The Singapore Free Press, 31 October 1953

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    Masthead
    17 1 The Singapore Free Press Urge>l Afternoon Sale in Malaya. r^ntapore. Sat. Oct. 31. 1953. Price 1.1 Mv
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    'BIG, BLACK SHAPE' SCARES PCs
    663 1  -  SIT YIN FONG ino'isy ißtght guard* at port H> of the Singapore Harbour Hoard Police, although armed with pistols, are uneasy when they go on guard duty at the entrance to the S.H.H/s new graving doek in an estate off Telok lilan^ah Road. The scare
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    Gen. Dean tried suicide to escape torture
    204 1 Gen. Dean tried suicide to escape torture THE American Maj-Gen. William Dean said In VVash- ington yesterday that he had tried to commit suicide with a Russian sub-machine gun rather than face torture by his Communist captors. He failed because the gun jammed and he was overpowered by the guards.
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    U.S. awards DSC to Corne of Glosters
    80 1 U.S. awards DSC to Corne of Glosters PRESIDENT Eisenhower, has conferred America's Distinguished Service Cross on Lt.-Col. James Came, hero of the "Glorious (ilosters" stand In Korea, the London Gazette reported last night. Lt.-('ol. Cirne, highest ranking British officer captured by the Communists, was awarded the Victoria Cross, and the
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    THEFT FROM CAR
    15 1 wit an S b uslneBsm entity C ard Deparlment In Singapore, y
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    BEER STOLEN
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    Rubber talks are over
    30 1 k£Z2**** ended !!f? p »i wnmltUt'i terttt m lutl(l yesterday, ,<).,».. .....>„...- u.n lo «vr,, o^. ■•"'•WHtj letting up rubhei buffet »'«^u,hoM, piill o| 1u1 1M Re uter
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    Newlyweds and a friend
    41 1 pi< lure. Mr, Mafcrim MacDonaM »ajn ISrst „f link" lo Miss Amy 1,,,v Mlli;.l|KM»- i1 v '»Ul>rlllor, uh'i ITM H iirrin! <-» \i, i,.im Me, iircct«f <»f t'" 1 < ith.iv limuik <• Oru;iuisati»n. .1 si \n(lri'«'s (iitheclnl Free Press
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    Japan to raise armed might
    217 1 Japan to raise armed might JAPAN and the United BUUI have agreed that Japan .should Increase her home defence forces, it was officially announced In Washington last night. A communique was issued at f hr end of talks between United States officials and Mr. Hayato Ikeda. personal representative of the
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    Rubber price
    26 1 Singapore Rubber Market opened steadily this morning with first grade, November shipment, at 56.1 4 cents a pound, 1 2 cent above yesterday's close.
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    CLIMBING THIEF
    32 1 A thief scaled a 17-foot pole to steal 20 yards of the Rediffusion Co's cable worth $40 between Lorong 3 and 17, Singapore, yesterday. Eighty yards was taken on Wednesday.
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    CAMBODIA ASKS U.S. DIRECT ABD
    340 2 Don't hand it to French, Nixon told r pilK I.S. Vif f rrcridtoat, Mr. Kit hard Nixon, conferred for two hours yesterday with Kin*; Norodom Sihanouk, of ambodia, who asked him if America could increase her aid to his country. Mr. Nixon SEW the Kintf
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    2 great men get Nobel peace prize
    160 2 A HUMBLE French doctormissionary and a famous American general, who each in his own way worked for the good of mankind, were awarded peace prizes by the Norwegian Nobel Committee last night. Thp General was George C Marshall, wartime. I'.S. Chief of Staff
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    FAROUK SUED AGAIN
    33 2 A second leading French dress designer, M. Jeandesses, yesterday in Paris sued e'x-king Farouk of Egypt for over .£2,000 aliening he failed to pay for dresses ordered before his abdication.
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    'FRIENDSHIP MONTH'
    24 2 Warships from the Soviet Navy will visit East Germany during "German-Soviet Friendship Month" in Nov< mber. the North-west German radio reported yesterday.
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    Big setback for Europe Army plan
    119 2 t^UKOPKAN ;:nny advocate! a suffered a major setback yesterday when the Council ol iiu- French Republic tUppei I House 1 returned by a massiv* majority to clank French foreign policy. ij. effect, the House demanded a policy based i>n alliance with Britain and .protective
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    The Atom 'brain' resigns
    99 2 f ORD CHERWELL, wartime 1J science expert and backroom brain of Britain's atom bomb programme, resigned yesterday as scientific adviser to the Prime Minister. Sir Winston Churchill. He is returning to an Oxford University professorship. Sir Winston brought Lord Cherwell into his Cabinet as soon as
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    WOMAN FREES AXE MANWEDS
    298 2 WOMAN FREES AXE MANWEDS alksjalkdjak ALBERT DKUHY. :<.'. ad mitted rushing Into a wo man's bedroom and beating iu*r on the head with an a\<- walk k d out of the C!d Bailey, th,. i ondon central criminal court a free man. The woman described by the judge as "one
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    'Fuss' over name doesn't bother the 300 at a village
    272 3 'Fuss' over name doesn 't bother the 300 at a village TWO STORIES ABOUT TANJONG KLING Free Press Stall' Reporter I WE three hundred people living in Tanjong Kling on the south-west coast oi" Singapore yesterday asked: •Why all this fuss about re-naming our village? "After ail. it is not
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    Military Cross for action in Malaya
    179 3 I BRITISH army captain who shot down two of five bandits in a skirmish in a Malayan rubber plantation has been awarded the Military Cross, the War Oflice announced yesterday. taptain John Howard Jacob f the Durham Light Infantry fa a patrol into a
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    BANDIT KILLED
    6 3 H 1 the Southern
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    25 MASSACRED
    30 3 Twenty-five Indian Government and armv officials have been massacred by 500 tribesmen in the rugged Arbor Hills district of northeast Assam, according to reports reaching Calcutta last night.
