The Singapore Free Press, 8 October 1953

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    24 1 The singapore Free Press m r Largest Afternoon Sale in Malaya. T1.,,r« Oct 8. 1 953 P«> ce 15 (ts IJB3B, Singapore Thurs., Pel.,
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    24 HOURS TO SPAN WORLD
    448 1 24 HOURS TO SPAN WORLD \gg§r Zealand race starters are set PREWS taking part in the world's longest air rate received their final briefing at London Airport last night. The eight pilots who today will take off to streak 12,000 miles half-way round the world to Christchureh, New Zealand. were
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    WELL DONE, SAYS C.G.
    50 1 picture. MISS Arroli, star performer in last night's Canine Capers Show at the Singapore Badminton Hall, is congratulated by the Commis-sion-General, Mr. Malcolm MacDonald, for her intelligent display. The show was in aid of the "Singapore Anti-Tuber-culosis Association and University of Malaya Endowment Fund Free Press
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    Britain planning 'dramatic political action' in Guiana
    254 1 BRITAIN'S War Oilice announced yesterday that an army battalion will sail on Saturday to join other troops wha have been sent to British Guiana to foil a Communist plot. The soldiers— the first battalion of the Argyll and Sutherland Highlanders, a Scottish regiment—will
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    British ship seized
    69 1 A 50-TON motor launch flying the British flag was captured two miles off Malaga by the Spanish gunboat Pizarro on October 1 and towed to Cadiz, Spain, it was reported today. It was alleged that the vessel was seized on suspicion of carrying contraband and that 40.000
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    WHISKY STOLEN
    36 1 30 a^ U of ihVu° nsignmen t of from a motn r hl Sky were sto1 in "Wuk Avpp h sampan m «ored sp^ only discovered the «-*-MaruH n loadPd into 1 -^J?^u yestorday.
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    RUBBER: A NEW LOW
    58 1 rpilE price of rubber in Singa- pore this morning dropped by 1.3 8 cents from yesterday's closing. First grade. October shipment, was quoted at 57.7 8 cents a pound, the lowest since early in 1950. The fall was attributed to further overnight declines in London and
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    DEATH OF MRS. FERNANDEZ
    50 1 Cable news ha^s been received from India by Mr. AT. Fernandez, of the Singajx>re Hi^n Court, of the death of his mother-in-law. Mrs. Rasemary Fernandez, at Mampally, Travancore. la.st Sunday. A requiem mass will be hold Jt the Catholic Cathedral on Saturday morning at 7 o'clock.
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    TRADE FAIR
    12 1 Britain will hold I trarir fur in R;i<*dad next yoar
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    RHEE: ANGRY NEHRU WARNS ALLIES
    164 1 RHE E ANGRY NEHRU WARNS ALLIES s S^ruSf u i d m/ es C'h v )r Byngman d^'gere7 ld Pcaro en 2£ WlnJ"""-' Ml;> Sffll rh* h War dh I*' 1 M 't ion of >&sa u «ncier«tood to have .sent i similar personal message to President EUenho irtr, Mr
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    Wed after waiting 50 years—still poor
    274 2 Wed after waiting 50 years— still poor THIS STRANGE WORLD WHEN two Italians Senofonte Bocchi and Margherita Platl/meri became engaged 50 years ago they decided to postpone the wedding until they had a little more money. Yesterday they each took a day off from their respective homes for the aged
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    TRIUMPH FOR STAGE CLUB
    195 2 TRIUMPH FOR STAGE CLUB r£ Stage Club's production of "The Paragon", which has its first public performance tonight at the Victoria Theatre, gives us that Singapore rarity a convincing, powerful, wellrounded individual performance. Wilfrid Preston's blind, blunt, ironic, self-made, Northcountryman doting on a son believed killed in the war is
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    I.R.A. men stole arms
    96 2 IITOREK men self-declared members of the Irish Re:uiblii an Army, an illegal orgalilftatton. were caih .sentenced 10 eight years' imprisonment ,t Hertford, England, yesterThey were har K ed vith the I belt of 106 I'.nes, eight bren- guns, and other small arms. One of the men
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    KIDNAPPED BOY, AGED 6, IS FOUND DEAD
    630 2 KIDNAPPED BOY, AGED 6, IS FOUND DEAD Family paid $1,800,000 ransom, but.. I IMIK body of kidnapped six year old Bobby OreenleaM was found in a shallow fravi at Bt Joseph, r )5 miles north of Kansas City. U.S., In the hack yard ol the home Ol a woman whu,
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    PIECK IS E. GERMAN PRESIDENT AGAIN
    36 2 East Germany's ParUam.m yesterday re-elected M l nelm Pieck. 77-year-old ol the Republic" for a seem four-year term as-Presidem He became President when the Republic was founded J 1 "49.
