The Singapore Free Press, 14 February 1957

Microfilm: NL5633
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5 20 The Singapore Free Press
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    Masthead
    19 5 The Singapore Free Press Largest Afternoon Sale m Malaya No. *****. Singapore. Thursday, February 11. IMT. rrirp 15 CU.
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    Lock icon U.K. H-BOMB REPLY TO NEW RED ROCKETS
    791 5 U.K. H-BOMB REPLY TO NEW RED ROCKETS ii llr§ I 111 r* ]iI fl fLJ I I Bs! ilr 1 I I iiiiiimiiinmiiiiiiiiiuiiiimiiiiiniiiii The power of the H' bomb FIRST TEST AFTER MARCH gRITAIN announced yesterday that she has almost completed development of a megaton —hydrogen bomb, and atomic bombs
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    Lock icon Commons on S'pore Unions
    85 5 MR. Stanley Aubcrry, Labour, asked ta the House ol Commons yesterday what were the n asons for the refusal of the Rr<.;i^trar Of Trade Unions m Singapore to register the proposed National Union of General Workers. Mr. Alan Lennox Boyd. the Colonial Secretary, replied: "Registration was
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    Lock icon New U.K. bid on Kashmir
    177 5 INDIAN FORCES MOVING CHARGE DISCLOSURE of an AngloU. S. move m the United Nations to bring about demilitarisation of disputed Kashmir coincided with official Pakistani charges that India was moving up fresh forces toward West Pakistan. m Cuttack, Orissa, the Indian Prime Minister, Mr. Jawahaiial
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    Lock icon U.S. 'BUZZED' U.K. SHIPS IN MED.
    120 5 A CONSERVATIVE Member of Parliament charged last night that President Kisenhower used "cavalry barracks language" m a telephone conversation with former Prime Minister Anthony Eden during the Suez crisis Viscount Ilinchingbrooke also alleged that Bisenhower threatened economic sanctions against Britain m the trans- Atlantic
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      79 5 POCK IT CARTOON by OSBERT LANCASTER I said all along that Abdul was mad to take Fatima with him on that mission to the U.S. J Bm *'t t Mf B 1 I *m a s!^ hH BIIYS I Jl ■^r BH v -^i H I *fl IB V)C C
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    Rodents menace health
    223 6  - Rodents menace health WARNING FROM DR. MORRISON CINGAPORE city health authorities today warned the public not to throw scraps of food m drain* and public places as that tended to increase the number of rats. The City Health Officer. Dr H. R. Morrison, said an increase m the number ol
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    Winners of the Quizzes
    60 6 Winners of Saturday'! Free Press "Prize Quiz' competitions are: Quiz No 1- Miss Florence Fong. 149-A Hill Street, Singapore 6. Quiz No. 2: Sgt G. O Thomas G.H.Q. Signal Rgt j Tyersal Park. Singapore. Quiz No. 3: Tan Tock Cheow, 20 King Albert Park Singapore 21.
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    Pilots look for village folk
    469 6 Pilots look for village folk uiiiiiiiiiiiPiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiimiimiiiimiimiin mmmmn ITS SO EASY TO SEE THE WORLD; I HOP INTO A PLANE AND CO! WANT to see the Tf world? Then hop into a little plane E and set your own coarse, E That's the tip BhTCfl to Free Press readers by 5
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    THE HEAD MAKES A STAND
    279 6 THE HEAD MAKES A STAND 'Road repair urgent' gT. ANDREWS SCHOOL does not propose to wait any longer for the City Council to repair the Woodsville Road, which the school says is m a "disgraceful" state. The principal of the school, Mr. Tan Ly< Whatt, told the Free Press yesterday
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    Lock icon CHINESE BRIDES 'IMPORTED'
    48 6 Entry of Chinese women to marry Canadian citizens of Chinese parental' may be continued, the Canadian Immigration Minister J. W. Piakersgill, has told the House of Commons m Ottawa. He .said the policy was originally adopted as an experiment, but had worked out well. U.P.
