The Singapore Free Press, 31 August 1954

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    19 1 The Singapore Free Press Largest Afternoon Sale m Malaya. No. *****. Singapore, Tues., Au«. 31, 1954. Price 15 Cts.
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    LIN YU-TANG ATTACKS HALF-BAKED MODERNS
    187 1 DR. Lin Yu-Tang, Chancellor Designate of the new Nanyang University m Singapore, told a crowded meeting of students at Malaya Hall. London, last night that the first purpose of the university was to answer the growing need for higher education and for teachers. I The
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    FRANCE KILLS E.D.C PLAN
    326 1 FRANCE last night scuttled the European Army plan by refusing to allow Germany to rearm within the framework of the European Defence Community. The action lowering the guillotine on (he EDO— launched three years ago at France's own suggestion came on a procedural vole m Parliament
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    New Big 3 talks on Germany
    136 1 New Big 3 talks on Germany BRITISH officials said last night that talks would be arranged by the United States, Britain, France and Germany to discuss ways of giving the Bonn Government its independence minus the right to rearm. The four-power-talks will have before it an Anglo American bhit'prjpt for
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    SHE FOUND MAN IN BEDROOM
    45 1 A Singapore woman who lives m a hotel m Rumah Mis kin screamed when she found an Indian standing m her bedroom at 4 a.m. today. She had been awakened by the noise of the key turning. The man fled.
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    TOWN OF FEAR
    105 1 Parents dread The Killer a DETECTIVE of Scotland A Yard's murder squad has been called m to help to solve the brutal stabbing of an 11--year-old schoolboy at Wigan. Lancashire. He will lead the manhunt for the slayer of William Harmer. iound knifed on a rubbish dump
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    BRITON IS HOME WITH S'PORE BRIDE
    70 1 BRITON IS HOME WITH S'PORE BRIDE SERGEANT John Anderson, 22. arrived m Liverpool yesterday from the Far East m the 10,330-ton troopship Lancashire with his 18-year-old Chinese bride, Diana Lee. The sergeant, a regular soldier m the Royal Army Ordnance Corps, and Diana fell In love more than two years
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    GALE IN ATLANTIC
    27 1 A storm with 100 m.p.h. wind, is causing very rough seas over a large area of the Atlantic, says a U.S. weather report. A.P.
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    WOMAN ROBBED
    20 1 A woman living m Brooke Road, Singapore has repoif'd that $50 had been stolen from her almeirah yesterday.
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    HOROSCOPES...OH!
    94 1 rpHE Archbishop of York, Dr. Cviil Garbett, yesterday hit out at the increasing number of Britons who believe in horoscopes. Writing in his monthly diocesan letter, Dr. Garbett said there had been "in our time a revival of mock astrology. "I find it diiUcuit to Uuuki there are any
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    WAY fund overspent: Pay day ends in tears
    320 1 WAY fund overspent: Pay day ends in tears pAY-OFF day yesterday for about 30 temporary workers employed by the Singapore Youth Council for WAY duties at the Anglo-Chinese School m Barker Road brought tears and a lot of grumbling. Most of the receptionists clerks, typists, stenos. and personal assistants complained
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    RUBBER PRICE
    30 1 The Singapore rubber market opened this morning on an uncertain tone with first grade, September shipment, at 67^ centi ft pound. flv^-eighth* <>f a cent below yesterday's cloae.
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    Half-million Egyptian army 'in a year'
    84 2 Half-million Egyptian army 'in a year' EGYPTIAN diplomatic .sources predict that their country, with new .sources of arm.s in the West at its disposal, may develop a hall-million-man army m a year. An Km Witty .spokesman said negotiations now going on m Cairo for a military aid agreement with the
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    'SEETHING UNREST' HITS RED CHINA
    181 2 Food scarce; taxes high THE Key. Dr. Ralph Mortensen, who spent 35 years m China as a missionary before beinff driven out by the Communists, said In San Francisoi yesterday the Chinese people were seething with unrest despite the Reds' riffid control. The majority of
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    New representative
    25 2 The new senior Turkish representative on the staff of Admiral Mountbatten's Allied Forces Mediterranean Headquarters. Rear-Admiral Seref Karapinar, arrived m Malta.— A. P.
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    £1,000 for Japs
    32 2 £1 ,000 for Japs The United Textile Factory "Workers Association Council of Manchester is to contribute .€l,OOO to a fund m .support of Japanese workers striking at the Omi Mills. Japan. A.P.
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    New attempt
    36 2 Two senior officials of the World Bank flew to New Delhi yesterday m a renewed bid to settle a dispute between India and Pakistan over canal water distribution m the two Punjab provinces. A.P.
