The Singapore Free Press, 18 January 1954

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    Masthead
    18 1 The Singapore Free Press Largest Afternoon Sale m Malaya. lit, giafapsffSt Mon.. Jan 18. 1954, Price 13 Cts.
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    MINISTER IN COMET SEARGH
    587 1 MINISTER IN COMET SEARGH Sovurittf vhi<>f flivs m R<nnv )JR. ALAN LENNOX-HOYD, British Minister of Transport and Civil Aviation, will leave London for Rome tonight to get first-hand knowledge of the problems m the search for the Comet jetliner which crashed off the island of Elba with a loss of
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    INDONESIACHINA PACT IS RATIFIED
    144 1 I) IG Radio said today thai .i agreement between tina and Indonesia has effect with ratifica- > ith countries and an )t Notes. The agree•nd> to the end of I am m« items to be exa iroin Indonesia, were ;übber. coffee, tea. tobac»;>ra. timber, salt and
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    P.Ms agree on Ceyion Indians
    53 1 T PRIME Ministers of India I Ceylon. Mr. Jawaharal and Sir John Kotdawala. •d m New Delhi on n broad principle*" reling the citizenship ri4ht> of •00 Indian settlers In Ceylon, irncd last night. Prime Ministers also <>n methods of dealing k gal immigration of
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    WOMAN FOILS THIEF
    29 1 i a man wrenched a gold I nn her m Paya Lebar »terday, a Singapore woman grabbed his Shouti brought a speibte and an arre.st was
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    MORE GANG ARRESTS
    78 1 MOAPOBI police last night •st(»d two more men who believed to have taken part ">ot society attack on a •■"■-old Chinese at the juneBendemeer Road and ender Street, Singapore yes- Six men. one of whom the viclun recognised, took part m the usaull With wooden stools from
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    Marvellous Milenathe cause of it all
    136 1 Marvellous Milenathe c ause of it all A film studio portrait of Milena Vrajakova, actress wife of the Yugoslav Army Chief of Staff. Peko Dapcevic, who is now the central figure m the biggest -ov within the ranks of President Tito's Communist government since it broke with Russia m 1948.
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    DANCING BLUE LIGHT IS LOVE GHOST
    821 1  - DANCING BLUE LIGHT IS LOVE GHOST SIT YIN FONG By WEIRD happenings m a house on Frankel Estate. Sin^.i pore, have revealed the plight of a Chinese labourer, and his wife, who have been troubled by a ghost for the last 20 years. Haggard and frightened t\v> man. Pooh Keok
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    Rubber price
    24 1 Singapore Rubber Market 'ijM'ned quietly this morning With first »rade. February shipment if bs% cents a pound, unI changed since Saturday'^ eloie.
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      7 1 Djilas gets the boot.— See Page 2).
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    Tito accuses friend —and patty sacks him
    302 2 Tito accuses friend —and patty sacks him LEADER CRITICISED RED POLICY VK'K President MUovm Djilas, of Yugoslavia, resigned yesterday from his job as Chairman of Parliament alter being sternly and thoroughly rebuked by President Tito for criticising the Communistv Party policy. Hi- took this step after a two-day session of
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    Fanfani to try in Italy
    45 2 Fanfani to try in Italy Signcjr Amlntorc Panfani, 15-year-old leader of a 1< ftWlng group 111 the Christian Democrat Roman Catholic) party officially notiiied President Luigi Blnaudi last nipht he wai ready to form a new government for Italy, now leader- 1 for two weeks.
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    KREMLIN WARNS TWO REPUBLICS
    186 2 KREMLIN WARNS TWO REPUBLICS THE Kremlin cracked down yesterday wi t b pointed warnings to two potential rebelJk us republics m the Soviet Union the Ukraine and Georgia, homeland of Stalin and Beria. A shake up In Georgia purged the first Deupty Premier of that Black Sea Republic where Beria,
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    Burning seal in Belfast
    77 2 A BRITISH soldier VM attacked m a Belfast street by angry Irish nationalists, who stripped off his uniform and forced him U wa»ch it burned. Late last night th,- outlawed Irish Republican Army announced it took full responsibility for the incident. In a letter to two
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    'GELIGNITE PLOT LEADER' FOR TRIAL
    108 2 ¥\R. HASSAN El Hodeiby. "Supreme Guide" of the dissolved Muslim Brotherhood of Egypt and his close associates will be brought to trial before the Revolutionary Tribunal shortly, a spokesman of the Revolution Council Command said In Cairo last night. They are accused of plotting to
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    He wed Jap girl four times
    219 2 THIS STRANGE WORLD 4 r.S. airman, Kenneth Jones and his Japanese bride, A Midori Kawano, whom he has married at four difTerrent ceremonies arrived home m Sante Fe, New Jersey, to find a Christmas tree awaiting them. The celebrations had been held up. They
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    An extra gun for Winston himself
    286 2 An extra gun for Winston himself WALTER Henry Thon Sir Winston I wartime bodyguard New York yesterday i carried an extra mi, the wa r fo r the Br Minister to shoot rather fall into enemy Thompson said thai g win. ston had told him: are attacked give jr.. gun.
