The Singapore Free Press, 27 August 1953

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    Masthead
    19 1 The Singapore Free Press Largest Afternoon Sale m Malaya. ***** Sin-ip Hie Tliurs., Auu. !7. IIS3. Price I •'> U.
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    U.S. BID TO END THE VETO
    322 1 U.S. BID TO END THE VETO Revision of initvd Stations rhartvr Power for General Assembly urged VI R. John Poster Dulles, the United States Secretary o State, vosterday called for revision of the I nited Nations harter lo bring it into line with the atomic age. He :said it was
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    Rubber Price
    18 1 Bin Rubber is morning on a shgnt- >ne with flrsl r shipment at cent below «c.
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    Monckton tipped to get Eden's old job
    222 1 Monckton tipped to get Eden's old job OPINION Is hardening m Lon i m that Sir Win.vton Churchill will soon appoint a M v Poreign Secretary so that Mr. Anthony Eden. 55. can conserve his energies to be deputy Premier. Mr." Harold MacMUlan, 59 ftousin j and I «h-lil Government
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    PALMER: JAKARTA DISAGREES
    115 1 PALMER JAKARTA DISAGREES liHE Indonesian Charge tt'Af- raires m Washington, Mr. Zarap Zain. said yesterday that he strongly disagreed with any iuggestions that the Jakarta Government might be the !ir>t to sell rubber behind th»> Iron Curtain although he acknowledged that his country was m i -severe position due to
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    ARMS FOUND
    10 1 rwfEh Radio 1 police had discovei ilans m
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    Blow cracks man's skull
    28 1 SlN(i^ >( >^^ police juntin lor the two i ailants Chinese bus driv< ivin 'ii the Oenei il fSitured beii i U P* i rrvlnfl I
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    $ MILLION JEWELS GRAB ON THE RIVIERA
    59 1 MILLION JEWELS GRAB ON THE RIVIERA y hotel •> 11 .1 i > open i ci 1)7 mil- i men h e M irseilles mobi Mm*- i the .mii, m 'i heir orobli complicated by I I•■ managei ol Aioli H Mi •omati m bei sixties, li**i I ,'iuKiy v
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    MURDERED MAN TIED TO ANCHOR
    58 1 One "i the lega <»r ».i< man whose body was found Boating m th<- Tikis Km-r Oil luroi a pore, yesterday i• ten* <! •"> anchor. Bi h tlir arms had been hacked <>rt. -Dip mm were 'i^'> ttsd m 4 w ,i. Mint 1
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    MAN ACCUSED OF 2 MURDERS
    86 1 VI iHi n < harlei White v i\. aged >><«"«*v Road, Teddlngton, M dist'd ill .1 I ■<»• /nn I nurt «lf msrdcrlni Barbftm s< >" burst, If, ;»«ui Chrtetl»f Reed, l«. «"i 1 (nv*J»at»i .if the River Tlwimei Barbara was found *.t.ibbed m t
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    Korea won't split allies —says Jebb
    199 2 U.S. HAS RIGHT TO HOLD OWN VIEWS DRITAIN pledged yesterday thai the composition of the Far Eastern political conference will not cjiiivt 1 a major split between Britain itnri its Western allies. Th« i by tin Bril ish di Sir idw) n Jebb, m
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    Lighter moment at the U.N.
    51 2 Lighter moment at the U.N. SENATOR Alexander Wifa'i delegate to thi makes a joncl sparr -r as he tall I icith t aUy (jay ..I Vishim Russia, on political 'tee meet floor a! rifted Ac/ion; I i. In the centum is Mr. G< o< Zarubin, Sorie:l Anibc^.H.c to the I'mitil
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    Phone talks on split?
    76 2 "\|K. Hagerty, Itl si(hm i Isenhon sq arj i ast .1 j esi ;ia\ u» comment on n pun* Hut >ir Winston l him hill 1, .ul 1). en m touch wiU: Ihf President about foreign policy differences between Britain and th-.' United States. Mr. li
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    KENYA MEN WANT BAN ON ASIANS
    153 2 KENYA'S Euro] eai voted for the admission of vat l< ast 30.000 more European Immigrant! tc the British colony m tru next five years and a on further Asian m:: Speakers said the for the survival of the Kenya European community was to Ftcp
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    CHIPMUNK'S JAY WALK COST $357
    63 2 It ci bI Mr i of La ■> Ang< It s U*****.7 I chipmunk cross the str» I Mr. Iwasa filed a claim amount i i I city yesterday. H»' st 4 pped raD.< than run ov( I little complaint said, ju b< <•' Ing
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    Russia told to tighten the belt
    87 2 Russia told to tighten the belt Russia would hav< <v eliminate "seri< sh< s in 1 fulfil the budget for the coming the "<r of 'Finance, Mr. Ivan Fadeyev, told the Bupremi of the Russian Federation. In his report to the Bu] Soviet yesterday. Mr. Fi added Exist must be
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    CUMBER DIES AT 25,000ft.
