Malaya Tribune, 7 August 1949

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    58 1 Sunday Tribune BY THE PEOPII FOR THE PEOPLE Teh Tribune" Spore MALAYA'S NATIONAL NEWSPAPER Phone 5811/3 Nine Lines. PubHahad atomUtamtmĕly at Mngapore, Kuala Lumpur, Ipoh ard Penang. SIXTEEN PAGES. SINGAPORE, SUNDAY, AUGUST 7, 1949 PRICE TEN CENTS THE SUNDAY TRIBUNE LONDON REPRESENTATIVE: E. Maurice Glover c/o Newsjiaper Features, Ltd., 107,
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    AMETHYST: THE STORY THE WHOLE WORLD HAS BEEN WAITING TO READ
    1272 1  -  Four Destroyers Were Ready To Go In After Her And Silence The Shore Forts By Manning Blackwood JF the Frigate Amethyst had met, with any serious trouble on her dramatic dash down the Yangtse, three destroyers of the 8
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    THE FULL FACTS
    611 1  -  By Admiral Sir Patrick Brin Naval C.-in-C. Far East Iv.ish to make th<> fundamenta' iarts of the Amethyst 1 meld. at from 2uth April to !o:ii July clear. because i.rtrd stories are being spread to poison the minds j H thf Chinese people. 1 iiave just returned
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    SOLOMON
    89 1 U.P. DETROIT, Sat. Assistant Ptosecutor William Joyce ruled with the wisdom of Solomon today ir a case involving a tote ticket. Mrs. Mary Vineyard saw the discarded ticket and recognised it as a winner. Just she was about to pick it up. Martin Dorjath wienched hei arm aud claimed
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    REPRISAL
    42 1 A.P. WArVTMIJND. Germany. Bat When the State Government refuged the Mayor's request for funds to build an urgently needec school here, the Mayor offered the tax ofh> 0 buiiding, owned by the town, for sale. The State provided the wanted money.—A.P.
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    Revolt Opens Road To Canton
    324 1 U.P. CANTON, Saturday. THE Nationalist Government of China has been shaken to its foundations by two severe setbacks within the last 24 hours the American white paper blaming China's predicament on the corrupt policies of the Nationalist government and serious defections by Nationalist troops in
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    TALKS IN KOREA
    39 1 U.P. SEOUL. Korea. Sat. —A Government official said tonight i hat Chiang Kai-shek arrived in Chinhai. Korea, today by plane. The officials said that Chiang will confer with President Syngman Rhee of Korea at Chinhai.— U.P.
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    REDS GRANT EXIT PERMITS
    64 1 U.P. SHANGHAI. Sat. The Communist authorities hero have approved exit permits for 40 foreigners who wish to leave Shanghai, it was announced today. The exit visas were the first granted since the Communist occupation. No transport is yet available, however, Knd it is understood the permits
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    HEADING FOR THE HAGUE
    86 1 Sixteen high Indonesian Republican and Federal officials, including Dr. Mohamed Hatta Republican Premier, and two members of the U.N. Commission, landed at Teogah yesterday en route to The Hague round-table conference. Dr. Hatta will break Journey at Calcutta and travel to New Delhi for a two-day
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    200 KILLED
    36 1 A.P. QUITO. ECUADOR. Sat. Rescue parties reported today that more than 200 persons were killed in a series of sharp earthquakes that shattered at least dozen mountain cities and towns on Friday afternoon. A.P.
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    CANDOUR
    23 1 Berlin. Sit. Interviewed after the birth of her tenth cmid, a 41-year-old spinster here said "My lucky number has always been 15."
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    The Case Of Chan Sin Mong
    114 1 THAN SIN MONG, ftf-teen-year-old Chinese boy who was sentenced at Ipoh Assizes recently to five years rigorous imprisonment for failing to report the presence of bandits to the police, has been transferred from Taiping Prison to the Advanced Training School for Juvenile Delinquents attached
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    QUAKE KILLS 400
    68 1 U.P. QUITO. Ecuador, Sat Four hundred people wenkilled and 3,000 Injured in the series of violent earth tremor, that shattered 30 cities and towns in an area some 70 miles south of Quito. The city of Ambato, In the centre of the shock area, was one-third destroyed.
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    INDIA HAS JOBS FOR EXPERTS
    118 1 Reuter. BOMBAY. Sat.—The Indian Government will engage British and American technicians to push forward its industrial programme. Dr. J. C. Ghosh. DirectorGeneral of Industry and Supply, has just left for Britain and America to recruit th? light men for the job. He will stay in
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    ON THE AIR TO NIGHT
    42 1 ADMIRAL. Sir, Patrick Brind will speak on the escape of the Amethyst over the Blue Network of Radio Malaya at 7.10 p.m. today. The talk will be recorded and re-broadcast at 9.45 p.m. over the same network.
