The Singapore Free Press, 17 November 1954

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    Masthead
    21 1 The Singapore Free Press Largest Afternoon Sale m Malaya. fto. 1 1107. Singapore, Wed., Nov. 17, 1951. Price 1"> t ts.
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    BOAC cut pilots' hours at controls on Singapore trip
    136 1 1 BRITISH Overseas Airways i orporation pilots on the 1-\ DOO-mile London to Singapore route are to spend less time at the controls of their plane under new air crew si heduies. A BOAC spokesman m London refused to confirm that
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    SHOP ROBBED
    29 1 About $1,500 worth of itches, fountain pens, cloth- Cigartttaa and cigarette [htera wore stolen from a f "M) m Oillman Close, oft Ayer ijah Road. Singapore yester-
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    CRISIS 'LONG, SLOW FIGHT'
    134 1 OTHER points made by the High Commission* er in a speech that cle.ilt mainly with the Emergency and internal security were: THE EMERGENCY: It would take perseverance and continual pressure on the terrorists to finish the long md slow struggle. FINANCE: It was a matter for
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    A LAMENTABLE AFFAIR...
    285 1 London view of crash report COMMENTING on the report of the inquiry into the v Kallan» air crash, The Times said yesterday that discredit lay with the lack of system for rescue work rather than with individuals. "Everything seems to have jone wrong, and discreditably wrong. The
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    Wolves beat Spartak 4-0
    32 1 W;OLVE RHAMPTON Wanderers, England's best soccer team, routed Moscow's Spartak at Wolverhampton last night 4-0 after a three-goal blitz m the last five minutes. Full report Back Page
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    Rubber price FallS
    69 1 Rubber price FallS The Singapore Rubber Market opened this morning on an easier tone, with first grade, December shipment, at 80 V4 cents a lb., 1 7 16 cents below yesterday's close. Business was later done down to 79 3 /4 cents a lb. Both overnight London and New York
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    U.S. CALL TO BOLSTER ASIAN ECONOMY
    161 1 The Deputy Under Secretary of State Mr. Robert Murphy .said m New York yesterday that the United States and other non-Communist nations must take urgent steps to improve the economy of Asia if they wished the independent countries of that area to resist Red
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    PEACE PRIZE FOR EDEN
    63 1 THK directors of the Carne|i€ Foundation announced at The Hague last night the "ward of the Watelor Peace Prize of about i: 2,100 to Sir Anthony Eden, the British Foreign Secretary, it was awarded "for his valuable .service m promoting co-opera-tion between the states of Western
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    REDS USE BOY DEVIL SQUADS
    344 1 Menace m schools JHK COMMUNIST terrorists m the Federation had recently been recruiting and training boys of 1 1 or so and forming them into u young devil squads" for use principally as messengers. This was disclosed to the Federal Legislative Council m Kuala Lumpur
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    Reds free the Fields
    83 1 DUDAPEBT radio .said last night that Hungary had treed Noel Field and hij wit>, Herta, who have been In prison there <>n spy charges since 1940. Field Js :i former American State Department man. The broadcast said the charges aßainst them could not be substantiated. Field's
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    OVER THE POLE
    49 1 The Scandinavian airliner Helge Viking arrived m Los Angeles from Copenhagen 35 minutes early yesterday to complete the first westward rommerioal air service across the North Polar region. Another Scandinavian airliner has successfully made the Polar crossing m the other direction and has landed at Copenhagen.
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    NOW BRITAIN GIVES ATOM MATTER FOR PEACE
    412 2 ■> f I I \I V m>> ii* (I the I nit. (I 19 \i vii id.i> inquiring liwiuiia hlr material to In lj> put Presidrnt I isi I'lmwi i s 'atoms I. ii m plan into <<|:<ration The British Minister "I State
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    CRIMINAL EVIDENCE PROPOSAL REJECTED
    157 2 A SINGAPORE Legislative council select committee ijjis vetoed a proposal to admit m < vidence statements made to police by f*'O])Je accused *>i criiiiina] offences. 'l'iic Attorney-Genera) said thai such provisions, with saleguards, were m force m England, and their incorporation n. U) Singapore laws would
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    Bank strike off
    24 2 Ban]< mployees In .Syria have suspended their two-day strike for better wages and living conditions after government iik (liat.jon. A .P.
