The Singapore Free Press, 28 March 1955
1955-03-28
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Title Section19 1955-03-28 1 The Singapore Free Press Largest Afternoon Sale m Malaya No. *****. Singapore, Mon.. Mar. 28, 1955. Price 15 CU.19 words
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205 1955-03-28 1 rWO eighteen-year-old schoolgirls 1 who admitted that it was hard "no to be afraid" were acclaimed as heroine by the 19 survivors of a Pan-Americai Stratocruiser which crashed into thi sea off the coast of Oregon on Saturday Four people were killed. TheA.P. - 205 words
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Article79 1955-03-28 1 DEADLOCK IN TALKS ON PAY CLAIMS AN extraordinary general meeting of the Singapore Harbour Board Staff Association will be held at 5.30 p.m. today to consider its pay Claim* dispute with the board. Union officials claim that a deadlock has been reached In their talks with Harbour Board authorities, and79 words
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Article27 1955-03-28 1 $1, 180 ROBBERY A European woman living m Chancery Lane, Singapore, has reported the loss of two handbags containing a diamond ring and charm ornaments ftortN $1,180.27 words
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Article23 1955-03-28 1 Two men broke into a house m Thomson Road, Singapore, last night, gagged a Chinese woman and stole jewels worth $300.23 words
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Article71 1955-03-28 1 No sign of peace in press row A STRIKE of 700 newspaper technicians yesterday robbed Britons of their national Sunday newspapers for the first time since the 1926 general strike. There was little, hope too that the strike would end m time to publish today's national morning newspapers. No earlyReuter - 71 words
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Article39 1955-03-28 1 Major Gen. Edwyn Harland Wolstenholme Cobb. commandant of the Royal Military I College of Science, died at Shrivenham, Berks, on Saturday, aged 52. He commanded the 33ra Indian Infantry Brigade m Malaya m 1946. ReuterReuter - 39 words
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Article60 1955-03-28 1 Liverpool's Exchange division of the Labour Party last night decided not to adopt their present M.P Mrs. Bessie Braddock, as their candidate In the next general election. Mrs. Braddock, MP- for the constituency since 1955, ll known as a .staunch opponent of Mr Aneurin Bevan. TheReuter - 60 words
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143 1955-03-28 1 Gov-Gen. assumes full powers MR. GHULAM MOHAMMED, the Governor-General of Pakistan, last night proclaimed a new state of emergency and assumed supreme powers himself. He assumed the power to amalgamate the West Pakistan provinces into one unit and to frame a new constitution.143 words
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Article262 1955-03-28 1 Big 2 give pledge QKN. PAUL ELY, French Commiasioner-CJeneral m IndoChina, who has just returned from Paris, declared jester day that France and the United States would continue to support the anti-Communist Premier of South Vietnam, Mr. Njjo Dinh Diem, but would not become involvedA.P. - 262 words
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Article41 1955-03-28 1 MR. Ho Chi Minh, Vietmi n h Communist leader told the North Vietnam national assembly m Hanoi that his government was determined to achieve unity, independence and democracy and aid the defence of x>< '.ice m Asia. ReuterReuter - 41 words
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Article60 1955-03-28 1 BOTH the Belgium Government and the Roman Catholics claimed victory yesterday after Saturday's riots against a proposed cut m state support for Church schools. Calm returned to Brussels after the uproar m which Catholics from all parts of the country, estimated at 60,000, braved barricades and60 words
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Article28 1955-03-28 1 April first grade, f.o.b. buyers, opened on the Singapore Rubber Market this morning at 89. cents a lb.. unchanged since Saturdays close. The tone was quiet.28 words
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Article19 1955-03-28 1 Mr Clement Davie.s 71--!vear-old British Liberal leader has been ordered to take a complete rest.- ReuterReuter - 19 words
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Article102 1955-03-28 1 THE cathedral city of Worcester, m Central England, was the centre last night of floods which marooned on« towu and called for emergency rescue operations by police and firemen. The industrial town of Kidderminster. 15 miles to the north, reported its worst floods m memoryReuter - 102 words
