The Singapore Free Press, 5 August 1955

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    19 1 The Singapore Free press Largest Afternoon Sale m Malaya No. *****. Sinrapore, FrL, Aug 5, 1955. Price 15 Ct«.
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    4 1 WIFE GOES INTO HIDING
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    Lock icon They can't find way to tell airman of wedding No. 2
    331 1 They can't find way to tell airman of wedding No. 2 UfITH ten other U.S. fliers just freed by Red China, fT Airman 2nd Class Daniel Schmidt stood grinning happily m Clark Field air force hospital m the Philippines last night still unaware that his wife had remarried thinking he
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    PAKISTAN AGREES TO WEDDING LAW PROBE
    98 1 The Pakistani Government last night appointed a commission to investigate whether Muslim marriage and family laws need to be modified "to give women their proper place In society, according to the fundamentals of Islam." Premier Mohammed Ali promised a commission would be set up
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    Rubber now $1.56
    92 1 RUBBER continued its rise m Singapore this morning when first grade, August shipment, opened at $1.56 a lb., an increase of 3% cents above last night's close. The rise resulted mainly from the better overnight London and New York markets where prices appreciated by seven-eighths of a
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    LIQUOR THEFT
    23 1 A thief broke into a shop m Jaian Besai, Singapore, last n ignt and stole 12 bottles of liquor worth $200.
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    Lock icon BOAT DETAINED
    18 1 A Syrian boat en route from peirut to Gaza was detained m **raeu waters yesterday. U.P.
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    SOEKARNO SILENT ON THE 17 MERDEKAS
    190 1 "PRESIDENT Soekarno of X Indonesia stopped ove; m Singapore for breakfast this morning on his way home from his Haji pilgrimage to Mecca. The president was !a a jovial mood and chatted with the Commissioner General, Mr Malcolrr Mac Donald and the Chief Minister,
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    Lock icon PEKING REVOLT PLOT: 30 HELD
    157 1 30 Chinese counter-revolutionaries have been arrested for "attempts to assassinate Government leaders m Peking/ This Hong Kong report, by the New China News Agency, follows reports of uprisings and other counterrevolutionary activities up and down China m the last few weeks. The 30 arrests, said
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    TOO EARLY FOR ASIA TALKS
    51 1 PRESIDENT Eis+nhowrr I today ruled oat, for the time being, any meet ing at the summit to settle the Far Ea»t di«PMte. It was far too much m advance to talk about the possibility of a summit meeting, he said at his Washington press conference
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    S'pore boats freed
    55 1 TWO Singapore fishing boats which the Vietnamese authorities were alleged to be using illegally, have now been released. They left for Singapore on Thursday. The ships were two of eight boats detained m May m Cholon for alleged illegal fishing. Vietnamese authorities demanded a fine of $40,000,
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    Mixed bathing condemned
    54 1 THE Cardinal Primate of Spain yesterday condemned mixed bathing and the practice of placing dance halls and bars near bathing facilities. He Issued a pastoral letter saying that "bathing 1, a practice of hygiene and therefore should be carried out In privacy, but If publicly, then with
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    BULGANIN REJECTS IKES PLAN
    307 2 'Both countries can hide air baa from view 9 DREMIER Nikolai Bulganin yesterday turned down President Eisenhower's proposal for mutual military inspection. Bulganin said, "I do not believe that the proposal can have any great real significance." Bulganin's rejection of Eisenhower's proposal at tht Geneva summit
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    Lock icon 30 die in flaming crashed plane
    167 2 EMERGENCY LANDJiW FAILS AN AMERICAN twin-engined Convair crashed and burned yesterday while attempting an emergency landing at Fort Leonard Wood, Missouri, killing all 30 people aboard. Lieut. David Dyer, public information officer at that army post, said rescue teams had reached the scene and
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    Lock icon Dracula cured
    47 2 Rehabilitated, Bela Lugosi will leave a Norwalk, California hospital today and start v.ork on a new movie m two weeks. At his own request, he was treated for three months for drug addiction. He is best known for his characterisa- tion of Count Dracula- A.P.
