The Singapore Free Press, 11 June 1955

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    Masthead
    19 1 The Singapore Free Press Largest Afternoon Sale m Malaya No. *****. Singapore. Sat.. June 11, 1955. Price 15 CU.
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    STC TELL UNION: BRING MEN BACK
    481 1 Strikers sleep m tents fITY areas were without public transport today as all the workers oi the Singapore Traction Company were absent from work. They wanted to attend a police court where the case against a conductor is coming up fori mention. n J
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    FOUND MURDERED
    21 1 Poh Cheng. 70, was. found murdered m his house at Kampong Chai Chee. off Changi Road. Singapore. yesterday morning.
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    Council agrees to release McNeice
    96 1 Council agrees to release McNeice SINGAPORE city councilors at a secret session yesterday agreed to relieve Mr. T. P. F. McNeice from the post of City President provided the Government agreed to appoint Mr. J. T. Rea m his place. Mr. McNeice is to head the new committee to inquire
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    UK RAIL, DOCK STRIKE PEACE HOPES FADE
    195 1 THE British Transport Commission had a three-hour talk yesterday with railway strike leaders, but there was no immediate agreement. There was a meeting too. over the dock walkout. The dockers came out saying: "The strike goes on." The rail strike, now 14 days
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    Lock icon DOCTOR WHO WENT 'ON STRIKE'
    92 1 The House of Commons Ls to hear soon about the doctor who refused to treat the wife of a rail striker until the disoute is over The case will be brought up by Mr. John Baird a Labour member of the House of Commons. The
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    RUBBER STEADY
    26 1 The Singapore Rubber Market opened steadily this morning with first grade, June shipment, at $1.01 7 8 a lb., one-quarter cent below yesterday's closing.
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    Lock icon QUEEN AT PARTY
    33 1 The Queen and the Duke of Edinburgh, were guests last night at a cocktail party given by the officers of the First Battalion, the Scots Guards at Wellington Barracks.- Reuter
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    'Buy Malayan goods only'
    289 1 HE Progressive Party, at its annual meeting tomorrow, will debate a resolution calling on "all true sons of Malaya to buy locally-produced goods to the exclusion of foreign products m order to encourage local industries." The resolution will be moved by Mr. Eric S. B. Wee.
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    Strikers march off—on bail
    45 2 DOME Of the strikers from Hume Industries crossing South Bridge Road, after collecting their belongings from the Central Police Station. They had just been released from court after signing a S5O personal bond, on a charge of obstructing a police officer.
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    Lock icon U.S. NEWSPAPER ATTACKS RIOT DEATH VERDICT
    242 2 U.S. NEWSPAPER ATTACKS RIOT DEATH VERDICT 'pHK New York World Telegram yesterday took issue x with the inquest verdict clearing Singapore Police of any criminal responsibility m the death of Mr. Gene Symonds, the American newspaperman who died from injuries received m the recent riots. The newspaper said the verdict
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    Menon urges U.S.—allow those visits
    82 2 Menon urges U.S.— allow those visits INDIA'S roving envoy, Mr. V. K. Krishna Menon, has suggested that the United States reverse its earlier prohibition ond permit the families of the airmen held prisoner m China to visit them there, as a step toward their release, reliable sources said m New
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    Lock icon S7sm. for bases
    20 2 The United States is to spend a further $75 million on bases m Newfoundland and Labrador. Reuter
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    Lock icon New Tito tour
    22 2 Belgrade Radio said yesterday that Yugoslav President Tito has accepted "m principle" an invitation to visit Le- banon.— A.P.
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    JAKARTA PLAN TO REVIVE COFFEE TRADE
    225 2 JAKARTA PLAN TO REVIVE COFFEE TRADE INDONESIAN coffee exports have slumped because of rising prices on home and foreign markets and Indonesian authorities have started to issue counter import licences to make trade more attractive. On June 8, the price of 100 kilogrammes ex Tandjong Pnok was 735 rupiahs and
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    EAST GERMANS GET CALL-UP WARNING
    84 2 EAST GERMANS GET CALL-UP WARNING YOUTH In Communist East Hermany were advised yeaterdaj that they must reckon with military service ranginy from two to three years. The warning WOM Lssued by Walter Ulbricht. East German Deputy Premier and Communist Party chief, m a speech to the central committee of the
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    FANCY DRESS BALL BOOKINGS
    39 2 A.i tlckete for the Chinese Ladiei Association fancy drew ball tonight at the Victoria Memorial Hull have [Men .sold. Holders ol tickets ;i re I '<; book then tables with Mr ■usabeth Chun, Tel. No. *****
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    Do not spoil patty for me — Bulganin
    218 2 Do not spoil patty for me Bulganin PREMIER Nehru of India and Premier Bulganin of the Soviet Union talked for two hours yesterday on world problems, but no details were released. However, the Communist Party boss, Mr. Nikita Khrushchev told newsmen later at an Indian Embassy garden party for Mr.
