The Singapore Free Press, 7 September 1953

Microfilm: NL3677
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    Masthead
    19 1 The Singapore Free Press Largest Afternoon Sale m Malaya. a* isstt ■safspsrr menu sept. 7. i9»:t. Price ir> Cts
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    ADENAUER IN, SAY SOCIALISTS
    228 1 ADENAUER IN, SAY SOCIALISTS liror^ parties gain a big lead Red leader beaten m reddest district SOCIALIST press chief Herr Fritz Heine, conceded early yesterday that Chancellor Konrad Adenauer's Christian Demorats will be the largest party m the new West German Parliament. Dr, Adenauer's party secured 48 of the first
    U.P.; Reuter; A.P.  -  228 words
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    Bus runs into house
    19 1 picture. The seem* al Tanjone; Pagar road junction after the crash thi» inornin; Free Press
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    Police look for 3rd man
    72 1 Free Press Staff Reporter SINGAPORE police are looking for the weapon used to murder a young Indian m the Atlantic Theatre. Great World Park. soon after midnight on Saturday. The murdered man was Vasu Davan. a 26-year-old tailor of Havelock Road. Singapore Police, who arrested
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    TWELVE FAMILIES ESCAPE
    253 1 TWELV E FAMILIES ESCAPE Free Press SUIT Reportei TO save the life of a Chinese A cyclist, .Singapore Traction Company driver, moustached Mohd. Kassim, this morning swerved his trolley bus m Tanjong Pagar Road. The bus. travelling towards tn e wharves after swinging right i across the road, crashed against
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    Rubber price
    24 1 Singapore Rubber Market opened steadily this morning with first grade. September shipment at 65 cents a pound. 'a cent above Saturday's closing.
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    Nylon mountaineers
    58 1 T^E main party of the seven-man Japanese mountaineering expedition to Annapuma Two arrived m Calcutta by air J/om Tokyo yesterday prepared for an ''all-nylon attempt to **le the 26.041-Zoo^ Himalayan peak All their tents, windvruof clothing and other equipment are made of nylon, all maae m Japan excent
    Reuter  -  58 words
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    Labour Party to woo the unions
    255 1  - Labour Party to woo the unions P. KRISHNAN 'NO POLLS WITHOUT UNITY' By THE SINGAPORE Labour party yesterday aumiueu that the clash of personalities played an overwhelming: part m alienating the Party from trade unions. But for the first time :n the. party's history almost half the officials elected yesterday
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    Reds win in Gurkhaland
    58 1 nnilE Communists hate 1 emerged as the largest single party m the first municipal elections held on an adult franchise In Khatmanilu. capital of Nepal, home of the Gurkhas. In the 18-member municipal committee, five Communists were declared elected yesterday. Two of them are underground with
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    Woman, 30, found dead, hands tied
    116 1 Woman, 30, found dead, hands tied By ROGER YUE. SINGAPORE police are probing the possibility of a sex murder following the discovery of the half-clad body of a young woman m lallang opposite the Metal Box Co.. Woodlands Road, just before midnight on Saturday. Tne wrists wer c tied together
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    LANA TO WED
    26 1 Lana Turner and Lex Barker yesterday filed forms for marriage m Turin. They were accompanied by the U.S. Consul m Turin and friends.
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    TUC MAY STOP BEVAN AT PARLEY
    309 2 Council against cut m arms DRITAIVS Trade Union Congress, which opens its annual dekfatesV conference today m the Isle of Man, may rebuff extreme leftists who want more nationalisation, more trade with Soviet WOC nations and less rearmament. The almost i.ooo delegate! representing 183
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    'TITO HAS DICTATOR COMPLEX'
    166 2 'TITO HAS DICTATOR COMPLEX' I I ITALY last night said Marshai Tito "had become a victim Of megalomania that afflict* dictators A communique issued m R«>m. after day long consultations between high officials of the Italian Foreign Office said that Tito's proposal to internationalise Trieste City and to absorb the
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    DELEGATE ARRIVES IN SINGAPORE
    37 2 Mrs. Dulcle Dive, Australian and New Zealand delegate to the fourth Inter-Continental Bahai conference m New Delhi, will give a talk on "The Renewal of Civilisation" at the Y.W.C.A. today at 530 p.m.
