Sunday Tribune (Singapore), 8 June 1947

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    24 1 T HE PEOPLE FOR THE PEOPLE THE ONLY NATIONAL NEWSPAPER IN MALAYA The Sunday Tribune jfgVE P AGES SINGAPORE. JUNE 8, 1947. Ti:S CENTS
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    STATE LOTTERIES: OUR CHALLENGE TO GOVT.
    988 1 Let The People Vote! 99% (plus) Say "Yes" In Our Poll (By T. S. KHOO, News Lditor) THE SUNDAY TRIBUNE TO-DAY CHALLENGES IHE GOVERNMENT OF SINGAPORE TO CONDUCT t\ POPULAR BALLOT ON STATE LOTTERIES. This challenge is being issued because We feel that Government
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    7,000 Women Fight It Out -At London's Albert Hall
    155 1 LONDON, Jure 7. Women fought women at London's Albert Hall, home of championship boxing, last right when an attempt was made to sreck a British Housewives Uague rally of 7,000 women Thev ton hair, krocked hats off. swurg hancbags and umbrellas—
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    LOUIS SAYS: "YES I'M THE FATHER"
    102 1 SANDIAGO. Califon ia. Jun? 7. —Heavyweight champion Joe Louis admitted between shots j tf the Mur >cipal polf cours-- that he anj former Marva Trotter remarried last July at a Chicago suburb. The champion a'so coi iirmc:i l hat he way the father of
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    41 1 UNTOLD: STOP JEWS LAKE SUCCESS. Jurr 7 J™ United Natiors Secretary weral Trygv,. L>o acting or l request of Britain has ask- a'l Unted Nation^ members nelp stop illegal Jevlsh Imm'Rrat.on lrto p a > s tlne perd"Rthe Untod Nations decia^onthc oroblom
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    India Awaits Viceroy's Report
    85 1 New Delhi. June 7: India wa^ waiting today for a progress report from the Viceroy, Lord Mountbatten the farm of a communique following his meeting with the Indian leaders here. The Viceroy today resumed his talks with the seven Indian leader^ Pandit Jawaharlal Nehru. Vice-President of
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    CONSTABLE ATAN'S MURDER: POLICE MAKE AN ARREST
    232 1 An arresl has |«eeii .'effected in connection with the murder ot Marine constable Atan bin Haji Sirat and the abduction of Cpl. Mohar^d Gul, who were lire lon when they intercepted a fishing craft which had attempted to slip into the open sea
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    Paris Is Isolated
    77 1 Paris. Juno 7:— The French Capital was today rut off from rail communication with the rest uf Europe after all long distance and suburban passenger traffic in ;;nd out of Pans cam.' to a standstill this morning when (the railway workers strike— still technically unofficial pvead to
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    Phones In Union To Cost More
    47 1 The Malayan U: ion Governuiert has decide 1. on the advice of the Wavs aia Means Committee, to impose a temporary 25 per cert, surcharge on all accotUUS ir respect of telephone services rendered on and from T uiy 1, 1947.
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    $10,000 Pay-roll
    73 1 Frcm Our Own Reporter) Malacca, Sat. -Masked Chines gunmen staged one of the big gest robberies here when they waylaid and robbed a chief clerK of a payroll consisting of $10,000 at the 26th. Mile. Bungel Ram bmi, today. The money repre-ented the waget Ol labourers. In another
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    ROYALTY TO GO TO MECCA
    38 1 ALOR STAR. Sat. Thrc members of the Royal Hou.soho! i of Kedah, namely. Yang Tuan Ahmad Tajuddin. Yan^r Tuar^ Tungku Farridudin and Yar°. Tuan Sharifah SuKan are loavir g for Mecca on pilgramage
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    UNION CATS, DOGS BANNED HKRE
    33 1 An outbreak of rabies has been reported In the Malayan Union, nrd the Singapore Goverrinent hzs issued ar. or^ o'prohibitirg the import of catcr.d dogs from the Union
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    MUNICIPALITY TO SET UP OWN SALARIES COMMISSION
    564 1 (Sunday Tribune Staff Reporter) The Singapore Municipal Commissioners have decided to set up their own commission to Inquire Into the salaries of their employees. Meanwhile, the Municipal Services Union has submitted a de- tailed manifesto to the Salaries Commission recommending better conditions Qf
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    Derby Goes To France
    90 1 London. Sat. Britain's turf classic, the Derby, has gone to Prance. After one of the most exciting races in which the classic has again eluded champion jockey Gordon Richards, the French horse. Pearl Diver, starting at 40-1 finished first, with the Aga Khan's Mlgoli (20-1) econd.
