The Singapore Free Press, 21 January 1954

Microfilm: NL2438
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    Masthead
    20 1 The Sigapore Fee Press Largest Afternoon Sale m Malaya. \i I \9it, Singapore, Thurs.. Jan. 21, 1954, Price 13 Cts.
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    MAU MAU IS OVER BORDER
    187 1 Atrocities spread to Tanganyika M M^U terrorists, operating m the British East African Colony of Kenya, have carried out killer raids m neighbouring: Tanganyika, the House Of Commons was told yesterday. I Mr. Harry Hopkinson, Minister of State for the Colonies, reported that "Man Mau
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    Raving pyjama girls strike CALL FOR POLICE
    364 1 Raving pyjama girls strike CALL FOR POLICE Free Press Staff Reporter ffIHREE Singapore police radio 1 tars screamed to the Mount mily Girls' .Home yesterday mw 40 shrieking teennates staged a wild de- ation— some clad only m s and pyjamas. jirls refused to perform ►rmal duties and staged a
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    ATOM SUB LAUNCHED
    27 1 age will dawn today the launching m Orotan. it, Of the Nautinus >r atomic submarine pocapable of cruLsinß tl i f> world without sur-
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    Rubber price
    19 1 Rubber Market m easier tone this ■"li first grade, FebruPmeni at cenN a :Z hth cellt bek)W
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    TRADE TREATY
    14 1 Brazil and Japan tnv to extend their 1952 trade until March 31.
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    36 KEPT ONLY £1 OF £25 EARNED
    80 1 36 KEPT ONLY £1 OF £25 EARNED THIRTY-SIX people In Britain have a yearly income of £205,000. the tax man reported m London yesterday. And after he has had his slice, they are left with only £8.333. In an annual report, the Inland Revenue authorities di name the money-maEers but
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    England 227 for two
    31 1 Test Scoi ENGLAND 2ND INNINO8: m <• b Btollmeyer 116 Hutton ib.v b Gomez May not out i reney not out l Exf 4 Total for 2 wk
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    A plane jump had a prichly landing
    111 1 A plane jump had a prichly landing A British soldier, who jumped from a plain' just before it crashed m the K.-nya Jungle and lived, vu found yesterday. A patrol cain'* upon Lance Corporal. Peter Derek Sleetnan, staggering through the jungle alter a day and nißht search. H^ had jumped
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    Police solve Orchard Road mystery bang
    97 1 Police solve Orchard Road mystery bang Free Press Staff Reporter THE mystery explosion near the Orchard Road Police Station early on Monday morning no more a mystery. The very loud bang was caused When a neon bulb fitting. filHd with sodium, y.ot into a drain, and exploded when it (iiine
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    Woman snatches robber's knife
    119 1 Woman snatches robber's knife By SIT YI N fOflCi ACHINKSK woman temple keeper m Geylanm, Singapore, foiled a hold-up man yesterday. She snatched the would-be robbers knife and jumped out of a window Two Chinese went Into the temple pretending to pray vUien they .suddenly drew knives und forced the
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    DOMESTIC BRUSH
    41 1 A Chinese rha.sti.sing his children In house In Ah Hood Road, Singapore reeejited tin woman chief tenants Interference so much that he turned a broomstick on her yesterday The woman tfll over v OMKSt step, and fractured her arm
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    TWO STABBED
    32 1 A Chinese mother and her daughter were admitted to the Singapore General Hospital witU stab wounds yesterday, alter they were attacked by a man m their house m Beach Road.
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    I could lick That. he says
    40 2 I could lick That. he says A GiftAFFE put-* its fondue out at the bizarre jungle fashion modelled by Hazel Rodsers at the Sydney Zoo. She. was one of the models showing jungle creations Inspired by the MGM film "Mogambo."
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    'Ins and outs' of office
    182 2 'Ins and outs' of office Strange World PRESIDENT Eisenhower, starting his .second year m the White llou.se yesterday. •(■reived a .surprise uift depicting his career from boyhood en n Kansas farm to the Presidency, It was a 122 -inch cup made of .^teuben glass. Quiet life VI KAMVHII.F m Kansas
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    MALENKOV THERE
    42 2 Mr. Georgi Malenkov. the i Soviet Prime Minister, and Mr. Vyachesluv Molotov, the Foreign Minuter, were among Scviet leaders at the funeral m Moscow yesterday of veteran Communist, Matvei Shkiryatov. The entire poiitburo of the Soviet Communist Party attended.- -Renter.
