The Singapore Free Press, 5 April 1957

Microfilm: NL5634
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    18 1 The Singapore Free Press Malaya's Own Family Paper No. *****. Singapore, Friday, April 5, 1957. Price 15 Cts.
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    Lock icon Now Arabs are optimistic over Suez
    513 1 Now Arabs are optimistic over Suez DESPITE growing pessimism m Washington and other Western capitals, Arab political quarters were optimistic last night that the present diplomatic exchanges m Cairo may soon lead to formal negotiations over a canal settlement, possibly through a conference m Geneva. The Arab quarters m Cairo
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    AN ART SCHOOL NEEDED
    152 1 AN ART SCHOOL NEEDED SINGAPORE'S local artists lack originality and imagination, said Australian designer Mr. J. Paull yesterday. Mr. Paull, who has j ust won first prize m the diphtheria immunisation poster competition said local artists were talented and extremely good at copying paintings and styles This, he said, was
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    Rubber price
    27 1 April first grade rubber buyers f.o.b. opened m Singapore this morning at 91 3/4 cents I lb., unchanged on yesterday's close. The tone Vftf quiet.
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    Jewels are recovered
    41 1 rpHE Singapore police have A recovered a considerable part of the $80,000 and almost all the jewellery stolen from the Bank of India strong room on Monday. Nine people detained last night will be charged m court today.
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    Lock icon REDS WARN DUTCH
    121 1 'We'll destroy any springboard' RUSSIA warned Holland today against allowing American military bases on its territory and said one Soviet hydrogen bomb could "obliterate" four Dutch cities. The warning came m Moscow Radios Dutch ser- vice. Commentator Alexander Melnikov said Holland's leaders were bringing the Dutch people
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    Lock icon WOMAN'S BID TO END CRISIS IN JAKARTA
    461 1 President Sukarno's wife off to Sumatra to flay her 'treacherous rebel sons' I New cabinet out today 1 ANOTHER bid last night by President Sukarno to form a new I Cabinet was backed up by an announcement by his wife, I Madame Fatmawaty
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    Offers pour in
    135 2 r IifORE people are <"* volunteering to be- friend children m the Singapore School for j the Blind, following the appeal of the prin- cipal, Mrs. Elizabeth Choy, published m the Free Press on Tues- s E day* Mrs. Choy said that she had received In- r
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    WOMEN TAKE UP SELF-DEFENCE
    248 2 WOMEN TAKE UP SELF-DEFENCE Kun Tow popular as anti-burglar measure 'You can knock down a man before he attacks' ipEAR of burglary is prompting more householders to take up Kun Tow (the Chinese art of self-defence), m which instructions are being given free at the Singapore Youth Sports Centre. This
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    Revival of Coterie
    108 2 I A GROUP of former boys of the Raffles Institution, Singapore, with a strong respect for their alma mater will meet today to revive their pre-war club called Coterie. The original membership of the Coterie consisted of boys who passed out m the 1930-31 final examination from
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    Lock icon Experts discuss the big project
    122 2 11/ JR. D. H. ROBSON, managing director of the Free Piston Engine Co.. (left) which has been awarded a $13,950,000 contract to build Singapore a new electric power plant, m the old St. James Station, seen discussing details of the project with Mr. A. M.
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    It's a duty to answer...
    176 2 IN a special letter addressed to all householders m Singapore, th e Government asks for their co-operation to make the coming census a success. It calls upon the people to answer the census men's questions to "the best of their knowledge and belief." The letter
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    KEEPING ALL INFORMED
    81 2 THE Menorah Club will shortly revive its monthly bulletin to keep members informed of its programme. The club's president, Miss Judith Shababo, said the bulletin would contain a review of its activities, the monthly social and sports programme and opinions and view of members pertaining to the
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    Lock icon 90 REBELS DIE
    31 2 French military headquarters said yesterday 90 Algerian rebels were killed, wounded or captured m the past 24 hours m clashes centred m the eastern part of Algeria. A.P.
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    Lock icon 'Rats' chief dies
    32 2 Maj.-Gen. Gerald Lloyd Verney, who commanded the British 7th Armoured Division known as "the Desert Rats" during World War II died yesterday at Enniskerry' Island. He was 56 A.P.
