The Singapore Free Press, 6 January 1951

Microfilm: NL3653
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1 4 The Singapore Free Press
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    18 1 The Singapore Free Press LARGEST AFTERNOON SALE IN MALAYA n SINGAPORE, SATURDAY, JANUARY 6, 1951. vmvb if:n knts.
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    200,000 REDS IN SAVAGE OFFENSIVE
    375 1 200,000 REDS IN SAVAGE OFFENSIVE All-out attempt to wipe out U.N. TOKYO, Saturday. TWO HUNDRED THOUSAND COMMUNISTS ARE ATTACKING 1 SAVAGELY NORTH OF VVONJU, KEY TOWN 53 MILES SOUTH-EAST OF SEOUL, IN AN ATTEMPT TO BREAK THE CENTRE OF THE UNITED NATIONS 150-MILE DEFENCE LINE ACROSS KOREA. The fierce Red
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    2 new food controllers
    121 1 Free Press Staff Reporter TWO new deputy food controllers have be?» token on by the Singapore Department of Economic Affairs to replace Mr. A. D. ButlerMadden, who has resigned and has already left, and Mr. Max Kristek. who will be going on leave thLs month. They
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    SABBATH WILL BE OBSEKVED
    65 1 The Israel Philharmonic Orchestra will not play on Friday nights. Even during the forthcoming three months' tour through the United States and Canada, the orchestra will stick to its old Holy Land tradition, not to give any concerts on the Sabbath, the seventh day of the
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    U.S. LOSSES
    28 1 The U.S. Defence Department said yesterday that 40.176 American casualties had been identified m the Korean fighting up to last Friday, including G. 761 dead. U.P.
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    LIAQURT MAY LEAVE TODAY
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    Lire ban- a Maushain hook
    12 1 Lire ban- a Maushain hook nd 49 •m." John .ve": 3 'Under
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    Reds upheld
    35 1 The Calcutta High Conn yesterday held as ultra vires under the Indian Constitution provisions of the Indian Criminal Law 'Amendment' Act under which the Com rminust Party of West Bengal 'ared illegal. Renter
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    LUNCH SCORE
    38 1 I M.IANU Vf>l«nl.i v lut.»l: i li»r 111. lirown b lindwall lUhn retired hurt 13 Krd^er b l.irid x\ all 1 J v .m- it <> II .»rr n I i ,»t ti i wkt> i .~.i
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    RUSSIA TALKS LEND-LEASE
    84 1 WASHINGTON, Saturday. NEGOTIATIONS for a settlement of Russia's lend 1 lease debt to America of rssil.ooo.ooo,ooo are being resumed, it was ;?nii!> meed \e;sterday m Washington. i They brofcedown two year and tt nited 8 for a resump- of talks last June Russia 1. ■ir retui ir.
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    One-way traffic
    61 1 THE official Sudan Record of Khartoum noted this jungle traffic Accident: A cyclist raiiif his bell going 1 around a bend on road m Fquatoria province but ran into an elephant coming m the opposite direction. The cyclist fell off and ran into the bu^h. The elephant, uninjured,
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    BROWN OPENS OUT
    240 1 BROWN OPENS OUT THE TEST WHEN En^'. :nd resumed their innings at 211 for five wickets m the Third Test at Sydney this morning. F. R. Brown, the skipper, seemed determined to show that the Australian bowlers could be hit by a batsman with the courage to go to the
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    U.S. MAY LOWER CALL-UP AGE
    39 1 The U.S. Defence Department plans to ask Congress for authority to conscript 18--year-olds and tighten deferrments and exemptions for eligible men from 19 to 25. Mr. Felix Larkin, the Department's general counsel, said yesterday.
