The Singapore Free Press, 23 August 1954

Microfilm: NL2439
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    Masthead
    20 1 The Singapore Free Press Largest Afternoon Sale m Malaya. No. 14o.; 1 Singapore, M«n., Aug. 23, 1954. Price 15 CU.
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    Malenkov may visit London
    47 1 Malenkov may visit London WHILE m Moscow on his way to Peking, Mr. Attlee invited Mr. Malenkov, the Soviet Premier, to visit Britain. Reporting, this yesterday. US. columnist Drew Pearson said Mr. Malenkov had not answered definitely but had said he might consider visiting London next spring.
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    Dinner laid them low
    97 1 I^HE Tan Lark Sye dinner on the Padang last night took quite a toll of WAY delegates, who were the guests of honour. Thr WAY sick bay at DunHostel was reported M full." Only half the number of attended the WAY '"workshop." discussing "Population and Migration."
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    COMPLETELY DESTROYED
    30 1 ly destroyed m a crash aooui 15 miles southwest of Mason City. lowa. AN airliner believed to be carrying 19 people was reported to have been complete- Reuter
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    Big 'yes' vote expected
    256 1 LAND BILL j AHEAD TWE Government has decided to go ahead with the bill to stabilise land prices m Singapore despite the opposition of three members of the select committee, the Free Press understands. Informed sources, say it is far too important a measure to be
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    DATO SIR ONN
    48 1 Dato Sir Onn bin Ja'afar, the Federation Member for Home Affairs, spent a comfortable night last night m Bungi sar Hospital, Kuala Lumpur, and his condition was satisfactory. He was taken there when he collapsed after a heart attack at his home on Saturday night.
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    RUBBER PRICE
    28 1 The Singapore Rubber Market opened this morning on an uncertain tone with first grade. September shipment, at 6«» n cents— half a cent below Saturday's close.
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    A COLD KEEPS THE QUEEN FROM CHURCH
    78 1 A COLD KEEPS THE QUEEN FROM CHURCH A COLD prevented Queen Elizabeth from attending morning service at Crathie Church near Balmoral Castle, Royal Highland home, where she is staying, The Duke of Edinburgh U due at Aberdeen today m the Royal yacht Britannia from Canada. Among guests from the Castle
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    HE LEAPT INTO CANAL -POLICE FOLLOWED
    102 1 SEVERAL radio patrol policemen jumped into Mttu S Rochore Canal this morning to arrest a Ch ines< who alleged to have robbed a house m Kalian* Road, Singapore. Another man who took refuge on a rooftop, and a third, who was found hiding. were
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    Council-union talk today
    50 1 THE Singapore City Councils suspension of an employee, Mr P. V. Nathan, over which the Federation of City Council Labour Unions has threatened to strike. Is to be discussed this morning between the Federation .secretary. Mr. O S. Rengasamy, and the Council's Deputy President, Mr R. Middleton-BmitU.
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    Formosa: Peking's retort to Ike
    194 1 Formosa: Peking's retort to Ike PHUNG yesterday hit back at President Eisenhower's blunt warning five days ago that Red China would have "to run over" the U.S. Seventh Fleet if she invaded Formosa. In a joint statement issued b y "all Democratic Parties and People's Organisations "m China, it "solemnly
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    STUDENTS TRIAL
    29 1 The trial of eight University of Malaya students on .sedition charges opens m Singapore's First Criminal District Court today. It is expected to last three days. I
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    Swimmers robbed
    45 1 An RAF corporal and his fiancee who went for a swim at Changi yesterday were robbed of their belongings which they had left m a basket on the shore. In the basket were a diamond ring, some Jewellery and articles worth about $350.
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    EDEN CUTS LEAVE FOR EDC TALKS IN BRITAIN
    279 2 Concern over Brussels failure MR. MENDES-FRAM E, the French Premier, will fly to London today to confer with Sir Winston Churchill on the failure of the Brussels European Defence Community conference. Mr Anthony Eden. British Foreign Secretary will return from his Austrian
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    Weekend wedding
    33 2 »>ir. Dereck Brian Anderson and bis bride, formerly Miss Pamela Yvonne Rankine Roche, walking down the aisle m the Presbyterian hurch, Singapore, after their wedding at the weekend. Free Press picture.
