The Singapore Free Press, 17 June 1953

Microfilm: NL3676
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    Masthead
    15 1 The Singapore Free Press Urj^t Afternoon Salp in Malaya »><!.. J«n« 17. 1»53. Price 15 Us
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    WO BOYS' DEATH CELL VISIT
    491 1 Worldwide plea far atam spies fWO small brothers started their school vacations yesterday on a "perfect day in June" by visiting their parents for the last time in the ffloom of the death house in Sinj? Sing prison, New York. Robert Rosenberg, six, and his
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    After the crash
    90 1 npilib is how the Z ,113-Um A P. and O. luxury liner, the h usa n (left) and die 6,165--ton merchantman the Prospector (right) looked after they collided in the fog on the night of June 12 in the English Channel. The Chusan has a jigged jip
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    Ceylon 'borrows' Sir Sydney
    27 1 Ceylon 'borrows' Sir Sydney o? M a P aine Vi ceS S act L aH a Uni verf ylon CahL a dviser l the 5> ass. s"ss
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    CAN'T FIND MAN TO MAKE IT WORK
    265 1  -  SIT YIN FONG BY 1O lish on their part to have done .so. because they have never disagreed with Sir Edwards ronclusinn that non -pensionable allowances were payments ba-sed on family re. i*>risibilities made to a small, and MM*p.ir.itively well-to-do, section of the
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    Rubber price
    27 1 Singapore Rubber Mark"! opened on a dull tone this morning with first grade, July shipment, at 67 V 2 cents a pound, cent below yes^r-
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    SOVIETS SEEK BIG-FIVE TALKS
    155 1 SOVIETS SEEK BIG-FIVE TALKS MR. ILLYA EHRENBURG, Russia's top propagandist, said in Budapest yesterday that the ultimate aim of the Soviet Union is to promote a meeting not only of the Big Four, but a high-level meeting which would include Communist China. Mr. Ehrenburg, who was addressing a meeting of
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      85 1 Talking of Blouses! Most white collar girls spend an evening at home "getting up" those white collars and blouses. Not so "Mary", smartest and freshest young thing in the office she seems to do nothing about it. Her land lady notes that an armful of gossamer garments. BLOUSES amongst them,
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    CAMBODIAN REVOLT FEAR
    250 2 French seeking quick solution for the crish FRANCE yesterday feared a revolt mav k Cambodia, one of French Indo Vh k ut ii nations adding to the difficulty of defend \nXf thr of South-east Asia from the Communist ViM^ 800^ Ultra-nationalist Cambodians mav rkV t? llihfear, as
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    The Red attack rolls on to key positions
    192 2 The Red attack rolls on to key positions npHE BIG Chinese offensive in Korea overwhelmed x Finger Rid&re. western anchor of the fiJUßtaf 50-miie front and rolled on south, yesterday. The weight cf the drive, which had hurled back the South Koreans east of the Pukhan river, shifted suddenly westward.
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    Big-3 talks on July 6?
    83 2 rpilE United States Ambas--l sailor, Mr. Winthrop Aldrich, called on Sir Wtn* 4 on Churchill at 10 Downing: Street yesterday, In usually well-informed quarters it was thought that he wished to discuss the Aiming of the three-power conference at Bermuda first tentatively fixed for today
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    1,000 YOUNG ENVOYS
    99 2 MALAYA'S students in Australia are 1,000 "young ambassadors ol I'ood'vill," said the Australian Minister fur the Army, Mr. Josiah Francis, beforc he left Singapore by air lor Sydney thLs morning. Mr. Francis tald Australians in the biuR 1 University eiti"., had been I d by personal contact
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    Margaret gets an Ike hug
    54 2 Margaret gets an Ike hug photo. PRESIDENT EISENHOWER has a big smile and a hug jor six-year-cld Margaret Svendsen as she presents him with a doll dressed as a traditional Norwegian bride, during his recent visit to Minneapolis. The President ivas en route East later after delivering speeches in North
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    Sir Winston: We'll keep the Stone
    149 2 SIR Winston Churchill is against giving up to the Stone of Scone to Scotland. The Prime Minister told the House of Commons yesterday: "The Coronation stone hst, been in Westminster Abbey for over 650 years and that is it* customary position. A Scottish MP.,
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    U.S. PLANS ARMS AID TO JAPAN
