The Singapore Free Press, 26 April 1952

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    19 1 The Singapore Free Press LARGEST AFTOUIOOM SALE IM, MAtAI $x 18.376. SINGAPORE. SATURDAY. APRIL -M^ HM PRICE FIFTEEN CENTS.
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    EGYPT TALKS BOGGED DOWN
    274 1 EGYPT TALKS BOGGED DOWN UKproposals unacceptable LONDON. Saturday WEEK-LONG TM.KS between iTForeign t»n!^ Ctary Anthony Eden, and his two En jSlT rs ,T dispute have iauea to produce proposals acceptable to Egypt ly pSSJI£ti l c qUai:^ rS Particularly, are decided- BffiSWSyfSA 83BSA SB earlier" dSwSf 1 SW?* to have
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    U.S. to open doors to Asians
    137 1 U.S. to open doors to Asians WASHINGTON, Sat. fE US House of Represent tives voted yesteri to revise the immigratan laws and remove all rri; barriers to United «»Vtes citizenship. Vie main effect of the bin T ud be to make all Asiatics ble for naturalisation. present law excludes Japanese.
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    £25 to view Coronation
    80 1 LONDON Sat. rrHOI'SANDs ox people nave 1 already begun to buy Mats and standing room along the Coronation Procession route, although neither the datp of the Coronation nor details f the processional Dutp have yet been announced. One booking agency here sold 10.000 "seats" at prices
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    N.KOREANTOLL
    32 1 N. KOREAN TOLL United States army authorities yesterday estimated enemy military casualties m Korea at 1.666.069. up to and including April 16. This was an increase of 17.613 m two weeics -Reuter.
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    Eden is confident
    95 1 Reuter BLACKBURN, Sat T" F«J*«J Secretary, X Mr. Anthony Eden, •aid yesterday Britain's policy of peace through strength gave grounds for sober confidence.** MI believe that the prospects of enjoying the* fruits of this policy have grown a little brighter," said Mr. Eden, reviewing the first six
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    63 1 HUNDREDS of empty oil drams float around St. Paul's, (Minnesota V&Jk), River industrial district, adding hazard to trains trying to move on flooded tracks. The barrels came from an oil firm's stock pile (upper left) as the rising Mississippi River engulfed much of the area. Workmen with waders P usn
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    LIGHTNING KILLS THREE
    66 1 CALCUTTA. Bat. rpHREE peopie were killed and about 50 injured, six of them seriously,* when lightning struck a cinema m Howrah, a suburb of Calcutta, last night The lightning tore the roof and set the screen Calcutta and its suburb* were swept by a 00-mile an hour
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    WAR MEMORIAL
    29 1 King Paul of Greece yesterday unveiled a memorial commemorating United Kingdom, Australian and New Zealand officers and men who lost their lives m Greece m 1941.— AP.
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    PERSIA TO GET U.S. ARMS
    96 1 PERSIA TO GET U.S. ARMS WASHINGTON, Sat. rE United States announced yesterday it was resuming military assistance to Persia following an exchange of notes with Prime Minister Mohammed Mossadeq. Military assistance was suspended on Jan. 8 pending the negotiation of a new agreement. In the new exchange of notes, Dr.
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    LESS RESTRICTIONS
    22 1 France has agreed with Britain temporarily to reduce certain restrictions on British imports during the second quarter of this year,—
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    COURT RESCINDS DRUNKEN DEAL
    146 1 LONDON, Saturday. BALD beaded >•** Vaas. M, who «*»«7W« C 56 000 to a British soccer sweep, emerged AUegations were that tit: signed a contract to purchase for £15,500 the lease oj a hotel at Southend-on-Sea, But Jock, who once sold trinkets on Southend Beach, submitted
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    BONN WANTS MIDGET SUBS
    58 1 i West Germany has proposed the creation of a fleet of midget submarines to help protect its North Sea and Baltic ports, German authorities disclosed yesterday The one-man submarines would SV of thenew German *I»by °W w et i ifto *t formed when West Germany start*
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    SPAIN MAY JOIN W. DEFENCE PLAN
    245 1 MADRID, Saturday. QPADEWORK. has begun here on the secret nego- tiations to bring Spain into the Western defence picture through the use of Spanish naval and air bases Jiy forces. Spain already has received a list of United States suggestions for joint anti-aggression efforts,
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    11-YEAR-OLD IS 'TERROR OF TOOTING'
    126 1 11 -YEAR-OLD IS 'TERROR OF TOOTING' LONDON. Sat. AN angelic-faced 11-year-old schoolboy known as "the terror of Tooting" (a London suburb) was In court again yesterday this time charged with using bad language and beating up a bus conductor who grabbed him for not paying his fare. The "terror", whose
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    THREAT TO HOMES
    30 1 Swirling mud carried by swollen rivers last night threatened to destroy more houses m Menton. France, where 14 people are dead or missing after a landslide Reuter.
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    Tail light to win
    40 1 ALLAN LEWIS fives 35MM, Tail Light and Constellation as his best bete at Kuala jLumpur today. Best outsiders: Philanthropist, John Bam. TRESPASSER'S two to follow are Princess Rina and Tail Light. THE GOING wUI be heavy.
