The Singapore Free Press, 15 November 1954

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    Masthead
    20 1 The Singapore Free Press I irgeit Afternoon Sale m Malaya. i lildft. Singapore, Mon., Nov. 15, 1954. Price 15 ts
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    MODERN HOMES
    149 1 il-iMge supplement packed with hints— and it's FREE HOI'SINO is one of the major problems m the jives of the citizens of Singapore, as it is m so many other parts of the world T,, own a modern home, or at least to live n o ne, is
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    IT'S VERY DANGEROUS, WARNS MacDONALD
    142 1 IT'S VERY DANGEROUS, WARNS MacDONALD rrili: situation m South-East 1 Asia was "very dan?rous," the United Kingdom mmissioner General m South-East Asia, Mr. Malcolm Mac Donald warned last night arrival m Darwin. Mr. Mac Donald said that as Australia was vitally interested South-East Asia, the Cominist threat was a threat
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    HURT IN BRAWL
    22 1 HU RT IN BRAWL (amen were m injured 1 I at Pulau Bukom on '.v night. The marine 1 detained a man.
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    Catholic purge
    20 1 of Roman Catholics public posts has begun a, Buenos Aires, a Argentine religiotu where worahipwith police over Reuter
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    Algerian flare-up
    16 1 sources reported at WHed m North Africa 21 m Tunisia and teria. A. P.
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    Ex-beauty queen leaps to death
    105 1 Ex-beauty queen leaps to death AONE-time college beauty queen, the daughter-in-law of a Waldorf Astoria Hotel executive, plunged seven floors to her death from the hotel on Saturday night. Mrs. Carole Ready, 26, had been under treatment at a New York hospital for a nervous breakdown following the birth of
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    Gang man shot
    46 1 Cologne police yesterday shot and killed a 23-year-old man trying to escape m a stolon car. Police said they believed he was 8 member of a gang of tommy-gun bandits which has been terrorising Rhineland motorists for the past two weeks. A. P.
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    FALL IN WORLD RICE OUTPUT FORECAST
    123 1 AN overall 2 per cent decrease m world rice production I Was predicted m Washington yesterday for the 1954-55 season Considerably smaller crops m India. Pakistan, and Thai land are expected to reduce the world output to 202,300, million pound.s. The world crop for
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    Colonel sent for trial
    64 1 Lieut-Col T-. f. Morling, chief probation Officer, Federation Ol Malaya, v.a.s today sent, for trial m the Kuala Lumpur High Court by Mr. B, V. Rhodes. Pr< i sident of the Nyuioni court, on B charge of improper relations with a 15- year-old boy. MoriinK. aged
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    DEATH BLAZE PIT IS SEALED
    368 1 15 still trapped MULTI-MILLION-DOLLAR coal mine, considered one of the safest and most modern m West Virginia, became a flaming tomb for 15 trapped miners yesterday after officials decided to abandon rescue efforts and seal it off. An outside worker also was killed m the
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    TRADE MISSION BACK
    44 1 Members Of the Australian Trade Mission returned to Singapore yesterday after a visit to the Federation. Some will leave for Bangkok tomorrow, others on Wednesday. Later they will visit Rangoon and will return to Singapore on their way home to Australia.
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    New Zealand poll
    35 1 Virtually final returns showed that New Zealand voters kcp 1 Prime Minister Sydney G. Holland's National Party m power m Saturday's parliamentary elections. But the Nationals lo.st seven Labour posts. A. P.
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    2 U.K. SHIPS SEIZED
    87 1 CHINESE Nationalist warships intercepted two British ships, the InchwelLs (1,896, tons) and the Incharran (3,539. tons i off the Chinese mainland! yesterday, the New China (Communist) News Agency i said. It said the Inchwells, a veteran of many incidents m the i Chinese Nationalist blockade of
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    Naval base men want reply today
    101 1 Naval base men want reply today THE Singapore Naval Base labour union will ask the dockyard authorities today for a definite decision on higher |v*y for firemen and reinstatement of discnarged electrical workers. Mr. S. Woodhull, the union secretary, said the workers did not want the negotiations to be prolonged.
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    Man in 1902 car killed in 'Old Cracks' race
    394 2 Man in 190 2 car killed in 'Old Cracks' race riMii m k( lalaj Ulenl 1 .11 %e;tis mirred Mm a null London Ui Brifhton in. ui 1 .41 rail] jresterda) v\iien .1 pasM ngeff riding la 190 Old < ro< k wan killed m |he 1 iasM« onteat, made
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    ARMS FOR GERMANY AGREEMENT OPPOSED
    254 2 ARMS FOR GERMANY AGREEMENT OPPOSED THE Popular Republican (Catholic) party, chief supporter In France oi the defunct European army .scheme, decided la.st night to recommend that Its 87 deputies m the National Assembly .should not vote for ratification ol the Paris agreements making West, Germany a partner m western defence.
