The Singapore Free Press, 7 June 1955

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    19 1 The Singapore Free Press Largest Afternoon Sale m Malaya No. Hi:?. >itii;:inore, Tues.. June 7, 1955. Price 15 C'ts
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    Lock icon Princess Margaret to visit Ceylon
    60 1 I>KINCKSS Margaret will visit Ceylon next February. a reliable source said m Colombo yesterday. The source said there had been an exchange of com- munication between Ceylon and Britain to arrange for either the Queen Mother or Princess Margaret to open a trade fair combined
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    S'pore TUC No to strike call
    210 1 GIVE-AND-TAKE IS URGED THE Singapore Trade Union Congress think that a general strike threat call by some waterfront unions to force a settlement of the 39-day-old Harbour Board staff strike is premature. The T.U.C. president, Mr. S. Jaganathan, said: "We do not consider a
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    Lock icon THE DIGGERS ? ? ? ? AND MALAYA
    112 1 THE DIGGERS AND MALAYA THE Sydney Morning Herald today called on the Australian Government to shed more light on its plans to send troops to Malaya. In an editorial, the paper. said it was five we^ks- siace. the government announced it would send Australian troops to Malaya. "The people of
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    Lock icon First in uniform
    24 1 Chancellor Adenauer said yesterday that he expected the first West German soldiers to be m uniform m late Vutumn. A. P.
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    Rubber on $1 mark
    79 1 MARKET TENSE RIBBEK reached one tloilar a lb. m Singapore this morning. It was an exciting market, said brokers. The price rose sharply by more than three cents following a report that the strike of the Ford Motor Company workers m Detroit had been settled. (See
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      CANADIAN AIR CHIEF LOSES JOB
      105 1 AIR Vice Marshal John Plant, chief of the Royal Canadian Air Force Technical Services has been removed from his position because of statements he made m a speech at Toronto last Thursday. Mr Ralph Campney, Defence Minister, told the House of Commons that the statements
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      Lock icon Mountbatten rebukes American
      119 1 Mountbatten rebukes American EARL Mountbatten. British First Sea Lord, yesterday rebuked a United States exservicemen's leader who made an attack on Communism at an ex-servicemen's conference m London. Mr Seaborn Collins, national commander of the 2,800,000 strong American Legion said the American people wanted peace "but not peace at any
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    Lock icon BIG 4 MEETING: DATE SET
    56 1 BRITAIN. FRANCE and United State, today t<*** ll l vited' Russia to a four-day meeting of tiie Bi X Pour leaders at Geneva from July 18 to July 11. hindt'd The invitation was contained m identical notes handt d over m Moscow by the envoys
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    Lock icon BIG BID TO END STRIKE
    341 1 BIG BID TO END STRIKE U.K. unions surprise move T'HK Trades Union Congress, govern--1 ing body of Britain's 8.000.000--strong unions, yesterday proposed after I six-hour meeting last night, a fivepoint plan to end the nation-wide rail strike. The 70,000 striking drivers and firemen are asked to state their minimum pay
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    Lock icon Siamese premier in UK today
    59 1 The Prime Minister of Slam, Field Marshal Pibul Songgram, will this week have talks m London with British ministers on the South-East Asia Treaty Organisation of which both Britain and Siam are members. The Marshal is due m London by air from Copenhagen today oh
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    PROPELLERS LOST
    16 1 A machine shop m Clyde Terrace, Singapore has lost three Viotorboat propellers, worth $900.
