The Singapore Free Press, 25 May 1946

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  • 21 1 The Singapore Free Press THE OLDEST NEWSPAPER IN SINGAPORE .\o. 16.551. EIGHT PAGES PRICE 10 CENTS. SINGAPORE, SATURDAY, MAY 25, 1946.
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  • 71 1 Malayans are represented m this group of the first of the Colonial troops to take part m the V- Parade on June 8 which ar tved at Southampton aboard the Oro ntes and Arundel astle. Contingents from Hong Kong. Sarawak, and Borneo aiv also represented m this picture.
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  • 449 1 Smugglers run rice from Siam Free Press Reporter Yesterday my interview with Capt J. R. L-msdell of the Food Control Inspectorate, Singapore, was interrupted by Chief Food Inspector, -M r T. Tan, who announced: "We have just ir.'eri opted and seized a tongkong with 250 bags of first quality Siamese
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  • 541 1 'He Is The Rudest Man In The House' LONDON, Fri. r p<)DAY'S House of Commons debate Ou British policy of withdrawal from Egypt was marked at one point by angry scenes between Mr. Ernest Bevin and Mr. Winston Churchill. There were roars of approval from
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  • 112 1 'FRENCH ATTACK SIAM' BANGKOK, Friday. IN a second offensive against Siamese territory, French troops are reported to nave crossed Mekong river on Friday and to have taken the Siamese district of Thaboh, about five miles south-east ot Vientiane. No resistance was offered by the Siamese, as two detcchments of the
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  • 124 1 WASHINGTON, Friday. MICHAEL McDEKMOTT, a U.S. State Department press officer, on PYiday denied a statement by Mr. Herbert Morrison that the U.S. had guaranteed a higher rate of food shipments to India. "In India we have no commitments," McDermott said, "We will do the
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  • 26 1 Two people were killed and 60 injured m an explosion at the Sacchini powdefr factory, about 20 miles from Rome, says Reuter from Rome.
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  • 50 1 Following an incident m th* Singapore Dock area this morning m which a Chinese labourer was reported to have been shot m the leg, about 2,000 dockside labourers stopped work. The Free Press understands that the men who stopped work may resume duty after the lunch recess.
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  • 177 1 WASHINGTON, Friday. THIS is how the strike of 250,000 railWymen m the United States is affecting the people there: Millions of people are stranded away from their homes. Many commuters m metropolitan areas failed to get to work. The people are using 25,000.000 motor-cars to get
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  • 27 1 Mr. Ralph Asshcton, Conservative Member of Parliament for the City of London, is resigning the chairmanship of the Conservative Party Organisation says Reuter from London.
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  • 72 1 THE Arab Higher Committee m a declaration sent to Britain and the United States stated that the principal Arab "national" demands required the withdrawal of all foreign troops m Palestine. Two other demands were: Abrogation of the mandate; immediate cessation of Jewish immigration and land sales
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  • 89 1 Scientists Exposed To Radiation Los Alamos, New Mexico, Fri. THE Security Officer at Los Alamos today disclosed that six of America's leading scientists and two members of the engineering staff at Los Alamos Atomic bomb laboratories were exposed to radiation m an accident during work with fissionable
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  • 148 1 LONDON, Fri. I ORD Nathan, Under-Secretary for War. promised the Lords to call the Government's attention to protest against the proposed destruction of German war memorials. Lord Saltoun said that to destroy these memorials would only make them more dear to the Germans and stain
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  • FEATURE PAGE
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      21 2 1X.'.1.S Glorious (aircraft carrier): 'The <ilorious was completely outranged and her 4-inch guns could do lit le against the enemy."
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    • 2505 2 THE GALLANT STORY OF GLORIOUS ON 8 May, m answer to a request by Mr. Richard Stokes. Labour* Ipsv.ich. the First Lord of the Admiralty, tabled ;m official report ol the less of H.M.S. Glorious and her a'ten clanl destroyers during ;he evacuat on from Narvik m June, J9lO. Valiant
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    • 73 2 ILook Us Up for any thin** you require. We may »iot be m a position to supply you with all that you require, but it may be possible that we can supply you with most of them. Almost every ship that touches Singapore brings us something new to augment our
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  • Page 2 Miscellaneous
    • 412 2 SINGAPORE j TO.MGIITS HIGHLIGHTS ggjta. MA 845a Theatre Kan.arc. Ml p m BBC Sput, O— t l^ C 1 6I metre band and frOM -x Anderson. 9 pm. Music Parade. 945 i M\Y 26 IIJHJUi m D 78 mSC/SM to B. B. C. g m alling all Sportsmen. 10.15 p.m.
