The Singapore Free Press, 24 September 1954

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    23 1 The Singapore Free Press Largest Afternoon Sale m Malaya. fiO, I t°' Singapore, Fri., Sept. 24, 1 9 ."> I Pi he 1") Its.
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    'Navy is ready'-Thomas
    87 1 'Navy is ready'Thomas rrHE Royal Navy "is ready 1 to protect British s hips In the Formosa Straits at any time," said Mr. J, P. L. Thomas. First Lord of the Admiralty, m Hon.- Kong yesterday. made the statement on his arrival from Singapore. Mr. Thomas said the British and
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    RUSSIA HAS 90 SUBS IN THE PACIFIC
    107 1 Navy Secretary Mr. I Charles S. Thomas said m 3 last night Russia now c than 350 submarines, g 90 m the Pacific, and producing them at the f about one a week. /er. he quickly added United States Navy capability of dealing
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    Cairo alert for lost plane
    60 1 1 K AIRO international airport has alerted aircraft to for any signs of an airlieved to be a Royal Air Force Shackleton reported aye crashed mi n the McdiJ a nean northwest of AlexT:it British ship Niga->-n radioed yesterday she »een a plane crash about
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    Homesick, so they 'jumped' their ship
    116 1 Homesick, so they 'jumped' their ship SIX of the 22 members of the Singapore Boys' Brigade contingent returning from the international B. B. centenary camp at Eton last night "jumped" their ship, the Teucer while it was anchored m the outer roads. They took a motor launch from Pulau Bukom,
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    Parents get a warning
    46 1 Singapore police issued a warning to parents this morning after an Indian child wars robbed by a man of a $25 gold ring m the grounds of a clinic m Middle Road. A police spokesman said such thefts were now very common.
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    Israel's offer
    25 1 Israel has offered to re-esta-blish direct contacts between local military commanders on both sides of its troubled borders with Jordan and Egypt. A.P.
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    The cold war has moved to Asia says Dr. Ali
    108 1 j)' ALI Sastroamidjojo, the Indonesian Prime Iflnl*f°W the Indian Paiiia- il! yesterday: "The roid upon us. The area of the Rreat I, b i oc ka has moved from aurope to A.sia". m somo areas of Asia, he Dr. Ali,
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    25 DIE IN BIG OIL EXPLOSION AT JET BASE
    229 1 25 DIE IN BIG OIL EXPLOSION AT JET BASE TWENTY-FIVE American and French military officials and German civilians were killed yesterday when a tank containing 1, 500,0 00 gallons of jet fuel blew up with a thunderous roar at the U.S. pilotless bomber base at Bitburg m the Rhineland m
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    U.S. sponsors Jap
    24 1 The United States Is sponsoring Mr. Shigeru Kuyiyama of Japan as candidate for election to the International Court of Justice.— U.P.
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    RUBBER PRICE
    26 1 The Singapore Rubber Market opened .steadily this morning with lirst grade, October .shipment, at 70 v cent., a pound one-eighth cent above yesterday's close.
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    FIST-FIGHTS AT DEBATE ON SEX-DRUG SCANDAL
    161 1 FIST-FIGHTS broke out m the Italian Senate yesterday when it debated the Montesi sex, drug and death scandal. The Government asked for a vote of confidence and the pro-Red Socialists, led by Stalin peace prize winner Mr. Pietro Nemii. demanded a parliamentary investigation into
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    Troops for Cyprus
    30 1 A group of 450 men o! the Second Battalion Royal [nniskilling Fusiliers arrived m Flm;i g U 1 1 I (Cyprus) yesterday from the Suez Canal zone.
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    'Battle Royal' tragedy
    29 1 A BRITISH sodier was Jr\ killed and another injured seriously m a traffic accident while troops were assembling f (jr the "Balt!e Royal' manoeuvres m (jernianv.
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    Giant U.S. atom guns 'open' fire
    74 1 (MANT American atomic suns J "blasted" British tanks m the first simulated use of nuclear weapons m the Allied manoeuvres. 'Battle Royal" m North Germany yesterday. The tanks belonged to the famed 7th Armoured Division (the "Desert Rats") and the shells were "fired" by
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    23 WATCHES STOLEN
    35 1 Thieves broke into a Chinese goldsmiths' shop m South Bridge Road, Singapore, at night and stole 23 wrist watches worth $880. They gained entry by sawing through a latch with a hack|saw.
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    TOP LEVEL TALKS HOW ON MONEY FOR S.I.T.
