The Singapore Free Press, 2 October 1953

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1 8 The Singapore Free Press
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    Masthead
    19 1 The Singapore Free Press Largest Afternoon Sale m Malaya. No. *****. Singapore. Kri., Oct., 1. 1953. Price II Cls.
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    3 SLEPT AMID THE FLAMES
    386 1  - 3 SLEPT AMID THE FLAMES SIT YIN FONG fntirth North RrUluv ttinid fire Escape thrill »y JITTERY shopkeepers m North Bridge Road, Singapore, tumbled out of their beds m alarm this morning when the fourth fire m the same street m three weeks gutted a radio goods and textile shop.
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    Ike studies peace pact with Russia, says Adlai
    226 1 Ike studies peace pact with Russia, says Adlai PRESIDENT Eisenhower was quoted by Mr. Adlai Stevenson yesterday as saying that he was examining closely a proposal for a mutual non-aggression pact with the Soviet Union. Mr. Stevenson. Democratic Party leader, who reported to the President on his world tour, said
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    NOT A HAPPY RETURN
    58 1 Free Press Staff Reporter 4 N Indonesian living: m Changi Road, Singapore, woke up this morning to find a man carrying off his trousers which contained $340. The house-breaker who had used a piece of wire to unhook the window, escaped by a water pipe. Then
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    MAN, 60, TIED UP
    19 1 "«)bed ffi another Wlth a knife. *iths24o 8 X and got awa >' CO-ye a r.old
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    Rubber Price
    23 1 jpSS a B£ m Rubber Market Cental fi n grad e October ce nt below i C t ent a pounci
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    HE CHANCED HIS MIND
    56 1 TWO Indian soldiers carry a •veeping Chinese prisoner-of-war as he is returned to the Communist* at Pmnnmnjom after he had decided that he did aftrr all want to be rr patriatrd. \\v \s MIC of the *i who elected to ro back to China after at
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    Gib. is Spanish, mobs scream
    62 1 A CROWD of around 100.000 Spaniards taking part m a pro-Franco demonstration m Madrid yesterday called for the return of British Gibraltar to Spain. The crowd jammed into thji plaza in front of the Natiomj] Palace screaming M Gibraltar Spanish." They gave FascuKj salutes as
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    The telephone was 'dead'
    28 1 The telephone in this firedamage shop in North Bridge Road, could not be reached because of flames. A police-j man inspects the burnt-out; instrument.
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    Bao Dai is also for armistice
    156 1 »a VietnaI ri bune d i rll? llst told l^ v' at B ao Dai T va yesterday m Geneva ?rf <:U: ed C^tiatine n the Possibility T^nist K e .^th the Wo e tha?°h de nl f th(l L^Kuade tho h f P
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      125 1 S. C. S. j^~T^ recommend I if I BEEF ALL CUTS ARE ENJOYABLE WHETHER YOUR CHOICE IS TOPSIDE, SILVERSIDE, OR BEEFSTEAK FOR STEAK KIDNEY PIE WHAT ABOUT BRAISED BEEF FOR A CHANGE? Place a small cube of fat m a saucepan and, When hot, add a piece of lean topside
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    AMERICA UNDER FIRE AT MARGATE
    241 2 AMERICA UNDER FIRE AT MARGATE Franco pact is attacked LABOUR Party con- ference m Margate, England, yesterday unanimously adopted resolutions deploring the American military agreement with General Franco of Spain. The action came during a foreign policy debate m which the former Prime Minister, Mr. Attlee, appealed to public men
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    U.S. signs up new ally
    36 2 U.S. signs up new ally picture. THE SPANISH Foreign Minister, Mr. Martin Artajo, (right) watches U.S Ambassador. Mr. James C. Dunn (left with hack to camera) sign a 20-year military and economic pact m Madrid. A.P.
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    Churchill to reshuffle cabinet
    206 2 SIR Winston Churchill .sat down to dinner last night with top lieutenants m preparation for a cabinet meeting that will see his government back at full strength. Key interest m the Premier's activities on his first fully day m London after a fortnight's rest on the
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    Spies started Russia early on super bomb
    158 2 Ttiß. Lewis Strauss, chairman of the Atomic Energy Commission, said m New York yesterday he believed Russia started development of the H-bomb sometime before the United States did— with the help of espionage and treason." r Mr. Strauss, 4n a speech at a
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    VOTE FOR WOMEN
    28 2 A sub-committee which has been drafting proposed amendments to Egypt's constitution decided yesterday to give women the vote provided thej i v read and write.
