The Singapore Free Press, 29 July 1953

Microfilm: NL3677
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    Masthead
    17 1 The Singapore Free Press Urge st Afternoon Sale in Malaya. i u iv 195*. Prlc« l"' Ct§
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    3-D ATTACK ON VIETMINH
    336 1 f reach get in the first Mnu> Delta Reds blasted PRANCE yesterday delivered her biggest blow in months against the Communist-led Vietminh in a spectacular air-ground-sea attack that encircled 2,000 rebels and brought them to a pitched battle at nightfall. Two battalions of paratroopers jumped in
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    Fed may get some external aid to tide over crisis
    219 1 HLKS in London on the financial situation in Malaya "are st II in the exploratory stage, it was reliably 9 rned yesterday. No decision has yet been made on W the situation is to be met. Sir Donald McGillivray. Deity
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    TAFT'S CONDITION WORSENS
    47 1 A New York hospital ann- u «ced yesterday thai the conwon of Senator f^ ,berl Taff fJS r w Republican leader i:;' 1 1 continues to be I ictory." Jrt hf v bulletin suul th( Senator Jg able to take "very :1 'V '.-'.iker."
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    Partner for Princess
    57 1 birthday party in Scot* I on I her nill be LORD JA close Th, i the d to the pa ■'it. lord I it at Kinnaird I BrC chin, did his National Service in the Scots Guards, a yeai <>f which he ipent in M lie a
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    $1,300 ROBBERY
    24 1 a th'ei broki* '>' Riv«-r Vallei Road ipore yesterday, and cloth worth $1,300. The n en water dldf and squ t la tor
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    CAMERA STOLEN
    7 1 and the YM.C.A. Orch 1(1
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    'BOMB HOY BABYSITS'
    72 1 I 16 YE AR-oi.D tui )lo do u an Uivitation to help »u n p because Ji>' court Jt ft" Slttil he ard army camp Hwff^^n said that Yi,»UlGlv^ had t bombing the Czech tnbei and i in cur lut on tl ht the So blown up.
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    TITO IS HOST TO ATTLEE
    49 1 Mr. Attlee, will leave London on Saturday tor a three-week stay in Yugoslavia as guest of the government Mr. Attlee will stay part of the time with Marshal Tito. Mr. Aneurln Bevan, and his wife, will also leave on Saturday for Yugoslav, i i
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    SIXTEEN EXTRA PAGES
    73 1 rrai niE press will I publish lw« lull-si/.* Mtpplemenia U nr»rk SlnffApore'i BfMi M B war inide exhibition wblel will tpen ;it ih« Itopfjf World on S;itunluy. Th,. lii^t will ftp?**! W ■WtW :uul will contain much inloriiKition In t«-\l ;uui pleturei trendt Mid n«n products n
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    Rubber Price
    39 1 Following; ;in overnight rtrop in the London and Now York markets. SUiKapore rubber mark«M oi)«'n»'d this momina <>n in incertain torn, with first Ijrmde, August shipment, at 61| cent! a luad, U cent! below (>r--1 Jay's close.
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    U.S. WONT SEAT CHINA FOR UNITY IN KOREA
    326 2 JHK United States Secretary of State, .Mr. John Foster Dulles, said in Washington yesterday lhat his country would nol buy Korean unity at the price of China's membership in the United Nations. He added the United States had the right to veto
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    42 2 SHERPA TENSING t?kes his wife out for a little mountain climbing at Rosenlani, Switzerland, where they are spendin? a brief visit en route home from London. There to give a helping hand is Silvia (ilatthard Muhleman. well-known Swiss skier (centre) A.P. picture.
