Singapore Standard, 3 May 1954

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    Masthead
    15 1 SINGAPORE STANDARD Vol. IV. No. SM. SINGAPORE, MONDAY, MAY 3, 1954 TWELVE PAGES 10 CENTS.
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    Good At SVC Camp
    60 1 The Officer Administering the Government, Mr W A. C Goode (far leftl, with Singapore Legislative Councillors, Mrs. Elizabeth Choy and M"r. H J C Kulasmgha, listen attentively as an officer explains the workings of a light ack-ack gun. This took place during the exercise at the
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    NZUS PACT MEETING CALLED
    22 1 NZUS PACT MEETING CALLED A 2: (Re A :> i partners H >i AustraV are V teuton eeting is R and Af- c
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    THIRD OFFENSIVE BEGINS
    547 1 Thousands Storm Fortress THE FATE OF DIEN BIEN PHU IN BALANCE HANOI, May 2, (AP)— Tens of thousands of Yietminh troops smashed at the defenders of Dien Bien Phu last night m rthe third and mightiest attempt to overwhelm and destroy the north-western Indo-China fortress. The French
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    Vampire Was A Formidable Foe
    280 1 Goode Sees Mock Battle A lone Vampire jet plane, streaking along m uncanny silence, hedgehopped over low trees that ran down to Changi Beach, yesterday, and suddenly zoomed over the heads of men of the Light Anti-Aircraft Battery, Singapore Volunteer Corps, with a reverberating roar.
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    Society Gangster Killed
    226 1 Society Gangster Killed SINGAPORE Police are on the hunt for th c killer of an alleged notorious secret society gangster. Yio Oon Cheng, who was stabbed to death about midnight on Saturday, apparently m a quarrel over 30 cents. Yio was attacked by a compatriot, believed to be the son
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    GREECE BACK TO NORMAL
    40 1 LONDON. May 2 (Renter) Tne British Admiralty announced today that the situation is now m hand i" the earthquake stricken areas of Greece. Relief preparations m Malta have been cancelled. Ships are returning to normal service.
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    Govt. Committee Set Up To Probe Vice In U.K.
    206 1 Govt. Committee Set Up To Probe Vice In U.K. LONDON, May 2 (Reuter) Homosexuals, prostitutes and "call girls" are to come under the cold gaze of a Government committee set up to probe the vice wave now sweeping Britain. The appointment of an official committee to examineMiomosexuality and the law
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    Asian Games Result?
    176 1 Asian Games Result? By JKFFKRY JAMES MANILA. May I Three Singapore athletes are m the finals of the Asian GaJBM meet on the opening day here today. They are Tens Pei Wall, who broke the SO metres hurdles record. Lloyd Valber^ m the 110 metres hurdles and Mary KlaSf m
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    ASIAN PREMIERS' SOLUTION TO I-C
    198 1 COLOMBO, May 2, (Reuter).— l ive South Asian Prime Ministers m a communique issued here today made their proposals for ending the war m Indo-China. They suggested that: A cease-" Arc should immediately be negotiated by the "parties d»rect!v concerned." The negotiators reporj their agreements
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    FATALITY IN MOTOR RACE
    34 1 BRESCIA. North Italy. May ,2 (AFP)— The "Mille Miglia." 1.000-mile motor race, this morning produced four specjtacular crashes shortly after the start, killing one driver and injuring lefeffil person*, i
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    Two Tons Burnt At Embassy
    88 1 LONDON, May (Re Brian III!!. (>■ Charge I* Affaire it tra in Ei >a v In M •>- -laid today that 1 i •f l -ft" the Soviet i pit a Mr. Hill, who from Helsinki, aiid: "Thai i'l-i took vi- wen boui i itv.
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    Plaque For Manchester Unveiled
    134 2 Plaque For Manchester Unveiled SIR CHARLES LOEWEN. the C-in-C of FARELF. yesterday unveiled a p'.aque In memory of six officers and 4 other ranks of the Ist Battalion, Man hester Regiment, who were killed m action In Malaya, and wlfc died as pri- soners-of»war m the Far East m World
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    W.A.Y. ROW ENDS
    538 2 photo. Scouts Drop Mofien KUALA LUMPUR, Sun. Delegates of the Boy Scouts* Association today withdrew their motion that the Malayan Youth Council should cease to function* as the National Committee for the World Assembly of Youth and thus averted a row at the fourth annual conference of
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    Youth Council Power Curbed
    397 2 KUALA LUMPUR, Sun. —Two changes m constitution which will open the doors to wider youth representation on the Malayan Youth Council, but at the same time take away its executive powers, were adopted by the fourth annual conference of the council today. Both the changes con.
