The Singapore Free Press, 17 August 1954
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Article19 1954-08-17 1 Largest Afternoon Sale m Malaya. \o. IJ<>29. Singapore, T«es., Auf 17, 1954. Frke 15 Cts.19 words
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Article74 1954-08-17 1 THE typhoon which lashed Okinawa with 130 m.p.h. winds, headed toward South Korea yesterday and threatened the former war prisoner island of Cheju Do with blasts uo to 115 miles an hour. Weather experts In Tokyo, however, were reluctant to predict that it would hitUP - 74 words
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Article91 1954-08-17 1 And a good time was had by all r|TOE Selangor Turf Club, scene of a wildly enthusiastic welcome for Mrs. Vijayalakshmi Pandit, has totted up a list of its damaged property. The list includes 24 smashed tables, about 200 damaged chairs and 30 pieces of broken railings. Total cost is91 words
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244 1954-08-17 1 wore than 600 students at Chung Hwa Girls' High i?1 School hi Bartley Road, Singapore, have threatened to strike m protest against the sacking of a teacher of English m their school. The teacher is Mr. Tann Wee Keng, Chairman of the Singapore English244 words
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Article72 1954-08-17 1 MORE than 1,000 beestings were removed from the lace and neck of Lady Georgina Rose Mary Butler, 78 years of age, from Clifton, Galway, Eire, who died m Kenya after being attacked by a swarm of wild bees. Lady Butler, widow of Sir George Butler, one ofReuter - 72 words
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Article77 1954-08-17 1 War damage claims paid m Singapore and the Federation m 1953 totalled $107,079,184, making total claims paid to it- $299,710,542, said a report tabled at the Colony Legislative Council meeting this morning. Groat total expenditure from the War Damage Fund up to the end of 195377 words
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Article35 1954-08-17 1 Tho Rev. R. W. Sorensen, l*h Labour M.P. and leader the five-man Parliamentary Bociation mission to Singathis morning presented a of Erskine Mays Parliamentary Practice to the Colony o Legislative Council.35 words
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Article21 1954-08-17 1 Jewellery worth $2,504 was reported stolen from the hou.s<* of a Chinese woman m Hertford Road, Singapore, yesterday.21 words
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Article28 1954-08-17 1 BRANDISHING daggers and a dummy pistol, three Chinese and a Malay entered the house of a Chinese family m Ponggol Road. Singapore, yesterday, and escaped witn28 words
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Article138 1954-08-17 1 Landing m Goa PORTUGUESE FORCES yesterday shelled Terekhol Fortress, on the northern tip of Cioa, and later recaptured it from 'liberation volunteers/ said reports reaching New Delhi. A Portuguese cruiser bombarded the port for 90 minutes, then more than 120 soldiers landed m launches the reportA.P. - 138 words
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248 1954-08-17 1 SINGAPORE'S Stage Club decided last night to carry out its intention to produce Noel Coward's comedy "Relative Values" despite the Island Players' announcement to produce the same play m the same month. But the Stage Club refused to disclose the names of248 words
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Article32 1954-08-17 1 A Chinese shop-keeper n Beach Road, Singapore told the police yesterday that $1 900 m cash and four rings worth $300 had been stolen from a drawer m his office.32 words
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Article24 1954-08-17 1 The Singapore Rubber M.trket ooened quietly this morntn* with hi i;r;ide, September shipment, at fj.VS cents a pound, unchanged since yesterday's rlose.24 words
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Article29 1954-08-17 1 $100 In ca.sh and jewellery. An elderly woman and her grand-daughter were alone m th<> house. Before leaving, the robbers warned them not to raise ttM alam.29 words
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Article34 1954-08-17 1 The Queen will interrupt her summer holiday at Balmoral Castle m Scotland to fly to Northern Ireland today to launch a new 20,000-ton passenger liner, The Southern Cross.- ReuterReuter - 34 words
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Article127 1954-08-17 1 rE two Talpeh representatives, who were given observer passes to the WAY conference m Singapore, will nave their passes withdrawn and will be given visitors' passes instead today. This Is the result of a "misunderstanding." It is understood. The two representatives. Miss Mary Wong and127 words
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Advertisement127 1954-08-17 1 f WORRY I ANXIETY 6RIEF I I OVERWORK I I EXCITEMENT I I SLEEPLESSNESS I I call for I RELAXA-TABS I They Relax .Your Nerves I I You'll find a source of absolute relaxation and I I soothing calm by taking RELAXA-TABS— they bring I I restful ness and tranquility127 words
