Singapore Standard, 25 January 1954

Microfilm: NL8997
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  • Title Section
    Masthead
    19 1 SINGAPORE STANDARD Tiger zfc 3H J. Vol. IV. No. 207. SINGAPORE, MONDAY, JANUARY 23, 1931 TWELVE PAGES 10 CENTS.
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    WHAT'S WRONG IN VARSITY FOR CHINESE?-AW
    1235 1 WHAT'S WRONG IN VARSITY FOR CHINESE?- AW charges nade by the A'anyana id denials by SIT. authorities on )val oj the University's site on I*o Boon i< issued uesterdn-j the Which •■> points o'.r the necessity emtu and urges the authorities ■d sponsors c:\rnj o'('. the project tmy ier dewy:
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    TENSION IN CASABLANCA
    60 1 H\3 \T. o. H T^' P( r ren -h troops oorl c S] I fc r teas arc fan I increasingly I l the part ol S authorities v rt i Casab an -a. raided t: Ofl stations •ie citj today m ks that sei x >
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    Gang Sends Salesman A Threat Note
    179 1 A SALESMAN of Seirlene Electric Laundry and DryL":eanii;s m Delta Road, Singapore, received a letter on Saturday warning him to quit bis Job "or cisc This was revealed to The Standard by the manager of the firm, Mr. Le c Kok Han. who has
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    ITS JUST NOT DONE IN PAK.
    52 1 KARACHI. Jan. 24 (AFP) Karachi police yesterday arrested a young couple who had been singing and kissing while bicycling m the sunny streets of the Pakistani capital. The boy and the girl will shortly appear m court on the charge of %i bad conduct
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    SIX TERRORISTS KILLED
    289 1 5 Walk Straight Into Gurkha Guns KUALA LUMPUR, Sun.— As a patrol of the 2/6 Gurkhas was preparing to attack a terrorist camp m the Segamat district of Johore yesterday five bandits left the camp and walked straight into the Gurkha "stop" positions. Two terrorists were killed
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  • Article
    Secret Pay Talks Held
    48 1 THE Singapore Government conducted secret negotiations with the T.E.C.S.A.M. and the M.C.S. Association on Saturday afternoon, on the Ritson recommandations. The Standard understands that the Council of Joint Action intends to send a strong protest to Government over these separate discussions with expatriate officers.
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    REDS HIT AT 'KISS KISS, BANG BANG' MOVIES
    198 1 HONGKONG. Jan. 24 (UP American movies are nothing but "kis s kiss kiss, bang bang bang", the pro-Com-munist newspaper. Wen Wei Pao. said yesterday, but "we do not blame Hollywood." The newspaper carried an article m its week-end supplement which said that
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    Anti-Red PoW's Cain Freedom
    62 1 photo. photo. RIGHT: A truikload of the PoYV's wave flags and shout as they leave the neutriil zone. U.P. SINGING, flag-waving anti-Communist Chinese and Korean prisoners of war began their journey from Indian custody to freedom last Wednesday ABOVE: PoW's carry South Koreun flags as they
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    LIM CAN GO FREE: POLICE
    558 1 He Is Innocent Standard Staff Reporter MR. LIM Kean Chye, the Singapore lawyer who went into hiding three years ago and for whose arrest police at that time offered a reward of $6,000 can now come out of his hiding and resume normal life if
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    EIGHT KILLED AS TRAIN HITS CAR
    35 1 EIGHT KILLED AS TRAIN HITS CAR NAPAXEE (Ontario), Jan. 24 (AP> A Canadian National Railways flyer, bound for Montreal, struck an automobile at a road crossing yesterday and killed eight of the car's nine passengers.