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      49 2 IN SINGAPORE PASSED UNCUT m FEDERATION! 'he GANGSTER film TO END ALL GANGSTER FILMS VIOLENCE, CORPSES fir SAFE CRACKING i" a MONTMATRE GANGSTER WAR STORY t FKENCH with ENGLISH SUBTITLES I tlHst. by Shaw Brwi. I .TARTiKG JOHORE TODAY If J^ BAHRIJ J ro»^* -ir/ Wa/ 92 ask 3535
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    Lock icon U.K. SHIPS: JAPS ARE FAR AHEAD
    366 3 British unions warned A TRADE UNION LEADER and a representative of British shipbuilding owners clashed yesterday over the question of whether Japan can now build more ships, faster and at a cheaper price than Britain. For the unions was Mr. Ted Hill, leader of
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    Lock icon Suicide notes by ambassador
    418 3 Suicide notes by ambassador BITTER ATTACK ON U.S. FOLLOWS CANADIAN'S DEATH MR. HERBERT NORMAN, the Canadian Ambassador to Egypt, distressed by United States allegations that he was a Communist, left two suicide letters before he plunged to his death from an attic window m Cairo yesterday. In a letter to
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    89 3 Here he is back m the limelight again I three-year-old Prince Mashour. The centre of attraction during his father's recent visit to the United States j to see President Eisenhower, the young Prince was back m prominence when the I Shah of Persia paid a F State visit to Saud
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    Lock icon LIONS' DEN DINNER
    176 3 LIONS' DEN DINNER Tunny stunt but safe/ he says A BABY LION which disgraced itself" convulsed Au s t ralia's Parliament yesterday. Uproar ruled when leftwing Labourite Mr. Edward Ward questioned the participation by the Minister for Labour, Mr. Harold Holt, m a circuj stunt m a lion's cage. Mr.
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    Lock icon A 'FIRE!' CALL COST HIM SIO
    55 3 Kenneth Campp, 44, was fined U.S.$lO at Saratoga Springs yesterday for shouting "Fire!" m an apartment house at 3 a.m. m an at- tempt to rouse a lady friend. He woke everyone m the house, but not the unidentified friend. She was at Hudson
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    The Singapore Free Press FRIDAY, April 5,1957. Opinion Mid-East stalemate
    215 4 The Singapore Free Press FRIDAY, April 5,1957. Opinion Mid-East stalemate TVfARCH of events m ITI the Middle East since the shattering impact of Dullesian policy can scarcely be described as justifying President Eisenhower's extraordinarily extravagant description of his Secretary of State as the world's wisest and most experienced diplomatist. Hitherto
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    Grandma Giles Calypso
    180 4 Grandma Giles Calypso UEKE is the news of Selwyn and Mac. They've been to Bermuda and now they're back. They went to tell Ike that they like Ike, And forget all about the Shipyard Strike. CHORUS We bring you the news that you ought to know. In today's tropical Calyp-so.
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    Paris prepares a welcome for La Heine
    680 4  - Paris prepares a welcome for La Heine Stephen COULTER hj THERE is going to be a special magic about that royal visit to Paris on Monday. To catch the atmosphere, as the French count off the days on the calendar, you would think they were preparing for the triumphal return
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    BY THE WAY
    160 4  -  Beachcomber rIE decision of the Beetroot and Watercress Board to absorb the Parsley Board will be welcomed by all who care. A compulsory marketing scheme will mean that the board will control all producers of more than 14 and less than 1,733 bits of parsley per annum
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      18 4 HENDRYS for itff .wfc\ discount cfir Schools P. H. HENDRY Manufacturing Jeweller 78 North Bridge Road. Sinfapore, f.
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    SNOW IN SPRING
    34 5 A spring snowstorm struck New York yesterday. The snowfall was sufficiently heavy to cover the ground m some areas, despite the fact that the temperature was a few degrees above freezing.
