The Singapore Free Press, 13 June 1953

Microfilm: NL3676
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1 8 The Singapore Free Press
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    9 1 The Singapore Free Press Lar*e<t Afternoon Salp m Malaya
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    P.& O. CHUSAN IN COLLISION
    355 1 P.& O. CHUSAN IN COLLISION luxury liner heavily damuyed British luxury liner, Chusan, belonging to the Peninsuhr and Orient Line, collided with the British freighter, Prospector, last night m the English Channel. Associated Press state that the Chusan suffered heavy dama^ above the water line and is returning to London.
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    First Test picture
    55 1 todio picture. Another picture m Page 15. MORRIS, the Australian lefthanded opening batsman, swings round to hit a ball to le? wide of Evans, the wicket keeper, and Hutton at leg slip. This was one of the few boundaries to enliven the first days play m the
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    A Roosevelt heiress weds barber's son
    94 1 HEIRESS SARA Delano Bon av ?nf Velt ancl Antt»n, di 2 era. if h m New York crowds th °usand neighbours and™ rooft °P^ Ore scapes and P av ements to see the event. «'Sdau,K, he bride lltt wJ2 rl° ll e late Mr
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    The Queen throws party for 2,000
    162 1 THE Queen gave one last big party last night at Buckingham Palace, and then rang down the curtain on her lavish Coronation celebrations m the British capital. Still f>ay and smiling after a whirlwind two weeks, the Queen received 2,000 guests to her Coronation
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    TORCHMAN JOINS S'PORE NIGHT BATTLE
    127 1 rpwo rival Singapore gangs, A numbering about 15 Indians and Chinese, fought a street battle at the junction of Hindoo and BermngOOn Roads at midnight The men threw empty aerated ■A.i-ir bftttltl Bad oilier inisMles at each other Patn-by had to dodge ,ne iMtni Ml
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    YOUTH SHOT
    21 1 A 20-yoar-old Singapore Hokkien, N'4 Bok Swcr. .shot m the car m TampenLs this morning. was takrn to hospital.
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    Good going, good bets
    51 1 TW£ GOING for the Ipoh races this afternoon will be good. There fias been little rain since Thursday. Allan Lewis' best bets are Another View, Straits Cede and Cabaret. Latest course information and Mid-day Nap m Page 16. Trespasser's specials 9 are Rice Mill and Another
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    23 1 THIS IS J. Fred Murks, the chimpanzee, who appeared m an advertisement that interrupted one American television network's showing of the Coronation Service.
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    IT'S REALLY HOT
    20 1 s^epS ay H wi^ a dust lhe *earb P y L W n dty from Kajdstiiau desert
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    Mission seeks China trade
    52 1 SEVENTEEN business men leave Hong Kong today on an unofficial mission to Pokir^ to discuss the prospects of promoting trade with Communist China. !Thfy an» fxp'^ted to Arrange £50,000 000 worth of trade with Infrlni United Natloni embartoci <>n the export <>f strategic tioods i<> ComImunLst
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    SWAMP BATTLE: 4 DIE
    31 1 European and African police, with 30 Masai and Kipsigis spearmen, killed four Mau Mail terrorists and captured another four m a swamp battle near Thomson's Falls yesterday.
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      95 1 1 1 L t'.s" mo ti 1a I Well Mummy darling, f don't always agree with you," says Monica, hut i admit (1) that ow date has hcen the making of me, (2) that 1 have never looked hack on it and (5) that I'm as healthy and happy as
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    BIRTHS
    43 2 ON JUNE 4Lh at K.K. Hospital to Charm ian wife of Freddy Corner a son Nicholas Reuben, brother lor Stephen BABINEAU. Dorothy (Nee Fisher) of Singapore. Wife of David Babineau m New York on 11th June 1953, a Daugh er. Boih well.
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    DEATH
    51 2 THE remains of the late Mrs. Isthirinayagam Krishnarajah, wife of Mr. S. KrLshnarajah of Bukif Damar Estate, Dengkil. and second daughter of the late Mr. S. Kanapathipillai. Quarantine Camp, Port Swettenham. will be removed to the Loke Yew Road Crematorium today at 4 prn. from 35, Shuw Road, Kuala
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    NOW E. GERMANS OFFER CHEAP FOOD TO THE WEST
    401 2 NOW E. GERMANS OFFER CHEAP FOOD TO THE WEST End purges m schools T*HE Soviet zone of Gei- many, la a new gesture towards the West, yesterday threw open all the restaurants and most of the shops of East Berlin to customers from any part of the city. Lilting an
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    60 2 QVEES SORAVA, lovely 20-year-old wife of th e Shah of Persia, yesterday made a surprise decision to go back to Persia tonight. Queen Soraya, who left Teheran at the end of April to ffo to Europe "for health reasons visited Rome and Spain. Here the queen (right) is seen being
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    Awards for 'aid to humanity'
    183 2 4 PLAN for the annual award of cash prizes amount- ins to about IJSS2OO,OOO ($600,000 Straits) for "services to humanity" was announced m London yesterday by Dr. Carelton Smith, director of the National Arts Foundation of America. He said it was planned to present through
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    Comics Books in 3-D
    74 2 SAMPLES of 3-D comic books were distributed m. New York yesterday with red and preen glasses and the promise that "Mighty Mouse" will be available m depth by July 4. Minus the glasses the comic pages look like a bad double impression printing job m red
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    Americans use Red bodies as sandbags
    165 2 THE battered American A fenders of the chomnvt ley invasion route to South K r rea used Chinese bodies fr sandbags last ni-ht aSdbnJ for fresh Communist attacks Rain had turned the batik field around outpost «ff '!H?iw qua r mire j but P»SS
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    Mr. Shinwell
    83 2 By a typographical error o: the part of Reuter's agency, the former British Defence Minister. Mr. Emanuel Shinwell, was stated to have been fined i Ayr. Scotland. Some words were inaam ently omitted from the beginning of the report which shouic have read Ernest Harry Shir, well, farmer,
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    JOAN HAMMOND IN GOOD VOICE
    145 2 MISS Joan Hammond may not be the greatest living soprano, but she has an enormous following of devoted supporters and those of them who live m Singapore must have left the Victoria Hall last night more than ever confirmed m their devotion Here was a
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    TURKISH RUBBER
    13 2 Turkey this year will begin to develop her rubber planting industry.