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    TOKYO VISIT
    23 1 Gen. Ho Ying-chln, former Chinese Nationalist Primp Minister and Comiii: i n4er-tn-Chlef, pi rived In Tokyo yesterday from Taipeh, Formosa Reuter
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    Tip to the customer
    40 1 WII I IE JENEINSON lets customers know the s'ntv of busings at his Kirkburton lluddersh>id> tarber s shop by thre^ lights outside. Red means: Shop full: Amber Won't keep you long; Green: Come i»sidg._ iL t
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    'Huge U.S. army is useless'
    166 1 WASHINGTON, Sat. SENATOR Robert Taft, the Republican leader, charged yesterday that President Truman flouted the Constitution by sending Unite'! States troops into Korea and is risking a disastrous war with Russia by preparing to send more troops to Europe He told the Senate m a
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    PREMIERS TALK OVER CHINA
    206 1 LONDON, Saturday. rpHE Commonwealth's attitude to China was among Far Eastern questions discussed yesterday by the Prime Ministers on the second day of their 10-day conference m London. Britain, India, Pakistan and Ceylon nave recognised the new Communist regime while Australia, New Zealand. Canada and South
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    U.S. aid for flood victims
    62 1 WASHINGTON. Sat. THE U.S Slate Department announced that four tons of supplies for the relief of flood victims m Kashmir and the Punjab were flown to Pakistan ar.d India yesterday morning. The supplies sent by the U.S. Defence Department and War Relief Services of the
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    Dening in Burma
    75 1 RANGOON. Sat. Esler Deiing. British Ambassador-at-iarge on a fact-nndirg tour of SouthEast, Asia, has arrived m Rangoon for a week's study of Burma. Sir Esler, will take part m the celebrations of Burma's Independence Day. and will meet the Prime Minister, Mr. Thakin Nu. He has still
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    TALKS SOON
    28 1 Talks n the Allied i CommLssion and the German Gov rnmem on West German participation m Western defenj* will bpnir, tv cuiiia mnu i,*w# ***** 10
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    Brazil, short, buys Singapore rubber
    254 1 Tree Press Staff Reporter BRAZIL, which has a rubber growing j.klumm its own, will this year purchase crude Iroin Singapore to make up part of the deficit between local production and consumption. This disclosure was made m R Jan< t yesterday by Mr. Carlos Eduardo
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    NEW MICROSCOPE
    14 1 Czechoslovakia, with own raw materials, has produced her first electronic microscope. A.P
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    7 starving bandits thwarted
    82 1  -  MPUR •ri-i. P.rss Staff Report* ■ML S^vrn starving barm mandcti occupant of a motor be.. Gua MusanK area of X m on T stole four large P<* bags, webbing $530 In h and $188 worth of jlory and clothing, but did rr hnd food The bandits
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      71 1 I ttiW It THERE IS NO GREATER PROOF THAN F \CTS and what people get out of CYMA are pure facts ACCURACY IS ONE OF THEM STYLE AND BEAUTY ANOTHER. during the past decades millions of s have learned to appreciate the raluc of CYMA watches and clocks. For whatever
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      132 1 r M FUNTER&S. GRINBERG Diamonds Jewellery I 67, Stamford Rd., Eu Court BI<U.) Spore. Telephone 7923 MCM records Selections from the film /?o>T»' 'Annie Get Your Gun' 1 (M<r*t stars bktlv hi i ion a hovn \ki> kth they say it's wonderful i've got the sun m the morn '.no
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      424 2  - DIANA By had i «•< n raining 1 foi John n go out, so th the itf: no u-Ys to :i.y I and mid until b vn the tin, do be rway i* ichlm up '.n T 1 I v climbed toholdmg hands, green red stones, yellow >>n pink stones
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      Mhat goes with what?
      55 2 M hat goes with what? i! mere pu tares m tin- What f#es with What" MiMint then, ike tilt* others von already have ,i piKt tardy T.orr remain to complete ><> «r pat k of When these app*>:i r rules for the same will he published. i lues to this
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      Parting of the
      935 2  -  S. C. GEORGE M#it4 ay inpi.iaii Vitirt-u I hrMtM i.cJ hi* tnend lien NoaKi- ot a jnvatrei recenllv returned Irom irt pressgangcd >n to a nuvjl v*.i.ln|» al riwnouth \n Jie» is now m irdinar\ nan lht r>l,.p sails It il: utta where thrv j«»in j ttet*
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      Let's Hear From You!
      509 2 Dear Children, VERY happy New Year to you all. Heavens, I have never known a year to pass by so quickly as did last year and I suppose it has brought cuite a few changes m the lives of most of us, too. Let us hope
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      Freddie Eludes th Snake
      457 2 Freddie Eludes th Snake Liau Nyuk Oi continues the adventures of Freddie, the frog and Warty, the toad. WARTY smvered. The toad thought that his last moment had come, and he did not like it at all. He had seen his friend Freddie the frog swallowed by the snake, and
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      Brave village
      117 2 1 EVERYONE admires a j brave woman or a brave man. and m Englai d there never has been s':i( rtage of brave people. One of the greatest exam pies of bravery happened early 300 years ago. In the Peak District of Derbyshire is a village called Eyam.