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Article105 1955-03-28 1 WESTERN diplomatic interest m the 29- nation Afro-Asian conference at Bandoeng next month will centre on China's tactics In wooing uncommitted countries m the East- West cold war. It will be the first major International conference at which the voice of Communism will be105 words
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Advertisement40 1955-03-28 1 Kwik-Life LIGHTER FLUID rv^ Mil V T^nf Br Jr WuM^^j^^m^W l .^Bl By bt/ A. Nf**. "lf ki,Z^^ll /mb of 4 fffr tl bi( V J| Bi^kJ. Makes every Cigarette lighter instantly efficient. Packed m a safe, unbreakable, non-spill can.40 words
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Article407 1955-03-28 2 West can now negotiate from strength with Reds TiHE Western world yesterday h.iMed France's final approval of the German rearmament treaties as a big step towards "negotiating from strength" with the Soviet Tnion. Mr. Foster Dulles. I'nitcd States Secretary of State, described the Senate ratification asReuter; A.P. - 407 words
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139 1955-03-28 2 West doubt Bulganin's Yes to talks fFHE West yesterday gave a cautious welcome to Marshal Nikolai Bulganin's state- 1 ment that he took a "positive attitude" towards President Elsenhower's views on a big power conference to lessen world tension. The Soviet Premier's statement on Saturday implied aj change m the139 words
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182 1955-03-28 2 "OUSSIA yesterday attacked Western charges she violated secrecy rules at the London disarmament talks and claimed there never had been any Soviet agreement to keep the conference secret. Pravda, the organ of the Soviet Communist Party, said the "leak" by Mr. Andrei Gromyko was deliberateA.P. - 182 words
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109 1955-03-28 2 EGYPT RAPPED FOR WEDDING PARTY RAID THE Israeli -Egyptian Mixed Armistice Commission yesterday censured Egypt for a "brutal and murderous act of aggression" m an attack on an Israel village wedding party last Thursday, an Israeli Army spokesman announced. The spokesman said a band of armed men penetrated 17 kilometresA.P. - 109 words
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Article27 1955-03-28 2 No Chinese will be allowed to enter Cuba for an Indefinite period, apparently because of la be lief that "militant Comrriunists' from China are infiltrating27 words
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281 1955-03-28 2 U.S. HAS ANTI-AIRCRAFT ATOM THAT CAN DESTROY WAVES OF BOMBERS THE United States is to have atomic anti-aircraft weapons, the Atomic Energy Commission and Defence Department jointly disclosed m Washington last night. The announcement said the present atomic tests m Nevada would include the explosion of a nuclear weapon milesReuter - 281 words
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66 1955-03-28 2 Ceylon's blunt warning in big tea row TF England should try to bully Ceylon over tea prices, Ceylon would have to consider seriously whether it was to the country's advantage to remain m the British Commonwealth, the Food and Agriculture Minister J R Jayawardene said m Colombo yesterday. He said66 words
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Article113 1955-03-28 2 THE Prime Minister of Japan, Mr. Ichiro Hatoyama opens an 11 -day Asia economic conference today with representatives from three top Communist nations present. The Premier will address the initial session of the United Nations' Economic Commission for Asia and the Far East (ECAFE). The Commission'sA.P. - 113 words
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149 1955-03-28 2 No sign of revolt in China says report AUJS. Air Force study of conditions inside Communist China reports peasant resistance and discontent by intellectuals but little chance that the present regime will be overthrown by revolt. The report says there is no indication of a split between Russian leaders and149 words
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Article54 1955-03-28 2 The following election meetings are to be held today. broKMTats: Mr. Toh Seng Bit iUIu BedolO 7 p.m.. Kamponp Pachitan. Labour Front: Mr. J S. C Lim (Tangling 7 p.m.. Arab School. Coronation Road. Progressive: Lim Kian Lee (Kampong Kapor) 6 p.m.. Kampong Soopoo. 6.30. Hindoo Road-Roweil Road54 words
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Advertisement138 1955-03-28 2 UNIYERS MpBLEND 5 |H; ilaL H£L U^V Jlkv fwlake delicious new menus with lef t-overe make tasty health(ood cocktails from fresh fnrite and Tegetable*. and amve money, too! You'll find the new 2-speed Universal Mixablend will do ALL your mixing and blending faster and easier than by any other method.138 words
