Morning Tribune, 23 August 1939

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  • 11 1 THE MORNING TRIBUNE I SINGAPORE, WEDNESDAY, August 23. 1939. FIVE CENTS.
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  • 1001 1 g fl mliament May mt To -Morrow London, Aug. 22. kn<>\\ ii m London, the Franco-British talks m I Xli be continued, but Reuters Moscow correspondent there was no meeting of the military experts this 1 1 ■sh Cabinet met at 2 p.m. this afternoon.
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  • 233 1 Berlin, Aug. 22. HAVING recovered its breath after Hitler's overnight conjuring trick, Germany is to-day much more optimistic about the chances of peace, bi* optimism seems to be entirely based on the belief that Britain will withdraw her guarantee from Warsaw. According
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  • 120 1 BINET: FFICIAL TEMENT m announced that the that any German pact would m no To Poland. All meet on Thursday, ■uses will oasa through all ■ergency Powers Defence Government m a posi■any necessary measures should the situation re- precautionary measures V' f or instance, the callBam personnel ol the Navy,
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  • 35 1 Aug. 22. scribed a* the c Vladivostok ftc Fleet. No that d Sv c ?H Ut the va^ ue tre thous ands of itth,;^. 1 instruction' te r **ti ia of considerable
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  • 1340 2 MALA YAN CONSCRIPTION COMING EMERGENCY LEGISLATION ON THE WAY HIGH COMMISSIONER'S STATEMENT AT LEGISLATIVE COUNCIL MEETING (FVm Our Own Reporter) Kuala Lumpur, Aug. 22. THE question of conscription m Malaya during time of war was referred to by the High Commissioner (Sir Shenton Thomas) at this morning; meeting of the
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  • 125 2 Singapore. Tuesday. JjUGHT Chinese glamour girls arrived to-day by the "Cremer" from Hongkong. One of them Pern Lv (White Dew) is a poplar Shanghai cinema actress who has featured m four lengthy films, one of which is a war picture. Aft tight girls are joining the Happy
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  • 171 2 ARMED R APPEALS VAIN 'i N my. opinion the «fl at all excessive; \M prised that Police Miptfl not ordered" was the nH ed by hi- lordship. Sir! waine. when he diMr.isß peal of Ns Thong Hai M tenced to 1? months" dH prisonment m the lufflfl a charge of
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    • 208 2 Giddiness A Danger to Life! Giddiness, breathlessness. faintness, head pains, I heart that thumps after slight exertion, i.re all signs that you need a revitalizing, heartfortifying course of Phyllosan tablets. Phyllosan tablets will revitalize your blood, strengthen your heart, rejuvenate your arteries *.nd correct your blood pressure. Mrs. writes "I
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  • 388 3 IfMSIVE SOCIAL CENTRE POR SOLDIERS D BY COMMANDING OFFICER YESTERDAY H Singapore, Tuesday. I f |ts kind anywhere m the East, the "Garden Club," WiL- on ivilian lines for the junior N.C.O's, and men r.a. was formally opened yesterday by F cadell. MC,
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  • 173 3 eged ligent iving B,,»j|i"H luesday. Xv of cauMDS hurt by m ni „n Aim 5, and m uitli another car Head Street and ■d Hiidre bin Hassan H. Whitton m X this morning. trial on all charges ■by Mr. B. H. Chia. ■rr'w led the prosecuBnslow of the General ■ha
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  • 33 3 Mimmawan. a syce emg*n woman, wa.s fined ;;,'f under a section of ltoth° r o nance b y Mr. Second a Ueged that Abdullah j A J^™ and eomino rom Bteyeng
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  • 7 3 NOR WILL EN D PREMIERE WJjfW The^L-^on'
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  • 172 3 APPLICATION FOR MOTION OF DIRECTION Singapore. Tuesday. SIX JPcpc.v Mcttlwaine. tl*e Chief Justice, was asked to decide today a motion for direction brought up by Mr. R. D. Edwardes-Ker on behalf of the Official Assignee. A bankrupt, Mohan Singh, who was represented by Mr. Roland Braddell held a promissory note
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  • 155 3 t Singapore. Tuesday. few hours after he had walked out of their house at Craig Road with his sisters jewellery. Tan Tee was traced m a coffee-shop at Tanjong Pagar Road, and was arrested. "I knew all along who had taken my jewellery when I
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  • 93 3 ALLEGED BREACH OF TRUST Singapore, Tuesday. |^EE Kirn Choo, an elderly Straits-born Chinese, claimed trial this morning, before the District Judge (Mr. J. L. MeFall), on a charge alleging criminal breach of trust m respect of $5,750. The accused, it wa.s alleged, was entrusted with the money on various dates
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  • 70 3 The morning: and evening "Keep Fit" classes are proving very popular under the direction of Mrs. AD. Anderson, and also the Dutch conversation class taken by Miss Van Essen. Further enrolments for all calsses may be left at the office. Raffles Quay. The Beginners' English classes will
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  • 47 3 The next meeting of the Fortnightly Ciub will be held on Monday, Aug. 28 at 9.45 a.m. at Raffles Quay, when the President of the Club, Mrs. E. V Davies. will speak on "Social Customs of India". An invitation us extended to all interested women.