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    Even the cats were not spared
    128 2 Even the cats were not spared THE mutilated bodies of 16 Africans, and countless carcasses of cattle, poultry, dogs and cats were found by Natal police yesterday after a fight between rival impi (warrior* regiments. Some 300 huts were burned down m the battle, which raged over about 30 square
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    Who would like T.Y. in S'pore and why
    76 3  - Who would like T.Y. in S'pore and why G. T. BOON By finds out CONCENSUS of opinion among {j members of the public is that television should.be brought immeJia t^am O eramaf BSm Kal Faye. I spent Tv C v tn tourtn* the dty to n get the views of
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    UP TO GOVT
    124 3 MR. 001 SIM HOE, former Penang cinema manager and now a newsprint agent, greeted us thus: r iiurn j •mi "Of course let's have television. It is a most educative medium of the world to the Aorld. "If run on a large scale, it may hit the
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    WONDERFUL
    98 3 PIRST to support television fwas a bank watchman, Choor Singh, 53-year-old veteran of World War I and proud possessor of four war medals. TWN was what he said: -»--.v«*v»w» "Though I shall never be able to own a radio, or a TV *et, I am all for television. "I
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    GET CRACKING
    68 3 MISS Margaret Woon, who runs a boarding house, had this to say: "Of course, it Is a good thing and we must have it by all means. "TV is cheaper than abridge and Government should get cracking on it. "I think people who do not like to leave
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    HIRE SETS
    88 3 pANTEEN waiter Loy Boon v Hooi looked up from his to give his views. "Din S v a n fHainanese for TV), according o Chinese newspapers is he rage m rcost countries tiow, and there is no reason why Singapore -hould wait so long for one station. run
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    6,000 RADIO SETS TO BE GIVEN AWAY
    49 3 111?™? 1 Security Agency *4^ n g gto h o as approve radio receiving lof ig-wave "ft oTCnIT hl the tlon VSal 0^ Pread informa Pfoposed by tK Ommunities was o ion on HnLnS Joint CommisChi nese-w Reco »^ruction a ÜbSidiary f
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    WHY WAIT?
    109 3 BANK ACCOUNTANT, Mr. Ong Seng Tee, who was accosted m crowded Change Alley, was equally enthusiastic: "Certainly, I am m favour of TV. I saw it m the Happy World Stadium last year. "I wonder what the Government Is waiting for. "We all kno* that it is an
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    I MUST SEE
    66 3 STREET HAWKER Alam Shah said: "I would like Government to hire sets like Rediffusion does. "It will be a wonderful experience for us ill if TV comes. "I cannot unierstand why Government is so slow about things. "I have been that TV Ls a feast for the
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    A VILLAGE PROTESTS
    33 3 A delegation of villagers yesterday visited Prime Miniltrr Shigeru Yoshida's home to protest against a plan to build an American radar base m their village m O.shima, In Southern Honshu.
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    ENDLESS SCOPE
    89 3 \\JF, also found* vivacious Stella Cooper, a salesgirl, and former London model, most cooperative: It will be very wonderful if Singapore can have TV. "I have seen the wonders of TV m England. "There is endless scope for amusement, recreation and education m TV. Many English schools benefit
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    Smallpox shock has served its purpose
    169 3 Smallpox shock has served its purpose THE huge "shock" poster near the Maxwell Road A market showing a boy afflicted with smallpox is to be taken off m a day or two. In its place there will be a Postal Savings Bank poster. Chinatown housewives and passers-fey had protested that
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    GUERRILLAS STRIKE IN CHINA
    46 3 The Yunnan Red Radio admitted yesterday that Chinese Reds were having guerrilla trouble m the mountains of South-eastern Yunnan province. The radio said that the district people's forces last month destroyed two companies (about 400) of guerrillas m the mountains around Kwangnan.
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    Rubber man probes Jap complaints
    135 3 Rubber man probes Jap complaints A REPRESENTATIVE Of Singapore rubber interests yesterday began inspection of Malayan rubber shipments m Japan which had aroused protests from Japanese importers Mr E. G. Holiday, member of the Malayan Rubber Exporters Registration Board and former chairman of the Singapore Chamber of Commerce Rubber Trade
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      73 3 9) ts t)i > IV T^wV owl (,l>(J,n I>\Kl, 9 1.00 BISCUITS FOR THB CONNOIBSEUB x Romary biscuits are made lor those who cannot be content frttb x the commonplace. Traditional methods and recipes, secrets of tne <» 2) exquisite biscuits that dell^nted the exacting tastes of the oast. <G
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    The Singapore Free Press Opinion RIGHT DRILL
    418 4 The Singapore Free Press Opinion RIGHT DRILL SATURDAY, June 13, 1953 HPHERE is something m the Army which has been said to baffle brains. It is a bovine propensity on the pan of brass, or an unnecessary insistence on the insignificant details of punttillio spit and polish Gen. Sir Gerald
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    Why we Signed Red Petitions
    896 4 Why we Signed Red Petitions WAS A PRISONER IN KOREA-3 HOGANSVILLE. IT'S easy for Americans to sit bark and condemn the G.I. for signing Communist propaganda petitions. But it's not easy for the P.O.W.s, whose minds are tormented and whose bodies are shrivelled, to let a thing like that stand
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    ARTIE'S HEADLINE
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    LITTLE SISTER
    304 4  -  —DEREK MARKS N«. Z alter the Queen. F)ON'T be misled— Little Sister is a Very Important Person. In a week when pictures of thtf Royal Family have filled the newspapers there have been very few of Princess Margaret. Throughout the Coronation rejoicings she has tucked herself away m
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    15 months-and still fhey bore tor rock
    165 5 ENTON WAY BUILDING SCHEME the since the Singapore Government sold ITS 15 m n t a anh n S d n Shenton Way and Robinson Road 'l" ots -JJ«nnA "skyscraper" scheme. And architects for 5?2°« O st ng the ground to find rock
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    Still alert for prowlers
    64 5 THE Tiong Bharu Community centre m its latest circular has reminded members "again not to forget the recent crimes m Tiong Banru, m which prowlers killed two young- women, and a third narrowly escaped. The Centre's Vigilance Corps was still keeping a sharp lookout, it said.
