The Singapore Free Press, 9 December 1946

Microfilm: NL3654
Total Pages: 8
1 8 The Singapore Free Press
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  • ENTERTAINMENT PAGE
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      BETTE PLAYS TWIN ROLE
      697 2 By Our Cinema Correspondent I DO not suppose there is any actress in th* word who will not purr with pleasure when she hears that she is required to play the double role of twins, one good and one bad. For every act/ess fancies heraelf as
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      Her film was banned
      104 2 Her film was banned Because Jane Russell's riot hin k was too revealing m the film "The Outlaw.*' made m 1941, the IS. firm censor banned it after a ten-week run m San Francisec despite a declaration by a Sunreme Coart judge that it was "not sordid Now it has
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      SO THIS IS MISS JANE RUSSELL
      186 2 SO THIS IS MISS JANE RUSSELL rURTEEN hundred people, dropping intj the Ixmdon Pavilion recently to see some other picture, also had a surprise preview of the most banned ?nd boosted film Hollywood has ever sent here. .They found themselves at the Press show of millionaire Houard Hughes' £500,000 Western.
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      SCISSORS AND CUTTER
      16 2 Miss Sc ssors has become engaged to Mr. Cutter m St. Loui6, Missouri.
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      your lucky STAR
      147 2 Fortune forecast for people born today DOBN today, yaw are dentin D ed to be a victim of cirr— instances, nnleja yon lrarn early ta gr.d yourself with coorage, self -conn deuce and stability of purpose. Tan bare Innate gwod judcment and most cultivate its wide use
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      Baldpate, well, well, well!!!
      306 2 By A Special Correspondent IF one had gauged a consensus of public opinion after each performance of the recent attrac tion at the Victoria Theatre, it would most probably have closely compared with that of the play's central character: "So thi? is Baldpate, well, well, well!'"
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  • Page 2 Miscellaneous
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      572 2 RADIO MAI AYA 93 nm l c, •"•|-*n_J 11.00 pm. News headlines snd ""HVsvy l w laf\Ls4f\ X #4> lish 485 metre*; also 12 pjn to Zpm close down »«a Singapore TODAY s ENGLISH l,sT «™g d r 1-30 pm News: 140 p.m. Musical ■sawVW, KkO MiTWORR (Cbtaicae A mourn
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  • LEADER PAGE
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      The Singapore Free Press MONDAY, DEC. 9, 1946. Stepping Down
      556 4 The Singapore Free Press MONDAY, DEC. 9, 1946. Stepping Down IT must have Deen a considerable surprise that Admiral Viscount Mountbatten, on relinquisiimg the post of Supreme Allied Commander. South East Asia, is to ?o back to sea as a Rear Admiral m command of a cruiser squadron. Although at
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      EUROPE THINKS BRITAIN TERRIFIC
      1078 4  - EUROPE THINKS BRITAIN TERRIFIC ALEXANDER CLIFFORD By IF you don't want to spend four hours outside the Victoria and Albert Museurrs you can take an aeroplane to Stockholm or Brussels or Zurich or Lisbon and look the shop windows. It's a more expensive but less uncomfortable way of see. ing
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      PEOPLE MAKE NEWS
      526 4 pAi ;LLC*:*I Hall at Luoeiii:~m near Market Harborough It up for sale and legend has it that whoever buys it buys not only 60 acres of good Leicestershire soil but a 3CO year-old ghost as well The present owner RUPERT BELVILLE is not prepared to live there.
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      WHA IS UNESCO?