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    HE DOESN'T WANT MORE PAY
    26 3 Premier Jean van Houtte of Belgium announced yesterday he has rejected a proffered salary rise from US$9,OOO a year to US$l4,OOO.
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    GANG WIPED OUT
    31 3 Kenya security forces, including members of the Kikuyu home guard, yesterday battled a gang of 50 natives in the Fort Hall district and killed 30 and ruptured nine.
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    Art display
    78 3 I our Singapore Chinese artists will itAfe combined exhiblImiii of palntlngi of beautiful I'.iliin'sr uonrn ,ii tin* British Council ||;il| from Nov 6 to Nov. \H. Thrrp vvil be nearly I 100 exhIMU, Here is Profrssor Lui Kang palling nip nnbtalng <<»u<i>c> to his pirture of a Balinpp
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    U.K. exports top $1,000m.
    113 3 SIR William Rootes, chairman of the Rootes Motor Group. told 150 leading exporters in England la&t night that British exports to the dollar area would probably top one thousand million dollars this year. The thousand million dollar trade this year compared well with only four hundred
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    104 TAXI-GIRLS STAGE PROTEST
    331 3 Han on (lancing together By ROGER VI i: {VMMumdied and lour taxi-girls employed in the New World Cabaret, yesterday man lied into the premises of the Singapore Dance Hostesses' Association to protest against a ban by the management on their dancing with each other when they
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      141 3 ONE WEEK MORE I 1 THE SALE OF SALES j j I SEASON'S DRASTIC REDUCTIONS I j W///) //ie further reductions now offered, fl You must not miss this golden opportunity! m Usually NOW English Self striped Satin S 4.90 3.50 a yd. a Ferguson's Printed Crepe 4.90 2.25 M
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    The Singapore Free Press SATURDAY, Oct. 31, 1953 Opinion WHEN THE WELLS RUN DRY
    388 4 The Singapore Free Press SATURDAY, Oct. 31, 1953 Opinion WHEN THE WELLS RUN DRY THE wells In a kampong off Changi have run dry. There are no standpipes in the area. So many of the thousand kampong dwellers are using muddy water from an old disused well for cooking. They
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    Tito, the Ruthless Red
    885 4  -  JOHN WREN Sow that Stalin is dead he is not a trusty ally says rl'lO ib a stmkti. has tlwayi b«en one!" Janus Fulton. Itepubiicaii. member of the us. House Representative! Foreign Affairs Committee, cam< out with this vt'iy quotable QUOUtion the other day. Hardly parliamentary
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    26 4 jU^SSift pMtlin Hf*? 1 W»«arrt planting Ifcc first of 2#o young trrrH wh.rh u.ll form a fair Site" at llrnlry oni names U» conunemoraic the Coronation.
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      31 4 AFf TAP£ /\C VJ RECORDER FOR:- Music Lover. Lady Secretary, Business Man, Public Speaker (r The Educational Ad»isi r. Bole Agents: SEOW KUAN Co 4 Dhohy Gha«t, S'porr I rl. 7787
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      24 4 n AEIm I mIUIw _RTBB ON-PRINTING a fe way writes your cheques the > Sole Ag**tU y. LTIUNDERWOOD GENERAL AGENCIES SINGAPORE KUALA I 1 1
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      36 4 POCKET CARTON] by OS BERT LANCASTEi MOMf Of'iCf P{KS£NN(4 I r— Administrative crrori Citf fcolh u'a>s, Miss Corn/orth -I'm just checking up ifl see hotf mun> m«ntfll patients have been dir(clti into the Civil Senict lately."