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    NEW LAW CAN GAG PRESS
    54 1 The Pakistan Assembly yesterday passed a security bill empowering the government to detain, deport, or control the movements of any person whose freedom is considered inimical to the country's defence, external affairs or security. Under the Act the government can also control newsm the national
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    H.A. KRAMERS DEAD
    25 1 Professor H. A. Kramers, chairman In 1946 of the United Nations Atomic Energy Commission, has died at Leyden Holland, aged 57.— Reuter
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    Censor for Truman
    55 1 WASHINGTON, Saturday. A REPUBLICAN Representative, Mr. Clare Hoffman, of A Michigan, told the House of Representatives Jn Washington yesterday that he P^nstoJ^trodM^ Ijrts- < lotto* to give President Truman a OM*;C year sory censor" to check what the President says before he says it. S3 «jb« j>r**id.e,nt
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    M.P. on money for 'Nagging *****'
    569 1 BILL TO MAKE HUSBAND PAT LONDON, Saturday. fPHE women of Parliament yesterday tacked a BUI to jive more money Mi rights to wives at the expense of their husbands. The Bill was moved la the House of Commons by Dr. Edith Summerskili (Labour) as
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    $2,000 HOLD UP IN STORE
    160 1 $2,000 HOLD UP IN STORE Free Press Staff Reporter HTHREE Chinese fobbed a A Malay van-driver, Salleh, and a salesman, Urn Huat Seng, employees of Quek Hock Seng and Co., Victoria Street, Singapore, of a leather bag containing $2,050, a pen and a watch m the Kampong Hong Bahru area,
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    Omvard the "Ouslaught" by SEAFARER
    763 2 Omvard the "Ouslaught" by SEAFARER MADAGASCAR STORY JIM Manderly, the hero of this tale, left his home m Plymouth, went to London and Joined the "Onslaught" a s cabin boy The 'Onslaught- on a voyage of discovery to th e Eastern Seas called at Sierra Leone on the West Coast
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    PAGE for CHILDREN
    1059 2 PAGE for CHILD REN This Envelope Has a Message —Look both ways before you cross the road. MR. So Kai Ming, a very kindly gentleman of Singapore, sent me the envelope you see reproduced m this page. It should be of great interest to all you stamp collectors and to
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    Do You Know the Ancient Greeks?
    382 2 |>O you boys and learn anything 7 about Greece, ancient i Greece, at school? Do you know, for instance, of the God Apollo? Have you heard of r Socrates and Hippoi crates, of the Oracle of > Delphi, of the Parthenon. I I cant
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      284 2 BRITISH TRADE aT3 OPENING OF CHINA 1 300-42 bj A full and documented account O f Old t«d« with Chin. the day MICHAEL tt P tO the "«toriou. rj^ w largely h.^d on the correspondence of the celibated rk fiREENBERG lercl-in^ Jardine M a ,he< O n *12.«0 CAMBMDCK PIWTEBSITY
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    HOLD-UP MEN BIND VICTIMS WITH NYLONS
    349 3 Raider warns: 'Quiet, ducks' lONDON, S.lurd,,. Miss Kay Newton, 29-year-gd nurse to little Susan Beckman, answered and down a revolver barrel The man behind it grabbed her, and said: "Shut up. Get into a room, and keep quiet Raven-haired Kay Newton is an Australian
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    PACT EXTENDED
    17 3 The aviation agreement between the Philippines and Na'ionalist China has been extended six months.— A.P.
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    HE WON £50,000 IN LOTTERIES
    74 3 "Lottery wizard" Harry Brukarz, a Sydney curio dealer, would not comment when he added A £500 to a long list of wins m lotteries. "I've had enough publicity to last me the rest of my life," he $aid. Mr Brukarz is believed to have won
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    Sole candidate
    29 3 Mr Sarvapalli Radhakrishnan. former Indian Ambassador to Moscow, was assured In New Delhi of election to India's vice-presidency. No other nomination papers for vice president were filed-
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    Disney forms new compony
    47 3 LONDON, Sat. WALT Disney, creator off Mickey Moose, has formed a company to make i»« s SAW 4ha cesses m which he has had financial Interests. The new company, Walt Disney British Films, Ltd., is expected to make "live mUm" films i*sing human
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    ALLIED AID PLAN FOR TITO
    48 3 Representatives of Britain France and the United States nave tentatively drafted a new multi-million dollar economic aid programme for Yugoslavia. The three Governments are expected ta contribute more than US$lOO,OOO,OOO for the year beginning July 1. They provided about U*****,000,000 last year.— AP.
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    CRIME STORY MAN IS GAOLED
    343 3 LONDON, Saturday. "SUNSHINE SONNY" is well equipped to write short stories about crime. He has been getting on the wrong side of the law for 12 years. He was m prison when he learned to write. And now he has gone back to gaol, with
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    Typists are most wooed girls in U.S.
    160 3 Typists are most wooed girls in U.S. NEW YORK, Sat. SHE'S the queen bee of U.S. industry the most wooed, sought-after and desperately needed person m the U.S.A. Captains of industry beg for her services. Big business men spend their time thinking up new ways to entice her. She is
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    £4,600,000-PACT
    27 3 Peking Radio said that Red China has signed a £4,600,000 trade agreement with a delegation of Dutch businessmen m Moscow. No further details were given. A.P.
