The Singapore Free Press, 10 February 1951

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1 4 The Singapore Free Press
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    19 1 The Singapore Free Press LARGEST AFTERNOON SALE IN MALAYA SINGAPORE, SATURDAY, FEBRUARY 10, 1951. PRK I IIN Cl Ms
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    ***** REDS IN UN TRAP
    422 1 Pincers close on Seoul TOKYO, Saturday. TANK-LED American troops yesterday smashed to the Han river, south-east of Seoul, and began closing pincers around 20,000 Communists caught m a 30-square mile pocket below the river. The right arm of the three and a half miles soul
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    Rubber problems in London
    170 1 i -NpolldrtH and I a In the rould n con- and ounoulrt I France •m ot s poUI Mil- < Ij have A AH! she sighed. "The trees are hard ar.d rigid after all these years of neglect. You can't squeeze anything from some and I
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    CANNIBALS IN THE CONGO?
    42 1 Police m Stanleyville. Belgian Congo, are investigating reports of cannibalism from the nearby village of Opala. Africans who disappeared from the village recently are alleged to have been killed and their flesh .sold m a local market Reuter
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    U.S. wants Japs in Pacific pact
    202 1 WASHINGTON, Saiurday. I~~HE I'nited States gave omcial encouragement \esterdav to proposals f°r creating a Pacific Ocean security treaty, paralleling the N*»rth Atlantic pact, and possible covering eight nations. Officials thai althoug proposal a way before acceptance. I might Austra- I Philipthe United I •b
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    Two Wide Boys!
    17 1 Two Wide Boys m|l i !y way we shall even afford a trip ro^ the Cameron Highlands."
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    Best bets today
    41 1 ALLAN LEWIS'S best bets for today's Kuala Lumpur races are Four OTlock 11, Rimfire and Congo. TRESPASSES- best bets are Keel Rose and Sir Tristram. MeLeod's Picture Tip m Page 7. The going is expected to be heavy.
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    STORE ROBBED
    16 1 Building materials worth $960 were stolen from a store m Sims Avenue, Singapore, rday.
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    US delegate for Colombo conference
    69 1 US delegate for Colombo conference LONDON. Sat. T)ONALD Kennedy, U.S. delegate to the Commonwealth Consultative Committee for the £2,000,000,000 developmeni plan for southern Asia, will leave London by air for Colombo today. Mr. Kennedy conferred yesterday with Mr. Kenneth Younger, Minister of State. The Consultative Committee's meeting at Colombo next
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    22 1 THE A(.A KHAN and the Begum, dressed m Burmese costume at a reception during their recent visit to Rangoon. -I A.P picture
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    JAPS MEET GERMANS
    55 1 Two Japanese Sociai Democrat Members of Parliament Rioiki Oka and Joshio Domori met the West German Sociai Democrat leader. Dr. Schumacher, yesterday m Bonn to discuss rearmament and peace treaties. The two Japanese said they wished to discuss these subjects as war had brought similar problems to
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    WARNING AGAINST RED SECRECY'
    85 1 INDIAN Communists' have adopted "a JJ :er^M,n^^^mtroducing m the Indian Parliament a Bill amending the Preventive Detention Act of a year ago and extending its life by another year, jifr Rajagapolachan v.arned members against falling into the trap of any movement, however suggestive ot a desire
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    27 1 I Till* T\lill \l s\ml>oli->inii the growth of muauc hi Australia during the past formed part of the co-lonrf-1 pageant Sydney celebrations marking the 50th •a**™™*? th»
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    7,000 LONDON DOCKERS STRIKE
    131 1 LONDON, Saturday. NEARLY 7,000 London dockers stopped work yesterday after police had arrested seven unofficial strike leaders. When they were freed later on bail, they found their arrest had achieved something they themselves had failed to do m a week of agitationspread the strike to the
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    BEVIN TO STAY IN OFFICE
    46 1 LONDON. Bat.— The Foreign Secretary. Mr. Bevin, will continue m office despite his present illness, an authoritative source said yesterday Mr. Bevin is making a gocd recovery from pneumonia but so far there are no 'left ni t c plansforhisr^nyalescence.H Reuter
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    U.S., PAK. PACT
    26 1 Pakistan and the United States yesterday signed an agreement under President Truman's Point Four" programme for technical a tance worth U.S. $600,000.— Reuter
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    Leach due today
    18 1 The Singapore Rio f C ion, headed by Sir Li Le.ifh.- 13 due to ar:
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    Self-Govt party wins in W. Africa
    147 1 Self -Govt party wins in W. Africa LONDON. S*tlir4l I^HE extreme nationalist Convention H Pwplg Party, which supports Russia's poiin a, »d pledged to bring a speedy end to 100 -ears of Britis rule, has swept the polls m the first general electio I held m the Gold Coast colony
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    The Red mayor tainted town
    50 1 Mayor Nikamura ol < Japan's only Commumt Mayor, was forced out ol office relay by popular vote. His opponents conti" that he gavo the small a Red taint, with MM suit that ii wa> hard l.»r young men to find j©i>^^ to set married thereM
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    Safer air travel-face the tail
    85 1 Safer air travel-face the tail I. ON DO I BRITAIN is urging tl I passengers In chrtl craft should sit 1 1 tail to Improve th- of survival m crash She will make the r< mendation at tional civil aviation i I ence m Montreal next mo This was revealed
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    NIGHT ROBBERY
    21 1 Three Chinese m Quee;. E pore, at 9 p.m robbed him of a v and cash to the value
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    Painting: Many Good Entries
    224 2  -  Dear Childrt I hau never been so by eompetlUon I I thi< u.ek by r entries to ting competition r. I whole, the standard of Pointing was excellent. I ta d by the atten detail, the eho cc al ;,i times stari ling ly very effective
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    26 2 .Margaret O'Brien, the film st;,r. now without her pigtails munches a hot do- it a Mn'hwood iceshow. She is now 14. H-r mother h be*M« h«..
