The Singapore Free Press, 3 May 1952

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    19 1 The Singapore Free Press LARGEST AFTERNOON SAtE IR MALAYA Ha IM» SINGAPORE, SATURDAY, MAY S, 1952. PRICE FIFTEEN CENTS.
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    'PEACE WITH HONOUR' AIM
    467 1 Gen. Clark to work for Korea armistice WASHINGTON. Saturday. QENERAL MARK CLARK said yesterday after a conference with President Truman that he will do everything m his power to bring about "an honourable armistice" m Korea. Gen. Clark, who has been named to succeed Gen. Matthew
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    Naked man sacrificed to goddess
    160 1 jl WAS 2.000 YEARS AGO COPENHAGEN, Sat PBOPLE tram all over Dennark will be flocking Aarhus, Jutland, this [to look at the i body of a man ,er a ;ed to a heathen l?5 5 2.000 y?ar s ago. T v was found last h
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    COMET AHEAD OF SCHEDULE
    56 1 BEIRUT. Sat. rp.iF. Comet all- jet airliner landed here last night 19 minutes ahead of schedule beund for Johannesburg from la don on the world's first scheduled passenger jet fl-':.". Roots of the record-break-in, aircraft i 5 by way of ROT.c. Beirut, Khartoum, En ebbe (Uganda)
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    'DEAD' MAN GETS 18 MONTHS GAOL FOR PERJURY
    118 1 'DEAD' MAN GETS 18 MONTHS GAOL FOR PERJURY BONN, Sat. A FORMER member of the West German Parliament, who had himself declared dead and remarried his wife m order to hide his Nazi past, was sentenced yesterday to 18 months m prison. Franz Roessler, 41, who called himself Franz Richter
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    AMNESTY IN SPAIN
    27 1 Spain will grant amnesty to an unspecified number of prisoners m connection with the Eucharistic Congress to be held m Barcelona this month.— A.P.
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    BILLY REMEMBERED
    70 1 picture. ONE-YEAR OLD Alan Loh, whose dead father, Billy Loh, befriended Australian prisoners of war m Singapore during tho last war, looks wide-eyed at F|Sgt. C. Allen from Changi, who went with Australian Chaplain, SjLdr. E.W.C. New, yesterday to visit Mrs. Loh's home. They presented her with $50.00—
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    DOWNRIGHT LIES, SAYS TRUMAN
    177 1 WASHINGTON, Saturday. PRESIDENT Truman said last night that political opponents "growing frantic" as election day approached, were filling the air with "downright lies" about corruption m his administration. These tactics contained "the seed 3 of tyranny" he said, and the men responsible were "as grave a
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    STRIKE HITS AIR FORCE
    57 1 DENVER, Sat. THE U.S. oil strike crippled I the Air Force training programme yesterday and threatened to hamper commercial airlines by next week. The headquarters of the Air Force Training Command at Scott Air Force Base, Illinois, ordered training flights cut to a minimum at 40
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    Beauman is best bet
    45 1 ALLAN LEWIS, Free Press racing correspondent, gives Beauman, Deep Fielf* and Reward as his best bets for Penang today. Longshots: Epsom Derby and Brilliant Son. TRESPASSER recommends Chesieres and De-Win. THE GOING was good this morning, but the sky Is overcast.
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    GANDHI MUSEUM
    34 1 A myseum displaying relics of the date Mahatma Gandhi will be buiCt on 40 acres on. the banks of the Jumna River near the place where his body was cremated. Reu ter
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    Japs celebrate independence
    109 1 f TOKYO, Saturday,. JAPAN marks its independence day today with police on guard against further outbreaks of Communist-inspired rioting. Country -w ide celebrations will commemorate the end of seven years of Allied occupation. Japan regained sovereignty when the peace treaty, signed at San Francisco, came into effect
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    RED BOSS DIES
    24 1 Ladimir Poptomov, one of the founders of the Cominform and Deputy Premier of the Bulgarian Government died m Sofia on Thursday.—
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    Police acts against rash riders
    112 1 Police acts against rash riders Free Press Staff Reporter SINGAPORE Police took action this morning against cyclists and trisha riders for rash and negligent riding at the junction of Serangoon and Bukit Timah Road and m Lavender Street. In a 40-minute check-un 40 cyclists antf a number of trisha riders
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    Tattoos gave him away
    62 1 SYDNEY, Sat. OOLICE here picked up a F^man wanted m Victoria to face an armed noW-up charge after they saw him m a King's Cross milk bar. and recognised tattoos on th e four fingers of both of his hands. Each finger had one letter tattooed
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    HELP FOR GIRLS WITH BEARDS
    118 1 NEW YORK, Sat. rE hormone Cortisone helps some girls who turn maseuUne, pr toys who develop sexuapy t°»:N_W r it Is rltated to B*-t-molre.> It helpii those up to teenage, whose trouble comes -Tuny. enlarged "adrenal glandjff breasts and some other female characteristics are not
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    Malan fans hate of the Torch
    160 1 Malan fans hate of the Torch CAPETOWN, Saturday. TpHE Prime Minister of South Africa, Dr. Daniel r Malan, said yesterday that the police had secret information about sinister plans which he alleged the militant Torch Commando of war veterans had formed against the Government. To forestall any move by the
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    'SEEK RED TRADE FOR TEXTILES'
    114 1 'SEEK RED TRADE FOR TEXTILES' BLACKPOOL, Sat. THE British Government yesterday was urged by delegates representing 200,--000 British cotton workers to seek new markets for British textiles. "Russia, China and Eastern Europe should not be ruled out", Mr. Ernest Thornton, Secretary of the United Textile Factory Workers Association, said at
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    Robber gave back $10
    106 1 Free Press Staff Reporter A MAN with a pistol who robbed a Singapore Teo- chew, Tay Hock Seng of $230 yesterday, gave him back $10 when the victim pleaded that he had no money. The incident was alleged to have taken place at 0.40 p.m. when
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    S'PORE DEATH
    42 1 Free Press Staff Reporter A Chinese was found with severe head injuries m Tras Street" Singapore, at 8 o'clock this morning. He was taken to hospital jrhere he died. A police officer said ttiat the man might have treen attacked.
