The Singapore Free Press, 25 September 1954

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    23 1 The Singapore Free Press I m t »st Afternoon Sale m Malaya. S l IOH3. Singapore. Sat.. Sept. 25, 1954. Price 15 CU
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    'NO. I'M NOT GOING TO HAVE A BABY' Mrs. Soekarno No. 2 goes to Palace No. 2
    313 1 'NO. I'M NOT GOING TO HAVE A BABY' Mrs. Soekarno No. 2 goes to Palace No. 2 rpHE Deautiful second wife of Indonesia's President Soekarno 31-year-id Heraiti Hartini, made her first public mnearance m Jakarta yesterday since er secret marriage three months ago. She said she was on her way
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    TWO WILL NOW CONTEST TELOK AYER
    115 1 TWO WILL NOW CONTEST TELOK AYER M(R. R. Jumabhoy, who represents the Indian chamber of Commerce on the Singapore Legislative Council, said today that he would .stand as a candidate for the Telok Ayer division m next year's Legislative Assembly elections. This constituency, now known as the City Ward, is
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    Volunteers out
    37 1 Two thousand one hundred and twenty-seven Chinese People's volunteers withdrew from Korea last Wednesday ai Manpo, a port of entry provided for m the Korean armistice agreement, the New china news agency reported yesterday. Reuter
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    DRIVER TRAPPED IN OVERTURNED CAR
    32 1 A. W. Daniel, of Sinva (rapped m the i at When aUI far overat 1 'M) a.m. today m Road, pulled him clear, no low m hospital,
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    Nurse's gaol term quashed
    83 1 ■II military authorities Aldershot, Hampshire, remitted a Mntenee months' Imprisonment at a court martial on 30 on Captain Winifred Hall 01 uw> Queen Aiex- Royal Army Nursing toi fraud ana neglect o( duty. The decision to dismiss ncr from the service till itancte. Captain U.>U wa*
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    IF HE WINS SCANDAL TEST HE MAY STILL GO
    162 1 SIGNOR MARIO Scclba, the Italian Prime Minister, yesterday prepared documentary evidence to refute opposition charges of "scandalOUS interference" m investigations into the wilpa Montesi cmii: or v scandal. Backed with t lii. evidence h:: Christian Democrat govern- ment is likely to
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    BIG FILM STUDIO CLOSING?
    76 1 HHHE multi-millionaire Ho- I A ward Hughes* RKO studio I will stop production, accord- 1 ing to Hollywood reports yes- j terday. This year it has produced only one film of its own, the four million-dollar "The Conqueror" starring John Wayne and Susan Hayward. RKO has
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    S'PORE TO GET NEW HOSPITAL
    367 1 For T.B. patients gINGAPORE is to have a new 1,080-bed hospital specialising m TH cases. The hospital will comprise five six-storey buildings and will cost about $5,000,000. Works on two blocks, each of which will accommodate 210 patients, is to start soon. They will be
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    MORE U.S. A-TESTS
    74 1 MORE U.S. A-TESTS Early next year rpiiK United Btatea would JL begin another series of atomic testa at tho Nevada proving ground early m 1955, the Atomic Energy CommLs.sion announced m Washington yesterday. The Commission warned public officials, ranchers, tinners and others m south western Utah and southern Nevada that
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    DETECTIVE ON SPOT
    25 1 A Singapore dotective early this morning watched a man trying to enter a house m Geylang Road. A man has been detained.
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    Vanishing hand
    39 1 A woman m Bartley Road, Singapore, wa s awakened by dogs barking early thi.s moming. She switched on the light and saw a hand taking her handbag out through the bed- room window. The man es- caped.
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    RUBBER PRICE
    30 1 The Singapore Rubber Market opened on an uncertain tone this monv.nK with first grade, October .shipment, at 70 5 8 cents a pound. one-quarter cent above yesterday's clasp.
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    TIBET'S LAMAS FLEE THE RED TERROR
    252 2 No religion, no food and no peace, they say TIBET'S Lamas leaders of the Red -***** rolled country's religious and political life yesterday were fleeing to India for political asylum m such numbers they had to queue at the Kulimpong foreign registration office. The
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    U.S. REJECTS RED CHARGE OF SPYING
    71 2 U.S. REJECTS RED CHARGE OF SPYING THE United States yesterday rejected a Soviet protest that the United States was violating the rights of occupied Germany by sending spies into the Soviet zone. The United States High Commission .said m a letter to the Russians the protest was "unacceptable" because "it
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    The Queen's guest
    37 2 liHE Emperor of Ethiopia, Hailie Selassie, who will pay a state visit to Britain next month, will stay as the Rue.st of the Queen at Buckingham Palace on Oct. 14. 15 and 10. Reuter
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    I-C talks in U.S.
