The Singapore Free Press, 20 January 1954
1954-01-20
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Title Section16 1954-01-20 1 The Singapore Free Press -gesl Afternoon Sale m Malaya. Wed., Jan. 20, 1954, Price 15 (is16 words
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Article321 1954-01-20 1 INDIA FREES P.O.W.s TO U.N. Cheering Chinese an tratf to Formosa THE Indian Command began handing back the first of 22,000 anti-Communist North Korean and Chinese prisoners of war to the United Nations Command today despite strong Communist objections. The massive movement southward lo freedom began ;it 8.52 a.m. when321 words
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Article, Illustration60 1954-01-20 1 AVALANCHE VICTIM —Buried ten hours DIG OU from her horn utter being bur ed for te hours as a resu t of an 'lvalanch this aeed woman cradles hei sleeping grandchild on her lap is she sits on a sleigh m a village m Vovalberg, Austria. In a week, avalanchesA.P. - 60 words
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127 1954-01-20 1 FRIENDLY, FRANK—BUT Slngapore-ladooetUn talks over the hist lays ''nded yesterday my results, il government com>aid that discussions .ti an atmosphere of i and goodwill and understood *ach i mdpoint on all >übudv on mutual trade needed before a course of mapped. It It hr»i>ed127 words
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Article32 1954-01-20 1 ties and stones were used flght between two gangs 'hincse, who had quarrelled pin-table game m Rama terday. i broke up the struggle > men. Mf ipivs rob children— P. 532 words
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Article24 1954-01-20 1 1 c Rubber Market u.s morning on un tain tone with first grade. shipment, at 56V 2 md, unchanged from i close24 words
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142 1954-01-20 1 ONLY one British soldier was court martlaUed m Korea during hostilities on a charge of cowardice. Mr. J .R. H. Hutchison, the Under-Secretary for War. told the House of Commons last night. He had been questioned aUout a statement on a television programme by142 words
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Article38 1954-01-20 1 Eii»ht-hundred infantrymen of the First Battalion Of the Queen's Royal Regiment, lea Southampton lor Singapore today m the liner Oeorgic The battalion have been stationed m England since they arrived from Germany m November last. ReuterReuter - 38 words
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Article119 1954-01-20 1 SIT YIN FONG - Wait for kidnap police SIT YIN FONG Bj S >APOke ix)lice complexly "d out further n ipping of the milMr. Llm Kok Gin. after i i interviewed him on and seen other la m the case late la*t thi.s morning said !^cl instructed them not to the Press. ■"■> left119 words
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Article169 1954-01-20 1 (CAPTAIN Benjamin Webber j 33. of the Firsi Battalion the Devonshire Regiment, wlv> wa s posted flOm Malaya to Kenya, was sentenced to b<dismissed from the army by a general court martial m Nairobi yesterday. He pleaded guilty to fraudulently obtaining more than £350 m MalayaReuter - 169 words
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Article93 1954-01-20 1 THERE WAS A THREAT TO WIPE OUT MR. MM *ND HI--J FAMILY IK THE MONEY WERE no: FORTHCOMING, I'M.' m hi who tl1 from rengei In Mi Llm'ft office, Kong Hoa Ltd. In Oe I 8 reel i m Ifi Cl boo i Htil Bang, assistant ni;Mi Mr. Cbeonf93 words
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Article87 1954-01-20 1 rree Press Staff Reporter A Singapore Chinese punter at the Sin^ujxjif race.s yest.rduy wa.-, bruised when he fo :^\\t a man. who.se hand he had c;\u«ht feeling m nil Uick trouser pocket, trying to a wallet. Wi'h the assistance of :i friend. the punter87 words
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Advertisement72 1954-01-20 1 When no other foods can be taken. Ovaltine will sustain you. Its rich body building element*, malt and eggs, will restore your health and strength In Health Ovaltine helps renew flagging energy, rettoriiM} frayed nerves, giving you the "will to win "I is reguUrly used m all leading hospitals and72 words
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278 1954-01-20 2 Dulles: Cod willing! Let's end them in three weeks FIRST TALKS FOR FIVE YEARS jyjil. .JOHN FOSTER DULLES, the United State. Secret*!*} of State, told the press yesterday he hoped that the Berlin foreign ministers' conference opening next Monday will finish its job m three weeks. Mr. Dulles, who is278 words
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147 1954-01-20 2 Murder with $63,000 radio-active poison is alleged A MEXICAN judge accused a Tampico woman yesterday of killing her husband with a radio-active poison. Tin- judge, Senor Salvador Martines Rojas. said charges have been filed against the widow, but that she has been freed on an induction. The woman and her147 words
