The Singapore Free Press, 7 May 1957

Microfilm: NL5635
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    18 1 The Singapore Free Press Malaya's Own Family Paper No. *****. Singapore. Tuesday. May 7. 1957. Price 15 Cts.
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    MAN'S DEATH FALL
    136 1 JONAB Golam Hossain 33. an Indian tailor of 176 Queenstown, was found dead this morning at 8.15 a.m. at the back of the Asian Insurance Building. Singapore. The Police found the man's identity card and his wallet containing $13.80 on him. The Police have not decided whether
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    A-TISHOO! -AND THE BIG SNEEZE SPREADS
    439 1 A-TISHOO! -AND THE BIG SNEEZE SPREADS Crisis meeting may decide to close down schools Flu bug floors thousands THE INFLUENZA EPIDEMIC IS SPREADING RAPIDLY FROM STREET TO STREET IN SINGAPORE CONFINING MORE AND MORE PEOPLE TO THEIR BEDS. DOCTORS ESTIMATE THAT NEARLY 150,000 PEOPLE HAVE BEEN TAKEN ILL DURING THE
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    Lock icon Comment on the colonies
    137 1 BRITISH Colonial policy was described by a Government spokesman m London yesterday as nearer the Karl Marx view of colonialism" than Soviet policy. Undersecretary for the Colonies. Mr j D. Profumo, challenged Communists to seriously and honestly compare the British and Soviet brands of colonialism Speaking
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    Rubber price down ¼ cent
    35 1 Rubber price down cent May first grade rubber buyers f.o.b. opened in Singapore this morning at 88 5/8 cents a lb down a quarter of a cent on last night's close. The tone was uncertain.
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    CHINA TREBLES FISH EXPORTS TO SINGAPORE
    219 2 Catering to Chinese tastes PED CHINA is making a strong bid to oust Indonesia and the Federation from the Singapore fish market. She has trebled her fish exports to the Colony since 1955. Chief Fisheries Officer, Dr. Tham Ah said the China flsh was
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    Lock icon FOURTH AWARD FOR O'NEIL
    41 2 The late Eugene O'Neill was awarded the 1957 Pulitzer Prize for Playwrights m New York yesterday for -Long Day's Journey Into Night." It was the fourth Pulitzer Prize awarded O'Neill, and the first ever posthumously granted.- Reuter
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    Lock icon BOY SHOOTS OWN AUNT
    80 2 FIFTEEN YEAR OLD Buddy Claxton told police m Wayne, West Virginia, that when he heard a noise outside his farm home on Sunday night, he picked up a rifle and queried. "Who's there?" There was no answer, he said. He heard a door slam on the
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    Lock icon Italian war losses
    27 2 Italy lost 444.523 people m World War II including 309,453 killed and 135,070 missing the Italian Institute of Statistics disclosed m Rome yesterday.- Reuter
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    U.K. COTTON QUEEN
    59 2 Nineteen-year-old Miss Angela Smith of Earls Court, London, who won the title of Britain's Cotton Queen at the Royal Festival Hall. She received a cheque for £1,000, plus a personal wardrobe valued at £250. She is to make a tour of the Commonwealth visiting New Zealand, Australia,
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    NATIONAL UNION FOR STUDENTS
    271 2 Malay name proposed to reflect pupils* interests 'THE University of Malaya Students' Union has drafted a constitution for a new national union for students m post-secondary institutions m Singapore and the Federation. Mr. Frederick Samuel, president of the UMSU said that the 9th Students Council of
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    MALAYA OFFERS ASSURANCES TO CAPITAL
    228 3 MALAYA OFFERS ASSURANCES TO CAPITAL Company tax policy undecided THE Federation Government today gave these assurances to foreign and local investors m an interim statement of policy on industrial development: Fair compensation will be paid m the event I of nationalisation of private enterprises; Its intention to continue ,o permit
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    COMPANY FAILURES
    77 3 rpillßTY companies A with shar c capitals of more than $10,400.- 000 went into voluntary liquidation last year, says the annual report of the Registrar of Companies tabled at the Federal Legislative j Council today. A further 48 com- panics were dissolved and 89 struck off the register.
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    PHONE BOARD REPORT
    131 3 OUR attention has been drawn to a report appearing m the Singapore Free Press under the heading "250 Girls Are Warned Be Polite Or Face Dismissal." The report stated that the Singapore Telephone Board, had warned its 250 telephone operators that severe disciplinary action would be taken
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    CASH OFFERED FOR RELICS
    63 3 REWARDS of up to $1,000 for people who find antiquities or treasure trove m Malaya are recommended by a select committee appointed to examine the Antiquities and Treasure Trove Bill. Its report, tabled at the Legislative Council meeting today, urges the Federation Government to step m
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    Lock icon BOY IS JAILED
    28 3 A Greek Cypriot schoolboy, Geojghlos Hadjisavva, 17. was jailed for five years at a special court m Nicosia. Cyprus, yesterday for carrying a bomb. U.P.
