The Singapore Free Press, 18 August 1953

Microfilm: NL3677
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    Masthead
    18 1 The Singapore Free Press Ijrge*! Afternoon Sale m Malaya. I 137 8.i. >.n;u|>mr Tues., Aug. 18. I!»:.S. Price
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    SANDERS IS FREED
    318 1 Wife 's appeal won pardon, says Hungary J^flß. EDGAR SANDERS, the British businessman whom Hungar) want ed to trade Tor Malaya's top woman terrorist, Lee Menu, was set tree l>> the Hungarian Presidium yesterday. Lee Menu; is serving a life sentence m Perak. She was under sentence
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    Ike warns of Jap economic crisis
    218 1 MAYING thai Japan's exports durins the first Hall oi S thb year Have been far below the level of a year a^o Lster ins reserves are nearly exhausted. President Eisenl ow"r S yesterday warned of a possible economic rrisis m that country. japan would
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    'HANG THE SHAH' DEMAND
    142 1 The Persian Foreign Minister, Dr. Hussein Fatemi. last night denounced UK neeing Shah as a "vile traitor and demanded that he be punished by death on the gallows. In a statement published by the newspaper Bakhtar Emrouz. Dr Fatemi said the nation wanted to see the
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    STILL ALIVE
    32 1 AIDES ol President Adet-b Shishakly of Syria said today that lie waa l 4 really astonished by the report that he had issin Tlv President was bu*y In Ws office
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    AIR CHIEF KILLED
    25 1 air Vice-Marshal WUli A D. Brook was killed i st ifl terday when m Meteor jet-fighter dived Into a barn and dlslntegrmied.
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    RITSON: THE COST
    27 1 Sir Edward Ritson's enquiry into the allowances of Government employees m Singapore cost the treasury $17,220. This was approved by the Legislative Council today.
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    Rubber price
    10 1 Rubber Mark [Uy this mornin |c, Scp c
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    DISARMED MAN IN DARK
    13 1 t n i >r Tech Be 1 my v
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    GOVT. ACTION PENDING ON ANOTHER OFFICER
    72 1 IraBBBffsaSSSfK lonlal Secretary, Mi w ►de m the Leg] I Council this morning In n ply to ur C. J P kg! w him to confirm it i\ rl>1"--plalntfi m the nature t serious tiave been made against tnree lenlor Oorernment omcerf." M ooo«i
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    Council quiz on dogs
    59 1 4 TOTAL of MM ll<^ A were destroyed m Singapore anti-rahies^ a.nnainn between May ■>■ I|U pore Legislative Ce-ncH ir«i told this moriiinK tured anu later rlectr.u v r.l it the City Veterinary InJrmOT. Another HO tXn to the Inhrmuv 10. destractien. N« wifi ied< Thr
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    Little change in jobless figures
    89 1 Fn-.' Pres, Stuff Reporter rpHE Btngapore Ooftrnawnl this niomin* stated m the Leglilmtlfe council that it was not poMlbte to uivc precLsr totuiiu.ition US to the increase, or docrpu.sv, m employment. Tbcn had bt«B i^wchnwnt to lome InduslrlM durtai ttj fg 1 month or two,
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    PLOT BY REDS TO SEIZE CEYLON
    149 1 PLOT BY REDS TO SEIZE CEYLON Mr Dudley Senam Prime Minister of lon yesterday disclo d an alleged plo( by the Communist Party tO WtW »»ie c. ntiui Province. He i»kl the plot tamed In documei (»bbed by the poUce at the Kaudy office >f t i (> p-» rt^The
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    BETWEEN SEA AND SAFETY
    98 2 A HELICOPTER ow over the wafer m an attempt to '^cue Ens *n E. H. Barry cf Ind.anapolis. after h,s Cn.mm.rn pline (right) hit the sea on a f.ikc-oH from the aircraft earner block Island (rear.i B.irry i, c.TURht m a tuR-of-war between the helicopter and
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    WINSTON URGED: END THIS MYSTERY
    194 2 WINSTON URGED: END THIS MYSTERY Anxiety for Premier's henhh CIR Winston Churchill i s being ditsspH I<> 4 y° st of the agitation conies from nowsuaoers R... ,11 reflects public anxiety. It la now over seven WMki J*»! dra announce Th l th u l lhe Weste Bia Three talks
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    WAR CALL IS UNDER FIRE
    150 2 IH fcNfcKAL Augustin Guillaume. French Resident- General. last Cl|hl c!e,,,,unc f ,l ihe Sulten < f Morocco for calling on his followers t) support him nfter he had bee,, stripped of his state and religious powers. In his second communique m 12 hours issued m
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    PACT WITH RUSSIA
    25 2 Egypt and Russia will sign a trade payment > agreement today involving €1.000.000. Egypt win exchange cotton for heavy Russian goodj including arms.