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    U.S. BASE IN SPAIN
    45 2 \i i Charle 'i <•< i 1 1 1 d :;t,iir; Se< rj ol th< n.i vy. b■ t Ived m Madrid t< rday i 1 I und< i tood hi study plan foi v i naval b I adlz Reu ter
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    Korean-Jap ties reach new low
    258 2 Kor ean-Jap ties reach new low THEY ARE ALLIES OF U.S. 8UT.... Rl rs between Japan an I South Korea bitter Llthough Ui v are two i America's main alii* s in the Far Ei are at low ebb. Soui h Korea has shown no desire to .settle its long-time
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    'I'M NOT FIT FOR POST,' HE SAYS
    70 2 Mr. Hasan Suhrawardy, leader of the Pakistan United Front Party, said m London yesterday he would need further psychological education before he considered himself as a possible addition to the present rulers of Pakistan. He was referring to reports that he might be
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    TOKYO SHIPBUILDERS FACE BIG DROP IN OUTPUT
    148 2 JAPAN'S shipbuilding industry today faces a serious crisis. Only six of nor 57 construction docks arc now working. Shipbuilding company officials say that although Japan can build 600,000 tons of shipping a year, it is estimated that only 400.000 tons will be built.
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    QUEEN MOTHER WORE PINK
    50 2 The Queen Moth< r wore pink to church m Ottawa ter day N( arly 600 pi opl< thn treei iit c Christ Chun h ithi dral to n v. .1 hei Ri t j app r m other i n hi favi iriti blui U. P.
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    Row over horse ends in killing
    44 2 POLICE at Bordeaux said farmer Daniel Jollct .showed no remorse yesterday after killing neighbour Gabriel Poitevin m an argument over a horse. Friends .said Poitevin bit oil Jollet's finger In their last row, about a year ago. A.P
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    'ARCHBISHOP EXECUTED'
    32 2 'AR CHBISHOP EXECU TED an unconfirmed lthen< report Piald restordaj th it li b x htahop Chriatophoroa k. ol th. Greek Orthodox M 1'" Ul executed llbanla aftei icveraJ v< v A.P.
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    LANDLORDS TO FIGHT NEHRU ON LAND PLAN
    183 2 LANDLORDS TO FIGHT NEHRU ON LAND PLAN rriiF FUTURE o! India's economy may be decided m the mounting struggle between private property Interests and the Nehru Government. The Government says its entire domestic economic plan U at stake. It wants the unlimited right to determine, with parliamentary approval how much
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    Rare Hiving fossil fish9 caught
    66 2 Rare Hiving fossil fish 9 caught a COELACANTH ua s i\ captured alive In the Comoro archipelago, oft Madagascar, the French prc^s agency has reported from Antananarivo, the Madagascar! capital. Several specimens ol this primitive "fish" conSidered n important link m the evolution of mam- mals, have been caught previously,
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    'FBI men are worrying my husband'—wife
    117 2 'FBI men are worrying my husband'— wife MRS. Helen Sobell of New York, said yesterday the FBI had been trying to get her husband, Morton, to change his testimony m the Rosenberg atom spy case and say that Julius and Ethel Rosenberg were guilty. Mrs. Sobell said FBI agents had
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    4 a.m. CAR BANDITS MURDER ENVOY
    184 3 rr,!END is lie*.- POLICE mi l- 1 1 ED assailShot and killed press Attache, Mr. lo Orantes, at the ■iiutlaii Embassy m i city as he was home at about Lin yi sterday. i m the oar was a Mr. Juan Mlron, Guatemala's antinunist
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    Violin masters to play the same concerto
    138 3 Violin masters to play the same concerto riv.vo noted violinists will 1 play the .same work m London shortly, Critics are playing a musical parlour game Who is the greatest living violinist?" Jascha Heifetz, of the United ates. scheduled to play :".aik-)v.<ky"s violin concerto iext Sunday. David Oistrakh, ssia Is
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    8 flee from Israel
    32 3 1 Israeli Army and l »an Jewa including a girl crossed the Syrianborder and surrendered ■■>■■ authorities. They r ?m Urael becau.se of Ivlng condlUons and itment. 1 A.P.
