The Singapore Free Press, 24 April 1953

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    19 1 The Singapore Free Press Largest Afternoon SaJe m Malaya No. 13,687 Singapore Fri., Apr., 24, 1933. Price 15 Cts.
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    DISASTER IN LAOS IS FEARED
    438 1 DISASTER IN LAOS IS FEARED Indit-thiiia: (Iwrvhili A Iky anxious ]\|R. CHURCHILL, the Prime Minister, and President Eisenhower indicated yesterday that they were watching: the situation m Indo-China with growing anxiety. Paris reports today said the French Government was alarmed at the position m Indo-China. Doubt is expressed whether the
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    Bow and arrow war
    38 1 picture. SIR EVELYN Baring, the Governor of Kenya inspects a combat force consisting of Kenya Regiment men and African trackers armed with bows and arrows, before they go out on anti-Mau Mau operations A.P.
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    West to drop crisis policy
    185 1 West to drop crisis policy rE ATLANTIC Council Ministers m Paris last night gave complete endorsement to a plan submitted by the United States Secretary of State, Mr. John Foster Dulles, to treat Western defence against Communism as a long-term policy instead of basing it on crisis years." Mr. Duile%,
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    Allies pool to build jets in Europe
    94 1 TillE Western Allies esta- blished a U*****,000,000 poo! yesterday to build British and French jet fighters m Europe and ease the strain on overburdened taxpayers m America and the 13 Atlantic allies. The North Atlantic Treaty Organisation SecretaryGeneral, Lord Ismay, and the I
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    PEACE TALKS PUT OFF
    18 1 mm; Communist* today posl po.nrlthr .r^penin^ of Korean I »rmi»tice negotiations frumSaturduy tv Sunday.-t.l.
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    BANK MEN STRIKE
    29 1 Italian bank workers went 00 a 48-hour strike yesterday but banks remained open with skeleton italto. About 80.000 workers throughout Italy were involved m the strike.
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    SIR EDWIN RITSON DUE TODAY
    65 1 Sir Edwin Ritson, who v.ill examine allowances paid *o workers m the Singapore public service, and recommend any change to be rr.adr, is expected to arrive by air this afternoon Mr Lee Siow Monsj. a«M scrretarv "B" m the Colonial S<-ctp- ;i ,-ut h,is been
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    Rubber price
    23 1 Singapore Rubber Market opened steadily this morninß with first -rade, May shipment, at 69>2 centi pound, om etui abov< day'i do
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    Neguib talks of force
    62 1 EGYPT is trying to achieve her "rights" by peaceful methods, but "we shall obtain them by force if need be." General Mohammed Neauib said m Cairo yesterday. The Egyptian Prime Minister said: "We must have might so that our riahts will be respected and secured." He
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    ROBBERS HAD N.C.O.s STRIPES
    138 1  - ROBBERS HAD N.C.O.s STRIPES ROGER YUE By WHILE a gramophone was blaring out hot Chinese music, four masked -andarmed Chinese. two of whom were dressed m junglegreen kit, complete with sergeant's and corporal's stripes entered the house of a Hokkien family m dementi Road, Singapore, last night. A man and
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    LAOS INVASION IS WORRYING THE FRENCH
    312 2 Rebels use China made weapons THE French Government is taking a very serious view of the Vietminh offensive m Indo-china and is particularly concerned about the French forces' ability to hold the Laotian capital, Luang Prabanff, reliable quarters said m Paris la«t night. General
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    KENYA VICTIMS NOW 1,059
    53 2 SINCE the Mau Mau Emergency was declared m Kenya just over six months ago, 1,059 people have been killed. More than half were Mau Mau members. The terrorists killed 464 men, women and children of all races, including 10 whites, four Asians and 25 Africans other
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    REDS USE DISGUISES TO EVADE FBI MEN
    145 2 fTHE United States Communist Party has reshuffled its entire organisation and gone underground m an effort to protect itself and avoid detection by government agents. The Subversive Activities Control Board ruled early this week that the party was a Russiancontrolled fifth column and
