Sunday Tribune (Singapore), 23 May 1948

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    11 1 jvjyijMB: SINGAPORE. MAY 23, 1948. PRICE TEN CENTS' The Sunday Tribune
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    8,000-MILE MERCY DASH BY MOTHER
    705 1 8,000-MILE MERCY DASH BY MOTHER SURPRISE FOR SON: PENANC HOSPITAL DRAMA EIGHT thousand miles from her home town of Middlesborough, an anxious mother hurried into a room in a hospital ward and smiled at her son, who was lying dangerously ill. The hospital was on the island of Penang, of
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    FROG LEGS ACROSS THE SEA
    82 1 London, May 22.- The Times reported recently that a frog named Heliotrope had leaped off with first place in a California jumping contest. Today The Times printed a letter to the editor from Chariot Corneliu-Wheeler singing the champion's praises. "For with his leap of 11
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    VAMPIRE THRILLS AT TENGAH AIR PAGEANT
    577 1 ed can not give a satisfactory explanation of his prescirtil. The handler orders him to proceed to the guard room for further questioning. On the way the suspect decides to make a break, but tho dog moves up to attack him if he budges
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    ARABS LINK UP WITH EGYPTIANS, ADVANCE
    159 1 CAIRO, May 22. The Egyptian Government said today that its troops had advanced to Bethlehem, five miles south of Jerusalem, where it was presumed they had linker up with the southern column of King Abdullah's Arab Legion. The Egyptian communique said light forces had
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    CZECH'S POLIO CURE
    199 1 I LONDON. May 22— i WSpnU from America of t [2 dlHro\ try of a' ipedal vaccine by Dr. j fra-k Oollan has put the I MotUfht on poliomyelitis r JJj ha* brought medicine within night of a long- Moffat goa*. After much research i I worii,
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    VISITOR FROM P.I.
    58 1 Singapore herboui had un unusual visitor from Manila jesterday when a landing «hip Unk (No. 842 1. manned j by a Filipino c»»:w of 200. ar- i rived lie re enroute to Karachi. Thc ship will temain in port for a wpok and then re-'' wme its
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    SOPRANO DUE
    19 1 Miss Isobel Baiilie. world fimous soprano, arrives in Itojfapore from Sydney today. Accompanying her i.s Adrian Holland.
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    MOB STONES, ATTACKS, TRADE UNION H.Q.
    139 1 Worn Our Own Reporter) MALACCA. May 22. The "^quarters of the Malacoi of Trade Unions stoned by two lorryJ* of unidentified Chinese lBle yesterday evening. IW, offiolal of tho Tratlp M^T ho was present at the of the attack told th.* JT W»y that
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    'BOSOMS' VANISH
    88 1 A quantity of bos- oms the latest In wo- I men's brassiere** from j the United States con- > j signed for delivery in i Singapore, disappeared from the Scott E. I^and whieh came Into port about a fortnight ago. i It <s believed that the i consignment
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    Census Reveals 13,000 Unauthorised Abodes
    279 1 (Sunday Tribune Staff Reporter) Tiie recent census has revealed that there arc 13,000 unauthorised houses in the area under the jurisdiction of the Singapore Rural Board. X At the last meeting of the and these were viewed with tbe Rural Board, it was decided tc
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    CARDINAL SPELLMAN, IN MESSAGE, OFFERS GOD'S LOVE AN ANTIDOTE TO PERSONAL HATREDS
    531 1 CARDINAL SPELLMAN, IN MESSAGE, OFFERS GOD'S LOVE AN ANTIDOTE TO PERSONAL HATREDS (Sunday Tribune Staff Reporter) THE Cathedral of the Good Shepherd, seat of the Roman Catholic Church in Malaya, overflowed with hundreds of people standing outside on the compound yesterday, when His Eminence, Cardinal Francis J. Spellman, Archbishop of
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    NEW CASE OF POLIO
    46 1 j ONE more vane ot polio was reported yes- i terday in Singapore —the J victim being a Chinese udult. i Ihis brings the loiul to 11 eases so far. S A case of smallpox in V Geylang Koad was also reported.
