The Singapore Free Press, 5 June 1954

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    Masthead
    18 1 The Singapore Free Press Largest Afternoon Sale m Malaya. M>. *****. Singapore, Sat., June 5, 1954. Price 15C'ts.
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    Lightning strike by 300 in S'pore
    158 1 \BOUT 300 Singapore City C itinoil road workers staged a lightning one-and-half hour strike at their depot Central DivisionMn French Road early this morning, he incident followed the alle i d temporary suspension 01 a City Council mandore mimed Ramasamy. ourers gathered round Ramasamy
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    TWO FREED OF TORTURE BY FIRE CHARGE
    74 1 1" O KENYA police reserve cera were acquitted at num yesterday of charges t it they ordered a Mau Mau suspect to be held over a fire i make hi.s confess. jury took three-quarters I an hour to decide that nis Pharazvn 29
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    HUSH HUSH ON TEMPLER VISIT
    50 1 '1 Sir Gerald Templer, >rmer British High Commisi m Malaya, arrived m trta last night for two holiday m the British The exact time of his arrival. the ulare where he will were kept secret as he ted a rnst. it wfi* offlriallv 'ted. Reuter
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    TALKS BREAK DOWN
    19 1 Fivnch-Indian talks m Paris i the future of French setenti m India broke down j jU*rday.
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    Balkan pact is an armed alliance now
    70 1 MARSHAL Alexander Papagos, the Greek Prime Minister, announced yesterday that tie and President Tito of Yugoslavia, now on a state visit to Greece, had derided to tran-sform the Balkan Friendship Treaty into a military alliance linking their two countries and Turkey. This decision
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    More Japs'radiated'
    32 1 More Japs 'radiated' Five crew members of a Japanese freighter which p*Med within 1.200 miles of the U.S hydrogen bomb test m the Pacific were reported Buffering irom radiation licknesi yesterday. A.P.
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    NEW JAP RIOT
    25 1 An unprecedented outbreak of socialist violence paralysed the Wet today, and forced Prime Minister Bhlgeru Yo.shida to hold up his world tour.
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    Jot crash kills 2
    52 1 riiwo BRITISH airmen ireW killed when their Cfcnb( rra jet bomber crashed m flames m the North Sea. off the Royal Air Force bomb- in" target <>f Knochtsand, yesterday. The irreckage and bodies W vrc found m shallow water by raf rescue launches after a. seven-hour
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    BIG US. AID FOR EAST
    197 1 Indo-China No. 1 danger YIR. JOHN FOSTKR DULLES, Secretary of State told the Senate Foreign Relations Committee m Washington yesterday that the military situation m Indo-China was "grave, but by no means hopeless". Nevertheless it was fraught with danger not only for the immediate area,
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    Molotov, Bidault may reach agreement
    237 1 Molotov, Bidault may reach agreement IpRENCH Foreign Minister George.s Bidault, und Soviet Foreign Minister, V. M. Molotov agreed at a private talk m Geneva yesterday to .settle the composition of an Indo-China neutral commission ••informally" over the week-end, French officials said. The officials were optimistic that an accord would be
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    Two talks today on students
    169 1 Two talks today on students TWO HMettnfpi are scheduled to be held m Singapore today m an effort to restore order m Chinese Middle Schools, whose Rtlldentl .irr camped m the Chinese High School m Bukit Timah as a protest against the National Service call-up. The first meeting li bein<,'
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    BEST BETS TODAY
    32 1 TRESFVASSER gives as his beti bets for th»- Penani icea today Rippling River (Race Two) Robbie Burns (Race Three) and Buiten/org (Race One). The yoinu will be very good
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    VIETNAM IS NOW FREE -PACT IS SIGNED
    212 2 VIETNAM IS NOW FREE -PACT IS SIGNED THK treaties granting total independence to Vietnam, and providing for her future association with France m the French l/nion were initialled by the French and Vietnamese premiers m Paris yesterday Premier Joseph Laniel for France and Prince Buu Loc for Vietnam signed the
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    'Good progress' at military talks
    248 2 ALLIED CHIEFS MEET IN SECRET INFORMED officials m Washington yesterday reported that "good progress" had been made by the military chiefs of five Allied nations conferring m Washington on the prospects of blocking further Communist aggression m South-East Asia. The talks arc being held m
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    But I'm no politician, protests Genevieve
    290 2 But I'm no politician, protests Genevieve (IKXEVIEVE De Galard. the f •'Angel of Dien Bien Phu" explained m Paris last night that she had written to the Vietminh leader. Ho Chi Minh, while she was a Prisoner lor the sake of the wnunricd men taken when the French fortress fell.
