The Singapore Free Press, 15 July 1953

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    Masthead
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    HALT HANGING CRY BY M.P.s.
    555 1 HALT HANGING CRY BY M.P.s. Call for new inquiry on Evans Christie sex stringier John Christie awaited his date with the hangman at what m London will he eight o'clock this morning while Parliament last night debated dramatic 11th hour attempts to stay the execution. British Labour MP's m the
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    Q.C. at prison
    69 1 PICTIKK SHOWS Mr. Scolt Henderson. Q.C. (centre) who led the Government inquiry into th e trial and execution of Timothy Evans. With him are Mr. George Blickburn, Nest Win? Assistant Chief Constable (left) and Mr. G. A. Peawet (rishb, the inquiry secretary. The three are arriving at
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    Big-3 to act if truce is broken
    152 1 THE BRITISH, French and American Foreign Ministers Announced last night after four-day talks la Washington that they would take measures to restore if China renewed aggression after an armistice m Korea. For the moment they would jraue their present policies to™k China, the
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    M.C.A. elections to go on
    78 1 Tre e Press Staff Reporter THE Singapore branch of the Malayan Chinese Associatijn will proceed today with Us election of officers from whatever remains of the 45-man committee after resignation* 'There will be n<> new m-m-rii meeting." said the MCA. chlet. U*to Sir Cheng-lock Tan.
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    Rubber price
    22 1 The Singapore rubber market opened this morning on a qu c. tnip with first grade, July unchanged t*** yesterday close.
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    C'wealth talks may free Margaret
    83 1 C'wealth talks may free Margaret COMMONWEALTH Prime Ministers recently h-"ld informal talk.s which may clear one obstacle to a possible mar- riage between Prinrvss Margaret and a commoiu'r. A Government soun c said f£tCTday that the Prime Ministers dl» .^d the question of \\w Resenry wliile m London la.st month
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    Rosalind is best bet
    41 1 DESPITE yesterday's rain the going at Bukit Timah this afternoon should be good. Allah Lewis' best bets are ROSALIND and SOLDENA. Best outsiders: SOLAR STARLIGHT :md WONDER GOLD. Late.st course information and Mid-Day Nap m Page 16.
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    7 DIE, 120 HURT IN BASTILLE DAY RIOTS
    173 1 7 DIE, 120 HURT IN BASTILLE DAY RIOTS Seven people were killed and more than 120 injured m havj fighting between police and North African Bastille Day demonstrators m Paris lift night French riot squads oj>ened fire to break up a milling mob of b-nween 2,000 and 3.000 North Africans
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    RED OLD GUARD PURGED BERIA —SAYS EXPERT
    326 2 RED OLD GUARD PURGED BERIA SAYS EXPERT Malenkov may be the next victim THE Congressional record yesterday published an expert opinion that the Communist Old Guard was responsible for the arrest of Lavrenti Beria, the Soviet Minister of Interior, and that they might now be expected to purge the Soviet
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    Ike jokes with Big Three
    58 2 PRESIDENT EISENHOWER, (left) looks m on a meeting of the Big Three foreign ministers at the White House, Washington. Sharing a joke with the President are (left to right): U.S. Secretary of State, Mr. John Foster Dulles, French Foreign Minister, M. Georges Bidault and the
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    BIRTH
    22 2 RAVIX: On 9.7.1953. at Bungsar Hospital, Kuala Lumpur. to Monique, wife of R. Ravix, Socfin Co.. Ltd., a daughter. Marie -Carole.
