The Singapore Free Press, 29 April 1950

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1 8 The Singapore Free Press
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    19 1 The Singapore Free Press LARGEST AFTERNOON SALE IN MALAYA Tt > 8 SINGAPORE, SATURDAY, APRIL 29, 1950. PRICE TEN CENTS,
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    MAN WITH BOMB STOOD ON THE 13TH STEP
    979 1  -  PETER HILL Pin found m Happy World gallery By mHF *ree Press Staff Reporter |Hb Governor of Singapore's would-be killer stood on the 13th step of the gallery on the right hand side of the Happy World stadium when he dropped a
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    C.G. IN ACCIDENTAL SHOOTING INCIDENT
    249 1 mi Mac Donald. llmtll shootin h on a cruise m RANGOON, Saturday. tommissioner-Generai mi n South-East Asia was m X Incident m Burma yesterday. He was aboard a when the revolver of the Burmese Premier's aide-de-camp went off as he was loading it uiptam Soe
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    DOCK STRIKE BREWING UP
    40 1 DOCK STRIKE BREWING UP LONDON. Sat. i of a break m 3 10-day-old dock yesterday when 14.000 strikers :o work today eking to the <i: meeting filed :ng Thi imatum from ibour Board tell- 1 n to w^rk be fired.
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    NEW YEARS
    12 1 A ddemic CounIng yesterday. of abolishing -vstem the years Reuter
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    China road to rebels in I.C.
    67 1 HONG KONG. Sat. pOMMUNISTS m South\j West China are rushing repairs on the 400-mile highway from Canton to the IndoChina border, reportedly with the intention to give more assistance to the Communistled guerillas fighting the French m Indo-Chlna. Large numbers of troops and labourers
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    'U.K. ON TRIAL IN MALAYA'
    100 1 LEEDS, Saturday. THE Tory Peer, Lord Mancrof t, declared here yesterday that Britain's prestige and competence as a colonial power were now on trial m Malaya. "It is, therefore, imperative that the present intolerable situation be resolved before any more lives, time and money are
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    POLICE, BANDITS EXCHANGE FIRE
    46 1 Free Press Staff Reporter Members of a police jungle squad exchanged fire with bandits m Bentong Road In the Kuala Lumpur rural area yesterday morning. There were no casualties. In following up operations, the police came upon a camp for 30 people.
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    Dorkers return
    22 1 Antwerp's 14,000 dockers started back to work on Thursday ending a four-day Communist-led strike which tied up all port facilities.
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    PORTS PARALYSED
    19 1 All harbours In Hokkaido were paralysed on Thursday whan 4.000 longshoremen went, on a 24-hour strike. Reuter
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    Nizam is now so rich now
    96 1 THE Nizam of Hyderabad, said to be the m rld's richest man is today worth only about Rs. 400,0< Mi, according to an i< i valuation of the N m treasure trove. The Niz.tm -*nti revted a lar v •o. f"i tune m ifMtl
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    HEAVY C.I.D. GUARD FOR McKERRON
    159 1 Free Press Staff Reporter FERE were many C.I.D. men on guard when the Colonial Secretary, Sir Patrick McKerron, left Kallang Airport at 9.15 £his morning for England. Police were at all approaches and m the airport where a large company of Singapore's distinguished citizens had
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    FEDERATION CONCERN
    52 1 FED ERA TION CONCERN Free Press stall Reporter KUALA LUMPUR, Sat. THE HIGH COMMISSIONER, Sir Henry Gurney, telephoned the Governor of Singapore, Sir Franklin Gimson, this morning and congratulated him on his escape last night. Federation circles expressed horror at the outrage and added their congratulations at Sir Franklin's escape
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    STRANDED
    12 1 A British trawler is stranded at Langanes, Iceland's northeast coast. A.P.
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    The McGillicuddy dies
    56 1 THE McGillicuddy of the Reeks, Colonel Ross Kinloch McGillicuddy, who bore one of the oldest Irish titles, died at his home m Killarney, County Kerry, yesterday, aged 67. Some years ago the McGillicuddy obtained a public •polosy— its first— from the ft B.C. miter ft Joke about
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    AMERICANS SHOT AFTER AMBUSH
    167 1 JAKARTA, Saturday. THE two Americans killed by terrorists wearing Indonesian army uniforms were made to walk 200 i yards from the scene of the ambush m West Java and shot with revolvers. Nearby villagers were forced at gunpoint to bury the bodies. The victims— Time and
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    'AMATEURS IN' GOLD SEARCH
    42 1 'AMATEURS IN GOLD SEARCH Hundreds of amateur prosI pectors, spurred by the gold finds at Wedderburn, are searching for gold m New South Wales. They are seeking alluvia.l gold bared by the recent floods. Already some have found good pay dirt. A.P.
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    Sydney talks on aiding S.E. Asia
    202 1 LONDON, Saturday. r ORD Mac Donald, leader of Britain's delegation to next month's Commonwealth talks m Sydney, said yesterday their aim was to help restore the I world's economic balance "by easing: th e economic situation of the quarter of the world's population inhabiting
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    Two Wide Boys
    10 1 Scram Ccorgc, here comet the I law."