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    THEY PAY $500 FOR SARONGS IN AMERICA
    407 1 They are paying $250 <US> per sprung in the Static and $100 \US> for i Bali hat, says Mr. E. M. Dasaad, Indonesian textile magnate who arrived In Singapore yesterday on the President Polk from a rive- months' tour of Europe and the
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    MANCHURIA CUT IN NINE
    28 1 MANCHU RIA CUT IN NINE Nanking, June 7: -A division of Mauchuria into nine province^, ha*, been officially approved by the National Government, it was announced here today.
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    CURTAINS DOWN
    29 1 London, June 7. Janrus Agate, famoui BritL-h dramatic critic, died last night at his home in London aged 60 H*> hart hppn ill for some time. Reuter
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    She Gave S'pore Japs A New Ray Of Hope....
    216 1 She Gave S'pore Japs A New Ray Of Hope.... (By Harry Fang, Sunday Tribune Staff Reporter) Christian work among the Japanese surrendered personnel in Singapore is beginning to take a definite turn after four months of hard work by an English lady missionary who spea ks the Japanese language fluently,
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    SOUTH AFRICA BAT FIRST
    48 1 Trent Bridge. Bat.— The South Africans won the toss and batted first in their First Test match against England which begun today. At lunch, the score Wa 44 for 1. Mitchell being the batsmen out, clean bowled by Ale' Bodser. who was bowling magnificently.
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    LATEST
    19 1 South Africa had scored 203 for two wickets by the t?a interval. idville 94 n.o- Nours? 72 no.)
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    ROOSEVELT LEAVES $2 MILLION
    23 1 NEW YORK, Jure 7. Thr late President Rooevelt left a gross estate of $2,111,673. it wa' revealed today. U.P.
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    40 RUGGER FANS INJLTIED
    28 1 Sydney, June 7: -Forty persons were injured today at a Rutjby league match when a tin roof on which they were standing collapsed.- U.P.
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    What They Say
    683 1 A Japanese Naval WairaiU Officer, a J.S.P. in Stafapofe v/ho has recently heard of th«* Christian religion and hop«*s t<* he hapHzed soon, vot<* a letter to Miss Hent.y cxpresai- ing: h»s firm conviction thai Japan's collapse- w^s not due to the atom bomb but beeausr "we
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    BUMPER MILITARY SHOW ON KING'S BIRTHDAY
    562 2 BUMPER MILITARY SHOW ON KING'S BIR THDA Y WILL BE GRANDEST SINGAPORE WILL SEE FOR YEARS This year's King's Birthday parade on the Padang, on the morning of June 12 will perhans be the biggest and mildest that Singapore will see for iwny years. Taking part in it will be
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    Grenades, Buried Here In Feb. 1942, Found By Police
    248 2 Sixty -one British Army Mills' type hand grenades, some servfcablc and some harmless because their pins had been withdrawn, were recovered in the Bi kit Timah arra by Inspector Raja rat nam and a party of police on Friday morning. Tile
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    CJ FOR PENANG
    29 2 The Hon'ble Mr. Justice Murray-Ayn>ley, Chief Justice, Singapore, has left for Pen an e: and Alor Star in connection with i the Full Court of Appeal.
