Singapore Standard, 30 August 1954

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  • 17 1 SINGAPORE STANDARD it M V«L V. No. 59, SINGAPORE, MONDAY, AUGUST 30, 1954 TWELVE PACES 15 CENTS.
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  • 148 1 $100-A-DAY (Quick Quiz) CONTEST RESULT MR. R. PAYTON, a member of the Army Physical Training Corps, R.A.F. Changi, Singapore is the winner of the Standard Quick-Quiz contest number 36. A cheque for $100 has been sent to him „.Th c iudge was Mr. William Scott, a wellknown Colony wrestler The
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  • 101 1 A PROMPT DECISION ESSENTIAL PARIS. Aug. 29: (Reuter) Premier Pierre Mendes France today indicated that a renewal of six-power negotiations on the European Army treaty would be fruitless and that a prompt decision by the French Parliament was essential. His 90- minute speech to the crowded National Assembly gave no
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  • 59 1 HOLLYWOOD, Aug. 29, t AP>— Plans for a U5550.000.--000 "atom bomb proof" city were disclosed on Saturday by Mr. Hal B. Hayes, millionaire contractor. The project calls for houses equipped with geiger counters and bomb proof bedrooms, also a small canal to serve as an escape
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  • 376 1  -  JOE SASSOON Unions Will Not Do Work On Holidays By NINE more unions of daily-rated workers of the Singapore City Council will join Hie "no-work-on-public-holiday" stand taken by the night soil and cleansing workers, Mr. 0. S. Rengasamy, the secretory of the City Council Unions Federation,
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  • 210 1 The Chinese Are Heady For Peace -Says Phillips gar* -as-is: sS&S 2mS- W rkm9 **-Si not ?atio^ JSiffi the British anxious for P e ThrZh peaceful living you may develop your immense resources which will raise your standard of living Discussing the relationship between Britain and China. Mr. Phillips said:
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  • 64 1 Photo. MEMBERS of the British Labour Party are seen with Red China's Premier, t^Ar. Chou En Lai, at a Government dinner given to welcome the delegation at the Peking Hotel, last week. Picture shows Mr. Chou (second from left) chatting with Mr. Clement Attlee and Mr.
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  • 71 1 LONDON. Aug. 29. (UF> A Soviet mystery -eet steamed Into the North Sea yesterday nearing the nautical crossroads that may reveal its destination to the watchful West. The 15 Russian warships skirting southward along Norway's coast just outside the territorial limits passed Bergen during the
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  • 145 1 WORLD Assembly of Yout'.i delegates left Singapore yesterday on a sight-seeing tour of the Federation. One group of forty of the sixty Invited by the Johore Youth Council— the remainder having stayed behind to "restore their energy" after Saturday night's dancewere welcomed by the Tungku Mahkota.
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  • 129 1 EL PASO, Texas, Aug. 29, (UP)— A B- 36 atomic superbomber with 15 men aboard crashed today as it tried to land at Biggs air force base here with one or more of its engines afire. First reports said one person was killed. El Paso officers say
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  • 113 1 Firm Loses $2,720 In Textiles PENANG, Sun.— Thieves broke into a textile firm, Messrs. F. E. Z v c 1 1 ig, (Malaya) Ltd., m Penang Street, here early this morning and got away with six bales of cloth and 121 shirts valued at $2,720. It appeared that when the
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  • 56 1 TAIPEI, Aug. 29, (AFP)— Premier O. K. Yui today revealed that the Nationalist government will airdrop 10,000 tons of relief rice to the mainland flood victims m the near future. He accused the Peking regime of ignoring the people's sufferings and of launching a food requisitioning
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  • 29 1 THE Communists claimed yesterday the sinking of 121 Nationalist warships and destroying or damaging 22 planes m 200 battles since 1950. a Hongkong report stated. U.P.
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  • 74 1 TAIPEI, Aug. 29, (UP)— The British consulate m Tamsui has not received instructions from London to protest against the shelling of the British ship, Inchkilda, a spokesman said today. From London the Foreign Office had announced that such a protest was to be lodged with the Nationalist
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  • 41 1 BERLIN, Aug. 29. (AP)— The official East German news service, ADN, said yesterday several hundred spy suspects have been arrested m a Soviet Zone roundup which followed the defection of Dr. Otto John, West Germany's security chief.