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    EGYPT MAY HANG 2 MORE FOR TREASON'
    168 2 EGYPT MAY HANG 2 MORE FOR TREASON' rE brother of former Saadist Premier Ibrahim Abdel Hadi will appear on Sunday before the same revolutionary Cairo court which sentenced Abdel Hadi to death yesterday. He is former police Lt. Col. Ismail E. Meligui, also on a charge of high treason. The
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    Girl shouts after prince-He's cute'
    279 2 Girl shouts after prince- He's cute' THIS STRANGE WORI.n,-^^ HEY wait lor me, buuuicu the Cuban songstress Estelita. after Crown Prince Akihito of Japan at a Hollywood ni^ht club. She had a menu he had wanted autographed by the performers. Alter recovering from his firs' surprise the prince said: "Thank
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    IKE ACTS TO STOP STRIKE
    51 2 President Eisenhower yesterday invoked the Taft-Hartley Labour law m a move to halt the paralysing east coast dock strike. He declared that the strike imperils the nations .welfare and appointed a three-man board of Inquiry. The board will report to him by midnight on Oct.
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      51 2 j m *<**^^ Ladies Sandal wirh I i M *^v >^ red leather uppers I 1 V Escohtc synthetic I >^ > Vs v^ Sues: 1 6; Bi $8.90 Singapore Cent's Brown CanvasNSS Wh Leisure Shoes also m I|PV/ s^ black and w»»itc and S rubber soles tj heels. >.
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    'Vanda Amy' and cake for 1,000-when Amy weds
    176 3 'Vanda Amy' and cake for 1,000-when Amy weds qiHERt will be orchids lor th 1 bride, orchids for the brides maid and orchids for th< flower girls at the wed dins; o Miss Amy Laycock. Sin^apon City Councillor, and Mr. Johi Ede. secretary of the Proves sive Party. And Vanda
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    S'pore, Fed. unions to discuss closer liaison
    312 3 S'pore, Fed. unions to discuss closer liaison Rnuß LEADERS WILL MEET HERE ON SUNDAY SINGAPORE and Federation trade union leaders will meet m the Colony on Sunday to discuss how best they could co-ordinate their activities. They would consider what sort of machinery should be set up for consultation and
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    TRUCE ON FARMS
    27 3 Italy's two million farm workers yesterday called off a 24--hour general strike fixed for next Monday after assurances that Parliament would examine their demands.
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    He got $50 million for his $1 note
    306 3  - He got $50 million for his $1 note SIT YIN FONG B> LfR. Hugh Cudlipp, editorial '■I director of the mass-circu-ation London Daily Mirror and ;s group of papers yesterday ried to find out how far a lalavan dollar would go m ingapore. And what a bargain he got /hen
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    Inside a dying house
    27 3 Mr Hugh Cudlipp and his wif e learn all about death shrines m a Sago Lane "dying house from the Chinese woman keeper.
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    SIAM WANTS TO AID IN MALAYA WAR
    205 3 *mT* rmDun Songgram hopes that the combined win i k! uL manoeu vres of Siamese and Malayan forces tinn a J a suitabl e time" to prepare joint opera--TllJ 0 m eet Communist aggression. He made the statement m a farewell address at
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    Poles punished bY the Vatican
    33 3 Poles punished bY the Vatican T HE Roman Catholic Church edQ f sterda y excommunicat- J hb f^P h of Onlezno and c The functions. Ed the mJf terday II ter^- gainst the
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    CHAPLIN SELLS STUDIO
    31 3 as a tram'l r ,t, d to he b cam? m the y ea .."wte anrtT a c °ntrover- Dim.? "enied re-entra "JSMff 1^ stat,,. re He en
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      78 3 Hill r \II II .11 f »S 9 Pr>a (All AA 9Hd£^ 1 1 d P r i p p w* »7 flfl KIMKIT TAF§ SIRRAM A very welcome g.ft for all friends I'M \l< I'ASES Si ze 4 i Price $10.50 These are very attractive outs ze 41; i
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    The Singapore FRIDAY, Oct. 2. 1953 Opinion GOOD SIGNS
    450 4 The Singapore FRIDAY, Oct. 2. 1953 Opinion GOOD SIGNS IT is a measure of th success being achieve* against the bandit m Malaya that th< High Commissioner, Si Gerald Templer, wa able to say m Penani yesterday that he pro posed to use regula police as little as possibl* on
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    You've GOT To Keep Fit in the U.S.