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Article161 1954-08-17 2 BILL IS PUT TO COUNCIL THE first formal step to establish the proposed $5.--200,000 polytechnic m the Colony wa s taken today when the Director of Education, Mr R. M. Young, moved the Singapore Polytechnic Ordinance m the Legislative Council The institution will have facilities for161 words
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Article, Illustration48 1954-08-17 2 picture. Jolly six-foot-plus Cynthia Cole, of Trinidad, said she felt like "a mother taking her children for a walk" when she linked arms with Asa Udki of Japan (left) and Amy Driver of India, at yesterday's Government flou.se garden party for World Assembly of Youth delegates. Free PressFree Press - 48 words
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Article230 1954-08-17 2 A SIA'S rice supply position was now much improved A because of the efforts of governments and the aid provided by the Food and Agricultural T^ n 1 sation of the Inited Nations, Mr. C. W. Chang, FAO consultant to the World Assembly of230 words
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Article, Illustration36 1954-08-17 2 picture Pakistan's Mrs. Anis Akbar Mirxa. an official of the AllPakistan Women's Association, who was the firs woman delegate to address the World Asaembl* of Youth m Singapore. Free PressFree Press - 36 words
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118 1954-08-17 2 ORITAIN started evacuating her troops from the strategic Suez Canal Zone yesterday with 1,000 men of the Marine Commando Brigade embarking on the cruisers Glasgow and Gambia. But even while working out final evacuation arrangements. a new army battalion— the First Royal118 words
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Article32 1954-08-17 2 Red Cross officials from the West yesterday met East German authorities to work .out details for distributing American aid to flood damaged communities m the Soviet zone. A.P.A.P. - 32 words
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125 1954-08-17 2 TJRITAIN came out yester- day against Including Formosa m a South-East Asia defence pact. The Foreign Office said at the same time that the Anglo American consultations would be held over the threat to Formosa from Red China. Premier Chou En-lai stressed m PekingA.P. - 125 words
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Article86 1954-08-17 2 SIXTEEN Allied nations, by agreement decided on last month after Anglo American talks m Washington yesterday eased strategic controls on their trade with Communist nations of Europe. A Board of Trade spokesman said m London that £4.700,000 worth of Russian contracts with British firms now couldA.P. - 86 words
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Advertisement21 1954-08-17 2 IV>## can Phone Your SMALL All*. <o Singapiire 2800 Kxi. IOS > tiv :>^^ i^B This is a STRAITS TIMES Classified Advertisement service21 words
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125 1954-08-17 3 /vNE HUNDRED people were injured, some seriously, m a Hindu-Moslem clash m Nizamabad, Hyderabad State, on Sunday following the hoisting of the Pakistan flag besides Mahatma Gandhi's statue, according to reports received m Bombay yesterday. When local Congress leaders arrived m theA.P. - 125 words
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Article40 1954-08-17 3 Family of 3 gassed OOLICE m Wuerzburg, X Ciermany, reported yesterday that a family of three father, mother *nd seven year old daughter committed suicide on Sunday night by inhaling gas. the trio wa« foun<j dead m the kitchen.- A.P.A.P. - 40 words
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Article, Illustration85 1954-08-17 3 WHE five British Mem- E A bcrs of Parliament who arrived m Singapore yesterday leave for Kuala E Lumpur today to be pre- E sent at the meeting of E the Federal Legislative E Council. E E Four of them are seen E above with Mr. W. A. C. Goode,85 words
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137 1954-08-17 3 Rival 'Ban Reds' Bill gets U.S. support \BILL outlawing the Communist Party and stripping all legal rights from Communist dominated unions yesterday won approval m the House of Representatives m Washington. The measure was given the administration's approval as a substitute for a measure which the Senate pushed through byReuter - 137 words
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Article20 1954-08-17 3 Four Bagdad journalists are m Britain for a month's visit as guests of the Foreign Office. A.P.A.P. - 20 words
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Article13 1954-08-17 3 Saudi Arabia will shortly establish diplomatic relations with Japan ReuterReuter - 13 words
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168 1954-08-17 3 WOMEN, children and old men are being evacuated t( J rush ground m the North China province of Shangtung as the waters of China's River of Sorrow" the Yellow River continue to Im, the New China news agency reported last night. TenReuter - 168 words
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Article47 1954-08-17 3 SIXTEEN bodies have been recovered m the wake of nood.s which swamped the iinv shrine village of Farah7<aa, northwest of Teheran Persia, on Sunday. The floods wiped out most of the village after a thunderstorm. First reports said the dead may number 100.47 words