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  • 142 3 L Toughness is an asset for the policewoman who has to patrol London s streets and Sgt. S. J. Bissell inst.ucts recruit* m wrestling-. Below, shove ha'penny is an easy relaxation after a strenuous day. i.MoJ? ND r °> 3 SCHOOL FOR POLICEWOMEN: h "P
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  • LEADER PAGE
    • 510 4 The Singapore Free Press SATURDAY. May 25, 1946. WE discussed yesterday the need for the Empire to maintain strong defence forces and the ways on which the Governmen propose to attract recruits to the Services- by ottering better pay and a higher standard o living and accommodation and we remarked
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    • 933 4 By Lord Brabazon, British Minister of Aircraft, Production m 1941-42; formerly President of the Royal Aeronautical Society. THE British Royal Aeronautical Society recently celebrated its eightieth birthday m the historic Guildhall, m London. The oldest Aeronautical Society m the world, the Royal Aeronautical Society was
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    • 700 4  - WAR INTO PEACE: BRITAINS AGRARIAN POLICY OSWALD DUTCH By THE remarkable wartime achievements of tfntisn 1 agriculture, which did so much towards providing the population with a more varied diet, frequently have caused overseas observers to express anxiety lest Britain after World War II might r*ease to he the important
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    • 219 4 The Cowhered The Rocket pEORGE STEPHENSON 'father" of all mod< way systems and d« the famous Rocket" locc who was born on June 9. 17 a one-roomed cottage no.: i castle, lii Britain, spent h: days m such poverty tha* to ea.ni money as a cowherd still a child and
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    • 45 4 1. What should the grocer give you il you 1 lb. of love apples Onions, peaches. ]to\..' sion fruit, tomatoes' 2. The population < tain, including Ireland was— 16.000.000 18' 21.000.000. 34: 41.5f')0O0" 3. Wfhftl dors t»ir cicnt Lights on bn < answers <n ;>a?; 6
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    • 17 4 Let us walk bMI*«tH the day: not m i: < not m strife and J i Romans.
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    • 664 4 HIGH SALES. Discharged from the RAF recently a'ter serving for 12 years, F Sst. Thomson went to live m the Eskdale Valley with his wife and two children. He tried *.o earn a Uvins by selling second-hand clothing to farmers, but made r,o h?ad way. One day
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  • NEWS PAGE
    • 455 5 Representation Sought On Back Pay Question Free Press Reporter 'THE hope that Government would at some future date introduce some form of social insurance which wnuW secure for white-collar workers their ri^ht of existence, w «s expressed by Mr. Khoo Teik Ec, President of the
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    • 102 5 f r*c Ptcai Keport* VI \K. Krl— Th? hill tribes M prot-st against thf !i\.im Inion." reaci one of pesters tarii d by Ihret* hitlmen frjm Len?a. 2*5 n.i?es away from here, when < ipt 1. I), (iannnans, >1 P. and v i" i hrodore Adams
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    • 115 5 DISOBEYED CAPT., SEAMEN JAILED d^obryin^ orders aiid j inselves without tour seamen were puni- i d m the Fourth Police I relay. On the Qisfl disobevir.g the Capoitk rs, J. E^ob. X Emou J T. Farrls. firemen on the Fort Brausejous. were sontto four weeks" rigorous nict eo.cn. a char.-"
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    • 67 5 A SPOKESMAN of the Ministry of Supply denies rumours that the Ministry might offer £330 a (on tor Nigerian tin, F.A.S., I, -ctian port. He says that the LfetaJ Controller has offered about £308 and has refused the Nigerian producers courterdemand lor £330. Ther^ is some
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    • 279 5 PENANG, Friday Free Press Reporter SARAWAK is expected to come under the control of the Governor-General of the Malayan Union and Singapore, as sooi. as the taking over of the territory had been accomplished Mr. Malcolm Mac Donald, said m Penang today when he arrived
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    • 142 5 ,pMPIRE Day, the first to be i*- 1 observed In Singapore since 1941, was fittinp.lv celebrated In i all the schools yesterday with parades, the unfurling of the Union Jack and the presence of distinguished visitors, many of v.horn addressed the students. The Governor. Mr. F.
