The Singapore Free Press, 11 May 1954

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    Masthead
    17 1 The Singapore Free Press Largest Afternoon Sale m Malaya. No <in«»porf. Tilfs., May U, 1954. Price lSt'la.
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    Big guns on McCarthy as 'recall him' drive rolls
    220 1 Ike urged: Fight party's lunatic fringe' w Henry F. Grady, former U.S. ambassador to V India Greece and Iran, announced the formation i the non-partisan Northern California Committee ir the Recall of Republican Senator Joseph McCarthy help the recall campaign headed
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    TYPHOON WARNING
    22 1 Weather Bureau m Forgave notice to shipping W to beware of a typhoon moving west•rthwest across the South China A.P.
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    8 die in clashes
    27 1 t people were killed and mnded m eight separate violations by Israelis senior Jordan delegate to mixed armistice commission claimed last night.- A.P.
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    Rubber price
    22 1 Singapore Rubber Market 1 on an uncertain tone this 'tag with first grade. May ship- cents a pound ■f.Merdays close.
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    VARSITY REGISTRAR RESIGNS
    208 1 PHE REGISTRAR of the Unirsity of Malaya, Mr. W raig has resigned to* take 1 i similar appointment at University College of Hull, Yorkshire. S expect! to return to lt ain m October. His re- was accepted by University Council last >t Registrar for the fsity of
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    'Gib' sheers The Queen
    56 1 Queen Elizabeth spoke m a luncheon broadcast at Gibraltar yesterday of Britain's determination to ensure the "safe-guarding ot the coiorly and fortress of Gibraltar." There were no Spanish de monstrations against the Royal visit though Spaniards just across the frontier could hew the cheering of the
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    Malayans see how Parliament works
    125 1 MEMBERS and oflhials of legislature m the Commonwealth yesterday began a three-week course m parliamentary procedure and practice arranged by Commonwealth Parliamentary Association m London. Among the delegates are Mr. M. P. D. Nair and Mr, Thio Chan Bee from Singapore and Mr. W. M.
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    REDS TAKE POST NEAR HANOI: FRENCH HITTING BACK
    252 1 REDS TAKE POST NEAR HANOI: FRENCH HITTING BACK yiETMINII troops yesterday captured a military post manned by Vietnamese troops only .'JO miles from Hanoi, m the first notable operation since the fall of Dien Bien Phu last Friday. French officers regard this as a minor setback, and are confident that
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    S'pore talk plans soon
    139 1 S pore talk plans soon A RRANGEMENTS for a high level five- rl power military conference m Singapore :to discuss the. South-East Asian situation I will be announced m Geneva later this gweek it was learned on good authority. The meeting to take place soon there- after will be composed
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    Red peace price shocks West
    157 1 Red peace price shocks West 11R. Pham Van Dong, Vietminh Deputy Premier -^yesterday called for a general cease-fire m IndoChina. The Deputy Premier proposed, as part of a settlement plan, recognition of the sovereignty of the Democratic Republic of Vietnam (Vietminh) over the whole territory of Vietnam and recognition of
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    MYSTERY PLANES
    46 1 Scandinavian countries have reported more mystery flights by foreign aircraft. One such plane was identified as American, the Norwegian Air Force Command said. Lt. Gen. Finn Lambrechts said last night Norway would ask Allied nations to be sure their planes respect Norwegian territory. A.P.
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    A FEW STEPS OVER BORDER AND TOMMY-GUN REDS GRABBED HIM
    128 2 A FEW STEPS OVER BORDER AND TOMMY-GUN REDS GRABBED HIM AN American Midler, kidnapped at gunpoint m Berlin yesterday morning by six Communist policemen armed with carbines and tommy-guns, was released after five hours of detention. U.S. military authorities Identified th<> soldier as Ma.s--ter-Bergeant Archie L. Hanson. Ol the 287
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    Meeting on electoral divisions this week
    127 2 Meeting on electoral divisions this week r |WK first meeting of the 1 .six-man committee which is to divide Singapore Island into 24 electoral v arils under the Kendal constitution will he held this week. The <"••) Council ha.s nominated .Mr A I*. Rajah (Pit if In anti Mr. S.