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    JUDGES GO TO FAT WITNESS
    88 2 JUDGES GO TO FAT WITNESS A GERMAN court had to move into the house of West Germany's fattest man, Heinrich Bruemmer, because he could not squeeze into any car, bus or train. The 350-pound mayor of the village of Humzen was called to court as a witness. He indignantly rejected
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    NO REASON TO SMILE, SA YS ADLAI
    163 2 NO REASON TO SMILE, SA YS ADLAI MK. Adlai Stevenson. American Den leader, said in London yesterday that cal set will b<- one "i the create: t chalh ngei to ur nanship." He told more than 100 world I "Somehow nghi n<j a war i., a* we nave lon <
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    NOW IT'S THE 'LIVE LOOK' New Dior skirts stun Pairs
    290 2 NOW IT'S THE 'LIVE LOOK' New Dior skirts stun Pairs CHRISTIAN DIOK yesterday thre w a bombshell into the middle of the Paris fashion openings by drastically shortening skirts to barely below the knee. At the same time he made 1 radical changes in the waistline, and boldly announced the
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    THE SILENT DESERT
    83 2 IJI/SS£//V Ahinad, a 50--year-old Afghan, told Persian police that wandering in the desert is preferable to living uith a wife who objects to her man staying out late. Ahmad, who lives in a village on the Afghan side of the Persian border, uas arrested by Persian police
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    CYCLING CHAMP LIKES THE WEST
    54 2 The cycling .sprim champion of East Germany. Jergen Mueller, yesterday asked for political asylum in the West. He came over the border for the German professional sprint championship over the week- end. wac placed third and then decided he did no* want to go back
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    THE FLYING DUKE GIVES CADETS A LECTURE
    223 2 THE FLYING DUKE GIVES CADETS A LECTURE r V\\Y Duke «'t Edinburgh, fa it- u*vs and with headphones •vet Ins v ;irv landed hi> twinMlfined plane at the Ko.va! Air Force Collere at Cranwell yesterday to take the salute at a passing-out »»t cadets He taxied the plan»> over t«»--uards
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    Truman, '$2 mil. author'
    132 2 JUDGE Samuel I. R osena said yesterday that disc sions were under way *lth I L.S. Internal Revenue Bid to permit former PreJ Truman to ease taxes onj magazine sale of his mJ to Time Incorporated, san New York report. Judge Roseman would confirm that Mr.
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      100 2 Nehru won't tell INDIA'S Prime .Minister, Mr. Nehru, told newsmen at M Delhi airport y sterday on returning from talks till Pakistan Premier Mohammed Ali: "I am very hippy over th remarkable and obviously sp ontaneous friendliness in to rachi." But Mr. Nehru repeatedly refused to answer question on the
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    One-man move to block new entry law
    194 3 One-man move to block new entry law 1/ CALU> I MEETING i nore Legislative Council may be asked at its rZS meeting to disapprove the whole or part of W |M US jp^tion ordinance which comes into force nfW iinrnu; al midnirhl on Friday. A resolution to this effect is
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    SHE LOVES U.S. AND JOHN
    99 3 ctJ BRITISH born (..I bride, > Mrs. Joy Thompson, who fell B love with America as well l|is an American, arrived at hlfouthampton in the Queen infeizabeth to renounce her British nationality. She "pints to become a true ITeun, like her oil technician husband. John,
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    NEWPAPER STRIKE
    28 3 M as city, Britlah-owned n» newspaper The I firVt :,ppf jr for ■g time in Its 117 Jears' e demanding !n, J bonuses. II Bm aa
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    HOUSE SAYS 'YES' TO SYNTHETIC BILL
    132 3 NE no n and sen V usv Representatives yesterday passed Priv^e \m Senate the Bill authorising sale to 0W 'N sviin"* 1 1111 i,,(, s try of the 28 Governmentrubber factories. Whl T e u ,f( (i "<• •ttjeHnJ ,,H,lt committee fences between .er-
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    These co-op stores made money,
    98 3 These co-op stores made money, SINGAPORE'S three cc-oper- 1 ative storeys societies made! money last year. They are the Pulau Bukom Co-operative Stores Society. Naval Base Co-operative Stores Society and the Malay Settlemen! Co-operative Shop Societv. The Pulau P.ukom society with more than 600 members made a record profit of
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    BIG DAY FOR ICE
    34 3 rs had a big d In P taatal area, wh LO-dayt heat wave has kill- i") persons. Racketeers were selling bin of i about USS^TD each— I rVernment'a fixed price.