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    MEDICAL FACULTY MAY EXPAND
    308 5 MEDICAL FACULTY MAY EXPAND 3 experts to I study needs I Free Pwsfl Staff Reporter OIIESTION of whether the Faculty of USmcm »<>» ox )and fu^her without any f pfficiency will be one of the mam points to ilrpd bv a three-man commission appointed fSSTSo the future needs of the
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    At 20 she insures for $250,000
    217 5 At 20 she insures for $250,000 Free Press Staff Reporter SINGAPORE women do not inp sure their charm; but we are going to have a look at a young lady who does for 5250.000. yes, a quarter-of-a--million Malayan dollars. She is Miss Abbe Lane, 20-year-old wife of the bandleader. Javier
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    Nehru invites Kotelawala
    15 5 few?"- pis; "ww of inn Jf" 1 2.55* Mm,,,,--n VesWd'y" lettw K>
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    Govt. midwives must answer night calls
    164 5 Govt. midwives must answer night calls Free Press Staff Reporter SINGAPORE Government midwives are under strict orders to visit cases at all times of the day or night, Dr. M. Doraisingham, Deputy Director of Medical Services, told the Free Press yesterday. He was comenting on a reference made at Thursday's
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    23 5 ITftft, Miss \|,lm- lanrihr top Aninirui I. m<H- irtrr is <l»' Urn- mi Him. 1 with Ins b.uid lor .4 ITftk'l •'••H-K' •m«-iit.
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    MR. LOH AND HIS ENGINE
    61 5 Shoir them how t<> aroiil fires picture. THE SINGAPORE Fire Krigade yesterday began an islandwide lecture campaign to make altap dwellers conscious of fire risks. Bukit Ho Swee was the starting point where firemen under Mr I. oh Kian Hong, plus an engine, advised the
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      108 5 IF A ■<: PERSIL WASHES BRIGHTER Yes, it's true Persil-wa »hcd eoloureds < omc ,^^^^w^ up brighter and fresher than ever before Persil's rich, hard-working lather removes /'/*)> all the dirt gently and surely. There is /j^fj/tQjMJh no nee. l t->r hard rubbing with Persil »> even your finest things
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      510 6 K»- ii _B_f WtM |P U_ HV __Hk '^i* 1 I Jh7 _L BBS f \lf T« MANDRAKE, THE MAGICIAN by Lee Falk and Phil Davis 1{(ltN MAR fl i thini uf 4 »n I THE KID'. A TOUGH 60V. 11 f M NOT WHAT A BEANPOLE, j, 'S Wc^WfP/
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    A 'BOOKIE' WHO WENT PUNTING
    339 7 One life is enough far" i was once worth 1 £260,000 i Sydney's Central Police Court stood to c mud l Howie (64), a former bookmaker rIeJ L r?fiO 000 The charge against him: vagrancy. -worth tiow.wvv Howie wore old khaki trousers i and a
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    15 7 SCREEN star Jeanne Crain is set for rain in a plastic raincoat and matching umbrella.
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    EVA, FRIEND OF MARQUIS
    23 7 picture. JABARTOK, iiim star friend the Marquis of Milford «»en, photographed getting M ft Car In Lnnrinn ri>r»ni Reuter
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    PHONE CALL SAYS: 'BEAR ATTACKING'
    124 7 N h E Wrator saio a light St. Mellons, near Car--4 grljf Newt aZs" F^m*\rL A y uSt a children's %e Zni n J y€ar owning eica£f hun r "toeight. lCL n 10^ Mr.flart- Brumas used his teeth and cluws, Mr. Bartlett's coat was ripped
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    Diesel cars-and twice as far
    155 7 SlW'7'' >»otorists Joined to drlv<v f<i<-s-SB*? 1 fM the ?•*>. mart. m at Prt L r confined to the larger vehicles. The flrst is a six-cylindor unit suitable for fitting to 4 ho Humber Super Snipe. The price is no purchase tax. The second Is
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    Prison escape by acrobats
    194 7 FOUR CLIMB SCAFFOLDING |?OUR men in overalls swung down the scaffolding of a gaol wall, waved to the masons repairing the wall and strolled off into the fog. Workmen knocking off? No, convicts escaping. They had escaped by a most unlikely route —by a feat of
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    Divine healing: Church acts
    259 7 Divine healing: Church acts THE Church of England la to conduct a widespread inquiry into divine healing. The Archbishops of Canterbury and York have appointed a Commission which includes clerics, surgeons, psychologist* and two hospital matrons. The terms of reference, announced, are: "To consider the theological, medical, psychological and pastoral
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    The Call For Blood
    486 8  -  PETER DE CRUZ j Slorv hr picture* h\ Blood is life. And splendid work is being done by Singapore's Blood Transfusion Service—getting precious life-giving blood from voluntary donors. Unfortunately, many thousands of people do not give blood. They can be divided in to four types. The
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    Allies attack south of France
    2056 10  - Allies attack south of France WINSTON CHURCHILL I WCOND WORLD H Iff (Vol. 6) 6 by SIR IT At the Teheran Conference of November, 1943. it had been decided to divert Herman opposition from the cross-Chan-nel Operation Oierlord" by a virtually simultaneous assault on Southern France, to be known as
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      181 11 Bridge Hand K'orth-South vulnerable tin dealer NORTH I 2 VQ 6 3 0 A J 10 fc 6 A 10 "W EA«T Vl7 S A K J A Q 10 7 i 6 4 2 0 4 I ♦K7 I btddlßf u ss- A *o uoi. All p&gg TRENGTH IN
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      259 11 Today's Crossword taiH In bBBP^^ I 1 Til I 1 I 1 1 ACROSS wood (3). I. Urul.Mdone iiwi 1 <4' 1. Strong plavs feel a loss here? i. BomttWni happens tn thj- able 4. Ie(l U about the material 7. Chez vim is if you ln f J (7).
