The Singapore Free Press, 24 May 1954

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    Masthead
    19 1 The Singapre Free Press i argest Afternoon Sale m Malaya. i two. Singapore, Mon., May 24. 1954. Price 15Cts.
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    'HOLIDAY ON ICE' WON'T GO TO K.L.
    136 1 nCCHNICAL difficulties and 1 lien costs have led to the cancellation of the "Holiday On Ke revue m Kuala Lumpur, the promoter. Mr. Charles G. Gray, mid the Free Press today The show will carry on m Singapore tor another few days. It
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    Malaya police chief in London
    44 1 Mr j. N NicholLs. the DeC tmmlssioner of Police in arrived in London by terday from Singapore wife and two children »0r live months leave. London airport he said: >n in Malava has v "d very much indeed."— Reuter
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    Rains may decide on Hanoi
    95 1 Rains may decide on Hanoi GENERAL GIAP, the Vietminh commander, does not seem to be making an all out effort to attack Hanoi before the rainy season sets m, according to French military intelligence sources. Vietminh troops m the Red River Delta have not been reinforced since Dien Bien Phu.
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    Rubber price
    29 1 The Singapore Rubber Market opened on a quiet tone this morning with first grade, June shipment at 63. l 8 cents a| pound, unchanged since Saturday's close.
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    Found romance in Sydney
    54 1 Singapore students tudylni m Sydney are to marry. Tej Sen X Keen, a I student at the Syd--1 l ■fcmltl ha^ announc- Ed his engagement to Mtai Kn7.ili.-th C hia Kitn look. staff nurse of the Geaeral Hospital Singapore. Miss Chin is attached i<> the Prince
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    The students can still register
    255 1 CHAMBER WON'T BE DICTATED TO THE Singapore Chinese Chamber of Commerce will continue to advise Chinese students to stop their protest against National Service call-up, but will not be "dictated" to by the students, nor follow their "whims and fancies". Mr. Yap Pheng Geek, making
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    JAP TRADE UP
    26 1 I Japan's trade with the Bri- tish commonwealth m the flrst three months of this year m- creased 33 per cent.- A. P.
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    EDEN WARNS GENEVA REDS
    261 1 Don't underrate U.S. \]R. ANTHONY EDEN, British Foreign Secretary, has privately warned the Soviet and Chinese Communist 1 Foreign Ministers at the (ieneva conference, not to overplay their hand or underrate the United States' capacity to act with military force m Indo-China it was learned m
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    Fort airfield repair pact
    61 1 PEKING radio said last night that General Vo Nguyen Giap. the Communist conqueror of Dien Bien Phu, has agreed to a French request that his soldiers repair the airfield for speeding up the evacuation of French wounded. Gen. Giah also asked the French to send engineers
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    Hero's wife to tell
    35 1 Mme. Christian de Castries, wile of the captured Dien Bien Phu commander, left Indo-China by plane yesterday for Paris where she will inform Premier Lanlel of the situation In Indo-China.- AP
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    U.S. aid plan IT'S READY
    75 1 U.S. aid plan IT'S READY AMERICAS plan for giving aid to the French m IndoChina provides for an Americair Commander-in-Chiet there, according to usually reliable sources m Paris. The United States' plan is "all cut and dried." and is now m the hands of Mr. Joseph Laniel th eFrench Premier.
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    SAAR: 'NO SNAGS'
    33 1 The West German Government said last night that the final fundamental obstacles to a settlement of the FrenchGerman quarrel over the Saar coal and steel basin have been removed. AP
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    Wave In palace crowds
    60 2 The Queen, uitli the DaJ c of Bdlaburfta M tl c Itojal i;ii, uaves happily U> cb«ertai crouds as NIC arri\rs back at Backteftam Paiatf after attending a Sunday inornin? service at th«- Queen's liapel m St. James's Palace Large crowds still rejokinff at the Koval
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    New rent rise irks tenants
    241 2 GARAGES THIS TIME, THEY CRY ANEW row has flared up m the rents dispute between the Singapore Improvement Trust and Tiong Kharu Tenants over a new increase this time a 300 per cent jump In the rent of garages. The S.I.T. demand came just as
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    Trust fund for Bose's daughter
    206 2 Trust fund for Bose's daughter \|K. NEHKI the UdUn l*i Prime Minister, will be one of the tuo trustees t« Administer a Its. ioo,--000 (about $135,000 Ma»«van) fund for the teny ear-old daughter of Mr. Subhas Chandra Nov. former President oT the Congre,. Party who fought on the side of
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    Dead fox's tail made them sick
    46 2 Several East Gorman boys found a dead i<>x recently while playing, cut ff the tail and cooked it for soup. They are now undergoing treatment m the Postdam Instltute because examination showed that the foi had been Infected with rabiea
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    Now artist fools gem king
    117 2 Now artist fools gem king A PAINTING by a brilliant Dutch artist who fooled experts for a time into thinking it came from the bru.sh of the 17th century artist Vermeer is now hanging m a little Anglican Church behind the Johannesburg Magistrates Court. The canvas la "Christ Among The
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    500 houses lost
    22 2 Five hundred homes, which the recent Korean war spared. were lo.st yesterday m a fire at I Chunchon A.P.
