The Singapore Free Press, 9 February 1952
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Title Section20 1952-02-09 1 The Singapore Free Press LARGEST AFTERNOON SALE IN MALAYA v, u :n. SINGAPORE, SATURDAY, FEBRUARY 9, 1952. PRICE FIFTEEN CENTS.20 words
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Article, Illustration448 1952-02-09 1 PETER HILL - PETER HILL Gimson reads proclamation on Padang By THE GOVERNOR OF SINGAPORE, Sir Franklin Gimson, this morning proclaimed the accession of Queen Elizabeth II in a solemn ceremony on a dais on the Padang. Thousands of people, apart from the official guests, fringed the sides ofFree Press - 448 words
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Article352 1952-02-09 1 Family re-union LONDON, Saturday. QUEEN Elizabeth II and the Duke of Edinburgh arrived at the Royal residence of Sandringham yesterday afternoon to pay their last tribute to King George VI. They travelled by road through a rainstorm, the Duke being at the wheel most of the352 words
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Article26 1952-02-09 1 Princess Margaret must now get her big sister's permission before she can marry The reigning Sovereign, must approve all royal marriages.26 words
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112 1952-02-09 1 LONDON. Sat. QN ELIZABETH II ye5- a>ked Britons to minutes' silence funeral of King oeins held on I :rom the Home 'Her Majesty's >:ers were advised that, Lance with preced- ere should be no fei ra] -..-pension of work m FeU 15. the dayU.P. - 112 words
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Article195 1952-02-09 1 Ceylon and India hail new Queen COLOMBO, Sat. r FHE BEATING of drums and the blowing of conch shell trumpets opened an official ceremony at Parliament House in Colombo yesterday proclaiming Elizabeth as Queen. Thousands of Ceyloncs* thronged the wide green lawns of Parliament House to winess the ceremony. TheReuter - 195 words
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Article148 1952-02-09 1 LONDON, Sat. CTARTING Tuesday morning w the first of perhaps a million mourners will shuffle past a towering dais in Westminster Hall here on which will lie in state the body of their dead monarch, King George VI. The catafalque on which the King's body willReuter - 148 words
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Article68 1952-02-09 1 The Isle of Man, British Crown island in the Irish Sea traditionalist to the c ore ran into a problem last night with a Queen on the throne. They do not know exactly what to call her Proud about their own parliament, they haVte called a specialA.P. - 68 words
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Article59 1952-02-09 1 LONDON, Sat. QUEEN Elizabeth probably will be crowned some time between next August planning until well" after the King's funeral. British Kings have waited several years, others only a There is only one fixed rule —It cannot take place until the court mourning is over. There59 words
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Article191 1952-02-09 1 LONDON, Saturday. THE crowned heads of at least six nations are expected to attend the State funeral of the late King next Friday France will be represented by the President, M. Auriol, the Prime Minister, M. Faure, and the Foreign Minister, M. Schuman. President191 words
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Article66 1952-02-09 1 IJECAUSE of the King's death Singapore Tamils have abandoned today the colourful processions which usually mark Taipusam, their annual festival. Serangoon Road area which should be crowded with "kavadi" bearers on their way to the Chettiar Temple at Tank Road, was quiet this morning. The conches were66 words
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Article, Illustration242 1952-02-09 1 LONDON, Saturday. QUEEN Elizabeth II yesterday told the Privy Council, supreme body of state advisers, "I shall always work as my father did throughout his reign to uphold constitutional government and to advance the happiness and prosperity of my peoples." The 26-year-old QueenReuter - 242 words
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Article10 1952-02-09 1 frablb Bourgiba, Tunisia's national leader, has apparent-10 words
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51 1952-02-09 1 LONDON, Sat. mHE Daily Express yesX terday suggested a government post for the Queen Mother, possibly Governor-General of Australia or Canada, at some time in the future. "The time may eome when it seem* fitting to invite the former Queen again to the service of the51 words
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461 1952-02-09 1 LONDON, Sat. LONDON VIRST, then all Britain, yesterday^ turned back the clock' 1,000 years for the"; solemn proclamation of the new Queen with fanfares, pageantry and gun salutes. From historic St. Jamet Palace, the ceremonies were j repeated on lesser but equally j impressiveReuter; U.P. - 461 words
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Advertisement130 1952-02-09 1 KEEPS VOUR H^ ..soft, lustrous aea >uu Brylcreem your hair, you notice at eoce How lustrous it k« >'* s Drrn«s is replaced by a gloss and vitality that put you right 00 *P You fed better because you look smarter yon feel mote confident, t0 because you know your130 words