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    MALAYA PLANS NEW TAX LAWS
    40 3 The Federation Government plans to redraft Malaya's income tax laws to make them independent of action from Singapore. This is disclosed m a finance committee report placed before the Federal Legislative Cbuncil this I morning
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    Lock icon 24 DROWN IN RIVER
    28 3 Twenty-four people were reported to have drowned yesterday when a boat capsized m the Sefidroud River m Northern Persia. There was one survivor. Reuter
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    Lock icon Death drop in freak mishap
    77 3 JENNINGS Haynes, 42, died m Norfolk. Ohio, on Sunday as a result of a freak motor accident. The state highway patrol said Haynes lost control of his car. and skidded into a bridge. The car came to a stop straddling the bridge rail. Haynes, apparently
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    51 3 picture Mr. Francis Chcong Kirn Seng and his bride, the former Miss Elisabeth Wong Wei Mang. after their wedding ut th<> Sacred Heart Church Singapore The bride is the eldest daughter of Mrs Wang Chok Yee and the bridegroom is the son of Mr. and Mrs Cheoni Chin Teck.— Free
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    Lock icon Reds admit: Radio lifeless, boring
    116 3 r JMIE Soviet Communist Party newspaper Pravda, which on Sunday declared Russian newspapers colourless, lifeless, boring and hard to read, yesterday turned its attack on to "boring and lifeless broadcasts." In a leading article broadcast by Moscow Radio it said: "Listeners are expressing justifiable dissatisfaction
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    Big treat for Rashid
    105 3 r VHE Pakistan Prime Mm A ister's son, 16-year-old Rashid Suhrawardy, will be entertained to a teenage luncheon at Raffies Hotel today. He arrived m Singapore with his father yesterday from Tokyo. His hosts are t 0 be 16--year-olds, the sons of local Pakistani residents. The
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      72 3 Radiant Beauty Here comes the bride, radiantly beautiful m her wedding dress, and with one of our beautiful Bridal Headdresses putting the final touch of delicacy to her appearance. These t ire from the Continent </«</ also new arrivals are Wedding Veils and Juliet Caps with veiling attached. From 510.00
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    The Singapore Free Press TUESDAY May 7, 1957. Opinion A nagging anxiety
    247 4 The Singapore Free Press TUESDAY May 7, 1957. Opinion A nagging anxiety ARE Singapore and the Federation to remain separate political entities or two united m some form or other? This question, posed by Malayan experts of the policy-moulding Conservative Commonwealth Council m London, is also exercising the minds of
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    12 4 Tough luck, boys-your ih.p go*n f off In a hurry lik« that.
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    Dedicated men will meet in peace
    618 4 Dedicated men will meet in peace IT h e Rotary World Convention takes place this month m Lucerne Switzerland. Here a Special Correspondent reports on the ideals and aims of this international brotherhood. QN the 18th of this month men of > many nations and creeds who are dedi- cated,
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    BY THE WAY
    119 4  -  Beachcomber asfd MR HECTOR KORUTHAIOLOS has been aTI amazed at the friendly overtures made to him by masters even before his boy, young Hector, has entered Narkover. Several masters have sent him prospectuses and details of companies m which they are interested, and he has received more
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      37 4 JJoungs pSEA FOOD^M For the finest catch m sea foods you can't beat |9oung'B WHITEBAIT POTTED SHRIMPS SCAMPIES DEVON CRABS ESCALLOPS Caught, packed, frozen... all m a day, ready for immediate cooking. SINGAPORE COLD STORAGE CO. LTD.