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    • 41 5 LONDON, Frl.— Acting Air Chief Marshal Sir Keith Park has been made Knight Grand Cross of the Order of the Bath m recognition of his distinguished services m South East Asia, says the London Gazette tonight. Reuter
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    • 177 5 VAN MOOK HERE FOR CONFERENCE piPORTANT discussions are 1 taking place m Singapore between Lord Kill an, Special Commissioner m South East Asia, and Dr. Hubertus van Mook. Ln'Ut. Governor-General of the Netherlands East Indies, who arrived In Singapore vasterday by air from Batavir.. Dr. van Mook is acrompni d
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    • 394 5 THROUGH the efforts of Lord Killearn's office, a total ot 15.000.C00 yards of textiles and about 200 tons of agricultural implements are being made available to Siam m order to stimulate her cultivation of rice. The :^oods are not a barter lor rice as
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    • 347 5 ON the eve of his flight to London to attend the V ory Parade, the Supreme Allied Commander. South-East A Admiral Lord Louis Mountbatten. v 1 present a Japanese gun and a Union T ?ck to the Governor. Mr F. C. Gimson. and the people of
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    • 104 5 PVIDENCE that engine trouble developed almost immeL' diately after the take-off making a crash landing necessary, was given m the Coroner's Court yesterday by the pilot of the four-engined Sunderland flying-boat which came to grief off Seletar recently. Thirteen persons including rive civilians, lost their
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    • 134 5 CATHAY N3W SHOWING 11 am I JM MM A 93) m HA YE YOU HEARD THE LA TEST SONG HITS-ALL YOUR FRIENDS /'IE SINGIn "That's For Me" "It Mizht As V/c'l He ->nnz U\ a Gtcmil&sbl For Singlnr "Our State Fair" "All I Owe Iowa" "Isn't It Kind Of Fun"
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      29 6 ii n-110, London Zoo's new gia t nznda. was int odiued to visitors recently. And here she seems to be offering her paw to an interested little girl.
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    • 278 6 2,900,000 DEMOBILISED SINCE JUNE LONDON, Friday. TN the House of Commons, Minister of Labour George Isaacs, replying to Lt. I. J. Callaghan, Labour, Cardiff South, said that releases from the forces reported during April were 284,850. The total number of men and women released and discharged from June 13 last
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    • 410 6  -  Alan Hoby I>> SHEFFIELD, (By Air Mail). J{KRE, m this teeming capital of the steel workers, where the smoke from a multitude of chimney- .d:~ I bekens the sky and the towering wall 3 of the giant plants seem to stretch m an endless
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    • 64 6 One of the most helpful signs of the revival of France is the re-, appearance of the "Club des Sans-Club" guide. Motorists who toured France before the war will remember this green and yellow volume which was the companion of every gaslroiiomically iainded tourist. One section
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    • 116 6 Furniture: 1,300 New Designs MORE than 1.300 ne* designs for furniture have been submitted by British furniture manufacturers for inclusion m the Government sponsored "Britain Can Make If Exhibition which opens m London nezt September. The skilled technique which produced the famous timber built Mosquito aircraft has been used to
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    • 166 6 Murder Of Red Head Manicurist Liverpool. Friday. THOMAS HBKDRFK, aged 31. described as a ship's oakcr of > Roe Street. B'rkenh^ad, was at Liverpool today remanded m j custody until May 30 on a charge of murdering Mrs. EOa Valentine Staunton m a mcmi salon m Temnesi T !ev. Liverpool.
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    • 52 6 BABY PASSENGERS DIE IN G.I. BRIDE SHIP lesti were made of i water aboard the G.I. r IVbulon Vance" to i tint ravsl rious malady .v passrngen and then seriously ill, says U i New Yoik. l"» 3 about 6 months-old 1 rre r -i of Amerleati services their fathers
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    • 227 6 Summer: Warm Bright Meteorologists In Britai i believe this summer will be the warmest and brightest m recent years. The optimism springs irom a study of events m one of the "outpost" stations supplying weather data. Far to south-west of Britain, In the region of the Azores, converging air streams
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    • 28 6 Pretty, 18-year-old Patricia Puiser. Beau > Que m of i.a:n!nt "Merchant Navy Week," has hid 20 proposals of marriage m the week since she was crowned.
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    • 243 6 BOLTON, Friday. THE inquest on the 33 victims of the Eolton cup-tie disaster was completed today. After an absence of only live minutes the jury returned a verdict of accidental death from i asphyxia due to suffocation from being crushed on the ground at the match.
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    • 33 6 I. Tomatoes from French pomme daniour" <2» 21.000,000, 3 'Legally all r 20 years' unobstru.-t- ed light, no building may je erected so close that it would interfere with full daylight.
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    • 96 6 Money Makes News WASHINGTON. Ihur* GOVERNMENT official* rr por.cd on Ihursda\ ttut Russia has informed the i*ni *4 States t still i< int-r strd beginning negotiation !00 m toward a I.OO'J milii American dollar loan Ihe officials made known that America and Russia ha\* still not been abl? to acrec
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  • SPORTS PAGE
    • 259 7 1 1 avan boxers, Battling Sima, Tiger Aman, Kid .o. Boy Andre and Battling Khoon. chosen to right '.rave on their tour this afternoon. They will ed by Australian Jack Warner and the 3ingamotef and manager, Kirn Lin Ann. arc expected to be m Australia
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    • 221 7 LONDON, Thurs PRIM ESS Fii/abeth will *o with the Kins: and Queen to Fpsoni to see the Derby and the Oaks. This will be her fir>t visit to the IX»rby at Fpsoni. but last year she went with her father to see n substitute race- at
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    • 468 7 AUSTRALIA LOOKING AHEAD TO THE TESTS tyl'Tll the progress of the English Cricket season, Australians have begun to take serious stock of their strength and there is hope amongst th^iii that the England cricketers who will be m Australia next season will face a really hostile opening Australian attack for
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    • 287 7 DERBY HOPES AT LINGFIELD AND YORK LINGFIELD, Fr.. I ORD Astors Derby hope Fast and Fair won the Derby trial sweepstakes over one-and-a-half miles here this afternoon !by three lengths from SLarway with Edward Tudor, another one and-a-half lengths away, third of the nine runners. At halfway Sky High and
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      23 7 The Indians' record last- wicket stand at the Oval against Surrey sees Saruate facing Parker. At the other end is Bannerjee.