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    S'PORE CAN'T AFFORD HEALTH INSURANCE
    358 3 Colony doctors say: nivrrtlV doctors said yesterday that the Colony has not yet reached a flNGATU"^ readv for a na tional health and unemployment msurstage a nee scheme. Dr C. J. Paglar is to ask the Government whether the introduction of such a scheme, on
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    A loving brother
    26 3 It's warm. Little Hock Lye, w ith shirt off. rocks his little baby sister inside one of the V ppei Aljunied Road houses.
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    $2,000 homes 'no good for our daughters' skins'
    238 3 $2,000 homes 'no good for our daughters' skins' 00\ir Free Press Staff Reporter 8 fh C i, mS f e GevIa »ff tire in Singapore do not Wthi r 2 '°u 0 homes ln u PP er Aljunied Road, l^Jto^re too hot for their daughters' complexions. Anxious mothers said: "How
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    HE DENIES A RUMOUR
    110 3 CANON R. K. S. Adams, principal of SI Andrews School, Singapore, yesterday denied rumours that he was retiring from the teaching service. He said: "I'm sorry that the rumour has got about. Many of my close friends had been led to believe that I'm deserting them.
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    MS. MILITARY AID FOR ETHIOPIA
    42 3 nvedh A L homa s R °avis arS eri v d 5 Ababa Ethiopia. y^ 0 f heaci a U.S. militaS forces am the B a^ Ul,der between i Eth j Assistance Uni^d States. and the A.P.
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    BOX OF GOLD STOLEN IN PLANE
    41 3 »h police are ??P«arance of c «J" ep rted (liii- WW, worth S 35 P°«ncui plane. 1S to-Oeneva Swiss ArtVfcES S" 5*3 k "°B r am (771 S C, °y r a n 'Rht fltjht
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    FRANCE NOT THERE
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    Wee babies out of cry room
    282 3 Wee babies out of cry room By SIT YIN FON(i r rilKKl-; was one cinema cry *> room in Singapore for patrons with babies. Now there is none. \rsierday Mr. Lawrence I.ee, manager ol the Odeon Theatre Wbfcll experimented with the Colony's first cry room said: "It was no good
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    TIGER, TIGER
    35 3 A 480-pound tiger broke from its cage aboard a freighter in Tokyo last night and seriously clawned a crewman and killed a pet dog before being driven into an empty cabin and recaptured.
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      151 3 TRANSPORT STORAGE LTD. 173, Cecil Street Singapore Telephone 6577. Grand Reduction SALE A RIAL TIME FOR SHOPPING NOW CLEARING COLOURED BED COVERS 54 x 80 $3.r>0 each WHITE UNO SHIRTS 53.70 MEN'S LADIES' PYJAMA SUITS $4.50 pair U.S.A. 100 r DUPONT NYLON STOCKINGS $2.00 PLUS;— WOOLLEN COTTON BLANKETS, WOOLLEN TWIN
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    The Singapore Free Press THURSDAY, Oct. 8, 1953.
