The Singapore Free Press, 23 January 1956
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Title Section18 1956-01-23 1 The Singapore Free Press Largest Afternoon Sale in Malaya No. *****. Singapore. Monday, January 23. 1956. Price 15CU18 words
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197 1956-01-23 1 Big Aussie port strike won't hit our food supply THE strike of more than 24,000 waterside workers which began in 53 ports throughout Australia today will not have any immediate effect on Singapore's food supply, except possibly wheat. But a prolonged strike— the strikers say they are prepared to "dig197 words
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143 1956-01-23 1 CHINESE Nationalist warships yesterday blasted a Communist island in the Formosa Strait and left big fires blazing, a communique issued by Gen. Chiang Kai-shek's navy headquarters In Taipeh said this morning. The Nationalist navy communique reported that Communist batteries touched off the action,A.P. - 143 words
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Article41 1956-01-23 1 Socialist Party leaders said in Tokyo today they hoped to urge U.S. Secretary of State, Mr. John Foster Dulles, personally to cancel nuclear tests this year in the Pacific and to relax trade restrictions on Red China A.P.A.P. - 41 words
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Article34 1956-01-23 1 Newspaper reports that Field Marshal Sir John Harding may resign as Governor of Cyprus have prompted some MPs to force a government statement on the question when Parliament .bles to- morrow. ReuterReuter - 34 words
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Article28 1956-01-23 1 The Singapore Rubber Market ouened quietly this morning with first grade. February shipment, at $I.oB£ a lb., one -eighth of a cent below Saturday's closing price.28 words
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Article34 1956-01-23 1 The Minister for Health, Mr. A. J. Braga. will hold a meet-the-people session at the Katong branch of the Labour Front at 133 Koon Seng Road, today from 5.30 to 7 p.m.34 words
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89 1956-01-23 1 No sign yet of peace at Naval Base THE strike of more than 9,000 workers at the Singapore Naval Base is in its seventh day without any prospects of settlement. The union president, Mr. N. D. Seelan, said they would continue the strike till the Admiralty gave an undertaking that89 words
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188 1956-01-23 1 POLICE opened fire three times in Central Bombay last night to quell fresh outbursts of mob violence after a week of riots and arson. Two people were killed and 12 wounded. Official death toll for the week is 65. but unofficially it is put188 words
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Article410 1956-01-23 1 STORE SHOCK BY THE TENGKU To accept Colony as an equal partner would be impossible We must have control SINGAPORE hopes of union with the Federation as an equal partner were shattered in London last night when Tengku Abdul Rahman bluntlv declared: ♦TO ASK US TO ACCEPT SINGAPORE ON TERMS410 words
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Article174 1956-01-23 1 SINGAPORE politicians seemed to be taken aback by Tengku Abdul Rahman's statement in London that th e Colony's Government was not strong enough to deal with subversive elements. They wanted time to study the statement fully. The Chief Minister. Mr. David Marshall, could not be contacted. He174 words
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Article139 1956-01-23 1 Tengku Abdul Rahman r ire: INDEPENDENCE, "In a very short time, we pray God that a new nation will be born on this earth." MERDEKA DELEGATION: "It is no longer correct to say that it consists of representatives of the Alliance and the Rulers. Our delegation speaksReuter - 139 words
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Article167 1956-01-23 2 THE Sudan has no objection to obtaining arms from Soviet bloc countries. Sudanese Foreign Minister Mubarak Zarroug said yesterday. "We have a trade agreement with Czechoslovakia and we have no objection to getting arms from it," he said at a news conference in Cairo.U.P. - 167 words
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Article91 1956-01-23 2 The United Nations Disarmament Commission meets in New York today to prepare for yet another effort at breaking the long East-West deadlock over a system of arms control. The commission, made up of the 11 members of the Security Council plus Canada, will revive its five-nation sub-commission which91 words
