The Singapore Free Press, 26 November 1954

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    Masthead
    20 1 The Singapore Free Press Largest Afternoon Sale m Malaya No. *****. Singapore. Fri., Nov. 26, 1954. Price 15 t ts.
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    'The unspeakable gang in Peking'
    225 1 U.S. FLA YS BARBARISM 'rilE United States yesterday accused "the unspeak--1 able gang m Peking" of a "new act of barbarism" sentencing 13 Americans to varying gaol terms on ilse charges of spying against Red China. The U.S. Ambassador to the United Nations, Mr. Henry
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    First test STATHAM GETS AN EARLY WICKET
    441 1 First test STATHAM GETS AN EARLY WICKET Hutton wins toss, sends Australia m ASTPALIA, with one wicket •wn for 56 was m a reanably .sound position when r ceased for lunch, m the Test match which opened illiant sunshine at Bristhls morning. on won the toss and surngly elected to
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    Scoreboard
    31 1 AUSTRALIA Ist INNINGS Morris not out 24 I ivell c. Cowdrey b Statham 23 Miller not out 4 Extras 5 Lunch total (for 1 wkt): 56 1111 l niiiiiiiiitiini n
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    The big Vishinsky mystery
    92 1 C^) I ir, none of the Soviet Leader* have yet paid a visit th« Hall of Columns m Moscow, where the body of Andrei Vtohinfkr the Russian 0 'legate to the United Nations ""1 Deputy Foreign Minister ying m itate. Ilia funeral Is lajr, Conspicuously absent
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    Train derailed
    25 1 Thirty five people were injured when a broken rail derailed the Santa Fe Chief on the Mojave desert m California last night A.P.
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    BIG 3 ALTER REPLY TO MOSCOW CALL
    178 1 THE Western powers are changing their latest notes to Moscow following French Premier Pierre MendesFrance's proposal for a BigFour meeting after German rearmament is ratified, informed sources said m Paris yesterday. The United States. Britain and France are expected to send the notes
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    Floods in England
    24 1 Torrential rain flooded matiy parts of Western England feth terday and nearly 50 main roada weft reported to be under water.
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    Civil service cut
    29 1 Civil servants m Britain have been cut by more than 50,000 since the beginning of 1952. a I reduction of jusi over seven per cent. Reuter
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    GOVT. ACTION ON SQUATTERS
    246 1 All to be cleared J^LL CROWN land m Singapore is to be cleared of >quatters. Most of the estimated 150,000 squatters m the Colony are said to be on 9,000 acres of Crown land. Hundreds of them occupy "strategic" ureas urgently needed for public development, according
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    MISS HONG KONG MARRIES
    32 1 Virginia June Lee, 21, who gave up a film contract she won us Miss Hong Kong last July and Roger A. Glasby, were married at Muncie, Indiana, yesterday.—A.P.
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    MORE ATOM TESTS IN AUSTRALIA
    101 1 MORE ATOM TESTS IN AUSTRALIA A SMALL party of Briti.sh Official* has left for Australia for consultations on the possibility of holding future atomic weapon.* trials m Australia, the Ministry of Supply announced m London yesterday. The announcement said the British party wa.s led by Mr. J M. Wilson, Under-Sec-rctary
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    XMAS BROADCAST
    18 1 Tho Quoon will this year broadcast her Christmas message from Sandringham. her country home m Norfolk.
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    Rubber down
    30 1 The Singapore Rubber Market opened this morning on an uncertain tone, with first grade December shipment, at 82% cents a lb., 1/16 of a cent below yesterday's close.
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    COUPLE ROBBED OF CASH, GEMS
    50 1 A Chinese couple living m an attap hut m Pulau Semakau. off Singapore, were robbed of $1,046 m cash and jewellery on Tuesday night by two men armed with revolvers and daggers. The husband was bound with a rope while the robbers ransacked the house.
