The Singapore Free Press, 3 August 1954
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Title Section21 1954-08-03 1 The Singapore Free Press j a ruest Afternoon Sale m Mala>a. No iI'HT. Singapore, Tues., Aug. 3, 1954. Price 15 CU.21 words
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Article124 1954-08-03 1 Dl E In Singapore by air tonight is a nine and a hill month-old baby who ha" already flown 31,100 mi!»*s The baby left Sydney I yesterday with her parents I Mr md Mrs. Marriott, who will live here. The baby was born m Darwin where124 words
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Article64 1954-08-03 1 A State Department spokesman m Washington flatly denied a Warsaw charge that American war planes had fired On two Polish merchant ships m South China Sea on July 26. The spokesman Mr. Lincoln White said the Polish charges that United States military planes attackedU.P. - 64 words
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Article147 1954-08-03 1 MR CHRISTOPHER SHAWCROSS, Q.C., counsel for 8.0.A.C., attended the Kallang air crash inquiry today for the first time since he was wounded m a bandit ambush m Kulai estate, Johore, on July 26. Mr. Justice Knight welcomed him back and congratulated on his escape. Mr.147 words
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105 1954-08-03 1 LORD VIVIAN, 48-year-old London show producer who is seriously ill m hospital m Devizes, Wiltshire, with a bullet wound m the stomach. marie a .statement last night to detectives. But his condition was still serious and a spokesman at the hospital said it was likelyReuter - 105 words
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Article36 1954-08-03 1 Queen has approved the •ointment of the Duchess "»t as Honorary Com- I Uld^t of the Women. r -u Australian Naval SerMr. Josian Francis, Navy announced m Can- "'ira last night. ReuterReuter - 36 words
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61 1954-08-03 1 RADIO POLICE SEEK DAGGER MEN IN CAR SINGAPORE police this moinine sent out a call to radio cars to watch out for a runaway small saloon car carrying six Chinese robbers. The men, arrr.ed with daggers and what is believed to be a revolver, had forced their way into an61 words
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Article30 1954-08-03 1 A Singapore Chinese amah. ars pigs a. s a sideline at £jy a ng, awoke yestorday m( l five of her Dies lut "i at $150 gonegone - 30 words
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Article13 1954-08-03 1 ►re OLD. at the weekdetalned three men said ••ret .society gang.sters.13 words
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Article20 1954-08-03 1 l t)ore Rubber Market opened '"""int. on an uncertain tone August shipment, w2s c l io£ und| unchangeQ20 words
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143 1954-08-03 1 A SETTLEMENT had been reached m the new Ovate malan fighting. New York radio stations reported last night, quoting the Guatemalan Government Radio. In Washington. State Department spokesman Lincoln White announced that armed forces loyal to provisional President Castillo Annas appeared to be firmlyReuter; A.P. - 143 words
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Article251 1954-08-03 1 But they missed CHINESE COMMUNIST troops fired on a plane carrying American and French newsmen at Moncay on the Chinese- Vietnam border, the French High Command announced m Hanoi yesterday. The plane was out of range and no-one was injured. The incident occurred on Sunday whenU.P. - 251 words
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Article83 1954-08-03 1 'Piece of land' SINGAPORE Indian textile millionaire, Mr. G. Uttamram Singh, Is to give a piece of land to the Singapore Anti Tuberculosis Association, but is keeping the details "a secret and a surprise". He said this morning: "I will let out the secret only m83 words
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Article40 1954-08-03 1 Singapore police this morning said they were investigating the possibility of ar.son In the fun fair fire at Christ Church School, m Dorset Road, at dawn yesterday. Two tin.s which -sm.'lt of petrol were found nearby.40 words
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Article30 1954-08-03 1 More than 250 East German police including 17 inspectors sought asylum m West Berlin during July, swelling thLs year's total of police defections to over 1.700. ReuterReuter - 30 words
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Article65 1954-08-03 1 THE SINGAPORE City Ambulance Service attended 27 road accidents, m which 30 people were injured, during the three-day August Bank holidays ending midnight yesterday. No death was reported. Most of the injured were treated as out-patients at the General Hospital. They were: 20 Chinese,65 words