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    COMMONS CHEER FREEING OF POWS
    251 2 Homes sought for 300 M R. ANTHONY EDEN was loudly cheered m the House ifl of Commons yesterday when he said that Chinese and North Korean anti-Communist prisoners-of-war were being: received by the t'.N. command from the Neutral Nations Repatriation Commission and that (hey would
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    Prof. Huxley challenges Red science
    137 2 Prof. Huxley challenges Red science THE sixth Pakistan science conference which opened m Karachi on Monday looks like turning into an East-West "battle of the biologists." Prof. Julian Huxley, Britain s well-known writer on the subject yesterday challenged the Soviet expert Nieolai Nuzhdin to a public discussion on basic principles.
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    first one and then the other crashed Calcutta Comet
    348 2 NO FLASH, HO FIRE BUT FAILING TAIL PLANE EXPERTS investigating: the Comet jet airliner J crash near Calcutta last May, have dismissed lightning or explosions as causes of the accident, it was disclosed m Fantboroufh yesterday. Dr. P. B. Walker, head
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    CHINA BUYS JAPANESE MACHINERY
    135 2 CHINA BUYS JAPANESE MACHINERY A GOVERNMENT ,n l, n m the Hou.se of i Lord Elibank had asked if th« Government knew of m he ment between Japan a St made m June 1952 hllul He said that under this J i Lord Ehbank asked i: traders had been or
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    ISRAEL TO BE AT BIG-4 TALKS
    59 2 Mr. Moshe Sharett. Israil'b acting Prime Minlsi ar.d Foreign Minister told the Knesseth (Parliament i that Israel had notified t: four powers that it v. an observer to next lin conference. He said that I sought to be rep ited Berlin because it was
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    Fleeing pilot takes a plane
    55 2 A m th Korean pilot, recently disciplined for buzzing th<- sth Air Force headq arters bed on Tuesday with a observation plane, the American Bth. Army annoi oul last night. The missing plane, flown from a central from airstrip, waa small two-seater made for lowi*
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    10 CENTS FOR TUCK IS STARVING A BOY
    533 3  -  ROGER YUE i'>v Inquiring vumvru Teachers not food make him drowsy S. -A PORE parents and h, is do not think schoolchildren are iving too much "cake•Growing children must ea t, especially the bigger who have reached rcna\" they told the liring
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    PARENTS HAMPER SCHOOL FEEDING
    389 3 Mliv A. KKTLEY, who has a at school: "Why, my 1 would simply starve if was only allowed to spend 10 Then' is little to b? [ht for that amount. child should have at > rents, otherwise they Idn't be happy. And then happens? they don't
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    Food expert here
    49 3 picture. Sir m.i lit mi Hicks, Professor o f IMnsioloity at the I'niversitv of Adelaide, and I.adv Hicks, who Hew into Singapore yesterday by Qantas-BO\(' ('oiiitrj! ation. Sir Stanton is on his Way to Rome to attend a conference on food. They leave today.- Free Press
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    QUEEN STOPS CAR FOR GIRL
    208 3 QUEEN STOPS CAR FOR GIRL /"UFTS for Prince Charles— gay •seersucker .sports shirts and nylon swimming .shorts— and foi Princess Anne— nylon petticoat and pink nightdress— were pro- sented to the Queen yesterday when .she and the Du!c» of Edinburgh visited a clothes factory m Christ Church, New Zealand. The
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    The Singapore Free Press THURSDAY, Jan. 21, 1954 ASIA'S VOICE
    475 4 The Singapore Free Press THURSDAY, Jan. 21, 1954 ASIA 'S VOICE Fi\k nations of Asia arc to Ret together at the crossroads ol conflict. And th< re tin y mean to build a citad< 1 which ighl well be tin last :< fuge ol a world on the I ink
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    After the Peace Talks... .. a new Chinese Invasion or Korea
    796 4  - After the Peace Talks... a new Chinese Invasion or Korea Martin S. Hayden iiimn But there are no troops this time and no guns U.S Newspaper Alliance WASHINGTON. ANEW Chinese "invasion" of North Korea is under way. Reports reaching Washington tell of a mass of Chinese peasants, armed with plowshares,
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    ARTIE'S HEADLINE
    22 4 I" I distinctly remember it V tius exactly IUIS time, last year, that I began putting I the lorreit aOC€
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    "THE SEASONS"
    36 4 The ocert In which Maurice Claro < violin will play m>lo m 'The Seasons" by Vivaldi will be held on I FEBRUARY 10 not Feb. uaiy 16 stated yesterday Booking! open Robnisoris tomorrow. I] jdsfkdsjfdslfd
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      20 4 \best values Exquisite I Diamond Gem Set JEWELLERY I U. S. de SUVA, Mwelltrx I 106. ORCHARD RD., SINGAPORE -9.
