The Singapore Free Press, 31 December 1954

Microfilm: NL2441
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    Masthead
    19 1 The Singapore Free Press Largest Afternoon Sale m Malaya s„ *****. Singapore, Fri.. Dec. 31, 1951. Price 15 < ts
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    Kenya police told: Follow Malaya to wipe out Mau Mau
    177 1 b KENYA'S new police chief, Mr. Richard Catling, said *> m Nairobi yesterday that Mau Mau terrorism could only be wiped out "by the complete welding together of all anti-Mau Mau forces m controlled, coordinated action" on the Malaya pattern.
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    RUBBER UP ANB BOWN
    67 1 JANUARY first grade rubber buyers f.o.b. opened m Singapore this morning at 98g cents a lb., three-quarters of a cent above last night's close. On a brisk market the price went to 99g cents but later fell bark to 983 cents. The tone was irregular, i
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    MR. DAG OFF
    41 1 Air. Dag Hammarskjoeld, the United' Nations Secretary General, left New York ■•rday for London on the first leg of his journey to Peking to seek the release of eleven American airmen and other United Nations service, men. Reuter
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    DRIVER STABBED
    28 1 A taxi-driver. Chia Han Tong, as stabbed by a Malay passenger at Pepys Street, off Alexandra Road, near midnight last night. He was not seriously hurt.
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    200 'terrorists' held in Algeria
    96 1 FOUR THOUSAND French troops and police ar- > d 200 suspected terrorduring a two-day mop- ping-up operation which ended last night m the mountains of northwest Algeria. A Government spokesman said m Algeria that the capi terrorists included 23 previously sought by the i>olice. Many
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    SIR JOHN FLIES HOME
    37 1 picture. The Prime Minister of Ceylon. Sir John Kotelawala. left m££ by air this' morning for Colombo rgrgttggg the BogOl conference. With him is the Commissioner General, Mr. Malcolm Mac Donald. Free Press
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    COLOMBO POWERS' PLAN FOR ASIAN ECONOMY
    147 1 THE Indian Prime Minister, Mr Nehru, said m Jakarta yesterday the five Colombo powers had decided to form a committee to help the economic growth of Asian countries He told a news conference that the five— lndia, Pakistan Burma, Ceylon and Indonesia -felt that
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    May visit U.S.
    18 1 premier Mario Scelba of Italy is expected to visit the United States m March A.P.
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    ENGLAND ROUT MILLER'S DAY
    237 1 ENGLAND ROUT MILLER' S DAY Bedser left out STRALIA'S are all-rounder Keith Miller produced one of the most devastating spelk of opening bowling m lir>tclass erieket at Melbourne today when the third Test began. England lost the wickets of Button. Edrlch, May. and Compton for only 41 runs and at
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    Scoreboard
    42 1 ENGLAND Ist. INNS Hutton c Hole b Miller 12 Kdrich c Lindwall b Miller 5 May c Benaud b Lindwall 0 Cowdrey not out 23 Compton c Hole b Miller 4 Bailey not out 6 Extras Lunch Total (4 wkts.) 59
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    HURT IN QUARREL
    23 1 Quay Leong Hwee was stabbed during a quarrel between two Indians m Lorong Lalat yesterday. His injuries are not serious.
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    GAOL FOR 35
    21 1 A Cairo milM of communist activil them to pri terms of from one to seven [years.— s U.P.
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    Ban on 17 men who said NO
    91 1 rpnK French Socialist Party 1 executive Last night decided to expel M Mux I chairman of th»- Natl I>i tener Omin.i ISsOn Of the Nation.il Assembly and pond sixteen Other deputies who voted again rf railflc ition of the Paris agrcemAll had been
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      38 1 (Mr. France victory— Pa(Te 2> The Free Press wishes all its readers A Happy IXew Year The Free Press will not be published tomorrow CRAVEN A' FOR SMOOTH, CI lAN, SMOKING cork-tipped cigarette ujfmW Imported from London MM
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    FRANCE AGREES TO GERMAN ARMS
    219 2 Great personal victory for the Premier 'PHE French National Assembly last night approved by 287 votes to 260 the creation of a new German army of 500,000 men with the Western European Union. The Assembly had previously approved Germany's admission to the North Atlantic Treaty
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    IT'S LEGAL NOW
    17 2 Legalised prostitution was restored throughout Argentina yesterday by the government of President Peron. U.P.
