The Straits Times, 23 February 1947
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Title Section20 1947-02-23 1 FINAL EDITION THE SUNDAY TIMES LARGEST NE7I SALE IN MALAYA No. 6C4 SINGAPORE, SUNDAY, FEBRUARY 23, 1947. PRICE 10 CENTS20 words
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150 1947-02-23 1 Sunday Tim?s Repor'cr THE lirs. aircraft to be used In connection with tho Internal Malayan air service b> Malayan Airways, Ltd.. which left thei United Kingdom on Wednesday,! should arrive in Singapore on March 2or 3. It is an Airspeed Consul.150 words
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Article45 1947-02-23 1 New Zealand expects to receive i t )v.ards the end ol the year about 1.000.000 worth of heavy cotton materials as part of her share of German reparations. Textiles snd other goods are likely to come later from Japan, says i Reuter.Reuter - 45 words
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Article159 1947-02-23 1 THE Straits Times will publish en Tue day the d-amaiic strrv of th' Battle of M dway Island— the most important and me of the m st unusual ns»val actions of the Pac fie War. It was at Midway lin June. 194>» that Jaoai159 words
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359 1947-02-23 1 Formermillionton plant idle Sunday Times Staff Correspondent KUALA LJMPUR, Saturday. THE former Japanese-owneti iron mine near Dungun, Trengganu, which produced about 1,000,000 tons a year in exports to the Japanese before the Far Eastern war, is still lying idle, but a decision on359 words
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Article, Illustration46 1947-02-23 1 .Man) villages and hamlets in Britain have again been marooned by snowdrifts and are without food in the present "great freeze'" the second this month. Picture shows villagers of Longnor, Staffordshire, who had been ten days without food, running towards food parcels parachuted b> R.A.F. planes.46 words
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Article141 1947-02-23 1 Two new frank. courts for s' ore Sunday Times Reporter TWO additional courts are to be set up in Singapore in the near future to deal with traffic offences. They are to be a district court and a police court and they will be situated in a court building at141 words
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Article162 1947-02-23 1 CAPETOWN, Saturday. i AS the ivory coloured Royal train travelled this afternoon i on its way to Port Elizabeth, chief i port of the Eastern Province the King kept In radio touch with London hearing the latest devei lopments on the Indian situation and theReuter - 162 words
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257 1947-02-23 1 A CHANGE little short of miraculous has been wrought on the Indian political scene by the British Government i statement that the British will quit India by June, 1948, .says the New Delhi Correspondent of The Time*, reviewing the first Indian reactions. It is as257 words
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Article178 1947-02-23 1 PANDST NEHRU MOUNTBATTEN New Delhi, Saturday. DANDIT Jawaharlal Nehru, Con- gresa leader and vice-President oi the Indian Interim Government, stated today that he had never doubted the sincerity of i'ield-Marshal Lord Wavell— who is to be replaced as V.ceroy in March by Lord Mountbatten or his desire to serve India's178 words
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Article25 1947-02-23 1 Lleut.-Col. Robert Thackcr will take on* from Honolulu today on I 5.000 m'le nonsion flight to New York City, says U P.25 words
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Article87 1947-02-23 1 SYDNEY, Saturday. pUSTOMS officials at sea <* ports and airports have tightened up measures for searching outgoing passengers after reports from the Kalgoorlie, (Western Australia) goldflelds, that Sydney is becoming the headquarters of a clever gang smuggling thousands of ounces of illicit gold from AustraliaReuter - 87 words
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Article55 1947-02-23 1 1 NEW l:ind of camera that de- livers a completed photograph in one minute by the turn j of a knob has bsen announced in New York to the Optical Society of America by Edwin H. Ladd. the discoverer of Polaroid, says A. P. The ca.nera55 words
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Article70 1947-02-23 1 Glasg.w. Saturday. SENTENCES were announced tJday on nine soldiers whs were court-martialled for refus ng to embark on the troopship Eastern Prince for the Far East last December. With others, the men walked off the ship alleging bad quarters and poor f:od. One sergeant LasReuter - 70 words
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Article34 1947-02-23 1 SUGAR allocations from an expected world harvest of 32,000.000 short tons for 1947 include Japan 50,000 tons. Korea 40.000 tons. Philippines 127,000. The Uni ed States will get 6.800,000 tons, says U.P.UP - 34 words
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175 1947-02-23 1 SIAM GUN-RUNNERS AIDING VIETNAM, FRENCH CHARGE THE commercial gun running from China and Siam has tcer officially blamed in Saigon for keep Tig the Annamite fight alive in northern Indo-China. says United Press. M. L2on Pignon, the political affairs adviser to the French High Commissioner, said that the curtailment of175 words
