The Singapore Free Press, 7 July 1954

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    16 1 The Singapore Free Press esl uvrnoon Sale In Mala va gfdg1 t| „,,r,1Vrd.,.1u1y7.1954. Price 1.1 CU.
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    French will pull back still more
    205 1 Clfi BUILD-UP OF FIRE POWER IiILITARY sources m Hanoi yesterday earned that further withriruals ol French forces the delta towards Band and Haiphong were to be expected. It was not certain yesterday whether French troops still held Hung Yen, ti.nvn the Red River from
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    REINFORCEMENTS FOR INDO-CHINA
    114 1 THE French Government yesterday took preliminary 1 steps to bring France's expeditionary force m Indo-China up to its pre-Dien Bien Phu strength. Besides assuring the security of the Hanoi delta, the purpose was to show the world— both the West and the Communists— that France is not
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    UNIONS URGED TO WITHDRAW STRIKE NOTICE
    70 1 SINGAPORE city councillors want the council's labour withdraw the strike «iv^r Rit.son pay and gin negotiations. Rajah, vice-chair-'nance and GeneCommittee, said when the council v the new scales t from March 1 last would hear the On the back-date he added, had <'• Ritson
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    BEER RACKET MUST END
    289 1 Services warned (H)MHI\ED efforts are being made by the Government and the Services authorities m Singapore to prevent dutyissued to servicemen falling into civilian hands. "But if the duty-free concession continues to be abused it may be withdrawn", a Customs official warned yesterday. Following a recent
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    PASCAL DIES He put G.B.S. on screen
    58 1 PASCAL DIES He put G.B.S. on screen f GABRIEL Pascal, the HunI garian-born British producer and director who filmed several of George Bernard Shaw's plays, died yesterday m the Roosevelt Hospital New York, aged 60. Pascal produced Shaw's "Pygmalion" and "Major Barbara." He had planned to go to India shortly
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    Lightning burn
    27 1 *>nied a fishbone back n cr on the ch ™t t n -year-old David xl ff st uck u a ro^d mm off his bicycle.
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    Output goes quickly
    63 1 'THE world consumed rubber j as fast as it produced it during May— at the rate of 135,000 tons— the International Rubber Study Group announced In London yesterday. Production for 1954 to the end of May was 687.500 ton.s and consumption 702.500 ton.s. Stocks at the end
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    'NO FIRE-FIGHTING IN MY CRASH RESCUE COURSE'
    183 1 SINGAPORE police lieutenant E.M.O. WolfY told the KiH.nu air crash inquiry this morning that it would be dangerous to fire a pistol through the fuselage of the crashed Constellation to make a hole. He was replying to Mr. T. Potts, one of the
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    Boy with gun shot in plane
    126 1 I^Htt pilot of an air liner y&i- terday shot and killed j. 15-year-old boy who entered the cabin waving a pistol just before the plane was due to leave Cleveland airport, U.S., for Mexico City. Police later foun v j that the boy's pistol
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    RUBBER DOWN Market easier
    63 1 The Singapore Rubber Market opened easier this morning at 71 2 cents a lb. for first grade. July shipment, a drop of seven-eighths cent from yesterday's close. London followed the rise of l 3 i cents registered m Singa- pore yesterday but the New York market
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    The year's bill
    11 1 Britain spent £461,000,000 on national insurance last year.
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    No policy change
    22 1 Chancellor Adenauer said yesterday that West Germany would not change her policy of co-operation with the free world. A.P.
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    SWIM COST 5475
    31 1 A French agent for Singapore firm reported to the police yesterday that he had lost $475 m cash and articles after a swim m a Colony club pool.
