The Singapore Free Press, 6 July 1955

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    19 1 The Singapore Free Press Largest Afternoon Sale m Malaya 1 1 Singapore, Wed.. July 6, 1955. Price 15 Cts
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    Form Guide out tomorrow: Great new race service
    141 1 \RT I N G with this S ireek'l meeting at Kuala l.impur. the Free Press will prorife the finest racing service m Malaya. The Form i«uide, normal!v published on the Friday lore :i meeting begins, will appear tomorrow. On Friday there will
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    Lock icon SIR GEORGE NOW HELPS COLONY CAGERS
    234 1 SIR GEORGE THOMAS, donor of the Thomas Cup for minton and lifelong prom< ter of the game, is to give £250 ($2,100) to encourage the youth of Singapore to play another sport basketball. Sir George, himself a former British badminton and chess champion, returned
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    HUME TALKS
    20 1 rther discussions to settle labour strike at Hume Intries will take place at the -ffice m Bukit Tiinah
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    Expert tells court—that wouldn't kill
    131 1 Expert tells court that wouldn't kill 'Ttfß FRANCIS Camps, a leading British pathologist, said at the resumed court martial of Sergeant Frederick Emmett-Dunne m Dusseldorf yesterday that a sideways blow demonstrated by the defendant could not have caused the death of Sgt. Reginald Watters whom Emmett-Dunne is accused of murdering.
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    BIG FED LOAN AID FOR S'PORE
    279 1 BIG FED LOAN AID FOR S'PORE T'HE Federation Employees Provident x Fund Board is prepared to lend money for building new commercial buildings like hotels, banks, oftices and factories and co-operative housing estates m Singapore. Loans will not be given to finance the building: of private houses Disclosing this to
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    Lock icon Peron appeals for political truce
    183 1 PRESIDENT PERON yesterday appealed for a poli- tical truce between his friends and foes, exonerated his political opposition of guilt m the abortive June 16 revolt and urged peaceful co-existence between all Argentinians. He was making a broadcast speech which observers m Buenos Aires, regarded
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    WATER MAIN BURSTS
    51 1 NORMAL water supply to some houses m Chancery Lane, Singapore, was interrupted when a twelve-inch main burst early this morning. Two water waggons ar< visiting homes to augment the supply. The force of water softened the road surface and buckled it slightly. One car went off the
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    Rubber soars to $1 .29
    67 1 TUIE continued demand for nearby shipments this morning raised the price of July first grade rubber, fob. buyers, to $1.29 a lb., one cent above yesterday's closing. The rise was also due to the influence of better overnight London and New York markets, where the
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    NIGHT ATTACK
    36 1 An Indian was found with h<*ad injuries outside Singapore City Council quarters m Alexandra Road late last night. Nearby was a blood-stained piece of wood. It is believed he was assaulted by four men.
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    STILL VERY ILL
    26 1 The Chinese who was wounded when detectives shot him In yesterday's extortion ambush m Kallang Road, Singapore, is still critically ill m hospital.
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    New defenders of Singapore
    169 2 z J '»ur hundred yovng E 5 me n inarched o/T the Singapore Volunteer Corps j parade ground m Beach r KoacJ yesterday as train- E r <*d soldiers E And the Chief Se«-re- E (ary, Mr, W. A. C. Goode, dewrihed their passing E r
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    Lock icon M.P. wants import duty on colonial goods
    177 2 A CONSERVATIVE member of Parliament yesterday urged the British Prime Minister. Sir Anthony Eden, to raise at the next conference of Commonwealth Prime Ministers the question of (Tuty free entry into Britain of goods manufactured In Commonwealth countries. Mr. John Peyton, who raised
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    Lock icon TROOPS FLOWN TO ADEN TROUBLE SPOT
    148 2 TROOPS FLOWN TO ADEN TROUBLE SPOT rpWO companies of the 1st Seaforth Highlanders have L moved into western Aden Protectorate to reinforce Aden Protectorate levies there ready to deal with any further tribal unrest The Seaforth Highlanders who are being held in reserve at Atao, about 150 miles northeast of
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    Lock icon The Lords approve
    31 2 The House of Lords m London yesterday approved the Austrian State Treaty Bill under which Austria will regain her independence. The Bill now awaits the Royal Assent. Reuter
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    Lock icon 391 road deaths
    24 2 '^he American Independence Day traffic death toll reached :<UI yesterday, a new record ior a three -day July Fourth week-end.- U.P.
