The Singapore Free Press, 28 July 1952

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    18 1 The Singapore Free Press LARGEST AFTERNOON SALE IN MALAYA V SINGAPORE, MONDAY, JULY 28, 1952. PRICE FIFTEEN CENTS
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    WARSHIPS RUSH TO EGYPT
    479 1 Britain acts on abdication of King Farouk riPiTicu v LONDON, Monday. ijiuiiMi warships were rushing to Egyptian waters yesterday from three Mediterranean ports. They included aircraft carriers and cruisers. Some conveyed troops. It is presumed that all the ships are bound for ypt, where a military
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    Singapore election move is welcomed
    55 1 Singapore election move is welcomed I Reporter >. api and■kitefil of a more ha Raj and move. that all h? k ommittee i ipaperx d to :*V- illy about peared m the waiting for "on". h« Progressive em of no;: i ns on .his meeting, "he i him. another d
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    DISCOVERY
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    TITO ON TRIESTE
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    AIR PACT SOON
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    Big synthetic programme
    49 1 WASHINGTON, Mon THK Reconstruction Finance Corporation lui.thed a 56.500.000 search for better types of synthetic rubber. The major aim is to improve the ({iiality of synthet:«- i :;»r more c sive use m large sjtc I the qi. t KBd to for ir>Tdt vnecial es. Reuter
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    GHAVAM TO LOSE PROPERTY
    150 1 GHA VAM TO LOSE PROPERTY TEHERAN, Mon. A BILL marked "triple f\ urgent' seeking to confi is- cate the properties of exPremier Ghavam Es Sultaneh. was introduced into the Persian Parliament yesterday. Th e bill, signed by a few Deputies of Premier Mossadeq's National Front, would distribute Mr. Ghavam's properties
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    RESCUED BY FLYING BOAT
    35 1 RESCUED BY FLYING BOAT An American flying boat yesterday rescued all 28 passengers and four crew of a South African Dakota which came down m heavy m the Mediterranean r sending out distress signals. Reuter
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    3-min. squall kills five
    68 1 SALEM. Mon. A SAVAGE thundersquall which lasted only three minutes ripped across Salem Harbour yesterday, capsizing scores of small boats and leaving five dead and an undetermined number of persons missing. Sudden and unexpected winds up to 85 miles an hour hurric; 1 force tore through
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    MAYOR Of ROCHESTER HERE TODAY
    99 1 MAYOR Of ROCHESTER HERE TODAY Free Press Staff Reporter. rE Mayor of Rochester. Kent. Councillor A. A. J. Anderson, and Mrs. Anderson are expected to arrive at Kallang airport, Singapore, this afternoon. They will be met on arrival by local City Councillors. .The City Council will en--1 tertain them to
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    Centurion tank output up
    43 1 Production of the British Centurion tank, described as one ol the hnest heavymedium tanks m the world, has been considerably inased m recent months, a I spokesman of the British Ministry of Supply said m London last night Reuter
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    Lewis tips 5 winners
    38 1 ALLAN LEWIS, Free Press racing correspondent tipped five winners at Penang on Saturday. They were: Kabaka (Race 1), Free Entry (Race 3), Quarter Deck. (Race 4). Entertainment (Race 5) and Birthday Gift. (Race 8).
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    UNIONS WANT MORE TRADE WITH REDS
    152 1 LONDON, Monday. TWO POWERFUL British trade unions will call for more trade between Britain and Iron Curtain countries, including Russia, when the 8,000,000--strong Trades Union Congress holds its annual I meeting In September. A resolution on tho preliminary agenda published yesterday backed by the
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    Iraq creates new oil record
    51 1 Iraq creates new oil record Iraq's income from oil will rise from £15,000,000 last year to £59,000,000 m 1955 through a n?w profit-sharing agreement and extra production from the Kirkuk to Banias 30-inch pipeline. The Company's report said that oil production and drilling operations last year se. up new records.—
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    Night of song wiin liuke
    65 1 HELSINKI, Mon. THE Duke of Edinburgh last night visited Commonwesltfa Olympic athletes m their village here. It was a night of song, loud laughter and high spirits.'. The Duke's cnly serious moment came when he visited Britain's two chief marathon runners, Jim Peters and Stan
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    FOOD CAUSED U.K. TO LOSE
    34 1 Lord MacPherson said m Stafford yesterday that he thought the main reason Britain has done badly m the Olympics was that her men did not have enough good food.
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    ROMAN FIND
    30 1 Roman pottery dating back to the first century was re- cently dug up near Kingsley, I England, by labourers laying the foundation of a new i house. A.P.
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    Jets pursue 'ghosts'
    22 1 on Saturday night c'uaa ghost-like obj skips of the nations capita 1. WASHINGTON, Mon. TOE United Stfttea Air Force
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    Flashback to happiness
    26 1 picture. KING FAROUK, and Queen Narriman aboard the royal yacht. Fakhr el Bihar, as they left for Capri during: their Sicilian honeymoon. A.P.
