The Singapore Free Press, 23 September 1953

Microfilm: NL3677
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    Masthead
    21 1 The Singapore Free Press i \ft,»rnm>n Sale in Malaya r- ,.i >„.,! 83 1953. Prlc« 1"> tU. L, |Hl7, Sinuapoif. Wed >« i»-
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    800,000 IN REBEL 'STATE'
    220 1 800,000 IN REBEL 'STATE' Hiatus S4>ist* Sumatra U*mU>ru rebels in Sumatra have proclaimed Acheen part of "Negara Islam Indonesia" Indonesian Islam State. Acheen Is about one-third size of the island of Java and is sparsely populated with about 800.000 people. FANATIC MOVEMENT Acheen's army commander, Major Prajatna, described the situation
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    O.K., LET'S GET GOING
    41 1 pic lure. Ex-President Truman points to his watch as he asks the (!o\vd at a Democratic Party dinner «n Chicago, to stop applauding because broadcast ti me was near. Bv his side is Mr. Adlai Stevenson- A.P.
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    Bishop gets 12 years' gaol
    49 1 Monstgnor Czeslaw Kaczmarek. 58-year-old Bishop of Kielce in central Poland, was sentenced terday to 12 years' imprisonment by a military tribunal. Warsaw radio announced. The Bishop had been charged, with three other prietta and a nun, with espionage, anti-state propaganda and diversionary activity Reuter
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    Police detain six men: One is caught with gun
    189 1  - Police detain six men: One is caught with gun SIT YIN FONG By [iNGAPOKK police yesterday arrested six men. three Chinese and three Malays. Two were caught in an 1 mbush. One of the ambushed men had a .38 revolver 1 nd six rounds of ammunition. 1 The i^e party
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    SUITOR KILLS BEAUTY QUEEN
    102 1 HIGHTEEN-YEAR-OLD Mary Vj Ui/kalli. elected Miss Elegance" ;it festival in the mountain town ot FatovgHa, Lebanon, last Thursday, w.is shot dead by a jealous suitor last ni^ht. Police said .she MIS shot while walkini with l*»ur U tr 1 friends near Orbaniya, mountain villas' e 30
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    Adlai to report to President
    54 1 If. Adlai Stevenson will ro"to President Eisenh Jg recent world tour at a jcheon at the White House on .need White HouM an k oTn Mr stev en.son left on 'ljurney. the President asker hi c me i0 Washington PWI return and make a fcona
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    Mahadi. 13, off to get a new face in Sydney
    173 1 Mahadi. 1 3, off to get a new face in Sydney 7 RS* Wan All. a 13--1«;^';;:- l^,rin Sydney hope to nl "r' t0 lts normal SUI on snnT" •*ui k Sun(hlv afternoon ay De °P«ratecl on on M :;;';:;;r l ung M l^ Desmond wife »t Ifr K mood
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    Throe cars in crash
    55 1 4 1-itr colliding with an old *A Chinese newspaper vendor, a Singapore motor car smashed Into a parked car in Hill Street early this morning. The second car was forced forward, and rammed in r third car. which ended against a lamp post The newsvendor was
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    ARRESTS IN EGYPT
    29 1 Major Baleh Salem, the ptian Minister of National Guidance, announced last night that nine more arrests bad I made in Cairo. Alexandria and other tov Reuter
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    Rubber price
    26 1 Singapn Rubber Market opened this morning on an uncertain tone with first October shipment, at 89 i a pound. 2 cent above yesterday's close.
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    Suez move by Russians
    89 1 RUSSIAN Minister Joseph Kozydev called on Egyptian Foreign Minister Mohmoud Fawzai yesterday In Cairo to discuss foreign military bases" a day after the Soviet's United Nations delegate, Andrei Vishinsky, demanded they be dismantled. The discussion of {•reign military bases by the two men roused extreme interest
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    Police have 600 tanks, 90 planes in E. Germany
    321 2 Police have 600 tanks, 90 planes in E. Germany NUTTING URGES ARMS FOR ADENAUER, AND »AX» \il{. Anthony Nutting, British Dnder-Secretarj i<" Foreign Affairs, f «i in Strasbourg yesterday that the East German "police force" was now armed with (>OO J tanks and 5)0 Russian fighter planes. t told a
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    Russian jet for U.S.
