The Singapore Free Press, 23 January 1954
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The Singapore Free Press
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Title Section19 1954-01-23 1 The Singapore Free Press Largest Afternoon Sale m Malaya. \o *****, Singapore S,at., Jan. 23, 1954. Price 15 Cts.19 words
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Article306 1954-01-23 1 Spaniards shriek tar Gib. Envoy asks for protection JHOI'SANDS of demonstrators shouting "Give us back Gibraltar 91 smashed windows of Hritish official buildings m several Spanish cities yesterday. Meanwhile the British fortress at the entrance to the Mediterranean fired a salute of 17 suns to greet306 words
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165 1954-01-23 1 Bridgehead held as giant pincer takes firm grip i/RENCH and Vietnam troops were still pouring ashore yesterday at the bridgehead of Thuy Hoa on the coast of Annam as another French column pushed northwards along mine-blocked roads to meet them. The landing force, now -1.000 sti ig was -yesterday clearingReuter - 165 words
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Article56 1954-01-23 1 THE Chinese m Malaya will greet the Year of the Horse OH Peb 3 when they celebrate their New Year. A free .supplement of <-i^h f full-size pages will appear with the Free Press on Monday explaining the rites and traditions surrounding this happy occasion. There56 words
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Article20 1954-01-23 1 ire Rubber Market quietly this morning ftrst grade, February shipat 55.J cents a pound. nth cent above yestercloBlng.20 words
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Article23 1954-01-23 1 Singapore police 1 through Chinatown last strike at the illegal nettikam" gambling .stalls. the hide-outs were empty. Jo arrest was made.23 words
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Article35 1954-01-23 1 THE going at Bukit Timah today should be good. Allan Lewis says that best bets should be The Magyar, Super Picture and Mainbrace. liest outsiders: Jetty, Cinders Prince and Harwood.35 words
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124 1954-01-23 1 Boat kidnap escape, four arrested Free Press Staff Reporter. A DRAMATIC dawn escape of a Chinese businessman from a tongkong moored m Teiuk Ayer Basin. Singapore, yesterday led to the arrest of lour members of a six-man Chinatown gang. The iwlice responded to a iran ie •999 call made by124 words
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210 1954-01-23 1 NEW COMET BREAKS 3,080-MILE RECORD jj lAIN'S latest jet Comet rived m Khartoum on a 1-breaktog flight from n having completed the ile flight m six hours 24 it an average speed of miles per hour. Group Captain Cunningham bed from the plane and s *id: "It has been very210 words
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Article, Illustration97 1954-01-23 1 BY THE BREATH OF HIS TAIL This Blastie balloon-like suit is the latest m atomic attire at the General DMtrie Company's kmgt Plutonium plant at Rirhland. Washington. It gives a protective harrier against radiation m "hot" areas, permitting a man to determine the extent of contamination and carry out clean-upA.P. - 97 words
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83 1954-01-23 1 Search still on for that lost Auster TILL 10 o'clock thus morning search parties and patrolling aircraft had not found the missing Au.ster believed crashed m wild country 20 miles east of Kuala Lumpur on Thursday. The 24 aircraft, which have been combing the area for the past 48 hours,83 words
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Advertisement32 1954-01-23 1 Brylcreem for smart, healthy hair! no soap, no spirit, l?t- no starch— it gives |^fe '^^feW v BRYLCREEM'b .^//c^^Ly^'. '%iifzF /•i'l's\sssS U"* .rtrfy bul c out h> lt s all c W32 words
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Article394 1954-01-23 2 KEEP OFF WORLD PRICE PACTS Commission toits U.S. Congress THE RANDALL Commission appointed by President Eisenhower last September. Ie commenced yesterday that the instability of world raw n::tterial prices be reduced oy meani other than stockpiling and international commodity agieements. The Commission, whose task was to recommend a revision of394 words
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Article263 1954-01-23 2 I i<;il->»;H.'M-«:i');^'l f IT pKOI Julius Strteder, head of the children's clinic of Wuerzburg Inivrrsity. chased a reporter from his home for inquiring about (irrmany's two-headed boy, born three months ago. rpHfc baby h; I four arm.- ,md is de.vnbed a* "unfinished Siamese twins."263 words
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Article175 1954-01-23 2 Only the fence remains INDIAN guards last night withdrew from the compound at Panmunjom holding 347 proCommunLst prisoners-of-wai leaving only a handful of men behind. Exactly at midnight the Indians threw open the gates. Then the main force of about 200 men pulled back to headquarters behind a nearby hill.A.P.; Reuter - 175 words
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Article73 1954-01-23 2 ALLIED authorities and W< German police impos»cial security precautionWest Berlin last night I three Western Foreign Ministe who arrived yesterday. British, American and Fr security patrols ringed oil residence of their Minist Special German dete< squads were detailed to wa for known criminals and P calReuter - 73 words
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Article35 1954-01-23 2 Detoffttei from eight countries. including JM will attend the first NaU< Jamboree of Philippine Scouts to be held from April to 30 at Balara. it was J nounced m Manila ft*** A.P.A.P. - 35 words