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Article56 1954-08-17 3 AMERICAN airlines, whose pilots have been on strike for more than two weeks, yesterday sacked about 1.900 stewardesses, flight engineers ■Ad ground workers. Another 12.000 employees' have been given two weeks' notice unless the strike is settled. Thr pilots struck because they object to flying non-slopReuter - 56 words
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Article256 1954-08-17 3 France causing concern for EDC FRKNCH proposals to revise thr European Drfrncr ommunity Treaty have caused concern m tlie United States. Britain, Holland, and Belgium. The proposals, which have not been made public, have precipitated a «riMs for Went German Chancellor Dr. Adenauer, whos«* leadership Is threatened. IN LONDON lastReuter; A.P. - 256 words
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Advertisement36 1954-08-17 3 &$mM produce HgH Kp 9l I LEi DISTINCTIVE STYLES f P H|r B PERIOD If MODERN I I W E DESIGNS SUBMITTED f O U ESTIMATES COMPILED j S> SATISFACTION ASSURED J J ROBINSON S SINGAPORE36 words
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413 1954-08-17 4 The Singapore Free Press TUESDAY. Aug. 17, 1954. Memorable visit At every public appearance during her stay here Mrs. Pandit amply showed her worthiness to rank among the moat notable women m the world sphere, of her generation. It was expected that her visit would be a memorable one. That413 words
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Article, Illustration608 1954-08-17 4 r.iblir opinion im 1 <>„<,„! ln*»rir« *fim*r+m mi< .*•<•» fft ihinm nnH iLiX Vklww wmm Pr*>Mi<l+nt JFUpwiP— M mM9§tmkm imi+rri+tr uiih Hobvrt tUaIL rHE sharpest criticism of American foreign policy to come out of Central America, since the overthrow of the Red-tinted Guatemala regime608 words
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Article, Illustration21 1954-08-17 4 This is the U.S. Air Force's new turbo-prop transport plane which will carry up to 20 ton s at high speeds.21 words
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Article, Illustration290 1954-08-17 4 J L. HAYS - J L. HAYS POR over 50 years, to r hundreds of thousands of British Servicemen, it has been just "Tek." Its full name? Tel-el-Kebir, home of No. 5 Base Ordnance Depot and No. 2 Bast Workshops the heart, the hub and the foun-tain-head o f British290 words
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Advertisement20 1954-08-17 4 Rings o/ Msiinviion for every occasion ENGAGEMENTS WEDDING RINGS U. S. de SUVA, Jeweller* 106, Orchard Rd., S'pore-9 Phone: *****20 words
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Advertisement18 1954-08-17 4 Choose from Arnott 's Assortment exciting "elevenses" the most wanted biscuits ever baked/ SINGAPORE COLD STORAGE CO., LTD.18 words
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Article264 1954-08-17 5 Premises m iXoiam Ayer market are sought RESIDENTS of the Kolam Aver Housing Estate met at the week-end to form a community centre. a working committee, under th.- chairmanship of Mr. Ng Loh Soon, was elected. The meeting, neld m the estate m 11 ket.264 words
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Article, Illustration45 1954-08-17 5 picture. Mr. Ng Loh Soon (centre) RAF clerk who was elected chairman of a working committee formed to help set up a community centre for Kolam Ayer Housing Estate. Residents *re here seen listening to him tell of the plans for the centre. Free PressFree Press - 45 words
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Article, Illustration21 1954-08-17 5 picture. l Abu Bakar Haji Yusop and Che I.atina Binte All. who were married m Singapore at the week-end. Free PressFree Press - 21 words
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Article43 1954-08-17 5 Discharged TB patients who are medically and physically fit are offered employment on a pineapple plantation m South Johore. The Johore Bahru Welfare Committee have arranged for this. Those engaged will be paid $4.50 a day, plus accommodation.43 words
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Article48 1954-08-17 5 MORE than 400 art exhibits by Chung Cheng High School students are on display at the Singapore Chinese Chamber of Commerce premises m Hill Street. The exhibition, which is open free to the public from 9.00 a.m. to 600 p.m., will conclude tomorrow.48 words
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Article27 1954-08-17 5 The Legislative Council today approved the payment of $1,830 as pension contribution to the Government of Uganda on account of an officer seconded to Singapore.27 words
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222 1954-08-17 5 rE Singapore Legislative Council today voted $2,734,588 supplementary grants to finance various public projects and allowed the carrying forward of nearly $3,273,000 from past grants to pay for works which are now m progress. Of the new grants. $2,194,000 goes to the Education Department222 words
