The Singapore Free Press, 12 January 1955

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  • 19 1 The Singapore Free Press Largest Afternoon Sale m Malaya v *****. Singapore. Wrd.. Jan. 12. 1955. Price 15 Cts.
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  • 270 1 RUSSIANS READY TO REVOLT 'Only a spark is needed 9 JNMATES OF THE SLAVE LABOUR camps throughout Russia are so badly treated that they are ready to revolt. "Only a spark is needed to set them off." This was stated m Berlin yesterday by Mr. John Noble, an American freed
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  • 28 1 Freak floods struck m Singapore yesterday. This picture shows the impact of the sursins waters against the side of a small bridge at Trafalgar Street.
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  • 74 1 The Hongkong and ShanCorporation ;n '< a profit for the >'• of HK519.290.451 after providing for taxation. dividend of £3 per ware ree of Hongkong corpi T l tax, is maintained. > company is to make a v in r °i one share for every four now
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  • 5 1 has sold radio-active
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  • 82 1 Betty to Dior: What's wrong with my knees? Ow,rhi f IJABLE owner or a l pair or knees, hi,; 1 back at ki, ep JJ" Dlors knocking of <A 'v knees h UrewiUl 33? I Uad l «'a lUe Americau Women's Club of Paris: "The knee is the ugliest spot
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  • 214 1 DUE IN S'PORE AFTER BANGKOK TALKS DETAILS OF EDEN'S EASTERN TOUR THE British Foreign Office last night announced the details of Sir Anthony Eden's tour of the East m connection with the SEATO conference which starts m Bangkok on Feb. 23. The Foreign Secretary will leave London by air on
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  • 34 1 ONE of the three cars used by secret society men who threw bottles at hawkers near Boon Tat and Cecil streets, Singapore, last night has been traced by the police.
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  • 44 1 With better overnight London and New York prices and acceptances oi rubber the price m Singapore this morning was up by over 1 3 8 cents. January first grade buyers fo.b. opened steadier at between 97 and 97 2 cents a lb.
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  • 204 1 Floods in city again today SEVERAL areas m Singapore will be flooded again today during the high tide, between 12 noon and 2 p.m. The danger period is around one o'clock with a tide of 10ft. 1 inch. Weathei experts say there may be moderate showers m the middle of
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  • 130 2 'BLOCKADE IS THE BEST WAY' ADMIRAL Arthur Radford, chairman of the United States Joint Chiefs of Staff, said m Washington yesterday that the United states .should .support an Allied blockade of chma ii other measures failed to bring About the release of 11 American airmen imprisoned on ipylng charges, Admiral
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  • 28 2 M. Vincent Aurlol has rejoinI d the French Socialist Party which hC left In 1947 when he was elected PretkLent of Prance foi a ■eren-jemr-term.
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  • 238 2 Mr. Dag 'made progress' in bid to free fliers SECRETARY GENERAL HAS NOT FAILED' 4 UNITED NATIONS spokesman said yesterday that A the Secretory-Genera* Mr. Das Hammarskjold, had made progress m his Peking talks toward the release of 11 imprisoned American fliers. He declared "the Secretary-General has not f-iiled However,
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  • 117 2 mm I ruled States \esler- d.iv annoiinred termination ii its air transport a^nement with India hut s;tid that Ameriran airlines will (ontinue Ml fiif U tml through India M a curt;«i!««l ha^is I urthcr dis< ussions will \h> h«-id at an appropriate
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  • 222 2 NEW 'HAMMERING' FOR MAU MAU Big action m mountains COUR thousand British and African infantrymen trained for mountain warfare were last night dfcp m the- heart of the Aberdaiv mountain Jungles of Kenya, hot on the heels of hard core Mail Mail I terrorist gangs. Tin v are sweeping 1.200
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  • 44 2 Lord Biookcborough, Prime Minister of Northern Ireland and his wife Viscountess Hi (okcbo rough who are on a two-month visit to Australia and New Zealand, arrived m Canberra yesterday and were received by the GovernorGeneral. Sir William and Lady Slim.- Reuter
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  • 83 2 Commissioner W. WyclifTe Booth, new head of the Salvation Army m Canada and Bermuda, says he is reluctantly convinced that people love to sin. "They drink, gamble and sin even if they know it isn't good for them," said Commissioner Booth, grandson of General
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  • 43 2 President Eisenhower urged Congress yesterday to increase the pay of Government civil service and postal workers by about five per cent, and at the same time raise postal rates. He also proposed a health insurance programme for Government workers.-- Reuter
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  • 31 2 Former Kint; Umberto of Italy .say:. Jiis eldest daughter, Princess Maria Ma, 20, will br married to 30-year-old Prince Alexander of Yugoslavia m Portugal on Feb. 12 A. P.
