The Singapore Free Press, 27 August 1954
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Title Section18 1954-08-27 1 The Singapore Free Press Largest Afternoon Sale m Malaya. No. 1038. Singapore. FVI., Auf. 27,1934. Price 15 Cts.18 words
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Article44 1954-08-27 1 PKKING radio today claimed that "People's Liberation Forces'* had successfully landed on the Nationalist-held island of Quemoy, a few miles off the Red Chinese mainland, on Monday night. The radio said there had been fighting m the city of Kunington.- A.P.A.P. - 44 words
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Article66 1954-08-27 1 MADAME Pandit, President of the United Nations General Assembly, left this morning by air for India after her fortnight's tour of SouthEast Asia. The Commissioner General Mr. Malcolm Mac Donald, saw her off at Kallang airport. The acting Indonesian Representative m Singapore, Mr. F. P. Mamora, was66 words
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Article35 1954-08-27 1 Princess Alexandra, 17-year-old daughter of the Duchess of Kent, went for a secret midnight ride m an old-time carriage around the moonlit •alls of Quebec Citadel, it was aned m Montreal yesterday. ReuterReuter - 35 words
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Article31 1954-08-27 1 JOAN Foxley Norris has been a model m London. During: the war she worked as a Land Girl m Kent. Yesterday she started another very different job ground hostess for Qantas31 words
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126 1954-08-27 1 A SINGAPORE trishaw man yesterday took a 14-year-[>ld Chinese girl passenger into a lonely open space off McPherson Road and attempted to assault her. The girl, described by police as a "maid servant who did not know her way around Singapore." tried to fight off126 words
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Article39 1954-08-27 1 A 62-YEAR-OLD Singapore Chinese woman hawker yaa cut m the hand by a knife fiuring a quarrel with a man •uwker over the position of Jtalli m Balestier Road yestera *y. A man was detained.39 words
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Article29 1954-08-27 1 Muslims fleeing the threat or riots m troubled -Uthura, 80 miles east of Delhi, are Hooding into the city of *sra by bus and on foot.- A.P.A.P. - 29 words
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Article, Illustration28 1954-08-27 1 A new job for Joan picture. Empire Airways. Joan has been m Singapore for a year. Her husband is Wins-Commander C. N. Foxley-Norris, stalwnitwl at < h:iM''i Free PressFree Press - 28 words
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Article38 1954-08-27 1 AB-25 U.S. Air Force bomber with eight men aboard has been missing since early hours of yester- day. It was on a training llisht orer Central California, Mather Air Force base, Sacramento, announced. A.P.A.P. - 38 words
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Article, Illustration255 1954-08-27 1 Due Sept 4 y[R. CLEMENT ATTLEE, British Labour Party leader, will arrive m Singapore from Hong Kong tomorrow week by BOAC Argonaut plane due at Kallang at 3.45 p.m. He will spend three days here and will leave for Australia on the morning of September 7255 words
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Article72 1954-08-27 1 And now U.S. jets will go rIK United States Fifth Air Force announced m S«-oul last night that it is bertnnln* to pull out of Korea the Jet fighters and bombers which defeated Soviet-built MIG-15 flffhters m the Mrst clash of j«-t fif hter power m the world. A "number"72 words
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123 1954-08-27 1 Murder case girls 'were infatuated' SIXTEEN-year-old Pauline Parker, happily doing housework with her mother, broke off to discuss by telephone with her school friend how they should kill her mother the next day, it was stated m court m Chrlstchurch. New Zealand, yesterday. The defence is seeking to prove thatReuter - 123 words
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Article23 1954-08-27 1 A 10-day strike of 4,000 Hull dockers which ha.s held up work on more than 80 vessel* ended last night.- ReuterReuter - 23 words
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Article27 1954-08-27 1 The SinKapore Rubber Marital 'jprned quietly tht.s morniru? wi'.ii Bnl uritde. September stnptnerif .t 67 1 4 cents a pound -one-qairter cent below yesterday's tIOM27 words
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Article111 1954-08-27 1 rjiHE United States and Bri1. tain have reached full basic agreement on the SouthEast Asia defence pact to be negotiated with six other nations, authoritative sources said m London yesterday. Formosa will not be covered by the agreement, the sources said. The agreement provides for a111 words
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Article53 1954-08-27 1 rpHE Marquess of Reading. 1 Minister of State m the Foreign Office, may lead the British delegation to the Manila conference, diplomatic sources said m London v«'sterday. Mr. Eden, the Foreign Secretary, is expected to stay In London to be In closer touch with theReuter - 53 words
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265 1954-08-27 2 POLICE SWOOP ON BRAZIL REDS AFTER RIOTS Rio alert but tension drops SECURITY police headquarters m Rio de Janeiro said yesterday that 89 known Communists and suspected Communists had been detained for questioning since the outbreak of disorders following Dr. Vargas's death. i Business houses which had at first closedReuter; U.P. - 265 words
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191 1954-08-27 2 E.D.C. is plot to rob France: De Gaulle /MMKAL Charles De VI Gaulle yesterday issued a manifesto against the European Defence Community which he described as "a plot to deprive France of her independence and of her army and to separate her from her overseas territories." He forecast that E.D.C.Reuter - 191 words