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    Archbishop of Cyprus defies law
    133 2 CROWDS surged through j the streets of Nicosia, (Cyprus* yesterday shouting pro-Greek slogans after Archbishop Makarios had defied the British colony's anti- sedition laws to tell them Britain had sentenced them "to be born slaves and to die m slavery" Archbishop Makarios. head of the
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    'THEATRE OF ENCHANTMENT' TO BE RAZED
    103 2 J^ONDON'S Gaiety Theatre, home of the famous gaiety girls, is to be torn down and replaced by a block of offices. The one time "theatre of enchantment" m the Strand has been empty and deserted .since 1939 when it closed because alterations ordered by
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    Japs snatch 70 off Russian island
    138 2 npWO JAPANESE patrol boats stole into Russian waters during darkness last night and rescued 70 men from a fishing boat aground off the Soviet-held Kurile islands. The fishermen had abandoned their 28-ton boat, the Shoei Maru, on Todoke Island, which lies about three miles
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    3 crashes at wreck scene
    53 2 A CAR crashed into two other cars and then ran down a group of policemen and spectators gathered at the scene of a wreck, injuring 12 people m New York yesterday. Two girk were injured m the first wreck. A total of 14 were taken
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    FOUND HANGING
    23 2 A Singapore Chinese was found hanging irom a beam m a house m Prince Charles Square, Alexandra Road, early this morning.
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    THE SCOURGE-10,000 A DAY WENT TO DEATH
    293 2 THE SCOURGE- 10,000 A DAY WENT TO DEATH rnss story of how 12 million 1 men, women and children were butchered by the Germans during World War II i£ told m a new book whose publication cast its British author his public office. "The Scourge of the Swastika" is described
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    Merchant shot
    17 2 A terrorist shot and killed a rich merchant yesterday m the heart of Casablanca. U.P.
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    New gang war in Chicago?
    143 2 New gang war in Chicago? rPHE KILLING of tv.o ton A members of Chicago 1 un derworld within four day*: bSJI red fears last night that a rif v" sang war had begun. Frank Diamond, 61-year-o]fl intimate of the late mob lord Al Capone, was cut down by gunfire on
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    FIRE AWAKENS HOUSEHOLD
    37 2 Occupants of a house at the 15th milestone. Jurong Road Singapore, tumbled out of their beds early this morning to put out a fire m the kitchen. It caused slight damage. Police are investigating.
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    Education mission
    20 2 Another team of American educators will go to South Korea for a year to train Korean teachers.- A.P.
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    Labour M.P. dead
    18 2 Mr. Ernest Thurtle, 69-year-old Labour member of Parliament, died m a London hospital yesterday.- Reuter
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    New Polish envoy
    14 2 Poland has appointed Mr. Jezy Przebiesky ambassador to North Korea, A.P.
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    DIVORCE FOR HINDUS BILL
    256 3 India seeks reforms m marriage customs INDIA is giving highest parliamentary priority to social legislation which, mid start a revolution m Hindu family life and jo :iety. Prime Minister Nehru's rtnet has topped the agenda the summer Parliament ?ssion. starting today, with i mtroversial proposals which
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    He refused legacy
    25 3 Lord Tredgar, who refused a C 1.150.000 legacy m 1949 rather than pay Britain's high inheritance taxes, died yesterday m London, U.P.
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    52 3 It was like home from home for the Filipino WAY delegates when they were entertained to lunch by Mr. and Mrs. M. R. Anciano yesterday. They sang their own songs grouped round the piano (above) and danced before AND AFTER lunch. Below, dancing gracefully is Mrs. Helen Periquet, Manila observer
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    Rice exports drop
    19 3 US rice exports last June amounted to 470,000 bags. < >mpared to 1.228.000 bags m June 1953.