    135 2 U.S. PLANS ARMS AID TO JAPAN THE United States is prepared to negotiate a bilateral agreement with Japan to furnish military assistance for United rear&ament ol Japanese forces. Mr. C. Tyler Wood, deputy Mutual Security Director, told thr U.S. House Foreign Affairs Committee in a closed door session that the
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    A duel—with tickets for charity
    125 2 A duel— with tickets for charity A BOL Hassan Sairah a Teher "PPOsition newspawr that or hP a h nn unced that he had accepted a chal leTige to a duel from a (Parliament) Deputy Mah moud Nariman but with swords or pistols, instead boxing: gloves as NariLr suggested. Sairafi
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      99 2 WSfc3B^S^ ho an os a Itf^Lrttf liiJMr* *^Mk» B X3M# 'ijflf e^.^Bl^^Ji^^Bfßß|BßL u^ SwCS^JE»3^ i Tr^l at' 4^T '■'[Dbbl »y^*^Bß^^^fij EriTiSl^f /Z 7 a&y^A I^^H bbM S |ji I mm njpx 17 u aa aaaa c/ If IT M 30 DA 7 EXCURSION FARES SINGAPORE to HONG KONG with stop-over
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    So simple: That's just what we do
    306 3  -  SIT YIN FONG WHAT COMMERCE JTHINKS OF RITSON Bv nvv mmmercial firms have been doing all alon ff what Sir Ldward CINGAPOKb coi cnded t0 the Government— operating on a simple wage 3 Ritson n« s J f bas i c pay with
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    HE GOT HiS VOIE AT MIDNIGHT
    16 3 pn in i torai lists closed at midnight. Free tress
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    The No- 6780 man was in a hurry
    106 3 minute in which to do both. H e told officials at the Singa--D r»re Registration office at one minute to midnight on Monday. "I want to register but please hurry up." The officials did. The man caught his bus The registration office
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    BRITISH WAR LOSSES
    50 3 British casualties in Korea during the 23-month period ending June 1, 1953 totaled 2,237 officers and men. of whom 447 were killed or died of wounds. [he Secretary of Defence, Mr. Nigel Birch told the House of Commons yesterday. M| S$ OONBTANCI SMIIU and the three ffirls.
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    3 S'PORE AIR GIRLS GET TO THE STARS— BY PHONE
    232 3  - 3 S'PORE AIR GIRLS GET TO THE STARS— BY PHONE FRANCIS WONG By THEY were air hostesses from Hone Kong, spending a lorely dav iii Singapore. Their plane didn't leave till evening. ••Let's bo and Ml Jeilrey Hunter said Dorothy. Good idea iMd linda. Millie picked up the tcleTh P
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    The Singapore Free Press WEDNESDAY, June 17, 1953 Opinion RISTON REPORT
    454 4 The Singapore Free Press WEDNESDAY, June 17, 1953 Opinion RISTON REPORT THE expert hands of Sir Edward Ritson have disentangled the knots in which the Singapore Government's wage structure has been tied. It was a joo that bad.y needed doing. Things have leached a preposterous stage. At one end of
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    What the US Said About It All
    659 4  - What the US Said About It All John Ashwin 'Bess II dons her crown' By HOW did America react to the Coronation? The answer is that that v st country with its 48 States and as many states of mind, thought that the Crowning of Queen Elizabeth II was (to
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    A Vision is Now a Plan
    342 4  - A Vision is Now a Plan JOHN REDFER N. OEGINALD HEATH, big- p:ame hunter and railway engineer, went for a bicycle ride in Central Africa and ended it with a Vision. Today the Vision has become a Plan for a 900--mile railway linking federated Central Africa with the Atlantic. Th%t
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    MODERN WATER SYSTEM FOR AQUARIUM
    173 5 rTHE most modern method of water circulation will be used in Singapore s «470 000 Van Kleef Aquarium at King George V Park »u«* It will be similar to that used at the London Aquarium. There will be two main underground tanks, each capable of
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    Malaya Navy HQ goes up: May be ready in 1958
    158 5 Free Press Staff Reporter fORTY-SIX-AND-A-HALF acres of Government land at Woodlands are to be cleared and levelled to build a headquarters and shore establishments far the Royal Malayan Navy. The project, the cost of which will run into "some millions",
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    They hit rock 130 feet down
    126 5 TJEEP sub-surface investigations] rock hi?n e Proved that tnere rock bottom under Shenton Way SSL a *****0 skyscraper development scheme is under JJjf was stated by the DrS al n ad^ sers of Malayan out L i mitted Who Cilr^d «rth tod c operations
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    AMONG THE FAMOUS
    38 5 The body of Vaslav Nijinsky. the great Russian dancer who died in a London hospital three years ago, was reburied yesterday in Montmartre cemetery. last resting place of many world-known figures of art and literature.
