The Singapore Free Press, 2 August 1954
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Title Section21 1954-08-02 1 The Singapore Free Press I ir| ,,>st Afternoon Sale u Malay a. T^,; sinuanorc. Mon.. Aug. 2. 1954. Price 15 Its.21 words
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221 1954-08-02 1 DANGER ALL ROUND THE ISLAND' i apoRE'S shark scare, following a fatal shark V-fr-k on a British naval frogman in Teluk Ayer o in last Wednesday, dampened the spirit of deep"w mmers over the August holiday week-end. p e dimmers ventured far r o <221 words
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Article44 1954-08-02 1 Nationalist Chinese warships sank one Red Chinese ship and sent another limph. away yesterday in Taichow Bah 160 miles south of Shanghai, the Nationalist Central News Agency reported. The types of warships in- volved were not stated. A. P.A.P. - 44 words
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Article45 1954-08-02 1 Dwd of demonstrators Vietminh Hags paraded i one of the main streets :i yesterday demandpeace and the withdrawal French Expeditionary broke up the demonai after firing shots in r About 2.000 men and n took part: 130 arrests n made A.P.A.P. - 45 words
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Article53 1954-08-02 1 r »ng lines of Kikuyu. Embu M»'iu tribesmen queued Hunr European employers •urs at the week-end in a '-minute rush to obtain •••rmits to remain in the city. Phis new registration of ►esmen U the Government's attempt to clear the city Mau Mau terrorists andReuter - 53 words
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83 1954-08-02 1 SHORTHAND writers at the Kallang crash court of inquiry have taken down and [ranscribed more than 1.080,--')OQ words, it is estimated. Reports of the proceedings «ove r J.BOO sheets of foolscap typed wUh double spacing The words would fill i» lUU length novels. Four83 words
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Article, Illustration306 1954-08-02 1 By EPSOM JEEP. f T-COL. Thomas Lawrence Fox, 0.8.E., one or the U top flight trainers on tUe Malayan turf, died in Singapore thisTmoming after a long illness. He *as aged 60 and had been associated with Malayan racing for the past 30306 words
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Article37 1954-08-02 1 The Commander-in-Chief of [led Chinas Army said yesteriav "all commanders and an fighters of the land, sea and lir forces ....must stand m battle readiness and flght^for the liberation of Taiwan < Formosa37 words
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Article22 1954-08-02 1 The month of August hasten chosen bj terrorists for a wSl SoriUes f °to erant Morocco local autonom.. U.PU.P - 22 words
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Article181 1954-08-02 1 Fun fair blaze ARSONISTS early today tried to set fire to a Singapore A Church School fun fair, which is to be opened today by Lady Loewen, wife of the C-in-C, Far East Land Forces. Two fire engines rushed to the Christ Church School in Dorset181 words
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Article29 1954-08-02 1 A group In Bu'-nos *in^ iympathftic to Eted China has armed a conunlttee which will levote its energiei to loitering SJentine trade reUttoni with Pckmii A.P.A.P. - 29 words
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Article19 1954-08-02 1 Singapore had a crime-free holiday week-end. Since, Friday there have been no reports of serious crime.19 words
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Article65 1954-08-02 1 MORE shooting incidents between the United States and the "belligerent" Chinese Reds were predicted yesterday in Washington bv Mr. Walter Bedell Smith, U.S. Under Secretary of State who warned. "We are certainly not going to be intimidated." Said Mr. Smith: ir We wIU continue Ur take whatever action65 words
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76 1954-08-02 1 "piXCELLBNT progress" Hi was being made on the 'very difficult task" of establishing a collective i security pact iniong the free nations of South I ast Asia to block further Communist aggression, j said Mr. Walter Bedell Smith in Washington. But he added, that the76 words
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Article52 1954-08-02 1 by President Elsenhower, he emphasised that the US. will not be "trigger hapnv or over impetuous" in iU dealings with Red Chinese as "some of our European friends" believe. "Our ae*i«»n will be well And careful 1 coiusldered; 1 he said «r» o— '.>!#»ulj*4« t\ nroaramme. M cwsi\i*>UP - 52 words
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Advertisement77 1954-08-02 1 Mp^~ mi A^^ MI II j/ MI w r9 Ml V_^^ M BIMiJ Mm FACIAL TISSUES j! x V )^^^lL*^f^ '"^^^w o v>^^» TW^^ \^^>2^m 1 Each packet contains an assort ment of four exquisite pastel taste in daintiness for boud.or the finest quality delicate > able and econom.cal "The77 words