    398 4 The Singapore Free Press THURSDAY, Oct. 8, 1953. DIPLOMACY SIR Percy Spender, Australian Ambassador to the United States, is a most diplomatic diplomat quite a change from some sent abroad by other nations. While we do not like to agree with the definition that an ambassador is "an honest man
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    FUTURE OF 'THE ROCK'
    738 4  - FUTURE OF 'THE ROCK' RENE McCOLL GIBRALTAR, Britain's historic base on the Mediterranean, which Franco says no longer possesses any real strategic value in British hands, has suddenly become the "joker" in the pack of cards which Franco and the U.S. are dealing one another. At home Spain's General Franco
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    CASE OF HANS KLOSE
    324 4 CASE OF HANS KLOSE f\N the eve of his depar- ture from Germany to become the permanent head of the Foreign Office, Sir Ivone Kirkpatrick has made a big I gesture. He has approved an ex gratia payment of 22,500 marks (£1,900) to Hans Klose, a German who claims to
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    City Council urged to set up public libraries
    267 5 City Council urged to set u p public libraries Free Press Staff Kepotrer re City Council will be asked at its next «0E Singapore iv/ opell j Ilg a „d maintain1 meeting 1 oh various parts of the city area. in*P ub M p n Nair, (independent. South), said yesMr
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    The brand depends on the drinker
    119 5 A SENIOR student of the University of Malaya yester- day tried in vain to buy a top brand whisky In Singapore yesterday— until he revealed who the likely consumers of the drink would be. The student, Mr. T. Kasinathan, organising secretary of Satur- day's
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    31 5 u7 l LV ha,n of the U f, f >""< f ''r>i<iu Professor wm **h Ran tuk. 1 \°l "edictne, to sell turn *ntvc rsif y JJJ-'Jf 2«« flooiii fo leave £/ic
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    SPEEDIER JETS —A SNAG
    171 5 SPEEDIER JETS —A SNAG MR. Edward Heinemann, chief designer of the world air speed record holder, the American Douglas Skyray. said in Parts yesterday pilots might soon be roasted alive in their cockpits unless inventors could solve temperature problems in supersonic fighters. "We can probably increase the present record of
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    French attack Red rebels
    72 5 JjiRENCH Union forces yesterday attacked two battalions of Vietminh rebels who had infiltrated into the rich rice-growing area between the mouths of the Red River from tree-covered hills to the west. The French High Command announced last night said heavy fighting was taking place in the
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    TRAIN'S SUDDEN STOP KILLED PASSENGER
    54 5 A landslide hurled a b\u\ and six cars over a rlifT, killing four ><>f the bus patftnfCM in an Oslo suburb yesterday. A train warned in time by railwayman, braked to a .->udden ->top before it reached the pm One pMftnftf died ot hpart f.nlure
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    CHINESE TRAINED FOR CO-OP WORK
    201 5 Free Press Staff Repotrer 4 CHINESE officer attached to the Singapore Co- operative Development Department, is receiving intensive training at the head office in Kuala Lumpur in all aspects of the co-operative movement, said Mr. C. M. Soosai, Senior. Co-operative Officer in Singapore, yesterday. Another
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      136 5 POPPY PAY i GRAND BADMINTON EXHIBITION I Patron: Rt. Hon Malcolm MacDonald PC. II SINGAPORE BADMINTON STADIUM 1 (By kind permission of Spore Badminton Trust Committee) MALAYA'S LEADING PLAYERS I BAND OF R.A.F. MAINTENANCE BASE, SELETAR (By kind permission of the O.C., C/Capt. R. C. Seymour. C.B.E.) CONDUCTOR. W/O. A.
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      513 6 MANDRAKE, THE MACICIAN by Lee Falk and Phil Davis STAR I are strong, and your til I < I I- I n D l_ »m fa i,y amount »iiT i TARZAN by Edgar Rice Burroughs flS.rtoej.4Jl intellectual tastes, you I S^ T^— 7 1 l mix with those I APE-WA^
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    PYJAMA BRIDE MYSTERY
    388 7 Husband of woman, 18, buries his head and sobs for an hour There is strong suspicion, says coroner AN 18-year-old bride was found lying dead in pyjamas on the floor of her kitchen. How did she die? The bride Mrs. Joan Maud Murray, of Gauntley Street, Nottingham
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    Murder check on 'lonely hearts'
    156 7 /iffiWAN police are checking ff£ wh/reabout, of 131 woM who answered a mam Sal advertisement in a gne -lonely hearts" news*&\heckisb?ai*madeat there,l of French Riviera pallet who f ing a 57-year-old. French Sv.ll^ German Jean Btcker. JU advertisement It was. on I of (he murder
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    22 7 in the ire 0 h J r s^ndniother fecU£%2* b0 °k» the Mi, "^t and waited. V»^ec^ €fully ev "y "^-^-™l??^Jurned up.
