The Singapore Free Press, 15 April 1950

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1 4 The Singapore Free Press
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    19 1 The Singapore Free Press LARGEST AFTERNOON SALE IN MALAYA So. 11 SINGAPORE, SATURDAY, APRIL 15, 1950. PRICK IKN CKMS.
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    'U.S.I. GAVE SAFE PLEDGE TO AZIZ'
    347 1 But he stays a prisoner JAKARTA, Saturday. £\\o officials who flew with Captain Abdul Aziz from Macassar to Jakarta yesterday said that he did not go as a prisoner. They added that the Federal Defence Minister, the Sultan of Jogjakarta, had guaranteed his safe
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    32 1 These child-musicians rendered delightful Sinhalese music at yesterday's tea party given by the Singapore Sinhalese Association at Robinsons Cafe Third from right, playing the harmonium, is Siripala Perera. who led the orchestra.
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    MYSTERY BLAST IN AIRLINER
    35 1 NDON, Sat. surrounds >1 q which ooard a Bri- over the ...innel and •jlane and and serious--pwardess. l U en Thursday tnplement of trned to NorI mad^ 'relieved 6a was caused
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    Heavy blasts near London
    19 1 y esI Hor:rom mpanyof the in- > around I cc.dent or c Langh- r.rower ex- U.P.
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    'Nut' church
    13 1 Neill. Asoi the Archnterbury. yesterd tirm ,he hil! tout workers A.P
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    L.C.T. moves S'pore ship on sandbank
    146 1 L.C.T. moves S'pore ship on sandbank F.P. Shipping Reporter FE 984-ton freighter Buloh. of the Straits Steamship Co.. which went aground on a sandbank 30 miles from Bangkok on Monday, has been moved 300 feet by an LC.T. (Landing Craft Tank) sent down from Bangkok to the point where the
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    STEEL SHIPS
    15 1 Japan's growing merchant! mailne will soon be increased" by 62 steel vessels. A.P.
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    MALAYA TOP EXPORTER
    128 1 WASHINGTON, Saturday. MALAYA led all Asian countries m exporting goods to America m February, with a total of .S19,:*00,000 (I .S. currency) for the period. The Philippines came second, with $14,200,000, Japan third with $9,600,000, and India fourth with $9,600,000. Figures issued by the U.S. Commerce Department
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    Bandits take cards
    33 1 Free Press Staff Reporter Bandits operating m the Gua Musang area of Kelantan yesterday stopped a pus at the 195 th mile and robbed the passengers of their identity cards.
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    Bandits bombed
    33 1 Free Press Staff Reporter Royal Air Force aircraft, including Lincoln heavy bombers attacked a bandit area m Selangor for several hours yesterday The results oi tat attack are not yet known.
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    CARGOES FOR U.S.I. 'STRIKE PORTS' AGAIN
    117 1 F.P. Shipping Reporter F)UTCH ships of the X.P.M. Will from tod-ay accept cargoes for Tanjong Pnok the harbour for Jakarta, and for Beiawan Deli, the harbour for Medan, Sumatra Since April 5 no cargo has been loaded m Singapore for these ports, because they
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    PARDONED
    34 1 President Truman has parloned James M. Curley. jailed former Mayor of Boston convicted of a mail fraud. The pardon restores all civil rights to Curley, once powerful Democratic Party leader of Massachusetts. A.P.
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    French 'throttle' Vietminh attacks
    137 1 SAIGON, Saturday. THE large-scale offensive launched by the Vietminh rebels ten days ago m the Soctrang Province of Cochin-China was 'quickly throttled", French military headquarters announced yesterday. During several clashes more than 100 Vietminh dead were counted and losses Inflict d by French aircraft were "certainly
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    'Beehive'
    33 1 The Grand Central Palace, New York's greatest exhibition hall, was a beehive of activity yesterday as final i arrangements were made for i the opening today of the British Motor Show. A.P.
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    33 1 Mr. and Mrs. Peter We* Lai Hen* after their marriage at the Church of St. Peter and Paul "J Singapore this morning The br.de is the former Miss Rose mary Tan Chen? Slew.
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    BID TO STOP SHIP STRIKE
    63 1 Final efforts are being mad* m New York today to avert the strike of ships' officers at midnight that would immediately tie up 700 to 800 vessels and affect 90 per cent, of all Atlantic and Gulf dry cargo. The four-man panel of tne u.o.
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    Unpaid bill
    28 1 Britain's National Coal Board has suspended exports of coal to Argentina's nationalised railways because the railways have not paid a coal bill of nearly £500,000.- A.P.
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    Wembley ceremony
    31 1 Two 18-ft high panels bearing the names of the 1948 London Olympiad winners were unveiled at Wembley Stadium yesterday by Lord Burghley. chairman of the Olympics Committee. A P.
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    PLANES KILL 320 HUKS
    53 1 MANILA. Sat. PHILIPPINE Air Forc^ fighter-bombers yesterday attacked 400 Huk guerillas making a river crossing 40 miles north of Manila, killing all but 80 of the Com-munist-led outlaws. The Air Force Mustang> caught the Huks as they were crossing the Chico River near Arayat m 27
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    TORNADO KILLS 8
    24 1 CIX bodies were recovered frc-m collapsed buildings m Rangoon, bringing the total of dead m the recent tornado to eight. A.P.
