The Singapore Free Press, 25 April 1953

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1 8 The Singapore Free Press
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    Masthead
    19 1 The Singapore Free Press Largest Afternoon Sale m Malaya No IS.WI Singapore Sat.. Apr., 25, 1951, Price 15 Cte.
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    CHURCHILL MAY QUIT JOB
    548 1 Premier m?<r*om#>.« Sir WittuUisti fHE Prime Minister last night became "Sir Winston Churchill, K.G.", unexpectedly accepting an honour he refused eight years ago. A Court Circular announced that the Queen had oestowed on him a Knighthood of the Garter— Britain's highest Order of Chivalry —m a
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    RESIGN HINT TO S'PORE M.C.A. MEN
    214 1 RESIGN HINT TO S'PORE M.C.A. MEN BY SIT YIN FONG MALAYAN Chinese Association leaders, headed by the President, Dato Sir Cheng-lock Tan will meet m Kuala Lumpur today to discuss the "chaotic state of affairs" m the Singapore branch. I understand that the feeling at the highest level m the
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    Vietminh threat to capital
    216 1 ILL STAY", SKIS LAOS KINC POUR Vietminh battalions were yesterday racing P towards Luang Prabang, the royal capital l of Laos. And the Laotian defence ministry rder d 1 r e e r ency mobilisation measures. Despite the serious threat to his capital King Sisavong said
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    MAJOR GETS D.S.O.
    34 1 Major Benjamin David Chapwan. Commander or a Company of the Norfolk Regiment, has teen awarded the Distinguished Service Order (D.5.0.) for "gallantry m Korea," it was announced m London last night.
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    Rubber price
    24 1 Singapore Rubber Martei opened this morning at 69 cents for first grade, May shipment, one cent Below yesterday's close. Tone was easier.
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    Ike: 'No miracle's
    10 1 ZUmoTanii TiTXtXI tnat m nation* peace.- Reuter
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    SHELLS FOUND ON NEW AIRPORT
    40 1 Workmen en the new airport site at Paya Lebar, Singapore, yesterday lound five live Japanese shells. They were two-and-a-nali feet below the surface of the earth. They will be destroyed by Army bomb disposal experts.
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    Army 'wife' was kept woman
    65 1 Army wife' was kept woman A BRITISH officer said to hare lived m army hotels m Vienna with a woman he brought to Australia and falsely declared to be his wife has been sentenced by court martial to dismissal from the army. An official spokesman said the officer was Captain
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    THE STAR OF THE GARTER
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    Why he may retire
    152 1 Why he may retire ACCEPTANCE of a Knighthood by Mr. Churchill inevitably raises speculation whether he U abont to retire. The Garter usually Roes with a peerage which distinguished Ministers almost invariably receive when they give up active politics. But there is nothing definite about It However Mr. Churchill may
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    $210 BILLION VOTE FOR ARMS
    303 2 Pact nations to build-up despite Soviet peace gestures rpHE Atlantic Pact Council yesterday launched a defence programme expected to cost more than U. 5.570.000.000,000 ($210,000,000,000 Malayan) next year, the biggest m the four-year life of the alliance. Most of the money to be allotted by
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    3 matadors won't fight bull-fined
    134 2 3 matadors won't fight bull-fined I EADING Spanish matadors were arrested and fined about £150 sterling each at Seville on Thursday night, for refusing to continue a bull fight. The Seville arena had been turned into a quagmire by pouring rain but after taking off their slippers to get a
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    64 2 Captain Joseph McConnell, of Aflple Valley, California, 27th t Jet ace of the Korean war, is rescued m two minutes after hitting the water by a U.S. Air Force H-19 helicopter. McConnell had just shot down 'his Bth Mig when his F-86 I Sabre jet was hit by shell fire
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    REDUCE TAX CALL
    25 2 A 20 per cent reduction m Amrrican tariffs has been recommended by the United States Council of the International Chamber ol Commerce.
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    Pakistan govt. tightens the official belt
    125 2 rE NEW Pakistani Premier Mr. Mohammed All. yesterday announced stringent eovernment economy measures m an attempt to produce a budget surptus by the end of the year. The heads of th^ diplomatic missions to Brazil. Spain. Scandinavia. Italy and Japan are being recalled. Pakistan
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    SETTLERS LEAVE MAU MAU LAND
    159 2 piTROPEAN families m Kenya are putting up their farms for quick sale and asking: about passage to Britain m increasing numbers, Nairobi estate agents and travel firm said yesterday. Hundreds of European school children m the central part of the colony have been sent by
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    Seven to die for murder
    85 2 SEVEN natives were sentenced to death m Nairobi yesterday for the murder of a white farmer, Mr. R. E. Ruck, his wife and son and a native servant during a Mau Mau attack. Three other natives were round guilty of taking part m the murders
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    CROWNING DELEGATE
    19 2 The West German ViceI Chancellor, Dr. Franz Bluecher. will represent West Germany 1 at the Queen's Coronation.
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    BURNING SHIP LISTS OVER
    60 2 FIREMEN on the burning Danish luxury passenger ship Kronprins Frederik were farced to run for safety when the vessel took on a sadden sharp list. The ship had been ablaze at her moorings m Parkeston Quay, Harwick, for eight hours when her supporting ropes snapped on
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    VOTING BAR ON WIVES
    341 3 5 'pore husbands want to keep them down, say women Free Press Staff Reporter it USBANDS are to blame for Singapore women n not registering as voters, said the women's leaders yesterday. "The men," they added, "don't want their wives to be too enlightened." They were
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    TOO MUCH RUBBISH IS THROWN AROUND
    159 3 Free Press Staff Reporter YIR. J. EPHRAIM, the Asst. Superintendent of the IVI City Cleansing Department is l"d fcnant Tw nan people m Singapore throw their rubbish m the drains or on the roads and side-lanes yesterday: "There I seems 'to be no end
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    ALLIED NAVAL CHIEFS CONFER IN MALTA
    47 3 Allied Naval and Air Com-manders-in-Chief m the Mediterranean conferred with Admiral Earl Mountbatten. NATO C-in-c Mediterranean, at Malta yesterday. The conference, first to be held since the Mediterranean Comm and was set up last month, covered matters of common interest. A.P.