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    Suez will still be top base in Middle East
    198 2 CTIELD-MARSHAL Sir John Harding, Chief of the Imperial General Staff, said yesterday that the Suez Canal Zone would continue to be the main British base m the Middle East, though Cyprus would house the joint RAF-Army headquarters of the Command. Speaking
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    NEGUIB DETAINED IN MANSION
    194 2 NEGUIB DETAINED IN MANSION TIE Egyptian Government .said yesterday that depased President Mohammed Neuuib and his family wore being held at a mansion m the Cairo suburb of El Marg. A spokesman denied reports that Keguib was transferred to a secret place away from Cairo. His wife and three sons
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    TRADE TALKS
    11 2 Italy and Yugoslavia started economic talks m Belgrade yesterday.
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    Don't lose time on SEATO talks-Dulles
    147 2 ITS SECRETARY OF STATE, Mr. Dulles, said yesterday m Washington, he felt representatives of Bouth-Efurt Asian defence part should meet won to consider the threat of Communist Subversion. Mr Dullei told the Senate he considered the threat of subversion a serioui one with wen
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    REDS SEIZE TWO MORE JAP BOATS
    72 2 Russian patrol shipi havi w Ized two Japanese i m.i 1 1< v- ii Ing boati *a 1 1 r i a total ol to crewmen, thm milei south <»t Yui l i;i lid m t) H (Ii puted Habomal group, the Japan* i
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    Radford in Morocco
    27 2 Admiral Arthur w Radford chairman of th< i"; Joint SUI' tH in\ R bat (Mortx c>) v t< rda\ by [>i.tn« from Athens, A.P.
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    POLAR MEN HIT AT 'SECRET' A-TESTS PLAN
    142 2 riKARS that the United States Is secrete oiannino Mr. H. C. Gray and prolessor V. E. Odell. chiiii man and vice-chairman, respectively, ol the Dunedin branch ol the Nrw Zealand Antarctic Society, ur^ed the government to be "vigilant." Although the U.S. has denied
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    Queen Mother's car escapes collision
    56 2 'Il)o Queen Mother's car narrowly missed being Involved In an RCCldent yesterday (»n a drive up the (iatineau Vai-I ley, 14 miles north of Ottawa. The seventh ear of the eight-car royal calracadc took! the ditch to ppyent n chain nllt»lon on the slipfjery hlgh-|
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    Exiled ruler can return on terms
    204 2 Exiled ruler can return on terms rpHE British Government m 1 pounced m a white papei yesterday it would restore the bam.shed Kabaka <ruh i Of Busanda to his East Afri can throne it the Bu^aiii 1 parliament desires. The Ajper laid the Bnganda Lukiko (Parliament) vu decide whether to
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    Money from drugs
    30 2 Red China is selling huge quantities of narcotics unread to finance its propaganda war, the head of Japan's Public Security Investigation Board •said m Tokyo yesterday. A.P.
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    Killer hanged
    37 2 Velixor Rajio, 37-year-old Yugwiav immigrant, wa s hanged just after midnight vn Monday m Oxford County pa. 1. Woodstock (Ontario i, lor the knife slaying of Mrs. Florence Boyd. 34-year-old mother of four children. A.P.
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    DYING GIRL EXPOSED SEX SCANDAL
    298 3 A 'call racket 9 flat is raided pOLiCE, raiding an apartment In Rome alleged to be used by call girls and for the corruption of minors, detained two men and several girls, Including Later, the police questioned live girls and boys, all aged between 17
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    Rat poison kills girl: Mother is charged
    232 3 Rat poison kills girl: Mother is charged 28-YEAR-OLD mother of five children was arrested i murder charge yesterday bensburg, Pennsylvania, p state Police said she put rat poison on a piece of ,1, then gave it to her 24- old daughter because the child cried. Mrs, Eileen Bell was held
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    DR. LIN KEPT TO CUSTOM
    85 3 DR. LIN KEPT TO CUSTOM \\K Lin Yu Tan-, (left) Chancellor of Hanyang i nlversity, cave a. talk yesterday it Cathay Restaurant, lie spoke to 1(1 Singapore women on is i\ ilisation." Hla main theme was: 1 I Us dO away with this !<> notion of R \or(1|(- fashion the
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    Prince in crash left death note
    85 3 Prince in crash left death note PF KIN C E Ali Re/a, brother of the Shah, scribbled a note to his wife exonerating his pilot from all blame before his plane crashed m a rocky valley m North Iran, the newspaper Etelaat reported m Teheran yesterday. The note read: "These
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    POPE TO GET 'LIVING CELL' AID AGAIN
    98 3 POPE TO GET 'LIVING CELL' AID AGAIN DR. Paul Niehans, a Swiss specialist, has arrived m Rome to resume his "living cell" treatment of Pope Pius XII. The 78-year-old Pope who was seriously ill last February received two series of living cell injections earlier this year to strengthen his system.
