The Singapore Free Press, 26 February 1957

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1 4 The Singapore Free Press
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    19 1 The Singapore Free Press Largest Afternoon Sale ill Malaya No. 14X12. Singapore. Ttios'ay. February 26. 19>7. Prir.- 1r > Tts.
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    COMMON FRONT MOVE BY THE LIB.-SOCS.
    329 1 New political pattern is taking shape Call to true patriots nRAMATIC DEVELOPMENTS, FOLLOWING THE OUSTING OF MR. DAVID MAX SHALL FROM THE PRESIDENCY OF THE SINGAPORE LABOUR FRONT, ARI TAKING PLACE BEHIND THE SCENES WHICH MAY ULTIMATELY LEAD TO NEV POLITICAL ALIGNMENTS. Tlie election
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    OVER TO INDIA AND UK
    248 1 OVER TO INDIA AND UK Dramatic last moves on M-E EGYPT'S President Nasser, using the Suez Canal, and the Arab world's attitude toward the Eisenhower doctrine as trump cards, is determined to torpedo America's efforts to gain Israel's agreement to withdraw from Egypt before the U.N. General Assembly meets this
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    Rubber price
    30 1 March Brat grade rubber buyers f.o.b. opened m Singapore this morning at 85 '3 8 cents a lb.. down one cent on yesterday's close. The tone was quiet.
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    ELVIS IN BIG FILM DEAL
    64 1 ROCK n' roll singer Elvis Presley agreed yesterday to make a movie for Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer starting on May I, his manager said. Tom Parker called the contract "the biggest deal ever made m Hollywood. 1 He said it called for Presley to receive U*****,000 plus 50'
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    Lama speaks
    35 1 The Dalai Lama arrived m Gyantse, third largest city ot Tibet, last Saturday and told 25,000 people his visit to India had brought "a new era of contact," Peking Radio said today.— A.P.
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    Pow-wow with the 'braves'
    179 1 I^NTHUSIASTIC school Ju children filled the Singapore Badminton Hall yesterday afternoon to see that real, live Red Indian, Tom Two Arrows. They watched Tom. and his braves who were recruited from the 26 Scout Company Gan Kng Seng School, a little apprehensively at first. It was
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    FORTUNE IN BIG GAME FACILITIES FORESEEN
    282 2 FORTUNE IN BIG GAME FACILITIES FORESEEN Hunting m Federation with HQ m Singapore FRENCH-CANADIAN hotelier, Miss Car mcl Bailly, wants to open a hotel ii Singapore and purchase exclusive big gam hunting grounds m the Federation for th< lodgers. But for the present, she prefers to wait ii view of
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    A NEW STAMP
    38 2 The Nationalist Government yesterday issued a new postage stamp' imprinted with the map of the Chinese mainland and the Chinese words "recover the mainland."— Reuter. MISS C ARM EL BAILLY This place is simply marvellous."
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    Lock icon Strippers upset Jap diplomats
    129 2 JAPANESE diplomatic offices abroad have complained that Japanese publicity material sent overseas was erotic and embarrassing, it was disclosed m Tokyo yesterday. Films and magazines sent abroad have contained an increasing number of pictures of nude women, divers, strippers and scenes of mixed bathing, Foreign Ministry
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    76 2 picture. 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 Mr. hdmund Won? tow Kong and Miss Joanna Kao after their wedding at the Wesley Church in Singa- E E pore. Mr. Wong, the son of Mr. and Mrs. Huang E Fang Kuei, is a University of Malaya
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    Tests: Now it's a 4-month wait
    129 2 WAITING time for learner drivers m Singapore to get tested has been cut from eight to four months. Superintendent' of the Traffic Police, Mr. A. E Minns, said this had been possible due to an increase m the number of testers who carried out
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    40 2 picture. Mr. BILLY TAN CHYE SIM and his bride the former Miss Emily Nong Ah Yuen, who were married at the Singapore Registry over the weekend. A reception was held at Wing Choonp Yuen Restaurant m the nieht free Press
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    Lock icon Her trial run
    38 2 The lare.st ship built m West Germany since the end of the war, Caroline Oetker, with a carrying capacity of 33,308 tons, went out on her trial runs yesterday m the North Sea. I Reuter
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    LAND LEASE MOVE
    176 2 Rabbit farm sets the ball rolling rTHE Singapore GovernA ment has given a 30--year leasehold on Crown land to a New Zealander to start a rabbit farm m Kranji. Now, some 200 Chin, farmers In the Bukit Panjang district want similar leaseholds on the land they occupy
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    Lock icon 500 Japs for German mines
