The Singapore Free Press, 6 February 1957

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1 14 The Singapore Free Press
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    18 1 The Singapore Free Press Largest Afternoon Sale m Malaya No. *****. Singapore. Wednesday. February 6. 19:>7. Price 15Cts
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    Lock icon 'MARCH ON CAIRO WAS U.K. PLAN'
    649 1  - 'MARCH ON CAIRO WAS U.K. PLAN' MR. STRACHEY SENSATION ON SUEZ ay -cur /r was shelved; he says A FORMER LABOUR WAR MINISTER, Mr. John Strachey, yesterday said that operation "Musketeer" mounted last August— but not carried outafter the Suez Canal had been nationalised by Egypt was to land at
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    Lock icon 'China treats us as slaves'
    121 1 'China treats us as slaves' 'THREE teenage students -I one boy and two girls who recently fled from Communist China said m Macao yesterday that the Chinese Communists on the mainland treat students as slaves and not as human beings. The students Man Vay, Chiu Lai-chan and Chiu I. ok
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    Lock icon 'Heavy rubber smuggling'
    166 1 11HK Indonesian Government yesterday blamed large-scale rubber smuggling out of Sumatra and avoidance of ports on that revolt island by foreign shipping as some of the causes contributing to its present economic crisis. Finance Minister Djuanda, who blamed these two factors for t!.e loss of foreign exchange,
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    Lock icon SUEZ VICTIMS RALLY
    122 1 SUEZ VICTIMS RALLY '5,000 refugees herded m camps' BRITISH evacuees from Egypt yesterday threat- j ened to camp out on the steps of the Foreign Office In London as a pro- test against the Government's attitude to their problems. Mr Felix Micallef, petroleum company manager and originator of the idea,
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    Rubber price
    27 1 February first grade rubber f.o.b. "opened m Singapore this morning at 86* cents B Ib- up i cent on yesterday's close. The tone was quiet.
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      90 1 asdfsdfasdfasdf Singapore is facing a scourge that- Afflicts an estimated 250,000 people, Severely hampers 8 production, and thereby- Harms the economy of this island. Read the shocking details of this grave menace to health m page three. lift, "best I „Jp buy Slide Projectors l Qeuere I 1 I 35
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    NEW YEAR IN U.K.
    64 2 NEW YEAR IN U.K. From RONALD BAXTER MALAYANS m London mainly students t( h'brated Chinese New Year with a jam-packed party at Malaya iia.li. Students headed by Mr. M Tharmalingam, president of the Malayan Forum, cooked Chinese food m the basement while upstairs. 300 to 400 people rumbaed and rocked
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    A school for the deaf children
    283 2 A school for the deaf children CAMPAIGN FOR FUNDS THE Deaf And Dumb Association of Singapore is launching I campaign to boost its fund for the building of its first $75,000 oral school to accommodate 100 children. President of the association, Mr. L. Cresson 'old the Free Press yesterday: "The
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    Lock icon MILLION OUT OF WORK
    57 2 THE number of unemployed m West Germany jumped by about 388,000 to a total of 1,476,416 m January, the Labour Office announced m Nuremberg yesterday. This was 223.700 more than at the same time last year and the highest level of unemployment since the winter of
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    97 2 A DOUBLE CELEBRATION took place m the tlnj j principality of Monaco recently for, besides celebrat- i in* the birth of Princess Caroline, the Prince and his people had the traditional celebrations to per- form for St. Devota's Day. So Prince Rainier and his sister. Princess Antoin- ette. went to
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    HOSPITAL'S QUIET SHATTERED
    321 2 HOSPITAL'S QUIET SHATTERED Scores of people, mostly ly children, were hurt some seriously when cracker, rocket-firing, and a 'bazooka barrage" craze seized hold of the younger sections of the Chinese population m Singapore particularly m some housing estates, during the Chinese New Year celebrations, a Free Press survey reveals. In
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    Lock icon Visit by admiral
    24 2 Admiral Felix B Stump. Commander m chhf United States Pacific Fleet, ha rived m Rangoon on s n Informal visit. Reuter
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      85 2 lllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllliiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiniiiiiillllll ii II GALA CHARITY PERFORMANCE Under the Distinguished Patronage of H. E. The Governor of Singapore Sir Robert Black X.C.MC. O.BE. Kinoshita i Ivrus at the Creat World, at 9.30 p.m. on THURSDAY, FEB. 7th. In Aid of Little Sisters of the Poor, S. A T. A. St. Andrews
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    WORM THREATENS ALL RURAL FOLK
    744 3  - WORM THREATENS ALL RURAL FOLK FRANCIS ROZARIO A silent invasion that leads to weakness and death By POSING A MAJOR PROBLEM FOR SINGAPORE ALIKE IN r THE HEALTH AND ECONOMIC SPHERES— IS THE HOOKWORM SCOURGE AFFLICTING AN ESTIMATED 250,000 PEOPLE. Mainly affected is the rural population of this colony, some
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    PETS HAVE IT...
