The Singapore Free Press, 10 May 1952

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    19 1 The Sinapore Free Press LARGEST AgTOWpJI 9J&* tit MJ&ATA PRICE FIFTEEN CENTS. SINGAPORE, SATURDAY, MAY 10, 1952. No. *****-
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    U.S. 'NO' TO RUBIER MEN
    335 1 Stable price and market plea fails OTTAWA, Saturday. fHE International Rubber Study Group yesterday ended a secret week-long session without reaching any immediate derisions on the critical issues of stabilised prices and assured markets. As an apparent compromise, the 18 country group agreed to set
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    RUBBER OPENS AT 87½
    300 1 Rubber opened at *7| cents m Singapore this morning. Yesterday's closing price was 92 cents a pound. ton from £10. But the value of rubber, the principal marketable product grown In that area, did not go up m the same proportion. Britain was determined, he added,
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    World air lines urged to save fuel
    150 1 World air lines urged to save fuel LONDON. Sat. BRITAIN'S Ministry of Fuel power announced i>a: the British American Governments rge all countries to consumption of aviaV -ay :he British Govr cut by 30 per cent de veries of high octane aviation spirit :o civil air>ratoi3 because of the :e
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    Stolen car found
    95 1 \CAR whteta was stolen on Thursday night when pa:'*-d near the Singapore Or. tapb was recovered last right :n Loronis 300. Changi R ad. The car had been ■bind- -lied m a rubber estate and stripped of its radio rece;.er three wheels, a spare •heel back seat
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    SCOTS FALL OUT OVER QUEEN'S TITLE
    132 1 GLASGOW, Saturday. has broken out among Scottish home rulers over the Queen's title and threats to remove the Coronation Stone again from Westminster Abbey m London. Seven prominent members of the strong covenant movement, which seeks to establish a parliament for Scotland, have resigned
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    He survived explosion
    57 1 THIS MAN, covered with thick oil, was one of the 61 men who were' rescued after a collision to midAtlantio between the des-troyer-minesweeper Hobson and the V J&. aircraft-carrier Wasp. The Hobson Mew ji»/ and; said a rescuer, "the survivors were so covered m oil you could
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    600,000 RAILWAYMAN SEEK RISE
    114 1 600,000 RAILWAYMAN SEEK RISE LONDON, Sat. BRITAIN'S government- owned railway system, striving to pay its way without drastic fare increase was faced last night with pay Increase demands amounting to £17,000,000 from 600,000 workers. Executives of the three railway unions decided at a three-hour meeting to demand a 10 per
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    Plans Moscow visit
    30 1 Dr. Hewlett Johnson, the "Red Dean of Canterbury", said m Canterbury yesterday he is going to Moscow for a personal conference with I the oatriarch Alexei Reuter
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    'WATCH DOGS' PASS FILMS
    33 1 A London County Council "watchdog" committee has withdrawn its objections to the showing of the films "Kashmir Conflict" and "Kashmir Story" which arfgered Indians and Pakistanis last year.- Reuter
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    IMPORTS CUT
    28 1 The Australian Government yesterday announced a 20 per cent cut m the overall value of dollar import licences outstanding on March 31 of this year.—Reuter. picture.
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    Two good doubles
    36 1 ALLAN LEWIS, Free Press Ra^r correspondent, fifes Chesieres. Seated Orders and Sanguine as his best bets it Penan; today. He suggests two doubles: 16 MM *«j <zor>\oA n^riArc ami fin esieres and Talkie.
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    C'WEALTH ANXIETY OVER KOREA
    207 1 C'WEALTH ANXIETY OVER KOREA LONDON, Sat. fV^ICIAL SOURCES yes> \J terday hinted that Briain might lead a move to ransfer the Korean truce ;alk s to the United Nations Security Counctt. Commonwealth o ffl cia I s 9aid Australia and New Zeaand are seeking to put the Korean negotiations on
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    AID FOR CHIANG
    25 1 The U.S. Mutual Security Agency yesterday authorized Nationalist China to spend, US. $1,257,000 for a wide variety of economic aid items. U.P.
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    MEAT BARTER
    20 1 Britain has agreed to take Canadian surplus meat on a barter basis. The swap involves New Zealand.- A.P.
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    Non-white call for African poll
    181 1 JOHANNESBURG, Saturday. THE African General Workers Union wants the United Nations to order Dr. Daniel Malan s Government to hold a nation* convention of aU races and colours to draft a new "J^^E**?" 1 duct new elections for a "people's government The Union, which claims
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    JAP TRADE MOVE
    18 1 The Japanese Government announced relaxations of control over exports to the sterling area. Re uter
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    REDS KILL SHOT-DOWN COMRADE
    76 1 REDS KILL SHOT-DOWN COMRADE TOKYO. Sat. /TOMMUNIST jet pilots \j machine-gunned and killed one of their colleagues before he could be captured on being shot down m a recent air battle over Korea. Australian pilots said the pilot baled out into the sea. He was seen to inflate a dinghy
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    She wants to. be a referee
    95 1 LONDON, Sat. A 30 year-old Sunderland schoolmistress/ Mrs. Jean Tlzard, is "very disappointed" because the all-male Durham Football Association has refused to allow her to sit for a football referee's examination. i Mrs. Thmrd. who helps to coach two football teams at her school,
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    Red P.o.Ws. bargaining over Dodd
    339 1 TOKYO, Saturday. KOREAN BTH ARMY COMMANDER, Gen. lames A. Van Fleet, yesterday was directing a plan, possibly involving force, to rescue U.S. prison Commander, Rrif .-Gen. Francis T. Dodd, from the. North Korean Communist prisoners of riot-toni' Koje island who captured him. three days ago.
