The Singapore Free Press, 7 August 1954

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    Masthead
    19 1 The Singapore Free Press Largest Afternoon Sale m Malaya. No. UO.'l. Singapore, Sat.. Aug. 7. 1954. Price 15 Cts.
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    WORST S'PORE CRASH ROAD
    263 1 The Bukit Timah SINGAPORE'S best and longest road— Bukit Timah— last month became the worst one for road accidents. Three serious crashes occurred on the road, though there were no fatalities. Two of the crashes involved military personnel. A senior police official said the mobile traffic
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    FRENCH ENVOY FOR RED VIETNAM
    37 1 The French Government yesterday brought M. Jean Sainteny out of retirement and appointed him Special French representative to Northern Vietnam the zone which is to be entirely occupied by the Vietminh.- Reuter
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    2,000 HOMELESS
    30 1 A five-hour fire yesterday destroyed the trading district of Ilihin, capital of Isabela province, Manila, cau.s 1 n r damage estimated at USsl,soo'--000 and leaving 2,000 homeless. A.P.
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    FLOODS CUT OFF CITY
    162 1 Homes collapse and washed away —railways under water DACCA, capital of East Bengal province m which well over half the total population of Pakistan live, was yesterday cut off from the rest of the province by flood waters of the Buri Ganga. This tributary of the
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    YANGTSE RISES
    31 1 China's Yang Use River ro.se to nearly three feet above its all-time high level record yesterday and wa.s still rising, the New China (Communist) ncwi agency stated. Re uter
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    Smallpox scare in ship
    80 1 N c'«ht-year-old Indian boy who arrived m London aboard the liner SUmth»«or C wa« taken to hospital ESS*? suspected lit P X An °ther Indian boy V <;^ared M by doctors. wlier it had been sUted that the two boys were suffering from a skin complaint.
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    THE CONFUSION ENDS
    106 1 IMMEDIATELY after the Free Press pointed out that a 1 1 bus stop notice on Collyer Quay (near Change Alley) was causing confusion among passengers, the Singapore I fraction Company took action. Picture above shows how it all happened. The words And All" added to the bus
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    Dionne quin dies after stroke
    111 1 EMILIE. one of the world-famous Dionne quintuplets, died suddenly yesterday m North Bay, Ontario. Mr. Olivia Dionne, the father said she died from a stroke. I She had not been seriously 111 and the seizure came withoui warning. Her four sisters were deeply MiaKen. The
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    He finally got the bill
    56 1 Blackpool hotel cellerman. rold Eatoch admitted m yesterday that m the nine months he had drunk > bottles of beer and 55 '■ex of stout from stock average of about 10 botties a day for 40 weeks. He was fined £25 for stealing 1 drink
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    U.S. concern
    32 1 h<* United States has ex<?ssed its concern to the Re>lfc of Korea over recent in»enta m that country directagainst the Communist 'i«nibers of the Neutral Na- "J"s Inspection Teams. U.P.
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    TAXI DRIVER ATTACKED
    42 1 TAXI DRIVER ATTACKED m lonely road A SINGAPORE Chinese taxidriver was punched alter being robbed of $64 last night by three men posing as passengers. The men had hired the taxi from Serangoon Road. and directed him to lonely Rifle Range Road
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    Gold rings stolen
    34 1 A Chinese woman living m a hut m dementi Road, Singapore, was robbed yesterday of most of her Jewellery savings, including five gold rings, one gold wrist watch and also $40.
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    RUBBER PRICE
    30 1 The Singapore Rubber Market opened this morning on an uncertain tone with Ar.st grade, August shipment, at 67 '4 cents a pound, of a em below ye sterday't
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    Win with Pendengar
    105 1 pENDENGAR'S thr c f 1 E special selection* for E Pcnang race* today are: E WCIU NAP E E The Wasp E DOUBLE E Allegiance, Emperor E TREBLE Hurry Up, Saigon Bran, E Black Pulot E Penden^ar. who still E shows a profit .since he jE E
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    Hussars for H.K.
    37 1 The Seventh Hussars who returned m June to Britain from Germany after nearly five years embarked m the troopship Cheshire at Liverpool yesterday (or Hong Kong to relieve the Seventh Royal Tank Regiment- Reuter
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    Six more WAY delegates here
    68 1 Six of the 16 delegates from India for the World Assembly of Youth conference m Singapore on August 15. arrived m Singapore this morning m an Air India International Constellation from Bombay. Mr K. Rai is the leader of the delegation. The others are Mr.
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    5 dead in crash
    31 1 Five people were killed and < 15 injured— seven of them children m a collision between a truck and an inter-city bus yesterday m southern Algeria A. P.