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  • The Pressman's Postbag
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      F.P.A. GIVES THE FACTS
      301 12 A CORRESPONDENT refers to Pro!. Silrotks booklet, "Birth Control ill Malaya", published by Ihe Singapore Family Planning Association in 1951). Of the 11 clinics listed in that pamphlet, five were actually municipal (now eityi clinics and only six were run by the F.P.A. Becau.se of the
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      Any grouse?
      32 12 HAVE you a grouse? Have you a bright idea? Have you seen anything strange or unusual? Then write to the PRESSMAN and tell others about it in his POSTBAG briefly
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      NOW I SEE
      165 12 MR. Seah Mui Kok's letter headed, Singapore for the Singaporeans, interested me, especially the following paragraph:— "Reports show that the Malays want the British Government to hand the power to them in the Federation. One stated: "The Selangor branch of the Peninsular Malays Union said the party
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      SCARED
      75 12 THIEVES stole the time switches of the electric lamps, which light up the corridors of our flats in Tiong Bahru, particularly Kim Cheng Street section. Don't tell me the authorities are not going to do anything at all about those dark corridors! An ideal hideout for prowlers and stranglers;
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      23 12 CORAL HAMILTON, who will be mistress-of-ceremonies at the gala dance planned by the Singapore Hello Girls Club for Nov. 4 at Raffles Hotel.
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    SWEATER GIRL AT THE BAR
    99 12 MISS R. Belladonna Villines poses in the lawyer's lounge in Washington, I>.(\, alter smashing an old U.S. Supreme Court tradition that no one, even remotely resembling a "sweater girl", must ever divert the attention of the justices from their throughts of law. She did it
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    SHORT
    77 12 A GREAT many cinemas in England and Australia provide two top grade pictures for one payment. In Malaya we have a main feature pro--1 ceded by two, or more, cartoons or shorts." Then there is 15 minutes of 1 slides and a 10-minute interval. If we cannot have at
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    MR. NIXON
    69 12 MR. NIXON has gone on hLs way. He was the representative of America, our principal customer for rubber, and tin, and he gave us his personal impressions. As you indicated In your leader we have not much to hope for. Would it be unkind to say that what
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    Mothers of 12 years are common in S'pore
    213 12 Mothers of 12 years are common in S'pore npHERE Is nothing for "Still L Wondering" to wonder at. It Is not extraordinary. In the Ea.st. especially for a Chinese, to have wife 18 years old and an eldest child of six. People with the lower Incomes and large families marry
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    Let them dance together
    122 12 Let them dance together REGARDING the 1,«. taxi-glru dancin with**" iii-sagree with "R" I m^ "er may not be wSfteTl!! IW even have *S T a coupon to dance olh Dam-ing, is their" ii V in B choose to forfeit. L^ two durtac the evening S?" 1 must be a
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    Catholic defends Rome's dogma
    376 12 ONE'S first re-action to "Infallible Fallacies" put out by some Anglican clergymen in England, is to wonder whether words have any real meaning nowadays among a certain type of Englishmen. Consider the following contradictions: 'Infallible Fallacies" means something having a deceptive appearance which nevertheless Is incapable
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      100 12 CANYMED PRINTS ARE INDISTINCUISHABU FROM TW ORICINALS. SOME. EVEN. ARI STAMPED TO SHOW^T THEV ARE. IN FACT. REPRODUCTIONS. IF THINKINC OF BUriNC PICTURES WHY NOT FIRST C* AND SEE OUR COLLECTION OF CANYMEDS AT OLD" DONALD MOORE OLOHAM MALL SING^OM 9 I TEL: ***** __JJ |iiiiiiiHiiniiHimiiiicjiiiiHiiiiii[jiimimmHmiimHHtJ«»» lllllinlllHlHl I 1,1. T/m,
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    Yesterday's Stars Are Doing Very Well
    1090 13 Yesterday's Stars Are Doing Very Well Whatever happened t0....? MICHAEL RUDDY says sound investments and television have assured former film favourites of a comfortable old age. "> f c and tall spruce < fl n r 'trees Away from "i? house is a swimming ""f tennis court. Z my cottage
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    'QUO VADIS'BEGAN IT ALL
    468 13  - 'QUO VADIS' BEGAN IT ALL W. H. WENT to the local "flicks" on Saturday. The film —"Quo Vadis." It is almost two years since it first came to London. I missed it. "Robert Taylor was too old for the part of Marcus, said the woman in the party. That hurt.