    540 4  - You've GOT To Keep Fit in the U.S. JOi/A^ SAMPSON There's no financial help for the sick, says NEW YORK. THERE is a British patient m a county hospital a few miles north of New York who has been m a coma for two months. I would like to tell
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    By The Way
    323 4  -  BEACHCOMBER Bv IN India cricket certainly "builds character." In a recent cricket match Pandit Nehru was given not out by the umpire. But he replied that he was morally out. Since the Pandit was a contemporary of mine at Harrow, this unusual nobility cannot be attributed entirely
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    THEY CALL IT 'NIGHTMARE ALLEY'
    495 4 THEY CALL IT 'NIGHTMARE ALLEY' BERLIN. COME with me on a ride down Nightmare Highway, behind the Iron Curtain. This is the Helmstedt-Berlin autobahn the bomb-pocked old Hitler super-highway that is one of the prize pawns of the Cold War. This is the main road through Red Germany from the
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      31 4 ImUE T* QUALITY V, High Best I ENGAGEMENT RINGS Choose a Ring you will be proud of all your life. P. H. HENDRY Jewellers 78. North Bridge Rd. Singapore K. Lumpur
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      33 4 AVOSET keeps... Iso any time j is whipped cream time! Mm UNTIL YOU NEED IT! Su rA ITS WONDERFUL! W.th m L— <A K^f AVOSET on l Si?* I hi ||C n _^_^^^^^^^^B^^BhBHHBBBS
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    Land needed tot the cheap houses
    80 5 Land needed tot the cheap houses >^-« iheTrust*id eSl f£St y Government's Ift*" 1 hnusine scheme at cheap Js»«g, Ro ad and f^iibUity of land a(so have to ask the dovernmom to finance such a project. [r. McNeice said he would no suggest the use of old huria grounds as
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    36 5 More than 200 newly-arrived students from Singapore and the Federation were welcomed to the University of Malaya it a ceremony yesterday. Here Sir Sydney Came, Vice Chancellor, makes his speech of welcome. Free Press picture. i*.
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    QUEENSTOWN: IT WON'T BE PERFECT AT THE START
    229 5 fliartS for satellite towns, low^oct homes Free Press Staff Reporter jy|R. T. P. F. McNeice, chairman of the Singapore Improvement Trust, said yesterday the people who would soon live m Queenstown one of satellite towns to be build on modern lines should
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    New Andrha State formed in India
    90 5 New Andrha State formed in India THE Indian Prime Minister, Mr Jawaharlal Nehru, yesterday inaugurated India's 29th state and gave a homeland to 18.000 UvO people whose leader fasted to his death to achieve success. The new state is Andrha, India's first linguistic unit and its official language is Telegu.
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    Businessmen want rice, sugar freed
    147 5 LOTS IN THE MARKET, THEY SAY I Free Press Staff Reporter pLENTY of rice and sugar are comirrg into Singapore and the Government should de-ration these commodities, officials of the Chinese Chamber of Commerce said yesterday. The Chamber will appoint a sub-committee to study the
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    TAX MAN'S 'YES' BEFORE DRIVE FOR $ STARTS
    53 5 TAX MAN'S 'YES' BEFORE DRIVE FOR STARTS SENSORS of the proposed ffs g a cam Paign for ln come vi SSi don u ated and t n K hed ono ce r f s be secrlr Wang the Univerha^enS s f aid that plans the PederS fOr tne drivp to
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    Nehru team for Karachi
    45 5 fi ncket XI tn P arli amentary fl *ture at v P la Y a three-day Nmb? f fa5 ar a a hi beginning A led by p^^ l a Pakistan Aii y Premier Mohammed ly Pebrua ry VlSlt to Delhi
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    Work starts on five new schools
    116 5 Work starts on five new schools LAfc$UUKEiK£> nave work on the sites on which [ye new primary schools will be milt m Singapore next year. Two will be built at Cantonnent Road, two at Pearl's Hill md one at Princess Elizabeth ''state Total cost is estimated at ;867.000. The buildings
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    General's widow dies
    31 5 Mrs. Beatrice Patton, widow of General George S. p atton. amed World War II Third Irmy Commander, was killed esterday when thrown from a lorse m Hamilton, Massahusetts.