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Article, Illustration271 1956-01-23 2 RIDGWAY WARNS OF THREAT BY ROK ARMY GENERAL Matthew B. Ridgway, who commanded the Eighth Army in Korea, said yesterday there was little danger of a renewed Communist attack if American forces were withdrawn from Korea. But he warned that the possibility of "ourReuter - 271 words
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Article, Illustration78 1956-01-23 2 SHAH TO VISIT RUSSIA? YES, NO, MAYBE BECAUSE of worsening relations between the two countries, the Shah of Persia and Queen Soraya •re expected to turn down a Soviet invitation to visit Russia. Court officials in Teheran said that a final decision would made after the Shah's three -week tripU.P. - 78 words
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Article, Illustration34 1956-01-23 2 Mr. G. C. Witteridge, British Embassy official in Bangkok flew into Singapore yesterday on his way to Britain on long leave. Accompanying him was Mrs. Witteridge They will leave in the Oranje on Wednesday.34 words
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Article82 1956-01-23 2 NEW ATTACK ON EGYPTIAN OUTPOST EGYPTIANS and Israelis exchanged mortar fire for one hour on Saturday in the El Auja demilitarised zone, an Egyptian military spokesman reported at Gaza yesterday. He said the Israeli force crossed the zone and fired on an Egyptian reconnaissance position. The Egyptians fired back andU.P. - 82 words
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Article170 1956-01-23 2 French hit home anti-rebel drive FRENCH forces yesterday pressed operations against rebel Algeria, bands near Nedromah. 70 miles southwest of Oran. Fifteen rebels were killed and 22 captured, three of them wounded. French sources said. They set their own losses at five men killed ana eight wounded. French authorities alsoU.P. - 170 words
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Article75 1956-01-23 2 $24 m railway contract A $24,000,000 contract for equipment for the Indian Railways is expected to be completed by next September, the United States Information Service announced today. The announcement said that the last of 25 locomotives would be delivered this month. Already nearly 1,000 freight cars have been shippedReuter - 75 words
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Article18 1956-01-23 2 An Australian geologist Mr. Philip Jon Stephenson, will accompany the 1957 Biitish trans-Antarctic ex- pedition.— ReuterReuter - 18 words
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247 1956-01-23 2 IKE NOMINATION OF 'PRO-PEKING' MAN SPLITS REPUBLICANS PRESIDENT EISENHOWER'S nomination for Assistant Secretary of State of a man reputed to hold liberal views on Communist Chinese admission to the United Nations is now under fire. Senator Styles Bridges, leader of the Senate Republican policy committee, said insistence on push n^Reuter - 247 words
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Article32 1956-01-23 2 King Idris opened the first session of Libya's parliament in Derna, yesterday morning with a throne speech pledging that his country would stay neutral and would not join any pacts.32 words
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Article18 1956-01-23 2 Pope Pius XII received British Field Marshal Viscount Montgomery in private audience in the Vatican yesterday.18 words
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Article197 1956-01-23 2 President Elsenhower will make a personal bid in Washington today to get Democratic backing for a long term plan of aid for foreign countries. He will discuss the situation with Senator Walter George. Democratic leader on foreign policy matters in Congress who has already resisted197 words
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Article, Illustration197 1956-01-23 3 Model hire boss accused of white slariny MRS. KAY JARRETT, 47, operator of a Chicago model agency and escort service, has been seized by federal agents on a warrant charging violation of the I.S. White Slave Traffic Act. Six other women, including former film actress L i 1 a LeedsA.P - 197 words
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Article62 1956-01-23 3 Saved -but stranded young Indonesians n more than 500 miles Into Australian territorial waters by fierce monsoons last week irm Dr stranded In Darwin for about three months. They arrived in Darwin In their 20 foot sailing boat from Bathurst Island about 40 miles away where they were taken byReuter - 62 words
