The Singapore Free Press, 26 July 1952

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1 8 The Singapore Free Press
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    18 1 The Singapore Free Press LARGEST AFTERNOON SALE IN MALAYA r.l SINGAPORE, SATURDAY, JULY 26, 1952. PRICE FIFTEEN CENTS
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    CHIEF TENANTS GET TOO MUCH
    307 1 $80-house man collects $600 'LET LANDLORDS HAVE MORE' Free Press Stuff Reporter HIEF tenant m Singapore, who paid a ontal of $80.50, collected a total of month from his four sub-tenants to Iso supplied furniture, li^ht and I the -iscs cited by a City Council
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    GALLANT DIVISION SALUTED
    32 1 I JKYU 8 (3 A. Van i q wealth its DL tnd: a Army I and i Major-Gen. 1 H (Jim» Ca> demonstrated unwavering md all-en-excrf- the Com- A.P.
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    Britain worried over Egypt
    213 1 ENVOY TO HURRY aACK LONDON, Saturday. OKITAIN last night ordered her Ambassador, Sir Ralph Stevenson, to hurry back to Egypt as a result of the "grave turn of events there. Earlier yesterday, Gen. Sir Brian Robertson. Commander-in-Chief of British Land Forces m the Middle East, flew
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    Sen. Kefauver leads after first ballot
    276 1 Sen. Kefauver leads after first ballot CHICAGO, Saturday. nPHE DEMOCRATIC NATIONAL CONVENTION yesterday failed m its first ballot to choose a Presidential candidate to oppose Republic-.: General Eisenhower m the November eic?ti^n ard a seccn.d ballot has started. Senator Estes Kefauver ending: with 340 vote? and Governor Adlai Stevenson with
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    REFUGERS FOR H.K.
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    20 DROWNED
    33 1 At least 20 people were drowned and scores injured m a flcod which swept tbe valley of the Kizil Irm'xrk river. ne?r Ankara m Turkey -.yin? a recent heavy r^in. A.P.
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    AT MARINE PARADE
    43 1 The Singapore City Council has started work on the repair of the seawall at Marine Parade, popular Katong resort. The Council has approved a plan for the development of this place as a promenade with bathing facilities. Free Press picture
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    Free fancy is best
    42 1 FREL FANCY, Quarter Deck and Mubarak are Allan Lewis' best bets at Penan? today. His best longshot is Kivtr Patrol. TRESPASSER recommends Free Fancy and Mubarack. THE GOING will be very good. (Latest course tips m Page 7.
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    LABOUR CHOOSES ITS MEN
    142 1 Free l'ress Staff Reporter .CJINGAPORE Labour Party O will make its choice of condidates today for the City Council elections m December. The selection of candidates will be limited to four wards for the present. They are South. East North and Rochore. The question of candidates
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    Masked man stabs hawker
    64 1 Free Press Staff Reporter. A MASKED man. carrying a knife, assaulted a hawker. Fco Kok Meng. and -tabbed him m the back at Kampong Siglap, Singapore, yesterday. Foo was admitted to hospital. His condition is not serious He was walking horn? when the man waylaid him
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    LADY PEEL DEAD
    38 1 Lady Violet Peel, aged 61, widow of Sir William Peel, former Governor and Com-man^r-in-Chief of Hong Kong, has died at Boxhill. Lady Peel spent nearly 20 years m Malaya and five m Hone: KonT.- Reuter
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    Fire hurt in road crashes
    128 1 Free Press Staff Reporter FIVE people, Including two women, were injured m three road collisions m Singapore this morning. Three of them were admitted to the General Hospital with serious injuries. The first accident, which resulted m two Malay women being hurt. involved a car
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    ELEPHANT WANTED
    36 1 ELEPHA NT WANTED The Japanese Buddhist Council, now convening th? second world fellowship Buddhists conference m Tokyo, asked the gift of an elephant from Ceylon to cany the relics of Buddha on re- ligious occasions. U.P.
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    NEW AUSTERITY PLAN FOR BRITAIN READY
    157 1 LONDON, Saturday. MR. CHURCHILL and his Cabinet yesterday put the final touches to a new belt-tightening programme, which will attempt to restore the country's solvency. Details of the Government's measures are strictly secret. It is understood, however, there will be import cuts affecting dollar
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    6 nations are eager to climb Mount Everest
    120 1 NEW DELHI, Sal. THE Nepalese Government has granted the British permission to make yet another attempt on Mt. Everest m 1955, Nepal Embassy officials said yesterday. This will be m addition to the Everest attempt to be made by a British expedition
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    Women robbed: man held
    44 1 Free Press Staff Reporter. TWO men, under the guise of detectives, entered a house m Upper Thomson P^~' Singapore, yesterday >\ jv,vellery, worth y held up the women l of the house and d the premsies. A man has been detained.
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    STOCKS FROZEN
    36 1 The National Production authority has "frozen tinplate stocks m United States •mills and warehouses, pending the establishment of an emergency allocation scheme to meet the critical shortages caused by the 53-day-old steel strike. U.P.
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      SWING TO STEVENSON
      96 1 CHiCAGO, Sat. MR. AVERKLL HARRIMAN. of New York pulled out of the Democratic presidential race and threw his support to the Illinois governor, Mr. Adlai Stevenson. On the second ballot Sen. Kefauver slill held a narrow lead over Mr. Stevenson and Sen. R;ehard Russell. But Mr. Harriman's
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    GERMANS TO SEE 'ROMMEL'
    25 1 GERMANS TO SEE 'ROMMEL' WIESBADEN, Sat. THE controversial Rommel film "Desert Fox" screening of which caused several demonstration^, m London, has been released m Gnmany.