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525 1954-08-02 2 Guns came from Europe' LMiYPT'S army today is wholly equipped with smuggled arms, Kgyptian Premier (iamal \bdel Nasser told the London Sunday Times. The newspaper yesterday quoted Lieutenant! Colonel Nasser as saying in an Interview at his norm in ftfanhsietelbarki Egypt: "For the past525 words
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102 1954-08-02 2 Ban lifted —and Suez troops get fresh food EGYPT lifted its economic blockade of British troops in the Suez Canal Zone at the week-end permitting fresh food. beer, and other Egyptian products to go to troops for the first time in two years. At the same time, a Britisn Embassy102 words
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Article46 1954-08-02 2 British and Egyptian negotiators are to meet tomorrow to discuss details of the evacuation agreement, the Embassy spokesman said. He added that planning for evacuation has already started in the Canal Zone, but it will be some time before it takes practical shape. A.P.A.P. - 46 words
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Article41 1954-08-02 2 Britain's tanker fleet will soon surpass that of the United States as the largest in the world. Britain has on order tankers with a deadweight tonnage of three million The United States is building only 250.000 tons. U.P.U.P. - 41 words
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136 1954-08-02 2 DR. KONRAD Adenauer, the West German Chancellor, who left Bonn for the Black Forest the day the disappearance of former security chief Dr. Otto John was announced, will break his holiday today to discuss the case with his party leaders. Allied officials in BerlinReuter - 136 words
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225 1954-08-02 2 MONCAY, in Inrio < hma. l» a dead city on the south bank of the Tan* 11m RWer boundary with Red hina. In the five days since the t'eneva cea*e-ftre took effect in North Vietnam, its K 000 civilian population has dwindled toA.P. - 225 words
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Article, Illustration61 1954-08-02 2 HOME WITH MOTHER ANDREW IWKSLOF. 10, ran into the arms of his mother at Kalians Airport, Singapore, yesterday and burst into silent tears of joy. Andrew, the son of Mr. and Mrs. R. A. Parsloe of the Malayan Railway, Kuala Lumpur, flew in from Britain for his summer vacation. With61 words
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Article120 1954-08-02 2 T»HE UNITED NATIONS Command disclosed belatedly in Munsan last night that the Communists claimed they killed two Allied soldiers last Thursday in a neutral zone fracas near Panmunjom The U. N. Command said the I Communists called an emereencv meeting yesterday of a ioint120 words
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Article152 1954-08-02 2 Pigeon beat iron curtain EAHING Lena, a German JL carrier pigeon that fl' u M anti Communist message through the Iron Curtain was brought to New York by plan* yesterday to help raise fund> for Radio Free Europe. Lena, in a race between two German cities a month ago. wentA.P. - 152 words
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Article27 1954-08-02 2 The West German Government ha s aereed to undertake the shipment of 65 million marks <M546, 000.000 > worth of industrial equipment to Egypt. APAP - 27 words
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Article27 1954-08-02 2 Ten armed Chinese Nationalist agents who secretly landed in Communist Kwangtung province have been tried and sentenced to death after public trials ReuterReuter - 27 words
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Article161 1954-08-02 2 Home-rule talks start in Tunisia rrilE Bey of Tunis yesterday 1 began consultations f Or the formation of a new Tu nislan government, following the declaration on home rule for Tuni-sia made in Tunis bv French Prime Minister Mr Mende.s France As soon as the Bey hfti i-hcsen nis newReuter - 161 words
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Article26 1954-08-02 2 The Duke of Edinburgh fit* to Rivers, Manitoba, from Ottawa yesterday for a tow visit to the Canadian joint air training centre.— Reuter.26 words
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Article30 1954-08-02 2 A festival of the world's best films starring child actors wll be held at the National Filn Theatre in London from Aun 8 to Sept. 22 ReuterReuter - 30 words
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Article, Illustration170 1954-08-02 3 4 women, child, are trampled to death nnUR Moroccan women F°"nd a child were tram pled to death b> rowds at Fez in demonrations following r mours of the return t he exiled Sultan ot Morocco. Moroccan men were in- llu seriously by tear SidiReuter - 170 words
