The Singapore Free Press, 22 July 1954

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  • 19 1 The Singapore Free Press I a r pt*st Atternoon Sale m Malaya. „<»!•:. Singapore, Thurs., July 22, 1954. Price l.,(ts.
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  • 33 1 picture. Two members of the public dumping their house refuse into a City Council van m Telok Ayer Street this morning. Vans wpnt all round the city Free Press
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  • 14 1 Britain's new* atomic tvdrgy authority will start work on August 1-
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  • 31 1 The register of Japanese trade marks frozen m Britain during World War II ls to be dissolved and most of the marks restored to their Japanese owners. AP
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  • 304 1 Union expert may be called on strike issue FK)R the second day m succession, the Governor of )ore, Sir John Nicoll, who anxious for a settlement of rike by 10.000 City Coun-uily-rated workers, met he City Council's Acting President. Mr. J. T. Rea, this morning. It wa.s the usual Thursday
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  • 27 1 A Singapore man, Lee Lam. was stabbed by a man with a Wit of scissors while waiting board a bus m Victoria street, yesterday
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  • 27 1 A total of 36 people were killed 656 .seriously injured arid 3,322 slightly injured m toad accidents last month m the London area. Reuter
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  • 29 1 Mrs Fang Poh Lai. the oldest member of the congregation will lav the foundation stone It the now Presbyterian Church Jalan Gertah Merah, Johore Bahru. tomorrow.
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  • 123 1 I FADING Fireman Hitam Ai bin Mohamad Noor, told «ie Kallang air crash inju«7 today that he ordered n!t Are engine to go to the I-i£? c soon he saw the t .wing of the ConsteliaThe fire engine had left "ri\> st tion before tne
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  • 262 1 Hanoi evacuation on LIANOI once the bustling capital of Northern Indo-( hina, is already a kk^host" city awaiting the entry of the Vietminh columns. There is widespread speculation on how soon the French army will have to leave Hanoi for Haiphong, which is to remain
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  • 62 1 'J'WO men and a woman ail Chinese- -entered a house In Braddell Road, Singapore, last night and stole a $40 gold ring and a pair of bangles worth $20. A Chinese woman wius In the house waiting for her husband to return when she saw th
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  • 38 1 The U.S. Stato Department said ye.ste relay that the promised release of .six Americans imprisoned m Red China would leave 44 US. civilians and at least IS U.S. servicemen still held m Red China, AP
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  • 95 1 WHEN the Singapore rubber market opened this morning there was no depressing effect m evidence from the cease-fire agreement In IndoChlna. The opening price was 69Vh cent« a lb August f.o.b. buyers three-quarters of a cent above yesterday's close. The market wa s steady fol- lowing
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  • 38 1 Three men— two with kniv and the other with what looked like a revolver— broke into a house at the 11V 2 mile. Woodlands Road, on Tuesday nteht and stole $110 cash and jewellery worth $100.
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  • 172 2 \ll< PIERRE MENDES KRANCE, the French Premier told the nation las 1 nighl thai the Indo-China ceasefire conditions were the best that couici be hoped for, though he recognised that sonic ol the clauses wm* nun. In a broadcast he said: "Reason and
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  • 167 2 Geneva powers' pledge on truce I^IIK nine power Geneva conference on Ind oChina yesterday issued a Hosing declaration pledging the members to consult together to ensure the ceasefire agreement is carried out. The declaration noted that: Free elections would take Dlace m Cambodia and Laos m 1955. Introduction of foreign
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  • 174 2 MR. Anthony Eden. British Foreign Secretary said last night at London airport that Geneva conference should pave the way for "a certain relaxation of tension." "Now it remains to be seen how the terms of the agreement will b»* worked." he added Before leaving
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  • 206 2 MR. Molotov, Soviet Foreign Minister m a statement to the fmal session of the Indochina conference said it had been proved to the world that negotiation could achieve a relaxation m international tension Mr. Molotov said: "The conference has confirmed the justice of the foreign
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  • 192 2 Let Indo-China decide future freely— U.S. MR WALTER BEDELL SMITH, U.S. delegate to the Geneva conference, told the closing .session yesterday that America would still seek free flections under United Natlonj supervision m Vietnam, partitioned by the armistice. "The U.s reiterate^ its traditional position that peoples are entitled to determine
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  • 198 2 \|K. TRAN VAN DO the Vietnamese Foreign Minister, lias sent his resignation to his Prime Minister. Mr. Ngo Dinh Diem, he announced m Geneva last ni^ht. "1 have [ailed m the mission which my Prune Minister wave nit he said ;tt Geneva
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  • 181 2 A MENTAL specialist told the Assize Court m Leweo, Sussex, yesterday that William Sanchez De Pina Hepper, 62-year-old artist accused of mudering an 11--year-old girl last February, left the child, dead or alive, "as you would leave an article of furniture a chair
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  • 35 2 'A Swedish Pair' put in practice RITA UNO. 10. and Vivien Shaw, 11, who will dance A Swedish Pair" as the "Dances of Many Lands" to be staged at the Capitol Theatre, Singapore, on Monday.
