The Singapore Free Press, 9 September 1950

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1 8 The Singapore Free Press
  • 18 1 The Singapore Free Press LARGEST AFTERNOON SALE IN MALAYA I SINGAPORE. SATURDAY. SEPTEMBER 9, 1950. PRICE TEN CENTS.
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  • 64 1 tvyongju, airstrip till held by U.N. KYONGJU, Korea, Saturday. „m inimise attacked South Korean and American troops diag kyuiigju and Pohang airstrip at two places early today, ti» pierce the United Nations line at either point. attack the South md Capitol Dout half way ..is-ni
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  • 222 1 TOKYO, Saturday. FOLLOWING the IS. offer to the Chinese Government to submit its charge of bombing of Chinese territory to an impartial investigation, the Communists asked that Peking representatives be allowed to discuss the charge before the Security Council. An official New China News Agency broadcast
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  • 58 1 MOSCOW, Sat. DIPLOMATIC observers m Moscow are speculating that the Soviet Union may at some future times if not at the coming session of the General Assembly request United Nation^ membership for Uzbekistan and Kazakhstan. Should the U.N. give these two Soviet republics seats. It would mean
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  • 49 1 South Korea's General Assembly yesterday passed a resolution asking the United Nations to launch a general offensive against the Korean Reds "before harvest time." That means now as crops are harvested late m September the resolution emphasised the need for saving the rice crop.- A.P.
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  • 17 1 U.S. FOR PERSIA The United Statei li plannine to grant a substantial loan soon to Persia.— Reuter
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  • 290 1 MALIK MAY VETO REPORT LAKE SUCCESS. Sat. A RUSSIAN demand that all reference to the Korean question be omitted from the annual report to the United Nations General Assembly was rejected yesterday by the Security Council. Final action on the rep< rt i was not taken, however Mr. Jakob Malik,
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  • 57 1 The Duke of Windsor, who is staying m the same hotel at Biarritz as King Farouk. railed on the Egyptian monarch yesterday. The King and the Duke chatted m Kins Farouk's room half an hoar. The Duchess of Windsor did not loin them as she had
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  • 30 1 The Egyptian reply to Britmln'i protest against addi- j tional restrictions on ships passing through the Suez Canal contained no hint that the restrictions would be llfted.- Reuter
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  • 230 1 Govt. s adroit motion LONDON, Saturday. THE BKITISH Government yesterday warned of x "growing dangers' to world peace" m an adroitly worded motion OH which it will ask Parliament for a- confidence vote next week. The motion was so worded that only a i* w pacifists
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  • 89 1 RANGOON, Sat. R£BEl<S are believed to have shot dead an Anglo- Burmese tin mine manager. Mr Geoffrey Hutton. at his i home at Thingandone m southeast Burma. Hinterland reports said that Mr. Hutton was killed while j i sitting at dinner with his wife. I 'She
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  • 45 1 BOAR HUNTERS ATTACKED MALACCA. Sat.--A party of I wild boar hunters m the j j Jasin District was attacked by bandits yesterday. Several members of the party were Injured. Jome are In hospital. Police are combing the area for a missing member of the party.
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  • 29 1 The Duke of Edinburgh, m his new command, the Fri- gate Magpie, will sail from i Malta today for friendly visits i to Turkey and Greece. A.P.
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  • 79 1 THK weather promises to be Jine for tliis afternoon's Gold (up Trial at Bukit Timah, arrordin& to lh<* experts. The chances or rain falling are slight, although lhere will be fcifb clouds. ALLAN LKWIS, lr-« Press racing corrc\»portilent Kives PINK GOi, IIt'KKY l*P and GRECIAN PRINCB
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  • 162 1 ATHENS, Saturday. 'FASSOLLA Petracogeorgi, the Cretan 'Juliet" whose runaway romance nearly plunged the Island into civil war, faced her angry father m an Athens courtroom yesterday. She asked for his blessing but received his curse. Observers believe this to be tactical victory for the "Romeo"
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  • 30 1 Mr. A. M. B. Winklemann. Dutch Consul-General m Singapore, has been appointed Ambassador Plenipotentiary of the Netherlands In India, It was officially announced At The Hague yesterday.— A.P.
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  • 80 1 DUNDEE. Scotland. Sat, I^HE British War Minister. Mr. John Strachey. a meeting of his Parliamentary constituents at Dundee (Scotland) yesterday that he disliked very much the policy of the present South African Government. But he was entirely against trying to right things by force. He was replying
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  • 50 1 7 5 -minute race break WINDSOR (England) will have the longest break ever between races today— an hour and a quarter. There is a blank between the 2.30 and the 5.45 Reason? To let racegoers bet on the St. Le»er, ran at Doncaster at 3.15, and listen to the broadcast.
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  • Article, Illustration
    26 1 This is Miss Lin Lee, who was crowned "Queen of the Cafe Singers" at the Public Cafe m the Great World, Singapore, list night.