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Article, Illustration56 1947-02-23 1 A KISS FOR TRUMAN Archbishop Athenagoras, neaJ of the Greek Orthodox Church in the Americas, kisses President Harry Truman on the forehead at a ceremony at *ho White House. The Archbishop presented Mr. Truman witii the Grand Crri; of the Holy Sepulchre for the "great Christian work" of the President56 words
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Article85 1947-02-23 1 Sunday Times Correspondent KUALA LUMPUR, Saturday SPECIAL omin. are, it is understood, now scrutinizing the law relating to children in numerous Mpwts, hwMHaff 'he questions of employment, juvenl" delinquency adoption and other sin.i ar sub'ects There is a nerd for the unification of legislation and for85 words
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Article141 1947-02-23 1 Sunday Times Correspondent PE.NANG, Saturday IF plans now submitted to the Air Ministry are approved. North Malaya will have itr* largest and most modern aerodrome at the present Mala Kuching air strip in Province Wellesley. At presert cluttered with old and unsij'atly buildings anc< with141 words
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Article129 1947-02-23 1 INDIES TALKS ON EXPORTS TO U.S. BATAVIA. Saturday. 7KE N.E.I, end Indonesian Rci publican Government.-, have agreed to negotiate undo: a Joint Comm'ttee of Economi? Affairs for shipment of rubber quinine, sugar and tanloca tc tho United States. This was disclosed today ie R chard Applegate. United Press manager forUP - 129 words
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57 1947-02-23 1 LONDON, Sa urday. AN inquest has been ordered Into the death of Miss Ellen Wllk.nson. la c Minist?r ol Education, who died two weeks ago In a private ward at Sain: Mary's Hosp tal Padd ngton at tre age of 55 Her death was reportedReuter - 57 words
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Advertisement143 1947-02-23 1 il A It COM I RADIOS Sole \ftalf. Malays KEE KUAT RADIO CO 122-124 Orchard Kofi Phone 1566 SINGAPORE Branches: KUALA LUMPUR PBNANQ FOOD FOR MAROONED VILLAGES BRITISH MADE ELECTRICAL APPLIANCES. iS'iuable for AC or D.C Main' ELTRON- immersion Heater. Ullhty Iron JJ SitSS-^K^-J'^ The m °st tianiy yet mode:n143 words
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Advertisement35 1947-02-23 1 to own a Good Ten Consult H. T. LEE (The Pen Dealers! 34. (hulia St.. S'pcre Pen makes an Idea] Gift •WUJE OBTAI.IA3U AT Ai^. A V BEB^ »IHf CLASS OLXLXKt■MM ■Mi JzStz *-£.V s35 words
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Article, Illustration1032 1947-02-23 2 SPOTLIGHT On MALA YANS CLIFFORD PEER TURNS HIS MAJOR Ronald Bridges, w who, it has been recommended by the Central Welfare Council of the Malayan Union, should come to Malaya to evolve a plan for the welfare of the blind in this country, is the son of a^ former Malayan1,032 words
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Advertisement374 1947-02-23 2 /5> DIGNITY- of an tJfVw-i expensive perfume rs Htr loveliness is crowned by Goya's i > /V J 'STUDIO.' A perfume of k****> treasure of elegance that was created I JK 7 in London where a j y^~*?ir Goya's personal ¥_\^fj genius has made him H^^J the modern master I374 words
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Miscellaneous187 1947-02-23 2 RADIO fihLtK V A Singapore RED NHWOM (Chinese A Indian) 225 nietrec: also II p.m. to 2 ii.vi. i 121 n.-ja-.-ytits per se. nd 1 61 metre band) sod 7.45 p.m. to 9.30 p.m 4.825 Megacycles per second 161 metre band) BLUL NETWORK: (Mala; English 485 metres; also 12 p.m.187 words
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Miscellaneous171 1947-02-23 2 p.n. CSV 1644 metres; lie* p.m v ll.'A iin OM 19 82 and MJf metre* Ttß. 2J 7.30 am. F-jur and one; 7.45 a.m Radio newsreel; 8.00 a.m. Clayhange: 1 8.30 a.m. News 7.45 p.m. 8.8.C. Symphony orjchestra; 8.30 p.m. News; 8.40 p.m. London calling; 8.45 p.m. Thanks for lett'rt;171 words
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Miscellaneous171 1947-02-23 2 ,Barid); 4.25 p.m. -Gerry s Half Hour" Gerry Sol! ano his Band in the studio; 4.45 p.m. Weekly Preview; 5.00 p.m. As Singapore; 8.30 p.m. News Headlines; 8.35 p.m. Sunday Prom: Main work: Symphony No. 5 op. 47. (Saostakowic*); Played by Leopold Stokowski A the Philadelphia Orchestra: 9.30 p.m. As171 words
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Article348 1947-02-23 3 POLICE ON TRAIL OF BOGUS SULTAN Rewards offered Sunday Times Staff Correspondent KUALA LUMPUR, Saturday. THE Malayan Police are on the track of Malaya's No. 1 Impersonator the Malay who has styled himself variously as the "Tungku Mahkota of Deli," ''the Sultan of Pontianak" and also as a "special investigator348 words
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Article, Illustration170 1947-02-23 3 Cathedral Wedding wedding too- pla.-e at St. Andrew'j Cathedral yesterc; ij vi Miss Marie Winifred Moerinau, daughter of the late Caot a J. Moerman, raid Mrs. H. E. Moerman, of Gioningen and Sin- j I apore. and Lt Dennis Sydr. y 3.u.>iu>. R.I. AST. <on ol Mr. id Mrs. S.170 words