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    New cabinet formed
    29 2 Professor Antonio Segnl, Leftwlng Christian Democrat, told the President of the Republic last night that he had formed a new cabinet, ending Italy's 13-day political crisis.
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    Lock icon 'FREE ASIAN NATIONS ARE SCARED OF CHINA'
    212 2  - 'FREE ASIAN NATIONS ARE SCARED OF CHINA' MacDonald MR. Malcolm Mac Donald, Commissioner-General fop South-East Asia, said m a BBC broadcast m London last nl^ht that the small peoples of South East Asia were frightened of China. He said they sensed the growing power of that nation of 600,000,000, who
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    S'pore airport delay
    119 2 The Director -"General of Civil Aviation, Malaya /Borneo ReRion (Mr. G. J. Warcup) referring to a story m the Free press last Saturday regarding the opening of the new Singapore Airport, says: "The delay m opening the airport has. to a large extent. been caused by the
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    CONSTITUENTS GROUSE ABOUT THE LANDLORDS
    216 2 Muddle at Marshall's meeting MR. David Marshall's first weekly meeting with his Caimhili constituents was i uined last night when many people failed to find the meeting place. The Chief Minister admitted that only H people, including three women, turned up- He had expected many
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    Lock icon PRISON RIOT: 8 GUARDS HELD
    181 3 Con victs armed with razor blades rrHIKTY-MVE "maximum security" convicts armed with knives and razor blades rioted m the State son at Walla Walla, m Washington yesterday and eight guards hostage after beating up a recreaThe convicts were cordoned off m the maximum win» of
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    NEW YORK WAS TOO HOT FOR SHEREE
    102 3 NEW YORK WAS TOO HOT FOR SHEREE FI L M ACTRESS Sheree North, on a visit from Hollywood, is a victim of New York's heat wave. She prai saiil yesterday to be prostrated m her hotel. A spokesman for 20th Cenlry Fox studio said all her present engagements would :ve
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    Lock icon More arrested
    32 3 Istanbul police yesterday arrested 52 people alleged to be connected with a Bulgarian spy ring. This followed the arrest the previous evening of the Bulgarian Vice-Consul, Mr. Georgi Chalakof.- Reuter
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    Lock icon MALACCA LOAN FIRMS LOSE APPEAL IN INCOME TAX CASE
    341 3 MALACCA LOAN FIRMS LOSE APPEAL IN INCOME TAX CASE IITEALS brought by two Malacca money lending disputing assessments Malayan income tax made K>n them for the year 1951 yere dismissed with costs by judicial committee of Privy Council yesterday London. for the two firms. L. R. M. Family and P.