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Article317 1956-01-23 3 Little diehard army will stay on A LITTLE army of elderly Frenchmen has decided to stand fast in IndoChina come war. come revolution, come Communism. in the past two years French colonial rule has been swept away in the Far East and French soldiers and civilians ha been leaving Indo-ChinaReuter - 317 words
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Article101 1956-01-23 3 SHIP FIRE: CREW SAVED FROM SEA rriHE 25 members of the A crew of the British freighter Herrsburn, of Glasgow, leapt into heavy seas off Denmark yesterday as fire swept rapidly through the ship. All were rescued by a Danish tanker off Denmark. Fire broke out in the engine room.101 words
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Article33 1956-01-23 3 11. Somov. leader of the Russian expedition to the Antarctic yesterday reported the discovery oi several islands. Their location or other details were n 0 t an- nouneed U.PU.P. - 33 words
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Article17 1956-01-23 3 Nearly 200,000 new televi- sion sets went into service in West Germany homes ear.17 words
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Article137 1956-01-23 3 AUSTRIAN police said last night they believed a fiery collision of two Communist MIG 15 jet fighters on Saturday over Austrian territory was caused by a Russian pilot trying to catch and turn back a deserter. In their mid-air struggle the Russian apparently rammed the deserterA.P - 137 words
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Article181 1956-01-23 3 Swoop foils new army coup m A FORMER cabinet minister, General Juan Jose Uranga, and a number of other civil and military chiefs have been arrested alter an alleged plot to stage a coup against the government, it was reveald yesterday in Buenos Aires. Maehinegun emplacementsReuter - 181 words
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Article55 1956-01-23 3 East African headquarters announced in Nairobi last night that anti-terrorist Operation Bullrush had been called off. Troops, police and Africans were reported to have killed 22 Mau Mau since they began the drive in a swamp near Naivasha more than two weeks ago. Another 60 were55 words
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199 1956-01-23 3 Mother, two sons shot A SUNDAY school teacher who said he was the son of god" shot and killed his wife and two sons early yesterday a.s the family prepared to attend church at Martinsville. Indiana. He told police their bodies wi uld goU.P. - 199 words
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Article28 1956-01-23 3 Mr. Dag Hammar.>kjoeld. the United Nations Sec-retary-General, who is touring Arab and Israeli capitals, yesterday met the Egyptian Premier. Lieutenant Colonel Gamel Abdel Nasser. ReuterReuter - 28 words
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84 1956-01-23 3 IT is legal for a trade union to. try to organise workers by buying them beer, the General Counsel of the National labour Relations Board ruled in Washington jreiterdaj The ruling was made after a firm eomplaincd that I union coen ed workers inReuter - 84 words
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Advertisement72 1956-01-23 3 Special Offer For CHINESE NEW YEAR (Made To Measure) Om'mal NOW Dacron Rayon Suit $79.00 $72.00 50% Dacron/50% Rayon Suit $99.00 $89.00 100% Orion Suit with 100% Dacron Lingintf $118.00 $99.00 Wash Wear Shirt $21.50 $15.50 FOR 12 DAYS ONLY For Selection Please Call Early m^ m m^ ONLY EXCLUSIVE72 words
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210 1956-01-23 4 The Singapore Free Press MONDAY, Jan. 23, 1956. Opinion WORKERS' DILEMMA POVERTY and misery are fertile breeding grounds of Communism. Large scale unemployment can result in poverty and misery but, short of a world slump, Singapore can and does provide employment for most of its citizens. But unemployment on a210 words
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Article, Illustration946 1956-01-23 4 LIONEL SHAPIRO - The Truth about Cyprus LIONEL SHAPIRO by What's behind the challenge the Cyprus rebels have made to the British authorities? How serious is the threat to peace? And what's the likely SINCE 1878. when the British took over administration of Cyprus from the Ottoman Empire, the Cypriots had been living946 words
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Article176 1956-01-23 4 No offence to diddle the tax man IN ITALY it is not a punishable offence to declare an incorrect ine on a tax return. In fact it la considered a fair sport to try to diddle the tax man and any Italian who declared his correct in* would b-- considered176 words
