The Singapore Free Press, 22 June 1954

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    Masthead
    19 1 The Singapore Free Press Largest Afternoon Sale m Malaya. i:; r »SI. Singapore, Tues., June 22, 1931. Price lJiC'ts
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    Where constables were shot
    56 1 picture. IltflS Is ihe place, (iate No. A 7, at the Singapore Har- i hour Board, where constahles Hussain bin Lombal and Lav- rence Lange were shot by gunmen last night. The constables were standing at the half-open gate ready to check the identity of people
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    LOYAL TROOPS GO INTO ACTION
    168 1 LOYAL TROOPS GO INTO ACTION Battle for Guatemala on pOVERNMKNT forces have engaged the anti- f Communist "liberation army" at («ualan near Zacapa about 75 miles from Guatemala City, a High i omiii.iiifl communique said m Guatemala City esterday. The COmmiinlQUe was th« flrst indication that troops loyal t(j President
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    Duke-progress
    41 1 London hospital bulletin said la.^t ninht that the Duke ol Kent, who wai injured m a motoring accident, had a comfortable day and continued to make satisfactory progress. The Duchess of Kent and her daughter Princess Alexandra visited him- Reuter.
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    Chou plans speed-up
    68 1 MR. Chou En Lai. the chine.se Communist Premier and ftortlgn Minister, In a move to iPCCd up the Indo China peace talki b arranging a private meeting between the Vietminh and Cambodian wl Laotian delegates m Geneva Bttct) me< tin", would be the lir.st direct contact bet*
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    EXPLOSIONS AS THEY TRIED TO RESCUE PLANE GIRL
    312 1 EXPLOSIONS AS THEY TRIED TO RESCUE PLANE GIRL CAPTAIN L. J. Van Nifterik, a senior captain of Garuda Airways. Singapore, thi s morning gave evidence at the resumed hearing of the j inquiry into the Constellation craoh at Kailang on March 13. which cost 33 lives. said it was about
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    Rubber Price
    27 1 T!:p Singapore Rtil>tMT l&Bttati witii a steady quiet tone morfUag with first «nde. July Shipment, at 65 cents a pound, otie-ei ititki teat above yesterday
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    ROTARIANS WILL LEND A HAND
    49 1 A group of Singapore Rotanuns will so to Pong«ol tomorrow evening to help villagers level two acres of land they have leased from the Shell Company, on WHICH 10 build a .school. The Rotarians hove to develop the surroudins area into a model village
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    EDITOR DETAINED
    27 1 The •dltor a INaiS1 Na iS? bl owned newspaper. Daily f hronicle. Mr. P. G. Pinto was obtained at the weekend under Kenya's emergency regulaUoni.
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    Big hunt for S 'pore killers
    108 1 Big hunt for S 'pore killers rE ontire Singapore police force i.s making an Intensive search f r >r the armed lournuin gan« who lust niuht shot dead two constables Inside Gate No. 7 of the Singapore Harbour Board. A Police spokesman .said that all dotective.s and C.I.D. branch' men
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    King's charity gift
    28 1 Kirii S.iud of Ar:ibi i now visiunK Jordan, will contribute l 900 dinnari (M EM 'X)" 1 M nually to charity m Amman, Jordan. AP
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    STUDENTS CLEAN UP SCHOOL
    62 1 rr;iE 1,000 Singapore Chinese I students will break camp at the Chinese High School In .Bukit Tlmah tin, afternoon or tomorrow morning at we k Tlib mffr* ll^ walk patLico, of students, Including RirU, cleanlni up tin- school. Tables and chairs, which had been v led
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    REBELS NOT USING U.S. ARMS
    269 2 Guatemalan charge denied TfllE I mfi i] States yesterday denied a Guatemalan charge that rebel forces attempting: t*> overthrow Guatemala's leftwing Government were using American arms airlifted recently to the Central American nation \s neighbouring countries of Honduras and Nicaragua. The charge was made by
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    THE GOVERNMENT HOUSE EXPRESS
    104 2 THIS IS "Government House Express," which will give rides to children at the St. John Ambulance Garden Fete on Saturday at the residence of the Governor of Singapore. The builder. Mr R A. R. tlsher of William Jacks, is trying out the home-made train (above). A
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    Puffer the Peke is missing
    103 2 A Til X i: k ye.ir-old pedigree Pckc has been missing from her home m Sixth Avenue, Bukit Timah, since yesterday afternoon. Has anyone found her? She answers to Puffer, is huff coloured, and has a black head. Puffer, a descendant of the famous Humming
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    Jamaica sugar future bright
    104 2 The chief minister of Jamaica, Mr. William A. Bustamante, said In Kingston yesterday: "We will be able to sell all the sugar we produce this year." Discussing recent trade talk* m London between a Jamaeian delegation and the British Government. Mr. Bustamante said "There will be
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    Dutch protest at U.S. search