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    Buenos Aires mourns 'Evita'
    312 1 CITY OF TOLLING BELLS BUENOS AIRES, Monday. TJUMAN rivers of weeping men and women yes- terday poured into the Labour Ministry here where the body of Eva of Peron, dead wife of Argentine's president, Juan D. Peron, now lies m state. Mrs. Peron's body was carried
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    TWO KILLKD IN SEA COLLISION
    62 1 Free Press Staff Ropis An unexplained collision of an American passenger liner and a Greek freighter killed two of the freighter's cr men and. injured another off Nanimo. British Columbia, on Saturday Th^ Ah. Steamship Company'^ Baranof. Alaskabound with 150 passengers and- a crew of
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    MOTOR LOST
    28 1 One of thr aboard motors kept m a shed Siglap Road, Singapore, was missed yesterday by the owner, Lim Chiak Tan, a fisherman. It cost $1,090.
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    Monarchy will be retained Naguib
    214 1 CAIRO, Mon. r<EN. Mohammed Na- guib, leader of Egypt's flve-day revolution, said last night no change was planned m the form of government by constitutional monarchy. The military action is only aimad at reforms wit lin the armed forces and the administrative machinery of the
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    Woman blown to her death from plane
    55 1 A WOMAN passenger was surked out of her seat m Pan-America- Airlines her i ocean yesterday cabii. Th s south of Rio i and video. The victim < her hu^hnnd. r a barker from Re door o: I Uon forf? of right out
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    ROYAL CALEDONIAN NIGHT
    173 2 N«awW ''W —^BaBBBB V?" W 11m. m I I j 1 1 3l LjUjYi y |S__2__3 K_| ABOVE: The spo.-ting Duke of Edinburgh was down with jaundice recently but he recovered m time to pl.iy polo at Cowdray Park, Sussex before leaving for Helsinki and the Olympic
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    BADMIXERS
    64 2 BAD MIXERS jyjARIA Tallchief. dark and graceful prima ballerina of the New York City Ballet, which opened at Covent Garden last week, believes that dancing and domesticity'don't go together. •Romance and ballet do mix well." she told vers recently marriage to Ge< I 48 -year old ector of the N?vv
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    How Well Do You Sleep?
    409 2  -  A. W. Jarvie A iioJVo A SHORT time ago a report from Berlin told how German doctors had cured patients of sleeplessness by treating: them during bad weather. Now here's Dr. James McDonnell of London who can cure various unexplained aches and pains by watching
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    Four Bodies Cause a Furore
    512 2  -  NORMAN LINDHURST IN GERMANY By MANY Germans these days are looking, not to four-Power talks with the Russians, but to two kings who have been dead for two hundred odd years to unify Germany and make her once again a dominant worfd power. The Kings
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    M. Pinay is Sawing Gen. de Gaulle in Two
    1174 2  -  STEPHEN COULTER says The man who almost fell into politics by accident is working wonders with French economy—and stamping on the shadow of the General that loomed large over France a year ago. A CARTOON m a Paris paper the other
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      147 2 Crossword No. 724 1. 11 1). The animals «en; m two by two. 8. Tamil. 9. Pc I. 10. Kangaroo. 14 Elephant. 17. Tueen 19. Rural 20. See 1. Down: 2. Horr-in<? 3. All hail. 4, Imp. 5. Acts. 6. Salt. 7. Stake 11. Orphrey. 12 Barrow. 13. Still. 15,
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      159 2 YOUR LUCKY STAR JJORN today, you'll probably Although you like to feel easily and then look around have a "mission m life." that you are very pratioal, you for a change. Don't attempt Yoy get an ide a and hold to are actually very intuitive and too many things at
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    'TERRIFIED' WIFE TRACED THROUGH RATION BOOK
    39 3 NDON. Mon. L husband fe whom d to Si ition card. (T H >US€ of ded by at the le of k for his I the Pood >n to <:onv vo c. i
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    New drug tried on con victs
    33 3 4 I by J y folia on proi cd. DARAPRIM. a made by c peniAcre 20 who B :3 a I D J d out rial I
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    KASMIR PROPOSAL
    27 3 Dr. Frank Graham, Un::ed representative for has suggested to md PakL:an that fur- discussions on the Kashmir dispute should be trans- fsrred to Geneva Reuter
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    Bridge Hand
    275 3 vulnerable. -TH 4Ki 5 2 3 J 7 6 ■n X5 A 10 ■Bill ♦AQ 4 3 TK J dding East South A Pass 3<? Pass 6^ f diamond King d continues with the ace ••ith trumps. How should the hand to make his This is an actual
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    Famine may grip world by end of century
    222 3 Famine may grip world by end of century RDmcn i v LONDON, Monday. BRITISH Labour Party pamphlet has predicted that unless the world tackled the problem of its under-developed territories and expanded food supplies, then would The famine E^mid nC Tn° n a »?P«*edented scale Entitled Towards World Plenty" it
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    31 3 i V on the rocks? Ah, well, there'll soon be a Sir Galahad to rescue her. The charmer Is Marie Wilson who specialises m "dumb blonde" roles m films and TV.