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    Lock icon Hoa Hao men pounded by Diem army, quit in hundreds
    349 2 Hoa Hao men pounded by Diem army, quit in hundreds nuawa MW w£je RmiS day iti Saigon 20 000 men- started an attack on the Thirty infantry liattaMons |*rhaps after a series of rebel 2?ararsrt? aaarag SSSrided -since the army began its offensive on Sunday morning. Army losses. were listed
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    Lock icon FORD MEN GET BEST GUARANTEE EVER
    181 2 FORD MEN GET BEST GUARANTEE EVER rpin. H>rd Motor Company m I i). troll y« iterdaj agreed to B demand by the United Auto k< n 1 Union for a guaranteed annual wage i ndin strife of 88,000 Ford workers Hie strike tx gan at midnight on Sunday By yesterday
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    Lock icon POSITION MUCH BETTER IN EAST, SAYS TAYLOR
    69 2 POSITION MUCH BETTER IN EAST, SAYS TAYLOR PENKRAL Maxwell Taylor, li th outgoing commander ol th« United Nation^ roreei m fee Far hast said In Taipeh terday that UM situation m the Par East was tter now than it had been In \UW.\ on hi., arrival. Qeneral Taylor said he
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    Lock icon The hottest day
    20 2 The temperature In London t., 71 degrees Fahrenheit y< terday the hottest clay ol the year A.P.
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    Lock icon GOVERNOR QUITS
    34 2 Mr Justice Mohammad ihabuddln, Governor ol i p.iki. rdajf confirmed rei tie had resigned aftei talk with the Prime Mohammad Ah. < the i• toi ation ol parliamentary rule In the province A.P.
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    Lock icon U.S. CLAIMS $4.8 MIL. FROM RUSSIA FOR SHOOTING DOWN PLANE
    217 2 U.S. CLAIMS $4.8 MIL. FROM RUSSIA FOR SHOOTING DOWN PLANE 'THE UNITED STATES has filed an application with the International Court at The Hague, asking for an award of over $4,800,000 damages from Russia for he shooting down of an American plane by Soviet aircraft oil Hokkaido, Japan, on Oct.
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    woman gem smuggler fined
    116 2 \[i trud< Djament, 12 yeai old tire i maker, wa i.:n (i $8,500 y( terday when i d guilty .it Ux- ear London, to Lo muggle a paco! diamond out «»i Britain a i i torn and excise official Djament arrived at dh airport to fly
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    46 2 picture. ChatUnx with Sir Gewgc Thomas (centre) at a rmktajl party rr|ve B last nijjht y the ity Council to the Ihomas Cup teams ait (from left) Mr. Jack Aspinall, Mr. Ng Sen Choy, Mrs. James Miller and Mr r. ViimnnH tfe* City Engineer. Free Press
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    RED CHINA SWITCHING TO NEW PEACE LINE
    167 2 RED CHINA SWITCHING TO NEW PEACE LINE WORD has leaked to the West that China is ready to join m a bit-by-bit advance towards peace m the Formosa area, diplomatic officials of three nations reported m London last night. This assessment emerged after four days of intensive exchanges m London
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    Lock icon Sam Loxton wins seat in Parliament
    97 2 Sam Loxton wins seat in Parliament A former Australian Test cricketer, Sam Loxton, yesterday won a seat m the Victorian Legislative Assembly —by 15 votes after the distribution of preferences. He stood as a Liberal Country Party candidate for the suburb of Prahran and was making his first bid to
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    Lock icon Mother seeks news of dry-death survivor
    157 2 'MRS. E. Barnes, of Spring Valley. Nairobi. said '•"•rday the Peter Barnes who survived the ordeal by thirst In the Sahara Desert is her 17-year-old-son. Two others died from "dry death" while trying to make the overland trip by ear. She ha.s eaDled the
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    Lock icon Wife No. 1 sulks as Idris marries again
    190 3 4S LIBYA S 66-year-old King Idris A W as preparing to4ay for a honeymoon, his first wife, Queen Fatima, was reported to be sulking m a village 113 miles northwest of the Egyptian capital. The king was married yesterday to Alia Abdel
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    Lock icon PRISON CHIEF BEATS RIOTERS
    117 3 Hostages given up after warning A RIOT broke out at the Michigan State reformatory m lonia yesterday when four inmates seized two prison guards and demanded to see the warden. Two other guards were injured and were taken to hospital. The riot, confined to one building