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    Canadian wins
    21 1 Chalmers Jack Macken- 'ding Canadian atomic .■'"•ntist. has won the RB k ;i '^U Empire Prize for 1954. c
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    PEKING OUTBURST AT SEATO PLAN
    177 2 'America putting ring around us fOMMUNIST CHINA'S most influential newspaper said yesterday that "Asian people cannot permit" the Philippines and Thailand to champion the American-sponsored South-East Asia treaty organisation. Radio Peking broadcast a commentary m the Peking People's Daily which said that 'Important Asian countries"
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    Allies ready to talk on Austria
    91 2 Allies ready to talk on Austria rwfiiE three Western Allies an J if dj> to disru.ss with Russia iiru ways of ea.sinu occupation burdeni m Austria. They told the Vienna Government last night the? welcomed its proposal for fivpower Committee aMigned to consider the problem. The Western three were repJviriK
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    NEW GUINEA ROW MAY BE TAKEN TO U.N.
    54 2 NEW GUINEA ROW MAY BE TAKEN TO U.N. INDONESIA'S delegate to the U. N. said last night his Government has decided tentatively to put its dispute with the Netherlands over Western New Guinea before the General Assembly m September. Indonesia claims that the territory belongs to her and not to
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    The Free Press told her where Pschumppel was
    150 2 IyHEN Mrs E. A. Kuna, of Tanglin Road, opened her Free Press yesterday afternoon, she jot a surprise for there, pleading mournfully on Page Three, was an old friend. Wen, no t really old six months to be exact. Above the picture
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    50 PERSIANS FOR ONE RUSSIAN
    28 2 Russia has ottered to trade 30 Persian prisoners for an unidentified Russian soldier who fled to Persia with guns and naps. A. P.
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    TAXIS PLY TODAY TO AID UNIVERSITY
    109 2 i\NE THOUSAND Singapore taxi-drivers will take x part today m a drive to raise momy for the Nanyang University. The campaign is bein<> organised by the Taxi Transport Associaton The taxis Will have collectionboxes into which fares will be asked to put their money.
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    Queen Mother in Scotland for holiday
    100 2 Queen Mother in Scotland for holiday me v^uten momer, wun Prince Charles and Princess Anne, arrived at Ballater yesterday morning by overnight Royal train from London, for a two-month holiday m Scotland. Queen Elizabeth will Join them m Ballater today. She will fly from the K.ist Riding of Yorkshire where
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    Kashmir arrest
    24 2 Abdulgani. Gcmi. a Kashmir Legislative Assembly member, has been arrested for "planling to set up an opposition party" m Kashmir state. AP
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    'Release John'
    60 2 ftuc inn ut'rrnan uovernment yesterday asked the ailied Himli Commission to approach the Soviet authorities m East Germany for the "release of Dr. Otto John, West German former .security chief uho went to East Berlin on July 20 Th» request said there WtkM reason to believe that Dr.
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    STOWAWAY GETS ASYLUM
    115 2 mi KIUTISII Home 0n...--.inmiiiii,, ,1 last nijfht that Antom Klimowicz, the Polish ■Uwawmy taken off a Polish freighter m the Thames five days ago had been granted political asylum. The Home Secretary, Sir l>avid Maxwell I if,-, had ,an ce||«d the condition limiting th« period of the
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    Tribal warriors stand by in hills
    210 2 Tribal warriors stand by in hills riiHOUSANDS of fierce Berbe. X tribe.smen are waiting m three camp.s in the sunbaked hills of Morocco for a signal which would bring them iwooping down on the cities below Three hundred ana fifty hllJ chieftain* who made Moulay Mohammed Ben Arafa their sultan,
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    TRUCE COMMISSION H.Q. IN HANOI
    151 2 II EMBER countries of the Indo-China Truce Commissions announced m New Delhi yesterday a decision to locate their Vietnam headquarters m Hanoi. A communique said the Commission assigned to Laos would be located m Ventiane *nd the one for Cambodia m Pnompenh. India's Mr. Krishna
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    China ban made big dent in £ trade
    190 3 China ban made big dent in trade Ir exports from Hong Kong and Malaya to a ir' Indonesia were a ,i the sterling area's In the first quarter of ,4 according to an article Board of Trade Journal lay. impared with the first of 1953 exports were ion down mainly
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    HAWAII DIDN'T WEAKEN MARIE ('THE BODY')