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  • 468 2 fHE following passengers from Britain are expected to disembark from the P. and <> liner ChiLsan, when she calls m Singapore tomorrow: Mr. and Mr.s F. D. Aseoli. Mr. P J Au-stin, Mr. and Mr., G Akhurst Miss S M. Akhurst, Mr. and Mr.s. C. G.
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  • 121 2 COSTA RICAN troops commanded by the Public Works Minister. Francisco Orlieh, are trying to surround about 50 airborne rebels who seized the little town of Quesada m a dawn Attack terday, Government repo; San Jose said. The Costa Rican Government is also using local DC-3
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  • Page 2 Advertisements
    • 27 2 l^^^i^- Mm b^2m Necklaces, Chokers, Ear-rings, etc., etc. Jewellers *<>. 3 Raffles Place Spore- 1 Tel. 8311 ATTRACTIVE js ifllV > lls 1, MEYER CHAMBER, RAFFLES PLACE TEL. *****
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  • 162 3 They can sue for rent arrears INDIAN iudge has ruled that the country's N iiiiv Hindu temple idols have property rights ;,/::m mo suits to protect them.' ami He was giving judgment yesterday m a case brought by the temple idol of the Hindu God
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  • 205 3 Baronet alleges attack by police T\<o Kenya police officers N „:-i Kenya yesommitted to the reme Court for trial on a assaulting Sir rymple White. oodily harm. officers, who have I guilty, are Chief Richard Crosby X 36, from Southport. [re, and Inspector Harvey Lewis from Oldham, L Thev e
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  • 28 3 *ne U.S. Air Force announcthJ" W;l>hin to n yesterday rdered develop- "fa jet plane which can :r 1 land vertically withuul a run-.'. U.P.
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  • 19 3 House spokesman fttt&ft: lfflnJS?. f r T N^m, the Prime r of India, m London. U.P.
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  • 34 3 About 5.000 Vietminh soldiers and 10.000 Catholic refugees clashed near Thanh Hoa. North Vietnam, yesterday. There were casualties on both sides. The soldiers lost six dead and about 40 wound- Reuter
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  • 16 3 Mr. W. R. Crocker has been appointed as new Australian Ambassador to Indonesia. U.P.
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  • 165 3 Mustard gas dump catches fire —explodes Ij^NOUGH poison gas to wipe 4 out a division of troops went up m smoke over the English countryside yesterday. Royal Air Force and police couriers spread the word through the flat Cambridgeshire country 10 miles south of Cambridge when 125 tons of World
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  • 47 3 Ceylon's diplomatic representation abroad is inadequate and must be improved, the Prime Minister. Sir John Kotelawala. told the House of Representatives (Lower House) m Colombo yesterday. He said he reached this important conclusion during his 51-day world tour which ended last month. Reuter
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  • 127 3 It wasn't quite on the cards but.. THE odds against it happening: were a million to one but Alvin Roth, of Washington, playing m the British American world championship bridge tournament, nicked up his 65th hand on Monday night and exclaimed: "Why, I've played this hand before. I can tell
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  • 72 3 •■'•ACE WIT <?nw m England yiSzSl V wasfl ned £50 <$440) m Knutsford. c lnto the oii J next PiPing a stream of water from hi l!U n spot h SS U fK Mr a nd rs Wilfred Garner, first noticed l W who £m eilin
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  • 158 3 U.S. TO GIVE MILLIONS IN AID TO PAKISTAN THE United States announced yesterday it has signed an agreement to provide US$6O,--000,000 m defence aid to Pakistan. The allocation US$4O,--000,000 for "emergency commodities" and U5520,000,000 for economic development projects —is part of U*****,000,000 m economic aid pledged during the recent visit
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  • 185 3 PRANKS ENRAGED STUDENT I^NRAGED by pranks he said A had been played on him, a Swarthmore College student, who planned to become a minister, fired a rifle into a darkened dormitory room early yesterday, killing one of two students sleeping there. Police said
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  • 36 3 Four Japanese fishing boats were sunk and 22 crewmen were missing after a storm raced across the East China sea on Sunday and Monday, the Japanese coast guard reported yesterday. U. P.