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    61 5 picture. Mr Goh Boon Pens extends a helpinu hand 10 his bride formerly Miss Betty Seah Sai Rew. to cut the cake at a reception at the Adelphi Hotel. Singa- pore, after their marriage. The hridegroom is the second son of Madam i Lee Kye and the bride is the
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    An invitation from Siam
    164 5 THE Executive Committee of the 9th Students Council of the University of Malaya is to meet this week to consider an invitation to visit Siam during the University's long vacation which begins next month The invitation was extended by Mr. Sruang Pawaputanon. president ol the Chulalongkorn
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    Lock icon TAXIMEN WANT DEATH PENALTY
    49 5 Taxi-drivers m Hamburg, have renewed the call fur ivintroducing the death penalty m West Germany, it win reported yesterday. Johann Maletzky. leader of the Hamburg Taxidrireri Association, said at a meeting of the Association that the series of assaults on taxi-drivers *°ln* on undlminished.- Reuter
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    Lock icon UNKNOWN
    27 5 The Royal Australian Air Force may be equipped with American air-to-air guided missiles instead of similar British weapons, the Melbourne Herald's aviation writer said yesterday. Reuter
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    CONSULAR MISSIONS TO MAINTAIN STATUS IN COLONY
    427 5 Assurances for Singapore start POMMONWEALTH and consular missions m Singapore are to continue to maintain their independent status even after the opening of diplomatic missions of higher rank m Kuala Lumpur on Merdeka Day. Spokesmen of some of the missions said there would
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    CENSUS CLIMAX IS NEAR
    157 5 CENSUS CLIMAX IS NEAR The big count is set for June 19 ri^HE census operations m I A Singapore are to reach a climax on the night of June 19 when everyone on the streets may be counted. The Director of Information Services, Mr. G. G. Thomson, told the Free
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    58 5 picture. Mr and Mrs. Ken Woodford are pictured above after their wedding at the Church of the Good Shepherd, Singapore The bride is the former Miss Daisy Foo, daughter of Mrs. Foo Khui Heong and the late Mr. X 11. Foo The bridegroom is the eldest son of Mr. and
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      129 5 for in^ormo'ion Oftd book m gi' consult your froctf Agtnt or MALAYAN AIRWAYS GtNttAl SAIfS AGENfS FEI 2766 i I OCCAN BUKDING SINGAPORE Buy them whilst CLOSING DOWN Sale ow I<l«;i3 Maieriaki Plain Silk Crepe 44"/45" $2.60 per yd. << Pure SiMc Ceorgette 44/45 2.60 >> Palace Crepe Pure Silk
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      188 6 •■■■■■••■•••■■•■■■■■■■■•••■•■•■■•••a •iiiiiummimiiiiii iimiiiiiiiiiuii iii iiniiiiiiilllliiliiiiiiiil >1 AMMIAKI by Lee Falk and Phil Mavis 'I .'ill/.W by Edtsar It^e Burroiii<lis THE SAL\T by Leslie Charter is B^"**^|^ BUILPIN6 WITH A 6ARA6£-M THE STREET, J/^OIA/r.^fAifMß^ AVGIf YOV CJM O£ "^g 'JANE Im Hubbard F7d UKE TD THANK YOU ?^bw fM SO (SLAD
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      458 6 BORN today, you are naturally an out-going personality and fond of having company around you all the time. You seem to know how to meet people and influence the!n through the force of your personal ity. c You may say practically nothing and everyone with whom you com> m contact
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      U.K. closing prices
      174 7 LONDON, May 6Previous Today BUBBEK No. 1 RSS cif. 26> L buyers 25 buyerl European ports May 26 sellers 26'* sellers June 26ft buyers 25 a buyers 26 sellers 26 1 .sellers RUBBER No- 1 RSS Spot 26", buyers 26% buyers 27 'h sellers 26 sellers RUBBER
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      New York prices
      118 7 NEW VORK. May 6 Pre\ious Today I TIN Straits spot 99 12 nom. 99 00 nom. TIN fut.tes standard Contract May 9750 buyeri 97 50 bu; 98.87 .-eller* 98.73 sellers June unquoted 'ted TONE: Barely steady SALES: Nil. Straits Contract May 98 50 buyers 98 50 buyers
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      U.S. PEPPER
      53 7 Malabar /Lampong spot 27' i. 25»;. May shipment 24',. June awaititv release 27 t afloats shipment 23 1 Muntok spot 6%, Malabar May ship- and awaiting relea.se 34. afloats meat 26, Lampong Mavjbipment 33 to 32 sellers ex-docK. ik spot 26%. afloats I Above prices quoted in U.S.
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      DOW JONES AVERAGES
      49 7 NEW YORK, May 6 Previous Today 30 Indust.ials 497 54 496.32 20 Railroads 146 84 147 11 10 Domestic Bonds 89 97 90 10 15 Utilities 73 67 73 34 65 Stocks Composite Averages 174 37 174 03 Above prices quoted in U.S. cents per lb.