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    Women 'clue' to missing general
    370 2 A DANCER NAMED TAMARA THE private life of the missing Persian national police chief. Brigadier-Gen. Mali mood Afshartus. became the object of intense interest m Teheran yesterday as local newspapers reported that beautiful women were implicated m his disappearance last Monday night. One newspaper said
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    Prince turns showman
    53 2 NOW FOUR-YEAR-OLD Prince Charles becomes a blooded cattle showman. The Bath and West Cattle Society announced yesterday that the young Prince has entered three animals m the Deiwn cattle section at the Society's show opening June 3. Devons are appropriately a small breed suitable for a small
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    38 2 picture. THE GEORGE Medal awarded by the Queen to airman Reice Leminj? of the U.S. Air Force was presented to him by the Home Secretary. Sir David Maxwell Fyfe. at a ceremony held at the Home Office Popper
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    U-N. vote to Probe germ war charge
    130 2 rjiHE UNITED NATIONS Gen-' eral Assembly yesterrto, voted overwhelming i/^S impartial investigation of Co£ munist charges that American troops waged germ warfare IS The vote. 51-5 (Soviet bloc) with four abstentions, came Lm mediately after the UAm^ Russia with "utterly and com pletely
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      43 2 Opening Tonight QUEENIE PAUL 1 presents <( 1 The Sun -Kissed Cuties m i The AFTER DARK REVUE Featuring the FAMOUS FRENCH CAN -CAN I at the Capitol Restaurant At your service TORY CLERICI Manager j SAUSAGES Ls£<4 Ik^kH RM &ELlc m SOLE AGENTS
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    BOY TELLS OF RESCUE FROM TORRENT
    298 3  -  PETER de CRUZ Mammoth sea dragon for Coronation Three risked lives By nANIEL VICTOR, 13, who was rescued from the Rochore Canal on Wednesday, yesterday described to me how he was swept by the rain-swollen waters for about 500 yards with his younger brother
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    They seek to unearth local artistes
    214 3 They seek to unearth local artistes AN "Amateur Talent Quest' to discover local "stars will be held lor the first time m Singapore from May 12. The competition is open to anyone who can sing, dance, act, play a muscial instrument and entertain m other ways. Children of 14 and
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    CEYLON LIFTS A MONEY BAN
    45 3 Ceylon has relaxed exchange control destructions over the repatriation of foreign capital investments. This step was taken w encourage foreign investm *nt m state or privatelyowned industrial projects which will be a reature of the second six-year economic development Programme.
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    EX-LABOUR MINISTER FOR MOSCOW
    46 3 Mr Harold Wilson, former Labour party President of the Board of Trade, will leave London for Moscow within a fortnight for discussions with Soviet trading authorities about East-West trade. He is part-time economic adviser now to a large timber importer m London.
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    QUAKE RECORDED
    49 3 A heavy earthquake which lasted nearly three hours was recorded on a seismograph at Dorking, Surrey. Mr. E. W. Pollard, who recorded the earthquake, said "It seems to be a very great disturbance and rather difficult to locate. I should think it is approximately 8,000 miles away."
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    Suicide Street is its new name
    115 3 Suicide Street is its new name SFre c Press Staff Reporter. ING A PORE taxi drivers and trisha riders have a new name f or Upper Pickering Street. They call it 'Suicide Street." The ..treet got its new name after fu-e suicides from its ninestorey Singapore Improvement Tr W Flats.
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    Bigger and grander than City Days
    166 3 Bigger and grander than City Days SINGAPORE will have a grander, brighter, longer and more costly sea dragon to celebrate the Coronation than the one which thrilled thousands on City Day. The dragon will be built by the Singapore Lighter Owners' Association, builders of the City Day monster. It will
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    PLANE MISSING
    30 3 A C-46 airliner with a crew of four aboard vanished ov«r the Cascade Mountains early yesterday on- the last leg of a flight to Seattle from the east.
