The Singapore Free Press, 15 October 1955

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    20 1 The Singapore Free Press Largest Afternoon Sale in Malaya Blnf pf, Saturday, Ortolwr |g, I'jj.-,. i>, i( t i; )(tv
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    Chief Ministers in secret talk on Chin Peng
    252 1 ijR. DAVID MARSHALL, the Chief Minister of pore, conferred this morning with ju Abdul Rahman, the Federation Chief er, on Chin Peng's invitation to meet him liscuss the amnesty terms. The Tungku arrived in Singapore this morning and drove straight to Mr.
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    FIVE-CENT FALL IN RUBBER
    51 1 FIVE-CENT FALL IN RUBBER IHE pricp ,>f rubber drop- ped by 5s cents a pound for October first f.o.b. buyers, when market owned in Sin- this morning. attributed to failure of the London and r ork mai kets to resto the price increase xlity in Singapore yesterday. ling tono was
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    Lock icon Lathi charge on strikers
    34 1 UTTA police armed lathis charged and ■ar gas shells yester-flve-hour battle 2,000 striking railway Twenty' strikers ted. rkers, employed by -itli Eastern Railway, t on strike over a nay Reuter
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    Last troops fly out
    42 1 last British soldiers tthdrawn from Schttrfleld near Vienna uul the Brltishpart of the field vet to the Austrian authi ritie the yours of occuhwechat was, beimaller airfields of i Khißonfurt. the base of the British 1! Austria. Reuter.
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    $8½m. trade pact
    27 1 French Government sources announced last night that an $8,571,420 trade agreement had been signed in Hanoi yesterday between France and the Commu-nist-ruled North Vietnam.
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    HOCKEY-STICK GIRLS ATTACK INTRUDER
    136 1 HOCKEY-STICK GIRLS ATTACK INTRUDER ••'■reamed when v iound a near- Wan m their rooms tne YWCA in Kuala early today. JOmen in pyjamas and nightdresses fump- alarm from their .Ughtl went up all the hostel, the/seii- "key sticks and cha.s--ll!( f" the prowler. wan bolted through a window and escaped.
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    MARGARET KEEPS WEEK-END TRYST WITH TOWNSEND
    221 1 MARGARET KEEPS WEEK- END TRYST WITH TOWNSEND pRIXCESS MARGARET last night (hose nearly :j() miles in a police-escorted heavily-curtained car deep into Windsor Forest and kept a ni^ht rendezvous with Group Captain Peter Tovvnsend at the home of her cousin, Mrs. John Wills at Binfield in the Berkshire "millionaire country."
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    Lock icon Two-year silence is ended
    568 1 THE unexpected statement from Clarence House last night, coupled with Princess Margaret's swift night ride to the side of 1 the divorced Group Captain, confused and stunned the romantic forecasters of the world. Not since King Edward VIII abdicated for the love |of Wallis Simpson had
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    US AND UK ARMS FOR BAGDAD ALLIANCE
    165 2 I'iip: United States and 1 Britain will trek tin K;i«dad pact defence alliance with early and adequate military assistance, m formed sources said In London yeaterdav Plans to put "teeth into thi four-power alignment reinforced thii week by Persia's decision to join may
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    Lock icon Mrs. Magsaysay recovering
    26 2 Mrs. Ramon Magsaysay, the Philippines first lady. Is recovering "satisfactorily" following a 90-minute nasal operation at Johns Hopkins Hospital, Baltimore, yesteri dav. U.P.
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    Lock icon TOWNSEND SMILE CONFIRMS IT-SAY NEWSPAPERS
    410 2 VTEWSPAPERS ail over li the world concluded yesterday from Group Captain Townsend's first meeting in two years with Princess Margaret at Clarence House on Thursday night that an announcement that he Is to marry the Princess is not far distant. In Australia where romantic speculation
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    Faure has sporting chance
    274 2 TWO DAYS TO SAVE MS GOVERNMENT ON ALGERIAN ISSUE Mil. EDGAB I AIRK, the French Prinu Minister, will spend the next two days in an intense effort to save his Government from defeat next Tuesday on the issue of AlferU'l future. He scorns, now, to have
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    PRINCESS MARGARET AND THE 1772 LAW
    197 2 f\ONBT 1 I U Ij T I ON A L law yers have long agreed that a legal way is open for princess Margaret to marry Group Captain Peter Townsend. But some were suggesting short cuts today. For instance, Dr. C. D. O. Farran
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    Lock icon She is 'Miss Exhibition 1955'
    64 2 Miss Wonj H«k, 19-year-old daUfht6f of prominent Singapore merchant, won thr title "Mi^s Exhibition 195V at last night's beauty contest held at the Happy World Trade Kxhibil.iou. Miss Wont; IV U is here seen receiving a congratulatory kiss from Miss Lee Kuon Kuen, runnorup in
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    Permanent peace now possible for the first time
    108 2 Permanent peace now possible for the first time INTERIOR Secretary Douglas McKay said in Washington yesterday there is a "very real possibility" of permanent peace for the first time in history "because scientific development has made it impossible for any nation to win a war." Me Kay said that nations
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    TALKS MEN ARRIVE
    41 2 Indian and Ceylon <• i legates to the Colombo Pi conference starting Singapore on Monday ari ed this morning. The Indian delegation headed by Mr. Oulzai r.?'cU"»da. The Ministers of countries, including Au Ha and Canada, are du< afternoon.