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    GALE-HIT SHIP ABANDONED
    73 3 The disabled Panamanian freighter Stork radioed yesterday that the crew of about 40 was abandoning the 7,111--ton vessel off the West Newfoundland coast. "We are getting m the lifeboats; come and pick us up," the terse signal read. The Stork, her decks split by a gale last
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    Typhoon near Philippines
    54 3 rpYPHOON Sally's outer fringes J. swept southeastern Luzon with rain and i-tnm? win<ls yesterday but was reported to be weakening. The storm then 230 miles east-south-east of Casiguran, m northeastern Quezon province, was moving toward the main Philippine islands. Winds of 130 miles an hour were re-ported
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    Priests charged
    40 3 The Bishop of Sun Luis Province announced m Buenos Aires yesterday he would submit absolute proof to clear two priests m his diocese of charges that they sought to undermine the Government of President Juan Peron. A. P.
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    QUEEN 'EMBARRASSED' BY GEORGE III FILM
    244 3 r|iHE Queen watched b Hoiiyi wood version of somo of tho antics of her lesa reputable ancestors last night, on»» London critic suggested it must have been embarra ting for thi monarch, bui she <Mfi not seem to mind. The '•< tj\ the ai
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    WHALING VESSELS SEIZED
    127 3 WHALING VESSELS SEIZED Tup; Chilean Foreign Ministry announced In Santiago yesterday that Peruvian warships had captured live ship.s belonging to the whaling fleet of fefie Greek born Shipping magnate, Mr. Aristotle Onaisis. Ministry Official* .said this information had been received from Chile's Ambassador at Lima, Senor Alfonso Bulnes. His message
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      84 3 OYSTER PERPETUAL j A Landmark m the History of TIME MEASUREMENT Official Distributors: G. C. De SUVA BROS., "Jewellers" 3, Raffles Place, Singapore- 1. Tel. ***** >> GOLD and SILVER CIGARETTE CASES, GOLD SIGNET RINGS, POWDER COMPACTS, BRUSH SKI'S, SCENT BOTTLES, CULTURED PEARL >> NECKLACES WITH EARRINGS TO MATCH GOLD
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    The Singapore Free Press WEDNESDAY, Nov. r, 1954 Opinion Everybody's war
    374 4 The Singapore Free Press WEDNESDAY, Nov. r, 1954 Opinion Everybody's war Those In the community who have been wishfully thinking that the end ot the war against the terrorists is In .sif/ht must surely have been disillusioned by the receni crop of bandit outrages. Particularly, the Communists 1 bold .sallies
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    MOSCOW -a city of drab silence
    1265 4 MOSCO W -a city of drab silence Emmet Hughes, an American correspondent m Europe, lli.iiiin.n iiMinmin ********** l i,,, IMMllllllllUllllllllllllllllllllllllli applied for a visa to get an interview with the Soviet Premier Georgi Malenkov. He got it to everyone's surprise. Most surprised, apparently, were the Soviet officials m Moscow to
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      106 4 (/<~*t#^&t&W says BBRy MATURE a^^m dry skins J can easily be corrected fc#jj^fi|^ r?^ Every Night cleanse with Cleansing Cream. Nourish with the rich herbal extracts m Perfection Cream. W^' y Every Morning brace with Anti-Wrinkle I*t ll|f /x>//on before making up. Use Anti-Wrinkle I '^jftff^f^. Lotion, too, on pads
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    THESE YOUTHS SEEK AN ARK, DRUM
    164 5 is! udt ntfi Ol PlainSchool m Gentle g ng ipore, think that a Ark can save many :n drowning should jar flood occur. icy have been thinking t this for .".ditip time. But ice never seen an Ark ;!>' nor have they seen a
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    Search for a body
    54 5 B I TTE R WORTH, Wed. police launches have led the Penang channel body of a Chi■ho fell from the ferry iunday. The man left a wallet conilning an identity card, some ley and three letters. identity card was issued name of Lee Boon 27-year-old fruit
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    Mirrors on motor cycles no aid
    80 5 SINGAPORE Police are O against rear vision mirbeing fitted to motorcycles. So the City Council has ended to drop an earlier roposal that they should be c< 'HipuLsory. sts made by the Police that vibration of the motorcycle makes observation with the mirror difficult.
