The Singapore Free Press, 31 January 1956
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Title Section19 1956-01-31 1 The Singapore Free Press Largest Afternoon Sale m Malaya No. *****. Singapore, Tuesday, January 31, 1956. Price 15 Its.19 words
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174 1956-01-31 1 pRIME Minister Sir An- thony Eden assured President Elsenhower yesterday of Britain's full support m challenging Russia to prove its peaceful intent by "deeds not words." A spokesman for the two delegations said Sir Anthony personally told the President of Britain's support duringA.P. - 174 words
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97 1956-01-31 1 DUKE'S 'HULLO' KISS SETS OFF ROMANCE GOSSIP rIE British Press reported rumours yesterday of a new Royal romance that of the 20-year-old Duk e of Kent, cousin of the Queen. Tlie Duke rapidly gaining a reputation as a playboy, was pictured kissing 20--year-old J (i an Sheffield when he arrivedU.P. - 97 words
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Article33 1956-01-31 1 A row of 10 attap houses m Mandai Road. Singapore, was destroyed by nre early today. One man was injured ir. the blaze. Hv is In the General UobpiUL33 words
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Article, Illustration93 1956-01-31 1 Ex-Malaya judge dies in UK MR. A. K. a Beckett Tetrell. whose deulh w;*^ announced this morning, died m a Reading. South Wales, nursing home. He was 75. Mr. a'Beckett Terrell came to Malaya m 1908 as a partner m a Penang law firm, later becoming a puisne judge m93 words
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122 1956-01-31 1 Red defeat is more vital than self-rule rTAL defeat of the Communists is more important to Malaya than self-government, an authoritative Malayan source said m London yesterday. It appeared certain the source added, that Chief Minister Tengku Abdul Rahman would return home with a guarantee of self-government for Malaya withinU.P. - 122 words
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Article38 1956-01-31 1 The flood evacuees from Bedok Boys' School have gone back to their farms m the resettlement area. The Government survey team was out again this morning. It is expected to .finish its work tomorrow.38 words
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Article31 1956-01-31 1 Mohamed Shah 1 bin Abu Bakar. 20. an employee of ch e Singapore Recreation Club, is m hospital with stab wounds received during an argument with another man yesterday.31 words
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Article44 1956-01-31 1 Twenty-five Korean war orphans will be flown to Hollywood on February 22 from Seoul to portray themselves m the film "Battle I Hymn' the story of Col. Dean Hess the flying par<son who was a top U.S. ace m two wai*s.- A.P.A.P. - 44 words
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Article30 1956-01-31 1 The Singapore Rubber Market opened this mornIng on an uncertain tone with first grade, February shipment, at $1.06 a lb., 2 5 8 cents below yesterday's clos|ng price30 words
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Article56 1956-01-31 1 Sweden's biggest oil refinery caught fire last night. About one-sixth of the refinery area, which includes more than 100 oil storage tanks m addition to buildings, was burning and more than 100 firemen were fighting the flames. Police m Nyaeshamn said they were investigating the possibility thatA.P. - 56 words
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130 1956-01-31 1 THE Executive Board of the World Health Organisation (WHO) decided In Geneva yesterday that the time was ripe for large-scale campaign against leprosy m every country affected by the disease, including Malaya. It said the use of sulphones, synthetic drugs tried out during World War130 words
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Article47 1956-01-31 1 Five youths -aged 15 to 20 were sentenced to life imprisonment at Worcester. Massachusetts, yesterday or a murder- roblMry that netted them six cents apie. They pleaded guilfy to murder m the second det, The life sentence wa* mandatory A.P.A.P. - 47 words
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Article349 1956-01-31 1 MARSHALL WARNS OPPOSITION Talk boycott won't stop my London visit THE Singapore Chief Minister. Mr. David Marshall, said today he 1 would call an all-party conference soon to seek an agreed tormula for constitutional talks m London m April. But he made it clear he would go to London even349 words
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110 1956-01-31 1 ONE Goan was killed and two others seriously injured when 25 Indians disguised m Portuguese police uniforms opened fire on them, it was anounced m Goa yesterday. The victims were miners riding from Sanquelim to Per n c m m an official110 words
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Advertisement17 1956-01-31 1 f CADBURYS\ CHOICEST \CHOCOLATES/ 1 1 it^Z tin n ft RED LABEL ASSORTMENT DISTRIBUTED BY SIME DARBY17 words