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    Mossadeq fears Red plot now: tains oil
    250 1 Mossadeq fears Red plot now: tains oil TEHERAN, B AIL was 6- d al a meeting lasting sev; hours between the British Charge d'AffaireTeheran, Mr. Middleton, and the I sian Prime Minister, Dr. Mossac. Til" Pr m a broadcast iha the ru of the Ha^ue Court had n the 1
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    Danes will still get U.S. aid
    29 1 Danes will still get U.S. aid .dent Truman day directed that military, economic and financial aid Denmark be continued despite Denmark's de'; of a 13.000-ton oU I Soviet Ru-
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      39 1 POCKET CARTOON by OSBFRT LANCASTfcU Tell me, darling, it all that stuff about wise old Mother Nature and natural selection's true, why i.« it that the x'trls 1 run fastest are always those no one'* ever going to chase
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    saturday CHILDREN'S PAGE
    41 2 saturday CHILDREN'S PAGE I MONKEY BUSINESS cj-! t da And it So ant keep 3 ,t tSis Louden is steadied by a R He's band jed his tail, and he's 4m one of these swell feats that excite tke S|>j:*nJ pub
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    The Flight Through the Island Sea
    841 2 The Flight Through the Island Sea ONWARD the ONSLAUGHT TKE "Onslaught sailed unerringly through the islands off the E coast of Africa, south of iaiascar. The cap- In knew those waters he had been through them before on a pi vious voyage and his up to date. The waters were
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    Tunis Has Seen the March of Time
    362 2 CITIES of the WORLD— 7 HPHE French protecio- rate of Tunis is a huge mountainous shoulder, which North Africa thrusts abruptly into the Mediterranean. Only 80 miles of open water separates Cape Bon at the tip of this shoulder from Sicily, and the
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    Remember, Children, the Future is Yours
    627 2 The Singapore of 20 years hence will be made by you— not for you FOR several months now I have been inundated with requests for contests other than the type I usually offer you on Saturday. Some of you want to win five dollars
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      202 2 The Junior Contest Hf"O win a prixc this week. \< I fcsys and girts. I want N take the jiimbled m bc>o« and make two <r< f words from them. The words spcN the name of a «n m Mjl-ya that ought )< I be well known to << you.
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      39 2 CROSSWORD SOLUTION YESTERDAY'S SOLUTION.— Across: 2. Ransome. 6. Brood. 7. Solent. 8. Pole. 9. Sap. 14. Agra. 15. Harold. 17. Organ. 18. Pilate. Down: 1. Groom 2. Roses. 3. Ado. 4 fih*»(l S Mnto m t»n< J r»> 11
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    HIS WIFE WANTED A TEST TUBE BABY
    37 3 HIS WIFE WANTED A TEST TUBE BABY .ielibera a. the l was unte 'heir n fuw d a KarDivorce Caurt, said her action had approved 8 I t oi treatment boy. the ac u> o trouble icr
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    Wild Weal show for London
    25 3 :iea. -,irLs. and a and 50 m Lonne for 25 f pen at Harms of d on his horse the
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    ARMY BAN ON TOKYO AREA
    28 3 ARM Y BAN ON TOKYO AREA ■st Tokyo out m troops ..a the cided with a irterl warning .n:sa"k up net Mn'.sm n th Japmn> surrpn- AAP Reuter
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    Nelson became skiper at 23
    24 3 N elson became ski per at 23 the lost two a mine m died m .rom his > old to x windjammer. be had his
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    SLAVE LABOUR
    21 3 S LAVE LABOUR I of both viet zone of siven notice be draft- h labour remJ scent of sen ice. U.P.
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    SWOOPING JET MADE BELGIAN KING DUCK
    135 3 SWOOPING JET MADE BELGIAN KING DUCK BRISSELS, Saturday. B A LZ^ G v*l plI Ung Britalns l»tWt jet fighter, the Vickers Supermarine Swift, threw his sarar ssf at the big TOe dfepky w as organised i by NATO air chiefs— and more than 385 aircraft took part But from the
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    39 3 SHE skis by the sea shore and. if you look closely enough, yoiCll see she's skiing m a transparent bathing suit too. It's lovely Monica Lewis, of MGM, having a spot of fun during a break from studio routine.
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    Woman left husband for mink, Rolls
    162 3 LONDON. Sat. 4 PUBLICAN'S wife who -A left her husband for the mink coat and Rolks-Bentley promised her by the "other man" was refused a divorce by Mr. CommiSvSioner Flowers m the Divorce Court. Two days before she left, i the wile told her
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    NICE CUP OF TEA
    64 3 NI CE CUP OF TEA Africans m their villa m Nigeria will soon be learni ing a new phrase—"How about a nice cup of tea?" At the end of the month Miss Elizabeth Erberlie. of the International Tea Market Expansion Board, leaves Britain j for Nigeria, and for five 1
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    A 'coller' for the chickens
    106 3 A 'coll er' for the chickens LONDON. Sat. BE7RBN Mr Cyiu Thornber. managing director of a Yorkshire chick breeding firm, went to the United States and saw incubators with capacities of from 50 000 to 100.000 eggs, he decided to build one three and-a-half times bigger. So now Thornber Brothers.
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    ASIAN ENVOYS TO AUSTRIA
    59 3 Two new Asian ministers to Au«~;r.a nave presented th?ir credertials to the Austrian president, Dr. Theodore Koerner. m the four-pewer occupied capital of Vienna. They are: Mr. Mjhammed Ali Homayoundjah of Persia who is replacing Abdul GhasForouhar. and Mr. Asaf Of India, formerly Indian ambassador to
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    CARNAL SCENE LED TO KNIFE
    267 3 MANCHESTER, Saturday. HPHE "carnal spectacle" of his wife locked m the arms of her lover— their lodger— made everything go blank for Harold Leach, a "decent little souf who wanted to keep his wife and their home together." a jury at Manchester Assizes was told.
