The Singapore Free Press, 30 August 1952

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    Masthead
    18 1 The Singapore Free Press SALE IN MALAYA LARGEST AFTERNOON 18,484. SINGAPORE, SATURDAY, AUGUST 30, 1952. PRICE FIFTEEN CENTS
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    RED CAPITAL STILL BLAZES
    425 1 Pyongyang hit.3 times 1,400 PLANES IN 8-HOUR RAID mTJ^ M TOKYO, Saturday. North Korean capital of Pyongyang lay smoking, and ruined this morning after Allied planes had yesterday struck their mightiest blow of the Korean war. South African, Australian. South Korean and United States bomber squadrons
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    KILLER OF CHILD IS GIVES REPRIEVE
    32 1 KILLER OF CHILD IS GIVES REPRIEVE LONDON. Sat. iry, -Sir iifen Jren He was to c n executed next ■;ent -iry had ior I irder of Bowyer a fi asyital stai Reuter
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    New teeth at City expense
    33 1 Fmi SUff Reporter p.oyee of the SlngaA Council who n dvi given den- th, v Council conil to pay r the c >: of the X Abu Departin ice
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    KNIFE THREAT IN TAXI
    196 1 Free Press Staff Reporter AHOCKCHIA taxi driver was robbed of $22. by two passengers m a lane off Alexandra Road, Singapore, early this morning. The robbers hired the taxi oulside the Immigration Office m Havelock Road. When the taxi reached the lane. one of the men.
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    Reds reject Allied plan
    60 1 JJUSSIA yesterday rejected the Western proposal for establishing ceilings on armed forces of the Big Five powers and calling of a Big Five disarmament conference. The tripartite plan provides that the armed forces of the UJ?., Soviet Russia and China would be limited to 1.500,000 men
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    DSO FOR MAJOR
    34 1 Major Thomas John Jackson of the Welsh Regiment has been awarded the Distinguished Service Order "In recognition of gaUant and distinguished services In Korea." the British War Office announced m London
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    KASHMIR HITCH
    30 1 Secret negotiations between India and Pakistan on the Kashmir dispute apparently took a turn for the worse yesterday when the joint meetings at Geneva were called off. U.P.
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    Farouk asks money for 7 months old son
    242 1 Farouk asks money for 7 months old son CAPRI, Sat. FAROUK of Egypt said yes- j terday that the Egyptian Government should provide* money to maintain his son, seven-month-old King Fuad 11. in high style. For all Egypt seemed to care at the moment, said Farouk. the infant King might
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    77-YEAR-OLD CROWN PRINCE
    27 1 wmte-Dearaea, 7<-year-oia. Prince Mohammed Ali, who is next m Sine to the Egyptian throne, will be proclaimed crown prince to eight-month-old King Ahmed Fuad.
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    Tarzan may lose mate
    81 1 ACTRESS Arlene Dahl, the Hollyioood star, filed a suit for divorce yesterday against her husband, Lex Barker, the latest of a long line of film Tarzans. The blonde actress accused he r mate of causing her "grievous mental and physical suffering,'' and asked for divorce on
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    ARCTIC ICE CLOSES IN ON EXPEDITION
    151 1 COPENHAGEN. Saturday. TWELVE members of the British Greenland expedition are marooned and m serious difficulties, according to a radio message picked up here yesterday. The expedition's ship was reported wedged fast m the ice off Queen Louise Land a-nd m danger. A general! call
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    Singapore wedding
    32 1 Mr. Raymond De Castro and Miss Mary Prise ilia Edwards, who were married at St. Joseph's Church, Singapore, this morning. The groom is attached to Harrison Lifters. Free Press picture.
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    REDS DEMONSTRATE IN TEHERAN 'Down with US' shout 5,000:police stay away
    311 1 REDS DEMONSTRATE IN TEHERAN 'Down with US' shout 5, 000: police stay away TEHERAN, Saturday. VIVE-THOUSAND supporters of the Tudeh (Communist) Party ti»ok advantage of a 12-honr respite of martial law to stage anti-Western ma i meetings here yesterday. Shouts of "Down with America, down wiMi Britain" rang out from
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    Secret plane crashes
    57 1 England, Sat 4 NEW BRITISH expeni\ mental plane, taken from :he secret list onCy a few lays ago, crashed m flames :iear here. The pi"ot baled DUt safely. Nobody was hurt. The plane was a Boulton Pau] Pl2o— a delta-winged nachme specificially designed for aerodynamic research at
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    GERMANS FOR AUSTRALIA
    39 1 Mr. Harold E. Holt, Australian Immigration Minister, signed an agreement with the West German Government yesterday which will allow 10,000 Germans into Australia next year and a steadily increasing number m the following four years. Reuter
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    YOUTH CAMP
    30 1 Free Press Staff Reporter A party of eight from the Singapore Young Men's Christian Association will go to Tanah Merah Besar toHoy ftn rl*»ar t.hp sit* for a
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    This soccer was dangerous
    54 1 A passer-by probably saved the lives of five small boys playing a sandlot game of soccer with an old hand grenade m Genoa, Italy. Carlo Coffa, a soccer fan, stopped to watch the boys' game and suddenly ran and picked up their "ball." After «-_J. 1
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    A HUNGRY MAN PANICS POLICE
    62 1 Police rushed to the yards of Belgrando railroad In the Argentina, yesterday \*hon watchmen found tha; 17 loader freight cars had been opened during the night Instead of a bit? robbery they feared, the police found that a hungry man had taken one can of
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    Power: test at Pasir Panjang
    189 1 Power: test at Pasir Panjang Free Press Staff Reporter THE first test of the first boiler at Singapore's new power station under construction at Pasir Panjang wilfi be carried °ut within a few days, the Citj President. Mr. TP.F. McNeice, announced this morning. Mr. McNeice said: "Once the test has
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    Back on the run
    33 1 The first Japa ship operating on a new direct line between Germany and Japan, the Heian Maru. 6,849 torus of the Nippon Yusan shipyards .arrived at Hamburg yesterday. U.P.