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    'I DON'T WANT THE SHEIKH'
    61 1 I DON'T WANT THE SHEIKH' JACKIE WRIGHT, 17, of! Hamilton, Ontario said yesterday she has changed her mind about wanting to marry a sheik. The telephone operator, who had cabled she was considering marrying Sheik Izzat Gaafar, of Kuwait, now doesn't want even to hear his name again. "The whole
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    U.S. APPEAL TO RUSSIANS: HELP END ARMS RACE
    197 2 npilK "Voice of America" >est<'rdav broadcast a Thanksgiving Day pcuc af)p<>al from Sen. Kalph K. Handers (Republican) calilnf OH the Soviet jwople to support Western proposals Ut end the arms rare. Mr. Flanders, whose message was beamed to RUSSia, .said he was
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    RED RAIDER FIRES ON JAP FISHING BOAT
    139 2 A Japam i < fij hing boat wm fired upon bj a Communii t ihinexe v« ■el In th< I'i.i: t china Bea yesterday, it was announced In fokyo. a coi t guard offlciaJ said 1] 7! ton Tokuhiro Marii was attacki d
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    'FREE THESE GERMANS' PLEA
    28 2 'invo Bonn govrrnmeni parties asked das that all Ger- man w,.r criminals held h v WeiUrn nations be freed before Germany it rearmed.* AP
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    Hong Kong man wins death appeal
    129 2 Hong Kong man wins death appeal The Judicial Committee oi the Priw Council yesterday granted an appeal against the death sentence on 27--year-old Clerk, Chan Kau alias Chan Kai found guilty ol murder m Hong Kong, The committee remitted the case to the Hong Konj4 Appeal Court with directions to
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    NAZI ARMS 'DISPOSED' OF BY 1948
    144 2 fIiHK Nazi arms that Sir WinsI ton Churchill ordered to be stacked at the ei,d of the war were disposed of by 1948, a Fon j?/n Ollice .spokesman Raid lasi night. .Some were destroyed, some 11h own Into the sea. Others were appropriated by
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    U.S.-lndia goodwill not hard to achieve
    160 2 FOREIGN POLICIES DIFFER BUT... 4MERICAN and Indian relations are severely strained, but it should not take much to bring about a new period of goodwill between the two countries. r Thi.s was the conclusion reached lrom a survey of diplomats, officials and businessmen including
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    'Clear air' law urged to end smog
    184 2 A GOVERNMENT committee urged yesterday the adoption of a stringent national "clear air act to end deadly smog palls over Britain's major cities. The group was set up *oon after a blanket oi acrid, choking fog and Smoke covered London for lour daya
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    Jiemilis probe into diptanuit's 'attack '
    139 2 Jiemilis probe into diptanuit' s 'attack I PRESIDENT Ramon Magsaysay yesterday ordered his Foreign Office to examine allegations that India's Minister to the Philippines, Mr. Mirza Ali Bai^, had shown an unfriendly and disparaging attitude towards his government and people. Mr. Magsaysay's action followed the publication of an article by
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    80 2 Eighteen members (if Singapore Junior Chambei Commerce, gave blood at the Blood Transfusion Centre yesterday. Above are 18 of them (from left seated) Mr Teoh Chye Keat, Mr. Ho Chak Mr. Thomas Danes, Mr. Fred O'Malley, Mr. George Graham Mr. Jerry Hansen, Mr. Ki!l Charlson and Mr. Fred Eu (standing)
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    £250 GIFT SURPRISED PEER
    214 3 came 18 months after he helped friend A CHEQUE for £250, which Lord Milner of Leeds was alleged to have received to act as a "contact man" while he was a Labour Member of Parliament and Deputy Speaker of the House of Commons came as a
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    Son hid murder gun, says Dominici
    261 3 Son hid murder gun, says Dominici yiOUNTAINEER Gaston Do.VI minici yesterday accused his eldest son, Clovis, of having jdden the Drummond murder > apon and members of Gaston .s family said they suspected a former local Communist boss of having committed the crime. Dominid told the court try- him for
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    76 3 CWAM] RAMDAS, of k Anandashram arrival m Singapore by plane from llangkok with four rtisciples. Including Mother Krishnahai (ri«ht) for a week's lecture tour of Malaya. The 71-year-e-ld swiml, ull <> is on a world lour, JJIH spoak at the (iandhi Memorial Hall at 6.30 p.m. and at BE. Tanjonß
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    THAT 'DOG' COLLAR: WE'RE LIKE OLD CROWS
    169 3 THAT 'DOG' COLLAR: WE'RE LIKE OLD CROWS I fLKRICAL clothing, says j y-> a Vicar of the Church i of England, make clergy- men look "like so many i old crows." He wants re- i form perhaps a snappy i but dignified waistcoat i with checks will suffice. The Vicar
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    RAF SHORT OF TECHNICIANS
    86 3 Britain's Royal Air Tone is Buffering from "grave and persistent" shortages of certain skilled technician!, a parliamentary "watch don" committee reported yesterday. The committee said the shortages were most serious m the highly skilled grades, and particularly concerned the electronics, radio, radar and instrument trades. The
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    Korea men for Kenya
    29 3 The first battalion Royal Irish Fusiliers now serving m Korea will replace the first battalion of the Black Watch m Kenya early next year. Reuter
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    UNDER-SEA EARTHQUAKE
    20 3 A strong earthquake stirred up the ocean floor about 100 miles off the Northern California coast yesterday. A.P.