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    Australia frees exports
    93 5 AUSTRALIA has removed her ban on the export of several commodities including motor cars and beer Other articles freed include steel or Iron barrels for beer and stainless steel sinks. The Customs Minister, Senator Neil O. Sullivan, making the announcement yesterday m Canberra, said it was part
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      230 6 I MANDRAKE, THE MAGICIAN by Lee Falk and Phil Davi |yO[7Wm][DEEPS? OF COURSE- \m SAT-tt-FOOD. Hmn-THOSEJ L^i 1 1 LL r |..//7 7 W OUR AiR ON EARTH IS IVINGS ARE ARTIFICIAL. ymmm^^^^ SHOW YOU. > \YOUARE I OM--TH[YAB c ,OftBTHt DEEPS- iV//>ir^ LIKE TWE OCEAN IHAJMEAHS YOU HAVE <3T//^T|
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      400 6 luckJ 5 STapl' inspiration J*^ J learn I^»"^*s| pathetic toward th* n i* R I |r >fad rr and Ite fidfnrc and support vIu I 1" I« .rts^ar''—^ others who are m troubl 3 Ju E usually your advice is exedfi T f you are not one to rhTS t
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    ONE OF THE FEW WED ONE TOO MANY
    457 7 ONE OF THE FEW WED ONE TOO MANY Bigamy twice with same girl rH F aerobatics of Group Captain Thomas Frederick Dalton Morgan earned nun rHh a en H snot j own 22 enemv aircraft, won the D.S.O., the O.B.fc., he S D.F e c S and Bar the American
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    Man of 40 met wife of diplomat
    213 7 Man of 40 met wife of diplomat otpttoN of the man DESCRIPTION o Aw^^^ween Mrs. Me- c0I1^arW>an and the orgaNaM nf her flight is being S5& throughout s tria> nirked up Mrs. Macmi V her three children station of 40 mUeS from Salzburg. iaS 5 ft. 6 ms., but broad
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    The hate for school of child who loves housework
    179 7 OUSAN NEWMAN, who is US but looks about 20— she hates sctiooi oiu on housework" has been missing for 16 days. She vanished the day after her parents told her to get ready for the new term. She was doing holiday
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    Hypnotist meets crocodile
    116 7 Hypnotist meets crocodile HYPNOTIST Peter Casson of Britain recalls that when he was m Khartum once he was asked if his hypnotic po*?rj worked on animals. He replied jokingly: "Only on, rabbit*, i poultry— or crocodiles. I The next night, the curator of the Khartum Zoo and a Sudanese keeper
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    NICER, ICIER ICES FIGHT A COLD WAR
    91 7 NICER, ICIER ICES FIGHT A COLD WAR BRITAIN Js facing a new cold war this autumn, hut it will be a pleasant one. Leading ice-cream manufacturers are waging it. They are competing for the favours of the people who are spending weekly about £3,000,000 on as many million gallons of
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    MS TRACTOR CAN 'WALK'
    127 7 A j^TOR that "walks" on inve^Vbv n l! gs ha been »-*e. a 3 y Jf Douglas Latti****s?" Farm Hoi" The legs are bowed so that the two feet always walk m a straight line and do not spoil any of the crop. They are tipped
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    Hanging: A new row starts
    278 7 Hanging: A new row starts THE ROYAL Commission's recommendation that death or gaol for any murderer be left to the jury to decide is likely to plunge Parliament and people back into the bitter dispute of 1948 over the abolition of hanging. It was that dispute which led to the
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    50-YEAR-OLD SUIT
    38 7 Kristen Behr of Hjembaek celebrated his 50th wedding anniversary yesterday wearing the same suit m which he was married m 1903. The suit has been Behr's Sunday suit for 50 ™>ar* n oast him 70 (US$lO).
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      140 7 Asbestos m CapillaryLanguage No 3, St. Mildreds Hair by Rendel Harris m a series of Caravan Essays published by HefTer s of Cambridge between the wars fascinates us at Slough Mildred according to Miss Sherlock and Rendel Harris may have been poetry for bronxe; her locks may have been Asbestos
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    MOTOR GYM AND AF ANA
    184 8 MOTOR GYM AND AF ANA 00*"* th H,d a police team U School re mm co- curry tiffin at Police last and I C. mmH t0 retrieVC Urgery due to the good (illiamt, wl«o won the Feng Han and a new m, w*o won rhe open itt mpectively. EDIN PETERS.