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    Lightning cuts water supply
    40 5 MAT, Wed. Lightning i a pumping station r< and the town's watPPly will bo restricted 1 repairs are carried out. r mains will be turned off m 9 p.m. and 6 a.m for -ut a week.
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    26 KAMPONG WELLS CLOSED
    101 5 'Grossly polluted 9 water unsafe rpwENiv-six wells m Kampong Duches* off the fifth mile, Bukit Timah, Singapore will have to be closed immediately because the water is "grossly polluted and unsafe for domestic use Samples from the 26 wells were examinee' hv tha r>, Analyst and
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    Blue Angei will be repeated
    85 5 The Singapore Film So- ciety has arranged a re- peat show of "Blue Anffel" at the British Coun- cil Hall, Stamford Road, 2 for 9 p.m. on Friday. About 100 members I were unable to see it on Sunday night when a "full house" notice
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    Mission to build a co-ed school
    59 5 IPOH, Wed- The Anglican Mission ha.s embarked on a I $20,000 project to construct a co-educational school m Gunt<mg New Village m the ipoh area, The planning of the school will be under the supervision of Miss Josephine Foss. English education for children of
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    Test pilot way home
    50 5 Mr. G. R. Bryce, chief test pilot of Vickers Armstrong Aircraft Co., arrived m Singapore yesterday by Qantas-8.0.A.C Constellation from Sydney after investigating the TransAustralian Airway's Viscount crash last month. Mr. Bryce, who leaves this morning for Britain, would not disclose any details of his investigation.
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    10 SINGAPORE SCHOOLS TO GET TIFFIN SHED
    142 5 fFEN schools m Singapore will soon have a tiffin shed A of their own. The sheds will be built at a cost of more than $110,000. The Government has accepted a tender, and work will start shortly Temporary tiffin sheds for four other
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    'This doggie is even too fierce for home'
    156 5 'This doggie is even too fierce for home' A FIERCE two year-old doi^. hall Alsatian, has been offered to the Singapore Canine Welfare Association. But said Mrs. l\ Leon Soh the founder-president of the Association, ye.stei da> Td rather not have him at the Thomson Koad kennel. "If anyone want
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    Guilty plea is rejected
    56 5 Mm Eng Buh was charged m i tic Singapore Pourl h Pofic< Court yesterday with causing grievous hurt to Low r*r ck L,uni In front of the Central Theatre, Jalan SunOS, on Oct. 2'.i. Hi.s plea of jruiitv was Rot accepted and bail of $1 ono
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      2 6 YOUR FAV^B^jM£H&%i
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      781 6 I YOUR I LUCKY I I STAR 13ORN today, your creative imagination and ori^inalitv is a gift which you are rather inclined to minimize. And E E even genius, when neglected, is likely to become dulled with disuse. It may be that you hick the aggressiveness which comes with vaunting
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      U.K. dosing prices
      230 7 LONDON, Nov. 16. Previous Today Nov. jci i-.r.i k If* l Kss e J European 24 :i i»; buyers i&% buyers ports N*f 14 5/11 sellers 24 Bailers BrBBEB No 1 KSS e.i.f. European 24^ 16 oners ua buyers rts !>*•<" 24 51H sellers 23- sellers la
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      New York prices
      98 7 Above prices quoted m UJS. cents per Ib. NEW YORK. Nov. 16. Previous Today TIN Straits spot and nearby 91.50 nom. 91.50 itom. TIN fututes Nev 90.75 bid 91.00 bid 91.37 asked 91.62 asked Dec 90.62 bid 91.00 bid 91.25 asked 91.50 a-sked 90.50 bid 90 75
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      U.S. PEPPER
      53 7 Suot Malabar was quoted at 50 cents per pound. Afloats at 49. November shi^nient at 47. December 4G. January, February and March (m equal monthly proportions) 45. Sarawak spot 49. Lampong 50. and Ceylon spot at 49 cents per pound sellers ex dock. Above prices quoted m U.S.
