The Singapore Free Press, 16 August 1952

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    18 1 The Singapore Free Press LARGEST AFTERNOON SALE IN MALAYA s SINGAPORE, SATURDAY, AUGUST 16, 1952. PRICE FIFTEEN CENTS
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    'UNSAVOURY INTERVIEW'
    485 1 Govt. questioned motives of _S 'tore Mr X Free Press Staff Reporter JHL iNngapore Progressive Party reveals this morning what it calls the "unsavoury" way m which the Government interviewed a former Municipal Commissioner for a post m the Ftreiga Exchange Control Department. The party describes m its
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    Resisters will fill S. Africa gaols
    39 1 Resisters will fill S. Africa gaols B the Jim new Voluncountry the ?or: af the Mr. David rraiavaal Dr J c ProI i minor 3l OVDf *—A DO UT ":>er Hoas:^ the India, v for resisiry of Reuter A.P.
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    Malaya's exports
    12 1 r 1 sta...ght in- bullion. for vei that had a
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    Palitoy is best bet
    41 1 pALITOY. Paycur and Hat--1 trick should be the best bets at Kuala Lummir today, says A'.len Lewis. Free Press racing correspondent. Best outs der: Kind Regards. TRESPASSER recommends Mona's Hilda and Peter. THE GOING will be fast.
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    FREYBERG LEAVES N.Z.
    35 1 Lord FJ B. V.C.. 62, a Zealander. sailed from ngton with his wife m the carrier. Rang'tane. yesterday, ending a six-year term as Governor-Genera!! of the country of his birth, says A.P.
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    U.S. HEAT WAVE
    30 1 Weather forecasters prcd an end to the heat wave which sent temperatures abjve 100 degrees m many par.s cf the nation ibstantial rain frr cien areas. U.P.
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    JAPS CLIMBERS
    17 1 A five-member advance party will leave for Sepal Japanese Hlmatayan expedition next summer, sys A.P.
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    BOMB BURST
    15 1 A violent explosion shook two miles awa>\ No casual ties were caused.- U.P.
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    'Saucer' had a smell
    62 1 MELBOURNE. Sat. A FLYING saucer she had seen had the smell "of a rotten egg," claimed Miss Gertrude James, of East St Kilria, a Melbourne suburb. Miss James said: "A green ball flashed noiselessly over the rooftops about 7 ajn. It was flying too fast to
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    Honeymooners seek privacy
    179 1 LISBON, Sat. BRITAIN'S honeymooning Foreign Secretary, Mr. L nthony Eden, and his bride £t off last night m search of f* Stile privacy" for their austerity honeymoon «ie diplomat and former Cladssa Churchill took one mok at the tourist-jammea SUSfS rl pM-n cancelled -eser..ti'nn* at a resort
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    GORGEOUS EYES
    55 1 »»K't! T F- S Free Press TH**2E of the gorgeously attired Eves with whom Singapore had a Rendezvous last night: To? left, Hua Mu-Lan. the Warrior Maid of China. A.D. 502-557 (Mrs. Edward Leon;); right Queen Supayalat. last Queen of Burma. 1885. (Miss Betty Loke); below Dame Ne'lie
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    Egypt blames 'certain party'
    240 1 WAFDISTS CAUSED RIOTS? CAIRO, Saturday. AN EGYPTIAN GOVERNMENT spokesman yesterday blamed leaders of "a certain political party" for Wednesday's labour riots at the textile town of Kafr El Dawar near Alexandria. He refused to name the party but claimed that investigations had "definitely established" that the
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    2 candles for Princess Anne
    83 1 BALLATER, Scotland, Sat. A SPECIAL cake with two candles on it was baked by the Balmoral chef for blonde, curly-haired Princess Anne only daughter of the Queen. She celebrated her second birthday at the Castle here. Her birthday began m the nursery of the Castle
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    Costello begins gaol term
    53 1 Frank Costello, 61. underworld 1 gambling king, surrendered to begin serving his first prison term m 37 years. Costello, who had been free m US$5,OOO bail, was convicted of coniempt of the United States Senate for refusing to answer questions concerning his finances before the Senate
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    10 POLICE OFFICERS HONOURED
    96 1 10 POLICE OFFICERS HONOURED Free Press Staff Reporter rN Singapore Police officers this mornine received commendation certificates from their acting Commissioner, Mr. D K. Broadhurst. They were: A.S.P. T. F. Flynn. Detective Inspectors, Dudley de Cruz, A. Henson, G. D. Abbas, A. J. Loh. L. Y. Wing Inspectors R A.
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    What S'pore Eves weighed
    180 1 Free Press Staff Reportrt THE results of the three guessing competitions held on the first "Rendezvous wih Eve," organised by the Singapore Chinese Ladies' Association at Raffles Hotel last night were: Combined Weights of the Models during the First Half of the Show: (Correct answer 1.449
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    TV star, models playboy held in vice raid
    207 1 TV star, models playboy held in vice raid NEW YORK, Saturday. A 28-YEAR-OLD television star, Erica Steel, was charged yesterday by New York police with keeping premises for prostitution, procuring women for that purpose, possessing marijuana and conspiracy to commit these crimes. She was one of several prominent New Yorkers
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    STERLING ACCORD
    27 1 Britain and Japan have agreed that their sterling payments agreement should be extended for a period of four months to December 31 this year. Reuter
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    MISSING WHEEL
    35 1 When a woman driver went to change the punctured tyre of her car m Raffles place yesterday, the spare wheel was nr'ssing. ;She last saw the whfp; m the boot two months a?o.