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  • REUTER'S COMMERCIAL SERVICE
    • 36 4 London. Tuesday. rifn Previous T .-day Change fcOLD L t787 £7 8 6» 2 2 E. r Gold Fine, per oz. SILVER gi6 i87i6 17 3 H 18 5 16 —1 16 rr*ard 8
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    • 51 4 PreviQus T -zM RUBBER Quiet M Spot Buyers 8 n p, rM Sellers 8*« 1st Forward September Buyers 8 5 i H Sellers 8* 8 6 R 2nd Forward Oct Dec. Buyers 8 13 16 Sellers 8 11 it, 3rd Foiward Jan March Buyers 8 11 16 Seuers
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    • 66 4 Prevbit PALM OIL (Malay) tU.s.o Mocassal In bulk Aug Sept. COPRA (Straits, F.M.S.) no 3 9 bs&sq I Aug. shipment B SAGO FLOUR (Sarawak) 7 9 sellers B Aug. shipment fl TAPIOCA Seed Pearl 1st quality 136 B (Singapore) Aug. Shipment B PEPPER (FAQ.) WSb^ I White Muntok Aug.
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    • 132 4 Previous In-dav Distillers 93 9 ggif Dunlop Rubber 26- 26 3 General Electric 73 9 73 6 Imperial Chemical Industries 28 9 28 9 Imperial Tobacco 126 3 1226 Anglo-Dutch 23 9 22 9 Canadian Pacific 4 3^ K London Tin 3 1 2 3 Rubber Plantation
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    • 37 4 in. n fir. n iNew ion; ii Steady Steady Market Tone }J% }jg* 8pot Buyers J* Sellen J Forward Oct.jDec. Buyer! !6 3 4 Sellers TIN Steady Quici Market Tone *83 4 483j Spot
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    • 64 4 Previous To-day 176 70 Unchanged T.T. on Paris (closing middle rate) 8 8 73 5 8 T.T. on Amsterdam (closing middle rate) J'-ii \r Nominal 3 'U N ;rai T.T. on Shanghai (closing selling rate) u rl unhanged T.T. on Hongkong (closing selling rate) lb rjnchantti TT. on
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    • 19 4 I i.t'iidor Tin STANDARD Pr^ 0US T &Z$ B Cash (afternoon price) 229 tonu Forward £225 24
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  • 93 4 Price Rally After Early Marking Down London. Aug. 22. IN common with the Stock Exchange, other sections of the City are of opinion that the latest developments in the international situation call for calm reconsideration. The City's traditional calm, however, U) not fully shared by certain Continental centres,
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  • 97 4 "Bombshell, Says Hungarian Paper Budapest. Aug 22. THE pfopcsind German-Soviet pact is a lomatic bombshell, says Magyar the Hungarian Nazi paper. '11 1 conservative Pesti Hirlap says it valent to a radical change in (juilibrium Magyar Nemzet writes that the new course of German foreign policy
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  • 69 4 Singapore. Tuesday. at midday was $113>4. down l 2 and the price ot Rubber at 4 o'clock was buyers Spot 28 l 2 cents, buyers October December 28 7 16 cents, market irregular. The share market to-day was immobilised by the tx>litical news and although there was
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  • 44 4 It is learned in official circles that Sir Nevile Henderson (British Ambassador to Berlin" is not proceeding to Salzburg as arranged owing to the international situation. Ke will remain in Berlin but mav go to Salzburg later in the week— Reuter
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  • 21 4 London. Aug. 22. The death is announced of the famous illusionist Horace Goldin. at the age of 65.— Reuter
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    • 18 4 LOSS OF PROFITS IVSI JsUl South British Insurance Co., L re.. MN <,f Bj^ b^ bb b ussbbbbbsbbbsbbssbbsbsbbVbssssuu^
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  • 588 5 S SHARES By Fraser Company ;tre Aim 22. 5 p.m. 38- 40 -cd 072 0.76 i r]»2 i n l /2xd r,',J 21- 25 6xd i 0.23 0.26 cd I 7 6 8 6 20 20 9 4 46 ■I 1 72 1 2 1-80XU 76 8 6 9 9,9
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  • 209 5 FRASER COMPANY List Of Current Dividends Company D ucfcnd Books Singapore. Aup 22, 5 pjn Close p.tyal!' Date Total t*9 1 1 n L)att Ex Div year Austral Malay 9d No. 49, 3d bonus Sept l 'sept 8 Sept 2 10 <* Batu Selangor 2' 2 Aug. 22 Aur. 24
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  • 206 5 LYALL EVATT'S QUOTATIONS Singapore, Tuesday. Ampats 3 7 4-1 Ayer Wengs 0.71 0.75 Batu Selangors 1.16 1.20 ci Hong Fatts 0.56 0.60 Hongkong Tin 15 6 16 6 Jelebus 0.47 0.52 Kamunting Tin 7 9 B[3 Katu Tin 20 21|Kent* 110 2,3 Killinghalls 13- Ufi Kramate 76 86 Kuchais 1.12
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    • 242 6 YOUR LAST CHANCE TO SEE IT! j fWWII \r\K\ 3 SHOWS TO-DAY j j PAVILION 3,5, 6-15, 9-15 j BERNARD SHAW'S "PYGMALION" STARRING j LESLIE HOWARD WITH WENDY Mi; I I X 'Tops for Pytmalion. Nothine: b°tt< ha.s been eiven to the Sn^apore screen TRIBI NX. Pygmalion" is "A mtfalfletat