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    JETS FOR CEYLON
    24 3 .Ceylon's growing armed services arc> to be .strengthened by in c addition of three jet fighter ■juadrona and a modern British
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    Radar for motor cars
    82 3 A SWEDISH manufacturer. Mr. Gosta Nystrom, has invented a gadget designed to prevent traffic accidents. It is claimed to be the first radar equipment especially made for motor cars. If mass produced, it will cost only about $200 Straits. The big boon of the gadget will
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    The couples who offer 'a night of fun'
    249 3 The couples who offer 'a night of fun' By P. M. RAMAN DEWARE of the well-dressed couples who try to befriend you m Singapore's beaches, cinemas, cafe s and dimly -lit streets. THEY ARE AFTER YOUR CASH. The couples usually a young man and a young woman offer you a
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    CZECHS STEP UP ARMS BUDGET
    24 3 Prague Radio s aid last night that Czechoslovakia is almost doubling its budget allotment for military and security expenses.
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    AUTHOR ENVOY
    21 3 Paul McGuire, leading Australian author, lecturer and publicist for the Catholic Church, was yesterday appointed Australian Ambassador to Dublin.
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    Chinese plan big bank in S'pore
    120 3 SOME Chinese building contractors, rubber dealers and bankers m Singapore are planning to start a new bank In Singapore. The bank will have an authorised capital of $10,000,000. It will be purely a Chinese concern and shares are open only to the Chinese. An
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  • The Singapore Free Press SATURDAY, April 25, 1953. Opinion
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      VILLAGE PANIC
      275 4 SPHERE was a time when people m their ignorance shunned the hospitals. They went only as a last desperate resort, after the quacks had finished with them. This Ciass or people now know better than to place their lives at the mercy of herbs and incantations. They have
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      WHO WILL PAY?
      125 4 THE flood waters meet with no obstructions, but apparent--4y plans to overcome tne floods ilways do. Hitherto one of the main difficulties m tackline the flood problem has been the division of responBib'lity between City Council and Rural Board. Now that the principle of island-wide planning has
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    Korea Throws up a 'Monty'
    898 4 Korea Throws up a 'Monty' GENERAL PAIK SUN YUP IS AT 32 ONE OF THE WORLD'S MOST BRILLIANT MILITARY LEADERS. TRAINED BY THE JAPS, THE RUSSIANS AND, LATTERLY, THE AMERICANS HE ROSE FROM LEUTENANT TO GENERAL IN SIX YEARS. HIS POPULARITY IN SOUTH KOREA RIVALS THAT OF PRESIDENT SYNGMAN RHEE.
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    39 4 British films have achieved a "scoop" by obtaining (iresory Peck for the filming of Mark Iwiin's "The Million Pound Banknote/ Peek and Earl St. John, (J. Arthur Rank) shake on the deal. Story's setting is the London of 1900.
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    BY THE WAY
    281 4  - BY THE WAY BEACHCOMBER By A PTER reading of interminable about trafflc-lighu. v occur red to me that I have neter seen the mystery of the city of Luxemburg explained. Sitting one day on one the Avenue de °u Liberte. I suddenly reai^ that there were no ffi lights, nor
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      13 4 r&^tLit mm j» WATCH SA, Change /(^^M Singapore 1 F^J^ Tel. 3348 JglSyr
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    RATEPAYERS TOLD: YOU GOT CITY FACTS WRONG
    405 5 Councillors: 'We are doing our best Free Press Staff Reporter City Councillors and senior officials yes- terday denied allegations of inefficiency and delay made by Mr. S. H. Peek, the vice president of the Ratepayers Association, at its meeting on Thursday. Said Mr.
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    CIVILIAN CHEW GETS C-in-C TESTIMONIAL IN S'PORE
    81 5 CIVILIAN CHEW GETS C-in-C TESTIMONIAL IN S'PORE Free Press Staff Reporter f E G.0.C., Singapore Base District, yesterday. Major General A. G. O'Carroll Scott Presented the Commander -m Chief s Testimonial to 32-year-old Mr. Chew Seek Hong, a civilian employee at 41 Base Workshop (Vehicle) R.E.M.E. The presentation (seen, here)
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    They can go on wearing uniforms
    133 5 Free Press Staff Reporter rIE FEDERATION Government's ban on th e wearing of uniforms by members of political parties is not likely to be followed by similar legislation m Singapore. Singapore benevolent societies —like funeral associations— have musical bands which wear distinctive uniforms. Such
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    Anzac Day service at Cenotaph
    162 5 Anzac Day service at Cenotaph TODAY'S dawn silence at the 1 Connaught Drive sea front. Singapore, was broken by the singing of the hymn 'O God Our Help by about 100 men and women who gathered at the Cenotaph to commemorate Anzac Day. Singapore was represented at the service by
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    PRINCESS' EAR
    42 5 WHEN A CHAP is two, an era is something far more interesting than looking at a cameraman taking pictures. Jo Prince Vajiralongkorn deft), heir to the Siamese throne, plays with the ear of his sister. Princess Unolrat Rajakanya Siriwatana. U.P.