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    $160,000 CATCH
    35 2 A fast motor-boat flying tho British flag was inure* pu-d ofT Capri while trying to smuggle 7.750 kilogrammes of American cigarettes valued at over US$--160.000 into Italy. Trt asury police arrested seven people
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    The boy who prefers Ike to cowboys
    179 2 I>hesident Eisenhower dropp. A ed In at ft modes; suburban home m Derver on Sunday to r up a six-year-old boy eying of cancer. Mr Eisenhower had read about tiie boy. Paul Henry HaJey, earlier that morn*pa per. The boy l er thai
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    SANG FOR SUPPER
    29 2 A liberated American soldiei said yesterday the Comraun 1 marie prisoners sing for their food and if you didnt sine loud enough, they cut the rations
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    Secret pact snags
    117 2 Secret pact snags TW: Indian Prime Minister. Mr Nehru, lashed rut at the Vnited Nations Command yesterday for making: what he called threats 02 the eve of a Korean political conference and not always ghtfidng a "will to peace.' He told a cheering session of Parliam-nt watched by Communist Chinese
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    North Korea ends state of war
    128 2 North Korea ends state of war I^OMMUNIST North Korea yesvv terriay proclaimed the end Ol a state of war m Korea and called off military mobilization. Pyongyang Radio .said the North Korean People's Supreme < < uncil rescinded effective yesterday the declaration of war de OH June 27. 1950 and
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    New Soviet bars to German unity
    185 2 New Soviet bars to German unity T4IK United States Stat.- I)e- said yesterd iv that the lat' >t Russian proposal* on Germany would delay until next year the proposed four power foreign ministers* co»n ferenee and also set obstacles to the holding of free aUGerman elections. H made these two
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    The Navy's there
    33 2 KKITIKII sailors clearing ruliblp from the streets of rarthquakf-u recked Zak>nlhos, on Iht Grtek lonian j island uf Zanle. Post-quake tremors rot ked the area again yesterday. A. P. picture.
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    Strikers told: Go back, then talk
    129 2 Strikers told: Go back, then talk M JOSEPH L»N 18 return to work today 'Way. anncuSd th/.^ negotiations could utth Place untU evmbodvtd H> tiirnrd to york h« r( Definite line "The government has ky he a vast national effort to en sure at all costs the mainten 'France cannot
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      21 2 BRUNSVIBR CALCULATOR THE CALCULATOR OF HIGH EFFICIENCY SPEED AND ACCURACY Sole Agents UNDERWOOD GENERAL AGENCIES (I) LTD SINGAPORE KUALA LUMPUR p[(im
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    TEMPLES FORESAW THE BIG FIRES
    197 3 TEMPLES F ORES A W THE BIG FIRES m Stall Reporter (FES SSi triumphantly V, and <What dld We :ft disasters?" tell H abou i thc recent Kks at the Aif View Hotel. Rive Valley Road godo; various "fireball" Inclfnr m Geylang and Joo Chiat gfSSSi m their predic*g\ the
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    They gave last show 'with tears in their eyes'
    352 3 THESE HONG KONG GIRLS DON'T WANT TO LEAVE fylUi ROCI R YUI rpHESE jlrls lov,> Sii audiences. They don to leave the colony not just But unl Immigration h to extend theii i the Argentine Revue from H 4 mv re
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    INSURANCE RATES WON'T GO UP
    140 3 SINGAPORE'S insurance companies are charging 3 usual rates on fire insurance policies despite the recent fire outbreaks m the Colony. They an* not alarmed At these occurrences and do not contemplate any action to increase the rate. The manager of a leading insurance company described
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    A Chan can be a Chin, Tan or Dan
    152 3 IIHIEN is a Mr. Chan a Mr. Tan, or a Mr. Dan or a Mr. Chin? That's when the Chine character— the same for all four Is translated Into English. These names have been a great worry to Mr. Ponnuduray, Sin\*pore
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    $87,000 BULLDOZER
    29 3 T> jpee i preparation of Crown land [or building purposes, the Public Works Department I $87,000 by the I la t,u" i ucll today to buy a
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    LECTURE EXPENSES
    28 3 Singapore's share of oxpin connection with led ■m i ted by the veteran I unionist, Mr F. W. Dalley This was d\)\n :v the Legislative iy.