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    Mr. Carnegie learns how
    77 3 "There vou are, I have it!" says Mr. Dale Carnegie, American author, who was having his second lesson in the art of using chopsticks at a Capitol Restaurant dinner on Monday night. Mi> first lesson 8 l a lunch earlier in the Mm} at another Chinese
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    FULLERTON BUILDING MODERN IN FOUR MONTHS
    122 3 FULLERTON BUILDING MODERN IN FOUR MONTHS 4 be Lnol i- ulli Mr A W ai Public W D *rt- I and ationa ibll he 150,000. The wi rk will include provide] ter lit' Hitherto, members of the have bei n complaining a aloa or Inefficient. ire being received The P.W.D
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    The SIngapore Free Press Opinion RATES AND CHARGES
    397 4 The SIngapore Free Press Opinion RATES AND CHARGES WEDNESDAY. July 20. 1953 AFTER reading the statement by the City Treasurer, Mr. J. R. Hill. Singapore consumers will be no wiser as to whether they will be expected to pay more or less or the same for their electricity, water aad
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    Resort of America's Industrious Rich
    765 4 Resort of America's Industrious Ri ch i «y sg &xS. >.• "^L* I >^^^ i^^¥<ift?t?iv?wn^S l S****' u> THIS is tho showplace xof tho legendary Long island tfcs summer home of tho American rich, i did not need much persuading to spend a couple of days here. It has been
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    No.1. KIDNAPPER
    246 4 ORITISH intelligence officers in the Canal Zone are now convinced that the kidnapping of Leading Aircraftman A. V. Rigden from an Ismailia hotel was the work of the Egyptian Army under the guidance of Scarface Otto Skorzeny, now employed b$ dictator Neguib to "advise" on assassinations and kidnappings.
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      14 4 LONGINES The World s Most Honoured Watch Sold by ALL HIGH CLASS WATCH DEALERS
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      104 4 •^ifSßr Anti-Shrink /dm P— They are -but also lor blouses and lingerie TThere are many different kindt JL of Anti-Shrink fabrics guarao* teed by Grafton. There are rayoo crepes to suit all tastes, dupioni, fabrics for playwear, morning and afternoon wear as well as a complete range for lingerie and
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    A NEW RAGE: Drug mixed with coconut
    96 5 A NEW RAGE: Drug mixed with coconut ANFW YORK narcotics squad detective holds a coconut shell discovered among other items in a raid on the apart- j ment of Stella Dueno, 26, described by police as one ol the biggest marijuana deal- > ers in Harlem, New York. Police reported
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    ow catches put fish prices up
    196 5 BAD WEATHER, BAD LUCK.... ISH prices have been forced up in Singapore owing to low catches. The landed catch in the last 10 days was very small, id the Deputy Director of Fisheries, Mr. T. W. Burdon. June-July had always been a low catch
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    Nicoll to lay stone of bank branch
    86 5 Nicoll to lay stone of bank branch PE Governor, Sir John Nicoll, will lay the foundation tone of the .$2,500,000 seventorey branch of the Charted lank of India. Australia and 'tuna in Robinson Road on Frilay All office aecorrmodation in hi building has been booked. The building will not be
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    SHE 'GOTNYLONS FOR SPYING'
    75 5 youn-» German woman was ar ?ed in Lueneburg, GerJJ?with spying f Or the Rus•aJ}j for nylons. thirl Prosscutor's office .said gJFrau Elli Erhurdt. 31. from Sffshausen. in the Soviet Rk a re^ived 10 pairs of Ke a PayineiU fOr lK r (<s|j 0 L n 39
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    Chinese honour Mr. Blythe
    53 5 The B ing ipore Chinese community will entertain the Colonial Secretary, Mr. w Blyth»» who is leaving on re tlrement to a cocktail party this the Chinese chamber "i Commerce The new Colonial Sf*cr Mr W A. C Ooode, is ed to be among the 200
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    Children's society needs aid