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    Higher than Dior skirts start row in school
    246 10 are protesting against the latest request of the headmistress that their skirts must reach no further than just below the knee Said 17-year-old Anne Hendey, of Langiey: "None of us likes the short skirt. We shall look HHirMiinns The request, say the
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    Grandma lolanda is 32
    220 10 BABIES are news m any lamiiy, but sometimes the whole world takes an interest especially when they arrive m groups, or as m the case of: Baby girl Giovanini, who made grandma lolanda Giovanini the youngest grandmother m Italy at 32. The young mother is Vincenza,
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    MOTHER OF EIGHT AND STILL PRETTY
    6 10 MOTHER OF EIGHT AND STILL PRETTY
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    PILLBOX HAT AND HOOPS
    33 10 picture. MARI TZA," black velvet pillbox, style, featuring outsize earrings, studded with diamante, modelled by Jean Dawney at a display of 'IJolorrs 1 hits in London rec^ntly.- Paul Popper
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    BOY RAN AWAY
    34 10 About $1,000 m cash and jewellery was missed from a flat m Asia Gardens, Singapore, yesterday. An amah, who had left the ioor opeti. saw a Malay boy run iwiiy. t
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    He has job for S'pore
    98 10 PRINTING posters m several languages Is the problem which has brought to Singapore, Mr. T. W. Cullum, the publicity manager of the Shell Petroleum Company m Britain. He arrived by Qantas-BOAC yesterday. During a three week stay here, he will investigate whether we have the
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    THE SEA-2 MILES DOWN
    104 10 I^WO mile.s down m the sea i I there Ls a grave-like calm land stygian blackness broken [only by mostly flickers of phosIphorescene hinting at unknown porma uf life. That was the word Drought f*ck on Wednesday by Prof lAuguste Piccard aad his son H^ue*. from
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    A fortune awaits man sent to gaol
    279 10 until he has served a 12-month gaol sentence will a 25-year-old ex-Army officer, John Bruce Harvic\ be able to enjoy an inheritance amounting to tens of thousands of pounds. Harvie— his blonde wife Morle, aged 24. was formerly manageress of the Thurloe Club,
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    STABBED 2 TO DEATH, MAN IS CLEARED
    323 10 STABBED 2 TO DEATH, MAN IS CLEARED TWO men attacked Em, x nuel Abela m a cafei; seized a kitchen knife and "J£ two blows, stabtd i heart Ugh Was it murder, manslaughter -or was Abela justified m Vf ing his assailants? The question was decided at the Old Bailey.
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    Stammering Can Be Overcome
    521 11  - Stammering Can Be Overcome DA VID DIVINE says LONDON. r °fnow you used jffiVSS? yo« re a their_ lacK v i fi covering up meir °Ssiammerers retire into ttSJiU a«g thousand fi s asv'SS AVER the past 30 years or so U there has grown up a whole literature and
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    Bridge Quiz
    296 11 U7HEN YOUR RIGHT HAND op"ponent has opened the bidding. certain kinds of strong or fairly strong hands give you a bidding problem, You must choose among a cue-bid, to show a real powerhouse; a double, to show a pretty strong hand espedajly one with support for an unhid
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    ON DUTY IN KOREA
    29 11 Two Indian military policemen, Subador Karam Singh and Balwant Singh, who are among the 5.000 Indian troops assigned to guard Korean P.o.Ws. who resist repatriation.—
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    MALE KNEES ARE TN THE NEWS
    300 11 MALE KNEES ARE TN THE NEWS NEW YORK. MEN'S KNEES have been the hottest item this summer m scattered sections of this land. So now merchants are scanning the prospects for walking shorts, as they lay their plans for stocking up for next spring's trade. And 'they are also noting
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      96 11 Books by Pearl S. Buck The Bondmaid $6 30 The Hidden Flower 7 50 Gods Men 7-50 The Promise 3.60 The Exile 3.60 Fighting Anpel 3.60 The First Wife Today and Forever 3 60 The Mother 3.60 The good earth 4-50 Sons 3.60 Portrait of a marriage 5.10 Postage rxtra..
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      84 11 Today's Crossword ACROSS name? 7 Ho» the facade of the may be m the sky (8). 18 You get a W a bird Win if you cheat this way (7). 10 I lION Peter, the fruity carpenter of "Mid- opnia «)l m. possibly M an^velope (S). II 6 1 Just
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    READER CALLS ON BLIND MAN
    543 12 READER CALLS ON BLIND MAN fe*tf r^tL. WTIII reference to the letter headed "Blind Man m Need of Help" published m the Free Press on Sept >f>, I wish to thank A I'assrr-by" for bringing the blind 'VshouSd Uke to' throw mure light on the nutter and to inform "A
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    Any grouse?
