The Singapore Free Press, 1 March 1955
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The Singapore Free Press
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Title Section21 1955-03-01 1 The Singapore Free Press Lar^e^t Afternoon Sale in Malaya v, 1 4 1 M Sin?aporr. Tues., Mar. 1, 1955. Price 15Cts21 words
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Article, Illustration90 1955-03-01 1 'WE LOVE YOU WE DO' SANG THE CHILDREN pRINCESS Margaret told a youth rally at Nas- E sau. Bahamas, yesterday that she had been "deep- S I touched" by the afifec- E tion shown her during her West Indies tour. She heard 10.000 school children shrilly sing:, "We E love90 words
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Article36 1955-03-01 1 Bruno Pontecorvo, who in 1950 while il^iaay from a British atoJtvelopment job, said in an W two Moscow newsjera yesterday that he had working in the Soviet won .since that time.36 words
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Article108 1955-03-01 1 WAN HAMID CASE 'CLOSED' MALAYAN Commission pokesman said in Lonye St f rday that his K°" njnent has washed its of the controversy Hamid. Johore State Ichnif I! 1 em Ployee whose S£sS! P ln Britain was the^/m aS We are concerned. char£; of icks ofncer in d -«W Unit108 words
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Article50 1955-03-01 1 An Indian, Shaik Mohamad, was abducted last night while walking along Queen Street, Singapore, and robbed of $100. Mohamad said a Chinese forced him into a car and drove off to Whitley Road. At a dark spot there Mohamad said he was robbed and pushed out of the car.50 words
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Article99 1955-03-01 1 STRIKE-HIT BUSES STAY IN employees of the Paya Lebar Bus Company again pioketted the firm's depot gates in Yio Chu Kang Road today. Police said the picketting was peaceful. The management, which had about 25 buses on the road yesterda> afternoon, could not start99 words
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Article35 1955-03-01 1 There was no play before lunch on the fourth day of the rifth Test between England and Australia in Sydney today. The game will probably beein .shortly after lunch. ReuterReuter - 35 words
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Article233 1955-03-01 1 30 TOWNS WRECKED IN FLOODS Dairy herds wiped out THOUSANDS of acres of Australia's best dairyland are under Kn^hwV j d ay the area known as the r ar den of New $70 *****0* 8 an sse(i in dairy herds are estimated at near| y f {'""/ei- Valley, one of233 words
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Article112 1955-03-01 1 800 N.Z. men for Malaya? >i W Zealand's contribution I to Allied defence in SouthCast Asia is expected to be an infantry battalion of about 800 men, the political correspondent of the "New Zealand Herald" said yesterday. It is estimated that the force could he raised without con* MTiption TheA.P. - 112 words
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Article31 1955-03-01 1 March first grade, f.o.b. buyers, opened on the Singapore Rubber Market this morning at 88J cents a lb.. two and three-quarter cents below yesterday's close. The tone was erratic.31 words
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Article29 1955-03-01 1 Mr Llm Seow Chuan f Johnny Linn today denied a report that he had withdrawn as a candidate in Tan^lin for the Singapore Legislative Assembly election.29 words
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94 1955-03-01 1 yHE United States Is said to be considering linking Formosa, South Korea and Japan in a defence arrangement with the United States, London reports say. The United States hopes to join such a North-East Asia defence organisation later with SEATO. Sir94 words
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Advertisement115 1955-03-01 1 WORRY ANXIETY GRIEF OVERWORK EXCITEMENT SLEEPLESSNESS call for I REIAXA-TABS They Relax .Your Nerves I You'll find a source of "absolute relaxation and I soothing calm by taking REIAXA-TABS— they bring I restfulness and tranquility to sufferers from nerves m calming during the day and promoting peaceful M natural slumber115 words
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260 1955-03-01 2 WESTERN diplomats will today ask Mr. Andrri Gromyko, Russian delegate to the disarmament conference in London, if he knows how the Communist press was •We to report the propo?*als he made at Friday's opening session. The five-power talks sponsored by the Tnited Nations are supposedReuter - 260 words
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135 1955-03-01 2 MR. ANASTIAS MIKOYAN has been appointed First Deputy Prime Minister of the U.S.S.R., Moscow Radio announced last night. Mr. Maxim Z. Saburov chairman of the State Planning Commission, has also been appointed a First Deputy Premier. Previously, there were only two First Deputy Premiers.—Reuter - 135 words
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74 1955-03-01 2 JAPANESE women members Ol Parliament who were manhandled by their male colleagues In la.st summrr'.s riot on the floor of the Diet pot rough treatment from the voters in yesterday'* national election* Only one oi loui women was returned. She was Mi&s Shizue Yamaßuchi.A.P. - 74 words