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    Teachers' Course Ends
    89 2 PENANG. Sun.— The second training course for the Federation Adult Education Association, organised by the British Council, was brought to a close yesterday after a few days session. The regional director of the P?3 n l w*' Mr R H G Gibbs. i<>id the participants, who had
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    New Clerical Scheme For Johore
    74 2 New Clerical Scheme For Johore .TOHORE BAHRU. Sun.— The Posts and Telegraph? Clerical S hrne is under consideration by the Johore Government a: present. This i<e being done on departmental representations regarding the matter of s'.agnation m Grade 3 maximiiin. When a formula was agreed to Mime time aw ih»
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    B. Mertajam Boys' Club
    89 2 B MERTAJAM. Sim— A former Chinese residence m Kuiim Road was this morning turned into a Boys' Club and Youth Centre, when it was declared open by Mr. Teh Check Sah. prominent merchant and landed proprietor. The president is the O C Police District. Mr. .T
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    MAN'S BODY RECOVERED
    35 2 PENANG, Surf The body of a Chinese, who fell overboard night while crossing to Butterworth on the ferry Senanghin, has been recovered. It is now lying m the Butterworth mortuary for identification.
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    TRAINEES SEE TWO DISPLAYS
    88 2 PEXAXG. Sun. Two demonstrations on c on fire fighting and the other o n res- at efence p enang to the attend nZ mp Ug lk attending the six-day civics ,nnc heV Were 1 how n how persons trapped mi n a collapsed high building could
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    7 "Old Boys' Give Free Medical Aid
    153 2 SEVEN doctors, who are old boys of Christian Brothers' Schools m Singapore, have agreed to give free medical treatment to children of old boys of these schools if they cannot aiford to pay for treatment. Th is was revealed by Mr. Lim Tian
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    AIR CHARTER FLEW FIJIANS
    41 2 THE ten Fijian women and children reported m The Standard yesterday as being flown m from Fiji m an R.A.F. York aircraft was not correct. They were, m fact, flown m by the Air Charter Ltd., London.
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    ENGAGEMENT
    32 2 'T'AY-SMITH. The en^a^eA ment is announ-ed between Conrad, foster son of Mr and Mrs. Gol. Tiang Beng.' and Irene Tay Siok Lin. second daughter of Mr. and Mri. Tay Choo Teck
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    19 3 il Kal sapor*, iffirial lustrali Malawi longer, !M(1 ..i! m ii ttk up the north, picture th»- YIP united.
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    Dies On Way To Hospital
    14 3 Dies On Way To Hospital a n. Haii itta k 1 on a bore
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    SALARIES TO BE REVIEWED
    55 3 PENANG. Sun. A general review of salaries m Division IV ol the Public Service is being undertaken by the Junior Staff Grades Committee of the Whitley Council Divisions IV. stated m a letter by the Government Juni Staffs Union from the S f to the High
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    LABOUR ATTACKS THE NEW PARTY
    177 3 Standard Staff Reporter AN Allegation that the leaders of the two-day-oM Singapore Socialist Party are "stooges of vested interests" was made by Mr. V. P. Abdullah, chairman of the Labour Party. Mr. Abdullah, speaking at the Inaugural meeting of the fir>t branch of the Singapore
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    RIDA Chief For Japan
    93 3 MR. LAINAL AbWin, Deputy Chairman, Rural and Industrial Development Authority, is amongst the exI on a study tour of Japan. This is the fifth studyl tour organise i by the Un Nations Technical Assistance Administration. Main purpose of the trip is to observe production hniques and
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    Old Malay pottery
    75 3 .TOHORE BAHRU, Sum.— The pieces of ancient Malay and Bugis pottery which were unearthed at Johore Lama, Kota Tintjsi district have become the property of the Government. These historical finis which total 1.100 pieces were found by members of the Historical Society of the University of Ma'.aya.