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    Navy flyers to support Army
    117 3 The Royal Navy s -weekend flyers are planning an operation m support of the Army. An RNVR squadron, formed oniv 15 months ago and now the strongest anti- submarine reserve unit m Britain, l> to lake pan m a Royal Engineers' display Rochester toaay. In
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    BUCKLEY
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    FRIENDSHIP PLAN
    29 3 The Japanese Foreign Office is planning to establish foreign language schools abroad and to invite foreign students to Japan m order to promote international friend- ship.— A.P.
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    Red rising feared in Nepal
    118 3 Red rising feared in Nepal BOMBAY. Sat. A COMMUNIST uprising is anticipated m Nepal within 30 days as a result of internal dissension, according to dispatches received here. The reports state that national military forces are massed along the Nepal border to meet any passible Communist activity It was a!re:;c\-
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    Bridge Problem
    232 3 Both sides vulnerable. South dealer. KING from ace-k ing higher than it should on table of preferred opening h Many's the time this lead give* away a tempo that is far r:or valuable 10 the declarer than your look at the dummy can possibly be to you. It
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    NO OBJECTION
    49 3 The Indian Prime Minister, Mr. Nehru. said m New Delhi that India had no objection to describing King Farouk of Egypt as King of the Sudan, but she wanted to be clear that the Sudanese would be able to decide i their cjm fr» f nrc.— Reuter
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      316 3 YOUR LUCKY STAR -S.-S rssSrJGS SCrTaMS k- ility to make h more hnporUnt tan W enerwes to b^t of them. Your climb and rwnance Just makr *u .e [f l are m MMa, of success that you don't mis out m JJ^^™^^ %i. can ke a swift one. Develop «"«n
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      329 3 MAX- .^.^ka^^Kf-fu^^fe SINGAPORE 10 a.m. New», 10.05 Housewives Choice; 11—11.30 New Records; l p.m. Harry Hackmeyer, piano; 1.30 News; 2 Album of Harmony; 2.15 Racing Penang; G.i 7 Children; 7 News; 7.10 Spotlight on the tfm rI Rency; 7.20 Listeners' Choice; 8 i P.C. 49; 8.30 Mus.c m the Modern
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      109 3 Solution To Crossword No. 7M YESTERDAY'S SOLUTION Across: 1, Lady Godiva. 6, Livingstone. 8, Spatulate. 10. Reparable. 14, Hard as nails. 15. Interested. Down: 1, Lily. 2, Dives. 3, Gun carriage 4, Disturbance. 5. Viola. 7, Eden. 9. Arch. 11. Peron. 12. 13. Used 930 Radio Ncwsreti; 9.45 Ci. pionsliip
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  • The Singapore Free Press SATURDAY. July 26. 1952.
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      Sensible decision
      220 4 4LL pa: re to be congratulated on the conclusiun of the rubber estate workers' wage negotiations. It was a matter of vital imce, economically and politically, to Malaya that this dispute should be m tied at the earliest possible mome: Direct discus- c employer? and workers collapsed three
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      Dog's life
      254 4 Dog' s life SO CATS and dOfa In Briare bei::g sei h pate de fcie a penny a time. We have ird of giving clonkTo the Br:* s appeared the height of ■astronomic futility and hencf the phrase became a proverbial saying indicat- prodigality im~e<sib! Q cf apDrecnUon. But no
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    Just What Are the Ditties of a Cathedral Dean?
    399 4 Just What Are the Ditties of a Cathedral Dean? A CHURCH OFFICER GIVES THE ANSWER tyHAT does a Dean f do? He holds an office of gn at dignity and antiquity, but his duties are ill denned. While some of a dean's duties are to be found In statutes and
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    It Seems To Me...
    753 4  -  POLITICO > I I iIL A.cc Guinness holds the same place m Malayan affections as Tar/ an does there can be no real basis for the complaints, which the sudden withdrawal of "The Card" provoKed this wei T. hat »f J N M rltv m Singaj
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    WHY I AN AGAINST 'THECAT'
    811 4  - WHY I AN AGAINST 'THECAT' Lord Templewood Yesterday, This Page Presented the Case for Flogging. m^ by Who, as Sir Samuel Hoare, w.is Home Secretary, 1917-39 rpo judge from my 1 post-bag, some people think me a sentimentalist because i am opposed to judicial flogging and Lord Goddard a realist
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    Rain Drowns City
    526 4  -  CECIL CLARK (BY THE CLOCK By MEXICO CITY. JULY m Mexico C J welcomes the start of the rams- rains that because of their regular habits cause little inconvenience to most jf us. Mostly we can be pretty sure when they will start each day and when
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  • Free Press Saturday Magagine
    • Title Section
      Masthead
      8 1 Free Press Saturday Magagine Saturday, July 26, 1952.
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      Suez Canal — cauldron of strife
      424 1  - Suez Canal cauldron of strife RAE MARCH Story by from U is visits t<> pla< s t' md renown, J\\ is the of touri ig thro i r a d at the under- ar.ci the k of I Port rised shopping d explor- shops. me up .<ed with basket poker-work.
