The Singapore Free Press, 13 August 1953

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    Masthead
    19 1 The Singapore Free Press Urte«l AHornoon Sale m Malaya tnaL Singapore Thi« s Auff. 13, 19.V1, Price 19 CIS.
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    9 1 IttUTAN students at the Coronution 8.11 «f th. *gfXgStt2?mSi*m^
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    15 DIE IN CEYLON RIOTS
    319 1 15 DIE IN CEYLON RIOTS Mobs wreck trains* burn buildings State of emergency FIFTEEN people died m Ceylon yesterday m riots against price f rises Troops and police opened fire three times m < olombo 111 hud held up buses, disrupted telegraph and telephone communications and stoned public buildups. Tnscrupulous
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    Quakes wipe out 4 towns, split peaK
    163 1 Quakes wipe out 4 towns, split peaK PARTHQI AXES have wiped out crown or 5.M1-foot Mount Aenos -ff^^A 3W* [Pyjig* 8 293? the chief town, and Lixoun (population 4.843). Were completely destroyed. And from a naval craft off Uu stricken isle »f /ante went a cabla to the Cireek Premier.
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    15 Mau killed in jungle
    45 1 TROOPS «f the Kirnss African Rifles who urr »«rsu.n a^ut I. Mau Mau m the Aberdare junslr. "ft!*,™" Kr.iv.., killed 15 y<-st«Tda.v-the sixth day of a rurin.ns ■"'"me making rontart with these Mau Muu, Afric»n troops have killed 35.- Reuter
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    Rubber Price
    25 1 Singapore Rubber Market ,p,ned .steadily this morntog with first jrade, August shipment, at 64 cents a pound. l 2 cent above yesterday's close.
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    THE No. 1 HUK OFFERS TO GIVE UP
    128 1 THE No. 1 HUK OFFERS TO GIVE UP COL. Lull Taruc, leader of the Hukbalahap Communist guerilla forces m the Philippines, and two other top rebels have offered to surrender, it was learned last night. The Huks, whose name means "resistance movement against the Japanese/ refiised to lay down their
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    Socialist mission for Malaya
    57 1 Socialist mission for Malaya ME ASIAN Socialist c< 1 ence attended by six natloi m Hyderabad, India, yesterd ir(l to send shortly a fact- mission to Indo-Chma 1 Malaya to nnd out <'xact Editions" prevailing there. Burma situation n discu i »t length I the colonies, and main intact, between
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    FRENCH STRIKES NOW WAR ON GOVT
    333 2 More and more men walk out I^RANCE was last night plunging headlong towards a general strike as Socialist and Communist trade unions encouraged by the success of the state employees stoppage began calling out sector after sector of private industry. The strike orders, most
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    A WIFE'S PLEA
    45 2 picture. MRS WINIFRED SAJKDERS leaving the Hungarian Legation m London after she had seen the Hungarian Minister to plead £or the release of her husband, Mr. Edgar Sanders, British businessman who has been imprisoned since 1950 on a charge of espionage.- Popper
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    DULLES DOUBTS
    34 2 The U.S. Secretary of State, I Mr. Dulles, said last night he accepts with some skepticism I Russian Premier Malenkov's i implied claim that Russia has mastered production of the hydrogen bomb.
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    POLICE KILL 3 IN KASHMIR RIOTS
    130 2 OTOE State militia opened fire yesterday on demonstra- tors shouting pro- Abdullah slogans and pelting stones m Anantnag, a town 34 miles from Srinagar. Unconfirmed reports put the casualties at three. Three people were killed when police fired on a hostile crowd near Zaina
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    CHINA GOODS FOR EAST GERMANY
    52 2 China is to send about £4.600,--000 uorth of additional wool and food including vegetable oil for margarine production to East Germany. Under an agreement signed m Peking four days ago imports lrom China will include wool, cotton, heavy hides, egg product*, rice, *heat and tinned
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    POLICE CHIEF
    23 2 SIR John Nott-BowiT, 11, is th? new Metropolitan Police Commissioner. Sir John was m the Indiin polite from 1911 until 1933.