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    Pago For Children!
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    The Arrest of Mr. Marks
    892 2  -  S. C. GEORGE By Midshipman Audiew chns»li« and his friend Ben Noakes ol a privateet recently returned from >ea *re pressganged on to a Naval warship at Plymouth Andrew is now an ordinary §earaan The warship sail* for Calcutta where the? join a fleet bound
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    BIRTH OF A ROAR
    26 2 The deceptive calm that precedes one of Nature's outbursts is to be detected m this narrow ize from Fireworks, London Zoo's leopard.
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    AVALANCHES. FLOODS
    294 2 WHAT causes an avalanche? Above the snow-line, which m Switzerland is on the 9,000-feet level, the snow piles up The surplus snow goes down the slopes m one of two ways. It either moves down slowly m the form of a glacier or by avalanche. When the weight
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    FKRDINAND & SHEKO
    544 2  - FKRDINAND SHEKO CEDINAND snorted. "Silly woman." he thought contemptuously. "To be frightened of someone whom she could easily crush with her foot!" Mrs. Lee looked down at the frog with dilated eyes. "Get that slimy creature out of the room." she commanded her son Peter. Her voice was shrill with
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      114 2 PICTURE PUZZLE THIS weeks puzzle hides i 1 four compound words. _r\4l^ \//j f?% ~~J i.e., words like "duck-pond W''7 L t~X' rtk jf Hhen you have discovered wW •\J Z <?_■ what they are, write your \<^*^A,\wM answers, add your namr. TV^ ~k M^_~~ -»L_ address and a ?e,
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    HE SELLS OTHER PEOPLE'S SECRETS
    239 3 dresses given for a fee LONDON, Samrdav. j u.irrants ten lines m Who's Who, or a iha In Debrett, or you value your peace have \our telephone number kept secret oi hari Blatkwell. veil, 36, of New York, stalks celebriI 000 dollars out of stlling
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    24 3 QUEUE FOR CRAFT— American troops await their turn to embark on L.S.T.s on a Korean beachhead, with a 155 m.m. gun m the foreground.
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    OPPOSITION TO D.S. CONTROLS
    19 3 OPPOSITION TO D.S. CONTROLS YORK Sat. j- ::>our i labour's n L. >al.v ns of ::eeds i kers th»*
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    ARMY ORDERS END STRIKE'
    13 3 I iking 12-1 2 I retrothe 3 mmc- dfasfad
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    PLEVEN WINS AGAIN
    43 3 The French Premier. MiRene Pleven again foiled an attack by his ParI amentary adversaries when National Assembly agreed :93 votes to 245 to "take to consideration" the government's bUI providing for an immediate 20 per cent, inise m yiefarTiilvallow- Reuter
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    ENVOY TO ISRAEL
    8 3 N rways d Haifa. dsafda
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    YOUR LUCKY STAR
    97 3 YOUR LUCKY STAR Bw.l toaaj miv have burn lafeata mi briag you to ti. It ;»i .oss it! Von live i>ow _n aiu\ i make quick l*»iit you are too timid to decisions into il pushed into Don't be se )i lacking m < -iltivate m>U set r tril that
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    Killer crowed with joy
    249 3 STALKED MEN FOR 4 YEARS PARIS, Saturday. S the happy murderer told his story to a jury at Albi, Western France, he crowed with joy m broken French. 'There is sunlight m my heart.'' he told the astonished judge. "I am more happy to have killed
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    BUCKLEY
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    Russians give Mao ex-Jap warships
    110 3 Russians give Mao ex-Jap warships HONG KONG, Sat. DUSSIA has handed Com- munist China several former Japanese warships as the nucleus of a south China fleet and has assigned 50 Soviet officers to train the Chinese, a Nationalist report said. The report said the warships included two destroyers, two frigates
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    AMERICA TELLS P.1.: 'FORGET REPARATIONS'
    94 3 MANILA, Saturday. OPPOSITION to the United States proposal that the Philippines withdraw the 8,000,00<),000-pesos reparations claims against Japan has oeen expressed by Senator Vicente Francisco, chairman of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee, m Manila. The senator was commenting m a news report Irom Tokyo that
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    Bridge
    127 3 (By i«.:: nson-Gray. T/HE bidding of this hand from match play siarted ta both rooms with One Heart— Two NoTrumps— Three Diamonds. The first North made the common error of calling. Three NoTrumps, which South passed. East led S2 to Dummy's SK West playing SIO A low Heart was
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    MEDIATION IN
    71 3 KASHMIR Indonesia and Burma plan to offer their good offices for mediation m the Kashmir dispute between India and Pakistan, according to well-in-formed sources m Jakarta. These sources said Indonesia and Burma were convinced that this long-standing issue should be settled m the interests of peace m Asia.—
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    limit Truman's power'
    246 3 limit Truman's power' WASHINGTON, fc SENATOR Robert Tall made a demand that Comgress, not President Truman, determine how many American troops should be assigned to a unified North Atlantic Pact army. Mr. Taft told the Senate that Truman apparently claims authority to assign troops anywhere he wishes, "There is "a
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    BUILDERS WIN PAY INCREASE
    61 3 Over 1.000.000 building workers are to share another £20,000,000 a year m wage increases, it has been announced m London. They will each get about nine shillings and twopence more a week from March 5. An immediate result will be all round increases m the cost
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    MUSLIM CHOSEN
    35 3 M USLIM CHOSEN World Muslim Conference delegates from 32 countries at a preliminary meeting m Karachi have unanimously elected the Mufti of Palestine, El Amin El Hussaini. to be the SubiectsCommittee Chairman fl A.P A.P
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    RADIO-ACTIYKSNOU
    20 3 Radio active snow fell m Washington on Wednesday. It was harmless and contained only a minin_fractionof radio-activity, fl Reuter
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    END CUTTING OF DOGS'TAILS'
    87 3 END CUTTING OF DOGS' TAILS' BRITAIN'S animal welfare organisations will condemn cutting dogs' tails, when rep -sent v meet m London m April. "We feel strongly about tail -dock irw. and consider it should be stopped. said an orf"ial ol tt_| National Canine Defence may be il fl handles matter.