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    Malay gets a shorthand
    62 5 A SINGAPORE Malay educa- tionist, Inche Abdul Rahman Hassan, has invented Malay shorthand. Malay shorthand is different from the Pitman's and Gregg's versions of English shorthand. But Inche Abdul Rahman's invention is somewhat like the latter. The Free Press was told this morning that classes for
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    Lights dim for a reason
    33 5 picture. THIS IS THE 553 attap float m thj; Coronation P^ oces which has started a row amon c members of trie singap Attap Dwellers' Association.— Free Press
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    ENGINEERING PROBE
    22 5 The Indian government innounced y terday the appointment of ..-member committee to Investigate the ig* engineering capacity of tne country.
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    PRAISE FROM MISS HAMMOND
    75 5 1 MKs Joan Victoria H.M al ln the ™P*v li,ten ed S auditor i"m and whi| Mr V a X! neo le else sin ll^e Vno Ur SUSskillJ en Miss Hammond came down the aisle with a warm smile and told Miss Mabel Lee, 19: "You
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    The attap float on C-Day cost $53
    224 5 Free Press Staff Reporter rh T HE ATTAP float which took part m the Chinese 1 Coronation procession on June 2 cost 53 had the backine of 360 members, Mr. Mak ran snec, s?esident of th/ Singapore Attap Dwellers' Association, said last night.
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    S'oore company to mine iron in Johore
    200 5 S'oore company to mine iron in Johore SINGAPORE businessmen have formed a company to work a former Japanese iron-ore mine m Batu Pahat. The mine ceased to operate during the Pacific war. A spokesman of the company —Malayan Miners Co.— said yesterday $1 million had been set aside as capital
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    YOUR LUCKY STAR
    450 6 YOUR LUCKY STAR 1S""N TODAY lJ greatly r 4, we born yes*? »°re versatUe ft J J things successful! L****** *ou have tne rift you can write weU to some extent m aifs "5 genious and tt k thinking ana projecting jr.*,*? »*> an exciting t>ot person! "npredktu You have
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      209 6 MANDRAKE, THE MAGICIAN by Lee Falk /md Phil Davis li^^ c i ■|i|j^^ 1 9| .A.^^^J I W I \*W** >/I rVJ- *>-/* \CONTINUEDTARZAN by Edgar Rice Burroughs SUPPSNLV THEIK Ti>*>K6 W^E UXk:EP IN ieZZ\BLB CONDUCT, TH£N e>TM\&UN<S, j v jir^^L^^^B a'^l^M^m^^^^^^^^^*^^^^^^ *^^^^^^^^^^B it^ir by united Ff Aiurv -Svrwiiriir |pr
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    BALLOON WILL 'SNAP' THE SUN
    162 7 jw out scheduled for Sept «RITISH scientists have BbttUi t iant plastlc n which will carry a camera 15 miles .1« i-snap" the sun. •CscfentWs are to try out Lures of the corona-the ffo faint light surrounding S sun. and normally visible on y during
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    A MOBILE NEST
    80 7 A MOBILE NEST A robin has laid six eggs m a nest m a dashboard compartment of a car belonging to Mr. R. Underwood, of Hastings, and now rides about the town sitting on them. When two robins started building the nest, Mr. Underwood removed pieces of leaf and twigs
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    Von Luckner sails again-in memory
    337 7 THE man with the big pipe and salt-water blue eyesi sat m Munich signing hundreds of pictures of a clipper ship. The signature was Count Felix von Luckner. "The Sea Eagle," he said, waving aloft a picture from the unsigned pile. "Mighty fine she was
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    Army gift to Prince Charles
    73 7 Army gift to Prince Charles A SILVER statuette of a soldier m 18th-century uniform is to be presented to Prince Charles by the Duke of Cornwall's Light Infantry towards the end of the year. The regiment, has commissioned the statuette. It is inscribed: "Presented to Hi s Royal Highness Prince
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    33 7 picture. The dragon which took part m the Coronation celebrations m Hong Kong. It has just had its eyes anointed m a Chinese temple before going out to dajice m the procession U.P.
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    11 7 picture. 1^ Un mermaids of Si;mi enjoying lliwmlih m the ll\
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    AID FOR NORWAY
    32 7 The Mutual Security Administration announced m wasninßton yesterday that it had i alloted $4,000,000 m defence 'support funds to assist Norway's productivity campaign, Including industry, commerce, agriculture and fisheries.