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    THEY WANT A STABLE MARKET
    143 2 THEY WANT A STABLE MARKET MR. H C. Bugbee, president of the U.S. Natural Rubber Bureau, said m Washington yesterday that the ifalaj an rubber producer does not want a 'feast or famine" type of market. "He wants a stable market built around competition with a privately owned and competitively
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    WILL BOLSTER DEFENCE OF FREE WORLD'
    133 2 WILL BOLSTER DEFENCE OF FREE WORLD' BRITAIN last night hailed the French Assembly's approval of West German rearmament and said the decision would bolster "the defence of the free world.'* In Georgia, President Eisenhower said the French approval was a matter of great gratification not only to the Fnited States
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    Airline left me stranded says singer
    83 2 NEGRESS singer Ella Fitzgerald and three of her staff yesterday sued Pan American World Airways, for $710,000 damages on charges of racial discrimination. They claimed that on a flight from San Francisco to Sydney they were stranded m Honolulu for three days because of
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    NEW ECAFE TALKS
    46 2 The sub-committee on trade of the United Nations Economic Commission for Asia and Far East (ECAFEi will hold its first meeting at Hong Kong on January 6-l<2, it was announced yesterday. Some 90 delegates representing more than 20 countries will take part. A.P.
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    Guided missile base
    27 2 The State Department yesterday announced negotiations with Britain to extend a US. Air Force guided missile range m the Bahamas into the South Atlantic.
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    Welcome for Tito
    27 2 Marshal Tito of Yugoslavia received a rousing welcome m Lucknow yesterday when he arrived by special train from Agra on his tour of India.
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    37 2 THIS IS all that remains of the prow of the Danish freighter. Lam Maersk, after five days of fire. After burning furiously since Christmas Day the blaze was extinguished yesterday b.v Singapore Harbour Board firemen. Free Press
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    CHINA REMAPS ASIAN LANDS
    183 2 A COMMUNIST Chinese map being sold m New Delhi claims bit? slices of Indian, Burmese and Pakistani territory for Red China. Tin map, distributed by a local 'ommunist bookseller extend, China's boundaries to approximately the same limits once claimed by the Chinese Nationalists. It is the
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    ROME FACES A THIRSTY NEW YEAR
    81 2 A landslide slowly towards Rome's aqueduct threatened yesfc to stop the chatter ot H Renaissance fountains and leave 1.700.000 Romans without drinking water i Year. Experts are hoping that the huge mass of earth sliding down a hill at Poggio Mirteto 30 miles to
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    $4.2 m DIAMONDS VANISH FROM CRASHED PLANE
    141 3 $4.2 m DIAMONDS VANISH FROM CRASHED PLANE DIAMONDS worth nearly $4,250,000 were lost ii. the crash of the British Overseas Airways Strutoliser at Prestwick on Christmas Day, London i rening papers said yesterday. But an official at the General Post Office said no claims had been received. The papers said
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    Margaret's viscount friend to marry
    181 3 VISCOUNT HAMHLEDEN. millionaire friend Of Princess Margaret, said m New York yesterday and Donna Maria Carmela Attolico de Adelfia are jed and probably will be married m Rome. i date for the wedding will be set, the 24-year-I ViSCOUnt said, until both families are consulted.
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    THEY GIVE OIL WELL SHARE TO WINDSORS
    150 3 r pwo Persian carpet import--1 ers m New York have offered the Duke and Duchess of Windsor an interest m one of their oil wells m Wyoming after having read that the Duke had struck only dry wells m Canada. They are Mr.
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    STOKOWSKIS SEPARATE
    111 3 A -roup picture taken after the redding at M Andrew's Cathedral m Singapore < I > r Antony Purdon Godwin to Miss <£ Idrcc Smith. 1 roui left Air. Cyfil Briote. MRS. Leopold Stokowski, the former Gloria Vanderbilt, was yesterday re- ported to have separated from her husband,
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    This drug more will be kiss of death
    380 3 This drug more will be kiss of death njMli President of tin- N 1 tional Women hristi.m E l rmperani c I oioa said E lerdaj m Brnnston, Illinois El» I the transfer «.i International narcotics toa E tr«d hemdfja irten from the l DitCd Mates to suit/er- land would
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    No Japs in New Guinea, says official
    117 3 Paul Ha luck A lian Territories Mir yesterday described as fanthat Japanese stragglers from the World War II were -still m New Guinea jungl He said the reports would have filtered out ii any Japanese had remained there as a group. He said
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    OUSTED BY REDS
    42 3 Two German and Italian priests came back from Communist China yesterday after 15 years m Shanghai Thej said the Communist authorities had suddenly decided not to renew their residence permits though they had no trouble with them A. P.