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Article87 1955-03-28 3 NEW FLOOD THREAT TO AUSTRALIA A TROPICAL cyclone oatt'Tod the southern Queensland coast last night f>r the second time m less m a month with winds up i 7<) miles an hour Torrential rains— lo inches m five hours— threatened to il.»od Queensland and New South Wales The cyclone, movingReuter - 87 words
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Article115 1955-03-28 3 HE PLANS TO SHOOT NIAGARA *iAJOR Lloyd Hill, after Jl spending five weeks m hospital for treatment of wartime leg injuries, is planning i.) so over Niagara Falls m a barrel. He i^ a 36-year-old Niagara boatman whose brother was killed m 1951 m a similar attempt. Since then policeReuter - 115 words
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Article39 1955-03-28 3 fiherpa Tending Norkay, who climbed Mount Everest with Sir Edmund Hillary, is planning a visit to foreign countries later this year to meet friends and show them a book on mountaineering he has been preparing. ReuterReuter - 39 words
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Article33 1955-03-28 3 Silent screen star Theda B.ira, aged 64, who won fame for her role* as a vamp, retrained m a coma yesterday from which doctors doubt she will ever emerge.- U.P.U.P. - 33 words
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73 1955-03-28 3 NOW THEY STOP PRAYING FOR SOVEREIGN THfE South African Se- I nate has dropped the I use of the old Dutch I prayer which ended with i the words "bless our Soy- «reig*i, prosper our Union and promote the interests of our Commonwealth." Instead, the Upper House will now, at73 words
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Article, Illustration38 1955-03-28 3 THE QI'EEN. herself the mother of two children, leaves with the Vicar, the Rev. C. W. F. Bennett, after attending the- Mothering Sunday' service at the Church of the Holy Cross m Uckfield, Sussex.38 words
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112 1955-03-28 3 I'HE new Moderator of the Free Church Federal Council In London, the Rev. F. P. Copland Simmons, said that 85 to 90 per cent of Britain's l>opulation do not go to church on Sundays. They were mostly decent lawabiding citizens who would be112 words
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Article30 1955-03-28 3 Helicopters yesterday re.scu- j |ed more than one hundred i fishermen and holiday makens itranded overnight on Islands dotting the 12-mile long Lake Marion m South Carolina A.PA.P - 30 words
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Article24 1955-03-28 3 Record-breaking cold and snow gripped the eastern twothirds of the United States yesterday, causing at. least 26 I deaths- A .P.A.P. - 24 words
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Article153 1955-03-28 3 7IGHT policemen had to carry Johnny Ray to his v plane to protect him from screaming, semilysterical crowds of teenagers last night as he left Sydney to return to the United States. He arrives m Singapore late this afternoon. More than 500 fans, many of153 words
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Article78 1955-03-28 3 "The Came Mutiny" wa.s named the outstanding picture of the year yesterday by the Film Daily m its 32nd annual 'ten best pictures" poll. "The Came Mutiny" won by 20 votes over "On The Waterfront In third place was "Rear Window" Fourth was "The Country Girl.''U.P. - 78 words
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159 1955-03-28 3 2 DIE AS REDS FIRE ON PARTY AT TAVERN TWO men were killed and two othrrs wounded yester1 day when shots, believed fired by disgruntled Italian Communists, ripped through a party celebrating a Christian Democratic election victory over the Keds, police in Reggio said. The shots, flred by unknown assassinsU.P. - 159 words
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Article21 1955-03-28 3 A 19-man British trade group left Hong Kong by train ye.sterday for Red China I to survey trade possibilities.21 words
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Article68 1955-03-28 3 Killed visiting divorced woman PISTOL .shots mowed down a yotlDf Univer.sity ol Berkeley psychology instructor at the home of a divorced woman he was visiting He died by a rose bush by the front porch. Police said the killer was the former husband of the woman The victim was 31-year-old68 words
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Article13 1955-03-28 3 Argentine police have arrested two more Roman Catholic priests- A.P.A.P. - 13 words
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Advertisement251 1955-03-28 3 f|p£ BARGAINS EVERY DEPA TMENT JK^'i^^^M Personal shoppers are advised to save A ?1 ccc their Cash Receipts to qualify for AT HALF PRICE and LESS "LUCKY PRESENTS". t° ma <c wa V or new stocks. The Numbers qualifying for presents MORNINC and SUN DRESSES. will Ije exhibited at oor251 words