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      119 2 FREE PRESS CLASSIFIED ADVERTISEMENTS SITUATIONS VACANT— SITUATIONS WANTED— ACCOMMODATION VACANT ACCOMMODATION WANTED -FOR SALE— VEHICLES FOR SALE— WANTED TUITION MISCELLANEOUS W s <ou. idvertisement here m BLOCK LETTERS five word* to a line Cost per mm, mum 4 lines) 1 Insert.on 4 lines $2 (minimum charge) Box numbei Fifty Cent*
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      131 2 llf I M. w w. lor n hoi* sale pricts, picas? cot tart Sole Agents: F.E. ZUELLIG (M) I F- > BOX n .NGAP' New An»co P/*.**4JA Lame Good Newt to Photographers Agfa Film Boxes Exchange for American Ci.raera« Worid ben Uerman Agta Film 127, 120 P0 v? are all
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    iCHiIDREN CAN HELP IN ATOM DEFENCE
    21 3 iCHiIDREN CAN HELP IN ATOM DEFENCE B ajur V nc Bella* luti D up uid I I I It A P
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    22 DROWNED
    13 3 bebeen drowned .uir.ch I at the A T B harbour. Reuter
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    YOUR LUCKY STAR
    178 3 YOUR LUCKY STAR I DO UN today, you men and women are quite likel > to vary wiiuly m MSM external characteristics although they steal Ironi similar bisic traits You hate strong intuit ons which m hrn lair BCX will lead t# a theoretical interest m the mysterious and the
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    H.KONG RESIDENTS NOT UNEASY
    391 3 H.KONG RESIDENTS NOT UNEASY People abroad more worried HONG KONG, Saturday. IJONG KONG, apart from trade difficulties, 11 remains strangely unperturbed m the present world crisis, and its future seem s to be worrying people abroad more than the residents. The colony's predominant Chinese population seems convinced that war is
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    Ruse gets a 'special'
    166 3 LONDON, Saturday. PHK Early Traveller shivered again and groaned as he was told by a railway porter that the 5.33 to Darlington would be late. "Rotten luck, isn't it?" he said to the Man With An Air Of Authority, who uas a\o waiting on Middlesbrough (Torks)
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    Bridge Problem
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    Alimony costs up
    64 3 AUMONX and maintenance costs lie soaring "tremendously" m Britain. an Inland Revenue official stated. As the cost of iivin» h.i> sour up police court maintenance payments have ri^t-n V!i to Vl."> j, week. A woman with two ctoiidrrii liring apart from her husband can now claini VS
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    WARM COLOURS EXCITE DRIVERS
    53 3 Colour experts m New York say that driving a red. cream Of yellow car is more da erous than a black, blue, or green one. They say the warm colours excite drivers behind you and stimulate their desire to pass if you are not driving fast
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    HARBOUR PROJECT
    27 3 A 64,400.000 contract to develop Bangkok harbour to allow '"the largest" ships to reach the city has been awarded to the Amsterdam Ballast Company. Reuter
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    HELLO GIRLS' MARRY YOUNG
    93 3 So many of Britain's "Hello Girls' marry young that the Post Office telephone system has to train 14.000 new operators every year, says the Post OHice Year Book It says more than 1.250.000 Britons per week telephone the Post Office talking timeclock, and claims it takes
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    U.S. ROCKETS COPIED
    37 3 Rockets used agains 1 United States troops m Korea were Chine/c Communist copies of an American made 4.5-inch rocket, the Army said. These rockets were made m China m June. 1950. it ariried. Reuter
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    19 3 The Greek and Turkish General Starts will take part m Mediteranean defence talks to bejield m Washington shortly. Reuter
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    NINE SENTENCED
    80 3 An Albanian military tribunal has sentenced one man to death and another to life imprisonment for spying for Greece and Yugoslavia, according to Tirana Radio. Seven others w?re sentenced to from one to 20 years.— Reuter TAXI HOLIDAY Six london I'niversitv men who wagered with their prol they
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    240 3 SYDNEY, Saturday. AUSTRALIA'S pseudo-American cult is being x investigated by the Sydney police morals squad, following a bodgies" court appearance. Teen-ager "bodgies" usually wear super-drape suits with "mattress" shoulders, "tight waists, broad-hipped pants with tight bottoms, yellow socks and suede shoes, a Cornel Wilde haircut: and fake American accents. Their
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    BUCKLEY
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    WEST READY IN TWO YEARS
    54 3 American military officials said that Gen. Eisenhower with two years can build up a Western European 1 enough to rom World War 111. ncials believe that United States atomic bomb superiority would compel Russia to held off an attack until Gen. Eisenhower can organise a
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    New wav to harden steel
    74 3 New wav to harden steel WASHINGTON, E THE United States is trying to persuade France to cancel steel contracts with Communist China, it was stated authoritatively m V.Vishinuton. iken have agreed to sell 39.000 tons of steel to China, primarih the railway. Production ha.s not started, and rearmament might delay
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    CURB ON KEDS
    30 3 The Greek Government has announced a new d< empowering it to suppress newspaper^ for supporting •those holding arms tga the Motherland and undermining the country's inte- reuter
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    TALKS BEGIN
    17 3 Allied and German g»'n. have opened discussions on German participation m the Atlantic Pa UP
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    REFUGEES PROVIDE A PROBLEM
    147 3 REFUGEES PROVIDE A PROBLEM FRAXKI HI. Sat. IVT ESTEI f? 8,000. j rman refugees from hcust Euro: may soon becoi .<n international problem. American authorities *ay the reftif< j balance oi power m the Q rman government U > tingle national n rigep par >rm»'d has yet b«-en or- >
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    NO NEUTRALITY
    38 3 pre is a gu aggression anywhen world. India will not take it lyi: India's A I \\e. United S1 asked r her brother Pr< ttlj said that Inc neutral In the world ed an I A.P.
