The Singapore Free Press, 25 March 1950

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    18 1 The Singapore Free Press LARGEST AFTERNOON SALE IN MALAYA Fsfsfoxdfgbdhdhdfhdfh SINGAPORE, SATTRDAY, MARCH 25, 1950. PRICE TEN CENTS.
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    FLOUR IS CHEAPER: WHY NOT BREAD?
    387 1 Councillors appeal to bakeries nDrtn *>cc Press Staff Reporter AD m Singapore ought to be cheaper now that the price of flour had been cut substantially, Mr. Thio Chan Bee, nominated Singapore Legislative Councillor, and Mrs. Robert Eu, elected Municipal Commissioner tor West Ward,
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    70 1 A.C.I Brian French, engine erinj assistant of N v n t- .1 ton, \V arw ickshire, gives an idea of the immensity of the bomb bay of a Lincoln bomber at Tengah yes- i terday. The Lincoln can carry up to 22,000 lbs. of bombs at a maximum speed of
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    Bt. Kepong today
    15 1 I iubs <>t Kukit station mt- Matej ifter > iitund <[ i!I m P
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    5 ARRESTED
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    DUTCH WOULD JAIL 'TURKO'
    96 1 DJAKARTA, Saturday. \IR. Johannes Van Maarseveen, Dutch Minister for Overseas Territories, said yesterday that if rebel leader Capt. Raymond "Turco" Westerling were Mradited from Singapore to Holland the Dutch Government would arrest and prosecute him. Capt. Westerllng. a Dutrh n and former commando cap" prison m
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    Missing KL gunman found dead
    106 1 Missing KL gunman found dead Free PfCfl Staff Reporter KUALA LUMPUR. Bat liHE missing pistol-earring bandit who disappeared during the engagement against 200 police and troops m Cheras Road, four miles outside Kuala Lumpur, last Wednesday has been found— dead. P.W.D. labourers and police who cut down the thick blukar
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    His head came in petrol tin
    79 1 SEOUL, KOERA, Saturday. rrHE head of a slain guerilla chieftain was brought to Seoul yesterday m a tin of petrol. South Korea Army officers said that 39 guerillas, trained m communist-dominated North Korea, were killed m a skirmish, 105 miles east of Seoul on
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    OFF THE MARK BY 4 MILES
    52 1 lUiE pilot of a Greek fourengined airliner, inbound from Athens to London, made a good landing yesterday— but on the wrong airport He received landing instructions from Northolt Airport, his destination, but came m instead at the Royal Air Force Hendon Held, four miles
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    NEW TRADE PACT
    24 1 Netherlands and Indonesia have signed ne^ trade and payments agreements with Poland, covering trade prodr this worth about SU,OOU,UUU guilders U.P.
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    C.-G. PRAISES UNIONS' 'NO' TO THE REDS
    127 1 IN s message to the Malayan Trade Union conference, Which opened m Kuala Lumpur today, the. Commissioner General, Mr. Malcolm MacOonald, pUmented Malayan trade unionist* for having by Word and deed, shown thell opposition to Communism. The message added tha' Malayan union leaders
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    '3 PEKING TERMS FOR U.K.' REPORT
    133 1 LONDON, Saturday. OFFICIAL quarters yesterday declined to comment on an account of current negotiations between Britain and the Chinese Communist Government m Peking, published m a Paris newspaper under a London dateline. The account said that Britain had accepted three conditions as preliminaries to
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    INFLATION IN RED CHINA
    44 1 A CHINESE Nationalist report says that the note circulation of the Communist ien mm pia*o has reached the record figure of 60,000,000 million. Nationalist economic circles believe Peking has resorted to the printing press to meet and military expenses.- Reuter
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    'NOT UNWILLING'
    40 1 Mr. Trygve Lie, SecretaryGeneral of the United Nations, has informed the six non-permanent members of the Security Council that Russia is "not unwilling" to hold a special meeting of the Council to discuss a settlement of East-West difficulties
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    Bandits fire mersing bus
    108 1 Free Press Staff Reporter ARMED bandits, operating at the 61st mile Mersing Road, yesterday stopped a bus by firing into it, injuring four Chinese passengers, two men and two women. Then two bandits with Sten guns approached the bus. robbed the conductor of $20 and set
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    Widow sues KLM for U.S. $250,000
    76 1 VfRS. Agnes S. KnickerITI bocker, widow of the war corres*x>ndent and radio commentator. Mr. H. F^ Knickerbocker, has filed a suit for U*****,000 m the U.S. District Court, m New York against the KLM Royal Dutch Airlines. She charges that her husband died m
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    MANY SUSPECTS
    17 1 One of every 34 Japanese is a criminal suspect, according to a government report.- Reuter
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    A can for the judge
    61 1 NEW YORK police towed James H. Kennedy's 1920 car into headquarters because it still had 1949 licence plates. Taken to court to pay U.B. $5 towing charge. Kennedy said the vehicle was not worth it and smjeestcd that the judge keep the car. The judge
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    40,000 say 'no rule by Java'
    159 1 40,000 say 'no rule by Java JAKARTA, Saturday. FORTY-THOVSAND East Indonesians, 3,000 on horseback, demonstrated yesterday m Bone, South Celebes, as a protest against any move by the Jogjakarta Republic leaders to incorporate East Indonesia m a single state. Many carried banners calling for the continued existence of East Indonesia
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    Best bets for today
    45 1 By ALLAN LEWIS MY best bets for today's Bukit Timah races are KWDA. GADZOW GUM and LORD FREDERICK. If no rain falls before the rates, the going will be soft. Best outsider is Belgium. Trespasser's Nap selection today is PERSIAN LORD.