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Article23 1954-08-03 1 Ten Vietnamese and Cambodian nurses and nudwive.s have concluded a two-week observation tour of health work m the Philippines.— U.P.U.P. - 23 words
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Advertisement141 1954-08-03 1 f WORRY I I ANXIETY GRIEF I I OVERWORK I I EXCITEMENT I I SLEEPLESSNESS I 1 call for I RELAX A TABS I 1 They Relax Your Nerves I H You'll find a source of absolute relaxation and M soothing calm by taking RELAXA-TABS— they bring 3 W restfulness141 words
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Article, Illustration24 1954-08-03 2 Road safety lesson picture The Queen Mother ami Princess Margaret watch a demonstration of road safety given by children at King's Lynn, Norfolk A.P.A.P. - 24 words
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Article23 1954-08-03 2 Rumania has offered to return 1.200 Greeks carried behind the Iron Curtain during; the Communist guerilla war of 11H6-49 A.P.A.P. - 23 words
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Article258 1954-08-03 2 3 test cases will decide FRANCE'S dynamic Premier, M. Pierre MendesFrance, was yesterday preparing for his first real lest of strength before a critical assembly. Parliamentary support for his action m Geneva which ended the Indo-China was never m doubt, but now he has258 words
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Article185 1954-08-03 2 ]>OLICE Commissioner Francis W. H. Adams warned at the week-end that New York City was "on the verge of becoming a community of violence and (rime." i Adams blamed the situation on a 7.000-man short a*e m the police department. In the firstU.P. - 185 words
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124 1954-08-03 2 FRANCE TO PRODUCE SYNTHETIC RUBBER rLKS on the contruction of plant for the production of synthetic butyl rubber m France have progressed satisfactorily, according to trade circles m Paris. Negotiations between tyre producers, oil and chemical companies and representatives of the Government have now entered a final stage, although severalReuter - 124 words
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Article36 1954-08-03 2 Seven alleged Communist party leaders have been taken into custody m the west United States yesterday and charged with conspiracy to teach and advocate the violent overthrow of the U.S. Government. APAP - 36 words
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Article106 1954-08-03 2 S. Vietnam 'has room for all' VIETNAM Premier Ngo Dinh Diem last night promised that South Vietnam "will have a place for, and will care for, all local Vietnamese who leave the North." He made the promise m a short appeal to about 12,000 Vietnamese who gathered m front ofA.P. - 106 words
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Article19 1954-08-03 2 Moscow Radio said yesterday "religion is acceptable nowadays only to the most primitive and uneducated minds.19 words
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Article40 1954-08-03 2 Seven trade unions with membership totalling 526,000 have tabled resolutions asking the annual congress of Britain's eight-million strong Trade s Union Congress to oppose the official Labour Party policy of support for German rearmament. ReuterReuter - 40 words
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Article25 1954-08-03 2 India is to set up an atomic energy commission under the direct charge of Mr Nehru, the Prime Minister.- ReuterReuter - 25 words
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Article18 1954-08-03 2 King Faisal and Crown I'nnce Abdul Illah of Iraq will isit E^ypt m September. A.P.A.P. - 18 words
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Article110 1954-08-03 2 SINGAPORE City Councillor, Mr. S. M. Vasagar. elected member for .South, yesterday said the southern branch of the Progressive Party, ol which he is president, would be glad to help any disfranchised Commonwealth resident m the district, who wished to become a citizen of110 words
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Article49 1954-08-03 2 Major Arthur TiLson Magan, late of the Royal Dublin Fiksiliers, ordered m his will published m London yesterday that he be cremated and hi.s ashes scattered over the graves of his dogs near his home at Stowe Hill, Suffolk. He died last February leaving £14,322. ReuterReuter - 49 words
