The Singapore Free Press, 24 June 1954

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    Masthead
    18 1 The Singapore Free Press Va 13U83. Singapore, Thurs., June 24, 1954. Price IfCta Largest Afternoon Sale in Malaya.
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    CALL-UP BOYS CELEB RATE
    536 1 'We are thrilled to serve 9 11l NDREDS of Singapore students 11 yesterday dedicated themselves to two aims— to £iv e of their best in National Service training, and then win a Grade 1 pass in the coming Senior Cambridge examinations. They are confident of gaining
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    Rebels cut lone railway to capital
    150 1 Rebels cut lone railway to capital 4 NTI-COMMITNIST rebel forces said yesterday they are making a furious air and land attach" on the important railway centre of Chiquimula, S5 miles due east of Guatemala City. Rebel chieftain Colonel Carlos Armas claimed the important rail centres of Bananera. Morales and Gualan
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    Rubber price
    29 1 Singapore rubber market Pened this morning on an uncertain tone with first grade, July shipment, at 66 cents a pound one-eighth of a cent below yesterday's close.
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    HOPE YOU GET WELL SOONWISH TO DUKE
    91 1 THE Duke of Kent, m a London hospital with injuries received m a motor accident last Sunday, had a very satisfactory day and is continuing to make progress, it was announced last night. The Governor of Singapore, Sir John Nicoll, yesterday sent a
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    Film star visits hospital
    65 1 Hollywood film star, William Holden. who is on a visit to Singapore, yesterday dropped in at the British Military Hospital at Alexandra to say "how do you do'' to the patients. And here is Pte Jfscsie Gray, a nurse at the hospital, posing proudly with Bill,
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    MISSING SAILORS
    21 1 The nine sailors in the naval yacht, Elinor, missinß for three weeks from Hong Uuag Kong, are in Canton.
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    SOPIEE AND YAP QUIT
    114 1 AT today's meeting of the Federal Legislative Council in Kuala Lumpur it became known that the two Labour Party of Malaya members Inche Mohamed Sopiee and Mr. Yap Choong Koiu? had resigned from their party. This was in protest against 'the unrealistic and unreasonable stand by
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    CRASH INQUIRY
    16 1 Th* 1 KallunK air cru^h inquiry in Singapore will rafume at 9 a.m. tomorrow.
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    LYTTELTON DENIES 1,000 HAVE QUIT
    124 1 Mr Oliver Lyttlemun. the seen tary |(I State for Colonies, denied In the House of Commons yesterday thai there had been luoo resig tioiu from Federal councils and authorities in Malaya protest against the tusaJ of the Government am( the constitutional Lg of the Federal
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    70 STUDENTS TURNED AWAY FROM SCHOOL
    190 1 ABOUT 70 (atholic Ilish School students who staged a sit-down strike yesterday and demanded the reinstatement ot five boys who were expelled after the callup protest, were not allowed to enter the school this morning. They were told to go home and return with
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    FRENCH AIR ATTACK ON RED BASES
    164 2 FRENCH AIR ATTACK ON RED BASES VKKNCH bombers struck a crippling blow at live r Vietminh bases in the vital stretch of delta flat land between Hanoi and Haiphong, as the climax of a three-week campaign to safeguard Hanoi's lifeline to the sea. French authorities said in Hanoi yesterday. Fifty
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    THREE HURT IN SINGAPORE CAR CRASH
    50 2 TtHREE men were injured -I when two cars collided at the junction of Taniong Katong and Ea-st Coa.st Road la.st night. One Is a detective corporal Kay Soo Poon. who Is now in lospital with head injuries. The other two were treated i.s out-patients.
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    Ike gets his aid millions
    218 2 .»pHK HOUSE Foreign Affairs Committee, heeding a personal plea from President Eisenhower, yesterday defeated attempt* to cut or postpone action on his $3,477. million foreign aid programme. Witluii little more than an hour after Mr. Eisenhower sent special message to Congresi urging prompt approval ol
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    Investors wanted
    43 2 A bill Rimed at attracting foreign investment! In Formosa iv under diacuafion by the NaUon&lisi Legislative Yuan One claim provides that profits amounting to IS r*r cent (>i Individual Investments may t« tuki i, oui <>i ihf country tach it-ar.- A.P.