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    Umbrella, sten gun fight
    64 1 Free Press Staff Reporter A POLICE constable a ing a Sten gun was knocked down by a C: with an umbrella m Raub, Pahang. on Thursday night. While the two struggled, another Ch:: )lnted a pistol at the constable A second constable opmed fire at the
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    ESTATES ATTACKED
    20 1 Free Press Staff Reporter Bandits robbed labourers at three different estate the Kluang area of J Thursday night
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    440 MEN ROBBED
    22 1 Free Press Staff Reporter Bandits robbed 440 labourers of a Chinese estate m the Segamat area of Johore yesterday.
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      22 2 Wtter. the Ringed Penguin at the London Zoo, takes a 4anng dive into the pool— hi: first plunge into the icecold water.
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      Who Was First Into Ladysmith?
      276 2 tyHO was the first man to enter ladyimith when the famous siege of the South African war was raised 0 W L. m, formerly a trooper In the Natal Carbineers, declares that Major McKenzie afterwards Major-Oen- r Duncan McKenzie —was the first to go into
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      On The Bombing Raid
      1105 2  - On The Bombing Raid Capt. W. E. Johns —By— Peter Masters, a Cadet m the R.A.F., overhears two of his officers discussing a hidden petrol store m the Black Forest, and he tells the m Air Commodore that he thinks he knows where it is. Masters is promoted to Aircraftman,
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      LAND BEYOND THE LAW
      564 2  -  ALLAN DUNCAN Mh i I hr < UMTMM and Ihr KutUnd* h»\r brr-n w**ir>* a family frud m the West Ton Cameron and Sa4te Rutland arc friends, howv\rr. Thry arerldlnx to Broker Span Kaneh «hfn a hwmntn attempts t« kidnap Sadie, knocking Tow unrorivriou* as he
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      DISCOVERY II ON TROPIC, ARCTIC TRIP
      154 2 DISCOVERY II ON TROPIC, ARCTIC TRIP 'THE Royal research 1 ship, Discovery 11. has left the West tod t3ock Port of Ij>: on a voyage or de^research, mainly |q •-m 0 '\ntarr 1 The about a the ship will the Inc Pacific sec 1 em Ocean tropical wmten and fringe
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      291 2 JUNIOR CROSSWORD (U is ACROSS. 1, Staport In N. Scotland with extensive 7 W^ »W herrtnc fl^hntes. 5. Antra*; JB^_~[~]T_T~T^ found only m 6. America 6. H feH Way In. 7. Herb u**d to cookery. L.J *—J^ 9. Tlif Cenotaph Is In this Lon- J| ♦—^_^_JB don thorv-uchfare. 11. A
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    'WEST FORCED ASIA INTO RED HANDS'
    419 3 'WEST FORCED ASIA INTO RED HANDS' Expert tells of broken pledges NEW YORK, S&turday. A NEW YORK Times expert on Asia has reported that "the West is forcing Asia toward Communism". He said Westerners should be surprised that 'Communism has not made greater progress than it has." This appraisal of
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    17 3 photo. hit iftylei madr f jpprarance at the ihampion by life 1 1 BeaclL Sjdnpy A. P.
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    JACOB KEEPS ON WALKING
    18 3 Malik Rv^sia\> of I t ia 'o 21 the that X '.end until removed
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    Hollywood reform
    57 3 HTOOII e\ecutiv« s hiv r "well-considered plans" to -v.ii. ition of any immorality union? mo- iitorv Senator Edwin Johnson s;«id m Wa•>n Thursday. Ml .1 conference with film executives. Mr. .aid tuit M h.'.s decided to postpor.e liearinjf* hoenstr the movie industry m order to rvd »ime »o
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    Szechuan does not like Reds
    185 3 HONG KONG. Saturday. AN ESTIMATED 150.0UC to iOO.OOO peasants are up m arms m scattered resistance m Szechuan dnst the Communists to regain the province's traditional independence from its latest conquerors. Qualified Chinese arrivals m Hong Kong, who made this estimate of rebel strength, said
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    Peace call by Czech Parlt.
    108 3 WASHINGTON, Sat. rE Czechoslovak Embassy said yesterday that it had asked the State Department, to transmit to the U.S. Cong- ress a copy of a resolution passed by the Czech Parliament calling for a big powers peace pact. The resolution of the Czech Parliament also
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    NEHRU,LIAQUAT 'SATISFIED'
    52 3 The whole fit-Id ol Indo•an relations was reviewed m two days of discussions which ended at Karachi on Thursday between India's Premier. Pandit Nehru, and Pakistan's Premier, Liaquat All Khan. A joint communique said both parties are "satisfied with the progress made !n their implementation of the Delhi
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    Brain theory
    40 3 Man owes his superior brain to a, victorious light against the force or gravity, according to a new theory on the evolution of the human brain advanced by Prof. S W. Britton of th<> University of Virginia.- A.P.
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    'Ann Japan'
    26 3 US. Senator James Eastland has suggest ed thai Japan be armed and Ger- > many made an "equal partner" m the fl(?ht against Communism. Reuter
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    U.S. SUPER-CARRIER
    32 3 The U.S. Navy still wants and eventually "must have" a super-carrier of the kind scuttled last year by the Defence Secretary. Mr. Louis Johnson. Admiral F<r Sherman has testified. U.P.