    149 2 A (M.ioRADO UNIVERSITY or that h<- had received word that anothei professoi member ol a U.S. expedition which tried to Climb 28,250-foot Mt. Godwin Au>t« m India, had lii.s Chartei A Hutch] ttOd v v i« Rram inlormed him oi 'h< i death ol Prol Arthur
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    Woman disguised lover as daughter
    270 2 Woman disguised lover as daughter \N English housewife told a London court jreaterd how she had smuggled hei 32-year-old Italian lover into Britain disguised as her daughter. The Italian Leone Cirensa, was a prisoner of war m a KritMi camp when he first met Mrs. Barbara Mam kt. Mow. now
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    READY FOR H-BOMB
    38 2 r VHF new chairman oi the United States Joint Chiefs oi Staff Admiral Arthur Radford, Wtt W%'J f !L required that the Vnion lt oaen explosion sooner o, later 0 had the United Stat Reuter
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    GIFT OF BOOKS
    34 2 n Ambassador I Pakistan Mr. Horace A. Hildretl vt -it relay pn sented 230 t Karachi University m the narr of thi n people as i •token ol th Ir friendship".
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      75 2 8 m ANNIVERSARY SALE JN FULL SWING A FEW DAYS LEFT FOR SHOPPING A REAL CHEAP SALE SPECIAL OFFERS AMERICAN PRINTED CREPE 42 $120 ENGLISH PLAIN CPEPE 36 MORLEY S TOWELS SPORTS SHIRTS AMERICAN NYLON BLOUSES i; M.A. KHAN BROTHERS, 5 lE C S f TIN of the STRAm^f^^jS I
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    ASIAN GIRLS TOO SHY FOR JOB
    245 3  - ASIAN GIRLS TOO SHY FOR JOB G. T. BOON They won't be models By THERE are many thoux sands of beautiful Chines.' women m Singapore, but not one is brave enough to become a professional model for business firms anxious to introduce their products Into Asian homes. British and American
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    London ban on parking is extended
    82 3 CAR PARKING Is being banned m more London streets to ease traffic jams, which apart from the exasperation they it millions at' pounds a year m wasted petrol. For Instance it has been estimated that a speeding up of London buses by only one
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    NAIR OPPOSES CUT IN TAXI FARES
    178 3 Free Press Staff Reporter MRV X WIR chairman of the City Council s\eliiol«-s Mand Trafflc Committee, said yesterday that he was 0p,,,,",,! ti an, move to lower the present official taxi rate of 10 tents a mile. mi I■ > reduce the I 30
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    Miss Arroll, do your stuff
    36 3 picture. 1 for us! urges Mr, Eli«jbeth Choj chairman «f tne Overseas Chinese > Creche. 'Mr irroir is one »l the three which^Hl perforw the B.n« Sunday ni«hU In creche Free Press
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    THIS FOWL HAS FOUR LEGS.