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  • 243 1 128 miners digging out of 'tomb' GLASGOW, Saturday. WEARY rescue workers were this morning tunnelling: twu escape shafts towards the 128 miners entombed m the Knockshinnoch Castle coal pit, New Cummock, Ayrshire. The King and Queen, now at Balmoral Castle, have sent a telegram asking to be kept informed of
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  • 87 1 NUREMBERG S CZECH who admitted i became a spy by an ing a Czech newspaper advertisement was senten^ 10 years In prison ye^c for spying on Ametroops m Germany His German accomnlir sentenced to five years were tried by a U.S. distric.
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  • Page 1 Advertisements
    • 19 1 Wh4 r Jb. CMINA ANTIQUE HOUSE ALWAYS i# POPULM WILLS'S GOLD FLAKE CIGARETTES D H. O. WILLS STOL LONDON
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  • 542 2 ME AND MY PET-1 A READER "M.S." CONTRIBUTES THIS STORY OF HIS PET OTHER READERS ARE INVITED TO CONTRIBUTE TO THIS SERIES. T*HE dog has often 1 been called the friend of man Many owners of dogs agree that they have real fompanions. This is berause dogs
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  • 898 2  - Prisoners Of The Pirates S. C. GEORGE -By Midshipman Andrew Christie and his friend, Ben Noakes of a privateer recently returned from sea, are pressganged on lo a Naval warship at Plymouth. Andrew is now an ordinary seaman. The warship sails for Calcutta where they join a fleet bound for
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  • 222 2 STRANGE ANIMUS IN STRANGE JOBS-1 FOR ages man has 1 harnessed animals to serve him. He has been capturing painstakingly training, and domesticating them since prehistoric times. The dog. horse, the e>phant and a few otht-r domesticated creatures are some of the commonest of our helpers
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  • 888 2  - Mischief Makes a Get-away Liau Nyuk Oi By f^iNUKH was a very good mother and all her chicks were good —all but Mischief who liked to move around on his own. Ginger was often worried about him. "What is going to happen to you, mv son?" she thought unhappily. Mischief
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  • Page 2 Miscellaneous
    • 239 2 Junior Crossword CLUES ACROSS.— 3, Fruit of the vine. 6, Tributary of the Rhine 145 miles long. 7, Prepares f l II- I* 1 p for publication. 8. A European 4~~^ and American fish resembling a J I salmon. 11. Plant with brighi i~lßb~~^ green leaves, used for salads. 13.
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  • 105 3 US minister accused by Senator SHINCTON. Fri. THE U.S. Interior Se:y Mr. Oscar man. with tears of In his eyes, dared r Andrew Schoep- irive up his Conjsional immunity libel action and recharges reflecting toman's loyalty. ing the Kansas Hea Senate Interi ittee hearing, Chapi:>ed him of using > technique
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  • 57 3 MANILA, Fri. \ent of scrap r Hong Kong was baited by :he line customs authorities iance with President s recent order banf strategic war to Communist X Manchuria, and .njj Customs Comr Mr Alfredo Jacinto, I down a request by the swedorln* Company I 120 metric
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  • 39 3 SOUTH AFRICA 'UNHELPFUL' m .ace Sou.h Africa" racial polic :nent is i r.jng the Bz and the among Dean Dr. W R n d at Johannesburg I. '.:i 1 1 people renamed a as 'non-cooper-unhelpfur m *> i bhi;)*. Reuter
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  • 40 3 Ambassador m Mr Leon Melas, has the British Foreign Mr Ernest Bevin, British efforts to I reconciliation bei Greek ai:d Yugovernitienu Russia's Council complaint be execution of poorisoners m Greece r sublecta of concern >unl A .P.
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  • 41 3 P.I. TRADE BALANCE Philippine import controls and exchange regulations reduc3d the favourable balance of trade for the first half oj. I 1950 to U5548,967,034 com- oared to a deficit of US$l75,--224,070 for the same period 1 the previous year.— A. P.
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  • 32 3 Mr. Roy Welensky. leader of the unofficial opposition m the Northern Rhodesian Legislative Council, has called at Bulawayo for the creation of a "strong British dominion" m Central Africa. Reuter
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  • 27 3 The speaker of the Indian Parliament, Mr. O. V. Malvankar, has arriyed m London by air from Bombay to attend the Inter-Parliament-ary Union m Dublin, Eire A.P.
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  • 271 3 U.S. 'SHOULD STA Y IN JAPAN' TOKYO, Friday. TAP AN should request American forces to remain °m the country even after the peace treaty is signed, says former Admiral Kichisaburo Nomura. Nomura. He states this m an article appearing m the current issue of the magazine Chu Koron (Central Review)
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    17 3 TO JOIN BATTLE American reinforcements leave for the front after arriving at a port m South Korea.