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      128 3 SHERRY B J£v* x T\pv FT V I os|\V* i||||| LslxjL JT JLj X To attract the trout the European angler W /^^^^^^^BM baits his hook with a tiny artificial fly. A dry HI, l| *l- Kin fly is one which, cast from the river bank,. If DRY FLY P-'IB
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    The Singapore Free Press FRIDAY, April 24, 1953. Opinion RAY OF SUNSHINE
    372 4 The Singapore Free Press FRIDAY, April 24, 1953. Opinion RAY OF SUNSHINE fFHE United Nations Political Committee presented New York with a strange spectacle yesterday. There was Mr. Andrei Vishinsky. of the Soviets, falling over himself backwards to say "Yes." On the resolution concerning Burma and the Chinese Nationalist forces
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    'RED' C.I.s MAY REFUSE TO CO HOME
    840 4 IF PEACE REALLY COMES.... PEACE FOR KOREA COULD BRING DISCORD IN OTHER PUCES AS THESE TWO STORIES SHOW WASHINGTON. r}P Washington officials are preparing for the possibility that, if a Korean war-prisoner exchange comes, some Americans may stand before neutral observers. denounce their
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    JAPAN MAY BE RUINED
    100 4 JAPAN MAY BE RUINED JAPAN today is on the peak of a "flash" boom that will burst like an overinflated balloon if the Korean war should end suddenly. Specifically, the fear is that after spending billions to put the Japanese on their feet, the United States may risk losing Japan
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    Riddle of Korea
    193 4 Is it peace or a new attack? UP to a few weeks ago the outpost Kill of Vegas Korea had changed hands three times. Then m Moscow. Stalin died. Malenkov took his place. Cbou En-tai. Communist Prime Minister of China. m»4t a trip to Moscow and came
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    UNIONISTS BACK LIM ON CHAMBER SEATS
    234 5 This privilege must go, they say K r\VOHE trade unionists are backing the demand U Mr I i" 1 Yew Hork to a b° lis the three chambers mmerce seats m the Legislative Council. lf C Mr Lim told the Council on Tuesday that
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    SIT tenants get the bad news by post
    101 5 SIT tenants get the bad news by post rrfflE Singapore Improve--1 ment Trust yesterday «nt out by registered post notifications to 2,000 post-war tenants. Reason: Objections had be en raised by Mr. Lee Choon Eng (City Councillor") and others that S.I.T. men asked tenants' wives or relatives to si*rn personal
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    51 5 picture. IR VOO NGI AN OHM real, his "green" certificate ?m Col. Lt. Firbank, Commoner for Civil Defence, ln Wl>ore, at Civil Defence Kolam Ayer toe on Wednesday night. nool- teacher Mr. Voo and •fher volunteers, who also ™ved certificates, passed a Defence general instructor' course earlier this •nth.. Free
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    DENMARK PAYS DEBTS
    23 5 The Ministry of Finance, mmark, announced that 555.000.000 had been set aside i pay off the pre-war Danish ullar loans.
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    Services fund gets $21,380
    100 5 PEEN Malayan business ™"ms have given a total of JJ to the newly- formed Welfare Associa- .<• rund. The drive for funds a on Monday will goon for ™"°ICS. JJ«s are Malayan Tobacco DisI 9 Lf d. Archipelago Brewery i,, n Lf d Fraser Neave Ltd.,
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    MILLION SHEEP DIE
    35 5 Blue tonßi-'o sickness, a virus disease, has killed more than 1 000,000 of South Africa s 34 000,000 sheep so far Mis summer. H H the worst outbreak iti the Union*, history.
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    350 will count the traffic
    178 5 350 will count the traffic Free Press Staff Reporter A SURVEY of the volume of traffic using the major roads of Singapore will be carried out m August. The purpose is to And out the peak volume of traffic on the roads. The survey will help draft the Master Plan
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    His team will work round the clock for days
    52 5 His team will work round the clock for days Mr. G. E. Magnay, senior planning officer of the Diagnostic Survey Team, who will lead the group that will survey the volume of traffic on th e major roads of Singapore. The group will work round-the-clocic four days a week for
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    THEY WANT MALAY TAUGHT IN ALL SCHOOLS
    132 5 OINGAPORE Malay teachers want the Government t to S make teaching of Mala L compulsory m English secondary schools. i Inche Abdul Rahman, a spokesman of the Union of Malay Teachers said that Malay wa.< an important language m the Colony, second only
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    Six black hours
    66 5 TEN people were killed m road accidents In Singapore last month as against 15 m February. A total of 1.285 accidents took place during the month a drop of 47 over February's figure. Most of the accidents orcured during these 'black hours' 8 00 to 10 00
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    P.C. FOOLS SAFE-GANG
    411 6 He acts a tramp for 14 weeks T EARNER Detective P.C. White— of course they call him Chalky— is most unlike a police oflicer. And for that very reason he played a leading part m breaking up London's most dangerous gang of Post Office gelignite safe-break-ers. The
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    FARMERS' CHOICE
    75 6 LOVELY Ruth Hampton doesn't lose an ounce of sex- appeal even when she's relax- J& ing, say the United Press cor- "^H^ respondent m Hollywood. V Recently selected by the Midwestern Farmers* League as America's "Typical Farmer's Daughter." Ruth is soon to make her film debut. She was
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    Russell Pasha will chase salmon—not drug gangs
    209 6 Russell Pasha will chase salmon— not drug gangs rl I almost legendary Russell r.ish.i. the man who spent 40 years of his life catching drug traffickers all over the world, is home m England to devote the rest of his life to a diffeient type of chase salmon fishing. In
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    4 6 SUSAN MORROW, Paramount star.