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    Lock icon Kimonos for the French
    68 6 A new exhibit sponsored by the Japanese Embassy, entitled "Kimoncs of Yesterday and Touay" wa? inaugurated yesterday at the Cernuschi Mu.-eum m Paris. The beautiful examples ol Japanese national costumes, shown on miniature dolLs. and modelled bj young oriental .student man. Kjuins, are timed to coincide
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      218 6 ...absorb dust, remove dirt, apply polish, fTuif 9 an</ polish beautifully a// m one go! I \i jK if J^^^\^y The soft, thick. c.»n scratch' fringes of the '^v\ v__ W/l NENETTE arc impregnated with NENETOL a fluid > >S~> —^J-' made to an exclusive formula, which gives the unique
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      43 6 Spend Chap Goh Meh B m the City's Most Popular Night Spot THE GREAT WORLD CABARET TONIGHT-EXT. 1.00 A.M. > Where you can dance with I SINGAPORE'S MOST BEAUTIFUL AND ENTERTAINING HOSTESSES to CECIL WILSONS JET RHYTHM BAND 9 m FROM DETAILED PROGRAMMES IN
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    Lock icon SHAME of NASSER'S MEN
    497 7 SHAME of NASSER' S MEN Officers deserted m hundreds during big push j B^^M^l^M M^ M^^^^^"^ M^*^^ M They went down on knees and cried Hill mill. 1 1 11 Mill! llll_. .■illinium 1 1 mi 11 1 1 iiiiii m i Nasser's allies m the Middle East are just
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    Power cuts in Britain?
    100 7 A GENERAL shut-down of power stations throughout Britain was threatened last night fallowing a decision by about 14,000 senior technical engineers to work to rule. The technician* are taking this action after 18 months of negotiations on their demand for different salary grading. A spokesman for
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    Lock icon PEACE OFFER
    40 7 Britain has a g a 1 n :allcd on the Yemen to agree to early talks on the restoration of peaceful conUtions alon^ the troubled [rontier between the British Aden Protectorate and the Red Sea Arab Kingdom— Reuter
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    Lock icon Storm wrecks set of new Siam film
    65 7 A SEVERE rainstorm irreeked film sets and photographic efuipment at jl, location, 112 miles south Bangkok, where »lumbia Pictures is makthc l lm "Sea Wall," it v..t> learned yesterday. The storm demolished the sea wall, nearly mile long, built b> hundreds of labourers
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    Lock icon Ike's 'Sore' throat
    28 7 President Eisen bower's doctor m Thomasvllle, Georgia, said yesterday the President has "a little rough throat as a result of a January cold. A. P.
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    Lock icon A HOT TIP...
    57 7 A HOT TIP... VITTORIO BA/- ZO'S ancient motor car chugged I and putted up a hill m Tortona, Italy, then gave up and burst Into flames. Mr. Bano, a 43- year-old baker, sad- ly watched it burn. Then, on a hunch, he played the car's licence numbers In I Italy's
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    Saud has the belly-ache
    33 7 Kins Sand of Arabia who is now m Madrid, yesterday cancelled all engagement! for the day due to illness. Doctors :ittendir>£ the monarch said he was suffering from colitis
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      2 7 RARE EXQUISITE
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    The Singapore Free Press THURSDAY, Feb, 14, 1957. Opinion WAY BACK TO PEACE?
    268 8 The Singapore Free Press THURSDAY, Feb, 14, 1957. Opinion WAY BACK TO PEACE? A FAMILIAR voice with new undertones of firmness is beginning to br heard amidst the babol of tongues surrounding the ever-sharpening Rus-so-American quarrel. It is that of Britain. This power is determined to be heard. And before
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    QUEEN'S VISIT TO PORTUGAL
    453 8  -  James White MARKS 800 YEARS OF FRIENDSHIP by yyHEN the Queen steps ashore at Lisbon's famous Black Horse Square on Monday she will be welcomed as the Queen of a country which for 800 years has been PortugdVs best friend. The camellia-filled, specially erected, infra-red-heated crystal
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    Queluz Palace
    45 8 A view of the National Palace of Queluz where the Queen and the Duke of Edinburgh will stay during their official visit Which starts on Monday. Nearly TWO HUNDRED women are at present preparing a icing of the Palace for the Royal couple.