    90 3 i HAWAIIAN sojourn failA ed to bring about a reconciliation between actress Vlirif ("the body") McDonald and her wealthy husband, her attorney Mr. G. B<Mitl»\v Ryan said m Los \ni;HeN yesterday. There would be a "friendIv parting of the ways" and Iw tdded; "She
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    Millionaire's bride No. 3
    91 3 JOHN JACOB ASTOK. 41, •J wealthy New Yorker, and Mrs Dolores Margaret Fulll!l>» beautiful 26-year-old Miami Beach divorcee, obin<*d a Virginia marriage license yesterday. The n ,uple immediately waded across the Potomac rer to Washington m a r d car, telling reporters they intended to be
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    CONVERTED LIFEBOAT ENDS 2-WAY ATLANTIC CROSSING
    125 3 HE converted British lifeboat Aries caught her ftrst glimpse of England for nearly 11 weeks <Tday at the end of a hazardous two-way crossing he Atlantic Ocean. >ne is the first small powerJjen craft to make the round nu- fji-foot Aries, formerly 11 Padstow,
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    Direct route
    26 3 The Indian Past Office will now send parcel post to the United States directly from Bombay to New York, instead of via Britain AP
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    Man biles man 42 times
    101 3 A MAN who is alleged to have leaped from bushes to bite another man "dozens of times." and who wwa s later found by a police patrol crawling on hands and knees "like a dog," appeared In court m Auckland yesterday. George Akast, a 23-year-old
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    M.P. DRAWS OUT GUN IN DEBATE -CHALLENGED TO DUEL
    114 3 M.P. DRAWS OUT GUN IN DEBATE -CHALLENGED TO DUEL 4 FILIPINO Congressman brandished a gun on the House of Representative floor yesterday and was challenged to a duel by his opponent m a heated debate. Representative Rodolfo Ganzon drew a .32 calibre pistol during heated row with Representative Justino Bon
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    Sir John looks at miniature
    79 3 SINGAPORE Governor, Sir John Nicoll, examines one of the ivory microscopic carvings at an exhibition at the Singapore Chinese Chamber of Commerce yesterday. The carving is of a dragon which has a plaque on its back bearing 1.700 characters. The work Is priced at $10,000.
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    20 Koreans drown as ferry sinks
    52 3 20 Koreans drown as ferry sinks rnWENTY Koreans drownoc A on Thursday when a ferr boat sank m the Jum River about 80 miles south of Seoul police reported yesterday. Ten of the 30 were reportec rescued, or swam ashore afte the ferry sprang a Jeak anc sank, police said.
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    Threat to blow up Scots pier
    219 3 GELIGNITE FIND AFTER PHONE CALL THREE sticks of gelignite believed to have beer planted by Scottish nationalists were founc yesterday hidden under the pier at Millport, Grea Cumbrae Island, m the Firth of Clyde. They were discovered by a workman less than 24 nouns
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    Red expansion
    18 3 Russia has pasted army and navy attaches to its embassy m India for the first time
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    COMEDIAN DIES
    25 3 Arthur Riscoe, former Tasmanian farm hand who became London West End comedy stage idol died at his London home yesterday aged 57. Reuter
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    APPEAL TO KOREA
    23 3 The United States na.s a.siccd South Korea to help protect United Nations truce supervisory teams from acts of terrorism. Reuter
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    The Singapore Free Press Opinion Beat this killer
    380 4 The Singapore Free Press Opinion Beat this killer SATUHDAV. Auk. 7, 1954. Despite intrusive propaganda the Government sponsored. free, island-wide diphtheria immunisation campaign has not achieved the results that had been hoped for. Only one child m seven has been inoculated against the disease a result which only too eloquently
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    Revolts brewing in Central America
    684 4 Revolts brewing in Central America HONDURAS and COSTA RICA are seething with dissensions— and an ti-A merican ism. /WERTHROW of the Communist dominated A r b c n z government m Guatemala offers no assurance of tranquillity for Central America, nor does it by any means eliminate the Communist threat
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    'FRONT SEAT' FOR S'PORE'S FAMOUS SUNSET
    116 5 Know Your Singapore VOVVHERE else m Sina! gapore can one really rnjoy the gorgeous tro- ti sunset than at the mi Hill, off Buona Vista l m Pasir Panjang. ■ere is one of the ul«ny\ famed beauty to which many go t> 4»/'- at
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    Show to help T.B. fund
    47 5 lfl Sat. "One Night ol Mlr is being presented at Mctael'j Institution Hall •*y In aid ol Lady Templers Hospital Fund will be a display of Indian, Chinese and fashions, modelled tfrls and items by horal Society, ballet and 1:1 classical dancing.