    227 2 HIGH-LBVBL talks are now K<>in X <>» between the Government and the Singapore Improvement Trust on the future polity of financing the Trust's housing programme. The Government is expected to make a statement at the budget meeting or the Legislative Council next
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    39 2 picture PROFESSOR R. C. R. MORRELL. Professor m English, at the University of Malaya, who returned to Singapore yesterday m the Oranje after six months leave m Britain. With him are his wife and two-year-old son. Giles.- Free Press
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    BUY JAPANESE GOODS URGES U.S. OFFICIAL
    115 2 MR. Samuel W. Anderson, American Assistant Secretary of Commerce, International Affairs, m Paris yesterday urged the nations of the world to buy Japanese goods to prevent that country from "slipping behind the Iron Curtain." Mr. Anderson said that "between 500 and 700 million dollars
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    Soviet protest
    21 2 The Soviet Ambassador m Teheran has protested against "slanderous statements" against the Soviet Union, by the Persian Press.- Reuter
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    New officers
    19 2 The International Silk Association, Inc. of New York, yesterday elected new officers fit its annual meeting. A.P.
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    BRITAIN MAY BOYCOTT U.N. DEBATE ON CYPRUS
    148 2 Britain will boycott the debate on Cyprus m the political committee of the united Nations General a, i embly, The Steering Commit t< < last night overrode British obit ction and placed on the v n ai ends Greece's claim to Cyprus, n
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    Dulles for talks with Churchill, Eden
    561 2 THE United States Secretary of State, Mr. Dulles, is expected to hold important conferences with the British Prime Minister. Sir Winston Churchill and the Foreign Secretary, Mr. Eden, on Sunday and Monday before attending the London opening on Tues- 1 day of the nine-power
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    Germany can't accept inferior position: Eden
    258 2 r pHE British Foreign Secretary, Mr. Eden said m London yesterday that everyone, Including France, agreed that Germany could not accept position of inferiority m Europe. He told a meeting of his constituents that everyone, including the Germans: agreed that armies and armaments on
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    German proposals
    31 2 The West German delegation to the forthcoming GATT meeting m Geneva will recommend a two-year extension of GATT tariff concession lists and introduction of moiv Hheral trade rules.— Reuter
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    Governor contest
    27 2 The Republican state convention yesterday nominated Senator Irving M. Ives to run for Governor of New York against Mr. Averell Harriman. the Democratic candidate A.P.
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    SUNNY MOMENT ON THE VOYAGE
    31 3 SUNNY MOMENT ON THE VOYAGE picture The Sultan of Johore, Princess Miriam and the Sultanah (right) m the sunshine on board the Willem Kuvs fust before their arrival m England. A.P.
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    Aid for Indo-China
    42 3 Pau Ely, French Com- n-Chlel and High f<> r indo-Chtna. Minister for the Asso- States, Mr. Guy La left Pans yesterday J^shington to discuss u.s 1 French expeditionanf he Far East and aW for the Associated tndO China U.P.
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    Back from the dead
    34 3 1 "t A polio n Potrov. ambassador to < Mna and presum- for years, wm men- Wowcm Radio yes--1 One 0| a Rronp of r .;rk,n X on a nnw A.P.
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    B.G. resigns
    13 3 (i Kher, India's High ;^.0r,,, m London# h B M Reuter
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    U.S. fears crisis after H-death
    167 3 niPLOMATIC authorities said m Washington yesterLl d;iy they tear a new crisis m Japanese-American it ions may come as a result of the death m Tokyo a Japanese fisherman injured by atomic ash from March 1 mid-Pacific hydrogen bomb test by the United States. The
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    30,000 WILL BE HIRED FOR FILM ON MOSES
    223 3 Cecil B. Do Mille, 73-year-old Hollywood producer, sailed for E^ypt from New York yesterday to film his greatest picture "The Ten Commandments" which will cost M 524,000,000. He will hire 30.000 people, the largest number ever engaged for one picture, mostly from
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    SHIP WITH 55 CREW VANISHES: HOPE GIVEN UP
    121 3 SHIP WITH 55 CREW VANISHES: HOPE GIVEN UP PHILEAN maritime authorities said yesterday they have given up for lost the Argentine merchant ship, San .Martin, since contact has been lost with the vessel for 12 days. The ship, carrying a crew or 55, was last reported m the straits of
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    Ganges boat capsizes—32 missing
    37 3 Ganges boat capsizes 32 missing a .-mall river sailing vessel capsized on the Ganges River i n W( dnesday night and it is believed that :<2 people are missing. A passing river steamer rescued 22 others. A.P.