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    JUNGLE WAR IS ARMY GUIDE
    162 2 Accent to leadership, Dot Oxford 'OCENES FROM THE JUNGLE war m Malaya are being worked into a film which is jroin^ to kill the legend that an Oxford accent and a University education arc the essentials of an army officers. Alter being (Hi location m
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    Danny Kaye in soccer controversy
    75 2 Danny Kaye, the film star, inadvertently found hinusell the centre of a SOCCer controversy yesterday after he had been invited to meet players at Rand Stadium before the kit k-ofT of an international match v. hen South Africa beat Southern Transiva] 2-1. Natal and Western
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    A Disney honeymoon
    32 2 Thr daughter ol film producer Walt Disney, 20-year-old Diana was honeymooning yesterday, with Ron Miller, 21, former University of Southern California footballer. They m re married on Sunday A.P.
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    Ships collide, l sinks
    37 2 m r «T urs Thr Britlsh f "l«Mer. Carpio yesterday rollidrd t,n tape I inistem- uith the (irrman ship Henry R«e*e, which sank The entire crew was rescued by the liiiu>h vesstl. A.P.
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    Canonization of Pope
    25 2 ICardlm j J<^r Maria Cam, 87, Archbishop ol Santiago, left In- Home yesterday U) attend 1 the cannonizution ol Pope Piu.s A.P.
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    Rode beneath train
    36 2 A Bulgar and two Yugoslavs refugees arrived m Paris on Sunday after a trip underneath a car of the Simplon Orient Express from Zagreb. Yugoslavia. The distance is 700 mile.s my air. A.P.
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    Railway exonerated
    39 2 The New Zealand Commission of Inquiry into the Tanjiwai river disaster la.^t Christmas Eve. m which 151 people were killed when an express train crashed into the river, has exonerated the railway fctaff of any blame.— A.P.
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    Knifed gambler's grave draws chap-ji-ki crowds
    272 2 Knifed gambler's grave draws chap-ji-ki crowds MORE than one week after Yeo Oon Cheng, 19-year-old Singapore Chinese lecret society man was murdered, "chaip-ji-ki" spivs ye.sterday were still visiting his giave m a lonely cemetery m Pasir PanjaiiK to pray for lucky tips. Queues of chap-ji-ki devotees had been forming at
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    Woman's success
    21 2 Chap-Ji-ki spivs think Yco's remains run ntvc accurate betting forecasts becauae Yeo was I gambler, according to the spivs.
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    55 2 picture. A welcoming; word for Tens Pai Wan at Kalians Airport yesterday. The Chinese athlete, winner of a silver medil m the Asian Games 80 metres hurdles, i s here seen being greeted by Mr. Joscelyn de Souza, who led the Singapore contingent to the first Asian Games m New
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    Son for actress
    23 2 British actress Phyllis Calvert Rave birth to a son at a nursing home m Chalfont .St. unes yesterday. A. P.
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    RUBBER TALKS
    16 2 The International Rubber Study Grouo meeting m Colombo will conclude delibera- tioas today. Reuter
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    Vishinsky goes home
    31 2 Mr. Andrei Vishinsky. head Oi the Russian delegation to the bi.-t.'d Nations, arrived m Cherbourg yesterday on the Jim r Queen Elizabeth, en route to Moscow.— A. P.
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    She's seeking women pilots
    322 2 She's seeking women pilots HOW nian> mmmtU pilots do you have m Singapore? That was the first thing Mrs Elizabeth B. (ilaser asked when she landed at Kalian? Airport yesterday. For Mrs. (ilasrr hopes to find 4 Malayan woman pilot who ran qualify to compete m the l'J55 AllWomen's Transcontinental
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    Diplomatic promotion
    19 2 Egypt and the Vatican will raise their respective diplomatic representations from Leca- Uon to Embassy level.— A.P.
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    Oil shortage in China
    28 2 There was a shortage of cooking oil m Communist China m winter and spring because of "transportation disruption and over-iunsumption by the people." A.P.
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    Warm day in Europe
    20 2 Summer-like sunshine yesterday, brought the wannest day this year to many parts oi Europe.- A. P.
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    1,800 for Australia
    33 2 The Panamanian steamer. Fair Sea, sailed from Hamburg on Sunday with 1,471 German and East European emigrants for Australia. Another 300 emigrants will board the ve.sMl at Malta.- A. P.
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    Big welcome
    30 2 Rio de Janeiro's Lebanese colony yesterday gave a tumultuous welcome to Mr. Camil< Chamoun, President of Lebanon, when he arrived on an official nine-day visit to Brazil. A.P.
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    Russia takes rails
    23 2 The Russians have ripped up and carted away a million torn of railroad tracks from their zone ol Germany.- A.P.