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    43 1 picture. Mr. Terence O. Aeria and Miss Ira Louise de Souza, who were married at the Cathedral of the Good Shepherd, Singapore, this morning. The groom is a teacher. The bride is a nursing sister attached to the Kandang Kerbau Hospital. Free Press
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  • Saturday CHILDREN'S PAGE
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      A Thriller and an Essay
      654 2 A Thriller and an Essa y written by young readers Both writers are industrious and brainy a happy combination of talents rpHE works of two budding: authors have come to light m my mail this week. Tay Soo Bee. of 26, Newton Road, Singapore, has written a tnrillins: murder story
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    YOUNG HERO
    63 2 Princess Margaret, Commandant-in-Chief. St. John's Ambulance Brigade, presents the Life-Saving Medal of the Order of St. John to a 14-ye?r-old hero, John Fisher, for his presence of mind and coolness m helping his father, who had been severely jfored by a bull. He fir*t aid and sent labourers
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    CAIRO IS IN TURMOIL TODAY
    642 2 CAIRO IS IN TURMOIL TODAY CITIES of the WORLD- 10 ?he King has abdicated and the Army commands the situation IN the 4.000 years of ancient Egypt, and m the Grecian and Roman days, there was no Cairo. Yet this city. which v;as born only after Christianity had been m
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    Nest-building Pelicans
    143 2 TWO of London Zoo^ pellcans, apparently encouraged by the nesting activities of ether birds, have begun to play at nesting. But that it is only play >: keepers are convinced. In the Zoo's 124 years' history no real nest have been made by pelicans. On two occasions only
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    Onward the "Onslaught
    648 2  - Onward the "Onslaught SEAFARER THE SHIP IS PREPARED FOR ACTION AND THE TASK 01 TAKING THE TREASURE BEGINS AS Jim slept m his A dark, dirty, cock- roach-infested bunk m the galley, the "Onslaught" changed course and headed towards the island where the treasure lay buried. Towards dawn the wind
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      283 2 The Junior Contest < T B O wia a pnxe this week boys and girls, I waat I vog to take Hto jumbled letters below and Make two V> j words from them. The >> words spell the name d a vn m the FederaNen if is so easy that
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      130 2 JUNIOR CROSSWORD twill iii—iml ij^J—^^J— n m lit CLUES ACROSS.. 1, What London's underground railway is of en called. 3, They are used f or making Yorkshire pudding. 6, A young hCTse. 8, The "S?a of is a large lake m Russia. 9. Destructive rodent. 11, The ou tskirts of
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    UNWELCOME KISS SCARED SOLDIER
    349 3 UNWELCOME KISS SCARED SOLDIER 4 27-YEAR o. n LONDON, Saturday. a woman away from him t^l the D °u' ce he pushed attentions. m hlm to esca Pc h unwelcome about hS ld nS "Jffi !S!,\?' hl s ms ">™ Willesden. N.W.. magistrates accepted his statement and Howell. charged with
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    Bridge Hand
    70 3 vulnerable. m X 9 3432 A J 10 t "KQ f J It \KQJIOS :A6 5 4 3 *AQJIO 8 7 5 7 6 West North makes *ood C > Maser r hchivwr were uinerable five he*rt ed have bumped dL :r.Dnds I r. M 'r.d West '<ing
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    EMBASSIES
    12 3 B raise tfattr I rdan b b .1 n to Reuter
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    Nurses were rescued by motorist
    114 3 Nurses were rescued by motorist LONDON, Sat. 'THREE nurses who have just finished training at the Royal Sussex County Hospital, Brighton, have completed a three-week tour of France fcr £12 e'lch. The girls. Hilda Scarr, aged 21. Amy Turtle 22, and Jean King, 22. planned to holiday together when their
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    CHAIRMAN OF GIRL SCOUTS
    45 3 Mrs. Aan Means of the United Bt*tefl has been elected n?*' c of the Girt Scouts' World Committee ny the world conference of girl scouts at Dombaas. southeast Norway. Countess Estelle Bernadot*e cf Sweden was elected vice-c iair 1 an. Reuter
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    'Sordid tale' of unhappy gunner
    228 3 'Sordid tale' of unhappy gunner LONDON, Sat. f* UNNER SHILLING S v FORD, a National Serviceman, was "a fragment of humanity, mentally confused, and terribly unhappy", Mr. C. J. Simmons, Socialist, told the House of Commons. But he said, the Army "got their talons on him' and concentrated on punching
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    U.K. Council gives up
    29 3 U.K. Council gives up HONG KONG, Fri. FE British Council is withdrawing from china, according to Mr. William Emslie, the Council Regional Director of Peking whb has arrived here
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    DEATH OF U.S. COLUMNIST
    47 3 Mark Sullivan. 78. national-ly-known newspaper columnist, died of a heart attack m Cnester County Hospital, Pennsylvania. In the newspaper business for 64 years. Sullivan was- the author of several books, including his own autobiography, and once served as editor of Collier's Magazine.— A.P.
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    Rebsls behead dead comrades
    43 3 Government forces killed 22 Karen and Communist rebels m an offensive sweep through thp delta swamps near Basi sein. Burma's third largest port. The rebels were reported to have cut off the heads of de?:' comrades before fleeing. A.P.