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    MAN, GIRL ELOPED THEN STOLE, COURT TOLD
    375 6 II T HF\ a girl of 15 and a 21 -year-old painter, said to be members of the same youth club, appeared at North London, the man told the magistrate. Mr. W. Blake Odgers. Q.C.. that they wanted to get married. The girl,
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    Atlantic mystery of the quiet man
    255 6 Atlantic mystery of the quiet man passenger who vanish^ the vessel salM homJr Britain after four ,2 abroad. TO It was typewritten-addr*. Ed from a clinic m T©rZ> 31-year-old Mr. Stanley lV ney, the man who dlsapp^ In mid-Atlantic. The writer thanked him b the sacrifice he had oflewd to
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      70 6 The £5 babies FIVE pounds for every baby girl born on Middlesex, has been promised by Mr. Alfred Denville. owner of Harrow's Coliseum Theatre. -AXD THE £200 THROW A CASHIER threw a case containing £200 over a wall and fought off two men who attacked him m Hopton Street, Southwark,
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    She plays a blonde
    44 7 One of Hollywood's top dramatic actresses, lovely Anne Baxter, has decided it is fun to be a blonde, for a change. She deserts her normal chestant—hued hair for a lighter colour m the 20th CenturyFox comedy, "My Wife's Best Friend."
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    Sixty-one signs upset a town
    184 7 IN the centre of Haslemere (Surrey) stand 61 Inrand- new yellow and black striped posts. On top of them are sackingcovered signs. At the foot of some of them lie laurel wreaths with black-edged mournijig cards. And the cards read: "To the memory of the
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    THIN MAN RESCUE
    35 7 J\ ln eman Ken Whatwood, "■"in man of Stafford fire squeezed through a 12 °y 9 Inc., hole m the roof of inn ein Castle View, Stafford, a rescued a trapped cat.
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    HIM STAR DIES
    18 7 Gladys McCormicksf\ h rt 68, one of Britain's sl ■film .stars, died yesterday Alexandria, Virginia.
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    NURSE SLAPPED SURGEON IN OPERATION ROW
    576 7 NURSE SLAPPED SURGEON IN OPERA TION ROW 'He punched my jaw' she tells Bench "NIGHT of frayed tempers mi n an operating theatre hitTh! n nHr? UrSe PPC v th surgeon's face, the surgeon hit the nurse, and her boy friend replied with a punch ma isfrates* WaS described for
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    Search starts for woman in deaths riddle
    138 7 A WOMAN is being sought by Scotland Yard. She may be able to help m identifying one lof two unknown women found j dead m a shallow grave m a I North London garden. She is Miss Helen Sutherland, who lived m Fordbridge
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    WEST END THEATRE IS SOLD
    77 7 THE Savllle Theatre, one oi the most modern m the West End, ha? been sold to a non-theatre-owning property syndicate. Thp new company which win run theSavllle .m Shaftesbury Avenue, is headed by Patrick Ide, a 36-year-old theatre manager who also works at the Old
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    AIR TALKS
    22 7 British United States, Soviet and French delegates met for five hours m Berlin yesterday to discuss air safety over Germany.
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    WANT TO BUY A STATION?