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      DOW JONES AVERAGES
      38 7 NEW YORK. Nov. 16. n Previous Today jnonstriftla 376.74 379.39 Kiilroads 126 .88 127.09 ;;y;;i ie Bonds io 95 100.91 1•> i uiiufs 60 24 SO ll H Nt,Mk, Composite A verasrs 138 08 138.70
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      Copra, coconut oil prices
      116 7 No*. 16. COPRA, Philippine, c.i.f. UK/North. is*Si£s lio/n^ 7 European delivered weight per $190 nom -1 lon Nov Dec. S iJS s*j^S nil^ unquoted unquoted Straits, c.i.f. UK North /;'»P^n delivered weight per Nov /Dec £69 buyers £70 sellers £69 V-i sellers Dec. Jan. £69 buyers
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    CRISIS HITS AMBULANCE CORPS
    138 7 A cr jjjjl has hit the Second < tunese Corp.s of the ngapore St. John's Amince Brigade with the [nation of 12 senior *nbera last week u "> win be affected as of those who resigned iVLsional superintend!>f tho corps. men rr.signed because 7 alleged mLsmanage-
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    Police band
    19 7 The Singapore Police Band will play at Katong Hark from 5.30 p.m to G. 30 p.m. tomorrow.
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    Shenton Way site buyers not happy
    235 7 Shenton Way site buyers not happy i^uyers of Slngapore'i 3 ihenton Way sites are still undecided about their building programmes, which, according to original plans, will give the Colony a skyline of skyscrapers. Meanwhile, negotiations are proceeding between the Government and the buyers. Decisions finally taken will necessitate revision of
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    Hygiene talks main 'health week' feature
    126 7 Hygiene talks main 'health week' feature DAILY lectures on hygiene m Singapore kampongs will be the main feature of Upper Serangoon's "health week," which opens on Monday. Dr. R. H. Bland. Director of Medical Services, will open the week at the Llm *h Pin Road Social Welfare and Health Centre
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    STUDENTS' DINNER
    28 7 More than 400 medical students from the University of Malaya last night held their annual "freshies" welcome dinner at the Diamond Restaurant. Great World Park. Singapore.
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    VOLUNTEER FIREMEN GET FULL RISK DUTY 'COVER'
    144 7 VOLUNTEER FIREMEN GET FULL RISK DUTY 'COVER' 17OLUNTEEBS of the Yi<> Chu Kmng Fire Fighting I nit m Singapore will be fully insured against any mishap during their service. Mr. Buy Ah Hiun, lender of the 40-rnan unit, said yesterday that the risks involved m Are-fighting had been considered before
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    PLANT SHOW PLAN
    117 7 PLANT SHO W PLAN Learn to identify them CEVEN species of common local plants are to be exhibited at the Singapore Botanic Gardens. They will be displayed m the plant house and are to be changed weekly Each plant will be labelled, giving the scientific English and Malay names, its
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    Union chief for world congress
    93 7 Union chief for world congress FENANG, Wed. INCHE OSMAN SIRU, general secretary of the Malayan Postal Uniformed Staff Union, will visit Wiesbaden (Germany) early next year to attend the Postal, Telegraph and Telephone International Congress. Inche Sim has been invited by the world organisation of postal, telegraph and telephone workers'
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    Parcels from U.K.
    30 7 PENANO, Wed.— About 400 ia».« of mail, mostly parcels, arrived here yesterday by the Denbighshire. This was the seventh batch from Britain since the recent dock strike.
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    Dance enthusiasts demonstrate their favourite pastime
    352 8  -  JAMES CHAN Report by nothing like celebrating an anniversary with a social and a 1 1106 Thats what the Singapore Society of Amateur Dancers did at the Ranles Hotel Ballroom one night recently. The society, which today has a membership of more than 200
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    TEAM TO LIVE IN A 'JUNGLE HOTHOUSE'
    247 10 Search for deadly tropical disease |>ROFESSOR Huns 1 Heller, 44-year-old professor of pharmacology at Bristol University, is to lead a team of medical research scientists who are to live for four days m a "jungle hothOUSe" at the university m an attempt to
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    'ALARM' IF HEAT IS TOO HIGH
    102 10 'ALARM' IF HEAT IS TOO HIGH TWO special devices which I warn of excessive heat j and humidity protect the j United States Navy's giant j M $6 -million electronic brain from heat waves. The electronic recording instruments constantly moni- i tor the temperature and hu- I midity m the
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    This 'blanket' cuts fire hazards— and kills flies!