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    BAR GHOST WAS THE JUST BARMAID
    160 3 LONDON, Sat. BEER bottles that leaped j unaided from their crates j and bottles that toppled over mysteriously set the customers of a Cleveleys, Laocs. hotel, thinking. Had they reached the stage that no honest drinker really likes to reach, they wondered? And employees
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    U.S. DETAINS SINGER
    34 3 Singer Dick Haymes has been refused permission to leave the United States unttt he clears up back income taxes. He Is scheduled to begin a tour m England on Sept. 14,
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      54 3 PAOCAkO FOk 1952 m "TFi& car that drives feelf" 0 Ask the person who owns it r^ *> i; i» Most advanced of the modem automatic drives— No clutch pedal to push No gear changing Instant change from forward to reverse Sole Agents GEORGE LEE MOTORS LTD 200, CLEMENCEAU AYE.
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      372 3 Sc!r:lca To C o?d No. 741 SOU IION I i I Toflfee- 11. Pe:v nts. )5. Dtmm: 2. Ofl t Suppe--1 I 9 v<-S. t. New Crossword Ho. 742 j l fc I B ajj j 1. 4). 8. Dictators expect to teib^ ;cal hunter s share of the sausa-e
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      260 3 **f*KOr\z*v i iu!ts: 633 Children: 7 Listeners' chdce 8 pc 49 830 Muslc ln vllls'&vlT'h New R^dl; the Modern Mood: 9 Radio 1 pjn. Del Slaton Trio: LSI Rhythm Club: 9.30 News: t.45 S' £SS»? SS"SJi.2& with th. 10.30 Tune 615 News: 6.25 Spotlight News: 10.45 Rhyfhm on Records, on
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      151 3 Ra3ll Qr3k6 Exclusive to the Singapore Free Press m Malaya NO USE WAITING ANY CJ I HE'S 601N7 I I SEE WHERE HE GOES/1 I HURRY. I l AM-AS I Jn THE RUSH- LONGER TOR LOTHAP.. \f~^ BUT YOU CAN'T JOE /OR FAST AS JOE GETS TH£ WE LL HAVE
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    The Singapore Free Press SATURDAY, August 16, 1952. Catch the fish
    552 4 The Singapore Free Press SATURDAY, August 16, 1952. Catch the fish FROM the Singapore Government comes an awesome report, the joint work of Mr. G. L. Kesteven. Regional Fisheries Officer. United Nations Food and Agriculture Organisation, and Mr. T. W. Burdon. the Colony's Deputy Director of Fisheries. \\..:t:i by experts,
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    Neguib is on the Warpath
    1012 4 But it's an Egyptian he's gunning for— the man behind the arms scandal. The 'wanted' man will be elusive even though he has lost Farouk's protection. FROM LEWIS JAMES IN CAIRO KHARTOUM. IT was early m 1949, when the Egyptian garrisons m Southern Palestine received
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    AFTER FAROUK-THE SHAH?
    480 4 AFTER FAROUK-THE SHAH? He has enemies, says Joseph Most yn TEHERAN. pEW really envy the Shah of Persia or "King of Kings" as he's called by his own people. His crown-and-peacock throne have become a source of anxiety to him m recent weeks especially after the pre-Mossadeq riots when his
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    New 'Strong Man'
    246 4 New 'Strong Man' In choosing Neguib Egypt s young officers picked 'a winner* WHO is this man on whom the spotlight has turned m Egypt: the man who ordered out the troops to oust a King and create a Government; the man who now leaves a score of fascinated Governments
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    RABIES: WHY WAIT?
    149 4 YOU reported this week that "Singapore is ready to deal with an outbreak of rabies if it occurs." A skeleton scheme has been considered which would include "Attempts to reduce the stray dog population by shooting them." That's fine. But why wait till an outbreak of rabies
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    'Stick to your Job,' Mr. Leong
    165 4 AS a rr ember of the Malavan Chinese Association I wish to register my protest against the recent action of its secretary general, Mr Leong Yek Koh, m referring to the Singapore Fan Planning Association as ar. orga. lisa tion "aiming at the pre-natal
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    More Roads, Miss Laycock
    126 4 I WELCOME Miss Amy Laycock's move, but I am surprised that she chose Wilkinson Road, only for development. Wilkinson road is already a metallea road and needs comparatively little repair. But what about the -other roads like Branksome Road, Goodman Road, etc.. up to Werham Road
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    LETTERS TO THE EDITOR
    154 4  - LETTERS TO THE EDITOR TAMILIAN I SEE that Dr. Menon of j Penang supports the Malayan Indian Congress for opening a lottery similar to that of the MCA. In the first place I ask the Malayan Indian Congress whether they are true representatives of the Gujeeratees. Sind, Sikhs, Bengalees, Tamils.
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    It Seems To Me...
    389 4  -  POLITICO »r Dr Johnson and 'comics rpHERE has been some corA respondence m the Free Press recently 'comics' or 'blood and thunders' as they known m Britain. Some readers seem to believe the 'comic' is bad reading for young people leading crime, immorality and the seven
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      15 4 j*J LEE MIN WATCH *wM$ co SA. Change /f\^^ Alley |fc.\ Singapore 1 Tel. 3348
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      60 4 fllllßflSSflDOß OF GREAT BRITAIN Bilß>"^' for cash 6U50 Table Receiver ior casti Sole Agents:— HOE BOON LEONG CO. LTL 25 Thomson Road, Singapore-11— Phone Bring your family and friends for something different this weekend. GENUINE RIJSTTAFEL or A COMPLETE LONTONC PARTY SPECIAL NASI CORENC and COLD BEER fir STOUT I
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  • Free Press Saturday Magazine
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      Masthead
      8 1 Free Press Saturday Magazine Saturday, Aug. 16. 1952.