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    • 452 7 LONDON, Thursday. /BOUNTY Cricket took a back seat today and the limelight V^ shone on the Surrey Centenary match at the Oval, where an "Old England" eleven played the county m a on°-dav match. The King arrived during the afternoon, and was
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    • 167 7 CONSTANTINE SPEAKS OUT IN NEW BOOK London, Than. The West Indian Test cricketer. Leary Constantine, lets cricket followers behind the scenes oi first-class cricketers' lile m a new book "Cricket m the Sun." He draws a rather sombre picture of County game as a profession for young men. "It is
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    • 181 7 Al Rivers, on the trail of his :ome- back to the priz? ring, will tac«de his eccnd hurtil? at the Great World aren* to-inorrov; night a hen he mceLs Bom- r Nev. ton. Rivers, despite many years oi inactivity, proved that he is still a force
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  • 88 8 EMIR Abdullah Ibn Hussein. 4-year-o'd son of the King of llc.taz, will be proclaimed the first sovereign of the newly constituted independent kingdom of Transjordan today at a ceremony m which austerity will be the key note because of the "situation m Palestine.' says Doon Cambell.
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  • 199 8 HOME... STRIKE THREATENS FOOK FROM U.S.A. WASHINGTON, Friday. OFFICIALS of UNRRA and the United States Department of Agriculture declared m Washington tonight that the rail striKe "appears to have killed" any chance of t he Umted States meeting her already lagging foreign food shipment commitments m the next few weeks.
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  • 357 8 (Continued from paga one.) i unless British personnel are m the Canal zone." He did not believe the military views of the Chiefs oC StafTs would challenge that assertion. He remembered the looks of incredulity which arose vhen he said De Valera might declare Ireland neutral.
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  • 111 8 SCHIRACH TURNS ON HITLER Nuremberg. Fri. BALDUK von Schirach. old ex-leader of Nazi youth, described Hitler as a mass murderer of millions and confessed to his own guilt as the man who educated German youth to believe m the Fuehrer. Describing Auschwitz concentration camp as 'lor ever a black spot
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  • 79 8 Demanding brighter railway stations m Britain, Mr. P. Morris asked 600 delegates to the Hastings. Sussex, conference of the Railway Clerks Association "Why cannot travellers be catered lor m attractive well appointed refreshment rooms?" He addeed that if the industry i s to flourish it must
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  • 388 8 LONDON, Friday. WHETHER the action of Conservative peers m defeating the Government m the House of Lords reported m the Free Press yesterday provokes ths bigg.st Parliamentary dispute for years depends on the Conservative Member ct Parliament, Col. Douglas Clifton Brown, Speaker m the
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  • 46 8 For months RAF Lancaster and VS. Super Fortresses based on Marsham station m Norfolk have been bombing Germany's 23 ft thick concrete submarine pens near Bremen with test bombs. Air Fccc chiefs m London and Waship t"^ p. ip now studyir« results m et.
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    98 8 APPROXIMATELY CIO Tnitcd States enlisted men, 135 officers and 10 soldier brides are scheduled to leave Calcutta on May 30, aboa'd the .lumper, the last troopship to evacuate American military personnel from the China -rturma t'leatre. The Army Jias evacuated 205,490 soldiers from the theatre since last
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  • 206 8 LONDON, Fri. T'HE secrets behind the gray 1 wall of Imperial Defence College m Belgrave Square, London, were disclosed by Gen. Sir William Slim, who commanded the 14th Army m Burma and v now Comman- 1 dant of the College where combined operations m tho widest
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    • 301 8 ENTERTAINMENTS ANOTHER GRAND COMEDY! i^^^^ppff 0 WE LL* LOT m BY Alan H«nrj Drki» ALHAMBRA uuo'eT^: Advanced Bookings -Tel: 6909 Crowds jamming the Box-office every showAND THEY'RE STILL COMING! We claimed it was the GRANDEST SHOW IS TOWN and the' Fnd^r-ed it! TAHIA -Daughter of "—I COME TO YOU Eve
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