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    Volkswagen No. 2
    30 3 Volkswagen, Germany's t< C ar producer, announced erday that its output ha 1,000 daily and that i 1 plans construction ol a second i ictory. A. P.
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      73 3 Y\ (|j| I^SSS^^^BW *^*Sj* fm^* FRUIT >AYS SAIAJD£^ BSST f^^ 1 /X VS^U^ What could be better for a Jfy-'' perfect finish to a mcil than TODAY'S fruits, served chilled with American whipping Cream. iSJSJSSBSSSSWSBBSSJ SJSSSI f I TV II I 15 Donur Nylon $2.90 30 Ocnic-r Nylon M.vh $3.50
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    THE VANISHING PICTURES
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    CO-OPs IN ALL COLONIES ON INCREASE
    55 5 CO-OPs IN ALL COLONIES ON INCREASE IMIERE mi itivc n y He was ipeaklng on thf growth of the movement m the colon Re laid thil irai an lncn-aae of 10 sine.' Malaya had 1.094 I In U>so. Increasing to m 19f).i There vei t IUCII I ci In 1953
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    One by one set of 21 was stolen
    191 5 One by one set of 21 was stolen 4 SET of 21 pictures of all the British sovereign* from Elizabeth I to the present Queen have dl peared from the Pavilion Restaurant. .Singapore, during the year. Some of them are seen m the picture above. The pictures are printed i
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    Rotarians' gift
    16 5 Singapore Rotarian I .ft sent of $2fSO to the St. Andre* Ml Uon Hospital.
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    British gift to colonial study centre
    82 5 THE British Government will give £50,000 for the development of colonial and allied studies at Oxford This will come from the Colonial Development and Welfare Fund and will be added to Sir Ernest Oppenheimer's gift of £100,000 for the same purpose. A committee has
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    He had rice for Reds
    65 5 Cheng Chu Choy. a labo' who on Nov. 2 was found m possession of two katis of cooked rice "presumed to be for the use of' terrorists." was gaoled by the Sessions Court, m Johore Bahru yeterday for five years Cheng was carrying a tin
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    Tiong Bahru gets new kindergarden
    85 5 community centre history In Singapore that a kindergarten has been organised." Tw Bent Bee, the Centre Many parent living m already retheir children s nam The school opens on Jan. 17. 4 kindergarten for children A between four and seven yours old will be openednext
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      128 5 The OPTICAL [AID rA I X An Interesting show of America's Top Fashion Eyewear together with the icreening <>f "To Greater Vision" will now definitely b*' held from January 3rd to Bth, 5-9 p.m. at, the GIFTS FO* INDIES 1 I GOLD and SILVER GIG ARETTE CASES, < SOLD I
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      604 5 iiiiilHlllll lIIIIHIHMIIIMMIHMI Himiiiiii.imu, Minimi 3-DAY CHURCH! I ANNOUNCEMENTS I (HIRCH OF ENGLAND *t Andrew's Cathedral: Today:: ,130 nm. Watch Night Service: -,iU: 7.00 a.m. Matins Holy I communion. Sunday: < a.m. I m Holy Communion; 9.30 a.m. Sunday School; 10.30 a.m. Matins;! m Mandarin Service; 11.30 1 a m. Holy
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      462 5 Worship- Rev. E. S. Lav Paya Lebar: Today: 11 pm. Watehnight Service— Rev Ches Hock Hin. Sunday: 8.45 a.m Sunday School; 9 a.m. Service In Malay— Mr. Wee Chin Kum; 10 a.m. Holy Communion R< v chew Hock Hrn Geylatig Straits Chinese: Today: 11 pm my P. Watchnighl St at
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      131 6 MANDRAKE by Lee Falk and Phil Davis TARZAN by Edgar Rice Burroughs p^K NOW SO.'£ O(= THG '^CEs' 'POR&vE US' SA7 A S-^'Ia7 'BUT */E WAVE n=^ t^ SEESJ j SK.EPTCiSN\ TmE 'ef^EA^ ONE -'>Ou PEAL Z£,"mEN» THAT YOJ .^VST P^»,'E VO» r _j N^| I INSTEAD OP AWE-- I
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      819 6 ■IttttllMMMMMMllu YOUR LUCKY j STAR I 4 DOBM t«>day. you li.iv r e\- X 4 ceptional t.ih nts m musi, literature and the aits, ii s J up to you to develop them to X 4 their utmost, however. Jahnt. 4 Mgteetai, is of little aval and lost opportunities <an
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    Round the World Market Prices
    214 7 U. K. closing prices LONDON. Drc. 30. Previous r.Mi.i^ [fg 1 RSS c.i.f. European 28 5 16 buyers 28 7 16 bu v Mn 28', mamt 28 .IK No. IMI c.i.f. European 28' t buyers 2 8 28', sellers 28 BCB No- IMI *pot 29
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    U.S. PEPPER
    42 7 Spo< Malabar was quoted at 43. ting release at 43. Afloats at, 12 January shipment 42. February im, March 41. Sarawak .-pot 42. Lampong spot at 43 cents per pound sellers ex-dock Above prices quoted m U.S. cents per lb.