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    Lock icon 13 die in fierce Algeria clashes
    108 3 rrHIRTEEN rebels were killed m four savage clashes A with French-led soldiers m Algeria, authorities there said yesterday on the 125 th anniversary of France's capture of Algeria The authorities alerted 150,--000 troops throughout Algeria to be ready to smash any attempt at creating
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    Lock icon Greece agrees to Cyprus talks
    56 3 Greece has accepted Britain s invitation to attend the three Lower talks with Turkey on Cypms, a joint British-Greek communique announced m Strasbourg last night In London it was officially announced that the maintenance of British forces on vio-lence-torn Cyprus cost the government about €6,000,000
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    Lock icon Admiral returns on new mission
    69 3 Rear-Admiral Phillips and Mrs. Phillips arrived m Singapore last night just m time to celebrate their 38th wedding anniversary. Admiral Phillips was Britain's wartime fleet engineer officer based m Singapore, m 1941. They flew m from Saigon with a Moral ReArmament party, of 34 representing
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    Lock icon PILOT GIVES LIFE FOR SECRETS
    78 3 A ROYAL Navy pilot d.<-d yesterday trying to preserve the .secret., of hLs secret experiments fighter. Commander Anthony Rickell crash- landed his .super-secret Supcrmarine 525 jet lighter m a field near dlsbury, Wlltahirc when its engines failed In mid-air. Police said he apparently stayed m
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    Lock icon 'Casey is no sport'
    91 3 "REPORTS that Mr. R. G. Casey, Australian Minis-, ter for External Affairs, has been shooting wedge-tailed eagles from his private aircraft, have brought forth an indignant letter to the London Times from Mr. Kenneth Smith, head of the Paignton (Devon) zoological gardens. Mr. Smith says: "The
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    Lock icon France got most US tourist money
    45 3 Franco received $216 million from United States travellers last year. This was the largest amount of tourhst dollars received by any European nation m 1954. The United Kingdom and Italy curne next, with about $192 million dollars each.- A.P
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      86 3 NEW AERTEX SPORT SHIRTS I B ft V I', J\ ~i*"\ -rr-*~""*j —!•«<** t 'I Nt W Italian roll collar B COOL AERTEX si'Okl SIIIKTS IN SEW m CONTINENTAL STYLES -SEE THEM NOW lAf ACCI A AAI II I C MENSWEAR DEPT. WASSIAMULLS high street i Rings of matchless quality
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    The Singapore Free Press WEDNESDAY, July 6, 1955. Opinion New deal for rural folk
    273 4 The Singapore Free Press WEDNESDAY, July 6, 1955. Opinion New deal for rural folk lIEARTENING Indeed are I he announcements made by the Government lor extension of desperately needed city amenities to Singapore's suburbs and rural areas. Piped water and standpipes, post offices and, as Chief Minister Marshall has promised,
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    WHERE SMUGGLING IS A MAJOR INDUSTRY
    725 4  - WHERE SMUGGLING IS A MAJOR INDUSTRY HENRY THODY by SMUGGLING is a billion lire Industry In Italy today. The word "smuggler" m Italian is not associated with colour-fully-dressed gentlemen rolling kegS of liquor into caves. Instead it's pov/crful speedboats. fast cars, running \i\xn battles, airDianes, frogmen even one-man submarines. The
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    7 4 NO SUCH WORD AS THANKS IN POLITICS
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    Singapore's future does not worry him
    233 4 I WANT to join issue 1 with "Worried" whose letter appeared m the Free Press. H two people want to join m partnership it is the height of folly for one of them to disclose all his weak points and to tell his would-be