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    112 5 MR. O. A. SPENCER. the Economic Adviser, to the Federation Gov- j eminent who said m Singapore that he had complete confidence In the economic future j of Malaya after inde- pendence. Before boarding a Qantas-BOAC plane for Britain, he told reporters: "Foreign j capital will flow into the Federation
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    Lock icon It's dangerous for sailors
    55 5 pOLICE m Durban have issued a warning to seamen that it is dangerous for them to be on the streets of Durban after dusk. Two seamen, a Dane and a Dutchman, have been killed and three others injured m assaults m the port after sundown during
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    TRADE UNION MEN BACK WOMEN'S 'EQUALITY' BID
    380 5 TRADE UNION MEN BACK WOMEN'S 'EQUALITY' BID 'A step m the advancement of unionism' fg It is the first all-woman trade union to be registered. The secretary of the Singapore Bank Employees' Union, Mr. K. C. Thomas said: "I congratulate them. I am all m favour of the gentle sex
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    SHOULD NOT HASTEN
    241 5 SHOULD NOT HASTEN Lib. Socs. plan a peaceful change THE Singapore Liberal Socialist Party Is making a concentrated effort to explain its "gradual changeover" programme to the masses as it believes that they may otherwise be misled. The secretary-general of the party, Mr. E. K. Tan, said they believed m
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    61 5 These three assistant traffic officers of the Federation Telecommunications Department, who returned home by Qantas-BOAC after advanced training m New Zealand, plan to make "telephoning much easier for up-country people." They are (from left) Messrs. T. Y. Lim. Lam Vok Kee and Rajaretnam. The trio took a sixmonth Colombo Plan
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      57 5 i How exciting! A new, creamy lotion specially for removing leg hair. Just apply with the hand, leave for 5 fragrant minutes then wipe away unsightly hair. Nothing could be easier! New Bu-to Leg Hair Remover is sold m thrilling sq uecze-phistic bottles. Wholesale Retail Enquiries to: THE SINGAPORE DISPENSARY
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  • Page 6 Miscellaneous
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      88 6 HI AX DBA KE by Lee Falk and Phil Davis SEE— MEPOESIt)/ TUPSAIP— BUT MAMPRACE j f -TMEV *S EVERY TIME! >«A STOP 'EMf/ SAIP--6AM6WAV!/ I WOULPN'T-TUB--SAIP\^SO I HEABP? WHY F^DiNTA F^ S -^T r—^rT W-STOP" Ti%KZAI\ by Kdgar Hire Burroughs THE SAIXT by Leslie Charier is In /okay ppofessor
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      593 6 i BORN today, you have one of those determined wills. Once you have set your mind and heart on something, you will not stop until you have achieved your objective. Call it stubborn, if you will, but it gets you what you are after. Just make sure that what you
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    NO COLD FEET FOR HIM
    212 7 NO COLD FEET FOR HIM ORIDEGROOM -TO-BE Tom Cooper had an attack of hot feet three days before his wedding. Now it may be three months' before he and his fiancee Mary Watson can become man and wife. It happened this way: Tom. a 24-year-old dairyman, of Ingrindon-lane. Sunderland, took
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  • Round the World Market Prices
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      U.K. dosing prices
      190 7 LONDON. April 4 RUBBER No. 1 RSS cJ.f. PWftoll Tod European ports April 2 6? i buyers 27 buyer. M 26 seUers 27 Vi sellers Ma 26% buyers 27'; buyers RI'RRFR Va i ow« c t 27 severs 27 V* sellers KLBBER No- 1 RSS Spot 2
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      New York prices
      122 7 NEW YORK, April 4 PrrviotK Today TIN Straits spots 98.87 nom. 98.62 nom. TIN futurrs Standard Contract AprU 97 37 buyers 97 12 buyers 98 62 sellers 98 25 sellers May 97.37 buyers 97- 12 buyers 98 62 sellers 98.25 sellers TONE: Quiet. SALES: Nil. Straits Contract
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      DOW JONES AVBRAGF.S
      45 7 INEW YORK. April 4 Previous Today SO Industrials 478 31 477.43 Railroads 145.21 145 21 40 Domestic Bonds 90 67 90 72 15 Utilities 7161 71 66 »65 Stocks Composite Averages IG9 08 168.92 Above prices quoted m U.S. cents per Ib.