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    Nanyang to enrol students
    72 5 Nanyang to enrol students THE Secretariat of the proposed Nanyang University may start to enrol students m September. It is now making a PanMalayan survey on the number of students who may join the university. Chinese middle schools m the Federation and Singapore have been asked to help with information.
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    REBEL CLASH
    19 5 Rocket-firing guns were used by Karen rebels m a big clash with Burmese Government forces near Thaton.
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    More girls, new floor for cabaret
    90 5 More girls, new floor for cabaret WORK has started on a $300,--000 project |o retiormte and air-condition the Great World cabaret. The management has plans to increase the number of taxidancers from 98 to 200. Mast ot the new hostesses will be from the Federation. The seating accommodation will be
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    FILM AT Y.M.C.A.
    27 5 A first-run Twentieth-Century Fox film. "The Eve of St. Mark." will be screened at eight o'clock tonight, m the V.M.C.A. hall, Orchard Road, Singapore.
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    THE SECRETS WHICH 'EVEN A DOCTOR SHOULD NOT KNOW'
    663 6 THE SECRETS WHICH 'EVEN A DOCTOR SHOULD NOT KNOW' The Pope expressed anxiety at a raisunderstandmji over the relative places of the priest and the psycho-analyst m solving intimate personal problems. TIE intimate secrets of the individual belong not to the doctor or the psycho-analyst, but to the confessional. Pope
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    CORINNE CALVET
    13 6 STHiMES A POSE THAT WELL APPEAL TO AI¥Y MAN. SAYS HOLLYWOOD
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    Write truth about yourselves
    275 6 BOOM TOWN FOLK ASKED-^ A POSTMAN aged 17 was one of I.2<H) people to set a quii form about the industrial Boom Town m which he lives. The form said: "Say what you like. You need not give your name and address.' And he wrote back:
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    Britain hit by scientist shortage
    165 6 Britain hit by scientist shortage A KSJFi'** ists and teSnwLu't'lseriously threaterim- V tish leadership fn u g > al development aft 1 Government may action to overcome it m Industry, Servio vi and the university a^ for thousands more t^ men^and women^ ..^^/y Supply offiSV and it is getting worse
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      60 6 The Name "STANDARD" m the field of LABOUR SAVIHQ EQUIPMENT (Lotv Cost iviih better Production) c ß ?rN c o Ten times faster tin" digging m lfi Bores fnoi 8" ffith diameter b y 31 extension P-P" W^ cafl accomplished. *Bor«i2oto3oorigg size post holes m one n, pp^ts. wells, etc.
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    It's a safer Britain for under-45's, says report
    260 7 irCIDENTS m the home— A mainly from burns, scalds, falls-are kMin<r more Children than accidents on Si road. Britain's Chief Medical Officer. Sir John rharles. warns. Britain is nevertheless becoming a safer place to live m for people under 45. parting on
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    FASTEST SUBS MADE IN SECRET
    76 7 rE world's fastest "hit-and-run" submarines are being bui:t m secret by the British Admiralty. After years of experiment, scientists and naval architects have evolved the perfect cigarsubmarine' 1 which is shorn of the speed— reducing obstruction of the conning-tower on conventional submarines. New alloys and
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    WOMAN COLLAPSES -HOUSE ROBBED
    49 7 Mrs. Edna May, aged 70. was found lying m her nightdress outside her home m West End*ne. Hampstead. She said .she answered the door-bell just af ter midnight and someone Pushed pa.st her. The house was finsarked. Mrs. May was uninjured but suffering from shock.
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    SIXTH SKELETON
    30 7 The :-keleton of a man found HauxJey, Northumberland, ll 10 be examined by arrhaeo! ■>- tots m Edinburgh.' Thirty years *?o five skeletons were found ln the same area.
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    STRONG MEN'S ALE
    27 7 First, prize for a Coronation jJB-of-war contest at Saffron •*&lden. LXsex, will be one ttlJ" 1 of beer toi each man of the team.
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    The girl in 'Dreomboat'
    43 7 A "parallel" or platform on the 20th Century-Fox back let m Hollywood makes a pleasant place to play for blonde Anne Francis, bright new cinema star. Anne recently co-starred with Clifton Webb and Ginger Rogers m the comedy "Dreamboat."
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    THE L-TEST MUST STAY, HE SAYS
    245 7 Transport chief tal ks about that row MR. Gurney Braithwaite. Parliamentary Secretary to the Ministry of Transport. de- j •clared: "The motor-driving test must remain." Then he sooke of "the controversy surrounding the unfair allegations gainst the Ministry s examiners. 'I have noticed In
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    SHY, WELL, JUST IN 8 LESSONS...
    338 7 THK wife of a divorce commissioner is all set to help the shy and tongue-tied. She is Mrs. Amber Blanc* White grey-haired 66-year-old wife of Mr Commissioner Blanco White. Mrs. Blanco White believes that at least half their trouble is not understanding the art
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    WHEN 1s. IS TOO MUCH
    33 7 Because old-age pensioners cannot always afford a shilling for the gas meter, the North Thames Gas Board Ls to be asked to j?ive them priority for pe«ny-in-the-.slot meters.
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    PLANE MISSiNG
    25 7 A navy plane with five on board waa missing yesterday and believed to have crashed m the sea off Point Loma, near California.