    164 3  - THIS FOWL HAS FOUR LEGS. PETER DE CRUZ P»v NOT many fowls m Singapore can boast of bavins three Hut th > one I came across, quite by accident, has not three but four les«s. Walking through the Garden <»» liberation at the Singapore hinese BvddhkM Assoc lation off Thompson
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    Top Abdullah man held
    58 3 KASHMIR Police have held pound l< i pro Abdullah movement which old lion ol Xi timir dismissed and I >lllinr month. Qu-sirh AhThe h ls s!l dullah's former Deputy Fin found nagai joli( ir Premier, Bakshl hammed, still ha I Jtth three other top men of
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    HIGHEST EVER
    14 3 Living costs li the U Is no month 1 7 pei >; Reuter
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    9 GERMANS FREED
    27 3 The British I>M ed run,. Oerm crimtn from their prison, In Bonn reducing to B'i the number itlll Jew there Mo Ml wimei were
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    YOU'RE NOT SEEING DOUBLE
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    Unions protest to Lyttelton on Govt. ruling
    284 3 Unions protest to Lyttelton on Govt. ruling I ice Press st. hi Repoi tei rill: 5,000-strong ouncu m inausinai i nions \n pro- testing to tin 1 Secreturj of State for tin* oloniei .i-.iinst the refusal <>! the Singapore Government t<» allow private persons to represent Its employees »t the
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    SUNKEN LINER IS REFLOATED
    47 3 Salvage crewa ye terd ly re* he 195 I>n Dani .»i liner Kt'.ni" Uu rrederik, gutted by Rre, In Harwich, England la i May, :i»ul moored her i r id< Pakeston c^uav The ye sel listed it all hi ;le ol about '.?<) I
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    The Singapore Free Press Opinion THE NURSES
    317 4 The Singapore Free Press Opinion THE NURSES THURSDAY. Aug. 27, 1953. IT Is important that the discontent among the young nurses at the Singapore General Hospital should have been brought to the surface. Despite the many windows, so long uncurtained, at the new hostel ventilation was needed. There is evidence
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    It's PAY they Want
    765 4 It's PAY they Want Eisenhower's gesture to strifetorn France is too late -NOT INDOCHINA \KIS. PRESIDENT Eisenhower's d( claration of aid to Prance m Ii 'hina and the gift oi the Ai Carrii lleau Wood made more m ion on Moscow than it did m Paris, when government and citizens
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    'CHOO-CHOO' AID IN KOREA
    307 4  - 'CHOO-CHOO AID IN KOREA A. A. HOENLING WASHINGTON. OECONSTRUCTION In 1V Korea will lean most heavily on one very positive contribution of the U.S. Army the completely revitalized railway system. This was an often breathless story of taking over a 60-year-old railroad, crippled by war and lack of maintenance, with
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      19 4 SPORTS Silver E.P.N.S. CUPS, SHIELDS, TANKARDS and MEDALS U. S. de SUVA, i vcllers, 106. Orchard Road. Fhone *****,
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    In quiring Camera finds out
    9 5 In quiring Camera finds out \[V s V. WONG
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    WAS AT 2,000 DINNERS
    85 5 WAS AT 2,000 DINNERS Mr s. Y. wong. who claims to have i nded over 2.000 Chinese dinners .since the liberation.-, said; 'I agree that we are at present *pen ling too much on dinners and that the number O f co should be reduced. &:x or eighi courses .should
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    THIRD TIME LUCKY
    41 5 P: A. iste Piccard took his new t>ah< i<> down to a depth -*t in the sea ofl Caun vI- ,is the G9-yoar-old explorer's third attempt yesterday Two earlier attempts to descend m tho bathyscaphe had failed. Reuter
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    CHAPLIN NAMES BABY
    21 5 Charlie Chapiin'a new eight i iby boy nas b> en inied Eugene after Mrs. Chaplin right Eugene O'Neill.
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    There's a great joy in eating
    192 5 MX TAN <'" AI IKN(l absurd to CUt down th. t courses. As hosti i be ashamed to offer only six Sfshes, and as guests, we wou d say: -What a stingy old We Chinese like to eat to i own way. The 10-course
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    SHE PREACHED TILL EYES FAILED HER
    50 5 Free Press Still K.-imrl". ■CHEN Ida Mair .eft an an M.eH s ;nU» M. Undon. 40 years BfO for »<•« ..^..hins Itttle did she expect to n.nl herself day l» r the (i 05,,,. to the Jewish," htaWW honu aim Wei mans I )rop
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    Expelled 'for splinter union move'
    43 5 Expelled 'for splinter union move' Mag Ping, the Bii m sal fday w»l II I -iit Mr. 'l led be i ul the is jeneral i reo .11 rm new (jni hi Union i telling him, Mr "J idrnii fl iwk< .rii.ended it