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    TWO CHINESE SISTERS FIND EACH OTHER AFTER 13 YEARS APART
    566 3  - TWO CHINESE SISTERS FIND EACH OTHER AFTER 13 YEARS APART SIT YIN FONG 'We are praying for the return of our missing sister' they say By THIRTEEN years ago, as Japanese soldiers were slashing: their way down the Malay Peninsula, three young Chinese sisters m Kuala Lumpur parted company. All
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    City council will welcome 500 youth assembly delegates
    128 3 City council will welcome 500 youth assembly delegates OIM.APORE City Council has voted $2,500 for a civic rev i.ption. dinner and other entertainment to 500 delegates to the World Assembly of Youth m August. li also appointed a sub-committee of three to collaborate with the Singapore Youth Council m making
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    LABOUR PARTY PLANS BRANCH IN SELETAR
    78 3 LABOUR PARTY PLANS BRANCH IN SELETAR SINGAPORE Labour Party will open its second "Durban branch m Seletar by end of this month. The branch was opened m Timah about ten days a. i h n uart y P res *dent Mr. V. P. u «a, ..aid members m other etorai
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    Jist a trickle for this dogfund
    187 3 Jist a trickle for this dogfund "Wore Canine Welfare has started an S2S >nate and be a '«b<T drive, the foundersident Mrs. P. Leon-Soh we Free Press yesterday. jn-Boh said today more < 2.000 letters have been u u t lor the Kennel HlJ t so far only a few
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    You may dial ships 1,000 miles at sea
    54 3 SINGAPORE authorities are now planning a radio telephone service between the Colony and ships within a 1.000 mile from here. For this to be possible, ships must have radio telephone equipment. It is now compulsory for vessels of more than 5,000 tons
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    SIT tenants' 'violent' words irk Trustees
    240 3 SIT tenants' 'violent' words irk Trustees TRUSTEES of the Singapore Improvement Trust were surprised at the "violent" language used by some tenants they met m hearing their protest against the recent 10 per cent rent increase. Mr. Lee Choon Eng, a tenant and a City Councillor, had called on the
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    A boon for the workers
    143 3 A boon for the workers The newest development m prefabricated factory building, has been perfected by a well-known manufacturer of prefabricated buildings m Fngland. This is the saw tooth roof construction which is claimed to be particularly suitable for buildings where ample lighting, but no direct sunlight, is required. The
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  • The Singapore Free Press TUESDAY May 11, 1954
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      Opinion This apathy must end
      347 4 Opinion This apathy must end Singapore m the past has shown an unenviable Indifference to elections In which j they should be vitally Interested. Statistics on registration Of voters, and on polls have been eloquent ol thi.s Inertia. Now once agalL It would ;ippeaj that the Insidious bug of creeping
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    Successor to Mao?
    486 4  -  WENDELL MERRICK lin Miao-rhi ma? i«« •Mo-liitssiaii for the Uiim-M' 4 MOSCOW-TRAINED Jack-Of all trades Communisi looma as the best bet t-u succeed Mao Tse-tung as boss of Red China's hall billion population. Forty -eight year -old Liv Bhao-chi has shied away from publicity most of his
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    ARMY v. McCARTHY IS ANGERING U.S.
    370 4 ARMY v. McCARTHY IS ANGERING U.S. I ETTERS to American J senators suggest general weariness of Americans over the McCarthy v Army hearings. They ask whether, m a hydrogenbomb world, a roomful of senators and top military commanders could not be better oc- cupied than m a debate over why
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    'Worse than the H-bomb'
    179 4 'Worse than the H-bomb' DR. Julian Huxley said m Bombay recently that the population -problem was the most seriOUi i n the world, more > teriout even than the at<>- mie bomb. It WOi increasintl at the spectacular rale of children erer\i 24 hours. "Nowhert m the world has the
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      37 4 yS m CHEESE I from seven countries of Australian; New Zealand: Red Coon Cheddar Cheddar Ik f/i ft i\ r t/J I Italian; Danish; Gorganzols Cheese Spread Stilton m jars. SINGAPORE COLD STORAGE C 0. f LTD.
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    $3,250,000 GOVT GRANT NEEDED TO BUILD 13 MORE SCHOOLS
    242 5 We want it now says Mr. Lewis rrllF Singapore Education Department is asking the Government for an 1 -^mediate extra grant of nearly $3,250,000 to build 13 more nrimarv schools by the end of next year. The senior inspector of schools,
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    Fibre blends may unite cloth makers
    114 5 Fibre blends may unite cloth makers THE DAY will come when there will no longer be a Lancashire cotton industry, or a Yorkshire wool industry, or X r.iyon section of "this chamber or that association," but one Integrated industry. Mr. C. H. Colton made this prediction m his presidential address
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    STAR GETS SON
    42 5 was born to Actress it Cedars of Lebahospital m Hollywood on night. usband, film producer -1 Lasker, said the new bbas been named StepHe weighed, 7 pounds 5 The couple havo two Albert 11. and i Jr. 4. A.P.