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    CHRISTIAN VARSITY FOR FORMOSA
    55 7 Two Americans arrived m Taipei yesterday to push for the establishment of a Christian university m Formosa. The two are Mr. Thomas W. Graham, formerly dean of the Graduate Sschool of Philosophy at Oberlin University, Ohio, and Mr. William P. Fenn, Secretary of the United Board
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    The snake of the fourth form
    202 7 The snake of the fourth form A BOY took an adder to school and left it on a masters desk. The adder. 10 inches long, bit 16-year-old Barry Fletcher. Barry was taken to hospital. His hand is swollen, but he Is not LH. The snake was put on the desk
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    THEY KNEW HIM AS HOLIDAY MAN'
    59 7 The man who worked for 24 years among the poor of London—the Rev. Percy Ineson— is dead. He was 69. "Need not creed" was the maxim of his Methodist mission which helped ed the sick and the hungry and sent children to the seaside
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    YEOMAN WILL TELL ABOUT CORONATION
    157 7 MR. Harry Edwards, 6ft. 3in. 63-year-old London hotel representative at Southampton for 20 years, has greeted thousands of liner passengers during that time. This month he becomes a passenger for the first time, when he sails for Australia and New Zealand to talk about the
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    ODEON OPEN
    136 8 Highlight of the evening at the opening of the Odeon Theatre on Monday was this "turn" by visiting stars Constance Smith and Jeffrey Hunter (above). They rode round the stage on a tri-shaw dressed m Chinese Costume. The Commissioner General, Mr. Malcolm Mac Donald, opened the theatre. He
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    UNKNOWN
    46 8 For child*-. *j attractions ot rf WJS the huge a" Unicorn, l»'"« decked with ««>, and with light. J invited on be"« j, whatat,me h^» of th e boys. round a i»« <" had nc»er before. The V»- guns ldnt ".a^ but thcywere^ m turns by r
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    A Happy Visit
    93 9 The Odeon was ablaze with lights for the opening night and through them stepped the Commissioner General. Mr. Malcolm Mac Donald, to 6edare the theatre open. Constance Smith and Jeffrey Hunter entertained the audience well. They are seen below reading an extracting from "Lure of the Wilderness"
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    LOVE LETTERS OF EX-CONVICT
    489 10 Wrote them to break prison routine rP was very monotonous m prison. Always the same routine. So Findlay McCrae Platt, 26-year-old baker, sat m his cell m Durham Gaol and wrote some letters passionate letters, letters to a married woman. Thos^ Wtcrs were the reason why
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    31 10 Sixteen-year-old Patricia On? (left) from Kuchin?. and Rhama binte Arifin, from Kuali Lumpur, are pictured m a BBC tele vision studio being; interviewed by Barabara MacFadycan m a Coronation Week programme.
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    Strawberries? They can't pick them fast enough
    312 10 Strawberries? They can't pick them fast enough IJAPPY are the farmers of JSritain. Crops are racing ahead. In Hampshire strawberries are ripening so Quickly that pickers are working overtime seven days a week to prevent waste. There is more good humour and contentment m Britain's farmhouses than has been known
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    LAND FOR WORKERS
    25 10 President Juan D. Peron announced yesterday a stepped up programme for dividing large holdings of idle farm land among farm workers.- A.P.
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    THE COCKNEY IS GETTING 'ACCENT-LESS'
    97 10 4 BOOK prepared for London teachers by the London County Council says the letter H is not being dropped nearly as carelessly by the more youthful twangy East Enders. The manual for teachers on "The Art of Speaking" says: "Today one rarely hears the more
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    Groom charged with robben
    160 10 Groom charged with robben ONE Ye ar 1 Richard Albert hT?" O^ SS2SS other men charged wit^^ 1 with violence. *au L h J° bl *7 sent for trial. hree we +l Th c prosecution alleged th.» they broke into a toba it tacTed W th aring mM ffi"£ tacked
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    MIDNIGHT QUARREL MAN SHOT HIMSELF
    135 10 MIDNIGHT QUARREL MAN SHOT HIMSELF AFTER a midnight row witn his wife 48-year-old LieutCommander Geoffrey Walker shot himself with the revolver he picked up on the beau at Dunkirk. Later he was fined £25 Hailsham, Sussex, for trying to commit suicide. Mr. Norman White, P««Kuto« said that Walker had Jew
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    This Bachelor Can't Find a Wife
    285 11 NEW YORK. .tavteD- Young woman W^ho can conduct to- j i- Jnt conversation, to, lU f one of Americas S2 eUgible bachelors. Set matrimony, wallv Cox. the mild Sit he can't find the girl Each week night he dates a different girl, and on
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    Bridge Hand
    174 11 £VERY ONCE m a while someone 8 4 rea din X our series of hands la?-r the fa^ vouriL c Plays cf the Life S l s f Dds il hand which a Urt Master would prefer to fOTfft DaSV^U contribut f<i by Mrs UUh 22?^ f lhe
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    BUCKLEY
    168 11 2 She must be calm. He doesn't like flibbertigibbets. When he specifies conversation he means quiet conversation. 3 She must be healthy. That means mentally too, he hastens to add. No psychopathic cases need apply. 4 She must want to have children. Wally isn't sure how he's going to
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    WONDER DRUG? THERE'S NO SUCH THING
    457 11  -  Hal Boyle Says NEW YORK. A WONDER drug is some- thing you take and then wonder why you still don't feel wonderful. But the most widespread and dangerous disease today is probably "wonder drug addiction" of one kind or another. Everybody yearns for a
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    20 11 John Payne and Arlene Dahl m a scene from "Cariblean Gold/ a Paramount picture due for release m Singapore soon.