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Article71 1954-08-27 2 HALF a million widows and relatives of 200,000 Japanese who died m Burma during the war have given locks of hair to be made into statues of Kwannon, the Goddess of Mercy, which will be buried on the Imphal front battleground. A six-member Buddhist mission, headed byU.P. - 71 words
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Article55 1954-08-27 2 A terrorist shot and killed El Hadi Mohammed ben Taibi, a wealthy Tanner of the Mzamza tribe, and his two year-old son m Casablanca on Thursday night. The farmer had been known as friendly to the French. His seven-year-old daughter, Gida Daouia, was found hiding mA.P. - 55 words
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184 1954-08-27 2 milE State Department anJ. nounced m Washington yesterday that the United States was m secret consultation with its allies on plans for an international atomic energy pool to use nuclear fission for the good of mankind. A State Department spokesman, Mr. Henry Suydam,Reuter - 184 words
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65 1954-08-27 2 Dr. B. R. Ambedkar, a former minister In Prime Minister Nehru's cabinet, yesterday m New Delhi called Russia the big giant of liberation and said It might one clay consume India. Severely criticising Mr. Nehru's foreign policy, he warned him against makingU.P. - 65 words
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77 1954-08-27 2 rpHE three top American X commanders m the Far East flew to Naha (Okinawa), yesterday to inspect the island fortress as a possible base and training site for American troops. The VS. troops could come from Korea or Japan m the worldwide re-deploymentA.P. - 77 words
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Article23 1954-08-27 2 French-Tunisian talks aimed at giving a larger autonomy to the North African protectorate will bepin m Tunis next month. A.P.A.P. - 23 words
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Article, Illustration124 1954-08-27 2 A SOUTH AMERICAN farmer who is going round the world on his life's savings of U. 5.52.000 arrived m Singapore last night m a Cathay Pacific Airways Skymaster from Bangkok to catch a boat for Uruguay. He is Mr. Guillermo M. Spangenberg, who has so124 words
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Article35 1954-08-27 2 The Rt. Rev. Alfred Cecil Cooper, Church of England Bishop m Korea, said m New York yesterday there are more Koreans being attracted to Christianity now than were before the Korean war.- A.P.A.P. - 35 words
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Advertisement31 1954-08-27 2 1 off can Phone Your SMALL AUS. to Singapore 2800 Ex*. 108 He .aHBiMB KjiRJ! HHk. T4-: Hlr s '..V '^%jh- i«l HsHkt.. This is a STRAITS TIMES Classified Advertisement service31 words
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289 1954-08-27 3 A MERICAN film Star GloJ\ ria Swanson and three Japanese actresses went sight-seeing m Venice yesterday, chorused a few song* m a gondola and caused a near riot m St. Mark 1 Square. Tourists from a dozen nations swarmed around the exotic visitorsA.P. - 289 words
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53 1954-08-27 3 PAKISTAN BANS BOOK ON AISHA MOHAMMED PAKISTAN yesterday banI tied imports of the American book "Aisha-The Beloved Of Mohammed." The book, written by Nabia Abbot, was published by the University of Chicago Press. The Pakistan Government ■ok exception to references i book to Mohammed and Aisha, who was the Prophet'sA.P. - 53 words
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Article33 1954-08-27 3 f »ur teenage boys accused '< killing for thrills were ml"d by a Brooklyn Grand ■yesterday on first degree "J, urd er. All immediately plead"J not A. P.A.P. - 33 words
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Article, Illustration36 1954-08-27 3 picture. •V;tress Marlene Dietrich Mned the American Legion a parade to the Arc de lr 'omphe on the anni- of the Liberation 1 Paris. She signed (above) "»e Golden Book at the fam°'i> French landmark. A.P.A.P. - 36 words
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118 1954-08-27 3 A HUMAN skull nearly 7,000--years-old, unearthed at Jericho last year, is to cross the Atlantic to Canada m a British Overseas Airways Corporation StratoeruLser tolll The features on the ifclU have been restored m plaster It was found with six others whenReuter - 118 words
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Article137 1954-08-27 3 25, 000 TOLD: FLEE THE FLOODS Now cholera hits Assam THE worst floods m 20 years swept Assam yesterday r ail more than 25,000 people were told to ect ready for evacuation. Rr a h T m ,?t Ua t rains ln the Himalayas caused the ahm,r,9 P nnn aU.P. - 137 words
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79 1954-08-27 3 C CEYLON'S ambassador to trm United States. Mr. R 8. Gunwardene, said yesterday tliat his country "always would stand with the Western nations." SpeakinK m Chicago, he .said that of the 101 members of the Ceylon Parliament only two an Communists. Speaking of CommunistU.P. - 79 words
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Article91 1954-08-27 3 PEKING TO SEND HOME 417 JAPS RED CHINA yesterday asked Japan to send ships to pick up 417 liberated Japanese war criminals and an unannounced number of civilians held m China since 1945. A Peking radio broadcast said the repatriation could be completed m six days starting on Sept. 15.A.P. - 91 words
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Article114 1954-08-27 3 THE British Government has thwarted a Russian plan to hand out free vodka to thirsty Britons. A Russian trade delegation brought the vodka to London to help put a kick into next month's British Food Fair. Recently keen to win friends and influenceA.P. - 114 words