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    'SILENT' STAR DIES
    20 2 Francis Ford, 71, serial star m silent pictures and brother of director John Ford, died yesterday.- AP
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    Germ war hoax led to torture
    280 2 Germ war hoax led to torture FREED American airmen yesterday began unfolding a gruesome story of how the Chinese Reds perpetrated the Korean war's biggest hoax g<-rm warfare "confessions" by tortures carried on long after the truce was signed. The Chinese, were still at it I as late as yesterday
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    SEARCH FOR BEAUTY
    36 2 JACK HILTON, the wellknown London impresario is searching for Britain's most beautiful fcirls for an American musical, "Wish You Were Here" which will open m London soon. Picture shows three of the girls.
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    Persia ready to spend
    32 2 The Persiari Government Will use the neic United State* aid of $45,000,000 to develop agriculture and industry and cmild housing for the poor, Teheran radio said today- Reuter
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    The secret planes fly at big show
    199 2 The secret planes fly at big show OECURITY men are protect*, the secrets of Britain's law supersonic jet fighter* and 2s bombers at the world's biw& •vial air show, which or* at Farnborough today. Many of the aircraft sjaaa. will, fly In the display i?J Britain's -super priority J? duction
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    INQUIRING CAMERA FINDS OUT
    386 3 Fans want to have a say on films Tneral opinion amo n g Singapore v u Is that an association for film-fans can be a powerful organisation if it is properly run and if it enjoys the support of film magnates, An association of this nanny
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    'LET'S HAVE NONSTOP SCREENINGS'
    120 3 'LET'S HAVE NONSTOP SCREENINGS' MR Bobbie Tan. businessman, a world traveller and a cinema fan who never misses s picture, said: "The cinema ts mr second home. I suppose there ca-n be plenty of faults if one wants to find them. "Screenings should be continuous, as m some other countries.
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    U.S. BACHELOR SHORTAGE
    127 3 THE United States has follower 'eligible" civilian bachelors than -eligible" girls, the Census Bureau reported yesterday. And it blamed conscription for it. But. there were a million more married people m 1932 than there were m 1951. '"Eligible" women were listed as those aged from 18 to
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    HONEYMOON WENT OUT OF WINDOW FOR THEM
    178 3 HONEYMOON WENT OUT OF WINDOW FOR THEM Free Press Staff Reporter QfN *hat should have been the first day of a Scottish couple's, honeymoon, the bridegroom was In hospital with the bride-to-be at his bedside— of a 'friendly fight" l hey had. It wa.^ at thr home nf the onde-to-be
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    They object to cut in Council allowance
    176 3 Free Press Staff Reporter MR. A. R. Lazarous, Singapore City Councillor, who wants I to move a motion at this month's Council meeting asking that the present allowance of $200 paid to councillors be reduced to $50. was criticised yesterday by two other
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    Wedding in Singapore
    27 3 picture. Mr. Alfonso Gonzales and Miss Veronica Bosito of Singapore. Who were married at the Cathedral of the Good Shepherd on Saturday- Free Press
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    NAME OFF LIST IF YOU TURN DOWN AN S.I.T. FLAT
    207 5 NAME OFF LIST IF YOU TURN DOWN AN S.I.T. FLAT Some 'are too fussy, so- tree Press Stall Reporter DEOPLE who refuse to take up Singapore Improvement Trust flats allotted to them will m future be struck off the list of applicants. They will not. once they refuse a flat,
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    They'll dine in confort instead
    92 5 They'll dine in confort instead CAVE explorers from all over the world assembling m Paris for the first international geological congress today have abandoned plans to hold a candlelight banquet m the Paris catacombs because the caves are too cold and wet. Three hundred underground explorers from 20 nations, some
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    SHE MODELS TO AID A UNION
    58 5 Australian ex-mannequin. Miss Barbara Keu. models a cotton evening frock which was raffled at Raffle* Hotel. Singapore, on Friday night. The occasion ITSS a danc* orsanis- Ed to aid the Qatitas Employees I'nion m it> drive for funds to build an educational premises and
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    You might be held for trespass
    405 5 You might be held for trespass A STEP OVER THE GRASS VERGE, AND- Free Press Staff Reporter ALMOST every other day. A a man gets cautioned and discharged m the Singapore police courts for "wilful trespass" of Royal Air Force property ta Changi. The sth Mice Court magistral Mr. D.