    200 5 Children's society needs aid THE Children'l Aid Society needs more financial help to continue with its work in running the Melrose Home for children at Tomlinson Road, Singapore. The acting hon. secretary. Miss A. F. Ford, in her annual reoort to be presented at today's general meeting, says that expenditure
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    MATCHING PROFILES
    50 5 jHg international sh o* will soon »>•■ «;p at the Porte «t Paris. Pictur. shows: Tfte Dancer Vliria Louisa da Suva Hrith her I erman i>«»»-"'...'. which she 1^ showing She haa a hair-style speciallj (<S| I1 1 I go n her profile with that oi hei Popper
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      198 6 ADF MANDRAKE, THE MAGICIAN by Lee Falk and Phil Davis THEY THINK 1L? [HOW' Mi IMITATING TH£ STIFF GAIT AHD LIFELESS y kt T ,'J PKTBNO S EXPRESSION 9 LOTHAR FOLLOWSTARZAN by Edgar Rice Burroughs THE SAINT by Leslie Charteris "^T^goor see if you "1 r^^3r7>^l V?jm0 s*y so* fstt
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      355 6 VOUrI luckl BORN TOD U 'Al Mhlch »nay tr' n} Progress. 'to "»N, sensitivity whilh tapabilitirs F KJ?*^ you 11 <h«ngs which ,r f 7 6 U l h'ed to.thtte 'h n <an prove of great i, '"I Emotionally, you enjoy living alonf f y^ ture craves companionsC vour emotions
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    PRIEST WITH CIGARS TOLD CUSTOMS MEN TO 'FORGET'
    478 7 PRIEST WITH CIGARS TOLD CUSTOMS MEN TO 'FORGET' If riears littered a court when Father James Turner, a priest, was accused not guilty at Stockport. Cheshire, to charges concerning 1 Z the prosecution told his story: i the Customs went to Roman Catholic pres%ifSeaton Norris, near ?por Father Turner proC
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    28 7 picture The three men in the tub of nursery rhyme lame have been replaced by luseious Cleo .Moore, otherwise known as Hollywood's answer to television. Any objections? U.P.
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    CARDINAL ILL
    28 7 T*o American medical men Alo.izijc CardiJf 1 Stepmar. spiritual leader Yugoslavian Roman CathonSir 9 S bPen receiv tog ?OOd jwital care and Is not in danger."
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    ERRING PILOT CLEARED OF 'MORAL BLAME'
    112 7 ERRING PILOT CLEARED OF 'MORAL BLAME' THE pilot of a BE A. Viking which crashed with the loss of 27 lives made i rrors of judgment bill no "moral blame" should be attached to him, the report of the public Inq Into the accid nt said: The plane hit five
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    £800 CUSHION-NO SOLOMON
    116 7 R r yard ta flock J»JJttturer a workman Hrter u 1 Old CUShlona ana fen ml/u pokp(i on »nd out l^re than CBOO. fromo r^ id thfl cushion come ll *as impossible to say. UseJ f*!j en tho tlr:(1 Was adverfr °m lrmin B hai n, one
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    Dogs, dogs, dogs —everywhere dogs
    215 7 Dogs, dogs, dogs —everywhere dogs COUNSEL: DOCTOR KEPT 110 IN HOUSE \I T HF\ an Irish counsel said in the Dublin Hig;h Court that dog;s were kept in a house In breach of a tenancy agreement, he added: "When I say dogs, I mean clogs. 11 1 moan many dogi
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    'Naughty' talk —expelled
    171 7 FATHER SUES TO CLEAR GIRL A 16-YEAR-OLD •choolgirl expelled after taking part -in conversations of an undesirable character" In train, it was stated at Stamford County Court, Lincoln shire. The "iii's father, Mr. Gordon Codd, of North Street, Uppint?ham. Rutland. wa.s suing the* governors of Stamford Endowed
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    Fin, Home Brave
    382 8  - Fin, Home Brave HARRY StOf y Qni JHROUGH the town -ind along the country roads. free stepping, bushy-haired Fijians call out "Good morning". Their women, in bright, printed cottons smile pleasantly. In the id in the homes, the Indian minahs cry raucously. Cocksurely, fearlessly, they fly on to hotel and
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    Malaya's ies
    255 9 Malaya 's ies Fijian a nd w The Fi j,ans f n f 'he hands to !°and catcalls K player kicked nr missed, iorth of vm in island of the :o°p. I** 1S a t fed by two Euror had migrated -o build a for-Vjsrar-growing. south, on a nvebeach is
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    STAR QCs MAY HAVE TO CUT THEIR FEES