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    Girl guide chief
    27 2 Lady MacGillivray, wife of the Hi^h Commissioner, has accepted the appointment of president of the Federation Girl Gulden Association in .succession to Lady Templcr.
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    They bring their music ashore
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    Russian woman, 21, can stay in U.S.
    159 2 SHE'S MARRIED TO AMERICAN NOW CHARGES of fleeing the jurisdiction of the San V/ Francisco Office of the U.S. Immigration Bureau, against Ludmila S. Mihailova, were withdrawn in San Francisco yesterday. Assistant U.S. Attorney Robert Schnacke announced withdrawal of the charges against the
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    Puffer back home again
    72 2 PUFFER, the threeM. year-old pedigree Peke reported missing on Monday afternoon from her home in Sixth Avenue, off Bukit Tim.ih. Singapore, has been found She was returned to her owner. Mrs. D. Johnston, after the Free Press published a story the next day about Puffer's disappearance.
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    Jap envoy for I-C
    13 2 Japan and Vietnam soon will exchange ministers. A. P.
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    VARSITY SCHOLARSHIPS GO TO NINE STUDENTS
    235 2 f EADING school athlete. Chan Onn Leng of Anglofi Chinese School. Singapore, has been awarded a Malayan University scholarship in the faculty of medicine. He is one of the nine given full-course scholarships by the University this year The scholarships went to five Singapore
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    Benelux meeting
    29 2 The Foreign Ministers of the three Eenelux countries—Belgium, Holland and Luxembourg —met in Luxembourg yestei day to dlsctiss the ratification prospects of the European Armv Treaty. Reuter
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    Back from Moscow
    33 2 Mr V. V. Kouzneteov, a Soviet Deputy Foreign Minuter, returned to Geneva ycstei day from Moscow to take over leadership ol the Soviet delegation to the Indo-China peace talks. Reuter
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    Galaxy of beauty
    124 3 .Singapore's 15 most beautiful girls were chosen last night They were the semi-finalists for the Miss Malaya Quest. itul wore picked from latni Colony co>"Petit<> rs on f!ie ipttil Theatre stage. Here they are pictured: FOP: (from left) Teresa Ortega, Dorothy de Souza (Fortune Advertising) Phy 1
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    Paratroops fight outlaw band
    65 3 Paratroops fight outlaw band UARACHUTE reinforcements were dropped yesterday aid a group of policemen htlng an outlaw band north Maknassy, in the phosphate mine region of Tunisia. The 11 gendarmes following information that the outwere hidden in the mounmado contact on Tuesnight. The rebels, e.sti- at about 60 In number,
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    Bear steals baby
    44 3 Bear steals baby A HUGE Urar seized a baby from its cradle at the edtte of a Held where 111 parents wen' at work near Kaatnhika. in Cireece, and disappeared with it into a forest. Bi^ search parties have lieen sent out. A P
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    France to sign tin agreement
    112 3 France to sign tin agreement The French Ambassador in London. M. Rene Massigli, has been instructed to sign the trie. International Tin Agreement drawn up by the United Nations Organisation last year, the French Foreign Oflir. announced in Paris yesterday. France, which imports almost all its tin about 7.500 tons
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    Mercy airlift
    31 3 The United States Ls Roing to fly 500 French soldiers, wounded in the battle of Dien Bien Phu, across the Pacinc and the United States to France. A. P
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    LYTTELTON REBUKES M.P. ON MALAYA
    135 3 \|H. fH.IVFK LYTTELTON ifl Secretary of State for »he Colonies, said in the ilouse of Cominoris yrsterddy he was satisfied tli »t nothing i« the Emergeßcy RtgolattMU i» Milaya would lie used to imped.- prop.r conduct" of the election of representatives to the country's LeeisUtive
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    BLACK MARKET CENTRE RAZED BY FIRE
    121 3 BLACK MARKET CENTRE RAZED BY FIRE Seoul scourged again by flames 4 FIRE ate its way through the heart of Neoui's tinderhox black market district yesterday, destroyed a ten-block square area, flattened at least .'•mi shack homes and shops and left an estimated G,OOO people homeless. Thousands of dollars worth
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    British H.Q. to be moved
    101 3 Active preparations for the transfer of British Middle Kdst tones 1 headquarter* from the Canal /one to Cyprus are now under way. In order tu make way for incoming units, headquarters of Cyprus garrison will .shortly vacate its present Quarters In Nicosia, and move to
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    Opinion Challenge to Malaya
    386 4 Opinion Challenge to Malaya THURSDAY. June 24. I(^4. Thr announcement that Malaya mav compete in Davis Cup tennis, playing in a revived Eastern Zone as a member of the International, Lawn Tennis Federation. i> welcome news for tennis enthusiasts here. At thr same time it is a challenge to the
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    Why the fuss over Selassie?