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Advertisement29 1956-01-23 4 ASAHI CULTURED PEARLS ARE ACCLAIMED THE WORLD OVER AS THE QUEEN AMONG CULTURED PEARLS, SEE THEIR BEAUTY, COMPARE THEIR PRICESSole Agents S.P.H.de SUVA Ltd. SINGAPORE. K. I .I'MPITR IPOH.29 words
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Advertisement30 1956-01-23 4 QUIET QUIET QUIET that's the word J for the NEW T| T^T" V"^ r J~ lOHNSONS "W -r y. jgr m^^=*^ *^^<^L. Johnson SEA-HORSE OUTBOARD A WEO SINGAPORE MALAYA BORNEO30 words
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Article, Illustration1337 1956-01-23 5 Adelaide Eastley - Adelaide Eastley BV» INHERE are those anions us who would propose an all-Malaya Flag. The way things stand now, ours is a nation under two flags. Advocates of alliance between Colony and Federation already are in a designing mood although Public Relations Officer Mr. G.G. Thomson says that1,337 words
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Miscellaneous252 1956-01-23 6 VIAMIIIAKi: by Lee Falk and Phil Pavfa r Z 1 l-THEN UNTIE *EM ANO V IT'S I HOW DID I\l TOO LATE TO (if) I PUSH THEM OVER-SO /OUR EVER GET V WORRY ABOUT W l^ff^ '-fV«T|EOIN^ /TAKE T HEM IT'LL LOOK LIKE AN LIVES INTO THIS, THAT/ JAPtBt "aUIFEP252 words
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Miscellaneous659 1956-01-23 6 r «0 OORN today, you are fond of excite- A X IS ment and change All the arts appeal to you and it is likely that you j; t will be happiest if you devote your 4 X life to cultural endeavours. I Fond of travel, you probablv will ->659 words
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Article, Illustration494 1956-01-23 7 They might have died rrHREE men have been released from jail on 1 free pardons after serving more than two years for a crime they did not commit. With the pardons th^y will get ex gratia payments totalling £1,000. The men are Arthur Thompson,Popper - 494 words
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Article192 1956-01-23 7 taken part in the attack; CONFESSION No. 2 from William Purdy, who had been concerned with Joseph in the mail-bag robbery. He too was serving a 14-year-sentence. By now the Home Secretary had told the House of Commons that he had ordered an inquiry. Mr. Thomas192 words
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232 1956-01-23 7 Africans of Kenya get new charter WILL CHOOSE OWN COUNCIL THE Africans of Mauhit Kenya, robbed of political advancement by a three-year emergency which has cost £1,000,000 a month, have just got a new charter. It will let them choose their representatives on the 56-mem-ber Legislative Council. At present they232 words
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Article66 1956-01-23 7 Tlie Wild West days are over in Alberta. Dame Olive Wheeler a retired professor —told Cardiff Rotarians. But in one hotel she found this notice in the Wild West mood: Spiked boots and furs must be removed before retiring to bed: assaults on the cook66 words
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Article, Illustration155 1956-01-23 7 SABRIA IS SACKED BY THE BBC I OABRI N A. the TV "dumb blonde" star, has been sacked from a 8.8.C. show for breaking her contract. She should have appeared in two sketches with eomedian Jimmy James in the first of a "Home James" variety series from Manchester. Sabrina. above,155 words
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Miscellaneous49 1956-01-23 7 SINGAPORE HIGH TIDES TODAY: 7.44 p.m. |g TOMORROW: 6.34 a.m. << )> and 9.28 p.m. >> WEDNESDAY: 7.56 g a.m. and 10. !7 p.m. SS SS MICKSDAY: 9.08 a.m. >> and 11.10 p.m. SS FRIDAY: 10.07 a.m. >> and 11.46 p.m. SATI'RDAY: 10.58 a.m. ft si NDAY: 12.21 a.m. j49 words
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Article, Illustration1489 1956-01-23 8 ROBERT COLEMAN - The City that died in a Day ROBERT COLEMAN by THE WORLCS STRAHGEST STORIES It is unlikely that mighty Vesuvius will ever blow up again. As unlikely as it was on that hot August day in the Italian summer of A.D 79 IT was August in Italy. The heat was1,489 words
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Article262 1956-01-23 9 TROOPS CHEAT CUSTOMS WITH DOLLS Now alert is on rjUSTOMS officers have been warned that soldiers returning to Britain from Germany are smuggling camera lenses and watches hidden inside dolls and teddy bears. These toys, carried as "presents'' for children at home, normally pass through Customs without any question. The262 words