    388 10 STAR QCs MAY HAVE TO CUT THEIR FEES Costs too high-especially those daily 'refreshers 9 /MM. MI to law In Britain has become too dear for the citizen, and In the interests of justice and fair play it must be made cheaper. What is chiefly needed is a "new approach"
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    Killer is 'lucky'to get gaol
    184 10 Killer is 'lucky 'to get gaol 4N Irish farmer took a gun to a cottage and billed his wife— the mother Df his 11 children. At Londonderry County Assizes ho was told by Mr. Justice Curran that he was a very lucky man because the jury had returned a verdict
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    NIGHT OF TERROR FOR GIRL, 16
    244 10 pASSING sentence of seven years' imprisonment on a K man at Warwickshire Assizes at Birmingham. Mr. Justice Sellers said: "It is the duty of this court—notwithstanding the previous good character of any man who comes before it to ensure that young women are protected."
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    Man, 82, accuset of murdering wife aged 86
    172 10 AN 82-yeir-old n .an Wu charged w.th the mur of h.s BfJ-y<>;ir-old wife at Worksop. Nottinghamshir". Richard William P.ckstone. a retired Insurance manager, of Carlton Road. Workson." was remand** j n ciLstody. t H e was alleged t 0 have .said: Oh,
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    The EIGHT most beautiful
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    Kiss for a 'queen'
    30 10 Kiss for a 'queen' picture. AFTER being chosen ".Miss Helium 1953" blonde Miss Sepia Degehet. 20, is given a kiss by Andrea Bonillon, who held the title in 1950.— U.P.
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    GOVT. WARNING
    34 10 Mr. J R. Jaywardene. Ceylon's Finance Minister, on Sunday night warned that public servants who kept away from work as a protest against government policy would be contest against food price rises.
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      102 10 More letters at less cost thanks to the HALDA HOUr Do you know why the last hour of the clay is so ofrcn calleJ tlie ■Ihlh Hour" by so nunj cypisu? It'* becmi Hjl^'i |rced colom m.ikcs rhc typing pg so easy. The typists can hold i ip <pccj all
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    World s Smallest State Leads in boy Scouts
    547 11  - World s Smallest State Leads in boy Scouts RITCHIE McEWEN by mTNY LIECHTENSTEIN 1 has more Boy Scouts in relation to the size of its copulation than any other country in the world. It is therefore, particularly appropriate that next month Liechtenstein will prepare a hearty welcome for 200 Scout
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    60 11 A.P. photo. The Matson freighter Hawaiian Pilot, with her bow c rushed in, moves past Aleatr iz I'rison in San Francisco Bay. The ship collided on July 14 with another freighter, the Jacob Luckenbaeh, in a murkv («g IK mUiM off the Golden Gate. The Jacob laiekenbarh sank shortly after,
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    Bridge Hand
    396 11 WHEN I AKTNEK doubles preempt he bid at the four level, it is primarily a penalty double. There are few hands on which he would be strong enough to Infisi that you bid for the first time at the level of four or five, but there art many
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      48 11 Today's Crossword nPS < J»' HSSm f^aß SBb 3 A cin ACBOSfI 1 Popular metal Ul 4 TaiSd an i when used as lance should I f tils from n tiara < 4 tmv win hold it (3) i I In Whitehall (4 around among tl i soU TIOX (7)
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  • The Pressman's POSTBAG
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      SMOKY MUSIC
      360 12 WISH to congratulate Mr. 1 Cyril Tan Gini Choon on his plea for films of music classics But I do not think that his i gestion Is practical because true lovers of immortal music are at present in the minority in Singapore. If such shorts should precede the
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      PREFECTS
      143 12 rVtiE prefects in Singapore schools are boastful. Thev are elected to serve the schools but unfortunately they e go C a^t ao n 2 a s they D lease Prefect* are elected to show a c* O od fxample to the younger boys "but instead they go around bragJS*"
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      Any grouse?