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    SERIOUSLY WOUNDED
    190 1 WASHINGTON, May 22 The State Department announced that the American Consul-General in Jerusasalem, Mr. Thomas C. Wassen, was seriously wounded in Jerusalem today white returning to the ConsulateGeneral from a truce mission meeting at the Freneh Consulate-General. Reuter. community of 100,000 w<ai isolated. INTO POCKET Dispatches from Abdullah's
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    CARDINAL HAS A BUSY DAY
    151 1 (Sunday Tribnm Reporter) cardinal Francis J. Sp< -Union, Are hbishojt o\ A < W Yoik, spent a busy M| tn Singapore all y* stt relay. In the moi nom. In visited over ten Singapore Roman Catholic Churches etnd institutions, (i)trl left later for the home
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    ROUND-FLIGHT
    105 1 Tomorrow, four Lincolns of No. 97, Straits Settlement Squadron will leave Tengah in lhe early morning on a circular flight to Sarawak. They will first pass over North China Rock, off the South ECast coast of Malaya, where air to sea gunnery practice will take place. From there, after
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    CEYLON TROOPS OBSERVE VESAK
    546 2 Buddhists throughout Singapore celebrated the festival in a colourful manner decorating their homes and attending "pujas" while the 2,500 RPC men at Woodlands and another 2,000 at Colombo camp had a special pr ogramme of festivities arranged for them. Two saplings from the 2,000-year-old Bo tree
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    8 NAVY MEN GAVE BLOOD IN GROUP
    135 2 8 NAVY MEN GAVE BLOOD IN GROUP (Sunday Tribune Corr.) "CONSIDERING the numocr of prople who need blood 5 transfusion, the public should > step forward to help ln contributing to the Blood Bank." said Mrs. A. C. Corless. supervisor of the Singapore Blood Transfusion Service yesterday. Appeals made through
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    ABUSED PC, FINED
    37 2 Wong Ah Win (30) Cantonese was charged with indecent behaviour by abusing a Police Constable at Empress Place at 6.30 a.m. on May 22. A fine of $10 or 6 days' imprisonment was imposed.
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    15-YEAR PLAN UNDERWAY TO MODERNIZE MALACCA
    357 2 Sunday Trsubune Staff Reporter A 15-year plan to modernize the town of Malacca is being prepared by the Malacca Municipal Engineer. I The Municipal Commissioners here havc long been considering the problem of re-designing the town by widening the roads, erecting modern buildings, installing
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    47 2 Capt. Daniel John Morgan, of the South Wales Borderers and of Army Public Relations, GHQ., FARELF.. and Miss Isobel Rovs. of the ATS Tanglin Barracks, photographed after their recent ice-dding mt St. George's Garrison Church, Tanglin. Capt. Morgan saw service in the famous Bat He of Arnhem.
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    JUDGE SETS UP NEW RECORD
    123 2 MALACCA. May 22— The pre-occupation record of one session of the District Court sitting was broken twice since Mr. M. G. Neal established r record of flitting to 7.30 p.m. at one continuous stretch. Mr. E. A. Burton, the succeeding District Judge of Malacca broke
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    CONCEALING STOLEN BLANKETS SENDS HUSBAND, WIFE, TO PRISON
    208 2 A.bdul bin Hassan wa.s soptenced to eight months' rigorous imprisonment and a fine of $300 or. in default, six months' rigorous imprisonment, while his wife was sentenced to six months' rigorous Imprisonment and a tine of $200 or. in default. four months'
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    WEDDED AT CONSULATE
    224 2 (Sunday Tribune Reporter) TWO weddings took place at thc Chinese Consulate in Cairnhill Circle yesterday officiated by the Vice-Consul Mr. Cheng Sin Yih. In the first instance Mr. Ang Cheng Tin was married to Miss Wee Guat Eng. Thc groom was attended by Mr. Ang Cheng Kim
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    APRIL RUBBER PRODUCTION
    105 2 Malayan rubber production figures for April were issued yesterday, showing estates 32.--724 tons and smallholdings (estimated) 33,684 tons. The total 66,408 tons, represents an increase of 7,971 tons over March production. Stock figures for the Federation were estates 24,098. dealers' 52.231 and ports, awaiting shipment, 19,043 tons.