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    Guatemala bars illiterate voters
    169 2 /ii;atkmai.a\s new military government yesterday barred Uliterates from voting m the nations elections. Communists In this centra] Amenran nation have had wide support among the uneducated peasants. The junta also published a IW Of people prominent under the old Arbenz regime whose assets have been frozen
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    I DID MY BEST IN AMERICACHURCHILL
    140 2 rpilE Prime Minister Sir Wins--1 ton Churchill returned to ins Official Downinu Street residence last night and immediately conferred with the Chancellor of the Exchequer Mr H A. Butler, who had been In charm- during his trip to America. Earlier at Southampton, Sir Winston
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    SIAM SEEKS URGENT US AUMS AID
    191 2 rraAILAND ma I tfrenithen 1 h«r «rnt«ti I'TtTs, now |,i-<. ius« of thC Mention m south i.isi i.i iaM Mr. j»« tc s.tr.i^in Thai lmb«*rt" ,'or U tin nilrd St.it*^. n«r i <->H on Prebidenl rtocnhmrrr \m I^Mliliift*" ytsli nl.i y. The- Ambassador called
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    Phoenix Park gets more money for 'information'
    130 2 TIIK SINGAPORE Rrifional Information Oflfi<e of the British (government, which forms part of the Commissioner General's organisation, is U> be expanded. Mr. Anthony Nutting, the Foreign Under Secretary, told the House of Common* last night an additional V :ion imio was to be
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    INDONESIA SEEKS GERMAN TRADE TIES
    55 2 CLOSER economic and cultural ties between Germany and Indonesia were predicted m Bonn yesterday by Indonesian parliamentary president Dr. Sartorno. Winding up a one week visit, mostly devoted to the study ot German parliamentary institutions, Dr. Sartorno said that agricultural Indonesia and highly industrialised We.st
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    SE-ASIA DEFENCE PACT TALKS TODAY
    246 2 BRITAIN and the United States will open preliminary talks In Washing ton today on plans l<>r a defence pact m Bouth Kast Asia according to Informed dliploma' ic source! Britain would be r< pr» Rented by sir Robert Scott, an expert on Asian matfc rs,
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    Duchess greets champion
    55 2 .M.iurccn .mnollv of San Diego, (alifornia. with the Duchess of Kent at Wimbledon after receiving the Women's Sinf, r i< Challenge Trophy for the third year running. In the finals she beat Louise Broush of Beverley Hills (alifornia. ti-2. 7-5 m 55 minutes. Miss Broii^n was champion
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    FRENCH INDIA TALKS AGAIN
    57 2 rpHE FRENCH cabinet dis- V i cussed for half an hour yesterday the possibility of resuming negotiations with India on the remaining French colonial enclaves on Indian soil. I Three weeks ot talks on the I four coastal settlements m Pondicherry, Karikal. Mah< and Yanam ended
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    That snore means he LOVES you
    63 3 A.P. IF' your husbands snore, ladies, it may be just a sign that they are really fond of you. So says Dr. A. 11. Douthwaite. a British physician who discussed the irritating habit yesterday at a British Medical Association conference. Douthwaite said that "statistically
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    Fire razes 800 homes
    35 3 UP MORE than 800 houses were destroyed when fire swept the viiki&<' of Mftdaya m Burma last night. The damage was estimated it $000,000 (Malayan i. There were no major casualties
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    ACTOR ERROL FLYNN FACES GAOL -IF RENT IS NOT PAID
    161 3 ACTOR ERROL FLYNN FACES GAOL -IF RENT IS NOT PAID 4 BRITISH Judge yesterday ordere< Hollywood actor Errol Flynn to pay a bill to his landlady within seven days or go to gaol. Flynn angrily contended the landlady overcharged him. The scene was the Westminister County court. The case did
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    Red chief fired
    20 3 Hungary's number two Communist has been relieved as first Deputy Prime Minister and Minister for the Interior
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    He was helping dad when....
    59 3 Indiana) while l n hta father catch &ZZSZ v was reporreSfft? F Lynch Jr.. 2V 2 old, was killed when he touched a metal rod driven into the ground and attached to the electric circuit of his home. The father explained the electricity was supposed
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    Women hold off in meat battle
    119 3 Women hold off in meat battle i ONDON housewives yesterl Z began a battle aßaiMt n price of Britain s itioned meat. housewives en- shops but left ater without buying meatfor the onces to ended at jWnUjht ir day and nnces 1mA.nt up. Prices ip yesterday, when a slight drop.