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    MR. HOMER CHENG
    68 2 i^HE funeral of Mr. Cheng Hui lleng, of the Singapore Ch V.M.C.A. and the Ausl Punctuality Association died last nkht followi: attack will take place I He will be buried at Cemetery at 5 pm. folkwii vice at the Fooohcnv W "•uirch :tt 4 p.m. Mr. Chenjfs
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    MORE RURAL AREAS MAY GET POWER
    183 3 MORE RURAL AREAS MAY GET POWER Free Press Malt Reporter r XV consideration will be given to extend electricity bsUPpUt* t0 the rural areas Mr Chan Kum Chee, (t (hairman of Singapore City Councils Public I tilities Committee, said yesterday. Chan was commenting on a statement by the ernor, Sir
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    SHE'LL AID DESTITUTE DANCER
    124 3 SHE'LL AID DESTITUTE DANCER by TIRS. Edith Eaiie. an elderly -I*l British woman who says siie has a secret system for winning at the gambling tables, said m Monte Carlo, yesterday that .-he Is going to give her winnings to '•La Belle Otero."' turn of the century Spanish dancer who
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    107 3 j\> i X 300 members and their wives celebrated tin- '-uhth anniversay of the Singapore Taxi-owners' Association with a Chinese linner at its clubhouse m Muar Road, on Saturay night. iret City Councillors. T. A Simon, president of Singapore Hire Car AsMr, Soh Ghee *<>«»n and Mr. s! M. Vasagar,
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    Cabaret to re-open
    84 3 fj I'r^s Staff Reporter Airview Ca- m Peck Seah ■el which ivas completely by fire on Aug.lA. I■' War, is now being re- and ivill reopen on two days before the Neu) Year. Chan Wah Mm. ma"'"l partner, told the Free Press yesterday that the new cabaret
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    Kisses for Britons were order of day
    172 3 A CANAL DOPE ARREST AND J EGYPTIAN soldiers hugged and kissed British soldiers m Ismailia, Suez Canal Zone, on Saturday for helping to arrest a gang <>f Egyptian hashish smugglers with narcotics worth £102,500 sterling. The British soldiers, men of "A" Company of
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    RUSSIAN MISSION ARRIVES IN INDIA
    40 3 A Russian Cultural Delegation headed by Mr. N. N. Bespalov. Deputy Minister for Culture, landed m Bombay yesterday for a six week tour of India to receive the warmest ever welcome given to such delegations.
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    Singapore woman doctor weds
    146 3 After a courtship dating back to their college days, a woman doctor attached to the orthopaedic ward of the Singapore General Hospital, Dr. Elsie Wong Tshook lieu, and an Ipoh dentist, Mr. Yin Khai Sun. were named at the Registry of .Marriages, Singapore, on Saturday. The
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    10 years to tell girl by her name
    297 3 IS THERE any way of telling whether a Chinese name written m English is that of a man or woman? Singapore Chinese experts said there was none, unless one was a Chinese scholar, r With English-speaking people confusion would continue because there
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    43 3 picture. An expressive picture of Mrs. R. I). I inch, who. with Miss I lorence Pons:, ti"<! for third place m the Miss (irace Moore linfiag contest held at the Capitol Cinema on Satardmj Bight, The winner was Mrs. Joyce Thomsiui. Free Press
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    Schools run commercial classes
    96 3 Schools run commercial classes Free Press Staff Reporter Some aided English .schools m Singapore are running afternoon commercial classes tor jttudenta who cannot yo f r lligher education. St. Joseph'! Institution his already started one with abo'it 40 boys. The school tiopei to trim them tor the London Chamber 01
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    All-atom power in 20 years'
    66 3 Atomic energy may be used to generate all the eta tricity needed by Britain v ithin 20 year.s, according to a book published by the British Stationery Oflice yesterday. The bOOk Ifl called "Britain's Atomic Factories," and m 100 p,iH<\s tells the .story of the
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      88 3 NEW YKAII XIU »\IU.\I>S A Shop Always with Competitive Prices. MEN S T SHIRTS Sixn 32" to 36" 1 50 cich LINEN FINISH BEO SHEETS 54" i 90" S 4 90 MCk KAYBEE ALL WOOL TWIN SETS $20 00 tot MEN S PY|AMA SUITS (All Siict) 4 50 pur En*.