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Article129 1947-02-23 3 AIMING at developing a "sense of unity and onencs.s' among all Malayans, Mr. J. A. Thivy, President of the Malayan Indian Congress, yesterday suggested a new approach to the various electoral systems proposed for the new Malayan constitution. Empiiasing that a "unified national consciousness was necessary129 words
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Article57 1947-02-23 3 ON Mar. 1 the Business Names (Fresh Registration) Ordinance comes into force and from that day all businesses in Singapore will have to arrange to be entered on the new register. The old registers were, badly mutilated during the Japanese occupation and that is tbe reason for57 words
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Article94 1947-02-23 3 PINGAPOI.'E Municipality an d the Rural Board will be included with private individuals In the ban forbidding the creatiun of new streets and backlan:s. the widening, diverting and enlarging of them without the approval of the Singapore Improvement Trust, if a new Bill institut?d94 words
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Article256 1947-02-23 3 Sunday Times Reporter !T is the Government's intention to encourage health} trade unionism" declared the Colonial Secretary, Mr P. A. B. McKerron. when he opened the clubhouse of th< Singapore Clerical and Administrative Workers Union ii Rangoon Road, yesterday. He read a goodwill messaee from the256 words
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Article140 1947-02-23 3 Sunday Times Staff Correspondent KUALA LUMPUR. Saturday. THE possibilities of opening a miniature Whipsrade zoo on the slopes of the public gardens in Kuala Lumpur are being discussed in official circles. The inspiration com?s from Sir Edward Gent, the Governor of the Malayan Union, who140 words
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235 1947-02-23 3 Sunday Times Reporter DKPRESENTATIVES of four 11 Sarawak associations, beeting in Singapore yesterday, decided t. send a message to the Prime Minister, Mr. Clement Attlee. urging the restoration of the constitution under their chosen Rajah and the immediate removal of the ban now in235 words
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Article, Illustration29 1947-02-23 3 Mr. Asaf AH. first Indian Ambassador to the Uniud States, who landed at London Airport recently on his way to Washington to take up his new office.29 words
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126 1947-02-23 3 GAOL-BREAKER MAY HAVE SHOT HIMSELF Sunday Times Reporter CINGAPORE Polios believe that it is possible that a Cantonese who broke out of Outram Road Gaol on the eve of his appearance at the Singapore Assizes on an armed robbery charge and fought a gun battle with three European police officers126 words
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Article232 1947-02-23 3 A PLAN for the reopening of the old Singapore Reformatory under the auspices of the Department of Social Welfare has been approved by Government. It is hoped by this scheme to remove from the streets many juvenile delinquents, who are responsible for a considerable proportion232 words
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173 1947-02-23 3 Sunday Times Correspondent rE 350 Singapore Harbour Board clerical workers, now or. strike because of the alleged wrongful arrest of five of their colleagues in connection with a godown robbery, were yesterday Joined by others and it is esti- mated that 500 are away173 words
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Article94 1947-02-23 3 Sunday Times Correspondent LONDON, Saturday. |WR. D. R. REES-WILLIAMS 111 (Lab., Croydon, S.t will ask the War Secretary in the Hov-se of Commons on Maroh 4 what steps he is taking to remedy the insufficiency of pay and gratuity on demobilisation to Malay enlisted94 words
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Article165 1947-02-23 3 THE Chinese Association has lodged a claim with the Financial Secretary for $8,150 for war damage, states a report of the committee tabled at the annual general meeting of the Association in Singapore yesterday. Mr. G. H. Kiat presided. The following were elected offico bearers for the165 words
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Advertisement186 1947-02-23 3 BRITISH INDUSTRIES FAIR LO; OON AND BIRMINGHAM. MAY sth 16th 1947 This is your first opportunity in seven years to s^p your old suppliers in Britain and to meet new ones Overseas Buyers are invited to Britain for the 1947 British Industries Fair. It will enable them to establish personaJ186 words
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Advertisement18 1947-02-23 3 Nice to have AGAIN. There's real pleasure \i|(^O)£- "^^^R^Ss^'V in GARRICK GOODNESS. \^CS^^^^^Sf^So/ Virginia Blend CORK TIPPED Cigarette.18 words
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Article882 1947-02-23 4 The Australian Seene ByE. W. Tipping MELBOURNE Feb. 11 pERHAPS the outstandI ing reason for the smooth working of the South Seas Conference, which concluded its sessions in Canberra a few days ago, was E iternal Affairs Minister Evatt's insistence on expert interpreters.882 words