    99 2 Diplomatic officials .said m Washington yesterday that the Netherlands embassy had sent a note to the State Department expressing surprise and concern that the Dutch vessel Wulfibrook was searched by United State* officials to see If it might have arms destined for Guatemala. They understood
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    DEMAND FOR RUBBER IS BETTER NOW
    67 2 DEMAND FOR RUBBER IS BETTER NOW T*HE FINANCIAL Times yesA terday interpreted the better demand for rubber last week as being due to certain political factors. "There was some improvement m consumer demand for Physical rubber last week and a fairly Kood offtake of lower grade sheet was reported." it
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    AUSTRALIAN MILITARY OBSERVERS FOR SAIGON
    118 2 ASIVIAM, group of Australian army officers are expected to be posted to Saigon soon as military observers a usually reliable source said In .Melbourne yesterday. Their presence would not commit Australia to any further action m Indo-China. it Has added. Mr. Josiah Francis, the Arm>
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    TENSING HOME IS 'SHRIKE'
    48 2 r \KIU; ST lonqueror Tensing Norkay s new home m Dar- ls lM ™niin X a "shrine" for Sherpa* iUtfiin* to conquer the peak and tourists ei^er to hear Tensing s story. renMnft is m Bwlt— hinil taking: a Ruiile's c-oiirse he- Institute. U.P.
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    French launch big assault on island
    175 2 FIERCE FIGHTING IN INDOCHINA UUNDREDS of French troops launched a big 11 amphibious assault against Van Coc island m the Red River 15 miles west of Hanoi, to wipe out an important base for 'Communist soldiers slipping into the delta, the French High Command
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    Wheat warning
    29 2 The international Wheat Council m London yesterday warned unless there is cooperation among all wheat importing and exporting countries conditions m the trade Will deteriorate .seriously. A.P.
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    Order for Japs
    16 2 Indonesia has commissioned Japanese shipbuilding firms to build three 10.000 ton freighters. A.P.
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    President ill
    15 2 President Itzhak Ben-Zvi of Israel underwent an operation m Jerusalem hospital yesterday. -A.p.
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    RHEE GETS IKE'S PLEDGE
    24 2 PRESIDENT Eisenhower has sent a personal letter to Preunued American suddoH in Rhee's campaign to unite his divided country A.P.
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    AND NOW-MOVING PAVEMENTS
    285 3 An idea opens up a new market for rubber 7 big U.S. cities plan them a VALUABLE potential A market for both natural rubber producers and rubber manufacturers is opened up by a new American idea— moving pavements. The London Financial Times United States industrial correspondent writes
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    China trade pact
    24 3 Finland and Communist China have signed a new trade asrvment m Helsinki providfor a U5525,540,000 ex- ing change of goods. AP
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    Polish-Israeli pact
    15 3 Poland and Israel have signed a trade agreement m War- saw. A. P.
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    HE WANTS AUSTRALIA TO ADMIT ASIANS
    106 3 C^KNKRAL K. M Carlappa, 3 the Indian High Commissioner m Australia, said m Brisbane last night, that Australia's policy of encourigirt? only white immigrants WJ4 "driving 400 million !>«<M»le m India and Paklstin into the arms of Communism." lie told a press conference that
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    Mau Mau take to rustling
    51 3 SECURITY forces killed 103 Mau Mau terrorists, wounded or captured 12 others and detained 256 In operations In the past week, General Sir CJ^orgt: Erskine's headquarters announced In Nairobi lM* i "It* added that terrorists have been concentrating on cattK stealing to replenish that food
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    41 3 Dicture Mr. Carl Berger, a Hollywood television cameraman, i" ai'tion m Arab Street. Singapore, yesterday. He is seen taking a street s«ene for a television serial. "1 I'ive Dangerously." The film will be shown on the American TV network. Free Press
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    Island tests to beat germ war
    143 3 BRITISH germ warfare tests m the Bahamas last month went off "satisfactorily", Mr. Duncan Sandys, Minister of Supply, told the House jof Commons yesterday. He said the weather was exceilent and tiie arrangements worked smoothly. Valuable information had been obtained. Mr. Sandys said the
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    RED-HELD AMERICANS: SOME DEAD
    179 3 (COMMUNIST China officially informed the United StaU«a ye.sterday that 15 out of 83 American* believed to be held by the Peking regime were dead, or believed to be dead. The Communist disclosure came at the fourth meeting In Geneva between representatives of the two delegations to
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    New German call
    24 3 We.st German Chancellor Adenauer'l Christian Democrat party said yesterday Urn time has come to end the Allied occupation of Germany. A.P.