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    DIP THOSE CAR LIGHTS AT NIGHT AND END A MENACE
    202 5 DIP THOSE CAR LIGHTS AT NIGHT AND END A MENACE GINOAPORE Traffic Chief, W. R. m. Hax- >' warned driving to teach their c proper uae of car Manj L-drivers m 'are causing a menace Ul tl ll at night beJhey have not been to dip their head- I 1
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    $ 100 million plan for City projects may start in 1955
    316 5 1 00 m ill ion plan for City projects may start in 1955 TiHE Singapore City Council's Finance Committee re- cently approved a five-year improvement programme of vital City public projects costing about $100 million, for launching next year. This will not be affected by implementation of the Rendel plan
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    DEVIL IN GARDEN
    25 5 A householder phoned the London Zoo: "There's a little pig m my garden," It was a Tasmanian Devil, lost for 48 hours.
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    Stuffed turtle as a memento
    56 5 THE OFFICER Administrating the Singapore GovernI ment, Mr. W. A. C. Goode, and Mrs. Goode admiring the stuffed turtle mounted on a wooden ptaque, presented to them by Captain H.E.11. NicholLs at the transfer of the minelayer HMS Dabchick to the Royal Malayan Nivy, at
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    GIRL, 18, MAYORESS
    27 5 Miss Audrey Perkins, a clerk, is to be the mayoress of London's most populated borough .'lslington, during the coming municipal year. She is 18.
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    The debate on varsity pay is off
    116 5 The debate on varsity pay is off IMIE debate to be held between Singapore Chmese Middle School Teachers' Union and Mr. Tan Lark Sye, chief sponsor of Nanyang University over a recent union statement on salaries to be paid to the university professors, has been culled off. On this question
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    JAVA REDS GET SET FOR POLLS
    49 5 The Indonesian Communist Party will not celebrate its 34th Anniversary on May 23. This Ls because it is, facing the more important task of effecting the programme adopted by tne recent fifth party congress and making preparations for the coming general elections— A.P.
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    Big orders for electric appliances now placed
    167 5 NEW orders for 6,000 fans, 2,000 kettles and 1,250 cookers, which should clear up all outstanding applications for the next two months have been placed by the City Council's Electric Department m Singapore. Mr. Chan Kum Chee, vicechairman of the Public Utilities Committee,
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    His friends and neighbours
    67 5 Mr. William Cotton, whose latest song is "Friends and i Neighbours," escaped unhurt with his wife and two young children when their bungalow on Ham Island, Windsor, caught fire. One of three friends who was staying with them discovered the fire and gave warning. Neighbours took
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      227 6 MANDRAKE by Lee Falk and Phil Davis TARZAN by Edgar Rice Burroughs hs Iom^,.^.^r j i\ j FajhJP puteznr, mirev 6*A66-oOL6m€> iw Merino p^cz > THE SAINT by Leslie Charteris PSHBHBHPS* was the ipfT' riTs a nice- ominous ■P^j^ &LiT A re^ tini^ uke M PBjJ SAIKTT C-iViWGThiS KIAM£--AMDABITL£SS f^
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      656 6 1 YOUR I LUCKY I I STAR I OORX TODAY, you, i, llui tions are keen. You arf very quick to grasp a sitiuii,. n I and have a solution read\ i,, r it before others really know j that there is any problem v 5 solve! Your mind works
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    Mother stops Casanova at altar
    320 7 Mother stops Casanova at altar M i\'E BRIAN BENWELL. M Plymouth's m de n ;,va.- may have to be ten t with a re- ister office ny H he is to wed bere he is 21 next month ho won at the second npi his legal fight to while under
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    NOW THE WIVES GO TO SEA, TOO
    229 7 NOW THE WIVES GO TO SEA, TOO S of many of Britain's bant Navy masters 1 senior officers are choos- a life at sea on cargo and tankers so that can be with their hustrips that may take half-way round the being allowed to »au m growing numbers, beshipping companies
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    The Labour band was 'non-union'
    117 7 1 MUSICIANS m Worcester, England, are protesting because, they claim, the local Socialist Party hired a non-union band for a party dance. Recently Worcester Socialists danced m the Co-operative Hall to the strains of a semi-profes-sional band Then later the committee of the Worcester branch
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    London's golden lions will say it-Welcome home!