    63 2 Jllll Kussi.m-hurtt >!!<• jH fighter down to an Allied air base l>\ .1 North Korean pilot has been loaded aboard a Kiant transport plane for shipment to the United Stat< v Air Force sources said in Washington. The\ said the wings im\ tail of the jet
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    Woman was killed by the 'Monster'
    202 2 Woman was killed by the 'Monster' fU'IDO Zingerle, "Monster Ol *J Tyrol.' sentenced to life imprisonment yesterday In InnsbruoK. Austria, for the rapt and murder ol an English woman tourist Helen Munro. ihouted to a tense court "1 cannot oonirol myself." The f)l -year-old recluse who lived in a mountain
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    HUKS STRIKE AGAIN
    56 2 Communl t led nik In Kent truck t" Philippine Armj patrol in the .same Manila where the] had ambushed b |< civilian guards and kllli j« rton < >n< a i j i offlcei and two n ii U d m< ii UW ond atta k ci
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    U.K. to debate Soviet disarm plan
    159 2 fFHE United Nations Steer! Committee agreed yesterday to recommend the inclusion on the General Assembly's agenda of thr Soviet proposals for disarmament and an unconditioi ban on atomic and hydrogen bombs. The Committee voted by 13 to none, with one abstention Nationalist dura for
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    U.S. 'MIG PILOT' WAS PUI IN GADI
    212 2 U.S. 'MIG PILOT' WAS PUI IN GADI A CIVILIAN i o-ordination between Unito Air Foil i and niinois state police ga> to false n Russian fl had landed h I I MIG irried over a national U U islon network and oadcast over a radio sta- < tion. brought a
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    CITY CAN'T FIND SITE FOR DEPT. BUILDING
    219 3 CITY CAN'T FIND SITE FOR DEPT. BUILDING 3 .MnokinK for a site t0 pu »f fbuilcilng to house the l&riettf Department and Electricity v pctric a op nances. rSTo? 1L750 000 ha* been Aside for this purpose. It 56 r be%pent this year 7 h e Electricity Department u isked
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    GIRLS KIDNAPPED, HELD TO RANSOM
    40 3 Two teen-aged daughU rs oi I wealthy Chinese merchant at Pegu, 50 miles north of Rangoon, have been raptured and held to ransom. Their captors demand equivalent oi' U55.5,000 arid onepound weight in i .;old.
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    INCOME TAX Oil IN THE U.S.
    43 3 U.S. Secretary ol th< Tl iry Mr. George M. Humphrey. aid yesterday Income tax I'octo be cut by 10 per cent be end of the year and aere would be no requ vnewing the excess profits tax
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    REDS SCALE PEAK
    23 3 A group of Boviet mounn L 2 i UMl)Ot unclimbod peak •n he Tien Shan, the s !JJ*«enc3f Ta.w reported
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    WOOL TRADE PLAN
    7 3 Jip^n will import urn
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    FRIENDS AGAIN
    46 3 Greece has accepted Bulgaria's proposal for restoration of diplomatic relations ben the two countries, it was announced in Athen> vesterday picture. WIIKRF this farm produce collecting centre now stands Japanese invaders are believed to have dug: a ma** irravp tor their victims Free Press
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    Key to the riddle of the skulls and bones
    173 3 Key to the riddle of the skulls and bones *fi Vi«|^ fi. -fareer. said d ay flo| et Williams yestcrWi ia s l7 hM flr *sheu/i oUles l<)r the And ah?v rk s wiUl Down In the village at the 18' 2 milestone, Urn Chu Kang Road. Singapore, they are
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    BOMB THROWN
    28 3 Police sought yesterday an unknown terrorist who had exploded a homemade bomb in the lilt of an European district building in Casablanca, wounding an Arab employee.