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      61 4 j »xk <t%o*t »xo^< r%o^i r^o^< ix< i% fi Gil 1 IS I from I SENA 'S 1 Articles of t»rc beauty and intrinsic value simple n'titt, ornamental and utcful {iftt. all the work of fine craftsmen. The name of SENA upon the box conveys a compliment more eloquently than
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      141 4 I rrescntmg I Helena Rubinstein's I f% NEW CREAMY 11 Stav-Lons C^k I LIPSTICK r:^k\ tlj You'll have to be careful with this one 5 8 7-or your lips will make promises you don't IB intend to keep. It's true. Here is an =^^J II entirely new kind of lipstick
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    SINGAPORE SPOTLIGHT
    587 5  -  ADELAIDE EASTLEY By HOME from leave m Britain and on the High Court j U (i c Mr. Justice Abbott old friends Here over week-end, then left Is Seremban home. >Ast 1,000 Seremban asters will welcome The reason: he's them to love They flock around him. A REWARDING
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    Holiday idea for the children
    180 5 Sthai teenagers due m Singapore on vacation from schools m Britain may meet one another, a jolly plan Is beinjs considered. Parent! agree that students will enjoy sharing with mother experiences gained at their schools. s not known yet how many boys and girls will
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    'DUCKS' LIKED THIS LENSMAN
    197 5 r HO was the Singapore man who had his tousled by a pair of "ducks" at "Holiday the other night? His flies hit the deck when footlight flares burst, > cl their shots hastily Hod precipitately m the &ng follow-up fog. VERSATILITY: There's a of talent
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    OFF ON GLOBAL JAUNT
    41 5 OFF ON GLOBAL JAUNT WORLD TOUR: Visits to international girls organisations will concern Mrs. Scow Peck Lenp, chairman of the Siglap GirLs' Club's executive committee, who has left on a global jaunt. She plan.s to meet y leader,; and gain point
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    SINGAPORE BABEL
    96 5 LANGUAGE problems plague the association's clinics. The Indian patients are mostly Tamils but there also are Malayan Indians, North Indians and Telegus. Tamilspeaking volunteers serve as interpreters. AT the Naval Base three volunteers speak all the Indian dialects and m Kandang Kerbau there's an Urdu interpreter. Tamil and
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    DALE CARNEGIE SESSIONS
    119 5 DALE CARNEGIE SESSIONS PACEMAKER: First weekly session of the Dale Carnegie Club will be tonight at 7.30 m Youth Council Hall, Orchard Road. Those who've taken the t course overseas are invitrd to j be special guests, club secretary B. E. Keng says. VISITOR: Down Bangkok en route for the
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      635 6 AAANDRAKE "b 7 Lee Falk and Phil P«v» STAR vu —y-j igs«K.wa%ai fi^^s^ Ma&BI :S-n="::; i WHAA VCUR6AMC.KIO? If DON'T ANO PAT- -ALL ThE i rumK HT I A COP ANOYOUMAOE ME r^ t apathetic and kindl, OON'T6IV£Me THAT BEL fA COPS KNEW MY A^ >VHEN YOU TMOUqHT IW A
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      U.K. dosing prices
      203 7 LONDON, July Previous Today Nn i rsS ci.f. European 35 2 buyers 3G -•< buyer K 1 MI 36 sellers 37 seller.* ■>? Stf kss cJr E rOP n S5 S3SS? Bg S3S V.. RSS Spo, 37 non, ,7 .buyers B No 1 RSS Settlement 36 U
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      New York prices
      102 7 NEW YORK, July 5. Previous Today Tin Straits spot and nearby 95.25 nom. 95.25 nom. Tin ffUra July 93.00 bid 93.00 bid 94.50 asked 94.50 asked Aug 91.75 bid 9175 bid 92.75 asked 92.75 a.sked September 91.25 bid 91.25 bid 92.25 asked 92.25 asked TONE: Qui»'t. SALES:
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      U.S. PEPPER
      53 7 bar was quoted at 50. 1 August 43. Lampong spot 50. AwaitJlease 49 1 Afloats 49. ing release 49 1 2 .»Afloats 49. July Sarawtk spot 47. Await- shipment 48 1 /a sellers ex -dock. Ing release 46' j. Afloats 45. July 44. Above prices quoted m U.S.