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    BUT McCARTHY SAYS 'NO' TO PUBLIC KISS
    141 3 picture. SENATOR Joseph R. McCarthy refused yesterday to kiss his pretty wife Jean m public-even though it was his 11 29 th birthday. The McCarthys were asked to pose for a birthday picture at the national airport on their return from Milwaukee. They
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    NEW ATOM-SMASHER TO AID MEDICAL RESEARCH
    131 3 STANFORD University scientists m California, now moving into their new $200,000 microwave laboratory, are preparing to build still another atomsmasher, to be known as the Mark IV. Laboratory Director Edward L. Ginzton said the new atomsmasher, scientifically known as an election linear accelerator, will
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    This may be de Mille's last
    87 3 A MERICAN producer Mr. l\ Cecil B. de Mille, who is m Egypt to produce "The Ten Commandments," said m Cairo yesterday that the film might be his last production. "To mo," he said, "The Ten Commandments" is, more than anything el.se, a way
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    'Dancing couws' mystery solved
    116 3 'Da ncing couws mystery solved ol the dancing the north Wales Henrhyd wa-s terday the COWI have boon kinds ol capers 1 to pa.sturr. Somo 11 villagers ovon i v«npo«MNdby ovii spirits. Back In the bam for milking, tlic animals bccamr perfectly not ma 1. Bill Trevor's curiosity led him
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    Body is snatched from Eden tomb
    154 3 OUSHYFORD, (County Durham), police announced lx last night that they had served summonses on a man and a teenage boy for taking away the body of a nine year- old boy from the family tomb of Sir Anthony Eden, Britain's Foreign Secretary, near Rushyford.
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    3,500 drown in U.S. each year
    122 3 3,500 drown in U.S. each year DESPITE repeated warning*, American dn >wn themselves at the rate ol 3.500 a year, according to Miss Helen Becker of the University of Nebraska. Mi\s Becker, health socialist, gives these rules for -safe swimming; Never swim alone. Wait bt least an hour alter eating
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    Bridge to Peking
    36 3 A 984-foot bridge across the Han River m Central China has been completed as part of a giant project to span the Yangtse River and link the Peking-Hankow and the Han-kow-Canton railways. Reuter
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    The Singapore Free Press MONDAY Nov. 15, 1954. Opinion THE TRADE DRIVE
    400 4 The Singapore Free Press MONDAY Nov. 15, 1954. Opinion THE TRADE DRIVE Bigns are not wanting that Industrialisation In Singapore i.s gathering momentum, m two years some 10,000 workers have found jobs m new Colony industries and many factories have been built. But, as the Deputy Director of < Commerce
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    ARE F.P. CLINICS POPULAR ?
    200 4 ARE F.P. CLINICS POPULAR How anyone can maintain that birth control clinics are popular when the average bi-weekly attendance is probably not more than six per day at a clinic is beyond me? m i<)f>:j the total attendances at the nine F.P.A. clinics wore 5,548. Presuming that these clinics are
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    NO INSTRUCTION NEEDED
    114 4 I AST Tuesday the ViceJ Chairman of the Family Planning Association asked for views from the Man-in-the-Street. As one Man-in-the-Street, a clerk, I .say that there i.s no cour.se of instruction required for any man and woman if he or .she desires to limit his family. There
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    They were 'shocked'
    109 4 Chocked ii the mildest y word to describe the genera] reaction among my n lendi to the newi that In l" f( of the fart that the i-irl [or V horn an urgent call for Wood donors WM madr -a;i> already dead the Blood Transruslon Benrice continued
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    If you have a licence you're qualified
    176 4 If you have a licence you're qualified A PAGE OF LETTERS FROM FREE PRESS READERS OBVIOUSLY Owner Driver is misled into the idea that '■qualified* drivers" are professional instructors attached to driving schools and who charge fees to the tune Of $200. If only Owner Driver would ask our Traffic
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    'Come down from clouds'
    141 4 VI r HY can't our radio autho- f rities step down from the i clouds a bit and try to orga- nkse programmes on a level more likely to be appreciated by the man m the street. After a weary day at the office, one doesn't
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    PRISON IS HOME FOR IDLE RICH
    79 4 A FASHIONABLE resid ent'e lor millionaire today is Mexico City's l ederai Penitentiary. In the last few v\e«ks no fewer than three millionaires have taken up residence there all charged with murder and robbery. With these three youn;' millionaires as new re sidcnts plus
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    SUPERMAN MUST HAVE BEEN ON THE JOB
    123 4 SUPERMAN MUST HA VE BEEN ON THE JOB A NEWS story tells us that the Chinese Reds are now constructing "Super-Dykes."' Let us hope they will be better cared for than the earlier dykes whose neglect alter the Red conquest of the country resulted last summer m the worse floods
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    $500,000 RURAL HEALTH 'COLLEGE'
    130 5 $500,000 RURAL HEALTH 'COLLEGE' fA ral mid wives, verseers, dispen■,,nt health nurund( rgo training at dah, under the Federailth development a] hi ai tii training n set up by the th Organisation <\n^\ n itlons Interaa:*Hi*s Emergency )een built at a. cost of and provides facilities ■nal and child health
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    All-day talks on plea to Sir Donald
    79 5 KUALA LUMPUR, Mon. THF ALL-MALAYA Chinese A Schools Management Asion yesterday resolved to the establishment of ational type classes m vernacular schools. s was recommended In ducat ion report adopted the Federal Legislative ninnl last month, association, at a conrence held here yesterday,
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    THE MAN WITH THREE WATCHES
    50 5 'ORE BAHRU, Mon.— Tay 3 n who arrived at the W in a bus from Sinwas found wearing a wrist watch. When Cusmen searched him two -v watches were found. 1111 Magistrate's Court a? he was fined $60 and cnes were confiscated. Payable was $8.65
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    AND THIS IS WHAT THEY'RE WATCHING
    21 5 Paratroop landing demonstrations on Sembawang airfield watched by the Burmese military party. pictures. Free Press
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    MILK OFFENCES
    48 5 JOHORE BARU, Mon. Mukiah, who adulterated fresh milk by the addition of 29 per rent water, was fined $150 m the Magistrate's Court yesterday, m default two months' imprisonment. He was also fined $40 for not having a licence to sell milk, or three weeks' jail.