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      25 1 M. Flirter&S. Grinberg Diamonds I: Jewellery 67, Stamford Rd., (Eu Court 81dg.,) Spore, 6. Telephone 7923. j| "•Hi pmmm>£V KB v Johore Bahru. landmarks! Tii
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    A Good Boy and a Naughty Boy!
    969 2 «iuy^MBiBb One boy gave others a chance to win a prize, the other submitted five entries for the same competition 4 YOUNG reader. Henry Tan. of 9. Vc ntun Road, Singapore, has written a let:- to me. and through thi? letter I kncn
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    Rupert's Spring Adventure—12
    78 2 Rupert's Spring Adventure 12 nuvcri uu/ii ujj oy t, 6 lor'esl way to Pona mSZI £,°T' k^ 1 c has n 9one Kr vhen a strange luolt >ittle strant/tr. 'Whp. you re one of the Imps or Spring, aren't you?" he soys. ''Yes, I am:' cries the Imji 'And, we're
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    CANTERBURY HAS A HUGE CATHEDRAL
    822 2 CITIES of the WORLD- 12 built many centuries ago ON a spring morning more than 1.300 rs ago. when the fair land of Britain had relapsed into heathenism alter its conques* by the Angles and Saxons. King Ethelben of Kent, looking out from nis city
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    Seamen have queer tastes
    87 2 STRANGE requests received from men at sea have been reported by thf London headquarters of the Seafarers' Education Service m Balham. More than a quarter of a million books are sent to seamen every year on educational subjects and hobbles. But some recent inquiries from British
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    Junior Contest
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    Onward the "Onslaught"
    675 2  - Onward the "Onslaught" SEAFARER wn THE MYSTERY SHIP TIM MANDERLY, the hero of this tale, reft his home m Plymouth, went to London and joined the "Onslaught' 1 as a cabin boy. The "Onslaught:- on a voyage of discovery to the Eastern Seas, called &t Sierra Leone on the West
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      43 2 Across: 1. Grub. 4, Plat. 7. Ray. 8, Eden. 9, Iron. 10, Snowdon. 15. Lark. 16. Vein. 18, Vex. 19, Wren 20, Reap. Down: 1. Glen. 2, Ure 3. Banjo. 5. Largo. 6, Tyne. 11 Nerve. 12. Dover. 13, Claw Snap. 17, Exe.
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      110 2 Junior Crossword i. The larva oi an inseci. 1 rfote a fffmlUW below natural A beam oi light 8. Famous Conservative state.-man. 9. The «t widely .pread of all metals expect aluminium. 10. The highx mountain m Wales. 15. Bird which sings as it mounts m the jir. 16. Vessel
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    BOGUS OFFICER SHOWED GIRLS PLANES
    223 3 BOGUS OFFICER SHOWED GIRLS PLANES Suppose they were spies?- J.P. THRFF LONDON, Saturday. [HRt evihans, with two girl .riends, wandered X 'ound the RAF. Flying College, M^nby, Lincolnshire, and got into an aircraft and examined the controls, Louth magistrates were told. Suppose these persons had been spies or persons ill-disposed
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    VOLCANO, YETABABY, GROWS 100 FEET MORE
    165 3 VOLCANO, YET A BABY, GROWS 1 00 FEET MORE MANILV bat T volcano oil the Luzon coast has -one 100 I n two months d i two- mile n or smoke. m --..j suCphiu >vernment surv over ano, mat* >; s Qe* he.ght to I g^d trorn 0 m floor
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    Acheson stays, says Truman
    69 3 WASHINGTON. Sat PRESIDENT Truman has announced that he has no ujiention of firing the Secretary of State, Mr. Dean Acbeson. as demanded by the American Legion. Mr. Truman told a news conference that if he made the answer to the Legion that he wanted to. it
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    SAME ACCENT
    45 3 Voices which remind U.S. trcops and touris's of home belong to some of the station announcers m British Railvay's eastern region. According to Eastern Region News, the similarity of speech between some of the East Anglian announcers and Americans has often been noticed.
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    TRAIN WRECK
    23 3 Twelve people were killed and 103 injured m a train wreck near Suchdol m northeast Moravia, says A. P. from Vienna.
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    CHANGES SOUGHT
    30 3 Universal adult suffrage, a chamber legislature v .;creased elected majoriy and the adoption of a ministerial system are among recomr ended changes n the nt British ana Reuter
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    BUCKLEY
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    Bridge Quiz
    354 3 respect your parii cr > j;-.-ajklty doui> e&. but uot poiiu where you let them s otr. If you play ~a: way. you wJI lose :r for profits wher? be sure the drcble red c the bst result but -se itoe chance '^o collect the he mak J'her
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    Advance guard
    22 3 A mile square locust offshoot of a larger ring more than iles, of Rajas !ia» farmland, ached New DelhL A.P.
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    YOUR LUCKY STAR
    493 3 OORN today, you arc probaMy interested m scientific matters and may have some definite inventive talent which, if put to work, ran bring you fame, recognition and perhaps a fortane. Your original ideas tarn oat to be practical. You know how to put things over that others
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    Girl with a long rope
    39 3 ON TOP of the world? Well, not quite, but Janet Leigh, in sweater and shorts, is undoubtedly bubbling over unth happiness. She can be seen in Singapore in Just This Once," a MGM picture.
