The Singapore Free Press, 19 October 1955

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    18 1 The Singapore Free Press Largest Afternoon Sale m Malaya JJ >in-a|K>re, Wednesday, October 19, !«;>;,. p, i (e I&CtM.
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    PROVINDENT MONEY TO BE PLACED LOCALLY
    166 1 PROVINDENT MONEY TO BE PLACED LOCALLY pHE Hoard oi Trustees of I Singapore Central Prorident Fund Is to invest its income locally ag far as possible m trustee securities where interest is iranteed by the Govern ment. Sx. H Robinson, secretary o the board, told the Five Press this morning
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    RUBBER GOES UP 5 CENTS
    41 1 RUBBER GOES UP 5 CENTS A !l finish after nl dose m nd substantial London and N>u m resulted In irii rnts ;i1 Qki the Singapore opened this first grade, v '»s quoted at 1 with sellers ng time was I
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    Lock icon Philharmonic Orchestra may come to Malaya
    92 1 Philharmonic Orchestra may come to Malaya THE 90-strong London Philharmonic Orchestra may undertake a world tour m 1957, which would Include Malaya and Japan. This was stated m London yesterday by Mr. T. ODea, the orchestra's general administrator when he announced the "Phils" programme for the coming season. But, he
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    Lock icon 98 Legion men jump troopship
    77 1 98 Legion men jump troopship ft f -fIT French Legionaries the Suez Canal 1 i desertions nch troopship terday, deserters were n y the Egyptian i>. The troo >ship i.s t f ii 'ii Ing from [ndo-Chlna writh .■)00 Legionaries foe Algei la The ttcapf brou {hi the Dumber oi
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    Lock icon Margaret smiles again after Townsend visit
    176 1 Margaret smiles again after Townsend visit RO U P Captain Peter Townsend last evening called on Princess Margaret at her London home, Clarence House, for the second time within six days. But this time he drove m openly through the front gates and entered by the main door. On his
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    REGISTER YOUR AMAH OR FACE $500 FINE
    256 1 REGISTER YOUR AMAH OR FACE $500 FINE ■EMPLOYERS who fail to Hlj register their domestic servatlts by November 14, will be liable to a maximum flne "t up to S;")i)o. This warning was given today by the secretary ol the Singapore Central Pro Vident Fund Board Mr. H. s. Robinson.
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    400 JUDGES RESIGN
    29 1 More than 4 f )o ludge and c<>urt oiflcia is i esigned N r tciday Mid left Chile vn iii;iiiv without ;i judicial branch oi joveromtnti
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    OVER 80 ARRESTS TODAY
    208 1 OVER 80 ARRESTS TODAY And police clear five-foot way pOLICE this morning cleared the picket camp on the five-toot way outside the Singapore Cold Storage shop m Orchard Road and arrested more than 80 former employees m two batches. Several women were among those arrested. Just before the second batch
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    Lock icon GREATEST DEBTORBRITAIN
    166 1 /CHANCELLOR oi the Exchequer Mr. R A. Butler said m London last night that the two world wars had turned Britain from beino the world's greatest creditor to being the world's greatest debtor." It is that position with which I am grappling at the moment and, i am
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    TEACHERS TAKE ON ESCORT DUTY
    47 1 Teachers from variou.s schools m Singapore have taken over escort duties from policemen for the Government-operated lorry service to transport, children during the morning Policemen continue to escort lorries m the afternoon. Teachers will relieve them as soon as arrangements are completed.
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    Girl-wife slain in love tangle?
    92 1 Girl-wife slain in love tangle? AN attractive Indian irl vva.s found dyinuj from head injuries an a Begembut estate, five mile* from Kuala Lumpur early yet* ft "relay. She died In hospital without regaining consciousness. She was Rajamaniamma!. 16-year-old wife of jl middle-a^ed Unseed oil tnlller. She was married In
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    Lock icon RAILWAY WANTED
    23 1 The Kingdom of Saudi Arabia advertised m U.S. newspapers yesterday for offers to construct a railway across the Arabian Peninsula. A.P
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    Lock icon Ceylon rice deal
    33 1 Coylon'.s Minister of Trade and Commerce Shirley Corea, who returned to Colombo yesterday from Red China, said Ceylon will pay China the world market price for rice next year. A.P.