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  • Article
    Lin Yu-tang Wise, Witty -NY Times
    111 1 NEW YORK. Jan 24 (UP)— The New Yoik Times today called Professor Lin Vu-tang a witty and wise writer, speaker and philosopher". Remarking editorially or; hifi appointment to Singapore take up the post of Chancellor of the new Nanyang University the paper said: "There
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    Sir Donald Presents A Portrait
    99 1 Sir Donald Presents A Portrait LONDON. Jan. 23 (Reuter) Sir Donald MacGillivray, deputy High Commissioner for Malay a. today on behalf of the Government of the Federation of Malaya, presented to Lady Gurney. widow of the former High Commissioner, Sir Henry Gurriey, a copy of a portrait of her husband
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    BIG WELCOME FOR PoWs
    66 1 TAIPEH. Jan. 24— (AP'i— Popping firecrackers, blaring bands and cheering, surging crowds last night greeted the first arrivals among 14.000 former Chinese Red soldiers who refused to return to Communism after capture m the Korean war. A United States Air Force C-54 flew m 29 stretcher
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    GIRL ROBBED IN GEYLANG
    77 1 A man went to a house m Tiong Bahru yesterday afternoon and told a 15-year-o!d Chinese girl that her father had been arrested by the poiice. On the pretext of reporting to the police station the girl was taken to a vacant place at the Malay
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  • Article
    Western Powers Meet For 3rd Time
    164 1 Western Powers Meet For 3rd Time BERLIN. Jan 24 (Reuter)— The Big Three Western Foreign Ministers meet for ihe third time here today to put the finishing touches to their plans for tomorrow's talks with tlie Russians. A F:< ocfa soun e t hac almost completed Iheii work yesterday They
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    3 Orphans Now Face Starvation
    112 1 IPOH. S in. Thro Iren of Kampong Tawas Kew Village face stai nation «s a ie- the death of their parents i H fo mi dfcac some three nights 10 Hor Ifok ag»?d SS was fo nd hanging m his room vhite his wiie Chan
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    40 MILLION SLAIN
    28 1 NATIONALIST Chines* late igence today estima'ed the Chines* Communists k. <■ i Bt easi 40,000,000 people behind the Bamboo Curtain ing the past Emir fears U.P.
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  • Article, Illustration
    AUSSIE COUPLE HELPS LOCAL BOY
    463 2 Life's Dream Realised XJTTLE did Lieu- Yin I Soon of Kluang know -when he went to the Pan-Paciric Scout Jam-! boiee held m Australia m 1948 that this occasion would mark the turning point n ni s young life. V." be Bnl arrived m Md-
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  • Article
    No Politics For Civil Servants Yet
    91 2 No Politics For Civil Servants Yet THI Go ■en neni -:e .::•> its ta I :d trade unions en ol it.; en I c t^e Rc:.vt n to endai.v.--y Government t -have a asked to a te part i Uea and Th t roposed appi eea 1 the detai before
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    Layout For Nanyang University
    57 2 TtUS is a detailed plan for the Nanyang University at the 15 A milestone on .hi rong Road drawn and submitted to the Singapore Improvement Trust for approval. It is to be built on a 500-acre plot donated to the University by the Ilokkien Huey Kuan.
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    Surveyor On Visit
    112 2 Mr. S. L. Poplai. Director of Surveys, Indian Council of World Affairs, New Delhi, arrived m Singapore yesterday from Jakarta for a four-day study-stay m the colony, on his way to Delhi. Mr. Poplai. a professor of history m the University of Delhi before joining the Council
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  • Page 2 Miscellaneous
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      61 2 Weather Report Minimum Temperature. From 7.30 p.m. Jan. 23 to 7.30 a.m. Jan. 24. Spore (76F1, Penang (74F), Kota Bahru (86F). XL. (82F) Ipoh (75F). Kuantan (74F). Maximum Temperature: From 7.30 a.m. to 7.30 p.m. Jan. 24. Spore (84F). Penang (85F), Kota Bahru (86F), K.L. (82F), Ipoh (89F), Kuantan (82F).