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    3 MILLION JEWS HAVE VANISHED
    145 3 3 MILLION JEWS HAVE VANISHED RABBI Benjamin Schultz said m New York last night that more than three million Jews vanished m Russia during World War li. Rabbi Schultz, the Executive Director of the American Jewish League against Communism, told a U.S. House of Representatives Committee that if the Malenkov
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    Economic talk
    30 3 The Chinese Nationalist Fin- ance Minister. Mr. P. Y. Hsu conferred with Mr. Samuel C. Waugh, the U.S. Assistant Secretary of State for Economic Affairs m Washington yesterday.—UJP
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    Russia tells U.S.: Stop this spying
    90 3 rpili: Russians demanded 1 last nifhi that the United States stop what Uiey tailed widespread "espionage and criminal activities" m Fast (ierinany. Soviet Hi«h rotnmlssioner Mr. (ieorgi M. Pushkin charged that American spy organisations had set up a 'network of agents" to work underground
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    U.S. tribute to the courage of Pakistan
    136 3 U.S. tribute to the courage of Pakistan Mr Horace A. Hidreth, us. ambassador to Pakistan, said m Boston, us. yesterday that the Communist* had not Riven up ciVoris to control Pakistan although the nation had firmly CWI Its lot with the West. Pakistan "had definitely rrpudi a t v d
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    COPPER PRICE JUMPS IN LONDON
    49 3 /X)PPER jumped -ss. a ton on the London market yesterday, setting a newhigh since free trading was returned on August 5, 1953. Copper now is selling m London for 12 71- 55., an increase of £18 this week and r* 31 this month.- A.P.
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    THE MANY FACES OF KONRAD ADENAUER by Cummings
    26 4 Through Mr Dulleft's eyes Through Mr Eden s eyes Through Mr. France's eyes .Through Mr Molotovs eyes I
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    26 4 Mr. Anthony Eden, British Foreign Secretary, m vehement conversation with Mr. John Dulles, U.S. Secretary of State ai London airport. Dulles had arrived from Bonn. 1
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    The Singapore Free Press FRIDAY, Sept. 24, 1954. Opinion The hawker problem
    418 4 The Singapore Free Press FRIDAY, Sept. 24, 1954. Opinion The hawker problem Hawkers m Singapore have been a problem longer than most people who have any- 1 thing to do with their con- trol rare to remember. The sight oi unlicensed hawker.s fleeing the police is almost a daily part
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    World tension increases but... More treaties than ever
    207 4 World tension increases but... More treaties than ever < T\E SPITE the cold j < war, the number j > of international treai ties and agreements Js being written is con- stantly increasing. \s The United States State v Department registered no << less than 897 international y> •> treaties
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    Next
    210 4 WHILE the West Is congratulating itself over the quick conclusion of a pact to protect South-east Asia from Red aggression. Communist China is busily preparing to extend its domination over Burma a key country m the area that refused to participate m the pact and is thus wide open
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    victim will be BURMA
    230 4 The Formosa threats are a 'feint' by the Communists whose real move is elsewhere, says F.K. Wu, former Canton editor. The new units reportedly number 50,000 men. The Rangoon Government has 60.000 men under arms. The future Burmese Communist Army is being trained m Yunnan province
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    'GIVE SQUATTERS THREE MONTHS EXTRA TO QUIT'
    219 5 (OUT 25 Singapore squatter families whose attap bouses near Palmer Road are due to be demolished h*» »>nri of this month may get another three months'' grace. A Labour member of the city council. Mr. V. K. Nair, will move a motion at
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    'Look at my bustle'
    126 5 'Look at my bustle old. something is this btock cocktail dress m silk taffeta with a flowing bustle. The yoke l has net circlets lined with Pink taffeta. It is modelled by Betty Ashley -Cooper who ilso show it tomorrow a< the anniversary of the Singapore 1 nun.- Welfare Association
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    U.K. training for 2 bosses
    54 5 MALACCA, Fri. Dun lop Malayan Estates Ltd. are sendIng another two members of their executive staff to Britain for a course m industrial i relations. After the course, they will have a short tour of Dunlop factories to sain practical experience m the organisation of
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    Overseas aeromodellers may compete here
    134 5 iEROMODELUBW from seve-; countries are to be m- I dv the Singapore Aero- J t n era Society to take part Just post- war open P^nshio m December Michael chee, the so- y -wetary. said that M ll f or are expected from Hon. Kong
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    UNION IN NEW BID TO GET DUES CUT FROM PAY
    231 5 'THE Singapore City Council Services Union will again try to have subscription fee dues deducted officially from the pay packets of members. This, union officials say. will save trouble and avoid accumulation of arrears. In an explanatory note. the secretary
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    $1,749 raised
    31 5 TANJONG MAI.IM, Fri. A total of $1,749 was raised at the recent food and fun fair held by the Methodist English School m aid of its building iuncL i
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    That ban at Esplanade is hard but....