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    NATURAL MOVE
    27 3 Peking Radio has disclosed that China's Industrial potential is being concentrated m the northern part of the country adjacent to the f Soviet border U.P.
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    59 3 Mr. Christopher Bridge and Im bride, the former Mi>s Phillipa Dunne, leave St. Margaret's C'hurrh. W« stmin> ter. after their wedding. Princess Margaret attended the ceremony. The 31 -year -old bridegroom Ls a former Coldstream Guards officer who now works m a banking firm. The bride is the 19-year-old daughter
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    SUN WILL BE POWER SOURCE
    157 3 SUN WILL BE POWER SOU RCE SAN FRANCISCO, Saturday. yUE rays of the sun, rather than atomic farmer M may provide heat, light and P<>ue r for the world r>f tomorrow, a prominent engineer predicted. Mr. Frank R. Benedict, an executive of the Westinghouse Electric Corporation m Pittsburgh, said that
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    CANTON FILMS
    25 3 About 10 limes as mar.; riet films as Chinese films are being shown In Cai thpatres bui the people fer Chines** films A.P.
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    COTTON FIRE
    14 3 COTT ON FIRE Fir^ m Kob^ on Thursday destroyed 1.267 oa:e^ ton cloth— Remer.
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    Bridge Problem
    76 3 /^LUBS are trumps S b and South are to win all five melts against any 6*fens**. The situation m is wor*h studying for i sometimes arises m »> I' fai d a trump sciureie. and North discards "he diamond W<»st On -p<ide ani I ■r. .d. Sou;; ds
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    STUDENTS RIOT IN NEW YORK
    101 3 STUDENTS RIOT IN NEW YORK NEW YORK Sat. FIVE thousand htg' idenls staged a nonstratton at the I Hall on Thursday 1 1 ing cars and hara>. men who blocked j£j Into the building. The students ww* tfA the 35.000 w Ihetr clats^s throughout th. ai'cnd noisy dm m protest
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    AIR WAYS CHIEF LEAVING U.S.I.
    35 3 THE pr^str* direct i Garuda Ind<>' 111 J D a B. leave Ja!. He is expected to b ceeded by the pn Ttur H Dr E Van X iinenb Reuter
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    'DISASTROUS'
    29 3 A p at this "im* Irou.s lvi US Far East. L' <H B 5- manoer of the I Bth Army In m a .ecture m Ne-r York.- Reuter
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      92 3 for Smart Vk Healthy NEJ{ f Hair iJL' Leading personalities m a!l walks of life know the value of a smart appearance. For this reason more well groomed men use Brylcreem than any other hair dressing. An application of Brylcreem is sutticicnt to keep the hair m perfect order all
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      437 3 New Crossword No. 34 I I I U KOSS 1 v against probaoies iy.. 8. Bven the best cow wont Bilk s>. 9. One usually getl hips before this is>. 10. Good lor a row through London 16. s>. 11. Fruit that incites one ;o scrape the dish? (11). 14.
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      12 3 CROSSWORD It is regretted that the wrone trossword wa s published yesterday.
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    The Singapore Free Press SATURDAY, Apr. 29, 1950. NAZIS IN RED SHIRTS
    505 4 The Singapore Free Press SATURDAY, Apr. 29, 1950. NAZIS IN RED SHIRTS rnHKRfc. La showing m Sing.t- 1 p re this week-end a I singular r wl neverthelesi i by all th< who have the cause lh takes u> At nightmare c rr iea of nvf gr- mother' md suspicion
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    Detectives Solve 40,000 RAF Mysteries
    756 4  - Detectives Solve 40,000 RAF Mysteries VICTOR SIMS By- QNE of the greatest searches m hislor\ a search which has lusted four veins mul lujs found 40,000 people is coining to mi end. ft has been a work of pity and mercy which has brought comfort to parents all over the
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    ATLANTIC CROSSING BY YACHT
    234 4 I^EVIN ORIODAN 64.' and Humphrey Bar- ton. 50. have set off down the choppy water of the Solent In a 25 ft. yacht. Tht ir objective? New York. They hope to cross the Atlantic m six weeks. And they will celebrate their success by sellin? the
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    Talking about Singapare by Citizen.
    680 4 Talking about Singapare by Citizen. A new weekly feature i tarts today IIOW long should it be 11 between passing a civic scheme m principle ■-md translating n into actuality 0 Singapore Municipal Cemmissioners will have to come round to considering problem some time or the approval of civic schemes
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    18 4 princess Margaret arriving a t the StratJorc^m^Lwri Memorial Theatre for a performance m connecZn i]S£h the Shakespeare Festival
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    47 4 Tourists m the town of Lisse. centre of the Dutch bulb growing industry, will hare an opportunity of inspecting the tulips arifj hyacinths at close quarters a round-the-fields towboat tour was recently inaugurated. Seen here are the children uho. garlanded, made the inaugural trip free of charge.