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291 1955-03-28 4 The Singapore Free Press MONDAY. Mar. 28, 1955. Opinion TELL ALL YOU KNOW INFORMATION, the Government has always pointed out, is the key m the fight against the Communist terrorists. All it asks of the public is news of the terrorists and it will do the rest. It has the291 words
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Article753 1955-03-28 4 DUDLEY HAWKINS - Search for a Secret Government DUDLEY HAWKINS by AIAU MAU has now established its own government m the depths of the Kenya forests— a virtual independent Kikuyu Republic under the tyrannical pre sidency of an ex-dairy clerk Dedan Kimathi. Ruthless discipline and savage African justice are the mainstay of this753 words
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Article, Illustration56 1955-03-28 4 picture. A KING IS CREMATED. A fire lighted by his second son consumes the oil-anointed body of King Tribhuv.ma of Nepal as thousands watch from either side of the sacred Baghmati River at Katmandu, Nepal. The King's body had been flown from Zurich. Switzerland, where he died of a heartA.P. - 56 words
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Advertisement44 1955-03-28 4 CHRISTENING AM) BIRTHDAY PRESENTS IN SILVER christening Mugs F:n:n $28 S;H»on .md Pork $18 Spoons $12 Eve Cup and Sjxwn $30 I'< r.ciL-e Bow I and Sp. $85 Wapkjw Map 8 S. P. H. do SUVA LTD. SINGAPORE KIALA II MIM X A M'fii!44 words
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Advertisement23 1955-03-28 4 iy\ y\ Ms? dD i I cdfxmsenS&iVender Z «nM TUB MAaCOMCM a Sole Agtntt: F. E. ZUELLIC (MALAYA) LTD. SINGAPORE KUALA LUMPUR PINANC23 words
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Article712 1955-03-28 5 BUKIT TIMAH— ONE GLORIOUS TREK Division covers 30 square miles TODAY'S FREE PRESS ELECTION REPORT liHE election campaign must ring strange to some folk m the Bukit Timah division of Singapore They sigh for hospitals but instead hear the cry, "Remove the Emergency Regulations." They need schools and better roads712 words
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Article, Illustration186 1955-03-28 5 ri F. Ho, 51, Progressive: (acO countant): born. Singapore; educated. Anglo-Chinese School. Yang Cheng School and Cambridge University (M.A.); City Councillor; Justice of the Peace; member. Board of Licensing Justices; Manpower Appeal Board. Film Appeal Committee and Air Licensing Authority; served with Ist. Bn. S.S.V.F. until fall of186 words
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222 1955-03-28 5 Overseas Chinese: Indonesia still hasn't the answer INDONESIA, one of the I 1 countries which has discussed with Red China the nationality status of overseas Chinese has received little 01 no satisfaction from Peking. It has been disclosed that the Jakarta and Peking Governments have made a secrei agreement on222 words
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Advertisement121 1955-03-28 5 I wmmmmmmmmm hmhsj >**>< <*?* wmtmmmm m wmmmmm Don 7 forget TODAY/ jAf 1 r nforgetta ble o\i/\ i(M\n S%4^r EASTER BARGAINS 7 iro lIWA.v Off/if LOOK AT THESE STAR BARGAINS "KREMENTZ JEWELLERY ALL BABIES GOODS at HALF PRICE LESS 25 ENCLISH WOOLLEN SUIT-LENCTHS TO BE CLEARED REGARDLESS OF COSTS.121 words
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Miscellaneous253 1955-03-28 6 MANDRAKE by Lee Falk and Phil Davis j T] I Jj^/Vyfc WHENI6ET lIS THIS ROAD? ARE YOU WHERf WE HOPE SHE j&> T0 THE THE ROAP L CRAZY? THERE ARE MY ONLY CLUE DASHER C uStOM« f V H MM-/ TO BALD ]NO ROADS TO BALD '.rSBftN A ONS v253 words
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Miscellaneous571 1955-03-28 6 I YOUR I LUCKY STAR IJORN today, you are k.enU j interested m the loni; range and broad \i» w T f everything. You believe m th* inter relation of all thini-s und want to find the tin, ad whkh appears to be woven through all history. u arf fond571 words
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Article80 1955-03-28 7 CONSTRUCTION of the 1.100 \j kilometer rail link between northwest China and Inner j Mongolia has begun. Radio Peking stated yesterday. The railway, the PaotowLanchow railroad, is one of the Communists' big projects to tie together its scattered empire. The broadcast said that work was now80 words
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Article, Illustration128 1955-03-28 7 E^IFTEEN men and two officers from r the 22nd Special Air Services Regiment and 16 Field Ambulance Unit have been presented with "wings" after having successfully completed the 56th course of training at F.E.A.F. Parachute Training School. Singapore. The presentation, which took place at R.A.F.128 words