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  • Page 3 Advertisements
    • 79 3 Appointed Official Distributors of MIKIMvJP Necklaces, Chokers, Ear-rings, etc., etc. G. C. de SILVA BROS. Jewellers Xo. 3 Raffles Place S'pore-1 Tel. ***** JACOBEAN GLASSWARE Reflects Your Own Good Taste. Cheese Dishes $6.25 ea. Salad Bowls 8" $2.25 ea. Round Dishes 9{" $2-25 ea. Jugs 1] Pt« $3.50 ea. Jugs
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  • 276 4 The Singapore Free Press WEDNESSDAY, Jan. 12, 1955. Opinion Britain And Malaya |>RITAIN has said .she will give .self-rule to the Colonies as .soon as conditions m the dependent territories permit. She has said this through the years and li.i repeated the pledge regularly and rightly, for this is one
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  • 725 4 II iSHINGTON REPORTS IKE IS PLANNING TO RUN FOR RE-ELECTION 'imps, definitely autho- that President Etoenhoi i* planning to run lor reelection have Increased i belief among political old-timers that the result m 1950 m all future presidential elections, m fact will hinge on personalities far
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  • 352 4 They want to be the Switzerland of Asia T*HE Ccylonese like to think of their island country as a sort of "Asian Switzerland"— a neutral m war, a Mecca for tourists and a nice place to live m. With some important exceptions, their concept is not far oil base. Ceylon
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    • 49 4 Finer Rings I SENA f S M Whjt< v< r the purpov .m jZ infj.iK<*n nf an jnnivcfS.iry 2 or |u\t ffti —there arc 2 nngt to convey every gesture of goodwill wiffi 5 charm and elegance. I H. SENA j LIMITED HICH CLASS lEWELLERS X Singapore, Pcnang Bangkok.
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    • 151 4 A Helena Rubinstein's NEW EXOTIC FRAGRANCE I "<; bt Han for t try fragrant) jyj {m% js^&i Here is a totally new adventure m W*BTY*k W^k r perfume. It is called NOA NOA and it *-*lmMm > is the most fervent, rapturous, sense- v »«Jr>JM W t lT m fragrance
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  • 198 5 But 10 pupils needed avyONF who has a Senior tamDridge certificate a pass m oral English can start a kindergarichool In Singapore. This is the minimum "ii«, ition if a person wants to register such an ,Vi 11 with the
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  • Article, Illustration
    17 5 MX JIMMY ON(i KENG WHAT and >!>** U*J Chua Bwc Huay of Sinuapore, who were married recently.
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  • 74 5 i film based on the life of Aw Gandhi is to be; r/.ade by Columbia Pictures. The fUm, which will be call- j eri "Ttie Wheel" will dealj largely with the efforts of his followers to win independence for India. Producer Otto Preminger, who was
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  • 331 5 'Malaya is big centre for morphine traffic' STOP NARCOTICS TRADE -SAYS U.N. \M ALAYA was cited by the United Nations Opium Board yesterday as one of the countries of the Far East where there is still evidence of an extensive illegal traffic m opium and more recently m morphine." T~
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  • 206 5 2 warned over gambling machines TWO Singapore coffee-shop proprietors have been warned for using pin-table machines on their premises. No prosecution notices have been served, according to Dr. H. R Morrison, the Deputy City Health Officer. "With few exceptions, I can say that the machines are now practically non-existent m
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  • 20 5 The next meeting of the Johoire Bahru Town Council will take place at the International Club on Sunday.