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    NICOLL TO SEE S.I.T. HOMES
    39 1 Free Pres s Staff Reporter The Governor, Mr. J. F. Nicoll, wiU visit the Singapore Improvement Trust housing estates on Monday afternoon accompanied by the chairman of the Trust, Mr. Y. P. F. McNeice.
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    CARRIER HOME
    25 1 The U.S. Antietam, Essexclass airplane carrier, arrived m San Francisco yesterday from Korea, to be placed m the Pacific Reserve Fleet.- A. P.
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      Onward the "Ouslaught"
      1138 2  - Onward the "Ouslaught" SEAFARER B-f* j Bmr'a iSnSS fjß> ***^Sm^S BmWmy SPEARED TO DEATH JIM Manderly. the hero of this tale, left his home m Plymouth, went to London and Joined the "Onslaught** a« a cabin boy Th» '•Onslaught.'* on a voyage of discovery to the Eastern Seas called at
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      Rupert and the New Bonnet—1
      154 2 Rnpert. remembering that Guy PawkM* Day is not far off. has keen roMtCling -fireworks m a box. small ones such as he can afford, and from time to time "he day he is looking through them and counting them and imagining what fun be aad
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      Young Man Wants to be a Journalist
      963 2  - Young Man Wants to be a Journalist WENDY He will have to be hard-working, have a sound general knowledge and plenty of common sense TCROM time to time you boys and girls write to me asking for advice on various •matters. One wishes to know what kind of a 'present
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      PEN PALS COLUMN
      139 2 PEN PALS COLUMN rN LES MENNG, 15, of 32, Lorong 41, Geylang, Singapore, wants pen pais. His hobbies are reading, stamp collecting, exchanging view cards and going to the cinema. S. Paramsothy, 13, of 48, Jalan Abdul Samad, Johore Bahru collects stamps, viewcards, photographs of pen pals and coins. He
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      A Puppy and its Collar
      278 2 Here is the story 0f... WHAT a to-do there ff .was when I first buckled a collar round my puppy's neck! Silver looked surprised then annoyed then furious. She pawed at the narrow leather band, squeaking with anger. She rolled over and over, makin' shrill
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      229 2 IfThe first popular ut\o*9*rgated edition of THE BOOK OF TVS THOUSAND ONE NIGHTS by MR RICHARD BURTON edited by P. H. NEWBY $10 80 1 This selection contains the core of the world's greatest collection of stories, myths and fables, and provides a remarkable record of the civilisation of medieval
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    10 HURT IN CRASH
    31 3 10 H UR T IN CRASH Party ;:ecple were seriously Injured during a May Day b iday near Montreaux. Benseilaud, when their train orasfci into a stationary ir ah: A .P.
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    ARMY CENSURES OFFICER FOR HIS 'UNWED WIFE'
    382 3 ARMY CENSURES OFFICER FOR HIS 'UNWED WIFE' LONDON, Saturday. AN officer with an "unmarried wife was found «_Uty by court martial of conduct prejudicial to good order and military discipline because he occupied Army married quarter, with her. 4 tom 2 W ll^ too, of getting £22 15s. h^JW^f, by
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    Five wounded in Tunis
    61 3 TUNIS, Sat. FIVE NATIONALISTS were wounded m a clash between demonstrators and police on the outskirts of the Arab quarter. In New York, almost 30 of the U-N.'s 60 member countries were represented at a closed meeting called to plan strategy to bring the Tunisian question
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    49 3 ALTHOUGH it was a relalively small part, Academy Award winning actress Bettee Davis asked for and got the role of a helpless invalid m the 70th Century Fox production, "Phone Call From A Stranger." She's seen here m rehearsal with director Jean Nogulesco, centre, and her husband, Gary MerriU.
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    PLANE CRASH
    25 3 Two Royal Air -Togce sergeants were MBtfwfcen an RAJ*. Hornet twin scatter piane crashed Into a mountain aide m Hong* Kong Reuter AAP
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    KILLER TO DIE
    18 3 f. J t t The War Office has announced that the death sentence on ConioTal_^Tom
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    Two lost boys took 'Commando' holiday
    227 3 Two lost boys took 'Commando' holiday LONDON, Sat rO schoolboy brothers missing from their home for six days were found by a policeman m St. James's Park. Richard Norris, 13, and nine-year-old Jimmy spent the six days going 'from one park to another. They collected all the bottles people had
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    Downbeat is banned in Soviet zone
    185 3 Downbeat is banned in Soviet zone BERLIN, Sat. HOT music is suffering an attack of political chilblains m the Soviet zone of Germany, since the Communists have ruled that it's a sin against the "people" to Charleston, samba, rumba or boogie-woogie. The people, say the Communists, should learn graceful dances
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    Commons quiz on patents
    56 3 LONDON, Sat. IX)ARD of Trade President, Mr. Peter Thorneycroft, has called m the House of Commons for evidence that Hong Kong manufac-' turers are using British designs. He would investigate if details were given. Mr. Thorneycroft, also tola the House about plans for bringing Lancashire spinners
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    Hong Kong trade falls off
    39 3 Hong Kong trade falls off March trade m Hong Kong reached HK525, 000,000 the lowest since 1950. This is a decrease of 32 per cent on the 1951 monthly average. Exports, however, have increased slowly since January 1952.- A.P.