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    'COMPLAINTS TOUR' BY COUNCILLORS
    111 3 'COMPLAINTS TOUR' BY COUNCILLORS SOME city councillor.- went round labourers' quarters in Jalan Besar. Singapore, yesterday to investigate complaint that police checked up there during the night, causing inconvenien Mr. 8. Jaganathan, secret of the Labour group in the council, said that the cOmnta appeared to be at thr thei
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    Mass eating of enriched rice to test it
    309 3 Mass eating of enriched rice to test it A R G E working-class lji communities in Malaya will shortly be fed with enriched rice, to asst\s.s its merit m fighting malnutrition. The plan i.s to be launched in munities of various races. It is in co-operation with the World Health
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      222 3 Your hair demands the care you give your face 'Cleanse nourish glamorise' these <^L> "^y »re Stciner's three basic rules for hair p health and beauty. We are show ing the three Steiner preparations you need I I |ft^!^ > tiq| I t j for this simple, effective treatment: Ifl
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  • The Singpore Free Press WEDNESDAY, Sept 23. 1953.
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      Opinion FIRE VICTIMS
      397 4 Opinion FIRE VICTIMS 17 E must confess to some y astonishment at the involved means which < the Singapore Joint Relief Organisation have had to devise to find money with which to build houses for the victims of the Kampong Bugis fire. hree hundred thousand dollais are required for the
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    Japanese Trade
    731 4 Neat, smiling little |aps with suit cases are busily collecting contracts in the Middle East says L. L. HAYS VOW that the wai guns silent in Korea, the trade guns— directed against Britain are opening up in Japan. Coming cuts in America's military expenditure in Japan will force
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    By the Way
    193 4 By BEACaCOMBEj THERE is a rumour i nM a7 and its purlie* that ata Foulenou.h is genu tove at las, It h «J to comment on the rumour, to"etofore the CaptataT^ ITJI H aVC )T n eoverned i uhat he calls common sen In other words, he
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    110 MORE BEDS FOR K.K. HOSPITAL
    317 5 110 MORE BEDS FOR K.K. HOSPITAL Many new wildings to go up t| Free Press Staff Reporter IZANDANG Kerbau Hospital In Singapore plans a series of extension programmes to double existing facilities. The foundation stone for the now buildings will be iuid by the Governor of Singapore, Sir John Nicoll,
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    More want to 'use their hands'
    201 5 TECHNICAL SCHOOL GROWS Free Press StafT Reporter iX upper floor is being added to the Singapore Junior School to accommodate an increasing lumber of students attending evening classes. It will house four classrooms each holding 40 pupils. Work is expected to be completed In
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    PRICES FALL AFTER THE FESTIVAL
    97 5 )RICES for moon cakes in Singapore dropped yesterday -the climax of the Eighth Moon Festival. n the morning, restaurants. *ops and stalls sold them at prices sligrtly below what they nad charged during the past ■ortnight. But prices suddenly nose-dived in the afternoon— a tall
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    Why the I.L.P. is no more
    59 5 Jlpu 8 jj Manyam. Singapore > T' Councillor, .said yesterWpit lht> Un K der has cease d to He P i?. ttOm registration. Opened ?n a^ t>d ullat ab °ur p art t r Ind epencient M? L of Sin «apore. •usai to Man
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    Had business in Baghdad
    82 5 THI! sinister-lookimj man bears out his appearance, for he is the cruel Caliph of Baghdad of "Hassan an Art Theatre Group production of Flecker's play to be performed at Kuala Lumpur Town Hall on 8, 9 and 10 Oct. In the play Rafi, kin? of the
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    FLOODS KILL 10
    56 5 Italy counted ten dead last night from weekend floods, and on^ entire vUlage of 40 inhabitants was evacuated in the face of a steadily advancing landslide. picture here bowing; before- the caliph, who has thrin torturrd to death. Itati is pUyed by f«eofffrey Weeks, and l»rrvaneh bv
