Sunday Standard, 29 December 1957

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  • 19 1 SUNDAY STANDARD n m g. urn Vol. VIII. No. 179 SINGAPORE, SUNDAY, DECEMBER 29, 1957 21 PAGES 20i CENTS
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  • 364 1 n 111 I ibour Front Government was the victim of greafl hoax perpetrated Peoples Action party. IMP l<*t it be known Itial its rightist elements hamstrung by the ■4v and hinted that if incubus was lifted the -hti^ts would work towith the Front. So of the leftists were rd
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  • 231 1 R.I. TURNS TO REDS FOR ARMS SUPPLIES JAKARTA, Dec 28 (Reuter) Dr. Subandrio, the foreign Minister, said today Indonesia had approached Communist bloc countries for arms shipment. He told reporters nothing positive had come from a request lor arms from the United States. Dr. Subandrio sa.d Indone.sia had also discussed
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  • 45 1 CAIRO. Dec. 28 (AFP) President Sockarno of Indonesia was expected to arrive m Cairo on Jan. 16, for a week's visit. It was believed thai Boekarno's visit would precede the expected but so far unconfirmed visit of Chinese Premier chou En-lal.
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  • 226 1 UMNO's Plan To End Emergency KUALA LUMPUR, Sat. Prime Minister Tunku Abdul Rahman is to be asked to mobilize all youths m the nation m an all-out effort to end the nine-year-old Emergency. This proposal was suggested at a closeddoor meeting of the Selangor State
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  • 293 1 $l7 ,625 IN THE KITTY Standard Thanks AH Its Readers THE Singapore Standard's 1957 Cheer Fund closed at 4 p.m. yesterday with $17,625.56 m the kitty. And typical of the support we have received was the la.st cheque through the post for $50 from the members of the 8.0.R.'s club.
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  • 62 1 AMSTERDAM. Dec. 23 'Reuter) A 65-year-old man said m cour- here that he had falsified his identity papers to appear 20 years younger to his wife who was 30 years younger than he and to keep his job. He said his wife had remained ignorant about
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  • 117 1 EXTRA Police patrols were assigned to the nurse's hostel, Singapore General Hospital grounds, last night, following a report from a trainee nurse that she was stabbed by a prowler the previous night. The nurse Miss Mah Yoke Lin. 13. who sustained a stab wound m
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  • 63 1 HONGKONG, Dec. 28 <AFP> Hongkons residents gathered m thousands here today at a mass public farewell rally to show the hi?h esteem m which they held retiring Governor Sir Alexander Grantham and Lady Grantham. Sir Alexander leave.s next Tuesday for Canada and America before returning to
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  • 39 1 MR. HAROLD Macmillan. the British Primp Minister, returned to London yesterday from a short Christmas holiday m the country and held discussions with Mr. Duncan Sandys. Defence Minister and Mr. Poter Thorneycroft. Chancellor of the Exchequer.— Reuter
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  • Article, Illustration
    47 1 SOLDIERS from General Headquarters, FARELF, Tanglin, yesterday donated $281.50 to The Standard Cheer Fund. Three of the men, RSM Webber (Dorset Regt.), W. 0.1 Wykes (RAPC) and W. 0.1 Moore (Royal Army Dental Corps), are seen breaking open the ''Bank" which contained the donation. Standardpic
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  • 112 1 It 'Rained' Rupees In Calcutta NEW DELHI, Dec. 28 (Reuter). Dr. Gehnovsky vicechairman of the Soviet Union's Planning Commission has been admitted to hospital for observation alter throwing bundles of one rupee currency *jte.s to a crowd from the top of a Calcutta building, the English language newspaper The Statesman
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  • 62 1 TOKYO. Dec. 28 (AFP) Leading department stores m Japan are planning to set up branch stores m Singapore, New York and Teheran with the help of the government, it was learned here today. The Daimaru Department store is reportedly working on a plan to
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  • 145 1 AMONATE. Virginia, Dec. 28 (Reutcr) Rescue workers today found the bodies of 11 miners killed after a gas explosion 500 feet below ground m a coal mine here. The explosion, which oc- curred late yesterday, trapped 25 of the 250 men work ng m
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  • 251 1 200 PERISH IN CEYLON FLOODS Fishing Town Submerged COLOMBO, Dec. 28 (Reuter) More than 200 people were reported dead today as the trail of devastation m Ceylon's floods began spreading from the east to the west of the country, r The swollen Kelani River submerged low lying areas of north
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  • 64 1 THE Singapore and the Federation Governments have decided to donate SlO.OOO each towards helping flood victims m Ceylon. :u Federation's Prime Minister Tunku Abdul Rahman and Singapore 9 Chief Minister. Mr Lim Yew Hock have sent cables to Ceylon's Prime Minister Mr. S. W. R. Banuaranaikc