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    FIERY FINISH TO SOCCER MATCH
    63 14 MOST exciting thing about the West Midland Alliance (Birmingham) game between Weoley Amateurs and Allen Cross Reserves was whi'n lire broke out in the pavilion. Ten minutes pl'iy was left. The referee stopped the game so that clothe* and personal belongings could be rvscued from
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    Indonesia will send 160 athletes
    164 14 Indonesia will send 160 athletes INDONESIA will send 160 athletes to the Second Asian Games scheduled to be held in Manila from May 1 to 9 next year, it was learned yesterday. The honorary secretary of the Indonesian Olympic Council, R. Maladi, wrote to the Asian Games organizing committee that
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    American sets world mark
    54 14 J. W. Mashburn of Oklahoma University, National AAU 440-yard champion, unofficially broke the world's record for the 500 yards in Norman, Oklahoma yesterday. Three stop watches timed Ma.shburn at 55.9 seconds, 2/10ths better than the 56.1 set by Cliff Bourland of California. Mashburn defeated three team
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    Pie King is out of race
    70 14 The Pie King, British two-year-old champion, was yesterday declared out of the world's richest horse race Garden, State Stakes, which will be run i today in Camaen, America. Ray Bell, co-owner of the British thoroughbred, said the Pie King split open the heel of
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    TWO TOP AMERICAN GIRL GOLFERS TO PLAY HERE NEXT WEEK
    266 14 TWO TOP AMERICAN GIRL GOLFERS TO PLAY HERE NEXT WEEK rllKOl .11 special arrangements by the Island Club, two of the youngest and best American women golf professionals— Peggy Kirk and 19 year-old Marleiut Bauer— will play an 18-hole exhibition match on tho Island Club course on Nov. 5. The
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    CHEUNG BREAKS SWIM RECORD
    61 14 Hong Kong's Cheung Kin Man established a new Philippine allcomers record in the 400-metre freestyle swimming event in a meet between the visiting Hong Kong Fortuna Club and a Philippine colegiate team In Manila. Twenty-year-old Cheung won the event in 4min 59.65cc breaking the old mark
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    F.A. PICK STRONG TEAM V ARMY
    64 14 The Football Association has chwa particularly strong eleven to o?^ ■the Army in the annual WJ I between the sides at Ne«£ Uniteds ground on WedMM" November 4. n u It is: Burgin Sheffield i UnJ^ Rickaby (West Bromwich) bp .Manchester Un'^^^JSff ,Sunderland). McEvoy
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    Romance in football names
    488 14  - Romance in football names J. W. TAYLOR By SPHERE Is romance behind the -I names of British football; clubs. In onp case it even vied 1 with the poetical efforts of Ten- j nyson. This concerned the beautiful Princess Alexandra, who left her native Denmark in 1863 and came to
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    WEST BROMWICH MAY LOSE RECORD AT BLACKPOOL
    657 14 WEST BROMWICH MAY LOSE RECORD AT BLACKPOOL Free Press Special Corr*.*. WKST Bromwich Albion have pluveJ^ ent and won the lot. A remarkabl re^* ay *kb, them a four point lead at the head oh l wh *i£ promoted Huddersfield Town anii^C By the law of averages they must per
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    BOYS MADE BOXING FANS GO HOARSE
    123 15 Free Press Boxing Reporter a ni£ht's boxing. It's a wonder how the Happy l r^?2*diuin roof managed to stay on. If the Sin K aJ World SW "J Boxing Association were to hold their more often I'd give up newspaper 1 nd go into
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    —although only one knockout
    353 15 There was one knockoutand it came as a surprise too Walter Abeysekara, of St. Andrew's School, taking the fuJl count in the third round. Walter, who won the midgeweight title last year, was knocked out by tough Abu Hassan bin Sa'id of the Police. Richard Wood
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    ALL THE RESULTS
    54 15 JfwlU of all finalsfedinßnnml Tj4n dls <lUali- hirtta! uitV° r Patent holdjyntta, with open glove and 1 Worms fArmy» (Ara>y). Esmond Mitchell •^iSrss.;* Andre *s> **%<s£ S2 L bln Said Police) Round Abey *kera <9t. Andrews) J^rtS't n 8f u K^n (St. ««M T mlred with cut
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    Schools ignore Neo records....
    283 15  - Schools ignore Neo records.... PETER DE CRUZ By TnLRE is, so I'm told, a limit to everything. But the limit, in this case, has reached a stage beyond all comprehension —in fact I would go so far as to say that its gone completely "haywire." 1 walked into the Chinese
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    Lucky Worms
    184 15 Lucky Worms I ICKIEST boxer in the A^ Youth Championships was Robert Worms, a 19--year-old corporal from R.A.F. Changi. He has a unique style of winning his bouts while on the seat of his green satin pants. In the light-middleweight semi-finals on Thursday nig'>: rubber-legged Worms was declared the winner
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      96 15 /Cs :^sStfs_* II II kj___V jjuobl i \0 %j f The Happy Cabaret (The City's most enchanting night Spot) Don't miss To-night, the final of THE ELECTION OF THE HAPPY CABARET QUEEN FOR 1953. Sunday night (1.11.53). THE CORONATION OF THE WINNERS. Pi ofimmmi' of Floor Shows: 31-10-53 Waltz Novelty
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    PLEASING GALLOP BY PROCTOR AT K.L.
