The Singapore Free Press, 24 December 1949

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    18 1 The Singapore Free Press LARGEST AFTERNOON SALE IN MALAYA >0. SINGAPORE, SATURDAY, DECEMBER 24, 1949. PKIC'E 10 CENTS
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    VIETNAM 'NO' TO NATIONALISTS
    250 1 Fresh blows for Chiang SAIGON, Saturday. f^HE Vietnam Government of Ex-Emperor Bao Dai has rejected proposals for co-oper-ation with the Chinese Nationalists, an announcement by Bao Dai's Secretariat here, quoted by Agence France Presse, said last night. The announcement said Mivu Hong Khanh, leader of the
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    TROOPS FORH.K. ARRIVE
    81 1 NtatT Report, r Ttalion of the alans. arrived m I miming m the ashire on their B B| to relieve Hit quay, wnen were repreI of the 1 7 s thetr affiliated I ther with the s» band C-mero-i tsr.ore while other h Gurkha Hc-pp».r presein- :ar~
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    CANADA SELLS ARMS TO PAK.
    41 1 v Irs D rial commer. lay on the 53.000 000 worth of rms and n. said: difficult to exporu to another •intry A ..d been no India over Uh the two ct Ul m dispute Reuter
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    ADMIRAL DIES
    20 1 r.a Tatsuo X :ander of Japanese it R-ibaul. has com- alter the recent :..ng re- d vc^r crim
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    OLD BUDDHIST TEMPLE RAZED
    44 1 SIX buildings of the 350 yr;ir-old Buddhist temple on Mount Hiei, m Shiga Prefecture, were destroyed by fire late on Thursday night. National art objects m the buildings were removed safely. The blaze was extinguished at 1 a.m. yesterday. A.P.
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    KASHMIR DEBATE
    20 1 The U.N. Security Council will meet on Dec. 27 to resume its debate on the Kashmir Question.-- Reuter
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    Blockade runner defies U.S. Govt.
    168 1 WASHINGTON, Saturday. r FHE I \S. Government has warned masters of all American-flag ships they may lose their licences if they ignore the State Department warning of Dec. 17 not to run the Chinese Nationalist blockade of Shanghai. However, Mr. H. J. Isbrandcsen, president and
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    Today's 3 best bets
    62 1 From ALLAN LEWIS. PENANG. Sat. MY three best bets for today's races here are EVENING STAR. MONCADE and NESSI S. Best outsider for the day is AIR PORT. The going is likely to be very good. (As the Free Press will not be published on Monday.
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    ROMULO SAYS 'NO' TO PLEA FOR THE JAPS
    106 1 NEW YORK. Saturday. THE U.N. General Assembly President, Brig. Gen. Carlos P. Romulo, yesterday grimly rejected an invitation by the former U.S. Ambassador to Japan, Mr. Joseph, Grew, to participate m a campaign for funds to finance an international Christian university m
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    KLM. U.S.I. TO RUN AIRLINE
    59 1 THE United States of Indonesia Government and the Royal Netherlands airlines. KLM. have agreed to form a joint airways company to serve the Indonesian archipelago The airways, which is to be a limited liability company, will take over the interinsular service of KLM and will
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    PARIS TALKS
    29 1 Gen Marcel Carpentier. Commander of Frcnrh Combined Forces m the Far East, who has been m Paris for talks, left by air last night for Saigon. Reuter
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    Very merry Christmas
    40 1 rHE Singapore Free Press wishes its readers :i merr.v Christmas and I happy and prosperous New Year. There will be no publication of the Free £"*son M.M'V'y Dee. 26. Publication wili be resumed on Tuesday, Dec. !7.
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    Ex-mayor, members declared corrupt
    286 1 COLOMBO POLLS SCANDAL COLOMBO, Saturday. I^EN members of Colombo's last Municipal Council, including the Mayor. R F. S. de Mcl, were declared ffuilty of corrupt prat tices by the Municipal Bribery Commissioner. Mr. M. W. H. de Silva. m a report issued yesterday. Five others were
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    MALAYA NEEDS CHURCH SCHOOLS
    197 1 Free Press Stall" Reporter THE Bishop of Singapore, th e Rt. Rev. H. W. Baines, yesterday emphasised the need for Church schools m Malaya when he declared open the St. Matthew's Church School at Neil Road. Bishop Baines said that once the Church had prime responsibility
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    US population up 14%
    56 1 US population up 14% THE population of the United States has passed the 150,000.000 mark. The Census Bureau yesterday estimate* that the total population including the armed forces overseas, was 150.183.000 on Nov. 1 last. That Is 14.1 per cent above the 131,669,275 persons enumerated on April 1, 1940, m
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    WORLD FLIGHT
    29 1 Mr. Lester B. Pearson. Canadian External Affairs Minister, will lly with th? RCAF m the air force's first round-the-world trip since the end of the war.- U.P.
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    PEPPER MARKET
    34 1 The Ijondon pepper market was completely dead at the opening yesterday, with sellers quoting Dec Jan. Ifalatal a1 920s Then were no buyers, hmpapore 15s. for white and Bs. 6d. for black.
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    TROOPS ON BORDER
    22 1 Hungary is evacuating all civilians from her areas bordering Yugoslavia and replacing them with Hungarian and Russian troops. A.P.