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Article211 1954-08-03 2 (1 HEATER Asian repre.senta- tion on the executive counel| of the World Assembly of Ymith \g expected when elecUoni ar«- h<-ld after tne second world youth general assembly m Singapore at the •*nd of this month. Special consideration will be kiven to WAY'S policy and211 words
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191 1954-08-03 2 THE KENYA Government will m future be able to order the compulsory evacuation of all inhabitants, their livestock and property from any area to ensure puhlic safety it was announced last night. A new emergency regulation one of the most sweeping made byReuter - 191 words
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Advertisement57 1954-08-03 2 ON SALE TODAY COLONY OF SINGAPORE 1953 ANNUAL REPORT Special features CORONATION SUPPLEMENT 6 PLATES AND DUST |ACKET IN FULL COLOUR 27 PACES BLACK AND WHITE ILLUSTRATIONS MAP OF COLONY AND STREET MAPS 265 PACES OF TEXT PER COPY i i Obtainable from Government Publications I Bureau, C.P.O. Fullerton I57 words
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Article152 1954-08-03 3 U.S. ban? crooner again ;OONER Dick Haymes husband ol actress Hayworth, was sterday ordered to be deported for the second time m an order issued Mr. Ralph Farb. •iai hearing officer the U.S. Immigration lervice In Los Angeles. Mr Farb was sent to LosA.P. - 152 words
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Article104 1954-08-03 3 I>OLICE yesterday arrested Lucien Picard, 43, of Quebec, sought m the maniacal •sex slaying of six-year-old Raymond Trudeau. of Montreal. Police said Picard admitted was m his basement room that some of the hacked pieces »t the boy'.s body were found, denied he had104 words
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Article25 1954-08-03 3 Egypt i. s going to help all the and Muslim states fulfil ispirationt, Col. Gamal the Egyptian Prime Htuster. said yesterday. ReuterReuter - 25 words
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Article55 1954-08-03 3 MARLENE Dietrich set a new fashion touch last night —odd shoes. She left London airport for Paris with one shoe black and the other gold. She wouldn't say why. But she was limping badly and an inch-wide strip of plaster peeped through the toeA.P. - 55 words
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Article34 1954-08-03 3 The Foreign Ministers of the six European Defence Community nations will meet m Brussels on Aug. 18 m an effort to overcome obstacles preventing France from finally approving A.P. the EDC treaty.—A.P. - 34 words
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Article27 1954-08-03 3 The Italian Foreign Minister. Mr Attiiio Picciuni. conferred yesterday with the British and American ambassadors, apparently over a new develop- merit on Trieste. A.PA.P - 27 words
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Article, Illustration67 1954-08-03 3 picture. I Francasal (left) and Santa Amarc, the horses concerned m the sensational Bath ringing-in case last year, parade before buyers at an Epsom (Surrey) stable. Both have been banned from racing m Britain. I Part of the price realis ed from the sale was used I I to payReuter - 67 words
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182 1954-08-03 3 HRITONB, who stubbornly a cold drizzly KVt Bank holiday weekend nirerini on the beaches last 4 MI, looked forward happily ;»'nt; home. With stiff fairly numb upP r lips they had seen the holiday through bathed m We icy waters, built sand182 words
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106 1954-08-03 3 ETLOODS which had been ravishing north eastern 1 India spread into Eastern Pakistan yesterday, and threatened the provincial capital of Dacca. Several areas of Eastern Pakistan were inundated by the rising waters of the Brahmaputra, reports reaching Karachi said. The floods were described as theU.P. - 106 words
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Article115 1954-08-03 3 rRIN police said yesterday that Giovanni Petrossi, 70. tried to commit suicide on the instalment plan. Shortly after dawn yesterday he took out an old pistol, pointed it at his body, and fired. Neighbours heard the shot, and rushed to his cottage. Petrossi held themA.P. - 115 words
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Article42 1954-08-03 3 NEWLY-WED Concetta Rea, an attractive 21-year-old brunette, yesterday shot and killed her mother-in-law and her two brothers-in-law, m Caserta, Italy, and then fled with her husband. Police said they did not know the cause of the shooting. A.P.A.P. - 42 words
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Advertisement69 1954-08-03 3 J/OIV THE KIDDIES will love them! 11 Mj a jv jp a a a f f mwm %0 m m 111 f fIC frVI/LC Children s Slippers IN RED or fiL(/£ FFLf Size: 6 to JO $O.JiO Size: II to J $7..»0 A1 A 1 Also Arnvcil A Ni*w Shipment69 words