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    BURMA-JAP PACT
    23 3 BURMA- JAP PACT A large Burmese delegation will proceed to Tokyo shortly to negotiate a bilateral peace treaty with the Japanese Government.— A.F.P
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    Needed glasses: stole socks
    53 3 Robert Clarke, 74, who is losing his eyesight, said m a Nottingham court he had stolen a pair of socks so he could be treated by a prison doctor m whom he had "great faith." Clarke was remanded m gaol and told he would get the
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    43 3 TRIBUTE on a high plane brings ah upward glance from Jane' Russell as she leans out of her car to receive a respectful kiss on the brow from Vincent Price who is featured in her latest ftim "The Las Vegas Story -Reuter picture.
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    Bridge Hand
    263 3 MRS. Jackie Begin, one of the fine Canadian bridge players who has achieved Life Master rating In the American Contract Bridge League, was the good soldier who operated the West cards m the defencs of this deal. But for just a fleeting moment she was pretty mad at
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    He borrowed bus, crashed
    92 3 WOLVERHAMPTON, Sat. WHEN Benjamin Trainer. 43-year-old garage hand, arrived at a Wolverhampton bus depot for the night shift, he found he had forgotten hi* sandwiches, so he borrowed a bus to go home and get them. But he knocked over a lamp post In trying to
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    Danes' offer to Goldwyn
    106 3 COPENHAGEN, Sat. TOHE Danish Foreign Office i- has offered to forget all the fuss it has made about Hollywood's version of the life of Hans Christian Anderson. All it wants is to supply a short subject to go with the main feature. The Foreign Office had
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    ENVOY EXCHANGE
    16 3 Pull diplomatic relations between Japan and Ceylon will be established on Mon- day. U.P.
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    'COWBOY IN TOKYO'
    21 3 Gene Autry, the singing cowboy, is coming to Japan to make a film titled "Cowboy m Tokyo". A.P.
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      51 3 Solution To Crossword No. 645 Yesterday Solution. Across: 1, Versailles 7. Rat. 9. Answers. 9, Long 10, SUver. 13. Keep on. 14, John! 16. Licence. 18, Ale. 19, Debasement. Down: 1. Very likely. 2 Retinue 3. Adam. 4. Lassie. 5. Eve 6, Astringent. 11. Violate. 12. Cornea. 15, Bede 17,
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      347 3 Hew CroMword Mo* 646 CMJES ACROSS 1. Anyone may pipe up m th^ apartment (7. 4). 7. Summer period when the canine population comes into its own? (3, 4). 8. E takes RA back (3). Ne'er a golden eagle <4). 10 "Wltfc— toward* none; with charity for all (Lincoln* (6).
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    The Singapore Free Press SATURDAY, April 26, 1952. Housing effort
    529 4 The Singapore Free Press SATURDAY, April 26, 1952. Housing effort IT is not often that Canadian events have much significance lor Singapore, but there ought to be more than passing interest m a strikingly successful co-operative homebuilding project which is being carried out m Ottawa by 29 house- hungry families.
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    It's Fabulous and It's all British
    834 4  - It's Fabulous and It's all British J.L. HAYS By I a cor^ respondent visiting British Forces m the Middle East. It's 'Habb' QUITE frankly, 1 thought I had seen most everything by way of Service barracks, camps, depots and airfields until 1 reached the R.A.P.'s station at Habbaniya, Iraq. Here,
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    29 4 "50 you're leaving us because our house is like a rabbit hutch? I did something t.nk x ng you to see the Stately Homes of England, didn f t
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    It Seems To Me...
    682 4 By POLITICO IF Singapore City 1 Councillors ever get uppish they might well ponder on the achievements of their bigger brother, the London County Council whose elections have just revealed a Left- ward trend m Britain's electorate. The L.C.C. administers a budget of £60 million and
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    REDS AT WORK IN TUNISIA
    265 4 REDS AT WORK IN TUNISIA RICINTLY t*« Fr«ndt newspaper "U Figaro" published two fatten which had Wm —ix§d jby French m *ha ities. TIMM k*)toea CIMM > -a*., at jJL Ml **iam*am eraanJomaftai ilt Ir fOf WmWJ Wi»w nV^pw Habib Bo«rguiba > the leader of Hie Neo-Destour Party iit Tunisia.
