The Singapore Free Press, 14 November 1953

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    Masthead
    18 1 The Singapore Free Press l^es, Afternoon Sale in Malaya. Taut. »m«p«ft Sat •> Nov> 14> 1953 Pricc 15 cts
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    Welcome home for Lydon
    107 1 FORMER Fusilier Patrick i Lydon. discharged from the Army with ignominy for ctrardice m Korea, was h«gfd and mobbed by friends and relatives when be returned to his home m City Road, Grove Hill, Middlesbrough. An excited crowd lined Ihe road as he went m to
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    Asia alliance falks in S'pore
    103 1 D1» a a| P |om ats and mi mil meet m Singapore n< and map strategy m the announced last night. J v W^man said the flveJSJJ? B,'8 beginning Dec. 3 X r^airmanship of Mr. Maill» 2fr^l. M laya WiU slt ln "•wCb net ar
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    SOLDIER 'PUSHED BOATMAN INTO SEA'
    109 1 SOLDIER 'PUSHED BOATMAN INTO SEA' Free Press Staff Reporter. SINGAPORE police are looking for a European soldier in Red beret and jungle green who is alleged to have pushed a Chinese boatman from his motor sampan into the sea off Clifford Quay on Thursday night. The boatman was rescued by
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    BRIBES TO WIN VOTES
    185 1 Mr. Eden accuses Egypt iinvt. ruiure or suaan and gifts are being used by Egyptians in Khartoum to influence the Sudan elections which will ultimately decide vhether the country shall stand independent and alone, or be oined to Egypt. Mr. Anthony Eden, the Foreign Secretary, said
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    Rubber price
    25 1 WKKKtRNHMmNnm^ Singapore Rubber Market opened quietly this morning with first grade. November shipment, at 561 cents a pound, 4 cent above yesterday's closing.
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    S'pore hotel rescue
    121 1 S'pore hotel rescue Free Press Staff Reporter SINGAPORE police last night took away a man who had been perched on a fence on the fifth floor of the Roof Garden restaurant of the Southern Hotel. Waiters and guests shouted warnings when they saw the man on the fence. A hotel
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    TURPIN TO MARRY AGAIN
    128 1 TURPIN TO MARRY AGAIN BRITISH miedleweight champion, Randolph Turpin, 25, and Gwyneth Price, his 27-year-old Welsh girl friend, yesterday took out a licence for marriage. Th" former world middleweight titleholder gave notice at the registry office m Wellington, England. No date for the wedding was set. Tucpin, whoso wife divorced
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    BLANKETTED
    22 1 Three Chlflftf threw a blanket over a ja<?a at Roehe.ster Park Singapore, and stole a magneto which the watchman wu guarding.
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    Heavy going for races
    40 1 Rain fell m Kuala Lumpur yesterday. The going at the races today will be heavy. Allan Lewis says that best bets should be FAIRY GIFT, PUNTER'S DELIGHT and KING CROW. Today's course information m Page 16.
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    Yo ho ho! and a bottle off rum
    64 1 Yo ho ho! and a bottle off rum *THIS monkey with the A sallor lult whlch a»pcmred mysteriously at the annual Paris bird exhibition seems to be singing opera with a superior air, while birds can only twitter. The monkey certainly did justice to its master's sense of humour. The
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      109 1 of the Joest MMinnin' I M- v< 1 il vIH V M fev jk a Beverlev and Gale Newman, Singapore. Worthy of the 3oest I In the past two decades many children of the Royal Blood have been reared on Cow and Gate. No wonder, then, we call it "The
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    THIS STRANGE WORLD Fork with some novel points
    184 2 THIS STRANGE WORLD Fork with some novel points SOMEONE has invented a iu^ which automatically does all those things to a plateful oi spaghetti which you can t do. Simply press a button m the handle and the points spread themselves out at right angles. Th" l proceed to whirl
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    Sons 'confess' father killed British family
    372 2 fHIEt police inspector Hani r of ivu. 1 1 v last night that Gustave and niT?*' F **t J confessed that their father, 77-yJ?!? Doi^ll niei, killed the Drummond family The inspector made the anno,,** 1 Dominici brothers had faced ton ncemen t aft«r
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    TORIES WIN TWO BY ELECTIONS
    50 2 Sir Winston Churchill's Conservative Government yesterday held its 18-vote overall majority m the House of Commons by winning two special elections to fill vacancies. The margin of victories m the traditional" Tory districts— both An Lancashire— was about the same as m the 1951 election.