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      41 11 When going Shopping I visit our shop 1 i We have just received new Shipment off a large Selection of Piqii< k »>b I also Swiss self flower Brocades m lovely sli.s«f. s| M jG. RAMCHAND 72, High Sir ft, Singapore
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      196 11 Today's Crossword I KSfl i I ill ACROSS.- 1. Fur-coated senna- XW^f «3>. 12, The rope's der! (3-3). 4. Not a human limb all twisted (4). 13 She has an We «6). 8. I go, Minny. m a state of well known (4 10. infamy (8). 9, A fallen lmape
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    Trying hard to be drab
    78 12 A STRANGE FACE looks back at Elizabeth Allan as she gazes into a mirror while making up at Shepporton Studios, for her unusual part as a drab, embittered wife m the London Film Production of Graham Green's novel' The Heart of the Matter," produced by
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    VSCs MEASURE UP TO THEIR JOB
    440 12 AS a member of the public, I note with much regret that Volunteers Bah, together with two others, were clubbed by a member of the V,S.C— all m one stroke. I very much doubt if the public will believe him. Admittedly, he surged forward
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    PEEVISH
    106 12 DEMOCRACY stands" but very little chance of ever becominc; a reality m Singapore if the stupid resentment of the citizens at the mere presence of volunteer policemen m their midst is anything to go by. Men do not volunteer for police duty just for fun. They do i' beoausp
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    VICTIMISED
    16 12 |>EING a regular reader I have *f foQowed the correspondence about fcbt itogaUoi that a
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    50 CANDLES FOR MR LIM
    68 12 More than 100 quests attended a buffet dinner to celebrate the 50th birthday of Mr. Lim Chong Pang, president of the Cinematograph Exhibitors' Association of Malaya. Picture shows Mr. Lim blowing out the candles on his birthday cake at his home m Amber Road, Singapore.
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    HIS FRIENDS
    134 12 I THINK that it is unfair on Mr. W. Neo's part to make a general statement about Indians such as "they are tiding to indianise us." If Mr. Neo's circle of "friends" think of indianising him. I strongly suggest that he refrain from their company. Now may I
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    Wives' spy plan to trap husbands
    449 12 Wives' spy plan to trap husbands MUTUAL REPORT SYSTt sdfgh I AM told that there is a move afoot by a group of wives m Singapore to set up an "I spy" service that will make things difficult for husbands fond of gadding about. Is it true? IMMIGRATION THE new
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    Any grouse!
    21 12 H E yoa a Wot** RL you a bright idel» L? you seen anjtlu^^ or unusual 9 brief?,. NWiT
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    T FOR TAY
    44 12 RE "Orang Baba" please correct "Orang Siong Hwa" to read "Orang Tiong Hwa" and the writer's name "Chris Jack Say" to read Chris Jack Tay. C. J. TAY. Geylang. Sorry your "Ts" were mistaken for "Ss". But they are crossed now.
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    HOOLIGANS
    174 12 watch the fireworks Some fellows began to disturb J women entering X cSrtS?? there was no one to check theY Kanlan, they broke the wfe peep thrown. Women scared. 5 The rest of the aowd flocked, the entrance just to watch th^w as If it were part of the
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    Stack has 3-D Regrets
    176 13 Stack has 3-D Regrets HOLLYWOOD. ROBERT Stack the star of Hollywood's first 3-D epic "Bwana Devil' 1 admits that the picture was bad. But it did wonders for the film business. himself included, says dashing Stack, the glamour boy of the society and cinema circuit. "The picture was bad." Stack
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    7 13 The technique of talking m a train.
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    HOLLYWOOD IN AN UPROAR
    418 13  -  [HE 3-D scramble ha* reached such a state of colossal bewilderment that one prominent studio boss staggered mto his office the other morning and whispered jo a subordinate: "What Kind of process are we snooting today?" X 9 f gler state an d exhiXLI mUCh better
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    Start With the Weather...
    693 13 Start With the Weather... HELPTHE-SHY SERIES— NO. 2 OREAKING the ice to open up conversation is mainly a problem among young people. Older folk do not mind seeming dull by keeping quiet, nor do they care whether they will bore other people when they speak. It is the young— and
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    Marciano is a real champion say jack & Max
    205 14 Marciano is a real champion say jack Max By HAL WOOD ROCKY Marciano has convinced two of the greatest punchers that he is truly a world champion— and probably will stay that way for a lcrv. time. They are Max Baer and Jack Dompsey, two former holders of the heavyweight
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    INNINGS WIN FOR MIDDLESEX
    174 14 MIDDLESEX beat Leicestershire by an innings and 56 runs at Lord's yesterday. Close of play county cricket scores were At Oxford: Oxford UniversityDerbyshire match abandoned no play "rain. CKford University 268 and 19fj for five dc hired. (Cowdrey not out. 72). Derbyshire 95. At Bradford: Yorkshire
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    DORIS HART WINS TITLE
    30 14 Doris Hart of the United States won the West England lawn tennis championship yesterday when she beat Britain's Angel Mortimer 7-5, 6-3,' m the final U.P.
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    20 years too soon
    158 14 "The trouble with me m this game is that I came along just about 20 years tco soon. Marciano is a good brv. But who has he been fighting? Nobodies. When I was 23 -years-old I had to fight such battlers as Johnny Risko. Tommy Loughran.
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    SHIRAI TO FIGHT TERRY ALLEN
    68 14 JAPANESE boxing promoter Huki Hamamoto said yesterday that a tentative agreement had been reached for world flyweight champion Yoshio ShiTai to meet Terry Allen m a title fight next October. Hamamoto, who handles all Shirai's flßhts. said the bout would be held m London or
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    JAVELIN MARK IS BETTERED
    53 14 Franklin (Bud) Held bettered the existing world record for the javelin In San Francisco on Thursday wuh a throw of 261 ft. But it was only practice and will not be recognised. The world record is 258 ft. 2 s in set by Finland's Yrjo Nikkanen
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    DENMARK IN THE LEAD
    150 14 DAVIS CUP DENMARK took a lead of two matches to nil over the Philippines m their European Zone Davis Cup quarter-final m Copenhagen yesterday, winning both the opening singles. Torben Ulrrich beat Raymondo Deyro 6-3. 6-2, 6-4. Kurt Nielsen defeated Felicisimo Ampon 8-6, 6-3, 8-6. tfRANCE
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    POINTS DECISION
    21 14 Lightweight Henry Davis, 138. of Honolulu, scored a unanimous 10--round decision over Freddie (Babe) Herman, 138, of Los Angeles.