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      DOW JONES AVERAGES
      25 7 NEW YORK, Jnljr 5. Previous Today II Industrials 453.82 459.42 DmbcsUc Bonds I! 99.61 9963 61 Stock* Composite Average 1 05.54 166.81
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      Copra, coconut oil prices
      100 7 Previous Todl»y COPRA Philippines c.i.f. UK/North European delivered weight p*r long ton July/Au*. $186 quoted $188 quoted K\ Philippines t.o.b. Manila m llk P<r long U>n Unquoted Unquoted K'IKA Straits c.i.f. UK/North Kuroixun delivered weight per ton July August £67 buyers £67 V& buyers £67 V-
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    MALAYS TO PETITION EDUCATION CHIEF
    174 7 3 -COMMITTEE of the •*ly-formed Singapore Education Council is a memorandum for ssion to the Ministry of tlf^n of decisions taken 'delays meeting of 53 and Muslim organisajth a total membership -<ain s the basic points memorandum by dissolved Malay Edu:i Committee and acceptat that
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    Six were chosen from 22
    47 7 NEW CAREERS begin for these pretty Singapore girls who have been chosen to serve as hostesses at Kallang Airport. Left to right: iMrs. Jean Mary Warnes, Miss Katherine Tan, Mrs. Eunice Lecamber, Miss Maggie Scow, Miss Lina Chin and Mme. Daisy Tan.
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    They leave offices and kitchens for the airport
    296 7 They leave offices and kitchens for the airport SIX pretty Singapore girls have swapped dishpan and typewriter for romance. But it is the romance of the travel-folder type, without heart-throbs. They are the Kallang Airport's new official hostesses who. beginning today, will greet arriving and departing passengers at the busy
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    TAKING THE ROUGHNESS OUT OF THE SEA TRIP
    149 7 TAKING THE ROUGHNESS OUT OF THE SEA TRIP pEOPLE going to India by sea from Singapore and the Federation may m future experience less difficulty m getting tickets. Particulars of inconveniences caused by unberthed passenger traffic are soon to be submitted m a report to the Indian Ministry of Trans-
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    Lock icon RAIN DIDN'T STOP THE FUN
    246 8 RAIN DIDN'T STOP THE FUN t it -ms. The Fair .livi«l,.l {..<•« four se.t.onv Goods. Entertolnment, Fmj and Game* and F«od. Imonc the Items «>f en«ertalnm*Bj were a (,>mkhan. *nda parade by the Boys Brlgailt- I Jusle Ban.l (top right). The Fun Fair was held to commemorate the centenary of
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    IT EASES THE JET DOWN
    272 10 IT EASES THE JET DOWN IT PUFFS AND IT PUFFS AND- PRESIDENT Dwight D. Eisenhower inspects a plastic protector suit during his visit to an atomic energy exhibit at the Library of Congress. The exhibit, prepared by the U.S. Information Agency m Washington for presentation around the world as part
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    These EYES will track hurricanes
    164 10 These EYES will track hurricanes ANEW device to help truck hurricanes has been developed by the U.S. Weather Bureau. It is a balloon equipped with a miniature automatic radio transmitter, which draga I float on the surface of the sea inside the "eye" or centre of a tropical storm. The
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    147 10 AMERICA'S first jet passenger transport, the new DC-8 m model form, clearly showing the swept wiims and the jet- engine pods. Ihe airliner, which is to have a top speed exceeding 550 miles an hour, is to be constructed by the Douglas Aircraft Company and is expected to be ready
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    Scientists speak a new language
    188 10 Scientists speak a new language (SCIENTISTS today deal with such incredibly tiny units of space and time that they have had to invent new words to describe them. These words describe the events that go on m the realm of atomic physics, says the "Science DiKest. M For example, there
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    Robot saved his heart
    85 10 y| NEW "mechanical heart" reeenth took over the job of circulating a patient's bl<H>d for M minutes white hit heart was operated on at the Harper Hospital m Detroit Michigan. Th< pumping mechanism <>l th€ "mechanical heart' 1 empties the patient's heart ■>/ blood so that
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    Jangle your keys and you'll kill that rat!
    195 10 Jangle your keys and you'll kill that rat! niSCOVERY of 1955 is that you don't have to sink the ship to clear out the rats. Paris police prefect Ande Dubois has just been a fascinated spectator at a scientific film showing that the sinki7ig feeling m rets can be produced
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    GIRL WITH A BIG VOICE
    704 11 MAHALIA JACKSON first sang m her r's Baptist Church m New Orleans, n she was only five old. Although her was small, her voice big and every iduy people from far id near came to hear c sang m church for the t ten years.