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    MAN FLUNG IN SEA FROM A YACHT
    97 7 MAN FLUN G IN SEA FROM A YACHT fcSslSS "sa S^Rivier? harbour the H,"" *at«r wa s t'lrnwn »acht s g-uu.y exploded. His wife Nancy beard UN explosion as .siie returned from h 5SPPing in the town nu- Fro.sU had made their nome aboard the i)n<eka. They arrlred at Villefranche
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    Cat sealed up in a box for 3 weeks
    225 7 Cat sealed up in a box for 3 weeks Ij^ROM a sealed packing cajse which had been left untouched in a warehouse for a fortnight there came a plaintive miaow. And when it was opened a black and white cat was found inside. The 38ins. by 27in«. case was an
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    GOLD RESERVES UP
    27 7 The sterling area increased its gold and dollar reserves by US$l7 million during September to a total of U552,486 million, the British Treasury announced.
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    On her way to dinner
    38 7 picture. Making: sure she's first in the meal queue is Rusty, the Ceylon elephant, daintily picking her way to dinner at London Zoo. Her dinner pail orerflows with bread, potatoes and cabbage Reuter
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    WOMEN LEAVE JURY IN 96-PHOTO CASE
    133 7 THREE women jurors were excused from hearing a case at London Sessions because of what the chairman called "the embarrassing nature of some of the exhibits." Forty-year-old draper John Rendle, of Albert Street, Edinburgh, was accused of breaking into the flat of his wife,
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    THE BOYS CHOOSE GIRLS' BOOKS
    42 7 Books for girls were put in one section of a London library Thrillers and cowboy stories for boys went into, another section. But the boys' books were scarcely touched. Librarians found the boys preferred the girls' authors.
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    UNKNOWN UNKNOWN
    931 1  - UNKNOWN UNKNOWN Unknown Unknown Story lyres I lures by a Hold Exi on t IskiiLgtipo Iajiffb on on a Little pa** IT IS NOT OFTEN that man forsakes the comfort of a home and a promising career to Ic.id the life of a selfimposed exile on a lonely little island
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    Now, a man can be happy there
    171 3 Now, a man can be happy there Ill now, Tahiti— that's the place i<> live in, said a •earded wanderer in Toronto. v.as t he "»aid. tin* be,t part of i two-year, 18,000-mift.. cruise ii htj little yaeht Wanderer II, 4 24ft. enginelevs cutter built it Yarmouth, England. t dental
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    JONAS the whale
    12 3 AND above is JONAS the whale, all of him.
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    AUNT MEG CALLS FOR EARL'S SON
    365 3 AUNT MEG CALLS FOR EARL'S SON After court a square meal f MIDDLE-AGED woman flung; her arms round Lord Glenorchy's neck and kissed him when he walked t of a court. Oh, John." she cried. "I have seen you since you were a le boy." Why, it's Aunt Meg." said
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    is rage of Paris 360,000 SEE HIM IN 3 DAYS
    312 3 is rage of Paris 360,000 SEE HIM IN 3 DAYS IONAS, the 58-ton whale on show in Paris, has broken every entertainment record ever known in th< city from the feathered gaieties of Montmartre to the new-fashioned night clubs of the Latin Quarter. In three days, Jonas on his 60-foot
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    A devil of a problem
    67 3 DRAUGHTS from the north door made Barrow-on-Trent, Derbyshire, parish church so cold last winter that services were curtailed. So this year the door will be kept locked. Now the vicar, the Rev. G. Caldwell, is ficed with the problem of persuading brides to use the
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    WOMEN TO PROTEST
    44 3 The 36,000,000-member World Union of Catholic Women's organisations yesterday denounced the reported arrest of SfiJtli f- ar n w Wyjwynskl of Poland in telegrams sent to the Pa'ndlf of^n VIJ ya 1{4kh U^ii m ndla P'eiWent of Uu UN fleneral Assembly.