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    LABOUR CAPTURES 21 TOWNS
    130 1 LONDON, Sat. f ABOUR yesterday won its most important victory* m Britain's nation-wide local, government elections by capturing control m 21 cities and towns m England and Wales.' The party lost its majority m, only one council Kidwelly. m Wales. i With some results out-, standing
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    ANTI-RED BILL
    25 1 The Sudan Legislative Assembly yesterday wye the; second reading to a bill intended to halt the spread of Communism m the Sudan. (i
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    SHIPS COLLIDE
    21 1 Two freighters collided near San Francisco yesterday^. They were the British M.B# Cape Hawke and the William Luckenbach A.P.
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      Read the Contest Rules Properly
      957 2 Read the Contest Rules Properly I WANT to talk to you this week about, our contest, a matter 1 seldom mention because by the time I write my letter the last week's contest is no longer of interest to you and the present week's contest is here In the page,
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      The Black Princes Dresses for Battle
      375 2 pROM earliest dawn the camp was alive with the neighing of horses and the clanking of armour being donned For this day the little army of the Black Prince of England, would face and conquer the vast hosts of France m the Battle of
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      Minnie, The Bear, Is Acting Strangely
      139 2 MINNIE, London Zoo's brown bear, who recently gave birth to twins is disappointing her public. She refuses to 'bring the cubs out on to the rocks even though the door is left open even day Officials are puzzled, because m previous years Minnie has
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      Onward the "Onslaught
      799 2  - Onward the "Onslaught SEAFARER 1 M THE MARCH BEGINS riM Manderly, the hero of I this tale, left his home m Plymouth, went to London And Joined the "Onslaught" a s a cabin boy 'he "Onslaught.'* on a voyage of discovery to the Eastern Seas called at Sierra Leone on
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      'Be kind to animals' plea
      109 2 MORE than 200,000 girU and boys m all parts of Britain have now signed a pledge to be kind to all animals. Registered as "Animal Defenders," they are members of 3532 local groups ranging m size from 20 to 200 young people. In honouring their
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      155 2 I IB !i I I BE I I I I I v ACROSS DOWN << 1 Brumas to a baby 1. Most boys like a << 3. "Girls and Boys Come thrilling: one to read. >> Ont T« t. A plant should have a g >> Wordsworth and Keats good
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    'BURMA MUST PAY UP'
    36 3 Sir Arthur Salter, Minister r >* State for Economic Affairs, said the Govern-ni-Mi: thought Burma should pay the first instalment of her £27.000.000 loan to Briwin unless there was an and new reason."
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    BISHOP REFUSED TITLE OF 'RED POPE'
    543 3 -Story behind mob trials THE Commits' m SS^SS^SSt In r.u£iu i?" JT* Vl olent of the m«c^ cl i Sin c t! e eca y d *y s ot Christianity. nuicJ^.^ 8 8 toPrtsonment, mob "trials", exdalfv S?ar? t»! V^ n execu «ons and
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    SHOW CAN' GO ON
    53 3 An antl-Amerlcan play, Colonel Foster Pleads Guilty" written by a French Communist about the U.S., army m Korea, was schedufled to open on Wednesday night m the theatre Del Ambigu. Paris. Police now announce the show will not go on as the house electric wiring violated
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    Rector: I won't marry drunks
    324 3 Rector: I won' t marry drunks CANBERRA, Saturday. THE rector of St. Paul's Anglican Church, Canberra, has warned his parishioners that m future he will refuse to marry couples who arrive at his church "fortified by intoxicating lkmor." In the latest issue of the parish magazine, Rev. Border says: "I
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    WEALTHY MAN ENSNARED 2 SOLDIERS
    263 3 WEALTHY MAN ENSNARED 2 SOLDIERS DUBLIN, Sat. U7EALTHY Mr. W. Patrick Barbour was not present at a court martial to hear himself strongly criticised by counsel defending two young soldiers. Mr. Barbour is 42, a bachelor, and member of one of the wealthiest linen families m Ulster. He was not
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    'No' to U.S. disarm plan
    73 3 NEW YORK, Sat. TH E Soviet Union lias rejected an American six-point plan of principles for disarmament and claimed that only Russia's own plan for the prohibition of atomic weapons was practical. Mr. Jacob Malik told the Disarmament Committee that the United States, aided by
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    BASIC EDUCATION
    12 3 The United Nations Educational. Scientific and Cultural Organisation has signed
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    Big 3 will give new pledge to Germans
    109 3 Big 3 will give new pledge to Germans LONDON, Sat. BRITAIN, France and the United States are to give Western Germany and Berlin a completely hew guarantee of their territorial integrity, it -was learned authoritatively. The guarantee is to be given when the occupation regime ends with the signing of
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    TANKER BLOWS UP
    31 3 The 818-ton oil tanker, Harold Reinauer, blew up at its dock m Chelsea, Massachusetts, soon after discharging a cargo of jet plane fuel. Four men were injured. U.P.