    33 12 HAVE you a grouse? Have you a bri&ht idea? Have you seen anything strange or unusual? Then write to the PRESSMAN and tell others about it m hi> POSTBAG briefly. j
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    Fun fair for Scout funds
    113 12 SINGAPORE Legislative Councillor. Da to C. J. Paglar. will open this Saturday's Southwestern District scouts' fun fair to be held id the grounds :)f Raffles Institution. The fair, will be open from 3.00 p.m. to 10.00 p.m. Proceeds will go to the district's scout training
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    LED UP THE LORONG?
    89 12 MORE than two months have elapsed but nothing .seems bo have been done to repair Lorong 6. Geylang. by City Councillors, Frank c James Dhan Kum Chee and Amy Lay cock as promised m their letter )f July 22. 1953 to the Singapore Kr«'»' PreHB. Doei
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    THAT GARDEN
    102 12 AN ARTICLE on "The Garden ol Liberation" was published on Sept. 4 In the Free Press. This garden was said to be of much interest to visitors. I .shall be very much obliged. if you could kindly advise me ol its location r. k. soh. Sinuapore. About 200
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    BRITISH UNIONISTS IN PEKING
    46 12 of the British Electrical Trades Union he-ided by Mr. Walter C. Stevens, general secretary of the union, has arrived In Peking by air. The delegation was invited by, the Electrical Workers Trade Union of China to attend the Chinese National Day celebra-
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    HISTORIC HIATUS
    128 12 RECENTLY I pointed out a Haw In the inscription on lr Arthur's bridge But apparntly it did not catch the attenion of the department confined. it necessary that every ivic matter, no matter how rifling, .should be brought up by councillor to receive conideration? To remedy the fl.iw
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    LOVELY LEGS, ON THE ICE
    49 12 LOVELY LEGS, ON THE ICE THERE ij, al for pnntttt this picture n cept that she! a beautiful jin of shapely p. proportions ao< sporting a pu of lovely it; on the ice. So you fm to know win she is? We leave it ti you to guess. A
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    Roads paved with but good intentions
    189 12 Roads paved with but good intentions IT IS about time that an organisation like the Stop- pore Improvement Trust should realise that roads, or suitable approaches, should be made before tenants are invited to move into new fl**" A casual glance at the deplorable conditions at the flats on the
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      51 12 Letters musl be short Ware A Grouse! The whisky that made S; Scotland famous! Born U fl m 1800, its still the choice s*§*\\ of the connoisseur! fi jTi GROUSE BKAIND "I SCOTCH WHISKY H Sole Agents s=/**"/3iH5 **"/3iH A. Clouel Co.. Ltd. \Z-ggsA t 33-36 Wallich St., Spore. m~~-^im
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    IN ITALY IT'S THE WOMAN WHO DECIDE THE FASHION
    360 13  - IN ITALY IT'S THE WOMAN WHO DECIDE THE FASHION Jean Wiseman h LONDON. oiTITE recently, where /h^ centre has sMSfrsft Perhaps this is a country deTelopment m been J here women ha c tlful sts m o P nrt lacel invokint»pestries and w£' f loal loplng l ovn creative talent.
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    Something new for the home
    53 13 Oven-proof eggcups m seve ral pretty colours. You pu butter m the bottom, break th egg m, add salt and peppei and put on the lid. When cooked, it tastes lik a mixture between a bake and a boiled egg and you ea it out
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    DOUBLE FEATURE
    48 13 Double feature is an apt description of Nanette Fabray s blouse of sheer white linen edged with fine white braid, for she wears it both with her slim skirt of **ey mouchete «s well as with her full circular skirt of oyster lwen and black-and-white checks.
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    LITTLE CAPS ARE KIND TO FACES
    429 13 LONDON. HAPPILY returned as the favourite hat of the season is the pillbox. It is either stark and bold, worn m the centre of the head, with a slight forward tilt, or else the edge is curved, scalloped and somewhat softer m effect. Little
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    Sportswear
    26 13 For informal wear, a turtlenecked sweater of off-white is M.G.M. actress Elaine Stewart's choice. Matador panU are of lastex satin, sash is of kelly green.