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      39 4 11 Delivered to rail, airport, house I or store. I Unaccompanied Baggage I Collected, stored, delivered, I transhipped. I I All classes of cover at I TRANSPORT STORAGE LTD I 173, Cecil Street Singapore Telephone 6577. I _^^t pv
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    WANGLING RED TAPE KEEPS MANSOOR SCARED OF SNAKES
    355 5 WANGLING RED TAPE KEEPS MANSOOR SCARED OF SNAKES r Letter that vanished npH fOf U KM jin 1 m >hd. Zain of Tanjon and Rural Board ipe show* how diffl- for a villager to bis little shack. And Dr. C. J. Paglar. Leitive Councillor for who told it to the
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    Delta Road may get police post
    263 5 Delta Road may get police post PATROLS STEPPED UP IN BAD AREA Free Press Staff Reporter i SINGAPORE police are considering: setting up a new police post In Delta Road which was the scene of several shootings recently. The Police Secretary, Mr. i Peter Claque, said yesteraay, that more police
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    CAIRO NEXT STOP
    49 5 DR. CHEDDI JAOAN, deposed X Chief Minister ol British I left Bombay by air rday for Cairo on hu v E back to f with Mr I p 8 Bun ham, Edu- p n Mini ter, he will I In Cairo lour d to London. A.P.
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    HANYANG UNIVERSITY TO OPEN IN 1955
    113 5 lituated on a hillfKk. which the Trust authorities considered ill;ai\ised,' the ipoki n ild. Arrangementi me Ddng made to resume the drive lor funds. it is undi sponsor, and chairman of the cil. Mr. Tan Lark Sve. lias Intl :i ftoul s r >.
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    Tub saucer' man now a professor
    52 5 Dr. Ralph Parson* i ibl lor man} oi Australia saucer" reports, leaves Ade today to be professor ut physics at Hong Kong University. n research woi k In M< bourne on cosmic radiations Involved thr use r hi h I balloons often mist flying
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    10,000 posters challenge: Why be wife No. 2?
    221 5 10,000 posters challenge: Why be wife No. 2? Free Press Stall Reporter PIIK WOMEN'S Council of Singapore is carrying its 3 one-man-one-wil> campaign right Into Chinatown and the Malay kam pongs. Ten thousand posters are being printed m Malay and Chinese for distribution to women only. Tin' theme of their
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    80 TEACHERS GO BACK TO SCHOOL
    133 5 Free Press Staff Reporter IJACK to .school Rfaln went KNne so Singapore Government ami Government-aided •secondary school teachers yc\sterday. They will be there* for the next tWO years. The explanation :The teachers, although qualified, have to take a Normal post-graduate twoyear course m the
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    10 BUSY DAYS
    34 5 The conference of A.;lan premiers m Colombo to be attended by Indonesian Prime Minister, Dr. All Sastroamkljojo will be held from April 28 until May 7, said a Jakarta report yesterday-
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    DANCE CLUB PLAN PICNIC
    51 5 SINGAPORE Y.W.C.A. Square Dance Club will celebrate Its first anniversary this Sun day with a picnic party at Hua Yu Sia off Siglap. The election of office- bearers for this year will take place at the party. Transport will leove the Y.W.C.A.. Collver Quay, at 8.00
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    IN LIGHTER YEIN
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  • Page 6 Miscellaneous
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      61 6 MANDRAKE THE MAGICIAN by Lee Falk and Phi! Davis N 1 rARUN by Edgar Rice Burroughs IktSW'- 1;'" I vw r Sj" Bf B^ v' i F X jr w jpHbn^ x -v v aBBBBVBBBBBF l_ 9BBBBBB) IHi SAINT b\ Leslie Char-er < \v N A V N" V S
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      147 6 YOUR LUCKY STAR H' FV N "M *>I thr :n«.T.. both I ranuv tod of Ufc ihe S o<i «f ir;' i b«^rn leader ar.d A aftrr the tm ha\e i r.torc vMth rr rfa a- '.heir apt irte-p-- n ba^e a *tor- of i v p*«>ibl« for Mi la
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    ENTICED WOMAN: £100 AWARD
    565 7 Jury set a price on rowan who left her husbands home Judge on This Miserable Case' enticing another man's wife to leave and live m his tiouse, .VJ-year-old Herbert Vrrihani was ordered recently to pay £100 da muses and the costs of the two-day law suit.
