The Singapore Free Press, 21 November 1946

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1 8 The Singapore Free Press
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    THE PRINCESSES
    712 2  -  JAY MACHEN their wardrobes are models of ingenuity WITHOUT ever being m the height of fashion to the point of the spectacular the women of the British Royal Family have always achieved an individuality m their clothes that is histroic —an ease and elegance so traditional that whenever
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    CLOTHES TALK
    236 2 JOAN BENNETT, on a fiveday flying visit to London took time oft from a hairdrcssing appointment to talk clothes with me m a flower-decked suite at Claridge's. I wantec her opinions on clothos (she has been adjudged If>ne of the best-dressed women In America) She practises all the
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    Fashion notes from Park
    525 2  -  Joan Slocombe PARISIANS, preparing I to face the challenge of winter, are casting aside the wide, short, pleated skirts and swinging lines wl the past year m favour of straight skirts which reach to two inches below the knee. Already many *om:n -are stepping out m
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      30 2 9. 00 pm. The Jazz society; 9.30 p.m Great composers; 10.30 p.m. Radio newsreel; 10.45 p.m. Here's wishing you weil again; 11.30 p.m. News; 11 .40 p.:n Prom today's papers.
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    The Singapore Free Press THURSDAY, NOV. 21. 1946. The Most Popular Man In Town
    475 4 The Singapore Free Press THURSDAY, NOV. 21. 1946. The Most Popular Man In Town SIR Angus Gillan. who is visiting Singapore as the representative of the British Council to see how the Council's aims to spread a knowledge o* the British way of life and English literature can best ba
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    GEN. STOPFORD-THE MAN
    1600 4 GEN. STOPFORD-THE MAN 'Hammerer Of The Japs' As from Ist December Gen. Sir Montagu Stopford, C-in-C Allied Land Forces, South East Asia, will become Commander m Chief South East Asia Land Forces on the reorganisation of the Services Command m South East Asia. AT the time the Japanese war leaders
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    Twelfth Army
    390 4  -  MONTAGU V.J STANES Commanded oi LT GEN. SIR 1 STOPFORD K-B-t' CB..DSC MC Aiea Axmy, h2 issued this C rder As GOC-ln-C 12th Army I am representing Admiral Lord Louis Mountbatten B. A C. SEA Command. "Lieut. Gen. Kjnura. Commander of the Japanese Burma Army. You with Lieut.
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    PEOPLE MAKE NEWS
    463 4 DONALD GEDDES, 25-year-old assistant professional at Moor Allerton Golf Club, Leeds. has been appointed professional to the Fulneck Club, Pudsey, near Leeds, on condition that he marries. He is engaged to MISS AUDREY DIXON 23-year-old telephone operator at Leeds Post Office, and she has a^resd to hasten
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    WOLVES HAVE RETAINED THEIR OLD TOUCH
    1147 6 All In The Game from George Chisholm LONDON, By Air Mail. II7OLVERHAMPTON Wanderers are a very nice team, playTf ing the crisp football that we had come to regard as their own brand before the war. And, very important, they look as young as
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    UNKNOWN
    45 6 TOMMY WALKER (left), 1 Chelsea's Scottish international forward and his England clubmate, Len Goulden. pause to demonstrate a point to university players during a coaching trial match at i)\fo r d M. Edelston and W. Layton, of Reading, also took part m the game.
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    Bristol City Out To Win Promotion
    331 6 Bristol City Out To Win Promotion Archie Quicks Sports P 0 G J GENTLEMANLY Bob Hewison WkSfTtSS U B"slol City who can restore the old fieri* to tfcS Gale Club. Bob says he has the best football art? the third division and he is very optimistic ttaT. overhaul Cardiff City
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      109 6 J AINt Exclusive to the Singapore Free Press m Malaya iC^PRANO'^wr'JfL^^EPTA^ N «^<. A^^r.,Y SHADOWING °°^i U^^/^EU.\buVE GOTTmE RIGHT^ J c <Al r«. rl ASCERTAIN GREAT SLEUTHS.' ]BY DAY OR NIGHT fy'l me a oapi iur m CTri E T|l YOUR SUSPICIONS OF YOUR WHAT THE-?- XMY DEAR WATSON' II
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    Talking doll seals lips
    101 8 NEW YORK. Wed j TIP Maharaj Singh, Indian delegate to the United >' Nations, is a ventriloquist and he promised a show with his i 'talking doll' for ten minutes b?fore the Trusteeship Commit- ICf met today at 3 D.m. I But 3 D.m. came and
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    JINNAHSAYS: 'PUT OFF ASSEMBLY'
    171 8 NEW DELHI Wed. rJOHAMMED Ali J.nnah. Pre- sident of the All- India Moslem League, m a letter to Field Marshal Lord Waveil, the Viceroy, has asked for an indefinite postponement of the C3nstituen't assembly which is to meet m New Delhi on Dec. 9. Invitations to
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    HOUSING DELAYS SCARE MINISTER
    65 8 "1I« slow rate at which the nous dm labour force is building i:p m London frightens me" Mr Aneurin Bevan. Minister of Health m charge of the housing programme told the Buld ng In- Co.v»ress m London yes i J day, says Reuter. He premised to
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    HOME
    24 8 This n»eture livaica Bridge, Glasgow was sent to the Free Press by a Scotman. Jamaica Bridge crosses the Clyde near the main railway.
