The Singapore Free Press, 3 June 1954

Microfilm: NL2438
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    Masthead
    18 1 The Singapore Free Press Largest Afternoon Sale in Malaya. No ISMS. Singapore. Thurs., June 3, 1954. Price loC'ls
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    SUB BLAST KILLS 2
    88 1 SUB BLAST KILLS 2 FLASH e\ plosion yesterday killed two l\ civilian workmen aboard the Navy submarine Sirago. as she lay m dry dock at the Portsmouth (New- Hampshire) naval yard. A sailor on fire witch duty nearby M burned by the blist. but his condition was described as not
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    FOOD GOES INTO STUDENT CAMP
    410 1 i BOUT 800 Singapore Chinese students who are A protesting against National Service call-up were baffled this morning when police did not take action prevent food being allowed to enter the Chinese )ii<;h School at Bukit Timah Road m which they had stayed all night.
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    CRASH INQUIRY 'New fire fighting gear hadn't arrived'
    203 1 CRASH INQUIRY 'New fire fighting gear hadn't arrived' \T the third day's hearing ol Kallang air crash inquiry this morning, the Soicitor General, Mr. C. H. Butterfleld said that some of the Eire liuhting equipment orrod by the Government hud not arrived by March 13, day the Constellation crashed at
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    EGYPT MAY EASE SUEZ DEMANDS
    73 1 EGYPT MAY EASE SUEZ DEMANDS reportedly U reaay 10 li relax her position on one of the main issues blocking a Sue/ Canal settlement with Britain and a mid -eastern defence system. An authoritative diplomat said m London yesterday the Cairo Government seems ready to offer the right of automatic
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    BEST BETS TODAY
    32 1 TRESPASSER'S best b»-ts at the Penang races today are bokdfk SCOT (Race One), WELSH KIN(i 'Race TWO) and BARAKAT (Race Four*. The Koing li expected to be vrry «')od.
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    Rubber price
    28 1 The Singapore rubber market opened on an uncertain tone this morning with first grade Jimo .shipment at 62 7 cents a pound, unchanged iince Tuesday's close.
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    DUMP EXPLOSION IN SAIGON
    146 1 isanda of Vietnamese Army troops paraded through the streetl Of Hanoi and Saigon V-sterdiv t« celebrate Inity I>^> a holiday marred by the possible sabotage of a munitions dump m the n;iUon'fl capital. A black mushroom -like cloud ftOftrH into the sky on the uortheru outskirts
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    Tempter's job —says London
    171 1 Tempter's job —says London GENERAL Bl] (>■ raid Tempicr, i M m Federation High Commissioner who left Singapore by air with his wife jresterday i.> flying direct to Austria lor a few weeks holiday, the War Office litekwed last night. rhe General will fly to England after hi.s holiday to
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    SINGAPORE POLICE DEFENDED
    240 2 Lyttelton says No to student probe MH OLIVES I YTTKiTOv the Colonial Secretary, refnsed In t ii<* House of ommons yesterday to order a IMlblk inquiry into methods used by the police to disperse a crowd of students, at a demonstration m Singapore last month. H< said
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    Biggest cranes
    42 2 One of the largest mobile cranes m the world, weighing 50 tons, arrived m London yesterday to be shown at an exhibition of mechanical handling equipment after a three hundred-mile road trip frorr Bunderland m the North oi England. Reuter
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    No D-day with A-bomb
    33 2 President Eisenhower yesterday told 37 correspondents who covered the Normandy inva.sion 10 years ago that there would have been no such D(lay then had the A-bomb been ready. A.P
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    THAT TRIP TO CHINA
    36 2 Mr. Morgan Phillips, the Secretary Of the British Labour Pmtv. fleiv to Geneva yesterday to dlacutt with the Chinese Communists the proposed visit of Labour Party leaders to China thi.s .Minimer.- Reuter
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    TEEN-AGE GANGS SHOOT IT OUT OVER GIRL FRIENDS
    126 2 FMVE members of a teen-age gang, riding m a Cadillac shot up members of a rival gang m Bronx Borough, New York, yesterday, killing one and wounding two others. Police Identified the gangs as the East Harlem Redwing!" and the Fordham Bladu-s"
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    GAULLISTS ATTACK FRENCH POLICY
    85 2 The Indo-China debate m the National Assembly resumed yesterday with a bitter attack on French Government policy by Gaullist speakers. M Louis Vallon Gaullist' accused the French Government of using American dollars obtained as part of American military aid m Indo-China to make good the French