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      Meet the Malays of
      855 1  -  MARJORIE SANKEY by WHEN I visited Capetown on my why Mast, I had not expected that I part of the East would bt\ so to speak, there to meet me. A fish hawker m a n cart drawn by a .-^roomed and wellpony, announcing res on
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      DESTINATION CHANGI
      428 1  - DESTINATION CHANGI KATHLEEN HICKLEY by A Free Press short story lIEXRY Wong had always had a thrifty nature and by the time he was 30, he had managed to save a fair sum. Henry was a bookkeeper for a wholesale nrm and though his salary was quite good for an
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      WHY NOT LEARN TO FLY?
      569 1 WHY NOT LEARN TO FLY? For those who feel earth-bound hot, or sunken into a dull routine, Rae March offers an answer. THERE are at present three women learning to fly at the Kuala Lumpur Flying Club. This has established a Club record, for although a constant stream of men
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        26 1 I^oSs[ From gjl> I one King to 5k another... "^~—^/LOVELL'S TOFFEE REX MIF The King of Toffees EAST WEST TRADI NG CORPORATION 47 THE ARCADE. SINGAPORE
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        24 1 MOST BEAUTIFUL GIRLS IN THE WORLD 4 Illustrated CATALIN AS h.auliful "OFFICIAL MISS UNIVERSE" SUIT Sole Agents: EXCELSIOR LTD. 66, High Street Tel: SKL
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      Germ of Talent is not Enough
      977 2 'OUR profession is shockingly overcrowded, says Edith Evans, the famous actress. She advises all children who want to go on the stage to make certain they know the disappointments as well as the triumphs that lie ahead. JF any young person ieaving school today
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      'ZA ZA' ( AS A FALLEN ANGEL') IS DOING FINE
      360 2 'ZA ZA' AS A FALLEN ANGEL') IS DOING FINE rpHE Gay Gabor Girl A Za za is making a film m Paris with Jose Ferrer. Jose will be Toulouse Lautrec, dwarf painter. Za Za is Jane Avril a singer and dancer at the Moulin Rouge. Sprays of green orchids greeted
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      'Top-secret' Atomic Thriller
      626 2  - 'Top-secret Atomic Thriller Douglas Lackersteen By Who is he In the village of Ehtree, Hertfordshire three film actors walk past. They are playing m Robert Louis Stevenson's "Master of BaHantrae' They are frequently seen by tht> villagers m their eighteenth •century costumes. Do you recognise the one on Hie left
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      BUT DON'T TELL CORINNE!
      243 2 HOLLYWOOD. IT all started when I x asked Corinne Calvet about her feud with Za Za Gabor. The French girl and the Hungarian have been tossing mild insults back and forth at each other, but they have been getting less mild. Miss Calvet has been consulting
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      Roman Rapture
      243 2  -  IAN GRANT l% was mac by an Italia (Alessandrini, B the actors tp^ LS an IWo-Americai cent and th« (Glenn Langan pass for Mario But everything S about "Rapt.. American as the i jeep— but If This Is a emotional dran sisters. Mar Miller) is hard and sane
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        84 2 «v r«£ MONICO FIBT CLASS BAR SPECIAL COCKTAIL f^jjl; DELICIOUS CHINESE I rW EUROPEAN FOOD OP£W r/ti MIDNIGHT The weekly issue of the Straits Budprt can be .^nt by Air Mail t,, any address m the I'nited Kingdom at an inclusiv<- rate of $24.00 FOR SIX MONTHS If you want
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      THEY RISK LIFE FOR COFFEE
      689 3  -  Norman Lindhurst by \VH VF is your life worth* To you it is most probably worth as much as it was quite a lot m fact At Aachen, on Gergreen frontier Belgium and Holland, however, a human life may be worth just v pounds of
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      Destination Changi
      1021 3 (Continued from Page 1> afiter. He ordered expensive suits. He entertained. Then came the time when he was able to afford a car and soon after that a house. He joined clubs. He went to parties. He saw a side ol life which he had previously only read
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      Hotel problem for the Coronation
      428 3  - Hotel problem for the Coronation NORMAN CRIBBENS by I OXDOX hotels are turning down hundreds of Coronation bookings from abroad because they do not know how many rooms the British Government will require for official guests. All the biggest hotels have been told to expect bookings for special guests of
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      WORLD'S MOST WIDESPREAD DISEASE
      574 3  - WORLD'S MOST WIDESPREAD DISEASE HAL Boyle by WHAT is the most widespread disease m the modern world? A good case might be made for that death m life, that ennui of the spirit, called boredom. It is the high price modern man pays for having so much leisure he doesn't
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      PLASTIC CABLE
      43 3 fHE TELEGRAPH SHIP Monarch, which sailed from Greenwich recently on a £1,500,000 cable-laving project from Cornwall to Nova Scotia, is laying the first Transatlantic cable insulated with plastic m vlace of gutta-percha. Abou< 1300 nautical miles of cable is on bo-
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      A wang Bakar—a demon on two legs
      799 4  - A wang Bakar— a demon on two legs BILL MOSS ports By Gallery of S men IN 1950, at a period when the Colony's soccer supremacy threatened to wane, there rocketed into the limelight a youthful Malay centre-forward whose Roal -scoring prowess became the main topic of conversation among thousands
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      Baseball men turn to Soccer
      201 4 mHE New York Van- kees Baseball Club is going to spend £8,900 to promote British football. En other words, America's most famous game wants to help baby-brother Soccer grow into a big, national sport right across the U.S. A series of Sunday Soccer games will
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      CHURCHILL SENT A TELEGRAM TO WELCOME THEM HOME
      440 4 Gold Medal Winners POXHUNTER who with some justification could well be renamed Gold Hunter came home from the Olympic Games to the sort of welcome that excited children give all horse-heroes. Shrill cries of "Oh, mummy, how lovely. 1 "Isn't he sweet."