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    MOSS HOUND NEGRO FAMILY
    65 2 ONE TENTH of Chicago's police /orce-— 750 men— were yesterday protecting a single Negro family m a suburban housing estate keeping at bay jeering mobs of white people. Their action followed two days of disorders after a Negro, postman, Mr. Donald Howard, and his family of
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    They hide their food parcels
    43 2 They hide their food parcels picture. 11l Street corners and doorways the KaM German* p.-jck their food parcels away m suitcases and rucksacks m the hope of their not bting seen by the Communist police when they again cross the frontiers. Paul Popper
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    Now Reds brain wash the hungry
    193 2 i^OMMUNIST~ police yesterday were reported "brain washing" East Germans who return from West Berlin with American food parcels. The new tactics were disclosed by Germans who showed up at the food centres to pick up packages. A metal worker from Furstenwalde said: "They are
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    KING CAROL PAID UP, 13 YEARS LATER
    123 2 IT took 13 years, but. Mr. HenryWeiss, Beverly Hills jeweller, finally collected a debt from the estate of the late King Carol of Rumania. Mr. Weiss' attorney said yesterday that Mr. Weiss billed the king for US$2O,OOO m about 1940, when both King
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    Briton shot in Canal affray
    154 2 Briton shot in Canal affray A BRITISH airman and 1X two EevDtianr nd wounded, the P afrm an Were nously, m a ,k se affray* m v* Canft yesterday afternoon c Another Egyptian h« w missing since the affL^ ■spokesman of the Brftfch V bassy said. n tJL This Is
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    GERMAN BORDER HINT
    48 2 THE West Berlin Telegraf reported today that the Russian authorities have told the Poles a revision of the OderNeisse line may be necessary m the event of German unity. Poland may have to give back parts of Silesia, Pomerania and East Prussia taken m 1945.
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    Girls will help fire victims
    45 3 Girls will help fire victims v Shi a. i pore T 1 „j|l help a* SMura n ia t,«,. s I Com .2?Gov™rnor, Sir John da nce will be SSf.Mh« Vote-tw. M, =irt are Misses gsaavss MISS lAKY TAN MISS CATHERINE WEE MISS BETTY WEE
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    Fire ghost family has promise of help
    269 3  - Fire ghost family has promise of help JOSEPH YEO SHE GOES TO CHURCH FOR BATH By ryill. "lire ghost" family dared not "»> to :\nv house yesterday cv .1 for a bath. Hawker (»<>h Meng Kee and l» K 14-year-oM daughter Tok Yin. went unwashed. His wife. I.mi Keow, slipped
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    HERO'S WELCOME
    26 3 General Peng Teh-nuai, commander of Chinese Communist troops In Korea, returned to Peking yesterday and was given a hero's welcome at the railway station.
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    MR. LEE IS AWARDED STUDY TOUR OF U.S.
    74 3  -  ROGER VIK Mm nill b<> thr<<' By study tour of the U.S. He been awarded list grant by the U. s be Departm int. tour is not conIth his official 11] visit un and art »ries In Wasl ton, irk, Havard, I
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    RECEPTION OFF
    30 3 Mr m. a n Upahani, the Pakistan High Commtoiionei In Lindon has cancelled evening reception planned foi tomorrow to celebrate Pakistan's Independence diy, because of recent developments m
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    2,000 ask: Am I next for sack?
    143 3 pvpp Press Staff Reporter They tew it might bo theli turn tor the axe as more and mow qualified men loin the "latest to he siven notice were SO cterts ll> the Food Control Department. 1 The president of the Council Of Negotiation,
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    THEY GET SILVER FOR A TALE
    166 3  - THEY GET SILVER FOR A TALE G. T. BOON By A NUMBER of young women are trying a new begging stunt m Singapore buses. They take a ten-cent ride and get money from the passengers by telling them a touching story of their poverty. Thus was what I saw it\
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    FELL OFF SHIP
    41 3 Ernest Muliins, 50-year-old company director, fell off the British steamer Amsterdam 'M miles out m i lk- North Bea yesterday. m was found afloat seven hums later by the French Traler La Wlerre, which took him to Ramtgate.