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    Lock icon Move to get HK Governor to stay on is criticised
    207 3 REQUESTS for an extension of the term of the Hong K<>ns Governor. Sir Alexander Grantham. "would seem unjustified." said the Britishowned China Mail today. "Twice his term has been extended and the time is now opportune for him to hand
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    Lock icon U NU GETS A BIGGER WELCOME THAN RUSSIANS
    134 3 U NU GETS A BIGGER WELCOME THAN RUSSIANS UNU, the Prime Minister of Burma, arrived m Belgrade yesterday on a ten-day official visit to be greeted with a reception which foreign observers found warmer than that accorded to the recent Soviet visitors. U Nu. first Asian head of a government
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    Lock icon Tokyo assurance to free nations
    52 3 Prime Minister Ichiro Hatovama said yesterday that Japan would not pursue friendship with the Soviet Union at the expense of existing ties with the Western democracies. "I intend to maintain cooperative relations with ttte free nations bloc," he told the Diet's Lower House budget committee
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    Lock icon Ely in Paris
    24 3 General Paul Ely, former French commander-in-Chief m indo-China, arrived m Pans by air yesterday from Saieon on relinquishing his post Reuter
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    Lock icon HANDCUFFED TO DUNK, DOYS FLEE SHIP
    177 3 CEARCH of a San Francisco waterfront section was intensified yesterday for two young Korean stowaways who escaped from a locked stateroom of the motorship Sea Serpent on Sunday. Coast Guard and U.S. Customs officials said the pair may have slipped out of a porthole
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    Lock icon EGYPT REJECTS ISRAEL TALKS PLAN
    234 3 EGYPT REJECTS ISRAEL TALKS PLAN EGYPT announced yesterday it has rejected Israeli proposalsfor high level talks to ease tension over the "Gaza strip." A Government spokesman. Col. Salah Gohar said the Israelis are still boycotting the Mixed Armistice Commission talks on the Gaza area under Gen. Edson Burns, the U.N.
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    Lock icon PADDLEWHEEL AGAIN FOR NAVY
    61 3 ■THE British Admiralty has turned to the paddlewheel m its search for modern warships. Seven paddle-powered tugs, it announced m London yesterday, have been ordered for the Royal Navy. It said that paddle-wheeled, tugs were found best for handling air-craft-carriers and other huge war vessels. Not
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    11 4 Squ.rc sure be bang.ng that ball about MOCt h> brf Nt****
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      Opinion No place for politics
      259 4 Opinion No place for politics MR. CHKW SWEE KEE, the Minister for Education, did right when he firmly rejected another plea from the Chinese middle .school students that they ould be allowed to take part In politics. j thl firmness has hud n ult pite tiic noise id fury which
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    TO ARM OR NOT TO ARM....
    837 4  -  RITCHIE McEWEN Neutral Austria finds that liberation brings worrying responsibilities by rpilE ink on the signa- tu res of the five foreign ministers to the eagerly and lone: awaited Austrian State Treaty had scarcely had time enough to dry properly before newly "liberated" Austrian^
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      13 4 7a Hi *> fl AT MODERATE PRICES (Manufactured by Amuta Wntr 'i CO S.A >
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      165 4 ORCHARD ROAD ARCADE CJT^ DOLCIS for slio?s Something to read? ■ad te repairs. oo X The STRAITS TIMES r^^ office is handy for vrnr^c <■ /T-^ Inserting press an- 1 ;>/ n^ DAS for all nouncemen£ i-- kmds of 2|B Buy your films and i^V* by 1 KODAk Mskl Uy
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    Lock icon CARS LINE UP END TO END IN SPECIAL PARKING ZONE
    103 5 London plan to fight traffic chaos LINES of cars are parked end to end m the Carriage Way of Hyde Park which is one of 16 special parking zones set up by the police outside the Central London area to
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    So Teddy Boys must be home every night by nine p.m.