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    'Invasion alert' has troops out
    231 4 A NEW "Invasion A Alert"— an alert instituted m Germany by the Americans on the basis that Springtime is Invasion-time is keeping all but 15 per cent, of America's troops m Germany In camp. For twenty-four hours a day an elaborate com. munication system keeps
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      59 4 Take one new mother or more experienced mothers, the nurse end one qualified phys.cian. Allow to s.nk tin. Obtain a tin of Cow 6 Gate Milk Food make up quantities A as indicated on the rabl tin end administer at regular inter Serve Baby with sm.les Q chuckles, cheers ./brf^^x
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    CIVIL DEFENCE WELFARE PLAN
    199 5 Voluntary organisations to kelD V»S^iLr v ,?»untary welf^ organisations Woa i of the Civil Defence Cofp« m the event Write? (W?i and co-operation of the Social Sd ftp a.S W U 80U nt ia th m atter, (CWI^SfjSSS I 1 retary for Soclal Welfare luivil Defence),
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    'NICOLL WILL IMPROVE TRADE'
    201 5 'NICOLL WILL IMPROVE TRADE' Fret Press SUIT Reporter rpHE Singapore Overseas 1 Chinese Importers and Exporters Association has great faith that t he new Governor, Mr j f Nicoll, will N bring about a general improvement m local trade conditions, Mr. Kwek Soan Loh, president of th e association, said
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    Food clamp in 15 areas
    77 5 SEREMBAN, Sat.— Fifteen wired-in residential areas on estates and villages m Rembau district, of Negri Sembilan hav c been declared food restricted areas. They are estates of Perhentian Tinggi, Batu Sablas. Chembong, Macrea, Ulu Peras, Batu Ham par. Built Bertam, Sungei Bahru (Lubok China division),
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    Sister returns from Wellington
    108 5 Sister A. MacDougall, Health Visitor, Perak North, has returned to Johore Bahru from Wellington, New Zealand after attending a Study Week, sponsored by the New- Zealand Region Nurses' Association and the Nursing Division of the Department of Health New Zealand. The subject discussed during the Week
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    They'll talk politics at seaside
    153 5 They'll talk politics at seaside SINGAPORE Progressive Party will hold their annual rally and general meeting at Mr. John Laycock's bungalow at Changi on May The party president, Mr. C. C. Tan. m ay give a commentary on the political events of the past 12 months m the Colony. Arrangements
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    Chamber to discuss school books
    127 5 Chamber to discuss school books Free Press Staff Reporter PROBLEMS arising from the proposed Malayanisation of text-books used m Chinese schools will be given top priority at a committee meeting of the Singapore Chinese Chamber of Commerce next Tuesday, Mr. Tan Siak Kew the president, said yesterday. The Chamber has
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    Ex-Services Assn. officials
    72 5 TAIPING, Sat.— At the annual general meeting of the Taiping branch of the ExServices Association of Malaya at the New Club, the followgin were elected office bearers for 1952: Chairman- Mr. S. Bayley re-elected > vice-chairman Mr. G. S Sutherland; secretary and treasurer: Mr. Leow Ah Ping
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    Indians to meet
    20 5 SITIAWAN, Sat. Thel Dindings Indian Association I will hold its annual meeting at a p.m on Sunday
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    Impromptu dance contest
    54 5 Impromptu dance contest IPOH, Sat.— At their social to be held m the Celestial Cabaret on Sunday, the Perak Dance Association will hold an impromptu dance contest. Members and guests will be invited to participate m one of the four standard dances. The social will also include spot dances and
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    Unionists will attend course
    55 5 MALACCA, Sat. Trade unionists from Malacca, Johore and Negri Sembllan will attend a trade union training course at Malacca Chinese Athletic Association from Monday till May 9. Mr. J. A. Brazier, Federation Trade Union Adviser, and Mr. F W. Dailey, a British trade union expert, will
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    Disorderly and drunk charge
    38 5 TAIPING. Sat. When Nand Singh was charged with being drunk and disorderly before the Taiping Magistrate, Inspector Balwant Singh told the Court that Nand Singh was unable to appear as he was m hospital
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    Madam Toh Liew sec
    51 5 Madam Toh liew See. wife of Mr. Tong Vim Hong, a motor trader, died at the Singapore General Hospital on Thursday. Madam Toh leaves behind a large family, including many daughters and grandchildren. Her funeral took place yesterday according to Buddhist rites at the Aljunied Road
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    HOTEL GETS ANOTHER CHANCE
    134 5 KUALA LUMPUR, Sat. THE proprietor of the Nam 1 Sing Hotel at Scott Road Kuala Lumpur— which drew a conjrictioa .and tfhfljne oj $500 itt^eWnirVbrothHhas been allowed by the Mwnicjoality to Kee,p f hb fcrjtei lfcence. :> U'vw' eral Purposes Committee of the Municipality at its
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    45 5 picture. COMMANDER CHIT Sangfchadul, of the Royal Siamese Navy, the director of training on the sloops Maeklong and Pohsamton, instructing a small class in advanced gunnery, on board the Pohsamton yesterday, shortly after the vessels arrived at Putau Bufcom from Puket, in Siam.-H Free Press
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    Poor response to MATC appeal
    156 5 T*HE response to the Colonial Secretary's appeal x for more officers for the Malayan Air Training Corps has been very poor, the Free Press was told yesterday. Out of 15 people interviewed recently only three were found suitable. Too many candidates for commissions m the
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    VEHICLES DEPT. APPOINTMENT
    57 5 Mr. B. C. J. Buckeridge, Deputy Registrar of Vehicles, has been appointed to act as Registrar, when Mr. W. R. M. Watt, the present Registrar, goeg on leave. The Traffic Committee of the City Council will shortly review the status of the Registrar because a civil magistrate
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    Two fined for moving sugar
    89 5 TAIPING, Sat. —For moving one picul and 70 katis of sugar at Sungei Kertang Road between 5 a.m. and 7 pjn. contrary to regulations, Loo Hing and Lian Kwan were fined $20 each m Taiping. Loo and Lian, m mitigation, said they were transporting the
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    FAILED TO STOP
    31 5 MUAR, Sat— Ong Chin Chong, who failed to stop his car at Tanjong Agas when directed to do so by a police officer, was fined $25 at Muar.
