The Singapore Free Press, 21 May 1954
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Title Section18 1954-05-21 1 The Singapore Free Press Largest Afternoon Sale m Malaya. IHH Singapore, Fri., May 21, 1954. Price 15 Cts18 words
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Article, Illustration58 1954-05-21 1 picture. Hollywood actress Gene Turiu'y arrives m New York from Los Anjjeles with her iive-vtvir-old daughter Tina to M't up housekeeping" m r new home m Fairfield, onnecticut. She declined to ilk about her reported nance with Prince Aly m but said,A.P. - 58 words
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Article80 1954-05-21 1 2000 yelling women rush Police SCREAMING native women fought with police yester- 1 day m a riot protesting against I rule that ban unmarried j mothers from the African quarters m Lusaka m Northern Rhodesia Wave after wave ot the women, hundreds carrying i babies on their backs, rushed theU.P. - 80 words
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Article63 1954-05-21 1 Admiral G. V. Glad- Officer, Second-In-i Par East Station, will Hong Kong today abroad 5 Birmingham for a cruise Borneo and Malayan waters. Is first port of call. he will transfer his H.MS Newfoundland for malnder of the cruise as Bnmin^ham is expecting turn toReuter - 63 words
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Article29 1954-05-21 1 f> U .salaried physicians 1 their three-day strike night without any solution for their wage increase 'ands, s t O utly refused by Government A. P.A. P. - 29 words
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Article78 1954-05-21 1 UITHOUT a kiss or even m the holding of hands a /u and &im P le tale of "jo Chinese lovers m the century was told m a £ur fu m m Geneva yesThe nim, named after the lovers Liang Shan-po and Chu Ying-tai was shownReuter - 78 words
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Article36 1954-05-21 1 The Shah signed a decree on Thursday sending ex-Premier Mossadeq's final appeal to the Iranian Supreme Court, and rejected an appeal request by Mossadeq's co-defendant and former chief of staff. Tachi Riahi.- A.P.A.P. - 36 words
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Article29 1954-05-21 1 Singapore rubber market opened this morning on an, uncertain tone, with first "rade, June shipment, at 63 cents a pound— one-eighth of a cent below yesterday's dote.29 words
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Article23 1954-05-21 1 PROBE INTO JAP PIRACY OF DESIGNS BRITAIN announced ye.sterday that trade organisations will study charges that the Japanese are pirating British textile designs.23 words
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Article60 1954-05-21 1 An eight-year-old daughter of an army oilic-er living at Fort Canning was accosted yesterday by a man who .showed an obscene photo and a.skcd her to follow him. The girl ran home and her father reported the matter to the Police. A radio car later detained an Indian60 words
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Article189 1954-05-21 1 More schools in call-up protest THE protest by students of Singapore Chinese middle schools against National Service registration is spreading. It now involves at least six boys and girls' .schools. Student representatives, led by those involved m the po-lice-student clash on May 13 have set up a "fighting fund" to189 words
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Article223 1954-05-21 1 Reds defer Laos issue FOLLOWING private talks between East and West m Geneva yesterday, Russia has agreed conditionally to postpone the dispute over Laos and Cambodia, so that the peace conference can get down today to the problems of an armistice m Indo-China, conference sources223 words
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Article45 1954-05-21 1 Panic almost broke out m a Hanoi night club last night when the proprietor announced that all civilians had to evacuate Hanoi within a month. '"Meanwhile, we are offering free champagne to everyone so the Viets wont get it," he said. U.P.U.P. - 45 words
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Article90 1954-05-21 1 VIETMINH pressure In IndoChina has increased m the south-west of the Red River Delta leading to fear of an attempted break through near Phuly, only 30 miles irom Hanoi. French military quarters said a very .serious situation would develop if even one of the four divisions which90 words
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Advertisement21 1954-05-21 1 CRAVEN A' FOR SMOOTH CLEAN SMOKING Laracst-scllinq fillip^! cork-tipped cigarette N m the world. fcxv:; S^n Iniix>rtcii from London -fc= I^3]21 words
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Article60 1954-05-21 2 FLOODS MENACE PORT TEHERAN, Fri TIGRIS river floods, which devastated Central Iraq last month, now threaten Khoram.shahr. Persia's largest port near the mouth of the river. The flood water& are rising rapidly and were less than a mile from the city's outskirts yesterday. Thousands of homes and millions of dollarsA.P. - 60 words
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Article19 1954-05-21 2 QfnenU Admund Joujaud Wai appointed new French Air f'<*rc« Commander-lii-Chlef m the Fur East yesterday.- ReuterReuter - 19 words
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Article68 1954-05-21 2 rpilK FLOOR of a second -1 storey school room broke loose and dumped nearly 100 ■Creaming children onto the floor below fciterdif m Bourges, France. Seven children were severely Injured and 83 raftered cuts As the floor fell with a sudden roar, children, de.sks, chairs,U.P. - 68 words