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    New York prices
    105 7 Above prices quoted m U.S. cents per lb. NEW YORK. Dec. 30. Previous Today TIN straits spot and nearby 87.37 nom. 87.75 nom. I is futures Jan. 87.00 traded 87.25, traded Feb. 87.00 bid 87.10 a.>ked March: 87.00 bid 87.25 bid 87.15 ;<sked 87.35 asked rONE: Steady.
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    DOW JONES AVERAGES
    32 7 NEW YORK. Der. 30. Previous Today 0 Industrials 401.97 401.97 Railroads 146.23 145.73 II Domestic Bonds 100.99 101.04 15 Itilities 61.78 61. 80 S4 Stocks Composite Averages 149.57 149.43
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    Copra, coconut oil prices
    67 7 Dec. 30. Previous Today OPRA Philippines cJi. UK North I'tiropean delivered weight per M- long tin Dec. Jan $205 sellers $207 a sellers COPRA Philippines f.».b. Manila. ..nmmteri delivered weight, per long ton unquoted unquoted COPRA Strait* cj.f. UK/North Kurupean delivered weight per h ""■>-'" gJ*SE
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    Boy finds his mother killed
    44 7 Yong Soo Kooi, 14, found his mother, Khoo Guat Kirn. 33, a mother of three, dead m her r torn m Lim Lean Teng Road. P'nang, with her throat cut on Wednesday A razor was lying near the body.
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    Welfare meeting
    33 7 The Settlement Welfare Committee will meet next Thursday m Penang to consider the constitution of the new Central Welfare Council. Federation of Malaya, and decide whether it should become a branch.
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    MORE STUDY FACILITIES FOR PHARMACY URGED
    343 7 the Importance of providing greater facilities for the practical training ol pharmacy students la stressed In tie latest issue of the ifal tyan Pharmaceu-I tical Journal. In an editorial, the journal states there are now only two businesses In Singapore and one m the
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    They married in Singapore
    27 7 Mr and Mrs. X I Ko/ario leavmi; the Church <»f 8t Joseph. Singapore after tneii wrddiiiK. Tin- »»rid» w.ts formerly Mi-s r.dna Betas.
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    AUSTRALIAN TRIP FOR FIVE
    65 7 i^ive Asian officers thret from the Singapore Government and two from the City Council will attend a six-month administrative seminar starting m Australia on January 17. Mr P H O'Connor, seen tary to the Australian Commissioner it» Singapore said yesterday that the names ol these Sneers
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    FAREWELL DINNER
    46 7 FAREWELL DINNER Partners of Evatt and 1 Company gave a farewell dinner to their senior partner, Mr. Thomas Aiken at Raffles Hotel. Mr. Aiken is leaving for England on retirement after 29 years with the I firm. With him (alxrve) is Mr. E. L. Peake- picture.
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    Reprieved killer in gaol again
    56 8 Arthur George Davis of Tyseley, Birmingham, was sentenced to six months' imprisonment at Birmingham for indecently assaulting an 11-year-old ni. He wa Baid to have been relei id from prison m 1949 after a death si ntence for the murder of a 10-year-old Italian girl
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    ARMY POLICE FRIGHTENED TO IDENTIFY GANG
    212 8 Tight one, Jighl Ui<>"* air HMO regimental policemen were ton frightened to identify three soldiers who beat them up. it \n M said at a Farnborough (Hants) court martial. Policeman No. 1 -Corporal Peter Cole --told tn< court -There is a gang m camp.
