The Singapore Free Press, 16 August 1954

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    Masthead
    20 1 The Singapore Free Press Largest Afternoon Sale m Malaya. 1 m IS. Singapore, Mon., Aug. 16. lf>s4. Price 15 Cts
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    Bootleggers now turn to Indo-China
    184 1 Bootleggers now turn to Indo-China dTOCKS of French brandy and liqueur O from Indo-China are now being dumped on the Singapore underground wine market— by smugglers. Unsettled conditions m that country have, it is believed, made available large quantities of liquor at cheap prices. Customs officers here re- 1 cvntly
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    Commons Speaker for Moscow
    38 1 Mr. W. S. Morrison. Speaker the House of Commons, and "rd Simond, Chancellor of the »use of Lords, have accepted invitation to visit Russia iext month, the Soviet CornParty newspaper ravda, reported yesterday. Reuter
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    $95 HOLD-UP
    27 1 tiree Chinese last night l! >^«d a taxi-driver of $45 rash and articles worth $40 m I lane off Clementi Road off lit 'kit Timah.
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    Arrest after fire
    26 1 A Chinese youth has been <'d after a fire destroyed tl(1 roof of an attap house m rampenis Road, Singapore, y e sterd*7\
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    NO DEFECT IN 'CONNIE'
    59 1 The Solicitor-General, Mr. C H Butterfield, said m his address at the K ?L lang f u^l crash inquiry today that there was no evidence to contradict that the Constellation was not properly maintained for its take-oft at Jakarta for Singapore. There was also no evidence
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    TAXI-MAN HELD
    23 1 Singapore police have detained a taxi-driver who is alleged to have run away with $1,700 belonging to a Johore girl passenger.
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    PREMIER PRAISED
    36 1 The Shah of Persia yesterday marked the first anniversary of Zahedi's premiership with a decree praising him for "safeguarding the principles of the constitution and saving the country from most dreadful danger. 1 AP
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    TROOPS OUT IN GAOL RIOT DURING FIRE
    109 1 If IN OS TON (Ontario) troops joined polite yes- < r d*y m an attempt to herd JWM) rioting convicts back to '"•t cells at Portsmouth prison as firemen battled a serioaj blaze m the prison w '»rkshop. convicts milled around we prison
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    And the police watched
    83 1 By a Free Press reporter who nearly got stranded WITH water rising inch by inch m Outram Road this mornins lorries were ploughing through gaily, but cars' got stuck. Policemen watched with other wa y wa., flowing easily because there is a one-way diversion through Tiong
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    Talk tonight on that play
    83 1 Singapore's Stage Club, at a meeting tonight, m expected to decide whether it will present the Noel Coward play Relative Values" -already announced as the next Island Players' production. As reported exclusively m the Free Press on Friday the performing rights of the play were
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    RUBBER PRICE
    29 1 The Singapore rubber market opened on an uncertain tone this morning with first rade, September shipment, at H j cents a pound unchanged lrom Saturday 'i clooe.
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    FLOOD HOLDS UP Mrs. PANDIT
    257 1 i HEAVY storm flooded 4 the runway of X .ill. m? Airport this morning and delayed the departure for Jakarta of Madam unlit, president of the of the I'tiited Nations General Assembly, after ier tour of Malaya. Scheduled to leave by 8 am., ♦lie Qanta
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    Typhoon is blamed for today's deluge
    138 1 ABOUT 200 visitors braved the floods to attend the first plenary session of the World Youth Assembly at the Anglo-Chinese School this morning when more than 4.2 inches of rain fell m about three hours. The conference due to open at 8.30 a.m., was
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    90 'PEACE MARCHERS' ARRESTED
    255 2 Goa reports no violence by Indian 'volunteers' T»HE "liberation" march yesterday into Portuguese settlements h] India has ended m "complete failure," and reports from Goa said that 90 demonstrators were arrested without violence and brought tc Panjim. "Volunteer*" ma d c bordei crossings into Goa at
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    H.K. visitor
    30 2 Major-General Arthur G. Trudcau. U.S. Army Intelligence chief, arrived m Hong Kon X from Manila on Saturday fo r B short stay before going to Formosa and Japan
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    Chairman quits
    23 2 Sir Alexandra Maxwell 58--year-old chairman of the British Travel and Holidays Association since 1947, has resigned because of 111 health. A.P.