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    Ladies' man turns his thoughts to monkhood
    203 3 Ladies' man turns his thoughts to monkhood LONDON, Mon. VORMAN HOWARTH HIGNETT. the 42--year-old former coroner of Chichester, who gave lavish parties to numerous women friends m his home at Birdham, Sussex, plans to become a monk when he is released from prison m about 13 months' time. Hignett was
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    BLITZ FRIEND DIES, AGE 69
    49 3 BLITZ FRIEND DIES, AGE 69 Bertram de Nu'lly Cruger. London's" American friend m the blitz, has died at his Newport. Rhode Island, home, aged 69. He signed cheques for £12.000.000 as London representative of the British War ReCief Society m America, providing clinics. medical equipment, mobile kitrhens. and clothing.
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    DEVOTED, HE HAD ONE FEAR....
    202 3 DEVOTED, HE HAD ONE FEAR.... LONDON, Mon. TWELVE hours after Arthur Hunt thanked his mother-in-law M for a lovely evening." he was found iv his Clapham flat dead from throat wounds. And his wife, Violet. 35. and eight-year-old sen, Christopher, were uncenscious. Both had head injuries, said to have bet'i
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    WAITING FOR MASTER
    54 3 WAITING FOR MASTER picture. COME AND GET IT— at your peril. For Kipper, a cocker spaniel owned by Lie ut. Col. N. G. Blake who competed at the recent National Rifle Association's meeting at Bisley, is not just a gun dog. He shows just how rood a watch dog he
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    RED AIRBASE
    28 3 Chinese Communist forces are building a huge airbase m Western Tibet, about 100 miles from the eastern border of Indian-held Ladakh. says A. P. from Srinagar.
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    NATO MEETING
    27 3 The next ministerial meeting of the North Atlantic Treaty Organisation will probably be held m Paris late m September or early m O?to- ber.— Reuter
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    HANDLOOM CLOTH
    31 3 HAND LOOM CLOTH Malaya was among a num- j ber of countries which im- i norted a total of 39,000,000 yards of Indian handloom i cloth m 1951, says A.P. from
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    ENVOY'S SWITCH
    20 3 Dr. M. A. Rauf at present Indian Ambassador to Burma has been appointed Ambassador to Japan, says Reuter.
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    BABY WOKE MURDERER FROM HIS 'DREAM'
    225 3 BABY WOKE MURDERER FROM HIS 'DREAM' LONDON, Mon. FOR months a young husband dreamed that he would kill his wife. Then one day he did, battering her to death with a hammer while she slept. He moved forward to kill their baby, Susan, too. But Suran cried out and saved
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    'Dehydrated' baby naver went out
    357 3 'Dehydrated' baby naver went out LONDON, Monday. T*HE boy David, now six months old, was never taken out, it was said. His mother, 31-year-cld Lily Elizabeth Sweeney, was questioned about that. "I am not one for going out myself," she replied. She had not got a pram for the child.
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    HE WORKS FOR WAR WOUNDED
    84 3 HE WORKS FOR WAR WOUNDED For 36 years, wounded, soldiers m Leelg hosp. have lookecj to the Leeds Wounded Warriors' Welfare Committee for many of their comrorts. The secretary of the committee, Mr. WilHiam C. Gordon, of Alberta Avenue. Cnapel Allerton, who retlrei from his post as assistant regional controller
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    They made up after 30 years —then jealousy
    242 3 They made up after 30 years then jealousy LONDON, Monday. T*HIRTY years after they separated a husband and A wife met at a wedding reception. Scon they re- sumed their life together But they were not happy, said Mr. J.F. Bourke, prosecuting at Stafford There were disputes about money, and,
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    FOR U.S.BRIDAL SWEEPSTAKES
    40 3 "Soon to be available 1 ;n the U.S. bridal sweepstak Britain's most eligible bachelor." This announces the v: the United States after Christmas of 25-year-old Lord Montagu of Beaulieu. late Grenadier Guards, who quotei as sav'ne rica*
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      230 3 Radio SINGAPORE 9.30 a.m. Schools; 10 News; 10.05 Songs; 10.45 Schools; 1 p.m. Monday Matinee; 1.30 News; 141 Home on th© Range; 2 Schools; 6 I. ompose. of the Week Rimak kov; 6.55 Annouacem^r 7.30 Spot the Favourites; 8 World Affairs; 8 15 At Your Requ* Mo. :ne; 9..30 NJroom;
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  • The Singapore free Press MONDAY, July 28, 1952.