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181 1954-08-03 4 The Singapore Free Press TUESDAY, Aug. 3, 1954. A gentleman of the turf Perhaps the best ol the many tributes which have been ipaid to the late Lt-Col Thomas Lawrenco Fox was that of one of his former jockeys, who said: "He was a thorough gentleman, and I never knew181 words
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Article, Illustration47 1954-08-03 4 A general view of the service at Slapton Sands, South Devon, England, when Cleneral Alfred Clruenther, Supreme Allied Commander m Europe, (beside the memorial) revealed for the first time that a German submarine broke through the channel defences, and sank three large invasion craft, killing about 70047 words
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Article169 1954-08-03 4 The shark menace It seems to br a popular fallacy that .sharks are practically non-existent m Singapore water s, or at least m those favoured by swimmers The tragedy at the naval base m which a "frogman" was killed by a .^hark should convince the sceptics that sharks are still169 words
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Article, Illustration644 1954-08-03 4 Japs throw out many Mac Arthur Reforms JAPAN is turning the clock back, reforms inspired by Gen Douglas MacArthur are being crossed off the legislative books or are being bypassed. The wave of reaction that is sweeping Japan is considered alarming by some Americans. It is felt by these observers644 words
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Article290 1954-08-03 4 That Royal car crash... I AM glad to see that the Duke of Kent is firmly on his feet apain after his car crash. His latest photographs impel me, with all proper diffidence of course, to express the hope that his progress will soon be advanced enough to enable him290 words
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Article, Illustration21 1954-08-03 4 OSBERT LANCASTER - OSBERT LANCASTER by I" Dtii/uiK, DcuJ<J> and I were uoHiicring%vJu(n<t', perhaps, you wouldn't /inJucomp/ccer /u//i/iin if in ur( S&021 words
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Advertisement25 1954-08-03 4 It i tiff s o IPisi itu'lioti for every occasion ENGAGEMENT WEDDING RINGS U. S. de SUVA, Jewellers 106, Orchard Rd., Spore -9 Phone: *****25 words
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Advertisement15 1954-08-03 4 DELICATESSEN CERMAN b DANISH SALAMI DANISH WESTPHALION HAM HAM LOAF SINGAPORE COLD STORAGE CO., LTD.15 words
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Miscellaneous323 1954-08-03 6 MANDRAKE by Lee Falk and Phil^ D^ STAR I ,sj PttXXbl 53 I^^lSkS- -li^^ B-LflS' -A <S THf LADY IN TH^ 1 r *-L^ 1* J \f \l r *r .iflßJ^^t I quiet charm and a strong will i^i' r you are surrounded by har- mony m colour and design.323 words
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Article1150 1954-08-03 7 1953 a year of importance rplll story of Singapore's march towards self,wriimeiit and the vivid |fr ress it made last year ,mst a background of ommaatot terrorism and declining trade are told m 1 1,,, annual report for 1953 published today. H 1 lit* report hailed1,150 words
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Article138 1954-08-03 7 CALLING young lovers m Singapore Are you frustrated? Is your romance working out the way you want »t j to? Then take heart. Rev. Tracey K. Jones, American pastor of the Wesley Methodist Church, will advise you. Rev Jones is organising a new series138 words
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161 1954-08-03 7 T HE Hello Girls' Club is now launching one of its A original aims— finding Jobs for unemployed tele- phone operators. E Mrs. Terry Abisheganaden, secretary of the club, said yesterday that about 10 girls had approached E her for work. E161 words
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Article, Illustration32 1954-08-03 7 SHE OPENS SCHOOL FUN FAIR Lady Loewen, wife of General Sir Charles Loewrn C-in-C, Far Kast Land Forces, opening th«* Singapore Christ Church School fun fair and fete yesterday— Free Press picture32 words
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Article100 1954-08-03 7 Eight get back their seats I HPHE eight members of the 1 UMNO-MCA Alliance who resigned from the Negri Sem- bilan Council of State m June will be re-appointed tomorrow. 2 The UMNO members are: 5 Inche Ibrahim bin Haji Man- sor, Dato Raja di-Raja Mo- hamed Dom bin Yasin.100 words
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Article19 1954-08-03 7 E BATU GAJAH. Tnet. The Sultan Yussuf School will hold their annual speech day on i? Thursday19 words