    156 3 DO(iS and cats can pass on hookworm to humans, particularly children, Singapore j doctors told the Free Press, yesterday. The extent of this danger is brought home by the Veterin- ary Department dis- closure that over 95 per cent of the dogs m the colony are infected.
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    The Singapore Free Press WEDNESDAY, Feb. 6, 1957. Opinion HOOKWORM SCOURGE
    199 4 The Singapore Free Press WEDNESDAY, Feb. 6, 1957. Opinion HOOKWORM SCOURGE IN our news columns today we remind SinIgapore of the widespread but little suspect c d hookworm scourge that afflicts our rural folk who represent one-third of our total population. This reminder is tantamount to dragging out a skeleton
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    JAPAN SHIPYARDS GRAB LEAD.
    202 4  -  IAN AITKEN JAPANESE shipbuilders, after a year of frenzied activity, are bounding ahead m the race for world leadership. Last year they trebled the output of their yards and pushed Britain out of the lead for the first time. ft ft ft ft Although more shipping
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    Titanium: Metal of the future?
    360 4 Titanium: Metal of the future? iiiffh easi There is also the very hi^h cost of titanium, kept up m part by the fact that there is no known method of recovering titanium scrap. The hand rolling had the slickness E of a military moveE ment, and there E was reason
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    BY THE WAY
    131 4  -  Beachcomber asdfsdfasdfasdf L^VER since objectivist amorphism was hailed by a young artist as a new form of aformalist non-expressivism, contemporary art has been reaching out towards a synthesis. I see that constructivism has just been described as "a technique free of m&U and surface." I should have
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    Lock icon NEW SOVIET POLICY TO THE WEST?
    318 5 Shepilov's appearance sparks off conjecture First meeting since Hungary RUSSIA'S Parliament yesterday agreed to make a debate on Soviet policy at its first meeting m Moscow since the upheavals m Poland and Hungary. The leaders of the government, with one exception, were present at
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    Lock icon Toscanini burial
    35 5 The body of Arturo To canlni, the Italian conductor who died m jNew York on January 17. will be flown to Italy on Saturday for burial m Milan, his family announced yesterday.- Reuter
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    Lock icon Cheaper by jets
    62 5 CIIANT jet airliners I would h<- ahle to Carrj thousands more p issengen at < <»n--lideniblj redaccd fin's when they < om<* into service with world airlines In 195 i. The vice president of Pin American World Air wins. (<•!. Clarence M Vounf, said this m Sydney
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    Lock icon Janvt is back
    75 5 r>FJ)-HMKKI) BKAUTY Janet Blair, abov<\ returns X to the scm-n m KKO Radio's "Public P.'rooii No. One m which she co-stars with Vivian iii^ne E und Red Skelton. She had been away from Hollywood for some years, working m television and setting up a new American stage
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    Lock icon STRIKERS BLOCK BUS RAILS
    228 5 STRIKERS BLOCK BUS RAILS A 6 a strike wave swept Bangkok yesterday a group of striking bus worker's were reported to have lain m front of their bum to prevent them being used by substitute drivers. By yesterday there weiv six unsettled strikes m H ngkok involving thousands of workers