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  • 171 1 PHOENIXVTLLE, Pennsylvania. USA. Aug. 29 (Reuter) A pretty Japanese girl and an American army sergeant suffering from tuberculosis, were married yesterday m a simple ceremony at Valle.- Forge Army Hospital. Wearing a gauze mas* over his face, Master Sergeant William Hardin, |2, of
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  • 160 1 TYPHOON IDA HITS H 'KONG 3 Freighters Aground HONGKONG, Aug. 29 (UP)— Three freighters ran aground m the harbour today as 100-mile an hour advance winds of Typhoon Ida and torrential rains struck Hongkong. i A fourth freighter the Thornycroft, torn loose from its moorings, drifted aimlessly inside the harbour
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  • 119 1 Different Type Of Surrender KUALA LUMPUR, Sun. Ooi Kirn Chooi, who surrendered two years ago. began a new chapter m his life today by marrying Teo Hong; Keow, buxom 19-year-old damsel from Perlis, whom he met five months ago at a Fun Fair m Kangar, capital of Perlis. It was
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  • 69 1 COLOMBO. Aug. 29 (UP)— A Labour Party leader m the House of Representatives is advocating a bill to prohibit Ceylonese women from participating m manly sports and activities Mr. R.E. Jayatilleke asked the Minister of Education to emphasize housecraft, nursing and other home skills which "would
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  • 40 1 BERLIN, Aug. 29, (Reuter) —The East German Security Service has seized a document containing American plans to "contaminate the population" of Germany by dropping germ bombs on the country, the East German Radio claimed last night.
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  • 28 1 MR. JOHN Foster Dulles. U.S. Secretary of State, will leave Washington on Tuesday for Manila where the conference on South-east Asian defence opens on Sept. Reuter
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  • 25 1 HONGKONG yesterday celebrated the ninth anniversary of her liberation from Japanese occupation. Special services were held m all churches throughout the Colony. AFP
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  • 149 1 ONLY A THREAT -SAYS GENERAL I MONROE (Louisiana). Aug. 29 (AP) General Claire Chennault, World War II commander of the famed Flying Tigers, said on Saturday "the SovietChinese raid against important Quemoy Island is j a propaganda action to I frighten the U.S. and the British into believing that 1
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  • 93 2 SINGAPORE will have another school today. Mr R. G. lies, Director of Public Works, will at 10 a.m. hand over to Mr. T. Lewis, of the Education Department, a recently completed $600,000 secondary school at Frankel Estate. The two-storey building has 20 class rooms,
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  • 80 2 THE New Zealand delegation to the World Assembly of Moral Rearmament, to be held at Caux. Switzerland, passed through Singapore yesterday. The delegation was led by Mr. M. A. Lennon. a former trade union official who is attending his fourth Moral Rearmament assembly. Two others
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  • 366 2 A Guide To The Future KUALA LUMPUR, Sun. Malaya should imbibe the four freedoms of mutual toleration, spirit of compromise, unfettered expression and respect for truth to guide her plural society to true nationhood, Mr. D. C. Wotherston, Chief Secretory to the Federation Government, declared here over
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  • 174 2 SLGGESTING that a more descriptive name for the Y.W.C.A. would be the "Young Women's Association inspired by Christians," Mrs. W.A.C. Goode, wife of the Colonial Secretary and Patron of the Y.W.C.A., last night reviewed the past work and future plans of the association. She was
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  • 77 2 THE All Malaya Co-opera-tive Conference, held m Singapore under the auspices of the Singapore Co-opera-tive Union Limited, at the Gan Eng School, ended yesterday. Resolutions were passed on the provision of training facilities for members of cooperative unions, relieving indebtedness among salaried workers, encouraging thrift and co-operative movements,
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  • 81 2 TWO hundred and fifty students from seven Chinese schools m Singapore took the trouble to get up early yesterday morning to see Queen's Counsel, Mr. D. N Pritt, off to Britain. Mr. Pritt, who successfully defended 'the eight University of Malaya students on charges of
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  • 51 2 A FORMER inmate of the Singapore Woodbridge Hospital, Loi Kow, was found hanging from a tree m front of the hospital quarters, yesterday morning. Loi, who was discharged from the mental home only a few days ago, worked as a gardener for one of the
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  • 46 2 THE death occurred last night at the General Hospital. Singapore, of Mr. PR.P.VE Vairavan Chettiar, 74, father of Mr. YE. Shunmugam Chettiar, J.P.. of Singapore. The cortege will leave the hospital mortuary at 3 p.m. today for cremation at the Bidadari Hindu Cemetery.