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    RECOGNISE RED CHINA CALL
    21 3 Mr. Walter Nash OPP*>«« Hi nit China I with a Council as one ol the i n
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    WEST DRUGS POOR, SAYS CHINA
    35 3 fln rhii i has shipment of di the losses <>i Three time, m th< months China has return ■Undard brand America, I that they were nut up U) iUll Idard.
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    What's so special about a cook?
    266 3 What's so special about a cook? 11/ HAT Or Is 1 a r On the answer will depend whether Singapore Chettta will get 30 cooks annually from India to replace those who are rtlllll",. Part A Of the now Immigration Ordinance states that those with .specialist or professional qualifications can
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    FOUR IN PLANE DIE
    24 3 Four American navy men died ycstrnl;iy In i naval transport, plane Which crashed on j.ik«'-ofT it t Wf.tover, Mass.— Reuter
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  • The Singapore Free Press THURSDAY, Aug. 13, 1953.
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      Opinion RACIALISM
      368 4 Opinion RACIALISM A KEDAH MCA official says that the voting m Alor Star's first Town Council elections was "dictated m some instances by communalism." He especially pointed to the Sebrang ward. Here the UMNO-MCA alliance put up three candidates— two Malays and a Chinese. Only one of the former was
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    It's An Old American Custom
    471 4 It's An Old American Custom FOR YEARS THEY DID NOT RECOGNISE' RUSSIA NOW ITS CHINA WASHINGTON IN the debate over recognition of the Chinese Communist government sure to become hot now that a Korean truce has been signed a similar previous stand by the United States against recognition dl Soviet
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    BULLFIGHTING HAS 'SPIVS'
    325 4 TT is as if Sir Jack Hobbs were to come out of retirement to the rescue of English cricket. Domingo Ortega, the legend, has come back after 15 years (he is now 46) to save "the great art" Spanish bullfighting. It is being strangled. claim those who
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      25 4 I SPORTS Silver E. P. N. S. CUPS, SHIELDS, TANKARDS i and MEDALS U. S. de SUVA, j Jewellers. 106, Orchard Road, I Phone *****-
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      38 4 uV* j^ 1^ V.C y^^* jj^^^^L TRANSPORT STORAGE LTD 173, Cecil Street Singapore Telephone 6577. We have a Wide Selection To Choose r*~ Assorted Colours and Sizes- Chlldr D c S pE rT. Available- PLEASE CALL AND INS**
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    WHAT STORE THINKS OF THIS
    628 5  -  ROGER VIE UXQllHMGiWMKHA finds out By CHRISTIAN DIOR, the French fashion expert, has introduced his (latest "look" for the gentle sex— the short hemline that permits skirt to cover the knee by an inch, and no more. Will Singapore women now find the knee the
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    He wanted riches —he died rich
    179 5  -  PETER DE CRUZ By IN 1913, an Indian lad arrived m Singapore with no- thing but dreams that one day he would be rich. Today his family is worth at least a million m cash and 1)r0 H P e ert y a.s Mr.
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    SACKINGS OF 'SPECIALS' IS DENIED
    121 5 A Free Pr< V Reporter No ia :king insurance p -ice tpokesi, when he comP^nted on rumours of the "npendinq; disbanding of tlif colony's 1,500 strong Special constabul f T her,» had been no proposal wr lUsbanding ttie force, lie said. "On th trary, mt
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    DEATH CHARGE SOLDIER WAITS TURN
    307 5 DEATH CHARGE SOLDIER WAITS TURN By P. M. RAMAN PRIVATE Hammonds Gillon. of Ihe Koyal Army 1 Veterinary Corps, yesterday heard the prosecutor charge him; m a Singapore court with the murder or S2-ye*r-oM Horeen Periera. Britannia Club danc© hostess on Aug. 8. Dressed m Jungle green, this rather diminutive
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    Wonder dog will meet newsmen
    99 5 Wonder dog will meet newsmen MISS Aroll," the wouuder dog, which arrived la Singapore on Tuesday to give exhibitions haj helped i*>hce BUthorltlej m RoO| Kong to solve crime*, its owner, aurt trainer Mr. Wong Che Lok»\ said ve.stmlay Two of the (M) cmsei m which the dog had aided
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    PICCIONI FAILS
    23 5 Mr. Attilio Plreionl said yesterday he hM abandoned his efforts to form a middle-of-the-road government and end tho Italian government crbU.