    32 2 Mr Guy La Chambro, the* French Minister In charge oi r< latlona with the lntinChlm c states, arrived m New York yesterday lor talks with American ofllcials A.P.
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    WOMAN ESCAPES THE GALLOWS McCarthy gets a reprieve
    230 2 WOMAN ESCAPES THE GALLOWS McCarthy gets a reprieve THE DEATH SENTENCE imposed on 03-year-old Mrs. Caroline Grills for the attempted poisoning of her .sister In law has been commuted to life Imprisonment by the New South Wales cabinet. She was found guilty In October iMt y< i ar of having
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    We want freedom and right to rearm: Adenauer
    337 2 We want freedom and right to rearm: Adenauer DR. Adenauer, West German Chancellor, said m Offenbach last night West Germany would insist on sovereignty at the forthcoming nine-power London conference, including the right to rearm. The German people will make moderate use of this right and will be ready freely
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    Sniper in Pusan
    36 2 A sniper yesterday fired a .small caibre bullet into the U.S. Consulate In Pusan. Korea, narrowly missing Vice Consul Gordon X Mott as ho worked m front of a third floor window. A.P.
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    Reds free Greeks
    20 2 Five hundred Greeks kid napped by the Reds are scheduled to be repatriated from Czechoslovakia today A.P.
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    U.S. DENIES 'TROOPS FOR SIAM' REPORT
    123 2 U.S. DENIES 'TROOPS FOR SIAM' REPORT rpHE u.s. state Department denied last night that the United States had offered to station air force and arm\ units m Siam. The denial came after the Siamese chief of staff, Gen Srisdi Dhanarajata, said m Bangkok that such an offer was made m
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    Tour by R.A.F. men
    49 2 Ten examining officers 01 the Royal Air Force Centra] Flying School will leave Britain on Oct. 4 for a 10-week tour of British and Commonwealth air bases m Singapore Malaya. Hong Kong. Australia. New Zealand. Ceylon. Pakistan and India to exchange Ideas and information. Reuter
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    Labour leaders face defeat
    216 3 Labour leaders face defeat HUNDREDS of delegates trrived at Scarborough Yorkshire), last nisht U r the Labour Party's 53rd annual conference, which may prove one of stormiest m the unent's history. v the week-long meeting. opening on Monday, the party ifflcial leaders, beaded by Mr. »c. lace the possibility of
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    CEYLON RAISES EXPORT DUTY ON TEA
    73 3 CEYLON RAISES EXPORT DUTY ON TEA HEYLON has raised her exL port duty on tea by 25 per i nt. effective at midnight on Ihursday, Since August, tea prices have .t p Mk of 2 rupees 83 cents md averaging 2 rupees nts per pound. They may higher. i■< >
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    New Soviet envoy
    25 3 The new Soviet Ambassador to Burma, Mr. Alexei Shehiborin, yesterday presented his redentiala to Dr. Ba U. the B irnv.se President. Reuter
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    He's well again
    20 3 The Asa Khan is now out of danger. He had a rel&pte from hla bronchitis condition U.P.
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    Extra hour's sleep
    30 3 Residents of certain parts of the United States will get an extra hour of sleep tomorrow morning when daylight savins time goes back to standard time. U.P.
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    Gales lash Britain
    57 3 GALES accompanied by torrential rains were reported early yesterday from nearly every part of the British Isles. Storms rag p d throughout the night and lifeboats put out at several points to help small ships m trouble. The Isle of Man In nine hours recorded 1.69 inches
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    POPE MAKES 2,000-WORD SPEECH
    205 3 POPE MAKES 2,000- WORD SPEECH DOPE PIUS XII, who hMI been troubled recently by i occasional Qta of hlccougnlng, read a 2,000-word speech m French yesterday to a gatherIng of .scientists In nis sum"l'T palace at Ca.stelj»andolfo. war Rome. Th^ popo, who is 78. appear W weak but there was
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    RUSSIA NOW BACKS U.N. DEBATE ON ATOM POOL
    351 3 RUSSIA NOW BACKS U.N. DEBATE ON ATOM POOL The Army Auster plane which ploughed through a G.OOO-volt power line, into telephone wir?s. and crashed on a railway line 12 miles north of tpoh yesterday morning The planr was on a routine flight from Ipoh to Taiping. Sergeant A. VVallis. of
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    SABOTAGE PROBE IN BIG EXPLOSION
    60 3 SABOTAGE PROBE IN BIG EXPLOSION POLICE suspected sabotage m the big blow-up of a 120.000 gallon jet fuel tank m Bitburg, Germany, yesterday. But evidence got so far points only to an accident. The explosion occurred when a fire fighting demonstration was going on near the tank. The death roll
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    British film star owes £46,300 tax
    124 3 ROBERT NEWTON, British film star now working on a film m Australia, was stated at a meeting of creditors m London yesterday to owe the British Inland Revenue £46,300. It was resolved to make an application for him to be adjudicated bankrupt. Mr. G.