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      Siow but sure
      315 4 it/.-in.N tue Secretary of f f State for the Colonies, Mr. Oliver Lyttelton, predicted that if Malaya were given self-government now there would be "racial strife, conflict and confusion," he painted the picture m too lurid colours. As en previous occasions, by overstating his case, he did
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      Egypt: a question
      317 4 F\ROUK of Egypt goes .nto exile. One of me most controversial monarchs of modern times, he has attracted more unflattering attention than any other royal personage since Carol of Rumania. Casino King they called him. a label he earned through his gambling. Stories of wild palace orgies
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    In Search Of Noah's Ark
    949 4 In Search Of Noah's Ark A NEW EXPEDITION PREPARES TO REVEAL THE SECRET OF A SNOW-CAPPED EXTINCT VOLCANO ON THE RUSSIAN FRONTIER ISTANBUL. A GRIM, storm-swept. snow-capped extinct volcano on the Soviet frontier is again beckoning the adventurous m the quest for remains of Noah's Ark. A new, well-equipped 1
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    Honour for Jet Pioneer
    94 4 THE Albert Medal, highest award of the Royal Society of Arts, goes tnis year to Sir Frank Whittle for the development of the continuous-combustion gas turbine and jet propulsion. When Sir Frank does eventually receive his award he will rind himself m an august company which
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    34 4 The Queen signs the first entry in the Register of St. Barnabas Church on a visit to Hemel Hempstead. With th e Queen is the Bishop of St. A Ibans Dr. Michael GresfordJones D.D.
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    They 'made' Loch Ness monster
    362 4 TWO men prominently x associated with the Loch Ness Monster one who publicised it and the other who believed m it have died m Scotland recently. They were Captain Donald John Munroe, R.N. aged 87, of Crieff, Perthshire, and Mr. John C. Mackay, 84, chief
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    NO CHANCE FOR BRITISH FILMS
    197 4 LETTER TO THE EDITOR WITH the blithe innocence of an ant making a home for itself m a stick of dynamite the Free Press's prize preacher, "Politico", m his offering on Saturday, belittled the cries of alarm raised by readers over "The Card" Issue. "If
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    Yard Warned Of Coronation Crooks
    585 4 LONDON LETTER LONDON. WHEREVER great crowds flock racketeers are seldom far behind. With next year's Coronation chiefly m mind, international police authorities are co-operating to meet this threat to law and order. To help Scotland Yard to be forearmed the International Police Commission will issue
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    ESCAPE CITY
    94 4  -  FRED MANOR By Till "CD. from of th Amba Fir. wa abCgo to opera an dinner little hay mun:> fe I Balkar. thrilled nijjhts v and w] j contented Plenty. i^ send t:. ing I wor. por- from abroad munities w ed from th< •V dt and v
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    MORE-AND MORE BUILDINGS GO UP
    75 5 MORE-AND MORE BUILDINGS GO UP itafl Reporter were :ion m i during the of this ere were m _l period tie Free the last lartment 4 plans. The for prl- plans months I plans were six months vert under Is is a 27 per |2 er the 1951 re of
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    First prize an Austin
    48 5 First prize an Austin A new the N ***** r draw helu Padang m after match be:nbil an and XI ory Gurnry the draw and 44 B.S.A. prize: No. fourth prize: fifiri '92 Raleigh s;: prize: No. 4 *es of a wristdfrs of ticket -462. *****. *****, *****
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    CLEARED OF FRAUD CHARGE
    25 5 CLEARED OF FRAUD CHARGE IKANGSAR, Mon. i detective, witU dismisappropriating ttve Chiolers. was disthe Magistrate. I that the nese were gambling alleged to run aw^y
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    ARMY URGED: USE SAFER VEHICLES
    164 5 It is shocking to see employees m lorries 9 says the Registrar Free Press Staff Reporter J^ PLEA to Service authorities m Singapore to provide safer transport for its civilian employees was made yesterday by the acting Registrar of Vehicles, Mr. B. C. J. Buckeridge.
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    18 5 THE Goyernor, Mr. J. F. Niroll. pictured at the convocation ceremony at the University of Malaya on Saturday.
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    'HURT WIFE' COURT TOLD
    51 5 BUTTERWORTH. Mon.— A 52-year-old Tassek Glugor farmer, Ch'ng Swee Lam. alleged to have used a chopper on his wife, Tan Siow Soo. faced charges of causing grievous hurt at the Butterworth Court. Ch'ng was allowed $1,000 bail, and the case will be brought up for mention
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    Chamber to discuss squatters
    101 5 Chamber to discuss squatters Free Press Staff Reporter rE China Society, Singapore, has asked the Chinese Chamber of Commerce to allow the society to use part of its premises m Hill Street as a reading room. The Chamber will v the request at its meeting on Wednesday. The Chamber may
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    30 5 THESE are some of the 300 residents of SU*t Road, Singapore who attended a narty to Telebrate the inaugural meeting of the SiUt Road community cenira v ire, on Saturday.