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    America Hoping For Trade Pact With India
    297 2 (Sunday Tribune Staff Reporter) America is anticipating concluding a treaty of "commerce and friendship" with India and work is already being carried out in India on such a treaty, said Mr. Henry F. Grady, recently appointed U.S. Ambassador to India, yesterday, in an
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    RUBBER PRICES
    56 2 The S.C.C.R.A's Tubber prices at noon yesterday were: Buyers. Sellers. Cts. per Cts. per lb. lb. No. 1 R.S.S. spot, lose 32| 323 No. 1 R.S.S. fob in bales 33i 33f No. 2 R.S.S 1 fob In bales 32£ 32| No. 3 R.S.S. fob in bales 30 30
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    If An Object Is Pressed Against The Small Of Your Back, It May Not Be A Revolver....
    369 2 Robbers in Singapore aro not always dargerous Most of them are trading on the fear in.soired by the lawlessress that prevailed during the B.M.A. period and for months after that. The average person
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    3-MAN GANGS ACTIVE
    232 2 Held up while returning to their home in a trishaw, a Chinese couple were robbed of $16. 50 and a gold ring, at 11 o'clock, Friday night. The trishaw was stopped by three Chinese, one of whom was armed with a gun, in Queen Street. The three
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    Jail For Woman Who Beat Up Chad
    167 2 Singapore's Social Welware Department are willing to look into cases of ilNtreatment of children here, and the public are requested to communicate with them if they know of any such instances. Recently a woman wa s sentenced to two months' imprisonment for the
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    TORNADO HITS COLORADO
    36 2 JULESBURG. Colorado, June 7.— Three torra^oes hit Coloradio City (pop. 1,519) yesterday, the last causing extensive property damage, it was reported. Although several people were injured, no deaths w^re reoorted. Spore Crime U.P.
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    SINGAPORE BURGLARS PREFER DAYLIGHT RAIDS
    266 2 (Sunday Tribune Crime Reporter) Singapore's house-breakers prefer to operate in the day. This tendency has been revealed in the crime figures for the ironth of Mav. According to the statistics, there were 130 reports of housebreaking by day during Mayan increase of 16 over Aprils
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      351 2 BIRTHS To Mr. Mrs. Chew Chin Bee gjft of b daughter, at Dr. A. M. d'Cotta 1 Clii ic on June 3rd. BIRTH: At LILY Maternity Cliric. 590, Serai Road, at 9 A.M. Saturday 7th Jure 1947 to JEAN ROSEMARIE wife of Thro L< ius. a babv boy Louis Irving.
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    Singapore Co-operative Store Makes Rapid Strides
    430 3 New Branch To Be Opened (Sunday Tribune StaH Reporter) Kapid nrogress has been recorded bv the Singapore o-operative Stores Society Ltd.—organizeil uainJy to encourage thrift among wane-earners and the same time deal a bi; blow at the blackmarket —since its inception in August last
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    Spore Tommies Learn Chinese
    142 3 (Sunday Tribune Reporter) Hundreds Of Britishers. Americans. Dutchmen, Australians. Indian, and Eurasians are attending Mandarin cln<sf\s side by side with about 1.000 Chinese students in the Singapore Chinese Mandarin School in Prin- Street. The majority ire SerrfceiiH n who take time ofT m their evenings to
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    RECORD WHEAT EXPORT
    50 3 WASHINGTON. June 7— The Unitpd States Department of Agriculture estimated that a record Of 1 704.000 long tons of Urited States and grain products were exported in May. May export^ raised the total for the eleven months, from July 1946 to May 1947. to 126.699.000 long tons.