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    AN UNBUILT RUNWAY COST $1½m.
    123 5 AN UNBUILT RUNWAY COST $1½m. SINGAPORE Government is still investigating the British Air Ministry's claim for $1,429,371.66 cents on account of the Changi airport runway. The claim is in respect of works carried out by the RAF to build a civil runway in Changi in 1949. The project was abandoned
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    ASRLINE MEN STRIKE
    44 5 Air France employees went on strike at midnight on Tuesday affecting departures irom the Orly and lc Bourget air terminals In Paris and in Algiers. The 24-hour .strike was called to emphasize employee detnandj for a2O l*' r CL nt saUiy
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    Cooler diplomacy
    96 5 ALL NEW DELHI diplomats Kaniel Bay. the Egypt!* diplomatic corps, that in futu in tIM fia.Uime and li^ht sui I'p to now, it has been cu Delhi to wear neckties all da in«: gathering! despite midsu 100 degrees. The new policy will nai :l clothing for dinners, which
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      133 5 /f*% Good Materials mJP^^PB^O We can guaranfee paUi^m I you satisfaction in 1^ IfflllT 1 fitting, styling and Jusf Unpacked Men; Sfocft o/" English Palmbeach suitable for Summer Suits in 5 Cool Pastel Shades. TAILORING DEPT. lit Floor D A I A I TEXTILES, DAJAJ LIMITED. 31. RAFFLES PLACE, S'PORE-1.
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      338 6 MANDRAKE, THE MAGICIAN by Lee Falk and Phil Davis 4 FRIGHTENED NATIVE CHASED BY IHE WANDEREO ONTO MY TERRIFIED, NOW YOU WILL SEE HOW I GET U TWO OF THE JUNGLE WITCH'S LAND BY MISTAKE. HE TW£ /V4T/V^E MYSERVANTS -KNOWN AS f MNOT CERTAIN OF MARRIAGE YEtT\ LIVING DEAD'- LOOKS
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      414 6 YOUR 1 STahi and i' it wen? I?** ZM of ha^^^l m»ght find you T^ ?o|r IrSl £j are ve'y" and prove to be *Sm everyone can h M *»**Lm he well done. Yo J^ J*3f system about eve^^ U Cl and then folC^y^l nant others to fa?^ 1 S|
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    A pop-gun starts ping-pong trouble
    164 7 A pop-gun starts ping-pong trouble w table-tennis balls be r AN -fiPd as "ammunition'? k^Sn Customs officials Wthev can, and the aecitn hafupset Canadian exP° rters ',i;on<: have been sendjDgJ balls to the United P° n 5 for vears. America's Sta l e l officials accepted SSTai sports equipment %i-nt
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    Untitled
    27 7 fraß a ist on as Kim Kim and Fred Mac Murray as Captain m fair Wind to Java." a R« public picture, now being screened in Singapore.
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    MAN SQUEEZES INTO 18-INCH HOLE TO RESCUE DOG
    80 7 A Ameke EPER was lowered »ta?idT through a hol e "47^"* wilh a -ii^jould. -dangerous to move, was the last obstacle and the rescuers almost gave up. But the quarrymen, working during meal hours, managed to tunnel round it. Then Mr. Roberts
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    BRITAIN'S 'NEW PENNYA-MILE' AIRLINER
    100 7 BRITAIN'S 'NEW PENNY-A-MILE' AIRLINER AN artist's impression of n Britain's new Avro "Atlantic" delta-wins turbojet airliner. Built by A. V. Roe and Company, the plane is a modification of the super priority Avro "Vulcan" delta bomber. It will be able to fly from London to New York non- V stop
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    River killer: Was he man in shadows?