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  • 130 1 New Soviet Offer To Buy Ceylon Rubber COLOMBO. Dec. 28 (UP) The Soviet Union has offered to ouy Ceylon's entire rubber output at well over world marker prices for the next lv to 15 years if Ceylon will buy Soviet products, it was reported today. A Soviet trade team now
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  • 58 1 JOHANNESBURG, Dec. 28 (Router) a six-man expedition, led by Mr. John Tunstall. 45-year-old volcanolo^ist, left here today for Kenya, to ■prob» the mystery of mount Kilimanjaro's '''abominable snowman." The expedition will check stories of strange footprints scrn m the mountain's mow. and a report of an
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  • 45 1 JAKARTA. Dec. 28 ter) Thirtcon-hundrrd tons of Indonesian tin wore piling up m storehouses at the Tandjung Priok harbour here, the news agency Pia said today. The agency said the Government proh.bi ed the transport of this tin to the Netherlands.
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  • Page 1 Advertisements
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    • 2 1 Final Edition]
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    • 46 1 Hp 0 SHE is the woman who protects one of the world's great figures. W^JF Bur who is she? Wh Y d so few people know her name? On Page 13 of mM W issue, the Sunday Standard tells the story of this intriguing A personality.
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    • 11 1 The full list of last week's donors appears on Page 3.
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    • 44 1 TROPICAL PLUM PUDDING a 9flaJku/an X^frum/uA 6y COLD STORAGE CREAMERIES LTD. H IS 1U WOPIQ IaHIOUS vPt TO ATT I Frequent flights direct from Singapore^^SgSliSS by pressurised N^Hll I INDONESIAN AIRWAYS I > Bookfng Office: lst^Floor, Bank of China l| i Building, Battery Road. Singapore
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  • 222 2 Hazards Of Space Travel Unconscious State For Two Years INDIANAPOLIS. Dec. 28, (UP) The world's first space travellers may have to remain unconscious for a two-year trip, and "disaster will be rlose at all times.'* a pair of scientists said today. Dr. John Lyman, associated Professor of Engineering and Psychology
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  • 108 2 2 Mil. Pounds TNT To Blast Rock UTAH, Dec. 23 (UP) The world*! big^o--. non-atonr.c blast using 2.118.000 pounds of explosives will be set ofl on I tir.y peninsula of Great Salt Lake next month to crush a mountain of rock. Southern Pav-if.c Railroad spokesman said today the blast would
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  • 114 2 MANILA. Dec. J8 (I'D— The Phi 1 ippi nl l Will barter copra to hep meet a serious nee shortage m 1958, it was announced today. The cabinet plan, however, met Immediate opposition from the influential Manila Times which laid barter of doilar earning copra would
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  • 44 2 THE Tokyo Yomiuri Shimbun reported yesterday, that out of .^.658 letters to the newspaper's Advice to the Lovelorn column this year, 26 per cent of the husbands accused their wives of adultery and 24 per cent of the wives returned the favour. UP
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  • 25 2 INDIAN Premier Jawaharla! Nehru will visit South America next year. Dr. Winston Mohabir, Minister of Public Health of Triniriari saiH voctor day AFP
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  • 28 2 PRESIDENT Eisenhower has left Washington by road for his farm at Gettysburg. Pennsylvania, where he will remain until the beginning of the New Year. AFP
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  • 110 2 GEN. CLAIRE L. CHENAULT, above, America's famed Flying Tiger of World V.'ar 11, reported that he is suffering from cancer of the left lung and "there is not too much hope" for his life. The 67-year-old retired Major General said he learned of his condition m
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  • 120 2 RI Wants To Buy Brazil Rice RIO DE JANEIRO. Dec. 28 (AFP> Indonesian Charge d'AfTaires m Rio. Sa:n Suaedi, said here yesterday that Indonesia was prepared to bay TKe. cotton and chemical products from Brazil and suggested that Brazil send a trade miss. on to Indonesia. Suaedi said Indonesia had
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  • 99 2 Ready For Any Form Of Warfare HEIDELBERG. Germany, Dec. 28 (AFP) The United States Ar:r.v m Europe has a pentomic organization "capable of meeting I major atomic or non-atomic attack." headquarters of the army announced m an end of the year communique published today. The communique said that a re-organization
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  • 184 2 LOS ALTOS. California, Doc. 28 (UP) Palo Alto Hospital authorities said a 34-year-old mother was "doing very weii' alter two Peninsula doctors operated upon her throat with a kitchen knife to prevent her from strangling. The victim. Mrs. Janice Anderson, wife of a
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  • 22 2 NIKITA Khrushchev has returned tc Moscow after attending the annual conference of the Ukrainian Suoreme Soviet m Kiev U.P.