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    44 2 pifture. Singapore lily Councillor Mrs. Robert Eli chats with Mrs. Pandit at a reception m the City Hall yesterday. Listening are Mr. J. M. Jumabiioy and Mr. J. T. Rea. acting City President. About 100 Councillors and other YIPs attended the reception. Free Press
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    RED CHINA TO HAVE ENVOY IN LONDON
    144 2 rIE Chinese Government has decided to send a Charge d "Affaires to London the Peking Peoples Daily quoted by the New China news agency reported ye.sterday. The paper disclosed that the decision was the outcome of "an improvement brought about m Sino-British relations
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    38 IN WEEKEND MAU BAG
    27 2 kiJSb?^ /7 r r A Sts kUled by '«"<«>* m Kenya bro«rht m., total Mau Mau d^atii toJl for the weekend t« Reuter
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    Attlee, Chou discuss East-West trade
    183 2 I|R. ATTLEE and the British Labour Party mission 1?i spent more than five hours m Peking yesterday discussing East-West trade problems with the Prime Minister, Mr. Chou En-lai and other Chinese leaders. Meeting m the former imperial palace, the delegation was entertained by Mr. Chou
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    Russians in Tokyo
    21 2 Three Russian officials have arrived m Tokyo to bepin talks on an US$BO,OOO,OOO barter deal with Japan. A.P.
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    Relief call
    35 2 Gen. Carlos P. Romulo of the Philippine? has appealed to Junior Chambers International throughout the world to join m a compaign to send relief supplies to Vietnamese refugees fleeing Communist-controlled northern Vietnam. A.P.
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    THOUSANDS A DAY FLEE RED VIETNAM
    121 2 T HOUSANDS A DAY FLEE RED VIETNAM REFUGEES are leaving Northern Indo-China for Southern Vietnam at the rate of 2.500 a day by air from Hanoi and 4,000 a day by v ,t from Haiphong, the port 60 miles away, authoritative French sources m Hanoi sa:ri last night. With the
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    Jap plant for P.I.
    25 2 A U5515,000,000 ramie textile plant, financed largely byJapanese capital, will be established soon on Mindanao Island, m the southern PhiliDpines.- A.P.
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    Rain no damper
    20 2 Some 30,000 persons attended the annual Lourdes pilgrimage yesterday despite a steady 10-hour downDOur of rain. A.P
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    BABY WITH 4 FUTURE
    67 3 picture. John Jeffrey, second prize winner of the six months to one year old group at the third annual i baby show held by the I V.M.C.A. m Singapore. I yesterday. Here he is with ait mother. The priies I were presented by Mrs. I k.i
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    BEGUM BACK FROM MECCA
    52 3 The Begum Aga Khan, French wife of the leader of the Ismaili Moslems, has returned to Cannes from a pilgrimage to Mecca made by plane and air-conditioned trailer. The Begum, before her marriage the French dancer and beauty contest winner Yvtette LabroiLs.se. is a convert to
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    Dr. Fisher ill
    31 3 Dr. Geoffrey Fisher, the Archbishop of Canterbury, did not attend the opening services of the second assembly of the world Council of Churches yesterday because of illness. A.P.
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    Pope broadcasts
    20 3 The Pope recited the Angelu.s over the Vatican radio yesterday from his summer residence at Castel Gandolfo. A.P.