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    JAPS COULD HELP
    34 3 Australia might badly need Japanese aid to defend its shores m another war, United States Lieut. General Robert Eicelberger said before he left on his return by air to America Reuter
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    Bridge Problem
    307 3 'THERE are two great things about this deal. One was the play by West, the late Harry Merkle of San Francisco, a former Like Master of the American Contract B-r id g c League. The other is the fact that it is one of two deals, both played
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    BRITON HELD 23 YEARS WITHOUT ANY TRIAL
    365 3 BRITON HELD 23 YEARS WITHOUT ANY TRIAL LONDON, Saturday. EK)R twenty-three years an Englishman has been r detained m Paris on a murder charge and, said his brother: "He has never been tried nor has ne been certified insane". The man U Sidney James Harle, now. 54. His wife is
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    BUCKLEY
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    RING ARRESTED
    25 3 French police announced they have uncovered a sabotage ring m- the troubled Tunisian city of Sousse and had arrested six of its members.—AP.
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    NUCLEAR PLAN
    27 3 Scientists from the European nations. In Paris for a five-day conference, went ahead with their plans for setting up a European nuclear physics laboratory.— A.P.
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    REDS SEE GREEN SPOTS
    40 3 LONDON Sat. A SOVIET scientific expedi tkra, which recently arrive* m Tashkent m Soviet C«*r*l Aria, has 'distinctly observed green spots m the ■•■Own hfhrphm of Mans Mar its equator where it it saw sprinc." U.P.
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      467 3 YOUR LUCKY STAR BOKN today, yon are very versatile and adaptable j'l kinds of situations. Yon Know how to do a number of h.n-* wHI and it will be up t you entirely, m what >pfcere of aetivi y yon make >mr rareer. With yon, your 4 i s definitely
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      132 3 New Crossword No. 658 CLUES ACROSS 1 7. They enable travellers to keep on going for a time (6, 7). 8. This creature doesn't produce salt bacon (3, 3). 9. A fellow allowed to make a wreath 7). 10. Return of the tide (4). 12. Is this pudding a favourite
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      47 3 Solution To Crossword No. 657 YESTERDAY'S SOLUTION.— Across: 1, Windward. 7, Battle dress. 8, Lord. 9, Eraser. 11, Reefed. 12, Lawn. 14, Private life. 15, Gun sight. Down: 2, Interfering. 3, Dolt. 4, Adders. 5, Deep sea fish. 6. Estrange. 7, Bell rope. 10, Retain. 13. Peri.
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    The Singapore Free Press SATURDAY, May 10. 1962. Pounding the table
    500 4 The Singapore Free Press SATURDAY, May 10. 1962. Pounding the table TIE people of Singapore ought to find food for thought m the activities of the Governor since his ar- rival less than a month ago. Air. NicoU has lost no time In seeing for himself what J» wrong with
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    STALIN THE IDOL
    842 4 tomm* Stay rf 'tiiS&SkteiiS&K&^J'^f&l 1 mid* b. be.* tfeT^lSW^nrifc lil«*. ti Moscow where he spent the past 18 Months., ISAW Stalin twice m the It month* I was m Moscow— which is about as often as the most optimistic and devoted Muscovite could hope for. Once was
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    REFUSED
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    It Seems To Me...
    422 4 AN some mornings v this week you might have seen a tall, well-built, middle-aged man m grey flannels and open shirt and with a handkerchief round his head striding purposefully along the Siglap road. He carried a net. The pretty, blond girl following him carried a
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    The Bagpipers of St. Paul (Minnesota)
    683 4  -  Raymond Thomasson By 1U ACALBSTER College J**in St. Paul, State Capital of Minnesota, is gay with tartan these days. It all began m W4B when Professor Ivan Burg of the Journalism department decided it would be a good idea to revive the ScottishPresbyterian tradition
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    Henry—the Poor Man's Candidate
    461 4  - Henry— the Poor Man's Candidate RODNEY CAMPBELL when Henry w Krajewski became Poor Man's candidate for the UJB. Presidency, he painted his streamlmed roadster red, white and blue, with silver stars and yellow daisies. Then he offered to flgnt a charity bout with Two-Ton Tony Galento. In the first address
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    DEALERS SAY: WE HAD TO SELL
    236 5 US must help to steady the market SINGAPORE merchants cannot entirely be blamed for the drop m the price of rubber, leading Chinese rubber dealers said yesterday. They were replying to a charge by Mr. C P ****** JL 1 11^! w rubber broker
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    USIS library has 20,000 members
    81 5 USIS library has 20,000 members HTWENTY thousand SingaX poreans. many of whom are Europeans, are members of the two-year-old United States Information Service Library m Raffles Place. 4t We have 7,000 volumes of all types of books," said Miss K. Beadles of the USIS, "but this is Insufficient to meet
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    750 hear Gieseking
    113 5 750 hear Gieseking MORE THAN 750 children -a record— pocked the Victoria Memorial Hal) and crowded the platform to hear Walter Gieaeking give his recital to schools yesterday afternoon.. They were an attentive audience and gate the great pianist an ovation at the end. Gieseking's major works were Mozart's A
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    HE WINS QUIZ CONTEST
    72 5 HE WINS QUIZ CONTEST PENANG, Sat.— A 14-year-old SL Xavier's student, Patrick Yeoh, yesterday won the Penang Convent's centenary quiz contest from 50 other competitors. Patrick gave nine correct answers out of ten questions on the history of Malaya, its social, economic and educational progress. The centenary celebrations will end
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    KEDAH SHOPS HIT BY FOOD CONTROL
    144 5 KEDAH SHOPS HIT BY FOOD CONTROL ALOR STAR, Sat ULLAGE SHOPS along Vm* Kerala KetilRi'ing road affected by of food movement enforced six v reX s aco complained uVerday that unlicensed traders have robbed them of 50 per cent, of tr.iir business. K-ie pieadl restrictions :.<icie lorries to bring rohibietd
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    57 5 LEADING Singapore watch and clock merchants gave a B e LJ °faH^A.,f^ Lul, manajriii* proprietor of the Win* Globe Clock Manufacturing tomwifj &*±<>< at Wing Choon- Weil ReH^f.r»nt. left to right: Mr; F^ Kwong VHh, M/* Ig* Mr. Won* Yook Mr. To«if Tuck Peng, Mr. and W f s. M"
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    CONSTABLE FINED
    30 5 MUAR, Sat. A special constauie, Ong Tian Shu, who was absent from duty without leave lor 17 hours, was a( Muar fined $30 or one week's hard labour.
