The Singapore Free Press, 1 May 1957
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The Singapore Free Press
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Title Section17 1957-05-01 1 The Singapore Free Press Malaya's Own Family Paper No. I«W Bingapi-c, Wednesday, May 1. ItSl Price ISCte.17 words
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Article, Illustration209 1957-05-01 1 'Mac's visit sure' IMIK Conservative Daily Mail, London, said today that Mr. Harold Macmillan, Prime Minister, would ■eel Marshal Nikolai Bulganin. Russia's leader, in Moscow after Britain had tested her hydrogen bomb. The newspaper said: •'The Prime Minister will take Mr. Selwyn Lloyd. Foreign Secretary, with him They will vutReuter; A.P.; U.P. - 209 words
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Article211 1957-05-01 1 SINGAPORE'S Chief Minis- ter, Mr. Lim Yew Heck, in a May Day message to the workers this morning, railed on them to realise the importance of building up voluntary unity and sense of social responsibility. He said: "We reject the enforced unity of thought and211 words
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Article77 1957-05-01 1 A" PROPOSAL to revise United Btatei immigra- 1 tion laws to permit one mil- lion Japanese workers a year j to entor California to work on I farms was made yesterday at a hearing of a US. congressional judiciary subcommittee Thp Reverend Donald McDonnell. California RegionalReuter - 77 words
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Article, Illustration499 1957-05-01 1 COME-TAKE LOOK AT mi— IBM.IM I M SIBERIA SAYS ZORIN BUT ALLIES CAUTIOUS prssi\ TODAY UNVEILED A NEW "FIRST STEP" PARTIAL DISARMAMENT PLAN K INCLUDING AN "OPEN SKIES" AERIAL PHOTOGRAPHY SCHEME EMBRACING V\ST AREAS OF SOVIET, AMERICAN AND EUROPEAN TERRITORY.Reuter - 499 words
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Advertisement9 1957-05-01 1 A happy Hart Raya to all our Muslim readers9 words
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Advertisement57 1957-05-01 1 DE-LUXE 35mm SLIDE PROJECTORS Automatic Jj^M^f^ J&m MODEL 888- D SELF CONTAINED! Everything built-in! All the controls lor truly autoslide projection in one self-contained unit Just insert the magazine, set the switch, press the button and sit back and enjoy your slide show from anywhere >r. the room. Sole Agent',57 words
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322 1957-05-01 2 All set for gayest Hari Raya Puasa MERDEKA YEAR rpHOUSANDS of Muslims in Singapore and the Federation are today celebrating Hari Kaya Puasa, which marks the end of their 30 days of fasting, with even more gaiety and pomp than the past, because this is the Merdeka year. Several Malay322 words
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Article, Illustration67 1957-05-01 2 photo. ALL MALES— at least nearlv all like a pretty face, so could you blame Mister Charley the chimp from taking more than a little interest in this attractive Austrian girl when she went to visit him at the Rebernigg circus in Vienna. Of course not. It's been said beforePaul Popper - 67 words
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Article68 1957-05-01 2 A MISSIONARY from Ceylon, the Kev. G. Basil Jackson, told the Methodist Conference in London yesterday that Asia was no longer receptive to the ideas of Christianity, and had no desire to accept Western culture. All over the world today, especially in Asia, the church isReuter - 68 words
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Article, Illustration362 1957-05-01 2 Fried dogs and stewed cats as delicacies T\OG meat was known to be an exotic delicacy with certain sections of the Malayan Chinese. But, do they actually eat it now? It is anybody's guess. There are, however, puppy farms in some rural areas where362 words
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Article48 1957-05-01 2 An Aerobee-HI rocket soared to a new world record altitude for single stage booster rockets over White Sands, New Mexico, today. Officials said the rocket reached a peak altitude of between 180 and 200 miles. The previous record for such missiles was 164 miles.48 words
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Article61 1957-05-01 2 GOLD and foreign exchange reserves backing of Indonesian currency may go below 15 per cent, this week, says the influential Jakarta paper Keng Po. Financial experts in the capital said Parliament, which is meeting soon, might have to approve a lower level of reserves than 15 per61 words
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Article126 1957-05-01 2 MR. Lee Choon Eng, Assemblyman, has criticised the Singapore Improvement Trust for raising the rents of 20 shophouses at Strathmore Avenue. The increases range from $10 to $70. Mr. Lee said that the S.l.T.'s action was "most unjustified" as it did not follow its policy to126 words
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Article212 1957-05-01 2 DR. J. C. CLARKE, the International Director of the Christian Children's Fund, said yesterday that Singapore parents were lucky not to have half the problems of juvenile delinquency they have in the United States. Dr. Clarke, who is accompanied by his wife on a world tour to212 words