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    OIL TOWN FALLS
    18 1 Burmese Government troops have retaken the petroleum centre of Minbu, 376 river-miles north of Rangoon
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    EX-P.M. DIES
    21 1 Sir Albert Dunstan. former Premier of Victoria and Minister of Health for the state, died yesterday. He was 64
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    First 'treasure' find
    52 1 AHUI.K believed to be a Spanish treasure ship, m Scotland's Tobermory Bay has yielded up its first Sift to the Navy's salvage men. Suction pumps, clearing silt and sand from tne mil* m the scan h for sold and jewellery, brought up MVtrai empty beer bottles (modem
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    S'GOR CRISIS OVER SULTAN'S HEIR
    294 1 Free Press Malay Correspondent A CONSTITUTIONAL crisis is brewing m Selangor, the Itusan Melayu reports. A section of Selangor royalty thinks that the Eldest son of the Sultan the Tengku Laksamana, is not qualified to rule the State There was a heated debate at the
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    Disguised planes ?
    48 1 Disguised planes TAIPEH. Sat. NATIONALIST Chinese naval headquarters said vrsterday that planes with British markings have conducted frequent low-level flights over Nationalist warships* off South China. The statement said the navy is trying to learn whether the planes were actually British or Communist ones, disguised as British. A.P.
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    RECORDUK TRADE IN MARCH
    75 1 RECORD UK TRADE IN MARCH LONDON. Sat BRITAIN broke all records m March m the value of her exports, the Board of Trade announces. Estimated at £184,300,000, the exports were five per cent. higher than the previous record m January. Imports, with a provisional value of £221.300,000. also were the
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    Mystery of 'abducted' S'pore boy
    527 1 Mystery of 'abducted S 'pore boy THE story of a 15-year-old HokUien boy who, after arriving from China was "kidnapped" m Singapore, was told today by the Social Welfare Department. The boy says the report, arrived 'from China \n October, 1947. His parents had died some years before and his
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    TWO BUSES ATTACKED
    69 1 TWO BUSES ATTACKED Free Press Staff Reporter Bandits fired on two busts •trday m the Muar district but caused no ca> One bus, plying between Sulung and Muar »apassengers when it was atU t 9 a.m. The driver did not stop The olher bus proceeding I am Lengga to Pagoh.
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    EAST-WEST PACT
    18 1 Poland yesterday signed a ;de agreement with the Benelux countries Belgium, the Netherlands and Luxembourg.- Reuter
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    41 2 g treated fn a weekend vorelty entertainment when )fonceyian ski jumpen f iemomttrgtion on a apeciul jump constructed at Hampstead Heath The OMW ht over from Xoruay and preserved by dry-ice methods. The object na.« to popularise ski jumping m Britain.
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    Hamelin Needs a Pied Piper
    441 2  - Hamelin Needs a Pied Piper Paul R. Block by I iMELIN, Germany: PHIS old city, known U) all children from t t tale of the Pied I is still plagued 9 and mice. the the city City authoi iwn i>as a pit a ol any other I Rodent externow bem*
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    'ATOMIC SET' IS LATEST TOY
    328 2 II is perhaps as well that the boys and girls of Burdirk Junior Hinh School at Stamford Connecticut, spend as much time a: their television sets as they do at their school desks. For otherwise, there will soon be nothing to stop them prospecting for
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    Where 'toys' are alive
    171 2 T*OYS ay c alive m Ne\» Guinea, the world's largest island, off the North Australian coast. The natives catch the magnificent tropical butterfles, eight inches broad and brilliantly coloured. and tether them with lengths of light fibre. Children play with them m Rabaul streets, and the
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    128 2 Penny and J.an «r. not m> happy as the other children when th« f>i e <i P'per tell* them that they can stay »n the ma R ie tunland tor ever Tor Penny has missed Kon,. her pel f jppoic he didn't coma through the miKic door, sayj Jean. And,
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      Peter Becomes a Pathfinder
      985 2  - Peter Becomes a Pathfinder Capt W. E. Johns ..By* Peter Masters, a C adet m it,' R.A.F., ovrrhears two of his officers discussing a bidden petrol store m the Black f oie^t, •nd he tells the Air Commodore that he thinks he knows where it is. Masters is promoted to
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      Stamp Corner
      63 2 'ITiIS stamp honours thf 1 nrst men to fly Orville and Wilbur Wright Ana when you *atch the RAF i fetj streak past, think of *hp cioth-and-wire plane with two chain-driven propellers m which Orville made th* Arst iiop of 120 ft. Time 13 seconds; place, sand dunes
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      PRINCE AND PEASANT-BOY
      235 2  -  S.C.GEORGE —.By Ra*hid ih« prince. chance* pl*c*» with Oihmin Ihr praftanl b«>. OASHID had a BOO'^derful afternoon He dived from the buffalo's back into the river anci MB about until uas tired. And ther. climbed ba<k When the sun set he ndenly re rilled he aid not
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      Pets Go With Migrants
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      154 2 JUNIOR CROSSWORD (i.i fs m Ross. I Sunuune -a*—: —^m, I r-- Mi' M J r% IS of a Bnii>h composer .n 1891. I, > _^J|^___JJ§___ Kind of grass Rooa m French. 8. Bi who tf ~Bb^^ Invented a form of marmer'g i~~^ mm rompa.ss. 12. Poet who urot« Jonn
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    ATLANTIC PACT IS 1 YEAR OLD
    302 3 ATLANTIC PACT IS 1 YEAR OLD Big progress m West defence WASHINGTON, Friday. gEHIND closed doors m Washington, London and Paris the nations of the West have worked out, over the past year, how they would fight together should the Russian armies start to roll west. The North Atlantic pa/t,
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    57 3 photo. MivH m elephant trainer, swoops into the ..ri 4 1 >-foot slide during rehearsals with a i> When the Hmh have become accusi rt w trick. Nina will be replaced by a aho will finish hi> performanre with a ii> mt'i the den. Nina is goin» back to xh-
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    Vietnam army unified
    73 3 PARIS. Fri. (creation of a unified Vietnam Army with single srneral staff has been decided at a conference of Vietnam military leaders at Dalat. the France Press Agency reported. Bao Dai, Vietnam head of state, presided. Al present difierem armies control each territory involved m tlie pacification
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    NEW IDEAS IN FEUDAL LAOS
    68 3 VKNTIANG, Lms, Saturday. \F> Western and Marxist, are today ehalohl. feudal wav of life in this 5 ;<>m in the West of Indo-China. between the new Republic of East and Burma and Siam, to the :rontier with Communist China s. like her neighbours Vietnam and
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    MARS BLOW-UP?