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    ARMY TIGHTENS UP MEASURES TO STOP BEER TRAFFICKING
    256 5 MILITARY authorities m Singapore said today they would issue a general warning to all troops, if necessary, to ensure that duty-free beer did not fall into civilian hands. This followed a recent Free Press exposure that duty-free beer specially meant for the
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    Bandits burn estate truck
    43 5 KUALA LUMPUK. Sat. Four terrorists, including a woman, stopped a lorry on South Malayan pineapple estate m the Pontian area of Johore. They told the driver and two labourers to get out and then .<et fire to the lorry.
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    Mails from U.K.
    28 5 PENANG. Sat. Three vessels are arriving with mails from Britain next week the Cyclops on Aug. 9 and the Carthage and Laomendon on Aug. 15.
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    EYE-TEST AFTER ACCIDENT FAVOURED
    110 5 S Singapore drivers an eye-test after be- nvoived m accidents? H.jud safety Committee at '^lum, Nottingham, thinks suggested, too, that 11 stations should be "•-"J with test charts. Said Mr. W. R. M. Haxworth, the Colony's Traffic Police Chief, I think the adoption of such a
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      187 6 MANDRAKE by Lee Falk and Phil Davis A', TuiUOYA. >■■-:■.::■ ~7 y^J g o^*™ 0 CAIMINAI' BARTAVIAI >=a^^ TARZAN by Edgar Rice Burroughs TwE APE -VAN PCOPPEP TQ TniE COMPOUNP I IWMILJE AT TwE SAVE TiVE A 1 V f^- fl|!l|| ANIP OUCK.LV JN/SHEA" r V^EP HIS KNJiPE SH-HOuETTEP CREA^jCE
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      667 6 I YOUR I LUCKY STAR I DORN TODAY, you have a v great enthusiasm for hi. Your sense of humour is usually bubbling over and y. u enjoy having a lot of a<ti\n around. If there isnt enouj;i, going on where you are, t), n j you're just the one
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    FIRE VICTIMS LOOK AHEAD
    844 7  -  STEVE NEOH by They want to improve their lot a NEW lease 01 me w*> A given to about 1.000 villagers whose homes m yariO us parts of Sinea- were destroyed by irv or demolished because they were old. Under the Government re,..ttlement scheme they were
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    He denies having scrap rubber
    55 7 KUALA LUMPUR. Sat -Lee Cheong, 45. claimed trial m the Sessions Court here today to a charge of possessing 50 pounds of scrap rubber, suspected to be stolen property, at Hawthornden Estate, Setapak, on Aug 3. Bail of $300 wa s allowed, and the case
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    MRS. PANDIT TO OPEN SCHOOL
    90 7 MRS. PANDIT TO OPEN SCHOOL POH. Sat. MRS. PANDIT, president of the United Nations General Assembly, will make a 20-minute stop In Ipoh on August 14. after which she will go to Sungei Slput to open the $80,000 Ohandl Memorial School. A committee of all nationalities will receive her at
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    GIRL OF FIVE IS SENT INTO THE 'UNKNOWN'
    492 8 court orders her to father m France FIVE-YEAR-OLD «irl is to be scut (o a < ountrv whose language ihe cannot speak, and to a father she cannot remember. The decision was jnade m the London Appeal Court whose three Mgefl wen-
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    38 8 Major <j.«'iieral Swiney, who is retiring soon, presented the prize at the passing out parade of "A"' company, No. 2, Training liattalion X.A.0.C., at Dettingden Barracks, Blackdown. Ahlerslioi. The winner was Pte. Kenneth Hall. 18. of Brixton, London.
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    THIS DOG MUST GO ---SCHOOL BOARD
    79 8 1> \M>Y a mongrel dog, was expelled from school because he tackled a visiting education official. He belongs to Mrs. Betty Holehous", headmistress of the lonely R imsdale Park special school, near Nottingham. Mrs. Holehouse keeps him as a night guard for her 40
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    THIS DOG IS HOME
    164 8 'BMH; ETHER again at Herne 1 Bay, Kent, after 19 days arc a 77-year-old widow and the dog who walked 69 miles to see her. Eight year old Sandy, a rough -haired mongrel, is the sole companion of Mrs. Emily Seager. She is r-.-.t back from
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    HE FOUND LOST INCA CITY
    73 8 HE FOUND LOST INCA CITY MiV »ebastian v.-.ow. 2.">--jcar o 1 d explorer, (above), has returned to London after discovering a lost Inca <ity m tin* Jungles of Peril. Accompanied by a fellow Old Etonian. Mr. Julian Tenhant. Mr. Snow set out last April to find the ancient Inca city
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    STATUETTES STOLEN
    16 8 Five valuable statuettes ha been stolen from Mrs Spencer, of West Lanuton Ha Leicestershire.