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Article25 1954-08-27 3 A bu.s yesterday crashed i down a 150- foot ravine at Brio Horinzonte, Brazil, killing 13 people and injuring 19.- A.P.A.P. - 25 words
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Article26 1954-08-27 3 An epidemic of virus encephalitis m 11 northern Indian cities has passed its peak after taking the lives of at least 347 children.- A.P.A.P. - 26 words
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Advertisement54 1954-08-27 3 RICH CREAMERY BUTTER AUSTRAL/AW "DAIRYHERD" BRAND WCW ZEALAND "BELL" BRAND DANISH "LUR" BRAND Available m 1 ;uul 1 1 1». pucketit j LAST WEEK I OF SALE I AMERICAN DRESSES f Town I. Country! RAFFLES PLACE I Ist FLOOR MEYER CHAMBERS PHONE ***** NOTE: OPEN FROM 9 A.M. TO 654 words
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406 1954-08-27 4 The Singapore Free Press Opinion The people protest FRIDAY, Aug. 27. 1954. The real tragedy of the Ah Boev story is that it is true of many others m th e Federation and possibly m the Colony. These others, like her are incurably crippled and exist without hope m wretched406 words
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Article, Illustration834 1954-08-27 4 Inebriation violates morality, artf effineiKy, loosens tongues' is now the 'Enemy of the People' THE Soviet Union is conducting a campaign against Alcoholism. Simple country lads coming into the big cities are enticed to drink. Their work m the factories suffers. Some end up m jail. The new834 words
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Article11 1954-08-27 4 bases this article on extracts from the Russian press.11 words
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Article307 1954-08-27 4 They follow Mao, Chiang Hong Kong seamen are Communist, Nationalist and British according to the ports they visit THERE is a handful of Chinese who travel freely m and out of Communist China. The group comprises Chinese crew members off foreign owned vessels plying between Commu-\ nist China ports and307 words
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Advertisement34 1954-08-27 4 HENDRY'S for Britith-Made cups g SHIELDS J^L and JT^_ MEDALS Special Discount to Clubs Schooii P. H. HENDRY Jeweller 78, North Bridge Road. Singapore-*. Tel: 7421. HEAD OFFICE: No. 4. Batu Road. Koala l.umpur34 words
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Advertisement10 1954-08-27 4 Garden-fresh the whole wear WMnd SINGAPORE COLD STORAGE CO., LTD.10 words
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Article155 1954-08-27 5 Don't let people be 'country cousins' LEGISLATIVE Councillor for Seletar, Mr. M. P. D. Nair, today pleaded that special consideration be given to rural areas m Singapore when municipal functions throughout the island are taken over by the City and Island Council next year. Mr. Nair155 words
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Article, Illustration64 1954-08-27 5 picture. SIR Alan Watt, the Australian Commissioner m Malays, speaks at the opening of Qantas Empire Airways' new air-conditioned >flice m Bras Basah Road. Singapore. On his right is Capt. H. M. Kirch, Singapore manager of j.mtas. and on his left is (apt. W. H. Crowther, operations Manager of Qantas,Free Press - 64 words
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Article57 1954-08-27 5 KUALA LUMPUR, Fri. Batu Dua New Village yesterday became the first m Upper Perak to take over its own dele nee. At the ceremony marking the handing over of defence duties by the police to the home guards, posters expressing the people's hope that their57 words
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Article41 1954-08-27 5 PENANG, Fri. The first group of 1,172 Malayan pilgrims returning from Mecca will arrive m Penang m the An king on Monday night. Most of the pilgrims— 732— Will disembark here. The others will so to Singapore.41 words
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Article, Illustration67 1954-08-27 5 \fISS Shirley Lim and Vernon Martinus m a dance '•ailed "Ain't She Sweet" uhieh a new Singapore club, •n e Supersonic Water-Ski ll «b" will present at a chanly show at Raffles Hotel tonight. The show will also have a beach fashion parade, among the attractions. It67 words
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175 1954-08-27 5 Govt. men in the throes of preparing S'pore for new elections SOME Government departments reported feverish activity to keep up with the schedule of holding the first legislative assembly elections next year under Singapore's new Rendel constitution. The present council is due to be dissolved m April. New elections may175 words
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173 1954-08-27 5 She tells of unwelcome 3 a.m. callers KUANTAN, Fri. A YOUNG Chinese woman told the Magistrate's Court here yesterday that three men refused to leave her house m Wong Ah Jang Road after a visit at 3 a.m. In the dock were Lee Kirn Ming, 34, Bouy Keen Hoon, 24,173 words
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Article50 1954-08-27 5 KUALA KANOSAR, Frl A new $25,000 Sikh temple In Crlchton Road here will be declared open on Sunday following a mass prayer at the old temple In Taiplng Road. Invitations have been Issued to all Sikhs to attend the ceremony. There will be a wrestling exhibition.50 words
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Article28 1954-08-27 5 KLANO, Fri. Clothing Including evening dresses and routs, worth $700 were stolen from a house at the third mile Watson Road, Port Swettenham. on Tuesday night.28 words
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222 1954-08-27 5 CALL TO SEAMEN'S UNIONS FOR UNITY rE Asian seamen's welfare officer, Mr. T. A. White, today stressed the urgent need for unity among unions if they were to do any good for their members. Mr. White wants: (1) Three strong, representative communal unions for Malay, Chinese and Pakistani and Indian222 words