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    32 3 PORTABIJ CANNON—- Marin* m Y.tlbrrt I. Pope, of Norwood Missouri, compares bi> carbine with Korean rifle found near his encampment. It i> eigbt fret l«»ng with a lw>re of one- and-a-half indies.
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    TRUMAN DARES CONGRESS'
    65 3 TR UMAN DARES CONGRESS' Reuter President Tnim. dared Congress to budget imendation $71,000,000,000 for th< year 1951-52 The buc )d and tight and he dared < anything to Besides providing for h» he buc leh has to b ror. mmeno for dwhich the I said are i rt. A reporter
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    FREEING NAZIS AN INSULT
    61 3 Berlin's Chief Rabbi. M. Peter Lvinson. has stated that the recent U.S. Pardoning of a group of German war criminals at Lanri.sberg prison "ought to be considered an insult by d decent German." In certain circles it is regarded as an attempt to buy the Germans
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    Tibet talks fail
    37 3 Failure ol attorn ootween the Dalai Lam tentative* and Red ChtEmbas.sy report Kalimpong by *e,veral liable TibKan official The Tib' tan delegation, r said was unable to obi -factory guar- regarding internal :i A.P
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      22 3 CHRISTIAN SCIENCE SOCIETY jrove Rd., S pore. f Lhurch sntasf, m L SA 10.30 Spirit m. 'Co 2 1 at I days
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      325 3 SINGAPORE BFEBS [Singapore] 445 nm. Programme Summary: (BU-E NETWORK! 10 am News from Singapore: riu 12 Programmes m Malay; 1 p.m. .BBC: 4JB Composer of the Programme Summary: 102 SotUT- week— Richard Strauss. 5.15 B Ulr ,°°c m: T V^^r^PWa- World Affairs ,BBC: 5.30 fcotA' News 1.50 Interlude of Plantatkn
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      43 3 Solution To Crossword No. 274 Across: 1, Domici es. 8. Ultramarine. 9, Knout. 11, Guess. 12. Baste. 13, Rheum. 14, Currupin'ss 16. Assessors. Down: 2. 10, Out ot sorts. 3, I can't be sure 4, Inaug urate* 5. Evil eye. 6. Duck s
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    The Singapore Free Press SATURDAY, Feb. 10. 1951 Whisper & answer
    727 4 The Singapore Free Press SATURDAY, Feb. 10. 1951 Whisper answer yOR some tune befort the appointment ol commissK.n of inuuirv into Singapore'? December riOta there a wMsoertaft camIt vas not organised, hil individuals would say quietly and "m confidence" that the k»d of the commission v.ould be to whitewash everybody
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    A Dulch Sky—scraper
    170 4 A Dulch Sky— scraper AMERICA, land of I■*1 sky-sera pecs, has a competitor. The competitor is Holland, where the municipality of The HagiK- is planning: to build a 350-foot sky-scraper t^ house 600 families on 25 floorseach floor containing 24 flats The plan is a brain child of a Dutch
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    C.B. COCHRAN
    399 4  -  EVELYN IRONS ***By*** The Showman Who Never Gave In lit lex. which I shall always consider morally binding. At present neither my wife nor I have a five pound note m the world." In fact, his wife had sold her Jewellery: their London house was mortgaged. AT Lindfi
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    The 'parson' in buttoned boots
    611 4  -  Charles Graves MAN behind the SHOWMAN by Cochran suffered more defeats and came back more often than any heavy -weight champion. He never had a small failure because he was such a magnificent Press agent. In private life he was very courteous, with an occasional
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    Talking about Singapore by Citizen.