    816 4  -  EVELYN IRONS By With a faintly amuse*! smite <>n his lips Uuile Smimmlm. tkmgmrmr of Abyssinia, is busy turniny his first visit to #fc f Vnitvd States inta a triumphant profession. But behind till the showmanship and ylitter the purpose of the risii remains— strirtly
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    CHECK MATE
    141 4  -  STEPHEN COULTER "THE French Government asked Marshal ,|uin (recently dismissed for insubordination) to take over the seemingly hopeless command in Indo-China. It was a putty comedy. Roughly the situation was that the Government asked Juin to accept this post hoping he would refu.se and Juin refused hOptof. he
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      29 4 Official Distributors of ENGAGEMENT and DRESS RINGS vf/ with Diamonds. Rubies. Sapphires Kimralds Trarls and Jad«Visit:— G. C. tie SUVA BROS. JewHlrrs. S, Raffles Plan-. Sin^apon -1 Trlrphonf nils
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      59 4 Etepentlability Reliability j are both essential factors in the case of PACKING of I PERSONAL HOUSEHOLD EFFECTS for Shipment You can cauni on us Expert Packers o/ many years* standiny. {estimates given without I OBLIGATION. Please Phone or Call In Association With SINGAPORE PACKING CO., LTD. 65, The Arcade, Singapore
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    IT WAS A ROYAL VILLAGE
    841 5 NOW ITS A SHAMBLES Thrsr arr a few hous«*s of K idoi Mas village, hut most of then I"' hidden behind thick foli.it;** underurowth. Oner a royal kimponi;. it i.s now in ureat need of developmerit Free Press picture \K\RS AGO Singapore's Radin Mas village
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    Govt. backs new planting
    71 5 KUAI.A LUMPUR Tl. The Federation Oovernn will do all it can to ei new planting ol coff< md other products In Lemuel lot N 1-, Mi:. I M told tf i F( deral i lative Council yesU He told Mr Utah J> thai the Agricultural Department
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    Lotteries balance invested
    137 5 TB WORK GETS BIG GRANTS KUALA LUMPUR, Thurs. (U the balance ot y $2,487,054 from the Social and Welfare Lotteries $1,400,000 has been invested, the Federal Legislative Council was told terday. The Member for Induitrial ""i Social Rotations. Inchc Mustapha Albakri, told Mr. J T Chappel In
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    Officer for oaths
    24 5 KLUANG, Thurs tache U- Mofm. rtiUd. chiei •'t-rk Magistrnt-- conn Kluang, has been appointed Commissioner of Oath* by Uu Chid Justice.