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    High treason charge
    53 2 WALTER FIS( 11, former Communist Mcinhrr of the West (icrman Budestag (Parliament), was charged m Karlsruhe yesterday with hifch treason during the week -end. Fisoh was arrested on Fi!day after he addressed a Communist party meeting m the subject: 'Is the fight for unity, peace and freedom
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    5-POWER MILITARY REVIEW OF S.E-ASIA
    233 2 Washington talks will draw case for pact llKill level military talks M South-Kast Asia are expected to open m Wwhtof. H to,, on. June 1. between Britain, France, the Tinted States. Australia ami NeW Thosh d flnal d«'tails have not yet been decided, diplomatic circles
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    McCARTHY TRADE POLICY 'WOULD RESULT IN WAR'
    198 2 FOREIGN aid chief Harold E. Stassen said m Washington yesterday that adoption .of Senator Joseph R. McCarthy's East-West trade policies would "leave the United States standing alone and make World War 111 more inevitable." Mr Stassen said America's allies had co-operated fully m
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    I saw no nudes-Deborah
    170 2 I saw no nudesDeborah BRITISH actress Deborah Kerr (above) denied yesterday a London newspaper report that she saw "barechested girls' at Thursday night's arts celebrities ball m New York. "I saw no such thing, and never said I was shocked at what I did see there," Miss Kerr declared m
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    SACKED ADMIRAL WANTS CHANCE TO CLEAR NAME
    342 3 SACKED AD MIR AL WANTS CHANCE TO CLEAR NAME a RETIRED British Admiral demanded a court A martial yesterday to prove that he should not hate been sacked for letting six French warships through the Straits of Gibraltar after France fell m It is the fifth time 72-year.old Admiral Sir
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    THE LOKES IN HOLLYWOOD
    51 3 Mr. and Mrs. Loke Wan Tho of Singapore chat with Director Michael Curtiz on the set of "The Egyptians" at 20th Century-Fox studios m Hollywood. "The Egyptian' costing 512.U00.0U0 is Darryl F. Zanuck's personally produced film .and will be released m Singapore towards the end of
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    Reds, Dali & Dante
    26 3 Reds, Dali Dante Two Italian Communist deputies have protested against the Italian government's selection of Salvador Dali to illustrate a state edition of Dante's Comedy." A.P.
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    REDS MUTINY
    34 3 The Kung Sheung Daily News reported last night that a group of Communist Chinese soldiers mutinied la.st month on an island outside Swatow and killed their commander and a political commissar. U.P.
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    4 terror men killed in Tunisia
    138 3 IXX'R Tunisian* were killed during a sweep on Satur(iay by French army and marine troops around the ountain hideout of terrorists. was officially reported m Tunis yesterday. The operation took place all day Saturday on the Djebel Ichkeul. a rocky peak surrounded by the
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    Train shot up on frontier
    80 3 Train shot up on frontier A Israeli freight train was red on from across the Jordan frontier as it made its way from Tel Aviv to Haifa, an sraeli army spokesman said last night. Some bullets hit the engine there were no casualties. The spokesman also reported irmed attack by
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    Race track death
    27 3 One spectator was killed and 40 others injured in nberg, Germany, yester•n a midget car crashto the crowd after a race collision. A .P.
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    Full of smoke
    74 3 William George Jordan, also from Christchurch, said that immediately after the impact the plane was full of black smoke and the passengers had to get out or smother. Passengers could not open the door. It was opened from the outside by helpers who arrived quickly on the
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    Mysterious crater
    27 3 A United States-Canadian expedition will explore and map a mysterious, perfectly round crater with a brilliant, green lake m its centre m Northern Labrador. A.P.