      32 12 TIAVE you a grouse? Have **yoi' a bright idea? Have you seen anything strange or unusual? Then wrtte to the PRESSMAN and tell others about it in hh POSTBAG briefly.
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      BIG MISER
      99 12 'ANTI-HYPOCRITES" must be very pecular tn a light in Mr T de meat on the Prefect It was good for firsr trv Pn nZ a d ement not as,* SwaaSSS uearmo pants underneath. C Si.l hO f UBht J! rathei hum^ luastng from the amount of laughter An
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      CHEERS & JEERS
      90 12 CHEERS JEERS THREE cheers for th e Inquiring Camera! Well, here we j have at least eight out of lu men-!n-the-street, who see no harm in th P str n tease shows. j recently banned bv the police As lo r the other two- *Vell who ,let then out of
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      INDECENT
      171 12 JUDGING from the opinion expressed bv the man-in-tne-street In the Inquiring S e n the question of jem.-nudp shows. I was dis appointed to see that most people wen in favour O f su.-h snows and disagreed with the fcSJFWd by the police. Equally disaopomting is the fact that,
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    112 12 SINGAPOrit/a Burm e se btauty, Miss Jun e Merton, returned to the Colony in the Tarita after having been away for nearly six months in France, Spain. Portugal and England. Miss Merton went with her parea;ts, ;Ir. and Mrs C. G. Marlon. The Merlons left their younger daughter, Zeinia, at
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    Weekly SCOUT corner
    284 12  -  P. L. KOH By Broken toys made new, fifiven to nnnr ffiKi*atss! l*%* W VII IV U Wl School are busy repairing bro- ken toys to cheer up poor children at Christinas. "This may sound a little unusual as it Ls still a long way to Yuletide
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    GILES AT THE WELSH EISTEDDFOD
    26 13 T« the stage lad*— and sorry lam»\w« do not bash th* U.ng dayligh»t out o» oo» oppon*nli with P**»«, ocrled P»»<«
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    Found—a Golden Voice
    725 13  - Found— a Golden Voice PRESTO MUSIC TOPICS by SINGAPORE has sometimes been rather slow in recognising musical talent on its own doorstep The American soprano, Miss Minnie Iverson-Wood. who was only discovered shortly before she was to leave the colony, was the last example. Times have changed. On Monday last
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    THE DORSEY FEUD
    202 13 THE DORSEY FEUD HOLLYWOOD. THE news that Jimmy and Tommy Dorsey -ar* 1 forming a band together has caused a stir in musical circles. People are wondering if the bandleaders have mellowed enough to rub shoulders on the same bandstand. The Dorseys spent most of the first 40 years of
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    LATEST RECORDS
    368 13 npo juci'. hown „>»e lor opera i itif. can •i.tuiv tofo hv r»- rt A i' i to f iri it!' i> "KIGOI I i TO". It is a I in. ;ud thunder" n)flo(ir;tn;;i r ha.'- tunea both chtfmlni uni »mi». it hi d chonHti and thrilling orchestral
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    RAHIM OMAR DOES NOT WANT TO MISS TIE MALAYA CUP FINAL
    236 14 RAHIM OMAR DOES NOT WANT TO MISS TIE MALAYA CUP FINAL Free Press Soccer Reporter fERE'S a warning to the Singapore soccer crowd: Don't be surprised if Kahim Omar, the Colony's regufar oUtside-left, plays In the Malaya Cup final which is three weeks hence The injury to Omar's leg is
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    BODYLINE: It was a 4man plot
    374 14 BODYLINE: It was a 4man pl ot HAROLD LARWOOD was the most controversial figure in world sport twenty years ago. Hie bodyline war raged, and Lol" wa.s the centre of the vortex. A more unlikely actor could not have been chosen to play the role. His compatriot in the •'crime."
