Sunday Standard, 18 December 1955

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  • FEATURE SECTION
    • 2471 13  - TRAGEDY STRIKES ANTARCTIC EXPEDITION Glen Jacobsen Continuing the historic voyage of the U.S. Navy's icebreaker ATKA By Commander as told to Sidney Shallet mangy— The Ambassador Of Coodwill Part IV ON JANUARY 22, tragedy struck. The helicopters had been airlifting personnel and light equipment to the ice shelf for various
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  • Page 13 Advertisements
    • 43 13 $antas* Rn-iip Qnench roar Christmas thirti i/»» i*^V k wUk F A tC» cold Red Lion monder/u} LJ^^&W V^j? oraDgo or pineapple. V Malayan* and Santa here enjoyed jf J 72 Christmas'* with Fraaer A Neevea C^""^ Nn^»W J checrfnlj friend)/ drinket •oaj^^T^S.
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    • 304 13 I lk Picture Quiz j IVORLD II j i j u f P lf> W "T^^C EACH f tliCSe rS^ 3 "->^A 1%, *L i nin panels shows i^sis/jtoffr "%^^m w )^^f^% on unnamed area T" F ~y of water between E u t^i/ 1 i "i^ 40- 5 l
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  • -IT'S ALWAYS FAIR WEATHER
    • 429 14  -  Steve Neoh hmwM^^A VVWWWWWWWWYWAV J± HOLLYWOOD musical sometimes gets away with it by having a few breathless scenes of extravagant splendour and perhaps one or two hit tunes. Rarely can it claim more for box-office drawing power even with CinemaScope or Vista Vision. But give a
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    • 706 14 Road to Stardom full of O-U-C-H ""so the Stars told Bernard McEtwaine LONDON T KNEW a wicked old man once, probably a direct descendant of child-hater King Herod, who heated up coins on a liot-plate and then threw them out to passing children. The glittering silver coins set their hearts
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  • Page 14 Advertisements
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  • SCANDAL TOWN
    • 1071 15  -  Betty Smith By for screen vamp Love was her life. When she acted romantic parts on the screen, she was re-living her own great joy and despair. She said: "No woman can play those parts unless she has lived fierce love and fierce hate, and the breaking,
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    • 352 15 I 1 T7RANK SINATRA'S exi[ wife, Nancy, has taken i, up acting. She is working <i under the name of Nancy < i Stevens "so that the ini- tials remain the same on my luggage." she explains. <| MARLON BRANDO says i that one of his most amus'i
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    • 292 15 A GIRL can change her mind. She often does. It's a sure- fire tactic for keeping the boys interested. Actress Julia Arnall, blonde, beautiful and born m Vienna, goes one better m her campaign to keep the film producers interested. She changes her personality. Julia has just signed
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  • Page 15 Advertisements
    • 51 15 j^Sf The fS-^/% perfect arfii M lUJ So simple to give ...so lovely to receive Luxurious Lavender sets J^J>* j i mum practical Beauty sets I S^*** ><Oi^V. precious Perfumes I """y^ llg^^VwVj^ for women. p£ *s^i J_Ow^V^>-^^ Sensible luxury for men, /T by Wyardley T^OHY J| OLD lONO STRUT.
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    • 300 15 fZmi w/f The new mirac/e washing IjlmJi^^ powder -from America &EN IN CUP HATER Pvervonc is saying it 1 FAb is the perfect j I ]\^^/A j I washing powder It washes clothes cleaner and 1 1^ ,^/^S\^<S^\^ whiter than any other washing product And it V l r rryfrx.