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    Runaway car falls 30 feet
    255 7 SOMETHING went wrong witu the brakes while 55-year-old Mr. Robert Belchamber was driving cautiously down Countlsbury Hill m Devon—prominently signposted "Steeo Hill, L)anger." B-side him— in the £350 car Mr. Brichambrr bought only last week— was his sfrrt ;arv. 52-year-old Mrs. Doris Buchanan. They were
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    FELL UNDER TRAIN —UNINJURED
    41 7 Mr. William Harrison, aged 52, of Salisbury Road. Kilburn. escaped injury when he fell m the path of a West-bound train at EarLs Court Station. He lay !n the safety pit as the train passed above him.
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    Methodists' Party
    478 8 Fun— after hard work ipORTY-EIGHT delegates from Burma, Sumatra, Sarawak and Malaya are now m Singapore attending the South Eastern Asia Central Conference of the Methodist Church The seven-day conference, which is being held at the Wesley Methodist Church, will end tomorrow. One day this week, the delegates
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    Smiling delegates from Sumatra
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  • Page 10 Miscellaneous
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      97 10 M• -V ft •V <f£slf A SI i :^ft k A l|> MsM "THE SAINT es e Charteris TARZAN k y Edgar Rice Burroughs j.^g by Hubbard |}*«er>»r7wai2£ae"S^? r T-and wumokt /"but ip mr tom cmxsebv H |Tn^ ;not m -me «st\ I -rucoc»-TUin-«a4ttJiD ki^^ \ME TRIES TME MAIN GCOUP
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      610 10 YOUR LUCKY STAR the hard workers of «k world. You are quick t* »2 v i' duty and faithful i* dSL'T \ou have a strong Z jus ice and believe that each i? d.vidual get. out of W^Sadh what he puts into U Conseq^t ly. while you are inherent!, generous,
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    Women cheered by bachelors
    1028 11 Women cheered by bachelors KAY MURRAY writes from matvhungry Washington The U.S.A. as a woman sees it rpO MAN-HUNGRY Wash- ington, where women outnumber men three to one, one of the happiest manifestations of the present regime is the abundance of bachelors it has dumped m its midst. The youngest
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    Bridge Talk
    311 11 Holh sides v v I Mc i al> W* has? dealer OK 111 |XII V I 0 A 10 5 Z 10 y 8 7 2 WOW KAtft A i. !0 7 4 J R 2 O H» 6 VHM o QJti 0 k h g J r,
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    Heads for Coronation
    83 11 photo. Mr. J. F. Mason, aged 72, of Walling ion Surrey, applet final dab of paint to one of the comic heads he is presenting to Wailington Council for use m the towns Coronation parade. He plans to make a dozen of them. Mr. Mason makes the
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      65 11 Singapore's ONLY Air Conditioned a mill t lEW t iIIIAIIKT (Off Maxwell Rd.) Presents "ALL OLD FAVOURITES NIGHT" si \i>\Y ii iiame :i ro<ii\>i > PONGGOL KESTHOUSE Hwivl iUtr A HfMtaurani (FORMERLY THE JAPANESE FISHING POND) AN IDEAL SPOT FOR A SEA-SIDE HEALTH RESORT PICNICING. SWIMMING, FISHING Or BOATING EVERY
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      78 11 Today's Crossword across 1 d j C I P ggp W~ I ~y T if ad'xnnvnt'' 5' p tm m ?!i *30 "itfh^anv 'dr. bar* l«l M. Drive a **rv «1 BHore toj I .ntiir 'strict vrled 1 16 l t. Woody ioqu.»Uy »p««k.-«i« (3» A^ow^wpe f°or change W* ykstfjumy
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    ENSLAVED GIRLS CAN GET FREE
    329 12  - ENSLAVED GIRLS CAN GET FREE G. T. BOON By BEHIND the report that centres exist m Singapore for trafficking m women, lies the story of how Chinese women and girls buy their "freedom", from their masters. The unfortunates who fall into the clutches of traffickers belong to the poorer working
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    At Bandoeng
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    Local dresses hold their own with West
    139 12 Local dresses hold their own with West IN South-Fast Asia there is stiff competition between "store-bought" dresses worn chiefly by Western women and local costumes worn by Asians. In Bandoeng m Indonesia, a fashion show was held to show the distinctive features of both types of dress. The Dutch woman
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    WINDS KILL 10, INJURE 400 IN U.S.
    41 12 Baby tornadoes and a winjj of almost hurricane fore 4iit three southern states lr» America over the week-end killing 10 people and injuring more than 400. Property damage was estimated at millions of dollars
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    GOLD BARS SEIZED
    43 12 Six hundred taeLs of gold bars valued at HK$ 180,000 were discovered yesterday aboard the Norwegian freighter, Sunnyville, on its arrival m Hong Kong from the Philippines. The gold was confiscated and one member of the crew detained lor questioning.
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  • The Pressman's POSTBAG
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      SEASONED
      106 12 MY heartiest congratulations to Carbon Monoxide Absorber. You actually took the words out of my mouth. Why is it that the city authorities permit such dilapidated old buses, which are fit only to be thrown into the sea, to run through the streets of Singapore, conveying thousands of human
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      EXTRA MILES
      168 12 SINGAPORE Traction Co. is O considering increasing fares owing to the extra mileage its buses have to travel as a result of the one way traffic scheme. The S.T.C. is shown to be managed by people who forget that those on whom monopoly rights are conferred have an
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      ZEBRA ZOO
      117 12 I WAS delighted to see that you saw tha news value m Mr. Haxworth's remarks about laying into pedestrians who walked pig-headedly across the zebra crossing, with a stick by printing them m heavy type. What does Mr. Haxworth want us to do. cross m crocodiles? We will
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      HEARSAY
      98 12 WOULD "Pro-Nurse" kindly note that when speaking over the telephone the caller cannot see you. He can only hear your voice. So I would suggest that no matter how frustrated, or hardworked, the nurse might be at the moment, it should be her duty to ask politely (she need
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    To be officers
    42 12 picture. Sergeant -Major Peh Tek Foo and Sergeant Heron bin Ismail have left the R.A.S.C. School at Nee Soon for England They are the first two Malayans selected for training m Britain for a British Army commission.- Free Press
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    RICTS IN BOMBAY
    56 12 Pclice opened fire twice m Hubil. Bombay, yesterday to disperse demonstrators agitating for the immediate formation of a separate Karnataka state (of people speaking the Kannada language m the Southern parts of Bombay state). Three people were hurt m the shooting and 25 injured when police charged
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    MORE IMMIGRANTS
    22 12 President Eisenhower yesterday asked Congress to authorise the special admission of 120.000 immigrants a year for the next two years.