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    Lost: a reputation
    38 1 VISCOI'NT Simon told the House of Lords >e>terday that because of the "appalling" number of MM of violence. London is about to lose its reputation as one of the safest cities m the world.- U.P.
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    CAR OUTPUT
    14 1 French automobile ir. facturers hope to mak< 300.000 cars this year A.P.
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    NEW UNDERGROUND
    17 1 The first underground railway m Portugal will begin to operate m Lisbon m 195 i.
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    'Key jobs in unions still held by Reds'
    179 1 LONDON, Sat. ALTHOUGH trade unionists have been taking steps to purge Reds from British unions, there are still men m key positions, the Deputy Prime Minister. Mr. Herbert Morrison, warned last ni£ht. "These men.'" be told a Labour Party I of Youth
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    MEDAL FOR A GURKHA
    83 1 LONDON I THE official London Ga. has announced the award of the Military Meda. poral Cyanbahadur R.. the 1 10tn Gurk Ma! I founri a gut-r U i "a piece ol fine and coi t.^ntly accurate tracking though exposed to h a party oi eight charg
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      A Political 'Quiz' Test
      573 2 A Political 'Quiz' Test MS ti <-MM e y tor a i mister fa be a .Member BmuM i Parliamt No. but it is incunvt-ni-#»m for him not U) be The Lord Maclay was Minister oi Shipping and a number ol Tlie War Cabinet i 192 J. and was Member
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      Fit tor a Prince
      70 2 Cloudy the yeai -old Shetland pony who has been given to baby Prince Charles At a Bristol farm Cloudy is getting lessons m good manner* m readiness for her Royal owner. Cloudy is being uccusttrmed to traffic and to the saddle She .is to stay on
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      Law Comes To Moose Creek
      308 2  -  H. M. McKAY By thr final instalment of a short serial. I FANCIED I might hx-ate you here.' Mark Galiuway said. Gwen and Johnny stared at this man who. having ruined their fathers good name, had the cool insolence Lo show up after all these
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      Twisted Neck Dwarf
      1233 2  - Twisted Neck Dwarf S.C. GEORGE ■By a new short story ALI Hit woodcutter w;is straight and handsome. He enjoyed lift so much llu»t he hate<l lo take it, and the animals of the forest knew this and would come to his calL One day he was singing on "is way
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      Outcast Among the Animals
      194 2  -  Helen Sidebotham By-^ I OATS are the theme of so many creepy stories that it is clear they are universally hated and feared and that their looks are supgestive of evil characteristic*. Rats are not merely loathed by Man the\ have no friends among other creatures.
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      Algernon will get £50,000
      59 2 i nothing about I We do bout tht much older. We jiive I money He oi gi for ak own plot a rid spendc I i p.irt money on aei At (he moment he h; I hyacinthJ Under th^ wil' Mrv Harriet Hrber-Por r Albert Court.
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      240 2 JUNIOR CROSSWORD Cl ITS ACROSS. I W«pt« I X—lK l R ht-^ m public Mhoo! Surname of an JBg I' actor born m 1 853 9. Colw.i V? 1 ■■~~~flH~~~lH B'^ 12 .Soft tissue m the bone*. 2\, H» PHI— JH»__JML__^ L CLUES DOWN.— 2. French \u' iBf 1 "to
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    33 3 pnoio. Vice-Admiral Maurice I. Hue. one-time Chief of Viv.il Maff undtr the Vichy Regime, as he apP arej at the P.iris Palace of Justice, charged with .liding the Germans during thp war- A.P.
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    RED OFFENSIVE IN S.-E. ASIA
    209 3 RED OFFENSIVE IN S.-E. ASIA Orders given to union leaders rr»HF n.ii t«i v LOXDON Saturday. v,T H u, i claims to have "unimpeacht fr 1 that Russia at a serie^ of meeting of hand-picked union leaders m Peking Issued direct and precise orders to accelerate Communist aggression m South-East
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    REFORMS IN NAT. GOVT.GOVT.
    23 3 REFORMS IN NAT. GOVT.GOVT. 3 it. ior.alist Cheng. I ttaini his, ailed s .he be- j a m the six .tills- began A.P.
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    REDS GIVE UP PEACE MARCH
    10 3 REDS GIVE UP PEACE MARCH plan a B I Reuter
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    GERMAN BUILDINGS
    38 3 The British Foreign Becre--7, Mr. Ernest Bevin. told Parliament yesterday that the I British Government did not nd to destroy buildings In Germany whr n the foundan could be us^d for converslon to peaceful purposes.— Reuter
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    GOVT. REFUSES KHAMA DEBATE
    6 3 GOVT. REFUSES KHAMA DEBATE Fsdfs;lkfsdfhfdhjfhjfhfd U.P.
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    JOB FOR TEDDER
    37 3 i oi the R.A.F.. Lord Tedder 1 I i become c'nairrian of a revived Bl joint tenrlces mission m Washington, the War Minister. Mr. Emanuel Shinweli announced In the House of Commons yesterday- Reuter
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    PAK AID ASKED
    25 3 .m Government ted Pakl»tan r o urgent rellei to Hindu :.dered homl-ss m irifj unjuni Dacca due to U -rbances tht-re.— Reuter
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    H.K. TRAM PROFITSirwi niurih
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    WHAT'S ON IN K.L.