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  • 620 16  -  GERREE READ *(ni~ THERE are still a few husbands who are worrying themselves silly over tbeil wives or favourite girl friends. The burning question being "What shall I buy her for Christmas?"' I can quite see why they are having so much trouble making up their minds, because
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  • Article, Illustration
    366 16 T<WO Royal Australian Air Force nursing sisters, Senior Sister Margot Moloney and Sister Fay Woodfine, both of Melbourne, have been posted to Malaya. They are the first R.A.A.F. nurses to be sent to the area and will start a small hospital at an airstrip, near Penang. Sister
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  • 293 16  -  Rita Del Mar By vmODAY'S QUOTATION: I "We praise those wbo love their fellow men." <1 —Aristotle. SUNDAY FOR EVERYJf ONE: This morning tends to keep things m an unsettled K^conditions. Remain po;sed be < ]A courteous, considerate; prok^ mote harmony; exert tact. -4f The afternoon
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  • 350 16 The new find of the cosmetic world... a way to detect dry, greasy or normal skins, by means of the Oceane experiment. Now women will know the exact amounts of fat and moisture their complexion needs. Givenchy's idea of wearing a small organdy bonnet, tied with
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  • Page 16 Advertisements
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  • Page 16 Miscellaneous





  • 902 21  - BREATH OF MALAYA WARMS LONDON ANDREW ROTH By STANDARD'S LONDON BUREAU CHIEF london \OU don t realize how much you take on the colour of your surroundings until you get a glimpse of the outside. I hadn't fully realized how much I missed the warmth and easiness of manner of
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  • 1113 21  - POST OFFICE FOR CHINA MAIL Arnold Brackman by STANDARD'S NEW YORK BUREAU CHIEF NEW YORK increased flood of letters between New York and points east notably Hongkong, Formosa and Singapore, m that order has led to the opening here this week of l modern new Post Office m Chinatown to
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  • Page 21 Advertisements
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  • 92 22 SPEAKING OF PICTURE 1 1 "SPEAKING OF ji 1 1 PICTURES" 1 1 Name ji Address <| Title l| i[ Camera Used l[ i[ Aperture i[ i 1 Speed Film ij I l«^B^»o*a»»a>B»»»^*^»*»*Bj^^^^B^^» I Below: "Girl In The Swiras v i t" by Chun E. Yoong of 62 Ah Quee
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  • Page 22 Advertisements
    • 74 22 §< 'To all who have flown with us *i *2 m the past, and to all who will S S do so m 1956...' ss a I I Sv afl L& *^2al 5b w' nL Jfli E%l 'A *fr anfl Bfl Bk. THE SEASON'S I 1 GREETINGS 1 i 1
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  • 2169 23  -  Michael Courtney SHORT STORY By fHE chetty (moneylender) sat cross-legged on a small wooden stool on the floor of his dingy smoke-filled shop-cum-office, situated m the heart of old Singapore. Opposite and on either side of him, sat twelve assistants, all hand picked for their astuteness and
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  • Page 23 Advertisements
    • 278 23 Here Is the Ideal gift for any man Gillette Superspeed Shaving. J$F 0 It's the world's finest shaving system. v. It's smooth, easy, luxurious. j^ Give him Gillette 'Rocket 1 Razor Set. M f He'll thank you every day for years 1 The Rocket Set Is b really exciting present
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    • 267 23 You'll like it, Sir j Ny it SCL Southern Cross Cocktail J V ■^laH^ iiiiiawiiMM 1 1111 R MB I P H ft a' *7a\ Lm /ii ftft ii -^■m MARTINI i m if- aanK T*"^ SSS^^^**™* mm*!!* o**'0 I I>^ I AmlL^bEmSJf BB MmMm LjL 4 Sweet Martini Vermouth
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  • 373 24 They'll hide on the moon by A Special Correspondent WHEN the first man from earth steps from his space-ship on to the moon he is not likely to stand there long. He'll probably make straight for cover. It won't surprise him if a lump of rock comes whizzing past his
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  • 130 24  -  DENIS DUNN by AN entrant m a "My Ideal Husband" competition wrote: "For my part it is always the fascinating Frenchman who makes me blink." YOU HAVE A FOREIGN BODY IN YOUR EYE. "FT is the constant price 1 rise m the little things that so irritates,"
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  • 34 24 To shoot food with a water pistol seems impossible but it's done. The hunter is a fish; the method is one of many cunning ways to obtain food. Some are described here.
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  • 254 24 Shoots Prey With A Water Pistol WHEN the fresh water archer fish of Asia sees an insect above the surface of the water it pushes its mouth upward, and shoots a jet of water at it. The insect, temporarily stunned, falls on the water where the archer fish can reach
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  • 196 24 WHAT ON EARTH Wettest Place THOUGH foreigners often think of England as a country of perpetual rain, our total annual rainfall of about 30in. would be classed as a gentle shower m Cherrapunji, Assam. For this little hill station, notorious as the wettest place on earth, sometimes has more rain
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  • 136 24 QNE of the wonders of the modern age is beneath London— the Underground Railway. Last century a solicitor had the brainwave of running trains m tunnels below the city streets. In 1863 his plan was put into practice when four miles of sub-sur-face steam railway was opened and
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  • Page 24 Advertisements
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  • Page 24 Miscellaneous
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