The Singapore Free Press, 25 January 1952

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  • 604 2 Joseph, How Sad The Snowflakes Are...' wrote Dorothy Dix 9 adviser of the lovelorn HPHE frail old lady the world knew as Dorothy Dix, adviser to the lovelorn, died m New Orleans recently. She was 81. For 50 years she wrote' a newspaper column advising girls not to marry too
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  • 50 2 INTERESTING decision by President Vargas of Brazil—that people charged with profiteering will be tried before a fury of housewives There must be many housewives, here too, who \rould be happy to give up a few hours* to bring justice to the over chargers on scarce commodities.
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  • 853 2  - NO WOMAN HAS TO BE A PLAIN JANE IRIS ASHLEY By "/^AN you 'explain to me,'» asked the man sitting next to me at dinner, "why it is that only pretty women seem to take the trouble to dress weil? "I should have thought," he went on, "that the others
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  • 170 2 T.V. Changes Fashions In U.S. TELEVISION has prox duced a lot of changes m the American way of life. Skirts and trousers share the dim splotlight of the TV screen almost equally, the former almost invariably full and often of quite thick material felt or velveteen for those who take
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  • 499 2  -  MARIE GOUGH ONE MORE POWER CUT AND A FAMILY "WILL MOVE---- says AN electric cable has caused headaches m one suburban district. Twice it has broken down ajid plunged the houses it serves into darkness while all around the street lamps burn on merrily. Should this happen
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    • 110 2 i I WISHES HER I CHINESE FRIENDS I yy f f VERY HAPPY NEW YEAR i MAYNARD Co., Ltd. 11, BATTERY ROAD TEL: 6115 I ROGER KEYES CECIL ASPnfALL"OGLANDER I This is the story of Admiral of the Fleet Lord Keyes of Zeebrugge and Dover, a man whose name became
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  • Page 2 Miscellaneous
    • 44 2 Solution To Crossword Mo. 568 Yesterday's Solution. —Across; 1. School. 7. Teacher. 8. Levite. 9. Edition. 10, Miners. 12. Ass. 13. Tad. 17, Mysore, if., Manager. 19. DaTk«n 20, rmmen. 21, Stores. 5«fr«i< 1. Solemn. 1, Havana 3. Ottws 1 L«eds. 5, Scythes. 6.
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    • 107 2 New Crossword No. 569 ACROSS 1 Eggs so cooked aren't necessarily stolen however (7). 7 ReUeves when too tight (5). 8. It should show no inclinations <5>. ?t- tekes a devil of a lot of wickets (5, 6). 10. Cat KPtJl 1 tWs tlme of year (4 2 5 >■
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    • 139 2 YOT TO LUCKY STAR TJORN today, you have a rather complex personality with a number of conflicting characteristics. While gifted m poetry, literature and public speaking you strangely enough have, little sentimentality or emotionalism m your nature. Facts are facts, pleasant or unpleasant, and you face them squarely. You wiU
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  • 181 3 Trt Liiacipal of a well- v r Midlands firm a aed m dismantling and nSfneering, and run on a "ront-sharing basis, believes the spirit of the SerLices brought into industry J^Sot be beaten for loyalty md efficiency. During the past six years, rouncilior W. J.
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  • 88 3 NEW YORK, Pri. IMMIGRATION authorities seized the passport of Mr William L. Patterson, Executive Secretary of the Civil Rights Congress, on his arrival here by plane from London. Mr. Patterson, a Negro, had been to Paris where he presemed a petition to the United Nations accusing the
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  • 73 3 India's Finance Minister, sl r C. D. Deshmukh,. said New Delhi that he is flyin? to London on February 3 to fir.d out what we can do to help" mi n Britain's flnan«W crisis. ..^^lons m London, he added, would determine whegi India could
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  • 372 3 Russia may be a starter too WELLINGTON, Friday. THE biggest international air race since the end of World War n will take place about Oct. 10, 1953, from England to New Zealand. There is speculation that the race— about 10,500 miles m a straight
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  • 29 3 The new Belgian Premier. M. Jean van Houtte, and his Social Christian Cabinet won a 103 to 93 vote of confidence from the House of Representatives.- A.P.