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    BLACKOUT SCHEDULE
    178 5 Substations liable to load shedding tonight are: Raffles Hotel. Snmbawa Rd., Boon Tat St., Aljunid Rd.. Slqm Avenue. Paya Lebar Pumps. Joo Chiat Place, Jalan Yasin, Jalan Eunos. Rangoon Rd.. Towner Rd.. Seranfoon Rd.. Sennett Estate. Kolam Ayer, McPherson Rd., Kirn Chuan Rd., Boundary Rd M Florence Rd.,
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    NEW PLAN TO GET CHINESE FOR POLICE
    155 5 English not needed SINGAPORE police are studying a proposal te) *3 recruit non-English speaking Chinese into the force. A drive to recruit Standard VII Englisheducated Chinese failed last year. An officer is to be tent to Hong Kong to obtain details Of the
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    Taxis: Council to give ruling
    139 5 SINGAPORE City Coun-r cil is expected to have a lively debate at its meeting next Wednesday on whether the number of taxis m the Colony should be increased, reduced or maintained at the present limit of 1.500. Because of the diversity of views expressed by
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    Education Week plan
    65 5 PENANG. Sat. AN Adult Education Week may be held throughout the Federation m June, Mr Heah Joo Seang. president of the Federation Adult Education Association, said yesterday. The association may also hotd Its annual conference during the Adult Education Week, probably m Johore. The programme for the
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    ARSENAL NEED A 7-0 WIN
    419 6  -  JIM CHAMBERS By But 6 men are on injured list MANCHESTER United will get great reception from the Old Trafford fans when they play Arsenal today. They are literally first division champions of the English Football League, for only a 7 o victory for Arsenal
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    ENGLAND NAME 17 FOR TOUR
    180 6 ENGLAND NAME 17 FOR TOUR TWO newcomers to international soccer were named yesterday among the 17 English players chosen for England's forthcoming continental tour. They were Bill Elliott. Burnley outside, left, and Ronnie Allen, West Bromwich centreforward. The English team will play three full international matches against Italy In Florence
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    U.S. BASEBALL LGE. RESULTS
    50 6 Yesterday's O.S. baseball resu'ts: National League Boston 6. Mew York 3 (10) Innings Brooklyn at Philadelphia (postponed, rain); Cincinnati at Chicago (postponed, cold weather>. American Leagve: Boston 3» New Y:rk 2 (11 innings); Philadelphia at Washington (postponed, rain); Detroit at St. Lous postponed rain) .—A P.
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    Half-tine switch, did the trick
    425 6 S.E.R 2; R.A.F. Tengah 1. AFTER conceding a first-minute goal Singapore Engineer Regiment looked like being on the losing end m yesterday's United Services Senior league match at Gillman Barracks. But a half-time switch and a little extra effort worked wonders. At the start Tengah
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    HEY REF!
    57 6 HEY REF! One the referee didn't spot: Intentional or otherwise it's a handball by Mortar of Tengah (left) as he leaps m a goalmouth tussle with goalkeeper Phillips and Tengah centre-forward Wells. The referee, standing on the left behind the group, had his view momentarily blocked m yesterday's Services League
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    SERVICES SOCCER ROUNDUP
    259 6 R.A.F. Seletar wingers stole the show RJLF. Seletar 4; G.H.Q. rpflE Airmen, winning by four clear goals, had nothing to enthuse about. G.H.Q. were woef nl and never looked like scoring. Their standard of play reflects accurately their position at the bottom of the United Services F.A.
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    S.B.H.F.A. TO MEET ARMY
    57 6 The Business Houses XI to play Army at J. Besar Stadium on May 1 will be the same team which drew with the Aryan Gymkhana •Me: O. Angullia; Johan. All Samijan; Kok Thong, Vass (capt), Hoon Leong; Ibrahim Tusof. Mat Noor. Yassim. Marzuki, Rahim Omar. E—
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    AIRMEN FIGHT TO THE END
    443 6 R.E.M.E 5; R.A.F. M.U 2. OOYAL Electrical and Mechanical Engineers were R% m splendid form yesterday when beating Maintenance Unit at Ayer Raja Road. The large home crowd saw a fine display of fighting football t>v both teams. The scores were level at two-all five
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    RASC School gO down three-nil
    191 6 RASC School gO down three-nil JUNIOR LEAH; G°? D^t football, tured m vested vices Junior w?*^ «fc match piav/d at Z R-A- SC School h i? *7 share of the P tl M Uk trailed at hLt-fiS&jl goals to nil. S3* out to be th, tSExJT* Jones opened a l^
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    YMCA TENNIS RESULTS
    88 6 Resui:> of yesterday's net m thi YMCA tennis championships Bfen' s linnet: Ong Cbev lee bt Dr. F. V Knoo 6-0. 6-0; Mert doubles: H. Kamis anc A G B. Pakir bt A A Raman anc I E. Junied 6-3. 6-0 Women aajta: Miss C Aascli bt
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    PATTY BEATS REMY
    31 6 gUDGE Patty of Log Angeies won his second match m the Paris international tennis tournament yest^rayz. sy beating Paul Remy of France 7-5, 5-7, 7-5. 7-5— A P
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    DAVIS CUP DATE
    28 6 HUNGARY will meet Israel at Budapest m the Davis Cup first round on May 2-4. The Hungarian team is training on the French Riviera. A.P.