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  • Page 5 Advertisements
    • 14 5 RUBINSuNS LEMONorOß^Slffi C:inoißum||^Qto f^ M A |Jy HARPER, CILFILLAH A CO. LTD. SINGAPORE *<6>
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    • 259 5 A DECCA |H Jm S After a Beethoven <J& recital this year, Bj^^^^A granted him the M fir full ran^e of pianistic talents: DeJULIUS KATCHEH f moniac violence. technique of a vir-*-v^^ WL ipß* 1 Henri Sauguet m 16th January ttm J^^^P? <* JM I tions as one 1955 t
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  • Page 6 Miscellaneous
    • 532 6 MANDRAKE by Lee Falk and Phil Davis j STAR I I asswsssd lay (l^i^P i "SsT- If YOU THY TO ESCAPE.) A1 THe MCtJKiTOt^___ -y— g[ I tott; MdiU t. »hi.h "1 fTuM£«UB?--S!NO K«" TH« PRESSURE -"^Tl/CRUSH UsV O^C^ W *»1* S '^T J CPUSMVOI/TaS' >^4 BEING UNDER -A TON
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  • Round the World Market Prices
    • 206 7 LONDON, Jan. 11. Previous Today i k** cif European 27% buyers 28 buyers grBBEI S« I K> 274 filers 23\ sellers Mfia ."mam'mll European 27> 4 buyers 28 buyers JIBBER lmM c IT% -sellerr 28 1 sellers p#U l'' 1 kss sd»4 27- l 4 buyers 284
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    • 98 7 NEW YORK, Jan. 11. Previous Today T.N ttntt. 'Pot »ni ncrtjr MM nom. a™ 0 mw— •>« BSES* MiooSLd Feb 85.75 bid 85.75 bid 86.25 asked 86.00 asked March: 85.75 bid 85.75 bid 86.25 asked 86.00 asked TONF: Steady. SALES: One lot. RIBBFR futures, March f 55
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    • 46 7 bar was quoted at 39 ouxhL Awaiting release. January shipment 38. Febr: :y 38. March 37 Vfe. Above prices quoted m U.S. cents per Ib. Sarawak spot 38 and lampong spot 39 cents and first half January shipment 39 cents per pound sellers ex-dock.
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    • 30 7 NEW YORK, Jan. 11. Previous Today 30 Industrials 400.89 400.25 Co Railroads 146.23 144.98 I' wit Bonds 101.13 101.10 62.38 65.27 M Stocks Composite Averages 149.60 149.17
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    • 119 7 Jan. 11. Previous TodaY fOI'KV Muiippmes o.i.f. IK/North rr YlWm 1 pan delivered weight per rA'll'r l lun/Feb $205 sellers $204 sellers UMR\ l'hiiippines f.o.b. Manila, d|lu,:,d weight, per lons ton unquoted unquoted R A aiti c if. IK/North delivered weight per "■I ton .fan./Feb £74^
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    • 128 7 Hated song— but it's made a fortune I aeplow it, the 1( ih. f 11 il and the jmger thinks it awful. But UK song, O h, My otomiJ* PN Japan. tune has mads wit h h™**** connected \w?h A of Oh OtomiIt^» r r Pa h n s by
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  • 251 7 Council to get C-plan for power SINGAPORE City Council will ask electrical consultants m London to prepare plans m readiness for the day when Pasir Panjang power station might use coal instead of oil. But this does not mean the station contemplates a change, Mr. Chan Kum Chee, of the
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  • Page 7 Advertisements
    • 132 7 Try an S Old Fashioned! -I J^^L 1 lump of sugar 3 dashes Angostura. Crush sugar HIJH^^P and rotate glass to form a LORD CALVERT lining. Pour m li oz. Lord Calvert Canadian Whisky and a^^ a slice °f lemon. @i LORD CALVERT I b^u^j CANADIAN WHISKY Sole Agents: Maclaine