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    HUSBAND 'PUT UP' WITH WIFE AND FRIEND TILL
    150 3 'Classic case of the worm turning 9 f ONDON hairdresser Arthur Cooper, 47, found his wife m another man's bedroom after midnight EM Sst? $££T both for almost a r Comm&o^fohn F,ow^T siwTilterda? 6 SIT Ulrnin rH Cooper a divnnv and Cl.iiim
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    300,000 Strong
    10 3 Britain's territorial army la now 300,000 strong. Reuter
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    BUDDHIST TALKS
    29 3 The Nopal Buddhist Council ha.s Invited the World Ruddhi.st Fellowship to hold it.s fourth conference, scheduled for 1056, m Lumbani m Southern Nepal birthplace of Huddha. A.P
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    65 IS NO STOP SIGN FOR THESE WORKERS
    122 3 men nut of every 10 m Britain continued working when they reached 85, their pensionable Age. According to a report published today by the Ministry of Pensions and National Insurance. The report said an Inquiry covering 29,000 Insured people flue to retire
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    THE DUKE DEFIES STORM
    87 3 THE DUKE DEFIES STORM THE Uukf of Edinburgh flew by naval helicopter through thick clouds and heavy rain from Buckingham Palace, London, yesterday to watch the fir.st battalion of the Wiltshire Regiment m training m Western England. The Duke, who is Colonel- in Chief of the regiment, splashed through rain
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    The Singapore Fre Press Opinion Faith in the Comet
    381 4 The Singapore Fre Press Opinion Faith in the Comet FRIDAY, Nov 26, L 054. The six-week inquiry Into the Loss ol 'he Bi itish Comet let airliners has ended. The .story unfolded has hold the Lnteresi of people everywhere, and Brit on.s especially now confidently await the inquiry findings. The
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    HEADACHE FOR THE VICTORS
    541 4  -  DAVID BARNETT Democrats will have difficulty living up to their election promises to cut wage earners' taxes. by nnHE Democrats m the United States, by gaining control of the House and the Senate id the recent elect ion, have also won ;ill Internal headache w hat
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    STRONG MAN FACES CRISIS
    8 4 (lovernor General Ghulam Mohamed
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    DISTURBING NEWS FROM PAKISTAN
    121 4 latkst news from Pakistan j La disturbing, The Government expects civil war to bn ak OUi In ttlC near int vi( unless some 1 1 roi tg men. iurc i '■.m be Introduced m tim* 1 The i power iii I';iki tan f iay i the
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    Danzig reborn
    72 4 THE old Free City of Dan zig, taken from German] at the end of the first World War and re-incorporated into the Reich by Hitler after Poland's conquest, is blooming under Polish rule. Today the Poles are trying to make a tri-city showplace of Danzig. Soppot and (idin
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    POCKET CARTOON
    29 4  -  OSBERT LANDCASTER h> MOXI, von ft i■ra z Everyone* denouncing horrur-comii. s and \ou ho«t to go and fmt a Dali Ih t win d 0 v
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    Tories have a trick or two up their sleeves
    287 4 ivr h I L c superfically there appears to be a very slight majority for Labour m Britain, according to the most reliable of the straw wools this trend should not be taken too seriously. Partly it is due to apathy
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    GET TO KNOW YOUR CONSTITUENCY
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    THERE ARE 11,400 VOTERS HERE
    133 5 THERE ARE 11,400 VOTERS HERE TPODAX the Free Press starts publication ot I maps oi the twenly-five constituencies into which Singapore and the nearby islands have been divided for the elections to the I i egislative Assembly next year. Each division will elect one representative. This is the map of
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    45 students model dresses
    27 5 PENANG, Fri. Forty--3 students taking part m a parade at the Angloese GirLs' School annual bition yesterday modelled which they had deed themselves.