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    The Singapore Free Pore MONDAY, Jan. 18, 1954. GOOD CITIZEN
    435 4 The Singapore Free Pore MONDAY, Jan. 18, 1954. GOOD CITIZEN WE have to congratulate a Singapore citizen who set an example which, if followed rally, would soon rid us oi that pest, the secret society gangster. It happened yesterday that u'.U'ii ol the usual cowardly thugs were beating up poor
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    The Colour Bar is Dying Out
    530 4  - The Colour Bar is Dying Out Donald McCormick says there lias been m the past few months a good c* ai of i xaggerated talk about the colour bar m the British Colonial Empire. it. has given an altogether inaccurate picture of life m many of the British Commonwealth's colonies.
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    BY THE WAY
    417 4  -  BEACHCOMBER ALL the musician m one surges to the surface on reading of a girl who can play the harp with her toes. Does she recline gracefully on a Recaimer couch, each outstretched toe caressing the golden wires? Or does she hold the harp suspended aloft on
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    The Year's Film 'Bests'
    221 4  -  BOB THOMAS N win go cv,.: wood hfeton of new dimensii it was the yeai Praecox and tin .a). r H c v5 c ft my Mmu al setod of the highs and Hollywood year. thfc BEST PKTIKKs Here to Eternity,- The rSS "The Cruel Sea
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    'BOLERO'
    51 5 4 Bolero" by (iraiie I.im. 'if Singapore, at a variety concert organised by the Johore Medical Department at the Bukit /ahrah School in Johore Bahru. Grade was one of nine Singapore j;uest artistes who took part in the event in aid of a fgJMtl sanatorium to he built at
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    60 SAVED AT SEA
    39 5 Rescue ships plucked 59 men and a woman from a blazing tanker in the Bristol Channel last ni^ht after a ft ve -hour battle. The tanker is the «oooton British Admiralty auxiliary, Wave Victor. A.P.
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    PRE-WAR TENANTS TOLD: PAY MORE OR QUIT
    235 5  - PRE-WAR TENANTS TOLD: PAY MORE OR QUIT P.M. RAMAN I They put up Trusts power bill By J>RK-\VAR tenants of the Singapore Improvement Trust who draw their electricity and water from N bulk supply are being asked either to pay more as service charges or to quit their homes within
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    Deep mystery up their road
    231 5  -  ROGER YUE By j)I"ori E in Truro and Bristol Roads, Singapore, are furious. Workmen have dug a huge trench m the middle of the two intersecting roads and now they are completely inaccessible to traffic. Residents can't walk there at night for fear of falling
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    ALEXANDRA NOW AN EXAMPLE
    70 5 •iteer road repairs >lanned m Singang the example m Ira. of Potong Pa^ii*. r Serangooo Road, are :ether to level a mud h -erves nearly 2.000 place became '"awful" with flood ishing into some of residents said. I the work m the track cd. they added,
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    REBELS LOSE H.Q.
    18 5 >X Government troops itured the Karen i Iquartera at Eihe, a iboul 60 miles north
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    Ship's party
    34 5 p icture. W bHnjj entertained by the Malayan Royal >av.il 1 r Reserre aboard 11.M.S Laburnum m Teluk Aver SwfapMfC. They are hiuinjj great fun fishing" m a novelty i»ond.' Free Press
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    Peron wall purge two million cats
    140 5 Peron wall purge two million cats PRESIDENT Peron, of Argeu--1 Una has ordered a purse of all cats m Buenos Aires. There are far too many of them for the city's health or peace, he has decreed. The local Pasteur Institute had reported that, m recent months, more people had
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    Failures go to Chinese schools
    125 5  - Failures go to Chinese schools P. L. KOH By MANY Singapore students who failed their entrance examination to Standard Six last year have sought admission to Chinese schools which a number of them were previously attending. They failed mainly m the English language. Parents said yesterday: "There is no other
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    THIS V.I.P. TOO BIG FOR LAW
    165 5 AN ELEPHANT m SinffajMire is a YIP. Not for him the chains, collars and licence discs that some other animals, must have if they want to so slrht-seetar. He is too bi? a person for such little things. A fair-sized elephant took a morning
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    Hover planes are grounded
    23 5 THE ROYAL Australian Navy* three hellcopt -rs includin two for use >'i the Royal lour have been temporarily grounded.