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Article71 1955-03-01 2 AN armed gang believed to be politically inspired attacked the summer residence of Lebanese Foreign Minister, Mr. Alfred Naccache at Sofar yesterday. The front door was smashed in during Naccache's absence. Police said nothing was stolen. They thought the attack was instigated by people who haveU.P. - 71 words
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122 1955-03-01 2 Swift fighter cost Britain £20 million APPALLING WASTE' MR SELWYN LLOYD, the British Minister of Supply, told the House of Commons yesterday that the total cost of research development and production ol all Marks of the Swift jet fighter was about £20,000,000. Mr. Woodrow Wyatt (Lab.) who had asked forReuter - 122 words
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172 1955-03-01 2 Egypt, Syria agree on one army for Arab states POYPT and Syria announ- ced last night in Damascus, they had agreed to form a unified Arab army with a single command. The announcement w.u made by the Syrian Army Chief of Staff, Shawkat Hukeir, and the Egyptian Minister of NationalA.P.; U.P. - 172 words
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158 1955-03-01 2 THE Soviet Union last night sent Britain a new Note dealing: with Germany and the Anglo-Soviet treaty. The Note was delivered to the British Embassy. Moscow Radio said it dealt with the incompatibility of the Paris agreements on German rearmament with theReuter - 158 words
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Article52 1955-03-01 2 A suspected case of poliomyelitis aboard the P and O liner Chusan was reported a week ago at Port Said, a company spokesman said in London yesterday. The liner is now in the English Channel. A medical report will be needed before passengers can disembark atReuter - 52 words
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Article35 1955-03-01 2 The annual general meeting of the Singapore Family Planning Association will be held at 5 15 p.m. on Friday at the Y.W.C.A., Collyer Quay. The Director of Medical Services, Dr. Bland, will speak.35 words
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Article21 1955-03-01 2 The Anglo-Chinese School. Singapore, celebrated its 69th founder's day today with prayers at the school auditorium in Barker Road.21 words
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Advertisement115 1955-03-01 2 'f\*wt*W I Two-eyelet Derby dioes in Aniline C.ilv #JtMt> wirti full leather linings, leather soles and rubber heels toplifts. PYFniTIIIF 7 34 9<> j^ I HIGH CLASS FOOTWEAR JJBgggpS^ MADE IN NORTHAMPTON, LJ^^- m Two-eyelet Derby-wing shoes in soft, FMfil AMD lißhf tan calf and new microccllular soles LI^ULMIIU* an<115 words
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227 1955-03-01 3 Romance ends far 'Sang in My Heart 'Jane Froman riMII storj book marriage (il .jnuin* star Jane I rom.tn looks like having =a n unh.iPP> (>ndinsj,,,,. for «hom tragedy blosM)mfd into romance n uo said in a brief an.MU.Hcment m New ,rk Nt^tcrday: "Juhn and 1 have Uttti to separateA.P. - 227 words
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Article258 1955-03-01 3 Talks break down on overtime working ORITAIN was threatened with another disastrous dock strike yesterday when negotiations broke down over an overtime dispute, the main cause of last autumn's 29-day stoppage. Port authorities accordingly ended the truce on overtime discipline agreed to during theReuter - 258 words
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120 1955-03-01 3 MRS. Jean Butier, a 32-year-l ex-Communist order»ave Britain last Decemwi\ marry a British trade official near Copenhagen on Thursday but she still not know if she will be to re-enter Britain. former assistant museum proposes, immediately her marriage with Mr. Jenkins, to ?oReuter - 120 words
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Article46 1955-03-01 3 8.0.A.C. said yesterday it will seek British Government permission to lease two Lockheed Super Constellations from S'" hoard and Western Airlines. New York to increase the prosent tn-weeklv tourist service between Now York and Bermuda to a daily flight each way.46 words
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Article75 1955-03-01 3 'N<>Ve unworthy <>f honour' Americans who were (1 trom Red china on declared that they Communists. wnot bo honoured like »W 29-year-old MalB'Tsohn. of New York. Adela Riokott, also of »2 York added: "Ttt not a >• •■'■lunist because, like Beri cannot be so honour;;>»»n and Mrs. Rickett beforeU.P. - 75 words
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58 1955-03-01 3 PATRICK John Daly, 25. stole just one penny from a church charity box in London. Yesterday it cost him three months in jail. Magistrate Leslie Marks told him: "It was not your fault that there was only a penny in theA.P. - 58 words
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86 1955-03-01 3 A u AL COurt martial in Hahtax Nova Scotia yes-;-f ntenced seaman John UrhP° t al of Bea verton, Ona »d% °J WO y ear s in prison vi'v fa/ hi 1&Sal rom the lUc eou it found MacDonald guilty of three charges in connectionA.P. - 86 words
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Article176 1955-03-01 3 TROOPS and tribal police combing Mount Kenya in operation "First Flute" have found several large Mau Mau camps deep in the dense forest, it was disclosed yesterday. An official communique said the operation had resulted in the killing of six terrorists and the wounding of severalReuter - 176 words