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    PROHIBITED AREA
    27 3 The Australian Government, in a special gazette published in Melbourne, declared the Rum Jungle uranium field in the nothern territory a prohibited area. Reuter A.A.P.
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    Invitation from Mao
    35 3 The Chinese community of Java has received an invitation from the Chinese People's Republican Government to send a delegation to attend the forthcoming anniversary celebration of the Republic on October 1. U.P.
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    FIRST TIME IN 800 YEARS
    65 3 For the first time m 800 ears frescoes have been exosed to public view m the rypt of Canterbury Cathedral. The discovery was made by the removal of filing from two arches m St. Gabriel's Chapel. During the last war the hapel was used for
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    New techique in flight fuelling
    35 3 The United States tfavy has announced the successful levelopment of an in-flight fuelling system for its carrierbased aircraft. The technique was modelled after the British "drogue and probe" method.- Reuter
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    £2,500 IN PAPER BAG Actress denies diamond trick
    304 3 £2,500 IN PAPER BAG Actress denies diamond trick LONDON, Saturday. CHIRLEY SCHOOLMAN, 18-year-old drama student, was alleged at London Sessions to hay* carried m a brown paper bag £2,500 obtained for a deal m what the prosecution said were non-ex stent uncut diamonds. In the dock with the girl were
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    STRONG MEN WILL MEET
    43 3 STRONG MEN WILL MEET The two new strong men of the Middle East, Egypt's General Mohammed Neguib and Syria's Colonel Ahmed Shihiskay, are expected to meet for the first time when the Arab League Council is convened at Cairo on Sept. 10.^. U.P.
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      173 3 New Crossword No. 754 CLUES ACiiOSS 1 20 Police negative to doorstep pedlar <3, o. 5. 3> 6. N'jgative tocatlon-for present present? (7). 7. Not a negative tion (3) 9. Negative reply to call for encore (2. 4). 11. 18. Absolute negative-to housing applicant? (4. 7). 13. Habitual negative (4).
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      47 3 YESTERDAY'S SOLUTION.— Across: 1. Contraction. 7. Tot 8 Cabinet. 9. Nails. 10. Antic. 12 Digit. 14. Crumb. 15. Intense 17. Pea. 18. Debilitate! Down: 1. Cut and dried. 2. Nothing. 3. Races. 4. Cobra, 5. Inn. 6. Notice Board 11. Trumpet. 3. Tonal. 14. Cheat. 16. Tub.
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      238 3 RADIO SINGAPORE 10 a.m. News; 10.05 House* i wives's Choice: n New Rec< 1 p.m. Jerry Oray Orch 131 i News; 2 Aib :m of Harmony 2.30 1 Rh\Lhm Corner; 2.45 S 3.15 Fun with Music; 3.30 Tea Dance; 4.15 Southern 1 Serenade: 6.13 Sitmature Tune; 6.15 Ncv\>: 625 Th*
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  • The Singapore Free Press SATURDAY, August 30, 1952.
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      Carrying the baby
      253 4 IF we were writing 1 Japanese fashion column we should au doubt be recording that hales were being worn rather large ttllft season. And we should probably be blamed for a statement of the obvious. Yes, everyone is getting sick of the humbug abou; the poor, mis-
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      Good Example
      24 4 (d Neguib. J the nr E^vpt, fid of his couo. He dr >j P we or *ent r re to ■••oils man
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      On the beat
      150 4 WAVE of murder, rape and other crime Is causing alarm m New York. The American public is particularly disturbed at the ease with which these outrages h ive been committed. One 8 planation offered is th* c er increasing employment b the police of radio-cars fir patrol
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    Malenkov, 'The Fat Boy'
    886 4 Malenkov, 'The Fat Boy' DYNAMIC RUTHLESS BRILLIANT Cordon Young given a pen-portrait of the man most likely to succeed STALIN INTO the limelight as the most probable successor of 72-year-old Marshal Stalin steps a dark, stocky figure with hard steel-blue eyes 50 year old Georgi Maximilianovich Malenkov. His word, m
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    It Seems To Me...
    553 4  -  POLITICO DD ••^HOW Business ias*> was "hot" ent tainment not so much because we saw a lot of seductive feminine corves through these w^iv not lacking but because the Victoria Theatre is not air-cur-ditioned When the theatre packed and the footlights are full on it become*
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  • LETTER TO THE EDITOR
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      AH, the Pilgrim, walks to Mecca
      734 4  -  ALLAN McGregor By CAIRO. SQUATTING on the hot pavement as ho waits outside the French Consulate ir Cairo, Hassan All, m his travel-stained, yellowing burnous, looks happy but tired— he's just walked 3,000 miles Eight months ago. ho started out from hi* village near
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      COUNCIL STAFF 'INDEBTEDNESS'
      246 4 4T a meeting of the committee of management of the Singapore City Council Co-operative Thrift and Loan Society, Ltd held on August 15, Mr. D. E Siddons, the chairman of the committee of management (and not the chairman of the Society as reported m an article) denied
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      Propaganda ship' goes into action
      258 4 Propaganda ship' goes into action Americas new pro pa«/andu ship— 'The Count ng totJ action off th? island of Rhodes Vhi amn tion li "truth" and the target is centred behind the Iron Curtain. To enable broadcast* ugh to get In tac< m.ng oppos;t.» net has a 150.000 medium wave
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    Untitled
    55 4 "Don't forget to call on Auntie Maud m Plymouth— give my love to Cousin Qtady* uKa you get O Cardiff -i^ Archie won't like it if you don't look him up while you're m Blackpool— don't let Ronnie faU off, And rrmtmbtr tk* tercel for Aunt Kate m QUugow, and
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    NEW SWIMMING POOL PLAN
    156 5 It'll be built near King George V Park gINGAPORE City Council plans to build a $500,000 swimming: pool on four acres of Lrown land adjoining Kinjr George V Park. The pool which will accommodate at least 500 people, will be the third m the city. The
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    Colony rush to study shorthand
    132 5 Colony rush to study shorthand NtafT Reporter ;aries bem<, I t o stenograSingapore a.*e more yourv* tnd women to study and and typey. the Free Press d yesterday. 000 students are nj a mmercial classes v ing Men Christian and the Chinese v Sixty-flve per cent iy shorthand and .^rewriting.