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    Dearer newsprint 'will kill papers'
    39 2 Mr. Cranston WiH general manager <>i American Newspaper Ushers Assa latfon, New York yesterdny thi newsprint prices wen ed, it COUM result 1: closing of Some Ann 1 newspapers and the jpovcrlbhineiit uf othu.
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    POVERTY A THREAT TO WORLD PEACE, U.N. IS WARNED
    151 2 TWO Commonwealth countries one Asian and the other Western— told the United Nations yesterday in New York that assured peace in the world could not be maintained without efforts to remove poverty, disease and ignorance. They were India and Canada, whose
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    MacD confers degrees on 235 students
    117 2 MacD confers degrees on 235 students MR. Malcolm MacDonald. Chancellor of the University of Malaya, conferred degrees on 235 students at the Convocation this morning Mr. MacDonalcl came to Singapore specially to attend the convocation The ceremony sti with a procession of student representatives, the staff, court, council and senate
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    ACE PILOT DEFIED RUSSIAN CAPTORS
    165 3 ACE PILOT DEFIED RUSSIAN CAPTORS mf\JOR Erich Hartmann, „i ullwalfe fighter ace who claimed to have shot iirn 318 enemy planes, retwraed to West Germany ist night from Russian imonment ftS a "war criwho came with „i about 30 repatriflew his first operaional mission on the Russiront when he was
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    Lock icon OUT OF DEBT
    17 3 /ndonesia yesterday pair :he last instalment of a $15,000,000 post-war loan lrom Canada.— Reuter
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    Lock icon New A-explosion in Russia
    168 3 pHE director of the Norwegian Armed Forces Institute of Research said i Oslo yesterday that increasinrr radio-activity 1 over Norwegian territory recently may have come from an atom or hydrogen bomb explosion in the Soviet Union. The director, Mr. Frederik Moeller, quoted by the Oslo newspaper
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    Lock icon MORE MIGRANTS
    28 3 Tmvoi agents reported 'n Kingston, Jamaica, ye t< i day that two .ships uill tafcfl more than 1.000 Jamaican migrants to England this inunlli.— A. P.
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    Lock icon KING RETURNS
    35 3 King Foisal and Crown Prince Abdul Han returned yesterday to Bagdad after four months of foreign travel including a state visit to Turkey and privat ■■>. visits to Prance and Great Britain U. P.
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    Only the best-dressed Russians saw UK ships
    443 3 Only the best-dressed Russians saw UK ships OIX British warships now on l goodwill vi.sit to Leningrad planned to keep 'open hou.se' for the thousands ot eager Russian sightseers yesterday but were disappointed. The Soviet authorities limited the visitors to carefully selected groups. The British aircraft carrier Triumph which was
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    Lock icon GALE ROARS ALONG HAVOC TRAIL
    96 3 GALE ROARS ALONG HAVOC TRAIL FLOOD damage mounted as a gale lashed America's eastern seaboard yesterday, roaring north along the "Hurricane lane" from the Carolinas to Canada. Rain deluged a dozen states Tides rose and high waves pounded the coast. Winds reached 60 mph in gusts 15 mph short of
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    Lock icon DELEGATES FETED
    87 3 Singapore's Chiefs 2 Minister, Mr David E Marshall, last night gave a cocktail party in E honour of the Colombo E Plan conference dele- gates at the Royal IsE land Club. E E Also invited were Legislative Assembly- men, City Councillors, 5 members of the Rural E Board
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    Lock icon Kissing by men banned by order
    128 3 Kissing by men banned by order IT may b<' an Old Arab customs, but there isn'l i going to be much kitting I in Tunl i any more, 7he new Tunisian Government la tued a direci ive v terdftjf ai-aitisf govern m< h» onlcial kissing one &no9nei on the che<
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    HE ELOPED WITH HIS STEP MOHTER
    109 3 HE ELOPED WITH HIS STEP MOHTER A27-YEAR-OI.D ex-eOfl vict who itabbed Mi til her critically and dl appeared with hi youn and attractive stepmother waa arrestd in Reno. Nevada Ralph Reno refused tc talk about the whereabout of hli t6 p m u t h e r, Mr^ Stella Rfno.