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    Found guilty of rape bid
    42 5 KUALA I.UMF'UR, Frl. A labourer, V. Pfriasamy. was found guilty m the Supreme Court hero yestorday of attempting to rape h woman on th<> Serdang Road, m south Selfl ngor Sentencr was poftponed un til tomorrow. I
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    Oniy 20 out of 300 can join Boys' Town
    156 5 IytORE than 300 applications for entry into Singapore Boys' Town have been iTI received, but only 20 new places will be made available m January next year. Said the acting director. Brother Albert, yesterday: "We lack funds to build more dormitories
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    LIBRARY GETS NEW HOOKS
    70 5 authors have given complimentary copies of (heir books to the Ramakrishna Mission library m Singapore. They are Dr. R. C. Majumdar, director of a Government of India publication, "History of Indian Freedom Movement", Sri K. M. Munshi, Governor of uttar Pradesh, India, and Swami Akhilananda, leader
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    Dilapidated buses 'it's exaggerated'
    136 5 Ti/fR. A. A. EWING, general manager of the Singapore y* Traction Company, yesterday said a complaint that buses on No. 10 route were always dilapidated, was exaggerated. A reader had complained that one of the buses m Jalan Besar area had a leaking roof. The iron
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    Aquarium policy MAKE IT CLEAN
    226 5 Aquarium policy MAKE IT CLEAN -ytAKK it clean- will be the watchword of Singapore's Van Kleet Aquarium. After the tank.s and the building have been washed the water circulation system will be d Lsi n fee ted with a potassium permanganate solution. Both the fresh and sea water systems will
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  • Page 6 Miscellaneous
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      442 6 MANDRAKE by Lee Falk and Phil Davis STAE i>, )v xK\E I i-^ X I P |e «t decision. hmv w work within the frame- work of your pa I tern TARZAN by Edgar Rice Burroughs s^3£.?« where there is need for m. i t [A BUOODV r,M:E^-3ATTa- Er-.Ptyl TM£
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      U.K. closing prices
      213 7 LONDON Nov 13 Previous Today ttl'flßKM No j USS cU. fcurepeau 24 buyer. 24 316 buyers <■ D»J -4 1 sellers '4 seiWs R I BR| U No 1 HSS c.l.f. European 23 15 16 buyers 24 I 1(3 buyers ■Abum i kss- sp «r S3 KjiS
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      New York prices
      69 7 NEW YORK, Nov. 25. Previous Today TIN Straits spot and nearby 91.00 nom. CLOSED "N future. Wet 90.50 nom. Thanksgiving Day Oec 90.35 bid 91.30 asked 90.25 bid ION E; (ui BAS:"Sg. RUBBER futures Dec. '54 27.80 to 27.85 traded TONE: Rwier. M slVrV^I t No 1
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      U.S. PEPPER CLOSED
      14 7 Ciosed— Thanksgiving Day. Above prices quoted m U.S. cents per Ib.