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80 1956-01-31 2 AIR-supported French army columns rumbled into the Riff Mountains yesterday to smash rebel hands trying to coax restive Berber tribes into a fullscale rising. Several armour tipped units, guided by planes, roamed the Taza region, 150 miles east of Rabat, m an effort to80 words
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162 1956-01-31 2 'JOBS IF YOU RETURN' -CHOU LURES CHIANG MEN COMMUNIST Chinese Premier Chou En-lai yesterday called upon the United States to join Peking m an Asian-wide "pact of collective peace." And he appealed to Nationalist Chinese to "take the road of peaceful liberation of Formosa" by returning to the Communist-ruled mainland.U.P. - 162 words
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Article61 1956-01-31 2 Baltimore flre inspectors said yesterday that escaping gas may have been responsible for the flash fire that caused 10 deaths on Sunday at a church supper. Twenty four hours after the tragedy, authorities were still probing the ruins of the suburban community hall searching for possibleU.P. - 61 words
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125 1956-01-31 2 Trade with Red China will come India INDIA'S delegate to 1 ECAFE told the Committee op Industry and Trade yesterday m Bangalore India had faith that its desire to resume trade with Communist China "will prevail" but we are willing to bide our time," he added. Delegate K. B. LaUU.P. - 125 words
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348 1956-01-31 2 Crippled children chant 'Good morning' to Queen QUEEN Elizabeth and the Duke of Edinburgh joined 1,200 guests at a garden party on the lawns of Government House m Lagos last night, at the end of a day of uproarious noise, colour, and pageantry. Turbanned chiefs and emirs from the Muslim348 words
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Article190 1956-01-31 2 U.K. LAYS MURDER BLAME ON RADIO BRITAIN yesterday accused the Greek-con-trolled Athens Radio of being an "accessory' 1 to 22 murders m Cyprus. The Colonial Secretary, Mr. Alan Lennox-Boyd told the House of Commons that broadcasts to the Greek-speaking islanders from the Greek capital contained "incitement without precedent between Allies"A.P. - 190 words
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Article59 1956-01-31 2 Three Nationalist Chinese warships engaged m a 1U minute sea battle with a group of Communist gun boats west of Matsu on Sunday night, the National ist navy announced yesterday. The announcement said the Red gunboats "fled" towards the mainland under cover of shelling from shoreU.P. - 59 words
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Article141 1956-01-31 2 THE Japanese Government will pay the Netherlands $30 million compensation for the hardships undergone by Dutch subjects m Japanese camps during the last war, the Dutch Foreign Ministry announced yesterday m The Hague. The compensation, which will be paid m sterling m five yearly instalments,141 words
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Article59 1956-01-31 2 PAKISTANI Ambassador to the United States Mohammed Ali yesterday accused some nations yesterday of "blackmailing" America to gain economic aid. Ali, one of the Middle East's most outspoken proWestern leaders, indicated that the United States should take a more decisive stand on Middle East issues. He chargedU.P. - 59 words
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Advertisement205 1956-01-31 2 I S 6^/ SALE! 1 1 Pocke, Uto. j $2 w ><eh I Beautiful ECLYD lighters S with watch combination bale price m ass rted C^ r^ j $6.00 to $15.00 each Original price $50.00 I sa/e price $20.00 Leather Bound Address Books I m brown, plum, navy blue. j;205 words
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Article145 1956-01-31 3 Nehru says 'I erred/ then gives warning fPHE Indian Prime Minister, Mr. Jawaharlal Nehru, said m New Delhi yesterday that the violent uprisings m Bombay and other cities against state boundary changes based on linguistic lines had been "an eye opener" to the government. He told aU.P. - 145 words
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Article116 1956-01-31 3 BUT SYNDICATE SAYS NO SALE LESLIE Combs II said m Miami, Florida, yesterday he and his partners had turned down an offer of $4,500,000 for Nashua, the world's most valuable race horse. Combs said he was approached by an agent but did not know the identityA.P. - 116 words
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89 1956-01-31 3 Two stars in 'It pays to live' die DEATH of two principal! actors, described as Abomb victims, hus temporarily halted production of an anti-atomic Mm planned by the Leftist Japan Council for the Prohibition of the Atomic Bomb, Kyodo news service said yesterday m Hiroshima. Shooting oi the document tary89 words