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    World Buddhists to confer
    84 5 r WSANDS of Buddhi I 1 from ail over the world will nble In Rangoon i. [or the opening o! t: ■rcat Buddhist Council 9 hope viii herald •< Lial revival oi theii •ion. The main purpose ng will be to bring o it an authorised
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      39 5 CHEONG Skilful Tailoring merchant IUT I TAILOR Materials or 810 Norfh Brid?c Road Superior Quality »w' t.i. iisof^J I R^?S ER CONSULT I THROUGH THEIR RESIDENT AGENTS SHEWAN, TOMES CO, LTD A IWJ MARDEN HOUSE. SINGAPORE TEL. ***** J
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      430 6 MANDRAKE, THE MACIOAN by Lee Falk and Phil Davis STAR m and chiefly because of Z^2 might be tempted to ejltct 1 approachable to ouaal acma£ I 1 r r tre-*AHpGCK£ ZUZCtCB Jr PJ^a^ A£ A C^*s' »C!»T ances. You have a jioikl bus ms^WJJ*. J i~\^C£r *<g A t
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    DOCTOR REFUSED TO TURN OUT AT 1 a.m.
    379 7 DOCTOR REFUSED TO TURN OUT AT 1 a.m. —And patient died V, M TOR refused to visit a nitieni to whom he was I at i a.m. The patient Si a the inquest the said: There are people (irt who will take such M may be proper." J; .presenlatives of
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    BABY IN LOCKED ROOM DRAMA
    328 7 BABY IN LOCKED ROOM DRAMA Ml YNTHIA BROGLI touk i >ly 20 minutes to wres: month-old baby son ;m her French husband :us held tightly ro'ind she was on her way the Red Dragon express r home town of nberWalea with her mother, Ci ay lard. husband. 23— year-old I
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    5 7 pi cture. Studios. Middlesex. Reuter
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    Ballet girls to entertain Ministers at Berlin
    105 7 Ballet girls to entertain Ministers at Berlin MR. MOLOTOV will bring the Moscow Opera Company and Ballet to Berlin daring the Big Four Foreign Ministers' conference, say reports. Performances are planned for Western delegates and reporters covering the conference, which opens on January U 25. An American official m Berlin
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    Hush! Here comes Malenkov
    201 7 Hush! Here comes Malenkov PREMIER Malenkov is making secret visits to Russia's trouble spots to find out exactly what Is going on. Foreign legations m Moscow reporting Mr. Malenkov's trips say the Soviet Premier appears to be making a genuine effort to break down the gulf between the Communist hierarchy
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    MAN FALLS 70 FT. —AND LIVES
    47 7 Mr. Edward Welch, aged about 1 60. owner and licensee of the Imperial Arms, at Old Hill. Chislehurst. Kent, was found unconscious, with head injuries, on the sea front at Brighton. He had apparently fallen 70 tt. I from a wall.
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    The young thieves were 'old hands'
    168 7 FOIR young housebreakers— youths of 21 18 and 17, and a %irl of 19 had acted with the skill and assurance of much older criminals, said the chairman of East Sussex Quarter Sessions, Sir Reginald Sharpe, I*V. It was alleged that the four broke
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    SHE PHONED HER FIANCE -BY TRICK
    107 7 npWENTY-TWO times a J- 21-year-old girl secretary made lons-distance telephone calls to her fiance. And each time she «aye the exchance her previous employer's number to avoid paying for them. Mrs. Joyce, May Forsythe, now the wife of the K.A.F pilot officer she phoned,
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    TUBE PUTS CLOCK BACK
    82 7 >REDS 0/ passengers at Bayswater, London Vndermnd Station were issued with tickets all dated January ond London Transport passengers are not awncea w tied tickets. r The 1953 tickets were issued by ticket machines. A London >ort official said: "Something has gone wrong wan mc ling
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      40 7 B*r nH 111 llujH, I 2% gj g^ t■i f^ _^^^L^ j, 4( nothing i» <he uunc, rf 5 «i- 4^^?m ingrrJicnK «mJ 'hf v*fn<«.*f«iut I^^- I I equal )m f > >>vj have uiej &!^^\^^^~^a Tim's Singapore Ku*la Lympur Pen*m
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    AND IS TALK TOWN THIS THE OF
    153 9  - AND IS TALK TOWN THIS THE OF KOH Story b pictures by and TICK SOON fHE band o* nei n r lf *c only s February 1951 JCo 'he "pioneers" Lj Jy th c p oltcc h T J T °d^y the band h«! »rumpctcr S one trombo J now
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    Thousands of bridges Britain are 'unsafe'
    447 10 Thousands of bridges Britain are 'unsaf e' HEAVY LOADS THE BIG DANGER— REPORT THOUSANDS «f Britain's bridges are unsafe for heavy traffic. Many of them— particularly over railways— are so weak that any undue strain might cause them fo collapse. This warning with a call for action, is given m
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    BENCH BOY BECOMES BOSS OF 12,000