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    PENSIONS NOW ELECTION ISSUE
    287 3 Australian election. campaign moves into week with socialist ire promises replacing Limism and the Petrov the key issue, says 'Ibourne message today. Herbert Evatt. leader of Labour Party. "ni.sed to abolish the c ans test for old age penentitlement within the the new parliament. y° u
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    Airliner crash kills 3 babies
    115 3 PASSENGERS' accounts of the New Zealand airliner crash wich cost the lives of three children on Saturday, May 22, indicate the engines of the National Airways Corporation Douglas aircraft failed as it came m low to land. Seven of the 27 passengers and crew aboard
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    Comedian is better
    33 3 Oliver Hardy, American comedian striken with pneumonia while on a theatrical engagement m Plymouth, with his teamate, Stan Laurel, will return to the United States for a rest.- A. P.
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    RED 'PEACE MEET'
    31 3 A Communist Chinese delegation headed by writer-poet Kuo Mo-jo has arrived m Berlin for an extraordinary .session of the World Peace Council. Radio Peking .said last night. U.P.
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    42 MAU MEN WIPED OUT AT WEEK-END
    65 3 42 MAU MEN WIPED OUT AT WEEK-END British troops and police shot dead 42 Mau Mau men m five separate weekend battles. Army headquarters reported m Nairobi (Kenya) yesterday. The Army announcement said units of the King's Afr/can Rifles, with Kenya police and Kikuyu troops, accounted for 26 terrorists m
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    MONEY PACT
    22 3 Communist China and North Korea .signed on May 20 a monetary agreement governing rates of exchange tor their currencies. U.P.
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    The Singapore Free Press Opinion The flying doctor
    382 4 The Singapore Free Press Opinion The flying doctor MONDAY, May 24. 1954. The suggestion by Dr. Alan Vickers, head ol Australia's < flying doctor service, that there are immen.se possibilities m Malaya for such a service, has met with a mixed reception here. Tho.se who see little m the suggestion
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    Nationalist China's
    900 4 next ruler The 'mighty atom who is No. 2 to Chiang Kai-shek I>REMIER Chen Cheng, pint-sizrd, 5 feet 5. a scant 110 pounds, is the man who some day may rule the destiny oi Nationalist China. Today Chen will be inaugurated as Vice President. Th\xi> he automatically will
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    No one wants the Moscow ballet!
    332 4 THE fabulous Russian ballet of Moscow and Leningrad is "going: abegging". Let out of Russia for the first time since the Red revolution m 1917, the ballet corps 44 of the highest paid artists m Russia is kicking its heels m .Paris as it
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    Leaves in demand for Chinese festival
    133 5 Leaves in demand for Chinese festival Hi the approach of the Wchinese Fifth Moon mUwJ fall! on June 5, leaves Horn China, e d into Singapore via Kong, are letcning i c.v ,;e uhed Cor wraptsangs/ 1 or Uttie i rice cakes I Al th the festival. are now buying
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    Rotary Club pledges aid
    73 5 I KUALA LUMPUR. Mon.— The Kuala Lumpur Rotary Club's tmunity service committee will concentrate its efforts on the Lady Templer T.B. Hospital until the hospital Is completed The president, Inche Mustapha Albakri. has told Lady Templet of this decision by club. Lady Templer replied: "This of
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    Call for names of Chinese POWs
    90 5 THE Chinese Chamber of Commerce is now regisring names of Singapore Chinese P.O.Ws. who irked on the Siam "Death Railway" during the ***** occupation. i imes will be submitted the Associated Chinese r of Commerce m i ir which is to ask Government for
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    ESCAPED MAN POSED AS INSPECTOR
    108 5 ESCAPED MAN POSED AS INSPECTOR THE FIRE equipment inspector who spent two days examining hosepipes at Blackburn infirmary was found to be a 20-year-old patient who had escaped from a Yorkshire men- tal home. He hitch-hiked to Blackburn and told the infirmary works department he had been sent to inspect
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    Honeymoon in Penang
    51 5 TAIPING, Mon. Major C. M Davies and Miss Patricia Strutt were married at All Saints' Church here. The Garrison Chaplain, the Rev. W. Ivers, officiated. The newly weds left for their honeymoon m Penang after the reception at the officers' mess of the Ist Battalion, The Malay
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    CROSSING ROAD IS A 'NIGHTMARE'
    151 5 DING and inconsider--1 driving by Singapore at the junction of ■s Roud and SeRowl are causing to residents. (r?1() they say. is unlring peak hours, i the Free Press that had occurred there •'"^y m the past. Lenta suggested that wattle Police should paint two
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    A big bus makes them happy
    129 5 llffcal'i an die iuss about about the bus m the picture above. Nothing much except that it is much bigger than the other that used to make several trips to carry 250 children home from Telok Paku English School, Changi. A parent had complained
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    THIS BLUE CLOTH HAS POLICE BAFFLED-CAN IT BE FOUND IN STORE?