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    Lock icon A ROYAL ELECTION
    50 5 AT lea.st 10 princes and three princesses are standing as candidates m India's General Election this month. In Delhi a princess plump, middle-aged Maha- I runi Oircharan Kaur of Nabha is standing for two seats simultaneously. Most of the princes and princesses are standing as independents. Reuter
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    Lock icon Britain's A-tests to go on
    160 5 Britain's A-tests to go on BEST DETERRENT TO MAJOR WAR' BRITAIN made it clear yesterday that she intends to proceed with her nuclear weapons test m the Pacific this .summer despite Japanese protests. Mr. Lan Harvey, joint Foreign Under Secretary, said m a written reply to question m the House
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    Lock icon PRESIDENT'S OPERATION
    41 5 President Rajendra Praia 1. of India, vu operated for a cataract m his right eye yesterday, it was announced m New Delhi. A bulletin issued by his docton -said the operation ;ul and the President is progressing satisfactorily.- Reuter
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      137 5 THE LEADING HOUSE FOR HIGH CLASS DIAMOND JEWELLERY SAPPHIRES, RUBIES. EMERALDS STAR STONES JADE JEWELLERY ASAHI CULTURED PEARLS SOUVENIRS SILVA LTft' LL~ v rjEWEL.L.E;i=? ST) -J SINCAPORE IPOH KUALA LUMPUR 45, HICH STREET SINCAPORE. AIR-PORT SINCAPORE 6, STATION ROAD. IPOH 6. EMBANKMENT, K. LUMPUR. 4caitititiiiiiicaiiiiiiiiiiiicaiiiiiiiiiiiic3iiiiiiiiiiiicaiiiiiiiiiiiic3iiiiiiiiitiic3iiiiiifiniia rl.fVi. V. j^^^ mvori Contr.
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      230 6 3S.\\mSAKi: b T Lee I alk and l*hil Davis L— '7y£YPC*MeP 7HW</6// 7MF/J&3 I W?IE NIPS, ROMANS^ FT I^lo BE OR VTTT~s^BPB fVuf t.ucN J^Tur.? ,-rTT^ ~7 Ml COUNTRYMEN, lAM J NOT TO B£'i TMf TIV.E /FILMS? IT WAS I WONPER IP KdHWI MERETO-L/H- --MM/W i oT i EXPLORERS V
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      610 6 lIIIMIIIIIIIIIIIIIIMINIIIIIIMIMIIIIMIIIIIMIIIII ||l I I >••«.. BORN today, you have very definite literary ability which you should T cultivate at an early age. Either poetry or prose might be the medium you will use. and It is possible that you eventually may use both. Since your critical faculties are exceptional you
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  • Round the World Market Prices
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      U.K. closing prices
      171 7 LONDON. aVb. 5. Previous loday RUBBER No- 1 RSS e.i.f. European ports February 25 7 buyers buyers 26 4 sellers 26 sellers 26 sellers 26 seller RUBBER No. 1 RSS Spot 254 buyers 26 buyers 26 sellers 26 sellers RUBBER No. 1 RSS Settlement House Terms March
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      New York prices
      129 7 NEW FORK. Feb. 5. Previous Today TIN Straits spot 102.50 nom. 102 50 nom. TIN futures February 100.00 buyers 99.75 buyers 101.25 sellers 100.75 sellers Standard Contract March 98.00 buyers 98.62 buyers 99.25 sellers 99.37 sellers April 96 50 buyers 5>6.25 buyers 98.00 sellers 97.62 sellers TONE:
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      U.S. PEPPER
      39 7 Malabar Lampong spot 28, anaittnf? release 27 t afloats 26% to 26. first half February ship- Above prices quoted m U.S. cents per m. ment 25 4. Sarawak spot and awaiting release 27 .sellers exdock New York.