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    The Old School Tie(less) "Insulted" Margaret
    131 1 A.P. LONDON, Sat. A British men's wear joumai hfca criticised two young men friends of Princess Margaret for appearing without ties at her party at Goodwood races. The journal did not identify the errant pair, except to say they were among the bevy of
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    CHINESE EAGER TO CO-OPERATE
    331 2 Tan Cheng Lock KUALA LUMPUR, Saturday. THE Malayan Chinese Association has proved by 1 deeds that it is earnest in rendering the Government every co-operation in the present emergency, said Mr. tan Cheng Lock of Malacca, when contacted over the telephone today. He was referring to
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    INDEPENDENCE DAY
    36 2 The Indian community of Changi will celebrate the second anniversary of Indian Independence by holding n meeting at the Changi Hindu Temple pn August 15. Prominent Indians will address the meeting in various languages.
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    Fresh From College
    69 2 MISS Ruth Langdon, pretty 21-year-old daughter of Mr. William R. Langdon. American Consul-Geueral in Singapore, has arrived here in the Holland America Line s 9,227-ton Sommelsdyk. Miss Langdon graduated from Columbia University, New York, in June and received her diploma from General Eisenhower. Bom in Manchuria, Miss
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    JAP WAR CRIMINALS COST US $9,090
    117 2 EVERY month, Singapore spends $9,090 on main- j taining the Japanese War Cri- minals in the Colony's gao's. The question of whether Malaya or Japan should pay for the repatriation of Japanese War Criminals who have completed their sentences in the Colony's gaols is
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    All One Family
    70 2 ne Shriber-Harig family Rioup or 13 the largest family group to made a round-the-world tour. They are pa.-sc ngers in the President Monroe. The head of the family, Ifr. Bert A. Schriber founded the Shribcr-Slate? Company, wholesale dealers 1:1 motor car parts in Akron. Ohio. M years
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    Philippines gives the lead to Singapore Film Exhibitors
    156 2 CILM exhibitors in the Philippines have given lead to their compatriots m Singapore by voluntarily reducing, about a fortnight ago, the prices charged on tickets and thus giving: relief to the movie-going public. This reduction has come In spite of the very
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    A GIFT: £50,000
    15 2 Lord Nuffield has given £30,000 to the Nffield Orthopaedic Centre, at Oxford.
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    7 POLICEMEN KILLED IN AMBUSH
    58 2 Seven of a party of 25 policemen under the command of a European Sergeant were killed when their convoy of three truck* was attacked by a large force of bandit* In tho Mentakab area at S o'clock Friday. Three pobsemen were seriously wounded and 14
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    RURAL COMMITTEE
    69 2 Mr. P. A. B. McKerron, the Colonial Secretary, paid tribute to the Chairman, Mr. H. J. C. Kulasinghc, and members of the Pasir Panjang Rural District Committee for their work and the forming of a Special Conrtabularv. Mr. McKerron was speaking at a tea party held yesterday in
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    More Trade Disputes, But Less Strikes
    309 2 (Sunday Tribune StaUf Reporter) THERE have been more cases of trade disputes and less strikes, as a means of settling disputes, during the first seven months of this year than during the previous two years. Trade disputes during the Jan.—July, 1949 period totalled 53,
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    East Asia Y.M.C.A.s TO Meet
    132 2 REPRESENT VTIVES from all the Y.M.C.A.s in Sout'.i Eaat Asia will hold a oonfucnce, the first cf its kind, nt Banr :oi frcm August iv tc 28. The RtjMra-ipiT! Chinese Y.M.ca. wfu be iepi>caentca by Mi. i leaner Cheng, A:;aistant Secretary for Chinese Affair- nd
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    SKIPPY (18LBS) SPAT AT TWO ARMED BURGLARS
    500 4  -  They Got Cold Feet And Backed Out By MICHAEL GOH f LAUS, the San Francisco cat, made the headlines T a week ago as the fattest house cat in the world. Now in Singapore, isn't denying this. The Americans/ he knows, do things
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    Seaman Hit Master, One Month's R. I.
    191 4 rR assaulting the master and chief officer of his ship, J. B. Buaby, 29-year-old Able Seaman of the' 8,134ton Anglo-Saxon tanker Nlnella, has to serve one month's rigorous imprisonment. Bu.sby, pleading guilty to two charges of assault before Mi. C. J. Hindley. Acting
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    CHIN WOO A.A.