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    AFTERNOON WAS TOO EARLY FOR ZSA ZSA
    66 2 AFTERNOON WAS TOO EARLY FOR ZSA ZSA POKFIRIO KI'BIROSA. accompanied by Zsa Zsa Gabor, disembarked from his plane at New York soon after midday yesterday and said to reporters: "It is unfair to come out to meet us so early m the morning." The actress and the estranged husband of
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    OIL TALKS: ROUND 2
    29 2 Bight international oil companies opened the second phase ol their talks m London yesterday aimed at getting Persian oil back into the world market.- U.P
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    Eighth anniversary
    12 2 Italy yesterday observed the eighth anniversary of the republic A.P
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    Remember 'cold war' heroes: MP
    109 2 Remember 'cold war heroes: MP MR. Anthony Head. British War Secretary, called upon the people Of Britain to remember British soldiers serving abroad who were bearina the brunt of the "cold war." Speakinp at a lunch m London yesterday he said that life for people m Britain was reasonably normal,
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    A PREMIER SEES IKE
    36 2 Prime Minister Adrian Monderes ot Turkey visited President Eisenhower for half an hour m Washington, but afterwards smilingly turned away questions about their conversation. He said the interviewwas a ureat honour. A.P
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    Death toll now 101
    23 2 The toll from last Wednesday's blast, and nro aboard the US. aircraft carrier Benning--1 ton is now 101 A.P
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    114 2 piOMMITTEI Menhen and stall f ganfaeci of SATA'i bi« \j fair at the (ireat World on Saturday seen above at their last meeting when they finalised their arrangements for what, they say. will be the MffCft fair of the year. Amonc the many stalls < alering f«»r all tastes and
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    SINGERS IN THE SWIM
    64 2 When rivals meet, v\hat do they do? Peggy MacDonald of Primes deft) and Trudy Connor of The Cockpit Singipore nishtclub singers have a ">ho\vdo\vn' m a friendly bout at a meeting m one of the city s popular swimming pools. Peg{;y thinks it's fun and Trudy
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    Indo-China truce moves at Geneva
    192 2 Indo-China truce moves at Geneva FRENCH Union and Vietminn military experts at Geneva yesterday began tackling the problem 'of drawing a ceasefin line to end the seven- y tar Indo-China war. As they studied battle maps. the nine ministers engaged Indo-China peace talks. mtei ing m another room nearby made
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    London births up
    34 2 Birthrate per 1,000 of the population m the County London during the first quar m of this year was 15.9. < pared with 15.5 during the i responding period of 1953. Reuter
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    France holds vital vote on tin plan
    124 2 f pHE International Tin Agree- i ment may stand or fall on France's decision whether to sign, according to experts m London m close touch with the situation. The agreement drawn up by i representatives oi all the main producer and consumer countries
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    Colonial financial prospects seem dim
    353 3 Colonial financial prospects seem dim AND MALAYA IS WORST HIT J\ KANCIAL prospects m i ,ny of Britain's 40-odd mkil territories are not raging despite the total level of Govern•nt reserves, says the an;"l report of the Colonial published m London terday. Government* are likely ;aced with deficits m tr
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    Murder upheld in gagged porter's death
    140 3 Murder upheld in gagged porter's death THE court of criminal appeal yesterday dismissed the appeals of two labourers who were convicted of murdering a hotel porter they gagged and bound when burgling the Aban Hotel, Southwest London The porter was found dead later Mr. John Hazan, appearing for one of
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    S.E.-Asia economy vital as defence
    93 3 Mr. Joseph Grimond, a I iberal asked m the House Commons yesterday if me Government would make statement on the propolis for the powers interested m South-East Asia for economic aid to the area Mr. SHwjrn Lloyd, Minister of state for Foreign Af*a«r<» said countries
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    EX-SOVIET SPY'S WIFE MISSING 'Held by Moscow'