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    FRENCH ARREST 150 IN MOT CITY
    191 3 tfOUR battalions of the French Foreign Legion 1 began a comb-out operation yesterday m the Arab area quarter of Fez, Moroccan religious capital which ftas been isolated from the world for nearly two weeks because of riots. Troops, who had surrounded the district, moved
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    32 3 picture. \fftsi rolourful c"^"" 1^ at last night's open,nr Jvsh>n of the World Assembly of Youth wore w^n by African delegate* like tho«e of ,h/i»a deleeates from Sierra Leone (above). Free Press
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    Sneak landing ends in gaol for 19
    68 3 VTINETEEN Indonesians were arrested on Friday x when they attempted to land at a southern Philippine port, the Immigration Bureau at Manila disclosed yesterday. The Indonesians came by sailboat and waded ashore at Padada m the Davao Gulf, Immigration officials said. They were
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    DUKE PHONES PRINCESS ON HER BIRTHDAY
    52 3 DUKE PHONES PRINCESS ON HER BIRTHDAY A TRANS-ATLANTIC telephone call yesterday brought birthday greetings to Princess Anne, m Scotland from her father, the Duke of Edinburgh, m Canada. Princess Anne, second m line of succession to the throne, celebrated her fourth birthday at Balmoral Castle, where the Royal family is
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    Five arrested
    21 3 Syrian shore guards yesterday held and Israeli boat with a crew of five fishing m Syrian territory. A. P.
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    NEPAL FLOOD DEATH TOLL NOW 1000
    239 3 JJEATHS m the Nepal monsoon floods the worst ever recorded —rose to nearly 1,000 last night with reports from Golka. a western hill district 80 miles a way from Katmandu, that 300 people had been swept away by flood waters or killed by landslides.
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    1913 ACTRESS MAKES FILM COME BACK
    102 3 I ILLIAN GISH, who ap- U pea red m her first movie 41 years ago. arriv- ed m Hollywood yesterday from New York to start work on her first film role m eiffht years. She was met by Charles Laughton, who will direct the
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    Nine drown when boat capsizes
    73 3 Nine drown when boat capsizes A FISH ING boat yesterday capsized and dumped the 18 people aboard into the English Channel off Villerville. Nine people were believed to have drowned. Of the nine who reached shore, two were taken to the hospital at nearby Honfleur. They died a few minutes
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    13 LOST IN NILE
    26 3 Thirteen Egyptians were drowned last night when their sailing boat capsized In swirlIng Nile flood waters opposite the Semlramis Hotel, Cairo. Reuter
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      Opinion Great slum problem
      333 4 Opinion Great slum problem The disclosure by the Singapore Improvement Trust that 500,000 people or half the population live m slums and near slums, shocked even residents of long standing. The slums have existed so long that their presence has been accepted as part of the order of things. But
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    They have VODKA for Breakfast
    908 4 They have VODKA for Breakfast Says a Special Correspondent now m MOSCOW, scene of recent celabrations between Malenkov and Attlee. I HAVE HAD an unusual week m which I have ONE, eaten caviar on a roadside picnic; TWO, watched strong men such strong men tackling, rive different cocktails simultaneously m
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      17 4 MIKIMOTO CULTURED PEARL NECKLACES with EARRINGS to MATCH S. P. H. de SUVA, Singapore 4 Ipoh* K.Lumpur
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    WILL SIR JOHN ACT IN LAND BILL DISPUTE?
    434 5 r EGISLATIVE councillors m Singapore are speculatI < J |ng as to how Government will save the Land Acquisition Bill which has not received a majority Jote m the select committee. Will it be forced through the Council on the plea )1
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    Woman dead in road
    42 5 PENANG, Mon.— Yam binte Nassir, 60, was found dead on the grass verge along Bagan Dalam Road, Butterworth, early yesterday. The body was discovered by some labourers. The woman Ls believed .to have been electrocuted by live wires.
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    Independence day in K.L.
    43 5 KUALA LUMPUR, Mon.— The Indians m Kuala Lumpur celebrated Independence Day very quietly yesterday. Tricolour flags of the Republic of India were flown from all the leading Indian shops. A dinner party was held at the Selangor Indian Association.
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    Caution for oats and cakes' man
    38 5 PARIT BUNTAR. Mon— K. J. Panicker of Gula Estate m whose car oats and cakes were found m a trunk at a road block at Sungei Bakap wa.s recently cautioned and discharged.