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    Three at send off
    44 2 Three at send off RIGHT: The Sultan of Johore and the Sultanah at the farewell party given for them at the Royal International Club. Johore Bahru. yesterday, by the Chinese community. BELOW: Curly locked Princess Miriam licks her lips after eating a creamy cake.
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    RED PINCERS MAY TURN TO U.S. SOON: SPELLMAN
    205 2 FRANCIS Cardinal Spellman .said yesterday it cannot be long before the "encircling pincers" of world Communism are turned directly against the United States. The Roman Catholic Archbishop of New York declared m an address prepared for delivery to the American Lesion convention:
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    Bomb kills 1
    28 2 One person was killed and 20 injured yesterday when a bomb exploded m the market ol Owd Zem, a small community near Casablanca A. P.
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    BRITAIN TACKLES SLUMS
    77 2 BRITAIN TACKLES SLUMS THE British Government which has reached its target of building 300,000 new houses a year, is ready to tackle the problem of sweeping away the country's slum areas" Mr. Harold McMillan. Minister of Housing, has addressed a circular to all local authorities m England and Walt s
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    JAP TRADE TALKS
    28 2 Experts from Japan and Britain will review their trade and financial agreement m London starting on Septembt r 7, a Treasury spokesman said last night.
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    French-U.S. aid plan to keep Vietnam from Reds
    231 2 French-U.S. aid plan to keep Vietnam from Reds pENERAL Paul Ely, French High Commissioner m In-do-China, says France and the United States are m agreement on a policy of help to Indo-China, designed to keep the now-divided country out of the Communist bloc. Our aid plans," he said at Saigon,
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    JAP BOSS CHANGED 'SPY' CASH: POLICE
    123 3 NAMED BY OFFICIAL WHO TOOK IT FROM RED I^HE director <>1 a Japanese trading company was arrested yesterday on charges of illegal currency dealing! to connection with the Rostovrov Spy case. Ky)do new.-, service said. Tokyo metropolitan police Identified the man as Rojt Yiusa.
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    73 tea workers drowned in flood
    220 3 tyiDESPREAD floods m north-east India were estimated yesterday to have killed about 200 people and caused damage valued at HOO million rupees (£22,500.000 sterling) to crops and property. Some 14,000 square miles of rich, cultivated land about the size of Belgium have been devastated,
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    POW SHIPS HIT BY TYPHOON
    80 3 A TYPHOON yesterday interrupted prisoner exchanges at Samson m the Tonkins delta, the French press agency reported. The typhoon Ida brought with it 94-mile an hour winds. Ships which had left to collect French prisoners due to bo handed over at Samson yesterday had to
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    68 3 picture. MR. E. V. Ci. DAY. chairman oi the Singapore Rural Board, who sails m the Surriento on Thursday, on long; leave before retirement, being; presented with a plaque yesterday by Mr. Bay Ah Hian on behalf of the Yio Chu Kang fire fi^htim; unit m appreciation of his help
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    ROYAL TOURISTS PICNIC AMONG ANCIENT RUINS
    107 3 THE ROYAL cruise of the Greek Islands touched the mainland of Greece for the first time yesterday. The travellers landed m Sunion. Greece, at the site of the 2,500-year-old temple to Poseidon Neptune) The party came ashore from the luxury cruise liner Agamemnon and
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    HE DROVE BEHIND 'CURTAIN'
    44 3 A 22-YEAR-OLD member of the West A squad drove into East Berlin on Sunday with police radio ear and has not been heard from nne w m The officer, Hermann Flex, apparently w<t* deeply 4cbt, a police spokesman said.- AP
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    Taruc's gaol term is a 'mockery' says President
    69 3 Taruc's gaol term is a 'mockery' says President nKKSIDENT Ramon Magsaysay of the I'hilippim-s said last night that the 12-year prison sentence passed earlier m the day on Colonel Luis M. Taruc, Communist guerilla leader, was a "mockery of justice." He called on Justice and Army officers to prosecute a
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    MORE HELD IN PERSIA ROUND-UP
    78 3 I^HE Persian Premier, Gen. Zahedi's roundup of antiGovernment plotters has reached the Soviet border zone of Khorasan with the arrest of 15 army and police gendarmerie officers. Gen. Zahedi's effort to stamp out dissident elements has so far gathered m about 250 men. some m
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    H-dustcd Jap fisherman is very ill
    60 3 H-dustcd Jap fisherman is very ill A CREWMAN of a Japanese fishing boat dusted by radio active particles m the March 1 Bikini hydrogen bomb test, is reported m serious condition. The newspaper Asahi said jaundice complicated a brain fever which developed recently and that doctors describe his condition as
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    3 PLANES CRASH
    19 3 ThrM Argentine navy training planei lv?€ embed m tow visibility and six crewmen were killed A.P.