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    UNITY TALKS
    17 3 Bishop Otto D .m. spirit v 000 German P that h< -c- < munis anil Reuter
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      22 3 CHRISTIAN SCIENCE SOCIETY ranft Cr^v? Rd., Spore. rst Chur r, m i A Sunday. N Meeting 6 30 p m Open nesdays
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      41 3 SINGAPORE Si l-.lllltK) m om S" 1 .2 p. I n LisPoUce a' v ld J^o iVmA 8.30 JoHn leners' Choice; 8 ITMA;^ Bull's Band; Variei>. j q 45 Rendezvous 10 30 Rhytl'-m or. Record. BFEBS iSmgap^ P wf\f™ Pr-gram-.ne Bumm.rr:
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      94 3 4 47 Prom 'he London Editorials. (BBC>; 4.55 Composer of the 5.15 World AfTairs iBBO 6.10 ScoUand "Murder under the Counter"; 6 Indonesian: News ana Programme (BBC>; 6.30 CanNews (BBC); 6.45 Tunr .lusic; 7.15 Ptench: 7.30 English Half-Hcur: »n Time; 8 Famous 'ists; 8.15 Tliai: New, and a (BBC>; 8.4
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      43 3 Solution To Crossword No. 244 SOL L'TlON— Across: 1, Commotion. 8, Ci'_»ar cutter. 9, Month. 10 Decks 11. Easel. 13, Romeo. 1" Specialists. 16. Dropped. Down: 2. Organ. 3." Marshal Tito. 4, Thunder clap. 5, Optic. 6, Scampers. 7 Frescoes. 12, Speed. 14.
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      124 3 New Crossword N^. 145 1. :-id In the bog (5); 4 lins r ia bidden by dxv (s>; 8. 'ihis should run down, no [rom >ide le (3. 2, G»: i). Dngrammatical plea from vehicle to be licenaed ,4,. jo. me never" (6) 11. Freedii. In Okrman «6»; Square all
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  • The Singapore Free Press SATURDAY. JAN 6. 1951.
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      Tell the
      23 4 a of :.(\s and "hem. P re of a n peoi :d at I ie difliru who vhat a tM are.
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      Can Singapore afford it?
      78 4 yrKATEVER 'he re *>n Of poi r utl c senior (> rs be no lat >rd *o A a trie dcv< I of I -11--n place p n**rl r »re..righ .l'vid-. .n this knew er it is to be far I their native Bu tip hn
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    Russia has more man 40,000 aircraft
    1237 4  - Russia has more man 40,000 aircraft JOHN GORDON By lI "HAT l n strength? In the w of Q x ports, it is deeply alarming. ■n more disturbing than H i t c r's air <h was before the last war begati Dgth is by the best exs I can
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    Religion for the Lapps
    199 4 VORWAY is to start A broadcasting religious services to Lapland m Samisk the language of the Lapps Some twenty thousand of Europe's thirty-five thousand Lapps live m Norwaymost of them m Fi:nmark. the province adjoining Russia. Now these Lapps will hear their own choirs over the
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    898 4 Y'iSlTOKs to the Singapore Municipal Chamber last week had an opportunity of seeing how the newly elected Municipal Commissioners u-acted to the atmosphere- of their first monthly meeting. Would the newcomers 'be nenrotta or bombastic, gentlf or tough m their manner oi speaking, tiresome or brief? Many came away with
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    AFRICAN TOWN HAS FIRST INGOT
    645 4  -  Geoffrey Jenkins F "Confound this shadow! It spoils the v/ewj of the tire m the Far East" By~ THE first ingot of steel which will make it No. 1 steel city m Africa, and one of the great steel cities of the world, has been
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      13 4 SHOES I STYLE COMFORT ECONOMY hsu It: K!AT SHOES n.St.n'ord Rd./^'-apore. Tei. *****
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      45 4 1 "Cow& Gate of course as^ some funny 9&* but if she ever gave me P anything but Ccw Gate. Jtt^^ J/ think Sh^ uW pack Bto|^|^^ back, I'M going fc MfeHl^^^^^Mi-J to splash SkKSHHEI I 3954 COW© GATE ?«JS 1 FOOD o ROYAI. BABIES
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    FESTIVAL S'PORE
    132 5 Prices up by 30 per cent Vrvc Press Staff Reporter -hi| merits of dried and fresh foodstuffs irriM-j m Singapore from Ked China 'ah,- this month for the Chinese New i»t)n> m February. ye riat?n by 30 per d to Una import Istuffa iaulives, cabbage* .llower. v t-w
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    'WHY?' girl asked peeping Tom
    11 5 'WHY?' girl asked peeping Tom 1 Ri portei I at her
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    SIX POLIO CASES
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    HAWKERS FINED
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    Volunteer unit for S.H.B.