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    NEW ADULT ASSN. BRANCH
    50 5 SEREMBAN, Mon.— The first district branch of the Negri Sembilan Adult Education Association has been formed m Jelebu District and a Malay Unofficial State Councillor, Inche Ibrahim bin Haji Mansor, elected the branch president. The branch was initiated by the District Officer. Jelebu. Mr. A. Johnson.
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    THEY WANT BAR ON 'BAD' FILMS
    135 5 THEY WANT BAR ON 'BAD' FILMS PENANG, Mon.— rE Penang and Province Wellesley Malay Teachers Union has decided to ask the government to bar young school children from seeing demoralising nims. At a meeting held during the week-end, the union resolved to ask the Federation of Peninsular Malay Teachers to
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    'JAPAN MUST HELP' SAY TRADERS
    220 5 Free Press Staff Reporter CINGAPORE merchants yesterday said Japan should buy more of her requirements from sterling countries to facilitate the even flow of j trade. The countries of the sterling area, especially Singapore and the Federation, had an adverse balance of trade with Japan,
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    Blackout schedule
    115 5 SUBSTATIONS liable to load shedding tonight are: Aljunied Rd.. Sim's Avenue, Paya I.ebar Pumps, Dunman Rd., .100 Chiat Place. Jalan Yasin, Jalan Eunos, Cambridge Rd. Rangoon Rd., Towner Rd., Serangoon. Sennett Estate. Kolam Ayer. McPherson Rd.. Kirn Chnan Rd.. Boundary Rd., Florence Rd., I'pper Ser&ngoon, Yeo Chn Kan?,
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    5,000 AT CATHOLIC FESTIVAL
    129 5 5,000 AT CATHOLIC FESTIVAL BUKIT MERTAJAM, Mon. THE Bishop of Malacca, MonsLgnor M. Olcomendy, was among 5,000 catholic pilgrims who converged by rail and roaa on Bukit Mertajam yesterday to attend the annual feast of St. Anne, patroness saint of Province Wellesley. The crowd was so big that it took
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    Unlicensed toddy
    46 5 Sinnakali, of Ulu Tiram, Johore, who tapped the coconut palms on- his estate for toddy without a licence was fined $80 m the police Court. He was also fined $25 for being m possession of 6 gallons of toddy when Excise officers visited him.
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    MERCHANTS' PLEA TO GOVT ON TEXTILES
    111 5 Free Press Staff Reporter SINGAPORE merchants have asked the Government for permission to export textiles from hard currency countries to Siam and receive payment m sterling. I They said as these textiles were bought m Hong Kcog for sterling, there was no reason why'
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    They choose play with a moral
    134 5 They choose play with a moral KUALA LUMPUR, Mon. VICTORIA Institution schoolboys will stage Shakespeare's "The Merchant of Venice" m aid ol the Sir Henry Gurney scholarship fund for needy pupils of their school. Thi s wifil be the V.I. Drama Society's first attempt at producing a play by Shakespeare.
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    30 5 Beauty AND brains. This picture of University of Malaya girl graduates was tak en after they had received their degrees from the Cha ncellor. Mr. Malcolm MacDonald, at Saturday's convocation.
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    Committee can't agree on taxis
    284 5 OINGAPORE City Council will be asked to decide at its meeting on Thursday on the number of taxis and taxicabs which should be licensed. The Council committee which considered the question, was unable to come to a unanimous decision. The Council will also consider a
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    RIDA LENDS $4,000
    19 5 SEREMBAN. Mon. Doans totalling $4,000 have been granted by the Rural Industrial Development Authority. Negri Sembilan,
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    People urged: 'Help end graft'
    151 5 People urged: 'Help end graft' KUALA LUMPUR. Mon. A CALL to the people to give evidence of corruption and bribery m the Kuala Lumpur Municipal services will be made at the Thursday's meeting of the Municipal Council, m a resolution to be moved by Dr. Nicol de Fonseka i Nominated
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    Lorries burnt
    17 5 Three lorries were stopped and burned by bandits m various parts of Johore on Saturday.
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    Tappers are told: 'Face realities'
    249 5 Tappers are told: 'Face realities' PENANG, Mon. EMPLOYERS had m a far bigger »cri than labourers m v ing the wages agreerti reached last Fr tween the Planting Industries E oloyers* AnociaUon and the Pan-Malayan Rut Workers' Union, Soon Cheng Sun, i dent of Malayan Asiath Association, said day. Asking
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    She'll attend Buddhist talks
    102 5 MISS Pitt Chin Hui, pdent of the Singi: Regional Centre of the World Fellowship of Buddhists, will attend the second World Fellowship Buddhist C ference to be held In Tokio from September 25 to October 13. TTie conference is being ronvened by the Japan Buddhist Council
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    'I'VE NO EXCUSES' SAYS NEO
    370 6 Fails' m 100 by .2 sec ■•I HAVE M excises**, said Singapore's Neo 1 Kok after tailing to qualify m the x KSiTfl 100 metres free-stylo event at Helsinki "I did my best". -tpped m a thick blanket In his quart Village, Chwee Kok was
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    SOUTH CHINA F.A. TEAM ARRIVING
    63 6 T'HE South China Football AssoA ciation of Hcng Kong will arrive m Singapore by air from Jakarta on Wednesday, Aug. 30. and will play a series of three games m the Colony. On Saturday, Aug. 2. they will play Singapore Chinese: on Sunday. Aug. 3.