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Advertisement54 1954-01-23 2 WITH EVERY PURCHASE OF 2 f (|.C WITH EVERY PURCHASE OF 1 UtPOjt j jLJsSa BEAUTIFUL CARLSBERC GLASS wC~l^M^t faJ/*&^l THIS Ol g 111 IS AVAILABLE FROM V /\T\ HEALERS L\ SLXfiAI'OHE OM V fxVjL// /y A\D HOLDS 4.OOI) FROM S^l/ /0 JAX. I.llli TO FEB. 2nd IJ>.i4 L\« LUSIVE54 words
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Article, Illustration32 1954-01-23 3 I M:> If the prototype of the pre-fabricated "Aurora Plywood II ouse m Kiir Chuan Avenue, hose builders claim will solve Singapore's build-quick-and-che aply housing problem.32 words
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Article324 1954-01-23 3 SIT YIN FONG - SIT YIN FONG By mm GOVERNOR of Singapore John Nicoll and thp authorities will be innext week to see a predated plywood house, which eatora claim will be the to the Colony's housing problem irototype of the "Aurora House" has been built Government housing324 words
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Article47 1954-01-23 3 organ DURING the singing of a psulm m Skive Church Denmark, the organist heard a rumba coming from his instrument. When the psalm was ovet he trucked the disturbance to a single organ pipevibrating on the wave length of the local radio station.47 words
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Article, Illustration49 1954-01-23 3 picture Mr, j. c oehlo, Indian Trade Commissioner (left) shows the olonial Secretary, Mr. W. A. C. Goode. and Mrs. Goode, a r 'iiket box during the exhibition of Indian arts and crafts the Gandhi Memorial Hall, Sineaoore. yesterday m celebntiwi of India's Republic Day Free PressFree Press - 49 words
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Article151 1954-01-23 3 T. T. C. toughs are only a rumour r| r P^ss Staflf Reporter. HE teaching staff and stud- j enta of Singapore's Teaclu i r.s Coliroe m Cairnnill been baffled by a •us rumour. thai tne colleeje has "a gang toughs, and thai beaten up." principal, Mr. P. F. i151 words
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244 1954-01-23 3 JAKARTA 'GOOD NEWS' LEA VES TRADERS COLD TEXTILE merchants m Singapore, who trere perhapi the hardest hit since Indonesia banned cloth purchases through them about eight months ago, received the news that the ban was to go v. »th considerable reserve. They .said nothing had happened to make them smile.244 words
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Article46 1954-01-23 3 The 182 members of the South Korean National Assembly at Seoul yesterday decided to <uve ten percent of their salaries this month to the 7,500 freed antiCommunist Korean war prii scners. This works out at three 1 cents (Malayan) each for every prisoner. U.P.U.P. - 46 words
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98 1954-01-23 3 P. M. RAMAN - P. M. RAMAN By SINGAPORE city councillors yesterday backed their London agents, who put two 1.000 -word advertisements costIng $yoo calling for two >Ada engineers. The notices appeared m the London Tunes and the Daily Telegraph. Why this waste? Much of the advertised information98 words
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Article30 1954-01-23 3 Philippines president. Ramon Magsaysay, yesterday ordered the release of 34 Chinese detainees at Camp Murphy. Philippines Army headquarters, who have ben held on charges Of alleged communist activities.30 words
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Advertisement131 1954-01-23 3 MM VAI^ HEIJSEN /V^^ "the world's smartest WHITE COUNTRY" Brand SHIRTS Semi-Stiff, Collar Attached. Coat Style, Double Cuff, SuitaMi OT CA lor Dress W«ar. S.zes I4| to 17^. each AAmO\3 WHITE COLL A RITE" Brand SHIRYS S)ft Cill.ir Attached. Coal StyX Single Cuff, One Pocket. 0^ WHITE "COUNTRY" Brand SHIRTS131 words
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417 1954-01-23 4 The Singapore Free Press Opinion THE SCHOOL OF BUILDING SATURDAY, Jan. 2\\. 1954. At the opening ceremony of the School of Build--Ing this week, Singapore's acting Director of Education touched on a subject which has worried educationists for many years. Our educational system, said Mr. McLellan. is overweighted on the417 words
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Article, Illustration1023 1954-01-23 4 Danger— 'Sexy' Spies At Work I y «*2T£E .ROM UHDE.UN JS W^^M SHARE HIS FAITH IH RUSSIA AND WHO ACT AS ACEMIS FOR STRANGE REASONS. The blonde who traded caresses for American war secrets FRANKFURT. Germany. IN Prague there is a 1 lieutenant-colonel who knows more about Allied plans to1,023 words
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Advertisement18 1954-01-23 4 TELEFUNKEN AEG LIFE-LIKE REPRODUCTION IN SOUNB RECEIVING AND RECORDING Sole Agen»s SEOW KUAN CO. 4 Dhoby Ghaut, SINGAPORE18 words
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Advertisement64 1954-01-23 4 i lOiiu B i I^B 3||yTT 11^ f ffovn V if^ili BANCKOK ■mmmmm P 1 CALCUTTA KARACHI PPPPMBPHLifL BEIRUT UUAM|fllUJj||^^Yi' ROMF K^t MADRID kK^***;**^- ZURICH W^^^^^ HAMBURC I Convenient Connections from Singapore 4c f or oir frovel of its finest, lly -(jlffi!^ hmmukniim <S poi/Tf OF THE Orient-Star* 6-B RAFFLES64 words
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352 1954-01-23 5 G. T. BOON - HANDS OFF HUSBANDS —CHINATOWN WIVES G. T. BOON Let him have two wives »v XPORES Chinatown were up to arms against the proMonogamy Billsponves indignant at thus "'t to curb the liberty of Plainly, "Ju,t *SaST philosophical nut it would take a lew Orations before the GoverngSTSJud stop polygamy. /)^;/V352 words
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Article116 1954-01-23 5 Course for Chinese teachers Free Press Staff Reporter OINGAPORE Education Department has started its first training course to provide teachers for Chinese middle schools. More than 60 selected senioi middle school graduates are now attending a two-year course m the afternoons at Victoria School. Singapore. Lectures are given m Chinese116 words