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    Out of hospital
    36 3 Mr. William O'Neil, President of the General Tire and Rubber Company of Akron, Ohio, who collapsed m his cabin aboard the Queen Elizabeth last week, was released from a Southampton hospital yesterday. Reuter
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    The Singapore Free Press SATURDAY, Sept. 25, 1954. Opinion THE WAR ON T.B.
    339 4 The Singapore Free Press SATURDAY, Sept. 25, 1954. Opinion THE WAR ON T.B. The announcemi nt that Singapore Is to have a new multi-million dollar hospital to care for tuberculosis cases is at once a recognition of the serious incidence of the disease m the Colony and an earnest of
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    Front-line Apathy to Atom War
    703 4 Front-line Apathy to Atom War < Is thi>n* #f di>ii>m'i> mini nsi ih*> lit out -ho mb? M iuij<>r<>r 4h<> *>.\'§9*»ris Mi* pi siifi tin* ##i*'f7ii/«' 4'iriiititt rvnwitss dubious— titui unvoopvrutivmk WINNIPEG'S mhabit- ants iff m for a shock treatment to shake them out of their complacent apathy towards Civil
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    Reds dominate Near East trade fair
    258 4  -  RALPH K. POL AD By rpHE first international A trade fair to be held m the Near East has been turned into a convenient, glittering show window for the Soviet bloc countries and their agents m the Middle East. The fair, organized by the
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    T.B. CENTRE GIVES NEW HOPE
    351 5 Patients make big strides a I various trades p»REAT strides are being made m the teaching o f trades to patients under the care of the Royal Singapore Antipubereulotli Association Rehabilitation Centre. Mrs. D. Murphy, reh tbilitation officer, said there were now 23 pit im
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    U.S. SPECIALIST WILL HAVE TALKS HERE
    139 5 \X AMERICAN clinical psychology specialist, Dr. Richard B. Miller has arrived m Singapore by air •m Jakarta on a round-the-world holiday-and-fctudv tour. During his one-week stay here. Dr. Miller hopes meet local specialists for discussions on his study. Dr. Miller .said his visit to
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    Perak plans joint welfare lotteries
    110 5 IPOH, Sat. THE Perak Chinese Welfare I Association has appoint- j ed a five-member committee to I discuss with representatives of three other organisations m the State a proposal for running joint lotteries to finance their work. The other organisations are the Perak Welfare Association,
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    5 who were looking for trouble
    146 5 5 who were looking for trouble PWANG, Sat. fIIEN men—nine Chinese and A. a Filipino— who were alleged to have gathered at Nagore Road on the night of Sept. 1 with intent to cau.se trouble, were summoned yesterday to show cause why should not be bound over. "You are here
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    Woman found murdered
    64 5 *<>TA BAHRU, Sat— Police nave ottered $250 reward for "'filiation leading to the Jjrest of tho murderers of a M *iay woman. Jho body of the woman, afced ifiSW* .1° and 25 wa ound v „l v thp neck to a Post at In XT? P ahim
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    40 WEAPONS FOUND IN VILLAGE RAID
    62 5 40 WEAPONS FOUND IN VILLAGE RAID KOTA BAHRU. Sat. More than 40 weapons of various types were found when a police party searched about one hundred houses m the Kampong Keting area yesterday. The weapons wore confiscated after the District Officer had given a warning to the assembled villagers that
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    No peace with 'bitter men'
    103 6 DR. Frank Buchman, the founder of Moral Rearmament, said m New York yesterday: "Bitter men cannot create a lasting peace.'' Arriving from Europe, Dr. Buchman, 75, said, "Moral rearmament work.v because It Change! men. We need new men. a new conference it no answer to
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      261 6 MANDRAKE by Lee Falk and Phil Davis B~ 'f&i'^l&k^'^ "%s?l* X y OU ftliAS GOING SMCOT 1 Q \C* n7i PTh mWSM tAVE T^%j?C~3flT BI R^^-^^ NOBODY/ J RCPF IADDEW- r 0 -^B^B^ YOU HERE. "W i 2« UlrOP A7.V6 BART UN'S ROOf t mm M V^S n P tUKBvSi^
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      533 6 YOUR LUCKY I STAR |>ok\ today, >ou uin i lU u that literature i^ )U r most natural medium »>t expression I,'eu should develop your genius tolly m this direction. If >ou a»»- diverted frejd this, you maj be discontented. You have the sift of the written word and v
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    NO MORE LONG TREKS FOR THEM TO SIGN ON FOR A NEW JOB
    211 7 pESIDENTS m Singapore's Paya Lebar, Upper Serangoon, Tarn penis and Ponggol areas need not have to travel miles' to the (H.vernment's central employment exchange m Havelock Road to register for jobs. A new branch exchange to serve