    64 2 A SECOND group of young Japanese miners is cxi pected to Come to the Ruhr m April to work m W( t German coal mines for [three years, the coal mining association announced here yesterday. Altogether about 500 Japanese miners are to be trained m
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      146 2 CLOSING DOWN Sale STILL ON! II 4' fan re it* #/i#> St\i*E off till it<-liffhiil<l lI V lit (tilt EVEBYTMMNG fa eimmrmd oIV lh*> i*n»anisi*M. You Now (lan HfiTfl IWfIC And Olliers At Prices Unobtainable Elsewhere! Towels USUAL SALE Cannon Coloured Towels. 22" x 44" $4.50 $3.25 each 16"x26" 2
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    Row over pagan ritual
    231 3 Row over pagan ritual TO BE PERFORMED FOR DUCHESS ACCRA Municipal Council yesterday refused to comply with the request from three Gold Coast church leaders to drop a pagan rite from the capitals welcoming ceremony to the Duchess of Kent on March 2. A fetish priest will perform the tribal
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    Nehtu hits at 2 evils
    183 3 Nehtu hits at 2 evils REDS AND COMMUNALISM MR. Jawaharlal Nehru. the Indian Prime Minister, yesterday made a strong attack on Indian Communists and communalism m an election speech at Calicut, Kerala State. The Reds are strongly entrenched m that province. He said the Communist Party m Kerala and other
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    92 3 picture. iiimiiimmiiiiiiii" Every year about this time the leading Euro- P«*an fashion designers bring: out their Spring and E Summer collections. Many models bear a strange E resemblance to those of yesteryear hut one or two i are really new This original suit, with "match E box" pockets is one
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    Lock icon 'Support plan or else..'
    303 3 REDS' THREAT IN INDONESIA THE independent newspaper Indonesia Raya alleged yesterday that party leaders opposed to President Sukarno's "conception" for stability m the country had received threatening letters and even visits from "military persons" pressing them to support the plan. President Sukarno, announcing his "conception" last
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      99 3 I 1 take care to be lovely Wishful tliitiking never improved any one's look bill with a little care, any woman can have a j? lovely ikin. Nighl and morning Cleanse with Ardena Cleansing Cream, Tone w ir li Ardena Skin Tonic^ arid Nourish with WKa Cream for a young
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    The Singapore Free Press TUESDAY, Feb. 26, 1957. Opinion REACH FOR THE MOON
    302 4 The Singapore Free Press TUESDAY, Feb. 26, 1957. Opinion REACH FOR THE MOON /CAPITALIST free enterprise spurred by the profit motive made Singapore the thriving and prosperous city it is today. But this evidently is not good enough for the Labour Front. Ignoring the disastrous lessons of other countries, this
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    Germany's 'atomic revolution...'
    714 4 Germany's 'atomic revolution years ago Dr Werner Heisen berg, Germany's ac< nuclear physicis said: "We German.' are ten years behim Britain, U.S.A. anc Russia m the deve lopment of nucleai energy. But it won't take us that long tc catch up." Dr. Helsenbere couldn't have beer more right. The Germans,
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    VIRGINIA COOLS OFF
    56 5 THIS COULD BE luscious Virginia Mayo's last film, if reports circulating in recent months are true. She is seen here cooling: off between shots while on location for The Big Land, munching an outsized portion of water melon. In this lusty story of the West. Virginia co-stars
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    Lock icon Warm reception for Eleanor Steber
    279 5 Warm reception for Eleanor Steber METROPOLITAN SOPRANO AT VICTORIA HALL AN enthusiastic audience last night heard the golden voice of Eleanor Steber, leading soprano of the Metropolitan Opera Company, m a multi-lin-j gual programme of Uedet and operatic aria.s which i offered ample evidence of the lovely singer's virtuo- fiity.
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    Dollar flood
    108 5 4 N estimated US$25.E A 000 will br spent Ein the Colony by the GOO tourists arriving m the luxury liner, E C aroma, on March 16. E Mr B E. Kinna, manager of Thomas E Cook Son. Ltd., said that this represented E shore expenses and did
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    Lock icon BONN PLEA TO BRITAIN
    268 5 Don't cut forces yet GERMANY is expected to urge m London today that Britain should delay her planned reduction of about 27,000 men m her armed forces stationed m the Federal Republic, diplomatic sources m London said. The proposed cuts which will reduce Britain's forces m
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    Lock icon Jet crashes in sea
    25 5 A Royal Air Force Venom jot fighter plunged into the sea Dear Hong Kong yester- I ri:iv killing thf> nilot U.p.