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    • 213 6 The Yank at Oxford" and M, s Tlr^^^^Bl Love Now 1 IMAGINE THE JOY when TAYLOR H ars JWR TWO favqH Jfl j^k tlpNt time! tr^ IT "**"A\ II at thf Mb? I S •XUCKY Nielli M.QJl'l rollicking comedy hit with MYRXA 808 outH Spree! Really an Exhilarating Show:: H
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  • 320 7 shed Between Lorry And Railway Truck (Singapore, Tuesday. att m| ,t with seven other coolies to stop a moving l turning down a slight gradient from hitting landing across the rails, a Tamil coolie, Nallaya, *ICL** the lorry and the truck. his hip bones and died from shock and haemor-
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  • 64 7 JAPANESE PITAL FOR MINING MALAYA liern devr!<»|>mt nt m the LiaMrUni enow* lZ» bi th, .ntro"j a pane.e mpiiul into of KdJUitan, irensLytßi IrtMWt for (i f mining <>»-^ f yoc and aluminium t to Japan, states Sir fhFermor m his report r c ondiii (l s > n a>'aiis
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  • 145 7 MINING IN MALAYA Instruction the Chinese are Btar miners, and m their they tictt! mi instruction." ■Lew> Leijih Fermor m his ■n minirjr conditions m I been issued. ■fti not m 1 1 -Liti^fied," "that the general methods oT conducted by the Chinese are ashi°h a percentage of reHtin ao
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  • 17 7 Se ffeyf y I 011 h« thirtya,, lht "Mamix van cis t( Knstpore
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  • 120 7 Statement By Foreign A linister Budapest, Aug. 22. NIITIIKR m Germany nor m Italy has anyone demanded or asked anything from the Hungarian Government 01 its Foreign Minister" declared Count Csaky (Hungarian Foreign Minister) last night on hfs return. Count Csaky apain describfd his visit to Germany
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  • 73 7 ENGINEER 'S DEATH With Bangkok Engineering Firm •rHE death took place at Bangkok re I cently of Mr. Nicholas Joseph Ver tefeuille, a member of the staff of tn<? International Engineering Co. UK. The funeral took place at the Roman Catholic Cemetery, the coffin bema interred m the Xavier Mausoleum
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    • 171 7 The Dashing Stars <»f ROD HfKHT m another Mighty TIX HXH Ol.fUi; Triumph 3^ 6 pIALHAMBRA He Tamed the Wildest Town of the West... i^L2'J** In the Days When the West Was Wildest! Ol>< ERROL FLYNNV^r mmWmM A Shown »j fft h mto °°o *"n/w Mr 4 ft WITI "Hell
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  • 238 8 MORNING TRIBUNE Wednesday August 23, 1939. MALAYA'S PART 1<m m 1I« J. SPEAKING at the meeting of the federal Council in Kuala H.E. the High Commt oner. Sir Shenton Thomas, S■""adored that a measure o con--npt-on would be imposed Tn Malaya fattoe of war. e 22 t n f ,hatj^tionwoS
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  • 679 8  -  Madame Tabouis —BY— I L'Oeuvre /"Paris) II I GOEBBELS i H QN Wednesday, Au£. 2, Hitlel made decisions 01 the greatB st gravity. B Shortly before midnight, hi* I Chancellery sent special in- I stuctions from Hitler to the I Foreign Ministry to transmit I an order to
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  • 173 8 CONFESSED TIENTSIN KILLS OFFER EVIDENCE fager -Prints Submitted To The Mono Government TT is learned tw n,„ i Hoimkonsr. Aug. I are the act ua stateme t b -V two Chinese dtoimtag ttatl customs a* W 1 SS nS Chang Shih ka^- superintends! went. s,n ,s n<w the hands of
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  • 65 8 P LANES ARRIVING AT DANZIG I Danzig, Aug. 22. I plltS LIT nlaniH: I r hourly at h^- ar arri V"ig I "umber of orr?niK airp0rt A Ia rge re q „isit r i„ 0 n f e d 0m a n d U t S :t hav< L»>een greets
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  • 74 8 F HE Chinese n„„ l***^ Aug 21 Commtaton £Z322> "S&Sh, )cr of British ™?i Loi? ered fr »m a mm. *g* rail Tto thTch^^ 50 000 ™r?h »g Railway. The first Sk n? Kw enme nrst consisnment will be shipped within six W I orders are being negotiated
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    • 36 8 I! To-day's White Label n Arvnpunccmaxt I K* way say what you I please, it is beticr to say what will I PltOSt other people. I D'EWAB'S I H.ii p i«. aj>c ai I w prs"T~~M
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  • 247 9 I London, Aujr. 11. be Salvation Army continued its deliberations on of a new General at Clip* on to-day. It is a% n achod the stage at which X is m a position w jutceMfir to General Evanreiina Booth, who lliat limit m October.