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  • 305 2 New Method Of Theatrical Production Tried Standard Theatrical Critic ON SATURDAY night last, the Menorah Club presented Denis Snowman's production of James Bridie's comedy Tobias ana the Angel, the plot of which is based on the well-known story m the apocryphal Book of Tobit. Played In the garden of the
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  • 201 2 THE Singapore Chinese Young Men's Christian Association is planning four round-the-world tours for the forthcoming World YMCA Centennial Conference m Paris, which will be held from Aug. 12-23 next year. The tours by sea and air, are being arranged at special concession rates and
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  • 115 2 'FRENCH LINE' FOR PENANG PENANG, Sun. Barring a dramatic intervention by the Member for Home Affairs, the Jane Russel film "The French Line," which some religious leaders and citizens here seek to ban m Penang, will be shown at the. Rex Theatre probably on Tuesday. The manager of Rex Theatre.
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  • 116 2 New Indian Dance Is Introduced MR. K.P. BHASKAR. wellknown Indian dance teacher, yesterday introduced to Singaporeans a variation of the famous Kathakali dance at the Indian Fine Arts Society concert at the Victoria Thea"Ottamthullal". a lighthearted narration of Indian tales was much appreciated for its colour, and humour Devdatta Jetley,
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  • 77 2 THREE 500-ton tugs flying the "Hammer and Sickle" steamed into Singapore yesterday afternoon towing a 1.000--ton floating dry dock for Vladivostok. They dropped anchor at the Eastern Anchorage. Following close m their wake wa s another Russian trawler with an identification No. 4172. Under the overall
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  • 55 2 PENANG, Sun. Members and workers of the Chowrastr a market and Penang Bazaar, who held two singing request programmes," during the past two nights here collected about $8,000 for the Nanyang University Building Fund. The partners of Uttam and Co. have contributed $100 while Mr. Mohanal,
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  • 45 2 RADIO Malaya's Tamil programmes from Singapore Kuala Lumpur, and Penang will be broadcast at 7.15 p m Sept a i2° f at 6 3 Pm f om The change In time has been contemplated, it is stated, to give more world news
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  • 148 3 A Bowler Hat At Fashion Parade KIAL A LUMPUR, Mm. Whiteaways Irst I tshion show came oil s:th great success yesterday. The models paraded u.unst the decor of n»e vit a deep b'ue carpet under a canopy sftnou with pearls. Notable among the Hhm on show were the n»p cot
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  • 194 3 TANJONG MALIM, Sun-Lee Kum Teck, a vrr m the Tanjong Malim Home Guards was fined S5OO or m default six months' imprisonment fci Mr. D t. I. Wernham m the Tanjong Malim > f -ions Court yesterday for unlawful possession of m:\ munition m his
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  • 33 3 THE Penang Division of I Party Negara will be holding a mu<s meeting on the Penang esplanade at 5..i0 p.m. on Sept. Speeches will be made m English. Malay and Tamil
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  • 115 3 Course For 30 Teachers SEREMBAN, Sun Three Seremban Town Councillors yesterday addressed a gatne r mg of 30 Chinese schooUeach- Sf j m S the civic course conducted by the State Chinese Affairs Department. Mr Chin See Yin spoke on KXSft. c nstitutio ex" horted the teachers to vote and
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  • 126 3 TANJONG MALIM, Sun. Kuruviapillay of Main Road, Tanjong Malim, was fined $50 m the Magistrate's Court here yesterday by Mr. D.C.I. Wernham for having a shortage of 16* katis of rice m his stock. Chief Food Control Inspector, Mr. Ooi Teng Huat the P-
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  • 234 3 10% Million Collected revenue of $10 *****4 f«. vn Fore Malaya yielded a record $5,467,771 into rXti«--i yeOr \f° yl li 9 olso a record 1 lnf «> Notionol coffers, Mr. EJ. Shrubshall, Director of forestry, disclosed today. mil*? 7 SS? of reserved f o
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  • 35 3 PENANG, Sun. Miss (Dr.) Heah Kwee Hong, daughter of Mr. Heah Joo Seang, President of the Badminton Association of Malaya, will be among those embarking on the Carthage here on Sept. 2.
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  • 98 3 DONATE your blood and become "shareholders" of the Singapore Blood Bank, Dr. (Mrs.) Gibson Hill, urged members of the public yesterday. She told The Standard that there were 97 donors, of whom 56 were Asians, during the week-ending Aug. 27. There were 30 new
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  • 46 3 SIX Indians, all labourers, attacked Mohideen Patchl, 26, m a coffee shop m Cecil Street yesterday afternoon Mohideen Patchi, who was removed to tha General Hospital with head injuries, told The Standard that m the affray he lost $236 from his pocket.