    74 5 Volunteer unit for S.H.B. c the i n of the an emergency, it has bVsh a the Har of the unit ihe Sine a Harbour Board. includs and skilled and Ti. be formed rhe same lines as the Sin Corps break of war v tinue m their normal me employment
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    GOODS REACH
    33 5 happily m anticipation, children troop forward m an orderly file to rcceve their £'f' s from Lady Gimson at the St. Paul's hurch. l T pper Serun Welfare Centre •?ii yesterday.
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    Petrol find leads to gaol term
    154 5 Free Prr>> Stuff Reporter A half gallon ol petrol nd m a .shack In ik Road. Singapore, si ly after midnight on O led of a member .m unlawful society. In tlu i S re Foi Police Court yesterday, Ch Em Teck. 44. a
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    MUNICIPAL RESIGNATIONS
    119 5  -  j. q'del <t 10 th«« Kd RAKING lull allowance for T he necessity of presenting local events m popular uage, I must pn strongly against the association of my name with those whom you have classified as quitting the Municipal Service because they have resigned m recent months.
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    HIGHER WAGES FOR BUS EMPLOYES
    151 5 HIGHER WAGES FOR BUS EMPLOYES J^EMANDS for higher wages by employees of the Sin-gapore-Johore Express Company have been settled folks between representatives of the company :\nd the Singapore Bus w, fcers 1 Union. This is the second time m :he past fortnight that salary problems between private bus employees and
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    UNIVERSITY LECTURER DETAINED
    129 5 Free Press Staff Reporter A LECTURER m the Medical Faculty of the University of Malaya and five underuraduates of the faculty have been detained on suspicion of having been cornier eel with uissenr nation of Mala- yan Communist Party pro:. ganda. Th? detentions, made on Thursday night
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  • THIS is Singapore...
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      Pardon moi, says this hawker
      511 5 Free Press Staff Reporter F Al T Seng may never have been to scnool daring J his 32 years m Singapore, but he can speak English, French, Dutch and Hindustani. And, of course, several Chinese dialects and Malay. Cockney stewards, poilus. Dutch seamen, Indian firemen
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    staff quarters preferred to S.I.T flats
    386 5 staff quarters preferred to S.I.T flats Free Press Staff Reporter SINGAPORE Municipal servants prefer to hv provided with staff quarters than to be accepted by the Improvement Trust as eligii;l<» for Trust accommodation, the Free Press was told vt*sterd;i>. This was the leaction to the motion which Mr M. P.
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    Fire demons
    27 5 TO the roll ci Mall colourfully-na^cd badminton parties, add: "Fire Demons 8.P.." vhose exempti«»n from registration under tiie Singapore Societies Ordinance was «:*/etted last nirht.
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    12 GIHL RENOUNCE WORLD
    62 5 12 GIHL RENOUNCE WORLD TV. I r. bag I povc and r naoit and v rli w'-.o i i j ibour and i r ooor, t! ci d General, ol :*a ny which I l hall imurs prese" morn] pi- 1 T I S S (<• I X Ckta Tel
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    RUSSIAN SHIP
    22 5 A I !,ip. Via Krilov ai roads ru. Sh< 1 a car tons ol Gdynia. Poland iron trostok, ai oil
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      54 5 it our NEW SHOP j for NEW RANGE of ELECTRICAL GOODS I COMPRISING; MASSAGERS, HAIR DRYERS, TOASTERS, IRONS, WALL CLOCKS, KEtTLES j LAMP SHADES AND ALL ELECTRICAL ACCESSORIES. j HMI«»NMMMI«niIMni UiTr FASHIONABLE FAMOUS AMERICAN I "CORO JEWELLERY IN EARRINGS. BRACELETS BROOCHES NECKLETS. S. P. H. *de SILVA 45 HIGH ST.,
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      41 5 I Evening I Ljvesses w jgf\^v 1 I WEMCO AND I t TQOTAL I WMm%^ Cottons J/L^^^\) i A wide variety of Styles Hip sizes 36 to 42 "r^sr ROBINSONS j w t'lun »na i>»w tons to f:siQAfom Hiif cca__«_jcjiAtA_tuw»u« rtw^wo
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      97 5 MAIL Surface mail if ted In Singapore today fiom Grea; Britain. N. Ireland. E.re. Eurc pe. Nor;h and West Africa. Indies, Egypt, Ceylon. S.a-n. a, North Borneo. Labuan. Brunei. Mm and the Federal 0:1. Latest times for posting surface mail at the G.P.O. lod;.y are: boon fir Pontianak, Jakarta, Sourab
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    MILLER PUTS ENGLAND ON DEFENSIVE
    611 6  - MILLER PUTS ENGLAND ON DEFENSIVE KILL HOWES From Inspired spell accoun ts for three good wickets Special to the Free Press SYDNEY, Friday. MAGNIFICENT spell of bowling by all-rounder Keiih Miller, who captured the wickets of Hutton, Compton and Simpson while coacceding only five runs, saw England struggle to the
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    299 6 c r whipped from the pitch l:k> lightning. oh su.'l cm of fo:m, had difficulty m his timing of tinMany he w.is ]fl rubbing his le?: when he missed his pu^h between square-'. :n:don, but whenever thf» ball was iuci the 03-s»omp Cyril's experience st(x>d him In good stead.