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    NEW VIETNAM HUNT FOR RED AGENTS
    97 2 NEW VIETNAM HUNT FOR RED AGENTS rjOVERNOR of South Vietnam Tran Van Lam has launched a campaign to unmask Communist agents who have penetrated Saigon and Cochin-Chinese population centres, a government spokesman said In Saigon. Lam has mobilised the army, the national security service and the Ministry of Information m
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    Happy birthday
    22 2 The Chinese Communist party has sent 16 birthday greetings to the Soviet Premier Marshal Nikolai Bulganin, whose birthday is today.
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    Lock icon 'RUSSIA TO BUILD AN AIR BASE AT SHANGHAI'
    188 2 'RUSSIA TO BUILD AN AIR BASE AT SHANGHAI' VATIONALIST China's Tatao n News Agency said yesterday thai Pvd china has signed an agreement m Moscow for establishment of' an advance Soviet air base at Shanghai. Tatao, which specialises m underground reports, said the agreement wa.s asked for by China and
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    Lock icon Japan leads S.E. Asia in child welfare, says expert
    152 3 Japan leads S.E. Asia in child welfare, says expert JHEY ARE BETTER FED, CLOTHED, EDUCATED' AN INDIAN official of the Inter- national Union for Child Welfare said m Tokyo yesterday that Asian nations are far behind Japan m child care. Shri V. M. Kulkarni. the union's field consultant m India
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    Lock icon MARRIED MONKS RAID NUNS IN TEMPLE
    162 3 MARRIED MONKS RAID NUNS IN TEMPLE THE war. between South Korea's married and unmarried Buddhist monks broke out again yesterday. Police said a 37-year-old monk, slashed m the abdomen, and a 64-year-old nun, beaten and mauled*, were critically ill after 300 married monks invaded a Seoul temple where 200 unmarried
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    Message from the Queen
    58 3 The Officer Administering the Government, Mr. W. A. C Goode, has received the following message from Mr. A. Len-nox-Boyd, the Colonial Secretary: "I am commanded by the Queen to convey to you and her subjects of Singapore her sincere thanks for your kind message of loyal
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    Lock icon Austria aviation
    21 3 The four-power Allied Council at a meeting m Vienna yesterday removed all restrictions from civil aviation m Austria Reuter
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    Monkey lung bid to save baby fails
    84 3 Monkey lung bid to save baby fails ITJCINDA ROWE, aged 20 months, who underwent a rare heart operation on Thursday during which her blood passed through the lungs of a monkey, died yesterday. Her heart was stopped from 12 to 14 minutes while her blood was mechanically cleared for the
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    Lock icon RECORD OUTPUT
    19 3 Steel production m Britain last month averaged 401,600 tons a week— a record for any month. Reuter
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    Lock icon £1,950 for one penny
    26 3 A gold penny of the reign of Henry the Third, made m 1.257, fetched £1,950 at a sale m London yesterday. Reuter
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    S'pore governor sees Queen
    47 3 Queen Elizabeth yesterday received Sir Robert Black, newly appointed Governor and Commander-in-Chief of Singapore. She conferred upon him the honour of knighthood and invested him with the insignia of a Knight Commander of the Most Distinguished Order of St Michael and St. George.
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    Lock icon WOMAN FARMER FLIES IN WITH 23 DOGS, TRACTOR
    204 3 JACOBA BREGMAN arrived m Sydney, Nova Scotia m a chartered airliner and knee length boots. The Dutch spinster bustled out of the four-engined plane at the end of a transocean hop from Amsterdam and began negotiating with customs and immigration officials over
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    Lock icon BOXER JAILED
    34 3 The middleweight boxer, Joey Giardello, was sentenced m Philadelphia, yesterday to six to IP months jail on charges of riot and conspiracy to riot. He was convicted on Marcn 16- A. P.