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    New Asian pact
    34 2 Preliminary agreement ha.s been reached on a 10-year nonaggression pact among Red China. India, Burma, Indonesia. North Korea and the Mongolia Peoples Republic, a Nationalist Chinese report yesterday claimed. A. P.
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    LAC Tock is now a skyman
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    NEW BUDDHIST SHRINE
    20 2 Veil. Seek Knot, Iliap opening the Buddhist Union shrine at Jalan Srnyum. off (hangi Koad, m Singapore.
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    New Queen's medals
    34 2 A Queen's police medal and a Queen's lire service medal :>re to take the Place of the Km}/, > police and tire service medals instituted In 1909 by King Edward VII. Reuter
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    New Chief of Staff
    34 2 Qen Auuu.stin Oulllaume yesterday wax named Chief of Slafl ol the French Anncd rorce« to succeed o^n Paul By, th» mw French Comman- i In Chiel m Imio-Cliina A. P.
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    Attlee hopeful of S.E. Asia settlement
    136 2 Attlee hopeful of S.E. Asia settlement MR. Clement Attlee, British Labour Party leader, and Mrs. Atlee. arrived m Copenhagen by air last night to attend the Danish Social Democratic Party's Constitution Day Rally today. In a short statement to the press, Mr. Attlee said he was very keen to visit
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    'Help SAT fair': appeal by Kiat
    186 2 MR. G. K. KIAT. < hail m m of the Koyal Singapore Anti Tuberculosis Associa- tion appealed to Hie public to support the big fun fair hi the Great World today m i aid of SATA's tree treatment fund He said: "If thos« who
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    Malayans drop by parachute
    116 2 Malayans drop by parachute LEADING Aircraftman Tock Bah Chee (above), an aerodrome fireman of R.A.F. Malaya and serving with R.A.F. Changi, is one of a number of British and Malayan airmen who recently qualified from a ten-day course given by the Far East Parachute School at Changi Testimonials of Parachuting
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    EX-ADMIRAL NOMURA WINS AT POLLS
    41 2 Ex-Admiral Kichisaburo Nomura. Japan's Ambassador to Washington at the time of the Pearl Harbour attack, won a landslide victory yesterday over a Socialist backed candidate m a by-election for a seat m Japan's Upper House.- A.P.
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    POLICE ACCUSE JANET
    126 3 'She had secret riot drill book' iiOI ICE yesterday obtained a summons against Mrs. Janet Jagan, Secretary of the Peoples Progressive a tv accusing her of unlawfully possessing a book 1 on police riot drill. She Will appear before a magistrate on June 18. The book Riving
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    Crystal can turn sun's rays into electricity
    268 3 rpHE Inited States Air Force announced yesterday it had found a way „l storing the sun's energy and turning it into electricity for the home. The method opens up the possibility of homes being supplied with power liom a sheet of crytal either
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    US-Arab conference
    27 3 US- Arab conference U.S. and four Arab will hold a conference Mine 12 m Cairo to discuss 5 for developing the Jorwuter.shed for irrigation power. A. P.
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    Gaol got dregs of underworld
    241 3 RIOT GANGS HAD SCISSORS A GOVERNMENT spokesman yesterday blamed £angs for some of the troubles at Wandsworth Prison, where prisoners armed with scisrsors, knives and hammers mutinied against prison officials. Five prisoners and 10 officers received hospital treatment. Sir Hugh Lucas-Tooth, Under Secretary for Home
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    Indian mission
    29 3 A five-man Indian delegation will loave .shortly lor Siam, Indonesia, Hong Kong. China and Japan to boost the declining Indian tobacco trade m those areas. A. P.
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    MAJOR'S WIFE 'STANDS IN' FOR QUEEN
    121 3 (GUARDSMEN and spectators X fainted yesterday during the final full dress rehearsal 1 of the ceremony of Trooping the Colour, London's spectacular military parade which will mark the Queen 1 official birthday next Thursday. Offlce workers, holidays makers and overseas tourists were among thousands
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    Mission to Japan
    25 3 An Indonesian trade mission i.s seeking closer commercial relations with Japan and an early settlement, of World Wai It reparations. A .P.
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    EMERGENCY IN SOUTH RHODESIA
    158 3 1 Southern Rhodeslan i Government decided last iuht to declare a state of mernency because of strike threali and a national coal •^iortage. ulway firemen In Salisbury have struck for higher was;'s despite threats ol prosocuWon and dismissal, and men >f Bulaway and other cities arc
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    HAPPY MOTHER AND DAUGHTER
    34 3 picture. The Qttcea Mother and Princess Marsaret arriving at a London theatre to attend a matinee performance m celebration of the jubilee of the Royal Academy of Dramatic Art- A.P.