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Article53 1954-08-17 5 KUALA LUMPUR. Tues. The Muncipal Traffic Advisory Committee at its recent meeting decided that it was not possible to have traffic signs m Jawl or any other nonEnglish language. The suggestion that Jawi characters be inscribed on road signs was made at the last meeting53 words
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179 1954-08-17 5 THERE WILL SOON BE TEACHERS IN PLENTY /ITHE Singapore Education M. Department expects to provide enough teachers for the 13 new primary schools to be built this year and the next, said the Director. Mr. R. M. Young, yesterday These II will mean Singapore gets 36 new schools m two)179 words
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Article44 1954-08-17 5 KUALA LUMPUR, Tues. The chairman of the Municipal Traffic Advisory Committee Mr AD York will obtain films on traffic matters for public screening to teach motorists how to avoid accl- denti This decision was taken at a recent committee meeting44 words
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Article32 1954-08-17 5 The Legislative Council today deferred the third reading of the Income Tax (amendment) Bill to another date to be proposed by the Financial 'Secretary, Mr. W. C Taylor. i -t32 words
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Advertisement101 1954-08-17 5 SINGAPORE ph&fcc FABRICATORS ate /bsUnut to announce their now service m INJECTION MOULDING OF PLASTICS. Injection moulding is a process by which plastics products can be mass produced most economically. We are now m a position to produce any plastic mouldings with accuracy and speed. Ours is the only firm101 words
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Article58 1954-08-17 6 ACRIMONIOUS re at > A between Tokyo s tram police and Tokyo s ra» offenders have been s* ed and transformed by t < I stallation of three cajgf canaries and parakeets police headquarters. It is now reported that gentle, refining inj"" 10 the honourable birds58 words
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Miscellaneous224 1954-08-17 6 MANDRAKE by Lee Falk and Phil Davis TARZAN by Edgar Rice Burroughs I jmml j y i j jo) V >H^^^^^^| I cop TljF pi iRv "amD TwE(?P /■V i I A ,^9^k THE SAINT by Leslie Charteris /IA<USTAP^n:MR t JAKCS < TMATyOU >j| fsP^AK UP YOUM^TiTAN/ 1 PONT A224 words
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Miscellaneous574 1954-08-17 6 I YOUR I I LUCKY I STAR I JJORN TODAY, you have an j abundance of good Batwt I a friendly personality a nd ti mendous potentialities. ni I are, however, inclined to han s back when opportunity eottet your way And hesitation, with you. can be a real liability.574 words
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96 1954-08-17 7 COFFEE MEN PUN STUDY GIFTS FOR CHILDREN THE Singapore Foochow CofShopt* Association has i a scheme to provide irshipi for the children needy member* lund is to be set up with ney derived from advertisers m coffee-shops and from coffee-shop owners. A three-man committee will b m charge of the96 words
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Article22 1954-08-17 7 Singapore Police Band will play at King George V Park from 530 p m to 6.30 p.m. on Thursday.22 words
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576 1954-08-17 7 Parent backs call for European school in S'pore Following last week's Free Press story on the need for a school m Singapore for European children, this letter i has been received from a reader by the Editor > WITH reference to your comments under the heading: "Europeans Ask for School"576 words
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157 1954-08-17 7 INDIA House In Singapore has postponed registration of former Indian States mtionals as Indian citizens, Pending clarification from New Delhi about the fee to be charged. Registration was to have started last Tuesday with a fee of $7.75 an appli(>int. The fee was thought157 words
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Article25 1954-08-17 7 JOHORE BAHRU, Tues. Lio Ah Kow was fined $15 m the Police Court yesterday for striking Lev Ker Slang, a special constable.25 words
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Article, Illustration125 1954-08-17 7 DELIGHTFUL BEDOK DRIVE Know Your Singapore SINGAPORE Is not lacking m fine roads which afford some delightful drives. One of the most popular is along Bedok Poad, on th« east coast, where the long stretch of smooth road runs parallel to the sea At dawn, this spot becomes the front125 words
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Article244 1954-08-17 7 rE desire of Europeans to have a separate school for their children m Singapore got a mixed reception among legislative councillors. They however agreed that there should be some educational opportunity for these children m the Colony. The opening of a separate school might mean244 words
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Article41 1954-08-17 7 KLANG. Tues. Fifteen fowls were reported stolen from a I house at Kaba Road here v night. Police later raided a house at Meru Road and found five fowls hidden under the floor Three Chine.se were detainer41 words