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Article492 1947-02-23 4 BRITONS LOOK O VERSEAS THERE ua^ moie Hi it UIU met the eye when Bi"> tons went wild over a new Bong hit. "I want to be a refugpf from Britain." Nearly a million Britons realiv do. Since the war's end they've been flooding government offices tan London with letters492 words
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Article400 1947-02-23 4 WORK is now in pioxre&s on the establishment of Australia's 3,000-mile rocket range, but to stretch that far the course has to exterd about 2,000 miles beyond land The range is a belt planned to be about 200 miles wide that crosses the continent diagonally, like a400 words
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Article, Illustration113 1947-02-23 4 BABIES of the future— and at least one of todays— will live in a planned environment that is draft-proof, sunshin -v.nrmed in winter and has scientifically cleaned air David M. Barrow. a Chicago architect, reigned a hair* for 18-month- old Johnny Sl-ran which ha.; windows marie of two113 words
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Article362 1947-02-23 4 Kebun - Providing food for the soil Kebun' In Your Garden by J THINK most of us r.i.iue what the soil of Malaya Is like, its either clay, sar.ci or laterite With all these soils we must add humus or decayed vegetable matter from time to time in order to either aid362 words
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Article, Illustration80 1947-02-23 5 The Malaya Field Committee of the Presbyterian Church, which assisted in the induction of the Key. Robert M. Greer as minister of the Presbyterian Church, Orchard Road, Singapore. From left to right Mr. J. M. Fraser, session clerk of the church (apt. Trotter, C.F.; Mr. H. R. Cheese80 words
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134 1947-02-23 5 Sunday Times lUpor.cr THE Singapore branch of the j Royal Society of St. George' is to be reformed and a meeting 1 is likely to be called later this week to discuss plans for the i Society's main celebration on j Apr. 23 St.134 words
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Article71 1947-02-23 5 Sunday Times Correspondent PENANG. Saturday 1 CHINESE who staged a show to entertain '"not only the public but also the heavenly deities" was produced in the Butter worth court and cautioned by the magistrate, Mr. C. W. Shorland. Accused, who had laiLd to chain71 words
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279 1947-02-23 5 Sunday Times Reporter MEMBERS ot the Singapore Volunteer Corps are being askeri for their views on activities in the interim period until the Malayan Governments announce their policy for the future constitution of the local forces. The newiy-appoint«d Commandant, Major R. W. Watson-279 words
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Article26 1947-02-23 5 A General Meetirg of the Singapore Association will be held at the Adelphi Hotel Rool CKrclri on Monday, March 3, at 5.15 p.m.26 words
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Article17 1947-02-23 5 Mr. Chin Chye Fong has beer, appointed a member of tne Board of Licensing Ju-tices.17 words
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Article337 1947-02-23 5 NEW MALAYAN PLANS TO FiGHT V.D. Big problems Sunday Times Staff Correspondent KUALA LUMPUR, Saturday. THE initial stages of country-wide campaign to make people V.D.-conscious have been planned by the Medical Department, and will soon be launched. Venereal disease in the Malayan Union is more prevalent today than it was337 words
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Article125 1947-02-23 5 Sunday Times Correspondent MALACCA. Sat. MATTERS have come to a head and it is necessary to formulate a united line of action to get an equitable settlement from the Government on the back pay issue, declared Mr. V. Ganapathy Pillay, President of the Junior Civil125 words
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180 1947-02-23 5 SELETAR 'RAID' REPULSED BY SPITFIRES Sunday Times Reporter CELETAR airfield wa s -attacked"; by Firefly aircraft from the light fleet carrier Glory shortly after nine o'clock yesterday morning, but the raid was successiully repulsed by Spitfires of No. 28 and 60 Squadrons from the R.A.P Station at Tengah. Yesterday's operations180 words
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Article128 1947-02-23 5 Sunday Times Corresponded PARIT BUNTAR. Saturday. FrE hundred yards ol cloth are to be distributed free to those who lost all their belong!in as in the Kuala Kurau fire. The (local Srcial Welfare Committee j has obtained the sanction of the i State Welfare128 words
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Article64 1947-02-23 5 rE Singapore Chamber of Commerce Rubber Association's rubber Drires at noon yesterday were: Buycr> Seller* Cta. Cta. oer Ib ocr Ib. No. I R S.S. Spol la** 417 i Mil No. 1 R.S.S. fob in bain March 43 43% No. 2 R.S.S. fob in bales March 42". 42%64 words
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297 1947-02-23 5 Sunday Times Reporter PINGAPORE'S Public Health Museum at the College of Medicine is shortly to undergo interior decoration and many of the genuine exhibits contained in cases and preserving bottles are to be replaced by life-like wax models. Mr. G. T. James, curator297 words