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    REDS CONTROL GOVERNMENT IN INDONESIA'
    147 3 REDS CONTROL GOVERNMENT IN INDONESIA' }i nditions m In- described as report of a meetIndonesian Associa- ited) published the newspaper >s. n met m Lon.iy ago, when a vities m 1953 was adopt I It claims to re- Titv of British I Investments m md tin archipelago. Ltal involved m
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    New cars for U.K.
    20 3 o 130.520 new cars the nrsf f din Britain m Wt four month* of this Reuter
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    Miss Hutton tells of his temper
    46 3 Miss Hutton tells of his temper FILM actress, Betty Hutton, before the Superior Court, Santa Monica, California, which granted her a divorce decree from Charles O'Curran, dance band director. Miss Hutton said that O'Curran flew into rages beyond description. He was her second husband. picture. A.P.
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    RUSSIA ORDERS £IOOm. BRITISH GOODS
    216 3 RUSSIA ORDERS £IOOm. BRITISH GOODS RUSSIA has ordered or arranged to buy British good.s up to £100,000,000 if Britain grants the necessary export licences, Mr. Harold Wilson, a former Labour Trade Minis, ter told the House of Commons yesterday. The Soviet Minister for Foreign Trade had told him this I
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    Butter for Germans
    31 3 More than three million pounds of U.S. surplus butter will be distributed to refugees m West Germany and Berlin by the National Catholic Welfare Conference of New York.
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    The Singapore Free Press Wednesday, July 7, 1954. Opinion Reminder for S'pore
    410 4 The Singapore Free Press Wednesday, July 7, 1954. Opinion Reminder for S'pore Tbe announcement that nearly! 'mh\ young men and women m Malaya Will be trained as teachers at the new college at Kota Bahru, and at the Kjrkby (Liverpool) College, is good news for the Federation and a reminder
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    The Name is POPOV
    428 4 Russians say he, not Marconi, invented radio i/vkkyone In the Soviet J Union knows that it was Alexander Popov who Invented radio. When I back Iron) Siberia the Other day I thought I would w> along to the Polytechnic Museum In Mocow to contemplate the record
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    At last, a Strong Premier
    752 4  - At last, a Strong Premier SAM WHITE l Paris Newsletter j By rpHK mil n who looked A like being the eternal "next French Premier but one" has finally made it. The exhilarating shock o! finding a man of ability and character at the head of a Ftench Cabinet that
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    By the Way
    184 4 rrWIUOHT was falling on the Bar Napoule. "Vita," said Foulenough, "ixoplc arc once more coupling our names.' "A.s a point of Interest." •said Vita, "which of your names arc they coupling? "If you win marry me," replied the warrior, "I will come out bodly under my own
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    American beauty experts got into her hair
    275 5 MtETTI Singapore hair- and beauty ex- Cecilia Henderson ["''determined to make two j^erican women 'eat their '•tU^Ms had said Sir- rt women were "out3. r m their hairstyles. lbfl thought "local satod hairdressers backward m their meMiss Lola Phillips. Si, Francisco beauty technician
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    Union told: No sacking
    35 5 The tmmunicaI ins workers ■ad bo no reuse of present itions. how ever become i number of transfen to be year," he states Inquiry from inch of the lecoma Workers of
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    MALAYA HORNETS HERO GETS HIS MEDAL
    207 5 MALAYA HORNETS HERO GETS HIS MEDAL ALL his life Raymond Arthur Douglas will never forget the loud buzzing of wild hornets. Nor the frightening moment when they descended h- hundreds on his small patrol of troops cautiously rowing down the Sungei Labu River m Malaya. Second Lieutenant Douglas, a National
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    MR- SIMON ANSWERS THE GROUSES
    169 5 S councillor, A Simon, said yes►uir all out People m hLs R'Jchore Ward. r u^ ent atacer- as promised m the y« ,heet "The."* the constituent adewtood his pro- In his news sheet he had f^lvcn certain days In certain weeks on which he could
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    NEW DIVISION TO HAVE 2 ISLANDS
    185 5 Rendel plan departure A SLIGHT departure from the Kenriel recommendations is understood to have been mide by the electoral committee which fixed the boundaries of 25 constituencies for Singapore. The Rendel Commission had recommended that the main island should be divided into 24 constituencies
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    Work keeps them from running wild
    98 5 Work keeps them from running wild PENANG. Wed T*HE Labour Department does not take a har.sh view of child hawkers, a spokesman said yesterday. In recent years several case.? of unregistered child labour had been reported, but most were found to be due to Ignorance, he said. "We realise that
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    Flag day
    19 5 TAIPING. Wed. The Talping branch ot the St. John Ambulance Brigade held their flag day on Saturday.