    89 3 WHAT' S ON IN K. L. r ion: \:y ODEON: COLLI>sU M I ATH.%I MADS AS: Davy C roc.-.- Indiai Sco it VEXUS: i lvi Hup HINDI > I \N Hill. kn l R m. Cbandi V L.YANG odlon i ten m Cits S Jolson Sings A CATH.W; And Mr.
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    Bridge Problem
    31 3 i U i:amond eight Tf V. he pl.f outlined above i the remaining tncKs; the second with .1 to lead trie t m s.u lona »he needfrt seven neks.
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    Cotton fabric like linen
    110 3 COLUMBUS, OHIO. Sat T .S. AGRICULTURE Department chemtsta have developed a cotton fabric tiiat wears and launders like linen, a department spokesman disclosed. News of the fabric ram; from Mr. Frank L. Teuton who told Ohio formers: 'The fabric looks, wears and landers like linen. It
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    GIANT PLANE BLOWS UP
    50 3 GIANT PLANE BLOWS UP A GIANT B-50 superfortress blew up yesterday over Arizona on a routine training flight "like a bomb m the sky' and plunged to earth with 12 members of its crew Two ol the fourteen, who took off on the flight during the morning, parachuied to U.P.
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    39 3 photo. Student supporters of the Belgian King m exile crowd round the plane which brought Princess Josephine Charlotte. the Kini;'s daughter, to Brussels recently. They were amons the 3.000 people at the airport to »«>»i<.*» m *w* princess.- A.P.
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    DOUBTS ABOUT U.S. AIR SHOW
    220 3 BANGKOK, Saturday. rHE Bangkok Mirror, taking alarm at the recent anti-American demonstrations m Saigon, doubts the wisdom of the proposed visit of 50 American fighter planes m honour of the King of Siam. In a three-column article, the English language Mirror said, "We heartily appreciate
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    FARMER KICKS COW
    32 3 DICKINSON. Sat. pETER Reiner, 3D, a tanner, was treated for a dislocated knee suffered wbcnhha' a kicked a cow today Mr. Reiner said the cow kicked him first. U.P.
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    P.I. REBELS SURPRISED
    53 3 PHILIPPINE Constabulary detachment surprised band of Hukbalahaps m the (act of stopping two passenger buses near Batangu k; four of them, wounded two others and captured a quanti ly of arms. Two Constabulary member* were wounded but the passengers m the buses escaped injury. The Huks were
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    PATROL BOATS FIRED UPON
    53 3 QARRISON troops of the Portuguese colony of Macao opened machinegun fire on two Chinese mart imp customs patrol boats when 'hey appeared off Macao on 'he night of Mar. 6. The boats carried the regulation red and green lifhlfi on their masts at the time of
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    DOING HER BEST
    22 3 Bri* 1 i her best to restore stable u"v<Tnmt j nt m Hum: Foreign S Mr. Ernest Bev^n, yesterday.
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    30 DIE IN WRECK
    14 3 Thirty injured In :i wreck ca washout betweer Rupnuvpnota.- Reuter
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    Flea invasion
    38 3 A FLEA plague has hit watertrunt towtte m Victoria. \u»tralia. A man at Williams town sm\ the fl^as were "li him oat <»f bed Record Ifs ol dem -killers \wre reportfl ia the Brighton area A.P.
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    He made his own banknotes for 12 years
    212 3 He made his own banknotes for 12 years CHICAGO, Saturday. DATIENT secret service agents have arn»sle t i "Lone Wolf", a Swedish counterfeiter suspect, whom they were seeking for twelve years. Harry Anseir. head of the secret service here, said Hugh Hedin. 67, was a "specialist" m rive and ten
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    Memorial grave
    57 3 Mr. and Mrs S Gmsbur° of Giffonock. Glasgow, are 10 present a grove of a thousand redar trees to be planted h. the Herzi Forest, Israel as a memorial to their 221 old son. Lanre-Corporal burg, who was killed while vrving with the Middlesex Hong 800 1041. He
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    JAPAN DENIES CHIANG HAVEN
    51 3 JAPANESE and )fficiai.>. m issued a joint denial of re<mrrent rumours Chiang Kai-.sheK h steps \o set up a h iv< n lor himself m Japan. Chinese mission I the Japanese G > lgated rep v a. rural rilli town 50 D 'okio, had Chian I
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    HUGE NEW U.S. STRING OF BASES
    105 3 HUGE NEW U.S. STRING OF BASES WASHINGTON B THE U.S m;lita r upon a I building outside the conuu. 1. Ed States, especial!} U ka. They propose to spend on these bases about 409.000 of the USSft they are asking Oooj authorize fur military public works. Analysis of the r
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    ELECTIONS ASKED
    15 3 mc-nt has asked occupation pov. •ns throughout Gotmany for a Coi Assembl Reuter
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    MUST BE STAMPEDZ
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    PAK. MAGAZINE
    11 3 and the United B le ttf fii London. Reuter
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      569 3 New Crossword No. 5 CLUES \i ROSS l. First 1941-18. second 1939-45(5.3). 7. Laces of fell anag.) 8. Delightful, of coir.v. on: 1 Rivera «4>. D. Stickler for 8). 11. W.rm again (6>. 12. Where 10 rind the Taj Mahal -4 > 14. Revoke, m order (11). 15. Picture m
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    The Singapore Free Press SATURDAY. Mar. 25, 1950. A GREAT DAY FOR LABOUR
    541 4 The Singapore Free Press SATURDAY. Mar. 25, 1950. A GREAT DAY FOR LABOUR II k-end. I th: I umpur to hether or not m Trade Confedetn of I- Tr. i ns born from the de- free !iiHii it Ing a< munist I :a- Unions, irieri to send a delegai S
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    Hong Kong 'Show Down' This Year
    1183 4  - Hong Kong 'Show Down' This Year J.L. HAYS \—Bv THIS, I believe, will be "show down year m 1 *****4 Kong, Britain's colony with the 1 7-mile- long land frontier with Communist China. D<> not presume that jusl lurniisr Britain Ikis recognised M* 10 st> Jung's "People's Republic' 1 or
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    CAPTAIN COURAGEOUS
    700 4 People Make News /CAPTAIN GILBERT SINCLAIR. master )f t lie m.v Benveg. ooks younger than his 12 years despite the way he Italians nearly Waived him m Mogaiishu. Somaliland. In He and the entire Tew. numbering 54, of he Benarty, were taken prisoner after their ;hip was intercepted
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    14 4 it's eiitier Ferguson ana his ronf. d hypnotitm, or that last consignment of gin!"