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Advertisement38 1954-08-27 5 tyW SfUl-TRIC a>im tM ciectric moTOR ENGLISH MADE k I prc*»urc L.ivm«? borh h.ind* tree /CT\ SHROFFS '(MALAYA) LTD. y 60/-/ 4 9 2 Vow or<i M V y tCUALA LUMPUR 139 BATU ROAD PENANC 32 BISHOP STRUT38 words
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Article101 1954-08-27 6 BRITISH exports to Canada, already facing increased German competition, will soon have to reckon wtih competition from Japan as well. An 18 member Japanese trad' mission has just completed a tour of Canadian P ro^ m(, and the mission's head, w Yosaburo Ito, is the President of the101 words
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Miscellaneous257 1954-08-27 6 j^fc B I 1 s Mst jb 1 Bjs «^B S ft 1118 ijp f X i WZfsb MANDRAKE by Lee Falk and Phil Davis "j R? n f <-m .v N6 GET ALE DtTECTOP/ I I OH.NO.YOUR HIGHNESS, HE DIDN'T ih V MANDRAKE BRIBED THEM/ HOW MUCH GIVE US257 words
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Miscellaneous587 1954-08-27 6 YOUR I I LUCKY I STAR I HORN TODAY, you are art- I he, energetic and Blwayi I ready for any job that 9*um I your way- You are extremely atlectionate and your oun home and family ties are i strong. Since you hi'! uant to start your own family587 words
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218 1954-08-27 7 At last plea gets response 'PIIE first response to the Singapore Social Welfare e P? r t ment s f tw ®-y c *'-pW plea to organisations and individuals to start girls' clubs m the suburb* was made yesterday by a retired Government218 words
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Article305 1954-08-27 7 By the S 'pore WAY WHO is to be the next WAY president? Election will take place next week at G.H.Q., Barker Road. There is already a strong move for the reelection of Guthrie Moir. Others, too. have been mentioned at G.11.Q. Popular names include Fred Arulnandan, ex-pre-sident, Malayan Youth305 words
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141 1954-08-27 7 T*HE 6,000 people of the Singapore Improvement x Trust Delta Estate share one public telephone. In the absence of underground cables, it was installed I by overhead wires. The 10-ccnt phone is inside the club-house of the Havelock Estate Community Centre m141 words
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Article46 1954-08-27 7 PENANG, Fri. Selliah Govindan, was remanded m custody yesterday after being charged with robbing a woman, Lim Ah Eng, on a fruit plantation m Penang Hill Road at midnight on Aug. 22. Selliah was alleged to have been armed with a knife.46 words
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Article47 1954-08-27 7 KUALA LUMPUR, Fri. About 1,839,500 fowls In the Federation were vaccinated free against ranlkhet disease m the first six months of this year. The Veterinary Department hopes to have four million birds vaccinated by the end of the year. Last year, 3,250,000 were vaccinated.47 words
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Article37 1954-08-27 7 KLANG, Fri A Klanß High School teacher. Mr. Inder Singh, who left yesterday for a 3-year training course at the Kota Bharu Teachers' Training College, was entertained at tea by his colleagues here last night.37 words
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201 1954-08-27 7 ROYAL AIR Force establishments m Singapore which now run their own generators may soon buy electricity from the City Council. The RAF can save the money they now spend on overheads and maintenance and the City can sell more power from the Pasir201 words
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Article, Illustration46 1954-08-27 7 picture. The newly-appointed Assistant Treasurer to the Singapore City Council, Mr. Llewellyn Williams, and his wife after their arrival at Kalian; by air from London. Before his new appointment Mr. Williams was working m the treasury at Cardiff, Wales. Free PressFree Press - 46 words
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Article21 1954-08-27 7 BATU GAJAH, Fri. Th<? new $180,000 hostel for nurses here will be completed In two months* time.21 words
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Advertisement99 1954-08-27 7 You get i m HEINZ i VEGETABLE SOUP J^Jfk That's the way Heinz cooks M fl make it— with all the pav^l^x ffj^) tience and pride you use m JKJJmk^jfo'l your own kitchen! The choice selection of juicy, taste- rm Wk tem P^ n g- garden fresh vegeW|H^^Sr>4s t.'ihl'-H m99 words
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Article, Illustration67 1954-08-27 8 'Napoleon listens to learn THE scene of Napoleon's crowning for the spectacular film, "Napoleon," was shot U the Chapel ot the Versailles Castl e France and not at Notre Dame Cathedral where the real Napoleon was crowned. Permission to film the scene at the Cathedral had been refused. In thePopper - 67 words
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131 1954-08-27 8 SHE WAS 16, and after her first appearance m a junvenile court went to stay at the home of magistrate Mrs. Dorothy Thurtle for two weeks. Then the girl described her stay there as a "glorious holiday." The girl, a bookkeeper at an optical131 words
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Article17 1954-08-27 8 Someone has walked off with a £100 television set from the Winslev Chest Hospital, Wiltshire.17 words
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Article134 1954-08-27 8 A MOTOR-CYCLE which a 16-year-old boy was riding had no gears, exhaust pipe, carburetter, or clutch, it was said at Bromley juvenile court. It could not be started and could only be pushed along. Th- youth called it a bicycle. "But it is134 words