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Article365 1957-05-01 3 LLOYD STARTS NEW H-BOMB ROW Despicable to say anti-test move Red backed THE British Prime Minister, Mr. Harold Macmillan. said yesterday that A Britain and the United States will conduct nuclear tests "only in such a manner as will keep world radiation from rising to levels which might be hazardous."365 words
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Article57 1957-05-01 3 The boy killer COMMIMST RULED Ciecho Slovakia's press yesterday launched an intensified campaign against juvenile delinquency after reporting that an eight-year-old boy had stood his playmate against a wall and shot him dead with his fathers pistol. The Communist- -ontrollcd Prague newspaper LMl*c I>pmokracie said the pistolwielcliiis boy had beenA.P. - 57 words
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Article155 1957-05-01 3 WAR NOW ALMOST IM POSSIBLE- BUT MR PAUL-HENRI SPAAK, the new Secretary-General of NATO, said in an interview published yesterday that he believed the extent of possible destruction "makes war almost impossible." He ™as interviewed in Paris by a newspaper magazine .'/he^T^o^sUfesman. no matter which regime ji represents or defends,Reuter - 155 words
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Advertisement102 1957-05-01 3 1\ I fs_ V INTRODUCE H^ Hf AN EXCITING Nl W J DAC-WOC 100% DACRON SUITI! I YOU'RE ALWAYS AHEAD I KEEPING WITH MODERN FASH! I WHEN YOU ORDER SUITS SLA I WASSIAMULL HIGH ST. MEN SWEAR DEPT. Ist FL TlllllC2llllllllllllCailllllllllllC3llllllUllllC3llllltllllllC3lllllllltlllCaillll ■i j SPORTS i! i»ki;«»i:vi\i'io> for All Occasions J!102 words
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209 1957-05-01 4 The Singapore Free Press WEDNESDAY, May 1. 1957. Opinion A period of cairn now? VIEWED in the larger context of the EastWest struggle, the outcome of the Jordan crisis has presented the world with two clear pointers that augur well for a period of lessening tension. The first indication is209 words
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Article249 1957-05-01 4 Beachcomber - Beachcomber hf, A HOWL for "More glamour in British Railways" should prepare travellers for porterettes in backless evening gowns, swaying along the platforms, and for waitresses in bathing slips, who will breathe a languishing sigh as they enter the restaurant car to unburden themselves of fragrant bouquets249 words
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Article, Illustration9 1957-05-01 4 HOLIDAY COMPANIONS CUMMING WOULD PREFER NOT TO TRAVEL WITH...9 words
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Article, Illustration621 1957-05-01 4 P.M. RAMAN - Let's make toddy drinking more fashionable P.M. RAMAN Reporter's Notebook *W THE Malayan Indian Congress has once again returned to its pet demand that the Malayan Governments should forbid the sale of toddy. Its annual conference held in Penang recently authorised the president, Mr. V. T. Sambantham, to persue ways621 words
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Advertisement58 1957-05-01 4 2 C Of all the watches 3 S»v/Vzer/and produces, J <he marine chronometer "2 is far the most accu- J 2 ra^e. i4nd every marine z t chronometer that g comes from Switzerland <? S is made by ULYSSE jjj J NARDW. Exclusively. <J X (Limited Production). I H. SENA58 words
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Advertisement177 1957-05-01 4 1 *^&oU O^T because she's happy A 4 'sr I her skin is clear... //s|^v))i E How proud her mother feels how /I S thankful too. that her teenage /^^V^^^E used Solution 41; the \>\\*« N^ '.'*x^^E E miraculous preparation that V. v *^^i^^^~~ S Sbanishesthatagonyofadolescer.ee /^-X^^w unsightly acne. Solution177 words
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Article, Illustration297 1957-05-01 5 TEACHING YOUTH HOW TO FLY The civil flying scholarships are out 'Pnccnort' to a pilot's job ICC^Iow, a Sixth Form science student in the Singapore Anglo-Chinese School and a serge ant m the Malayan Air Training Corps was one of the six young men who recently passed rgorous tests to297 words
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Article, Illustration21 1957-05-01 5 Mr and Mrs William Lee Kah Row after their marriage in Singapore. Th<- bride is the former Miss Tan Poh Lian.21 words
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Article79 1957-05-01 5 vfR. DONALD J BLACK--11 WOOD, an American businessman who arrived in Macao off the coast of China last Friday, was last night reported missing, according to a usually reliable source. Mr. Biackwood was accompanied by his Korean wife Jung and his eight-month-old son. They spent Friday nightReuter - 79 words
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Article55 1957-05-01 5 SHIPPING Hnes operating between Asia and Europe decided yesterday to reduce from 15 to 5 per cent the freight surcharge imposed after the closing of the Suez Canal. The announcement ww made jointly in London t* the Far Eastern Freight Conference, the Japan Outward Freight ConferenceA.P. - 55 words