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      161 6 MANDRAKE, THE MAGICIAN by Lee Falk and Ph:'! Davis int iAINI by Leslie Charters ll^ rni /GOOD'LEA\/E [50 YOU'PE "KILLER' "N I THQUC-HT YOU WEReI Iflj! '^w'nOU SHOULC 6E FCOUD Of IT'N TMIS IS THE AAANN US ALONE, KANE.' I'VE GOT YOUR TC HELP POK6ET \l\ I EVEN THOUGM YOU
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      446 6 f YOUR^ LUCKY STAR B°S TODAY. you Idiomatic \£*S*< know ho w t« handl m' >« f P-«Ple. You mowr now JM tJir t a project anj* J" r* rI Mi and C^>« famil, O f your own Yo,, Ur your homes.and ui|, t ln io J, and fltig Original
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    AFTER 23 YEARS SHE WINS RIGHT TO BE CALLED WIFE
    305 7 AFTER 23 YEARS SHE WINS RIGHT TO BE CALLED WIFE jyfllSS CHARLOTTE NICOL became the wife of bookmaker Jamrs Inuuis KHI from the moment he snpppcl a plain silver circlet over the third finder of her ett hand and sent her into hospital for the birth of tneir first and
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    Spy drama girl
    14 7 Jeai Peters In 'The Pick Pocket." a 20th Century-Fox spy drama.
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    Teacher drugged his pupils, court told
    292 7 i SCHOOLMASTER, accused of harming seven of his pupils, was alleged to have put cleaning: fluid on a handkerchief and to have told the children to breathe it, on the pretence he was giving: them smelling salts. The children became drowsy, partially unconscious, and
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    A BULL'S EYE BACHELOR
    43 7 I lon Ti trials Metrician, rai.sod his rifle. Each hot cracked out and •■g time i! prai bulL iI rksman vi the mpAiin the WonaJ Small I He said too t(» k v j. hand if I woo." I
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    Husbands and wives are 'swopped'
    147 7 Husbands and wives are 'swopped Ij^OUR happy people, left a divorce court with the advice of the judge to "sort themselves out." A wife alleged misconduct and desertion by her husband. He alleged misconduct by her. And the woman and tne man named also sat m court. 11 All these
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    MOSCOW VIEW
    38 7 The magazine "Soviet state and Law" yesterday published the text of a speech by Mr. Andrei Vishlnsky m which he j reaffirmed Stalin'.s theory that i war i.s Inevitable among th< capitalist nations of the West.
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    £1,000 is grabbed in half minute
    246 7 £1,000 is grabbed in half minute A car b*ndl jUck derd box. with BI.MQ 1.1 it. 1 through the aide windo* '»t a i Uldon bank. As he climbed back Uito a xm car a teapot wa-s huiU-l at him. It mLs.sed and, Wltfhtd ftglfnt* the car. which wa-s driven
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    BRIDE CHANGES MIND
    115 7 I RUNAWAY bride Miss Sheila i Moran, 20-year-old attractive brunette, was back with the man she should have married. And she said: "Oh, I'm so happy now. Let's be married as as we can." The bridegroom she left 'valtInf at the church. 30-year-old John Power, arrived m
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    UNKNOWN UNKNOWN
    375 8  - UNKNOWN UNKNOWN VERNON SALTER Story by Pictures by Mr. Michael Smce (left), a wellknown member of the Arts Theatre Croup m Kuala Lumpur, puts the finishing touches to Sebastian, played by Siow Yew Chcong. one of the twins around which the pfct of "Twelfth Night" revolves. An audience of interested
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    The dairy isle has to buy milk
    114 10 /^UERNSEY, home of one of the Ones) breeds of richmilk produ inlmalj m the Id, is importing milk from England. Every day 350 gallons Ls .sent from Salisbury district of Wiltshire for holiday vistors. Tlv> .supply will be rai. co d to l')')
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    CATCHING THE MPs EYE
    43 10 SIX judges were evenly divided over the choice of two competitors m the "Miss Whitstable" beauty contest. Mr. Leslie Thomas. M.P. for Canterbury, was asked to give a casting vot?. II c chose Mis> Gina Giani, 18, a chemist(•Assistant.