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Article104 1954-01-20 2 PAKISTAN has signed five agreements with the United States Foreign Operation* Administration tor financing national development, the Pakistan Government announced last night. Under the agreements, the United States will aid new projects and increase her contributions to development schemes already receiving assistance. A general development plan104 words
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158 1954-01-20 2 CHINESE GIRL BEATS ALL U.S. WOMEN TOUI MOO-KIT, pretty (Uught--1 er Ol TWU Man kit. a v.<;>lthy Hone, Kong department i t< p owner, appeart to have inherited her father's .skill at earning money. i th< first woman m the Prudential Insurance Co., m America to sell US $1,000,000 'Aoith158 words
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Article, Illustration75 1954-01-20 2 Wind blows out a Queen's umbrella footman >tru«gles with an umbrella blown insideout by the wind as Prince Bernhard turns to assist his wife. Queen Juliana of Holland, from their ear on arrival at Amsterdam Royal Palace, for a New Year re- rcption for members of the diplomatic corps. TheA.P. - 75 words
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107 1954-01-20 2 American refuses one-way passport MR ARNOLD M X American busing L43--after 34 month. Commune gaol, refused s t f day to accept a one-way iS port to the United St. Mr Kiehn. son ol wonarv parents, sa i d ho fearS K?2 turn home under such circuS .stances would nuke107 words
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Article229 1954-01-20 2 BRITAIN'S Civil Aviation Minister, Mr. Alan LennoxBoyd, said last night a bomb may have been placed m the Comet jet airliner that crashed j m the Mediterranean 10 days I The theory that the plane fell victim to some criminal plot is one of several beingA.P.; Reuter - 229 words
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Advertisement101 1954-01-20 2 /H 'J "I /I w\ I* Si C* C* If\/t "r lift M^ JL Ifl //y V /fll/ m I nil lilir rniituipiirp I I During 1953 record new life assurances I were effected m the Ordinary Branch for net sums assured exceeding I £110,000,000 (English Sterling) I I Of101 words
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Article, Illustration314 1954-01-20 3 Children thought Macbeth was fun ree t Press SI *H Reporter j HI Arts Theatre production of 'Macbeth" m Singapore was given a seven- drubbing by the critics. This is how the cast has retorted— by patting up this threatening notice on the notice-board back-stage314 words
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140 1954-01-20 3 TATTOOS ARE UNPOPULAR WITH GANGSTERS Free Press Staff Reporter SINGAPORE'S 10,000 secret society members do not 5 necessarily identify themselves by tattoo marks, the Free Tress was told yesterday. Reasons are: Tattooing is a laborious process and s to disclose that a person belongs to certain gangs; Tattooing became unpopular140 words
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Article16 1954-01-20 3 The U.S. Senate Interior Committee voted yesterday to approve statehood for both Hawaii and Alaska.16 words
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Article80 1954-01-20 3 West Coast plan survey begins l FULL survey of the West Coast area of Singapore, where the Governent plans to build a new bridge over the Jurong River Ls being earned out by the Public Worlds Department" The scheme, which will cost about $1,500,000, including an extension of West Coast80 words
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35 1954-01-20 3 ■i il Motors announced sterday another US$l,OOO milexpandon programme ynd -see no depression m rty per cent of the ■wll be spent thi^ year and tM rest m 1955.35 words
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Article29 1954-01-20 3 Century Fox 1 nounced yesterday it Jean Simmons on a contract start- »'•'•'•■>• The contract proh^ she should make at Mm a year for the29 words
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Article26 1954-01-20 3 Winston Churchill, said I have Shown that Belgian rifle, under con- M standard NATO f i-s a more suitable: the British weapon.26 words
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Article84 1954-01-20 3 The Duke of Marlborough. second cousin of Sir Winston Churchill, was fined £2 and had his licence endorsed m Oxford yesterday for exceeding the speed limit m his car m a builtup area. The Duke who is a magistrate on the Wootton South Bench pleaded guilty m84 words