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    15 REBELS DIE
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    KEEP THE 10-COURSE DINNER -SAY CHINESE
    225 5 They attack austerity plan UIXGAPORE Chine k terday wnchlj fend< d the 10-co >. dinner. The majority cd with the Singapore Punctuality and Austerity Association's recommendation that dinners be confined to six courses. But I ins who Chinese dinners said ten courses were "far
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    TOO MUCH FOOD -HE SAYS
    86 5 TOO MUCH FOOD -HE SAYS Mil. J < DAIXOW: i appre ciate lengthly Chinese dinner* iture "iirious hospitality, but after the first fe« have been rathe i alarmed at the prospect <>i .1 further hall a dozen or bo dishes to come. Ye 1 igo 1 might h:iv<been able to
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    Club aids cabaret girls
    118 5 Club aids cabaret girls 1 >n Hop jirl mh emMiss Miml Chon n n t,ne some thou no benel 'I' l l > e deri\ i d from It XI tlon not ,vMi ild 'fw tion Membei seek mom M contlbuted b) membei to funeral expeiuej parents ol dance host<
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      83 5 We now o/fer you The latest arrival from India j I HANDWOVEN BEDSPREADS i TABLE CLOTH i BATH MATS I i ,n v.tc* 60" x 00", 72 x 100 36' m 36 1 48 i 4* C 54 Bjt4i M^r» m itei 1 28 j AwmilmkU m several shades plain
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  • Page 6 Miscellaneous
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      236 6 MANDRAKE, THE MACICIAN by Lee Falk sr .d Phil" Davis _jL »~r" i!ld ;^"r ARZA^^^ by Edgar Rice Burroughs |'||>|| <; I crrrespon dln^ tuS^ U p- n r P'ojecls vhfek you suJtid'tefc 'IPCC4I!SEPNF\KTO I CCSPECT YOUR INTEGRITY N '\r\T VC^^J." I V.\^V.V>| more To" o" ffw Ml? eAMSON 15
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    If Alan has job hack, firm may shut down
    211 7 ■f rHAT to be uone In the W a c Mi-old a; w the e«-NationaU Serv who wants his Jf that Alan's o firmn hinl :i jl)1) n that he has finished his But his old Him of jobbi: printers m
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    WIFE FINDS 1914 HUSBAND WHO OWES HER £2,011
    287 7 WIFE FINDS 1914 HUSBAND WHO OWES HER £2,011 i> 72, and she has been looking for her husband y since 11)14. She met him— in a Nottingham magistrates' court. And there Mrs. Minnie Hare, of Charles Str< knall, Nottinghamshire, claimed £2,01 1 maintenance arrears from her husband Clarenc 11 of
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    Jean Simmons in new film
    11 7 JBAN SIMMONS m MGM'i "Vounc Pent."
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    30 minutes was his sentence
    254 7 IT CANCELLED £197 DEItT TWO minutes m a police cell and 28 minutes smoking cigarettes m the station corridor— that was the "sentence" 41-year-old Arthur Richardson served to cancel a debt of £197. Richardson, £6 as.-a-week farm labourer, and father of six children, was brought
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    'FREE HIM TO MARRY' PLEA FAILS
    112 7 'FREE HIM TO MARRY' PLEA FAILS A WOMAN failed m her attempt to free a man who wa.s saoled fur four yeans for stealing cheque forms wnicH belonged to her. The man. 40-year-old Leonard Victor Vincent, asked the Court of Criminal Appeal for leave to appeal. Mr F H. Cassels.
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    ONE FROM THE ROAD
    30 7 ft wot -one from the road" 1 court. Two men told the cot the road. a •v topped, loaded f 9om f i> it fined 12
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    Whisky ended life of soldier at 18
    197 7 F^KJIITKKN-YEAR OLD Driver l j William McLean, ol Corby, Northamptonshiite, had been In the Arrnv for only six monthi when he died because Mad too mttCh to drink. t the Inquest al Bordon camp. on Salisbury Plain. <Humpihlre), it Wii. -said that he
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    HAWAI SING OMES TO APORE
    307 8  - HAWAI SING OMES TO APORE ROGER YUE Story by |T was Hawaiian Nigh, aMh ♦he place went Haw* -ved. The men tawe **J X ha.r and everyone was The walls of the loun 8e and »-es and attractive beache,.^ d.ners with he. special brand he.ped,o compete the a, mosp t;
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    AMERICAN SEX SCIENTISTS DISCUSS A PROBLEM
    70 10 picture. I)i Alfred C Kinsev. seated, (left), and his main co-iuthors m the book "S-xual Behaviour »n Ulf Human Female to be published on Sept. 14. hold a conference at their headquarters m Indiana I'niversitv's Institute for S-x research. Incorporated, at Bloonungton. Seated with
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    'SECRET' OF THE ROPE TRICK