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      DOW JONES AVERAGES
      30 7 NEW YORK, Nov 25. JO Industrials i«rE Vl U Today jjf-g T closed [ODomesUc Bonds }J ;JJ Thanksgiving Day t co 69 t.t stocks nmposite Averages *****
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      Copra, coconut oil prices
      115 7 Nov. 23. ;';k\ Philippines. c.i.f. UK/North. Si^'^lVr- ttoJI? 7 European delivered weight per sellers $191 sellers I lon \<>v Dee 1 'PEA, Philippines, fo.b Manila, delivered weight, pW long ton Un( l u^€d unquoted <"I'R\. Straits c.i.f. UK/North Sff,,*!^ r teht P Nov/Dec. £70 s buyers
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    SPECIAL XMAS CHEER FOR 60 CHILDREN
    98 7 tXT 180 adults and 60 1 children m the Trafalgar lepers In Singapore entertained and given •it Christmas. Christmas appeal sub- i! ol the Singapore Rellel Association lias tO give a lunch for Dec 16 and a chil- on Dec. 18, at the HI
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    Hunter faces death charge
    52 7 PORT DICKBON, Fri. JanUtfl oin. Bujang, one >t men hunting off Takau Estate, Tampin Uggi, was found dead after a shot was heard His shot gun was beBide him Another member of the party, Mohamed Tara bin Hassan, has been charged with causing death through a
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    S'PORE NEEDS A BORSTAL EDUCATIONISTS, LEADERS SAY
    543 7 EDUCATIONISTS and Christian leaders yesterday supported the setting-up of a Borstal Institution m Singapore. On Tuesday, a judge m the High Court said he had difficulty m sentencing an 18-year-old youth found guilty of a sex offence because he was too old for
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    Sale and fair to aid home
    102 7 Sale and fair to aid home IlilM Rtngipfttfl Red Crotfl Home tor crippled children at Tanah M>rah Be.~ar will hold an 'Open Day" and fun fair next Saturday at the home. Performance by Mr Ron Knight, a magician, from 3 p.m. to 6 p.m. will be one of the main
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    AMBULANCE MEN TOLD: NO SPEEDING
    386 8 30 mph TILL POLICE CHANGE ATTITUDE Fjvxjr THOUSAND ambulance drivers have been told r more fa*l emergency driving.' 1 Even though they may he taking a dangerously m patleni to hospital they must drive to rule until the police change their at titude. Tin: tallows
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    'Mr. Piltdown' faked his magnum opus
    467 8 IjV>R more than 40 years the Dawson collection of fos- I fsil.s. Hints, and ancient ironware added lustre to the modest 1 1 1 1 le borough museum ol Hastings. Towns loik told visitors with pride about th, donor, Mr. Charles I );s v,'
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    His life glittered but then he fell
    293 8 POOR PARENTS' SON AMASSED £100,000 r pHE life of Lawrence Dent Bennett was a "glittering record." His parents were poor, but he won a £100,000 fortune. Recently he pleaded guilty to obtaining cheques with intent to defraud. Bennet, a 50-year-old accountant, of Common
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    BUSMAN WORE THE RING HE HAD STOLEN
    99 8 THE bus conductor wore a gold and jade ring. Mrs. Phyllis Stevens noticed it as she was paying her faro to Cluildford, Surrey. She remenhered that her landlady, Mrs. Rosemary Mowbray, had lost one like it. And the conductor lodged m the same
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    SUITCASE BABIES
    34 8 The mummified bodies of two babie.s were found m a Folkestone hotel cupboard one night m a .suitca.se m which they are believed to have been for at lenst two years ago.