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      130 5 They tell Steve Neoh of their hopes for village ■Bfx':': v^»i^g^gKt. SM BBlH^ Hr v ''^^■a gBgWglF ■r »f BBtfcvHSSPvv^*"- -'--'oSßy^^tnH^BguuKC' <^ *^^9gfll b MEffßgffi^-^ ?B£ '^!!HgT; ,^JH g^gTjTsV gigk' \wKSSI^E^?^^7^KSSKK^yy- flgflgflgflgl INC lit; s \s> \K MB. VAS\(i,\K IN< lIH BAKI /T/gf/i C7ft%s Precision Watches •A* LONGINES ROLEX TUDOR
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    AID FOR INDIAN CAR INDUSTRY
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      222 6 MANDRAKE by Lee Falk and Phil Davis AU4CKK ABOUT WIHOOT "J CALL THE PoScF. l5J W ORA«.M JM^ I «AD NT I TARZAN by Edgar Rice Burroughs ~JkWL 'f-r "~r c C r A 'E P^ THE APE-A\AN -v. flßr r x VA k^--3^" HAD ->E PIEP ON JllciA THE
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      529 6 YOUR LUCKY STAR JJOKN TODAY. >ou one of those lively, em. taining personalities. ilUt conversationalist, you will ways become the centre ol any group. You are socially adaptable but still are rather inclined v, i pick as friends those who can' be useful to you as you advance m the
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    $28,000 BILL TO WIDEN A BRIDGE
    186 7 But it will ease flow of traffic OINGAPORE City Council > is spending some :SJB,OOO to widen a second bridge— the one spanning Rochore Canal where Jalan Besar and Hi-ncoolen Street meet. Mr. G. Edmond, City Engineer, >.]id yesterday that the bridge is to
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    THESE WOMEN WORKED ON THE DEATH RAILWAY
    192 7 MANY MALAYAN women were among civilian pri-v)ners-of-war taken by the J ips to work on the SiamBurma "Railway of Death." Some survivors have registered at the Singapore Chinese Chamber of Commerce alter it asked for the names of people, who worked on the
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    Swimmmg pool fight ends—it goes to Farrer Park
    129 7 Swimmmg pool fight ends it goes to Farrer Park CURRER PARK won over King George V Park as the site for a new City Council swimming pool. This decision was taken at a meeting of the Estates and Fire Brigade committee which agreed in principle to build the pool there
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    PARK-YOUR-CAR SERVICE PLAN: EXPERT TO COME HERE
    325 7 PARK-YOUR-CAR SERVICE PLAN: EXPERT TO COME HERE A SINGAPORE firm which hopes to start an up-to-date car -park service in the business sections of the city, will bring out its traffic expert trom Australia. He is Mr. Paul Schenk. ol American-Asian-Austra-lian Enterprises, which is now seeking permission trom tin* City
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    Students visit Sultan's palace Buying policy stays Teachers to meet
    53 7 Students visit Sultan's palace Buying policy stays Teachers to meet TAIPING, Thurs. Eighty senior students or the Hua Uan High School here, accompanied by their teachers, paid a visit to Istana Iskandariah in Kuala Kangsar. They spent two hours at the Sultan's palace, and later vtait ed the Joo Seng
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    SI-SEAT CASH BOOKINGS AT CINEMAS NOW
    113 7 SI -SEAT CASH BOOKINGS AT CINEMAS NOW Tup: $l-semt cub b<)ukinj?s are now available at all the bi<4 clnemai In Blngftport. Movie tatis Mtronlfing 0110--dollar seats said bookings wcr»» a sensible way Of preventing queues befoi*' each performancr. Mi.ss K. W. Chew .said: "I heartily welcome the now pl.ni. It
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    Buying policy stays
    58 7 KUALA LUMPUR, Thurs. The Federation Government does not Intend to revise itpresent policy ot buylrm i direct from the Crown Agents the Financial Secretary said in a reply to Mr G ShMley of Penang, at yesterday's Legislative Council meeting. The Government s pollcjf he said, Ls to
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    Teachers to meet
    35 7 SEGAMAT. Than. The Segamat branch of the Johore Teachers' Union will hold Its annual meeting at 10.30 a.m. on June 26. at the India -Ceylon Association Ta 1 mil School Hall. Segamat.
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    HE GOT £30,000 AND OTHER MAN'S WIFE
    249 8 The friend who was given home... THKI.I- weeks after inheriting £30,000 a man went off with the wife of a friend who had riven him a home 12 years earlier, a judge said. He ordered the man to pay the husband £500 damages.
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    Karloff: Crime can pay
    175 8 Karloff: Crime can pay HOLDING a skeletons hand while he spoke. Mr. Boris Kurloft. the Hollywood horrific actor, opened the (rime Writers' Association's first exhibition in Albcmarle Street, London. Looking: at the skeleton, he said: "I see a friendly and familiar face here. 1 hope it will be in order
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    Husbands 'should take their share'
    59 8 Husbands should have a 50 50 interest in running and furnishing their home, Mr. R. McKlnstrv. an architect told Belfast Rotary Club. He was certain, be declared, that if men did take more interest in thiv, aspect of home life, standards would improve j because
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    DEATH WATCH TOLL
    15 8 Twenty Suffolk churches have suffered .£30.000 damage from the death watch beetle.
