciuh uorci or engine l 9 a torn iif m i
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    THE 'ACTOR'S ACTOR' has no SECRETS
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    These girls don't wait to greet the cops...
    213 17 These girls don't wait to greet the cops IT took only a handful of beads but hours of work to provide the key twin costumes for a pair of glit- tering blondes who wriggle and dazzle their way through a picture called "How To Be Very, Very Popular." The customers
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    They lunched: then stopped —for lunch!
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    NO WARDROBE BLUES FOR HER
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    FRED ISN'T LIKE THIS
    189 17 JUNE HAVER, visiting on tho set where he r husband, Fred Mac-Murray, did his first scene for "The Rains Of Ranrhipur" wants the world to know Fred isn't anything like the character he plays m the film. The scene called for Fred to wake up with
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    SUCCESS WENT TO THEIR HEADS
    177 18 SUCCESS WENT TO THEIR HEADS DURHAM Supporters' Club j have been disowned because, j without telling the City I Soccer club, they announced that they intended painting the outside of the ground and t putting tubular fencing round the pitch. A Soccer club statement says "The announcement was made without
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    63 18 WK.S Batltee top American TT miler and Hoi> Richards, United Btates pole vault champion m:iy (OUT New Zealand Latei thu year the New Zealand Amateur Athletic Aaaoclatlon announced last night The approval or thi United states Amateur Athletic Union WOUld [)robably take pIaCQ late
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    189 18 It is hard on the eyes of boxers pOKING still seeks the answer to its biggest problem: How can cut eyes be avoided? The latest British champion to suffer this menacing type of injury is Peter Keenan, who needed stitches m a wound after he had beaten Jake Tuli One
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    POLICE SCORE THIRD VICTORY IN DIV. 1
    130 18 POLICE scored their third successive victory m the 1 RHA first division league with a 3—o win over RAF Seletar at Seletar yesterday. Police, the fnvourites this .season, have thus made an impressive start for they have won their opening matches by convincing
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    43 18 picture. riMii\ International Avus race m Berlin developed into an Interesting dmM hrtwom \Wst German Porsche Bpydei 1 cara> and tlie Soviet Zone's BMW's. Th<- winner was Richard Frankmnure m his fo-rschc. Here he ifc v\om 1* iulluwed by a Soviet competitor. Popper
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    STATE AID FOR BRITISH ATHLETICS? NO! SAYS CHRIS CHATAWAY
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    HOAD BEATEN BY MIYAGI
    51 18 Australian Davis Cupper Lew Hoad was defeated yesterday m Tokyo 2-6, 6-4, 6-4 by Atsushi Miyagi, Japan's top-ranked player In an exhibition match Hoad's teammate, Ken Rosewall. turned back Kosei Kamo, 6-3, 6-4 Hoad teamed wit>i Ncale Fraser to beat Kamo and Niyagi m doubles. 6-1
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    Singapore champions again
    127 18 FARELF swim ?JINGAPORE won the Ge--5 neral's Cup fur the second year m succession when they scored 80 point? m the Far East Land Forces swimming championships a: the Nuffield pool yesterday Five new records were set no m the programme of ten events. Sgt, Reeves, ot
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    Lock icon BURMESE BEAT JAPS, 4-1
    74 18 BURMA'S -sir team won its [*g straight game m Jai i:l night. d >fo:-!i;v: 1 1-; Japan All-Stars by v™ goals to one before 3-OW fans at Korakuen Utadtt" m Tokyo. 1f >ime The icore at half- gg was 2 0 m Burma favour Despite a
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    TWO SOCCER FINALS TODAY
    69 18 HHHE two outstanding S.A.F.A. junior matches of the season will be played at Jalan Bcsar stadium this evening the Junior Challenge Cup Final and the play-off for the second division championship. At 5.30 p.m. the Areonauts meet Singapore Harbour Board Police for the second division championship
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    BLACKS TEAM TO MEET ALL WHITES
    54 18 The Blacks rugby team to meet All Whites at Victoria School at 5.15 p.m. today will be chosen from AlsagofT, On<? Choon. Sankavan, Hulls, Hector, Cheow Hup Hassan, Mahendran. ChOO Kirn, Kirn pie. Harjit Singh, Qannesvaran, L. Woodford. Atan Sol I kan Sinqh, Chin
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    V.M.C.A. TENNIS
    25 18 The fourth attempt, to hold the YMCA tennis drive will be made on Saturday at 3 p.m. Rain washed out the previous attempts.
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    U.K. RUGBY
    17 18 YMttrdMf I X Untie vtmnU < ghire 14. Cumberlai Ruuhy sniog CraiUelghaM 3. o Cambrldgt 22
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    You've got to go mad to win, Zatopek tells Pirie
    520 19 You've got to go mad to win, Zatopek tells Pirie TWRENCE O'CONNOR, athletics reporter, sat in on a conference in Fragile between the fabulous Czech, Emil Zatopek, ;»iid Britain's Gordon I'irie. O'Connor, just back from behind the Iron Curtain, sends this report. rRIPLE Olympic L champion Emil Zatopek has told
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    Lock icon Petesrsen's hints to Potgieter
    161 19 Petesrsen's hints to Potgieter VART POTGIETER m a n-mountain ith African, who was )v a from the ring er his winning Engi debut at London's ute City a fortnight i quietly and preparing for xt fight-— at HarI on October 18Wales. BLck Petersen, pre-war tish heavy and llgfat-,vy-weight champion, is
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    badminton ties for today
    101 19 badminton ties for today Badminton As oational champion- I r tonight starting ai 1J 1 (Second round) JS v Lon- Pen Jj£ i Chin Jin v Qu» im Seng Kck i jTf, Vun Char, m; Chong Ch< n lw :n qT E« (First round 2 i and ti!i: k 3'
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    Lock icon The Fijians ore off...