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    Lock icon 400 Goanese 'merge' village with India
    112 2 400 Goanese 'merge' village with India SOME 400 members of the village of Mayam m Goa yesterday declared themselves free of Portuguese rule o.nd parsed resolutions requesting the Indian Government to "merge" Mayam with India, reports reaching Bombay said. In New Delhi, Home Minister Pandit Pant said his government was
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    Lock icon U.S. WILL MAKE NEW DISARM PLAN. SAYS IKE
    115 2 U.S. WILL MAKE NEW DISARM PLAN. SAYS IKE PRESIDENT Eisenhower, indicated yesterday m Washington that the U.S. would make new proposals on disarmament. He told his press conference that he did not believe Marshal Bulganin closed the door to a U.S.Russian disarmament agreement by his rejection of the idea of
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    Lock icon NO CHINA VISIT
    33 2 The steering committee of the French National Assembly yesterday recommended against a trip by a group of Deputies to Communist China and Japan as there is no money available. A.P.
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    Lock icon Y.W.C.A. leader on way to S'pore
    54 2 The UJB. State Department said yesterday that Miss Let a H. Galpin of the Y.W.C.A. National Board will leave Washington today for Malaya to spend three months working with youth organisations. Miss Galpin will work with the Malayan Youth Council, the Singapore Youth Council
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    Lock icon Soviet A-arms tests
    19 2 Russia has resumed testing nuclear weapons "within the past few days," the Atomic Washington yesterday U.P.
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    Lock icon RUBBER TREE TO BE DUPLICATED' CLAIM
    171 2 Pilot plant ready within a year A PILOT PLANT to produce new man-made rubber described as synthetically duplicating the tree rubber is expected to be m operation m nine months to a year, it was disclosed yesterday m Cleveland, Ohio. The announcement was made
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    Lock icon Cheaper plan to outer space-by Australia
    238 2 AUSTRALIA announced plans yesterday m Melbourne for an outer space rocket programme which it claims will cost less than the U.S. satellite project. Australian scientists plan to fire data-recording rockets more than 300 miles above the earth. Hie data collected will be used for
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      224 2 I'MHiiiuiiiiMiimoMiHmmuiimi.wMiitiiim HE CONDEMNED A JURY TO DEATH! E When they found young Bill Purvis guilty of a crime lie did fct not commit and sent htm to the gallows he placed a terrible c curse on the 12 jurymen. "You all die before I do/ lie said. c c <f
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    She's on sketching tour of Malaya
    258 3  - She's on sketching tour of Malaya VIVIENNE PUCKRIDGE W\ MISS Enid Mapstonc, (rifht), an attractive v.mng Australian commercial artist, is m Singapore on a two-month S5 t to Malaya. She is sketching and writing articles on typical Malayan scenes for two wellknown Australian maeazines For the last 18 montn* she
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    Lock icon New floods in India
    40 3 FLOOD WATERS of the River Buritenga ace rising steadily m India and East Pakistan The village of Munchiganj. 15 miles from Dacca, already is inundated, and railway communications m the Annur district have been disrupted.— U.P.
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    Lock icon Atlantic storm
    17 3 A tropical .storm Connie, third A of the year, whirled over the Atlantic yesterday. A.P.
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    BLAST MINE IS TOMB FOR TRAPPED 25
    114 3 FIRE and explosion which roared through the Dahlbusch coal mine at Gelsenkirchen, Germany, killed 41 miners on Wednesday night, rhe mine became a tomb for 25 of the dead. Hospitals reported that 11 othors were injured. Rescue squads which had braved the smoke-filled
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    Lock icon Kilimanjaro crash pilot blamed
    221 3 DID NOT SHOW REGARD FOR SAFETY' THE pilot of an airliner which crashed into 19,000--foot Mount Kilimanjaro, killing all 20 aboard, "did not show the regard for the safety of his aircraft and passengers that could be expected from a man of his training and experience."
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    Lock icon WIFE CRIED OUT HER LOVE OVER SHOT HUSBAND
    204 3 WIFE CRIED OUT HER LOVE OVER SHOT HUSBAND A IS. Army warrant oiTicer told a court martial at A Sendai, Japan, that a young army wife accused of murdering her husband cried out her love for him after he was shot to death. Warrant Officer John H. Green testified that
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    RUSSIAN AID
    19 3 Russia has stepped up equipping and training four Vietminh divisions, says a Chinese Natonalist report from Taipeh.
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    Lock icon Magistrate warned: You'll get bullet if...