    340 7 Ouvi>u saus ihaniis WHEN THE QUEEN AND DUKE DRIVE BY HUNDREDS of golden lions and unicorn on tall, yellow poles will look down on the Queen and the Duke of Edinburgh as they drive along The Mall m London, to the PaJace next
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    Air power rotation
    22 7 from the Far East. A.P. The U.S. Strategic Air Command soon will begin retatln^ home its medium bomb wings
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    LINER ENDS LAST VOYAGE
    41 7 The 15,000-ton Shaw Savill liner Akaroa. which has travel- led over 2.000.000 miles during her 40-year career, and has just landed passengers at Southampton after her last voyage from New Zealand, will be .sold, probably for breakingup.
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    Hospital crisis
    31 7 Recruitment of nurses for Battersea General Hospital London, has been so poor that I ward may have to b« closed. Battersea and Putney Hospital Management committee have been told.
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    Are women really mean about tips?
    490 8  -  EILEEN ASCROFT today introduces MONEY as a theme close to the feminine by FOR beach or home wear there are tour lengths of trousers to choose from, depending on the prettiness of lt;s, knees, ankles and waist measurements. THE GIRL WHO FOLLOWS FASHION will
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    FOUR AGES OF A WOMAN
    421 8 By Judith Simons A CYNIC once said the longest ten years of a woman's life were from 29 to 30. Today the fashionable attitude is one of frank admission but only when trapped. Juggling with her age is still a woman's failing, right from the
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    Cotton is climbing the social ladder
    259 8 WHO woiild ever think of buying a cotton coat? In the past the idea would have been impractical— cotton just did not hang the right way. New finishing processes, however, have brought new social standing to cotton. No longer is it the humble fabric
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    PASIR PANJANG HAS NO FOOD WORRIES
    818 9 OUTLOOK FOR CHILDREN IS BRIGHT AND SAFE i ROGER YliE TODAY TELLS YOU OF THE PROBLEMS AND THE HOPES OF PASIR PANJANG A Great future ahead for district of swaying palms DASIB PAN JANG, one of Singapore's oldest districts of swaying palms and golden
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    She fell in love with a mountain
    164 9 She fell in love with a mountain A WOMAN who fell m love With Kilimanjaro, the highest mountain m Africa has been found dead on Ben Nevis, Britain's highest mountain. Kilimanjaro, m Tan- uiyika is ItJfSfl. high. Ben Nevis. In Scotland, is 1,496 ft. high. Thirty nine year old Mrs
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    Snuff isn't stuff to sneeze at
    177 9 Snuff isn't stuff to sneeze at 8 1 manufacturers m the Midlands (England) who a total oi 12 million ts lor home consumption "11 nearly as much on the markets, are somewhat aed to find th.lt orders com the Channel Islands are larger than normal reirements warrant. In fact, there
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    RUN GAOLS AT THE DOUBLE
    153 9 TENANT-COLONEL A. F. Senior, s^. Chief Constable of East Suffolk, wants »ntisn prisons to be run "at the double." m. *l e accuse s prison reformers of "taktne punch out of punishment." He believes that "all this psychology business has gone too far." Arm he
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    13.500,000 words in a year
    49 9 13.500,000 words in a year The Singapore Telerommunications Department la.st year transmitted 13,500,000 words and groups of figures m meteorological messages to various points m South Ea.st A.sia. In addition, hundreds of i thousands of words were transmitted for aeronautical trafj fie, including radio messages to and from ships.
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    Woman tried to murder mother
    72 9 A woman who was alleged to have poured scalding water over her widowed mother and then tried to push her on to the fire was guilty of a cruel and wicked assault, said Mr Justice Pearce at Leed.s A. sizes Mr.s Mary Jane Pottage, farmhand,
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    JET MAN HONOURED
    32 9 Sir Frank Whittle, the jet engine pioneer, and Sir Hoy Fedden, the plane encine designer, are to be presented with the. honorary fellowship diploma of the Royal Aeronautical Society.
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    Why not let innocent marry in church?