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    THEN 'DEAD' HUSBAND TURNED UP
    125 5 THEN 'DEAD' HUSBAND TURNED UP MM .leine Ferren. a Id French woman, abont he third time at Boudy, so. when she received a letter from "dead" first husband. He had been taken prisoner by the Germans m France In 1939 and disappeared In eastern Furope. After he was officially "deaf"
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    Decline in building inspite of 'freedom'
    159 5 Decline in building inspite of 'freedom' Free Press Staff Reporter THE great number oi private buildings put up m Siii^apore last year v. ill not be ited this year, despite the lifting of the two-year-old building restrictions In June. Mr. H. Hawson, the city's acting architect, said that from plans
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    MISSION TO PEKING
    48 5 A Ceylonese trade mission was greeted m Peking by the Prime Minister, Mr. Chou En I Lai, on Sept. 5. The mission has I gone there to arrange details j for the exchange of goods m 1954 under a five-year trade agreement signed last year.
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      78 5 i j^MADAS L/AcA LCU LAT O R I \{\l a masterpiece at precision, SS^-jS?'*^' try"**s^MflaaaY a _\\\jf JL ft BBsn_a_ kFj+oc^ Jona* UNDERWOOD GENERAL AGENCIES (M) LTD. I SINGAPORE KUALA LUMPUR PENANG j UK c^- rc TEL: *****, ***** >v <* scorrs RD oy r- Introducing Singapore s ml york
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      175 6 SBSSSBJsanaannn^SßsaßSSSnnns^ W gJKj m A ?1/ 11 I" uTTee^Falk and Phil Davis MANDRAKE, THE MAdCIA^ =g| by Edgar Rice Burroughs i __3_T_! SZo Hsiao _rfi___i Thl Pa*?cn £AKPS sU CfiEATltfW 0f BULL .APE sajj-snlll^^^^ I I w m ___w—w^^~mmmmm»w—^mmm———m———^—~—^—^—^—^ m^^^ THF SAINT by Leslie Chartens __T^^ P H ISON T
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      487 6 YOUR LUCKY > STAR ROEN 10..A1. vouar, those who lend i 0 .-.J." farts and faaej such iuantit.es that it is someX* I diilKiilt to kiM.u where* MsnsnSßJ line BBS] y ou lh < an exceptionally > n j_ nation and BasaM ically kt to lis,- m Use rraaliu ar|_T_
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    Family rows in Britain are fewer
    250 7 Family rows in Britain are fewer ,iu.Mst>' at work m Britain that breeds T ,,EKF tfween parents and poisons the wells of I strile betw* en l -slum sickness." li^ 2 s l p ar tly physical, partly mental, but it It Is i^L 0U „ffl-when slum-dwellers are moved to
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    SHOULD A FAMILY MAN RISK HIS LIFE?
    205 7 SHOULD A FAMILY MAN RISK HIS LIFE? laa married man with a family PVlways justified m risking Su life m the hope al sating al uTu debatable point, said Penzance coroner the inquest on 39 year old Sq Jon-Leader William H 55 .who was drowned tryin Zm a girl bather
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  • Article, Illustration
    Untitled
    54 7 picture. Count Charles I>e Camay dressed as ♦'Bacchus;* French 'I Mr Ilube re ■J a Marchioness; Marquis de Caevaa; Princess Mareiia C*r acciolea nd Mr. >»■!*" J*™ «*ft to right) at the fabulous WUI, century ball held hy fee J*^"'* '.deaPtdtStf of th c ChiberU Country Club, near Biarntz, France.