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    The Singapore Free Press Need for industries
    381 4 The Singapore Free Press Need for industries TUESDAY. Aug. 31, 1954. The charge which, rightly or wrongly, was levelled agaixi.si the Coiony m other years f hat she evinced little interest m any product m which there was not a prospect ol immediate gain, cannot m justice be laid today.
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    THE ISLE OF STRIFE
    206 4 f\ rru rnoef ff <* r > ixplord- r m^ tton txptd |t( on m 1590 tooled O*tl the side o< the ship cnt- rr.jrrung and H*£Cd at a rtw unknown 7 land |j --ILHA FORMOSA!" he i) explained #> Whal a beautiful lileind And Formo'.a.
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    Why the U.S. will not defend Quemoy
    443 4  -  William Miller By A SERIES o: tiny islands, running from the Straits of Formosa along the China coast almost to Shanghai, present a strageuc problem today to American and Chinese Nationalist commanders alike as the recent raid on Quemoy by Chinese Communists has
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    GOVT. PLAN TO STEP UP FOOD OUTPUT
    320 5 Animal husbandry station to open THE Singapore Government will show local farmers how to produce more and better breeds of livestock at "reduced costs" when its first animal husbandry station at Urn Chu Kang is ready m a few weeks' time. This is
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    94 5 A dinner In honour of Mr. Tan Siew Inn. the president of the Poo Kong Tan Sze Association, who has been appointed a member of the Chinese Advisory Board, was held m Cheng Tuan Street. Singapore. From left to right above: Mrs. Tan Chin Hoo. Mr. Tan Bicohee. Mr. Tan
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    CRIPPLED CHILDREN GET $2,000
    60 5 THE BRITISH Fed Cross Crippled Children's Home at Tanah Merah, Singapore, will get about $2,000 from the proceeds of the Anniversary Charity Ball of the Liberty Musical and Dramatic Association, held at the Victoria Memorial Hall last week. Mr. Billy Wee, the secretary f»f the association,
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    Yam Tuan leaves today
    68 5 SEREMBAN. Tues. The Yang di-pertuan Besar ol Negri Sembilan and the Tengku Ampuan will leave here by train this morning on the first >tage of his trip to Britain for medical attention. He will sail from Singapore on Thursday. He is expected to be away for
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    HE HELPS WOMEN TO KEEP DATE
    120 5 SINGAPORE'S "reminder man," Mr. Lim Keng Khoon, yesterday said more than half of his 400 "forgetful" clients are women. Mr. Lim i.s running a reminder service for people wishing not to miss any important dates during the year. For $2, he will remind a
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    New appointment
    30 5 PENANG, Tues. The Municipal finance and general purposes committee has approved the appointment of Mr. M. L Clark as Resident Civil Engineer at the new Penang power .station.
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    THREE CAN'T SIT IN THE FRONT SEAT IF...
    229 5 TS it an offence for three 1 people (including the drivers to sit m the front .seat of a car while the vehicle is m motion? A spokesman of the Singapore Traffic Police branch explained yesterday: YES if the width of the
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    Sultan gives a party
    70 5 KUALA LUMPUR. Tues. The Sultan of Selangor gave a U»a party at the Hotel Majestic yesterday for 33 kctuas trom all over the Federation who had come for a two -day Congress of Ketuas m Kuala Lumpur but he was not at the party. He sent
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    Loyal men in strike to get reward
    77 5 Loyal men in strike to get reward LOYAL members of the Singapore City Council .staff who worked overtime to avert a breakdown of essential services during the recent labour strike are to be given cash rewards A tour-man committee headed by the acting president, Mr J. T. Rea, will decide
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      150 5 SALE i COCKTAIL DRESSES FROM &>•> T Town I. Country RAFFLES PLACE i IST FLOOR MEYER CHAMBERS PHONE ***** j 1 1-: OPEN I IMMI »a.m. TO «p.m. < 5 DAILY INCLUDING SATURDAY SINGAPORE phc/fcc FABRICATORS to announce their new service m INJECTION MOULDING OF PLASTICS. Injection moulding is a
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    PEN, PENCIL SALES UP
    69 6 Americans apparently ar doing more writing. They pu chased 13 per cent more me hanical writing instruments, including typewriters, last year than m 1952 n Sales of fountain and point pens, mechanical pencil* and desk sets increased lro»' 194,316.000 m 1952 to 285,4G0,00U m 1^53. Sales