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    THEY WAIST TO KNOW MORE ABOUT THIS
    109 5 SINGAPORE has "caught on" to the idea of a poly- technical school, and is anxiously awaiting guidance as to where to go, and what to do. Mr. U. l>. v. Kuaa, secreiaxy to the committee that is making a survey of Singapore's night
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    U.S. may expert give talks in the Colony on birth control
    160 5 U.S. may expert give talks in the Colony on birth control QINGAPOBE Family Planning Association has *3 invited Mrs. Margaret Sanger, founder of the birth control movement m America, to lecture here. lies. Sanger is now on her way to Bombay to attend a conference on birth control. Singapore F.P.A.
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    Calligraphy competition
    53 5 fftHE Singapore Cingapore JL Schools' Conference Is sponsoring a calligraphy competition, open to all local Chinese schools, to be held at the Commercial and Industrial School, Outram Road, on May 24. The competition will be divided into three groups for boys and girls. Three prizes are being offered
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    Blackout schedule
    68 5 C« ÜBSTATIONS liable to load shedding tonight are: Happy World, A4s Bobber Lorong 3, Sims Ave«w Sawmill. Shell Co., Lee Robber Wkfc, ML Batten Network, S*pore Swimming Club, Taujong Rhu., D Shipyard, Rho Cro»«, Nanyang lee Works, Cathay, Maedonald Hoose. Tan Ckje TUm/FL Ctaninf, Seah StT/Waterloo Bt. St.
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    REV. PAUL SAMUEL
    25 5 KOTA BAHRU, 4 Sat.—The Bishop of Singapore on Thursday instituted Rev. Paul Samuel a* the first Asian vicar of Kelantan and Treneeanu-
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    'MANY SEEK COMFORT IN RELIGION'
    211 5 'MANY SEEK COMFORT IN RELIGION' Bible Society man sajrsr: W 3- V rIE Secretary of the Bible Societies In Malaya, Mr< lan Findlay said yesterday, that more and more people m Singapore and Federation were turning to the Christian religion because they were tired of government and political theories. 'They
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    300 may attend party rally
    147 5 300 may attend party rally fiTHREE hundred people A max attend the Singapore Progressive Party's annual picnic and general meeting tomorrow at Mr. John Layoock's bungalow In Tanah Merah Besar, Chanel. Three marquees will be erected on the seaside of the bungalow to house the crowd. There will be games
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    Chinese help drive for recruits
    263 5 Chinese help drive for recruits SEREMBAN. Sat. pORTY-FIVE Chinese ■T organisations m Negri Sembilan, including the Malayan Chinese Association, the Chinese Chamber of Commerce,*, and the Kwantung Asso-! ciation, are taking part m an all-out drive next week to recruit 190 Chinese for the Federation Police Force. From Monday, cms
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    SERVICES PLAY 4 NEW MEN
    353 6 Should beat Johore today COMBINED Services meet Johore m the first Malaya Cup tie to be played m the Colony this year at Jalan Besar Stadium at 5.15 p.m. today. In their last encounter Services emerged easy winners by four goals to one. Two of
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    4-0 TO JOLLILADS
    44 6 Joiiilads scored a 4-0 victory over Customs B.C. m a BAFA Div. SB played at Geylang stadium yesterday. Jollilads were up one at interval through Rahman. On the changeover Da wood (1) and Malik (2) made the final score to 4-0.
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    SINGAPORE 'A' XI
    42 6 The following will represent Singapore "A" against the Singapore Chinese at Jalan Besar Stadium tomorrow at 515 p.m.: Tew Chang: Hassan. Samijan; Rozario. Aman Hin Weng: Mat Noor. Yassin. Mareuki. V. Roberts. Tan Mun Fook. Reserves: Narayanan. Ibrahim Yus-
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    Corinthians meal
    23 6 Singapore Corinthians' appeal against Singapore AFA suspensions will come uo for hearing on Wednesday at SAFA's headquarters at Jalan Besar Stadium.