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    'A DREAM CAR' FOR PRINCE CHARLES
    159 2 'A DREAM CAR' FOR PRINCE CHARLES PRINCE Charles, celeb-J L his fifth birthday tooS with the fastest car heT>-J laid hands on. I le has one car already-* jj pedal affair whic his all 3 m its way. But this nev9 —a top secret present 3 his parents is every
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    Judge rejects subpoena
    68 2 f TNITED STATES Bupßi«l U Court Justice, Mr Toe! :iark, refused yesterdaj *W :omply with a subpoena m estify before the House of jresentatives Un Amena| \ctivities Committee on a| tfarry Dexter White cue. m 7 Clark offered however rive serious considerauon Iny written questions the nittee
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      313 2 BULLDOG 1 GUINNESS STOUT A STRONG MAN COMPETITION p| OPEN TO EVERYONE Mlp Choose the strongest man and win $3,000 All Guinness Stout drinkers know that it is "Bulldog Brand for Body Building Judging by their strength, which of these men do you think drinks Bulldog Brand most regularly! 1
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    RITSON BILL 'WON'T BE HEAVY'
    555 3 Only $1 m. a year ex {ra, say unions Free Press Staff Reporter SPOKESMAN of the Council of Action A Presenting 18.000 employees today said i/the Government had misled the public by Sni that the implementation of Ritson pay nosals tor local employees would involve
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    FLAG OF DEATH
    72 3 VI ANY towns and cities m Gerimny have erected a black death-flag which they hope will reduce traffic accidents. When any person is killed m an accident the flag is lowered to half-mast. A gruesome Scoreboard is kept underneath the Bag denoting the number of fatal accidents
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    GUERILLAS LEAVE
    33 3 The evacuation of Chinese Nationalist guerillas from Burma, which was halted last Sunday when the Burmese refused to allow 38 Shan tribesmen to cross into Siam. re.sumI ed again yesterday. v
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    CLOVES FOR GARBAGE MEN CALL
    111 3 CLOVES FOR GARBAGE MEN CALL MR. S. Jaganathan. City Councillor, Wftltti Rlov supplied to Singapore's garbage collectors and drain Cleaners. He has asked the HetHh I Committee to approve his proposal, "They do the dirtiest kind of work. They should not, thereI fore, be grudged .small comforts hi said. He
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    They'll map YMCA work in the East
    128 3 They'll map YMCA work in the East THE need for training mon youth leaders for Singapon will be discussed by four Colon representatives at the tmrc conference of leaders of Easterr and South East Asian Y.MCAi m Baguio, Philippines, on Dec 3 The representatives are Date C J Paglar, Mr.
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    GIANT STEEL MILL
    25 3 <*1y Gorman steel magnates hridod by Dr Wtlhelm Thun yesterday to negotiate a 700.000.--000 rupee iteel mill project with the Nehru government.
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    Mr. Thio backs plan for two varsities
    229 3 Mr. Thio backs plan for two varsities SINGAPORE Legislative Councillor, Mr Thio Chan Bee. yesterday said that the original recommendation for the university ol Malaya to be situated at Johore Bahru was based on political reasons. The Federation of Malaya did not like the idea of the only Malayan university
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    CHINESE RED SEEKS ASYLUM
    40 3 A 30-year-old ChtßflM .security officer apparent ly led up with Communism, fled across the China-Hong Kong border yesterday and begged for asylum from the British. The officer was taken Into custody and questioned by British police.
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      40 3 r-XMAS GIFTS MAKE YOUR SELECTION NOW AVOID LAST MINUTE RUSH 1Q"? I Diaries. Calendars lyj* Children's Annuals FINE SELECTION OF X MAS NEW YEAR CARDS Crackers. Stockings, Novelties and OHier Suitable Gifts For All DULFAKIRS 46 HIGH STREET, SINGAPORE 6
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      171 3 > > TOOTAL TOBRALCO LYSTAV ROBIA NOVELTIES All m latest design: ALSO: > NOVELTY 111 7 SHADES. AMERICAN RIBBED NYLON 45" SPECIAL OFFER I BATH TOWELS. WHITE TOWEL 25" x 48" $2.20 each, j COLD 25" x 48" $2.50 27" x 54" $2.80 J 32" x 60" $4.50 I b.