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    INTERVIEW WITH AN ELEPHANT
    608 4  - INTERVIEW WITH AN ELEPHANT Bernard Wicksteed IN hXIIKI II UKK A On the slop*** «»f Kilimanjaro. f VE had a bil of luck I've obtained an intei Icm 1 1 1 1 an African elephant. The subject \\;is i\or\ which is a sore point w ith elephants. The African elephant
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    8 4 March tnotcdropt bring a these "Ma ~akc full
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      22 4 i he PEKING Co. CURIOS CARPETS, RUGS. JEWELLERY STRAW MATS NIELLO WARE JADE IVORY ETC ETC 81. HIGH ST. STORE PHOHE *****
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    UNIONISTS TOLD 'END BANDITRY
    554 5 UNIONISTS TOLD 'END BANDITRY Govt. urged to did workers Free Press Staff Reporter A; a PP^»I to the workers to "take all steps, however small", to help finish the battle against the bandits was made by Mr. M. P. Kajagopal, chairman of the conference of Malayan trade union delegates, at
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    31 5 PiCtur< m i to Mo'aua This badge, fajiuliar to Earl Mountbatten ha j his S.E.A c >n the nose of a Lincoln lure are Syuadron John Cox. and Fit Free Press
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    RED CROSS PLEA FOR VOLUNTEERS
    175 5 ry e Prt-ss Staff Reporter A|is> Fcrri Spens, repre>entative of the British Kni Crasa m Malaya, t o ICJ1 C J the Free Press >esteriai that tlie drganisattea needed many more memaim voluntary tn carry out its Red Cross has about 60 sidents of Sinoapore.
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    TEA PARTY
    31 5 In honour ol an E gyptian agrlculturaJ mission which arrived m Singapore four clays ago, the Arab Union of Singapore and the Malay Archipelago held a tea party yesterday.
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    HELP FOR MALAYA DETAINEES
    111 5 HELP FOR MALAYA DETAINEES F.P. Malay < <»rre*pnnd>nt r pHE Singapore Malay \\v; 1 fare Council will take up the matter of helping Malays detained under th»* Bhiefgency Regulations, when it meets tomorrow to hold Its annual general meeting Inche Darus Sharif, general secrntarv of the Council hairj yesterday that
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    'No time' to go to court
    85 5 Kre e Press Staff Reporter BUSINESSMAN, 21-year-old Ong Lin Yee of Havelock Road, who appeared In the Singapore Second Police Court on a charge of assaulting a police constable, entered a plea of guilty because he "had no time to attend court.'" The Magistrate.
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    Doctors—the easy way
    58 5 Doctors— the easy way 'PHE Siamese medical profession and the more enL lightened press of Bangkok MM aroused by a bill that almost became law m Parliament without anyone noticing a "sleeper" clause. This would have permitted male nurses of long hospital experience to become doctors without any further trainin
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    NO 'BAIT' IN MOSQUES
    123 5 F. P. Malay Correspondent THK Johore ReMfftMM DeX putiiinii m a statement to the Singapore Malay daily I'tusan Mela>u denied that it had illHtd an order t<i mosques throughout the State to admit Muslim women to attend the Friday congregation. Tuan Haji Mohamed Noh J)in Omar,
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    TALKS ON RICE DISTRIBUTION
    131 5 Free Press Chinese Correspondent A MEETING of rice wholesalers was called yester- day afternoon by the Secretary for Economic Affairs, Singapore and the Deputy Food Controller to discuss ways and means of streamlining- the current rationing system. While no definite decisions were reached at the meeting,
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    New ship for Borneo run
    43 5 THE keel of a passengerfreighter for the Straits Steamship Co.'s SingaporeNorth Borneo service has just been laid m Scotland. The ship, to be named Kimanis after a bay m Borneo, is expected to be commissioned early next year.