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    Women of Portugal
    37 8 Women of Portugal Scenes like this will greet the Queen when she visits Portugal on Monday. The girls above are wearing traditional costumes reserved for festive occasioJis. Gaily decorated streets will add to the charm of Lisbon.
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      51 8 A N O I D to the rescue/ D n't be caught out by ~-~i^^^Hl fmdS^^ Sudd' n injury! Hove a 'BLj^J^^bß^i s x comprehensive r^t»^V 'o suit the home < r \A\ '■**Zf^^ •y. sports club or cnr. >^^ THE FEDERAL DISPENSARY LTD. AFFLES PLACE 4 SINGAPORE COLD STORAGE
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    Ruth gets crown
    31 9 rpillS YK-UTS THEME at the Harlem Beaux Arts competition were Mr. Sammy Davis. Jr and B« arr you... lady who had •"""•"'.^'hl-om^ !^s u a? s ffls ;-«s
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    Ist Poly class starts
    199 9 SINGAPORE S long drawn-out dream Ol I polytechnic has become a lity. Th c enrolment of 24 students at the Tanjong Katong Technical School has started off the first commercial class of we Polytechnic. The students represent leverai ol the leading business companlei and advertising agenclei
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    'FESTIVALS CAUSE THE DEBTS'
    290 9 No frfffif'«»< tor Govt. men 50... —Moneylenders view THE celebration of national festivals is one of the main causes ot 1 »e»v y b»rrowto g by **^?ggSZifiS^ of the Sikh Moneylenders Association. AIT. SLiCin' h) oiusn v. .1giving his views at B m ing ol the
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    10,000 VISIT SALON
    184 9 10,000 VISIT SALON 'Most successful exhibition ever 1 MORI THAN 10.000 people have visited the Eighth Singapore International Salon of Photography exhibition, during the first five days, since its opening on Feb. 8. An official of the salon told the Free Press that at least 1,500 people saw the exhibition
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    Lock icon U.S. VISIT BY ADENAUER
    44 9 Dr Konrad Adenauer, the West German Chancellor has been invited to visit the United States, a Government spokesman said here yesterday. The visit would not take place before the planned NATO conference In Bonn from May 2 to 4. Reuter
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    Lock icon A-talks in Vienna
    28 9 Vienna was yesterday selected as the site for the first general conference of the International Atomic Energy Agency, it was disclosed Ul New York. Reuter
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    Refugee thanks to you
    99 9 Refugee thanks to you HUNGARIAN rcfßfca m Britain have ex- E pfCMfd gratitude ti members of the Stafa- pore St. Andrew*! E ithedral congtefation for their gift of 3GI toys In a letter to Mr. Uonald Erskine C'rum. BOAC's sales manager m South Fast Ilia, Mrs. Arkell Moyil of the
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      826 10 TIAM^IAHi: b Lee Falk and IMiil l»avi« j 7 1 V. <\^*^ J I II IT WAS ALL SO /bOT-wAS I LIFE? I POM' tT' HO. PON'T. I I l 1 T k S\l H KJI.«p 'Sm VS i U- s*** PULL IT BECAME]/ THERE LIFE REMEMBER.^J SPACE TRAVEL FASCINAI
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  • Round the World Market Prices
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      U.K. closing prices
      177 11 I ON DON, 13. PreviMN Tod.t} !M 111 I C No. 1 K>> i.i.f. hu!u|)«jn ports February 25 4 bu. 25 buyers 26 ttUeri BUers March 25^ buyers J-i buyers 26 sellers lmj' 4 .sellers HIBBKR No. 1 RSS Spot 2<i bu buyers 2G' S .seller's Hers
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      New York prices
      131 11 NEW YORK. Feb. 13 Previous Today TIN Straits spot 102.75 nom. 102.75 nom. TIN futures February 98 87 buyer a 98 50 buyers 100.^2 sellers 100.25 sellers Standard (ontt.ut March 98.00 buyers 98.00 buyers 99 00 sellers 99.00 sellers W i, 95.75 buyers 95 75 buyers 97.50
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      U.S. PEPPER
      39 11 MiLibar Lampoiv? M»t 28',. »H sellers ex-dock. Sarawak sellers ex-warehoX. Malabar spot 17H ex-warehouse, awaiting Lampong awaiting relea.se 26 V,. release 26 sellers ex-dock, afloat s 26. February shipment ilbore or/ces oi/o/ed m U.S. cents per Ib.