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    TRAINING YOUTH LEADERS
    129 5 TRAINING YOUTH LEADERS New course to start in June THE Singapore Federation of Boy's Clubs is now recruiting "potential youth leaders for its second four-month's trainIng course in leadership, club management and recreational facilities scheI duled to bot^in in June. Mr. Lim Choon Mong, president of the federation, told the
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      644 6 M\\l)K\ki: by Lee Falk and Phil Davis j V (^^^^^J j 1N52 OOOAP. I I 'S/MPL£. VOL/ZL A "Tl I'A T//OC/SA//P At/If S OUK %^tL\ MA-CMOO-- f WISH fi£ PLAC£P /A/ A WUILC/ACI£WC£AKT//WH-\ WISH I MAP A MANPRAKE SINCE WE'VE MO OTHERN SPAOE SH/P fl\ -"V L J*£ L J
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  • Round the World Market Prices
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      U.K. closing prices
      165 7 LONDON, Feb 25. Previous Today IMI'.I'IK No. 1 RSS C.I.I. European ports February 25 'i nom. unquoted March 25 S* buyers 25 buyers 25 la sellers 25 sellers RUBBER No 1 RSS Spot 25 buyers 25\ buyers 25 sellers 25^ seller* RUBBER No. 1 RSS Settlement House
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      New York prices
      97 7 TIN Straits spot 99 87 nom. 98 37 nom. I!n futures February 98 50 nom. 97.2d buyers Standard CgrtTMt buyers 97.71 sellers 97.2a sellers TONE: Steady. SALES: Or* ton. Straits retract March 98 00 buyers 97.00 buyers Marcb 98.50 sellers 97.50 sellers Anril 96.75 buyers 95.75 tuyers
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      DOW JONES AVERAGES
      40 7 NEW YORK. Feb. 25 Previous Today 30 Industrial, 46G.93 466.90 20 Railroads lg-g IJJ-J* 40 Domestic Bonds M 95 IS utilities ««-3J 25 65 Stocks Composite Averages 163.38 .iT" Above prices quoted m U.S. cents per lo.
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      U.S. PEPPER
      49 7 MaUibar.'Lamnon* spot MH, avsaitiiiK release 24^,. afloats -24 v 4 and February shipment U%] March shipment 24',. Mun'tok white .spot and await Above prices quoted ing release 33. attoate 32. Pebruary shipment 31; March shipment 30>,. Sarawak spot 25. all sellers ex-dock. m U.S. cents per W.
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      Copra, coconut oil prices
      50 7 COPRA Philippines cU. JIK./ CKii«M& w™£ COCONUT OIL crude Straits S3 2?J2£JSr~ COCONUT OIL crude, Ceylon £!i £TK7^!S r. PHILIPPINE COPRA c.i.f. U.S. Pacific Coast ports per short LONDON, Feb. ?.5. Previous Today vr flrrh/Anr »M buyer, Mi tagg «94.;««n» "4 sener, wailed un^uo^ $15Q00n<)m $1525Q
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    'Blue' boy in oxygen cot makes train dash
    200 7 'Blue' boy in oxygen cot makes train dash X RED HEADED nine week old baby boy was rushed 180 miles to London hospital. »n a sealed pink oxygen supply cot. I doctor, a nursing sister and an oxygen attendant kept constant vigil over the cot throughout the train and ambulance
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    Lock icon 'U.K. to withdraw 250 aircraft'
    58 7 The newspaper Neue Rhein Zeitung reports that Britain is to withdraw no less than 250 of about 460 royal air force aircraft at present stationed in West Germany. The newspaper said It had learned this from a reliable British source in Bonn. The planes would
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    Bearded wonder
    66 7 "Champion Beard of England." otherwise Mr. Dudley Partridge, of Lindficld. Sussex, is going to defend his title at this years Dolphin Fair, Haywards Heath. Mr. Partridge is a dairyman with a fine red beard. With it, last spring, he defeated more than 50 other bearded men. All this
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    'A wee drop please for the lawn mower'
    194 7 'A wee drop please for the lawn mower' LADY MILLS, Wife of Britain's Minister of Power has asked her husband what he Is going to do about getting the grass cut on the large lawns of their home at Studley, Warwickshire. They have two motor mowers but no petrol to
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      75 7 A RAQINQ ANIMAL OF A MAN. .MORE SAVAGE THAN ANY JUNGLE KILLERI pw^m|l I^imJH A R RICHARD WIDMARK JE- fQftciflf TREVOR HOWARD 1?^//? tdsr JANE GREER V > A «rw^[Yoi.»or^"i»« fc*«Tc^»«-. ktMinpMM' TECHNICOLOR CAPITOL next cHAJ SE NIVEA I aJ I The liquid counterpart of Nivea Crcme has similar 1
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      42 7 SINGAPORE I HIGH TIDES TODAY: 10.29 p.m. TOMORROW: 9.26 a.m. and 10.53 p.m. THURSDAY: 10.07 a.m. and 11.13 p.m. FRIDAY: 10.42 a.m. and 11.35 p.m. SATURDAY: 11.16 a.m. f and 11.56 p.m. SUNDAY: 11.49 am, MONDAY: 0.18 a.m. and 12.21 p.m. lim»MMI'IIMIMintll«HIIMHIIIHIMIIHIIIIIHIMll
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    PHONE CALL FROM THE SKY
    114 9 PHONE CALL FROM THE SKY A NEW aircraft tele- phony system has been developed m Britain, and trials have been carried out by scientists of the Ministry of Supply and technical oflicers of the Royal Air Force with the assistance of Canadian scientists. The new system Is called Single Side
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    GRAPEFRUIT SMILE...