    161 10 \IJCK DICK, 37-year-old ace administrator, has replaced Sir John Black as boss of the £16.000,000 Standard car company. His salary an estimated £10,000 a year. He started with Standard as an 18s.-a-week apprentice at the a^e of 18. A year later— he was still
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    45 10 A YOUNG Japanese woman (centre) helps her younger iMtf put the finishing louche* to her ornate h;ii. tyle, done m the traditional Japanese fashion. At rigku another Japanese woman, seen und*T the dryer, is having a modern permanent wave. Picture was taken m Tokyo.- A.P
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    25 10 HOLLYWOOD star Charlotte Austin has been picked "Miss Photo Jet Girl" by combat jot pilots of Composite Squadron VC-61 of the U.S., Pacific Fleet. I
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    18 10 THE Kirl who 1« > f .es sunbathing is Klaine Stewart, llullyw ood star, pictured at her home th.'re.
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    VIPER IN BANANAS
    27 10 A poisonous viper found m a caiuo or South American banana* at the Royal Victoria Dock has been presented to <he London Zoo. picture.
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    Should sick wife be told?
    263 10 Should sick wife be told? MAN FALLS TO DEATH THE dilemma facing doeA tors recently was this Should they tell Mrs Phyllis Twort, seriously ill m St. Bartholomew's Hospital. London, that her husband is dead? Insurance agent Alfr of Claremon Road, < Wells, Kent, a devoted husband j for 17
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      54 10 I RADIOmiKLY INCORPORATING RADIO MALAYA NEWS j ALL THE BEST LX BBOADi ASTMJVG Full Programmes I KKf' m s Sampling 3ii>lltoil I Singaporean m Sgtlnvg I Classical music not€*s* I Chinese music 9 Filut rorietrs* Carloons ami f*if cc les m Picture section I PRICE JO CENTS FROM ALL NEWSAGENTS
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    Bridge Hand
    314 11 Tlih KIDDING shewn here is all Imaginary, for the hand is a problesn m double dummy play contracted by Alfred Sheinwold and; among problem fans as the i'Wi squeeze." Actually, you are permitted to play as if you knew where all the .iid^ are. and you might even
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    WILL NEHRU, MAO AGREE?
    601 11  -  John Hlavacek by NEW DELHI. THE INDIAN Prime Minister, Mr. Nehru, and the Chinese Premier, Mao Tse-tung will have an opportunity to show the world just how well they can get along when th» ir representatives dismutual problems at an Indo-China Conference on Tibet. The conference
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    WHEN LATIN LOVELIES PARADE
    487 11  - WHEN LATIN LOVELIES PARADE Bernard Ronald by MILAN. A FTER taking stock of a "Miss Italy" beauty contest, few mere males would doubt that a twentieth century Venus is permitted to be vain, vindictive and exceedingly vexed if the judges declare she is an "also ran." A man can know
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    Policeman's day
    76 11 Every man (and woman* has his day m Mexico. There arc special days tor postmen dustmen, newspaper boys, policemen and even beauty parlour attendants. The other week it was the day of the traffic cop. All policemen on traffic duty that day received presentl food and drink fr«»m
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    Lambs on the Farm
    41 11 photo. r Sally Basely, who plays Maid Marian m Prinze Littler's "Babes m the Wood" at the Bristol Hippodrome, is makinff friends with these 10-day-old lambs when she found time to ?Wt a farm m Somerset.- Reuter
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      85 11 Today's Crossword (6). (J Turkish bath wanatti v !i i ™>,i v sniiie<-ne Interested m i- I 1 shoot crookedly. (5). 4 Rap shed bo c Acc<|ltui reccmlv in.i!; ,4."V,; 4,. i» Provld^ SStar Normal (13). It Btou foi Urn« JJ)- ]V g, paiwcl H ajj.ws Settled course for a
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    NOT ENOUGH MAY BE TOO MUCH
    237 12 NOT ENOUGH MAY BE TOO MUCH Inotk'K rron your editorial "Black For Them." thai responAible Chinese leader think the $4 million Goyei pient'i White Paj>er allows ?oi bi-lingual education m Chines schools i.s not enough." Without «rilbiHf to make invidiou,s comparison, may I. a.s a ChiiMte with a sense of
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    FEATHER IN HIS SONGKOK
    111 12 I SEE that Data Sir Cheng-lock Tan, leader of the Malayan ,i»m' Association is going round the country wearing a Malay songkok. can devotion :■> the M.c.A. -umno Alliance ■o any further? r la pity thai the towchang has out oi faahloo or we mi.^hi h.ivf
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    36 12 MISS dl NN (hit Whu an urU and law »radiiate oi (anil)rid;e I 1 1 i t* i i 1 v and daughter of a Kual.i Luntnur l)U>inessmun. who will practice as batiiitii la Kaala Lumpur.