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      DOW JONES AVERAGES
      37 11 NIW YORK. Feb. 13. Previous Today 30 Industrials A f l 20 Railroads 139-*j 141.b9 10 Domestic Boiuls 65 Stocks Compositf \vera B es lbl .1 iw.mj price« quoted in U.S. cents per Ib.
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      Copra, coconut oil prices
      61 11 lont 13 I npi: straits r.i f I .K. North Err SSlF* 1 n sr as su as >..,,rh:A P ri| £66\ buyers Ig Jg«J £67 .sellers 16b sellers COCOKVT OIL crude Straits r if IK. North Kuropeun in sa stttiCS Milk r; u™,^ rillLlPPINK COPRA
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    Liz married Mike against her Dr.'s orders
    515 11 IjMJZABETH TAYLOK slept late m the Jiexicar J bungalow where she spent the first night ol hpr honeymoon with producer Mike Todd. Friends said the weddins had exhausted her. They say she went through with it "against advice ol doctors. She left hospital
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    Wilma and the panties
    99 11 Wilma and the panties WILMA MONTESI always wore her suspender belt over— not under her panties, her sister, Wanda, has told a Venice court. Her family wa.s suspicious when Wilma was found dead a n a lonely beach wearing panties but not her suspender belt, she said. •'I do not
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    75 NEW CARS FOR KING SAUD
    204 11 GENERAL MOTORS of Detroit is building a million-dollar fleet of 60 jewel studded armourplated Cadillacs for Kins s -iid of Saudi Arabia, who rcently returned from a state visit to the United States. Officially General Motors will neither confirm n>r deny the order. But
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      56 11 zimuiiiimmiiiimiiuiHiiiiiiiu: 1 sincapore Ihich tides E TODAY 10.12 a.m. and 1112 pm. TOMORROW: 19.59 ft.tt SATURDAY; 9.96 a.m. E and 1L99 P ni E E SUNDAY: 0.3!) am and E li 3! p.m. MONDAY: 1.11 E and 1.19 P»" E TUESDAY: l a m r and 8.91 P .m. E
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    SHORT BACK AND SIDES
    164 12 **********1 l Mil I ~y~ ■■■■■■■■■■■■■11l ...A MILLION TIMES BY BILL THE ARMY BARBER Corporal William Daniels better known as 'Nippy" Daniels barber at the Royal Horse Guards Depot, Windsor, claims to have cut well over a million heads of hair during his Army service. "Nippy,"
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    Now wife meets 'dead' husband
    188 12 TREN HYAJAS, the 29- year-old Hungarian woman refugee who was taken on the Sandringham staff by the Queen has been reunited with her "dead" husband. Iren— admitted to hospital with tuberculosis after joining the royal household— met her husband Istvan at a hospital at King's
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    An 'an ende mbush' that ed in death for a cadet
    347 12 An 'an ende mbush' that ed in death for a cadet AN Army cadet told magistrates at a I court m Britain that live bullets flew over his head during: a military exercise. He was giving evidence at Hertford, wher e 28-year-old Alan Kenneth Stoughton, a cadet captain, was accused
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    GIRLSUNDER LOCK AND KEY
    98 12 GIRLSUNDER LOCK AND KEY /CHASTITY BELTS, out Ol vv fashion since tin crusades, are once more m demand m the Midcil East. A shipment of 50,000 modern chastity belts was recently received m Beirut Dy I nrm that plans to icll them for use m harems all over the Middle
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    ..And sings a song
    60 13 MR. Winthrop Aldrith. the retiring I American Ambassador I m London, is seen g here at Waterloo Sta- tion before leaving on the "United States'' boat train en route for New York. The previous night I he was the guest of honour at a dinner given