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      Sports Beat
      1223 4  -  CHARLES BRYCE -By /\UR Olympic Games is home from Helsinki with souvenirs and memories to remind them of what is being described as the greatest Olympiad ever. It was a happy quintet that alighted from the Constellation at Kallang Airport to be greeted with flashing press cameras and
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      THE PEDLAR'S ENTERPRISE
      97 4 J^ rosette seller took up his stand at Blackburn railway i station to ply hi s wares to Rovers supporters on their way to L for a League match. His first customers were la<?s going to a Blackburn Schoolboys v. Blackpool Schoolboys intertown game at Ewood Park,
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      MIXING IT
      56 4 rjOCKTAILS at the Haven Hotel, Sandbanks, pre-war millionaires' playground, should pack a hefty puncn these days. Wine waiter there is Ed<¥: Maguire, former South African middle-weight boxing champion. Eddie hopes to combine refereeing with his present Job. He has his "B" certificate, expects his "A" any day and
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      MORE LAND FOR TRUST
      363 5 Homes f0r 87, 000 can be built m the area £I>GAPORE Government is acquiring 606 acres of private land for the Improvement Trust to extend its building programme, the Commissioner of Lands, Mr. J. A. Harvey, said yesterday. The Manager of the Improvement Trust has estimated
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      47 5 CAPT ALAN BROOKE PEMBERTON, Colclstream S? r dS th ADC tO the Hi b Commissioner General land Smith I"* 1 1P his bride Miss Pamel a KirkIt Kin? v tO C^ e weddin ™ke at the reception at King s House Kuala Lumpur, after their marriage yesterday.
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      200 PASS AS HOME GUARDS
      94 5 200 PASS AS HOME GUARDS RE BAHRU. Sat. Ml, D. Hodkinson, BriAdTiser. Johore. present at the parade of 200 irda at the Training 16:h mile. Kota n returned last 3 their homes all over tney will help law and order. I bi instructors units m their s n made the
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      ODL BOYS' ASSN.
      9 5 St hooi Old Boys' been formed
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      INDIANS TOLD: 'HELP MALAYA'
      74 5 INDIANS TOLD: 'HELP MALAYA' KUALA LUMPUR, Sat. A CALL to Indians to contribute their utmost to the development of Malaya was made yesterday by Mr. K. K. Benjamin, an Indian community leader. Mr. Benjamin made the aPpeal when addressing 200 Indians at an Indian Independence Day r?lly at the Selangor
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      CRISIS POWER RESTRICTED
      42 5 KUALA LUMPUR. Sat.— An amendment to the Emergency Regulations yesterday pives only a mentri besar or resident commissioner the righ:. to take over any land or building if it appears to be necessary m tr»e interests of public safety.
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      A Govt. interview annoys a party
      182 5 If the Singapore Government wants to encourage a pride m British citizenship, it will have to decide which department should be responsible for dealing with applications and "stop shilly-shally-ins," says the Progressive Party m its latest news letter. I The newsettler cites, the j
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      Found hanging
      25 5 The body of a Chinese youth was found hanging from a window overlooking a back-lane m Robinson Road about 9 o'clock last night.
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      Mr. Young will reply union
      89 5 THE Acting Director of Education, Singapore, Mr. R. M. Young, is drafting a reply to the Singapore Teachers* Union On the protest made by students of the Teachers' Training College a^vinst the award of Third Year Normal Certificates to trainees who failed their Second Year
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      42 5 FLAGS OF THE NATIONS and States represented at the South-East Asia Patrol Camp bei'iiz' borne around the camp fire before *<eing dipped m salute at the the end of the IDC S ceremony m Kuala Lumpur on Thursday night.-Free Press picture. I
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      ON LEAVE
      47 5 IPOH, Sat— The Rev. Paul Daniel, of the Tamil section of the Anglican Church, South Perak Parish, is going 'on long leave shortly and will be back by Christmas. During his absence, the Rev. A. Dumper and the Rev. 'Arnold Lee will deputise for him
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      Assn. defers a decision
      45 5 THE general meeting of the Malay Union which will be held next month wffl decide whether the Union will put up candidates far the next City Council elections. It was originally proposed to discuss the question at the monthly meeting tomorrow.
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      THIS DIPLOMA IS EQUAL TO DEGREE
      141 5 PENAxNG, Saturday. A KUALA LUMPUR Technical College diploma is equal to a pass degree of the University of Malaya, say a committee appointed by the late Sir Henry Gurney. The committee rocommend that for salary purposes. Technical College graduates should be treated as having
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      He is studying Red activity in S.E.A.
      103 5 He is studying Red activity in S.E.A. MR. R. L. WALKER, an assistant professor of history m Yale University is m Singapore. He is studying Communist activities m South-East Asia. He has interviewed a number of local Chinese families, whose relatives recently returned to China and have not been heard
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      'Rebels' to plan measures to
      200 5 'cleanse' Labour Party r)ISSIDENT members of the Singapore Labour Party are meeting today to discuss the conduct of the Party's General Council. They may later call a 'general meeting" of the party if the General Cou fails to do so. A spokesman of the group
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      STUDENTS 'SURVEY' FOR SCHOOL
      140 5 TWENTY Post— School Certificate students of Raffles Institution are conducting a two-week "economic survey" m a residential area of Singapore. The students, who are studying for their University of Malaya entrance examination, are inquiring into the expenses of people m the new housing estate m Silat
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      MR. O. F. WATKINS
      30 5 IPOH, Sat. M. O. F. J. Watkins, from Kuala Lumpur, is now' Comptroller, Telecomms, Perak. He succeeds Mr. E. L. Spooner-Lil-lingston who has gone on leave.