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    Delegates feted
    25 1 The Indian Commissioner In Malaya, Mr. R K. Tan don, yesterday entertained leaders Of Colombo Plan conference delegations to lunch ;it his rc.-idrnro.
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    UK SPLITS WITH U.S., BACKS TITOLAND
    233 2 I BRITAIN > r j terday !< i (i: pped her hand "H ;ir tude and started can pal i Ing act foj Bovlel up- i ted Yugoslavia U acant eat on Kh€ u.N <-■( curity Jouncil, Th< i 1 1 t (i Stafc
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    Lock icon IN AUSTRIA
    18 2 Greece's King Paul and Queen Frederika arrived m Austria yesterday for a short private stay.- A.P.
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    Denial in Cairo
    25 2 Russian ambassador Daniel Solod denied yesterday m Cairo that the Soviet Union had offered economic aid to Egypt on a free basis
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    Lock icon Price on heads of rebel chiefs
    92 2 Price on heads of rebel chiefs PRINCE Norodom Sihanouk, the Cambodian Premier, yesterday announced new measures to tighten up the country's security and also to relieve distress m certain provinces. These measures include: 1. Re-organisation of the disposition of security fore es 2. Arming of rural populations. 3. Military operations
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    Lock icon KOREA PACT VIOLATED, U.N. CHARGES
    98 2 KOREA PACT VIOLATED, U.N. CHARGES THE United Nations Military Command at Munsan charged yesterday that the Communists had "deliberately" violated the Korean armistice agreement four times by flying planes illegally over the truce border between Sept. 7 and Oct. 5. The charge was made by U.S. Navy Captain David L.
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    Lock icon Faure gets victory vote
    584 2 Fear of a new cabinet crisis sways hostile members M. EDGAR PAUSE'S Government kwrt night won a vote of confidence In the French National Assembly by a comfortable majority on its much criticised Algerian policy. This strengthened the government's hand for the Geneva talks between the
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    Lock icon ROYAL VISIT
    39 2 Queen Juliana of the Netherlands and her husband, Prince Bernhard, went ashore at Willemstad, Curacao, from the Dutch cruiser De Ruyter yesterday to start a three-week state visit of Dutch territories m the Western Hemisphere. A. P.
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    'IN NEXT
    27 2 BRITAIN'S ambassador to the U.S., Sir Roger Makins warned yesterday that if tne major world powers unleashed a thermonuclear war they would "obliterate each other
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    Lock icon Russia urges A-talks
    144 2 RUSSIA yesterday proposed the calling of an international conference to consider questions relating to the drafting of a statute for the projected International Atomic Energy Agoncy. It did so m the form of a revised resolution put before the political committee of the United Nation.s General Assembly
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    Lock icon MacA SECRET PAPERS OUT THIS WEEK
    141 2 THE US. Defence Department intends to release before the end of the week hitherto secret papers dealing with the Pacific Command of General Douglas MacArthur during the second world war, Mr. Charles Wilson, the Secretary of Defence, said m Washington yesterday. The department has
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    Lock icon Envoy recalled
    28 2 Pakistan has announced the recall of its ambassador to Kabul m retaliation to Afghanistan's withdrawal oi its envoy to Kararhi. it WM announced m Karachi- U.P.