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Advertisement38 1954-08-03 7 RADIO WEEKLY INCORPORATING RADIO MALAYA NEWS ALL THE KKST II% lIUO A BC A STIXG full Programmes Chinese Opera Hadio t*ersonaUtu Hadiv Pofitbag Film tterieu** I arUHßnn nnd Pnaale* Pielnre Section PRICE 30 CENTS FROM ALL NEWSAGENTS I38 words
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436 1954-08-03 8 THK men who cover Britain's roads m the bitf lorries and the unofficial passengers said to travel with some of them into the night— were discussed during a prosecution at Hemel Hcmpstead, Herts. Before the ma^ist rates was Percy Herbert Taylor. 42-year-Old licensee436 words
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Article26 1954-08-03 8 A cellar "night club" is to bf opened by Oxford Union Eocietv to popularise the famous debating society, which is having money trouble.26 words
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279 1954-08-03 8 Wife hit him— but not cruel says court MR. FRANK William Locke listed a number of complaints against his Sundayschool teacher wife, the Birmingham Divorce Court judge said Boxing the ears of one of his girl employees was one of them. Other complaints lifted" by Mr. Justice Karminski were that279 words
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Article46 1954-08-03 8 Thousands of bees swarmed into the garden of a house m Ealing London. The occupant, Mrs. J. Williamson, phoned the police; they promised to send someone. The man they sent was Dr. G. R. H. Wrangham, formerly the Williamson family doctor.46 words
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Article, Illustration50 1954-08-03 8 She 's pretty and no fooling Till: Bario Brothers, famous French circus clowns, could not resist this bit of clowning when model Susanne visited the Hagenbeck Circus m Berlin. Susanne is wearing a teenage dance frock m yellow silk organ/ 1 with thin black stripes and velvet bows. Popper picture.Popper - 50 words
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377 1954-08-03 8 APrER the hearing of a case at Birmingham, an oflleial Of the city's education department said an inquiry v.ould be held into the ap Dotntment by the department Ol «irl art models and the •'>stem (jf controlling the I KirLs 1 .spare-time work. The377 words
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Article276 1954-08-03 8 CHIVING judgment m an acI tion at the Divorce Court at Newport, Monmouth, Mr. Commissioner Owen Tern pie Morris, Q.C., said that he could not accept the evidence of the wife's sister. The judge granted a decree to Mrs. Edith May Manning, of High Meadow, Abercarn.276 words
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240 1954-08-03 8 IT WAS JUST A CHASTE KISS AT THE BANK I ON balancing days at the banks, when all the columns have added up right, there is rejoicing and merriment, with refreshments "on a decorous scale appropriate to an institution like a bank," said Mr. Commissioner Blanco White m the Divorce240 words
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Article46 1954-08-03 8 Only 14 adults m 100 In Britain listened to BBC pi" trammei m the evening--«n the average- during the ia^Quarter. A year ago Uio figure wa.s 1 m 100. But the number a viewers rose from eight m iw Ito 10 m 100.46 words
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Article244 1954-08-03 9 Students get fresh hope r parents whose children have just missed a chance of attending grammar school because all the places were taken comes news of .an experiment that could mean fresh hope. It comes from a secondary modern school m Twickenham. Middlesex, at which one In244 words
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Article, Illustration219 1954-08-03 9 THE PRINCESS MEETS THE BRAVE CADET Barbara 's reward for 'suffering' PR 13 years Barbara Goodyear, of Morecam be. Lanes, suffered from a bone infection m the leg. It caused her endless pain and she underwent several operations. Then, last April, 18-year-old Barbara was advised by her doctors to havePopper - 219 words
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Article87 1954-08-03 9 THIS GIFT REFORMS GAOL MEN rIE first step In reforming criminals Ls to rnakf them blood donors. For when they give blood they feel that they are of some use to the world and can help to save life instead of destroying it. Those are the views of Mr. Bert87 words
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Article35 1954-08-03 9 Ifushroonu Rrowlni m the ■ChOOl Dlaylni Melds Ol Dorset in.iy be pouonoufl lor two years head teaehen hafi tx-cn told. Ret on: Borne «»t the ReMa «i \uth w< edKIII.T35 words