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  • 307 9 ITISH ABINET MEETING |.oi»d..n. Aug. ft I uinkter will stay m B? remainder of the ■"^•mciml merest is now B°\ P Z- s moetinu of Mini,fc ilrd Halifax (Foreign X? Xrt upon the UlUr ■""tT The meeting was fe°? he MSUrs dispersed Ku i view of the detenoX European situation
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  • 141 9 London, Aug. 21. THE King has approved the appointment of Mr Ronald lan Campbell JEritish Minister at Paris, to be His Majesty's Envoy Extraordinary and Minister Plenipotentiary at Belgrade i Yugoslavia > The appointment jf Sir Ronald Campbell, whom Mr. Campbell will succeed at Belgrade, to be BriiJsh
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  • 129 9 The Deputy Leader of the Opposition, Mr. Arthur Greenwood saw the Premiei* at Downing Street yesterday. Lcra Halifax lunched with the Prime Minister, with whom he was m consultation at 10, Downing Street yesterday morning, and afterwards returned to the Foreign Office. The Premier's callers m the afternoon
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  • 170 9 Honffkontf. Aup. 22. QvhK a thousand Japanese and puppet troops attacked Lungkong from Shumchun yesterday. They were beaten back by the Chinese. According to a foreign report. 5,000 Japanese trocps are advancing m the direction cf Tamshui after their occupation of Shumchun. U present there is
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  • 73 9 Shanghai, Aujr. 21. ACCORDING t(» fnnifcrt information. Japanese opium traders m China arc reaping very big profits. In spite of the encouragement given to the cultivation of poppies m the occupied areas, the demand far exr< the supply. These traders are now ordering largo shipments of
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  • 191 10 They Are Useful In Peacetiml One of the balloon barrage men, on duty m the heavy rain, shfl beneath the great bulk of a balloon m London. The balloon bifl is now permanently manned and will be so for many weeks. <W News). I King: George
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  • 123 11 was safely berthed m the King CiCorpp V it *n#* largest liner ever to use the Port of London feet m length and 89 feet 6 inches at her wide operation of linking her. The liner is 772 feet. A hundred thousand people saw
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  • 371 12 Young Moderns at Home CINCE the study of child psychology is becoming increasingly general, most intelligent parents are now fully conscious of the important part which early environment plays m a child's development. An orderly, light and spacious nursery, fitted out with furniture of the right size and style for
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  • 828 12 The right early surroundings Materially be a child's char early surroundings can materially benefit a child's character, nor to the fact that a harmonious, well-ordered atmosphere helps to form good habits which will remain with the children throughout their lives. Although heredity plays its part m the character of every
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  • 293 15 Singapore, Tuesday. JSMAIL bin Kadir, a young Malay, was this morning sentenced to six months' rigorous imprisonment to be followed by twelve months' police supervision by Mr. L. C. Goh, the Singapore Fifth Police Magistrate, on a charge of housebreaking and theft by day.
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  • 174 15 But Will Fight While Paper Policy Gejieva, Aug. 22. II W s will remain loyal to Britain but w ill continue to fight against the Palestine White Paper by every means at their disposal except terr< lism,' declared iMr. Moshe Shcrtok. •rindiiif up the general debate
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  • 170 15 SHIPS ALONGSIDE THE WHARVES OR EXPECTED TO ARRIVE KEPPLL HARBOUR Main Wharf: Recorder, Straat Soenau Lch. Plover. Sir Hasting;- Andersen King's Dock Wharl. Nil I Wharf: Nil. VESSELS IN DXV IMMJKS Tanjong Pagar: Albert Dock: Montoro. Victoria Dock Sea Belle 11. Kep-pel Harbour: A JJ King's Dock:
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    • 251 15 iKVS S» HILP LIME. Incorporated m Australia) NEXT SAILINGS Dne Sails. Aug. 31 Sept. 4 Sept. 29 Oct. 3 Up round trip tickets from Singapore to Au-^ralia issued at the i piangen may transfer at Singapore. Brisbane, Sydney or h the connecting X.P.M. Vessel. YDNEi return $«42.86 Ist class $430.71
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  • Page 15 Miscellaneous
    • 182 15 sT AL INTELLIGENCE I TO-DAY Valaya Aug. 23 2 p.m. Jean L-iborde 23 11 a.m. Singkel 23 1 p.m. S 1 X.L.M. 23 9 p.m 1% Toba 23 3 p.m al TTiedens 23 3 p.m. K.I.M 23 9 p.m .Thedens 23 3 p.m. Khoen Hoea 23 3 p.m. Majang 23
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  • 939 16 "GREAT SURPRISE" OF GUV I. SPOKESMEN OFFICIAL OPINION IN WARSAW NOT IMPRESSED Berlin, Aug. 22. RERLINERS rubbed their eyes twice when they read the announcement of the impending conclusion of a non-aggression pact with the Soviet m special editions of the morning papers. Surprise at this
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  • 81 16 Chambers Of Commerce Pass Resolution Mombasa, Aug. 22. V RESOLUTION tailing far a conference to prepare for the- Union of Kenya, Tanganyika and Uganda was passed at the annual ttflSion of the rJast African AHOCtalfUl Chambers o. '(inniHTct The resolution expressed the opinion ;hat union would be
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  • 46 16 Tenders are invited for the supply of :\5OO Tons of Slack or Lump Coal for •he Wat(T Dept. Tender Form and Specification may be obtained at the Municipal Tender Room. Tenders close at 12 noon vi 6th Sept., 1939. C. H. GOLDIE Municipal Secretary.