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  • Page 6 Miscellaneous
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      218 6 MANDRAKE by Lee Falk and Phil Davis Of KNG BARFUV 1 f 1 IF WE CAN'T GO THROUGH J l I^~ (jj TARZAN by Edgar Rice Burroughs *^Z^^ bSm^ Mg OLMCKL.V BULU£P MiS WAV TO OBJECT BUT ME WAS STAYED r- > SS--^ r-^»oO Th E GATES ANJD KKOCXEP TmE
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      562 6 YOUR LUCKY STAR I ]}OKN uxlay. >011 hnf positne personality. v, )llr determination to carry a Dl<( jeet through to its c0mp1,,,,,,; «i" leave a definite imprint I upon your times. You haAz good executive sense and kmmw i how to make money Since your influence is vide I it
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    WAY OPENS A NEW ERA HERE
    797 7  -  STEVE NEOH I outh to actbut funds needed DRIVE FOR PUBLIC SUPPORT OF AIMS by— vrOW that it is all over, how will Singapore benefit by the second conference of the World Assembly of Youth? J "In many, many ways," said Mr. Eric Wee
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    Attack with iron bar alleged
    100 7 Attack with iron bar alleged RAWANG, Tues. OSMAN bin Abdullah, a tlttei was charged m the Magistrate's Court here with voluntarily causing grievous hurt to E. E. Monterio, a shift engineei of the Malayan Cement Works. Limited, on May 20. Monterio said that when he was closing a store after
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    A BETTER WATER SUPPLY?-GET TANKS
    197 7 A BETTER WATER SUPPLY?- GET TANKS KUALA LUMPUR, Mon. THE Water Works Engineer, Mr T. W. Crowley, said today that It people m Setapak, on the outskirts of the Federal capital, want a better water supply, they should instal storage tanks and renew old, corroded pipes from their houses to
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    Qantas chief
    31 7 Sir Hudson Fy.sh. chairman and managing-director of Qantas Empire Airways. Is expected to arrive m Singapore today by air from s y dne y on his way to London.
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    POLICE LIEUT DIES IN ROAD CRASH
    79 7 POLICE LIEUT DIES IN ROAD CRASH KUANTAN, Tue.s. Police Lieut. J. D. Harrison died here m i road accident on Sunday night. He was travelling m a police Land Rover from Maran police po.st, where he is the officer m charge, to Kuantan with a driver and a Home Guard
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    Criticisms are invited
    56 7 PENANG. Twe.s Mr. Balirant Singh, president of the PcnawA Indian Association, yesterday aj>i>ealed to members to tell the committee ite shortcomings. Mr. Sin^h, who was speaking at tlie association's monthJv social said the committee would welcome suggestions for overcoming any difficulties. Members of the visiting Selanitor I
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    Bingham tours 'white' areas
    55 7 BUTTEKWOKTU, Tue.s The Resident Commissioner Mr. R P Bin^ium, accompanl ed by the Chkl Police Officer Mr H B J DonaJdMNX visited police unit* Ul the 'whiteareas of Province Wellesley yesterday. They went to Plnanß Tung sal, Permatang Berangan Ta.ssek Glugor, and th 9 Ist Federation
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    Kiss for the champion
    90 8 A KISS from young Vera Swindon of Nottingham for Portuguese swimmer, Baptista Perrira. at Dover after he had won the international cross-Channel race from Cape Grig Nez m 12 hours 25 minutes 1 second. Pereira. who was attempting the race for the first time, came ashore
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    WRONG CARNIVAL GIRL STARTS MOTHERS' RIOT
    252 8 WRONG CARNIVAL GIRL STARTS MOTHERS' RIOT 'We demand justice' they said A CROWD of angry mothers threatened and shouted at carnival officials m Melksham, Wiltshire, Assembly Hall when the wrong girl was announced as maid of honour to the town's carnival "Butterliv Queen." Then, m front of 600 people, the
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    LANDLADIES TO 'BAR LATE NIGHTS'
    226 8 IF holidaymaktrs go out to late dances and return to their boarding houses after midnight- then landladies are quite right m locking them out. So said a spokesman for the landladles. Mr Harry Cunningham, secretary to Blackpool's Hotel and Boardinghouse. Association, was replying to a
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    HUNT ON FOR JOCKO THE SNEAK THIEF
    47 8 Police at Ilkeston, Derbyshire, are hunting for an escaped monkey, Jacko, who m five days of liberty is said to have killed a chicken, drunk two bottles of milk, fought with a cat, and stolen washing from a clothes line.
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    MONSTER SALMON
    14 8 A 361 b. salmon was netted m the River Tweed m Britain.