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    47 4 •'The Health Minister asks me to say that ALL ant smog masks arc unsafe hut he u -./Z i 1 when the surgeons have released him from his otvn." ««««em I "SmoK- a combination of ffto t and smoke ha s been noticed m London lalelj. I
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    The Singapore Free Press SATURDAY, Nov. 14. 1953 LONG LEAVE
    436 4 The Singapore Free Press SATURDAY, Nov. 14. 1953 LONG LEAVE SINGAPORE City Council, 3 faced with a pay bill of $30,400,000 next year, is j reported to be considering a proposal to cut down long leave for its I officers. It is a sound eco- j nomy measure. rhe need
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    Magsay say, new Filipino President
    240 4 Magsay say, new Filipino President OAMON Magsaysay, who 1%> has just beaten shrewd, tenacious Elpido Quirino m the Philippines Presidential election is 46. and always a "Man of the People" m his gaudy tropical shirt and slacks. Always the colourrul man of action, Magsaysay won lame as tne defence secretar>
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    Even the Far North is 'Soft' now 'It's the women,
    549 4 Even the Far North is 'Soft' now 'It's the women, MacDONALD HASTINGS IS TOLD I I HAD travelled all the 1 way to the Frozen North m search of adventure and all I had found were radio-taxis, icecream soda bars, a cinema with three changes of programme a week, a
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    How a North-South one-way loop is planned
    302 5 How a North-South one-way loop is planned h'by bras basah rd., out by stamforb rb. Free Press Staff Reporter CINC.APORK City Council's Vehicles and Traffic Committee has agreed to make Stamford Road a one-way street in a new North-South loop. The scheme will be introduced as soon as it is
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    TAXIMETER DAY-DEC. 31
    28 5 TAXIMETER DAY-DEC. 31 .WIRES 15»° Uxi' J.fn« '<"ther (d h, »iven. t,nsk>n can h slim. ,i,dl have meters 6lrfJ?timie/£e adequate "Kb. three «rm S importncml>»r up t« 10°-
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    Where the cake money goes
    30 5 Cubs o) Pearl's Hill School, Singapore put their pocket money into a collection tin held by their cub Mistress, Miss M. Rodrigues, yesterday —"Sacrifice Day\
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    THREE NEW DANCE HALLS FOR STORE
    147 5 THREE NEW DANCE HALLS FOR STORE i SINGAPORE is to have three new dance halls next year. The first to be ready will probably be the new $500,000 cabaret m the Great World Pa n k will be air-conditioned. Two bands will play on a revolVl A R Sh l
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    3,000 SCOUTS GAVE AWAY MONEY
    190 5 Free Press Staff Reporter If ORE than 3,000 Singapore cubs, scouts and rovers iT1 yesterday gave their pocket money to the Jurong 1 camp development fund. It was "Sacrifice Day" for them and as collection tins went around, each smilingly put m his bit. One
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    School for island off Singapore
    95 5 SINGAPORE Government wil v open the nrst English schoo m Pulau Tekong Besar, ar Jiand four miles oft Chang S J n Janu ary, next year. sX n are now Pitting th( Xi ng touch es to the $185.00< M complete with quarter! w the
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    RED SQUARE TOMB CLOSED
    46 5 *Z ft|Jf n »n Red s q u,re. n( SWfi are first i ls(>fl y <lsh> rfiay for ihiX i! lnce Stalin's workmen erected No ?o^ roun(l entrance. WtoTS W(>r(> lotni to im*lr»ncJ "SS" 011 above th mal 'n la red letter,
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    100 SUSPECTS HELD
    25 5 The Russian zone secret police disclosed yesterday at least 100 East Oerman.s have been seized •m a new roundup of spy suspects.
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    AMICABLE JUBILEE
    78 5 SLNGAPORE Amicable Athletic Association which has a membership of more than 1.000 will celebrate its silver jubilee with a two-day festive proKramme starting this afternoon. A party for members' children will be followed by a cinema .show and a dinner on Honp Urn Green, and rounded on with
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      233 5 PERSIL WASHES WHITER I Yes, Pcrsil really does wash whiter Its foaming, active lather, so hard on dirt but *^\^l »o gentle on clothes, removes all the dirt, 1/ Ij iTC^/ ¥^ki leaving your whites simply dazzling, lie- /£^[/yi/M^J I cause Persil is so gentle, it washes silks M^L and
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      309 6 I have C^HU!!! l l »**)h I woney-making and $ho fl 2\"i partner who can \Z u^ I your Utemt. You Te^l idea man- and just nLUll »«t of work done .nder^I SUNDAT I SCORPIO (Oct. 24-Noi. a,J| Jour plans perna* m, J| be made with the ronn'm^Ii the weatherman
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    NEW DEAL FOR THE NOT-SO-BRIGHT CHILD An extra year at school for these pupils
    247 7 NEW DEAL FOR THE NOT-SO-BRIGHT CHILD An extra year at school for these pupils ♦i.m experiment to benefit "near misses and N education exPe r misi^ chUdren who faU their 1 bte d^hoof entrance examination-is planned for ir^^'utrv of Education and a number of local Sties "re interested m the
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    Out of goal 20 minutes to marry
    182 7 A PRISONER was released A from Lewes Gaol for twenty minutes to get married. Two warders In plain clothes took William James Buggy to Lewes Methodist Church. He me his address as 1. Brignton goad, Lewes, the address of the prison. He arrived
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    KORAN IN GERMAN
    31 7 Ali Hussein Thinius, president of the 1,500-strong German Muslim brotherhood, announced m Bremen yesterday that the first authentic German translation of the Koran will be published next month.