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    Any grouse?
    33 12 i HAVE you a grouse? Have y<tu a bright idea? Have you seen anything strange, or unusua'? Then write to the PRESSMAN and tell others about it m his POSTBAG briefly.
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    IPOH GIRL WEDS IN SINGAPORE
    67 12 IPOH GIRL WEDS IN SINGAPORE A SINGAPORE merchant, Mr Siauw Mci Kei, sixth son of the late Mr. Siauw Yong Kee, and Mrs. Siauw, with his bride. Miss Juliet Lee Siew Chin of Ipoh, who were married at the Singapore Registry. The couple will fly to Hong Konff for their
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    Film Star Advised the Love-lorn
    807 13  - Film Star Advised the Love-lorn HAROLD HEFFERNAN IRENE DUNNE ABANDONS "LONELY HEARTS' COLUMN By HOLLYWOOD. IRENE Dunne has an--1 nounced that no longer can she be counted m the ranks of th e "sob sisters." Not many of her friends knew it few of them read the fan magazines— but
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    WITH MASON
    23 13 Moira Shearer acte opposite James Mason m M-G-M*s "Story of Three Loves." Mason plays her impreasario-lover. Moira (left, below) also dances
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    STARDOM FOR MOIRA
    401 13  - STARDOM FOR MOIRA ROBERT OTTAWAY When her dancing prime is past she can turn to dialogue. T*HERE comes a time m every ballerina's life when she has to hang up her dancing shoes. (The only exception to the rule seems to be Markova. who at 44 still enchants). Death comes
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    END OF A HONEYMOON
    82 13 AFTER the honeymoon la over what? The bride was film star Joan Rice. The groom was David Green, Harrow-educated son of comedian Harry Green. They were married last month. HE came back— to find he was out vi a job. SHE came back— to ask the
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    Arsenal v. Preston for the title
    527 14  -  JIM CHAMBERS Both teams at full strength By ENGLAND'S football season virtually ends today. Many of the 92 league clubs have brought forward their fixtures to avoid bad gates because of the televising of the F.A. Cup final at Wembley. Today's games and a
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    RUGBY LEAGUE CUP FINAL TODAY
    228 14 WEMBLEY STADIUM will be flCled to its capacity of *****0 for the third week m succession when Saint Helens. head of the table, meet Hudd'Tsfleld m the Rugby League cup final today. The finalist* are undoubtedly the mmi ouUtandin* teams of the nea■on, and Northern
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    NEWCOMERS IN AUSSIE XI v. WORCS
    194 14 NEWCOMERS IN AUSSIE XI v. WORCS cIX newcomers to English Cricket conditions will be among the Australians to play Worcestershire. "The "new boys" are: Colin MacDonald (Victoria), an opening batsman: Richie Beanud (New South Wales), an all-rounder with an attractive batting style and bowler of leg breaks: Ron Archer Queensland),
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    £15,000 FOR ROBLEDOS
    56 14 NEWCASTLE United, the football league Division 1 club, have accepted a fee of £15,000 for the transfer of George and Ted Robledo to the Chilean club Colo Colo m Santiago, Mr. Stanley Seymour, United's chairman confirmed yesterday The Chilean born brothers cosi Newcastle €27,500 when they were
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    EGYPT LEAD AUSTRIA IN DAVIS CUP
    100 14 EGYPT won the only singles match completed yesterday m the first round European Zone Davis Cup lawn-tennis tie against Austria m Cairo. Marcel Coen (Egypt) beat Fredi Huber (Austria) 1-6, 3-6, 6-2, 6-3, 6-2 m the opening match but the second singles between Ally
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    THE ARMY SHOULD BEAT CEYLONESE
    598 14  -  SKIPPER Spore cricket tourney By second week of the Singapore Cricket Associax tion's Senior Torunament will see the following teams m action: Section B" Army vs. Oylon Sports Club at Nee Soon. Navy vs. Police Sports Clnb at Naval Base. Section "A"— S.C.C. vs. Royal
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    PARK SOCCER
    35 14 Genial Youngsters team to meet Owen Youngster* m a soccer friendly at Farrer Park today us: Gopie; Bakar. Puman; Rajoo, Thamby. Awang; Narayanan. Rama. Jamal. Vijayam, Xavier. Reserves: Karma, Lim Kang and Veloo
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    29 14 photo. A midfield heading duel m yesterday's soccer match at Jabn Besar Stadium between Singapore and the South Koream tourists. The game ended m a scoreless draw Free Press
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    PENALTY BEATS THE MUSLIMS
    129 14 yOUNO Men's Muslim Association have themselves to blame lur lcsine their SAFA Youth tourney game against Pulau Brani Boy* Club yesterday on Victoria Scnool jrounc. The score was one-all against them Both sets of forwards fell to pieces m front of the goalmouth In the first
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    U.S. WOMEN IN FINAL
    26 14 Doris Hart and Shirley F*T n*| in^'e finals of ms tournament m ChlngfoM. b"» tcdav as expected. to th< Rosemary WaUh. 6-S._t*
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    CIVILIANS-POLICE TRIUMPH
    386 15 Four fights fail to go distance Free Press Boxing Reporter |T was a hectic night! Four bouts failed to go the 1 distance— three rounds— and those that did were action packed. But perhaps the best battle of the ni^ht was the Aussie v. Aussie welterweight title decider