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    The Eternal Rectangle
    106 7 Mr. C. R. Dean, counsel foe Herbert Needham. told lh» jury:— yIKDHAM is no middle A > aeed Casanova, where it is a case of "Lock up your wives, here comes Nredham." This is not the sort of a secret, furtive, luck-street affair. It is not the
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    SOLDIER WAS LEFT £26,000
    139 7 SOLDIER WAS LEFT £26,000 months' sentence 4 -YEAR-OLD soldier sen- tenced recently to nine ths' detention for deseition lid utter the court mar- have been left £26.000. soldier, Private David lay, oi the Army Catering said only one word y during the court il at Farnborough, Hants. afterward! he disclosed
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    Stone hits grandfather
    43 7 fi YEN YEAR OLD Carol •berts went to her first 1 w a Brownie recently. Arthur Harrison, of Kimberley Road, i. Essex, went to meet (tattoo Road a coping ffll Mr Harrison was hit taken to hospital, with neaa injuries.
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    Pick did not pick up his fortune
    271 7 Pick did not pick up his fortune JACK PICK made one mistake m his life. But for that he would have been a multi-millionaire, a second Henry Ford. His trouble? He could not master finance, though as an inventor he was a genius. That mistake was made before World Wa
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    Could this be a work of Phidias?
    88 7 Could this be a work of Phidias? DURING excavations m the old Roman city of Pompeii Italy, archeologists recently found a statue which they believe Ls the work of Phidias, the famed artist of ancient Gre?:e. The statue m marble shows a woman with a sphere m her hands. The
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    OIL PIPE BLAZES
    24 7 Flames .shot 70ft. m the air at Stanlor refinery, on the Manchester ship canal recently when an oil pipe caught fire.
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    A brewery goes broke—
    163 7 A brewery goes broke— THE home-brewed ale produced m 1847 by old William Crowfoot at The Artichoke, a little Norfolk tavern, was much to the liking of the countryfolk around the village of Bloome. William Crowfoot founded a brewing business that was taken over by his son, by his son's
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    SINGAPORE
    344 8  -  G. T. BOON Madam Chen Story and Pictures H H TPHE SINCAPORE Arf Society is sponsoring an c Olbltlo|| I and drawings by women and men artists at thi c 'iM. v*hich will rcm.nn open until Sund.iy Jyfl The 133 exhibits, done m oil. pen and ink, water gouacne
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    ART SHOW
    285 9  -  if ro*" its bold-coloured approach, revealed. especially m tiempt to respect posterity without sacrificing her own rh t h.if of her subjects. I< shown m her almost life sixed paintings m oil of Mr. ■he barrister and M.C.A. Secrctary-Ccncral. and Pcn>ng Dr. Wu Licn-teh. the plague specialiit. Chen
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    Man jumps on lion to save boss
    212 10 Man jumps on lion to save boss GETS THE GEORGE MEDAL Till: problem facing 62- year old Saidi bin Juma was what to do when a wounded lion sprang: on his buss and seized the boss'v head m its jaws. s lidi Juma, African watchman on a Tanganyika farm, did
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    'Talking' trains
    92 10 rjiKAINS themselves will now announce their A arrival at a station. Authority has been ttiven for the installation of a new automatic announcement system at Stratford Station, Britain whereby announcements are automatically initiated by the trains themselves. As the train draws near the station it operatea the track
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    The girl-smuggler
    140 10 HE TAKES HER OFF IN A SACK AND THAT'S INITIATIVE 4 American soldier tried to smuggle his girl friend A*■ into Berlin m a potato sack. A military policeman, checking luggage, kicked it. The girl yelled. Twenty-four-year-old Charles M. Goodman, of Lcng Beach. California, went to Helmstedt. the
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    The ghost in 3-D uses lipstick
    143 10 The ghost in 3-D uses lipstick MR. URNAED PAYNE, psychic researcher, went to investigate the ghost of a blonde girl said to haunt the Jolly Collier inn. And he said: "This ghost does not seem lo follow the usual line. She is said to appear wearing lipsticks. "Usually apparitions appear
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    Debris rains on shoppers