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    Emov to Red China
    18 1 Czechoslovakia had appointed Dr. F. C. Wrisikopf as first ambassador to Red China, Reuter
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    'Help Indonesia' says Juliana
    200 1 THE HAGUE, Saturday. QUEEN JULIANA OF THE NETHERLANDS appealed to the Dutch people m a broadcast last ni^ht to help the new United Republic of Indonesia. In a reference to the transfer of sovereignty to the Indonesians next Tuesday, Queen Juliana said: -We must all accept
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    Lower world prices for copra likely
    205 1 Lower world prices for copra likely Free Press Correspondent LONDON, Saturday. ONE effect of Ceylon's decision to free her entire export trade m copra and coconut oil— is expected to be lower world prices for these commodities. The British Ministry of Food has been paying £55 per ton, duty paid,
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    Bandits rob manager
    81 1 Bandits rob manager Free Press Staff Rt porier ARMED with a slcn-gun and rifle, three uniformed bandits forced the man of Lee Plantations Mr. Cha'i Jan Jeo to surrender his revolver and 18 rounds of ammunition, m -Kl-iang yesterday. The manager and ano'her Chinese was^ travelling m a rar driven
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    U.S. PLANES FOR FRANCE
    43 1 riCONOMIC Co-operation Lj Association yesterday granted Turkey U551,165,000 to buy United States construction equipment. France was given U552,873,000 to buy American airplanes and parts. Belgium and Luxembourg were each allotted U555,541,--000 to buy Canadian metals and American petroleum.— A.P.
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    SPIES SENTENCED
    34 1 A military court at Wroclaw (Poland yesterday found four French nationals and two Poles guilty of spying for the French intelligence service and imposed nrison sentences of up to nine years. Reuter
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    U.S. forbids arms sale to Chiang
    91 1 WASHINGTON S. THE United Btatea Bta Department announced last night that it had n ed a request from a pr. American firm f to send 100.000 riflre to N••--tionalisl CM The Stale De M I the firm, the D:r: I neering Con < I
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    U.K. asked to recognise USI
    56 1 MOON B Jo: v.i YYj Ainb.i sador m London, yesterd called on the British Ftareig Secretary Mr. Ernest Krj to request British n •jf the new State ol I an auth; source The sou led thai Ami trai r ■ffaidi I nesian [Jnion an Dutch
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    KING TO RETURN
    22 1 King Phumiph I Thailand U ::es by shi i February 20 and li i x In Banrkok Three weeks
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    SUN FO LEAVING
    23 1 Dr. Sun Fd a for: tion;il;>* Premier iriU Bong X for Centra) and t early m the New Year Reuter
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    Carol meets Santa Claus
    359 2 Carol meets Santa Claus MEETING Santa Clam In midsumnit-: gave my three-yeur-old daughter, Carol a big surprise toDriving through a $t on a mountainI stopped the car den archvered by a lifemode] ol Santa tg m his sleigh ht relnr Child's with Hi det-r I whore children lbber bo roto
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    GHOST STORY FROM CEYLON
    121 2 (MIRISTMAS-TIME is the season for ghOSi Stori Here is one >.i Ceylon. o friends on holiday m tor heard of the re;i,n of wise woman hi i looked after a shrine m the di.-trirt and derided to founri hei without md spoki I had never a
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    CRAFT CLUB FOR YOUTH
    85 2 4 COMBINED ill l\ and workv. n viiiv crippled Ail I ten .t Freafi Btan In h spacious scl room Ln South Melbourne the youngsters d > basketr] nbroldery. making and tapestry work, supervised by .1 handJcrafu expert from the Ci Children's Society. Th» Iris earn
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    On the trail of the Karuli
    712 2  - On the trail of the Karuli S.C. GEORGE By p:ci ure. (Ralph Daw s»>n is investigating the mysterious disappearance m New Guinea of Harker, a pronpector. ll*- joins Patrol Officer Skinner who is hunting "Dixie" Bell and "Tiny" Evans They reach the village from which Marker's last message was sent,
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    Geoffrey 'perfect schoolboy'
    185 2 Geoffrey 'perfect schoolboy' GEOFFREY CRABBE is the perfect schoolboy. He asks for more homework, is beloved by all his masters, never smokes In secret, and has never been kept m. He is 16 yean old. captain of Hawe s Down County Secondary School, West Wickham. Kent -a tall, blue-eyed boy.
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    STAMP CORNER
    148 2 UfhSN j ran off to wttk from th«Tillage draper's m which h< was apprenticed at Stalthes. on the Yorkshire roast. h» did not dream that me day ):o would claim Aostrall i Britain. He learned to ttoei thip by the stars and compass. and when war came vltH
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      127 2 JUNIOR CROSSWORD l i introduxM-d into Hi Ml (■^l nin the 15th century T 1^ *^m ■iar. eoddi^ss of «jjriculturp. r > j— PHL_J|^B_ Prr-r'ucfd desi^TV* on a rm Ht_ JH_J__l 11 Mother hare, for r J^ HP^Hf^ll .imi'lf. 13. Surname of the Horn- i 4 a*m tan 14 Pa;ron
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      155 2 .24 &Q* Emma C DOTOGRAPH This littit It up m Die air over What Ffl ate, dran rt continuous line from dot 1 to dot 41 consecutively. Where one dot is near (no numbers use it luice Then colour picture appropriately. do you suppose Penny is doing on Xmas eve?