    837 4 Talking about Singapore by Citizen. Election platform -has ann >unced its platform for the coming nslative Council election m April. Briefly its aims are to press on with the 'durational, social and medical plans, introduce municipal reforms urge more opportunities for the local born m the public services, advocate the
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    THERE'S MONEY IN EGGS IN GREECE
    370 4  - THERE'S MONEY IN EGGS IN GREECE Michael S. Manrtirtq By OPTIMIS liC and stubborn Greeks are trying to reshape their lives c^nd adapt them to the conditions created by ten years of war. Typical are those m Mandra, a *large village only a few miles west of Athens Fifteen Mandra
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    Fortunes made in wool in two continents
    309 4 AFRICA vXHJTH Mrican far°mers xr.o for years have lived m the dust y, semi-desert tailed the Karoo, their one luxury a grimy wrecK of a car to take them to the nearest tow*-, now own three or five cars each. The wool boom
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    AUSTRALIA
    72 4 IN Australia today fortunes are being made out of the rising price of wool, which is now 13 time: as high as m 1938. This year's income from wool te £700 nillion. compared with £280 million last year and £38,000 000 mi n 1939. The Wool Bureau has just
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      14 4 SHOES tor STYLE COMFORT ECONOMY Consult KIAT SHOES 43. Sum! ord Rd.,Sirrap«,-e Tel *****
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      82 4 *< W w -JLM PL ClJoicder d lease yes, powder me all over, Mummy, lovely Cow Gate stuff' Baby loves the new Cow Gate Bab> F m its charming blue and white tin jolly little Smiler' picture. And it was made specially for him S deliciously perfumed it soothes forts
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    SMC ADVISES RIVAL BUS COMPANIES
    296 5 Bad feeling 'undesirable 9 Free Press Staff Reporter [WO Singapore rival bus companies, whose routes overlap m the Tiong Bahru area, and between whom bad feeling is *aid to have existed for some time, have been advised by the Municipal Commissioners to amalgamate "m the
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    NEW C-in-C HAS BUSY MORNING
    141 5 Free Press Staff Reporter THE NEW Commander-in-Chief. Far East Station. Vice Admiral the Hon. Sir Guy Russell, had a busy morning m Singapore yesterday, pay- intf courtesy calls and recelving the return ca'ls. He called on the C-in-C FARELF General Sir John Harding, at Tanglin
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    March Past
    39 5 BELOW:— THE MARCH PAST of the Ist Battalion of the Green Howards at Selerang Barracks yesterday during the Troopinf of the Colours ceremony. 'General Sir John HLanfing is seen m the foreground tak ng the 9 tint
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    Invalided, warned & reinstated
    174 5 Invalided, warned reinstated Free Press Staff Reporter APPEALING against being invalided out of the service, a vehicles sub-in-spector of the Singapore Municipality will be reinstated after he has been medically certified fit on re-examination and "has duly been warned." This was the decision of the Establishments Committee of the Mcnicipal
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    A DENIAL
    37 5 It is now l?arned from one of the Singapoie Muslim Representatives, now m Karachi, that Mr. Karim Ghani, who is under detention, was not scheduled to preside over the third World Muslim Conference m Karachi.
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    NO COMMENT
    43 5 All hough it has been reported yesterday m one of the local newspapers that, the Deputy Commissioner of Police, Mr. R. C. B Wiltshire, has tendered his re?.gnatlon, Singapore Governj ment do:?s nor desir? to niake comment on the vr. r.
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    GAMBLERS' 'SHRINE' IS HOW DESERTED
    5 5 GAMBLERS' 'SHRINE' IS HOW DESERTED
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    HOUSANDS INVOKED A GIRLS SPIRIT
    169 5 l lir i *>n -111--lo •M f a l>o:i'h M aeof ihe I C.trW. is tfl_filj nne. he liberation camblers i\okr lhe f N I Ihe I J• ,i |.v rnjufv.:, m order to keep them a«a>." site added. rhc Shrine ot thp Virgin as
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    AFTER 26 YEARS OF INTIRING SERVICE IN SINGAPORE
    551 5 Free Press Star! Reporter SINGAPORE will lose one of its most dearly beloved nersonalitie when white-haired Miss Jessie Kilgour shortly sails on retirement after rendering twenty-six years of untiring service as a headmistress Girl Guide commissioner and missionary. Recipient of the Medal
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    SCHOLARSHIP AWARD
    25 5 (HING CHI NTNG, of Kuala Lumpur, who has been awarded a scholarship to study accountancy and economics m Harding College m Searcy. Arkansas.
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    VISIT TO GURKHA TRANSIT CAMPS
    69 5 KUALA LUMPUR. Fri The GOC South Malaya District. Major-General R. C. O. Hedley. who is also MajorGeneral, Brigade of Gurkhas, has left for" India to visit Gurkha transit camps. Major-General Hedley will talk to Gurkhas who are coming to Malaya and inspect their bases and
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    REQUEST TO GOVT. FOR $40,000 SCHOOL GRANT
    119 5 Free Press Stan Keporter THE PAYA LEBAR Methodist Girls' School has applied to Government for a grant of $40,000 as a part of their drive for funds for the construction of a new building to provide higher education f°r its pupils. Mr. Eric
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    Muslim College committee
    77 5 RESOLUTION appointing an Indian Muslim to sit on the committee of the proposed Muslim ivhich will hold a mci Kuaia Lumpur on Feb. 16. was accepted by the I pore Muslim League at a committee m< i rely. The I niag committee meeting prill be attended by
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    'BLUE LAMP' INSTEAD OF 'RED CROSS'
    227 5 'BLUE LAMP' INSTEAD OF 'RED CROSS' A DOCTOR'S SUGGESTION Free Press Staff Reporter A SUGGESTION that a blue lamp might be use I at night outside doctors' residence- m Btaf pore to help th illiterate classes il tl l Tmmm identify the medical profession m cast of rmergencv, was made
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    COUNSEL FOR RIOT CASES
    69 5 Free Press Mala* Correspondent Th,. Singapore Muslim League «H approach Muslim lawyers m the Colon y with a view to forming a Panel of Lawyers, to act as defence rounsel for those persons who have been detained m connection v*hh the recent rioting. I'tuvin Melayu reports.
