The Singapore Free Press, 7 May 1954

Microfilm: NL2438
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    Masthead
    16 1 The Singapore Free Press iruoNt Afternoon Sale m Malaya. Singapore. Frl., May 7, 1954. Price l.>(ts.
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    U.S. PLANE CRASHES IN FLAMES
    67 1 U.S. PLANE CRASHES IN FLAMES rpHI kagc of a U.S. Naval bomber with 10 men aboard has been sighted southwest ol BrownsMexico, it was stated (rpU a Christi, Texas, yesThere appeared to be vors. plane, on a routine •ht w*& last heard of on Ja y night over the ol
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    Twenty more held in Egypt plot
    41 1 Twenty more held in Egypt plot rrWENTY more Egyptian army I have been arrested m connection with an attempted Communist plot to the Government. •ings the number of 43. An o said investigations he completed soon and begin m about A.P.
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    Zsa Zsa (I'M frozen) to wed Porfirio
    128 1 Zsa Zsa (I'M frozen) to wed Porfirio ZSA ZSA Gabur, the film star, and Porfirio Rubi-. Rosa, playboy diplomat, confirmed a little rumour today they are going to get married after she gets her divorce from George Sanders, cleared m about a year. But everything went wrong with Rubirosa's personal
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    4 'IMMORAL' SOVIET WRITERS EXPELLED
    139 1 Snobbish' Stalin prize man is one Vo\ Russian writers, including a Stalin Prize winner, have been expelled from the Union ot Writers on grounds of immorality and antiacts, it was announcedjD^the Literary Gazette •scow yesterday. action was reported sen by the Presidium of the Union
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    Bombs that weren't
    50 1 AMERICAN Civil Defence officials sent airplanes over Cincinnati yesterday dropping leaflets which proclaimed: "Thia might have been a bomb. If they'd been bombs they might have hit Cincinnati. Since they were leaflets, however, brisk wind carried them all out of town before they hit the ground- A.P.
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    Rubber Price
    27 1 The Singapore Rubber Market opened on a quiet tone this morning with first grade May shipment at GU cents a pound, tent below yesterday's close.
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    THREE WALK OUT WITH $380 HAUL
    31 1 Javanese walked into !^ith -shop m Joo Chiat Singapore, but left with'Vll^ anything. the shopkeeper found A nine gold wrist-watch Wnfl worth $380 were miss-
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    Shaft of despair
    7 1 1,000 feet underground. A.P.
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    RED NO TO FRENCH BID FOR MERCY PACT AT RINGED FORT
    147 1 THE Communists have rejected a French request for a "mercy truce" at embattled Dien Hien Phil, northern Indo China, to permit evacuation of wounded French soldiers, French sources m Geneva said last night. The sources said the Communists had
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    France plan by peace
    179 1 France plan by peace V^RANCE has asked the I nit«-«l H States and Ilritain t<» support at Geneva, four-point armistice plan for ending the Indo-t hin i war. Wash iMirton Administration itwresi reported last niKht. The French plan, M understood m Washinuton, embraces the three Associated States of Cambodia. Laos,
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    Air armada races to aid of besieged
    257 1 FRANCE threw a large part of its 450-plane air force m Indo-China into a massive airlift to besieged Dien Bien Phu yesterday, m response to an urgent plea from the garrison commander, Gen. Christian De Castries. "Take risks parachute drops and bombardment missions
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    INDIANS ARRESTED EXTORTION CHARGE
    55 1 Threo Indians were arrested m Singapore yesterday on chur-'ps of extortion, criminal intimidation, and attempting to cause hurt, on the complaint of the manager of a cigar factory m Cuff Road. The Indians' had been fined $50 each for rioting m connection with an incident at
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      20 1 '•'•V '///JKMttHk.' fy'/t '/nHrßk. CRAVEN A' FOR SMOOTH, CLHAN SMOKING Laraest-sellinq cork-tipped cigarette m the world. Imported from London -<<i
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    THEY PLAN TO WEDTHEN SEEK DIVORCE
    130 2 Vi.IKH r ol Danish li.h Im lori .m (lrli.it m;- heiiiei j,«*t Mil! if thr\ (Jo Marry, Ifcej and th(ir I.Miliv will .*!>!>!> lor dm tt immrdialrh ftftCT Ike n !iio:,> Thnr plan is to sho»« up t a p m the <otintrV^ wacr
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    Noisy kiss led to arrest of eight thieves
    102 2 A GANG i Ight youthful thi< v(. w< r< arrei ted In Vienna becauw police were luspicioui "l tin way couple IlI: i '1 m public. The police called to investigate the nightly disappearance copper win and bars from n Vienna trading
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    DEBATE ON MOSSADEQ ENDS IN FIST FIGHT
    164 2 'Traitor' speech is howled down A CLOSED SESSION of the Majlis, the Persian lower Hou.s,. of Parliament, broke up m a list fight between two leading Deputies after hot exchanges between supporters and opponents of ex-Premier Mossadeq. Speaker Sardar Fakher Hekmat angrily walked
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    Wife kicked me out
    72 2 IHHGE Ortiz Fatino. a n«-p- hen of the Bolivian tin Magnate Antcnor Patino. asked a Parll court for a divonv y«.st<rday < harming his wife k!ck«(i liirn out of their houMThe 2U y«ar old Bolivian, brother James recently Married a British divorcee m Part >aid he
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    75 2 STUDENTS from Chinese schools m Negri Semhilan, who are doing a six-day civics course, visited "Corcosa". Kuala Lumpur, the home of the Deputy Hißh Commissioner. Picture shows the students posing with Sir Donald MacGillivray (centre m second row) on the stairs. The picture was taken indoors because of heavy rain.