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    THE GOING REMAINS HEAVY AT
    890 7 Winter Lady is strong tit From ALLAN LEWIS MOTHER inch of rain f e n on the Kuala I. umpur racecourse yesterday afternoon to keep the goinc for today's racing— last day of thr Clangor Turf Club's April merting-hSvv Perseverance, Fire Drake Quicksilver, Coastguard. Mombasa
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    OOI BACK IN FORM
    162 7 CUP PRACTICE THOMAS Cup hero Ooi Teik -Hock is rapidly getting back m form. During yesterday's practice matches Ooi played two games, a singles and doubles, and won both of them. In the singles he beat Selangor's Lim Kee Fong roundly— ls-4, 15-7. Later he paired
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    SABA C'SHIPS BEGIN MONDAY
    74 7 PRELIMINARIES for the Singapore open amateur boxing championships will commence on Monday at 9 p.m. at the Happy World Stadium. Competitors, numbering about 45 from the Navy, Army, Air Force and Police —Civilian combined will be medically examined and weighedin at 8.30 am. at the Singapore
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    FIGHT OFF
    31 7 THE proposed world title bout m June between Ray Robinson, world middleweight champion, and Joey Maxim, light-heavy-weight title holder, will not now take place, according to promoter Jim Norris.
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    TEAM NOT THERE
    27 7 Hongkong Bank **A" did not turn up at River Valley Road yesterday for their Singapore BHFA Div. 1 game against Fraser and Neave S.C.
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    All The Latest Selections
    190 7 ALLAN LEWIS TRESFASSEB grSOM JEEP CALL BOY POINTER Chln T Wl> Malay Film M. ATeU— Malay Film Hollywood SW M !ff I^Sl G "J TAIL LIGHT ItSa/SKL 22^ KNIOBT GALLANT Knifht Gallant Nomad Knifkt Gallant Miltendea Tall licht Vi? f* MM »Tiail »W MMM 35 MM
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    699 7 Race 1—2.30: Class 4, Div. 3 6 Furs. 1. 514 Ashok Ellery 9.00 2. 587 Hollywood Star Harper 8.13 3. 753 PO4 Luck Percival 8.13 4. 980 Dante's Idyll E. Donnelly 8.11 5. -070 Hawaii Jones 8.11 6. 354 Marcus Aurelius Fry 8.11 7. 556 Malay Film
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    Two men shine in Tampenis win
    236 7 FIVE minutes to go and no side had managed to score m yesterday's Singapore Amateur Football Association Div. 3A fixture between Tampenis Rovers and Balestier Community Centre at Geylang Stadium. Then came a goal by Roland Schoon, the Rovers outside-left, and the game was
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    SINGAPORE HASN'T GOT A CHANCE v. H'KONG
    167 7 SINGAPORE HASN'T GOT A CHANCE v. H'KONG F.P. Soccer Reporter SINGAPORE take the field today, against Hong Kong for the Aw Hoe Memqrial Cup without skipper Harith, goalgetter Awang Bakar, Sharif Madon, Hin Weng (on the injured list), and that great little inside left. Boon Leong. Victory for Singapore will
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    S.A.A.A. PICK OFFICIALS
    110 7 'THE Singapore Amateur Athletic Association yesterday decided to invite Mr. John F. Nicoli, Governor of Singapore, to be its patron lor 1952-53. The association also decided to invite Mr. Lee Kong Chian to be the Association's vice patron. The Association's president, Mr. E. Strickland, was unanimously re-elected.
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    SET A RECORD?
    37 7 I EYTON, lowly placed Athenian MJ League club, will set up a record if they defeat star-studded Walthamstow Avenue, probable Isthmian League champions, In the Football Association Amateur Cup Final at Wembley Stadium today
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    'C' COMPANY WINS E. V. SMITH CUP
    290 7 THE E. V. Smith Cup was won yesterday by 'C 'Company at the Singapore Police Training School athletic meet at Thomson Road. •C Company scored 41 points. Second were 'A' Company with 36 points with 3" Company third (35 pts.). Results— !0# yards:
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    CONVICT REBELS TO BE TRIED
    172 8 New York. Sat. rpHE ringleaders of the ■s- bloody riot at the Southern Michigan prison will be prosecuted despite promises of no reprisals, state officials said yesterday. "No official, not even the Supreme Court, can grant anyone immunity for the commission of crime." said State
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    ACTRESS WEEPS FOR TALL, HANDSOME VALET
    282 8 A C TRESS WEEPS FOR TALL, HANDSOME VALET He rtole jewel* worth CSCOOO from d«cfo»i LONDON, Saturday. A GENTLEMAN'S gentleman who appeared In court wearing morning coat and striped pants and carrying a rolled umbrella was sentenced to five years' gaol at Kingston-on-Thames yesterday for stealing jewels worth £50,000 from
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    48 8 THERE CAN be few artists who have remained at the top of their profession for as long as Maurice Chevalier. Paris now sees him m the revue "Flein Feu" at the Empire Theatre. Here, Chevalier is at his tailor, being fitted for the part of "Prosper."— Popper picture.