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    RAZOR-BEAK BIRD STABS
    204 8 Savage attacks from the sky A GANNET with a wing span of more than 6ft attacked and wounded a number of men m various parts of Gloucestershire, diving on them with its razor-edged beak Finally it was capture Mr. Oliver Tomlins,. of Grang Cottage. Brookthorpe. Gl< tershire.
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    A bit over their heads
    72 8 POLICE -CONSTABLE DERRICK II E WITSON peered through a public house window, above the frosted glass level, at Jarrow-on-Tyne Durham, then he lifted up another constable for a peep. And the licensee of the Victoria Hotel, m Ferry Street, was find £12 for serving drinks
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    ROLL A PENNY COST £1
    63 8 A fairground man who runs a Roll a penny stall was fined £1 at Northampton for gaming although police admitted that the game is probably played on every fairground m the country. Said the chairman, Dr. E. S. Shaw: "We have all played this came.
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    DOGS WILL SPOT DRUG MEN
    31 8 Police dogs are to be trainei to help m fighting drug wnugg ling m Britain. They will d* posted at airports and port.- smell out marihuana.
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    Daughter robbed by father
    104 8 Daughter robbed by father A FATHER who H stepdaughters wj gaoled for two years Middlesbrough Recoi Arthur Joseph And:-year-old steel worker Motor road. Middl< who admitted that he the watch and sold it. The Recorder, Mr. Denis Robson, said to him: How can stand there m the do ami claim
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    Don't put your daughter on the stage
    357 8 is a hit song m a "ondon musical which goes henever I'm feeling blue I lLstle a happy tune But ole Giles, aged 11. was m mood to whistle the other lit. She had just been ed down for a dancing m "The
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    SHE HAS DATE WITH 21 LONELY SNOW MEN
    294 9 DAKK, vivacious JJoreen I'ownall will soon keep a date with 21 lonely men she has never met Lonely, because they have spent the last two years m (Greenland's snow and ice. There, the 21 members of the British North Greenland expedition found
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    Warned for working too hard
    101 9 THREE managers at Worthing, Sussex, have been cautioned by a shops inspector for working too hard. He found them still m their shops after 1.30 p.m. on their half-day holiday Local town council members were surprised when they were told about it m a watch
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    POLISHED FLOORS POLISHED GIRLS
    61 9 Girls often go m extra poise because their school floors are highly polished, says Mr. D. I). Lindsay, headmaster of Malvern College, a boys' public .school. He said Most boys' schools have .stone floors. But the Kirk usually have to beware of falling on the back
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    NO ROOM FOR ST. PETER
    68 9 The Rev. Reginald C. Gaul rector of Rand. Lincolnshire f aid m a sermon at Rand that neither St. Peter nor St. Paul would be accepted today as candidates for the ministry m the Church of England. "St. Peter would be refused on educational grounds,"
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    STAR SEEKS DIVORCE
    24 9 Miss Joy Adamson, 36-yea r old British radio and TV .sta 5 seeking a divorce again.*' ncr actor-husband, Mr. BriaPearce Haines.
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    ACCENT IS ON POCKET
    37 9 ACCENT IS ON POCKET r VHR unusual feature of are placed it the this Dorrille acid-yel- his wide collar, low tweed suit, worn by 11 cap m white this model, are the poc the outfit. Kfts. picture
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    The road massacre – by an archbishop
    170 9 The road massacre by an archbishop MOTORISTS twice convictm ed of dangerous driving should have their licences confiscated for a minimum of five years, says Dr Cyril Garbett. Archbishop of York. Writing m his diocesan leaflet o n The Massacre of the Roads." he says: "The selfish driver can be
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    BIG TREK FROM THE REDS IS ON
    51 9 VIETNAMESE, prfiliirt by the I'ieneh to be taken to South Vietnam, pack furniture mil personal Ih'loiikuirs into carts and ears ready to move to Haiphong; from Hanoi. The mayor of Hanoi claims that two or throe million people from the Delta want to
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    SHOW REFUSES THIS NUDE
    48 9 A painting <>J nude gfJrl bring .sacri/iced by dcvi] worshippers, .submitted by Colin Snowman, 20-year-oM artist and grandson of the Mayor of Hampstoad, has b<f»n refused sr)Jice by the Hampstead Artists Council m their rammer exhibition because it urould not ippMd to thp public.