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    DEATHS
    77 2 STAFF NURSE Amy Lee Kirn Enu of St. Andrews Orthopaedic Hospital passed away peacefully at the Singapore General Hospital on 13.7 53 at 2 p.m. A^ed 33. SUBRAMANIA IYER, suddenly on 12.7.53. at Rhertally. Ttavanccre. He leaves behind his widow. hi.< sons. S. Krishnan. Kota Tinggi Estate. S. Sivaswamy,
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    Jet plane's screech kills boy
    118 2 Jet plane 's screech kills boy AAVOMAN said m Los Angles yesterday that a low flying plane so terrified her two-year-old son that he collapsed and died. Mrs. Justina Baldwin said a plane sounding like a jet flew low over her backyard where her son. Donald, was playing. The child
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    CHINA'S NOMADS
    36 2 Peking radio said yesterday that the Chinese Government has decided to grant self- government to the 3,000 Kazakh Muslim nomads who graze their j heads of sheep and camels m China's far western provinces
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    BANDITS 'SCARED OF HOVER PLANE'
    163 2 A ROYAL Navy officer said yesterday the 17.5. giant I Sikorsky helicopters, used m the Malayan jungle war for the last six months, are 'our best weapon ever/ The terrorists hate them said Lieutenant Ronald E. E Taylor, 28-year-old Fleet Air Arm pilot who took
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    SHIP SINKS OFF GOLDEN GATE
    42 2 The Coast Guard reported the S.S Jacob Luckenbach sank about 11 miles off San Francisco's Golden Gate early yesterday after a collision with the S.S. Hawaiian Pilot. All crewmen were rescued and no serious injuries were reported.
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    SHIP RUNS AROUND
    28 2 The Canadian destroyer Huron ran aground off the Communist north-east Korean coast yesterday and .suffered heavy damage, the Navy announced yesterday. There were no casualties
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    Egyptians threaten British troops
    151 2 Egyptians threaten British troops MAJOR salah Salem Er iTI Minister of Nation,, I ance declared m °r r G: night that the eLSIV*! the feelings of the f I population if British SS measures m Isma-Uia C 2?| any longer." cor lir >| *w G v! 0l v press confere-.H
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      197 2 CLASSIFIED ADS. ACKNOWLEDGMENT MR. CHAN SANG ALIAS CHAN NGOW of No. 47. Bona Vista Road. Malacca, and family thank friends and relatives lor sending wreaths, scrolls, etc., paying nicht visits and attending the funeral of his late mothpr. who died on 7.7.53. SITUATION WANTED EXCELLENT Malay Baby Amah, available 1,8
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    IS REJECTED
    226 3 7 J)idnt complain when price rose Free Press Staff Reporter ny •nd sugar retailers m Singapore had no R 1 Hfiable reason to grumble over the drop m JUS The Government will refuse to consider P rlces Mr w W. Jenkins, Deputy Controller ot Government's decision to fhl
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    PAY BIG TO GET TIPS -CUSTOMS
    123 3 i fnHE Customs Department's I Mlicy of giving big rewiVds for "hot" tips is paying off, the Federal Legisla- t i T e council was told today. Seizures of opium, chandu, morphine and other contraband have been high as a result of this. II
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    $212m paid in war damge
    124 3 THE WAR Damage Commission which is now little more than half way through its six-year programme— paid out claims totalling $212,033,885 up to Dec. 31 last year. This left the Commission with $222,966,115 still to spend. These figures are given m the Commission's annual report
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    WORLD'S BIGGEST STADIUM PLAN
    42 3 Soviet authorities yesterday announced a plan to build the world's largest stadium, with a capacity of 200.000 m the Isirailovo Part area, a Moscow suburb. The architect Is Va.sili PolaJjrpov one of the Soviet Unions! standing stadium designer!
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    TRADE PACT
    16 3 hi Iff* Pakistan announced h p ht thc of a new exchange of goods.
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    4 new terminal for K.L. airport
    135 3 4 new terminal for K.L. airport J^AU LUMPUR airport's tormina! promise, m )o ,i buil d t- replaCed by modern T J and lousy Council deral Lesklathre approve Si 3 :av 1() 5400.000 J of sr d vd^ uipment l^ control; 11 ak ti fJn l 0 a "rt tflefomiiumicafcfe^tl
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    NOT A BIG BAD WOLF
    37 3 picture A delighted youngster, Inger, hugs one of four wolf cubs which have just arrived at the Skanses Z?>o m Stockholm. They were caught by a hunter m the Swedish mountains. U.P.