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Article70 1954-08-02 3 the fortunes that Fredinsdale made out of his "The Last of Mrs. Cheyearned him £100.--cixindled in his will, to an estate of £2.154 net Mr. J iliii Donaldson of Wot-under-Edge, Gloucesterexplained: "My fatheri had some estates in lea and in France, but we expect a70 words
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Article60 1954-08-02 3 rtdier paying a week to inner wife and 17s. a week present wife, is running lebl to the Army at the hi ss. a week. Dudley. maglstratei were told. They put Private Harry CornI aged 25. of the Worceshire Regiment, on proba- for60 words
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Article31 1954-08-02 3 ive people on a seat were ijured when a car crashed throu 'ii some railings in lend. The railings and stopped the car plough ross the crowded promen-31 words
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Article54 1954-08-02 3 AYOISG ballerina, pupn of German ballet teacher Fiamette Hild^eorde, plays with a swan in a new "Loe des Cygnes" pose in a Berlin park, Her teacher takes the pupils out of doors as much as possible and all their games, whether hunting butterflies, plucking flowers or feeding swans, are performedPopper - 54 words
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Article61 1954-08-02 3 PLANES DROP FOOD IN FLOOD AREAS INDIAN Air Force planes yesterday dropped food supplies to isolated regions in Cooch Behar, North Bengal, where thousands of square miles are flooded after heavy monsoon rains. Exact numbers of casualties are not yet available, but "might run easily into three figures," for theA.P. - 61 words
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Article27 1954-08-02 3 Red China's Premier Chou En Lai was greeted by a crowd of 5.000 when he returned to Peking yesterday from the A.P. (Geneva conference.A.P. - 27 words
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Article21 1954-08-02 3 Bonn— Tokyo trade A West German trade dele-, nation has gone to Tokyo to negotiate a new German-, Japanese trade agreement.21 words
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Article21 1954-08-02 3 Lincoln University lor Neg roe i j" iivrson City. Missouri has been thrown open to white gtudentf.- A.P.A.P. - 21 words
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72 1954-08-02 3 -GADGET WAR' Mf HfiSTiSXSSr A united States and *ft*~gJSi appliances but are not only ■"WjJftAWftSn tutors, W»y or T r^tti,.s- nai be roufW itMW of thr.mor.- than 77 international airs and exa nimst industry, with tlu.^P t i .social flvr mUllon JoU«A.P. - 72 words
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Article37 1954-08-02 3 Sir Edmund Hillary connueror of Everest, yesterday ?Smbed a 9.175-f^t mountain sitttae in a chair when he Sly opened a n-w chair Uft at the Mount RuapehuswinK Rrounci on New Zeaiamu North Island. -Reuter.37 words
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Article63 1954-08-02 3 NEW KOMAN Catholic < liurch, called the World hirch for Peace, will be onsecrmtoi in Hiroshima. Japan, on the ninth anniverjarj «ti Friday of the atom tomk blast wlitrh wrecked Ibe city lUe giant, modern steel cloud that signaled the arri val of the atomic AA.P. - 63 words
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Article15 1954-08-02 3 Mr Martin Sweißart. 103 died in Philadelphia yesterday 1.-av- 135 direct descendant*. ReuterReuter - 15 words
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173 1954-08-02 3 DVEN JOFFS, slightly built 33-year-old American. 5 sauntered off his seven-ton Bermudan cutter -\Atea" at Cobh near Cork on Saturday, and casually told bystanders: "I've Just crossed the Atlantic singlehanded". His first words were: "Where can I have my beard shaved off, andReuter - 173 words
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Article51 1954-08-02 3 SHE'S NUDIST QUEEN AGAIN IVY, a blonde London secretary, was named Britain's nudist beauty queen at the Spielplatz Nudist Resort near St. Albans on Saturday. Ivy, whose last name was not disclosed, also won the title last year. Her measurements: sft. 4ins. tall, 34 inches bust. 24ins. waist, 36in.s. hips.—AP - 51 words
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Article82 1954-08-02 3 AIRLINERS GROUNDED BY DISPUTE All plane, of America AirLines, OM of the world's largest companies. wore grounded yesterday in I labour dispute. Spokesmen for both the company and the union AFL Airline Pilots Association said there was no prospect of more meetingl to try to letiM the dispute, before todayA.P. - 82 words