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Article30 1956-01-31 3 Richard T. Delow has been appointed general manager of Malayan American Plantations, Ltd., a subsidiary of United States Rubber Co. He will make his headquarters m Penang.30 words
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Article, Illustration37 1956-01-31 3 Mr. John Thomas Proece helps his bride, the former Josephine Agatha Nathan, cut the wedding cake at the Adelphi Hotel after their marriage yesterday. The bride is the daughter of Madam J Nathan of Singapore.-37 words
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96 1956-01-31 3 AN AFRICAN mother saved her six-year-old child from death when she fought a six-foot crocodile barehanded it was disclosed m Johannesburg, yesterday. The crocodile had snatched the child from the banks of the Uxbuluzi River m Swaziland. When the mother heard her child'sU.P. - 96 words
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Article385 1956-01-31 3 IT FORMS FIRST IN LEAF NOT BARK, ATOM SHOWS THE U.S. Atomic Energy Commission reported yesterday that technical studies with radioactive carbon have provided new information on formation of i rubber m the leaf of rubber trees. Up to now it was thought that rubber formation occursA.P. - 385 words
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144 1956-01-31 3 Rose holds 'good' footings for U.S. TOKYO Rase, who talked treason during World War 11, said yesterday m Chicago her feelings towards the. United States are "good." The 39-year-old woman, who was convicted of treason for her broadcasts from Japan to American troops during the war, registered with U.S. probationU.P. - 144 words
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Article, Illustration25 1956-01-31 3 South Africa, which with- drew from the United Nations General Assembly m i protest against "interference" m her internal affairs returned yesterday.25 words
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Article35 1956-01-31 3 Workers who have to change clothing and bathe because they handle dangerous acids on the job Biust be paid for time so spent, the U.S. Supreme Court ruled unanimously yesterday. A. P.A.P. - 35 words
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219 1956-01-31 4 The Singapore Free Press. TUESDAY, Jan. 31, 1956. Opinion TENGKU'S JOB PEDERATION Chief Minister Abdul Rahman has unequivocally declared that the Communists are righting to make Malaya a province of China. And Malaya is a rich prize for any aggressor. The only deterrent to aggression is military might. This is219 words
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Article, Illustration431 1956-01-31 4 2000-mile trek across ice continent set for 1957/8 CAN Fuchs succeed where Shackleton failed? Shackleton wanted to cross Antarctica from coast to coast m 1914 but the pack ice crushed his ship. Now a Commonwealth expedition under Dr. Fuchs plans to make the 2,000-mile journey across the continent431 words
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Article340 1956-01-31 4 A truce to these H-bomb tests by a Special Correspondent EARNEST people m many parts of the world must have suffered a sinking of the heart when they read of the H-bomb statement made by the United States Secretary of State. Mr. Dulles, He said simply that the United States340 words
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Article280 1956-01-31 4 brachcomber - brachcomber by I HAVE been sent an account of a home-made organ which is "blown by a vacuum cleaner." There is a stamp collector living m Ipswich who has a harp on his bicycle, with pedals worked by steam which concentrates m a tiny boiler under the280 words
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Advertisement12 1956-01-31 4 WingO PRECISION WATCHES AT MODERATE PRICES (Manufactured by Amida Watch Co., S.A.)12 words
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Advertisement40 1956-01-31 4 WE CATER FOR EVERYTHING... ...FROM A T TEA PARTY w 3ANQ v E a prepared m our modern kitchen and expertly served m your own home. Just ring ***** and ask for the Catering Department SINGAPORE COLD STORAGE (0, LTD,40 words
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Article171 1956-01-31 5 rE five note melodic chime which announces the ice-cream man m rural areas and housing estates was specially composed by musician Peter Yorke. T. Wall and Sons spent about £30.000 to equip their vans with the tune. They thought it very pretty, and worth171 words
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Article68 1956-01-31 5 rpilE Lord's Day ObserA vance Society has asked Brighton's Chief' Constable to ban Sunday ice hockey matches. Because an ice pantomime is running during the week, Brighton Tigers have switched their games to Sunday. This, claims the society. is Illegal. Said Mr. Richard Hi"b» d.68 words
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Article17 1956-01-31 5 Czechoslovakia yesterday gave Egyptian Prime Minister Colonel Gamal Abdel NMSer a twin-engined flveseat plane. U.P.U.P. - 17 words