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    Lock icon WAR NATIONS WILL VANISH IN 3 DAYS'
    210 2 completely m three or four days." He made that dramatic appraisal of modern destructive power m a speech delivery at Brigham Young University m Provo, Utah. "The arrival of the thermonuclear weapon makes a major war impossible except between lunatics or suicides," he
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    Lock icon A mother who didn't need to die
    153 3 A mother who didn 't need to die VINE months ago the Trillo family went to Canada to start a new life Mrs Oerada Trillo, 55, be; husband Benvenuto a bricklayer's helper, 'and her three young children were struggling to make ends meet on their $48 to $60 a week
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    POPULATION MUST BE CONTROLLED
    92 3 POPULATION MUST BE CONTROLLED India warned T ADY Rama Ran, chairman Of the International Plan nc d Parenthood Federation, said m Hon" Kong yesterday that the Indian government was faced with this choice— either to let epidemics and diseasewipe out thousands of lives and establish no welfare work at all
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    Lock icon No spree money so they strike
    102 3 BECAUSE the management would not advance them a month's salary for their better enjoyment of the Hindu Durgapuja festivals, 10,000 railway workers m India went on strike. But they were careful not to hinder the train service, which already is catering to throngs of
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    'CAR OF THE YEAR' BATTLE
    316 3 The Jaguar vs. the dtroen V BRITISH and a 1 muli tar are the outstanding contenders for the unofficial 'car of the year title at the London Motor Show, which opens today. The British car is the new 2.4-litre Jaguar, a sleek 103 miles per
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    Lock icon ACTRESS JANE TO WED ON YACHT
    90 3 Actress Jane Withers, above, has announced m Hollywood that she and singer Ken Errair will be married on Sunday on a yacht m Newport Harbour. The former child star whose divorce from Texas oilman William P. Moss Jr. became final last July 20 said
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    Lock icon TITO FOR EGYPT
    13 3 President Tito of Yugoslavia will visit Bkydl im Kid-December U.P.
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    64 3 An 8,000 mile journey from Bournemouth ended happily for Miss Barbara Taylor, who arrived last week anil was married at the wick end at the Singapore KtglitVJ Office to Mr Tony Tart ri*i^«« of Malayan Airw;i,vs. The bridegroom also hails from IJourniuiuulh. AllciidauU Wtfff Mr. ;ind Mrs. George Lancaster After
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    Lock icon Pisa wants tower to go on leaning
    76 3 Pisa wants tower to go on leaning IRATE !•<• I'lcnt, ol PI i, it ■<•:• aid vesta lay tl it they want their le u In r ower to go right o\ lean* Ing the way la The Mayor city engin rj and mo it <>t I lie folk purm
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      93 3 17 Wassiamulls from NEW YORK I NEW READY-TO-WEAR ti SLACKS OF DACRON-TROPICAL f<'i ft IN MORE THAN 8 DIFFERENT W t J jL^ii% SHADES AND TEXTURES .^mSmr* NOW IN ALL SIZES-28-42 HBB ORLON-NYLON MflM Now >N SIX SHADES OF tB V GREYCHAR COAL-BROWN m W"% M NEW sHAD E s
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    All close together The Singapore Free Press
    129 4 i „\1 .SDAV. Oct. 11', 1 1 J55 WE arc, for better or for worse, all close I together now." Signif i c a n t words, especially when they come from Mr. Pearson from distant Canada. Such is the growing importance of
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    Give a lift
    61 4 rpHE Singapore bus strike shows little si^n of settlement Chief among the victims are thousands of school children, harassed housewivei and the working population. Many car-owners ;ire already giving Lifts to less fortunate citizens. But let'a make this t "Want a lift" Offer greater. Remember] Vital hours
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    His ghost still haunts Italy
    475 4  - His ghost still haunts Italy ALLEN ROBERTS fry MUSSOLINI'S ghosi stilJ haunts the Italij n political scene, m)- country's ncoPascists would lk( l(> grg in possi ssion ot the dictator's remains as a symbol tv give their political fortunes a .shot m Ihv arm. Hrn Father Alberto I'artni Ol Milan.
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    PLANNED ECONOMY BACKFIRES
    352 4  -  /COPIES of the Chinese Communist press corning out of that country indicate that the Reds' planned economy has failed to check unemployment which has now reached staggering proportions even m that vast country. This condition has been admitted by .several papers Including the official Peking People's Daily.