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    WOMEN FLOCK TO SEE 'PERFECT BACHELOR'
    279 9 WOMEN FLOCK TO SEE 'PERFECT BACHELOR' YjR PERCY END, a".simple- living .saint with a washing machine but no wife, who advertised for a pleasant woman help, has a new pro blem. So many women aged 25 to SO have written or called that I don't know whom to invite. ie
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    UMBRELLA BLOW COSTS £627
    57 9 Even the sight of a bie umbrella makes Mrs Irene Edison a bit nervous, she said. That was after she rmd been awarded €627 damages m the Hiifh Courts She .sued Sydney Wilson, a bookmaker, of Cl >renr« Road, Clapton, London umbrella, blown t 't->ni. itruck
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    Magic duel in the Sky
    717 10  -  KATHLEEN HICK LEY Read this story carefully, children. It will be m three instalments. In the third instalment you will be given a riddle to solve and our weekly contest prize money will go to the first two boys and two girls who send m
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      505 10 Saturday Page for Children Beginning today, a fine new adventure story m pictures about your old friend Rupert. Rupert and Niagara 1 On* bright rmKiiaig Rupert a a lovd* •tamp." ht eadaan*. atarttng of! o> good firm tor I must ask if I can have tha« school when th« poannan
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    U.S. switches Far East Troops
    568 11 U.S. switches Far East Troops It's quicker to strike 2rom Okinawa than from Korea x MERICAN divisions m A the Far East are to be redeployed this year to make them more mobile and to place them m a better position to strike. Top American generals are unhapy to see
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    The MAN who knew about WOMEN
    230 11  - The MAN who knew about WOMEN EVE PERRICK WHENEVER a man talks m a seemingly learned way about women You can be sure he knows little about the subject. Dr. Kric Dingwall, Hon. Asst. Keeper of Printed Books m the British Museum, Hon. Viee -President of the Magic /role, member
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    'Nervous faces'
    21 11 SAID he: "Well, I know about the American women. I walked along Fifth-avenue day after day and saw all
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    Rhee has gone to Ike to complain
    696 11  - Rhee has gone to Ike to complain RAY FALK »»<J. JL t! Li. il It lo MORE TROOPSI MORE ARMS. I MORE MONEY KOREAN President Syngman Rh c c is taking to the U.S. a long j list of complaints and i demands for President Elsenhower. The fiery little Korean
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    Square dancing wanes
    101 11 SQUARE -dancing, which reached its popularity peak two or three >/ear s two. is uaninq fast Rut WHlt 0/ Kj f*thutkuU an- yum becoming foik-mancen. "We arc (/uining many rc< nuts from the ranks of />»•«>- -ple Who "ere onyintilly attracted ni/ the square dance i >>-
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    TOO MANY CIGARETTES BROUGHT HIM TO THE SURGEON
    569 12 says THE SINGAPORE DOCTOR MR. L, 4b yours old, ahowed me his lips. He said both upper and lower lip-s were slightly ire I found In the middle of each lip a greyish- white patch with 10ft irregular surface. Ai soo n
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    Bridge Quiz
    345 12 'pHE SECOND bid by the responding hand after partner has shown two suits can be a difficult problem whether the responder is strong, weak, or something m between. One of the simplest guides to keep In mind is that an opening bid facing an opening bid will usually
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    Tobacco industry starts a smoking probe
    312 12 Tobacco industry starts a smoking probe THE U.S. Tobacco Industry Research Committee has outlined a three fold programme on the basis of which it will award funds for scientific study of tobaccc and its effects or smokers. Dr. Clarence Cook Little scientific director of the committee, said research will be
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    Autumn aside
    32 12 Autumn aside picture. Smoothly framing the head and. cleverly set oft by Mdedrapine. this hat has been designed for the Kuropean autumn. It is of cerise satin with black velvet spots. Reuter
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    DIANA DORS DECIDES TO ACT
    414 13  - DIANA DORS DECIDES TO ACT DAVID LEWIN Nothing cheap' now.... she is Carol Reed's new leading lady PEOPLE who affect a superior smile when the name Diana Dors Is mentioned there is a shock today. They can wipe the grins right < n their faces, for Miss Dors ngned herself
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    Dateline, Hollywood...
    521 13 lANE RUSSELL is being advised to drop out of the "four girls" singing vroup because it's hurting her sex appeal which Howard Hughes spent more than a million dollars pulicizing. Sing inn religious songs and at the same time appearing m sexy pictures, she has her fans confused.