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  • Page 2 Advertisements
    • 48 2 fs Your Girl Frivnd In any case she will expect to be taken to THE MOVIE BALL at 8 30 p.m. JULY 24th, 1954 VICTORIA MEMORIAL HALL^ Tickets $6.00 each from Robinson'sST. ANDREW'S MISSION HOSPITAL 21st to 28th July 1954. Jpace kindly donated by Gian Singh Co. Ltd.
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  • 314 3 Hong Kong tells of big worry HONG KONG'S greatest H Social problem'>so,ooo squatters m dim s y disreputable shacks tightly packed the r on the cliffs c the city— presents ■moral predicament according to the annual report, published yesterday these people are Chinese British subjects
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  • 49 3 A SUDDEN flood killed at least 15 people and swept away 50 houses and 35 shops m the resort village of Maigoon, near Teheran on Tuesday night. Heavy thunderstorms In the mountains north of Teheran fed the flood which raged through the village.- A. P.
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  • 63 3 rpERRORISTS killed three A people m North Africa on Tuesday night. Two died at Monastir, where anti-French Tunisian rebels launched four attacks on official buildings and street groups, and then fled to sea m a small boat In Morocco, where antiFrench activities are also serious, a Moroccan
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  • 63 3 Two English Channel steamers were held m Boulogne harbour yesterday after the discovery of a World War II 500--pound bomb and a magnetic mine nearby. The port wa s closed earlier. The bomb was picked up on Tuesday by a dredger. It was made harmless
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    38 3 Till QUEEN, accompanied by the Duke of Edinburgh, reviewed about 10.000 members of the 158 police forces m England, Wales, Scotland and Northern Ireland m Hyde Park. London. The Queen took the salute at the march past after.
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  • 82 3 IHOPLE enter a third ser in their old *«c and require t h r fnone treatment to retain bodily and mental health. »r. William Masters of USA, said m London yesterday. He told the third International Congress of Old Age ihis change of life occurred between
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  • 87 3 TWO Washington women m their 80' 8 retur a i n g from Europe on the Kun*sholm, said m New York yester- u *y nobody is too old to travel. thn advice is not to be afraid. English gets you i ,lL irou «h anywhere," said
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  • 121 3 8 die in fire-mob riots liIGHT people were killed j and 40 injured yesterday as Indore City police opened nre to disperse a mob which set fire to the local Hisjh Court building. Reports reaching New Delhi late last night said a brisk breeze was fanning the flames and the
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  • 108 3 THE Sheriff's office said at East Baton Rouge, Louisiana, yesterday that seven Chinese sailors are believed to have jumped ship from the British fleet oiler. Surf Pioneer, anchored there since Sunday. Seven life jackets are missIng. The Chinese are believed to have gone over
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  • 123 3 PLAN FOR BIG DROME SUPPORTED A GOVERNMENT plan to spend V 10,000 on developing a 1,000-acre site at Gatwick, 30 miles .south of London, as an international airport ha.s been backed m the report of a public inquiry m London. The inquiry held m March and April considered public protests
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  • 407 4 The Singapore Free Press Thursday, July 22, 1954 Opinion Sound and sensible Receni r<>ii<i safety suggestions advanced m Britain .should readily commend themselves to tne authorities here. where the toll of traffic accidents la disturbing m the extreme, The suggestions, made at a meeting of the British Ifedical Association In
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  • 682 4  - Communism still strong in West Europe FRED HAMPSON THEY HAVE A STRANGE HOLD ON ITALIAN LABOUR UNIONS By IT IS true that the Communists have lost heavily m voting Strength, party membership and trade union support m most of Western Europe during the last several years. Hut they still retain
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  • 389 4 MAO COUNTS HIS SUBJECTS There are now 582,500,0 00 'PHE world, says Peiping, 1 contains 601.912.371 Chinese. Whether this is true can be debated, but most observers think the Communist census taken during 1953-54 was the most thorough m history. That is not to say it was very thorough, but
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    • 79 4 Going Away? 1 Then Leave All Your c PACKING; PERSONAL HOUSEHOLD 1 for Shipment, to us. ESTIMATES GIVEN WITHOUT I OBLIGATION i For Smrmimm that y*n* r4in I Please P^nn" or Call 0 (m Association with) g I SINGAPORE PACKING CO., LTD. 1 65. The Arcade, Singapore 1. Tel. *****.