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      Opinion A clear warning
      333 4 Opinion A clear warning The statement by Dr. Lin YuUUBf, Chancellor Designate of Nanyang University, that politics will not be tolerated at the university, js typically lorthright. Obviously Dr. Lin referred to the professorial and administrative sides of the univer-sity-to-be, and not, as might appear at first glance, to political
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    YOSHIDA'S FUTURE DEPENDS ON WHAT HE GETS FROM HIS 45-DAY TOUR OF WESTERN CAPITALS
    656 4 YOSHIDA' S FUTURE DEPENDS ON WHAT HE GETS FROM HIS 45-DAY TOUR OF WESTERN CAPITALS By a special correspondent Japs want food and cash PRIME Minister Bhigeru Yoshida .seems to be staking his own future on the 45-day tour of foreign capitals he has planned. Yoshida has been m office
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    MOLOTOV'S BACK-PEDAL
    217 4 Did Asia's attitude force him to 'soften 9 his tactics at Geneva? THERE has been much speculation as to why Molotov left for Moscow m the middle of the Geneva con- ference and the out-of -the- blue invitation for a British labour Party delegation to visit China. Z
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    By the Way
    286 4 By the Way JHE Wagnerian soprano who likes to sing m night clubs said the other day that a night i less formal than an i house. She added that the people are friendlier, "and you feel closer to them." Opera could easily be made informal by tariffing singers down
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      22 4 ltiiiffs 00 f nisiinvtinn for every occasion ENGAGEMENT WEDDING RINGS U. S. de SUVA, Jewellers 106, Orchard Rd., Spore -9 Phone: *****
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    TRUST TO TACKLE ESTATE'S FLOODS
    299 5 TRUST TO TACKLE ESTATE' S FLOODS But landlords must pay too ■FLOODING m Kalong's Grove Estate home to about 3,000 people is to be tackled soon under a $.'500,000 ponding scheme. Estate landlords will have to shoulder part of the bill -between $400 to $500 i the scheme flood is
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    Broke curfew: Three fined
    41 5 TUIORE BAHRU, Tues. A marine policeman T>h Osman, Salleh bin md Ali bin Mohamed i t boat in the Johore Strait curfew hours. they had no permit to be were each fined $25 Police court here yeslay.
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    Youth delegates
    28 5 tin is sending nine dele'B to the 2nd general con- m it the World Assembly Youth to be held m Sln?apore from August 1G to 27.
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    Three-point plan to aid Asian seamen
    270 5 THEIR WELFARE IS HIS JOB THE newly-arrived Asian seamen's welfare officer, Mr. Thomas A. White, yesterday outlined a threefold objective to better the lot of thousands of Asian seamen m Singapore. He wants to see established a welfare committee to cater for the social
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    TALK ON FIRES
    42 5 Officers of the Singapore City fire brigade will talk on fire prevention at Kampong Ulu Pandan" (June 24 Lok An" village <Juno 27) and Tuas village 'June 30 >. They g similar lectures m 13 fill earlier m the month.
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    Bookmaking charge
    67 5 IPOH, Tues.- Three men and a 55-year-old woman were allowed $500 bail each when they were produced In the magistrate's court yesterday charged with acting as bookmakers at the Perak Turf Cub on Saturday. They were Lav Lai Pins. 34. Chin Sit, 57, Ho Yew Thian. 42, and
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    New councillor
    39 5 KUALA LUMPUR. Tuet. The High Commissioner, Sir Donald MacGillivray ha.s appointed Mr. A. E. W. Godosen a temporary unofficial member of the Federal Legislative Council m place of Mr. A. Cromarty during his absence from the Federation.
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    NOW 4,300 SCOUTS: MORE DISTRICTS ARE NEEDED
    194 5 NOW 4,300 SCOUTS: MORE DISTRICTS ARE NEEDED rHE Singapore Boy Scout's Association will consider i to ipllt the three preitricta into a larger felt this is necessary be- )t the steadily Incre i lumber of scout groups. c now about 4,300 era m the local .scout movement. Three years ago,
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    24 fighting elections
    121 5 KULIM, Tues. L three wards will contest the Padans Serai local council elections on Saturday. Ward "A" candidates are Messrs. K. S. Muthn (fixe), Llm Wan Ming (saw), Lim Leon^ Khoon (key) Mooy 800 Chenc (pineapple), Than Chin Kok (knife*. Liv See Mcc (lamp) and Lim Perm
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    Not subservient, says parly
    176 5 The labour Party of Singapore, by joining forces with the Labour Party of Malaya. had not lost its freedom on matters affectuia: the Colony, Mr. E. S. Moorthy, .secretary, said yesterday. "It continues as an Independent body and will not tolerate interference from outside", he j
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    Singapore wedding
    36 5 MX CHANDRA Aloysius Silva and Miss Norm* Kodrigu who were married at the < athedral of the Good Shepherd Singapore, during the weekend. There was a reception iifU-r the wedding at No. 1 Gloucester Koad.