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    TREAT FOR PRINCESS
    38 3 pi( lur*' |,»r thinl birthday treat, Princess Avnt, daaghter of the Queen, wears b« I oro al^r |V dress or cream French L, Uer chiffon jMU"" a nd is phototraphed wr»th this charminc reswt. Reuter
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    Desertions plague the bandits
    55 3 NIBT h i by t: m j i ertions, arc slov ly losid m their Rve-ye ir-old i«• the Malaya Durdin li i from Kiuli Lumpui New York Time ire going thro grim i they han I m their flght tot tal time *m i ol
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    SON TO PRINCESS
    22 3 a .-.on was born m Ad<iii Ababa to the wife ol Crown Prince a It Waaatn, ol Ethiopia, yestini.i
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      53 3 SiA iV>" 1^ 3 HOURS OF MIGHTY I '""*r^ spectacle I yX\ usual prices I t\ CATHAY I THURSDAY! INTRODUCING THE IDEAL QUIET PLACE HONGKONG Even Bedroom with telephone aerviee with portable iir- conditioner FKEE TRANSPORTATION FROM UN URPORT TO Mil I I RRX Qiblc Udrew: 75, Waterloo Road InpOSIJITEL
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    The Singpore Free Press TUESDAY. Aug. 18, 1953 Opinion SAME RED NOTE
    389 4 The Singpore Free Press TUESDAY. Aug. 18, 1953 Opinion SAME RED NOTE WHEN suggestions are made to the Russians for the solution of any particular problem, they generally ignore them. Then they produce counter proposals. Jt is a tactic by which they try to ensure that the icalea are weighted
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    Persia is NOT going 'Broke',—merely BACK
    768 4 Persia is NOT going 'Broke',— merely BACK PERSIA, NOW IN THE THROES OF ANOTHER CRISIS, HAS RARELY fif r« OUT OF THE HEADLINES SINCE MOSSADEQ, THE PRIME MIMISTR silS RELATIONS WITH THE WEST BY TAKING OVER THE ANGLO-!RAN AN n, REF.NERY AT ABADAN. YET, DESPITE POUTICAL CHAOS, PERSIA SNft FACING
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    STALIN'S WILL IS MISSING
    182 4 STALIN'S WILL IS MISSING STALIN'S private secretary, the Soviet Major-General A. N. Poskrebysheff, ta now believed to be m South America,' where he h. aped with Stalin's last will and testament. Reports reaching Finland from Russia indicate that the Soviet police are convinced that Poskrebyshr fl has cro> i the
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    HITLER'S TROOPS ON MARCH
    147 4 HITLER'S TROOPS ON MARCH TN West Germany there is a boom m films glorifying Hitler's troops at war. Film stars and the crowd scene actors are all Germans with most of the battle-action scenes being played by members of the 10,000-strong West German Border Police. When a film is underway
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      23 4 I A P CHOICE SELECTION of < BUTTERFLY WING and I MARCASITE JEWELLERY I j U. S. de SUVA l\ Jewellers 106, Orchard Road..
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      36 4 After shopping m the ARCADE visit our comfy TEA LOUNGE light snack, and of course a cup of S.C.S.TEA or COFFEE, a/// ira/'^ wonders! i aoa Branch Arcade Tea Lounge, Orchard Rd SINGAPORE COLD STORAGE Jg^jlL
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    Drop in passes puzzle schools
    197 5 Drop in passes puzzle schools t c .c. STANDARD IS UP? fiRiN-CiPALS of Commer-Pri-U Schools m Singapore not certain yesterday thp LCC. examinresults were bad this lvf e l v On Ot the 3.500 G. JOSHUA L, M O f the Stogkporc Instiuuteo „p of the g£ I ror booking
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    NEW AIR CHIEF
    22 5 Major-Gen. Mark E. Bradley. Jr has been named deputy C.-in-C. and Chief-of-Staff of the U.S. Air Force m Europe.