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    PARK ROUND-UP GOES ON AFTER KILLINGS
    196 3 OOLICE yesterday continued to comb New York city m their campaign to stem a rising tide of crimes by youths capped by the uncovering of a kill-for-thrill" gang. Another savage torture crime spurred officers into a -veek-end dragnet which etted, m Manhattan alone, •26
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    HE PARKED CAR FOR 8 YEARS
    12 3 sky's home for eight years- AP
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    Summer again-so they rioted
    175 3 Summer again -so they rioted rpHIRTY-TWO people were arrested m a flare-up of "thrill riots" m Stockholm yesterday. Several were injured, including three policemen. One man was thrown headlong into an art gallery through the show window and was taken to hospital with a slashed artery. One policeman, who tried
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    Boy is swept along sewers to the sea
    93 3 Boy is swept along sewers to the sea A 12-YEAR-OLD boy who fell into a drain during a storm on Saturday was swept for half a mile through Hong Kong's underground sewers and hurled unharmed into the arms of rescuers waiting at the open end In the city's harbour. The
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    Duchess in Quebec
    21 3 The Duchess of Kent and her daughter Princess Alexandria, arrived m Quebec yesterday by air from London. A.P.
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    Mass evacuation
    21 3 The U. S. will provide transportation for the evacuation of 100,000 persons from North Vietnam to the south. A.P.
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    FIVE KILLED IN LUXURY TRAIN SMASH
    59 3 FIVE KILLED IN LUXURY TRAIN SMASH f rHE Santa Fe Chief, a luxury train bound from Chicago to Los Angeles, was derailed yesterday near Lomax, Illinois. just east of the Mississippi river. At least five people were killed and "a number injured 1 Ambulances and police car* were removing injured
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    Egypt pays
    41 3 Egypt has agreed to pay Britain e 3O0 .000 compensation for the "evacuation" of part of the British Embassy garden m Cairo. The land is needed for a new road along the right bank of the River Nile. Reuter
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    13 Japanese drowned in typhoon
    72 3 1 3 Japanese drowned in typhoon Japanese fisher A nun arc believed to have lost their lives when their boat sank (luring a typhoon off South Japan last Tuesday, it w.ts announced m Tokyo yesterday. Thirty-two other crow m?mberi ot thf Sukae Maru No 2 were reteiltd but three havft
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    Opinion Declaration from youth The Singapore Free Press MONDAY, Aug. 23. 1954.
    386 4 Opinion Declaration from youth The Singapore Free Press MONDAY, Aug. 23. 1954. Because the World Assembly of Youth Conference m session m Singapore is, m fact, a world forum, the stand taken i by two young Singapore deJegates during a recent debate on a motion by Pakistan 1 is especially
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    Indo-China has shocked Australians
    375 4 isolationism' is dead THE approaching twilight m Indo-China has made Australians realize for the second time m 13 years that they may have to fight to preserve the safety of their island continent. Communist aggression which brought the French Vietminh pact has made history "down under
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    Man You Can't Keep Down
    746 4 Man You Can't Keep Down Britain deceived the Germans during the war with I 'The Man who 'Never Was. 9 The Russians have another deceiver abroad. He is the ....ALIAS COLONEL X OF LOTS OF PLACES. X" Senor Don Izarra... Ibrahim Antonides. he has many aliases this Soviet edition of
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    STORE TO DIG NETWORK OF AIR RAID SHELTERS
    218 5 SINGAPORE'S Commissioner for Civil Defence Col. L. T. Firbank, said yesterday that hundreds of air raid shelters would be built all over the Colony "when the necessity arose." This was part of Govern- T merit's defence measures m case of war. He
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    RIDA lends a $160,850 helping hand
    97 5 KUALA LUMPUR, Mon. THE Rural and Industrial Development Authority approved a total of $160,850 m outright grants and loans for 106 development pronets during the period between July 13 and Aug. 12 this year. The biggest grant was for a $25,000 scheme to supply
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    Storm damages fair stalls
    52 5 KUALA LUMPUR, Mon. Friday's storm m Kuala Lumpur damaged 100 sfalls being put up at the Chenwu Trade Fair. They are being rebuilt. The fair, which was to have been held from Aug. 28 to Sept. 4 has been postponed, tn<- new dates being Sept. 4
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    Co-op society has $1.8 mil. debt
    181 5 INTEREST ALONE COSTS $148,916 KUALA LUMPUR, Mon. THE Malayan Co-operative Wholesale Society, Limited, which has obtained an overdraft of $1.8 million from the Chartered Bank on Government security, has decided that its assets should go to Government m case of liquidation. The iMinual meeting
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    INDIA ASKS FOR DETAILS OF FREIGHT COST COMPLAINTS
    113 5 MALAYAN merchants have been asked by the Gov■•rnment of India to substantiate their complaint that shipping companies charged more for bringing cargoes from India than from other I>orts of the same distance. Merchants should quote specific instances of higher! rates with information
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    Man gaoled for knife attack
    78 5 RAWANG. Mon.— A labourer, S Raman, 24. was sentenced m the Sessions Court here to nine months' gaol for slashing the nose of his estate manager with a harvesting knife The court was told that on July 23, Raman went into the Bukit Berunton* Oil
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    Fire in a shop
    30 5 KAJANG, Mon— A fire broke out m a small charcoal shop at jalan Tengah on Friday night. It was soon put out by the fire brigade.