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    The girl they want to know
    6 7 The girl they want to know
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    Now charity is safe for these two
    103 7 Now charity is safe for these two IPOH, Sat. rPHE secretary of the Ferak JL Chinese Welfare Association, Mr. Toh Keng Hon, and the matron of the association's old people's home m Gopeng Road, Madam Ong Gek Goo, are to be insured. It was revealed at a committee meeting: this
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    But Pat can't answer all those 300 letters
    229 7 LM) I. LOWING the publi- cation of her photograph m the Free Press as i contestant for the commt Miss Chinese Swimming Club" title. Miss Patricia de Souza of Singapore has received more <»>an 300 letters from admirers wishing to correspond with
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    Elections law is ready
    78 7 JTOH, sat. Titled Rajas c W«ti and elders of Perak will I ltness a special ceremony on mv when the SSunU *n pro--285?% amendments rethi I t( l. state elections to u 'e constitution of Perak The ceremony will be held at the Lstana Lskandaria m
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    She'll pose for the cameramen
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    Film star answers call
    174 7 A MALAY film actress, Miss Latifah Omar (above) has responded to the Singapore Camera Club's recent appeal for photogenic i models. i Miss Omar is to pose for members at the club premises m Pheng Geek Avenue tomorrow. She is One Of tWO girls iMMUHMmmwßiMtiiHimiiiuiHiiiiiiuiimiwMwimMiMi 1
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    Politics for postmen, not policy men
    164 7 UNDER a Singapore Government proposal, clerks and "industrial" employees like peons and postmen m divisions 111 and IV can take part m politics and can stand at elections. Government will retire such employees who are nominated candidates. If they are unsuccessful, then they will
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    Indian meeting
    25 7 TELUK ANSON, Sat. The Lower Perak Indian Association will hold its half-yearly meeting m the association's clubhouse at 4.30 p.m. on Sept. 26.
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    TWO MASKED MEN USE DRILL TO GET $1,500
    73 7 TWO MASKED MEN USE DRILL TO GET $1,500 IPOH, Sat. Two masked thieves used a drill to open a window m the living quarters of the tuckshop owner m St Michael's Institution this morning, and made off with $1,500 m cash and jewellery. The men, armed with knives, broke the
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    INSPECTOR SAYS: GANG BOSS HIT ME
    251 7 INSPECTOR SAYS: GANG BOSS HIT ME KUALA LUMPUR, Sat. ABOUT 40 Malays, believed to be hooligans, stood outside a cabaret while their alleged "leader" punched a police officer, the Kuala Lumpur First Magistrate's Court was told yesterday. Hussain bin Sharif, 26, former special constable, was charged with assaulting Inspector Mokhtar
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    QUEEN MARY WAS WAR COUNTER SPY
    234 8 SHE WARNED QUEEN WHO WAS KEPT PRISONER QUEEN MARY was a counter -spy against the Germans m the last war, it is stated m book just published The author, Mr. Sidney cun-liffe-owen, says that Queen Mary kept m touch with iiusabetn, Queen of the
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    THEIR FLAG
    17 8 Girls returning to Friary School. Lichfield. Staffordshire, found corsets and stockings hoisted on the flag-Dole.
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    No atom dumping here, say the miners
    319 8 No atom dumping here, say the miners rpHE free miners uf th( beautiful corner o: Gloucestershire called tht Forest of Dean Where mer have special age- o 1 d rights. bluntly turned down Sir John Cockcroft, Harwell atom plant chief. Sir John had taken a day off to allay the
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    48 8 rpHIKTY-ONE people were killed when this Southern Express bearing holiday makers from the South of Portugal to Lisbon jumped the rails. Two third class coaches immediately behind it were completely wrecked, one being cut m two by the other. Rescue workers are seen searching for victims.- -A.P. picture.
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    NO WOMAN IS SAFE IF FLASH NICKY IS FREE-COURT TOLD
    118 8 I^LASH NICKY THE GREEK, talked too much m L London's Soho. And it was underworld chatter picked up by detective that got the ex-gaolbird a five-year gaol sentence at the Old Bailey. Thirty-three-year-old Nicholas Landis raised m London's East End,
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    METHODIST GETS HIS REWARD
    39 8 Twelve guineas collected by Witney. Oxon, Methodists will Ro to the benefit fund of fel-low-Methodist and Somerset cricketer Johnny Lawrence for IUS Christian stand m refusing to have games for his benefit played on Sundays."