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      U.S. PEPPER
      54 7 Malabar /Lampong spot and June shipment 22 Muntok awaiting release and afloats uhite, spot and awaiting release 24\, April shipment 24 1 34. afloats 32'^ to 31*4, April Sarawak spot 24 l -i. April ship- shipment 30, sellers ex-dock, meat 24, May shipment 23, Above prices quoted m
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      Copra, coconut oil prices
      99 7 LONDON, April 4. Previous Today COPRA Philippines c l.f- UK./ North European delivered weight per lonf ton April/May $176 sellers $175V£ sellers COPRA. Straits c.i f- IK North European delivered weight per lone tan April/May £66 sellers £66 buyers May /Jane £66 sellers £66 buyers *****
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    Sheep with a sweet tooth
    90 7 y T AKELAND'S mountain sheep m Britain are claim- J li rd tn make the 'sweetest mutton m the world.' > And why not, when plump Swaledales like the r A one m the picture above are always begging toffees from visitors to the fells
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    The $152,000 winner is broke now...
    225 7 The $152,000 winner is broke now... ONCE they called him "The millionaire." That wa: m 1948 when his 50-1 mare Sheila's Cottage woi the Grand National When one week's race winning; earned him £19,300. But "the millionaire"— 59-year-old John Proctersaid at Boston. Lines, Bankruptcy Court: "I'm broke. Then he went
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    Lock icon MEASLES DEATHS
    34 7 The Tokyo sanitation that 56 persons, mostly bureau yesterday announced children, had died In the first three months of this year m a growing empidemic of measles m Tokyo. Rev- Reu ter
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      57 7 SINGAPORE! HIGH TIDES I TODAY: 2.07 pjn. I TOMORROW: 1.41 a.m. 1 I and 2.58 p.m. g SUNDAY: 2.23 a.m. and 4.03 p.m. 1 MONDAY: 3.16 a.m. and 5.40 p.m. m TUESDAY: 4.31 a.m. i and 7.28 p.m. I WEDNESDAY: 617 a.m. g and 8.30 p.m. THURSDAY: 7.54 a.m. I
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      97 7 /^Ay«R$ O^ success leach to another for tho Ij/^U&lmT' "Solveig" was the winning yacht on her .JA Ed arrival at Hobart JBk Following closely on the memorablo ftP^f-js^J Atlantic crossing by Movado, this latest //p^'TrS^SL experiment confirms tho indisputablo m? Vo^Owi superiority of Movado'a waterproof and mi "Vsl^iK kk. $clf
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    A GREAT DA Y FOR DOGS
    548 8 A GREAT DA Y FOR DOGS THE SINGAPORE DOC SHOW held at the Singapore Badminton hall last Sunday was a great success. This must sucely have been the verdict of about 2,000 adults and children who watched the dogs put through their paces. This show was a tonic to all
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    A REASSURING PAT
    47 8 Mrs. Ken Gould, pictured below, took a special interest m the seven Bull Mastiffs entered by her friend, Mrs. Denis Murphy. Here she is seen patting the nine-month- old Octavia of Bulmur after his lunch and a long cold drink Octavia. however, was unplaced.
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    A REAL CHAMPION
    56 8 Mr. Sect Kirn Soh, €9, a Colony businessman who has been breeding Alsatian dogs since the early thirties is pictured on the left with his champion Alsatian dog, Kinsol Supremo. He won four first class aivards and six special prizes including the best exhibit bred m Malaya
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    WELL – WHAT'S THE VERDICT?
    55 9 WELL WHAT'S THE VERDICT? FOR eight continuous hours Mr. G. W. Trott who was the sole judge for all breeds worked tirelessly to pick the winners. Here he is seen examining a Boxer, Lustre of Silvermount, owned by Mrs. Collna Largerberg. He was second m the class for puppies between
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    A wee drop of Scotch
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    A lick for luck!
    116 9 A lick for luck! I "ISN'T he a beauty and may I kiss him, please," seems to say 17-month old John Boles to his parents m the picture above. Holding the nine-year-old Pekingese," "Mistypoint Snow" which belongs to Mrs. C.H. Yeo is her.daughter Rosalind. Mistypoint was first In the Pekingese
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    Tailwagger's note
    42 9 That little Dachshund you see dotted around the page belongs to Mr. Tan Kheng Anu- The illustrious name of this cheeky one -year -old is Heinrich Von Kaiserhaus. He was entered m four events, but unfortunately failed to be placed.