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      Copra, coconut oil prices
      108 7 LONDON. May 6Previous Today COPRA Philippines cif. U.K-/ North European delivered weight per long ton May/June $174'.. sellers $175 sellers COPRA, Straits ci.f. UK/North European delivered weight per long ton May/June £63 4 buyers £63>i buyers £64 sellers £64 sellers June July £63 4 buyers £63^
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    Window of the universe
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    THE WISDOM OF DR. SARA
    166 7 r\R Sara Jordan, who was v called m els a consultant specialist to Sir Anthony Eden, is a remarkable woApart from being 72. a grandmother and a very I able woman, she is a cha- racter. She has, with her know- i ledge, a wry
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    It listens in to the stars
    121 7 Work on the construction of Britain's— and the B worlds-largest radio telescope at Jodrell Bank, p Cheshire. England is now m the advanced stages of completion B The telescope, seen m the above picture, is for use by Manchester University and will be ten
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      112 7 Today's Radio Programme for Singapore 1.11 p.m. Lucky Dip. presented by Sarojini Lourdei.; 1.30 rime Signal and News; 1.45 ky Dip (continued); 5.00 tit Music; 5.30 Fiesta; 6.00 "ime Announcement and Proramme Summary; 6.02 \nniversarv, presented by Zainal ;n; 6.55 Announcements and i|)ore Share Market Report; 0 Time Signal and
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      63 7 uilllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllHlHlg SINGAPORE I HIGH TIDES j TODAY: 5.17 p.m. E TOMOKROW: 4 !3 am. E and (i.37 p.m. E THURSDAY: 1.13 am. E E and 7.11 p.m. E E FRIDAY; 7 41 a.m. and 8 .28 p.m. E SATURDAY: 8.51 a.m. E and 9-07 p.m. E SUNDAY: 9.48 a.m. and
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    A ROYAL SALUTE
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    GRANNY, 74, DID NOT WED JOINER JOHN, 36, AFTER ALL
    272 8 IT WAS to have been a happy day m the life of 74-year-old Granny Bil- x ton. She was to have married 36-year-old John Hammond at St. Joseph's Roman Catholic Church, Longsight, Manchester, England. But the wedding did not take
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    Gunners on the march
    80 8 Gunners on the march I IN the above pic- I ture the King's I I Troop, Royal Horse I I Artillery is seen I I passing through I I Marble Arch m I I London on their i I way to emplace- i I ments m Hyde Park, i Honour
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    A CAKE FOR THE CAT, ON BIRTH GIGLI, N 21st HDAY
    244 8 A CAKE FOR THE CAT, ON BIRTH GIGLI, N 21st HDAY I 'Milh^l never touch t the stuff* GIGLI, a cat that hates milk, was 21 last week. He is probably the oldest cat alive. His owner, Mrs. John Payne, of Ramsden Bellhouse, near Billericay, Essex, ordered a three-tier birthday
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    MISS MISCHIEF GETS WELL...
    124 8 rpHIS is the week's happiest picture. For the tod- J. dler on the right is two-year-old Bridget Harri- E I son. A year ago she was fighting for her young life j m Manchester's Duchess of York Hospital, Britain. Last week she was home again at
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    A passionate peacock
    134 9 GO HOME, GEORGE J OOMEWHERE In Hamp- shire a peacock Ifl r .searching for ;i mate— not i knowing that a pretty pealien called Pauline is waitt ing for him back at home. The peacock, George, belongs to Mrs. Ania Troup, of Barley Mow House, Winchfield. He
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    Her skin-tight tights are too tight
    85 9 Her skin-tight tights are too tight wives and other townsfolk at Hunstanton. Norfolk, where U)-year-old Jackie is working on a new film. Some people called them "disgusting' 1 so now the starlet's studio has ordered her "to take them oil/ Said Jackie: 'With the hii;h winds you t in Hunstanton
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    The busy little bees...
    71 9 The busy little bees... rpWELVE-MILLION b A have boon added to the normal number pollinating blossom on Mid-Essex fruit farm.s in Britain m an effort to increase the crops. Twenty-nine members of the Chelmsford Division of the Essex Beekeepers' Association took part m the transport to the farms of 300
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    FLYING BEDSTEAD
    230 9 lUo and down tests i i E pRITAN'S first VTOL (vertical take off and E landing) experimental E aircraft the Short S( I is seen above E landing on the run- way at the Ministry of Supply's aircraft estabE lishment at Boscombe Down, Wiltshire, recently after completing: E
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    40 10 Mr A. Biddle Duke, former U. S. ambassador, has been awarded the highest honour of the Republic of Vietnam for a non-Vietna-mese at a ceremony. He has been made Commander of the National Order of Vietnam.- A. P.