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    Killed girl, gaoled
    57 5 JOHORE BAHRU. Sat. Yin Loong. of Singa- at Johor c v to one month's gaol fined $800 or a further month*' gaol. for sent driving and causing :eath of a woman cyclist. Sue Lan. used nad a previous n for a similar Pong knocked down the woman
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    BURMA TO OPEN CONSULATE IN S'PORE
    51 5 BURMA TO OPEN CONSULATE IN S'PORE BI'RMA will open a consulate m Singapore soon. Mr B. A. Thaung. former second secretary at the Burmese Embassy m Moscow, has been appointed consul. Burma is Malaya's second largest rice supplier and last year shipped over 47.900 tons of milled rice to th*
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    3 ALLOWED BAIL
    57 5 BATU PAHAT. Sat Two women. Tan Chee and Yeah Ah Bee. and a man, Khuah Hiam Hoe. were charged at Batu Pahat with possession of equipment for an opium den. The case was fixed for hearing on Sept 10. Bail of $300 each was allowTh e accused
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    Book design exhibition
    66 5 Book design exhibition Free Press S**ff Reporter A nine-day British Book Design Exhibition Is being planned by the Singapore Art Society and the British Council from Sept. 27. The exhibition, to be held at the British Council Hall m Stamford Road, will be officially opened on Sept. 26 at 5
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    Reward for his capture
    127 5 A KUALA LUMPUR Chinese businessman Is offering $3,000 for information leading to the arrest of a "barbarian" who desecrated his father's $12,000 tomb at the Chinese cemetery m Flying Club Road. The businessman, Mr. Tal Ec Keng, was called to the cemetery several days ago. He
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    TRANSFERRED
    71 5 BUKIT MERTAJAM, Sat.— Mr. J. A. Altken, District Officer Bukit Mertajam, has been transferred to Johore. He is succeeded by Mr. E. G. Hanroot. of Ipoh MR. LORy: PENG LLM, a Singapore journalist, will leave by air, on Sept. 18 for Britain where he wll br he guest of
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    NO LICENCE
    23 5 MUAR, Sat For opening a coffee shop at Asahan village without t licence, Wong Chee Kay was fined $25 at Muar.
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    $ 1m FACTORY to MAKE BISCUITS
    140 5 1m FACTORY to MAKE BISCUITS SINGAPORE will have a new biscuit factory m September. It will produce 270 piculs daily "untouched by hand- and cost $1,000,000 to build. The factory, \he sixth m the Colony, will employ 250 men and women and is situated m Ah Hood Road, Balestier. luilt
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    BODY FOUND
    33 5 KLANG. Sat— The body of a PWD labourer, who was reported drowned while working on the Sydney bridge on Monday, was found floating m the Klang River the next I day.
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    Dress show at Malacca
    94 5 MALACCA. Sat. Tickets have all been sold out for Malacca's first fashion contest, to be held tonight at Sandy Villa. Tanjong, About 700 people will attend. The contest has been organised by the Malacca Broadcasting Club m conjunction with its Seaside Dance m aid of Malacca
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    Blackout schedule
    75 5 SUBSTATIONS liable to load shedding tonight are: Kolan. Iff Koundar> UM i lorence Xi ,)|>t M>ra;i«oon. Vu» Cliv X .lie Rd. liovt. Printing Works, \\oodl«Msh Rd Bruddill Hrigbts. Happ> World Asia Kubtwr Lot. *.im> \ve Sa>. mil! >hrll C».. Lre Kobb-T Wk». Mtbatten network. <»th.i> >Ia- I)«ti.»Ii1 Hou»e
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    NEW BARRISTER
    25 5 Mr Georce John Okoll was admitted to the Singapore Bar by the Chief Justice Sir Charles Murray- Aynsley. n Wxeh Court v< -vrday.
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    Nine will get civil defence awards
    114 5 VTINE Singapore Civil Defence instructors will re'green' certificates on Sept. 2. One of them will be a woman. They are the first m Singapore to gain the award. The certificate is recognised m Britain as the highest award for a civil defence worker. ■p
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    Anglicans from Youth Council
    98 5 Anglicans from Youth Council A Malayan Anglican Youth Council to co-ordinate and expand the work of the Anglican youth fellowships m Singapore and the Federation has been formed The formation took place at the recent six-day Malayan fellowship camp held m Seremban. Mr. John Kanagaratnam, of Seremban, was elected president
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    School head goes on leave
    44 5 School head goes on leave PENANG. Sat. Mr. C. P. Purcell, Senior inspector of Schools, Penan£ left for Britain on leave Thursday. Mr. P. Dempsey. Examinations Secretary, Federation of Malaya, will be arriving m Penani next Tuesday to act as Senior Inspector of Schools.