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    Pope says to women: Outlaw war
    121 3 Pope says to women: Outlaw war VATICAN CITY. Sat. rE Pope has appealed to women of good will to combine m an attempt to impose peace on the world. He said: *If all Women passed from that innate sentiment which makes them abhor war to concrete action designed to prevent
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    OATIS IS IN GOOD HEALTH
    49 3 The U_S. Ambassador to Czechoslovakia has talked to Mr. William Oatis, Associated Press Correspondent m Prague, m a Czech prison and found mm m good health. Mr. Oatis was sentenced to 10 years' imprisonment by the Czech Communist Government for alleged spying activities.— A.P.
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    BOMBER CRASHES
    20 3 A B-29 Superfortress bomber crashed m the Gulf of Mexico, off Cedra Key. Fishermen saved several survivors. A.P.
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    NYLON CURTAIN
    23 3 The U.S. State Depaijment has banned all travel to Communist countries by American citizens unless they have specific pennis- sioh.- Reuter
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    300 WILL MOVE FOR BOMBERS
    179 3 OTTAWA, Saturday. ]Lj ORE than 300 trappers, fishermen and lumberiT* jacks are to be moved away from the 4,000 square-mile bombing and guided missile range being built for the Royal Canadian Air Force m Northern Saskatchewan and Alberta. Work has begun on this project which
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    Bridge Problem
    185 3 Neither aide vulnerable. South dealer. The biddies: South Waat North East IV Pass 14 Past 2<? Paaa 3<? Paaa 4<? AU Paaa. ___2_S_a-iSSB: _n-SpSS^_-s__^ is am It might have been at w Z*£ American team N^tto-Sonth; a S^«?<=lJ-c«^e <2 thT_-Si wae to partthat A__wriea'._"«e__aHe>Pg wns....e_mt, aaije. say perfect.
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    WOMAN TOOK CAR: GAOLED
    269 3 LONDON, Saturday. SMARTLY dressed woman of 43, said to be th# A former wife of a prominent soldier serving overseas, stood with folded arms m the dock at Leicester Quarter Sessions as she was sentenced to 1$ months* gaol. Mrs. Christina Joan Pasley, described a* a
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    ITALY LIKES IKE TOO
    53 3 "I like Ike", the most catching slogan yet to come out of America's election battle,, is now "catching on" m Italy too. The reason, say the Italians, is that Elsenhower as ÜB. President would most probably mean continued aid to Italy. "I like (isolationist) Tuff would
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    144 socks dried in 10 minutes
    52 3 An Australian army officer m Korea, Major A. A. Smith, has invented a mobile device to dry 144 socks m 10 minutes. The drier has 16 steamwire forms to hold the socks m shape and prevent shrinkage. It would cost about £6,000 to buld.
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    PACK HELD UP
    30 3 Failure of Iraq to deposit her official ratification notice m the Arab League archives is holding up implementation of a new ten-year Middle East Defence Pact.— A.P.
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      79 3 the sum neves sers on the WHITE CROSS OF SI_JOHN APPEAL WEEK I SAT. MAY 10th. j FUN FAIR AT RAFFLES INSTITUTION MON. MAY 12th. BRIDGE, MAHJONG CANASTA AT FLAGSTAFF HOUSE TMES. MAY 13th. HLM "WHITE CORRIDORS" AT VICTORIA THEATRE AT 6.30 a 9.30 p.m. POPUIJ-S .PUCES MH. MAY 16th.
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      457 3 YOUR LUCKY STAR ..,ik\ tea-Hi IBM are one b 4 IT*; SI optimists of the vi- .here is always a toSS. so much better Jhan 3 5. K 1 -ST* ,«it this positive gaiety v »ihrr> M» that J mm*** I*** j" 1 >ou are »n It. Yea gg ..dd.Uon.