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    Nazi had a poison offer
    70 5 ijiRANZ von Pi.pen, top Hitler diplomat iaya United i guards: at Muremburg i him tlif "means' of by poi.son and knife He this m his memoirs published on Monday »sts that Perhaps similar offers were v Hermann No 2 Nazi who took his li i
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    SHIP RESCUED
    19 5 The British Navy frigate 81 ued th« mi British alist gunboat oft the centr i Chin A.P.
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    Pipe smoking record broken
    73 5 MICHIGAN. U.S. MAX GREE. of Flint, has claimed a new world's re- cord for pipe smoking by keeping a bowl of tobacco going for one hour 42 minutes and 26 seconds at the annual contest of th e International Association of Pipe Smokers. Sixty men and
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    A $40,000 Rolls for Sir John...
    125 5 Free Press Staff Reporter T»E Finance Committee has recommended $40,000 to 1 buy a new Rolls-Royce. for the Governor This is one of the financial matters before the Legislative Council u>day. The Custom! Department la to let $150,000 more to finance IU >t tervlce.
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    $15,000 for. football
    29 5 Tlll sin... P»r, IA iali PI I from Ihe <"-'"-"""';:; 1 eßter tataaml *itj This represents ahaH December Jl tost year. rt f s^^t^t^s«-^w-* v* i morning.
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    POSTMEN'S STAND ON DIGNITY
    148 5 POSTMEN'S STAND ON DIGNITY I /vi\ postmen must look Hi: i mili-, i Ami that is why, said sini;ai>or«« postmen jestenlay. they hive refused In- Measured for their i <'\\ style uniforms. Ihev emimed: "The Government wants to m »kr ii^ look funny s 0 that w will Bel use
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    METERS TAXIMEN HATE WILL BE HERE SOON
    226 5 DESPITE prostests from drivers and taxi owners against Installing meters m their vehicles. Singapore will have its first shipment of 480 meters this month. And a taxi meter expert will arrive by air from London this week to help lix the meters and
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    NEGUIB TO GO TO MECCA
    66 5 Ben Mohamme i Ntgvtfe h« 1 1 the revolutionary junta now rui OT*. tlHi1 |llini th ranks <>t ten* <>t thousand; <» world Muslims mafcing tbi nttf nil. ■Mill. l'M- U) M«C Gen. Nr«uib will My to Jedfl >. the pilgrimage i >lirl ol ontiv
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    Town panics at flood
    69 5 rrnousANDS ol famllici have 1 been niari»> homeless by the Mood waters ol the river Godavan overwhelming part ol Rajahmiindry. a town 400 miles north of Madras on India c pfc)j)io witiio»jt shelter are reported to be itriclcen with panic No figures ol losi ol lit^.