    54 9 GRAPEFRUIT SMILE... A COCKTAIL party to introduce new Jaffa grapefruit recipes was held at the Park Lane Hotel m London recently. And there, Miss Jean Meredith, a blue-eyed H 22-year-old girl from County Clare, Ireland. was elected the "Grape- fruit Queen of 1957." "Won't you have one?" she asks from
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    Family under canvas
    157 9 Family under canvas A MARQUEE was m the luggage of Mr. and Mrs. Stanley Prince who left London with I their 12 children for South Africa last week. For they hav e no home to go to "We might camp out m Durban until \v e find a homo," said
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    Lock icon Western pledge to Japan
    99 10 Western pledge to Japan JAPANESE concern J over creation of a common market in Europe is not justified beCMM Japan's European trade will not be curtailed." This assurance was given in Tokyo by West German Deputy Foreign Minister Walter Hallstein. Mr llallstein added that creation of the common market in
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    Lock icon CAMBODIA CHINESE SWITCH TO COMMUNISM
    325 10 CAMBODIA CHINESE SWITCH TO COMMUNISM wirML.Tj tommunisi cmnese rremier tnou r^n-iai i six-uay goodwill visit to Cambodia last November, Communist influence among Cambodia's 250,000 Chinese appears to have advanced by leaps and bounds. Large Chinese clans In self-administering Chinese communities have all come under Communist control since Mr. Choirs visit,
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    47 10 U.S. Colonel Clarence J. Lang, Commanding Offi- cer of the Ryukyus Command T ran- sportation Service, is shoivn presenting a collection of 300 books to President Genshu Asato of the University of •the Ryukyus at Shuri, Okinawa. The books were donated by soldiers of the Colonel's Command.
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    Lock icon Joint market for Asia a first step
    62 10 Joint market for Asia a first step rRMAL negotiations may shortly open In Seoul on three trade pacts which would commit a large portion of South Korea's total productivity to Formosa, the Philippines and South Vietnam. The pacts also would guarantee Korea's vital goods from these countries and could well
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    46 10 Chinese Ambassador m Washington. Dr. Hollington Tons, a member of the first graduating class of the Columbia University School of Journalism m 1913, reminisces with Dean Edward W. Barrett new head of the Journalism School, and Mrs. Barrett at an alumni lunch m the U.S. capital.
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    Lock icon A Peking 'first'
    17 10 The Peking Film Studio is now shooting Red China's first wide-screen colour nlm.- U.P.
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  • PULSE ...featuring news and views about Asia today
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      Lock icon Help tor Indian port development
      78 10 Help tor Indian port development JAPAN and India have begun talks m New Delhi to complete details of a toroad agreement arrived at m Tokyo last November for the supply by India of 7.200.00 C tons of iron ore tc Japan during the five years beginning April 1. An Indian
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      20 10 South Korea plans to open diplomatic relations this year with Turkey. Italy, Austria, Mexico. Cuba, Brazil, Colombia and Argentina. U.P.
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      18 10 Mr. Hou Chia Yuan, who built the Chekiang-Kiang-sl and the Hunan-Kwang-si railroad lines, has died in Taipeh. A.P.