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    He fights battle of the miracle holy well
    378 10 rpHE man who built Ireland's most unusual shrine m the heart of a mountain bog m thanksgiving for the miracle of sight given him at a holy well is fighting a strange battle. He is 55- year-old Jerry Fitzgerald, of Main-Street, Dungarvan,
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    ELVIS 'JOKE' FALLS FLAT
    180 10 ELVIS PRESLEY talked about a gun he pulled on a U.S. marine. "For crying out loud, it was a toy," said Presley. 4< A Hollywood prop gun." "Everybody else standing around there knew it wasn't real. He didn't think it was real, did he?" But Private
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    Was lawyer a spy?
    94 10 Was lawyer a spy? OENE DUBOIS. Swit- zerland's 50-year-old chief prosecutor, committed suicide last week. He was found dead an hour after the Swiss police questioned him about a possible connection with an espionage ring. The police called at his home near Berne to investigate statements made by a police
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    Boy, 14, mobbed by crowd of rock 'n' roll fans
    217 10 PIVE HUNDRED screaming bobby soxers threatened to burst m windows and doors of a theatre. Cause: A 14-year-old coloured boy from New York named Frankie Lymon and his four Teenagers. It was 4ft. IOUi. Frankie's first appearance on a British
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    This can measure a mile at night
    180 10 This can measure a mile at night AN instrument which is expected to revolutionise surveying, civil engineering and construction work is to be used m Britain for the first time. Surveyors will be able to use it to measure m the dark. A FRACTION The machine transmits micro-radio waves over
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    Wigs for that Army ball
    125 10 SIX soldiers dressed up m wigs and 1801 uniforms Z for a regimental ball. Z But, says the Army, all will be volunteers. For after last year's ball at the Gloucestershire Z I Regiment's depot, Gloucester, a Labour MP spoke m Z Z the Commons
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    A new record?
    181 10 C.B.E. for speed king E fJE doesn't look like the man who holds the world E XI water speed record. E But that's who it is none other than Donald E Campbell all dressed up m top hat and tails to re- j E ceive the C.B.K.
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  • School for photographers
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      CHILDREN AND PETS ARE SURE WINNERS
      482 11  - CHILDREN AND PETS ARE SURE WINNERS JERRY FIELD by a tale told around advertisin g agency offices that by now has become almost apocryphal. It seems that once upon a time a manufacturer of a product wanted an advertisement that would make people stop and read his message and, o
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      GUEST PHOTOGRAPHER
      91 11 > Cuest photographer today is Mr. R. Z. Dis- ■C tin of 37 Bournemouth Road, Singapore. His IH^ picture above, "Her First Date? 1 is a charm- "I ing study of his young daughter on a 120 Super ■I XXX Kodak. If you would like to be the
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      Questions and Aswers
      298 11 Questions and Aswers QAre there any rules of thumb that you can Rive to help me get better snaps of my family? A There are many "secrets'' to better family sJiaps that I could put down here for you. But then Id never get done. So I'll limit myself to
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    Lock icon SHIFT OF COLD WAR TO ASIA IS NOW SEEN
    337 12 SHIFT OF COLD WAR TO ASIA IS NOW SEEN OBSERVERS IN ASIA AND INTERESTED WESTERN NATIONS U ARE SPECULATING THAT THE EAST WEST COLD WAR IS ABOUT TO SHIFT FROM THE MIDDLE EAST TO THE FOR MOSA STRAIT. This has been sparked by U.S. State Secretary Foster Dulles' doubt-raising remarks
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    Lock icon Red hint in N. Korea
    53 12 Red hint in N. Korea IrpilK Soviet Union is 1 "strengthening the national might" of North Korea and Ciechoslovakia, Ciech Premier Viliem Siroky said m Pyongyang. He called the aid "invaluable assistance." This cryptic remark has come on top of South Korean charges that Russia had armed North Korea with
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    Lock icon 'FREEDOM OF ACTION' NOW FOR S. KOREA
    96 12 COMMUNIST North Ko\j rean violations of the armistice agreement have given the Allied powers "certain freedom of action," according to US. Secretary of State Foster Dulles. He said the Communist violations including the building up a jet air force and supplying of other
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    Lock icon 'MID-EAST AID'
    27 12 Pakistan will receive $30 million (Malayan) to help finance fertiliser factories from President Eisenhower's Middle East plan, high level sources In Karachi have disclosed.— Reuter
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  • Glimpses
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      Lock icon Indians are now eating better than Chinese
      225 12 Indians are now eating better than Chinese pEOPLE of India are eating better than those of Communist China, says the New York Newsweek magazine. But Red China is "rapidly outdistancing India" m economic development, Newsweek said. "Millions of uncommitted Asians are waiting to see which system can best solve the
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      37 12 Nationalist China has dec orated Brig adier G c neral B enjamin O. Davis Jr., outgoing American Air Force commander on Formosa, with the medal of Cloud and Banner, the nations 1 fourth highest military decoration.— U.P.