    24 3 Japanese astronomers r*»- x>rt jiew observations of Grange cloud formations on he planet Mars, caused pot- j übly by a "terrific explasion
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    No mercy killing for this doctor
    196 3 NEW YORK. Saturday. 141 X argument made eleven years ago by a famous doctor that mercy killing should be legalized for the y°unf who are hopelessly deformed but not for the adult dangerously ill— has been repeated by Calliera Magazine. The opinion is that
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    DOWNED BUT SAFE
    28 3 All four persons aboard a British Catalina flying-boat forced down a; sea on Sunday found safe on life rafts 20 miles south of Kingston. U.P.
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    Bridge Problem
    82 3 SPADFS are trumpi South leads. North and South are win five of the wen n. k.r.nsi any defense. South leads diamond whi"ri North ruffs. North leads t plays queen and .Sou ii dinks! East must lead a heart North ruffs and leads a dub Souths kin« South plays
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    MAHARAJA IN DEATH FALL
    67 3 Mah iraj I Sir Gulab S 47-year-old former ruler of Rewa srate, died fiom his injuries «-n Thursday after fall- 30 feet to the pavement m Bombay. He was believed to have slipped and fallen from the 1 edge of a terrace of Bikaner Palace, where
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    Died together
    32 3 Dr and Mrs Robert Joyce. born about 7s, died within three hours of each other m B Brisbane hospital The husband collapsed when he learned of his wife's death A.P.
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    Bank to fight China Reds
    92 3 TAIPEH. Friday. HPHfc] Formosan Ministry of I Finance hinted yesterday that attempts of the Chinese Communists to seize assets of the Bank of China abroad may be fought m the courts. The Finance Minister. X Yen, In a formal statement, said thai attempts of the
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    US APOLOGISES TO EGYPT
    73 3 A N Egyptian Foreign Office .spokesman said on Tnursri:iv that the U.S. Stare Department had apologized to Mr. Kamel Abdel Rehim, the 1 Egyptian Ambassador In Washington, over an article on King Farouk m the April m issue of Lif'* magazine. The article, which gave ar.
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    41 3 The North Atlantic Defence Ministers at their recent meeting at The Hague when they announced "unanimous approval" for an over-all strategic plan to protect their countries from aggression. On the extreme left is Field Marshal Sir William Slim of (.fit Britain.
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    KASHMIR MOVE
    15 3 Mustaq Ahmad Ourmani, Pakistan's roving ambassador, rias been ap;> Minister for Kashmir A
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    New type of life-saving
    197 3 TFX AVIV, Saturday. I\OWN along the sandy stretches of Israel's Mediterranean shore theie's a new trick m lifesaving called "Hassakake" It is credited with having saved the lives of 5,000 swimmers In the Tel Aviv area alone within the last 10 years. On the brilliant, warm,
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    'TACTICS OF TYRANNY'
    75 3 US Supreme Court Justice William O. Douglas .said las: ■light that Americans 'revolt Alien the powers of government are levelled on a man and rumour, innuendo. IUI--rerifled farts and unknown tvitnesses are employed to destroy him. "We know tha* thOK havr been tactics of tyranny from time
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    REDS MILK PRISONERS & BEGGARS
    127 3 REDS MILK PRISONERS BEGGARS HUSO KOt I CHINA'S new money rulers are resorting <•> -ptiona] methods oi All Hie national cill mainland Indicates th munists are Matins orli mTt fH*y •>r their food Chinete •ho hi ■hort .er»n In and v -a) recei ly .i. Hone Rang miW h quirrtl
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    NO POISON FOUND-YET
    59 3 NO POISON FOUND-YET lixcoi IDfOOLM tv i j denied repor i that I of poison nad yel been I m 'he bodies of tw, men exhumrd last wck I tbt village of Wr Drove, where m pi ing local mspicioni of der. Organs h on Hie b under examina' m
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    Hail kills 6
    33 3 A Deuce wY. \k blinding hail hs is: people And mttpy animal waste 7.500 icres of cu\- land, and r\y rh F i! t nllwav m Pr< nch V Reuter
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      73 3 i VICLM- FASTEST TO EUROPE AND THE U.S.A. idaystollurope— 2 Ji\vt 1 America— that's the proud 1 achievement of the KLM C onstellationserx ice. Planes leave Kalian Airport three times week. I r further pan •<! 1> 1 4 KLM 1 Royal Dutch uirlr 1 l« Finlayson Crcn Singapore Tel.