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      DOW JONES AVERAGES
      45 7 NEW YORK. Feb. 5 Previous Today 30 Industrials 477 19 469 96 20 Railroads 148.29 146 26 10 Domestic Bonds 90 40 90.49 15 Utilities 71.42 70.87 fi.-. Stocks Comimsite Average, 169.61 167 35 Above prices quoted In U.S. cents per lb.
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      Copra, coconut oil prices
      103 7 LONDON. Feb. 5. Previous Today COPRA Philippines tU._VMj North European delivered weight per lon* ton Feb. Mar. $181 sellers SlB0 1 j sellers COPRA Straits c.i f F.K North European delivered weight per £66'- buyers £66.. buyers lon« ton Feb. March £67 sellers £67 sellers March
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    'NO HELP THANKS'
    67 7 The Aga Khan, at < a present on holiday m j <► Italy, went to Rome's Opera House recently 4 X to see Mozart's Seraglio." < He stayed for the j O whole performance and seemed m th f best of 2 X health, even refusing <
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    'GO GET THEM FOXES'...
    152 7 'GO GET THEM FOXES'... THE notice on the board at the U.S. Air Force base a tSculthorpe. Norfolk. England, said: "A real foxhound hunt." and a wlsecracker had written underneath "Bring Your Own Fox," "Wear Blue Suede Shoes." As an experiment and just to show the Americans a bit of
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    4 SETS OF TWINS IN 8 YEARS
    141 7 i^HARLIE .SHARP looked at the ten children playing m his council house home m England and said: 'What lot \»t futi about Graot Kelly having one baby. How about me with this lot?" Charlfc Bei:;Uin-b'jrn wile Yvonne, aged 30, has ju.st given birth
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    Form IV boy wooed a housewife
    291 7 SIX FOOTER Brian Didsbury was fourth form grammar school boy when love bowled him head over heels. He was 14. Before he had taken his General Certificate of Education he was courting a married woman nine years older than himself. For 2 X 2
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      50 7 f SINGAPORE |j HIGH TIDES j; TODAY: 2.26 p.m. o TOMORROW: 246 a.m. Mi 3.14 p.m. FRIDAY: 325 a.m. < and 4.18 p.m. I SATURDAY: 415 a.m. J N and 6.08 p.m. SUNDAY: 5.25 a.m. and 833 p.m f MONDAY: 6.55 a.m. and 9.37 p.m TUESDAY: 8.18 a.m. <► and
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    Lock icon SINGAPORE SPOTLIGHT
    2341 9  -  Adelaide Eastley BY,. Children of the British Red Cross Home, Tanah Merah j Besar, had a treat when "Cranny" Heal, wife of Col. R. Heal, Superintendent of the Opium Curative Centre, St. John's Island, went along with a group of helpers and distributed presents to the children. These
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    The top models of 1957 will not marry mink
    788 10  - The top models of 1957 will not marry mink LISA MOYNIHAN by •—They'll be hard {working yon n g jwomen wh o spend Itheir days looking {glamorous... and their jeveningl quietly at •home. Couturier Mr. JFenex picks four •names that may top •this year's slippery model ladder of success. Limo
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    HOMEWORK
    12 10 JANE FENTON—She gets down to papering the parlour during off-duty evenings.
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    BRIDGE HAND
    295 10 I«ODAY'S deal Is from the Men's Pair Championship played In New York and won by Paul Allinger of California playing with young Jim Jaooby, following In the footsteps of his famous father, our ex-team-mate. Ossie. It happens that this deal has nothing to do with the winners, but
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      241 10 CLUES ACROSS 4 Court woodenly at rirst <3>. 1 Put away "between 1 (5). 5 A postcript m part of the 4 Spiders m Lancashire, per- Church (4). haps? (7) 6 "The "Meet" returns with 8 Foolish with America at last directions (6). (9) 7 Count sheep for this (13).