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      Labour chief thanks Govt. for benefits
      97 5 Labour chief thanks Govt. for benefits KUALA LUMPUR, Sat. JNCHE MOHAMED SOPIEE, chairman of the recently formed Pan-Malayan Labour Party, said yesterday: "We are grateful that Government has paid heed to the voice .1 Labour, expressed through democratic and peaceful means." Inche Sopiee was referring to Government's intention to revise
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      Cruel to fowls
      20 5 PARIT BUNTAR. Sat.— Tan Keng Seng was fined $20 m Bagan Serai for cruelty to his fowls.
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      Co-op course in Malacca
      60 5 Co-op course in Malacca KUALA LUMPUR. Sat. The first course m Malacca for rural cc-op. workbe openel by the Resident Commissioner. Mr. H G. Hammett. on Monday at 2.30 p.oi. Forty-five members of rural co-operative societies m Malacca and Johore will attend the course which is over five days. Inche
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      CLASSES FOR INDIANS
      58 5 KUALA LUMPUR. Sat. An educational course for Tamils from regrouped areas will be held at the Mai. MCA headquarters from Aug. 25 to 30 Organised by Mr. B T W. Stewart, Secretary for Chinese Affairs, Malacca, course includes lectures by heads of Government i ments. Visits to
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      INDIA LOSES FIVE FOR SIX RUNS
      457 6 Test thrills on second day accompanied by torrential rain during the luncheon interval, an England declaration and devastating bowling by Alec Bedser and Fred Trueman lifted the England-India Test match from the doldrums into an exciting game of cricket. I Set to bat on
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      THREE FOR KLASS
      49 6 Three gcuUs by V \l\n X featured the Div. 3 A SAFA Le'gue soccer match at Gevlang Stadium yesterday when C.V.M A. beru Tampenls Rovers s—l5 l on a rjinsoaked ground. Ocher scorers: A. 3eins and C van Huiien for CYMA. V. Gomej for Temper. R
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      STAR BOWLER
      137 6 STAR BOWLER SCOREBOARD ENGLAND— IST. IN\> Halton r fbadkar b Kamihjnd X« Staeppard Ibw Duvecha 11» lkia c >m b Phadkar A3 May c Maojrrkar b Mankad 17 liravenej c Dirrcha b 11 Ahmrn IS Hat on nut out IK Lran* r Phadkar b Mankad I Lakrr not out 6
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      USEFUL B.P.
      35 6 Ik arid Obtfa] 8..J I .1 fr.endiv and IB. A. Guiljevard R.-aJ Thf fo'. owing cir.s viil'turn Ml Helen Hr:i£. Baby Low P»n« Mcßta Kc*i Mr« Mo.lv Tan. Dorc: ~:if. Rcsie Sag Sag
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      FACTORY GIRL SUCCEEDS IN CHANNEL BID
      419 6 IZATHLEEN NAYOH, a 20-year-old English factory "> girl and Victor Birckett, a six-foot-four, 26--year-old English real estate agent, swam the choppy English channel yesterday. Birckett's handler's claimed that he was first by six minutes. The two British swimmers landed m a bay near Folkestone
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      HAT-TRICK BY ANDREW LIM
      76 6 A hat-trick by Ancr.w Lim enabled Shell S.C. .o teat Sime Darby S.C. by 3-0 m their SBHFA League and Cup soccer tie ax P N ground. The fir >t half score was 1-0. In another Leagu? and Cup tie, played at SCC padang, Singapore Cid
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      C.S.C. HOCKEY
      34 6 The Crvlon Sports C"ub will hold hockey practices on Monday. .nesday and Friday evenings members interes ed are asked to turn up for the first hcck:y practice on Monday at 5 p.m.