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    'Blue light' plan will stop cars from speeding
    165 8 'Blue light' plan will stop cars from speeding OUT GO BULBS WHEN LIMIT IS PASSED A BLUE light on the front, back, and dash-board to f* show when a car travels at less than 30 miles an hour is suggested recently as a curb on road accidents As soon as
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    TOM HEARS £85,000 SECRET
    138 8 BEFORE he went to bed one night 12-year-old Tom Cook was told a "secret" that he is to inherit £85.000 when he is 25. The man who told him was Mr. Archibald Walker, his stepfather, at their home m the Sussex hamlet of Anstye. near Cuckfleld.
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    BRIDEGROOM PAYS £1 FOR 'TEMPER'
    116 8 BRIDEGROOM PAYS £1 FOR 'TEMPER' THE day 51-year-old barrister Wilfred Button got married he lost his temper m a traffic jam. It cost him £1 at West London Magistrates' Court. He was fined for obstructing a policeman. When police constable Ronald Carter arrived at the traffic jam m Exhi-bition-road, South
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    DRESS THEFT
    23 8 A van stolen m Tunbridge Wells. Kent, was found abandoned m the town minus its load of dresses valued at £600.
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    PIRATES AHOY
    18 8 Customs officers at Harwic have discovered a skull and crossbones flag flying from the Customs House.
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    FATHER FIGHTS FOR RIGHT TO KNOW
    147 8 A FATHER has started a fight to get an inquiry into grammar school entrance examinations because his 13--year-old son has twice failed to pass and does not know the reason why. The father, 44-year-old Mr. Donald Craven, of RowlandGill, County Durham, has been keeping
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    2 children must never be told
    202 8 One of two children, aged four and three, found a box of matches m their fathers pocket and started a fire m which their 19-month-old brother died, it was said at Retford, Nottinghamshire. The baby, Peter Halickyj, of Morton Orange, Babworth, was m his
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    'THE MAN WHO OUGHT TO BE DEAD' IS DEAD
    287 9 soVIAI. Mr. (Jerry Fitzgerald, known for the past eight years as "the man who ought to be dead," jj ls died. An empty sleeping-tablet box was near him uiien he was found unconscious m his fl it m Titestreei Chelsea, London.
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    The fish that got away
    73 9 A boy aged 8 was asked In North London juvenile court the size of a pike which he said he caught. "About 2ft.." said the boy. remonstrating with his hands. what happened to it?" asked Hugh Parsons, the chairman, n got away." the boy replied.
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    FIRST TIME LUCKY
    37 9 i 1551 b. blue shark, heaviest ca ight m Britain, was naed ai Loop Cornwall, oy P. Barlow, electrical en- f on leave from the n It was his first at™Pt at shark angling.
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    'Smoking fag-ends may cause trouble'
    216 9 'Smoking fag-ends may cause trouble' A MERICANS do not t\ smoke fag-ends and this may account for the lower death rate from lung cancer m the U.S. This argument was put forward m the British Medical Journal m two letters. The first, signed Harry Stalker, said: "In the US cigarettes
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    SCIENCE PROBE'S OLD WIVES' TALE
    44 9 The old wives' tale that raspberry leaf tea makes childbirth less painful is being investigated by research scientists at Chelsea School of Pharmacy. This was reported to an Oxford conference by one of the scientists. Dr. A. H. Beckett.
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    Very awkward, that section on poultry law BUT IT'S ALL SO VERY SIMPLE
    383 9 Very awkward, that section on poultry law BUT IT'S ALL SO VERY SIMPLE THK defendant said he 1 "did not altogether "»<l<rstand" the summons 'liat brought him to Oldweet Magistrates' Court, London. It alleged that Patrick "»«hes, of Brick-lane, Lon- on did infringe the Live iJ" y Restrictions) Order, WM,
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    He's home in U.S. now
    53 9 Six-year-old Mow Bein Wong exchanges presents with members of his family after joining them m Youngstown, Ohio, following an air flight from Hong Kong. Recent changes m immigration regulations permitted the boy to go to the U.S. from Hong Kong where he was reared by
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    HE GETS BAIL TO EARN RENT
    56 9 A man committed for trial at East Grinstead. Sussex, was allowed bail so that he could earn some money to pay his rent. Ednc Douglas Giles, 30, of West-street. East Grinstead, who pleaded not guilty to breaking into shops and stealing, was said to
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    £10-with love
    34 9 £10 -with love A cardboard box containing .£lO worth of old half-crown* and florins, marked "To the N.C.H.O. with love," was found on the doorstep of the National Children's Home and Orphanape at Newquay.