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Article, Illustration37 1954-01-23 5 on photoPicture by Minn Pauline Wong posed for members of the Singapoie < »«era Club at the Cathay Flits when Mr. Francis Wn, tin- Hong Kong photographer l»?e a lecture on photo■j'.M'hii 1 lighting.- Johnny QuekJohnny Quek - 37 words
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Article113 1954-01-23 5 BANDITS rode off with mail van containing €18.000 m East London, but all they could lay their hands on was 1 4.500. Early yesterday the small post office delivery van pulled up outside a sorting office The driver locked the doors and went inside. As he vanished113 words
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Article34 1954-01-23 5 India and Ethiopia have agreed to raise their legations m New Delhi and Addis Ababa to the status of embassies, the I Ethiopian Foreign Ministry announced m Addis Ababa yesterday. A. P.A.P. - 34 words
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Article130 1954-01-23 5 ROGER YUE - ROGER YUE By A STRONG police curtain has been thrown round the Mount Emily Girls' Homo Sii^uoore following Wednesday Mutiny' by 40\shrieking teenagers. While constables |>:.trol thegounda Of IS home. Social Welfare De,M tment authorities are delvnm deepei into their affaiiv They are understood to be130 words
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Article, Illustration121 1954-01-23 5 A 25-YEAR-OLD Butmesc Communist leader. Chit Than Tun deft), disciple of Burmese CommiuiisL Chief. Thakin Than Tun. recently renounced his party ties and surrendered to the Government at Rangoon. He had been sent into the city to contact another dissident member of the party, but after meeting with him and121 words
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Article, Illustration87 1954-01-23 5 MR. \V. K. V. Abraham, managing director of the Burmah Oil Co. and I Ba Tun. secretary of the sign the Burma Oil AgreeBurma Ministry of Mines, ment m Rangoon. Under the agreement Burma gets a one-third interest m the country's oil industry. Mr. Abraham represented not only his own87 words
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Article26 1954-01-23 5 An American plane crashed into the .sea off Capri la.st night. rhi 1 plane was believed to be a military aircraft llyinn from siciiy*26 words
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Article221 1954-01-23 5 More cookers, fans for homes Free Press Staff Reporter SINGAPORE City Council will spend $1,657,000 this year to buy electrical appliances to be hired out to householders. The money will buy 7,000 fans. 2.500 kettles, 2,100 cookers j and 600 heaters. They are expected to arrive m the next few221 words
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Advertisement23 1954-01-23 5 Get One Today... A LOO* Dupont NYLON SPORT SHIRTS ire now available >ur Favourite Store. BAJAJ TEXTILES LIMITED, RAFFLCS PLACE, SPORE TEL: 2J04123 words
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Advertisement82 1954-01-23 5 HURRY HURRY JUST UNPACKED •en arminc SWISS NYLON STRAW HAND BAGS. S'KuT.yuUNDIAN HANDBAGS AND SCARVES; LATEST AMERICAN COLOURED ARROW WORUMFAMOUS ENCLISH AERTEX SPORTS PLEATS dTmJnVV 5 W.TH PERFUME NYLON STOCKINCS. CENTS AND LADIES TAILOR INC .OUR P S E S C B L ALITY (ORDERS EXECUTED AS EARLY AS POSSIBLE)82 words
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Miscellaneous29 1954-01-23 5 RADIO BLACKOUT A surprise blackout on radio signals virtually CUt London off from short wave wireless contact with most ot the vAnUl intermittently tor II hours on Thursday night.29 words
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Miscellaneous227 1954-01-23 6 MANDRAKE, THE MACICIAN by Lee Falk and Phil Davis ■■■I fe^i^r Q^| fx l2^^ JOLLEGE OF MAGIC WAS RSS^ 1 J NOT JM^ It J I f J C \r~/' I \SV INTfNO£D ONLY TOR GOOD. I K£EP >N U nI?L AD J V V 7 2^ <T V r^)227 words
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Miscellaneous578 1954-01-23 6 YOUR LUCKY STAR B OR h N ™»*v hundreds of f lri which are burs'i,, lu '<s head m SXS^""* >.2 lou are devoted U Mr 4ln especially music, JJJJj arts. dancing, have a den,, an <» nft which should b ed 1^ from earliest ehildTioJ "T" are fond of578 words
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Article, Illustration63 1954-01-23 7 |M«DI A HAIR picture. 'The "Optimus," the "Oscar" of the Viennese hairdressers, has been awarded to Franze Hruska and Hans Kammerer. Both men won the same number of prizes m the national and international competitions during 1953. Picture shows: (Left), Franze Hruska and Hans Kammerer. With them arePaul Popper - 63 words
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313 1954-01-23 7 thirty-three- y ear--1 OLD Mrs. Patricia Morrison walked into the Mount Royal Hotel, OxfordUrect London recently and -vent up In the lift to the sixth floor. A few moments later she was at a window— fawn coated and hatless. She paused. Then she313 words
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Article41 1954-01-23 7 Mary Jane Trapnell. 85--*idow, whose nurse--11 »n was gaoled for four stealing from her, left i; was disclosed recentrrapnell, of Boscombe, a large part of her > I>. Anthony McCail, a nemouth doctor who her for 5(7 years.41 words
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Article22 1954-01-23 7 v of 20 of the 613-ton let Kingston Aquare saved by a Norweboat when their ■•und m a Norwe--1 recently.22 words