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  • 97 3 Guards in chamber of errors LONDON, Fri. SEVERAL faults were found m the new House of Commons chamber when It was tried out by the British army. Ronald Chicken, 19-year-old Guards recruit, sat m Mr. Churchill's seat. He glared characteristically across the aisle. Glaring back at him from the place
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  • 372 3 Italian navy m defeat ROME, Saturday. FALY'S millpond-sized battle fleet sailed out for manoeuvres to defend its shores against mythical attack but most naval observers conceded from the start that it hadn't much of a chance. The little postwar fleet was pretty well defeated m
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  • 133 3 WASHINGTON, Sat. ?VllE Senate Preparedness A Committee have criticised UJ3. Defence Department officials for their "business as usual" attitude towards surplus World War II equipment and the stockpiling of rubber supplies. In its first report since its formation, the Committee headed by Senator Lyndon Johnson, attacked
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  • 53 3 The appointment of Maj Gen. Mohammad Ayub Khan to succeed Gen. Sir Douglas Gracey as Commander-in-Chief of the Pakistan Army early next year has been officially announced m Karachi Gen Ayub Khan, at present Adjutant-General, will be the first Pakistani to be m full command of any Pakistani
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  • 34 3 Generalissimo Chiang Kaishek's Kuomintang Party m Formosa has publicly pledged itself to retrieve its past mistakes, purge thoroughly bad party influences and start working for the return to the Chinese mainland- Reuter
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  • 23 3 A new civil air service between Taipeh and Macao will be inaugurated shortly, according to a Chinese press report.— Reuter
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  • 143 3 LONDON, Saturday. BOOKMAKER Jimmy Knode, back from a Brighton holiday, reported to the police that thieves had been to his home and taken £30,000 m money and jewels. Two deed boxes m an unused room m his villa m East Twickenham. London, contained £9,000 m
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  • 263 3 U.S. speeds up aid to Iran TEHERAN, Saturday. f|EVELOPMENTS m the Far East have quickened *J the pace of the United States aid programme to Iran. This programme, which includes assistance m economic planning and money loans, was planned before the Korean war broke oat. Since the end of the
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    39 3 VIOLIN TO MATCH ThH violin, perfect m every detail yet only as big as m match, weighs only a fourteenth of an ounce. It was made by Rudolf Fuchs. Sudeten-German violin maker now living m Aalen, Western Germany. A.P.
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  • 47 3 The Korean war has helped Japanese shipping to establish a new record m August, according to Kyodo news agency. Japanese vessels last month moved 1.221.000 metric tons of cargo —50 per cent, more than the average month be- fore the Korean war- Reuter
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  • 39 3 The Indonesian Government is contemplating thfi setting up of a State hotel at Jakarta on the same lines as "Merdeka" hotel at Jogjakarta, and also Intends to develop the hotel trade and tourism m Indonesia. Reuter
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  • 87 3 CHICAGO, Sat. A MYSTERY METAL" was put on display at the National Chemical exhibition m the hope that someone would find a use for it. The metal is gallium, recovered electronically from bauxite ore, the principal source of aluminium. Gallium resembles mercury m appearance and like
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  • 27 3 The Danish Socialist Party has again emerged as the biggest single party m Denmark when the final results of the General Election were anncunced.— Reuter
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  • 60 3 Nine more Jap war criminais paroled TOKYO. Sat. IN the lace of repeated Russian protests. Gen. Douglas Mac Arthur bftf ordered nine more war criminals paroled from Tokyo's Sugamc* Prison. This brings to 90 the number of war criminals, who have been psnnittfl to servd a portion of their sentei
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  • 38 3 One-thousand and foui hundred wounded men the Korean battleirunt v. brought to the Santa Margarita Hospital at Camp Bendl^ton. California week, a Marine Corp man said. They will m: men from all branch sen. U.P.
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  • 36 3 Amercian diplomatic consular officers m North Africa will meet at Tangier from Oct. 2 to Oct. 7 hj cuss political, economic and cultural relations with Urn countries of 'North Africa A. P.
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  • Page 3 Miscellaneous
    • 274 3 Solution to Crossword No. 146 SOLUTION:— Aeron:. 1. Buttered. 7, Toast. 8, Clearing. 9. Asses 10. Events. U, Sea. 13, Man. 17, For«Ke. 18. Booms 20, Outshine. 21. Spoor. 22, Negliges. Down: 1, Backer. 2, Thebes. 3, Errata. 4, Etna. 5. Dog star. Usher. 11, New moon. 13. Morsel. 14.