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    CHAMP IS A 'NOVICE'
    264 14 A 20-year-old English migrant, Ken Brady, won the Australian heavyweight boxing championship m Melbourne. Brady knocked out a Victorian, Reg Mack, In the eighth round to reach a new peak m storybook rises m the fight game. Boxers usually labour through many bouts extending over years
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    58 14 photo. ITRPIN SMACKS ONE HOME:- Randolph Turpm (left), Britain. smashes liome a hard left to the nose of Charles Humez. France, who appears to be bending down to take it. Blood spurts from the Frenchman's nose, which was cut on the bridge. Turpi-a wen this world middleweight title fiffht at
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    Scotland wins golf 'national
    185 14 Scotland wins golf 'national SCOTLAND won the amateur golf internafe championship against England. Ireland and w& when the three days event ended m Killarney yeste day. Scotland beat England while Wales tied with Ireland. Had they beaten Ireland they would have taken full honour by gaining the 'triple crown". Daks
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    Kumar out of Kent tourney
    108 14 \TARESH KUMAR of In beat Grant Golden (Unia States* 6—4, 6— 3 m the fe round of the men's singleu; the Kent Grass Courts Lrc Tennis championships Beckenham yesterday. Narendra Nath, also of Idol was beaten by BanuM Vieira (Brazil) m another toe round match,
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    LINDWALL ACCLAIMED GREATEST OF ALL TIME
    885 15 tie smashed England s hop on batsman s wkL Free Press Special Correspondent iVnH q> for six and Hutton out, Australia W ITH Sed the upper hand m the first Test at Sottingham. failed t o take advantage ot En Matter ins bowling- one
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    IPOH BID TO REVIVE BOXING
    89 15 AN effort Is beine made In Ipch to revive boxing there. The matter *ill be discussed at a meeting of the Government Services Sports Union on June 19 aj the Perak Secretariat. Mr. Yeoh Chal Lai. former flyweight champion of Malaya and hmi treasurer of
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    Tennis stars in UK
    83 15 top pre-Wimbledon tournament m England London's Grass Courts Lawn Tennis Championship* m QuMn'fl Clvb opens on Monday *ith a star international (ast. The Australians will be represented by Ken Rose* a 11 U wis Hoad Mervyn Rose, lan Ajre, America by Vie Seixas, Budge Patty Gardnar
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    AMICABLES TOO GOOD FOR REME
    307 15 A.A.A 2; R.E.M.E 1 AIC2CABLR Athletic Association displaying fine combination and fast, attacking football scored a convincing victory over the Royal Electrical and Mechanical Engineers m their Singapore Amateur F.A. senior league tie at Jalan Besar Stadium, yesterday. Both teams scored m the opening minutes.
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    Harvey's duck
    34 15 NEIL HARVEY Ol'T FOR A DUCK. Australia's Harvey is caught by Denis Compton off Alec Bedser, with scoring a run on the first day of play. This is a United Press radio-photo.
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    'DOC HAS THE 'PRESCRIPTION' FOR 5.3
    231 16 Punter's Delight Barakat From ALLAN LEWIS I>ENANG trainer "Doc' JR. Rocteers appears to have the answer to the, main race. Cl. 3. Div. 1---6 F (Race 7). at Ipoh today with PUNTER'S DELIGHT and BAKAKAT. THE GOING UH.L BK GOOD. Opinion m Ipoh this
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    Mid-day nap PUNTER'S DELIGHT
    441 16 Mid-day nap PUNTER'S DELIGHT I.i tne o.aO Race 1 1 showing v. inning lorm on the training tracks. Nazakat was a creditable third behind Cynosure on the second day If he reproduces that iorm today ne will be nurd to beat Snow Blaze, solely on track woi locko a fcood
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    Card
    673 16 Race 1—2.30: Class 3, Div. 4-6 Furs. 1 009 Tiberius Ward 0.00 2 427 Ra-Li Mi-Cloud 3.13 3 -03 Nazakat Frar.klin 8.12 4 609 Ciameborough II Hudson RIO 5 346 Sunstream 6 -84 Sharp Look Mawi 8 1;3 7 688 Superman Poshni 8.07 8 026 Aladdin 806 9 --9
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    THEY'LL BURN UP DUNEARN ROAD
    255 16 FOR THE PAST three years there has hardly been a race meeting where records have not been broken, and I am sure that the SinsaTiore Motor^ Club's Coronation kilometre speed trial to be held on Duncarn Road at 9 a.m. tomorrow will be no exception.
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    ALPINE RALLY NEXT MONTH
    54 16 STIRLING MOSS, top ran kin? British car racer, will lead the Sunbeam Alpine team m ;h* 1,947-mile International Alpine Rally from July 10-16. Thn rally, one of the most gruelling road races on the continent, is raced over 31 mountainous passes. It starts at Marseilles and
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      284 16 BROADCAST RADIO MALAYA WILL BROADCAST CAMMENTARIES ON ALL EIGHT RACES AT IPOH TODAY. tance is more than enough to beat this field The only risk with Show Show is whether he will idctte up three d after bli first race. I am prepared to take a nance and recommend hi.v
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      Masthead
      6 1 Saturday Magazine Saturday, June 13, 1953.