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  • 208 2 Not A Job To Be Sni££ed At LONDON, Dec. 28, (UP) A survey of the gentle art of breaking eggs released yesterday showed that it is not a job to be sniffed at. "The position of the trained egg breaker m industry i s
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  • 201 2 New Bid To Solve Cyprus Problems NICOSIA, Dec. 28. (UP) Governor Sir Hugh Foot conferred with Turkish Cypriot leaders yesterday m a fresh' effort to work' out a com-! promise solution of the Cyprus problems. Foot, who leaves for London on Dec. 31 to report On the' talks he has
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  • 237 2 All The Aid You Wont, Russia Tells Afro-Asian Bloc New Offensive In Economic Cold ty a CAIRO, Dec. 28 —(UP) The Soviet Union put forward a sweeping offer of unlimited economic aid to the 37 nations of the Afro-Asian bloc last night m what appeared to be the opening salvo
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  • 132 2 Hillary's Team At 'Point Of No Return' WELLINGTON -q, p l er) 3 his fo,.r man m of, tired and un c passed the "ooint of noms today on tnr;r South Pop j The New on tneS over the deep another 11 milej I ng the night they it 101
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  • 41 2 RECORD XMAS SPENDING LONDON*. D British Cl rl I this year was a i inj to the Bai I week v rip- rl The flgui m cir 'ulation m the weeiea Ing Christmas Day C 2.127.954.259. The pi was re l
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  • 24 2 MOSCOW I that the Su| I accepted an invitation ft 'I Pakistan N 1 I .end a I tion to X I
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  • 16 2 60 -DAY GRACE ELVIS PRESLEY panted a < From the Vi complete his I urth movie- UP
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  • 57 2 ••THIS is my year" exclaims "Tiq^r." handsome blonde cocker spaniel owned by Norm Williams. Tiger .iust wanted to let everyone know on New Year's Day that this is the "Year of the Dor" m the Orient and she thinks it would be fine idea \t everyone
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  • 284 2 WASHINGTON. Dec. 28. fP)_The Tnitrd States has steered more than I'SSIT.OOO.OOO.OOO into missile work since World War 11. more than half of it m the last two years. Defence Department oflflciaJs said yesterday. Figures obtained at the Pentagon show that US$l7.--178.000,000
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  • Page 2 Advertisements
    • 847 2 A*MTT M Hr.TOT.IOII A.fcOW WAV ACKNOWLEDGMENT FOR SALI THI FAMILY cf the late Benjamin BARGAIN: Camera (East Cermant Comes, agrd 66. former Teacher of 35 mm. nearest $125/- Set 3 f.re High Schoo', Malacca, and well known opals unused nearest $125-. Seen sportsman. thank all friends and Kuala Lumpur. Write
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    • 124 2 FUJI FILM FOR PRIZE WIMHIHO VlCVn^ 3 Best buys for New Year New 1958 super Paxette 118 with built-in Z Bewi automatic exposure meter. Coupled RHEINMETALL KST po" 3 rangef.nder. interchangeable. Lens system Wew Kn cof r>.ng X Cr rapid rewind lever. Lens F2.8, shutter writer with freom n^ otS
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  • 288 3 ->U0 umrs consumed. This will be applicable to bills rendered from v. I, next year. fhe following 4,500 units consumed per month will Vunt ?o"t\ sht5 ht ntS per unil and < an encourage- n n l to t j
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  • 160 3 Union Man, Nov.' A Councillor Pttins. 10VE Is being made I lefti t-dominated City Council to > the tune of ith, the wa i 10,000-strong li i] cc. ion to the wage at( ci wo*kCi unci] may also n ions of serenity and I fund
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  • 151 3 FITZPATRICK'S. one of the leuding food suppliers m Malaya, celebrates its lUth anniversary today. To mark the occasion. 16 of its 130 employees will he presented with engraved Bold watches m appreciation of their long services with the company, at a dinner to he held at
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  • 37 3 MARKET PRICES TIN PRICE price iwn 12J Copva RE C pra A c ri per ieul lerchantable iary shipBon $30} (n Coconut OH Coconut Oil A. i iation clos'ng I yesterday: $52.*, bulk $48 J. Tone: c