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    At speed in the air
    100 11 At speed in the air BELOW is the firs! picture to be released of the newest and fastest weapon m the jet-age arsenal of the U.S. Air Force. They are Lockheed Starfiffhters, photographed without the hoods which conceal the shape of their air scoops. Sleek The Starfighter, sleek m it's
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    At speed on the high seas
    239 11 At speed on the high seas l DIESEL engine which x was on the British Admiralty scent list until recently has now been put to commercial use. It is the Napier "Deltic" diesel engine, hitherto fitted exclusively m vessels of the Royal Navy. Tlic first Industrial firm to 1186 it
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    A NEW BOOST FOR ATOMS
    113 11 A NEW BOOST FOR ATOMS BRITAIN'S programme of atomic development for elec- trie power is going ahead well, stepped up I by the closing of the Suez Canal. Below is the latest example of it a new atomic research station nearing completion In Scotland. The night view shows an hermetically
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    Lock icon PEKING HAS A DECISIVE VOICE IN WEST
    370 12 PEKING HAS A DECISIVE VOICE IN WEST nURING THE PAST FEW WEEKS THE CHINESE PRIME U MINISTER, MR. CHOI' EN-LAI HAS ACHIEVED WHAT NO \S!\N HAS BEEN ABLE TO DO SINCE ATTILA THE HUN DEVASTATED EUROPE WITH HIS WILD HORSEMEN: TO PLAY V DIRECT DECISIVE ROLE IN THE AFFAIRS OF
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    Lock icon CANCER DISCOVERY
    131 12 A FRENCH EDUCATED Vietnamese scientist has been credited m Paris with discovering a substance m cigarette smoke which invariably causes cancer m mice when injected into them. But, a report adds, the chemical can be filtered out of the smoke. Discovery of how quickly and surely this substance
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    Lock icon Romulo hands over
    29 12 Swedish Ambassador Gunnar V. Jarring has taken over the presidency of the Security Council for February, succeeding Brigadier General Carlos P. Romulo of the Philippines. U.P.
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    Lock icon Advice to Nehru
    39 12 The Manchester Guardian, commenting on Kashmir said that if Mr. Jawaharlal Nehru, the Prime Minister of India "stands for the machinery of the United Nations, he must accept its rules when they tell against him" Reuter
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    Lock icon Yellow Feathers drive
    77 12 Yellow Feathers drive A NATIONWIDE "Yellow Feather" movement has got under way m Japan to promote good neighbour relations with the peoples of Asia. The Asian Nations Good Neighbour Movement, sponsors of the drive, hope to raise about US$5OO,OOO during the one-month campaign. The goodwill drive started off with a
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    Lock icon U.S. TRADE MISSION TO SPORE
    35 12 Two teams of US. trade experts are to tour Asia m March. One group will visit India, and the other will ko to Singapore. Malaya, Hone Kong and Burma. U.P.
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      Lock icon 'Propaganda first not justice'
      165 12 'Propaganda first not justice' MRS. Mieke Bouman, a 45 year old Dutchwoman who took the place of her lawyer husband to defend two men against subversive accusations by the Indonesian Government, charged m San Francisco that no foreigner can expect justice m Asia 'wherever propaganda is needed." 'The American airmen
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      41 12 Premier Nehru said that India's forthcoming national elections are "a challenge to the people of India." He appealed to them to "answer this challenge by giving your verdict m favour of the high principles tor which the Congress Party stands."- A.P.
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      44 12 Prince and Princess Mikasa have received an invitation to travel on the Scandinavian airline m auguratins the Copenha-gen-Tokyo trans Polar flight on February 24. Reuter. f Japan has bought 1.400.000 bushels of U.S wheat and 700,000 bushels of Canadian wheat for April shipment.— A.P.
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      20 12 T k Chinese merchant has been sentenced to oneyear's imprisonment and deportation for violating the Philippine minimum wage law.- U.P.