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Article, Illustration57 1954-01-20 3 MR ROY GAMMEL, of Raffles Hotel staff, and his bride, the former Miss Doris Klass, of the Government Printing Office, after their wedding at the Church of St. Joseph's, Singapore, yesterday. Mr. Gamtnel is the son of Mr. and Mrs. I (iammel The bride is the daughter57 words
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Article73 1954-01-20 3 South African Minister of Gnomic Affairs, Mr. Eric m"; JI ses5 es terda y ten million a, r ,l lad lef t South Africa "on r,C vu r f s deUbe^^ devalua*ai nut clear whether these rumours had originated m South A:rica or overseas, he told73 words
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Advertisement303 1954-01-20 3 PARIS FOR MEN'S FASHION English and American Suiting has created a unique stylishness Evening Suits 'Bhck Tllllll. with White L.i Conga Jackcti $***** per suit Tropical Suits (midc to menure! 99 00 American Suiting Suits <made to measure) 67.75 100 < Irish Linen Suits fm.ide to measure) 75. 00 Wish.iblr303 words
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Article, Illustration604 1954-01-20 4 BERNARD RONALD - BERNARD RONALD The people who run the races always win and handsomely s IHMBBJ cessfill racing oars, motorHtl^^H'SH tablr stall. :1 y rir^( *i lUin f l t away their pocket money, slices of their housekeepin^ pa~h ~n( i mn(if nf thpir c^ hand mos604 words
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330 1954-01-20 4 WEDNESDAY. Jan. 20. 1954. MARKET PRICE HIGH falutin jargon can by used to disguise facts -SflJh arp hvi, to W 1 f "by ious. simple iolK, but 1101 to Uti rid of them. When the Singapore fish and Vegetable marketing report Itatea that high pricei are caused by "inflationary conditurns'330 words
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Article, Illustration214 1954-01-20 4 J. L. HAYS - J. L. HAYS AIJ TIJC DCI\ tCA VH IIIL IILI/ JLM pwOWN at the southern \J d f th R q c^ a °L ,Keel. be^' where the pale jagged hills, dun-coloured rocks and khaki desert Of a volcanic peninsula CUt ;to thp se^ thp towprs f*>214 words
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Advertisement145 1954-01-20 4 L~T>vU JL J X-i /I /C^\ I|AI n f 1 f// £g 7 I 1 I VM m iWmA A"^ WJ I I f f /A 1 A W(!' r I IT /fl 1 /Th-^'^ JL iJJIj Ll\ V/O I A' Jrk t-J I T TirT 1 UJ f AflTiF145 words
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Article, Illustration491 1954-01-20 5 THE PIN-TABLE SPIVS ROB KIDS OF CENTS KerbsUU* Monte Carlo ttackvt picture. Free Press Staff Reporter yyiTll road-side pin-tables mushrooming m Singapore's Chinatown, indignant parents yesterday protested: "They are robbing our children of their pocket money. What are the police doin» about it? "Have the stalls any authority from theFree Press - 491 words
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167 1954-01-20 5 Sembawang has many shortages -Councillor I ELECTRICITY charges an- Dlggl <* in Sembuwang. Thw .tre no public telephones in Upper Thomson Road. The people in the areas want pipe wate: ind better sanitation. These are the findings of a one-man survey conducted by Mr. M. P. D. Nair (Legislative Councillor167 words
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Article217 1954-01-20 5 Complaint is nonsense Free Press Staff Reporter SINGAPORE cinema executives thought yesterday the L display of advertising: slides on the screen does not m any way interfere with the enjoyment of the films I I shown. I scribed as "nonsense" I tint by a217 words
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Article80 1954-01-20 5 His parking scheme 'Ie-way parking .should illowed on Niven Road :pnnecta Mackenzie Road 1 rte Road, said Mr. V. X I lirman of the City Vehicles and Traffic Ittee is expected to it Its next meeting. said the roaa was and caro often to move when: parked on both' earrjing80 words
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Article112 1954-01-20 5 /CENTRAL JAVA'S killer \J volcano Merapi which erupted on Monday afternoon slackened off activity this morning, according to official reports received m Jakarta. The casualty toll has risen to 37 dead, 79 injured and 55 seriously wounded. Nothing is known yet about the fate of the112 words
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Article34 1954-01-20 5 Mr. Sydney Greenstreet. 74, Enslish-born character actor died m Hollywood, yesterday. He was noted for sinister portrayals as m The Maltese Falcon.' 'The Mask of Demetrios," 'The Consoirators" and other films. ReuterReuter - 34 words
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Article73 1954-01-20 5 SINGAPORE City Council may allow fish and poultry hawIkera three months jrace to buy the new type of ftsh barrows md I mobile cages, for poultry required by a new ruling. The Council had decided earlier that hawkers must have the new type of trolleys from the first of73 words