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Advertisement48 1952-02-09 1 ll* FUHTER m S* BMRItMi Diamonds I Jewellery i 67, Stamford Rd., (Eu Court) Bldg., S'pore, 6. Telephone 7923. R CEIBBRAHOMS YOU MUST HAVE ill ff% I s T Bl THE Bt jI Im^imMM nN THIS iSsS^f V i O A0 sL JHj|h Produce of France W^Sj^^^ml BEEHIVE48 words
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Article888 1952-02-09 2 SEAFARER - SEAFARER ki This boys and girls, hi a new and exciting adventure story at long ag0 rnpHE heavily-laden coach rocked and creaked up a winding 'hill road on the snowcovered Sussex Downs. It was cold, bitterly cold, and the lour horses seemed to breathe smoke as hot888 words
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Article, Illustration969 1952-02-09 2 WENDY - Cockatoo was my FriendNow he Hates me WENDY He has become a wicked bird LAST week I wrote about Lord Ivan, the proud, chestnut horse, who likes to have a dirty coat for six days of the week. Lord Ivan has a nodding aquaintanceship with a bird, a sulphur-crested cockatoo,969 words
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Article283 1952-02-09 2 WHO is the greatest f f ballerina the world has ever known? Many people would say Anna Pavlova; certainly she is the most famous. It is 21 years since she died, and yet to people who have seen her dance her artistry is still vivid and283 words
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Advertisement100 1952-02-09 2 i •sassssaßnMvvvflviiSnK JUNIOR CONTEST cnn j fi if Vli |i baj ILLUSTRATED in t4irt week's puzxle are four features of Hm seaside. When you have found c«t what they are fill in your name, iddreii and age, and past to Children's pj Page, Singapore Free Press. Cecil Street, to arrive100 words
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Advertisement233 1952-02-09 2 4 1 CHINA TO CHITRU I I by WL W» TILMAN l5 I This Is the record, illustrated by some f seventy remarkable photographs, of the author's journeys in Central As a I in 1949. Leader of the 1938 Even m H expedition, Mr. Tilman is on? §f Britain's three233 words
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Miscellaneous132 1952-02-09 2 Rupert and the Sorcerer— lo rt fc dIK r Lttl^ make what mean." At people lose their fear of Ruper: and last rhey move off slowly between gradually dose ft* to stare at him beaut »ful plants and trees and lead curiously. Agas* he asks his him to where a132 words
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Miscellaneous66 1952-02-09 2 JUNIOR CROSSWORD J?£ t£TS£7 2 T 1 8 8 b J to A kind of sheepdo so for an artist. 7^ Oaribaldi school. 13. Rodents with lone ears 10. "The is a sandbank at ing a large number of flat seed* 16. s ClndaraU« Icfet a glass one. 18. BOLUTION66 words
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Article72 1952-02-09 3 COLOMBO, Sat gKTTAIN has withdrawn Rl 33 900.000 of its priital investment in Island during the first I 1951, according to a the Ceylon Central B h capital, forming the j foreign capital investin C v:on. is invested ha plantations, some of recently been sold eykmeseReuter - 72 words
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Article36 1952-02-09 3 The United Nations staff officer at Panmunjom, Col. James C. Murray, asked the Communists why Turkish prisoners had not been writing home. The Chinese Col., Tsai Cheng-wen, replied: "The Turks cannot write" U.P.U.P. - 36 words
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Article, Illustration352 1952-02-09 3 Whkh ts bet- t-r. 3 NT. of some Jther call? 1•• o HI in on decided what «PJ«WI the United W«« Champion. r io! Ital y The team a a ford of PhiladelB J;;-''-^. Geor-e RaB. <rr and Howard He I'7 York, defeated .-"^1 Charles Goren and Mvron352 words
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Article332 1952-02-09 3 There is fear of unemploymen t THF 4,.c,,ii SYDNEY, Saturday. T f 11 11 Mln «ter Immigration, Mr. H. 4nJ»;,Ti».* ha s. an P°»nced a 25 per cent cut in Australia s earlier target of 200,000 migrants a year. Canberra that t^ Ual 9 tizen shipA.P. - 332 words
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Article90 1952-02-09 3 HICKORY, Sat UU-NDREDS of the tiny 11 white plastic bottles carrying messages of goodwill from American college students to the Chinese people are being released off the China coast this month. The students hope the Dottles will ivash ashore on the long coastline of the Communist-d o mA.P. - 90 words
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Article304 1952-02-09 3 XT TTT LONDON, Saturday. jw a West-end club the night she arrived from Paris, a 25-year-old- auburn-haired model was introduced to a man who bought her champagne, it w ?s stated at West London. When she left the club, the m< *L el alleged, the304 words
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Article56 1952-02-09 3 Britain will slash its technical aid to under-developed countries by nearly half while the United States has promised to continue its $12,000,000 yearly contribution. The British delegate, George Gorley Smith told the 70-nation U.N. World Technical Assistance conference at Paris that his country's contribution for 1952Reuter - 56 words
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Article, Illustration33 1952-02-09 3 THE "Delilah Girl," Hedy Lamarr, will be seen in a very different type of role when her latest picture comes to Singapore. She plays opposite Bob Hope as his "Favourite Spy."33 words