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  • 278 8 YOUNG PAINTS SHOW THEIR WORK TIIF Singapore Chinese V.M.C.A. Art Club held its second annual exhik-« with a display of 124 pallltlllfl at the Chinese Chamber of 0 JJJ last ireek Most of the exhibits were water colours. Mrs. Fli/aheth (hoy (left), a Legislative Councillor, opened the hibition and congratulated
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  • Article, Illustration
    101 10 U ith Mit h< Ip i-vpn from her husband, a luiewtfc can now give a new look to her old furniture by Bllni newly introduced real wood veneers which cut and stick like paper— Ihc material is here betaf applied to a cubinet. The only other material needed for the
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  • 402 10  -  JERRY KLEIN says A SILVERY WHITE metal that few had ever heard of until recently now promises either reprieve from death or mass annihila- tion. Made Into outer casings for atomic bombs, cobalt threatens to destroy mankind. Prof. Leo Bzllard ol the University
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  • 127 10 1OR1) NOEL BUXTON, J who has already ford- ed the Thames, Severn, and Humber, has been given a certificate by Tory M. P. Robert Jenkins for walking across a river m Siam. The certificate testifies that he achieved it "m the course of his global peregrinations and m pursuance
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  • 84 10 rpHK l*arly querns of 11 1 boroughs m llrilain have just been given new ostrich feather* for their hats. In recent years the feathers have been looking m bit tattered and worn owing to the diniculty of replacing them. But the Rev. Ernest Archer of
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  • 324 10 The 'Super-Giants' are brighter than the Sun SUPER-GIANT stars from 50.000 to 200.000 times brighter than the sun are landmarks m the Greater Cloud of Ma*4vllan. visible m the southern hemisphere. This has just been reported to the National Academy of Sciences by Drs. Harlow Shapley and Virginia M. Nail
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  • 34 10 THE most popular musichall performers m Pan* for 1954 were all singers. Here they are m order of popularity: Yves Montand, Maurice Chevalier, Tino Rossi, Edith Piaf and Charles Trenet.
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  • Page 10 Advertisements
    • 31 10 Yon can Phone Your SMALL ADS. U» Singapore 2800 MmL 108 ■^B .•I*,".*lj2vX*.'.'. y.'.'X'.yX'.v.v.v '■"•X'/!"''**- > ''l v oO^BBoMBKOcLf. y lO^jvl tSk j This is a STRAITS 1 IMES Classified Advertisement Service;
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  • 59 11 GETTING TO KNOW THE ROPES picture. Settling down m his new home at Bristol Zoo is Congo, two-year-old male gorilla just arrived at the Zoo from French Equatorial Africa. The Zoo authorities hope that m time Congo will become a* popular an attraction as Mas his famous predecessor Alfreif. who
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  • 134 11 Big screens demand unusual faces PERHAPS you remember a wonderfti] line m "Sunset Boulevard' 1 when the aging film star 'Gloria Swanson) saya enthusiastically of her own picture, "Now that's a fact they don't have faces like that any more, except Oarbo." Hollywood, formerly preoccupird with forms, is rediscovering faces.