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Article177 1955-03-01 3 Sir Hugh's plan to beat smog CIR Hutfh Beaver. British industrialist., said in New York yesterday that a committee he heads bM recommended a £75,000.000 government control programme that may reduce smog in England by 80 in the next 10 to 15 years Sir Hugh said that his group hasA.P. - 177 words
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Advertisement160 1955-03-01 3 iiiiiiic^iiiiiiiiiiiicsf iiiiiii f iiicsiiiiiifiiificjiiiiiiiiiiiicaiiiif iiiiiiicaiiiiiiiiiiiicaiiiiniifi^ i Ml W EmJtYT I V&K^ P PE I Z xljrs cu/r FTIV 2 I SUPER BRUYERE, BRIAR BARK AND RUSSET matle from the root of the genuine Tree heath or Bruyere (Enca-Arborea), a close grained, heat resisting wood with a lightness in weight which160 words
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262 1955-03-01 4 The Singapore Free Press TUESDAY, Mar. 1, 1955. Opinion HIDEOUS TACTICS ORITAIN bluntly accuses 13 the Chinese Communiists oi using "corruption, threats, force and outright torture" to brainwash United Nations prisoners in Korea. She dares Peking to say this is not true by refusing to claim absolute privilege against legal262 words
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Article399 1955-03-01 4 Beachcomber - Beachcomber P Mi-em Z*. :■>%&*■.: <s •pHE astonishing sound of real music coming from a house brought me to a halt. Someone was playing the piano; playing it. Doubtless it was a quaint old "reactionary" who affected to ignore the fact that music Is now laid on399 words
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Article, Illustration800 1955-03-01 4 Cynthia Lowry - The miracle of HELEN KELLER Cynthia Lowry AMAZING STOKV OF A WOMAN SINGAPORE WANTS TO sj;i by EVER SINCE MISS KELLER SET OUT ON HER WORLD TOUR PEOPLE HAVE ASKED: CAN SHE COME HERE? L"-OR mast, of US, aging is a process associated with r dimming vision, fading hearing, greying800 words
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Advertisement35 1955-03-01 4 \mM^^^ Am^^B^mmmJ W *£-l^#^ *'*\\tmm\ JVw -*0\ I'm mm mmmY ll mmmmmm\ VULCAIN rC.-.AND PRIX Makers of Hie famous CRICKET 1 Alarm Wrist Watcfi FINE WATCHES SINCE 1858 "Vulcain One of the Few Crcat Watches'35 words
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Advertisement42 1955-03-01 4 Hfvl^n "I From the country-side f^l^' Devon sparkling, healthful Apple Cvc British red cross Cydrax and Pomona Federation of Malaya Branch n j ,i p flag DAY-STH march Champagne Cyder— in Please give generously. you can buy! SINGAPORE COLD STORAGE CO., LTD.42 words
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Article, Illustration146 1955-03-01 5 A group of the VIPs at- E tending a conference of E E British (iovernment re- E E presenlatives in South- E E east Asia and Common- E wealth Countries, which E opened on Sunday, at E E Mallaig. Sir Anthony E E146 words
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86 1955-03-01 5 SINGAPORE City Councillor, Lee Choon Eng wants Improvement Trust autholence off the Upper street flats at once further mishaps. e said: "I had detailed with Mr. J. Fraser, the manager, soon after the suicide. Mr Fraser agreed with me 1 the points I raised."86 words
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Article35 1955-03-01 5 Singapore Chinese inference plans to mcert to commemonldren's Day" on March II mating yesterday a of principals from untse schools was ai>- K Education Department ced the day as a hollChinese .schools35 words
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Article, Illustration50 1955-03-01 5 picture. Miss Chew Bee Tetk returned to Singapore from Australia over the week-end after completing a two-year art course at the Melbourne Technical College. Miss Chew, a former pupil of the Methodist Girls' School, also passed her final grade in mu*ic at Melbourne University.- Free PressFree Press - 50 words
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236 1955-03-01 5 TOO YOUNG AT 18? TAKE A LINE FROM MISS KELLY SAYS J.P. narried bliss of BarKelly, the radio and >n star, was used as commendation for early by a magistrate at agton, Surrey. year old Margaret of Oakmead-road. n, Surrey, was ap- plying for permission to marry Mr. Anthony Gilbert236 words
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Article166 1955-03-01 5 Unionists not allowed 1 active roles THE staff side secretary of the Whitley Council for Singapore Government workers, Mr. V. Rajagopal, said union officials who are members of the council cannot take an active part in politics. Twenty-five Government workers' unions have a representative each166 words
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104 1955-03-01 5 This impostor looks into SIT bedrooms A PERSON who claimed to be a representative of the Singapore Improvement Trust has been going round Alexandra (North* Estate, looking into bedrooms and asking tenants for rent receipts. His last remarks are said to be a request to the tenants to buy coffee104 words
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Article37 1955-03-01 5 Mr. Choudhury Khaliquzzaman. the Pakistan Ambassador to Indonesia. flew into Singapore from Manila yes- terday after visiting the Philippines, where he is also minister for Pakistan. He leaves Singapore on Thursday for Jakarta37 words