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    Three million errors
    26 3 Throe million items handled by the British Post. Office laM year could not be delivered because they were incorrectly or incompletely addressed. Reuter
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    Tear gas ends gun battle ONE KILLED
    114 3 Tear gas ends gun battle ONE KILLED ONE man waa killed and §everai wounded m a gun battle which ended a metal workers meeting La Bupmus Aire.-i yesterday Police u.sed tear gai to break up the tight, m mhkh bottics were also ased u-s weapons, and cordoned oIT the area.
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    Volcano in action
    24 3 Nuauruhoe, on** Oi tlirce active volcanoes on New Zealand's north Island, enrupted yesterday srndine molten lava 500 feet Into the air
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    Two die in crash
    27 3 A suburban etoctrtC passenger train crashed into the rear of a goods train m Bombay yesterday killing two people and injuring four. Reuter
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    The Singapore Free Press SATURDAY. June 5, 1954. Opinion Message from the past
    379 4 The Singapore Free Press SATURDAY. June 5, 1954. Opinion Message from the past For Hntons everywhere today jv an anniversary of proud memories, On thi.s and the succeeding day. m lii 44, the Allies carried out the successful invasion of Normandy, an operation which two months later caused (ieneral Haussel
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    The rise of BURMA
    284 4 The rise of BURMA BURMA'S prestige has been growing steadily m the West. There several reasons. Not the least of these is the growing conviction that Burma intends to do all she can to oppose Communist attempts to control South-east Asia. Other factors m Burma* .situation that command American respect
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    Russinans hope to Rack Moon
    498 4  - Russinans hope to Rack Moon JERRY KLEIN ...BUT FIRST THEY MUST MAKE A STOP-OVER MOON' II7HEN the Red Army overran Germany m 1945, it captured Nazi plans for a rocket flight to the moon. Now Soviet scientists say it won't be long before Red fliers will be able to reach
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    Midget floored tiger
    314 4  - Midget floored tiger HAL BOYLE DAUL Horompo may not be the mightiest midget In history, but he is perhaps the only one who ever whipped a tiger single handed. Paul, a slender 59--year-old miniature clown with the Pingling Bros, and Barnum Bailey Circus, scored his oneblow knockout over the tiger
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    SPECIAL INSURANCE PLAN FOR CARS
    90 5 4 I .HADING iWOTOR association m Singapore is A planning its own insurance scheme for members. \n official of the association said that it would 'members full comprehensive insurance at special Consultations have been going on with leading motor associations m other parts of the
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    Those big sprees may shrink you
    153 5 Those big sprees may shrink you rraOSE ail-night sprees 1 m Singapore may shrink you. Sounds odd, but a French scientist made this obser\.ition your height rarki from hour to hour depending on exercise fatigue and posture. \ml several Singapore doctors are agreed with that The scientist claimed he tested
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    Three named to rule committee
    45 5 KUALA LUMPUR, Sat. I Three advocates and solicitors have been appointed members of the Supreme Court rul» committee for two years from January 1. They are Mr. F. G. Pooley. Mr. P. J. D Regester and Mr. F G Charlesworth.
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    This idea is fine-but not for Malaya
    180 5 Asian commercial film makers should hold conferences and arrange lir the wider interchange of leir productions to be exhibited outside their own country, suggests Mr. Tom Hodge, head of the Film DiInformation Services, X il i Lumpur. Mr Hodge who recently re--1 trom
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    War picture wins high praise in S'pore display
    186 5 BUT RED MINE KILLED PHOTOGRAPHER ONE of the photographs on display at the Singapore YMCA, is a remarkable action shot of a soldier felled with a bullet through his head during the Spanish Civil War m 1937. Last week the photographer, Robert
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    Couple robbed
    35 5 A fitter and a Rirl were held up by two men, one armed with a knife, m King George V. Park, Singapore, at 1.55 a.m., yesterday and robbed of $20 and a $40-wristwatch.
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    YMCA PLANS RINK FOR ROLLER SKATING
    180 5 YMCA PLANS RINK FOR ROLLER SKATING ROLLER skating may .soon be a popular sport m Singapore with the opening ot a new concrete playground at the V.M.C.A. m Bras Basah Road. "If it becomes popular, hours will be fixed for skatine on the court," the General Secretary, Mr. Roland Lyne.