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      30 12 Red Chinese Premier Chou En-lai has received an honorary degree of Doctor of Literature from India's Vishvabharati University, which wa s founded by the great Indian poet Rabindranath Tagore. U.P.
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      26 12 T "he U.S. has signed an U5518,900,000 surplus commodities agreement under which South Korea will buy with local currency California rice, wheat and barley. A. P.
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      72 12 The Taipeh Government is reported to be planning: a new trade pact with Japan calling for U. 5.5200. 5200 million m two-way trade. The present, pact, due to expire on March 31, calls for US$l52 million trade Reuter. Under its atoms -for- peace programme for 1957, the Japanese Government plans
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    Lock icon 'China in plot to grab Japan'
    233 12 'China in plot to grab Japan' A CHINESE Nationalist Legislator said m Washington that Russia and Red China are preparing "a great military offensive" against Japan. Mr Hu Chou Yuan, author, history professor and member of the Formosa Legislature, said Russia and China have worked out a joint, two-step strategy
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    Lock icon FORMOSA TACKLING VETERANS PROBLEM
    171 12 NEARLY 40.000 military veterans have become an alarming burden on Nationalist Chinas Ameri-can-supported economy. Chinese officials m Talpeh say the U.S. spent about U552,500,000 last year to help solve the veteran problem m Formosa. The. Nationalist Government spent an additional US$7,--000,000 on various veteran projects. The
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    The face that launched a thousand discs
    477 13 r but what's i his secret? yyilAT makes Johnnie ("Cry") Ray so popular? Over the weekend I sal clown to listen to the current Ray success lust Walkm' In The Rain— it's already a ton favourite in England and the States— and found
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  • FOUR ACES
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      ORCH.
      58 13 VANGUARD have just relea ''d a flrst class recording ol the Orchestral Suite from carmen and the L'Arleslenne Suite No. I. by Bizet on PVL 7002. The Vienna State opera Orchestra, under the baton of Mario Rossi, bring out all the colour and appeal m these wonderful suites. The
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      POPS
      55 13 A VARIETY programme headed by some of Germany's best -known artists makes interesting listening on Polydor ***** LPH. There are guitar and ukulele players, straight j singers and small vocal groups, serious and comic presentations. The stars include Catcrina Valente, Silvio Francesco, Jorg Maria Berg, Peter Alexander and Bully
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      JAZZ
      84 13 MOST astonishing Jazz pianist of today is Erroll Garner. You can have no doubt about that after hearing his Concert By The Bea on Philips B ***** L. This recording was made "livt at a recital In California. It contains lots of "noises off' and Is full of Garner
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      VOCAL
      90 13 HERMAN SCHEY, one of Holland's finest concert and oratorio bass baritones is the soloist m a programme of Mozart bass arias on Philips A ***** R. They are Mentre ti lasclo, o figlia <X 513 Rivolgete a lvi lo sguardo (X 584 >, Un Bacio di mano <X 541)
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    FAiry tales that adults will love!
    304 13 FAiry tales that adults will love! IJEMEMBER Hans Andersen's two little tales for 1% children. The Tinder Box and The Princess and the Swineherd? Philips have brought them back to life with an attractive album which contains an extremely good reading of the stories by Norman Shelley. So well ;'i'c
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    OLYMPIC BOXING SQUAD HAS VANISHED
    502 12 JBy A Special Correspondent NOTHING could have better illustrated the brief period which is a box- cr's time of glory than the International match be- tween an England team and Ireland at the Royal Albert Hall, London. It is a few short months since the
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    They'd rather play Div. 1 side than one from Div. 3!