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      11 2 POCKET CARTOON bj Ostit R 1 I AMC ISTEI I i
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    'Pep' drugs cause worry doctors
    175 3 'Pep' drugs cause worry doctors mi ire alarmed over the number show si^ns of becoming addicts drags introduced mt o medicine a ore the war. rigidly restricted m their ned by women, even when ibe them. i London ci\ I they plead, and when 1 continue to reave me wit;.
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    That guilty conscience
    26 3 That guilty conscience \»>k >.it closed -> la M'vrr.il igkci lit»ps and told :nlt> BMteg -•> viM- the i thrill. Most i did s* l^ut trhrn nothing A.P.
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    New plane gels praise
    26 3 V. A he I of A:. -.son ioined he It ust I rtM twiri_e of •onfrom tbc tvr>e engine to I A.P.
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    63 3 Taking the' Bibles advice about beating .swords into ploughshares, a factory m the Paris suburb of Puteaux is converting surpliis I.S. Sherman tanks into heavy tractors for excavation or other rugged industrial work. About IS feet long and nine feet wide the converted tanks can travel at l.> miles an
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    19 3 Til* government «>f India decided to refer the hardline of SinJcians: ref?jg< vho have crossed the Sord the 1.R.0.
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    G.B.S. won't talk without huge fee
    173 3 LONDON. Saturday. QEOKOt: BERNARD SHAW is not talking to the press these days— not without a huge fee for his trouble. Exception: It he finds a reporter's question interesting, and if he can answer it m 20 words, or less. The testy old playwright
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    DUTCH ENVOY DUE IN U.S.I.
    41 3 The tirst Netherlands High Commissioner m Indonesia. Dr. Max Hirschfeld, win leave The Hague by air for Batavia I da] H^ will be act led by D;- M Weisslas. who will act as his adviser Reuter
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    Prague flays sports 'alms'
    96 3 PRAGUE Sat. pASSING the hai for voluntary contributions at amateur soccer games h;is been denounced m begging by the Slovak Communist newspaper Pravda. Commenting on a recent Same where club functionaries asked fans to contribute because our players are amateurs and the club needs funds and
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    NUDISTS LIST THE MISFITS
    187 3 NUDISTS LIST THE MISFITS ()NE hundred and fifty delegates to the British Sun Battling Associations annual meeting m London had to show credentials a Sin.-long red and blue paper slip, bearing the initials BSBA- before they were admitted The delegates— described as "the spearhead and mouthpiece of British nudists"— included
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    Bridge Problem
    73 3 :i- arc no > leads. Norrli and South .re t>> win five of the wren tricks igaln .mv defence. South leads diamo id i w I North drops the ten un queen Whatever Wei North wins, cashing the lop vm<\ m duos, hearts and pades. North then leads
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    INDIAN IS NOT ANOTHER CHINA
    266 3 INDIAN IS NOT ANOTHER CHINA 'No possibility of going Red 9 NEW DELHI, Saturday. \|K. (J. Birla, Indian industrial magnate, believes l that India will not "go the way of China." Mr. Birla, who recently made a tour of Britain and the United States, told the Indian press: "With the
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    PROSECUTOR LAYS IT ON
    77 3 THE military prosecutor claimed all defendants were guilty of working for both the French and the AngloAmerican intelligence and of striving to undermine Polish recovery at thr continued espionage trial m Wroclaw recently of four French nationals and two Poles lie persistently linked French with British
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    SHIP WILL MARK WHALES
    58 3 SHIP WILL MARK WHALES A BRITISH expedition will leave early next month to mark whales off the coa.v, of South-west Africa and m the i entral Indian Ocean. The royal research ship. William Sroresby. will iuii from the Thames m January on a ten-month trip— the first scientific expedition the
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    50 PER CENT DROP
    26 3 Exports from Karachi port dropped 50 per cent m the second month after Pakistan's decision not to devalue its rupee. A. P.
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    Governor was archer
    75 3 Tim Governor of Madras tin- M.hira.ia of Rhavanas;ar. excelled m marksmanship with how and irr»« when he challenged the lot a I tribesmen Th,. CwtrMt, who m at Kovour m tak'-n to I I where loral tribesmen uave a demonstration n{ i After tliey had failed to
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    Old documents in pigsty
    59 3 HISTOKK' documents found m a pigsty, are beini; studied by archivists m London The papers. dating from lliOO. were collected as rubbish from lawyers' offices and dumped m a sty near Doncaster. Yorkshire. It was not until this year that they were found. They include Royal
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    Rice offered for machines
    83 3 BANGKOK. Fii SI AM U offering rice worth 53.400.000 to Western Oermany m exchange for 50 steam locomotives and complete equipment for a rice mill, an Economic Ministry spokesman said yesterday. The locomotives are worth about $2,200,000 and the mill equipment about $1 200.000. No inter-natlon
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    U.K. recognition for Bao Dai
    81 3 M. RENE MtWlglf, French Ambassador m London, called on the Foreign Secretary. Mr Ernest Bevin. Thursday to discuss plans British recognition of the Vietnam government of exEmperor Bao Dai and for British and French recognition of the Chinese Communist Government. Britain, 11 was understood intends
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    KING IN NICE
    23 3 Reuter The King <<i Afghanistan Mohammi d Zahir Shah, hai arrived In Nice with his suite fur a three-day stay.-
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    OCT. TIN OUTOUT ROSE
    146 3 OCT. TIN OUTOUT ROSE THE HAGUE PYI. tO la ligures. Imifd D V the International Tin Study Group here, world mine production ol tin m October totalled 13.400 !oni* tons, compared with 13.200 m September. Production m Bolivia m October amounted to 2.191 tons, compared with 2.G90 m September; M.ilaya
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    All German PoW's freed
    80 3 All German PoW's freed ALL the German prisoners of wa; taken by the Western Power* have now been i» A. v High c <.nmi>sion lold tiv German Government recently TiV announcement ill made fol )i letters on Wednesday m %hich the German G<>\ tnent iiaci asked the Hig Commission and
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    PALACE HELP EAT AGAIN
    30 3 PALACE HELP EAT AGAIN LMFTEEN pal > f F u-.,- rich c Baroda ended l tiungt r strike tft< i Th€ i^nranti i mduin :i one-das oalatv helo to start A.P.