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    Horror-hushed court hears how two girls died
    1466 7 Horror -hushed court hears how two girls died Tjidntdo it, says man of 22, accused "f~Jouble murder on Thames towpath ovnß hushed the 3RR ?nfthe Richmond *> urt fP °f as Mr- J- F P fthe savagery tol Lh two young girls *JtSs£ near Ted,rtfon May 31. bore traces q,°ihen
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    Musical Instrun West, Old, Ne
    396 8 r FHE pictures in this page show some of the ancient and modern musical instruments on display at the Singapore Art Society's exhibition of Eastern and Western musical instruments at the British Council Hull. This exhibition is the first of it's kind in this part
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    East
    142 9  -  Lee Tuck Soon ft? WP ore Art iy Peter de Cruz The stringed instruments ot a fjM Western orchestra. From left to rift the Violin, which is made uv or ,0 or mon pieces of wood, has four string* made of out the Viola, is larger but not OS
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    CHINESE ZITHER
    94 9 ,4 Tung-Tseng or Chinese Zither, one of the three oldest Chinese instruments, and used ai rituali or for playing elegant inusic. It is 2,500 years old md the number of strings varies from 14 to 18. Above, left: The Tanpura. an Indian inst rumen corresponding to the ancient
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    EVANS CASE — NEW ROW
    334 10 EVANS CASE NEW ROW Report 2 will stir M. P. s Q.C.: NOTHING HIDDEN VKT another political Hum -up is expected over the hanging of Timothy Evans for the murder of his baby daughter (ieraldine nearly four years ago. The new row may follow a second report, published last week
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    RIDDLE OF 5 PLANKS
    341 10 THE five planks of wood were used by the murderer to hide the bodies of Mrs. Evans and the child. Evans in his confession stated that he strangled his wife on November 8, that he concealed her body behind timber in the washhou.se which he locked
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    RIDDLE OF A NOTEBOOK
    265 10 rE notebook belongs to Detective Inspector James N. Jlack, who took down statenents from Evans after he had >een brought back to London rom Wales. The case for the prosecution eated heavily on a statement aken on December 2 by Chief ruspector Jennings and recordd by
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    RIDDLE OF CONFESSIONAL
    157 10 r Mli. BING allied that Mr. *1 Scott Henderson refuted to 1 >cel?e evidence from the ha. lain who had sorn Evans for confessional before ho was KPcuted Mr Scott Henderson explaias pat the prie.st had already reluted to helj) This was be- he was precluded from
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    Tattooing to hide birthmarks
    88 10 Tattooing to hide birthmarks TUTTOOING has been used A effectively to camouflage ugly dark purple birthmarks. says a New York plastic .surgeon. Dr. Herbert Comvay, oi th^ New York Hospital* Cornell Medical Centre, described the technique in the Journal of th^ American Medical Association. A thick .solution of natural skin
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    Evicted family lives in hencoo
    164 10 Evicted family lives in hencoo ITCN miles from the fair of Nottingham, i n th* of Belvoir. a family is uJL a chicken hut. Pi gs and try moved out when the j tamily moved in. Forty-eight-year-old fc Allsop has chronic tubercul With his wife and 18-yej! son. he was
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    A New Era Dawns Australia
    560 11 I RICHARD \nRRiorr BRISBANE £ff> b "ght new *g»«?rz e an ;tfg the hydro- age Vv vp'irs a stretch If Peninsula in the I« the southernmost tip |t0 and extending t A BEST PROJECT Ol all jj i £220.000.000 Snowy «heme which outrivals ■znitude and
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    Bridge Hand
    262 11 -South vulnerable dealer NORTH |411 V 10 5 2 07 C 6 486 3 2 EAST 4--4 3 <? A 6 18 0 A Q J 10 4 3 )f A A K Q J 7 BOFTH 4 Q J 10 9 S 6 f, VKQM 0 2
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    Queen opens Parliament
    35 11 Queen Juliana of th* Netherlands makes her speech from the thron e when she opened the new session of the Dutch Parliament on Sept. 15. At right, is her husband. Prince Bcrnhard.