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    35 3 STRIPPED BARE of sail, the Jour-masted 2,796-ton German training ship Pamir lies at the mercy O] [jough seas m the Thames Estuary, 30 miles northwards of Margate, awaiting the assistance of tugs. A. P. picture.
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  • 226 3 NEW YORK, Friday. UVERY year is leap year now for thousands of American girls. They have as much to say about marriage these days as men do; and sometimes they do the proposing tv^mselves— in their own way. You have !>r. Margaret
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  • 123 3 HURT, YET SHE IS UNABLE TO FEEL PAIN LONDON, Pri. A RED-HAIRED girl of eight has broken her thigh, and badly damaged bones m her ankles and feet, without feeling any pain. She is almost a painless girl, yet otherwise normal, say B Dr. Ernest Westlake m the British Medical
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  • 77 3 Mafcatma Gandhi and St. Francis of Assisi give the dual inspiration of east and west for an international gathering to be held at Perugia, Central Italy, next week to promote the ideals of non-violence. The gathering i s due to begin on January 30, fourth anniversary of
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    28 3 picture. ARABIAN FILM ACTRESS, Kerina, whose torrid kiss m her first film, "Outcast of the Islands, has yet to pass the American censors, was "discovered" m Algiers.- •Renter.
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  • 303 3 LONDON, Friday. A MAN who nearly broke the bank at Monte Carlo was gaoled for 15 months at the Old Bailey. He spent £25,000, won m 11 days when he could not lose at the tables, m eight months of champagne-and-caviare living m Europe's
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  • 188 3 LONDON, Fri. j MR. LAWRENCE BERTIE DENNIS, a London solicitor, swore m the High Court that a remark he made to three people about Leopold Harris, the fire assessor, was m jest, Mr. Harris, contending that Dennis slandered him, is seeking damages. Harris
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  • 17 3 Seven terrorists were killed, two captured and 110 suspects arrested m recent operations against members
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  • 60 3 French Minister of Associated States, Jean LetQureanu, has left Paris by air on a mission of friendship and information" to Indo-China. With him went General Etienne Jean Valluy, Inspec-tor-General of Overseas Land Forces, who is tipped as successor to the late Marshal Jean de Lattre de
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  • 32 3 Mr. Vishinsky, Soviet Foreign Minister, told interviews last night that the rearmament of the Boon Republic would be "a very bad thing for the German people."— A.P.
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    278 3 Both sides vulnerable. 1 > North dealer. QNCE North had passed, South had no hope of slam and no better course than to leap directly to game and let the opponents go further at their peril. West opened the heart king. East overtook with the ace and gave
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  • 202 3 Mothers join mass crime in big store NEWCASTLE-ON-TYNE. Pri. COBS and shrieks broke out m the front row of the public gallery of Newcastle Magistrates' Court when five women were sent to prison and 13 others find for what was called "mass crime within a departmental store." The front row
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  • 82 3 LONDON, Pri. TNIVERSITY graduates may U, be put on the trail of the tax-dodger m Britain's latest drive to fight tax evasion. Inland Revenue authorities have asked the universities to find suitable candidates to train as Inspectors to increase the present force of 1,608 to
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  • 47 3 THE Australian Army Minister, Mr. Josian Francis, has announced m Sydney that the Ist. Battalion of the Royal Australian Regiment will sail for Korea on Feb. 25. The battalion will undergo final training m Japan before relieving the 3rd Battalion now fighting m Korea.- U.P.