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    11 3 Di .1 P described adriser U Archbishop J tB. tnanv. A.P.
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      21 3 Wishing all our Customers and ■^m ri Cflc s Happy Xmas and a Prosperous New Year IAHLES PUCI tIiCftPOII TIU'NORI S2I4T
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      633 3 WHAT'S ON IN K.L. REX Joan of Arc PAVILION: Kmu. ol the Rock-" Men IIJ Chapters*, odeon: little Women COLISEUM: Adventures ol Frank and Jfss»> lamet. CATHAY: De vamanogari (Tamil). MADRAS Hearts Aflame i Mandarin*. EM PIRE Miranda. CENTRAL. I alia Majnu (Tamil". HINDI st Sanyasi Hindu PENANC CATHAY: Tulsa.
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    The Singapore Free Press .SATURDAY. Dec. 24, 1949 THE FORCES OF DARKNESS
    467 4 The Singapore Free Press .SATURDAY. Dec. 24, 1949 THE FORCES OF DARKNESS 11E that loretli his brother abideth irt the kt and the r e it M 0000- «>/ stumbling m him. But he that hateth h:s fr/oth< >> dwkness. and wdketh m imrknets, and knoueth not Whithtr he ti.eth.
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    The Christmas Message
    780 4  -  RT. REV. H. W. BANIES By the I THE BISHOP OF SINGAPORE CHRISTMAS is ;i J favourite. We love il best of nil holidays. Hul why is il ;i holiday? At Christmas we give each other presents, and every child looks forward for weeks to his stocking.
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    THE GREATEST DAY OF THE YEAR
    652 4  - THE GREATEST DAY OF THE YEAR REV. GOH HOOD KENG •By the Pastor, straits Chinese Methodist Church yy'L .\m. no\> up pnxtching l!i«? :,it':iUst day <»t ;i!l Ihc ye 12' -llu day on w iii« !i \\r Hebraic Ihe !>ir!h ol the world's Redeemer. It is mccl and li.-jil thai
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    CZECH MATES
    47 4 Parting is sueh sweet sorrow These maps to ra tal:<m at the Singapore Sitimmina Club CkfUrem* Part* Milan Varrnuti and Mttuika Lnudarek an C) chs, iqed tm nnd a half. Far the a they pat o« their national to s< ;< nes. Milan was borr Singapore,
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    '... Nations shall come to Thy Light'
    614 4  - Nations shall come to Thy Light' DR. H.B. AMSTUTZ BY SECkLJAKY Ui i tit. UALAYAS CHRISTtAS COVSCtL AM) HtiSdPAL of mxn v college THE advenj of Christinas is ;ilw.ivs ;i period of expectancy Imil this expectancy oughl l<> lie carried nver ;m<l be Iruc <>f all Ihe year. In one
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    Festive mood Australia
    7 4 Festive mood Au stralia A A.P. A.A.P.
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      48 4 A MERRY X MAS to all our customers Ac friends THE PEKING CO., 81. Huh Street THE NOVELTY STORE 88. North Bridge Road YING'S XT. Stamford Road For your LAST MINUTE SHOPPING Call and see us We will help you with a Quicker Solution of your Gift Probieni.
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      36 4 v N TABLE MARGAJJ] i s A <^f. ANifTRAU»* fi **at^ jacksok i J l off«i a HI I ou can a!v\a\s chc: and be Bum \fCU |H SPH<JeSILVA 45 H.CH ST«ei S.NC*PO« 0 ,poh ...ypu"
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    VILLAGES ALMOST FREE OF MALARIA
    340 5 VILLAGES ALMOST FREE OF MALARIA Qu m ine-m inded people Mm Fr ee Press Staff Reporter Rl KAL Singapore has been almost entirely tree of malaria this year. Only 24 cases have so far been reported to the health authorities from the rural areas and the 12 surrounding islands. Last
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    Flag ban not to be lifted
    76 5 F lag ban not to be lifted f Prrvx Staff Reporter ore Government :t announced refiMd separate tor permission Chinese Communist Indonesian naOag In Singapore oi refusal have the applicants. \Uive of the Re- Iruionesia m Singa- secretary. Mayand Dramatic Oilice. on Smoapore lndobad asked permis'he Indonesian on Dec 27.
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    BIRTHS AND DEATHS
    22 5 Prrss Staff Reporter ere, «::< baths and m Singapore > m the week of dea.h were B), tuberculosis and pi.eumonia «20.