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    FANATICS KILLED
    61 7 One hundred and seventeen member! of the fanatical Darul gs have been killed during recent mopping up rations m the region ol Guard, 200 miles south-east ol JAKARTA. At the same time M WSJ re- ported from TJiandjur, lOC i south of Jakarta, thai a 100 Darul Islam
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    THEY MEET-AFTER 7 YEARS
    66 7 Mrs (lara Hall, her husband Mr. Alfred Hall, and their son Nicholas, on his father's shoulders, as they meet for the first time m seven years, at -Montreal. Canada, airport. Mr. Hall and his wife were married m Moscow. Mrs. Hall has tried for several years
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    THEY'LL 'SOUND' AIR 18 MILES UP
    195 7 BRITISH scientists have perfected new radar equipment which by 'sounding" the upper atmosphere to a height of 18 miles, is expected to revolutionise weather forecasting all over the world. Eight stations are to ne built, each sending up four h2lloon> a day at a
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    Business man was 'wary of women'
    301 7 Business man was 'wary of women MARRIED business m ifl who accuses an actress oi trying to blackmail him utter ne had been to her flat, told Mr. Derek Curtis-Bennett. Q.C., that he wa.s "a very substantial man financially. Then Mr. Curtis-Bennett, who is defending 30-year-old Kathleen Davies. of Pallbter
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    They'll dig for castle
    103 7 A search for remains of the I sreat nalace at Windsor which I j believed to have been replac- I ed by the existing Windaoi <tl e is to begin this month Volunteers interested m.| haeoloav are to dia an a site! at Kingsbury, Old Windsor}!
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      101 7 r S- 6§V All types of Insurance at "W yj) Lloyds, I-ondon I MARINE. MOTOR, I \^:\j FIRE, ACCIDENT jl^gjks A new service we can /7^__e viKj/ offer to Clients is POLIO INSURANCE I For a premium of only $21.00 per annum insurance cover can be issued against this disease.
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    Saddle M a gy ub holds khana
    179 8  - Saddle M a gy ub holds khana Peter de Cruz ByL < iy pOR the first time m it', J^i pore held a gymkhana! Powerful lamps lit the MCfcJ eve And it turned out to be a r Even the horses and ponies apoJ__ the There were six events: the
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    MAN I WANT TO MARRY -BY YVONNE
    207 10 MAN I WANT TO MARRY -BY YVONNE Someone like n iMIfIT i:r..l Y VONNF. PSCSSU3. one of H*^™" I actresses, dropped a hint as to cue im would like to marry. married, just like any v She f «.jt the Lst Vl m- I want to do is settle down.
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    200 PUBLIC SCHOOL BOYS MUTINY
    258 10 200 PUBLIC SCHOOL BOYS MUTINY Walk out -and camn out rpYVO HUNDRED "mutineer" boys of one of South Africa's leading public schools spent a night singing around camp fires after walking out of the school. The boys were protesting against two .school edicts. They had been told they could not
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    Fined barber has new nlan
    118 10 R. HARRY STANLEY, 49- j year-old barber fined £5, h *:5 ss, casts, recently fori suiting a customer, wants aive lace and scalp massage ;h-frequency treatment, and Hour head-baths at his shop I during Cross Road, London. ILs application for a h< ->nee do so
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    Zoo goat joins the army
    83 10 Zoo goat joins the army AMONG London Zoo's herd of Royal White Goats are two fine billies," with imposing horns. One of them is this week joining the Army. He will go as "regimental mascot to the 4th Battalion the Welch Regiment. The Zoo's herd came fa Windsor Great Park
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    15-MILE CHALLENGE BY 86-YEAR-OLD
    48 10 For the second time veteran runner Charlie Hart, of Twickenham. Middlesex. challenging the world. When he was ?hnn c ma?r na open World niara--s?^ n America. Now. aged 86. he is challengmo anv T\Zl V° rare over Pc to take an interest m IllllK,
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    Sees through another's eye
    77 10 AN OXFORD man. blind m both eyes by two separate accidents, is seeing now through the eyes of a dead Marine. The delicate transplanting operation took place r,t the Oxford Eye Hospital after the eyes had been stored m an eye bank" at Birmingham University. Now