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    HIS AIM-CHEAPER FISH
    184 2 (Sunday Tribune Reypenter) MANY ex-POWs who have tasted thc bitter pill of life in Changi and Sime Road internment camps may remember an aged shoe-maker who started a "St. Antonio Collection Box'' to pool funds for various camp relief purposes. coxmtry go back 31 years. Before thc
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    COTTON OUTPUT SOARS
    35 2 LONDON. May 22.- Cotton production soared to a new post-war record in the week ending May 8. when 18.140.000 pounds was produced, which is 140,000 pounds more than the revised target. -Reuter.
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    STOLE AIR-RIDE, GOT A "SCOOP"
    632 3 STOLE AIR- RIDE, GOT A "SCOOP" Ing .spirits In these negotiations," aid Oovindarajulu. Sing'tporr being thr- antral point of Bonth cast Aaias aofi- lti/, will, lo said, unturallu be a very importm t burrnu m tio network to b> established. A-ftei proceeding to India, Oovindarajulu expects to revisit Ceylon to
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    MILLIONAIRES PLY CABS IN DELHI
    184 3 MILLIONAI RES PLY CABS IN DELHI NEW DELHI. May 22. Some idea of the loss suffered by the non-Muslims who had to lice to India and safety from Pakistan could be gathered from the fact that 167 lactone* out of 215 in Lahore, with a registered capital of ovcr Rs.
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    BOOM SEASON ON FOR TIN MANUFACTURERS
    271 3 (Sunday Tribune Stall Reporter) MANUFACTURERS OF TINS TS SINGAPORE AKE EXPERIENCING A 'BOOM' AND AN INCREASING NUMBER OF FACTORIES H WE NOW SPRUNG UP TO DOPE WITH THE BRISK DEM A NO. There won- only live of these faetoties in operation ttl 1941, but,
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    FEWER CARS
    35 3 LONDON. May 22. The number of private motor-cars registered in Great Britain for the first time m March was H.tiST, 2.116 fewer than in March I«M7. say., the Ministty ot Transport ureturn.- Reuter.
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    HOUSING OF CLINICS-A "DISGRACE" TO COLONY
    542 3 i Sunday Tribunt Reporter) There is only one "ludi -rouslv" small and overcrowd* 1 dental clinic for the 01.000 children on the school rolls in Singapore The liv- ..ar medical plan for hospital expansion, now scrutinised oy a Select Comr.iittee. provides for this item
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    CHEMIST MARRIES
    177 3 C Sunday Tribune Reporter/ St Andrew's Cathedral wa the scpn c 01 a quiet weddin--, yesterday evening when Mr. Harry Brian Wilson, Chemis; pf Iriangale, near Halifax Yorkshire, and Of 2, Bush.y Park. Singapore, was married to Miss Marion Eileen Pro. phcl. Of "Fairbntirne," 8. KJi.it Road. St.
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      439 3 AIR BLIE NETWORK MALAY ENGLISH PROGRAMMES From 12 noon to p.m. Radi- i ated on 520 metres in the medium wave band and 7200 ke see In the 41 metre hand. From 2 p.m. to 8 p.m. Radiated on 520 metres only. From 3 p.m. tu 0 p.m. Radiated on
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    PEEPS AT SINGAPORE
    4796 4  -  VERA ARDMORE bi| Birthday Parties i Diane Verdayne celebrated her nineteenth birthday the other evening with a large cocktail party given by her 1 parents. Mr and Mm Paul Verdajrne. The Cathay Rev taut ant wai the venue of thH gathering, and about on. hundred ;i nd
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    The SUNDAY TRIBUNE
    20 6 London Agents—Messrs. Colin Turner Ltd., Talbot House, 98, St. Martin's Lane W.C. 2. SUNDAY, MAY 23, 1948.