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    JUNIOR SOCCER
    66 15 Tempenis Rover.s beat Gymkhana »•<-.. 2-1 m a SAFA Div 3B rime w CYM ,V rOUIKI PauT Wee and George Pasqual scored for loirs! innerS< S< Klishnan f °r the G. Mohan refereed. mSv a SAF A Dh 3C matc^ at MFA ground yesterday, star Soccerites beat Serangoon
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    FITTING DRAW IN LIVELY LAST GAME
    322 15 South Koreans 0; Singapore n gOUTH Koreans have left a pleasant memory' with the Colony s soccer enthusiasts after holding S.A F A to Tai S o C r eSS d o?V n their thrill n farewell game' at Jalan Besar Stadium yesterday Just
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    LONG LEFT
    35 15 William Griffiths scorei with s :ong left jab to Pte. Kelly's face during their lightweight decider. KeQjr put up a grand thorn but William was much more the experienced boxer- Free Press photo
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    AUSSIE WINNER
    29 15 photo DENNIS DAY, of West Australia, receives his trophy, after winning th c welterweight title last night, from Mr. E V Smith, president of S.A.B.A.— Free Press
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    SHAMROCK PURSE
    28 15 Hie IrL-h importation, Stcllrt AuraU, paid bMkari ussi 7o.9o ff>r USf2 m M:>rin(j an QBatt m the Shamrock Purae. aeeondarr faaturt the Jamalco racetrack. A. P.
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    Soldiers break Malayan marks in practice
    318 15 Free Press Sports Reporter AN Army Private attending a three weeks' athletics course at G.H.Q. FARELF, beat the Malayan mark m one event and came near to breaking other records. A sergeant on the same course came within one inch of the Malayan high
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    ITS MUDLARK'S DAY TODAY
    711 16 Film Fan is a good bet Mid-day \up FLAME OF THE FOREST m the 5.00 (Race 6) Free Press Race Correspondent "FOLLOW THE MUDr LARKS at Kuala Lumpur today. More rain fell last night and the going this afternoon will be very heavy. THREE WET WEATHER
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    ROVER JUNIORS STAY UNBEATEN
    72 16 O OVERS Junior unbeaten after 1V four games m the SAFA Div. 3B league, collected two more points when they beat Woodbridge Hospital by 2-0 at Geylang yesterday. Rovers took the lead through Tommy Misson. The Hospital fought back, but found goalkeeper Wilfred Skinner too good.
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    No 'iron curtain' at Melbourne
    187 16 WHERE will be no separate village for Soviet athletes 1 if they compete m the 1956 Olympic Games m Melbourne, a member of the International Olympic Committee said m Los Angeles yesterday. They will be housed together with athletes of other nations, Mr. Hugh Weir,
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    CARD
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    EU TONG SEN CUP GOLF
    141 16 rPHE En Tong Sen Cup open inviteA tion competition will be held at the Island Club from Sunday morning. May 10. The competition is open to members of recognised golf clubs. The qualifying round medal stroke play will be held on Sunday morning May 10
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  • THE FREE PRESS Saturday Magazine
    • Title Section
      Masthead
      9 1 THE FREE PRESS Saturday Magazine Saturday, April 25, 1953.
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      It's not always lucky to win a money prize
      593 1  - It's not always lucky to win a money prize K. S. CHIA by WE all regard a man as lucky when he wins a big prize m a lottery. Few of us know the misfortune of being lucky but occasionally we hear stories of how the winning -of fortunes have
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      WHO KILLED EVA?
      1856 1  -  MAVIS MOIR A Free Press short story by SHE WOULDN'T laugh at him anymore She wouldn't laugh at anyone anymore. His hands tightened around her throat, choking the remaining breath from her body. She had been lovely but now her face was purple, and her eyes bulged
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      Newest thing for Coronation year
      73 1 photo. Introducing the Queen Elizabeth Waltz which a London audience has tipped as the ballroom success of Coronation year. It is devised by Victor Silvester m collaboration with Alex Moore. Here Mr Silvester and Muriel Watts demonstrate the dance. When the Queen attends the state
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      Some new gadgets are useful
      237 1  - Some new gadgets are useful Jean Wiseman by LONDON. ARE YOU a sudpeteer? I admit to a real weakness for gadgets, but after years of colle.^tlnp: useless itorhs I have learned to apply two stringent tests: (1) Can I use it myself? and I try before buying; (2) Does it
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    • Saturday CHILDREN'S PAGE
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        Pen pals have let us down
        645 2  -  AUNTIE WENDY SEVERAL LETTERS of complaint reached me this week from readers of the Children's Page who wrote to pen pals and did not receive any replies. One of you writes: "They should be ashamed of themselves. I wrote to about seven pen pals
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        OSCAR!