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    Senor looks forward to Comet
    130 10 JpaT regular airline passenJ |ers are now able to claimj c hours spent m the air i many prlrate pilots Senor Benjamin Btrougo I example A Rio de Janeiro i SrL m r an > U a 1 or to London. Hii Hying time during
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    Six add bit more to map of world
    101 10 Six add bit more to map of world SIX men sailed home into the River Tvne with a new section to add to the map of the world m a number of thumbed school exercise books. They drew the maps 600 iri'de the Arctic Circle on the icebound island of
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    Flying fuel stations for jets
    256 10 Flying fuel stations for jets 11l m may be able to pull up to flyi n filling stations and refuel while whizzling along t speed* ao. proaching 600 mij i s an hour iiui altitudes i 30.000 The U-S. Air buret" announced that preliminary tests have been completed with a
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    A toddy for the cat
    55 10 4:V epidemic of cat 'flu is sp reading throuchout Britain. A P.D.S.A. official warned cat-1 "Watch o.<t ij your pet looks depressed and gets the sniffles." Essential* for the c\ re: C omplcte rest, warmth, a spell indoors, and two drops of whis ku m
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      63 10 I* ni iiaViin^ I I RADIO TO I INCORPORATING RADIO MALAYA NEWS ALL THE BEST I BmOAD€ASTI!W I Hvtails mi iaWfO Muhtu4i fl fl a a im. f a n if o r r s t» n t>rofiruitiwru>s. our puffy* a f film nf u ffir/00/iv. puzzii's. prize emmimmi nn<l
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    Bridge Hand
    255 11 Both tidei* vulnerable South denier NORTH The bidding South West North Enat A Pas* 1(3? ran* 1 N T Fas* 4 N T Pasn !>V Pnsn 4N T All pass J HAVE SO MANY h.MUiie hands, my* lift Master Marie -that it isn't f.ur to call _y .B*l
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    Why Reds Now Let In Newsmen
    518 11  - Why Reds Now Let In Newsmen EDWARD M. KORRY by BUDAPEST. „ct?H-\rstiic single most f*S' fart about a ■rt-S-S Jf newhas worked a >< T£ n a Communist _25lite such as Hungary S* JFSKB <■ on the granting of Ssto. and travel m the Ends under its control; with, few
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    POCKET CARTOON
    33 11  -  OSBERT LANCASTER I by "Listen, si>fer— t/ think you're going to get results ttith No. 3 stop at four-toot foe us without wing^a colourfilter on a day like tins-. you're crazy!"
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    HOUSE-BRED LAMB
    381 11 try alone without government guides m search of legitimate news legitimate by western standards is to violate the Hungarian concept of journalism and to bring yourself under suspicion, and possibly accusation, of espionage. To ask for the nearest earage. I was told very coldly four years ago m
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    New era of bareness on the beach
    168 11 New era of bareness on the beach HOLLYWOOD FRED COLE, the swimsuit manufacturer, predicts "a new era m bareness" on the beach. Cole says there will be more two-piece bare midriff suits next season but adds "they won't be as bare as Bikinis." "The average woman's figure, j even among
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      256 11 Today's Crossword ■^B b^m| Urn ta^ M IHg I InH nnnH I HI IH m I^l _f^ !oj| I nHl^^Bnnnml^^annnnn^^Hl ___W^ 2r~^j24^^J^ps ___^H__J^^OT^LJPLJi^^ sa^^ ACROSS 0 show resentment i 4». 13 IDo the birds grumble? (6) 4 Draw c;o to this tor service food: 1 4» al understand? (6>. 8
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  • The Pressman's Postbag
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      HERE IS PROOF FOR THE TALE OF A TAIL
      224 12 HERE IS PROOF FOR THE TALE OF A TAIL ¥N reference to Mr. J. M. Jackson's letter m fcW*. lof Sept. 2 under the headline "Birds U-f_4 Ml ta lust a tale", I am sending you a photograph of a p^oenix-bird stated to have a tail of 4 J metres,
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      PIPE DREAMS
      241 12 THAT part of Kampong K.eoun Ilbl Immediately behind t»e Orea fa tnrn Part hai no pu Mater stand. The poor kampong folk are CompeßM to carry water for their drnnostlc use from the public watei nd it Changi Roud la front ol J the Nev Cltv Theatre. The
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      LIKES U.S.