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    Holiday mail plans
    82 5 i The General Post Office, Singapore, will be open from 9 am to noon on Whit Monday and on Thursday the Quern's Birthday. Post offices at Tione Bahru Towner Road. Joo Chiat Road. Dompsoy Road. Kandang Kerbau and Maxwell Road will be closed, but all other post
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    $5 'GOOD LUCK' FROM MALA V
    67 5 PENANG. Sat. A Malay passenger In Hari Paya mood dropped $5 into a trisha rider I i collection box. •Keep the change and f?ood luck to your Chinese University he .said a^ lit* entered the Penantf Road Bazaar. It wa., Nanyans University Day for
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    BABY BEAR IS NOW A HOTEL MASCOT
    124 5 BABY BEAR IS NOW A HOTEL MASCOT AI ROCK female bear from Borneo is being tamed and trained by a Singapore restaurant proprietor as a member of his staff. Orplianed Ai K«»tk, a three mouth old biby bear, was captured by kampong people when they battled her mother who had
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    Walk-out to be discussed
    93 5 KUALA LUMPUR, Sat.— The Malayan Chinese Association'! general committee will meet on June 13 to plan a "walkout" by MCA members from the Federal Legislative Council If the recommendations of the Elections White Paper are Implemented. The meeting will discuss proposals for joint action with the
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    New protection against rabies
    58 6 TWO Israeli scientists won ing m the Animal Department of the Agriculture Ministry m Haifa have won t of their country's most com ed Weizmann prizes for im discovery of a harmless vl for the innoculation of < against rabies. Isolation of the virus has now
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    INSECT STAMPS
    45 6 Hungary's Communist Po.^ f Office is to bring out a series of new stamps depicting insects. Ton new stamps m be issued and besides being pi value to philatelists they W« also help Hungarian tvnme™ to identify the insects whicii harm their crops.
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      91 6 111 I J 11 H I1 1 ijlk n MANDRAKE by Lee Falk and Phil Davis WMID UP AHIR llaM-YIS-SAY a^ A R i^ T0 1T A S WAY S^WN M^ISXfiSH E N T J TiA TARZAN by Edgar Rice Burroughs L^Ky J,- J JL^LE V -BEPOSE I L i^V-O-
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      538 6 1 YOUR LUCKY I STAR I DOftM 101/.i», >„» art „,,,,1 i of activity and excu.inua You like something iiin-i^i,,,, I going on ail tne nme. i tj t you curb this tendem >ov a apt to D«? m hot v»atn »M| me m. You uo ha\e tin i a
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    EXTRA COURT TO HANDLE TRAFFIC CASES
    146 7 EXTRA COURT TO HANDLE TRAFFIC CASES Ditl'iSSl 'Xt ul work m the two Singapore traffic police courts at Sepoy Lines is being relieved by t l, r transfer of some cases to the Sixth Police Court at South Bridge Road. Fifteen cases, mainly of alleged negligent driving. L ave already
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    Model plane competition tomorrow
    106 7 Model plane competition tomorrow rpEAMS of aero-modellers will visit Paya Lebar tomorrow to pit their skill at a competition sponsored by the Singapore Aero-Model-lers' Society. The competition, which Degins at 10.30 a.m.. Is open to enthusiasts flying class "B" models Each team will comprise three "crew" members— pilot first mechanic
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    $6 MILLION OUTLAY ON WATER WORKS
    109 7 $6 MILLION OUTLAY ON WATER WORKS During 1953 an unprecedented volume of work was done by the Public Works Department at Johare Bahru. on water supTh' estimated cost of the work, which covered entirely iew scheme* major improvementi and extensions sting sen ernes, was $6 million. One of the schemes,
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    Trade visit
    77 7 Mr. C. C. Cloud, an export representative of Yale and 'owne Manufacturing Com)any. Philadelphia, arrived m gapore last night by Pan Airways Clipper Manila for a 10-day visit. picture »ACK m the Oranje after seven months ItM* *L2SJ J came a Well-known Colony tennis star Mr. O, T
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    Man seizes necklace
    78 7 A man walked Into a house m Beach Road. Singapore, yesterday afternoon, snatched a gold necklace worth $200 off a woman's neck, pushed her down and escaped. The woman. Madam Tan Chu Eng. 36 was wounded m the forehead. The man. who had a knife, was about
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    Schoolboy, 18, will be monk to carry out father's wish
    320 7 lUST before he died m Petiang last wei'k, Mr. Tun Hock Seng renewed a wish that his 18-year-old schoolboy son become a fully-fledged Buddhist monk by 21. This wish was made to the Venerable B. C. Pakasitsutagun, High Priest of
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    Over 60 see Kirkby board
    57 7 More than GO candidates for KltjhOj rvoia cJuiii v leuchcrs' tr:«inin^ colleges were interviewed at Kuala Lumpur yesterday. A six member selection board 1 spent over six hours Vnter--1 viowin«z them. The bourd is also meeting today and on June 21 and 24. i OMUUt
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    AIRGIRL THOUGHT SHE WAS A BIGAMIST
    431 8 rwUlOi BLE started lor (ilas^ovv -born Harriet Kirk- Patrick Mlllican on Jan. 5, i?u:>, a mlrl misty clay m Scotland, when she vent throvfn i forai of Marriage with an R.A.F. §er^eant She believed thai the marriage wa legal and binding. But she w&fl
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    Harem beanty from Australia
    44 8 Harem beanty from Australia LUCILLE POWER, beauty queen and model from Sydney, Australia, is a winsome harem girl m the new Laun-der-Gilliat film "The Belles of St. Trinians.' The picture shows her on the set at Shepperton. Middlesex, where the film is being made.