    497 12  -  ARCHIE QUICK -By THE two great North London football rivals, Tottenham and Arsenal, are unanimously agreed on one point. They would much rather meet First Division opponents m the F.A. Cup competition than Third Division sides 'rVu. hiv after
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    Lock icon ESPINOSA DEFEAT: CRITICS DIVIDED
    275 12 ESPINOSA DEFEAT: CRITICS DIVIDED JAPANESE sportswriters J are taking opposing sides over the result of last Friday's non-title fight bebetween second world ranking bantamweight Leo Espinosa of the Philippines and Japan's featherweight champion, Kihoaki Nakanishi. Nakanishi won the fight on points a decision which the Philippine ambassador to Japan, Mr.
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    Japs name challenger
    134 12 liHE Japan Boxing Com- mission have announced that Japan's Hitoshi Misako. fourth m the latest world flyweight rankings and former Orient flyweight champion, was officially recommended as challenger against title holder Pascual Perez. The Commission said the National Boxing Assoeia tion supported Illtako'a challenge. This followed a
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    Lock icon Humez stops Pat McAteer in Round 8
    157 12 Humez stops Pat McAteer in Round 8 ti II A Kl.ls II urn c z j (France) retained his European middleweight title on Monday m Paris when the referee stopped his Ofllt with Pat McAteer, the British and British Fmpire champion, m the eighth round because of the challenger's cut
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    REF. WAS STOPPED AT GATE
    72 12 AIM 111 X KLLIS, Britain's No. 1 football referee, turned up at Burnden Park for the Bolton-Blaekpool Cuptie, made for the official entrance and said: "Referee." He was half way through the gate when a policeman said: "Wait a minute, you arc f lic second
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    Lock icon CONCEDING A CORNER
    49 12 CONCEDING A CORNER Defending his goal < \l against inside-left f Harry Harris of New- t port County. Arsenal I centre-half Dodgin J concedes an early t corner m the fourth f f round of the Football X Association Cup at Newnort. Arsenal won 4. f 2-0. Topical Press picture.
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    HIS RECORD IN HAT-TRICKS
    103 12 VTOU will not find the man who has scored most League "hat-tricks" this season up at the top of the goalscoring lists. He is Danny Smith, of obscure Bradford, and he has accomplished the feat four time s this season. Fiv e players have three "hat
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    Lock icon HOW TO WIN AN OLYMPIC TITLE
    125 13  -  Lorraine Crapp By ANY pirl swimmer who aims to win a swimming: title at the 1%0 Olympic (James m Rome will hav e to sacrifice aimost all her social life for the next three years That is thr opinion of Miss Lorraine Crapp. Olympic
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    Delgay is improved enough to win
    305 13 Marigold also m fine form QKL(i A V (Kougoure) has improved a ton from his race at Kuala Lumpur when he finished fourth of four runners. With Colonel's Son (E. Cracknell) for company this morning he ran three furlongs from the half mile to
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    Heath' track relieves congestion
    121 13 Heath' track relieves congestion HO BB S' and Spencer's strings were worked on the new "heath" track this morning, as they were on Monday, which relieves congestion on the main tracks. Mr. Bailey, Secretary of the Singapore Turf Club, said he would like to see outstation trainers make use of
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    KOSB LEAVE FOR HK TIE
    54 13 King's Own Scottish Borderers. who play the final of the FARELF Cup rugger competition i against 7th Hussar? m Hong Ron* on Feb. 16. left Singapore this morning. Their lineup is: Lyall, Grieve Berry. Guy, Shiel; Riddle H;isUe; Strachan Scott. Murdrxh. Pullman. Young, Jackson, Fuxton,
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    OUT
    496 13 S.CC D' REME B Blacks B RNZAF B I^Ol'R more teams were eliminated from the annual SinI gapore Cricket Club seven-a--j side rugby tournament yesterday on the padang. Another side conceded a walkover. Defeated teams were Singapore Cricket Cl^b "D", the Blacks "B", Royal New Zealand Air Force "B"
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    Lock icon ELORDE KAYOES JAP
    153 13 ELORDE KAYOES JAP FLASH Elorde of the Philippines knocked i out Hidemi Wada with a crushing left hook to the head last night m I Osaka to end their scheduled 10-round bout after 50 seconds of the fifth round. Elorde, world's fourth ranking featherweight, easily vanquished the Japanese fighter, who
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    Lock icon RUGBY UNION CUP VICTORY
    25 13 Si. Thomas Hospital heat Middlesex Hospital !>-0 m their second round Kimby I'nion Cup match at Kichmond athletic ground, yesterday. Reuter
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    OUT TOMORROW!