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Advertisement449 1947-02-23 5 NEW PHOTO VlSlON— Helmut Gernshelm $6 30 COMPOSITION FOR PHOTOGRAPHS— Richard N. Haile 9.00 PORTRAITURE AND THE CAMERA— MarceI Natkin 6.30 THE ART OP PHOTOGRAPHING CHILDREN— Prank and Molly Partington 6 30 AMATEUR PHOTOMICROGRAPHY— AIan Jackson 5.10 BROMOIL AND TRANSFER C. J. Symes 3.60 NATURE AND CAMERA— Oliver G. PUte449 words
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Advertisement470 1947-02-23 5 COULD HARDLY R'3E FROM HER CHAIR Thought There was No Relief from Rheumatism This woman was such a cor.nmied sufferer from rheumatism that sfi« thought It was hopeless to expect relief. But before she had finished one bottle of Krusehen her rheumatism was leaving her. Here Is her letter: "1470 words
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635 1947-02-23 6 THE SUNDAY TIMES SINGAPORE. FEB. 23, 1947. The Worley Report DROMPT action by the Malayan Governments to implement the recommendations of Mr. Justice Wot ley regarding back pay and allowances for men of the Malayan Volunteer Forces who were not made prisoners of war should do a great deal to635 words
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Article1249 1947-02-23 6 HARRY MILLER - The'Malayeton' Begins work again HARRY MILLER, by- who traces the development of the leculing Malay college in the Peninsula and the increasingly important part that it will play in the educational progress of the Malay people. THE Malay Coilege^- sometimes described as "the Malay Eton" founded some 40 years ago1,249 words
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Article727 1947-02-23 6 JOHN LANGDONDAVIES - A FORMULA FOR HAPPINESS? JOHN LANGDONDAVIES CAN SCIENCE FIND..,. by- THE most important job for scientists in the next ten yean is not the harnessing of atomic energy but the rescue of marriage and the appalling mess they have got into. Vet it is only recently that people have realised727 words
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Article116 1947-02-23 6 JOURNALISTS ROLL OF HONOUR AN artist will shortly a art work on a Book of Honour which, containing the name? of all journalists of the Empire who lost th eJ r lives in the kist war, will repose in a suitable setting in the London Prp«s Club. The book will116 words
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Advertisement22 1947-02-23 6 Each month will bring increased supplies. Pnducers Bch PitntitiMS LM. DistribMtors Harper Bilfilrtn C«., Ltd. Kunla l/umpur Branches hid u client Malaya.22 words
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Article106 1947-02-23 7 L'IKTEES nations are represented a mo. IK the vrvw of the 7,176-ton Honduras ship Aristomenis which has arrived in Singapore from New York with a general cargo on board, (apt. Q. >li'-halitsanos is a Greek, while 'is oflicrrs and crew hail from S"a'n. -rd States, Honduras,106 words
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345 1947-02-23 7 NEW MEASURES TO REDUCE SHB CONGESTION 8-day limit for goods storage Sunday Times Reporter EMERGENCY measures which are planned to re- duce the present congestion caused by goods piling up in Singapore Harbour Board godowns are announced in a supplement to Singapore Government Gazette, published yesterday. A Bill to be345 words
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Article, Illustration32 1947-02-23 7 The Bishop of Singapore, the Rt. Rev. Dr. J. L. Wilson, speaking yesterday <>n "ffoni Order and Christianity" at the "V" Men's Hub's fortnightly luncheon.32 words
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69 1947-02-23 7 VI'iAL statistics published for last week in Singapore reveal that deaths from smallpox were four compared with two for the previous week. Once again tuberculosis tops the list as chief cause of mortally Cases reported were 76 with 33 deaths, an increase of 1:269 words
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72 1947-02-23 7 I COR stormy rubber in an un- licensed premises in Seah Street, Bok Lee Kiah was fined $60 by Mr. Paul Storr in the First District Court yesterday. Mr. E. Ebert, who prosecuted, .said that Bok had been given several warnings to remove the rubber,72 words
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Article104 1947-02-23 7 Sunday Times Reporter THE British Stores Disposal Board in Singapore expect th's month to be a record, with cix ds sold probably topping the 51.C00.000 mark. The bieuest single item of the i month, still being negotiated, concerns shipping and though tli amount involved cannot I yrt104 words
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96 1947-02-23 7 Sunday Times Correspondent PENANG, Saturday. CTATING that it was not a crime to land dutiable goods, the district judge, Mr. B. J. Jennings, sitting in the Butterworth court, acquitted and discharged two Chinese, Lee Kwai and C'.ian Lam, on a charge of smuggl ng96 words
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Article103 1947-02-23 7 Sunday Times Correspondent PENANG, Saturday. JN its biggest single distribution of cloth since ihz re-occupation, the Government is now releasing through its agent, for relief supplies, a total of nearly a million yards of textiles to 52 local cloth merchants. Twelve different varieties are being distributed,103 words