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    • 165 3 Radio listening SINGAPORE \p.m. The Radio Orchestra: DatJif Slsnal News; 1.45 f M sc-The Bachelors; 2.00 >.00 Programmes In Malay: Time signal Ac Programme Sum-nary; 6 .17 Forces Favourites JJ pvosnoHN of requests by the W' Panted by Josephine I *S8 Announcements A Sln--5 are Market Report: 7.00 Signal News;
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  • 640 4 The Singapore Free Press FRIDAY, Jan. 25, 1952. Summon the Dragon I ast Sunday the household gods departed from the homes of our Chinese fellow citizens and went to heaven. They will report* on the conduct of those among whom they have had their earthly dwelling. Taken as a whole,
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  • 671 4 In Indo-China, French Planters >Worfc... ...fighting off the Communist led Vietminh and producing rubber, jays Larry Allen pRENCH planters ir Indo-China are doing two things at once they're getting rubber to the outside world and fighting a war against the Commun-ist-led Vietminh. They produced
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    15 4 campaign <*n *are every car oft my neu, car park except choc ane-tKats nine 7
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  • 711 4  -  GEOFFREY BOCCA By T»HE European nations are not alone m reporting a lag m their arms drive. The United States is so far behind m all its rearmament targets that sleep is being lost m the Pentagon, and hair is being torn m
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  • 877 4  - This Duke is Buying Land L G Vine By /NOT I SELLING A RUSSELL REVERSES THE TREND OF DWINDLING ACRES THAT WEIGHS ON THE MINDS OF THE CECILS OF ENGLAND HTHE Duke of Bedford has bought for more than £200,000 the Great Maythem estate at Ten* terden m Kent— and
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  • 88 4 POR three years the men ■JL* S ho P^ their money *»to Hey England, U.S., ski resorts had no luck. The big New Year season remained snowless. But this year it's wonderful. Fred Pabst. son ot a famous brewing family who branched out on his own to sink
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    • 38 4 X.L.M. to EUROPE for die WINTER SPORTS Luxurious four-engined K.LN. A#J CoMteDiaSoo, leave Singapore M^ for Europe every Wedbieday, MJf Fniay A Sunday. W /ft' 4'/ SK YOU! TRAVEL ACEKT M^Jt i HIM m? w 1.Fin1ay,,,,, Green. v
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  • 196 5 'Our reputation at stake 9 says J)ato Paglar Free Press Staff Reporter fHE Singapore Badminton Association has asked Government for a loan of $600,000 to build a badminton hall* m Guillemard Road, Geylang. The hall must be ready by May for the Thomas Cup
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  • 134 5 He 'gurgled' a few words and went 'dumb' Xl ALA LUMPUR, FH. -I' UK independence of Ma--1 lava Party candidates contesting the Kuala Lampur municipal elections were -live" candidates, said Dato Onn bin Ja'afar, founder of the party, at an election meeting on Wednesday. ••We have candidates who can speak
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    57 5 JNCBK ABDUL MANAF (left) and Mr. Anthony Koh, tow »ys j «fineei» who have been JJWMded scholarships to undergo an elf ht-week course SL^ W ?!L ellf lieerill ta Anrtral4 a. The engineers are t ne first two of a number of local engineers who will be sent abroad by
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  • 135 5 Free Press Staff Reporter THE export of Australian flour into Indonesia has now been resumed, Singapore merchants were informed yesterday by the Indonesian Trade Commissioner, Mr. Taher Ibrahim. The Indonesian Government eailier refused to allow the export of flour from Singapore to Indonesia because the
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  • 80 5 OINGAPORE Youth Council has asked the Colony Government tor a piece of land m Tanah Merah, Changi, for camping during holidays. The Youth Council at pre- f sent has a holiday camp ii Ayer Biru m Johqre. Tanah Merah is an excel lent bathing place,
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  • 72 5 Poppy Day record KUALA LUMPUR, Fri. TAST year's Poppy Day collections m the Federation were a record $240,817-— nearly $60,000 more than m 1950. Selangor topped the list with $43,694. Perak was next with $40,067. Military units, including British, Gurkha and Malay troops contributed $7,889. Amounts raised by other States