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    49 11 picture. A rhapsody m black velvet is this violin hat worn by the linerican film star Margo Lorenz at a London show last week The hat, by Madge Chard, is m black velvet with the violin m orange and white cord. It was inspired by the film "Rhapsody."- Reuter
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    New discs
    160 11 SEVEN favourite violin solos are to be found on a delightful long playiHK Un l h disc 'Philips S *****). Tje violinist is Romano Rub;» v. He kfl accompanied on the piano by Bianca Ritorno. The favourites comprise "Estrelita" (Ponce/Heifetz), "Dance of the Marionetfc (Winternitz*. M lntcnncao (Provost)
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    THE MAESTRO IS HIS OWN CENSOR
    354 11  -  Cecil Smith by ARTURO TOSCANINI is restless. The 88-year-old orchestral conductor has not settled down into auiet retirement since he save the final concert of his career m New York m April 1954. A few months after his farewell appearance he was aching to
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    Paris sees Chinese opera
    119 11 Parisian audiences are bein^ dazzled by the first .show to come out Of China for the last son yean a troupe of the Peking Opera. The show Ifl really amazing. The audience la expected to applaud madly and often, and when it docs, the actors stand
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    'Ware, don't overeat for two
    535 12 IRC YOl "eating for two?' If so, rongratulations liul don't overdo it. An overweight expectant mother puts both her own life and that oi her unborn baby m jeopardy. Weight control m the mother-to-be Is Important, obj U triciarifl ha?e discovered, a sudden, rapid weight
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    124 12 A KISS for her wandering boy, Johnny, ends three days and nights of harrowing anxiety for Mrs. Maureen Johnson at Bulford Camn on Salisbury Plain, Wiltshire, after the three-year-old child had been found by soldiers m the early hours of the morning. The baby who had been sought by nearly
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    WEAK EXCUSE
    39 12 A SUSPICIOUS ins|x<W ui nt up U) a Normandy former Uw «>ih«r MJ Thh milk looks pretty watery. 1 "Of course it ihtes," th« ■anncr said, "it's bwa r;iinin^ SM damn much th»- rows bmVe only ii:ul
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    Wine out—so now they get used to the taste of milk
    131 12 Wine out so now they get used to the taste of milk COOING one up on "Music I while you work." French firms are now giving away orange squash, milk and other soft drinks to their workers. The idea is to cut down wine drinking and "get workers used to
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      208 12 CUJti ACROSS wiLhdraw i 4. 3). 1 Vtod lor a ptjton] wploaige git night be Rtn«*« tin grip '■in'. 1 (12). 8 Distribute everything fir.st (8). 7 A male's merriment is unsuit- Thert I lot of this (4). able fur UlLs letlwl act (12) -11 Twenty result? <5> 10 Worthkti
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    Lock icon He took a good look at himself -and LIKED it
    895 13  - He took a good look at himself -and LIKED it William Hickey U'ELL, there were two Churchills on the of Guildhall m the ty of London some ornings ago. fhere was a sprightly. wiseKing. Pickwickian Churdressed m a frock-coat d an aura of happiness. \nd this Churchill had a matter
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    SIR WINSTON MEETS HIS 'DOUBLE'— IN BRONZE
    219 13 SIR WINSTON MEETS HIS 'DOUBLE' IN BRONZE I look at the other Churwhen he was released the City flag white th a red cross by the Mayor Sir Seymour Hod. Tho Churchill who still de- s with his humour, till silences us with his wn. liked the Churchill, las. being