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  • Article
    $1 MIL. SCHOOL FOR KEDAH
    58 3 ALOR STAR. Sun. The foundation stone cf the new Sl. nno. ooo English Girls' School at Derga, near Alor Star, will be laid by Sultana Asma of Keclah on Jan. 30 When the first phase of the building is completed, about the end of this
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    Boy (4) Falls From Window
    57 3 A FOUR-YEAR-OLD boy, Leong Teck Onn was injured yesterday, when he fell 15 feet out of a window of his house at the junction of Middle Road and Queen Street, Singapore. He was found sprawling on the road by his mother, and was later admitted
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    A DREAM COMES TRUE FOR 1,000
    248 3 A DREAM COMES TRUE FOR 1,000 Island Gets 3 New Buildings Standard Staff Reporter MORE THAN a thousand islanders defied the rain to witness a life-long dream at Pulau Tekong yesterday as a police station, health centre and a school were opened. This dream of the people would not have
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    Untitled
    30 3 photo. Mr. John Laycock. cuts a ribbon to open the new School m P u la u Tekon? yesterday. Looking on is Mr. Hamid, the principal of the school. Standard
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  • Article
    India's Great Men: A Tribute
    241 3 IN EVERY generation India has produced a great man who has contributed much to world peace and spiritual welfare, said the Ceylon Commissioner for Malaya, Mr. M. Saravanamuthu, yesterday when he addressed a public meeting at the Victoria Memorial Hall, Singapore, on the eve of
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    30 3 Photo. MR. M. GOPALA MENON, Representative of the Government of India, welcoming the Governor. Sir John Nicoll and distinguished guests who attended the public meeting of Indian Republic Day. Standard
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  • Article
    Succeed Bland To Vickers
    125 3 Succeed Bland To Vickers DR. R. H. BLAND. Director of Medical Services. (Eastern Region) Nigeria will succeed Dr. W. J. Vickers as Director of Medical Services, Singapore, as from April, this year. Dr. Bland was born m 1904 and educated at ShrewsburySchool and Trinity College, Dublin. He served m the
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    CLASSES FOR OVER-AGED
    81 3 PEXAXG. Sun.— A Penan g school was beseiged with applications for admission from parents for their over-aged children, following a report that the school has room for more pupils. Today at a meeting, the trustees of the Sin Kang School decided to start English continuation classes from
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    Three S'pore Directors End Services In June
    326 3 Three S'pore Directors End Services In June Lewis 4k Peat Statement THE DIRECTORS of Messrs. Lewis and Peat Ltd., London. Sir George Allen, Mr. G. D. Cotton and Mr. A. R. W. Came, who were m Singapore recently, issued a joint statement saying that during their stay here, they had
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  • Article
    CALL TO LIFT CONTROL OF RICE IMPORTATIONS
    213 3 KAULA LUMPUR, Sun. The Associated Chinese Chambers of Commerce have petitioned the Government to fix a definite date for lifting the control on rice importation and to make arrangements for the procurement of rupplie s from the producing countries. A great deal of
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      299 3 s|: ji^' ~l Services every Saturday rate from Smgapo r e M 51.85 per kilogram. Jim North t$ I Bangkok lk\i^ -^^^^r tt oriiu t c tmm New PERSONAL Hntm*m Tuition Service from England E^;i t eerli| Here is great news for all interested m bngineering unsuasei and Commercial careers
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  • YOUTH
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      RICKYS SPACE-SHIP TRAVELS BY 3-TON LORRY!
      321 4 RICKYS SPACE-SHIP TRAVELS BY 3-TON LORRY! IN a matter of days, a number of wide-eyed children will gather m Main-square. Washington, Illinois, to be shown over a 32ft. long spaceship by its proud owner, red-haired, freckled Ricky Walker, aged ten. R:cky won the spaceship m a competition for naming an
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      WHY DOES RADIOACTIVITY KILL?