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    Bibles for the Reds
    38 2 fIMVFVI Y-thousand balloons 1 carrying 111,000 Bible excerpts and religious tracts will be floated today Into Iron Curtain countries from the West C.erman border, the International (*****111 of Christian Churches announced m Nuremberg A.P.
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    Labour to meet on Bevan again
    158 2 Britain's paiharnentary Labour Party decided latt night ?<, meet ipecially on May id to Will a p-jblic attack bl Mi Herbert Morrison DeiHity Labour leader upon Mr AiMurm Beran the BocialUl *ft wing chief, Mr Morrison wrote this week ta a SociaJLst ixrlodica] that
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    CHURCHILL AND ATTLEE CLASH ON ANGLO-U.S. 'DIFFERENCES'
    200 2 'Contradictory statements' on Indo-China, St Asia srstss3 SSaaggKgaa aaa Selwyn Uoyd. •i... B Iti h lead* i refu awn A discussion o 0 American different tin CM neva confer; wo lid »■< "miscniel aid. •< v cplan ii L v: attii i I
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    SPEED RECORD
    50 2 A new world speed record was claimed yesterday by Captain Anders Westerlund. 32. of the Swedish Air Force, who flew a Swedish-built "Flying Barrel" jet fighter at an average speed of 977 kllometen about 612 mphi an hour on a closed 500 kilometers .about 312 miles) circuit A.P.
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    More mud slung in Joe's row with Army
    288 2 More mud slung in Joe 's row with Army U.S ATTORNEY GENERAL Herbert Browne)! ruled u^ terday that neither a Federal Bureau of Investigation report on security ii^ks at Fort Monmouth, New Jersey, v L document from Senator Joseph McCarthy should be made public. He sajd the Senator's paper made
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    Factions hurt S'pore unions
    187 3 Factions hurt S 'pore unions HIVAI trade union factions X are trying to win the supo r j 78.000 workers who not joined a union m ipore. led to frequent switchof members from one union to another and the formation of new ones. clashes between different unions ol the same
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    STUDENTS' CIRCLE NAMES COMMITTEE
    51 3 The* Students' Circle. Singap ir has named the following irers for the year: Tahm Yap Seng: nts, Mrs L. Edlin. ider Beck, H. Tan: rary secretary. m seen tary arid S H. Chiie; ComLim Mci Chan. ck Choo P. S. M M. Monon. Joseph auditor, Mr.
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    37 3 pic'unv This is wlnt huiiprn 'd wlun hincse decided to «<» I«f a drive m 10 ton army v«'Uid<>. It ftnishH halfway ihronKh i fe«c« m a Btof«--pore Harbour Board god mn Then (lie "driver" vanished Free Press
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    GOLDEN VOICES STILL SILENT
    90 3 J it been recei?- I for the •Golden Voice" M I uir.ounced month ago, said a 1 for the sponsors, munications DeBingapore. f b oj>en to girl of the Oriental Teletrlc Company. and all telecom- departmenti iv Malaya. Each state .*nd settlement and the C-olonv will
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    MORE POWER TO BRIGHTEN UP S'PORE
    179 3 Insurance' plan to meet bigger electricity demands JOKE power for Singapore will be added when Pasir L l Paiijung stations third generator starts operating m October an insurance against the day when the Colony rii! need more electricity. Thei BOZne 25.000 kilowatts of power
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    Chinese keen to open 'Varsity soon
    165 3 Chinese keen to open 'Varsity soon N ANYANG UNIVERSITY may open its first academic year m Singapore m a temporary building when the chancellor, Dr. Lin Yutang arrives from America m September. Mr. Lien Ying-chow, a leading member of the University's committee, said yesterday he would suggest this to Dr.
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    EX-PRINCESS DIES
    25 3 Former Crown Princes, Olilie of Germany, died m her sleep m Bad KlMinger, Oermany yesterday after i lonfl illness. She wa.s 67. A.P.
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    ENGAGED
    23 3 MISS DAISY Yonc Kirn Chjre, ;i Malacca nurse, and Inspector Tan Kong Weng of the Krmaman Police, who were engaged m Malacca.