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262 1956-01-23 9 THE medical scientist who worked out the natural relaxation technique for painless childbirth. Dr. Grantley Dick Read, has .•jinplained that all his money had gone towards getting official recognition. The Pope recognises him in a remarkable way," his pretty, dark-haired wife told a reporter.262 words
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Article38 1956-01-23 9 Sir /Man Herbert performed a hornpipe on the companionway of the ex-R.N. sloop Wellington, moored off the Embankment. It was, he explained, to celebrate the Thames Conservancy Board's first meeting at its new headquarteii.38 words
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84 1956-01-23 9 A NATIONAL Union of Farmers survey of 3,757 farms in England and Wales says 64 per cent, of farmers earned under £1,000 in 1953-54. The N.F.U. stated that 35.2 per cent, earned less than £500— "the average wage rate of an adult male84 words
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192 1956-01-23 9 Be proud of being a bus conductor SERVING the public, said a magistrate is one of the most difficult things in the world. It requires a high degree of tolerance. Then the Old Street. London, magistrate, Mr. Harold Sturge. gave this advice to a trolleybus conductor: "DO try to remember192 words
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Article142 1956-01-23 9 OLD people are being exploited in homes masquerading as private nursing homes, said a hospital chairman. Mr. David Rhydderch told a Birmingham luncheon of an elderly friend who went into a private home after an operation. He was locked in his bed- room from one morning142 words
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Article, Illustration80 1956-01-23 9 When the General Motors "Motorama" opened in New York at the week-end one ear division showed, along with their cars, a collection of jewels worth $6,000,000. loaned by jeweller Harry Winston. Wearing $3,000,000 in diamonds, and with the famous Hope Diamond on her left, mode] Mary Gardner,Popper - 80 words
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Article185 1956-01-23 9 Ghosts of England must rise MODERNISM GONE WILD THEY may be saying hard things about Professor Albert Richardson in the new towns of Harlow, Hemel Hempstead, Crawley, and Stevenage. He is the architect President of the Royal Academy, and he has been saying hard things about the new towns in185 words
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Advertisement97 1956-01-23 9 ELECTRIC TIME RECORDER EFFICIENT PAYROLL TIME CONTROL AT A NEW LOW PRICE This ruggedly built Time Recorder quickly soves Its cost because it reduces tardiness, protects the payroll accuracy, saves clerical time ond answers time record disputes. For a complete installation, include matching all metal cord rocks, that hold 2597 words
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Article, Illustration71 1956-01-23 10 (ABOVE): Celebrating the half-century! mark which he has reached in life, popular colony personality Dr. C. J. Poh played host to a number of close; friends some =T of whom he had not seen for many years at a party at his St. raw™ s Road71 words
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Article, Illustration76 1956-01-23 10 (ABOVE) Here's one man who will definitely attend the Prince Rainier-Grac« Kelly wedding in Monaco. He is Six nor Mattera Vincenzo of Naples who, as a close friend of the Prince, has been personally invited to tli« "do" by a Royal letter.76 words
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Article, Illustration298 1956-01-23 11 probe Army (BELOW): Two iMittllting fUmM spend a few days here vWtfni m y the deterioration of Ser\u. M scientists I>r. S. C. Clark< n ol worth (right), of Nigeria Witt th( Mr. D. G. Dunn. Mrs. Cartwriffct metallurgist Ifl «'U itors to Singapore who expect to \imy establishments investigating298 words
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Article, Illustration64 1956-01-23 11 (ABOVE): In this happv group enjovlng cocktails as they wait for a floorshow to l^in at, Mr.nts M.-auiship s MP«!" skipper (apt. Muir M. -NaughUm. Harbour Board Ml _MM Robson and Mr. Dave Bender* ion,^mlne h.M at Cornell House Mr. BUI William* and64 words
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Article, Illustration120 1956-01-23 12 RECOGNISE THE STARS? OFF to Helsinki recently for the first Finnish Film Festival went actress Glynis Johns hidden under a gorgeously soft coat part of her wardrobe which was specially designed for her trip there. Her latest film, "Josephine and Men" was one of the films screened in the Festival.Reuter - 120 words