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Article200 1952-02-09 3 0 LEEDS, Saturday FOR months a 67-year-old widow, ill and living i alone in a bungalow near Leeds, Yorkshire counted the days to the time when she would see ?k d T au fhter, due home in March after livine in VXLTSVS^ six yearsletter. cam e200 words
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Article30 1952-02-09 3 John Garner, of Pontiac. Jfjfhigan, 73, a grave digger, fell dead of a heart attack as ne dug a grave. His body fell into the grave.30 words
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Article191 1952-02-09 3 LONDON, Sat. THE motionless guardsman in his scarlet tunic and bearskin headdress that thousands of tourists see on duty at Buckingham Palace is a tough combat fighter. Typical Guardsman rerence Drummond, 24, spent two years fighting bandits in Malaya before his battalion the Second Scots Guards,A.P. - 191 words
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Article38 1952-02-09 3 CANADIAN EXCEEDS U.S. The Canadian dollar has achieved parity with the American dollar for the first time since 1939. In several Canadian cities it has even exceeded the U.S dollar— for the first time in 20 years A.P.A.P. - 38 words
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Advertisement346 1952-02-09 3 'what deticioaS icing DO GIVE ME YOUR RECIPE m. j4&&^ -Wx '4&5.-. v^^^^i^^^^^n wrwßßun v«mBBW jMHt js I^H L. ft 4. wBVBBI "5^2 B^Ek --V' -^^H K* bm *UJH bbT. ;^!^bbl V^ V :e.vl i fO\ -> rV \JM vb\ f Jk'*^ w*s£^bl i WeffisL so white, so fine, so346 words
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Miscellaneous347 1952-02-09 3 VOUR LUCKY STAR I SATURDAY !iv you have verj urhitions. a fine r a little laiy lO^ to rolling up N and doing some You dislike regur „f an* kind and m ak- the best u '-n allowed to go „p. You like to be fern and for this will347 words
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Miscellaneous260 1952-02-09 3 Radio SINGAPORE 1 Time Signal Programme Summary; 1.02 Saturday Ballroom —The New Yorkers Albert Sack Orchestra; 1.30 Time Signal News; 1.50 Interlude; 2 Album of Harmony; 2.30 Rhythm Corner; 2.45 London Studio Melodies; 3.15 Fun with Music: 3.30 Tea Dance; 4.15 Southern Serenade; 5 Programmes in Malay; 6.15 Time Signal260 words
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486 1952-02-09 4 The Singapore Free Press SATURDAY, Feb. 9, 1952. A call to action 'THE British Government's directive to I Malaya's new High Commissioner, General Sir Gerald Templer, published in Kuala Lumpur yesterday is a statesmanlike exposition of policy. It was presented in the name of the Secretary of State lor the486 words
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765 1952-02-09 4 Naval aircraft, the sharp cutting edge of the Fleet, will be faster than sound this year, says TOM POCOCK npas year will see the x fruition of the Admiralty's first plans to meet the dangers of the Atomic Age. Naval aircraft, the sharp765 words
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Article573 1952-02-09 4 CITIZEN - CITIZEN liniiLll THE Singapore City 1 Council is in danger of losing some of the respect with which it is regarded by the public. This thought repeated itself in the minds of many who attended the Council's last public meeting on Jan. 31. Instead of a body of573 words
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794 1952-02-09 4 Scientists Top Learners in Student Town London University is growing in importance to the Commonwealth, saysßobert Kingsley. AS students of London University reassemble for their Lent Term. London adds to itself the population of a fair-sized town, for the capital, one of the last in Europe to possess a university,794 words
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Article, Illustration800 1952-02-09 4 CHRISTOPHER HOLLIS M. P - THIS BUSINESS OF THE CHRISTOPHER HOLLIS M.P by LONDON: WE in Britain are all saying these days that what we must do to save ourselves is to "integrate the economy of Western Europe with that of the sterling area," and the man-in-the-street asks, not unreasonably, what on earth that means.Free Press - 800 words
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Advertisement17 1952-02-09 4 fl^^^Afrom your The ideal temperature for serving Beer is 50°F. Never cool your Beer below freezing point.17 words
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Miscellaneous44 1952-02-09 4 BASIC ENGLISH WeVeBRSYOOWEBeEN NOWYOUHAWETO SPEND LESS WAIT TEN VEACS TOLD TO WORK HARD! WORK HARDEB! E« LESS FDR A C/W! I* "I J m I• I J m M'- [I I p^-^^^B^^ Iv. Ml m REMOLUTIOM! .TV^AIVfTS! tMTENO TO FI6HT! ARE VOO UIOKIC <3^^^^^B^44 words
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Article432 1952-02-09 5 RASC recruit is cleared of assault charge ww Frcc Prcss staff Reporter JJAMZAH bin Elias, a recruit of R.A.S.C. Training School, Nee Soon, Singapore, told a court martial how he saved a young Army Chinese amah, Mrs, Woo How, frfcm a road accident, and432 words
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Article87 1952-02-09 5 f fHERB were three deaths among the 155 accidents to workmen last month, the Singapore Labour Department said yesterday. One man had his nead crushed by a. machine press and the other two fell down from heights. The Commissioner lor jWoricmen's Compensation heard two cases87 words