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      130 3 BUCKLEY -G£F IN THE MIDOLE I YA WANNA TIP II OVER I" New Crossword No. 652 H mm^ ""H-H-i-la _-____-B _^^^a-_ ~-^_-_-____n— _______-^_-______4i mm* li 1 1 1 I I 'I 1 It aa^Jl -L___-Ji Bbwp^^H -i--_-___S____-- s ___^-_____---|-a-----_-. II I I BWBBBBT- -ißmr— I mkmmw. mi m\ I I
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      241 3 Radio SINGAPORE 10 am. News; 10.05 Housewives* Choice; 11-11.28 Mew Records; 1 pm. Saturday Ballroom; IJO--158 Mews; 2 Carl HieaW and his Orch.; 2.15-5 Racing, Peasng; 6.15-850 Children; 7 Mews; 7.15 Listeners' Choice; 750 Spotlight on the Emergency; 6 The Adventures of P.C. 49; 850 Music In the Modern Mood;
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    The Singapore Free Press SATURDAY, May 3, 1952. Sorcery explained
    582 4 The Singapore Free Press SATURDAY, May 3, 1952. Sorcery explained BELLS, bells, bells! The telephones m this office and there are a lot of them did not stop ringing yesterday morning. Everybody m Singapore had seen flying saucers. And most of the million population wanted to warn us that the
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    THE DOLLAR 'FLOOR SHOW'
    698 4 KAT MUMtAT LOOKS AT- and reports that WALL STREET to quieter today WALL Street is described as hav.ng "a river at one end and a graveyard at the other" —probably a gloomy evaluation of the 1929 crash, when fortunes were lost m minutes, and the value
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    It Seems To Me...
    704 4  -  POLITICO 'THE scissors of the Malayan film censor, Mr. Jack Evans, are at the moment poised over a film," called "Clochemerle*'. This is an $x- tremely naughty French ftlm— so naughty thiat. if Mr. Evans were to dtit out all tfce "objectidnable" passages there would b^
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    The CHALLENGE of RUSSIA
    1233 4 ___caJtfo ok 6-_Ef_i_ Moscow-^me' to 36 people The capital is a two-faced city where splendour and drabness go side by side > WINIFRED DRAYTON Wile of a Conservative M.P., recently attended the International Economic Conference m Russia. Here she reports on a HOUSEWIFE IN MOSCOW MOSCOW
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    Only Six Feet are Under The Table
    521 4 —In Cyprus, reports J. L Hays, louring out-of-the-way Army Units m the Middle East r«YPRUS is quite a tourist centre. Last year, 27,000 holidaymakers spent around $1,000,000 on enjoying themselves. But our troops are very much "on the outside, looking m." Remember the
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    'EASIER LIVING'
    218 4 TPHREE hundred prospec- tive brides received further pointers on married life m the New York Herald Tribune's six weeks course recently when industrial designers told them about kitchen planning and entertaining. The point stressed was that the baronial hall has gone the way of stuffed peacock's tongues and
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      12 4 jjg LEE NUN m WATCH SA, Cfcaage Singapore 1 Tel. 3348 iBV
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      60 4 W HI H -f-_-__-f\-ftvtm your I lister H It is recommended that glasses H or mugs for the serving of Beer I should be cleaned with a little H washing soda and then thoroughly H rinsed out and left to dry- The H use of drying cloths, should be H
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    BRITAIN IS ASKED: SPEED STEEL'
    199 5 Colony needs metal urgently, says McNeice gINGAPORE Government is making urgent representations to London, on behalf of the City Council, to speed up the allocation of steel for Tebrau waterworks. The President of the City Council, Mr. T P. F. McNeice, said yesterday: "I discussed
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    2,500 REGISTER IN TWO WEEKS
    139 5 2,500 REGISTER IN TWO WEEKS Frf e Press Staff Reporter /\\E thousand four hundred and four leoole have registered as voters tor the CitjrCoun--a (lections, and l,n* I r m- Legislative Coun- si Ince registration up ned on April 15. T i number of people who pc as voters was,
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    She gives $1,000
    47 5 Free Press Staff Reporter MADAM Tan Huat Neo, of Pash Panjang. Singap< it yesterday gave $1,000 te the building fund of the Singapore Chinese Young Menu Christian Association. She cut expenditure on eeiebraUona at her 67th tr hday last week to help the fund.
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    New aid scheme for the sick
    119 5 New aid scheme for the sick Free Press Staff Reporter 'THE Singapore Jubilee Fund Committee has approved a new scheme of allowances for convalescent people including T.B. cases certified fit for work. Heads of families now receive $25; dependants of 16 years and over get $10, and those under 16,
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    PICTURE HUNT
    49 5 KNALA LUMPUR, Sat. The Selangor Motor Club is holding, a picture hunt at Kuala Lumpur tomorrow. It will start at 11 a.m. from the General Post Office. Competitors will be shown six pictures of landscapes and they will have to make their way to the places indicated.
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    Two Reds get three years
    73 5 KLUANG. Sat. TANG ONN, aged 22, and Yer Teng Hwa, aged 18. were sentenced to three years' imprisonment each for distributing terrorist documents m the Yong Peng area of Johore at 7.30 p.m. on Feb. 9. Tang and Yen were arrested by police who had
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    Gifts of dates from Iraq
    49 5 The Government of Iraq, through the Singapore Consul, Mr. S. T. O. Alsagoff, yesterday distributed 386 p3ckets of dates at five Soci_tt Welfare Centres to celebrate National Day. The five centres were Siglap. Jalan Eunos, Malay Farm, Lorong 3 m Geylang, and Pasir Panjang.
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    HURT CHARGE
    33 5 MUAR, Sat.— A youth, Tan Ah Heng, was ciiarged *t Muar with causing hurt to Lim Sim with a tapping knife. He clamed trial and the case was transfered to Jasin
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    They rehearse for recital
    33 5 mUREE girls Prassna 1 Balan (below) Rosy Law (right top) I »«d Liena Madhavan -j rehearsing for a daace recital at the Victoria Memorial Hall, Singapore, on May 14.