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    HE IS SO POPULAR THEY CHANGE VENUE OF TALK
    87 5 Lin Yutang, chancellor the Niinyang Unlver--1 proved such an atJ '>r Singapore wo- 'lio original venue talk on "Dress ls 6" has been chaiigv Tf r accommodation. ftngapore Chinese had planned that tomorrow's talk would be given at the Singapore Chinese
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    BURMESE STUDY ANTI-RED WAR
    75 5 pOLONEL Ilia Aung, comVy ntandant of Burma's Army staff College (second from left) and Squadron Leader H. T. Francis, K.A.F., watch British paratroopers m action at Sembawans airfield. Around them are other Burmese military officers who form a party of 21 now on a fortnight's tour
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    One law for collection of duty on petrol tobacco, drinks
    309 5 r FHE Singapore Government wants to amend and 1 consolidate the law on the collection of duties on j tobacco, petroleum and Intoxicating liquors. The Bill, which will put all three commodities on a common footing, is to be introduced
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    COMMEMORATION FUND WINNERS
    126 5 Prizewinners of the Singapore Chamber of Commerce City Commemoration Prize Fund for 1954 are: Higher Stage) English (1). Lee Ah Kit. $200; (2», X P. Thomas, $100. Accountancy <I», Arjan Kumar, $200; (2). Poon Wciiij Cheontf. $100. Company Law (It. Chun Bak Chai, $200. Secretarial Practice (1).
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    $100,000 appeal
    34 5 $1 00,000 appeal KUALA LUMPUR, Mon. Mrs. B. H. Oon. a Legislative Councillor, last night broadcast an appeal for funds! for Penang'.s St. Nicholas Home for the Blind. The home needs $100,000 next year
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    BISHOP VISITS COLONY
    57 5 Bishop John Sandegren, (above) he id of the Lutheren Churches m South India, is m Singapore on a short visit. lie will also visit the Federation and Indonesia. Bishop Sandegren said Malayan clergymen would, be invited to Tranquebar where the 250 th anniversary of the Mission would
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      210 6 MANDRAKE by Lee Falle and Phil Davis TARZAN by Edgar Rice Burroughs \T^l/I CUKOSiTY PIP NOT ERASE BtTT TWE CREATURE GENTW EXTENPEP AM V" V '..ugglfl^^_ ci^iio CAUTIOKJ.MO^VE'v^R.ANP T^E AR^ TARZAN V\'!L;iKI&lY-- VL \i r \^>^ 1 APE-MAN WAS KEAL7V P^O<?. FCU? THIS WAS A PRiV.T.VE GESTuKb *^V^^. SJW r'"-"
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      673 6 YOUR LUCKY i STAR |M>H\ toduN. ii»f tttm aav( SjIVM you coiiMd« nil. genius. \>i, along, with an ih.u is an indication ihul O u Ui need lo be on tlu- offensive iints; „i >O ur life, to battle i. your ideas and win favourable decisions. It is fortunate lint
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    BRITISH PLAN TO AID DNGINEERS FROM MALAYA
    149 7 BRITISH PLAN TO AID DNGINEERS FRO M MALAYA ENGINEERING graduates can apply to the Singapore Government for scholarships to study m In given by the Federation ol British industries. The scheme lfl to give practical training to engineers In industrial and other engineer- Ing firms m Britain. it win also
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    14 schools freed of income tax
    73 7 14 schools freed of income tax I*ol R T FEN schools are among 79 Singa- pore institutions which have been exempted from income tax. Five are Chinese i schools. The exemption list m- I <!udes :\2 funds, mostly for school buildings. The Nanyang Univer- it, limited is also ex- empted.