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    The Heat Brings Out Perfume's True Note
    165 3 IF MALAYAN women want to .stay tweet tad flagrant throughout the day m tht* tropics. the\ should use "toilet water." advised Coty*S beauty expert from Australia. Miss Betty Hearne. o n arrival at Kalian^ Airport, yesterday. On.- reason why 1 uive thi s
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    Union's Survey On Working Hours
    154 3 Standard Staff Reporter A SIIOP-TO-SHOP survey i s now being conducted by the Singapore Shop Employees' Union, to find out facts about the "conditions of service and working hours" of the Colony shop assistants. The Union expects to complete the survey shortly when it will
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    32 Nurses Chosen For Training
    85 3 32 Nurses Chosen For Training THIRTY-TWO nurses have i been selected fur training by the Colony Government. They begin their training tomorrow which will last three years and lour months. The Matron-in-charge of the student nurses. Miss Rintoul, i told The Standard that th e recruiting campaign ha s been
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    HEN'S FEATHERS AND BLOOD LED TO SPECIALS' ARREST
    234 3 HEN'S FEATHERS AND BLOOD LED TO SPECIALS' ARREST TEMERI.OH. Sun.— Tamin bin Ahmad, 24, and Darus bin Tarn, 25, two Special Constables attached to the Sungei Tekai Estate, Kuala Krau. m the district of Mentakab pleaded guilty t a .joint charge of theft of a hen valued at $5. Mr.
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    GALAOPERA CONCERT
    436 3 GALA OPERA CONCERT Standard Music Critic. THE Opei t i. nn v-i i night m the Victoria Memorial Hall was our first opportunity of hearing the five artists who haw recently fTown out from Europe to take part m the Musical Society's presentation of the St. Matthew Passion later m
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    Welfare For Blind Needs Public Aid
    347 3 Can't Depend On Govt. KUALA LUMPUR, Sun —Blind welfare m Malaya needs the support of the public. It cannot depend only on contributions from Government lotteries. Che Mustapha Albakri, Chairman of the Malayan Association for the Blind, said today at the Association's annual general
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    MALAYAN TEACHERS FOR BRUNEI
    129 3 MALAYAN TEACHERS FOR BRUNEI BRUNEI TOWN. May 2.— The Brunei Government has decided to^emplov 1.", teachers of English from Malaya to further the Stated ambitious education plans and to pay about $150,000 for the fifteen selected candidates to undergo a four-year training course at Kirkby Training College m England. It
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      Teaching Africans Planned Agriculture
      760 4 TIIK laM time I had seen the lon^, red-brick building at Kapenguria. m Kenyan upper Kift Valley Province. M Mas a court-house, charged *vith atmosphere. Men seated inside, accused of managhinK the Mau Mau societ>. **ere listening tensely to a Judgment being delivered m the precise
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      WHAT WAS MAUREENS SECRET ?
      205 4 WHAT WAS MAUREENS SECRET HKX Maureen Cantrill, 10. < fCisiie Donington, Leics, hurried straight homefnm Bcnool every night, her friends wondered if she had a Pecret mw hobby to keep her so busy. She had. She was helping i father to build— AN MX( IKK ORGAN! Now, after two years.
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      ODD URGE
      20 4 I'VE always wanud-to berome a fish for one day, and ."-wim to the depths ol the Ivan Robinson.
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    What Is
    204 4 DISH AS US rack a> measles, polio. influenza, lunl andmouth disease m cattle, and mosaic disease m tobacco plants are caused *v what are railed viruses." So much has been known for some time. Hut. although scientists now understand a great deal about bacteria I diseases and how
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    A Singapore Girl Paves Way To International Understanding
    902 4 A Singapore Girl Paves Way To International Understanding EARING a green Chinese dress and "loafers" (hose flat-heeled shoes so beloved by American college gj r s Pi-li (Billie) Chang drops her stack of weighty textbooks on the steps of the vine-covered brick building:, and stops for a chat with her
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    A Virus ?
    222 4  - A Virus M.A. GLASGOW By as hartrria. which makrs undrrstandablr il>» fait that viru> diseases are i-sperialh serious and difTicult M «ith. ABOUT thirty yean ago. it was discovered that some viruses are common to both I .ints and insects But often only one species of inject i^ ;.He to
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    A BALLOON THAT WON'T SHRINK...