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220 1955-03-28 7 ONLY ONE OF 14 ACCEPTED FOR STUDY C. K. CHUNG is the only one of 14 Singapore students who has been accepted by the Director of Colonial Scholars for admission to a medical school m the United Kingdom this year. The applications of Miss T. H N Ec, C. M.220 words
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Article14 1955-03-28 7 Mr R H. Rains. Senior ExecutWe Engineer. Johore Bahru, SSSSffi AW14 words
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221 1955-03-28 7 POR eight weeks recently, r Liew Sin Tak, 22-year-old student of Ipoh, waj helping to unload plums and pineapples, mending irun cases, and taking off the skins of papayas and cutting them into small cubes. Now, richer m money and m experience,221 words
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464 1955-03-28 7 pORTY-EIGHT sQiiatter families who like living near the Regent's Dalace m Johore, Istana Stulang Laut, are giving Johore's ruling family and some of the State's highest officials their biggest headache m years. The squatters are likely to spoil the 80-year-old Sultan's464 words
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Advertisement62 1955-03-28 7 STYLE QUALITY- COOL —COMFORTABLE 1 i Eft I f i Mfc 4 mk If£lk W°~<y £rcLt/s/re A Cluing date Miss Golden Rotary Competition 14th April. Voi Office and Household Furniture Removals ov*er any distance contact SINGAPORE BAGGAGE TRANSPORT AGENCY LTD. 65. The Artude. SiiiKiporr I rl BS9II U«M I, Rodgrr62 words
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Article, Illustration406 1955-03-28 8 UNKNOWN UNKNOWN (Uft): more be* 1 werit> t(I.. lr. $Uw r (\bove>: tv< ncr part; at Danes togei nightr-rtj bon voyage vind of E* ing home to shortly. Singapore Hoyer W' itfdHfa tu relay cb IV>> othfi ee. Hurt a vian^H System, ftf B> Quite apart from Saturday night being;406 words
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Article, Illustration89 1955-03-28 9 FROM DRAMA TO SONG Here's a girl who set, out to be a serious actress, but end up bVcominß a nightclub singer. Her name? Kay Krnnec And'"she*!}ails from Montreal. She went to London tv stu at the Royal Academy of Dramatic Art, then tried her hai aj[ repertory. Someone suggested89 words
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Article, Illustration62 1955-03-28 10 picture. An electric steam iron for everyone is the idea of Josef Schemer of Vienna who has invented a special base for electric irons. Filled with water it is fixed to the ordinary iron. The water heats up and escaping steam damps the article being ironed The steam sole, a*;Popper - 62 words
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Article529 1955-03-28 10 PAULINE WALTON - Leprosy on the retreat PAULINE WALTON by T EPROSY, dread scourge since the earliest times, can be wiped out for ever. Today it still claims millions of victims one million of them m India alone. Recently, however. Bombay held a Leprosy Week to draw attention to the needs of the529 words
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Article699 1955-03-28 10 says the SINGAPORE DOCTOR THE fault with the average diet lies In the fact that most people eat the same food from the time of weaning up to ripe old age. They begin to •be particular about their diet only when confronted with invalidism, such699 words
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Advertisement52 1955-03-28 10 KERODERM BRAND OINTMENT FOR THE RAPID and PERMANENT RELIEF OF ALL SKIN DISORDERS CHAFED, CHAPPED AND |k CRACKED SKIN, fk SUNBURN 1 Wk NAPKIN RASH md "<s^&?^ MILD INFLAMMATIONS U=^ CURATIVE ~^B: 11==^ ANTISEPTIC Available at all Leading, Dispensaries. THE FEDERAL DISPENSARY LTD. 33 Raffles Place, Spore Cold Storage Arcade,52 words
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Miscellaneous24 1955-03-28 10 ARTIE'S HEADLINE I CUSTOMS "All right, all right—I know what you're going to say: 'Don't bother to open it, there's just an II bomb24 words
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Article, Illustration743 1955-03-28 11 Tne priest danced the revellers off their feet NIGHTCLUBS ARE GAY BUT NOT VULGAR IN MAJORCA UOLIDAYMAKERS who have not penetrated further south than the Pyrenees would never dream of taking the family to a nightclub unless all the members of it were grown up. In the "Golden Isle" of743 words
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Article, Illustration509 1955-03-28 11 There's GOLD in them thar CAMELS rpHE Aussies have sud- denly found that "there's gold m them thar troublesome camels" which have for many years roamed wild, adding a touch of Arabian Nights fantasy to the Australian outback. The demand from American zoos, circuses and movie studios has so far509 words