    118 13 m ••i■■ i i 1 1 1 1 m•t 1 1 i w r > 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 IThe Wideboys admit it..! ********************1111 l lIIIIIHIIIfIIIIiniIJI With 190 horses entered for the Singapore meeting, perhaps you arc having difficulty m calculating their form. Then let
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    Lock icon MCC HIT UP A RECORD 594-8
    192 13 MC.C. batsmen scored 382 runs yesterday to draw their match with Transvaal and record the highest score by any MC.C. side against the Province 594 for eight wicktLs. Denis Compton and Doug Insole, the overnight batsmen, continued their partner; hip and Mch made a
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    Lock icon MR. DULLES TIPS 'BIG TWO' TALKS WITH MAC.
    431 14 MR. DULLES TIPS 'BIG TWO' TALKS WITH MAC. Wo plans for Big Three get-together THE United States Secretary of State, Mr. John Foster Dulles, at 1 his news conference m Washington yesterday, said the Lnited States will conduct top bilateral meetings with Great Britain and France m the not too
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    Mr. EAM HOCK FUNERAL
    70 14 Mr. Ang Earn Hock. 41. assistant sports editor Of the Straits Times, collapsed while playing tennis at the V.M.C.A. ground m Singapore yesterday Afternoon. He died m an ambulance taking him to the General Hospital. Earn Hock, who spent nearly all of his working life with
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    Lock icon Chou goes home
    29 14 Mr Chou En-lai, Communist Chinese Prirre Minister, left for Peking by air yesterday on the conclusion of an extended tour of Asia and East Europe. Reuter
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    DEATH
    23 14 20 >* <>rtts $6 (minimum). WILKINS, Alfred Edward. 78, passed away peacefully at 45 Telok Kurau Road. Burial at Bidadari 5.30 p.m. today.
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    Lock icon NEHRU REPUTE IS HURT
    136 14 New York view of Kashmir act THE New York magazine Time said that "the hissing sound heard round the world last week was Mr. Jawaharlal j Nehru's reputation deflat- i ing." Time said the Indian Premier used to hold an exalted position m Britain, but began
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    KIDNAP: SIX MEN HELD
    170 14 KIDNAP: SIX MEN HELD SIX persons have been ar- rested m connection with j the Kuala Lumpur kidnap- j ping of a towkay on New Year's Eve, the Selansor Police disclosed this morning. One of them was charged m court yesterday. The other five have been ordered to be remanded.
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    Hotel staff beaten up
    62 14 SEVEN unknown Chinese entered a house m East Coast Road. Singapore, at 2.15 this morning and assaulted a hotel assistant. Lim Kar Fee. The alarm was given by another occupant of the house and the assailants fled m a car before the police arrived. Lim was
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    'WATCH CHINA RUBBER USE'
    76 14 CEYLON has agreed to supply Communist China with 50.000 tons of sheet rubber this year m exchange for 270.000 tons Of rice, says the Natural Rubber Bureau In Washington. It said reports from Colombo indicated Ceylon would pay less for the rice compared with 1956. China
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    Dead baby found
    24 14 A new-born Chinese baby, wrapped m clothing, was found dead by the river bank at Robinson Quay at 5.30 p.m. yesterday.
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    Lock icon Testing time ahead
    216 14 Testing time ahead SIR Harold Caccia, the British Ambassador t 0 the United United States. said yesterday that the U.S. must use its power and influence to bring about a settlement of Middle East problems He said the days ahead would b e a testing time for the AngloAmerican alliance
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