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      117 3 WHAT'S ON IN K.L. pwii.ioN: The Three Musketecra. HEX: Slattery's Hurricane. ODEON: The Merry Widow. (UI LJSEUM: Wake Of The Red Witch. >I\DRAS: The Prince And The P-juper CATHAY: Vichitra Vanitha (Tamil). HINDUSTAN: Mirza Zahjban CENTRAL: Life (Tamil. VENUS: Harischandra (Tamil). PENANC CATHAY: G-Men: BEX: 111 Belvedere Goi--- 'i 0
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      576 3 New Crossword No. 22 CLUBS \< Ross 1. Behaves of course a liule sh ■■•■pishly «4>. 4 Iv 4> 8 But the ash \>londe does not smooth her hair witfc it 9. Lancelot has lost much <b'. 10. Point of high a>--*r tra\«: "2.3(. 11. Begad! Change the sitju f5>.
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    The Singapore Free Press SATURDAY, April, 15, 1950. Co-prosperity Again
    349 4 The Singapore Free Press SATURDAY, April, 15, 1950. Co-prosperity Again CIGI NT opinions anc v >..i em( nts, official sen ial. recently Singapore from point >v Spates .o make Japan the fcsia The idea b i Kit Ihr rt ol Asia, by be con: pendent on Jar d goi red
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    Empire Can Do Without These Britons
    813 4 Empire Can Do Without These Britons i~ BERNARD WICKSTEED* says too many are leaving Britain for the Empire m search of "cushy" I jobs. < LIKE looking on the bright side of life. When you make lluit your job you find the world is full of brightness, often m the
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    HIGH RENTS
    112 4 Letter to the Editor i J WRITE to support Mr. JUSTICE PLEASE < cerning the hi h rent charged by the Improvement Trust. Only rich merchants can afford to stay i; flat> costing more tbun oaJ a hundn (i t« Uai a per moi th m rent. We
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    'Othello' Comes to Singapore
    821 4 RONALD BAXTER writes on Shakespeare's immortal tragedy which the Singapore Repertory are presenting next week. fIIAT William Shakes|>eare \\;is Hie greatest writer, thinkn poel »nd ■j! >;iiin('iil for tlie existence <»l God lhal evei lived Ikis l<»nt; been widely accepl'd belief. Thai his i>l;t\s are infinitely
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    Indo-Pakistan War Must Be Averted
    294 4  - Indo-Pakistan War Must Be Averted Sir Percival Griffiths By- POLITICAL ADVISER 7o 7//AJ /\/>/.-l. PAKISTAS AM) BVRUA ASSOCIATIONS. IX) the British visitor to India and Pakistan today, the most alarming factors are the grave communal situation, the (until reirntly) bitterness berween India and Pakistan, and the unhappy ondition of trade
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      22 4 The PEKING Co. CURIOS CARPETS, RUGS. JEWELLERY STRAW MATS NIELLO WARE JADE IVORY ETC ET r 81. HIGH ST. STORE PHONE *****
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      52 4 BETTER THAN BUTTER jr^; X\\II\HIK IN IR PAT* (IKOZr> ,V ILSO IN 2H* A 5 ,Im, T |N. V,n onlains no! less than ?0 Int: I mU of \1 ViUmin and 11 Int I nits «.f Main AN AUSTRALIAN PRODUCT Stocked by all hadine Provisior Stores. Agents: JACKSON CO., LTD
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    SINGAPORE WEDDING
    42 5 SINGAPORE WEDDING M| N x I .in cork. r ..f Mr. John Utc <ounj !,*rn«-d jmtCffIII Victof Frank \l I .it thr l hur» h Sin^af <»f th»* rirfIrft) thr r>«*st P B Kobin.son. ||W bride. Mr. ihr brides- nv bil Uonj-
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    VARSITY ENTRANCE POLICY
    336 5 VARSITY ENTRANCE POLICY Requirements announced Free Press Staff Reporter jJNTIL Singapore and Federation schools have sufficient facilities for all candidates to prepare for the Cambridge Higher Certificate Examination, the present requirements for admission to the University of Malaya will continue. This decision of the University Senate on entrance requirements was
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    NO CASES OF TYPHOID
    9 5 NO CASES OF TYPHOID >'. itT Krportrr C week I
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    Call for survey of population
    314 5 4 (iOVEKNMENT APPOINTED special commission "to examine population trends m Singapore is advocated by >Ir. A. Mallal, Progressive Party Legislative Councillor for Municipality South-West. At the next Council meeting on April 25. Mr. Mallal will put forward this proposal m view of the serious situation
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    Chinese asked for gifts to hospital
    136 5 Chinese asked for gifts to hospital CALL for more donations from the Chinese community was made by the Bishop of Singapore, the Rt Rev H W Baines when addressed the annual general meeting: of the St. Andrews Mission Hospital In Tanjong Pagar last night. Bishop Baines said that Chinese children
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    Special plane for races
    144 5 Free Press Staff Reporter MALAYAN Airways is puttin^ «»n a special service for the tirst and third days oj the Selangur Turf Club'l April meeting -April 22 anc 29 'both Saturdays). The "race special" aril have Kalian^ airport at 11 .41 a.m. liiinch will be on
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    BUND REGISTER
    17 5 There are 240 registered blind people m Singapore, according to the Register of the Blind.