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    GOING TO KIRKBY
    299 5 IPOH, Wed. (\F 80 candidates from Perak selected for further training as teachers, 40 will go to the Kirkby College m England and the others to the new college at Kota Bahru, Kelantan. Following will go to Kirkby: MEN: Mohd. Nasir bin Hj. Mohd. Som, Abdul Latif
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    THE URGE FOR 'ADVENTURE'
    73 6 MORE French children I ever before »re runni away from home m searcr i "adventure". Every morning doaens ports reach the P*' ll^ B reau telling of missing young stew while since the beg» ning of June, detectives SpJ cialising m tracking down r« latives arc
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      143 6 ■^J^^^^^^^^^^^^J^^^^^^^^^^^H__^^_^^^^^ < _^^^^_r^_J_^' p r I WK A tt Ul _X A _i It MANDRAKE by Lee Falk and Phil Davis H^S^i^ S^l«r«ur 8sa»g??/wy sagg/7-^S-TARZAN by Edgar Rice Burroughs THE SAINT by Leslie Charteris I A I W m I fill I i z_v I r yj i 1 11
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      578 6 YOUR LUCKY i STAR BOKN TODAY, jou set m to j have a real talent lor accumulating money. The onlj thing that probably will k>., you from dying rich is that you are inclined to spend a j great deal on various "causes.' You see someone or some- I thing
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    $300,000 WARD FOR INFECTIOUS CASES PLANNED
    115 7 5 to the Singapore Mlddletoii Hospital In n Road Have so Increased l m reccnj years itv Council has now decided to build a "übicle ward estimated to cost $300,000. the ward will begin next year under a ,l by Dr. Ns See Yook.
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    Farm show prizes will total $2,000
    68 7 Farm show prizes will total $2,000 PENANG. Wed. )ff>l han $2,000 m prizes r.v.irded m the Set- agricultural show to be Bagan Jermal. Butter■n on July 17 and 18. 1 prizes will go to the I exhibits. Winning soecirom this class will be X Lumpur for this Asri-Horticul-libition. Its will
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    New wavelength
    21 7 im wave frequency N twork of Radio X iala Lumpur, will led on July 20 from to 343 metres.
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    He robbed the same room twice
    125 7 He robbed the same room twice KUALA LIPS. Wed. LEL Kong Lxii^nDii zii. wtn robbed tlie same room m the Kuala Lipis Rest House twice m two months was sen tenced to nine months' gaol on each of two charges of theft the sentences to run concur rently. followed by
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    Information man
    33 7 ALOR STAR. Wed.— lncho Ahmad Noordin bin Mohamed Zain, of Trengganu. is to be State Information Officer, Kedah, when Tuan Syed Zainul Abidin goes to Kuala Lumpur on promotion this week.
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    Malaya in urgent need of more dentists
    209 7 Tr clinic at the General Host 50.500 patients ir an increase of nee 1951. R J. S. Tickle of > i. Department UnlMalaya. said yes- IIV o there are now vs attending the than tii«. statl can I the need for to ease
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    A STAR AT 16
    42 7 Picture by SHE'S sixteen and a rising star of Malay films. Her name is Latifah Omar and she plays the leading role m the current Malay Film Productions film "Panggilan Pulau" (Call of the Island). SAM KAI FAYE.