    72 4 T BLEW up a balloon the day before Christmas Eve and tied it so the air could not escape I drew a line round tne middle and measured It Every day since then I have measured it. and now. four month* later, it is still
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    Speaking of Pictures
    83 5 Above left: "Sea Urchin" by Tan Teik See of 2168 McAhster Road, Penang. Airesflex, fB, 1 100 th, Agfa ISS. Above: 'What's Biting Him" by Kong King Chong of 432 Penang Road, Penang Airesflex, HI, 1 100 th, Agfa. Left: "Spinning Her Big Top" by Au Weng
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    Improvement Shown In Volume Of Business
    344 5 Improvement Shown In Volume Of Business iod Rubber i Ib. but Industrials nor profited ris< jhe market m its the iluctuaN and al- sharp marking 1 Tin tt no •as then am 11ln Pressure and at the strongei undertone »i [he irolvme hu>lnt> written showImprovement but ri reach the high
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    COMPANY REPORTS
    443 5 lALAPANG TIN DREDG*G LIMITED:— With dredg- < an end tribu tor's operaand sundry revenue proB profit of only £1.115 per cent) and a dividend 5-1 'Tel per share paid [or 1953 which trenched on ancc m Profit and Loss. At Dec. 31 net liquid assets lied £239.3 M
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    $3;000 GIFT FROM BRUNEI
    46 5 $3 000 GIFT FROM BRUNEI SERIA, Brunei, May 1: (Reuter) The Government of Brunei has made a gift of M 53,000 towards the building of "International House", the proposed residential centre at the Melbourne University for j Asian students and Australian students from outside Mel- bourne.
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    MIG PILOT TO STUDY IN U.S.
    81 5 NEWARK, Delaware, May 2. (AP).— -The University of Delaware disclosed yesterday that a North Korean who piloted a MIG-15 Jet into Allied hands, on promise of a US$lOO,OOO reward, had applied lor entry to the University. Dean of •tudeni.. John E. Hocutt said Lt
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      361 5 \K: Ngal Lav Choon Hew I Cantonese) 3 3<v 7 a;d 9.:j0 pni I II»O: liwaf (Malay) 3 30. 7 and :<'• n ni ISUWK; The Last P.».-e 730 I M ;> m SUNGEI PATANI qi ikns: leoog Roong TaaeChet >:ie.->e 2 ;iU. 7 d-id H Radio j SINGAPORE k\i»iu
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    Hopalong Sires
    822 6 JIJITE a guy is Mr. Robert Sikes, Democratic representative from sunny Florida. And Bob. as he no doubt is known among his friends, is no stick-in-the-mud politician. That boy is smart considering. He is a member of the House Appropriations Sub-Committee which handles army funds and peanuts of
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    Hitler Hanged His
    14 6 1 tßtmish ll'. Hit till tup of#/ his hist un <*s4i<ff
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    Chief Spy Twice!
    1053 6  -  GILBERT REES By SHORT, frail naval officer of Greek descent who sat at the centre of Hitler's espionage web for most of the Second World War warned Britain of sofne of the most crucial decisions of Hitler and the German high command. He was Admiral Canaris, the
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    PAKISTAN: STILL A SICK MAN
    479 6 |>AKISTA\-> political temperature has dropped pont'j)tioiv during recent wrecks; but a recurrence of fever is to be expected, and the patient if by no means out of danger. The worst symptoms have ■ITlicted not the central Government of the Prime Minister, Mr. Mohammed Ali. but
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      'DON'T EXPEL THE UNLESS
      153 6 'DON'T EXPEL THE UNLESS I Air; In reply to the state--1 went by the Acting Principal 1 of Raffles Institution, (not Principal as you stated.) m last Thursday's Standard, 1 wish to say that it icas dtmr m my original letter, that wrote abotn students who I had been expelled
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      The Importation Of Rice
      172 6 The Importation Of Rice Sir;— Ungku A/i/. a turer of the University Malaya, is reported to I said that if the Governi handed over the imporUt of rice to private traders the price would go ip In other worth ito him. privau would endeavour lo \v:th each other aiul i
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      MR. RUSSELL
      16 6 1 1 I hei H i RU! tt ing ng I rxi RBADBR. Siacapaee.