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  • 82 5 KUALA LUMPUR, Fri. —The Officer Administering the Government has approved the award of the Colonial Police and Fire Brigades Long Service Medal to 364 non-gazetted officers and men of the Federation Police Force. MRS/ STELLA DANKER, of 27 Fenang Road, Singapo»- j had a new idea
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  • 161 5 Free Press Staff Reporter fOL. F.H.R. Davey of GHQ, v FARELF, who had 36 years' experience m amateur dramatic acting m England, Germany and India, has been elected the new chairman of the Singapore Little Theatre Player*.^ I Among i&ose who were re-elected-to the committee
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  • 62 5 All ex-service men and wo r men tn Singapore, whether they are members of the ExService Association or not are being requested to attend its annual meeting today, Mr. A. Halliday, hon. secretary of the association, said yesterday. The meeting will be held at the officers' mess
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  • 89 5 Eight Royal Australian Air Force men arrived m Singapore by Qantas-BOAC from Sydney yesterday as replacements to the No 1 Lincoln Bomber Squadron at Tengah. F/Lt F. M Griggs of Tasmania one of the three" officers, holds the DJF.C. and D.F.M. for gallantry m Europe m
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  • 122 5 THEY GIVE S.I.T. MEN HEADACHES Free Press Staff Reporter APPLICANTS for Singapore Improvement Trust accommodation, who count aunts, uncles, other near relatives and servants as members of their family, are giving a headache to the Trustees who scrutinise their forms. Near relatives, except the applicant's father and mother and his
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  • 146 5 KUALA LUMPUR, Pri. DEPLYING to criticism, that while he was a Municipal Commissioner he had not opposed increased taxation, Mr. T. R. Marks, IMP candidate, on Wednesday said that he had attacked the proposed rise at the Municipal budget meeting m October. He was
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  • 42 5 New Moon Day will be celebrated at the Buddhist Temple, Temple Road, Kuala Lumpur, by the Mrs. Abeyratne m memory of late Mr. D. p. Abeyratne of Singaj>ore. commencing from 7 p.m. Sermon by Yen. M. Pannasire Thero
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  • 51 5 A leper at the Tampoi Leper Colony, Jphore, tries out the wneel chair presented to another patient, Koh Quee Koon, by the Singapore Police. On the right is ASP Mobamed Amin bin Haji Jamil, of the Singapore Police, who made the presentation.- -Free
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  • 119 5 CHOP assistants have asked the Colony Government to introduce legislation to restrict their hours of work. The Commissioner of Labour, Mr. G. W. Davis, said yesterday the present Labour Ordinance restricts the working hours of labourers only. The Weekly Holidays Ordinance, which has* been m force for &me time, gives
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  • 130 5 Free Press Staff Reporter MOST Singapore Chinese homes are already "dressed" today for the Chinese New Year on Sunday. Red curtains have been put up, lanterns hung out and living rooms gaily decorated. Housewives have been fight- ing against time to get new dresses ready
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  • 73 5 EIGHT GET JOBS AS HOUSEMEN CINGAPORE Medical Depart- ment has appointed eight of the University of Malaya's latest batch of 16 graduates as housemen All the eight are from the Colony. Among them is a woman, Dr. (Miss) Ivy Chew. The new doctors are expected to report for duty at
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  • 284 5 'Wife threw food at me': Husband tells court KUALA LUMPUR, Fri. A MAN who was sued lor1 or maintenance <?t Kuala Lumpur yesterday, said that he had slapped his wife only once. That was when she poured a plate of hot Vegetables on mm. Tham Choy Moi sued Wen& Yew
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  • 36 5 Mr A. D. Stutchbury. Singapore Controller of Supplies. and Mr. A W. Nichokon. Federation Controller of Supplies, returned to the Colony yesterday by CPA from Bangkok where they attended imix>rtant rice talks.