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    PUBLIC IS 'SATISFIED WITH RICE CONTROL'
    274 7 WHERE had been no public 1 demand for the decontrol of rice, except from the Chinese Chamber of Commerce, a Singapore Government spokesman said today He said there vvas no restriction on the quality or quantity of rice the public could buy from retailers.
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    A FAST BUT WET SPORT
    382 8 Speedboat races off Changi Point -THE USUAL SERENITY at Chan^i Point I 1 tcrcd by the roar of outboard motori I speed-boat enthusiasts met for the June Regatta X the Outboard Boating Club of Singapore lnsp, te M drizzling rain, competitors arrived early m the
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    McCarthy is out of favour
    201 10 McCarthy is out of favour HOW CAN THEY GET KO CF HIM' WHAT action could the United States Senate take against Sen. Joseph McCarthy if the members derided the Wisconsin Republican .should be •handled?" Under article 1. section 5. of the constitution, each chamber of Congress makes its own rules
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    Soviet would find Europe tough
    543 10  - Soviet would find Europe tough MARTIN S. HAYDEN says years RgO it wus said' that H uSSi B n soldiers needed only the shoes on their feet to march to the English Channel and dominate Europe. Today, says a top general of the united western military command, "they'd find it
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    15 10 nk hI- tf m, .VorUnrn C— ~4 I '-y totU. «t Leeds^Ove, ■J.OOO ServKem.n Uk,
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    10 10 Mi. Nehru vutli Mr. Chuu Btt-laj In Dclllj lo* Ulks
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    Jets get silent room' test
    203 10 Jets get silent room' test •the "Bilence Room" test i* a vital part of the Inspection of some of Britain's newest Jet ■hters bct< I th leave the factory. m this sound-proofed room, ;n which it is possible to hear m drop, many vital parts are subjected to a "shake
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    ARTIE'S HEADLINE
    13 10 "We/1, Qrannie, urhat did you think of Marlene I Dietrich t
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    This HENLEY Business....
    817 11  - This HENLEY Business WILLIAM HICKEY j\ famous columnist has a day by the river n> i n always rather fanci- myself as a rowing 1 Admittedly I ha nt done any of this sliding -seat stuff. i just been a matter of a skirt", with a picnic basket and a
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    Window on the World
    434 11 Window on the World LTP m Japan's beautiful northern island of Hokkaido, police authorities have adopted a bold, and even desperate, stratagem to defeat whisky and sake bootleggers. They are driving a portable bar, with a loud-speaker, through the mountain districts where it is suspected that moonshine brew is being
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    SHE STRIKES BLOW IN THE COLDWAR
    287 11 SHE STRIKES BLOW IN THE COLDWAR AT 11 p.m. )n the Sovietcontrolled East sector of Berlin, a beautiful dancer advanced towards me and blew me a kiss. The name of this ornament of the Communist regime wai GaJina Ulanova. believed by many to be the world's greatest ballerina. Her dancing
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    No sweetheart in every port
    798 12 A SAILOR may have tfirl m tfttj port but sea-going dames don't get dat«\s. according to < Miss Orethe Mordt, who is a wirelftM operator on the Norwegian freighter, Fernflord. "I can't make frtendf at the porti because w<- are there gucti little while", said
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    Bridge Hand
    333 12 Doth side* vulnerable V South d<>al«r NORTH 4KQ 6 4 1 V? A 4 2 OJ4 I i ♦87 1 if KAHT A 4JIO 98 X 10 H 3 v» J 8 ***** 0A»8 A 4 +Q1032 HOUTH tin OKQIO ♦A J 9 The bidding South !f«H North
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    Talk on how to reach 100
    129 12 HUNDREDS of doctors and scientists dedicated to the task of stretching the average human life span to 100 years and beyond are to meet m London this month. For five days old-age specialists of 50 nations will disclose their latest research findings on the
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      131 12 FINEST GLARE PROTECTION MONEY CAN BUY! tThe lenses m Bausch Lomb RayBan Sun Glasses are made of the finest optical glass, ground-and-polished to highest precision standards. Here's the handsome new Ray-Ban "Wayfarer" model for men, with sturdy, stylish zylonite frames. An amazing sun glass development is f Gradient Density a
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      244 12 CLUEI ACROSS: 4. Neither classical nor ancient 1 It is m a tax on profits (ft). Hi) 4 One warmer expanded into an- 5. No bun a:id milk meals! <6i. other (7 1. 6. Hardly adequate uear for the 8 Business lenotiatlon.s between Dress Circle! (4-5). identical twins G. 7
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    KEEPING A DIARY MAY SAVE YOUR LIFE
    519 13  -  by John F Sent bower i/EEPING a diary can I\ b <> a life-and-death matter, m the opinion of doctor who believes that notes kept by patients on their symptoms can give the kind oi complete medical histories that enables the full impact
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    FILM ABOUT 'HELL CAMPS'
    92 13 "BEHIND-the-Iron-Cur-tain" film which has been smuggled through the Iron Curtain by refugees and secret agents is to be shown m German cinemas this month. Called "The Red Line", the film will tell the story of life i inside Russia today and will contain the first film
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    Why does a woman want to fly?