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    £200 REWARD FOR £2,000
    77 8 A reward of £200 has been offered for information leading to th« recovery, of €2,000— mainly m wa^e packets stolen from a safe m Mitcham, Surrey, Town Hall. The thieves forced a window catch but it is believed they opened the safe, which was m the
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    Poison voice on phone angers wife
    231 8 Poison voice on phone angers wife A "POISON TONGUE" woman with a hatsh voice is trying to break up the marriage of Mr. and Mrs. Albert Woodford. When 35-year-old Mr. Woodford. a biscuit factory worker, is out. the woman phones his auburn-haired wife Ellen and says: "He is with another
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    NEGLECTED HOME HAD NEW TV SET
    122 8 NEGLECTED HOME HAD NEW TV SET A POLICEWOMAN gave evidence at East London Juvenile Court that when she went to a house m Stepney she found a new television set and' a radiogram m a room m which broken chairs were the only other articles of furniture. Two children— a
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    STOLE FOR SUIT
    43 8 A 16-year-old "tea boy" told Fareham. Hampshire, juvenile court that he stole £4 from workmates' jackets because "I had just become a godfather and wanted money to put down on a suit for the christening." He was put on probation
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    How to lift a wallet by a former pickpocket
    254 8 pEOPLE who crowded a I courtroom at London Sessions watched m lail ciivition as Ernest Brine, j 45, who said he had been E a pickpocket but was now I going straight, showed I how to steal a wallet. Brine, a
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    AIR-FILLED TEST RAFT SAVED 27
    129 8 fNFLATABLE life saving J equipment of a typ»' which saved the lives of man> airmen who came down m tm sea during the war is soon to be used by merchant snip^ and fishing vessels. British weather ships out m the Atlantic have been carrying
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    SUICIDE AFTER BEDROOM SCENE
    510 9 Brother felt shameful UFA a night worker returned hnm was disturbed" was recorded lanCe of mind He had always been on the ver lit n\ hls Wldow '<i mother. mi/ Untpor and strut li hint 9 and Wftsns ss^s^tiSrss n a f cr m ass the
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    Cromwell next
    28 9 Mr. John Marsh, of Rock Hill, Mansfield, Notts, found a James I shilling m his garden. A few months ago he found a Charles I coin.
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    The police swooped twice on same house
    204 9 The police swooped twice on same house TWICE within three weeks a boarding house was raided by the police. Each time, it was alleged at Edinburgh Sheriff Court, they found that the woman owner was breaking the law. And Mr. James Houston, prosecuting, said: "These premises were used on a
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    98 9 ACTRESS Faith Brook, 29--year-old daughter of stage and film star Clrve Brook, cannot get away completely from show business, even though she is taking her first holiday for a year. Here she sits on the floor m her London flat reading a script. Faith, whose Jast engagement was m a
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    Models too noisy
    24 9 Residents of two roads at Southgate, have petitioned the borough council protesting at the noise of model plane.s in Oakwood Park.
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    Babies costing £10 a week
    66 9 The hish cost of keeping children m institutions m Britain was attacked by the National Baby Welfare Council. They said m their magazine: "The cost of maintaining a baby m a residential nursery varies between 4." 6 and £10 a week. Furthermore, children thrive neither
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    YANK BEATS SCOTS AT OWN GAME
    162 9 DESMOND KOCK, 22--year-old American student, was feted as "the Yank who beat the Scots at their own game." The "game" was tossing the caber Scotland's traditional athletic event, which Desmond, a burly six-footer, won at the Highland Gam** :n Edinburgh, Asked afterwards how he
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    HE WALKED OUT ON DAY OF WEDDING
    220 9 /\NLY an hour or two before a man was due to be married he walked out of hi* prospective bride s houv to Ret the wedding (;tk<-. He never came back Mr. D.E Morßan .said this at Romford, Essex, when he appeared for
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    Engaged-but they may never marry
    199 9 tyiNE glasses were filled. The toast was to the happiness of the newly-engaged couple sitting on a settee holding hands and smiling at each other. A moment earlier 59-year-old Tom Endean had slipped a sparkling five-stone diamond rin^ on the finger of his 36-year-old sweetheart,
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    BRIAN ALWAYS HAD WANTED A BICYCLE
    111 9 Ij^LEVEN- YEAR-OLD Brian <* I lam lit wa.s Kiven the bicycle he hud always wanted. A day later he was killed ridinK It. The bicycle was a surprise present from hi& parents because he had been "like a little father" to his sisters Barbara,
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    BURIED BY SAND
    25 9 Anthony I,«>av.sley. 14, was kiiivd bt'iicath hundredi of tODj of sand when pit caved m at the OlMUrdl riainrn^ Camp, Pirbnght, BUTTtf,
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    94 10 JILL ADAMS is the latest candidate for pin-up honours with Her Majesty s Forces abroad. The vivacious Lon-don-born blonde won out from such well-known contestants as Marilyn Monroe and Jane Russel when members of the 19th Independent Infantry Brigade, OF P.. serving with the Middle East land Forces, ran a
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    Window on the world
    529 10 Window on the world TOKYO intellectuals and sophisticates have formed a "Let Us Praise" Society dedicated to the dubious end of praising people instead of criticising them. Says the Society's manifesto: "It is easy to be cynical and critical, to sneer and deride, but it is dangerous and m the
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    Armies will be helieopter-borne
    706 10 Armies will be helieop t er-bor ne ATOMIC-WAR WILL MAKE ROAD-BOUND TROOPS OUT OF DATE, SAYS NORMAN LINDHURST. REVOLUTIONARY he- licopter-borne striking forces are being developed by the United States Army m Germany to fight the atomic war of the future. American commanders who must live within the shadow of
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    25 11 This year's Edinburgh Music Festival has just begun. ''But Martha-you don't think I'm going to spend the whole damn week listening to quartets, do you?"