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    Commando's death was misadventure
    145 5 Commando's death was misadventure Free Press Staff Reporter A FIVE-MAN jury returned a finding of death by misadventure m the Singapore Coroner's Court yesterday at the inquest on Pte. Derek Smith, 21, a Royal Marine Commando, who was shot dead at Changi Road on Mar. 24. Pte. Smith was shot
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    TRANSFERRED
    22 5 JOHORE BAHRU, Sat— Inche Osman Yassim. O.C.P.D Kulai. has been transferred to Mersing as O.S.P.C. He te succeeded by Cadet A.S.PGardiner
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    Johore names poll officers
    79 5 JOHORE BAHRU^Sat. rE following have been appointed Regtttration Officers for the Town Council elections m JohOfe. Johore Bahru: Ungku Mohsin (Nong Chik), Mr. Lee Ah Soo, (Ayer Moleh) and Inche Mohamed bin Nawi (Tebrau). Batu Pahat: Inche Salimon bin Raja Noor, (Kampong Petahi), Mr. Chew 800
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    BANK MAN IS ON TOUR
    73 5 TAIPING, Sat. Mr. L. J. Planchard, Joint General Manager of the Chartered Bank of India, Australia and China, arrived m Taiping on Tuesday m the course of a tour of Malaya and North Borneo. He was entertained to a cocktail party at Bank House by
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    Youth had ammo —detained
    99 5 Youth had ammo detained IPOH, Sat— Nam Sing, aged 16, who pleaded guilty to capital charges of possession of ammunition and consortine with armed persons at Bidor on January 18, was yesterday ordered to be detained at the pleasure of the Ruler-in-CdUncil when he appeared before Mr. Justice I Pretheroe
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    Alliance talks in Kedah
    142 5 ALOR STAR, Saturday. INFORMAL talks on a possible extension of the UMNO-MCA alliance to Kedah have passed the preliminary stage, Tuan Syed Omar, president of the local branch of the UMNO, said yesterday. "All the MCA leaders with whom I have discussed the alliance are m
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    CHINESE ART SHOW PLANNED
    125 5 ARRANGEMENTS are being made to hold an exhibition m Singapore of paintings and brush-writing by Chinese artists of Hong Kong, Mr. Homer Cheng, of the China Society, Singapore, said yesterday. Two hundred works have been received through Mr. Wan Wing Sun, a noted Hong Kong artist,
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    Biting question
    27 5 Inche Mohamed Yusof Din Ahmad will ask m the Federal Legislative Council next Wednesday what steps are being taken to protect special constables from mosquitoes.
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    QUICKER GOVT DECISIONS ON CITY AFFAIRS
    228 5 QUICKER GOVT DECISIONS ON CITY AFFAIRS T»HE Singapore Governor, Mr. J. F. Nicoll, assured City Councillors on Wednesday that the Government would, m future, deal as speedily as possible with matters referred to It by the Council. The assurance was given at a tea given by the Governor to the
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    Lectures on 'government'
    72 5 Lectures on 'government' TAIPING, Sat.— The TaipIng branch of the Perak Adult Education Association will shortly hold a series of discussions on "Local Government." x Mr. J. W L. Gale will lead the discussion, and the first of the series will be held sometime this month. Members of the public
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    TIN EXPORTS
    14 5 Tip exports from Singapore and the Federation m April totalled 7.093 tons.
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    BLACKOUT SCHEDULE
    76 5 ttCBSTATIONS liable to load shedding tonight are: Union Building, Dunearn Rd., Turf Club, Eng Neo Avenue, Ewart Park, Holland Rd., Adam Park, Gallop Hill, Chatsworth Rd., Peirce Rd., Somervllle Estate, Leedon Rd., Victoria Park. Na_im Hill, Patterson Rd. Great World, Ho Hong Oil Mills. Alexandra Incinerator, Havelock Rd..
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    External aid: Karachi decision
    127 5 External aid: Karachi decision Free Press Staff Reporter SINGAPORE will no«. get any external* financial aid to carry out l its improvement plans other than what is being given by the Colonial Development Corporation and the Colonial Development and Welfare Fund. An official of the Economic Affairs Department said yesterday
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    D.O. OPENS SCHOOL SHOW
    47 5 KOTA TINGGI, Sat— The Malay Girls School annual prize -giving day and needlework exhibition was opened by the District Officer, Inche Hussein bin Haji Sulon. T Sports was held followed by a concert and prize tifstribution by the wife of the District Officer.
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    ARSENAL AT FULL STRENGTH
    427 6 Today is Cup final day By JIM CHAMBERS VNGLAXD'S football season ends today with B the set piece of the entire t951^52 championship—the FA. Cup final at Wembley Stadium. 'There m front of an all-ticket crowd of 100,0d0, Newcastle United, the present holders of the sflver
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    VITHOOL WON THE FANS' HEARTS
    224 6 Free Press Boxing Heperter T«EP VITHOGL, young brother of Singapore's welterweight champion Sompong, won the hearts of Singapore fight Cans last night at the Happy World Stadium, when h e held Lim Kee Chan to a draw. This scrap was by far the best of
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    U.K. SOCCER
    31 6 Yesterday's U.K. soccer results: Aldershot 5 Wolverhampton Wanderers 2; Brighton 5 Notts Forest 4; Yeovil 6 Ley ton Orient 1; Portsmouth 2 Liverpool 0. (All were "friendly" games) Reuter
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    HAZARE MAKES A PROMISE
    238 6 /CRICKET gets really started on its 1952--jeaso_ today with a modest programme of six first class games. Top attraction will be the Indian tourists' hist game against Worcestershire on that beautiful ground. Worcestershire always play the touring team yery early m May when patches are green
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    BOY AMCARAH
    50 6 The world's four major boxing associations yesterday agreed to recognise a fight between Roy Ankarab of t_ae Gold Coast and Ray Pan— chon of France aa the final ebaiination lor the world featherweight title, held by Sandy Saddler. The 15-round bout is acr.eUuled for June 9 at Nottingham.