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    They made him eat his hat
    95 7 A™* a Mr. Harry W, h a °T ey P romi se«i to eat JSLTfi* fat cau ht lii secretary of the FA 1F C d Battery R.A., 2 he boa *ted: 'Til have W People sitting down next But V at my hat
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    BLIND GIRL SEEKS JOB ON THE LAND
    199 7 WINA BARRETT sat down write to eight farmers. and thinks she could do w pretty and she is blind. She earns her keep now as a telephone operator. But for years she has longed to be a farmer. She has read every agricultural
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    Problem of a girl who is a wife
    85 7 Problem of a girl who is a wife ra firl is 16 and a wife, who is responsible for her conduct husband or mother? To a married *irl of 16 who was before East London Juvenile Court as m need of care and protection, magistrate Mr. Basil Henriques said when
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    FILM TRAILER ON PHONE
    101 7 PEOPLE who telephone I Barnsley cinema and Mfc for "trailer service" receive OW the wire a sound picture of the following week's film.s. The first of its kind m Britain, the lenric li the Idea of tho manafer, who thought of it alter h# m I
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    RED R
    131 8 RED R L*hJ 1 road n tt ,J d wnn i C Above: Competitors and spectators alike will remember the start of the Tour de Singapore bicycle race: A record number of 34 cyclists lined up two abreast m Shenton Way at 6.30 a.m. on Sunday to await Hie start
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  • THE FREE PRESS Saturday Magazine
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      Masthead
      9 1 THE FREE PRESS Saturday Magazine Saturday, Nov. 14, 1953.
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      The man who was always there
      1514 1  - The man who was always there RICHARD r'WNSHEND BICKERS J A Free Press x short story by «mii may think that my foUcupation with the i&s of philosophy £$?r me a ready victim 0 hallucination and that 1 strain of cons ant !on K journeys to lecture °n Vis subject
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      The Pied Piper of Chinatown
      324 1  -  ERIC MITCHELL by THE Pi ED PIPER of Singapore's Chinatown toys a X who makes itreets fiS^ eli s' ne tour the excited cLiM^ by crowds of ■wic but k y u tro ir herous ■eeinor ft* J^ thrill of Complete Ji.u Cnlnej <P warrior
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    • Saturday CHILDREN'S PAGE
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        SHE WANTS COMMENT FROM YOU
        434 2 YOUR LETTERS this week spoke of examinations and the fast approach of the Christmas holidays. Several of my pen pals, who had not written for some time, remembered me again with nice letters. Among them was Rosalind (Rocky Mountain) Mountford. Rosalind complained that the lack
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        He has organized 7 million pen pals
        301 2  -  James White by COPENHAGEN. ORITISH youth since D World War II has become increasingly mterested m what goes on m Other countries, deClares Denmark's exsrhoolmaster ex-inter-scnooimasier ex inter national footballer and pioneer Scout, Dr. Sven V. Knudsen. "The proof of this," the Doctor
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        175 2 Saturday U object that hsurt-d pro /Mg\ J^Jy'. I minently on Coronation £l! i^ll I 1 "•«> When you have d,s o^ffS^li I covered what it is, write JL %Cir Ifl I|| your answer m the spate rif^h^C^J^ I provided below, add your V <r //M^Z I lull name, address
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    • Page 2 Miscellaneous
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        360 2 I I Penny and the Last Magician 27 Penny thinks thaf the Ones hl v wnat Kon sees ail But suddenly it begins to •he has drawn will turn out oranfe ready t0 be eaten a grow light and l the line? Penny ta h# a mrtiirp nf a c*a«i<t»
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      Flight to Adventures
      881 3  - Flight to Adventures Un KATHLEEN HICKLEY school boys. Mok Uftf. Chalky Whitehead and Abas, Thr jU seaplane-glider which they have christened the h Vf o its first flight the Lang gets carried out to sea m a U to m and when at last the boys manage to fly clear
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      These fish talk to each other
      421 3  -  THOMAS R. HENRY by WASHINGTON. T>HE weirdest of all fish x "talks." 'Talking ttsh" have became a matter oi considerable interest because of the contusion they cause m the interpretation of underwater sounds. A study of the talking of the sea horse has just
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      MAKE A DECK CHAIR