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Article299 1954-08-27 8 OFFICER SAW THE AIRMAN CUDDLING AN R.A.F. duty officer looked through a two-inch gap m a curtain and saw a Wraf m pyjamas and an airman "kissing and cuddling," a court martial was told. Later, said THE OFFICES, the light went off and he arranged for a telephone call to299 words
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248 1954-08-27 8 TWO pretty 16-year-old girls were accused at Kin£-ston-upon-Thames Juvenile Court of carrying razors outside a Kingston public-house. One told a policeman they carried them "m case any fellows get fresh." r. Both were put on probation I for two years, and a condition248 words
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133 1954-08-27 8 EIGHT-YEAR-OLD Do- j rothy Wilkinson speaks i only German Four-year-old Margaret E Wilkinson speaks only English They are sisters and are j now working out their language problems, toget- E her, at Newcastle-upon- E Tyne. Their mother, Mrs. Anna j Wilkinson, 34, Austrian- j E133 words
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357 1954-08-27 8 THE MYSTERY woman with 62-year-old Colonel Horatio Rawlings, Chief Constable of Derby, when his car came into collision with a lorry was -a member of his house-hold. This— and only this-the colonel revealed about his woman passenger, when he replied to criticisms made357 words
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Article262 1954-08-27 9 and his own sweet shop a NINE-YEAR-OLD boy who still runs down the A lane to buy sweets at the village shop no w owns the shop and the village too. He also owns three other villages, an Elizabethan mansion, and estate worth £350,000.262 words
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123 1954-08-27 9 Big jobs sought for former convicts WANTED: 1,000- a -year jobs for convict* from a prison-withoiU-bars. The convicts sent to the prison at Sudbury. Derbyshire, are amon^ the most intelligent m the country. They are allowed to go out m parties to work on farms, Produce their own plays and123 words
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226 1954-08-27 9 'Fighting' soldiers banned from spa TERRITORIALS on their fortnight's annual training started a fight m the Spa on Scarborough's seafront. Now all soldiers under the rank of sergeant at the training camp have been banned Irom the Spa. The half-mile-long Spa has a ballroom where top-flight bands play, the Grand226 words
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Article, Illustration75 1954-08-27 9 SIR FRANK Kenyon Roberts, (above) Deputy under-secretary at the Foreign Office has been appointed British Ambassador to Yugoslavia. Sir Frank, who is 46, served as Minister m Moscow from 1945 to 1948. BELOW: Mr. B. N. Chakravarthy, the Indian Ambassador to Holland who has been appointed75 words
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Article, Illustration67 1954-08-27 9 Mr H Lomax, of Lower Orchard" Farm. *W™? n < worcs announced that he na.s found 40 pods on ««MjJ broad beans. Mr. Charlie Cole, of Stoulton went one better or rather 14-and produced a five-foot horse bean with 54 pods on one .stalk. i linrr Saxotiia67 words
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Article212 1954-08-27 9 pOURTEEN secondary modern schoolboys— former failures m British grammar school entrance tests have gained their General Certificates of Education, the SAME examination they would have taken at a grammar school. The boy.s all from Sharmans Cross secondary modern school at Shirley near Birmingham were212 words
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Article172 1954-08-27 9 FIREMEN HELP BOY FORGET HIS FEAR THE problem facing six-year- old Peter Spratt's mother was this: He T>ad been frigh- tened by a film. He would not go to bed because he kept remembering the fin- scene. In the film "Dance Little Lady"- a young girl is trapped l on172 words
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Article33 1954-08-27 9 Three young boy.s calmly BUCked rock for three-quarters of an hour while 16 firemen .struggled to free them from a jammed lift at a block of flats at Blackfriars, I>ondon.33 words
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Article, Illustration80 1954-08-27 9 IjMVK-YEAR-OLI) Shelagh Engel 'above) of 66, Arundel Road, Littlehampton, Sussex, is being spoken of by musicians as a child prodigy. She is already m great demand a concert pi-mist and a big future is predicted for her. Shelagh was taken to her first concert whenReuter - 80 words
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Article, Illustration238 1954-08-27 9 PETER AND ROY MOBRS have alwsivs looked the .same, a.s identical twins .should. But until recently their achievement record was never quite the same. At school. Peter was a shade better than Roy. In athletics, Roy was a .shade better than Peter. Now National238 words
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Article261 1954-08-27 10 Chiang backs war on Mao "U.S. should arm Rhee' WHATEVER the rest of the world thinks of South Korean President Syngman Rhee's call for a holy war against Red China has found a strong backer m Nationalist China. Comment on the proposals set forth by Rhee to use his armies261 words
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Article124 1954-08-27 10 FWWELVE conscientious objecM. tors to military service ivill go on a diet of food exposed to atom radiation at an Army hospital m Denver next month. The tests are to determine whether human beings may safely eat meat and vegetables rvhich have been exposed to124 words
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Article, Illustration899 1954-08-27 10 OH, Saint Barbara, thani you very much. W? were lost In the bush, bewitched, bothered, bewildered, and you have brought peace at last to mv companion Erisa and me. How did this come about? Gather round, children. Rather round We had set of! into the "bush"899 words