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    CAIRO EXPANDS ITS AIRPORT
    266 11 CAIRO. r<AIRO'S international airport is being expanded and improved to stave off the tough competition of two other Middle Eastern airfields. Recent statistics have shown that the Khalde airport of Beirut. Lebanon, and Lydda. were making a strong bid toward diverting from the Egyptian capital part
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      241 11 Todays Crossword across- 1 With such an ob- in the athroom? (7). 1 The little vious handicap at the .Mart would ones have obviously got point* (4) they ever be called "ducky"? <4. 9.. 4 The saBM little ones would m 7. rhe art of putting a good face on
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    SHOULD TO SING
    217 13 SHOULD TO SING AYS EXPERT E singing voice helps evelop the speaking whether or not one goes in for music as reer. In singing or ;ing, one's body is instrument, and one d learn to use it ctly,' says Helen on. vocal trainer for ng stars Mary Martin actor Laurence
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    Music Mentor, Please
    667 13 Music Mentor, Please 4 8 a pianist Mr. Peter A Burges may nut always be persuasive In all that He undertakes to play- he was not on Sunday— but I should imagine he can be very persuasive indeed as a lecturer on music. Listening to the relaxed, brief but informative
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    Festival in the Trees
    246 13 Festival in the Trees STUDENTS at this year's Tanglewood (Mass.) music festival came from Mexico. Canada, France, Israel, Sweden, Japan, Korea. Holland, Bolivia, China Norway and Latvia. John Kim, conductor of the Republic of Korea Naval Symphony and Chorus, was a student. Serge Blanc, of Paris, served as concertmaster of
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    QUIZ TEST
    165 13 IWKii i< a Got ak (a) h iicd to tiny long I in which ine vw( I t. < many not< s. (I «> lively d..ncc in 2-in-a-mca* ure time of Little Russia, jc) an t.irly 16th-century instrument? 2 Benny Goodman, jazz conductof, the term Swing Kjnd' originated
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    TOMORROW'S BIG FIGHT HAS STORE TALKING
    318 14 Colony backs Marciano Free Press Boxing Reporter ROCKY MAKCIANO, heavyweight champion of the world, defends his title against fellow-American Roland I,a Starza tomorrow night In New York- but their battle has aroused plenty of interest In Singapore. Most Colonv flKht fans and boxers pick
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    THIS ELEVEN IS WORTH £265,000
    76 14 IK you select an English Soccer team with the most expensive player in each position it works out something like this: Allen (Manchester United t: 11,000) Ramsey (Spurs. C 80,000) Hedley rSunderland, 12,000); Scoular (Newcastle, £28--000), Daniel (Sunderland. C 30,000), Aitken (Sunderland, C 20,000); Berry
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    Tennis twin need good rest before Davis Cup
    362 14 SOME of the U.S. criticism of the handling of the Australian tennis team abroad by manager Harry Hopman \a being echoed in Australia. Several prominent newspaper ciitics say that criticism has been too persistent and backed by performances to be fobbed off
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    Spectacular rugger win by Aussies
    122 14 Spectacular rugger win by Aussies I^HE Australian Rugby Union team produced fast, open and often spectacular football on a muddy., slippery field in their 24-13 win over Border, in Qt.eenstown, South Africa. Both sides handled the ball well in the difficult conditions. The Australian back, In particular, .seldom dropped or
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    NAVY ARE CHAMPIONS
    40 14 OOYAL NAVY wun the Inter- *y .services triangular Soccer Cup by beating the Royal Air Force by 2-1 and the Army by The champions will now meet a combined lotera RAF Army .side at Terror on Fri-
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    Latest from New York
    45 14 Rocky Marciano was still n lopsided favourite at 4 l in New York last night. Odds makers quoted r h e 11—5 challenger. La Stana, ivould not last the scheduled 15 rounds and even m*"***' he would not last ten.. U.P.
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    New Zealand lose golf test
    132 14 4 USTRALIA beat New Zealand 5-1 i I <r in an international amateur <>olf match In Sydney. This wa s Australia's first win in the lour Tests played since the war. Tim Woon, the only New Zea lander to win in the series, beat NSW
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    U.K. RUGGER
    19 14 Camborne beal Rosslyn Park by hx ixuri'.s to threo in a Rugby Union PMtch i" London yesterdiiv
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    JAPS WILL SEND 'BIGGEST TEAM'
    40 14 Japan will send to the Mam- la Asian Games next May "the biggest group of athletes she has ever assembled in the past- war period," said Prof. Frank I Matsumoto, Asian Games Federation Council member.