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Article18 1955-03-01 5 The Shah of Persia yesterday predicted 'nmlimited" expanjuon of Wesi German trade with hi.s country A.P.A.P. - 18 words
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Advertisement110 1955-03-01 5 K t UO- FACILITIES *W-J TRANSPORT STORAGE PHONC LIMITED 6577 1 73 Cecil STREET SINGAPOR! 5 The weekly issue of the STKAITS BUDGET can be 3 sent by Air Mail to any address in the tinted Kingdom at an inclusive rate of j $24.00 I FOR SIX MONTHS If you110 words
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Miscellaneous489 1955-03-01 6 MANDRAKE by Lee FaJk and Phil Davis) STAR I IW^* F t/rn U I |I<;TILLCAN-TH6GE« If I GAVE UP I f TH£Y n V £^^c ED If S r T^ f YO T U H^°' D I[ A AND L TH^fA GIC B° R ttS Wl Cmrtuss ttw as^fe psjsos489 words
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Article235 1955-03-01 7 LONDON, Feb. 2 Previous Today B l BBER No. 1 RSS e.U. European mi ts March •• •• R riUN K No. i RSS cJJ. European B ESSni£ 1 BSS Spot 27 buyers 27*» sellers 26 s buyers 27 U sellers 26 buyers 26*i sellers 26 bmn235 words
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Article106 1955-03-01 7 NEW YORK. Feb. 28 Previous Today TIN Straits spot and nearby 91.50 nom. 91.12 nom. 1 IN !i:tures March. 90.25 bid 90.25 bid 91.00 asked 91.00 asked April. 90.15 bid 90.00 bid 90.90 asked 90.62 asker May 90.10 bid 89.87 bid 90.85 asked 90.50 asked TOME: Quiet.106 words
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Article51 1955-03-01 7 Spot \Tnlabar was quoted at April 42. Sarawak spot 43 and JH to 44 cents per pound. Await- lampong spot 43 'i to 44 cents Ing relei-^e 43' 2 Afloats 13V 2 to 43. sellers ex-dock February shipment 43. March 42^. Above prices quoted in US. cents per51 words
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Article27 1955-03-01 7 __________>' NEW YORK. Feb. 28. no Industrials !• Railroads Domestic Bonds 15 Unities 1 Stacks Composite Average Previous 409.50 147.75 100.20 63.78 152.45 Today 411.8727 words
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Article123 1955-03-01 7 Feb. 28. Previous Today COPRA Philippines c.i.f. UK/North European delivered weight per long ton Ma r._h /April $187 sellers $188 sellers < OPRA Philippines f.o.b. Manila delivered weight, per long ton unquoted unquo teo COPRA Straits ci.f. UK/North European delivered weight per MBf ton March/April £6e",123 words
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Article258 1955-03-01 7 *GY, a three-year-old Alatlan, had not seen her for eisht months. •^he found him on the was to die i sent to a new home Mr. Alfred Russell. 58. became ill at his rowne in Graf ton terrace, ttish Town. 111 last hia life drew258 words
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Article38 1955-03-01 7 Mr Justice Spenser Wll kinson yesterday in Penangr quashed a conviction and fisr fine imposed on Mr. Jagjit= Singh, a lawyer, by the Ses-= sions Court last month on ar charge of inconsiderate driv-_ ing. :<l38 words
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233 1955-03-01 7 CENSOR REFUSES CERTIFICATE 4 HOLLYWOOD film which the British Censor thirds should not be seen by the British public at all has been passed for showing to schoolchildren if accompanied—by Surrey County Council. The film is "Wicked Woman," an American picture about a girl in233 words
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Article, Illustration60 1955-03-01 7 MR. R.E. Ince, Chief Scout Commissioner for Singapore, (right) presents the Honourable Charge as Deputy Camp Chief of Singapore, a very rare honour, to Mr. tV&chael Chong. The presentation was made at a rally to commemorate the 98th birthday anniversary of Lord Robert BadenPowell, founder ofFree Press - 60 words
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Article41 1955-03-01 7 Air Marshal Sir Harold Whittlngham, Director of Medical Services, 8.0.A.C.. arrived in Singapore by air from Sydney yesterday to look into the airline's medical arrangements for its crews and passengers on the Eastern route.41 words
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Article443 1955-03-01 7 Here is the full list of E candidates nominated yesterday for the SingaE pore Legislative Assembly E election on April 2. r In parenthesis are their parties P— Progressive Party; D Democratic Party L. F. Labour Front; A— UMNO-MCA-E Malay Union Alliance; E P.AP. Peoples Action443 words
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Article30 1955-03-01 7 A Chinese Communist sroadeast .said yesterday that i .section of railway had tM6O >pened linking Rod China vlth Ho Chi Minhs Commtlftlsl Mime in North Indoshina. A.P.A.P. - 30 words
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Advertisement6 1955-03-01 7 ffOIWET wassiamuill's /SAL£S Yale now on6 words
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Article, Illustration53 1955-03-01 8 picture. r The Indian Prime Minister, Mr. Jawaharlal Nehru, greets E a little boy during a garden party in the Indian Embassy =at Cairo. Mr. Nehru was in Egypt for talks with the Egyptian Premier while on his way home from London 5 after the PrimeA.P. - 53 words