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    WORLD'S FIRST JET TRANSPORT
    52 3 The French Civil Aviation Minister said la*t night France was building the world's first two- jet transport piano. The craft. 102 feet long, lowwinged, and with a range of 2.060 to 2.500 miles, at 500 miles per hour, will carry 70 passengers, and 5.500 pounds of
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    BUY MORE, US TOLD
    37 3 NEW YORK. Fri Pakistan's Consul-General. Mr. L. Shan is. yesterday appealed to Americans- to buy more of his country's goods so that Pakistan, m turn, can increase her purchases of American products.— A.P.
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    More Jordan complaints
    43 3 Jordan lodged throe further complaints against Israel yesterday with the United Nut ions Mixed Armistice Commission and asked for immediate Investigations at the scene of the incidents Israel us accused ol six breaches of the armistice agreement this week. Reuter
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    Dutch courtesy cal!
    26 3 The aircraft carrier. Kre doorman, flagship <>t the Royal Dutch Navy, will arrive In Montreal next Wednesday lor a six-day courtesy call. A.P.
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      Opinion A-defence row
      371 4 Mi'} u.i currenl >i>.ii> raJ < laptrap spoul tain i U discontinue civilian defence afi m hiiinu Rushed prelate; havi tinn ly charge* on this vit important qua I lon. Th< Archbishop of York 1 1 Oarbett, haa .said we n ntinue to plan f( the '"lure,
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    THE RED SPY LEAK IS NOW A TORRENT
    443 4  - THE RED SPY LEAK IS NOW A TORRENT PERCY HOSKINS I SUBJECT... RUSSIA rUK disclosures of the Petrova will mean thai the k issian spj m will have to be completely overhauled, so much of its Inner workings are now known by the Western powers. uriera from nmv South have
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    Russia piles on the snow
    254 4 Russia piles on the snow •THE Knnilin has served notice that even nature herself will not bo permitted to disrupt the new agricultural programme. In areas when the elements showed signs <>t balking Communist plans f<;r larger crops thus summer peasants and nut-chlne-tractor station personnel, although weary from last fall's
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    Hope, still
    130 4 IUJAN will m ver be ingenious enough t o blow up the earth m cm super explosion, m the opinion of nuclear physicist Professor E. T S Walton, winner of the Nobel Prize for Physics m 1951. M.m is not going to be clever enough to »nvmt some
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      36 4 HENDRY S far llritish-Madc I K^DSyd Di/' unt P. H. HENDRY lewellet 7H, N«rr tli BrMfffl Wm Siiti I |i«.i <, Itl: 7421. 11l Ml Ol I II I N<> 4 li.ifu KiMrl Xiii l.i I MHipn
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      26 4 DON T MISS! n^, the report heralds >^3 GOLDEN PLOVERS 13 from Holland and WOOD PIGEONS Vary your menu with Gatnc. SINGAPORE COLD STORAGE CO., LTD.
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    Couple from South America on tour
    165 5 r \ri drew us \to beautiful Singapore RT lus drawn the Rauprichs of Bogota, Colombia, to the Far I^st And by this means will this German couple present the I ist to South America. Of Singapore particularly, it will be its architecture and pc
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    200 year-old tree on fire
    43 5 <nna tree with' sirth a landmark of 1 two miles from aught lire re•:1 to put out md fven R ot into ta the tree to play a *tWO hours to quell ll m the tree to be
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    HE WASN'T AT HIS TRIAL
    62 5 A speeding conviction and 5 fine imposed at Win- j Chester on a motor-coach driver. Robert Henry Didot Elmer, of Glanville Road. Walkford. Hampshire, were quashed. The Lord Chief Justice said the magistrates heard the case m the absence of Mr. Elmer. Who by an
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    NO FLATS TILL WATER COMES
    64 5 Improvement leased allotting new estate m I enue till the W becomes nor»nan told the! J l -it temporary ar- 1 rangementa were being mad* by the City Council to meet their immediate water needa pending tha laying of a ixt manent bigger main pipe
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    1,000 MANUFACTURERS TO SHOW THEIR GOODS
    175 5 Jap trade fair is postponed 4 JAPANESE trade fair which was to be held mi Singapore this month has now been postponed to later in°the year. The Singapore Japanese Consul-General, Mr. Ken Ninomiya is now m Osaka speeding up arrangempnt.« with thp Osaka Foreign
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    $6,900 for the Red Cross