    215 9 LORD Justice Denning, a lord Justice of Appeal, attacked the modern attitude towards adultery when speaking at the recent National Association of Probation Officers 1 conference at Harrogate, Yorkshire. "It is no bar to advancement m any of the offices of State, high
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    No welcome for these rare birds
    210 9 RARE bird migrant! some have not been Men kO England for several yeai are Invading the Kent coa.st. Holidaymakers at Herne Bay had the chance of a close-up of the hoopoe, taking a r.'.st on groynes along the front. slightly smaller than a pigeon,
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    Odd-job sword
    30 9 A 16-lnch iplke. used lor odd Jobs since Mr. H Spalding, of SwafTlKim, Norfolk, ploughed it to ten years ai^o, has been Identified ai 3.000-yeai-old hivUdA Agi sword.
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    Top Red flays 'wonder' man
    608 10 By A Special Correspondent F>USSIA turned on one *of her wonder men and blamed him, m effect, for the "sorry state" of Soviet food production. Thi.> wonder man now condemned us ProfeMOf Trotim Lysenko. He vu jlorified In staling day for experiments m turning the
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    'WHITE MOUNTAINS THAT KILL
    554 10 'WHITE MOUNTAINS THAT KILL MINING FOR MAR. I BLC IS DANGEROUS AND PRIMITIVE SA YS NORMAN LINDHI RST I I' lIMIIIIIIII 111.. r VHK men and women of Carrara worship their "m arb l c mountains," from which comes the marble found m hallowed corners all around the globe. ■ecclesiastics
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    Socialist policy
    57 10 policy The Syrian and Lebanese Socialist parties have agreed to oppose peace with Israel to oppose any form of assistance remain neutral In the struggle from other countries, and to! between warld forces A recent picture of Susan Hay ward who is to be Messilina. notorious wife of
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    Army of the lost
    408 11 IRON CURTAIN REFUGEES TELL A GRIM TALE w By RITCHIE McEWEN DETAILED information collected from refugees arriving m Vienna over the past six months has shown that Bulgaria maintains an army of some 60,000 slave labourers housed In thirty special camps. The camps follow a uniform
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    By the way
    126 11  -  BEACHCOMBER TiHE inventor of a film--1 screen which "would p< nnit an audience to sit m Ircular theatre and be pletely surrounded by a film" has i very reason to pat the public on its back. Hut after the first delirium curred to him that "nobody Joy
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    Death of all the little 'Berias'
    729 11 TO, IT'S HER Marilyn IVlonroe admires the scenery of Canada's Vi tional Park, setting or "River of no Return." She also Kives you a chance to admire her. Crimes against the State are mercilessly punished says RITCHIE McEWEN THE record of sentences imposed and
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    Errol Flynn dilemma
    94 11 Errol Flynn dilemma Errol Plyni I bei the i (the Income tax peoplej and W Ot tO Nora Haymes, To m $200,000 for bla picture for Wai nei Brrol has to report to i But, wh< N i has a warrant foi hi i I for nonpayment ol support for
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    Greatest attack on secrets of the South Pole
    808 12 Greatest attack on secrets of the South Pole Military will prepare way for the scientists I>i,ans are now being formed In Washington for the biggest Antarctic expedition m history, with the armed forces expected to prepare the way for scientists. Thry Involve letting up 'Mm-'- obfervatorlef for wca-th--r and magnetic
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    Bridge Hand
    384 12 n <tii tide viilri Trtlde ii<»uth dealer UODTIiy rtoptalOg bid was bold. 1 In view o! the fact thai his club .suit .seemed to afford little hope ot making game, .tiid, al though his i>ii mci OOUld be expected to have come strength (East couldn't h.ivc unit h
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      273 12 iPaily Crosstv&rd CM In ACKOSS: 1 Opefl KM n«. tiu beflnnhM and e:id no key but word Is required (6j a |);iln ul subject .8. 6 A 4 A doctor Urn a BcoUman prtooner does this to his uuard on i.ink :i laiseiKMui to a cushion occasion 15). 7 A
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    TH LONG, LONG, TRAILER