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    Increasing calls or public relief funds
    121 5 Free Press StalV Reporter CALLS on the Public Assistance Section of the Singapore Social Welfare Department for relief have steadily increased since the beginning of this year. More than $22,000 was spent on relief to 1.468 families last month, saya the latest Social Welfare
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    23 5 picture. TWO ambulance helicopters for the Royal Air Force arrived m four crates m SJnr&Mre by th« Glengyle 1 yesterday.- F ree Press
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    CHARLWOOD RETURNS
    67 5 ONI o\ Ma !l ll leaders, Mr. Z. C. ii Cbarlwood, who retiree, m 1947 after S5 years In the 1 country, la rtue m Singapore by air today from England. to resume his chairmanship oi Messrs. Harper Gilfiilan Co. L?d. Mr Charlwood vill taite O vc Bhairraanship
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    CHILD SAVED, MOTHER HELPS HOSPITAL
    260 5 CHILD SA VED, MOTHER HELPS HOSPITAL Free Pre>s Staff Reporter 4 SINGAPORE Malay woman whose baby daughtei was saxed Immu death by hospi+a* treatment is now helping to dispel fear and suspicion <»f modern medicine among conservative) women of her community. Asian binte Saki. the won decided to tiike hei
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    MORE TALKS ON CULTURAL HOUSE
    208 5 Free Press Staff Reporter *PHE committees of 13 Singapore Chinese cultural organisations are to be consulted on a Government proposal to accommodate them m a Cultural House to be built m the Colon}. This followed a meeting tIV-* week of representatives of these organisations railed
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    U.K. studies proposed
    169 5 U.K. studies proposed ore Government ill be asked by Inchr Sardon bin Jubir tßuralJ Eas r at the next meeting of the Legislative Council to consider taking Immedl s to send to the United Kingdom for training locally recruited officers of the Immieration and Customs Department* He will also ask
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    MAILS
    60 5 Burfaca mail is expected U arrive m Singapore today from Ihe United States Ja\a and !)ie Kent i .ition. Latest times for sposlintf surface mail at the G.P.O. today arc .loon for Japan. Hong K< i China Philippine Islands. Ind China, Sarawak 'except Mirn and Kelantan (parceli only* S.4S
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    MEDIOCRE DISPLAY BY R.A.F.
    458 6  - MEDIOCRE DISPLAY BY R.A.F. CRUSADER Not good enough to beat Spore Ky U.\.F. Combined 1: S.R.C 1 1. 1> A.F. omhinod showed themselves to be a useful sidr uith norn irope lor im, overt, but on their performance m yesterday's rully againsl Singapore Ki creation Club their antes of beating
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    Brooks not worried about coming fight
    274 6 IM)Y Brouks, triple champi'Mi of the Orient, for most of the time toyed with his two sparring partners, welterweight Johnny C'into and featherweight .lagir Singh during his workouts at the Happy World arena last afternoon, but he did tut loose occasionally, bringing across his
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    INDIAN ASSN. SOCCER
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    Scottish League soccer results
    10 7 I C, tr'»nh*ath 1 Reuter A.P.
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    Soccerites win 5-2
    18 7 s BS defi Raaaj c I *wo m a soccer fixture were and <»d for
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    NEW HORSES SHOW UP WELL
    303 7 petal training at K.L. sta?~ts \U ALLAN LKWIS Xl ALA LUMPUR, SaturdaN. p()K>^ trained by Hobb^ and tho Sleighs, and ><»n. provided the only fast work Lumpur this ■mraiag, when official i for tht- Selangor Tor! lubs April rtfd Work »va> done on the No.
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    CEYLON XI FIELD ALL DAY
    32 7 CEYLON XI FIELD ALL DAY the i 0 and d jo attack lacked am was the was smartly a m > e*u I a H af AM and M > |>. SI II I Reuter
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    Easy meat for Tigers
    114 7 'fIGERs SporUng AssociaUat) met poor opposition fium Singapore Cncket club m then SAFA Senior League match at Jalan Besar yeste:day. scoi ll reply m the second half kept d<>wr. :he as«i Tie- n ninth mlnut* of the second half through their centra oi \< a; d
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    BANKERS DRAW
    21 7 /^HARTERED BANK SC. rer^ -al! drau la SAFA Bus^ine^'« H knoekn -j- conipetitioo ><»ccet match or. lit- CYVA vesferdrnv
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    WEIGHTS FOR FIRST DAY
    250 7 KIAI.A LI.MPI R. Saturday. WEIGHTS for the first day (Saturday. April >i) TT of the Selangor Turf Tlub April meetinc are: (ku* 1. IMv I —Ab* T far* MtaM «C Mandarin Son* 8«S Sarawak II B.o* iJ3!hi» 800 tLL c- Knirh. Gallaat ..U CI. 3. Di*
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    Scots all out to Say Hampden 'bogey'
    484 7 PHE prospect of a trip to Kio to contest the World Soccer Cup finals gives Scotland added incen- j tive to beat England m the international match at 'Hampden Park. Glasgow, today. Scottish officials have stated that they will the World Cup only
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    ASK BEATEN
    32 7 i i;e rirniiMi ugmvieißni Doxrr. Kl:s Ask lost a point derision to Jo^rgeri Johansen Denmark* at Copenhagen last night Johanten is heading for a Eui -flt'nt ne\t Autumn A. P.