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    WEDDING AT IPOH
    42 10 IPOH, Tues.— Mr. S. Selvanayasim, Perak and North hockey player, will be married to Miss Re/mala Dcvi, daughter of the late Mr. D. Ramasamy. yard foreman of the Malayan Railway, at the Sri Thandayuthapani Temple m Ipoh on Saturday.
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    RAY-MACHINE TO TRAP' ZOO GHOST
    185 10 RAY-MACHINE TO TRAP' ZOO GHOST gOMETHING queer is still going on down among the fish that swim around the crypt of centuries-old Dudley Castle, m Worcestershire. Since keepers m the Zoo aquarium began having "ghostly experiences" Inside the centrally-heated castle crypt, ghost hunters galore have tried to solve the The
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    WINTER FASHION
    18 10 FRENCH model Daniele Chevron shows what the smart set will be wearing m France this winter.
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    Prisoner escapes by using blanket
    136 10 A TWENTY-Ei*ht-Year-01d prisoner, jangling: a warder's bunch of keys, walked out of Dublin's remand prison—and vanished. The prisoner, ten-stone Thomas McGrath, held m connection with a housebreakin;; charge, escaped this way: He rattled the cell door until a warder arrived. Then he rked for a
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    SHE'S THE TASTIEST DISH...
    42 10 SHE'S THE TASTIEST DISH picture. UK LOOKS LOVI ifct tool |Otd«Ml|htl I I Mis Uons 19.13," cho «om the staff oi ring firm. Her l*hyli*i Roberts, she's. 17 and she wou the title at the Lyons spui ts day at Ludbury. U.P.
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    Girl jumps from window to happiness
    67 10 PIGHTEEN-YEAR-OLD Teresa Francini had a violent quarrel with her 19-year-old fiance and he walked out. As he reached the street he heard a shout, and saw Teresa jumping out of a window. He manned to catch her befor she hit the pavement. Both were
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    TEN YEARS' GAOL FOR MAN AGED 61
    177 10 A MAN of 61 was sentenced to 10 years' imprisonment at Essex Quarter Sessions at Chelmsford for what Mr. Derek Curtis-Bennett, Q.C., the chairman, called "one of the most terrible offences m the world.'* The man. L e wis Leslie Walker, Scout-master, verger
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    Cabaret girls stranded
    259 10 Cabaret girls stranded THEY REFUSED i PEDDLE DRINK S IX n !l lish irls *ho guests and Persuade™*? buy drinks are wonderin, 110I 10 their future Uliaerin 8 about They have been giver a f Q list's work at 30*. i* another cabaret, but thk\ not pay their fare* baci
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    The Young Bride's Biggest Mistake
    738 11  -  Hal Boyle by EVERY BRIDE HAS THE TASK OF PRUNING HER HUSBAND'S OLD GARDEN OF FRIENDS. BUT HOW? IN THE FOLLOWING ARTICLE A PANEL OF VETERAN HUSBANDS TELLS ANY BRIDE HOW TO MEET THIS MARITAL PROBLEM SAFELY. EW IUKK. WHAT IS THE big mistak* brides
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    Bridge Hand
    254 11 Both fides vulnerable North dealtr NORTH AKQ 8 7 WEST EAST 4 9 4 A J iO 8 6 2 10 9 6 S V 8 0J93 0 h 2 49 A no 6 fcOVTH 4AK 7 3 V 4 0 X Q 10 7 6 ♦A 6
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    PARIS LIKES THIS HAT
    39 11 pnoio. This striking creation by Rose Valois is now charming Parisians. II is m black velvet an dis dominated by a bold plume m ft heavy jewel-enerusttd *haf t It is called "Sainte Sophie". Popper
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    TRUTH SERUMS NOT FOOLPROOF
    129 11 TRUTH SERUMS NOT FOOLPROOF 11RUTH SERUMS arc not fool proof and .should be umc wiUi extreme caution In criminal taftttflgatton* lw( psycMatrletfl and two lawyer* on the Yah- University faculty mid m a Joint report. "There are &ome offender/ who are able to cover up guili even under the deepest
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      42 11 Today's Crossword furnace (3). 18 i ,4». 19. H(av a good i »n)»iJi com* In? -4,. 2i. Worn* •mq-iwn l pondenceV i 3, C 4) j „i SSJ?" l# u-.n..;.;.., ..H!i. l| '*0U II 'WJ j: i sjs2 inc. ssi srv v
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        ASTONISHED