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    Just like the movies
    246 8 A PACKAGE covered with waterproof wrapping was pushed through a porthole as a ship from West Africa steamed up the Thames at! night towards the Pool of j London. When the ship had passed three men in a small boat hooked up the floating pack- 1
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    WATERLOO POPPIES
    28 8 A family heirloom, a silver box containing withered flowers picked on the battlefield of Waterloo, was found when a Beeston, Notts, cottage was de- j molished.
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    He brooded-then crashed into house
    401 8 HENRY DA VIES wa.s brooding heavily as he drove his Ann's lorry through Upper Holloway in North Lonlion: and when he turned into Junction-road his mind i w;u i made up. Hib wife was going to leave hi in, was she 0 She was in
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    Constable gets a kick out of his job
    59 8 HERE IS one policeman who gets a kick out of his Job. Belita, the i, T skater, famous for her hi^h kicks, used his shoulder for a footrest, keeping in trim for the ice spectacle "White Horse Inn On Ice" which opens
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    UNCLE STOLE 'TO GIVE ORPHANS TREATS'
    158 8 UNCLE STOLE 'TO GIVE ORPHANS TREATS' ORPHAN brothers George and John will set no more sweets or seaside outings from the man thev know as "Uncle" George, a 51-year-old postman who befriended them as the result of a 8.8.C. appeal. For George Wallace Russell, £7 145.-a-week temporary postman, was gaoled
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    HIS FIRST HOLIDAY
    36 8 For the first time for over 20 years. Mr. Alec Kirkland w" 1 be mining from the organ seal at Christ Church. B< ltf< -r. Derby, in August. He will be OB holiday.
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    DEAD GIRL -DOCTORS PUZZLED
    142 8 DEAD GIRL -DOCTORS PUZZLED 117 HEN eight year old Marf T garet Mandy died .suddenly and for no apparent reason her heart-broken parents were mystified. After a special adjournment, the West Middlesex coroner. Mr. H. G. Broadbridge, was still unable to tell them why she died. He recorded a venUct
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    POACHING BY CYANIDE
    34 8 Poachers threw cyanide Into a pool in the River Tumrml. Perthshire, and choked 91 salmon, averaging 20 1b weight and worth £1000. But police arrived before the poachers could retrieve fish
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    KISSPROOF
    22 8 Klssproof lipstick for Cornmunition services Is recommended bv the vicar of CrowJj near Doncaster, to avoid mamIng the chaiice or linen.
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    SHE MAY BE ALIVE SO DON'T NAME ME, HUSBAND BEGS
    294 9 A MAN obtained a decree nisi at Bradford on the grounds of the presumed death of his wife in Lithuania. Then he asked that his name should not be revealed. He thinks there is just a chame that his wife
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    If your child cries let him
    223 9 then comfort him, says doctor IF CHILD has to go into hospital, parents should < xplain, as far as the child is able to understand, what is going to happen, a woman doctor said. That is one of the hints to parents on how
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    HE NEED NOT FORGIVE IF HIS WIFE WAS UNFAITHFUL
    136 9 HE NEED NOT FORGIVE IF HIS WIFE WAS UNFAITHFUL SHOULD a husband forgive his unfaithful wile? The question was considered bv a divorce court judge. TU judge refused to order a husband to return to a wife who had been unfaithful, but who had pleaded with him k) go back.
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    Honeybone is the name
    125 9 Honeybone is the name MR Will IAM lIONFYRONK feared that the family name mij;ht lim-oiim- extinct, lie need not have worried. A K4-year-old retired civil servant. Mr Honeybone, of Windsor House. Islington, derided to trace his ancestors. That was in IfSl. Sintr then, he has found a family tree dating
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    IT WAS LADIES' DAY AT ASCOT
    44 9 IT WAS LADIES' DAY AT ASCOT pictures. ABOVE Wearing a floral hat adorned with a net veil, Princess Margaret arrives at Royal Ascot. BELOW The Begum Aga Khan also wearing a hat with net veil, was there to see her husband's horses run. AP
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    We're not to blame for this -doctor
    166 9 •I rHEN a person Is certified a.W mentally unbalanced it is legal and not a medical procedure, a doctor emnhasised. nr Henry Yellowlees. appearing before the Royal Com nission on tne law relating mental illness and mental riiflciency, added that the ignorant public"
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    MAN FAINTS 35FT. UP SCAFFOLD
    36 9 Sydney Waldon. aged 41, of i.;iyton street, Nottingham fainted while working on a Haffold 35ft. from the ground In High-street. Chesterfield. Two workmen held Waldon unUl toe wsu> rescued by firemen.