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    THIS IS FREEDOM
    32 8 Professor Ernst Reuter, Lord Mayor of West Berlin, said m Berlin yesterday that "freedom is not a present from heaven,—it must be guaranteed by each one of us". Reuter
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    PARCEL BOMB KILLER GETS LIFE SENTENCE
    243 8 VERDEN, GERMANY, Saturday. ENRICH HALACZ, 22, found guilty of killing two persons m North Germany last October by sending two parcel bombs, was sentenced to life imprisonment here yesterday. Halacz, said by his fosterfather to be an adopted illegitimate, admitted two days ago that
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    TALKS ON WAGES
    68 8 Mr. J. T. Rae. Deputy President of the Singapore City Council, said this morning that a statement attributed m the Free Press yesterday to a City Councillor, to the effect that the present wage demands of daily rated workers could not be accepted without disturbing the general
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    Eisenhower goes on tour
    43 8 Eisenhower goes on tour General Dwight Eisenhower will visit Italy, Denmark and Norway early next month. He takes off on tour again today witn a visit to Luxembourg and on Monday will fly to Germany to inspect British, French and American forces. Reuter.
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    7 MINERS KILLED
    23 8 Seven miners were killed by an explosion m a ventilation shaft at Koenig coalmine,' near Neunkirchen, Saar, yes- terday.— Reuter
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    'JAP PACT WILL ENDURE'
    171 8 'JAP PACT WILL ENDURE' WASHINGTON, Sat. A SSISTANT Secretary of A state, Mr. John M. Allison, predicted yesterday that the new Japanese peace treaty and related Pacific Security Pacts will endure because they express the "true interests of the 49 nations which signed them." In a prepared address to the
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    RUSSIAN HITS OUT AT BALLET
    55 8 A.P. Igor Moessev, head, of the State Ensemble of Folk Dancing at Moscow yesterday attacked Russia's almost sacrosanct classical ballet as being to need of realistic overhauling. In a four-column article m the Literary Gasette, Moessev said "the time has come for new of tfrtnktag
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    QUEEN JULIANA
    32 8 Queen Juliana of the Netherlands arrived at Kingston, Ontario* .yesterday after a flight from Hamilton on the second day of her visit to Dutch immigrants living m South Ontario,— UJ\
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    BROTHELS CLOSED
    19 8 Japanese police yesterday closed two downtown brothels m Tokyo catering to foreigners, principally Allied sol- diers A.P.
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    GRAHAM REPORTS ON KASHMIR
    169 8 NEW YORK, Sat. f\R. FRANK GRAHAM, U United Nations' representative for Kashmir, told the Security Council last night that the chief remaining obstacle to settlement between India and Pakistan over the future of the state was the strength of forces to be maintained on each side
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    Madame wants sex free
    254 8 Madame wants sex free Love for housewife plan PARIS. Saturday. mHE woman who led a successful crusade that closed 1 France's famous brothels admitted failure yesterday. In a startling about-face she proposed that love should be nationalised. "Love should be free m every country. America could use a Plan like
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    SWISS EVEREST CLIMB BEGINS
    41 8 The Swiss Himalayan expedition has started climbing operations on Mount Everest, the world's highest mountain. It will spend several weeks on acclimatisation and seeking a feasible route before a push for the making 29,002- foot summit.— Reuter
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    Franchot cant air Barabara's 'dirty linen'
    91 8 Franchot cant air Barabara's 'dirty linen' LOS ANGELES, Sat. TOANCHOT TONE won round No. 1 m his divorce case with blonde Barbara Payton when the Superior Court dismissed her demand for US$l,OOO a month alimony. The actress* attorney, meanwhile, took the occasion to charge Tone with -an at* tempt to
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    QUINS BORN IN MACASSAR
    35 8 Quintuplets were born yesterday to an Indonesian woman at Macasiar, Celebes. The quins—all boys—were born at the Stella Mails hospital. The mother and boys were reported to be doing well. A.P.