    263 5 SINGAPORE'S Police Quartermaster is m a quandary. Does anyone have blue cotton cloth which contains a dye that can hold? "I'll be a very happy man if I can lay my hands on this cloth," says Mr. E. V.
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    Farm officers end course
    40 5 KUALA LUMPUR, Mon— The Federation's first post-war refresher course for agricultural assistants and assistant agricultural Officer* m Kualu Lumpur has ended. More than 40 people attended a ftve-day course which covered all aspects of agricultural work.
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    SPACE SAVING
    20 5 Suggestion by Castle Donington, Leics, savings committee to attract small boys: Illustrate savings stamp cards with "space men."
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    Penang wedding
    44 5 PENANG, Mon. Mr. Chun Kwai Thin, senior Chinese interpreter, and his wife were hosts at the Piccadilly Hotel at a reception following the marriage of their daughter Pek Peng to Mr. Khoo Tat Seng, son of Mr. and Mrs. Kek Beng Thuan.
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    YOUR LUCKY STAR
    472 6 YOUR LUCKY STAR IJOKN TODAY, you Imu gentle and kind iiaum j whicn nas a greal d«..i i p.isonal niagnctiMii. inn nate goodness Rtlraefll piopi* i of all kinds inlu \uur circle i acquaintances. Devoted to the arts, music i and literature, especially, u might easily become the U.i'd,, of
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    Jap rubber exports up
    101 6 The Japanese Rubber product industry r< a 20 per cent Increase exports last year with automobile tyres and toy> counting for most of the gain. Recovering from the slump, the industry exported products valued at Mj 28,000,000 m 1953 compa with the previous i M 523
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      151 6 MANDRAKE by Lee Falk and Phil Davis S^^« «s^^S oW^^r TARZAN by Edgar Rice Burroughs LA/BAfRASSCP NC.v THE VE.N A T CAMP J3//EREP THEIR GUNS I■ U^fll ER C^EAR I ga^;l/ APCLC6iZt;^ 'sobrv H^ .v£ v/E al^hap the jittEk^ j mn ??ff?7 P^P Li3iH I w THE SAINT by Leslie
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    Big plans for S'pore villagers
    125 7 Big plans for S'pore villagers SevERAL community centres to be built m Singa- rural dLstnct^LeuisCouncillor, Mr. H. J. c. t told the Free day. Kuiasingha, a nember of Kur al Board, and chair,of the Pasir Panjang ict Committee, said the I would build a centre a on a 15-acre site
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    Girl of 7 saves Mum from fire
    122 7 VJEVEN -war-old Janet Smith v pulled her mother to safety when hot ashe* set fire to paper a a dustbin m their back garden. Janet was unhurt, but her lair hair was singed. Her mother, 44-year-old Mrs. Lilian Smth. was I taken to
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    RED FLAG WAS A WARNING
    25 7 Rag was Sown from the arish church at Wouldham, warn the villagers that youths had absconded nearby Borstal Insti- tion.
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    P.C. KEPT REWARDS
    29 7 A on.stuble who stole ird money intended for 3 of lost property and "d up his offences by rging receipts was gaoled for month, at Edinburgh.