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      SNORING IS GOOD FOR YOU
      218 1 says June West VEXT time your beloved partner m marriage rocks the walls with a hearty snpre,, like, a pachyderm :in 'Pita }'.<>» must s^llepatoUlV into -the darkness and refled on the fad that snoring is eoo<l for him shattering noise be good for anyone,
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      The woman with the basket
      499 1  - The woman with the basket S. RAMACHANDRA by JX Singapore streets one sometimes sees a middle-aged or old Ma I: iv woman carrying on her head a four-sided, box-shap-ed basket known as "rombong" and some folded plaited mats known as "tikar". These are made from the dried strips of the
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      THE STRANGE CASE OF HENRY DEFARGE
      1398 1  - THE STRANGE CASE OF HENRY DEFARGE RONALD WILD ''f I A Free Press I short story t I by i I FIRST met Henry Defaryge outside the house of a great friend with whom I was spending mv vacation. He had ob yiouslv been out walk ing along the clifl's,
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      Editing can make Bad acting 'Good'
      660 2 Editing can make Bad acting 'Good' LAN GRANT writes on the Film Editor m No. 4 of his 'The Film Business series. IN the making of most films many thousands of feet of film are used that never appear on the screen. It is the Film Editor who does most
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      Dance your way to wedded bliss
      280 2  -  THE CHAMPIONS SAY AIARGE and Gower 1?1 Champion admit they're the two luckiest people m the world: They're m love— they're married they're Hollywood's newest stars they have a brilliant future and a glorious present. They skyrocked to fame m "Show Boat' and followed
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      PENNY-WISE 'PRINCESS'
      133 2 yOLANDE Don lan, U.S. actress m London, a brave girl, has put her own money into "Penny Prince&s," which will be premiered next week. She's backing herself and Dirk Bogarde as a new romantic team. "It's a gamble," she says, "and all my future plans depend on it.
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      A Negro 'Hercules' who can act
      430 2 A NEGRO actor of herculean proportions and gigantic charm Is the dominant' character of a fascinating technicolour film "LYDIA BAILEY" (coming to the Alhambra). He is William Marshall j 26, a former steelworker, who plays King Dick, patriotic leader of Haiti. f with such
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      Nude was not Hedy
      72 2 \FTER twenty-one years, Czech film producer Josef Auerbach has revealed m New York that the full-h igth nude shots of Hedy Lamarr m her first film, Ecstasy," were NOT of Hedy but of her stand-in. Auerbach says Hedy*s first husband, munitions king Fritz Mendl, knew this
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      This 'Robin' is a 'Winner'
      542 2 ILL 1 LLtm y°3 ftrSliil llai^ihf^ V _f *f 4 J i^iMTM lift *^i /YNLY a rash man dare to forecast what the Great Big Singapore Cinema Public will think about any particular film. This week, nevertheless, I shall stick my neck out and say
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      MGM slash salaries
      106 2 UOLLYWOODS big■'^gest studio, Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer. h; announced the most drastic economy drive since the days of the Great Depression of tru early *****. Every Execu'.. £357 a week or more is to take a 25 to 50 per Top-man Nicholas Sch may have to get alone on £50.000
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      THAT'S 'THE CARD' —THAT WAS
      259 2 THAT 'S 'THE CARD' —THAT WAS THE Alec Guinness film "THE CARD" was taken off the Cathay after two days' showing this week although attendances especially upstairs had not been unsatisfactory. It is to be shown again next week at the Alhambra not, says Mr. John Ede of the Cathay
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      'Treatment' for an 'Odd' Film face
      58 2 'Treatment' for an 'Odd' Film face UOLLYWOOD 11 been treatment actress. K\^ kl >, who is 25 six given can who ga spec, her I and th< Cardiff. phr worndec Kay X I SHL photogra] A. with a local week. 1. more t] I good and 'Choice' Kt I CPE.M
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      A champion for the Sovereign
      903 3  - A champion for the Sovereign Don MacDonagh by TW fORS must bo x ;!l of Mr John, Mann ie nexi year. r Dvraoke is i\ Chara- I lo dci righl to Ihe i Chamland for irs. r dut:to stminstei z the Cort and chalin single I ion the M >
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      NEW OUTFIT FOR TROPICAL TOFFS
      337 3  -  Ray Scoop by DUNNING around to interview some of thi t dressed men I know always the most voluble exponents on what, should be worn— l came across my old friend Madame Tweed, that Doyen of the Modern Man's tailoring. Hot from somewhere she was
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      36 3 pictute. Zcaluia tne height* of Neio York's Broadway m this high-speed action picture to vivacious WindmuJ Girl, iniraaret Cooper, who makes a welcome return m the neu i production of Vaudeville at London's Windmill Theatre.- Reuter
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      Queen visits antique shop
      33 3 Queen visits antique shop photo. Althcunh m her 85th year. Queen Mary enjoys a day's shoppina at John Sparks's Chinese antique shop m Mount Street, London. With her is Mr. John Sparks. Popper
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      A famous team is broken up
      626 3  - A famous team is broken up ROMAN JIMENEZ by ARGENTINA'S most famous te;un luis been broken up for disciplinary reasons The Diligent] quintuplets, now m their eighth year, have been sent to five different English boarding schools. Father Franco Diligenti, the well-to-do Italian-born factory owner who ever since the quints'
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      Biggest Olympiad of all
      354 4  -  A SPECIAL CORRESPONDENT jiv |j* I V E-THOUSAND athletes have been rubbing shoulders with •h other m Helsinki -land over the past fo- t in friendly understanding and eomi 69 I thon h oiiy tine Go oi I G Ld C D ot- ho-e gave X
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      She's off to study in U.K.