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    VITHOOL DUCKS
    18 6 VITHOOL DUCKS asdsadasdsa THET VHHOOL gnes Into a croncfc to cannier a Lim World last night. Free Press
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    U.S. LOSE AGAIN
    159 6 rpHE League of IreCand (Southern Ireland) defeated the United States soccer team m Dublin yesterday. by four goals to nil, after leading by one goal at halftime. Continuous rain for 24 hours beforehand and the fact that Scotland had beaten the Americans easily by six clear goals
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      The fighting Sappers shake RAF Selefar
      530 6 ILAmt. sae»T. r: ____^eea*ff Berlment created a* npset m the g«g» &E£^M^ «S h^ded o«t a tt^e-two defeat^ R^ A 1 Force Sc,ctar at Sc,etar Tb A*™* ll ecOTId thC -^_^to_^wWe disapiiointed by toe performance of the home team SER toS?S SwrfS top gear,
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      OFF FORM REME WIN THREE-ONE
      253 6 R.EJMLE. 3; R.A.F. Tengah 1. RE.ME. were unimpressive m their three— one win o«er a disjointed R.A.F. Tengah side m their United Scrwtecg Senior Division game played at Tengah last evening. R.E.M.E. were playing far beQow their usuafl. form but even jo were able to
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      JUNIOR LEAGUE
      76 6 RJ___F. (Changi) defeated R.A. S.C. (S) by four goals to one m a United Services Junior League fixture yesterday. Raymen, Phillips, Evans and McKie scored fcr the airmen, while the Service Corps' only goal came from Barnes. In an United Services Junior League match played last evening, R.AF.
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      GHQ NEAR DOUBLE FIGURES
      377 6 —IN DEFEA TS R.A.F. Of) 5; O.H Q q TbTINTH straight defeai [or -il G.H.Q. who are trailing at the bottom of the United Services Senior League. Royal Air Force Maintenance Unite who are second from the bottom slammed m Soar ftcst-fealf «oa_ then allowed the
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      412 6 M3lldrißk6 Exclusive lo the Singapore Free Press iV Malaya I JS« AHYTHIIVie-, IIOUN FLASHES-- J lAT LAST? THE H| MeANWHILL A 1 AW D LEAVE THIS.' |6fVJ(^a FW ■■-B-flflflflflESlflflß tXTTHAt.? pdj O^tfi THERE. l-PARKL£ftS/ UPSTAIRS IN PAIR EXCHANGE. PfAMONDSf ■>TT.„. >m_-_» u>« 1 1 >_at f -^j^^^^ ____^_5 I1 J
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    CHESIERES TO WIN THE 4.50
    1289 7  - CHESIERES TO WIN THE 4.50 ALLAN LEWIS Best of Lewis' s'-' strong trio From (JHESIERES is ready to win today. This seems to be the popular Penang opinion on the main race this afternoon. There is no doubt trainer Lewis has the answer to this mile race. I think any
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    CINDER'S PRINCE 3 IN 374/5
    218 7 CINDER 'S PRINCE 3 IN 374/5 /MNDFR'S PRINCE (Lansdown), working alone <>n the second grass track, drew attention to his chances on Wednesday when he reeled off three m 3; 4 5 this morning. >^~- 9 engaged -n the race t Ciass o. Div. 4. 5i furs. this morning's trial
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    32 7 issed me. so Paras se ems to have m mind: Here i m Boy is seen sticking out a left at Paras' head ring their battle at the Happy World last night.
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    U.C.I. DOWN GUTHRIES
    248 7 IMPERIAL Chemical IndusI tries downed Guthries by four goals to two m their Business Houses Div. 2 game worked off on the Y_M.CA. grounds last evening. Outhries went Off to an early lead through Kok Peow, but 1.C.1. soon equalised through centre forward, Kirn Cheng. A few
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    All The Latest Selections
    193 7 ALLAN LEWIS TRESPASSER EPSOM HP CALL EOT POINTER RACEi t™°° Ctaem^ AGOKO AGOKO KELVIN 2.15 STfcnfci* Cinema Cinema The Banker Cinema The Banker Dalcross iSumZi^ RACK! K A JS!f AN DE-WIN BE AUM AN BE Al MAN 45 SJ;«£ it« SS Tin Beaaman Thumb. Up Thumbs
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    AMICABLES COULD HAVE DONE BETTER
    426 7 AMICABLES COULD HAVE DONE BETTER Amicable A.A. 2; P. Brani 1. PLAYING a subdued game for more than fifty minutes m their SAJP.A. First Division match against Pulau Brani at .Jalan Besar Stadium yesterday, Amlcables turned what appeared to he a certain one-nil defeat to a creditable two-one win. Had
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    Brisbane Cup
    67 7 BRISBANE, Fri.— There wer? 18 final acceptors today for the £12,000 Brisbane Cup to be run over two miles on Monday. Acceptors: Aristocrat 8.7 Basha Felika 8.7, Forest Beau 8-3, Jan. 8.00 Shane-en 6.00, Spell-nan 8.00, Sea Wolf 7.11, Gay Craft 7.t, Catchfree 7.8. Hee.an.an 7.5. Socrates 7.3,
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    SMUGGLER GAOLED
    38 8 A German shipowner, Joseph Tausendtefel, was yesterday sentenced by a court m Munich to eight months* gaol for helping an international! gang smuggle 40.000.000 American cigarettes and qualities of coffee from the Netherlands to Germany.— Reuter
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    WATER SUPPLY
    32 8 The Shan Of Persia, Mohammed Reza Pahlevi yesterday inaugurated the piped water supply at Shiraz, southern Persia, the first such supply m the country apart from the oilfield areas.— U.P.