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  • 53 3 r o! a proviin Cuppage Road, and his i amily were h and jewellery M.990 at 2.50 a.m. on Ti ,i Police nen armed i r and daggers p. lagged Tan and his r n sacked the shop 31 minutes. The en t the telephone re tying
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  • 39 3 Loke's Off To Kuching ignate, Mr. Loke and his wife, who to Singapore last cfter a six-week round- trip, are off again. aye left the Colony r Kuching to .i is and the New Governor of Sir Anthony Abell.
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  • 170 3 'Let Rural Buses Get Into City' LIBERAL Socialist councillor, Mr. Lim Choo Syc will ask the Singapore City Council at its next ordinary i letting to permit all rural b ises to travel up to Shenton Way. Mr. Lim said this would help <-ni v workers living m rural are;
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  • 81 3 Police Ban 'Thank You' Lorries Singapore Police yesterday refused permission for the newly elec.ed PAP City Councillors to use lorries litt id with loudspeakers to round their respective wards to thank voters who had supported them m the Council elect. ons. One Councillor, Inche Baharuddin bin ArifT, who was refused
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  • 29 3 INCHE llusin bin R&sid, a Singapore City C'oun<'il meter reader and his bride, the fr>rmcr Inche Snadiah b:nte Amat AliaSi after their wedding m Sinsapore recently.
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  • 428 3 Cheer Fund— List Of Week's Donors Chinese Peter Jan $5; Home Missionary Society of S.I). A. Chinese Church $45; Bank Negara Indonesia lift: Tanaku Kuniuo, Tanaka Wireless Electric Co., Tokyo s.")0: Martin Choo and Choo Wen^ Lok of IB Second Avenue Sr>: Children of the Seranfooa Garden Methodist Sunday School
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  • 116 3 She'll Be At Changi Beach Today SINGAPORE shutterbugs will get a rare opportunity to focus their lens on a top-line American beauty this afternoon when members of the Pictorial Group of the Photographic Society of Singapore meet at Changi Beach. She is talented entertainer Doris Lee. currently appearing at two
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  • 128 3 MORE than 40.C00 civilian employees of the three armed services m Singapore who are members of four unions, will come under one body shortly. The annual general meeting of the Federation of Services Unions last night decided tha' all the four un.on.s .should be
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  • 26 3 THIEVES broke into a store m Kampong Loyang, Singapore, and stole three outboard motors, three batteries and an electric drill worth $2.7.30.
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  • Page 3 Advertisements
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  • 132 4 Postal Plan For Jan. 1 THERE will be no delivery v m Sin jajx >re on New Year's Day. Post Otfti c will fi n 9 t m. to no< n All thcr post < ffi v> ai I al agci be ■pxn f i n 9 a.m. to 10.30
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  • 172 4 R.L AIMS FOR EASIER AIR TRAVEL Officials Arrive In Colony For Talks A TOP level discussion will be held this week between Singapore and Indonesian civil aviation, immigration and health authorities to facilitate air travel between the two countries. A team of Indonesian civil aviation, immigration and health officials flew
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  • 182 4 Labour Minister Makes A Plea For The Barbers MR. Lim Yew Hock m his capacity as Singapore Minister for Labour and Welfare yesterday called on all barber shops m the Colony to comply with their own agreed code, particularly as regards the eight-hour working day. A Statement from the Ministry
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  • 56 4 MISS Daw Aye Yin. a nursing tutor m the Civil General Hospital m Rangoon, arrived In Singapore yesterday by air on her way to Australia. Miss Daw said she was the first Burmese nursing tutor to be selected under the Colombo Plan to study nursing
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  • 25 4 the Singapore Government Servant's Welfare Orcanizatinn lHaig Read Quar- wiil hold i annual dinner and dance at its clubhouse at Kulim Place tonight.