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221 1954-01-23 7 DOWN GOES TOO THE LAST STRIP-TEASE SHOW HOUSE JHK United States' last stronghold of biff-time burlesque shows featuring strip-tease the central district of Chicago, has said good-bye to its strip-tease girls. Workmen have begun tearing down the four-storey building that: for a quarter of a century housed the Rialto Burlesque221 words
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Article91 1954-01-23 7 Eight motors drive this 'rocket TN the drawing-room of their house, two Gravesend boys, Richard Hankin. eight, and Edward Hankin, seven, can imagine themselves journeying through space. Their father has built them a super toy— a red "rocket-driven space-ship." sft. high and lft. IB diameter. It stands on a "launching91 words
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Article55 1954-01-23 7 Televiewers took a trip to Jupiter and the moon recently via the Yapp telescope at Greenwich Observatory. The camera was fitted to the telescope, and as it foeussed on the whitish oval of Jupiter, or ranged over the moon's craters, amateur astronomer Mr. F. J. Hargreaves55 words
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Article199 1954-01-23 7 A MALLARD duck which naturalist Peter Scott released from the Lime Grove studios daring his TV programme recently landed at Wood Green half an hour la Mr. Scott said: "I understand the man who found it is keeping it m his bathroom for199 words
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142 1954-01-23 7 Jack Hulbert -No ban on my speech MR. JACK HULBERT. actor and commandant m the Special Constabulary, mysteriously changed nil plan recently to address the London Rotary Club on his experiences as a "special." He should have attended the luncheon m his uniform. Instead he wore a grey lounge .suit142 words
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Article, Illustration60 1954-01-23 8 The Prime Minister of Burma, U Nu (centre, facing camera, wearing scarf about his neck), stands amid the milling throng of worshippers at a Pagoda festival m Rangoon. The occasion was the crowning of the newly-built Botataung Pagoda with the Hti (Umbrella). The Chief Justice and high-ranking60 words
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Article, Illustration53 1954-01-23 8 Gale lashed waters pound Columbus Quay at Bremerhaven during the January 16 storms. In the foreground a jeep drives along the Hooded quay as a huge wave breaks at the stern of the New York liner America. The liner was unable to leave Bremerhaven until the53 words
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Article, Illustration47 1954-01-23 8 Major Salah Salem, Egypt's "Dancing Major Ministe ance m charge of Sudan affairs (left), and Major Ccn Amef (centre), with the Sudanese Premier. Ismail Eh pro-Egypt National Unionist Party at a reception hon< on their arrival m Khartoum on a visit to Sudan.47 words
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Article, Illustration74 1954-01-23 8 WAREHOUSES FLAMES Below: Smoke envelops the waterfront at Brooklyn UeM tion depots during the Civil War, go up m flames. A buildings a precarious one m this airview of a blaxc *nm structures. Twenty-one firemen were injured, mostly m has been estimated at $9 million (Malayan). I four warehouses, once74 words
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Article, Illustration34 1954-01-23 9 Four U.S. Air Force F-94 Starfires pass over the open cone of the 12,395 feet high Fujiyama m central Japan, on a routine patrol mission. The mountain serves pilots as a useful navigational aid.34 words
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Article, Illustration70 1954-01-23 9 Austria's tragedy is written m the faces of men of the Cendarmerie as, m a sad little procession, they bear a victim of the avalanche disaster from the stricken village of Blons m the Crosse Walser Valley. Blon* is the village worst hit by the70 words
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Advertisement37 1954-01-23 1 AROUND THE WORLD ....it's v 4r\ 1^ SWI.MWEAR 9 M A N L/ \J PLAYABOUTS LOOK fOt THI H$H SoU Agents. K \4 K LS I O K LTsl. M. lIH.II VI HI I T-l 111 IHil37 words
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THE FREE PRESS Saturday Magazine
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Title Section9 1954-01-23 1 THE FREE PRESS Saturday Magazine Saturday, Jan. 23, 1954.9 words
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Article, Illustration953 1954-01-23 1 W. L. FANG - W. L. FANG A short story by I LAN stood before {he mirror shaking [fume into a handkerchief. He smiled to himself and his wife oted Hie smile. He brushed his hair meticulously and hum- i a tune under his tth When he had nished, heLee Seng Keat - 953 words
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489 1954-01-23 1 BEBE YEO - It's their busiest time of the year BEBE YEO by PHINESE permanent waving saloons arc m the midst of their annual boom. Proprietors and staff alike have been looking eagerly forward to this highly lucrative season. For it is just prior to Chinese New Year that most of their business489 words
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Saturday CHILDREN'S PAGE
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Article424 1954-01-23 2 AUNTIE WENDY - School can be fun, too AUNTIE WENDY YOUR HOLIDAYS have been over for some time, children, and now that you are back m your classes you must, work hard at your studies bo that when the examinations come you will meet them with confidence. Some people referred to the opening424 words
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725 1954-01-23 2 Johnny visits a palace under the sea JANE WELLS CONCLUDES THE STORY OF A WONDERFUL EXPERIENCE. "JUST wait here," said J Mer, "and I'll go and fetch the caps and the necklets." He slid over the side of the boat and disappeared under the water. A.s he did so the725 words