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Article220 1957-05-01 5 |X)LLOWERS of His HoliI 1 ness Gnanavallal Paranjothi Mahan, founder of the Universal Peace Sanctuary will celebrate the birthday of the religious leader at a tea on Thursday at 5 pm at the sanctuary headquarters at Upper Serangoon Road. Si The P ev e ent will mark220 words
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Article25 1957-05-01 5 The Goh Loo Club will celebrate its Golden Jubilee on Sunday, with a dinner at its premises in Club Street at 8 pm.25 words
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Article, Illustration8 1957-05-01 5 I'SXVa^m/K^' w^b.le been g .«n .h. authority ,n.tu-8 words
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Article54 1957-05-01 5 Rehearsing for a play calling for one actor to shoot another, actor Enio Engler pointed a pistol at fellow actor Paulo Schneider and pulled the trigger. Schneider fell fatally wounded. Police in Porto Alegre. Brazil are trying to determine who put a bullet in theA.P. - 54 words
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Article45 1957-05-01 5 Mr Arthur James Western Hockenhull, former public relations adviser to the Government of British Guiana, has been appointed Director of the United Kingdom Information Office shortly to be established in Kuala Lumpur, the Colonial Office announced in London last night.- ReuterReuter - 45 words
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Advertisement10 1957-05-01 6 First-In Quality CHESTERFIELD Much MILDER with an extraordinarily good taste!10 words
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Miscellaneous203 1957-05-01 6 iiiiiiiiiii iiiiiiimiiiii miiiniMiiiiiniiiiim«nn«'"""i' imiiiii MANDRAKE hj Lee Falk and Phil Davis I TUP MAK4PRAKE I fVE 60T 7O&NC? -AAAYBE HE WANTS I .JlfiiP^i*!^ -7-^ WANTS 6ESTURES OUT WM/CH &WK~J\ TO MAKE SORE WOUWI -IMAjMt ASTudANf7MIScSAK46 ME TO MVPNOTICALLY- -^if PO l 'l?f.g? J^ PUA^4 TVIE'RANK JOB'-- STAY 7 "V £J203 words
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Miscellaneous408 1957-05-01 6 BORN today, you are steady and dependable. Your friends and relatives can always rely upon you to do the right thing in time of emergency. Your generosity is great and you would share your last cent with someone who appeared to need it more than you did. In fact, you408 words
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Round the World Market Prices
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Article176 1957-05-01 7 LONDON. April 30. Previous Today RUBBER No. 1 RSS cJf. 26% buyers 26% buyers European ports May 27 sellers 26% sellers June 26% buyers 26% buyers 27 sellers 26% sellers RUBBER No- 1 RSS Spot 27'; buyers 26 buyers 27 Vi sellers 27 sellefRUBBER No- 1 RSS176 words
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Article67 1957-05-01 7 NEW YORK. April 30 Previous Today TIN Straits spots 99 37 nom. 98 87 nom. unquoted gg-S--TONE: Quirt H___s _2_!_ nil Mhj_m Strait, CWr.c, M., JMJ JgjJ J».,» j U n e 98 62 buyers 98.25 buyers JU 99 12 sellers 98 50 sellers K^'utur,, M.y ||.»567 words
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Article39 1957-05-01 7 M^pricnTuoted in U.S. cents per Ib. NEW YORK, April 3t* Previous Today 30 Industrials }g__l ***** 20 Railroads IgJJ I JJg 40 Domestic Bond, g*JJ is rtiiities ,25 173 14 65 Stock." A»#rares 173 18 i <?.*■»39 words
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Article46 1957-05-01 7 Malabar/Lamponff spot and awaiting release 274. anoats 27 to 26 1 Sarawak spot nr>% „n^o»o -sfii; M:iV ship- Above prices Quoted in VS. cents per U>. ment 25, June shipment 24. Muntok white, spot and awaiting release 14% afloats 33^ to 33, sellers ex-dock46 words
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Article114 1957-05-01 7 COPRA Philippines e-l-f. }>•*■/ North European drlivered weight per lon* ton Apr'vi2 COPRA, Straits c'i IK /North European delivered wflfht per lonj ton April May May June COCONUT OIL crude Straits cJf IK North European in bulk per long ton May June COLON IT OIL crude,114 words
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Article260 1957-05-01 7 PLANS FOR A SUPERSONIC AIRLINER NOW that development of Britain's supersonic bomber has been stopped, calculations suggest that an expenditure of at least £50 million will be involved in developing the supersonic airliner which is the subject of discussion by seven companies in the aircraft industry. This is one of260 words
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Article, Illustration113 1957-05-01 7 NADIA LOSES GOLDEN LOCKS... NADIA ZORATTI was, until quite recently, a fashion j model. Her good looks, shapely figure, j and above all her beautiful golden! tresses made her well known in Hall- an fashion circles. Now it seems those j lovely tresses have! brought her a screen career with113 words