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    MEMBERSHIP CLAIMS
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    50 COACHES FOR U.K. ATHLETES
    105 6 Preparing for 1 952 Olympics From JIM CHAMHUKS gRITAIX, obviously inspired by track successes at the European Games m Brussels last summer, is approaching the 1952 Olympics at Helsinki m the right way. And it is quite a new departure for this nation, which so
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    Caius Club invites Germans
    126 6 Caius Club invites Germans :üb. on m a flurry. Cal v i -am of :nan amateurs to them :n London un Mar. but vice-presidi nt^. E. E. Qoldbt vj, d like I i md ha« quli the wrote: "It an insult to those who ci their all and the memory
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    DITTMAR TKO's BOY BROOKS
    52 6 I DITTMAR 1152 1 2 lbs), nktdleweight champion of at triple orient '•ha-mpion Boy Brooks (158 1 2 ib- on a technical knock out he ninth round at Brisbane Stadium last night Brooks' left eyp om■ly closed and th« stopped. Dittmar then well ahead on noil
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    South Africans for Davis Cup
    46 6 South Africans for Davis Cup SOL ;an*S Davis Cup m will consist ot" Brie tptain), Nigel Syd Levyni Leon Morgarb. Morgarb the only newcon c South Africans hai In the first round. meet Italy m the second round oi 22 The four players wil^eav^fmrßritaiiJ I A.P
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    S.T.T.A. tea-party
    44 6 C -APOKE Table Termi a A,sociatioa will enter; am the >pine Chinese team to a it 3 p.m. at Nam W.iii SC. premises m Sago I visitors play .their flrst same here tonight at the c A st the Junior Combined side.
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    No foreign opponents for Farr
    109 6 rpHE British Board of Boxing Control has mid Tommy Farr to quit looknu for Contii.t'iiui! opponei who is 36. i.s determined to continue his ring come-back. He knocked <>m Jan Klein of j Holland In October In his first fight m ten years and followe
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    47 6 MM captain Freddie Brown turns round to see the bails dislodged as Miller bowls him In England's Four Test against Australia at the Adelaide Oval. Brown did not bat m the second innings owing to injuries received m a ear crash. instralia won by '74 rans. I
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    Jakarta team coming again
    105 6 NEXT week Singapore basketball fans will have the opportuniry of seeing Jakarta basketball teams m action again. Mr. Goh Chye Hin, president of the Singapore Chinese Amateur Athletic Association, told the Free Press yesterday that two Chinese teams, men and women from Jakarta will be arriving
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    Ireland's XV should win
    115 6 Ireland's XV should win QN form Ireland Should defeat England m the international rugby football match at Dublin to day. England bring In (hree new caps. Ireland's only change from the side which beat France la W Miller, a newcomer to international Rugby, who replaces his injured clubmate Iff. Lane.
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    BROKEN NOSE FOR MCC MANAGER
    65 6 BRIG. M. A. Green, manager of the M.C.C. touring team In Australia, hurt m a car crash, had a fractured nose but no ribs were broken. It was announced m Melbourne yesterday. His condition was satisfactory. Brig. Green was injured when a car driven by
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    13 COUNTRIES IN ASIAN GAMES
    50 6 "TEAMS trom the following 13 countries will participate m the firs Asian Games v Dell i National Sodium on March 4: Afghanistan, Burma. Ceylon, India. Indonesia. Iran. Israel, Japan, Nepal, the Philippines. Singapore Syria and Biam. New.. 350 athletes sre expected to_jannai!i_^^^tho Ganv* G.I. I.S
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    TORPIN FIGHTS THIS MONTH
    88 6 "DRITISH middleweight champion. Randolph Turpin: the fighter with the dynamite lists. i s all set to box Dutchman Luc Van Dam for the European middleweight crown m London on Feb. 27. Promoter Jack Solomons' i nand man. Sam Burns, announced the fight as settled as :he
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    Quiet day on the exchange
    96 6 tandon Stock Exchange LONDON, Saturday. yHE Stock Exchange was quiet yesterday ahead of A the weekend and whilst awaiting developments m the dock strike situation, states Reu'.er's financial correspondent. Price movements were mixed, but they were mainly to higher levels. British Government funds encountered small
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    HOCK LENG IN LONDON
    41 6 HOCK LENG IN LONDON WITH a suitcase full of ric.< chicken and ham. Cheong Hock Leng. 27-year-old badminton champion of Singapore, flew into London ai: last night to take part m the British badminton championship. He is on his fi- Reuter
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    Draw for table tennis tourneys
    110 6 JNDIA has been drawn m Gro up Cof the Swart! ling Cup (men) and Group B of the Corbillion Cv (w°raen) during the world table tennis i hampior m Vi enna from March case are draw m tl j holders the I nations are tnr(
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    BOXING POSTPONED
    26 6 LAST night's hozlng match between Golden Boy and Sumpong at the B B Park Kuala Lumpur, has btvn postooned to Tuesday because of rain.