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    Lock icon WHY MALAYA IS WELL BEHIND IN INDUSTRY
    299 10 WHY MALAYA IS WELL BEHIND IN INDUSTRY Immigration policy MALAYA, Indonesia and the Philippines lag behind Hong Kong m industrialisation because of their unfavourable attitude towards their Chinese populations and their restrictive immigration policy. This observation was made by Mr. A. C. Clarke, Financial Secretary to the Hong Kong Government,
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    Lock icon DON'T RETURN TO CHINA
    72 10 MR Lee Tung Dai, 81. landed at San Francisco International Airport with this advice for Chinese m America: "Don't go back to China." San Francisco born Mr. Lee went to China m 1939, following tradition by retiring to the homeland of his ancestors. The Reds imprisoned
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    Lock icon Clues to a lost Kingdom are unearthed
    196 10 Clues to a lost Kingdom are unearthed (^LUrs to the lost Kingdom of Kofi blank spot m China's ancient history have been unearthed by workmen preparing the foundation for Red China's largest dam along the Yellow River. The dynasty ruled China 2,600 years ago but archaeologists have never been able
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    Lock icon JAPANESE ARE IMPRESSED
    96 10 A GROUP of Japanese editors took a look at an experimental atomic power project and came away convinced nuclear energy will prove of untold benefit to mankind. The 29 newspaper, magazine and radio editors, touring the United States as the guest of the U.S. Air Force, visited
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    Lock icon Protest to Russia
    73 10 Stony faced Mr. I Chernov (seated on left). Second Secretary of the Soviet Embassy I m Tokyo, reads a pro- test to Russia against they mo -nuclear bomb tests presented by a de- legation of the Japa- i nese Council against I I Atomic and Hydrogen I
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    R.I. projects for rebel isles
    260 10 R.I. projects for rebel isles |r PHE Central Govern- ment m Jakarta will employ the new M 545,000,000 loan from America for building a 300-mile highway m Sumatra and to install diesel electric power generating plants m more than 30 towns throughout the Republic. International Co-operation Administration officials In Washington
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    Lock icon Glimpses
    13 10 These funds would be used to finance other economic development projects. A.P.
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    20 10 Mr. Charles Bohlen, former American ambassador to the Soviet Union, has been nominated as new envoy to the Philippines. Reuter
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    27 10 The Formosa Government has just shipped 100 tons of rice. 50 tons of sugar and five tons of tea for Marseilles for distribution to Hungarian refugees. A.P.
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    35 10 Brigadier-General Carlos P. Romulo, Philippine ambassador to the United States, has signed an agreement with the John Day Publishing House of Now York to writo a book for publication m the autumn of 1958. U.P.
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    19 10 Nationalist Chinese elder statesman Wang chunghui, 76. suffered a heart attack but has been pronounced out of danger A.P.
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    35 10 Plans for an intensified allied campaign against Communist infiltration and subversion m SouthEast Asia will be discussed with Vietnam President Ngo Dinh Diem when he visits Washington next week, Was^^ tin^ nn officials said.- U.P.
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    24 10 India and Rumania have signed a five-year cultural agreement to facilitate the exchange of students, scientists, professors, research workers, journalists, sportsmen and artists. A.P.
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    25 10 jk w ir Mrs. Vijaya Lakshmi Pandit, Indian High Commissioner m Britain, has returned to London after a fortnight's consultations with the Indian Government. Reuter
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    24 10 CHINESE NEWSPAPERS IN SAIGON CLAIM THAT 200.000 CHINESE WILL BE FORCED OUT OF WORK BY SOUTH VIETNAM'S BAN AGAINST FOREIGNERS IN CERTAIN TRADES. U.P.
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    21 10 Seven South Korean atomic scientists and students have been selected by the Seoul Government to study atomic science m Britain- A.P.
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    'NOW I PROMISE TO BE A GOOD GHOST,' SAYS JOHN
    267 11 'NOW I PROMISE TO BE A GOOD GHOST,' SAYS JOHN JOHN McKENZIE has promised to be a good ghost and not alarm 26-year-old Norman Dixon and his wife Audrey, aged 24, any more. But he has warned them he cannot answer for the ghost of a woman who is also
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    All at sea...
    113 11 All at sea... IJILVI HALE and June J Thorburn find E sailing; on th e ancient E yacht "Turtle" hectic E work but there are E brief interludes m- E eluding a little time for sum- bathing on deck. It all happens m E the film True as a E
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    Calling all photographers
    92 12 "Force" by Kwan Sam Hoi, A.R.P.S., of Singapore, which was accepted by the 21st Rochester Salon (1957). Mr. Kwan has had a number of other successes m international contests. He is one of Singapore's most enthusiastic and imaginative cameramen. I Another study by Kwan Sam Hoi, an
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    MASTER PRINTS FOR S'PORE
    164 12  - MASTER PRINTS FOR S'PORE SUNNY GIAM asdf THE Photographic Group of the Singapore Art Society has approached world famous photographers for the loan of their prints which local enthusiasts can study. At the last meeting of the Group members had the opportunity of studying the work of Dr. K. H.