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    Finney selects an England XI
    242 14 IH I hud my chance I would ilk.- to play Inside right for England against th Re I the World .side u t Wembley nexl month between Btanley Mat thews and Btanley Morten with Jimmy Hagan and Oe RobQ on the teft wing > t
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    Kramer fails bid for Seixa and Trabert
    286 14 PROFESSIONAL tennis promoter- player w 1 hopes of adding Vic Seixas, WirnbledmT? and Tony Trabert, Tinted States chamni (ircus' have been dashed to the ground Kramer would like to tackle either oneofth professional tour but he may never get che eh Seixas would
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    24 WILL COM IN SELECT
    37 14 24 WILL CO M IN SELECT TtM New Zealand Id Grand Prix will be held a: Aerodrome. Auckland net The race the richest in: Pacific-— i> sponsored by -j land Car Club. The driver? ed to 24.
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    MALAYANS BET ON MAWI
    85 15 MALAYANS BET ON MAWI Oreat Scout has a eood chance Free Tress Correspondent r nsill Australia are loading: their Itftf f^ scout. This horse is to be ridden by ncy fhe Melbourne Racing Club's Invitation •j Ma* 1 in t Viuliield tomorrow. 3U> p r s^ wUh his mount and
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    ROW OVER EMPIRE TITLE
    165 15 ROW OVER EMPIRE TITLE BOXING circles in Aust- ralia are indignant at the action of the British Boxing Board of Control in refusing to recognise Australian Pat Ford as Kmpire lightweight champion and declaring the title vacant. Ford had a clear-cut points win over Frank Johnson, of England, in a
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    Masters was EME's star
    175 15 •VICE soccer fal is w c r c as k. id; themselves yesterday: iRiWE be FARELF interchamoions again. Bfollued the CaMbeck (up Lpions" mathlm 5-1 win to the Jrne Royal Ulster Rillca Hong tong at Tancl n. t there were a few who feel I liU
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    Hadarajah is 'gor captain
    38 15 Warajaii. Selangor's goalkeeper Jf unanimously elected State Jat a meeting of the Selangor at the Victoria Intti- in Kuala Lumpur Jrajah represented the North for the past three seasportsmen and po. the Pelandok Athletic
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    TURPIN IS IN NEW YORK
    21 15 T*Sfc.ri n'u Oft^er title 4i Olson l^r?^ ritish prtl»lo^%C- bout. K2- ln roved J>e can- A.P.
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    WOMEN'S GOLF
    42 15 Mi<vs Pal Borthwick of New South Wales, beat Misv Jean Ar.siee iVictoria) 6 and 5 in the final ol the ralian women's tu>lf championehtp Perth Miss Borthwnk play* ed atanotl machine-like --oil' ;md alwayi had n ntrol of the game
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    BOXER DIES IN RING
    86 15 Wblou° hnny p J °hnson died in the ring alter receiving *vht£pf\l he heart in a fi9 ht f° r th€ South A f ncan J r <lavT>iil t'humpUmship in Laurence Marques on u o4°o/ lu C cha Uenger, wqji the first round and broke I
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    The grudge battle was 'no fight'
    250 15 The grudge battle was 'no fight' FORTY seconds after the start of the fourth round ot the Don Johnson-Alfie Sands nsht at the Sydney Stadium. referee Vic Patrick* turned his back on the fighters and left the rin?. Later he declared it "no fight." The nght had been boosted as
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    F.A.M. OFFER TO TOUR WAS LATE
    227 15 THE proposed Football Association of Malaya's tour of Indonesia next month is off. Mr. Kwok Kin Keng. FAM secretary was informed by the Indonesian Consulate in Singapore that the Indonesian Football Federation is not ready to receive the FAM team until 1 I next
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    RAF, SCC win water polo
    84 15 Royal Air Force beat the Army by nine yoal.s to two in th« interS.rvi»es water polo tournament at Nultield P(h>l yesterday. Scorers for [he airmen were: Brown 16», Fl. Lt. Brice (2) and Bgt. John? (on. Major Akerman id both gOAII for t.he Army. RAF.