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    For aged detainees
    80 3 ANJ?W experimental rehabilitation centre for elderly detainees is to be started m Ipoh. It tvill occupy a section of the existing Detentiori Camp m Ipoh and will be open to male detainees o t all races. The Federal Legislative Council icas asked today to authorise the creation
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    FEDERATION TO BUY OUR ELECTRICITY
    191 3 FEDERATION TO BUY OUR ELECTRICITY To light up South Johore Free Press Staff Reporter THE Federation Central Flectricity Board is to buy A electricity from Singapore to serve South Johore. This is one of the projects lLsted m the Board's third annual report tabled bcfoie the Federal Legislative Council m
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    WRITER BURNED
    42 3 Hilaire Belloc, noted ea.ssa vi.st. historian and political economist, was m serious condition yesterday after being burned badly about the body when he fell into a fireplace at his home. m Guildford, England., He will be 83 on July 27.
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    PRO-BERIA MAN QUITS
    28 3 PRO- BERIA MAN QUITS A Foggia province Communist Party leader quit the party yesterday because of what he called the "scandalous and crimi-. nal arrest of comrade Beria."
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  • The Singapore Free Press WEDNESDAY, July 15, 1953.
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      Opinion $20 A MONTH
      410 4 Opinion $20 A MONTH fPHE $2,000 model house at Upper Aljunied Road which the Governor inspected yesterday is not everybody's dream come true. It will not stand for very many years. II has only one bedroom, a sitting room and a kitchen. But it is probably the best answer thought
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    Why Not Let Margaret Tour on Her Own?
    662 4 BERNARD WJCKSTEED cables a suggestion from the royal-tour land. GWELO, Southern Rhodesia. WHY not let Princess Margaret go on a solo colonial tour without any other member of the Royal Family? The Duchess of Kent was a tremendous success on her tour
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    BY THE WAY
    219 4  -  BEACHCOMBER by A VISITOR to the Royal Academy is reported to have asked why anyone should paint "a nude sitting by a coal fire. It is so out of place." Not at all. It is called realism. The full subtlety of the conception becomes clear when we
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      15 4 LONGINES The Worlds Most Honoured Watch Sold by i ALL HIGH CLASS WATCH DEALERS 1
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      94 4 |V -The) aro-bul also lor I 2 blouses and lingerie 0^ 'There are many different kindi f X of Anti-Shrink fabrics guarao. t teed by Grafton. There are rayoa t:Sv crepes to suit all tastes, dupiom, fabrics for playwear, morning and afternoon wear as wtll as a complete range for
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    'No jury system for Malay States'
    549 5 •TOO FEW WHO SPEAK ENGLISH WELL' Start ReP° rter fttt r ?£JrT committee jflS Sffiy the Fede--1 «PP«;JSuve Council to ral Lf r sl fw' mry system co f lS £^unanimously Itr a »nded that not M introduced *fi Malay States of tnn is
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    Blukar costs $300,000
    47 5 *to dest i **f*Mn Council was asked today $300,000 Snails 5 lu kar which may provide ambush cover for If th d 23 l 6' f«r salaries, allowances and rant^m's m. 1 1 Operattootl Volunteer Force the st ariti bun^t force comprised, oi sur-
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    Say 'cheese'
    79 5 Say 'cheese PICTIRE shows Malay students at the Malayan Teachers' Training College at Kirk by, Liverpool, photographing Malayan guides, their fellow students. Left to right: Cubmistress Patricia Chin, of Seremban, Ranger Zamab Hamid Din. of Perak, Jessie Lim, of Perak. Ding Peek Hoon of Perak Abdullah Yunus, of Penang, Mohamed
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    Curfew signs for Straits beaches
    247 5 By P. M. RAMAN OIGNBOARDS may be erected on the Johore beaches 5 facing Serangoon Harbour to warn Singapore picnickers crossing the Straits of curfew and food restrictions m the area. Mr. I. S. Wylie, chief pcliee officer for Johore. told me yesterday that he
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    Telecoms, plan more phones
    29 5 New developments no* P**""; by the i Telecommunications i*-p- 11 telephoi. These include the installation of additional switchboards In various towns. The Federal Legislative Connjperutoio.