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    The rock 'n' roll king arrives
    83 13 BILL HALEY, the Kock n' Roll king arrived m London recently. A "rock n' roll" special carrying four hundred of his fans was run from Waterloo to Southampton and I back to meet the American rock 'n' roll king and his I Comets. In
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    Winthrop waves goodbye
    26 13 Winthrop waves goodbye His place is being g taken by Mr. John Hay Whitney. With him m the pic- tiire is his wife, Mrs. Winthrop. ■■■■■■■■■■9
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      42 13 CREDIT FONCIER D'EXTREME ORIENT. MEYER CHAMBERS TEL: *****-9. BUILDING LOTS FRANKEL ESTATE from 4,500 to 15,000 sq. ft. j $1.00 to $1.25 per sq.ft. BINJAI PARK NEAR SWISS CLUB ROAD, from 12,000 to 28,000 sq. ft. $0.70 to $1.20 per sq. ft.
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    The clue of the missing matchsticks
    1528 14  -  Pelham Groom Another Latiff story by THK BEAU, the rope, and the overturned chair had been committed to evidence. The photographs had been taken. The camera and the tripod had been removed. f I "J?lWW!m;r»r»ifSL LATIFF HAD SUPPORTED THE DEAD GIRL WHILE SERGEANT TEAR
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    Rolls Royce aid Germany
    118 14 E rpHK petrol Mytec which the Rolls Royce Company E 1 is to make at their motor car division worksE E at Crewe for the West (Jerman Army is a special E military version. A contract has heen signed for C 8,500.000 worth E E of
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    SPOTLIGHT ON THE SERVICES
    92 15 LEFT: Checking over the day's details at the GKQ telephone exchange is Captain H. Jones MBE, O/C The Operating Squadron, with his officer-in-charge, 2/Lt. Barbara Carroll, WRAC. RIGHT: W.O. II H I Sharp, Foreman of Signals, tests a teleprinter cir-ruif. Miss "Penny" Chow Fong Peng, who
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    THE NERVE CENTRE OF FARELF
    561 15 THE NERVE CENTRE OF FARELF JT takes 43 men and women to give round the dock service on th< GHQ I AKELI telephone switchboards. Hie staff, Including 22 civilians and 21 servicemen and women, handles an average of 9.500 local calls and about 90 trunk calls each working day while
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    24-HOUR SERVICE
    53 15 A section of the air-conditioned telephone exchange at GHQ FARELF with the positions manned. Forty-three civilian and Service operators ensure a round-the-clock service. Each shift hos its own supervisors some civilian sonse army. The exchange is controlled by Captain H. Johns, MBE who hos 29 years of army
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    ANOTHER PLAY
    209 15 THE Bl.iknng Mati Island Theatre Club has another treat m store for Singapore. On Feb. 20 and 21 it will stage Agatha Christie's Murder at the Vicarage" at its club premises. It will be the club's second production since it v\as formed nearly two years ago by a
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    Lock icon SIAM PREMIER'S PARTY TIPPED TO WIN POLLS
    267 16 SIAM PREMIER'S PARTY TIPPED TO WIN POLLS T»lli; Siamese ruling Sen Managasila Partj 1 is confidently lipped to win the general elections scheduled for Feb. 26. This party, head of which is Prime Ministei Marshal Pibul Songgram. stands for democracy and free enterprise with continued ties with tm West and
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    Lock icon Japan to invest in S-EA
    107 16 Japan to invest in S-EA MR. KENZO Motsumara, personal representative of the Japanese Prim. 1 Minister, told a press conference m Colombo that the Japanese Government \\lis contemplating legislative action which would facilitate Japanese investments abroad. Mr. Motsumara, who li on a goodwill tour of South-East Asian countries, called on