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Article56 1954-08-17 7 PENANO, Tues. Car strippers were busy In Penan* during the week-end. A headlamp was stolen from a car parked at Presgrave Street yesterday, and two wheel caps were removed from another vehicle m a car park at Hutton Lane on Saturday night. Police recovered the wheel56 words
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Article44 1954-08-17 7 KUALA LUMPUR. Tues Three B O.A.C. airliners, specially chartered by the Government, will leave Kuala Lumpur on Aujr 22, 29 and Sept 5 with Federation boys and girls going to Kirlcby Teachers' Training College Take-off time will b«« at 745 a m44 words
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Advertisement16 1954-08-17 7 RETIRING SOON? TRANSPORT STORAGE LIMITEO PACKERS. SHIPPERS ft INSURANCE AGENTS, 173. CECIL STREET. SINGAPORE TELEPHONE 637716 words
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199 1954-08-17 8 The Censor can't ban these comics f|iHK Home Secretary, i Sir David Maxwell Fyfe, has agreed that American style horror comics sold m Britain are trash. But he cannot ban them. That is what he has told a man who sent him a parcel of the comics with a request199 words
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Article253 1954-08-17 8 British wife protests AFTER five and a half years on the waiting-list 22-year-old Mrs. Joyce Mueller and h^r husband, Kemhard, have been refused a council house by Warwickshire Corporation because Mr. Mueller is a German. Mrs. Mueller, a native of Warwick, who is living253 words
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Article66 1954-08-17 8 Too many hospital clinics start late and keep out-pati-ents waiting, Bromley, Kent, group management committee were told. A quarter of the clinics m the group were found to be starting late m a threeweek check. The secretary, Mr. R. C. Millward, said that one m every66 words
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Article37 1954-08-17 8 Ten-year-old Robert Mouzar. of Sheldon, Birmingham, is seriously ill m hospital after being bitten on the wrist by an adder at Hayle, Cornwall He saw it on a sand dune and Dicked it up.37 words
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328 1954-08-17 8 Rector rejects parents' plea for Sunday school CANON Edward Berrisford, for 25 years rector of Bramshott, Hampshire, has told his 2,824 parishioners that he will not reopen the Sunday school that has been closed since 1941. He does not believe m Sunday schools "where teachers with Victorian ideas m religion328 words
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Article210 1954-08-17 8 itiIIKRK were angry scenes A on the village cricket pitch of Little Bardfleld, Essex, when a country club party invaded the pitch playing football. It happened during a cricket match between the home team of Little Bardfield and a visiting side from (torn ford. Fur210 words
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Article, Illustration92 1954-08-17 8 Welcome to freedom handshake and a courtly bow from Presid- r ent Eisenhower as she and E her parents call at the jj White House. Washington. Mr. Geza Kapus, Buda- pest businessman, fled from Hungary last year. A s he and his wife. (■isella, crawled with the j child to92 words
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289 1954-08-17 8 I UCK was on the side of the thiet wno almost J robbed the West End hotel room of Mr and Mrs. rsrael Alexander, of Corpus Christi, Texas, of several thousand pounds' worth of clothing, jewellery and souvenirs. His trouble was he did289 words
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198 1954-08-17 8 A FARM which has been m the same family for 98 years is now untenanted. In a guest house at Derby 12 miles away from the 133 acres he helped till as a boy and the home he was born m. 70-year-old Joseph Twigge198 words
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Article65 1954-08-17 8 ■■■am m A 34-year-old man who robbed an old-age pensioner £49 "became a reluctant r. ber," and handed half tnt money back, said the prosecu tion at Derbyshire A& s zes f The man, Roy Spn g hurst .1 miner, of Jaunty-drive Ofca« less. Derbyshire,65 words
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Article, Illustration38 1954-08-17 9 Xt cutis fou-»v m tile arrieres Centraler, the poor area of Casablanca, Morocco, after terrorists started a fire which burned down 500 shacks, making some 2,000 people homeless. More th-m 20 were badly burned.38 words
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340 1954-08-17 9 VILLAGERS 1 50 STRONG MARCH TO 'No. 10' THE villager.', of Harefleld, Middlesex, staged a protest march In London. Only about 150 could take oart. But the other 2,650-odd v ere there m spirit. There were men. women, and children representing 16 village organisations m all. They had paid 3s340 words
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304 1954-08-17 9 Bride in boots waded to the church DON MAYES, one day married, was nearly stranded 22 miles away from his bride on their honeymoon. And all because of the weather which upset many of their wedding plans. It was the weather— blowing a gale— which stranded the vicar, the bridesmaid,304 words