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    Put them on a roll, say medical men
    122 7 KUALA LUMPUR, Mon. THE Federation of Government Medical Services Union is to ask the Government to register all hospital assistants who are grade one officers and above as pharmacists. The general council of the union which met here yesterday, said they deplored
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    Girl: The two men I saw
    102 7 Girl: The two men I saw SEGAMAT, Mon.— An eight-year-old Malay girl told the it Circuit Magistrate that she woke up one night to se( two men, one of them holding her sister-in-law, Diomon. by the hand. The girl, Fatima, added that the men fled when Diomon beat a drum
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    Happy returns
    15 7 SEGAMAT. Mon.— The Hwa ioa Chinese School here las held its anniversary celebrations.
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    The stork's 5,000 calls
    78 7 A I I'MPUR. Mon.— Tht ese Maternity Associahospital m Pudu Road proving so popular that extensions are required, said F Brewer, the retiring Went, at the annual eting here yesterday, hospital handled more n 5,500 maternity cases m r953, compared with 5,100 the previous year. There
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    Payments for chronic TB patients on increase
    174 7 CHRONIC TB patients needing relief are increasing m Johore Bahru, the case committee of the Johore Bahru, District Association for the Prevention of TB reports. Miss K. Daly, the State Almoner, says that relief pay- ments keep on rising every I month. In
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    $52,000 for SATA
    14 7 The appeal week for SATA's "South Winds" settlement fund realised $52,180.
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    AUGUST PITMANS' EXAM PASSES
    376 7 OUCI ESSFUL candidates from .V.M.A. S<hool of cc m tVie August Pit- xamlnation arc: (I irst Class) Lrong Thaw Kirn Sow 'Victoria), m, Chla Lai Sang, '<<• Ire Yue Kuin, Salleh bin Daud Phua henf, Mangara "jisman Mohd Noor bin Bahat, ■'•n. Yap Kirn Hock. Jo
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    AIR DRIVE FOR VOTERS
    42 7 This R.A.F. plane (above) dropped 250,000 election leaflets over Johore over the week-end m a four-day campaign to enlist about 200,000 voters for next year's State and Federal elections. So far 167,000 electors have registered. Free Press picture.
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    Hard Times P
    344 8  -  PETER de CRUZ Report by VI ANY amusing costumes were seen when the members of the Singapore American Club held their annual Hard Times Party. Prizes were awarded for the funniest costume, the most original, and the fanciest. Mr. and Mrs. C. D. Palmer, who came dressed
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    NO rents, NO taxes in Vatican City
    523 10  - NO rents, NO taxes in Vatican City JOHN WREN rejjorts \\'Y DAY now a sleek black Cadillac wit h the number plate BCV 1 will pui r down from the hill-top village oi Caste] Gandolfo, along the „})();•<■■ oi Lake AlbuiiM 1 3 jiiiii s south-east, of It o m
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    Cloak and dagger brigade meet again
    104 10 Cloak and dagger brigade meet again lif EN and women who served w m the "cloak-and-dag-ger brigade" m enemy-occu-pied territory during the war danced at the Dorchester Ln London until three the other morning. They were attending a Liberation Bull, marking the tenth anniversary of the liberation of occupied countries.
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    No one dies in this everlasting' village
    110 10 •■rpiu. Village of Everlasting Life" is the name now given to 1 tin sirnii Appenine rlllage of Mlnmno de Zonca (neai m«ml<ih) whin-, because there has not been i burial foi over decade, the local Council Mas unanimously agreed t dismiss thf rommunlty'i
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    HE'S BETTER OFF IN GAOL –
    286 10 HE'S BETTER OFF IN GAOL i> .\t i3U MOW liui h. Mexico City court h ruled that he owes the Form ament i 41. "But I'm happy," he Id \U)\k h i a comfortable ccli, furni J radio arid book H attra< tive blonde American secretary visits him twice weekly,
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      29 10 s tvim ts IlllJrl.llllJw t\m^ yillhi v n I OF SINGAPORE JK^^^^AND MAtAyA 1954 ISSUE NOW READY jW^^^^^i^ iSw l^w%.' ijßßßjßßa^^y \\v\, x\ 'n. SBsir /M M/f 't/7 Mm/
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    Honeymoon
    231 11  -  AND so they uere married and went the Arizona desert for r honeymoon. Michael Wilding went too- for a holiday. Tru desert honeymoon was fun. It was the last fun Jean Simmons had for nearly two '■•■ars. Th( n came the Hollywood hell ol loneliness. She started makr "Anciroclcs
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    There was I— so lonely a wife
    551 11 There was I so lonely a wife HSftHß^M^Ml^^M^fall^jPa B»b. JF IL if *^JBM SjSj WASN'T a stylish i marriage. Not at. ail tin sort of thing a girl dreams about. The wedding Of Jean Simmons to Stewart (jimmy) Granger took place In a kauM In Tucgon, Arizona. |UBt before Christmas,
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    WRONG CUE
    76 11 JIORSE WU nccidcnta!ly Riven a birthday part) airectOl Andre do Toth on ii( tlywood movie set la:J week, !i Toth overheard star I( |||>l> Scott talking about birthday and decided to lJr Pri«e th c star with a I wty, after thc day* .shooting director presented the hed
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    Bridge Hand
    363 11 both side? vulnerable North-South 40 on score WEST EAST *K**lo t 4 JyJIH v> X 7 6 0 b 7 0 ><> a aahic r 2 MOITH A Q J 7 5 3 A 6 3 id TIN bidding North Kast South EaM Pan Pan i* P«« |Q
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    THERE'S NO ROOM FOR EVEN A GUEST!