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      41 12 i Communist China will begin its second iron and steel complex this year. Peking already has an iron and steel complex m Anshan, Manchuria. The second complex will be constructed m Wuhan on the Yangtse River banks m Central China.- U.P.
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      36 12 Among 487 major construction projects planned m Red China this year i s one for a million kilowatt hydroelectric station m the middle reaches of the Yellow River and a synthetic fibre plant m Peking.- U.P.
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      22 12 The Ceylon Government has decided to ban the shooting of all wild life m Ceylon until the end of the year.— A.P.
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      35 12 ■w w n A proposal by a Member of Parliament belonging to the Sri Lanka Freedom Party that elections m Ceylon be conducted on the lines obtaining m West Germany has been turned down.— U.P.
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      39 12 w Aforg than 500 Vietnamese have applied for butcher stalls m the SaigonCholon metropolitan area. Butchering, a trade almost monopolised by Chinese, U one of 11 occupations which are being banned to foreigners by the South Vietnam Government. U.P.
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      42 12 WWW ECAFE Is to help m the survey for an Asian "Tennessee Valley" scheme :n the Mekong River. It envisions hydro electric power, navigation, irrigation, drainage and flood control projects for the lower Mekong basin affecting Siam, Laos, Cambodia and Vietnam.— A.P.
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      21 12 W" W Air Ceylon now plans to expand its services further eastward, this time to Sydney m Australia via Jakarta.— U.P.
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    143 12 Woman's apology to P.1., Korea lAPANESE woman J Senator Shidzuo Kato made a moving apology to the Philippine and Korean peoples for the wrong done them by her country during the war m an address before the Moral Rearmament Asian Assembly m Manila. Senator Kato, who was Jailed with her
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    12 12 Ghulam Ahmed is Pakistan's new United Nations representative.- A.P.
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    93 12 PHILIPPINE politics have been thrown into further turmoil with the announcement that Senator Jose P. Laurel, Sr., would seek the Nacionalista Party nomination for President In the November elections. Announcement that the 66-year-old former President of the Philippines during the wartime Japanese occupation would enter the race
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    75 12 Large, high-yielding onions, grown from hybrid I seed developed m the United States are proodly I shown to Mr. Ellis J. Kohler of the US. Civil Ad- ministration of the Ryukyu Islands by Mr. Sseiji 1 Atonakusuji. chief of the 4-H Club m Nateruma, Ishigaki Island. It was on the
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    112 12 A USTRALIA would be willing to consider contributing to a United Nations force to replace existing forces m Kashmir If this were desired by both India and Pakistan, Mr. Richard Casey, Minister of External Affairs, told the Canberra House of Representatives. In a review of foreign
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      Burden hnone share
      230 13 Burden hnone share The President of the United States by E. B. Fincher. (Abelard-Sohuman, London 155.) "IT'S an awful thing to x be President of the United States it means giving up nearly everything that one holds dear." This is what Wood row Wilson thought of the Presidency before he
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      222 13 DARK SUNSET, by John Brodrero (Abel-ard-Schuman, 165.) HPHE scene of this exciting historical novel is Hawaii; the time is about 1850, and the background is the struggle among the British. French, and the United States governments to secure sovereignty of the islands. Although the historical and
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      How Israel won the Suez 'desert war'
      675 13 How Israel won the Suez 'desert war' 100 HOURS TO SUEZ. By Robert Henri q v c s. 254 pages. TSRAEL is the modern nation -mi n arms. The Sparta of the *****. No other people is capable of such swift and complete mobilisation. And no other nation will put
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      BRIDGE HAND
      344 13 \fOVE info East's rhair and defend against the fourheart contract. Well call the shots as East played them; any time you disagree, speak right up and say what you'd have done insteadWest opened the diamond Jack. East won North's king with the ace and returned the diamond six.