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Article164 1955-03-01 8 MYSTERY WOMAN'S FORTUNE IS HELD J7IVE Canadian banks are to hand to the Bank of Canada the £96,000 fortune in dollars left by the Dark Lady of Cammo. The Bank of Canada will keep it until the question is settled: Who gets the money? The Dark Laay was 95-year-old Mrs.164 words
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153 1955-03-01 8 STUDENTS training to be teachers were told by a headmaster: "If you are dignified you are no use in school. If a child stands to attention in front of you you should be selling matches in the street for you're no use to the153 words
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Article76 1955-03-01 8 THE tax man is after the shamrock to find out just how big a business is the "wearing of the green." Revenue inspectors are checking up on the shamrock export trade, which lasts only one week each year until March 17, St Patricks Day. They want76 words
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Article148 1955-03-01 8 Family leaves home to sleep fiOUNCILLORS and officials Kj at Sowerby Bridge (Yorkshire are facing a strange problem what to do with an old cottage owned by the council, a cottage said to be haunted. So violent, indeed, is the haunting that the tenant family splits up every night to148 words
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247 1955-03-01 8 SFVENTY girla went on strike over the ri^ht to choose thell own honeymoon dates. And 30 men struck, too. They stayed away from the Motherwell factory of Synthetic Jewels Ltd. because the management pasted a notice that no leave of absence would be given247 words
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420 1955-03-01 8 BLACKMAILED, WROTE MAN WITH 2 NAMES yHE last drama in the tangled iife of Ernest Durham J the man who died twice, ended recently— with s£ allegation of blackmail. n It was related, and denied, at the resumed inquest on Ernest Durham, whose real name was Percy Bush Cox, found420 words
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167 1955-03-01 8 WE want a bar— just like they have at English uni versities. That was the demand made by Students' Union of South Wales and Monmouthshire University College, Cardiff. It has turned South Wales churches into a i ment— and made educationists ask whether167 words
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Article, Illustration98 1955-03-01 9 I JKKI are just a few of the Italian ski-tour-ist girls who entered for the "Snow Queen" title contest hold recently at the popular Italian ski resort of Cortina D'Ampezzo. Left to right: Maria Luisa D'Atria from Ab- < ruzzo, Nadia Brivio from Tuscany, Maria98 words
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345 1955-03-01 9 Wife in flat was brazen but truthful IN the "careless camaraderie of the fairly young of 1954 said a judge, 27-year-old Mrs. Heather Guinness stayed the night In a married man's flat when she returned to London after a yachting party. She .stayed the next four nights, too. While she345 words
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Article201 1955-03-01 9 STIGMA ON SOLDIER WORRIES HIM THE marriage of a j soldier who dis- appeared in Korea four jean ago has been dis- solved. A Divorce Court judge granted a decree i presuming death, but he I was not satisfied that the man deserted. Private Francis Eaton, Royal Leicestershire Re- giment,201 words
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Article76 1955-03-01 9 T*HE council's housing proX ject cut right across the the strawberry patch which Mr. AJf Field and his wife Lily tended in their garden at Faversham, Kent. Both old-age pensioners, they fought the battle of the strawberry patch at a local Ministry inquiry. In opposing the scheme76 words
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Article105 1955-03-01 9 T'EACHERS are to be given housing priority in places where schools are seriously short-staffed. Sir David Eccles, Britain's Minister of Education, has called on local authorities to earmark houses for teachers at reasonable rents. Sir David Ls worried because housing shortages arc keeping teachers105 words
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Article113 1955-03-01 9 T^EN THOUSAND boys and girls in 250 schools in England and Wales are to get a series of special tests Iq determine the reading, arithmetic and general ability of the average child. First tests will begin in May. Two more will follow in October. They113 words
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152 1955-03-01 9 CHORUS GIRL BAN IS IN FORCE FROM TODAY IURITISH1 URITISH ehonu glrli working in Continental night clubs will be protected from having to act as "hostesses" under a new contract which comes into force today. It stipulates that managements miLst not tell English girl.s to carry out "social duties," such152 words
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93 1955-03-01 9 VOUNG brides undecided what to give their husbands for the next meal will soon be able to dial a Hull telephone number and have the problem solved for them. Hull Corporation's telephone committee, who run the only municipally-owned service in the country,93 words
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Advertisement29 1955-03-01 9 f& 6E YOU* MfMS OF CEILING FANS ARE AVAILABLE FROM THE CITY ELECTRICITY DEPT. ON HIRE AT ONLY $1.00 PER MONTH. CONSULT YOUR ELECTRICAL RING: PHONE 2419 EXTN. 35229 words