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Article77 1952-02-09 5 T'HE Malayan Kennel Associatlon has invited Major Goldsmith, a dog show Judge from Britain, to Judge this year's Singapore dog show, said an official of the Association yesterday. "We hope to have the show sometime In September, but it will depend on his reply," the official77 words
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Article101 1952-02-09 5 Free Press Staff Reporter SINGAPORE Education Department has informed schools of a scheme under which text books will be provided free to needy pupils in classes from Primary I to Standard Five. Concessions may be granted to families which have two or three children at101 words
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Article94 1952-02-09 5 Free Pres* Staff Reporter THE Singapore Overseas 1 Chinese Importers and £zporter 5 Association has donated $1,360 to the Thong Chai Medical Institution in honour of the forthcoming marriage of Mr. Tap Kan Siew to Miss Tan Lee Leng, third daughter of Mr and Mrs. Tan Keng94 words
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Article32 1952-02-09 5 JOHORE BAHRU. Sat. The first session for the year of the Johore Council of State will be held on Feb. 27 at the Council Chamber. Johore Bahru, at 10 a.m.32 words
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Article21 1952-02-09 5 EPOH, Sat.— Bandits dubbed two rubber tappers to death on an estate In the Tapah area of Perak21 words
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Article130 1952-02-09 5 .pffINESE, Malays, -Eurasians and Indians were coming: forward to Join the R.A.F. (Malaya) in Singapore in increasing numbers, an R.A.F. spokesman said yesterday. Many had passed out from initial training to join the force which works alongside the RAJP. in nearly 100 important Jobs.130 words
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Article, Illustration15 1952-02-09 5 director and senior planting adviser of Sime Darby and Co who is retiring next week.15 words
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Article66 1952-02-09 5 The following have sent messages of condolence to the Secretary of State for the Colonies Mr. Lyttelton. on the death of the King: Ceylon Tamils Association, Sri Senpaga Vinayagar Temple, Ceylonese Association, Singapore Municipal Services Union, Malayan Naval Force, Singapore Labour Advisory Board, Malay Union, Singapore66 words
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Article58 1952-02-09 5 The Animal Lover's League Competition held on Feb. 3, is expected to bring in new members to the League, said Mr. L. Byner, of the League yesterday. The League w^ll have another competition soon. Those who wish to Join should approach Mr. J. Frey, Maynard A58 words
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Article161 1952-02-09 5 Free Press Stall Reporter COUTH Korea Is exploring the possibiliUes of trade with Malaya, «Mr. Cheung Won Sang, a Korean businessman, told the Free Press yesterday. South Korea is chiefly interested in Malayan rubber, tin and timber and has a vide range pt marine preducts161 words
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145 1952-02-09 5 S__ Free Press Staff Reporter INGAPORE traders are rushing for permits to import roods from Japan, as they fear the Government might enforce new measures to regulate trade with that country- j An official of the Imports and Exports Depart- ment said there145 words
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Article, Illustration14 1952-02-09 5 MR. GEORGE WELLEK, foreign correspondent of the Chicago Daily News, who is visiting Singapore.14 words
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Article54 1952-02-09 5 Govt refuses pay rise to Guards THE Federation Govern--1 ment has turned down a request by the Malayan Railway Guards' Union that the maximum of their salary scale be increased from $260 to $320. The Union will hold a meeting before the end of this month to discuss further action,54 words
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Article121 1952-02-09 5 free Press Staff Reporter fItWENTY-FOUR Singapore X houses were raided last month by the Anti-Vice Division of the Social Welfare Department but there were no detentions, the report of the Department, for January The majority of prostitutes found on these premises were "more than 18 years121 words
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Article187 1952-02-09 5 Indies duty hits S'pore trade Free Press Staff Reporter WtflTH higher export duties imposed by the Indonesian Government, trade relations between Malaya and exporters of the country cannot improve, .Singapore produce merchants said yesterday. Already the effect of the export duty of 25 per cent, on rubber is being seen187 words
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Article58 1952-02-09 5 First Jap ship to resume service The first Japanese ship to visit Sweden since the war, the Kyoua Maru, belonging to the Nippon Yusen Kaisha line, will be calling at Singapore on Wednesday. The Kyoua Maru is carryIng a full cargo of 8,300 tons of steel plates from Hirohata to58 words