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    AUSSIE DAVIS CUP MEN IN S'PORE
    186 6 AUSTRALIA'S tennis team of f»v- for Wimbledon arrived m Sing pore v,y Qantas-BOAC yesteM«y from Sydney. The team, captained by nonpraying Hwry Bopman. includes the tfo Bavta Cup players Ken McGregor and Mervyn Res* and two r; lac youngsters. Lewis Hoad and Ken RosewelL
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    CINEMA SHOW FOR I.R.C. FUND
    50 6 The Indian Recrea ton Club will b- staring a cinema show. "Kannain Kathall** at the Roy»l Theatre. North Bridge Road, at 930 tomorrow morning m aid of th» Club* Sports Fund. Ticket are priced as $3-, and $1. and may be bought at th? th-atre-
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    ARMY XI v SCC
    77 6 The team to represent Tlie Army (Singapore) against the Bin?apore Cricket Club on the Fading today and tomorrow is: M.\jor J. Bennett (Capt.), Col. G S Knox. Maj. J. T. Sleator. Maj W T. Wells, Capt. P. O. Reyn^l^s, Capt. L. J. A. Diplock, Lt. A.
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    Dave Sands wins IN 5 rounds
    282 6 DAVE SANDS retained his British Empire and Australian middleweight titles m Melbourne last night by knocking out Al Bourke In the fifth round of their scheduled 15-round fight. osmoa, puuvuuig umtuj to the head and body/ sent Bourke down for a count of nine
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    EASY WIN FOR S. DARBY
    218 6 A CLEARLY-SUPERIOR Sime Darby S.C. beat Stanvac B.C. 4-0 In a Singapore BJI.F.A. Div.l game on the F.&N. ground yeaterday. 81me Darby kicked off and took the lead m the third minute when Ismail All took advantage of a mistmdsrstanding between the defenders to snap
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    SERVICES COCCER ROUNDED
    335 6 REME's 3-nil win did not look too good 3- GHO FARELF x:"'.;".. RBJjJ-E. ye yerterday to thdr thiee-nU win over GHQ In their RTJ^ er L?vl c Senior Division tame played at Tantfta. Comparing their respective performances this season fcEME should have scored an easy victory and
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    BUKIT TIMAH WIN
    29 6 j Bukit Timah S.C. beat SlngaI pore Fire Brigade by 4—3 m a SAPA Div. 3B soccer league [match played at St. Georges Road on Thursday.
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    JUNIOR GAMES
    87 6 443 BAD WIN 443 BAlHoortd their first *to m the United Serrtce* Junior Division when the* edged RMB by the only «o*l of the match which was worked off at Ayer Raja Road yesterday. RAP (M) strengthened their petition at the top of the United Services Junior Division
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    RAF (M) WITH 5 REGULARS FIGHT
    189 6 DAp c£\ 2; R.A.F. (M) pAF <M) fieldta* as many as six reserves m their side pot up a *rand show, but had acknowledge defeat by the odd *oal m three at the hands of RAF (T) m their United Services Senior Division encounter
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    I.R.C. WIN AT LAST
    156 6 ALTHOUGH Indian Recreation Club played two men short for. the first 16 minutes In their Div. 2 league game against Rocklites on the CYMA ground yesterday, they succeeded m scoring two goals within that period and went on to win 3-2. Yesterday's win was the first
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    SERVICES SOCCER
    40 6 The results of the Singapore United Service League soccer matches played yesterday were: Senior DU.: RJMaM. beat GHQ 3-0; R.AJi Tsngah beat RAJ 1 Maintenance Unit 1-1. I Junior Dlv.: F. B. Wing bt. j R.A.S.C. School 4-1.
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    Asian tourney
    32 6 JAKARTA, Pri. Th? Indonesian Table Tennis Association announces that Indonesia will take part m the Asian championships at Singapore m November. The Indonesian Olympic Committee will sponsore th? trip A.P.
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    MOHAN TO SKIPPER INDIANS
    394 6 Thomas Cup LEADING Indian badmin. ton star Devind^r Mohan of the Punjab was yesterda, picked to skipper India's 2! man Indian team that m c i Denmark m the Thomas Cm inter-zone match m Ku?u Lumpur. Mohan is unofficially raw as India's No. l player -\>
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    NOTHING TO BEAT CHESIERES IN SUMMER CUP RACE
    1106 7 NOTHING TO BEAT CHESIERES IN SUMMER CUP RACE Floor Show a safe place From ALLAN LEWIS CHESIERES will start a hot favourite for the Summer Cop this afternoon, last day of the Penan* Turf Club's Summer meeting. When race six was discussed on the track this morning, he was regarded
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    'Indians found the wicket a tesror'
    62 7 tNo ,vs defeat at The Oral yesterday must ha** a 1 Lrious financial effect on the Urn, according to N Bailey, cricket e«rrespo ndcat «f the London Evening v i, India s batsmen fowid far more temrs m it than mr n e k
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    Tourist batsmen had bad day