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    CHEERS FOR THE QUEEN
    46 5 NAVAL Officers, senior ofti eers of the other Services, and visitors, including the Bishop of Singapore, the Rt. Rev. Henry Baines, Join m three cheers for the Queen at th e Royal Malayan Navy inaugural ceremony at the Singapore Naval Base yesterday.
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    $3,337 gifts for University
    33 5 The University of Malaya Endowment Fund received $3,337 m gifts during the week ending Aug. 23. Th« Ceylonese Federation of Malaya gave $1,750. The fund now stands at $4,847,--203.
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    CHARITY DANCE
    27 5 MERSING, Sat. A ronggeng and dance will be held tomorrow at the Mersing Senior Rest House, m aid of the University of Malaya Endowment Fund.
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    GOES ON LEAVE
    29 5 JOHORE BAHRU, Sat. Mr. A. W. Burne has become acting Warden of Mines, Johore. m place of Mr. W. E. Everitt who has gone on leave.
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    AMMO CHARGE
    27 5 SEGAMAT. Sat.— Police opposed bail when Sarpan bin Haji Hassan. 25, was charged at Segamat wt; n illegal possession of nine rounds of shotgun ammunition.
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    THREE WILL ATTEND MADRAS PARLEY
    130 5 Press Staff Reporter from Sin--1 gapore will attend the th In: *ial ConWork m m December, •Mr T E Smith (ing Secretary Of the So. I Welfare Department, told the Free Press yesterday, Mr. Rowland Lyne general ecretary ol the V Men's Christian Association, is
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    APPLAUSE AS THEY VOTE
    277 5 Freedom for Duchess SINGAPORE City Council yesterday passed, amidst applause, a motion to confer the Freedom of the City on the Duchess of Kent, who will visit the Colony m October. The motion was introduced by Mr. Yap Pheng Geek (Nominated) who said that it was
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    1,400 accept new pay scheme
    158 5 1,400 accept new pay scheme PENANG. Sat. rE 1,400-strong Federation Asian Customs Services Union has accepted the Federation Government* latest immigration salary scheme at negotiations held at Kuala Lumpur last week. But Inche Osman bin Ahmad, the union's temporary president, told the Free Press that the scheme was accepted "under
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    18 5 SEOAMAT. Sat— Tot selling milk without a licence, Athimulam, 48, wae fined $15 at Segamat.
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    26 5 BUTTERWORTH. 6at.-45ix men. one armed with a pistol, entered a coffee shop at Permatang Pauh, In Butterworth District and robbed the owner of $1,400.
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    Indian oranges will cut price
    200 5 Indian oranges will cut price Free Press Staff Reporter INDIAN oranges will lon the Singapore market m October Dealers who cannot e;*t supplies from hard currency areas are placing large orders with an Indian firm. A Fruits' and Vegetable Dealers' Association spokesman told the Free Press yesterday that the arrival
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    Provident Fund rule changed
    61 5 Provident Fund rule changed PENANG. Sat Penan* Muncipal Councillors, at their I monthly meeting yesterday, confirmed a decision of the Finance and General Purpose* I Committee to amend the Provident Fund rules by reducing the salary qualification from $40 to $25 month, with effect from Sept. 1 thia year. The
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    PREVIEW OF ANTI-RED FILM
    65 5 IPOH, Sat. Brigadier A de Burgh Morris, Chief Police Officer Perak. Mr. T. Q Oaffikin and Mr. Leong Yew Koh were among those who attended the preview of the an ti- terrorist film "The Right Path" In Hakka. at the Ruby cinema. Ipoh. yesterday. The film
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    Boxer dies after KO
    60 6 ZK boxei Nicholas Vamva- nas died m ittitni Red Hospital from cerebral i —.age after a fight at laikos Stadium or. Wedaight with Yugoslav boxer alas «as carried unconfrom the ring after two ♦o the jaw. He i«ptfM oomss but later fell into a rA died
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    BUKOM WIN
    17 6 Bukom defeated Stan *oak to on? tn a s league e^^e on C pudan -ay.
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    'LOCAL DERBY' AT M'NCHESTER
    299 6  - 'LOCAL DERBY' AT M'NCHESTER ARCHIE QUICK Today's U.K. soccer ties By YyITH 90 out of the 92 League clubs engaged m midweek matches, today's U.K. soccer results are very much m the lap of the greds. Injuries and the consequent team changes can wreck havoc with forecasting. The home shocks
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    TANCY LEE IS BETTER, SAID WILDE'S BOSS
    756 6  - TANCY LEE IS BETTER, SAID WILDE'S BOSS CHARLES BARNE77 The Jimmy Wilde Story By IN one Liverpool fuht, Jimmy Wilde almost came *to grief. He had beaten almost e\e:y flyu igh! contender. :o Major Wilson snsfestftd a match ,v.th the bantam bell winner, Tommy Noble. Teddy Lewis offered no objection.