        61 2 IKM l.M.k .H lII* 11. roINM Os<%ir— lit. Mm*, tall. UK ••>#•* tl.i.h, hr talks .nul If walk*. "nin:inc In- .irmv It i«u»k >omc l.«*l«f>l«T bii)s JSftl brtwrrn nlnr «ml 1.1, Him- months to m.iW< him. I lirn's :t k>iM)viM*dk< r In hK hr id ;md. utth .1 niWrnphunr
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        LOOK WHAT WE FOUND ON THE CHEESE BOX
        335 2 LOOK WHAT WE FOUND ON THE CHEESE BOX HERE'S a grand new hobby coll ccting cheese labels. It may sound rather odd, but it can be fascinating and lots of fun. Collecting cheese labels started as a hobby only about 18 months ago and already, it is beginning to rival
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        35 2 photo. You often see people locking: just like this. But m our photo th P gentleman beneath the hat is a sheep. The picture fU taken during a recent agricultural show m Paris, France. Popper
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        Treasure troves
        175 2 EVERY BOY loves to read aciting stories 01 Treasur; Troves, but did you know M there is supposed to be it den treasure m Malaya? You have heard of King Solomon, haven't you, and tltf Queen of Sheba? And I suppose you have also heard c! Mount Ophir,
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        117 2 Junior Contest THE NAMES of four trees < are hidden m this ±J a* p[J Jv puzzle. Work them out and I^WWJft ;^~N you can win yourself some mi pocket money. There are JJ iTlSjI^Cy four prizes of S5 each (for rM~-^MI two boys and two girls). U F?TT7 WAj
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        42 2 *•a I J r (gCTi Canadiol Mixture calms 4»d V OJi soothes evl^tusted nerves of >W throat and chest. Congestion 9C j{9^ loosens easilv f pe yo^ f ft(r t(e C r 1 1| f *""<♦«**"' i s; p proves it. g§ 1
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      The Mysterious Scarf Seller
      653 3  - The Mysterious Scarf Seller Mary Cathcart Borar 0 EXCITING NEW SERIAL FOR ALL B OYS AND GIRLS- DON'T MISS READING IT TODAY AND EVERY SATURDAY IN THIS PAGE- ssferee I— —Forbidden arms f;SSA and Roger were sitting m the corner cafe waiting for their Mend Terry. The children and their
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      CHRISTINE'S LAMB
      49 3 photo. Christine Elliott, aired 2, takes her nursemaid duties seriously as she bottle-feeds an easer six-day-old lamb at Scar Form, Redhill, Somerset. Th. lamb, born on th P farm, is beinff reared on the bottle aiu? evidently intends to gi\ c full co-operation m the entrrpr Reuter
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      A CHILD LOOKS AT SINGAPORE
      607 3  -  M. G. SCOTT -fifty years ago By T3EMEMBERING SingaI look back into a world of sun, and it is warm. True, there are sudden squalls, doors slam, and the low-turn-ed lamp m the nightnursery puffs out to my extreme terror on waking. But. there is
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        38 3 Find the two hidden towns I'ilid the hidden towns m these sentences: (1) "Let's winder by the river," said I*\n to Jean. (2) The took said; "It's a magic oven, try HVv takes." •^jjiiaAo;) (Z) *qj.»ci (I) :sj.».v\suv
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        48 3 PAIMLESS &fc§AJ9> P^iDYOUEVEK^^^^T T^^WV^N I B^EAK WIDOWS f SEVERAL! WASNT NO! V^-J WHEN YOU /^.^^y (IT VERY JUST s\ f\ IwEREABOYPy f {HNJ&ny?Wt 80/ISH jm 7 AND Tf NEVER? MY 1 '/^_j[ WERENT 2* DAD WAS AN X YOU I UNDERSTANDING ER-6YTHE;A PUNISHEDfyV CHAP _> I WAY DAD _^Jl
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        163 3 JUNIOR CROSSWORD CLUES ACROSS. 1, Home for a rabbit. 6, Rub out 7, The first Englishman to sail round the world. 9, Famous Richmal Crompton character. 12, Vienna is the capital of this country. 16, It is shot from a bow. 18, The third longest river of England, 79, General
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      'What IS a Star', Mummy?
      214 4  - 'What IS a Star', Mummy DAVID LEWIN Gene Tierney's daughter is asking 'difficult' questions. r<ENE TIERNEY, the girl who was Laura the girl who has made a successful screen career by playing a series of smooth, sedate beauties arrived a trifle ruffled at Pinewood Studios recently. Her four-and-a-half-year-old daughter Tina
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      NO ROMANCE-YET
      47 4 "We dined together a fe« t met, but we pjpver discussed marriage, least of a our own. People s «'»>m to sit around and make up stories. In very bad taste. mi n this case." Mon a Freeman /;n her Parisreported romance with Bins Crosby.
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      'House of Wax is Better 3-D
      693 4 'House of Wax is Better 3-D rrrttfrrr LAN GRANT on melodramas that are "honest' and "dishonest* ♦•I>WANA DEVIL" did 3-D no good. The ♦House of Wax' will make up for it" a cinema exhibitor assured me as I went m to see the preview of the latest 3-D film to
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      'Cruel Sea' Betters the Book
      321 4  - 'Cruel Sea Betters the Book FRED MAJDALANY VL7HEN a celebrated novel m due course comes to the screen it is usual to find that it has been spoiled m the filming. THE CRUEL SEA seems to me to achieve the distinction,' which must be unique, of improving on the original.
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      9 4 Hi! chief!— We Ye discovered tome thmg new 4D!