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Article18 1954-05-21 2 A Damascus Court yesterday nt« need a newspaper publiMier. Mounir Rayyess. to M) days m Jail.18 words
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276 1954-05-21 2 People* would look to the Soviet Tnion for leadership if the I nited States failed to demonstrate the capacity of free men to develop an expanding economy and a high level of employment, Mr. John Foster Dulles, I.S. Secretary of State told a meeting276 words
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Article, Illustration89 1954-05-21 2 (COLONIAL police oilicers j from Singapore, the Federation of Malaya, the Gold Coast. Uganda. Nigeria. Jamaica. Trinidad Mauritius. Barbados. Aden. Tanganyika. Hong Kong and Sierra Leone were among those at this passing out parade at a course at the Hendon Police College. Colindale, London. The Inspector89 words
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Article51 1954-05-21 2 students rampaged m a subway train m Upper Man hattan. New York, yesterday i The police rounded up more than 100 youths. The .students broke carriage! windows, tore up seats, pulled emergency cords, held door.s open and beat a subway porter. The motive was not known.A.P. - 51 words
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Article44 1954-05-21 2 rE French Government has recalled Madame De Castries, wife of the defender of Dien Bien Phu, to Parts to give evidence at an enquiry into the fall of the fortress. She leaves Hanoi by air on Sunday for Paris. ReuterReuter - 44 words
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83 1954-05-21 2 INDIA'S MEN ON DUE IN GENEVA AT WEEK-END MR. V. K. Krishna Menon, India's representative at the United Nations, will arrive at Geneva by air from New Delhi tomorrow or Sunday, an Indian spokesman said. He will have talks with the head.s of the British, Chinese Communist, Soviet and possiblyReuter - 83 words
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Article34 1954-05-21 2 The 3.807 ton Philippines coaster Carrick Ben, owned by the U.S. government, and the 5.418-ton Norwegian ship Tudor, collided yesterday off Cebu. Both ships were damaged, but no lives were lost ReuterReuter - 34 words
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Article29 1954-05-21 2 A cat took over a wood pigeon's nest high m a tree at Shipton on Stour, England, and gave birth to three kittens m it. A.P.A.P. - 29 words
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Article41 1954-05-21 2 f -a llr d U V '-»b«-k m Ti-xas that four white m-onle kidnapped him. forced him to pose nude for a photo K rapn used the photograph to extort $30,000 (aboSt M^Ko, rolite have arre»ted two people APAP - 41 words
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287 1954-05-21 2 CHURCHILL SILENT ON PACT RIFT rE Western "Big Three" are believed to have discussed at Geneva yesterday the five-power military staff talks on the South-East Asia situation due to open shortly m Washington. Anglo-American differences of opinion on the need for immediate diplomatic or287 words
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Article157 1954-05-21 2 A bullet dropped -into his heart A 32-YEAR-OLD logger vaj recovering yesterday m Seattle after a bullet being removed from his heart slipped from a surgeon's forceps travelled down an artery to the abdomen, and was retrieved after a second incision i The victim. Wayne Sturdtvant, was shot 11 daysA.P. - 157 words
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Article25 1954-05-21 2 Mr. Guy Mollet. SecretaryGeneral of the French Socialist Party, yesterday was elected President of the Consultative Assembly of the Council of Europe. ReuterReuter - 25 words
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Article95 1954-05-21 2 VO SONG THIET. 45-year-old Vietnamese poet, took a few sips of fruit juice and liquid foods yesterday to end the "death fast" he started 16 days ago. Vo said he hoped his fast would be helpful m bringing warring parties m Indo- China together m peace.A.P. - 95 words
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Advertisement42 1954-05-21 2 RADIO MM INCORPORATING RADIO MALAYA NEWS ILL THE BEST IN IBROA IH ASTL\C Full Proyrummes Badio Postbay. Sunyei Buloh Settlement Land To Be Proud Of Film Berieurs. tar toons tind ***** Picture Section PRICE 30 GENTS FROM ALL NEWSAGENTS ON SALE TODAY42 words
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101 1954-05-21 3 Y'.KOLAI Khokhlov, Russian li intelligence officer who ised to carry out a Soviet *ec police assassination retn West Germany, wil i a public hearing be)re the U.S. Senate Interna Security Subcommittee today. lirman Jennet (Republic-can-Indiana) said Khokhlov who fled to West GermanyA.P. - 101 words
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73 1954-05-21 3 U.S. CONTROLS ON EXPORTS TO H.K. EASED United States Commerce rtment yesterday eased trola over exports to Kong, a major port for ipment to Red China. Hour, dried beans and some other grains, dried ij fruits, tobacco, shoes and f 100 other items were refrom a list requiring export licencesU.P. - 73 words
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Article14 1954-05-21 3 has banned imports of irade Ceylon tea to con- ■■"•'<• -urrency. A.PA.P - 14 words
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138 1954-05-21 3 REDS EXECUTE AMERICAN 'SPY SKYMAN' fpHE Soviet army newspaper Red Star reported yesterday a "spy parachutist of the American intelligence service" was captured m the Ukraine. (,j( i and executed before a firing squad at Kiev. The newspaper, quoting the Ukraine Pravda, said •geois nationalist" Vasili Ostapovitch was tried ralU.P. - 138 words