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Advertisement128 1957-05-01 7 A HEALTHFUL DRINK and so easfly made 19 *To make a refreshing drink "^**^L iy that really does you good, use \i^^ S~svl\> Robinson s Patcnt Barley— yf s^*- kr^ the choice of wise folk the I II I wor^ over ROBINSON'S 'PATENT' BARLEY gggfr I Something cfifferent! /^^V-TQJy Use128 words
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Miscellaneous106 1957-05-01 7 Today's Radio Programme for Singapore 1 00 p.m Wednesday Serenade; 1.30 Time Signal and News; 1.45 Everybody Sing. 2.00 Symphony Pox Youth; 3.00 Listen To Band; 3.30 String Time, 4.00 At The Hammond; 4.15 A Touch of Everything; 5.00 Songs from the Plantations; 5.15 Hawaiian Blossoms- 5.30 Tea Dance; 6.00106 words
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Miscellaneous57 1957-05-01 7 jiiimiiimmimmmmmmmiL: SINGAPORE (high tides I E TODAY: 11.59 a.m. and E 11.32 p.m. E TOMORROW: 12.40 E E p.m. E FRIDAY: 0.06 a.m. and 1.26 p.m. SATURDAY: 0.44 a.m. E and 2.13 pm. E SUNDAY: 1.25 a.m. and 5 3.05 p.m. E MONDAY: 2.11 a.m. and 4.05 p.m. E TUESDAY:57 words
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Article, Illustration1903 1957-05-01 8 Adelaide Eastley - SINGAPORE SPOTLIGHT Adelaide Eastley BV» "Crossing the Alps iff Hobut Some advice from lap Pit* n MioaU... long Geek RESIDENTS of the tiny street off Stevens Road called Robin Road (including a millionaire) have been living for some weeks with roadway debris which has given the neighbourhood a war-torn appearanceFree Press; LAC V.R.Fowler; Sgt. J.M. Keegan - 1,903 words
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Article, Illustration61 1957-05-01 9 ILL HUFF AND ILL PUFF Two young contestants in a recent Rediffusion quiz show for children test their lung-power. The first one to burst a balloon answered a question. Free bicycles and cinema passes were awarded. In the pictures, left to right, are Eleanor Cordeiro, Jimmy NeubronncrHenry Woon - 61 words
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761 1957-05-01 10 POVERTY IN THE PULPIT -VICARS GET A RAW DEAL PAUL HARDY ATKINS, THE VICAR OF HEADCORN, KENT IN ENCLAND, HAS LEFT HIS PARISH TO EMIGRATE TO AUSTRALIA. AT 48, HE HAS GIVEN UP THE STRUGGLE TO KEEP HIS WIFE AND THREE CHILDREN ON A £12-A--WEEK STIPEND. HIS STORY, TOLD HERE761 words
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Article, Illustration68 1957-05-01 10 A UNITED STATES navy radar-equipped aircralt A 0 an airborne early warning squadron, and a rada, picket ship cross paths In the above p«*ur« as they proceed to assigned stations In the Atlant.c and sea patrol of the Atlantic is maintained day and night regardless of weather cond.t.ons.68 words
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Article144 1957-05-01 10 THE British Minister of Education (Viscount Hailsham) recently advised Mrs. Francis Hutchinson— a Derbyshire mother who claimed that junior's lessons wer e too easy for her daughter— to send nine-year-old Joy Hutchinson back to her junior school near Chesterfield. Mrs. Hutchinson, explaining why she144 words
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Article112 1957-05-01 10 t^ari MOUNTBATTEN, the First Sea Lord, is to E A^ a^Kl NavalestabHshments an^ome ports to break the news himself to a n? mber admirals, commanders and captains that they ZKJre t, Sr-nr ss number of admirals in the Navy. The axe will fall most ruthlessly on112 words
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Article, Illustration384 1957-05-01 10 THE combined North-South hands totalled 25 points in high cards, plus a five-card suit quite often enou«h to produce three no-trump. But this contract proved hopeless because from their point of view, the hand was played from the wrong side of the table West's miserable Yarborough <no card384 words
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Miscellaneous222 1957-05-01 10 CLUES ACROSS 5. Excessive suavity in a func--1 Rff tU duS 5 Ca^' 1 ,5"? 8 AtVsV'a trial in such disthis kind of struggle (3-3- positions at a lawyer's office 6). (12) 3 Credit in an advance (8). 7 W h' at disappointment! *l S a r^K° r i^ irm222 words
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Article, Illustration105 1957-05-01 11 I One of the most famous little ships of the Royal Na«vy 11.M.5. Amethyst nears an inglorious end in the breaker's yard at Sutton Pool, Plymouth, England. The ship created a sensation throughout the world when she made her amazing dash down the Yangtse105 words
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Article105 1957-05-01 11 T*HE Model Railway Exhibition being held at A Central Hall, Westminster, London, is an annual event that never fails to draw large crowds chiefly those of the young generation. Nevertheless Dad can often be seen there showing as much, if not more interest, in the wonderful105 words
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Article, Illustration35 1957-05-01 11 &EEN on the left doing a spot of fencing practice is Captain J. Tappin of the Women's Royal Army Corps who is at present representing England in the Fencing Tournament in London.35 words