        90 12 j was astonished to see a letter m your paper on the subject of the Raffles College Diploma with the British Council i;iven as the writer's address. We have nobody of that name on our staff, nor has anybody been given authority to u*e the British Councils name when
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        EXPLANATION
        120 12 YOUR publishing tne words Britisr Council under my name m m\ letter headed This Will be a Surprise tor Surprised" suggests that I air an official for the council and am thu: speaking for them, which is incorrect The Study Group Movement, o: which I am organising secetary. has
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      FOUR RIVALS TO MONROE
      42 12 After Seeing pictures of bathin-; beauties m the Free Press, this foursome wants to know: 'What's wrong with us? Aren't We a shapely quartette?" They took part m a surprise item at the recent RAF Tenjah swimming gala.
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      Duke's yacht was there
      96 12 THE DUKE of Edinburgh, keen sailor since boyhood, shook off minor misfortune and went on to gain a race place m the recent Roijal Yacht Squadron Regatta, off the Isle of Wight. Blue-bottle the Dragon Class yacht owned jointly by the Queen and the Duke was
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      SPORE CAN'T HAVE LICENSED VICE
      285 12 Doctors reply to Mrs. Fozdar SINGAPORE can never have licensed prostitutes or red-li^ht districts, because internationally agreed policy is followed m British territories medical authorities' told me yesterday. Commenting on a suggestion jy Mrs. Sh r lrin Fozdar. secre:ary of the Women's Council, hat the
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      Any grouse?
      32 12 HAVE you a grouse? Have yor a bright idea? Have you seen anything strange or unusual? Then wrtfe to the PRESSMAN and tell others about it m hi* POSTBAG briefly.
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      Two touring world at 200 miles a day
      74 12 rrnvo Danish world cyclists, 23--1 y "Lir-old Andersen and 27--year-old Svena Pedersen, both from Haslev, near Copenhagen, arrived yesterday m Hong Kong lon the French liner, Vietnam from Singapore. They went to look for work so that they can continue their journey
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      NUISANCE
      67 12 I HAVE a grouse. The police who put up a road block at i the junction of Serangoon Road and Lavender Street were a nuisance to motorists. Don't the police themselves know that it is an offence to stop a motor vehicle within 20 feet, of a line? Let's
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    Everest film
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    Down and Out from Eton
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    DUELS, WOMEN
    296 13 MAN WITH TOO MANY I*l i.| Im HtM\ A km too ma crimes, too many flighta from prison, too many afT;nrs with women :ind d;i< is with men, Eugene Francois vid«M'(| (born Arr;is. 1775) decided it wai time Jo turn ovrr a new leaf. Not being one to
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    S'pore athletes confident
    295 14 EXPECT TO SET 4 NEW MARKS I ;oo Pn K>rts RepoH QINGAPORE athletes— 3s m :iH I In Kuala Lumpur this morning to compete m the Malayan Amateur Athletic championships which begin m the Federal capital tomorrow. Mr. j. s. do Souza. an official of the Singapore
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    Jake Tuli may fight Shirai
    80 14 ■JVEGOTIATIONS for a WWid flyA weigh: t i r l e fight between champion Yoshio Shirai of Jap:m Sou r h Afrio's Juke Tulj are m pro's learnt tcdiy Tull"s manaizer. Jim W: the fuiit. if arranged, probably be heli m S.m Francisc C^lil Wick
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    SPORE CHESS OFFICIALS
    78 14 MR LEE CHIN QUAN was elected president of the Singapore Chess I meeting of representatives of clubs, associations and schools from Singapore and Johore. Other officials are: Vice president. Mr Phoon "Wai On; hon secretary and Ummifil. Mah Bens: G tournament director, H. A. J. Pronk; r
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    WANDERERS VERSUS FRASER AND NEAVE
    20 14 Wanderers wID met t a%< cricket m River Vaiie; Sunday. Sweney, D i G. Perel
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    COLONY SKIPPER