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    He chased his mount in a taxi
    89 14 He chased his mount in a taxi |TSEL£SS, a four year old filly, tuice charged the starting tapes at Folkestone races recently and threw jockey Frank Durr. He chased her in a taxi the first time for half a mile, the >*id time for 200 yards, and at the third
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    CLARKE SHIELD NETBALL FINAL
    78 14 The final of the Clarke Shield netball competition between Girls Sjwrts Club first team and Raffles Old Girls Association will be played off tomorrow at Raffles Girls School. In case of rain the final will be played on Friday. The competition, started in 1930. was revived
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    GOODWOOD STAKES PROBABLES
    70 14 'THIRTEEN probables and jockeya for the Goodwood Stakes over two miles three furlongs ft| Goodwood today are: Lord Fox »C. Smirke>: Father Thames iR. Fawdoni; Plunchino (E. Pordvce); Don Blanco <W. Rickftb?); Papillio iW. H Carr>: Per.setta (Sir Gordon Richards); Dalmah (P. Durr); Corydflla <R. Pountncv»; Dear.c«»rt
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    ODD GOAL VICTORY
    19 14 Upper Seranfoon Boya Club b*M' Woodleigh United S[K>rts Club 1-1 In «cer match at Upper neoon.
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    WILL BEDSER SET ANOTHER RECORD?
    258 14 I I\ orrrspondent yi'ir i. the world's record cricket benefit now held by opening batsman, Cyril Waslibrook. of I. be broken this season bv opening bowler Alec Bedser. of England and Surrey? The portents are that 11 will 'I h* Immaculate Cyril po Si free
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    The day Ben Hogan drove up Broadway
    413 14 The day Ben Hogan drove up Broadway This, folks, is the hardest co i I've cv.t had, to play. s<» s homecoming champion B.ii Hogan alter driving u Broadway. And what a course it was. At th< end ot the biggest welcome N»'\v York has iiivt n am on Mine
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    Four school's records shattered
    478 15 Onn Leng beaten in 120yd. hurdles By PETER DE CRUZ rioi'R records were shattered yesterday, f when the Singapore Inter-Schools Athletic Sports meeting began on Raffles institution ground The records broken were— the pole vault the high jump (girls), the hop, step and jump, and the
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    Riot squad saves referee from mob
    309 15 UfAS IT a premonition of trouble that members of a T I'olice riot squad were present before the start of yesterday's Singapore Business Houses F.A. League and Cup match between Hongkong Bank and OTEC on the S.K.C. ground? The Police can only answer this.