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299 1955-03-28 11 He wanted peace and beauty on Lundy isle 4 NEW issue of Lundy Island stamps has been printed and will be ready m a few days. It commemorates the 100 th year since the last Nors< king, Eric Bloodaxt rame to England. Lundy Island m the Bristol Channel was a299 words
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Advertisement19 1955-03-28 11 LAN MERCER JOHNSONS Silver It's sotasy! I QwKwWP Q RINSE <£3> ki^N OWAN <^ M\l LTD nH Naaag —k. i.umi>ur.19 words
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Article, Illustration151 1955-03-28 12 4 PKKVIEW of the latest models m A British wool fabrics was given m London last week when some of Britain's leading dress designers displayed their latest models m a wide range of British wool fabrics. Fine worsteds from Yorkshire tweeds from the Isle of Bute,151 words
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341 1955-03-28 12 says ANNE EDWARDS WHERE do they find these joke characters— these mothers-in-law of the music hall and the law courts? I've never met one who criticised her daughter-in-law apple pie. but I know several who realise the expense of a voracious husband and341 words
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Advertisement112 1955-03-28 12 First Time m the History of Sales Importers Wholesalers offer DIRECT TO THE PUBLIC at UNBELIEVABLE PRICES (60/t below wholesale prices) $1.50 Counter American Printed Sabrina, Printed C.C., Printed Crepe etc otc. $1.70 Counter American Shantung printed. 100% Nylon Tissue Sheer, ]00 c o Nylon Shantung plain, Printed Nylon Sheer112 words
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Miscellaneous229 1955-03-28 12 CLUES ACROSS 5 Unconscious state a thousand 1 Wield like a plate of corn than a punctuation mark husks 1 3 1 7 Slack m the Waterloo service Ownparative each way colour (5) 8 Say gone another way (7) 7 with two slmilar directions 9 Rope at sea enda In229 words
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Article, Illustration479 1955-03-28 13 LOCUSTS SPEND THEIR TIME BUILDING CITIES rp H E strange locusts which vanish for iong periods and then emerge by the millions have been tracked under ground. They spend their subterranean sojourns building great "cities." The report on the 17-year locusts, as they are commonly called, was made m the479 words
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Article, Illustration527 1955-03-28 13 Why are women SO SCARED of MICE? asks HAL BOYLE M IT'S a wonderful world, and hore are a few things m it to wonder about: Why arc women afraid of mice, when the average mouse ran run at a -speed of only about four miles an hour? Blnce nio^t527 words
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Article320 1955-03-28 13 North-South vulnerable East dealer NORTH PC? A 5 m M *EST CAST 4 > |AQ 10 7 H OK 9 8 2 0842 0953 10 ***** ♦A 6 SOUTH 3 C Q J 10 7 4 3 OK Q 6 fR V J The bidding: |as t sooth320 words
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173 1955-03-28 13 They shoot pigeons here for medals /'OCKTAII. time is pigaOD-shooting time m luxury-studded Monte Carlo where the pigeonshooting season has just started. Shooting pigeons In Monte Carlo, however, is a v«ry difTetent matter from shooting pigeon.s almost anywhere (•!:,<•. U«-re is a sport lor t lie wealthy only, a .spoft173 words
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Miscellaneous121 1955-03-28 13 TARGET 1 1 tJO^V man* II w«r«l» of i S L four If tier-. or more iBIMH~~~~" make Biff ,-S P I Iro m (he IL C letters 'o (li«K^^l -(ju.irr on Ike it-ff t In Fry makins rack D I ril I ll t lei l«r» In rath of121 words
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391 1955-03-28 14 JjfIANCE showed none of the form that brought them victory against England Scotland and Ireland when beaten 16-11 by Wales m Paris on Saturday. The whole side seemed unnerved by the importance of the occasion and even the usually brilliant Jean Prat seemed toReuter - 391 words
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Article246 1955-03-28 14 Rl <.BY INION Club matches: Blackheath 9 Bedford |j Harlequin* 6 Coventry 19, London Scottish 9 Hawick 8; Old Paulines 9 United Services Cha*lum 14; Saint Thomas's Hospital 0 Ta union If; Wasps 17 Metropolitan Polne 0; Aldershot Services 3 Old Blues 3: Barn Maple 0 Plymouth Albion 3;Reuter - 246 words
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Article39 1955-03-28 14 Stan Cutts of Montreal, defending hi> a orid professional badminton j tile. defeated Poul Holm of Den- mark 18 15. 15 9. 15-9 to square their best of-three series for the j championship at one game apiece.39 words
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429 1955-03-28 14 US INVITATION TO GRAND NATIONAL WINNER QUARE Times, winner of the Grand National Steeplechase at Aintree. England, was invited yesterday to compete m the US$5O,OOO- added Temple Gwathmey Memorial Steeplechase handicap at Belmont Park on Oct. 21. Amory L. Haskell, President of the United Hunts Racing Association, said the first429 words