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      LOCKE WINS THE LOTUS
      222 6 SHATTERING all opposition with a tremendous final nine holes m 31 strokes 8.1. T f c™»h if,i«n obby Lockeof South Africa, khC British Open golf Champion. won the Lotus £1.500 professional tournament on the 6.602 yards. high course at Moor Park Hertfordshire yesterdav rs^.,r^,-i~ ~f cq
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      Hurdles entrant
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      THE RECORDS
      80 6 I\|ALAYAN r ~rds set up or equalled at the Ipeh meet yesterday were: ji4o YARDS HURDLES: Chan Onn Lens 56.7 sec l'>o YDS. (WOMEN): Anni? Ohoong 11.9 sec. (equalled). HOP STEP AXD JIMP: T. Naidole 46ft. 4 m. DISCUS: T Lewaki 123 ft. 11 m. 120 YDS. HURDLES:
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      Non-Benders XI
      56 6 XI against Police Sports Club at Th< Road at 2 p.m. tomorr"xr 15: T. L<-; i.-siU6 (Captain) H Ward, T. If. Hart. H N. Balhetcbet. J. A. P. Cameron. J T. Rea. F. R. Massey. R. lufnell. N. Bradbury. A. E G Blai-i, R. V. 9. Sundram. Scorer:
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      LAUGHS AS KIPSONG BREAKS 14-YEAR OLD RECORD
      391 6 LAUGHS AS KIPSONG BREAKS 1 4-YEAR OLD RECORD I^IVE records were smashed and two tmmmm r the first day of the Malayan fl "J "I ships at Ipoh yesterday. m ;> The record breakers were Sin Chan Onn Leng (440 yd. hurdles); p (discus), Naidole (hop. step and Kipsong (3
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      WARWICK BLAT SURREY
      61 6 WARWICK BLAT SURREY IN y gan off a fir, within the pr 233 runs Surrey die out of t:. ti five men need at or P ,°hf t Yor,. from '■J a v a:ne p Marwtrkshir' re m*t. h ri A r». and lurr miui afeandnnri'd rain In i- 84
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      SERVICE LOSE
      7 6 ALC KEDAH Con match here
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      FORM HORSES SHOULD WIN AT KL TODAY
      539 7 palitoy is a safe bet From ALLAN LEWIS rr\\ nj? at Kuala Lumpur this afternoon 1 be hard and fast. In these conditions n horses should be the best wagering y, Payeur and Hat trick arc the best bets id will probably all
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      All the latest selections
      243 7 *M-»N LEWIS TRESPASSER I £PSOM JEEF CALL BOY FCFNTER W ff* 1 FLYLITE AI. ADD IN ALADDIN ALADDIN ALADDIN Aladdin Tahiti Flytit* Sporting Ptek Flylite Sparttaff Flak Ftylit« Tahiti Running Footman Abundance J"* M_i»__ LIAXBA REDOUBLE THE MINX REDOUBLE Vi-.-hU Re«kn_l_k> Minx Redouble Forjjet Me Not
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      Skidkids are at it again
      187 7 Skidkids are at it again rpHE SKii^SKIDS OF 1 GLASGOW are in the jck of their seasonal struggles with their Boy's Cycle Speedway League .res. re are nin uteed teair.s. South there's Craigi Ka^Ls. Follock S.csrs. Eeohill RockeU and Camphill, ard North the Lambhill club, Hawthorn Fliers. Everard Eaeics. G
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      The 'Wizard' for Arsenal?
      79 7 IRRESPONSIBLE folk who have been writing off Stan Matthews as a hasbeen may have a shock before the stare of next season. Escapable Stan has always hankered after finishing his career In London and Arsenal are not unmindful of his publicity value, not to mention the
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      1953 M.A.A.A. FOR K.L.
      147 7 IPOH, Prt.— The 1953 Malayan Amateur Ath Assn. championships will be held' m Kuala Lumpur. the provisional dates oem? August 14 and 15. This was ckcided at the annual general m-etin? or the Association held this evening, with Mr L. D. E. Cullen. prcaidThe meeting decided
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      BOYS' CRICKET
      38 7 The cricket match between SJ.I and the English and Australian schoolboys now on holiday In Singapore which was schedribd to be olayed on the St. Joseph's Institution cjound yesterday was postponed to Monday owing to rain.
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      Corrichard is back at best
      286 7 X.L TRACKWORK (Russell), L/ who looks to be back to his besr impressed this oiorning. when he went better than Kingsgrove (Smith* and Skyrider < Jones) to dispose of three m 37, on the second grass track which is still fart. Corrichard appeared to do
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      1,184 WILL TAKE PART
      166 7 SELANGOR'S first Combined Schools athletic meet, to be held on the VJ. ground, XX. on Oct. 3 and 4. has attracted an entry of 1,184 students from 23 schools. Fifteen boys' schools are competing. They are Victoria In.<r Methodist Boys' School, Methodist Afterneon School. Pasar Road
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      BERGMANN LOSES IN HONG KONG
      67 7 HONG KONG, Pri. Hong Kong's table tennis champions Si Shu Chor and Fu Chi-fang beat British star Richard Bergmann to an exhibition singles here last night. Johnny Leach, international table tennis star, beat the Chinese players but Leach and Bergman lost to Hong Kong m
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      17 7 TAIPING, Fri.— Jollilad.s beat RA3C Sports Cl«b 2-0 at hockey yesterday. Joginder Singh and Narain Singh scored.
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      Today's acceptors
      691 7 KAC£ 1—2.15: CL. 4, I IHV. I— SAF. 1 352 PJ7i*-e lUiioh 9.00 2 870 Bow Tie Russell 8.12 3 700 Star Lodes Jones 8.t2 4NO Sp. Pink B. Ba^by 8.11 5 L 23 Aladdin Cbaries 8.10 6 63$ Variety Rerue. 8.09 7 750 Tahiti Lansdown 8.07 8
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      SCHOOLS BATTLE IN THE MUD
      292 7 Kota Raja School 4; Geylang Malay School 0. rpWENTY two of the Colony's youngest, best Malay footballers took the field yesterday m the Malay Schools annual Cup competition final at Jalan Besar Stadium. Kota Raja school won a deserving victory after a spirited, splendid performance
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      THE 'KEEPER IS A BATMAN'
      49 7 TW'ORTHANTS wicket keeper Brain Reynolds, fourth choice for the county but one of the best young prospects m cricket, doem't spend all his time polishing off batsmen When not playing cricket, Brian dVs another sort of pclishing— as O.C.s batman at Quebec Barrack*, Northampton.
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      First goal for Lodgers came in 30 seconds
      317 7 K.A.F. Lodgers 2; R.A.F. Ten-^h ft. A LTHOUGH winning home fry two clear g<. Lodgers should have had a greater score m Royal Air Force Malaya inter-unit cup fixture at Changi yesterday. Tengah had to stm throughout. The game opened sensationally, Spanswick
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      Draw for Island Club cup golf
      210 7 Draw for Island Club cup golf rwmE draw a:.« v s 'or th« laiand Cluj s I: A rapef.ticn is TODAY: 2 20: R W Winc^r C. A H. Batrm;. H Lade J Rajoo 16. J. W. Y. Eu 8: 2.45: A Bcaudoin 10. 2 50: D W. McMu.. L»>m
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      MATCHES OFF
      26 7 FOLLOWING Singapore United Services FA league tie* were postponed yesterday: Seni«r: IQ. Signals T. R.A.OC S.E.R v. REM.E Junior: R.A^.C. (.S) v. 443 BAD
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      RAPC WIN 2-1
      30 7 ROYAL Army Pay Corps beat R. yal Electrical and Mechanical Engineers by iwo go» lin a Services junior league tie played at Aycr Raja Road ftsI feßPdmy.