      457 4  -  M. A. GLASGOW By I I()\V does radio -at -tivity 1 damage living material? In our new atomic age. that m a question of great importance and it is one winch, so far. has not been answered properly. S ientists a.j not yet <::<^\v igh a
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      JUNIOR ART
      55 4 KING its d season, kg service 4 Council c ;um of Modern Art i;: Hrm York, recently nhifait- «<! r-^ ltd) artists m 1 !< Penthouse Gait i lectcd n -}."> N\ v V.> < rhej Delude s pi ints ....a sculpI Irs two yean, ing service h>s
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      STUDENTS LEARN THROUGH PRACTICAL EXPERIENCE
      410 4 STUDENTS LEARN THROUGH PRACTICAL EXPERIENCE PITTSBURGH, Pa— Two vounjf foreign exchange students, together with their American classmates, have an opportunity to fcain first-hand experience m the I nited States business s> torn while attending high school here. Th c Students, Liselotte Mass of West Berlin. Germany and Sang Don Lee
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      PARABOLAS IN A PICTURE FRAME
      484 4  -  JOYCE BISSELL X^OR the past few months I A have been working with parabolies and hyperbolic parabolids, and enjoying it. Wonder why? As a matter of fact, I myself did not know I had been working with these curiosities until a few weeks ago, when
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      THESE THINGS HAVE THE SAME NAME
      344 4 I^HE following well-known islands have the same names as the persons or things indicated. What are they 1. This Island, near Australia, has the same name as the author of a famous novel about a whale. 2. The name of this Pacific group of
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      Timothy Tortoise Finds A Friend
      912 4  - Timothy Tortoise Finds A Friend MURIEL HOLLAND Story By M ith Pictures By have a snooze," he said. and he drew his head and legs underneath his shell The next moment he was fast asleep, looking Uke a large humpy stone. 'TIMOTHY TORTOISE had been m his new home for
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      51 4 "Arent you going to dish away." asked T mmi >. M>K Afe Ll'lTl.h 4> SI VOO can start a savings account PEKCEM <\!» RFSI will be paid to you for ha« w** l ever* > «ir W i tir\' /^prv noon) >i ihm f^/fiS mil V^^. I *J iTii^lHiti ll
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    Indonesia Steps Up HK Trade
    132 5 HONGKONG, Jan. 22, (AFP) For the first time m the Colony's history, Indonesia m 1952-53 became Hongkong's best customer, according to the annual Commerce and Industry report. Following Indonesia, were China, Malaya, Thailand, Formosa, Japan and the United States. China for the first time occupied
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    Small Business In Local Mart
    583 5 By A Market Correspondent ONLY small trading was achieved during this period which was reduced to U days business by the intervention of the Thaipusam holiday. As opposed to strong New York and London markets and a particularly large turnover m the latter, local markets
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    UK Must Do Better 0r...
    81 5 LONDON. Jan 21 Reuter i— Lord Baliour of Burleigh. Chairman of Lloyds Bank has warned Britain that she mi«ht be heading into further economic difficulties. "Inlei-s ire en do much better than v.o are dun?, even a minor recession m world trade siaii a.s can
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    MULTI-BILLION $ HEALTH BILL
    38 5 MULTI-BILLION HEALTH BILL NEW YORK, Jan. 24. (Reiner). Illness cos- Ameri can Camilii s $10,200,000,000 for the year ending last at according to a nationwide Biirvey of medical costs published yesterday lor the first lime ;n 20 years.
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    Warning On Future Of Tongkahs
    117 5 "TJ-P C Hart* Tin Dredgii I Government recently mdi of the difficult times throug the effecting a export duty by one-., tof th< high i aid there apof local v table ior the Bidoi Q ligging and a 1928. 1 be Future >,'. rongkali Harbour,
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  • Page 5 Miscellaneous
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      293 5 siiiOAruni!. SJAMIAKLI Monday, January I!3, 1951. r»ge 5. .£-o<::- .'<xw^H^^B& ijtisliiS i^^^^^^^^Bn^HBB!IR9^^^^ v: X^"^ v 5^^^^^^ I^BfejftBfc SS^^^* -> s "^"°P e^* "Setting Out" by Teoh Chee i '"^^"'^^■^^B Keat of 57 Magazine Road, Penang. <S U v^v^'t-V -^S^^^^ ""^S Bottom Left: "Full Bloom" by Khaw Eng L wof I^b^m^
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      290 5 GLORY: Tarzan Escapes 3.30 7 md 9J3 p m. STAR: Fall In Love (Cantonesei 3.30. 7 and 930 p m !\!>n()K: T imbi] ar (Tamil) 3 30 and a 30 pjn. 1 K!-.\: T:-.e Light Of The Silvery Moon 3 15, 6 :5 and y 13 p.m. TAWiNG IRLTON: Awaiyar
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      329 5 THE STARS AND YOU By RITA DEL MAR T TODAY'S QUOTATION: "II there's any philosophy m a man. marriage will develop it" Anon. MONDAY FOR EVERYONE: Limit your activities to routine ta ks which can best be taken care of deliberately. Be guarded against at tendency to misunderstandings, involvements, complications.