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    Polio And Schools
    245 6 The English language schools in Singapore are now closed until further notice and this year's School Certificate students must pursue their studies as best they can, those with access to radio receiving sets having the advantage of being able to listen in to special broadcast lessons. The
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    BREAKING UP MALAYA'S WEALTHY FAMILIES
    1530 6  -  W. A. Harpur Taxation Trends Examined By Income-tax indeed, any direct form of taxation is I pregnant with social; change. Income-tax, together with death duties and inheritance tax, can be used to impose socialism in its most extreme form on our present civilisation. The taxation
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    REST CURE IN THE NEGRI JUNGLES
    1197 6  -  R.B. OOI BY The road leading to the stately Istana of the Yam di Pertuan Besar of Negri Sembilan at Sri Menanti was a faint ribbon in the starry night. On both sides of it sti etched the sawahs blurred and forlorn, with dark
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    MEETING OLD FRIENDS
    532 6  - MEETING OLD FRIENDS N.S.F. By We aro shopping and u. physical and mental dm sti am involved the one bLUf feature Is that up to thh 3? we havc run into no aco»__? ances nor have we beconi tangled with any close ftW I have an uncomfortable £2r that it
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    Radio 'Gen'Tips Airfields On Coming Weather
    475 7 Radio 'Gen' Tips Airfields On Coming Weather (Sunday Tribune Staff Reporter) THE Telecommunications Department Office is situated with thc Forecasting Office of the Meteorological Department on one side and the Area Con♦rol Office of the Civil Aviation Department on the other in one of the key buildings at Kallang Air.
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    YESTERDAY'S BIG WEDDING;
    247 7 YESTERDAY'S BIG WEDDING; (Sunday Tribune Re.portert About 400 people were present at the wedding reception held at the Victoria Memorial Hall yesterday evening whf d Mr. Andy B. T. Lim, Agency Inspector for Prudential Assurance Co.. Ltd.. Singanore. and son of the late Mr. Lim Kay Liam, was married to
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    Charity Concert
    86 7 (Sunduu Tribune Reporter) lhe SLrait s Chinese Methodist Youth Fellowship will present a charity concert on May 29 and June 5 at th-.-Church Hall (Kampong Kapor) at 7.30 p.m. i n aid o_ youth work in Singapore. The concert is under the patronage of Mr. Yap Pheng Geek
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    WORLD Y.M.C.A. ANNIVERSARY
    70 7 (Sunday Tribune Reporter) THE World Y.M.C.A. movement celebrates its 104th anniversary on Sunday, June 6. ana in conjunction with other territories, the Singapore branch will honour the day with a rededication of the new panic room in the building which, until a few weeks ago, housed the
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    56 7 Speed-class ,n progress. Men and women members of .hr. Singapore Shorthand Writers' Assocuitiem practice speed writing at a session in the Association's temvoraru premises al th*z SCSA. canteen. Conducting the class is Mr. Loke Wena Chee thr, Itresidcnt. The Association which was re-started las* month, hos a membership of n
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    VISUAL EDUCATION IS EXCITING, DRAMATIC
    627 7 The "Talking Blackboard" Invades Ala la yan Schools (Sunday Tribune Staff Reporter) u ONE picture is worth 10,000 words," says an old Chinese proverb. No one knows just how old that proverb is, but one may be very sure that its originator never dreamed the
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    8 7 Movies educate the masses. A show in progress
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      233 7 "Happiness For The Deserving" Be A Friend To A Leper Child $5.00 monthly will supply a Leper child with the necessary comforts such as toilet and personal equipment for one month. Please send your cheque for $60.00 and bring happiness to a Leper for one year. I/We enclose my /our
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    BEWARE OF RED CREED WARNS U.S. PRIEST
    391 8 of this foreign ideology. who may havc come into your midst. and I am sure that all of the people tent and tho British will take a very firm hand In preserving the goodwill and the charity and the love that thc people
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    POSSESSION CHARGE
    94 8 A 38-year-old Chineso, Ong Kheng Hoi. alias Org Ah Sai' was produced in tiie Seventh Police Court, yesterday on a charge of possession of arms and ammunition. It was alleged that on May 22. at a house in Id ris Road, he wa.s found to be in possession
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    6 DEAD IN MINE DISASTER
    38 8 DANTE. Virginia. May 22.— Six miners were crushed tc death in a cave in No. 2 mine of Clinchfteld Coal Corporation on Thursday night. Fiv.> others including the crew foreman escaped with scratches,—U.P.