    354 11  - THERE'S NO ROOM FOR EVEN A GUEST! Robert Allen CHARLES CHAPLIN owns a 20-room, M $480,000 mansion on the shores of Lake Geneva but here's the snag— by (CHARLES CHAPLIN has a problem. The man with a million friends cannot invite even one of them home lor a weekend. There
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    Don't throw the TYPEWRITER at your boss
    544 12  - Don' t throw the TYPEWRITER at your boss KAY MURRAY by —TRY X) I'XDERSTAND HIM |?VERY woman who has J worked for i tnalc bo ha at lome t ime or other fell he would like to poise her Underwood No i e1 Type •.vnf < r ov< r his
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    Schoolchildren fashion show in London
    90 12 jII'IITS for the tashion- conscious m'liooJ j^irl and hoy arc shown by Lilian Grasson and John Levitt, both aged I"), for the first National School .\^e Clothing Fail m London. Lilian wears a K<*d I'eathers" party frock, it's m a crinkle nylon voile with an
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      173 12 CLUM ACROSS 27 I.iko the JMh of Mirrh tnr 1 Btftltf and ttMtd? Not here Instance! <c» M irr for I I IS DOWN' B*s? uf'S?^ Hrouncl t Additional men inside Rounds ■ometimes dropiied hy 4, l ii Bhed m the d.irk day.s of an,, flowei i,i-. i kusterlt) (4)
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    Then call HELP!
    348 13 IF YOU ARE CUT OFF BY THE TIDE, CLIMB TO WHERE IT 15 DRY, AND... Bui floii I 4-ffiiiili lip inn far... UIRST tip to anyone cut otf by the tide is: Don't be shy. Yes. SHY! For it Ls .shyness or fear of looking a tool,
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    OH, IT'S SO GOOD FOR YOU
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    Lobster casserole —without lobster!
    299 13 Lobster casserole —without lobster! VMOST astonishing exI rience was the party wen In London recently to dignified Asian anu African women to educate 1 m m the arts of English i ntertaining. was a cookery demons'ation called "Entertaining Without Fuss." ["he visitors, who came om India, Malaya, China, Africa, sat
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    TWO AFTER-SWIM GAMES
    129 13 >tOW here arc two afteri swim games for y 0 Q, FOX AND GEESE. The "geese" 'any number) form I line holding each other's waists. The front goose liold.s the arms out sideways, while the fox tries to pet round to the back of the line to
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    SPARKLE GOES WITH A SWING
    343 13 SPARKLE GOES WITH A SWING Now get FIT the FUN way with Miss ZIPP, the Z-E-S-T girl rpODAY'S MISS ZIPP, x the girl you see on the left, is a picture of fitness, the FUN way. She has that it's-good-to-be-alive sparkle and that is why she^ was chosen to be
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      PROMOTER RAZAK ANSWERS CRITIC
      398 14 |7OUR a ]if 1 I mn ired m a tt< r pub ,f. i Preia on Nov. n Ei( i,y Sonny Chla r Urn X i were not itched again Mil uo Vamamoto, m d J > "-i j Vithool. 'A el] <• ason 1 i
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      S. AFRICAN BOXER IS 7 ft. TALL
      381 14 S. AFRICAN BOXER IS 7 ft. TALL LMGHT fans m South Africa believe that they have future world champion m 7 feet, 2 inch toll Ewart Potgieter, who has beaten three opponents In the same number jf minutes m his first three bouts m South Africa. Tho 21-year-old Vryheld. Natal,
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      Answers to Quiz
      37 14 ■i q i aa»i sj.hu') am dno ntno^L is) -)«>q jj.).)')s puunm .ioj £qdOJ£ 'fr) ■|V| ,yj -aji tyx>H >Rtl {00 i«.»q Ot|i» '(MOdvßurs) u »n m"<i ;i "o t;) !JM(OOUI 'A.ij^joq '^.Mq.j.iv <I >
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      Everyhorse at 9 stone
      243 14 Every horse at 9 stone attention of Tr< spasser: The entries for the coming Singapore Race Meeting have been published, and, a.s you Will rend, there are thirteen horses entered for the St. Leger handicap, and it looks like being an interesting race, always providing Jupiter Fluviius doesn't upset things.