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Article925 1954-01-23 3 KATHLEEN HICKLEY - Flight to Adventure KATHLEEN HICKLEY ra 14— Escape to the Sea THE BOYS and the Professor had scarcely time •'now themselves flat two more shots t d out but both went high whispered Mok, :nt Maller'B gun. I've got one from the chap lot m the tunnel. I can <•925 words
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Article, Illustration47 1954-01-23 3 photo. The Queen, now touring New Zealand, receives a tumu Ituous welcome from schoolchildren as she walks along the platform at Waipukurau railway station. Some 1»<io children were gathered there to see the Queen walk onto a flower-girl anded dais.— A.P.A.P. - 47 words
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Article359 1954-01-23 3 DON'T SAY goodbye to the old wooden lead pencil. The fountain pen, glamour girl of the writing field, has not written off the pencil at all. Clyde Nissen. the tall pencilslim executive vice president of the Lead Pencil Manufac- turers Association, of New York, said the leadA.P. - 359 words
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Article, Illustration572 1954-01-23 4 MICHAEL RUDDY - MICHAEL RUDDY ADVICE TO THE PARENTS OF THE LATEST CHILD STAR says SHIRLEY TEMPLE who hud too many "i^ANS hacking at my curls with scissors, trying to cut bits Oil my frock yes, I know what it is to be child star." said Shirley Temple.572 words
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Article, Illustration324 1954-01-23 4 Hawkins Rivals Ladd ORITISH films booted Hollywood out of the (op four places of cinema success this year but the Hollywood stars still have the bia name power. A poll at British cinema box-offices, published recentlyshowed the year's 1 trend among audiences. People paid nrnst money to see "A Queen324 words
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Article, Illustration43 1954-01-23 4 John (iilb.rt and Greta (iarbo m "The Flesh and the Devil.' Mickey Rooney and Elizabeth T aylor m "National Velvet." Mickey Rooney and Spencer T 1 ucy mi n "Boys' Town." Luise Rainer and Paul Muni m "The Good Earth.'43 words
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159 1954-01-23 4 LJETRO COLDWYN MAYO arc holding a world-wide five-day film festival during the week beginning February 15. Films will be shown m Singapore at the Cathay cinema and m Kuala Lumpur at the Odeon Cinema. The films will be: Monday: "Mogambo" Tuesday: "Torch Singer" Wednesday:159 words
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Article, Illustration365 1954-01-23 5 IAN GRANT - 'The Moon' -and Maggie IAN GRANT ITS 'SPICY' BUT NOT SMUTTY' f THF MOON IS BLI'E" 1 (Pavilion) a young girl is -nicked up" by an elegiSe young bachelor, soes to his apartment and stays most of the night. fhe dialogue, m the taxi and m the auartment touches on365 words
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Article, Illustration163 1954-01-23 5 THEATRE NEWS THE next Victoria Theatl stage .show is a form ol entertainment new to Singapore intimate revue. It is being given on Friday and Saturday by the Vic-Opt Imists which ifl composed iar^ ly ol members of the Island Players whose shows ("Dial M for Murder", "Traveller's163 words
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Article, Illustration220 1954-01-23 5 Esther— and Joedo it Again LVSTHER WILLIAMS and J water are, from Hollywood's point of view, indissolublv wedded and must exert all Joe Pasternak's ingenuity to devise new means of olonging this "marriige" to everyone's satisf action. •EASY TO LOVE" (Cathay* is latest Pasternak version of t!i» Esther-water partnership and.220 words
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Malcolm Modder's sports-pourrie
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Article632 1954-01-23 6 AWANG BAKAR MAY PLAY IN DIV. 3 I ET SET for th<* big kick f oil this season. There's promise for better <uui brighter soccer not forgetting the floodlights. The Singapore Amate ir tbal] A <> :iatfton baa big what pleases me if tJ Information i a ive coll( m632 words
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Article, Illustration220 1954-01-23 6 HUGS AND KISSES FOR WILLIE RIGHT Oh the mark! That Robin Hood victory mas a tonic indeed especially lor W We Brought him $22 m all. Oh, happy Willie, but not Tor long. His Wife caught up with him as s^on as he got how-'' his kebun tells me. "Grabbed220 words
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Article, Illustration402 1954-01-23 6 'THE affairs of the StagaA pore Table Tennis Association are m a bit of a mess— and Dato C. J. Paglar, patron of the association, is tryine to put things m order. The personal fued between the president, Lim Choo Aim, and the secretary,402 words
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Article, Illustration398 1954-01-23 6 RANDOLPH TURPIN. former world middleweight champion, would like to show Singapore fight fWM his wares sometime m March this year. I'm not fooling. This is on the level. Whether a Turpin Singapore trip would materialise or not I'm unable to say at the398 words
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Article312 1954-01-23 6 Do think it over selectors MALAYAN Hockey Council selectors better think again. They are guilty of a serious error. Their choice eleven to meet the Indian Hockey Federation side next month is definatelv not the best. It's not too late to make amends. I'm not m thu- aloneI have a312 words
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1052 1954-01-23 7 WING-HALVES ARE LINK BETWEEN ATTACK AND DEFENCE Improve your soccer under CHOO SENG QUEE THIS week I am going to Ideal with wing halfhu us The qualities of a hr half are similar to ,„;<. of an inside-for-He must possess roo d ball control, be able to make quick accurate1,052 words