      101 12 I HAVE often thought of going to America, and I am willing to work my way there. Is there no one who could offer me a job as a governess? I would be the happiest girl m the world if I could go to the States, because I
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      'SINCE THEN NOTHING HAS BEEN DONE..'
      93 12 i^AN aomtOOC tell me whether V/ the plan to widen that part of the road from the junction of -Lteirietiti and Paair Pan. aim tetß, Army M^*l fe^ 7 ha. been attempt wav made about two ye ars ago 3_rVE? w sto,,< »»d been
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      Mr. Morrando IS 'in tune'
      211 12 IAM convinced that S. T. Goh doesn't know what he's talking about, or he thinks he's being funny. I've listened to practically all Kingsley Morrando's programmes, and if at any time he altered his presentation of a programme, it has been for the best. Who
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      Any grouse?
      32 12 HAVE you a grouse? Have you a bright idea? Have you seen anything strange or unusual? Ther write to the PRESSMAN and tell others about it m his POSTBAG briefly.
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      CINEMA GUTTED
      57 12 One of Tokyo's largest eine- mas, the Sabaru, burned down last night with the roof caving I m only minutes after 800 persons fled into the streets. One fireman and two spectators were injured. A short circuit In a Hght j circuit touched off the lire, which spread
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      Kinsey 0r no Kinsey, 'this is a pity'
      277 12 I was glad to read th c article' I "Isn't It All Too Extreme Dr. Klnsey?" Bui 1 confess to B sense of dk. when ti.e writer Geor*. Pansa something to the effect that the psychl i >me of distinguished," jZ whom
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      NEW HALL
      140 12 MORE than $1,250,000 is to be spent on renovation of the I >:ia Theatre and Memorial Hall. Singapore. I am sure many will agree with me that this is indeed, a very large sum to use m such a way. WouldtVt it be better to rebuild oc the
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    Three types of Women
    252 13  - Three types of Women EILEEN ASCROFT by LONDON. IN™ L f H* woman eH m is 33-year-old. t pvfd Teresa" Wright. Z\ r her Hrst W. m England, she hM mow *age Mm uk bet an most act!* Hollyod'i attempts to her have failed. She remains simple, reserved. almost plain.
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    Do you have a 'little terror'?
    498 13 A GREAT many families have among their members the sort of child who is described as "a little terror." To find yourself the parent of a little terror is a worrying business—though often enlivining as well. Fathers and mothers laced with this problem will
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    SEEN IN LONDON
    176 13 a DEPARTMENT for brighter A housewives has opened, with the prettiest-ever selection of aprons, overalls and working clothes. Many have matching Dutch bonnets to protect the hair from dust. Aprons include flowered nylons. reversible patchwork cottons and coloured crash, with small bib and large front zipped pocket
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    Zsa-Zsa and the toreador
    326 13 but I would include Lady Balcon. Dame Edith Evans, Lady Jebb, the Duchess of Gloucester. Mrs. Patricia Ford. MP. and Lady Vansittart. SEX APPEAL is less captivating though perhaps more devastating, it is a combination of animal magnetism, provocation and a challenging twinkle m the eye.