    550 5 WILL it disturb the pleasure of citizens who like to stroll m the evening alon^ Singapore's new Esplanade If open-air meetings are allowed there? The City Council fears it might, and has decided it cannot allow religious bodies to continue their regular Saturday
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      162 5 I 4. 4. 4 j GRAND CARNIVAL I--/ Thursday 30th September 1954 4 />.w. /o midnight GREAT WORLD AMUSEMENT PARK Under the distinguished patronage <tf H.E.TheRt. Hon. Malcolm MacDmald P.C. ALL THE FUN... International Stall Lucky Dip Dancing m the Cabaret Joget Modern Cinema Shows Musical Show Boxing Whisky Auction
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    Lost weapons worry Reds
    146 6 ARMS —8,000 rifles and least 1.000 machine pi>tols arc worrying the vt German authorities. Th< weapons have been missins ever since the German rising again.si the Soviet Zone Government la.st June. Altogether over ***** wea pons of ail types were seized by workers and farmen <'>
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      205 6 MANDRAKE by Lee Falk and Phil Davis TARZAN by Edgar Rice Burroughs THE SAINT by Leslie Charteris 7 <r IM (SLAn E HAVE^^AND I WANTED^' J [ALL RIGHT >//"^P VOul r/^/V^^Y^veLL Ml NO LAPV--AS >-OU I 3 ONE MORE MEETING' KtO TELL VOU-wft PIRSTI >. WERE 6OING TO SAY.'GO '2>Jfr£*2jt'
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      551 6 I YOUR I LUCKY I STAR 5 |>OKN loda>, \uu h.t\«- a deal of brilliant originality Your main difficult} is ih.u y, arc not ftffrewiv) enough. E get a "bruin wa\e." but j i>u don't do anything about H Then you dJaeovei tliai someoni else has had tue same idea
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    'I SAW PIN-TABLE GAMBLING AT 1a.m.'
    390 7 Mrs. Eu tells of a check on Spore coffee shop /THE gaining machine menace m Singapore coffee shops has come under the personal scrutiny of Mrs. Robert Eu, a City Councillor. This is her report: "I went to a coffee shop one day at
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    Aquarium has baby sharks now
    124 7 Aquarium has baby sharks now EIGHT baby sharks bave been added to the collection of fancy fishes at the $470,000 Van Kleef Aquarium, to be opened next month. They measure about a foot-and-a-half each and are still very young. There are no full-grown shark because the tanks are not big
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    Farmer sent for trial
    71 7 ALOR STAR, Fri. A padl planter, Idris bin Mat Amin, was committed for trial at the next Kedah Assizes on a charge of causing grievous hurt to Mohamed Zain bin Yahaya. Mohamed Zain testified at a preliminary inquiry yesterday that which talking to a friend m
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    REA SILENT ON 'LEAKS' REFRISALS STORY
    446 7 REA SILENT ON 'LEAKS' REFRISALS STORY rpilF Acting City Council Pre--1 sldent, Mr J. T. Rea, would [ther confirm nor deny vest, Vav that the Council's lawhad advised that the Municipal Ordinance be amended to provide tor the sacking any councillor found guilty f divulging Council secrets. feed I! any
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    NEW HOPE FOR 10 ON D-DAY
    135 7 NEW HOPE FOR 10 ON D-DAY PENANG, Fri. PENANG'S 10 housemen doctors who graduated from the University of Malaya thus year may still get a chance to attend the convocation ceremony next month. "We are doing everything possible to enable them to go." Dr. F. Oliveiro, actins Chief Medical Officer,
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    Mine equipment stolen
    25 7 IPOH, Fri. Thieves Stole mining equipment worth about $305 from the Mem Tin Dredging Company Ltd. at the 4th mile. Jelapang Road.
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    Phone wires cut
    24 7 KUALA LUMPUR, Fri. Terrorists cut telegraph wires over a distance of 300 yards m the Kluang area of Johore on Tuesday.
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    SOUTH WARD PROGRESSIVES' PICNIC MEETING ON SUNDAY
    134 7 riIRANSP< >RT hafl been ;n 1 ranged for members, theii familiei and [fiends attending the picnic and annual mcc inp; of the Progressive Party south ward district committee on Sunday. Cars will leaVl at H. 30 am from Pairfleld Girls' school. Neil Road,
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    HOPE OF A HOME FILLS THE CHURCH PEWS
    234 8 HOPE OF A HOME FILLS THE CHURCH PEWS Vicar is not happy about it VTHKN the Reverend W. White sees newcomew to his (iiunii listening with rapt attention to hi* sermons, lie smilt's Badly to himself. The vicar, a councillor, In Ips choose tenants for Dipping, Suffolk, rural council houses,
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    Army man in crash had no rest for 31 hours
    233 8 Army man in crash had no rest for 31 hours riifiK driver and his compa- i A nion. both 21-year-old National Servicemen, wore ASLEEP when their Army lorry crashed on tin 1 BristolHighbridge road. One of them, Private James Bentinek. had been 31 hours or, ciutv without rest at the
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    GIRL DEFIES FATHER AND DIES
    105 8 GIRL DEFIES FATHER AND DIES A GIRL of 15 bought a cycle on hire purchase without telling her parents. The next i day she fell from it m front of a bus and was killed. Her father. John Devaney, a painter, of St. Alban's Place. Blackburn, Lancarhive. said at the
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    Emperor to sail in cruiser
    39 8 The Royal Navy cruiser Gambia will take the Emperor of Abyssinia to Britain for his State visit m October. He will I be the guest of the Queen at Buckingham Palace lor three days.