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    Lock icon Quakes near Rome
    22 3 Thrvo li:-,fit c:irthqu:ikfs Shook the tOWXI Oi T'-rni, 'near Rome early yesterday morning. No damage or nanlr resulted. UHP
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      9 3 When cnicrtainingfriends always keep tradition uith >-;■... CAMUS Marque COQNAC
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      102 3 llra "IhlllllllllCJllllllllllllCJimiiiiiiiiU lIIIKJIIIIIINIUUIUti I THE JEWISH WELFARE BOARD j 7TH ANNUAL DANCE Under the distinguished patronage of I THE HON. MR. DAVID MARSHALL Chief Minister of Singapore at the c q Adelphi Roof Garden tonight from 9 p.m. I to la.m. M. C. Mr. Geoffrey Raymond. ri I Tickets at
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    The Singapore Free Press SATURDAY, Oct. 15, 1955. Opinion LUXURY RUSH
    217 4 The Singapore Free Press SATURDAY, Oct. 15, 1955. Opinion LUXURY RUSH DUSSIA'S sailors on a 1V goodwilJ trip to Eng- land are engaged on a buying spree of luxury goods. And at the same time they are unconsciously providing evidence of the genuine-ness of Moscow's desire, rather need, for a
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    STOP HIM eating his heart out
    1153 4  - STOP HIM eating his heart out CHAPMAN PINCHER by ii 1 1 iiiiliiiiiiiiiiiMiiiiiiii iiiiii.i iiidiiiiii imm 1 1 in mill, uiiiiiiium,,,,, HPHE mounting evidence is that Um increase in coronary thrombosis is due to faulty diet. "This is the alarmin truth about the biggest problem lac in modern medicine today,"
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    POCKET CARTOON
    32 4 Poor Willy's very tote I He suys he does think that they might at least have waited to launch coronary thrombosis until hed got over worrying abou t smoker's lung
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    BY THE WAY
    354 4  -  Unknown fsf rriHE story of the 21 gas 1- men who helped to Lnstal a gas oven Is but a gnat-bite, as it were. a woman who ordered a n"w catch for a window had in deal with 378 men. The two who brought the new catch
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      69 4 expedience mmti You can benefit by the experience and knowledge we have acquired in selling and servicing Swiss watches in the tropics over the last 45 years. A good watch deserves good service, our factorytrained watchmakers are qualified to give expert attention with modern equipment. The watch you buy from
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    CLIMBS DOMES FOR THE KICK
    362 5 Daredevil plants gallows 180 ft. up OWDS in London's West End stared at a •Miniature gallOWfl on the dome of the headquarters leon. up, d m b so-contemporary coffee bar not far aW ay, 26-year-Old daredevil Bill Powell admitted ihat he i )llt it: there.
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    'Wrech and run' gang hit again
    219 5 'Wrech and run' gang hit again CIAREFULLY, 41-year-J old Mr. Alfred Brown backed his lorry, loaded with 400 empty beer-cases, out of the drive approaching his home i n Garth-road, Morden, Surrey. As he went over the kerb there was a series of crashes as more than half his cargo
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    TB SICK HIT BY THE BUS STRIKE
    147 5 TB SICK HIT BY THE BUS STRIKE SOME 20 to 30 tubercular an d ex tubercular patients of the SA.T.A. Clinic are being deprived ol vital medical treatment daily because of the curreni bus si rike, it vs els announced yesterday hv Dr. o. 11. (Jarlick the medical director. ''Unable
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    Mr Lim Cher Kheng
    48 5 In b PI f'i ''•■>•■■; i '■!>'"' "ii the Bing ip ire Legislai Ive A iembl ii v/i one d< Mr. Lira 'ii«i Kheng v .1 1 i ongly described &a b i > bou 1 Pj ml a emblyman 1,. ol COttl a L»' ;i;
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    ROGER THOUGHT IT VERY CHILDISH
    174 5 ri^HF'" bowls match which J_ everyone wanted to se<at the Ciis h a m club Ha Mt s, is in", er going to be playi d. it was t° have been between schoolma !er fry Burbidge and schoolboy Roger Bird. Both had fought their way
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    Boys' club in need of books
    71 5 Hooks and reading-matter of Interest are needed by th e Singapore Harbour Hoard Hoys' Club. "We have about 300 members and an extra 40 boys attending the dub for thfi last six months and out* library hasn't enough reading material for all," said Mr.
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    NEW MALAYA IS A CHALLENGE
    167 5 I/*" 'ii i'' hodist school >.. r m told ai iri nto look n the new Ma ra a a great challenge I th i i poi bilii ah teachi ri hai i I r< m< ad part to pUj building "i the iroung Mala
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    Surprise for Marshall
    73 5 Surprise for Marshall Chief Minister Mr David Mar- hall will be the guest oi honour ai the annual Jev. ish Welfare Board's New year dance at the Adelphl Rool la rden today ai 9 p.m. .v t< nding Jewish residents of the community are planning b surprise for Mr. M
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      247 5 "^^^nnlnplW Mill 111 1 1 |lll|jiWBHlm w |H| till RCH <>l ENGLAND Andrew's Cathedral: 7 am, union; 8 a.m. Sung and Parish Communim. Family Service; Matins Special, I ombo Plan Pow- darin Service; Holy Communion; 6 P Chapel of the Ascension Woodsville: 8 a.m. Holy Coma.m. Sunday i p.m. Evensong.