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  • Page 4 Miscellaneous

  • 107 5 KUALA LUMPUR. Thurs. AN IMPORTANT terrorist killed on the Kali Malaya Estate, Paloh, Johore, on June 23, has been identified as Tan Boon Ngah, 37, branch committee member for the Segamat district. Tan was wounded by the security forces m 1949, and since the
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  • 842 5  -  STEVE NEOH Its main streets are planks by IIfHAT did Singapore look like many irs a ?o? How did the J S le five then? Visit Kampong Kuchan of l/noiiHTma. oft Geylang. There you will get the answer. Less than 200 yards from modern thoroughfare
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  • 50 6 Day-dreaming behind wheel often sterrs driv pr to eternal sleep. That's the opinionof^ !n -experts for a group of U*. >w& they have no Fffigftyint Day-dreaming whik is directly responsible PJ a per cent, of ace dents a contributory factor others, the study n viaieu U.P.
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  • Page 6 Miscellaneous
    • 235 6 MANDRAKE by Lee_Fajk_and Phil Davi* r H r 1 1,., r/Li vr l f <f r KiMGBARTUN. ANOTMtP TRiLD ABSURD.' I YE WHAT REALLY HAHUfD: THM^WtN TRIED T 0 SHOOT ME. ALL J NEVER EVEN F /t /^WOM IVOUP LVtOBLATWIEUP-- YOUROOWG'-Y A ?°°l_. THE DOOQ-r T-MPG«.e^J C "aVuRS?' DeI U
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    • 603 6 ILUCKYI I STAR I E WORN TOI>A\, j« u hay c ml emotional nature that hi|| E need considerable dis t ip|j rie if E it is not going to run jou rat S ged during your litelim, \J U feel everything very strongly and must learn to control your
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  • 43 7 Pat on the back for Rochore picture. Mr B L Dunsford, principa 1 youth club officer of the Social Welfare Department, addressing Rochore residents who met to organise a youth club m an effort to solve the district's urgent youth problem. Free Press
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  • 200 7 CUSTOMS TRACK DOWN LIQUOR, TOBACCO SMUGGLERS (SINGAPORE Customs officers arc on the track of a well-organised gang which specialises m the clandestine import of tobacco and liquor to the city from neighbouring Indonesian-controlled islands. The racketeers are reported I<> be making fai profits by evading duty. the goods they handle
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  • 282 7 TO FIGHT SPREAD OF CRIME PUBLIC spirited residents of Singapore's Rochore district have formed a youth club to fight the spread of vice and crime. Government has promised aid to the Rochore Youth Club which will use temporarily the premises of the Nanyang Sim Clan
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  • 56 7 KUALA LUMPUR. Thurs. The High Commissioner. Sir j Donald MacGillivray, left to- day for London for discussions on a wide range of subjects, it was announced yesterday. He is expected to return In the second week of August. During his absence. Mr. D. C. Watherston. the
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  • 167 7 WANTED: Space accommodation m the home* of Singapore citizens foe the overseas delegates attending the World Assembly of Youth conference next month Citizens must be prepared to play host for two or three days and to -show them as much as possible
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  • 17 7 SEREMBAN. Thurs. Police Mohamed bin Mohamed the ten-year-old schoolmissing since Saturday, at "Pong Terachi. Kuala
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  • 99 7 PENANG, Thurs. rE Town Hall here which until last week housed the Federation Medical Headquarters now removed to Kuala Lumpur, is to be used again a.s a public hall. Mr S. V. Adams, Municipal Secretary and Treasurer, told the Straits Times today the Municipal
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  • 88 7 WORK has begun on the Singapore Government's first prawn pond MM the banks of the Hand i m river, at Pasir Pa m.i .v 1 1; llnad. The pond v. ill !>♦ built j so as to enable research wink on factor, infiuer.(in^ breed tag. The
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  • 49 7 MALACCA. Thurs.— From rubbish heaps and dirty drains m back lanes, it appeared that sanitary inspectors had not been on their rounds for years IB many parts of Malacca town, Mr. A. W. B. Acton UMNO-MCA Alliance councillor said at the Municipal Council meeting yesterday.