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    Lock icon Officer wrong to 'bribe' call-ups
    126 3 Officer wrong to 'bribe call-ups AN Army officer acted wrongly when he told conscripts due to be posted to Malaya that they would be sent to Germany instead a they signed on as Regular soldiers, the Under-Secretary of State for War, Brigadier Fitzroy Mac Lean, said m Lonuon yesterday He
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    Lock icon STEAM SAVES MID-ATLANTIC BURNING SHIP
    83 3 THE 7.608 ton .steamer Neva West jresterday success fully lought a fire m her hold with steam. The vessel, now m mid-At-lantic. Ls from Houston (Texas) and has a crew Of 43. Her .skipper, Captain E. L. Snodgra.s.s. had earlier radioed to the owners, the
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    Lock icon 'AN OLD WIVES' TALE'
    259 3 THE practice of sterilising women after they have had several babies by caesarian birth is apparently not justified, two U.S. obstetricians said yesterday. After long study they say that many women can safely have several babies by this method. The old wives' concept is that a
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    Lock icon U.S. raises safety rules on Salk shots
    191 3 TiHE U. S. Public Health Service yesterday said m Washington that it had raised the minimum requirements of the Salk poliomyelitis vaccine and made them mandatory. i It made a report after an intensive five-week investigation of the new vaccine after over 100
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    The Singapore Free Press SATURDAY, June 11, 1955. THE ROAD MENACE
    295 4 The Singapore Free Press SATURDAY, June 11, 1955. THE ROAD MENACE ryiiE problem of conges; tion on the loads gets Worse every day. This is fell more acutely m a teeming city like Singapore than m a small town. And daily more and more vehicles of all types are nddod
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    I ACCUSE BEVAN
    1131 4  - I ACCUSE BEVAN WOODROW W YATT He was worth a million votes to the Tories says the former Socialist >M.P., ivho was defeated \at Grantham m this election. THE Social! Party lost the i lection becaus* it did HOI deserve to In. We bad a bt tt< r pro- than
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    WORLD'S EYES ON COLONY'S WATER
    193 5 Results will influence all S.E. Asia RESULTS obtained by fluorinating water m Singapore will unquestionably influence dental policy throughout South-East Asia, a visiting World Health Organisation dental consultant said m Singapore yesterday. The statement was made when the Chief Dental Officer, Dr. N. H. Gittins,
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    FREE DRUGS FOR ALL, THEY URGE
    142 5 FREE DRUGS FOR ALL, THEY URGE pRIVATE patients should get drugs and appliances under the Health Service, the British Medical Association has urged. Said Dr. F. Booth, Northwich, Cheshire, at the annual meeting m London: "This is only justice." Countered Dr. C. W. Walker, Cambridge: "I have had no uproar
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    Guard foils thieves
    58 5 Guard foils thieves An alert watchman foiled a gang of thieves at the Ban Hock Bee oil mill m Jelutong Road, m Penang, on Thursday. Abdul Karim, the watchman, was on his rounds when he saw a figure m a copra store. He found three bags of copra near the
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    Call for brighter churches
    93 5 BRING colour into the churches. Get rid of dull brown. That is the call made by Dr. Arnott-Hamilton. presenting a report on artistic auestions to the General Assembly of the Church of Scotland m Edinburgh. He said: "Don't be afraid of colour. Painted pews, for instance,
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    Family gets $9,950
    66 5 Damages totalling $9,950 were awarded by Mr. Justice Tan Ah Tan m the Singapore High Court yesterday to the family of Loh Ngiap Tin. a Traction Company driver who died after an accident In March, 1953. An action had been brought by Loh's father. Lee Hong Luan.
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    Better street lighting need
    80 5 ATTEMPTS are being made by the Town Council to improve street lighting m johore Bahru. At the request of Councillor Uda bin Awang, the Central Electricity Board is to be asked if the present lights along Jalan Abdul Samad, Jalan Sungei Chat and the road along
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    The boy who told a lie
    150 5 pETER WILLIS-YOUNO lied to his headmaster and was found out. Next day he shot himself. Peter's lie concerned pens and slide-rules which he had sold to classmates at Brigg Grammar School, Lincolnshire. The headmaster learned of the sales. Peter said that his news-agent-stationer uncle
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    Knife robbery alleged
    34 5 Sin Ah Moh was charged m Singapore yesterday with stealing $124 from 18-year-old Ng Yong Moi m Duchess Road on Wednesday while armed with a knife. Sim was remanded In custody.