    245 3 EX-SOVIET SPY'S WIFE MISSING 'Held by Moscow' rIK wile left behind by Soviet Secret police Captain Nikolai Khokhlov when he deserted to the West last February has disappeared m Moscow, western ollicials said ,m Bonn (iermany yesterday. Diplomatic reports just received from Moscow said Mrs. Yanina Khokhlov vanished without trace
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    Cost of world tour
    17 3 The Japanese Prime Minister. Mr. Shigero Yoshlda'i world tour will cost M$250.()0(l A.P
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    MP to seek deportation safeguard
    124 3 \I R PtaMf Hrockway, SocUlial 1 member of p;irliamrnt.. hi* a^krd permission to Introduce a hill m fix- HOWS of Common* which would m»ke rirport.it toni m the colonies iinix)ssiblf without a tiiil it wouM provtdt tii< "no BrlUah subjrrt or pfDttCttd JXTson sh.ill be
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    UK dollar reserves leap
    49 3 Britain yesterday announced a record leap last month of 165 million dollars <US> m its "old-dollar reserves. It brought the gold-dollar 'l pool of the Sterling area nation* to 2,965 million dollars highest ll'-;ure line* The Increase wai the highest monthly »am llllC6 19JS2.- A.P
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      Opinion Forward as before
      356 4 Opinion Forward as before With B forthrightness ccmparable with that which disUnguished the utterances of his predecessor, the new iiii^h Commissioner of the Federation ol Malaya, Sir Donald MacGiilivray. bat enunciated the policy he will pursue. Ui.s programme, a.s announced m his Installation .speech, is, m a word. "Forward ;».s
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    Molotov has the trump card
    489 4  -  JOHN LEACACOS A DEMAND FOR FREE ELECTIONS IN INDOCHINA WOULD SHOCK THE ALLIES He has a chance to reverse the Allied taunt at Berlin over Russia's action m East Germany. -.lIIMIIIIIIIIiIIiMMIMIIIMIIII rpiJE Allied nightmare at Geneva m the most critical big-power conference of the coldwar
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    An interview with the 'ANGEL'
    437 4  -  RUSSELL SPURR -Im T<HERE is nothing heroic about Genevieve de G a 1 a r d Terraube. Nothing, at least, that you would notice. Certainly nothing to show the ordeal she laced at the siege of Dien Bien Phu. or as a prisoner of the
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    Riddle of a telegram
    146 4 WHY did (lenevieve ie Clalard send birthday geeetings to Ho Chi-minli. the Communist leader of the Vietminh rebels, shortly after she was raptured? On her return to Hanoi after being released she confirmed sending the telegram, and added: "Anything 1 may say on the subject at
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    Cancer research in Malaya advances
    230 5 /i\\(i:U research m Malaya is becoming more Important U the control of other diseases becomes pfTectivC said Dr. A. T. H. Marsden, senior pathologist the Federation Institute of Medical Research m Kuala Lumpur. Dr Marsdon who has been working on cancer m the Federation left
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    She found people of Singapore confident
    204 5 people m Singapore havo ressed Dr. Irene Diggs. one 01 America's tew woman mthroDolOßllti, with "their c mfldent air and sense inty." "This feeling of personal S he told the Free seems to be evident j all elements of the i turn." Dr Dinas.
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    SALUTE TO GURKHAS
    37 5 SALUTE TO GURKHAS THE BRITISH AMBAS&ADuH to Nrnal. Mr. Sumnierhayes takes the salute at King Tribhiibhana's palace m Kathmandu. On his right is Major General L E. C. M.. Perowne, commander of the British Brigade of Gurkhas.
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    He is the Queen's general now
    303 5 He is the Queen's general now MAJOR GENERAL LJCCBL Perowne, the Commander of the British Brigade of Gurkhas, praised the Gurkha soldier "as the admiration of his friends and the terror of hU enemies" —at a cere'noivy m Nepal when King Tribhuhhana was presented with a British general's sword and
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    22 5 Johore Bahrus new service reservoir built at a cost of nrarlva quarter million dollars. Its capacity is one and hall million gallons.
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    FARMS NET 7 LOADS OF VEGETABLES
    149 5 JiNi.y M „i the 862 fannlaf blocks m the Ama Kenf and Ama Kenf Bast ifx>d production settlements m Singapore SJT6 .-.till v.icant. This iras stated by Mr. T. E Cobb. agricultural officer of the Department ol Com* merco and Industry. He said the
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    ROAD CHAMPION
    41 5 A 10-year-old boy. John oemton, of ifoulton Chapel, has won the first award for children given by Bpaldlng Road Safety Committee. His headmaster praised th* way he looked after other children on their Bte mile cycio ride to school.