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180 1954-05-21 3 Coloured influx: Commons questions THE influx of coloured men from the colonies to Britain was raised m the House of Commons. Mr. Frederick Erroll. a Conservative, asked whether the Colonial Secretary was aware that substantial numbers of people, mainly without adequate means of support, were arriving m Britain from abroad,180 words
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Article42 1954-05-21 3 INDIA signed the international tin agreement relay as the first really pendent consumer coun- i do so, it was reported, In London. Belgium. Britain and the Netherlands have already signed, with Britain's signature technically covering Mal.iya. and Nigeria.— ReuterReuter - 42 words
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Article178 1954-05-21 3 THROUGH LONDON'S STREETS ROGER BANNISTER, Britain's four-minute miler, will run through the streets of London's West End on June 1, carrying a cheque handed to him by the Prime Minister, Sir Winston Churchill, to a historic city church In urgent need of repair. With himReuter - 178 words
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Article16 1954-05-21 3 Queen Frederika of Greece has returned to Athens after a two-week vacation m Austria16 words
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Article20 1954-05-21 3 The British retail price index rose one point to a record ni»n of 142 m April. A.P.A.P. - 20 words
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Article, Illustration66 1954-05-21 3 Japan won 10 of It* prizes awarded at the first Asian film festival m Tokyo. Here are the men who made the awards: Bark row. left to right. James Wei (Free China): Prasat Panyarachun (Thailand); Hidemi Kon (Japan); Thomas Hodge (Malaya); Ktfkrit Pramoj (Thailand). Front row,66 words
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124 1954-05-21 3 ANTI-RHEE or non-Rhee candidates were leading yesterday m scattered inconclusive returns In 21 of the first 27 districts reporting from the South Korean National Assembly election The election has been called as a test of President Syngman Rhee's popularity. Election officials m Seoul, who124 words
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Article25 1954-05-21 3 Britain's state-owned coal mines produced less coal but made more money last year than they did m 1952.- ReuterReuter - 25 words
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Advertisement149 1954-05-21 3 You should try RUPERT BRAND SOLE FILLETS WHITE HADDOCK FILLETS PACIFIC COD FILLETS OCEAN PERCH FILLETS COHOE SALMON STEAKS COHOE SALMON FILLETS Z HALIBUT STEAKS HALIBUT FILLETS The Store where you can shop with ease and economy SMASHING OFFERS! Spotless NYLON GABARDINE Su-ts"T|jw (made to measure) $69.90 per «uit -*VtfL149 words
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388 1954-05-21 4 The Singapore Free Press FRIDAY, May 21, MM Opinion It's your job, Mr. Morris The report for I^3 ol the i Singapore Police Force can be accepted, broadly, as satisfactory, it is readily apparent that the Force has i diligently pursued its manysided activities, ana it can take credit for388 words
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Article, Illustration1052 1954-05-21 4 French po lice are much too tough Trwh p« wilett^r by STEPHEN COULTER it 'Grilling' scandals it Master-forger retires it Morocco rumblings No chances? SEEN near the Paris Opera the other afternoon; Soviet ballerina Ulanova out seeing the sights between rehearsals of the Moscow Bolshoi ballet company which is putting1,052 words
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Advertisement29 1954-05-21 4 HENDRY S for British-Made .1 .ItUl <^S MEDALS Schools P. H. HENDRY Jrwrllrr 7H, North Hiidgr K«>:«<J. Sin|cap«rr-B. Tttl IHM» OFFICE: Vn. 4, K ,tti K»«d. Kuala 1 unipiir29 words
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Advertisement36 1954-05-21 4 Jm r\ TENDERISED TOPSIDE OF BEEF is particularly suitable for frying* Whether well-done or under-done, it retains all its flavour and, for fl popular combination, we suggest serving b BRUSSELS SPROUTS. SINGAPORE COLD STORAGE CO., LTD.36 words
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Article, Illustration181 1954-05-21 5 4 OUR- YEAR-OLD hen reared by a Singapore Chinese family m Chin Swee Road has laid an egg with a tail." Yesterday when news of the freak egg spread, neighbours just shook their heads Then Mrs. Jen Choon Kway, who had picked it181 words
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241 1954-05-21 5 Tombstones to go into wall -AT GARDEN OF MEMORY BY THE END OF THIS YEAR, more than 450 tombstones m Singapore's oldest Christian cemetery m Fort Canning many of them rescued from a rubble heap made by the Japanese will be incorporated into walls surrounding a garden to be made241 words
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Article88 1954-05-21 5 Still no Fisheries chief SINGAPORE'S Fisheries Department is still without a chief. Since Mr. T. W. Burdon left the Colony last September, the post has not been filled. The post of deputy director which Mr. Burdon- held, was abolished from the beginning of this year. In its place is the88 words
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294 1954-05-21 5 Will Ministers-to-tell-all law end graft? ure minister of the Gov- of Singapore will lired to disclose his i .sources of income Governor m confidWould thus be effecm preventing corrupt "No" said legislamciUora yesterday. feed that it was ;id provided at least check," a it could not r prevent corrup•lr. H.294 words