    68 5 Tlie British Red Cross Society. Johorc Branch, had excellent results m the Flas Day held m the .southern part of the State. A total of $0,900 wis raised. Here are the various sums: Johore Bahru $2.H4; Kulai 301; Masai 187; Bungei Besi Mines 59; Ulu
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    S'PORE YOUTHS COULDN'T GET JOBS SO THEY GO TO CHINA
    210 5 Trade-hit firms full up Yf ANY Singapore Chinese youths who have left for Red China, are believed to be unsuccessful jobhunters m the Colony. Poor trade conditions are partly to blame. Many Chinese business firms which formerly had jobs tor
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    Family week to be held
    115 5 Family week to be held THE SINGAPORE branch of the Christian Home Life will have a "family week" from May 9 to 15. It is being promoted by the Malayan Christian Council. of which the Christian Home Life is a part. Miss M. Nowlin. a member nf the C.H.L. committee,
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    SHE CHANGED SEATS AND WAS KILLED
    154 5 A WIFE killed by a 3c\vt. rock which fell on the car m which she was sleeping had changed positions with her husband because she was uncomfortable. Her husband escaped unhurt. Mr. Kenneth Norman Wilkinson,* of Range Green. Tipnor Portsmouth, stated this at thp
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      153 5 Grey J Por l?rcv n ra dcd hair, fnecto hair dnt jl r%^ ,J ton magical way with It I Swiftly, \J^V^>/ lodetectably and U> one application X. oertectly maichlnp naiure's shades ijij 11 permanently restores the beauty \\/^fgr* ot youihtui. natural colouring. Made to 18 shades from deep black
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    Desert will be reclaimed
    105 6 EGYPT'S rolling, dun-o ed Western Desert I. 11 years ago the clami .stage for the Brtish Army's World War TWO victories is now to b< vast laboratory for Am<-: and Egyptian scientists on transforming its parcnea immensity into fertile catn* raising country. Under the Desert Rani
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    YOUR LUCKY STAR
    507 6 YOUR LUCKY STAR STAR B°f RN-. roi J AY ><tur family and km are pr*fc*Mi of the utmost imporlan<e to \,,u i and will bring you either ti,,. I greatest happiness— or unhan- piness —m life. The closely-knit famih j n(o which you were born— and the one to which
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      205 6 MANDRAKE by Lee Falk and Phil Davis T" r I I HE'S AN FXPERT SKIER--HE WAS I lOF COURSE. 1 1 YES- ESPECIALLY ON N|^ f l r^X I GOING LIKE THE WINO-'AND r^ ANYBODY THE NORTH SLOPE. 1 v W/ tr 7 SUDDENLY FELL "FOR NO r> CAN FALL--1
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    The Gordons wore kilts—but sarongs were in kit bags
    434 7 The Gordons wore kilts— but sarongs were in kit bags (iurdons wore their kilts but there were ironfS i» their kit bags when they reached thampUn from Malaya. On the three-week voyage they wore their dark a tartan by day and multi-coloured sarongs at .it. m >fflcer: "Every sold- m
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    CAUGHT FIREMAN FALLING 40 FT.
    31 7 ™rem*n caught the belt of ►nscioua colleague fallthe top of a 401t. md held him suspended until help arrived at Hampshire Fireman ''"•'U was knocked out
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    'SAVE ORCHARDS'
    47 7 Drink more cider-and keep West Country orchards going, Viscount Bledisloe appealed at the annual meeting ol the Bath and W.-st Show at Bath. Referring to the fall m cider entries for the show, he said it no longer paid farmers to pick up cider apples.
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    Gift for his 350-mile walk
    133 7 SAPPER Albert E. Morson, the Blackhall Mill mara- 1 thon walker has received a wrist watch from an anonymous donor. It wa.s given him for his recent feat m walking 350 miles from Derbyshire to Yetholm, Scotland. Posted m Aberdeen the watch was enclosed with
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    Rescue by air?
    21 7 The use of helicopters to reinforce lifeboats Is being Investigated by the Royal National Lifeboat Institution of Britain
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    £10 STAY IN BED
    18 7 A man arn\>U'd m bed was fined €10 at Lambeth for missing territorial training
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    World's first atom sub
    51 7 THE WORLD'S first atomic submarine, the Totted States' Nautilus lies at (iroton. Connecticut, where she is being fitted out. Part of her hull is covered by tarpaulins. This is the first picture released of the vessel since she was launched m January by Mrs. Eisenhower.- -Popper
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    Ferry for Malaya
    37 7 This double-ended motor ferry has been built m Hong Kong for the British Malayan Petroleum Company of Singapore. It will be sent soon to Malaya. The 65-ton craft is powered by four diesel engines.