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    Indians were 6 runs short
    305 6 Indians were 6 runs short nnHE weather was ftar and the wicket g for the start of the third and last day's play In the match between X at and the Indian cricket tourists at Canterbury I ?t«rrtw Tlv? miV/Ji was drawn. At Thursday's c ose Ken! were 49 for
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    BILLIARDS TOLRISEY
    30 6 T Singapore Y.MCA 1952 ball billiarcU caampion.or tiie Ti. J trophy will begin early tar the tournirr^ent. only f<v members A.i^»iaticn and Service- m on S°r>- ember 3
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    SHIRAI ACCEPTS GAMPO CHALLENGE
    218 6 y aj Shirii of Tokyo. *orki champion. and a Roy Higa. one of p-incipal challengers wil Tannv Cainpo, I title holder vf vourabie. nee was made j Cahn. Sh*m manager, ard by Pfgif Ichinose. wjxo Joo'c> after Blga's hiMl'iii int*re&U m Jpan. w«»« together at ihe
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    Russians volley hall champions
    73 6 Russians volley hall champions jjML 12 day international v tournament in I Dynamo stadium ed with the Russians reworld champ. hips, boh men and women Eleven participating na i drew daily crowds o! 40 000 m spite of almost uninterrupted rain. The final standings were Men Soviet Union. Czccbo>»vafcia, Bulgaria,
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    THEY'VE GOT TO THANK THE HAWAIIAN STARS
    174 6 T^HE Ohio State Ba-tryfts ar« ltt possession lOdrty r. infi'first m(Q$ senior National A* T U outdoor sv.iinmini t«. n; l^ani- hey can thank heir dt ep-ches*ed. s^roDiUOWd i slanders far U. Ohio Stare University sxrtmmers accounted !or six individual anc Ifed'ey re
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    ROVERS TEAM
    49 6 Rovers team lo meet Tamtt Physic; 1 Cuituimi \am <pitmi od Kuilh L'.irapßT At J»l*T. Be^r Stadiun tooiMrov wfU he ciMFen irom: Eng Hoe. Murray. Suppiah, Teow Keaf. Lim Swang. Morton, Vma*. John Hon. Mat Nor, Cothrie MLsaon. Boon Khim. Intlb Booa Lenog. Avtar Singh and lffchesa
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    Table tennis tournament
    21 6 Table tennis tournament b Uftfst: MU lads S A b c 5-0 Sb v> Kah Bark C 5-0. Übt Gov 5-0
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    HOCKEY WIN
    27 6 kimk... AsaodMiac jpema mm 1 hodker trim. ffc.:w#a\ Recratttni I lly match playrt a; Hj: 1 Green. Boih eorL- were .v h»lf by Bta:. Singh.
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      112 6 WEEKEND FIXTURES TODAY ATHLETICS: SMSI' meet J. Besar 2.15 pJK. SOCCER: SBHFA. East Asiatic v Jacks P»li»-r ground: Brew-crie* r Bata F. Park. SA> A Dit. 38. BODCA A' v SHB Police— CYMA. FRIENDLY: SAFA v Navy Dockyard Naval Base. CRICKET: Fed. Police v Siwre r>'ire— Th*ms*a R4. BADMINTON: SBA
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    EARTHQUAKE GOES BEST
    992 7  -  ALLAN LEWIS Training begins for Spore Gold Cup meet i 7 he ßosun m form By THhKh was almost a full muster of horses entered for the Hold Cup meeting on training tracks at Bukit Timah this morning. Van Breukelen's formidable team which arrived last evening were
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    70 7 photos. Mr. J. M. Masons. EARTHQUAKE Ellery pictured top. outside, and PINK GIN (Wahab) were the most attractive workers at Bukit Timah this morning. They did a winning gallop over five furlongs m 1 mm. 3 sec. Above: Shaw Stables' Cup candidates. GAMBAR MELAYU (Tulloh) on the outside, and TECHNICOLOR
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    DROBNY GOES INTO FINAL
    43 7 Jaroslav Drobny (Egypt) and Eric Sturgess (S. Africa > moved up yesterday to the final Of Italy's Dolomite Tennis tournament. Highly favoured Drobny beat Mika Branovich (ex- Yugoslav) 6-4, 6-3, and Sturgess won 7-5, 6-4 over Irving Dofman (U.S.A.). A.P.
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    SHELL WIN 6-1
    25 7 Shell S.C. defeated Fraser Neave 6-1 m a thrilling Singapore B.H.F.A. League Cup fixture at P.&N. ground yesterday. W. R Manning refereed.
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    GHQ BEAT SELETAR
    33 7 p H.Q. FARELF scored their third victory m the United Services Senior soccer league at Seletar yesterday, beating R.A.F. Seletar by one goal to nil. Woodhall notcned the winning goal.