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    WOMEN'S FEET ARE BIGGER
    176 13 CLEVELAND. WOMEN'S FEET are averaging a full size larger than 25 years ago, according to evidence brought out at the annual convention of the Ohio Chiropodists' Association. Dr. Neil C. Macßane explained that this is part of the over-all development o! the human race. c taller
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    MATTHEWS REPEATS CUP FINAL DISPLAY
    658 14 MATTH EWS REPEATS CUP FINAL DISPLAY Arsenal are still stuck (STANLEY MATTHEWS, who played the star part m S Blackpool's victory m the FA. Cup inspired his side to a 3-1 victory over Huddersfleld Town on Saturday. The incomparable "wizard of dribble" supplied all the passes for the three goals,
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    Somdet beats Filipino in five rounds
    112 14 Somdet beats Filipino in five rounds Somdet Yontrakl', Far East welterweiight champion, scored a technical knockout win over Star Gony of Phi'ippims m ti rOUnd non-U' le BOttl at the Rajudaminein S.adiutn m Bangkok last night. Star Gony received a cut about two Inches on his forehead when ih? stadium
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    U.S. GOLFERS KEEP WALKER CUP
    49 14 United States amateur golfers retained the Walker Cup when they i beat Great Britain at Marion m Massachusetts on Saturday. On the Kittanse't Club's course the Americans won the 36 holes singles after gaining a 3-1 lead m the 36 holes foursomes on Friday
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    Runs orgy as cricket enters final stages
    251 14 r pNGLAND skipper Len Hutton. Australian Keith Millar and De Courcy. Yorkshire's Willie Watson and Northampton's Dennis Brookes led a run gettI riot ai cricket entered ILs final stages In England on Saturday. Hutton played a dazzling Inning for Player, against the Gentlemen
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    Easy ride for Eddie Arcaro
    62 14 Mr. and Mrs. Allie Reubens Hasty Road, a 2-1 on favourite, easily won the U551 56.305 Washington Park Futurity Horse Race m Chicago yesterday. Jockey Eddie Arcaro. easing up the two-year-old colt, scored a 3 L 2-length victory over Hal Price Headley's Athenian. Hasty Road
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    Duke in strong lead
    173 14 JUAN MANUEL FANGIO. of Argentina yesterday won the gruelling Merano Grand Prix", which was marred by serious accidents which j resulted m one death and five 1 Injured. I Fangio. behind the wheel of a 3.000 c.c. Alf a Romeo, covered the 15-lap 270-kilometre race m
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    SEDGMAN BEATEN
    57 14 ram. no oevsuin m h u.ium unci.- eel Frank Sedgman of Australia 7-5 1 4-6 7-5. m an international exhibil Hon mau-h m Munich yesterday AuatraJte'n Ken McGregor defetwdl his compatriot, Dinny Pails. 6-4. U I 6-2. t In doubles. Sedgman ud I McGregor teamed up to beat
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    SATOH IS AFTER THE ASIAN TITLE
    467 15  -  FRED SAITO Spore meers India and H.K. By mHE Second Asian Table Tennis Championships open T Tnkvo this afternoon, with players from eight nations competing for both team and individual titles m a Th C^a°nanes > c men's team is composed of five young
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    THEY'VE GOT TO REMEMBER TIME
    629 15  -  ALLAN LEWIS K.L. AMATEUR RACES By SATURDAYS amateur race meeting at Kuala Lumpur was well organised and everything went off without a hitch. HoweVer, there are still a few "unruly" fellows among owners and riders. Owners must realise that starting declarations must be lodged m
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    DUTCHMEN HOLD CABLEMEN 1-1
    37 15 In a Singapore Hex-key Association Div. 3 match at Farrer Park yesterday. Dutch Club drew one-all h Cable Sz Wireless. N S-impson scored for Cable A: Wireless and B. Scheepens for Dutch Club.
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    SUPERWING B.P.
    52 15 Officials of the Superwing Badminton Party for 1953 are: President. Mr. Bob Sect: vice president Mr. Sumathi: secretary. Scow Cheng Swee: asst. sec.. Henry Lee: treasurer Loo Yew Huat: captain. Jolly Anp: asst capt.: Edward Tan: committee: Wee Ewe Hock. Robert Tan. Tan Khim Hak. Kader; auditor, i
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    INDIAN R.C. & TENGAH DRAW
    35 15 INDIAN R.C. TENGAH DRAW Indian Recreation Club drew 2-2 with Royal Air Force <Tengah> m a frienaly soccer match at Farrer Park yesterday. Scully and McMullan scored for RAF N. Nadarajah and Logonathan for I.R.C.