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Article51 1955-03-28 14 A desperate moment m the Stoke goalmouth a s Bourne, the fullback raises his hands to punch out a shot from Crossan. This led to the penalty kick which gave Blackburn their second goal m the Fhglish Div. 2 league match on March 19. which Blackburn won51 words
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424 1955-03-28 14 Heavier Cambridge ahead by 76 lengths THE 101 st inter Varsity Boat Race from Putney to Mortlake on Saturday was a triumph for Cambridge, who took aii easy 16-length win. Cambridge whipped the favourites over the four and a quarter mile course, finishing m 19 minutes 10 seconds. Oxford wonReuter - 424 words
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Article67 1955-03-28 14 T ONNIE Spurrier of the San Francisco Olympic Club bettered the world record for the 880--yards at Berkely (California) m 1 mm. 47.5 sec. on Saturday. Spurrier was running m a threeway track meet against California and the University of Santa Clara. The recognised world record,67 words
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Article65 1955-03-28 14 Wes Santee. America's champion miler. was one jecond outside the world indoor mile record m clocking 4min 4.6 sec at the Knight* of Columbus athletic meeting m Cleveland. The world record of 4min 3.6 sec was iet by Gunnar Nielsen of Denmark m New York65 words
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Article29 1955-03-28 14 Turkey scored two goals midway through the second half yesterday to come from behind and beal Italy, 3-2, and win the international military soccer championship m Rome.29 words
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Article128 1955-03-28 14 Pakistan's Hashim Khan, .seeking I hb fifth straight win m the British i Squash Rackets Championships, en tered the finals of the men's singles on Saturday with a close victory over his cousin and countryman, Roshan Khan. The score of 9-2, 7 9, 2-9. 9-2,AP - 128 words
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Article, Illustration433 1955-03-28 14 U.K. SOCCER ROUND-UP VEWCASTLE and York will replay their F.A. Cup semi-final at Roker Park, Sunderland, on Wednesday. The winner goes into the final at Wembley Stadium against Manchester City on May 7. A goal headed by Welsh international Roy Clarke m the secondReuter - 433 words
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Article505 1955-03-28 15 DESMOND HACKETT - DESMOND HACKETT i;N(;LAND'S runners are planning to challenge rj an Iron Curtain team led by Emil Zatopek -By- next season. The men of England they are prepared to n anywhere Zatopek an d his squad would like to name. And I rannot see any505 words
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Article118 1955-03-28 15 MMV CARTER, the world lightweight champion, will defend his against Kenny Lane, an ked boxer from Michigan, m Rapids. Michigan, m Curler 'a manager Willie Return announced yesterday. date will be determined later. Carter won the title from Ike illiamt m 1951. He lost it toReuter - 118 words
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Article27 1955-03-28 15 ll^rio Ascari of Italy driving a i^sterday won the 236 mile 1 Grand Prix (Turin) auto In 2 hours, 40 mm 21 1/5 sec.27 words
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Article38 1955-03-28 15 Emil Zatopek, Czechoslovakia s triple Olympic yold medalist of 1952 yesterday won the Paris international cross country race over six ""vtadimir Kuc. the Russian star, was 13th. .^imit*. is lovakia) 35 mm 27 sec ReuterReuter - 38 words
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Article21 1955-03-28 15 SUi "each* had scored twice m the fl rs ha am milt ,i, Mean»h.le B mm ReuterReuter - 21 words
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Article46 1955-03-28 15 (J^N adi AN swimmer Beth Withal I*t formed a fine double m the '-American Games when she won women's, 100 metre* butterfly m Game* record time of lmin n.2^ and freestyle m smin 32_4sec. the event with Uruguay second and Mexico Uiird. ReuterReuter - 46 words
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Article231 1955-03-28 15 Move to open Olympics to pros SIR Arnold Lunn, one of Britain's sports leaders, i^ planning a campaign to bring professkmtUi info the Olympic Games by 1960. Lunu, 66-year-vld author a':d htturer known as "the\ father of British skimp," said he ij planning to make the I first move atA.P. - 231 words
