The Straits Times, 10 May 1953

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    13 1 The Straits Times in No. SB6. SINGAPORE, SUNDAY, MAY 10, 1953. 15 CENTS
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    VIETMINH MAY SEEK PEACE
    366 1 llo's retreat from Laos may lead to armistice move A premier says its i 'very possible 9 SAIGON, Saturday. THE Premier of Vietnam said today he believed the Communist-led Vietminh rebels might soon propose an armistice in their seven-year-old war in Indo China Speaking in an
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    Souvenir of a great occasion
    133 1 Souvenir of a great occasion THE print order for The Straits Times publication commemorating the Coronation is the largest ever placed for such a production in South-East Asia. But the demand is very heavy, and if you have not already done so you shou'd order from your newsagent at once.
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    Bigamy charge plot, he says
    46 1 MANILA. Sat.— Senator Claro Recto, of the opposition Nationalist party, and one of the bitterest critics of government policies, was indicted today for bisamy. He said in the Senate that the indictment was part of a plot to "liquidate me." Reuter.
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    More U.S. aid
    45 1 WASHINGTON. Sat. The United States has given France SO million dollars in "special aid" to bolster French and Vietnam forces opposing the Communists in Indo-Chlna. The money has been transferred to the French Government out of U.S. foreign aid funds.— A. P.
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    Horse dies after race at Penang
    43 1 Horse dies after race at Penang By EPSOM JEEP MEDITATION, a fancied runner in Race Four at Penang yesterday, collapsed after returning to the weighing scales and had to be destroyed. The stewards have ordered an autopsy. Full race results in P. 20.
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    One bandit dies, two surrender
    158 1 KUALA LUMPUR, Saturday. THE Communist terrorist organisation in the coal mining area of Batu Arang. North Selangor, has suffered another another heavy blow. Men of two Area Security Units yesterday carried out a cleverly planned ambush tn the Rawang district and killed the terrorists' district
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    YOUR OWN FAULT, LLOYDS TELL TONE
    123 1 YOUR OWN FAULT, LLOYDS TELL TONE LOS. ANCLES. I LOYDS of London have challenged the right of actor Franchot Tone to collect $215,000 (Malayan) on an insurance policy for injuries he suffered n his 1951 fight with actor Tom Neal over the affections of Barbara Payton. They said that: Tone
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    X.L.M. orders plants
    30 1 NEW YORK. Sat. X.L.M. Royal Dutch Airlines has or- dered six more Convair 340 airi liners from the American I maker. Consolidated Vultee I Aircraft Co. A.P.
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    Iff die in Indian plane Crash
    221 1 NEW DELHI, Saturday. EIGHTEEN bodies were dragged out of the smouldering wreck of an Indian Airlines Dakota which crashed in flames just after taking off from Palam Aerodrome here early today. The crew of four and all 14 passengers including a Briton, named as
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    MINISTER RESIGNS
    41 1 JAKARTA, Sat.— The Indonesian Minister of Social Affairs Mr. Anwar Tjok RoanUnoto. resigned from the Cabinet yesterday after his party, the United Muslim Party of Indonesia, decided to cease cooperating with the other garties in the coalition government. Reuter.
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    White House visit
    33 1 WASHINGTON, Sat. The United Nations Secretary General, Mr. Dag Hammarskjoeld. met President Eisenhower for the first time when he called at the White House today He stayed for 20 minutes—Renter.
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    Medal for bailiff
    28 1 KUALA LUMPUR. Sat.— The Queen has approved the award of the Imperial Service Medal to Mr. Tan Seng Ann. formerly a land bailiff in Malacca.
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    Loan for Nepal
    32 1 NEW DELHI. Sat —lndia has agreed in principle to loan Nepal 5.003.000 rupees < $3,600--000) to help development projects, the Deputy Finance Minister. Mr. M. L Shah told Parliament.— A.P.
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    Argentina probe
    23 1 BUENOS AIRES. Sat. The Senate yesterday unanimously approved a resolution ordering an Investigation Into foreign news agencies operating in Argentina.— Reuter.
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    Working again
    33 1 PARIS, Sat— The huge Renault motor works resumed partial production today aftet a three-week strike but thf French Merchant Navy walkout much more serious for the national economy remained deadlocked.— Reuter
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    I was bewitched, she said
    118 1 i 14-YEAR-OLD jirl, on n trial for theft of seven (old bangles belonging to a fellow apprentice in a hairdressing saloon, told the Singapore Juvenile Court that she was bewitched by two strangers when she stole. The court did not believe her story and committed
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    Sir Geralds mother and the Malayans
    59 1 Sir Gerald s mother and the Malayans work in Northern Ireland. In the picture Itf to right) arc Mrs. loan Mah of Kuala Pilah. Mrs. Tan Hong Neo, of Singapore, and Miss Gladys Lee of Kuala Pirah. Mrs. Tcmplci. mother ot General Tempter, recenrtv entertained at her home in CasHedrllon,
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    Mr. X is paid $500 a day to retire again
    238 1 KUALA LUMPUR. Saturday. "MR- the 'deration s top crime boss and Ku-ala Lumpur's Chee Fah "king", recently made > "comeback. However, after one week, he stepped out again and is at present getting a "royalty" of $500 a day from
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    Royal pilot
    25 1 gor nis KAr wrings. I ne picture wa t taken at White Wartham aerodrome. Berkshire. Five stars denote his rank of Air Marshal.
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    Surrey all out 58
    126 1 LONDON. I*. SURREY wcr. atl out for SS in their match against the Australians at the Oval, the touristt* first game in London, today, Ron Archer. Australia's 19--year-o.'d fast medium bowler, claimed 6 for 26 in a sorry Surrey innings whi:h ended in 100 minutes. It
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    $8,000 for Coronation
    31 1 About $8,000 was raised at a variety show at the Singapore Badminton Hall last night to raise funds for the Malay community in Singapore to celebrate the Coronation.
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    Tell me more about this plan/ he asks Reds
    158 1 PANMUNJOM, Sat. rE United Nations today asked the Communists for much more detailed information about their eight-point proposal for dealing with prisoners of war who refuse to return to their homelands. In a 32-mlnute armistice session in Panmunjom. Lieut. Gen. Williarr.