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    It's a SLOW road bacK
    441 4  - It's a SLOW road bacK TOM CLARKE says MAY one who was assailed by the dragon of coronary thrombosis, but escaped, congratulate the Free Press for doing the great public service of publishing Chapman Pinchers articles on this menace of our times. Especially important is his warning to wives. It
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    SINGAPORE SPOTLIGHT
    1030 5  -  adelaide Eastley BY.. Tii ,rt of thesproduction Is blossom with a ay produced by lr D, ild Davies and land Players with outside ij Mr. Davies to lick the surmountable besetting is venture. ipore's children be the most ensupporters of tghts produc- tions this year, Mr. Davies has
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      75 5 THE STRAND ELECTRIC ENGINEERING CO., LTD. LONDON Suppliers of stage lighting theatre equipment of world repute. Sole Representatives for Malaya:E. S. ISAAC CO., LTD. 168A, Cecil Street, Singapore-1. Phone *****. DIAMOND ENGAGEMENT RINGS I The Ring you telecl us yowt Engagement Ring << need not be cosily: but it must
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  • Round the World Market Prices
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      U.K. closing prices
      181 7 LONDON, Oel i :K Na 1 RSS c.i.f. m% buyers 35%kyei Nl i kss ci.r. 34 s buyers 357 bl (1 j I'm t.s November 85 selleiii MH «Uer rt 1 k.s.s. Spot 35', buyer* 56% buyer BBEB NOl 1 BBS Settlement 35', sellers 36> i UeA
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      New York prices
      90 7 NEW YORK. Previous Today I\ Muiis ,j»»t and nearLy 96.12 noni 06 12 nn-, IN futures October 95.00 bid 95i0 bid 9no<) 96.00 asked member 94.25 bid 9500 bid 95.25 c-usked 1)5.50 asked December 94.00 bid 9450 bid )X1 Steady. SALES^M? B-Md L'BBEK futures December 41 95
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      U.S. PEPPER
      10 7 Above prices quoted m U.S. cents ver Ih
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      DOW JONES AVERAGES
      23 7 NEW YORK. Oct. IS I Industrial, Previous Today Railroads 44 *>13 448.58 L'tiUUes 9867 98.60 5^ SCM ■--w, ge ,gS
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      coconut oil prices
      78 7 TO Philippines cif i-K i> Oct 18 ftj, v **22 Prenoua gU St^tsVii. TK/Xorih UnQU ted UnqUoted I'M« ton' r! v 7; ed per Nov I)pc £66« buyers £66 buyers D M T-in £G8: sellcns £66% sellers W' r >NTT OBL 7nwla"ai J 66 buyers £66 buyers
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    Lock icon Church leaders meet
    41 7 > picture i Bishops, i s on a three-month tour of Method °l missions in the East and Europe modist > P cture sh »ws (from left) Biflhon Newel! Mi > Archer, Mrs. Newell and Bishop Archer <HeU< Ml^ Free Press
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    PUN FOR SMALL LOANS TO AID NEW INDUSTRIES
    9 7 PUN FOR SMALL LOANS TO AID NEW INDUSTRIES sdgf
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    Top prize is $10,000
    61 7 Prizes worth $20,000 will be distributed for the Red Cross lottery, which is to be drawn on December 20. In a final effort to raise funds this year, 50,000 tickets will be on sale to members. The first prize will be $10,000. Tickets can be obtained
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    HOUSEWIVES v. LITTER LOUTS
    31 7 Housewives at Loggerheads, Staffordshire, have had to sweep up their village. Litter louts using bus shelters as roadside cafes had strewn them with halfeaten food and waste-paper.
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    Comets will circle the earth
    188 7 A series of spectacular Inter-Continental Bights by Comet ii and Comet m la to pave the way for Britain's challenge for world airliner supremacy with the Introduction ol the new Cornel iv m 1959 Phe trials will probably include a flight around thi world. This
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    Aim is to Malayanise faster
    133 7 Aim is to Malayanise faster r) d. c< trail > 11 netiom .m bastei Iti work, the Mai lyanl itl m nommiulon has divided It-.'■i'-it into five tub-commit-tees Each i;h committee li charged with doaiinL' with one of the terms of rtferanee, arranging its own meetings and then submitting ;i
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    Why al this fuss about Rita?
    1015 8 Why al this fuss about Rita? \IISS Rita Ha\ worth bobc into the news a!-,ain. She i s or ta m this or that liii*i She is of is not WGBX ni^ slacks and a iMlttered homburg. She has Of has not left Dick Haymetj to sing solo In t
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    But these other ladies. Ah, yes!