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    FORD MAY QUIT SUNDERLAND
    593 16  -  JOHN FARROW «y OUNDERLAND'S Trevor Ford, the burly Welsh cenire»s forward with u cannon-ball shot in both boots. K| todays problem boy in Knslish soccer. Ford has been a regular choice for Wales to many seatOllfl and ftrst choice by Sundeiiand since tne club signed him
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    JUPITER IS THE FAVOURITE
    91 16 LORD LAMHI'ONS tin <•• -\tj.n -'>M colt. Jupiter was heavily backed to win >bc Cambridgeshire Ha' with ofltoc bookraaktra In London lay. At Monday night's c illovei •>■ ta p to bt Mln(> fu rlni New D Oc 28. Jupi'er was ten Qttotod m 20 to
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    Problem boy of soccer
    4 16 Problem boy of soccer
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    FATHULS PLAY 'CARE LESS' GAME
    157 16 IRC 3; Fathul Karib 0 P«ATHUL KARIB, famous for their fighting displays 1 were lifeless yesterday. They were well beaten by Indian Recreation Club in the SAFA Div 1 league game at Jalan Besar Stadium. Fathuls 1 gave a can't care less display. Though Indians
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    Fulham manager told to resign
    149 16 Fulham manager told to resign DIRECTORS of Ful ham SOCCer club yesterday asked their manager, H\U Dodgin to rebecause they U'lt it would />»• in the interest* of Dodyiti himself to start afresh u ifh (i nt'w club" Tin 1 nru s ii as broken to Dod am at the
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    You'll need these, Dad!
    48 16 Terry Allen's daughter. Annette, aged tour, remiadi her lather that boxing gloves t:ike tir*t place as he packs to leave his London home lor Tokyo. The British champion has already arrived in Lilian for his world flyweight title fight with hold t Yoshio Shirai
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    UNKNOWN
    144 16 THE Singapore aJ Boxing Associate in future hold class! referees and judgesJi This was decided at al committee meeting held! Singapore Recreation £1 terday. 1 Mr. Bertie Dumford taryof the S.A.B.A. toldffl Pi-v.ns this morning thai classes will be conduct F Lt. Robinson, who is a ed ABA. referee.
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    U.K. SOCCER RESULTS
    21 16 U.K. SOCCER RESULTS Yesterdays' U.K. soccer n| DIV 111 (North) Carlisle United I M Mauley 1: Rochdale 0. CM I. Reuter
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    SCHOOL HOCKEY
    53 16 The Combined Srhool^H meet Suis«!>ore Rerreatio^H padang toda\ b I E-> (8JI'; Stevens (9LI thony's), Nathan ACS>; WiM (SJI>. D. Hay <VS». Tan Hal V9>; Chan Onn Leng IACfI Widcs iSJI'. J Quek iSJD.I j Font? (VS>. J. Thural <RDJ serves: Rujan <Rl>. Twk I (VS>. Lye Hi.
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      21 17 The Singpore Free Press MfMi Afternoon Shlc in >lala\a h Thiir* Sent 'M. 1953. Price 15 Cts. Ltflg, Sinjapore, Thurs., >H>i
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      SHENTON SCHEME MAY FLOP
      481 17  -  SIT YIN FONG c^il as t<M> sit it nil i Mitts rutninh B.v •JIIE $22 million Shenton Way skyscraper scheme may be a failure. The trade recession and bad soil conditions may cause the scheme to be abandoned by some firms who bought Crown land there
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      Little Kow Chai gets Grandstand view
      23 17 Little Kow Chai gets Grandstand view picture. lour*trtl th 1 to the padan^ lots of bigger people to mvitt d L Free Press
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      Cheran airmen fire hangars
      25 17 Cheran airmen fire hangars C^ s of Persia's red--5 Morghi n es at the f' °n TuL airport ™ar 4 -**ue oi th e sentries
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      RICE, RUBBER AGREEMENT
      40 17 RICE RUBBER AGREEMENT The Communist New China News Agency reported that Mr. Susanta De Fonseka. head of a Ceylon trade delegation, left Peking for home yesterday after signing the new agreement with China for trading rice and rubber during 1954.