    374 7 Surrey beat Indians i\ a most sorry exhibition the Indian cricket team 1 .uffered a disheartening defeat by 141 runs at th e hands of Surrey at The Oral yesterday, the final i,v of the match. Surrey were all oat m their "eeond venture for
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    57 7 *tRRt¥-iST. INNS.; tit SSSr IB1 N NS.: ISA E Btttamr rn^ Rar nchan<J 1 I !£S ad Pbadkar F.shlock r ,-nt' 7 Eitra* rotw 15 a^J" LL 5^ Ar: 35. 96 T5" <"i H N 4f had ]fr*-* r*»-S:--.i 4 C^dtounr I-o-34-iL R C c iJH^Sa cm. b 1
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    Stadium game has its thrills
    317 7 r PHE Singapore Amateur A r-A. Senior league match, between Indian Recreation Club and Amicable Athletic Association ended m a scoreless draw yesterday at Jalan Besar Stadium. The game had its share of thrills. For the team went at it hammer and tongs. Neither side
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    TULYAR WINS
    68 7 CHESTER. Prl The A«a Khan's colt Tuiyar. who i» aawnf the 19-1 chances m the Spurn Derby betting. < was an impressive winner of the Ormonde stakes ever lm. a? here tod»v Tulvar. a handsome brown colt by trie Asa Khans IM4 St. Ueer winner. Teheran, missed the
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    COLOURS FOR SCHOOLBOYS
    135 7 Combined Schools colours wee yesterday awarded to 20 outstanding Colony students by the re""lng Director of Education, Singapore, Mr. A. W. P.isby. at a lea n- heki at the Raffles Inatitutlon. Am,ng those present were principals of senior secondary schools and president^ of various sports associations. The
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    3-2 WIN FOR J.B. CHINESE
    40 7 JOHORE BAHRU, IHr-^ln a Chinese iater-di«trict league soccer gftcb pU^d on DM •nglteh-Col-gg^CJin^ beat Bate flSt «iSs?*«?£s2 CWneaa opened scoring thrwirh the left-wjMer Fena ISLl SL r PlTe »M»UU» later .1^- 'jy^g ;n^aqte <t Kuan
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    187 7 ALLA vam TEFwr^wra srum jket call boy pointer j ■jg* BUNGA JJ^Jf W2JGA RIO GRANDE pirER I F**** Majulab Singapore 2*l^' »Sf* Baaga I; WntMMB HONOUBBBIGHT KAISDUIfE KIND REGARDS HONOURBRIGRT WtSS Wlntguln Win^atn Honwrbrifht KaJa£tat •fff 1 UODNAI iSSL 1 011 IQIDMWn LORD DHOTI JO-JO 9a»
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    MOSS 5-10 HELPS MIDDLESEX WIN
    296 7 THE splendid fast bowling of 21-year-old Alan Moss helped Middlesex to win their first English County cricket championship match of the season at Lords yesterday. Middlesex beat Derbyshire by nine wickets with three and a half hours to snare. The Derbyshire batsmen had little answer
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    Field of 19 far New market Stakes
    69 7 LONDON, Fri. Nineteen final acceptors for the Newmarket Stakes *o be run over 10 furlongs at Newmarket next Wed«ie*4aj were announml today as follow*: Rega, G'obe of Light, Mac Gin. King's Priat. Oalfig, Nickel Silver, Chivalry, Penitent,. Mehmerdar. Tulyar, Bpeechmaker, China Copper, GayHme.
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    12 STARTERS IN JUBILEE H'CAP
    61 7 mWELVE probable starters X and jockeys for the great Jubilee Handicap, to be ran over 10 furlongs at Kempton Park today are: Tttrco n, W. H. Can: Daneshill, K. Gethin; Fastnet -W.JUckabytjqodßw;' L. PlKt onl f -Roman Way s L. Hijjpsf jrleejmg Moment, a». C.
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    Race card
    608 7 A CCEPTORS and probabl at Penang are given b be drawn on Race Eight. RACE 1—2.15: CLASS 3, DIV. 5—6 F. 1. -55 M. Singapnra Charles 9.00 2. Gorim 8.11 3. 640 Rio Grande Tulloh 8.10 4. 505 Peter McCloud 8.10 5. —5 Bunga Bagby 8.07 6. -7
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    DERBY FANCY FAILS
    110 7 Tif AJOR R. MacDonaW-Bu-a± chanan's Frequency, 100-7 third favourite for the Derby, ran unplaced with Clordon Richards up m the Sandown Park Trial Stakes over 10 furlongs at Sandown Park on Wednesday. Defeat of Uite Beckhampcontrained colt Is certain to be reflected m the Victoria Club callover
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    BIRTHS
    67 8 JEPSON: To Denise a aon on Mit Bth at K.K. Hospital Both well MAIN to Mary wife of JMft£ Sungei Choh Estate a son tn Aberdeen, both well. WINGATK on Bth May. at Johore Bahru Hospital, to June, wife of Eric, a aon, David. TO Mr. and Mrs. J.
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    ENGAGEMENTS
    68 8 CHEN-LDf: The engagement fc announced between Mr. Chen Ne« Sian, aon of Mr. Mi*. Chen Yiek Ming, and Miss Lucy Urn Seek Hut eldest daughter of Mr Mr*. Ltan Cheng Pan?. The engagement is announced be. ween Bu Eng Kiat younger ■on of the late Mr. and Mrs. Eu
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    MARRIAGE
    30 8 ON Saturday May 3rd, 19d2. Ac Kuala Lumpur, Edwari Charles ToJceley of Messrs Boustead Co.. Ltd.. Penang *o Lcrca Bgmont Hake, younger daughter of Dr. Mrs. Ansley-Young of Bang.