    37 14 FLASHBACK but it will be repeated tomorrow. Singapore captain Tai Chang Cheong handing over the Colony flag to Mr. Malcolm Mac Donald last year. Mr. Mac Donald Will open the sports meet again this year.
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    OPERATION 'RID FAT' AT TENGAH
    276 14 OPERATION 'RID FAT' AT TENGAH By TAFFY IJOYAL Air Force Tengah and Royal Australian Air Force, who are based at the same station, will open their rugby season by meeting each other. And what a "local Derby" this is going to be. B( :h teams are now training hard to
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    JAP BOXERS WIN
    19 14 Japanese ftghte ten bouts in the firsl of four serial of ftghi Honolulu civic Auditorium I
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    SOMDEZ TO MEET FILIPINO
    31 14 Philippines junior ugmweigm rhunpion Star Gonh. will leive Tokyo for Bangkok this week to Rght Somda Yontrakit of Thailand. Gonh unlpd In- m;inut»r Placido Morromeo.— A. P.
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    ANOTHER H.K. WIN
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    BBBC tightens up reigh-in rule
    189 14 PROCEDURE at bI g I ins h is been I c the Last champion-i-iu m June that cause i such lation th«* deprivation ol one boxer of New British Boxing Board of Control instruction-, stip that ai future the contestants In a championship or chiel
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    ENGLAND GETS READY TO MEET ML BLACKS
    526 14 ENGLAND GETS READY TO MEET ML BLACKS j All v ht 'of thl cks Britain, i jensalpSi 8 bbot are 3 s J° inin 8 the following an d Singapore on Oct. 16 on their waj to Britain. They will stay m the olonj for one day. i until the
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    4,000-mile dash for golf lead
    44 14 Uttle Australian golf chal 10t J from competing to c^ r cagoC lu> ut m the V'-fholes tournament. the hol rSund the be* m London's IriN Arnold Stickley of UJ^ Club vu fuitne^ 18 holes round will )d;u'.- Reuter
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    SHA FIXTURES
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    ASIAN GAMES BAR IS CORRECT
    215 15 —■say Colony sports officials Free Press Sports Reporter rrHE move to bar non-Asians from future Asian Games 1 -correct and justified." This is the opinion of Asian sports officials and athletes In Singapore. Their reason is: "The Asian Games were modelled the lines of the
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    HE IS COCKELL'S TARGET
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    Shell were unlucky
    243 15 'Business' soccer O.T.E.C 1, Shell 0. ORIENTAL Telephone and Electric Company had to struggle fcr victory m this Singapore Business House* FA. League and Cup competition against Shell at Jalan Be.sar Stadium yesterday. Shell were unlucky not to have levelled the score, especially m the second half
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    Tourists seek a ground
    98 15 THE Chinese Consul Dr T. W. Liu. will today m Melbourne seek the aid of acting Premier Leslie Galvin m finding a pround for the fourth soccer Te.st on Aug. 29 between Australia and the visiting Chinese team, according to the newspaper Sun. The newspaper said
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    SCHOOLBOY STAR MUST STAY AT HOME
    76 15 fllE Penang Football Association has refused permission for schoolboy Yup Hin Hcan to leave the Settlement on a tour of Bangkok Be may be needed as en inside forward m renang's team to meet Singapore m the Malaya C »V final at Ipuh on
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    AUSSIE EYE WILL BE ON FORM
    225 15 FORM m the Australian tennis tournaments will be what counts for the selection of Australia's Davis Cup team, according to Cliff Sproule. one of the Cup selectors. "ResolU In England and America are important, but I <.< weiph them m the light of .selections
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    DENT SCORES UNBEATEN 94
    49 15 Royal Army Pay Corps brat 3 BOD. by ten wickets m their Singapore District knockout cricket competition match at Nee Soon yesterday. 3 BOD 145 for 5 (Artley 59). Royal Army Pi Corp.s 146 for no wicket (Deni 94 not out, Shaw 4!' not out).