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    JOAN PLAYS IN TRUE TO LIFE FILM
    112 8 JOAN PLAYS IN TRUE TO LIFE FILM 1 JOAN VV IN Ml LI,, 24 Etl London-born actress =j and true-life convert of 2 American evangelist Billy jj Graham (left) with Ame- rican actress, Colleen j= Townsend Evans, m the E Billy Graham crusade film, 'Souls m Conflict," which had its
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    'Love drugs' tale told at murder trial
    216 8 'Love drugs tale told at murder trial 4 MURDER jury heard recently an <.■!« Jugoslav table that told of a young man who was losing the love ol h. beautiful wife. The young man went into the forest Whi n lived a tnagicffen who wu so sorry for him that
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    WELFARE MAN TRICKED PENSIONER OF SAVINGS
    217 8 'Mean, despicable conduct' MR. ASHMEAD was the welfare officer. He had been sent by the county council. Naturally the old-age pensioner trusted him. He trusted Mr. Ashmead with his life savings— and lost the lot. Mr. Ashmead even pocketed the old man's pension of
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    10,000 to work till 70 plan
    72 8 ABOUT 10.000 employees of Hull Corporation are to be told that they can work on to 70 instead of retiring at 65 subject to union consent. There will also be a new superannuation scheme which will include men and women uv to 55 instead
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    Car-repair plan to fix prices
    38 8 The International TO Alliance is trying to in( a CtiM repair charts fOJ tour motorists. Continental d< ie trs at a Umdon me< undertook to upproftcn rnai faeturer.s to help 18 liXli rates.
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    SIR LOUIS THE CASANOVA DUPED FOUR WIDOWS
    242 9 lie wrote hook on titled swindler i., -»s HERBERT YINCENT HODGETTS, Sir Louis dv Barry, i wrote 8 book about a titled man who cessfully duped was sent to jail ur years at Swansea :sizes-- i" or duping widows. pleaded guilty to procur
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    WHY LITTLE GIRL WAS FRIGHTENED
    71 9 WHY LITTLE GIRL WAS FRIGHTENED UfHEN a former ward porter Mi a Wfmblcy Hospital. ex wa s fined £10 at 1 he asked for time to "I did not bring ■"ney because I expected prison." nan. Vincent Lea. aged westbpurne Park, PadL'mdon, pleaded guilty oan offence concerning a [ggjold girl
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    Unlucky £60,000
    37 9 Jjan had thr mlsfor.^n C 60.000 m a foot- 'OUr years ago" <'> used those word! at <" when defendiM the •'h r John Pass 50. of feastPass, accused lv »ng spirits and cigaret;ls cleared and dls-
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    HEAD STOLE PRIZE HOOKS
    49 9 eadmaster was fined *:7 Word for stealing books J '-ncl-cf term prizr--IJt was Kenneth Arthur James Sheldon, aged 36 of Wheat ley. It was said Mr ShHdon had to put .£5OO into the school to get the job. Hr was no longer m money trouble.
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    NO NEED FOR VISAS
    19 9 Finland and Britain have agreed to aboliah visas for visits of up to thrcr month:;
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    FATHER SAYS YES AT LAST MINUTE
    146 9 IjMOHTEEN YEAR OLD Shirley Crowlev was told oy ncr father four day* before siie was to marry grocer Jf)>m onaw: "I7ie wedding cannot tit kr place/ Earlier he had promised I reception and a big wedding cajtt, Then Shirley and John went. to court
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    What children on her knee mean to a granny
    218 9 What children on her knee mean to a granny MAKES LIFE WORTH LIVING' A FIFTY SEVEN YEAR OLD woman was so "hideously" burned and scarred m hospital— a jury was told— that she can no longer take her grandchildren on her knee for very long. "That may not seem very
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    She saw her son on run from gaol
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    TRAIN IN CRASH
    34 9 Guard Richard Hare, aged 47. hit ihr Rln.s.s window of h».s van and w;us cut when a gOOdfl train ran through bufTer.s and crashed into a bridge at OMUeton, near Kochduie.