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Article342 1947-02-23 7 SECRET OPERATIONS Sunday limes Reporter FUR Malayans who served with special Australian units in operations against the Japanp.se in Malaya in 1944-45. have been decorated. They are: Major George Russell Leonard, a Selan^oi planter, and Major Durward Sime, a Johore p!anter, who served with "Z Force"342 words
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Article361 1947-02-23 7 Sunday Times Reporter IN order to make the Malayan Union conception a reality, the inclusion of Singapore in the Malayan Federation immediately is advocated by Mr. Tan Cheng Lock, C.8.E., Chairman of the Pan-Malayan Council of Joint Action, in a letter to Sir361 words
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130 1947-02-23 7 Sunday Times Reporter A former manager of the Ip°n branch of McAlister and Company, Mr. S A. Yell, died in the Central Middlesex Hospital in London earlier this month, according to news just received in Malaya Mr. Yell originally came to Ma'.aya in130 words
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284 1947-02-23 7 Sunday Times Correspondent PENANG, Saturday. WITH the hot season new at its j height, Penang's invasion of j the beaches and the hill has reached a post-war new high, j Answering the call of the sea, hundreds of city dwellers daily shed their everyday clothes284 words
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Article, Illustration30 1947-02-23 7 landed BY SUB MR. N. G. REDDISH, of Singapore, who has been awarded the Military Cross for commando operations in Malaya during the Japanese occupation. He was landed by submarine.30 words
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135 1947-02-23 7 $2 MILLON GLASSWARE COMPANY FOR S'PORE Sunday Times Reporter ERECTION of a new factory in Singapore for the prouuction of glass containers of all descriptions is expected to begin shortly and a piece of land sited in Henderson Road has already been acquired for the purpose. A company, known p.:;135 words
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Article69 1947-02-23 7 SIR HAitOLD 0.-ii\L)t-HSON Director of the Rice Division of Ministry of Food, who has been in Singapore !or coi: tion with Lord Kill am and his staff, and to attend the recent conferences of Liaison Ofii ers from South Ea.^t A-ia territo:i<-.s. loft Singapore for69 words
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Advertisement412 1947-02-23 8 UiinaCvatts 79, North Bridge Koad, Singapore. Specialised in Chinese CARPETS RUGS CURIOS AND CAMPHOR WOOD CHESTS Cable Address: KAHS" TF.L ***** GEHUiKE AOC FRAMES ARRIVED Ircm U.S.A. I irst ir M;il.n.i nfler I. tin-ration UmH GIN OPTICAL HOJSE 3:>:> North Bndse Koad. Singapore. Phone H204 YICK WOH HING \\<tt<h Dealer.*412 words
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Advertisement367 1947-02-23 8 mn l»r Von Vcunit or Old Anyoue can play I >■ New r :il Nnvc'tv -l .1 > 1 1 1 1 1 o Lessons nf t.l U i ho fiee Chart shows ho*: Instructive and Amusinc Send for Yours TODAY! T- -0 I" m 83. Kish Street. Sinsap;.ir I367 words
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Page 8 Miscellaneous
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Miscellaneous641 1947-02-23 8 I XX) many players sit down at the bridge table when their temperaments and their practice suggest they should devote themselves to some form of rolo. They turn what is, by definition, a partnership game into an individual enterprise. One such came to mar a rubber at ir.y table the641 words
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Miscellaneous858 1947-02-23 8 THIS WEEK FOR YOU I—Whati What the Stars Foretell GEMINI (May 22— June 22).— This is the time to show real leadership, for if you do, th?n the chances are that you will achieve your goal. You can be right in the middle of trouble* this week, but if you858 words
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Miscellaneous653 1947-02-23 8 BY STELLA new idea offers more promising results. SAGITTARIUS (Nov. 23— Dec. 22).— A1l artistic and creative work is favoured. A new professional contact ma- help you to secure success. Thursday will be an active day in which you will want all your decisions to be made with a clear653 words
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Article, Illustration907 1947-02-23 9 MARY HEATHCOTT - Royal fashions for South Africa tour MARY HEATHCOTT by LONDON, By Air Mail. MATERIALS of a Dresden china delicacy, frail, pastel colours, rich encrustations of jewel embroidery these are features of the clothes the Queen will wear on her South African tour which, with those of the Princesses Elizabeth and907 words
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Article503 1947-02-23 9 I ..hi married and iiave two children. Early on in my married life I slipped more a fool than a sinner and a weakling in the power of a mi >n woman. I have never been allowed to forget, this. My wife is suspicious of my every503 words
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Advertisement350 1947-02-23 9 VGLV SUNTAMNgD j-ggSk SKIN Jk k made whiter inS minutes u> "^SJsv^ 4ftl STJ^^T^f^B^a^B^R^B^Rl WHI I i-.X, t wonderful new discovery, «W7» **sK lan rovcals that pale, fresh lovclj. n«s ih.it every woman dreams ihout, ih.it every man ad»res. I riipu'al sun isthc enemy of your beauty. It enlarges and350 words