    123 7 A RAILWAY .station? Crrtnir.ly. British Railways has one f °lt S ls le a sturdy Fortland stone building, complete with waitingrooms and platform, m the Nottinghamshire coal-mining town of Sutton-in-Ashfleld. And if you are looking for a goods yard, several .sidings and a warehouse, they
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    A walking timetable
    61 7 picture. Andrew Hetntninfs is only six, but h* knows all the railway stations m Britain. He can tell you from memory how to get from anywhere to anywhere-' be even if it means changing trains. This little lad 's encyclopaedic memory baffles his parents, at Mays wood-
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      384 7 Rotherham Commemorates A plaque of remembrance at the Phoenix Brass Works m Rotherham marks the place where Ebenezer Elliott was born. With civic ceremony the tribute was unveiled on December Ist. Ebenezer Elliott, whose Corn Law Hymns, moved the hearts of multitudes, died m 1819. For two decades he was
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    Circus Fleas have to be Smart
    927 9  - Circus Fleas have to be Smart ROGER YVE Bears Stole the Show THEY RIDE CYCLES! CROWDS attending the Berlin Busch circus during the week have proved again that Singaporeans dearly love the circus ring. The Stey sisters nichtly thrill audiences with their acrobatic and trapezes acts while Sonja, Otte and
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      279 10 9 7R^B^s J^ 1 will be th? only ones of their ThTsAINT by Leslie Charteris S^£«»~^ I I 11. JMin »H3 1 will be designed to I— kl lAy vru r T u r Attn jucm TALKIN6-I >OUVE GOTIDTAKE 1 >O^/^Y /fi YOa P/SO&y/ show the evolution of this I
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    More people worry themselves sick
    577 11  -  KENNETH PEARSON by LONDON. HE IS LIKELY tc be tall and on the slender side, a man of between 20 and 40. He will have what you can only describe as "a le.in and hungry look." Though he is energetic he will not usually be
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    Bridge Talk
    340 11 Kasl-Wesl vulneiahle North <ieal«T The biddiug North Bast SOIIIII Weot (Schen (Wort- (Stay <Uariken) lin) man) ten) 1« Pass 10 Dbl. A 44 All pass AMERICAN Didding superiority evinced itself oru c again m this deal from the World Championship match against Sweden. South first bid his longer
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      236 11 Today's Crossword herself 1 i6> 4. Shn KM I BH The diftcourlrsv us j|Q J^lL__JlH-_JH^ JBH.^--»»;.or«. obvou'.v 2aS EKjl IBi 9 .i:ng 141 11 1 e3b Km wßm BBBBBbiB 3' 14. F(v com.n«? ***** I *3> IS. Sties x m |M WM HH HH HH to Idaho i3l 21. H]
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      Do stars foretell future
      547 12 Do stars foretell future VKJ WE7IUJNK7ITUIUW457 MAY BE DELUSIVE T TAKE this opportunity to thank you for the interestI ing feature. Your Lucky Star, which provides me for one, with something to think about, more or less pleasantly, everyday. All the same, despite a certain astrologers very liberal reading of
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      Any grouse?
      32 12 HAVE you a grouse? Have you a bright idea? Have you seen anything strange, or unusua? Then write to the PRESSMAN and tell others about it m his POSTBAG briefly.
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      Letters must be short
      107 12 THANKS, CHUM T APPItECIATE the way drivers along Bukit Timah Road are co-operating with one another. While on my way to Johore last Sunday I got behind some lorries with loads of rotten sago. The odour was horrible and I had to overtake and to do
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      CORONATION
      63 12 IT is very pleasing to know that Mr. Tan Lark Sye. former president of the Chinese Chamber of Commerce, proposes to celegrate the Corqnatioon on a big scale, and to see such evidence of loyalty to the Crown. We should like to have more leaders like Mr. Tan m
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      SHOP GAZING
      57 12 THE public gladly welcomes the "Seats for Shop Assistants Ordinance. 1953" m the hop? that its enactment will at least curtail a deplorable local custom. M Shop assistants are apparently instructed to follow customers around, gazing blankly where the customer gazes and proffer articles which Singapore. Going right
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    29 12 Carpenters m a Singapore workshop making wooden E. R. emblems (Elizabeth Regina) w hich are constructed to stand out from hoardings so that they can be illuminated from behind.
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    AIR PASSENGERS LIKE PILOTS WITH BEARDS
    87 12 rr\HERE is a boom m beards M. among the British European Airways pilots. More and more "skippers" are wearing beards—from the big black abundant type to trimmed silver goatees. Said BEA Captain Johnny Weldon, owner of the biggest beard on Northolt Airport. "A bearded
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    Preparing for coronation
    51 12 PREPARATIONS are pro--1 ceeding m Singapore for the Coronation celebrations. Above you see banners bearing: the words 'Long: to Reign Over Is." which will be used nto decorate Singapore Cold Storage vans. Below one of the many royal emblems being manufactured m local workshops for display m
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    DEBATES WITH BOYS BROADEN GIRLS' MINDS
    216 12  - DEBATES WITH BOYS BROADEN GIRLS' MINDS P. L. KOH By OINGAPORE schoolboys and girls mix freely m debates. 5> No need is felt for an inter-school literary and debating society. I had asked local school ruthorities to comment on a report that a Kuala Lumpur schoolboy. S Vejayaratnam, was planning
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    A flying phenomena
    91 12 A MYSTERIOUS shiny white A object was seen flying low over Coirmunist territory near Allied lines on the Western front by four American airmen m Korea. The wingless object had no visible means of propulsion bat it flew between 60 and 80 miles an hour, sometimes within
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    TRADE PACT
    23 12 Egypt and Greece have signed a barter agreement providing for the exchange of Egyptian cotton for olives, olive oil and tobacco.