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    Latest racKet in Germany
    144 6 NYLON smuggling Is latest racket In Germany It is popular because it I comparatively "clean ness. So much so that compared with the smuggling ol the nylon game is almoil antiseptic. It is also regarded as quiu "classy" affair for the obvi reason that a load
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  • Page 6 Miscellaneous
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      257 6 MANDRAKE by Lee Falk and Phil Davis TARZAN by Edgar Rice Burroughs 1 r V/*s^\. 'j'r>' _T_T^^^.~ 'i_ fT^ uATER. AT PA^Ni ''^^-C -fI T&S j/ y^^*~^^**^~ t^ y vlhi*- *^3^___l S-C^V >****^"^____^vs3_i /*^i iT y jkk' *^^^£i /^__B^^\ vT^ 3^^—-^ Jj/fi* I w^__^^^^s^^^ /r\,f_ f _4__l 1 \___l I
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      496 6 YOUR LUCKY I STAR ROKM TOPAT. tWr, art c-. fluting elnm-ms mi n }OUr j character which tend to nuke your life more dillicult for Urn than it should be. Natural strong-willed and Independent m thought and action, >„v jj a certain aggressi\ene S s and t inclined to put
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    SINGAPORE READY -DEFENCE CHIEF
    194 7 THE need for a strong civil defence service was greater than ever, Singapore's Civil Defence Commissioner, Col. L. T. Firbank, said yesterday. Col. Firbank was commenting on recent reports it some local authorities m Britain had questioned nether a civil defence service was worth maintaining aise
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    £500 FOR HIS GALLANTRY
    82 7 Thomas Sydney Whitt Great Yeldham, Essex, *:500 to his son-in-law, Mr. si] Francis, of Little Cornard mry, Suffolk, "as a mark of ipreciation of his gallan- In volunteering for his try's service at the earliest ible opportunity." Mr Wliitlock, whose will was shed yesterday, left m
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    These five miles bar 100 children from school
    207 7 These five miles bar 100 children from school DEOPLE of Pulau Tekong Besar, off Changi, have asked the Singapore Government for a new road improved recreational facilities and lighting, and a better water supply on their island home. These requests are contained m a memorandum sent to Ul2 Colonial Secretary
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    £30,000 MOVE IN VAIN
    39 7 A pig-food plant moved from Westminster to Paddington, three years aso at a co.st of f 30,000 is to be closed m a month. Paddington Council were told it is losing c 125 a week.
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    CONDUCTOR'S WIFE GETS DIVORCE
    58 7 Mr Jan Walter SusskindWalter Susskind, the orchestral conductor— off.-n-d no defence In the Divorce J -(-.irt to his wife's petition, which alleged his adultery at '<*■ Bir mingham hotel with Miss Svivia Haydn. Mr justice Karminski Kjant.(i t decree nial, with cosw. to Mrs Eleanor Catherine
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    Offer to TB research man
    58 7 Nuffleld Foundation has n *a a grant to meet the 'nuncration of a medical re--1 worker for a period up v yean at the Lady Teni- B. Hospital now being built at Cheras Road, Kuala Lumpur. The appointment will ptmade as soon as the first
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    $1,200,000 POWER AND WATER PLANS
    134 7 $1 ,200,000 POWER AND WATER PLANS Bie water and electricity extension schemes involving $1,200,000 mainly to meet the growing needs 'of new homes and housing estates springing up In Singapore, will soon be carrl -v out by the City Council. Work already ha* begun on some of them. Ym City
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    Fire heroes' families may get a pension
    167 7 Fire heroes' families may get a pension T WE Singapore City Council It considering a new cbeme to pay i noi th!> pension, m addition to a lump urn •rant, to dependants <>i Rremen who cue m lighting a blaze. Tho plffn wa.s disrussrd by tho Finance and General Purposes
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    GIVE FOOTBRIDGE ON COLLYER QUAY A TRIAL: EXPERTS
    183 7 t^he erection of an experimental footbridge for pedestrians across Collyer Quay, m Singapore, would be "well worth a trial." m the view of Mr. W. R. M. Haxworth and Mr. E. D. I Rushworth. Mr. Haxworth is the Colony's Trafttc Chief. Mr.