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    MAN, 80, LOVED 15-MILE WALKS
    35 8 William Sutton, 80, who died from injuries alter being hit by a car, often walked 15 miles to Hampstead from New Maiden. Surrey, his .son-in-law said at the Sutton inquest.
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    Royal visit by 'Queens'
    68 8 The Queen Mother will sail m the liner Queen Elizabeth for her visit to the United States and Canada next month. and will return a month later m the Queen Mary. She will leave England on i October 21 and return on Nov- ember 24 Both
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    OFFICE STRUGGLE
    25 8 Miss Margaret Jones:. 24- year-old typist, grappled with an intruder .she found m an office m Paradise-road. Richmond. Surrey. The man cot away.
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    The lost wages
    32 8 Roadmen at Denham, Bucks, spent one lunch-time (iiuuhvj, out a trench they had ju>'t filled m. They were looking lor a lrv-t pay packet, it was not| found. I
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    Senator watches bull-fight
    38 8 Senator watches bull- fight DU-turt'. DEMOCRAT Senator Kefauver and his wife watching a bull-fiuht at Madrid The American was on a four-day visit to Spain to get first-hand information about the construction of l\S. military bases there.- A.P.
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    Never met but he's all ready to wed
    165 8 4 40-YEAR-OLD shopkeeper is making plans to marry a Viennese girl he has never seen. His flancee-by-post: 26-year-old Gertrude Broda who for years has been trying to get to England, but each time the authorities have prevented her. Said the bridegroom (■"Call
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    GIRL WHO FORGOT
    130 8 -wants her sweetheart to read 1 remember' UERYL SHARP. 17, wants a very important message to reach her sailor sweetheart. somewhere at sea. It is just "I can remember you And that is important to her and Able Seaman Kenneth i Abernethy. because Beryl lost her memory
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    A GENTEEL TOWN GETS A SHOCK
    107 8 A GENTEEL TOWN GETS A SHOCK INDUSTRY may soon be 1 moving m on the retired people Who live m Malvern (Worcestershire). a clothing linn is planning to open a factory big enoug] employ 250 women m the i: liday town where ex-Am colonels, writers, pointers and old people with
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    PRIZE-WINNING WIFE GETS POISON NOTES
    164 8 A POSTMAN'S wife has been winning SO many prizes for her cooking that people have started Sending her poison-pen letters telling her to stop. She won 11(3 prizes last year and has won 77 this year for cakes, sponges, pastries, pasties, and bottled fruit. Her
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    IF I HAD MY TIME AGAIN-Priestley
    283 8 IF I HAD MY TIME AGAIN- Priestley (jIXACTLI 11 yean ago young man saw his first article m print. It was m B London comic weekly Its title: "Secret! of a ragtime kirm." lie received a uuiiica for it Tin- voutu' man wan .1 iv Priestley lie recalled the story
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    Child 'towed' by a car
    78 8 Village children at Bursledon, m Hampshire, gaily helped to I push a stalled car along the I rough, rough road. One of them, four-year-old Marie Chadwick, was so small that her fingers caught m the bumper as the engine started and the car jerked away.