    417 7 A SIX-FOOT man was seen lurking near Teddington Lock the night Barbara Songhurst and Christine Reed were murdered. People who sa w him— medium-built, aged about 35 dressed in a light grey suit and brown trilby— have told the police what they knew
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    College men plant stocking on spire
    104 7 c »w Pl nnacle of Km^ th(>r^ by under- traditional Bump supper celebrations ended at midnight. In the early morning light I policeman .saw a flag with thr word "pavilion" in white letters flying from the Dagrtafl oi Calui College. The collet" Hag, which
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      146 7 Over-all protection Mother Nature g.we ic to the turtle, H.ilJa made it for the portable typewriter. The Swcdi>h-built Halda has a strong frame, with robust sides and back, and a sturdy, sound-absorbing; bottom pl.ue. Hilda is not only protected against shocks, bud against dust and dirt as well. With the
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    UNKNOWN
    124 8 "0 UT of the Hat" is fheatre o n Frid av Saturday and Sunday in I d f th e Singapo, Association Fo r Th. Blind The man behind tfe show is Mr. a. J. Brag^i who has rallied to his side! all the talent that theEurasian, Chinese and
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    GETTING READY FOR THE SHOW OUT OF THE HAT'
    46 8 Right: Joyce Comez and Merle Mcnteiro are all smiles as they he'D each other get ready for The Tavern a South American scene. Below: Felice Rodriques gets a helping hand from Loreen Cordeiro in the dressing room.
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    HELPING HAND FROM 'CARMEN MIRANDA
    63 8 The spirit of show business is displayed back-stage when Andrew Deans pu« touches to Marion Willis for her part in The Matador*. m Lett: Andrew Deans as "Carmen Miranda*. j^. Mick* 1 Right: Andrew Deans with "her" South-American merry-makers. From left to r, a$$cB j*4
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    PIN-UPS' IN EVUE
    154 9 h will feature shapely Merle S °;'i? Monteiro. no stranger to It the Singapore stage, and lootlign^ Tan the well known eX UC ballroom dancer. "Bermuda" features the jjarnbo to"* Willi$ as The Matador' in a scene The Tavern." A colourful finale to the South- IAMBALAYA". and
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    THE WIFE AND HER LOVERS
    604 10 THE WIFE AND HER LOVERS Husband was 'so forbearing 9 DECAUSE a husband was so forbearing to his wife, whom he had forgiven twice, a judge was worried and suspicious. "I was worried." said Judge TempleMorris in the Divorce Court at Newport, Mon. "because it is a remarkable cas«\ and
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    Hollywood starlet Chalotte Austin
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    Mother found the lights out
    218 10 THE SOLDIER AND HIS GIRL T IGHTS were out in the home of a 15-year-old £irl when her mother came downstairs. In one room she found her daughter and the girl's soldier sweetheart, aged 18. At Cheshire Assizes the soldier Edmund Tranter of Farley Way,
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    One parrot's heritage
    50 10 k RECORDING OF Worth- ing's Coronation celebrations includes the recital of "Our Heritage" by Miss Nancy Price. An interruption by her talking-parrot, who screeched "Half a pint of mild and bitter/' is not to be cut from the record, which will be preserved in the towns museum.
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    SOVIET STEPS UP
    35 10 The Russians are supplying fighter planes to their air squadrons twice as fast «a.s Britain is equipping hers, a British Government report said today. Bonet production ts estimated at 3UO a month.