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Article28 1954-08-03 9 Kx-bornbt-r pilot, X L Trent, i) vc ;irui forou i n.ivni lieutenant k Turner have gone Into bu Ineaa at Duffleld, Derby, to make nylon slockkngi.28 words
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322 1954-08-03 9 And he got a broken jaw A MAN WHO attacked a 24-year-old secretary m the street after midnight was chased and caught by people living nearby, it was stated at West Ham Quarter Sessions, London. He tried to get away and there was a struggle. When322 words
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Article148 1954-08-03 9 WHILE GIRL'S MOTHER WAS AWAY... A 15-YEAR-OLD girl invited a man to stay at her home while her mother was away for a week, it was stated at Kent Assizes at Maidstone. The man. Reginald Patrick Shaw, aged 34. labourer, of Sandwich, was gaoled for three years after pleading guilty148 words
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Article31 1954-08-03 9 Because people complained dpcka at London Airport ftve minutes glow the oiais were covered, with paper llf tx <:e Pt the giant master "<££ on the tarmac cuouyh to cover it.31 words
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Article28 1954-08-03 9 A London policeman. Sidney i Edmunds, of Grand-avenue. Muswell Hill, London. was! fined £5 at High Wycombe. Buckinghamshire, for stealing two books from a shop.28 words
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Article198 1954-08-03 9 A PRIVATE detective who organised a fake housebreaking was found not; ouiltv of conspiracy by order 5 01 a judne. The detective, 52-year-old Andrew Roulston, of Sandy-row, Belfast, wai also found not guilty of receiving £100. Mr. Justice Sheil WM told at Belta.st City Commission that I198 words
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Article860 1954-08-03 10 Breaking the back of Mau Mau Kenya's emergency enters on the 'mopping up stage. Malayan readers will note the striking similarities between Kenya's war on Mau Mau and Malaya's war on Red terrorism. fFHE worst of the emer- goncy m Kenya may well be over. The back of the Mau860 words
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Article, Illustration536 1954-08-03 10 REDS MA Y TURN ON THE JEWS Signs of a new pogrom RSISTENT reports, to the effect that the :ommunist puppet govrnments behind the fron Curtain are plotting to begin a new wave of terror. are reaching Vienna m increasing numbers. The terroi. it is said, is to be aimed536 words
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Article277 1954-08-03 11 BEACHCOMBER - By the Way BEACHCOMBER AT a party, reputed to have cost something m the neighbourhood of £250.000, for which the hostess had hired Wembley Stadium. 138.000 "guests" turned up though only 75,000 invitations had been issued. However, a surprise awaited tthe gatecrashers Nothing could be found to pat but some277 words
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Article, Illustration498 1954-08-03 11 Australia's No. 1 airwoman Fresh honours for Nancy Ellis jUISS NANCY ELLIS, one of A ustralia's most highly qualified airwomen, has won fresh honours this time m the form of an American award. She has been awarded the Ninety-Nines' Silver Jubilee Scholarship. This entails a grant of US$2OO to aid498 words
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Article, Illustration11 1954-08-03 11 "O.K. lady your Anglo- American Study Qroup went home hours ago."11 words
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Article210 1954-08-03 11 Languages of 'peace A HANDFUL of men and women here think the chances for world peace would be a lot brighter if English and French were made international languages. They call their movement the "Bilingual World." although the Communist world, where Russian Is already required as everyone's second tongue, is210 words
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Article107 1954-08-03 11 Children ate glass THE malign influence of I the Japanese fircus, instead of the dishonour- obit Western-style comic book, was exposed during fpring cleaning opera- I tUnu at a village school m I i innaqata. I i4bc«^ 20 children ivere devouring I piecti of broken window- I one with considerable107 words
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Article221 1954-08-03 12 IryliE Queen of Colour. That's what they call petite red-headed Viki of Milan, who is one of the top names m the international dressmaking world. Mountain blue the shade of Mediterranean hills and I dust is one of tier new colours of the coming season.221 words