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    SOS ANSWERED
    93 8 (From Our Own Reporter). MALACCA. May 22 —An appeal by the tuberculosis i Datients of the Malacca Ge- j neral Hospital for a radio ■et was promptly answered by Mr. Ganlap, J. P. of Ma- J lacca. The patients in thc giound floor of the T. B. Block
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    "Henry V" Film Shows.
    80 8 Boys in *thc Chinese High! School will sec the film of I Shakespeare's "Henry V" tomorrow. This educational show is arranged through thc Education Department, and will be put on by thc Public Relations Film Unit. In all. the Public Relations Film Unit will arrange 5
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    8 INDIANS ON 8 CHARGES
    106 8 Three Indians. Muthaya, Dor- aisamy. and Mukaya, appeared j before the Second Police MagisIrate, Mr. L. C. Goh, yesterday on four charges of criminal in- j timidation, and four charges of wrongful restraint. They were alleged to have threatened A. Adaikalam with death, and R.
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    PLEADS 'NOT
    74 8 GUILTY A 37-year-old Hokkien wo- j man, Ho Ah Tang, charged with having voluntarily caused grie- j vous hurt to another woman Tan Geok Lang, with a kandar stick, at 7^ miles, Changi Rd.. OB May 21, at 9.30 a.m., plead- j ed not guilty. She was charged
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    BEES FLY TO U.K. FROM PARIS
    19 8 London, May 22. Ten swarms of bees arrived at Northolt airport from Paris.Reuter.
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    PALESTINE
    243 8 (Continued from page one) ars were expected to be in full control of the Holy City later today. Arab guns north of Jerusalem were shelling the grounds of Hadassah Hospital and the Hebrew University o/i Mount Scopus. The Arass charged that Jewish snipers were firing from the groun Is
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    NAVAL MEN CELEBRATE
    40 8 Celebrating the resumption of tho activities of tho Malayan Royal Naval Voluntoer Reserve the Chief Petty Officer. Petty Officers and men of thc M.R.N. V.R. held a ronggeng at the Malay Voluntoer Headquarter* Beach Road, last night
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    ASP FETED
    93 8 The President and member* of the Central Sikh Tempie Singapore, entertained Mr. Mrs. Sardar (Singh to a tea party at the Tavern yesterday, to felicitate Mr. Sardar Singl\ of th v Singapore Police Force, on his promotion to the rank of Assistant Superintendent of Police. The party was
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    Worry, Debts, Led To Opium—And Death
    190 8 Worry, Debts, Led To Opium And Death (Sunday Tribune Staff Reporter) A man who housed his two wives in one room together with himself and his three children soon found that there was to be no harmony in his family when the two women fell out with each other and
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    60 8 The first of the new sopor mix Hudsean cars that eirrivaX n Singapore last week, was i Oul lo Mr. R. F. Buchan, Far East representative of Messrs Sun Flamc Ltd. America. Picture shows Mr. Chua Boon Unn, Salas Maneit/er. Mrs. and Mr. Buchan. Of revolutionary design, thc super-six Huetoon
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    Chinese Footballers Entertained
    313 8 Tho Chinese Olympic Foot- j ball team were entertained to dinner by the m.cf.a. at the Great World laat night. Mr. Yeap Hock Hoe. the President of the M.CF.A. in a speech said that it was a privilege to be able to welcome the honoured guests and
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    CHARGED WITH HOUSEBREAKING
    84 8 A 24-year-o|d Englishman. J. T. H. Goodman, was c harg. ed with housebreaking in the Third Police Court yesterday. The tentative flihargse preferred against him was thai. o n April 29 between 11 p.m. and 8 a.m., he entered the Department of Broadcasting. Cathay Building, with intent