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    Farmers told to quit after 20 years
    249 8 Farmers told to quit after 20 years FOR 20 year.s the Aliens fanned the 297 acres oi Pre.ston Fields Farm, near Daventry. Now they have been told to get out. After her hu.sband died on March 15 Mrs. Irene Allen received sympathy messages. But within a week, before the last
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    A world safe for thieves?
    56 8 I^WO hundred and fifty animal lovers passed a resolution deploring the action of public authorities m trying to exclude dogs from city life. One of them, Mr. R. HarveyJohns, said the dog was a guard against the cosh bandit. "We who love dogs, may be
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    Married woman hid soldier she loved
    452 8 A YOUNG soldier who WAI absent rom his unit was arrested twice at the home of a married woman, said Supt. F. Elmrs at Poole, Dorset. Alter the first arrest be was given 24 hours to return to his camp. He did not do
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    £57 suit? No, says preacher Billy
    227 8 £57 suit? No, says preacher Billy the Rev. Oooßtantine 1 Sinclair. rector o j Chale (pop. goo), ish Wight, hits angered his parishioners with an attack on American evangelist Billy Graham. In his parish magazin* Mr Sinclair writes: 'L\ years a blaze vi pub surrounds a new hoi gospeller from
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    TV SPANS EUROPE -TESTS SUCCEED
    217 8 TV SPANS EUROPE -TESTS SUCCEED "TiUROPEAN TV is a technical Hi success. Tests have seen picture patterns transmitted from Hamburg to London, Paris, and Rome and back. They travelled across eight countries and used 4,000 miles of cable and radio link. And it is now clear that, given sufficient equipment
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    SHE'S IN THE PRINCESS' PLAY
    53 9 SHE'S IN THE PRINCESS' PLAY Miss I ISA MAXWELL, the dowafer queen of internaonal society m a part m the <h irity performance of 'The Frog" Edgar Wallaces thriller Prineeoi Margaret is the assistant director of the play which has a society studded cast. This picture wtl taken during a
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    ...and now they're to be married
    173 9 1 I IX>H 12 years Mr. Derek Thir--1 kell Wheatley lived at 533. j De Petrapalace. m Rio Janeiro. Brazil. Next door Ived dark-haired Miss Selina Ribelro. 1 although they passed nearly every day all those years, and although they ould see each other
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    MOTHER OF 7 SAYS 'I WAS DESERTED'
    302 9 MOTHER oi seven children at 33, a woman was stati 'i at Manchester to have told an n.s.p.c.c. inspector that that the never had a chance m life. The Inspector said that the woman, whose children wer< Illegitimate, alleged that the had been
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    Plea for a new 'clean air' law
    119 9 \N appeal to local authorities to em- ploy qualified inspectors m the iitfht against Britain's smoke nuisance has been made by the British Smoke Abatement Society. It is contained m a memorandum, published m pamphlet torm. to the Governments Committee on Air Pollution,
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    350,000 WAIT
    30 9 The Po.st Offlce In Britain h;i.s a Waiting Ji.st of 350.000 lor telephones uid there arc 192,000 people who cannot b«given service because of local snortagej of lines.
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    She tried to kiss the P.C. and...