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    By the S'pore WAY
    376 5 By the S 'pore WAY MALAYAN cakes and rambutans were passed round to WAY I guest* at tbe V.M.C.A. the I other night, Am>reciativ« nods of I ••food" answered queries from curious Sinjra- poreans But others wondered why so many plates still fall wer* found under chairs A CASUAL observation:
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    8th anniversary
    16 5 KUALA LUMPUR. Mon The Malayan Indian Congrea* branch here celebrated Its eighth anniversary yesterday.
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    Japanese girls find; S;pore hospitable
    172 5 Japanese girls find; S;pore hospitable rpHREE Japanese nirLs 1 attending the World Assembly of Youth conference are Impressed with the hospitality they have received m Singapore. Miss Haruko U.shimura of Nagoya, bright m picture) who is one of 13 delegates from Japan. finds the climate "re- freshing She said 'Before
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    PILOTS WANT MORE MONEY
    88 6 Australian airline (who (hum they I i lowest paid pilot." Ui we world i an- seeking big pa 3 increases on the ground- tnai their job demands more man |usl brinf- a pilot. The Airline Pilots A tion haa told the Pull ration Court which is
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      228 6 MANDRAKE by Lee Falk and Phil Davis TARZAN by Edgar Rice Burroughs THE SAINT by Leslie Charteris I I JL '±L 11* 7 1 SUPPOSE I SHOULD HFI DON T THINK WE > C FH OI f 1 LL M4VE TC T CO E<ir ASKHIM. AsK^ I nTTT /77W^ HAVE
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      523 6 I YOUR I LUCKY I STAR IM>KN on this day, ih, ha\e |hrca jmm mo,, i a\<iase talent. II y M <n< cnlrate on a single „j tive while young. >ou v ll( l>e al.k to see \our hop. irCMM materialize at a fairh arly age. But to maintain IV.is
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    GRANT SCHOOLS MORE AID OR TAKE THEM OVER-NAIR
    265 7 GRANT SCHOOLS MORE AID OR TAKE THEM OVER-NAIR OOME government-aided schools were nndinf it difficult to manage on the grants allocated, said Singapore Legislative Councillor. Mr. M. P. D. Nuir (Lab.-Seletar), yesterday. He suggested that Government should either increase the grants or consider taking over the schools. Mr. Nair said
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    Hotels Bill pleases Rochore councillor
    206 7 THE new bill providing Tor the licensing and control ot hotels and lodging houses m Singapore has "generally" pleased Mr. C. R. Dasaratha Raj, Legislative Councillor for {{•whore. Mr. Raj led a three-year runpaign for this legislation; uid went as far as censuring! the Government
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    Police warn: This means more crime
    101 7 SEREMBAN, Mon. IMIERE would be an im- mediate increase In crime should an amusement park be opened m Seremban, Mr V Powell-Evans. Chief Police Officer, Negri Sembtlan, warned yesterday. Mr. Powell-Evans said that nimes would range from gambling, gang fights, extortion and thefts up
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    'Prepare for self-govt.'