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      MR. LIM BOK SWEE
      66 6 as reported m the S 51 1M34 of h.. v n idin J and ,i In (IV >>■'< < to inform you thai I 'he said pei son <>i the iam# name. I am a sp. .k. -t d Con- tra'-tor for the Wl I Dl
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      DANCING
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      USELESS EUSTAGE
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      10 6 NEXT MONDAY: The German .Diplomat Who Was Stalin's Master Spy
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    EAST, WEST EXCHANGE VIEWS ON KOREA ISSUE
    354 7 EAST, WEST EXCHANGE VIEWS ON KOREA ISSUE photo. fU SEN5 ENE VA, May 2 (Reuter)— East and West got down to tackling the problem of Korea's future as hopes rose that Indo-China peace talks would also start here next week. P Seven Foreign Ministers—the 'Big Four." China North and South
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    Chinese MIGs Are Poised On Border
    189 7 lASIUNGTON, May 2— (AP)— Reports reaching j\ a swarm of Chinese MIG-15 jet fiffh>mbers are poised on aerodromes close to the border, from where they can stab swiftly and Peking decide Red China should intervene more actively. The »ur from I raft, almost Saigon
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    Inventions Will Destroy The World'
    42 7 Inventions Will Destroy The World' I INGHAM, May 2, (Rt -1 '''ncnt At: i B Labour l\,nv, m V that tiie Wi B A hut m B H scientist W in-up'e at a V rv B t ruction v ne desI said.
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    REPLY TO FRENCH APPEAL
    159 7 GENEVA. May 2. (Reuter).— A Chinese spokesman said here yesterday that Communist China was "sympathetic to the appeal" of France for evacuating wounded French Union forces from the beleaguered fortress of Dien Bien Phu m Northern Indo-China. The spokesman answering a question at a press briefing
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    $2M. GEMS FOR JO STAFFORD
    69 7 HOLLYWOOD. May 2. (AP). The Columbia Broadcast System says singer Jo Staf- ford will wear more than U552,000,000 w<»rth of diamonds on her U evision show on Tuesday. She will be given a diamond studded, gold and platinum record. Tiie occasion? A network spokesman says
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    INDO-CHINA DIVISION OPPOSED
    163 7 'prm w A u ay 2 < Re»ter>.{™ce Wan Waithayakon. Thai j Foreign Minister, said yesterday n 0 "strongly opposes" the partitioning of any Asian country and particularly of IndoChina. Prince Wan is one of the tnree chairmen of the Korean part of the conference here. In
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    PUBLICIST SUES STAR
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    Thai-Laos Radio Link
    46 7 VIENTIANE, May 2, (AFP). Direct radio communication between Vientiane and Bangkok was officia y inaugurated erday. the Brst telecommuni■.k between Laos and a gn country which does not through Saigon. Air communication between Bangkok and Vientane is also expected tart ater this jnuiiih.
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    JET ON SHOW
    78 7 THE Soviet Air Force put its first four-engined jet aircraft on show to the public on Saturday m Paris when its bombers led the fly past over Moscow at the May l celebration yesterday. AFP photo. UNIDENTIFIED members of the staff of the Russian Embassy at Canberra,
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    NEW VOA CHIEF
    31 7 J. R (JACK) POPPELE. 56--year-old radio and television pioneer, said yesterday he had I pted an offer to become new head of the Voice of I America. AP
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    Bank Scare In Mexico
    78 7 TAMPICO. Mexico. May 2. (AP). A run on the Banco Mercanti] fie Tampico ended yesterday alter bank officials paid out some 4.000.000 pesos (U*****,000) to frightened customers. Emergency funds were shipped m by plane and train to supplement the bank's reserve stock of cash. Matiual Ochoa.