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  • 720 6  -  NETMAN But Poh Lint never gave up By yyONG Peng Soon, Malaya's only world champion, produced a different brand of .badminton last night to win the Singapore singles title m straight sets. The 5,000 spectators who crowded the Happy World Stadium saw the master stroke
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  • 172 6 UELEN Heng took a little m more than ten minutes to dispose of Babe Low. to win the women's singles title for the third successive year. Helen won 11-1, 11-1. It was a colourless affair. Helen from th e outset dominated play and kept
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    39 6 pict ure, Wong Peng Soon, All-England and Malayan badminton singles champion, beat his old rival, Ong Pott Lim, for the Singapore singles title last night. He is pictured receiving the championship trophy from Mr. Malcolm Mac Donald -tree rress
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  • 156 6 Old man' Kim Fatt keeps title EOW Kirn Fatt won the veteran's singles title night when he beat Koh Keng Siang— but only after a thrilling three set struggle. Kirn Fatt won S— ls, 15—7 and 15—11 to retain the title. Grey-headed Kirn Patt was a popular winner. After dropping
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  • 41 6 picture Gurney gets his man: A smothering tackle by R^SC wmg-three Gurney checks a Fiji attack m yesterday's rugby match at Nee Soon. Gurney was Injured m thS second session and token to hospital with concussion *ree rress
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  • 93 6 OEFORE the start of the men's singles final at the Happy World stadium last night Mr. Urn Oman Geok, president of the Singapore Badminton Association, announced that Col. J. E. Ridley, of Brand Mid Co., had promised to present trophy for an International badminton tournament which
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  • 49 6 Three oi Singapore's best Chinese wrestlers feature m this Saturday's special Chinese New Year programme at the Happy They are Bosca Boa, Wong Buck Lee and L. K. Seng. They flght, respectively, Mike Barret, Hardit Singh and Chota Dara Singapore. Two other fights complete the card.
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  • 30 6 HOCKEY: SCC 'A* v Ceylon S.C., SCC 5 pan. ANNUAL GENERAL MEETINGS: Singapore Tart Clnb at Chamber of Commerce 5.15 pjn.; Singapore Cricket Assn. at S.CC. 5.15 p.m.
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  • 236 6 I*HE Soviet Union, which is forging to the front m nearly every sport, is still not making much progress m tennis. With the Russians planning to take part m this summer's Olympic Games at Helsinki, one may be certain that they would also like to
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    • 74 6 The Free ffep Priday, January 25, 19^ Mandrake Exclusive to the Singapore tree Press m Mal nyQ I JANE Exclusive to the Singapore Free Press m Malaya I "MB D«NN6B /^^^^^gß IS OUR 9U3GAN NOW, BUT NCff AF WITU THE \^^^^~l PRELIMINARY SuRV&y y^^ 1 BELLf y*7. JTjjr\ A WORD
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  • 754 7 STORMING DEBUT BY THE FIJI REGT. XV Spurred on by songs Free Press Rugby Reporter Ist Bn. Fiji Regt 19; RJLS.C 0. ■JO the tuneful rhythm of touchline voices m harmony, 15 dusky Fijian giants swept upfield time and again towards the Royal Army Service Corps try-line at Nee Soon
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  • 933 7  - THE LIFE OF JOE WALCOTT 'He's got more bounce to the ounce DAVE BRADY By gSEI Joe Walcott always had more bounce to mcc m his fists than most heavyweights. concerting flat-floot floogie dance also ndby m his routine, inviting opponents their chins, among them even Joe Louis. 44 Joe
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  • 31 7 THE Redskin wrestler, Chief Little Wolf, who fousht three great contests m Singapore with King Kong, flew to Manila yesterday enroute to meet his wife and children m Honolulu.
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  • 375 7  -  ALLAN LEWIS By fHANTILLY and Cape have been promoted from Cl. 2 to Cl. 1, states a Straits Racing Association release. Chantilly has had nine runs on the Malayan turf for three wins, three seconds, one fourth, one fifth and one eighth. He started
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  • 68 7 IN the Pakistan lawn tennis tournament yesterday Iftikhar of Pakistan and linck of the Netherlands entered the final of the men's doubles, beating Cawthorn and Tregenning, both of Australia, 8-6, 6-2, 10-8. Another pair who entered the men's doubles final was Straight Clarke of the United States
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  • 743 7 Signals scrape into final INTER-UNIT BOXING Free Press Boxing Reporter INTO the final, but only just. It was a close call for Singapore District Signal Regiment m last night's semi-final of the Anchor Cup for interunit boxing. Their opponents, Ist Singapore \rtillery Regiment, were level on points at the end
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  • 76 7 -pNGLAND'S chance of win7*. ning the Swaythling Cup m the 19th international table tennis championships brightened yesterday when it was reported that Czechoslovakia Jiaa decided* ntt do chief contenders for the cup when the tournament opens at Bombay on Feb. 1. The Hungarian team's leader, Krayscovizs,
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  • 28 7 League 111 Southern: Northampton Town 6 Aldershot 2. Shrewsbury Town Q Swlndon Town. Walsall 2 Leyton Orient. League II Northern: Worldngton 2 Bradford 3. Reuter.