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  • 150 3 PENANG. Sun. The Semangat Permuda Melayu, a Malay youth political organization, at its annual general meeting held today unanimously agreed to adopt a slogan "independence to the Malays." The meeting decided to launch an education fund to help Inche Mahmood bin Arshad, of Province Wellesley, now
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  • 124 3 THOUSAND of people living on high ground off the 7th Mile, Changi Road, who do not now get a proper supply of water will have their problem solved next year. A City Council committee has agreed to spend $5,000 next year on a pump
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  • 36 3 BUTTERWORTH, Sun A recommendation of the Settlement Government to increase the assessment on coconut estates of 100 acres or more wa s defeated at a meeting of the Rural District Council (North) on Friday.
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  • 66 3 A RESOLUTION calling upon the Singapore Cit Council President to "implement the Ritson pay scheme immediately" w»c n^c^ a 3n extra-ordinary genera i mceiing of the Singapore Improvement Trust Labour Union recently. The meeting decided that i£ a satisfactory reply is not rereived from the Council
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  • 315 3 PARTY HITS COMMUNAL BICKERING KUALA LUMPUR, Sun.— Three leaders of Party Negara today renewed a sharp attack on communal politics m the Federation reiterating the belief that only a national front transcending racial barriers would succeed m freeing Malaya from Communism and colonial rule. The leaders were, however, handicapped by
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  • 741 4  - THE NORMAN DOUGLAS MYTH PHILIP TOYNBEE "[VTORMAN Douglas, who 1 died two years ago at the age of eighty-one, is the first English writer since D. H. Lawrence to become the demi-god of a cult. Several books have already appeared about him, but they have not, m tne main, been
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  • 1075 4  - MURDER by INSTALMENTS RONALD TRENT By Continuing our series They Killed By Poison QNE evening m May, 1935, a Sherborne (Dorset) doctor was called to the cottage of Frederick Bryant, a farm labourer. The man lay m an unkept home, pale and exhausted and complaining of burning pains m his
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  • 191 4 \U E exchange acrimonious notes from time to time and say rude things about each other m our newspapers, but really there is not any tension at all.— Sir William Hayter, British Ambassador m Moscow, on Brt-tish-Soviet relations. The man who is getting mud on his
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    • 448 5 Should Prince Charles Be Sent Away To School? ON November 14 Prince Charles will be six years old. Is it time he started going off to school? His mother DIDNT go But his father DID. ALL his royal cousins go to school and so do the heirs- apparent from every
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  • 935 6 SINGAPORE STANDARD Free Rice I'HIS country has had nine years to get rid of the stars of war and much have been achieved. Yet Government is still reluctant to forego one wartime measure— rice control. Even m Britain today austerity is a thing of the past. But m Singapore the
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  • 1000 6 By MONTGOMERY HYDE, M.P. "DEFORE the First World War, the traveller could visit all but two European countries unembarrassed by travel documents of any kind, other than o steamer or railway ticket. Only the Russian Tsar and the Turkish Sultan, as befitted autocratic rulers, required visitors
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  • 508 6  - ALGERIA— The 'Backward Child' Wayland Young By ALGIERS r PHE militant insurrection- ary nationalism which has swept Tunisia and Morocco dot's not afleit Algeria al all. There is nationalism all right: there are even two Nationalist Parties: but there is no shooting. Algeria is the oldest Fieri- h possession m
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  • 602 6  - Philippine Caution Over SEATO MICHAEL GORDON By- MANILA. ALTHOUGH the Philippines can be expected to follow Washington's lead m matters relating to any Suture South-East Asian defence structure, there is a new and significant reluctance among Filipino leaders to take any action which might widen the gulf between themselves and