    369 13  - Why does a woman want to fly? Eileen Ascroft by WHAT makes a woman take up flying? I put this question to two teenagers who have just won flying scholarships. "I wanted to follow mv elder sister, who was m the WAAF, so I joined the Women's Junior Air Corps
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    She stars in a battle
    21 13 Martha Hyer provides the romance for George Montgomery m Columbia's technicolor production, "Battle of Rogue River."
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    BUCKLEY
    8 13 "COOK JO PILOT LUNCH IS HEADY X
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    The doctors' reaction
    323 13  -  Chapman Pincher by THOUSANDS of smokers will be wondering how they can dodge the dangers of tobacco after reading the latest report from tne doctors. What precautions are chainsmoking doctors taking themselves? Some have stopped smoking completely. They have given up cigarettes by an effort of will
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    N.S.VV. make a clean sweep
    250 14 INTERSTATE RUGBY VKW SOUTH WALES made clean sweep of the Australian inter-State Rugby League series of four matches by beating Queensland by > points to 21 In a lively same at the Brisbane Cricket Ground. Queensland have had an unlucky season. They have had winning
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    SANDY WINS IN THE 10TH
    72 14 oandy Saddler. world £j featherweight boxing chftmDion. knocked out 24--year-old Libbu Manzo m the 10th Mid last round of their h;ird nun title bout m New York last night. There were no knock downs b«'tor.' Saddler ''nded ihv liglit aftrr 2 mlnutei 35 seconds <»t
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    Jazz delayed tennis stars
    123 14 rpHE Board of the Danish Lawn Tennis Association after a six hours meeting m Ulrlch last night decided to reprove Torben Ulrlch. Danish international, for arriving late for hi.-, men's doubles match at Wimbledon. But the bearded Danish No. 2 will be permitted to play In
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    NEW STANDS FOR SYDNEY
    171 14 NEW STANDS FOR SYDNEY NEW Stand* costing i;ASI,--000 will allow a record |of 17.750 to see this year's Davis Cup Challenge Round at the White City m Sydney. The Challenge Round will be played on December 27. 28 29. Announcing details of the plan the chairman of the organising committee,
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    Should England QUIT? NOT BLOOM IN' LIKELY, SAYS THE F.A. CHIEF
    663 14 Should England QUIT? NOT BLOOM IN' LIKELY, SAYS THE F.A. CHIEF n iIT THF WORLD COT BECAUSE OF A SQUABBLE AND A *KW BLACK Thl^T XTreU' ofMr." Harold Shentall, chairman of the Footk 11 VUlZtiln selectors to a suggestion that England should step aside from football such as was seeh
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    No Hungary team tor Singapore
    101 14 SINGAPORE football fans will not see a Hungary team m action at Jalan Besar Stadium. The Far Eastern tour has fallen through. A team from Switzerland may be invited by the Singapore Amateur Football Association as well as by Hong Kong. Mr Jack Skinner, chairman
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    YORKS BEAT SURREY AND KEEP LEAD
    683 15 YORKS BEAT SURREY AND KEEP LEAD Rain almost foiled them 'OKKSHIKE maintained their slender two-point lead over Warwickshire m the County cricket championship yesterday with a late win by 54 runs over the champions, Surrey, at the Oval. Yorkshire dismissed Surrey to win m rhe last few minutes of extra
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    Thrilling end to drawn Varsity match
    193 15 Thrilling end to drawn Varsity match A SECOND declaration by Oxford against Cambridge >n the universities cricket natch at Lords yesterday produced an interesting finish to a |ame which looked likely to end tamely. Cambridge were left with two hours 20 minutes to score 2M to win and Oxford Just