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  • 19 7 RUGBY UNION RESULTS Army 5: Police. Union 5 (Played at Northampton). Leicester 8; Royal Air Force B.—
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    • 327 7 OPENS v TODAY! f THE CAPITOL RESTAURANT Proudly Presents CHINESE NEW YEAR [Saturday 26th m Svm4»r 27ffc 1 2 a,m. Eitenson 1 j^« I "MEW YEAR'S VARIETY SHOW" WITH HELEN KFITH m her first appearance at Hie Capitol i CHOK YUf< YUN Celebrated Guest Artist from Hongkong and Shanghai TAN
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  • 289 8 GOVT. HAD NO RIGHT TO LOVE LETTERS Inside story of a dfctator's passion ROME, Friday. A ROME COURT has ordered the Italian Ministry of Interior to return to the family of Clara Petacci, Mussolini's mistress, the torrid letters she exchanged with the Fascist dictator. The court yesterday published its findings
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  • 97 8 LONDON, Fri. IWEVES yesterday, got away with 33 cases from a 54 -case truckload of cadmium, an atomic research metal. Police found the truck abandoned at Degenham, still carrying 21 cases. It was the second such theft this week. Apparently the thieves were disturbed while transferring
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  • 123 8 6 fleeing convicts ate No. 7 BOGOTA COLOMBIA, Fri. QIX w g and bearded con- yicts who escaped trom a tropical jungle prison camp said yesterday they killed, boiled and ate a seventh companion the fattest one and were planning to eat another when they stumbled into a settlement and
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  • 133 8 (Continued from Pace 1) "Industrially America is a giant, but the growth of a giant not to mention any sudden unexpected movement on his part can have disturbing consequences for smaller industrial nations." Mr. Butler also pointed out that the West's military buildup would be hindered unless the sterling
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  • 18 8 Major (general Ersklne Hume former Chief Surgeon of the Par East Command, died m Washington vestpr- day.- AFP
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  • 85 8 WASHINGTON, Fri. REPRESENTATIVE Joseph O'Hara, Republican of Minnesota, yesterday asked the Department of Defence to inquire into mass prostitution said to take place around American camps hi Japan. In a letter addressed to Secretary of Defence Robert Lovett, O'Hara quoted excerpts from a protest
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  • 128 8 Churchill may be 'Saint' in death seel SAIGON, Fri. FLICE have arrested 30 men all alleged to be followers of a religious sect that claims "guidance" from Gandhi, George Washington and Shakespeare—on charges of killing 20 people and injuring 120 with a time bomb. The men will toe charged before
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  • 255 8 Vop court had no Jurisdiction' I »n^ nJffiCf?" 8 that the court ««cted and administered by the Japanese m Singapore was m any real sense the court of Kin* Georee SyV7p S °Ha™*f y K^ ab 7 ance arv ey appeared for/ y me ounan
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  • 71 8 A Persian, H. Varoghi, from Teheran, was under treatment m a Rome mental clinic yesterday after he tried to take over a BOAC airliner en route to London. The 30-year-old passenger attempted to enter the pilot's cabin but was overpowered by members of the
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  • 25 8 The U.S. Air Force Ls releasing enough aluminum to raise car production to 900,000 cars m the second ouart^r «f 1952.— A.P.
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  • 40 8 'LONS-LEGS' COB FOR A RIDE ?h E e N^tr^ W mn D WSKI a Polish r outh wh »*<« k'eycle Is 9V 2 feet. Handle-bars are seven ieet from the ground and the stilts are 4'/ 2 feet lone.— Reuter picture.