    245 5 So Teddy Boys must be home every night by nine p.m. r FHE curfew tolls at 9 o'clock for two youths during the next year; at 10 o'clock for another. They must be indoors by those times until their probation expires. Those penalties were coupled with fines at Bath, Somerset,
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    GIRL DIES IN BID TO SAVE DOG
    109 5 GIRL DIES IN BID TO SAVE DOG A GIRL of five was I J\ killed when she went into a blazing bungalow I to try to save a pet dog. Little Linda Johnson, i of Kings Norton, Bir- mingham, and her family I were spending the holiday I with her
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    New office for Kuala Lumpur
    39 5 The Australian Commission will have an office m Kuala Lumpur soon. The Australian Commissioner for Malaya, Sir Alan Watt, returned to Singapore from Kuala Lumpur at the weekend after making arrangements for the office.
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    Bandit dies
    22 5 Security forces wounded and captured a woman terrorist m the Sepang area of south-west Sclangor yesterday. The woman died later.
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    The girls are mad about flying
    232 5 ONE fine day was all that 22--year-old Joyce Lane wanted to complete her pilot's course and gain her wings. She had to wait nearly nine months for it. Joyce, a pilot of only two weeks and 42 hours' flying time, was able to take
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  • Page 6 Miscellaneous
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      290 6 I nLiI r^«^%/Ic MANDRAKE by Lee Faik and Phil Paw 1 f wmmrn I fiiM,,^,,; thf tourist— a rump*- 1 hadn't *c^J HE'S BEWITCHED. HI g— MBANWHIII. THE JUU*^ B Ema USE A *ME r-' r:4 NEEDS VIE. VIA GOING U^M SEEN SuCH A HU\6BVMAN. ANQ PQRK.SIW/ 'r'* EBK>UGMTAPIU*AOMATOUAIST AFTER
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      624 6 YOUR iLUCKY STAR X r>ORN today, you have what people call a "long head" when it comes to business matters, for you have excellent judgment and strong X convictions of what is right and what is wrong. f You are alway s enthusiastic about things, too, and can encourage others
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  • Round the World Market Prices
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      U. K. closing prices
      215 7 LONDON. June G Previous Today ri'BKFR No 1 RSS c.i.f. European 27 > 2 buyers 28 buyers n»ru June' 27 sellers 28» 2 sellers ki BBFR No 1 RSS c.i.f. European 27 4 buyers 28 buyers ports' July' 27 Vi sellers 28 4 sellers ri BBKR
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      New York prices
      101 7 Above prices quoted m U. S. cents per 10. NEW YORK, June 6 Previous Today Tin Straiets spot and nearby 91.87 traded 91.75 nom. TIN foturw June.. 91.00 bid 91.50 bid 11 92.00 asked 91.75 asked July 90.75 bid 90.25 bid 91.75 asked 91.50 asked Aug 90.65
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      U.S. PEPPER
      56 7 Spot Malabar 50. Awaiting re- to i5V 2 June shipment 44 v.. lease 50. Afloats 50 to 49. June Lampong spot 50. Awaiting release shipment 49. Sarawak spot 48. 50. Afloats 50 to 49. June shipment Awaiting release 48. Afloats 464 48^. sellers ex dock. Above prices quoted
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      Copra, coconut oil prices
      118 7 COPRA Philippines o.i.f. UK/North European delivered weight per lon* ton Jane/July COPRA Philippines f.o.b. Manila m bulk, per long ton COPRA s trails c.i.f UK/North European delivered weight per long ton June/July July Auk COCONUT OIL crude, Strait. cJJ. UK North European m bulk, per long
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      DOW JONES AVERAGES
      32 7 NEW YORK, Jane 6. Previous Today 30 Industrials 428.53 431.49 20 Railroads 161.31 161.00 40 Domestic Bonds 99.85 99.75 15 Utilities 64.41 64.41 64 Stocks Composite Average 160.45 160.95
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    Dry weather
    22 7 Singapore had another rain-less day yesterday, and apart from a short shower m Kuala Lumpur, the Federation was also dry.
