The Singapore Free Press, 15 January 1947
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Title Section20 1947-01-15 1 The Singapore Free Press LARGEST AFTERNOON SALE IN MALA YA no SINGAPORE, WEDNESDAY, JANUARY 15 f 1947. PRICE 10 t'ENTa.20 words
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Article, Illustration134 1947-01-15 1 I SAIGON, Wednesday. oniv oiiu-h tun ptan resdent of the besieged city of kh other lluui C n>ui Trevor Wilson is a mlssionarv, s Cadman. aged 61. who was born in Rothithe! n in Hanoi in charge of the Christian nee— an alliance equally American134 words
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Article46 1947-01-15 1 I Reporter Oo:iald. GoverNUaya and fl Karachi by xpt -led to arrive Ar| t- a- 5 p m to--1 *:i: be accomxifo ard prsonal Mac Donald told -> discussions in Colonial Offijo ruticnal future of dr. the British ng a *en*a*ive proposals drawn46 words
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Article29 1947-01-15 1 c Stafl Reporter. c have tri etf a be the one of armM burMesus. Gian > I store in Raitfes morning ard quantity 01 l" ii tilbeen detained.29 words
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Article99 1947-01-15 1 MIAMI. Tuesday A AXICO Vega who started Ufe n 7. .300 feet in the air on Saturday morning will be able t* spend the rest of his life travelling in planes free of charge, if he wants to. Young Aaxico was born in a plane en route99 words
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Article39 1947-01-15 1 L>ndoners had the.r first experience of Chinese opera when the Chinese Amateur Theatrical Society gave a private performances of the operas 'You Lung Hsi Fung" and 'Ta Ya Sha Chla". on Monday night says Reuter.39 words
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Article197 1947-01-15 1 LONDON, Tues I "HOSE members of Gen Anders* Polish Army who are taking courses in Malay at the School of j Oriental and African Studies i'-i I London are doing so entirely j !on their own initiative. Col. i Kwiatkowski of the Polish Corps, i toldReuter - 197 words
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365 1947-01-15 1 HANOI, Wednesday. TRENCH military authorities in Hanoi are concerned over the substantial assistance which they say is being given to Vietnam by the Japanese who are proving considerable value to Vietnam troops as instructors and gunners. A rigorous check up is being carried out ofReuter; A.P. - 365 words
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Article250 1947-01-15 1 Central Burma 'I n Revolt' A™.— RANGOON, Wednesday. STATE of rebellion spreading in the Yamethin district in central Burma, midway between Rangoon and Mandalay wan disclosed today by Ba Pe. senior member of the Burma Governors Executive Council. The administrative machinery in many parts of Yamethin district is paralysed. AReuter; A.P. - 250 words
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Article63 1947-01-15 1 Free Press Staff Reporter DEPRESENTATTVES of the 6,400 Singapore Municipal workers who submitted demands to the Municipal Council several week? ago, told me today that hey were dissatisfied with the reply given them yesterday by the Municipal President. Mr. L. Raymar!. They are holding a meeting today63 words
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Article, Illustration20 1947-01-15 1 Truck chassis assembled outside the factoiy of the Associated Equipment Co., in Southall, Middlesex, awaiting export.20 words
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Article22 1947-01-15 1 Vincent Auriol, the socialist I has been re-elected President of| Frances National Assembly by 294 rotes of a possible 575,22 words
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Article205 1947-01-15 1 Soldier takes UK 'French leave 1 Free Press Correspondent muir i LIVERPOOL, falifa T-HE Liverpool branch of the Soldiers', Sailors' and Airmen' L ami hes Association has intervened on behalf of 19-vear-old Signalman Brenton of 51, Shaw Street, Liverpool/ w- is now held at Sinsrapore, awaiting court martial on a205 words
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Article130 1947-01-15 1 CINGAPORE police announced u today that arrests have been made of seven Chinese believed to be a gang o f extortioners who have been operating in Singapore and Malaya whose vi:tims include several Chinese businessmen and Chinese firms. In a statement today, Mr. E V Fowler, Chief130 words
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Article26 1947-01-15 1 It is officially announced tnat as a result of unavoidable dclav. the Duke of Gloucester will now arrive in Singapore on Fridav Jan 17th26 words
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Article28 1947-01-15 1 An additional 100.000 B troops are now in Palestine v the move there of the 9th Brigade of the 3rd Division mjt I' P from Cairo.28 words
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Article28 1947-01-15 1 Rescue squacL? have race* in reaching 14 er. tombed mine:.-, trapped by explosion in t^.e B; .shale p-* Wo-st Cal Midlothian All wprp dezd ReuterReuter - 28 words
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Page 1 Advertisements