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    Experts can be just as wrong
    240 14 A MKKICAN experts can be just as wrong as the *> average fan when it comes to spot winners, especially m boxing. "Jim Corbett was probably the most intelligent heavyweight champion yet he was just about the world's worst when it came to picking
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    Seth, India's No. 1, takes three titles
    139 14 TRILOK Nath Seth, who impressed Malayans with his superb badminton m the Thomas Cup zone final between India and America last year, won three titles m the recent Calcutta championships. The 24-year-old Seth, who nearly caused an upset win for India m th.it
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    Tomorrow's U.K. soccer fixtures
    231 14 Tomorrow's U.K. soccer fixtures f JET*'. Pr«,pr«,.n Blackpool t Manchester C »olton T Tottenham Chelsea v Sunder land rtudderslirld v A. VilU .iverpool v Sheffield Wed Man Chester U. t Burnley New, .tsti- Charlton Portsmouth v Cardiff iheftiHd V. v Wolves V. Brom v Mbrourh DIVISION II Birmingham v Leed»
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    DEPOT POLICE ARE CHAMPIONS
    52 14 Depot Police. FARELF, are Singapore Base District champions m the Malay Other Ranks inter unit soccer league. nPf y JH! Sit l^Pore Regiment Royal artillery by 2-0 m a decidin? match after extra time at Alexandra Road on Wednesday fc^ott. GO.C Singapore Base District saveawaj^th^cups and
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    FORMOSANS WANT TO SEE WONG PENG SOON
    230 14  - FORMOSANS WANT TO SEE WONG PENG SOON TEOH ENG TATT By r T>IIE NATIONALIST Chinese Government h 1 m- to a Taipeh report, invited Won* P pn^ accor five other top .Malayan badminton Soon Formosa this month. s to tojl The report did not name the other m X >tuted
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    68 14 ALEC BEDSER, Surrey and England record breaking bowler who did so much to win the Ashes for Engiund, is to join the distinguished company immortalised m vax at Madame Tussaud's. The yriassire Alec is pictured at the famed waxworks exhibition m Baker Street. London, as Mr. Bernard Tussaud measures his
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    MR. MacD INVITES SIX STARS
    86 14 MR. MacD INVITES SIX STARS WONG Peng Soon, togetha with five other leadini Malayan players, have been invited by the Commissiontt General, Mr. Malcolm M«Donald, to take part m v exhibition m aid of the SinX a pore Poppy Day Fund. The other five players, win will take part m
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    BIG ENTRY FOR K.L. CYCLE RACE
    69 14 J^ large number of entries have been received for Sundays "around the block" cycle race at Sungei Besi. five miles south of Kuala Lumpur. The cycle race, organised by the Sungei Besi District Committee m cooperation of the Selangor CyclistsAssociation, is the first of
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    ASIA MINOR FOR THE MAIN SPRINT
    1055 15  -  ALLAN LEWIS %\i Vase meet begins tomorrow Rv i rcT rn-.iV CYPRESS POINT and probably TALISMAN will Lr absence of F0K lf o f the main Class one sprint at Ipoh tomorrow, when IB &aS©S? 5f^ Offlce nier stable wTll again rely on Millionaire
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    Scratchngs
    75 15 Scratching^ V»uu.O»»lMi liorses will r not start tomorrow: Forest Beau, Cypress Point, Talisman, Broadside, Sanhora, Decanter, Fifty Grand, British Paragon, Grecian Knight, The Strand, Indonesia, Dande Bay, Flushing, Kanaka, Rising Glory Rice King, Adelaide Star,' Trial By Jury, Mubarak, Kingport, Colonel Whatnot, Hioniti. Individuality, Colonel Daly, Good Gamble, Curlew,
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    Carthusian is BEST
    314 15 Carthusian is BEST /CARTHUSIAN, second to Flem\j ington over 1 Mile at Singapore, is the logical choice for the Cl. 2. Div. 2 event over 9F. Though Carthusian is up a division with an extra 3 lb. FlemiiiKton's second run form at Singapore makes him look a good bet m
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    THE BAM FINDS A CHAMPION
    335 16  - THE BAM FINDS A CHA MPION VETERAN By Badminton Association of Malaya has at las found a champion to help them interpret In thi minutest detail their decision on the application for world tour. Frankly, I doubt it very much whether the stand ins committee of the BAM itself would
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    S'pore players are unranked
    153 16 S'pore players are unranked Singapore table tennii playtn jailed to gel place In the new rankIng list issued by the As.sian Taole ivnnis Federation. In the nations' list Singapore are ranked last out of eight countries. According to the list Vietnam*! Mai Van Hot, who won the men's singles championship,
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    U.K. RUGBY RESULTS
    24 16 Yesterday's Rugby Union results were Bridgew.t er and Albion 13. Bath 0: I.vxThev 0, "ATiertillery 9Teignmouth o. Pfnrmouth Albion 0. Reu'er.