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  • 488 6  - Israel Prepares For New Immigrants FRANCIS OFNER JERUSALEM. jySTURBANCES m Moroc1J co, and Communist expansion m Indo-China. are compelling Israel to prepare for an increased flow of Jewish immigrants from French North Africa and Far Eastern countries. Six hundred immigrants who left Morocco during the recent riots said on arrival
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  • 519 6  -  John Worrall By CAPE TOWN HTHE recent incident at Har- '< rismith. m the Orange Free State, En which a Boer War shell expioded m a garden killing iour childrentheir father and a friend, 1 has started a hunt through--1 out South Africa ior un-
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  • 240 7 Quick Decision On European Army Is Urged PARIS, Auf. 2S, (Reuter)— M Pi-*-* tw France, the Prime Minister, las^^iii?? I**1 Muick decision by the K*tl«ld!M&S%^ attitude to the European Army plan rra ncc s His broadcast warning against "shuffling and proeastination'' came soon after M. Jules Zh a former Socialist
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  • 150 7 Gentlemen Burglars On Riviera MCE. France. Aug. I'M. ißeuttr) "Gentlemen burglars'* fc.r. c stoien _'4 000.000 francs (about £24.000) worth ot )e\ve s, furs and banknotes on the Fro::rh Riviera during the i>— fortnight T::ey ha-, c robbed luxurious v! as a..;;;g the oast from Cannes to Monte Carlo >
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  • 182 7 Statement On Colonies Dangerous TOTNES. Devon. Snglsrod, Aug. 29 (Reuter)— Mr. Henry Hopkinson, Minister of State for Colonial Affairs, said here yesterday that the Labour Party policy statement on colonial affairs published this week contained one or two proposals which were either impracticable or dangerous. "One which seems to me
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  • 53 7 HANOI. Aug. 29. <AFP>— The only Briton to take part m the battle for Dim Bien Phu. 23-year-old John Guthard. <*f Lr>ndon. a mem-bt-r of the Foreign Legion. was among the French Union prisoners of war released by the Vietminh yesterday. Got hard was .suffering ::""Mi
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  • 47 7 EVANSTON. Illinois. Aug 29. «Reuter> The World Council of Churches yesterday called on all nations to refrain from threats to use the hydrogen bomb and all other weapons of mass destruction as a constructive towards lasting peace m "this age of fear
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  • 137 7 NEW YORK. Aoff. Z\ l'P> The idol of lodfaji > movie -goer i.s more like Mum than Marilyn .Monroe, actress Shirley Booth says. And the women are responsible for this changing taste of th#- nations film fans, she adds. "Women want l»» >«*e their own
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  • 228 7 MONROE, New Hampshire, Aug. 29, (UP)— Senator Styles Bridges said, yesterday, the military situation around Formosa "is a tense one and might explode into another war m the Far East." Bridges, m a speech prepared for a centennial celebration here disclaimed any special knowledge from the
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  • 139 7 Brazil Gets Back To Normalcy RIO DE JANEIRO. Brazil. Aug. 29. rAP) -Tanks rumbled yesterday over the wide streets of Porto Alegre potential trouble spot for Brazilian authorities striving to restore the country to normalcy alter a week of political crisis and violence. Calm prevailed m Rio de Janeiro and
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  • 134 7 NICOSIA, Cyprus. Aug. 29. (Renter) Eight journalists representing Greek newspapers m Cyprus walked out from a press conference given yesterday by two British members of Parliament Mr. Richard Brooman White (Conservative) and Mr. Tom Driberg (Labour). Only one Greek journalist representing a small weekly
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  • 33 7 THE British authorities have sent to the Spanish police an extradition order for John William Gordon, a British subject, suspected of being an accomplice m the murder of a BBC announcer. AFP
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  • 79 7 GEORGETOWN, British Guiana. Aug. 29, <Reuter) —Mrs. Janet Jagan, General Secretary of the People's Progressive Party, yesterday 10.-t her appeal against a $250 <about £52) fine which carried the alternative of three months' imprisonment. Mrs. Jagan. wife of the deposed Premier, Dr. Cheddi Jagan, had appealed
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  • 41 7 UNITED NATIONS, Aug. 29, (AP) Women now have equal political rights with men m 60 countries. A United Nations survey released yesterday shows that since 1945. 24 countries have granted equal or partial franchise to women.