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    STOCK BEATS DUTCH BOXER
    42 7 STOCK BE ATS DUTCH BOXER r VUE French boxer Gilbei i Stock beat Han de Bruin of Holland m ihe fihh round Ol a scheduled* ten-rounder; m Amsterdam last night. The Dutchman was injured and the fight wa.s stopped on medical advice.
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    MALAYA CUP PROBABLES
    23 7 RAF Combined XI. who nrat Singapore Recreation f'luh t 1 at soccer on thr Padaiig yesterday. ReP«»rt on ph«p si\
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    Horses to watch in future races
    769 7 lIBEKTY Flag and Sweet Maisie, two newcomers, A created good impressions In their first races m the country. Liberty Flag, who looked as fit as a riddle, won! with Sweet Maisie who appeared to be on the big side, third m the >;»me race.
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    LEADING FIRST DIVISION CLUBS HIT
    361 7 From JIM CHAMBERS IX)DAYS international ioccer will hit all six English League clubs, who are racing neck and neck for the Div. 1 championship. Two points cover the lot. Manchester United and Portsmouth, current champions, who meet m a vital game both yield a star
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    Increase of stakes fully justified
    595 7 PERAK EASTER MECTINC ROUNDUP By ALLAN LEWIS INCREASING the advertised stakes pays dividends, as the IVrak Turf Club discovered at their Easter meeting. Attendances broke all exist\\\tc records for meetings m the Federation. The shorter programmes on the last two d. attracted more people than
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    Boy Brooks is the favourite for Friday
    106 7 Boy Brooks is the favourite for Friday |s Ihr MiiOCHlV.r- < hamp.oii of .1.1 Empire And dpi nr\t l<» "ii hinson for Jake 1 world unddlfwj ishi Singapore H^lit fan* ir«» tipping B'>\ BrnokN t<» (•".«< him. The tMIMMM «M'"" 1 i< that >.tnu^ < an <mU h. t Rrook>
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    BARI WINS AGAIN
    55 7 bah: terda;. final match m the B pion^hip ai U Club. London tM McLAffaa "Edj Ba: t bind In i. In D Wltti ivb oat W. Ooroon 8-7 ;-i In BM other Ab<iul Ka::m Eg; p th iKat Aian S> fi-10 9-5 M Dear I ondon beat
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    BIRTH
    19 8 STOOKS— At the Bungsar HosI Kuala Lumpur, on April 13th to MEG. wife of FRASEB STOOKS, a daughter.
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    SILVER WEDDING
    47 8 FAREBROTHER-SMITH: On April 15th 1925, at St. Johns B <: h by the Rev Courcey. Claude Andrews, only son of •n E A. Farebrother tnd IhC lav Mn Farebrother. of I n A: Brighton, to Katharine Mer of the late T ruth and Mrs. Smith, of
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    DEATH
    21 8 CLI OF P. H. HENDRV enema jeweller of Malaya oi Edward Sen 14th AlTll. m two sons, a and grandchildren.
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    62 8 The new swept-back Hawker P. 1052 experimental jet fUhter is here seen m flight. The aircraft is related to ftfcr Hawker "Sea Hawk" naval fighter but differs from it m the wings, which are swept back at an angle of 35 degrees. Though intended primarily for experimental flight work, the
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    Blame rests on women
    36 8 Blame rests on women BKISBANK. Sat. SEVENTEEN seamen— nu^t k} of them from Britain have deserted their ships here since January. Women, of course, were blamed by shipping officials for most of the desertions. A. P.