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    ROCKET SAVES YACHT ON ROCKS
    60 7 With his third shot, a Ramsgate liteboatman landed a rocket line across the yacht Aquila on the rocks at West»ate I Bay. The vessel was towed to i safety. The yachtsmen, Mr. Blanks, Mr. A. Darvill and Mr. S Taylor, were bound from Gil- lingham
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    Up go the rates and down come the signs
    179 7 Up go the rates and down come the signs tpore Kg gradually losachrerUftag signs as a the recent increase In general licensing fees her than pay the high- many shops are pulltheir small adverits. Those who plan to more neon light signs Wnklng again. ownen complain that new rates come
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    ESTATE BROODS OVER 6 BIG GROUSES
    708 7 ESTATE BROODS OVER 6 BIG GROUSES Modern? Don't make us laugh, say these 8,000 TODAY ROGER YUE TAKES YOU TO THE SERANGOON GARDENS ESTATE ElGiii THOUSAND iesidenu of the Seranyoon Garden Estate, off Yio Chu Kang Road, Singapore, go cynical when the term "modern" is used to describe their housing
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    vandals give no rest to vicar
    176 8 vandals give no rest to vicar Vanuals vi:<» damaged tn Chancel wall at 81 i Magdalene, Paddington, Lon don m the lates! Ol a seiie: oi raids on church build ln fa have deprived tn< pai h pri< I t»' R«^- H Thornton Trapp, "f *u- s nual holid 'i
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    FOUR GAVE UP HOLIDAY FOR VICAR
    66 8 FOUR GAVE UP HOLIDAY FOR VICAR Tj^OUR younK Bristol men, keepers throughout Britain Church, are giving up a week of their holidays to help a Kent vicar rebuild a church. Some months ago they read that the Rev. V. Symons. of handed, was rebuilding it m He set himself three
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    MORE WILL ENROL IN UNIVERSITY
    87 8 MORE WILL ENROL IN UNIVERSITY IJEGISI RATION of new A. students by the University of Malaya will start on Oct. 4 a week before the first term of the next academic year opens the Registrar, Mr. vv n crala .said. Mr. Craig notes that thenwas an increase ol 50 students
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    Geneva men relax
    53 8 Geneva men relax ■ONE iekgatci to the Geneva talks step into the pUf^CM ulitr liuhli at ihe villa of the rench Foreign Minister, M. (.«-ori:«-N Iliilault. Left to right are: M. Ouroth Suir.aMiMnivoiiK, Laotian Ambafl atlor to Washington; M. Uidault; Prince Kaouna*; M. PhiioJ Basanikong the Laos I'o- I rrign
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    FORGER TRIES TO CASH FAKE CHEQUES
    192 8 llank cashiers and hotel M keepers throughout Bl tain have been warned to look out for i forger who I tryijn to cash fake travel He may be dressed like an American to-iri t foi the cheque are 100 dollar note! drawn «»n the
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    It is a smuggler's dream, but a bad one
    101 8 It is a smuggler's dream, but a bad one IN the heart of London, on the bank of the Thames stands a smuggler's dream: a whole building full of contraband. From floor to ceiling it is packed with cameras, watches, jewellery, cigars and liquor— all from abroad. A smuggler's dream—
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    GIRLS WANTED BUT FLAPPERS ARE BANNED
    93 8 THE HOME Guard m Britain want girls to b<> telephone and cipher clerks, medical orderlies, cooks, storekeepers and drivers. But "no flappers or empty-headed teenagers need apply," says one battalion. These girls will help release men for the field of battle should the need
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    'MOTORCYCLES TOO FAST' FOR BRITAIN
    71 8 'MOTORCYCLES TOO FAST' FOR BRITAIN Most motor- c voles are unsuitable for British roads because they are .so kust, a coro--1 r .said. Mr P. G. ShiJJitoe, coroner j f Hitchm. Herts, recorded acidcntal death verdicts on a motor-cyclist and his flr] Das sp n*er who were n collision 1
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    Mission to Japan to boost trade
    60 8 Eighteen Indonesian traders and industrialists left Manila for Tokyo yesterday to promote Indonesian Japanese trade j and survey Japan's ability to pay war reparations. r-- fiMwtrfiiMMiiiiiißiiamwwwwiiinwi—ri mi lumwn—nni—nw THE FEDERAL GERMAN Chancellor, Dr. Aclenaur I enjoying drink and nibbling at a cocktail straw Dr.
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    WHAT DAY IS IT? JUST ASK BRIAN, 6
    239 8 WHAT DAY IS IT? JUST ASK BRIAN, 6 BIX-YEAR-OLD Brian (Luke Is a panic for Ipswich education experts. M I 13 his the faculty of being able, within four seconds, lo say on what da, of th e I week anv riven date will fall, over a span of ei^ht
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    Hare chased the hounds but lost
    122 8 Hare chased the hounds but lost ALL WAS SET for the 7.30 race at Wimbledon greyhound stadium. The traps flew up and the six dogs darted out. Hey, where's the hare? shouted the crowd. Then the electric hare started out, chasing the dogs. Faulty mechanism had delayed 1 v. The
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    Fairy tales to help at hospital
    173 8 Fairy tales to help at hospital MANY OF THE patient! m I the Princess Louise Hiv- B pital for Children. North B Kensington, London, are B admitted for eye ojx rations. B One of the hospitals problems B has been to keep them en- B tertained while their eyea are
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    And so to bed...