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      324 8 RECORD CATALOGUES A limited supply of Main Catalogues is expected to rive in Singapore shortly and will be available to th public at a nominal cost. c The catalogues are complete up to June 1947 and win be supplemented by a summary of all subsequent tsaJ up to February 1948;
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    "PERFECT STORY"
    117 9 |4 YWOOD May 21 A uI V,t Havwoith thai *£$!**<« r i"" h film •^...Vr-t. and *5J TBairvmon- >■ Th. uiiy v,11i,,:i ,v LanM •KlSSherswoeth. irt. wh.. 2S-r*W». li Humphrey W" ...ith Glenn Ford and m isß but V< 5S a: md their roonimab L$in_ Cm I... and
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    STARRED WITH CRANDPOP
    157 9 HOLLYWOOD .V iv 21. Boland turned haek page, of film histoi-y recently flrfl hVrmn Wynn visite I ra i ■et "JuUa Miaylmvi's The fl 1 1 I<• i v comedienne. f.jfir..! m tin comedy 't:. i int» Grtei (Sanion ;HM VV iltei Pl<lpvo BlfprlMe«] WMm l.y re-
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    "A DOUBLE LIFE"
    306 9 POR hia first role <>n the acreen since hia hit aa "The Late George Apley," Ronald Colman stars In "A Double Life." the new I 'niversal-In-tei national release, a coming Cathay attraction. He appears as a famous J Stage actor who "lives" the i i (ties which
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    Hollywood Diary
    531 9 a I H.M RLPORTLR WILLIAM PINNY CABLLS MIS fc QUIET SPENCER TRACY SI M>AY SPECIAL HOLLYWOOD, May 21. Spencer Tracy is th2 •nan to whom HollywooJ has long point, ci wi h nride as one of Us most honoured citizens. Yet, paradoxically, he Is the most "un-Holly-wood" ac
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    LANA SAYS THANKS
    89 9 HOLLYWOOD, May 21. Wht n Lint) Turner, new in -follywood lioapital suffering rrom ini'tie- received when shi ■11 during n scene In "Thi Phree M^sVetcers," received a large bouquet flowers nom members of thc film's crew, she Immediately telephoned th ;tudio to express her thanks. Dtrectoi Geoi^c
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    TEAMED AGAIN
    187 9 iiollyvm ip. May 21 ")n.» of t -iv luo (I u 1 ■tima ni Hollywood worked ogcthcr t'n the third time in Metro U ridwyn Ifaycr'a new .icturc, "Homecoming;.'' Thej it> Sidney Franklin and Mcr'yn Lei toy who contributed t. ho screen such memorabh [>roductlona aa "W a
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    Pretty Penny
    83 9 J HOLLYWOOD. May it. 1 S Li/e laa'f "/ie n y s a i tinancinl bed of roses for t the top-broc9eet m o vie 1 stnrs especially when it i comes fo fAe maffi r o/ /as photos. Dorothy Imam >ur dis- i clirse-d on the "Ln'n
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    For Posterity
    101 9 HOLLYWOOD. May 21. Van Johnson rect ntly p.aced hia toot-piints for posterity in the erecouit of Grauman'a Chines. Theatre in Hollywood. His footprintl wet.- implanted in concrete, alongside those of dozens •>f past and present him celebrities. The sta< admitted he visited thd famour display on ids first
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    IT'S 'SAHEED'
    68 9 HOLLYWOOD, May 21 •On.' of the apparently simple problems that confronted director Reggie Le 13org when he look over the reins of "Port Said." was how to pronounc the name of his picture. Reggio consulted a Webster's and dl-COVered the name was pronounced "Bahecd." Another dictionary indicated "Side."
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    34 9 CATCHING I P o.v JVUt In In Ca land, who co-stars with Ft<i Astaire In Irving Bernn's "Kastei Parade," is caught off-guard by thi cameraman >w ttu set of Metro* Qeidwyn-Mayt 's Technicolour musical.