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    INVASION OF CHINESE CRABS
    82 6 CHINESE crabs are >pr« a i Ing alarmingly al< ng French coast and Fr< nch turalists predict that shortly tiny will er Channel as did tl myxomal The Chinese crab <:•■ I <«d because it originated tho Chinese province ol kicn> normally Uv< i m I
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      604 6 -:>miiiiiiiiiumimiiiiicj||,|,,, llllinm||l IYOURI ILUCKYi STAR 1 I I>ORN lODAY. drama, literature and poetry dl < >our major career IMcrcsta happy and contented mariiat. I however, is something thai is E almost as important lo Ul welfare as a life-work to brini E you contentment. C You have a Ulent lor
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    Experts debunk screen scare
    178 7 Experts debunk screen scare I \GAPORE eye specialists s ty there is no danger to it eyes m seeing films on .vide screen cinema>pe and panoramic. they think that sitting too to the screen or seeing picture it too acute an •;»> might mean a slight strain on the eyes."
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    New president
    26 7 KUALA KANGSAR, Tues. die Mohamed bin Alanga:i. Assistant District Officer, S ngei Siput, was elected sident of the Old Chfirdians* Association of Kuala •>ar.
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    They're coming to Singapore
    106 7 THK two girls above are runners-up m Ihe Ml» A Sarawak Beauty Contest which W£l heU Uta Kuchlnf. They are (left). P"**** (second) and Miss Elsie Divmia Mowe. With 13-year-old Miss *JJ^^*Jg? viohammed, who was chosen Miss r *J»* they will compete with Singapore and Federation
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    They find romance in U.S. SINGAPORE STUDENTS MARRIED
    221 7 They find romance in U.S. SINGAPORE STUDENTS MARRIED IHVO former Singapore students have found romance and success after four years' stay m the United States. They were married recently m Atlanta, (ieorgia. And their parents have just received news of their success m higher studies. The couple are Mr. David
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    MR. CHAN SOLVES THE RIDDLE OF YOUR GAS AND ELECTRICITY BILLS
    141 7 MR. CHAN SOLVES THE RIDDLE OF YOUR GAS AND ELECTRICITY BILLS of elecMcity a month-you will be charged at the rate f l ifiou'consum^more than 15 units, then your rate iS "teFSuZSlw* the cheaper rate on the first 15 un s as popular^ believed. You pay the dearer St^^iSVeV 15
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    Girl, 11, heads 4,000
    55 7 IPOII. Tue.s. Choont Uan Chiew, 11-year-old daughter of a miner, Mr. Choong Sam, presided at a jatherine of some 4,000 boys and Rlrla of 10 of the larger primary Chinese schools m IpOD, observing Children's Day The celebrations, first oi lv kind, was organised by the
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    $50 fine for annoying woman
    46 7 KUALA LUMPUR. TU*. Yon X Kon Lin. 27. <>1 B^tu Une, wa.s toed $50 here for entering a home m K.irn pong Semarani to annoy a Yoml entered Into the houtj of Slew Pek Y-»k on June 9 and broke furniture.
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    Suicide bid by girl wife
    35 7 When SEGAMAT, Tiies. Wwn charged at Segamat with^ a^ that her husband drove ncr w it. He is Impossible to live with (,ar(. wh hup. •me Qr mf children... monUu>
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    BAD LUCK TOOK U.S. SERGEANT TO RAIDED BAR
    283 8 FLASHING his widest and whitest grin. Hiiliard Bracey, coloured American Air Force staff sergeant, walked out of Marlboroufh Street magistrate's court ;i free BUUL Hiiliard, 22 and six-foot-four, was the first American service man prosecuted by British police m a British court
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    Scott's ship for the Navy
    41 8 rum; Scouts have given the Discovery. Scott's Antarctic expedition ship, to the Admiralty. S)w will be a London K.VV.K. drill ship but sea scouts will still be able to use her and the public inspect her.
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    SMOKES 'ON BLACK' A WORRY TO THE TRADE
    181 8 SMOKES 'ON BLACK' A WORRY TO THE TRADE TOBACCONISTS face unfair a competition m area* where us. troops arc stationed American cigarettes arc bein£ .sold on the black market for two or three shillings for 20. Mr. G. Wright (Wclwyn Garden City) told the Tobacco Workers' Union conference at Harrogate.