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    THREE GAPS SCHEDULED
    167 6 GLOBETROTTERS ARE DUE HERE NEXT MONTH T^HE Harlem Globetrotters, an outstanding United States professional basketball team, is expected to arrive m Malaya on August 22 for four exhibition games, one m Kuala Lumpur on August 23 and three m Singapore on August 24, 25 and 26. The
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    EVERYTHING IS AGAINST YOUTH
    376 6 What s wrong with British tennis? From ARCHIE QUICK GP. (Pat") Hughes, famous member of Britain's Davis Cup winning team of a past generation, has some interesting things to say about presentday lawn tennis m Britain. "Let us leave out the excuse of the lack of
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    Good Cup form by Entertainment II
    1108 6 HOW THEY RAN ON SATURDAY From ALLAN LEWIS AS a guide to the Penan g Gold Cup to be decided on the l v> t d meeting, the Penang Cup over one mile, the m^.n r.K 0 ing day of the Pena:>g Turf Ciub
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    RECORD DAY FOR JOYCE
    440 6 RECORD DAY FOR JOYCE rpOP makes for an excellent performance m a thrillport on the SRC. Padang on Saturday go to Singapore's schoolgirl rorint s'ar. Joyce Deans, a pupil of the Convent of the H Infant Jesus. She broke two Sii~ records, m the lOOyards and °?0 yards dash, by
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    He thumbed a lift from Mr. Churchill
    139 6 T*HE p all the po^: licensed Patsy H the scene. Tate is a m East Su^ m touch v adorned as co bridge S of a team of the country or. t i nati<: vourins to ing schoolb bowl Up fax. late of
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    ANOTHER DESTROYED IN PENANG
    101 7 ANOTHER DESTROYED IN PENANG From ALLAN LEWIS and Artist's Glory were de*Saturduy evening after the rac Fancy returned to the stafclcs aftor sed and broke his back. Free I urite m race two and finish promising youngster by Watlin ite. Artist's Glory. a five-year-old ling by Diplomat from Artist's during
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    Saturday's scores
    43 7 Saturday's scores ncket J res 109 < Jakeman I 250 CompI n O.ricester 266 shire Derbyshire gin in v Essex. i Emrvs ise not out 99 >. (ish r»? for for c: r" Kent 302 (Uftan :ch 82). rshire v 364 for I mden 62).—
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    15th GOLD MEDAL FOR U.S.
    327 7 15th GOLD MEDAL FOR U.S. B- I v?r medal us firs; of the gm m the women's high jump. ila Lerwill the London girl who holds the world record cleared the bar at sft S to win the trophy. ner Band S Africa* -took fir t prize 5 3 4
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    RAF MAUYA SOCCER
    32 7 ROYAL Air Force Maintenance Unit and Royal Air Force. Kuala Lumpur played out an one-all draw m their R A F Malaya in*er-unit soccer tourney m»tcn at Metal yesterday.
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    ROVERS JR. WIN
    26 7 Rovers Juniois won a fine 6-3 j i victory over Blue Rovers m a S.A.F.A. Div. 3A match at Thorn: son Road yesterday
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    HORSE TO BE
    527 7 All the finals WOMDTB HIGH JiMP tt #l ms d (South Afric »> iBr .a.n) 15 ft. 5 inches). 3 A. Chudina (Soviet Russia) (5 %\k inches). 4. T Honkin« O. Mcd arhova (t zechoslova k (5 it. 2', inches), F '=nk (Austria) (3 H Sit inch-
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    U.S. BEAT JAPS 5-0
    130 7 Davh Cup CIH^LES vij.ories by Vie BeiTlt an; Art Lar c en yesterday gave the Un ted States a 1-3 sweep ovrr Japan m the firs'., round of the American zone Dr.iis cup tennis competi r ion. Seixas overpowered Pumitt-ra Nak^no. beat ng him 6-2, 6-1.
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    HE 'SCARED' HIMSELF TO VICTORY
    122 7 HE 'SCARED' HIMSELF TO VICTORY THEY were happy m the A Japanese camp yesterday after Hiroshi Suzuki missed by inches winning the 100--metre free style finals. Suzuki and the winner, Clark Scholes of the U.S., were so close at the finish that they were timed exactly the same— s7.4 seconds,
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    RAINLESS DAY
    33 7 YESTERDAY was the first day m the eight-day run of the 1 Olympic Games that spectators c not been sprinkled with rain at cne time or another during the programme.— A.P.