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    3 unions to boycott Ritson probe
    184 1 3 unions to boycott Ritson probe I^HREE Government lndus- trial unions, reprnsrntlng about 2.000 workers, will boycott the RiLson Commission when it beeins its hearings on Wednesday. se unions, which recently broke away from the IO.JUO-stronK Joint Council of Action, formed their own Council of Government Industrial Unions* on Friday
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    Not balanced
    32 1 fINGTON. Sat. The Secretary of the Treasury. Mr. George H. Humphrey, told Senators yesterday that the budget for the next financial year could not and shouCd not be balanced. -Reuter.
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    The boss resigns
    30 1 WASHINGTON. Sat. Mr. William C. Johnston? resigned today as chief of the "Voice 01 which broadcasts the American pnint of view to the world. Rfu f or
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    SHAR A 15-FOOTER
    3195 2 HOW THE FROGMEN TACKLED UNDERWATER MONSTERS nTERRIBLE stories ot attacks by sharks on swimmers and native pearl-divers did nothing to reassure the feelings of the men bound for th e Far Eastern theatres Of war. The Americans had carried out some scientific tests on sharks to determine
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    Thirty-five readers share $5,000 IN contest I
    524 3 Thirty-five readers share $5,000 IN contest I STARLET SI V 4 ESSES IX SINGAPORE KUALA LUMPUR TWENTY people in Singapore, eight in Kuala Lumpur, two in Penang, two in Malacca, two in Johore Bahru and one in Pahang share the $5,000 prize in the Straits Times "Charm" Contest. Each will
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    MALAYANS AT U.K. PARADE
    102 3 NAVAL representatives from Malaya and Hong Kohland officers and men of the Malayan Auxiliary Air Force will be among the Colonial troops taking part in a mass Coronation parade in Birmingham. England, on June 6. Nlnteen bands will play in the 7.000-strong parade whirl; will be
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    THREE CASES OF POLIO IN FED.
    66 3 KUALA LUMPUR. Sat. Three cases of polio two in Selangor and the other in Penang— were reported in the Federation in the week ended Apr. 25. There were 88 cases of pneumonia, with 14 deaths; and 53 cases of dysentery, four of which were
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    Untitled
    67 3 Singapore's Acting Director of Commerce and Industry, Mr. T. M. Hart, cuts a ribbon across the entrance to the Happy World Stadium to open the second Exhibition of Hong Kong Products yesterday. On his right is Mr. Hui Ngok, leader of the touring Hong Kong trade delegation, who is holding
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    They kissed at awkward moments
    228 3 They kissed at awkward moments ONE day. a British playwright will produce a comed> which does not depend fo: its plot on the opening of doors at awkward and mis leading moments. Until someone does, we shall have to string along with titbits such as Young Wives Tale" which the
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    DiD THIS CAUSE THE
    373 3 WHY did the Comet crash? That is the question aviation experts all over the world are asking. Until the official report is published it is of course impossible to give the exact cause, but already there are clues. The disaster must have occurred suddenly. If there
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    Police have not interfered, labour unions declare
    206 3 Police have not interfered, labour unions declare THE SECRETARY of the Singapore City Council Labour Unions Federation. Mr. O. Rengasamy, has denied a press report (not the Sunday Times) that officials of the Federation alleged Police interference in their activities. The report, which appeared last Sunday, quoted the officials as
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    WHY HE TOLD LIES
    100 3 TEMERLOH. Sat.— Pte N. H Barker. 20 of REME, Mentakab. told the West Pahang Circuit I Magistrate, Mr. E. M. Small- j wood, that he gave false information to the police on June 17 last year to prevent i his friend. Pte. Andrew, from i being
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    Rubber up 1 cents
    183 3 RUBBER was steadier on the Singapore market yesterday, the up-country selling of stocks of the previous few days having dried up. May first grade closed at 70 3 b cents a lb., again of l's cents a lb. over Friday's close Sellers were somewhat reserved with
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    TIN PRICE
    11 3 Singapore: Sat. May 9 $376.75 per picul (down $16.25)
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    Federation tea exports
    68 3 KUALA LUMPUR. Sat.— The Federation exported 226.168 lb. of tea in March, worth $243,640. The exports were more than in February when 206,107 lb. worth $209,242. were sent out. Britain bought 78.685 lb worth $89,156 Siam 71.150 lb. ($83,228) and the United Statf-s 41.320 lb. ($33,882). i
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    S2.3MIL. PALM OIL SOLD IN MARCH
    56 3 KUALA LUMPUR. Sat.— The Federation's palm oil exports in March were 3.838 long tons, worth $2,337,629. These were more than In February when 1,699 long ton*, worth $1 516.628. were exported. During March 9.496 tong j tons of copra were produced, i The February
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    MOVE STOPS TOO MANY RESTAURANTS
    122 3 MOVE STOPS TOO MANY RESTAURANTS AMOVE to prevent too many restaurants and eating houses from springing up In i residential areas has been taken by the City Council's Health Committee. From now on. the committee will be responsible for Issuing all eating house licenses. Previously this was done by heads
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    SICK DENTIST IMPROVES
    87 3 PENANO. Sat.— Mr. Llm Keng Eok, Penang dental surgeon who was flown home on a .stretcher by Comet three weeks ago. is making satisfactory progress in the Penang general hospital. He hopes to be discharged this week-end. Mr. Llm, who returned from Britain to seek an eastern
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    Sentenced, he goes free
    64 3 A Malay, sentenced in the Singapore Fifth Police Court yesterday to a month's rigorous imprisonment for loitering, walked out of the court a free man. He was Yusoff bin Manap. 23. who had been remanded since his arrest on Apr. 4. Mr. D. JH Chapman, the
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    $100 for boy who saved a rifle
    48 3 ALOR STAR. Fri— A schoolboy. Mustafa bin Sa'ad, 14. was given a $100 reward today for diving into the sea in February to recover a constable's rifle which went overboard when the sampan in i which he was travelling cap- 1
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    CHILD OF MALAYA
    42 4 CHILD OF MALAYA rVHIS lovely picture of a young Malayan, which expresses all the grace and poise of the Asian child, was taken by James Barclay of Raja Musa Estate, Kuala Selangor, Selangor. Small silver pieces were in circulation instead of the
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    New ways with your fish
    241 4 IT is very easy for the treat--1 mont of fish to become stereotyped. The following recipe is worth tryin? if novelty and change aie welcome at yo:;r table. FISH BAKED IN STOC K OR WINE First prepare a stuffing hy mivinc together (iiree ounces of
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    The towkays & Queen Mary in Malaya
    655 4 The towkays Queen Mary in Malaya WHEN King George the Fifth was the Duke of York and Cornwall he passed through Singapore in 1901 on his way to Australia with the Duchess, our Queen Mary who so recently died. A deputation of leading Chinese, headed by Mr. G. T. Hare,
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    THE COUNTRYMAN'S JOURNAL THE BIRDS AND THE FLOWERS
    636 4 THE COUNTRYMAN'S JOURNAL THE BIRDS AND THE FLOWERS THE birds' boycott of the Dusun was lifted further during the week, and the Tuan has difficulty in recording the occurrence of new visitors, most of whom can be identified only by reference to the bird books. A gun with dust shot
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    In The Country
    19 4 fhii week s countryside study comes from Yoong Pin Nam of 87A Upper Stephen's Road, Taiping.