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    They Chose Freedom
    691 6 'THEY chose freedom. All (he eloquence ol" Marcus Cicero and Mark Antony, all the cunning of the Stalinists, all the sinister designs and horrifying threats as only the sts could make them have proven tutile nan's love for freedom. G nc Bhdty 01 give me death, an
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    U.S. Navy Rockets Search For Cosmic Radiation Data
    982 6  -  Herdert B. Nichols .Says- WASHINGTON JF YOU were m the midst of a terrific bombardment with shells approaching from every direction at once, there would be no doubt about your interest m the matter; your curiosity about where they were coming from;
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    Oh, Oh, Antonio
    321 6 ROME, YT/ ILL it be a boy or a n girl? That question does not bother the wives or husbands of the Italian mountain village or San Vito di Valle Castellana m the Apennines. They CHOOSE what they will hire simply by consulting Antonio Sabatucci, the village
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    USELESS EUSTACE
    21 6 "No wonder some of you lot can't get out of bed m the morning staying up half the night!"
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  • We the PEOPLE
    • Letter
      SELFISH MOVES
      191 6 Sir;— Many of the G.C.S. Clerks m the Singapore Government Service may not be aware that the rank and file of the Superseale A B officers have now joined, the Singapore Government Administrative and Clerical Services Union. They have begun advocating a reshuffle m the present set up
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    • Letter
      SOUND VIEWS
      73 6 Sir: I congratulate you on the soundness of your views m reference to the efficiency of the local police m times of turmoil like the one we ore m at present. And 1 hope your editorial, "Buck Up, Boys!", will be taken to heart by every member of
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    • Letter
      Honours Graduates' Opportunism
      464 6 Sir; A normally qi:iet, smug and complacent section of the educated community have found it necessary of late to leap out of their comfortable seclusion to do vociferous battle with the authorities. I refer to the few Honours Graduates m the teaching service, who have suddenly taken
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    • Letter
      PRAISE FOR AN EDITORIAL
      127 6 PRAISE FOR AN EDITORIAL Sir; I toke off my hat to your editorial "BUCK UP BOYS!" which appeared on Jan. 21. It was a splendid job at the Special Branch. I quote here an extract from your issue of Jon. 20. ''Although Special Branch men kept on all night vigil
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    • Letter
      Top Secret Subject
      180 6 Sir: At a time when Govt. is trying its best to promote good Trade Unionism some Heads of Departments are taking a very autocratic attitude towards promotions, transfers, leave, etc. The Unions are never consulted when any of the above are taking place; especially transfers which cause
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    Korea Girls Feted
    70 7 photo ACTRESS Terry Moore (left), who caused such a furore whtu wore an eran dc I athing sail entertaining troops fan Korea, stands barefooted as she and Susan Zanufk (right) check the Chinese costume of actress Mitzi Gaynor as she arrives lot a party m Hollywood. The
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    Danger Of War Is Receding—Yoshida
    261 7 Danger Of War Is Receding— Yoshida TOKYO, Jan. 24 (IP)— Prime Minister Shigeru Y'oshida yesterday urged Japan to stand "resolved to %ht firmly against Communism." In the key address before the Liberal Party's eighth national convention which opened here this morning, the Premier admitted the danger of war "appeared" to
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    MR. M. WANTS PEKING AT BERLIN TALKS
    294 7 MR. M. WANTS PEKING AT BERLIN TALKS This Would Strengthen World Peace He Says BERLIN, Jan. 24 Soviet Foreign Minister Vyacheslav M. Molotov arrived yesterday for the Big Four conference that starts on Monday and demanded immediately that Communist China be admitted to discussions of world proolems. "The sooner that
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    Nehru Warns Of Pakistan War Area
    212 7 KALYANI West Bengal, Jan. 24 (AP)— Prime Minister Jawaharlal Nehru declared here at the open session of governing Congress Party yesterday that Pakistan's acceptance of American military aid "means the reversal of that process of liberation for which we have all struggled m Asia
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    SECRET POLICE BOSS FIRED
    40 7 BERLIN. Jan. 24, (AP).— East Germany's former secret police boss. Wilhelm Zaisser, was publicly expelled from the j Communist Party last night as a scapegoat for the anti-Red workers revolt on June 17, last I year.
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    Turkish Beiight
    49 7 photo. NANA ASLANGLU one of the two belly dancers on the Istanbul nightclub circuit who is also in demand for dancing roles in Turkish movies. Nana, although a Turkish citizen, is of Greek descent and is one of the few Greek belly dancers in the world. A.P.