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      457 5 FKESBVTERIAN Presbyterian Church (Orchard Ka.) 0 a.m. Morning Service and Sunday School; 6 p.m Evening Service. Straits Chinese Presbyterian Church (Prinsep St.): 8.45 am Sunday School and Bible Classes' 20 a.m. Morning Worship. Jubilee Church (Outran Rd.) English Sen Ice 4.30 p.m Katong Presbyterian Church (41 Koon Seng Krt.) 5.30
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      229 6 >l WllltVlil I«« J a |k u...l Ph» TM£ -<,^ OP WUCW TOCTC^S' K-.l* f, 'TWIS WILL BE StVEXAL SCOWL.MG I "Sg" A UUGE Ti-IOONG CKEETEP TM& V? y v IKJS JS^ Till 4 SA6.\T by I-«e«lie t'harieriw /VOURE CR^ZV'H 'DON'T WASTE VOUC BCEATH PICKS'" "v\ ELL, BRENT AC- MAN
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      699 6 4> •'TTTTTT*i I nORN today, you havi a g< J I> Instinct foj busines butdisUketh 4- details concerned with the techniques X ol niDiit y makins and n< i d a manager to lake cart i this I i v« ur interesti are so varied cov< ring Uteratui e, the
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      U.K. closing prices
      169 7 NIW YORK, Oct 1 I Previous toddy ri 881 R No. ,VS c if M• b "<* opeall I' rtS October ;.4 ;4 I BBER No- I c.i.f. .(4 i buyers 34 buyers ,n Ports November lill'.i'.ii: No. 1 RSS Spot 34 j buyei 34', buvers No.
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      New York prices
      102 7 I-ONDOX. Oct. 14. Previous Today JIN Straits spot and nearby 9b\25 nom. 96.12 nom UN futures October 95.25 bid 95.25 bid 96.25 asked 96.25 asked November 94.50 bid 94.50 bid 95.50 asked 95.50 a.ske<i December 94 25 bid 94. 20 bid 95.25 asked 95.25 asked rONE: Quiet.
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      U.S. PEPPER
      45 7 tspot and awaiting I afloats 34'.. Oet 34 Lamport lfloats 39',.. Oct. I. spot and awaiting release 41 Jan./March In afloats 39>. October 38. Sellers monthly lots 34. Sarawak ex-dock. and awaiting release 35, Above prices quoted in U.S. cents ve r Ib
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      DOW JONES AVERAGES
      34 7 I NEW YORK, Oct. 14. Previous Today I.'': slr als 444.91 444.(18 h oads 147.94 348.47 Domestic Bonds 98.66 98 67 ie s 61.87 61.48 stocks Composite Average 158.59 158 54
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      Copra, coconut oil prices
      135 7 Oct. 14. hAopt D1 Previous Today POPRA Philippines c.i.f. u/K Nov /Dec European delivered $180 sellers $18:. pud w P>?ht per lon-; ton Oct./Nov. 101*.. v Philippines f.o.b. Manila rop« b lk -_F_f r 0n Unquoted Unquoted LOFRA Straits c.i.f. IK North European delivered weight per
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    Last plane takes off from
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    HUSBAND WHO WENT TO ACTRESS'S RESCUE
    338 7 'Romantic' divorce court judge A HUSBAND saw a drunken man pestering an attractive 1 actress in London's Haymarket. He went to protect her. In her years that followed these "'somewhat romantic circumstances," said a Divorce Court judge, they became as "close friends as it
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    No more 'send for Webster' now
    238 7 No more 'send for Webster now r FIIB man with the queerest job in Britain retires next week. On scores of occasions the simple order. "Send for Webster" has been the beginning of the end of a dangerous criminal. But 57-year-Old Professor James MatheWSOn Webster, for 18 years director of
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    Lock icon U.N. tribute to McNeil
    56 7 British and United N:i tion.s officials, mifi many personal friends, attended funeral sei vices In n< m York yesterday for Mr, Hec tor McNeil, former Brli iih Mini jter oi Btate, who died thlj week from i stroke, Mr McNeil 1 aititi art to be flown
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    Kallang And dog barked goodbye
    224 7 Kallang And dog barked goodbye FIFTY child) Unas of the recent k i i long h.i.'.i airport bull Lin ch i 1] lly, I po] r> and the airci aft mech cj tood by re i» tfully, and ei en the Flying club dog a Ided a fe* loud ba
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    It might have been Death at the Dinner Table for the whole British Cabinet
    851 8  - It might have been Death at the Dinner Table for the whole British Cabinet JOHN WILLIAMS liiimmn by diiimiim IF THE plot o! a gang of revolutionaries had succeeded the entire British Cabinet would have been butchered to death at a dinner table in OrOftvenor square in 1820 The levered
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    The GUNMEN of CATO STREET
    456 8 individual Ministers, and then start a genera] rising. But suddenly in February fate seemed to play into his hands by bringing the whole Cabinet together at one of their periodical Cabinet Dinners customary at that time. As Thislewood realised his golden opportunity he exclaimed to
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    THE WORLD'S STRANGEST STORIES
    203 8 how they slipped bj scattered. But the dozen that turned into nearby John street were unlucky. Th* right into a squad of Coldstream Guards I led by Lieutenant Pltzclarence) called to the scene from Portman .street barracks. The majority were captured. Among the 16 that got
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    'No more tea' order
    193 8 AGRICULTURAI and Forestry Minister Mr. Ichiro Kono is renowned as a t Ol politician and ruthle master-mind be hi n< Japan's parliament a bamboo screen. Observers believe, however, that he has ove: played his hand in his latest pronouncement to all Ministry bureau chief* for an