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Advertisement115 1957-05-01 11 tntiid iny PICTURES Make arrangements for your photographs to be taken by FREE PRESS PHOTOGRAPHER Telephone: Singapore 2800 or write to Free Press Photographic Oept. 140-146, Cecil Street Singapore THIS SERVICE IS ONd AVAILABLE IN SINGAPORE. 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1115 words
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234 1957-05-01 12 PEKING RAISES PRICE OF BASIC FOODS POMMUNIST China, saying it had gambled so heavi y in capital C Vonstruction last year that it had run into economic difficulties, announced .nTmm,diato rise in the cost of many bas.c .foodstuffs. frank admission the Peking regime said the price rise was "essential toA.P. - 234 words
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Article141 1957-05-01 12 T^F FORTS to replace physical training with yoga exercises in Ceylon schools are being made by the Co* lombo Ministry of Cultural Affairs in consultation with the Ministry of Education. For a start, heads of schools will be asked to include yoga exercises in the schoolU.P. - 141 words
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Article63 1957-05-01 12 Pakistani Prime Minister H S. Suhrawardy. now touring Japan, has called on leading Japanese Industrialists to take part in the economic development of his country. He said in Osaka that his nation's flve-year economic development Plan "opens ways for Japanese businessmen to invest their capitalU.P. - 63 words
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Article86 1957-05-01 12 T?IVE HUNDRED women r representatives from all parts of the world are expected to attend the Conference of Associated Country Women scheduled to be held in Ceylon between June 5 and 15 this year. The conference would have been helrf In December last, but theU.P. - 86 words
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Article147 1957-05-01 12 VEGETARIANS all over the world are being invited to meet In India fi r the 15th session of the V arid Vegetarian Congress scheduled to start on Nov. 9. India has the largest number of vegetarians in the world, including many whose religion or sect naveU.P. - 147 words
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Glimpses
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Article136 1957-05-01 12 THE London Economist suggested that Japanese Prime Minister Kishi will have cause to "tread delicately" during hi s travels this Summer. The periodical said: "When he visits Washington he has to convince Mr. Dulles that Japan is still a loyal ally of the United StatesA.P. - 136 words
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Article38 1957-05-01 12 Ceylon Ls negotiating to enter a long-term trade agreement with Japan in order to sell salt and other commodities with a view to correcting the present adverse trade balance of nearly 10 to one in Japan's favour U.P.U.P. - 38 words
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Article29 1957-05-01 12 The New Delhi Foreign Ministry has affirmed that there was no proposal before the Indian Government to exchange diplomatic envoys with Israel now or in the foreseeable future." A.P.A.P. - 29 words
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Article29 1957-05-01 12 A privately-owned factory in Taipeta, the Yue Loong Engineering Corporation, has begun production of Jeeps. Target for this year is 280, increasing to 2.000 annually within three years U.P.U.P. - 29 words
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Article25 1957-05-01 12 The Government of Ceyion will shortly consider establishing a fully equipped film studio on a corporation basts with government participation amounting to Rs. 100,000. U.P.U.P. - 25 words
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Article44 1957-05-01 12 Britain's exports to Communist China rose nearly eight per cent, in the first three months of this year, the London Board of Trade announced. British goods worth £2,153,603 were shipped to the Red mainland compared with £2,008,455 for the first fiuarter of 1956.- A.P.A.P. - 44 words
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Article24 1957-05-01 12 Former Indonesian Premier All Sastroamidjojo has called for a second AfroAsian conference which was first held in Bandung during his term of office. A.P.A.P. - 24 words
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Article41 1957-05-01 12 Pakistan's Prime Minister Huseyn Shaheed Suhrawardy said in Tokyo-. "Japan's rapid and remarkable economic recovery and splendid record in modern industry and technology are matters of universal admiration. This success is also an inspiration to countries which have similar objectives.' A.P.A.P. - 41 words
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Article39 1957-05-01 12 Huge crowds In Tokyo Bay welcomed back the Japanese Antarctic expedition aboard the icebreaker Soya Maru, and the auxiliary vessel Umitaka Mara. During their homeward trip, the two vessels conducted various scientific surveys and collected many plankton saniDles. ReuterReuter - 39 words