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    Man (Dressed Like Woman) Found Dead
    185 7 Man (Dressed Like Woman) Found Dead LONDON, Jan. 24, (AFP). —The Swanage Court (Dorset) yesterday pronounced an open verdict m the death of Victor Sidney Hopkins, a 41--year-old milkman, found dead m a cowshed wearing women's clothes. To all appearances Hopkins, whom his wife described m Court as abnormal m
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    FOR CONVERSION
    21 7 THE U.S. heavy cruiser Los Angeles will be converted into I a guided missile ship later this year. AP
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    Lord Montagu In Court On 2nd Morals Charge
    469 7 Lord Montagu In Court On 2nd Morals Charge LYMINGTON. England. Jan. 24 (UP)— Lord Montagu of Beaulieu appeared at a hearing yesterday for the second time m six weeks on morals charges. The 27-year-old peer was accused with his cousin. Michael Pitt-Rivers, and journalist Peter Wildeblood of identical charges of
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    MEETING ON ASIAN ISSUES
    50 7 NEW YORK. Jan. 24 (AFP) The International Conference on Asian Problems, held here yesterday an all-day conference on American investment m Asia The topics discussed included American Government and investment n-iaiiun.-hip m Asia, and the roles c! American private enterprise and government m Asia's economic development.
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    Morocco: French Troops Alerted
    173 7 RABAT, Jan. 24 (UP)— Resident General Augutin Guillaume disclosed last night that 1,000 troops have been rushed to the French-Spanish Morocco border because of Spain's "increasingly avowed hostility." Guillaume charged that the demands by the native chieftains of Spanish Morocco for the separation of their zone
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    12 DIE IN CRASH
    35 7 A BU S hicta w enl out of control alter being grazed by another vehicle plunged into a 300 feet deep ten me near Pamplona. Colombia, on Friini urine six. AP
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    DIAL M' FOR MERMAID
    30 7 DIAL M' FOR MERMAID photo GLAMOUR if o little fish y reclining m the mermaid form of Rita Gray, 20, at the Hotel and Cater ing Exhibition Olympic, London. U.P.
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    Loss Of Leg Won't Stop Her Career
    169 7 HOLLYWOOD Jan 24 The toss of her right eg by amputation has taile< dampen the spirits of Suzan Bail, the actresi underwent an opera', week. Sne is alrcadj I king p.ans for a chur ing and resumption acting career. The ly-year-old beair.y bo
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    28 8 THE NORWEGIAN Ministry of Communications has refused to renew the concession of businessman, Ludvig Braathen. to operate "SAFE." a freight airline from Oslo to Tokyo. AFP
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    170 8 Industrials: Consolidated Tin Smeiters Ords. 23/9 and 24/-, Fraser Neave Ords. $2 00 to $1.95. Gammons $2.95 to $2.92 i. Hammers $2.87|, Hongkong Banks $860 and 5865 c.d., Malayan Cement $1.36 to 51. 34, Malayan Collieries 90 cts, Overseas Chinese Banks $27.75, Robinson Ords. 51.77 i, Singapore Cold
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    COMPANY REPORTS
    232 8 LUNAS RUBBER ESTATESLIMITED: Made a net profit of $88,798 (21.1%) and dividend of 10% is recommended for year ended 31st October 1953. At balancing date net liquid assets equalled $414,338 or 98.7 cents per share. Cost of production was 55.4 cents on a crop averaging 641 lbs. per
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    RENAISSANCE CANVAS
    730 9  -  DAVID PAUL The Life and Times of Lucrezia Borgia. By Maria Beilonci. Translated b> Bernard Wall. (Weidenfeld and Nicokon. 255.) By rPHREE HUNDRED years x after her death, Byron fell for a Jock of her hair. Was it the only strictly Platonic passion of his lifetime? Many a
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    SHORT MOTES
    279 9 SHORT MOTES MRS. TROLLOPt: Anthony Troilopes wife the pushing busy body witty and full of talk, surrounded bv her brood and pouring out a stream of romances and travel books should have been a most enter t. uning subject for a biography Perhaps she had no time to leave behind
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    FOR REFERENCE