    158 3 Magistrate warned: You'll get bullet if. A THREAT on the life of the .senior magistrate of Dunedin. New Zealand, 'ajls handed him yesterday while he wa.s hearing a ca.se of negligent driving that caused death. The note to the magistrate. Mr. J D Willis, .said: 'If Willis doej not give
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    Lock icon The paper refused
    22 3 Government authorities prohibited El Tiempo, Colombia's largest daily, from appearing yesterday because it refused to publish a statement A.P
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      131 3 < -xiikmA. tfi Wwty W^Af look at these easy K oin e Fimlish madr > </ "designed for l>eauty and comfort." They are lighter /vr and cooler, styled by Bata to complement thf latest f\ W V TY^the^i on-feel how they pack extra PJ^ure Into y nrf^*\ leisure. Yes. Bata
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  • The Singapore Free Press FRIDAY, August 5, 1955. Opinion
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      THE WORLD LOOKS UP
      271 4 AROUND the world there i is a stirring of interest and mankind lifts its eyes skyward as the first steps are taken towards! the conquest of space. Within the next two years, Bit is now confidently hoped, man-made satel- i lites will be shot into 1
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    THE BLUEPRINT IS CLEAR
    782 4 THE BLUEPRINT IS CLEAR ''Barring some act of supreme folly a world war is now impossible r PHE talks between Presi- dent Eisenhower and Marshal Zhukov at Geneva, were hampered from the start by the fact that neither man spoke the other's language. This meant that interpreters had to be
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      27 4 < E.xqtiisii** IM\MOMI A Jgfjgllgl'J m B In- I iisliions > Mil 111 OMM lII* P. H. HENDRY, Manufacturing (cwcllcr 78, North Bridge Rd S porc-6. and K. Lumpur.
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      149 4 AVAIL YOURSELF OF 20 years of experience m estate development by CREDIT FONCIER MEYER CHAMBERS 3rd FLOOR. (RAFFLES PLACE) FRANKEL ESTATE OPERA ESTATE FIRST CLASS NEWLY RECENTLY COMPLETED DEVELOPED ESTATE AT ESTATE 61 MS CHANGI ROAD BETWEEN CHANCI NEAR THE SEA FAST C AST R AD$ AT PROX.MITY OF (A
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    SINGAPORE Spotlight
    1014 5  -  Adelaide Eastley l!L TAG DAY for the Singapore Children's Society is today, and every dollar the public contributes helps towards the $20,000 targel for this year's casework, salaries, rent and transport. In addition, the )(icty"s officers and committee will try to raise another $30,000 or so before the
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    UNION WILL RESIST MOVE TO KILL IT
    167 5 THE 1,300-strong Singapore Government and City Council Labour Union yesterday said It was determined to exist m the face of the move to destroy it by the 10,000-strong City Council Union Federation. The federation since 1953 ha? thrice asked the City Council to
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    S'pore trade exhibition
    48 5 A Singapore Trade and Industries Exhibition will be held at the Great World amusement park from October 8 to 26. The exhibition will coincide with the Colombo Plan conference to bo held m the Colony. About 128 .stalls, covering approximately four acres, will be constructed.