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    U.K. Civil Defence Is Sheer Mockery'
    185 7 U.K. Civil Defence Is Sheer Mockery' WALSALL. Staffordshire. May 2, (Router).— Mr. R. H. S. Crossman, a lieutenant of Mr. Aneurin Be van. leader of the Labour Party's leftWing, said at a Vljy Day meeting here yesterday that civil defence m the (ace of atomic warfare "is a sheer and
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    HAWAII STOPOVER
    28 7 GEN. .lames A. Van Fleet stopped over m Hawaii yesterday en route to the Far East for a military survey as President Eisenhower's Special ambassador. UP
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    'Danger Is Increasing In M-East'
    125 7 PHILADELPHIA. May 2. (Reuter). Mr. Henry Bvfoade. Assistant Secretary oi State for Middle Eastern Affairs, saying there was an increasing danger that the Middle East mighi becopie a Soviet satellite, last night appealed to Israel and the Arab State- to make sincere new efforts compose
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    PAKISTAN SOLVES CLOTH SHORTAGE
    179 7 KARACHI, May 2, (UP;. The government department of civil supplies has solved the fashion problem for Mr. Mrs. and Mis 8 Pakistan. They will wear less— much less. The civil supplies department's announcement of the long awaited government plan to solve the cloth crisis m Pakistan
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    'Only Strength Can Deter Aggression'
    155 7 WASHINGTON. May 2: (Reuter)— The Secretary of State, Mr. John Foster Dulles, In an Armed Forces Day message said last night, "through experience we have learned that strength is an effective deterrent to Communist aggression." lin wei of our citiz« n defence tones is an
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    CANNON WITH AN A-BOMB BANG
    235 7 photo. SPRINGFIELD, Missouri, May 2-(AP)-Gencral Matthew B. Ridgway <*id yesterday the U.S. Army new atomic cannon can fire a shell with nearly as much destructive power as the atomic homb that wan dropped on Hiroshima towards the end of World War 11. The American Chief
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    POPE'S BLESSINC
    25 7 POPK Pirs xii ippeared at his Vatican apartmeni window on Saturday to bICM 50.000 cheering workmen satherevi i ri St. Peter's SQuan AP
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    Biggest Dog Hunt In History
    99 7 LONG BEACH. Call forma. May <AP>— A r ssi. ooo reward for miss m t: rocker .spa mil has sparkplugKed the bije Krst <i<>K hunt In this iity's history. Canines of all shapr.v .sizes .md ataafea are brine turned In at polite head quarters. Anything
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    Call To Ban A-Warfare
    39 7 LAUSANNE. Maj ler). rti»- Exenitl' i#iitU'f tw Ihe I^iberal International yesterday called <•• Communisi v. >>i d atomic Ih* c shouk limitation «»r .v until tt.. I (hi "free UUI f^ sho build "P H lid
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    Week's Business In Shares
    272 8 Week's Business In Shares INDUSTRIALS: Consolidated Tin Smelters Ord. 25/3. Fraser and Neave Ords $2.02| and $2.00, Gammons $2.95 and $2.97|, Hammers $3.03 and $3.05. Wm. Jacks $2.90. Malayan Breweries $3.35. Malayan Cement $1.32 to $1.36, Malayan Collieries 74 cts, Robinson Ords $1.81 to $1.80, Sime Darby $2.025, Straits Times
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      ANOTHER BAN THREATENS A FINE U.S. NOVEL
      1220 9  - ANOTHER BAN THREATENS A FINE U.S. NOVEL JOHN GODWIN Reviewed oy QNCE again the mysterious powers who decide what Australians shall and shall not be permitted 10 read are holding a book "under review"— which usually means that it i s due to be banned any tick or tne clock.
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      A Gothic Window
      464 9  -  NAOMI LEWIS Tales of Suspense. Rv Wilkie (oil ins. (Folio Society. 18s.\ 'ruis is selection ofl Cblltas'i least-known :a.ts; most of thrm long out Ol print, all interesting m being among the few quite effective English short stories m an age too literary too leisured, snd 100
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      GIANT IN CHAINS
      690 9  -  EDWARD CRANKSHAW By "MMIE beamiful genius J llenrv James used to call Turgenev; and Indeed lie was the most beautiful of all prose Writers. Henry James :•'.<«> loved him f<% his nature: In all his tall person, which wat very striking wherever lit? appeared, there was an
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      210 9 €i <! 1t?f ipr 1 1 By Al Capp T f§^ KVPFrA v tS__?lTv s^^^i&, OOP wr,i__w Ham^ Ibe Heart Of Juliet Jones B/ Stan Drake tijjjPf*? CP IMb W l-HENSHELL^ I PUSTY HCNE>' vouC EPCAK7 l^"-^// M «E.L COk' T j w «t STAND j« PCS POSTV TO W
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    ARMY CONSOLIDATE THEIR CRICKET CLAIM
    635 10 ARMY CONSOLIDATE THEIR CRICKET CLAIM with 59. averaße 0f^4.33. without The Airmen c Thorns a nd the services o^ 1 nseq uently. ESm* A sot 14 runs a ground served *<"**£££, while it wM n so uk ea to of he Padai>g shield. Marks On Mark |s"i tnrv u e
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    Results Of Davis Cup Matches
    200 10 Results Of Davis Cup Matches C-MRO May I— Egypt breei eA through the first round ot the Davis Cup today, winning ti doub M match against TUfC °Donmld Jacobs and I*'" 3 1 defeated Zudan Gureir md Nawmi Bar! S l, ♦>— 6 _3. The Egyptian pair WOl without effort.