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      609 5 CHURCH OF ENGLAND 10.30 am. Service. 5.30 p.m. SerSt. Andrew's Cathedral: 7 a.m. Nlc .J- v ihlp Holy Communion. 8 a.m. Sung *J/» L^ ar 13 m J™ EucLrist and Parish Communion, Class *%^B™**&*£ y.30 am Sunday School, 10.30 a.m. a/ I^* o^ '^Ham^teSai Matins. 11 a.m. Mandarin service, Chew
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  • Round the World Market Prices
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      U. K. closing prices
      215 7 LONDON. Jane 10. Previous Today RUBBER No. 1 RSS cj.f. European 29 buyers 29 4 buyers ports June 29 sellers 29 sellers RIBBER No. 1 RSS ci.f. European 28 7 S buyers 29 M buyers ports July 29% sellers 1294 sellers RIBBER No. 1 RSS Spot.
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      New York price's
      100 7 NEW YORK, June 10 Previous Today Tin Straits spot and nearby 92.62 wan. 93.25 nom. TIN futures June 92.20 bid 92.62 traded 92.90 asked July 91.90 bid 92.40 bid 92.75 asked 92.50 asked Aug 91.60 bid 92.10 bid 92.60 asked 92.25 asked TONE: Very steady. SALES: Two
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      U.S. PEPPER
      58 7 Spot Malabar was quoted at 52 cents for pound. Awaiting release 52. Afloats 51 to 50 June shipment 50. Sarawak spot 50. Awaiting release 50. Afloats 47 to 45*4. June shipment 45. Lampong spot 51K. Awaiting release 51 Afloats 51 to 50. June shipment 49, sellers ex-dock. Above
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      DOW JONES AVERAGES
      32 7 NEW YORK, June 10. Previous Today 30 industrials JJJ.O7 437.72 20 Railroads IW.OO 160.56 40 Domestic Bonds 1S JJo? 15 Utilities W.OO 64.21 64 Stocks Composite Average 160.89 *****
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      Copra, coconut oil prices
      117 7 COPRA Philippines ci.f. UK/North European delivered weight per long ton June/July COPRA Philippines f.o.b. Manila m bulk, per long ton COPRA Straits cXI. UK/North European delivered weight per long ton June/July July/ Aug. COCONUT OIL crude, Straits c.i.f. I X North European m bulk, per long
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    3-PART FILM WILL BE ENDED IN INDIA
    125 7 MR. JOHN DURST (left) passed through Singapore on his way to Karachi to make the third ttnd last part of a film on aviation development m remote areas. He is directing and writing the script for the film which will be publicly released
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    Hit in chest, he fought it out with gunman
    286 7 Hit in chest, he fought it out with gunman DEPUTY; Superintendent of Police Mr. A. Thurai Rajah, who narrowly escaped death m a gun duel with a robber last year, has been awarded the Colonial Police Medal. B3e ls among Singapore lice personthe decora»hit m chest and left hand m
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    BIBLE MEN WORKED ON DESPITE REDS, 'CRISIS' LAWS
    538 7 BIBLE MEN WORKED ON DESPITE REDS, 'CRISIS' LAWS T\ E S P I T E hindrance from the Emergency Regulations and relentless Communist propaganda, the Bible Societies m Malaya have successfully continued their work. The societies' annual report for last year says that 60,000 scriptures were circulated during the period.