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    $6M. BACK PAY FOR GOVT. MEN
    104 5 Till Federal Legislative Council today received a bill for nearly six million dollars m arrears of salary which were paid to government workers after new pay scales were adopted last year. Most of the scales were agreed upon during negotiations between the Government and
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    800,000 in Fed. schools
    46 5 DURING March, 810,363 children attended schools m the Federation, the Federal Legislative Council was told today. Malay schools had 351,208 pupils, Chinese schools 268,548 English schools 145,616, and Indian schools 44,991. In the same month 24.695 teachers were employed m 4,340 schools.
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    $2 a night to stop gaol break
    138 5 $2 a night to stop gaol break Fre e Press Staff Reporter NEW security measures arc beiriß taken by the Federation Pri.sons Department because of recent escapes from the Penang Prison. A senior prison officer will "sleep m" every night at the prisons. He will be paid an allowance of
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    CHINA TRADE
    30 5 China again led the list of exporters to Hong Kong during The Colony bought HK$75,«--000,000 worth of imports from < China, while exporting HK$24,--i 500,000 worth to Peking territory.
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      114 5 QUALITY FABRICS I §You can still enjoy the comfort of the Climate KWLWJm TRGPiCAL WORSTED SUITING Y^^^Eflfy 4 PANAMA k^lSf PALMBEACH PURE IRISH LI«EM j RTf'^^p 4 COLOURED WHITE DRILL V^i-Jm Si or EwydW Wear. \JB Choice of Selection. Latest WE Colours excellent cutyfy mid IW^ 5 m °d erate
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      122 6 MANDRAKE, THE MAGICIAN by Lee Falk and Phil Davis I UAYTHA7 I -LOVf -YOU. KISS ME^J /^jSf^KH LIPS LtKE ICE -A Sr^ 3^7TY7^S» COULC SCt YOU NOW. J Jf //J .^TT^. 'if v\ t JI W TARZAN by Edgar Rice Burroughs X.C ~s t' V fc '-V jdr HP *\b
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      376 6 YOUR LUCKY STAR ]ou. Wherever^ "J *r ends. You have a talent for .onver,,,,'"* "s»al|y the •••Jit; IV ?u Ir m persona, charm b^Tw, >ou don't rely 0 a .5? }o» must remember t h Urfl > rn-Lin a mo u nt 5* must Mmeone. And «n«7- ne w mlfhi
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    HER PELLS OF LOVE WERE SLEEP DRUGS
    282 7 m men with well-stocked wallets swallowed the "love potion" pills fffESTV-Tv" by gay, smiling Annabella Lawson. la/fered to we pjiis'of. love were but the drugs of sleep. And as each victim But Annaot- hotels with wallets, watches, and a variety oi el l
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    Does smoking kill? Mice may answer
    188 7 [HERE will be rats, mice, and rabbits soon who may know what a man feels like after a cigarette. They ill be used by scientists to find out once and for all taher too much smoking: can cause cancer. The Bimals are to be
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    BANDLEADER WEDS
    12 7 £of Bhep--1 *aa oil heir >va n dancer "^W-lcader Eddie
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    TIN OUTPUT DROPS
    24 7 World production of tin dropped from 16,200 tons m March ito 14.500 m April, the International Tin Study Group announced yesterday.
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    JAP SHIPS FOR CANADA RUN
    41 7 The trans-P acific Hikawa Maru is scheduled to arrive m Vancouver on Aug. 9 to mark the resumption of regular Canadian-Japanese passenger service. The Nippon Yusen Kalsna s Pacific service was interrupted by World War 11.