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    DIRECTOR WAS ONCE AN ACTOR
    309 9 HOLLYWOOD, May 21 Jac'< Conway the Stai of some of Hollywood's earliest films, has built an enviable reputation directing the top stats ol today's screen During his lon'.' career, Conway has direc*ed •ib>""t <>••••• important stai ti" film* hav< had. H;> was re_prnalble to some
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      176 9 ■HpP^^ y o u r self to health with e x I r a vita in i n Good health is an asset; why IMM make .sure? of it by building up your resistance lo ilh-€e. with extra vitamins? Your daily die*t does not always contain suflieient of theae 'resistance
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    BIG SWEEP
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    RUN RABBIT RUN PAYS $110 AT K. L. RACES
    1857 10  - RUN RABBIT RUN PA YS $110 AT K. L. RACES ALLAN LEWIS Trainer Fox Has Another Good Day j By KUALA LUMPUR, Sat.— The excellent dividend of 1110 was paid by Run Rabbit Run, a former Class 1 horse in the last race for Class 3, Div. 2 horses over
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    AUCTION OF SPORTS KIT
    70 10 Nearly $30,000 worth of N.A A.F.I, sports goods will be auctioned at 10 a.m. tomorrow at the sales-rooms of Nassim and Co.. Ltd. Mr. Nassim said that the sale should be interesting to buyers of spoits goods, as a cheap clearance is anticipated. Among the goods
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    S.C.C. Beat S'pore Colts On Time
    301 10 The Singapore Colts suffered unexpected defeat at the hands ot the Singapore Cricket Clllb In their cricket match on the Padang yesterday, wfun the S.C.C snatched victory by 12 runs alter having lost their first seven wickets tor only 18 runs. Batting first, the
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    Badminton Stars Back
    105 10 The Malayan Badminton team is back in Singapore after beating all comers in th. China Far Eastern Olympic games at Shanghai. The Malayan Chinese OrgaI alaini; Committee had no funds to send a Badminton ream to Shanghai, and it was only through the generosity of Fraser i_
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    Malayan Olympics In Sept.?
    151 10 KUALA LUMPUR. May 22.--That the Malayan Champion- ship Athletics Meet should take place this year in midSeptember following the Selangor Championship Mee. was strongly r< commended by tho pre-war eofnmittee members 01 the Malayan Athletics Amateur Association, jt an Informal meeting presided by Mr. F. C
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    N. Z. KIWIS BEATEN
    66 10 SYDNEY. May 22. Nev South Wales defeated th^ New Zealand Kiv/is by '^3 points to 17 in a Rugby League match which was watched by 45.000 here today Smith. Jacobson. Tracey. Graves and Cowip (tries) and i Froome (four goals) scored loj Kcw South WaKs. Scorers
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    S.C.C. SOCCER XI
    60 10 Tlv following have been selected to represent the Singapore Cricket Club Ist XI vs GHQ Signals in a Ist Division League lixtiuv tomorrow at 5.15 p.m, on the Padang:—J. Aitken. D. Hamilton. V. Burton, E. Ten Dttifl G. Verrall. F Hutchinson, b. Clifton, C. McCulloch. R. Whifcington.
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    PLUCKY FIGHTER WHO WENT THROUGH 'DEATH VALLEY'
    1300 11  -  Herman Rappa ■Malaya's Boxing Giants No. 35 By MOST boxers fade out completely after a long ring career. Some are too punch-drunk to be able to do work I which requires commonsense and clear thinking. But there have been quite a few Malayan
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    LATE CUTS
    518 11  -  Ram Piara By INNINGS defeat! Thc usual dose was administered hy the Australians to thc Oxford University in their match wnich ended on Friday at Oxford. This was thc sixth time during the present tour thit the Aussies won with an lt.-i.-Mpi to spare. A. H. Kardar, the
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    I.A. WIN 5-2 AT TABLE TENNIS
    153 11 Thc first string of the Singapore Indians beat the Foochow Methodist Church at tablc-tcn-nis on Wednesday night by five matches to two. at the Churcn hall. Results wore. I. A. mentioned first S. Suppiali l>oat Chia Kon^ Wha. 3 1; Sardool Singh beat Lau
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    KING'S FIRST WINNER
    104 11 LONDON. May 21. The King has his first winner I the season when his classic three-year-old filly Angelola, by Donatello out of Fclao, ridden by W. H. Carr, won the Oaks Trial Slakes, run over one and a half miles, at Lingfield Park today. Angelola .stai ting
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    O.R.A. CRICKET
    26 11 Will all members of the. Old Rafflesians' Association, who aro interested in cricket, please coniiniif urate with Mr Ale-. Tan c/o Singapore Cricket Club.