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    New Education Policy "Not New"
    195 3 Mr. J B. Neilson, Direetr.oi Education. Singapore, sa»ci at a dinner given by the Old Kafllesians' Association, that the much talked tf "nvw duration policy" BOthllll ne\>. Tin- "i»"li« furred Uk '»r sa«d uas Uie temchlng oi MmUjT, C h'nesr, and Siamcs.in Singapore schools. "In
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    Cattle Rustling In Kedah
    125 3 m Our Oicn: Report Alor Star, Sat. The cattle menace fl making it felt in Kedaii now thai ing vobb. ry In tlii district has at last been brought mikL 1 coi imi by Increased and o i police and military net;'ii- 1 total number o;
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    JUDGE TO APPEAR BEFORE BENCH —AS WITNESS
    245 3 JUDGE TO APPEAR BEFORE BENCH —AS WITNESS (Sunday TrlbtUsfl Reporter) Mr. Justice Brown, one of the judges of the Singapore High Court, will appear In a new role on Tuesday. He has been calkd to appe-.r before the District Judge as a Crown witness to give evidence in a theft
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    A WOMAN PEEPS AT SINGAPORE
    1719 4  -  VERA ARDMORE bu Navy I louse Enter laws Rear-Admiral and Mrs. J. Egerton entertained a large party of gue-is at their residence in Grange Road last Saturday evening, the guests of honour being Captain Detzer and the Officers of the U S. warship Toledo. Members
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    She Starved Herself, Weighed 4 Stones At Death
    98 5 She Starved Herself, Weighed 4 Stones At Death «,«n whoso weight was A f°J ft a n t Ist. when she died <&**, Jd to s^c a doctor and l< S?^kin ff '^credible co^flve months, it was stat*BK. Bwrf sta, J to death due to a I disorder in which
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    4 Experts Say: Hitler Never Employed "Doubles"
    541 5 MREMBERG-Four men who were in the tight, iron-ringed circle of Adolf Hitler's associates, have branded oft-heard stories of the Dictator's doubles a myth conjured un by the wishful thinking of Germany's The four replied to a special questionnaire submitted to them by Heater
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    2 boys, 9 & 11, had a smashing time
    92 5 2 boys, 9 11, had a smashing time Two boys, a^d nin,. and fth'ven. it was said at Salford. Lanes, broke into a housr\ smashed croc kery on th e floor, broke bottles of sauce and jam and threw the contents on ♦h e walls and ceilings of ni»ar•y p
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    KLM LIFT F.E. AIR FREIGHT EMBARGOES
    87 5 NEW YORK. Jure 6 KLM. the Royal Dutch Airlines, re-; ported today that the Dutch Government ha., lifted ai r freight embargoes to the Middle and Far East. Officials of KLM said that ir addition to the»r regular five weekly flights fromsNcw York t
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    Wedding Vows "Meant Nothing" To Her
    269 5 Criticising a wife in the Divorce Court in Lincoln, Commissioner R. Shove stated: "She is the first person I have heard in any court brazen enough to sa> on oath that the VOWS she took before the altar of the Church ment nothing to
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    Vera Ardmore...
    926 5 Birthday Party A large party was given by Mr. Frank H. Staugnton the other evening at hi* residence 40. Pender Road, Pasir Panjang. The occasion was a dual one, firstly for iiis birthday and secondly by nature of a house warming. Rumour has it that a first-class night
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    "Widow Tried To Seduce Me"
    326 5 Allegations that a Czech widow had tried to seduce him at her flat were made at Bristol magistrates' court by a £1,000-a-ycar British Overseas Aw ways pilot, who denied that he was the father of her child. The widow, Mrs. Bdita Blaha, of Hampton-road, Redland,
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      SUNDAY. JUNE 8. 1947. A Strange Cospal
      582 6 SUNDAY. JUNE 8. 1947. A Strange Cospal A Malayan Union newspaper whose editorials and news presentation indicate a remarkaole degree of identity with the official Malay-Bureaucracy policy, prints an attack on Mr. Tan Cheng Lock, a respect- e I lrader of the British Chinese community and a friend of ail
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    SPARING THE ROD & SPOILING THE CHARACTER
    929 6  - SPARING THE ROD SPOILING THE CHARACTER W. A. Harpur Can the Malayan Schoolboy "take his medicine" in the shape of a caning? We appear to be in danger of A school staff without authority to inflict punishment would resemble a city without policemen and would be a shining success in
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    What is she really like?