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    For Rainy Days
    395 13  - For Rai ny Da ys Judith Simons THE NEW RAINCOATS ARE IN BRIGHT COLOURS AND OF NEW FABRICS. by LONDON. A RAINCOAT, by its very name and association with drab days, may seem a dreary garment. But today's coats for wet weather are the very opposite of dr-ary. They are
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    37 13 photo. This ensemble for Royal Ascot is by London designer PauU Newman. Th<» silver blue imitation mink stole enhances the cyclamen silk jersey dress. It is worn with an east to west hat by Madge Char Reuter
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    42 13 photo. Jn Coronation colours gold and Royal crimson velvelt arc tnc»t new shoes shown by Dolies at Old Bond Street, London, m their Summer Sunshine fashions for- Coronation year. Th style, called "Peeress," has gold kid straps and high gold heels Reuter
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    .... BUT NOT IN HOME DECORATION
    463 13  - BUT NOT IN HOME DECORATION DOROTHY ROE Women are smarter m fashions says NEW YORK. TODAY'S WOMEN know A how to groom themselves so that they ldok younger, smarter and prettier than ever before m history but when it comes to decorating their homes, says Frances Lee, veteran New York
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    BIG RUSH FOR MEDITERRANEAN
    76 13 THE BIGGEST RUSH m Britain for Mediterranean cruises since before the war is on. Attraction of a cruise m a British ship is that there is no limit to what can be spent on the fare or on board, though the £25 foreign currency allowance applies
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      499 13 YOUR LUCKY STAR BORN today, your Innate orl- are going to have q«ite a time of resources helps, gtnality and love for per- *oa women are naturally VIRGO (A«*\ 24-Sept. 23)— sonal independence is apt to domestic and desire a home of Worry never helps anything;. Act wake you a
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    S'GOR RACES
    235 14  -  TRESPASSER Kronchong to get the edge on Rice Milt By I EXPECT a terrific speed duel between KRONCHOXG and RICE MILL m the six-furlong handic m for Cl 4, Div. 1 horses at Kuala Lumpur tomorrow, first day of the Selansor Turf Clubs April-May meeting. Both are front
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    IT'S ZALOVIX IF THE TRACK STAYS SOFT
    259 14 IT'S ZALOVIX IF THE TRACK STAYS SOFT IF THE TRACK remains soft Zalovix will be very hard to beat m th e Cl. 5 Div. 2 s'--F. race. This grey has kept his form very well. He was nosed out by Mr. Tin over SF. at Penang and is now
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    Chance remarks is dead
    133 14 CHANCE Remarks, the Irish-bred mare with six wins to her credit, collapsed and died on the training track at Ipoh on Tuesday morning. Chance Remarks was owned by Mr. C. C. Loke and trained by Tjoa. COLIN TULIOH'S record total of 87 l A winners m
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    TAKE THE WASP
    182 14 Ipick THE WASP to win the Cl. 4, Div. 1 mile handicap from Exhibitor and Roy Valiant. The Wasp (late Dodunin) was fourth to Eudora over l-' 4 miles at Penang with 7.08. Previously he finished third to Lyon King over 7f. He has been sent down
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    A safe bet-Film Fan
    200 14 CL. 5. DIV. 1 ABT. 7 F. ■pORT VIEW, a «even furlong specialist, appeals most m a very open race. He scored over the this di.stanre ut Ipoh with 809 m January and followed up with another win over It. at Penang la*t month. His previous
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    Horses not accepting
    35 14 PROBABLE scratching^ for 1 tomorrow: Equerry, Tahiti, Meteorite, Variety Revue, Gilteiffed, Queens Scholar, China Town, Kind Hearted, Northern Liffht, Sea Dragon, Thirlmerc and Dewar. The going tomorrow will at best be yielding.
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    Premonition wins trial stakes
    98 14 BRIGADIER W. P. Wyatts colt Premonition, who was quoted at 25 to 1 for the Epsom Derby at Wednesday night's callover. won the Blue Riband trial stakes over one mile and 110 yards at Epsom yesterday. Premonition, trained at Newmarket by Captain Boy Rochfort. caught the
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    CAMPO LEAVES
    39 14 Tanny Campo. the Philippines fly> weight champicn la flying to Tokyo today for his world title bout next month against Yoshiro Shirai, the Japanese holder. Accompanying Campo was his sDarrin«f partner and manager Mr. Philippe Manard.— Reuter.