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Article, Illustration612 1955-03-01 10 William Hickey - William Hickey A MERE MAN TELLS HOW TO DO IT I WENT to an exhibi- tion of corsets and crinolines the other day. It was a rather revolting business It gave me much the same emotions as an exhibition of instruments of torture. Thf>" cruel ribs612 words
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Article, Illustration146 1955-03-01 10 'TOP Paris designer Pierre Balmain Ls trying to bring ermine back into favour. He said: "Last year I made a shirtwaist of ermine. I designed it as a gag. But 17 women, including the Duchess of Windsor and Marlene Dietrich bought it. This year I have146 words
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Advertisement71 1955-03-01 10 V w f% I■■ f from only >•>'> SC/P£R BARGAINS (limited quantities) VPpS?^ bovs^roa.,^ ALL AROUND THE STORE i^^^^J from lannH SIMtS ><- -^S^ l^-^w hi* '(hoi'ro *7 n Sll< ks ffe*»_— TIES GALORE! //iP^^ W^^tClh i, Lv fSlr~l f J 0 Wen's Travel jdm^ L^ii&t SUITINGS Smart An. tw^«)«71 words
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Article, Illustration346 1955-03-01 11 Michael Ruddy - This Cinderella made a hit in a bikini Michael Ruddy I SHOW TALK I by THE newest Cinderella Girl is Jayne Mansfied. who made a tremendous impression In a bikini at the preview of Jane Russell's film, Underwater." She got a Hollywood contract at a studio whose publicists delightedly said:A.P - 346 words
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Article129 1955-03-01 11 They were made up to look dirty T HIKE'S one movie where 11 the make-up folks have folded their tents "The Racers." But the film does have an "unmake-up man," Bill Buell. Director Henry Hathaway stopped Buell the first day of shooting and ordered. "Don't make these guys up. I129 words
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Article86 1955-03-01 11 Olivia queued up— TO WED! OLIVIA DE HAVILLAND is feeling a little anxious about what's going to happen in April when she marries French newspaperman Pierre Galante at the Loire village of Ivoy le Marron. Ivoy, it seems, Ifl renowned for its salmon fishing. Says Olivia: "I married my last86 words
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431 1955-03-01 11 it might have been horse raising instead of horse operas for her VJYRNA HANSEN is the XT *only Miss Universe contest winner who still has a Hollywood movie contract, and anyone can see why. She's a dish, all right. She's a lithe 125 pounds, 5 feet 7, with measurements ireading431 words
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Article36 1955-03-01 11 Bob Thomas - Bob Thomas by in 1 1 iiiii ii i iiiiiiiiiiiiiiit.il. •••>. ■iiiilllllllltlllllMlllMiiii,,,,,,, Never heard of Dostoievsky and probably thinks "The Brothers Karamazov" are independent producers. Her studio will be glad to hear this.36 words
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Article, Illustration615 1955-03-01 12 ANNE SHARPLEY - She 's so much like another Mrs. Taylor I knew... ANNE SHARPLEY writes after a visit to the 'perfect profile' who for so many years has been so many women's ideal. MY outstanding impression oi both the Mrs Robert Taylors is that neither of them uses face powder; and to615 words
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Miscellaneous303 1955-03-01 12 ROSS 2 He pulls his weight aflo:U (7). 1 Two boy.>>. one initially described 3 Showed signs of fatigue (6». as old get together in a kind of 4 Rub up knowledge of this trap (b) language? (6>. 4 Fon t- open and flnd what 5 Where people are seen303 words
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Article, Illustration93 1955-03-01 13 lakiim shape inside the scaffolding at Fairfield'l Yard. Govan. Glasgow, is the new 22.500-ton Canadian Pacific liner Impress of Britain, due to be launched by the Queen on June 22. The liner, whose promenade deck can be seen here, is cost- inn more than five and aReuter - 93 words
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Article, Illustration593 1955-03-01 13 JOHN REOFERN - They even frisk your toothpaste for diamonds JOHN REOFERN by ANY Joe with a spado, some wire gauze, and no regard for the law fan get diamonds north, south, east and west In Britain's Sierra Leone. When he has got them he bean the call of the border the frontier593 words
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526 1955-03-01 13 IAN MERCER - It's the foreigners who die on the Isle of Calm IAN MERCER says U T E have no road accidents worth m aking of. here,'' said Chief of Palma's Traffic Police; according to the si available statistics same can be said of whole of Spain. The tly road deaths reported526 words
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68 1955-03-01 13 3 of Fire sent waithurrying over to Lord table at the Stork London, last week. ound a smouldering .under th e chair of Nicholan Gordon-Len-junljjr was with about SWH* Said one of the ■'^Ple: "Midnight is ,'0 start a real party." Th?v W68 words
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Article383 1955-03-01 13 Neither side vulnerable North dealer K Q J 7 5 3 HERE hi a hand that ihOWi the advantages and the dLudvantages of playing ace-.'-hcrw-ing responses to two-bids .i North- South were doing. The bidding: NORTH EAST SOl/TH *f r T 2 0 2 9 Pass 4 9383 words