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Article28 1954-08-27 10 ON a Journey into the Unknown m West Africa tells how he was ostracised by Africans. "Everywhere I went I carried a superstitious stigma," he writes.28 words
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Article, Illustration16 1954-08-27 10 This 1* a Martian Hawk eagle from South Africa, a new arrival at the London Zoo.16 words
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Advertisement72 1954-08-27 10 *gkihfii%Atjni%& morn r^ y The weekly issue of the STRAITS BUDGET can be 3 sent by Air Mail to any address m the United Kingdom at an inclusive rate of $24.00 I FOR SIX MONTHS If you want the "BUDGET" while on leave or wish to make an "Air-subscription* on72 words
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Article600 1954-08-27 11 ....that is the big job the British Govt expects of Mr. Duckworth MR John Duckworth does not look like a revolutionary His hair is cut; his bright blue eyes are steady; his suit is pressed; he neither stoops nor shambles Yet Mr. Duckworth, at the600 words
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Article, Illustration28 1954-08-27 11 The Man from Mars shows the local people the space ship. This is a scene from the first outer -space film made m Britain. "Devil Cirl froAi Mars.28 words
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Article193 1954-08-27 11 FORGOTTEN WAR HERO IN 'HIDING' TEN YEARS ago General T. Bor-Komorowski led the Warsaw uprising against the German occupation. Now he lives m a quiet avenue m Wembley, and he spends his evenings training with the town's civil defence organisation The man who commanded an army of 35,000 m the193 words
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Article269 1954-08-27 11 lIMMY CAGNEY is coming back with a great rush. Next month he reports to MGM for the Doris Day picture, "Love Me or Leave Me." This is the life story of famed singer Ruth Etting. Cagney plays 'The Gimp," with whom Miss Etting had an unusual association. After269 words
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Article, Illustration128 1954-08-27 11 Musical suitors for Miss Taylor pLAUDK) AKHAI, the Chilean pianist who is 1 to play m Singapore next month, plays the music "behind the screen" m "RHAPSODY" coming to the Cathay). Th<> music includes pieces by Chopin, I.Lszt, Schumann and Rachmanmov 'piano concerto No. 2». This is played* by John128 words
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Article149 1954-08-27 11 OFFERS of £d.OOO a year are being dangled m front of £1.250-a-year BBC. men to indiu <• them to go over to commercial TV. The latest personalities reported to have been approached are Ronald Wakiman. head Of BBC. Teh-vision LlKht Entertainment: Richard Afton, TVs top149 words
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Advertisement105 1954-08-27 11 ANNOUNCING TWO NEW I/air preparations by LOreal of Paris IKtib— moft remarkabU hair setting discovery tince women began to K»v. kair-dot 1 sets hair twk« at lovely. twi c t at shapely lasts for twice as •<>•»* ma4es every cyrl curlier, springer makes a new perm easier to manage »nd105 words
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Article523 1954-08-27 12 LOUISE PETRIE - The new hats hug the head LOUISE PETRIE Paris imparts style to 'The Slouch* by IN SPONSORING head--1 hugging hats, Paris goes the whoie hog and brings these hats rignt down to the nape of the neck. They have much to commend them. They have the grip which ensures comfort.523 words
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Article, Illustration45 1954-08-27 12 oicture i i fans, Hit- uomc vi taMiiun went this new Dorville knitwear fashion adorned with the huge satin pussycat bow to make its bow before American buyers The evening top. m black jersey, is worn with a Dorville shimmer-skirt m heavy, self-embossed cerise. ReuterReuter - 45 words
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Article402 1954-08-27 12 Both sides vulnerable South dealer (Look only at the Bast bandNORTH 49 8 7 9tB 6 4 OKQ 4 I S 2 WEHT EA»T a <? Q J 10 6 <? AKUt 0 10 8 7 0 63+ 4JHS SOUTH |A I Q 111 OAJ 5 AKQIO The402 words
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Article365 1954-08-27 12 EILEEN ANDERSON - EILEEN ANDERSON -by YOU want to look different? Then there's a hard time ahead. For you are a woman m a hundred— and the other hundred are content to look alike. See what that means: Manufacturers make clothes to please a hundred before they365 words
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Miscellaneous265 1954-08-27 12 181 i i i CUES ACROSS: o. Ai /intfcturally, it points to 1. Student craft? (11). higher things (5). 7. The Sp;uu*h aMrrthe Red In- 8. Pip not m yet it can mark the dian's trophy? (7). spot (3-5). 9. Palindromic glance (4). 10. Left high and dry m the265 words
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Article, Illustration43 1954-08-27 13 Left: "children Charlie (ha pi m Michael and Germldln e (left) are seen hert with friends they have made at Bexhill-on-sca. Sus- sex They are off to j the M ms to the cinema— but not M see one of their father's films.43 words
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Article505 1954-08-27 13 GEORGE MALCOLM THOMSON - The Man with a lurid Past GEORGE MALCOLM THOMSON Stephen Crane had a gaudy life, and a gaudier wife by STEPHEN CRANE: an omnibus. Heinemann. THE new tenant of the ancient manor house of Brede Place m Sussex attracted curiosity and admiration m the early weeks of 1899. He was505 words
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Article134 1954-08-27 13 THE MIDWIFE OF PONT CLERY. By Flora D. Sandstrom. Barker. THE new midwife m the Norman village of Pont Clery. although respectable and competent, has a serious defect: she is pretty to the point where every male grows dizzy m her presence. The village women134 words