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    ONE-ARM M.P. WINS DRIVING CASE Burmese to Japan
    256 9 ONE-ARM M.P. WINS DRIVING CASE Burmese to Japan Mr WILLIAM Rupert Rees-Davie.s. a«ed 38. one-armed Tory M P. J^the Me of Thanet, told Hißn Court iudge in Lo" d on J am a better driver with one arm than I was when had two. That hi absolutely truthful." He was
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    Burmese to Japan
    22 9 A Burmese delegation will go to Tokyo soon to complete arrangements for the payment of reparations bv Japan. A.P.
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    13, SHE STARTS A LIFETIME OF CHILDHOOD
    289 9 13, SHE STARTS A LIFETIME OF CHILDHOOD 4 LITTLE girl was playing at the A O rncr of the Street with a hall. On a half-demolished house another Kirl was Jumping on what was once a window-blind. The blind crashed down and tor 13-year-old Hrenda Ann Pulumbo .who was Standing
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    17 10 The big Thiee at Geneva, Georges Itiriuutt (France), Walter Bedell Smith (U.S.) and Anthony I den (Britain).
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    Danger in the Middle East
    319 10  -  Ralph K. Polad Red agitation grows By /'OMMUNIST organizer! are winning fellowtravelling converts in the Middle Fast with "dangerous" speed, a high Lebanese Government sourer said reccntly. At the same time, he declared, the actual number of Communist Party card holders in Lebanon Itself was
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    U.S. to France: You must not stand in way of a German Army
    233 10 U.S. to France: You must not stand in way of a German Army THE United States has warned France that German rearmament cannot be delayed later than this Autumn, according to high American officials in the West German capital. France has been told,| these officials reported, that the U.S. hopes
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    Bathing beauty
    60 10 Revelling in the warm surf of Xew Zealand's beaches is Laya Raki, 22-year-old German-Javanese beauty who has thrilled Europe with her dancing. Her first British film, "The Seekers", is an adventure story in colour showing the impact upon the Maoris of the British settlers in New Zealand. Laya,
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    Pakistan works at constitution
    435 10  - Pakistan works at constitution EUGENE LEVIN They've been at it seven years already. PETTING a constitution written for Pakistan is a seemingly endless job. The country's lawmakers have been at work on the document for seven years. They plan to finish their work by the end of 1954, but few
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    24 11 William llolden, imu being feted in Singapore, seen uith his actress wite, Krencla Marshall at their home, llolricn holds his l!>:>:t Oscar Academy Award.
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    The Danes hate 'snoopers'
    579 11 The Danes hate 'snoopers' PRIVATE and CONFIfIBKTIAL Where divorces, suicides, private griefs and some criminal* cases are not says James White rpHERE has been a row in the Danish Parliament over a Dill designed to give police and security officers the right to tap private telephone conversations. Even where the
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    26 11 Susan Hayward. now in the news because of her divorce suit, relaxes between scenes of her next film "(iarden of Fvil" which is set in Mexico.