    351 10 NOW I know the secret of the Indian rope trick. It is done simply by running: the rope alone pulleys and hauling it up an invisible wire. That at least was how it t done at Riverside Studios the film "Star of India," writes a
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    26 10 Lovely 22-y«\ir-«ld Jill Clifford who gets her first big Him break with Richard Told Kva Bartok mu\ John (irenoim iv Betty B<>\\ mrster? drains t'cietijiki U<rtL"
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    FOR RUSSIA ONLY
    41 10 The U.S. State Department said yesterday that the Soviet concessions to East Germany were a Russian effort to bolster the tottering regime of Cam Premier Otto<'Groewald «nd would really bring no bene■P^totho Inhabitants ot the rR«-<l-heid zone U.P
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    A scared soldier flees after beating up
    358 10 A scared soldier flees after beating up 4 111 SBAND and father who called himself a M i* ened soldier appeared before a court-marti-i i j said he ran away from tin* Army after bein* tw and by an N.C.O. and having all his hair cut oil. Up Eventually he
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    Girl in train: I prayed as he attacked
    137 10 Girl in train: I prayed as he attacked MISS MARY MOLE. 22-yCJ old bus conductress, told the Bradford magistrates I she prayed when a man tried to push" her out of a moving train. Joseph Kershaw. nued 29. of Ingleby -Street. Bradford, was sent for rrial. accused of attenmpting to
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    SEX BOOK FOR WIFE WAS NOT CRUELTY
    207 10 SEX BOOK FOR WIFE WAS NOT CRUELTY 4 lIISB\NDS suggestion to his wife to read a lu>o!< on sex is not wrong, and cannot be called cruelty. Mr. Commissioner Tem-ple-Morris save the ruling m Swansea Divorce Court, If. however, a husband forced his wife to read an Indecent book, then
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    Boy hanged copying Wild West picture
    143 10 4 WILD WEST magazine was discovered ate an A li-year-old boy had been found hanging from a plum Uee m the garden of his home, it was said at a Windsor inquest. The cQroner said WM Qulte clear that the boy. John Ernest Pat
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    THE MAN UNDER A BED
    134 10 A MAN found hiding under his wife's bed was risking a gaol sentence for contempt of court, it was said. Worcestershire County Counrii asked Judge T, W. Langman at Evesham to send Jeremiah Lawton and three other men to gaol lor ignoring an interim injunction
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    Luxury Behind the Iron Curtain
    483 11  - Luxury Behind the Iron Curtain Daniel F. Gilmore /OU CAN BUY ANYTHING YOU HAVE THE MONEY by YIONEY will buy any--IT* thing behind the Iron Curtain but it tmkes a mighty pile of it, newsman just back from an 18--day tour of Rumania. Hungary aiud Czechoslovakia reports m the following
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    Bridge Hand
    116 11 Waul Ti.f bidding •to* N< rth Bail -•>.!!) Dl 14 m. II! PMI Pa»i )rh 1 AU pan IS ANOTHER Of the amusing 1 hit nds contributed by Albert Benjamin to a recent issue of the British Bridge Magaitae. Mr. Benjamin Wtt playiir. West. His opening bid til
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    She's blonde and French
    41 11 photo. Danielle Lamar, btonde t r»iuh liager, pnoionraphni al I prrss c— lerePee m Lta4— last w«>< i k. Danielle is lo ai>i».ar m cabaret ami UlevMm while m Konjlon. Sh c arrivril from N«u York. A.P
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    DRUG'S FAILURE LEADS TO NEW CURE
    477 11 BERKELEY, California. WONDER DRUG'S failure against a certain disease microbe has been utilised, apparently for the first time, to produce a vaccine of great potential benefit to man and animal. The result is a vaccine designed to protect sheep and goats against brucellosis, which
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    DANCE SOCIETY TOLD HIS FATHER
    679 12 DANCE SOCIETY TOLD HIS FATHER Sinffa/n*ri» nutn\ €*ni*r it* "frustrtiiod ##/)#> Wl MX Chee Teck <ivan lias the audacity tp denounce publicly my suggestion that people like "Frustrated Wife" should join the Society of Amateur Dancers. I would Like to point out thai Mr. Chee is no longer the hoa
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    78 12 picture. The Governor of Singapore, Sir John Nleoll, (second from the left) arriving for the world premiere of David MttDonmld*a "Terror m the Jungle" ;i film about the Emergency m Malaya— at the Ke\ Cinema. With Sir John are Mr. Run Run Shaw, Mrs. H F. Clements (second from the
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    Any grouse?
    32 12 HAVE you a grouse? Have yoi' a bright idea? Have you seen anything strange or unusual? Then write to the PRESSMAN and tell others about it m hk POSTBAG briefly.