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      ONE JUMP AHEAD
      615 1 «mn know how it is to Y°l^ W alf the fema c habitants are M* S'essesorwnathave y °So that I wasn't m the i P ast bit surprised when I ce a 7a photograph m the was living to Rome at trie time by -Sp way— with
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      'S 'pore women need dress sense'
      359 1 'S 'pore women need dress sense rpHE BUKIT TIMAH race course is generally regarded one of the most beautiful m the world. This may be true, but the same cannot be said of the dresses worn by the women who throng there m race days. I have spent a few
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      A Free Press Saturday short story by RICHARD TOWNSHEND
      981 1 A Free Press Saturday short story by RICHARD TOWNSHEND the dear girl has been religiously mixing me a hot toddy with her own fair hands and making me fake a couple of aspirins at bedtime the last few nights, and it's worked like a charm." He chuckled: "When she telephoned,
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      Cricket was once a 'vulgar game'
      381 2 pi#j !In *J [m ik m^ Mr^^jj fTODAY, June 13, is a significant anniversary In the world of sport though I fear few people are aware of it. It con^ cerns the game of cricket. Did you know that 200 years ago cricket was
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        402 2 Junior Contest^ Colour this delightful picture with paints, chalks B There arc four prizes (two boys and two' riris) nf^et^^si When you have finished, fill m the coupon i n^ w whole thin? to Auntfe Wendy, Singapore Fre« pJ^^ *»1 Street, Singapore, 1, by Wednesday. The age limit k'n Name
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        441 2 \Penny and the Last Magician 5\ t^^k g^Pg^^^ ft B 9 g^g^g^g^g^gW. alt JV *J^ \^"^Wte_^V't1 r i T if^H^L ~^^gS! g^gMTv^ga m m ta ~/j^ v^lh y^ji^P g^gm. v g^gPSgfjgf y QS^. x^^3 When Penny and the old "If you really are a magician. The magician and Ptnny row
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      Five year olds do an ancient donee
      41 3 photo. An ancient Indonesian dance by five year olds was the highlight of Children's Week m Jakarta, capital of Indonesia. This younj* dance group put on a fine show with skill and grace UP.
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      3 Venus or Mars?
      854 3 en FAR Ah Kirn, Krishna and Ismail visit an THE STORY SO£^ sau(M r land They step .ns.de to island where they see an k shut and the machme be ;vSVe«^"\ h h e ey^e the earth lying far below them. E to move Soon they
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      Young Chimps Are Trained
      74 3 YOUNG chimpanzees are b»'ine trained at London Zoo fo r th s summer. The '"waiter" is likely to be two-year-old Fifi, who carries food on a tray to her companions. Recruits to the party are Tommy and Lulu, now being trained by Mr. A. S. Budd.
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      HALFPENNY GIVES DIVING LESSONS
      301 3  -  A. H. JACKSON Another instalment of the Little Penguin's adventures by 17XCITEDLY, Halfpenny E* pointed to some children who were walking along, carrying swimming costumes. "Which means, of course.." began Freda. "That Halfpenny would like to go swimming too," 1 concluded. So going back home for
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      Our new Queen looks over old cannon
      94 3 Our new Queen looks over old cannon OLD blends with new to give you the Stamp of the Week. It conies from Barbados, a sugar island British Colony m the West Indies. New point is the portrait of the Queen. The Queen looks out o*er a battery of old cannon,
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        156 3 JUNIOR CROSSWORD 1 JU_ B^B I l I i i CLUES ACROSS: 1, Pantomime characters. The orchestra was jounded mi n 1858. "Cup" m French. 9. Earthen or metal vessel to drink from. 10, Nottinghamshire town with a football team m th. Third Division. 14, Surname of a famous American
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        47 3 CROSSWORD SOLUTION M 3 'SI *«°cf fl '90U9Q 'CI 'W>3 Z\ UMV U '^1 'L D9 X S m t3 > 'Pl*tff*VS uosdw 'z m n;t>a I 'A^AlOa 90jia ti TJfIMV II U9pW3 '$1 »OJ fl Pt9\fSUDN 01 On Hl 6 '999VJ. 2 <*n°H 9 S9UIVQ 7 'SSOXOY
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      Stars Make Big Money 'on the Side'
      719 4  - Stars Ma ke Big Money 'on the Side' Harold Heffernan By HOLLYWOOD. THE average reign and earning power of a film star has been estimated at eight years and what happens after that depends entirely on how shrewdly the boys and girls have planned against the inevitable day when options
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      The 'Little Man' is dead
      125 4 OOLAND YOUNG was essentially an actor of the talkies. He scored by understatement and dry under-acting. He was the diffident Little Man to whom the oddest things happened but who rarely originated any action himself. Typical of this sort of role was H. G. WelLs's
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      ESTHER 'MUST NEVER ACT
      444 4 "IF Esther Williams ever tried to act, she'd be a dead pigeon says producer Joe Pasternak. He says: "Esther is great becau.se she doesn't act. She's not an actress: she's a personality. She plays herself, and you know that she's enjoying her work. Look at heron
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        102 4 O CIRCUS BUSCH 0 vosnn i;hv iia last weeu O Sfcow (romorrow) June J4ffc 0 o=s IF YOU HAVE NOT SEEN THE Jj "CIRCUS BUSCH, C r«/s i$ roi/« oNiy chahci c W SO, COME ONE, COME ALL V Q HURRY. 0 E CIRCUS BUSCH ■"""fl"nW"lV SI.\«AI»OIIE I tTAV AT
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      The Korda Touch
      544 5 The Korda Touch SIR ALEXANDER KORDA, WHO AT 60 HAS JUST MARRIED A 21-YEAR-OLD BEAUTY— HIS THIRD BRIDEHAS A FLAIR FOR ATTRACTING FILM TAL£NT AND MONEY. OIR Alexander Korda is celebrating the 21st birthday of his company. London Films, with a party and the premiere of his latest picture, "Gilbert
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      A Roman 'Headache'
      285 5 Arts Theatre want a model THE Arts Theatre want to make J;neir comedy. "The Road to Rome" (on June 25) as "Roman" as possible. Miss Christine Kiefer, who has designed the costumes, has examined paintings by Veronese and Rowland Hilder to get the details authentic. One slave
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      SOUND BARRIER: 1
      57 5 rWMIREE years ayo a Hollywood film Jet Pilot was started 1 featuring John Wayne and Janet Leigh. Owing to various hold-ups it is still being filmed. The cost to date has been estimated at over £1 million and now Air Force officials have told the film-makers that
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      SOUND BAERIER: 2
      69 5 SHELLY Winters, before being re-united With her husband Viiiurio Gasman, made a 'phone > him m R* Somehow the lines got I o ed end she found herself tal to Frank Sinatra who wai call ng his wife Ava, m L(>y v The operator apologised for the
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        135 5 ISJ' LrLLu BHOWPLACK OF THE ISLAND 10 45 A.M. 1.30 4 6.30 9.30 P.M. CONSTANCE SMITH JEFFREY HUNTER Will Make Personal Appearances NIGHTLY At 6.30 ft 9.30 P.M. SHOWS TFLL Kith roWl PECK- HAYWARD- GARDNER TICMNICOIOt^^CA SPECIAL FOR THE S 3 DAY SHOWS ONLY 2 REELER OF THE CORONATION DAY
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      6 FROM SERVICES
      49 6 The RAF Changi, team- which is making ,a strong bid for the men's junior inter-club event this year. L. to R. front: LAC W L. 11.I 1 Ryan, Cpl. Lucas, LACW M. Pant-r. (Back row): Cpl. B. Flanagan, Senior Aircraftsman E. Croucher and LAC D. Maunder.