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    Women tell secrets
    76 5 IT takes women to gUtm th e > ;*rejs of other women. Mrs. .Sylvia Whitehouse was only one year out m jssessing the combined ages of the mannequins at the 'hinese Fashion Festival m Singapore. H*r first prize was a smoked ham. Mrs. H. W. Faulkner placed
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    Lincolns to fight terrorism
    143 5 \N indication of the size of one of the squadron of Lincoln bombers that has been sent to Hal***. ♦J* bandits is given m this photograph taken at Tengah yesterday Built originally for the "'Tiger h utiich was intended to blast the Japanese out of the
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    Battle veterans man anti-bandit planes
    604 5 Battle veterans man anti- bandit planes Free Press Staff Reporter 'jUIK bandits m Malaya are m for trouble. Within a "very short time from now" they will be at the receiving end of the famous Lincoln bombers, the aircraft Britain built for the task of subjugating Japan, but which never
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    Ex-Malayan is bombing leader
    148 5 Ex-Malayan is bombing leader Vrre Frew sutt Reporter 'THE l!8-\<aruid MB 01 a 1 Former Malayan v. pi>.sjni<ci killt'd bj ant se vUiiie trying cape From Blngap i be: Feb. 15 1942 i> the bombing It-ader of the 57 Squadron i Lincoln bomb. arrived m Sim i fu?nt i lie
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      49 5 MAILS Surface mail is expected m Singapore today from Medan tn d ire Federation. Latest times for posting sin face mail today at the G P.O. are: noon for North Borneo. Labuan, Biunei Miri and Kelantan (parcels cilyt. 5.45 p.m. for Siam :ind the Kederation: 6 p.m. for .Java.
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    EVERTON HAVE GOOD CHANCE
    408 6 EVERTON HAVE GOOD CHANCE Cup semi-final v. Liverpool T IVERPOOL and Everton will battle o n the Man- Chester City ground today to determine which of these clubs go to Wembley Stadium to pla y Arsenal m the final of the Football Association Cup tournament on April 29. Arsenal have
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    H.K. college XI
    31 6 gT Josephs College soccer team of llnng Kong were beaten two nil by a Manila tide at Manila on Thursudy night. Tii- visitors had won Ifc Fsf;lsimsdfgdfhgdfhdh U.P.
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    5 6 "You and your reducing tablets."
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    Monaghan retires from the ring
    157 6 )i\n Monagnan, neitasi s world flyweight champion, yesterday announced that he is relinquishing his world. European, British and British Empire titles because of ill-health. He is suffering from bronchial catarrh, which makes it difficult for him to breathe after exertion. Monaghan was recently or- dered
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    SLAPDASH WINS LIVERPOOL CUP
    72 6 LORD Derby's Slapdash won the Liverpool Spring Cup. run ov^r orv mile, two furlongs and 170 yards at Liverpool ypgterdtjr. R. Clark's Shall Cross Wai ■econd, and Sir J >\.n Jai Baker'i Gut*- third. Seven d ran. Interrogated did Dot run. Ing was y-! S'.apd.ish. 7-1
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      348 6 mdndrdKG Exclusive to the Singapore tree Press m j/ life 1 1 FOLLOW THE TAXI BY WATCHING I V TELEVISORS ARE SET BEHIND THE >, fi IT ON THIS RADA^ SCREEN-- c- IGRILL.SO I CAN SEE EVEPXTHIN6 CUSTO^i-- > A TAXI WITH A DUMMY AT THE SIMPLE WHEN ONE KMOWS
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    CADZOW LEN HAS EASY TASK TODAY
    405 7 Awes will take mount Hv ALLAN LEWIS it Bukit Timah this afternoon will, Uv soft. Kind Regards, who ran s jn£h m hi> first start m Malaya on i> i strong tip for the opening race. improves, as he should, I expect key Arthur
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    SITPHOL T.K.O's MICKEY HILL
    20 7 Siam last f -0 a technical) he Ausriachampion. be ~>ver.tri ed 12Bri^bane. 3% lb <.i more
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    Forward reshuffle brings results
    284 7 Forward resh uffle brings results 4 RESHUFFLE m the forward Hue after the interA val which had been taken with the score at their S.A.F.A. Senior League match againsi n.r..i*i.r,. last evening. lead. Chong Kum played at oui-ticie-right m the first hall but shifted to centre-forward after the change-over. Kok
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    Today's Grand National: latest betting
    236 7 Today's Grand National: latest betting IMILRE \*as further support yesterdiiy for Monaveen ji^ntiy ownea by ih? Queeii at. a Princess Elizabeth and which runs In tht colouri ol the Princess m urUVs Oimnd nal. Ai the finai c tilover last wi|(bt. Monaveen clu^d a firm second favourite at 9-1. two
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    SCHOOL SOCCER
    91 7 ot Joseph's Dwrrro hon yield Anglo-Chinese School to a one-«»l draw In return soccer match played on the ftJX ground yesterday. William Tan opened Ui* scorins m the fifth minute of the first half If 1 "len minutes later a penalty was aviaroVd S.J.I ami Alex Nmbron- 1
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    D.J. Massey wins again
    281 7 Dj massey who reetatb won the middleweight title m the Singapore Amateur Boxing Association novices" tournament, was again successful m the Inlet mediate championships iasi night He knocked out R K. Gibson, of the York Body-btuld-lng Club. In the second round Of their middleweight final. Scoring
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    29 7 picture. A tussle 'or possession between Ha Tee Slang. C.A. inside-right, mnd Cherry. R.E.M.K. eoalkreprr m yesterday's League soccer at Jalan Besar Stadium. C.A. won 5 2 Free Press
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    Kota Raja 'A' win
    47 7 KOTA RAJA 'A' defeated BODCA "A by one goal to nil m a Junior A2 league soccer flxturt played on the BODCA ground yesterday Kota Raja scored m the 12ih minute of the first half when Din headed m a centre from Ismail.