    1416 13 TH LONG, LONG, TRAILER I rhe story so far.... Sick Collini buys his bride, Tacy Bolt on, a 35. feet trailer as a wedding present a glistening swaying aluminium monster that soon lands the happy couple m trouble. After the wedding the Iwneymooners set off m their acquistion. They lose
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      38 13 *Tk Cockpit c "The Talk of Mayf air" YT SYLVIA MARTIN I |fl and BILL CURRIE I 'I with their SONGS FOR THE SMART SET| Satirical, Sophisticated Topical and Original NIGHTLY EXCEPT SUNDAYS PHONE: ***** FOR TABLE RESERVATIONS
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    PORT VALE RUN CLOSE FOR TEAM OF THE YEAR
    551 14 Ton honours to West Bromwich 11. P. London ("orrespomtait TEAM ii the naton: (hit's West Bromwich Alhion. F. A. <If winners and runiH'rs-iij) m the first division leftfUC arc records that make them so. HUT RUNNINCi THEM OLO6E FOR THE HONOUR
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    Britain takes the first title
    96 14 I>KITAIN won the first title IJ to be decided m the 1954 Italian international lawn tennis championships m Rome When Miss Pat Ward (Surrey* and MLss Elaine Watson (Hertfordshire) won the women's doubles final. They beat the French pair Mlee Nelly Adamson and Mme. Ginetto
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    BEAT OLYMPIC CYCLISTS
    67 14 Victorian cyclist George nivimi beat Olympians .Jim Nestor and Peter Nelson with a brilliant 20 varda but i and was 1 racine away at the Anish <>i the 92% mill 1 national road championship at Hope Vuii^y Adelaide. Nftven, an enfinetrtaf -student at the Melbourne Unijersity, is
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    CHELSEA OPEN U.S. TOUR WITH HARD 3-2 WIN
    155 14 OWNING their visit to the aited States and Canada, iea F.C. nosed out Fortuna Idorf Of Germany. 3 2in an international soccer match before 18.746 at Triborough Stadium <New York). Dusscldorf had posted two triumphs before dropping the decision m the close
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    VILLA LOSE 3-1
    42 14 Aston Villa, the English First Division side, were beaten 3-1 by P. C. Nuremberg, West German premier league club, at Nuremberg The German team led 2-1 at halftlme. Manchester City and F. C. Bayeri drew 3-3 In Munich. Reuter
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    MARATHON RUN
    34 14 JmckM Mdkler, Urn South African niiinit lion champion won the annual Pletor Korklc Memorial "Marathon" from Pretoria to Oermlston. Ilr covered ihe mil*-, m four hour nine iiiiiiute., :>d B mtondl. Reuter
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    Big sports scheme for University
    229 14 OIR FRANK BEAUREPAIRE, a former Olympic Swimmer, has ffiven £A165.000 to Melbourne University to promote physical education and sport at the University. Sir Frank's gift is one of the largest grants ever made to an Australian University. The money will be used to build a
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    BASEBALL
    23 14 Baturday'i hawbtll result^: AMKKICAN LEAOUK: Detroit 12, Chicago i. National League: Chicago 2, Milwau- kee 3. St. Louis 7, Cincinnati 3 AP.
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    BOXING IS HARMLESS
    98 14 rE European Boxing Union, meeting m Monte Carlo, has adopted a resolution made by the Union's Medical Committee that no serious physical harm could come from boxing under the right conditions. The resolution said that m the opinion of the Medical Committee. taxing is "an excellent means
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    ZATOPEK RACE
    18 14 Emil Zatopek of Czechoslovakia triple Olympic gold medalist, is to race In Stockholm this summer— Reuter
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    SPEED RACING TRIUMPH FOR 2 BRITONS
    201 14 SPEED RACING TRIUMPH FOR 2 BRITONS FERGUSON Anderson. British holder of the world 350 cubic centimetre title, rode v Moto Guzzi to an easy victory In the 350 c.c. class m International Motor Cycling Races at Hockenheim. Germany. Anderson covered 154.5 kilometres 1 95.9 miles.* m 54 minutes 0M sounds,
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    Nortons sweep Madrid prix
    71 14 JOHN Grace (Gibraltar) the only British competitor m the race, won the 500 cubic centimetre event on a Norton m the Madrid International Motor Cycling Grand Prix. Spanish riders, also on Nor tons, finished second and third. Grac< J covered the 50 miles m 44 mins
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    BACK ON TOP
    24 14 Singapore Cricket Club are back at the top of the S.A.P.A. Div. League. They beat Wonderlads 3-2 on the Padang yesterday.