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    Excitement at all-night Turkish bath
    318 9 Excitement at all-night Turkish bath 1.36 a.m. on Sunday. All was peaceful lie all-night Turkish baths in London's yn Street, resort of the famous, only a i throw from still-busy Piccadilly. electric sign shone invitingly over tin swing-doors. Attendant James Edward eking the list of 50 guests who were going
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    THE NAVY BOYS HAVE UPSET THE COOK
    199 9 THE NAVY BOYS HAVE UPSET THE COOK npiiL chiet Wti^s cook -I treated the Navy apprentices like a mother. And the boys liked her but not her layer pie. A "concoction of the devil" they tailed it. Now the dish stewed beef and onions with layers of vegetables is not
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    Farmer John sent a cow -BY POST
    72 9 Farmer John sent a cow -BY POST A (r -)W was sent by exEJ*™** P<wt from Bourne »>u:ks, to Bracknell, auotui, 1 V me reac h an auction sale, and sold for J0 h n Lunnon OW shorthorn, to postr Keith Austin. Then came a van specially Jl by the
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    SOS-Send Out Stout
    25 9 SOS -Send Out Stout P«e of bottles wa, .'-n Sweden antnal drink rostriclil(l Wld in Srptem- "■"ly an SOS has Dublin brewory Uog uioie stout
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    NEW CENTURY IS HIS AIM
    355 9 JN THE Hampshire village of Hambledon where English cricket first gained fame, Sir Guy Salisbury-Jones, Marshal of the Diplomatic Corps, is hoping to score another sort of century. Before the autumn is out he intends to make at least a hundred bottles of wine— all
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    Lock icon Her 2,000 handshakes
    76 9 picture. MRS. ELEANOR ROOSEVELT overcame her shynesi of social events to act us hostess at a dinner given by the t it.v of New York to mark the 10th session of the l T N General Assembly. She seemed >n high spirits and ?*Si ll fcW uords
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    Race starter killed by stock car
    139 9 J± STARTER at a stock car race meeting has been killed by one of the cars. The official was Edward Hardwick, aged 44, of Newlands Flats, Middleton Road, Hornsey He was walking from the outer to the inner track at Lydden, near Dover, when
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    £3,000 IS PRICE OF UNBORN CHILD
    264 9 £3,000 IS PRICE OF UNBORN CHILD VHIGH COCHT jud^ priced motherhood at 3,000. But M: Justice Ormerod. Iw.trd i 'i I f n damagei to 40 -y» ir-o! i Mrs Margaret Bdlth i' irrott o! Gutwtck. Surrey, added that money could I; compensate her for hw lo a.s she left
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    Lock icon WORLD NEWS IN PICTURES
    239 10 WORLD NEWS IN PICTURES picture. Above: The addition of a suitable ornament transforms this simple daytime style newly created by Sleiner in London into a sophisticated hair-do for the evening. The hair is swept off the brow into a bolster roll, down the centre, meeting a wave from the other
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    Lock icon A natural for painters
    36 11 picture. A natural for ceiling painters is this new crank-operated lifting platform (below), one of the numerous invention* and gadgets to be seen at the International Exhibition of Inventions in Paris. Popper
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      37 11 SINGAPORE CITY COUNCIL ELECTRICITY DEPARTMENT 0£ YOU* AffMS OF TABLE COOKERS... Especially designed to accommodate local Kwalis are available on hire at only 5 0 cents per month, Consult your Electrical Contractor or Ring 2419 Ext. 352
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    A ROCKET EYE VIEW OF UNITED STATES
    166 12 FROM about 100 miles up this is what you would see from a ij rocket. Approximate- ■ly l'- t .million square J miles of the worlds surface are shown in Ji this composite view about two fifths of the land area of the
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    VICE IN A SUBURBAN 'JUNGLE'
    875 12 VICE IN A SUBURBAN 'JUNGLE' IB> a special investigator \7ICE is not hard to find In the "little Harlem" of Moss Side and Chorlton-on-Med-lock, suburbs of Manchester, England. The area of Moss Side and Chorlton-on-Medlock is sometimes called "The Jungle." Over painted and under-dressed prosti tutes Haunt themselves in scores
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    They guard the children
    324 12 Number 12 in a series of articles by Free Press writer VIVIENNE PUCK RIDGE to mark Singapore's Health Week from November 21 to 26. TH E standard of health among school child r e n in Singapore is generally good." Dr. S. M. Young, the medical
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    PRISONERS of the TROGS
    1101 13 What happened after an ambush in the tunnel is told in this exciting chapter of the space ship serial by KATHLEEN HICKLEY II tll N55. Four tlarOif 11( the Rotket Ship L lim i on the planet L w bert they a<re taken f U the
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      448 13 I |j|^rrj Blank soon got nd of young Hank crept towards the win.fitp»t You are a very i dow and cautiously drew back r-Slevcr young r.ibbit said j the curtain a little He gazed Swank and having iworn Pitpat for some moments at the wonSo secrecy and sent him off
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      323 13 V ii IMII/JvS for YOU DO you like tats.' If you thaoi Thursday next, do, here's a chance to Age limit is Metho< <Io something: about it and also win a prize. of colouring and age nil Just colour this picture be taken into considera with paints, crayons or tion.