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Advertisement435 1947-02-23 9 FOOD PARCELS FROM AUSTRALIA 2 of our 17 PARCELS PARCEL NO. 26 16 os Dripping 3 cakes Toilet Soap Price S 12--16 ox. Plum Pud-Jin, PARCEL No. M i»i os. Fmlt Cake 16 ox. (in Drippin* 4 ox. Custard Powder 16 oz. tin I r'< ism- of Chirkrn 8 ot.435 words
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Article671 1947-02-23 10 AFTER a game of thrills, rough play and the longest halftime yet 12 minutes the Malays scored a narrow 4 3 win over the Army in the Singapore soccer league game played at Jalan Besar yesterday. The thrills came in the latter stages of the game671 words
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Article146 1947-02-23 10 MORE ARRIVALS NEXT MONTH Turf Topics By "Bernborouxh" A batch of 26 horse* for the Malayan Turf will arrive in Singapore by the Chanda from Australia early next ..onth. Ten of these horse* will go to Lt. Col. T. L. Fox's stable, while the remainder are for Trainer van Breukelen.146 words
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Article83 1947-02-23 10 Sunday Times Correspondent KUALA \UMPUR. Saturday Selangor bent Malacca two-nil in a return State hockey match played on the padang this evening. Selansor started with an ail -out onslaught and maintained pressure for fully 15 minutes when the Malacca forwards ha J to fall back to83 words
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Article115 1947-02-23 10 lUCKY Srrikr B.P. badminton teams are: Against the Brighton Badminton Party on the Brighton court at 10 a.m. today Charlie Yeo. Koh Beng Swee. Ch:ang Seru; Geok, Hoo Chun Kan, Tan Kiat Kheng. Hodri bin Habit. Tan Kee Lin. Tan Howe Phoo. Hoo Chun Porg. Ong Ens115 words
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Article93 1947-02-23 10 BRISBANE. Sat. A partnership of 96 in 106 minutes by Tallcn and Carrigan enabled Queensland to gain a first innings lead against South Australia in the Sheffield Shield match continued here today. At clcse of play Queensland had scored 268 for eight in reply to South Australia's nrstReuter - 93 words
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Article26 1947-02-23 10 THE S.R.C. home-and-home cricket match between the Captain's and Vice-Captain's teams will be played today, starting at 11 a.m. There was no play yesterday.26 words
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116 1947-02-23 10 THE Singapore Recreation Club. I Victory Cup champions, meet I the Singapore Chinese Football I Association in charity football match at Jalan Besar Stadium this afternoon, kick-off at 5 p.m. Proceeds will go to the Fund for Malayan Chinese mechanics who j helped the116 words
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Article81 1947-02-23 10 M.C.U. beat Hospital Assistants and Dressers Association. 4—3 in a table tennis match played at tru! M.C.U. yesterday Results. 1 M.C.U. playtrs mentioned first): William Fung lost to J. D. Nalpon 0-3: Lim Thiam Tett lost to S. Sup--1 piah 2-3; Goon Seg Mun beat M. Si- yam.81 words
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262 1947-02-23 10 MALACCA MALAYS TO FORM 'ALL-CONQUERING "TEAM Sunday Times Reporter MALACCA, Saturday. MALACCA'S Malay sport enW» thusiasts are taking the new soccer season so seriously that they even have talent scouts now to tour the villages and watch small district games to pick out material for an all-conquering Malay side in262 words
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Article480 1947-02-23 10 BLACKEST DAY IN LEAGUE HISTORY Home Football London. Saturday. THE fifth week-end of snow and 1 frost again played havoc with football fixtures, causing 23—exactly halt matches of the English Football League to be postponed and three in Scotland. This represents the blackest day in Football League history. Last SaturdayReuter - 480 words
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Article108 1947-02-23 10 LOIfDOH, Saturday. L^litST round matches in the Rugby League resulted as follows: Caitlefcrd 19, SwUuon 2; Leigh 3, Wakefield Trinity 3; Liverpool Stanley 27 Pembjrton R. 6; Oldham 3, Bellevue Rangers 10; Widnes 13, Rochdale Hornets 2; Salford 5, Bradford Northern 2; Workington Town 48, Widnes DragonsReuter - 108 words
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88 1947-02-23 10 PRAGUE, Saturday. CZECHOSLOVAKIA, trour.cing Belli gium by 24 to nothing, took over first place in the world ice-hockey j amateur championships, with ten points for five straight victories, one point ahead of Sweden. The Swedes and Czechs meet tomorrow and the title depends onUP - 88 words
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Advertisement241 1947-02-23 10 (joL K 111 TO SYDNEY illJl TO LONDON Q* "ij*jJMb*i.i_y^?^^^''*"i* f&^^^^ r '"^'■^S^S^S^S rv -^*r*ts** -V?"C^ZJ^Ty _.au. *a Jb i Hf »t.-> nr u a/.i» LMOil any time you wish, you can leave by ■11R on the Kangaroo route from Singapore— jnd ba '•'■> Fngland or Australia within juat a241 words