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      154 10 ™M> 'MAGIC MARGIN ONLY ROYAL HAS IT jß> v^^ a 1 i^ifiTii fttf^il^^M^— ■^UZ^'^ i'l all C?OM P"^ Please send me details of the BOM I V /\LV ITft "MAGIC" MARGIN portable typewrit* 1 mmm LIM with particulars of easy method of payment. i Name Address: FP. n.6.53 Plan Your
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    It's Good to be a Dog in This Place
    523 11  -  BOB THOMAS by BUCKLEY HOLLYWOOD. DOG'S LIFE can have Aadifferent meamne Hollywood. Some local S^Uve better than. P e le y are the lucky Urted among the guests are pets of some of the best-known names In Hollywood. The place Is
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    Bridge Hand
    233 11 Neither Bide vulnerable East dealer and South were two well known Philadelphia Life Masters, MR. Olive Peterson and Sylvester uwery-who recalls this deal from > Pair event played way back in l"Q as one of his favourite hands a you like a well-played hand, you'll «»sly see why
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    Friendly instruction
    184 11 Mrs. Kienast swears thus happened: One day the chef's dog wouldn't eat his meal. She was worried thai the ranch would break its record. Her husband told her to consult the menu. Sure enough, she has given the dog beef stew on his fried liver day. He ate
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      75 11 Weighs Only 9 LbsT \Sr^ \j)LjS So lijjht you can carry f^V^\x^ V it easily however I \3{^S you £o and wherever fc is you go! Perfect for VI O\ plane, train or car and upper school students Sole agents: TYPEWRITERS (MALAYA) LIMITEIf^ a ife 132 6. ROBINSON HOAO. SIR6APORE
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  • Page 11 Miscellaneous
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      254 11 Today's Crossword ACROSS 6. An opera sinner takes up most oJ 2. Put into a table that has no tne couch •>■ I BoOf and danc« knife-drawer (9). 8, BMOinf fault- (7.6V. 9 Contained In c. fmder (5). 10, Cut up in the micelle (1). 15, Nothing even UMfftM of
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      Sloppy men annoy Singapore woman
      626 12 Sloppy men annoy Singapore woman NOT TOO HOT FOR JACKETS pROM TIME to time adverse criticism of the way Singapore women dress appears in our newspapers. The latest, written by "Fairfax" under thp heading •'Singapore Women Need Dress Sense." in the Free Press, criticised women for lack of dress sense
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      Any grouse?
      32 12 HAVE yon a grouse? Have you a bright idea? Have you seen anything strange or unusual? Then write to the PRESSMAN and tell others about it in his POSTBAU briefly.
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      JAP FISH NETS ARE CHEAPEST SAY MALAYANS
      114 12  - JAP FISH NETS ARE CHEAPEST SAY MALA YANS JOSEPH YEO By I LADING importers in the Colony sa M I Japanese fishing nets are now beiwT^ «u in Singapore because they are c^aner th other countries. "icaper tha n those fr^ an announcement 1 $S partment of Comi by tlie
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      CREW ABANDON SINKING SHIP
      46 12 The 7,120-ton British freighter. Bedford Prince. wa s abandoned by its crew of 35 and the captain after she had run on to rocks near the gulf of Paria Trinidad. The ship was bound for New Orleans with a cargo of t!n.
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      CONVICTS SEIZE THEIR GUARDS
      48 12 Rioting convicts at the New Mexico state Prison In Santn Pte, have captured "seven or eight" more guards bringing the number of hostages held to 17 or 18. The guards captr|:d in the second group were k«ng food to prisoners in p. cell block.
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      Singapore invited to Fed. 'champoree'
      441 12 Singapore invited to Fed. 'champoree [Weekly SCOUT corner] CINGAPORE has been invited to send 20 scouts and two scouters to attend a "champoree" organised b5 the Kelantan Boy Scouts Association to celebrate the 25th anniversary of the movement in the State. The "champoree" will be held at Kijang Camp in
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      137 12 fcfl|| if^Bs were f Ol dresses? M^ —They are— but also lor h A blouses and lingerie T^hcre are many different kinds X of Anti-Shrink fabrics guaran* teed by Grafton. There are rayoo £!!»ss£>■ crepes to suit all tastes, dupions, fabrics for playwear, morning and afternoon wear as well as
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    Music topics by PRESTO
    212 13 „«p is al s<) u()()d r°° D -^ss in Singapore (j business in tnese days. T^ at y° u eV6 i St comes to nat^The Joan HamSingapore- a* xamp ie, mond recital for was sold out q w bei daysO i Had she been able opene
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    Bows for Britten