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    Bridge Hand
    338 13 sidos vulnerable th dealer found out, via BlackwooU, that bla side held all the and kings, but decided that mid need substantial i values to make the im a la .down. traint seemed wasted after winning the opening id, South laid down the spades and found that ftad
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    Here's how to SPOT a Red —the American way
    218 13 MEN m the United States army and air force have been Issued with official pamphlets telling them "how to spot a Communist." A By a Correspondent Here arc .some of the expressions listed as being more frequently used by Communists than
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    766 14  -  DESMOND HACKETT -by 1VI KS B4>ver| y Baker Fleitz was one of Wimbledon s per- E i?l Konallly fiirls. She plays well. Her dress and de- E portment on the court give her the picture-page look and E ike is ambidextrous. Shots
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    224 14 Keenan asks for $6,000 guarantee in Sydney BRITISH Empire bantamweight champion Peter Keenan has asked Stadiums Ltd. for a $6,783 guarantee to stay m Australia to fight Italian Gaetano Annaloro on July 11, m Sydney. Keenan was outpointed by another Italian. Roberto Spina. at Sydney Stadium on June 20 m
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    58 14 "\]'> < >\; \> <..-, ,iU[ m it.., home ■I k| that tfai Bwtei J- itU, m which Rii lust tint Mmdli at- motpherc and contributed much to i Ing oi Hi,, tic lit and Brltl h spoil men 'I m- commentator described the stretch ol
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    OLYMPIC GAMES SOCCER SUCCESS WOULD COST THE F.A. £10,000
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    S'pore Malays Gold Cup team
    64 14 SINGAPORE Malays will meet Malacca Malays m the first round of the southern zone Sultan's Gold Cup soccer competition at Malaria on Saturday. Sinsapore players invited are: Osman Angullia, Idros Albar, Johan, Hassan. Yassin Mat, Tahir, Aman Kastawi. Rashid Giman, Osman Johan, Ibrahim Mansoor, Rahim
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    Darul Afiah get 5-0 win
    68 14 Results of the SAFA Div. league games played m Singapore yesterday are: Arab Union beat S.C.S.A. 4-2 at Geylang. Mohamed Aljunid (2) and Abdul Rahman (2) scored for Arao Union and Tambron and Omar for S.C.S.A. Darul Aflah beat Young Companions A.A. 5-0 at Clerical
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    58 14 DOC EGGERS yesterday M 10 his fourth victory by tatfng the U5524,000 Hyde Park stake at Arlington Park, Chicago The two year old chestnut ridden by William Caretans. w& ahead most of the way In tne i a furlongs m beating Plight by four lengths, Skeptical Kid.
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    JACK MAJOR TURNS PRO
    102 14 playing for Bishop Auckland, the Amateur Cup holders, for seven years, Jack Major amateur international outride right, is to join Hull City as a part -tim e professional. Major, i 25-year-old accountant, made 200 -mile round trips to play at Bishop Auckland. His home is at
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    TWO RAF MALAYA RECORDS BROKEN
    690 15  -  RALPH BLAKEMAN Pratt sets new mark for javelin, Cunningham for hammer events By Tin HI ATS IN THE R.A.F. SINGAPORE-MALAYA ATM/. nr CHAMPIONSHIPS WERE RUN OFF AT (HAM.i KDAY ALTHOUGH THE FANCIED COMPETITORS IN K\CK EVENTS WERE MORE CONCERNED IN GAIN--7w PI ACES IN TODAY'S
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    Lock icon BRITISH OPEN GOLF: RECORD-BREAKER JOWLE HAS ANOTHER GOOD DAY