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    Services soccer roundup Griffiths pulls Signals out of bottom
    190 15 Services soccer roundup Griffiths pulls Signals out of bottom ROYAL SIGNALS, .sparked by an outstanding display by inside left Griffiths, moved out from the bottom position in the First Division cf the United Services League when they upset Royal Air Force A'hcnlans 3-1 at Tanglln yesterday It was Signals" first
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    TWO EVENTS FOR SCHOOLBOYS
    90 15 T'HE Malayan school bow badminton 1 tournament sponsored by th( minton Association of \1.i1,.\ open to all ■choplboyi in English and vernacular ichooli who are under the age oi 21 on Ant? 20, the date ol the commencemenl ol the tournamen Entries must 1 e Mil
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    TEMGAH TURN THE TABLES
    89 15 R Ul An < FORCE rENOAH their first round th hands, ol Royal v beat the rffVJ u United Srr manC Ml L !t Gil1 iuy. round condiUona nn, both i UiiikPfj torwardj were he quick tarkling iiuKi often re- qulU a bus] liantly. but .<))
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    THE ALL BLACKS
    12 15 T HE ALL BLACKS ealand) will play in etween l meir own
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    SAMUEL IS CHAMP
    9 15 °*-t Lee Mm Kong 15-7, 15-12
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    'STAY-PUT' BAILEY ONCE AGAIN SAVES ENGLAND
    1011 16 but /lassies score moral win Free Tress Special Correspondent IT WAS high jinks and RafTerty's rules at Efeadingley yesterday when Australia, set 117 to win in 115 minutes, in a most gallant bid for victory got to within ?>i) inns of winning tliis fourth
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      DEATH
      349 16 MRS. MM TAY SWEE (nee An° Gn.it Choo Neo) at her residence No. 71. Lorons M, Telok Kuraii. a"^ 71. ii 930 p.m. on 2G.7 ST, IttyiCf behind her beloved husband 7 sons, Lim Siew Tuan, Lim Chuan Gook. Chttan Kim. Chuan Boon. Chum Hock. Chuan Poh. Chuan Tee,
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      BIRTHS
      78 16 JOHNSON: To B; r 1 Ar Johnnie. a KA, it Batu Gijah. 27th July, '53. A SON to Mr.-,. M. G. Nair ot Riverview Estnte in Batu Gajah BosDltal on 16th Julv. 1953. DEVLIN: To Winsome, wife of ■dvln at Bungsaf Hospital, Kuala Lumpur, on 28th July, a daughter.
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    Davids is the man
    172 16 Europeans 3 Royal N ivy 0 DAVIDS put himself back in the fight for the right fullback position in the Colony's Malaya Cup final team when he displayed Ms efficiency for Europeans against Royal Navy in a S.A.F.A Community I.t amp at Jalan Besar yesterday. Because
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    STEWARD'S CUP
    69 16 H Pr«d Armstrong's Palpita e won r he Steward's Cup over six furloi Goodwood yesterday In a phol > finish with Mr' r. Leech's Spring Day and Mr. Prank m 01 rrall'a Blue Butterfly. Spring Day was second and Blu? Butterfly third. B j: 5-1 favourite Palp:* 10-1
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    COUNCIL SOCCER
    22 16 Electrical Department trounced Secretariat 6-0 in a City Council Inter-department socQtr tournament match. In another match Water Department won 2-1.
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    Bedser gets his 100 th. Aussie wkt.
    103 16 Bedser gets his 100 th. Aussie wkt. A ™>ST judicial minri H«,uld be needed t sess the hurls anii- l V a^ 1 h Plenty of bad '»H'k in injuries th. I l 1 Wlin f being t hat t Denis Compton with wl hur J '^nd which vented him
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    'TERRIFIC' OFFER TO RANDY TURPIN
    53 16 JACK SOLOMONS, said yesterday thai he had received a "terrific offer for Randy Turpin, Britbh versi a world middleweight champion to defend hi s title in Australia a; Christmas. "Turpin might prefer to take thi' offer rather than bother with fightIns the American Carl 'Bobo'
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    COUNTY RESULTS
    238 16 Yesterday's Counfy cricket results: \t Cardiff: CMamorgan-Mkkllesex match drawn. Middlesex 207. Glamorgan 231 iPleass not out 75. TitmUl rightarm ofTbreak 5 for 89 1. \t Nottingham: Nottinghamshire bt. Yorkshire by four wickets Motnamshlre 297 for 9 declared and 113 for 6. Yorkshire 114 and 29'2 f« "i declared
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