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Article23 1954-01-20 5 About 300 poultry, being fattened for the coming Chine c New Year markets were stolen from a Pasir Panjang farm yesterday.23 words
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Article58 1954-01-20 5 committee which m< I ek, may consider cxt. nding the time limit. Some hawkers had complained that they did not have enough money to buy the trolleys. Dr/Poh .said: "Our idea is to try to improve the .sanitary conditions of hawkers". The trollejl are designed to preserve58 words
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Article75 1954-01-20 5 Britain will not agree to any change m the status of Gibraltar, Mr Anthony Eden, the Foreign Secretary, told the House of Commons m London yesterday. He was replying to a Labour member, Mr. Anthony Greenwood, who asked what the Government's policy was "mReuter - 75 words
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Advertisement189 1954-01-20 5 The REST A WILE I Here <m< m ONLY 11L 50 *> VIV v\\ A comfortable portable chair \v\\'- 'vv\ suitable for all outdoor pur- AY \v\ poses and the home. It can vV A\\\ '\»^li nlc table W™ strong frame is fitted with i \V tubular log* and the189 words
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Miscellaneous201 1954-01-20 6 «rf -4 "tI j•1 J "i *C s #fty A I f J i n k pp a1 MANDRAKE, THE MAGICIAN by Lee Falk and Phil Davis TARZAN by Edgar Rice Burroughs */4/V_: CEJOiNS A\'GUS AND \J— AND ME'S iNVITED f WWV EVEC NOT :T WAS 1D D— EL£PETH DUMNG201 words
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Miscellaneous599 1954-01-20 6 YOUR LUCKY STAR is the key to v,„ u p,, success. If you dep,, ld opinions or decisions h yon will fall short of i h 7 which the stars sav LTISS be able to reach bet. *2£ life. It will appear ha t powers of achievement J their greatest599 words
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Article589 1954-01-20 7 WIFE ENTICED NYLONS Woman Left Home For Another Man's House BY says the husband UILI-BIIIT. fairhairwotnan. m black tter and skirt went nto th« witness box m ui( n recently And gave nee on behalf of a n o is being sued for damages on the ground I, a he589 words
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Article, Illustration104 1954-01-20 7 Stars keep a date with Philibert police constable recently > the house of 68-year-Emily Wayne, at FynRoad, Shepherd's Bush, m i tell her that her hus- had died that day In hosHe found her dead. Wayne hacT a heart at- I i saidPopper - 104 words
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Article258 1954-01-20 7 Mother freed to have baby \fRS. MARGARET MEDLAM and her husband Kenneth thrashed their three-year-old daughter to death. Then I Mrs. Medlam was freed from arrest to have another child. Eighteen da y* after the birth of this, their sixth child— the 30-year-old couple appeared258 words
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Article191 1954-01-20 7 control, a six-wheeler r careered down a mp h recently as Mr George Walker 1 with the steering|jd have jumped for the tankers brakes the crest of the steep Wl speed then was 18 ■ved, and risked death he saw three young walking towards him.191 words
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Article, Illustration69 1954-01-20 7 I Pick and pay as you go oui At Brunswick, 3 German shopkeeper, whose motto is "It pays to start something new" has opened a selfservice shoe shop. You pick your shoes, try them on and when you have made up your mind, you pay as youPopper - 69 words
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Article77 1954-01-20 7 TWO sisters who live in a windmill have won their fight against Brighton Corporation which three months ago refused them permission to serve visitors with tea in their garden. The sisters, Mrs Mary Christiansen and Mrs. Anne Meyers. I learned recently that the Ministry of Housing77 words
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Article32 1954-01-20 7 A loaded goods lorry became trapped under a 14ft. bridge m Elsdon Road, Croydon, recently. The driver let the air out of the tyres and eased the loiry clear.32 words
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Advertisement43 1954-01-20 7 i %S^W^ life j| /i r 3 dashes Orange bitters 1/3 Italian Vermouth JMDCHViRT 2/3 Lord Calvert t J&su£jfc Canadian Whisky M aU/ *"^^B Ht T' [^S L okd CALVERT faraß**3 CANADIAN WHISKY Sole Agents: Maciaine Watson Co., Ltd. SINCAPORE KUALA LUMPUR PENANC.43 words
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Article, Illustration360 1954-01-20 8 JOSEPH EZEKIEL - THE 'MET" GO ALLOON UP... JOSEPH EZEKIEL Story by REPORTING weather conditions by day and by night is the job of the This object (above, j left) may be found anywhere on the island. If j you find one, take it to the nearest police station or post office. ItNORMAN COTTERELL - 360 words