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Article54 1954-05-21 5 Two wards with a total of 34 beds have been closed at Crumpsall Hospital. Manrhoster, b.'cause of a shortage of nurses. A hospital official said. 'This means that our waiting list of acute medical caaea will grow still higher. It would be dangerous to admit patients if they54 words
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Article339 1954-05-21 5 A tax dodger and cheque cheat lost because.... UOW chemistry had helped to catch a tax dodger and expose a fake complainant who reported theft of traveller's cheques after cashing them himself, were revealed m a report by Mr. Arnold W. Burtt, director of chemistry, Singapore.339 words
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Article, Illustration66 1954-05-21 5 About 1,000 hoys and girls have volunteered to help the Singapore Youth Council sell flags tomorrow to raise funds for the second World Voutn Assembly. For the past week, young people been busy preparing flags, tins and boxes for the Flag Day. Picture shows66 words
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Advertisement160 1954-05-21 5 b ifyff^^ wonorodric vJ 8 \&CHERONi-:t (ONS TANTIN O OvcrscasTraoms Ltd. SINGAPORE K.LUMPUR PENANG llltS(lll!llllllllllllllllllllllinitllllllllltltlllllllilllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllll( ALWAYS AT YOUR I SERVICE TRANSPORT STORAGE I lIMITEU. I 173, CECIL STREET, SINGAPORE. TELEPHONE 6577. 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 M 1 1 1 1 1160 words
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Miscellaneous166 1954-05-21 6 B^L fll W n t v' /fa fflsSMs£%*ifK *&'/4 i WJ* F JR P B !^S ™"^BB SfeMMBT i JIH 5* fe fe w* '45@k B X 3 IB t HB I X Ml MB jßtrgp^Hyv aVHHp <•'■ 1 /:-'> c: 1 > SJBfc*. BBhBB mSBr ttv 0 w 4KhBHB^9x^V166 words
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Miscellaneous647 1954-05-21 6 i YOUR I LUCKY STAR UORN TODAY, you are oofn f aj of those who seem to bt able to get through life X^ M comloi tably with the minimum s amount of effort. Things si» m to come your way. It is proba bly because you are a pleasant647 words
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Article113 1954-05-21 7 L-drivers get court warning now on Singapore Traffic Police will take court lion against learner drivers who persist m defyinu ustr* :4tion Mflit carrying passengers other than an Jhe Traffice Chief, Mr. W. R. M. Ilaxworth. said some I were not responding to warnings, particularly rnin s about driving m113 words
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Article146 1954-05-21 7 Taxi association starts co-operative scheme Now they can afford luxuries The 1.500 taxi owners m d drivers m Singapore can now buy new or second hand cars, refrigerators and radios under an in;talments payment me. Hire Car Association, of eh they are members, has ,-d a146 words
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Article99 1954-05-21 7 YUGOSLA V SHIPS TO CALL HERE Inew Yugo Line operating from Adriatic ports will begin a monthly senrice to the Far East next month. Mr. Peter Barbich, a representative of the line who is m Singapore, told the Free Press that the Yugo Line is Yugoslavian owned. ships will call99 words
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Article43 1954-05-21 7 booking for people ting the Royal Show m JJtolk m 1957 have already >rday one Norwich hotel a block booking of 20 rooma for show visitors. mo manager said: "We h( o d s lb v look three43 words
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Article164 1954-05-21 7 Leaders' reactions awaited /GOVERNMENT'S decision tc i\J deprive Commonwealth citizens of the right to vote m Singapore elections has surprised the Indians who form the majority of those now disenfranchised. It is estimated that about 30 per cent of registered voters under the present set-up164 words
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Article176 1954-05-21 7 This new bank gets full status EH'ERY banking facility will be made available to the Singapore public when the new branch of the Chartered Bank of India. Australia and China In Robinson Road is completed by the end of this year Mr. G. Gordon-Brown, the bank's" chiof accountant, said yesterday176 words
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Article35 1954-05-21 7 IPOH. Fri. -Mr. I. W. BlelI loch. British Adviser. Perak. I will preside at a meeting In the Perak Council Chamber tomorrow called to form a Peralc Branch of the Malayan Historical Society.35 words
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Article35 1954-05-21 7 A 24.000 rest home for the aged is to be opened at Colchester. Under the terms of a beouest it will receive £8.600 as long as room Is reserved for two "elderly spinsters"35 words
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Article83 1954-05-21 7 MICHAEL Sherrin broke Hyde Park Regulation No. 51 by throwing away a banana skin. Police Constable James Dunk pointed this out to him .so Sherrin picked up the skin and put it m a Jitter bin. But at Marlboroir^h-^treet magistrates' court Sherrin, of Gassiot-road.83 words
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Article21 1954-05-21 7 Policemen's helmets have reappeared m Kent after four years of peaked cai^ They are more comfortable." .said an official21 words