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    SMALL ENTRY FOR BADMINTON
    62 15 The Singapore Badminton As&ociatlon'i junior championship tournament, which starts at the SBA Hall on Saturday, has attracted 343 entries. The entries arc less than last year's Entries are: Men's junior singles 136 Men's junior doubles 76; Wo- mens singles 14; Women's doubles Junior mixed doubles 17;
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    BOXER COMES THIRD
    55 15 D«<tir*H P Instit "tion's champion boxer Ow Mun Hong thr onin" 0 18 over the °ar m the pole vault event at mrfiSfr ni fe n^ d *y of th Singapore Inter-school athletic Mun iiL d on the Victor U School ground yesterday. Hong WiU third m
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    Tien Chong was match winner AND HE DIDN'T SCORE
    319 15  - Tien Chong was match winner AND HE DIDN'T SCORE ARGOS HE LAST WORD. -by Amicables 3; Police 1. AMICABLES were lucky. They did not play like a top of the league side. In contrast, Police belied their position four from the bottom of the SAFA Div. 1 table. Police should
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    India to run Asian tennis
    110 15 International Lawn Tennis Federation yesterday decided that the all-India Lawn Tennis Association would organise the ASian championships for 1954--55 and 1955-56. They also adopted a proposal on a new foot fault rule to come into effect on January 1. Main feature of the new rule
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    THE FLYING SCHOOLBOY
    39 16 -Free Press picture. over he goes, winner for the third successive year at the Singapore interschools championships. But young Goh Seng Kuans, the high-flying pole vaulter, was disappointed. Read why m the report on the right.
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    BRITONS WIN
    28 16 Britons won a "kicking the football" competition. Americans most of the athletics fvents, and Frenchmen a pie eating contest at Independence Day celebrations m Vienna.— Rtiiter.
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    CL. 1 SPRINTERS FULL OUT AT BUKIT TIMAH
    248 16 Palio and Willy L Free Press Course Correspondent OAIJO (Hudson) and Willy L (Ba&by), the Baffby stable s Class 1 sprinters, matched strides m a full-out gallop on the training track at Bukit Timan this morning. lf Breaking from the half mile,
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      Changi held by R.N.A.S.
      81 16 T EAGUE leaders RAF Changi were held to a 1-1 draw by Royal Naval Air Station Sembawang m yesterday's Services League Div. 1 match at Changi. R.E.M.E. beat R. N. Base 1-0 m their Div. 1 league match at HMS Terror yesterday. Royal Army Pay Corps
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      ALL MISSED AT BISLEY
      77 16 —So no trophy FAULTY ammunition gave crack riflemen some anxious moments on this famous range at Bisley yesterday. Competing for a trophy m international championships, eagle-eyed experts saw their i carefully placed shots dropping 10 to 15 feet below the bull at 900 yards. First they
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    COMPTON'S RECORD
    50 16 COMPTON'S RECORD picture. Denis ompton sweeps to leg from Fazal Mahmood m the RrT d i :n^ lan v V akl! *»n T^t match, played at Trent Bridge Nottingham. He made 278. a record Test score for Trent Bridge. England won the match h* n Imlm. ™«-i 129 runs A.P.
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    Goh wins for the 3rd year
    221 16 I^IGHTEEN-year-old Goh Siew Kan£ had his ye fixed on a spot ten feet above the ground at yesterday's Singapore m t c r-Schools athletics. But he himself could only each 9ft. 4^in. The Raffles Institution schoolboy won the pole vault final for the third
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