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    CARE NEEDED IN TRADE CHALLENGE
    246 5  -  Mr. Assomull says By Our Market Correspondent DECAUSE of the uncertainty on the economic front the forthcoming year will tax Singapore traders' material and mental resources severely and the utmost care and caution will be needed to meet the challenge, said the retiring president of
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    WHEN THE TIN WAS OPENED THE BULLET HAD GONE
    250 5 Then court clears accused man MERSINC, Saturday. AN inspector told the court here that he would produce as an exhibit a bullet which, he said, killed a man. He opened a tin and produced a small cup. Then Inspector Nong Chik
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    Clerk acquitted
    55 5 KOTA BAHRU, Sat— After four days' hearing, Mr. Justice Bellamy, in the High Court, Kota Bahru, yesterday discharged and acquitted Wan Hussain bin Mohamed, former chief clerk of the Education Department, on a charge of corruption by getting money from Ismail Yusoff, a Government contractor. Mr. K. C.
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    Fight jams the traffic
    100 5 PEXANG. Sat. ON their first evening ashore in Penang, several sailors from the aircraft carrier I nicorn were involved last night in a fight with a European motorist in crowded Penang Road near the Odeon Theatre. Trouble arose over a dispute between a sailor and a
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    Key unionist joins Labour
    67 5 PENANG. Sat —Mr. P. P. Narayanan, Federal Legislative Councillor and past president of the Malayan Trade Union Council, joined the Selangor Labour Party just before he sailed on the Chusan. Mr. Narayanan signed a membership form on board and handed it to Inche Mohd. Sopiee, Chairman
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    FISHERMEN GET A NEW CHANCE
    116 5 FISHERMEN GET A NEW CHANCE JOHORE BAHRU. Sat. FISHERMEN who got RIDA loans to improve their livelihood and failed to make good, have been given another chance. The loan of $6,000 was given to Uda and two others at Endau tc repair nets and equipment and their motor boats and
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    Called to the Bar
    52 5 Mr. R. c. Hoffman, formerly lecturer in law at the University of Southampton and now an officer of the^administrative ser yice. Singapore, has been called to the Bar. Other Malayans called to the Bar are Mr !?V h (Penar >X) and Mr Muker Lai Singh i
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    Endorsed
    42 5 Yeo Ah Ah. who pleaded tfulltv to driving a car at 55 to 60 miles an hour along Bukit Timah Road was fined $60 by Mr. R C. Hoffman in Singapore First Traffic Police Court yesterday. His driving licence was endorsed.
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    Miners' visit
    28 5 MOSCOW. Sat— A delegation of Russian miners invited by the South Wales branch of the British National Union of Mlneworkers left Moscow today for Britain. Reuter.
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    Sentences on 2 young policemen reduced
    124 5 JOHORE BAHRU. Sat. BECAUSE they both had good service records, and because, as result of what they had done, they had lost their Jobs, two young police lieutenants had their sentences of six months' gaol for stealing furniture reduced to one day's Imprisonment, and
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    COMMITTED FOR TRIAL ON ARMED ROBBERY CHARGE
    217 5 r'O thieves entered a house in Cuff Road on the morning of Feb 9, herded the occupants into a bathroom, and robbed them of cash and Jewellery worth $1,575. ThLs was stated by a married woman, Soh Oh, in Singapore Sixth Police Court
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    A mask for a dodo, a gryphon
    144 5 A mask for a dodo, a gryphon By THE STROLLER The "Alice In Wonderland' behind-the-scenes group is working hard, but can do with some more help to make Singapore's big Coronation show the lavish attraction which the occasion demands. In the week, work has begun on papier mache masks for
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    They come from the sky to build jungle forts
    719 6 MALAYA'S AIRLIFT GETS GOING By ROBERT UEWETT r£E big blue helicopter flailed awkward-look-ing windmill blades as it settled slowly down into a Rap in ihe tall, tangled Jungle trees. Tough British soldiers swarmed down a knotted rope through a green bamboo
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    BETWEEN YOU AND ME
    975 6  -  BILLY BUDD By fTHESE new charges of "intimidation" against the Singapore police, made by trade union officials, have not yet been substantiated. There is little chanct they ever will be. Is It not time that this business of smear by public meeting was stopped? Mr. A.
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    She sold her chickens to clothe CHILDREN
    563 7 She sold her chickens to clothe CHILDREN •MAMA* YOUNG MS MOTHER OF YEAH yyilKN Leah Sykes and John Young were married in 1907 they were tenant farmers in Southampton County, near Courtland, in the southern State of Virginia. They had nothing but their four hands and the belief that in
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    The wardrobe of a queen
    101 7 WHAT an astonishing wardrobe it takes to be a Queen of England for one year. Queen Elizabeth (she mi 27 recently) required these things tor her public appearances in 12 months: 46 hats. 16 evening dresses. 15 pairs of shoes, 13 handbags, nine tur coats,
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    Case of the limp lettuce
    175 7 Case of the limp lettuce rE Case of the Lirrp Lettuce Leaf has opened again. What to do about the longing for a crisp salad when the salad won't stay crisp. Here are two fresh theories taken from a new cook book.- Theory 1. Try these instead: Scoop out a
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    Jane Leo's Human casebook She baffles him!