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711 1955-03-01 14 Pausing in Budapest during a tour behind the Iron Curtain RITCHIE McEWEN presents a second article on football news from Hungary rrilK Hungarian Government if preparing to step in and clip the fine feathers of Hungary's football elite, if star players don't 'take the hint"711 words
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Article109 1955-03-01 14 LMX)ATIN(; hotels may be used to supplement ordinary accommodation in Melbourne during the Olympic Games next year. The Chairman of the Melbourne Harbour Trust. Mr. McKenzie, said that the Harbour Commissioners had discussed the possibility of allotting a number of berths to passenger liners at reduced109 words
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Article39 1955-03-01 14 Vicent* Bchevarria, former welterweight champion of Spain, made a successful United States debut when he knocked out Russell Davis of Reno in the eighth round of a scheduled ten round fight Davis has never before beeu kayoed,39 words
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Article202 1955-03-01 14 AUSSIES TO COACH UMPIRES rjiHERE has been so much A controversy over the capabilities of tennis umpires in recent years that it has caused a lot of unseemly scenes on courts and brought about bitterness between umpire and player. One body in Australia is making a move to eradicate this202 words
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Article91 1955-03-01 14 \fORE than 21 countries and territories have entered contestants in the Pan-American Games to be held in Mexico City from March 12-26. About 1,925 athletes are registered to date. Officials believe 2,000 will be on hand when the regional Olympics open on March 12. All fields stadiums,91 words
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Article, Illustration24 1955-03-01 14 Jockey J. Bickerton parts company with "April Dawn II" at the last fence in the Soaply Sponge Hunters' steeplechase *t Newbury.24 words
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356 1955-03-01 14 By VERNON MORGAN rjNE of the mysteries about sport in Britain today is the poor show that a great and popular game like hockey receives. It is one of the "'Cinderella' uames of the United Kingdom, though it is played fai and wide. InReuter - 356 words
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Article25 1955-03-01 14 Italy's Juniors yesterday beat Yugoslavia's national "B" team 58-51 in an International basketball game In Rome Italv led at halftime 33-25. A. P.A.P. - 25 words
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Article186 1955-03-01 14 AMERICAN Negro boxer Freddy Dawson has come through a delicate eye operation in Sydney without any complications. Dawson. fourth in the welterweight rating, went into hospital more than a month i ago for an operation on his eyes. The lons Bpdl In hospital and the186 words
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Advertisement5 1955-03-01 14 ffirWo TO*THi WASSIAMUU S SALE5 words
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Article1594 1955-03-01 15 BILLDAW THE FORM HORSE TRESPASSER on the Penang races fc,,ll)\VV climaxed a B week's preparation r h is only race tomorrow r :l .mashing trial iesterday when he reluri.rd 36 4 I sees f or 3f I P UI ird this as a winI V" gallop and give him ld1,594 words
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307 1955-03-01 15 Grave-digger fights on tennis court I ME centre court at White City, the home ground of the New South Wales Lawn Tennis Association in has been the scene of many an epic battle ween tennis slants for the Davis Cup. another type of battle taged on the court o far307 words
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Article73 1955-03-01 15 THE Singapore Amateur Boxing Association's open novices championships will commence at the Police Trainm* School tonight. The weigh-in wiil be at P.TJ9. at 5 30 P.m. The first fight will begin at 7.30 p.m. The semi-flnaLs and finals will be held at the Badminton Hall on73 words
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Article96 1955-03-01 15 Achilles Club I organising a cross-country mn a* M( Ritchie Reservoir on Saturday Mar. 5. 'I he count will be over three and I half miles The race, which i.s open to all servicemen and members of clubs iimiiated to the Singapore A.A.A.. is .^heduled to start96 words
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Article29 1955-03-01 15 The GUIs Bpffti Club will hold iiM'bull practices every Tuesday and I hursday on their ground nt SeranRood, All members interested *ie allied to liuu up.29 words
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Article49 1955-03-01 15 Probable scratching* tomorrow Madles, The Singaporean, Gay Bar, Ihn r Dimension, Leonora, Lord Garfield, Ocean Pearl, Star Signal, Greet, White Stone, live Wire. Rice Mill, So What, Bicardi, Knighted. Wide Screen and Robin Hood are doubtful starters. The going remains firm. There is little prospect of rain.49 words
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Article130 1955-03-01 15 ROSEMARY Walsh and Rachel Byrne, members of the victorious English WolfeNoel Cup team, won their opening match yesterday in the U.S. women's squash racket doubles championship. They scored a 15—10, 15—7, 14—17, 15 6 triumph over Better Shellenberger and Mrs. Gerald Borer, Philadelphia. Miss Walsh andA.P. - 130 words