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    'Cardboard Village men hunt silent raider
    172 3 THE vigilantes of Cardboard Village went on patrol in case the silent raider who had burgled eight of their homes dared to return. Two of the prefab bungalows on the 120-home estate off Hazelbank Road. Catford, London nicknamed Cardboard Village belong to policemen One
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    PEKING ENVOY NAMED
    39 3 President Paasikivi of Finland yesterday appointed Mr. Cay Sundstroem, a Communist as Finland's new Minister to Communist China. Mr. Sundstroem. 45. a Socialist who turned Communis in 1940 had been Finland's Minister in Moscow since 1945
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    SOMEBODY CLOCKED IN FOR DOLLY
    220 3 SOMEBODY CLOCKED IN FOR DOLLY II was a dreary, drizzlv 1 morning and grev n *i Mrs. Violet mother of eight was? 5 minutes late M London Airport. She |LS that someone had t ff to" ior her three three minutes earlier As a result, 53-year-old Mr. Adams lo.st her
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    Coal producers were 'spies'
    63 3 rPHE Communists sentenced A seven East German coal producers to gaol yesterday on charges of spying, sabotage and failure to produce. They were given sentences ranging from four to 15 years with no chance of appeal. The defendants include Dr. Otto Fleischer, once winner of a
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    Don't Make Me Squirm
    1104 4 Don't Make Me Squirm THE DUKE LONDON. ..rHEN THEY FIRST Wffid Duke of Edinburgh they wanted abou his Se he said: 'Oh, heait was inevitable, he added "well at least don t nil it with praise I don't want to squirm when I see it Which explains why Howard tE$$*
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    Bridge Hand
    123 4 TWRNAL VIGILANCE.- the it. he olavs if he can °»n fears. to Clrc umvent his •5 tTrUTv a f hiIp -but often <^«ik an the cards fraph on the Ifeffl 2, tten monow Play. forthcoming book JSt*} he JSg* n nom *fc«y plav bu? and ,hpr f yPes
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    Paris to Tokyo by bike
    69 4 photo. A Frenchman, Antoine Voulon, has set out from Paris on a motor-assisted bicycle to ride to Tokyo. He hopes to do this in 75 days, averaging a little over 30 m.p.h. on the trip. He carries his luggage in the small leather satchel flxed
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      268 4 Today's Crossword I III I I I I H I I I I I I I 1 I Itoss.— i Singular kind.s of OOUT b the first in«relient Of this ■""•mrnodation? (8. 5). 7. Is the CSI mineral I, Tills course isn't OB > uncle Sid a union affair- (f,
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      Those 10 commandments?
      425 5 Those 10 commandmen ts? Who'll vnforvv IT is indeed amazing how Singapore City Councillors thrive on their fertile brains. Latest feat, apparently neglected by our forefathers, is a move to end any fears of a colony-wide epidemic of disease which might be spread by hawkers who ply their trade in
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      NOT SO BOLD
      221 5 I TAKE off my hat to an exServiceman bold enough to sign himself "Limey." However, readers who dop't want to see stars circling above their heads .or get a black eye, should abstain from calling British soldiers "Limey." I don't think Major Arthur Campbell, the author of
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      S.I.T. ODOURS
      117 5 JUST after a drizzle I went to meet a friend in an S.I.T. house at Redhill road. When I got 30 yards from Tiom Bahru Road I couldn't get any farther by the concrete footpath on the east side of the houses owing to thick mud. Contrary to
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      COPPERS
      74 5 IT was only on reading the Free Press that I learned that policemen were not allowed to carry money. How can they pay for bus fares, buy Cigarettes, or any other small necessaries? It seems that they are forced to get them for not hint; A lot of us
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    63 5 rtVlE QUEEN shake* hands A with Air Marshal Charles Edward Neville Guest, of Transport Command before leaving London Airport for Balmoral. Between them is Sir John D'Abiao, the Airport Commandant. Before leaving for her Scottish moorland castle, the Queen held a short meeting of her Privy Council at Buckingham Palace.