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    • 257 3 Bridge Problem TT is rarely possible to fine! a line of play that will protect you against all adverse distribution. If. then, you can unsure against only one distribution, it if- elementary to insure against, the most probable. And usually you will find that if the worst happens, and if
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    • 253 3 further, and, realising tint the odds then favoured Uie lead being from the Queen, played graall card from Dummy hoping to win with his Knave. But North won with the Queen and returned a trump. South showed out and the contract is now doomed. The expert was wiser. Having *Uo
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    • 340 4 11 nas been a disheartening week m Korea. The news last Sunday seemed to indicate that at long last the North Korean offensive had /been smashed «nd that the United Nations' forces were going over to the at- tack m a big way. Alas, the Communists were
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    • 141 4 |N the year 1950. m one of the richest territories m the world a Chinese family It found living m incredible squalor and misery. Change the scene, and the illing conditions des-c-ibed m yesterday's Straits Times report could have come straight from the paces of Charles Dickens 100 years
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  • 661 4  -  Lt.-General Giffard Martel By AS British troops prepare to go into action m Korea comes the news that they have been trained m the use of the American antitank weapon. th* bazooka. Wherever there is war the problem arises: What to do when confronted
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  • 842 4 ()NE of the Singapore Municipal Commissioners to take a critical view of the press, Mr. Sandy G. Pillay, ar the August meeting of the Commissioners, quoted a little piece which appeared m this column on Aug. 12. It was about the Establishments Board, of which Mr.
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    38 4 %nn mj) 4°l Inclone i ia m r ed and white carnations had a Place of honour at a dinner m London to celebrate Indonesian Independence Day, given bu the Indonesian Ambassador. Thirty national costumes were on vk^
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  • 835 4  -  Capt. Frank Shaw By IT is a big occasion, even for a future Prince Consort, when he is first welcomed aboard a ship of his own command. And the shrill notes that sounded over Valetta's Grand Harbour as H.R.H. the Duke of Edinburgh was piped over
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  • 585 4  - THERE'S ALWAYS A NICE KIND RED GEORGE EDINGER By A VITAL phase m the Cold War is being fought out m Britain today. And Britain is losing it. There are 4.000 coloured students from Africa and the West Indies In British workshops, medical schools, colleges, and Inns of Court. They
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    • 88 4 ffioc/amat (O/? HF* /'htm f^^^r t to B^B^^ s^B4f^^9^^ V J*l y >^^^s9^ 1 *C//^ "Smiler" orders the world-wide use of Cow and Gate Milk Food. And we are trying hard to carry out the wi*he» wise and beneficent Ruler for we know the *orld'» Babies are waiting for Cow
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  • Free Press Satureday Magazine
    • 8 1 Free Press Satureday Magazine Saturday, Sept. 9, 1950.
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    • 708 1  -  PETER LOVEGROVE by British officers are learning the Nepali language at London University from Lt. Ganesh Gurung. M.C.. of Singapore. n|u< KY little irkha fighting who Ikis spenl s Hfe m khaki, sent M Looiiversity help prepare s n Ihe Nepali for British joining
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    • 685 1 DONALD CAMPBELL tells of his not unpleasant experience of a very ancient and secret criminal society. ■JMIAT very ancient and secret criminal society. La Mafia of Sicily, is reported to be flourishing once again, although its suppression had been published m the world's
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    • 716 1 DAY OF REST IS A DAY FOR OUTINGS says BEBE YAO gKFORIi the war the majority of people m Singapore worked 12 hours a day, 7 days a week, 52 weeks a year. The only holidays they knew were New Year days, and Singapore being a cosmopolitan island, there were
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    • Page 1 Advertisements
      • 87 1 HERE'S THE SHIRT TO KEEP YOU COOL WHEN THE HEAT S ON ESSLEY LENO SPORTSHIRT Made of an airy open -weave fabric of combed cotton tkat lets the cool brcete wfcistlc through to vom »kin f\ /f/JkX/f^r\ choke f r^->-^J£??% V WHITE A LT BLUE Vi J a// lt tan
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    • 1021 2  - 'Quo Vadis' Lions Are Too Friendly DAVID LEWIN [THEY WONT EAT THE CHRISTIANS) flies to Rome to look m at the most complicated and most colossal" film now before the cameras. ROME: U'E are sitting here m the hot sun waiting for a fresh batch of Christians to be fed
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    • 41 2 BACK rrom Hollywood, where he was keot very rMi^v film-making, Richard T; dd. srar of The Hasty Heirt. immediately got down to discussions for his next Biitish picture, ba ed on Thomas Hardy s novel. The r '<: Ci^tprbrid^e
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    • Article, Illustration
      66 2 A scene from -Faust and the Devil" the film based on Gounod's opera, which is coming to the Pavilion. A premiere performance u'ili be given on Tuesday to which members of the public are being given free admission. Imitation cards are being circularised. Above is the famous garden scene uith