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    CRAZY about LONDON!
    1971 14  -  Willi am Sa roya n i>» llltllllllllll31UIUIUIIU3IIIUtitliU(lUilllllllllC3lilUIIII!linilll lIIIIJII3IIIHIIHUIC3I TODAY one of the top ten authors in America writes a story that COULD be a fragment from his boyhood -but DID IT HAPPEN? You can check your guess aginst Saroyan's own answer on Monday f|URING the Firsi lf
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    ABOUT THE AUTHOR
    80 14 VI7ILLIAM SABOYAN says in referenee Rooks that since he was 22 he has done "little but loaf and write." But at the ase of J7 he has loafed and written his way into eminence among Ihe top ten American authors. Most-mentioned work connected with his name: The
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    Do not scorn the can
    469 15  - Do not scorn the can LOUISE PETRIE says AY OUN G, newlymarried neighbour of mine tossed her head haughtily the other day when someone remarked humorously "I'll better get home and open a few tins for the evening meal." Serving canned food to her family! What an awful thought. I
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    NON-STOP FLIGHT
    56 15 now fa] ci n B mosquito j iiy non op? .J;'i n( ie doctoi i onducl Ini pal lent i xpx i Imi nl w Ith iii.ddo dyed ma quitoe ai i aki Biwa, ha e di dded I (hat the longi i <>\^ ho] foi thi honourabli
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    473 15 by a Special ConespoiJc <. I'VE always beli< ved that mosi first rate career women share an excellent wit. There was proof Ol t his when two of them, Dame Evelyn Sharp (soon to be Permanent Secretary at Britain's Housing Ministry), and. the one and
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    KNUCKLE MASSAGE
    195 15 4 BETTER Shape to the faee, and i'c wer wrinkles on it. What. wouldn't- we give for that! Or rather, what would we give? Five minutes in each day of our lives? If so, then a better shape and fewer wrinkles are ours. Rose Laird says so. And
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    1274 16 In the eternal fight against the smuggling of drugs into Syria, CHARLES ANDERSON describes an aspect of the work of the relatively unknown, but highly efficient, Syrian AntiNarcotic Bureau DOING anything tonight > i nquired a voice over the office telephone which, from its peculiar English accent, i
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    BRIDGE QUIZ
    518 16 PREEMPTIVE bids make life L difficult. There is no perfect system for defending against them and this is why they are among the most effective offensive weapons in contract bridge. With both sides vulnerable, the bidding has gonei ANSW I. US (a) Bid foui no ump i ventionallj
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      259 16 <i( »s xckoss 11 Always Found In (i 2 Able to follow a religious Meredith's books treatl e (9). 11 a. backward write 3 Sieved con x tion masdy un- melody for 1 mythi tdultei ated 1 f>> c 7) p Cake) belonging to the mule 7 15 Weather without
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    ABDUCTED BY FAME
    1046 17  -  MILTON SHULMAN by With only inexperience ifSMsd_ her actress MARY %*§l success overnight; s h.e k still trying tsL "g§l her breath back E. N -year old m\ Leigh made ipearance in vVest End in "The Virtue" it 1 only two acts I Sir Alexander K round
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    COST: ONE RUPEE
    71 17 rE government of Pakistan agreed to let a Hollywood company use its entire railway system for scenes in "Bnowftni Junction" for the nominal remuneration oX oue rupee. IT'S Ava Gardner and Stewart Granger on the set of "Bhowani Junction" in Lahore, Pakistan, where most of the Aim
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    NOT so in real life
    55 17 SIDNEY POITIER. young Negro actor, play, a juvenile delinquent In "Blackboard Jungle" but neither of these words fits him in real life. Married and the father of two young daughters, Poitier finds time between stage and screen acting jobs to manage two restaurants which he
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    THE RUSSIANS NEVER TAKE A CHANCE...