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    Awards
    66 12 VAN FOOK LUEN, A.R.P.5: Received a bronze medal for his "Old Woman With Pipe" at the 111 Saloo International de Art Photographic of Mocambique: "Southern Spring" accepted by the Ist International Solon of Photography, Jackon, Mississippi; "Lighted Spray" and "Southern Spring" accepted by the 2nd International Exhibition of Photography,
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    Cloudy
    37 12 LOKE LOH HONG: "Cloudy Woter" accepted by the 2nd International Exhibition oi Photography, Melbourne, Australia 1957; four accepted by the Salon dArt Photographic de Mantes-10-Jolie, France; "Peaceful Row" accepted by the Third Salon International of Art
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    Enthusiastic study group
    66 12 Members of the Singapore Art Society, Photographic Group, studying the magnificent work of Dr. K.H. Wu, P.R.P.S. of Hong Kong at the Spring meeting of the Group. From left to right are Messrs. Loke Loh Hong, Chia Kok Lum, A.R.P.S., Van Fook Luen A R.P.S., Ho Kok
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      218 12 CLUES ACROSS 6 The dears step this way 1 Act twice for an extinct itL«-i. «^«.f Ijjjj.^ /^j 7 Abolish a hundred at first S&irft ETuTirt of S U,ry th*» hrooH /X 'k 9 &S f Der 12 ?"«^sf A. mghty plece (9. 16 pa rt of a revolt M).
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      SOFT SLIPPERS
      700 13  -  Hilary Wickman .aj.i.i.ii)j.ijj.i.iij.ii.iij|.)iii.i.i.i.i.gj.i.iui OOFT leather bedroom O slippers which fold flat with a matching case are a boon to anyone who travels. They are useful, too, on the actual journey when a change of footwear can be most restful. These slippers are for both men and women. They
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      THOSE PAINTS
      133 13 ALL paints should be strained for use m a spray gun. Crit m the jet will cause a stoppage and the resulting work will be blemished. Always have enough paint ready to refill the gun quickly so that wet edges on the work can be kept "alive." Practically
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      Hints on spraying
      361 13 Hints on spraying sure. The depth of the coat of paint depends on the pressure. Different nozzles are made for spraying various types of materials. A round spray is best for small objects while a flat spray is used for large areas. Spray mist occurs during painting and it's best
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    JULY—HIS PEAK MONTH
    310 14  - JULY— HIS PEAK MONTH FRANCIS ROZARIO Kesavan Soon explains his 220-yard failure ta •••■•■■■■•■■••••••lMMMltlttM MM tIMIItMMMIIMI HE AIMS FOR 100 IN 9.7 AND 220 IN 22 AT SAAA MEET By rE 100 yards m around 9.7 -sec is vie aim oi 19-year-old Singapore champion sprinter Kesavan Soon at this year's
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    Lock icon BUSY THREE MONTHS IN WORLD CUP SOCCER
    258 14 BUSY THREE MONTHS IN WORLD CUP SOCCER EUROPEAN soccer teams are booked for a busy three months as teams push ahead with qualifying matches for the World Cup finals m Sweden next year. The match, probably awaited with the most interest, will be between Hungary and Norway scheduled for Oslo
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    EX-BOXER CALLS FOR ABOLITION OF BOXING
    260 14 STEVE HAMAS, who might have been world heavyweight Champion 22 years ago but for one unfortunate accident," called for the "abolition of boxing." Hamas, still hardy and fit at 185 pounds, charged that ''boxing always has been dirty and is no better or no
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    Fraser out in upset
    56 14 ANTONIO PALAFOX, reserve member of Mexico's Davis Cup team, brought off the first upset of the Italian Lawn Tennis Championships m Rome yesterday when he defeated Australian Neale Fraser, the fourth-seeded player. The 21 -year-old Mexican, who is on his first tour overseas, won their first
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    Horncastles take top golf prizes
    76 14 THE Ladies monthly medal competition of the Royal Air Force Seletar Golf Club was won by Mrs. A. Horncastle with 35 nett. Her son, 14-year-old Billy, won the men's 18-hole stroke-play competition with 71 nett. The women's ball sweep was won by Mrs. E. Worthington
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    Lock icon CHESTER VASE
    45 14 SIX probables and jockeys for today's Chest c r Vase, over one mile, five furlongs and 75 yards at Chester are: Donald (E. Mercer), Barton's Sister (A. Shrive), Rumbling Bridge (D. Smith) Flying Bar King Baber (P. Robinson) and Papayer (E. Hide).- Reuter
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    KEDAH CUP WINNER
    27 14 BLUE ICE (Camer) returning to scales after winniiiK The Kedah Cup. an Bif handicap for Class 2. Div. 1, horses at Ipoh on Saturday.
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    Lock icon USLTA to set up training camps MORE YOUNGSTERS NOW
    243 14 USLTA to set up training camps MORE YOUNGSTERS NOW ITLTILMER ALLISON, who won the Wimbledon lawn tennis men's singles championship m 1929 and 1930, the U.S. men's singles title m 1935 and the U.S. men's doubles crown m 1931 and 1935, thinks that America will field its youngestever team m
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    Lock icon LAN CRAIG WILL LEAD AUSTRALIA
    35 14 Lan Craig (New South Wales), 21 -year-old Test batsman, was yesterday appointed captain of the Australian cricket team to tour South Africa. Neil Harvey. 28, (Victoria) was selected vice-captain.- Reuter
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    13 14 mer) b behind the leaders, followed by Moneysmatc Cnadwlck) and Two Dimension (fosner).