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    PLASTIC CAR
    72 7 Chevrolet Has produced its first model Corvette, a plastic i body sports car. picture. One of iho oldest German dU^ei" i«Ud> b t h. *t »i Hat Brothers' o| Wilstrr. The «UM flwt nl ia miorts dating back to ISM. \t t^J2fVuM m, the members wear a lOf
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    They seek a crown
    46 7 picture. Beauties from all over the world are competing for th»* ti Ic of "Miss Universe" in a fifM tic p»m;mt at Lonij Bru-h, CaUforflia. Picture shows two of the contestants: LORE FL'LGEft (left) of Austria, and "Miss Germany," CIIKISTKL SHAACK- V.P.
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      136 7 THE MIRROR TELLS YOU fl's&fr 'i (Joure lovelier Av(J^j 1« since you changed I 7\\^^JB Make-up 'iJlij: Cool, fresh sluo with the fait, »oft /If 'jljm bloom of youth about it —that'i the V /lrw/ loveliness you like your mirror to show you. /J.Jf' lnnoxa brings you lasting loveliness Planned
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    DANCERS HELP TO RAISE FUNDS FOR WELFARE
    293 8  - DANCERS HELP TO RAISE FUNDS FOR WELFARE J.FRANSIS Story by INDIAN dancers from all over Malaya recently gave a two-and-a-half hour performance at the Town Hall, Kuala Lumpur. The show was organised by a committee headed by Mr. K. K. Benjamin, a Kuala 1. Raise funds for welfare. From the
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    On top of his act
    69 10 shire. He is a member of of the voluntary motorcycle display tec m which will provide thrills at the Cor onation s c archlight Tattoo m London this 7CCC/C. Man on the top of his balancing act is Capt. L. Jenkins. R.A., driving by remote
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    WOMAN PASTOR QUESTIONED ABOUT Mr. X
    241 10 WOMAN PASTOR QUESTIONED ABOUT Mr. X- An A-scientist i WOMAN minister, the Key Klspeth Vallance, said that she was questioned over the telephone about the family and politics of an atomic plant scientist ;vhom she calls Mr. X. The scientist is a member of her congregation at Queen's Road Unit
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    THEIR ELOPEMENT BACKFIRED
    291 10 WHILE conducting an affair with a married woman a man made underhand and furtive arrangements to elooe with her. it was stated at Dudley, Worcs. But the elopement never took place and the man Leonard Aston, aged 35, single, of no fixed address, was arrested and charged
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    With strings attached
    64 10 A YOING soldier came across a window latched with a piece of string. He untied it. entered the house, t«'ok V:i Bs., and relied the string as he left. And because the window was fastened with string the prosecution at East Suffolk Quarter Sessions accepted his plea
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    Clog men get rise
    55 10 rpHE row m the tiny clog sole A industry was se*4?d for 2d. A.i hour. A Snaith, Yorks, "clogßery"— there are only two m the whole country— was m trouble for not paying the same rates as the other one. Workers have now been awarded a
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    NEW ICFTU CHIEF
    28 10 Omar Beculs of Belgium was elected president of the International Confederation of Free Trade Unions m Stockholm last night m succession to Sir Vincent Tewsor,
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    Dealer osks 'Return this rare bargain'
    150 10 AJU EMLYN ROBERT wen ±▼1 to a sale and boueht water-colour for £2. a He learned during th« end that the s.lleVTapV^ to him "on moral ground? return the picture said l tn woith hundreds o! pounds The painting is a view nf p~.