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    • 256 2  - Family 'Cold War' MAUREEN MALLAL By •OOSEANNA McCloy", (coming to the Capitol) tells the story ot the long-standing feud between the Hatfields and McCoy s set amid the rich farmlands of Kentucky and the wilderness of West Virginia. Tiie ancient feud nas. ver. lain dormant r«;r several years, when the
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    • 271 2  -  LAN GRANT. 'PHE film world sometimes appears to work m a mysterious way it's wonders to perform. The CathayCapitol 'battle' over the Iwo Jima films is an example. The Capitol are now showing the documentary "The Battle of Iwo Jima" which was compiled from actual
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    • 488 2  - THIS WIDOW IS JUST PREPOSTEROUS LAN GRANT previews "The Reluctant Widow" and "Star* m my Crown. WATCHING THE RELUCTANT WIDOW (coming to the Pavilion) will be a saddening experience for any lover of British films. At a time when British films are m low water (the very name "British^' is
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    • 166 2 CTAHS IN MY CROWN' v (coming to the Cathay) is like a placid river *indmg leisuiely past a country scene. As we aw borne downstream we meet no foaming creeks cr bubbling whirlpools our interest is solely m the change or scene wiih every turn m our
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    • 611 2 Hollywood Bid For U.K. Stars By Our London Film Reporter T»HOSE persistent starseekers m Hollywood are angling for two more of the brighter talents m British films. They want Glynis Johns s signature on a long-term contract. They would like Robert Newton to star, probably with Stewart Granger and Walter
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    • Page 2 Miscellaneous
      • 125 2 CATHAY "Father of lh« charming English astronomer Bride" is a charming, comedy (Ray Milland). which depicts the many and REX: A witty French film varied sensations of the father "A Night at the Tabarla" which (Spencer Tracy) of a young *irJ has sub-titles, tells how a prudish (Elizabeth Taylor) who
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    • 1303 3  -  ARTHUR HILL ice Press Saturday Short Story by It goes without saying, of course, that all human and equine characters portrayed m this story are fictitious. \ii < how, the h of Green\,,s worried. M nvjs enterIhc i.olony and he h;ul n warned by his jockey,
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    • 136 3  -  Kluanger by PRESUMABLY Madam, You've heard about Adam, Who gave up a rib m exchange for a mate: And then said he wouldn't. He shouldn't. He couldn't. But DID take the apple she offered as bait. And Lady Godiva: I must say that I've a Grave doubt as
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    • 516 3 German liner sails as 'Liberte' Raised luxury ship has Piccadilly Circus after £7 million relit, GORDON HOLM AN reports ♦JMIE world's mast remarkable "come-back" ship, the 50,000-ton French liner Liberte once the pride of the German merchant navy as the Hamburgbuilt Europa, is sailing the Atlantic again. The Liberte, now
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    • 622 3 STEPHEN SIM tells how some babies are protected by being given away. pSEU DO adoption is c o m m o n among the Chinese. This practice orii>inates from their deeprooted superstition that malignant spirits are ever seeking the destruction of nowborn babes. The Chinese description,
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    • 386 3 Put a sun dial in your garden suggests BEE WICKERSON PLOCKS, of course, are the tilings thai tell us the time. But what happened before clocks were invented? Before the modern clock as we know it today, there were hour glasses, measured lengths of candle, sand clocks, water clocks and
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    • 755 4  - Five new championships for swimming GEORGE CREIGHTON By 'JMIK organising coin mittce of the Singapore Amateur Swimming Association, headed by Mr. T. H. Allen, captain of the Singapore Swimming Chill, are to l)e congratulated for their atlempt to raise the standard of speed swimming m the Colony by creating five
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    • 445 4  -  PETER WILSON lv IIOW foul can sport 11 become 1 I haw received a report from P tris which save me the following "tasty information •allegeciiv' pre'ty the On--Bporting Club. Paris, for m boxing j I teed m ice. Paris \spv" --iv->
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    • 614 4  - Halim prefers to stay amateur ROGER YUE By IT U not often that ■*an amateur boxer can overcome the temptation of accepting a meaty offer to turn professional. But 19-year-old Abdul Halim. last year's Singapore amateur flyweight champion, is one who has done it. The offer was made a tea
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    • 524 4 By COVER POINT VOW I suppose we must again regretfully say goodbye to cricket for a few months, and, though the Recs have deservedly gone ahead further perhaps than the rest of us would have wished, there is no doubt that it has been not only a
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    • 769 4  - ALL THE LATEST U.K. SOCCER GOSSIP ALEX JAMES STANLEY MA TTHEWS ANDY CUNNINGHAM Contributed by IN his annual stocktaking Stuart McMillan, Derby County manager, has reassessed the values of his players and taken out a record £221,000 insurance cover. Billy Steel. one of the greatest inside forwards of our time,
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    • 272 5 Allocation now m final stage Free Press Staff Reporter 4l I (RATION of the Princess Elizabeth flats t Karrer Park which were officially opened three months a«?o by the Governor, Sir Franklin Gjmson, ha< been almost completed. none of the flats has been occupied But