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    Lock icon Freedom, but -Chiang
    101 16 Chinese Nationalist President Chiang Kai-shek said m Taipeh that his government would do its best to "respect freedom within the confines of the constitution and law." He said the Government was promoting democratic constitutional rule but, to avoid helping communism, the people should "not distort, not fmear,
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    PULSE
    11 16 ...featuring news I and views I about Asia today I
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    W. German bid for China trade
    161 16 W. German bid for China trade A WEST GERMAN trade delegation may soon go to Communist China for the first time m an effort to increase West Gorman-Chinese trade, an oflicial of the Eastern Trade Committee of German Industry said m Cologne. The official said preparatory discussions had been going
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    Lock icon Heavy Red tax on bachelor girls
    57 16 The Communist authorities m North Korea are levying heavy taxes on unmarried women m an attempt to force them to marry Chinese Communist soldiers, according to the newspaper Seoul Shinmun. j The Seoul Shinmun said if the women fail to pay the taxes, the
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    Lock icon Stamp offends S. Korea
    44 16 South Korea has protested to the Dominican Re- I public for issuing a postage stamp BhoWiflQ a Korean marathon runner With a Japanese flag on his chest. It first issued m 1936, when Korea was still under Japanese rule. U.P.
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    Lock icon 'Police Kashmir' call to UN
    127 16 'Police Kashmir' call to UN -THE Central Executive of the Pakistan Muslim League, which until recently governed Pakistan, has called on the l .N. Security Council not to disperse without arranging for "prompt eviction of Indian forces of occupation from the State of Jammu Kashmir, and their replacement by U.N.
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  • Glimpses
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      31 16 Japan and Nationalist China will open trade talks m Tokyo on Feb. 20 to renew a two-way trade programme totalling U5576,100,000 which expires March 31, the Japanese newspaper Yomiuri reported. A.P.
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      28 16 The Philippines will steer axoay from inwlvement m the West Irian (Dutch Neio Guinea) dispute between Indonesia and the Netherlands, a Foreign Office source said ln\ Manila. U.P.
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      48 16 Japanese police m Tokyo said that members of the Japaiie.se Commu n i s t Party, dissatisfied with the party's 'blind obodience" to instructions Issued by Moscow, were planning the formation of a "National Communist Patty" based on the principles advocated by President Tito 01 Yugo- slavia. Reuter
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      25 16 A Danish trade delegation led by Count Knuts Winterfeld, assistant Undersecretary for Foreign Affairs, has offered Ceylon machinery and fishing equipment and Danish cattle. U.P.
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      41 16 INDIA AND PAKISTAN NOW ARGUING BEFORE THE UN. SECURITY COUNCIL OVER KASHMIR HAVE JUST SIGNED A THREE -YEAR TRADE AGREEMENT ACCORDING MOST FAVOURED NATION TREATMENT TO EACH OTHER'S COMMERCE. IT IS EFFECTIVE FROM FEB 1 AND REVIEWABLE EVERY SIX MONTHS. A.P.
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      26 16 4 Soviet Russia's first postwar ambassador to Japan has arrived m Tokyo to take up his duties. He If former Deputy Premior Ivan F. Tevosyan.— A.P.