    495 8  -  RENE MacCOLL says dignity Is never sacrificed Is a relief from the tedium ol protocol. Wh« n I was told to cover the Margaret Caritotx an tour la t winter, it was just another assignm< ni as far as I was COnc< m( d.
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    HOTEL FLOOR CRASHES 100 FT. INTO IN OLD MINE
    106 9 Kirn men were making nvu n Vw drain m a hotel. one of them stepped back 0 and the whole of one of the room vanished, he missed fall"W 100 fw* into disused b f o r rk Sa?*Ol Tracks t
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    BROWSING AWAY
    35 9 Thieves have been taking Leazines from the reading X at Ryde Isle of Wight, Ü biic library. A church [agazine is among those tolen Now magazines must c applied for at the courier.
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    After birthday all was quiet
    213 9 TOWARD KOPPENHAGEN, young director of a pottery firm on the banks of the River Dart, levon, hurried home because it was the 12th irthday of his daughter Christine. The next morning the daily help arrived at the pleaint house In Dartmouth. She found Mr. Koppenhagen
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    50 9 The Eisenhower Cup. which was presented to President Eisenhower by members of his Cabinet on the first anniversary of his assuming office, was flown to London from Washington last week for the Stueben Glass Exhibition m Park Lane. Keystone picture shows Miss Biddiecomb, of the exhibition staff, with the Cup.
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    A-BOMB MEN FEAR THEY WILL BE JOBLESS
    244 9 MORE than 1.000 atom scientists have asked for the option to become civil servants again m 1957. it is disclosed. They fear disarmament will put many of them out of their iobs of making Hand A-bombs. They comprise almost the entire scientific staff
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    Jail break foiled by tip to police
    167 9 DISCOVERY of five keys m cells m Wandsworth Jail stopped an attempted break-out by 10 long-term prisoners. One of the men involved wa s John Straffen. reprieved child murderer. A "tipoff" told police he was to be used as a decoy. TWO of
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    A MOTHER NOW KNOWS THAT ALL IS LOST
    435 9 SHALL AL WA YS WAIT IN their homes more i than 12,000 miles from Britain two women learned of the judgment by a Privy Council committee m London saying which of them is to keep the child they both claim. For the
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    BOY RESCUER GETS OFFER OF HOLIDAY
    62 9 A free holiday m Zurich has boon offered to Detunis Bridges, the 16-year-old boy who lost his foot while saving a dog on the railway at Luton, Beds, last April. A translation of the Invitation s<"»nt by Frau Akcrmann, of Zurich, to Mr. Arthur
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    ROUND ABO UT S'PORE
    411 10  - ROUND ABO UT S'PORE Oswald Henry if f flnH ppippiwp^ Hpon|BB|:;: ||R. -M| By (ABOVE): "H'yah neigbour? Pleased to meet you!" says Mr. Peter H. Delaney, of the US delegation to r the Colombo Plan Conference now being held m Singapore, cementing better relationships as he welcomes Miss Molly lloulden
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    Marijuana rules in the tin slums of Mau Mau terror land
    992 12  - Marijuana rules in the tin slums of Mau Mau terror land Dudley Hawkins I »H ...AND CUSTOMS ARE BAFFLED SOUL DESTROYING marijuana today rules the lives of thousands of Africans m East Africa— and is constantly ensnaring new addicts. The marijuana dru£ grows like a weed m almost every part
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    THE WORLD WILL END BY 2,000 A.D., SAY WITNESSES
    720 12 A pilgrim in search of a failb No. 3 BY JAMES RADFORD-EVANS IT OL D tight! The world as we know it will end before this century is out! Who says so? Jehovah's Witnesses. They've called themselves that since 1931, because
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    CLINICS REDUCE RATE OF INFANT MORTALITY
    362 12 Fifteenth m a series of articles by Free Press writer VIVIENNE PUCK RIDGE to mark Singapore's Health Week from November 21 to 26. TN 1950, 102 out of every 1,000 babies died within the first year. Last year the number had fallen to 83.