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Article, Illustration42 1954-01-20 9 5 Can Tong Liang, (right) the supervisor, follows the course of the balloon with a theodolite. By it, he checks the elevations and bearings. M. Ramanathan (above) computes the resulting figures to form a weather chart.42 words
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Article372 1954-01-20 10 Many quit school tnn pavlv LJIdH wages are tempting vein.', people to leave school before they h finished their education and are depriving employers of apprentices, says the British National Youth Employment Council In i. rejwrt on the Youth Employment Service, the council .•states: "The earnings372 words
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Article, Illustration27 1954-01-20 10 picture. m Paris, the Epiphany Queens have already been chosen. Pretty Yolande, crown on he ad- is reariv to eniov this Twelfth Night feast- Paul P opperPaul Popper - 27 words
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Article249 1954-01-20 10 Mother grabs her baby and flees 4 WOMAN forced her way into a private suite at a Lausanne hotel, in Geneva, grabbed her three-year-old daughter and fled. Her husband was sleeping and I did not hear the raid. Frontier posts and airports were being watched for the woman and one249 words
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192 1954-01-20 10 THE GIRL WHO TOOK A DRINK AND DIED A MARRIED man sobbed at the inquest on a girl of 17 who died after drinking m his flat. "She was a good girl, a good companion to me," he said. The man was greying, 53--year-old Maurice Lloyd, a radio dealer. The192 words
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163 1954-01-20 10 !pRIVATK DAVID HALLADAY refuted to tell courtmartlal tt Fmrnborotifh, Hampshire, how he had spent the 3' years (I'lntr^ which, he admitted, he had been absent from the Army Catering corps. All he would say was: "I plead Miilty" to charges of desertion and163 words
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223 1954-01-20 10 Boy baby handed to woman in queue A YOUNG man wearing d i»>gabardine coat and Znu V v feurs cap handed J nvp C^T old baby boy to woilln w?it" ing in a bus queue near Marh l" Arch. London. Then he JalfiS? Crowds joined in a search round the223 words
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Article51 1954-01-20 10 BARROW boys m evening dress attended the annual dinner of Southward England. Association of Street Traders. They heard Mr. A. I Rooms the chairman, ridicule out-of-date ideas about street trader*. ■Some,- he said, -have employees and are compelled t pay wealthy chartered accountants to arrange their income51 words
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Advertisement105 1954-01-20 10 |t f Wb i «»m the lmrning, darkening effei't of strong sun Rvt nukes it fairer and more Mattering. i^^^tew /ly^ i lin Y s i fl nav leaves your ->kiti soft fef f »^B^r delightfully perfumed. i f^^ vt^' pimples keeps 9kin clean and clear. I^SCf^l^^^Bvv^' s 9 as105 words
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709 1954-01-20 11 FRED MANOR - It 's A Coun try They Dare Not Develop FRED MANOR WEALTH BENEATH THE SNOWS BUT by HELSINKI. T IS A LAND where I hunger and unemployment are rife; yet inhabitants are litersitting on untold ric hi s which, if tapped, could transform almost i might an Arctic waste the709 words
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Article, Illustration85 1954-01-20 11 photo. "Fisherman's Knit" sweaters that combine chic with comfort are chosen by these women drivers in the Monte Carlo Kallv— pictured by their Sunbeam Talbot car in London. From the left: .Mrs. Ann Hall. Miss Sheila van Damm and Mrs. Francoise Clark. Their Dorville sweaters, thick-ribbed andReuter - 85 words
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Advertisement41 1954-01-20 11 I «5 Jo V—^t* \i f Wr^?<\^-^ 1 5 Washable Durable i Available in Fancy I SHROFFS (MALAYA) LTD. 5 AGENCY SHOWROOM: 47/49, STAMFORD RD S PORE-6 V Tel: ***** E < 139, BATU RD KUALA LUMPUR. 32 BISHOP ST PENANC SJ41 words
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Miscellaneous226 1954-01-20 11 Bridge Quiz TIE SAME HAND will call for (i:rTerent bids according i others at the tabic are mctimea hand will apsometimes bad. and some nling in the light of what going on in the auction. Pm tx.tinple. suppose you are the following hand: Belli Fides are vulnerable What do you226 words
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Miscellaneous261 1954-01-20 11 to jump to two no-trump. Two clubs on such an attenuated suit is as bad as one spade on such a weak one. te) Bid one spade. With this hand, if your side plays at no trump a lead up to partner's hand is apt to bo more helpful than261 words