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    ENCOUNTER
    53 5 A 42-year-old Frenchman stole i bricfeu.se from a Japanese diplomat. Mr. Hideji Kawasaki, at a Paris railway station. He took from it perfuaie, women's shoes, and goldKlged paper used for writing poetry. He left the case in a cafe, police were informed, and he was arrested when he went
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    Sky hook goes 101,000 ft. into 80 deg. below zero
    151 5 Sky hook goes 101, 000 ft. into 80 deg. below zero A NAVAL Research sponsored cosmic ray expedition to the geomagnetic equator began operations aboard the USS Currituck recently near the Galapagos Islands, in the South Pacific. Huge plastic skyhook balloons, launched from the flight deck of the U.S. nav>
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    THEY NEED NOT MISS THIS QUIZ
    115 5 MAY 1 point out to "R adft Fan." Amber Road fi the new Radio Malaya the Music programme. 2 uhlis.ng the telephone as dip ot its musical quiz, does havV, section of the programme offer ing a prize to listeners who car. to write
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    'Another phoney S'pore service'
    120 5 ANOTHER Singapore stupidity— one-way telephones. I 1 Never have I seen such a thing anywhere else. I At Ponggol the other day I noticed that a call-box had been installed in a coffee shop. That I thought was a good idea. It had been a place
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    SUBJECT
    93 5 I ENVY T K. H. because in response to his request that vou illustrate and explain what physiotherapists do. you have given him such a true picture. In my case, your contemporary of Cecil Street "illustrated" a letter mine with a caricature, it is to oe 1 regretfully assumed,
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    REPAYMENT
    42 5 American JffX dent.s in Russia will h»J" soviet income tax-but Brtuw^ French reporters wffl j*^ i because the US taxes i» y But the Americans w ill J™ cen t 10 to n percent against ;J P» charted by the U.S.
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    Love Letters Hid Escape Code
    807 6  - Love Letters Hid Escape Code MARGARET SHEPLEY. Revieiced on this page are two books (h'^ef bx heroes, both prisoners of war, who HK? remained undaunted by thier Nazi .—JsH K^?™^ captors. Richard Pape, prisoner of the Nazis, supplied British Intelligence with a stream of valuable information by using, in letters
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    QUICK LOOKS
    162 6 feSttSTCH ft? lth Victor Romti 22*' «ory k^I 1 nr »mad. thr Bff 1 0! «ea h m f ,,s an <1 thr TBr^ JUnK,e im(i *"K 1 0 N r -J^RIAN f it if. w u H A I s P ,tr «*t). E MarKh.„i U yU
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    WHO-DUN-IT' CLUB MEETS
    189 6 A GATHA Christie, the thriller writer, was at the annual dinner of the Detection Club. The members are all "whodunit" authors and have premises off Regent Street, with the walls hung with broadsheets of old murders. Bertrand Russell was guest of honour he reads 365 detective novels
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    13 DAYS IN A CUPBOARD
    474 6 Story behind an ordeal-by-waiting Immmmmsaggssssessssasa HER0...2 "Return Ticket by Anthony Deane-Drummond (Collin*). VINE times out of ten 11 you will find that the man who suddenly astonishes the world with a feat of incredible endurance is quite an ordinary kind of chap. Anthony Deane-Drummond is
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    U.S. worried over Davis Cup
    244 7 A MERICAN tennis fans, gaily optimistic after the Forest Hills championships, have begun to worry again. If Trabert and Seixas don't win the Davis Cup, the Cup won't leave Australia for a long time. Most experts agree that the future is not promising for American
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    Kelly is also European champ
    81 7 rPHr European Boxing Union an- nouneed that it officially recognised the Irish boxer. Johnny Kelly ot Belfast as the new Europcm bantamweight champion. Kelly l>eat Peter Keenan of Glasgow, previous holder ot tlio title, in Bellas! on Saturday In light which was also for the
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    CHAMPION FOR THIRD YEAR
    38 7 Faustn Qwrdini. Italy's mOfthodOS teiini, star, yenterday won Haly's national title for the third consecutive year Owrdlni won his final match in itl tight sets from Marcel lo Del Hello. G-l. 6-0. 7-5- A.P.