      270 3 UNCLE ERIC tells you how to HOW many of you made the pretty flower basket out of lolly sticks last week? Well, I hope you have some lolly sticks left over because this week, children, I am going *.o tell you how to make a deck
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        83 3 ,»'IIMIIIMnHIIIIIIIII|l|||||||||||||||HMIIll<IMIIIWIHMIIIHIIIIMIII)IHIIIIIItllim«IMI»nilWIWMM|ll«lllimHMMIIIIIIIIIIHH I Safety Tips by ESTHER WILLIAMS assisted by TOM and TERRY j 6. DON'T SWIM IN ICY WATER Persons who wouldn't oiue consider, jumping m front of a speeding car often think nothing of going for a dip m water that is too cold for the human system. Besides
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      DEATH OF '3D'
      619 4 It has shocked many studios suys HAROLD 1 1 Et FERN AN IJEATH of 3-D was not entirely a surprise to Hollywood and to theatre foert throughout the country. But the suddenness of its passing within a matter of days came as a sharp blow to the
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      VIRGINIA MAYO-ON 'MEN'
      192 4 VIRGINIA MAYO -ON 'MEN' MARILYN MONROE reITI cently announced her ten favourite men. Now VIRGINIA MAYO has announced her views on men. Virginia now settled down and expecting a baby male, has appeared at one time or another, before the cameras m the arms of most of Hollywood's professional lovers.
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      JANE IS HAPPY ATLAST
      273 4 JANE IS HAPPY ATLAST (CHAMPAGNE corks were popping all over Beverly Hills last weekend when Jane Wyman and Freddie Karger celebrated the first anniversary of their marriage. Since the star and the musician fied to Santa Barbara to hold hands over the altar, Miss Wyman has climbed to just about
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      Joan: I was 'Poison'
      384 4 Joan: I was 'Poison loan Crawford d J Wymanhave i quality| common courage, t J been rewarded. Both h, J found contentment ,hJ restlessly searching v I m vain. 1 Joan Crawford started work again at the studio which a quarter of a century ago made her a star, Clark
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        19 4 STOCKISTS of. BARRATT SHOES I Available for I Wholesale Retail. I 332, NORTH BRIDGE RO., fc SPftßr T«l *****
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      It's British, It's Bunny
      399 5  - It's British, It's Bunny IAN GRANT I Film preview by "fENEVIEVE" (coming v to the Cathay) is the first of three British films that I hope we shall be seeing m Singapore very soon The others are the •The Final Test Match" and "Always a Bride". They all have the
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      BEST SHAKESPEARE?
      257 5 "JULIUS CAESAR," now show- ing m Singapore, has just arrived m London. The critics have hailed it as Singapore critics did. 1 But with one overall eulogy "Shakespeare has not been done better on film so far"— I must disagree. Memories must be short that so soon °rget
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        197 5 CAPITOL LAST DAY 11. 14) 4. Ml ;o P /SALOySAEI mil 'dttt§ CUn H «_^arW^»^^YV^< I uju-r*. CHARLES LAUGHTON SEASON STARTS t V#tt itfh t Mitlit iffh i ALEXANDER IHWIAS' LATEST GREATEST ADVKNTIKE STORY! "MY LADY THE MUSKETEERS" Soon! ALAN LADD m Columbia's Technicolor "THE RED BERET' PAVILION TODAY 1.45
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        110 5 I j .Jm— l_l_^— B>v 4 SHOWS lODAY! J 1.45-4.15-<i.45 Ik Ml pin On The Panouiiiir Screen I I MARLON BRANDO JAMES MASON JOHN GIELGUD LOUIS CALHERN EDMOND 0 BRIFN GRFER GARSON I DEBORAH Klkß ,n I JULIUS I CAESAR I A* M O-M Picluf* W£"> TONIGHT AVIAIbNiGHTr CINKOiOR Phone
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      SHE'S OUT TO MAKE ME EAT THOSE WORDS
      711 6 SHE'S OUT TO MAKE ME EAT THOSE WORDS Mtfafrofm Mod<ivr's HportH-poume A CHALLENGE has been thrown out to Mabel Hayes -the who should have represented Singapore at the recent Asian Table Tennis Championships m Tokyo. The challenger is Myra Rodrigues, one of the girls who went. It the match does
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      POH LIM NEEDS A NEW LOOK
      201 6 WHAT'S WRONG WITH OMi POH LIM? His defeats m the Singapore v. Penan.4 Fooixg Seong Cup badminton last Weekend shocked nae My verdict is that the shuttle star has himself to blame. Cause of it all is that he is such a jolly good
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      GIVE PENG SOON A REST
      395 6 GIVE PENG SOON A REST THE HINT that Wong Peng Soon and the three top ranging badminton players who are at the moment m Formosa may lose their amateur status can be taken with a pinch of salt. However, this does not rule :>ut the possibility that they will get
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      MR. PATES' LIGHTS WILL HAVE TO WAIT....