    718 7 Jane Leo's Human casebook She baffles him! T HAVE a girl friend whose behaviour baffles me. I see quite a lot of her and know she is Interested In me However* whenever I Invite her to ko out with me, she declines and says that she spends most of her
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    BLACK SECRET WOMEN JUST WON'T LEARN
    553 8  -  FRANCES BARBER B> LONDON: |^|EET Mrs. Can't Wear Black. There arc about 10.000.000 of her in Britain, mostly wearing saxe blue. Mrs. Can't Wear Black knows black doesn't suit her. not with her skin, or her eyes, or her hair. She is 25. and
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    WAKE UP... AND LIVE!
    168 8 Fifth week of the Sunday Times keep-fit course with our Springtime Girl, Yvonne Marsh, who appears in the new film 'Street Corner.' 1. To tone bust and shoulders. Shoulders back, tummy in. Clench fists under armpits and describe wide circles with your elbows. Ten times. Rest.
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    Dilemma of a bachelor girl
    197 8 Dilemma of a bachelor girl LONDON SHE was free. She had been left a small legacy, md she wanted to spend it on pottering around the world in small boats. Last week she looked lnU the Piccadilly travel agents, Dean and Dawson's. "I want to go round the world by
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    HER NAME IS MARY
    39 8 HER NAME IS MARY Rita Hay wort*? No. ihe'i Mary Casrle. 22-y«jr-oW Hollywood »c)re\t who ha* juit arrived in Emfind. Her rwemblanct to Rrra won her a film contract, and now tfcc'i trying to mafct a name for herself
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    I THE GIRLS AMI THE DRESSES
    51 9 Three of rhe models at yesferday'i fashion ihow tt |otin Littles. Left to right: loan Booty in a yellow and black morning dress, foiephine West In a grey skirt and cherry twin set outfit and Bridget Edwardt in a blue evening gown. Sunday Times
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    $2,000,000 tew to boost H.K. trade opens in Spore
    208 9 $2,000,000 tew to boost H.K. trade opens in Spore 'TRADE HUNCRY Hong Kong, looking to South East Asia for export markets, launched a $2,000,000 trade exhibition in Singapore yesterday. rresentea Dy the nong i\ong cnmese ManuracTurers Union, the exhibition, representing 102 factories, opened in the Happy World Stadium. It was
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    So over to the NAAFI
    100 9 EVER tried to hold a meetin;, in a place that isn't there? That's what Singapore Stamp Club planned to do next Thursday. The club arranged for a social to be held in the Shackle Club, Beach Road. But a Sunday Times Reporter told the club's
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    T.B. PATIENTS NEED ROOMS
    77 9 JOHORE BAHRU. Sat. More accommodation is needed in Johore Bahru for tuberculosis patients and the Johore Bahru Association for the Prevention of TB has made proposals to the Government to provide a suitable building. The association has suggested that the building jehould be able to accommodate
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    He went too fast
    37 9 For speeding along Bukit Timah Road on Nov. 6 last at a speed of 40 to 45 m.p.h. a motorist. H. Klauk, was fined $25 in the Singapore Second Traffic Police Court yesterday.
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    MAIL FROM BRITAIN
    56 9 PENANG. Sat. The next surface mails from Britain are expected in Penang by Telemachus on Monday, the Denblgshire on May 17 and tne Canton on May 24. Mails for Madras (by the Jalagopal) will close at 2 p.m. on Monday and for Colombo and Britain <by the
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    Blythe gives awards
    113 9 THE OFFICER Administering the Government in Singapore. Mr. W. L. Blythe, presented St. John awards to 13 officers of the St. John Ambulance Brigade in Government House yesterday. They were Sir Charles Murray-.Aynsley. Commander (brother); Dr. W. E. Hutchinson, Commander (brother); Dr. D. P. Mclntyre. Officer (brother);
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    Elected head again
    45 9 The Singapore Executive and Legislative Councillor, Mr. Rajabali Jumabhoy, was elected president of the Singapore Indian Chamber of Commerce for the fifth time yesterday. Mr. Jumabhoy, who helped found the chamber, was president in 1935, 1936, 1940-1942 I a/>d 1945 to 1950.
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    HE'S READ MORE THAN ANYONE
    131 9 Mr. Thomas retires after 32 years A SENIOR proof-reader of the Straits Times Press Limited. Mr. S. M. Thomas, who has proably read millions of words more than anyone else in Singapore, left for Madras on rhe |aiagopa4 yesterday on retirement. Mr. Thomas had been
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    Only small part was spent
    43 9 JOHORE BAHRU. Sat. Although $5,000 was provided for the purchase of Johore Civil Service accoutrements only (411 was spent. The balance will be used this year to purchase gorgets and swords for members of the Johore Civil Service.
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    The dress of many colours
    91 9 The dress of many colours By Sunday Times reporter rE dress designers havrdone it at last. For a mere $120. you can have an exquisite cocktail dress to match those multicoloured cigarettes that are always on hand at the parties that matter. Eyes popped and women sighed when the dress
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    Today's Radio
    99 9 SINGAPORE 7.15 Morning Star; 7.30 News; 7. 35 Rene Savard Orch; 8. Waltzing and Marching; 8.30 Breakfast H. 9.30 Time for Music; 10. Musclal Round-up; 10.30 MldMornine Medley; 11.00 Appointment with Music; 11.30 Service; 1. P.M. Hammond Organ: 1.30 News: 1.45 Sports 2 Walty Time 2.30 Rendezvous with
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    BACK ON DUTY
    21 9 PENANG, Sat.— Mr. M. DoraiMahmud bin Hail Omar had returned to Kuantan after six months' training in England.