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    HIS DOOR KEY OPENED A POST BOX
    290 8 -and shocks Post Office i S 18-year-Old KnmHli Hall strolH-i! pasi wnuui. A pillar-bos he thought it would be kooc! Idea to pee IThaS *ai inside. ll<» put his fnmt-cloor key m the lock, twiddled it— and the box was (©pen. There was
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    At 70, she says sense of sin is missing now
    310 8 At 70, she says sense of sin is missing now r |V)O often today people be- iieve that no harm is done by doing VfMMI so long as no one know.-, about it. So said 70-year-old Lady I'yntiiia olville. And Lady Cynthia— for 30 years a Woman of the Bedchamber
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    SEAGULL ATTACKS MODEL AIRCRAFT
    72 8 Model-maker H. l. O'Heflernan launched his radio-con-trolled, sft. wingspan plane at Folkestone m a bid to fly it 26 miles to France and a moment later a seafUU attacked it. "I had to take evasive action through the radio control.'" Mr. O'Heffernan, of Thurlestone. Devon, said.
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    THE CAT...
    27 8 A man who shot a cat because he thought it hud taken ROldfllD from his garden pond, was fined two guineas at Wallton. Sur cv.
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    ROYAL LUNCH
    30 8 The Court of Common Council are to invite the King and Queen of Sweden to lunch at Mansion House on Wednesday, June 30, during their vi.sit to Britain.
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    His operation not cruelty to wife
    158 8 A HUSBAND had an operation wnicn maae mm incapable of becoming a father, but that was not cruelty to his wife, three Appeal Court judges decided. But as the question is of public concern, they will give their reasons later. Forty-year-old Mrs. Iris Olga
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    'HOME HELP FOR THE AGED' PLAN
    135 8 'HOME HELP FOR THE AGED' PLAN BRITAIN needs a visiting service to call once a week on every old person living alone who might need help. Mr. lain Macleod. Minister of Health, has made the suggestion. To the County Council's Association m London he said: 'When active working life is
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    Gaoled doctor wins his name back
    345 8 In me cviuvsi winters wnen fog drifted along the street ot Birmingham the slight nuure of balding, coloured doctor inn 1 1» d from door to door. Whn, poliomyelitis and Influenza epidemics struck the fitv the M-year-old doctor was busic t. Be rarely slept
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    Taken for a ride
    37 8 Taken for a ride picture. TWO WORKMEN preparing an open air exhibition of sculpture m Holland Park. London. appear to be carrying the 'Seated Man" by year-old Elisabeth Frink. Actually this was an entirely unposed shot Popper
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    UPHOLD STATUS OF STATION MASTERS
    93 8 UPHOLD STATUS OF STATION MASTERS OTATIONMASTERS wan be on their dignity again. The lowering of their should cease forthwith declared. The subject came up conference of the Transpoi Salaried Staffs Association when a resolution was carried that the British Commission should be proached on the matter A case was told
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    Lommons has 'secret weapon'
    98 8 Lommons has 'secret weapon rpALKING about "secret exJL periment.s" on M.P.s to test thoir reactions m the Commons to various temprraturei and humidities. Mr. J. W. Cooling said to Association of Heating, ye tilating and Dome.stic B gineering Employers In don: "It has been found certain conditions leaa drowsiness. I
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    Two rival gangs clashed in gaol riots
    162 9 Two rival gangs clashed in gaol riots (^ANG warfare, when rivals I from Glasgow and London dashed, caused the Wandsworth (London) Prison mutiny recently. The Glasgow gang was already m the prison when members of the London gang were sent there. The Glasgow men held that the Londoners had "shopped"
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    RADIO SPIES LISTEN-IN TO POLICE
    74 9 RADIO SPIES LISTEN-IN TO POLICE DETECTIVES have been starching for London rai enthusiasts said to have 1 1 en listening to messages from otland Yard to patrol cars. The Yard and provincial police forces have been worried by the "tapping m" to police messages and the passing on ot information.
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    NYLONS PLEA
    28 9 Makers .should produce bett»r and .stronger nylons at a price all women can afford, :iid ;i resolution passed at the Women's Co-operative Guild conference at Brighton.
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    'NO DUMP' SIT-DOWN
    30 9 Householder! will sit down •n Mitcham Common London. to prevent lorries from dumpnK rubbish, if a ratepayers' "ommittee fails to win a court •rchr to bar dumping.