      270 4  -  ROGER YUE By A SINGAPORE teacher A and all-round sportswoman with great hopes of furthering her study of Physical Training m the United Kingdom will get her chance when she leaves the Colony for that country next month. She is Tina Martin, who holds
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      ANOTHER PILLAR CRUMBLES
      138 4 ANOTHER PILLAR CRUMBLES By DAVID JACK. ONE more pillar iti the lilywhite palace of amateui sport is about to crumble.. When the much-debated question of broken-time payments is revived m Helsinki—and it certainly will be discussed you can take it from me that the purists who have opposed it for
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      FRIENDS AT HELSINKI
      99 4 Two prety misses: Sylvia Cheeseman (left) and June Foulds, two of Britain's leading women athletes, pictured before they left for Helsinki. Both were eliminated m the preliminary rounds of the women's iOO metres event. It's a long way from Korea* to Helsinki but Claude Smeal of Australia
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      Fielding—the neglected art
      492 4  - Fielding the neglected art N.W.D. YARDLEY By VOW I come to fleld--11 ing, the most neglected and yet til** most important' branch of cricket, which can improve even a moderate bowling side out of all recognition. I would hesitate to include m any side a player who, though well above
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      THE SCHOOLBOY WONDER RUNNER LIKES AVIATION
      1043 4  - THE SCHOOLBOY WONDER RUNNER LIKES A VIA TION BILL MOSS Gallery of Sportsmen By BORN eighteen years ago m Malaya's "Emerald Isle"— Penang was a shy and modest Indian boy who like the prince of Hans Anderson's fairy tales was endowed with almost everything a youth could wish for m
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      17 4 r pHE The Andrf p A X J nes. H c Umpire W (j
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      THEY NOW SMOKE DURING THE DAY
      132 5 THEY NOW SMOKE DURING THE DAY I Staff Reporter I ORE opium adJ5 now smoke durbecause X~ us are more se!v to be raided at the Free Press .is. said yesterday tin price of prepared Sum had none up by 40 per The price increase had :i to smoke less.
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      Charity concert by C.Y.M.A.
      34 5 Charity concert by C.Y.M.A. Free Pre^s Staff Reporter Catholic Association will rt m aid of the the Holy Infant biej Fund Theatre on 8 p.m. I S $3 and $2 will be r.e Victoria
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      HAD NO CARD
      18 5 I -For failing to ity c hin period at F r .an bin Bned $30
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      MR- NICOLL WILL DECIDE ON EVICTION OF SQUATTERS
      176 5 MR- NICOLL WILL DECIDE ON EVICTION OF SQUATTERS M. C.A. submits aid scheme Free Press Staff Reporter [HE question of evicting about 4,000 squatters from Bendemeer Road area and Kampong Alexandra has been referred to the Singapore Governor, Mr. J. F. Nicoll. Notices ordering the squatters to quit expired five
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      Firemen to work with wireless
      71 5 Firemen to work with wireless KUALA LUMPUR. Sat KIALA LUMPUR firemen i will be the first m the Federation to be able to tilk to their station by wireless while on the scene of a fire. Col. F.F.C. Watkins, Fire Adviser, to the Commissioner of Civil Defence, told the Free
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      37 5 picture. MR. J. F NICOLL, the Governor of Singapore, watching employees of the Hume Industries (Far East) Limited at work m the steel drum making workshop yesterday. One thousand of these are turned out daih. Free Press
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      Rhodesian mine will feed Colony industry
      158 5 Free Press Staff Reporter 111 ME Industries (Far East) Limited have acquired an asbestos mine m Southern Rhcdesia to supply raw materials to their factory m the Colony. When asbestos fibre starts arriving m the Colony and the factory goes into full production. the
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      97 Johore Chinese join police
      132 5 97 Johore Chinese join police A DRIVE m johore to recruit Chinese youths for the Federation Police Force has resulted m 97 being selected. Thiry-five are now being trained at the Police Depot m Kuala Lumpur. On Thursday, 19 were se'f c from 49 appUcan s at BaUi Pahat and
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      Civil Defence Assn. party
      47 5 The Sngapore Civil Defence Association Vll hoCd its first tea part.v and sociafl at the CD. Training School. Kolam Ayer Lane, this afternoon Tae programme includes a performance by the we!tknown Singapore illusionist. Mr. Tan Hock Chuan, a cinema show and a dance.
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      ACQUITTED
      24 5 JOHORE BAHRU, Fri. Ang Seng Moh, of Pontian, was acquitted at Johore Bahru on a charge of corruptly giving $io to a constable
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      NICOLL HONOURED
      33 5 NICOLL HONOU RED The Queen has sanctioned the admission of Mr. J. F. Nicoll, the Governor of Singapore, as a Knight of tho Order of St. John of Jerusalem as from May 29.
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      Blackout schedule
      121 5 SI BSTATIOXS liable to load shedding tonipht are: Bukit Timah Pump*. Balestier Rd.. Jalan Ampas. 8.M.8.C, MeRitchie, Braddell Rise, AUagoff's Estate, Island Golf Club. Windsor Park, Seletar Pumps. Nee Soon. Seletar Wireless, I'niied Rubber Plantation;. Mental Ho piial, Traraigrar Eslate. New World, Perak Rd.. Jutland Rd., Bcndemeer Rd..
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      Colony guild anniversary
      43 5 Free Fress Staff Reporter The Singapore Kheh Community Guild will celebrate its 2Cvd anniversary with a ceremony and dinner at its premises m Tras Street on Aug. 23. A dramatic performance will be staged for three nights from August 21.
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      500 WILL CELEBRATE CADET DAY
      86 5 Fiee Press Staff Reporter FIVE hundred cadets of the Singapore St. John Ambulance Brigade will take part m the annual Cadet Day celebrations at Victoria School this evening. The parade will be inspected by the President of the Cicy Council, Mr. T. P. F. McNeice.