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Article66 1954-08-17 9 He passes exam— at 72 MR. William Emery, of Wricklemarsh road, Kidbrooke, Greenwich, j his passed an intermedi- ate examination m book- keeping at the age of 72. Now he is studying for I his final. Grandfather Emery was forced to quit his Post Office job as a sorter be-66 words
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Article65 1954-08-17 9 A WARNING ON HOME-MADE MARMALADE A HUSBAND who did not like the taste of his wife's marmalade is responsible for a warning to housewives who are making their own Jam. The marmalade was found to contain zinc. This warning was given to housewives "Use a proper aluminium or copper preserving65 words
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Article52 1954-08-17 9 m Eighty-two-year-old Mr. I Henry Peter Harris and i his wife Kate, also 82, of I Priests lane, Shen field, Essex, celebrated their diamond wedding with two-mile walk. "We walk two miles every day,' said Mr. Harris. who give up his daily j swim two52 words
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Article197 1954-08-17 9 I went to see an architect," said 23 year-old Mrs. Nancy Clark. "He wanted £40 to design It. Too much. So she went to a library for a book called How to Build a House." Then, to Jo"hn s astonishment, she began to produce plans197 words
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Article82 1954-08-17 9 DOCTOR URGES CAFE FOOD CLEAN-UP THE City of Loncftn's restaurants and cafes, m which MKi.OOO business people eat each wrrk-day m the noon-to-2 p.m. r| i^h. should be compulsorily n f-'istered to enforce food 'Manliness, says the City's M<dical Officer, Dr. Charles White. The City should have "powers to withdraw82 words
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Article209 1954-08-17 9 ¥T WAS BROGGY, the dog 1 .she loved, that caused the death of 80-year-old Mrs. Ada j Hewitt And before lb€ died m has- j pita! at Bury. Hewitt kept asking: Why did he do it? Why did he She was found m the209 words
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287 1954-08-17 10 JOHN CULMER - Students ruined Spain 's tourist season JOHN CULMER SPAIN'S "Golden isle Majorca, lias had the worst tourist season since Spain began catering for foreign holidaymakers four years ago. Last year at this time every available room m every hotel, inn, pension, residencia and private was booked up for the whole287 words
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Article, Illustration25 1954-08-17 10 Prince Charles just had to show his pet to onlookers on the platform at Edinburgh. The Prime was on the way to Balmoral by train.25 words
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Article, Illustration630 1954-08-17 10 Tom Stacey - The hospital that Albert Schweitzer has built Tom Stacey Deep m the African jungle by T^ROM one of the most moving uplifting sanctuaries of hope m the world I send this despatch. We have just reached the hospital that Albert Schweitzer built Lambarene 200 miles up the Ogooue River French630 words
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Article173 1954-08-17 10 High prices for Hitler paintings HITLER'S paintings— those which he painted himself and now held by the Italian Government are collecting prices n °t f ar behind those of Van Gogh and Matisse. The Italians have twenty of Hitler's water-colour sketches and these were recently offered to the West German173 words
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Article279 1954-08-17 10 Worry is THE 'killer' QN holiday m Major ca. Dr. Chang Sen, a refugee from Communist China, has been giving Majorcans one or two startling comments on longevity. Dr. Chang believes, for instance, that the greatest cause for early deaths is worry about the unknown. "At least seven out or279 words
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Advertisement69 1954-08-17 10 The weekly issue of the STRAITS BUDGET can I* sent by Air Mail to any address m the United Kingdom at an inclusive rate of $24.00 I J FOR SIX MONTHS If you want the 'BUDGET' while on leave or wish to make an Air-subscription* on behalf of your 569 words
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Miscellaneous13 1954-08-17 10 H»tCt "WhoC mtiK, you ititnL %hr'% a mrmbtt of chc (mirprntirni tflomon Auchurio13 words
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Article467 1954-08-17 11 T4IOUSANDS Of German dagKers patterned after those used by the Luftwaffe and inscribed with the words "All for Germany!" are beinfc manufactured if All) m Germany This time, however, the daggers are not for German use. Instead, a West Gf-rman cutlery manufacturer is producing the daggers467 words
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Article, Illustration1034 1954-08-17 11 J. P. W. MALLALIEU - J. P. W. MALLALIEU A <>l ISI lO\ QF DHESS by GILES IWAS shown through a speckless, shining hall into an airy room walled with books, oldfashioned pistols, photographs, brassards, medals and other trophies of a great soldier. And there a little, white -haired man, shoulders slightly1,034 words