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    Peak defenders will fight car circuit
    297 7 Peak defenders will fight car circuit LOCAL residents and countryside societies plan lo fight "with everything they've got" against the proposal for a car road racing circuit m the Derbyshire Peak district. The Council for the Preservation of Rural England has launched a £1,000 appeal for funds. A spokesman for
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    THERE'S NO HOME FOR A CHILDLESS HERO
    199 7 DILL COOK, veteran of Dunkirk and Wingate's Chindits, spent nearly £100 to make a brokendown cottage habitable for his wife near the River Thames at Isleworth.. Now the 42-year-old ex Cameron Highlander faces eviction because the cottage is to be pulled down with
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    EX-FILM STAR IS NOW TRADE DELEGATE
    115 7 EX-FILM STAR IS NOW TRADE DELEGATE P RE WAR Chinese film star. Miss -Butterfly" Wu (seen on the left) arrived m Singapore by air over the week-end from Hong Kong as a member of a trade delegation. She is one of 14 delegates now m the Colony to stage a
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    St. Anthony's Old Boys' Assn.
    63 7 At the eighth annual meeting of the St. Anthony's* Old Boys' Association held on Sunday, the following were elected officebearers for the year: President Mr. Edmund Tay; vicepresident, Mr. Chia Kirn Chwee; hon. treasurer, Mr. Goh .Twee Jin; hon. secretary, Mr. Lee Eng Kee. Committee:
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    Ballot burning
    29 7 Ballot papers and other secret documents used m the Penang municipal council elections last December will be destroyed at the municipal incinerator at Kampong Java Bahru today.
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    WORLD IN PIC NEWS TURES
    278 8 WORLD IN PIC NEWS TURES Queen Digrid of Denmark (above, left) leans aCfWM to see how her fme*\ likes Ihe fare as President Rene Co(> of France, samples Danish deli<a< ies during a reception m his honour at the Copenhagen Town Haiti The President and Mrs. C'oty (right) were on
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    MAKING FRIENDS WITH THE PAKISTAN PELICANS
    347 9 B. O. A. C. receptionists, Sheila Be van (above, left) and Phyllis Wright make friends with some pelicans which have just arrived at London Airport from Pakistan. A recent analysis of BO A.C.'s traffic shows that aviary birds are being carried at the rate
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    AW SHE'S JUST ANOTHER SWEDISH BLONDE, THEY SAID
    568 10  - AW SHE'S JUST ANOTHER SWEDISH BLONDE, THEY SAID Leonard Mosley But a P* ctu ™3£<!^™£ of the world BACK m the days of the 'twenties and thirties, when Hollywood believed In love at the box oilireand censors were less moralistic about the portrayal of passion on the screen- a glance
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    Newcomer is no stranger to FAME
    276 10 Newcomer is no stranger to FAME iohn kkhr is Broad- way 1 latest gift to Hollywood T;iii. handsome and ;i liMf. sensitive actor, he will undoubtedly star! many a young feminine heart fluttering with his first film appearance In "The Cobweb." Although be li i newcomer to Hollywood, h< i
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    COPS will keep an eye on those Masters
    292 10 COPS will keep an eye on those Masters A MAJOR Hollywood studio had to take out $000,000 worth of insurance with Lloyds of London to cover seven original paintings Director Jetn Negulesco borrowed for use m the Fred Astaire collection m the musical version of "Daddy Long Legs." Negulesco personally
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    FRED WILL WRITE HIS STORY NOW
    100 10 IfRED ASTAIRE has been besieged by publisher* for years to write hit untobiography, and the star has finally (jv.cn m. Attain has ■tiled on neither a title nor a publisher, lie's still m too much of d" t about the recent trace drat I,
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    40 10 GARBO presides at this dinner scene m "Camille." Besides her is Robert Taylor. The film camera has not focussed on Greta for years but "Camille lives on, earning more money on Broadway now than when it appeared 18 years ago.