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Article17 1957-05-01 12 The Government of Ghana has asked Ceylon for experts to help set up a Foreign Office. A.P.A.P. - 17 words
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Article13 1957-05-01 12 The Swiss Legation in Tokyo has been given the status of embassy. ReuterReuter - 13 words
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Article33 1957-05-01 12 Communist Marshal Lin Piao, the man whose vast army drove Nationalist Chinese leader Chiang Kai-shek out of the mainland nine years ago, has been living in Shanghai for the past 18 months. U.P.U.P. - 33 words
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Article, Illustration53 1957-05-01 12 Lieut.-Cmdr Gladys M. Sperrie <!«'*>» us Navy, on her turn to Washington from a holiday in Burma, organised women's club party to which were invited the Burmese residents ol the capital. Cmdr. Specrie serves U Thant Gyi, educational attache at the Burmese Embassy, while Miss Muriel Tun Gyaw. an educator53 words
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99 1957-05-01 12 CEYLON'S Minister of Posts and Broadcasting Mr. CAS. Marikkar, will visit Japan shortly to conclude agreements with the Japanese Government and private businessmen for establishing a radio assembly plant and govern-ment-sponsored film studio In Ceylon. The Minister will discuss with Japanese Industrialists the question of obtainingU.P. - 99 words
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Article22 1957-05-01 12 The seven-nation Asian Legal Consultative Committee has accepted Ceylon's invitation to hold its next session in that countrv- A.P.A.P. - 22 words
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Article94 1957-05-01 12 'Hands of f Formosa' AMERICA'S top military A commander on Formosa said that, if the Chinese Communists tried to invade that Nationalist stronghold, they "would be taking on a job they couldn't finish." Vice-Adm. S. Ingersoll made it clear that U.S. forces wotild be immediately involved if the Reds attackedU.P. - 94 words
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Article, Illustration497 1957-05-01 13 Jonathan Russell reviews the best records of the week THIS is the astonishing story of a Boston boy named Ruby Brail who, not so many years ago, saw a trumpet in a shop window and decided that he was going toPaul Popper - 497 words
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Article, Illustration326 1957-05-01 13 The four best recordings of the week, selected by Jonathan Russell. 1 VOCAL WHAT a talented singer our old friend Doris Day is! I doubt If she's made a recording which hasn't been an immediate success. Latest Day disc to reach us features songs from the sqund track326 words
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Article183 1957-05-01 13 ALL OF ME &-nc and played by Louis Armstrong and bis All-Stars is a top hit on Philips BH *****. Backed by another fine number called Dardanella it was recorded during a live session. Just listen to that audience cheer! SINGING THE BLUES is still all the183 words
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Article175 1957-05-01 13 THE BANANA BOAT SONG is a first class arrangement by The Tarriers on Columbia DB 3891 and has the makings of a best seller. It's backed by another excellent number, No Hidin' Place. Thoroughly recommended. TIIE BUCCANEERS is the laTest offering rrom Ronnie Ronalde on Columbia DB175 words
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Advertisement170 1957-05-01 13 WITH THE NEW V/hcn you switch on c sJ4|A^^^^^ Sl^ Monarch UAB Automotic^^^2 ZTr Record Changer, you ore Br switching to a completely new WT listening experience a thrilling new JJW dimension in record entertainment! Now, for the first time since the invention of the gramophone, you can pioy 7t,170 words
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Article516 1957-05-01 14 BOWLING STRENGTH IS AUSTRALIA'S MAIN PROBLEM MANY Australian cricket experts believe that Victorian Neil Harvey will captain the Australian team to tour South Africa this summer. The team will leave Sydney by air for Johannesburg on Oct. 5 and return by ship, leaving South Africa516 words
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Article, Illustration31 1957-05-01 14 picture CROWN PRINCE AKIHITO is the most popular young man in Japan today. He is a keen sportsman and here he is seen at one of his favourite sport-tennis Paul PopperPaul Popper - 31 words
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311 1957-05-01 14 ILL FEELING, SO PANCHO WANTS TO QUIT KRAMER PROFESSIONAL tennis champion Pancho Gonzales admitted in New York that ill feeling had cropped up between him and promoter Jack Kramer, and said he was "definitely interested" in forming his own touring tennis group. "I'd like very much to start promoting aU.P. - 311 words
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Article63 1957-05-01 14 Soccer is unhealthy for women TH E Czechoslovak Football Organisation has banned women from playing football because the game is "not healthy' for their sex. The general ban follows a refusal to permit a match between women's teams on Easter Monday in a stadium in Bratislava, Slovakia. But it saidReuter - 63 words