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  • 45 16 Tenders are invited for the supply of Brass Bent and Straight Ferrules for the ./ear 1940. Specification and Tender Form may be obtained at the Municipal Tender Room. Tenders close at 4 p.m. on 30^ October 1939. C. H. GOLDIE Municipal Secretary, j
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  • 253 16 ANNUAL SUPPLIES— I94O Tenders are invited under the following heads lor supplies to the Singapore Municipality from Ist January 1940 for me year: 1. Brooms, Baskets, Rattan, Paddy Brushes, etc. 2. Bakau Firewood. 3. Bakau Piles (for general use) 4. Bakau Piles (for Sewerage Extension Scheme) 5. Scaffolding
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  • 130 16 MALAYAN MATRIAL ManufuctureOji kmisaged M Af AVA i quantity ol raw n for cement manufacture from limestone, which i Malax a m inexhaustibl plies, shale and coal are ed m this country. "Although the Malayam suitable for mi'tallurjrical spates Sir Lewis Leigh his report on mining con Malaya, "it could
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  • 36 16 London, Aug. It— The hI lory has now signed 113 om the Prevention of Violence I prising 85 expulsion, eight! and 20 registration orderj latest orders for expulsion M tion respectively both cone* Reuter
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  • 138 16 Shanghai The announcement ci J German pact caused c< and bewilderment to« Japanese circles alike, uk pression among Chinese is mtan that the PMt/JJ many from Japan and l-w sia m Europe leave Ra*" against Japan. The Japanese. <^ twal H optimistic and profess \W will bring
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  • 178 17 Berlin, Aug. 22. "JO-DAY the greater German Reich is prepared, capable and determined to enforce the rights of Danzig, of which it has been deprived, to belong to a joint German Fatherland," declared Dr. Frank, president of the Academy of German Right, at Zoppot, when addressing a
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  • 212 17 Berlin, Aug. 22. HR von Ribbentrop (German Foreign Minister) is flying from Salzourg to Koenigsberg, whence he will fly to Moscow to-morrow. He will be accompanied by Hr. Gauss, Legal Adviser to the Foreign Office, who has drafted all important pacts m the past,
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  • 94 17 JAPAN SEEKS NEW POLICY "Bloodless Settlement Of Danzip Issue" Tokyo, Aug. 22. OFFICIAL quarters decline to comment on the proposed pact, but well-in-formed quarters describe it as a masterstroke for Hitler, who is now m a position to secure a bloodless settlement of the Danzig issue. According to newspaper comments,
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  • 97 17 I London, Aug. 22. On the Stock Exchange, after an carls sharp marking down, owing to the surprise German -Soviet pact, prices later 1 1 allied under the 'cud of internationals The latest development! have resulted m fair activity on the Foreign Exchanges, where the
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  • 433 18 WEST INDIES ALL OUT FOR 498 ENGLAND MAKE GOOD START !N THE SECOND INNINGS London, Aug. n. WHEN the third Test between England and the West Indies was re-i sumed at the Oval to-day a crowd of 2,000 was present, but the h rather
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  • 174 18 TIES FOR TANGLIN TENNIS •pIK follovtaf are ties m the Tanglir Club tournament for to-morrow LADIES HANDICAP DOUBLES Mrs A D Anderson Mrs. F. L. Cave-Penney (4-3) vs. Miss Duff Mis.v Link (Scjm; Miss R Aurely Mis.s M. L;iw i|3i vs. Mrs. N. M. Levien Mrs M. E Columbine i
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  • 169 18 MRS. WAKEFORD WINS SILVER MEDAL The August L.G.U. Medal of thel R.8.0.C was played at Bukit Timah on Monday and resulted m a win for Mr.s. X Waketord m "Silver" Division with a not score of 71 and m a win fcr .Mrs. H A. FrPdiirhs m 'Bronze" Div.•sion with
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  • 73 18 The Cable and Wireless Club Soccer team, which will be .selected from the lollowin^ will play a friendly game against a team from the C 8 Recorder at the Gipsy Club ground on Wednesday. Auk 23 at 5 p.m.— C H Coshan, C X de Souza, Louis Tan
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  • 37 18 A new class is now being formed for ftgnntrs 1 Malay, at the Y.W.C.A and legislations are being received for dre&s-making class. The required number of enrolments must be received before either cUftl may commence.