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  • 105 4 A DOCTOR and a stafT nurse, both of the Sin£;\por« Cenoral Hospital, were married yesterday m the Straits Chinese Methodist Church. Dr. Frederick Tan Buck Yam is seen In the top picture Kfttinc I pine of wediine rake from hi s bride Ihe former Miss
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  • 183 4 Fed. Indian Teachers Here On Civics Tour THIRTY-FOUR Indian teachers fiom Kedah and Perils will spend four days m Singapore beginning today, as part of their civics course. ihey will be given a welcome address thif morning by Mr. G. G. Thomson, Director of Information Services, followed by a film
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  • 45 4 THE Commissioner for Ceylon m Sngapore. Mr. C Qunasingham, will hold a public meeting at the Ceylonese Sports Club at f> 30 p.m. m connection with the organizing o: ;i relief fund for flood viCtJns. All Ceylonese are invited to :\tt»nd.
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  • 88 4 33 In Police Force Lauded For Service thirty three constables and detectives who have put m a total of 850 years m th^ Singapore Police Force yesterday received valedictory Utters from the Commissioner of Police, Mr. A. E. G. Blades. The letters were for lons and faithful service. Each man
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  • Page 4 Advertisements
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    • 392 4 EAST ASIATICS OUTWARDS Sailing, tor Bangkok ond or f Q toi "^0 "MANCHURIA" In VorT" S hQw "MEONIA" 14 lfi i j« I o Jan 1 7 i o i ™1 i Calling Saigon, Bangkok. Jo 'SUMBAWA" accepts cargo for Japon. <KINA W/.9 Jo B 0/21 i M LALANOIA 20.
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  • Page 4 Miscellaneous
    • 272 4 Information at a Glance £'t%f%«§£fc n?^«A*r 1 Penari 423 a -m- (tft 3in 618 Melodies 1 pm. Piogramme FWrC J^ «iry P-m. i6fl I summary. Music In a Mid-day •kUOIBara I ilm sn, i,.iv Pr.,,,,,1, TOMOItKOW: Singapore 4.35 am Mood. I.SO Tune Signal and News. tlonof^"SvSTihoSr *l .t^S!" 1 H:n)
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  • 367 5 ALFRED HITCHCOCK, master of film suspense, today challenges Sunday Standard detectives (1) It was a hot day, so the guests ot Bob Middleron's Hollywood party welcomed his suggestion to get them all his "special" orange-juice drink. "The secret/ h« explained, "is an ice-cold tumbler and a dash
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  • 40 5 NEW YORK, Sat. Deteo tives are searching for a nation-wide gang of forgers who are flooding America with fake foreign stamps. Some of the phonies art so good that even expert stamp dealers are taken m.
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  • 833 5  - Satay Raises Its Tasty Head Andrew Roth >tfl g ATAY has again raised its tasty head! This time it emerged m a ri inner approved of by the Satay-loving London correspondent of The Standard. M hammed Sopice, First 6' cretary of the Malayan Commlssi oner's Office, wa.s planning his brz
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  • Page 5 Advertisements
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  • 176 6 LONDON, Sat. •PHE big blue eyes of William West sparkled at the two decanters on the sideboard at his home. Mum was m the kitchen, Dad was out and Christmas was only six days off. So down the hatch went three-quarters of a
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  • 126 6 NEW YORK. Sat— A Magistrate looked at pretty Mrs. Peggy Turner, noted her careful make-up, sophisticated clothes, nylon stockIngs and high heels He shook his head. "THIRTEEN is too young to be married, dear."' he said. "Don't grow old before your time." It happened m Houston.