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Article, Illustration69 1954-05-21 7 HplIE Deputy High CommisX sioner, Sir Donald MacGillvray, recently inspected the Klang Gates scheme, a four-year project which, on completion, will provide Kuala Lumpur with an additional 21 million gallons of water a day. Here Sir Donald is pictured at the Bukit Nanas section of the scheme, where huge caterpillar69 words
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88 1954-05-21 7 PENANG. Fri. A CHINESE Swimming Club life guard. Mr. Tan Chon Hai. lumped into the Penang channel yesterday and saved a woman who had fallen from a ferry. One hundred other passengers crossing to Butterworth fKKn Penang watched as Mr. Tan. with the help of88 words
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Article31 1954-05-21 7 KLANG Fri. The Seiangor Government will build two i feeder school* m Klang. Plans are being prepared by the P.W.D. here. Each school will have 14 i classrooms.31 words
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Article34 1954-05-21 7 MALACCA Fri. A gift of $200. raised by the Malacca Indian School Teachers' Union concert, has brought the Set tJement's donations to thr Lady Ternplcr TuOercu^li Hospital Fund to $36,800.34 words
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Advertisement24 1954-05-21 7 Standard VANGUARD Bringing you new refinements m Style Comfort Performance PRICE $5,895 FEDERATED MOTORS LTD. ORCHARD ROAD, SINGAPORE. < C FEDERATION REPRESENTATIVES: WEARNE BROS, LTD.24 words
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439 1954-05-21 8 Breakfast together then divorce plea HE TUNED HER PIANO \ND TALKED MARRIAGE A HUM) piano tiinrr and his wife had breakfast together one morning m their little flat, then went to the Divorce Court where they filed cross-suits for divorce alleging c rueltv. But Mr. Justice Davies dismissed both petitions439 words
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Article, Illustration21 1954-05-21 8 Reuter Royal Signals motor cyclists formed this steady but truly staggering pyramid m a rehearsal for a tattoo, at Catterick, Yorkshire.Reuter - 21 words
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172 1954-05-21 8 JUDGE WRITES 'END' TO 1 939 MYSTERY Last seen walking with suit case A FIFTEEN-TEAR-OLD mystery, the disappearance ri of a once wealthy woman, has had its oilicial end written by a judge's signature. Mr. Justice Sachs m the Hi^h Court gave leave to presume that Mrs. Louisa Lee, formerly172 words
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Article49 1954-05-21 8 Air Chief Marsha] Sir Frederick ftouhill. successively chiel durini the war of the Coastal Fcitv ;md Transport commands, was present at the recently Pathfinders' dinner at the London Dorchester Hotel. At 73 sir Frederick Is itili a pilot, and Jlew an Anson three months ago.49 words
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Article87 1954-05-21 8 A lark's Qttt v. iUi four (TK-s wa.s lmnui m a cauliflower by Mi.s i,. Sandiiii, ol Bourne, Line:. .1 Ihe wa.s about to cut up the cauliflowi r for lunch. The lark l.s now hAtchil its yourm- still m the cauliflower —And a pocket Mr (i87 words
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Article35 1954-05-21 8 A children's playground pre■ented to Canvey island, Ksnex, by the Association Ol Kinsmen's Clubs of Canada ha been ODen< I It i.s a tribute to the Islanders courage !u last year's iloodo.35 words
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Article72 1954-05-21 8 Ml< 1. H TONO :;p« nut < nd< ut ol Whipsnade 2500, m. been behind the iron Curtain to obtain two Mongolian Pnewalski wild borj t* from the state coo li Prague The bonet, valued at £3,800, arc described by Mr. Ton:- \s "completely untrainable :ml72 words
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Article27 1954-05-21 8 Three women were each fined B 2 .it Hunstanton, Norfolk tor poaching— they had taken 22 pheasants' eggs from In the iielths where they worked.27 words
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Article85 1954-05-21 8 SHE GAVE AWAY £100 STAMPS rrin: tiiri i: II \L I 1 I'INNY stamps m the half croun book the woman bought were imperfect. So back she went, asked for another book, and was given one. Now it is believed the imperfect stamps only partiilly printed may be worth tIOO.85 words
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Article186 1954-05-21 8 Man who snored wills wife 3 beds A WIDOW whose husband xl left her three beds, ai a nothing else, asked lor "rea sonable provision" out ol hi^ £1,000 estate. In his will, 80-year-old Ui Michael Morris gave her the beds, "she having lelt my bed because I snored." Mr.186 words
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Article30 1954-05-21 8 Because of the shortage of of school-teachers at Braintn c, Essex, the town council l decided to give special con sideration to teachers' appli tions for council home.\30 words
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Advertisement66 1954-05-21 8 1 GUARANTEED TBKiTiitTfTTirt cadm X D C.ARIS Beginners and Advanced P"P^ CALL or RING mum mmm inst. 519. SERANGOCN ROAD, "lIIQA SIWGAPORE-8. L AILjO' aTF^TevT CABARET (off Maxwell Rd.) TONIGHT NIGHTLY "FLOOR SHOW" By LIAN CHENG ACROBATIC TROUPE Going on w&MttBF Leave? KEEP IN TOUCH WITH.... THE STRAITS BUDGET IBta66 words
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417 1954-05-21 9 Husband sent for trial 4\ INQUEST jury returned a verdict of man- slaughter against a husband who admitted m an alleged statement that he thrashed his wife with a bell ten days before she died. The jury had heard a pathologist say that the417 words