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    WEIGHTS FOR S'PORE RACES
    472 7 BELOW are the weights for all 10 races on Saturday Sept. first day of Singapore Gold Cup meeting: CL. 1, DIV. I—l M. Cam bar Melayu 9.11 Woodcote Inn 8.11 Col. Whatnot 8.10 Entertainment 8.09 Acceber 8.06 Curlew 8.04 Gular 8.03 One Three Oa> 8.02 Jeunesse
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    Somerset take last berth in County table
    723 7 rpHE English cricket season is now m its dying: 1 days. Today sees the English football season start on its second week, but cricket lovers will have their last chance to see a County cricket i championship match, although a number of festival
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    £62,129 TO ARSENAL'S CREDIT
    119 7 £62,129 TO ARSENAL'S CREDIT IRSENAL FOOTBALL CLUB reported yesterday a re- j cord profit of £62,129 for the English football season 1951-52. Arsenal In that period finished third m the First Division behind Manchester United and Tottenham Hotspur, and reached the semifinal of the Football Associa- tion Cup tournament More
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    FAILS FOR 16th. TIME
    93 7 rO English swimmers were I forced to give up one for the 16th time attempts to swim the Channel from France yesterday. Dr George Brewster, 61, oi Southwark, who failed on his 15th try only last week, was pulled out of the water after making only
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    OVERSEAS BOYS BEAT VICTORIANS
    379 7 A VALUABLE second-wicket partnership by Callahern and G. McDermett, which realised 70 runs, and some effective bowling by Gilmour helped Overseas schoolboys beat Singapore Victoria School m a friendly cricket match at V.S. ground, yesterday. Overseas schoolboys knocked up 159 runs, and declared their innings closed
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    Easy win for Ip
    236 7 riKJ^-SfcfcDt^J X.. ri. Ip 01 L Hong Kong swept to another easy straight-set victory m the Malayan Lawn Tennis Association championships at Penang yesterday, beating Dr. B. T. Hammond 6-1, 6-0 m the men's singles. Of the two Siamese partnerships m the men's doubles. T Kamloon
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    U.S. tennis c'ships begin—lt was a fine day
    419 7 U.S. tennis c'ships begin— lt was a fine day rpHE United States A Lawn Tennis Championships began yesterday m the beautiful setting of the West Side Tennis Club at Forest Hills. The day was fine an^ warm and the courts were m splendid condition. There wai only a spi inkling
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    LEN FRY BACK
    51 7 LEN FRY returned to Singapore yesterday. Fry. who went to Australia for a short holiday, kept himself fit while at home. During his short stay in Perth he rode five winners. He expects to resume riding in Malaya as a freelance at the forthcoming Singapore Gold Cup
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    POSTPONED
    19 7 YESTERDAY'S services League Senior tie between H.MS. Terror and R.A F. Maintenance Unit at theNaval Base was postponed.
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    SETBACK FOR DR. MALAN
    324 8 Court declares Parliament's set-up illegal C APETOWN, Saturday. R, J. G. N. STKAISS leader of South Africa's A Tnited Party opposition, yesterday appealed to the Government "m the name of the great majority of our people's to abide by the law of the constitur*. .is foHowed
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    HURRICANE
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    RUSSIANS FOOLED BY CIRCUS TRICK
    176 8 RUSSIANS FOOLED BY CIRCUS TRICK MUNICH, Sat. AN entire circus which escaped through the Iron Curtain In real life has arrived here to enact a screen version of its freedom flight for an American-made film. The Brumback troupe, m business since 1310, was caught In Russian-occupied and Communist-ruled East Germany
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    POLICE RUSH TO FACTORY
    59 8 Armed police were erdajr to the Chi: owned South China Iron Works at Tfeuao Nan. m Hong Kong territory on the Chinese .land, where 300 Chinese employees demonstrated dismissal of 19 of c numb r The demonstrators dispersed voluntarily but the police >tood guard round the
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    Airlift extended
    30 8 Th* United States Air Force airlift for Muslim pilgrim < was extended another 24 hours yesterday to rush 500 more stranded pilgrims to the holy city of Mecca. U.P.
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    EXTRA FLIGHT
    28 8 Britiish Overseas Airwaj's Corporation will add one London-Hong Kong flight per week on Sept. l. giving the line six flights wppkiv ro and from London. A.P.
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    27 8 picture. THIS NEW IDEA m bearhwt>:ir comes from Italy. The wirfesleoved V-necked cotti.u blouse can be slipped over a swimsuit or be worn over slacks too. Reuter
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    Japs want to try Aussie
    227 8 TOKYO, Saturday. T<HE Japanese authorities have "infdrmaily inquired" whether the British Commonwealth Forces would turn over for trial an Australian corporal involved m a trallic accident, m which a child was killed. The spokesman said the Japanese officials o told the matter was "up to
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    Airport on "roof of the world'
    70 8 Airport on "roof of the world' NKW DELHI, Sat. Mi;. Nehru, Prime Minister of India, has ended a week's holiday to Kashmir where he inspected a new 'roof of the world" airport m Eastern l andakh on the border of Communistoccupied Western Tibet, it was reported last night. The airport
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    37 8 picture. A SCENE at the bar by the swimming port at the Tanflin Club last *Uht, when women members became hosts to 110 Servicemen, and their husbands «r father*— spent four hectic hoars as barmen Free Press
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    TEN ARE FREED
    25 8 Ten Catholic missionaries expelled from China, most of them after long months of i house arrest, arrived In Hong Kong yesterday.- A.P.
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    50 PILGRIMS DIE
    26 8 About 50 Indian pilgrims are feared to have died m a violent storm while crossing a 16,000-foot high Himalayan pass near Dhanna*ala^— Reuter
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    A flying grandfather disappoints 150 beauties
    164 8 A flying grandfather disappoints 1 50 beauties UR Bernard MacFadden Itl parachuted yesterday into a water-mellon patch on the outskirts of Paris, 50 yards from the Seine River, where he hoped to land m celebration of his 84th birthday. The millionaire physical culturist was shaken, but uninjured by his jump
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    RIOT IN A PRISON
    43 8 RIOT IN A PR ISON Seventy-one men m Tunis's main prison rioted yesterday fighting their way out of their cells into a courtyard but v* police vPrir oners \rerc reporte a. dec the French to trar.. c of tfce o *de.: Algeria.- A.P.
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    DUTCH CABINET
    30 8 THE HAGUE. Sat. Queer Juliana last night asked outgoing Soc: i i Mr. Willem Dree> to f( r new cabinet to solve the rry s 55-day-old cabinet U.P.