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    intruder gave her black eye
    52 8 Mrs. Patricia Vincent. 20. tackled a burglar m her prefab home m Gosterwood-street, Dcptford, London. The man ran off. leaving Mrs. Vincent with a black eye. Now she carries a police whistle m case another burglar calls. "I j don't want two black eves." she
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    UP THE SCALE LED TO TROUBLE
    166 9 1. na down the scale up I and down the scale and up own again went Miss rothv Baylis.s on her new Next door architect Mr. i Morley-Park listened 1 filled m red marks on a oi squared paper. When stopped he made a
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    Sir Harry will shout if that steak is badly cooked
    298 9 Sir Harry will shout if that steak is badly cooked 1)11 a badly cooked steak m front of Sir Harry 1 Brit tain and the whole restaurant will soon know about it. He will stand up. He will shout: "This is appalling." He will refuse to pay. And he want.s
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    £3 BILL FOR MATCHES AT DINNER
    104 9 £3 BILL FOR MATCHES AT DINNER T^HE bill for the dinner Manchester Corporation gave to the American Ambassador last year was £368 including £3 2s. 6d. for books of matches. Mr. Sam Bloor. one of the city's two auditors elected by ratepayers, revealed this. Wines cost €117 and cigars and
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    No, thanks
    29 9 The villagers of Castlcton Derbyshire, have refused the gift of a stream which runs through it because it would cost, £10 a year to keep it clean
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    MAN OF 87 PASSES HIS DRIVING TEST
    249 9 AT the age of 87, Mr Peter Brown Grant, hftj passed hLs first driving test m 40 year.s of motoring, And he. i na.s won bark the licence he uses only for holiday drives The driving test was ordered by Carlisle magistrates after
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    FATHER TAKES GIRL, 17, HOME FROM GRETNA
    316 9 FATHER TAKES GIRL, 17, HOME FROM GRETNA IN v (iretna hotel where runaway couples wait to marry were three young girls. It was to have been the wedding day for 17-year-old Marlene Haddon. of Nuneaton. who had run away some weeks before. She was dressed m her grey suit. Her
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    98 Ib. wife blown over cliff by gale
    294 9 98 Ib. wife blown over cliff by gale A GALE hurled a slim, sevenstone woman over a 70ft cliff at Brighton. She hurt her leg. Then, as she sat rubbing it, the sea .swept her out to her death Pretty, 30-year-old Mrs. Nydia Dorothy Shaddick had been .shopping. She decided
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    Gilt telephone
    27 9 A tfilt telephone i; to be installed at the Tower ol London on September 23. it win be the two-millionth m the London lelepnone legion.
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    Sweater girls step out
    68 9 ABOVE: Easy on the eye sports outfits are featured m the autumn knitwear styles shown by Pringle cf Scotland at Savile Row, London. On left Elizabeth Hamilton wears a Botany sports sweater and Molly Smith models a snug coat. Both sweaters are worn with tartan slacks.
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    Hat Tricks again
    382 10  - Hat Tricks again JAMES BARTLETT lyEix, fancy Mr. Bevan T? coming back from the Far East with an outsize hat. Whal B wonderful trade mark foj a man! Just like Kier Hardies clol h cap that out raged all the top-hatted Tories when he wore it m Parliament as the
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    Germans get an Old School Tie
    800 10  -  MARY HEWAT by tin's wil unuthvr JiO Uvrtnuns atari***! gg oo# ivrna m ttriiiun'—at thy /mbtiers' MpMMi Thi'M ur*> yuvsis oi in** i owiffiM OUSiw m un vduvgiiionui experiment Hint w+mtn £3OAMH) a if*'**'- rpiiK retired farmer put A the question m the bar
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    Putting the lid on it
    65 10 \i- VER [lencing motorists <** die new F'ari.s Prefect of Police is starting on dustmen. a new by-law has come into tone forbidding thorn to bamr rubbish bins m their early morning collections. Thi.s will be the real test If the new Prefect of Police
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    'Bluey' goes to the U.S.
    205 10 'Bluey goes to the U.S. AM old-fashioned swap of Australian cattle dogs for Texas cattle may radically alter the traditional pattern of country life m both the United States and Northern Australia. The U.S. has no cattleworking dogs so a Sydney man sent a good working dog and a *****
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    GOODBYE TO THE SASSENACHS... As the Giles Family takes the high road out of Scotland
    35 11 uooqpve. ana don t form-next holiday you brin X the Coronation Stone and we'll get you a couple o\ salmon.'
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    Window on the World
    434 11 Window on the World |>HITALVS Rhine Army is developing a technique for dispersal of troops and equipment m the event of an atomic attack. Rhine Army has been told that future wars '11 be won by the side which can most effec- |y disperse its forces against air and pro-
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    Chiang's son worries U.S.
    261 11 RECENT months Chiang Cheng-Kuo, 11 ot Chiang Kai-shek »as introduced an anti- Wgious policy m FORMOSA. He has banned "< military from taking l! In religioua services. rbidden religious In--1!1('tion m the schools even ordered re- to be taken ••"i.st people going to anti-religioua blaa ol
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    By the Way
    226 11  -  BEACHCOMBER EVIDENTLY C. Sim t. Esq.,, has not forgotten Mimsie Slopcorner. Yesterday she received this, letter:— you could manage to meet me tomorrow at 6.30 at the Almanza Snackery m Cleft-street, I thought we might have a sandwich and a cup of coffee before going on to
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    Saris, too, have a 'new look'
    806 12  -  EUGENE LEVIN reports from New Delhi I>ARIS, New York or Rome.* Fashion capitals of the world? India's iiautes couturieres will never admit it, and India's ladies o! fashion are ready to back them up. There's no "tall season" or "winter season' here. There's no
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    ARTIE'S HEADLINE
    17 12 Don't you (hiftk you're just a v.-cc bit too early I, with your stocking. darling >"
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    Bridge Hand
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      278 12 I IHb wßm hh I |to i ■Bf" CUES ACROSS 4 A thararterlhtlc of all Wren J Clearing the reputation of a c churches? (6). lauiulrv worker, maybe? (5-7) 2 8 c a RfK)d blow? <"3-4). 8 The last of seven youthful fi Could this he a vessel ln loco
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    Crime 'Comics' Must be Banned
    739 13 BOOK PAGE sailors <m 7«o »»r,,\ but vhilth-4'i, ,4'ad 1 1,,.,.! Says a Special Correspondent A BOY. hangs himself m his bedroom while 'experi- < ntinf." 11-year-oltl schoolboy aci i ot cochinf an elderly nan is said to have noted his diary how easy it
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    'Lucy' beats the lot....