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Miscellaneous11 1954-01-20 11 BUCKLEY I n ■h*A7>A('t/6lk( i[ i RIGHT CORPORAI, STRAIGHTEN THAT iltit'11 words
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Letter248 1954-01-20 12 IT appears to me that there must be something radic- ally wrong: with our educational system when teachers who qualified before the war m Malaya are now required to undergo two years' post-normal training to be admitted into the Unified Scheme for teachers. One248 words
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Letter201 1954-01-20 12 ON reading the Free Press Saturday Magazine I was locked by the fact that the writer of the article. "The Festival of Torture," Eric Mitchell, did not understand the Hindu festival, Thaipusam, which he purported to describe. First he says that small brass cups of coconut milk are201 words
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Letter60 1954-01-20 12 IN response to 8.X.0. s anoeal for street lighting m Tanjong Katong Road, we wish to inform him that, according to the programme, the road m question will be lit by 44 electric lamps to be put up by October this year. These will replace the few60 words
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Article, Illustration41 1954-01-20 12 It n,LL K S N( STK R 51. Minister of the Central Hall, WestA Shir i k have sailed on the Canton from V &ouihampton on their way to India and Ceylon, the first *tage of a seven months' world tour.41 words
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Article, Illustration96 1954-01-20 12 o*.vi..> ucmsiii lour pilots and former captains of the pre-w ir Lufthansen airline and thre e ground instructors. are being trained in Britain to became the nucleus of a new German civil airline to be named Luftag. They are undergoing a course at the Air Service Training School. Hamble. near96 words
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Article186 1954-01-20 12 WHY NOT MIND THE CHICKEN' 4 HANDFUL ol Singan >:v A women have hit upon a silly J trying t > make a man to have more m one wile. Why penalise Uie man for havhr woman to live with him er u:;e root. 1 Alter186 words
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Article63 1954-01-20 12 IT is often said that the postal service is so good and efficient that letters with incomplete addresses still reach their destination. How is it then that a parcel carrying my full name was returned to England, only because instead of 63. Puay Hee Avenue, the sender63 words
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Article, Illustration87 1954-01-20 12 KHAN Abdul Ghafu Khan, the 7!-year-old Red Shirt leader, of the Indian Congress popularly known as the "Frontier Gandhi", who has been released from Rawalpindi Central Gaol by the Pakistan Government. He was arrested on June 15, 1948. by the Novth West Frontier Province Government. (ihaffar Khan87 words
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Article47 1954-01-20 12 I should like pen-paLs m Malaya and I wonder if any ot your readers would like to write to me. I am a single man of 21 and my hobbies arc travelling, photography, music and reading K. H. BOI'TROS. Khartoum, Sudan. P. O. Box, 221.47 words
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Advertisement77 1954-01-20 12 Any grouse? HAVE you a grouse? Have you a bright j idea? Have you seen anythin? strange or unusual? Then write to the PRESSMAN and tell others about it m his POSTBAG— briefly. I 1 /t»0 -^B^L JIH_^BI JBBk_^H -9HA. .^BBa. C<^ 9 »^fc IRRESISTIBLE /<^W fe)|ii^| AFT ON |w^a77 words
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Article341 1954-01-20 13 Music Society plea (X)K the performance next Ulay of Bach's "St. Matthew Passion," for which our Society is bringing out five soloists from Europe, we are trying to gather together a body of strings worthy of v eat work and of the occasion. Matthew Passion is, lly341 words
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Article, Illustration722 1954-01-20 13 Wind-players here to Kill a Myth A Pianist Prepares... SINGAPORE music hafl k1 been given a blood iranslusion. The fresh "blood" is a new Master of Music from Australia and three professional instrumentalists from Britain. The new Master of Music is aliftj Christina Stirling. Bachelor of Music and Lecturer at722 words
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Article254 1954-01-20 13 A GOOD LOCAL BAND LAST week having given credit to a band which provided some entertaining moments on the Malay programme of Radio Malaya, it is a uleasure to tell you about some further releases, and to name the band and its instrumentation. The band is known as the Pancha254 words