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  • 137 8 French bid to re-open brothels PARIS, Pri. IJRANCE has taken a small step towards* reopening licensed brothels, closed by law since 1946. J B y a tie vote of 11 to 11, the National Assembly's Committee on Public Health appointed a member to report °f n n the Project, It
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  • 169 8 LONDON, Friday. I ONDON'S Unity Theatre which describes itself "the theatre of the Labour movement" has removed author J. B. Priestley from the imposing list of its general council because of his contribution of a controversial article "The Shape of War to Come"
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  • 27 8 A Serbian Orthodox priest from the village of Luznica was sentenced to five years m prison yesterday for preaching against Yugoslavia's collective farm programme.— A.P.
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  • 332 8 U.S. navy is ready if truce fails I MILWAUKEE. I Wisconsin, Fri. T«HE U.S. Navy will take quick action and "carry the war to the enemy" if the Korean truce talks fail, the Navy Secretary, Mr. Dan Kimball told a joint meeting of the Executives Club and the Milwaukee Council
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  • 89 8 CONVINCED that forthcoming Government plans to cure Britain's economic crisis will depress stockmarkets sellers were active in the London Stock Exchange yesterday Prices sagged as operators took advantage of facilities to deal for the new trading period beginning Wednesday next. A statement from the Chancellor of
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  • 31 8 Descartes. the Argentine newspaper columnist generally assumed to be 'President Peron, urged yesterday that the Latin American countries form a xederation now to save themselves from imperialist conquest.- A.P.
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    • 10 1 CHINESE NEW YEAR FREE PRESS SUPPLEMENT Friday, |antury 25, 1952.
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    • 841 1  -  KAY SEE The Feast of Lahtems is 2.000 years old but it has retained all its glamour and spirit of fun. by THROUGH the cen1 t uries, Chinese numlens have always rtgankd Chap Goh Neb, the 15th night of the first moon, as the
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    • 801 1  - DRAGON —SYMBOL OF STRENGTH S. H. Tan h The Chinese dragon is not the wicked creature known to the West. It is a beneficent god possessing the power of creation THINESE all over the world are ready to welcome their New Year of the Dragon. Unlike the gruesome monster slain
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    • 1580 2 The will of say Lock Jfolfcf GILES €COTR|BUTES A NOSTALGIC TALE OF A LOVE TH Kt trftd :l AND DEATH COULD NOT DIM THE great hall of the house of Say Lock was brilliantly lighted up that night, the night of the Feast of Lanterns. The family, however, had gathered
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    • 1101 3 with Eric Mitchell TOUR through i hinalown is an t j on m any city lilt W oi Id; m Singapore it is more than m education— it is conducted tour h the caravariSil ;"of all Asia's colourful peoples. It ka these teeming thousands of colourful,
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    • 673 4  - The festival has become less noisy MARIAN WELLS says New Year is the one big holiday when rich towkay and poor labourer alike relax f ro t their ceaseless search for money and the pleasures of the festive board.""" DECADE or two ago the explosion of fire-crackers echoing and rebounding
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    • 398 4  - GUARDIAN ANGEL OF SEAMEN A. S. LEE by ENTERING any Chinese temple one is struck by the conspicuousness of male deities. Of course, there is the omnipresent Kwan Yin, the Goddess of Mercy, who needs no introduction to most people of East or West. There is one other goddess. She
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    • 1763 5  - IDENTITY UNKNOWN MICHAEL KAY Chinese New Years Eve-a woman, beautitul and alone -a misunderstood invitation— ppium-and finally MURDER. A story by FIFTY bucks were burning a hole in my pants pocket, big enough to put your fist through and I wanted to celebrate. When my news editor, an Aystralian called
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    • 1303 6  - The happiest day in my life NONI CHIA by Noni will be 14 years old on New Year's Day. CHINESE New Year's Day is al^ ways the happiest day m the year for me. My mother says it Is the happiest because I am still a young girl and do