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    WE'LL TEACH BAD RIDERS-POLICE
    110 8 A POLICE chief told parents: "Don't let your children loose on the road until they are citizens us well as Kood cyclists &nd have a sense of responsibility." The warning was given by Chief Inspector R. Neal. head of Nottingham's traffic department, because the winners of
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    'DON'T HOLD UP THEIR MONEY'
    46 8 Hie Liberal Party council, meeting m London, has called for tho Immediate repayment of post-war credits to beneficiariejg of holders who have died Other credits, says the council, should be converted into non-negotiable interest-bear-ing* bonds repayable after the holder is 60.
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    The Queen knows I'm innocent-Trainer
    435 8 CAPTAIN CECIL BOYDROCHFORT. the 67--year-old tramer who wa.s lined A; 100 by the Jockey CJub stewards ha.s announced: "I will NOT retiie." The captain, who had made remark, about "packing up." »said: "When you feel .strnrmJy you .say more than you intend The man who
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    OH LADIES, WHAT NEXT!
    40 8 picture. THK PLAK oi the Ascot hat parade on the first day of the race meeting: was reached b y Mrs. Netta Tudor, who topi ilice of the course with a runner on the rails.— A.P.
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    Litter basket conscious
    77 8 People are finding their way to litter baskets more readily. Figures of the amount of litter left m the royal parks at Whit.sun were described by Mr. John Rodgers. M.P., chairman of the Committee on Litter m the Royal Parks, as 'very encouraging." At Speakers' Corner, 448]
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    FINED £50 FOR OIL ON THE SEA
    181 8 FINED £50 FOR OIL ON THE SEA A BRITISH shipping lino wit!: a fleet of between 80 ami 00 ships was fined e5O because one of them discharged oil "directly into the port of Southampton." A harbour launch found a 50(1 yard trail of oil 20 to 30it. widp behind
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    TO BE SCRATCHED
    21 8 All racing news is to hv blacked out of newspapers m Paignton library Fans have been monopolising them
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    NEW YORK BEFORE 'HELL-BOMB RAID' AND AFTER THE SIRENS SOUNDED
    72 9 NEW YORK BEFORE 'HELL-BOMB RAID' AND AFTER THE SIRENS SOUNDED pictures. ABOVE; NEW YORK'S I inns Square bustles with activil> just before the mock H-bomb raid on the city BELOW: The square is deserted with vehicles parked at the curbs a Few moments after the sirens sounded. It was America's
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    THE LAST CALL
    37 9 Two ancient fire engines are to be sold for scran at BlackOne. made m Chicago m 1885, looks like a horse-drawn < harabmne, the other like a hot potato machine. It was made m 1892
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    TWICE NIGHTLY
    21 9 Liverpool philharmonic Society is introducing twice-a-nipht promenade concert* m the Hippodrome, Blackpool, where there are seats lor 2,20* people.
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    For Audrey -triumph in a new role
    183 9 AN attractive East London! shopgirl will celebrate her I9th birthday next month In a c of spotlights at the Royal! stivaJ Hall. For Audrey Glesa, from Sev< n Kings, this will be a double; I lumph. Wearing new fashions, she v. ill emerge
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    THEY CAME BACK FROM THE DEAD
    211 9 THE science-fiction theme of the man Irozen solid and revived centurie.s later is brought nearer reality by one Of the most sensational experiments ever carried out m Britain, Warm-blooded animals have been frozen almost solid and have thon been revived completely, without injury, by
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    POLICEMAN WAS 4 OTHERMEN -AT NIGHT
    254 9 POLICEMAN WAS 4 OTHERMEN -AT NIGHT 4 NTHONY ALDERTON was five men. In rial liTe he was a 24-year-old policeman "kern, zealous, reliable." The other four lives he made for himself He bffamr. In turn, when m.* fancy took him 1 The Comptroller of the f?- yal Household. a The
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    For Joyce-it's adventure
    114 9 For Joyce-it's adventure A GIRL of 22 is to bo appointed a full-time "adventure leader" to help solve the problem of a city's "dead-end^ kids." Miss Joyce Ellis, a youth leader, was chosen from iO men and women who applied for the job of organising Liverpool's first "junk playground/ 1
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    Drug doctor is gaoled
    53 9 DR. PREDEDICK Crist Lendnun, 50-year-old professor of medicine fron Chicago, began to take dni^.s alter a spell <■! overworlL At Dundee. Scotland, he was gaoled for four months for uttering forged prescriptions tor drugs. The profe.ssor, m Britain to do research, wrote prescriptions for himself, for^in^
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      100 9 WKOOSH! AND DOWN HE GOES AS MR. ALBERT HOOK Stepped from his hark door al Devises, Wiltshire, the ground gave waj beneath him and he fell into a SOf( ucll (hat h«> never knew existed. Two mm furs lift down stopped him falling farther. Tin* Hook family have hern walking