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    L.R.C. Junior XI
    54 6 JNDIAN Recreation Cluo Junior XI will play a soccer Irlendirv a yT mL :h l s )e( lal COi rtabu'ary XI on Wednesday at 5 15 p.m. at Parrer Park. The IRC. players will b_ n orn: niUthu, Subbra. Bala D Kri.shnan. N. Nad.:,, s m U.
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    POOR PAY
    26 6 FOOTBALLER Danny Van r_«fi urei riftht win er for Hull City, is jioing back to South Afrira with hi_ wife and two rhiMr^ "u~
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    48 6 Wah Sport* Indian Recret Club a; Jalan Bi ill be chosen from a Chen. Foot Peng. Teow X Abdul Rahman Jr.. Chong F Tian Ch\e Eng Chene. Is Bujang. Kuan Leoni* Ah Jsofl. Yin K^ Auang Ah. Ali Sagor Ah Ho* lik and B. Lmi.
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    king kong v Duane tonight
    16 6 king kong v Duane tonight KING KON D weiHaj T:.. X m R Ir. Ca dre
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    INTER-UNIT BOXING
    11 6 Monda Sis: Dep Tur-sdav V G Poll 23 a
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      258 6 Mandrake Exclusive to the Singapore Free Press m Malaya Or BIT OF MY PAINT ON SHOE SOLE.J l^ SECRET PAINT- THAT 1 7 _^7BS __S «v AN AN ARMY COULD WALK ABOVE COULD MAKP Ahythiua, fflL, t/v __P *THEN HE TOLD ME WHAT IT WAS.* THE CLOUDS/ "HE TOLD ME.
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    HEAVY GOING FOR KL RACING
    855 7 HEAVY GOING FOR KL RACING Four 0 'Clock is still fancied From ALLAN LEWIS KUALA LUMPUR, Saturday. [*HE Selangor Gold Cup was the most discussed event on today's programme at the racecourse this morning. Yesterday's rain (from 2 pan. until 6 p.m.) has made the going heavy for this afternoon
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    NEW BOXING WEIGHTS
    45 7 TWO nea boxing weights have recently been introduced by the Army Boxing on and Imperial Boxing Association. They are light-welterweight .-'Hd light-middleweight. These finals were contested m re Base District for *irst time at last night's individual boxing championat Tanglin Barracks. Free
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    Cash award if Merchant wins
    221 7 INDIA v. COMMONWEALTH BOMBAY businessman has offered x prize of Rs. 301 to India's captain, Vijav Merchant, if India rins the fifth cricket "Test" against the Commonvt tlth team now being played at Kanpir. He has also offered Rs. 201 to every Indian r who
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    SCOREBOARD
    150 7 COMMON" KAI- l ll— lst Inns. (.imllett r llazare b Mankad 16 lkin n Mankad II mmelt run out 6 Worrell c Gaekwad b Thadkar 116 FfeMaek c A b Mankad W Ames < Mankad b Hazare 2 Grieves c R_mchand b llazare M Dtoland b Mankad 13 Sharkleton
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    ARMY BOXING FINALS: FULL RESULTS
    513 7 FINALS of Singapore. Base District individual boxing championships were held at Tanglin Barracks last night. TMs "ear's entry of 72 fot the "championships is the niahest vet. Good boxin* and hard mtM featured nearly all the ten bouts. Tha. light welterweight final was the closest
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    244 7 ALLAN LEWIS TRESPASSER M'SOM JEEP (MI BOW I'OIMIH RACE I KEEL ROSE KEEL ROSE GOLD MEDALLIST Xl I L ROM I 2.30 Double Arto \lluorth Dcuble Uriel Geld MedjlhM Vd.ilH«| Kaiserine Gold Medallist \riworth Doublp Arifs SCARLET TIGER II MEATII SPEAR OF &CABLBI WWOEM II -»i
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    TODAYS CARD
    783 7 THIi cara of events for today's rac^s at Kuala Lumpur is given below. Double totes will be on Races Four and Five and Seven and Ei«ht. The Big Sweep will be drawn on Race Eight. Race 1—2.30: Class 1, Div. 3—6 Furs. 1 001 Gold Medallist Lansdown 9.C0
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    'NO- GOING ABROAD, SAYS DAVE SANDS
    137 7 'NO- GOING ABROAD, SAYS DAVE SANDS DAVE SANDS says he does not want to ro overs as while he can fight m Aus'*.iha After his points win a^amsl \mer.can negro Irvin Me«*n Sands said. "I am m top lorm a>u.n and want to keep filing to hold my condition.' Sydney
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      295 7 picture tip Hunt for By McLeod ifdlCS J_ J\l_ liV gRITAIN'S ;.de o* PyVfWf^ r\A sport over the past 100 'I a^(jpjViVs_\ years is to receive a sp» ,/SSflnl^J !I °n to itself at the XVjsptN» Uval of Britain m Lonrisays Because the Midlands i* v t regarded as the
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      100 7 Today's sport Xl (.B\: M < S.vrn a side tourne*. semi-hnals and final, on padang Friendlies: Spore Harbour Board v R.N.S. Sembawang at Keppel Harbour; GJLQ. Farelf 'A' Bl \eh. Bn. RACK at RAOf cn.u.id. I'ol.te R.A.F. SeleUr at 1 tiom»on Road. I XXI r TENNIS: Philippine Chinese Juniors at
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    STRONG OPPOSITION TO REAMING
    309 8 A ttlee takes firm stand with rebels LONDON, Saturday. ril EKE is mounting opposition within lhe Labour A Party to the Government's defence policy although Mr. Attlee, Prime Minister, has indicated that he will adopt strong measures to *<»unter this. support is to be given to
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    105 8 African P.M.'s warning to Britain CAPE TOWN, Bfl _i: daniel Ifalan, the African Prime Mier, warned tiie British I Government last night that I '.he fer ot" British Proto the Union of South Africa could not be delayed indefinitely. He a^ speaking at state banquet m honour of the Bri:ish
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    FIVE DIE IN BURNING Oil.