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    4-YR-OLDS FREE HANDICAP
    72 14 piNAL acceptors for th« four-year. -olds Free Handicap to be rm over a mile and a half at New Market next Friday, were published m London yesterday. Acceptor with revised weight w Bondage and Bold Buccaneer 9.00 each, Nick La Rocca 8.12; Speechmarket. Wyandank and Falrscot eaci
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    BEST BET OF THE DAY IS HURRY UP
    289 14 If ITRRY1 T RR Y UP looks a good thing: mi n the race f«* k n CI. 5, Div. 3-Abt. 7F. H e was third behL J* 8 donald and De-Win over 7F. at Penan X last month v those horses
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    THRILF -A-MINUTE SOCCER
    27 15 photo. AHrrfAl> ABU *«k«s a mighty kick which beats foalkeeper Olhman Ahmad. Ahmad Abu s£or cd a hat-tnck th. s victory Jobwt Free press
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    Sappers top league with 2-1 win 2ND-HALF RALLY
    385 15 Sappers top league with 2-1 win 2ND-HALF RALLY Sappers 2; Flying; Boat Wing 1. AFTER trailing one-nil at half-time on their home A pitch at Gillman yesterday the Royal Engineers scored twice in a second session full of spine-tingling soccer. This victory takes Sappers to the top oi the first
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    Services Soccer round-up
    32 15 Services Soccer round-up CLOUTH LEAVING COMBINED Services centre- half Clouth is scheduled to leave Singapore shortly for the U.K. H e is hoping to sign amateur forms for his hometown team, Darlington
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    Corinthians get one in each half
    257 15 Corinthians get one in each half H.M.S. Terror 0; Corinthians 2. rjOOD foodball was played under bad conditions at the M Naval Base yesterday. Burnham, the H.MS Terror goalkeeper, was brilliant. Keighly and Chester also had good games for the home side. Royal Air Force Seletar Corinthians scored m the
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    Fellows nets 3
    203 15 Fellows nets 3 Ci.H.Q 4; R.N.A.S 1. rpHREE goals by inside forward ■1 Fellows and another by Taylor enabled G.H.Q. to win their Division Two Services League tie against Royal Naval Air Station Semba,wang at •< Tanglin yesterday. G.H.Q. WERE A9 SUPERIOR AS THE SCORE SUGGESTS. THEY OPENED ACCOUNTS IN
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    BAREFOOT BOYS THRILL AT STADIUM
    225 15 "owd of over 1,000 watched the Singapore Malay Schools beat South Johore Malay tram by r Roals to one m a good hard--Bnt Rame vest^rdpy at Jalan Bar Stadium. J 1 baref U )te<l Malay youths, felll "c a Xe o/ 14 and none over
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    STAR HOCKEY SIDE FOR S'PORE
    320 16 tizgan t hand may be with Indians By FIRST-TIMER" IF all goes well a really first rate Indian hockey team 1 will play m Singapore and then the Federation early iifxt year The team— l 6 players and two officials— will include at least six
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    WINS FIRST GAME AFTER SUSPENSION
    66 16 FAUSTO Oardini. the Italian tennis champion, who was suspended last month because of a tennis court rumpus m the Philippines, returned to action on Wednesday, with a victory m Italy's Parma International tourney. The No. 1 Italian player beat Sweden's Benet Axelsson, 5 7, 6—l,
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    ROCKY TO TOUR ORIENT
    116 16 HEAVYWEIGHT champion Rocky Marclano may visit Honolulu. Guam. Manila and Tokyo if he wins his Chicago title fteht with Joe Walcott on May 15. So says Rociy's manager, Al Weill. Some of the things Weill has been saying may be taken to indicate that Rocky may
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    I.O.C. SEEKS RUSSIAN AID
    60 16 I^HE international Olympic Com- mlttee has asked for Russian help m deciding on the qualifications of Communist China and East German national Olympic committees which have applied for official recognition. The Committee decided before ruling on the applications, it should have more information about the attitude
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    BASEBALL
    46 16 Results of games played on Wednesday night m the major United Stales baseball leagues were: National Leafue: Philadelphia Phillies 5 Brooklyn Dodgers 4; New York Giants 4 Pittsburgh Pirates 2; St. Louis Cardinals 8 Cincinnati Reds 3. American League: Philadelphia Athletics 7 Washington Senators 4.