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160 1956-01-31 5 OUTSIDE a magistrates' court a widowed mother told her 16 year old daughter; "Don't you dare come home. I never want to see you again." The magistrates, at Brighton, had just given the g^l Gwynnith Edwards, permission to marry 25--year-old Harold Wells, an £8-a-week waste160 words
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Article61 1956-01-31 5 The foxhound called Definite, which ran away from the Essex and Suffolk Hunt two months ago, has been caught. It was seen coming: from an outhouse near Thorpe-le-Soken, Essex, police station L L Overnight Police Constable Albert Snell put food inside, then crept to the61 words
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Article, Illustration119 1956-01-31 5 A govt. 'windfall' set him on his way A YOUNG man who inherited a "small fortune" because of the "mistakes of the Socialist Party" m Britain, is using his money globe-trotting. He is Mr. Mark Barker, aged 24 left, who is now m Singapore after visiting most of the Mediterranean119 words
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Article22 1956-01-31 5 Ten people were killed and 22 injured when a truck collided with a bus at lima, Peru. A.P.A.P. - 22 words
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Article184 1956-01-31 5 ONE LB. DAILY IS ALL YOU NEED TIHE nearest thing yet to the fiction writer's dream of a tablet to replace all other food is now on sale at chemists' m Britain. It is a pale yellow powder which contains every essential food. Given air and water, a healthy person184 words
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278 1956-01-31 5 NOW ONLY DOCTORS CAN SUPPLY THEM DOZENS of the bestknown slimming drugs and pep pills have now gone on the danger list under a Home Office order. Thousands of people who vs P them will now bo supplied only on doctor's prescriptions. Hitherto278 words
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Article74 1956-01-31 5 AFRICANS are to be eranted commissions m the King's African Rifles and other East African units, hitherto British-offi-cered. And they will be trained at the Royal Military Academy, Sandhurst. A Colonial Office statement said: "Thus measure Is designed to encourage the territories of East74 words
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211 1956-01-31 5 £5m. boost for canals in U.K. Work begins now BRITAIN'S canals have not been forgotten by the Transport Commission a start is to be made at once on a '£5£ million scheme to develop and modernise them. This was announced by Sir Reginald Kerr. the Commission's waterways chief, who recently211 words
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Miscellaneous690 1956-01-31 6 4 MAivbliAKE b7"Lee"'Faik"'and ""phil""Davi« X^^^J ii |HBs!!^^\ ty/jtA- td I SAW fT CLEAR AS DAYLIGHT j IVTf MS 4 GRASSHOPPER- AS BIG AS A HoR9£!"WKtKti&^ V (L^_^^T' o WERE OfiEAMING BUT I SWtt MIDDLE 1' IS?~" i/tSL J9~ F&1 ous store of quitt forct> whicn u_:si^g7 —r^-^j^^^^m^^&x' r m vuu^m}690 words
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Article152 1956-01-31 7 Above prices quoted m pence. PEPPER, White Sarawak f*.q. «oii Ar« c.i.f. European ports February 32d. sellers 32d. sellers PEPPER Black Sarawak Special ci.f. European ports February 23d. sellers 23d. sellers Above prices quoted m shillings and pence. LONDON, Jan. 30. Previous Today RUBBER No. 1 RSS152 words
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Article74 1956-01-31 7 S; Above prices quoted m U.S. cents per Ib. NEW YORK. Jan. 30. Previous Today TIN Straits spot and nearby 103 00 nom. US futures January {^^0 asked Vhruarl bid &9 75 bid Februarl 102.00 asked 101.25 asked March 99 50 bid 00 bl( f March 100.5074 words
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Article39 1956-01-31 7 Spot Malabar Lampong 33, awaiting retewe WJ4, »f» te -2' to 31' Malabar first half Feb. 31 Sarawak spot and awaiting release 30.-. afloats and Jan. 30. Sellers ex-dock. Abore prices Quoted m U.S. cents per to.39 words
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Article37 1956-01-31 7 NEW YORK, Jan. 30. Previous Today 466 Sti 467.56 30 Industrials ***** 155 15 20 Railroads 98 94 99.04 JO Domestic Bonds g3 44 63.76 15 Itilities ***** 165.98 64 Storks Composite Av«ragt» 103.0037 words
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Article98 1956-01-31 7 Jan. 30. Previous Today COI'KV Philippic" l K SjrFSt .£3 tm xners $n9 sellers Kuroiwan delivered weight per £6 5 nom. |on« ton Jan./ 1 eb. £65 sellers k vi.rrh £64 buyers £65 nom. I eb. March. |g Sm rorONTT OIL crude Straits 4 f l98 words
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Article431 1956-01-31 7 CAUSE OF RED FACES AMONG RNVR MEN THERE were some red faces m the wardrooms of naval Reserve ships anchored m the River Mersey. For already the story of Venus the Cow was getting around. And oh, how the Navy proper would blush. At431 words