    373 16 Should do well after his spell From ALLAN LFWIS 1 OOKING fresh after a spell at Cameron Highlands. gA PROCTOR (J. Donnelly) worked attractively at Kuala Lumpur this morning, when he reeled oft three in 38 :> on the outside of the second grass
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    SINGLE POINT WIN
    54 16 Old rtatllesian.s bt.it Raffles Institution by six points Uwo tries) to five (one <joal) in a friendly rugger mat'-ii played at R. 1 ground yesterday. Irwin J* -h;irenKMivel and I^oim Kok Wing scored a try each for Old BifllHtont. Kim Chye scored a try for the school
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    BIRTHS
    42 16 Worda (minimum) MASON: To Joyce and Horace at Penang a daughter. Rosemary Sh«"l1a, on Otober 30th. TOLLEFSEN Vlda and John have pleasure in announcing the birth of a daughter. Vietta Ida, on October 29th, at Greenhill Nursing Home Singapore. AH well
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    ENGAGEMENT
    31 16 2* Word* $S 1 minimum THE Engagement U announced between Lieut. Lyn E. Thompson, D.S.C.. R.N.V.R., Royal Malayan Navy, Woodlands. Singapore and Miss Bnrabara M. Eagland. Tremelbye Bungalow. Klang. Selangor.
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    MARRIAGE
    60 16 20 Words $S (minimum) MR. P F BURGESS. Malayan Forest Service, and Miss A. E. Mortis. The marriage took place on Octolwr 24th. 1953, at Holy Trinity Church. Bengeo. Hertford. England, of Peter, only son of Mr. and Mrs. F. C. Bursess of Hertford and Anthea. only daughter of
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    J.B. RIFLE SHOOT
    32 16 The Grand Aggregate competition at the annual Johore Bahru rifle snoot was won by V. G. Donough with a total score of 990 out of a possible 1.000. j
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    BODCA UPSET UNIVERSITY
    47 16 University of Malaya II suffered their first defeat in the Singapore Hockey As ociation Div. 2 league when they went down to BODCA by 2-1 at St. Joseph's Institution ground yesterday. Scorers for BODCA were: Gupta and Karpal Singh. Ronald McCoy scored for Varsity.
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    BALESTIER UTD. TEAM FOR TODAY
    56 16 Balestier United's team for today's final Div. 3 league tie against Singapore Corinthians at Jalan Besar will be chosen from: Teow Leng. Thiam Slew. Rasul Kian Moh. Sin Yong, Sudanto. Kamal. Poh Tong. Choon Ton.?. Robin Chan. Kamsan. Ibrahim HaniflT Hock Seng Chee Sun. Keok
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    India's team for Malaya named
    96 16 India's team for Malaya named CIX players who played for India at k last year's Olympics are among 16 players named by the Indian Hockey Federation to tour Malaya. The six internationals are Francis (goalkeeper), R. S. Gentle <back>, Clandins (centre half.), Balbir Singn. Raghbir Singh and Rajagopal (all forwards).
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    K.L WEIGHTS
    410 16 iy EICiHTS first day. Saturday (Nov. 7) of the Selangor Turf Clubs November meeting: CL. 3, DIV. I— lM* Sudden Choice 9.00 Show Show 8.12 Magnificence 8.12 Three Hint* 8.10 Another View H.OB Kin* Crow 8.07 Tide O'Gold 8.07 A»rot 8.06 Straits Code 8.06 Bend Over 8.06 The
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    I'm not going to return and Randy is still the No. 1
    276 16  - I'm not going to return and Randy is still the No. 1 Sugar Ray *Says Cjl'GAl KAY Robinson said yesterday, that he had quit the ring for good. *I will never fight again." the ex-champion added to deny reports that he is weighing an otter to challenge Bobo Olson, present
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    COCKELL THINKS HE CAN BEAT ROCKY
    131 16 JOHN SIiMPSON, manager of British heavyweight champion Don Cockell, said in London yesterday: 'It i.s Don's ambition to get into the ring against world champion Rocky Marciano. He is confident he can win.' Simpson was commenting on a statement in Paris by Al Weill.
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      Masthead
      10 1 THE FREE PRESS Saturday Magazine Saturday, Oct. 3 1,1 953.
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      THE OYSTER FLOWER
      1557 1  -  J. M. BERKELEY A Free Press short story by -HE OLD LADY' was V a there was no ■niiph for that. te were actively aware But she was mad but SUow we never gave it a thought. Thingl like that don't worry you when they manifest themselves
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      When my wife started bookkeeping
      567 1  - When my wife started bookkeeping K. S. CHIA by TEE other day my wife 4 decided to take up bookkeeping, not the wbject you or I learned Jt commercial school but keeping an account of the money she accumulates *er the months I thought it a good idea. £ul u
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      Do you listen to the radio?