    257 10 This 'blanket' cuts fire hazards and kills flies! rjTSCOVERY of a ehemi- cal that reduces the fire hazard of gasoline when added to it m amounts as minute as two-thousandths of one per cent was announced recently by Dr. George S. Blake, of the Minnesota Mmm and Manufacturing Co. The
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    H-BOMB BLASTS DANGER
    130 10 H-BOMB BLASTS DANGER OADIOACTIVE rain lv falling on northern Japan Stems from Russian H-bomb experiments, according to Dr. Yasuo Miyake, of the Meteorolotfal Research Institute of Tokyo. R:iln over Yamaßata prefecture registered <>n Septem b»-r 22 a gclgrr count of 120,000. the highest ever recorded m Japan. The previous iiiKh
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    New Viscount is ready
    113 10 THIRST British "jet prop" airliner for use cm routes In North America is finished and is now doing its trials. It is the first of 22 Vickers Viscounts (Britain'^ airliner '"best seller") ordered by Trans-Canada Airlines. After handing over later this month, the Viscount goes to
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    Birthday book
    53 10 All members of the House of Commons are to pre- sent a commemorative book to Sir Winston Churchill on his eightieth birthday on Nov. 30. < The book was prepared by < the scrivener and artists of the College of Arms, < under the direction and supervision of
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    They hot up the rhythm to make the joint jump
    424 11 They hot up the rhythm to make the joint jump TODAY PAGE ELEVEN BRINGS YOU NEWS FROM THE WORLD OF MUSIC HUMPHREY LYTELTON, a tall young m an with a long trumpet, blew a high, blue note that hit the low c( lling and bounced. Six hundred young Britons— about
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    66 11 In the foyer of the Odeon Cinema m London's Leicester Square, stands Ava Gardner, or rather a lifelike statue of her. It is valued at M 516,000 and was made by Italian picture sculptor Ass c n Piekov when the star was m Rome. When flown to London it was
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    13 HIS LUCKY NUMBER
    149 11 ];XA'TLY 13 years ago, v American stage and star jerry Wayne first radio date In for the princely gum and provided his m accompaniment li one of the top American ahow busf- a besi seller on rra- "<'"ni.s. His disc ol ;Tn» Dear." lor more than
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    COMPOSER WILL CONDUCT HIS OWN OPERA
    142 11 COMPOSER WILL CONDUCT HIS OWN OPERA r^RNEST BLOCH, the famous Swiss-born composer, now living m the United States, will be 75 next July 24, and the Ernest Bloch Society of Chicago is planning a series of music festivals to honour him. One of the events scheduled for the autumn of
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    'Met' will welcome new stars
    111 11 'Met' will welcome new stars fFHERE will be 13 singers A new to the Metropolitan Opera m New York during the coming season. There will also be two new conductors, Dirr.itri Mitropoulos. and Rudolf Kempe. The now linger! will br Christe] Goltz, Yaurel Hurley, Renata Tebaldl and Shakeh Vartentssian, soprano;
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    Dancers will live 'royally'
    191 11 S" ALDER'S WELLS ballet school, breeding ground of Britain's top dancers, is planning to take over one of the nations most famous royal houses as a boarding school. The company disclosed it is bidding for White Lodge, m Richmond Park, birthplace of the Duke of Windsor
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    THE SARONG KEEPS ITS SECRET
    518 12 THE SARONG KEEPS ITS SECRET ALAN CHALKLEY reports from Colombo where men have waistlines and the sarong is nothing to do with Lamour. rviiE Western world can make wi International issue Of the H-line if it likes, but In the East the fashion uroblem is a male one, On the
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    37 12 This smart showei proof ed sports jacket, named "Point to Point," is made m up-to-the-minute Lethermode reversed Botnotex dogtooth check, which can be washed or serubed. It is worn with an occasional belt and knitted skicap. Reuter
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      226 12 q I j j t~" i IftSi wBBMrf- ffif^Ea CLUII across-. 4 Bobby'i colourful relation? l childish pan of the army? (8). f'<-:<». 7 a beauty, thla uct-] (:>>. A1 a garment C 4). 8 Something minute In the w;»y llI:i no fl h bui a child oi uit lng
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    THIS BOY MADE MILLIONS — OUT OF DEATH
    597 13 THIS BOY MADE MILLIONS OUT OF DEATH rivj MANY people who 1 didn't see him m the days of his glory the sight of him now must come as a shock— for slender, thin-laced, and sadlooking Miguel Baez is very slender, very thinfaced and certainly looks y,t this melancholy Spanish
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    Bridge Hand
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    27 13 Ann Miller, star of many movie musicals and credited with being one of Hollywood's busiest actresses, takes a day off to spend it frolicking on the beach.