    506 18 THE RUSSIANS NEVER TAKE A CHANCE... I -SPORT BEHIND THE IRON CURTAIN--.** >..<. o<|jf SINE of the great *J mysteries in world sport today is why the Kussians avoided the international scene before the War and have now become one of the premier nations within a comparatively short time. The
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    596 18  - Seletar sports letter JOHN P. HAMILL The Fijians passed through and oh, what passes! TH E Fijians passed through our sports field last Wednesday and oh, what passes. The complete strength of Seletar turned out to see Joe Levula break records under evens, Rokoua twisting and turning like a ballet
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    Aryan soccer team will arrive today
    165 18 Aryan soccer team will arrive today *TPWO p'uyer.s, who recently toured H ii. I si i with the All India team, are Included In the Aryan Gymkluina SOCCtr team nu ii Will play in Sin- ipore during the tit- t week ol No\em ber. The two playera arc j. Christy
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    SINGAPORE 'A' GO DOWN 4-1
    58 18 C a.f.a. Junior Selection < put up a creditable display to beat Singapore "A" 4 1 in their soccer friendly yesterday at Jalan Besar Stadium Singapore "A" opened scoring through Radin All. then the Juniors scorer] three goals before half-time through Osman Mohd (2) i
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    ALL BLUES RUGBY TRIAL
    160 18 OSCAR GABRIEL, who lias played for Bengal Tigers in India, has been picked as a centre-three lor Mondays Singapore All Blues lirst. rubgy trial at Thomson Road. The selectors arc giving newcomers a chance to prove their woi th, for the Ail Blues team to meet
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    AIRMEN BEATEN
    32 18 Raffles institution JJ raf Seletar by W matches to three W 55 tennis match a I Raffles won three w* and a doubles 0 l singles and a don I
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    20 18 The Moscow f< Torpedo beat B presentative sidi goals to One at t .stadium in Mo night. Reuter
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    Send your corners hard and low
    804 19 fLearn soccer with the stars 1 I How to b a Wlnger Harry Hooper stvle TIARRY HOOPER, born in Durham, 1933 son of 11 former Sheffield United full-back and present assistant trainer of West Bam. First played in London as boy in semi-final of
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    CAMPBELL ALL SET FOR BID TO BREAK HIS OWN RECORD
    212 19 SPEFI) boat racer Don Campbell expressed satisfaction In Las Vegas yesterday witb the facilities "and friendliness of everyone" as he prepared to make Jan assault on his own world hydroplane record with the jet-propelled Bluebird on lake Mead next Sunday,
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    Cup sailing at Seletar tomorrow
    48 19 RAF Seletar triangular ailing competition for the Waveney Cup, competed for '-very thi ee mont h i between Naval Base, RAF Chang! and RAF Seletar, v. in i* held at Seletar tomorrow. Eighteen boats will t:ik<' part l:! snipes .;r.'i -six RNAS dinghies.
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    39 19 IHi r s "icaporc wator-polo tram uhich rrrrntly made a successful tour of (pylon. Standing (from »'Ht Heap (coach), LAV flasey, Cpl orbally, LAC Llewellyn, P/Lt. "Bu Abbott (team manner), bitting; J/X WardeU. b/Ldr. Hogg, Sgt. Taylor, Cpl. Roger*.
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    Filipino to meet Perez Oct. 22
    65 19 TWO PliipllK bOX( r I I.< 0 i ipino a and Danny Kum will me< t Arg< til ln< fighter in boutfl in Bu< noa Alre next week On Oct 19 Bspfn i Fa ii Roberto Caatro Argentina bantamweight chanip On Oct 22 Kidd
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    DEATH
    62 20 :>ii H minimum >. IK >CQI ARl On 1 Uh O I i\ Mo 30 Brighton ci WUllam (Bill) H qu .i i o1 the pore hii lour Board I eav< hi residence •5 i p. in tod 1 > I the Church ol the En tna mate Con<
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    Lock icon KARDAR HELPS PAKISTAN TO TAKE FIRST INNINGS LEAD
    283 20 KARDAR HELPS PAKISTAN TO TAKE FIRST INNINGS LEAD 4 FIFTH WICK] rSI\M I OF 66 BETWI EN A A KARDAR WHO I OUT < F CRICKE I RETIRI ENT FOR THI SERIES AND [MTIAZ AHMED HELPED PAKISTAN TO GAIN FIRST INNING LEAD OVER NEW ZEALAND ON THE I COND DA?