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    SQUARE DANCING STILL POPULAR IN STORE
    122 5 popularity of square- dancing m Singapore con•mue* said local enthusiasts a youth club officials yesT ay. contnuti with a report 1 is wan- fast m Britain. of its enthusiasts there f*. to be turning folk-dancing. «cUU of the English Folk and Dance Society was
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    'My promise to God' $100,000 gift
    257 5 'My promise to God' $100,000 gift BEHIND the recent $100,--000 land gift to the Singapore Anti-Tuberculosis Association lies a human story of an Indian millionaire's "promise to God." The unassuming Mr. G. rttamram, who made his fortune through textiles, yesterday said of his gift: "I made a promise to God
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    AND SO TITLE DEEDS GO OVER
    67 5 MRS. Vijayalakshmi Pandit, President of the UN. General Assembly, (below) hands to Mr. G. H. Kiat, chairman of the Singapore Anti-Tuberculosis Association I the deeds of seven acres of laiid on behalf of Mr. G. UtI tamram a Colony merchant, donor of the gift.
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    MEDICAL MEN PLAN TO AMALGAMATE
    87 5 KUALA LUMPUR. Mon. i Plans for the formation of a I national union were approved yesterday at the managing committee meeting- of the Federation <>f "Government Medical Service Unions Representatives from Selangor Negri Sembilan. Malacca. Perak. Trengganu, Pahang. Johorc and Penani? attended the meeting which
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      230 6 A■II I I i■t i I R*■ La i s Ik. ii MANDRAKE by Lee Falk and Phil Davii |HHHHHHHB I TMiS IS AN IMPOSSIBLE I F I yOU'UBE INTEPESTEO WHAT- WHAT CHOICE HAVE l\ SITUATION/ MANDRAKE'LL I U KNOW VOUU VB^H W |U H£ KNOWS TOO MUCH. STfPOUT, PIFASL
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      600 6 YOUR (LUCKY STAR gORN TODAY, you have keen. penetrating mind that cuts corners and g»ts v j basic truths at once, something of a philosopher and d psychologist, you can put these talents to work for you m business, the professions, or the arts. It is up to you to
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    THE TULLOCH HOMES PLAN IS ON
    212 7 12 Service families move from the slums I FAMILIES of Malay Servicemen, m Singa- j pore, will today move into new quarters as part of the Army's, scheme to improve their living; conditions This afternoon at Nee Soon Barracks. 12 families will move into
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    New building for school
    50 7 i KUALA LUMPUR, Mon. The Assistant District Officer. Sungei Besi, Mr. C. Perry, has opened a new flveclassroom building costing over $30,000 for the Han Ming School m Puchong new village, near here. Villagers contributed about 510.000 towards the cost of turnishing and equipping the building.
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    Politics out for police
    55 7 SEREMBAN, Mon. No polimtian is allowed to Join any Political party said Mr. P. J. Howes, officer-in-charge of Special Branch. Negrl b( mbilan. Mr. Howes one of eight senPolice officers, who ans*''red questions from those at"ndmsj the first public rum arranged by the police, policemen could,
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    Mrs. Pansy looks after 200 boys
    165 7 THREE DELE6ATES FROM CEYLON MRS. Pansy Beryl Gauder, one of the Ceylon delegates to the WAY conference, is matron of a hostel m St. Thomas' College at Mount Levanii. on the outskirts of C. Worn bo. Mrs. Gauder takes charge of about 200 boy
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    211 inmates
    19 7 JOHORE BAHRU, Mon There are at present 211 Inmates of the Social Welfare Home In Johore Bahru.
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    HE THINKS WEATHER IS FRIGHTENING
    153 7 4 PRISONS chief is among c the 400-odd delegates m kmsapore for the World Assembly of Youth conference He jl Mr. E. A. s. W. Pereira. Superintendent of Galle Prim the Southern province Ceylon, sometimes known as^the "San Quentin of CeyPereira, In addition to his
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    46 7 picture. The Sultan of Perak, accompanied by Lt.-Col. C. R. Spencer, Commanding Officer, 12th Royal Lancers, inspects units of the Regiment at a farewell parade held on the Ipoh padang. Later the Sultan took the salute" at a march past opposite the railway station. Free Press
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    Rail fare
    34 7 KUALA LUMPUR. Mon. From September 1 the reduc-ed-rate second class return fare of $22 on mai^ trains beI tween Singapore and Kuala Lumpur will be restricted to i the day mail trains.