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Article783 1956-01-23 12 RICHARD FINDLATER - RICHARD FINDLATER •w ENIGMA THAT JAMES BRIDIE THE young man was tall, skinny and impossible I to ignore. He wore a battered bowler hat with a hole in the crown, a tomato-coloured jacket, an antique pair of magenta trousers striped with mauve— and a monocle. With this783 words
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Article349 1956-01-23 12 IIIIIIIIIIinIIIIIIIHIIMHIMIIIIIHIIIIIIHIMIIMIIIIIIMIHIJ The first of two articles by j Special Correspondent [NORMAN LINDHURST j i describing a recent visit to f the cockpit of Europe.... Mill IIIIIIIIIMIIIIIIIIIIIIIIMIIIIII, "/CRISIS CITY," some call j it. To others Berlin I is the "city of ten thou- i sand349 words
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Article203 1956-01-23 12 AFTER extensive, tours of Asia in 1955 American buyers for the major stores In New York have nsured that, as far as fabrics and patterns are oncerned. Americans will ertalnly have plenty of ariety during the coming year. One of the outstanding come-backs into the203 words
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Article, Illustration774 1956-01-23 13 Rich man's food not always the best says ihe SINGAPORE DOCTOR ,r FHE poor should eat white bread as the nobility do! was one of the slogans during the French Revolution. The poor man's bread, however, was more nourishing than the rich man's. White bread means refined flour and a774 words
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Article, Illustration39 1956-01-23 13 picture. The famous Everest climber. Sir John Hunt, accompanied by his wife, photographed on their arrival in Vienna. Sir John tave a series of lectures on the Everest expedition la the Austrian capital.- PopperPopper - 39 words
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Article187 1956-01-23 13 THE first medical "consulting room of the air" is shortly to be opened by the British Broadcasting Corporation. It will figure in the 8.8.C.'s Light Programme. Three doctors will answer questions sent in by listeners. The series is to be called "Is There a Doctor187 words
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Advertisement43 1956-01-23 13 ■■■■bbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbb Wetlding Pictures Make arrangements I\OW for your photographs to he taken hy a FREE PRESS PHOTOGRAPHER Telephone Singapore 2800 or write to FREE PRESS PHOTOGRAPHIC DEPT. 140- 110 Cecil Street Singapore This service is only available in Singapore B^B «UI MMW mmm43 words
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Article, Illustration1196 1956-01-23 14 ADRIAN ALINGTON - ADRIAN ALINGTON =•**********1111 By Mismiiiiimi E AUTHOR ADRIAN E E ALIXGTON went to 3 the 1914-18 war with the Wiltshire Regiment, E E finished with the rank E E of captain. In the last E E war he was a private in E E the Home Guard.1,196 words
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Article554 1956-01-23 14 Did it Happen? "Perhaps," I suggested rather lamely, "there was some old building on the site of the theatre." But this Idea, too, he squashed. When this part of Middlesham was developed, a whole area of mean streets was demolished. It certainly contained JO building which a welldressed Georgian gentleman554 words
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Advertisement92 1956-01-23 14 __S£ •'V^V^'iSt 77 CfoJHf oh Leave f J§ imh^m PHONE 6577^i1T0 TRANSPORT STORAGE LTD. 173 CECIL STREET SINGAPORE PACKERS SNIPPERS INSURANCE AGENTS TS6HS ■MjHMnjr "B L |^^^|n JLmtmmlmW 'I* weekly issue of the STRAITS BUDGET can be^ by Air Mail to any address in the United Kingdom^? :at an inclusive92 words
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Article, Illustration598 1956-01-23 15 ANNA LANDAU - Stay in love and be beautiful ANNA LANDAU (I uJ I 1 says glamorous Lana LANA TURNER has become the love symbol in motion pictures, as she represents the epitome of what many audiences consider desirable in a woman. Because of this she is invariably asked for her secrets of598 words
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Article, Illustration431 1956-01-23 15 Both sides vulner.il>Rest dealer ■The North n.ind is a confusing -••one for novices at point count valuation, for it seems to total 15 points, counting two for the ton spade, and la therefore a compulsory opening bid. However, "de ddeka" take this hand out of that category. A431 words