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    REBEL MONEY DEPRECIATES
    50 8 I HE Ho Chi-minh piastremoney put into circulation by the rebel Vietminh •'government" has lost more than two-thirds of its value m five weeks, the French Press Agency reports from Saigon. The Agency said famine m Vietminh controlled regions had caused the collapse of the currency. Reuter
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    N.Y. STOCKS
    33 8 The New York Stock Eschnnge rinsed irregular yesterday. With few exceptions, there were niily fractional movements with losses slightly predominating. There was a good deal of activity m late rrpdinsr.- Reuter
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    C'WEALTH PACT ON PAK. BORDERS
    314 8 C' WEALTH PACT ON PAK. BORDERS Progress m new talks LONDON, Saturday. TALKS have taken place between the Pakistan and the British Governments for a joint Commonwealth declaration guaranteeing the present frontier- of Pakistan, it is learned here. Reliable sources said las' night that such a collective declaration, coupled with
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    Berlin Reds back down: no Invasion'
    88 8 BERLIN. Sat. 'I HE Communists officially capitulated to the determined Western Allies yesterand announced that their At Whitsuntide h rally would be confined tie Russian sector of ..n. The Reds' decision came as American combat troops rehearsed with bared bayooetl tactics to be used
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    U.K. traders in Japan protest
    94 8 Times conespuodent reported from Tuliio that British businessmen m Japan believe the time has come for the British Government to take action for protection of Us nationals against the mispolicies oi General ltacArthur'a headquarters. Reporting on the proposed on foreigners. The Times saic: Mac Arthur's
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    Trading restricted in London marts
    184 8 LONDON, Saturday. Vl r KEK-FND considerations and the proximity of the budget -only one working day remains before its presentation on Tuesday next restricted trading and interest m the London Stock Exchange yesterday. Price movements generally were irregular, says Reuter'.s financial correspondent. Closing middle prices
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    Red invasion fleet bombed
    240 8 HONG KONG, Saturday. AMID growing indications that the Chinese Communists are about to launch simultaneous attacks on Hainan and the Chusan Islands, Nationalist warplanes yesterday claimed to have damaged most of 200 Red junks neai Nationalist-held Quemoy island. Other plants sank 20 junks seen heading toward
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    Lottery dream came true
    55 8 MELBOURNE, 9ml 808 FINN, a bootmaker, said he dreamt that his friend, l-'rank (ilennon. hid won thr first pri/.r m the NVw South Walrs statr lottery. When h*» later met Glennoii and told him about UIC dream, they derided to buy a ticket. They won the
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    PETAIN SEEKS HIS FREEDOM
    40 8 Philippe Petain. ■erring a lift -nee. has ordered his attorney to seek a reversal of his con vie Itiun for treason. His attorney. If. Jacques Forni said he could take the first steps next month A.P.
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    LONDON TIN
    51 8 London tin prices were firm jesterday. Quotations were: Sixn tin was up £2. 5s. a ton at £593 buyers and £594 sellers; tl ree month futures up £2 at £o94 buyers and 1594 10s. sellers. Settlement up £2 to £593 10s. a ton. Total turnover was 45 ton*
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    How to end quarrels
    71 8 A WINDFALL of gold and silver coins brought an abrupt end to a furious family fight m the town of Bendong (Italy). The quarrel was at its height when the husband. Giudio Drovano, suddenly left the room and slammed the door with a loud bang. Part
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    FAG END CAUSES $4,000,000 FIRE
    109 8 TOKIO, Saturday. WHEN a young Japanese lorry driver carelessly tossed away a lighted cigarette near a petrol tank at Atami, near Tokio. he caused U. 5.54.000.000. 54.000. 000 damage. In the resulting fire, 1.600 houses were destroyed, 5,000 people left homeless, 500 were injured, most
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    A mother's 'kill me' plea to son
    90 8 A mother's 'kill me plea to son TOKIO, S. rHE T kio district court Korean on trial for the controversial mercy killing" of hi.s mother to .it's susp» nded impri> ment. I handing do*n the verdict to Se: X c :Uied triil uuid not lk- ret he -.ng cm were
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    TO TRY OR NOTTOTRY
    91 8 PARIS. Sat. t^HE French Supreme I 1 Cound ia.y mcl to advise the government whether to order a court martial of two senior generals on charges connected Wlttl the leakage of a secret report on Indo-Chir.a —known In Fiance U the "Affair oi the Gt Because
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    ACTOR'S WIFE IN SUICIDE
    70 8 jyjRS. Frances Fonda. 42, wife of the actor Henry Fonda, committed suicide yesterday by slashing her throat with a razor blade m a New York sanatorium which she entered after a nervous breakdown. She was found on the floor of her bedroom by a maid bringing
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    KEEPING TAB
    16 8 All technicians m Rumania, including foreigners, must register with the authorities this month. A.P.
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      44 8 tides Today: MJI a.m.. 10.3* p.na Tomomw: 10. 45 a.m., 11 p.m. THE SAINT by Leslie Charteris HE'S CONE, V WHICH CHEATS V| fV^flt^^V/ SOSS-DE SHE SEEN\S TO HAVt /ff YU C ALL RIOHTyI THE WAR CRIAA£S j IVV^^^^^ B«OAC? J GONE TOO HOPPY--
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      8 1 Free Press Saturday Magazine Saturday, Apr. 15, 1950.
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      He wants to arouse pride in Malaya
      409 1  -  MARA ZYWOLT by ore dog breeder aims is share by raising .impion alsatians. v Mr Tan < !ic\n ill ..iiiu'. one ss on <>i s found huppilife aUeman, hdrawn tbc whirl ote more 'Dbies. yet keep entl and me makin the lead- Ifalaja,
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      THE JOY OF A PUBLIC BATH
      562 1 KENNY KAYE describes a rejuvenating China custom Malayans might do well to adopt. pEXAXG sizzling m the midsfl of a heal wave Hunks of nothing but ways and moans to j>et cool. Getting lop priority is the cold shower, although even the water tluil
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      A CELL FOR JUMBO JR.