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      VISIT TO MALACCA
      39 5 V ISIT TO MALACCA MALACCA, Sat.— Mrs. D. C. MacGiiliVray, wife of the Deputy High Commissioner Federation, and Mrs. J. F. Draper, wife of the Deputy Road Transport Commissioner, Federation, visited Malacca's historical spots and welfare institutions on Thursday
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      CITY WANTS GOVT. STAFF FOR COURT
      226 5 tree hrn Staff Reporter SINGAPORE City Council's Vehicles and Traffic Committee has proposed that the Government should supply the staff of the City Police Court. There should be an understanding, says the committee, that there will be no delay m dealing with cases brought
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      'EXEMPT BENEFIT FUNDS FROM TAX' PLEA
      189 5 KUALA LUMPUR, Sat. REPRESENTATIVES from 32 Selangor Chinese guilds will meet m Kuala Lumpur at the end of the month to ask Government to exempt provident funds from taxation under the Death Duties Ordinance. A spokesman of the guilds told the Free Press yesterday
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      They sing 'Happy Birthday' to Maureen
      35 5 MAUREEN Urn holding her doll, looks particularly pleased as her friends sinf 'Happy Birthday.' Maureen, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Lim Scow Tung, of Sere m ban. is two.
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      Shops beat co-ops by giving credit
      337 5 Free Press Staff Reporter j \IK. D. C. Siddons, chairman of the Singapore Co-operative Stores Society, said yesterday "Many of our members do not buy from our three stores as they cannot obtain credit. They go to provision shops where they can buy on
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      Guards get patrol boat
      51 5 IFOH. Sat. The Perak Home Guard organisation will get its first river patrol boat tevnorrow. Probably the first to be siven to Home Guards, the boat is an old Government open launch, the Pegasus. which has been fitted out with an engine bought from I Emergency
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      Mission plan to build more schools
      146 5 Mission plan to build more schools IPOH, Sat. i nTHE CATHOLIC Mission was considering further plans to expand its educational facilities m Malaya, .^aid the Very Rev. Brcthei Lawrence OToole. rtpioscntative of the Most. Ber. Eroiher Superior General m Rome, who is riOw touring the East. "We are rxisting solely
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      BROKK CURFEW
      17 5 MUAR. Sat.— Lee Wai was fined $10 at Muar for breaking the curfew at Pagoh.
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      TALKS ON TO RETAIN HOLIDAY CAMP
      184 5 TALKS ON TO RETAIN HOLIDAY CAMP MR. Yap Pheng Geek Singapore City Councillor, is negotiating with the War Executive Committee at Ko.a Tinggi. Jphore. to allow Singapore Youth Coui retain the holiday camp at Ayer Biru. The camp is wanted by 'he Johore Gcvernmen; Mr. Yap told the Pres.s yesterday:
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      YOUTH GAOLED
      26 5 TELUK AN SON. Su bin Hamid. 20. was tei at Teluk Anson to one y« imprisonment for posse, of six rh°pts of stolen ru
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      20th OLYMPIC RECORD BROKEN
      753 6 Marjorie is the 200 m. favourite WHEN Marjorie Jackson of Australia equalled the world record and broke the Olympic mark for the women's 200 metres yesterday it was the 20th Olympic record to be broken m men's and women's track and field events. Two have been
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      All the finals
      308 6 m METRES (437 Yards) 1. 1. G. Knot en (Jamaica) 45.9 (Olympic record); 2. H. McKenley (Jamaica) 45.9 (Olympic record); 3. O. Maison W.S.) 46^; 4. K. Haas Kiermany) 47.©; 5. A. Wint (Jamaica) 47.0; M. Whltne d (Iniie-i States) 47.1. STEEPLECHASE 3,000-M. (IM., 1,521 YD.) 1.
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      FOUR LEFT IN SOCCER
      47 6 YUGOSLAVIA dc:e a t c d Denmark by five goals to three In an Olympic soccer match last night and m doing so rounded out the semifinal bracket. The fcur teaois left In the tournament are Germany Hungary. Sweden, and Yugos- lavia. A.P.
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      EUROPEANS XI
      32 6 The following will r^>ressnt Combined Euroi>eans v Singapore Business Houses F.A. at Jalan Besar stadium today: Carter; Moriarty. Boniface; Morton. Whi tenor n. Herbert; Mac Donald. Coa'es i?^«e. Doolan. Jannaway.
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      Filipinos beaten by Argentina
      334 6 Filipinos beaten by Argentina Basketball A FAST breaking Argentina team smothered the Philippines 85-59, m the opening round of the Olym- i pic basketball tournament at Helsinki yesterday. Argentina led 44-30 at half time. Led by Leopoldo Contarbio, Oscar Furlong and Juan Gazso the South American champions went to the
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      REDS DUE MONDAY
      37 6 *J<HE Peking Chinese Olympics team is expected to arrive m Helsinki by air on Monday. The tnm, recounted by Oljronics au'^orifes tog c thsr with the notionalists, is coming by way of Moscow. Reuter
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      POSTPONED
      30 6 YESTERDAY'S Singapore United Services Football Association Senior League tie between Royal Air Farce Maintenance Unit and Royal Electrical and Mechanical Engineers, scheduled to be played at Seletar, was postponed.
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      SINGAPORE WORRY JOHORE DEFENCE
      38 6 ,m e— i photo. Johors's goalkeeper, McCoach, (extreme left), with arms outstretched gets up to an Awang B ikar header, while Ban Chuan. man m the air, tries to block th* shot Free Press
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      SURREY ARE WELL AHEAD
      641 6 SURREY gained their 15th English county championship win of the season when narrowly beating bottom of the table Sussex at Hastings yesterday. But Sussex put up a brave fight. Only a complete breakdown m their remaining nine sanies can now prevent-Sur-rey from flying the championship pennant
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      MEETING OF THE CHAMPIONS
      118 6 MEETING OF THE CHAMPIONS SEVERAL local athletic stars have entered for the i annual Eurasian Association j Youth Movemen. rports to be held this afternoon at the Singapore Recreation Club padang. starting at 2.15 p.m. The sports are confined to schoolchildren and former pupils i who left school not more
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      SEE VICES SOCCER
      66 6 RESULTS of yesterday's United Services soccer league ties: SENIOR: R.A.F. Tengah I. Singapore Engineer Regiment 0 (played at Tengah). Gcalscorer, Plumtree. JUNIOR: R. A. S. C. (S) 3, R.N.A.S. I (Played at Sembawang). 443 B.A.D. 0. R.A.F. Seletar 0 (Played at BAD. ground t. RAJ?. M.U. 2.