    37 8 Five Dutch n died hen their engine plunged Inl i flaming oil m the Wilhelmina Dock at Vlaardingen. about six miles west ol Rotterdam. Th- oil- waste trom ships I been A.P
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    42 8 PLEASE! Whoever thinks ol forming :i Society for the Appreciation of Fathers will find a ready supporter m Pickles, the London Zoo's Syrian bear, now a father of three. Here he is m the mood to accept some kudos«»r is it .sympathy?
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    TALKS ON ARMS
    34 8 A United Nations committee meet on Wednesday to sider the establishment of a disarmament commission to cover both atomic and conventional weapons, it was announced yesterday at Lake i' ccess U.P
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    MORE OIL TANKERS
    10 8 British oil tanker capacity expanded considerably A.P
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    U.S. BUYS BIG U.K. FACTORY
    57 8 The Independent Pnumatic Tool Company of Chicago has bought sole co»ntrol of one of Britain's biggest pneumatic tool making companies, the Armstrong Withworth Machine Tools Ltd.. formed m 1905 and employing 750. Both companies make portable air-powered tools used m building cars, ships and planes
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    PATROLS KILL REDS
    25 8 French patrol.s killed 21 Communist rebels and took nine prisoners m minor actions m Indo-China. a French comm tm iqtn^sjurl^^^Njrfh^Saigon. B U.P
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    'Porky' was a public menace
    257 8 JAILED FOR RAZOR ATTACK LONDON, Saturday. PHINATOWN m London's East End breathed freely when news came that "Porky" Bennett had gone away. At the Old Bailey, London. Judge Beazley sentenced him to eight years' preventive detention tor a razor attack. Richard Arthur Bennett, a 36-year-old
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    A-bombs 'out of date'
    50 8 HOLLYWOOD i s planning a series of science-fiction films on flying saucers, inter-planetary travel, and life m the year 2000. The studios justify lettin, themselves so into the wide blue out yonder by saying: The public wants to escape from such drab, old-fashioned stuff as Ahombs.
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    H.K. exports to China increase
    71 8 HONG KONG, Sat. RAIL shipments of strategic goods through Hong Kong to Communist China increased during January. The Hong Kong government said yesterday that "heavy" shipments continued to move because of "continued purchases of raw materials by Chinese (Communist) agencies m Hong Kong." The principal
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    Carbo now American
    37 8 GTg_»^ actress, yesterday J-UUe Wim-^n'lH aCtress took tne oath fr «>'» Federal the e e •SB t*nt? he ca I ne to Ho,, ywood In 19*6 aiidjk__u_________, lontion to become a I' nl |i||'[BMM|M A.P
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    FOOD SYSTKM TO BE CHANGED
    46 8 The Government intended to make changes m the British food distribution system, said the Food Minister. Mr. Maurice Webb, last night at Portsmouth. He said a change "must made" to bring efficiency to "alv untidy and expensive business of distributing Reuter
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    COAL STOCKS DOWN
    20 8 London's coal stocks for the week ended February 3 were down to just over seven -".pp'vß Renter
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    NO MORE PAID COMMON INFORMERS
    117 8 NO MORE PAID COMMON INFORMERS LONDON, Sat. pommon Informers who for more than 450 years have iegally made money m Britain by suing people under ancient almost forgotten laws will shortly go out of business. The Government yesterday gave its support to a private Members Bill seeking to abolish the
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    4 1 Saturday, February 10, 1951.
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    THEY CAN SEE AND HEAR EVERYTHING
    538 1  -  unera in:m. who Ii:hI NiKipp i number ol s insute Ihe lio.ntcil In Ihe •nl locking s in !ed away *hw «»t Ihe shrine .ther "Shall I pictures "Fire 1 replied, almost fl ish snd ane- hich had a I( J over the eyes.