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  • 542 7 Teenage Killers Were Not Insane— Jury CHRISTCHURCH, m c w Zealand, AUg. 29, Reuter Two teenage murderesses who had their own gods and thought themselves above good and evil were not insane, an all-male jury decided here yesterday. They were sentenced to be detained "during Her Majesty's pleasure" t indefinitely)
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  • 353 7 MEETING OF PREMIERS ON PACT URGED A Turning Point For The Cwealfh NAIROBI, Aug. 29, (Reuter) Mr. James Griffiths, Colonial Secretory m Britain's last Labour Government, called yesterday for a Commonwealth Prime Ministers' conference to discuss Southeast Asian defence. He told the final session of the Commonwealth Parliamentary Association Terence
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  • 66 7 •JAKARTA. Aug 2. IAPV Britain's Under-Sec -iviary f State lor Foreign Affairs, A D. Do -ids-Parker, cautionea ,«>oue.<:a and other Asian neutral! yesterday that they cannot .n--defmiteiy maintain a EetMe.«itting position m the smuggle against Communism. "I do not think neuti«. n>tnv> tries surh as India, Burns
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  • 220 7 basic policy of non-alignment if she joined defence talks on South-east Asia. India wanted to start third world bloc, he said. Mr. Aliwuhar (Ceylon) said that if peace was to be secured there must be an arrangement for .he fair distribution of raw materials among
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    54 7 THE Indonesian Ambassador In Moscow, Mr. Ilurustiati Subrandrio, m dark dinnerjacket, stands next to Marshal Nikola- Bul^anin. a Soviet Deputy Prime Minister of Defence, at a party held recently at the Indonesian Embassy to celebrate the Indonesian Independence Day. At far right, m dark suit, is Lazar Kaganovich another Soviet
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    • 801 8 NORDDEUTSCHER LLOYD AND HAMBURG— AMERKA LINIE lOINT SERVICE To Cala—bo Ccnoa. Marseilles, Antwerp. Rotterdam. Hamburg 6 Bremen Spore P Sham Penang HESSENSTEIN (LLOYD) 6/8 Sept. 9 Sept. 10 Sept. FRANKFURT IHAPAG) 26/29 Sept. 30 Sept. I Oct HAMBURG <HAPAC> 17/20 Oct. 21 Oct. 22 Oct. NABOB i LLOYD. 9/16 No».
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  • 275 9 COLONY TOPS LIST AS CHIEF BUYER OF LOW GRADE DESPITE stringent rules and other trade restrictions between Singapore and Indonesia, the Colony still tops the list as the chief buyer of Indonesia's low grade rubber. This is disclosed m official figures published m Jakarta for the first five months of
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  • 44 9 Finance. Commerce.. Shipping Photo. BACK FROM H.K. MR. D. S. LING, (above). Federation Co-operative Marketing Officer, who has just returned to Malaya after a two-month training course m Hongkong. Standard photo. WORK m progress on the Singapore Karbour Board's new 56.000.000 Queen's Dock. Standard
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  • 85 9 MANILA, Aug. 29: (AP)— Japa.n is launching a uew freighter or tanker each month and has regained her position as leader m Far East shipping, it was revealed by W.J. Duyvene De Wit. newly appointed general manager m the Philippines of the Dutch Royal Interocean Lines,
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  • 233 9 Work On $6 Mil. Dock Well Under Way Standard Shipping Reporter WORK on Singapore's 56.000.000 Queen's Dock is well under way. It is expected to be complet- ea at the end of next year Excavation work, which started m November 1953, is nearly complete. Sand gravel and hard shale amounting
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  • 256 9 Profit For United Malacca THE United Malacca Rubber Estates Ltd.. reported a workinfl profit of $138,730 tor the year ended April 30, 1954. after providing for normal expenses. reciations and directors' fees. With the balance m profit Kid loss appropriation account it :n the Met year of 553.74:}. over-provision for
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  • 185 9 US STOCKPILE CAN MEET A CRISIS KUALA LUMPUR, Sun. America has an adequate stockpile of natural rubber to meet any sudden emergency or to withstand any prolonged all-out military requirement, states the" latest issue of "Natural Rubber News." The Geneva Conference concerned a part of the world which Is vitally
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  • 29 9 THE American Embassy at Ottawa estimates the 1954 Canadian flue-cured tobacco crop at about 140 million nounds This increase over trie 132 million poucd* produced ia iysi
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  • 311 9 Standard Market Reporter THE recent death of Representative Paul W. Shafer of Michigan U.S.A., popularly known as "Mr. Rubber" who set his heart m pushing through Congress the disposal programme of the synthetic rubber plants has left a void difficult to fill. The rubber trade
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  • 109 9 U.S. Ships To Carry Govt. Goods DENVER, Aug. 30, (AP) President Dwight D. Eisenhower signed into law yesterday legislation requiring that at least half of U.S. Government-financed cargoes he carried m American ships. This makes permanent a like requirement placed m various foreign aid bills by Congress m recent years.