    114 13 ftENJAMIN BRITTEN, the composer, took six bows at the second performance. i his Coronation opera, "Gloriana," at Covent Garden. At the first performance, when the Queen and a glittering audience attended the gala opening, the applause was scarcely i strong enough to yet the) curtain up for
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    MUSIC QUIZ
    68 13 Phonv H Ctober S vmkT3S£ Symphonic p^--1914 t' wr!ttfn 'n Q^ t na^;^.S, b e., usge t i What H by "Octa.n-? 4 'felV a) a trad dance V b| a Sr;^"'h clof«"nged r U <r '0 a T^ftd i sr cnt f the m r e«ions> aa
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    Tops Concerts are Planned
    332 13 often as much in praise of the orchestra— from whom, after all we don't expect the very best— as of the solo artists from whom we have a right to expect the best. If the Musical Society orchestra does decide to give a concert or two
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    QUIZ SOLUTION
    73 13 'ucijisodiuo) i- jo oduioj. 044 £111x4 iO 4 snji'nddr uy <J 'luijjAip oit'Ai'S e if4|M 'ojnseoui -e-ui-f 03utp-iop i|siueds v tWl 044 |O do4s muoD44«J, 3HI p-tsn tf|f| 4$J>J 41' "M l|3iifM (i 4DJf«4O||i > V.. ot|4 4 idj->4uno> usiuuij V°H* SC H otfM 'Aiso|oi{.:Aui 40 si{d«uAu cos
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    NEVER'LOCKUP'A VIOLIN
    472 13 NEVER'LOCKUP'A VIOLIN NEW YORK. "rFHE way to make a violin A last," says violinist Ossy Renardy, "is to try to wear it out." Keep it under glass and it loses the only precious thing it has: tone. Renardy says too many of the world's finest violins are locked up In
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    LATEST RECORDS
    228 13 LATEST RECORDS Two "4j" lon<; -playing records ili.it must hii\e been enhanced In popularity by the Joan Hammond recital last week are those in which she sings four famous operatic arias. Most popular of all is Miss Hammond's "O My Beloved Father" from Puccini's" "Gianni Schicchi a sadly sentimental melody,
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      174 13 HEAR AGAIN JOAN HAMMOND SINGING DB2os2.— Love And Music (Vissi d'artt) M La Tosca"— Puccini). 0 My Beloved Daddy ("Gianni Schicchi" Puccini). DXloo3.— One Fine Day ("Madam Butterfly"— Puccini). They Call Me Mimi ("La Boheine" Puccini). DXlo23.— Ave Maria (Bach, air. Gounod). Pania AngeUcttt (Cesar Franck). 1 DXlo39.— Mimi's Farewell
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    German heavyweight boycotted by IBG
    561 14  -  CONNIE RYAN Managerhits out in New York By ALTHOUGH the New York Stat- Athletic Commission and the International Boxing Guild (IBG) deny the existence of a boycott against certain fighters, Hein Ten Hoflf of Germany and Gene Jones of New York can testify that it
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    FIVE IPOH WINNERS PROMOTED
    182 14 FIVE IPOH WINNERS PROMOTED FIVE horses who won at the last Ipoh race meeting have been promoted by the Straits Racing Association. They are Best Tip (to Class 2> and Sweet Dream, Rice Mill, Wcnder Gold and Cinder's Prince (all to Class 3). The Straits Racing Association has announced the
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    BANKERS WIN AT BADMINTON
    116 14 In a friendly game of badminton on Sunday, Hongkong Shanghai Bank Sports Club beat Superwing Badminton Party by six games to one. Results were (Bankers named first): Singles H. W. Desker beat Ang Ah Chee by 15-8, 15-7; I. J. Vass beat K. L. Pang by
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    SIGNALS WIN
    23 14 O.H.Q. Signals beat an Indian Footh;ill Assoritfion team by five goals to three in a soccer friendly at Farrer Park yeserday.
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    LEAGUE DRAW
    23 14 Krbenpran Club and Harbour Board P( lice drew with a goal each in yesterdays SAPA Div. 3A tie at CYMA ground.
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    Bowlers on the rampage
    126 14 T PYE, of Mount Sports, took nine Coolex United wickets for on? run in a Birmingham Parks cricket match. J. Momi took seven for two playing for Craufleld Lane HatMeld Town in the Donea^Ur League, He had two wickets in his first over, a mftlden, four
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    28 home enfries, and 21 are Scots
    280 14 28 home enfries, and 2 1 are Scots ititnisii oi'i:\ 1.1H.1 THE draw has been announced for the British Open golf championship, which takes place at Carnoustie, Scotland, from July 6 to July 10. There are 196 names in the list. After a 36-holes qualifying test, for which the Burnside
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    SIFA OFFICIALS
    62 14 Singapore Indian Football Association officials for 1953. President Mr. V.P. Kanagasundram; Vice Presidents. Messrs. S. P. Samy and N. V. Vengadasalam; Hon. Secretary, Mr. N. Mohan < re-elected > Asst. Hon. Secretary Convenor, Mr. M. Krishna (re-elected i. Kon. Treasurer. Mr. K. Joseph Pillay (re-elected*; Independent Delegates: Messrs.