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    KILLER' IN SPACE SUIT SETS 4 PROBLEM
    740 11  -  Jennifer Johns By fhL jeans and zipper S with his head en- a i m omethin* like a *ufch »>« wl u P sld $°n fired 1« rounils at his Death-R« < "Eveusc me, but r dead 1 boomed at JS-* vest pocket
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    Bridge Hand
    244 11 N«itber~»ide* r vulnerable South dealer AORTH 4 A 9 I*2 <? X Q 10 8 6 4 0 WEST IAST ,JlO5 X Q 8 0 X Q 6 y A J 3 J «> 7 5 4 6OITH A 4 10 A J 10 9 2 'A A
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    MUSICIAN BARRED
    38 11 Georg Solti conductor of the Frankfurt Opera, said on Saturday he was bein? denied entry Into the United States pending clarification of a charge that his name was on the membership list of a Communistsponsored society.
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      112 11 Today s Cross word ICBOBB 1. Ken's chll D€Com« of a nature <8». 7. a ment when you troi with to the hills ,7. II Th away from the n true as a schola] 4,. no doubt 17). 17. Uaj 4 <( <4j. 18 Wattef no won 21 An underworld
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  • The Pressman's Postbag
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      Mr. Laycock called hoity-toity
      625 12 nun \ri nwuTs at stake MR. JOHN LAYCOCK adopts a very hoity-toity attitude towards the Singapore Association and its uuite proper and justifiable protest against the highly improper and entirely unjustifiable manner m which the Rent Control Bill and its 37 amendments were^ pushed through by
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      A Yank from Oxford
      24 12 picture. Mlt. RICHARD BUTWELL, 1 24-year-old American student, from Oxford University, who arrived m the liner Wiilem Free Press Ruys.-
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      CONFUSED
      86 12 I AM confused after having read an art cle by the "Singapore Doctor". He indicate* that there is no cure for epilepsy. I have come across a strangt case. A Malay who until he was 21 sullered from epilepsy got married on the surest ion (if an old Malay
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      TONTINES
      76 12 ON your note under the headIng "And this L> a Tontine" maj i rel »r you to an article on •*Hi Loan Association" m the Malayan Law rnjii oi February 1938. >neral notes p.XI. n KIM FK. Devonshire Koad. k Th e Free Press a'ntied to m {I've readers
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      EMOTION
      31 12 picture* NALINI JAYWANT an actress m Hindi and Gujerati films, shown with her hair down m an emotional scene. Strong hai. utilisation of ilflCttll roles has broufhfl lwr fame. U.P.
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      Jap film chief arrives
      44 12 Jap film chief arrives picture. MR. M. NACiATA, pr sident of the Daiei Motion Picture Company of Japan (left), \vh o arrived m Singapore by KIM Constellatio-n with Mr. M. A. G olririck, Tokyo vice-president Free Press of the Western Electric Company (Orient) Ltd.
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      TRICKS, DIPLOMAS & IMMIGRANT JOBBERY
      392 12 TRICKS, DIPLOMAS IMMIGRANT JOBBERY pOME, come, Mr. Pillai, you've asked for it and you shall have it. There's a succinct and eternal Tamil proverb that, if one wants the shortest cut to a, Malayalee's heart, or be cut short m a Malayalee friendship, or relationship, dip ones wedding -vesti" (groom's
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      Any grouse?