      574 2 Do you listen to the radio? I [CHILDREN'S PAGE HOW MANY of you listen to the special programmes prepared for children by Radio Malaya? Three times a week, from 5 o'clock in the afternoon, you can hear thirty nfinutes of entertainment and information. This coming Monday, for Instance, the Calling
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      62 2 Every dog has his clay and most know how to bark W these Basenjis are dogs whose bark cannot be wow vm their bite because, well, they JUST CANNOT BARK W come frorrj the famous barkless breed which dates JJJ ancient Egypt. They were brought back from tne not, Congo
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        170 2 Junior ConU* I HIDDEN in our puzzle to- w~—^ I day is a popular holi- "^^-w I day lhat all boys and girls Ni h h enjo> once eve<o year, tan Ifci A you guess what it is? Write A *\.tl I your answer in the spaie provided below, add
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        393 2 Penny and the Last Magician 25 I Wondering what all the com In 'he courtyard one of the And then there It is! A motion in the oalace courtyard removal men is pasting up a nnster thowme p r nnv\ old is about. Penny finds a flight of notice on
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      Glight to Adventure
      748 3  -  KATHLEEN HICKLEY LI 2-OUT OF CONTROL rttalky VVhitehead anil Abas, have Mok L \"?-5 ha they Hive christened the Lanj. twf LANG continued Sssra fhoped fo"" he exulted. iww s?«' s light as a T'ite same, I was ,olly glad to see her nose Stogo up," grunted
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      And now its tea for three
      39 3 photo. Tea for two becomes tea for three as ?ushka, the djjnfty. home**? of owner Zia Foxwell, 12. and her school friend Alicia .fillip- Zones (lelt) ai Sherston, near Chippenham, W lltshire.- Reuter
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      Safety Tips
      63 3  -  ESTHER WILLIAMS TOM TERRY I bv assisted j by and 4. BEWARE OF TURBULENT TIDES When swimming in ocean water, be certain the area you have chosen is calm and free from treacherous underwater currents. Signs erected on most public beaches will generally keep you informed but to
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      THREE GAMES
      217 3  -  Uncle Eric by I SAW TWO little Malay boys enjoying themselves enormously the other day with an old motor tyre they had picked up from somewhere. I was so amused myself, watching them, that I thought I'd pass the game on to you. All you have to do
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        179 3 JUNIOR CROSSWORD CLUES ACROSS.— 3. Scottish poet who wrote To a Mouse. 6, Great river of S. America. 7. Woodland tree ivhich usually has silver bark. 8. The softest metal. 10. When frozen it becomes ice. 14. There is a a big one on St. Paul's Cathedral. 15. One of
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      ACTORS ARE BAD ON POEMS
      746 4 ACTORS ARE BAD ON POEMS CLAIRE BLOOM is an o»*««i».»~~ does not act verse, she reads it. A CTRESS CLAIRE BLOOM read poetry to an audience for the first time at the Royal Festival Hall recently. Her mother, brother and an aunt were there to hear her. Miss Bloom ("I
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      Swash buckling?-Todd Hates it
      662 4  - Swash buckling?Todd Hates it HAROLD CONWA Y The star of the Royal Film Per for not competing in the Fr~~i r*, pictu tow says OICHARD TODD stopped eating frowned slightly, placed his knife and fork carefully back on the plate. "I'm no glamour boy," he said. On Monday Todd's new
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      An Unforgottable 'Caesar'
      326 5 An Unforgottable 'Caesar' -JULIUS CAESAR (Cathay) is Shakespeare once more brought to the screen and once more not quite at home toere. Of course there are moments in the film that stir the emotions and seduce the senses as they are never stirred by one I Jim in 10 years.
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      QUOTE
      32 5 JOHN GIELGUD has said: "players in 'Julius Caesar" must look well in classical* costume otherwise they can look like so many gentlemen sitting on the marble steps of a Turkish bath."
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      WOMAN 'COP'
      127 5 A TRIBUTE to the women of London's police force, "MADONNA OF THE STREETS," a new British film starring Anne Crawford, Peggy Cummins. Rosamund John and Tere.,e Morgan, is in .sharp contrast to City That Never Sleeps." Hollywood's .story o f the fight against crime. In "City That Never
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      Pity Poor 'Miss India'
      532 5 lAN GRANT sees an Indian 'wee pie 9 in which the good people are very good and the bad ate unmentionable. UNTIL this week my experience of Indian films had been confined to musicals and I have enjoyed them. Their rumba-like rhythms and pleasant melodies, the
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        195 5 I4HI\I A lIAII V 11.00 am— 1.4:>— 4.15— 6.45 A. !>;{o p.m. On ihc Panoramic Srrern iimT sniruyT^ LANOSIER- BOOTH HAL WAUIS PP c— HRfiY m .««n Mitu Acudemy Award rtinucr For The Best Actress (Shirley Booth) TONI6HT at MIDNIGHT here there's life there's hope and /f\ w lure there's
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        126 5 CAPITOL today I II 1.4% I I. Ml A Mi LAST 3 DAYS Caroline Clwrie I in TECHNICOLOR I Toniffht 3t m ni<<> TARZAN FACES HIS Xl CtfATf sf W^/Vi.j^ftfl tjT RAYMOND BURR. MONIQUE VAN VOOMN V 70M CONWAY produced by SOL LESSER TOMORROW MIDNIGHT "MERRY-GO-ROUND" in Mandarin I REX
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      GOT ANYTHING TO SAY..... ?