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Article60 1954-01-20 13 I 1. Is Pibroch (a) a type of Scottish Highland bagpipe music, (b) an early guitar, or (c) a form of concert fkjte? 2 1s Tino Rossi (a) baritone, (b) bass, or (c) tenor? 3"L* Oca del Cairo" (The Goose of Cairo, unfinished Comedyopera by 4. 'Nursery Suite,"60 words
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Article19 1954-01-20 13 in^qr/iia wsswuiJd pur. hn.><|r/i| I 110 ss.»qjn(i pu« -»Hno 1 jouji 1 »nui 'did Sv«| hsiiv»»s I19 words
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Article113 1954-01-20 13 Phillies are recent tntrj Into the L-P record field If tht'v "Jjjijain the standard of <)IK FAMOr S OVERTURES- they will teat longer-eetablished rh.ls The nurtures are by Johann BtniHi alid The Gypsy Bar») ii3 e Suppe (Boccaccio and l Poet Peisant) and they aie dclijihtfull.v played by113 words
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Advertisement180 1954-01-20 13 I T< lI AIKOYSkY MASTERPIECES ON LONG -PLAY I>l R.P.M. RECORDS SYMPHONY No. 5. Hamburg Radio Symph. Orch. Conductor: Hans Schmidt-Isserstedt. Decca LXT 2158 $14.0« SYMPHONY No. 6. <Pathetique") Philharmonia Orch Conductor: Guiflo Ciintelli. H.M.V. ALPIO42 $14.00 THE SLEEPING PRINCESS. (Comp. Ballet) L'Orch. de la Societe des Concerts dv Conservatoire180 words
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Article265 1954-01-20 14 PENALTY BULLY - PENALTY BULLY THINK AGAIN Reserves again shine m trial By ITS time for the Malayan Hotkey selectors to sit down 'and have another think. Their chosen team was shown up by the Reserves again yesterday. This time the match, played m Kuala Lumpur, 'ended m a265 words
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Article, Illustration141 1954-01-20 14 Satphol fights Aussie champ SIAMESE featherweight hai Sitphul will be the next opponent for the Australian bantamweight chimpion, Bobby Sinn. They will meet probably early m February. Sinn was bitterly disappointed when his h'Kht HKainst world champion Jimmy C arruthers had to be cancelled because of arrutherVs illm-ss. He asked141 words
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Article49 1954-01-20 14 Y°UNG Men's Sikh Association I £>e:tt Brotherhood S C by 4-3 In I i .vd'. er li!encily at BOD. ground r y**.sf.»riiHy Scorers:- Adm.i Singh, Hartxiii> Siri^'h. BLshen Blnfta ftnd ICohlnder Slrt^li for the winners; Am m Kurn.it (Ji mil 9, Maiimuttu for Brot^ier-49 words
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Article66 1954-01-20 14 Qam Snead. American Ryder. *3 Cup player and former British open champion, won the Panama open golf championship with a record breaking aggregate of 271 Roberto de Vincenzo, the Argentinian holder who set the record at 270 last year, was runner-up with 277, followed by PeteReuter - 66 words
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Article61 1954-01-20 14 MERCEDES -BENZ RACE CARS BACK IryHE !.->umi of the powerful |ftKe< des-Benz racing cars to inUrBlltanal OOmpttlUoo ha.s been officially <<nifirmed by Dr. Fritz NalllfiK^r, fehnlol dirwtor of the Dalmlfr-ftenz fartory m Stuttgart i>r N.illwiK^r wtt. the new 2 5 litre r*« l«»i model will make Its debut (mi IhfA.P. - 61 words
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Article39 1954-01-20 14 •T'KvV BurMifl. Olympic 1, 300-metre i h.wnplon from Luxembourg, won the mile run ;it the Boston N4t?h's of j Golumbu.s Games, but he had to tjo all out, and his time 4: 10.3 wai I disappointing A.P.A.P. - 39 words
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Article224 1954-01-20 14 By BRI CE HARRIS VrVIAN J. WOODWARD, holder of 26 full soccer caps for England, great amateur centre-forward for the Spurs and then Chelsea. Where is he now? I have just visited him. Here is the story, showing how transient "fame" m sport can be.224 words
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Article72 1954-01-20 14 T*OBERT Cohen. French batam- j IV weight box.ng champion. will be unable to meet the holder, John Kelly, of Belfast, m their European title bout at Belfast on January ;iO. GastonI Charity Raymond. Cohen' s manager announced yesterday. Raymond said that Cohen had injured himselfReuter - 72 words
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Article261 1954-01-20 14 'Monty' scouts for Pompey Field Marsha) Viscount Mont- gomery L> no mere figure, nead as President of the Portsmouth Football Club. He ha* an export eye lor the young footballer likely to make the grade m big-time football, and he is not averse to adopting the role of honorary scout261 words
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Article76 1954-01-20 14 INDIA will be host to an all- Asian lawn tennis tournament to be held m Calcutta In December. 955. This decision was reached ;w the general meeting of the All-India Lawn Tennis Association which met this month m Calcutta. The s/\ne meeting also decided toAP - 76 words