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    REF. ACCEPTS
    27 16 Star soccer referee Arthur Ellis last night accepted the English Football Association invitation to accompany the England fcotball team to South America on May 7.
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    FOOTBALLER SACKED
    30 16 Stanley Eastham. former English amateur inttrnaUonal footballer, who was engaged by the Western Club. Christchurch, as player-coach, a year ago, has been sacked for alleged breach of contract.
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    CAIRO DAVIS CUP DRAW
    56 16 PRINCESS Faika, a sister of ex-King Farouk, made the draw at the Gezira Sporting Club m Cairo on Tuesday for the opening round of the Egypt v. Austria Davis Cup meeting, to begin at the Club on Friday. This fs the first time Davis Cup matches
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    Rest of Army to play REME
    86 16 REST of the Army will meet the Royal Electrical and Mechanical Engineers m a soccer trial at the R.AS.C. ground. Ayer Raja Road, tomorrow, kick-off 5.15 p.m. Rest ol the Army team Ist Fair iRASC'k Carr <RASC>. Taylor *<GHQ> Miller <RE>. Spence <RAOC>. Burdett
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    U.K. RUGBY
    24 16 Rugby Union: Notts. 16. Northants. 18; Bath 11. Gloucester 0. Rueby League: Widne.s 11 Salford 8 Bradford Northern 24 Warrington 23. Reuter
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    AUSSIES DUE SUNDAY
    100 16 FINAL arrangements were arrived at last night for Sunday's exhibition by the leading tennis stars of Australia. The six Wembley-bound Aussies are now scheduled to arrive m Singapore at 3.30 p.m. on Sunday. They will play at the Singapore Cricket Club courts commencing at 5 p.m Admission
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    Ist ROUND ATTACK
    33 16 Ist ROUND ATTACK photo. Sgt. Svcd Omar of the Army w ades i into LAC Murray < R^> during their featherweight fig ht. Omar won oa a tko m me first round. Free Press
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    A 'GOOGLY' BREAKS HASSETT'S WICKET
    87 16 A FOBMER England cricket ca ptain W«K« Robins. Robins, always a bright and breezy batsman, also cracked the Australian bowlers good and hard, when he took a turn with the bat. All the 17 members of the Australian cricket party were at practice, and for
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    U.K. SOCCER RESULTS
    33 16 l.- Reuter Third Div. (South): Colchester United 0 Millwall 0; Newport County 1 Reading 0; Northampton Town s Torquay Unite* 3: Walsall 1 Swmd«m Town 2: Watford 1 Southend United
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    Aussie v. Aussie in S'pore title decider
    285 16 Aussie v. Aussie in S 'pore title decider Finals tonight The finals of the Singapore Amateur Boxing Championships will start at 9 p.m. it the Happy World Stadium tonight. Admission will be X S2, and SI. THREE West Australia 1 boys battled the** into the finals of Th! Singapore Amateur
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    WITHDRAWAL
    14 16 Poland and Communist Chin, toe withdrawn from the IW4 wcm football championship.- Reuter
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      9 1 Free Press RACE FORM Special Friday, April 24, 1953.
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      The 'horse of the year' wins the Spring Cup
      283 1 m Jockeys and trainers hail new X.L course* ALL articles on this page are by Free Press racing correspondent TRESPASSER rTHE NEW ONE-MILE course at the Selangor Turf Club, which was opened for use at the Gold Cup meeting is very
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      This is where it begins.... Off-the-course betting
      206 1 This is where it begins.... Off-the-course betting RECENT report! from N< w Zealand indicate that ntT-the-cour.s,> b''tt:n«7 introduced to that Dominion at the begin[Jto? ol the 1952 season has been i This newi is important to JJahiyan racegoer! m view of We rec< mmendatlon by the jjiect committee appointed 5J3
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      WOODCOTE INN – most difficult horse to beat
      275 1 WOODCOTE INN most difficult horse to beat WOODCOTE INN'S success m the Spring Cup last Saturday m Singapore, showed that this champion i e back at his best and will be a strong contender for the rest of the season's big races. Th.s versatile horse went amiss shortly before th*
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      FORM OF HORSES CL. 4
      8979 2 FOLLOWING are th e horses entered for the Selangor Turf Club's April Meeting. XCADKMV AWARD M Penaag IF. Ct. 4 lj;v 2 courw icratchlnc. Mi-tlill) (Tea --"..irteot 01-;-53 Ipoh 8-8 6^ 'D Jones I Div 2 Ist K. :.U ReganU 8-1S; 2:ui Albert M 8-10-
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