    202 9 She tried to kiss the P.C. and... AFTER a woman tried to kis.s ;i police constable she knocked <>n tn.s helmet and kicked v about J:kt a football, it wan .stated at Marylebone. London Tlic oilier. P.C Warkrtt. of London Transport police, told the court that th»woman, Amelia Tindall. aecd
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    Girls assaulted in caravan: 2 gaoled
    460 9 Girls assaulted in caravan: 2 gaoled AFTER hearing the evidence of two girls, the magistrates at Romford. Essex, urged the police to bring them before a juvenile court as being m need of care and protection. The court passed sentences of three months' imprisonment each on Mrs. Lieselotte Stamper, aged
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    A CHAT FROM TIME TO TIME
    370 10 1 1. i i '^miiiiiMyti i 1 Many <>i the Letters I receive ask me to resume our weekly chat m that the Children's p i is down to a single page weekly there Is not much ice >tt for this, so I do
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    MY STERY MEN of the jungle
    778 10  - MY STERY MEN of the jungle KATHLEEN HICKLEY RAHMAN and Mohammed find an injured monkey which they take home. Later that night, hearing voltes, they go into the next room and see a little man treating the monkey's sore foot. They follow the man through a tunnel but find their
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      384 10 Rupert and the Magic Ball— s Ru f -7er. calls again and again, bi must take .his big of shopping to the ball remans high m the air. Mummy. She'll be wondering "Well." he sighs. "Tigerlily may where I have gone." Scampering be right and it may be full of
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    THE KILLER STRIKES AGAIN
    1414 11  -  LEONARD MOSLEY FIND THIS BOY! It's the sixth day of the na*ion-wids hun" was suddenly frightened of what was coming next by JIVBRI policeman m !i Britain is hunting for 10-year-old TONY ROWE, uho vanished after seeing his mother murdered. He has an illness which will
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    HIAWATHA' LACKS VIGOUR
    92 11  - HIAWATHA' LACKS VIGOUR JACK BEAUMONT rpHE Allied Artists production. -Hiawatha. 1 ba ed on the famou.s poem by Henry WacLsworth Longfellow. \i a big disappointment. One feels that much could have been done with such a subject. But the film drags tediously and most of the actors and actresses m
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    Love among the Swedes
    317 11  -  lan Grant By ONE S I T M M XX O HAPPINESS" is a Swedish film with two characteristics that single it out from the general run of films; its quite ordinary story i.s transformed by sensitive acting, and it vividly suggests the atmosphere of its
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    If you feel giddy in the air
    771 12 THE SINGAPORE DOCTOR today discusses some medical aspects of plane travel 4IR TRAVEL Ifl the quickest mean of communication these days and increased civilian Hying has brought up many medical questions. If the body has time to fcdApt itself to the air pres.sure,
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    Murder when the moon is full
    455 12  -  CHAPMAN PINCHER by IT has happened again. A maniac goes out with a gun, commits murder, then shoots himself when the moon is full. That was not the only fullmoon murder. And it has set people pon- 5 dering on the age-old belief about
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    Bridge Quiz
    375 12 IJAISING partners suit immeIV diately over an adverse takeout double is alwayi preemptive. 'Hie higher the raise the more effective the preempt, but not necessarily the stronger the hand. Suppose, with equal vulnerability partner opens with one spade and your right-hand opponent double. for a takeout. What do
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    New shoe leather
    51 12 A new kind of shoe leather called "Crocodile-Synthetic is on the market m Austria. It has the advantage of being virtually '"indestructible however much wear and tear it is given. A label attacned to the shoe warns, however; not wear these shoes m the rain. They will
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      298 12 ihtihj Crossword III)11 I I I I (II Is KOSS: 1 Certainly l BMBt (7). 3 What Iht gM m not tlu vorda ol Oliver I'wust! (II the garden eats, we hear? <4i. I A 4 A oil Ol plain dentl-stry (6). 1 hltlierto unworn model, perhaps? I it could
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    SLLDE, STEWART, SLIDE
    291 13 SLLDE, STEWART, SLIDE lAMBS STEWART, who has had to lean h*w to shoot the Winchester rifle, pitch l baseball and talk to an invisible rabbit, m order to enact his film roles, found his latest assignment his most difficult and, m some respects, his most interesting. For the title role
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    SPORTSMAN IN DISGUISE
    117 14 A spot-the-star puzzle for Malayan fans &PORTB fans v(i th(11 favourites every day on i lie playing Reids and In the stadiums ol Singapore. They see their photographs m the newspapers constantly. But how wHi do they rttmtmhtt their laces* Would you recognise your sporta favourites on
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    Trueman temper on trial
    258 14  - Trueman temper on trial ALEX BANNISTER By A decision of major Importance Will have to be niad' 1 by England's lour cricket •electors, reinforced by Len Hutton. the captain, when they meet tomorrow to chose the team for the first Te.st with Pakistan, starting at Lord's on June 10. it
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    30 ITALIANS IN AUSSIE CYCLING
    35 14 IfOTt than Italian mlKiants who are being trained by former Italian Olympic pursuit champion Nino Borsari, will ride m amateur and professional road cycling FMM m Victoria (Australia* this season.