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    His Aim—To End Colour Bar
    356 4  - His Aim— To End Colour Bar GUY RAMSEY meets the Rev Michael Scott, man with a mission IyHILE the 8,000,000 Negroes m South Africa wait hopefully, many of the 2,000,000 Whites m South Africa are dreading the outrome of the "Mission to the West* 1 of a missionary to South
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    EXPENSIVE MUDBANK
    121 4 QETTTNG the great D B battleship Missouri off a Chesapeake Bay mudbank war expensive to the V B taxpayer I costs :m average of $S3S just for rhe tugs to get the Queen Mary In or out of New York Harbour. And il you need a tug outside
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    COLOUR CURES SOON?
    7 4  - COLOUR CURES SOON? PHYLLIS COSTIGE I I
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      20 4 THE PEKING CO./; 81, HIGH STREET, SIN6APORE. .'Camphor wood Chests. I Black wo«i Tables; i ying 37. STAMFORD ROAD. SINGAPORE.
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  • Free Press Saturday Magazine
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      Masthead
      8 1 Free Press Saturday Magazine Saturday, April 29, 1950.
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      WHAT DO YOU TALK ABOUT?
      202 1 a you go to the hairdrasspr RA FILER urns the en now a bout r hair the ol Sing oil while iving their Their hair. t h c >1 the hairSlngap currently women not they keep their hair long or short. la problem is discussed
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      KOH PENG LONG says the men are mostly of the tongue-tied variety
      236 1 KOH PENG LONG says the men are mostly of the tongue-tied variety pre-war ber and the barber is character (■one are s before Ihe en barbers little Ihe coin r clients atertain music by radio or sets, and maga newspapers d mop ::.:a part of raw bi be.md cl because
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      THE UNCROWNED KING OF PULAU TEKONG
      1115 1  -  MARA ZYWOLT by IKE a character from a romantic South Seas lale is Mr. Joseph Fernandez, affectionately referred to iis "The King of Pulau Tekong" by the people of the island off Changi Point. Twenty years ago, young Joseph was sent .is sanitary overseer
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      Girls I'm afraid of
      521 1 KENNY KAYE tells of some types of women he would not marry unless THEY sjv no male animal exists Ihat is allergic to the opposite sex. They're wrongr for I number myself among those who light shy of women certain wo men. thai is. Coming from
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        145 1 T You can fly by Clipper' ROUND THE WORLD from Singapore 111 B IrTm Im j t^ BANGKOK MANILA BRUSSELS HONOLULU LONDON LOS ANGELES NEW YORK SAN FRANCISCO You fly westward to New York via Bangkok/ Calcutta, Istanbul, Brussels and London. Eastward Co San Frandaco or Los Angeles via Manila
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      Does Hollywood Libel The Ladies?
      627 2 Does Hollywood Libel The Ladies? A READER ON PUTRID MORALS 9 HPHE attack on the "putrid morals" of Hollywood by "The Christian HPrald'* quoted m Monday's "Free Press" has provoked the following letter from a reader signing himself "C.C.V. He writes "One wonders v nether "The Christian Herald" ought not
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      The Naked Truth
      168 2 IN one of the scenes m the new French film coming soon to Singapore, "La Foire aux Chimeres" a woman dances m a night club naked to the waist. This has been passed by the Official Film Censor. Mr. Jack Evans. Why has Mr. Fvans passed this
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      'BESTIALITY' IS OUT
      65 2 "THE British film n.urkft stil] has an Influence on Hollywood. All the proof needed th*' quick, frantic response to the London censor's announcement that "brutality* 1 m any form would bo barred from England's screens m future Hollywood baa eversince been ordering retakes on current 'bestial" scenes
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      THEY DO SAY THAT.....
      436 2 HOLLYWOOD GOSSIP &AYS point-sized Mickey Rooney: ''it is no handicap to be short m the movies "It is a lot easier for them to make you look taller on the screen than shorter," he reasoned. "Why, I look a lot taller m pictures than I really
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      CENSOR WHITEWASHED ANNALUCASTA
      495 2  - CENSOR WHITEWASHED ANNALUCASTA Ruth Langdon previews films that are coming to Singapore soon ANNA LUCASTA A coming soon to the Rex and starring Paulette Goddard and Oscar Homolka is a slightly watered down version of the stage story of a father' 6 unnatural passion for his daughter. The bugaboo of
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      at the Cinemas
      194 2 w., m me uood Old summertime, a technicolour tale of bickering lovers starring Van Johnson and Judy Garland is a heart- warming film. Accompanying Van Johnson and Judy Garland m their interminable quarrels are -Cuddles" Sakall and Spring Byington. The good-na-tured fracas all takes place m a
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      NEW QUEEN VICTORIA
      103 2 HOLLYWOOD actr t 1 1 Irene Dunne whose selection for the part vl Queen Victoria m Mudlark +ras been described by the Britist actors' trade union as "ludicrous" admits that the accent problem worries her. "What am I goin^ to do about my accent?" the asked. I'll
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      Another About
      213 2 r PHERE is to b e an- other film about Singapore. Let us hope it will be more like the real thing than some of Itl predecessors* The title? Terry and the Pirates. Other so< will be shot in" lndia and Hong Kong. Terry and the Pha.f.% will
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      Firlm S'pore
      7 2 Firlm S'pore Fill H*t. ortt E 1
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      French Films Are Coming
      6 2 French Films Are Coming V i