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Advertisement56 1952-02-09 5 NEEDLE WORK TAPESTRIES W J Li ■< SB gtSflBH V L^WHtPI J Woof T *P"rry Sers arc now available. ■^Lbb sVI I^AMhla^a M#afr4ft HAND STENCILLED CANVAS. HL TAPi STRY WOOLS TO FINISH. &fc# INSTRUCTION CHART. ET TAPESTRY NEEDU. EShESsT SassvsJkl^ tn.r~ mXarar mflf Cf Aal« wEKf wk.± WHK^KF $15.50 $26.5056 words
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Article672 1952-02-09 6 GEORGE WHITING - GEORGE WHITING He confidently says Til beat Turpin By WASTE no pity on Watford's Alex Buxton, who fights ex-world champion Randolph Turpin at Harringay on Tuesday, Feb. 12. He wants none of it, and regards as slightly eccentric those well-meaning friends who seek to show sympathy.672 words
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Article248 1952-02-09 6 YESTERDAY'S RESULTS IN FULL WOMEN'S SINGLES QUARTER FINALS: Angelica Roseanu (Rumania, holder) bt. tfMlen Elliot (Scotland) 21-15. 21-17. 71-18; Rosalind Row (England bt. Trude Pritzl (Austria) 20-22 21-ltf. 21-18. 21-17; Linda WjrtJ (Austria) bt. Szasz (Rumania) 21-13. 21-15 16-21 21-17: Gizi Farkas (Hungary) bt. Tonnie Nishimura (Japan) 19-21. 21-14. 21-16.248 words
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Article, Illustration37 1952-02-09 6 picture. This fe Alex Buxton, the crinkly-haired fighter with a devastating punch who meets British and European middleweight .champion Randolph Turpin on Feb. 12. Buxton has a formidable record— 2s of 35 victories inside the distance. ReuterReuter - 37 words
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Article265 1952-02-09 6 S 'pore pair lose BUT THEY BEAT THE GERMAMS PI the second round of the men's doubles in the World Table Tennis championships at Bombay Wong Tong Goon and Loh Kum Soon of Singapore yesterday beat W. Than and Heinz Raack of Germany 22— 24, 21—16, 16—21, 21—13, 21 12.265 words
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191 1952-02-09 6 BRITAIN'S- top Olympic swim hope, Daphne Wilkinson of Woolwich, is worried about the seven turns she will have to make in the eight laps of the 400 metres swim. She recently decided to drop the strenuous somersault turn— in which she has to plunge and191 words
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Miscellaneous109 1952-02-09 6 Mandrake Free Exclusive to the Si nga I IW/ISIBLB' LIGHT NARDA kj«pj M OREaS THAT' rit^ll G lllL MA :> watches mwc*£Otßie seem. H V/ M 2 ruSka ra?;* C JANE Exclusive to the Singapore Free Press in Ikkm r-ru.c i< ai l mine AN AwOW ON EARTH DlO^Br»y THE109 words
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Article865 1952-02-09 7 latest track hints from j(. L. course IKrom ALLAN LEWIS l4 STREET or Curlew for today's Selangor id (up" r hi s was the question most racefwere tiyiM to find the answer to at the I 'jaipur racecourse this morning. horses will probably dominate the c865 words
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Article178 1952-02-09 7 *tiAKtMmn iMwwn wnmntmt cam.bot pointer Mt V* X bSSL 8 JUS'S? ■SL"™* «CTMmw A.CHSIDE "pvußf ueepare ww "Ihbj Sporting Gestvre RACE S 5K 1 w i ?J X FLTEE QUICKSAND BRfIMHAIL FLYER QUICKSAND BRAMHALL FLYER Mft* riff*!? 1 BrmmkailWiftr MlM^NathMi Bruahall Flyer Quicksand whmmmm. *^ib *^^^^^^b178 words
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Article103 1952-02-09 7 RON ARCHER, 18-year-old brother of Australian Test batsman Ken Archer, made a dashing debut In Sheffield Shield cricket for Queensland yesterday by taking five South Australian wickets for 45. The other live South Australian wickets fell to Colin McGool for 41 runs and the visitingReuter; AAP - 103 words
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Article65 1952-02-09 7 Bobby Woods of Spokane, Washington, on Thursday night scored his second technical knockout win over Frank Almond of Vancouver, stopping the Canadian featherweight champion in the sixth round of a non-title bo* 1 Tbe fight was scheduled for ten rounds. In the previous fight, the young Spokane fighterA.P. - 65 words
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Article26 1952-02-09 7 TWs evening's rugby sS"f* between the Singapore Crtcket dub and the PIJI R«ft. wnteh tu to have takenjP^ n tte Padang, has been »)rtponed.26 words
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Article54 1952-02-09 7 The going should be good IT rained last night and this 1 morning 83in. of rain was registered. However, the skies have cleared and with no more rain the going should be good today. ALLAN LEWIS' best bets are: BRAMHAJLL FLYER, AMBASSADOR, NEW LOOK and BLOODSHOT. TRESPASSER'S best bets are:54 words
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Article65 1952-02-09 7 AN Exhibition tour of the A Far East by leading Western table-tennis stars was currently under consideration, it was learned from a reliable source in Bombay yesterday. Among players likely to Slay in Singapore, Hong long and Japan, are England's Richard Bergmana, Victor Barna65 words
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Article91 1952-02-09 7 A MIY AOI of Japan reached the A third round of the ««'iMto. gles in the Asian lawn t«MJs championships in Colombo yesterday. .He beat Don. Tregonning .of Australia 1-6. J-«, 7-5, 6«4, *-a. TnTSeylon'pa? Mrs. tW wardene and Mrs. MurdocK Deat Indian Hardcourt singles91 words