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    FIRST ROUND K.O. FOR FLOWER GARDENERS
    191 9 THE Battle of the Flower-beds— a fight over Worcester City Council's plan to uproot front gardens on a new estate and lay communal lawns instead— has entered Round 2. At a private meeting the housing committee rejected a petition signed by 233 council-house tenants
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    4-year-old boy sees mother shot
    129 9 4-year-old boy sees mother shot Pur-year-old Maurice Stanbridge saw his mother shot dead by his "uncle", who then shot himself. Maurice ran Irom his terraced home m Newnhamstreet, Bedford, ■hOUtlng: "Uncle Ernest has bought a Run and shot himself and my mum. Pleas* 1 come and help them." A van
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    SATURDAY PACE FOR CHILDREN
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    The Smugglers
    797 10  -  KATHLEEN HICK LEY A serial by BOEY and (hong Lai find a mysterious packet at the circus. Two detectives come along as they are opening it. The packet is empty. They discover that a man named Down has stolen the contents from Boey's pocket while he was hypnotised.
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    Solve this riddle
    49 10 rpHE first part of my name is a part of the corn; The second on bushes is found; On a hot summer day I'm delicious for tea. And I grow very close to the ground. Guess what 1 am! I'm scrumptious m jam. (Answer next week)
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    SURPRISE FOR 2 CHILDREN
    139 10 THE Queen has planned a surprise at Windsor for Prince Charles and Princess Anne on their return next month from holiday at Balmoral. While they have been away craftsmen have been busy m the gardens of Windsor Royal Lodge rethatching and decorating The Little House With
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    His First Birthday
    36 10 His First Birthday This bonny baby celebrated its first birthday last week with a party and a big cake His name is Edward and he is the son of Mr. Mrs. Lim Yew Bee of Siglap.
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      251 10 Rupert and Niagara 8 trri- a^m v i Ujj.i > 'A.jf. .7 You're early today says B'bjt that uasn't Niagara*" Rupen as he reaches hts pal. "Cl Rupert exolaimv "It was only a course 1 am." Gregory shouts* lutle fill." "Pooh, ftonsense!" Lei's run I've get <o tell cr cs
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    Where diplomats live a double life
    504 11  - Where diplomats live a double life Donald Blair [)IPLOMATS m Turkey hav< to lead a double ]1 <?- So do her statesmen and high civil servants don't misunderstand m< These dignitaries remain dignified. *n< trouble is simply Furkey has what amounts to two capital cities The legal one Ankara, 30
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    New TWO-gear Ford
    402 11 New TWO-gear Ford MOTORING.. ..BY Robert Walling r vi\K Ford Zodiac could almost be called a two-gear car, True, it lias three sears, but you need the ratio so rarely. Why? Because the sixcylinder engiru is m> happily married to the Weight of his ear. The model, except for one
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    Bingo in U.S. is illegal
    206 11 should bingo (houseyhousey) be made legal or not? That looks like? becoming one of the main issues m the election m November of the Governor of New York State, which is roughly the area of England and includes New York City. Both the prospective Democratic
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    IT'S WISE TO BE VACCINATED
    529 12 IN a few <iavs, I will tail for Kimkuid. said Mr B. "and I must have a vaccination. What B nuisance!" ••it is necessary." i replied "The health authorities were very wisr to introduce it." "I don't mind the scratches," baid Mr. H but the
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    Bridge Quiz
    433 12 WHEN you and your partner have the major suits, your objeci is to discover which of the two suits best fits the combined hands and to do so before the bidding has gotten too high. Quite often the crux of the bidding occurs with the resoonder's second turn
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    Dandy hair-do
    59 12 The Dandy" hair-do made its bow at the International Association of Hairdressers m Berlin. It features short hair softly brushed back from the forehead and from the mrs, with some wisps, locks or "commas" pulled out over the forehead for style. An advantage of the "Dandy" is that
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    Cure for breast cancer
    231 12 a PHYSICIAN has dex\ scribed how some women suffering from advanced breast cancer made "spectacular" improvement after their adrenal glands were removed. The cancers were so far advanced and widespread that these women had tailed to respond to X-rays and hormone treatment. Dr. Thomas Dao. assistant
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    Esther is 'dry' today, 'wet' in '55
    513 13 Esther is 'dry today, 'wet in '55 ON NIGHT-CLUB TOUR WITH HUSBAND ffHIQ year ESTHER WILLIAMS ROCa out meet the public "dry". year she will be et" is leaving on her rst big theatre and »ht club tour. No. she not be swimming time. She will appear In a ir
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    Dateline, Hollywood...
    428 13  -  MICHAEL RUDDY IF YOU see EKKOL A FLYNN ambling around, you might mention that VINCENT PRICE is suing him for about five thousand guineas for unpaid salary for acting m a film called "The Bargain". According to Mr. Price, Mr. Flynn didn't keep his, hence the demand. Thi.s
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    Three smart girls
    433 13  -  MICHAEL RUDDY I WATCHED two cinema L queens leave Hollywood and there was a marked difference. The first was JANE RUSSELL, bound for Paris and London, to film "Gentlemen Marry Brunettes." For the first time, Jane won't have her own hairdresser, make-up man, wardrobe woman. Reason: No
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    TOO MUCH WAVING OF THE FLAG, LINESMEN!