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    'Urchin' ballerina was a big hit
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    'UNHAPPY' PORTRAIT OF BISHOP LOCKED UP
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    Of BOOKS and AUTHORS
    222 10 Of BOOKS and AUTHORS Short reviews by George Ma Icolm Thomson AN Al'TniflO<;it<\Pl!Y, by I .In in Muir, Hogarth. IKs !HK \i 'OKI'S life story. Muir observes one world <our.s> with the gentle, surprised detachment oi one who i.s living m Another (hiij From his point Ol vision he writes
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    Wise' witty and modern
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    Scathing criticism of Roosevelt
    627 10 Scathing criticism of Roosevelt Three professors denounce treatment of U.S. Japanese after Pearl Harbour. 4 BCAI KING criti< i\m oi prr.sKi* nt Franklin i). Roosevelt the military, the us. Supreme Court and even the American people themselves for the uprooting of Japanese from the U.B. Pacific coast during World War
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    136 10 Another book on Hitler MOTHER Hitle* otofranhf hu.s been DUDliahed m with the tour yeara oi urn tortured adolescence at Unz The author Ls Au»u.st K'i bizek .later a clerk to tl local council at Eferdinij ltl Austria) who, v a ooy JoeS mostoi his spare time accompanying the gloomy,
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    FOLLOW THIS LIGHT-YOU MAY WIN A FORTUNE
    355 11  - FOLLOW THIS LIGHT- YOU MAY WIN A FORTUNE John Wren -And don't forget the hunchback for luck rpHE yellow neon sign 1 down the street flashes i-2-x...i-2-x... /Jlow it and you will conic to the Rome foothall pools office. Which, interpreted, means that aly is football pools crazy. In Italy,
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    98 11 PERSONALLY, however, I like the story of another pools winner, (he chauffeur of Italy's leading Communist, Sisnor Togliatti, The chauffeur, a Communist, won .Y154 80,000. Reporters poured into his home to interview him. What would he With his fortune? He would buy a de-luxe \)f a Romeo ear,
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    WANTED H-BOMB ISLAND
    136 11  -  Chapman Pincher By A REMOTE island site for the first British hydrogen bomb experiment is being sought by the British Government. i The Australian atom-bomb range near Woomera has been ruled out a.s a testing .site for H-bombs on safety grounds following the U.S. explosion which showered
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    They fled to freedom-with their beer steins!
    305 11  - They fled to freedom -with their beer steins! B. Tuckman reports Robert KRY day some 300 East Germans pierce r( n curtain simply übu ln^ a on *-cent <y ride hn v lded Berlin's subway <uand elevated (8- an- the easiesi ways gjwg to take their II fom Communism. Jftoi
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    Whos your man?
    525 12 THINKER OU THUG? Girls often fall for the wrong man is UK v thinkei «r a Most men are one or the other and most girls have to decide between them The thinker Ls the kind of n. an who takes a love affair to bits, analyses
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    Your hair is your guide for in-between hairstyles
    291 12 says jUDITH SifrtiVlONS •nVTITH one faction ji hairdressers stating that hair is longer, and another insisting that it stays short, women are left m confusion. Most of us, waffling between long and short, find our locks not so easy to manage as
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      272 12 CIA IS ACEOSS: 4 Company number? (3), 1 a grand place for VickJ Baun ;> BWto m Now York la the end m (6), London I (4), •1 The Mit'hl n[ January Bth? (7). fi File a current Within <G>. B Residence for itagelion? o». 7Xi Inli the oldest story
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    YOUNGEST MEMBER?
    116 13 V INK-YEAR-OLD John 4> Webber of New Cross, London, has applied for membership m the exclusive, world-wide amateur Orchid Society. If he is accepted he will be the youngest member m the world. H<» is already the roundest orchid grower m Britain. John has been cultivating orchids for
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    357 13 SCIENTISTS PROBE FOR ANSWER A MULTI-MILLION dolr lar search is getting underway to find the answer to this question: Are cigarettes guilty or innocent as a cause of cancer, heart disease or shortened life? Numerous laboratories and agencies m various parts of the world are conducting
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    51 14 I>ENANO, the holders, and! Singapore have agreed to play the challenge round of the Poong Seong Cup badminton competition on Dec. 18 and 19 at \\\r Flan Chiang Hi^h School. Penang. Four tics uill bo played on Saturday, Dec. 18 and the remaining live the following