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Article49 1955-03-01 15 Selangor Chineie Recreation Club. 1954 league rhampion.s, will Dlay the Rest ol Selangor at soccer in aid of the Post Office AthleticClub's building fund on the TPCA ground Kuala Lumpur, on March 12. The P. AS. will pick (he Re.st side, which will include many state players.49 words
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Advertisement45 1955-03-01 15 PON'T FORGET OFFERS Ns^/. MAMV SMCIAI RMfMHI WASSIAMULL'S Enjoy Yourself I THE OCEAN PARKI HOTEL I Splendid Entertainment I Programme I featuring I Personal Appearance I Miss BELLA LWG I The most applauded I S>nginp Star 1 from Hongkong I King ***** I Reservations I45 words
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185 1955-03-01 16 Pakistan and India likely to draw \N OVERNIGHT thunderstorm restricted play to an hour and 50 minutes on the third day of the fifth and linal Test between Pakistan and India at Karachi yesterday. The saturated outfield prevented a resumption until mid afternoon. At the close Pakistan, who led by185 words
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207 1955-03-01 16 EUROPEAN middleweight boxing champion Charles Humez beat Pierre Langlois in the fifth round last night on a technical knockout when the referee .stopped the fight, scheduled for ten rounds in Paris. The 27-year-old H u m e z, who>e French and European crown.* were207 words
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Article26 1955-03-01 16 20 Words $6 (minimum) WALLER: To Deane, wife of E. G. Waller, a son, at Bungsar Hospital, on Sunday 27th February. Mother and Child well.26 words
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Article83 1955-03-01 16 Newcastle drew 2—2 with Nottingham Forest after extra time in their Football Association Cup Fifth round replay yesterday. Newcastle led 2 o at naif-time. The team will meet in a second replay on Newcastle's ground again tomorrow. The winners of this tie play Huddersfield Town at Huddersrield83 words
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Article86 1955-03-01 16 THE Malayan Amateur Athletic Association championships will be held this year at Ipoh on August 26 and 27. This was confirmed yesterday when the M.A.A.A. met in Kuala Lumpur. Closing date for entries is August 3. It was decided to discontinue the awarding of "Best Performance86 words
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131 1955-03-01 16 FIRST SOCCER DEFEAT FOR BEATTY TEAM BEATTY Secondary School suffered their first defeat when they went down 3-1 to Johore English College yesterday. The game was keenly contested and Musa, Beatty's left half, was the most prominent player yesterday. Beatty were unlucky in the first half when their inside left131 words
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Article47 1955-03-01 16 Singapore Cricket Club and Singapore Traction Company drew 1-1 in a soccer friendly played on the padang yesterday. The Club scored first, through Patterson, p%d it was not until the closing stages of the game that Traction Company got their equaliser, through left-winger Hus.sian.47 words
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Article27 1955-03-01 16 Paul Shim scored a hat-tri<k to enable Technical School to hold Raffles Institution to 3-3 in their friendly inter-school soccer fixture yesterday, played at Raffles ground.27 words
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Article, Illustration394 1955-03-01 16 NETMAN - MALAYA'S CHALLENGE TO THE WORLD THE final Thomas lup trial in Singapore next month is a mere formality. I think Malaya's badminton team just about picks itself now. We have the three best inI dividual players in the world |in Wong Peng Soon and Ong Poh Lim of Singapore and394 words
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Article94 1955-03-01 16 OFFICIALS of Toronto Marlboros Hockey Organisation say they are trying to arrange a visit to Russia this spring for a top Canadian junior hockey team. Harold Bollard and Stafford Smythe. President and General Manager, said they are seeking sanction by the Canadian Amateur Hockey Association toA.P. - 94 words
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Article133 1955-03-01 16 ARCTIC Way. a four-year-old Irish thoroughbred, arrived at Idlewild Airport yesterday from Dublin en rouie to California for the San Juan Capistrano Handicap at Santa Anna on March 5. The handsome animal was taken to Belmont Park fur the night before leaving on an airlinerA.P. - 133 words
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Advertisement240 1955-03-01 16 CLASSIFIED ADS. ENGAGEMENTS 20 Words $6 (minimum) YIP-CHEAH: The engagement uas announced between Yip Kwok Hoong. eldest son of Mr. and Mrs. Yip Tai Loy and Rosy Cheah, second daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Cheah Eai Teik on 26.2.55. CHONG WONG: The engagement is announced between Chang Mong third son240 words
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Advertisement12 1955-03-01 16 ITALIAN CHEESE For your selection CORGONZOLA "COLOMBO" TttHJW PROVOLETTE "COLOMBO" ROB'© 112 words
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