    262 13 'Lucy' beats the lot.... > ALL records for vie- *o?/s brutality and criminal cunning are broken by the "comic" strip (how comic?) concerning Luc y an v innocent-looking little i girl with long blonde hair and a pretty face, who is first seen being <> brutally attacked by > licr
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    Aga Khan: 'hundreds are richer'
    369 13  - Aga Khan: 'hundreds are richer George Malcolm Thomson fja;sfua The Memoirs of the Aga Khan, Cassell. HTHE Aga Khan bridges 1 m his recollection the gulf between two eras, just as he bridges m outlook the gulf between two worlds. He remembers, with the vivid memories of one who was
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      11 13 PCCKET CARTOON OSBERT LANCASTER l) 11 11' 1 >»" f>ro«air your fcomf.'"
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    CHARITY BOXING SHOW
    197 14 AN inter-club boxing tournament 1 is being staged by five Boys' Clubs from Johore and Singapore to raise money for the Johore Red Cioss to be held at the Hokkien AsSOCiation, Johore Bahru, at 8 p.m. I (.morrow. Twenty-eight boxers will take par 1 m this n
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    PHILLIES BEAT PIRATES TWICE
    75 14 Hi-' Philadelphia Phillies brut the Plttaburg Pirates twi<e yesterday fot (Our uins m 22 hours winning ;> suspended |amt on August 16 with ;t run In !ho ninth 7-8' .•■id then tiikitiK the regulation game 4-2 on b thret-run homer m 1 lie first Inning l>y
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    DIVING TO FAME
    863 14  - DIVING TO FAME Major Sammy Lee Sports Profile features champion Singapore fans will see m action... MONDAY i a big day for Singapore diving enthusiast s >lympic champion Major S&mn&y Lee wl\] mw an exhibit ion at t he Chinese Swimming Club 1)001, commencing at r>.'A() p.m. This i xhibil
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    BANKERS WERE BEST
    547 15  -  ARGOS THE LAST WORD— by *-but favourites force replay (»ar(«rt'ti Bunk 1. MORAL victory A for the underdogs. Oriental Telephone and I lectric Company, favourites to win this Business Houses League and Cup final, were lucky to pull through with honours shared last night at I Jan
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    Mills v. Camera
    117 15 4 s SOON as Freddie Mills, former light-heavyweight champion of the world, heard that ex-heavy-weight champion Primo (Ambling; -Alp) Camera was m London making: a film, he rushed round to take a swipe at him. One of the tamest fighters of the ring. Fearless Freddie right i
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    MALAY TENNIS TOURNAMENT
    85 15 Entries are now open for the Singapore Malays Open Tennis Championship* which .-tart on Saturday, Oct. 23. The events are Open Singles. Open Doubles. Veteran Singles. Veteran Doubles and Junior Singles. Entrance fee for each event is $5 and for Junior Singles is $3. Entrance must be
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    Saints' threes failed to make use of the ball
    523 15 Saints threes failed to make use of the ball VICTORIA SCHOOL TRIUMPH By A Special Correspondent St. Andrew's School 6; Young Malayans 6. IT LOOKS as it the Saints are m for another profit- able year m schools rugger. With live newcomers for tiieir first fixture of the season yesterday
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    LAST WIN
    19 15 The Soviet Union won the final tournament m the world chess team championships m Amsterdam last night.