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      83 7 tCHEAVINS SALUDOR FILTERS N CREAM GLAZED STONEWARE ALL Sife V (1} Gallon^ $25.50 each W(2 $27.50 SPARES X (3 $36.50 V (4 $58.50 m AVAILABLE. Z (6 $85.50 Spare Candles at 6.50 w I 1 HARDWARE DEP T. (BEYOND THE LIFTS) THE STORE WITH A <$**• TO OFFER FOR CLEARING
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    QUEEN'S BIRT IN JOHOR DAY PARADE BAHRU
    102 8 QUEEN'S BIRT IN JOHOR DAY PARADE BAHRU THEY HONOUR HER M-fT JOHORE BAHRU had its own I and celebration on the I Birthday. The salute was til Brigadier D. E. B. Talbot (right) I him on the dais (also seen at tope are, from left: Mr. R. L. Peel, 1
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    The Gurkhas were there, of course
    52 9 STURDY, fearless Gurkhas, who rank among the finest soldiers m the world, stand smartly to attention as they are inspected by Brigadier Talbot. Gurkha soldiers have earned an enviable record for courage and devotion to duty and to their officers m the campaign against
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    SATURDAY PAGE FOR CHILDREN
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    Mr. CLOCK gives Morgan a HAND
    809 10 KATHLEEN HICKLEY tells of what befell a mouse who dared to tease a cat BUT THE CUCKOO BIRD HAS THE „...1 HHIIII mi <mi«" LAST WORD! 11l 111 MM MIMMI IM'MMMMIM MORGAN MOI'SK m stealing cheese from the kitchen when he sees old Satu
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    Colour this picture to win a prize
    91 10 Colour this picture to win a prize THERE is pocket money to be won for colouring this picture with paints, crayons or chalks four prizes of $5 (two for boys and two for girls) are waiting for you. Fill m your name, address and age and post to Aunty Wendy,
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    LAST WEEK'S WINNERS
    68 10 J>HE winners of last week's colouring contest are as follows: 1 1 Miss Merlin Roland (12), 44, Peel Road, Kuala Lumpur. (2) Miss Mary Tan (10V 2 41-H, Perak Road, Penang. (3) Master Hoey Yin Poi (14), 52, Emerald Hill Road, Singapore 9. (4) Master Rahmat Ahmad
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    SMILE CORNER
    17 10 ANDY: "When is a landlubber at sea?" PANDY: "When he's all tied up m knots!"
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      176 10 Lewis Carroll character. 21 Com--1 I 4 l*** 1 'anious for his Hungarian —-gfM ggfa LJ L^ Ithapsodites. 22. iTray wrote one m b |B country churchyard. U ggW7-Ui W CLUES DOWN:- l. Mountain ■I H 1° nymph who was changed into a "Tiul s?Hgfli» stone 2 Ce,, tral character
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      357 10 Rupert and Morwenna—4 n *> r\ j* v I \Mlm^^ Rupert goes on digging industri- pulls it out and looks at k* Then ously while Morwenna puts tne he calls to Morwenna and runs to sandwiches on the high shelf up shew it to her. What a .he cliff, and
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    AN Englishman puts the CURB on Hollywood VIOLENCE
    538 11 AN Englishman puts the CURB on Hollywood VIOLENCE states 808 lIMIIIIMMHII.IIIIIIHIIIMH mill I THOMAS rpHE man who is trying 1 to put a restraining hand on American film violence is square-built, English-born CfeofTrey Shurlock. Last year, the 60-year-old Shurlock succeeded Joseph Breen as Hollywood's production code administrator. That means he
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    Scandalmongers have studio heads worried
    166 11 Scandalmongers have studio heads worried INSIDERS pow- wowing at Hollywood and Vine view Robert Mitchum's three milliondollar (Malayan) libel action against "Confidential" magazine as one receiving complete behind-scenes support from the film industry. Increasing scandal attacks on top screen personalities m recent months— most of them completely unfounded— have been
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    HE SHOULD KNOW
    29 11 A CTORS are second-rate A people directed by thirdrate people for an unrated audience.' 1 The speaker? British actor Robert Morley In Paris the other day.