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Article, Illustration554 1954-08-17 12 11. .mage Frenthnai. seems to feel a surge ol tfce old robber baron spirit when be gets behind the wheel ol a motorcar. So now tbey're oHeri* Mm a bribe to be good. FRENCHMEN have a centuries old reputation for courtesy, but they never earnedA.P.; Reuter - 554 words
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Article398 1954-08-17 12 North-South vulnerable West dealer NORTH 4AQ J > 2 OCQIIII 0 10 5 A 3 west starr A X 8 3 4fc 7 5 8 7 <? 0 A X 2 0 9*7 4 3 4 A J 10 4 +KQ9B t Z SOUTH 4 It 4 7398 words
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Article, Illustration114 1954-08-17 12 The fashion success of the beach last summer m Britain was mattress ticking! This season "Candlrwick" is the leading candidate for fashion headlines. This attractive tufted R (oiton which (•r.indma chose for her favourite bedspread is both practical and < pretty for after swim114 words
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Miscellaneous338 1954-08-17 12 ('LIES ACROSS 5. Nothing comet, between a letter follows (4). 1. Not so fast! 1 4. 4 > 6 A headle&s slow mover m tM 4. A sound circle (4». giiden <4> 9. Or a propeller (S). 7 Co i ourfu i grazing ground,' 10. Futile appeal for economy? (5338 words
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Article, Illustration679 1954-08-17 13 MORE CASUALTIES NOW THAT THE MILLS HORNS ARE NO LONGER TRIMMED. ALL over Spain this summer th c bullfighting season has been remarkable for the number of bullfighters put out of action. Two have been killed outright, and dozens of others laid low.679 words
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864 1954-08-17 14 FRANK ROSTRON - I NEVER WANT TO SEE SUCH TORTURE AGAIN FRANK ROSTRON i Ry i HAVE SEEN and per- sonally experienced some sickenin?ly gory injuries m the boxing ring. I have seen piteously exhausted marathon runners go delirious on the course and qualify for a strait-jacket. But I cannot recall anything quite864 words
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Article144 1954-08-17 14 VKW Zealand beat an Australian soccer XI 3-1 at Adelaide, after trailing 1-0 at half-time. Seventeen minutes after the kick-off, Australia's outside-right, tttewart, shot across the goal and the ball was deflected by a New Zealand player Into the net to give Australia the opening goal.144 words
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Article, Illustration276 1954-08-17 14 2 Australia fights for Archie Moore V O It LDLHiHT- HKAVYWEIGHT boxing champion, Archie Moore, has been engaged by the Australian loxtaf Club for two outdoor fights m Sydney. A.B.C. lirector, Mr. Art Mawson, who returned recently from a business trip to the United States, announced this last night. Moore276 words
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Article67 1954-08-17 14 1 6 succeed in Channel relay QUAYSIDE crowds cheered six Folkestone swimmer s as they walked up the beach after swim- i ming a relay race across i I the channel m less than 15 hours yesterday. The young swimmers, each taking a turn m the water, battled against rough67 words
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Article65 1954-08-17 14 BOXER Paolo Melis of Italy was taken to a Montreal hospital for an emergency appredectomy on Monday some seven hours before he was to enter the ring against Armand Savoie, former Canadian welterweight champion. Melis became 111 a few hours before the weigh-in. The entire cardA.P. - 65 words
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Article27 1954-08-17 14 Brazilian, Armando Vieira and Italian John Clarici won the doubles title m the Burmmana international tennis tournament yesterday, beating Denmark's Soren Hojberg and Jorgon Ulrich.27 words
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163 1954-08-17 14 Fencers live the longest JOCKEYS NEXT 'pHE Japanese have been conducting a research into athletes and athletics. They have discovered that the fencer has the longest active life m his sport; his life behind the foil averages more than fifty-two years. The average Jockey stays m the saddle 22 years,163 words
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Article201 1954-08-17 14 ONE soccer personality who will definitely miss witopening games of the season is bearded Ja^ Chisholm, Plymouth Argyle captain and centre-nan Chisholm has knee trouble and may have to undergo an operation. Jimmy Rae, Argyle manager, says "I think he will be out of the201 words
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Article52 1954-08-17 14 William Griebllng of the United States won the Central Colombian auto race. He toured the one thousand miles m 21 hours, 45 minutes, 4€ seconds. Louis Garxon of Columbia was second In 22 83 39 and Partsch of Germany was third In 01 aqA.P. - 52 words
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Article, Illustration418 1954-08-17 15 ARGOS - TIGERS' FIRST HURDLE TONIGHT ARGOS One dropped point and they're out LAST WORi— by Soccerites 3; R.E.M.E 1. THREAD warily, Tigers. One slip, just one dropped 1 point, and the Star Soccerites have won the SAFA Div. 1 league championship. Fortune was with the Soccerites last nif ht when they418 words