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    Queen Mary's treasures
    119 9 Queen Mary's treasures ART TREASIKES from the collection of Queon Mary have been placed on view m the Victoria and Albert Museum, London. The exhibition will be open for six months and will give visitors an opportunity to see furniture and art treasures among: which Queen Mary spent the later
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    Peer's son could never marry
    276 9 A FEW hours before an Oxford graduate committed suicide he told a d*6tor he was engaged, but had a physical defect which made marriage impossible. The story was told at an Oxford inquest on Colin James Weir. 34-year-old son of Mr. James George Weir, of
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    DOCTOR SENT LETTERS TO SCHOOL GIRLS
    270 9 They were disgusting' DR. HUGH LEY PUXON PERGRINE, fined £10 at Winchester hist July for sending an indecent letter through the post, was ordered to have his name struck ofT the medical register by the General Medical Council's disciplinary committee m London. Dr. Peregrine,
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    Cocktails at Red Embassy-by permission
    187 9 ijiUTURE attendance at RusF sian Embassy cocktail parties m London il any by serving British officers will be strictly on a protocol basi.s, from the diplomatic list prepared by the Foreign Oilier This is th<- result of the expulsion of two Russian air attaches, Major
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    PLAYGROUND MISHAP GIRL LOSES CLAIM
    149 9 SEVEN YI\AK OLD Jam I Ayres, ol Bethnal Oreen m London, wore her be.st frock and a blue nhbon when she went to the High Court to give vidence about ;m accident .if .1 London County Council playground. it happened when she was lour. She
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    BOMS FIND
    22 9 An unexploded mortar bomb the fourth In recent weeks h i been found .it K«ntunrth Hall, Lo Mcl ford, Sui-
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    THE 3d. SLOT
    17 9 The Post Office la expert* menting with telephone kio.sk iea which could take 3d.
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    12 10 The German People's Car', the Volkswagen, i± to be imported to Spore
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    Hitler's 'bargain' car could hit British trade
    744 10  - Hitler's 'bargain' car could hit British trade FREDERICK ELLIS thanks to the British Army! Tfif, local train from Brunswick jogged peacefully through lush fanni dotted with asparagus beds. Could it be, I asked, that we were really approaching the wonder works of the People's Car on a singletrack line. Then
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    'HOWLERS' ATTHE WHITE HOUSE
    404 10  - 'HOWLERS' ATTHE WHITE HOUSE Ruth Cowan By HOSTESSES can take heart things sometimes go wrong at White House parties, too. Mrs. James Holm, White House Social secretary to three former first Ladies Mrs. Woodrow Wilson. Mrs. Franklin D. Roosevelt and Mrs. Harry S. Truman tells of such experiences m her
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    The news from France
    111 10 The news from France WAKE up British exporters! Nobody m France would prefer to buy German goods rather than British, yet Germany is squeezing Britain out of the French market. Latest figures show that m ten months Germany has sold £4> 2 million worth of mac- nine tools to France
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    Newsletter from
    138 10 UNESCO. I see that the new UNESCO Headquarters building m Paris i.s to cost iS million plus another £350,000 for equipment. BELIEVE it or not, instead of being penalised if you use too much water m your home m Paris, you have to pay a fine if you
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    TWO MEN at the MURDER?
    1258 11 TWO MEN at the MURDER? The shadow off The Stranger looms up large m this fourth instalment of the crime serial: FIND THIS BOY! EDINBURGH. ON the third floor landing standing at the head of the worn stone steps an open door behind her. was a woman i her late
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    56 11 I tfrl uh» U always iMgktef «s actress May Wjnv whow rhwrful Bmik will bo seen m the new Columbia Him, HM »me Mutiny.' She is seen here wearing a low cut evening fown of heavy lace over very pale pink laffel i. Orally turiy light brown ha L th
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    New kind of fishing boat
    164 11 REVOLUTIONARY type of trawler, the biggest 111 the world, has just been completed by a British shipyard Bhe i| the 2600- ton Fairtry. built for a Leith iirm of trawler owners and whale factory ship operators. The Fairtry, with a crew of 82. ha.s been
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    WEIRD BUT WONDERFUL
    703 12 LOUISE PETRIE finds a nylon factory full of surprises and thinks it is... PIRBT surprise un enter- Ing the nylon stocking factory I visited wiu the attire of the met; tending the mighty humming machines turnIng out 30 stockings at one time. They wore lighi singlets anc
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    Bridge Hand
    693 12 Roth siden vulnerable North dealer NORTH 4A 7 3 <? X 5 4 OAK t I i q it WBHT KABT 4^ H f > t Q IU <? A J 7 3 0 9 7 Q1043 K7«62 A984 3 SOUTH k g m 1 1 1 H
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    Old Venice may soon be no more
    99 12 Old Venice may soon be no more THE 20th century is fast gaining on water-bound Venice with plans for a motor tunnel beneath Venice's famed canals. As for the suburbs themselves modern garden-ci-ties of .sun-trap apartment nouses will be built on islands now beneath the waters of the Venice lagoon.