    417 9  -  EDWIN MUIR By Cassell's Encyclopaedia of Literature. Edited by S. H. Steinberg. In two volumes. (Cassell 845.) PXCYCLOPAEDIAS pioJ vide information; literature gives pleasure; a literary encyclopaedia should enable us to increase and widen our enjoyment of literature. Unfortunately it has also to be a book of reference
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    INACCURATE BUT BY NO MEANS VALUELESS
    761 9  - INACCURATE BUT BY NO MEANS VALUELESS CHRISTOPHER SYKES By VT E are still a long way from seeing the war crime trials m perspective; we can only be certain that the decision to hold them was more revolutionary than most people yet realise. It was a break with mental habits
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    New Light Noveis
    359 9  -  M AFGHANITA LASHKI By jN the publisbine and bookselling irorfch this time of year is n<- of necessary pause btlwuui autumn and spring ffenBives, and the •t\ few aovels published :'j<t now cannot be paid 1 justify full-length reviewi *-hen considered m relatkja tc the !ar better
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      203 9 m Abner uy «r wcpp s-:^- 7 A^. c p •yo:LrLAs N i^\ScPPER,N- T 7.''p- >■' »-3ner?X fc^CHOPs, fc turns out y >^^V^h| AUeyOop B vr "<""'•« ■T^H »s^ alley \k the tni /¥/-ZZ_—^f \s^ f>^^c >1N fi AR^- irv| c r^.^^BE j si- 3 The Heart Of Juliet Jones
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    Gandhi's Ideals Re-emphasized
    1713 10  -  Vera Mickeies Dean flff THE author, who is editor of th. Foreign Policy Association, has recently completed an extensive survey of India. Bombay. TF one were to single out 1 the most striking aspect of India m 1953. as contrasted with a previous visit m 1950. it
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      Not Surprising
      182 10 Sir: I congratulate you on your excellent editorial "The Secret Jackals." How very apt and pointedly relevant your views and comments are to us Asians, for after all, there is no doubt that Asians understand each other best. I quite agree with you when you say that "the
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      Right Time
      86 10 Sir; You have chosen the right time to bring up the subject of innocent people being beaten up by secret society gangsters m public. Why are the public so apathetic m such matters? Is it because people are scared of being revenged by friends of the thugs. In
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      Science Classes
      91 10 Sir; Whilst other major schools m Johore have science classes, Segamat hasn't one yet. A few years ago there was a drive for funds and the Segamat public generously responded by contributing about $8,000 towards building a science laboratory. This money was sent to Johore Bahru and since
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      90 10 Sir; It was during the B.M.A. that gangsterism flourished and our fellow citizens lived m fear. But as soon as the Emergency Regulations were imposed gangsterism disappeared because of drastic police action. Now that it has been revived I say that the only way to stop
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    SHOCKS IN U.K. SOCCER
    725 11 Arsenal Lose To Sunderland LONDON. Jan. 24 (Reuter)-The English Football League programme today produced shock results m al four divisions. Not one of the clubs leading m the <KS w^Kf; galned Ull 5° iDtS West Br omwicS (first) were held to a goalless draw at home
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    UK SOCCER POSITIONS UK SOCCER POSITIONS
    916 11 UK SOCCER POSITIONS UK SOCCER POSITIONS LONDON, Jjn. 54 (Bevtrr). Fti.Uball I.e-Jgue standings -f.t-r e>tcrdu> "> matcht's ire a- follows: p m D f Pta W. y 28 II 5 5 TO 4: W J ***** 39 H i i2B 13 9 649 34 B j a 1 I 10
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    MOTHERWELL TOUCH SCOTTISH RECORD
    246 11 LONDON, Jan. 24 (Reuter)— ln Scotland Motherwell leaders of "B" Division completely stole the limelight with a 12—1 success against Dundee United. The tally was only one goal less than the record for the section set up by East Fife m 1937. The matoh was a
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    34 11 Photo. AUSTIN DUNSFORD (Singapore) falls on top of Grenville Pitts (W.A.) after a wild rally during their recent bout m Perth. Pitts had slipped. The W.A. boy won this featherweight bout on points. U.P.