      381 1  -  E. C. JANARDANAN A baby elephant m Perak stands at life's crossroads while government red tape decides its future. Meanwhile it's by 4 CHINESE Residenl of C■i i k in North Perak, engaged m Ihe peaceful occupation <>i lobacco raising an<l vegetaWe fanning, was Iron
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      'Pinky' Is Honest -Up To A Point
      483 2  -  I AN GRANT I B 1 -piNKY" Johnson, whose story is told m "Pinky", coming to the Capitol, is one of ihe most poignant characters Hollywood has t;iven us. In her are concentrated all the mental agonies that the US. colour problem brings
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      Still British
      28 2 [M the Bank i I deback In rica to ed :.ours Hai hIS 14 y Ith S. Nii plans to an md which ill have B
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      REX, THE KING OF HEARTS
      397 2 I>EX HARRISON, the acU)r-\viK)-can-do-no-wrong, ha* !o Britain to play his West End part since the war. Variety calls him the ght-after actor of 1950. This month he has been offered three plays and two Vims. Hf hai chosen to ai c Broadway maaagtri bning their
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      'Fantastic' says Granger
      84 2 DOU.YWI CIJ Tories th he la thiitiOng u f buying a hou.se and Hi p Ir. anger Briti h actor Stewart Granger. Where on airh v.Oiikl I gel tho dollars, even ii I bad h a plan. 1 Granger asked a reporter m Hollywood. "At the moment,
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      He Hated Hollywood
      372 2 DICHARD Todd. sailIng for London and home soon after making his first picture m America, la taking with aim some definite Ideas on Hollywood. The place is only a village, he says. People talk too much, especially about other people and the:r private affairs Hie gossip columnists
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      A Fascinating 'Short'
      111 2 A Fascinating 'Short IWIS Modem a monthly Aim review <>n mporary ev< put out an excellent short on Trieste, (at the. Alhambra.). Patrolled by t: ons, split up I resentful ians. poverty-striclu a near ft I i UarDour Trieste us one oi the v i most Iroublesome and nnappy spots.
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      EMLYN TO STAY
      36 2 Emlyn Williams, now mating Ml firsl Hollywood film, Three Husbands has been persuaded to stay and make a second picture The Dungeon. In which he will have the part of an unscyupuloi'^ psychiauigt.
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      Egyptian Films May Shock Malays
      187 2  - Egyptian Films May Shock Ma lays Ruth Langdon (but they go all the same} by -THE Egyptian film in- dustry is young. In 1941 the Nahas Studio was established with the support of King Farouk. Youssef Bey Wan by, decorated by Kin^ Farouk for his film sucri nuril. is the
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      Disney's Latest—Jaq And Gus-gus
      269 2  - Disney's Latest Jaq And Gus-gus LEONARD MOSLEY By- INTO the spick, polish- cd. air-conditioned Hollywood studios of Wall Disney a year and a half ago walked a bank president with news of disaster m his brief-case. He had cunw to tell the greatest cart tutu film-maker of all tune fhat
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        164 2 (:ithav— Give I's This l>ay i.- a man with all the charm is an CallLster and country rjirl Pt superb study ol life m depression- J^terestlns film— good m parts, Ann Garner*. There are som< hit Brooklyn This Ls thp story nf bad In otners Montgomery, or incredibly good shots
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      I go up in a balloon for $50
      462 3  -  BENJAMIN F. MACKAY YEARS OF RICH ADVENTURE 111 by i mv unhappy iencc m runi andy factory, |o the State Dis Moiius. Within two gol ;i job selling v ;nul popcorn v grandstand second daw it lined to hold a race, ;m<i
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      THIRTY DAYS IN A S'PORE LIGHTHOUSE
      801 3 TAN TOCK SAIK quotes from the diary of a Lascar who served a month m Horsburgh Lighthouse off Singapore island. March 7, 1950. J-JOW vicious is the wind tonight! It howls with maniacal glee and hits out with vehement fury ;it this hollow tower
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      The hill of 10,000 years
      324 3  -  A. S. LEE by JUST oil Ihe I) milestone Pasir Panjang Road there is i\ rocky path. If not lor ij sign hanging on Ihe trunk of a tree which sitys "To the Mil! of Ten Thousand Veins," I would not have stumbled upon a
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      THE HOUR OF SIESTA
      512 3 BEE WICKERSON finds she is more m need of rest after "yOILL Ik- able to resfl m the afternoons when you t^el to Singapore.** So said my misguided mother on the eve of mv departure for tin* Far East. I murmured Yes* 1 non-commi tally Suffering
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      Newchampion swimmer is only 13
      492 4  - Newchampion swimmer is only 13 K.S. CHI A By iS expected, Penang proved 100 formidable for their younger Singapore sisters m the aquatic meet held during Kasler at Penang Cfiinese Swimming (ilub. The contest was mado harder for Singapore piirl* by the addition of a 13-year-old breasti oke swimmer "Baby"
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      When Jardine was booed
      212 4  -  BRUCE HARRIS f\ R JARDINE is never m a hurry *o reply to critics, as 'i? showed during the "bodyttne tour m Aus:a Now he has casually rfv^aled an En^liih Te>: match secret during a talk r > the Manchester Luncheon -jus afr?r the event. Jardinp
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      I hated fighting but had 129 bouts
      1181 4  - I hated fighting but had 1 29 bouts LITTLE NENE By \|V fists have taken 4 me to practically t very country m the Far East and Pacific region. PI htinsj men wj., something I never thought v.ou!d h<> my proles: I m any form, b where I was born
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      Forgotten men of soccer
      677 4  -  FRANK SWIFT By THE success of a club often depends on its ability to secure promising youngsters, who m future years will develop into star players. Ine discovery of these lads takes a keen and trained eye and most Drofessional clubs emrjloy special men to study
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      FINAL HINTS ON LIFE SAVING
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