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  • 383 6 'Galahad' Forsook His New Bride To Talk To First Wife LONDON, Sat.— When Charles Stanton's wedding reception had been going on for a short time "it became conspicuous that there was a very noticeable absentee/ a judge said yesterday. "It was the husband and he had gone to talk to
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  • 117 6 THOSE CRAZY WEDDINGS NEW YORK, Sat— Ban crazy weddings, says an American parson m call to the churches. The Rev. John UpdegrafT, president of Miami Ministerial Association, made the appeal to his fellow clergymen after learning of the la.est stunt: Two horse-trainers plan to be married next month on horseback
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  • 277 6 LONDON, Sat. The father of a four-year-old girl admitted yesterday that he had put a noose round her neck and strung her up to the ceilin? "I DID IT FOR A JOKE,' HE SAID. The man, Alexander John Basye, 31. of Tanyard-lane, Alvechurch,
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  • 141 6 DID YOU SPOT THE PAGE 5 KILLER? IJ ITCHCOCK knew it was murder when he realised the 5 gniiicance of the icecold tumblers. The only %im% that poison could have been put into Dan's tumbler icas BEFORE h:s first drink. And his first drink could have remained harmless only if
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  • 47 6 r FHE happy-looking girl m the picture i$ Q Cinderella we!!, at least she will be for Christmas time. She is TV singer Edna Savage 21 trying on Cinderella's ragged clothes at her London home for her part m a pantomime. Mirrorpic
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  • 75 6 A new. d anre. J* ••Limbo-, which <■ v th e Mattel*" Jg fir ,t .;> present." 1 <>' MJ*j m J time costume here g!V her iajetoi gjg Jhf clap their h. c dance which I«»J fl r cular one I>n p a thr «a«3 l
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  • 105 6 'GO KISS YOUR WIFE UNDER THE MISTLETOE' LONDON, Sat— A Judge told a British sailor yesterday: "I direct you to go home and kiss your wife under the mistletoe." The sailor If James Carruthers. 25. of Irthlinghorough, Northants. He was found fllilty at Gdansk, Poland, of an offence under Polish
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  • Page 6 Advertisements
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  • 1415 7  -  Aqner Brackman New>brk, < v dfo;sdnuofnhuiosudiofnkisnud STARS REPORT PHONEY THEFTS Christmas wasn't so merry this year— and for several reasons. The weather has been poor. Christmas usually finds the Big City snowy, windy and wintery. This yettr it is balmy* drab and diriy. Principal
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  • 357 7  -  Bo Peed 4 SINCE the advent of the ''leaders of the people" m Singapore, it has been the vogue for some of them to clash with the Police m front of their supporters and volunteer to go to jail. In this way they believe that their
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  • 39 7 photo. All-the-year star of the silver screen, lovely BETH REGAN, paints a picture with a Christmas theme— "Art m the Cold." Beth will be seen soon m the Norman Wisdom comedy "Just My Luck." U.P.
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  • Page 7 Advertisements
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  • 346 8 THERE'S PLENTY OF BRASS IN THIS JOB By A Special Correspondent **T WANT a horseback piano for my mounted band," the Indian maharajah told globe trotting salesman Will Golbourn. "Very good. Your Highness." said Will. 4 'l will see that it is delivered as soon as possible." "I want a
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  • 34 8 WHO INVENTED DOORKNOCKERS? No one knows. According to some authorities the ugly shapes of some knockers indicate that, originally, they were not used primarily as knockers, but to scare away evil spirits.
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  • 216 8 $X Britain* t best sclliJig *j? records last week were: f# 1 MAR V S BOY g£ CHILD Harry Belafonte. 2 MA. HE'S MAXSfc INC EYES AT ME c johnny Otis <a 3 WAKE UP LITTLE £j SUSIE— E v c r I y \jt Brothers. 4
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  • 247 8 r PHE Entente Cordiale does not exist only on whisky but also on wine Mr. R. A. Butler Join m the pyjama game, and countless accidents will be saved Mr. J. E. S. Simon, Undersecretary, Home Office A great alliance must be armed not only with
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    235 8  -  PATRICK DONCASTER ON TH£ RECORD it's amazing! The disc name of the moment is NOT a teenager. At Christmastide, 1957, he has on the British market the equivalent of more than fifty ordinary records. His name: Louis "Satchmo" Armstrong, born m New Orleans. 1900. World's greatest trumpeter.