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      31 10 The U.S. Army Chief-of->tuff's deputy for military operations. I l Gen Clyde D Eddleman conferred in Lahore with Pakistan's Commander -in. Chief Gen. Mohammad Ayub Khan, during a two-day visit. U.P.
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      32 10 south Korean Minister of Reconstruction Kim Hyun Chul, just returned to Seoul from the United States, predicted that IS. economic aid to his nation would continue for about five more years. U.P.
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      33 10 Communist China and Bulgaria have signed a trade agreement for 1957. China will supply industrial raw materials and household Items, while Bulgaria will send China nonferrous metals, chemicals, textiles and pharmaceutical goods.— A.P.
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      36 10 Czechoslovakia Is to build four factories in North Korea under a technical co-operation agreement signed in Prague. They are a machine tool factory, a precision machine plant, an electro-technical plant and a auto repair works. Reuter
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      42 10 Mr. Yamamoto, president of Japan's Association for the Promotion of International Trade, said after visiting Red China that China would have to import heavy machinery for her second five-year plan. He believed China would continue to lay emphasis on heavy industry. Reuter
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      38 10 SOVIET RUSSIA HAS OFFERED THE INDONESIAN GOVERNMENT A CREDIT EQUIVALENT TO US$6.000.000 TO BUY ARMS AND CARS. IT WAS IN ADDITION TO A US$100 M I L LION CREDIT SIGNED BY THE TWO GOVERNMENTS FOTTR MONTH AGO- A.P.
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    Lock icon State religion implications
    51 10 UNU. president of Burma's ruling AntiFascist People's Freedom League, has conferred with leaders of the non-Budd-hist faiths on proposed legislation for making Buddhism the state religion. One effect of the proposed legislation, U. Nu said, would be that the President of the country would be a Buddhls
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    Japan economic aid for Laos
    55 10 Japan will send special inspection missions to Laos and Cambodia shortly to map out concrete details of proposed aid plans for the two countries. This will be Japan's first economic aid to be given abroad and is part of an over-all economic aid programme to
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    Lock icon Juvenile crime is rising in Tokyo
    79 10 Juvenile crime is rising in Tokyo TOKYO, the world's "second largest city," is driving hard to wipe out "gangsterism and hooliganism," Chief of Metropolitan Police Hisato Kawai told Associated Press. "Attempts to exterminate gangsters have been pushed for more than a year," Mr. Kawai said. "Between August and December last
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    THE 'GOLDEN PEN FRIEND' BOY LOST TWO GIRLS
    274 11 THE 'GOLDEN PEN FRIEND' BOY LOST TWO GIRLS rpIE letters of Corporal Arnold Wright were al L ways full of tender flatteries. Trouble was he sent them to two pretty girl at once -pen friends he never met. So when GIRL No. 1 letters with, All my love'— followed by
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    WAS IT A G-G-H-O-S-T?
    198 11 A CRY m the night shut tered th c silence o the Toner of London. It ivas dismissed m officia records as The Case of Th Frightened Guards men But. It was m the early hour of morning. An icy wiru chased grey clouds acros a
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    Jail riot
    62 11 I rp II X X E hundred I convicts m the Ucciardonc P r i s o n. Palermo. Sicily, rioted recently against prison I conditions. Many esI caped on to the jail roof and threw tiles and missiles at guards. Finally tear-gas was used to restore order.
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    BRIDGE HAND
    376 12 Vul: NORTH (D) N-S 4 7 5 3 9QJ9 0 A J2 AQ43 WEST EAST 492 4KQ864 9K75 9A63 0 754S 0986 ♦1098 5 J 2 SOUTH A J 10 9 108 4 2 0 ICQ 10 K76 The bidding: N<xih £mi Souih Weal 1 I 4 2
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    100,000 PRINTS ENTERED IN TOKYO SALON
    213 12  - 100,000 PRINTS ENTERED IN TOKYO SALON y." l j v y j ML f Call in y all Photographers I tt T SUMMIT GUM THE 1957 International Japanese Salon, sponsored by a leading Tokyo newspaper, has attracted more than 100.000 entries. This i s the highest number of photographs ever
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    CHAN WINS AGAIN
    127 12 CHAN WINS AGAIN CINCAPORE Icnsmcn were once again successful m the 1957 Penang Flower Show Photographic Competition. They won two out of the three top prizes. A The Penan* Gardening Society, Photo graphic Section, has awarded the Soon Cheng Sun Silver Challenge Cup and Trophy to Mr. P. L Chan,
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    'THREE MOODS' CHOSEN
    106 12 Two striking photographs by ace Singapore Photographer, r. l. a^uliulc v, I the Royal Photographic Society of Great Britain. "Three Moods" (above) has been accepted S by the International Japanese Salon. The salon attracted a world record entry of 100,000 prints of which only 500 were accepted.