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Article178 1954-01-20 14 MELBOURNE KEEPS GAMES tiik last oUsfuie m Melbourne'! fi',!it to keep the Olympic Qamd wu.s ♦•llmina'eil when (he Olympic Executive Commute declined to take action an ;i prapottj to move the event elsewhere. Ai»gt*lo B«>I:mak! i Greek member oi the lOC Oenerml Committee hud niggetted the chance m site becauseA.P. - 178 words
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Article122 1954-01-20 14 SHEFFIELD Wednesday manager Eric Taylor is taking his time over transferring >tar inside forward Redfern Proggatt and for a very reason. Taylor -has agreed to Fvoi gatt'a request for a transfer but he wants more than cash for the player. He aims to strengthen Wednesday's defenceA.P. - 122 words
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Article, Illustration14 1954-01-20 14 No one tuggttted there was a fog —my boss uj just m front—14 words
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Article147 1954-01-20 14 J PLANS are afoot for the o ild- uing of a new Army xmni Stadium at Aldershot. The Army Sport > Control Board haj always been hand! capped by not possessing a riaj of its own. and the t mpor.rv one alVays used at Alb:.147 words
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Article117 1954-01-20 14 i r PHE Soviet Government wants v send team of 15 to 20 a'hlete^ to the United States I ompetc m the bie indoor athletic ir.-'iius this winter according I i Mr. Dan Ptofc Secretary of the A.A.U. Mr. Ferris told reporter! thai W hud117 words
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Advertisement69 1954-01-20 14 TBT 1 f ikiilflMTWrlff r ihifißßP^^^ The weekly issue of the STRAITS BUDGET ran i sent by Air Mail to any address m the United Kmgdon at an inclusive rate of FOR SIX MONTHS If you want the "BUDGET' while on leave ©r wish to make an "Air-subscription on behalf69 words
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Article, Illustration561 1954-01-20 15 West Indies collapse and then recover Latest: 203 tor 6 4FTER a bad start to their second innings. West Indies pulled up with some sound batting by Weekes m Kingston yesterday and are now m a strong position. The fourth day's play was packed with excitement. At the close West561 words
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Article72 1954-01-20 15 \\e*t Indies Ist. innings i 1 7 M( Nt. laalagi m \\<si ii,,,n-v 2nd. innings Frederick Ibu b StaUiam M Stollmeyer r Evans b Bailey S Holt Ibu b Moss Weekes not out S6 W.tlcott Railry b I k Head ley b Lock 1 <.<>nu/ Ibw b Statham MiReuter - 72 words
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Article, Illustration953 1954-01-20 15 ALLAN LEWIS - ALLAN LEWIS lIVON BY TWO 1 1 \<. I lIS By IDGE LAW II showed a clean pair of heels to his rivals m the main race (Race at Bukit Timah yesterday. Quickly into his stride Bridge Law had too much pace for Punters Delmht. andFree Press - 953 words
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Article, Illustration135 1954-01-20 16 HE HAS NEVER RIDDEN BEFORE-BUT IS KEEN By ALLAN LEWIS \ii I Mulish l»ov who Jt;is never ridden a. hefM has been apprenticed le Wally Bagby of Penang. lourte.-n--ycar-oM \ie<- Ba\t»-r. wiu» is m. tin In heif ht mnd wdf m Ist. «»!>»..135 words
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Article402 1954-01-20 16 VY EIGHTS for Sa- turday. last day of the Singapore Turf Club's January meeting: THE I\M \KV CUff Cl. Div. I—9 V. Three Kinj-s 9.00 .losker II 1.11 Opera SI! I Steel trap 8.1! Innate 8.10 Kimlliir; s|> Kta| Trow KJIfl BtWflltf Master 8.09 H;uiin«.i> Ml indcr's402 words
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Article, Illustration26 1954-01-20 16 photo. THE $104 WINNER; lain (iift (Woods) sweeping past Bobsworth. Jamaica Park and Disney to m the la>t rate at Bukit Titnih vp*. terday. Free PressFree Press - 26 words
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302 1954-01-20 16 GEORGE WHITING - GEORGE WHITING Opponents for Cockell and all By JOHNNY WILLIAMS, our former heavy-weight champion. is m Berlin, where, on Friday, he is to fight 3erhardt Hecht. robust ex-mechanic, who holds the 'Jerman cruiser-weight, title. Which brings us to thos* million-mark questions; When are302 words
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Article121 1954-01-20 16 ARTHUR MORRIS s XI beat Lindsav Hassett'a side by j 121 runs m the Hassett te-.'i-i monial cricket match m Melbourne yesterday. Score* were: Morris's XI: 56 1 and 399; Hassett's XI: 413 and 425 The game aoain developed into v least of run getting121 words
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