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    Wales, France clash at rugby today
    215 7 WALES, winners ot Hie triple crown, meet France today m Cardiff m the final match of the rugby international championship. Wale.- aie assured of fading the championship table. and France are safe from the bottom position, so there is nothing vital at stake beyond
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    Today's acceptors
    1101 7 BELOW ii today's card of events at Bukit Timah The double tote i> on Races 6 and 9; Bif Sweep Race 8. Race 1—2.00: Class 2, Div. 4---6 F. 19 Yds. 002 Kanda Ellerv y.oo 004 Rnlfht Gallant McPheison 8 13 023 Pennyworth Lawler 8 13 201 Smiling
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    RIDS FAN ANTI-FOREIGN FEELING
    302 8 RIDS FAN ANTI- FOREIGN FEELING Peking bid at diversion HONG KONG, Saturday. THE Peking Government threatened reprisals against Portuguese Macao and accused America of having loaned high military officers to Formosa, presumably hoping to rouse a fresh wave of anti-foreignism and thus divert attention of the masses from the Red
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    BIRTH
    49 8 TO ELSIE JANE MCKENZIE. wife of Capt. McKenzie, RASC. a brother. Ronald James Walker, for Lesley Mary Jane. 23rd. March 1950. SIIVER WEDDING ON MARCH 25TH 1925, at St. George's Church. Penang, by the Rev Keppel Oarnier. William Sansom Coombes to Lilian May Walker Present Address: aiping. Pernk.
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    79 8 Honouring the halfrrntenarv of the Regiment's founding, the King presented Shamrock to the 1st Bn.. the Irish Guards, during a ceremonial parade on St. Patrick's Day at the Chelsea Barracks, London. The Kins, who is Colonel-in-Chief of this Regiment, was accompanied by the Queen and Princess Elizabeth. Picture shows (from
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    Huge cost of health service in UK
    94 8 Huge cost of health service in UK LONDON, Sat BRITAIN'S national frt-e health service costs wilJ shoot up to a grand total of about -£392.000.000 -nearly £8 per head of the population m 1950-51. official estimates disclosed yesterday. Os. sho*:n^ an upward jump of £34,000.000 o\tr Ei^land. Scotland and Wales,
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    SPENDERS FOR P.I.
    21 8 The A llan External Affairs. Minister I C. Spender, a:. I -ider have left by air fur Manila.
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    MYSTERY 01 'LOST' SHIP
    46 8 MYSTERY 01 'LOST' SHIP Shipping circles are baffled over th^ disappearance of a small British freighter, the Ethel Moller, last reported near Swatow, Communistheld seaport opposite Formosa. She was then apparently trying to run the blockade Since then nothing has been heard of Wie ship A.P.
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    Eisenhower to explain his speech
    84 8 WASHINGTON. Sat. CENATORS studying American military funds yesterday voted to ask Gen. Dwigh D. Eisenhower to give cvi dence on his statement tha America had disarmed be yond the point of safety. Their decision was taken a a closed session of the Senat Appropriations Sub-Commit
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    Best 1949 film—'All King's Men
    125 8 Best 1949 film— 'All King's Men HOLLYWOOD, Sat. OLIVIA de Havilland. the love-stafved Victorian m 'The Heiress." and BrodeTick Crawford, ruthless politician of "All The Kings Men." have won Hollywood's highest honour the Academy Award *Ali The Kin^ s Men" was lamed the best picture of L 949. •ver. Hollywood's
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    LEADER HIT BY OWN STRIKE
    65 8 THE former Belgian Premier. Mr. Paul Henri Spaak. whose Socialists are leading a general strike In Belgium, was spotted m his car m a Brussels traffic jam yesterday. Asked where he was b mnd, Mr. Spaak said: "I an; going to speak m Liege this
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    BURMA SAYS 'THANKS'
    52 8 BURMA has announced her acceptance of a £6,000,--000 (Sterling) loan by Britain, India, Pakistan, Ceylon and Australia. An official announcement expressing thanks and appreciation of "the gesture of friendship" said that the loan was for two years and would be used by the Burmese Government: f«»» internal
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    34 8 In a colourful ceremony, Adm. Sir Robert L Burnett (left), the Commander-in-Chief. Plymouth, transferred his command to Adm. Sir Khodrrirk K. Modrinor They are pictured here together after the ceremony »t Adjiiralty House, Plymouth.
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    MAO TO DIE, SAY CHINA'S SEERS
    145 8 HONG KONG, Saturday. /CHINESE astrologers predict the death of the Communist leader, Mao Tse-tung. m the near future and superstitious people say that the total lunar eclipse on April 3 portends bad luck for the nations new rulers. This is not adding to the
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    German proposal
    37 8 The West German Govern ment has submitted new proposals to the Allied High Commission to save the huge former Nazi war plants at Watenstedt Saltzgitter from dismantling and adapt them to a peace Industry. Reuter
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    DAYLONG RIOTING IN BELGIUM
    223 8 200 trams wrecked BRUSSELS, Saturday. (MTHOLIC ex-Premier Count Henri Carton de Wiart yesterday abandoned his bid to form a Government after bitter rioting m which Brussels demonstrators wrecked 200 tramcars during a 24-hour 'warning strike" against exiled King Leopolds return. The 80-year-old politician, who had been
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    Kissed Israeli soil and died
    36 8 TEL AVIV Sat. AIU-TEAft-OLD Yemenite Jew. who was among new immigrants arriving here aboard a "Magic Carpet" operation plane, .stepped from the aircraft, emotionally kissed the soil and fell dead. A.P.