    1361 6 What is she really like? Recently in Buckingham Palace a clerk opened a ledger and made note to the effect that Princess Elizabeth's income was to be increased from £6.000 to £15,000 a year, because it was her birthday. And that was the only tangible indication in Britain of our
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    Cassandra
    489 6 What C tl Tliners think I Peoples of tk occupying Powen in e f OUr They hate and iear the Russia] The te the French. 1 hey ricai And they dislike the British. They believe that the Russians are far less unw than they would like to be thought,
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    HER NEURITIS NEVER LEFT HER
    172 7 HER NEURITIS NEVER LEFT HER KRisrHKN man mil ffl 11 RELIKF the bei efli <•• nth r s who troubled wi h >h com ■fi %e suffer. from, a jjEfol woman <?S Mav I M.i n of neuriti at^h r£aic it imi h 'fnrest durirg th or I i !t?atci«ht
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    When The Chit System Even Invaded S'pore's Churches
    1215 7  -  Sir John Bagnall Sir John Bagnall, for many years Chairman of the Straits Trading Co. Ltd., who leaves Singapore shortly on retrement, writes this special article for the Sunday Tribune. Sir John, who first came to Malaya in 1912, recalls those days
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    Youth Who Courted Her Was...Her Son
    147 7 Youth Who Courted Her Was... Her Son When Arduina Riceiardsi, 36-year-old Italian woman, met Vincenzo Puzza, she thought him a handsome young man, though much younger than herself. He courted her and the two became lovers. y V time later in Rome I uz/.a shewed Arduina a medallion. "My mother
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    Japs Still Die Hon. Deaths
    190 7 Japanese are still dying peculiar deaths. In Tochigi Prefecture, 53-year-old Motolchl Mo- ita defeated an old fii- > end for election to trie Akazawa village assembly. By way of apology he promptly hanged himself. J In Taftimura last week S depressed over the failure of
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    SUICIDE, ACCIDENT ...OR REGICIDE?
    1682 8  - SUICIDE, ACCIDENT ...OR REGICIDE? Dodwell Cooray Tlie first anniversary of the King of Siam's death sees the mystery still unsolved by WAS IT an accident, suicide or murder? This is the question 17,000,000 Siamese are asking to-day, the lirst anniversary of the death i of King Ananda. It was on
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    'BRITISH, REAL TERRORISTS'
    97 8 NEW YORK, June 6. Th'.« British were accused of being the "real terrorists" in Palestini at a mass really organised at Madison Square Garden undei the sponsorship of the Ameri: an League for a Free Palestine. A cap city audience of nearly 15,000 heard Former Senator Gillette
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    Film Page
    41 9 This happy picture, taken a a California:! seaside .•♦•sort shows thr«'<- up and coming Paramount starlets Gloria Saund«rs, Sally Raw>in son and Olga San Juan in holiday mood drying thenise lves after a quick dip in the coi>l Pacific.
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    WON'T SOMEBODY KISS JANE?