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    PEN PALS
    45 12 I SHOULD like a lew pen triends. I would welcome letters from anyone Interested m letterwriting, regardless of nationality, sex or age. particularly stamps collectors. TERESA DE SENNA. 2. Anhui Street. First Floor, Ilunghom Kowloon. Hong Kong. And she'd like some stamps, too.
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    TWO AT SEA
    33 12 picture. Thr>»r two Singapore sea railet s. Acting Leading Seamen Tan Boon Chye and K. Chitharajan. are at sea m the Kimanis for three weeks' seamanship traiu ing. Free Press
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    Kerb petrol pumps are danger
    242 12 Kerb petrol pumps are danger IAM sure the public will agree with me that it is high time all kerb-side petrol pumps were removed for two major reasons. Firstly there is a great danger to lives and property from lire. Only yesterday evening we lad our second experience. The Ire
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    R.A.F. DRUM IS STOLEN
    61 12 4 DRUM was stolen from A the R.A.F. dance band at R.A.F. Tcngah, Singapore, recently. on Aug. 6. the drummer it at the side of an RAF. cinema and went to .see a picture. After the show, the drum could not be found. jomt investigations OH
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    THE TEST
    49 12 IT would be Interesting to know if Dr Kinsey Interviewed >> husband and wife unbeknown toon "another, and if so whether I M)t the .same answers from both. It n.v it would c ,t on the value INTERESTED. Singapore. If he didn't perhaps he .should repair the omission.
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    Radio is unfair to the Malays
    133 12 I »mplaint directly concerned I *i<l my letter would 4 waste-paper basket fo avoid this I write to Mr Prei always willing to p readers. »;>ie In the Malay sections Radio Malaya, who Hari Raya Hajl compete uMairto- niinV M;lUy llStenerb Mr. Oeofl Raymond
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    SAFETY FIRST
    123 12 II "ILL "Impatient Imp" ever ff learn to be patient? Hasnt he read m the daily papers of accidents here and accidents there A ft OTf of lives m an incoming or outfotol plane dei*nd on the airporl Control and rueful checking .r.. h M on (he pilot.
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    JOIN UP
    26 12 WHY don't the nurses m the Singapore hospitals instead .rumbling, join the Malayan jes' Union 0 I hoy would then have an PfoPet evances.
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    With the Animals Deep in Africa
    651 13  -  Peter Quennell reviews the new books Xlm Owiloadrd Ark W I'MvaU life «'f Indian IMin.e by Mulk Raj Ananci (Hutchln ONE misty morning two young Englishmen— both professional zoologists—approached the coast of British West Africa. The sea they traversed was "as smooth as milk;
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    45 13 One of the world s most versatile comediennes is Elsa Lanchester, wife ot Charles Laughton. who can pick the roles she wants without worrying about the family budget She is seen here as a French housekeeper m the new "les Miserable*." f»om Victor Hugo's novel.
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    QUICK LOOKS
    168 13 The Hive, by Camilo **c Ola. Transl. by J. M. i Cohen. (Gollancz*. interesting novel aooul contemporary Spain, mitten by o distinguished J*JH porter of the Franco OOJi eminent, but introduce \w m Arutvro Barea, one Of j Francos M& pouerjiil I literary adversaries. 50 i fierce (I
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    FOOT IN THE GRAVE
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    A War of the Worlds'— Underwater
    508 13  - A War of the Worlds Underwater George Malcolm Thomson By But Mother me, what can t)i< That crawl up so stealthily out of DU ALASTAIR BOCK! knows the answer which Mother could hardly have suppli< u Th( things" call them "sea tanks' if you can think ol nothing better are
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    Master Touch wins Ist race
    135 14 A M he beat n Race One for Class hour, Dlv. Four horses over six fur] The winner W«| cleverly ridden by i tnadown who waited on the a jusi belou thi rim his run perfectly Lansdown allow< Master Touch to gel to the from
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    COLONY AAA H.Q. AT FARRER PARK WILL BE READY IN DECEMBER
    264 14 COLONY AAA H.Q. AT FARRER PARK WILL BE READY IN DECEMBER THF Singapore Amateur Athletic Association will have their own headquarters for the first time when the proposed cinders track at Finer Park will be ready for use In December. An AAA official told the Free Press yesterday that survey
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    Trabert finds it hard to get back
    233 14  -  CONNIE RYAN BY TENNIS star Tony Trabert. who is 24, is finding it tougher to get back into athletic shape after military service than did 34-year-old baseball star Ted Williams. •'I got out of the Navy m July and I'm having a hard
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    HEAVY GOING BEATS MATA HARI BUT GAVE FARNLEY EASY WIN
    340 14  - HEAVY GOING BEATS MAT A HARI BUT GAVE FARNLEY EASY WIN ALLAN LEWIS By TAKING charge soon after entering the straight Famley easily won the Class Four, A Div. One sprint at Kuala Lumpur yesterday, second day of the Selangor Turf Club's August meeting. Famley revelled m the conditions and
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    Rice Mill wins after battle in straight
    105 14 PETTING to the front approaching the home turn, Kice VT Mm fought on gamely when tackled by Cabaret to win the last race for Class Three. Div. Two horses over six furlongs. Cabaret and Rice Mill disputed the lead after travelling a furlong.