    74 10 THE street lights had just been switched on an explosion rocked the crowded street, blew up manhole covers, tore up chunks of paying stones and showered debris cm the shoppers and homeward bound workers. It happened m Wellington Place. Hastings. Britain. Two women were taken to
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    BARONET WILL NOT CLAIM HIS TITLE
    157 10 BARONET WILL NOT CLAIM HIS TITLE F^lF TV BIX-YKAR-OLD master i inknote printer Mr. I Philip A Waterlow annouiu ed that he will not use the title of mi met be Inherits by the death oi m, Father. Sir Kdt?ar L Waterlow. the third baronet, former chairman of W d«-rlow
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    RECTOR TOLD TO RESIGN
    337 10 RECTOR TOLD TO RESIGN Secret voters' I decision f HE Jen Per Cent Recto, th e Rev. J. C. Wan,e -was asked to resign by I secret meeting of '•hurch members. Mr Wanscy, 47-year-old Etc of St. Mary's, Woodford Esst* asked his Scout troop to ten per cent of their
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    COWS ARE SNOBS
    468 11 JERRY KLEIN tells about social climbers m the animal world rllE LOUISIANA Agriculture Experiment Station found that dairy cows perfect snobs. After reful study, the station scovered that the cow ii has been m a herd longest becomes the f< ared and repected. when older and heanimals
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    Ava in Africa
    38 11 Between scenci at Rnarara t'. Kenya, Ava Partner acquainted with two Africans of the Turkana tribe who apprtr with her m M-G-M*| "Mogam bo." (lark (iable and Ava co■ter In this Technicolor adve-n lure story.
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    Bridge Hand
    754 11 BACK IN THE 30s, Hal Sims championed a bid that was SO good for certain kinds of hands that It was really sensational. He would open with a three-bid on a distributional freak with which it was necessary to know only whether partner bad an ace or two.
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    EMPHASIS ON R.A.F.
    246 11 'THE ROYAL NAVY now ranks third m size behind the American and Russian. This emphasizes the fact that Britain is concentrating on air power with a jet strategical bomber force to carry the British atomic bomb. UndiT the cutbacks rearmament programme the Navy not less to .spend
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      145 11 Today's Crossword I ICBOSI (5); 7 Overshadowed by n ehestnu nighi mare? (4. B); tree. i 7, 9 A canhtei to rule here? when I depart. (3); 18 I In a short list? keeping allowance (7); io Painfully (9 cquJ sible. tivel! (5); 18 Criti 14 A on which l!t
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  • The Pressman's Postbag
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      GOVERNOR'S VETO OUR SAFEGUARD
      506 12 J.VS. seems to deplore the fact that while at present the constitution of Singapore provides for a Legislative Council, an Executive Council, etc.. 'the Governor also possesses a veto over decisions of the Council he considers detrimental to the Colony." I am at a lost to
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      Any grouse?
      58 12 HAVF you a grouse? Have you a bright idea? Have you st on anything itranft or smasnal? Then writ** to the PKfcSS.M AN and tell others aliout it m Ins POSTBAG— bricflv. J INDIAN I m mice Minister. Mr. C. Deshmukh who visited Singapore on his way home
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      DOES IT SPELL INDIFFERENCE?
      153 12 YOU were kind enough to print my l«*tU« r headed 'Literal Lapses.* 1 Since then I have discovered that the change from B.M to S.C.C should itari m the City Hal] Itself. riic three letters, forming raised monogram appeal on nic top panels it the jroundfloor
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      Electronic brain key to languages
      67 12 THIS 18 an electronic c.ileulator produced l>> the International Business Machines Corporation, which can translate Russian Into English, it can also be KdapCed for oilier languages. In addition to language work, the machine does m seconds an equation which might take years of mental t
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      Ticking off Tanglin
      72 12 Ticking off Tanglin WHAT is wrong ff Tanglintes a rlsts oi Napii R land Road so wr, the rest ot Sin The major part ol has accepted traffic without grumbling let the eJS do the same. Mr. Rixworth'a ti iv m his impartiality and In \m of thus the average
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      Why were they judges?