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    Record year for fires
    52 5 The number of flre.s m i Klang this year will be the highest m postwar years .said Klang's fire officer, Mr. J. F. O. Nicholas, yesterday. The record year was 1952 when 47 fires broke out. From January till yesterday, the fire brigade haj already tackled
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      192 6 MANDRAKE by Lee Falk and Phil Davis I w l^^^jn^d isrrK] laßSol^vHiJ TOUWST.INTHE V YOU'RE^ GOIHOONA^ °^L^±J^ YEAR 5055 00 DEFERRING VACATION. INOOINGTHA^^-r^r U H EN WE j I PEOPLE REMAIN S TO THQ^E THfY V£ NO J HP I t^A^EL BACK L-^^J__^H YOUNG ALWAY^Tj PiLLS?OH,NO. PfRW J NEN JM^^^^^I
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      668 6 j YOUR I LUCKYj I STAR i DORN today, >ou are highh < •<► sensitive to all oulsidf m fluences and are kindh div- 3, nosed toward all who are Im fortunate than \ours<-|f. \MJ have what is called a "so<ial i consciousness" and aim to da somethine about the
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  • Round the World Market Prices
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      U.K. closing prices
      200 7 LONDON, Aug. 4. Previous Today i I iip.l It No. 1 BSS ci.f. European 42" buyers 43', buyer s Tor U August 42 sellers 434 sellers l Blii X No. 1 RSS cJ.f. European 42 buyers 43 U buyer s Ports September 42 -sellers 43 4 sellers
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      New York prices
      73 7 NEW YORK. Aug. 4. Previous Today Tin Strait, «x>t an* "e"^ "g m EJ 11:11 _&d S3 tSTO\F- Quiet SALES: Nil. KIWIFR futures September 47.25 traded 48.40 traded December 48.05 to 46.75 traded 48.08 traded TONE: Firm. SALES: 419 lots. No. 1 RSS Shipment Aug. landed pr
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      U.S. PEPPER
      57 7 Spot Malabar and awaiting release 45 Afloats 44V 2 to 44. First half August 43 Sarawak spot and awaitIng release 40. Afloats 39»/ 2 to 39. First half August 37. Lampong spot and awaiting release 45. Afloats 44" 2 to 44. First half August 43. Sellers ex-dock. Above
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      DOW JONES AVERAGES
      33 7 NEW YORK. Aug. 4. Previous Today 20 industrials 460.98 454.18 M> Railroads 157.13 154.73 li) DomesMc Bonds 9 953 Al 15 Utilities 66.37! 65.98 Gl Stocks Composite Average 166.46 164.23
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      Copra, coconut oil prices
      118 7 Aug. 4. Previous Today COPRA Philippines cJ.f. UK/North European delivered weight per long ton Aug./ Sept $175 sellers $175 sellers COPRA Philippines f.o.b. Manila m hulk per ton Unquoted Unquoted (OPRA Straits cif. UK /North European delivered weight per IH% buyers £64 buyers long ton July/Aug
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    Burma holds the key in battle to reduce price of rice
    378 7 Burma holds the key in battle to reduce price of rice BURMA now hoWs the key m the battle to bring down the prices of rice m the face of a rising Bangkok market, according to Singapore traders. They said the prices were likely to remain steady or even go
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    Date of lottery draw postponed
    59 7 The management committee of the Princess Elizabeth Estate Community Centre ha* decided to postpone the date of its welfare lottery draw due on July 31 to Aug. 28. Government permission for this has already been obtained, the secretary stated. The lottery is to raise funds
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    Lock icon TWO MEN OF POLITICS
    32 7 Sir Winston Churchill leaves after lunching with Sir Anthony Eden at 10 Downing Street when, it is understood, they discussed the coming visit of Marshal Itulganin.H A.P. pictu**.
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    TWO MEN OF FUN
    20 7 TWO MEN OF FUN Noel Coward and Bob Hope (below) who travelled together by BOAC from New York to Londmn.
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    THE 'FLYING SAUCER FISH' FOR STORE
    158 7 THE 'FLYING SAUCER FISH' FOR STORE CJINGAPORE fish fanciers will have an opportunity to view the "Hying saucer fish" wide«y regarded as the klnc of tropical ftrtli and' many other rare ipedfnfMl from South America. Africa and other countries at tho biggest ever three-day aquarlsU' show to be held at
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    THE BLUEBEARD of the BATHROOM
    1551 8  - THE BLUEBEARD of the BATHROOM F.J.LYONS by afd ii tin iiiii ill ii iiiiiiiiii ii ii iiiiii iiiiiiiiiiiii imiiiiiiimiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiim George Joseph Smith had "the appearance of a butcher and the breeding of a scavenger" but he exercised a strange power of fascination over women. He is known to have murdered
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    97 8 A tempest 38 year* ago took everything: bat her memories from Elizabeth Prettyjohn, a stouted hearted 70, who is now the only inhabitant of the "ghost village" of South Hallsands vi South Devon. Here she stands outside her home. Before the storm struck m 1917. South HaSlsands was a prosperous
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    Lock icon The Bishop at farewell party
    63 9 (iIESTS with the Rev. Mr. John Fleming at a fareveil party given m his honour at Bishopbourne, Singapore. From left are: Mr. Khoo Siaw Hus, Archdeacon Robin Woods, Rev. Mr. Fleming, Mrs. R. L. Archer, Mrs. Fleming, Mrs. Amstutz, Mr. Peter l.im, Mr. G. R.