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    Promoted, he took $9,566 from firm
    212 9 AN employee of a Singapore firm who rose from a clerk to be the head of a sales department misappropriated $9,566 during his promotion. This was stated in the First Criminal District Court yesterday when Ong Kirn Seng, 25, pleaded guilty to misappropriating the
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    JOHORE UNION MERGES WITH FEDERATION BODY
    128 9 KUALA LUMPUR. Sat. rpHE 1.600-strone Johore Rub- ber Estate Workers Union will amalgamate with the 52.000-strong Plantation Workers' Union of Malaya. The Johore union feels that under present conditions small unions are outdated and ineffective to improve the social, economic and working conditions of
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      Public and private
      628 10 Public and private r: was, presumably, as a private citizen that Dato Onn bin Ja'afar addressed the Federal j Legislative Council last week. In Malaya, holders of positions equivalent to Cabinet rank are allowed to say one thing officially and another thing, if they so wish, in an unofficial] capacity.
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    Laos: A clear of sabre rattling
    1282 10 THE VIETMINH IS A SPEARHEAD OF PEKING AMD IS THE TOOL OF COMMUNIST POLICY, SAYS JAMES WICKENDEN IN THIS REVIEW OF RECENT EVENTS IN SOUTH-EAST ASIA. IN the "threat" to Siam, Peking used hard words, but sent no columns of troops to reinforce the
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    It was Australia's most curious election
    466 10 It was Australia's most curious election CANBERRA. Sat r's has been a frustrating night in Australian politics. After a strenuous campaign in which the opposing national leaders, the Prime Minister (Mr. Menzies) and Labour's chief (Dr. Evatt). vUited each of the State*, twice in stumping the continent, electors went to
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      120 10 TUfR. Jack Doggett's strlc- tures in the Sunday Times against those who ignorantly misaddress letters to Malaya are fully deserved. Of course, other countries too get slighted In the same way, and we may wonder what .shocks would await us if we .spent a day among the outward mails In
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      327 10 IF "Pamper and Perish" really means a man should be paid "so that he can produce a good-sized family." there wont be much need for family allowances. But are low-Income workers here so paid? He thinks allowances ridiculous, and applauds the statement, that the human race has grown to
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      Bare Board
      104 10 A NEWS item in The Sunday Times last week would give readers the impression that the recent Kota Tinggi Town Board meeting wax conducted without a Chairman. The real fact Is that the President being on sick leave and the Deputy President on local leave, the meeting was
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      202 10 LAST Tuesday the Tamils celebrated a very Important festival. Vast numbers of them came down from the neighbouring estates to do homage to their creator. The religious fervour exhibited by Indians in an age of Godless materialism is indeed astounding. The procession at night was colourful and apectacular. The
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      93 10 I WONDER why Mr. M. P. D Nalr (City Councillor for South Ward and Legislative Councillor for Seletar) has not yet replied to my letter which appeared In your issue of Jan. 25 under the heading "Water Buses." Burely Mr. Nalr. by now. must have received details on
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    They hunt gun runners* shot ait elephant
    313 10 They hunt gun runners* shot ait elephant MTS ALL i\ A HAY'S lIOKK rpHE Royal Engineers in Malaya- largely Malayan- ised— are being kept busy by the Emergency, their duties ranging from assisting the Customs to detect possible gun-runners with the aid of mine detectors to shooting a wounded elephant,
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    ByCapt.D.H, de T. Reade
    214 10 ByCapt.D.H, de T. Reade six inches, and tne glrttt was about 18 feet." he jaid. In bridge building, besides 4 helping the P.W.D. on big Baileys, the Sappers have spanned with local trees many a difficult stream for operational purposes. The New Village of Yong Peng was resettled six weeks
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    DUKE OF WINDSOR
    56 11 DUKE OF WINDSOR It it now over two ytart ago sine* fh« Duke of Windsor told Hi* insid« story o* his abdication "W Hit throne. The Dtjfce hai onca again lifJ*d up his a«n rtii t rim* to sat down K 1 1 thoughts on a übject he i more
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    TO WRITE ON CORONATION
    118 11 Sunday Times announces with pride a great Coronation feature •t has obtained, exclusively in Malaya, a series of articles on the Coronat on written by the Duke of Windsor the King, Edward the Eighth, who was never crowned. This frank, penetrating and witty series, which the
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    $31OOO PROFIT ON INDIAN LOTTERIES IN MALAYA
    184 11 $31OOO PROFIT ON INDIAN LOTTERIES IN MALAYA Welfare, education benefit IPOH Saturday. "pVO lotteries sponsored by the Malayan «Csi rvS' ar \7 Or L gre f s made a P roflt of ab °ut $d .000 Much of this had been spent on welfare and educat.on. This was stated by
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    They visit Kina'sHouse
    90 11 KUALA LUMPUR, Sat FORTY-FOUR boys and girls from the Malay School Kapar. in Kuala Selangor today visited King's House They presented Lady Templer, wife of the High Commissioner, with sprays of artificial flower and fruit they had specially made for her. Lady Templer showed them I round
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    What lies behind mystery of Kampang SentoscT?