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  • 121 8 At 84 The Sky's His Limit HENEVER private air pilot Sam Harris takes a plane up these days he has a co-pilot with him. Which if understandable, for Mr. Harris will be EIGHTY- FIVE NEXT MARCH. He's Britain's oldest air pilot. "I got my pilot's licence when I was sixty,"
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  • 45 8 SANTA'S STAND-IN TZRsr-rr^?zzrr=r. ir T, s lovely SANTA was never like this! Standing in in actress Shirley Eaton, the M ""PE* #jj "Doctor in the House" and "At^ f making "The Naked Truth." Shirley^ Fj p to present her good wishes for Christina New Year.
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    • 538 9 WHO, WHAT and WHY of LES GIRLS fHERE'S Something For the Boys m LES GIRLS: Indeed, there's something for Everyone m this gay, colourful musical film about three girls and a man who dance their way across the continent of Europe. Producer Sol C. Siege! and Director George Cukor have
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  • 179 9 —The Story Of A Star— q^OMMY STEELE hails from the London suburb of Bermondsey a fact which has since become as well-known throughout the British Isles as the fact that Gracie Fields came from Lancashire and Sir Harry Lauder from Scotland. Nor is comparison with those
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  • 758 10 Hungary's Star Footballer Still Resists The Lure /I'KICH. Switzerland, Dec 28 (IP)— Communist Hungary's persistent campaign to lure prominent sportsmen irom their voluntary exile back into the fold have met with a measure of success hardly anticipated m the Western World. But the one man Hungary's sports loaders want most
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  • 338 10 Americans Fight Back— But Aussies Keep Cup MELBOURNE, Dec. 28 (Reuter).— Australia, who were already assured of retaining the Davis Cup, lost the last two singles today m completing a 3—2 win over the United States m the challenge round which ended here. i r Australia made certain ol retaining
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  • 406 10 English Soccer Results LONDON Doc. 28. (Router*: LEAGUE DIVISION I Birmingham City Chelsea Blackpool 2. Bolton Wanderers 3 Everton I. Aston Villa 2 Leicester City 3, Leeds United 0 Luton Town 4. Arsenal 0 Manchester C. 2. Manchester U 2 Nottingham F. 5, Sheffield Wed. 2 Portsmouth 0. Preston N.
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  • 214 10 Selangor, Penang Are Quad Champs PENANG, Sat. Selangor emerged champions m t lie interState CRC quadranguar hockey meet (men's section* when they beat Penang by two goals at Victoria Green today. Selangor had four points from one win u:;d two draws Run-ners-up were Perak with three points from three draws.
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  • 68 10 CALCUTTA Doc. 28. (Reuter) -Billy Knight. Britain's number four player, today reached the semi-finals of the men's singles m the All-India Lawn Tennis championships. Knight boat Sumant Misra (India) 6-2 6-3 6-3. India's number two. Xaresh Kumar, also entered the semifinals by beating J. A. (Tony)
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  • 229 10 Sikhs Keep Slater Cup With 3-0 Win A STRONG second half rally by the Younn Men's Sikh Association enabled thorn to score a convincing three-nil victory over the Singapore Cricket Club m a hockey match for the Slater Cup on the SCC padang yesterday. The Sikh< thus became first holders
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  • 149 10 South Africa Ist innings 170 for nine declared .1. 11. Waite lIS. D.J. McGlew 108. I. MerkitT five for 1.W.. \ustralia Ist innings °.»>X iK. Ren and It 2 i\ McDonald 7.V K. Simpson T»0. P. Heine six for 51). South Africa "2nd innings D.J. MeCilew t Simpson b
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  • 218 10 FOONG SEONG CUP PEN \\(i. Saturday— lVnang ettab'ishrd a winning lead of four matrhe* to nothing m the rhallenfc round of the Foonjj Sronjj (up badmUitoa tompotition againftt Selancor at the Han Chiang S.hool Hall tonight. Tluy now need only one more win to roMm the
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  • 261 10 JONES LEADS SELETAR TO VICTORY SPEEDY wing threequarter Ron Jones yesterday led Royal Air Force Seletar to trounce a weak Royal Electrical and Mechanical Engineers team by 32 points (four goals and four tries) to nil m a rugger match at Ayer Rajah Road yesterday. With speed and a grand
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  • 12 10 THE YOUTHFUL ASIAN GAMES PATRON Japan r C ■port un d V
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  • 300 10 JOHANNESBURG. Dec. 28 (Reuter) The first Tfst hrtween <Wli Africa and Australia ended m a draw here today. Australia were IC2 for tkm m their second innings at the close. WALLY Grout. :;o-year-o'.d Queensland wicketkeeper playing m his first Test, contributed a preat
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  • 125 10 PENANG. S.it v I Spnibilan n-Uinrtl \\w tU> I lesge cap pttstittd bj U I Raja Lope m tli.« .'nil I Malayan Malaya btcfcc] I nival tcMiilud-d hrrc I afternocn. I Ntu:; I m I I an extension I J I no m< re B I
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  • 31 10 RASC Give Signalmen Trouncing ROYAL A trou. Signa goa to thn inter-corp i ed at Ayer R terday R.A.S gffic. and a try). Kay, H come: rame from a pel land.