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Article, Illustration541 1954-01-23 7 FILEMON G. SALAYSAY - Ring Reaper visits S'pore FILEMON G. SALAYSAY By have seen men die on the battlefield, I have seen a fen die m street brawls but oiif tragic ending I'll never forc<et is A DEATH IN THE RING. T WAS there at the ring- side, one among a huge crowd who541 words
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Article, Illustration704 1954-01-23 8 JAMES WHITE - Six months' food in the 'freezer' JAMES WHITE In- COPENHAGEN. ALMOST ;is satisfying ;i s having a few pounds lucked :i\v;iy m Ihe bank is Ihe feel ing of li.i\ in.v dinners lor almost an entire winter lucked ;iw;iv m t freeze l><>\. We have just sent, the last OfReuter; Popper - 704 words
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Article, Illustration58 1954-01-23 8 photo The Lord Mayor of London. Sir Noel Bouater wcma much surprised to meet this science fiction character as he receive-* the quests at the annual children's fancy dress part) at the Mansion House. London. The I ord Mayor and Lad) Mayoress were hosts to (>OOReuter - 58 words
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337 1954-01-23 8 ARTHUR EDSON - ARTHUR EDSON by 4 NEW POSTAGE stamp honouring the future farmers of America eives the U.S. Government another chance to pick up some loose change. Most government projects are devoted to spending, not making money. On commemorative postage stamps, at least, the PostA.P. - 337 words
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Miscellaneous112 1954-01-23 2 Junior Contest I f Boys and twirls! •**"'v /^^v Colour this pic- I J^j v^ ture carefully fIS ty w^T^v with paints, r^//x /Y^A or chalks and f /^T| jC>^W jl^ l\ T i you may win a y f^\^X*&i^\/f~*±A\ V four prizes of WArT^* J^ MA. /"TL^ boys and112 words
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Miscellaneous447 1954-01-23 2 RUPERTSNEWYEAR ADVENTURE— 3 I 1 1 .V—^ >; > Pod>;y le.ins .ig.iin.<; n tree. to cat your breakfast; 1 "Oh dc^r." he moans. L's, my CXclaims. *\And Ie decsn't men New Ye.ir resolution. I decided pat -you have to starve youfself not .0 be greedy and 1 ran away Vpu're447 words
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Miscellaneous208 1954-01-23 3 JUNIOR CROSSWORD CLUES ACROSS: 1. King of England who "signed* Magna Carta. 3, Burst of sound, as of thunder. 7, This book usually has a hero and heroine. 8. The chimpanzee it a 711 ember of this family. 10. The only poisonous snake m Great Britain. 12, Wooden shoe worn208 words
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Advertisement43 1954-01-23 6 GOT ANYTHING TO 5AY....? II you have any grouse, views, or anything of interest dealing with sport write and tell me. Others will like to read about it too. Address your letters to: Malcolm Modder's Sportspourrie, c/o Singapore Free Press, Cecil Street, Singapore.43 words
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Advertisement51 1954-01-23 7 y^_ The Oriental Optical Co. R tfaS^BNl lIH North hr k< Road ITT i^f^ I IG2 South Uligl Road I HBHL II 7. Upper Pickcrine Strerl I ;^s?>r" Singapore, Pcnang Siam I 1 TEL. 3232, ***** ***** LOPTOMETftISTS MANUFACTURING OPTIC I \NS ANI> SCIENTIFIC BTE KXAMINA'HON WITH \O (LATEST MODEBN51 words
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Miscellaneous163 1954-01-23 7 Half-time Crosswtird /<? Bißßr^i F^^ /5 f6 hHI imb^^i^^^ h I I l^^^^^^^^^^i ,^^s^s^Bs^s^s^s^^^^^^^^^^^J ACROSS matches (3). 14 M;l! (2 12 r V (> US( (4) I^ OWN League? (2). din rowing ,3). u:a ft| s a (6>< 22 E nab> s bedrtdden sport "<v v'Jh t> C nnttt Uoyd163 words
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Advertisement67 1954-01-23 8 The weekly Issue of the STRAITS BUDGET r»" JJJ sent by Air Mail to any address m the United &i»fc v at an inclusive rate of FOR SIX MONTHS If you want the "BUDGET' while on leave <* to make an "Air-subscription on behalf of you' ■>% office or an67 words
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224 1954-01-23 10 SCHOOL-TO- VARSITY DANGER DR. CLIFFORD ALLEN, a Harlcy-Street physician and consultant psychiatrist, believes the British public --school system, followed by a university education, may lead to sexual abnormality. For, he says, the system tends to isolate a vouiir man from normal contact with224 words
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Article, Illustration22 1954-01-23 10 VIVACIOUS Charlotte Austin, 2Qth-Cwtury Fox singing-dancing-acting "find, 1 hides some Of her (fianns behind a hat m "How To Marry A Millionaire."22 words
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87 1954-01-23 10 'ESCAPED' PRISONERS FOUND— IN GAOL TWO prisoners answered the 6.30 morning roll call at Wake field, Yorks, gaol and said. "Good morning" to a warder as they walked across the gaol yard and disappeared. One of them had stolen a sheet which warders believed them to have used to scale87 words
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Article, Illustration214 1954-01-23 10 WHEN WILDING WAS A PAVEMENT ARTIST. IMLM star Michael lhl f ing was told recently £50,79 d will of an 84-> e tr old widow. He wondered why. The widow was m r Mary Valentine Salvage who lived m Charing ro» Road. London, and 12-year-old Wilding— 'l knew* her only214 words
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Article108 1954-01-23 10 APPLES weighing 21b. and of high quality have been grown m Sweden the result of 17 years of experiments. The average Cox's Orange apple weighs one-fifth of a lb. The new variety, named Alpha is a cross between two other varieties— Belle de Boskoop and Filippa The108 words