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      I spy on Filipino war preparations
      782 3  - I spy on Filipino war preparations BENJAMIN F. MACKAY YEARS OF RICH ADVENT! TRF-V by The oldest European in Singapore were taken to another house i j fairly large including seveladies, were preAfter a while 1 ed one of the s looking at us. ilv the lady came me and
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      SUPERSTITIONS ARE POPULAR
      553 3  -  PAUL FEI says PHINESE superstitions are notorious. Most people iiiui it hard to reconcile modern living with the vast accumulation of folklore and legendary beliefs which find expression m the colourful rituals and shibboleths that are handed down for generations by longdead ancestors. They are amused when
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      They appeal to young and old
      395 3  -  CARLLIM MALAYA'S FASCINATING WAYSIDE STALLS by THERE is apparently nothing that vuu want that you cannot from the wayside stalls of Malaya. If you take a casual stroll through any busy street of any Malayan town pausing here and there whenever some stall happens
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      THE SWEEPER IS JUNIOR'S BEST FRIEND
      407 3  - THE SWEEPER IS JUNIOR'S BEST FRIEND BEE WICKERSON SATURDAY MAGAZINE by JHK SWEEPER who "cleans us up' every morning is my small son's best friend He is a smiling Malay, ever cheerful, who has my greatest respect. He tolerates the company of my two-ard-a-half-y c a r-o 1 d and
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      3 men took leading roles
      877 4  -  CRUSADER SINGAPORE STADIUM PLAN By Q\K Sunday morning m January 1949 si\ men sat at a table at the Singapore Swimming Club baying the usual drinks. One was the late Willie Hill, another n\ is Mr. \Y. McGregor Watt president of the N iigapore Amateur
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      STREAMLINING THE OLYMPICS
      692 4  - STREAMLINING THE OLYMPICS B. PHLEGAR By T»HE International Olympic Committee is going to make another attempt at streamlining the Olympic Games. The prospec Us of succeeding ft!i|| .still keeping everybody happy are not too bright. The 1.0.C. goes into sion m Copenhagen on May 11 for six da) High on
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      Far East swimming stars may come
      626 4  -  K. S. CHI A By SEPTEMBER this year may see m Singa pore the most brilliant swimming stars and watei polo players m S i) v t h-E a s t Asia meeting at the gala marking the official opening of Singapore C n
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      S.S.C. gala
      91 4 S.S.C. gala RESUMING the championship galas, Singapore Swimming Club has arranged to hold the first one m the Club pool on Saturday, May 6, at 3 p.m. No less than ten major trophies will be up for decision. As this is tne first pT»a*e of the 1950 centralised championship scheme,
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      championship on May 6
      196 4 H\ < orrr»|ioml< nl time m comp ming. Pride of place among the trophies definitely belongs to the handsome "WilL*- Hii. Memorial Trophy" which Club has put up m honour Ofl the late W. C. Hill, v during the past 30 years devotprf much of his
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      Godsell enters semi-finals
      5 4 Godsell enters se mi-finals A.P.
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      RATES ON SERVICES LAND SOUGHT
      200 5 RATES ON SERVICES LAND SOUGHT Approach to U. K. Govt. Free Press Staff Reporter gINGAPORE Municipal Commissioners may take up with the British Government the question of payment of rates on all their proI perties m the Colony which are used for purposes connected with the Navy, Army and Air
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      20 soldier suitors for Madame Lee
      60 5 M maIT Reporter il Kengs, usband ue. Twenty -men have •he hand of this n who earplied to the Department husband. ra have S iclal Welfare photo>f them ha\i»3 thai hey Mm- t'd on Mr. I tiki Madame I have tele- peatodfa :;h this
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      19 5 picture. A nam i ha *P<>rtsman. Mr. W^ZTT cricket and hockey Dictu?^"/^ thp C lonv m so<<er Free Press
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      Scholarship plans for S.M.C. staff
      403 5 -.hr^H lUIIICI P a Who Wish to go further fh Ol I*"? scholarships or to 1 bond S? technical st^^s, will have to execute ,J n d agreement undertaking t o remain m finiXi !^th c VIC e re^ uire<l f r fi ve years
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      Girl describes mother's murder
      200 5 Free Frets Staif Reporter JOHORE BAHRU, Friday. A 17-YEAR-OLD Chinese girl told the Kluang Coroner yesterday how hei mother and elder sister were dragged out one night by bandits and murdered. Teo Kuan Tin said that her mother and the rest of the family were m
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      Appointments in Singapore
      98 5 The following appointments vt re announced m Singapore yesterday: Mr w. a. Spradbn Assistani Superintendent of the Federation Printing Department to act as Deputy Government Printer, S pore: Mr. R. D. Oillespie. Assistant Superintendent, Printing Department. Singapore, to act as Superintendent; Mr. D. A. Stephen. Malayan Administrative
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      Wage revision proposed
      68 5 REVISION of rates for dailypaid workers In the Federation is to be reconsidered by the Government Workers' representatives who petitioned the acting Chief Secretary. Mr. M. V del Tufo. for the reopening of negotiations, huvr been Informed officially that the Government proposes to form a fully representative
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      ORPHANS HELPED
      179 5 Free Press Stall Reporter "TiI VE Chinese orphans, three of whom are girls, have found a fairy godfather m the Singapore Social Welfare Department. They lost their parents during the war and were cared for until recently by a woman relative with limited means. Their aunt, unable to