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    WIMBLEDON TOURNEY
    30 7 TIM Kn-li h I.iun Tennis Association h;ivc oMirully announced tli.ii Iho All -Km;l.md l.iwti tennis rli.unpion.shlp nrxt yo.ir will lie held :it Wimbledon from June II to July
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    Ragby's greatest centre is dead
    102 7 Ragby's greatest centre is dead ALBERT Jenkins, one of the greatest centre threequarter» in the history of Rugby football died in hospital in Llaneliy ye.storday He was 58 JenklhH played 14 times for Wale* Bo great was his prowes.s that the New Zealand All Backs u? P i h,rp ot
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    CHANGE OF VIEW ON 'ASIANS ONLY'GAMES
    275 7 CHANGE OF VIEW ON 'ASIANS ONLY'GAMES S^IM. U'OKr. sportsmen are divided in their o E over the Manila announcement that Kuroneair 011^ have the necessary qualifications, may take part Asian (iames. ln Some of them stuck to their earlier statement* th the Games should be confined only to Asian* in
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    Pirie means to break all records
    312 7 Pirie means to break all records r'.P. Correspondent Iwknt along to tat Oordon Pirie run two miles at the White City. It was Gordon Pirie this, Gordon Pine that all round the arena The kmg, lanky bank clerk Of -'2 dominates the running world. •Hi a ditticult chat) said an
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    RASC to meet runners-up today
    112 7 THE Royal Army Service Conn x United Services' soccer pions, will meet Royal Air For* Seletar Corinthians runners-up-ia the last match of the_United Service* League at Ayer Rajah Road today RASC have a good record this season. They wen the league in their first attempt.
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    KID GAVILAN TO DEFEND TITLE
    41 7 Kid Gavilan of Cuba will defend hla world welterweight boxing title against Johnny Bratton of Chicago on Nov. 6. Promoter Jim Norris said yesterday that the bout would be held in Nj» York or Chicago- Reuter
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      44 7 1^— "«r^— 1— j— —^w J Ja* f /i 1$aSr >'^^f POLICE. *Tv ;jV AMBULANCE, DEDICATED To THE MENFOLK OF ftXKKlQNE Wo. (4MIN6 WHSTOOD Vt Q€IL F«E AM) BOMBING OF V«QPU> VW U, HND THOP TOWN INVADED BY 1WMENS HOCKEY TEAMS FROM SIXTEEN NATIONS
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    PAGLAR ANSWERS SOS
    514 8  -  TAN HONG POH By and our T-T m m packs for return home M a w S ent by the Singapore tabic tennis team, who L Vtill in Tokyo, has been answered by Dr. C. J. Xr patron of STTA. Arrangements for their P n,rn were finalised
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    US Cup team beat Europe
    93 8 riiHE United States Ryder Cup ■I- team beat the European Golf Association side drawn from France, Italy, Germany, Spain. Belgium and Holland— by 11 matches to two with two halved in an international golf match in Paris yesterday. All matches were over 18 holes and
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    Cesarewitch's acceptors
    107 8 Cesarewitch's acceptors TWENTY NINE final acceptors with x weights for the Cesarewitch Stakes to be run over two and a quarter miles at Newmarket on Oct. 14 were published yesterday. They are: Pallilio 9 stone. Bitter Sweet 8-12, Mllcote Manor and Running Water 8-11, Pluchino 8-9, Toreno 8*8, Tilloy 8-7.
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    YASSIN HAT-TRICK
    31 8 I (CENTRE-FORWARD Yassin perI x^ formed the hat-trick in Fraser Neave's 4-1 victory over Malaya Publishing House in a Business Houses third -round cuptie at River Valley Road yesterday.
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    YOUNG BAGBY RODE A GREAT RACE ON CINEMA
    592 8  -  ALLAN LEWIS By C W B o C eV E V ly t r idd^ n bv Bi,l >' Ba S bv won the mai R ac^ Cl. 1, Div. 1. over I MUn'sUavLe matins 6 SterdaV SeC d TUr C,UbS he
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    BIG SWEEP
    49 8 TOTAL POOL: $291,955 FIRST: *****2 ($82,58:.) SECOND: *****8 ($41,292) THIRD: *****0 ($20,646) STARTERS ($2,959 each) Nov 1<9734, *****7. *****9, *****.V. *****2. *****4. *****7. CONSOLATION PRIZES: ($1.0 fach): Nos. *****1. *****8. *****0. *****7. *****8. *****7. I0SC29, 3.4385. *****0. *****5. Treble Tote Kanaka. Oleander, Always, 22 tickets ($423 each).