    222 15 BRITISH OPEN GOLF: RECORD-BREAKER JOWLE HAS ANOTHER GOOD DAY DRANK JOWLE, the Yorkshire-born midlands who was re<>rd breaker m chief m Monday's first round of the *h open golf championships (qualifying) maintained his I>n at the head of the field yesterday when he had a 1 «lv round of 72
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    Lock icon Easy for Chinese tourists
    100 15 Chinese soccer team touring New Zealand, beat J Wanganui, Taranakl and awatu combined team at !?anui yesterday, 11-1. •ne visitors' positional play 1 combination easily baffled New Zealanders whose per--ance was disjointed. The '<;se also proved, too fast Wit New Zealander*. For the greater part of
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    526 15 WITH SURREY WINNING ON MONDAY TO TAKE A 20 POINTS LEAD OVKR NEAREST RIVALS YORKSHIRE WHO WERE WITHOUT A COUNTY GAME, THE FIRST .TOD MATCH OF THE SEASON BETWEEN HAMPSHIRE AND SUSSEX FEATURED THE CURRENT COUNTY CRICKET CHAMPIONSHIP PROGRAMME WHICH ENDED YESTERDAY. An absorbing
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    241 15 THE SOUTH APT* IC AN CKICKETKKS HAD AN FJ\ h Ot ma TEST TONIC WHFN THEY BEAT YORKSHIRE, ONI OP ENGLAND'S STRONGEST COUNTY TEAMS, IJY IN HUNS AT SHEFFIELD YESTKHHAY. In spite of some hurricane hitting by Johnny Wardle who .scored 74 of
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    BIRTHS
    40 16 2* Wuriu $4 t mimimum). WEE: To Pegjry and Eng Ltxk at ItJC.. on Mh July, a daughter CX)CI Ori 4th July, 19*5. to Vrenell. wife of 3. T. Ooei diitlßTtter. Pla B&ruara. at KliufHpor* Nursing H<*ne Both well.
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    34 16 29 Wordi %h < minimum). LHC-NBOB I n: SU.Ui Pon« eldest so'j o! I M lim Bi« Pteßg Ifaon Poh T.ye. "nth (laiu'hf«r <>i Mr. and Mrs. Neoh B.«ri Soor.. on 4 7 55.
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    Going good at Kuala Lumpur
    43 16 Tiif; MAIN training TRACK AT HI' ALA LUMPUB V\\s CLOSED THIS MORNING AM) HORSES WERE TAKEN Ol'T FOR TEOTTTNG EXERCISES ON THE THIRD AND FOURTH TRACKS. THE GOING REMAINS VERY CiOOl). MOST OF THE OITISTATION STRINGS HAVE ARRIVED.
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    Seletar in 3-0 victory over Signals
    245 16 RAF (Seletan scored a convincing 3-0 victory over Royal Signals In their Div. 1 inter-services league fixture at Seletar yesterday. Weedon, Seletar's Inside-left, came within an ace of scoring early m the game but his drive from a pass by Inside-right White, went over
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    THE GAL WITH A THROW
    56 16 JENNIFER PADFIELD, 20, of Eastcote. Middlesex, kicks her friend, 24-year-old George Elliot of Hayes, Middlesex through the air to gain a blue belt at a Ruislip judo club. Jennifer, who is soon emigrating to Australia, decided to take up judo "just m case I need
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    302 16 AND TWO OTHER BRITISH RUNNERS BEAT RECORD TACULAR Sl-C KSSKKS AT FADDINGTON LAST NIC JIT W H E IIF SET TOE WORLD'S BES1 TIME FOR ONE AND A -II Al I MILKS WITH «i MIN. 2H SFCS. Hf shattered the previous mark of 6 mm.
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    TRIMBLE WINS
    23 16 THE A" Division July Medal (Bogey* of the Royal Singapore Golf Club was won by A. P. Trimble with four up.
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    TYSON FIT BUT STATHAM MAY NOT PLAY IN TEST
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      120 16 SOCCER SBHFA LEAGUE CUP GROUP: A: S.T.B. v Hongkong Bank, Farrer Park; F N v Chartered Bank, F N. GROUP 'B: Mercantile Bank v Ford, Jalan Besar. GROUP 'C: Mansfield v Jacks, Geylang; Guthrie v Bato. at sec GROUP 'D': Alexandra Brickworks V Thorny croft, at SRC; Stanvac v 1.C.1..
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