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    EDITOR DEAD
    21 8 Howard W. Blakeslee, Associated Press Science Editor and Pultizer prize-winner, died m New York yesterday of coronary thrombosis.— A.P.
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    RESPONSE TO TRUMAN'S PERSONAL APPEAL
    234 8 RESPONSE TO TRUMAN'S PERSONAL APPEAL 'UJL iteel if *sk* sailed off PITTSBURGH, Saturday. PHILIP MURRAY, U.S. steel chief, called off the nationwide strike of his C.1.0. United Steelworkers yesterday at President Truman's personal request. The first returning workers were back at their jobs within two hours at plants of the
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    Jet 'bombs' U.K. village by accident
    121 8 MANSTON Sat. ALL AMERICAN Thunderjets operating from the Manston fighter base were ordered temporarily grounded yesterday after one accidentally dropped three 1004 b. bombs m the village of Seley. One bomb exploded m the garden of a house only a short distance from DougCas
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    'Britain and Japan should co-operate'
    201 8 DEVELOP S. E. ASIA CALL LONDON, Saturday. THE independent weekly, The Economist, urged x yesterday that Britain and Japan should cooperate economically to help the under-developed areas of South and South-East Asia. The best means wound be the association of Japan with the Colombo Plan,
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    $30 MIL. ARMS ORDER BY NATO
    62 8 William H. Draper, President Truman's Ambassador to the North Atlantic Treaty Organisation and chief of the Mutual Security Administration, told newsmen here m Brussels yesterday that orders worth between $25,000,000 (about £8,300,000) and $30,000,000 (about £10,000,000) have been placed with Belgian arms manufacturers by
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    DULLES FLIES TO SEE EISENHOWER
    166 8 PARIS, Saturday. MR. JOHN FOSTER DULLES, architect of the t Pface treaty, disclose, m Paris last HI?! 1 1 wU L discilss Un ed States foreign pO A cy rx W v th Gen Ei senhower at SHAPE today. Mr Duies has been men- *w*»j.
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    Peking seeks closer ties
    54 8 LONDON, Sat. THE PEOPLES of China andIndia should establish "ciloser and friendly ties m the fight for peace m Asia and the rest of t*he world, 4 Chinese Vice-Minister of Cultural Affairs. Ting psi Lin, said yesterday. He was welcoirjrv: the Indian cuftural delegation now vis:
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    WAR ON LOCUSTS
    23 8 Iraqi agricultural authorities are working day and night to stamp out a plague of desert locusts threatening southern Iraq.— Reuter
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    NUDE WOMAN FOUND IN ARMY BAG
    155 8 NUDE WOMAN FOUND IN ARMY BAG WICHITA. Sat. rE NUDE BODY of a dark-haired young woman was found m a green army barracks bag beneath the Tx>rcl_ of a fashionable home here. The woman, about 23 had been stabbed rour times ln the chest. Police said she had been dead
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    MEETS HIROHITO
    16 8 Emperor Hirohito talked for half an hour yesterday with John D. Rockefeller 111. A.P.
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    APPEAL TO CHURCHILL
    36 8 A German admiral, Gothfried Hansen, yesterday said he had appealed to Mr. Churchill on behalf of German exservicemen for the immediate release of German war .criminals held m Wes- tern Europe. A. P.