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    HERMANN RAPPA
    28 5 Hermann M< PP a < ii Singapore Journali di< d morrt the General Ha Dital H'- was 54. Fu 111 DC hold at the Bidadati Cemetery .m
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    RICE TARGET
    12 5 Pood short India I 400.000 ti rice by I cui.■)M
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    KALLANG TO REDUCE RISKS AT NIGHT
    104 5 KALLANG TO REDUCE RISKS AT NIGHT Frer Press Staff Reporter A TEMPORARY building li to be constructed at Kallang airport for the operation of a system Of aircraft control designed to reduce risk of collision during the night. The Legislative Couuncil voted $65,000 this morning jor this purpose. Another $5,000
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      68 5 > Juni tfnpaekotl! NEW DESIGNS OF YOUR FAVOURITE CANNON TOWELS IN RICH COLOURS AND VARIOUS SIZES jf FIRST FLOOR BA IA I TEXTILES, AJAJ LIMITED 3, RAFFLCS PLACE SPORtI. TEL 2304, JUST RECEIVED \V SI I! (I lON <>l SINGLE STONE DIAMOND RINGS Set, with Fbwleta White Diamonda h.».n Thirt)
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      272 6 MANDRAKE, THE MACICIAN by Lee Falk and Phil Davis LUC XV tt-^ri wir^ s itj itgn H JUBI i *c'j ee&iN eeAzcm* m 'is*sSm Sfc^^Vv\ v v Bk^ J^^ir' oul> and thon th^ could 'Wi iT>. MMi^X V <r- v'u i{ unhappinesv m storr Tht J ai»w««r is for you
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    SLEEPWALKER FALLS 18 ft. AND GOES ON SLEEPING
    189 7 SLEEPWALKER FALLS 18 ft. AND GOES ON SLEEPING FORTEEN YEAR OLD Tori Fletcher went to bed at his dome In Chcreral Avenue. Coventry. And all he think about i put hli head on the pillow wai the t*o weeks' camping holiday he ha. Bournemouth. He dozed off. Then he had
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    Beer garden on the beach
    93 7 The opening of the air rout,, from Australia to South Africa hai, broi. R h prom m wj to the Cocos-Kerlinir group of islands. A nrvv 8,500 ft. airstrip has been b.nlt by the A^ lral^ Government to provide a r.fuellmg point for aircraft. Airmen
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    They call this book K-Bomb
    533 7 THEY are calling it th e "X- 1 bomb"— Dr. Alfred C. Kin- j sey's neu. book on the sex life I of the American woman. And alHioujsh the big explosion is still two days away, a chain reaction of ballyhoo is already sweeping across
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    'GOOD SAMARITAN' FINED
    44 7 A l hi: to a >thei y driver (i I >ken do" ftncd 10s m London Hia Brm firu-cJ i o for IN unaul i k>rry under li" i I Tllr 1 4 I the said uld i m a be
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      144 7 A- Fly via Australia to NEW ZEALAND N %u.Hlralia. beautiful New Zealand m *%«fr^ .i holiday wonderland near enough rv«i for lorar leave. In less than a day's on»f«»rUble i Hi«ht by l»i? 1-engined Constellation from Singapore. S y V W >»«>•■ Sydney -to link with fast TKAI. ■rr*k«i J
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    BASKETBALL GIRLS IN A KEEN MATCH
    374 8  -  P. L. KOH Honil Kong bait Singapore 40-20 Sto ry by Pictures by AIORE than 2,000 specA Tat ors packed the Happy World Stadium recently to watch an exciting basketball match between Hong Kong and Singapore girls. The game w^ci with a 40-20 points
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    IT'S A GOAL!
    39 9 L- SM C] '!L' uards the baskrt «s Wu Toon ban, oi Mono Kong, us en anxious moment local players tackle he Kong pi forming a defence to thwart the i'ieu Cfcoo <m<2 Omu B«i Off.
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    'WOMAN FIRED HOUSE OF NOISY CHILDREN'
    324 10 'WOMAN FIRED HOUSE OF NOISY CHILDREN Ten of them next door annoyed her, court told I WOMAN crept up to me hack door of a neighbour's cottage one night and set fire to the place while the family of 12 inside were sleeping:, a court was told. And she did
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    'HARNESS THE SUN'
    58 10 Dr. J. Allen Hynek, Ohio State University physics and astronomy professor, thinks its I time to develop ways to harness the sun's energy for industrial power, since we'll have to come to it eventually. Dr. Hynek proposes several systems to convert solar energy, which, he says, will
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    Deaf & dumb Jean found ROMANCE
    171 10 Deaf dumb Jean found ROMANCE pftETTT M-vear-«>ld .Iran Maley has very- thine roung -iiri could wish for; a beautiful face, alee figure ami a friehdlj smile but she his a terrible handicap the is deaf ami dumb. Not deterred ->• her (Usability. Jean left her home In Australia and came
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    SOMETHING WRONG WITH HIS LORRY