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133 1954-08-02 3 Shot peer is fighting for his life LORD Vivian, famous London sta^e producer, who Is fighting for life in hOtpiUl to I ondon alter being found snot ill the stomach and wrists in a county cottage on was reported "slightly better though still in a serious condition." 4l Hospital authoritiesReuter - 133 words
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Article16 1954-08-02 3 ■ELEVEN Swedish regeUriana yerterday Ur i& k Voim tS water. A. P.16 words
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Advertisement37 1954-08-02 3 RADlO "ftfflY INCORPORATING RADIO MALAYA NEWS ALL TME BEST iN BBOABCASTING Full Pa ■>' ll— i'hin*'s*' Op r#« n*i*li*» Pvrsnnulitfi Hntlio Prnmibtm I ilm itt'rifWM turtwnn* PueafrH Pieturo Sor<i»n PRICE 10 CENTS FROM ALL NEWSACMITS ON SALE TODAY37 words
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358 1954-08-02 4 The Singapore Free Press MONDAY. Aug. 2. 1954. Envoy of peace Singapore and the Federatlot jn general, and the indiai com jtj unity in particular Jook forward to the vi.sit thi: month of Mrs. Vijaya Jak.shmi, President of the United Nations General Assembly and one of the most di.stinKui.shed women358 words
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709 1954-08-02 4 Chou has 'disowned' the Overseas Chinese Pledge to Asia is a test of good faith ....but Fred Hampson believes this is just another deliberate Communist deception. MOW much iiiHtd faith can the world expect Of the Communists in the indo-China peace agreement? Mart Western observers in Hong Kon» think theA.P. - 709 words
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Article, Illustration317 1954-08-02 4 Peking fight for power JK)LITICAL i' os sip in Shanghai says a fi^ht for power has developed between the two "Number Twos" of Chinese Communism. The "Number Twos" are Premier Chou En-lai and Liu Shao-chi, Vice Premier, and Secretary of the Party Central Committee. An Australian businessman Francis Griffith, whoA.P. - 317 words
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Advertisement17 1954-08-02 4 MIKIMOTC CULTURED PEARL NECKLACES with EARRINGS to MATCH S. P. H. de SUVA, Singapore fpoh K. Lumpur17 words
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Advertisement19 1954-08-02 4 SB .^HSr .^■^■^■■i BS fai9 fV XT O"f/Ii^ -f Plug Ow Earth! FAR EAST MOTORS ORCHARD ROAD— TEL: *****19 words
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Article, Illustration169 1954-08-02 5 MOUNT FABER. high above Kampong Bahru on Singapore's west coast, is today the feature of the Free Press series on "Know Your Singapore." From its familiar summit, a panoramic view of the west gateway to the harbour flanked by Pulau Hantu and Blakang Mati— can be169 words
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84 1954-08-02 5 rpHE fast of the new Qantas 1 Empire Airways SuperCoastellation airliners to be put on the Sydney-London service ls due in Singapore tomorrow with several top executives from Australia. Singapore passengers will board the plane at Kallang Airport. >■•:■ Connie" will make it Bangkok, Calcutta,84 words
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Article39 1954-08-02 5 «E BAHRU, Mon. note .subsidiary markets be opened in Johore i on Aug. 16. vi 11 be at Kebun Teh the other at jalan Yahai Ural. first such market was f Nong Chik last month39 words
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Article16 1954-08-02 5 LANG, Mon. Forty Form "idents from the AngloSchool, Seremban Connuußht Bridge pow*tation at Klang.16 words
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100 1954-08-02 5 Nixon hankie sells for $18 at fair KUALA LUMPUR, Mon. A HANDKERCHIEF sent by Mrs P. Nixon, wife of the Vice President of the United States, was auctioned for *18 at the Methodist Girls' School food and fun fair hereMrs F S. Muthu. headmistress of the Junior Methodist Girls' School,100 words
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Article61 1954-08-02 5 GOVERNMENT MAY TRAIN PRINTERS K -Ai.A LUMPUR, Mon.— The ration Government Print Department Employee*' Union may ask the Gov»«sf to open a printing u > train local recruits may also ask that Muslim ;yees ol the Printing De »«t be allowed to leave offtee In the afternoon Bulan Puasa (fasting61 words
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204 1954-08-02 5 T HE Singapore City Council scheme to spend 1 $125 000 for the development of 15^ acres or Shenton Way land as a public playground this year may Thy7e a a P r P was expressed yesterday by Mr. J. M.204 words
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91 1954-08-02 5 TOOK who hire SSfel Memorial Hall and Theatre forsocial functions and theatrical performances must remove their property, if any is left over by noon the following day -or face an extra day's rent. The City Council has now authorised the superintendent to have left91 words