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  • 231 8 AFFTER BOY BROKE FRIENDSHIP AFTER HER BOIf friend sah\ he did not want to gel married and broke ofl thrir friendship, a -><;; I*oid1 oid Ntirsr set herself abkuu —m an effort to "end it." All she would tell a neighbour who brought her
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  • 176 8 NOT FIRST HYPNOSIS SURGEON DOCTORS have refuaed the, claim that surgical history was made by a major operation <>n b 14-year-old f-r j rl under hypnosis. The claim was made after an operation In London on the the.st of Miss Janice Easton. the nur.se who recently had a tooth drawn
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  • 30 8 Britain* newest liner, the 2L ()00-ton Baxonla, now fitting out on ciydeside. will nuke her maiden voyage from Liverpool to Quebec and Montreal on x* \>u mbei 2.
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  • 30 8 A doctor. hi.s wile, three chil<li'n, and their maid lowered 1h» m.'.clve.s to .safety by ropoi from a top-floor blase m a nine itorcy hou.se m Glasgow,
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  • 15 8 .slow baildera win &«t low l>aym«nt irom Pteebrtdge Lynn, Norfolk. Council
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  • 167 8 MISS ELIZABETH WILSON has been refused permission to marry Mr. Jack Kelly, who works beside her at an engineering assembly line. She is 20; hf is 27 and disabled. The magistrate* at South Shields Co. Durham, heard Miss Wilson's application m camera. They decided
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  • 50 8 Mr. Joe HardstafT. the Nottinghamshire an d England batsman, of Cedar-avenue Kirk by, was lined £5 at Mansfield for driving a borrowed car that was uninsured The magistrates did not disqualify him. because, they said, he had made "reasonable inquiries to discover if the car wa.s insured."
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  • 14 8 Lorry load of copper worth i: 2,400 \va.s .stolen at Leyton, E.
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  • 146 8 A MADONNA anc^ Child m A stone, which was exhibited at the Royal Academy, has been condemned by some parishioners of St. Peter's Church. Hammersmith. Lon- j don. M "surrealist." and "unsuitable lot a place of worship." Sculptor Mr. Allan Howes offered
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  • 53 8 Ballot 'Star' FROM ZOO picture. PKISC ILLA a young goat, has been lent by the London Zoo to the Festival Ballet, for a new three-act ballet "Esmeralda." She is pictured here with ballerina Nathalie Krassovska who plays the title role. The ballet is based on Victor Hugo's "The Hunchback of
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  • 155 8 'The Rat and Co' set fire to school YOUNG conspirators led "The Rat" set Ore to a school founded by the archenemy of conspirators mas Lord Knyvott. the man who arrested Guv Fawke.s. A farmer saw flames ana coming from the I Knyvett Primary School, th* pride of Stanwell. Middlesex,
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  • 193 8 JANE'S BOY WILL SEE MOTHER "T»OUR-YEAR-OLD Tom m ■T Kuvanagh, the Lambeth, London, boy Hollywood's Jane Russell took to America nearly three years ago and lattr adopted is returning to Britain for a holiday m September. Miss Russell has written to Tommy's mother. 26-year-old. Mrs. Florence Kavanagh. to isay she
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  • 460 8 NOTES ALLEGED to have been sent by a 35-year-I old woman to a boy now aged 14 were read by Mr. H. G. I Bud d a rd?. prosecuting, at Bradford Quarter Sessions. In one the woman wrote: Tome and v vee me and be
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  • 291 9 He left with her jewels IMIE meter-man thief has changed his guise to collector and robbed a countess of jewels valued at £400. He called on the Countess of ■hjLsea, iclow of the 15th at her Knightsbridge flat m Hans-crescent While he VU examining her
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  • 149 9 DATE WITH HER CLUB COMES FIRST "PHE choice before 18-year-old Christina Benson was this to meet Princess Margaret or run for her athletic club. She chose the club. At home m St. Andrew's Way. Cippenham, Bucks, Christina said: "I would love to meet the
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  • 288 9 HER BLINK MADE THOUSANDS HAPPY DOLLY, th< blind pony, blinked: and tnousands of people were happy For the blink meant that Dolly's light had returned. Dolly is nine, and she v< i nt blind six months auo as she pulled a firewood cart about the streets of Gateshead. She came
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  • 43 9 Mud walls as used by builders centuries ago may return m the houses of the future They are cheap, have a high thermal insulation, and the raw mat( rial is always at hand, said Dorset's Planning Officer, Mr. L. Abbot.