      402 6 'PHE DICK Pates bright x idea that Jalan Besar Stadium be floodlit was blacked out by Singapore City fathers. With it has gone all hopes entertained by Colony soccer tans of watching their favourite teams m action m the cool of the night.
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      'Be pleased to meet you Mr. Olson'
      193 6 'Be pleased to meet you Mr. Olson' MAN who is most interested m world middleweight boxing champion Carl "Bobo" Olson's proposed trip out east is Boy Brooks of the Philippine^ In a letter to his old friend Little Nene he says: "Like to meet Olson again, contact his representative who
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        46 6 GOT ANYTHING TO 5AY....? IF you have any grouse, views, or anything of Interest dealing with sport— W JJ 1 I n tell me. Others will like to read about It too. Address jour letters to: Malcolm Modder's Hportapoarrte, e/o Singapore Free Prewi, Ceetl Street, Singapore.
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        65 6 jg RAFFLES HOT? 1 g FOR EXCLUSIVE CUISINE ASERVIM 0 jHj dine tonight m the air-condittonea J3 I BlUabetbatt I <3riU I S2 IN THE BALLROO* g EUNICE MKl yiKt. I BEAUTIFUL AUSTRALIAN g 63 GERRY SOLIANO A HIS BA« a I XAVIER CUGATg 8 is comih M „n S
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      Come on girls! get into your swimsuits
      398 7 Come on girls! get into your swimsuits By ROGER Yl E IT IS SAD but only too 1 true to note that Singapore women are among the most backward m the world for physical culture. At any rate, the majority are just not conscious, or interested enough, to develope their
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      SOCCER MEN MUST BE FIT
      471 7 First step to good football lor a o v Heve"!fter World v«T f i h ave as yet to "'m consi stently Tcer of a standffKSEle with (htf V Ol6 want to U* You may d ansvver < 8 S^W and sh> methods. ls an
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      THE MIXTURE HAS PEPPED UP JOHORE'S CHANCES
      697 7 THE MIXTURE HAS PEPPED UP JOHORE'S CHANCES By TOOfl KNC3 TATT AFTER their resounding 24 0 win over Singapore Civilians m the Opening match of the Southern Zone of the H.M.S. Malaya competition last Saturday, I am not looking further than Johore for this year's champions. If they win, it
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      'Women make the best bankers'
      521 8  -  DOROTHY ROE by NEW YORK. WOMEN, says a wonuui banktT, Often make the best bankers. This may be because they have had long experience with stretching a dollar, guarding a piggy bank and wrestling with the grocery budget. Also, women take a realistic view of
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      AUSTRALIA'S NEW STAMP
      98 8 A SPECIAL POSTAOE stamp will be issued early next year to commemorate the centenary Of the issue of the first postage stamp m Western Australia. Until federation m 1901. Australia's six states each issued their own stamp*. The first Western Au.-tralian stamps were I iMIMd m 1854.