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    CASE OF DANCING WIFE ENDS IN MYSTERY
    290 7 4N 80-stron» team of detectives who for three months have been hunting the killer of Mrs. Penelope Mogano. dancing housewife of Coventry, have been beaten* by alibis. That was the murder-hunt summing-up by a Coventry C.I.D spokesman after an inquest jyry had returned
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    Lifeboat out of a legacy
    63 7 Built out of a legacy from the late Mrs Kenda] ol Bheppoiton. Middlesex, a new lif•?--bo it will leave Co Isle ol Wight today for 81 Peter i J »rt. Guernsey. The lifeboat, the Eup syne Kendal Is <>f th*« 52 it. Barnett t>i>«'. the
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    Price of divorce
    30 7 Divorce people might b<' deprived of their vote, Dr. R. s lao, vie v ot the University Church, oxi'M'i. suggested to oxlord City Mural Welfare 1 A.v>OCl^UiJU
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    BACK TO BIB AND TUCKER
    374 8  - BACK TO BIB AND TUCKER LOUISE PETRIE b> IF YOU'VE a dress or 1 jumper with a wide, SCOODed neckline, your opportunities of rin^in^ the changes with "fancy bibs" are innumerable. 'Ilk can be plain or BDOrtl m a colour tO KO With '<• W hat made decoratm wnh \><
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    No room for the 'blues'
    43 8 photo. There's n<» room !<>»• (fi<- >•'. !!•<•" uhrn irearini this delightfui MoiiM m Ihc brifhtcfl of the now season's colonrs I\iris Mve. The Moose is m n velty woven striped organza, with (lit au.i\ < oll.tr iirul called thrpc-ciuarlrr slirvrs Reuter
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    It's the ideas that matter
    374 8 What you can t buy you can copy says JEAN I WISEMAN READERS sometimes ask me why I write about bright ideaa they can't Ret and the an- is twofold: Often stirs manufactun into doing sonn thing con ondly it pires mar/.- readers a tig
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    HER LUCK RAN OUT
    42 8 MRS. MARY BELL, 41. char- (fed With murderiny her husband m Belleville. Ontario, complained: "I broke two mirrors a feu months ago and I have had nothing but bad luck since. My cake's wouldn't use, and 7iou this."
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    Seen in the shops
    50 8 There is now a neir floral decoration for a dining table —individual posies for each guest i?i a wine glass. A new kind of zip fastener frees itself when it ja?ns with c special latch. On the market is a noise/<'.s.s hair dryer for home use.
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      101 8 t?m* the Inxmh Vui I(>N DRILL SIIOKIS with a side zip from watol to liinmp, with no huttons or hooks They open flat for Ironing. NYLON features m swimsuit mat«rials New this year is a 100 p.-r cent, crepe nylon fabric: also >>»«>,;, head wearlnx n ixture ot nylon and
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      131 8 Elizabeth Ardcn creates. .y *fo~j!j)k Make-up luundation L* \«r?^ /.*Bsrl.^~ fur (fir i oung luminooi loofc A nt\s flowing foondatioo which k' 1 s > our Ny ikia in-t.mily the luminous quality, the I d»uy frm tlui.t il pVM t-n« iKint.ncat. I'^c J il un.l.r ponder- ju>t a «!rop conrrals
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    Cinemas ban hooligan gangs
    324 9 Cinemas ban hooligan gangs CINEMAS, dance halls, and other places- of entertainment m South-East London are closing their doors to youths m "Edwardian" suite because of gang hooliganism The latest example of this came when a light broke out In the Gnmada Cinema, Wandsworth-road. between <-angs and the cinema ushers.
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    BONES WEREN'T HIS
    61 9 thr c V K K spectators feared Horst when they 45--li 1(i f He^y Watkins lying n h" treet ln New Orleanl with bonea scattered around inkSK ?e i i doctor foun^ no J s Watkins was carrying large fresh beef bonei lil n ,°th 1& d
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    Master leaves £3,300
    30 9 M LONDON, Thurs. AI'.HEMATICS master to Sir Winston Churchill when he waa a boy pf 15 at Harrow Pub££RWa £?Lu Janu ary a^ed 87 left 3,304 Reuter.
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    R.A.F. memorial
    53 9 omSKSS of the 55,500 men whn '/I* 111 Bomber Command Wlr St l heir lives m World Sb W i, U S ttend the «W«*l--morn? d e icati on of a mepyf q ,st aini me d glass window hfnM at i! r d y in the airmen
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    GOOD SAMARITAN
    1016 9 TODAY ON HIS SINGAPORE TOUR ROGER YUE TAKES YOU TO THE DELTA GANGES ESTATE TO MEET A.... OUT OF WASTELAND A TOWN HAS GltOWN VTITHIN three years, a flour- i.shing little township has sprung up m what used to be B one-.square-miie of wasteland not many miles from
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    Fell from bridge
    24 9 A man who had apparently fallen 100 ft from Scotland's Forth Bridpc. was found dead m the roadway at South Queen.sfcrry.
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    GUNS STOP COURT
    27 9 A witness at a Woolwich court-martial was asked to stop giving evidence while the Royal Artillery fired a 21 -gun .salute to the Queen.
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    HAIRCUT IN TWO STAGES
    45 9 The fire .siren at CallinKton. Cornwall, sounded, yesterday while fireman Arthur Paynter was having a haircut. Paynter jumped from the chair, ran Of! to help put out the tire, then went back to the barber's for the rest of his haircut.
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    Malenkov is Elected Unanimously —and claps his approval
    619 10 Malenkov is Elected Unanimously —and claps his approval Rene McColl attends Soviet 'Parliament Tin- s ipi me Saviefl o U.S.S.R wound i :on m cting th ohly a few minor ame Government, headed by Ifalenkov, tint formally t'Tid'- resignation at the start ol the ■lon la f v L Malen
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    9 10 Peggy Castle who Will appear m "I. the Jury."