      33 6 GOT ANYTHING TO SAY..... Phave any *rouse, or anything of inruling with sport id tell me. Others i to read about it your letters to: m Modder's Sportsnfa Pore free Press, eel, Spore.
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      THIS THIRD MAN HAS A RESPONSIBLE JOB ON HAND
      714 6 THIS THIRD MAN HAS A RESPONSIBLE JOB ON HAND Matmtm 3t odtivr *v ttports-pourrte 'THE DUTIES of a boxing referee are heavy. He holds a very responsible job once it's "seconds out" and the bell clangs. His decisions are final. He is out there alone. He's got to think fast.
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      Will Fathuls gain by it?
      187 6 SINGAPORE Amateur Football Association's decision to postpone the Senior Cup final between Fathul Karib and Tigers was well received in soccer circles. The postponement was made following a request by Fathful Karib. Originally the Cup flnaJi was scheduled for yesterday, but Fathuls pointed out in
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      HATS ARE AROUND ALL CLUBS
      162 6 HATS ARE AROUND ALL CLUBS rTHE Singapore Hockey x Association has begun ■Its dollar-earning drive. ■Several hats are to be lused and players, officials land enthusiasts are askled to dip their hands in ■their pockets to fill them. I Once these hats are filled— ***** is needed— all those who
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      Quit when on the slide!
      367 6 Quit when on the slide! AT WHAT age should an athlete retire? I have had this question fired at me scores of times in fact, ever since these columns called on old stagers to pack in and give youth a chance. At that time I was admiring Singapore footballer Harith's
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      DOCTORS WANTED TO HEAL APINCH
      164 6 DOCTORS WANTED TO HEAL APINCH r po run any tournament I 1 i specially when there are ltiO entries and the competition runs over i period o( lour nights— calls for a lot »f hard work, not to mention worries. So let's hand it to the official! ot the Singapore
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      SHA selectors did NOT put top XI out!
      200 6 hockey selectors get it in the neck for tne Colony's deteac Dy Selangor in the lecent quadrangular tournament. Followers of the game believe the selectors arc guilty of a shocking error. I have received several letters. All writers criticise Singapore sp lectors.
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      No doubt she's best
      94 6 No doubt she's best IS MABEL HAYES better I than the two Singapore £133 Tennis Champion** held in Tokyo? Let* make nobongj*^? _SHE IS! Any e oM»bel nis fan who hw «e» n and the two ToW 0 KJ, this i» lion will sW.^snSiS-pourrie reader Mr. A. o. Singapore. k
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      IT'S TIME OUR MANILA TEAMS WERE PICKED
      170 7 IT'S TIME OUR MANILA TEAMS WERE PICKED Vsto the Asian Games «d I think something 0 ihnnld be done other T« setttag down the gest ever-from this island. t admit that some jort 01 Swted athletes put on an exSSive training course to see St they keep to the standards
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      PERAK LIKES TO MEET REYNOLDS AGAIN
      379 7 THE Singapore hockey teams did not impress at last wee's quadrangular meet and in fact were lucky to finish runners-up to Selangor. But I would not, however, rush to blame either the players and selectors for this poor display. The team was undergoing its
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      Do YOU know him?
      409 7  - Do YOU know him? GERRY ISAAC By He once fought Al Brown RICHARD DOMONIC BURKE, hailed in the early thirties as the "Wonder boy of the North,," fought the best bantam and featherweights in the world in his short five-year boxing career in which he crammed in 73 bouts, winning
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      OTHER COMMUNITIES TAKING TO BASKETBALL
      411 7  - OTHER COMMUNITIES TAKING TO BASKETBALL EDIN PETERS By •THE TIME has come for A us to sit up and take notice of a game that is fast accelerating in popularity. I am referring to basketball which for the past 30 years has aroused Interest only among the Chinese in Malaya.
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      WORLD T-T STARS ARE HEADING FOR S'PORE
      423 7  -  TAN HONG POH B>' SINGAPORE table tennis fans will have yet another chance to see world famous stars in action before the year is out. Sih Su-chu, 1952 Asian champion who is stead'ily returning to his best form, plans to play a series
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      What's wrong with a husband's kiss
      641 8  -  HAL BOYLE by NKW YORK. m why is IT huatandi today don't know how to kiss a wife?" writes a yuuiiK lady. 'That ab.s€'nt-minded duty peck on the cheek they give you morning and evening U more fitting lor a mother than a wife.
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      Old and New in Paris
      59 8 photo The 17th and 20th centuries met recently at the Chat Versailles. Paris. Lycette Darso nval, the beautiful tas£L? Hearing period costume arrived in ;i Louis XIV tarriaw S the competition of the modern car— a new model tokS sented at a motor show was
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