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      Masters Quartet's triumph
      352 5 Masters Quartet 's triumph I^FTE most Important musi- cal event m Singapore for j a very long time— or. at least, during this critic's two-and- a quarter years m the Colony —enraptured a large audience 'including some U.S. sailors) j m the Victoria. Memorial Hall last night. The Robert Misters
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      Malaya and FAO talks
      113 5 Ma laya and FAO talks jyf ALAYA. In common wiih other underdeveloped Asian countries, is being invited by the Food and Agriculture Organisation to designate up to eight persons to undergo training m Economic Appraisal of Development Projects m an institute at Lahore. Pakis- tan. The training whkh will be
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      'Great future for women'
      359 5 Free Press Staff Reporter LADY McKerron, who flies today from Singapore to England, feels that women have advanced greatly m Malaya and that there is a great future for them m this country. She does, however, feel that women have not exploited the many fields open
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      MR. P. JOHNSON RETURNS TO THE ATTACK
      624 5 Free Press Stall Reporter WATER a controversial Municipal subject this year— again dominated a Commissioners* meeting yesterday. Mr. Pat Johnson (Labour- North Ward), a leading speaker m the Pontian Tunnel and Wicks-Lim debates, charged that workmen on the waterworks scheme m Johore were
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      U.S. PADRE
      28 5 The U.S. aircraft carrier Boxers Presbyterian padre, the Rev. Harvey H. McClelland, will preach at 1 h p.m. service m Singapore Presbyterian Church Orchard" Road, tomorrow.
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      TRAFFIC ISLAND
      39 5 An application for permission to use the traffic island at Finlayson Green for thf age of structural steel <. IllCd f<»r the erection I new Asia Insurance Building, was deferred at yesterday's meeting of the Singapore Municipal Commissioners
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        43 5 MAILS Surface mail is expected in pore today from J,i\a and the Featraticn. Lfttetf times for posting at the G.PO. today are: noon for Hong Kong. China, Japan. wak (eseept Mir;.. Eas>:n Amfralia. Christmas Island: r 45 p.m. for Siam and the Federation.
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      ODDS SLIGHTLY FAVOUR LIVERPOOL
      261 6 100, 000 expected at Cup final From JIM CHAMBERS ARSENAL or Liverpool for the Football Association (up? It is a tMgh one to pick for the winners of today's final ;it Wembley Stadium, London. Most critics give Liverpool a slight edge mainly they have such a
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      Second time in final
      119 6 'PHIS is Liverpool* M-cund Mppt-^rance m the F.A. lup fin.il. In I'JU they were beaten by Burnley. However. Liverpool have won the lYijUf i h*mpionship !ne time*, tne first m 1900-1. The new Liverpool VX\ was formed m 159.» by Alderman J«hn Houlding. After a season
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      56 6 picture. SINGAPORE Combined Schools' soccer team, which defeated Johore Combined Schools by five goals to two m their second annual match at Johore Rahru on Thursday. From left to right, back row: R. Da Silva. \V Skinner. Smahon, Centre: De Souza. Roslan. Andrew I.im Front row: Dutta. Suppi.ih. Row Peow,
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      U.K. cricket season starts today
      173 6 C^NGLAND'S cricket season opens today with four J first-class games on the schedule. Two matches m London compete with the Cup final ai WembleyYorkshire against the M.C.C. it Lord's and (ilamoragainst Surrey M the Oval Tho West {ndies do not be^m their first-class campaign until
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      I.A. GAMES BOARD
      103 6 I. A. GAMES BOARD riE B>«.ird of C Dtrol for Gam** Of the Indian Association. Sinthb yea: coaortM C;. Mr. N. Abba^: SporUs i Mr J. 1 tet capUln Mr Lai] hotkey captain Mr p j, (pro-ton); fiwtball rap'ai. samy: convenor Mr A >•• xj. football delegate to the S.AFA.
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        253 6 i LAST DAY TODAY Wt Jk, CI^CT DAI I PHONE \Z4042 i^y S oi«JI H /NO«ws ,c N CHr SL4SH/NG OUT W/TH |^F., ™tth:, h great world arena as bayonet... X JP> from prison dungeon g I'W Gt&dUfatf S- NAVY versus HO HO BASKETBALL TEAM Ol l( x^, I ni
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        329 6 Mdndrdke Exclmim to the Singapore free ffo,, I I■■ VVUU J£R ALL THE SHOOTiW' YOU I AN' AFTgK 111 TWfc SHOOTK' I M AN'Mf OONE ON THE. STATION p THEM 6UNS DONE] "NT *fl>^ I LOOKED AT VOUr'I NOPfc. WHYfJ PUTFORM-J^- 1 OHTHMQWh-^ V_y SMOOTIN' IRON J/ >^ V>4 |Q
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      HEAVY GOING AT K.L. TODAY
      280 7 HEAVY GOING AT K.L. TODAY BarodaPrince may not run From ALLAN LEWIS KUALA LUMPUR, Saturday. U^AVI rain fell here last night, and there was another shower this morning:. The going for this afternoon's races here will be heavy. Actor, Mac Scott and Some Brani will not run mis afternoon, while
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      F. Pestana realises lifelong ambition
      219 7 Ml .o^rnor ef Singapore, Si, Franklin Gimson, ■J£J "*W>«i a Singapore boy win the na cur boxine heavyweight championship Chief Inspector Frank i of the Criminal Investigation Department, i lifelong ambition realised Pestana. who was 1941 welterweight chamDoubleday for his second crown m 15 years
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      528 horses on S.R.A. list
      49 7 WITH numerous additions and deletions, the Straits Racine Association classification list of horses registered now shows a total of .V2B horses. They comprise 96 m Class 1. 141 m Class 2. 150 m Class 2. 75 m Class 4 and 66 m Class 5.