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Article, Illustration53 1955-03-28 15 picture Patricia Hayes. 23, a San Angelo, Texas, college student turned bullfighter, is gored by a bull at Ciudad Acuna. Mexico, as a picador rushes to her aid. This was pat's first fight since receiving broken ribs and concussion of the brain m the Acapulco rineA.P. - 53 words
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289 1955-03-28 15 TALBERT SPEAKS OUT AGAINST TENNIS HO rpHE Davis Cup challenge 1 round will be played on August 26. 27 and 28 at Forest Hills, New York, the United States Lawn Tennis Association has announced. Prior to this decision there were indications that Forest Hills with its grass courts might lose289 words
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Article43 1955-03-28 15 URUGUAY, four times world soccer champions, bowed yesterday 6-1 to Argentina m the South American soccer tournament. On Wednesday Argentina will meet Chile to decide the first place, m which both team.s are tied with seven poinU each.- A.P.A.P. - 43 words
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Article66 1955-03-28 16 2* Wot4a $6 (minimum) MARSH DRYSDALE. The marriage !ook place on Saturday 26i h March, ai St. Mary's Church. Kuala Lumpur, of Mr. Edward Lovell Marsh, younger son of Brigadier General P. O. Marsh. C.M.G.. D.5.0.. and Mrs. Marsh of Pmewood Hordle Nr. Lymington Hants, and Miss Margaret Drysdale.66 words
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Article59 1955-03-28 16 29 Words U minimum) THE FAMILY of the late Joseph Chua Ah Tee sincerely thank all Friends and Relatives who sent Wreaths and Attended the Funeral. TAY— CHIAU YONG and Soon Ann wish to thank all friends and relatives for their good wishes, valuable Rifts and presence on the59 words
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Article248 1955-03-28 16 18-yr-old m shock England soccer XI STANLEY MATTHEWS, 40-year-old outside-ri^ht is the only England forward to keep his place m the soccer team to meet Scotland at Wembley next Saturday. An 18-year-old left-half is included m the line- i up. announced last night. i England's selectorsReuter - 248 words
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Article109 1955-03-28 16 Yoshi Oyakawa and Ed Kawa chika helped Ohio State University to a new 300 yard medley relay mark yesterday as trials were held for the closing session of the National Collegiate Athletic Association swimming meet. The event was timed at 2 mln. 46.2 sec. with109 words
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Article28 1955-03-28 16 2" Words i minimum MCNEE: On 25th March, at her home m Glasgow, Mary Leckie. wife of the late Alexander McNee and Mother of Peter and Sam.28 words
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Article103 1955-03-28 16 TONY TRABERT defeated U.S. singles champion Vie Seixas to win the Good Neighbour tennis crown yesterday at Miami Beach. Trabert, second-ranked U.S. player, ran up a 4-0 lead and was never headed as he defeated Seixas m straight sets. 6-4, 8-6, 6-1. Doris Hart, the U.S. women's103 words
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Article54 1955-03-28 16 WEST Indian bowlers had an arduous day of leather chasing as Australian batsmen piled up 266 runs for two wickets before a record Jamaica crowd of 15.000 on the first day of the cricket Test at Kingston. It was a clear, sunny day and the54 words
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Article22 1955-03-28 16 Oon Heng Chin of Singapore was adjudged Victor Ludorum m the first aquatic meet of the Kuala Lumpur Technical College22 words
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Article, Illustration57 1955-03-28 16 picture. Star Soccerites goalkeeper Angullia punches away as he leaps for the ball with Police outside-right .Yusoflf. mi n close attendance are Police centre-forward Awang Bakar (left) and Soccerites fullback J. Van Huizen. Police won this Singapore A. F. A. Div. 1 league tie 2-0Free Press - 57 words
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Article166 1955-03-28 16 ON a fast true pitch m bright sunshine, England's fifth wicket pair, Len Hutton and Trevor Bailey, resumed m their grimmest mood this morning m the second and final Test against New Zealand at Auckland. In 50 minutes they added 15 to Saturday's total of 148Reuter - 166 words
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Article14 1955-03-28 16 Heinz Neuhaus. European and German heavyweight champion, outpointed Hem Ten HofT,14 words
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257 1955-03-28 16 5 champions in R.A.O.C. team tonight gPECTATORSuttIu Singapore Badminton Hall, Guillemard Roa d tonight should get their full quota of thrills when Army boxers from Hong Kong and Singapore fight out the final of the Far East Land Forces inter-unit chumpionship. The finalists are 30 Battalion Royal Army Ordnance Corps257 words
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