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  • 77 9 NINETY THREE coloured men are now working as i bus conductors m the "black ballot city" of Birmingham, which almost relused to accept them. In fact, fewer coloured people are now unemployed m the Midlands than at any time iince the end of the
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  • 56 9 ACTOR FIGHTS FOR TURBAN Nino Marcel. 18-year-old American actor m London for the premiere of his first big film, fought three youths In Waterloo-road, when one snatched his turban from his head. A soldier helped him rout them. The film "Sabaka." was made m India, and the turban was a
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  • 163 9 GIRL LOCKED IN BEDROOM I'LL JUMP TWENTY-YEAR-OLD Beatrice Eleanor Martindale locked herseli m a fOUrth-fIOOT bed- room of her parents' Mat m Birmingham gardens, South Kensington, and then threatened to jump 50ft Into the street. H'T mother called the police, They told the girl they would break m the door.
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  • Article, Illustration
    71 9 WHAT to do when all at f sea has been solved by Irtl u aTT er IJl "strious. The crew has formed a league of Sfc.~ hockey teams which plays on off-duty hours on the flight deck. To eliminate the lost ball problem they use a rubber rinj substitute, which
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  • 80 9 MICHAKI. WTT-KIVKK.S gaoled with his cousin Lord Montagu for offences against airmen 'will not return to his c.state m Dorset In his prison cell be has been planning a new life. A "To Let" board hu-s been put up at Newton House, ins bomc near
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  • 480 10  -  RITCHIE McEWEN ALL THE TIME THEY ARE RE-ARMING-FAST ii/hile professional Com- munist agitators are eking to lull the frer ,rld into a false sens* of security with cardboard doves, pale blur bunting and songs oi praise extolling Russias peace-loving disposition, the People's Democracies, concealed behind
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    19 10 Mr. Krishna Menon, India's representative on the United Nations arrives m Geneva from New York for the IndoChina conference.
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    10 10 Elaine Stewart, M. G. M. starlet m a graceful pose.
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  • 532 10  - Russia drives them to drink Norman Lindhurst THE COMMUNISTS ROLL HOME.... 'Hangovers 9 under the Hammer and Sickle by LMCH Saturday night, J and lor that matter on other nights too, the streets of East European capitals are full of rowdy swaying figures happj citizens of the "Peoples Democracies." They
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  • 78 10 QNE more piece of evidence has come along this week that the smiling bonhomie of Malenkov and Co. hides some pretty cold-blooded inhumanity. Ten years after the war, Russia is still holding prisoner some 16,000 Frenchmen an army greater than that lost at Dien Bien Phu. They
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  • 102 10 EIGHTY-two-year-old pianist ADELINA DE LARA gave her last public concert m the Wigmore Hall recently The QUEEN MOTHER sent her a letter of best wishes The Queen Mother was taught the piano by one of Miss de Lara's teachers, FANNY DA VIES. There were two pianos
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  • 55 10 PR TWO YEARS 350,000 uppaid men and women m observation posts and filter centres around America have scanned the skies and reported aircraft 24 hours a day Now. on the second anniversary of their watch. Washington announces 485 new radar posts across Canada t guard against attack
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    • 64 10 The weekly issue of the STRAITS BUDGET can *np C sent by Air Mail to any address m the United Kingdom at an inclusive rate of 24.00 FOR SIX MONTHS If you want the "BUDGET" while on leave or wish to make an "Air-subscription" on behalf of y«»» Home office
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  • Page 10 Miscellaneous
    • 42 10 POCKET CARTOON by OSBERT LANCASTEA I A V/V// I fhunk you. I'm perfectly aware uhut the cW>/rct is whut I should be very m teretted to Icatn t\ exactly how the mlm 1 f i /I Mu\rum came to acquire it I
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  • 520 11 Window on the World I/ING FAROUKS bedroom will be one of of*the prize exhibits at a Cairo exhibition this month to celebrate the second anniversary of the military coup d'etat The bedroom furnishings will include a £10,000 vase the idea being to show the
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  • 503 11  - Your Pedigree?, step this way J. W. TAYLOR one's origin. Somerset House have the impression, however. that social-climbing may have something to do with it, but admit that with many there are very practical reasons lor the quest. Some seek tc establish hereditary right tc an estate. .There are those
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    12 11 A dramatic scene froiii "Rose-Marie", Joan Taylor doei the famous totem-pole dance.