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    SINGAPORE IS ON LONGEST EVER RELAY ROUTE
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    TOMORROW'S U.K. SOCCER FIXTURES
    257 14 TOMORROW'S U.K. SOCCER FIXTURES jj.K. league soccer HxI ture s for tomorrow are: ENGLISH Lt.\(,l X DIV I Arsenal v Wolves Burnley v Tottenham Cardiff v Blackpool Chelsea v Portsmouth Everton v Bolton Leicester v Sheffield \V Manchester C. t Chariton Newcastle v Huddersfieid Preston v Sunderland Sheffield U. v
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      115 14 Sports quiz d) Name a boxer who recently became the first m history to regain ;i world crown twice. (I) Who is captain of Australia's team for the Test beginning today? (S) Who holds the 11. \I S Malaya championship for interstate rugger? (I) In what canic is it an
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    HORSE OF THE YEAR DUEL WILL BE DECIDED
    820 15 Stiff task for both champions racing at Bukit Timah, the last day of the Singapore St. Leger meeting, will hold special interest for racegoers. Two horses, both champions m their own field, will go all out m their respective races to win
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    83 15 |>KOiv\!tlK -Vat* bin** t«- morrow, last day of th«Singapore Turf Clubs November Meeting, are: i'iiesieres, Mubarak, I orest Beau, National Trust, Tuucuii, BriKadoon, Billdaw, Ten Dollars, Sky High, I'adi Field The going is still on the heavy side. English jockey Davy Jones was back m the saddle this
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    913 15 Kingport to beat Forest Duke TRESPASSER on the St. Leger L^OREST DUKE will be fttrongly supported to win the St. Leger. He is undoubtedly the most Improved stayer In training Inside five nionth.s he has shut u u from Class 3. and m the process he has chalked up five
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    116 15 the Belangor Badminton Association has written to Abdullah Piniz asking him tn fi x a date to appear before the tournament committee to explain why he did not turn up to play his singles match against Singapore's M. Sadall In the Foong Seong Cup zone
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    BIRTHS
    94 16 I/ W./trf, $i, (minimum) 8IMON: To Oily and Eddy a daughter, Bister for Rlna on 24th November. NO: TO Sheila Wai Mont?, wife of Keng Slang, a .son, at k.k. Hospn 11, on 25.11 04. Both well. PASSELAIOUES: To Luclenne p.nrl Pierre, a son. Didier NeLson, at Youngberg Hospital,
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    HUTTON WINS THE TOSS: AUSSIES BAT
    198 16 Godfrey Evans is not playing I EN BUTTON won the toss for England today and J put Australia m to bat m the first Test match Which began this morning at Brisbane. Godfrey Evans, tin* Kent wicket-keeper, was unfit to pkty for England. Keith
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    FIGHT FOR FAMECHON
    26 16 Ray Pamechon of French, European featherweight boxing champion, will meet Manolo Qarcia Of Bpain m a non-title bout m Paris on December 9.
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    499 16  - Tired of being a badminton slave POH LIM IS FED UP NETMAN By IHAVE to suffer, but nobody cares," On^ Poh Lim told me thia morning referring to last night's exhibition match with Ferry Sonneville which was abandoned after two sets. "I am a slave to badminton, sometimes I feel
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    TEST MAN IS NOW A LAWYER
    79 16 I EARIE Constantino, former West Indies Test cricketer, has realised a life ambition by wearing the wig and gown of a Barrister. He was called to the Bar at the Middle Temple on Wednesday. He passed his finals last" momn. Twenty years ago he
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    21 16 picture. Ferry Sonneville, the Indonesian champion, who shared honours with On* Poh Lim m their singles exhibition last night. Free Press
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    'Papa' Nene is back
    58 16 'Papa' Nene is back Mr. Fiienion Salaysay, alias Little Nene, the Singapore boxing promoter and manager, arrived at Kalians airport from Australia last night after a three month tour with Filipino boxers Benny Salem and Ra> Ri, Waiting to greet him were his wife and their 14-year-old daughter lolani. who
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    64 16 AS part of the Royal Armj Ord--rv nance Corps Birthday Week celebrations, a "Singapore Malaya" soccer match is beir:, r played at friendly Hill. Alexandra, tomorrow. No. 7 F O.D the team representing R.A.O.C. Malay.i. will meet the Corps side representing S sapore. Kick-oft js
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    25 16 County championship: Dorset and Wiltshire 5 Hertfordshire <>; Nottinghamshire. Lincolnshire and D byshire Combined o Leicestershire 8; East Midland 3 Warwickshire 9 Renter.
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