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      HOLLYWOOD GOSSIP
      151 4 Stewart Gr»n»-» "^J »ill collect £30.000 L?" "»n'hs work hire Jh thSl bor Mama-) "I RemS. (Wo s cameras. Her Sal stuthe stage was In -tS? ,52* In London. c Ut^ Hut" ERROL FLYNN (now m has just mined a v£t? *t H at his Jamaican ho til
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      open binders in Opposition
      463 5 open binders in Opposition The Theatre Donald Wolfit challenges John Gielgud on his own ground DONALD Wolfit after a successful spell m films has returned to the stage* to challenge John Gielgud. He opened with "Oedipus", m a theatre more than twice the size of the Lyric (where Gielgud's Cimpany
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      Wives were 'missing'
      98 5 POR the 125 th time, 68- year old actor playwright, Sacha Guitry took an opening-ni^ht curtain bow at the launching of his latest pla/i Blue Blood. Before him m the front row j stalls there was a gap. Hi^ ncwives, who are invariably invited to his first
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      New Elizabethan Theatre
      234 5 New Elizabethan Theatre (CORONATION YEAR will see an Elizabethan Theatre opened m the heart of London, m a building already rich m Elizabethan associations -the Royal Exchange. The theatre is the Mermaid, founded by actor Bernard Miles and his wife Josephine Wilson, and built m an old schoolroom behind the
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      RESTORATION COMEDY SOON
      131 5 AT (he British Council Hall, the Arts Theatre will present a Morowspreche. on May 26. This is a playreading with actitm. costume and a simple set. The first production will be of scenes from Marriage a la Modr, a comedy by the Restoration dramatist, John Dryden. All
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      NO CHANGE
      76 5 NIGEL PATRICK end the rest of the cast of the play "Escapade" thoimht they would like a change m the musir played during the intervals and before the .show. For months now they have heard "Slavonic Dances" and odd pieces by Schubert and Tchaikowsky. Said Patrick: "I asked
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        83 5 REX STARTS TODAY 11. 1.45 4. t. 30 9.3* JkjL THE LAST yr% TEXAS rJBANGE BsSK WABS! f"oN»VERSAL INTERNATIOHAL p/f%^> is UNTAMED iFRONTIER] lO.XII.HT MAIli: Stopifoure KNRiNjMe CAPITOL TODAY 11, 1.45 4, 6.30, 9.30 ■WBF^*^ 888 H J^^^^ H^^T^bJbmßW COLUMBIA'B "SABRE THE ARROW m TECHNICOLOR starring BRODKKKK CRAWFORD 10V167/I 3t\\iTt
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      They call this boy another Don
      340 6  - They call this boy another Don FRANK ROSTRON By I ET me introduce you to a gravely polite youth who arrived at Southampton recently with Australia's 1953 touring cricket side. Lan Craig is the name: 17 is the age. And I shall be surprised if —like Don Bradman he does
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      HOW TO CHOOSE YOUR LADY GOLF PARTNER
      613 6 Henry Longhurst gives a timely word of advice to the mere male ANE of the oldest of all golfing jokes is of the man "who was seen playing alone, alternately hitting the ball with a club and v kicking it along with his
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      Sporting snippets
      190 6 DURING the £1,000 Champion Stakes at Wimbledon Greyhound Stadium the electric hare stopped and was seized by the favourite, Hasty Magna. The dog doubled back and raced round the track m the reverse direction with the hare m its mouth and followed by the rest of the field.
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        148 6 -tup w/ /'illftSw/teN /^©irx inC'Wi I LETMfcHWtONb J itEiotuf, I COOK 6M V? wnH tufj Pushed d ...,J^<L!M^'yp //vm ii/i/ 1 vvC'NA!^ 6HCOE R3P- THEM oW— JUU- il WOM R«CE OF HABIT MW BEEN WIOJO^—. S|7^^4S^ SL/ BUMP!N(S OR Ifjl W="^J X /MOPE fllNTlWiWfi £1 £?3 EVEN BORNS.) 'RW i;»D^
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      'MALAYAN CROWDS BEST'
      583 7 'MALAYAN CROWDS BEST' U.S. COACH WANTS TO RETURN wry* n\\™w Peci i' Correspondent K 1 DAVIDSOM; who couched the American Inomas Cup team lasl year, says he would like lo return to Singapore and try again m the 1954-55 matches. Similar sentiments were voiced by Carl Love'day who captained the
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      £350 FOR FOOTBALLS
      154 7 WHAT'S the average "life" of a football? Well, the club that use most balls m Britain, Arsenal, reckon the answer is one week. At Highbury they use a new one for every game played on their ground approximately 65 games a season. Old balls are used up
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      Aussie boys surprised
      361 7  -  GERRY ISAAC By /XXJRAGE, toughness, and sportsmanship. That's what the Western Australia boxing team are gifted with. It comes from them naturally m the ring. When the lads from "down under fought Singapore* best y«»uth boxers at the Happy World last Monday and Tuesday, they made them
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      WHITFIELD TOP VOTED
      82 7 THE New York Athletics Writers Association has selected P/al Whitfield, the Olympic 800 metres champion, as the outstanding performer of the 1953 indoor season. During the season Whittled won 74 races m succession and broke three world indoor records. He set up new records of 1 minute
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      Sports beat
      754 7  -  CHARLES BRYCE IMAGINE two rival boxing promoters donning gloves to settle their differences Inside the ring. It has occurred. And m Malaya too! Fans of the prewar era will no doubt recall that unparalled "main event" m which promo- ter met promoter. THE TIME was around 1935. THE
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      Queen of the Night still inspires
      559 8  - Queen of the Night still inspires FU HSI ONE OF THE divinities m the moon, according to Chinese folklore, is "Yuen Lao Yen", the Old Man m th e Moon, who is known as the Matchmaker. "Marriages are made m heaven but prepared m the moon," an old proverb says.
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