      525 4 By a Special Correspondent IN Paris recently gatftered tire first Conference of the United Nations Educational. Scientific, and Cultural Organisation, now commonly called UNESCO. What is UNESCO? In recent and sample conversation I have heard it described as a tooth-paste, a new Rumanian Minister, and by an
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      56 4 QUIZ OH, SO EASY 1. Complete tfae trio which begins wy_ l rod. 2. Who did not want to grow up? 3. Here's to the maiden of bashful fifteen. How old was the widow? 4 For what purpose is a sow's ear quite inadequate? 5. What sforie should you always
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  • SPORTS PAGE
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      PLYMOUTH-SURPRISE TEAM OF THE SEASON
      947 6 PLYMOUTH-SURPRISE TEAM OF THE SEASON All In The Game from George Chisholm LONDON, By Air Mail. ONE of the bright spots of the football season has been the recovery of Plymouth Argyle. When they returned to League South after being out of senior competitive football during the whole of the
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      Club Meet Navy
      27 6 pictures. The Singapore (Vicket Club rugby team (top) which h«*at the Navy 15 0 in Saturday's tournament ru;ger match on Mv nadang. Free Press
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      Curvis Must Not Be Rushed
      197 6 Archie Quick 's Sports Fartde LET me introduce two gentlemen of wisdom m a era** m mg world. On my left, Nel Tarleton. 41 year old iW* of aU the featherweights. On my my right. N<*s> >nenn of Sherman's football pools. We met at the
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      189 6 >RobuciD iocaily rolff approved aY wsiteA^ G/for &r!t* h^«&r* A, 250. SCttNOOQK S?POBE. i Pboui u*Z32s: THE TRADE MARK Of QUALITY SLJWLm* SANITARY PRODUCTIONS FITTIN&S At last— Malaya is manufacturing its own Sanitary T .:igs— Ba^.ns. W.C. Closets tm Flush Cisterns Manufactured by skilled craftsmen of many years experience m
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      35 6 I ANE Exclttmrtve to the Singapore Free Press m Malaya \s\ WONDER WHERE \^>qg_iJ%tr* fiftf iilfflffi iw BLUEBELL. fl ciTtiki_" MPf?F WITH I__! _Ff _r '________Kf!_________aT H4 S g\X I ____l_lili ~*ssi _Cy»/ r*9__fl___s^_^_^^^___ 18
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      21 6 QUIZ Answers 08, SO EASY.— I. Pole and peroti. 2. Peter Pan 3 Fifty 4. Making a silk purse. 5 Blarney.
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  • NEWS PAGE
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      HOME...
      39 8 Here is the bar at the Smufflers' Inn at Dawlish m Devon. According to the Royal Autombile Club guide, licencing hours are from 11 ajn to 2 pjn. and 5 p.m. to. 10 pjn. (ia.3t m the summer.)
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      NEWS PAGE TO GET £6,000 JOB
      166 8 NEWS PAGE TO GET £6,000 JOB LONDON. Sun. "EN. Sir Miles Dempsey, soldier and sportsman, is to become rman of the Racecourse Betting Control Board. Britain's 15.000 000 totalisator machine. Leaving the army at 49 for thu _e6C;O-a-ye?.r job Sir Miles will ake up hs civilian post m the -id
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      REBELS 'MOVING ON TEHERAN'
      378 8 LONDON, Sunday. JAFAR PISHERVARI, leader of the Democratic Party m "Persian "home rule" province of Azerbaijan* said over the Tabriz radio today that leaflets containing reprisal threats had been dropped over Tabriz by planes today. Later m his broadcast Pishervari said: "Our troops are moving on
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      'WANT CHINA AS COLONY'
      71 8 The Soviet officia' papar Izvestia declared yesterday that American policy m China was directed by those Americans who would like to see China become m due cours? an colony, says Reuter from Moscow "One of the reasons why America Ls interested m th* constitutional legalisation of
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      BOMB EXPLOSIONS IN SPAIN
      166 8 LONDON, Sun. AN the eve of the officially taspired pro-Franco demonstrat.ons all over Spain tomorrow and despite elaborate police precautions against counter-demon-strations by the underground Republicans, several bombs were exploded m Barcelona tonight and last night. Resistanc organiziUons iti Barcelona are said to be seeking to
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      U.S. MINERS ARE BACK AT WORK
      371 8 U.S. MINERS ARE BACK AT WORK NEW YORK, Sunday. AFULI^SCALE resumption of coalmining appeared certain on Monday as reports from minefields indicated a ready compliance by the 400,000 miners with the order by John L. Lewis, the United Mineworkers leader, to end the 17 -day strike and return to work
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      FRASERS RISE 50 cts.