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    • 1720 7  -  ERIC MITCHELL A stirring story of the Malayan jungle by' pOO AH KENG was the youngest recruit m the Bth Regiment of the so-called Malayan Peoples' Liberation Array. It was the eve of the Chinese New Year. 'There'll be some good pickings on
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      • 59 7 for I c CHINESE NEW YEAR S FRENCH LOCKNIT KNICKERS H *V \J 1 Ij rif IBa^^K^Sfe^^K^'-^'^j^Jt^ l SMALL EMBRO.DERY^*^W jK^g jg!,^ f > ON SIDE OF LEG Ijpv !pa M WITH UNTIL jelastic at 1 JANUARY 29th ONLY < a PEACH OR WHITE 1 Ij /^■'iWVra t K^B y.\4t
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    • 90 8 MASKING m the sunshine In a quiet holiday cove, We watch the fUWng shadows Fleck sea and green mangrove. As idly as those white sails Now drifting with the breeze— 9 Our free thoughts wander thither And dream fust what they please. Soothing, calm, and wilful,
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    • 767 8  -  S. H. TAN EVERYONE. RICH OR POOR. MAKES DUMPLINGS OUT OF RICE FLOUR FOR THE FAMILY FEAST. by ACCORDING to the Chinese lunar calendar, New Year's Day has been so arranged that it always falls on the day of the first new moon after
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      • 128 8 YOUNGER'S EXTRA STOUT jJWMggngriCMji i 1 Tfc« Nami 1 SILVANA! a Is your guarantee Extreme Accuracy Superb I Quality I 11 Obtainable at all high class dealers. r tll'Clf SiSfui HEN HIN •I A trusted JEWELLER is your best adviser See our hill range oi the latest designs of DIAMOND
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    • 478 9  - AGE IS A MATTER OF PRIDE LUCY TAN From ancient times the Chinese have been taught that the older the man the greater must be the respect due him. by IV 0 matter when his birthday is, the vcrage Chinese will del one year to his age when the New
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    • 421 9 Cured by the thrust of a gold needle ACUPUNCTURE IS A VERY OLD AND DIFFICULT MEDICAL ART-AND PROMISES ASTONISHING RESULTS- j)0 you know that a thrust of a needle into your body can cure you of rheumatism, a sudden heart attack or even sun stroke? That is what a Chinese
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    • 326 9 (JHIXESE temples and places of worship will be filled with people asking the gods for favours on New Year's Day. The Chinese are great worshippers, believing that a great hierarchy of spirits m heaven and on earth rules over the human destiny. There- are gods of nature and
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      777 10  -  JOHN K. JONES I IT WAS THE NIGHT OF CHAP GOH MEH-THE I FESTIVAL OF ROMANCE— AND UNDER A BENEVOLENT !l o^^m mttcH CAN HAPPEN. EVEN DREAMS CAN COME TRUE. A story by I IN the airport's can- *teen, Seng Chiu sat alone near the j window.
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    • 454 10  -  CARL LIM by i gVEKYONh knows the Chinese are a superstitious race, but few people realise that their superstitions are based equalj Iy on deifies as on devils "Heaven is low is an I "expression you often hear when a man wishes to
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    • 456 10 (Continued from Page li The other, a living man flying towards a flaming holocaust. r Lying there, Ah Keng felt a cold murderous rage stealJog over him. For the first time since his abduction the feeling of numb apathy left him and was replaced
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    • 458 11  -  RAE MARCH by rrilK making and carving of' camphor wood chests is a rjpiclly growing indnstry in Malaya. Kigb costs ancl other Vulties in China i Ice it almost imposs ble to import these works of art any longer, so local craftsmen
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    • 447 11  - Lovely to look at and delightful to know TESSIE TAN by is producing a new type of Asian matron. Young m heart, active m the interests of others, chic and extremely efficient sh c is lovely to look at and delightful to know. Gracing social func- tions, assisting m charity
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    • 249 11 IKE Christmas to the West, Chinese! New Year to the Chin-j ese is a time of good- will to all men. I No one is happier looking forward to hearty meals and I monetary gifts, than the city's beggars. It is the custom for each shop
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