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    Blast on U.S. cruiser kills 30
    137 8 Blast on U.S. cruiser kills 30 TOKYO, Sat. A VIOLENT explosion, followed by fumes of burning gunpowder, has killed 30 men In a forward turret of the heavy cruiser St. Paul, the U.S. Navy announced yesterday. The explosion rocked the ship while it was firing at enemy targets on the
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      165 8 SINGAPORE TURF CLUB SUMMER MEETING 19SS SATURDAY 17TH. WEDNESDAY S1ST SATURDAY. 24TH HAT. ItSt ENTREES CLOSE at 13 noon on WEDNESDAY. 7TH MAY. 1903. RESERVED ENCLOSURE.— As from 21st April applications will 6a accepted for seats for the Reserved Enclosure on payment of 95 each for the MeetIn*; SWEEPS— A
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      5 8 THE SAINT by Leslie Charteris
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      6 1 K9VW H Saturday, April 26, 1952
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      Traders galore
      908 1  -  V. R. PONNUDURAI by PhRHAPS IN NOOTOERCrmN THE WORLD IS THERE SUCH A VARIETY OF PEOPLE EARNING THEIR LIVING IN SUCH A VARIETY OF WAYS AS IN SINGAPORE ]*HERE are many wuvs of making living by clerking leading, by cooking or by scavenging, by nursing, by doclor- v
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      THE WHITE SNAKE TAKES A HUSBAND
      1122 1  -  H. Y. Lowe A legend from old China by long time ago there lived m China a white snake. This snake, by virtue of a 1,000 years of "consecration" had become an immortal and lived happily m the celestial regions. The white snake had
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      WE HAVE LOST OUR SENSE OF HUMOUR
      530 1  - WE HAVE LOST OUR SENSE OF HUMOUR Ray Scoop ia^w There is so much bad temper about today and so much unnecessary reaction to every little bit of criticism that it seems "^HAT has happened to our sense of humour that so many of us can become heated and even
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      The Trouble is Gene Kelly Can't Sing
      1053 2 ds,lfkwea MOST people find Gene Kelly's charm hard to resist. 1 have ho difficulty m this respect which probably explains why 1 was only mildly entertained by his latest musical, "SINGIN' IN THE RAIN" (coming to the Cathay) while others around me could
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      Guinness goes back to stage
      158 2 YOU used to need a handsome lace to head the list of box-office stars m Britain. Not so today. By no stretch of the imagination can Alec Guinness, Ronald Shiner and Alastair Sim, be described as gflamorous. Yet they are the most sought-after actors m
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      HOLLYWOOD GOSSIP
      269 2  -  SHEILAH GRAHAM By Kirk Douglas Is mad. He wanted Warners to change the title of "The Big Trees", b^SSf. he also stars m "The Big Sky* for Howard Hawks. Warners wouldn't, Hawks couldn't, and Kirk fears it's now the big confusion George Raft sends his sugar redhead. Betty
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      A FILM STAR GROWS UP
      41 2 Petula Clark as the youngest member of the British film family the Hnggetto. yO(/NG GIRL As the new probationer nurse m the hospital film "While Corridors/* YOUNC WOMAN Petula Clark achieves f«|, maturity a* moman-JSd actress
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        34 2 POCKET CARTOON hj OSIHfRI LANCA.VI XX imMmmrnKsU t Ef I V Mm i Mmm 1 VS "You and yow old dollar n*pl I cell you, Mavis, they lust daren't cue import* o/ Qrtnory Ptckt"
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        136 2 ABDUL WAHAB'S FIRST BIG MUSICAL Since FORBIDDEN LOVE'! Whffl(wW£mtfnm 3.15-6.30 9.15 p. i i4 SIBOUNI AGHANNI" or Let Me Sing (m Egyptian with English Subtitles) Starring Miss Sabah and Saad Abdul Wahab Distributed by. South East Asia Film Co Tonite Midnite "ANNI" (m Tamil) Tomorrow: 11 mm.: "Adventures of Frank
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      THE PRECEDENT
      1325 3  -  CHIN HOCK TODAY was the day! Baliik shouldered, his chib ;uid trudged towards the river bank. His. i;ice was streaming with sweat, and his rhesl rose and fell m short shallow breaths. A battle was raging m his breast a battle between his desire for Coola and his
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      Two folk tales of Malaya
      625 3 Two folk tales of Malaya gALAM di Rimba, the pelandok, and the King of the Snails had an argument one day, and hot words passed between them. Said the Snail King, "Salam di Rimba, you think you are very clever, but don't forget that there are others with more brains
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      A new kind of world traveller
      670 3  -  ARMAND SCHWAB Jr. by J^ NEW kind of traveller Jias appeared on the international seene the educational traveller interested m adding to^his store of practical or professional information. In Denmark one finds the farmer from the American dairy state of Wisconsin studying Danish dairy
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        152 3 HOLLYWOOD Beauty Hint ?Wl£>6tit 9Bf *^\P^^ytt-lH mJlSiiaMii^^^^B^H K^^SaK% Hk tfci :^sv8 |fc its/? yisnH Hollywood Perfect posture provides s valuable "extra glamour" rouch to perfect grooming, [a rouch which your appearance Would never be without. Beautiful make-up, hair-do, and costume effects cant be presented Em attractively as they should be
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      Cut eyes are becoming a bogey
      706 4  - Cut eyes are becoming a bogey PETER WILSON By Britain's most outspoken sports clitic declares we are going to have a collection of Cyclopean boxers and disgruntled fans unless someone does somethng about gloves that harden into ridges which cut like a knife. lAS though boxing hadn't got enough to
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      Rivolry will be keener
      270 4  - Rivolry will be keener McDONALD Says BAILEY "THERE will be no x automatic selections—either for dub or country— in women's athletics this season," says British 200 metres champion Sylvia Cheeseman. Sounds like a levelling up m the right direction, because our leading girls haven't gone back since last season, while
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      DEAD HEAT
      39 4 DEAD HEAT Oxford and Cambridge met m the 78th University Athletic match at the White C ity, London recently. In the 3 miles, C J. Chataway (Oxford, left) and J. H. ScottWilson (Oxford, right), de ad-heated for first place.
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      HE HAS TO FIND A BOAT CREW
      200 4 1952 Olympics....No 12 By HYLTON CLEAVER 'THE Oxford crew which won this year's Boat Race will not be kept together as a potential Olympic crew. This was made known by L.A.F. Stokes, president of OUBC, who attended a meeting of the Olympic selection
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      BRING BACK THE Good old days
      533 4  - BRING BACK THE Good old days JIM CHAMBERS This is the first of a series of mM J Jive articL. cricket written by ENGLISH cricket— the first class game —has reached the crossreads, of obliteration or survival. Falling attendances at County Championship games largely because of so many drawn games,
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