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      WRESTLING FANS TIP KING KONG
      224 6  -  MATMAN By MIGHTY Marvel will be unmasked on Saturday night at the Happy World Stadium. That is what Singapore's wrestling fans predict. But, Wong Buck Lee, the grappler-cum- referee sulked yesterday and said: "Hey. what about Bonzo, don't leave him out of it. He, for
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      TOKIO BIDS FOR 1960 OLYMPICS
      231 6 TOKIO BIDS FOR 1960 OL YMPICS npHu j; x a campt hold 1960 Olyrnpi< 1956 G.. Melbourne They have not forgotta that the 1940 Games iS scheduled for T were actuals, cance ?d by the Imperial Japanese I before the outbreak of War 11. In the pr>.- OtraMf Helsinki the
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      Bakar's goal brings S'pore 1-0 victory
      540 6 Bakar 's go al brings S 'pore 1-0 victory Singapore 1; Johore A GRAND game. Sixty minu I. with the result m the balanci final whistle. Singapore foughl with fire and just about deserved their victory fur? Malaya Cup game against Johore, nhvod rda > s Besar Stadium. ea at
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        176 6 M9!*dr4lcg Exclusive to the Singapore Free Press m Malaya Ifefittfeß^HMH A WHOLE WEEK--ANO NO ,1 I BUT THATHIGHT.AS KAROA DRIVES f DioThEAQV SIGN OF THIS HEAOLf SS *>• VVE-- HER CAR INTO ULR GARAGE- > SOMFnut y^- ItfVNAALHVEODIPWE I NO. SHOOT WONOEW THAT PUTS AN I MOPE. Zl_ 6 ""r
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      COURCE TIP: RAJ MAHAL
      959 7 COURCE TIP: RAJ MAHAL Latest Penang track hints From ALLAN LEWIS J\> ELFTH OF AUGUST and Brideford will not start m the main race at Penang this afternoon, leaving a field of only eight to contest the Penang Cup, which is a preliminary for the 11 fur. Gold Cup to
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      Gameborough in fine form
      200 7 Gameborough in fine form N I showed I f hen he i I rd t > beat race Iden by he is by 37. 1 to beron h.< disposed Oi Dewar In 38 4 5 Daicrjss (C impressed by the way she covered three m 39. i A« Jane v£
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      He missed 100 before lunch
      149 7 Charles Barnett, and Gloucestershire player en- '.iwealth side against yesterday, and en- -ven- > the SCOREBOARD: Indians Ist. Inns 362 Commonweal: h XI Ist. InnsIndians -nd. Inns: M.miri b <\vad b Valer. iru» 61. Umrigtr b Pollard 5, I i not ou 29. H not
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      All the latest selections
      220 7 ALLAN LEWIS TRESPASSER EPSOM JEEP T»O: Race 1 KABAKA KABAKA KINGDOM DAM F iI ALL II K.\. o Kingdom Kingdom Kabaka Kabaka I.i;. un> Dance Hal! II Dance Hall II Dame Hall II Kingdom Dane? Hall II K T$5 8 FREE FANCY FREE FANCY FREE FANCY
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      Swede wins Pentathlon
      115 7 CWEDEN'S carpenter police»J man Lars Hall, 29, won the Olympic modern pentathlon yesterday ahead of Hungarian pentathlon aces G. Benedek and Szondi. Hall was placed first m the equestrian, which was first of the five pentathlon events. He took seventh place m fencing, 15th m shooting and
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      ....BUT THE EARLY BIRD
      81 7 ....BUT THE EARLY BIRD A request by Russia and other east European countries that their boxers should not have to weigh m at the main Olympic village was rejected yesterday by the Executive Committee of the International Amateur Boxing Association The Communist delegates complained that their boxers would have to
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      Frisby Cup for school relay
      126 7 AT the second annual general meeting of rhe Gan Eng Seng School Parent -Teacher Association, it was unanimously resolved to institute ths Frisby Cup m appreciation of the s rvvices rendered to Education by the Association's patron. Mr. A. W. Frisby. former Director of Education.
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      Panton wins at Harrogate
      99 7 WITH two tremendous rounds of 67 Scottish professional John Panton swamped the rest of the field to win the North British Haxrogate goll tournament by a margin of six strokes. He had an aggregate of 343 for the 90 holes made up of rounds of 74,
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      SBHFA TIES
      58 7 Third Division Handelsbank S.C. beat Second Div. Nederland T.S. 2-1 m a Singapore B.H.F.A. League Cup fixture at Farrer Park yesterday. The League Cup fixture between Stanvac and Pulo Bukom scheduled to be played at YMCA ground yesterday was called off, as the referee failed to turn up
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      NON-BENDERS
      47 7 Non-Benders* Cricket Club XI to play S.C.C. on the Padang at 11 ajn on Sunday will be: T. J. Leijssius (Capt.), Andrew Gilmour, H. Ward, T. Hart, H. Noon J.AP. Cameron, J. T. Rea, W.R.M Haxworth. A. Baker, R. S. Tufnell, R.V.S. Sundram. Scorer: J. Ewart.
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      S.H.B. POLICE WIN
      32 7 m a SAJP.A. Div. 3A league soccer match played at C.V.M.A. ground yeaterday, S.H.B. Police beat P. Se T. by 2-0. Scorers for S.H.B. were Inglia (2) and SanItaran.