    223 10 THE MAN WHO WAIVED THE TRAFFIC ACT THE farm lorry that Alfred James Law, of Banburv Vil-Ila-s. Bouthfleet, was driving wi> stopped at Wainscott. Kent, by Police Constable J. A. Garrott. And when the Chatham magLsUal trd about v. lehalrman said to Law: "We n
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    ARMED RAIDERS HOLD UP BAKERY STAFF
    249 10 AN armed gang of five held up the staff of a bakery In Engate Street. Lewisham. London. The bakery men were kept prisoner, bound and gagged, while the sang tried to blow open a safe containing ihmit £3.000 The raiders, led by a man
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    Where the fivers are too big
    81 10 Where the fivers are too big IjMVE-POrNI) NOTES are to,, big to handle. 14.000 bank clerks have decided. They want their union to suggest that the size be cut to make them just bigger than a El note. "Of course," said one. "there is one thing we .should miss if
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    A boy dies —then hospital sacks two
    293 10 A boy dies then hospital sacks two ft"*™?* coroners court about the S said: -Although the t by the nur* J charge Patients were nS trusted with the keys, which had to bo returned alter beS used. s The coroner, Mr CD asked whether there was any written rule about
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    THE FIRST MAN ON THE MOON IS ALIVE TODAY
    438 11 THE FIRST MAN ON THE MOON IS ALIVE TODAY THE FIRST MAN to Step on to the surface of the moon has already been born That is the belief of responsible scientists In Zurich who have justended an international conference on space travel. "To the moon by 1980" is a
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    Bridge Hand
    183 11 Kcithi i iidc vulnerat Ie NORTH It J 5 *r a 7 4. 2 A X > m nisi lA>\ ill A »y SOI'TII is 4 10 r- Q 9 8 7 C a 16 Th»- btddl&g W«-m North Eml s ultl 14 I j^~ I Dou t»l»-
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    BABY'S FIRST WALK
    60 11 pic hire Rasmus, Copenluygeii*i 15-day -old hipp^pttamui cv*< appears I little shy .is lit t.»kt s his first walk with his mother, 30 v«.ir-<>iti Maren. Ramm i^ >i«t«n\ thirteenth •ffsprtag which is bettered (c be w <»ri <i recfd for hippo m «.»p liviiv. His father, August,
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    A RAINDROP IS EARNING HIM A FORTUNE
    473 11  -  Hal Boyle by NEW YORK. THE FEAR of a raindrop can turn into a financial waterfall. Bi£ mo'iey is there. This i.s the idea of an eager-eyed young opportunist named Roger Brown. Roger, 27, I* well upon thr way to ni.^ goal. He
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      32 11 Goldfish Varieties and Water Garuens by Inr.cs s 3:1.0a Pc (Mtra. CITY BOOK STORE LIMITED, Olly«» Qu..y T,l 6651 Btanch )i T.in«l.n Utd 'I ***** Mob. lt Book Shop At Your Scry.c
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    HEALTHY FAMILY FOR DOLLAR A MONTH
    151 12  -  P. M. RAMAN By A DOLLAR :i month will keep away beriberi and malnutrition from the family if it is used for buying fortified rice, said vitamin experts yesterday. A quarter pound packet costs 65 cents. It is local!;. made, und is sufficient to
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    164 firms formed
    95 12 Hogg Kons and Sarawak will soon brine Into force laws similar to those fOdsting In Singapore on trade marks and companies. This will bring laws on these subject* uniform throughout Br'tish territories m South-East A.sia. This Ls revealed m the annual report of Mr. A. H. Harrison,
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    Letters must be short
    38 12 KATHLEEN Mavoh. 22. of I-'arn worth, near Bolton, Lancashire, turns tv waw a^ the enters the wat^r at St. Margaret's Bay Dover at the start <>» her Channel attempt m the ESM But!in\ two-wtv nwim.
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    The dangers of a reservoir hike
    185 12 '"THE attached information is for the benefit of your correspondents "Three Chans', of Tiong Bahru, Singapore. In 1950. my friend and I hiked round Mcßitchie Reservoir, and it took us nearly five and a half hours, including three quarters of an hour for lunch.
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    PIPE OF PEACE FOR HIM
    99 12 PIPE OF PEACE FOR HIM RAH." Rah. Raleigh that, at least. one nan In Singapore has adopted the manly practice of stiffening both the upper and lower lip by way of the princely pipe. What greater compliment could her escort hooe for than her Inability to talk? With the kind
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    Any grouse?
    33 12 H.WT you a grouse? Have yor a bright idea? Have -ou seen anything strange or unusual? Then wri c to the PRESSMAN and tell others about it m hi- POSTBAG briefly.