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    Five girl friends talk about missing man
    320 8 Five girl friends talk about missing man rfMIE five loves of Derek 1 Savilk have been tracked down by detectives investigating the mystery or his dlsappea ranee. And the inquiry which IS now beintr treated as a murder case— has revealed that he asked two of the girls to marry
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    STRICTLY NO COMMENT
    40 8 IF a taxi-driver docs not get B tip he should drive away without a word, said Mr. Harold Sturge, the Old-street magistrate William Stroman. a taxi-driver, of Islington, N., was fined £1 (M$8.70; lor using insulting language.
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    LOOK RIGHT. LOOK HAT
    91 8 A I the age of 10, Miss Gloria Pearson of A Glenhouse Road. Elthani. is the youimest and one of the most successful members of the training group of the Rent Alsatian Training Society. Not only does she train the doys themselves to observe kerb drill,
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    'Babies for sale' plot found in kidnap hunt
    211 8 'Babies for sale' plot found in kidnap hunt HAZEL Harris. 19. of Tottenham, London, has been nominated by the Visual Arts Club as "Mode: of the Month." Hazel, who works as a stenographer with a Services film unit m London, was first noticed by the Comte de la Vatine. 1
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    A WIFE'S LOYALTY
    130 8 A WIFE'S LOYALTY 4 NUDE of three A months and woman of three loyalties. That was Margaret Barbara Juneker. The first loyalty VfSS given to her husband, the second to her mother, and the third was to her car. Her husband, Robert Clifford Juneker. of Gayton, Wirral, saM that his
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    Praises for brave wife
    84 8 MRS. Amy Child, aged j 53, dragged an invalid woman from a burn- ing room and at a 81 Pancras inquest w ;ls I praised by the coroner. E the police, and the nre E brigade. Mrs. Child. said tbi police, acted with M greal I
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    ACTOR CLAIMS £25,000 IN SUIT
    232 8 JOHN LODER, 56-year-old British actor whose second wife was film star Hedy Lamarr. is suing his third wife for divorce— and claiming £25.000 damages from an alleged co-respon-dont. Mr Loder real name Lowe— 6ft 3ln. Old Etonian and son of a general, was one of
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    Phone wires cut
    18 8 A telephone "saboteur" has been cutting overhead wires m country areas near Bury St. Edmunds.
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    HUSBAND IS SUING 14 JPs
    213 9 HUSBAND IS SUING 14 JPs Claims he was falsely gaoled A MAN claiming he was falsely imprisoned under a wife maintenance order is suing: 14 j magistrates for damages. He is Mr. John O'Connor, of Croyland-road, Edmonton, N. All maintenance orders made against him m the past 13 vt ars
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    Man in guardroom fought off raiders
    64 9 A prisoner m the guardroom for a minor offence helped to beat off an I.R.A. armed raid on the Royal Inniskilling Fusiliers depot at Omagh. Co. Tyrone. Northern Ireland, on October 17. The regimental magazine says that "Fusilier J. O'Sullivan. forgetting his woes, seized
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    EX-GARAGE OWNER GETS £1.675 FOR GRAB
    250 9 MR. John Barlow, 67-year- j old former Clapton garage owner who fought Hackney Borough Council over the compulsory purchase of his business, was awarded £I,o<d by the Lands Tribunal m London as compensation for disturbance. Mr. Barlow said afterwards- "This i s more than
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    Got sick while on job, gets £401
    66 9 A N award of £401 damages A to a man who contracted pneumonia and pleurisy while working m a cold. draughty room was upheld by the Court of Appeal. The court dismissed the appeal of Walnut Cabinet Work.Ltd.. of Bak'T-street. London, against the
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    Wife gets back her children then goes into hiding
    426 9 MRS Bl vTRICE KU been reunited with two her children who (1 might be flying out of the country They met on the pavement outside a Mayfair hotel, immediately a car took them to a secret address In London. where they
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    BUTTER CUT FROM HOSPITALS' MENU
    241 9 Ws mean. say* Councillor r ro save money, butter has been cut from meals it three London hospitals. All told, about KOO patients and 500 doctors and nurses are affected. At meals now tiny are served with a blend ol butter and margarine devised by
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    Malaya war hero it so natural
    121 9 Malaya war hero it so natural I HI I DAVID MelH a TRIE. S o me rsti: Light Infantrj sob tltera. took s patrol lataj the Malayan Jungle m j search »»f bandits He was I just doing his dut> l*»«t tile patrol wis filmed And now the film has
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    SCOUT TO APPEAL
    41 9 Barry Mir son. Ny« ar old Bournemouth scout found guilty ol murdering a woman Ol 74. has lodg« d an appeal Musson. too young to be sentenced to death was ordered to b detained during Her Majesty's pleasure.