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Advertisement103 1947-01-15 1 NEW CHINA w OPTICAL CO BRITISH MADE TRAVEL WARE CABIN TRUNKS Vulcaniied Fibre. Blue Black or Brown 32' $105 00 34". $115.00: 36". $125.00; tin-lined 36 $135 00 Brown canva«-rov^r«»d Dlywood 36 $62 50 SUIT CASES Green Canvas. 24 $60 00: 26 too 00 Vulcaiuzed Fibre Revelation. 24". $85.00 26".103 words
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NEWS PAGE
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Article146 1947-01-15 3 'Good-time girls are not wanted 0. 100 men and v,oni€n who have appealed to the irriagt Society {or advice since its doors opened in fair. London, a few weeks a^o, the largest number are S nvcoMCa who have already been married. mostly ex-RAF men, who made hasty mar--3 bel ng146 words
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296 1947-01-15 3 OCOTLAND YARD'S special return, which is always laid 3 before the Commissioner and the chief of the C.I.D. on the last day of the year, deals with unsolved murders. During 1946 there were 82 murders in Britain, and in 20 of these nc convictions296 words
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Article105 1947-01-15 3 IN 1916. Pie. Victor Emmanuel Groom. Wes r Yorkshire Regiment, was commissioned. He transferred to the Royal Flying Corps in 1918. Recently, as Air Vice-Marsal. he was appointed Direct or-Gencrai of Manning, Air Ministry. Air Vice-Martha! Groom, who is 48 has been Air Officer 'n105 words
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Article26 1947-01-15 3 A total o: 4 69. iy" 7 300 copies >f booko by Marshal S'alin have been p'lbli^hed la Russia iinrr' 1917. says A.P26 words
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Article24 1947-01-15 3 A 3"ri Marsl^.all portrait of i Mr.nv luk". 18L'7 Derby winner,! I -etched top price at Sotheby's] i recently. £1,000.24 words
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124 1947-01-15 3 A -SPIRIT" that moved ohina A and pictures in a farmhouse; and threw stones down the chim- ney. toJk a night oIT when two policemen moved in at Glyn Abbey. Carmarthenshire. The "spirit" had worried farm- er David Williams and his family Previously a124 words
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Article151 1947-01-15 3 \]R. Justice Stable gave new hopj at Birmingham Assizes to a 21-year-old labourer whom he described as 'a pie~e ot humanity floating about in space." The ,udge had been told how the mar.. James Baldcck, a»cusi d of robbery, was abandoned i^s a b.iby in London,151 words
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Article26 1947-01-15 3 A prototype of Britain's largest mulii-purpos- 1 military 'ransport ■■lan', the Hastings, was among the laest developments in British] aviation on display recently.26 words
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Article97 1947-01-15 3 roii the first lime the King appears in an Am°rican fict'on story. The Story— three Yanks en-. joyed their stay in England so! much they devidod it was bad; markers not 'o call on the King! and thank b m They have many adventures' trying to97 words
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Article, Illustration36 1947-01-15 3 Lapiindor Christlafl .1 ns Eriksen. 23, who took a pair of reindeer as a gift to the London Zoo. finds a dictionary useful in making hims°lf understood in London. Christian is wearing hi. usual home clotlui'p.36 words
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Article28 1947-01-15 3 Rewarding a native who aid ri .survivors of the LlandafT Castle, torpedoed off Natal in 1942. South African Government is giving him a roasted ox.28 words
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Article20 1947-01-15 3 A 60ft. tree was lolled on Cameron Court Estate, Bath, to rescue Monty, a six -month-old cat20 words
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Article158 1947-01-15 3 ONE woman wept for Joy over her Christmas present. Her baby was in her arms again the baby the Nazis took away two years ago in Vienna. It began with a voice reading over the wireless names of reiugee children in Germany and Austria158 words
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Article94 1947-01-15 3 U7HEN three thieves entered a house in Coombe-lane, Kingston, they went into the cooks bedroom and tried to take her handbag. But the cook, Mrs. Dorothy Bassett, who is 56, fought back. Although two of the men hit her on the face and struck her head94 words
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Article95 1947-01-15 3 SHE NURSED 'LADY OF THE LAMP' A prayer book autographed fcy Florencf Nightingale was hrld by Miss Mabel Kenway. 74, as she died at her home. Highfield House, Cimla, Glam For Miss Ken way was one of the nurses at the London Hcsp.tal who attended Florence Nightingale in h?r last95 words
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Article23 1947-01-15 3 A suitcase containing the mutilated torso ot a woman was hauled in by a fisherman at the Coiirbevoic Bridge. Paris.23 words