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  • 297 11  -  BEACHCOMBER COUNCILLOR D. B. Wyndham Lewis has attempted to dispose of my suggestion that pretty litter-hostesses should tour the streets with dainty bins— a kind of litter-flag-day. ("Won't you give me a used busticket Sir?")— by ridiculing it. This is not constructive criticism of an idea already
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    11 11 Esther Williams, popular swimming star, has decided m write a book.
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  • 242 11 Austrians believe 'your face is your f ortune-no matter how old. IF YOU want your face 1 lifted, it costs you nothing— in Austria! This is just a part of the regular service given by an enlightened Austrian National Health Insurance to those who need it,
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  • Page 11 Advertisements
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    18 12 Lucy Mi Aleer, Warner Bros, player, adopts this cool and smart costume for dance rehearsals.
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  • 380 12 Both tides vulnerable South dealer NORTH B 4 2 OQJIOHU 4 Q 10 7 4 WEftT f:\HT 4 A X 9 4 4QJIO 8 f S 2 9 X 10 U 072 0 *64 8 6 2 HOUTH O 7 Ai vy 9 I O A K. X
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  • 110 12 Playgrounds should not be too tidy rO tidy playgrounds are driving children to vandalism, says Lady Allen of Hurtwood. She pleads for adventure playgrounds on the new housing estates where children can work off natural instincts. Planners should listen to this wise woman. A sandpit, paddling pool, a pile of
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  • 283 12  -  Gay Pauley by WOMEN will have equality with men when they quit, undermining each other, a leading woman ed icator said. Mrs. Millicent C. Mclntosh, president of Barnard College, New York. said that women rant put all the blame on men if they feel that
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  • 267 12 India's big stamp exhibition INDIA is planning a hu!4 c international postal exhibition, including philatelic displays valued m the hundreds of thousands of dollars, to celebrate the 100 th anniversary of the Indian postage stamp. The importance New Delhi attaches to the exhibition, scheduled to open Oct. 1 and run
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  • Page 12 Advertisements
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    • 289 12 ■flm^H 111 CM KS ROSS 5 Smashes m two tmaea, too '4). 1 An unmarried man's composer? 6An incomplete kind of song? (4.. <4>. 4 Mince. Anotlier kind of meat. 7 Someone who with a singular too 1 4 1. change could become a cleric 7 A BU pencil would
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  • 15 13 Silvana Ml ianious Italian star or the film Bitl«Kice" u'<»MiMir to Sineanore).
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  • 419 13  - 'Million' song for Opera star HAROLD HEFFERNAN iIfHEN I started m pictures," said exM< tropolitan Opera star Helen Traubel "I thought I belonged to the studio, body and soul" Helen, now making her first film costarring with Jose Ferrer m "Deep In My Heart,'' the life of Sigmund Rom berg,
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  • 112 13 .BARBARA STANWYCK has probably won more Oscar nominations than any other actress m Hollywood. The fact that she has never actually won one has ceased to worry her. "I was terribly disappointed the first time," *he admitted. "Now it is anti-climactic. It can never be
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  • 333 13 Dateline, Hollywood. FA N magazines are offering as much as $10,000 to anyone who can come up with a picture layout of MARILYN MONROE and Joe Di MSLggio at home. Joe says no to any and all magazine offers and means it. Is David Selzniek toying with *he idea of
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  • 520 13 Flynn film is now a Roman scandal Sheilah Grahame meets his creditors 1 IT was raining m London when I was there, freezing m Paris, and boiling m Rome and not because my room m the Hotel Excelsior is next to the suite ol King "Fatso" Farouk of Egypt. Was
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  • 479 14 Special Keporl from London T'HK public craving to see records shattered is never satisfied. Thi lowering of existing figures means more to the a\)ocLitor these days than i wellJudged race. Three more record* were beaten, and one equalled, at the Inter-Senrtces Annual Athlftir Champion .-.hips
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    56 14 UVT: Flyinc Officer Gtott Elliott.; he British National Pole Vault word holder, clears lift. Gins to win Inter Services Championship foi R.A.K. at Portsmouth. KM o\\ S Rt John savage. K"?*1 Marines, the British National (ham- [ii..i. won the Inter Services Puttms the-wei«ht championship at rorisiiKMJth when he set up
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  • 51 14 Secretaries of SAPA Junior Clubs and Associations who have not sent In the list of their players for consideration to represent SAFA Juniors XI are reminded to do so before July 31 to the Hon. Secretary Mr P Appavoo. c/o Assessors Dept City Hall. Singapore
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  • 39 14 The Queen has named 12 of her racehorse foaU which will be raring as two-year-olds In 1956. They are Agreement. Thames. Harking Back, Doutelle. Tuscan, LMHt Corporal, MonkshoOd, Almeru. Sunburn country, Cheetah, Royal Taste and Mulberry Harbour.