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      21 16 The Indonesian Parliament ha.s received an invitation from the East German Parliament to send a parliamentary mission to that country. Reuter
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    Lock icon Indian postal strike spreads
    50 16 Post and Telecommunication services m North East India have been cut by an indefinite strike of local employees for higher wages. The strike covers the states of Assam. Manipur and Tripura, and the northeast frontier agency which have 1,300 post offices and 220 telegraph offices.— Reuter
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    Lock icon Missile threat! to Formosa
    75 16 rrilli; official Mouthpiece of Chinas Communist 1 Party, the Peking P« ople'l Daily, commenting on reports that the United Stairs planned to build launching sites m Formosa for guided missiles, said The United Stales lias no monopoly of nuclear I weapons and suided missi'.'s." I According
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    High School Hollywood
    1100 17  - High School Hollywood RAY PARKER by ...THERE ARE MANY TRAPS FOR THE UNWARY MAIDEN... WHEN Jayne Mansfield was a Dallas high school gir) pining to become ;i movie queen, her disapproving relatives painted a lurid picture of Hollywood and the fate Unit awaited the unwary maiden seeking fame iind fortune
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    248 18 Free Press Hockey Reporter WITH their greater experience. Civilians trounced the Army 6-0 yesterday to win the annual Singapore Hockey Association quadrangular tournament. Their match on the S.R.C. padans was a replay of last week's tie. which was abandoned through rain with Army leading 1-0. Though the
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    385 18  - The secret of Britain's leading club ARCHIE QUICK -By DEFENCE IN DEPTH IS THE WELL-WORN AXIOM OF MOST FOOTBALL CLUBS. MANCHESTER UNITED APPLY IT IN A DIFFERENT SENSE. The greatest manager m modern football. Mr. Matt Busby says his defence m depth is preparing tor the years ahead and letting
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    BOXING FINAL
    35 18 TIIK fin il of the Singapore Base District intor-unit boxing championship will be heM tomorrow. The Royal Wrish Fusiliers will meet M Buttuliun K.A.O.C. for I l|i> llrllitr (till I uh .liitiiur v^p>
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    TUDOR B.P. OFFICIALS
    86 18 rpHE following are office bear- etv, of the newly formed Tudor Badminton Party for the year 1957:— President: M. Shah bin Abdullah, Vice-Presidents: S. C. Yeo and L. S Chia, Hon. Secretary: O. Wee, Asst. Hon. Secretary: Miss N. Ang, Hon. Treasurer: K. K. Quek, Asst. Hon.
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    DAVIS CUP DATE FOR MALAYA
    49 18 INDIA and Malaya will meet m the first round of the Davis Cup (Eastern Zone) at Madras from March 1 to 3. the All-India Lawn Tennis Association announced m Calcutta yesterday. Winner of the tie wil) play the Philippines m the second round.— Reuter.
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    Forward has scored 47 goals in 9 games
    314 18 Forward has scored 47 goals in 9 games ARTHUR CROMPTON who plays centre forward for Cudworth Snydale FC m the Sheffield League, has scored 47 goals m the last nine games he has appeared. Huddersfield, Wednesday and Barnsley are not unnaturally interested m this young man, who netted a hundred
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    Colony team selected
    54 18 The following Singapore Hockey Association team will play m Seremban during the week-end In the Inter-State Triangular tournament: Ramlee, Abdullah, R. Mo.sbergen; B. Devadas, Gunendran, Pennefather; D. Hay, F. Fernandez, N. Nonis, Chia Hon Yam, Vijiaratnam, Kozario, Whey Ah Kuan. Bh irma. Singapore, Neuri and Malacca will
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    44 18 Results of yesterday's UKrugby matches were: Rugby l.r.mur Cup flrst round replay: Huddersfii'ld 5 Swinton 0. Rugby I'nion: The Army 9 Civil Service 3 (played at Aldershot Hospitals (up second round replay: St. Mary's (holders* 8 Westminster 3 (played at Richmond > Reuter
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    367 18  -  FRANCIS ROZARIO SINGAPORE'S soccer i team which played f > so well against the In- j> dian Olympians last J Saturday, will go to I the Asian (lames if t they continue to uro- I gross. The President of the 4 I Singapore Amateur