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Article, Illustration770 1954-08-03 12 Let's be a little more original m our choice of p:e sents this year, says DIANA MUSCOTT year since I was J old enough I made a vow to myself that I would start my Christmas shopping m good time. I would buy each novel770 words
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Article, Illustration62 1954-08-03 12 summer tan - SPOHTS LINE for swimming summer tan Another ideal sports outfit, sketched by Rix today, is worn by Ann Long. 17-year-old Olympic diver and English highboard champion. For speed and comfort, Ann prefers lightw Vht quickdrying fabrics. Her swimsuit is m a new fabric made of cotton, nylon and lastex. Black62 words
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Article343 1954-08-03 12 Bridge Hand North-South vulnerable East dealer NORTH ▲AJ 7 4 S? A 6 I 0J 9 3 WEST K^BT 9 U 8 3 8 X Q 10 <? J 7 2 8 4' 0 0 A S J *K8 4 SOUTH X Oil 0 X Q 10 4 3 *AQ343 words
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Miscellaneous317 1954-08-03 12 71 CLUES ACROSS: 6 May it oe taken m the spring 1 Sounds as if this might be an by the Met man before he foreorder to buy carpet fasteners casts it? <5. 6). »8, 3). 7 Monetary sharp ends for a flut--8 Ten dip me for an architectural ter?317 words
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Article, Illustration860 1954-08-03 13 -AND MEETS A WONDERFUL GIRL HOW do you feel when an idea, a dream crystallises? Elated? Happy? Well, after the first Hopalong Cassidy film, I just knew that this was destiny. My hair turned white when I was 19. Physically I resembled Clarence Mulford's Hopalong.860 words
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Article91 1954-08-03 13 "MOSES never will be seen *"1 or photographed drinking *o<la pop, smoking or reading 1 racing form; Cecil B. De Mille emphasised that when he got his first Glimpse of actor Charlton Hesjn m the bearded make-up of Misses for "The Ten Com'"untlments". You must be91 words
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Article708 1954-08-03 13 SHEILAH GRAHAME - SHEIL AH GRAHAME L MM I I I CHATTED with MONA FREEMAN after a fervid love scene with TAB HUNTER, m "Battle Cry" at Warners, and when at first I didn't recognize Mona she cracked: "I'm not surprised. This Ls my first picture m two years. She's hoping708 words
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Article207 1954-08-03 13 Liberace is the new craze r IBERACE, America's most popular pianist since Harry Truman left the White House, will earn close to a million dollars this year. [m three years, he has become the phenomenon of the music world, possibly the No. 1 witness to the drawing power of TV.207 words
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Advertisement67 1954-08-03 13 The weekly issue of the STRAITS BVOGBT can be j sent by Air Mail to any address m the United Kingdom C at an inclusive rate of $24.00 FOR SIX MONTHS If you want the IDDOR" while on leave or wish > to make an "Air-subM ription" on behalf of67 words
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Article, Illustration1010 1954-08-03 14 GEORGE WHITING - ORPHAN GIRL DIVES FOR ENGLAND GEORGE WHITING I was prepared to sympathise, but the pale, pleasantly freckled face opposite began to look a little forbidding..." PJI i Inside story on the Empire Games MOST of the robust young men and women leaving British airports last M week torun! jump, swim,1,010 words
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Article789 1954-08-03 14 By JIMMY SEED (Manager of Charlton) (HAVE just completed my report to the Football Association on Charlton's summer tour of Sou^h America— a report that could well borrow the title of the popular song: "South America— Take It Away." For this ta a sad report789 words
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Article183 1954-08-03 14 COXED FOUR TRIAL AT HENLEY {\V all the characters who con- tribute to the fun of rowing, cox is surely the most unselfish, (J i-d m he Is without exercise. required to starve or sweat like a Jockey to keep his wright down. and, as like as not. beiiiK thrown183 words
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Article, Illustration87 1954-08-03 14 BEST IN FAR EAST? THE luck of the Irish had nothing to do with Wine Commander C. R. Beamish* great win m the Singapore goU championship: it was his faultless golf. Beamish beat Colin Stirling seven and six. returning par figures over the Royal Singapore Golf Club course He was87 words
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Article58 1954-08-03 14 Results of the Jacks Sports Clubs Inter departmental table tenim tournament lor Mr. C. A. Jackson s Challenge Cup are as follows Building Department "Mr team 7 points Champion. Building Department "B team 6 points Runner-up. Frtaidiiire I)e|)t. 5 points Third n- n Philips Dept. and Accounts Depi tie58 words