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    HIGHWAY SLIP
    30 12 f r :n In H ll- a iingapon the L tin I i on the -in 1 ici irlUi them sk ddv ;.lirn>imivi.R. Hat Mr. HaxivoiLh 5/</>/>e(i up?
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    31 12 THE SINKING <>i the TiUnk, one <>i the world's preatesl tragedies his now been broafhfl t«» the screen. Barbara Stanwyck and Andrej Dalton mv seen above m scene m the film.
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    What's Haxworth driving at?
    452 12 nOMMFNT has been made before on the curious idea of the Traffic Police Chief, Mr. W. R. M. Haxworth. that trallic (lows more freely the more you obstruct the space available for it to manoeuvre. But the latest example m Holland Koad of the theory is
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    War on road hogs
    166 12 SO THE SINGAPORE Traffic P lice are to make war on the road hoga and a M road 11 ippears, Is anybody who (.it 0 :30 m.p.h. Would i t surprl c Mr. Haxv orth to know that some ol the worsi "toad hogs" drive very
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    The American way of trade
    308 12 The American way of trade U7E mustn't sell anything to Russia. We mustn't tell hiii" to China. The Americans don't like it. Not that they'll buy the stuff themselves— not e\en alter having forced down hv price by Government intervention It U not only our rubber and tin When a
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    49 12 MISS SUTAHSINEE Vichitrananda. (left) and her Koothjirut, missed their Christmas holidays. They we Sinsapore yesterday to make up for it. They are s t (l l en „V m the Kowora Church of England (iirls' Grammar -m* ll 01 Melbourne. They are on their w ay home to BaaigKOK.
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    The Pressman's Postbag
    18 12 The Pressman's Postbag Mr. Hubert ile Stapledon, Economic Adviser to the East African Hiith Commission pictured m Singapore.
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    Letters must be short
    89 12 GETTING EVEN Dear Ed: While reading your paper the other day. I chanced on a letter m I >tba» which did say, That Eves m the offices were not earning their pay. In fact the drip who that, Makes it sound as if th there to
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      32 12 Any grouse? HAVE you a grouse? Have you a bright idea? Have you s^en anything stringe or unusual? Then write to the PRESSMAN and tell others about it m his POSTBAG— briefly.
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    Be Bright and Gay in 'Separates'
    414 13  -  JEAN WISEMAN says PAGE FOR j WOMEN a i LONDON. (j^ROM AN all-wool fashion show recently h< Id m Canada, come some brand new ideas for i r-separates. Suggested for an informal dinner is a mint-green felt circle skirt with scalloped hemline. The detail
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    31 13 photo. Magpie" is the name given to this new Lillypad hat by Madge I hard, worn here by iea ding model Carol Anderson. It is m black and white panne. Reuter
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    A wardrobe for your child
    322 13 LONDON. DLANNING your baby's layette is one of life's exciting moments "iid the care you take will i< well rewarded m terms health and happiness. A 5< nsible mother, howwill not buy more is necessary, for j-tows so quickly that a large layette is wastefuL
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    BRIGHT WEAR FOR GREY DAYS
    455 13  -  Jean Macaulay by rHE FIRST collection of 1954 I've seen is a rainwear one and it's terrific. A brand new material appears m It— Givrene from France. Other materials new to rainwear are introduced -West of England checks, seersucker, worsted flannel m colour. Cloth coat
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    'HOW TO BE LOVED'
    237 13 IN A MONTH devoted to Zsa Z^sa Gabor's black eye, Billy Rose's USS 1.000.000 alimony and and Babs Hut ton '.s marriav,e. Marlene Dietrich struck a tropical note with her advice on "How To Be Loved" m the Ladies Home Journal. She is eminently qualified for