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Article186 1954-08-27 13 WHEN DEFOE MET 'MOLL' REST OF T IE NIJWBOOKS: DANIEL DEFOE. By Brian PitzGerald. Seeker and Warburg. WHO was the original of famous Moll Flanders, the greatest and not the worst of all women characters m English fiction? Good authorities believe that she was a Tilbury oyster-girl named Mistress Norton,186 words
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Article, Illustration171 1954-08-27 13 A SQUAD of German troops had the chance to capture Monty yes, Field-Marshal Montgomery himself within two weeks of the end of the war m Europe. His 21st Army Group were thrusting into the heart of Germany. "Monty" flew to a planned rendezvous with,171 words
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Article267 1954-08-27 13 DO ROYALTY READ? ANOTHER member of the Royal Family indicates a quickened interest m the arts. The young Duke of Kent seems as fascinated by music as his cousin. Lord Harewood. On leave from Sandhurst, he is attending the Wagner Festival at Bayreuth. Recently he saw the complete cycle of267 words
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Article113 1954-08-27 13 ROBINSON CRUSOE'S island is washing I away. The Pan American Union, an inter-govern- mental agency m Wash- I ington, reports that Mas a Tlerra is rapidly crumb* ling into the Pacific. I The island, 300 miles off the coast of Chile, is the one on which113 words
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Advertisement38 1954-08-27 13 The /gl M/ Greatest V /*T7^3 name m fu V^'f watches vy* I I CYMA Jm* I OBTAINABLE FROM ALL LEADING WATCH DIALERS "iiiMiiiiii ilium I TRANSPORT STORAGE J,^ I LIMITED J|rryj 1 W) CLCIL STREET SIItAfOM Oj/#38 words
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Article160 1954-08-27 14 A 522.470.00U (Malayan) construction programme to prepare for th< I Olympic (iames is m full swing m Melbourne. Australia. Heavy building and earthmoving equipment is enabling the constructing authorities to maintain a tight schedule that provides for completion of all the main Olympic projects several months160 words
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Article, Illustration375 1954-08-27 14 JACK HAND - JACK HAND By OOCKY MARCIANO thinks there is no clanger of 1V Ezzard Charles "doing a Walcott" m their September rematch. H.K. v. OREGON The Oregon University basxetball team of America meet Amoy Canning team from Hong Kong m a basketball match at375 words
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Article121 1954-08-27 14 HOW ABOUT IT SAFA? REGULAR Football Fan's letter, published m the Free Press of August 23, was the topic of discussion among spectators at Tuesday evening's match between Tigers and Rovers. I was seated among the "regulars" xoatching the game, and they all agreed to the mggestkm thai121 words
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Article, Illustration850 1954-08-27 14 TOMMY LAWTON - TOMMY LAWTON England still best The master footballer introduces SOCCER SURVEY with a penetrating analysis o£ league football and says... By I XT me say, at once, I J believe League football m England is the best football m the world. What happens when League clubs from the850 words
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Article138 1954-08-27 14 LEO Espinosa, Philippines, who recently beat Jake Tuli of South Africa, is ranked No. 1 contender for Yoshio Bbirals world flyweight boxing title m the current American Rnu Magazine world rankings. Tuli has dropped two places ao result of his defeat by EsP inos Robert CohenReuter - 138 words
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Article37 1954-08-27 14 IfOSEI KAMO, one of three Japanese to play m the United States men lawn tennis singles championship, has been seeded No. B among the non-American players. The championships begin on Saturday.37 words
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Article173 1954-08-27 14 rrilE Soviet Consulate has received nearly 100 visa applica- turns from Britons who want to see the London soccer team. Arsenal, play a Russian Club on October 5 m Moscow rootball Is a great game." said a clerk at the Consulate. -There S mu fh HSyrtrtA.P. - 173 words
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Article, Illustration1062 1954-08-27 15 qCOTS GREY has won three of his last four starts twice over 7f. and once over a mile \ery much m the manner of a horse who would have no difficulty m going a furlong or two further. I therefore have no hesitationFree Press - 1,062 words
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Article31 1954-08-27 15 rv Pole WlndLslaw Hkoneoki r££Z* \mt Jorgen Ulrlch DenHatllet In «S-nnab of the I^Unbul tennis championships. Tn mother quarter-final Haillet Belt Sk ArkuisuU (AusUaUa) 6-3, 7-5.- A.P.A.P. - 31 words
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Article342 1954-08-27 15 Projector the winner on form CLASS 4, 1)1V. 2— F "PROJECTOR was perhaps un--1 lucky not to have his race over 5' 2 f- on Wednesday. He first had to contend with a bad draw (marble ten), but overcame that by sprinting smartly from barrier rise to take a good342 words
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Article55 1954-08-27 15 pitOBABLE scratching 1 for the last day of the Selangor Turf Club August meeting at Kuala Lumpur tomorrow are: Flower Harvest, Swift Arrow, Cash Cheque, Gem Beau, Fish's Kudu. Man O War 11, Queen's Scholar. Cinemascope, Rubber Packer, Calluna Star, Coronation and Welsh King. The going will be55 words
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Advertisement37 1954-08-27 15 <-**■• 8^" ffl a leading hotel with 2| air ronditioned M rooms and bath. KB Reasonable rates. Own garage. Good food .^^Bk i SHE'S IN THE BATH AGAIN! MARTINK CAROL (ot "Caroline Cherie") In ADORABLK &bS« ~V PAVILION37 words