    84 7 SOCIALIST'S CALL PENANG. Mon. With the British ready to leave the country, Malayans should prepare earnestly for self-govern-ment. Col. Winjono, leader of the three-man Socialist Mission to Malaya, said In Penang yesterday. "But there must be no petty quarrels among the people, he told a press conference.
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    CLUB WANTS MODELS-BUT THEY MUST BE PHOTOGENIC
    158 7 A (ALL for models for inx\ door and outdoor studies hi> been made by the Singapore Camera Club's new «<>mmittee, to stimulate in'•'r»Nt m the club's activities «irls with shapely figures nid who are photogenic are t uHcome. The appeal too, is open
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    $62,000 STAND OPENED
    63 7 MALACCA, Mon- Mr. G. E. c. Wisdom. Etasldent Commissioner, yesterday opened the $62,000 Malacca Stadium grandstand, first ol its kind m the Federation. Mr. Wisdom also unveiled a bronze bust of the late Mr. P. G. George Mathias Pamadasa. a great sports organiser and official. Pipes and
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    $150 fine for $1 bribe
    97 7 he pleaded guilty to a charge of attempting to remove thf shoes without a permit, and j another of attempting to bribe a policeman on July 24. Mr. J R. Whimster. the court president, fined him $30 on the first charge and $150 or two
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    Golden Lotus figure carries 'invisible poem
    129 7 Golden Lotus figure carries 'invisible poem r pHIS unique ivory figure X of a woman, one of the microscopic carvings of Mr. Won? L«-fen*. is a Rift to Mr. Malcolm Mai Donald, the ommis-sioner-Cienenl. On one breast of the four and-a-half inch figure. Mr. Wong has carved out a poem
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    Opium den
    25 7 JOHORE BAHRU, Mon. Lim Poh Hwa. who permitted his premises to be used for smoking ohandu. was fined 15u ln the Sessions Court
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    CHARM on the BEACH
    211 8 CHARM on the BEACH and Pictures by fc'NC KEE SUNS beauti.u. home oH S, g .ap l»op P-.-e, wos the scene of 'J^^ -lfl I Airways Sports Club recently. Two hundred and fifty cmpi oye Kings on I- oVh sa dan d and »h«'«-«w» e "j^ cd iiyp^-H. •>»•»» i"
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    Nasi wives live in the shadows
    741 10 Nasi wives live in the shadows AND SOME IN POVERTY TEN YEARS after the war. most of the wives of Hitler's top leaders are still alive and comfortable. Indeed, most of them have succeeded m fashioning new lives m which their only desire is to be left alone. A few,
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    Jap Tycoons hope for U.S. windfall
    684 10  -  Martin S. Hayden Rill to compensate ex-enemy firms for war losses arouses strong Senate criticism. By k DREAM by Berlin and Tokyo capitalists of windfall dividends from America's war expenditure to light Hitler and Japan seem blighted, at least for this Congressional session. Pushed
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    Boos, cheers tor Attlee
    66 10 NEWSREELS showing Mr. Clement Attlee. Labour Party leader, and fellow M.Ps leaving for China have been greeted wiHi boot, cat calls **4 counter cheers m London cinemas. These demonstrations *r« general except m solid Socialist areas m London. Nothing like them has been heard since the
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    Cryptic message
    73 10 r PARIS daily is running :i free "agony column" through which people on holiday with no fixed addres> those travelling about tlv country or camping pass messages to their families and friends. One of these messages hi> British names. It Ls addressed to "Agnes" and it says "Stay
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    This is NEW YORK
    751 11  -  Charles Adams (through the* vyvs o# a Kussiaitf 'Dismal, dirty, noisy and uncultured 9 quotes from an "Inside A< i. New York" article m the Russian Press. RUSSIA is trying to shatter any glittering illusions its people may have about New York city The American metropolis
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    Crime and moral decay'
    224 11 IrNDER the subtitle y >4 Broadway culture/ 1 Yevgenev called attention to Nem York- taste m literatim th< theatre and art. N< w Vorken read v» ry littl< on the iubways and buses an r;ir«!y situ u;i} tx oki In their hands "Onn T 'oooed a
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    Should father be tough?
