The Singapore Free Press, 28 January 1947

Microfilm: NL3656
Total Pages: 8
1 8 The Singapore Free Press
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  • ENTERTAINMENT PAGE
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      LACK OF SCRIPT WRITERS
      969 2  -  Norah Alexander LONDON SHOW TALK by ALL our intelligent film producers and we have a few agree that their major problem today is not lack of studio space, not lack of stars, but lack of writers. According to Sydney Box. things have com;- to such a
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      5 2 Todays Pin-Up Girl SUSAN HAVWARD
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      your lucky STAR
      129 2 Fortune forecast for people born today VOr have most of the attriA butes for success but first you must learn to utilize 1 your artistic talents m a practical fashion. You have this rare ability, j and once you have cultivated it, there are few heights of
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      'ERSKINE MAY'
      235 2 Reaches 14th edit^l A BOOK which has held sway far ,-i an authority on procedure m Britain's i at Westminster has gone into another c the collection of notes for the next cdi Known as "Erskine May", after the < r:- r>;.j cojSrJJ^ was Clerk of the House
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  • Page 2 Advertisements
    • Advertisement
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      127 2 ©At. HAUf EXIRAORWNAB I otn UAT ExTEN^o»!i POSITIVES 1 LAST DAY r«f be sr sound m towh wtl THE BEST THRILL IN TOWN] i^-* MIGHTIEST OF TARZAN THRILUIS! !A5 JOHNNY Wf ISSMUIIER |^A j^f .ll V JOHNNY SHEFFIELD \JStM rroduceA hj SOL LESSER £*m< BARBARIC Hordes Hunt After Beau iul
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      248 2 Free Crossword No. 27 county of Connaught. Eire gli oi Crown Prince I i j BHbH B Frederick of Denmark- ■■■f ißf^"^ 16, The boundary _JBIBI MM i j I by passing which one be- HTaBI XH MI IH comes commitcei to an mM 3fr |H BB IB fr.terprise (7).
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      229 2 RADIO MALAYA S£j5S^JSL^A f -Sftllitert^^ 900 t Singapore J-'S 7 *U T<£ 5S S^ 9 «Sg BED NLTWOKK (Chines. ioto End.-™' 1 <" V A talk; ,b*So 225 metres; also 12 p.m to 2 p.m. 4.327 TODAYS ENGLISH LISTENING Hwiim N.rfh^' 1 1 me ff arycle S per second (61
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  • LEADER PAGE
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      The Singapore Free Press 'The Healthy Way'
      1124 4 The Singapore Free Press 'The Healthy Way' TUESDAY, Jan. 28, 1947 HOW are we to ensure that we get a "healthy" trade union movement mi n Singapore and Malaya that will effectively represent the worker members and also command the respec: of the employers? Mr. Thomas Lewis, Labour MP for
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      'DON'T KEEP ON CALLING THEM LOAFERS'
      1009 4  -  Brian Connell by FOPLE m Britain do not seem to appreciate the chaotic conditions which existed m the British zone when we took over. Nor do they give sufficient credit for what has been already done to rebuild its shattered economy m what really
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      PEOPLE MAKE NEWS
      297 4 THE United States War De- partmcnt announced yesterday the award of the Medal for Merit to JACK L WARNER, Vice-President m charge cf production of Warner Bros. Pictures Inc. The award covers Warners' services to the War Department irom September 1939 to September 1945. The Medal for
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      TALES OF TANGLIN—4
      12 4 TALES OF TAN GLIN— 4 OK uo Sir/ Only foe Chinese Heuyeay,
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      WILL IT BE AT WEMBLEY AGAIN:
      182 4 WHEN the Olympic Games a 1943 for the Brat time lor flfl sports centre* at Wembley, a BUburt London. El likely to be the scene of ma Th- Stadium at Wembley ls famous m rir calendar because here is pitted the final m ball
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      112 4 QUIZ 1 An essayist ol great distinction was tor 33 years a clerk in the cfTiccs of the East India Company. Who was this? And great poet had been a school. low ol his at Christ's Hospital? 2. "A custom loathsome to the eye. hateful to the nose, harmful to
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  • SPORTS PAGE
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      BRITAIN HAILS ANOTHER HEAVYWEIGHT
      1088 6 All In The Came From George Chisholm LONDON, By Air Mail. BEFORE heavyweight champion Bruce Woodcock, of Doncaster, has reached his goal— a world title contest with Joe Louis Britain is hailing another heavyweight hope. Whether the new one turns out any good or not, we
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      MILLS IS WORLD'S BEST CRUISER
      380 6 Archie Quick's S potts Per see LONDON, FKhIIDIE MILLS is the be>\ cruiserweighf Now that Gus Lesnevich WKfg that he ha> i so American reports tell us. i> far ahead of ;<n> tfhct c rui^ei and, l>ecause of what Mills did to him and hoy.