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    TODAY'S SPORT
    95 20 11l CiGEB Police k.a.i selctiit. Seletar; si. Andrew's School Rafflet [list., \Voods\illi-. Nav.il Basa I K.N/AI, Na\;il Base; B.C.C. Malacca, padang. HOCKEY Loafne, i>iv. l: Ceylon B.C. Indian Assn., ia ground', s.k.c jv R.A.I-'. Chanffi, 'liaiifii; Div :l: v k.n.a.s., Khalaa; i>i\ < ;tl»l«' and Winlcss v Police,
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    France, Italy are level
    61 20 ITALY last night won the men's epee team title in the 1955 world fencing championships in Rome. beating France into second place, in one of the closest possible decisions. In the last match of thermal round, the French team beat Italy by nine victories to seven
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    S.A.F.A. NAME 18 v. INDONESIANS
    57 20 TpHE Singapore team to meel the Indonesian Chinese soccer tourists today at Jalan Besar Stadium, kick -oil 5.15 D.m., v, ill be chosen from: Fook Teng, Skinner, Johan, Kok Cheng, Boon Klnm, Aman. Kok Seng, Osman Johan, Kim Beng, Omar Avvun^. Ismail Yu:r Arthur Koh,
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    S.J.I. HELD 0-0
    38 20 ST. Joseph's Institution and Serangoon English School j played a scc/eless draw In their inter-school hockey match at Bras Basah Road yesterday. S.J.I, beat Serangoon E. S- j 1 3-0 in their .second team match.
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    97 20 ■vfinnLKWEicuiT chamiH pion Hobo Olson and challenger Ray (Sugar) Robinson, a former titleholder, formally signed contracts yesterday for a iGO-pound championship match over 15 rounds on Nov. 4 in Chi- j cago. The contract gives Olson j 35 per cent of the net gate and for
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    Tuli takes on a midget Marciano
    272 20 CIAN Jake Tuli, vicious. I t Vigorous little South African body-puncher, avenge the crushing defeat Of Dal Dower by Spain's Midget Marciano. xOUng Martin? We shall know on Deceit] bei Tuli and Martin are to meet over ten rounds at Harrtngay, at Bst, 21b..
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    COUTTS HITS 3 AS SINGAPORE TROUNCE JOHORE
    290 20 COUTTS HITS 3 AS SINGAPORE TROUNCE JOHORE BURDETTE Coutts turned in a brilliant performance yesterday, scoring three goals in Singapore's 6-2 victory over Johore in the first tnter-state hockey I match of the season. Coutts, playing his iirst game, gave a dazzling display of stickwork, speed and ball control. He
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      RONNIE BARTH says HOOGHLY will win Race 6
      252 1 RONNIE BARTH says HOOGHLY will win Race 6 *> Amateur tipsters: (Red Wolf ii. 2nd.) iTanah Bijeh, unpl.) 12 RAIIIM OMAR (Pasamora. unpl.) (Walla Walla Ist) CTanah ßijeh, unpl.) —$12 rrHELMA DENNEHY, who took a big lead in the A Amateur Tipsters' League when Well-Being on on Saturday, had her
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      Cash Cheque and Clear Vision safe bets today
      476 1 BY OUR RACING CORRESPONDENT nASH CHEQUE in Race Two and CLEAR VISION in Race Six should make a safe-way double at Penang today, concluding day of the Autumn Meeting. Both horses are strong- fancied by their connections. The going has improved considerably
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      TANKARD SAYS
      21 1 - MY THREE best ITX bets for today are NEW YEAK (Race 2), TRAILER (Kace 4) and WELL-BEING (Race 6).
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      PROBABLE STARTERS AND RIDERS
      1078 2 RACE 1-2.30: CLASS 4-6 FURS. 1 ,n sam CLAM S» chef 'tiuni stable «i», nn r JO5 j;^ 11 2 373 SPITFIRE II 5v breg iKwik Stab- Allan 8.07 W 094 VELOCITY 5y greg (T. V Mitchell Daniels |.O6 J< > 4 522 BUITENZORG 4y beg
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      Track form tor today
      1572 3 RACE ONE cl. 4-1 r. x i US: 10-10-55-5-sybirs PTidJ over 12-10 55— Won 7i i ith 8-5. .1111-1 II 1210-55 "I"' 1 riaus to 71 IOCITY: 12-8-5.1 Last inn ers in 7f race XEKZOBG: 12-10-55-- .nt.i Claus In 71 rNOSURE: 10-10-55 ,ned 3f in 40
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      CLEVER BUG FOR AUTUMN CUP RACE TODAY
      934 4 fjlfjslfs: Class 4-6 Furs. S\\|\ (I. MS: COUII ix' pr( sent SPITFIRE ii: Chance. VELOCITY: Would m i < so Improve Bl ITENZORG: Yes. CYNOSURE: Good chanci MYSTU < ODE: Saved foi thJ Bultenzorg improves with Q nin .so must be hard I
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