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    SCHOOL SPORTS
    57 14 UN first annual sports of Paya I.H).tr School will be held today at S (X) p m at the School Field. Mrs D McLellan. wife of the Director of Education, Ls giving i a iv the [>ri/<es OeyUni English School sports will be held 00 the school ground
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    What a tonic for soccer!
    198 14  -  ROY PESKETT The World Cup selection By STANLEY MATTHEWS is among the 17 players announced for England's World Cup party, and it's a tonic for English soccer. He told me yesterday: "I am perfectly fit and looki-ng forward to going to Switzerland." It is great
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    SCOTLAND NAME 13
    76 14 Scotland have named 13 players for the World Cup series m Switzerland next month. Five more have been asked to stand by m case of late withdrawals. The 13 are:— Martin (.Aberdeen) Cunningham (Preston), Aird (Burnley.); Evans (Celtic), Docherty (Preston.). Davidson (Partick.>, Cowie (Dundee); McKtnzle (Particki, Johnstone
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    BASILIO FIGHT
    40 14 Promoter Norm Rothschild states that Carmen Basilio and Al Andreswould will meet m New York on June 26 m a 10-round welterweight right. Basilio, the No. 1 welterweight contender, defeated Italo Scotichinl i of Italy last Month A.P.
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    VICTORY REELS
    33 14 A full-length film of the Hun ;.vi I n.;l «mi IMMI maUh m Budapest last Sunday hM been sold to If fountrirv Hungarians claim. I film is entitled "Seven to One."
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    Luxury housing for Singapore Olympic team
    746 14 rpHE Olympic box tffice A will open m April next year, and 1.500,000 tickets will be printed lor the Games, which will he held from November December 8, 1956. Special Report from Melbourne ITHLETES from Singapore who qualify for the 19j!i Olympic Games m
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    BRITAIN'S NEW RACER
    50 14 pic lure. Tin- Thin \V;tll Simm ial. DIM of the fasttft racers m tlit' world. Owned by millionaire Mr. Tony V.tmhrvHl, the V; 7.000 car is ht're seen spe*Mlinß; round the new motor-racinff circuit jIK Ami Liverjiool, with It JWr tlij PHcf ColliiU) at the wheel. Reuter
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    TONY LOCK OUT OF TEST PROBABLES
    329 15 TONY LOCK OUT OF TEST PROBABLES Warwick take lead m county cricket the first England-Pakistan Test match onh six days off, Tony Lock, the Surrey anc England leftarm slow bowler, has suspectec whooping cough. Tt is extremely unlikely that the selectors will nou consider him when they meet tomorrow to
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    QUEEN IS OLYMPIC PATRON
    70 15 QUEEN ELIZABETH. who recently complet(l i tour of Australia, has accepted the office of r.ifron-in-Chief for the ]<»:,<; Olympic Games at Melbourne. Sir William Slim. Australian Governor-General. said the Queen had acrepted the office "with -real pleasure." The Queen's interest m Olympic preparations during her tour
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    Aussies lead Empire golf
    136 15 lIHITAIN. unbeaten so far. > were held to draw of games each with three alved by South Africa when Commonwemltt) internaio\t series was continued ii 8t Andrews. Scotland yesti rday. .ith Africa with two wins the home green surprisingly won the foursomes by two tint's to
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    SHELL SURPRISE
    66 15 Shell B.C. held O TEC. to a onedrai In their SBHPA Div. 1 i Serangoon Road yesterday. picture. 111 Wlni Hong, Police goalkeeper, gets down to stop a drive '"m ('noon Chee (left) m yesterday's SAFA Div. 1 league against Pulau Brani at Jalan Besar Stadium. Wing Hong
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    Boot-it-to-Bakar tactics
    224 15 Boot-it-to-Bakar tactics »o| Xe ...2 Pulau Brani ...2. |)<)<)R Awang Bakar. He was 1 Just itching after goals '•rriay at the Stadium, but y one came his way. 'itk.ir waited and waited for Police colleagues to make openings, then he started Mng them himself. But one doesn't make a forward
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    Ronnie Clayton retires
    132 15 Ronnie Clayton retires Reuter JJONNIE Clayton, former British feathenveight boxing champion, yesterday announced his retirement from the ring. He made this decision after consulting an eye specialist. Clayton lost the British title, which he had held for nearly wen years, when he retired with eye trouble m his fight with
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    VENUE CHANGED FOR OPEN BOXING
    39 15 The Singapore Amateur Boxing Association^ Open championships will now be held at the Happy World Stadium. Originally It w.r Intended to use the Sirißapore Badminton Hall The championships are on JtllM 16. 17, 18.