    652 12  -  SYLVIA LAMOND What every girl (under twenty-one) should know < by IS 13 too youni? for a i»irl to date boyfriends'.' Should a teenager leave home atid live on her own? Are fathers fools if they wait at the door when their daughters come home after
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    Bridge Hand
    406 12 Em'-W« miserable W««( deft|« r NORTH %AX• f 4k A 10 S 3 t g WKBT RABT < i 4 X H 7 4 J l> S I >■<*«0 1 10 9 S 12 4J» < 4 I +X 1 I SOUTH I Q J 10 9 >
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    FOR RAINY DAYS
    53 12 Is she heart and fancy free? By the look of the broken arrow on her rainsuit. this charming young: lady is just waiting: to Mil m the initials of her future boy friend m the empty space. This is one of the latest fashion from Italy for
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    HOW TO KEEP COOL
    548 12 In the far-off "Golden Isle" of Spain's Majorca. LAN MERCER sets out to discover THE maid put a cup of scalding hot tea under my nose, and said: "Mucha calor hoy" -"Very warm today". I couldn't have agreed more! With the temperature indoors around the 85
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      288 12 CLUIf ACROSS J. Maybe an amateur tit oi tem--1 Chase a dog? (5). perament? (.8). 4. Drlnfl mad this way (1) 4 For a change nothing enda U! 8. Why a medal may be award- i3>. E d 6; b. Grace's mannerisms? We as9. The Scotsman's coat? c 3). fioclate
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    Best-ever Bogart 'bad hat'
    545 13 Best-ever Bogart 'bad hat' In Xaine Mutiny' he is a nasty, twitching horror I SENT a message to Humphrey Bogart m Hollywood. HAVE JUST SEEN YOU IN YOUR LATEST FILM 'CAINE MUTINY," I cabled. YOUR PERFORMANCE AS THE VILLIAN MADE MY HEART BLEED FOR YOU. NOW WHY DON'T YOU RETIRE?
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    Untitled
    15 13 The Olvndeboiirne choir rehears? for the Edinburgh Festival m the lovely rural setting of (ilvndebourne.
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    Dateline. Hollywood...
    312 13 Listen to ELSA LANCHESTER, reminiscing of when she first came to Hollywood with HMU.I s LAUGHTON: The U wn then was full of nouveau rich Now, with television, it's lull of nouveau p00r.".... We11. PAUL DOUGLAS isn't leaving it to the film to make him rich. Paul, with
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    Bid for a Mary Magdalen
    266 13 Bid for a Mary Magdalen t^ik sen ens P r< preoccupation with Biblical subjects turns the camera eye, Inevitably, upon thai somtwhat notorious woman from w h 0 m Christ drove seven devils Mary Magdalen has sud- niy become creen material At least three studios i RK< .»nd Columbia have
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    A challenge to US. athletes!
    623 14  -  ROY MOOR By BRITAIN has taken the boldest step open to her m athletics. She has challenged the United States world champions to a full international track and field match. No such match has taken place before. The gauntlet went down at the White City,
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    PIRIE RUNS v. REDS
    71 14 pOBDON PIKIK, who has Iwcn out of athletics since the \M national championships because of a broken bone m his foot, resumes training this neck. 1 understand he has made a request to \w included m the mile for London m the floodlit match against Moscow
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    SAFA SHOULD LET THE FANS KNOW
    252 14 Sports Letter RKFERRING to your article on the Pan-Malayan Service, v Singapore toccer match, published m the Free Freu >/ August IS, I am sure Singapore soccer fans agree it will fa' deed be a great crowd puller. But, when the time comet I
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    Rain hits county coffers
    176 14 Rain hits county coffers 4 BOUT £70.000 has been lost to County cric':°t m England this stason because 01 the weather. It has been one of the wettest and dullest summers of the century. A surve> or first class countries shows dismal finance figures almost everywhere. Here is representative selection:
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    AUSTRALIA WILL RETAIN THE CUP'
    104 14 A UBTRALIAN singles champion. Mervyn Rose, forecast on his return to Sydney that Australia j would retain the Davis Cup m December. Rase returned by air from the United States to recuperate from I his appendicitis operation m Aus- tru a month aao He said
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    Empire billiards tourney Sept 6
    75 14 yv/ILSON Jooe» «nd t-fcandra Har*Y jee i India i Englishman Frank Edwards, South African Tom j i Lees and two Australians will com- I 4 pete for the Empire billiards title m Sydney, on September 6 Likely Australian representatives are Bob Marshall and Tom Cleary.