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  • 421 18 CHINESE EUROPEA CHARGED JHE preliminary inquiry into tentative charges of cheati ment of cheating preferred against Chan Tian Chi 1 Aylmer Elliot, respectively, was continued before If] j pj I third police magistrate, to-day. I JO the evidence o Mr *JM No. IJtedpr clerk, m which sS '•I opened No
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  • 162 18 "DODGE CITY" Excellent Western At The Alhambra C^C4\ja*tu<L_ '^v^ j WARNER Bros, put all their resources Into the production of "Dodge City, which drew big houses at its open ing performance at the Alhambra yesterday. It is a fine production, telling a stirring story, and the whole i.s In technicolour
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  • 138 18 Wayfarers' Camp At Mount Sophia A CAMP of interest to the Y.W.C.A. Is that being held for the young women cl thp movement throughout Malaya at Eveland Seminary. Mount Sophia, from Aug. 24 to 31. under the direction or Miss Audrey McCrea. who is the Adviser for Girls' Work to
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  • 71 18 Singapore. Tuesday. IRRESTED at Kampong Kapor Road yesterday when, it was alleged, "he was ound m possession of 17 cards and Chitesp documents relating to a triad so* lety, Ang Kai Thai, a 20-year-old youth. Ms produced before the third police ourt this morning. The charge was
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  • 85 18 The members and friends o th« Y.W.C.A. Women '.s M Y.W.C.A. Badminton di^'M Ladminton match at thr Canning Road, on Monna v AJ« Katong Club being the win* M The activities rom. 0 M for ladies from Fni( v de r« Aug. 21. m the Bo& l vfl
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  • 301 19  -  Mr. Aw Boon Par Mf sj|VERSARY DINNER kA By now m session m re entertained todto- Pa i c.:ii -last night by In Hay, OB E. and Mn Par. More than 100 Jended the function, which Lt success. Guild of Singahannivtwanr, X taken 01 PTSSwiice of
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  • 24 19 NGAPORE RIFLE ASSOCIATION "wrino i Shooi^ beio ne result oi J l4O m H. 3. KirW; ThiS W 18 •5. Major A. A. Crook
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  • 19 19 of the. MaBalan P T. t ai!l J G,!;:" iandez and N. wm ez and A. x
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  • 441 19 FIRST DIVISION CAME PRODUCES THRILLS MAI A *S 5 GORDONS 0 nUE chiefly to a weak defence, the Gordon Highlanders lost to the idfalay Football Association m a Division I league fixture played at the Stadium yesterday by five goals to nil. Four of the
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  • 268 19 Tennis In S.C.C. Autumn Tournament LURTHER ties of the S.C.C. lawu tennis Autumn tournament were played off at the S.C.C. Courts yesterday evening. Results "B" Class Doubles: Major R L. McL. More and J.W.M. Hipkin <scr» beat A. Ferguson and C.G Wembush -3) 6 2. 6—l. A M. Carberry and
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  • 128 19 THE draw of the Inter -Team Tournament (K. O. System) of the Spartan Badminton Party took place last Sunday at the Party's Court and resulted as follows •A" TEAM: Khoo Eng Tee (Capt.), Charlie Yeo and Choo Ewe Hong; *B Team: Tan Kok Ann (Oapt.), Cheong Soon
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  • 323 19 Singapore, Tuesday. 1 ed the SCC "B" by four goals to two, at the S.C.C. ground this eveU S£ game which was a friendly was of a fairly high standard and the Air Force won because of their better finishing.
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  • 96 19 The SRC tenius handicap tournawiil bt; continued at the S.R.C. s this evening. The following arc the ties for to-day. Handicap doubles: N. S. Ho*an *nd B H Bhearei I 30) VS. H. d'Rozano aild P D'Almeida (—3), E. Le Mercier and R H. Bain I 16.1), v.s.
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  • 987 20 NO WEIGHT IN HITLER'S POLICIES PREMIER AND WAR MINISTER IN CONFERENCE Tokyo, Aug. 22. INFORMED Japanese quarters are not altogether surprised at the news of the proposed German-Soviet pact. Although it is too early o sum up the reaction of the Japanese masses, observers say
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  • 379 20 London \\J CIR Walter Monckton and Mr. Geoffrey Bing appeared for t] 1 cants when a summons for a writ of habeas corpus respect! four Chinese at Tientsin came before Mr. Justice Cassels this I proceedings would be heard An affidavit by Lord ListoweJ
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  • 191 20 Germany Did Not Waste Time Berlin. Aug. 22. A wide interpretation of the BerlinMoscow negotiations is given m Dr. 'Goebbels' AngrifY, which .says, "Ribbentrop is going to Moscow as plenipotentiary of the Fuehrer m order to talk with the Soviet about this new political relationship
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  • 68 20 OSLO CONFER To Discuss The Main Of Peace Stockholm! Before he left g»gjj the Oslo Powers C>nw r j emphasised that the m 1 tion was clearly b3 He indicated hat b( Brussels discuss is w :un interest to parti^P^elr* maintenance;;:!;;^^. I themselves 1 groups m Europe and m time
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  • Morning Tribune FILM FANFARE
    • 9 1 Morning Tribune FILM FANFARE SINGAPORE, WEDNESDAY AUGUST 23. 1939.