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Advertisement161 1954-08-27 15 CATHAY-TODAY! 1 1 am -1 .45-4.1 5-6.45 O 9.36pm M-G-M'« Technicolor Drama "RHAPSODY" Starrlnr Eliiabeth Taylor with Perspecta Stereophonic Sound TOMORROW MIDNIGHT! Allied Artist* Prrstnt* "THE ROYAL AFRICAN RIFLE" m color Stmrrinc UHJIS HAY WARP >«n siTowixc; llam-l 45-4.15 6.45 Ik 9.3«pm MNMrKHVI KNOCK ON IVOOD FREE MSTS SUSPENDED^ "tomorrow161 words
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Article498 1954-08-27 16 German wins 100 m. sprint SOVIET RUSSIA won two of the five gold medals decided at the European Games m Berne yesterday. Six games records were broken. Heinz Futterer of Germany won the men's 100 metres final m 10.5 sec. He had a clear cut victory498 words
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Article121 1954-08-27 16 r Results of the finals--100 metre*: —H. Futterer (Germany) 10.5 sec 2. Bonlno (Franco 10 6 3. Ellis (England) 10 7. Women's broad Jump: J. Desforges (England) 19 feet 9-7/8 m. 2. Chudlna (Russia) 19 feet 5-Vi> m. 3. Dun ska (Poland) 19 feet I<4 m. Women* shot put:121 words
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Article59 1954-08-27 16 Women's lon* jump: 19ft. t 7 fttns. by Jean Desforres (Britain). 4#« metre*: 47see- by Ifnatjev (Russia). 400 m hurdles: Sl.lsec. byT Li- te* r (Russia). Women's shot put: Sift. 41 Sins, by G. Zybina (Russia). Hop, step and jump: 52ft. 1 7 Sins by Leonid Scherbakov (Russia). It59 words
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Article23 1954-08-27 16 BIRTH 20 Word* $6 (minimum) LANGE: On August 25. at K.K. Hospital, to Margaret, wife of Noel, i a Daughter, Noelle Margaret.23 words
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Obituary23 1954-08-27 16 20 Words $6 (minimum) DR. K. N. GHOSH, Pensioner, Malayan Medical Service, passed away at his residence m Calcutta on 24th 76.23 words
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Obituary42 1954-08-27 16 20 Words $6 (minimum). GAY.—In ever loving remembrance of Gay Hock Seng, who died on this day 1953. Wife and Children. WINTERS: In memory of our Darling Hazel, from mum, sisters, brothers, and Gran. Died 27-8-53. "Thy will be done."42 words
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Article40 1954-08-27 16 The 12th International tennis tournament of the Dolomites opened yesterday with the participation of 40 players for nine nations. The nations represented are Great Britain, New Zealand, South Africa. Uruguay. Egypt. Prance. Pakistan, Italy and the United stated.40 words
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Article38 1954-08-27 16 The Overseas entry from Australia, England, Japan and Sweden, proved too miVh for the home forces m the International Tennis matches at the Rockawny Hunting Club yesterday and the visitors finished with i 30- UJ victory.38 words
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Article41 1954-08-27 16 Adolfe Verschueren of Belgium last night won the 1954 world's championship f or motorpared WCfCtof. He was worlds champion m 1952 and 1953. Lan Pronk of Holland was second and Joe Bunker of England third m the 100-metre race41 words
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Article32 1954-08-27 16 Neo Chwee Kok won the Chln&se Swimming Clubs 1,500 m freestyle championships yesterday with a time of 20 mln. 24.1 sec. Thfc Is 14.6 seconds outside hla Singapore record.32 words
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Article19 1954-08-27 16 U. S. baseball results;New York Yankees 4, Detroit o Chiacago Cubs 4, New York Olants 3 (doubleheader)19 words
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Article223 1954-08-27 16 INNINGS WIN FOR THE CHAMPIONS UCRRIIY stormed to an m nings and 27 runs victory over Worcestershire yesterday and clinched the English county cricket championship for the third successive season. It was a fitting climax to a brilliant finishing burst Surrey were eighth m the table on July 28 and223 words
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Article387 1954-08-27 16 AFTER making the Pakistanis fight nard for first A innings advantage. Kent lost seven wickets m the second innings for 63. Weather permitting they will start tomorrow only 42 runs ahead with three wickets remaining. The pitch was responsive to spin all day andReuter - 387 words
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Article60 1954-08-27 16 U.K. SOCCER RESULTS TIIIMMM •llllllll.llin ENGLISH LEAGUE DIV. 1 C harlton Athletic 2; Leicester City 3. ENGLISH LGE. DIV. 3 (South). Brentford 2; Shrewsbury Town 2. Ley ton Orient 1; Mill wall I. Newport County 1; Norwich City 1. Northampton Town 1; Crystal Palace 1. GLASGOW CUP FIRST ROUND REPLAY:60 words
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Article, Illustration212 1954-08-27 16 BRITON IS NEW WELTER CHAMPION WALLY Thorn, Britain's welterweight champion, lsust night won the European title when he beat Gilbert Lavoine of France, the holder, the referee stopping the fight m the 10th round. In the first round Lavoine's head accidentally hit Thorn and cut his eye but the Englishman's212 words
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Article53 1954-08-27 16 OOBERT COHEN of France has begun training m Bangkok for his Sept. 19 world bantamweight championship fight against Thailand's Chamroen Songkitrat. Although Cohen number one contender for the title vacated by Australia's Jimmy Carruthers arrived m Bangkok on August 14, the start of his rigorous training was delayedA.P. - 53 words
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Advertisement63 1954-08-27 16 f> Whatever the goal 'Ovaltine' is the food beverage preferred by athletes and sportsmen who must maintain the highest degree of physical fitness. It provides essential nutrients including added vitamins which assist m nourishing body and nerves. 'Ovaltine' was used by competitors at the Olympic Games m 1932, 1936. 194*63 words
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