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    Harry hud copy book ride in Race Four
    157 14 Harry hud copy book ride in Race Four SUDDEN Choice, retelling on the heavy track, ea^ilv won the Fourth Race for Class Three, Div. Two horses over a mile. M -Cloud rode the winner m Style. He allowed SudOice to trail the loaders and approaching the home turn Iting for
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    New event at Perak meeting
    71 14 HIGHLIGHT of the Per." i> ocober meeting will be the Sultan's Gold Vase event for ■printer* worth $25,000 m stake money. The meeting on Oct. 3. 7 and 10 Will carer for Class One and Class Two bant* The main :r p.handsome -old vase worth
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    RUSSIANS WIN 9-1
    54 14 Ei.st Bengal Football Club, CalcutU* premier team, were beaten 9-1 by the TirtLs Dynamo Team at TitlLs, Georgia yesterday. The game which 'jflis watcliid by IW.OOO i»e<>{»le. was the second match iiUywi Mince their arrival m Russia Uftt week, m ttietr hrst game they drew 3-3 with
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    Harringay had little opposition
    247 14 King Crow ran a good race XTARRINGAY led all the way to win Race 3 Class Four, Div Two. 6 furs. This race w.is delayed half an hour becau.se ot heavy rain which made the track very heavy. H irrintjay was quite at home In the
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    PIRIE: SO I'LL BURN OUT, WILL I,MR.HAEGG?
    391 14 From RALPH HEWINS PORDON PIBIE, the 22-year-old bank clerk who ha* v become Britain's greatest running hope is all burn I up by a suggestion that he would be all burned out i two years. l In The forecast was made by Gundar
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    Galloway has success plans for Gillingham
    56 14 m S!£ and Portal trainer- cofl< h. •Seas South America. Galloway For the JSmS wlth N( fewer than f the t«<» Dnrins the 1941>^ lor ol soccer lor the wn« d In hls playlng days C. 10^ WCCtMful career arh E n.li>h UOI- and
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    SUNDERLAND WIN AT LAST
    314 15 Ckarlton suffer surprise defeat iFTKK two defeats, high-priced Svnderland mot i\ Sl ic(« ss tor th<> iirst lime m the English soccer league when they beat Wolverhampton Wanderers yesterday, But it was a near thing for them, they just mai to scrape through to a three-two
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    YUGOSLAVS WIN 2-0 IN INDONESIA
    124 15 YUGOSLAVS WIN 2-0 IN INDONESIA MI ADA Jcunoslaven/.ka Repretentadja, the Yugoslav national soccer team. beat an AU-Indonesian soccer side by two goals to one yeMer- ftornoon at Djakarta Stadium. The Yugoslavs scoreo. their goals only m the second half. Sixty thousand spectators jammed tlit- MBafl stadium and poliit- had to
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    COMB. SERVICES SIDE FOR SUNDAY
    39 15 The Combined Se r I I against Business Hou-ses on Sui Jalan Besar BUdiuna I I Biikfr <RAFi. h..w I IRAF), Lucas iKAI-. iiul (Navy), Davenport 'RAF>. Brewer (Army), I' >' I •-.F'. Mclvoc (Army).
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    WORLD CYCLING CHAMPIONSHIPS
    80 15 DOLL AND' B S7-ye«r-old track cycling ace Arie van VUet, won the 1953 professional sprint title it! the world ryclii mpionshipa m Zurich i i E inday. tier of Switzerland, last nupkm, was Injured during a r«'))e h.'i^e run of the quarter-finali and Ie- title by forfeit.