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      CIVILIANS BEAT SERVICES
      52 6 CIVILIANS BEAT SERVICES Be r rices' player tries to br a^ away anci ha W A .Murray (wearing skulJ-cap) and I) M treat him— an incident m Saturday s Rug j Rial h at Stadium m \vhi< h the Rest of Mala\a <( iv 1 a binod w er vict
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  • Page 6 Advertisements
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      128 6 Wa£t7>^^ M jo-day t^ W L^^fwWJi I 6 30p.m. 9 .15 p.m. CuT^JI I»J\! 104-> •ENNY COOOMAN DINAH SHOtf JB TW AMOIPdW SJSTIUS t^. NftJON n»T «tt (MONNA >^^ OmRIJ ANOY WSSIII m KING^ MtM J |//fi fcr HfJ^l $niUNG HOUOWAY \*^m( Z im p»£d nun 2) drJt'. y?» Next
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      35 6 J/^I>IC Exclusive to the Singapore Free Press m \hilava why wom't You believe i f~^ A x i f x W THAT GIRL WAS JUST A i SHOULOMV S L2??* l™' ER C EC^«E \/PABls*-WCni\
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      27 6 QUIZ A 1. Charles I lor Coleridge 2 Kir. torblast to Toba* 3. (at Evan Ha:. Meredith)- tb) M. Thackera> >: (c kE. M. For. Shandy (Laurrr o
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  • NEWS PAGE
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      Looted gold is returned
      100 8 WASHINGTON, Mon. TJRiTAIN. France and the I mted States have afire d vj returti to Italy between ?5 and 30 tons of gold that was looted from Italy by the Germans during the war, it has beer. authoritativey learned. The gold is valued at m^r" than
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      NEW SERVICES SHOW IN SINGAPORE
      274 8 UIGH and LOW, ihe new CSE revue at the Victoria Theatre. is good enougih to draw full houses during its run m Singapore, and the show has particular appeal to memben of the Forces. We iiked Osman and Daph:..a ::g "'Shiva and the Temptress," Heinz
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      36 8 llfs^n Hounds belonging to the Old Berkeley West Hunt are seen crossing the Oxford iiUmL. Road, near Chequers, country residence of Britain's Prime Ministers, when the fox hunt held a meet at Dinion, near Aylesbury, Bucks.
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      ARMY TOWN
      265 8 (Continued irom Page 1) quarters, churohes, a fire station, canteens, cinemas and shops. Singaporeans will get some idea of the scope of the scheme fr im the figures ot materials which are being absorbed each day. They include: 700 tons 0:0 stone. 100 tons of timber, 300 tens
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      INDIA RATIONS HALT HUNGER
      141 8 LONDON, Mon. A MAJOR breakdown of food supplies in India has been avoided in spite of the fact that throughout the year the food administration has had to work with dangerously low stocks, said Mr. Arthur Henderso: UnderSecretary for India, in the Com- j mons today.