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      214 12 Daily Crossword i ii i mi m i* 7*M<IIIMIIII Mil (I I is ACROSS tation (7). 1 SOS.! Help seen In despair 6ls workshop at last accepta•l2> ble? (12). 8 All set before trimmed (8). 1 Anxious fowls withlr Jl2) 9lt is found m COUTM« (4). 10 If you are
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    The Do-it Yourself Club
    523 13 DFSF lOOSK seats of dining chairs ec figure 1) arc simple to re-upholster with latex fo; m. Remove all the upholstery down to the seat franv renew ing the webbing w if required. If you intend to re-cover with a thicker I jf J fabric than
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    Combine carvester
    62 13 Cutting board combining a kitchen knife drawer is made by gluing up 1% In. x '/j m. strips on a 131/2 m. x 8 In. quarter ply base and fitting with a solid hardwood top Use 1 3 4 x 6 woodscrews to cpmplete assembly and give a
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    TIPS FROM READERS
    258 13 TIPS FROM READERS /CARELESS handling or accidents can easily buckle a saw blade, but often the damage can be put right m this fashion. Hold the saw by the handle with both hands, the blade held horizontally 2-3 inches above the table or flat of the workbench. With a flick
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    5,000 wins this week for U.S. jockey!
    222 14 5,000 wins this week for U.S. jockey! JOHNNY LONGDEN. today ■tanda ju.st four winners a ay irom another staggerin- racing achievement The wliened little jockey hai come in with 4.996 winnen In a racing career that goei back 30 years, and with any luck should ride home with No. 5000
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    Lock icon Aussie champ takes a beating
    106 14 Aussie champ takes a beating MIKE Holt, South Africa's middleweight champion, beat Billy McDonnell, the Australian champion. at Sydney Stadium last night. The referee stopped the fight in the fifth round. Holt so impressed the local boxing experts that they rated him the hardest punching middleweight seen in Australia for
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    Lock icon FANGIO WINS
    38 14 Juan Manuel Pangio. the Argentine world champion, won the Cuban Grand Prix sports car race In a Maseratl yesterday In C;«rroll Shelby (U.S>, was second and Alfonso De Portago (8paiPl thirri hr»»h drivintr Per. rarii Reuter
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    73 14 •■■■■■a Bobby Morrow, Amc- rican winner of three gold medals in the 1956 Melbourne Olympic Games, walks hand in hand with his wife Jo Ann on the campus of I I Abilene Christian Col- I lege in Abilene. Texas. I Bobby plans to enter I I the U.S. Armed Forces
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    Lock icon Moscow has 'boy wonder'
    136 14 Moscow has 'boy wonder' A.P. RUSSIA, with an eye on Wimbledon, have produced what many Moscow tennis fans call a "boy wonder.' He io 19-year-old Vyacheslav Mirza. who twice m Sunday's men's finals of the Soviet tennis championships took veteran titleholder Segey Andreev to match point before finally losing to
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    Lock icon SOUTHAMPTON WIN
    29 14 Southampton beat Millwall 4-C (half-time 1-0) In a third division southern league soccei natch last night m Southampon. The match was originally icheduled for Feb. 16- Reuter
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    TAX HITS RUGGER
    60 14 I^NTKKTAINMENT TAX hit IIM Rugby League Test A Mutch between Kntv'and and Australia at Swinton to the tune of B 1,122 out of the «ross "gate" of £4,244 Reason lor this was the nutnher of higher priced seats m comparison to standing room. Alter deductions Australia also
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    Lock icon M.C.C. ARE 233 RUNS IN FRONT
    207 14 GOING for runs after gaining a first innings lead of 78, M.C.C. were m a strong position at the end of the third day's play against Western Provinces yo.sterday m Capetown. With one day left for play. M.C.C. led by 233 runs with seven
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    MALAYA'S CUP TRIO LEAVE
    56 14 Malaya's three top tennis stars yesterday left by air for Madms to compete m the Asian Zone of the Davis Cup competition on March 1, 2 and 3. Oiva Chew Bae, Kliunu Kit Soon of Singapore and Moses Tay of Perak, will meet the Indlana m
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    What makes Bob Morrow the best?