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Article63 1954-08-02 5 PARIT BUNTAR. Mon. N}4 Tck Soon was fined $200 or two months' gaol by Inch** Abu Bakar bin Haji Husin in the Banda Bahru court for trying to bribe a special constable on July 19. For having taken out food from a restricted area without63 words
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Article39 1954-08-02 5 KLANG, Mon. More than fiiteen representatives jrom Chinese clubs and associations S Kb and Port Swettenham were Riven a talk about the comlna town council election* bv Tuan Syed Hashim, the Supervisor of Elections.39 words
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Article49 1954-08-02 5 JOHORE BAHRU. Mon. Youth Council centre was formed in Batu Pahat yesterday. Its first undertaking will be to organise the visit of «0 delegates from the World Assembly of Youth meeting In Singapore this month. The delegates are expected in Batu Pahat on Aug. 31.49 words
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Article30 1954-08-02 5 KUALA LUMPUR. Mon.- The Federation produced 8,212 tons of coconut oil and 5.211 tons of coconut rakes in June. May s output wa.s 8.098 and 5.195 tons respectively.30 words
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Article35 1954-08-02 5 JOHORE BAHRU, Mon. TengkU Mahmud and Tcngku i Abdul Rahman, sons of the TVngku Mahkota. Johore, I have returned to Johore Bahru from England to spend the .school vacation with their parts U.35 words
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Article59 1954-08-02 5 KUALA LUMPUR. Mon T\u Selangor branch Ol the Malayan Indian Congress yesterday approved plans to <<'l< i brate iU eighth anniversary, which falls on Aug. 30 It also decided to organise a three-week door-to-door campaign to boost membership and raise funds lor a Congress building. Mass59 words
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Article30 1954-08-02 5 JOHORE BAHRU. Mon Mok Kai Ing, a woman, waa fined $200 In the police court for having 1' 2 gallons of illicit .samsu at Kiapa Sawit new village30 words
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Miscellaneous364 1954-08-02 6 I LUCKY MANDRAKE by Lee Falk and Phil Davis w^^*[ I film jk Fcr, fllf v v^ .rV «j I f/"^ \L -J O FF NOW I'LL SEE WHAT I 7O /> \klV) KO she's your S. Mandrake -^*^J v-' this /s all about' /S- >. lAr fy \\Il;M SHE364 words
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Article, Illustration803 1954-08-02 7 STEVE NEOH - STEVE NEOH by Clean out canals and ditches, they say \tfß witer, everywhere..." -that is the problem Singapore's Geylanej Serai villagers. Thev complain of having too much water most time Stand pipes are sufficient. There are ">" at home. But FLOODING- after heavy r alFree Press - 803 words
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Advertisement30 1954-08-02 7 COjMVAIRj^BEST INDONESIAN AIRWAYS FREQUENT STRAISHT FLIGHTS j to BANGKOK PALEMBANQ r/f/^/ DJA KA HTA BUILDING Gr.FLOOR -v r~ t T O O r I L L. I (J v Him.30 words
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Article, Illustration292 1954-08-02 8 ROCER YUE - FUN GAMES 4 BEACH THE ROCER YUE Story by Pictures by I pin: SINGAPORE Youth Council holiday camp at Tanah Merah Besar is proving popular with Colony picnickers, as attendances every week-end show. The Imperial Chemical Industries Recreation Club held a social-and-picnic there recently. More than 100 Asian and EuropeanJOHNNY QUEK - 292 words
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Article135 1954-08-02 10 Car is made 'active' JIATRIC FOLEY has an Henry Imost new car. ul?°&% 4,-. asking hi, 1 RMwJLJp«* company to n ;V' a ce r because it has become so radio- active that it is unsafe to use. Foley is the State Health Department's i Radiological chief, and carries radio135 words
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Article, Illustration854 1954-08-02 10 John Culmer - John Culmer by Vast national memorial to war dead was started 10 years ago i HAVE just returned from a visit to El Valle de [os < (the Valley ol the Fallen), the vast national memorial to those killed in the Spanish Civil War854 words
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Article509 1954-08-02 10 ENGLISH prestige in the humbler sports seems to be safe. I read that the British Marble Board of Control (sic) sent a team to Le Touquet and that they "thrashed a French team." This will put new spirit into our halma men, and fill English tiddlywinkers with509 words