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    MITTENWALD, HOME OF THE VIOLIN
    782 11 MITTENWALD, HOME OF THE VIOLIN Norman Lindhurst visits the Alpine hamlet which regards Stradivarius as its patron saint. HAVE just paid a visit to Mittenwald, an Alpine hamlet nestling m a storybook setting where some of Europe's finest violins are made. Stradivarius is the patron saint of this village of
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    Freddie Mills, opera fan
    99 11 IX)RMER world champion r boxer FREDDIE MILLS went to see operetta for the first time m his life th'Vienna Operetta Company > production of Princess Czardas, at the Stall. HU v.ifCHRISTINE, MCOmpMuCO him •This i.s not my Hue m entertainment, but I shall be a regular
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    Dr. Bump seeks an answer
    536 12  - Dr. Bump seeks an answer HAL BOYLE Why did the camel leave his first home? by I)ID you know the camel was a pioneer settler of the American West, but left there nearly a million years ago? That was long before either the Indian or the cowboy arrived. And today
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    52 12 picture. What is it? An iceberg floating m Arctic waters, a polar bear taking a dip, or some hitherto unclassified monster from uncharted polar seas? No, it is just a common white swan, caught by the camera during a rare lapse from its usual serene dignity enjoying a dive, bottoms
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    30 countries in 1954 chess Olympics
    420 12 30 countries in 1954 chess Olympics DUTCH MASTER ORGANISED CHAMPIONSHIPS WITHIN SIX WEEKS, SAYS LEO HENDRICK. I ODEWYK PRINS, the tall 41 year old Dutch chess master, Is the busiest man m Holland these days. He is the man who has taken the initiative m organising the 12th world chess
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    Bridge Hand
    364 12 Bom tides vulnerable South dealer DRIDOE experts for many couno tries were recently In Monte Carlo by Invitation, playing In series of bridge event* unprecedented m tournament history lr > that some M 521.000 In prises was posted for the top finishers In team-of-four pair, and tndividua events
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      268 12 CLUES ACROSS < ihMpW, urn ao( lo ne -^I'-ep--1 Queer cove Is first at the r>aii- herd (5) dresser's (3, 3). m A stylish lead ii». 4 Followed a hound? (6). 12 An end of the Metropolis <4>. 8 These dramatic people are not 13 Bag the end of the
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    Return of Judy Garland
    490 13 Return of Judy Garland A "SNEAK" preview is usually considered top secret m Hollywood and mystery always surrounds the destination of the tins of film which leave the studio late afternoon bound for some un -named town or suburb near Los Angeles. Top-level executives are briefed m secret conclave while
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    11 13 This luscious beauty with the provocative half-smile is Paramount* Rhonda Fleming
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    Dateline, Hollywood...