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    467,000 JOBLESS IN BRITAIN
    105 8 467,000 JOBLESS IN BRITAIN LONDON. Sat. MORE British workers were unemployed last month than at any time since 1947, and the slump hit hardest at the textile industry, the Labour Ministry said last night. The total of unemployed rose to 467,871 on April 21, an increase of 34,897 m a
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    MOCK ASSAULT ON U.K. COAST
    38 8 Britain's southern coastal defences cracked under the simulated assault of 1,000 troops m amphibious manoeuvres on Thursday. Radios reported beachhead established 30 minutes after the first men waded ashore from landing craft A.P.
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    FAROUK FOR SPAIN
    27 8 King Farouk has accepted an Invitation to pay an official visit to Spain and it may take place at San Sebastian m August. U.P.
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    U.S. NAVY CHIEF DENIES FORECAST
    412 8 U.S. NAVY CHIEF DENIES FORECAST mMmmmmmmmmmm^^^M WASHINGTON, Saturday. ADMIRAL WiUiam Fechteler, U.S. Chief of Natal Operations, yesterday denied a report to tiie Paris newspaper Le Monde that he .had predicted to the United States National Security Council war m Europe was inevitable by 1960 and that the Mediterranean would become
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    EUROPE TREATY SIGNED
    158 8 PARIS, Sat. rjiHE draft treaty for setting 1. up a European defence community was initialled here yesterday by the representatives of France. West Germany, Italy, Belgium, Holland and Luxembourg. If the draft is ratified by the six national parliaments and West German peace contracts go through Germany
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    QUEEN MOTHER TO SEE TROOPS OFF
    253 8 LONDON, Saturday. ELIZABETH, the Queen Mother, will leave the seclusion of court mourning on Tuesday to make her first public appearance since the funeral of her husband, the King, last February. Tne si-year-oid t«ueen will travel to Crail, Scotland, to say a personal farewell
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    Flying Saucer photographed
    50 8 Newspapers m Rio de Janeiro have printed pictures of a flying saucer >r which swooped over the city yesterday. Press photographers, who happened to have cameras ready, caught five shots of the thing at a low altitude. The pictures showed a round object m the air. Reuter
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    NATO appointments
    38 8 Lord Ismay, secretary-gen-eral of the North Atlantic Treaty Organisation, m Paris yesterday announced the appointment of two assistant secretaries general Jean Sergent, of Prance, for Economic Affairs, and Sergio Senoaltea, of Italy, for Dolitical matters Reuter
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    Taken at his word
    56 8 TORONTO, Sat. /"ILOTHING store operator. Abraham Goody, posted a \j sign m hi* window "Come m and grab yourself a pair of pants." Two men went m on Thursday, tied Goody up m the back of the store and w >■»* out with 100 nairs of
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    Jakarta 'no ties' policy
    189 8 JAKARTA, Saturday. PREMIER WILOPO presented his five-week old cabinet to parliament yesterday and promised to improve living conditions for 75,000,000 Indonesians. He said the government will speed preparations for the country's first general election. Mr. Wilopo's statement of policy also promised improved security conditions and more
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    NEW VOLCANO IN THE SEA
    56 8 NEW VOLCANO IN THE SEA The three Didikas, rocks m the Babuyan Islands just north of the Philippines. have turned into a large volcano. The master of the British steamship. Queen Anne, said that where there were formerly three rocks up to 100 metres high, there is now a 30CK
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    Reds won't see the plane they attacked
    196 8 Reds won't see the plane they attacked BERLIN. Sat. SOVIET authorities yesterday Ignored Allied invitations to Inspect a French airliner shot up 12 days ago by Russian fighters over the Soviet zone of Germany. United States, British and French air officers from the fotiu>power air safety centre m Berlin waited
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    Mr. M.'coins' a phrase
    74 8 NEW YORK, Sat. "mO quote an old Russian JL proverb, a bird m the hand if worth two m the bush" said the Soviet deleirate, Jacob Malik la askinr the United Nations Disarmament Commission to adopt Russia's "concrete" proposals instead of following the United States "policy
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    In curfew, he blew for a boy
    100 8 CAIRO, Sat. T OUD trumpet blasts were heard at 2 am. m the Saida Zelnab district of Cairo. Cairo has been under curfew from midnight until five a.m. since the riots of Jan. 26. A policeman who investigated found a man leaning out
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    SECRET PACT
    40 8 Soviet Russia and Communist China have signed a secret military agreement, which would bind the Chinese Reds, to put all their resources and manpower under the control of the Russians, the China News m Taipeh said yesterday. U.P.
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      42 8 ANNOUNCEMENT THE FUNERAL of Mrs. Yap Cho (nee Chan Ah) beloved mother cf Messrs: Ec Chian. Ec Khian. Ec Chong and Ec Toon will take place on Monday, 12th May. .1952. at 2.00 p.m. and not at 11.00 ajn. as previously announced.
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      Masthead
      8 1 Free Press Saturday Magazine Saturday. May 10, 1952
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      Know thy neighbours, the Ceylonese
      1102 1  -  V. R. PONNUDURIA 6v There are more than 20,000 Ceylonese m Malaya yet most people know little, if anything, about them and their country. fOXSIDERI^ 6 thnt 1 [here are more m Ceytoocse \|"i ,\:i. it is a pily know so little them and Iheir
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      TEMPLE SCENE
      80 1 In the towns and the villages, both the old and the new go side by side. People travel by doubledecker buses or m huge, speedy cars. They will also jolt Along m antiquated carts drawn by patient bullocks. Ceylon's people range from the lowest classes the Rodiyas or
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      IT'S NOT THE HEAT I MIND...