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    JAP JUDO MAN FOR AUSTRALIA
    91 14 IUDO followers in Australia J hoping to have the senriw i one of Japan's best judo instruct Dr. A. J. Ross, an official of to Australian Council of Judo, rwwiy disclosed that he was approach^ the Immigration Department !i permission for a Japanese judo pert
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    SCHOOLS INTERSTATE HOCKEY
    34 14 4 PROPOSAL to hold an A3- Malayan hockey competition for schools wiO be discussed it the annual general meeting of the Mi--1 iv.in Hockey Council in Kuala Lumpur on July 5.
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    BADMINTON TOURNEY FOR S-E ASIA
    195 15 BADMINTON TOURNEY FOR S-E ASIA Inaugural meet in Malaya A BADMINTON tournament open to all countries in South East Asia is to be inaugurated in Malaya. The Badminton Association of Malaya made this decision when the standing committee met recently. Mr. Heah Joo Seang, president of the 8.A.M., stressed the
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    3-COAL DEBUT BY CENTRE FROM PERAK
    149 15 3-COAL DEBUT BY CENTRE FROM PERAK A fourth minute goal by inside right Tat Kong and a hat-trick by centre-forward Stevenson enabled Breweries to top the SBHFA Div. 2 league table yesterday when they beat Borneo Motors four-nil at the SRC ground. Stevenson is a newcomer from Perak. In the
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    Big chance for our schoolboy shuttle stars
    68 15 Big chance for our schoolboy shuttle stars MALAYAN schoomoys sh P ««t time this year on thr fir sl ji* It will ?t 22 and ll wl ?"ii,ld annually ta con- *L with the Malayan f,S Championships, Iffare b«in«r held .n "Sr.'-wTbe'wo events: Whr Challenw Cup for h TTiIs OU
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    KENNEDY IN SERVICES XI
    46 15 COMBINED Services soccer (/Team to meet the PhilliDine touring side next week is Smith (RAF) Monarty (Army), Hazel (RN) Jayes iraFi Walton (Army), Baxter raV,'- Hill (RN), Smith (RAF) Kennedy (Army). Spansw>k (Army), Gosling (RN). Reserves: Raw 'RAF), Hutchinson (RN). Berry (RAF).
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    RAPC beaten 3-0 by Changi
    63 15 MILNE SCORED ALL three goals as RAF Changi 2nd XI beat league leaders Royal Army Pay Corps three-nil fan yesterday's United Services League Div. 2 fixture at Chanel Half-time score was two-nil. In yesterday's Div. 1 league programme, results were: RNAS. 1. RAF Changi 2.
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    OLD BOYS' RACE
    40 15 All old boys of the Victoria Continuation School under 2.") pan of age are invited to take Part in the old boys' 440 yards ra:e which will take place on tte school ground at 4 p.m. on
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    1955 THOMAS CUP DATES
    104 15 yHE standing commit <ec of the Badminton Association of Malaya has decided on the middle of May to the middle of June 1D 35 m the tentative dates for the nex'. Thomas Cup Challenge Round to be p ;'ved in Malaya. The B.M.A.'s proposal fcr the
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    VIC HERMAN TO FIGHT SHIRAI
    72 15 ORLD flyweight boxing champion Yos'.iio Shirai of Japan will fight Vic Herman cf Scotland in a IC-round non-tiile Tokyo match in mid -July. Hcnrnn is a stalemate o f Terry Allen of England, who is slaved to fisht Snirai lor the title in Tcky.in October.
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    2 WINNERS-ONE OF THEM DIED
    93 15 2 WINNERS -ONE OF THEM DIED TOV&IST Trophy motor cycle races at Douglas, Isle of M«n took the annual death toll last week. Three I tffcri were killed in crashes on the treacherous course. LEFT:— Les Graham, riding his M. V. Augusta, iron the ulra lightweight event. It HWa his
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    He won and lives
    7 15 He won and lives mid his tlviith
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    ENGLAND EMERGED WITH THE BRUSH
    506 16 ENGLAND EMERGED WITH THE BRUSH From all that foxing From Our Special Correspondent J^NGLAND emerged with the brush from the foxhunt that went on here at Trent Bridge, Nottingham, yesterday. Leicestershire, next county down, is one renowned for foxhunts but I thought a lot of foxing went on here when
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    Scoreboard
    50 16 AISTRALIA Ist Inns— 249 ENGLAND Ist Inns— l44 AUSTRALIA 2nd Inn*— l23 ENGLAND 2nd. INNINGS. Hatton not out 60 Kcnyon c Ilasstft b Hill 16 Simpson not out 28 Extras 16 Total for 1 wkl. 120 Bowline Lindwall 16-4-37-0, Johnston 18-9-14-0. Hill 12-3-26-1. Benaud 5-0-15-0, Davidson 5-1-7-0, Morris 2-0-5-0.