    29 19 The Fijians ore off... 'Rom i icrammafe 1 Radrodro (baci•und) looks on during ''"lay's fame nt 1 '«*tar, which thr PIJIIS uitn fi7-(;. (See '1>("tin 20).— Free Press picture.
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    SELETAR AGAIN WIN SEMBA WANG CUP
    380 19  -  JOHN. P. HAMILL Seletar sports letter —by— A LOSS to Selctar soccer was the depart arc last week for the United Kingdom of F/Lt. Julian, station Football officer. His great knowledge of the game was instrumental In the selection of the R A.F. Singapore
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    Lock icon Cezar wins over Siamese by TKO
    44 19 Philippine bantamweight champion Little Cezar, scored a .second round technical knockout triumph over Siamese bantamweight titii.st N.u Sanong last night In their 10-round return 1 bout at the Eliza] Coliseum In Manila before more than 10.(100 tana U.P.
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      97 19 iiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiimiimiimmiiiif TODAY'S SPORT iiiiiiifiiiitiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiitiniiittfrs HOCCEB SAFA Div. 2 final; Argonauts v SUB Police, .lalan Besar SJM p.m.; .Junior (up linal: Balcstier I I td. v Alexandra FT, lalan i Besax 7 pan.; Friendly: Rajaji v Metal it<»\, Farrer I'ark. HOCKEX Stat. trial, padang SIIA Div. 2: SfiK Police v It
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    APPLAUSE, FOUR CHARMERS AND SABRINA IN BEST WORKOUTS
    664 20 APPLAUSE, FOUR CHARMERS AND SABRINA IN BEST WORKOUTS WINDING UP GALLOPS FOR PENANC RACES ON SATURDAY FREE PRESS X l\(. CORRESPONDEN I AP I* lAU KB OUH HARMERS X N l> SAjftRIN BROKE I OK UK IN THEIR WINDINGIP GALLOPS on <.ooi> TRACKwAI PENANG 1 HIS MORNING. A])pi.i .1 .1
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    BIRTHS
    124 20 2o Wo\ ii \H minim mn CHEN ro Lvi md Nee Sian, ai You; i .!>■■: orlal Ho pll i] ti Octi An i ii. Brol her r^i I v Jen WEMY To Hilda and I rank, a< K.K. Ho pll il, 3rd Ocl a Son bol h ell
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    DEATH
    28 20 2ft WOTmt $4 (minimum I BKNQ BONG HOE passed away at 22 I■m d< Road, on 4.10.56 Cortege i Leave on l-'ii'i i■. at i a tn.
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    Fijian scoring machine totals 67 points at Seletar
    450 20 Fijian scoring machine totals 67 points at Seletar riTHE "FIGHTING FIJIANS" A R\\ riot AT SELETAR YESTERDAY. THE SCORE: 67 points TO SIX. Tllfr: VICTIMS: RAF. SELETARCIIANGI COMBINED, Fijian scorers were; Levula (4 tries;, Domini (2j, Naidole (1), Rokoua (3), Tabuaa (1), Tavaga (l Ravula i «2> and Bogotinj (1).
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    Owens here this month
    98 20 JESSE OWENS, holder ol th 6 world .print re cordjg and for the long 'imp. will arrive m Singapore <i?i Oci :'<) for an I!) day tour of Malayan Aft< r hla dep iri ure Bob Wat his the o■, mplc de cathlon champion, will arrive
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    Boon Ewe's goals bring victory
    166 20 'pwo goals by their dashIng centre forward, Boon Ewe, enabi^ Johore English College to beat Raffles Institution 2-0 m their inter-school hockey fixture on the R.I. ground yesterday. The College hud .slightly the better .side and their forwards showed more thrust and combination against a
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    224 20 Only 26 of the orlgina] entry of no wore yesterday rirclared final acceptors for tin- Cctarewftch Stakes first leg (»f thr "autumn doable" races, to be run over two and a quarter miles at Newmarket on Wednesday o<t 12 Che winning owner will, receive £2,936
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    RAHIM OMAR PUTS BOARD IN FINAL
    276 20 DEFENDING champions Singapore Telephone- Board had to hand Mercantile Bank two defeats to make sure of their place In the ftna] of the Singapore Business Houses F.A. League and Cup competition against Jacks Sports Club this season. Yesterday Telephone Board proved once again that
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      9 1 Free Press RACE FORM Special Thursday, Oct. 6, 1955.
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      GUIDE FOR PENANG RACES
      9381 1 HOLLOWING are the horses entered for I lie Penang Turf Club October meeting. CLASS THREE ACROBAT SCRATCHED: 10-9-55 Ipoh 8-10 Div. 1. Track &ood WON: '13 started* 7-9-55 Ipoh 8-7 (Hudson) Cl. 3 Div. 2- 2nd Fireird 8-9- 3rd Graaie 8-4- 4tli Huppy rt 8-2. Sh.hd
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      FORM GUIDE CLASS FOUR
      861 2 FORM GUIDE CLASS FOUR CLASS FOUR BUITENZORG sf.com): (Nine started) 8-8-55 Penang 8-4 IM. (Knuckey) Cl. 4 Div. 2 Ist Baby Chris 8-8; 3rd Two Diamonds 8-2; 4th Santa Olaus 9-0 Carr, 8-7. 1-1-}. 1-46 +5. Track heavy. 111 III: (Nino started) 1-8-85 Penana B-10 7P. (Knuckey) Cl. 4 Dk
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