      32 12 HAVE you a grouse? Have you a bright idea? Have you seen anything strange or unusual? Then write to the PRESSMAN and tell others about it m his POSTBAG briefly^
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      Pay law would need snoopers
      302 12 Pay law would need snoopers By JOSEPH YEo SINGAPORE'S Councillors and?* union leaders ij^ condemned the 'Jr?'^ system of confecftS whch they called T. r ploitation." They n r2l Government to intro^ minimum wage legislation r ut tY i e n Commissioner to Labour. MR. g. W. DAvfs Jw enforcement
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    Boogie- Woogie Worries the Russians
    531 13  -  JOHN ASHWIN by The Soviet refusal to allow young people to hear the sort of music that they like is based quite openly on the claim that jazz is a means of "preparing for war". ■""K hypnotic con".'Tnerniany's massed trol th of wSy the Wesry°?nrdine
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    Spike: I'm working for the railway
    217 13 HOLLYWOOD. SPIKE JONES' father was a railway telegrapher who nerer would teach his son the morse code. He was afraid." says Spike. "that I would wind up working for the railway like him." So what happens? Spike this month starts his second million miles
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    Colonel UP and Mr. DOWN
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    Star performers
    34 13 photo. Highlight of the Vienna Festival was the musical performance with star artists Yehudi Menuhrn (left) and Professor Wolfgang, Scheiderhan playing fiolin duets and sonatas by Bach. Beethoven and Bart ok. Popper
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      76 13 Musical Quiz Mass"), popular name jor lh brothers what an Hydn's 11th Mass m D minor Mmes? By what name is it usuauy 5 peter DaWson (a) tenor, called m Britain? (h) bar jt O ne, or (c) bass? 2. Is Oberek (a) a type 0/ Polish dance, (b) a
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    MIDDLESEX DRAW THEIR YORKS GAME
    364 14 MIDDLESEX DRAW THEIR YORKS GAME IN the county championship table, Middlesex are at the top with 110 points from 17 matches; Sussex second with 104 from 15, and Glamorgan third with Middlesex yesterday drew with Yorkshire m their match at Bradford. High scorers for Yorkshire were vHalliday (95) and Lester
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    Carruthers may fight American
    348 14 Carruthers may fight American THE LEADING American bantamweight boxer. Henry •'Pappy" Gault. appears certain ito visit Australia to fight Jimmy Carruthers for his world bantamweight title. Dr. James McGirr. who looks after Carruthers' business intere:>'s, said In Sydney that he hari received a letter from Gault's manager. Chris Cline. agreeing
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    MCFA SEMI-FINAL
    31 14 The semi final tie m the Malayan Chinese Footlxill Associations knockov< Inter-state competition will be played m ipoh on Btmday. Partlcipatitu teams are Penan?, the holder > no i Perak.
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    YDDLE LEGGE
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    CHAMPION IN SEMI-FINALS
    177 14 Fong Ying Hong, state hard court* and Selangor Chinese Recreation Club invitation tournament champion, qualified for the men's singles semi-finals of the Selangor Open Lawn Tennis Championships at the Selangor Club Grass Courts m Kuala Lumpur yesterday. He beat 54-year-old veteran P. Suphiah m straight sets 6—o,
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    Man with the £10,000 problem
    299 14  -  GEOFFREY SIMPSON By B:ino on the beach at Cann es, having flown at tl nd to rthlnk thli -r," is a man i a 10,000 problr Middle! m, who tx 1: t Leamington 1 now manager of bo champion, R.inU'»it)h it U: shall Turnin de
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    AUSSIE HOPES NOT DAMPENED
    223 14 ALTHOUGH the average Australian tennis enthusiast is disappointed by the form shown by their players m the Wimbledon singles, many keen critics believe Australia has no need to be pessimistic about the Davis Cup Challenge Round m December. Ken Rosewall may have disappointed some of his
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    English soccer referees are still the best
    326 14  - English soccer referees are still the best VERNON MORGAN By IT may be true that England has lost hPr I *as the world's best soccer, team but th reput ation I no denying that when it comes to reier^ rV aQ I still "the maestros." Ii!!i. En^nd ar I Thero
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    Captain's Prize starting times
    307 14 The Island Club Captain 1 starting times on Sunday are* Ist TEE '•30 N. S. Lim (20) j X 8.15 J. Stirling (J) d Jf Mullan .4.. F. Jones .4. 820 l' Boh Yam (8), D L. Cowie j, J Moore i 3); 8.25 J. Wilson
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    POSTPONED
    22 14 The SAFA Div. 3B Jollllads A.U. and Immigralto S^ scheduled for Geylan* ytferdayj* poa poned due to bad ground coot tions.