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    ROUND AUSTRALIA CAR TRIAL SOON
    134 11 ROUND AUSTRALIA CAR TRIAL SOON It's tough on cars—and drivers A TOTAL of 263 cars will set out from Sydney on Julv 3 for the toughest ear trial in the world. It is the RoundAustralia Car Trial 9 600 miles telling desert, b n;m tain dry,::;, d to tax not
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    German bid for air traffic
    395 11  -  NORMAN LINDHU KST Thi Far East as uvll as Europe may $U Honn airlines eventually. WEST Germany h«i.s eight aircraft on order from two California plants, but nobody neither the Germans nor the Allies has as yet been able to figure out what to do
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    Terry, the girl with a goal
    802 13  - Terry, the girl with a goal Marie Torr By IT'S ONLY been since Come Back, Little Sheba' that anybody's paid any attention to me." said Terry Moore. •Before that, as recently as a year ago. who ever would have thrown a partv in mv honour!" That's the truth," Dut in
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    There must be ONE screen lady
    357 13  - There must be ONE screen lady DAVID LIWIN Deborah Kerr says: I got tired... CAID Deborah Kerr on arrival in England: "There has to be a lady in Hollywood, but someone else can hold the lamp now. I've abdicated." Miss Kcrr was back in London to make Graham Greene's "End
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    Temperamental Stars
    378 13  - Temperamental Stars BOB THOMAS VII 111 l>«. HAYDKN all STERLING HAYDEN defends that muchmaligned breed in Hollywood temperamental actors. Having worked at every studio, he has seen his share of temperament. Some of it he likes, some he doesn't. Temperamental in the dictionary means The peculiar mental and physical character
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    154 13 Surprise film romances KIRK IMM'f.I.AS says In-. marriage to Parisian publicity girl Anne Buydens would nave come off weeks earlier had he been able to get a haircut. For his role in Walt Disney's "20,000 LeftffOti under the Sea, he wa.s obliged to wear one of the strangest, if not
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    HUNGARY SCORE 9
    57 14 picture Hungary beat South Korea by nine goals to nil In the World I ootball Cup. Photo shows a duel for the hill hi front of the South Korean goal. The two South Korean players (left), were unable to prevent Csibor of Hungary (right), from heading the
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    BRITISH BID FOR GAMES RECORDS
    199 14 BRITAIN plans an all out bid for records at the Empire Games in Vancouver from July 31 to August 7. World marathon champion Jim Peters will 1 captain the British team. John Bavidge, who will rompete in the shot putt, discus: and hamme] events, kg
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    146 14 Thf Enter-Boys' Club innual boxiuu, championship tor the Davies Challenge Cup, whi< h vai scheduled u> t ike place tonight sad tomorrow :»t the p<»l:<»' Training School, lu^ been int^t pooed lights will now i»«' ti the Singapore Badminton Mill on July l. i and 3.
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    64 14 lUen offlcl foi 19 A, ire President, Otman inn Kechol v lenl M P ...iinv. li 11 v Aii t.i i i r .imi bin Mohd Akib; Hoo 1 1 lU iei aIkJuI Kadei hiii M >li<l Yi ,in CommiUM, John ninii %m4 Ifohd wooi Bald; SporU
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    29 14 v«'tci.iri Duteti mNhtnl|M n*-i) Vi n Kliv»«reri knocked nut Ger n in Herbert aiaeeer la the m <<wi(i loufii i tea-round boxinj; bout iii itoUerdum.
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    294 14 Scrap indirect freekick move is defeated r pHE men who make the rules of soccer yesterdu 1 rejected a plan that would bring more penalty goals. Delegates from Scotland, Wales and the International Soccer Federation alonp; with delegates from England and Northern Ireland form the law makii International Board. At
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    39 14 RAF. Changl beat Royal Engineers 3-1 at Gillman Barracks on Tuesday in a Singapore United Services F.A. Div. 1 Jeanne tie. Blundell f 2 > and McLeod scored for the league leaders; Attwood for i the Sappers.
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    17 14 Buni Timah Wanderen beal Woodbridge Hospital 'A' 8-3 in soccer Friendly al Woodbridge Ho pita]
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    SCHOOLBOY BEATS BRAZIL CHAMPION
    432 15 SCHOOLBOY BEATS BRAZIL CHAMPION British youngsters shine at Wimbledon TWO young British internationals Bobby Wilson, I x a London schoolboy, and Roger Becker, a Davis Cup player, stole some of the limelight from the world's top-ranking players in the Wimbledon lawn tennis championships yesterday. A mighty cheer from the crowded
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    316 15 airmen won A tbe inter-sauadron chain- i n.^hip at yesterday's RAF. ah .^porte. squadron R.A.A.F. finished i nith 66.1 points. Just be UM No. 60 Squadron with point*. pMm Wfc«, m points, won |nter-wiac trophy, with Ad..ncii Wing (136 points) »,< i <i D. G. Stokes,
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    TAN ENG YOON EQUALS RECORD
    40 15 1 I. AN Games sprinter Tun Enp '-mii yesterday ran 100 ynrds in ai St Josephs Institution i port?. V»£ <>©n. who was <»ni t iiu in aM b«»>v' tire, thus equalled the Khifaptg record.