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    TURPIN GIVES UP UK. TITLE
    486 15 He will fight as a cruiser iiANDOLPH fURPIN, smashed to defeat by Tiberio IV Mitri m Rome, is to give up the British middleweight title and concentrate on the cruiser division. This news was given by Jack Solomons "Both Turpin and his manager, George Middleton,
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    CHAMROEN IS RAYED No. 3
    155 15 OERE is The list of *orld boxing champions and challengers for titles, as established by the Committee for Professional group of boxing reprti ol the main bodies m the tern hemisphere. m.t\\M< If lit— champion: Rocky United States. ChallenEaard Charles (U.S.): Nino Cubs); Don Cockell
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    Detroit and Brooklyn are on top
    128 15 Detroit and Brooklyn are on top |)M"HOIT and Brooklyn entrench- ncmselves more firmly at their respective baseball Sunday by defeating "V r chlel competitors. i v ers beat chlcago 3 2 m n oi the openiT. and held the fe White Sox to a score*'"win 10 innings of the t'arne
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    Matthews not in England XI
    290 15 I ENGLAND'S soccer selectors yesterday named thezi J team for the match against Yugoslavia m Belgrade on May 16— and left out Stanley Matthews. But that doe's not mean the 39-year-cld wing wizard is on the shelf for the World Cup finals m Switzerland next
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    Roger seeks new record
    87 15 ROGER Bannister announced yesterday that he will return to the track on May 20— and may add the world halfmile record to his monumental 3: 59.4 mark. The lanky, 24-year-old medical student said he would run the halli mile for London University against Oxford University at
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    GERMANS WIN 8-1
    23 15 The Borussia soccer team of Dortmund, Germany, defeated the Ohio All-Stars 8-1 m the third game of their U.S. tour.
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    Trabert beaten in Rome tennis
    199 15 ENRIQUE MOREA beat Tony Trabert m a stunning five-set upset yesterday to enter the finals of the Italian international tennis tournament m Rome. OTercoming a shaky start, the giant Argentinian defeated America s top player o—60 6 G 4. H 3, I—6, 7 5, m
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    REME took 53 minutes to score
    207 15 REME took 53 minutes to score K.E.M.E. ...1; A.A.A....0. WITH just seven minutes to go R.E ME. finally found the net. Yes. it took them four free kicks and 53 minutes after having all the play. REME's failure to .score more goals was a mixture of dicey shooting and brilliant
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    UPSETS IN SAFA LGE.
    40 15 pYMKHANA Sports Club upsd league leaders RAF Seletar 2-( m their SAFA Div 3B tie yesterday The only other undefeated Div 3B team also had their run brokei yesterday when Jollilads beat Tain penis Rovers 3-2.
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    HARRIS FIRST IN CYCLE SPRINT
    48 15 T3EG Harris. British professiona sprint cyclist, won the Oranc Prix de Tommaselli InU'rnationa sprint race Jn P.Tris. Enze Snrchi of Italy was a close second with J;.n Derkser. of thf Netherlands third. Harris and Sacchi recently rfturmd from a four of Australia. Reuter
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    WITHDRAWN
    49 15 PARTS. IfOP. Marcel BOttMel colt Estremadur will not run m the 1 Epsom Derby, trainer Charlie Elliott said today. Mr. Boussac will be represented m the Epsom Oaks only by Altana. winner of the Prix Avenger over one mile two furlongs at St. Cloud on I Friday.- Reuter
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    WORCESTER FOLLOW OK
    144 16 3 centuries m U.K. games \IfOR< ESTEJ I Dut foi 218 md followe t the P ikistan I terd m theli old i' ikl i' n, hit 4 nd. Cki i \t w •>..<•• 12 for \i M inehwler, i in< ■> hire an m md i
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    34 16 OEQROES Courtols's Silex II, 1 ridden Ijv Paul Blanc, won the' < i.OOO Prix <iv adran the French equivalent ol Ihe Ascot Qold Cup, inn over two miles and four furlongs tt Longchamps
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    Rainstorm halts track work
    322 16 Rainstorm halts track work WONDKR GOLD and Fairy Taii.', two topflight sprintera m the Fox .stable matched strides m a rousing trial on the training track at Bukit Timah this morning. Br< .ikin i t rom tto hall mile p<> t, the pair steadily Increased the pace to run the
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    Empire Games on the air
    95 16 THL Central Broadcasting Corporation <CBC> of the United States has started Betting up headquarters m Vancouver for extensive coverage of the British Empire Gamer* from July 30 to August 7. by radio, overseas broadcast > and television. Mr. Jack McCabe Is m ehs ill lead
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    A grand welcome
    516 16 Bin smile from Wiebe Walters And here's why m mm, we thought there has more than a Gold Medal prompting that smile. And ivho wouldn't be grinning after a nice bio welcoming kiss from such a pretty girl? Wiebe Walters, the only siiiinmer amojig the 42 Singapore
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    235 16 Behind the scenes at Kallang.... MOST disappointed people v Kallang Airport yesterday the parents of Mary Klass. They were there to welcome their silver-medallist daughter, but Mary was not on the plane. She is not due until Thursday GALLANT KEITH SWIMMER Keith Mitchell did not arrive yesterday because he gave
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