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    West agree on reply to Russia
    150 8 LONDON, Sat. TNPORMED officials said A yesterday the West has agreed informally to reject Russia's three-point plan for early big- four talks on Germany. But a new note to be drafted by the United Btates, Britain and France, however, still keeps the door open
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    THEY'LL SEE BRITISH JETS BEAT SOUND
    213 8 W FARNBOROUGH, England. Saturday. ORLD visitors to the British aircraft manufacturers' display her e next week will watch latest jetnghters breaking through the sound barrier. Several of the 50 planes m the show are able to exceed the speed of sound— 76o mph. at
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      IF RAFFLES HAD UNLIKELY THAT Raffles Place
      627 1 IF RAFFLES HAD UNLIKELY THAT Raffles Place WOULD HAVE BEEN FORMEF HAD HIS WAY IT IS MOST f Sunday <f«rirfj its affluent ks and bus! > he Raffles .nines *;ii :ui been whrt s > time an. little over jo. it out of the conflict D v. o men and
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      'DEATH TO TRAITORS'
      1021 1 This is a tale of New China, where blood-thirsty crowds roar their approval at public executions and where a family must pay for the "sins" of one of its members. h Free Press Saturday short story by CHIN HOCK rr\lE CROWD roared down at the three bent
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      RENDEZVOUS WITH THE PAST
      686 1 RENDEZVOUS WITH THE PAST K. S. CHIA keeps a VOT do not realise how times haw changed until you visit n place you loved years ago Then when you look at the scene before you, your me morv becomes a rendezvous with the past. As you recall the familiar scene
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      When Betty Hutton 'Raises Hell'...
      1229 2 When Betty Hutton 'Raises Hell'... BETTY HUTTON hates working with 'jerks'. Joan Fontaine says 'I'm remote MICH AEL DENISON complains 'you can f t generate passion by turning on a tap.. STEWART GRANGER is courting trouble OETTY HUTTON, who **is ending her Paramount contract after 12 years, has explained why
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      159 2 British films on the way THE IMPORTANCE I I BEING EARNEST A technicolour adaptation of the Oscar Wiide comedy with Michael Redgrave, Edith Evans, Joan Greenwood, Miles Malleson. Margaret Rutherford and Dorothy Tutin. Directed l.v Anthony Asquith PENNY PRINCKSS A musical comedy m technicolour with Yolande Donlan, Dirke Rocard and
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      THE LIFE OF DOCTOR JUNE ALLYSON
      502 2 THE LIFE OF DOCTOR JUNE ALLYSON DFD "'THE GIRL IN 1 WHITE" (Cathay) is the story ol Dr Emily Dunning who 50 years ago became America's first woman ambulance surgeon. As the lady is still alive one presumes that thf film is a faithful reflection of her life. If so
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      'ROYAL HERITAGE'
      62 2 Royal Heritage. 20-minutes short, (not yet m Singapore), the first British production m Eastman CoCour shows the oldest State ceremoniall m the world, the British Coronation Ceremony. It shows that the forms to be followed on June 2 next are mostly the same as those used 1,000 years
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      Ginger Rogers Satirises TV
      350 2  -  DAVID LEW IN By lIOLLYWOOD delivers its hardest slap yet m a new film called "Dreamboat" to its young tormentor, TV. And the star is Ginger Rogers, who not so long ago was offered £350.000 for a series of half-hour shows on TV. The film and
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      178 2 BUT HER EMPLOYE*} ARE NOT SO KEIH HOLLYWOOD, lARILYN Monroe, who thought the Yankee Clippers was a New England barber until she met Joe Dimaggio. now sponsors her uwn baseball team. The girl with the screen'^ sexiest chassis admits she knew nothing about basebaL until
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      609 3 CORONATION WILL BE HIS SHOW 4 POKER-FACED millionaire peer inherited aim i acres <>t" land a magnificent ;L :it the age of ie now is one of busiest men m la n la Duke >f Man tho man d the us of the last two th* corona H on of
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      1106 3 unturned from page 1.) about i year later. I wa^ surpr.sid to learn that he. tbcapeu ;rom Anchai. "I met him at the Yenan He told me oniy he and his wife escaped alive. Tru otht i .ad, inducing son, had been kill- J/IGHT MONTHS ayo i
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      59 3 photo. Lvery night the ivddcst of Wild West shows goes to town in Harringay. London, arena. One of the greatest thrills in the shoic •'Texas' is tricks with a rope performed by the famous American rodeo star. Buff Brady. Here Buff performs a double somersault throuqh a spinning
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      611 3 NOW I'VE GOT SOMETHING TO TALK ABOUT says Violet R. Ponnudurai gVERYTIME my friends went into a huddle to discuss their pet illnesses and opera lions, I had to sit back and listen with politeness tinged with envy. I had no gory details to disclose as to how part of
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      268 4  - On Mr Zatopek! What a rude, red sportsman you are! PETER WILSON writes :v. re I ha "to ien and I believed that B ■a wa (Iron Cur- and c of bu: s leiri In S B ..ese run ::.y 0 I :e offer.'Brutal play 9 j i of beat
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      737 4  -  BILL MOSS < Gallery of Sportsmen By ¥VAN VASS. Rovers and Singapore Amateur Football Association star, needs little introduction to local soccer fans. His friends on and off the soccer field are legion, for apart from his fine sporting qualities. Vass is also a pleasing personality.
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      41 4 r> LASGOW CELTIC inside for s rd J::T!inT W^lsh hasn't accepted lerms for ln thinking of )eaving Scottish football. -er has done In Souther:. Rhodes-.^.. and Jimmy will pi\ babiy par ncr him m the business.
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      30 4 IT Looks as- v Dave Walsh. Aston ViUa'k Irtsb Ictartonal rer.*re-for*-ard. will Unk up -with E\*ertoc Da^c has announced his engagement lo a Dro!»wTrh gtrt of th.n name.
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