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    Millions of eggs
    21 9 Holland i Knotted 2 000 million egg last year w- I many took m< Britain bought U. 000.000.
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    He didn't know this film star
    127 9 _nxAMiNr:u Jark Sun Vj gave a half-hour dn to Mrs. D' Hamilton at slough recently Then he stepped out ol the ear B l"ng grey and black Cadillac and handed Its owner a y« How slip ol pap< r how Diana Dor blonde lell'
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    Pedestrian pays damages
    137 9 rvei.!. A trian receni I go damai i Fl fty six year- old Mr Gwendoline I I Maggs claimed that 83 year old Mr* Bdith batman ped from behind a tionary van, cawingher to swerve on her motor Th< i' ahe flun In t a fenci arid
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    Artie's headline
    8 10 Reuter t'j» all Greek to me.
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    The bosses want to run your love life too
    211 10 The bosses want to run your love life too THE LOW-DOWN ON HOLLYWOOD picture. HOLLYWOOD is a wonderful place, but I couldn't live there," say all the British .-tars who return. Those who don't say it don't return. Joan Greenwood said it to me thus week. She was preparing to
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    says a British star to THOMAS WISEMAN
    162 10 O— Miss Greenwood spent about four months m Hollywood. She was actually filming for seven days. But I was working all the time," she says. "They tried dyeing my hair six different colours from marmalade to rhubarb." Mi.ssod the* ruin i 9- She
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    She ate her husband to become a witch
    693 10  - She ate her husband to become a witch Dudley Hawkins AFRICA is still dark m the great Rufiji delta of Tanganyika where primitive witchcraft has thrown a mantle over the searchlight of civilisation. In the vast swamp Jungles of the Rufiji a grim "chama" society of witches holds greater sway
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      200 10 iill!llllil!llllllllllllllllllllllllil»iiHii!liilil«lllllllllillillllllllllllllllllW THE STRAITS TIMES, which has pioneered the use of colour photography for magazine journalism m South East Asia, Announces a New SERVICE... Sales of a selection of the superb full-colour illustrations from The Straits Times Annuals m the form of ll"xl4" dye-transfer photographic prints. I LI These prints, suitably
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    RUPERT'S RIVER RESCUE-4
    311 11 I AUNTY WENDY withes all her young friends a r**y happy Haw Year Rupert reaches the tree well ahead of the drifting kitten and. flinging off h:s oilskins and sou'wester, he v irts ro put his plan HMO action. Tugging feverishly at i he knot he had
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    LAST WEEK'S WINNERS
    131 11 I AST week's Christmas Pit J lore Puzzle proved to b< Quite an easy one, judging by the number of entries received by Aunty Wend v. The lucky winners, whe •.»<h gel a prize nf $5 are: (1) Master Koheri Ng (12), :i!>. Chow Kit Rd., Kuala
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    Willie's New Year wish
    498 11  - Willie's New Year wish Kathleen HICKLEY A seasonal story by U'ILLIE OTOPUS hit lair on day blowing mk bubbles and feeling for himsell no 01 ould r it ii him. 1 would folk with and his fearsomt I know what Ml do he ight. "11l make New solution to i.
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    Horses to colour!