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      RAF TEAM IN STTA TOURNEY
      322 6  -  TAN HONG POH By A SERVICES team has been entered this year for the first time m the 1953 championships or ganised by the Singapore Table Tennis Association. This new entry is from Royal Air Force Changi. Judging by their periormance against Customs Sports Club
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      They call him King of Crash
      92 6 KING OF CRASH m search of an extra thrill is Jack Wilson, 25-year-old American roller-skating star from Chattanooga, U.S-A. The thrill is speedway: Daredevil Jack has figured m so many accidents back home that he has to wear skates with steel splints reaching Lo
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      PLAYED WITH JAW BROKEN
      312 6 TT required th« extraction of a tooth before Hairy Jackson, openin? bat of Crompton (I^ancashlre League >. discovered that for two weeks he had been playing with a broken jaw. f YRIL Cubbln, making his debut m Yorkshire Council cricket, to/>k five wickets for three runs
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      And the distance was just right
      411 6 And the distance was just right GERRY ISAAC comments on the Phillips Classic THE fifth annual "Phillips Classic" Singapore open 25--mile masse d-start bicycle road race, held at Shenton Way last Sunday night, saw 26 of our top riders at the starting line. This event was no doubt the climax
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      CRAZY SPORTLINE
      4 6 TRACK V/ORK
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      TRABERT CAPTAIN
      37 6 I The United States Lawn Ton* Association has announced tha* Taw Trabert of Cincinnati will be cap". (for the United States Davis ci torn against Japan at Vancouw British Co'rrribU. on July 9 10 n
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      I'LL NEVER FORGET THE DAY I PLAYED IN GOAL
      372 6  -  BRUCE BLUNT By FAREWELL to football. I have just played for the first and last time on the Ropley ground. I shall never be asked again. The whole thing was a mistake. It came oi catching an early train, which is
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        53 6 tUe knitted of W^l CCdeSILVAfiBROS. HOW HIAP B JOS. gl 3, 0A»l» PtACQ S'POPE. IO2.NatTH 8PIO« OO.SWOt. J^JJ fig- 1 The Oriental Optical C«.. W^ s lh Bridl!< I fMIk 1 r tpprr Filk ine $X O i'4VW Singapore, hj^ 1 5 OPTOMETRISTS MANUFACTIIRINr. Jjj I,*1 AND SCIENTIFIC EYE EXAMINATION
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      BANNISTER IS BEST BET FOR 4,MIN MILE
      278 7 BANNISTER IS BE ST BET FOR 4,MIN MILE By JAMES LEASoR vsjsss WrrM &rgeneraUon? ence m a way they have never ha l^ f °than 100 doctors and J g °e r ons have formed the BriS Association of Sport and Medicine, and they are reSing into new ways of
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      DICK TURPIN RIDES AGAIN and he sells SCRAP metal
      47 7 DICK TURPIN RIDES AGAIN and he sells SCRAP metal FL* bearin the Metar- i On v 7 ur Pin's Scrap IV^J m circulation ocr m dy Tvr P^s victory °'er Charles Humez e itkh ner is Dick '***Mrt M Pmg Rand Wter «th V? fOr the en
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      TREVOR FORD FOR ITALY?
      17 7 l|rr »y went m? 4 manager Bil] ce ntr Ur that Tlev r
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      WEETMAN'S GLOBAL GOLF
      108 7 BLOND, burly Harry Weetman flew into London last Saturday lunch-time from a 10--day trip to Montreal that puts behind him 40,000 miles of golfing globe-trotting m the last eight months. Weetman's global golf lop reads: October— Madrid (1,600 miles >; December Miami (9,000 miles); March— Sydney (23,000
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      Walking beats the eye by a foot!
      319 7  -  GEOFFREY SIMPSON Says OFFICIALS, weary of disqualifications and wrangling, are searching for an acceptable definition of fair walking that will save their out-of-favour sport for the Olympic Games. Good luck to them. One of the greatest walkers of them all thinks they will
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      Sports beat
      969 7  -  CHARLES BRYCE MkW 7 ANY goodwill surrounding the Singapore Amateur Football Association's "Coronation amnesty" to ten suspended players has been lost somewhere. I doubt if officials have raised their status any m the estimation of local footballers. One member of the SAFA Commission of Inquiry which banned the
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