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  • 46 9 STREAMLINED girl Eileen Sands m the picture demonstrates the streamlined radio on a cycle m London. The radio looks like a headlamp with an aerial attached. The batteries fit into a small leather case strapped to the crossbar or behind the saddle*
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  • 408 9 BUT TINS DECLINE Standard Market Correspondent A REACTION followed the recent activity and improvement m prices. The tin section was the chief sufferer not only m price falls but also because of greatly reduced turnover. Industrial decline were minor and oa&s again this particular section provided
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  • 71 9 WASHINGTON. Aug. 30: <AP>— The United States, heading into series of important international trade and tariff conferences affecting Latin America, Asia and Europe, has been gathering data from American businessmen on how to stimulate a greater flow of U.S. investments abroad. The survey, conducted by the
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  • 52 9 A SHOWER of sparks, m the best tradition... when molten iron is tapped from the hearth m the base of the furnace, it is heralded by a grumbling roar and a shower of tiny particles of iron. Night time tapping of a furnace at Australian Iron and
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  • 197 9 KITCHEN U s. bouse. be d ou:-ket?. unu>. and even wheel arrows made completely i <•' rubber are oemg n., f; tured m England no.-. iigfa a i revolutionary' pi .--s ol rubber c-c i iw ..ling developed by i sis. Tne rnanu: a«"tun tint ;h«:
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  • 104 9 P.I. Rubber Industry Faces Ruin MANILA. Aug 30. <AFP<~ Rubber producers m the Philippines warned yesterday that their industry faces ruin because of high production costs which are placed three-and-a-h.';f times higher than those of other rub-ber-producing couni ries. The prevailing hti h labour costs are blamed b; rubbermen for
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  • 31 9 THE Sw. Government has decided to aHov. an "vease m t V < ction of rhee^e curing I second half of the summer sea nn en I rig Oct. 1.
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  • 30 9 MALAYA N bxcfeuige Banks Asm iria lion selling rale to merchants for L.S. dollars on Saturday was 32 9lt ready tTT./O.I)) Other exchange rat* s rrmaia on altered
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  • 270 9 INDUSTRIALS:— Consolidated Tin Smelters 28/- to 28/4?,. Estate Trust Agencies $5.00. Fraser Neave Ords. 51.97J to $2.00. Gammons $3.25 to 53. 30. Hammers $3.10 and $3,071 cd.. Hongkong Bank Col 5919.00. Wm Jacks $2.92 i. Malayan Oemeiv $1.35 Metal" Box $1.2(U to 51.24. Robinson Ords.
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  • 1106 10 KIRKHAM 'S BIG DAY Recs Beat Indians By Seven Wickets THE Army, current Singapore Cricket Association champions, ended the season defending desperately against a hostile SCC team on the padang, forcing the game into an exciting draw. The match, however, was a moral victory for the Singapore Cricket Club. After
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  • 357 10 SEREMBAN, Sun. Three more records were broken today, the concluding day of the fourth annual Malayan Sikh Sports, making a total of nine records for the meet. Kerna! Singh of Selangor won the Individual championship with 13 points, while Balwant Singh of Negri Sembilan won the
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  • 143 10 KUALA LUMPUR: A Football Association of Malaya Selection beat the Kowloon Motor Bus tourists by four goals to two at the Princes Road stadium. Man of the match wa s the FAM goalkeeper from Penang. David MacLaren, who gave a daring display to keep the FAM on
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  • 62 10 Batsman:— John Kirkham 83 for SCC vs. Army on the Padangr. Bowler:— Morgan six wickets for 46 runs for the Navy against the CSC at Naval Base. .Fielder:— Tordoff, four catches for the Navy against the CSC at Naval Base. Partnership: Crosbie and Ali 64 runs for the
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  • 983 10 Windsor Lad Reviews The Selangor Races KUALA LUMPUR, Sun.— The recently concluded Selangor Turf Club's August Meeting yielded a crop of smart maiden winners. Out of the 24 races that came for decision, no less than ten newcomers scored maiden wine ALL GOOD,
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  • 335 11 ENGLAND WONT BE SAVED BY TURNING BACK Centre-Hajf Theory Ther. i last season and this summer. *«ere is no end to the offered for England defeats. te£f ?nH an urists amateurs and professionals all ?he Ve n«h<? their bob's worth m me public prints Of course the obvious rea- son
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  • 157 11 N JX> N Aug. 28: (Reuter) 52 2?? Of play scores: c* c Oval Surrey 128, fi^e C^t*™ V medium 2ve e /^Va 5 rt on La 54 CaShlre 112 f r ou si Yorkshire 265 Sutchflfe 82. Canadian touring team 115 for five. 15? s£?f rfie|d Derbyshire