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    Kansas does away with censorship
    128 10 FjMLM censorship will end m the State of Kansas on June 30. On that iai the Kansas Board of Review, 38-yoar-old State Agency that has had authority to ban any films it did not consider suitable for public showing. will be abolished. With the repeal
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    Make-up Tips by the Stars
    595 12  -  JUDITH SIMONS by rM SURE you are gen- erou minded. Bui I nd< r, all the ;'"i" i( J| think screen and much of their beauty to la hing TTk don't 'i he amount oi make-up they must ir on duty" make: th< atre peopJe
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    51 12 pitiure, Senora Virginia de Gallayos. 3ti who will iiivc added ifaUMV to the Diplomatic Corps m London as the first woman minister to the Court of St. James, is pictured with her two sons. Alfreds 1! (ris;ht) and Jorge 11. The Senora, a widow, represents Costa Kiea.
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    RELICS OF A QUEEN
    171 12 'J'HE Queen has taken a part m one of the most moving anniversaries for a long time by sending to Versailles some of her personal mementoes of the last tragic Queen of France. Marie Antoinette. The occasion is the bicentenary of Marie Antoinette's birth and for
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    RACING WITH A GALLOPER GUN
    51 13 THE Royal Artillery were m full display at their annual "At Home" at the R. A. Depot, Woolwich. One of the novelties of the display was a race "between a modern 25 pounder and a Galloper Gun which was used between the years 1685 and
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    Bridge Hand
    329 13 Bridge Hand North-South vulnerable South dealer \yil-l- all those seated m the first l?\v rows kindly step to ear, as there is no telling how fax the b.ooci will spatter over the argument that is about to take pUct. South eleffd to bid five hearts, iving the flam one more
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    This should be a good lesson to all tyrants
    228 13 This should be a good lesson to all tyrants ANEW Him on the last days of Hitler— this time a film made m Austria en the technical advice of one of the dictator's private secretaries is being prepared for international release. The film recently shown m Cologne after an initial
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    47 13 picture. THESE two models, designed by Basta of Paris, were shown at a fashion parade held m the French capital last week. On left is "Hima<laya" a maroon wool costump and three-quarter coat with fox fur collar: on right, "Violetta" m violet wool with astrakhan collar. Popper
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    Critics show poor taste —at home
    109 13 Critics show poor taste at home SIR JOHN ROTHENSTEIN, director of London s Tate Gallery hit out at art critics who talk with authority about great painting, but show poor taste m the interior decoration of their own homes. "They talk knowingly about Titian, Cezanne and Delacroix," he said, "but
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    Party cards don't mean a thing to Cupid
    362 13 Party cards don't mean a thing to Cupid By a Special Correspondent LOVE laughs at Marxist dialectics m Eastern Germany. Like Western Germany, the Soviet Zone has a large "surplus" of marriageable women. The German Red regime, following the Soviet example, has tried to put .i.miiiiiiiiiiimiiminmmiiiiiiiim riMiiituiiiimiimhiiuimmiiimn romance on a
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    THREE WAYS TO BECOME A BETTER BATSMAN
    783 14 stroke to „fc,y. MkC l.»<lv PU, that hUlWupttl it 01 W atrU.i.e.r.-ally-*.. i,. 11 it, m inninei > i very hard work, you can a» oSby«ea?nSto concentrate your mind and will on the lob In hand. IT 1 U> ,1 can i' if
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    Joke-a-stroke Sydney golf
    143 14 Joke-a-stroke Sydney golf Sports s a y in^ thai the •■<>.! match for Ity at The Lakes course, on June •> will be a. troke Job." American Bob 11"!"' will play v Sydney radio comedian i tvey, and with Norman a ft nd o »'i fcwortn. Thu ii atch will
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    Business Houses League and Cup
    98 14 mHE 1959 Singapore Business 1 Hou i Footbal] Association's League and Cup com- j petition and the 2nd Reserve League will commence on June 8 and the teams are|< divided mto the loiiowingl] GBOUF "A" Horn Koqi li.i.-.k, Btagapon Chartered Bank, 1 < Bingaport Traction
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    113 14 Susuma Ogawa owns a jockey's build and a raspy voice. He Is proud of both and hopes they will help him to go od a world slghtseeIng tour from the stern of a racing .shell. They are tho trademarks of liLs job— -coxswain for the University
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    45 14 Hilton Dab r atl won i"- VM ivi,-r Pan handicap nnd qualified for next week's ike Nanct'a Lad, ridin Choquette, vu heavy rite and imi led r lpr^tlis ahead ol the Ctoi Stable's Portei viiic V WhlUMgr*! Little Dell w&z third, A.P.