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Advertisement89 1956-01-23 15 i\\<^< >v<^< i*.<i*.<wp*<>jrojr feftSVtlSl <^<»iro'^<>^( l%JMJfc#tf%iflfl feftSl p%£ a "v I /or INVALIDS «irf I j ELDERLY ,-flv X^\^SP A' h MILK, with its wealth of I -*""tSs^%. ftl natural food properties and r /^ss^^\ ea,y digestibility, is particularly suitable for invalids and NESPRAY is MILK in its safest and89 words
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108 1956-01-23 16 This flying swordfish' is at home on land too STREAKING across Chesapeake Bay (Maryland) at 600 m.p.h. these days is the world's first multi-jet seaplane. The technical name for the mat-nine is the Martin XPGM-1 Seamaster and, at the moment of take-off. it is the nearest thing to a flying108 words
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Article579 1956-01-23 16 UNDER CRYSTAL CHANDELIERS, HANDLING CHIPS WITH FINGERS mrmwmw HHMIII hiihhhhihihhiihi iiiiiiiiitiiiiiiiiiiniiiiii'tiiiiiiiii"""'""""""" iiuiiiiiimiiiiiihiihiim'""."' AS SENSITIVE AS A MUSICIAN'S.. .COUNTING THE BRITISH AS AMONG HIS MOST RABID CUSTOMERS... HE IS AMONG THE llllltlltlHlHHiriHH IHIIItIIIIHIIIHIIH Mill 11(11 II till 111 HIGHEST-PAID EMPLOYEES IN HIS COUNTRY, 8UT.... I ......HIHHH.579 words
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Article, Illustration51 1956-01-23 16 BUGLE CAM. but not for the Marines! Shetee North works hard accompanying her CMCh on the bugle In preparation for I scene in "The Lieutenant Wore Sk-;ts a comedy about a hapless I.S. Air Force Major and his troublesome Lieutenant wife. "Phew'-^ays Sherce— this certainly takes the wind out of51 words
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Article, Illustration92 1956-01-23 16 A HUNDRED and twenty volunteers for the German Navy reported for duty at Whilelmshaven on New Year's day. On the same day, 500 West Gerl mans reported at Aldernach Barracks, 30 miles from I Bonn to undergo three-months basic training for I the new West German92 words
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Miscellaneous260 1956-01-23 16 DAILY CROSSWORD 7 p I CLUES ACROSS put a penny in the old 1. Conviviality just now in mans hat'' <5) Westminster? (ft, 6). 8. Not a direct glance at the 7 Helps— with getting the festive -extras" on the Christmas dinner? (7). sideboard! iB>. 9 Bird extinct now (4).260 words
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Article, Illustration997 1956-01-23 17 THOMAS WISEMAN - FHE QUATERMASS MAN SIGNS UP a NEW MONSTER THOMAS WISEMAN SHOW TALK from LONDON HI mn HOSTS are having a I** thin time these ■days in Britain. Even ■the fog has failed to ■cheer them up. For our tastes in the I nacabre have become In 1 1 r a997 words
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Article51 1956-01-23 17 HIT MEN WRITE NEW HIT \U Fain and Paul Wchk ifer, irho wrote the hU v. Lore U A M any adored Thing the Hit Parade), hare ten another promising tune, titled Flaming nie j or Thr Rr:o jf of nie Stover" in which J ie Russell will play the51 words
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Advertisement63 1956-01-23 17 RECORD OF THE WEEK jL^L tuxa #1 Hi-Fidelity Recordings'^? JB N. *****. "The Singing Dogs". The AW Jr/^I Record Sensation of the Year! Five Am _B r dogs who REALLY SINC! "Ob H^Qt Susanna" "Pat-a-Cake" "Three Blind kW wmMm Mice" "Jingle Bells." 10" 78 rpm g* XJ^mW $2.50 (Singapore) \cm\mt63 words
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Article, Illustration460 1956-01-23 18 -pHERE is at least one deter- mined opponent of floodlight soccer. He is no less than Mr. Howarth. Secretary ol the powerful Football League. Having watched the Wolverhampton West Bromwich Cupie and on his way to a League Management Committee meeting in London heReuter - 460 words
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Article, Illustration476 1956-01-23 18 JOHN P. HAMILL - JOHN P.HAMILL jKSiki i 'HE first round of the inter- Wing seven-a-side knockout ruyger competition was played on Monday between Flying Wing and Admin. Wing. Flying Wing now meet Engineering Wing in a semi-final and Supply v. Tech. Wing In the other. The476 words
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Article45 1956-01-23 18 JUAN Fangio of Argentina, after switching Ferraris. ;won the Argentine Grand Prix, in Buenos Aires yesi terday. Jean Behra of France, driving a Maserati, was second, and Mike Hawthorn jof Britain, an Independent also driving a Maserati, was third.— A. P.45 words
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400 1956-01-23 18 JUST WHAT I WANT TO BE SAID PAGE-BOY By The Scout TIM MOLONY was walking through the hall of the Waldorf Hotel, London, live years ago when he noticed a diminutive paue -boj standing by "You're the right build for a jockey. Tim said half jocularly and to his surprise400 words