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      Tickets out for SBA exhibition
      64 14 Tickets will bo on sale from today for the Singapore Badminton Association's international exhibitions at the Badminton Hall on Nov. 23 24 125 and 26. There will be .seats on tiered platform* at $10 each niyht while the gallery will CoBt $2. Tickets may be
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      UMPIRES MEETING
      21 14 The Singapore Hockey Association will hold their fourth umpires conference at !he Singapore Recreation Club v 8.30 p.m. today.
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      WORLD PROFESSIONAL TENNIS TOURNAMENT
      196 14 JOHN H Brennan, thi Melbourne bualm id M ■ho I dti 1 1 ting a currei profe tonal tennl tow ol Au i pj an :i|r la? .'i h mpion hip ii on thia rU next Fi bi vary, |{i '■mi. in ha ■bi dined permit
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      If you want to water-ski...
      39 14 \i\ PRIEND6 B1U) I have read a lot m the papera 111 a bout uaterski-ing m Singapore and we would like 'to join one <>t lll(1 clubs. (Sin you tell us how KIFN TYPKS'
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      Here's what to do
      229 14 Charles Bryee ißiwew Mm querj from these re*4ew! |xiisi\(> sport, and »tiybod) keen enough to follow it activelj must be prepared to 1 o out something from his pocket. This is not the Hist letter received from persons wishing to take up the sport, and m
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      SPORTS QUIZ
      112 14 (1) In what games are these expressions used: boss; bully; pyramid; love? (2) Name the men's singles badminton champion of Malaya and the man he beat for the title. (3) If invited to watch a game of pelota would you expect to see: (a) a ball same resembling
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      BRITISH RACING v. THE RINGER
      263 14  -  JOHN FARROW By r>RITAIN'3 horse racing bosses are launching a new drive against the "Ringer"— by following the example of the United States. Records, showing the markj ings of British-bred thoroughbreds on their first birthdays, arc 1 being completed by veterinary surgeons. That's a new
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      FIRST TEAM TO BEAT FIJIANS
      269 14 'THE First Battalion The I Welch Regiment, who had such an outstanding record to the Far East, have reached the I third round of the Home Command section of the Army Rugby Cup competition m Britain This team was the first to defeat the Fijians
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    At the winning post
    49 15 Ajit. rM4» by Hanley passes the Hinnin* post three length ahead of nearest rival Clever Bug (Jones) h( third race (Class 5, Div. I— 9f.) at Kuala Lumpur on Saturday. Third was Plnnrr (Hudson), Ajit paid $50 for a win and $19 for a nlace
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    Spot the winner
    84 15 This «as the closest race of the afternoon, and it came m the first rare iC lass 5. Div. 3 6f.). The first three horses galloped past the winning post almost m line. Half a length separated first and second, and a head between second and third.