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Article26 1952-02-09 7 Luton Town Football dub have been Informed by the Football Association* that no Cop fourth round second re^ mi ait t%¥ Arjwnol't vmnnri nn26 words
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Article269 1952-02-09 7 ENGLAND collapsed against the spin bowling of Vinoo Mankad on Hie second day of the final Test against India at Madras and were all oat for 266, the last five wickets falling for 42 runs yesterday. India were 206 for four at close of269 words
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456 1952-02-09 7 ARCHIE QUICK - BATTLES-ROYAL FORECAST IN U.K. SOCCER ARCHIE QUICK By OIX of the first seven teams in the lint Division are In opposition and the stage is set for battlesroyal and top-of-the table changes. Preston v. Manchester United, Aston Villa v. Portsmouth and Spurs v. Arsenal is indeed a dainty dish, and456 words
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Article55 1952-02-09 7 Australia beat England by 64 points to 44 in the fifth and nnal speedway Test mat^h la Sydney last night and so won the series by four to one. England's only win was In th» second Test. Top scorer was Keith Gartner who won all his races fas?55 words
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Miscellaneous547 1952-02-09 7 Race Card Race 1—2.30: Class 2, Race 5 4.30: Class 1, Div. I—6 Furs. Div. I—6 Furs. 1641 Ice Revue Tulloh 9.05 ISSUES* 2-5 Jack McGinty Harper 8.12 2 155 No Be|TetB Ba bv 3 114 Recovery n Crowe 8.10 oca r«*« mi 4 213Horison Farad 8.08 J JJ* i£L2tfc-i547 words
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313 1952-02-09 8 EUROPE DEFENCE H.Q. MAY D Hf owl Ua IN LONDON B#yal death NATO Udks p^wtpon&ment LONDON, Saturday. THE ATLANTIC PACT DEPUTIES in London yesterday decided to postpone the meeting of the North Atlantic Ministerial Council in Lisbon, from February 16 to February 20. The request for a postponement was madeReuter - 313 words
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Article211 1952-02-09 8 Diphtheria took big toll in 1951 Free Pres s Staff Reporter rpHE incidence of diphtheria in Singapore rose to a new high last year, with 91 deaths out of 469 cases treated in Middleton Hospital. In ?\950 the number of deaths was 28 out of 257 cases, or approximately onethird211 words
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Article25 1952-02-09 8 Five-year-old Lim Mui was killed in Hong Kong when she swallowed a fish bone which pierced the roof of her throat A.P.A.P. - 25 words
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Article107 1952-02-09 8 LONDON, Sat \yiTH many market men attending the proclamation of the accession of the Q u «e, n Vtive interest in the Stock Exchange yesterday was small. A highlight of the giltedged section was the start of dealings in Southern Rhodesia 4H% loan for which aReuter - 107 words
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Article57 1952-02-09 8 Trade up.... reserve less THE adverse trade balance of the whole Commonwealth rose from £217,--006,000 in the first six months of 1950 to £373,--000.000 in the first half of last year. But total trade went up. Export* worth* £422.000,000 showed a rise of 47 per cent. Imports rose from £1,514,000,000Reuter - 57 words
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Article120 1952-02-09 8 Red tape in H.K. worries S 'pore HONG KONG, Saturday. npHE Singapore Importers' Association wants the x Hong Kong Customs to cut some of their red tape. Since the new year, Hong Kong requires that separate manifests must be made out and submitted for each individual item, rather than theA.P. - 120 words
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Article191 1952-02-09 8 Grand Jury to hear her i PHOENIX, ARIZONA, Saturday. TRUNK murderess, Winnie Ruth Judd, who escaped x from the Arizona state hospital for the insane gave herself up last night at the home of hospital Superintendent Dr, M. W. Conway. This ends her fifth escape n 21A.P. - 191 words
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Article269 1952-02-09 8 Peace hope runs high, says Lie PARIS, Sat. THE United Nations Secre-tary-General, Mr. Trygve Lie, said yesterday that the chances for peace are better than they were three months ago. Summing up the impressions of the Sixth General Assembly, he told a press conference that despite disappointments and failures "weU.P.; Reuter - 269 words
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Article, Illustration29 1952-02-09 8 MARLEME DIETRICH'S DAUGHTER picture. 1 MARIA RIVA, glamorous daughter of equally glamorous Marlene Dietrich, chats with Jean Desses, French dress designer, at the ballet hall at the Wai-dorf-Astoria. PopperPopper - 29 words
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Advertisement37 1952-02-09 8 Nightly at 7.15 9.15 p.m. Tonight: "THEY PASSED THIS WAY" A super M.G.M. Western! Tomorrow Monday: Abbott Costcllo In "RIDE *EM COWBOY" m*&n-^!« *^iN& fli Hi mi Season trading cq. 57, High Street, Singapore, 6, Tel. *****.37 words
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Advertisement272 1952-02-09 8 MOTlcis^^ ■EBERURDBCHE UMKL-MUTSCNIMu 'I (RETHERLAKDS TRADING SOCIETY.' Singapore Agency COCKTAIL PARTY CVX(KLLEi) As a mark of respect to Ili s I ,i,, King George VI, the Cocktail Parh AH. Stok to he held on I°'>. February 13, at Raffles Hold .l' Nav has been cancelled. Will th OSc «t k272 words