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    349 1 MORE PEOPLE ARE DISCOVERING THE BEAUTY OF THE BEACHES. Written and illustrated by KATHARINE SIM GET lhe impression thai Penang's roust road is now a much more husy place than it was I seem to remember d i i v i n g round the island before
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    A housewife's tale of woe
    550 1  -  KATHLEEN HICKLEY by "I'VK lived up lhe servants Chinese New Year holiday. They are both having Mon day and Tuesday off/ I lold my husband. "And who is going to rook the meals." he asked. "I am. of course. I've done It often enough m
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    Three rubbers
    124 1  - Three rubbers T.O. HARE INTELLIGENCE ILST i>y ADDISON. Pope. S: and Defoe met far Bridge again last nigh* As i s otten th'ir wont, theij played three rubbers. ea< h partnering each of the o.'hers m turn. The stake was a uniform £1 per 100. The rubbers were (tf average
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    RUBBER CALLS AGAIN
    261 1  -  by Mar ian Wel I 'HE count la, tingling with iti sharp n rubber swj.i Twigs, oriii. hes. ani trunks m iiewn across the Highway l the dilemma >* pa_aericbv Tho see -hw no-i s ntinued Ihrtr Ditch Ucnorfof utterance* ti >m rtet li of scratch** or
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    A "Hand-Picked Thriller
    530 2 A "Hand- Picked Thriller THE WOMAN IN QUESTION' (coming to iht Pavilion) confirms Britain's mastery m what Sir Alexander Korda once described as the "hand picked'- film. Story, acting and direction all are m the "hand picked" class. Nothing has been left to chance. It is m fact, a very
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    121 2 I.lm stars Dtfcfa Gray above) and Michael Gough i U x. rt *u h n ,n >la,ava Kuala Lumpur and Mchael m Negri Sembilan. Dulcie (whose hus- bim and stage star. Michael Denison) is seen atm* at a recent London meeting of film trade •»o„s io discuss
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    208 2 GRABLE IS STILL 'TOPS' HOLLYWOOD AFEW pounds heaviei but still .us well-pro-portioned as ever, Betty Grable remains top gnl m the pin-up parade, as evidenced by a recent poll of a national magazine. The beauteous blonde is ready to take care of the demands of mobilization. Because her studio will
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    338 2 IV you tni*__ it easy > foi'.ow a with m films cd. It has taken him 18 months and several false starts to find sometntn* which would n m a letwn after the world triumph of "The Third Mai 11 v about n Spain. No good He
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    213 2 JOAN RICE, a former London 'Nippy waitress who found her way to the screen by serving coffee to a film extra, has received a two-year Rark contract. It was an exciting coming-of-age present, for Joan is 21 today. She heard the news after the West End preview of
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    549 2 ORITAIN used to be known as a nation of shopkeeper Now she is fast becoming a nation of film critics. Almost every magistrate is nis own film crific. A worthless lout, who would probably remain a wurhless lout without benefit of Odeon or Granada, has only to
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    THIS EGYPTIAN FILM IS GOOD
    166 2 EGYPTIAN films are getting better and better. "ANISSA MAMA" (coming to tht- Capitol) is excellent entertainment, slick, sophisticated and amusng and on the lines of a netter class Hollywood c )medy. The plot is simple. fSabah a young girl with a lo voice and threat
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    578 3  -  cc Press Saturday Short Story by HN WEBB JONES |v hold no I' s for Ginas i t«»\ r.ut the rts nearly mf last lis o v 11 him i mile nor•;nkin one that bloke re he .md pi In the In the LSI a.> we Dt UP.
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    HOLLYWOOD Beauty Hint
    62 3 HOLLYWOOD Beauty Hint y^W^cAtft i m M-G-M want your at ions ro be a* _Mi a* the h and colorful cr mi striking* train to apply jJMH c does. the center of oke, ro the nail :>e nail base, b-uah another rhr nail tip. <•• !e of ookes should f-rage
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    1168 3  -  CHARLES GARDNER by This is really a scientific tab given to our old and sick-making friend the air-pocket' or 'bump', but it is a 'bump' with a difference. pKOM time to time m post-war aviation, there has been mention of a peculiar phenonomen called -The (inst ase"
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    WHEN THESE GIRLS SINGMORE RECORDS ARE SOLD
    411 3  -  PRESTO by THE most popular gramophone records m Singapore are those made by Chinese film actresses Since the Pathe orga- nisation, an associate of the "Hls Master's Voice" Company, arranged contracts with these lovely stars m November and December new recording! ol 'hit'
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      73 3 INTELLIGENCE TEST SOLUTION: If four players play three rubbers, with a change of partners each rubber, either one player .vms them all, or one player loses them all. Hence, where the rubbers total 700, 1300 and 1000 points the flna! account shows: A B C D ,i> 30 -16 -10
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    855 4  - Changi building up two strong elevens CHARLES BRYCE Hy MANY new Airmen have arrived al H o y :i I Air Force Changi since lhe hist football season and there are bound lo be a few soccer m c n aino n A Ihem, but Changi selectors are not counting
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    49 4 is to be an approach to the F.A. by clubs to whether the Cup-final kick-off can be put back to 6.30 p.m. They argue that 'his would enable television •a ers to see the match and i support their local clubs 1 the afternoon.
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    104 4 He refused a benefit 'pHE dei .1 recently of Mcßrtde recalls, true story of urned down a Raymond r who .rth ilk per and wa> lia imej ror Scotland r d. a ot Jack EUX t u t days when a irded a benei all th? gate from
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    455 4  - Will Arsenal defy tradition? ARCHIE QUICK Bi I had to happen. T h Inexorable he of class has cut do. Thirl Division m i cOmi etition. went roi the fifth r Mind draw, :>nd two of th _c had face re- I tl Cuo from F D 1 n are
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    527 4  - 1947 ARMY CUP WINNERS BUNDLED OUT PETER LOVEGROVE BY O O V A I Army IV Medicai Corps Depot (Crooksham). Army Cup inners m 1947 and unsuccessful finalists last year, were unceremoniously bundled out of the competition at Aldershot by thp shock unit side of the season. No. 1 Guards
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    292 4 Franklin 'never again for England' FUTURE of Neil 1 Franklin is one ol the current topics m English soc.ei. Franklin made his debut for Hull City after his "Bogota" seven-month suspension and conceded an unnecessary goal to Blackburn. He will play for the Reserves today while Hull phv B toi
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