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    City faces a tricky question
    125 7 City faces a tricky question ¥HERE does repairing end and rebuilding begin m an attap hut? "he Singapore City Council's building committee will try to answer this question. The City can order that an attap hut technically an unauthorised house must be pulled down if it is m sucrt a
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    Art show in Malacca Dance for WAY delegates
    53 7 Art show in Malacca Dance for WAY delegates MALACCA, Mon— Mr. G B. C. Wisdom, the Resident Commissioner, yesterday opened an exhibition of the works of local artists at Meng Seng Association Hall. The exhibition, m aid of the Nanyang University and the Settlement Youth Council funds, will close at
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    Dance for WAY delegates
    51 7 JOHORE BAHRU. Mon In nonour of the visit of 60 delegates from the World Assembly of Youth a dance will be held at the Royal Johore International Club on Aug. 29 from 8 p.m. to 1 a.m. The dance has been organised by the Johore Youth
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    CNIC ENDED IR SHYNESS
    281 9  - CNIC ENDED IR SHYNESS HAROLD SOH Story by Pictures by MEN and women pupils of the Singapore Peoples' Adult Education Association recently combined a picnic with open air classes at Ayer Gemuroh Malay School oft Changi Road. Three hundred and fifty pupils from the Raymon Night School at Towner Road,
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    'Chita' leapt from plane.,. ...AND SHE LIVED!
    642 10 'Chita' leapt from plane.,. ...AND SHE LIVED! THE STORY OF A MIRACLE 1 MONKEY f HAVE just met th< world's oddest (anc luckiest) parachutist Her name is Chita and I found her m the 12tr century university towr of Alcala de Henares, 21 miles north-east ol Madrid, and famous a*
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    BY THE WAY
    162 10  -  BEACHCOMBER rpHE proposal to use 40 acres of Mitcham Common as a rubbish dump Ls evidently the first step m the policy of litterconcentration, on the theory what enormous masses of litter m selected places are more hygienic than little bits everywhere By the time all the
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    'In the drink'
    207 10 'Tubby 9 Clayton falls m the river "JUST my carelessness" J was the explanation of the Rev. P. B. ("TUBBY") CLAYTON founder of Toe H and a chaplain to the Queen of a fall into the Thames as he was leaving a cocktail party aboard the destroyer
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    Queens with poise and charm
    95 10 Two popu^r queens mi recent functions. Above, Queen < Frederik* of Greece takes the M of Ft iperor Haile Selassie of Ethiopia as they enter UM cathedral at Athens. King Paul of Greece is on left The Emperor, who was on a state visit, is
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    Cruiser on 13,000 -mile tow home
    174 10 Cruiser on 13,000 -mile tow home rnHE only Britist cruiser to bear the name of an inland English county is coming home after more thar 10 years' service on th( other side of the world She is the 9800-ton Shrop shire, so named because th* First Lord of the Admiralt;
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    Britain may sign ait crash pact
    109 10 Britain may sign ait crash pact BRITAIN is being urged to ratify an agreement drawn up nearly two years ago by 20 nations to define liability for damage caused by an airplane crashing m a country not of its origin. The Local Authorities Airport Committee, representing local councils around London
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    Big boost for British inventors
    891 11  - Big boost for British inventors SYLVIA SHORT TV programme has 'found' 12,000 m six years IN BRITAIN, no inventor however poor or unknown need hide his light under a bushel. In the last six-and-a-half years, a special TV programme which exists solely for publicizing new inventions has brought something like
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    32 11 Three Commonwealth K»rls on the wfty to Oslo to attend the Salvation Army's first international camp for lifesaving (iuards. From top. (irace Reid (New Zealand). Doreen Tindale < Australia) and Pat Clarke (England).
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    12 11 Aftermath of the Indo-China agreement. Refugees outside Hanoi wandering homeless and forlorn.