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Article1171 1954-08-03 15 TRESPASSER - NOTHING CAN BEAT DANDE BAY TRESPASSER Safe bet m a mediocre field By THE only Class One race at Penang tomorrow, 1 second day of the Penang Turf Club's August Uank Holiday meeting, is a Division Two event ,>er six furlongs. The field is of singularly nediocre quality, and Dande1,171 words
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Article59 1954-08-03 15 PROBABLE SCRATCHINGS |>KORABLE scratching* for tomorrow:Master Touch, Lucky Tom II Skvrider, Foire, Baronet. Seal Prince, 1/naware, (iay de Lyon, Pft*r. De-War. Musical (omedy. Beccaficoes, Winston, I Lime of the Forest, Canterburr Bell, Bright Eyes, Gay Bar, Heremai, Remarkable, Fish's Kuda. Snow Blase, Beechnut, Sugar Bush, Beau Ensign. The going has59 words
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Article, Illustration515 1954-08-03 15 Hai Yuen soars to heights anew Free press Athletics Reporter VINETEEN-YEAR-OLD Chew Hai Yuen hopes one day compete for Singapore at the wan Games. Hai Yuen is a mi vaulter. 1 Kives me a thrill to soar P Into the air." he said yesterla> alter winning the pole at the515 words
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140 1954-08-03 15 LOCKE BEATS REES AFTER ANOTHER TIE lOOBBYI OOBBY LOCKE 01 South Africa I** yesterday won the German open golf i h amp ions hip. beating Britain's Dai Rees alter a replay. Rees and Locke had tied on Sunday with aggregates of 279. and one 18 holes replay was arranged. EachReuter - 140 words
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Article73 1954-08-03 15 IJOCKY MARCIANO will defrml his world heavyweight champion.ship m a return bout with Ezzard Charles at the Yankee Stadium, New York, on September 15, The two boxers had afreet! to the bout last week but the date and venue had not then been derided. It73 words
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Article57 1954-08-03 15 T'HE Queen \s chestnut colt, Cor- poral hauled ipp weight of 129 lbs to a one-lenpth victory <n the six furlonps Nell Owym Stakes for two-year olds at Epnom yesterday. Kookaburra. 10-1, came second and 3-1 Orand Statute who also rarried 129 pounds, was four lengths awayA.P. - 57 words
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Article, Illustration98 1954-08-03 16 I/M.OOIH K.HI viccer had its first .trial at JalMi lii-sar St.idium lasl 1 night. The verdict? Mixed. The spectators loved it. so did some of the players others didn't. But officials were well pleased. "A few adjustments and it will l>e perfect." a spokesman told the Free98 words
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Article357 1954-08-03 16 WARDLE TAKES 9 FOR 25 Bank Holiday 'fireworks ENGLAND left-arm spinner Johnny Wardle took nine J wickets tor 25 runs for Yorkshire yesterday at Old Trmfford The county leaders took first innings points m the "Roses" match against Lancashire, who were skittled out for 73 to fol-low-on Further Bank HolidayReuter - 357 words
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Article15 1954-08-03 16 Brooklyn Dodgers beat Milwaukee 2-1 at Brooklyn yesterday m a U.S. baseball fixture.15 words
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Article207 1954-08-03 16 Canada beat MCC COUNTY SCORES Close of play scores At Oval, buney beat Nottinghamshire by 10 wickets. Nottinghamshire 73 and 113 (Loader flve for 47 Surrey 168 and 21 for no wicket. At ll«ve, Middesex 271 and 59 for three Sussex 240, tSheppard 10»J DoKKarL Mi Warr flve for 21207 words
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Article, Illustration511 1954-08-03 16 HENRICKS WINS FINAL IN 56.6 SEC. Afore gold medals for Australia lON HENRICKS. 18-year-old Sydney student, rained another swimming medal for Australia when he iron the men's 110 yards freestyle final m the record time of 56.6 sees, at the Empire Games m Vancouver last night. This clipped three-tenths of511 words
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Article376 1954-08-03 16 IiMZAT MAHMOOD. Pakistani vice captain and leading wicket taker X^ ye a further illustration of his powers under all types of con ditions m taking six Glamorgan wickets for 55 runs on a slow rain douched pitch yesterday. Because of the saturated ground i;c play376 words
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Article22 1954-08-03 16 Australian John Landy intends to scratch from the three mile event to concentrate on Saturdays one mile race. A.P. ReuterA.P.; Reuter - 22 words
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