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    'The Dog' seeks more games
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    First defeat or Hongkong Bank
    158 15 pOR th( x minute- durg which left Inside Peters i and Neave goal- ■'■<«> at River Valley It appeared that Kong Bank. Singapore us iness Houses F. A. League Jjampioi, get lor ye t another win. N nqmHicd two minuten m i brllllanl m the
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    AUSSIES HAMMER ESSEX (447-7)
    409 16 AUSSIES HAMMER ESSEX (447-7) DE COURCY, HOLE CO PL A V HA VOC r rifK Australian cricketers trounced the Essex attack at Southern! yesterday, to score 477 for seven on the I uind where Bradman's unbeaten team of live years a 4 > set Dp a worlrt record of 721
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    CUBAN SCORES UPSET WIN OVER CHARLES
    145 16 CUBAN SCORES UPSET WIN OVER CHARLES TVIXO Valdes. Cuban hea\ y.wi^iil champion, scored a stunning upset last ni^ lit by winning a unanimous ll)-rot;nd Jrrlrif o\er former heavyweight champion lv/ard I h tries :it Miami Beach. Charles, weighing the heai »l of l>is career M Itl to SOS for i
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    CENTURY MAKES
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    SANDY IS IN THE NORTH SOCCER XI
    189 16 pouß stlangor players, Inclu Sandy" McDonald, are Inclu In the North to meet south at s a- liK)ti on A>Uf 23 il\e day aftei M:'l-.i.\a Cup t'uul. Penang, he .Northern cup Anal! ta supply three players. Perak another three, .ma the retcaining place
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    INJURED HUTTON SAVES SIDE WITH A 74
    338 16 INJURED HUTTON SAVES SIDE WITH A 74 j< .M.i.t.Mi* captain i.m iiutlon h,,,--1 the order because of ;u, m ureSi !e g >W r shire fran complete collapse ag "iiSt te. B!**8 1 U With a superlative display ours he helped to improvl Srtafchi 0 r .six to 167. total
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    73 16 -■•scoresgwl" 65) aSKIrTSpJ •Tribe no' out 65). for H Al Sour,,»rou S h: Yorkshire J "•> on ,4. Morgan rightartn f medium nm for «> 353,1 At Portsmouth: Hampshire J •Gray 04. Shackleton 65, GiamJ four for one. Al I.ou^hborou-h: Leices'.eJ -M 3 Tompkin 76, Palmer 37i Sun •■4
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    Aberdeen gain second win
    92 16 Results of yesterday's Scottish Lei tccer dutches are: DIVISION A' Aberdeen 2 Airdriror.ians 0; Civ: 2 Dundee 4; East Fife 1 Celtic l Academicals 1 Rovers 2: Hibernian Falkirk l; Ranger* 4, Hearts 1:5 Mirren 3 Q oi the South 2; St. Albij 3 Partlck 0.
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    26 16 The Ea- f Beiu.'l Football Club 4-0 by a Rum* m the Intenuwß m Buncharest ye>ta B led I-J H inlt ume- Reuter
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