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    GIRL BRIDES SOLD
    284 11 An ancient practice dies hard m Belgrade. 4 CENTURIES OLD practice of a tiny Albanian minority m Yugoslavia selling girl brides poses the government with one of its toughest social problems. Yugoslavia s Communist Government has been trying, through education and propaganda, to .stamp out the practice,
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    No flight to moon without his wife
    638 12  - No fli ght to moon without his wife WILLIAM HAMSHER The boss of the spacemen comes down to earth when you talc of rocket-travel. by rFHE rocket experts, the out -space men, the interplanetary t ravellers, assembled last week m conference m Innsbruck. And everything rocketed with them m Innsbruck,
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    30 12 picture. Shaped to resemble a feather is this bridal headdress, worn with a veil. It was shown m London and is made of the same material as the dress. Reuter
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    Bridge Hand
    495 12 SIXTEEN prearranged "par" deals, recently played In mort than 150 U. 9 colleges to decide the 1954 Intercollegiate Bridge Championships, %xa being presented here. To play these deals m your own {lame, instead of reading the par n'Mjlt.s now. save the scries until completed. Then, have thp deals
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    FOOD DECIDES PILOT'S ABILITY
    253 12 A DUTCH scientist claims that under very hard flying conditions the nutritional condition of the pilot may decide the losr, or safety of his plane. Dr. R. van Handel, defending his thesis before the University at Amsterdam, said it was commendable to pay attention to the
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      69 12 The weekly issue of the STRAITS BUDGET can be sent by Air Mail to any address m the United Kingdom i 2 At an inclusive rate of 24.00 I FOR SIX MONTHS I If yon want the "BUDGET" while on leave or wish to make an "Air-subscription" on behalf of
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      266 12 IPI■ B I I (U'KS ACROSS 5. One way of using a rod (4). 1 A blow on the wrist (4). 6. Each change (4). 4 The exact slee of a basement 7. Fast as some cops (6). place? <4». 8. Ada does a little (4). 7. Chide as a
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    Marilyn Monroe has Italian 'double'
    346 13 Marilyn Monroe has Italian 'double' THE tourists looked again and gasped, "Marilyn Monroe." It wasn't but almost anybody but Joe DimagKio would have trouble telling the difference. Milan's Rosalina Neri, 24, looks so much like the American film star people are constantly confused The statistics help to tell why the
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    26 13 Belinda Lee plays the Headgirl and Vivienne Martin the 'bad girl" m "The Belles of St. Trinians", British comedy based on the Ronald Searle *awfiil fifr_drawings.
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    Dateline, Hollywood...
    245 13  -  SHEILAH GRAHAME At the Hotel Sahara. MAE WEST is a sensation with her turn. She's on stage 45 minutes, supported or rather backgrounded by ten magnificently muscled athletes m brief sarongs This is not entertainment for the kiddies. But, if you like cheerful vulrarity well spiced with sex,
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    Think again, Mr. Hitchcock
    198 13  -  DAVID LEWIN Britons do not always prefer American films. 4 LFRED HITCHCOCK, master suspense maker of the movies, has just returned to Hollywood from the South of France where he has been shooting a film. Mr. Hitdicock took back a message of good cheer to the
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    WRITING FOR FILMS IS NOT ALL HONEY...
    558 13 Says Jack David, the film critic who has returned. I STOPPED being a Mm critic two yean W> to turn out lilm scripts (including "La.i^hUr In Paradise"). It was a coincidence, therefore, that the first film I reviewed on returning to iilm criticism
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    TOP US.COLLEGE TEAM HERE NEXT WEEK
    280 14 TOP US. COLLEGE TEAM HERE NEXT WEEK Cagers booked for 4 games Free Press Sports Reporter AN American basketball team will play m Singapore next week at the Happy World Stadium. One of the top college teams m the United States, the University of Oregon is making a tour of
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    IT PAYS TO BE AMATEUR
    166 14 THE FA. Cup Finalists last Soccer season received less for their big Wembley game than did the Amateur Cup Finalists for their twice-replayed final. West Brownwich Albion and Preston North End got £6,817 each (the 92 League clubs eacn received £1.098 from the pool), whereas
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    CHANNEL MEN START OUT
    93 14 TWO Egyptians. Bakr Soliman and Abdel Monem Abdo, entered the water at Shakespeare Cliff, Dover, yesterday In 'a bid to swim the Channel m record time. The sea was calm and the weather good but towards noon the slight breese Increased. Bakr Soliman swam the Channel
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    U.S. STUDENTS WIN TENNIS
    50 14 I LONDON, Sun VALE and Harvard Universities defeated Oxford and Cambridge In their strmual Prentic* Cup Lawn TennU match at Wimbledon yesterday with a final bcore of 12 matches to nine. 'Hit* levelled the whok< series of Cup matches, each bide having now won ux tlmts.