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    • 384 1 bert ylor Reminirces V back upon the few m of his meteoric ad■to stardom, Robert ■nds that he has passed ■estones graven with fc monu 1 tits. They were I times, since he first la motion picture studio, m goose pimples freeP hide and the roots of J Angled more
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    • 383 1 AN OLD STAR IS REBORN WHEN a new star is born m Hollywood, that's news. When an old favourite returns m pomp and glory, that's old home week, with banners flying high. Members of a sophisticated preview audience who viewed Al Jolson's triumph m the 20th Century-Fox Production, "Rose of
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    • 143 1 DONAT WILL GROW OLD AGAIN ROBERT DON AT, whose amazing Iransition from youth lo old age as the English schoolmaster m "Goodbye, Mr. Chips" has won him wide critical and audience acclaim, will have an even more surprising series of maK.'-ups for his next starring role m "Ruined City". Again
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    • 194 2 Heading For STARDOM jJI.\MM. fff stardom m oik picture is (ireei Garsoqg heautihil leading lady to f.olwrt DtMH ill (iood-Bye, Mr. Chips." showing soon at t lit* upitnl. Siflgap* B Already Ihosr win have seen !:er work ;«s the l»>\« J\ y«>un^ \wlc ol the y lioohiuister ate fill 111
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    • 117 2 LEIfBOTfI lIIPLLY. the novel. 1 01 1 .c m J':ar!e ;-ii. Bowttl .-.nte ti». sew n play < I P.illl J •I iii hist 1 ijWd si a (Uami bastti oj the cni'i rx.vuit kaurica'd >c: h m i Revolutionary Wai daju wit ma4f tfcU ia
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    • 124 2 Mr. Chips and Kathy met while they were walking and clinfl the mountains, a twisted ankle and a rescue brought thrm togetll Chips arrived back at Brookfleld after the holidays with .1 t harml In the MG.M -British film version of James Hilton's now famoil
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      • 169 2 C^ A S0 YOU WANT T0 G T0 COUIEGE? *W? I I &v Jr k n IUO TUT 1%1l I a *wag?s^i^^ j to never tell on I /«a i' ninnY PAYS HE R X- ten i/i c^ew 1 a^i &j I ImL. C URUUI I HIU lIIL UILLO II
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    • 307 3 111. RIDING DOWN THE TRAIL I vi iiad eiVier I ice nead Have passed ie portion of B the country where the Kjuction d1 fire-arms is ■la C hap That's HollyE all the big film com- c been busy making ■j-shootm' epics, with Xt priced stars m the
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    • 52 3 Fay Raintcr plays the part of an autocratic iHim m Columbia's tfcstlj And Tiic Mob," at the Pavilion on T! ursday. She hires a mob and M > "gunning" for ihe racketeers who ar.^ terrorisms the small business men m the town. This is something
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      • 66 3 rUHMIiI Illllllillllllllllllll lIIIIIIIHHIIIIIIIIHIIMItIIIIIIIIIIUIIIIiUI NOT TO BE /Jlfc. MISSED :MV w COMING SHORTLY LAUDETTE COLBERT IN I "Ml DM I GHT" THE BRIGHTEST, GRANDEST COMEDY THE SCREEN HAS SEEN FOR YEARS WITH j TON AMECHE, JOHN BARRYMORE IKAXCIS LEni.:HEK-MVHV ASTOR AND ELAINE BABRB DIKKCTKD H VIMCHEI.L LEHCN j IF IT'S A
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    • 749 4 JANE WITHERS GROWS and so do her pictures IT seems to me that t/he powers that be at Twentieth Centuryx have fashioned a really intelligent plan for Jane Withers' adolescent years Instead of following Hollywood tradition by trying to keep her a baby until she's well into her teens, and
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    • 296 5 Laughton Is No Movie Actor! LliriM'k Smjßi- THARLES Langhton U no movie tUt He is a powerful peiwonality.a rhetorical genius. mighty intellect, but he's no movie actor! This despite his widely acclaimed portrayals of Hairy VIII. Captain Bligh. Ruggles (of Red Gapi and the title character of "The Beachcomber." Have
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    • 96 5 epton School Filmed Hye MR CHIPS." with Robert X m the title role, has 153 m:-. and m addition Director He used 2.197 boya In the BrookX scenes o; the films. ti:e picture was finished he ran H-:r.g actors. He solved the proBh;:.r.a six buses and borrowing ■n schoL 1
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    • 107 5 Inssey had been riding horseI for quite a while to keep m fi was very enthusiastic when cast as the two-timing wife In and told she would be given tanity to ride. tf been using an English saddle, and director Marin told her 'better try a Western
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    • 54 5 After breakup km en J»Rement 1,, our man tor the fourth t, me Myrna Loy finds happiness with Hubert Taylor »n Lucky Night.* shou at At Capitol. Wjma has her funniest role since her Thin Man portrayal. ;i u i Unbert Tavlor nukes an abrupt defWTtwe from