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Advertisement620 1947-02-23 10 BRITISH STORES DISPOSAL BOARD iSNGAPORE TENDER NOTICE. BY ORDEB OF THE DIRECTOR OK DISPOSALS. FAR EASTERN AREA (M.0.5.) L. The British Stores Disposal Board. Singapore, is authorised to receive Tenier for the following items: Located at Produce Group 4 Sub Depot *<3 BOD. Balestier Rd. L«t No. I— Mixed Scrap620 words
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Advertisement259 1947-02-23 10 Quickly fie/feves INDICESTION MACLEAN Brand Stomach Powder gives welcome relief to sufferers from acidity, flatulence, heartburn. t stomach pain. nausen. biliousnoss and other sjrmp- loms of H!Kcs»rsf disturbances. Invaluable also in cases of headaches, depres- sion. sleeplessness and palpitation when these arr caused by skomarh disorders Look for the SignatureMACLEAHSasd259 words
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Article660 1947-02-23 11 From Bill Bowes SYDNEY, Saturday. IN reply (o the N.S.W. total of 342, the M.C.C. faxed badly at Sydney today. First Hutton was hit on the jaw, Edrich v.;!s felled and with unaccountable batting lapses by England's middle batsmen, the day ended with the scoreboard660 words
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Article38 1947-02-23 11 rK 15th Annual General Meeting of the Mayflower Badminton Party 1 will be held at Mr Lav Pau Sort's re;s.dence. 180-G Mculmein Road, Singapore, on Sunday, March 2. at 11 a.m. sharp. Tiffin will be served.38 words
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Article, Illustration48 1947-02-23 11 Waiter Hammond hopes to be able to lead England in the final Test match starting in Sydney on Feb. 28, reports Reuter. He said yesterday he was feeling better, and decided to give himself a thorough trial tomrrow when he intends to play squash rackets.48 words
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Article191 1947-02-23 11 NSW—IST INNS. Carmody Ibw b Smith 65 I Morris st. Evans b Smith 44 Barnes c Voce b Smith 44 Lukeman b Smith 70 Kissell c Voce b Pollard Lindwall c Pollard b Smith 45 Pettiford c and b Smith 6 Lush c Hardstatr b Smith Saggers b SmithReuter - 191 words
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Article217 1947-02-23 11 THE MeJLa) CoKega Union beat Air Ministry Directorate OenJ-al Works by 56 runs in a tame of et cket at Sepoy Lines yesterday. Scores were: M.C.U. E. Augustine b Albretch 4. Chan Yoke Sow c Chopard b Watts 13. M.C. Poopathy st. Taylor b Watts IS.217 words
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Article1497 1947-02-23 11 Tricolour Pays Best Dividend Sunday Times Correspondent KUALA LUMPUR, Saturday. A FEATURE of the concluding day of the Selangor Turf Club's meeting was the success of three of Lt. Col. T. L. Fox's horses, which scored their maiden wins to-day, with one of them. Tricolour, paying1,497 words
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Article68 1947-02-23 11 BECAUSE o* a sporting declaration by the Police in their cricket match with th» Raffles College at Thomson Road yesterday, the College won by eipht wickets and 13 runs. Batting first the Police knocked up a total of 74 runs for eisrht wickets. Kailasapathy took six wickets for68 words
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454 1947-02-23 11 SINGAPORE BADMINTON NEEDS ENERGETIC DIRECTION rpHE long- awaited general meeting of the Singapore Badminton Associai.^n has finally been scheduled to take place on March 1 at the Clerical Union Hall. This meeting has lor* been overdue and the delay has placed Singapore well behind upcountry State bodies which have not454 words
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Article, Illustration39 1947-02-23 12 A Westtinimtcr snow piough right up on the pavement rlearing snvw in Victoria street during the present cold s«>ell. Rifffat: This ship was encrust with many inches of ice wh?n she arrived in London's docks.39 words
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Article, Illustration25 1947-02-23 12 l.tt i: EDNA SMITH, f Melbourne, thought that tb s tw pi»ce hathiw? suit was the best attire for washing day at hrr beach bungalow.25 words
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Article, Illustration19 1947-02-23 12 f'.irlijan, thr Melbourne Zoo's duck-billed platypus, is having one of his luxur* meals eramb'rd tgg from' a small admirer.19 words
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Article, Illustration23 1947-02-23 12 s~*cbtg Lomli>n At the beigul of the coal crisis are these Onr*ns"— the finalists in the National Coal Board's ix>i .nulity girl competition23 words
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Advertisement186 1947-02-23 12 WANTED! SOLUTION TO THE DANCING GIRL MURDER AT THE BL'jl 3AHIIA AUN USD UEMMICA LAKE WILLIAM BENDIX HOT ON THE TRAIL AT THE CATHAY Phone 3400 11.« m. 1.45, 4.15. 6 45. 930 He's Dynamit* ttt^ wifh Damn tJHt^Jt Danger (o liß.', Doub/t- fjj? To-daT: 3 IS C-8.30 p m.186 words
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Advertisement275 1947-02-23 12 Opening TODAY jtgSSinaaaSM'N 11 a.m. -2 pm 1 15 pm. f|"A[JI H He's 'cutting in' on his girl? and a man found MhmM deep In mystery with another man's bloood on his fingers! A TOO-BEAUTIFUL WOMAN; and A Too-Care-Free Man and AN EVENING OF GAY FLIRTATION Shifting madly Into a275 words
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