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Article, Illustration588 1954-08-02 11 A Police State -and it's in the C'wealth Fred Manor on 'the peculiar antics of the Quebec politicians 9 QUEBEC, Canada's French speaking province, should make up her mind whether she wishes to remain within the Canadian Federation, or quit," I was told by the voung but eminent yr* urn-Canadian588 words
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Article, Illustration624 1954-08-02 11 These Russians were very Popular BERNARD RONALD meets some workers in Milan and finds them friendly—but silent. UfHEN you meet the men and women from Moscow who travel abroad for the first time you get the impression that they are fascinated by the Western world. They go window-shop-ping round the624 words
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Advertisement48 1954-08-02 11 Smoked ouf "HE Reverend P. B. (Tubby") CLAYTON, the founder •oc H. was offered a cifC^c at a party recently. 1 wouldn't be seen dead with n^ he said. 1 h avc yet to meet a Sood man who smokes ci<a»e»te,~ or a bad one w*»o a pipe."48 words
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Article, Illustration220 1954-08-02 12 EILEEN ASCROFT - EILEEN ASCROFT By The frills and the laces of •in earlier era come back in these 1954 pyjamas, made in the half cotton, half-wool Osmaline material from the Lancashire mills of Barlow J ..ii.-s The Miur pants are eatf u-tn- tii while the full Umm top220 words
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Article174 1954-08-02 12 Winifred Lees - Winifred Lees by I SPENT a day recently with a group of American fashion -directors. They had crossed the Atlantic to study European methods to scout around tor new ideas. The job of fashion -director. I gather, is to provide the link between the various departments selling fashion174 words
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388 1954-08-02 12 JAMES LONG - JAMES LONG by AN ELDERLY Christian Democrat senator and a youthful monarchist deputy have asked the Italian Government what it intends to do about banning "those sinful sex shows," the beauty nontests Thv answer, according to the press In Italy that likes its women388 words
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Article505 1954-08-02 12 Bridge Hand r FODAv. we begin publication of the sixteen prearranged pur" deaLs which were played earlier this year at more than 150 college.-, all over the United States in a contest which erch year determine* the imer-roll^.iaie bridge ch.unpions. The competing pairs try to eain pars by achieving the505 words
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Miscellaneous374 1954-08-02 12 \7 1 Tfi F^ Iflfl HI Hi TBh^^ CLI'ES ACROSS: 7. It starts off with nine lives and 1 The foot, ue see. is a story. (6). a SEHiX l3 1,,. ax 5. A bird for example. a raw ,e.- It when 9. Parboiled? Well, only boiled a f' said:374 words
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Article366 1954-08-02 13 Four-times-a year 'Oscar'? A new plan is fair but* has little chance of being accepted: THE Academy's board of A governors has revived a plan whereby quarterly balloting would be held for "Oscars"with the final vote and awards presentation at the usual time in March. It has long been contended,366 words
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Article251 1954-08-02 13 SHEILAH GRAHAME - SHEILAH GRAHAME aekcd JOHNNIE RAY about 4ARILYN MONROE with Jhom ho works in "There's Business Like Show Busi"Oh. she's a doll But Ret nervous when I talk to r .said Mr. Ray who vrv- <> -sing to her Bul- Marilyn Monroe says not expecting a baby. actress said251 words
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Article, Illustration829 1954-08-02 13 Joy Nichols; Tommy Trinder Anouk; DAVID LEWIN - The Wanderers Return Joy Nichols Tommy Trinder Anouk DAVID LEWIN 'Take it From Here 9 girl Back in London are three star entertainers UACK they all come, bark to London the city which gave them a name and a place in the spotlight. There is the Australian back from America;829 words
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Advertisement69 1954-08-02 13 The weekly issue of the STRAITS MIDQCT can be sent by Air Mail to any address in the United Kingdom at an inclusive rate of 24.00 FOR SIX MONTHS p If you want the "BUDGET" while on leave or wish 5 S to make an "Air-subscription" on behalf of your69 words
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The man who stopped a revolution
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Article, Illustration945 1954-08-02 14 IN THE summer of 1948 a fMUIg student approached Italy's Communist leader I'ulmiro Togliutti and Umlq pumped three bullets into his chest. Taking swift advantage of the explosive situation Italian Communists engineered riots all over the Italian peninsula. A general strike was railed by Red-dominat< c labour unions.945 words