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    Moscow hits at tipping
    306 10 Moscow hits at tipping TIPPING giving as well as taking is being condemned m the Soviet press as undignified and shameful and a "humiliation of the Soviet man." The new campaign against tfiis practice is led by Izvestia, official newspaper of the Soviet Government. It condemns tipping as "a survival
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    It does not worry the French
    438 10  - It does not worry the French Dennis Smith SIXTEEN CABINETS SINCE THE WAX BUT... Says TS ANYONE m France worried about the (latest) French crisis? One answer comes from the comparatively obIscure town of Le Mans, m Western France, where 300.004 people m a festival spirit gathered to see who
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    Women fight Criminals
    84 10 Women fight Criminals A TOWN'S women have clubbed together to fight crime. The club, at Des Monies, lowa, call themselves the Christian Association of Public Affairs. They say that they have begun investigations into crime, public officials and Communism. Members are investigating the county's deputy sheriffs and will start on
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    Window on the World
    321 10 Window on the World THE suns wtic iu blame for Italy's defeat in World War 11. All this, according to the Italians who have decided, at last, that they couldn't help their defeat after all. The wicked British •according to Rome newspapers* had highly-paid astrologers in their War Department and
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    Garter knights have been 'sacked'
    354 11 (^IR Winston Churchill, who has just been installed as a member of Britain's most i xclusive Order of the Garter, once turned the honour down. In 1945, shortly after the di (eat of Churchill's Conser\.itive Party m the first postwar general election, King George VI
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    How it all began...
    122 11 > |7 uas soucuuue jor w*c 1 feelings of a woman, according to one legend, which prompted King Edward 111 to establish the Order of the Garter 600 years ago. As the story is told beautiful and demure Joan, Countess of Salisbury, had one of those
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    Arabs told: Chiang wil attack soon
    388 11 VATIONAI.IST China S In Cairo is seeking to head oil Arab recognition of Red China by promises that "this year" will see the beginning of Chiang Kai-Shek's tight to recover the mainland. "This year will be decisive m the life-and-death Struggle between Nationalist China
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      178 11 MM MISSION ORANGE l!»:>4 l.s once a^ain a y*ar Oi distinction MISSION Oranv?*" has won the FIRST PRIZE MRI3AL for the THIRD consecutive year, awarded by the world famous International Pood Institute Expositions held In Paris -the two preceding years In Lisbon and ■rWMIf. MISSION Orange Ml lodftd unionist the
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    Leave these tails for the ponies
    503 12 Leave these tails for the ponies oummer brings its own problems to members of the Beauty Club. Sunshine Ifl what we expect on week-ends by the sea. What we often get, even it the .sun is shining, is a hi^h wind. Problem number one; what to do with your hair?
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    Bridge Hand
    369 12 Bridge Hand l,u'\\ sides vulnerable Nut tti dealer I>I.I.ASE leitk BOOM quest ions About the bidding of tins hand," asks a Chicago reader. "West < ha.nc.ed to i»i>en the nine of spades, bill even against chib opening the contract is teed without risking the dub. finesse. Declare! can afford to
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    COTTON AND MIMOSA
    38 12 COTTON AND MIMOSA rhoto. Embroidered sprays of mimosa in yellow and green make just the right decoration for this graceful new cocktail dress in white Sudan cotton organdie. The dress is bv Jacques Fath of Paris Re uter
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    When your makeup has to last all day
    347 12 When your makeup has to last all day ARE you going to any -^■outdoor sportin? event when your make-up has to last all day, and your face may be exposed to sun, wind or showers? a colourless foundation liquid offers an excellent protective film against all three. Next smooth m
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    The Art of being AVA
    1113 13 A CANDID ANALYSIS OF A FAMOUS BEAUTY AND PUBLICITY PHENOMENON' BY ROBERT OTTAWAY. Shy "s rich but unhappy Arrotjun i and triyhtvnvd WHEN Ava, just 18, first went to Hollywood, they said she was "sweet as apple-pie and twice as natural." That was 13 years,
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    WHY THE AVA-SINATHA ROMANCE FLOPPED
    173 13 is not prepared to compromise with her career even to save a marriage. That mas the flaw m her stormy partnership with Frank Sinatra. Ava says ruefully, now: "Frank and 1 just wanted a Place to live— a real place, with a kitchen. Just a
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    Peter May as Test skipper?