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      Eleven men beat up 3 hawkers
      126 17 Eleven men beat up 3 hawkers Free Press Staff Reporter ELEVEN Chinese from three cars beat up three hawkers at a wayang performance 1 in Jalan Eunos, Singapore, at a little past midnight last n-ight. The assault took place after a Teochew fruit hawker was knocked down and slightly injured
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      The visa is doomed by IS nations
      131 17 The visa is doomed by IS nations THE 15-nation Council of Europe has unanimously recommended the abolition of visas for inter-European travel At its assembly in Strasbourg yesterday the council also called for other measures to make travel among European countries easier. It said that regional passport unions already existing
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      Rubber price
      28 17 Singapore Rubber Market opened this morning on an easier tone with first grade, October .shipment, at 62.3 8 cents a pound, one cent below yesterday's close.
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      Six million in 24-hour strike
      134 17 CIX MILLION Italian workers were called off their jobs yesterday in the biggest nationwide industrial strike there since the Communists tried in vain to smash the j Italian Government in 1948. The Communists hailed the crippling 24-hour wa^k-out as the start of their long-threaten-ed "winter
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      Winston,Eden end holiday
      56 17 SIR Winston Churchill and Mr. Anthony Eden are both expected back in London next week. Mr. Eden, now holidaying in Athens, is due to fly home on Wednesday. The Prime Minister, who is at Lord Beaverbrook's villa, La Capponcina, Cap Dail, in south France, has not yet
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      The West must increase forces: Bidault
      265 18 The West must increase forces: Bidault tif\ unni MONEY AVAILABLE, BUT TUP] French Foreign Minister M. Georges Bidauit, told the North Atlantic Council yesterday it could not count on any further Increase! in military expenditure by member countries. But. he said, 44 we must increase our forces." The West must
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      Miss Europe, the drum player
      45 18 ELVISA CIANNI. recently elected "Miss Europe" in the contest at Istanbul, plays the drums during i reception given in her honour by the Italian members of the contest committee on her return to Rome at the fashionable Rupe Arpea Club.
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      MORE BERIA MEN FALL IN THE PURGE
      135 18 MORE BERIA MEN FALL IN THE PURGE mHE purge in the TransJL Caucasus area of Russia, where Lavrenti Beria's influence was formerly extremely strong, spread yesterday to the little autonomous Soviet state of Dagestan which borders Georgia. Beria'.s home state. The local radio from Makhac Kala, in Dagestan, monitored in
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      Purged Red in Japan
      66 18 SOUTH KOUKAN Police Mid yesterday that the purged Foreign Minister ol North Korea, Park Hun Yunu, hIU fled to Japan and is now in the custody ol the American authorities. The police stilted Park, pur- l%gt summer with about 11 other North Korean leaders, escaped uith
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      Man's best hope is UN—lke
      79 18 Man's best hope is UN— lke PRESIDENT Eisenhower said yesterday in Washington the United Nations was man's best hope to substitute the conference table for the battlefield. In a brief talk to the United States Committee for United Nations Day. President Eisenhower said the United Nations has become a "Sheer
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      RITA WEDS
      28 18 Rita Hayworth. who married A!y Khan in splendour amid international society, will wed stater Dick Haymes in a simple i ceremony in Las Vegas, Nevada, today.
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      McCarthy rants of allies 'who cringe to enemy'
      184 18 SENATOR Joseph McCarthy urged last night that the U.S. withhold aid to Britain unless she stopped trade with Communist China. "We do not want allies who cringe and surrender in the face of an enemy threat or who lick the enemy's hand
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      Talks on jets
      65 18 Sir Hudson Fysh. Chairman of Qantas Empire Airways, who flew into Singapore yesterday in a QanUl Constellation from Sydney He is on his way to London to have talks with Sir Miles Thomas, head of 8.0.A.r.. on the future of jetliner services. Sir Hudson said at Kallang
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      China dead to shellin protest
      99 18 China dead to shellin protest DRITAIN will proles m o Pek m xf about theshS a Royal Navy launch 2 Kong on Sept. 9. i f is roceivod from the r? Government soon, said <ij« tic quarters in London 5 day. The first protest was d* ed by Mr Humphrey
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      COUPLE ROBBER
      31 18 A Chinese and his girl' were robbed of their and a pair of glasses by men in the grounds o! Singapore General Hosprj Tuesday night. One held a knife.
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