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    9 new horses classfied
    212 14 "\J7NE new Morses three In Cl. 2, five m Cl. 3, and one m Cl. 4 have been classified by Ihe Straits Racing Association, according to the latest amendments to the association's classification list. The new classifications are: CLABB t: Happy Court, 3 bam. by Agincourt
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    and these are the men you'll watch
    612 14 and these are the men you'll watch A mixture of collegiate veterans and rookies make jp the University of Oregon squad chosen by Coach Bill Borcher for the tour of the Orient. hosen for the trip has only fair iieight as com pared to many collegiate teams. nit has done
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    COUNTY SCORES
    141 14 At Derby: Worcestershire 97 Morgan four for 19). Derbyshire 129 (or seven. At Portsmouth: Hampshire 219 (Brldgcr 85, Tribe five for 71). Northamptonshire 55 for three. At WVston-Suprr-Marr Essex 315 (Trfvor Bailey not out 108. McMahon six for 96). Somerset eight for no wicket. At Lord's: The Army
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    Soccer can rescue the cricket clubs
    195 14 Soccer can rescue the cricket clubs HARD-UP U. K. cricket clubs are longing for the start of the Soccer season. For the pools, from which cricket supporters raise money for the parent clubs, are going to keep the summer game alive after this wet. disastrous season. Without exception, cricket gates
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    U.K. RUGBY LEAGUE
    85 14 LONDON, Sun. Yesterday*! Rugby league results: Batley 5, Swlnton 11; Bradford Northern 35. Doncaster 16; Bra m ley 5 York 14; Featherstone Rovers 23, Workington Town 29; Huddersfleld 43. Castleford 17; Hull Kingston Rovers 0, Halifax 23; Hunslet 9. Wigan 10. Leigh 47, Dewsbury 7; Liverpool City
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    RAOC CRICKET TEAM v. RAPC
    77 14 Royal Army Ordnance Corps, cricket team to play Royal Army Pay Corps at Friendly Hill Ground. 3 8.0.D on Sunday. Aug. 22 will be: Lt. Col RAJ. Wiggins (CapU. Capt. P. Harper. Maj CJ. Maguire. Maj. A.E. Taggart. Capt H.B. Moore. Capt. R J. Mackenzie,
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    MALAYAN GAMES IN PICTURES
    144 15  -  UNKNOWN By Eng Yoon ivcis 2nd Singapore win sprint relay 1 Konuld Parry (Selangor) is miigratulated by Singapore's Tan Fug Yoon on winning: the 220 yards final m 22.9 sec. Lee Siew Choo of Singapore wins the women's javeiin final. Distance: 82ft. Sin. «n En| Yoon
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    SPECTATORS WARNED
    31 15 brei amateur Soccer clubs Walthaasttw Avenue. Aylesbury and Uxbridge— must start 1 fason by displaying warning 1 to spertators. as a result of onduct by watchen of matches s»;ison
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    Focus on Aussie Stars
    193 15 attention will be (ocuaaed on Australia's Hex Hartwi« and N. Frascr today 'he 74th National Doubles nni.s championships g<t unf';r way at Longwood Cricket ''jp. Brooklint (Massachu- The tournament runs until n «t Sunday. JOUgh they are the second utd lortigiuTs behind fel- low countryman Uw
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    SPURS ON TOUR
    10 15 BOUIXSGNE. »tt T'lTdl-aw after the interval- Reuter
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    The biggest thrill
    91 16 rplIE closest linisii m (MM- E X urday's finals of the E E Malayan A.A.A. champion- E z ships brought the greatest E thrill of the meeting as E Selangor's Fay Siebel E (right) set a Malayan 100 E yards record of 11.7 sec. Fay beat teammate
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    Maseratis sweep Grand Prix
    154 16 Maseratis sweep Grand Prix ITALIAN Maseratis took the first four places yesterday m the Pescara Grand Prix motor race which was won by Luigi Musso of Italy He covered the 16 laps to tailing 254 miles m two hours 55 minutes 55.5 seconds at an average speed of 86.73 miles
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    SOAPBOX DERBY