    244 14  - Peter May as Test skipper? ARCHIE QUICK Xv WHAT do they talk about m cricket dressing rooms those wet summer days? Almost the sole topic i.s the trip to Australia and who should make it. Surprisingly, many professionals want a bigger amateur Hement m the game and would not be
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    46 14 picture. The not-so-muscular pugilist on the left giving a few friendly tip* to British featherweight champion Sammy McCarthy is comedian Norman Wisdom pi ctured on the set of his new film "One Hood Turn Norman Wisdom is the former flyweight champion of the 10th Hussars Reuter
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    BUSIEST WEEK
    57 14 fI^WICE Lhij, sea.vm already county crtctenttT Henry Horton has I fl hi-, I)M tbroUgn the innings for HajttfNhira on succes.sive days. Now thU ill rounder h.i.s »>een transfer red Iron Southampton F.C to Ui 1 it.ir-1 M«* UMd to play for Bl ICkburn Koveih. but he says thu
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    US. TENNIS FACES A PROBLEM
    483 14  - US. TENNIS FACES A PROBLEM CONNIE RYAN By The stars may be absent next year 'Fills VI \K probably will be the last time around the international amateur circuit for such American stars as Maureen Connolly, Vie Seixas and perhaps Tony Trabert, so the I.S. Lawn Tennis Association must begin
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    8 WICKETS FOR 7 RUNS
    80 14 EDDIE COPE, captain of Birmingham Co-operative Sports Club took eight wickets for se\en runs against Walsall Trinity, m(- luding five wickets with successive deliveries and yet his side lost by 36 runs to 38. Equally unfortunate were two Birmingham Housing CC bowlers m the local
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    BRIAN IS AN ALL-ROUNDER
    60 14 IS ambidextrous Brian Close, the Yorkshire and England allround cricketer, the only cricketergolfer who swings a golf club the opposite way round to which he holds a cricket bat? Brian bats lefthanded bowls right and is a righthanded golfer. Also m the Yorkshire team this season
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    MONEY-BACK RULE NEEDED
    244 14 MONEY-BACK RULE NEEDED £9.000 was taken m advance booking lor the first three days of the Test Match at Lords and not a ball was bowled! The pneumatic public reacted quite calmly, as usual, realising, of course, that play was impossible and that their tickets plainly stated that, m the
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    BALL THROUGH THE UMPIRE'S WINDOW
    60 14 MANY a hefly batsman has sent .ticket hallo flying through Windows nd mt bedrooms of houses near cricket grounds, but m the Rlugstone Crescent match at Nelson (Lanes i a batsman did just that and It was discovered that the unlucky window belonged to the
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    Frenchman 1st in boat race
    109 14 |>(KiEK Parli of Praaec won Urn iiimu.il Ark.tn>.i.s Rtver boat race Mottrtey by lit- ■■•II itina the trMdMroiM I^7-mi'e course In the rteord ttm m 2 hours, 53 minuteu. 0 4 MOOBdI tnli Btldel, o( Ciermany, last Mojr'a ehMnpton mi Gtarauuß record wA<lrc, flushed MTOnd.
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    This mystery called putting
    767 14  - This mystery called putting HENRY LONGHURST By AMID the recent notable events at Muirneld nothing so much intrigued the watchers as the sight of the Amateur Champion trying to retain his title— and very nearly doing so— by putting with a number three iron. The only comparable Instance which I
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    SERVICES LEAGUE TABLES
    264 14 UP to date positions m the Singapore United Berricei Football Association Lare: Today's Ties DIVISION I Royal Army Ordnance Corp* Royal Signals; Flying Boat Win< v. Royal Electrical and Mechanical Engineers. DIVISION 2 Royal Army Medical Corps v. REME "A"; Royal Army Pay («t|» v. GHQ: M.R.N.V.R.V.
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    WOMEN'S CRICKET DOES NOT PAY
    80 14 fTIHERE Is no fortune to be Rttda X m beinu a New Zealand worn m cricketer. The party currently touring Great Britain from the Antipodes had their fares paid across the world it is true, but they have to find all expenses alter that and
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    SIX SIXES
    54 14 STUART TAYLOR, of Regents Sports Club, started off m his On* came m the Kiddeimmuter League with a tine six over square leg boundary. To make Ml debut all the more impressive he went on to score 113 m an hour MM a half, his innings including =>v
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    HOWZAT!