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    Quit S. Africa to study here
    249 5 Free Press Staff Reporter QNE of Singapore's new doctors is a South African Chinese who was so impressed by the reputation of the King Edward VII College of Medicine that he came here to study. He is Dr. Hume Fine Jackson, who wa s
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    WIDOW CLAIMS HER PENSION
    89 5 WIDOW CLAIMS HER PENSION Free Press Staff Krporlrr 4 SINGAPORE detective's widow Madam Wong Kam Mooi turned up at Police Headquarters yesterday to claim B Government pension, after she had read about i* m the press Her husband, Tan Sain Tak had been killed by the Japanese m February. 1942.
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    RECORD YEAR FOR COLONY FIRES
    139 5 Free Press Staff Reporter aiNGAFOUrS 200-man Municipal Fire Brigade has. so far this year, fought more than 800 fires of all types. Thi s is a record m the history of the fire servic? since its inception m the early 1900's. the Chief of th*
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    89 5 'PWO three bedroomed bungalows, a semidetached house and a block of flats have been built for the staff of Islay Kerr and Co. Ltd., Singapore, at Holland Hill, off Holland Road. The houses cost $285,000 and were designed by Mr. K. Berkovits. Picture above gives a view of the semi-detached
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    Spectacle in Cathay film
    186 5 11/iTH one of the most draff tnatic finales lor many years, Tuba" now showing at the Cathay cinema is a worthy successor to a long series of American outdoor triumphs This "drama of oil" is not the usual tough, trig-ger-pulling affair. We leave i he mountains
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    41 5 FIFTY-THREE children were invited by the Singapore Harbour Board Police Force to a Christmas party yesterday at the vll.B. Police quarters m Beach Road. Picture shows, Ah Nieu (8) of the Salvation Army Boys' Home receivings a present from Santa Claus.
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    PAKISTANI RALLY
    29 5 PAKISTAN I RALLY The Overseas Pakistan League will celebrate the birthday of Mr. M. A. Jinnah by holding a mass meeting at Jalan Besar stadium tomorrow at 4 pm.
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    HOLIDAYS IN FEDERATION
    99 5 KUALA LUMPUR. Fri.-For English schools m the Federation the first term will last from Jan. 5 to April 6 with a holiday of two days for Chinese New Year and one day for Hindu New Year The second term will last from May 1 to Aug. 4
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    MEDALS FOR VOLUNTEERS
    66 5 KUALA LUMPUR Fri SEVENTEEN memben ol the O former F.M.S and straits Settlements Volunteer Forces have brm awarded efficiency medals by the High Commissioner of the I tion Volunteer Fore, re-Lance-Cpl i Weng Onn. Lance-Cpl. Khoo Soo Jin. Ptr. Mohamed Noor j din bin Haniff Pte Abdul
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    Envoy to search for war wives
    299 5 Free Press Malay Correspondent \jALAYS m Ceylon, numbering about 25,000. will iTI be represented at the inauguration of the Republic of Indonesia next Tuesday by their leader, Dr. M. P. Drahman of Colombo. Dr. Drahman is the president of the Union of Indonesians and
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    MAILS
    41 5 Surface mail us expected m Sinßa;x)re today from India. Ja\ a and the Federation. Latest times for posting surf;.o mail today at the G.P.O are noon for Serawak (except Mirii. Ceylon and Medan; 6 pm for Thailand and the Federation
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    Ghostly Christmas
    66 5 Free Press Staff Reporter SINGAPORE judge uill spend his Christmas and New Year reading all about black magic. He is one of the hundreds of Singaporea ns uho have been passionately scouring: local bookshops for books on black magic, ghost, supernatural and horror stories m the past fortnight.
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    Teachers aid clerks to pass SMC test
    238 5 Free Press Staff Reporter TO prepare more than 100 Singapore Municipal employees, who are due to sit for a Municipal examination m January to qualify for promotions, a refresher course m English is being held jointly by Mr. Frank C. James, a teacher
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    CHURCH CONCERT
    24 5 The Btraiti Chinese Ifethociist Church Upper Department Sunday Srhool v.ill hold a concert at 3.30 p.m. today at 3 Kampong Kupnr Road
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    U.K. PLAYERS WIN IN CALCUTTA
    177 6 G. Hoahing beats India champion r Brilish players m the women's k singles scored straight *t't s victories over Indian opponents m the lawn tennis championships of Asia m Calcutta yesterday. .Miss Jean irtier heat Miss I*. Khanua, India's No. 2; Mrs. Bettj Hilton heat
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      MARKETS DULL ON EVE OF HOLIDAYS
      196 6 LONDON. Sat. PHE London Stock Ex--1 change was quietly terday with little trading beiog donv Tins adTanced vhik rublk-: j ur.cha: ed and »Ui§ were Urn ailddie pricr» of Mlaclad NOcfcl < I pecui trrangemem «un U* ie if £l denomination. Ihf are :r
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      London tin advances
      23 6 London tin advances 'I'll. •< H v >-rr firm &p> v tl higher at £605 10s uM.- (4 1 Thf s »rrr Sf>.- U.P.
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    Selections by 'Trespasser'
    92 7 SELECTIONS by "Trespasser" for Monday s race* are: Cl. 1. Div. I— 6f: THEATRE, Hark Krtx-adr. < roydon Cl. 1. l>iv >— 6f: TOKEN. Oregon. I'rinre Kugeur. Cl. 1. Dh. J— «f: (;\MK ROROI (IH. Rally mun 11, Bum iiaii Cl. Div l— :f: TOBOGGAN, Eastern Picture,
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    THREE GOOD BETS FOR MONDAYS RACES
    1598 7  -  ALLAN LEWIS From Big fields m all events CIUW PEN ANG, Saturday. gAhhSl bets for Monday, second day of the Penang Turf Club Xmas-New Year Meeting, should be Royal Bounty, Oregon and Dark Brocade Longshot backers may follow Minstrel Boy, Longchamps II and Toboggan.