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    HOLLAND PAYS HOMAGE TO WAR DEAD
    81 8 picture. Civilians and members of allied forces who died while trying: to liberate Holland during: World War II were remembered by the Singapore Dutch community at a wreath-laying ceremony at the Cenotaph this morning. Two wreaths were laid; the first by the Dutch ConsulGeneral
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    SUEZ IS BACK TO NORMAL
    159 8 SUEZ IS BACK TO NORMAL ISMAILIA, Sat. LEAVE has started again for British troops m the Suez Canal Zone after six months' suspension, British military headquarters announced last night. The renewal of the leave scheme reflects the continuing return to normality of the zone which has now been free of
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    19 8 Talks on Western Trieste are nearing their end and the conference's work will probably be completed next week.— Reuter
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    DUKE PICKS HIS 'HOUSEHOLD'
    154 8 LONDON, Sat. THE DUKE of Edinburgh, who now has his own "household" distinct from that of the Queen, appointed two officials yesterday' to work for him as Treasurer and Private Secretary. Since his wife ascended the Throne the Duke has been busy with a round of
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      5 1 UNKNOWN Saturday, May 3, 1952
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      Malays still love the old folk music
      721 1  - Malays still love the old folk music Felix A. Naden by CROONERS, BOTH MEN AND WOMEN. HAVE MADE NATIVE SONGS INCREASINGLY POPULAR AND THEY HAVE ACHIEVED THIS WITHOUT IMITATING WESTERN SINGERS. r MODERN Malay 1 songs which have influenced by Imerican jazz ami nn h a v c not changed
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      ITALIANS HAVE BEST HAIR
      80 1 ÜBB. ZELVI LBCDBMAN, smm 30-year-okt Latvian, who j j arived m Mtlhmifna four peacs a*-v has been barbertog men's hair since she was 14 yean old and conhave the best hair. During the war to Europe she cat the hair of Bus- Germans. Americans. Frenchmen. Italian*
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      THE LESSONS OF WAR
      300 1  - THE LESSONS OF WAR Hal Boyle by WAR is tike matrimony. Whoever it touches it changes Many who go through a war emerge irqm it with nothing 1 but feeling of resentment tor the ttrne it has taken oat of their lives or the war it has frustrated their personal
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      NAMES FOR MANY USES
      481 1  -  Winston Wu Chinese m Malaya cling to an old-fashioned custom that gives them. says WESTERN influence has done much to remove the (fiffereiit names that a Chinese has, but there are still many members of the community m Malaya who cling J-O the traditional style of
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      Comedy 'Ayes' have it ( ALEC AND ALASTAIR)
      753 2 Comedy 'Ayes' have it ALEC AND ALASTAIR) asdsdsdfsd A LASTAIR Sim and Alec Guinness are at present the prize possessions of the British screen. I sometimes have nightmares m which I imagine one or both of them going to m Hollywood. This would *be a disaster— a disaster to British
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      Leslie Is Still 'On The Make'
      194 2 ESLIE Caron, (See picture) the girl with the wistful triangular face, who rocketed to stardom dancing with Dene Kelly m the film "An American m Paris", says she is till "on the make for America.'' Parisian-born Mile. Caron, whose, friends claim that she carries
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      They Say That...
      421 2  -  Michael Ruddy Hollywood gossip b» HOW would you like one hundred thousand pounds for not working? This is \vhat JOAN CRAWFORD will collect over, the next four years for not mak- ing four films for Warner Brothers under her contract. "We called off our deal", Joan told
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      Fall in Film Right Fees for Novels
      515 2  -  Harold Heffernan By HOLLYWCX>D. F:'S just too bad, of course, but the bestselling book boys have lost their biggest bonanza. No longer does Hollywood bid m astronomical figures for the screen rights to a popular novel. In fact, book sales have reached a
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      Old Mother Gingold
      659 2  -  Kenneth Tynan Sy MOST English actors, returning from New York, have been summarily and urgently greeted with this question: "What on earth is Hermione up to?" Hermione naturally enough, is our Miss Gingold, twice-married, teetotal, free, blonde and fifty-four. Recently she began a season of Grand Gingold
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        126 2 GRAND CHARITY FOOTBALL MATCH COMBINED SERVICES v COMBINED CIVILIANS Sunday, 4th May, 1952 at |ALAN BESAR STADIUM Prices of admission: $2.00; $1.00 Proceeds to Singapore Olympic Sports Council Helsinki Fund The Hon wle Mr. W. L. Blythe will kick off st 5.15 p.m. PLEASE SUPPORT THE COLONY'S TEAM Space By
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      THE FATE OF SIMON
      2050 3 A Free Press Saturday short story by WILLIS HALL AFTER tbc tragedy which befell my brother it was my duty, as his nearest living relative, to dispose of the few belongtalP be had left behind. I must confess that 1 performed the task imp.rtially and without
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      HOLLYWOOD Beauty Hint
      148 3 HOLLYWOOD Beauty Hint HnlKuooil Perfect posture prmidu a valuable "extra glam•w much ro perfect grooming, .1 laud which >our appearance s K i .i ;if\rr be without. Beautiful make-up. hair-do, and .CM unc effects can't be presented a* actively as they should be lob fou earn,- yourself with the graceful
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      The "mother-in- law problem is easing among Chinese
      406 3  - The "mother-in- law problem is easing among Chinese BEBE YAO by TF YOU are a married woman with an obscure illness, the first question your doctor may ask is "Are you living with your mother-in-law?" Superficially the question may -sound odd and irrelevant" but on closer scrutiny there seems to
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      Our Cup Stars get into condition
      1446 4  - Our Cup Stars get into condition GORDON MACK By IN just about four weeks from today, Malaya will be defending badminton, golden trophy— the Thomas jup. Who the challengers will eventually be is anybody's guess. It is generally accepted however, that they will be either the Canes or the Americans.
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      THEY'VE GOT TO BE TOUGH
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      NEW TENNIS QUEEN IS A BOBBYSOXER
      1103 4  -  PETER WILSON By its true that perI sonalities make < sport— sport rarely I makes personalities— I this summer I predict a greater-than-ever fci- > terest m lawn tennis. ;< It will be created by a I bronzed, blonde, sturdy i young girl who
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      This is the biggest day of the season
      432 4  - This is the biggest day of the season P. B. DEVLIN By WHEN Newcastle H United, the cupholders, enter the Wembley Arena today they will be fighting their ninth cup finaL The ''Magpies", as they ace nic-manvd, made their first cup-final appearance In the IW4-5 season whan they were beaten
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