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      WALKOVER
      27 7 Cosmos S.C., who were unable to raise a full side, gave a walkover to S.I.T. m their Div. 3B SAFA League match at Geylang Stadium yesterday.
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      RACE LAW BREAKERS 'EXPELLED' FROM GAOL
      307 8 RACE LAW BREAKERS 'EXPELLED FROM GAOL S. African police use *new weapon' JOHANNESBURG, Saturday. OOUTH Africa's police have found a new weapon to fl?ht the campaign by non-Europeans to crowd the Union's gaols m defiance of Prime Minister Daniel 3Jalan*s white supremacy laws. The police a^e turning out the prisoners
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      56 8 picture PRIVATE HASSAN BIN AWAB. of the R.A.M.C.. smiles as Asm ah Hashim. a supervisor at the Asmah Embroidery School m Singapore, offers him an apple during the interval of a concert at the British Military Hospital last night. Pte Hassan was wounded m the leg m a bandit ambush
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      Cocos runaway is completed
      63 8 MELBOURNE. Sat. A ROYAL Australian Air Force construction group has finished a new 10.000--foot runway at Cocos Island, m the Indian Ocean. The crushed coral runway is now ready for the Qantas air service between Sydney and Johannesburg, due to start on Sept. 1. the runway
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      Motor-cyclist decapitated
      43 8 Motor-cyclist decapitated A Dutch Profeiscr and his wife were killed m Cannes. cc. yesterday when rheir r-cy:le crashed into two ca Prof. C. Shuddebocn was decapitated md his wife killed almost instantly. Oc-cupant-r Of the cars .suffered shock, but were otherwise unhurt.— Reuter
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      Shorts for drivers
      36 8 The Indiana Motor Bus Company announced at Plymouth that it is too hot for drivers to wear summer uniforms and permitted them to wear shorts and shirts for U.P. the next 10 days.-
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      GUNBOAT SEIZED
      21 8 Communist rebels have seized a Burmese naval gunboat off Tavoy m Tenasserim 300 miles sout'.i of Rangoon.' states Reutjr
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      P.I. NAVY SET UP BLOCKADE
      65 8 Blockade and barrier patrofis were established yesterday by the Philippine Navy m the Sulu Sea. The action followed Thursday's seizure of three Moro sailboats said to have been engaged m smuggling. and the arrest of 19 Mafiav and Chinese Communist suspects aboard the boats as
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      P.o.W. solution no nearer
      296 8 P.o.W. solution no nearer SECRET ARMISTICE TALKS END MUNSAN, Saturday. SECRET ARMISTICE SESSIONS ended yesterday after 18 fruitless meetings during which the Communists turned down a United Nations increase m the number of prisoners to be returned to the Reds. The United Nations Command said the complete screening of prisoners
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      The weddings a rector likes
      52 8 SYDNEY, Sat. A RCHDEACON V. E. Twigg. J\ Church of EngCand rector of Griffith, New South Wales, said he prefers weddings without: Confetti— "lt makes unnecessary work." BaWads -"Crooning detracts from the solemnity of the service." Flower Girls "They look be^iCdered and ups~t the brid'V
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      'SAUCERS'WERE BALLOONS
      46 8 'SAUCERS' WERE BALLOONS A ba Don c.uftter, carrying equipment for atomic research into the sky. started off a drift of flying; saucers" reports In Cn'cago yesterday. Soon after the bauoons drifted skyward, authorities started receiving reports oi flying saucers just as the officials had predicted.— U.P.
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      French general hurt in crash
      43 8 French general hurt in crash General Roger Lecoq. Commander of the French forces m South Annam. was injured m a plane crash m Saigon recently. Authorities said the General was on an inspection tour of his command and was flying through heavy fog.
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      ELEPHANTS AND TIGERS RAID ASSAM VILLAGES
      183 8 GAI HATI (Assam), Saturday. WILD elephants and tigers driven into villages by floodwaters surging through the Assam forests have kiljed two women and injured three other people. The deaths occurred m the North Kamrup district. About 11 elephants are rampaging terror-gripped villages, destroying crops
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      AGREMENT SOON
      14 8 Canada and J°*an are expected to negotiate an air i^r^err^rt soon. Reuter
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      NeW Commonwealth is born
      127 8 PUERTO RICO, Sat. PUERTO Rico yesterday became a self-governing Commonwealth within the United States under authority granted by Congress m Washington. The day was celebrated by a military parade and the raising of the new Commonwealth flag by Governor Luis Munoz Marin. Since 1917 Puerto Ricans
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      HIAWATHA
      140 8 TWO tuun of CoieridgeTay.ors pleasantly melodic, flowing "Hiawatha" at the Victoria Hall Last night brought further distinction to the Musical Society's choir and orchestra. There were points along the road at which they faltered but generally their performance was good. Captain J. P. C. Bailey. the conductor, is to
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      A mighty victory, say steel strikers
      200 8 WASHINGTON, Sat. rpHE CIO United Steel -I workers yesterday formally approved an agreement to end the 54-day strike and the Union president, Mr. Philip Murray, immediately issued a back-to-work call. The union's action ended the longest and costlies: walk-out m the history of the
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      TRAKSSMASHES CAR
      36 8 An Italian woman was killed and five members of one family— including two children— were seriously injured when a railway train ran into a sa!oon car at level crossing at Asmara. Eri- trea Reuter
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      NO NEWS IN HER RING
      63 8 MISS Margaret Truman met the Press m Paris yesterday with a diamond on her third finger, left hand, but she hastily denied it was an engagement ring. "There's is no news m that department," she said. "Its the ring my parents gave for college graduation.
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