    46 15 picture. X Da Silva of the Police is caught by Price (left) oft' a ball from Farmer m Sunday's tourney cricket match against Singapore Cricket Club at Thompson Road. Da Silva had made 37 m this match. which Police won by 26 runs.— Free Press
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    FIFA accepts Malaya-and Red China
    164 15 WE International Football a. Association yesterday adjttrd Nationalist China as a i iiicber against the strong iM-tions of Communist China Ijm h is already m the orga- ation. 1 'hirty-one of 49 national delegates lulmg the 29th FIFA Congress .eetiny at Berne voted for the
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    Mottram out in 1st round at Wimbledon
    363 15 Mottram out in 1st round at Wimbledon pMEhE uere no shock results m tin early men's sinplrs matcba lii'h opened the 68th Wimbledon tennis champioaships at the ■Jl England Club yesterday. Overcast skies and an occasional light drizzle robbed the event of i 'i«li of its usual brilliance and the
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    K.L. NEWCOMERS ARE STRONG BUNCH
    405 15 Eight horses to watch closely AMONG the newcomers entered for the coming Kuaki Lumpur races is Happy Life (late Piccalilli), a very fast horse. A three-year-old, he is by Full Bloom out of a Precipitation mare, Pernickity. As a two-year-old he had six starts m
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    BLIND MOTORCYCLIST SETS RECORD
    83 15 BLIND MOTORCYCLIST SETS RECORD I>II>I>Y DYBB, blind 1. .mi., boxer, ended a motor cycle endurance ride last night after staying aboard for 21!! hours and 40 minutes a world record. Dyer himself held the previous record of I7IM hours, set m Las \«tas. Nevada, last November. Suffering from fatigue and
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    £23,600 FROM DAVIS CUP
    68 15 THE Australian LftWll TennJi Association made I pi "fit WlsJ ■MUMM Of £33 800 < All.sti alian t. AEU.ftO^ MOTC thiin tbi profit shown for the previous 12 months. This whs announced yetterday m a report submitted by Trttaum Ken Hmael to the ltaa Council. The
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    ESPINOSA WINS JAPAN BOUT
    43 15 Leo ■fftoota of the PhlMpptaei outpointed Japan fljTWtlgtlt (ham pion Hiroyuki Tex.iki In a 10-round DOO-UUC Qfhl m Oka la-M *iiift»» E6pino.a, ranked as the No. 2 contender for the world flyweight title, weighed 114. Texaki 114H A I'
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    Notts follow on against Pakistan XI
    364 16 BOWLING of Test match quality by Fazal Mahmood placed Pakistan m a .strong position against Nottingham Jure yesterday. The County, with 8 wickets remaining, nood 178 to avoid an innings defeat. F;r/:ii »ook 8 for is) m f he oounty'a fir^f iuninic.s of lf>.
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    'Wonderful,' says Roger
    337 16 ROGER Bannister; first man ever to run a mile m les than four minutes. l;i.st night sent his "warmest consjrntulat ions'" to John Landy. the Australian who yesterday ran the distance m three minutes 58 seconds at Turku. Finland to set up a new world record. Bannister
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    County scores
    186 16 Cricket close of play Scores:— At Oval: Surrey beat Cambridge University by an innings and 101 runs Surrey 380 lor four dtclared Cambrldgt University 103. < Loader, four for 28 ana 176. (Smith r>o. Ale. BtdMT four for 28, leader tour for 1 9 > At Lords. Yorkshire
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    LANDY'S 3 min 58sec IS THE MILE LIMIT
    428 16 LANDY'S 3 min 5 8 sec IS THE MILE LIMIT But Aussie says: 'I can do better 9 AUSTRALIAN John Landv's "miracle mile" of three minutes 58 seconds at Turku, Finland, last night is regarded m medical quarters as the absolute limit to which human endurance can be pushed. But
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    DIRT TRACK SPEED MARK
    56 16 Jimmy Bryan, who finished second m the 500-mile Indianapolis Memorial Day classic, yesterday broke the mile dirt track speed record m the 100-mile AAA national championship regular car race m Pennsylvania. Bryan negotiated the Langhorne course In one hour, one minute, 30.6 seconds. His average speed
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    Chattaway was again pacemaker
    114 16 'BANNISTER AND LANDY EQUAL' PHRIS CHATAWAY said last night he considered Landy and Ban nister as equals. "I will say they are dead on a level," he said. "You have to take the conditions into consideration. "Bannister ran hi.s race on I cold Windy May Jay.
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    Few horses out for K.L. fast work
    138 16 f.p. Course Correspondent HEAVY rain all but washed out morning's training on the Kuala Lumpur When the weather cleared at 7.30 a tew norses were taken out for fast work on the outer strip of the main racecourse. Ore, with Mickey Donr astride,
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    10 named for Games
    138 16 TVf RS SHEII.A Lenvill, holder of the world high jump reoo included In England* women athletics team lor the Empire Garnet m Vancouver next month. The team of 10 include? six national champions. Mrs. Dorothy Tvier. mother of two children, will be competing In net third
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