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      16 13 POCKET CARTOON OSBERT LANCASTER ft- l *ou,d6 rlinKtthcre t something intensely nsr about modern Qtt 1
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    Jack Gardner wins comeback fight in 6
    278 14 Jack Gardner wins comeback fight in 6 BACK on tbi heavyweight title trail comes Jack Gardner of Market Harborough, former heavyweight champion of Britain. His eight -round contest with Frank Bell the Barnoldswlck schoolmaster ended In the sixth round when the refeiee stopped the contest at I/eire.ster. Just before the
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    TITLE BOUT
    40 14 The European Boxing Federation last night listed Beraphin Ferrer, new lightweight Champion "f France, as official challenger to Italy's Duilio i/)i, European champion, The fight win take place not later than February 17, the federation directed. A P.
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    The Army players re-unite —m Wales team v. England
    412 14  -  ARC HIE QUICK wy mil k Welsh Internationa] A loot ball team wa.s taken to a mug retreat at w< i ybrifi^,<>, ►Surrey, prior to the match with England at Wembley Stadium, but it looked very much like a gathering of
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    MORE POWERFUL THAN JET FIGHTER
    716 14 Secret speedboat attacks record DONALD MALCOLM CAMPBELL, son of the late land and water Speed King, is set to attack the American-held water speed record m a secret boat which he says is twice as strong as a jet fighter. "I need three weeks of
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    SPORE'S 'OLYMPIC SHOOT
    113 14 T^HE Singapore Gun Club is holding a special shoot on Sunday Dec 5. Competitors will contest the Walter Pflug Perpetual Open Challenge Shield, kindly donated by shooting enthusiast Mr. Walter Pflug. This event is the first of its kind m the history of the club, m which
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    CHALLENGE TO LUCY
    50 14 FRANK JOHNSON, the Manchester light-weight, gained a fairly comfortable points win over eight rounds against Alby Tissong (S. Africa) at Newcastle-on-Tyne. Immediately afterwards Johnson issued a 500 a side challenge to Joe Lucy, the British light-weight champion. Tissong countered with a challenge to "any featherweight m Europe."
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    CHARLES SCORES
    46 14 Wales' centre-forward John Charles (left) shoots into an empty net to notch the first goal for his country m the international football match against England at the Empire Stadium, Wembley. Watching, helplessly, is England's left back, Roger Byrne. England won the match 3 2.
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    It's like Marciano v. Dempsey
    290 15 It's like Marciano v. Dempsey Sports letter pax tt*6to* the letter m A l Free Press dated •t m concerning v \V: lUing. under the VH V NOT A LOCAL |2fc I lSv« decided to state 55 viewi also ilitsuo Vaniamoto is not per :;Vt( ftgbt. Very wea what $o£
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    NAVAL BASE WIN 3-2
    22 15 -Naval Base beat Singapore Regt. r >-2 m a Div. 3 A league hockey 1 Naval Base 'yesterday
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    M.C.C. EARN A DRAW
    178 15 rpHE four-day cricket match X between M.C.C. and New South Wales ended m a draw yesterday at Sydney. Final scores were:M.C.C. IST. INNS.— 2S2 NEW SOUTH WALES IST. INNS. —382 M.C.C. 2ND. INNS. Cowdrey Ibw Crawford 103 Wilson b Crawford 0 R. Simpson b Crawford 21
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    Opponent named for Sugar Ray's comeback
    109 15 S IGAh KAY ROBINSON, former J°nd middleweight boxing (1 < Who quit the ring two d w become a song and J3? make his first come. fli,' J V !iran u e at Det -roit. Michi- 'Ur ember m a 10-round ,-^^Joe Rindone. a
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    SEDGMAN UNFAIR TO AMATEURS
    515 15  - SEDGMAN UNFAIR TO AMATEURS MAESTRO By Was he looking m the mirror? Y^Li tan usually tell when the Australian lawn battery of commentators give the pot a good the first this year. He says that amateur tennis lacks a hero (Free Press Nov. 11), and that world tennis has declined
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    Argentine speed aces killed
    89 15 JUAN Antonio Gatti, Argentine v motor racing ace and his codriver, Alfredo Doura, were killed when their car overturned on a road m southern Mexico. The accident occurred as they were on their way to Tuxtla Gutierrez, starting point of the 1,908 mile Pan-American road race
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    Sports quiz
    141 15 (1) The world's longest recorded light was between Andy Kowen and Jack Burke m New Orleans, U.S. How many rounds did U last? U) 120; (b) 110; (c) 70. (2) Which country has held the Davis Cup for the longest unbroken period? (3) For what sports are these