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    Knights of the R Round Table
    1622 13 Knights of the R Round Table rpHE shrewd Merlin was aware that hostile eyes spied on Lancelot ,m(l Guinevere. He sought out the Queen m her chamber and spoke honestly to her. "A court is a very i legant place, my lady. But its walls not only have ears, they
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    THE CAST
    39 13 LANCELOT ROBERT TAYLOR GUINEVERE AVA CARDNER KING ARTHUR MEL FERRER MORGAN LE FAY ANNE CRAWFORD MODRED STANLEY BAKER MERLIN FELIX AYLMER ELAINE MAUREEN SWANSON PERCIVAL GABRIEL WOOLF GARETH ANTHONY FORWOOD KAWAINE ROBERT URQUHART GREEN KNIGHT NIALL MACCINNIS
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    United States must recapture the Davis Cup
    587 14  - United States must recapture the Davis Cup FRED PERRY By fIiHK mi ted States or ;imrnra I Australia-aiid m M unrerta.n MMhlttbg mean to recapture the Davis C up. It is n« t for prestige alone that they .re working hard at plans lo aven«e the defeat Inflicted Ml them
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    Newcastle beat the England XV
    387 14 4 COMBINED Newcastle Rugby League team defeated England 11-10 m Newcastle, Australia. It was Newcastle's third victory m the last tour English tours. Newcastle b»-at England id ID;W and 1946 and wtnt down narrowly In 1950. When the final whistle wont, thousands ol people at
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    U.K. players await World Cup choice
    140 14 f|\NULn:\Dfc> zt woria soccei j championship "possibles' wound ud a two day training session yesterday and returnee home to await the .selectors final decision. England plaits to name 2S players later this week for the championships m Switzerland from June 16-July 4. It Ls
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    500-MILE RACE OVER
    89 14 |>II L VUKOVICH drove to a i cord brc:ikiiii: triumph m beMMlBf t J i ir <l Hum In history to win the difficult Indianapolis Speedway MlO-nnlf race for two .successive y«* irs i i rowd '»i its 000 ifatfhwl. Yukovkta moved Into Dnt i>liice ut he
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    What's YOUR verdict?
    93 14 Question The attacking contretorward (Black) loses possession and finds himself m an oMsnl position. Defending fullback (White) attempts a pass back to his goalkeeper but slices the ball to the centreforward who scores. Does the goal count? Answer Yes, the goal docs count. Here's why: Neither the
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      MALAYA HAS NO RACING CLASSICS
      1077 14 I/INDLY allow me to make a few observations upon 1V what Trespasser writes m the last 'Race Form Special." Who said such Cup races as the Gold. Governor's. (Perak Derby so-called* are "classics"?. Why. the racing writers and reporters, sometime after the Liberation. In pre-war
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      Aussies are coming here
      111 14 THE Singapore Amateur Football Association decided last night to send another letter to the Australian Football Association to finalise details of their touring team's appearance m Singapore. The Australians have already stated that they would be pleased to play m Singapore. A Reuter message this morning
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      CORONATION CUP
      54 14 Probable runners ana jocneya i^ the 53rd. race for the Coronation Cup. to be run over 12 furlongs at 1415 GMT at Epsom tomorrow are: Cap of Gold iW. Nevett), Norman (J. Doyasbere), West-in-form Gosling). Aureole (E. Smithy. Clonleason (D. Smith), Chatsworth (r. Barlow), Ntarula (E. Britt), ana
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      RED SOX LOSE
      67 14 Bl X Qus Zernial powered 23-nu Philadelphia attack with his Wit] and 11th homers of the year and batted m six runs on Tuesday a* the Athletics trounced the Boston kcu Sox 16-6. Ha Negro righthander Bob Trice, who came up from Ottawa late last and double
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    18-YR-OLD JOCKEY ROMPS HOME ON OUTSIDER Big win for bookmakers
    660 15  - 18-YR-OLD JOCKEY ROMPS HOME ON OUTSIDER Big win for bookmakers Hollies 'Spoonerism' by riAUKKK is an interesting 1 story behind the retent personal achievement of Eric Hollies, Warwickshire leg-break bowli r. ijoing m No. 11 to take the batting honours for his side against Sussex with an innings of 47
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    Cohen v. Songkitrat title bout Aug. 22
    295 15 pONTRACTS were signed yesterday for Robert Cohen, French holder of the European bantamweight title and Chamroen Songkitrat, Thailand's champion „f the Orient to meet m Bangkok on August 22 for the vacant world bantamweight championship. This was announced by Nat Fleischer, well-known American
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    BADMINTON
    26 15 a badminton match, ol fi\«singles iiiid four doubles, will be n Blng iiu.t A A .:> I 1 ,it Sing Hui OOlirU "i, 7 p m.