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    3 TEAM ATHLETIC MEET TODAY
    32 15 Three teams will take part m a triangular athletic meet today at i .Joseph s Institution. commencinK at 3 pm. They are Swifts. Police ,md RAF Changi.
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    COMPANIONS WIN
    36 15 In a SAFA Dtv 3 A match <" j-iiiMr P;«i k jresterday Y< DompaniOOl beat Alcxandr.i F"I 1-1. Scorers for rornpanions w.t-i» Qnek Hock Sdig «2- an<l Kon H«n| (hoy Hassan Ahma<l scored for Alexarulr.t
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    BREAKDOWN
    21 15 Traction Union unceded walkover to Matey Settlement Union m the.SAFA Div 3B game at OffLing owing Vu a irarLsport breakdown.
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    ALL THE RESULTS
    229 15 The day i results: At Hull. Yorkshire beat Bonn D) an Inninga and 20 runs. Busses k>4 and 1 78 (WsJtUc 7 for G4> Yorks 352 for 9 dCCI At Bu\ ton. Derbyshire heat Scotland by .'> uks Scotland 2.50 ;"id ioo isfen] 16). Derby ~'4o (YouriKson
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    73 15 L>OBBY Jonet, Oakland, Cali--1 fornia, middleweight, has reported receiving a Mslsoo<) bribe offer to throw his fiuht to Joey Giardello of Philadelphia on June 11 at Madison Square Garden, Uu chairman of New York Athletic Commission said yesterday. Robert K. Christenberry said the case had been
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    5 STARTERS
    46 15 There are only five probable starters for the Winston Churchill Stakes to be run over two mile* and 70 yards at Hurst Park today They are, with jockeys:—Premonition (WHCarn, Oborne (A.Burrows), Spanish Star (W. Grost), Royal Task rF. Dura) and FrLseur <W. Snaitht. Reuter
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    51 15 Shell Bporti Club cricket t<'am to play RAF. Ttn^ah at TtßfaO at I.IS p.m. today is: L E. Ptneott, J. D Maughan, X Weatherill. I CJoonasegararn. O Holland, C Harrla. B. Knieewen P Cottrell, L T. fYf*Katt. J Jeiferey. W. Skinner 12th man: lift! Sahar; umpire: V.
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    3 EACH-WAY WAGERS TO PAY OFF
    133 16 Buitenzorg Prince Ross Snowgrass Bl ITEM ZORG (Raw One), Prince K«s> (RMC Three) and Snowi;rass (Race Two) arc three sound each -way wafers at Penang today, concluding day of the Summer Meeting. With little prospect <>f ram the going this afternoon will l)r Hid.
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    458 16 think Snowgran has the beating oi this Midstream gelding. Snowgrass did not show up over 7 t. There is a whisper lor Fighting I nish. Hobbie Burns, with a postage .lamp on his back, will probably be one ot the most popular each-way choices m Race
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    TABLE TENNIS BOYS' FINAL
    47 16 The final for the Tan TboOd lip ChalteMa cup for table tennis, between the boys ot Upp<-i BarangQOP Club and Harbour Board c:iub will be played at Krppel Road at 7.30 p.m. tomorrow Prlnct Edward Road HC. were the holders of the Cup.
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    51 16 Hoyal Army Medical CHpt 1 c rlc-k-t team to |)lay hoval BlflMla it Houna Vi.sta Noad loinoi row is: Maj Dflffan "(ipt i. ('apt Ross. cap' Hutchlnaon, it Baddon, wo i Roadway, LI Kurer, i.t. Woiiendane LI Sprigge Cpl Poland. Pte ranch cpl Paul 13th. man: LI
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    32 16 There is out changi In the Rest XI to play BwoptMM on the padam: today. Emll It Merrier is taking the place of Wee Chong Jin who Is unavailable.
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    462 16 RACE 1—3.00: CLASS 4, DIV. I—6 FIRS. 1 134 (iraduate Jones 9.02 2 451 Little And> Mulley 9.00 3 0 Bicardi Woods 8.07 4 372 Oolong Franklin 8.05 5 79G Ballroom II Clarke 8.03 6 -03 Buitenzorg Bougoure 8.02 7 176 Kakahanga Faggotter 8.02 Scratchings: 681 Ore 8.10 Hobbs;
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    388 16 CUN CAP yesterday won The Oaks. Altana finished second, and Philante third m a photo finish The 100-8 chance Sun Cap won easily by six lengths from Altara. the joint B—l favourite. Sun Cap, the only grey m the race, owned by Madame For&et,
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