    215 13 lOSEPH I. BREEN, who ha> J done a brilliant job of keeping Hollywood out of trouble the past 20 years, will get a neat pension from the film industry when he retires on January 1 as custodian of movie morals. He will still retain a nominal relationship as
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    BLONDE-ALL-OVER MONROE DRESS
    177 13 MARILYN Monroes much quoted quip about prefer ring to stay out of the sun because she likes to be blonde all over was the inspiration for a complete costume Travilla. 2()th-Fox stylist, designed for one of her scenes In "There's no Business like Show Busi ness." Travilla
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    The public is NEVER wrong
    428 13 The public is NEVER wrong ...THAT IS WHY MARY PICKFORD WAS NOT ALLOWED TO SMOKE \IARV PIOKFORD. tin 1?l curly little "world sweetheart," was paid million dollars a year by her studio when the dollar could buy four times what it can now and she was worth v< ry cent
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    SPORTS NEWS AND VIEWS FROM OVERSEAS
    552 14 Stanley Matthews A 5-YEAR PLAN Writes tor SOCCER SURVEY and gives his suggestions on how England can regain top place m international football with.... tLTHEN Germany won the World Cup it was with the old British style of football. We must bring back that
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    200 m. RECORD BY JON HENRICKS
    65 14 Jon Henricks. Australia s 18 yearold winner at the British Empire Games, broke the American 200 metres freestyle swimming record m the Far Western Championships at San Francisco Henricks swam the four lengths of the 50 metres pool m 2 mins. 7.3 sees. The
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    Orient welter defends title September 10
    130 14 QRIENT welterweight champion Somdez Yongrakit of Thailand will defend his title on Sept. 10 for the second time within less than a month against Japan's Takeo Ugo. The agreement for the 12 round title fight, which will be hold at Tokyo's new metropolitan gymnasium,
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    HIS FOURTH RUGBY 100
    116 14 HIS FOURTH RUGBY 1 00 ¥>ON JARDEN, the New Zea- land All Black Rugby Union wmn threequarter, has reached a hundred points m a ■eaaon'i iir.st elan rugby for the fourth successive year. He scored nine points for New Zealand at Wellington on .Saturday against New Zealand Maoris, who returned
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    3 14 lAKidn'i EiP'tji Service
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    MAKE WAY FOR THE TWINS OF THE RING
    367 14 MAKE WAY FOR THE TWINS OF THE RING HAROLD MAYES on BOXING r<RICKET has its Bedsers, swimming its Wardrops. Make way now for boxing heavyweight twins the Cooper brothers, from Bellingham, Kent, 20-year-old big boys who have just completed their Army service and elected to fight under the banner of
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    COUNTY CRICKET TABLES
    387 14 COUNTY CRICKET TABLES POSITIONS m the County championship Ticket table after the matches which ended on Friday, are: P W L D 1 ND L D Pts Siriv. I'. 14 3 8 0 2 I 6 198 Yortt n :t 3 8 l 3 0 5 no Dertjy 27 11
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    German sprinter going to Japan
    33 14 IJEINZ FUETTERER. winner of the 100 metres and 200 sprint m the European athletics championships it Berne, is included m Germany's track and field team to visit Japan.
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    The toughest sport of all
    624 14  - The toughest sport of all BERNARD RONALD HMMiiiitiitltll By IIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIJ: IF Dr. Edith Summerskill, who condemns boxing as a •brutal" sport, ever receives an invitation to see a game of mediaeval 27-a-side soccer m Florence, I advise her here and now to decline it politely but firmly. For though it
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    Tommy scores 4 v. Navy
    90 15 Centre-forward Tommy Mission scored four goals to enable the Eurasians to beat Royal Navy 4-2 m last night's S.A.F.A. Community League tip at Jalan Besar Stadium Scorers for the Navy were Bligh and Ferris (penalty*. There was no scoring m the first half. J. W.
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    EX-COUNTY PLAYER MALAYA'S NEW CHAMPION
    294 15 EX-COUNTY PLAYER MALAYA'S NEW CHAMPION Gladys Loke Chua beaten 6-0, 6-0 v™ ree Press Tennis Re P°rter A a M al^ an women's champion emerged yesteriu t n* 1 Lvm P ur on the concluding day of the Lawn Tennis Association championships. Mrs Monica Sheridan of Selangor beat Mrs. Gladys
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    These are the winners
    160 15 RESULTS of all the finals In the 1954 Malayan lawn tennis championships are* MEN'S SINGLES Ong Chew Bee (Spore) bt R. Ferdinands (Ceylon) 6-4 6-1. MEN'S DOI'BLES R. Ferdinands and B. L. Pinto (Ceylon) bt. Ong (hew Bee and Lim flee Chin (Spore) 8-6, 6-4. WOMEN'S
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    SEMI-FINAL DRAW
    23 15 S.A.F.A. Junior C"jp .stmi-final draw Argonauts vs winner of RAF iSeletnn RAF (Tengahi; SHB Polic e W winner of SCC Hjiikowyu.
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    SERVICES WIN THE CUP 2-1
    59 15 TAIPING. Mom.— Combined 9ervicea beftl reme 2-1 to win tlw Bailey Cup m the replay of the final of the knockout SOCOC* OOmpttii tlon. Benrlcci scored f ;ie:r goala In Urn first half through S;illehi'(lciin ftnd Whitmarsh and Lewis Kplltd Jusl before the interval. Then-
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    Banka Billiton team arrives
    65 15 11HE Banka Billiton Sporting Association soccer team arrived m Singapore yesterday for a .series of rive parries. They will play four matches In Singapore and one m Muar. The touiiftts from Djakarta. wa> .sislinK of 14 players, play th*ir Hist match toniKht against the Business Houses
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    SEIXAS IN ROUND 3
    48 15 Vl< Suxus celebrating ln^ :Jlsi birthday, ;«n<i young Ban Richardion eyeing ;i i p<<f on tht T s Davl Cup team, isorcd »:i i victortei yesterday to rtach ih< ihirrt rosßd oi Urn US nittional tennis Champ.mships »t Forrst Hills <N«-a v A. P.