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    PAKISTAN TEAM
    53 15 KARACHI. Wed.— lt was announced today that Pakistan will send conttngtfl of 17 to the Empire lames *t Vancouver this year. The MB will include eleven athletes, a wrestler, and a weightlifter. •Ulition. the Pakistan Cycling '"nation expects to send a team. rhe final selections will be made
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    16-yr-old girl nears S'pore sprint mark
    329 15 A SINGAPORE sc hoolgirl yestei day came within four tenths of a .-econd to the Colony 100 yards re cord held by Olympic and Asian Game.s sprinter Teng Pei Wah. She is 16- year -old Pat Hicham, who was c-omi>eting yesterday in the sixth
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    347 15 Urn's miiiJ<* I i >..\i<: id (Sweden > beat J Petea (Belgium ♦■-4 l-l, j a Oooptt (AuttnUtei i*-.it R. i (Australia* 6-1. 6-1. 6-3. R. Wilson < Britain i bent A Yirr.i 1 'Brazil) 7-5. 6-3 ♦;-:<. H Knshii.ui beat I) BchareofUlval t;-3. 6-2; V Seixas beat N.
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    110 15 HOME mm by A] Rosen I^irry Doby and Boh Lemon accounted for all ol Cleveland's run.s yesterday fcl the American Leacue-lcadmj Indiana defeated Philadelphia Athletics in a baseball Fame 5-2. The .second- place Chicago Whilf Sox broke Bob Porter field's String "1 1 12 Straight complete gaoMI
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    409 16 Church Parade, Rosalind, Enola Gay go best LWOLA GAY (lit. in 39 1/5), Church I'arade and Rosalind (3f. in 39 2/5) were the only horses to break 10 for Sf. on the training track of Kuala Lumpur this morning when the majority oi first
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    195 16 GtMMMMY and Switzerland yesterday qualified fur the quar-ter-finals of the world sorter cup. At Zurich (iermany heat Turkey 1-1 alter leading 3-1 at half time, and at Basle Switzerland beat Italy 4-1 after an interval lead of 1-0. Both Turkey and Italy had been seeded
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    166 16 DOBBY Locke of South Africa. who was bidding unsuccessfully for the American open champion- ship last weekend, equalled the j Sutton Cold Held course record of G7 I yesterday to lead in the first round of the Daks £2,000 professional golf j tournamenet which carries total
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    20 16 The Singapore Kifle Association will hold a Spoon Shoot at the Seletnr range on Sunday at 8.15 am
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    135 16 Cfirket close of play scores: At Lords; Lolcaatershin 351, (TompUn H7» Middlesex 42 lor one. At (iuildford: Oxford Utiivei.sily 161. < All tn r )0, WUltema 52. Loader wven for It), Burrey 160 for three, (Fittcher (13. Irlc Bodftr 61). At Komford: Yorkshire 386 for nin«* declared, (Lovaon
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    57 16 Hong Kong Amateur Sports Federation has chosen seven athletes to represent the coiony at the British Empire Games at Vancouver this summer. The athletes picked are Stephen Xavier (track and field). Cheung Kin Man < swimming) and J. A. Daluz. E. Liddell. R A.
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    162 16 HAMF MOHAMMAD the 19-year-old Pakistan op<- 1 ing bat who in the first Test against England wai five and threequarters hours over 59 runs, took just 70 minutes at tatterick yesterday to hammer t) Combined Services bowling for 87. He was well oti the way
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    64 16 LEN HI'TTOX, the England Tml captain, yesterdav withdrew on doctor's orders from Ihe tram tor the second Test against Pakistan ai Nottingham next week. Hutton has not beeui playing well since his return from the We>.i Indies tour last winter. His doctor said he was suffering
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