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      609 11 1 YOU, THIS WEEK AND THE— 1 AQUARIUS GEMINI ÜBRA S j JAN. 21 FEB. 18 MAY 21 JUNE M sft ,p 24 ocr 2 3. S J />o«7 pnf e,f your eggs A sudden change e,f feeling n non give them halt it t in one bosket just in
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    Singapore Civilians. Shock Olympic Team
    1307 12 Singapore Civilians. Shock Olympic Team Crowd Of 22,000 Jam Jalan Besar Stadium 1 (by Full-Back) Singapore Civilians (S.A.F.A. 1 China Olympic Team 0 A crowd estimated to be between 22,000 and 23,000 saw the Singapore Civilians beat the China Olympic team at Jalan Besar Stadium yesterday by a solitary goal
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    POST-MORTEM
    180 12 POST-MOR TEM On yesterday's game SINGAPORE threw an Iron Curtain oven- th(i>goalmouth through which thc Olympic visitors had very frequent peeps but that uxis about all thry could eto. Add to this several miraculous escapes, and you have the ansu;er to the defeat of the Chinese footballers. Even a penalty
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    R.A.F. TROUNCE MALACCA
    212 12 (From Our Own Reporter) MALACCA, Bat In their secor.d Malava Cun encountewith the R.A.F. Ma'acca suffered a trouncing 8-.'J defeat at the hands of the visitim Airmen. The opening .session of plav was marked bv fast ex changes, the home team ha\ ing the better of the
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    KEDAH WIN AT IPOH
    144 12 KEDAH WIN AT IPOH Scoring a solitary goal five minutes after resumption of piay in the second half, and entirely against the run of play, Kedah scored its second Malaya Cup victory today at Ipoh, this time over Perak. Perak set a terrific pace right from the start and dominated
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    KING KONG DRAWS WITH BHUPINDER
    99 12 The Hungarian wrestler, King Kong drev with Prince Bhupinder in the main event Of the wrestling programme at the Great World last night. Both wrestlers continued fighting outside the ring in the fourth r ound The referee counted bcth of them out. In the main
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    SPORTS ADDS WEIGHT
    27 12 LONDON, May 22.- -A survey shows that undergrades who play games put on more weight in a term than those who do not.— Reuter.
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    RASC BEAT MALAYS
    40 12 In a closely contested! Third Division League game, the R^sc Training School defe3ted the Malays by one goal to nil. The Malays scored two minutes before the end. lhe match was played on thv RASC ground yesterday.
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    DRAW FOR S'PORE JUNIOR. BADMINTON
    1252 12 The ties for the Singapore j Junior Badminton Champion- ships were drawn at the Clerical Union Hall yesterday The results as f o 1 1 o ws (those with byes are meeting each other in tho successive order). Women Singles Sylvia Leicester (Sportlight) bye; S.
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    AU TAT CHU BOWLS WELL
    110 12 A splendid bowling average of six wickets for only 13 runs was returned by Au Tat Chu whe n he bowled for the Singapore Chinese Recreation Club against the Colonials XI on the Hong Lim Green yesterday. The SCRC beat the Colonials by 34 runs.
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    LABRICLA WINS
    85 12 LA BR IC LA WINS Following aie the results of th.- wrestling contests at the Hippy Wild Stadium lasl last nig.it:—Labriola wo.i by a knock out in the 6th round against Bose i 3oa. Mukle won by two falls to jr.e against Ho Wah Peng. Greenwood lost to Faudar in
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