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    PUNTERS DELIGHT A GOOD BET
    1475 14  -  ALLAN LEWIS Tips €U%d chtuteos lor tamvrrou By Scratchings EK>LLOWING horses will not V start tomorrow: Sweet Dream. .Many Thanks, Fnjoyment 11, Parwaaz. Sunearto. Kilimanjaro. Sybil's Pride, Great Kxpectations. Red Wolf 11. Silver Screen, My Word, (olorido 11. (irazie. South I'arific- ami NVlsh Kin«. On,,
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    2nd DAY WEIGHTS
    412 14 WKK.HTS for tomorrow, the sn i.iml day of the Singapore Turf I lull January Meeting. ar«? given below: Cl. 2, Div. 1-6 F. Steeltrap 9.00 Starry 8.11 (oralita 8.11 Punter's Delight 8.10 Velocity 8.09 r.n.l law II R.i»9 Majeslir Sight 8.U9 Talio 8.07 Sound Wave 8.1)6 Theatre
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    WINNING IN THE RAIN
    44 14 Just look at the rain. It w;is pouring when the third race „,,.111 at Bukit Tiniah on Saturday and mudlark CttekMt Click loved it. Clickity Click (Woods) is seen scoring a one-and-half length win iron- Gay Carnival (1— g— ye),
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    FIRST TO UPSET
    409 14 The first race resulted m a photo finish— and Chirala iWest) got a head verdict over C.ular (Tait) on Saturday. ttobsworth, fourth to The Mi: x. carries the same weight meeting Ginseng on 1 lb. and Enola Gay on 2 lb better terms. Enola <;ay had the
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    FOX HAD A GOOD DAY
    493 14 FOX HAD A GOOD DAY Saturday's races i BUKIT TIMAH lived dp to ifs reputation on Saturday for weather and be favourites. There was plenty of mud I all day and punters receired auite a bit of mud m the eye when only one favourite obliged. Trainer Allen He.' cilc
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    THIS WAS THE ARSENAL WE KNOW
    461 15  - THIS WAS THE ARSENAL WE KNOW JOHN FARROW By Wolves topple, W. Brom lead CONSISTENT WEST Bromwich Albion swept to the y top of English soccer ratings on Saturday as leaders Wolverhampton Wanderers took a surprise 2-0 home beating from slick-moving Arsenal. But Arsenal did not take all the honours.
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    WHAT MAKES FIJIANS SO OUTSTANDING?
    319 15  -  TED WHEAT By [DAY'S H.M.S. Malaya final m which Johore ted Perak by 15 points to nil, showed once again Fijians are supreme m Malayan rugby. ci than eight Fijians [i v Johore m this match was their Inclusion m earn that was responsible a
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    India rout the Commonwealth
    39 15 ..i the Commons i by „n innings ;.n<. fourth cricket Te.-t m •Hi* for nine declared Common m reply, followed on ml were dismissed ICB. iron two Tsstl In Commonwealth lia llh the ether drawn.
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    NEW SPORTS CLUB
    29 15 the Singapore Civil rm, are forming a sport.s heir staff. They already have two badminton courts." D amenities are ["he badminton players ■■■•■1 a local league
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    Rush for Wimbledon tickets on
    176 15 THE application list for reserved seats at this year's Wimbledon lawn tennis championships, from June 21 to July 3. has ju.st opened, and there has been the usual rush to apply. It is a tribute to Wimbledon's popularity that each year the list is oversubscribed,
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    SLOW SCORING IN THE TEST
    91 15 SLOW scoring was a feature of the second day's pfef n the Tes* match at Kingstan. West Indies closing with 408 for 7. Thousand^ Jammed Sabina Park to see their idol. (Jeorpe Headley, but were disappointed. He scored on: j. K. Holt missed icorini i
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    NORTH BEAT SOUTH 3-2 AT HOCKEY
    28 15 The North of England d< the >outh 3-2 m field hockey match on Baturdas the North's first win m 40 years. A.P.