    76 11 IwKRC is pocket money to be won, boys and gilia for colouring this picture with paints, crayons or chalks. There are lour prizes of $5 eack (two boys and two uirls). Fill m your name, address and age, and post to \uii 1 v Wendy. The Singapore
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      129 11 Crossword Corner for the Juniors cm'ks across.- 5 The part b spun n a p 12 f MtTMKHM^TB «i the plant in the earth. 7, Bom-.' r:.. LJI_JilHlL_l| vvh«h finu'!. M»- chest. 8 Wiiwl 14 The Taj M. -t., ]k ~v iu the Willows character, 9 Th* thii Indian i
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    S-W-I-N-G to be FIT
    252 12 S-W-I-N-G to be FIT For this final Zipp session Health Club adviser JOSEPH SEDMUNDSON tells you toM<" i II f ANT to .stay fit. young and ff healthy^ Want to be as zippy a s Miss Zlpp? Then try ••swing boats." Thi.s is good for arms and tummy and for
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    Clothes DO make the customer
    522 12 Clothes DO make the customer i MAY not belong to I Michigan, but the women of Michigan can count me m. In a recent two out, of three Ol them said that being well-dressed helps them get better service m the Michigan stores. "Shop assistants don't care much for poorly
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      280 12 CLUES ACROSS: 5 He keeps the books <9>. u a 6 A disc adapted for under 1 A runner for O Hara, we here? Wftter use (5) (V. s 7 Making a rescendlng noise? (6). 5 Straw loaders use this net (5). n A cleaner of faucets? (2, 6). 8
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    A TASTY DISH is this pest of a SQUIRREL
    566 13  -  CHAPMAN PINCHER by i tasted squirrel pic for the first time rcitly. It was excellent ■lik the tenderest chicken baked with mushrooms, bacon, hard-boiled egg, and parsley. My reason for trying squir- which is a national dish m America was a
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    Bridge Hand
    344 13 VOTE North's raise to two no--11 trump— better than a two<lub weakness takeout. ir South has a maximum noHump, North ha.s seven points, one for his five-card length ;nid there will be a good chance to make same. There was, but We •'i declarer. West opened the ten
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    TALES OF EARLY SINGAPORE
    235 13 rrHE early days of Singapore otter a wealth of fascinating stories, of events and personalities, that have remained untapped too long. Donald Davies has now put together seventeen entertaining and colourful sketches m a 52-page book which no one interested m the history ol this Colony
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    Prize jury faced a political task
    328 13  - Prize jury faced a political task SAM WHITE bj DEFORE their tn tionalty rellent lunch m I Ol I best restaurants, the lonian jury which each ir award France's top literary prize, the Ooncourt, had to tackle g delicate political task. They had ne.t elected M one oi then members
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    SPORTS NEWS AM, VIEWS FROM OVERSEAS
    624 14 WHY GRAVER, l.inroln I 'ilj ri'iilre forward. JIS jjiisi been iraiiOVrr«'il la Leicester i ii> at a lee allege Urn be i;:HMMMI pi"* -ciceMVr forward Erie Liitl*, -a llrilisli iTionl. \ow I his lee iff tlriiictl. anil l,^. GRAVER TELLS HIS 0«\ EXCLUSIVE STORY.
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    JOHORE RUGBY
    70 14 The follow lnc: tP: m has been selected to play for South Johore against R.A.P. Beletar at Johore Bahru. ,knk Of. 5 p.m. on Saturday: E L. Lawley. P. Spark. W.J. P. RoberUson John Edinuton, B. Enierv. Dr. J.G. Phillips. Pat Edington W. Fox, CpJ Marshall, J. Wilder,
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    £5,000 PURSE FOR MARSDEN DOWER BOUT
    231 14 Jack SOLOMONS, who has just reached South Africa leaving behind a stunned boxing world pondering his resignation from the Southern Area Council, has captured the dual-title flyweight battle between Dai Dower and Erie Marsden for his February 8 Harrnmay show. To do it, he
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    Bid to get Cohen for S Africa
    104 14 JACK Solomons, the British boxine promoter, is still hopeful of persuading Robert Cohen of France to defend his wo: Ld bantamweight chamuionship In Johannesburg under the promotion of the Transvaal National Sporting Club. Solomons arrived m Capetown yesterday m the Capetown Castle. He
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    Ankarah ordered to rest
    139 14 rPHK Scottish area coune cil will Inform the 1 British Boxing Board of Control that Roy Anka- I rah's retirement at the end of three rounds against Robert Cohen m Paris was due to a seri- ous nose injury which made it difficult for him to
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    BASKETBALL
    28 14 The 'New Year's tournament. an international basketball meeting, opens at San Remo, Italy today with teams from Finland. Belgium 1 Greece Yugoslavia and nai> I competing. A.P.