    332 14 TOO MUCH WAVING OF THE FLAG, LINESMEN! By sri-.c TATOB IINESMEN at Lcauue game i are takina MOft control than is good for the game, In ie\ eral m« ttam es >r < ently, I hare -ecu hail decisions by fnen (lV the line that have changed ih c ituatUm
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    ASCOT RUNNERS
    48 14 six probable runners and Jockeys for the Knight Royal Stakei to hv run ovoi one mile at Ascot today are: King <>i the Tudors, k. Qethin; Chamber, A. Brenslcy; Ambler 11. W. H. Carr; Jupiiri, W. RidUtby; UmbertO, V. Sniiih and Coronation Year, EC, Hide. Reuter.
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    ARMY HOCKEY FINAL TODAY
    25 14 The semi-finals and final ol the annual Singapore Base District slx-a-side hockey tournament will be hfki at Nee Soon this evening.
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    ENGLAND VERSUS FRANCE ATHLETICS
    110 14 ENGLAND VERSUS FRANCE ATHLETICS Jkan Desiorgea (Es.sex Ladies), the European ionß_ himp champion captains the EnglLlh women's team to meet France m a Roodlii match at the White City, London, next Wednesday. I he team B Burgess (Woolwich Pol). B. Wheeler (Unlt< d Banks A.C.), X Hampton 'Phoenix A.C.i, J.
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    WING FORWARD ANSWERS NEW RUGBY LAWS
    438 14 WING FORWARD ANSWERS NEW RUGBY LAWS Hv Special Correspondent YOUV OU cannot keep a food man clown, even by altering I the laws ot Rugby footbalL lake Don White who i.as 14 England caps and would have K ood many more it the selectors alwayi^agreed with „iv view that lie
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    Selectors pick champ as reserve
    164 14 Selectors pick champ as reserve CHAMPION of England but not good enough for the national team. That Is the position of Christina Brown (Newcastle Stalls; the new 440 yards .swimming title holder. She has been relegated to reserve for the England team to defend the Bologna Trophy against Scotland and
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    JAP GIRL WILL PLAY v. MEN
    72 14 JAPAN'S Basako Kataura, who is Tokyo professional billiards champion and is considered to be the only woman capable of matching (he world's best men, Will be competing In the professional billards threecushion championshiup beginning at Bucjios Aires, on October 4. The contest will br
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    LITTLE MO IS BACK
    136 14 Miss Maureen "Little Mo" Connolly, the 19-year-old American lawn tennis prodigy, appeared yes terday on the court for 'he the first. time since she crushed her right leg In an accident on July 20. She played for thirty minutes with Abe Segal, the second ranking South
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    Wardrop proves critics wrong
    394 14 TACK WARDROP of Motherwell, British Olympic swimming captain, trained m America, said he tvould "show the critics who thought he was burnt 3Ut" He did; m the English championships. Wardrop finished so far ahead m the 220 yards free-style final that ne had time to turn
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    Spot the Sportsman
    40 14 riMUS "ghost" picture is ot a A Singapore sportsman s<> well known that we wont make it easier by naming his particular branch of sport. Recognise him? it not see the solution at foot ot Column One.
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    FIGHT FOR ORIENT CHAMPION
    77 14 FIGHT FOR ORIENT CHAMPION ORIENT welterweight champion Somdej Yontrakit will probably tight Emanuel (Titi) Clavel of Franco In Bangkok on October 12 Bobby Diamant. manager or the new world bantamweight champion. Robert Cohen, said yesterday the oiler had been smt to Clavel late on Tuesday when it was learned that
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    Randy Turpin fights Nov. 16
    134 14 RANDOLPH TURPIN. former Brii>h world and European middle- weight champion, wffl be back m the ring a-am In November as light-heavyweight. He has 'not foUßht beaten by Italy's Tiberlo »£M to* European middleweight championship m May this year. Mr J.u-k Solomons, the London promoter, said
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    RUNNER-UP
    25 14 Robert Marshall. AUBtraUa. .1 (eated Frank Edwards. MU». g 3,260 points to 1.865 y.sUm d.« I mush second m the world IBM billiards championship.