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Article16 1947-01-15 3 Twenty-five Austrian girls arrived at Dover recently to become domestic servants on Cumberland farms.16 words
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349 1947-01-15 5 Free Press Staff Reporter TIIK film censorship department the "Hayes office of Singapore" which is responsible for seeing it films distasteful to the public are not shown on screen, has been busy since the liberation, and be£es numerous cuts, 12 films have been banned349 words
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Article67 1947-01-15 5 KiUlun Cod stationed i k Chinese family :> i. en last night ri 10 the Heavenly on his year-lon* as moral supervisor oW in which tl. according to fs- legend. eß| prices also ,n Shanghai. bars, and ethers are a to dauble their jrmin* tomorrow r theU.P. - 67 words
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Article46 1947-01-15 5 ao and were reng .i to ••foreign i ifn vessels P as tradv- art red to enter ihese t according to an! c Cusioms notiflrts were suddenly j p r.ippmg °.bout mber. a Ch. .-'.'-sman in this was -scale re- b trboan.46 words
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Article59 1947-01-15 5 MARKING the next progressive stage in Singapore's only cooperative selling movement, the first of a series of conferences among members of the Singapore Co-operative Store- Society, Ltd. is to be called next month The conference is intended CO give members the opportunity ot presenting their views,59 words
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Article56 1947-01-15 5 MR. H. McGRAW and Company has been awarded a contract by N. V. Nederlandsche N:ew Guinea Petr:leum Maats..happij for the construction of two piers approximately 100 kilometres that will pave th* i way for major oil aetivfc? Jll western New Guinea. Advau ed crews are already56 words
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Article46 1947-01-15 5 TRAFFIC will be diverted iWH 1 Stamford Road Connaugl;; Drive, Empress Place and j Andrew's Road wr.ile the Duk'.j of Gloucester i.r.d official pa. V| ure in the vicinity of the llururipal Building on their m l0 S!ngapore's Government House i on Thursday afternoon.46 words
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Article, Illustration265 1947-01-15 5 50 JAP DESERTERS IN SINGAPORE Free Press Staff Reporter THERE are known to be, at least, 50 Japanese 1 deserters still at large in Singapore today, but there is no concerted search' for them by the Police who rely rather on members of the public giving away the place whereArmy Public Relations - 265 words
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Article43 1947-01-15 5 It was announced in Tokio yesterday that four Japanese civilians have been transferred from Sup?. mo pfison to S^nganore for trial as alleged war Criminals. They are Masayuki Hashizuma. Mitsugi Snttma, Kenro Tsuchiya and Ando Hayashi. U. P.U. P. - 43 words
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Article294 1947-01-15 5 preo Press Staff Reporter REPLYING to the leading article in tlio "Fiec press" on! Monday in which the story of; the c'ving soldier who was. -turned away" from the General! tfosDital told. Dr W. J. Vlckera Director of Medical Ser- vices, Singapore, acreed that| 'here294 words
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Article, Illustration239 1947-01-15 5 Free Press Staff Reporter QINGAPORE is gradually O getting a new race of dogs and a far better one than the Colony has had in its history. Veterinary officials estimate that all but, 25 per cent of Singapore's dog population was killed during the JapaneseFree Press - 239 words
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Article98 1947-01-15 5 THE Sungei Buloh Leper Settlement is in great need of clothing and Periodicals lor its inmntos An appeal has oeen S bv Uie Women's Service League to people with any peJfodtols. old clothes, or material for patching to spare, to scna hcm P to the Women's98 words
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Article91 1947-01-15 5 THE Under-Secretary of State for Air. Geoffrey de Frcitas. who loaves London today, on six weeks' tour of Royal Air Force centres overseas will spend four days in Malaya, four In India, seven in Hong Kong and Jarv?.r. and throe in Ceylon. He will callReuter - 91 words
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Advertisement77 1947-01-15 3 WATCH OUT! Jgk ZQHRO'S «t ELAOK WHiP Jm CIJuJCi V mm 3iuats! NewActita! 11 Zorro s Black Whip iz.--d and Streamlined to JvH •rn concept of Braverv "S U D A N" in Tvthnicol;r SURPASSING the Thrills oi "Arabian Nights" A AH" Baba"! M DAN! Where boldest rocrues ride for77 words
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Advertisement505 1947-01-15 3 MALAYAN RAILWAY Wanted Clorks. Lower Div: Railway Clerical Service. Salary according to age plus Cost of Living Allowance Qualifications Born and educated in Malaya. Minimum Education Standard VIII Examination Certificate. Candidates with Oxford or Cambridge* School Certificate will roc?ive preference in selection Age Limits Over 16 and under 25 years505 words
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Page 3 Miscellaneous