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    TED DITCHBURN ASKS FOR MOVE
    190 14 TED DITCHBURN ASKS FOR MOVE TED DITCHBURN. Tottenham Hotspur- international goalkeeper, has asked to be placed on the transfer list, and his request will be considered. Six weeks ago Ditchburn, feeling that he was below form, told his manager, Mr. Arthur Rowe, he thought a t would help him. Reynolds
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    JIM PETERS' XMAS CHORE
    143 14 JIM PETERS did NOT take it easy over the holiday. Britain's great marathon champion, who announced his retirement m the autumn, had a Christmas morning run of six miles m the Hainault Forest near his Chadwell Heath home m Essex. 11 Jim is worried about his
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    DIRECTOR RESIGNS
    78 14 \NOTHER Plymouth director has resigned. He is Mr. Edgar Dobell. vice-chair-man for five yeara He is the third to leave the board of the Second Division club recently. Mr Dobell. 6 ft. 4ln said his letter of resignation: i no longer appear to commana the confidence of the
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    BOXER HURT IN RUNAWAY CAR
    69 14 ENRIQUE BolanoOp who *d m thr ee ittempts to wrest lightweight boxing crown j Williams, was injured m a accident vesterdnv. Bolanosa, OS breben man. suffered a fin thigh boiie when his car went control and smashed law •> house. »»„vi( hi and Bolanos held
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    At last-boots satisfy star
    284 14 At last- boots satisfy star MX Bill Murray, the Sunderland manager, has been feeling lately like the assistant In the lady s shoeshop, who every night has to put away the pan* ot shoes rejected by customers during the day. At last he has found a pair i of football
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    TURNS PRO
    18 14 -old winamateur cycling (if Ireland, and tl 50---mile Hack champion, returned from ,;n ao a professional,
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    TOMORROW'S U.K. SOCCER FIXTURES
    246 15 TOMORROW'S U.K. SOCCER FIXTURES Following are football fixtures for tomorrow: ENGLISH LEAGCE DIV. I Arsenal v W.Bromwich Aston Villa v Sheffield W. Bolton y Chelsea Burnley T Manchester C. Huddersfield t Charlton Leicester v Cardiff Manchester I v Blackpool Preston v Everton Sheffield U. v Newcastle Sunderland v Tottenham Wolves
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    Airmark's bid for last classic of the season
    1398 15 Airmark's bid for last classic of the season 11/ITH a handy weight mark of 7.10, the Newlands Stable's Airmark, a four-year-old grey English fceldine by Derby v inner Airborne, has a bright chance of taking the season's last classic, the CommissionerGeneral*! Cup, at Penang tomorrow, last day of the Christmas-New
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    HORSE RACING 'STRIKE' BEGINS
    137 15 HORSE RACING 'STRIKE' BEGINS THE directors of Milan's San Siro rare track decided last night to suspend their horse racing activities as from Jan. 1, In protest against a recently imposed ten per cent surtax on betting Other Italij ported to follow the San Sim's example. Track directors, raceh owners,
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    BANNISTER VOTED No. 1
    70 15 noOER Banniater, the Bi t man to run a mile iindt r four minutei wi last night named Brital man oi The tit!.- '»f t t< Smyth lnt< rnstkmaJ- horse lumping Both by the nev 8 R P frorj London iniitei hAe retired from the track
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    Hutton and Compton caught by Hole
    378 16 Tin- Test the "uiiy. it wa.s snsngh t,, mak< ii Is creep it the w the hope of repeat shot. England captain looked much l Alien iie .•.bowed dehghtliil timing by playing a ball right off hii iocs past square leg for two. Miller,
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    Mal Whitfield gets award
    163 16 AIAL WHITFIELD, who has been the WOrld*a best half miler for six years, yesterday won the James E. Sullivan memorial trophy tor 1954. top honour for American amateur athletes. The two-time Olympic 800-metre champion, now m the Middle East on a goodwill tour sponsored by the
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    FOOT RUSH
    27 16 A Ceylon University forward attempts to break through from a quicx breaking scrum. Singapore Cricket Club beat the visiting students on the padang yesterday 20—6.
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    WORLD RATER FIGHTS HERE JANUARY 16
    103 16 WORLD bantamweight contender Pierre Cossemyns of Belgium, arrived from Sydney yesterday accompanied by his manager and Jo Janssens, the lightweight champion of Belgium. Both boxers agreed to fight m Singapore on January 16. and were signed up by Promoter Abdul Razak. On the card
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    AUSSIE TOUR CHIEF NAMED
    42 16 TJ. BUPGE. a leading Queensland cricket administrator, will manage the Australian team which is to tour m the West Indies during 1955. The Australian Board of Control yesterday made the i announcement after four candictates had been considered.
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    A Happy New Year,,,.
    619 16  -  CHARLES BRYCE By ROLL on (he New Year, anil here's a health unto the sportsmen of Mala. .1 I drink a New iTeai tSt tO iua Boon Leong and E Dutton, Malaya's most oopular footballers, who earned Ives a trip to LonRahim Omar, my Footballer of
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