      259 8 CITY NEWS DURING the past weeks speculators m Singapore have been busily whispering about the possibility of Fraser and Neaves ordinary shares risiny due to the publication of the company's report this morning. The shares did rise and on Saturday morning the Free Press reported that
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      Rubber report
      187 8 r AST week op*Mv i J v.iUi a raJ.cr J qu'eter mar* DtOHBbCT .shipment being nejkv id and only a moderate enquiry shown for January. Prices, however, n.v.'e art'—iced st*»a--dily throughout the week. December shipment has been m demand as well M January and a fair business has
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      SCHMELING NO NAZI
      25 8 The L»e-Nazincation Court at Hamburg yesterday pronounced the former world heavyweight boxing champion. Max Schrn_line "free of Nazi taint,'' says I U.P.
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      TODAY'S S'PORE RUBBER PRICES
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      'NO PAN-SLAV BLOC'
      36 8 Marshal Tito. Yugoslav Prim*; Minister, said at the opening of the second pan -Slav Congress m Belgrade yesterday, says Reuter that Slavs had a great mission but not to crer.'e a pan-Slav bloc.
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      'GI' WITH SHOT GIRL
      64 8 An American soldier was de- i tamed by the U.S. Army investii gators yesterday as a suspect m connection with the shooting of a German girl, says AP. from! Berlin. The girl, whose condition is critical, was found wounded ir. the head on Saturday night m
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      NO DEMOB SPEED UP SAYS MONIY
      102 8 NO DEMOB SPEED UP SAYS MONIY FIELD-MAP*^ ttafl officers S?" until tht pSc -r^ 5 signed, ther? er,,:/?; Kate meti up ot de**^ or redaction m bt.-£ 'recommitments overseas Lord Mootc-Mn stress**, imp of the Bi e lXr.5 talfc" York. panSSi? fi this pc w Britain must never kin. caught
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      UN TRUSTEESHIP FOR S.W. AFRICA
      62 8 NEW YORK St TKK 1 p C:__ttee of ■the :«fcj d^c.de a that I is tc bt- .r.der nati trusteeship Sou J: Africa s rec_u tern* cry be ir.corpc Union .z au n •< En reply to a rai i Kr. be Africa d'.ri not
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      105 DIED IN BLAZE
      11 8 I- ii to their s^"i!_rf too it*;
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      91 8 tmmmm^mmam^mmmmmm^mimmmtm^m^mmm^m^m^m^m^-TO-DAY (MrSS*) 11 i.5*.U5.3 30,6.39 *9pav fl \SK your friends about this Picture DON'T MISS IT! i vtrm M _i AS*^f _____W__Wm*^^^^^^^ iwk Overman Pallettelv^Tl Smkim- I. EIMH ÜBUII kfi W»f tr ly* ttam frw i rtai Jf Ibfci SA'MJ^-«" NEXFXBANCE J»J A thrin went thru the hearts of 6.000.000
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      81 8 COFFEYVILLE, KANSAS- 1892/ THE LAWLESS WESTS MOST GRIPPIM" BANDIT MASSAC RF RFCAILID X^rxuXONS '"xr LSS^ DA,LV OLD WES' i> RECKLESS A RLAM CI«TIS LON CH««Y K£KT TAYtOR rithlESS J NOAH BEERY. A. MARTHA O ORtSCOLL ND |.;RIM'" JESS BARKER THOMAS &OMEZ ,-c .".vnEBlNCai r* a*• „r Neccr-Greater olefiJ Never-Ending Action:..
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      111 8 WEATHER Thunder Again At Night WEATHER forecast for 24 hours from noon today campled by the RAF Central Forecasting Station. Air Command. South-East Asia: Cloudy with bright intervals and a few thundery showers during the late afternoon and night. Cloud* tomorrow morning. Light westerly wind becoming moderately gwst In showers
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