      148 1  - IT'S NOT THE HEAT I MIND... Rae March by ITS not the heat 1 mind, the blazing sun That bums the breeze and scorches everyone. It's that damp cloying mist that beads my brow And leaves me looking awful when (7 don't know how) Others look so cool. One feels
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      What has happened to Singapore?
      818 1  -  ERIC MITCHELL by WHAT has happened to Singapore, to the city of a million lights (napthalene or electric), a million joys, a million delignts That was the Singapore I used to know a great, little metropolis where one used to be able to do or
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      'Schnozzle once hated The Nose
      1330 2 'Schnozzle once hated The Nose "rpHERE'S a million good-lookin'guys-but I'm a novelty". Barked m a voice reminiscent of a sea-lion with laryngitis, that is Jimmy "Schnozzle' Durante's explanation of his success. As a crack it is m the Durante tradition. As a potted career story it is neither the truth
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      Comedy with a kick in it
      109 2 MOST students of comedy agree that Chaplin is the greatest of them all. What is the secret of Chaplin comedy? He says: "During the first fcbrld War. a judge down' south once told me: 'I admir* you. Charlie, because your humour 1* so basic.
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      'Durante's Dozen —and 'Financqur'
      158 2 "TRAVELLING with "Sch- nowle" to London was the DURANTE DOZEN: the people who will also appear m his London Palladium stage act: as well as their relatives and friends, and MARJOBIE LITTLE, wheat he calls m off moments "my financeur." Miss Ut tie, tall, attractive, red-haired.
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      DEAF WIDOWER AND DUMB' BLONDE
      414 2  - DEAF WIDOWER AND DUMB' BLONDE IAN GRANT Previews "Pick Up" "OICK UP" (coming to the Pavilion) is a warning to well meaning elderly gentlemen not to get involved with flashy, goodlooking blondes and, having got involved, not to leave their bank: books about AU sorts of exciting and moving things
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      Lawrence of Arabia film
      380 2 A FILM is to be made about Lawrence of Arabia. It will be shot m the desert with a British director and cast by Nomad Productions who have bought the film rights of Lawrence's "Revolt m the Desert". The Part, of Lawrence would offer great opportunities
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      She's a Jap but so Charming
      361 2 ijiVERY once In a while there emerges from the Hollywood film machine a small, unpretentious picture that In pure entertainment offers more than all the stupendous, super colossal epics *i*4ed b million dollar publicity. And fitting snugiv into this category is the product of
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      Donald O,Connor Again
      38 2 Debbie Reynolds ani Donald O'Connor m "Singe m the Rain" now at Cathay will be teaniic again m "I Lov? Meivir/ O'Connor now has KM commitments with M-G-M and three other ma 'or s> dios.
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      1412 3  -  IF you refer to *Xa 16 m the catalogue you will find a painting m oil by my friend, Fook Seng. It had the pride of place, being hung up m the lobby of the Council Hall, and a small slip of paper marked
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      Pack with care for air travel
      443 3  -  ANNE REID says *THE major problem for women travelling by air is what to pack Not so much what to put into your case but what to leave out Many women find it hard to go away for a week-end without taking sufficient clothes
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      HOLLYWOOD Beauty Hint
      133 3 HOLLYWOOD Beauty Hint Hollywood Don't assume that same eye make-up effects I icfe flatter you beawtif ully m t!ir evening will m every instance arrvt this purpose m the daytime. Blue eyelash maks-up is glamorous for all women except those With green eyes and it is at its brst at
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      WHY NOT EAT INSECTS?
      955 3  - WHY NOT EAT INSECTS? JOHN GRANT asks WHY not eat insects? Repulsive thought? Yes, of course: but nobody seems to know why we recoil from the idea. Trotting out the old argument that everyone who has eaten bread has consumed cornweevils, and that cochineal is derived from beetles, a German
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      Th Gap Hill Climb
      778 4 It's a day for speed tomorrow By ED. PETERS SPEED specialist from the Federation and Singapore will be out again tomorrow and this time they will be tearing up the winding and tricky course leading to the Colony Gap. me Gap Hill Climb— tor all types
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      'INDIANS PLAY BRIGHT CRICKET
      389 4 IN an editorial ap- preciation of Indian cricket and of the Indian team touring England this summer, the London Times said: "Cricket will certainly not stand m need of brightening wherever India plays." M An Indian XI m victory or defeat brings zest to cricket," The
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      A HOT ROD
      45 4 A HOT ROD A driver tipped to do well m the event for 1500 CC. racing cars is Chia Enf Qyee of the Singapore Motor Club. He is pictured her e m his self-built "Airiien special" fitted with the lower* |upiter engine. picture. Free Press
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      THOMAS CUP
      455 4 U.S. know more of Malaya MOST of the member* of the United States Thomas Cup team have had much more experience now and they know a bit more about the Mala-, vans. .Tfcat is just htfw Joe JWstQn, Amerlca'3 No. 2*r^^ t >um^ed up tfie 'chances* of the
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      G.S.C. collect $2,000 for the hall
      67 4 ABOUT Si.oco fas raised f«* Singapore Badminton Association's hall fund by the Girls' Sports Club dance which was held last S»tur day at the Singapore Volunteer Corps hall m Bleach Road. A suitable date will be arranged soon for the hand- ing over of
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