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      Customs S.C. score 3-1 win
      94 7 DOYAL Navy Air Service Sembawang went down 3-1 to Customs m S.A.F.A. Junior A, Group 1 soccer match piayed at Geyiang yesterday. Seven minutes after the changeover Taio opened the scoring far Custom*. Soon after this Karim put them two tip. Sembawang'* only goal was
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      FRENCH FILLY WINS 1,000 GUINEAS
      270 7 FRENCH FILLY WINS 1 ,000 GUINEAS r TUE French challenger Ca- x maref. owned by M. J. Ternynck. won the 1.000 Guineas fillies classic (worth £10.805 to the winner) over the Rowley mile at Newmarket yesterday. Ridden by Australian Rae Johnstone. Camaree won by three lengths rrom N. P. Do-
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      Away games for both Padang clubs
      223 7 Away games for both Padang clubs BOTH Padang clubs will be playing away games In the Singapore Cricket Association tournament tomorrow. Indian Association will be at home to Singapore Cricket Club on the Khalsa ground, while Singapore Recreation i Club will travel to Changi to meet R.A.F. there. Their regular
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      SRA spoon shoot
      30 7 THE Singapore Rtfie Association will resume its fortnightly 1 .303 spoon shoots at the Seletar range. 9 milesf-»ne Thomson Road on Sunday. May 7 at 8.30 a.m.
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      SOCCER DRAWN
      14 7 "DRIGHTON and Hove drew one-all with Hearts In a soocer friendly yesterday.
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      J.B. Prisons win
      55 7 221 Vehicle Battalion beat the Prisons' Club by five goals to two j In a friendly soccer match played on the Johore Bahni Police depot ground yesterday. The scorers for 221 Bn. were: I Huge*. Dabb. Atkinson, Hill, and I Bronchley. Prisons got their two goals j
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      Famechon ill
      44 7 IPPENDICITIS has ended, at A least temporarily, Ray Famechons Invasion of the United Btate«. The European featfirrweight champion said he will sail m the lie de France on May 4 to artave j off an operation" until he can reach Parts A.P.
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      All The Latest Selections
      217 7 ALLAN LEWlfl TRESPASSER EPSOM JtEP CALL BOY POIV f B RACE 1 TYPHOON TYPHOON TYPHOON EPSOM DOWNS TYPHOON Gu)«ud Epsom Down Ganymead Typhoon Epson Doum Z.M Epraw Deva* Maicheta 111 Epsom Dowao Mareheta 111 Ganymead RACE I TOTLAND STYMIE TOTLAND SHOW BOY MIOW BOY Content Totland
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      Today's acceptors
      502 7 BELOW is the card for today, third and last day of the Selangor Turf Club April meeting. The Doable Totes will be held on races three and four, seven and eight. Th* Big Sweep will be drawn on race eight. Race 1—2.30: Class 3, Div. 5 6 Furs.
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      Easy win for Ong and Mrs. Greenhill
      195 7 Pr took exactly 29 minutes for On^ Chew Bee and Mrs. A Greenhill. a seeded P*ir. to become mixed doubles champions when they eliminated H. Kamis and Mrs. Pat Sewell, another seeded pair, 6 t, S— l m the Y.M.CJt open tennis championships
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      Robinson v. Villemain
      38 7 "OUGAR" Ray Robinsons man ager said yesterday, that the welterweight champion would accept a proposed June fight with Frenchman Robert Villemain at Philadelphia If Jake Lamotta rt- j fused to grant Robinson a bout. I
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      SCFA appeal for support
      187 7 AN appeal to local Chinese firms to support the SingaI pore Chinese Football AssoI elation was made by Mr. T.W. j Ong, the president, at a Council meeting last night at the S.C.F.A. clubhouse at Farj rer Park. Mr. Ong, referring to the recent S.C.F.A. team's
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      NS expects the worst
      127 7 SEREMBAN. Sat VTOT even the most sanguine Negri Sembilan supporter expects the State to avenge the defeat they sustained last year when they meet Army-Navy here today m the Malaya Cup soccer competition. Soon Teck who will play In his usual position as insideleft will skipper
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      WORLD SOCCER
      70 7 TiHE Uruguayan Football X Association announced yesterday it had learned that Peru had withdrawn from the world soccer championship. With Peru on the sidelines, a scheduled elimination series involving Uruguay and Paraguay this weekend war cancelled. Uruguay and Paraguay now qualify directly into the final rounds at Rio
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      Langley-Patey golf final
      149 7 JOHN Laiigley, iormer 8. h boy champion and Wa.k« Cup player, who was runnerup for the British goit c pionship m 1936. wilj lan Patey, English champion four years ago, m the 96 -hole final of this years amateur championship event today on the Royal Cinque Ports
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        56 7 You'd never FOGive yourself if you MIST LOVE IN A MIST Kenneth Home's side-splitting comedy to be presented by J j THE SINGAPORE REPERTORY j Nightly at Nine I Sat. 29th April and Tues. 2nd to 6th May and 6.30 p. m. on Sunday 30th April J at the j
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      BIRTH
      18 8 LAWLER: To Joan, wife ot James Lawler. at the Surlingham j ng Home. April 28th a son.