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    Third Japan defeat for Cambridge
    127 14 Third Japan defeat for Cambridge BRITAIN'S Cambridge University eight-man crew lost its third and final race against Japanese teams m the ot.su regatta. The Britons, favoured to win all three race.s in Japan, lost. by two lengths to Kyoto University m a 2.000-mrtr race on the Seta River. Kyoto's time
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    11 officials Olympic squad
    121 15 Free Press Sports Reporter )NFIRMXNG that Singapore's contingent to the 1956 Olympics m Melbourne will number 72 thp sapore Olympic and Sports Council announced relay that 11 of this total will be officials in T Mriw? rgan ing Committee a n c^r e d\n O g
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    'England will retain Ashes'
    123 15 ENGLAND WfU retain the Vj ashes when her cricketers Australia this winter m opinion of Mr Fida Hasnanager of the Pakistan which toured England i summer. Mr Hassan was speaking at lampton lust night Just sailing home with his In the Polish liner Batory "Enelai ti
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    ENGLAND WIN GOLF
    56 15 FNGLAND won the home JLt amateur golf international triple crown" at the Royal Porthcawl Club yesterday for the first time since 1949 »n? a w ln i g def <? at d Scotland and Wales earlier m the week England overcame Ireland m a close contest by
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    HOCKEY ROUND-UP IN PICTURES
    70 15 the ban. atC ?A lll hJL y S! Can! gr X ns this India n Association forward as he races away with V. beat Singapore Cricket Club 5-0 m this hockey friendly «n the padan yesterday. UStomj Son ™*<7" Pa tlon Club goalkeeper Rozario romps out
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    SEOW CHUAN CLAIMS ALL IN 1 DAY
    214 15 f^our firsts, two records and a ehamuionshin Free Press Aquatics Reporter KE p? sssws asasr One day Swimm&ub^r^'^r^^^- at the Chi nesl For a 14-year-old Scow Cnuan Is well advanced m his swimming. He won the school championship yesterday by coming first m
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    BOOKIE PUNTERS COME UNSTUCK
    210 15 BOOKIE PUNTERS COME UNSTUCK BOOKMAKERS at Yarmouth, who took the big London bookmakers for a £25,000 "ride" last month, tried again last week, but It did not work. True, they won, but not nearly as much as they planned. The Yarmouth bookmakers again used the legitimate "Snouty Parker dodge*"— named
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    Hutton tries the 'quickies'
    85 16 PETER May will captain the M.C.C. team m the oneday game against a Ceylon vide when the Orsova calls at Colombo on September 30. Team: P.B.H. May (captain), K. Andrew, M. Cowdrey, \V. J. Edrich, T. \V. Ciraveney, P, J. Loader. R. T. Simpson, B. Statham.
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    COMPTON LEAVES FOR S'PORE OCT. 16 SCA officials will meet him
    264 16 COMPTON LEAVES FOR S'PORE OCT. 16 SCA officials will meet him Free Press Sport> Reporter nENIS COMPTON the Test cricketer is due m Singapore three weeks from today. report received from London thu morning .states that his knee trouble Is responding to treatment. He IS expected to be lit, to
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    MALAYS SOCCER TEAM v. M.C.F.A.
    50 16 The Singapore Malays team ro play against the MCFA at Jalan Besar .stadium on Monday. Sept. 27. will be selected from: O. Angullia. Arshad Jaffar, Johan. Hassan. Haji Garhan. Yassan, Osmar Johan. Aman, Harith. Omar Awan?. Ibrahim Mansoor, Ahmad Yusoff. Salim. Rahim Omar, Abdullah Zainol.
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    U.S. athletes for Hungary
    121 16 MERICAN track and field stars will travel to Hungary for the first time since the war for the world championships of the modern pentathlon from October 10-14. Hungarian sports authorities and officials of the U.S. legation m Budapest confirmed this yesterday. "We are pleased the Americans
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    BELGIAN WIN
    22 16 The Belgian team, led by the overall-leader Couvreur. yesterday won f he fourth lap of the first European bike tour.
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    RACE WEIGHTS FOR IPOH 1st DAY
    396 16 WEIGHTS lor all races on the ftrst day of the Ipoh meeting next Saturday were announced this morning as follows: Straight On 8.05 Jackpot II KOI Neveradoubt 8.0:2 CL, 3, i>i v. I— :»F. White Carnation f>.oo Trial Bj Jury 8.13 Budgerigar 8.11 Sybils
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    CRICKET BAT GOES TOO
    33 16 Denis Compton. who is Hying out to join the MCC tourists m Australia, makes sure he has room for his cricket bat as he does a little early packing.
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    INDIANS SCORE 5 v. S.C.C
    79 16 LA 5; S.t.C 0. TNDIAN ASSOCIATION scored all rheir goals m the second half when they beat the Singapore Cricket Club m yesterday's hockey friendly on the S.C.C. padang. The first half was fairly even, but after the interval the Indians took control, displaying their
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    TRACKWORK
    339 16 Bridge Law II and Talisman catch the eye Free Press Course Correspondent rALISMAN ana Brldff Law 11. two Gold Vise prospects, matched strides m an interesting workout over M. m 38 1 5 on the training track at Ipofa this morning. Talisman (BoUgOUie) Bridue taw II (Mawi) a length
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