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    223 14 SAYS MOORE ARCHIE Moore yesterday boxed two rounds in preparation for his lightheavyweight title defence at New York on June 22 with Carl' iBobo) Olson. "I had no trouble defeating Bob Baker. Nino Valdes, Harold Johnson and Joey Maxim, and for that reason I cant she why
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    70 14 Philippine and Japanese Davis Cup contenders shired Tennis victories m their Osaka exhibition matches. In similes. Japan's Kosei Kamo defeated Filipino Johnny Jose 6-3. 7-5, while Kamo's countryman Atsushi Miyagi dropped his match to FelUiMmo Ampon 6-2, 6-2. Earlier Rjyiv.undo Deyro .and Jose won their singles
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    New racing methods bring these records
    373 14  - New racing methods bring these records MAESTRO By WHEN three runners m one race can beat the four-minute mile and so join Roger Bannister and John Landy m a select band it is time, as Harold Abrahams recently said, we readjusted ourselves m the approach to middledistance racing. Once the
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    Lock icon Cohen is champion, rules world committee
    301 14 Cohen is champion, rules world committee ffHE world committee on pro--1 fesstona) boxing is making DO conciliatory gestures toward the National Boxing Association of the United States. A small lend has developed between the two groups over the world bantamweight championship. The NBA recognises Raton Maciaa of Mexico as the
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    Lock icon Springboks are 185 ahead
    466 15 MANSELL HITS OUT AGAINST LANCS tyiTH four wickets down, the South African cricket tourists are 185 runs ahead of Lancashire's first innings total. All out for 154 m their first innings, the Spring boks yesterday hit up 232 for four, after dismissing Lancashire for 201. Wa^hbrook
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    100 15 South Africa Ist inns. 154. Lancashire Ist inns. 201. SOUTH AFRICA 2nd INNS. Fndean c Edrich b Goodwin 51 Goddard Ibw Goodwin 14 Chatham o Jordan b Goodwin 45 MansHi c Grirvts b C ollins 79 McLean not out t TayfiHd not out 9 Extras Total (for 4 wkte.)
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    Austrian soccer XI coming
    151 15 Austrian soccer XI coming T»HE CRACK Salzburg soccer team from Vienna, who have seven Austrian internationals m their side, will visit Singapore towards the I end of next month. Salzburg cabled the Singapore Amateur Football Association agreeing to play tnree games m the Colony between July 25 and 31. S.A.F.A.