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Article144 1956-01-31 7 SCHOOLMASTER Raymond Lamb has fought S and lost-a lefeal battle on benalf of thousands of schoolmasters: the right to sit on town councils. rv two votes to one three High Court judges decided thaf Mr Lamb of LoVestoft grammar school, was not entitled to sit on144 words
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Article48 1956-01-31 7 A young mother of six children forced her way past neighbours and through the flames of her blazing East London home to snatch her two-year-old baby, Carmen, from a pram which was already alight. The woman, Mrs. Mary Apap, 28, escaped without burns.48 words
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Article174 1956-01-31 7 A 21-YEAR-OLD girl, the unmarried mother of two children, had to decide at Wimbledon. London. Juvenile Court between them and the married man who is their father. She chose the man. "Don't you think you are being a very silly girl?" Mrs. E. M. Clifton, the174 words
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Article43 1956-01-31 7 Squadron Leader Peter G. P Heruson of the Royal Air Force has been mussing since Friday when his jet fighter crashed m the Gulf of Mexico, the U.S. Air Force said at Eglin Air Force Base, Florida, yesterday. A.P.A.P. - 43 words
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Article78 1956-01-31 7 Four men have been jailed at the Old Bailey m London for possessing gelignite. Hugh Fairley, of Clapham, and Henry Jeffrey and Joseph English, of Brixton, were each sentenced to four years. William Corbett, of Hampton Wick, was sentenced to two years. William Osborne and his78 words
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Article40 1956-01-31 7 Tlie newest Royal Air Forcp airfield, destined to be one of the R.A.F.'s major bases m the Eastern Mediterranean, comes into operational use tod It is at Akrotiri on the south coast of Cyprus Reuter.40 words
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Article20 1956-01-31 7 Soviet Premier Marshal N Bulsanin wa> yesterday back at work after a fourweek absence from public life.- ReuterReuter - 20 words
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Article160 1956-01-31 7 IF is the road killer THERE was a record number of road accidents m Britain last year more than a quarter of a million. And nearly all of them need not have happened. They were caused by carelessness. The Ministry of Transport has just published a 6d. booklet, Sense, and160 words
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Article23 1956-01-31 7 Sir Edwin Chapman Andrews, British ambassador at Beirut, has been appointed first ambassador to the Sudan. A .P.A.P. - 23 words
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Article29 1956-01-31 7 Capt. William Judd landed his tiny single-engine Cessna plane m France yesterday after a solo flight across the Atlantic but far short of Cairo, his goal.— U.P.U.P. - 29 words
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Miscellaneous50 1956-01-31 7 Singapore i Ihich tides 7 TODAY: 1.14 p.m. << < TOMORROW: IM a.m. >> and 1.57 p.m. << I THURSDAY: IM a.m. >> and 2.44 p.m. >< FRIDAY: 3 am. >> and 3.35 p.m. l\ SATURDAY: 3.36 a.m. SS i) and 4.37 p.m. SUNDAY: I.'.' ;im. and << << 6.1050 words
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Article, Illustration729 1956-01-31 8 SAM WHITE - A murdered man 's heirs now claim his fortune SAM WHITE Newsletter from Paris by THE ownership of four leading hotels m Paris and the Riviera has been placed m jeopardy by a curious legal action brought by the heirs of a murdered man. Thp hotels concerned are the HotelReuter - 729 words
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239 1956-01-31 9 HOMES HEATED BY HIDDEN PAPER DEVICE The hot and ORITISH families may soon have their homes heated by an electrical paper device hidden under the wallpaper. It is a development of the "printed circuit," m which the equivalent of an electric wire is stencilled on to an insulating material. Indentations239 words
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256 1956-01-31 9 The not-so-hot IT was bad weather for the campers. There was only a cold wind blowing and all 50 of them had hoped for snow. Apart from having to turn out m the early hours of the morning to tighten their tent ropes,256 words
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Article87 1956-01-31 9 Casino for Brighton is rejected IJOLIDAYMAKERS m BriX1 tain looking for a casino, relaxed drinking hours and easier gambling this year must still go to the Continent. For the Home Office has turned down Brighton's plan to provide all three amenities. They had asked that the licensing, betting and gamIng87 words
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Article84 1956-01-31 9 rpHREE women were acA quitted at the Old Bailey. London, of the manslaughter of a woman whose body was found m a shallow grave m Epping Forest. Then the three were charged with performing an illegal operation on the woman. 31 -year-old Mrs Eilleen Taylor Two Kathleen84 words