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Advertisement169 1954-01-23 10 PRELL SHAMPOO Leaves the hair J DADIAKITI V AIIVF i RAUIMn Ib I nut i> \^^^^^^^^^j^v Now <it your favourite ...Faster, Brighter, Safer, Cleaning than any suds before m history! that's the miracle °f jmmA^sJm i I Mild DREFT suds offer amazing advantages over any soap for cleaning windows. There's169 words
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861 1954-01-23 11 Robert Allen - A Land Of Happy Neutrality Yet Every Man Is A Soldier Robert Allen A COUNTRY OF 4,500,000 PEOPLE [N THE HEART OF TROUBLED EUROPE AND IT HAS NO STANDING ARMY by GENEVA. TRADITIONALLY peaceI Ml Switzerland is goin., ahead with her renament programme, ith a 1954 defence budget iting to861 words
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Article, Illustration230 1954-01-23 11 R I IS THE CORRECT bid far this point? Does a bid urth suii show a stronger than a bid of no-trump? leneral agreement even xperta on this point. ances of the mcment their choice. For example. hand it la cheap to bid ads and since South dees230 words
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Article, Illustration47 1954-01-23 11 photo. Peggy Cummins as a teen-age jitterbufging film fan m the new Ealing Studios Michael Hal con film "The Love Lottery." The Queen and the Duke of Edinburgh attended the world premiere of the film m Christ church. New Zealand, on Thursday^ ReuterReuter - 47 words
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Miscellaneous200 1954-01-23 11 Today's Crossword ■SB 188 sBEI h^ BaBIBfIHB "1 uoss i c (5); 10 Inc rpora 1 Jacket to be found m a cer In < In Incorporated (J); |3 T\n room? (6i- 4 Tnc .sort of seal an special house (4); 13 Made an artisl would choose? <6c 8 A200 words
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Article, Illustration17 1954-01-23 12 METRO GOLDWYN-MAYER star. Shelley Winters. iktWl oft a pair of nice cool 'e^ against a stool's legs.17 words
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424 1954-01-23 12 THE STRAIT AND NARROW PATH TO HAXWORTH'S HEAVEN lET'S EDUCATE Mr. Haxworth. No Singapore driver of A any experience, or sense, will huff the lefthand side of the road. If he did he would soon be m trouble. With jay- walking: pedestrians, swerving cyclists suicidal trisha riders, the chance of424 words
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Letter100 1954-01-23 12 I THINK the statement att: buted to a Singapore police officer you printed yestern 'lets wait for an arrest" before we say anything more about (the kidnapping case" was good advice. It reminded me of 1 nursery game "This year, nexv year, sometime, never." No arrests have been100 words
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Letter184 1954-01-23 12 IN YOUR issue of the Jan. 20 I notice that certain cinema executives have replied to my remarks m connection with the excessive display of advertising I iv comparison with the enter- tainment provided m cinemas. The executives .state that if patrons do not wish to184 words
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Advertisement310 1954-01-23 12 r^ THE MARCH 0F PROGRESS Jgl PHILIPS ZJ^^^MvJ^ featuring super magnetic materials and Zj^ P V^^ many other spectacular improvements £1 I fSP* >^ ya P— 1* W 1 Iransw trld p >rt ible "S4 "x~ Tiains >n d r H~ > h^^M...,^, J i^BB HBSTBIIMMI^ m b battery. Wave310 words
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Article, Illustration343 1954-01-23 13 TERRY OWED IT TO MA SHE PUUED OFF YEARS J|6 GEST PUBLICITY STUNT iF the Motion Picture I Academy were to deal out a special Oscar for the smartest, publicity stunt of 1953. it would have to ;o to a determined "movie mother' with no particular experience along the ballyhoo343 words
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Article, Illustration765 1954-01-23 13 Sheilah Graham - My Hollywood Year-book Sheilah Graham gossip writer, recalls the surprises of 1953 HOLLYWOOD. fN my Hollywood Yearbook here are my top movie stories for the year: The Charlie Chaplin exile from the United States. Acclaimed the comic (ilm genius of our time. CHAPLIN has been m and out of journalistic765 words
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Article, Illustration212 1954-01-23 13 von Stroheim says: 'Hollywood pushed me out v ERICH von Stroheim. heavy-necked Prussian officer of many lilms, is bitter these days. i am m the garbage now and I don't relish it. I was pushed there by the people m Hollywood, and of course 1 am212 words
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Article, Illustration190 1954-01-23 13 CANTOR RECALLS A 'CRISIS' IN the recently released "Eddie Cantor Story" Ida (Eddie Cantor's wife) is on the point of leaving Eddie because he pays too much attention career, and not enough to her and their five daughters. "Was that taken from real life?" I wanted to know. "Oh yes,"H.H. - 190 words
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Article, Illustration497 1954-01-23 14 ONE OF THESE MEN IS IN LEAD Closing date Jan 31 NAME YOUR SPORTSMAN OKM) your vote to: Sportsman of the Ye.ir, Singapore Free Press, Cecil Street, Singapore. Sportsman of 1953: Who's YOUR choice? IK THK SPORTS EDITOR fc i i> the annual custom of sports fans at the end497 words
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Article79 1954-01-23 14 iOHN Landy had to climb over a seven-foot fence on Thursday night to get into Melbourne Olympic Park and run his mile race. Land? came to the front gate wi f h a friend and saw the huge croud milling around, He .said: "If we waitA. P. - 79 words
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Article31 1954-01-23 14 The British Lawn Tennis Association has .set May 4 M the final date fr>r the completion of first round matches m the European Zone Davis Cup Competition. A. P.A.P. - 31 words