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    Compton tails again
    96 6  -  KK(.INALD lIAYTKK From BIGGEST disappointment Irom the England viewpoint m the third Test yesterday was another failure by Denis Conipton. who was bowled by Miller for a "duck" off the third ball he reveived. The crowd broke into a tremendous roar as Miller wrecked the wicket with
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    GARDNER TO FIGHT WEIDIN
    58 6 TACK GARDNER, British and Empire heavyweight boxing champion, has been nominated by the European Boxing Union as official challenger to Joe Weidin of Austria, the European title-hold-er. The fight is to take place j before March 24. Gardner r now visiting South Africa, j where he
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    LOUIS LOOKING FOR OPPONENTS
    35 6 |IM NORRfS, president of the international i3<;i- :;ig Club, said yesterday thai Louis faces a shortage ol ible opponents to coridi.i turn for a second shot ivyweight champ on I Charles.
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    U.K. exports more steel
    76 6 LONDON. Sat. BRITISH exports of iron and steel products during 1950 have been 30 per cent more than last year's average, stated the Board of Trade. November exports were vaiued at U*****,040,000. Iron ana steel, machinery and textiles contributed most ro the record November figure. Iron
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    Even better year for soccer likely
    524 6  -  CKI'SADEK By SINGAPORE soccer had its best post-war teston m 1950 and indications are that it will enjoy an even more successful period this year. A number of factors combined to bring about this healthy sVite of the same. Most important, of course, were
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      170 6 LONDON. S.uurd I FIRST grade industrial equities were prominent with sharp advances on the Stork Exchange yesterday, states Reuters financial correspondent An investment demand tended to iqru Eastern news as a market factor and re'ealed thai dealers were again short of supplies at current Level! Irons, steels, textiles and" tobaccos
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      JUNIOR CHAMPION
      35 6 Hamilton Richardson of Baton Rouge. Louisiana, national junior singles champion, won the singles title of the Sugar Bowl tennis tournament on Sunday. He defeated Ricardo Bablit Chilean champion, 3—6. 7—5 10—8 7—5 AP
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      78 6 NEW YORK. 6 IN rather brisk trad, ers brought tl Stock Exchange to a ncv year high with gains tiong to one dollar or n prevailing Steels led the advance leading mot< I ehcoppers, rails > department stores cl > hind. According to >>b~ market was very
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      38 6 LONDf THE tin mark day morni: j'd down s per UNI marked up thr mium wl I E2O. were' Spot and 1 I Three m I Dusinr\s.s at H I Setl -£150 U.P.
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      32 6 order to cut tin 'Ju per cent, afti l. w.;: not affect Imp i Bol: terdas In N B way the Fini Corporation. agency wh ndl ma'due- UP
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    DRAW THOMAS CUP TOURNE
    330 7  - DRAW THOMAS CUP TOURNE ROBERT C. DOWSON From India, Siam to clash gILVER-H AIRED Sir George Thomas, 71-year-old donor of the Thomas Cup, made the draw for the Pacific Zone tournament for the world badminton trophy at a meeting of the Wimbledon Squash and Badminton Club, London, last nitfht. Australia
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    9 7 $17.8 60 FOR DEAD BOXER'S FAMILY lIS spec- A.P.
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    Boxing titles change hands rapidly
    604 7 EUROPEAN SPORTS REVIEW BOXING m Europe starts the New Year minus two champions and with only two titlenoUJers who have held their crowns for at least 12 months. Of the six reigning: champions, two are from France and one each from Italy, Belgium. Spain and
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    Thanks to a wound
    150 7 By PETER WILSON LONDON, Fri. HERE'S the most curious sports story I heard over Christinas, it was told me by an Australian who claims that he icas at school uith Jack Iverson. He and Iverson. he said, went m for rowing rather than cricket as youngsters.
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    CYCLIST KILLED IN RACE
    76 7 nANISH professional cyclist, U Can Koblaugh. died this •*eek from a fractured skull received m a fall at Shepperton, near Melbourne. Koblaugh crashed immediately after winning his heat m the Ace's Half Mile Derby. Eyewitnesses said Koblaugh relaxed as he went into the bend after a
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    JIMOR GALA
    19 7 The Singapore Swimming Club will hold a Junior Swimming Gala on Jan. 20. commencing at 3 pm.