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    I MARRIED TINPOT HITLER WROTE 73-DAY WIFE
    334 9 I MARRIED TINPOT HITLER WROTE 73-DAY WIFE INURING the 73 days of her married life a wife's descriptions of her husband. recorded m her diary, ranged from "so sweet" to "tinpot Hitler." Extracts from the diary were read by Mr. Justice Wallington m the divorce court m London, at the
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    The case of the twin jockeys
    149 9 The case of the twin jockeys JOCKEY Dominic Forte wai accepted for the Army. His twin brother John, though heavier, was rejected ai underweight. So says Mr. Norman Dodds. Labour M.P. for Erilh. and leading House of Common* critic of call-up muddles. Mr. Dodds named the 21-year-old twin jockeys whose
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    Gold inside fish
    38 9 Customs officers stepped on board the 5,000-ton British mail boat Daressa when she arrived at Karachi from the Persian Gulf and found gold bars with £2 000 stuffed inside nsh carried m an unclaimed basket.
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    SAFETY AID FOR COLONY MOTORISTS
    140 9 SAFETY AID FOR COLONY MOTORISTS THE Singapore Safety First Council has designed a head lamp aligner and quiz panel to help motorists adjust their lights and promote road .:uoty. The acting chairman of the council, Mr. A. E. Shepherd, said the council could supply them to garages and driving schools.
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    Time flies—anon.
    39 9 Time flies anon. A nineteenth century gold itch worth £100, looted from Bristol museum m a 1940 air 'ud, has been returned to the niuseum director with an anonymous note: "Returned m thr condition m which it was taken."
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    Sea race for boy
    32 9 A sea-goin* ambulance, Guernsey's Flying Christine, sped three miles to the tiny Hern island and brought back seven-year-old Michael Oooch —on holiday from Rugby—for an immediate appendicitis operation.
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    CORPORAL: HOW I 'STRUNG UP' AN AC 2
    294 9 CORPORAL: HOW I 'STRUNG UP' AN AC 2 EIGHTEEN YEAR OLD Granville Thomas Filer iad been m the R.A.F. only wo days when an exasperated corporal said to him, You Ji^ed stringing up." And that is just what the corporal did do threading webbing straps through the recruits epaulettes. By
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      115 9 Cakes are delicious /V^lv when made with SPRY I roorakeitnd p«strie» c ire lighter, more digestible DIGESTI BLE r a joy to eat when they ire made with Spry. Its perfect odd- S sistency pve* i quick thorough mix brings out the fullness of their j^ flavour. Fried dishes, too,
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    Lock icon WORLD NEW IN PICTURES
    271 10 WORLD NEW IN PICTURES picture. picture picture. picture. picture. Designed for the bright summer days is 'Calypso' a gay little forward beret in white straw. An attractive decoration is the pattern of multi-coloured flowers embroidered all over the hat and matched on the straw bag carried. At the back centre
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    These boys study to fight temptation
    1263 12 These boys study to fight temptation Adelaide Eastley meets some unusual Singapore cnuaren BROTHERLY love and unselfishness are human qualities usually expected to be manifest only m adults. But here m Singapore some 70 Tamil children are seasoned practitioners of these virtues. They are the orphans of the Ramakrishna Mission.
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    IT'S A HECTIC LIFE WITH FATHER
    1021 13  -  George Malcolm Thomson ...when the train is late I I by NORMAN DOUGLAS. A SELECTION FROM HIS okKS. Introduction by I) M. Low, Chatto and Windus Seeker and Warburg. 255. SM pages. A LITTLE money has made me lazy," said Mr. Keith. "But I
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    Other new books
    477 13 MAIGBR AND THT YOUNG »IRL. By Simenon ilamish UmilUa. 9s. 6d. ]f*o >ages pHE title warms g>e heart. A He is back! S cretive, minative. stealing the limeuht from Detective-Sergeant L"unon. Maigret follows from i"' to clue the story of the urdered girl m the- Place miUe.
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    MAJOR WEIGHS NINE STONE
    89 13 PLUMP people who enjoy their foo<i will sympa- I thise with Major, a five- year-old bull mastiff who I has grown too fat to get his head down to his din- neT. His owner. Mrs L. I Warren, of Whitton, Middlesex, England, has helped Major out
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    The TABLET in the HILLS
    1655 14  - The TABLET in the HILLS ERNEST RAYMONB by lI KS name wa.s Arthur Hathersage. At least thai is what I .shall rail him here, because there must be many alive who vwn- follower! of Sussex Cficket In the years before the 1914-18 war, and if I wrote the name more
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      19 14 rplIK answer to yesterday's "Did It Happen** story— I H ODnn KNFW KTI Kit"— is YES. it did happen!