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    SOEKARNO TO TOUR
    26 8 President Soekarno will visit East Indonesia m late April before the visit to Indo- In May of the Indian I Premier, Pandit Nehru.
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    Worried ill over H.-bomb
    46 8 ADM. Chester Nimitz said m Los Angeles yesterday that "growing hysteria and worry-mongering" is endangering national health and vitality m America. "We are even worrying over a weapon we have not yet proved we can produce— the hydrogen bomb." he said. U.P.
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    Industrials and gilt-edgeds up
    162 8 LONDON, Saturday. DOTTING of British Government nationalisation gJ stocks pave the gilt-edged section of the London Stock Exchange a firm tone yesterday, reports Keuter's financial correspondent. Better-rlass industrials followed this lead and ended the week with widespread small gains. Closing middle prices ol seiecteo stocks, as
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    They guffawed
    42 8 It took the embarrassed master of ceremonies, Pau Douglas, over a minute to quiet 2.800 guffawing spectators at the Oscar presentation m Hollywood on the mention of Roberto Rosselino's name as a candidate for the best screen play honours- U.P.
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    A.-plane project
    53 8 AN atomic- powered plane, larger than present U.S. bombers and capable of flying around the world nonstop at supersonic speed is m prospect and the date has been set for its test flight. Mr. Andrew Kalitsky. chief engineer of the government project tt Ook Ridge, Tennessee, said m
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    LONDON TIN
    38 8 London tin prices remained steady yesterday despite a large off-take of 210 tons. Spot eased 2s. 6d. to £602 7s. 6d. and three months improved 5s. to £tiO4 7s. R Settlement was at £602 5s. U.P.
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      347 8 F I M ~M J *"^B ACKNOWLEDGMENT MR A: MRS ALBERT EZEKIEL wish to thank all friends snd relatives for their useful gifts and ?ocd wishes on the occasion of :heir marriage. REQUIEM HIGH MASS A REQUIEM High mass will be sun? for the repose of the scul of T.
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      118 8 fop 6^ fotoutitt mi 4 One Completes the Other I ADDING MACHINE CALCULATING The new electric Odhner The modern C operates at greatly, increased world famout br < speed. Has direct subtraction and low pr (Cc and cred.t balance, if required. itself if use <: Hand models also available. J
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      93 8 THE SAINT by Leslie Charteris *—•>»■»-« O^>NT YOU Think. Thi"s "~j r l CANT BLA.WE VC\) P»?R WHAT A 6O HERE'S THE /?fA£ ANTIDOTE*^ {^^^7^o^ vOL'-aE READY \IW i? RajTlN COULD GET TVHJ THINK OUT L WANT T^ Ll v^ 7 AND NO STRINGS ATTACHED. NOW If I Pvif All
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      Masthead
      8 1 Free Press Saturday Magazine Saturday, March 25, 1950.
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      Players in 'The Female Tyrant'
      330 1 Players in 'The Female Tyrant' Illustrated written by KATHARINE SIM 0 s Full >nesc < )pctying m ie \V\\ It was backChinese Found it 'ing, i ;> ;xlilionwlmh I bei n c seen ::el\- draes not livibut. and uniform, it endows each face with a fantastic fawn-like air that is
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      WHERE THE HOST IS FRIEND AND ADVISER
      753 1 THERE is an inliniie charra about a rural coffee shop which is not present m its town counterpart. It is not the furnishings nor the food; nor even that country collet- shop proprietors are more ready to give credit. It is the friendliness
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      AN 'ATOM BOMB' BURSTS ON A MALAYAN BEACH
      543 1 AN 'ATOM BOMB' BURSTS ON A MALAYAN BEACH /^N "atomic bomb" was dropped at Penang's "Little Riviera" the other day. At least it seemed to have the same effect on the many picnic parties spread out on the glittering sands of Tanjong Bungah. The chain reaction was set off by
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        16 1 LATEST AMERICAN MEN'S SWIMWEAR FASHIONKNIT WfJL Sole Agents:EXCELSIOR LIMITED 6 6 HIGH STREET TEL. 31 6'
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      'Super' Films Not Superman
      532 2 'Super' Films Not Superman Ruth Langdon CALLS ON THE FILM SOCIETY. Singapore Film Society has a lofty goal It hopes to improve the film-going tastes of the Singapore public to steer it away from Superman and ballyhoo and lead it to other films, not necessarily high-brow ones but those that
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      How COULD You, Miss Langdon....?
      398 2 How COULD You, Miss Langdon....? Dear Mitt LANGDON r FHis week I «aw some of the greatest actIng I have ever seen on the screen. The film was •The Heiress' the acton Olivia de Havilland. Montgomery Clift, Miriam Hopkins and Sir Ralph Richardson. I shah tec ii ;iy;iin not because
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      This Yarn Would Make a Good Film
      98 2 Ji B* t>«ti fittn yin* cM Ji'i > to n t C PETER QUENNELL 1 -v I* fcO.» i 4 i X*/ T d bet thiM head:>iy on the book page oi the Preu nn December 15? l he hvi\< c hint. Tuo
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      AT THE CINEMAS
      150 2 (at hay —The Heiress—one Of H>e best films to come out of Hollywood this past year ui.h Olivia dc Havilland turning m an Academy Award performance as the gauche, naive girl who b<uTih S n t >l! te» uoman "f th« film l »!.n i f" Kane--
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      VIVIENNE WAS A 'BIG NOISE'
      393 2 Repertory Personalities— s I'IVIENNE Busbndge got into the theatre world m a strange way. As a child, her voice was much too loud Her mother insisted that she take elocution lessons t«> tone it down. Vivienne did 80 and became Intrigued with speech arts and
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      A New Hope
      246 2 'PHE (iKEAT LOVES A starring Bob Hope, which is coming to Singapore soon, is an extremely amusing concoction. This time hapless Hope is badgered on the one hand by a group of do-gooder Boy Forresters (back from a good- will trip to France) and on the other
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      THE KNIFE SLIPPED...