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    • 13 5 Fn.— Seng Toon and f been aorr.embers raj B« ard, Kota
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    • 54 5 The death ot Mrs Eva Dora Winter, aged 54. took place at the Singapore General Hospital last night. The funeral will take place at Bidadari at 5 p .m. today. Mrs. Winter left a son and a daughter Her husband, who was with the Singapore Harbour Board,
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    • 90 5 HOME GUARDS FOR SOUTH JOHORE Free Press Staff Reporter JOHORE BAHRU. Sat. JJOME Guard units are to be formed m South Johore as soon as possible. This was decided al a meeting this week of the South Johore District Advisory Committee. The committeee is composed of European, Chinese, Malay and
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    • 115 5 Blind man's plea fails Free Press Staff Reporter SEREMBAN, Fri. A BLIND Malay's application for cash relief of $300 to put up a house on his present wife's land at Lcnggend was rejected at a meeting of the Seremban District Welfare Committee, it was revealed here today. The man, Abdul
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    • 119 5 U.K's flying accountant Free Press Staff Reporter FE worlds most travelled accountant Mr. John L. Worlledge. Director-General of Colonial Audit. Is now In Singapore. His job is to see that »ne accounts of the various Br.tish colonies are In order. Mr. Worlledge, with Mr. R Macdonaid, Director of Audit, Malaya,
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    • 202 5 Free Press Staff Reporter /CHINESE school teachers will have less working days m a year than at present if a motion succeeds at a meeting to be called shortly by the Singapore Chinese Schools Conference. The move ll to c-'Hiigt the Chinese school calendar to conform
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    • 340 5 Free Press Staff Reporter 4MONG the increasing number of private schemes to relieve the housing shortage m Singapore, plans are awaiting approval for the construction of 27 terrace houses m Cambridge Koad, 14 flats m a four-storeyed building m Moulmein Road, 18 flats m Meyer
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    • 246 5 Free Press Staff Reporter CIX proud people with their families will be present at j tomorrow's opening of six; new terrace houses construct- ed by the Singapore Government Officers' Housing Society on hire-purchase terms at Pulasan Road, off Duku Road. They are the lucky government
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    • 390 5 Malayan air recruits finish training By A Special Correspondent THE first batch of R.A.F. (Malaya) recruits passed A out from initial training at a ceremony at Changi, Singapore, this morning. They have just completed a six weeks' drill and discipline job. The men were told by Air Commodore W. A.
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    • 167 5 Coin-in-slot meters not favoured Free Press Staff Reporter COIN-IN-THE-SLOT meters for electricity would not be beneficial, the Singapore Municipal Electrical Engineer has informed the Ratepayers Association m reply to their suggestion. The Electrical Engineer's reasons are that deposits for Municipal services would *ti]l be required for consolidated accounts and would
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    • 88 5 Hindus back 'ban bill SLNGAPORE Hindus have decided to recommend to the Colony Government to ban child marriages and fix the minimum marriageable age for members of the Hindu religion at 16. This decision was taken at n.eeting of the Hindu Advisory Board last night. The Board elected a sub-com-mittee
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    • 71 5 Surface mail is expected In Singapore today from Medan. North Borneo, Labuaa, Brunei. Mm and the Federation. Latest times for posting surface mail at the 0.P.0. today tre: noon for Great Britain, N. Ireland, Ere. Europe. North and West Africa, West Indies, Egypt, Ceylon, Burma, North India, Pakistan. North
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      45 5 picture CIAMESE Prince Dhani Nivat (left) who arrived Kuala Lumpur by plane yesterday to presid** over the Rotary Club conference this week-end, is seen shaking hands with Mr. R. A. Cessford, president of the Kuala Lumpur Rotary Club, and Mr. Ons Thve Ghee. Free Press
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    • 202 5 FE public of Singapore w see a realistic display < f air tactics on Air Day. which will be held on Dec. 2 this y< i r at Kallang, when a struction of a river sidr b dit camp, con<istin° of I jungle huts and a
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    • 46 5 SINGAPORE Customs y^terdav seized 400 lb I Siamese tobacco 50.000 cigarettes and 48 bottles of gin valued m al! at about $4 The seizure was made m Tanjong Rhu area. Duty for the seized g( d approximately $2,900. No arrests were made.
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    • 779 6  - HUDDERSFIELD AND CHARLTON DO WELL ARCHIE QUICK Today 's soccer forecast By fJUDDERSFIELD and Charlton, two sides m danger of relegation last season, are two of the successful teams this time. It would be ridiculous to make outright statements at this stage, but I fancy Huddersfieid to go a long
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      36 6 LEN DUQUEMIN, Spurs' centre-forward, leaps Inch to head the ball over the head of Hanson, the Bolton goalkeeper a«d past a^Bolton defender (m the goal), to score the first goal for his side on Aug. 28.