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Article251 1954-08-17 15 Craftier man beat Poh Lim BRILLIANT Ferry Sonneville, the Indonesian champion, ut- foxed and out-smashed Singapore's Ong Poh Urn 15-11, -,-8 last night to win the men'! singles title at the Seluigor open championship m Kuala Lumpur. Sonneville was faster and he ihit harder m a match which was played251 words
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Article67 1954-08-17 15 A French team yesterday improved 01 the *orld record for the women's 4xloo metres medley relay (freestyle, backstroke, butterfly and orthodox) with a time of 5 minutes 6.2 seconds. The quartette was Marie Helene, Andre de Romeelaere, Odette Lusien mid Joseue Arene Delmao. and their 'meReuter - 67 words
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Article182 1954-08-17 15 rPHE Turkish swimmer. Murat Guler, yesterday claimed to be the first Channel swimmer of the year with a time of 16 hours and 50 minutes from Cap Oris Nez to St. Margaret's Bay near Dover but no-one was there to meet him. His claim would also182 words
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Article377 1954-08-17 15 T>l£ county cricket championship table up to Saturday l»* t: I Ist inns. Pts. No Dcci m match p W L D Tied sion D L Pts. 25 12 2 7 1 3 0 4 Jg i• I fhixt 23 10 5 8 0 0 3 Surrej 23377 words
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Article119 1954-08-17 15 JOHN LANDY. Australian milr record liolder. arrived m London \e*terdnv from Vancouver where he had" been competing m the B»: tish Empire and Commonwealth 1 Gnme.v Landv. sunburned and lonkinK extremely fit. said that he would rot be runnine m the Highland Game* at EdinburghReuter - 119 words
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Advertisement231 1954-08-17 15 iCATHAY-roDAr/ 11 aja., 1.45, 4 15. v.', A p m PARAMOI NTS •TASANOVA'S KM. NIGHT' Technicolor Starring 808 HOPE- JOAN FONTAINE NEXT CHANGE FrirdtT films Presents SEXY SILVANA MANGANO Star Of "BITTER RICE" with Victor Gagman UHAHBRA" m ciwiitiii moii hrn OPENS TODAY! II a.m., 1.3t, 4. C.45 ft 30231 words
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311 1954-08-17 16 BARBOROSSA EXHIBITOR BEST AT K.L Free Press Course Correspondent INHIBITOR (Vlney) and Barborossa (Mitchell), J 3f. m 38 2/5, and Bon Tresor (Jones), 3f. m 38 4/5. were the pick of the horses out for work on the training track at Kuala Lumpur this morning. A welcome shower fell yesterday311 words
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68 1954-08-17 16 ELEVEN probable starters and jockeys for the Nunthorpe Stakes, to be run over five furlongs at York today are: Live Spirit tW H. Cam, Victor Lee (A. Ormei, Vilmoray <W. Nevett), Fairy Flax <E. Mercer). Spring Beauty (unfixed). Golden Lion (B. Swift), Four -Of -Spade.-;Reuter - 68 words
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Article71 1954-08-17 16 IJRITAIN defeated New Zealand by 12 points to six m the third and final Rugby League "test" on Sunday to win the series by 2-1. Britain led 10-6 at half-tim" The British team were booed frequently during the match and again as they left the field.71 words
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Article194 1954-08-17 16 AUSSIES CRITICISE HARRY HOPMAN SWEDEN European and United States (American), zone winners In the Davis Cup competition, meet m Melbourne on December 16 and 17 m the inter-zone final. The winners will challenge Australia I for the trophy on December 27, 28 and 29. A later meeting of the AustralianReuter - 194 words
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Article, Illustration24 1954-08-17 16 Royal Navy v. Army at Lords. Gunner T. W. Cartwright tries to cut a ball from Capt. J H. Akam.24 words
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Article167 1954-08-17 16 lIDDLESEX beat York shire, the- English county cricket championship leaders, by 96 runs at Leeds yesterday. Spin bowlers, who dominated this low-scoring match, were responsible for Yorkshires downfall. Young (left arm slow) and Titmus (off break) the Yorkshire batsmen a harassing time. Titmus took six wickets for167 words
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237 1954-08-17 16 County cricket close of play scores County tables on paf IS CLOSE of play scores In yesterday's U.K. cricket fixtures: At Leeds, Middlesex beat Yorkshire by 96 run*. Middlesex 197 and 131, (Appleyard four for 41). Yorkshire 113, (Moss four for 19. Young four for 26) and 119. (Titraus sixReuter - 237 words
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Article57 1954-08-17 16 MR. J.P.M. Roualle has been elected president of the South Johore' Rugby Football Club. He succeeds Mr. Justice Storr who did not stand for election. Others elected to office were Mr. P. O. M Lee (Vice-President i, Mr. W. Fox (Hon. Secretary*, Mr. W. Mac Donald (Hon.57 words
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Article90 1954-08-17 16 A combined team of youth boxers from the Singapore Harbour Board Boys' Club, the Naval Base (Singapore) and the Army will meet Johore Buhru's Coronation Boys' Club m a boxing tournament at 8 p.m. tonight. The match will be held at the Hokkien Association. Johore Bahru,90 words
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