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    CINECOLOR BEST FOR GOLD VASE
    381 9  -  ALLAN LEWIS From but watch Mystic Melody /'OLD VASK candidates were the attraction at Ipoh this morning, when hnal gallops were done on the second grass track and course proper which was heavy after yesterday evening's rain. Forest Beau (Whitney), .Millionaire (Barratt), Cinecolor (Sawyer), Box
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    'OLD STAYERS' CATCH EYE
    152 9 (M)I.ONI I Whatnot (Mawi) j and Abbot's Haven (Bougoure) went from the nine at about half pace, which they gradually Increased to run half a mile in 52 12, the just three in 39. This is a winning gallop for seasoned stayers. Fairy Tale (Franklin) was
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    SCC WOMEN WIN 11-2
    25 9 Singapore Cricket Club women soundly beat W R.A.F. Seletar by 11 goals to two at hockey on the S.C.C. ground yesterday.
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    DONDANG SAYANG PLEASES
    267 9 DONDANG SA YANG PLEASES DONDANG SAYANG was the best worker among horses engaged in the minor events on Saturday. Ridden by Herbe Charles, .she skipped over three in 37 1 2 Should run well again. Malekzadeh (Arnold) showed a nice turn of speed tp reel off three in 38 1/5
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    27 9 R.E.M.E. beat R.N. AS. Sembawang by 11 points (a goal, a try and a penalty goal) to six a try and a penalty goal) at Sembawang yester-
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    Hassall is injured out of England XI
    67 9 Has sall is injured out of England XI HA1MH.I) IIASSALL, the Bolton Wanderers' insid i not be able to play for England] against V ale! ft international soccer mate*) at Cardiff un Saturday IlL.** of an injury received last Saturday. ¥i basest His place will be taken by Dennis Wilshaw
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    A YANK TAKES OVER FROM KEENAN
    184 9 4MKRICAN Pappy dault was ollicially named vest* day in Sydney, Australia, as challenger to T^ champion Australian Jimmy Carruthers for the wa bantamweight title at Sydney Sports Ground on NoviJ The announcement was made r by the Police Boys' Club Federation, who are promoting
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    U.K. RUGBY
    50 9 Rugby Union results of County championship matches played yesterday are: Sussex 15. Dorset and Wilshire 11; Lincolnshire 12. Norfolk 0. Club matches: Bridgend 6. Aberavon 6; Dolphin Cork) 8. Newport 13; Maesteg 8 Llanelly 3; Risca 5. Cross Keys 11. Other match: Glamorgan 8. London counties 8. Reuter
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    SHA HOCKEY
    44 9 The Singapore Hockey Assort ltlon Div. 2 league match between R.A F Seletar "A" and R.A.F. Changi "A", at Changi yesteraay. ended in a 1-1 draw. In S HA. Div. 1 game at Seletar R.A.F. Seletar beat G.H Q FAKELF by 2-0
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    ALL THE WEIGHTS
    378 9 \LT EIGHTS for TT Saturday, last day of the Perak Gold Vase meeting, are: GOLD VASE CI. 1. Div. 1 5«i F. str. Forest Beau 9.07 Millionaire 9.01 Cinecolor 8.11 Cypress Point 8.10 Lillibullero 8.09 Talisman 8.0!t Asia Minor 8.07 Superiority 8.01 Northern Circuit 8.04 Box Office
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    All-Djakarta lucky to force draw
    136 9 All-Djakarta lucky to force draw r PHE All-Djakarta soccer too- mg team came nearest u defeat for the first time in their Singapore tour when they hekt Combined Services to a two-ti draw at Jalan Besar yesterday The Services upset the tourists so much that the M whistle must have
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    LIVERPOOL WINS
    28 9 Liverpool, the English First WM sion team beat the South Africij touring soccer team by J-2 in Iirafl pool yesterday. Score At halftime wag 2-2. Reuter
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    A RESULT AT LAST
    29 9 Shell Sports Club beat Sime M "A" 3-0 in a second replay to second round of the SBBTA Knortout Cup competition at Paya u«" yesterday.
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