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    John views the 'magic' of a pool
    52 12 John views the 'magic' of a pool Mr. K. K. Macfcwiit, British T raile Commissioner m Malaya. ?ets a close r look at the poster show he opened a feu minutes ear-li-r at the British Council Hall. With him is his son John and Dr. C. H. Gibson-Hill, of Singapore
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    Loudest man in Britain
    81 12 MR BEN JOHNSON is still the man with the loudest voice hi Britain. Yesterday before>- a crowd of 3 000 holiday-makers at Hastings, m Sussex, he icon the national town criers' championshiv for the second year m successionMr Johnson, who comes from the Cornish port 01
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    COLONEL FREED
    35 12 Th^ Communists yesterdareturned a South Korean lieu-tenant-colonel the hig ranking United Nations office; Korean prisoner exchange. to be sent back so far m the Hp was identified as Lt.-Col Kirn Jong Joo.- U.P.
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    159 12 Mr. Nair speaks up for farmers SEpgreSfe ciUor. said y t ha 1 u^e the Rural Board* Private sUught£? 3 He told tne that if his rP emendation was accentS' ■J »«i»d slaughterers Z\i come^ under the .supervisor the Rural Health Department Mr. Nair thought that rural i were being
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    IT'S THEIR FIRST AIRCRAFT
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    An Injection Cured His Beriberi
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    WORLD'S FASTEST BOMBER
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    Who would be Hutton now?
    660 14  -  JOHN ARLOTT B, rpHERE arc trA hovs— «»r men— in this country who have not thought the j)<M tit <\ipt.ii,i of thr ii^lish criiket i\\\\\ the most ietirmMc In the world -m the y M of an \u>tr.ilUn vi>it. .1 m\ik of ;itt:iinm€nt, i s
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    549 14  - THE BIG U.K. KICK-OFF IS ON TOMORROW GEORGE CHANDLER By r ENGLAND'S 3,000 professional soccer players have strenuous training for the annual struggle for League and FA. Cup honours, which will begin tomorrow. For the first time m many seasons the League schedule will open m mid-week, instead of the
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    BOBO OLSON WAS ONCE A SKINNY FELLOW
    319 14 BOBO OLSON WAS ONCE A SKINNY FELLOW li^ARL 8080 Olson, 25 year old vy American middle-weight champion of Swedish-Hawaiian ance&try, wants nothing Hi m the world crown and then may b* 1 the Ught-h title tOO 'I he am youn bul baUHng Rghter who tv.i<-p kn down under Sugai Elay
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    GAG THOSE SHEPPARD CRITICS
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    366 14 Free Press Soccer Reporter 1\ T ITH a few matches left to play, championship honours m the United Services Division One League soccer will be a preal race between Royal Army Service Corps and Royal Electrical and Mechanical Engineers. The honours appear to
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    244 15 Indonesians 3; Kurasians 1. INDONESIANS, who lost three previous games m the Singapore Amateur F. A. Community League, registered their first victory yesterday at the expense of Eurasians at Jalan Besar Stadium. For the losers, this was their fourth consecutive defeat. Indonesians, with a set
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    79 15 \t Lords: mddlt i I At. At Derfcj Dwt: iMn :lared (Wahh, Wi i4l Lelccsterahin Itt ta CH -„ulhfnd: NoOlßfl r Balle; toi I 178 iJepson, ri.iii.ii m fwsl i i and r j» foi 4 Fort-mouth Warwicl 1 Hj i \t i... i- IM 1 4 |03i
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    365 16 ipoh hotels filling up MORF than 4,000 seals have been sold for the bigg^t soccer match of the year the Malaya (up final between Singapore and Penang at Ipoh on Saturday. The Perak organisers are confident that it will he "full house"
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    TODAY'S MALAYS' TEAM v NAVY
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    Armed thugs raid temple at dawn
    213 16  -  ROGER YUE By II, r HILE th P keepers of a Chinese temple at the mile Changi Road, Singapore, i making dawn prep 3 for the "Seventh Virgins" Ival yesterday, the b d open to reveal I masked and armed Chi robb One robber
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    1236 16 Vampires A pigeons interrupt ihv r 1 FTfcK a promising start m which they hud 131 runs on the board 1W m I <*one •ricket, England finished 40 runs behind Australia with seven wJEi*M on the second day of tiit- fifth Test at
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