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    Davenport in fast 3f
    495 15 CLOCKS 38 IN A LONE WORKOUT ON X.L TRACK By ALLAN LEWIS rjAVENPORT (Franklin), working alone on the second track at Kuala Lumpur this morning, made the fastest time when he disposed of three m 38. A really sound trial. Conditions were ideal for galloping this
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    24 15 ST VITIS (Paterson) beinff led m after winning Ihr seventh race, a ii( handicap for Class 2, Div. 1 horso at FeiUUlf on Saturday.
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    Lock icon Error cost Shoemaker a suspension
    83 15 Error cost Shoemaker a suspension JOCKEY Willie Shoctl maker, narrowly beaten on Gallant Man m the Kentucky Derby on Saturday, was yesterday sus- pended by the Churchill Downs Stewards for "gross carelessness m misjudging the point of finish." The suspension is for 15 days. Shoemaker, whose mount was beaten by
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    Lock icon GLASGOW CUP TO RANGERS
    56 15 RANGERS beat Queen's Park by two goals to one m the final of the Glasgow Charity Football Cup Competition at Ibrox Park. Glasgow, last night. Results of Irish soccer matches played yesterday were: Irish League City Cup: Ballymena 1 Ards 1. Irish Gold Cup. second round
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    Yorkshire gain first points in county cricket
    466 15 THEY ROUT DERBYSHIRE YORKSHIRE gained the first win of the 1957 County Cricket Championship when they beat Derbyshire by nine wickets at Bradford yesterday with a day to spare. They also became the first side to earn the new i bonus of two
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    Lock icon SIAMESE BEATEN
    34 15 S. Bulakul, of Thailand, was beaten 6—o, 6 l by New Zealand's Jeff Robson m the sepond round of the men's singles m the Hurlingham Lawn Tennis Tournament m London yesterday.- Reuter
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    CREPELLO IS HOT FAVOURITE FOR DERBY
    280 15 CREPELLO IS HOT FAVOURITE FOR DERBY I fREPELLO, Sir Victor Sassoon's 2,000 Guineas winner, was backed to win over £10,000 and wound up hot favourite at 9 to 4. At the previous callover on the Monday before his Guineas victory, he had been on offer at 7 to 1 for
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    FEDERATION FUNDS: A BIG FRAUD
    489 16 FEDERATION FUNDS: A BIG FRAUD Police deficiencies alone amount to $870,000 Huge sums misapplied AN ALARMING story of opportunities for fraud, unauthorised expenditures and irregularities m the management of government departmental funds is told m the Federation annual report for 1955 of the Director of Audit, Mr H. M. Watson.
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    Lock icon New U.K. A-plans
    88 16 BRITAIN proposed 10 me U. N Disarmament conference m London yesterday that the Big Three powers irt immediate negotiations among themselves for advance registration and observation of nuclear tests. The new Western prop also suggested that the full Five Power Disarmament subcommittee of the U. N. should
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    57 16 picture. The name of this pretty young girl is Maea Flohr, and she has just arrived m Cannes, France, from Tahiti, where she will be one of the most admired stars of the Cannes Film Festival, because she is the star of a film called "Tahiti." To visit France she
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    Lock icon RAF investigate saucer reports
    89 16 ROYAL Air Force intelligence officers questioned a postman at Coverack, Cornwall, yesterday after he reported sighting a "Hying saucer" last Tuesday— the day British fighters chased a 1.000-miles-an hour mystery aircraft tracked by radar along the south coast. After interviewing the postman, Mr. Eric Pengillz, lor
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    Lock icon HEAVY CROPS DAMAGE
    204 16 Freak cold snap grips UK, Europe 4 FREAK cold snap has gripped Europe with snow fulling ove* much of the Continent and heavy damage to cron s mi n Britain, France and Italy. People m North-west France said they could not remember snow at this time of
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    Malayan army to expand
    98 16 IWE Federation Gov- j crnment Finance Committee has approved an expenditure of $20,754,965 on Phase lof the Federation Army's expansion programme. The money will be used to purchase initial equipment for four new battalions. A vast area of land m Sungei Besi. near Kuala Lumpur, is
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      331 16 Straits Times Free Press For the convenience of odverti*ers our representative at Ist. floor, SINGAPORE COLD STORAG€, ORCHARD ROAD, will receive small advertisements and answers to box numbers. Classified advertisements may alto be handed te: CITY BOOK STORE LTD. Winchester House, Collyer Quay, Singapore. CLASSIFIED ADS. LOST Word* $2 (Mim.)-Box
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      39 16 z Modern Beauty by WROUGHT IRON I WINDOW I I GRILLES Ktra BALUSTRADES I GATES I H Manufactured by member or MALAYAN WIRE MESH FENCSKG CO. (1946) LTD. j 7, ms. Bukit Timah Road Singapore Telephone 6841 1 .1
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      Masthead
      11 1 Eve wnmmm warn* 4 pawl No. 43. Tuesday, May 7, 1957.