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  • 516 11  - A hectic ride awaits you on the road to Damascus CHARLES ANDERSON by 4RRIVING by air m Damascus, the oldest inhabited city m the world, is an unforgettable experience. As our 'plane makes its wide, leisurely turn-in for the landing at Mezza airport, the afternoon sunlight glints on the massive
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  • 369 11  - They tell friends what to do after death Rennie Taylor THESE SUICIDES ARE SERIOUS says pEOPLE who write 1 suicide notes containing admonitions to friends or relatives and instructions about what to do afterward are likely to be really serious about taking their own lives, two U.S. War Veterans Administration
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  • 212 11 Her hubby is the BOSS! rfiHE Jean Simmons-Stewart 1 Grainger marriage has often been described as one of "domineering husband and abused wife." But it isn't costing Jean any sleep. "I'm glad my husband's the boss.- she said recently. "Actually Jimmy (Stewart was christened Jimmy) has never insisted that I
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  • Page 11 Advertisements
    • 38 11 1&3 Odor-Go REFRIGERATOR ICE BOX I^SuSSS^'l; ooours I -<*** 1 Less food spoilage jy' J Less defrosting _^sy •No tost to operate *A- Sole Agents:- l^W i^T KIAN CWAN (MALAYA) LTD. *gC Singapore II Penan* t) Kuala Lumpur. J
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  • 178 12 BRITAIN'S housewives, by their unwillingness to buy rabbits which may be Infected with myxomatosis, are causing difficulties for the dollar-earning rabbit-fur Industry. "Doctors have said that it is not dangerous to eat m rabbit Infected with the dl i». i .said the spokesman 1o r
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  • Article, Illustration
    46 12 picture. Even women who normally quail at i snail will fall for 4I m alot. 1 this side cloche m coijnac toned wool mclusine with snail-like crotrfl «'ft><t and tiny brim. Designed to lM uorii to one side, it is trimmed with matching s:rosrrain rib>>on. Reuter
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  • 114 12 A FIGHT against dull JY cooking is v Now Year resolution suggested by Rene Lebegue, London's Orosvenor House chef. n«' suggests: Stewing apples with the minimum of water piu.s a little cinnamon ;m<i a few raisins and r<*)k slowly. n U eaatafc fast, also m
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  • 339 12 I JEAN WISEMAN 1 reports from Paris 1 for the ico men WITH Paris soon to reveal next season's fashion secrets, the feeling of Spring is already m the air m the French capital. Parts wholesalers have |ust .shown their collections based largely on the
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  • Page 12 Advertisements
    • 71 12 Unsurpassed /^i /y I for I eliability |K/p;# CYMA OBTAINABLE FROM ALL LEADING WATCH DEALERS J f 1 f ®^f TRANSPORT STORAGE 3 i Ml rII Jf^ v9m if m^^ 173 CECIL STREET SINGAPORE O^9## For o// School Books, School Stationery, Office Supplies, Printing Jobs. t° 'peter chongs Carry the
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  • Page 12 Miscellaneous
    • 198 12 C'Lt'ES ACROSS: 4 This npartment number might 2 A fool becomes superior <si. reduce the bumps <7>. l) Backward part provides a mart 5 Traditional number of black (4). eyes (3). 7 Slow birds get confused <4 > 6 U P for an increased wage H Physical study with a
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  • 372 13  - He stimulates bone-growth AFTER birth Douglas Long AMAZING Cm .FOR CLEFT-PALATE AT the Glasgow Dental Hospital I met a quietly -spoken modest doctor medical etiquette forbids his name— who is devoting his life to ending cleft-palate. From all over the world -palate specialists are ig to Glasgow to see him
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  • Article, Illustration
    60 13 picture. How often, when by the sea. have you tried to get a picture of a seagull snapping up some J>read from a passer-by. Secrets behind this are the little girl who does not shy away, and the patience m waiting for the right glide-in by a gull. This picture
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  • 42 13 pHttM-lOtW GUERIN c /md French ?nv dancing. As even m k f J act h *V can't alk ln time to the poking ones are :nne to ait A akes me lne than t J J hem into