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    130 18 A USTRALIAN KlllUng champion Stewart McKcnzio his left for New Zealand on the first stage of a training schedule. Ho hopes this schedule will take him to Enr,land, Europe and America and finally a medal at the 1960 Olympics m Rome. McKenzie, silver medallist
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      633 19 A GREAT DAY FOR HOBBS VEAL HOBBS had I N good clay at Buki Timah yesterday. Ht saddled three winners Potentate, Pizarro anc Wonder Kid. These three winners brin^ his total for the meeting U five. Pctentate and Pizarro gave Mickey Donnelly two "armchair" rides, but Bob Frank- HOW THEY
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      69 19 If REE PRESS tippet Pehmdok had a one hundred per cent record yesterday. He tipped three horses Potentate, Budgerigur and Wonder Kid and they all came first. On the first day of the meeting Pelandok tipped the two successful outsiders White Heathi r and Tar-an. Watch
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      KIWIS DEFEAT REME 3-0
      80 19 With dashing forwi Royal New Zealand Air Force "A" brat R.E.M.E. "A" by three points <try to nil In thr s.c.c. aeven-a l( ruggei tournament y day on the padan The Kiwus are now m the quarter-linaJs Mr. Roy Jan.sen leads m Potentate, whirh jockey Donnelly
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      SURPRISE GALLOP BY ARGYLL AND WEEM
      493 19 SURPRISE GALLOP BY ARGYLL AND WEEM WINDING UP RUNS FOR THE FINAL DAY Undoubtable shines ARGYLL (Smith) and Ween (D. Jones), who are usually associated with a bit of distance, surprisingly made the fastest time at Kukit Timah this morning when they disposed of three furlongs m 38 2 .">
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      229 19 TEN horses to put on you list of must follows: PRINCE GALLANT fourth BRAVE GENERAL, fiftl and PACK OF (iOIJ sixth m the first race an promising newcomers. Prince (iallant by Prine< Chevalier, Brav t CJenera by Bois Kmissel and Pad of Gold by
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      21 19 A J.i tt an was b< at< 11 4-1 i j th< i ..\v tak In M< ay
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      KEY GAMES IN SEVENS TODAY
      291 19 KEY GAMES IN S EVENS TODAY rmimiimimmmii imiiiimiiiifiii^ Free Press Rufby Reporter TK)DAY brings the clash of surviving teams m the annual Singapore Cricket Club seven-a-side rugby tournament on the padaiig. Alter a fortnight of gruelling matches the field has been whittled down to eight teams. Five Ci them arc
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    306 20 JORDAN 'TOOK' £3.5 MIL. U.K. STORES FHE Jordan authorities removed from the British depot at Zerqa 1 last autumn £3,500,000 worth of British military stores and equipment, British official sources disclosed m London la^t night. They were commenting on the undertaking of the Jordan authorities m yesterday's AngloJordan declaration of
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    95 20 Mr. Henri Cabot I Lodge, I.S. thief dele- rate to the United Nations, suid last Bight thai "we might very i well be at war today" if the United Nations I had not existed when 1 I flffating broke out m thfl Middle East. In a
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    44 20 El Al, the Israeli airline, Ls considering giving a lifetime free travel pass to Brigitte Fangel, born m an El Al airliner on Tuesday on a flight from Amsterdam to Vienna, a company spokesman said m Tel Aviv yesterday. A.P.
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    75 20 A MERICAN Communists sang "The Star Spangled Banner" at yesterday's Party convention which decided to break from rigid adherence to the Moscow line. The only flag displayed at the meeting was the American flag. There were no portraits of Soviet leaders. The party adopted, by a big
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    33 20 March first grade rubber; buyers f.o.b. opened m Singapore this morning at 89 V* cents a lb., down a quarter of a cent on yesterday's j close. The tone was steady.
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    MCA TO MEET TODAY
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    56 20 A new British troopship. Oxfordshire (20,568-tons) sails from Liverpool for the Far East on her first trooping voyage on February 28. The Oxfordshire, which la due to arrive at Liverpool today from Scotland's River Clyde, can carry 1,500 passengers. She is the largest ship built
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