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    Lock icon GARDNER KO's WILLIAMS
    352 15 JACK GARDNER knocked out Johnny Williams at Nottingtiam last night m the fifth round of a final eliminating contest for the right to meet Don Cockell for the British and Empire heavyweight titles. Gardner and Williams are both former British champions. It was their third meeting. Gardner
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    312 15 IN record time. W. Lomas rode an Italian Guzzi to victory m the Junior (350 co Tourist Trophy motorcycle race at the Isle of Man yesterday. He had a time of 2 hrs. 51 mm. 38.2 sec. for the course of just over 264 miles. His
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    140 15 ONE of the most controversial issues In English .soccer was settled last night when the Football Association ended its ban on the recognition of players who take part m Sunday matches. Before this move, anyone who played soccer on Sunday, even if only for his factory
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    67 15 The meetin:' turned down a prnposa] by the Scottish Football elation whidi .souq;lit to h the Internationa] Football Federar •ion (F.1. P. A.) substitute rulei to "defnestic" Internationa] matchet among the four home countries. Under the F.I. P. A. rules m injured goalkeeper Dan be rei at
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    22 15 Sprin^dalo trounced Social A. P. 7-0 m a S.A.F.A. Div. 3B leafUC at Jalan Be&ar iUdiuni iv. l m^ht.
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    87 15 World flyweight champion Pascuel Perez, arriving m New York en route to his home m Buenos Aires after defending his title m Tokyo, said ho favoured Dai Dower of Wales as the next challenger but the bout wonld have to be m Bueno.s Aires. •British promoter
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    SHAW'S PAIR IN FINE FORM
    945 16 Super Picture, Theatre best on hard track QHAfI STABLED pair. gaper Picture, ridden by Billy B*ll arifi Theatre n irere aaioclated In a splendid t, the training track at Bokit Tinan this i j- from the half mile, they raced stride ror thi la it
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    SURREY BACK IN THE FIGHT
    333 16 215 runs ahead ON LONDON'S hottest day of the year a crowd of 25.000 saw Surrey make an excellent recovery Ifftinst Yorkshire at Kennington Oval yesterday m the English county cricket championship. Surrey, the rei»ning champions, were m real danger on Saturday but they now
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    61 16 GORDON PINE'S RECORD BID Gordon Pirle, Britain's cnc« middle distance runner, will tempt to beat the world thr-r. mtlM record of 13 mm. 26.4 sec. held by Vladimir Kur. Soviet Union, at the White City, Manchester. on June 22. Peter Driver, Empire and British six miles champion, and I John
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    37 16 The Malayan Ha kej Ped< ration b "fndUig a team to tour Ceylon and Pakistan In February cm Match nrxt y«-ar, the Pre&ident. Mi Herman De Souca, announced yesterday Nego tJattona are now taking place
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    174 16 ClOtl (il p|A] 1 A l Lords: Middle ex beal Wor- terihire bj an innlns and m» Vi 11 89 and 70 !;i'")UN i.,ur loi nine). \ijik. < R< Denia Compton 51 Berry m-< for 61). v <) 1 Burrtj S3 and Ml fot r H4
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    70 16 pu lu rr. Pankten (left) and Nitssehke are having at wuch dirtkult> looking each other m the face as you would P™""""""* their names. They fought m a middle* eight biMl during the rereiit Kuropean Boxing Championships m Berlin. II Punkten doesn't open his eyes he'll find
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    125 16 China Row at Games meeting VATIONALIST China will not send a team to the 1956 Olympics m Melbourne if Red China is allowed to participate, the chairman ot the Nationalist Olympic Committee of China has announced. A delegate is scheduled to leave from Hong Kong for the lOC (International Olympic
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    FALLEN BOXER COUNTED OUT
    57 16 A heavyweight boxer was knocked out m I professional fl»ht m Newcastle last night— but not by a punch. Dinny Powell slipped through the ropes m the fourth round ar d was kno< teed unconscious when h« crashed to the floor. He taa counted out by
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    COACHES FOR OLYMPICS
    48 16 Hamid Hendi Aladhami. I native of Baghdad, and a student at Indiana University, is going to the Olympic Games m Australia as a coach. Ray 8. Bicknell. an American hit>h school basketball coach, has accepted an offer to coach Egyptian pi avers for the Olympics
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    RAINED OFF
    41 16 Heavy raid yesterday forced the abandonment of the first days play In the two-day match due to begin it Montego Buy. Jamaica between the touting Australian cricketers and i team captained by George Headley, fanner West Indies Test batsman.
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