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      Old Egypt pact stands—BEVIN
      505 8 Old Egypt pact stands BEVIN LONDON, Monday. r[E British Foreign Secretary, Mr. Ernest Bevin, told the Commons today that the Egyptian Government had informed him they had broken off negotiations for revision of the Anglo-Egyptian treaty of 1936. He said he regretted that all his efforts had failed to reach
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      VIETNAMESE SABOTAGE TONKIN MINES
      527 8 VIETNAMESE SABOTAGE TONKIN MINES Free Press Special Correspondent SAIGON, Monday. AFTER spending twelve days m the besieged city of Hanoi I have returned to Saigon with three deep impressions. Annamese dislike of the French has now grown to undis iruised hatred; the destruction caused by both sides m Hanoi is
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      —CITY NEWS— S'PORE RUBBER PRICES TODAY
      301 8 —CITY NEWS— S'PORE RUBBER PRICES TODAY A Special Market correspondent gives the prices ot rubber at 11 am today as follows: Buyers Sellers Cte. CU. per Ib ocr Ib. No. i R.S.S. Spot loose «H «H \o K. S.S. fob m bales Feb 43', 43* So. I R S S.
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      'DESERVES WELL OF BRITAIN'
      104 8 An Indian pedlar, cnazzu Ram, yesterday was told by the Recorder of the Liverpool quarter sessions that having regard to his war record, he would entirely, as a matter of mercy, reduce two sentences of six months imprisonment to two fines of £15. Ram had appealed
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      CANADA TO SCRAP RACE BARRIERS
      40 8 The Canadian Government intends to repeal the Chinese Immigration Act, which drastically limits the number of Chinese allowed into Canada, says Reuter. This repeal would remove all discrimination against th^ Chinese on account of race.
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      GOLD MINE EUROPEANS ON STRIKE
      112 8 GOLD MINE EUROPEANS ON STRIKE CAPETOWN MINE mine European m p^ mines are par' 22 not affe. The strik* United MlnanwfcoM CoeiJ a section with:- rt^ I Union, in an attempt to lorat Minister oi Labour Dr c Steyn, to in* a j^o concerning the Union The coal and dta
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      COAL SHORTAGE SLOWS FACTORIES IN U.K.
      145 8 LONDON. Monday •THOL SANDS oi lai-lorie* all over Britain I time work this week as a result <»| tht tuu m allocation. Most industries dependent <>n m<^l will t« Soma Sheflield steel works have started a l«» u r d;v Steel output If expected
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      'NO REVENGE ON GERMANY'
      172 8 LONDON. Monday. CLAIMING she does not claim revenge or retaliation on Germany, Poland to-day put lorwarJ to the Big Four Deputy Foreign Ministers conference far-reaching territorial, economic and politi cal demands on Germany. Assessing her material losses at $11,700,000,000 Poland said reparations m German industrial equipment
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      Mrs ROOSEVEL THE ADS HUMAN RIGHTS GROUP
      38 8 Mrs Franklin D. Roosevelt el:cted yesterday as chairman of the United Nations Human Rights Commission which has begun its long ta.^k to establish machinery to safeguard fundamental freedoms throughout the world.
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      'MATTEOTTI WAS STABBED'
      41 8 'MATTEOTTI WAS STABBED' The Pov.romo. on* cd with der of 1 1 martyr. Cn<~ boasted of havi teotti m thi turned J Romp I attorneys day. Matteotti d causod t\ Matteol t d day.- file V«c Thu? defer that the ci
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      14 8 TODAY'S TIDES High water To-day 2.50 a.m. 2.34 p.m. To-morrow 3.22 a.m. 3.19 p.m.
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      89 8 WE A THER Showers are likeh 9 \V L.AIHL& report for 24 hours from noou today compiled by the RAF Central Forecasting Station. Air Command, Far-Cast: Cloud} this alteroon with wme bright periods and a few isolated >howers, mainly m the north of the island, towards evenin« Fine tonight and
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