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      16 6 II CAM TUIWK 0*- OHt OG TWO fOCTSALL MflttrtKl that Woao wye wo^PiH) \tou|
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    • 179 6 W. Indies win by innings BOMBAY BORN Ramash Divecha. All-Oxford Unithe founder, batting for Minor Counties, showed essive stroke play m cte- the West Indies attack for two hours at Norwich yesTne courageous effort of the rail-enders m trying to make the West Indies go m 'Ailed to brins re-
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    • 360 6  - Emphasis is on attack now JIM CHAMBERS From ENGISH soccer seems to be jetting back to sanny. In the first few weeks of this new season the emphasis has been on attack instead of defence and much of the stuff the fans pay to see each week, rain or shine,
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    • 51 6 THE close contest for the first chess championship— the first chess Olympics since the end of the war entered its final stapes on Thursday with Yugoslavia. Argentina, the United States and Western Germany bidding for top honours. With three rounds left to play, Yugoslavia are holding first place.-
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    • 418 6 H.K. Chinese 1; Malayan Cliinest" 0. TJONG KONG Chinese were seventh time lucky m 11 their return soccer match against Malayan Chinese at Jalan Besar yesterday, gaining a consolation win after six consecutive defeats. Despite their success, they failed to impress. In fact, there was
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    • 332 6 London Stock ExchanT LONDON. Saturitj LITTLE of the usual Friday tendeiu-) i, levels was exhibited m the St4>ck Exchange i terday. General market conditions were assist^? further all-round improvement m fiiim^J securities. Industrials were again supported fi cial centres. Electrical equipments v tured group but useful
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      • 42 6 I i I 7 1 SHOWING 11 I4> i> iw !>.:iO p.m ONE NIGHT A THE i:\LTABARIN A French Film With Fn-lisb Sub Titles TODAY 11 a.m. 1.45. 4.15 MS and 9.30 p.m. M-G-M gleefully announced father oi \s MIDNIGHT TONIGHT \<?T|pib/
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      • 215 6 MdndrSKC Exclusive tothe Singapore Free Press m Malaya namja.i'm talking to rou.'wiLil 1 1 oh, oo away.' kow I I".', I Ibeam I no-it's coat iuiini\ fjifras^ 1 LI'WrT^T IHEPATHK BUMJRYINO TO REACH MR- >^\ [V NO-NO-- |Tl/1] X^A AGAIN? jTO HER/ STOP TX£ CAft.' lUS STILL ON j 't
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      • 144 6 YOUR LUCKY STAR DORN today, you are very conscientious m all that you do. You have good reasoning powers and when combined with your natural intuition, you rarely make an error m judgment. You are inclined to be a little impatient, however, if a project does not readily work out
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    • 197 7 ULAN LEWIS TRFSPASSER EPS|)M JEEp j CALL ROy j Printer s^Erm BIRTHDAY GIFT COASTGUArF" PRINTERS ERROR ~BIRTHDAY GIFT~ ?hd?v c Ift £F! c Birthday Gift Birthday Gift Printer's Error iay Glft m Printed Error Printer's Error Jaffa Tiberius III'RHY IP HURRY UP ABBOTSFORD* ARBOTSFORD yboisford Nero
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    • 1185 7 I ..tf ues S &8: Bi? Swep— Race 7. (act 1 8.1*: Class 2, Div. 3—7 F. less 17 Yds. i..,ii jr^.im.h Jaam 900 Mr. w. Sminis Sullivan K...hd«» «.'ti I rrle 8.13 Vr Chee Soon Keng Spencer Kihrfn l'Mlloh 8 12 'Playmate Stable" Martin iih#Tim m 8
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    • 456 7 By A Special Correspondent SOME fine golf was seen yesterday whfn Bobby Locke, the reigning Open champion, and Douglas MacEwan." the Singapore club professional. beat D. A. O. Davies, the Malayan champion, and M. M. Paterson. a former champion, by one hole, the professionals havi ing
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    • 53 7 Free Press Staff Reporter JOHORE BAHRU, Fri. Y^OUNGSTERS team won I the Kota Tinggi League soccer championship this season with 17 points. Run-ners-up were the Special Constables, who obtained If points. Six teams entered the competition this year The other teams were GiuKhss, Government Services Ranger*
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    • 707 7  - TAR A STREET OUT OF CUP TRIAL ALLAN LEWIS Going likely to be good today By ALTHOUGH he was an acceptor at 11 a.m. yesterday, TARA STREET will NOT start m the main race this afternoon. Raheen is also a definite non-starter. A strong sun and a steady breeze dried
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      23 7 picture. Bobby Locke playing: hi* famous chip shot at yesicxday's exhibition golf mat n h i-t the Royal Singapore Golf Club. Free Press
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    • 600 7  -  ALLAN LEWIS TODAY'S TRACK WORK H.v jtflSS NATHAN (Poshni) clearly indicated that she is holding her winning form when she reeled off three furlongs m 37 12 sees, this morning on the second grass track, which was m good condition. I consider Miss Nathan's trial
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    • 105 7 A GOAL sccreci by Eddie. Arn.vs inside-left, a few minute from end. enabled Army to draw with Navy when they met 'n a 8. A PA. Community League match at Tanglm yesterday. Navy had all the chances but inaccurate shooting m fr<% i goal deprived them
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    • 63 7 there was no score on the Padang yesterday at the end of a replay of the final of the Boy*' Brigade football competition, the Bth. Company or tn* Singapore Battalion earned the right to be the first team to have their names encrared on the Roy Forbes
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    • 379 8 NEGRO G.l.s FIGHT 2 BATTLES 'Not just white man's war 9 WASHINGTON, Saturday. VALIANT American Negro troops fighting under the United Nations flag m Korea are helping to win more than strategic hilltops m the struggle with Communism. In the opinion of Washington psychological warfare experts they are also helping
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      22 8 MORE ARMOUR A new-ly-arrived U.S. tank gets ready to join the others for the journey from South Korean docks to the frontline.