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    U.K. FOOTBALL LEAGUE TABLES
    1053 15 pictures Mrs. K. Sfeap'l Rosalind, with jockey Manning astride, after winning Hate Seven (Class 5, Div. I—61 6 f from alluna Star and My Pearl. Free Press P W D L F A Pt Airdrle 8 5 3') 29 n n Bttuhouaemuli 944 1 n 15
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    INJURY FOILS TOP-JOCKEY BID
    253 15 I ice l'ress Course Correspondent LM>K ALMOST a mile jockey Athol Mulley rude with 1 ;i badly injured foot at Kuala Lumpur on Saturday, when Announcement. .Mulley's mount m Race Six a 11,I 1 mile rate hit the rails at the seventh furlong. Mulley's left toe
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    Late run by Snow Blaze
    163 15 fpwiCE beaten by short-head A margins at Penang, Snow Blaze scored a well-deserved win m the 4.30 when .she outsmarted a bright Class 4 Div. I field over 6f. Always m close touch of the leaders, Snow Blaze came through m the final furlong to
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    GLOUCESTER DRAW IN COUNTY RUGBY
    322 15 GLOUCESTER DRAW IN COUNTY RUGBY T^OUR County championship games topped the English Rugby Union programme on Saturday. Lancashire, runners up for the title last year scored a good away win against Durham by two penalty goals and one try to a try. The teams were level with a try each
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    FOREST DUKE SHOWS HIS FORM
    273 16 FOREST DUKE SHOWS HIS FORM Only 72 m 5f Leger I'ree PrttM Course Correspondent ONLY 12 stayers will contest the Singapore St. Leger over 1 j miles— the longest rate on the Malayan Turf— on Nov. 87, last day of the Singapore Turf Club November Meeting. Campus Belle, a last-start
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    FOOT X-RAY FOR MULLEY
    66 16 Jo< Xl v Alhol viulltv will have hi-, injured tool rayed m the SinKSMn (.eneral Hospital this, inoriiiiit; Hk loot is m i ;»sl it is r«;«r«d that In- has a l»iok«n tot following his tee idea t at Kuala Lumpur on Saturday. Mulle v will
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    Cotton's team wins 10-4
    36 16 HENRY < otton' 1 British Doll •••mi beat the Euiopean profe sionali by i" to four With one game halved m ;i two day tournament at the St. Cloud Country Club near Paris
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    EDDY CHOONG BEATS BROTHER
    55 16 JjiDDY Choong 'Malaya) the .ill England badminton champion, beat his brother David by 15 5, 15-8 m the men'.s singles final oj the Norwegian international championships at Oflo. Eddy and David partnered each other to win tne men's doubles final, defeating L. Jcnsen and B. Andesen
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    Russians shine in world shoot
    87 16 I>nssiA. which has been a sensation m many fields of -port this year, put on a standout performance m the First Day's Unofficial Marksmanship of the World Shoot Tournatnent at Venezuela. Soviet sharpshooters shot the top scoros m the English match small bore carbine 50
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    Ist DAY WEIGHTS FOR SINGAPORE
    583 16 TtfTIGHTS for Sat- TT m day. first day of the Singapore. Turf Club's November Meeting, arc: LASS I— DIV. 1 I Mill;. Cinema n 9.01 I tdelaide star 8.10 lUinius 8.07 Pulot Pnteh x.o<; Khor Mousa 8.06 Zatopak 8.05 i Pedometer s.oi Who Regrets x.o»
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    Crowd didn't approve this gift
    130 16 Crowd didn' t approve this gift SINGAPORE WOO hv match with St'lan^or on walkover at Kuala Lumpur yesterday. Final score Ul the semi-final was 5-4. Singapore won the right to challenge Penam for the trophy when Selangors Lim K< Fong was announced as "not prepared" to play hli singles match
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    DYNAMOS HELD 1-1
    47 16 DYN AMOS HELD 1-1 RUSSIAN soever champions Dynamo of Moscow failed for the first time to defeat a Western opponent when they drew 1-1 with a selection of Lausanne-Sports and Grass-hoppers-Zurich before 20,000 cheering fans at Lausanne on Saturday. Both goals came m the first half. U.P.
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    RESULTS
    126 16 RESULT S (Singapore "layers mentioned first). SINGLES: Wong Peng Soon beat Lim Koon Yam IS 11 IS <>: Wong Pent; Soon vv.cv Lim Kee Fong; Sadali beal Veoh Teck Chye 15—12, 15-5; Ong Poh Lim beat Lim Koon Yam 15—9, 15—4; Ong Poh Lim lost to Lim Kee Fon X
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    Humez wants Olson bout
    164 16 /^HARLES Humez, rugged new middleweight boxing champion of Europe, waited yesterday for a call that would give him a crack at the world title. After disposing of Italian Tiberlo Mitri m three rounds to win his European crown on Saturday night, the Frenchman now wants to
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    9-0 TO ENGLAND
    15 16 England defeated Germany 9-0 m an international badminton meet at Bonn. U.P.
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    TITLE TO PATTY
    34 16 Budge Patty defeated Orlando Sirola of Italy, 3-6, 6-3. 10-12 6-1, 7-5, Ln a gruelling two-hour tennis match yesterday to win the men's singles championship of the Geneva covered courts tournament.
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    FOOTBALL UPSET
    29 16 Washington rebounding Redkins virtually knocked the crippled Pittsbuii; Steelers out of title contention m r lie National Foo^bull Leimue with a 17-14 upset before I!).'JBS lans. U.P.
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    AUSTRIAN XI BEATEN
    18 16 Hungary's national soccer team defeated Austria 4 l before a sellout audience at Budapest. U.P.
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      27 16 The Malayan Way of Life 5 Hor ftavamtflti md .i p.,ticnt vendor •i typ.cil Malayan scene .is familiar <i"d rnd.t.on.il ai .1 good beer ycmsueirti o/ course
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