    44 4 MALACCA. Sat.--i'he re-cently-resuscitated Chin Woo Athletic Association of Malacca has removed to new premlaei at 34. Bukit China Road. Providing facilities for basket-ball, volley-hall, badminton and table-tennis and with a benevolent eehfa&e among the member s, the A.sociatien seeks more members.
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    6 MONTHS GAOL
    38 4 MALACCA. Sat.- -A 17--yeai-old Chinese risherman, \v< < Chan Whye, with two previous convictions was. in the Sessions Court, sentenced to mx months imprisonment, followed by one year's police supervision, for stealing a pair of tiousers.
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    Johore's Vegetable, Fruit Export Drops By Twenty Per Cent
    284 4 (Sunday Tribune Staff Reporter) JOHORE'S vegetable and fruit export into Singapore dropped by 20 per cent during the first half of this year when compared with figures for the second half of last year. This was disclosed by Mr. J. L.
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    Police Magazine To Tell 'Crime Does Not Pay'
    351 4 (Tribune Staff Reporter) 4 REGULAR "Crime Does Not Pay" article, deajing with the technicalities of criminal investigation in local cases, will be featured in the monthly issues of the Malayan Police Magazine. The first post-war issue of the Magazine made its appearance
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    LOST WEEKEND
    43 4 This weekend is going to bo no holiday for the Technical Wing men at Seletar. They were hard at work all day yesterday on the new Tempest lighters which have arrived in the Colony, and will be doing the same today.
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    FREE BEAUTY AID FOR WOMEN PASSENGERS
    145 4 WOMEN passeng.rs to BOAC Cooßtellattons (and later, lo Arg -nam T the Par Eastein lout? an to get free beauty Unaer arrangement witn a big beauty piepaiauon f.im Elizabeth Arden. the women's powder rooms v. i!i with po*deis. fact creanM and other make-up prtJtu
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    Singapore Gets A Wash
    78 4 Nearly 25 million gallons of water are used every \ear to keep > T»rapore's road and drains clean. Tv o 1,000-gailon wagons from the Singapore Municipality's T....n Cleansing Depart ment flush several mh>*of the viand's dusty streets every day. One wagen operates In North and the
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      30 4 MONEY TO CHINA Family remittances from Maiava to China during July totalled S229.lll.50. Singapore 'l share was $127 370.61. "BLACK WHITE! SCOTCH WHISKY James iuchansa a Oa. ImL, Gitafow, ScotbaA
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    WEEKLY HOLIDAYS BILL RULES READY
    188 5 Draft Will Be Presented To Leg. Council (Tribune Staff Reporter) I)RAFT rules under the Weekly Holidays Bill are now receiving consideration by Government. As soon as these are approved, they will be presentt d to the Legislative Council for acceptance. The rules were drawn up
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    C10.H19.OH Is Popular In Singapore
    209 5 TIT SANDS, of Singapoo tarry around with them cv( ry day a little tube containing" about a third of an ounce of C10.H19.0H. At regular interval?, they lift the tittle tube to their nostrils. They are not dope fiends— catavah sufferers, and CIO.H 19.0H is
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    MALACCA GETS $85,062 ALLOCATION
    115 5 THE Federal Legislative Council has approved a supplementary allocation of $85,062 for Malacca on the recommendation of the Standing Committee on Finance. Out of this sum, $39,350 is earmarked for reconditioning Malacca's roads and bridges, while $585 will go for restoration of traffic signs and safety
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    HID STOLEN TRUNK—CHARGE
    102 5 A thief who stole a trunk from one of the Harbour Board Quarters failed to get away with the goods. Apparently, he hid it in a Public convenience but it was discovered by a scavenger. This was revealed in the Fourth District Court yesterday at tne trial
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    20,000 Unlicensed Hawkers Have To Be Cleared
    255 5 ING A PORE town cleansing authorities are faced with the problem of clearing nearly 20,000 unlicensed hawkers off the city's streets. The Superintendent of Town Cleansing, Mr. B. J. Doherty. states in his report for last year that these hawkers "have no respect
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    TO HOUSE BUSINESSMEN
    30 5 Seven little shophouses w.'ll soon house business- men at Anson Road. Costing about $46,000, rhey are built by Mr. Teo I Chiang Chuan of Singa- pore. J
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    A New Vogue Hits Singapore
    330 5 Necessity, The Mother Of Fashion .(Sunday Tribune Staff Reporter) MYOPIC women not so very long ago preferred to grope their way and risk being thought aloof by their friends rather than be caught wearing a pair of glasses. Today, these women besiege their opticians with
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    10,000 Frogs Are Being Fattened
    235 5 IN* Singapore is a man, who uas 16 frogs in a pond at Yio Chu Kang. He hope* to produce about 20 tons of frogs in about 18 month's time. Then the gourmets of the colony v.ill have cause for rejoicing, because the frogs will
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    Singapore Skylines
    400 5  -  By Ivor Kraal LAST week, when an Anson clashed at Kallang, one of the occupants, petite and charming Miss Mady Comolli, flying secretary, escaped unhurt. She smiled reflectively, for this was her third adventure in live months of flying. Unlike the average Swiss girl, whose Isole ambition after
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    This SINGAPORE...