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  • 14 10 1. I'lui' lv Tamil iBakta both ih« H In a Brol Socceritci
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  • 2552 11 Sterling (Piggott) Slams Rivals In Xmas Plate e'dfmkvglf ridrn m masterly style v- Lester Piggott, Sterling ed the crippling weight o f 9.08 to win the Xmas over 8£ furlongs. ":n£ behind the pace c early stages, Piggott Sterling after the idera soon
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  • 53 11 TOTAL P00L— 5187,240 Ist Prize: *****2 ($51,172) 2nd Prize: *****0 ($20,468) 3rd Prize: *****9 ($10,234) .Starters ($2,924 each): Nos. *****2- "SB?' *****3, *****4, *****9, *****6. Consolations ($l,OOO each): JJw o *****6. *****9, *****5, ;*****, *****0. *****6. *****6 *****0, *****1, *****8. TREBLE TOTE: No winning combinations. $799 carried forward
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  • 357 11 PENANG Sat— Penang won the Yeap Hock Hoe challenge cup m the InterChinese Recreation Club quadrangular sports meet here yesterday by beating Perak 4 1 at tennis. Earlier they got a walkover from Negri Sembilan. I'enang won the cup for the third time since
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  • 160 11 T.: COL. R B S Kraut has r a tram to play the Johore i pfore their cup-final. have recently suffered to their player?. Eraut'fl team, which is 4 combination from and the services. lisdose :vy weaknesses i vit il match ticularly strong
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  • 81 11 IPOH. Sat. Seven teams have entered for a new InterCircle soccer competition of the Perak Police for a trophy presented by the Perak Amateur Football Association. The competition starts on .Tan. 4 with the three following matches ipoh Independent District VI Taiping Circle on
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  • 134 11 HK Singapore Turf Club 1 hold their first rare meetn 8 for the 1951 season on 25, 2U and Feb. 1. There '<'' two runs for each divi--1 of dan One and Class *nre« horses. w "<m attractions of the meet are the
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  • 137 11 WALES AND ISRAEL IN WORLD CUP QUALIFYING ROUND LONDON, Dec. 28, (AFP).-The Welsh Football Federation has proposed that Wales' first match against Israel m tne qualifying round of the World Football Cup be held at Cardiff, South Wales on Jan. 15 and the return match m Israel on Feb. 5.
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  • 52 11 SYDNEY, Sa:. Stadiums Ltd. agent Jack Warner will soon fly to England to try to sign Brit.sh welter champion Peter Waterman for a fight with Empire welter champion George Barnes of Australia. The fight, which would be for Barnes' title, would take place In Sydney Stadium
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  • 1122 12 Today 9 Special: Three of Britain's most Popular Sports Writers recall for Standard readers, the greatest thrills of 1957* PETER WILSON recalls his areatest thrill of 1957 Bassey Said: I'd Rather Die Than Lose This...' 'J^HE scene is Paris. Paris in June. which conjures
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  • 363 12 NIGHT OF A WONDER MILE And Frank XlcGhee Kh>svrib*>s His... IT is a tradition that sports writers stay calm and quiet m the Press box. We try to keep aloof when ttie crowd goes crazy and the atmosphere explodes. We try not to get caught up m the excitement m
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  • 1102 12 George Harloy...*My Greatest I'/trtl/'... How Dai Broke Ryder Cup Spell SPORT can bring you tnoments when pride and ioy and patriotism tug so hard at your heart that you find yourself very close to tears. You may have a reputation as a cynic. You may maintain
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