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Advertisement105 1956-01-23 18 i^^^fe t 1 jp* J j Al'STllf' mMmWkWX&*<**< i^^.- s X "2^ Always dependable t&jj^ v P§| s mfWOm\ JKWm «WK FP_!_^_1 WSkeSmM m _F*_b_K_l A I L 9 Jmmmmmmmmmmm Wimmmmmmmmm mmmmmWmmWM AUSTIN AAA; f^ \*s V'* t' s ALWAYS DKPEMIADI f I BBW^^^ ,vA. ALL WAYS li''' '^^^S^ AUSTIN105 words
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Article, Illustration272 1956-01-23 19 IPRODICKR(Geyer) winning the first race (CI. 4. Div. 2-6f.) from Brown Booty (Franklin), on the rails, and Big Hit )Mortimer). fourth is Glittering (Ransome) and fifth is Viola (Larkin), on the rails. I WHAT HAPPENED (Hudson) winning the second race (CI. 4, Div. 2-9f.) from272 words
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651 1956-01-23 19 Wally Bagby had another good day at Ipoh -By OUR RACING REPORTER- TURNING in a grand effort in the straight, Producer (Shelley Geyer) came from last to win Race One a If. handicap for CI. 4. Div. 2 horses, at Ipoh on Saturday, concluding day of the Perak Turf Club's651 words
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Advertisement28 1956-01-23 19 OCEAN PARkI HOTEL'S FAMOUS QUINTETS <c Ace Band of Singapore ft with > S H >> w. MISS SALOMA >> the Malay "Marilyn Monroe" o(Jo Rinf ***** for Table Reservations. <l28 words
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316 1956-01-23 20 SIIOWING yood all-round farm. Singapore nave a good account of themselves in besting the Ceylon Combined Services by SVC goals to two at Jalan Besar stadium yesterday. After their dismal displays during trials at the recent triangular, the Singapore attack worked well and special316 words
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Article434 1956-01-23 20 YVTEIGTHS for all j eight races on Saturday, first day of the Singapore Turf Club Jan. -Feb. Meeting are CL, 2, DIV. I— IM. Conventional 9.00 H Dorado 8.13 Kam Loong 8.12 So What 8.12 The Camel 8.11 Rice Mill 8.11 Majestas 8.10 Ocean Pearl 8.09 Sudden Choice434 words
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Article45 1956-01-23 20 rE Singapore Hockey Association will give a dinner to Ceylon Services at the Jubilee Restaurant on I Wednesday. Those who wish to attend should contact Cecil Wong. 69 U China Building. Tel. *****. Tickets are $5 single and $8 couple, i drinks inclusive.45 words
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Article411 1956-01-23 20 TJONOURS in the 26th Monte Carlo rally were divided. Although the winner was a British Jaguar driven by 35-year-old linen manufacturer, Ronnie Adams of Belfast, competitors- and cars from France and Germany also did exceptionally well. German cars placed four in the first six, and411 words
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Article, Illustration38 1956-01-23 20 A FRENCH defender uses his weight to stop two Scottish forwards, Greenwood (centre) and McLeod from breaking through, in the rugby international which Scotland won by 12—0 at Murrayfield. Scotland. On the left is the French captain Dufau38 words
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Article247 1956-01-23 20 PAKISTAN virtually tossed aside any chance they had of victory over the M.C.C. in the first unofficial I cricket Test in Lahore yesterday. In one of the biggest goslow crawls in cricket history they scored only 107 after a full days batting of 5V2 hours and247 words
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Article78 1956-01-23 20 EIGHTEEN YEAR OLD Ron Clarke, of Melbourne, on Saturday ran the mile in the world's fastest time for a junior with 4min. 11.8sec. at an j inter-club meeting at the Olympic Park, Melbourne. Clarke's time is one second better than the previous best run by Britain's78 words
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Advertisement337 1956-01-23 20 CLASSIFIED ADS. BIRTHS 20 Word* $6 (minimum). KERR: To Jean (Nee Allison), a son at Bungsar on 21st Janualry 1956. Robert Peter. CHANDRAPAL: To Gnanam. Daughter of Dr. A. Somasundram, at Johore Bahru Hospital on 20th January 1956, a Daughter. Both well. DEATH 20 Word* $6 (minimum). ONG YEW KWEE,337 words
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Advertisement84 1956-01-23 20 A _^v i Are you i 1 the "Arm-Twisted" type 1 //Av. tl e man w bose If// \m^A n arm been If -A )\y) unfairly y^* —^^>. twisted drinks j his beer with 1 f i r^-^ I e a r °f a r VJJIaFxN V martyr and the84 words
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