    571 14 What makes Bob Morrow the best? A LESSON FOR ALL MALAYAN SPRINTERS I T>OBBY Morrow, a 21 year-old youth with a pleasing smile and a warm personality, left a cotton and carrot farm m San Benito, m the state of Texas to become the outstanding member of the 1956 U.S.
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    SUCCESS TOO SOON!
    486 14  -  ARCHIE QUICK •I -By A UNIQUE football double" becomes im- :j ■I minent. Colchester, nine matches with- J ■I out defeat, lead Division Three South with I- Benny Fenton as manager. West Ham United, l\ with their winning run just ended, are a dis- ■I tinct possibility
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    220 CHILDREN IN SERVICES SWIM CARNIVAL
    417 15 220 CHILDREN IN SERVICES SWIM CARNIVAL r r\VO hundred and twenty 1 school children took part m the Singapore inter-services secondary schools annual .swimming gala at the R.AF. CbanfJ pool. Mrs. C Mac Donald. wife of the Station Commander RAF Changi, presented the prizes. Re&ult.s: Breast str<)ke. (Bejl under 13):
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    VICTORIA SCORE 6
    34 15 In the S.A.F.A. youth soccer competition. Victoria School yesterday brat Bartley Secondary School, 6-1 at Bartley Road. In another game at Woodsville, St. Andrew's School beat Pa.sir Panjang Secondary School 3-1.
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    BAXTER RIDES
    27 15 Alex Baxter's poisoned leg has responded quickly to treatment. He will resume riding on Saturday. He rode several horses m their ir.uk work this morning.
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    Lock icon KEEP IT CLEAN!
    393 15 UMPIRE'S ADVANCE WARNING: picture. Free Press Hockey Reporter University 0; Police 0. SO once again it's no decision. The fourth meeting of these Senior Knockout hockey rivals will take place at Bukit Timah tomorrow. Yesterday on the padang. University were the better team but could not prove
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    CALLOVER FOR SPRING DOUBLE
    147 15 CiLOSING odds at last nights Victoria Club callover on the Lincolnshire Handicap and Grand National Steeplechase were: Lincolnshire Handicap (one mile, March 27): 100 to 7 Loppylugs and D'onision, 18 to 1 Nonchalance find River Line, 20 to 1 Setting Star, Idle Rock-: and Precious Heather,
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    Senorita was the surprise
    302 15  -  ALLAN LKWIS By THE Penang tracks are still hard. There has been no rain since last Friday. The number two track was opened for fast work this morning, but things were fairly quiet. Surprise of the morning was Senorita, who ran three m 38. Ridden by
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    Lock icon Odds on the F.A. Cup
    52 15 MORE INTFRFST WAS SHOWN IN Bfcllirs«» ui\ mr. BNGUSa FOOTBALL ASSOCIATION CUP THAN IN THK "SPRING DOI'BLE" EVENTS. Manchester United remained firm favourites at 9 to 4 but Birmingham City, supported to win £11.000 sterling and West Bromwhich Albion (£9,000 sterling), claimed most attention. Reuter
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    A new solution
    48 16 Pakistan's High Commissioner for Australia, Lieut. Gen. Mahomed Yousseff, called yesterday for a conference of Commonwealth Prime Ministers to handle the Kashmir dispute. U.P. MR VASILY KU6NETSOV, Soviet First Deputy Foreign Minister, U.S. is out to exploit smaller nations to increase its already enormous profits:'
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    Lock icon VICIOUS SOVIET ATTACK ON U.S.
    523 16 America out to dominate the world Mud-slinging m U.N. SENATOR William F. Knowland of the United States put before the United Nations yesterday a IU-point indictment of Soviet policy m Eastern Europe over the past 20 years, accusing Russia of "completely suppressing every expression of
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    'CLAIM IS NOT JUST'
    197 16 'CLAIM IS NOT JUST' SIR PERCY SPENDER of Australia declared at the United Nations yesterday that Indonesia had brought her dispute with her Netherlands over west New Guinea to the United Nations m the interests of creating a situation "manifestly both j absurd and dangerous Speaking m debate m the
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    Sanctions may come
    301 16 From Page 1 But Israel remains adamant on the point of nonreturn of the Gaza Strip to Egypt. At U.N. headquarters Mr. Eban made thus known to Mr. Hammarskjoeld at the fir.st of two meetings yesterday. The second meeting was held late last night. In between the
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    Landak: Search goes on
    99 16 STILL NO CLUES rHE search for the missing Shell tanker Landak and her crew of three Europeans and 14 Asians will continue "until we get a clue to her fate," a Shell spokesman said today. "he spokesman added that there were still no signs of the
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    Lock icon CEYLON DRS. TO VISIT RUSSIA
    50 16 Ten Ceylon doctors will visit Russia as guests of Russian physicians m August this year as part of an exchange programme. In November or December Russian doctors will go to Ceylon as guests of Ceylon doctors to spend about four weeks m the country.- v.p.