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    They're back in the clouds
    94 11 IN 1930, a Hollywood studio bought a screen story titled. "A Handful of Clouds" which starred James Cagney. Title was changed to "Doorway to Heir as a more appropriate title. Three months ago, the same studio re-made "High Sierra," which co-starred Humphrey Bogart as the
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    FATHER-SON FILM EFFORT
    63 11 IT must indeed be a great thrill for Producer Edwin H. Knopf to know that his new film, "The King's Thief." will mark Hollywood's first father-son producer writer team. Writer of the screen play, of course, is Knopf's son Christopher. Chris, after working as junior writer and
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    THE RAIL CRISIS CATCHES UP WITH THE GILES HOLIDAY GUIDE
    34 12 I The Family, not getting very f 2 r with their holiday, decided to rest awhile to enjoy the natural beauty of the countryside*
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    'CURE' FOR NERVES
    220 12 'CURE FOR NERVES ♦•\|K. Haylaykayke," the WI man who invented the slogan I Like Ike," has hit Parti v ith a new cure for the fancied nerves of Europe. His reki name is Emmanuel Ress and u,v goon us you meet him he flashes a C-inch red button on his
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    HE CARRIES A RADIO IN HIS POCKET
    529 12  -  Stanley Kligfeld by ANY army officer was leaving a defence plant m New York when he halted to say to a companion: "The phone inside is ringing with a call from Washington. 11l be right with you." The officer left his companion, dashed
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      297 12 II IMr l^J Lj BB CLUES ACROSS 3 Quiet and inconspicuous In 1 1 Briefly L, it the alternative Inst colour (5). 5 No. Homer i s changeable (7). 4 A [amoua lunuture-niakers f(KKI 6 A movement made by the jaws. initially (4). but not m eating <ti>. 8 rem
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    Lock icon MODEL SHOWS THE WAY
    78 13 picture. WHATEVER your walk of life you've got to know the tricks of the trade. And when you are becoming a mannequin the most operative word is walk itself. Whether it be up or down a room, or up and down stairs, there is only one
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    THIS museum will show how fashion CHANGES
    303 13 BRITAIN'S first Museum of Costume, which will show changes m international fashion from Elizabethan times, is shortly being opened by the Queen Mother at Eridge Castle, near Tunbridge Wells. Founder of the museum Is authoress Mrs. Doris Langley Moore, who owns one of
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    BRIDGE QUIZ
    431 13 T HANKS to The Bridge World Magazine for giving this column a holiday. Today's questions are from that magazines sometime feature. "Rate Your Own Game." You are playing rubber bridge. Both sides are vulnerable, and both sides are 60 on .score The bidding g North East South West
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    It's SO easy to be RICH when there's OIL around!
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    DANES TAKE THE HONOURS
    385 14 Skaarup beats Abdullah Piruz II VS lhe Daiiea' nlfhl at UIC Malayan Badminton hampionshlps last night. Skaarup -flayed brilliantl] In beating former Thomas up player and Selangor champion Abdullah riruz. Ole Jen. en outpaced and outoianoeuvred Ue Hoc Malayan Thomas Cup reserve, to enter tne tc
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    Lock icon COLD VASE ACCEPTORS
    84 14 Twenty-three Dual Receptors, with veJfhtt, tor the Geld Vase to b» run over two miki at Ascot next I < I i y are: Romany Air and Run Rtotle 909: Pmiithee 8.06; bcalln, Little ("loud Mid Rurtawood, all 8.04; Rotartum, Cromdale and Oarter all 8 08, The
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    MARKSMEN CAN BRING OWN GUNS
    65 14 Ovei eai Olympic ■portenton com- i petlng m the ihootini eventi will have no trouble In bringing their own Brearma Into Australia. Inapector Bdward Roaewmrne, spokesman for the Melbourne i>oii tores which \uii Bupervlae tbe ahootinf competition, i aid i pe< Lai amendment to th<
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    62 14 National League standings m U.S. baseball, including Thursday's matches: A. P. W L P behind Brooklyn 40 12 .769 Chicago 32 21 .-604 8 1 New York 27 26 .509 13 2 Milwaukee 26 26 .500 11 Cincinnati 21 28 .429 17.. St. Louis 21 28
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    HEAVYWEIGHT OFFER
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    39 14 LOUIS MOSES lands a hard right to the jaw of L. Achamby at the Boys Town inter-house boxing finals on Thursday night. But Achamby was the better of the two and won by a points decision.
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    TITLE FIGHT
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    DUKE JUST MISSES MIRACLE LAP'
    363 15 Records fall m fastest T.T. ever pEOFF DUKE, Britain's 32-year-oM world champion, J swept to victory m the Senior International Tourist Trophy race astride an Italian Gilera machine yesterday at Douglas, Isle of Man. Tt was his third triumph m this blue riband of the
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    AUSTRALIAN TEST TEAM
    85 15 AUSTRALIA has named 12 players from whom their team for the fifth and final Test against West Indies, starting today, will be chosen. They are: lan Johnson, Keith Miller, Les Favell, Arthur Morris, Colin McDonald, Neil Harvey, Richie Benaud, Ron Archer, Ray Lindwall, Gil Langley. Jack Hill,
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