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    Dates for S'pore badminton finals
    120 7 Badminton Association cti<*mpk>nship mm 1950 will be brought to an end N \t Saturday al 7 p.m., at Mie Clerical inter-club final between Bournepsc will he played. On wing Wedi iiy. Jan. IT. a p.m the firv.il I iy flower) ?nd ncr Hock Leng (Eclipse)
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    $2 fash sweep nets $143,718
    87 7 SHARPSHOOTER, a fay ourite. this week ro.npt'd away with the Tai wan Bay Handicap at Hong Konu's first race meetinc o 1951 She also hroufjh 11K5143.7JX to the holder of the luck- U Cash Sweep ticket. Next month's KwMMFtMN Htndicap on»- of Ihe tw< m^jor
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    Hitch in title light
    104 7 pURRENT shortage of coal vv m Britain may cause the Eddie Thomas-Miehel c Palermo European middleweight title fight to be moved from Carmarthen to Porte, wl. The fifiht Is scheduled for Feb. 19. Promoter Albert Davles said the National Coal Board had told him it was
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    DROBNY WINS
    28 7 In the quarter-finals of he Cricket Club of India's 1 iwn tennis championships at Bombay yesterday Jaroslav Drobnv of Egypt beat Tndia's X Madan. 6-1. 6-0
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    18 7 Th" Younp Chifi se Amateur WdgbtUfting Party IBHI anniversary dinner will b e held en Jan
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    183 7  -  PKTER LOVKGROVE From THE post-war years have 1 been lean times for Scotland's Rugby In ion XV, uho last topped the table m 1938. They have won only six of their last 16 games, scoring 72 points and conceding 172. This record is all the more
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    'COMEBACK' AWARD
    32 7 Paul (Dizzy) Trout. the De troit Tigers* veteran righthander, has won the award for 1950's "Outstanding Ci/meback m Baseball"' presented by the Chicago Chapter of the Baseball Writers" Association.- A.F
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    U.K. SOCCER CLUBS FACE CRISIS
    343 7  -  VERXOX MORGAN From jyjANY English soccer clubs are facing a financial crisis while, some of them face bankruptcy. Only the topflight teams are playing to packed stands and terraces. Unless attendance* increase it may well be thr\ f one or more clubs m the Third
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    French airmen v. R.A.F. today
    474 7 Free Press Rugby Reporter TK)DAY the French Air Force rugby team, from Saigon, which is on a short tour of Singapore, pUy their final game, against the Roya! Air Force Combined XV at R.A.F. Base Seletar. On Thursday the visitors lost by a narrow margin
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    37 7 Sin Haw in thrilling draw |IN a It •Tubh r S n ang drev< v itn tnpions, Bournemouth B P each side win? mat Or. I d M 15-9. ir>- 13 .-n. 6 Ahmad T r{ 3-15.
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    93 7 Ft, i Ir SYI A DEEPLY I friends mat i p knee may noi t than anoih enrket Al 32. E nirk^ler ki r.ave to face pre Middlesex Will bt reropnise hat Den,.s ka lonper rapab f rounty season. He Will i doubt be reserved for
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    FAIRWIND B.P.
    58 7 A I the a nit, v the held I~M S Ton. rident, Mr. On«_ K. Vice-pr« Chec and Jimnv. Jary. Te:> Chye I tan Auh Chew; i:on I capt. Choo IF i r. I <•>' trer^ Auditor Willip V. fik b.li E B h bm *ii Ti.. cireu
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    Nehru has conference with Bevin
    114 8 LONDON. rHE Indian Prime Illnisi Pandit Nehru conferred the I Secretary, n prior to the third plenary session of the monwealth Prime Minis•rence jresterda Foi 4n Office spokesman ild not elaborate on the met i would not say <>n the talks hfld. it was believed
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    489 8 Continued from Pane Six I >n for two and a few nun.. r made the score into three ||gurf« with a single. In H tried first Johnston, then Lindwall and Loxton 1. one produced accuracy, bu' about Simpson and HutM were, th<re w;is promise they could beat I
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    ITALY OFFERS WEST 45,000 TROOPS
    240 8 ITALY OFFERS WEST 45,000 TROOPS France delays her decision LONDON, Saturday. ITALY, an enemy of the Allies In the list war, has offered about 45,000 men to a West European urmy, while France, for years an ally of Britain and the Tinted States, is divided over rearmament. These were the
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    177 8 Continued from page 1. wish to arm themselves."' He warned that the United S'ate.s might lo c c every man of the mound forces committed to a var m Europe because all pscape ports could be cut off by atomk bombing. He recommended the use against Communism "of the
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    MORE U.S. COBALT
    24 8 America and Canadian production of the strategic metal, cobbalt, will be increased to 4.250,000 pounds by the end of 1952.- A.P
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    ASIAN NATIONS PUT NEW KOREA PLAN
    196 8 NEW YORK, Saturday. THE 12 Asian and Arab nations met again at Lake Success yesterday and were understood to have discussed the possibility of presenting a four-point plan for a Korean settlement and negotiation on I other Far Eastern issues. The 12-nation group, which
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    LESS DKMV.ND
    20 8 The U.S. Agriculture Department says American tobacco has lost further ground m the British market this year. A.P
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    23 8 Tht' Duchess of Windsor headed the list of the world's ten best-dressed women m 1950 m the New York Dress Institute's arnual poll
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    Morealuminium for Britain
    97 8 MONTREAL. Sat. ANEW agreement covering shipments of Canadian aluminium to Britain and a new financial arrangement between the Aluminium Company of Canada have been concluded, the company announced. The company is committed to ship 150.000 metric tons of aluminium to Britain m 1951. These committments now have
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    FIVE DIED IN DRIFTING BOAT
    67 8 Japanese fishermen found five Koreans dead and three living when they boarded a four-ton Korean fishing boat found drifting m the Japan Sea on Jan. 3. The Korean ship was sighted m Wakasa Bay. 22 miles off Obama m Fukui prefecture. The survivors said the
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    Don't draw—talk
    48 8 Don't draw— talk "DLEASE do not emphasise your argument by drawing sketches on the table cloth." That is the plea to users of the canteen m Kensington Town Hall. But if they really must doodle or draw to drive home a point the manageress will provide drawing paper.