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    Is pace too fast? asked Zatopek
    428 7 His first marathon HMIL ZATOPEK of Czechoslovakia was last night the world's greatest long distance runner ever. Striding out powerfully to the very end he won the Olympic marathon run m Olympic record time. He has lever run a marathon before. Zatopek covered the
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    Indians win 5-2 in Berlin
    143 7 Indians win 5-2 in Berlin r[E Indian Olympic hockey champions opened a short European tour yesterday by beatin? a representative Berlin side by five goals to two at Berlin. A crowd of more than 10.000 cheered enthusiastically when Radzikowski put lierlin a goal up after only four minutes play, but
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    PERAK WIN 9—o
    29 7 DERAK trounced Kelantan 9-0 m their Foong Seong Cup badminton match m Ipoh last night. Perak meet Penang m the semi-final to be plaj-ed In September.
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    BASKETBALL
    26 7 In key bask tball games of the first round at Helsinki, Russia beat Mexico 71-62, France downed Chile 52-43, and Bulgaria dropped Fin'a-.d 65-64.- A.P.
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    BATAAN WINS ORIENT TITLE
    67 7 LARRY BATAAN of the Philippines won the feather weight boxing title of the Orient on Saturday night with an easy victory over Siam's Chamren Songkitra m a 12-round battle at Rizal Coliseum, Manila. The plucky little boxer from Bangkok was no match for the Filipino, but
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    HAIKOWYU SCORE EASY 5-1 VICTORY
    275 7 HAIKOWYU Sports Club, kep themselves well m the hunt far the Singapore Amateur. F.A. Div 3A league championship when they scored a convincing five-one victory over Tuan Mong Ola Boys' Association at Jalan Besar Stadium yesterday. It was a clean hard fought game. Haikoyu are
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    GOT HIM ON THE WHISKERS
    51 7 Although King Kong appears to be getting the worst of it here, he beat masked wrestler Mighty Marvel by two falls to one at the Happy World Stadium on Saturday. Marvel's partner. Batting Bonzo was unmasked when Wong Buck Lee beat him by two straight
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    Weightlifting win for U.S.
    78 7 •POMMY Kono, 22-year-old soldier from Sacramento, California, and Pete George, 23-year-old student from Akron. Ohio, gave the United States its first 1952 Olympic weight-lifting championships yesterday with recordsmashing performances. Kono, a well-built 148 pounder, lifted 362.5 kilos (about 797.5 pounds) m the finals of the lightweight
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    Reynolds in fine form over week-end
    315 7 PAPT. FRANK REYNOLDS, the Cole ny cricketer, was m grand form with the bat over .~ekend at Nee Soon, when the Army and the Royal A r Force drew m a high scoring match. Reynolds followed ud his unbeaten 181 Saturday for the Army,
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    IINDIA v SURREY
    58 7 ON a green and sporting wicket pace bowlers took full advantage of the conditions m the match between Indian tourists i j and Surrey m Lonaon Indians hit up 179, Manjrekar 44. Roy 32 and Ramchond 37. Batting again Surrey lost Clark and finished the day with
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    THROW-IN CONTEST
    31 7 At Jalan BCHtf stadium ves-er-day Rovers "A" teajn (Morton. Vass and Mat Noon won the McGregor Watt throw-in competii t:cn final with an aggregate disc of 236 ft H:n.
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    C.A. WARM UP TO WIN FIVE-ONE
    263 7 C.A. WARM UP TO WIN FIVE-ONE Chinese Athletics Amicahles A. A. 1. AFTER a pc Chinese Athletics set dcwn to bsc.i Amic. Athletic A.Ssociation by goals to one m a Sing?* Amateur F. A. senior Cu;> i at the Jalan Bo<iar Stad yesterday. Then ten minutes befor< time Athletics' before
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    Britain welcomes choice of Stevenson as Ike's rival
    325 8 Britain welcomes choice of Stevenson as Ike 's rival LONDON, Monday. BRITONS now look to continued American world leadership, no matter who wins the presidential election. The nomination of Governor Adlai Stevenson as the Democratic candidate was welcomed just as the Republicans' nomination of Dwight Eisenhower. There was a definite
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    MISPRINT PROVED KILLING
    74 8 HONG KONG Mon. A MISPRINT' m the phone directory m Comm n.st Canton cost many to the Indethe n< -ting il sub-bureaus :n--"secret the error r d the put quiet n f the peon's •rid ot. 1 1 with :h<> di: the r >Md. It added hav^
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    Shipping strike settlement
    51 8 Shipping strike settlement The Sailors' Union of the Pacific and the Pacific Maritime Association have hed a tentative agreet for settling the 60-day oid West C hipping is. provided for a five perm basic w; I V.' Stab:. Board approval a 40- week at sea. and agree::e scow of work.