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Article, Illustration170 1956-01-31 9 SO that people may pick out the Queen more easily during the Nigerian tour, a standard is carried immediately behind her when she is walking. The Queen gave her personal approval to the idea. It helps to meet her wish that she may bePopper - 170 words
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Article170 1956-01-31 9 A WOMAN telephone London Airport and said: "I am trying to save lives. Have you thought that the Athens plane may have been sabotaged!" Then the line went dead. At that moment a BEA Viscount bringing 42 passengers from Athens to London was about to land170 words
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Article146 1956-01-31 9 BOUGHT any stolen goods lately? Without knowing they were stolen, of course. The medieval law of market overt may give you the tight to keep them, it was claimed at Wimbledon. Counsel No. 1 said market overt protected such London markets as Pet|icoat Lane and146 words
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Article210 1956-01-31 9 GIRL, 8, WRITES SONG IN 30 MINS. WITH flying colours, eight-year-old poet prodigy Minou Drouet has won admission into the French National Songwriters' Association. Like all other candidates, she was put into a room by herself and then given a subject on which she had to write a poem. For210 words
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Article21 1956-01-31 9 A West German has invented a non-skid shoe hold on by an elastic band for walkers m icy weather.21 words
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Article, Illustration329 1956-01-31 10 Cruiser is built in the backyard Miles from any water, Mr. Roy Morgan, 44 (left) works on the 26-foot cabin cruiser be has been building for the past two-and-a-half years m the yard behind his cycle shop m High Street. Colliers Wood, Surrey. He expects to launch the boat mPopper - 329 words
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Article, Illustration294 1956-01-31 10 WORLD NEWS IN PIC CTURES Above: Firemen working amid the burning ruins *t the rear of the International Ston s at the lage of Wadhurst after a Meteor jet night fighter had crashed. Wadhurst was tut 11 1 Diane crashed on two bungalows and the stores. The resulting blaze spreadReuter - 294 words
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Advertisement42 1956-01-31 11 SINGAPORE CITY COUNCIL ELECTRICITY DEPARTMENT YOU# M€ANS OF 1 LARGE STANDARD COOKERS with large oven space a two boiling plates and grill-boiler. A Available on hire I at $2.00 per month L Consult your Electrical Contractor or Ring 2419 Ext. 352 ....•••■■■I.>IIIIIIIUIIIIIIiIIIIIIIiIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIMIIIII4IIUUUUIIMMM42 words
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656 1956-01-31 12 DUTCH STUDENT HELPS THE TRAPPED DADS gg special correspondent MORE trouble for 1 weary fathers m Holland when they come home from work. The almost world-wide and unanimous plea of children to their fathers at bedtime. "Tell me a story, Daddy," is now656 words
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Article417 1956-01-31 12 JOHN CULMER - BEARDED THEN BEATEN JOHN CULMER By S ftSJSS SETS S*SSJS all restraint m morals and personal behaviour Today, 16 years later, r. "gamberrismo" is still a national problem, particul- arly m big cities like Mad- rid and Barcelona and is I discussed every week m f every responsible Spanish >417 words
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Article422 1956-01-31 12 Report from Germany... Report from Germany... DEEP m the heart of a dilapidated air raid shelter on the outskirts of Hamburg late m 1950 post-war German television "took to the air." The beginning was modest, only a two-hour transmission every other day, utilising a camera422 words
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406 1956-01-31 12 11TEST GERMANY re- ports ''almost miraculous success" m absorbing nearly 11 million refugees, "expellees" and Soviet Zone "immigrants" into the nations economy. To be more exact, the number of these new citizens is 10,800,--000. Not only is there practically no unemployment among this406 words
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694 1956-01-31 13 SYLVIA LAMOND - Here 's something the Oomph girls can 't teach you SYLVIA LAMOND by ANY intelligent woman can work hard at "Oomph" and acquire it, m varying degrees. Any ambitious girl can achieve a passable imitation of the Monroe wiggle with plenty of practice and a full-length mirror. La Lollo's bosom694 words
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Article, Illustration465 1956-01-31 13 SUNNY GIAM - You cant touch the models SUNNY GIAM reports DHOTOGRA--1 PHERS taking pictures of the nude models at the recently formed Singapore Art Photographic Academy are not permitted to touch the models. This was told to me by Mr. Ford Loh, the Secretary. There is little chance of exposed films being465 words