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    • 185 5 EIGHTEEN GIRLS CHOSEN TO DANCE ON HORSEBACK IN MARX BROS. FILM MOW it's the Super-Glorified Girl m Hollywood! From hundreds of applicants, M.G.M. has finally been able to find eighteen girls who, with Florence Rice, are to do the spectacular dance on horseback for "A Day at the Circus." By
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    • 16 5 MEET THE OB! hni Callv i e Mob p Pa vili(Mi ft' an ihi stor y
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    • 49 6 She Stars In "Alexander Graham Bell" This is the love- ly Loretta Young whose newest is the 20th Cen- tury Fox film "Alexander Gra- ham Bell," story of the man who S invented the te- lephone. Henry 5 Fonda and Don Ameche are al- s,, m the cast. k
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    • 76 6 lI7IELDINC Attl itic Ocean n wa*c. Carol Ann Beexy, adop daughter of Wai) B i chrj tea£d the Submarine Chaser 391 for her father's new M.G M. picture, "Thunoe" Afloat." For the c:ieiv>onie>. Beery appeared In the uniform of an ensign, which he plays m
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    • 211 6 ISABEL JEWELL Ad To The Cast Of "Go With The Wind" THE first play m which Isabel Jewell appeared, *he took the part of a Virginian. Her latest assignment is the role of Emmie Slattery. Georgia "po' white" character m David O. Selznick's technicolour production," "Gone With The Wind." In
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    • 108 6 Famous Musician For Fil I pHARLEs X lUgtn, p, producer, has imm tions with Walter Damr mons American nuW j his motion picture debt new Bin?: Crwfey ppet,i c t, Star Maker.* 1 Mr. Dami(i>ih an m into the wripl to appear self m an Imp— fort S Crosby and
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      • 55 6 tllf > i 4 wStir^M::? 1 UVl jjPfe?(§ f^* You'll agree it's quite a i^Kl jpl^wK crew to p '°y w s a y IV If I 111 lllßKfc£^^^s*^^i^ii99 I w^l i^^*^^! B>« Bn > '^Sk Jj|lJi ft.. JHU|> BAINTER LUPINO M W LEE BOWMAN HENRY ARMETTA- WARREN HYMEI *//lij«
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      • 39 6 Gala >111>M4.111 l»|(| >||| t(| SAT. NEXT at the CAPIK GENERAL SCREENING OPENS. TUES. Aug. 1 M-C-W Vj\ g pß\Ot 1 ,-^g^in now a screen it challenges >^N^— -^B ROBERT DONAT GREEK GARSON I I A SAM WOOD Production il
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    • 432 7 eturns To The British Screen puL wjyntjaML fcftYARD returns to the Bn m a new film now being Denham. For her debut fiimj Miss Wynyard will vth Ralph Richardson m V year's best-selling novels ■he Night Of The Fire" by ■Jorbringino together two tonalities must Somlo and Richard Nor plan
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    • 205 7 STEPPE-SISTER STEN IN LONDON JJEVEN years Russian Anna Sten was rttthed to Hollywood by \mptamm Sam Goidwvn. Aftfel H months' grooming she whs unveiled m a diluted version of Zola"--. "Nana," renamed -Lady ol tlfc Boulevards." Alter two mere novolletish films, We Li\e Again'" and "Wedding Night," Goldwyn and Steppe-sister
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      33 7 This attractive young lady was recently voted America's most glamorous personality. You will see her m "Dodge City," and she has her first stellar role m a new film called "Winter Carnival."
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      • 72 7 Ai_HA|y|E3PA COMING ALHAMBRA 3.15, 6.15 D.l.^ MY THIS WOMAN v^' T««« of the i" A TRIBUTE Of v^ S^ Kr '^rC^H El VMM g^P^^%J!v*^B pODGE fflps?^ S &Afio%| tfrUy^77o r d ■u S3teS^AI«r r Hli t^CLA |RE TREVOR JOHN WAYNE S imw^ WHCHAtl CURTIZ Andy Oevine John Carradme §fc AWMIHEUMOS.
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    • 207 8 Murders Monkey FOR THE RiTZ BROTHERS anJ GRACIE ALLEN 1 IUKAOf reigns supreme m Gracie L Miens new film "The Gracie Allen Murder Case" and the three Ritz Brothers" latest effort 'The Gorilla." for LOth Century -Fox. JXt |WUbM Gracie. now-the witles* wonder week-ending In gaols, making pals with a
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    • 623 8 Donat Gives A SUPERB PERFORMANCE In "Goodbye, Mr. Chips S A RULE, when a youthful actor attempts to look old on the screen —or the' stage, the result is interesting but not particularly im-,7-sive Audiences are hard to fool; they are on the lookout lor •ckery and are quick to
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    • 101 8 AT last! After almost twenty years of silence on stage and screen, the great mystery of whether Hai pu Marx's voice b bass. M or tenor is to be solved ml Day at the Circus." I In the picture his voice fl be heard for the
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      68 8 —AND THE END OF MR. CHIP S I Right Mr. Chips arriving at the train to take up his first post as schoolmaster at Brook li c 1 d School. Far right: Mr. Chips at the age of 83 makes tea m his rooms for one of his
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