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    Aussies were spreadeagled
    649 15 A ussies were spread eagled MOiAL VICTORY FOR ENGLAND Free I'ress Special Correspondent Tpst Ml left t!lilWn at Old Trafford last night after Australia had tflE third x d lb v and dramatically In their second innings with eight collapsed pm* runs us tralia led England on first innings by
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    TIGERS CAME NEAR TO FIRST DEFEAT
    263 15 TIGERS CAME NEAR TO FIRST DEFEAT c AAA ...1. KcABLEMhVtic Association A nearly created an upset m Lsmapore Amateur F.A. ninr lea-ue when they came Statin* unb atc ri n mart held by the leasu? leadr4e Sport. Association 6 Amicables were Well on top for thp greater part of the
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    HUTTON CHOSEN CAPTAIN AGAIN
    55 15 JEN HUTTON has been appointed captain of the Eng--2 T cket team for tne f ourth «id fifth Test matches against A^ralia at Leeds and Oval respectively. Hjjtton has captined the side »c three Test matches played England's side for the fourth p r Ueds win
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    'POSSIBLES' WIN
    39 15 Possibles beat Trobabtes" bi 1 three goals to two m Monday's Annj ■occer trial ai the rase i A nr v.' \m Road. Bar! let f «2i and Armstrong MOT* tot Possibke; Allen and Uaney tot Probables.
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    KING RETAINS FEATHER TITLE
    16 15 KING RETAINS FEATHER TITLE •nm. m at Ulchhardt Su;y.e]y outclassed Cole"lln his 47th win m 48
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    SCOREBOARD
    146 15 AI'STRAIJA— Ist Inns.: 318 ENGLAND— Ist Jjins. Hutton ibw b Lindwiill 66 Edrich c Hole b Hill 6 Graveney c De Courey b Miller 5 Compton c Langley b Archer 45 Wardle b Lindwall 5 Watson b Davidson 16 Simp.son c Langley b Davidson 31 Bailey c Hole b
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    KUMAR IN 3rd ROUND
    81 15 I. ERNST of Ceylon beat L. W. J Price of Britain 6—2, 6—o In the first round of the men's singles m the Welsh Lawn Tennis championships m Newport I Monmouthshire yesterday Nare.sh Kumar of India reached the third round of the men's tingles when he
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    TOUR DE FRANCE
    34 15 Jean Robic, of France, yesterday led a pack of cyclists over three skyscraping passes m the Pyrenees Mountains to win the '115-kilometer 11th lap m tne Tour de France bicycle race.
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    CALLED OFF
    12 15 All vcstfiday 1 s sdiednlcd Blnt«" pore United Servicn iM).Mpoi)ed.
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    MALAYS' FIRST WIN OF TOUR
    85 15 P vi,.tino Malay Footbal' x r*** t. fmiav r fi^t match of a of the Bandun, delation by three goals to two half-time score was oiu'-all. The Malays played I football against the Incomplete Bandung team, whose forwi were not used to i ther and
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    The going should be good
    1124 16  - The going should be good ALLAN LEWIS SUPERIORITY (Us) IS A CERT B By YESTERDAY'S rain has lvnl little effect on the traclu at Bukit Timah and without further showers the \ioma, will be good this afternoon. In the circumstances I can■#t see any of Uie mudlarks liavin^ an>thiiu m
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      596 16 TODAY'S CARD FOLLOWING are the acceptors and probable jockeys todays races at llukk Timah: Race 1—2.30: Class 3. Div. 4—6 Furs. 1 804 Thr Magyar Franklin 8.13 Ms. P. H. 6c TW. Oriij Fix 2 533 Alw*^ Lansdown 8.12 Mr. A Mrs. H S. Yeo Breuk >:i 3 -02 Fairy
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      455 16 Race 5—4.50: Class 3, Div. I—6 Fur* I 901 Quii-ksilver StraktT 9.00 Mr uhoo 3 430 My Word Lansctown tf.l2 Mr. v H Chpano Ba Ojf 4-5 Solde Ila fiagby 8.11 Kia Oi a Stable Breu B kp e0 5 881 Trimslyle Whitney 810 Ong Yap Ba W ti 214
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