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161 1957-05-01 14 JAPAN'S non playing Davis Cup team captain Jiro Kumamaru said in Tokyo last night the hot weather will be the biggest danger .facing Japan when they meet The Philippines in the Eastern zone final. The date of the Eastern zonReuter - 161 words
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Article40 1957-05-01 14 Two West German soccer clubs— the first to play in Budapest since the war were defeated in matches against Hungarian clubs last night. Fuerth were beaten 3-2 by Ferenc Varos, and Union were beaten 10-2 by M.T.K. ReuterReuter - 40 words
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257 1957-05-01 14 New group of professionals to dominate British golf PYDER CUP captain Dai v Rees thinks that this summer will see the breakthrough of one of the younger school of British golf professionals into the top tournament and championship class. The first pointer was the winning of the National Professional Championship257 words
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Miscellaneous234 1957-05-01 14 THE TOUR PROGRAMME THE Australian cricket team jat Benoni. Dec 23, 24 26^ 27. 28 S^ SH3 ifrr^KS; Si South Africa during their 22- Test, at Car* Townmatch tour starting nex*, Octo- Jan 7# 8 v South African ber. according to tho tour Qom^j Districts, at Pretoria; itinerary released in234 words
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Article519 1957-05-01 15 Fed. should follow Singapore's lead YESTERDAYS inter- school triangular athletic meet between Victoria School, Raffles Institution and St. Joseph's Institution the first of a series of 12 was an unqualified success, and the Singapore Secondary Schools Sports Council must be congratulated for introducing It. Though the519 words
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Article, Illustration36 1957-05-01 15 picture. ALONSO, the Real Madrid goalkeeper pushes the ball over from a corner shot from Manchester United's Berry in the European Cup semifinal match at Manchester on Apr. 26. The match was drawn 2-2. Paul PopperPaul Popper - 36 words
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244 1957-05-01 15 Timid batting cost Yorks game v MCC MC. C. gained an exciting victory over York- shire by two runs at Lord's, London, yesterday. The Northern County, who have been tipped as strong challengers to Surrey's supremacy in the County Cricket Championship, threw away their chance of a win by theirReuter - 244 words
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Article, Illustration25 1957-05-01 15 ALONSO. the Real Madrid goalkeeper, dives for this ball but fails to hold it and it went to Tommy Taylor who scored off the rebound.25 words
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95 1957-05-01 15 FRANK TYSON IN SIDE v WEST INDIES FRANK TYSON, the England fast bowler, wili play for Northamptonshire against the West Indies touring side here on Saturday. A strained muscle prevented Tyson from playing for E. W. Swanton's team in the two-day game against the tourists at Eastbourne Also in theReuter - 95 words
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Article167 1957-05-01 15 TLfORE than 1,000 British football players are being asked by their Trade Union to sign confessions to having received under-the-counter payments from their clubs. The Union's move follows the suspension of five players by the Football League, governing body of England's professional soccer clubs divided intoReuter - 167 words
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Article52 1957-05-01 15 NORTHAMPTON TOWN beat Brighton and Hove 1-0 in their Div. Three South match last night. Other results: Div. Three North Carlisle United 2 Rochdale 1; Oldham Athletic 1 Wrexham 2. Scottish Div. One: Queen's Park 1 Raith Rovers 0; Div. Two: East Stirling 3 Dundee UnitedReuter - 52 words
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Article36 1957-05-01 15 Results of last night's Rugby Union matches were: Penzance and Newlyn 11 Stroud 0: St. Ives 11 Cardiff 20, Weston Super-Mare 3 Gloucester 6; Swansea 27; Ebbw Vale 3; Devon 11 South-Western-Counties 6. ReuterReuter - 36 words
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Article32 1957-05-01 15 Pakistan's international hockey player Aziz Nek, who participated in last year's Olympic Games at Melbourne, will leave for Canada soon to settle there, it was announced in Karachi today U.P.U.P. - 32 words
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Article, Illustration276 1957-05-01 16 U.S. FLEET EASES M-E TENSION Hussein snubs USSR -[X^jj^J^V OF THE 6~ PLEET^^Tj- AS the U.S. Sixth nee* unm u F f— Middle East waters and Jordan accepted a U S $10 million economic aid loan, the United states yesterday accused Russia of backing ♦wU intervention" during the emergency inA.P.; U.P.; Reuter - 276 words