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    Ex-winners in Penang
    211 7 OK the horses running at Pen.ing today and on Monday. the following have won there: FIRST I>W Indian Heather, Silver Spear. Allworth. Royal t lu>h. Predominance. Pamary, Kaiserin*. Abby Kay. Kanda. Viitorine. Air Gee. Sk> master. Smiling Through. fjjjrt Pride. Evening <l.ir md Eastern GM vl ii\li
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    All the latest selections
    233 7 ALLAN LEWIS TRESPASSER EPSOM JEEP CALL BOY POINTER RACE 1 EVENING STAR EVENING STAR EVENING STAR DALE VIXEN I EVENING STAE~~ v Bullring Dale Vixen Bullring Evening Star Jaunty fountain Lady King's Mace Fountain Lady Fountain Lady Bullring RACE I OOMARIDAIRN WILLOUGHBY OOMAKIDAIRN WILLOUGHBY WILLOIGHBY Wllloughby
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    Foday's Acceptors
    669 7 Foday 's Acceptors DELOW is the card for today, the first day of the 13 Penang Turf Club Xmas-New Year meeting. The Big Sweep will be held on race 8. A special sweep m aid of the University Fund will be drawn on race 1. The following horses have been
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    Promoting 'battle' starts in London
    298 7 A PROMOTING -battle" seems to be starting m London for the services of Manuel Ortiz, Mexican' holder of the world bantamweight title. Jack Solomons, the London promoter, planned to match Ortiz and Danny O'Sulliyan of London m a world title contest at Harringay on Peb.
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    South African Test match starts today
    188 7 COUTH Africa and Australia k DOOM to grip^ todaf at Johannesburg m the first of the cricket tests of the current Australian tour of the Union. While Australia delayed tl\<..nnouncemenr of 'heir team the South Africans chose theirs nearly a week ago and showed
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    S.C.C. lose to Veterans
    184 7 OUPERiOR m all drpartm^nu>. Sinuapore Veterans had little difficulty m defeating Singapore Cricket Club by three goals to onv at hockey on the Padang yesterday Playing a constructive game and v ;ng high, powerful flicks to advantage, they kept the game for long periods m the
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    Army boxers' tour
    39 7 THE British Army ill XI amateur boxinK beam on a Scandinavian tour iv January They will meet Sparta Club of Denmark at Copenhagen on Jan. 13 for the Anglo-Danish Society Cup. which thr Army now i^oid.
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    Walcott signs
    76 7 JERSEY Jof Walco f. who ODMIOI -ssf ully foiuht Lou..s !(ir the world heavyweight title, has been signed to fl^ht Harold Johnson of Pliiiadelpnia over ten rounds at Philadelphia on Feb. 8 Thi^ will be WalcottV Inf fight "■ince he beat Olle Tar.dberg m Sweden last summer. Reuter
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    Sailing, Air Port fancied
    230 7  -  ALLAN LEWIS From PENANG. Sat THE going this morning was very good. There is no likelihood ot rain and a fine day's racing is expected today, the first day of the Penana Turf Clubs Xmas-New Year meeting. Strong .stable fancies for today u re Sailing and
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    S'por women bemten 58-46
    63 7 S'por women bemten 58-46 S; IU P Singapore women b| 46 m one of matches m the Al. the H. p\n nierht In the t wai rompletelv outola^sfd Dlo«in£ by 25 points to 64 The othor men's !iu evening BMI Magapor iW defeat Penang by 60 T»o 'ie< vfl br
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    ENGAGEMENTS
    75 8 THE ENGAGEMENT is ann.mr.ced between Peter, son of Mr and Mrs. F. W. Duncan of Clroomsport. N. Ireland. r.nd Barbara, youngest daughter of Dr. and Mrs. J. W. Field of Lumpur. YOE-OEY The engagement is announced between Miss Yoe run Ni.\ 3rd youngest daughter of Mr. it, Mrs. Yoe
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    DEATH
    24 8 MRS. HO LYE HUNG at i2O B;ki: Bintang Road, early yesterday moraine. Funeral to-day 2 pm. at C:\nionese Cemetery i Cortece leaving house
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    CHIANG TO LEAD HAINAN DEFENCE
    250 8 300,000 Reds for invasion HONG KONG, Saturday. AS an estimated 300,000 Chinese Red troops massed m the Liuchow Peninsula, m southern KwaftfttMffi for the invasion of Hainan Island, 12 miles off the coast. Gen. Chiang Kaishek's headquarters m Formosa announced yesterday that the Generalissimo would
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    German industry in lightning recovery
    104 8 WASHINGTON. Saturday MX. Charles Marshall, deputy Director of the I < mission m Germany, said yesterday that Britain and France "will have to run to keep up" with Germany's current industrial recovery drive. Be paid hiirh tribute to what he called I "enthusiasm and dili?en<
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    Red threat to H.K. Govt.