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Article, Illustration855 1956-01-31 14 BUTJSACEBRUSH' SHOOK THE ARMY COMETHING new has been added to the American Army, now on manoeuvres m "Operation Sagebrush." Women news correspondents are m the field with combat troops. No greater evidence of the "newness" of this could be found than m the surprisedReuter - 855 words
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Article, Illustration262 1956-01-31 14 SMOOTH AND SHINING AND SECURE— that's Anne Bancroft's new blonde hair-style which sh« i wore for family celebrations over Christmas and the New Year. Ann will shortly be seen m "The Last Frontier" an outdoor drama m which ■he plays the part of a262 words
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338 1956-01-31 14 Jennifer Johns - These immigrants HAVE to go to SCHOOL Jennifer Johns ONE WOMAN'S AMERICA WHATEVER Bul- ganin, Khrushchev Ltd., may think (and they apparently think plenty) about the horrors of ilfe m the United States, figures just given me by Commissioner Joseph M. Swing of the U.S. Immigration and Naturalisation Service, tell338 words
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Advertisement136 1956-01-31 15 FUJIYA" CULTURED PEARLS now available m Necklaces from $40.00 Ear-rings set m 18-ct. gold from $56.00. Brooches from $120.00 FUJIYA CULTURED PEARLS ARE REAL PEARLS LANKA Jewellers (THE HOUSE FOR CEYLON GEMS) 20 BATTERY ROAD, SPORE-1 PHONE: *****. ORATOR —I GIOBEMASTER WATERPROOF I A lin« S«iti watch '-*^^s3E2i— I fflodtnlt136 words
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Article, Illustration1691 1956-01-31 16 MAJ-GEN. E.C.O. MORPHY - MAJ-GEN. E.C.O. MORPHY I DID IT HAPPENUI by H/fAJOR GENERAL E. C. O. MORPHY has soldiered M m the Far East for more than a third of a century. Commissioned at 17 m the Leinster Rejti- Sent, he transferred to the Indian Army1,691 words
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Advertisement17 1956-01-31 16 DID yesterday's story-"NO 01 PONS FOR BUTTER." by A. J. Evans— actually happen.' me answer is: NO.17 words
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Advertisement17 1956-01-31 16 YES 1 NO Put you/ tUk m »P<»f« obove and fit» thn pon*l fey you until tomorroy17 words
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Article, Illustration508 1956-01-31 17 Sheilah Graham - Now a singing Bergman cuts platters Sheilah Graham by WORD from Mexico that Richard Widmark is temperamental and unco-operative is untrue. The rumour started because Dick wouldn't hold up production to have a publicity picture taken, and he hopes to locate the guy who first spread the story. Mary Plckford508 words
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Miscellaneous222 1956-01-31 17 DAILY CROSSWORD iII KS ACROSS goldier descends In this 1 What Mrs. Fapgs tresses roolll! (6) provide (12) 5 The kind of train sm ice n 8 ThU motor k largely com- n^ ht t? (7 f posed of thin Umber (8). 6ls this an out and out 9 A222 words
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Miscellaneous408 1956-01-31 17 BRIDGE HAND to bid o^r partner's onellnth wule*. vulnerable soade call. he looked at his North South 60 on »core ttirec queens and two jacks s,»..ik .i.-iil(-r nd decided he had better South dealer high card ftnemla fetfM M M and at tne same tlme indicat Nimlll h^ steppers m408 words
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569 1956-01-31 18 Desmond Hackett - UNWANTED MATTHEWS IS STILL SOCCER'S 'BEST SELLER'... Desmond Hackett -By WHEN Stanley Matthews 41 next month decides to stop haunting football defences, I reckon they could wheel him on to the ground m a wheelchair and he would still throw a scare into rival teams. "Wolves planned to blockade the569 words
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144 1956-01-31 18 STIRLING MOSS, the British racing driver, won the City of Buenos Aires 1.000-kilometre sports car Grand Prix m Buenos Aires yesterday m a Masarati. The race over 106 laps, totalling 625 miles, is counted towards the 1956 world sports car championship. Stirling Moss. 26.Reuter - 144 words
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Article121 1956-01-31 18 RUSSIANS HAVE WON FIVE 'GOLDS' SOVIET RUSSIA, by winning two Gold Medals yesterday In the 1,500 metres speed bating, In which two of their skaters tied, increased their lead at the head of the unofficial Winter Olympic Games point* table They have won five gold medals after ten events andReuter - 121 words
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Article, Illustration63 1956-01-31 18 photo. WIIVT is it that makes three pairs of eyes click to the riirht" A Koal of course— Fulham s second scored y outside-left Chamberlain m the Div 2 match against West Gam United. Watching the ball go into the net are (left) West Ham leftReuter - 63 words
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Article25 1956-01-31 18 POMMUNIST China has V/ decided to take part m the Olympic Games at Melbourne later this year, Peking Radio reported yesterday ReuterReuter - 25 words