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  • 327 11 Results of finals were: 800 metres: 1. Szentgali (Hungary) l minute 47.1 seconds (championship record): 2 De Muynek (Belgium) l minute 47.3 seconds; 3. Boysen (Norway) 1 minute 47.4 seconds Women's 80 metres hurdles: 1. Golubnichaja (Russia) 110 seconds; 2. Seonbuchner (Germany) 11.2 seconds; 3. Seaborne (England)
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  • 331 11 LEAGUE DIVISION I Blackpool 2, Manchester U. 4 Cardiff 2, Leicester 1. Cherlton 2, Huddersfield 1. Chelsea 3, Bolton 2. Evertpn 1. Preston 0. Manchester C. 0, Burnley 0 Newcastle 1, Sheffield U. 2. Portsmouth 0, Wolves 0 Sheffield W. 6, Aston Villa 3. Tottenham 0, Sunderland
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  • 77 11 :-by League results: 8, Castleford 17. Belle Vu e Rangers 5. York 20 Bradford Northern 21, Brainley 7. Featherstone Rovers 15 Halifax 10. Huddersfield 39, Hull Kingston Rovers 7. Hull 31, Workinton Town 4. Leeds 34, Dewsburv 16. Leigh 43, Hunslet 7. Liverpool City 16. Wigan 26. Rochdale
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  • 266 11 BERNE, Aug. 28: (Reuter) —Hungary dominated the European athletics championships today by winning three of the seven finals— the 3,000 metres steeplechase, the 800 metres, the outstanding race of the day, and the long jump. Diminutive Szentgali, of Hungary, coming through with a tremendous burst 100 yards from
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  • 654 11 w n J^l P° N A g J 9 (Renter) -First week of English league football suggests tense struggle for honours m all divisions with some of the bigger clubs having to fight to maintain their places m the limelight. Alter today's games— third m
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    • 91 11 *fc* Heart Of Jaliet Jones g y si an o ro^ c ex% B«t> v .--Ln_-li J^SB^d^'A CAN HAVb 6M 17D0... nJUUETPO .^^B^lil^MHl^Si^XK >■ vii KKWiVg T>fe corny JS^^i 1 1 B^H Fty*>r 039 a iittib I\m 1 tuiwi^ Rip Kirby cve v A/ ex Raymond w I Till fV^lll
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  • 351 12 58HFA....8 P01ice.. ..1 Rahi'v. Omar 5 Salim 3. Jack. Referee— John Ferguson. THE Feith Charity Cap was won by Singapore Business Houses FA. who scored a brilliant B—l victory over the Combined Police m a rousing game m aid of the Federation of Singapore Boys'
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  • 175 12 Although this Is the year of the 'horse' a 'dragon' appeared at the Jalan Besar's floodlit stadium last night, spitting forth "fire and venom" on the soccer pit?h. There Is a Chinese legend which states that the dragon the king of all earth creatures appears only
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  • 731 12 CHEW BEE DOES IT KUALA LUMPUR, Sun.-Singap ore's always dynamic, ***"*imtoj+ terminal, Ong Chew Bee killed the hopes of Ceylon's yonng narids for this year's Malayan singles title m 25 minutes when he w foreign challenger out at 6-4 6-1 m the final of the Malayan lawn
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  • 256 12 Penang Hold Johore In MCFA Final PENANG, Sun. Penang Chinese drew with Johore Chinese one-all m the final of the MCFA Cup competition played here today. Penang Chinese must now travel to Johore for the replay at a date to be fixed. Johore Chinese dominated play m the first half
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  • 247 12 Men's singles semifinal: Ong Chew Bee (S'pere) beat Ltai Hee Chin (S r pote)6-h FINAL One C h (Spore) beat R. Ferdinands (Ceylon) 6-4, 6-1. Men's doubles semifinal: B. Ferdinands A B. Pinto (Ceylon) beat Goon Kok Lent Hillier 6-8, 6-5, 12-10. Mixed doubles semifinals: H. A.
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  • 241 12 SELANGOR WHIP PERAK IN FS CUPTIE KUALA LUMPUR, San.— Winning four matches today after their overnight lead of 4nil, Selangor completed the trouncing of Perak to enter the quarter-final of the Foosg Seong Cup badminton competition with a 8-1 victory here. Selangor will meet Kelantan m the semi-final of the
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  • 63 12 INDONESIA'S Banka- Billlton soccer team comprising 18 players and threa officials will arrive by Garuda Airways this morning to play four matches m the Colony. The Indonesians play their opening game tomorrow when they will meet Singapore Business Houses Football Association. On Thursday they meet Sino-Malays.
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  • 493 12 Sports Letter -fr ASKS KOH TEIK EE, o one-time leading Singapore Badminton Association official and now president of the Marigold 8.P., referring to a report that the Colony Thomas Cup star, Ismail bin Marjan, was not considered for training for the next Cup team.
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