    289 9 Jane Randolph wants to be kissed. The comely leading lady ol Fools Gold,'" late s L in the new >eru-s ol William Boyd "Hopalurig Cas^idy" pictures, thinks it's highly unfair that feminine stars of Western films have to go through an entire picture without even a
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    SHE STAYED A BRUNETTE FOR TWENTY YEARS
    1156 9  -  ALFRED E.F. STERN PROFILE: LORETTA YOUNG, HOLLYWOOD'S YOUNGEST VETERAN llv Lcretta Young was born a brunette. In 20 years of acting she had roles that permitted her to remain brunette. But it was bjund to happen. Came the captivating story which RKO Ridio
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    "OUTDOORS" REMAIN TOP FAVOURITES
    243 9 Cycles .n movie entertainment continually change but the good old rugsed outdoor drama always remains a top favourite I with theater-gcer>. Typical of this popularity is RKO Radio's "Badman's Territory' which enjoyed unusual success at the box office. So successful was this drama ct the early
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      256 9 SON-NY There's nothing like having ,i well-trained son! James Craig revealed to Lionel Barry more Lucille Bremer and others in the cast Qf Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer's "Cynthia's Secret" that on hirecent birthday his' little boy acted a> official host. James Jr., whem Craig calls 'Bub," greeted fvory visitor to the house .with
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      274 9 Ju fly U\ iiiihiiy Judy Garland Brst tut U portrait i> bi .i.ij painted by liu--band. Director Vincente M n nelli. Because both U d UP dU ing the day with Ifetro-Ooldwyn-Mayer's "The Pirate." Judy starring and Minnelli directing, work on the painting is bein<j; d< I evenings. The portrait
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    Von Nida Moved A Post-And Lost £100
    161 10 Von Nida Moved A Post-And Lost £100 Sair.t. Andrews. June 7 Henry Cotton of Royal Midsurrey, scored a ruraway victory in the Spaldir.ff £1,250 professior.al golf tourr.ament nere yesterday beating his nearest rival, Dai Rees, of South Herl*. by five strokes with rounds of 74, 69, 71 and 1* for
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    This Plane Had To Miss S'pore
    107 10 Singapore is to be by-passe: 1 by the KLM airlir.er, "Nijmegon" ore of the many Constehations purchased by the KLM Air Lines— tor the Ams-terdam-Batavia air route. Instead, the 'Nijmegoir, which was originally scheduled to arrive in Singapore yesterday, will fly direct to Batavia
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    He Stocked Up His Opium "Rations"
    128 10 Tan Ken^ Cheok f4s>, an opium addict and Ice vendor, was yesterday at the First District Court bound over in hi> own surety of $500 and In two other sureties of $500 each, when he pleaded guilty t 0 possessing 4 tmhil* of chandu
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    THE DICKENS TO TRADITIONS!
    539 10 Archie Quick discusses England's Captaincy problem and the MCC's Long-standing snobbery LONDON, June 7.— Last August eight months, before anyone e!se, I told you th;U Bill Ediich was going to turn amateur ami that one day he would Dc a possibility fts Middlesex and England cantain.
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    Dado Can Only Say "Yes"...
    331 10 Dado Can Only Say "Yes"... LONDON Horolulu's Dion Mariro la the mos fartas jc character that has eve- hi Glasgow boxil a circles, and f know ard w>u k: ow-scmr strarge peonle who have appear*' ia Clydeside rirgs. Actual I v Glasgow has farmed out Dac'n to Dumbartoi s Rerton
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    The British Games: A National Scandal
    523 10 In just over twelve months' time we shall be in the thro°s of the Olympic Games, and at the moment the only possible British winners are Maedcnald Bailey and Arthur Wint, always providing they do not run lor their native West Indies. It is
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    TO REFEREE PATERSONMARINO FIGHT
    76 10 LONDON. Jure 6. -The Bntish Boxing Board of Con' announced today that Moss D Yon*, deari ol Britain 1 referee will officiate it ti, Jackie Patersoc'Dado Marino flvweig charaoiorshfn bout at olassrow nrvt Wedrcsday. Dc Yon-, who 1 1 Rpproachfnr. 70 vcars old. has oAeKled a
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    Sharkey said "foul"it wasn't
    1461 11  -  JA CK DEMPSE Y JACK DA VIES TOM WEBSTER My Greatest Sporting Thrills Number By ••••••■••-•••••••>•».«. I ■-•■■■••••■a Backgroundlscenes have bccivwritten by did the drawing on July 21, 1927, Paul CuUoschay, a Ja *L heavv-weipht cham***if the U.S- Atlantic ft climbed into the ring Yankee Stadiuto,
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    My Olympic Thrills...