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    Player's Union chief is censured
    145 14 C^UTHRIE is censured. TnSj I decision was made by the Players' Union at a five-hour meeting m Manchester. Chairman Jimmy Guthrie. said a statement. "countermanded" instructions given by the union's Management Committee. Last week the committee suspended him for 14 days. Now Guthrie is reinstated
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    ENGLAND R.L. TOURISTS WIN SERIES
    124 14 ENGLAND R.L. TOURISTS WIN SERIES ENGLAND beat New Zealand 12-6 m the third Rugby League football Test at Auckland under shocking weather and ground conditions. England, who led 10-6 at half time, deserved to win, •coring two tries and three goals to three goals. Officials said the ground and overhead
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    JAPS INVITE JIM PETERS
    39 14 Japan has incited Emil Z»toP» Czechoslovakia's great Ion? dist i.i<x runner, to compete m Japan tni autumn. The Japan Amateur AthUti Association said yesterday it tlso sent an invitation to Ji" l Peters of British.
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    RETIRED
    26 14 Alfred Gwynn Vanderbilt yesiertaf announced the perma"* ni etirement from racing of his grea L-yeur-old colt. Native Daruvi vinner of 21 of rac^.— A. P.
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    ITALIAN OUTPOINTED
    15 14 Bantamweight Kevin JW* Minted Itali.m Amleto FulcmeiM .ver 12 rounds at Sydney Stadium
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    A MADISON SQUARE GARDEN IN SYDNEY
    164 15 A MADISON SQUARE GARDEN IN SYDNEY a N indoor fight arena, costing A between &A150.000 and A2(!0.000. on a scale of New V.iks Madison Square Garden will be built m a suburb aceni to Sydney. director of «he Australian Boxinu Club. Mr Art. Mawson. who i entlj returned from a
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    THIS HORSE PAID MOST
    54 15 The biggest dividend of the day. Soots Grey, ridden to victory m Race 5 (Cl. 4, Div. 1 abt. 7f.) by Hudson, paid $83 i..r :i win and $18 for a place. s ««'ls Grey wins by half a v "Kth, beating JambaUn (Bafby), and EU-hinf
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    SOUTH PACIFIC TORNADO
    518 15 SOUTH PACIFIC TORNADO A great win swept up the straight like the wind Free Press Course Correspondent PACIFIC has the making of a tip top sprinter. This four-year-old by Torbido chalked up his third win m five outings at Kuaia Lumpur on Saturday when he turned defeat into victory with
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    SINN CHASES WORLD TITLE
    41 15 AUSTRALIAN bttOtMßWdfht champion. Bobby Sinn. M;.ite<i on his quest to regain the world title for Australia with a spieiidKi win ever Italian Olftiml Ziidda.s at the We^t Mf]\M>nmt Stafijum Trierefers stopped the fight m the MKh rcun<!