      194 2 IN the Repertory's latest production which closed last night. Murder Without Crime, Barbara Knox-Marshe. mistress of the hero. Steven, was stabbed m the first scene and placed m an ottoman. Here Barbara stayed lor the duration of the firs 1 scene— at least ten minutes. She spent
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      Where The Old Films Go
      388 2 Where The Old Films Go By A Special Correspondent AILITA IS LOVELY WHAT becomes oi f the films of yesterday, after they have sunk from the status of sensational super-productions to that of double feature m provincial cinemas and subsided by unensv stages into semioblivion. Some, especially second-rate pictures which
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      VITRIOLIC
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        66 2 I GOOD SELECTION 01 PIAKOTORTI !!ih M "HIS MABTEK*fi I'OM BE6TRAUM No I <I NOCTUBNI I Hambcurg BES) [ED ;i:imerei IDm mil Ar ur Rubinstein NOCTURNE IN G MINOR 0 11. M NOCTURNE IN F SHARP MAJ< Anur Rubinjstem BALLADE No 4 IN F MP Monique de la Bruchoil^r «r
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      A FISHING VILLAGE IN S'PORE
      436 3 A FISHING VILLA GE IN S'PORE l\ v^^^ 1 I ,r!j} red bteritc from Siogaserins never t<> Ihc reward at N worth the high title the IJHl t promontory on !u illafie of kling stands s best. isps of clouds blue beyond in-sweeping s the white oefore it. the surive
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      NO STATUES IN THIS TEMPLE
      77 3 NO STATUES IN THIS TEMPLE by Simpang Lima s. Sereins Miii Xani Tain unusual lemple. meeting place •\wi s of an tilding, backs and stuck, two c- uratj I •st l cen- r.erable Chi 1 I,iew lived this his ared bj ved that -nd but when Of of k and
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      Royal carpet on show in America
      477 3 Tllll carpet given b> Queen Mary lo Ihe British nation h;is arrived m Xorth America where it to In sold ;js :l rontribution to Ihe dollar drivi Before the closing date forbids, it Is to visit some twenty Canadian and American cities where it
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      HOW TO CREATE A TOWER OF BABEL
      336 3  -  T.W. WU by T the assistance <»l Government statistics it is difficult to know exactly how many clubs, societies, mvi dial benefit bodies, trades unions, guilds. religious and social organisations, and associations there are m Singapore. One can only go into conjectures, but
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      New names for familiar people
      461 3 are suggested by ERIC MITCHELL lET us not call a spacle a spade but an agricultural implement, let us not "go" but proceed, not "set" but obtain— for only recently there was a press report indicative that our retrograde succumbing to English colloquial usage has
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      Swim rivals to clash again at Easter
      978 4  - Swim rivals to clash again at Easter K. S. CHIA by WITH Kinta Swimming (.lab returning to the competition for the iirst tiiiu* since the Pacific War, the forthcoming I i^ter aquatic meet between the (ihinese swimming dubs of Singapore and Penang p'omivN to be the liveliest post-war tourney. Kinta
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      Broadribb has his doubts
      234 4  -  ARCHIE QUICK Hv 'TED Bruadribb, can- niest of light man's, who once beat i ■rges Carpentier and si e. Ted Tommy Farr and Freddie Mills to the top. has always averred that m Johnny Williams he has the successor to Bruce Woodcock. But when I met
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      Danish badminton on upgrade
      303 4  - Danish badminton on upgrade HELGE LOEVE By PLANISH badminton is on its way to regain the fame of former times. Before World War II the Danish playing standard was steadily improving, owing to games with Britain, and m 1939 the peak was reached. During the war. the veteran players became
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      Highest paid footballer
      107 4 LEN kennv former B bane (Queensland) and Is anci St. Helen I I land) Ruuby League wini wiU probabiy be the W paid footballer m Austi thli season. He has accepted these terms- possib y me most n beral ever nflereu m Australia—to become payerco:\ch at Wintoti.
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      T. FORD STAYS WITH VILLA
      109 4 UR Billy Smith. Aston I Villas secretary, says that i there is no truth m the rumour that Trevor Ford. Wales' centre-forward, is leaving j Villa for Swansea. Indeed, the Club are at this moment making improvements at the i house they have bought for
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      Australia has still a lot to learn
      571 4 Australia has still a lot to learn ALTHOUGH Australian athletes swept the board at the recent British Empire Games held at Auckland, m New Zealand, Australian sports writers who covered the Games unanimously agree that there are many lessons to be learnt before the Helsinki Olympiad m 1952 Here are
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      LANDING AND BEACH WORK
      551 4  -  GEORGE CREIGHTON Swimmers, on guard:— No. n By- AN important feature of life-guard training is the study of beach approach, landing and the immediate care of the victim who has been successfully claimed from the sea. Heroic effort* in retrieving a drowning person havr often been
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