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  • 80 14 MKAKI.Y 2,000 boy and Ktrl athlete are now In Ashlngton, Northumberland Hiey are the champions of 38 counties, iiiul gathered to contest th« all -England schools ehamplontbtpt iiiiiti.s Outstanding Ulent will be cliost'ii for special Olympic training The CO*ctMt will be led by Geoff Dyson. Britain's
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  • 286 14 1 VERY BRUNDAGE, President of the 1 International Olympic Committee (IOC), says that Russia has "given every indication" she will compete m the 1956 Olympics at Melbourne. "I'll put the question to them directly before I loavf." he -said In Moscow. Since the Soviet broke
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  • 78 14 Superwing BP officials elects at the recent annual general meetliik are: President. S<«t Teng Hock; Vice--1 Presidents, Thung Hoi San and Jerry Tan; Hon. Secretary, Ang j Cheng Ttong; Asst. Secretary. Scow j Cheng Swee. Hon Treasurer, Loo Yew Huat; Asst Treasurer, Tan Khlm Hak; Hon Sports
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  • 26 14 Buklt Tlmah Wanderers beat Johore Military Forces 2nd XI 5-4 m a soccer friendly yesterday on the International Club ground a Johore Bahru.
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  • 198 14 yiC GIBBONS of Brentwood smashed the national 30-mile road cycling record on a course near Southend Riding In the Ro.sebank trial he covered the distance m lhr. Bmin. 22sec, which cut j the record held by Dave Keeler, of the Vegetarian Club by 58sec.
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  • 55 14 Christian Young Men's Assocb tion (PM) cricket XI to mett RAI Changl on Sunday will be selects from: E. A. Rodrlgues (capt.), V Nathan, M. Nunis, S. Oliveiro, A Nathan. W. R. Nunis, E. P. Hen dricks, S. Low, A. Lewis, M. Nuni< E. Vijesinghe. D. Balehatchet,
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  • 431 15 A TRIPLE BOOST FOR BOXING -IF IT COMES Nene still plans big despite ill luck Matchmaker j Free Press Boxing Reporter OAY RICO complains of stomach pains, and a sus- pected appendix attack puts paid to the card planned for July 31 by Singapore Boxing Promotions. Well that's the way
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  • 267 15 PAKISTAN, weakened by injuries must beat England or force a draw m the third Test beginning at Manchester today to keep the fourmatch series alive. The rain-ruined first Test vaa drawn and England won the M'cond at Trent BridgeThe final game m the series
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  • 114 15 I PAKISTAN'S team for the third Test against England starting at Old Tafford, Manchester, today j is. Hanif Mohammad, lmtiaz Ahmed. Waqar Hassan, Maqsood Ahmed, A. H. Kardar, M. E. Z. Ghaxali, Waiir Mohammad, Faial Mahmood. KhaI lid Wazir, Shujauddin and Mahmood Hussan with Khalid Hassan as
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  • 115 15 ONLY five horses out of an original entry of 37 have accepted for the Goodwood Cup to be run over two miles five fujlongs at, Goodwood next Thursday. They are with weights m pounds. Elpenor Souepi. Blarney Stone and Galloway Hills-all 126. Prescription—loB. Fifteen final
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  • 34 15 I er Axel Per.-.son of Sweden took --trly lead by flying a distance I 1 miles m his single-seater glid- s the world gliding champion•'»(i at Great Hucklow Eng- yestCTdmy.