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  • 226 13 THE PERFECT HEALTH SECRET BAFFLES DOCTORS 'THE secret of perfect health still eludes a team of British doctors who started four years ago on an investigation involving 100 children specially selected for their intelligence and fitness. A report on these super children has now been completed. It is said to
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  • 446 13 North-South vulnerable North dealer NORTH ■4 X 10 3 9AQJ 0 10 6 5 4AJ 6 2 *EST EAST ♦924A Q 8 5 4 984 2 9 6 ;KJ72 0Q943 ♦1085 3 X 9 7 P SOUTH ♦J 7 6 X 10 9 7 5 3 a 8
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  • 99 13 SQUABBLING parents are mainly responsible for the rapid decay of their children's teeth, says a letter m the British Dental Journal. The writer says that where there is disharmony m the home, dental disease is rampant exactly m proportion to the degree of apprehension." He adds
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  • 65 13 Charles learns to swim on a cushion! PRINCE CHARLES is determined he will be able to swim by next summer. Although the Palace has a heated indoor pool the Queen does not like him to use it when the weather is cold outside. So the Prince is doing some "dry"
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  • Page 13 Advertisements
    • 65 13 The Drug that Allays FiAK OBLIVON (Methylpentynol) CAPS ULES* No longer any need to dread that visit to the dentist i that important interview that vital examination that speaking engagement ASK YOUR DOCTOR OR YOUR DENTIST ABOUT THE WONDERFUL NEW DRUG OBLIVON (Methylpentynal) Capsules British Schering Ltd. Available at all
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  • SPORTS NEWS AND VIEWS FROM OVERSEAS
    • 585 14  -  BRUCE HARRIS BY* MELBOURNE cricket pound, where the mini iesi rmt.h iras played, w,n i,m yeai be tho mam arena for the blffesl athletic re*tlval earth— Olympic Games. At the moment the univ evidence PJ2SSSS then- la the untidy beginnings ol a
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    • 50 14 picture. Yes it is Stirling Moss, ace British racing driver who is used to travelling at 100 m.p.h. plus. He is grinding away at Hie pedals and ftttteg »<>where. QK«g| is using the pedal-cycle machine to improve stamina during his recovery from a rccentlv damaged shoulder. Reuter
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    • 72 14 "UfAI.M.S lUthlM, who left school (inly la i fmi IOOTfd [>'i not out tor the sir m Cricket A m XI who irtrt I kltlU'd out i»i by the Indian Umrtnfl tfini on the openini day oi a The Indian were II foi ooe vtektt at
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    • 139 14 TEST BALL FLOWN TO ENGLAND Till: cricket ball with which Frank Tyson captured seven Australian second-in-nings uirkcts lo win the third Test lor Knglanri is betai Sown to England by the Daily Ixpirss. It is to hv presented to his <>~->ear old mother. The hall will be specially mounted m
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    • 169 14  - 'Stooge' managers: Boxing Board is taking action MAESTRO By IRCTI AR which dropped through the letter-boxes of boxing promoters and managers over the week-end j* the irst drmmatfc move by the Board of Control to crush the syndicates that control some of Britain's best-known fighters. Am Hoards circular says: communication
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    • 368 14 THE Board's action has almost certainly been prompted by the recent resignation from the Southern Area Council of its chairman. Jack Solomons, who spoke of "things going on of which I don't approve." This, I take it. is one of those things.' Behind-the-scenes management, often carried out
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    • 597 14  -  GEORGE WHITING By DID you ever hear of a footballer playing m both the amateur and professional Cup Finals at Wembley m one year? It could happen this season. Nobody need offer any facetious back-answera when I lay bare the fact ili.il the
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    • 70 14 The Badminton Association of Malaya suffered a loss of more than $300 on the Thomas Cup trials held m Kuala Lumpur last weekend. The gate collection was about $900 but expenses are estimated at more than $1,200, including travelling expenses and accommodation for players and officials.