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Article16 1957-05-01 16 29 Word* $6 (minimum). SPICER. To Beth and John. a girl, both well. 2*th April.16 words
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Article, Illustration15 1957-05-01 16 Lr/of the board of directors of MaUyan A.rways. aj w<)rks nent Secretary to th« Ministry15 words
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Article65 1957-05-01 16 BRITAIN has gamea new world record— for load drop from an aircraft, set up in East Yorkshire when 13 tons of steel plate was parachuted from a Rinnkhurn Beverley freign- ter carrier on Monday. The aircraft was travelling at 130 miles per -hour 1500Reuter - 65 words
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Article185 1957-05-01 16 m***w m%tw\ \M/P*¥lE OMINOUS SIGNS VICE-PRESIDENT Richard M. Nixon said today that "the explosive force of freedom" has insured a "decisive revolt at the very centre of the Communist en The e revolts in Red-do-minated Poland and Hungary were "the beginning, not the end,U.P. - 185 words
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Article226 1957-05-01 1 Wednesday, May 1, 1957. I Vhe'fßEE PRESS ,TS mn m j T i^T^T WINDSOR LAD SCRUTINEER KWEELOH i N IEWIS ES P ABSE £=^r P^^A^r pA^^T-; i— a-. ii-25_r set-*"" «cT i?^ r ar- m80,,d j"T- ssr__s_ sss--- sr-ar- 2= i TT ,r PALTER MAGIC EYE226 words
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599 1957-05-01 1 ALLAN LEWIS - Honey Bird should score in weak field ALLAN LEWIS •By T»HK main race at Penang this afternoon should go to Honey Hird now that Golden Melody has been scratched. Honey Bird is a strong stable fancy and the opposition is not terribly strong for a Class 2 event over one599 words
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Article29 1957-05-01 1 ALLAN LEWIS'S Best Bets today are. Princely Gift (Race One), Lycos (Race Three) and Acrobat (Race Five). i His best outsiders i are Adjutant and Motion Picture.29 words
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Article19 1957-05-01 1 PELANDOKS Three for today Irish Pearl (Race Five) Banker Boy (Race Six) and Dragon Seed (Race Seven).19 words
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Article, Illustration717 1957-05-01 2 TRAC K FORM OF TODAY'S HORSES RACE ONE CL. 3 DIV. t— s« 2 F. INDIAN HEATHER II: 29-4--57—Covered 3F in 38 4/5 with Lycos. WIDE SCREEN II: 9-4-57— Wm kept with Colour Film in 3F In 39NI'FENEN: 11-4-57— Was not out to make time in 3F in 39. NO717 words
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Article923 1957-05-01 2 RACE 1-2.45: CLASS 3, DIV. 2-51 FURS. 1. 528 INDIAN HEATHER II 5y cheg (Sunny Stable) Bagby 9.00 Mortimer 2. 004 WIDE SCREEN II 3y bag (Shaw Stable. Spencer 8.11 Posner 3. 340 NUFENEN 5y bag (Lim Stable) Martin 8.09 Khamis 4. 707 NO WORRY 4y923 words
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246 1957-05-01 2 CREPELLO IS EARLY FAVOURITE FOR THE DERBY I ITTLE BUSINESS was transacted at this first callover on the Derby. ('repello was made favourite at 7-to-l with the French horse, Mourne, only a point behind him as second choice. Tyrone, at present the leading fancy for the 2,000 Guineas, was quotedReuter - 246 words
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Article, Illustration21 1957-05-01 2 Out Holiday plans before the big race, a fortnight in Parts, by ten Dcst three— a week nt Winklesea I21 words
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Article82 1957-05-01 3 Sarcelle is withdrawn SARCELLE, joint second favourite for Friday 's 1.000 Guineas Fillies racing lc at Newmarket, was withdrawn from the race last night. Mr. Keith Mason, owner of Sarcelle, said that the nily had a sore leg after her final training gallop and it would not be wise toReuter - 82 words
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333 1957-05-01 4 I TAKE Premier to beat Marigold and St. Vitus in the Class Two, Div. 1, 6f event, the main sprint, at Penang today, first day of the Penang Turf Club May Meeting. This is going to be a fast-run race, but for sheer speed333 words
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Article214 1957-05-01 4 World Freedom has good chance WORLD FREEDOM appeals to me as a safe each-way bet in Race Seven. This five-year-old appears fit and fresh after a spell. He did an outstanding gallop last Saturday by doing 3f in 36 4/!> alone. On this gallop I am prepared to give him214 words
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642 1957-05-01 4 SMALL WORLD, second Id his two attempts at Buk i t Timah, and Lycos, a last start winner, will probably renew their rivalry. Over a longer trip I think Small World will turn the tables on Lycos. Small World was fast gaining on642 words
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Article, Illustration354 1957-05-01 4 rIS looks like the Bagby stakes. The Penang trainer has three form horses here in Buffer Stock, Acrobat and Timberlane. I shall not be surprised if they sweep the board. Provided the track remains firm I think Acrobat is the bet. He was third to Supremo354 words
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