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      U.S. pledges support of ban on A-weapons
      365 8 NEW YORK, Saturday. fFHE United States yesterday pledged her support for the elimination of all weapons of mass destruction, including atomic, chemical and biological weapons from national armaments. But it warned the United Nations Disarmament Commssion that it does not intend before safeguards
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      Reds force divorce of refugees
      148 8 Reds force divorce of refugees BERLIN, Sat. COMMUNISTS m the East Zone of Germany are forcing husband^ and wives whose mates have fled to the West to get divorces. The anti-Communist "Free Jurists" a group of lawyers and judges who escaped from :he Easl Zone and took refuge m West
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      Blackout schedule
      114 8 SUBSTATIONS liable to load shedding tonight are: Serancooa Rd.. -SrnntU Estate Kolam A T «r. Arthur Koad. S porr **imiainc Cl.fc. r*njon e Khn I I T nj 3 f Katoatf. Broadrlck 5-* l y>t j Hotei c»««« Hfi I*}°t K r <>*••■ Park Hotel. Bcdok Chanri mi
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      ANOTHER ATTACK ON BRITISH CAMPERS
      303 8 bine and 18 cartridges from a hiding place m the woods but lost courage at tne last inomont belcre renewing his attack and threw the gun into a stream. Police believe that the attack was Inspired by the murder Ust week of Sir Jack Drummond
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      SWISS SEEK ARMS
      23 8 A Swiss military commission will go to the United States to examine the possibility of Switzerland buying American war materials.
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      CIGARETTE WINNERS
      72 8 rpHE draw for the cigarettes JL contained m the lighthouse en show at t ;> e Kong Hoa stall m the Singapore trade exhibition took place at the Tai Tong restaurant. Happy World, yesterday. Winning numbers were as follows: First prize. Nos. 4492. 2756. *****. 4403. *****. 4496
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      INSPECTION TOIR
      34 8 The British Minister of tea for Air. Lord DTJsle and Dudley, will fly from the Suez Canal zone 'to Cyprus today on an inspection tour of British Middle East n:r bases A.P.
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      42 8 picture. MKS. SAI/2U <i\RAGOZLOt (above) platinumblonde Egyptian wife of the Shah of Persia's master of ceremonies, claims to have sold "lots of Persian oil to Italian and other foreign interests." She said sale is easy: what is difficult is the delivery. A.P.
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      ROUND THE CAMPFIRE
      50 8 picture. rr\HE Deputy Chief Scout A of the Commonwealth and Empire, General Sir Rob Lockhart. opens the Grand Camp Fire of the South East Asia TrUrol Camp m Kuala Lumpur on Thursday night. Johnny Cardosa (m cloak) leads the Scouts m a yell of welcome. Free Press
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      Another British sailor arrested
      65 8 D. Mailer, second engineer of the British freighter Astyanax, was arrested m Yokohama yesterday on charges of refusal to pay a cab fare and with striking a policeman. However. the Japanese distri:t court freed Mailer after an official of Messrs. Butterfleld and Swire, the shipping firm
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      How Americans live
      33 8 The United States has shipped a pretzel machine, a chrome-plated truck chassis and a garbage disposal unit among other things to Turkey's international trade fair to show how Americans live.
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      Four men fear to climb out of death cave
      315 8 Four men fear to climb out of death cave LICQ-ATHERY, France, Saturday. POUR CAVE EXPLORERS huddled m exhaustion A yesterday 1,153 feet underground beside the broken body of their comrade, Marcel Loubens, who had fallen into the abyss. Mr. Loubens, 33-year-old industrialist, died as a death-defying rescue team was about
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      A THIRD KUCHING INCIDENT
      100 8 KUCHING. Sat. TWO armed and masked Chinese on Wednesday robbed a Chinese woman of a large quantity of money and gold at gunpoint, according to a report made by the woman's husband to the Kuching police. This was the third terrorist incident report d <n Sarawak
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      Permit to buy liquor
      74 8 PRETORIA. Sat. THE SOUTH AFRICAN Gov--1 eminent yesterday declared that a Chinese person must now obtain a permit belorc buying liquor. The announcement was made m the Government Gazette which delmed Chinese m South Africa :is 'Asiatics within the terms of the liquor act". This decision
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      Bradley dela ys Ike briefing
      203 8 WASHINGTON, Sat. PRESIDENT TRUMAN said -I yesterday that Dwight Eisenhower was offered top secret reports on world affairs a week or 10 days ago but Gen. Omar Bradley later anounced he did not relay the offer to the Republican presidential nominee. Gen. Bradley said m
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      Aly & Rita hold midnight meeting
      149 8 Aly Rita hold midnight meeting feur he y little while house "c fore he co One 1. pcunis of ba^ Prince off the were five big i Yasmin. HOLLYWOOD, v pRINCE ALY KHAN hurried to a f1v, Ur with his estranged wife, Rita Hav Uor th after he arrived m
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      CITRUS TALKS
      11 8 U.P. A 1 from keting B tions li with
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