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Article, Illustration147 1954-05-21 9 Future Comet THIS IS a first glimpse of the Comet 111 jetliner as it emerged from its hanger at the DeHavilland headquarters at Hatfield, Hartfordshire. England, where it is undergoing engine runs with the four Rolls-Royce Avon jets. The long-range largecapacity aircraft to be introduced m 1956 will serve m147 words
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Article63 1954-05-21 9 KUALA LUMPUR, Fri. Mr. Tom A. Noonan, who ari rived here this week, will be m charge of the exchange of persons programme of the i United States Information Scr- I vice. His department handles travel grants for scholars and specialists to visit the United States63 words
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Article257 1954-05-21 9 He loses home, butcan't ask why m OCAL authorities can get rid of a tenant "if they don't like the colour of his eyes." according to Lord Chief Justice Lord Goddard. Lord Goddard. m the High Court was confirming an eviction order granted by Mr. Paul Bennett, V.C.. the Marylebone257 words
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Article271 1954-05-21 9 IT was half -past one m the morning when the policeman knocked up the soldier's mother and told her "Your son is on the run." But 19-year-old Rifleman William Baker, one year a National Serviceman, was not on the run. Ho was not an absentee from271 words
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Article58 1954-05-21 9 RECEIPTS' for maintenance paymenti sent to Mr. Thoma i Cramwick Montagu*', ol Hencroft ■treeti Slough. Buckinghamshin his wile Mabel have led to a reconciliation. The marriage was ai oived k months ago The re ceipta ame more and more hkc love letters. Mi Montague wns\58 words
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Article, Illustration236 1954-05-21 9 GUARDS' ISECKS ARE TOO WEAK r|NE of the lute King George the Sixth's wishes, it was disclosed, was that the Household Cavalry the Life Guards and the Royal Horse Guards (The Blues) should have a new helmet. The King visited the Household Cavalry museum236 words
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Article117 1954-05-21 9 FIELD-MARSHAL VISCOUN'I MONTGOMERY WhOße won' Ideas ol what the general should wear In buttle endeared him to his troop.s disclosed that hi.s only dress-order to the Fi-th Army banned HATS. During the Sicily campaJ ol 1943. he said at Cardiff, h< was driving past a117 words
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Article62 1954-05-21 9 ;ports clubs m the Pfnzance area have brrn n»Jd by police to stop running 'lucky number" K weeps, Offldmlfl of life dubs announced this. It is understood that dozens more m Cornwall have been warffed. other forms of lottery hate also been banned. Some62 words
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Advertisement33 1954-05-21 9 sandals for Comfortable Wear Av.xl.ibt> m different fixes Cr colour*. PRICE $5/Sptci.il concision to ichoolgirU m umlotmt Lett 10 r discount THE ORCHARD STORI 271. Orch.vd Road. i .idj.icent to the Pavilion Theatr«|33 words
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Article, Illustration207 1954-05-21 10 He wants WAR 'POLAND WILL BE FREED- BY FORCE' PENBRAL Anders, leader of the Polish Army m Italy during the war, I said recently that he wanted the West to liberate Poland "by force if necessary, before it is too late." The general, head shaven and with gold- tilled teeth,207 words
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Article, Illustration507 1954-05-21 10 Rastovorov has vanished after quitting Communism r |MiK hKUK ii trail ol Yuri Et Rastovorov, Russian espionage tgeni who sought American asylum, lead i to a "triple spy" who simultaneously stole secrets from and sold them to three governments, the Japanese public has hern told.507 words
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Article, Illustration14 1954-05-21 10 Pat Crowley U a ri-ing young Paramount star with beauty and a vivaccous charm.14 words
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Article251 1954-05-21 10 THOUSANDS OF PARCELS GO THROUGH IRON CURTAIN AMERICANS annually are sending gifts with an estimated total value of about $8,000,000 behind the Iron Curtain. Post Office Department files show that 718.751 tfift parrels moved through New York City last year on their way to Albania. Bulgaria,251 words
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Article, Illustration38 1954-05-21 10 Sons (below) of Charlie Chaplin. Charlie Jn r (left) and Syd are taking part m a German film. Here they are taking lessons from attractive Eva Kerbler who is also m the film— lt Colu7nbus discovers Krahicinkel"38 words
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Article310 1954-05-21 11 A FAST- AS-LIGHT CAMERA It can photograph A-bomb explosion \IANY remember the 1?1 story of the train which travelled so fast that it out-distanced its shadow. That was one one of the things which was funny because it was impossible. After the 38th Exhibition of Britain's Physical Society, it is310 words
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Article, Illustration24 1954-05-21 11 Olivia de Ilavilland talks with film actor Dennis Price at a London reception. Olivia is to play a Spanish Princess m a British film.24 words
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Article, Illustration14 1954-05-21 11 The inimitable Ava Gardner has the coiled-up grace of a snake m this pose.14 words
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Article897 1954-05-21 11 Kenneth Macaulay - Return to a new PERSIA Kenneth Macaulay American cars and plumbing •••but still no oil by 'THE trickiest accomA plishment one has to relearn on returning to Persia after three years is to drink tea with social grace. The tea is served m small glasses holding about six ounces, and897 words