    61 8 Thirty-five-year-okl Mr. L. Tomkings, awakened early, found his sitting-room ablaze at his home m Adelaide- road, Chalk Farm. N. W. He put the flames out buckets of water, then went back to bed. B But soon afterwards tn room was ablaze again. This time his wife
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    'The Creep is banned— 'vulgar dance' verdict
    142 9 'The Creep is banned 'vulgar dance' verdict ••rpllE reep has been ban- ned by a Socialist committee which organises twice-a-ueck dances for young: i people m the party's hall m (.rinisby. Mr. Edward Self, a memher of the committee of the Alexandra Ward Labour Hall, s.'.itl: "We agreed that the
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    EIGHT PUPILS 'GOT SCARS FOR LIFE' FROM INFECTED MILK
    173 9 RIGHT pupils of the village school at Talgarth, J Brecon, will carry life-long scars on their necks because they drank infected milk. Nineteen other children were treated for tuberculosis, a Ministry of Health inquiry was told at Brecon. The eight children,
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    Buddhists hold first festival in Britain
    87 9 Buddhists hold first festival in Britain For the Qnt time, the Buddhist Festival of We.sak was celebrated at Hove, near Brighton, Southern England. About 100 Buddhists from all over the county of Sussex attended at the Hove Town Hall, bringing with them gifts of flowers to decorate the shrine of
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    BUDDHISTS NOW HAVE A TEMPLE IN LONDON
    93 9 BUDDHISTS NOW HAVE A TEMPLE IN LONDON A TEMPLE for Buddhists of the Southern school Ceylon, Burma and Siam was opened m Knightsbridge, London on Wesak Day the festival commemorating: the birth of Lord Buddha. The opening ceremony was done by the Siamese Ambassador to London Prince Wongsanuvatra Devakula. Many
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    Court clears sued doctor —blameless
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    SAVE WHICH FAILED
    20 9 Six-yrar-old James Self, of waded Intc lh< river to recover a football. He slipped and was drowned.
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    JUST A PLAY
    18 9 A play. "The Happy Prisoner," was performed before the prisoners m Maidstone Jail last night.
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    HE WAS IN HIS SUNDAY BEST
    89 9 LUKVKN-YEAR OLD John -^Swai.sland was wearing bil first lon^-trousered .suit when he dived into the River Lea and rescued a three-and-a-half-year-oJd boy. When he got home to Pe-flro-.street, Clapton, E., his lather, Mr. Ernest Swaisland, smacked him for refusing to .say how lie got
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    Runaway girl who met a man in a cafe
    490 9 Runaway girl who met a man in a cafe THE girl who had run away from home was sitting m a cafe at Southend-on-Sea when a man offered her a job as a photographer's assistant She accepted and left with the man that day for Swindon. The girl was only
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    THE GROOM (IN COURT) MADE BRIDE A PROMISE
    240 9 IjVUR-HAIKHJ John O- .Idsmith. 22. wai put on probation tor v year afti r being remanded on ball for a week so he could (1 t married Goldsmith had pleaded guilty with two other men who were both .sent to prison to
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    THIS WOMAN HAS BRITAIN'S LONELIEST JOB
    83 9 A woman has been appointed to one of Britain's IOIIHI. st J °She Is Miss Barbara WhittoS? of Maiden Newton. DorSt^rno to warden ol theLundj I Field Society's bird-watch. n« 'station on Lundy Island, 14 I miles out m the Bristol Chanj U< She
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    McColl off to Siberia
    299 10 McColl off to Siberia 4 I 1I H a month m Moscow Irn Off m thf morning to jH ;i look at other pans vi thii tremendous country and trjj you <>i what I see. My route will take me first southward to Tlflis, tlw capital o[ Georgia, Stalin'i home
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    Ike, not McCarthy, is on trial
    531 10 Ike, not McCarthy, is on trial IT is difficult not to write about the fantastic "trial by television" of the United States Army and Senator Joseph McCarthy. Even the international-affairs-conscious "New York Times" has be<ui giving second place to the crucial Geneva Conference and pride of space to the hearings.
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    Mr Bevan is so SILLY
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    Roadside 'Galahad'
    173 10 RONALD Green, \B. ot \Urysville, Mich., is on nis way to a film career today all because he lent a helping hand to a lady with a stalled car. Working m a gas station because he had arrived, too late to enroll for a drama course at Ucla.