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    GERMAN WINS
    27 15 Germany's tagtbcff Volht von the women's slnjrlrs fit!* 1 Of the Istanbul tntcrnaUonal tennii chwnptonßhlpa >••: ui(i.t\ by defeating .fa Derbla iSpal'n) B t S-S.- AP
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    WELL DONE, GOALIE!
    45 15 O'NEIL, Everton goalkeeper, steps m with a left handed punch, liking the ball right off the head of Cross, the Sheffield centre-forward, as Jones steps smartly to defend hi s own goalmouth. Everton won this English FA. Div. I league tie 5-2.
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    UNBEATEN RECORDS GO IN DIV. 1
    192 16 First points for Huddersfield HI DM KM II I I) TOWN gained their first points of the I.K. soccer season by beating Portsmouth yesterday. Portsmouth had been placed second to Kverton on the results of early matches. Huddersfield were trailing early starters along with
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    FERRY BEATS A. PIRUZ
    39 16 Ferry Sonneville of Indonesia beat Selangor's Abdullah Piruz 15-8. 15-7 m last night's badminton exhibition programme at Kuala Lumpur. Eddie Yusof. the other Indonesian player, beat Lim Koon Yam 11-15, 15-14.' 15-7. He collapsed afterwards.
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    NO PLAY-OFF
    27 16 Penang and Johore Chinese, who drew one-all m the M.C.PA. Cup final will each hold the trophy for six months. There will be no replay.
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    U.S. BASEBALL
    12 16 Boston 4, Cleveland Indians 5; Washington Senators 1. Baltimore 3.
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    COUNTY CRICKET SCORES
    159 16 U.K. County cricket close of play scores: At the Oval. Surrey 128 and 210 for nine (Clark 78) Lancashire 160 Washbrook not out 58, Laker six lor 41 t At Scarborough, Yorkshire beat Canadian touring team by 249 runs. Yorkshire 265 and 245 for four iSutclifle 88.
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    PAKISTAN
    270 16 PAKISTAN, with five second innings wickets m hand and Middlesex to bat a second time. have a lead of 295 runs m the match at Lords where Middlesex will find difficulty m avoiding defeat on the last day today. But for a fifth wicket stand by i wo of
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    LEAD BY 295 RUNS
    176 16 Alimuddin completes his 1,000 din and Maqsood Ahmed punished bowling and put on 114 for the third wicket before Maqsood was caught. Allmuddin continued to defy the attack which, however, met with further successes so that half the side was out for 167 when stumps were
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    Thom wins title
    35 16 Wally Thorn wins the welterweight championship of Europe. The 28-year-old Birkenhead boxer crashes home one of the powerful lefts which helped him stop the holder. Gilbert Lavoine of France, m ten rounds.
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    By Thunder top St. Leger offer
    219 16 CLOSING offers on the Doncaster Saint Leger at the third callover held at the Victoria Club London last night were: s—l By Thunder, 6—l Blue Sail and Never-Say-Die, 100— 9 Arenys, 100—8 Arabian Night, 100—7 Umberto and Double Bore, 18 1 Rashleigh, 20—1 Elopement,
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    KEY GAME OFF
    53 16 The SAFA Div. 1 league match between Tigers and Marine Department, which was to have been played at Jalan Besar Stadium tonight, has been postponed until after the Malaya Cup final. The Cup final, m which Singapore meet Penang. is due to be played at Kuala Lumpur
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    SINGAPORE XI
    40 16 Singapore team to play the touring Kowloon Bus Co. team at Jalan Be-sar Stadium tomorrow night Is: Chee Seng; Boniface. Teow Kens: Hee Jong. Vass. Hin Weng; Omor Awang. Boon Seong, Awang Bakar Boon Ltong and Rahim Omar.
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      468 16 CLASSIFIED ADS. BIRTH 20 Words $6 (minimum). THWAITE: To Patricia (Nee Malcomson). a daughter, Lydia, on Sunday 29th August, at XX. Hospital.. DEATH 20 Words $6 (minimum). MADAM LEE EWE LENG (ne* Lim Say Hun) aged 66 years, passed away peacefully on 30th August. 1954. leaving behind two daughters, two
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      26 16 What could be better for a BQPE3Lg*^^M perfect finish to a meal Pf^^^^pr^Hw than TODAY S fruits, served chilled with AVO C E T whipped cream.
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