    430 11  - What lies behind mystery of Kampang SentoscT? NAN HALL ANTI-RED FIL3M (IN MALAY) NO-ONE CAN EXPLAIN By HOW a commercial firm in America came to make a film in the Malay language in Malaya is a mystery that no one in Singapore can satisfactorily explain. The film, 'Kampong Sentosa, is
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    Gifts to hospital fund
    73 11 Gifts to hospital fund TWO hundred dollars have been received by the St. Andrew's Mission Hospital Week Fuhd in memory of Mr. F. J. Kemlo, a former vicechairman of the fund, who was killed in the Comet crash. Relatives of several of those killed asked that donations be sent to
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    Steering was dangerous
    65 11 For permittng a lorry to be used on a public thoroughfare while it was not In proper con- dition the manager of Leong Seng and Company, 47, KallI ang Road, was fined $100 In the Singapore Second Traffic i Police .Court yesterday It was stated by the
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    30 in school row
    94 11 30 in school row S E REMbAN. Sat. Thirty students „f the I ndin Rembau were today broafht before liir achool disciplinary board far breaking ichool rules. The offenders. most of whom were from the third classes and Included I w i prefects who had helped to frame I the
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    BISHOP TO PREACH
    33 11 The Bishop of Croydon the Rt Rev. G K. N. Bardsley will preach in St. Andrew's Cathedral at 8 a.m. today and in the Tanglln. Garrison Church at 9.30 a.m
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    MIC MEN URGED TO SUPPORT NON-COMMUNAL BODIES
    194 11 Kundan Lai Devaser, the president of the Malayan Indian Congress, today urged members to support noncommunai organisations so that the foundation of Malayan nationhood could be speedily laid. He was speaking at the seventh annual delegates' conference i n Ipoh today "Though we
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    100 PEOPLE GAVE BLOOD
    70 11 A HUNDRED PEOPLE gave blood to the Singapore Blood Bank last week. Among them were 17 police officers, eight men from the Royal (Malayan Navy, six from the Immigration Department, and six from the Royal Air Forces Tengah. Transfusions Riven totalled At the end of last
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      404 11 METHODrST STRAITS CHINESE CHURCH r.^!f 5; m Mornln K Worship— PaIm B B Enrolment. 10.30 a.m. Ma lay service— Mr. Choo Beng Llm. 5.30 p.m. Evening Worship —Holy Communion o-h^ A i^ AR: 9 ajn Sunday School. 10.00 am. Church Annlm,^ Thanfcwlvlng Service— Bishop R. L. Archer. GEYLANO STRAITS CHINESE:
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      239 11 It Is no mere accident .hat the watch you buy from us Is such a remarkable timekeeper. Before we sell it to you it is carefully Inspected thoroughly tested and accurately regulated. Our experts who give your watch "tha- final touch" have years of experience in making the delicate adjustments
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    AMERICAN AMATEURS TOOK THESE FINE SNAPSHOTS screaning of picture
    187 12 AMERICAN AMATEURS TOOK THESE FINE SNAPSHOTS screaning of picture COR one week only, the Sunday Times drops its Malayan photograpic page to show readers what amateurs in the United States are doing. Here is a selection of pictures which won awards in the Newspaper National Snapshot Competition. "Little Girl Drinking
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    Giossary of bath night thrills
    725 12  -  JOHNNY FORSYTH By BATH night to globetrotting movie stars or hot-foot-ed foreign correspondents is always an adventure. It may be an expensive foam bath In the heights of a skyscraper or ten minutes under a tepid shower at a tropical airport. Ii may be a
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      269 12 MAKE HOLLYWOOD V^S^^ with 16mm 100 f». reel Sk PERIITZ fcJnpWl The hich-speed film for M poor light condition! The fine-grain Hkn for top class enlargements. PERSENSO: Twin lens turret with The modern orthochromatehmg finder lens. mark a»-purpose-emi»l-which automatically ion o f Bifß tpee<J B<J corrects field of view graill
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      86 12 I r^^ mat/ Take for INDIGESTION f res— MACLEAN BRAND STOMACH POWDEK quickly relieves indigestion. Keep a bottle Always handy and take dose whenever VOulßsi^^ •re troubled by flatulence heartburn, nausea B stomach pains, etc. Countless thousands rely H HgW on MAQXAN BRAND STOMACH POWDER— gBHHBk. you can do so
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    Film Prade
    432 13 Hollywood presents two superb stories THE QViET MAW MS AGLOW WITH GOOD CHEEH p()R the past few months the unhappv creations of the Hollywood masterminds have been winding their funereal way through Singapore. We have seen, we have winced and we have waited and now, as a reward
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    3-D ALL BUNKUM SAYS MR. YATES
    210 13 NOT every Hollywood studio has gone over to 3-D there's a company named Republic and a president by the name of Yates who think it's all bunkum! The other day Mr. Herbert J. Yates. bald-headed but vigorous chief of Republic Pictures had this to
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    THE RISE AND FALL OF A CELLULOID EMPIRE
    680 13 T'HE other picture previewed last week was "The Bad And The Beautiful," story of a selfish savage of a film tycoon who builds up a celluloid empire only to lose it for want of a soul. In this brilliant M.O.M. production we
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    Passing of the Western
    156 13 ONDON critic Moore Ray- mond reminds us that this year marks the golden jubilee of the Western, In 1903 "The Great Train Robbery" started the gunplay that moved thxougn the William S. Hart era to the talkies that gave us such memorable films as '"de Covered
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      483 13 now TODAY 9 o.w." t *ABOUT~FACE t r NEXT Jj™S|il CHANtt SHOWING SOON MBr^^a^~~2" MIMfM I. YATfl cni«ti yM JV^JJ P^kkW KXN fO«D .<%< MlAlAN C COOfl* S V*/ coiouK »t TECHNICOLOR INN WAYNE MAUREEN 11AM BARRY HTZBERAID Btfcr* KCFVULIC HCTUH O..,< W >, |QHN FORD jgMYt aJ^f|ff|Tf|7 JBAILY/^ w
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      239 13 VHh Day! S<><> it Xmml 6.30, 930 jJyjJUULli^ |j F£W DAYS WARNER BROS. ASTOUNDING FEATURE Hire ol Polaroid Glasses 3Uc plus Oenosit 50C which will be. refunded on rrturn of Spectacles ALL GLASSES ARE HYGlENICALLY DISINFECTED Plusl Pathe News: F.A. CUP FINAL JVvxi 'hango Prince ot 4 ]mmm Today 9
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    The Silent Traveller is among the skyscrapers
    776 14 THEY REMIND HIM OF OLD CHINA THE "Silent Traveler" of many lands is now exploring America Chiang Yee painter and author familiar to a arge public m England and America as well as Asia has written a book about New York City and
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    Kentner triumph
    350 14 rpHE remarkable series of Beethoven sonata concerts being given in Singapore by Louis Kentner is attracting capacity audiences in the' delightful New War Memorial Hall. A full house was expected for last Wednesday's recital ("Pathetique and "Moonlight,") but the citizens also poured in for Sunday's concert, which contained
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    The astonishing story of the seven old bachelors
    588 14  -  GWYN LEWIS By DI'LLDOZERS ripping j road through an es tate near Darlington. England, for new houses have revealed the astonishine stnrv nt thr who were forbidden by their wealthy and tyran nical father to marry. The brothers— eldest now 70. youngest
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      254 14 NEW CROSSWORD ACKOSS 4 One who leads spin ia»-u..n low 1 Send down the dram, aauucaiiy work (9 6) 6 r:^L,. ru ,e, \Vo°p u n- t tc h 'wX c o 8r ye me ins Kind o 10 Statesman who started the Un- 6 Animal welfai most people aDned
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    Torn matchbox clue caught Raffles
    1303 15 Torn matchbox clue caught Raffles ANOTHER SCOTLAND YARD STORY AT Whitsuntide in 1924 there de scended upon the picturesqui riverside village of Send, neai Woking, Surrey, a tall, lithe ani muscular gentleman with a well shaped head above a fine pair ol athletic shoulders. He arrived in a large and
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      544 15 "LE KA Rl" Curry in 10 Minutes. Buy a Tin of Le-Ka-Rl: You will save a lot of tlm« anrj money. Before the advent of Le-Ka-Rl Housewives were In jrreat hurry. Just for a bit of curry. They were whole morning busy. Now with the help ol Le-Ka-Rl. Housewives can
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      289 15 %,<. INDIA w Quiri m 8 oh) KANGAROO SERVICE ONLY 7 HOURS TO A by Constellation Jjl iff For speed, service and comfort, fly the direct, T|T t 3=^gsT non-stop express service from Singapore to Calcutta by modern pressurized 4-engined Constellation on the Kangaroo Route. Enjoy incomparable Qantas-8.0.A.C. cabin service.