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Article320 1954-05-21 11 IT at the French shjrine of Lourdes a torch carried by young runners will burn this year at "The Lourdes of the Near East" the House of the Virgin Mary at Ephesus, Turkey. Starting from Lourdes on 15 August, Feast of the Assumption, the torch-runners320 words
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496 1954-05-21 12 TAKE a lesson, gentlemen, in the way to WOO ANNE EDWARDS and 3RUSILLA BEYFUS write the Woman's Page story today* IJECOMMFN'PED to all men a chance to brush on a subject m which they are pretty rusty the way to woo a girl. On show a^iin m London 14 a496 words
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Article, Illustration419 1954-05-21 12 rounds, hoping that a third round would be led and would allow him to discard the blocking ace of diamonds while he won the trick. But when West won the second .spade with the king, you may be sure he shifted back to clubs and South went down419 words
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Article, Illustration16 1954-05-21 12 A thing of no ordinary beauty This beautiful lace dressing gown is worn by Elaine Stewart.16 words
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Article277 1954-05-21 12 BEACHWEAR IS SCANTY BUT MODEST WOMEN will go to the beach this summer m America with more clothes on. But they'll take more off. One of the top beachwear designers m the United States Margit Fellegi, explained the paradox. "The fashion for 1954 is the costume look." she said. "TheU.P. - 277 words
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Advertisement55 1954-05-21 12 SWEET-SCENTED ELIZABETH ARDEN gives you the one fragrant depilatory that's really easy to use 1 Feel how satin soft and baby-smooth your skin is after you've whisked away unwanted hair with SLEEK Now be sleek-legged the feminine way m record time. Sleek MAYNARD CO., LTD. I 1 1, BATTERY ROAD,55 words
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Miscellaneous250 1954-05-21 12 Shi U mi Crossword djfljdsal;kgf the mofi:itch you may b< lookin; tor (7 1 11 A.sking questions about the station? (7> 13 A .slight to Edward. 18) 14 Poetical name for Nova Scotia. (6> 15 Rope with an rid thai may be reached. (6J I<> Hi the chaQft he starts.250 words
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Article, Illustration290 1954-05-21 13 (\UTSIDE. the Southern California sun was doing its daily best to break the smog banks, but inside Stage 17 at Universal-Inter-national the worst storm of the year was raging. Sijf giant rain towers, high m the catwalks, poured nut hundreds of uallons of water ach minute. Huge wind290 words
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Article, Illustration841 1954-05-21 13 Robert Dix - Robert Dix. Barbara Stanwyck recalls performances she will never forget rUHEN I was a kid m Brooklyn there wasn't much money for anything. But. once m a great while, with a reckless disregard for the financial consequences, my sister Millie would take me to a stuffy little841 words
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Article, Illustration963 1954-05-21 14 CRICKET BAD old boys of sport A page from history (IKKKKI h:is not always been ;t p» itcful uame lo pas> da) <>»> the local puitnIn tin- first of this new Free PICM WttitM reud how it ieretoped into the sport we know todny.963 words
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Article99 1954-05-21 14 y//£ (jhjiiii).i flame for the VJ.,(i (iame.s m Melbourne a be flown to Australia m a miner' i lamp, v. O, Holt, lee finical Erector <>j the dames Organizing Committee, said 'erday. Returning to Sydney by air from Europe, HoH said he received the lampA.P. - 99 words
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Article44 1954-05-21 14 (CANADIAN Pacific Airlines J officials have begun efforts to bring a Japanese Baseball t«'.ini to Mexico for an international series. Janes McGregor of the Airlino .said the probable visitors would be fcfalnichi Orions, now leading th#» Japanese Baseball I A.P.A.P. - 44 words
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Article30 1954-05-21 14 J'he British Ruijby LtogiM team bf. it Western Division by 29 point* to 11 In the opening match of theli Australian tour at Bathurst. New South Wales.30 words
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Article, Illustration317 1954-05-21 14 JOE EZEKIEL - JOE EZEKIEL Asian Games athletes are film stars as By (^OLONY athletes can now discover their own mistakes -on the screen. Through the initiative of Mr. Jocelyn de Souza. wellknown Singapore sports enthusiast, three cameramen have been "shooting" local athletes for the past week. Mr.317 words
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Article90 1954-05-21 14 JAPAN has given a red carpet welcome, complete with flower girls and speeches, to j wrestlers arriving m Tokyo for the world freestyle championships but someone slipped up over Denmark's Henrik Hansen. Hansen. who was placed second m the 1948 Olympic Games, arrived by ship90 words
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212 1954-05-21 14 Soviet sends chess team to the United States HHHK Soviet Union ts sending Its lop chens team to the United fci .tie In Jutie to play a picked I American team, the Chief ol the Internution.il I >«*|>;irt mciii of tin- .Soviet CommittM for physical culture and sport has confirmed.A.P. - 212 words