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    Wardle takes 9 for 48
    357 15 Wardle takes 9 for 48 \f Wardic, the Yorkshire and England .slow leltarm bowler, from equalling the best bowlin." performance ol the English cricket .season at Hull yesterday. He took nine Sussex wickets for 4B runs, compared with the nine for 47 achieved by DJ. Shepherd, the Glamorgan pace bowler
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    Hassan hits 137 for Pakistan
    139 15 PAKISTAN scored 396 for Beven wickets ai ciose oi play on the first day ol their two day match with Devonshire In Torquay yesterday. In a bright batting dt plaj the tourists chased thr runs, Waqar Hassan making 181 be fon being caught oil a
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    WELSH KING • BARAKAT . CHESTNUT
    278 16 WELSH KING BARAKAT CHESTNUT Today's three sound bets for Penang IP. Coarse Corresponaem WELSH Kinii (KaceTwo), Karakat (Rare Four) and < 'liestnut (Rare Fivr) arc three sound rach-way tracers at Penan* today. All three vrlll carry stable confidence. The going this afternoon will be v"ry Rood, it wai bright and
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    Mid-day
    60 16 KUENQ lII'A mi Race 4» Ii Border Scot is taken out, back Sound Wave. Beau Matin looks the only throat t the TJua stable's selected. Welsh Kin«. on his third to Or.- over 51 f. on Saturday. should be an extra good thing m Race Two. Watch Piiiocchio. There
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    All the latest selections
    166 16 TBESFABSEB PSNDENGBB ETZOM JEEP <\I.LJ*OY POIVI l i: lan i IBOBDEB s< 01 BOBDEKBCOT BORlii X sc^OT p.urih.R SCOT 2° RI) J; R S(<)1 3.00. Hi- hi Matin >» '|>-' i»>» Brau Malm B— i Wave B^au Matin 1.-,., WELSH KING BINNTON Wtlsll KI.Nc; HINNTOX WHSHKI\(i
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    Queen's Scholar in sound trial
    490 16 QUEENS SCHOLAR, Robbie Burns and Sharp Look were impressive m their workouts on the training truck at Penang this morning. Queen's Scholar, a clever winner over 7f. last week, strode out m stylish fashion over 3f. In 37 1/5 with Straker up. She is m
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    Cockell plans fights in U.S.
    93 16 Don COCkeU, British and Bi Kmplrc iira\> Aci-ht champion who outpointed Anurir.in H.in\ Matthewi m London on Tuesday nlgnt, pi. his to !«f. to tlie UnltM BtntM wxi month for two contest! '>n tli»* m-, probably it Btftttto. "Wi v iiol foln to .sit arnum
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    CARD
    430 16 RACE 1—3.00: CLASS 2, DIV. 2 7 FURS. 1 873 Holder Soot West 816 2 9t>4 Sound Wave > 8.12 3 444 Beau Matin Clarke 806 4 724 Siapa Tahu Vine\ 8.J4 B -99 Cambridge Blue McClouci I W Bcrmlehtafft: 060 Opera 9.00 Spencer; 972 Carshalton 8.12 Wads rorth;
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    ROLLER HOCKEY
    26 16 f Belgium and tlie Netheiiand-s were i among the winning teams m jresterB d.iv.s of the tenth world l oiler j lux key rhampiotishlph.
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    Bannister runs through London
    227 16 the Historic Churches Fund which provided the chequ< a as part of the programme for "Save our Churches" v. which began yesterday During the week drive la made for funds to repair churches m different parts ol En land which need urgent attention. Architect's reports have
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    ROSE LOSES
    64 16 Australia, nolders of the Da\i> Cup, beat Belemm. 1953 Europe m zone champion. 5-2 m a two <; international lawn tennis mai which ended yesterday. In the second days play Jackie Brichant, Belgium's No. 2. beat Australian champion Mervyn Ro*e 6 i. 4-6, 6-4. Other results were: Lewis
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