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      224 16 BEWARE of Bleeding Gums That May Mean PYORRHEA W r? H &kF\. Iff Can Attack 4 out of 5 There ij cause to worry if you htve tender, bleeding gums. Often these are the first symptoms of Pyorrhea, the dread disease which often leads to •oft, spongy gums and loosened
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      356 16 Ml] Jj^fc^ 3. 6J«*9.15 tRI OF A STORY" (Color) Today 11 Bjn. "DODGE CITY" B'jfTV I 1.50. 5 d.SO "MY nOMK" i_>nH) P^JEI^ J B»hm Today at 11 a.m. 'DM— COVFR GIRL" Today 3.15. 6.45 9.1S "WORLD IN HIS ARMS" (Tech.) i f :i I *.l H j\ft Grea Worl<|
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      1560 16 W^m f \S CCWPEaEP »v «N6 CSAn TO SCAeO COB The PAfHE? OC i«H^HK^\~ S;^ <</^' fl^ Cji 111 W UIU VJ My^^^y^^M^L (?IA/WONPfe. TAPZAN HEAO6P ,NTO A OARK. CAVr^». AHIO HS.\ £> n^V \\W ID-nuJ^ ll' Jr^^^^ m^Uk *oulp pcovipe HipcTeni PAe-&A&e ro zopia HEv\ z^"*^ h WvX-*"- \<
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    SUNDAY TIMES BOOK OF THE WEEK The very candid duchess
    162 17 SUNDAY TIMES BOOK OF THE WEEK The very candid duchess A SON ESSENTIAL, THEY TOLD HER TO KEEP 'THAT UPSTART WINSTON' FROM BEING A DUKE SHE made her debut at a white ball Riven by the Due de Gramont in Paris. She wore a white tulle dress, designed by Worth,
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    Riddle of the queen of sheba
    1279 17 Riddle of the queen of sheba r> Mr. Gilbert Harris, bachelor farmer from Warwickshire, the Queen of Sheba is "the most mysterious woman in the world, more powerful even than Cleopatra or Helen of Troy." Sheba is the magnet drawing him 3,800 miles from the village of Stretton-on-Duns-more to the
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    Where's Gubbins?
    17 17 He it on holiday. Hit column will be re- turned in a week or two.
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      640 17 UA*N AT HOUt THt HLACTICAL WAY r| B 9 Radio, to day! o,r*a**t' profm o». warti trainad ikm i^HT\ V^^l vr 9 #nt V P*d>o rapair *ng,!n**ri, sound tachmcitnt, «^B broadcast anqlftaara, aiaewtivai, etc.. »n In 0.9 M j^tfj I damaad. Vait naw fa at of opportunity ara optnmg JSnH^^^^^^l
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      172 17 POPULAR CROSSWORD I I I I 1 I ACROSS DOWN 1. Problem, I. Coin (61 11 1. Draw out I. Drags (S) S. Banishment (S) IS. Similar (5) 14. Departure* (5) 4 CereßMny (4) Strance person 16. Caaea (6) 17. S. Wily (S) 7. Vixen (II I. Animal Hackneyed (S)
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    THE STORY OF THE RELUCTANT ZEBRA
    977 18  -  MANNING BLACKWOOD By TF Singapore isn't careful, its system of zebra crossings is going to fail in its object, and I honestly don't think thai it will be the motorists' fault. The motorists have tried, and are trying, to do what is expected of
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    'CORONATION KILO' SHOULD BE THRILLING
    263 18 T»HE Singapore Motor Club's second annual kilometre standing-start speed trial meeting to be held on the Dunearn Road on Sunday, June 14, will be known as the "Coronation Kilo," and judging by the number of entries, there is every reason to believe a good many
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    He may miss tour
    31 18 IT Ls reported from London that Lionel Smith, the England left back, may not go on the South American tour. His trouble is thought to be sciatica.
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    Selangor Sports Highlights IT WASNT CRiCKET!
    713 18  - Selangor Sports Highlights IT WASNT CRiCKET! Crusader U J I AST weekend's cricket between Selangor and I Perak on the Kuala Lumpur padang was a nosedive from the heights reached by the Easter clash between Selangor and Singapore on the same ground. For an inter-State game It was nothing more
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    POPULAR CROSSWORD SOLUTION
    109 18 Across: 1. Posers. C, Shekel 12 Exile. 13. Alike. 14. Oddity.' 10. Crate*. 17, Trite. 18. Earns. 19. Rams. 20. Rapid. 22, Afe. 23, Ragrd. 24, Die 26 Confederation. 27, Tot. 28. Siren. 29. Alt. 30. Scald. 31. Spar. 33. Shiny. 34, State. 35. Aslant 37. Loosen.