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      Savage splendour of the Antarctic
      267 13 QNE lone Australian's thrilling adventures m the company of a group of French scientists have as their stage setting the savage slpcndour of the Antarctic French base at Terre Adelie m "Huskies," Robert Dovers' remarkable book on polar exploration (C. Bell tr Sons, Ltd., London).
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      259 13 I Spec^r L es E c S arr A v C an°aLct (8). 58^ h USe *<* i X^ d f, PlCte r d ins i de (4) 5 PUa^ le form <>f cat's Up (7). SS? ?i y fOrmed Of a 6 Vegetable gives the French lener j heart
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      St. Vitus worth another chance
      376 14 St. Vitus worth another chance ST VITUS ran below expectations when third to Slipper Prince and Firebird. I thought there was something wrong with his mouth. Anyway his form was too poor to be right and there must be some reason for it. I am prepared to give him another
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      FHE EXTRA TWO FURLONGS WILL SUIT UNDOUBTABLE
      318 14 FHE EXTRA TWO FURLONGS WILL SUIT UNDOUBTABLE UNDOUBTABLE a fast finishing fourth to Brilliant Scholar, Tipsy Trout and Marigold over seven furlongs the first day, is my selection for the main distance race at Ipoh tomorrow. Undoubtable gets only 3 lb. extra for his first performance, and he will be
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      Mangold is best in a hard race
      225 14 Mangold is best in a hard race THE Class 2, Div. 1 sprint is hard to pick. Crown Link, Don Wayne Early Bird. Marigold, Pearl City and First Trick all have strong claims Marigold finished third to Brilliant Scholar and Tipsy Trout Pearl City, winner of the Div. 2 six
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      TRACK FORM POINTS TO LODE MINE
      212 14 T ODE MINE, who has been shaping like a winner on the training track— he has worked better than Nieuwsgierig—yesterday they ran three m 37 4/5, with Lode Mine doing best. That is good enough to win this Class 2. Div 5 race. However.
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      Mirophli is nicely handicapped to
      184 14 MIROPHLI is my choice for the Class 2, Div. 2 race over 9f, and I think he is one of the day's best. He finished fifth behind First Trick, Honey Bird, Credit Balance and Gay Hunter over seven. This handicap is on a 5-lb higher
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      CLEAR VISION FOR A DOUBLE
      245 14 CLEAR VISION is holding his form well enough to win the Class 5, Div. 1 nine furlongs event and complete a double for the meeting. His work with Dapple Grey, three m 37 3/5 yesterday, was a winning gallop and he went as well as
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      THEY WILL NOT START TOMORROW
      34 14 FOLLOWING horses will not sst a r t tomorrow E Crown Link, Pearl City, Potentate, E Supremo, Valiant Knight Jack Druce 111, Ever Victory 11. Leatherneck an d Montana.