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Article, Illustration343 1954-01-23 14 JOE EZEKIEL - JOE EZEKIEL By 11EMBERS of the Queen Street Boys' Club need no Longer fear the rain. The club house is bein» renovated at a cost of $5,500 and the leaking roof will soon \)v weatherproot again. What is more, they have high hopes that343 words
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Article96 1954-01-23 14 AMERICA'S Tony Trabert will .set his racket today at the Australian National Tennis title with the hope of winning the world's four big championships m 1954. Only one player has won the grand slam of the Wimbledon. United Stotes. Australian and French championships m oneA.P. - 96 words
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Article107 1954-01-23 14 "yHE French pair of drivers QtOtfH Hovel and Julie Quint m, m an Alfa Romeo, were the first Monte Cairo rally drivers to reach the end i heir gruelling 2.000-mile drive ,m rus.s Europe. A total of 332 cars driven by men and womenA.P. - 107 words
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Article16 1954-01-23 14 Britons bet record $*****0,000 Malayan* on football pools during the last soccer season A.P.A.P. - 16 words
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Article129 1954-01-23 14 PERCY Bassett. the world interim featherweight boxing champion, scored a ninth round technical knockout over Francis Bonnardel. former French featherweight title holder, m a non-title bout m Paris on Thurs. day night Bonnardel did not came up for the :.inth round. Bassett had li'tle difficulty m disposing129 words
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Advertisement80 1954-01-23 14 Tke Happy Cabaret (The City's most enchanting night spot) TO-NIGHT SjmcM JEAN PATOU PERFUMES__NjGJLL r EXTENSION TO 1 A.M. Valuable Prizes for Spot Dances. By kind courtesy of OPTORG CO., (M) LTD. don t miss Rothmans "Cambridge" Cabaret Night to be held on Saturday, the 30 th January, 1954 Valuable80 words
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Article380 1954-01-23 15 ARE THE WOLVES CRACKING? Three defeats m three home parties Adc «r ree Press Lon don Correspondent Kfc Wolves cracking? Three home matches lost m a row gives encouragement to their challengers. But the sides who threaten are at each other's throats today. Wolves visit Portsmouth today and I take380 words
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Article89 1954-01-23 15 MAYFLOWER Badminton Party office-bearers for 1954: President: Mr. Quek Seng Guan; Vice-Presidents: Messrs. Phoa Thai Seng. Dr. S. H. Tan, Tan Khay Guan. Wee Aik Koon, lim Som Chuan. Ho Choy Moo, Lav Pau Song. Kang Soon Heng. Kang Soon Teck, Lim Chin Lum. Hon: Secretary: Mr.89 words
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Article22 1954-01-23 15 CMJIAN9, Tarelf Cup holders, are playing Kuala Lumpur and District XV at rugger on the Kuala Lumpur padang today.22 words
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Article97 1954-01-23 15 rO century partnerships the Commonwealth cricketers m a strong position on the opening day of their threeday match against the Hyderabad Cricket Association XI. At the close they had made 322 for four wickets. Charlie Barnett 43-year-old former Gloucestershire opening bat and Paul Gibb, the Essex97 words
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Article42 1954-01-23 15 MRS. Mildred (Babe* Didrikson Za. harisa has been awarded the Ben Hogan trophy for having overcome the greatest physical handicap m 1953 to stage a comeback m golf. The award was announced at the annual Metropolitan Golf Writers' dinner.42 words
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Article133 1954-01-23 15 THE HARVEYS HIT OUT NEIL Harvey, the Test lefthander, and his brother Ray took the honours m Victoria-., first innings against Queensland when their Sheffield match opened m Brisbane yesterday. Out of Victoria's total of 287 Neil Harvey scored 97 and Ray Harvey hit 50. The only bowler to trouble133 words
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Article, Illustration205 1954-01-23 15 BERT SUTCLIFFE, New Zealand's brilliant left-hander, scored a masterly 196 on the opening day of the New Zealanders match against Border m East London < South Africa) yesterday. Toyina with a moderate attack, the tourists ran up 350 rutu for Jour wickets declared m five hours 14205 words
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217 1954-01-23 15 TAN HONG POH - TAN HONG POH By INDIANS m Singapore began their Republic Day celebrations with the finals of their badminton tournament at the Singapore Badminton Stadium on Thursday night. "It is only fitting that our Re- public Day celebrations m Malaya should begin with badminton becau.se217 words
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Article358 1954-01-23 15 Neo in sprint tonight F. P. Special From Sydney TONIGHT Singapore's Neo L Chwee Kok will swim m the final of the New South Wales 110 yards championships here. People who saw him m Wednesday's 220 yards final feel that Neo if anyone will be the one to beat Australian358 words
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1112 1954-01-23 16 The main events are problem races-but I take ROBIN HOOD (4.15) THREE RINGS (4.55) —says ALLAN LEWIS KING (ROW bl the 4.55 *Race 6). THERE WAS little discussion on the two mam races Class 2. Div. 1 ovei six furlongs iind nine lurlonga this morning, when todays race chances were1,112 words
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Article1131 1954-01-23 16 The Double Tote will be held on Races 4 and 7. The Biff Sweep will be drawn on Race 8. Ka 4 1-2.15: Class :>, Div. 4—6 Furs. &19 Yds. 1 •> 53 Emission Woods 9.00 Gibb, Kirkham Simmons Fox <■> 4(P HaT of Peace Mulley 813 Y.1,131 words