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    'ATOMIC' BABIES
    189 10 T4IK awesome effects of 1 atomic bomb radiation on babies still unborn were detailed recently by three Chicago physicians. The dOCtOS made study Of women who were pregnant when an A-bomb exploded over Nagasaki. JaDan. m 1945 and the case histories of their children. Thirty of the women
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    Remember?
    128 10 A YOUNG man with crop- ped hair and a round face is looking out across the Port of Marseille and wondering whether he'll ever set foot ashore. He it the man "nobody wants, named Levitskp, who has iicen travelling across the world m the French liner Bretayjie since August
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    Memory is a Tape Recorder
    268 10 VO U R memory may 1 work much like a magnetic tape recorder, a Chicago scientist speculates. And some scanning system may read the taue to recall knowledge, or mark down new bits •of knowledge and experiences. Such a system could account for differences In
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    Royal drum
    96 10 Queen Elizabeth II is presenting to British Museum, London, for permanent display Irs the Ethnological Section, a symbolic royal drim from Africa which recently reached Britain. The drum ifl the gift Chieftainess Ndungu. Senior Chief of the Luvale tribe m Northern Rhodesia, to mark the Coronation of Queen
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      361 11  -  DAVIS GRUBB by (HAMJSH HAMILTON) J^ROM the first page to the last, this novel is haunted by a painful and terrible power. Sorrfe readers may find its theme barely tolerable; many who read on, enthralled, will protest at the horrid spell that holds them. THE NIGHT OF THE HI'MER
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    Novel that Caste a 'Horrid' Spell
    350 11  -  G. M. THOMSON MURDER, MONEY and A RAG DOLL form a grimly-tense theme springtime feels his whole spirit come alive with holyrage and hatred of the spewing mass of harlots and whoremongers m Louisville, that swarming riverside Sodom. He rubs the knife m his
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    BADER... The Indestructible
    773 11  - BADER The Indestructible George Malcolm Thomson LIE had armour plate behind him. tin legs underneath and an engine m front. How COULD they get him? cvxcv REACH FOR THE SKY. By Paul Brickhill Collins, T*HE valiant Englishman A of popular tradition is diffident; hesitant m spech; repressed m behaviour; given
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    27 11 Kil.i Gam, who made a silent appearance m "The Thief", is the heroine of "Saadia", a film with a French Moroccan setting and sorcery as its theme.
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    180 11 I'einpics of the Sun and Moon. By Michael Swan. Cape. Humorous, perceptive account of one young Englishman's journey through Mexico, with special attention to Aztec and Maya remains. Keen eye and graceful style k'ive the book ;i sale place among the small group <>f first-class travel .studies dealing
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      22 11 POCKET CARTOON h OSBERT LANCASTER 1 assure you, Comrade, that no one regrets the n *<d for reorganisation more than I do."
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    791 12  - AIR FORCE FOR JAPS THIS YEAR RAY FALK U.S. funds and advice will also enlarge the Navy and Army by JAPANESE rearmament will break out fjf itfl embryonic shell thifl year. The next eight month.-, will ■cc tbe birth ol i new Japanese ill force and a govern-ment-sub tldiaed atomic
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    44 12 pliolo. I i »m (.rim.iMv (MHI this Hfc savini; jarkct tint i> posi tiv»'lv t hi<\ II is made of ualt-rprooi cloth iitul |he pad dint: kl impregnated with resin Obviously Meal for fishpriim'ii .iiul «.til(»rs, it niiiv also adorn the fair s.-v Popper
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    ROCKETS CONTROL THE WEATHER
    255 12 F^kii r larmen m Boath African valley have achieved the dreaai ol leienti.i> eoatroUlag the weather with rocketi To the amase nifiit ol w epiicß, v.ix b time i hall storm threatem their <rop-», the i.u ■■jier.-s ;it Loagklooi la the I t^^.•rM ;I |m- iu^li
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      815 12 Bridge Quiz VI^HKN >uui partners opening bid is very prubable that the opponent v has been doubled for a take- can get together m spades. Assutm out by your right-hand opponent, that you redouble, the next plafei you .should pate with a weak hand bids one spade and the doublei
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    539 13 GLYNIS JOHNS AND DAVID LEWIN HAVE A TISHY' CHAT IS UP TO HER TAIL IN TROUBLE /'LYNIS JOHNS wai trying on her tail "Haven't been m one ol these for seven years,' she said. "Whenever I'rr In a tail there's trouble The last time she
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    392 13 INHERE are rumours lstr< ones I that MR. AND MRS. Di MAGGIO (Marilyn Joe) arc going to start wn film company any ERROL FLYXN is listed ii n the 10 wealthiest men m Jamaica The lead m the movie version of 'Ro.se too" (to be made m Lon-
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    16 13 Burt Lancaster and Joan Rice m a scene from "Mis ™*jtHy U Kttft" (coming to Singapore).