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Miscellaneous47 1952-02-09 8 Solution To Crossword Mo. 580 Yesterday's Solution.—Aross: 1. Bird-cages. 7, Tuber. 8. Loose. 9. Puddle-ducks. 10. Marking time. 13. Lying. 14. Enade 16. Stressing. Down: 1. Bit. 2. Robed. 3. Carol singer. 4. Gold diggers. 5. Stoic. 6. Bessie 9. Pomelo 11. Raids. 12. Iraki. 15. Egg.47 words
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Miscellaneous187 1952-02-09 8 New Crossword No. 581 j^___ B ill CLUES ACROSS n^'/VFZ*}*** 117 5): 7 <> nt o car, for the dance £wmJ^?i\ tWM K ce T* 111 "tronghold? (6); 11. Anno not imtni^ 13< Sff 1 011 w ho is a sailor at heart (4); 14. The 8 7?*Z a^ (6)187 words
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Title Section8 1952-02-09 1 Free Press Saturday Magazine Saturday, February 9, 19528 words
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Article, Illustration1240 1952-02-09 1 V. R. POSSUDURAI - V. R. POSSUDURAI fry THAIPUSAM IS, A THREE-DAY AFFAIR AND DRAWS CROWDS OF DEVOTEES AND SIGHTSEERS FROM ALL PARTS OF THE COUNTRY- pROM ancient times, self-mortification |JS been regarded r:u of the highest f inl is of worship. In India, those who 7> holy, pious andBirte Steincke; Birte Steincke - 1,240 words
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Advertisement40 1952-02-09 1 INDIGESTION j handy and tak a u miMW^ <^^H rr. Dy heartburn, nausea, l 1 fcon< °S every confidence. Cera W? r "Ai.f j|f. c. MACLEAN" iStSSS^ u? *ioht u»J uot/it w*te urn tnyAf Miruw lll'ii'i— immi.M 1, ■^iMniimim-iriiriitiniHWMM^^rW— l40 words
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Advertisement25 1952-02-09 1 FRUITOF THE LOOM SHIRTS FOR BOYS J?&^SJB^s CHEST JQW^^W^W PLAIDS Sizes 6-8-10: $8/50 ea 12-14-16: $9/50 ea. SEE THEM MOW at SOLE AGENTS. EXCELSIOR LTD.25 words
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Article, Illustration642 1952-02-09 2 Collie Knox in Hollywood 3 I AM full of memories of Hollywood, where nothing succeeds like excess. Where nothing fails like mediocrity. It is packed with the bestlooking men and women in the world, who would, most of them, be best looking for some other642 words
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Article, Illustration430 1952-02-09 2 RITA HAYWORTH - I WONT PLAY A HARLOT RITA HAYWORTH HOLLYWOOD RITA Hayworth began 1952 in normal fashion— on suspension from Columbia Pictures. Restless and indecisive. Rita says (a) she doesn't like the script of •'Affairs in Trinidad"— "l don't like playing a harlot/' she told friends, and (b) the script is incomplete.430 words
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Article, Illustration125 1952-02-09 2 Jane Powell has won a top place among Hollywood's singing stars. She is probably the only living soprano who does NOT want to sing grand opera! Five years ago, 6he visited Hollywood on a holiday to see the stars, a wide-eyed teen-ager who had achieved some125 words
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Article, Illustration391 1952-02-09 2 Cecil Wilson - THEIRLEAP-to-FAME YEAR? Cecil Wilson BALING STUDIOS, which keep us laughing more consistently than any other British film company, are planning in 1952 to make a corner in comeliness as well as in comedy. They greet the N«w Yeai with three attractive new faces, all sparkling with star promise, though "new"391 words
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Article, Illustration578 1952-02-09 2 IAN GRANT - A War Film About U.S.— Japs IAN GRANT t WENT to see "GO 1 FOR BROKE" (coming to the Cathay) prepared to be enraged. I have had my fill of films glorifying America's part in the last war. I have come to hate the sound of brass bands playing patriotic578 words
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Article85 1952-02-09 2 De Mille challenges 'Quo Vadis J^ONDON will next month see the cinema's mos: spectacular "battle of the giants" since the war Mr. Cecil B. DeMilie. refusing at 70 to yield hi s 39--year-old crown as Hollywood's Emperor of the Epics, is replying to M.G.M.'s £2.250,000 -Quo Vadis' with hi s85 words
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Article, Illustration106 1952-02-09 2 Ram Gopal in film on Malava INDIAN dftlK San C- who is rated ihe gteau world bag i •>.• plav bis Rrst stralgl i role "While Bl film ftghi and bandi Malaya < Colbert Hawkim li a; Pin Onc< C'.better Bml ador country tha iia N R:u:\ v.;. p the106 words
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Advertisement167 1952-02-09 2 CAPITOL today 11-1.45-4-6.30 ft 9.30 in TECHNICOLOR Distributed by Shaw Bros. "pavilion 1.45 4.00. tf.3o 9.30 p.m. I nited Artists' "181 FIRST LEGION" Stirring CHARLES BOYER Special I price concession to organised parties of children irons Convents Schools at the 1-45 4 p.m. shows. Principals are asked to contact th»167 words
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Advertisement71 1952-02-09 2 Still Drawing Crowds Daily At 3 I.Wl* '1 M Featuring exclusive Belly-Dances h> SAM!\ GIXH the Exotic Egyptian Dancer now Belly -Dancinj t« fame in th<» L T .S.A. I SamiaGamal rmi&**i* A\W wtmhUr jf*** f/ yiaipuani MidniU Ttoite <^ '"^s'fßtVli NT' JU BAHOO (Hindustani) who e serial KWEK FAH71 words