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      4 8 Prove you're not Russian."
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    • 186 8 U.K. URGED TO ACT ON KASHMIR LONDON S PAKISTANI Foreign Minister, Sir. Mohammed Zafrullah Khan, said yesterday that he had urged the B: vernment to "press forwards 'n the United Nations for settlement of the Kashmir problem." He told a press conference that Kashmir today v. as o powder magazine
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    • 55 8 fHANNEL fishermen returning: to Guernsr? after a trip heard what they thought was a human cry coming from a ships bulk partly submerged near the shore Investigation, however, proved it to have been the bleat of a sheep. The animal had presumably been carried to
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    • 88 8 LONDON. Sat .-R issla repeated an < >ld charge that Western "violations" of the Italian peace treaty are holdIng up the long-promised restoration of Austrian independence The Soviet representative at an inconclusive meeting of Big Four Deputy Foreign Ministers said he wanted an assurance that the West
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    • 27 8 The West Allies have agreed to increase West Germany's steel output and clear the way for German participation m Western Europe's de- fence.— A.P.
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    • 289 8 CAIRO, Saturday. UECENT week-long meetings of th'e Arab League Political Committee m Cairo accomplished little more than to emphasise that m a troubled world, the troubles of the Middle East must not be forgotten. The Arabs generally feel that their troubles are inclined to be overlooked. The
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    • 351 8 WASHINGTON. Saturday. 4 LTHOITiH the United States produces three tons 4 of steel for each ton turned out by Russia and her satellites, there is a growing demand m America for Western Europe's produce. The reason is the Korean War. Scare-buying touched ull by Korean hostilities
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    • 39 8 After attacking theatre usherette Patricia Rollings, 22, with a bicycle pedal when she disturbed him rifling a rest room In .Sydney, a^ yottn? man apologised profusely and offered her his handkerchief to staunch her wounds. Reuter
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    • 26 8 The use of Tagalog, the national language, m Philippine courts has been ordered by the Acting Secretary of Jus- tice, Jose P. Bengzon.— Reuter
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    • 59 8 The Home Office has recently ordered one of its periodic drives to stop the sales of indecent magazines, books and photographs throughout Britain. Many new types of picture magazines, most of them emanating from the United States of America, have recently appeared on the book stalls
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    • 33 8 President Truman will broadcast to the American nation tonight to announce domestic controls due to the Korean war. He declined to say whether he planned even a limited price control.
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    • 20 8 The Allied High Commission has passed a law relaxing restrictions on foreign operations of German insurance companies^ Reuter
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    • 101 8 P. I. pro bes Red funds MANILA. Sat. T OCAL Chinese residents unwittingly contributed enormous amounts for the maintenance of Ooaununisti of the National Bureau of Inin the Philippines, officials vestigation ;estified befon members r.f the Lowr: House Committee on UnFilipino Activities on the rond day of hearings b conducted
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    • 44 8 Tbe External Affairs Minister, Mr. Lester B Pearson, uUciosed m the House of Commons m Ottawu that the Prime Minister, Mr. Louis St. Laurent, was interested m the idea of returning the visit to Canada of Indian Prime Mintsterr Pandit Nehru."- Reuter
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    • 213 8 A king buys blue berets BIAKRITZ, Saturday KJXG FAROLK transferred himself and his suite into Basques by fitting: everyone out with new blue berets. He then took his more intimate friends to an open-air luncheon m the foothills of the Pyrenees. A Biarritz shopkeeper had
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      27 8 ALL! W< 5 I tionft room at < <> France, during tIM P I niQti air deteiu i An Ameriran. I t< i. British ofti* tf pit* ft-nsivr mot
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