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Article128 1954-08-02 14 NORMAN CREEK, 56-year-old Wiltshire schoolmaster, has been made the Football Association's full-time coach and controller of all amateur and schoolboy Soccer in England. He will announce it to his pupils at speech day today. HU appointment Ls part of the F.A.'s plan to rebuild England position128 words
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Article127 1954-08-02 14 By SYDNEY HULLS yOLANDE POMPEY. 25X year-old coffee-colour-ed Trinidad light-heavy-weight, is returning to Britain after only one fight in America. Pompey cancelled his tour after breaking his right hand in the second round of his bout against Moses Ward. The broken bone, said the doctor who treated Pompey,127 words
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399 1954-08-02 14 England's 4-year plan for soccer Begin now for 1958 By ROY PESKETT THE Football Association's four-year plan to rebuild England's position In the international field has been produced. The chairman of all the FA. selection committees, plus selectors who saw the World Cup games and those against Yugoslavia and Hungary,399 words
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Article214 1954-08-02 14 Speed-up in speedway gates By GEOFFREY SIMPSON THEY are getting back to prewar velocity stuff on the speedways, crowd decline has been arrested, and the outlook, in spite of more teams shutting shop is brighter than it was. That is what the speedway 1 people are saying and they attribute214 words
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Article63 1954-08-02 14 SO keen are Italians to see middle-weight boxing eh, m v Tiberio Mitri, meet Car (WJJ Olson. American world-title IwWe; in Rome that their Olympic Co« mittee have offered pMM«V«g Solomons rent free use 01 «ie For" Stadium if he can persuade OH* make the trip. It63 words
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454 1954-08-02 15 Free Press Racing Correspondent DEDOMETER, a Gold Cup prospect, won the Bank 1 Holiday Cup over a mile in fine style at Penang on Saturday. Only six horses faced the starter for the cop race, and it was a battle of tactics from454 words
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Article193 1954-08-02 15 COCKELL CAN BUST HIM UP' BOXING experts in Seattle fmterday joine<i In pushing Don Cockells claims to a world championship bout. The Royal Brougham boxing critic oi the Seattle Poet Intelligencer wrote "the squat Englishman looms as a formidable contender for Rocky Mardanos world championship". James Braddock, the former worldReuter - 193 words
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Article, Illustration45 1954-08-02 15 Third-ranking world heavyweight. Don C orkrll of England, is after a title fight. "I want Marciano/' he said after beating America's Harry Matthews for the third time in Seattle on Saturday. Matthew* took heavy punishment, retiring at the end of round seren.45 words
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611 1954-08-02 15 England will reap a Gold medal harvest k> (.forge whitim; DfK.KK BANNISTER is K«iiiK to beat John Landy in the mile, anil England will bring hark i pocketful of gold medals from Vancouver. Who said that? None ether than 34-year-old, foot-injured Jim Peters, who for the next two weeks has611 words
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Article66 1954-08-02 15 Winner of the round-Singapore ycle race yesterday was 20-jear-old Kaffl bin Bahrewl of the Pa«lr Panjang cycling team. Hlu time wu 2 hours 36 minute* 35 seconds One length behind was Kwa Chin Swee (Island Ramblers t and third was Chan Kim Wah (Island Ramblers). Mansoor bin66 words
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Article39 1954-08-02 15 TILBURG (Netherlands S«t. I. KubadelLs of Greece set a new world record yesterday In the 400 metres hurdles event of the International military track and field c hamplonshlpe. KabadelLs ran the event In 53.5 sec A .P.A.P. - 39 words
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Article31 1954-08-02 15 Five of a string of 25 race horses which the Aga Khan i.s selling from his stable at Newmarket have left by air for New York ReuterReuter - 31 words
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Article14 1954-08-02 15 India beat Thailand 6-3 in their Pacific Zone Tlxunns Cup badminton He14 words
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Advertisement21 1954-08-02 15 Spend A Glorious Evening Mitt ALICE LEE at OCEAN PARK HOTEL Every Thursday Friday Saturday I? f^» Nighringjle of rht One«l21 words
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Advertisement201 1954-08-02 15 CATHAY -today'11am 1.45-4 IKMS 30 pm MG Ml FIRST GNCAT MUSICAL IM if. 1 ClNemaScopE 4f ii COLOR GLOir< ..ROSE MARIE mam wmm\ v.nm\m brvv List nd« d NOW SIIOWINi. 11am- 1.45-4. i;>-G.4) pm 20th Crntury-Fox'n in Tn hni(ofor VICTOR M ATI' RE Susan Hayward Drbra P.ik« t Free Lists201 words