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Article91 1956-01-31 18 Landy sets new time for 880-yd. JOHN LANDY. who has run the two fastest miles m history, yesterday set a new Australian 880 yds. record of lmin. 50 4sec. when competing m the Victorian a t hi c t i c championships m Melbourne. The previous record was lmin. 51.2Reuter - 91 words
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Article, Illustration180 1956-01-31 18 AMERICA'S plucky Tenley Albright, who conquered infantile paralysis as a child to become a world figure skating champion, glided into a commanding lead m the Winter Olympic figuring skating yesterday, despite an aching leg. Miss Albright piled up 623.1 points after three compulsory figures toA.P. - 180 words
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346 1956-01-31 18 PETER Waterman the unbeaten London welterweight who is being hailed as the next British champion will have his biggest test when he meets Kid Gavilan, Cuba's former world champion at Harringay Arena, London, on Feb. 7. Gavilan who dropped out of theReuter - 346 words
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Article131 1956-01-31 18 GORDON STANLEY is a 23-year-old centre-forward with Greenway Athletic m the Darwen (Lanes) League, and he hit the headlines a week or so ago with an eight-goal performance. Now he has surpassed that great effort with IS goals In a Cup-tie against Darwen Paper Mills which brought131 words
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Article52 1956-01-31 18 Charles Vinci of Pennsylvania, on Monday set a new world weightlifting record with a lift of 290-lb. m the two-hand clean and jerk during an amateur tournament m Dayton, Ohio. This beat the old record of 286-lb. set by Gregori Stogov (Russia) during last year's world championships52 words
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Article28 1956-01-31 18 ORANGE Free State be;it Grlqualnnd West by 80 1 runs m their Currie Cup "B" tion match m Kimberley yesI terday. Scores: Orange Free State:28 words
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Article, Illustration2761 1956-01-31 19 ALLAN LEWIS - ALLAN LEWIS &ACE by RACE by f ORD ARROG- ANCE, who i won his first race I J m Malaya at the j i Ipoh December i meeting, should j take the main j race at Bukit Timah tomorrow, second day of the2,761 words
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362 1956-01-31 20 Distributor, Lycos and Sooka work best on heavy track THIS MORNING'S TRACK REPORT. ...by ALLAN LEWIS DI S T RIBUTOR (Geyer) one of the first out this morning, was among the best workers when he easily disposed of 3f. m 42. Distributor was well on the bit m the centre362 words
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122 1956-01-31 20 JAPANESE KARATE? Oh no, says King Kong RIKIDOZAN, heavyweight wrestling champion of Japan, who flew m to Singapore from Tokyo yesterday, was told by the promoters of his fight with King Kong at the Happy World arena on Saturday, that Kong had objected to any use of the Japanese "karate"122 words
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Article256 1956-01-31 20 F.A. CUP sth ROUND DRAW pHARLTON Athletic, favourites for the English Football V^ Association Cup, will be at home to London neighbours Arsenal m the fifth round on Saturday, Feb. 18 after which the Cup competition will be reduced to eight teams. The draw made256 words
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433 1956-01-31 20 STTA have debts to pay— but are confident of future AFTER one year of inactivity, the Singapore Table Tennis Association came back to life on Sunday when they held their long-overdue annual meeting at the Chinese V.M.C.A. Hall. Their new chief is Mr. Ton Shung Chee and Mr. Aw Cheng433 words
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Article, Illustration306 1956-01-31 20 ROSEWALL LOSES TITLE TO HOAD rfUVENTY -ONE- YEAR--1 OLD Lewis Ho ad achieved the first of his four 1956 lawn tennis objectives when he won the Australian men's singles championship for the first time m Brisbane yesterday. In the final he beat the reigning champion and fellow Davis Cup player,306 words
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Article43 1956-01-31 20 STOKE City beat Leicester VU? by two foils to one m their Football Association Cup fourth round replay at Stoke-on-Trent, Staffordshire, yesterday. Stoke now play Newcastle United, the Cop -holders, Newcast!? m the fifth round r^~ IVb. 18 ReuterReuter - 43 words
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106 1956-01-31 20 POLICE battled with players m Coventry last man* 1 after British referee Arthur Ellis stopped l h .e Coventry City vs San Lorenzo (Argentina) soccer match amid scenes without equal m British soever history. Ellis abandoned the game with the score 1-1 just beforeA.P. - 106 words
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