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    Smuggling in scarce drugs
    100 8 Sm uggling in scarce drugs SYDNEY, Saturday. A HUGE KING with headquarters m the Far East lV is smuggling scarce drugs out of Australia, Australian customs officials said vesteriav. They said the liner. Changte. sailed from Sydney to Japan recently with a £20,000 cargo of illicit drugs. A U.S. anti-smuggling
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    EMPEROR IN THE MOVIES
    48 8 This year for the first time m history a Japanese Emperor will become the subject of a motion picture. A documentary film, "Emperor." is scheduled to be completed late this month, will depict Emperor Hirohito as a "human being" and as a 'biologist.' Reuter
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    Yoshida sure of treaty this year
    74 8 Yoshida sure of treaty this year TOKYO. Sat. THE Japanese Premier, Mr. Shigeru Yoshida, told the first New Year meeting of his Cabinet yesterday that he was certain a peace treaty would be concluded this year. He told Cabinet ministers to prepare their departments for all contingencies likely to arise
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    FIREMAN'S OWN HOUSE BURNT
    43 8 FIREMAN'S OWN HOUSE BURNT While Fireman Akisuke Ohkoshi of Ome. a town on the outskirts of Tokyo, was engaged m fighting a fire hi:* own house m another part of the town was burned down and his mother perished m the flre.- Router
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    Uganda cotton discussed
    86 8 NAIROBI, Sat. THE British Secretary for the Colonies. Mr. James Griffiths, discussed complete re-organisation of the Uganda cotton industry, at talks m London m mid-December with Uganda officials. Thp possibility of nationalising the industry came up for discussion. A drastic reform of the protectorate's entire cotton industry
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    U.S. SENDING COAL TO U.K.
    51 8 More than 80 charter ships will bring American coal to Britain this winter to keep defence and other plants roaring and transport moving. Britain, normally a big exporter of coal, faces a shortage this winter because of an unexpected slump m output and greater consumption.
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      8 1 Free Press Gaturaay Magazine Saturday, January 6, 1951
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      NICKNAMES DECEIVE THE EVIL SPIRITS
      528 1  -  BEBE YEO by Nine out of ten Chinese have a nickname and some of them are most embarrassing but the owners don't mind. Tllll Chinese seem to excel others m g ing people nicknames which are very appropriate hut, more often lhan not, most uncomplimentary
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      755 1  -  K. S. CHIA says She will then be too occupied to think of flirting or going to the cinema while hubby is hard at work m the office. fjVKRY wife should have a hobby. It makes her a i>etter spouse and a more agreeable
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      Easygoing
      865 1  -  BARBER FREE PRESS SATURDAY SHORT STORY Ai/ lARkY looked round the shabby bedsitting room that had been his home since he was demobbed four years ago but that to-morrow lie would be leaving for ever. After trying his best to fill five or six quite unsuitable Jobs m England,
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      It's Harder to Act in Films
      790 2  - It's Harder to Act in Films VAN JOHNSON VAN JOHNSON thinks all Mm stars should know about film production too. He recently joined a Motion Picture School. Says film and stage star IHollywoiKl there is a general feeling that the :ilm actor ms enough about his profession i imply by
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      Good 'Movie,' Poor 'Talkie'
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      262 2  -  Sheilah Graham Hollywood Gossip s^y ht'lldifiy 1 uc .'/u' 9ui fur-u-v o/ present and future production reveals that between a third and a quarter >>c pictures are horse i known as sagebru rs. Among top names which are lined for the wide open es are Clark Gable,
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      102 2 HOLLYWOOD Is to make a film m England based on the memoirs cl Grimaldi. England's most celebrated clown of the 19th century. And Danny Kaye is likely to play Grinto be divorced. Grimaldi, who was born In London m 1779, the son o! an Italian actor,
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      76 4 TWO Italian scouts have offered Louk Biesbrouck, left half-back of the Dutch national team, a contract of about £85 per month for an unidentified Southern Italian soccer team. Biesbrouck. who only last month made his debut m the Dutch national team, was the only reinforcement of
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