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  • 490 15 McConnon hurt m drawn game rrllF End!** M.C.C. cricketers drew their threematch with the Combined Eleven at Hob,, Tasmania, yesterday. Combined Eleven r i their second innings at 181 for 6 and at MC.C. had made 99 for 2 m their second rists had been
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  • 98 15 COMBINED XI IST INNS: 221 M.C.C. IST INNS: 242 COMBINED XI 2ND INNS. Favrll b Loader 9 Srciih c KedMT b McConnon 17 Thorn.ix h Loader 6 Hanry ii Brdser 47 Btnaud not out 68 Rodwell b Bailt-y 17 Davids n c Simpson b Bailey 7 Brown low not
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  • 36 15 TV schoolboya from X Lumpur and Scntul sappointed when they special training 5 hockey coach inch was not present. tor that he had not aed of the special session for the school-
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  • 30 15 MUUU Inter-Services ''urnament will Army ann Royal match at •us: ,f Lt. Sumptcr, Pritchard. WO Capt, Nunn, rejman Thapa, K«an, cpi. Nlzar. .SA Eastwood; Ch. PO Jolmson!
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  • 10 15 L L he caching Sln eh at Kuala
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  • 85 15 Soviet woman skates to new speed record TH E women's 500 metres world speed skating record, which stood for 18 years, was bettered yesterday at Alma Atta in the Soviet Union by Tamara Rylova (U.SS.RJ, according to the Soviet news agency, Tass. Miss Rylova. who is Soviet champion, clocked 45.6
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  • 131 15 (1) Which two famous brooks cross the Grand National course? (2) Can a throw-in m soccer be taken with one hand? (3) If a cricketer hits the wicket with his foot when bowling:, is it a no-ball? (4) These are all State hockey players. Name the States (a)
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  • 87 15 SINGAPORE Civilians beat the Army 3-1 m the coneluding game of the annual Singapore hockey quadrangular competition yesterday on the padang. This left the Royal Air Force team as undisputed champions. Army could have pulled off the championship by beating Civilians by a larg? margin
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  • 37 15 SOUTH Johore's team against R.E.M.E. m their rugger match at Ayer Rajah Road on Saturday is: Tansley; Spar*, Pike, Pingree, Emery; Dr. Phillips, Batten; Giles. Earnshaw, Hutson; Brooks, Yee Beng San; Hislop, McGurk, Edwardea.
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  • 172 15 Rocky' s weight is up MONTHS of trouping around the country, making personal appearances and feasting at the banquet table have hoisted Rocky Marciano's weight up to ?001b. heaviest the champion has scaled since he began his career seven years ago. He notched only 1871 b. for his title defence
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  • 131 15 (Free Press Correspondent) YON Bin Mian of Johore Is defending his singles title at the annual All-Malayan Malay Tennis Championships to be held from January 22 to 25 at the Sultan Sulaiman Club and Selangor Chinese R.C. Courts, Kuala Lumpur. Yon is also defending the doubles
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  • 269 16 Singapore men cancel flight Free Press Boxing Reporter THE (rip to (Vylon by two Singapore amateur boxers has been cancelled. Mr B I, nimsford, secretary of the Singapore Amateur Boxing Association, this morning received a letter horn the President <>f the Amateur Boxing Association of Ceylon
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  • 83 16 Ron Barton, Britain's hope for a world boxing title, spars with coloured "Polly" Smith at Brighton where Barton is training to fight Arthur Howard m an eliminator for the British light-heavy-ireifht title. Barton, 21 -year-old meat porter from West Ham, was the 1953 amateur middleweight champion.
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  • 166 16 QUIET DAY AT IPOH COURSE Free Press Course Correspondent White Stone i late Ram.fbottom passed his barrier test at Ipoh this morning. Tom Mortimer jumped him away smartly, and he showed a nice turn to leave three unnumbered horses far behind after going a furlong. Chrysanthemum, who was left standing
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  • 236 16 OLDEST YACHT WINS OCEAN RACE MORE than 6.000 people lined the bank.s of the Derwent River m Tasmania and filled hundreds of .small boats to cheor the Victorian 65ft. cutter Kurrewa IV. which finished lirst In the SydneyHobart ocean yacht race. With 16 other yachts, Kurrewa IV left Sydney Harbour
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  • 40 16 SELANGOR Clubs faster threequarter line gave them a |ood win over Royal Engineers by 17 points (goal and four tries* to 13 (two goals and a try.) m a rugger friendly on the Kuala Lumpur padang yesterday.
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