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      Holiday Flight can beat Metrostar here
      250 14 Holiday Flight can beat Metrostar here METROSTAR 11, second to Pearl City on Wednesday, could make amends by winning the Class 2, Div. 2 sprint. She is up only 2-lb, and usually saddles up well. However. Holiday Flight, who missed his first race, is the danger. He is having his
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    462 15 By FRANCIS ROZARIO •T»HE training scheme, launched by the Sinea--1 pore Hockey Association at the oSs Sports Club ground m Serangoon toad on Wednesday, is aimed at producing a young SISS? tear V° "Present the Colony at the 1960 Olympic Games m
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    229 15 FORGOT TO DUCK DOWER T)AI DOWER, Britialh and flyweight cham£2?" rrived m London yesterday from Buenos Aires, where he was beaten by world champion Pascual Perez, and confidently predicted: I have nothing to fear from any inquiry the British Boxing Board of Control jnietot hold." The little Welshman added he
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    191 15 John Hewie has a tough job tomorrow OURLY South African John Hewie gets his toughest assignment since he joined the ranks of British soccer players eight years ago It is the task of marking wizard winger Stanley I it win be the first time the 28-year-old Hewie has been called
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    SELETAR SET A DOUBLE
    43 15 5 J friendly gam c of table tennis played yesterday at M.A.A.F. Headquarters, R A.F Seletar beat M.A.A.F. 5-1. In another friendly Played at Seletar, a mixed R.A.F. and W.R.A.F. team of Seletar beat a similar side from Changi.
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    29 15 Southampton beat Newport 3-2 m their English Div. Phree South match on the Jew port ground yesterday. >cunthorpe also edged Wrex»am 4-3 m the Northern ection. Reuter
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    SOCCER QUIZ
    318 15 BEFORE we begin today's Soccer Quiz we Invite readers' comments on a point raised by "L" Referee on Problem No. 9 m our opening series. Problem No. 9 was: Just as the ball is about to cross the goal line a spectator, standing near the post, puts his
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    TIGERS LEARN TO LAUGH AT J.B. AGAIN
    232 15 TIGERS LEARN TO LAUGH AT J.B. AGAIN By OUR SOCCER REPORTER fgsdfg was little Radin Ali. This game inside right worked out most of the moves that brought m the Tigers goals. Ismail Yusof, too. played his part m the attack and netted two pood goals. But Tigers must not
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    72 15 A.I: Award a direct free kick outside the penalty area (Law 12). A.2: No. Award an indirect free kick ungcntlemanlj coniuct (Law 3). A3: No. Give a corner kick from the side where the ball J entered the net (Law 16). A.4: A penalty kick. Hand- hng
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    AIRMEN W.N AT BASKETBALL
    46 15 Royal Air Force Seletar beat Nee Soon (M.T.C.) 42-39 m a friendly game of basketball at Seletar yesterday. Scorers were Khoo (16), F/Lt. Stewart (8) and Choo (8) for the airmen, and Clarkson Davis scored most of the points for Nee Soon.
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    HE PLANS TO HELP MALAYA HELP HERSELF
    502 16 Lord Perth talks to trade men TORD PERTH, Minister of State for the Colonies yesterday, suggested to London businessmen with important interests m Malaya that they might do more to help Malaya m the early days of inde- pendence. Lord Perth was addressing
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    76 16 T>RODUCER David O. I Selznick announced yes terday that he has signed Charles Vidor to direct "A Farewell to Arms" m Italy, replacing John Huston, who walked out two weeks ago. Italian newspapers said Mr. Huston objected to the predominent role given to Jennifer Jones,
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    61 16 ABIAIJi UEjriW. X IVLEiI* i. spokesman said m Washington today the United States was informed m advance of Britain's intention to withdraw its troops from Korea. A State Department Press Officer, Mr. Lincoln White, said that so far as he knew, no additional U.S. forces would be
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    137 16 MRS. Tan Chin Tuan, president of the Chinese Ladies Association and her committee members, Mrs. Rosalie Heron and Mrs. Lily Fairbanks played hostess to 65 aged people from the Bushy Park Home and Natina Home, yesterday, at Wesley Hall, I Singapore. The old people were given "mcc
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    193 16 MR. SELWYN LLOYD, British Foreign Secretary, said m London last night that, as a result of the Bermuda conference, "we look forward to a period of close collaboration with the United States Government m the moulding and execution of our policies." Mr. Lloyd, who was speaking
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      66 16 f Whatever the goalOvaltlne' Is the food beverage preferred by athletes and sportsmen who must maintain the highest degree of physical fitness. It provides essential nutrients including added vitamins which assist m nourishing body and nerves. 'Oval tine' was used by competitors at the Olympic Oames m 1932, 1936, 1948,
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