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  • 100 15 (MMCAGO White Sox slowed the New York Yankees half 4 fame behind the pace-setting Cleveo Indians yesterday, pounding out ■•'-3 victory as Virgil Trucks beime first American Baseball ue pitcher to win 13 games. it c hicago, .Bill Taylors ninth lnsmgl e scored Hank Thompson I
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  • 79 15 The Army (Singapore) team to meet RAF. m the Senior cricket tournament at Changi on Sund.iv is: MaJ. B. D. Dutfgan (rapt i, Maj G W. Levfe Maj. J. E. Evans, Capt P.' D. Short, Capt. A. S. Stepto, WO II C. R. Barron, S/Sgt
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  • 447 15 LEAGUE CUP RESULTS AND POSITIONS RESULTS of Singapore Business Houses F. A League and Cup matches played yesterday, together with the tables, are: P W I) I- F A Pts O.T.E.C. 4 4 0 0 11 3 8 Mercantile It-; 4 3 0 1 14 8 6 Shell 4 2
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  • 89 15 YfR GEOFFREY HOWARD. tbC Lancashire County fiif ket club secretary. Ml yesterday named as manager of the MCC team to lour Australia in the winter. Mr. Howard managed the MCC ,ide which toured India, Pakistan and Cevlon in 1951-52. He is a firm and capable administrator,
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  • 141 15 Helgian wins lap No. 13 in Tour de Franrt A L RE D de Bruyne of Bel- g u H won the 13th lap of 4 805-kilometre Tour de jce bicycle marathon yesOther finishers: 2 -Rene Private, French South West team. r J f c an SabUnski. French J<>rtheast Centre
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  • 224 16 A MALAYAN golfer, Tom Verity of Kuala Lumpur. failed to quality yesterday for the later stage* ol the Swallow Harrogate 2,000 guineas professional goll tournament. He took Hi OH t lie Pannal course on Tuesday and 82 at the neighbouring Oakdale yesterday for a r.jiai of
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  • 334 16 Len leads works to 5/3 for 7 f IN BUTTON, Baflftlld's captain for the tour of A Australia next winter, signalled his return to health and good form yesterday hy hitting lfi:> Yorkshire off Combined Services. It surpassed his previous best score this season by exactly 100.
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  • 145 16 \l Uttfi Ol*mocg«n 327 lor nine (Parkhouse 182) veraus Middlesex Derby: Susiex l« lOtadwin fun fOf L l Deroy.stnre 179 lor two .H. uner 118. At Colchester: Surrey 229 iSteVftrl 134. J. Bailey live for 54 > E.v-,ex [)2 lor three (Insole not out 54). At Bristol: Gloucestershire
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  • 82 16 MAJOR General H.B. Klopper manager of the South African team, predicted m Vancouver yesterday that a& many a.^ half the existing Empire Games records might be broken if the weather holds good for the 1954 Games from July 31 to August 7. "There are
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  • 19 16 20 Words $6 (minimum) POPE: To Henry and Elizabeth July 20»h. a son, at Bungsar Hospital, Kuala Lumpur.
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  • 110 16 THE English Professional Footballers Union yesterday asked the Government's industrial disputes tribunal to define "an international football match". The players claimed that members who took part m the recent World Cup series m Switzerland should receive the £50 regulation international fee for each match game
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  • 91 16 HTHE second annual Federation of A Malaya Police sports will be held on July 30 and 31 at the Police! De|)ot Kuala Lumpur. All 11 contingents (ei^ht states, two Settlements and the Police Depot i will compete. There will be more than 303 comj>etitors Two new eventc,
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  • 179 16 GERMAN HORSEMAN TRIUMPHS HERR Fritz Thiedermann of Germany, riding Meteor, last night won the King George V Gold Challenge Cup, one of the world's most covet- ed individual awards for show jumping. In the most thrilling finish in the history of the event, the German rider won after four I
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  • 60 16 KUALA LUMPUR, Wed.- Selangor Eurasian Association and Singapore Recreation Club cricketers will meet at Kuala Lumpur on July 31 and Auk 1 for their annual Clarke Cup match. The competition was not played last year because the Singapore RC. were unabk' to send a
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  • 10 16 and Parkhouse cracks on 182 The umpire changed his mind.
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  • 27 16 British Empire heavyweight boxing champion Don Cockell \u, urived In New York for his Qfhl against Harry Matthews In R#>attl» on July 30 U.P.
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  • 393 16 JUNIOR BADMINTON RESULTS RESULTS of the ties m the Singapore Badminton Association's i junior championships played at the Singapore Badminton stadium last i night were- MOOED DOI'BLES (FIRST ROUND) Joan Kao and Robert Lim beat Ruth Oim and A F. Menon 15—7, 15—3; Nancy Ang and How Keaw Hing wo.
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