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    Italy's Motor Classic
    70 10 BRESCIA. Ita\v, May 2. (AP) -The first of >ome 390 M ran roared off last night to >egin the 21st running of [talv'a classic and dangerous Milie Miglia— l.ooo mil* road The first car to begin the long grind of the race of j-000 curves, was a
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    Springboks Win
    27 10 TOHANNESBIRG. May (Reuter) South Africa beat Israel by two goals to one m an international soccer match. The teams were level one-one at half time.
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    Amicables Check IRC's Successes
    359 10 AMICABLE Athletic «a un^ .ration Club *Vln Be ir thus haltms LeMM match at Jalan hile helping the Indians run o re >t win m lour themselves to tneu uu" innearances. B c ia i meit i further to lace TSA: 5S S atoning for his
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    SIFA Team Versus Juniors, Colony 'A'
    78 10 SIFA Team Versus Juniors, Colony 'A' i THE following players are) j asked to turn up at jalan Be- sar Stadium for selection for i the Singapore Indian Football Association vs. Combined Juniors on Tuesday and Singapore "A" on Thursday: Narayanan, L.S. Paul, K. R. Muthiah, Mohinder Sin f 4h.
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    Argonauts Concede Top Place
    235 10 Argonauts Concede Top Place WHILE S' If B A bad Mi easy Passat* >ver tha United Sports Club 11 JalM Besar Stadium fe Of the League. Arg Sports Dub had to iti .hold the Young Men's Association m i goalless Iraw m -heir key SAFA D. match at Farrei Pi
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    TODAY'S Sport
    65 10 TODAY'S Sport SOCCER: SAFA League. Div. 1 SRC V REME at Jalan Besar; Div. CA "A" v TBA at GevlanQ', TB Rnnqers 0 Balestier United at F N; Wonderlads v Aston AC at Farrer Park: SCC v Rovers "A" at SCC; Dlr. 3B Indian Brotherhood v Tumppnis Rovert at MF.A;
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    Junior Tourney Results
    224 10 On the SRC padang, SRC won by lour wlCkeU. SRC- 92 for SCC <J. Ducloj „^V'out. Swyney J for 17. Da Silva 3 lor ••>. '""yMCX drew with CYMA on A RTS: SuratU 112. T ei WOW 20. I- HOUOW 10 not U CYMV ng l^ S
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    DORIS HART SNATCHES 3 TITLES
    274 11 DORIS HART SNATCHES 3 TITLES BOURNEMOUTH, May 1. (Renter).— Tony Mottram" won the All-British men's singles final m the British hard court j lawn tennis championships beating his fellow Davis Cup j player, Geofl Paish. 6—4. 6— i I 7 .*>. Miss Doris Hart. o. the United States, won the
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    FOUR INCIDENTS IN CUP FINAL
    332 11 UEMBLEY STADHM, May 2- (Reuter) Wes Bromwich Albion, the Midlands First Division Leaeu* club, yesterday won the F.A. Cup final for the fourth time, by beating: Preston Norh End by three goals tc two They got the winning goal three minutes from we nnisn. The
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    Boys To Watch
    79 11 LONDON. May 2. (AP> John Landy. Australia*! are d candidate to run the first w tour-mimitt mi'e. stopped i-i London yes'erday and pie- dieted *>' other milers are the boyi to watch. Landy said "A four minute i mile is not impossible. If any- i one is
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    YMCA Tennis
    64 11 THE following are the lies for Monday May 3, m the YMCA tennis tournament: Open Men's Singles: Harold Chia v A G. B Pakir. V.M.C.A. Singles: Sect Beng Sin v. S. X Oi.g. YMCA. Mixed Doubles: X S Khong Mrs. Kitovitz v. Liem Khe Liang Mrs. P. Urn;
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    Determine Wins The Kentucky
    131 11 LOUISVILLE KENTUCKY. M.«\ i (Reutci D« termini little irey i oil owned by Mi A Crtvolin and ridden b y H,!\ York today won the H<uh Kentucky Dcv Determine finished I length m front of Mr. A R< Hasty Read m run over one mile two