    98 8 HONG KONG A s H n k Supreme n Court rej( i I the application by M Claire Chennauli to In the legal batl n of the Nationalist airlines, the Chinese Communist radio yesterday i rated a threat that the Hong Kong Government must full
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    U.K. HALTS TALKS
    34 8 dritain tuu impended the An^lo-Hungarian trade and financial talK s because Hungary refused to allow a British Consul-General fa an Englishman arrested m Budapest on a charge of my. incr.- A.P.
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    C'wealth to raise rank of envoys?
    79 8 LONDON. Sat BRITAIN lias asked the Commonwealth lotetomentt whether thvy wish to the status of diplomatic representaUon w-ith Britala nrora that of high comner to that of ambassador, it is learned. It is understood that replies 10 far received ihow a wMe -:r_'iH ot
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    War damage profiteering
    61 8 WASHINGTON B*l MANY t: Iplno cl War c nuni mule- .remn In 1 port. sion said one of It troubic-omc pro!; the .merits to c above the au'horued xinium of 5 Th* 1 :ii»- V S Ruthorited Philippine war damage probatly will appr c C iion said.
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    He's through with women
    74 8 He's through with women HOLLYWOOD, Sat. COUNT Alir»d dv Marigny. after the m ntal Bahamas murder trial a lew day tald that although he wai through with women he would manage the Hollywood branch of the nation-wide Matrimonial Agency. The tall, slender. 39-year old count. one» i tht* darling ol
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    PLANE HITS WIRE
    25 8 A French naval pursuit plane crashed north of Toulon yesterday after hitting a high tension wire The pilot was badly injured. U.P.
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    Sleeping crew saved
    81 8 |jiORT!-TWo ifeeptef emw Members, laetadtaf two M. stewardesses, narrowly escaped early yesterday when a spectacular fire rased through the Norwegian freighter I- embay a few hours before she was to have sailed from Boston for New York. The blaze, which did an estimated t'.S. 5.~>00.000 damage to
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    99 8 Ih- li.ill-.uul-xM krt b.i>r or lh^ ?.">O-frrt hiijh mast— thr B B.( s tallrst «)f the world's most powerful tclrviMtm tr.insmittpr ,tt Sutt«>n (oldfifld. Warwickshire. whi«h is .tlrr.id\ IransmitUng PNfjnUMßei rrlavrd from London to ♦i.000.000 potrnti.il nrw virWCffl Shaped like a rlgaatfc flower -pot. a wort kettle with a capacity
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    Freedom reward for "guinea pig"
    160 8 Freedom reward for "guinea pig" ALBANY (New York). Saturday. LIFE It at Siii4i S »"S Prison, Louis Boy. M, who A voluntarily risked his life m an exchange of Mood with a child leukemia victim is being retraced toda> after serving 18 years, but he cannot return to his wife.
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    FOUR QUALITIES OF CHARM
    124 8 HOLLYWOOD. Saturday UUGO frecsoxese. the Argentine director 11 defines charm as one-fourth humility onofourth sex appeal, one-fourth human understand and one-fourth rulturc. And charm. sa\s Fregoneae, kswhai ■ctiesses fbould cultivate, if they vould have longer careers. An actress who relics on her sex Appeal only is
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    India to ban 'May, December weddings'
    28 8 India to ban 'May, December weddings' Nl UAV Di IndJ hree mont:. ar. H I 40 W\ inter I Umta whi -mar: d are not arrm- A. P.
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    U.K. BUYS MEAT FROM URUGUAY
    54 8 U.K. BUYS ME AT FROM URUGUAY BRITAIN and Urup u*rday signed a new year meat contract under which Britain will receive 40.000 tons of chilled and frozen meat a year. The contract, sipned afte; long delay, is m similar tctmi to the Anplo-Argentine pact and the price is the same
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    18 8 Mr. Winston Churchill has declined an offer by Rotterdam Committee to erect a memorial m hi s honour.
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    Make 1950 a road to Peace
    78 8 Make 1 950 a road to Peace W ar I L OOPE PUS yesterday ur^ d Ulr v rl alu^a^ r 1950 Holy Year the turning i M > lt T» t° n but warned that "vain Utopias' T Pe^ rule would not solve mankind. rk1 nd tot *MC The
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    U.S. ENVOI IN FORMOSA
    33 8 Mr. Robert BtTOOg U tiarge d'Affa.:Kong for f i moMt, yesterday absurd a il United Stat»-.» mU attache plane Mr. Strung Instructions from to Bet up a: bn Adpeh.
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    Greatest love, says Don
    65 8 PAKK Nat 'PHI. l»uki of v, |>o n 1 Jlltne df B<»;irf«M!i hr ma> ji < ♦pt hi» v* <»IT. r t.» di\or. r him .tl thoutiii he v r now than an\ nun lo\»d a woman The I>u< h- i unif <>, rman nitht <
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    Chinese Seek Hongkong Visas
    5 8 Chinese Seek Hongkong Visas A.P.
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      12 8 HIGH TIDES Today: 2.15 a.m. 1.11 p.m. Tomorrow: 2.52 am 1.59 p.m.
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      66 8 THE SAINT by Leslie CharteriT~ HIM. AND HE IS DEAD- KILLED HIM I I HOPS YOU AT < .NCOMPB W> fcIZ IS^VSSi'.K S-\ *i 5 V C V H L ALREADY 'gr^j QUICKLY HE LEAST MADE NO GRETA JJ **^£\k*> £^5J S J SJTf^IS? 01 )h/Vv &0T lT CO€S J
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    8 1 Saturday, Dec. 24, 1949.