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    'My hardest fight' —to go straight
    276 15 FORMER middleweight boxing champion Rocky 1 Graziano, who admits to being an ex-gaolbird, says the greatest and hardest fight of his life was not when he won the world title but when he finally rose from his own sordid background to "become a respectable
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    JAPS LEAVE FOR MANILA
    64 15 "CVZMJR Japanese boxers will leave A for Manila on Saturday to fight m Philippines title and non- title bouts. They are Masaji Akiyama, Japan's lightweight champion; Hiroshi Okawa, Japan's featherweight champ; second ranked bantamweight Hiroyuki Tezaku. and fourth-ranked lightweight Toshihaur Ogoshi.. Akiyama will fight Philippines lightweight
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    WOLVES SWAMP THE MIGHTY SPARTAK
    359 16 WOLVES SWAMP THE MIGHTY SPARTAK 3 goals m 4 minutes WOLVES 4; SPARTAK fc MOSCOW SPARTAK, the track Russian soccer team which heat Arsenal last week, found Wolverhampton Wanderers too much to cope with last flight m their floodlit match at WolverThe Bnglish Div 1 league leaders dominated the match,
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    STYLISH RUN BY BALLROOM
    191 16 STYLISH RUN BY BALLROOM TRACKWORK Fret Press Course Correspondent Ballroom n, promoted to Class 3 alter his runaway win otet s|f. at Kuuia Lumpur, galloped stylishly on a heavy track at Buitil Tlmah this. morning. with vinfy astride this ipeedy three-ytar-old covered 3i m 40 3/5 with a lot m
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    ASIA TOURNEY
    57 16 The Japan Amateur Baseball Association has selected 23 officials and player* tor the First Asian Baseball Tournament In Manila starting on December 18. Teams from the Philippines, Formosa. South Korea and Japan are ♦•xperfed to compete. Tin? Japanese team, headed by Kiyo.shi Miyahara, chairman of the association, will
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    JAPAN WON'T COMPETE
    60 16 lapan will not compete m th< 1 third Asian Table Tennis Championships to be iH'id m Singapore from December 11 19. This is the first, time the Jap* have failed to enter the contest. Another surprise absentee la IloriK Koiik. Countries which have sent m their entries
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    BIRTH
    24 16 20 WordH $6 (minimum) CHAMIER: On Saturday. 13th November. 1954. at BunKsar Hos pit :tl, to Molly, wife of Saunders Chamier, a cLm<?hter.
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    RUGBY TRAINING
    38 16 In preparation for Saturday's "MS. Malay;) runner match again.4 Combined Services, Singapore Civilian! win hold a training session at the University ground m Bukit Timah at ft 15 tomorrow evening. Players and reserves are to attend.
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    'I OBJECT TO TULI'
    105 16 VfR. Nut Heller, manager of Dal ITI Dower, the British Empire Oyweight boxing champion, said yesterday that, if efforts to matrh Jake Tull with Yoshio Shiral for the world title.- are continued, he will nroteut to the British Boxing Board of Control. "I a«reed with the
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    SCC down 2nd-berth Wanderers
    146 16 S.( li Wanderers ...0. mills WAS a setback to Wan--1 derers hockey prestige. Second placed m the Division 1 league, they were well and truly bamboozled by the table-trailing Singapore Cricket Club, who relied almost solely on the off-side trap to check their opponents. But these
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    RETURN BOUT CLAUSE OUTLAWED BY WORLD BOXING COMMITTEE
    390 16 RETURN BOUT CLAUSE OUTLAWED BY WORLD BOXING COMMITTEE rpHE World Boxing Championship Committee, meet- ins m London yesterday, outlawed the "return contest clause" m contracts for championship fights. The year-old committee, set ud to standardise championships, said alter its two-day meeting that if a return clause Is inserted m contracts
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    TONY LOUIS ARRIVES TO FIGHT VITHOOL
    245 16 TONY LOUIS ARRIVES TO FIGHT VITHOOL Free Press Boxing Reporter r|M)NI LOUIS, bantam- weight champion ,t Selangor, arrived m Singapore this morning, all set for bis Singapore 12 -round title flght against Thep Vithool u t the Happy World arena tomorrow night. Louis is fully aware thai thil will nut
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    STARS DELAY
    35 16 THE American and English badminton stars, due to arrive m Singapore yesterday for the international exhibitions, were delayed 22 hours. Their plane is now expected to arrive at Kallang airport at noon today.
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