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      311 18 CHURCHMAN'S No. I In this of 50 or 25, and packets of 10 Singapore: 52.10 for 50 $1.05 for 25 .40 for 10 CH.NO.I-14 (fcou/dhave danced for joy/ My eCZBMA tods bea/ing/j /^\\>^ji[ For months I had luffcrcd j x/^fJ 1 1 tortu re from eczema. The A *^*dr \l/
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    MALAYAN CUP RESULTS WASTED CHANCES COST PERAK GAME
    517 19 MALAYAN CUP RESUL TS WASTED CHANCES COST PERAK GAME IPOH, Saturday. A tragedy of missed chances today robbed Perak of a well deserved victory against Selangor in their Malaya Cup soccer tie on the Chinese Assembly Hall ground before about 4,000 people. The game ended in a draw, each side
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    GROUND GETS A REST
    37 19 TAIPINO. Bat. A nrst division soccer fixture yesterday between lovernment Combined Services and Malay Teachers was postponed. The soccer piicn on the Esplanade is in poor condition and a "rest" has been ordered.
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    Negri hit three past Malacca
    322 19 ivialacua, Saturday. VKiKI Sembilan bad little difficulty in defeating 11 Malacca 3—o in their Malaya Cup tie on the High School ground here today, and had it not been for the good goalkeeping of Chandler, Malacca might easily have lost by a wider margin. There
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    KELANTAN WIN EAST ZONE TIE AGAINST PERLIS
    205 19 KANGAR Perils t. Sat. KELANTAN won the East Zone championship and qualified to meet the North Zone finalists when they beat Perils two-one in a Malaya Cup soccer match here yesterday. This was the first appearance of Perlis in the Malaya Cup, and
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    MCFA CUP TIE POSTPONED
    92 19 i IPOH, Sat. The first fixture of the Malayan Chinese FA. Cup competition between Perak Chinese and Selangor Chinese, scheduled I for May 16, has been postponed to Ma; 24. Reason for the postponement is because Ipoh Chinese will mcc i Penang Chinese on the Assembly
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    SENTUL M.B.S. IN CRICKET FINAL
    101 19 KUALA LUMPUR. Sat. Sentul Methcdist Boys School today quailfled (or the final of the Vanderholt Trophy Inter-school cricket competition by beating Klar.g H igh Schcol by one wicket en the Sentul MBS ground. The visitors were all out for 48 iLaxman 12. Mohld 12: Hue
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    MY BIG MOMENT
    745 19  -  STANLEY MATTHEWS by AS I struggled up the Wembley rostrum I was breathless and almost in a daze. At last! At last! Even then it was hard to realise that I had won my Cup winner's medal. I was proud at the terrific reception Blackpool got from
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    BRIGHT SAGITTARIUS PAYS $138
    2057 20 Double by Hobbs From EPSOM JEEP J^RIGHT Sagittarius, with the outsider specialis Bob Franklin astride, upset calculations whei he beat his well-fancied stablemate Fair Sir by neck to pay $138 for a win and $43 for a place a Penan u yesterday, opening day of the
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    BIG SWEEP
    43 20 TOTAL POOL: 5211.890. First: No. *****8 $50,846 Second: No. *****0 525.423 Third: No. *****6 $12,711 Starters ($3,631 each): Nos: *****1, *****5, *****1, *****1 *****4. *****6. *****1. Consolation Prizes (61,271 each): Nbs: *****8. *****5. *****7, *****3. *****0, *****3 *****!) *****1. *****0, *****1.
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    TIGERS STILL HOLD THEIR LEAD
    784 20 rOERS still hold a clear lead In the Singapore A.F.A. first division and their only possible rivals for the championship seem to be Chinese Athletic, the only other unbeaten team In the division. Chinese Athletic dropped a point to Ma cine Dept. last week and
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    Haiti 111-& Kee Meng 'hat-trick'
    607 20 FAST, dry wickets brought many runs from the bat in the Singapore Cricket Association tournament matches beginning yesterday. Raiji, the Indian Association captain, made a brilliant century on the padang. hitting ill (18 fours) in two hours. His partnership with Verity Gill put on 143
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    ISMAIL YUSOFF GETS THREE GREAT GOALS
    190 20 ISMAIL YUSOFF, with th: M brilliant goals, gave Malays a deserving 4-1 win over Singapore "A" at Jalan Besar stadium yesterday. Against a rather mediocre defence, he stood out with his clever 'positioning and footwork, and his workmanship. The Singapore side put up a
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    YON DEFENDS SINGLES TITLE
    202 20 JOHORE BAHRU. Sat. "pHERE were several new faces x among the competitors at the opening of the Johore lawn tennis championship meeting which began yesterday on the court s of tiie Royal Johore International Club here. Yon bin Mian, holder of the singles title, struck form
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    6-1 BADMINTON WIN FOR ONAN RANGERS
    108 20 Onan Rangers beat Superflight B by six game s to one in a friendly badminton match on Wednesday. Results (Rangers first): Singles Albert Chew beat Lim Yew Choon 15-6 15-2; Robert Tan beat Mohd. Sharif! 15-4. 15-4; Robert Chew beat Mohd. Sawood 15-0. 15-2;
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    METHODIST BOYS LOSE AT CRICKET
    157 20 KUALA LUMPUR. Sat. Methodist Boys School, who are In ihe seml-flnaL; of the Vanderholt Trophy cricket, competition, lost o Royal Engineers S.C. by three wljkeis on the school ground this evening. M.B.S. 58 (Karlakandan 14 Jones 3-17 i. RE. Sports Club 108 for six iGurucharan
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    j R.A.F. Changi beat Raffles by 66 runs
    51 20 RAF Changi beat Raffles Institution by 66 runj in a friendly cricket match at Changi yest«rd;\y Raffle. s were all out for «>3. Light foot 'aklng six tickets for six runs. Changi replied with 119 for eight wickets, G. W. Sh vm
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    REFEREES SOCCER QUIZ' MEETING
    47 20 The Singapore Civilian Association Football Referees Society will meet Army (Singapore) Referees Society in a "soccer quiz" at SAFA Heart quarter.* In Jalan Besar Stadium on Monday May 18. Registered civilian referees are requested to attend this quiz All In--1 terested are welcomed
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