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      MARRIAGES
      62 8 THE MARRIAGE of Mr. v-llupillai Kanagaretnam, Interpreter. Magistrate's Court, Kampar. to Miss Amnasalam Visalarhy will take place at Thangodal. Kr rains srar. Jaffna, on May 3. PICKERING— RUSSELL. On Friday 28rh April 1950 at St. Marys Church, Kuala Lumpur. Peter Pickering of the Chartered Bank Kuala Lumpur, to Joan
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      P.I. CHINESE GIVE AID TO CHIANG
      236 8 Stirred by grim stand HONG KONG, Saturday. PEN. Chiang Kai-shek's, Nationalists, staggering under the shock of the easy Red victory m Hainan and fighting grimly to stave off the imminent invasion of the vital Chusan base, were greatly heartened yesterday by a gesture f>f
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      CHEAPEST GOLD
      21 8 Qld In Shanghai was qu ted yesterday at US$25 the lowest In the world market for the metal.- Renter.
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      Rubbers fall on new profit-taking
      190 8 LONDON, Saturday. "THE London Stock Exchange ended the week on a 1 dull not? with occasional small losses m domestic issues, says Heuter's financial correspondent. Restricting factors were announcement of rail freight rates from May 15 and fall m profits of Imperial (hejnicaj Industries foi
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      4 held for sex orgies
      70 8 A LEWD picture ring, m which four men had lured at least 20 teen-age girls for models and engaged m sex orgies with them, was uncovered m Bakerficld (Cal.) yesterday. Police arrested the men and booked them on rape and immoral conduct charges involving: 20
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      54 8 photo. The wife and children of John Henry Grant. 31. are led from Los Angeles airport (California) after police had arrested Grant and accusedhim of trying to blow up an airliner m which his family was flying. From left are: Detective C Edwards; Marie Grant. 6: Robert Grant. 5. and
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      France sacks atom scientist
      232 8 PARIS, Saturday. FRANCE yesterday sacked hei Communist atom chief, brilliant 50-year-old Nobel Prize-winner Prof. Frederic Joliot-Curie. because of his r«-r--pro-Russian statements which some French i ##t* papers called "treasonable.'' Prof. Joliot-Curie clirrva.xea ills Communist i activities— he Joined the Party In 1942— by saying at the
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      STUDENTS RIOT FOR TEACHERS
      93 8 NEW YORK, Saturday. IN the iousf (i day ot studeni rioting 700 shouting and first-Shaking you^is stormed New York City Hall area yesterday- to be routed by mounted and foot police. Students are demanding; increased pay for teachers and the resumption of extracurricula activities, such us
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      5-yr. plan for tin control
      199 8 THE HAGUE, Sat. AD R A F T five-year agreement for tin, including the establishment of an International Tin Council, was issued yesterday by the International Tin S t udy Group here. The draft is bein^ submitted to the United Nations for discussion at an
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      FLYING DISC CRUISES WITH AN AIRLINER
      117 8 CHICAGO. Sat A CIVIL pilot last night reported seeing a 'round mass" which •glowed a dull red like hot steel" as it cruised about half-a-mile from Chicago-bound plane "I u*ed to flying saucers reports, but v U no laughing matter new declared Capt. R
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      U.S. baseball
      82 8 NEW YORK. Fn. r TUK Cleveland Indiana beat the Detroit Tigers 6-1 m the American League while the Boston Red S feated Philadelphia 4-1. The game between the Chicago White Sox and the St. Louis Browns was ca':.ed off m the third Innings b< rain and darkn* i
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      14 8 Chinese rmilwayi made a profit m the first" quarter of the current veui Reuter
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        125 8 HOLLYWOOD Beauty Hint /If Starring liedy Lamarr Hollywood Wouldn't you be rather astounded if you went to a motion picture theater to see the latent picture of, let us take beautiful and glamorous Hedy Lamarr just for example, and, before the dtama of the picture got under way, there were
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        206 8 RAFFLES HOm^ IN THE PALM COURT TOMORROW NIGHT at 9.15 P.M. THE BAND OF U.S.S. "BOXER" Chang's Promotions anno THE COMMENCEMENT Of A GRAND NEW WRESTLING ENTERPRISE AT THE HAPPY WORLD TONIGHT 29th APRIL 195" A SENSATIONAL OPENIh PROGRAMME INTRODt l\<. IO >I\. THF WORLD Rl VOHM T> SAM BURMISTER
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