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    GENTS WORRY THE AUSSIES
    309 15 THE Australians— who included seven of their Anal x Tost team— were struggling for a first Innings lead against the Gentlemen of England when the opening day's play of their match at Lords ended yesterday. The cream ol amateur criciii England had made puor first use
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    SHOOT WINNERS
    28 15 Result* of the Blngapc AsMClfl 100 spoon snoot llHl(1 (n •Miinerv: N< Major Maxwell H; Handicap (b ,~WO.n Bneal on 100.67: ndicap K»rf s.k. falowgkl 101.86.
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    Neo, unaided, fails in record bid
    24 15 imprfye on tin re< S |rivaS couM w priOi him. Al pool Tt.«i iiiMn.' X Bflh I n.
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    Is he an amateur?
    87 15 DICK .\\\t\ IBA fh weight i>< m- champi mi. lit- ,ilmi oi < m d pi ofessional Football forms i,,i r«».i Glastjo* Juniors irhen he v.is 17, Whm h,. recently iicned ;»!i amateur form tor Petei 1 1 1 il was (lis« o\- ml his (»hi
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    HONGKONG WIN
    21 15 ci f r team n"m Hong Kong yesterday defeated In Hobart bj to four. Half time China I Reuter
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    YOUNGSTERS BEATEN
    6 15 Owen Youi lor Jo
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    ENGAGEMENT
    45 16 THE en .lavement is arnounced b^f«f»n John Alex nder Ston, elder son of Mrs. Edin^.ton and the lire Mr. W. S. Edington. M.C.. of Seremban and Edinburgh, and Deirdre Ann, only daughter of Major <rrtd and Mrs. H. M. Todd. of Singapore and Brockenhursr.
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    DEATH
    34 16 HAZEL ELENORA WINTERS. 19. youngest daughter of Mrs. Sabin .i Winters and the late Mr. F. E Winters, died at 2 a.m. today at 33, Grange Road. Funeral at 5 p.m at Bidadari.
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    APPLAUSE RUNS THE FASEST 3 F.
    327 16  - APPLAUSE RUNS THE FASEST 3 F. ALLAN LEWIS From APPLAUSE (McCloud) working alone mi the second v urass track which is heavy after recent ruins at Kuala Lumpur this morning, returned the best time when he disposed of three m 38 4 V This is a splendid trial m the
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    Saved by a boot...
    16 16 Saved by a boot... Storage goalkeeper Do r w sticks a boot out to save 'v.
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    TAKE IT EASY BANK TEAM NEARLY LOSE
    331 16 H X Bank "A" 1: S.C.S 1. AFTER trailing 0-1 for more than 55 minutes Hong Kong Bank "A" pulled yesterday SBHFA League and Cuu from the fire with a goal m the closing minutes against Singapore Cold Storage at Jalan Besar Stadium.
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    S.B.A. junior
    88 16 La*) nlfht'a result*: Men's singles: Sun bin Moh )t\it Qan Beriij Chooti 18-17. 15--17. 15-10; Oh ChUup Choon beat Amir Ahm ie! 15-5. 15-1 J Lim Seng Kok Vjo. Ahmad Taib. Men's doubles: afasrom bn H |l Siraj ami Aziz bin Ahm.id beal Ch.m Men| Kwee and H:\run
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    3rd DAY WEIGHTS
    421 16 \IT EIGHTS for Saturday, third day of the Selansor Turf Club's August meeting: (L. 3. DIV. I— s'j r. Palit. 9.<»0 Si r Francis Sl* Royal Dream K.I 1 Tide O*G«U I.W Snow Blaze Applause 8.05 Tollana II I.M Film Studio 8.03 Punters Dettfht HM* Recovery II
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    LOWSON HITS A DOUBLE CENTURY
    417 16 ()NE MATCH m winch 27 wickets fell, another which saw the downfall of 15 batsmen and two individual performances of 259 not out and 136 were com S S features yesterday, opening play mi n th e curren «S oi county championship games c*e Frank
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    LGE. GAME OFF
    24 16 The safa Community league game b*ticeen Indians and Eurasians scheduled to be played il Jalan r Stadium t«.Klay has been ).)nt»d.
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    Henricks will breck 56 secs.
    18 16 Henricks will breck 56 secs. tal course. The no > r d u%! 5u w^ej Man For, WC. »lUe|
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    MIXED FOURSOME
    25 16 The Island Club's August Mixed Pounonic competition played on Sunday wu woo by Mr. Mrs. V Clement! with a net score ot v.
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