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    Peter Brook makes Roman
    1000 13  -  FRANCIS MARTIN by Music RICAL People London are ravb( ttiing, &urn.. hawing or incredulously t a plumping ex)dl u V m a powderv.ith electric beetle brows j enthusiastic ok. y r. caused the A.; v a, Stratford- (a) produ- Shakespeare's m ost nghter is and probletragedy.
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    Western songs defeat Iron Curtain
    457 13  -  CHARLES A. GRUMICH by HERBERT, Walt Disney >urite music 1 ios m Mo.she British ssian operatic ivcd In a reLdway rnusiRom e likes two songs about a papa loves an Egyptian richer and ro with songs long eu three still are too fans.., ire some
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      164 13 Musical Favourites ON LONG PLAYING RECORDS Thi Concertgebotiv Orch. of Amsterdam ond. by Bduard Van Beinum. Decea LXT277*— sl4.oo SlBELlUS— Symphony N<>. m C m.i jor. Svrnphonv No. 7 m C Major. The London Symphony Orch. cond by Anthony Collini Dceea i,xt:mm;o— I <u\ > I 1{ \VI\SKV- IN (ion.
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    JANE IS HIS 'BOSS' NOW
    360 14 But she still treats the King with deference /U.ARK GABLE im-et-ed his CO-Star Jane Russell each morning on location m DUHUIgO, Mexico for 'The Tall Men", with his famous grin and, "Good morning, boss lady." Miss Russell responded as the spirit moved her. Sometimes with
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    INGRID TURNS TO COMEDY
    245 14 INGRID TURNS TO COMEDY STEPHEN COULTER, reports from Paris:- INGRID BERGMAN— fed up with Rome and the Italian cold shoulder Is to try a new career m France. She has taken on a comic role her first ever m a film to be made by Frenchman Jean Renoir called The
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  • STUDIO GOSSIP
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      The Arabs had the answer
      167 14 The Arabs had the answer J-JOT very hot from Tripoli, where "The Black Tent** is finishing location shooting. Britain's Anthony Steel and Italy's Anna' Mark Sandri had their car seize up m the blistering heat near Tripoli, so Tony footed it to an Arab village tor help. They gave him
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      Luck-brinqer
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    HE WON'T MEET A LADY without his UMBRELLA
    556 17  - HE WON'T MEET A LADY without his UMBRELLA SYLVIA LAMOND Liiii uy |MU BUT DON'T THINK ME A DANDY, SAYS MENJOU, THE IMMACULATE was going > „,t i evening moment Menjou lost ed through Hotel surbv reporters. E$ more Another Kthout it," he Hat- "I wont g, Led." very inch
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    S. JOHORE TEAM FOR SATURDAY
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    $10 MILLION SPENT ON 1956 OLYMPIC GAMES SO FAR
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    WOMEN WILL DRIVE GAMES OFFICIALS
    100 18 OLYMPIC Officials m Melbourne for the 1956 Games will be driven round tho city and to and from the various events by women drivers. There will be 350 of these women drivers They •a ill wear a simple yet attractive uniform, and their cars will
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    53 19 HE Singapore Business Houses Football Associain's Senior and Junior jckout cup finals will be yed at Jalan Besar today. !"he Junior final between tweries and Metal Box. 1 be played at 630 p.m. 3 the Senior final, between gapore Telephone Board d POrd S C. will
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    95 19 TOMMY Kono of Honotlu, new world light-heavy-tight weightlifter, last t added a new title to tion: -'Mr. UniWf 1955,- m Munich. -5-year-old food salesman from the Hawaiian Island totalled up 156 points m the contest which followed the world's weightiifting championships. Arthur Robin o/ France,
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    59 19 |>ussia beat the Scottish 1V ABA. by nine bouts to one m an amateur int.ernati<v ;i i boxIng matrh at, Paisley ire Rink la.st niKliT Scotland's only victory was m the bantamweight divi.sion. The Russians, who las' a'*«lc beat an Bnglltl) and WeUt! team by ei^'ht bouti to
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    698 20 4 R( rONAUTB enter- I ,1 the Hnal Ol the S i< A. Senior Cup bj defeating h.a.f. Changi by two Roals to one at Jalan Besar S t adium yesterday, after leading by one goal to nil at halft Ime. Chan fi were not
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