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    MGM EXECUTIVE SUITE
    1222 11 MGM EXECUTIVE SUITE "EXECUTIVE SUITE" IS THE FILM OF THE BOOK ABOUT BIG BUSINESS TYCOONS THEIR BATTLE FOR POWER AND THE WOMEN, WHETHER WIFE, SWEETHEART, ELONDE OR PRIVATE SECRETARY, WHO ARE IMPORTANT TO THEIR DESTINIES. {First instal- I ment of a film I serial. _J death of a Tycoon LATE
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    You'll see her in 'Garden of Evil'
    33 12 You 'll see her in 'Garden of Evil' Sultry Rita Moirno. who (Mines from I'mrio Ki< i. has beea lives mi portant part m a ii"« Hollywood "iiii'in .iSropr film called "(iarilrn oi
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    433 12  -  RITCHIE McE WEN by fjiVERY second letter A posted m the People's Paradise is lost, stolen, delivered to the wrong address, censored by the wife of the local postmaster, or with luckreaches its proper destination intact after a long delay of anything
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    382 12 KUSSIa 5 new nauc uiitc may says BERNARD RONA LD RUSSIAN food delicacies enjoyed by Malenkov, Molotov and other Soviet personages should be appearing on the menus of housewives m the Free World later this year. Firstly, the U S.S.R. is to lake part m
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    Bridge Hand
    308 12 HPHERE are plenty of roving-eye players m the world of bridge, but the' only real-life spy we know Ls Freddie Sheinwold, i.ho was a member of OSS. m World War 11. But Fred does his "spying" on a purely intellectual plane when he plays bridge— as witness this
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      273 12 Daily Crosstv&rd SBbh SBDtf isVki HBBi^ i^i^ CLUES ACROSS 5. is this an exprtssion of pity 1 I! bashful lion is only 1 for the lawyer's descriptive quarter lull and most confused half? (4, 3i. (Sl 6. No, Ben. he describes a poi- Who voted without giving their sonoua plant
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    Girl with an engagement ring
    559 13 i DAVID LEWIN's IGpcflut* GREETS I THE HAPPY SI A R nHE came gay and sparkling into London the other day— matching the weather. On the third finger of Olivia De Havilland's left hand was a diamond cluster ring, the visible sign that the 38-year-old
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    THE PRINCE OF 'FEEDS'
    308 13 JERRY DESMONDE IS "STOOGE" FOR NORMAN WISDOM AS HE WAS FOR SID FIELDS IN 14 years of letting the other fellow have the last laugh, Jerry Desmonde has been straight-man and feed (the word "stooge" is never used professionally) to Sid Field, Arthur Askey, Bob Hope,
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    Downfall of Simone
    137 13 MR JIMMY SILVER. former husband of actress Simone Silva. 'the actress who exposed herself with Robert Mitchi- mm a publicity stunt) was at London Airport ayain recently. His previous visit there was at Faster, when he taw Miss Silia off to Hollywood. 'She seems Co be enjoying
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    89 13 OUtOL FLYNN went to a party fl*en by ex Orenadler Guards officer actoi ANTHONY BTEIL at hii houM In K< ■iisingUm recently. "Erroiv, an old buddy of nun.- known him for nyj; wj filmed together," said Steel, "1 dont kno* whether i m glad or .sorry
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    Fencing champ is 'boat happy'
    344 14 Fencing champ is 'boat happy 1M ho.it happv/' said SMI Tommy EfMIS w-sterday. He s;iils m the nrwell on Saturday after four >«.irs m Singapore. Tin- man vIM organised Urn first FARELF Fencing Championships m W5l has been connected with nian> liriinrlics of JM*I sport since nis arrival U .liinr
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    URUGUAY HELD
    23 14 Uruguay and Switzerland tied Ihree »oals each In an international loot ball match m the LavI MUM Olympic Stadium yesterday. U.P.
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    ZATOPEK FASTER THAN EVER
    176 14 ZATOPEK FASTER THAN EVER pMIL ZATOPKK, Czechoslovakia's triple Olympic J champion, has no intention of surrending his European titles this summer to Gordon I'irie or anybody else. The Czech wonder runner made this crystal clear when at Houstaka Stadium, near Prague, he won a 6.000 metres event m 14 minutes
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    SCA TOURNEY AVERAGES
    234 14 f|H IK batting and bowling X averages for the Singapore Cricket Association's senior cricket tournament up to May are: BATTING AVEBAGH (Qual. 3 completed innings, min. av«-i»jc«- 20) Inns no. h.s. total avge. D Denl 5 1 129 253 63.25 J. Thorn 1 102 202 50.50 I
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    RUSSIAN WINS WRESTLING
    46 14 iiEAVY Bertil Antonsson of Swe-*-1 den, a second place winner m the last Olympic, lost last night on split decision to gold medal Olym- pic winner A. Mekokichvilli of Russia. Mekokichvilli recently defeated Antonsson m a match m Sweden A.P. Factory work increase."