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      BUCKLEY
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      New part for Margaret
      63 8 In familiar uniform and looking like a million dollan 1 1 lovely U.S. film star Margaret Sheridan, 27, wearinj her 111 I outfit for her part m "Million Dollar Diamond," the lot Ml picture to be made m Britain. Before she went to HtSjiffl Margaret was
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      LETTER DAY CYCLISTS
      440 9 pictures by— NORMAN COTTERELL ILrf r ,ce wa, k^" th C 7s**" d allhouBh out to be a faction a, v Ml world famous counter- H, e Tour de France and I Britain the organiser, frppore Cycle Racing AssocaMiiitii"""""""" 1 I not having won the hN h
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      HITLER SURPRISES THE ALLIES: BOLD BID TO TRAP IKE ARMY
      2563 10 HITLER SURPRISES THE ALLIES: BOLD BID TO TRAP IKE ARMY Second World War Vol. 6) 7by Sir Winston ChJjZ IHSPECTION~OFI DEFENCES 1 m a letter to Field-Marshal Smuts dated Dec. 3, 1944, the Prime Minister expressed £V opinion that the Allies had sustained a strategic reverse as a result of
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      Bridge Talk
      338 11 FE DIFFERENCE between minimum and maximum is far less or a weak two-bid than for a onejid m a suit. Nevertheless, there is i fairly substantial difference m luality between the weakest and the longest hands. This difference m quality should ietermine your subsequent bidding. Suppose, for example,
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        BRICKS, MORTAR DON'T MAKE A UNIVERSITY
        820 12 BRICKS, MORTAR DON'T MAKE A UNIVERSITY Any grouse? HAVE you a grouse? Have you a bright idea? Have you seen anything strange or unusual? Then write to the PRESSMAN and tell others about it m his POSTBAG briefly. OPIJTTIMi a university defeat one of the main a The advantages that
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        This charity cuts into his beer
        325 12 r NOTICE from your report that Mr. Thio Chan Bee x would like to hear the views of the public on the question of a Colony loan to the Federation of Malaya to help it fight the Communist bandits. Well, here's what one Singa-
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      KEEN DANCER
      53 12 TJOUR newspaper recently printed an article about Xavier Cugat running a South American dance contest. I'd be grateful if you could tell me to whom and at what address I must submit my name? TABU. Prome Road... CugaVs advance agent is llr. 'Leo Levitt. Raffles Hotel, or 8
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      99 12 year the Vienna Society for the Protection o;^, Animals presents medals to animals who have sareoAi men's lives. They also acknowledge man's love of animals by presenting medals to men who have saved the lives of animals. The ceremony takes place m the old Vienna Town Hall. Mr. Anton Pretzl,
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      He falls foul of the Saint
      163 12 He falls foul of the Saint W KITING asiroor' 11 Mm I complain mos! >jittakifl even my most gullible tiuL not accept this incredrt}lTta^H of the heroine from bonda»k| dom— and also from one ruoa M other— without some expUngS I, of course, know how ltVMiiiH but I would not
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      POLICE POWRES
      89 12 THERE has been a good >.| of protest against j| Commissioner of Police to »l pend, or cancel, driving licenal At the same time a lot of talk uocl freedom of the individual and Bra! standards of justice is being buttl about. I I shall, therefore, be glad
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      Going Cheap.... Several' Old Masters
      533 13 Going Cheap.... Several' Old Masters jernardjf^ steed a t an art auction ris surprising how many Lople think that because 1 picture is old it must fe worth a lot of money. bese people would have been shocked had they attended a recent sale at Christies, the London art auctioneers.
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      5 13 J 'htritan ar Iu *> attractive
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      Some Groucho Marxisms
      155 13 fiROUCHO MARX faced vf Kfiht cameras, pot red at i the audience which had come to watch the filming of his 'veekly television .show, and said They didn't pay to gi t In their .standards are i.il 1()W." Groucho's new career M 8 quiz-master on aTV show
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        170 13 M I Jf %^^-t*' t| Jf by DC-6B or DC-6 Sleeper Planes f jj from Bcngkok twice weekly Enjoy famed PAL personalized service, and Douglas DC-68/DC-6 dependability. Departures from Bang- kok each Moncjoy and Thursday morning. Convenient connections from Singapore Fc on tiovel of its /inejf, lly -(fflflW Phmppm m
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      IT'S THAT MAN AGAIN
      849 14 SID BARNES, the fight ingest cricketer of all, stirs up another MIGHTY ROW By BKKTKAM JONFS T*HK most controversial character m sport has done it again. Sidney Ci. Barnes is the name the fightingest. hit-'em-for-six Aussie who ever played a bat to ball on the world's
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      Who said he was silent?