    59 16 RICHARD Kemp of Los Angeles, California, a sturdy 14-year-old boy with a wide grin, won the annual "Soapbox Derby" yesterday. The boy who came the greatest distance to compete m the downhill race for homemade coasters. Manfred Karduck of Germany, was eliminated m a preliminary heat. The race
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    STTA MEET RESUMES
    168 16 ffiHE 20th Singapore table 1 ten ni s championships, which were halted due to the visit of former world champions Johnny Leach and Richard Bergmann, will be resumed on Thursday. A start will be made on the men's doubles and women's singles events, which will be played
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    HUNGARIANS 4-0
    27 16 COPENHAUEN. Sun. Honved, the Hungarian soccer club, last night boat a Copenhagen team 4-0. Nine of the Hungarians played m the world championship m Switzerland
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    Indonesian champ plays Poh Lim
    369 16 Indonesian champ plays Poh Lim HPHE Indonesian champion, Ferry Sonneville, and Singapore's Ong Poh Llm will meet m the singles final of the Selangor open international badminton championships. Both won their semi-final tie« m straight sets m Kuala Lumpur last night. Sonneville had an easy 15-3, 15-8 win over Selangor's
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    Stranahan wins for 5th time
    119 16 T^RANK Stranahan (USA) yester- day won his fifth "world" amateur championship at the Tarn O Shanter gclf tournament by a one stroke margin over Arnold Palmer. Stranahan entering the final round with a four stroke lead, had a 72 yesterday for a 72-hole total of
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    Special award to Jim Peters
    97 16 HPHE Duke of Edinburgh Is to make a "small personal presentation" to Jim Peters, the English marathon runner who collapsed 20 yards from the finishing line at the British Empire Games m Vancouver. A prepared statement issued by Commander Michael Parker, Private Secretary to the
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    WOMEN'S CHAMP
    62 16 Patty Berg pocketed the US. •5.000 first prize for winning her second straight "world" women '*> pro golf crown at Tarn O'Shanter (Chicago. yesterday with a final 39-37-76 and a 72-hole score of 208. six under par The victory prize boosted the veteran little redhead into first place
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    REFEREES MEET
    26 16 The Singapore Society of Rugby Union Referees will hold a special general meeting at the S.C.C at 5.30 p.m. today. All interested are invited.
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    Drobny in 4-hour tennis final
    41 16 AROSLAV Drobny, the WimJ bedlon men's champion, yesterday took 3 hours and 57 minutes to beat stateless exPole Wladislaw Skonecky m the final of the International Lawn Tennis Tournament m Italy. He won 7—5. 19—17. 6—3.
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    SCHOOLS DRAW v. CEYLON S.C.
    61 16 The friendly cricket match between the Ceylon Sports Club and the Combined Schools played on the C.S.C. ground yesterday ended In a draw. C.S.C. 159 (Kulaslngam 36. A. Delilkan 65 retired, A. Anthoniz 28 ret.; Heng Hoe 3-29, Laily 2-27). School 118 for 8 (Sitha
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    MOTTRAMS WIN
    47 16 Mrs. Joy Mottram of England and her husband Tony captured the singles titles of an international tennis tourna- i ment m Germany yesterday. Joy defeated Miss Eda Budding of Argentina 6-2, 6-1, m the women's final and Tony downed Germany's ex-cham-pion Ernst Buchholz 7-5, 6-0.
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    ANOTHER AUSTRIAN TEAM COMING
    181 16 ANOTHER AUSTRIAN TEAM COMING Far East tours for Continentals Free Press Soccer Reporter TWO first class soccer teams from the Continent will be seen m action m Singapore towards the end of he year. They are another Austrian team, Admera, and a Swedish team, Kalmar. The Austrian tourists are expected
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