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    ENGLAND'S WINNING TRY IS DISPUTED
    180 15 ENGLAND'S WINNING TRY IS DISPUTED DISPUTED try m the A (also dtepuU lul vict Wi S rugby international line poii and a penalt: goi The pass from Kendall -Car/Mnt.r to wiav-tfexee Win.i f M( l ie irliutaf tr>. apfM-.«r«-<l U he f«rwar* The match caused nn* Bnorta fans m»<J newspaper
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    HERES ONE FOR TOMORROW
    183 16 HERES ONE FOR TOMORROW it's Remarkable ALLAN I IWIs DEMARKABLE iVincy) lv )ut d well at Bukit 'l imah this moi nins, v ter than ICE k i:\ Ii: i Manning) to ci ism :\H 4 ■> Rei von til*- out- track w.i-. not i > li luite j good
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    HE'LL KO BOBO -SAYS FATHER
    316 16  -  KOY ESSOYAN Ffi/s boxer lives on raw fish H> pARL 8080 Olson la probably losing no sleep over it. but a bang bang belter from Pago Pago who trains on raw flsh expects to knock off his middleweight crown soon. Possibly Bobo, acclaii 1953's "Fighter
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    TURPIN GOESTO COURT AGAIN
    102 16 TURPIN GOESTO COURT AGAIN pAN'DOI.PH Turpin ran ;i fou! IV >t the law auain on Friday. Tht» detroned world middk Itignt boxing champion uraa fine i 15 guneajs for reckless driving He wu also ordered to pay cast and had his driving licence endorsed. Only two weeks ago Turpin p.
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    SADDLER BACK WITH TKO WIN
    97 16 |^U\THERWEIGHT champion Sandy Saddler (130-1 21b home on army leave for hU Rn( finht for 22 months fare Bill-. Bostio (128 II) i a thorough beating on Saturday, icortni a technical knockon' m the ninth round of their 10--round non-title bout m New York. The
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    BILLIARDS
    18 16 Clement Van Has*?] <>f Beimum has become thl 1954 European bllUartfi rrmni 71 2 champion A. P.
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    ARGENTINE WIN
    19 16 The Argentine Independent* ■occur team he.it The Austrian Wiener BportrhilM 3-0 m Bnimli an Biturda] A. P.
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    Neo hits head on pool wall
    156 16 I^ATE la no' dealing kindly Neo Chwee Kok m a i On Saturday ntghi the Singapore swimmer finished Its* m fie! icren over 440 wwd< ai the N South Walts Championships I night, In i special attempt to break 'lie 8 i -ecord for
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    RUN RACE CONTINUES
    72 16 Lindsay hassett. Australia** former Test captain, knocked up a century for his team against Arthur Morris's XI on the second d;iv of his testimonial match m Melbourne. With Hassett contributing 126 and Keith Miller 100. Ha.ssett\s "XI scored 415 m reply to the first innings total of
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    GAVILAN'S RIVAL HELD TO DRAW
    32 16 BcortichtaJ (152V>1b.), of Rome battled Cartnen Ba.silio iU9-i, -Ib.) top contender for Kid Oavilan' velt'twelghl dtie. to draw m 10--round boxing match Miami on Satmd.iv niuht A.P.
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    RULES AMENDED
    71 16 I^HE United States Lawn Tennb Awx lit ion voted at its annual mee'inf at the weekend to allow lawn tenni.s players who had reached 'heir 2154 birthday to work for s )(> Lng goods companies. m m doing the association followed the I-*' i ol Australia, Britain and
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    BADMINTON
    39 16 Miss Iris Cooley and Mis^ June winte. 01-Bnfland and De,nlsh women badminton champions, von the Scottish open tile on Saturday They defeated Mrs. E. M. Homer .md IfiM I S. Vallance 15-10 15-9 I m the ftnala A.P.
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    EDDIE BEATS SMYTHE FOR THE TITLE
    273 16 EDDIE BEATS SMYTHE FOR THE TITLE -"UAYAN law student American physical education i. yesterday, won the major troDhi^ StrathffQWan 10th Annual I7n T n -It Ulf Invitation Badminton Tour! Toronto. Canada. 10U "vim M it at Eddie Choonn of Pfenang, one of the woi players, defeated Canadian champion Don Toronto
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    FRENCH AND BRITISH TRACK STARS SHINE
    133 16 fjTOENCH and British tra on Saturday m-.j X oils. a Gorman and a A Uan to victories m the ti ickliit Tom MacMilian ol Ausl turned m a top per] when he won the 3.000-meer race on the hardwood IB-metre-long track m 3n i
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    JUDGES STOP THE FIGHT TO DEATH
    78 16 The judges .sopped the first ChiMN all-in wres'hng. baut since 1911 m Macao yesterday when one o: the two Chinese fighters took riving kicks at hLs opponent below the belt. Nine thousand Chinese who witnessed the fight, the first since the Chinese Nationli.sf Republic
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    WORLD WALKING RECORD SMASHED
    55 16 BILL MIHALO. United 9U4 walking champion. Nin.ohed nworld record that bai Stood years. He was clocked 10 nun 1 sec. for a one and one-hall mile race. The old world record In U one and one-half mile walk, iH bi 1883 by T. S. ArniMr. York,
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