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    181 14 Winning teams send up production (^I'KAKING 00 the "Esd of 1,,,' hull" it a recent lunch of the Bristol Round T ible Club, Mr. Harrj i>< >i 1 11 r i chairman ol Bristol City P.C., said: lurtion iik re.ise.s when the la ti football team la winning. ili i
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    STAGE SET FOR THE WORLD CUP
    373 14 England should get through but Scotland's task is tough VltOM war-torn South Korea to sunny Italy, from Scotland m the Northern hemisphere to Uruguay m South America, the sta^e is set for th/ World (up series m Switzerland m the fortnight beginning June 16th.
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    How to hit more sixes
    319 14 By PAT MARSHALL BRIGHTER cricket? Here comes Wilf Wooller. skipper of Glamorgan, with an Idea :o make it brighter still. Says Wooller: 'There should be a standard boundary on pvery ground, and it should not be more than 80 yards from the centre of the
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    Forgotten wrestler is a hero
    81 14 Forgotten wrestler is a hero HENRIK Hansen, the veteran Dane who hitchhiked his way to Japan for the world wrestling championships, has become a hero to the Japanese. Gifts and fan letters are reaching Hansen who is "the pr.fect symbol of the amateur athlete," according to the newspaper Yomiuri. The
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    'Landy can beat Bannister's time'
    120 14 AUSTRALIAN sprint star Hector Hogan says bll countryman. John Landy. could run a mile m less than 4 minutes on a hard American track— but Landy isn't anxious to go there. "He really wanted to go to Finland," Hogan said. You see, he would like
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    103 14 C Y. LIM of Malaya became the first overseas player to win the men's singles title m the Hong Kong open badminton championships when he beat Bill Funk of Hong Kong 15-5. 15-5. Funk, who played his best badminton of the season, however, could not m;itch
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    DANE DEFEATED
    41 14 Billy Lauderdale of the United States scored with left hooks to a head and body m a late rally last night to win a 10-round split decision over Danish welter- vu-i :h< n i-npion Chris Christenscn oi Copenhagen. A.P.
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    HOGAN SECOND
    45 14 Australia's sprinter. Hector Bonn ran second m the 100-yuci dash final at the California WMjn last night. He was beaten by Rod RicharcK m a time of 9.7 seconds. The Mistidlian was only a fraction oi a second behind at the rmusii A.P.
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    Never A Blank wins the Governor's Cup
    176 15 Never A Blank wins the Governor's Cup CLOSEST WIN 1 OF THE DAY AT B. TIMAH And here's the easiest pictures. ilnw thvtf ran at MSukit Thnah I.idi Field, ridden bv Jones, romps past the fini nng post an f.isy three-length winner in RAM Seven. Secoi:d Has Red Hat larkP)
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    479 15 NEVER A BLANK BEATS SMALL FIELD FOR THE CUP FP. Course Correspondent FORTY-YEAR-OLD Bill Clarke, a top country jockey m Australia who £Ot off the mark m his first ride on the Malayan Turf at Ipoh last month, was lucky m his Cup race at IBukit Timah on Saturday when
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    HUNGARY SMASH ENGLAND TO 7-1 DEFEAT
    939 16 'Match of century was alkime rout HUNGARY beat England yesterday m the international football match at Budapest by seven goals to one. Thr Olympic champions handed England her heavies! defeat i vet m International soccer It 'a,i> ,1 .'■•pi'iiinm 01 IU.M year*! 1-3 Wembley
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    219 16 IBWIS Head, favourite J for Wimbledon, was eliminated from the French Lawn Tennis Championships yesterday by 40-year-old Gardnar Mulloy of the United States. The 19-year-old Australian, No. 1 seed m the Paris tourney, received a tennis lesson as Mulloy won 6-2, 2-6. 7-5, 6-4. Hoad only once
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    117 16 A.A.A :>; C.A .2. a MICABLES Athletic Asso- ciation whose advance was i checked by R.E.ME, last week. I scored grand victory yesterday. Following their 5-1 win over 3.R.C. the C.A. lost this S.A.F.A. Div. 1 game at the Stadium. They have now moved from the 4th
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