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Article, Illustration1473 1952-02-09 3 LIM THEAN SOO - LIM THEAN SOO A Free Press short story by IS bead down, Mat entered the office. "I have sent for you on a complaint from the foreman," rapped the Tuan from his chair. "He says the past few days you have not tapped the trees near the jungle. You are1,473 words
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Article177 1952-02-09 3 Kluanger - Kluanger w I f \E GOT a hang over. I've been to a party At Pasir Panjang, Singapore. 'Ttoas on the retirement of Patrick O'Flaherty, The planter who came from Johore. My temples are throbbing, my head is expanding, And something is wrong with my breath. My present177 words
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Article, Illustration990 1952-02-09 3 Singapore* Art Society's next three exhibitions will be devoted to paintings. The first of these will be a one-man exhibition of seventy paintings and drawings by a famous Indian artist, Mr. Shiavax Chavda, of Bombay. The exhibition will be opened by Mr. Malcolm MacDonald,990 words
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Advertisement209 1952-02-09 3 HOLLYWOOP Beauty Hint '"a '\^v: >■•:• -A i«.- > ■> 17 Mcguertte Chapman C oianibia I ip tips: If your .it. .rally attractive in !:ke those of Mar >,■ J follow this shape o| lipstick. If they make them seem fuller a mn» and larger pat1 ;>srck. Outline the .mi209 words
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Advertisement60 1952-02-09 3 M i ii jy ri— r %fdtt to** Sln PNMPMO**fS CO., M MAYA LTD. UNION B9IIDIN& SINGAPORE Ti l t 2243 „«s> c o j SINGAPORE "oj =«T BAGGAGE TRANSPORT j =<' AGENCY LTD. F« mi Aiiccioiicn -with II SINGAPORE I x BACKING CO., LTD. k 0/ trie atcaqc, r-60 words
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Article73 1952-02-09 4 A THLETE in the unusual posi•**tion of not knowing whether he will be invited to represent England or South Africa in the Olympic Games at Helsinki is Andries J. Burger, from Stellenbosch University, South Africa, who is a Rhodes Scholar at Hertford College, Oxford. He set a new73 words
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Article68 1952-02-09 4 MOTORISTS all over the world like to name their favourite cars. The day the Kudensay Special was completed a number of motorists called to see the newly-built model and the inevitable question was: What's the name of the engine"? Both Moncrieff and Kendall thought for68 words
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763 1952-02-09 4 ED PETERS - TWO MEN WITH THE SPIRIT (AND THE CAR) THAT COUNTS ED PETERS By MOST motor racing enthusiasts spend a sreat deal of time in building and keeping tieir favourite racer in tnm btat seldom is there s ich keenness as that of the two Australians, Neil Moncrieff and Roy Kendall,763 words
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Article111 1952-02-09 4 a sunny day in Naples dur- j ing 1945 in a Services football ma-ich, a 22-year-old unknown RAF corporal was pitted against the famous Tommy Lawton, who was leading the British Army side. They met for the second time on Feb. 2 at Nottingham when Lawton111 words
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Article, Illustration49 1952-02-09 4 Meet the Kudensay H anil us joint owners. :\i.u Moncrieff (seated) and Roy Kendall. The car would never have been completed in time for last year's Johore Grand Prix but for the timely help of Messrs. C. F. Pope, Jimmy, Barr. Tony Moore, R. Underwood and J. A. Milne.49 words
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400 1952-02-09 4 The Russian Athletes will make it harder 1952 Olympics....No. 5 Says THE SPORTSMAN TUEWS that the Russians are to take part in the Olympic Games next year is a warning to all that titles are going to be all the harder to win. Their athletes recorded the best performances in400 words
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Article28 1952-02-09 4 pOUR years pass between one Olympic Games and the next. Now, with only five .months of that time left, London is providing an-28 words
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Article221 1952-02-09 4 HOW THEY BEAT THE REFEREE From Ivan Sharpe OPOTUGHT has exposed the tricks of the trade— dodges in football to secure an unfair advantage. Here are incidents reported by correspondents. "A pen a 1 1 y-kick was awarded, but the same was delayed while the captain strolled across and held221 words
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Article, Illustration540 1952-02-09 4 PETER WILSON - Man with a chip on his shoulder PETER WILSON NOBODY LOVES DICK SAVITT Says DICK SAVITT, holder of the Australian lawn tennis championship and winner of last year's Wimbledon, is a great player. Let there be no mistake about that. He has the best backhand since Don Budge was in540 words
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Article203 1952-02-09 4 EYEBROWS will be raised at Lord's when, for the first time in cricket history. 11 crlcketer s take the field there in bare feet. That will happen if and when the Pijians go to Britain. Mr. P. A. Snow, an official of the Colonial Office stationed203 words
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Article26 1952-02-09 4 O WITZERLAND S Daatt -vtt. m forbidden !<> tion.s before going to He) in b case too manv publi -j put tiiem ofl their top form26 words
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