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    Dyan Chand XI to play in Singapore
    296 16 Dyan Chand XI to play in Singapore I ret Press Hockey Ke|M>rter "PIIF INDIAN Services hockey team which is led by Indian wizard Dyan (hand may play t 111 Singapore after all. The Singapore Hockey \Ns<xi;iiion luh received a > letter from the Indian Beekey Federation rating hockey body In
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    Buckhound wins £6,000 race
    79 16 f^OLONEL B. Hornung s Buckhound v won the Jockey Club stakes worth £6.000 and run over one mile and three-quarters at Newmarket yesterday. Lord Milford's Empire Honeywas second. Baron Guy De Rothcriild's Coqueltn was third m a photofinish with Mr. J. E. Ferguson's Mountain King. Official
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    DREYER TO DEFEND
    42 16 Gerald Dreyer, South African holder of the British British welter- weight title, will defend his title i against Barry Brown, the New Zea- land champion, during the British Royal visit to Wellington next i January. This was announcer: today
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    Sedgman to coach the Aussies
    78 16 Sedgman to coach the Aussies IfRANK SEDGMAN, who helped retain the Davis Cup for Australia last year and then *urned professional, will probably help to train Australia's team for this year's Davis Cup Challenge Round, starting m Melbourne on Dec. 28. Thr Sydney Morning Herald said yesterday that Sedgman has
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    ROY ANKARAH IS DISQUALIFIED
    87 16 The referee disqualified both Roy Ankarah British Empire featherweight champion and his Spanish opponent Manolo Garcia m the 10th and last round of their bout at Madrid on Wednesday. The referee Senor £odrigues had warned both men during the bout and just before the end of
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    TIGERS KNOCKOUT NAVY
    244 16 TIGERS KNOCKOUT NAVY Tiger S..\ 4. Royal Na\y. .0. npiGERS SPORTS Association kept A thein.s<l\ cs well m the hunt for Singapore Amateur f. a. Bailor cup honours yesterday. when they put Royal Navy out of action at "jalan i Stadium. Navy did not loose tbefiiM to* want of trying,
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    120 16 From ALLAN irJ IHKA'"RE1 HKA '"RE (RuJJI I m the cSI second grass S f this morning 1 ion t0 his SI morrow whe n W I t« something 1^ h{ £1 i Rubber Fvporter {Tain M.sed of three m 39 j/5 I Ice Revue (Sawyer) hu tl at
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    17 16 The U.S. defeated Decmart n the women's internattaul i ournament which started it estone yesterday— A.P.
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    U.K. soccer results
    45 16 YESTERDAY S I.K. Association Football results: League Div. 11l (Southern), "olchester United 0 Southjampton I, Walsall 0 Shrewsbury Town 0. League Div. HI (NtrtkJ Scunthorpe United Bum 1 pools I'nited 0. I Friendly floodlit mm Arsenal i Preston-North m 1 pAIIfAP I
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      250 16 CLASSIFIED ADS. BIRTH SMITH: On 29th Sept., 1953, at 8.M.H., Kamunting, to Barbara, wife of Major J. R. Smith, 7th Gurkha Rifles, a daughter. DEATH REID Marjorie, beloved wife of Mr. J. H. Reid, died suddenly In Penang yesterday morning. Funeral took place at Western Road Cemetery yesterday afternoon. ACKNOWLEDGMENT
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      71 16 PERFECT physical fitness, strong d nerves and abundant vitality are the M essentials for success m sports and /tfj athletics. That is why so many of the Mf I leading coaches and trainers insist on Ovalnne as an essential part of the training diet for players and athletes m 1
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      9 1 Free Press RACE FORM Special Friday, Oct. 2, 1953.
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      Dopers-YOU are warned-BEWARE
      566 1  - Dopers-YOU are warnedBEWARE ALLAN LEWIS By- SKA lab cat tackle any case two and half (BOUT two March iHne S& Racing meeting at emergency n what Penang t° ld take to rising incidence f possible doping. PU Lrtfrom tbil "^in lab at SJ. u-ith individual cases W they come to
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      10430 2 Form Guide For Pk. Races HORSES CLASS 1. FALLOWING are tne horses entered for the Perak Turf Club's Oct. (Gold Vase) Meeting. ABBOTS BAVIN won. ito H rtedj iM Bi" N Cl I Dil I; -'nd coionei D.tly a-iO' 3rd Honolulu 9-0. 4t»i Double' Blur m.:. 07 i Track very
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