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    'DIRE NEED'
    23 8 The Pope m a message read at a Catholic rally In >n yesterday urged for a world so di it". Reuter
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    REDS 'PLANNED TO SET FIRE TO TEHERAN'
    127 8 TEHERAN. Mon. intended to set fire to Teheran during the recent demonstrations and to seize control of the Government, according to the semi-official newspaper, Bakhtar Emrooz, last night. The paper added that only the efforts of nationlist leaders frustrated the Communist efforts. It
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    —AND NOW THERE ARE 3
    56 8 Israel Broadsword. who took up arms at 14 to fight m the American civil war. has died m Washington at the age of 105. His death leaves only three living veterans of the Grand Army of the Republic: James A. Hard, 110; William A. Magree.
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    35 8 photo. iIX RUDGE, G. looks elated as he talks to the Queen Mother m the garde n of Peterborough S. Fulham, London. The Quee n Mother was touring the gardens of suburban Lond<> n. Reuter
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    Quirino is convinced
    28 8 President Elpidio Quirino returned home today from an 11-day visit to Indonesia, convinced his trip strengthened the ties of friendship between the two countries.— A.P.
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    HIROSHIMA RALLY
    32 8 Hiroshima will hold a giant peace rally and memorial services for more than 80,000 victims of the first atomic bomb on the seventh anniversary of the bombing. August 6 Reuter
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    Royal Navy rush to Egypt
    572 8 (Continued Irani Pa*e 1.) Yesterday Mohammed N. renounced the tuie of rield marshal bestow! on him by ;he King D he accepted him as Com-ider-in-Chiel of Egyptian a forces and resume or gen In an order of the day Gen. .nd he had i the
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    The modern Samaritan
    67 8 picture. TRAFFIC continued to dash by as Mrs. Etia Jenker, a passing motorist, stopped to comfort and protect Mrs. Casimira Garcia. 67. a pedestrian who was injured at Los Angeles. California, recently. Mrs. Garcia was hit when one of two cars m a crash spun into her.
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    Corruption beat gambler king
    409 8 PROMISE NOT FULFILLED CAIRO, Monday. pAROIK, King at 16, was one of the youngest and richest of the world's monarchs but at his reign's end was probably the most unpopular. He ascended the throne m 1936, handsome and adored by his people: 14 years later his
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    THEY LIKE CHIANG
    25 8 Two Chinese association.^ m New Zealand have cabled Generalissimo Chiang Kaishek their whole-hearted support and loyalty m his fight against Communism.— A.P.
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    GEOLOGIST DEAD
    23 8 Alexander Zavarit.sky. the Russian geologist who twice won the Stalin Prize, has died m Moscow at the age of 58.- A.P.
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    Tenth king to go
    117 8 KING Farouk is the tenth kins to join the ranks of royalty who have abdicated m recent years. He leaves his seven-month-old son, Ahmed Fuad. the new King of Egypt, m the company of the world's 19 reigning sovereigns of independent states. Farouk joins the society
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    VICHY ENVOY ACQUITTED
    50 8 G V hy Am: r to ruin* prisoners of w?.r. was acquitted or of ad the r defence. Scapini, 59 In abstentia and cond^vncd to five if forced labour m 1949." He had taken refuge m Switzerland and was not returned to France until l?st year A.P.
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    Senator McMahon critically ill
    45 8 Senator Brien McMahon, chairman of the Congressional Atomic Energy Committee, is critically ill ta hospital at Washington. He went to hospital m June with a spinal ailn: but failed to rally frcm an operation. His family is at his bedside.-- Reuter
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    HEARST BACKS IKE
    32 8 HE ARST BACKS IKE The Now York JournalAmer.can announced yeday m a front page leading article that the Hearst n< papers would support General Eisenhower for president of the United States.— Reuter
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    'Great fight' MacD tells the Vietnamese
    238 8 'Great fi ght' MacD tells the Vietnamese VfR. MALCOLM MACDON |> 1U General for South-Ka I yesterday by plane from Singapore for ln s *k% visit. He was greeted at the air: Hioh Commissioner for I Letourneau. the Vietnam Pr< and the British Minister Mr Mr. Mac Donald congrr a
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    PAINLESS BIRTH
    23 8 A new Soviet method <>/ painless childbirth by 'mild hypnosis" called "psychoprophylaxis"' is becoming increasingly popular m China. Peking Radio reported yesterday.
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    TIN OUTPUT IN MALAYA SHOWS DROP
    34 8 TIN OUTPUT IN MALAYA SHOWS DROP I B I 4.678 1.1311 are not I I 13 April fell to i Netheria; 2.130 to: figupI Sto- I nesia 3.281 1 the Apr. 6.300 to A.P.
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      56 8 THE SAINT by Leslie Charteris B^OKAY KRINGY 1 r THEY'D BETTER.' "J (@2*\ /^OU SEE, MARY, YOUR PLAY- HULLO. WILL VCXJ 6ET I WILL THESE "J THIS TI/WE WE 6- J MAXES MUST HAVE TRAILED YOU ME THE COX VO IT? J PONT MAKE ANY J ~M\ O N OUR
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