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    Stage club lose 'props'
    115 13 Blow to 'Duet with two hands' A WEEK before the Stage i\ Club presents "Duet with Two Hands" at the Victoria Theatre their leading player. Don Oillate. has lost two waist coats <1904 stylet, leather (lores and a tweed cap. needed for his part. Olllate wlxi
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    'Hit' Show in 3 weeks
    325 13 Successor to Ivor Novello? A NEW NOVELLO" that la what West End showmen arc saying about 24-year-old Julian Slade, composer of a musical play, "The Duenna." rhe first-night audience at the Westminster Theatre ha d roared its applause. Julian Slade has written music to set
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    This is life
    52 13 This is how a young nmn summed up his first year with thp Corps Diplomatique: "Every day j.s Independence Day .somewhereor otner. and every Indeprndenre Day means an embassy rorktail party when- you meet all the hundreds of daughters of amDaasodort, envoys, charges ('affaires, and airattacbci you
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    Ryder Cup: let Commonwealth men compete
    315 14  - Ryder Cup: let Commonwealth men compete JAMES GOODFELLOW By BRITISH soil was <A\vm a Jolt when Australian Peter Thomson won the Op'-n championship it th IM. and the Amateur championship wenl to another An tralian, Doug] i Bachli. Ii could do with the services <»i both. Thomson In the Ryder
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    Jap contests U.S. golf
    77 14 VY f > s »I^O Hayashl of Japan re- turned 77, five over par. and C Tucol of th< Philippines 78 m the tirst round of the Tarn OSbanter all American golf championship yesterday In Chicago Harold Williams, an "unknown" of Alabama led with 67. Sharing
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    How to bowl a bumper
    181 14 FOR would-be fast bowlers Fred Trueman gives these hints on the technique: RUN-UP: I walk back 18 paces, reach the crease m 12 running strides. The run should be like a long jumpers, smooth, relaxed, without any energy wasted reaching the crease, with Jull explosive
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    Spot the Sportsman in Disguise
    28 14 Spot the Sportsman in Disguise This v\H! known Siniiaiiore lyiliimii s distiuis<-(| as a cydist (an oil Ml v\h< Mr is* (A«twer at foot of Colum m 1 >
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    OUR MODERN BOXERS ARE TOO LAZY TO TRAIN
    421 14  - OUR MODERN BOXERS ARE TOO LAZY TO TRAIN CONNIE RYAN By I^V)R years old-time boxing men have claimed that modem fighters are too lazy to get into really Rood physical condition, and m the last f»«w weeks manager Jean Bretonru'l.s .stable of French flghter.s and heavyweight Tommy JackaOn have offered
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    Sportsman in Disguise
    8 14 SOLUTION: Chan Onn Lany, runner.
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    I SHOW NO MERCY
    983 14 As the batsman passed me on me way IO vie pavilion I caUed after him: 'What about that one?* ua mayo* said a word The 'bad boy' tells his story -AND THATS HOW STUMPS FLY A FAST bowler's life to not all back-slaps and Skittling batsmen.
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    By FRED TRUEMAN
    67 14 FRED TRIEMAN, 23, has been left out of the M.C.C. touring side for Australia. Now a row rages "unfair," "outrageous," "an insult," are some of the terms used by critics of the selectors' decision. In this exclusive article i Trueman tells how he began as a bowler.
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    VOLLEYBALL
    22 15 The Brazilian Six>rt« Confedera tion tentatively has set the last half of November for an international volleyUtll tounuuntnl In Bran. A.P.
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    DERBYSHIRE LOSE BUT STAY 2nd
    345 15 |{MN washed out county cricket 1 ••r much of England In the ''hes which closed yesterday left the cluunplonahlp tables 'nuch more open than at any season fc'orkahlrc were unable to con--1 their match against Sussex Hovj and had to be content 'our potoU. This
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    BACKSTROKE FINAL TO WALES
    498 15 BACKSTROKE FINAL TO WALES Pakistani leads hammer throw f PHE Duke of Edinburgh attended the final day of the swimming events m the British Empire and Commonwealth Games at Vancouver yesterday and saw William Brockway win the men's 110-yard backstroke final to gain the first gold medal for Wales. Brockway
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    57 15 nicture K. c. Uu»« pictured with his Ambassador 197 c.c. machine up a new record for 250 cc machines and under at fhe last Gap hill climb meet,ns with a time of 52.64 sec. It is likely that Wong will put up another good performance on this machine m tomorrow's
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    WONG AFTER 2nd SUCCESSIVE WIN