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    5 WINNERS
    83 15 'Till Free Pres« rare roundup, given dire< t from the counte ou MM morning of h rare day, hit the mark with five winners on Saturday. The Free l*re*«s Course Correspondent told puntei> to hack < h HMM winners: Doncahter iKarc 11, KwKias* (Kate 2), l*ro< (or J;.i'<
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    Marcelle beats Strong And Free in training rue
    156 16 Marcelle beats Strong And Free in training rue Free rr«-ss C— we Correapoaient MAIU KIXi: (Donnelly) and Strong And Free (ftesi were associated m a rousing tryout on the training track at Kuala Lumpur this morning. Breaking from the half mile, they raced stride for Stride over If. m M
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    SHE WON 3 TITLES
    77 16 j i it <1 1 1 > tMtn l liampion, Mi-s. erilia Samuel of SHangor jump* up to return a hij;h lob m her maUh nuiM Miss Tan Kng I^ooi |IVr*k>, whom she beat 11-4. 11-0 to win the womrn's singles final at the Malayan championships
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    HEALEY DOES IT AGAIN
    71 16 1 Donald Healey. driving hi.s modified production model Austin Healey 100. yesterday set a new record for the flying mile of 192 62 miles an hour. In another run yesterday he broke nine Cl.ism D international and American national records from one kilometre to 10 miles
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    U.S. BASEBALL RESULTS
    60 16 Detroit Tigers 7. Chicago White, Sox 4: Philadelphia Athletic 3. WashinKton Senators 2 (double header; New York Giants 5, Pittsburgh Pirates 4 (double header); Chicago Cubs 6. Milwaukee Braves 11. St Louis Cardinals 9. Cincinnati 7; Boston Red Sox 8. New York Yankees 2; Baltimore Orioles 1,
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    Airways & SCC draw
    139 16 Airways SCC draw MALAYAN' Alrwajn made their dpl)ut M ;i cricket team on Saturday at Hong I.im Green when they drew with the S.C.C. S.C.C. Erie b law 11. Rhys- Jones b Price IT. Stewart b Law 4. Gould c j Wood b Price 23. Cashin lbw b Fishwick 8.
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    GRANDAD SWIMS THE CHANNEL
    79 16 Ned Barnie. 58-year-old Bcottitt •jrandtather has been awarded a special £100 prize for the best allround performance m Saturday.* international swimming race iCTOM the English Channel. Barnie had to Rive up just outside Dover harbour after 16 hour* m the water. Winner was Baptista Perelra of
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    BOBET AGAIN
    28 16 Louis Bobet < France i winner of i 1 this years Tour de France, won the World Professional Road j Cycling championship at Solingen. I Germany, yesterday.
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    Rest down Champs
    62 16 Picture by Singapore Swimming Club's goalkeeper Van Oyen, who brought off many good saves m the annual Champions (S.S.C.) the Rest water-polo match played m the S s.( pool yesterday, is about to stop a close range shot from Oh Chwee Hock. Chwee Hock scored three goals
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    AMERICAN PAIR BEAT HOAD AND ROSEWALL
    153 16 AMERICAN PAIR BEAT HOAD AND ROSEWALL \riC SEIXAS and Tony Trabert, America's winning Davis Cup combination, rallied for a 3-6. 6-4, 8-6, 6-3 victory over Lewis Hoad and Ken Rose wall of Australia yesterday to give the United States its first national men's tennis doubles championship since 1948. Sei\a.> and
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    Fangio 1st in Swiss Prix
    134 16 JUAN MANUEL FANGIO (Argentina!, driving a Mercedes at an average speed of 99 2 m.p.h.. yesterday won the Swiss Motor Grand Prix at Berne. Froilan Gonzales. also of the Argentina, was second m a Ferrari with Hans Hermann (Germany Mercedes, third. Fergus Anderson of Britain,
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    CLEAN SWEEP
    20 16 Russia's steel-muscled Amazons I cleaned up the women's European rowing championships yesterday by taking all five titles- UP
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    BIRTHS
    36 16 20 Words (minimum). FOX on 20th Ausast 1954 to Rhoda Once Fox (Nee Kennedy* a son John Stephen. JOHNSTON TO MONICA, wife of TJ. Johnston at BUUfsmr Hospital Ku.il.t Llimpui Ml AUfUti 21st a son.
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    DEATHS
    88 16 Words $t> i minimum). OLASSON OWEN Dearly Beloved Iln,lj,itui ol Lily (Betty) and Father Of David Passed away ;it the Royal Cornwall Intinnaiy, Truro. July 25th L.<'f Bouthern Tronoh Tin Dredging. Tanjong Tualaag. Nti FOOK, agtti 87, at General Hospital Singapore, on 21-8-54 leaving an only son Wood Kan.
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      440 16 2nd DAY WEIGHTS WEIGHTS for all CL. 4, DIV. 7 FUR. Proctor 8.02 races on Wednes- Canton 9.00 Peasant Girl 8.02 day second day of Brown Eyes B. IS Ten Dollars 8.«1 th* Selancor TC Announcement 8.12 Peter Pan 8.00 t 11 nnmon 8.11 CL. 3, DIV. 2— 6F t
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