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    7 things you should know about X'mas
    449 1 7 things you should know a bout X'mas have mince .4(/es CM n erj/ Cnris- spaces, the l^tniit i m l shape cr tee vie is .:ca of that .ite our ix trees with i .iinli .*lom is I Luther i crec* Pi a ?.-<x>d ■ken h^ far nrs. :o
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    DON'T DREAD THE CHILDREN'S PARTY
    740 1 ••THERE", said James's mother, "lint's the lasl of Ihe imitations. But what m the world shall we do if all these children come?" So she, like other anxious-minded mothers, asked her Friends 1 advice dur iim thf wrck thai Pol Some people assured her that
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    THE CHINESE HAVE THEIR X'MAS TOO
    593 1  -  K.S. CHIA by JIIK Chinese call Christmas, the European Tung Cheh. They have a Tung Chen of their own, too. This they observe on Dec. 22 or Dec. 2X the date of the Winter Solstice. For Chinese children. Tung Cheh holds forth as much
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    British Trailers Lack Punch
    379 2  - British Trailers Lack Punch Ruth Langdon says ■pOO many trailers of British films, it seems to me, tend to steer away an audience rather than intrigue it to come and see the films advertised. Many American trailers, on the other hand, aroused interest. The producers seem to have the knack
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    So She Slept In The Nude
    298 2 I^HE old Arm-riran custom of sleeping m the nudr finally will be depicted on the screen. This new blow for realism ss being struck m 'he film. 'In a Lonely Place It came .ibout during a talk with producer Robert Lord, director Nick Ray
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    Year's Films
    107 2  -  IAN GRANT By THE BEST The fSnakepit." "The Fallen Idol." "Johnny Belinda" MOST SUCCESSFUL: I "The Three Musketeer^' I MOST SPECTACULAR: "Joan of Arc." BEST 'MUSICAL': "The Julson Story." BEST WESTERS' 'Red River." 4 BEST CRIME DOCUT mestary "Street wtth no Name.' < t MOST ARTISTIC: 'The Red
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    350 2  -  Michael Roddy Hollywood Gossip by B/.vc; CROSBY'S manager, his brother, Everett, suuk there'i a good chance that Hmg v ill play :ti the British Open Golf Tournaments ne.rt April and Hob Hope it I'.kely to with him' Meanwhile Para mount has ordered the Wizards Of writing to
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    TWO 'MUSICALS:' A COMPARISON
    327 2 TWO 'MUSICALS: A COMPARISON TWO Kood musical comedies are coming to Singapore. The (iay Lady a British film, and The Barkleys of Broadway, an American film They provide an interesting contrast m technique and Style. 'The (ia? I.ady" with Jean Kent and James Donald spendl a good part of its
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    THE 'OLD MAN' IS DEAD
    127 2 THE 'OLD MAN' IS DEAD •pun 'v;a man*' i I B dims, (Ji orgt Moore Marriott hmi ditd at his Bognor Regis, S i ome The wizened little with the cackling voice and .solitary tooth, u.hn made millions laugh when iw teamed up with Will Hay •md Graham Moffatt, had
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    211 2 t( <ne Capdof: Tarry Pinks nitruavs Al Jolson Mtalfl m "Jolson *in K s Again" :his time M the disillusioned Stafter Who after his divorce wanted ti> «ne UP sinuinLV We see him taultnc .hi aimless exitenee until )w i P'iMiad.d to sim,' •fain (or the troopi
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    HOKUM' ABOUT MALAYA
    391 2 HOKUM' ABOUT MALAYA By our London film reporter YOU may soon have the opportunity, if it has not already come your wav, of seeing "East of Ihe Rising Sun." Go and see it and be amused, for it shows you how Spencer Tracy and Janus Stewart smug gfed rubber, 1.V1.000
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    'STREETCAR' IS TOO POPULAR
    177 2 'STREETCAR' IS TOO POPULAR r pHK strain tUrrlnc ta 1 two ol London's biL American successes "I of i Salesman" and a Streetcar Named r> tilling so much on Paul Muni and Vivien Leigh thai the managements i..i\, fitn-od to iheso decisions l Di atti ol Sa l end its
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    242 3  -  P.S. Markandan by n»)\|) SIDE siuike j iluinners ha\V often demonstrated Hit- miraculous power Ninjll Mack stone, wii ii h is snitl to l>e Ml effective cure for poimis snake bites. charmer coaxes vobra to sting on various parts his body, and lies a tiny black over
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    MALAY VAMPIRE IS NO DRACULA
    601 3  -  ABDUL SAMAD ISMAIL by THE Malay vampire, •>i Puntianak, is ito Dracuk of Holly 1 Beautiful and sttlurtive, Puntianak piow Is a nighl and iiKJiiv a romantic nunfl man is said to t been deceived her While PuniKiks prey on wo ii' n. preferably ihose
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    2 MEANINGS OF 'FEAST
    628 3 JHE word "feasT conveys, of course, two different ideas; but they have been associated for so lon^ that only formality of expression can fix the sense of a day of celebration, with no hint of gourmandising. Our forebears had little discrimination m the matter. For then
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    1228 3  -  JOSEPHINE BARRY A short story by JJER day dreams ended abruptly as someone came crashing down on top of her. She caught a somewhat distorted glimpse of an extremely perturbed and good looking young man. "I say Are you alright? I'm so sorry that sudden lurch caught me off
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