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Miscellaneous10 1947-01-15 3 TARZAN Chedwick the ps s ey By Edgar Rice Burroughs10 words
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Advertisement69 1947-01-15 5 T I prevent linen turning a :o keep it white I you need to use :^LSNO 6c DOLLAK "I Book— the heapest In the S 4 00 Ml W RKMtNT BOOK .nd shipping dfeUow 20. oc MM \N WTIGHT r B 50 ri na hong a company. Kobinson Road. moid69 words
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Advertisement136 1947-01-15 5 THE BEST SOUND IN TOWN! air-conditioned! hM Grand Opening IP i !M^§ 11 atn 2 p.m.— 4.15 p m J -S- -<^^SP (Dial 4042 for Reservations* ITS NOT WHAT THEY DO IT'S THE WAY THEY DO IT That makes this a musical story beyond compare! £>r T^^^tKH^^" *9^^<- fIHK tl!136 words
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SPORTS PAGE
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Article309 1947-01-15 7 ' Winger - 'Winger' By .M.Nti most of the scrums and making full u>e of the i.an.y- fcf threeqiuurter play which came their way, Tengah had little difficulty beating the S.C.C.'s second II p»*n!s (four tries) to six (penalty, try) in their IxtaffC on the Padanß yesterday. scored309 words
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Article51 1947-01-15 7 C.R.E. IC2 Works beat H.Q. CRA.S.C. by five wickets ar.d five runs at St. George's Road n Sunday. C. Rodrigues took six wickets tor 17 runs for the engireers. Scores: C.R A.S.C. 58 (Baines, 20 C.R.E., 63 for five wickets 'Rodrigues, 35 not out, Kalbraier 22. Williams51 words
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Article58 1947-01-15 7 HORNETS HOC KEY A HOCKEY match haa been arranged between the Singapore Hornets .\nd HQ SE.A.LP, at 515 p.m. tomorrow on St. Michael's Road ground. The following will be the Hornets teana S. Rodrigues, B J. Kleinznan. G. Laßrooy: H. Rodrigues, M. Toledo. R. S. Barth; O. J. Fernandez, M58 words
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Article244 1947-01-15 7 THE Special Coninil^i n:r's Cricket Club recorded thdr eleventh .^u centre win by beating tne Colonial C.C. by SO runs in a game of cricke v en the PoMce g.ound on rfunduy Th? S.CC.C. pa^ed tne Co'cnial/ score with the less cf four wi~!:rts.244 words
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Article, Illustration47 1947-01-15 7 An u«»d3ual packed field for I);»n Bradman in the third i*st between England and Australia at Melbourne. Wright is the bowler and the fieldsmen are Ik in at silly mid-off, Yardley in the Kully, Hammond at first slip, Evans behind the wicket and Edrich at silly leg.47 words
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617 1947-01-15 7 Civil Police 3, R.A.S.C. Training School 2. PLAYING at Thomson Road on Monday, the Civil Police beat the R.A.S.C. Training School by the odd goal in live, in a game of soccer, which, though it was played at a very fast pace during the first617 words
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Article439 1947-01-15 7 'SEVENS' RUGBY STARTS ON FRIDAY SINGAPORE'S popular pre-war "seven-a-side" Rugby tournament, run by the S.C.C., will be revived on Friday when the first three ties of the first round will be p!ayed off on the Padang. Twenty-four teams have entered the tournament this year the biggest entry yet, and for439 words
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Article356 1947-01-15 7 SOVIET BID FOR GAMES LONDON, Tues. RUSSIA has made the initial move in what, from this distance, looks like the first real effort to show the world that the Soviet idea of amateurism is not so different after all. cables Robert Musel, United Press correspondent For months now. the SovietsU.P. - 356 words
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Article83 1947-01-15 7 Mr. G. Balakxishnan's badminton ifam will play 3 singles and 2 doubles again.'t Mr. A.K. Pillay s team on Sunday at 10. a.m. at The -Rocklites 1 Court" at 116 Everitt Ro;/1 Mr. G Balakrishnan's Team Singles: E. Sndling. Chan Swee Leo Chew Beng Teck. Doubles: E. Sne!ling G.83 words
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Article23 1947-01-15 7 Because of injuries, the Army will b» unable to field a rugby side against S.C.C. at Jalan Besar on Saturday-23 words
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Article21 1947-01-15 7 Grimsby Town beat Reading threeone in ao FA cup third round replay on Tuesday, reports Reuter from London.21 words
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Article30 1947-01-15 7 The new court of the Brighton B P. at No. 1778 Haig Road is ready for practices from next Saturday. Pra< davv *U1 be Wednesdays. Saturday Sund. s and holidays.30 words
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Advertisement119 1947-01-15 7 ATLIAy 4 SHOWS at Phon* V*£\ I IIA T 2 p.m., 4.15, 6.30. 9.30 3400 LAST DAY YOUR LAST CHANCE TO LEARN OFFICE ETIQUETTE: ta^ff^ llf ill sfi 1 1 Ii 1 J^^^Vn^^^B^^^is^sMw"'^* y '^*^sß OPENING TOMORROW The Famous Comedy Team with more Gag! and Wisecracks than ever, and Eros119 words
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