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      Lock icon THE HAWAHAN TOUCH...
      488 1 THE HAWAHAN TOUCH... "HAWAII calling!" Lovely new textiles just arrived m Singapore certainly have for their theme the signature call of Radio Hawaii to "mainland" America. They're beautiful, drenched with the brilliant flowers of Hawaii, inspired by Hawaii's blue sea and sky, the golden beaches and drowsy melodies. Not a
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        158 1 Like most women past the mid -twenties she takes great car© that her age is kept secret. Then why let her skin give her away? By the late twenties, most women begin to show tiny wrinklo9 whore they pucker or smile, round the eyes, mouth, on tho forehead signs that
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      83 2 Why noj be as prett> as Ih c Singaporean model on the left while you're <1 itin^ Sir Stork? Lovely ntw maternity clothes at a Raffles Place shop come from America's top specialty designers. The one shown is of sensational Cupioni fabric. You whisk it m soapsuds, hang it up
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      Pretty at all times!
      219 2 Pretty at all times! BE pretty while pregnant! New U. S.designed and manufactured maternity clothes definitely prettify during the waiting months. The new trend is FEMININITY, achieved with soft lines of smock-topper plus frills or lace with dressmaker touches and necklines the centre of attraction. A sparkling new line of
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      Bargain of the Week
      169 2 Bargain of the Week YOU certainly won't need a facelift if you faithfully use a sensational new perfected hormone cream. Laboratory tests prove that it banishes wrinkles, according to the Organ jh Laboratories of the U.S.. tvhich manufactures th*>j fragrant hormone cream, now available m Singapore's better stores and pharmacies.
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      'SINGAPORE REST CURI HER' IS A E TO
      581 2 'SINGAPORE REST CURI HER' IS A E TO CINGAPORE to 17--year-old Miss Ann Goldthorpe, pretty Paya Lebar blonde model and saleswoman has been pretty much of a "rest cure" after her two years of living under Mail Mau terrorism m Africa. With her family parents and two brothers, Peter and
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        112 2 Enrich Your Home With Tasteful Beauty <Ll^> VISIT Singapore's oldest, most complitc house of treasures. n&^l&ra f 'iX^ Why be satisfied with cheap w /^liiafe!^f l t!lrtrt-' l^ra furnishings and art? Discover v'^-KffiHftfiy the thriU f owning Old Cninas V^^r^^^^y dynasty arts! Jade, ivory, fine arts, V^loiP§7 gifts of rare
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      GOURMET CLUB...
      205 3 get into the proper spirit to eat the foods of Russia there should property be m the backGround of prandial operations the jin9le of sleigh-bells and the tinkle of a oalalaika but I suppose these lusty comestibles can be devoured just as enIM>>HllM|||| M M|HMHM||||||MM|M|Mt|^ ||||)|M|||M|| thusiastically to
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      298 3 HTfllS is All-India Handlooms Week. It is an event of national significance to Singa- l pore's Indian community, signifying the 1 growing world-interest m the country's hand- made textiles. The manager of the local headquarters for Government-sponsored fabrics the Handlooms > Emporium Mr. X S. Gopala Rao.
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      WHERE TO BUY
      198 3 MATERNITY clohes and Dynasty pongee frocks. Town (j Country Dress Salon, Meyer Hawaiian cotton prints, Echigoya £r Co., 28 Coleman St.; Endocil Hormone Cream, better stores and pharmacies and sporty togs, Radfia Store, 86 N. Bridge Rd. ndian handlooms, Handlooms Emporium, 23 Race Course Line. Italian handbags,
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      Feminascope
      1002 4 r THE NEWEST. SNAPPIEST 1 1 MOST PRACTICAL PAGE J| i DESIGNED FOR WOMEN I TF YOU like to water your pet garden plants and flowers yourself youil like Dunlop's new plastic garden hose, so easy for any woman to handle. It weighs only four-and-one-half pounds and is 60
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        81 4 1 V -J Just Arrived Army Lewinter's Exclusive Fisherman Knit Sport Jackets In Pure Botany Woo! With Fancy Border and Welt =j COLOURS: BLACK, L. BLUE AND RED. Price: $35.95 Only Limited Stock AURORA LTD 58/62, High Street. Singapore. illlllllltllllllllllllllllllllllllll lIIIIIIHIIIH^ I Salon New Yorker AIRCONDITIONED niiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiic HAIR STYLISTS BEAUTICIANS.
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