      174 12 MAY I a>k why the MISS Grace Moore tinging competition was judged by choir members and not by Leading members of the Singapore Musical Society. And why *'p'- e these people abo allowed to take part? I know some of them personally and was told that
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      60 12 /'"oust oV lov^v 'I^ jr^ /\rd^^4 I t)D V ni^ m *\IHB7 'ZuF^' chooses as the essential H ZrS^ ingredient for a smooth P w,^ m^SS^^ an<! r^ //v Jr> Marti ft! "iSZ^ri! I Si/iiii' I and for Gin Slinf?" and rk I^l K^^=^r^si^ "Collins". Cl h'^rSrr: g inM-rSlttWi fe
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    Life Among the 'Cranks'
    449 13 Life Among the 'Cranks' Ws£ Eccentric exiles who found %/mNI I!^^=^ refuge m London hatte and Wiindus. cranky fringe of v rat are and politics end of last century 'he beginning of this places like Hampsteacl an d Limpsfield, lived the Garnetts. riiey were Edward the father i üblisher'a reader
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    'FAR EASTERN AGENT
    274 13 I- AH EASTIBN AGENT. By Donaid .Moore. Hodd» r toughton. 'TAKING time oil from his job ol selling British books m the Far East, Moore inspects the socialpolitical problems of the region. i —as George Malcolm Thomson sees it Ready to find excuses for thine.se who deny
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    CHERRILL OF THE YARD' WRITES BOOK
    159 13 CHERRILL OF THE YARD' WRITES BOOK OUPERIN'i'EMDENT Fredrrick Cherrill, who retired from Scotland Yard last January, is writing his reminiscences, it should be a first-rate story. Cherrill was the world's greatest fingerprint expert Which wa.s Cherrill'i most exciting case? He tells me it was the Maidenhead trunk murder m 1948:
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    306 14 I'HE new anti-thumbing boxing glove has passed its first test it is a welcome safety factor m a sport that can stand plenty of them. The old free-wheeling thumb. u<ed so effectively by some fighters to an opponent's may be banished forever. At least,
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    Charlton sign Swedish player
    211 14 ROLF RYDVAL. right winger with a Stockholm soccer dub. yesterday signed amateur forma with Charlton Athletic, crack English First Division side, and will play against Tottenham Hotspur today. Rydval worn m England with a 'ravel agencj firm. He came over to learn the language. He raw
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    260 14 From ALEX BANNISTER I 4 ROW his Hired up between West Indies official I A the M.C.C. tritketers over umpiring decisions i I recent Colony matches. mi I understand that Mr. Karl Nunes, president of the JamaiCricket Association, hai written or Intends to write letter
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    103 14 THREE car* knocked out of the 2.000-mile Monte Carlo rally on Tuesday included a British Sunbeam r.ilbot. which was hit amidships by German Volkswagen on the icy road 15 miles out of Munich. The other 356 cars m the great motoring test m wintry conditions are
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    ENGLAND HEADING FOR TEST VICTORY
    652 15 ENGLAND HEADING FOR TEST VICTORY Close of play: 227/2 230 needed with whole day left UNGLAND CAN STILL WIN THE FIRST TEST lj AGAINST THE WEST INDIES, AND STAND AN EXCELLENT CHANCE OF DOING SO. Enterprising batting at Kingston yesterday saw the England second innings score mount up after the
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    84 15 'rill 111 MM a shock for (he officials of the W ..nun's Milliards Associati.m u»>»''> w competitors ,he recent Girls' Snookr i i.ampionship turned up ln slacks, one uorc black trousers, white shirt, a man style ton aiul silver jjrey waist,(Mi. She was 13. Hi.- other,
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    569 16  - BLUE RIBBON REELS THREE IN 38 Tipped tor double This is THEEE KINGS <M<< Io U <|i winning at Bukit Tiiiuh lust Saturday. Three •t i did a smart gallop this morning. Looks go<M' for a double for the m. rting t. Free Press photo. Its a winning effort on
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    264 16 i IVERPOOL. struggling at tne loot or trie nrsi aivision J or English League, yesterday made sweeping changes lor Saturday's game against Tottenham Hotspur. Bi«i?*\st surprise Ls the switchIng of Scottish International left w.ngor Billy L:ddt\! :o centre-forward. fiu> Ls Liverpool's bold movo to
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    62 16 pOY ANKARAH British Empire featherweight hampion. Is making pod profreei after a kidney oi>ei ir Mti but will not be able to go throogti with hii Fel> 21 bout with ion Soejert, Euro|>ean title holder, m InHMH. Manager Joe McLean aald yesterdiv the West AfrtCUl iwxer will
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    85 16 John Landy. Australia's p ;niler. Hill attempt to run a four minute-mile In Melbourne tonight. He will race on a specially prepared track <v a "twilight" tneetii avoid the heat of the Landy. who hu> been tipped m -iie Brat man likely to achieve the
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    33 16 'pHE All Malayan Hockey XI will play their last game before returning to their respective States against an Invitation xi on the Garrison Ground. Kuala Lumpur today at 5 p.m.
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