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Miscellaneous7 1954-08-02 15 MAKE MONEY l|fc_ M "&<* KILL BE A7 words
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Article233 1954-08-02 16 Track notes from Penang Free Press Course Correspondent RUBBU BXPORTEB, a Ci»ld (up prosper t, galloped attrac tivelv M the training track at Tenant this morning when he beat Dande Bay (Rugby) in 3f. tryout In 40 2/5 on heavy (tin* With Hudson astride. Rubber Exporter233 words
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Article303 1954-08-02 16 HAWTHORN COMES IN SECOND JUAN MANUAL FANGIO, the «J Argentine motoring are. vesterdav won the gruelling BUuopean Grand Prix over 22 laps in n M recedes. Mike Hawthorn of Britain was second. Hawthorn had taken over the Italian Ferrari of another Argentine ace Jose Froilan Gonzales alter his own Ferrari303 words
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Article106 1954-08-02 16 DAI Rees (Britain* and Bobbv Locke (South Africa) tied with aggregates of 279 for the German open golf championship and will replay today. Rees, the overnight leader with 137. seemed to have the title in hand yesterday when he scored 70 against Locke's 71 to be106 words
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Article46 1954-08-02 16 20 Word* $6 (minimum) LAI—On July :<lst. 1954. at Kand.uik' Kerbau Hospital, Singapore, to Betly, wife of Dr. Lai En Fo, a d.iuKlil'T LOCH To Alexandra, wile of Anthony Caryifort Loch, mcs, The Tn-.i.sury Kuala Lumpur, on 13th July at BungBur Hn.sj.ita 1. a son.46 words
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Obituary46 1954-08-02 16 DEATH H urd* >h (minimum) II (,'OI THOMAS LAURENCE Pox 0.8.E. if«d M, MM of the late Mr 'horn.! Hiiici I'ox and Mrs. Mll v Maud Fox uj WarraKal. Australia, died at ins HinflEupore reslieocc thk morning Funeral at Bi'i.Ki.trl cemeiery at 5 p.m today46 words
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Article151 1954-08-02 16 TOUR de FRANCE lOUIS Bobet of France won j the Tour de France cycle race for the second* successive year yesterday. His aggregate time for the race which was over 3.000 miles was 140 hours six minutes, six seconds. Bobet. who wore the overall leader's yellow151 words
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Article36 1954-08-02 16 Seletar F.C. beat S.H.B. Police 2-0 at Jalan Besar Stadium yesterday in the last game in Div. 3A of the S.A.F.A. league competition. Seletar have finished third in the league and S.H.B. fourth36 words
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Article28 1954-08-02 16 Wimbledon winner Jaroslav Drobny yesterday beat Italy's Giuseppe Merlo 6-2, 6-8. 4-6, 8-4. 6-1 in the men's singles finals of an Inter- national Tennis tournament A.P.A.P. - 28 words
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Article437 1954-08-02 16 WEIGHTS for all ei^ht races on the second day of Tf the Penan^ meeting (Wednesday) are: CL. l, div. 2— cr. Tryas 9.00 Majestic Sight ft.ll Quicksand K.lO (Quarter Deck 8.09 Sudan K.OB Tolv's Delight 8.05 Moulin BOMft 8.01 1 Hilldaw 8.00 O.i ii (h- Ray 7.L5437 words
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Article, Illustration38 1954-08-02 16 Zrinsky, the Om F.C. goalkeeper, leap s to stop a header I from Sandy MacDonald (extreme left), the Singapore I centre-forward. The Austrians won their first match in picture. (he Colony 7 0 vesterday.— Free PressFree Press - 38 words
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354 1954-08-02 16 England claims 4 medals on the Ist day IjiLEVEN gold medals wen !i decided at the British Empire Games In Vancouver on Saturday. England won four. South Africa and Australia won two each, while Trinidad. Nigeria and New Zealand each won one. Apart from the defeat of Australian favourite Hector354 words
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Article63 1954-08-02 16 Ij^DDIE Moylan, unranked last J year, beat Billy Talbert. the United States DavLs Cup captain 6-0. 6-2, 6-4 to win the A nnual Moodow Club Invitation Uwß Tennis Tournament in New York yesterday. Moylan of New Jersey was a suprise winner on Saturday over Tony Trabert.63 words
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Article16 1954-08-02 16 Hans Hermann of Germany, driving a Porsche, won the Grand Prix of Germany yesterday.16 words
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Advertisement31 1954-08-02 16 The Malayan Way of Lift 4 Squatring figures savoury smells the clicking of chop-sticks Hicse are the things that enrich the Malayan sce»a like a good beer. H IOTISIJCrq of course31 words
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