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Article322 1954-05-21 14 A WEMBLEY FOR THE NORTH? ODSAL Stadium at Bradford is vcrv much m the new* these days. There has been a most pmphatir resounding of the old Noithcrn battle cry to take the Rugby League Cud Final away from Southern Wembley, where there is but a lukewarm enthusiasm for the322 words
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Article43 1954-05-21 14 Hector Hogan. the Australia surint champion, left by air yesterday for the United suites where he will run beiore competing m the Eritish Empire and Commonwealtl G^mes In Vancouver. He equalled the world 100 yards record of 9..' seconds last March.43 words
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Advertisement9 1954-05-21 14 THESE FANS V I'm? 1 £Bi hostile. THerte throwing9 words
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1765 1954-05-21 15 TRESPASSER - OLEANDER FOR THE GOVERNOR'S CUP RACE Kingport can upset the field TRESPASSER By PROBABLE SCRATCHINGS Probable scratrhißfi at Bukit Timah tomorrow: (..mit) n Mciayu, Zatop»k. Lillibulcro, Starry, Sporting (Jesture, Box Office, Special Selection, Malleable Mouldings, I.«•--fehvre. Windy Corner, Bright Bjei 11, Three Diiiiensioii, Eastcn Pearl. Pickpocket. The g:oin«: is likely1,765 words
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Article352 1954-05-21 15 FB.W 5 R.A.S.C 4. [lOH scoring at Ayer Rajah Road yesterday saw Flying Boat Wing notch the winner five minutes from time. At one period Royal Army Service Corps were trailing 4-1. R.A.S.C. reshuffled their team at half-time, and it look- as if the switch had352 words
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Article70 1954-05-21 15 G.H Q suffered a setbark m their bid for Div. 2 honours when Royal Army Mediral Corps beat them 2—l at the B.M.H. yesterday. Scours for the winners, were Warrinfl and Marzuki. SAPPERS WIN Royal EnKinetrs beat Royal Signals 2-1 m their Div. 1 Services tie at Gillman70 words
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Article130 1954-05-21 15 Seletar. ..3; Tengah 0. THIS Div. 1 match produced some of the best soccer .seen at RAF Seletar this Wt%r '.son. The home team held their own m the fir.st half and outclfttttd th''ir opponent! m the .second. -KNTRK-HALK LUCAI WAS HI OUTSTANDING MAN OM TIIF130 words
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Advertisement196 1954-05-21 15 CATHAY 1^ now showinc; 11 -1.45-4.15 6.45 9.30 Paramount Presents "LOST TREASURE OK THE AMAZON" Te< h. Fernanda lamas Rhonda FleminK Brian Keith To-morrow Mid-nifjht Rrpiiblu's ATOMIC PKRII JL'DI) ANN lIOLIIRF.N IOWNI Tl n NOW MOWING llam-1.45-4 15-6.45-9.30 p.m. 20th Century-Fox Present! •PRINCE VALIANT" Technicolor m CINEMASCOPE Robert Wa«ner— .fanet196 words
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Article, Illustration689 1954-05-21 16 Asian Gamw roach has just heard results Coleman returns to good news By CHARLES BRYCE r rHE second Asian Games ended almost two weeks ago m Manila. And yet the man who coached and trained the Singapore athletes has only just heard how his pupils fared. Senior A. A. A.Reuter - 689 words
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Article306 1954-05-21 16 ROGKR YUE - ROGKR YUE By Yf R. Frank Malet of Sinagore, who on Tuesday night 1? offered to match Robert Cohen of France and Chamroen Songkitrat of Thailand to fight here for the vacant world bantamweight championship, told me this morning that he is expecting to306 words
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Article54 1954-05-21 16 Two of luropt'l top golfers will rtprtMUl HelKium m the second an- mv.i] Canada Cup international j tournament to be held from August, 1 Ii to 22 at nearby Daval-Sur-La-Lac k'olf dub. Flory Van Doock, last years winner of the BriU.sh Vardon Trophy and Arthur De Vulder will54 words
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Article125 1954-05-21 16 THhe first upset of the French international tennis tournament occurred yesterday when Paul Remy of France ousted Kurt Nielsen of Denmark, m the second round. Remy, an unseeded Davti Cup player, beat last years Wimbledon finalist 8-6, 6-4, 6-3. Nielsen, the first of the seededReuter - 125 words
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Article31 1954-05-21 16 Pat McAteer, 21 -year-old undefeated British middleweight, beat Bel«ium.s Francois Wahl last night when the referee stopped a scheduled eight-round fiarht m th* ihjr^ round. A .P.A.P. - 31 words
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Article284 1954-05-21 16 MIDDLESEX, with a 100 percent record behind them rontinued to set the pace m the English County Cricket championship* with a splendid performance against Somerset at Lords yesterday After dismissing Somerset* for 152 m just over four hours, Middlesex went on to score 151 for one mA.P. - 284 words
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Advertisement278 1954-05-21 16 CLASSIFIED ADS. KNGAGEMKNT 20 Hunts v (minimum) RA.siAtl ORACS: 1 lie EnKa^enietu wa.^ announced between M: 1 ThamblpUlai Itaalah, jroungeel son Of Mr arm Mrs. J. V. Tl'.ambipiilai ai.'i Mis Ghrace Kanagaparanan l Rlchardi youngeel daughter of Mr. and im .i r Rlchardi on 12.5.54. i ACKNOWLEDGMENT 20 Words U278 words
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Advertisement83 1954-05-21 16 "PERFECT physical fitness, strong X nerves and abundant vitality are the /U essentials for success m sports and ''-^m athletics. That is why so many of the leading coaches and trainers insist on Vr >f 1 Ovaltme as an essential part of the training diet for players and ithtetes m83 words
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