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    SBA junior ties for week-end
    155 15 SB A junior ties for week-end Singapore Badminton Association's j junior tournament lies for the week-end. SATURDAY AT 7.15 IVM. Court No. 3: MayflovuT BP. V Eclipse BP. OfTicial: Ang Yew Kum: Umpires: An# Ann Benj; Ahmad h Taib. Court No. 4: Mower B.P. v Useful B.P. Official: Chew Kirn
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    SINO-MALAYS v. S'PORE SERVICES
    77 15 SI NO-MALAYS v. S'PORE SERVICES Bino-Malays team to raeel Combined Service! In a chanty match In aid of B.A.T.A. at Jalan Besar Btadium on Sunday Qigbi will be picked from the following 21 players: Chee Beng, Osman Angullia, Johan, Teow Keng, Chong Kum, j Hassan, Kin Went?, Kok Seng, Heel
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    COLONY BID FOR KEENAN
    236 16 COLONY BID FOR KEENAN Free Tress Boxing Reporter DETEK ki m may hv coming t<> Singapore, i < finv Scot, who recently won back his British bantamweight title from Ireland's John Kelly, will be approached soon by Singapore promoter. a move to match the British champion with Australian title holder
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    U.K. SOCCER RESULTS
    94 16 Yesterday's matches. ENGLISS LEAGUE DIV. 3 (S) Brentford (■illingham 0, Colchester i, Norwich City 0. DEVISED Scottish football pro- I gramme for tomorrow: SCOTTISH LEAGUE Cl'P QUARTERFINALS Airdrie V Ayr United Fast Fife v .Morton Hearts v St. Johnstone Rangers v Motherwell SCOTTISH LEAGUE DIV A Aberdeen
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    RETAINS TITLE
    31 16 Gerhard Heriit of Germany retained his European lightheavy weight boxing title m Hamburg last night when he beal Wim Snoek, the Dutch champion on points over 15 rounds. Reuter
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    U.K. RUGBY
    48 16 RUGBY LEAGUE: Lancashire Cup 2nd round; Barrow 3ti Widnes 0. Yorkshire c up !nd round: Bramley 11 Halifax 22; Hull 22 Huddersfleld 13 (replay) RUGBY UNION: Bridgewater Albion G Weston i Super Mare 8; Glow ester 5 C'hc'iicnh.iin A; Nev ,)ort i 1 Penarth (J.- Reuter
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    TRAINING STARTS AFTER COLOMBO
    82 16 The mcc cricket team was sailIng through the siu-/. Canal yesterday and Len Hutton said he was arranging for the team to i)( "'"i lighi training after they lea\ e Colombo on the lasi leg to Australia But training for the team choi en to play
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    CLEARY WINS WORLD TITLE
    60 16 POM clear Y. of Australia, A yesterday won the world imateur billiards championship m Sydney when he beat Cndian champion Wilson Jones 3y 2,925 points to 2,772. Cleary won all of his four natche.s played m the tournament. Others taking part were Prank Edwards (Britain. T.
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    Saved at goalmouth
    56 16 This action picture shows the Ceylon Sports Club goalkeeper (right! kicking clear as 0. Roz.irio icentrel attempts to get his stick to the ball for Police. This friendly hockey match was drawn at Balestier Road yesterday, the score being one-all. Roiario scored for Police and Fernandez for
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    Thais beaten in doubles
    114 16 ITHE Thailand pair Deric Khajadbhye and Pinet Pattapongsa were easily defeated by India's top combination Nandu Natekar and Ravindra Dongre, m the men's doubles final of the Cricket Club of India badminton jhampionships m Bombay last night. The Indian partnership won 15— d, 15—9. The Thai
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    BUDGE PATTY IN THE FINAL
    76 16 [JUDGE Patty of the United States teamed yesterday with veteran French tennis player Joan Born-: to beat Robert Haillet and Henri Pellizza of France, 2 6, 6-2 6-n the semifinals of tiie Poree Cup tournament In Pails. m the final they will meet Henri Oochet,
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    TROPHY TENNIS
    54 16 I he annual tennis match, for the Emily Cup donated by Da to C J Paglar, between the Alumni Association of Kinir Edward Ihe Seventh S?iSH 2 f^l dlc fl ftnd Singapore Stamford Club Will he played at Dr Chan Ah Row's courts at MountI);1 u>n H<i:i(l m
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    Latiff down GHQ for first points
    313 16 Free Press Hockey Reporter Latiff Wanderers 3; G.H.Q 2. IMPROVED m their forward combination, Latifl j Wanderers registered their first Singapore Hockey Association Div. 1 league victory this season when they beat GHQ FARLEF on the Tanglin ground yesterday It was a hard fought
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    Lester Piggott is able to race again
    144 16 Lester Piggott is able to race again STEWARDS ot the Jockey Club have decided to allow 18 year old jockey Le ter Piggotl io make forma] application for b licence to ride again und< r Ji ckey club rule; Piggotl h id in', licence withdrav n last June aftei n
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      293 16 CLASSIFIED ADS. BIRTH 20 Words $6 (minimum). Cameron: On 22nd September to Betty and Hamish at Alor star a daughter. MARRIAGE 20 Wordt i>h (minimum). CROOKS-SEGERDAI On 17.9.54 nt Garrison Church. Tanglin, Lo'^.m John Crooks of Elaeis Estate, Kluang, Johore, to Bridget Anne Patricia Segerdal of Ilford, Essex. DEATH 20
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