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    RANDY'S STOCK IS LOW
    126 11 RANDY'S STOCK IS LOW ROME. May <.\»> Britain's Randy Turpm and Italy's Tiberio Mitri. tuo fiuhJrrv who have known better days, rested rout dmt ly yesterday for theflff h.iltlc today for the hmptMl middleweight crown. Both havi pccdi l win. whi( h is moi ■>• t of tportf w i
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    Clerks Wins England Amateur Golf
    61 11 Clerks Wins England Amateur Golf INDWICH KEN ,Re Alan 1 f 1 i i'^: I Hi A ley. of Hctkcth, i one m the :<fi hole -h« rid amateur pionship ■< Ro i :> Course hertThirlwell h.. k lown after squared at tho 32nd md 1 wei;* i tor tfe
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    THREE COLONY ATHLETES IN FIGHT
    945 12  -  JEFFERY JAMES By But None From The Federation Qualifies MANILA, May 2-Three athletes-Teng Pei Woh, Lloyd Valberg and Mary Klass-are still m the fight for the Games gold here on the opening day ot the track and field events held under "blazing" 96 degrees temperature.
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    Pakistan Beat Singapore
    1047 12 Hx JEFFERY I AMES A. M:j:i As Pakistan launched eai i troun- -■<■'"- :he Singa- ghting best tan's three new di not p.ay 1 S a pore m the Co1< lr victory was exS< i r Ameen who netted r as centre-forward. Sir.j for the inexSkinner m
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    ALL THE RESULTS
    655 12 HU metrrs hurdles trials: First heat (two qualifiers for second round)— Yukiyoshi Kawata. Japan. 1.1.4 seconds. L. O. Valberg. Singapore, 15 teci. Second heal Sara wan Sm^h. India. 15.4 seconds. Takehiko Nakashima, Japan. 15.5 seconds. Third heat— l Macahis. Phi- lippines. 15.7 seconds. Michino- suke Fu :azawa,
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    SINGAPORE BEATEN BY PHILIPPINES
    243 12 MANILA. May 2 (UP> First Asian Games basketball champions Philippines humbled the challenging Singapore team with an impressive score of 82 points to ti'i In the ftrst match of the series. Fa>t pus>iriij ami accurate shootings under basket gave the Philippines an early lead which they
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    Dorai And Americk
    115 12 KUALA LUMPUR. Si:n.~— Selangor Indian Association beat Royal Engineers Sports Club by 144 runs m a friendly rickct match on the Taylor Road ground, today. A forceful hatting by Durai and Americk Sin^h. w'no scored 7:* and .^0 runs respectively, put th e Indians m a commanding
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    Weights For KL Races
    460 12 BKLOW are the weights for the second and third day of the Selangor races. CI, 1. Div I—li1 li Furs. Jesselton 9.00 Robin Hood 8.13 Sovereign 8.13 Sweet Dream 8.1! Knjoyment II 8.1! Prosperity 8.10 i Alpin c Knight 8.09 Percussion 8.08 Velocity 8.07 Sporter 8.06
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    Perak Are Run Off Their Feet
    464 12 Perak Are Run Off Their Feet KUALA I.L'MPI'R. Sun. Se ansjor Malays. after start, settled down to superb SOCOtr which gave I an easy 3 l victory a^ their Perak counterparts m the ins' CiOid Cup soccer tie Pi «f Road stadium today. Displaying a 11-round vioritv the locs vis
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    Taylor Wins 50 Miles
    9 12 Ta ylor Wins 50 Miles I 1 j i
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    Still Champ
    13 12 BANGKOK -w So««kiti if, m p^ 111 I M. Mi v
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    SELANGOR WIN BY AN INNINGS
    174 12 IPOII, Sun.— Selanßor In »t I'n I and 19 runs m the inter -statr rrickfl padans: during the week-end, this overwhelming deleat of Ihc Prrak StliliMi the utter lark of enterprise h\ \\\r rtftgßM^l who seemed reluctant to go for tin lHiwli»l was only mediocre.
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