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    HUTTON AGAIN
    23 16 Len Hut ton was yesterday appointed captain of England for the second cricket Test against Aus'ralia, which starts at Lords (London)
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    GENLALS WIN
    21 16 Oenial Youngsters beat Tampenls Youngsters by five goals to three in a soccer friendly y Verday at Farrer Park.
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    BIRTHS
    75 16 JENKINS: To Milly and Ron at Bungsar Hospital on 12th June. 1953. A daughter. Marilene. BRADLEY: To Nini nee" Bertelli, wife of Charles Bradloy in MassaCarrara, Italy, a son, Riccardo. ZAKOO: To Helen, wife of S. E. Zakoo. a son, at Kandang Kerbau Hospital, 16th June, 1953. India Papers
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    ENGAGEMENT
    43 16 HO TAN: The engagement took place on 14th June, 1953, between Mr. Steven Ho Ah Foh, eldest son of Mr. and Mrs. Ho Kwang Liang, and Miss Emily Tan Siane Enp, eldest daughter of Mr. Mrs. Tan Hong Seng, both of Singapore.
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    DEATHS
    115 16 CABLE message received from India is conveyed to all friends and relatives that my grandmother, Sree Bhagavathy, passed away peacefully on 13.6.53, at her residence in Travancore. K. N. Soman. 17, Cuscaden Road, S'pore. GWEE: Madam Gwee Luan Neo (alias Chit Nya) age 69 passed away peacefully at her
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    Surrey keep county lead with inns. win
    208 16 gURREY, the champion county and leaders in the current championships, maintained (heir position 'with a Wounding irnings victorry over Kent at the Oval yesterday. The results were: At the Oval. Surrey beat Kent by M) innings and 26 runs. Kent 92 aiv' 1
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    DOCKYARD BEAT HAIKOWYU 4-1
    41 16 TIM. Dockyard beat a ten-man Haikowyu team by four goals to one in a SAFA Div. 2 league fixture at BODCA cround yesterday. Paul (2>, Downton (penalty) ani Guthrle (penalty) scored for Dockyard; Yin Kee for Haikowyu.
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    YMCA BILLIARDS
    61 16 Plajing in the second night's ties in the Y.M.C.A. Golden Jubilee open billiards championships yesterday, Koh Cheng Moh made a runaway break of 60 to beat J. O. Birks by 300-91 points. Other results: Chua Yam Buk beat Tan Kong Guan 300-286. Chin Chi Nen beat Koh Whatt
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    SOCCERITES WIN
    19 16 Star Soccerites beat Singapore Recreation Club three-one in yesterday's SAFA Div. 1 tie at Jalan Besar Stadium.
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    Royal Ascot opens
    213 16 /CORONATION Royal Ascot opened yesterday with the Queen, the Duke of Edinburgh and the biggest crowd since the war present to see the wellbacked Pluchino capture the chief prize of the day, the £3,500 Ascot stakes. The Queen smiling and radiant, and the Duke, who waved his
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    Britain out of Davis Cup
    40 16 picture. MOTTItAM BEATEN IN tsIUSSELS- Britain's Tonv M (left) walking off the court with Philippe Washer (R*S who had defeated him 7-5. 6-1, 7-5 in their Darb^ff match, Britain lost this Davis Cup tie. U.P.
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    Teenagers top sedded for W'don
    245 16 Teenagers top sedded for W'don G M alloy (U.S.*. 6. L. A. Hoad, (Amtralia), 7. A. Larson (U.S.), 8. E Morea (Argentina). Women— l Miss M. Connelly (US. holder), 2. Miss D. Hart (U.S.), J. Miss S. Fry (U.S.). 4. Mrs. D. Knode (U.S.). 5. Miss A. Mortimer (Britain), 6.
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    NETBALL LEAGUE
    34 16 There will be a meeting for ill women's cl"'? 8 interested in the Urban League I dr the Clarke Chaltag* Shield at the Singapore Ration Club on Friday June 19 at 5.15pm
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