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    260 Sail In Changi Regatta
    267 11 THERE were 260 entries m the annual regatta of the R.A.F. Changi Yacht Club which ended yesterday. Competitors had two days of good sport though frequent showers at times made the sailing difficult against strong tidal conditions. In the All-Comers handicap which took place over
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    CRESSON GOLF CUP
    65 11 The Overseas League Cresson go'f cup competition will he payed over the Island Course 0:1 Sunday, Feb. 14, a*. 2 p.m. The competition will be stroke pay and full handicap will be a; 'owed. Non-members of the Island Cub will be charged a green fee. A miniature
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    ALL BLACKS' PACK SHOW FINE FORM
    430 11 LONDON, Jan. 23.— The New Zealand Rugby Union team touring Britain beat a combined side, representing the Welsh Clubs, Neath and Aberavon, by 11 points (one goal, one try, and a dropped goal) to five (one goal) here today. It was the All Blacks
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    France Outplay Ireland
    163 11 France Outplay Ireland PARIS. Jan 24.— France beat Ireland by eight points (one goal, o^e try) to nil m; the Rugby Union International here today and so gained their second success m the season's International championship. All the scoring came m the second half. France had previously beaten Scotland, at
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    S'PORE RECOVER AND SURPRISE
    603 12 AFTER beini; held to a soulless first half, with most of the play against them, Singapore staged a fighting second halt recovery to beat the All-Malayan Indians by Unir souls to two m their charity game of hockey m aid of the Indian Hockey Federation Visit
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    SELANGOR INDIANS WIN THIVY SHIELD
    289 12 UNBEATEN m the Thivy Shield hockey tournament for Inter-state Indian teams, Selangor Indians (1 win, 1 draw) won the competition after holding Singapore Indians to a goalless draw at Balestier Road yesterday. StL'lar.^or sh Hlld have deserved full points iw their needle match against the
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    44 12 Mrs. L. R. Mclntyre, wife of the Australian Trade commissioner gave certificates to all the players and officials after the match and here she is presenting: one to her husband for his part in making the first cricket match of the year a success.
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    74 12 THE All-Malayan Indian Hockey XI which went down 4 2 to Singapore hi a charity QOme m aid of the Indian Hocfcci Federation Visit Fund at Jalan Besar stadium yestcrd ty. S'i', i' r i"g f>o' >- > left: C. Stanislaus (NS-righttotng), DarenWraii NS-inside-right), If. Stanislaus (NS-Centre- ■'-:<). .4i:' Singh
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    MOTORISTS CAUGHT NAPPING AT PENANG
    312 12 PENANG, Sun.— D. Devonald, driving a Vauxhall 1142 ec won the 50-mile round-the-island motor rally organised by the Penang and North Malaya Motor Club today. He collected only 125 penalty points which was the lowest score among: 46 competitors. X. Simon took the A. A.M.
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    SOCCERITES HELD 3-3
    40 12 STAR Soccerites drew with H..M.S. Newfoundland 3— all m a return friendly soccer match played at Farrer Park yesterday. Scorers for Soccerites were Rahim Omar, Kirn Bens and Hoi Meng. For the Navy. Johnston, Ranwick. and Brooks.
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    807 12  -  WINDSOR LAD -BUT NOT FOR HANDICAPPER By THE first meeting of the 1954 racing season which concluded at Bukit Timah on Saturday proved to be a disastrous one to punters as only six favourites or second favourites obliged during the three-day meet, indicating the
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    RAJAS LOSE
    32 12 INDIAN Recreation Club beat Kota Raja Club 3 l m a soccer friendly at Farrer Park yesterday. Scorers for T.R.C., Muniandy, Omar and Bala. Kota Rajah replied 1 through Arshad.
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    164 12 THE Singapore Hockey Association selects 1 26 players for training to meet the Indian Hockrv Federation tourists next month. Among them are two schoolboys Doug!,--2 Hay of Victoria School and James Quek ot v, Josephs Institution. The training will begin on Thursday and con- > tinue
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    44 12 HER\E BAY. KENT Jar (Reuteri— W.S. Sk>W, of Malaya, was beaten m the men's singles final of the Kenopen badminton championships here tonight by Jeff Etobson, the Xew Zealand champion. Robson. who is also an ternafional lawn tennis player, won 15-5. 15-3.
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