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    A NEW CROSBY
    215 13 HE'S TAKEN TO WEARING SMART CLOTHES For the Qrtt tune m his Ufe, tin\ whisper, he i.s going to a tailor and a hiuh- class one. He orden neatly patkerned suits cot uiji $30t) and more, fashioned lo his measure His I liirts are convtntumai, buttoned at
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      COLLINS IN FINE FORM FOR R.A.F. CHANG!
      341 14 League leaders beef F.B.W. 3-0 BAFCHANGI B; v I BAGI I leaden Royal Air F«rce Chanel were u«»ocl ralue fji *< their Singapore United Senrkes F.A. Dlv. 1 r XjS placed l ivinu k»:.i Wi.u al RAF Seletar yesterday. They ptoyed the more
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      RAOC beat Navy 3-2
      191 14 RACK RN .2. Knyii Army Ordnance Corps were ati i!t>- lu< ky to beal Royal N B 1 tn theli Dlv I tnat< ii yesterd ij «r ii M. i Terrbi II iras scrappy «.tun- x:''.. lOd I M ai one time i< A.O.C led 'i
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    Wife is his second
    31 14 Jimmy arn.n.,-,s. v|» nuectmtwtty MeaJtfl his wtrld fc^fer H^wlfeMrni thleisecttki m all his lights is »*"v iec a u t llu durilli Uh Ull| kuk b(luU bl
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    Over she goes -and the name is Muriel
    153 14 Over she goes -and the name is Muriel 4 H yes, life is good when you can stick your feet m a pair of waterskis and skim away from all your worries behind a S5-knot speedboat. And if you really want to feel as if you are floating on air
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    England names 31 for Balkans
    315 14  - England names 31 for Balkans ROY PESKETT By i^IGHT of the 'i' 2 players originally named as possibles J for the Football Association's Continental tour next month have been left out of the final list for the four matches m May. Seven newcomers are there, making a total of 31
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    THE TOURISTS
    114 14 GOALKEEPERS: E. Bursin iShefli.'ld U.». R. King (Port Vale). (i. Merrirk (Birmingham C>. G. Thompson (Preston). FULL-BACKS: R. Byrne i Manchester t. k. (ireen (Birmingham c.i. b. Manseii (Portsmouth), R. staniforth (Huddergfield), s. Wilicmse (Chelsea). HALF-BACK: K. Armstrong (Chelsea), E. Bell (Bottom. J. Dickinson (Portsmouth), J. *>uffdalp 1W.8.A.1.
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    U.S. gifts for S'pore players
    85 14 AMERICAN table tennis players are sending gifts to Singapore players. Outsi Ing competitors In I championships will r« these gifts along with th< ir c »lony trophies. The Paper Mate toy ol City. Califoi through Mr a Kestura oi goodwill. Director of Public Relations Boards
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    KEITH MAY SUCCEED EVANS IN TEST SIDE
    211 14  - KEITH MAY SUCCEED EVANS IN TEST SIDE PAT MARSHALL By PICK your best wicketkeeper for his wicket-keeping. That is a maxim Test selectors stick to- or should stick to There have be?n only five wieketkeepers m England's T.\st teams of this half-ceni ry A. A. Lillejr, Bert Strudwick, George Duckworth,
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    ITALIANS HAVE A MOTORBIKE CAPABLE OF 150 mph
    279 14 ITALIANS HAVE A MOTORBIKE CAPABLE OF 150 mph ALL la >t autumn/i talk of barm iOO r<• racing Mfcydes, because thoy were too fftll I w Safety, .seems to Forgotten. [nstead theie an reports, from Italy, of :mi (■<..-,• Oileras and M V -Agusl .s. and hopes Hi i» there
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      837 15  -  TRESPASSER By U\V ICKSILVER is penalised 7 lb. for his stylish win V C on the first day, but I think m his present form he will defy that impost and complete a double by taking the Class 2, Div. 1 race over a
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      Len is still their choice
      121 15 BRITAIN'S cricket selectors yesterday confirmed veteran Len Hutton as the nations No. 1 cricketer by naming him to head the British XI for the season's first Test series against Pakistan, opening at Lords on June 10. In doing so they thrust a side criticisms that
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      PORTUGUESE WIN
      15 15 The Portuguese soccer team of Sao Paulo. Brazil, defeated VFL Osnabrmck 2-0 yesterday.
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      BARAKAT CAN MAKE AMENDS
      163 15 BARAKAT CAN MAKE AMENDS B ARARAT should mI k c amend! icr his defeat on Wednesday m the Class 2, Div. 2 sprint over .six tomorrow. He lost ground m the early stages but came on at the finish to be three lengths behind the winner. Tarzan. The danger this
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    PROBABLE SCRATCHINGS
    55 15 IMMMMBU scratching* for lomorro'.v. lit-l day of the U«w Turf lu b Ma > tclli are: Bonier Soot, Opera. Roujrhnut, Stuneta. Alpine Knight. Langton i adv. Appointment, Agreement, IViioimer. UJiat Happened. I. u /an is a doubtful starter. Ihe soing is likely to be on S oft side.