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      83 14 DID IT HAPPEN This stcry another m the series of FACT or FiCTiOfi tales by famous writers --fti|t»! have happened. Or is it sin>> a tall story,? Tomorrow the answer wilt be published. fdfdf j S-T-R-E-T-CH KNITi JMERLYNi j The "ONE SIZE" Pantyj that fits any i size! j j
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    Life with Danny is like life with a whirlwind
    861 15 Life with Danny is like life with a whirlwind STEPHEN COULTER meets the girl who makes the star f/clc j muni itiiMiiminiMiiiti" XI m a 12 }l ($107.04) a tc at the George v .j. mi n Paris. VU a girl not .so long a^o. was n g canned soup
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    London Spring styles will have an Italian accent
    340 15 London Spring styles will have an Italian accent iiiiiiiiiiimMiiMimiiiiiiiiiimiiiiinii' EILEEN ASCROFT reports on the latest fashion news from Rome THREE Italian fashions will influence International clothes for Autumn 1955— (1) the tube tunic coat over a Him skirt or sheath skirt; (2) the rich bro-(-uflr m Botticelli colourfor evenings; (3)
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      94 15 J\\ /^.d Llizahrth Anlrn i VI A Firmo-Lifl llk Bean| y S|or y Br f rirni Wj rwi* i iimilvn Three eftCßtiak for a yoiingrr im'jiiilv, ImiXml iMKthcr Ullll lllstriK lioil Imm.lv I <l 1 4 r ihi i tin will help lilt, ti r nt umJ imootli lh« ■kin,
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    This holiday hobby is paying off
    804 16 This holiday hobby is paying off r rms >• v a new pastime it :t.s A;n«-J Icanfl concerned nt any rate is to go uranium hunting and fyou hope) rich. m thru- thousand t v i it n pn ;rs, clerks, college underiduates and business men are (locking to the
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    So he stood in for them
    169 16 NO CHIEF GUESTS- THE Lord Chancellor, the Foreign Secretary and the Minister of Labour wen* to have attended a small dinnerparty at the St. Stephen's Club. I/jndon. All three had to .send apologies for their absence at the last moment. "A great pity, .said
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    Bridge Hand
    412 16 •i) 4 1 X .1 06 2 a k g m 7 WFST (AST 4 a g #5 9*762 C> till) •> H 4 0 A X «J 7 4 0 Q J 111 8 2 9 6 5-4 SOUTH 4 X J 10 8 3 0 5
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      260 16 CLfKS ACROSS 4 This riddle puzzles an UttStS 1 "Myself when did eagerly fre- mostly (6> quetu" (Omar Kliayyamt 5 Machine with spirit In It (b) 4 Soon Reg and Noel get together o Mammal that seems all rlgbl 1 <3 4> be?in with (5). 8 Sovereign from a Belßlan
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    Jill finds NO future for glamour
    478 17 Jill finds NO future for glamour IJJAJIA LEWt\ rvports: IT'S toii^h being a gla--1 niour »irl m British film*. From Jill Adams I heard this week of the sorrows of having sexappeal m a country which prefers its sex to be sub-titled. Miss Adams ("please don't call me a starlit,
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    An OSCAR for Cagney?
    446 17  -  Michael Ruddy fdfd ayQjffigjgflJB^' "J] JENNIFER JONES'S film J portrayals have so delighted Darryl Zanuck that he has signed her star m "Good Morning, 3 Dove," an American version of "Goodbye, Mr. Chips." Miss portrays a 1 teacher m New Engwho has strongly iniced many of
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    SINGAPORE WILL BE INVITED TO O.B. F. MEETING
    350 18 SINGAPORE WILL BE INVITED TO O.B. F. MEETING fdf ,|MIK BOXING CHAMTIONB OK THE I ORIENT Will. Bi: IN ICTION IN MANILA FKOM OCT. TO OCT. 10 IN THE FIRST CARNIVAL CHAMPIONS To BE HELD IN THE EAST The tentative programme Is: Oct. 28. flyweight and lightweight championships: Oci 29,
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    Fathul Karib just made it against S.C.C.
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