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    110 15 FLORENCE Chadwick. 33-year-old former American steno--1 grapher, who broke two chan- nel swimming records m a twoway marathon between England and "fiance, prepared yesterday to leave for Spain where she hopes to swim the Straits ol Gibraltar. Ifiai Chadwick plans later to go to Turkey and
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    FAY TRIUMPHS IN CEYLON
    383 16 Malayan girls sweep board ,i.i„,,.v rovered themselves m MALAYAN w» m 7,\ alh el 7, va f° yes terdav when they W R lory. at the g_£"^___7*£^ ___N at th exceeded alj^ Ceylon Amateur Ainietic mlts t a ndinK woman Fay SltW proved to be the
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    53 16 RUDGE: To Marie and haay on September 4th, a daughter, Kan*n Anne Mary. STRATH AIRN: At Kluang, on 31_t August. 1953. to Judy, wife of H W. Strathatrn. a daughter. ROBINSON t On September the lnd. 1*53. at Penang Maternity MiMpital. to Joan (nee Severn), wife of A. H.
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    41 16 MR. J. S RASIAH. Planter. Ulu Yam. died on 10th August, 1953, at Thlrunelvely. Jaffna. Ceylon, his Anthlashdy ceremony will take {>lar<« at Port Dickson ant' at his oral residence 284A, Ipoh Road, Senful on 9th September. 1953, at noon
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    FIJIANS LOSE BY 4 MINS
    230 16 INDIAN Association beat Fijian Regiment by four runs at Balestier Road yesterday. Indians went m to bat and after losing their opening pair lost their remaining wickets quickly and were all out Just after lunch for 94 runs. Then the Fijians went m and lost
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    DJAKARTA INVITE
    51 16 MALAYAN Chinese Football Association will send a team to Djakarta m the first week of November— only if a full team can be raised. M.C.F.A. have been Invited by the Persatuan SepakboU Indonesia Djakarta to play a series of six matches between October and November m Djakarta and
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    4 16 SHE'S BEST FAY SIEBEL
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    Rosewll and Hoad are beaten
    148 16 Rosewll and Hoad are beaten I VIC Seixa.s, American holder T of the Wimbleden title with a 7-5. 6-4. 6-4 win over Uwlj iioad, the young Australian, entered the final of the US. national championships at j Forest Hills yesterday. He will meet his Davis Cud <<;-un mate Tony Trabert
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    LUXMAN WAS ONLY MAN FROM MALAYA
    160 16 KLUXMAN was the only male athlete In the Malayan •team to win an event when he won the 440 metres hurdles after a great race with Francis of Ceylon and Krishnamurthv of India. Luxman's time was 58.2 sec. India's Lavy Pinto scored a sprint
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    SCORES 5 GOALS
    46 16 Radio Ifaß Ramblers sufferec :heir wor. t aefeat when they wer< 1 trounced 8-1 ')y the Net an Metnoria b,)orts Club m a friendly i match at Railway Institute featerday. 5 1 Bdhrardß .>^ored five goals, includ lag a ha' -trick for Netaji.
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    HOCKEY UMPIRES
    20 16 The Singapore Hockey Association will hold their second umpires conference at the SRC. I at 6.30 p.m. today.
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    LEE TUCK WING WINS MR. S'PORE JUNIOR TITLE
    203 16 LEE TUCK WING WINS MR. S'PORE JUNIOR TITLE IIEMBEBS of the Evergreen WeightUfting Party M the board at tht* Singapore Junior National Weigh lifting eh impionships held at the Happy World Stadi^ last nfehtNot only were tlu > slu IV iS four -division-fly .bantam. eather and UghtweigM chamPoinships. but aliO
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    295 16 PENANG GIVE A BETTER DISPLAY Penang Cniaeae I Spore M.hni pENANO CHINESE, who wert trounced 5-1 by SingiM* Chinese In the MCFA Cup final Sal urday, gave a better dispb yesterday to beat Singapore Malar, at Jalan Besar Stadium, Cheng Ktii.: and his men battle. magniflciently to regaia thet reputation
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