      132 14 By Donald Bruce THE Barnes Book has provoked In Australia the cry "Squealer." That is one of the reddest, ripest Australian raspberries that could be flung at any man Down Under. Yet, this is the ir<an who lias had these bouquets: From Denis Compton (September
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      6-0 fright for Trabert
      162 14 rNY Trabert. American tennis champion, got a scare m the New South Wal^s championships yesterday when he lost the first set 6-0 to Britain's 18-year-old junior champion, Billy Knight. But he recovered to win 0-6, 6-4, 6-1, 6-3. Playing m the heat that reached 94 degrees
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      HE'S AFTER A RECORD AT MALACCA TOMORROW
      110 14 HE'S AFTER A RECORD AT MALACCA TOMORROW LIJ l x Rec our ThU Colon* motor cyclist, 23 year -old Chan Tuck Chot jl m out to set a nncr, r record for machines under lib c.cIMJ Malacca Hill Climb at Malacca tomorrow The present 'tM m l 48 W. by
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      RADRODRO KAYOS THE GUNBOAT
      152 15 Disappointing-it ends m 3 rounds iuiA LUMPUR'S boxing starved fans left the Irtumwu Stadium last night disappointed— the main Lm JtaSed only three rounds. •rtunboat Smith (187 lb.) proved no match for Fijian «h orient champion, Isimeli Radrodro (189 lb.). He XL thP full count after
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      Police go down to Varsity
      169 15 Police go down to Varsity PBiTersity ...1, Police... 0. ifNIVERSITY of Malaya placed Ithemselves m a fighting position for SHA Div. 1 league honours yesterday when they scored this narrow victory over police at Bukit Timah. Their chances of winning the championship is as good as last years winners, Singapore
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      New women's world record
      104 15 s^HEILA Lcrwill of Britain, holder of the women's world high jump record at sft 7 I*3 ln- last night bettered the world's indoor record when she cleared sft 6in. at the Wembley Empire Pool. This is an improvement on Thursday when Miss Lerwill cleaned sft 3
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      Indians win 3-1 to take lead
      144 15 INDIAN Association, the surprise side m the Singapore 1 Hockey Association Div. One league this season, finished their fixture with a 3—l win over the bottom club Singapore Cricket Club on the padang yesterday. Indians move to the top of tne table again but
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      ITALY WIN 2-1
      34 15 Italy defeated Egypt 2—l m the i firs* round of the World Cup soccer 1 mutch before a crowd of 25,000 m the Naiionai Sporting club studium I m Cairo yesterday—A.P.
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      HEW T-T RULE SOLVES A PROBLEM
      472 15  - HEW T-T RULE SOLVES A PROBLEM TAN HONG POH Ny TABLE TENNIS players 1 and umpires m Singapore and the Federation of Malaya may be interested to know that a new rule will come into force to solve the knotty Problem on balls striking the edge of the table .J^S
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      All Blacks in U.K.
      4 15 All Blacks in U.K.
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      Jimmy fought like real champion
      299 15 Jimmy fought like real champion AUSTRALIAN Jimmy 1 Carruthers retained the world bantamweight boxing title by outpointing Henry "Pappy" Gault. of the United States, over 15 rounds m Sydney last night. Carruthers, with an advantage m height and reach, proved himself a real champion. Though handicapped by a badly cut
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      PRIZE WINNERS AT GSC FAIR
      40 15 The correct weight of the Gue^ing The Weight Competition at the G.S.C. Fair on Oct. 31 was 1^ Ibfi. Winner Mrs. S. Struys. The luekv draw for the bedspreads was No. 130. Winner Vera Yip.
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      HEAVY GOING AGAIN AT K.L.
      1095 16 King Crow for 5.00 P^-- ALLAN LEWIS TRESPASSER EPSOM JEEP CALL BOY fOINTM Race 1. FAIRY GIFT FAIRY GIFT PROCTOR ROSALIND PROCTOft 30 Proctor Rosalind Fairy (iifl Proctor BomSd4 Baronet Baronet Rosalind Falr v Gift Fairy Gift ?JE c 2 A J, ARNIVAL GONDOLINO TORPEDO
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      BIRTH
      21 16 20 Word* $H (minimum) WILLS: To Marie <nee Lansell) Wife Of R.A.C. Wills on 14.11.53 at X.X Hosott I r«au«hter.
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      ENGAGEMENTS
      105 16 20 Hitrdi (minimum) THE engagement Is announced l*"«ven Huang Thien Hui. only son of Mr and Mrs. Huang Chen ■•Of, :\nd Jessie Lim Lan N<k>. eldest daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Lim ETng Hoe. THE en*ag<?ment is announced between Donald Alderman, only son of Mr. Mrs. W. J. Sydenham
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      MARRIAGE
      24 16 20 Word* $6 (minimum) THE wedding between Ong Pot Joon and Wee Beng Neo takes place on 14th November, 1953, at the Registry.
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      CARD
      607 16 Mid-dan nap pul m the J.OO (Race 8' P-, .a I )'^n. no ll^ce CIaSS 5, DIV. 3 5A Furs 1 080 Pnnkawallah fl Hudson 9.00 2 864 Rosalind Russell 8.13 3 305 Fairy Gift Woods 812 4 Gular II Tait 812 5 —5 Baronet Franklin 807 I 706
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        326 16 CLASSIFIED ADS. SILVER WEDDING 20 Words $6 (minimum) ON November 14th. 1928, at St. Andrews Cathedral, Singapore, Dr. Matthew Campbell Bain to Miss Era Agnese Lyona Campbell, daughter of Lt.. Col. Sir John Bruce Stuart Campbell, Bt., Royal Scots. D.5.0., Croix de Guerre, Laurel, and Bar, and Lady Campbell, and
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