    929 11  -  Poh Kim Seng by The only Malayan Chinese athlete who participated in the 1936 World Olympics in Berlin, Poh Kim Seng, in this article reveals his experiences, successes and failures; and the useful tips he gives will be worth while taken by present athletes who aspire to
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    Bowlers Need A Break
    592 11  - Bowlers Need A Break DON BRADMAN By Concluding his series, specially written for f he Sill Lay Tnbirh For a very long time now in cricket most certainly since 1918 batsmen generally have held the upper hand over bowlers. Such a state of affairs has beep recognised by the controlling
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      117 11 GWifldG PHOnC 6Q078 at 3.15. 6.30 9 15 p.m. All Malayan Proimere! Chandramohan and Shan t a Apte in "APNA CHAR" (Hindustani) MARLBOROUGH |aa TODAY 4 Show.: 1-00.^.30. 6.30 and 9.15 p.m. SWAP.NALATA ard KARANDiVAN in "RAIIAN" 'Hinaustann ne and Biggest Musical Romance uicture Thru. Malayan Film Js*aDge, SINGAPORE. CHANGE
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      183 11 Jl A.M. To-day Children's— To-diy i Shous 1.30— 4— 6.30— 9.30 p.m. F«r Onv Day Only Tuesday ArChur Askei 'Miss London Ltd' <An Eagle Lion Release) COMING SOON i offothe* For The First Time Robert Montgomery Ard Irene Dunne in 'Unfinished Business' 3.30—6.30—9 um "The Thief Of Bagdad" (in Hidustani
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    Ascot Vale Pays $151 At K.L.: Big Sprint Goes To Witt The Peace
    361 12 Ascot Vale Pays $151 At K.L.: Big Sprint Goes To Witt The Peace KUALA LUMPUR, Sat "Lucky Syndicate's' bew importation, Ascot Vale, sprang the biggest surprise «f to-day's races here to-day, winning the sixth race V> return a dividend of $151 to his 59 backers. r hip: dividend of the
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    Good Riding At S'pore
    395 12 Horsemen and women lidiiv? ability at the first G the Liberation at the Polo G yesterday afternoon. The Gymkhana was orparised jointly by the G H.Q SEALF Rioir.g Club and Thr Slrgapore Polo Club. The Regimental Pipe Bai rt of the Ist Bn. The Seaforth Highlanders
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    OUTSIDER WINS THE DERBY
    559 12 OUTSIDER WINS THE DERBY INDIAN'S £5,000 ON TUDOR MINSTREL EPSOM DOWNS. Sat.— Champion Jockey Gordon Richards has a?ain failed In the Derby Britain's turl classic. Riding the hot favourite Tudor Minstrel, Richards was able only m Rain fourth place. To France has (one this race of races, Starting at 40
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    RECS LOSE TO SCHOOLBOYS
    69 12 ting the i.R.c. f Or 'irst time this season, bt j institute Cricket XI wo, j ru-is on the F ,rM:, s y, sl Batting first iat R. Ci I, tiled iut i r u p,, r Campbe^ 15; Ddikan n. j 17, and J D
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    S.C.C. GAIN THEIR SECOND POINT
    48 12 The SC.C. gainej theirscord point in the soccer lea?' when they held the Malays k two-all draw at Jalan BesiStadium yesterday. The C^- have still to win a match. Hal: ne score was l -all. The SC.C. led twice but thMalays equalised eachirme.
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    CYMA OUT FOR 37
    41 12 The Hospital Assistants ar.: Dressers' Association beat tk Catholic Young Men's Assocation by 18 run. in a cricket miter. played at St. Jo.stph'. grounc yesterday afternoon. The C.Y.M.A. scored 3" and the HAD. A. replied w:: 55
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    Malaya Wins Far East Air Command Sports
    463 12 Malaya "B" sub-Com-mand (composed mainly of Seletar) won the Championship Cud as well as th< Sprint Relay Challenge Cup in tiie Far East Air Command Athletic Meet held at Seletar yesterday. It was the first Far East Command rr>eeting ever held. Malaya "B"
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