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    KILLEARN BOUNTY
    21 8 Lord KUlearn gave $1,000 as a taken of gratitude to the peoni? Linggardjati, says Reuter <** ting Radio Bata via
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    SERVICES KEEP WRNS,ATS, WAAF
    205 8 LONDON. Wednesday. WOMEN members of the Army, Air Force and Navy (Auxiliary Territorial Service, Women's Auxiliary Air Force and Women's Royal Naval Service) now serving or "already released are to be offered extended service engagements, said the War Minister, Mr. Bellenger, m the Commons today. He
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    Where troops money went
    106 8 SOME €1,500,000 has been sfiven to charities from funds left behind when service units disbanded. Cups of tea drunk m NAAFI canteens beer drunk m sergeants' messes, tickets sold at camo concerts, and even chocolate rations have made up the sum. By last June the Army
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    S'PORE SHARE PRICES TODAY
    81 8 "j^HE Singapore share markets could be said to be almost at a standstill this morning. Industrials: Straits Traders were buyers at $15. Malayan Collieries came on offer at $2.45. MacAlisters changed hands at $43.50 and Malayan Breweries did business at $13.75. In Tins. Kushais were down
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    FLOODS IN BRITAIN
    27 8 Many areas of Britain are flooded and fields are under water after torrential rain which has swept the country for the last 48 hours.
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    MINISTER FACES TOBACCO CHARGE
    61 8 MINISTER FACES TOB ACCO CHARGE A summons was issued m Brisbane yesterday against Mr. T. A. Fok-y. Queensland Secretary for Health and Home Affairs alleging possession of 533 lbs of tobacco on which excise duty had not been p"aid. Mr. P*oley has temporarily relir.qiushed his portfolio, says Reuter, pending the
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    SEARCH FOR PLANE
    29 8 A British Halifax is flying over the Alps m an attempt to find the wreckage or an American Dakota, carrying 13 passengers, which is long overdue.
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    CITY NEWS Tea Tax Is 'Unofficial'
    255 8 CITY NEWS Tea Tax Is 'Unofficial' JUR. Arthur Creech- Jones, the Colonial Secretary, stated m the Commons yesterday that the reported proposals m Ceylon to impose an export tax on tea had not yet been confirmed, says Reuter. He was replying to Mr. Thomas Reid. Labour member who had served
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    BELLENGER REPLIES ON KLUANG MEN
    159 8 UK. Frederic: Bellenger, War Minister, was asked m the Commons yesterday as to how many members of the 13th Parachute Battalion, whose court martial at Kluang was quashed, had subsequently been penalised by segregation on military transports, transferred to infantry regiments with loss of pay
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    FORCE 136 HARASSED JAPS
    204 8 LONDON, Wed THE story of how one of the least publicised Allied armies n the world known as Force 136 carried on guerrilla warfare hundreds of miles behind the Japanese lines was given today by Captain J. E. Smallwood. addressing the Royal Central Asian Scciety m
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    TO RETURN PLASMA
    58 8 China's Premier, Mr. T. V. Soong, announced yesterday, says A.P. from Shanghai, that the Chinese buyer of the American Red Cross blood plasma, erroneously included m a surplus property sale, had agreed to return the stock to the U.S. authorities. Some of the plasma had been soM
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    MINED DESTROYER BE TOTAL LOSS
    332 8 LONDON, Wednesday. THE British destroyer, Saumarez, may be a total loss as a result' of the damage sustained when she and another British destroyer, the Volage, struck mines m the Corfu channel on Oct. 22, according to the Financial Secretary to the Admiralty, Mr. John
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    Coal strike may starve world
    187 8 WASHINGTON, Wednesday. AVER 125,000 IS. soft coal miners are already idle, and 500 V mines are closed, although the deadline for the threatened strike, which will paralyse American industry, is not until midnight to-night. Reports from coal fields left little doubt that virtually all soft-coal
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    BEVIN BOYS' MAY GO
    100 8 THREAT of a national stoppage 1 In Britain's coal-fields over the employment of Bevin Boys who refuse to join the National Union of Mineworkers has caused Mr. Shinwell. Minister of Fuel, to reconsider the retention of these youths m the industry. Ways and means of speeding
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    NATION WILL OWN STEEL
    111 8 \]R. Herbert Moms* w President c: the c*/ replying to criticism oi U* ernmenfs nationalisation <* cies denied m the Coma*T terday that the GovenunSJ retreating ircm its deoaoe k rationalise the Ert.sr. i TC steel industry Mr. Morrison was rqtebl debate on the Conserra* Party's
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