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    Prosperity has tough opposition
    169 15 riUE Claa 2, Div. 1 six-fur--1 long sprint will be a match between Prosperity and Troubadour, both of whom did rouaing gallop* on the training track yesterday. Both were all the way winin their last outings at B u kit Timah. Prosperity, with 8 13. returned
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    Olympic yachts to be provided
    80 15 THE Australian Yachting Federation will provide 30 special achta lor competitors at the 1956 Ohmpic Oiimes. The Royal Australian Navy and the Royal Australian Air Force aye promised to lend equipment. nduuing buoys, starting gear and launches. Austrlia was supplying the new s to competitors
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    JAPS BEAT H.K. 5-2
    71 15 ipacity crowd of 6,000 wildlj cheering spectators saw the l>.<nese Swaythling Cup chambtat Hong Kong by five to two m an exhibition d single* event m Hong Kon^r c women's event Japan made n sweep by beating Hong three matches to nil Japanese team, winners of
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    Airman first in Wingfield Sculls
    77 15 Rtnd, a 21-year-old airman a member of the Thames Jib, won the Wingfield '»ie amateur sculling cham- the Thames.yeJterdav. h held over the boat ttm Putney to Mort- f o °;ered the four and a half to 24 minutes and 43 seconds. iho »S* f
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    DAVIS CUP TIE
    17 15 <"hrf flr'', ay of the nnnlsh- first-round Davis Cup -;r y)n M draw ln
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    'TAKE GAMES AWAY FROM MELBOURNE'
    192 15 -Official move ARMAND Massard of France, Vice-President of the International Olympic Committee (IOC», .vaid, yesterday he would formally propose the with- drawal of the 1956 Olympic Games from Melbourne at the full session of the Olympic Committee opening m Athens on Monday. Massard is sponsoring
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    CHESS STARS PLAY 20th GAME
    45 15 Chullt tiger V;«..s. i ;ili BBysloi v< tarday won the 20th game m the 24--matth dMM championship series against titlist Mikhail Botvlnnik. The .score In the series Is now 10 j 9 >♦. m Botvinnik's favour. The 21st game .starts Uxluy
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    Hough play as S'pore triumph 14-1
    348 15  - Hough play as S'pore triumph 14-1 WEE KIM WEE By SINGAPORE trountrd the Philippines 14-1 m the first round of the waterpolo merits yesterday. The Singapore players were not only the faster swimmers but much 1 superior m ball handling. Playing without captain Kee Soon Bee. whose place was taken
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    MIRACLE MILE BY A BRITON
    442 16 by Bannister BRITAIN'S Roger Bannister ran one mile m the official time of 3min 59.4 set- yesterday. The miracle mile of under lour minutes lias Ihus been achieved, ;i feal many doctors and sportsmen believed impossible. The 24-year-oM medical student collapsed afterwards. He v;as running
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    Neo takes it easy —and beats record
    264 16  -  WEE KIM WEE Hv \TEO Chwee Kok was not swimming Hat out when he A^ won his 100 metres freestyle heat m a record breaking 58.7 sec yesterday. He is playing the Japs at their own came. Nco noticed thai the Jap competitors
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    Record prices for yearlings
    125 16 rpHE Xi i On stud at Scone. 1 New South Wales, broke an Au t r ill m record In selling m <mc di i draft ol yearlings tor i;Aiii)<Hi at the annual yearling sales m .Sydney. Return! for the Kia-Ora itud were almost a third
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    Asian Games special
    101 16 Asian Games special World records at Asian Games Two world records were established at the Asian Games' m weight lifting championship preliminaries yesterday. Rodrigo Delrosario of the Philippines broke the world's featherwt ight record with a press of 240 lb. This was 8 1 lb. better than the world record
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    Bulat enters boxing final
    147 16 Bulat enters boxing final WELTERWEIGHT Bulat bin Ismail entered the Asian Games boxing finals last night. Hi' tx'ut China's Wing Yeung v.iv on points. The decision Wll unanimous. Buiat will fiuht Kmuim Pujimoto of Japan m the lin;i. Oylonesc hantamu tight P. Jayasuriva knocked out Austin Dunsford itl BtafAfMt m
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    They all send their praise
    130 16 /CONGRATULATIONS shower\\j ed m from all over the world after Bannisters miracle mile. M Rene Mourlon. t rainiiu director of the French Athletics I Federation said that no Fiend! runner could come anywhere mar Bannlttar'a performance Congratulatloni to Britain for being the first country to
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    31 16 YastenUy'i tmtball mulU: UMrtoM i.r* K ur Baltimore o New Y O ,k a, Chfcafo y WMhtnctoo National l.rajfu*-: N.-a- York 4 lticltlll;it I i Put sKiii-,. ii \mt....... A.P.
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