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    'Arsenic grapes' probe
    117 16 'Arsenic grapes' probe TH E Honorary Spam I Vice-Consul m Singapore. Mr. E. Gregory-Jones, is investigating how $150,0U0 worth of grapes imported by the Colony from Spain were contaminated with arsenic. Mr. Gregory-Jones told the Free Press this morning: I am making investigations and will also write to the Spanish
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      13 1 THE PAPER WITHIN A PAPER Eve No. 33. Singapore, Tuesday. February 26. 1957.
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      Lock icon How sloppy can a gire get?
      568 1 How sloppy can a gire get? DFSGDSGD j Are these girls dressed for bedtime? No. they are dressed for strolling about the city's streets. This shapeless, ill-fitting and baggy kind of an outfit is the samfoo fast becoming universal feminine attire m f- f jin£3Dorc While beautiful clothes priced within
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      Spotlight on HANDBAGS
      218 1 HANDBAGS most important feminine accessory have taken on a ladylike look for the Spring perspective. Sweet and delicate pastels are being embraced like mad by Continental couturiers The long, long look is still topdrawer fashion news. Something very new. too, is the exquisite touch for (of all
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      Are YOU one of these ill behaved Singaporeans
      357 2 Are YOU one of these ill behaved Singaporeans Women like to be noticed but, sometimes, they leave much to be desired by way of manners. There are certain sins against society which eye almost exclusive to women. These, for example: V l, Bad Manners while shopping: > No matter how
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      DESIGN OF THE WEEK
      217 2 FRANGIPANI this attractive original by EVE, clearly preserves the lovely pattern of the Indonesian batik from which it is made. It is an afternoon frock when worn with its matching briel stole, an evening dress as a strapless sheath. Fashioned of genuine hand-made batik il boasis
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      Recipes for Gourmets
      350 2 NEW EVE SERVICE STARTS TOMPA* IN response to many requests, EVE today starts a series of articles on foreign cookery foods ot Latin America, France and Italy, Hungary and Spain, even Algiers. Arabia and Africa. In addition to an explanation of the method of preparing these strange,
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      Lock icon Eve's woman of the week
      456 2 Eve's woman of the week JN Singapore, city of many Chinese provincial types and personalities, Mrs. Lin Boh is a charming example of one of the minority groups, those from picturesque old Foochow. Mother of six- f our daughters and two sons— and a talented homemaker and gracious hostess, Mrs.
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      NOW FOR A DARK LOOK
      188 3 MOW it's the "dark look" m textiles for daytime wear. This should not be too disconcerting an edict as there arc many deep-toned colours which are appropriate to our climate and social tempo. Take jungle greens for instance. The y're particularly fresh-looking colours to accent
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      Sitting pretty
      191 3 Sitting pretty Sitting pvvtttf <>n a siripvd troollcti blanket. Hiss Sun- lint her of ti).l7 (above) is propped on piltonvs stuffed frith iovui kapok. The blanket and pillotv-tons trere hand woven m india Remindful of Oh Mexico's colour fu striped woollen scrape, (blanket) are some ga\ hand-loomed ones jus arrived
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      Treasure Chest ...
      61 3 Treasure Chest Are y o v coll tttini Chinese pottery and small Oriental treasures? You will find It necessary to display and store them properly and safely. One enterprising dealer m antiques has acquired a large number of such cabinets, over five feet tall deep, wide j and handsome They
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      Feminascope
      1278 4 AN ANCIENT AHT, Foochow lacquerware, «s enjoying a revival of interest among collectors. There are lew crafts 80 steeped m traditional skill and patient understanding of step -by -step me- thod us this beautiful ware. Layers of silk or fine linen are slued together and shaped to sculptural form,
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      Where to buy...
      188 4 Where to buy Batiks Indonesian Arts Crafts Shop, 33 Tanglin Road; handwoven blankets, textiles and household linens, Hand- looms Emporium. 23 Race Course Lane; satin Chinese jac- I kets, porcelain and Sutsuma- 1 ware The China Company, I Battery Road; hand-screened I cheongsum silk*. Echigoya I Co. 28 Coleman St.;
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