    169 15 TWENTY-NINE- YEAR-OLD K. C. Wong, course record holder at both the Gap hill climb and <ukit Batok hill climb meetings, is competing m the Mn«apore Motor Club's Bukit Batok hill climb programme at the eighth mile Bukit Timah Road at 9 a.m. tomorrow At the
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    Today's Indian tennis ties
    153 15 INPIAN Association Tennis ties:— Today 3.30 pin Handicap Dou- Insp. Mathews Ar Balan V. pool A: Ganesan. Mathews Az VfajW v S A Rao A J. T. Charion I IS p.m. G. S. Gill <te Md. Yunus v. M*non <fc Abdul Sattar; A. Pereira «fc Narayanan
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    HELEN FLETCHER IN S-FINALS
    69 15 Helm Fletcher of England o-fpjited Mis.«> Althea Gibson York. 6-4 »i-4. yesterday to the .semi- finals of the U.S. m lawn ;«-mii> championships. V!iw Anne BhUeock of England 1 istad by Ilin Louis Brough of S. 6-2. 6-3. ■■••rs cnteiing the semi-finals Mrs Margaret DujKint of
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    Ist DEFEAT FOR HONG KONG
    57 15 Ist DEFEAT FOR HONG KONG gOUTH Africa beat Hong Kong 21-18 In a v'tal match yesterday of the rink bowls competition m the British Empirr and Commonwealth Games. The win put the South Africans at the head of the standing with six wins and one tie. It was Hong Kong's
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    Pakistan spinner sets a record
    96 15 THE match between Warwickshire and Pakistan was abandoned without a bail txlng bowled at Birmingham yesterday Overnigh; ram had so drenched the pitch that the captains, after waiting nearly two hours, decided play was impossible. A similar exp*Tieme befell Pakistan m their last match against
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    They knocked each other out
    108 15 BRUCE WELLS, lanky English light-middleweight favourite, was knocked out of the boxing tournament by the man he defeated m the semi-finals. The competition has been whittled down to the finals. Wells was unfortunate not to reach to the finals He til lending on points when
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    BANNISTER v. LANDY
    225 15 |I<M;KR Hannistrr and luhn I »tirix rla*h m thf onr mil. final today. ILi > Ml i»n only two men to havr brokrn through (»>•• four minulr milr barrier. Bannixtrr was Ar»t to beat the barrier m 3 mint. 59.4 at oxford |a»t May In far lew
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    BACK THREE RINGS IN THE GOLD CUP
    431 16 Going goot at Penang Mid-day Xap CAN CHEW (In Race 7». Free Press Course Correspondent lI V THREE against the field m a wide open (.-■ld ('up rare today are: 1. Three Kings 2. Josker II 1 Golden Lotus This afternoon's going a*
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    228 16 TBEHTAMOI PINDKNGAR FPSOM JF.EP CALL BOY POINTER Kare 1 ■OOCHLY ALLCGIANCI HOOGHLY HOOGHLY DYNASTY la Naturi*l«- U Naturinte La Naturistc La Naturiste Hooghly Dvj.astv i Hawk Allegiance Buck Rebel La Naturistr Ra<r I GOWMG THK WASP GORING FORT VIEW AJIT o 4 Fort View Goring Fort
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    37 16 ■>/. Words id (minimum) TO VIVIEN and Jack Ellas, a dftUfhtw on the 6th August, at K;uul,iiiK Kerbau Hospital. OEI TO GIM SEE, wife of Oei C.'him Hwa of Ipoh, on fifth August, a daughter. Both well.
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    DEATH
    42 16 2« Word* »6 (minimum). LEONARD Noel Nicholas younc» es» son of Betty and the late F J I, Leonard passed away suddenly this morning. Cortege leaving B S Poter Ai Paul at 430 p.m. to Bidadarl Up< ountry papers plea.se copf.
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    15 16 20 Word* td (minimum). H J HOOOEVEEN and Betty van Dam-PalembunK sth AußUst, 1954.
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    BRITISH REFS. FOR ARGENTINE
    62 16 fTHE Argentine Football AssociaM tion has signed two more British referees to officiate m professional soccer games. The Executive Committee of the Soccer League said yesterday that I R. Burfield and R. Turner are expected to arrive In Buenos Aires during August Seven British referees now
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    WIMBLEDON CHAMP BEATS ARKINSTALL
    26 16 Wimbledon winner Jaroslav Drobny yesterday defeated Jack Arkinslall of Australia. 9-7. 6-2. m men's singles semi-finals of a tennis tournament m Italy
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    PATTY IN FINAL
    52 16 Defending champion Budge Patty )f Los Anneles gained the finals of he German International Tennis I'ournament yesterday with 6-4. 6-3, 5-0 victory over Sweden .s I*nnart Bergelln Sven DavldSHoii of Sweden became the other finalist with a 6-1, 6-2, 6-4 triumph over Hukli Stewart, also of >m>
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    THOMAS CUP TIE IN H.K.
    42 16 TTOHE Hong Kong Badminton Association yesterday decided that the Thomas Cup badminton tie between Japan and Hong Kong be played m Hong Kong. Hong Kong won the right to choose the venue through the luck of draw.
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