    2162 6  -  By Vera Ardmore SINGAPORE .seems to me like a rather shabby woman having a new hair-do. changing the style of her dress, and taking a ikw lease on life. There have been a number of almost imperceptible changes in the past year-and-a-half. They all seem to be bearing
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    THEY BLUSHED WHEN—
    118 6 AT the opening of Rediffusion a lady asked a man standing next to her whether the floor sloped or not Ho said it didn't. She said it did, and rolled her compact oa the floor to prove it. The man standing next to her, was the architect
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    THIS LONDON...
    1559 7  -  From Jimmy Glover i.ONt>ON, Sat. ARRIVED in London on a laudable mission is Mr. Kenneth Hardy, head of the Australian Wine Board. His mission is to persuade English men and women to drink Australian wines. He's got a tough job on, because English people do not go in
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    AMONG THE NEW BOOKS
    401 7 THROUGH his books, Lin Yu-tang has become world ambassador to the Eng-lish-speaking people. He is Chinese, but he speak*. lish, French and Geiman. He was born in China, in the Province of Fukien, yet he has studied at the- universities of Harvatd, Jena and Leipzig. He
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    £42,000 Worth Paintings Given Away For Nothing
    310 7 A.P. LONDON, Sat. S~IX British museums bid £42,000 for paintings by rtist and poet William Blake tt an art auction recently—■ tnd then got them for nothing. A secret clause in the will che late Graham Robertson, i -ondon playwright who coli scted
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      254 7 Smooths it on thinly with your finger tips just onre a day. It spreads a fine film of natural skin colour over \he face, hiding tiny blemishes. Powder clings to it softly, a flick of the puff is absolutely all you need to renew your make-up, and it does your
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    PITY THE PRINCESSES
    392 8 VOICES are raised in the Istana Balai Besar of V Kelantan. The Royal Family (like any ordinary family) is having a family row. And what is it all about? Why, a Princess has married a commoner! A mere Government employee! An ordinary fellow from Kota Bahru! We.
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    THE SOVIET FIGHTING MEN: ROBOTS OR RABBLE?
    3494 8  -  HOW STRONG IS RUSSIA —2 The Russian soldier is neither a giant with a feet of clay nor is he invincible- His greatest asset is his amazing toughness fortified by a fanaticism for a Communist idea which Soviet indoctrination has grafted on to
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    SUITS FOR STATUES
    1053 9  -  A blacksmith's daughter once showed her contempt for Emperor William I by putting her tongue out, distorting her face which was never very pretty and giving a horrible grin. So His Majesty commissioned a well-known German sculptor to produce a monstrous face of a woman and fixed
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    The Day Of The Walking Stick Is Far From Done
    997 9  -  By DUNCAN ALLAN N.F.L. r[E day of the walkingstick is still far from done, despite the fact that comparatively few modern men carry these pieces of ornamented wood which were considered essential adjuncts of dress not so many years ago,
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    Poor Man's Philosopher
    280 9 A.P. Cuff notes by the poor man's philosopher: After thoughts are what we have when we don't want our fun spoilt beforehand. A redwood tree never hates anybody—and it lives longer than anything. The poorest dog is an empire to a flea. A revolving door is the
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    AMERICAN SENATOR ASKED WHAT ICE-BERGS WERE
    1132 10  -  In Victorian times, an old lady was glaring dl a youtig hand at the wheel of a short sea-trip boat, which was rolling mere than some of her passengers desired. The hand at the wheel gave it a turn to port, and it happened
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    Have Fun With The Stars
    658 10  -  By CONSTANCE SHARPE AQUARIUS. JAM. 21— FEB. 18. You will be prepared for anything full of vim and vigour: which is just as well because this will be a u< ek d/ sudden changes and unexpected happenings. Don't let others influence you: follow the dictates
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    YOUR CLOTHES MAY BRING YOU GOOD FORTUNE
    642 10  -  By VERA WEBSTER N.F.L. OFTEN as it is repeated that superstition belongs to past ages and that no countenance of it is now tolerated, from time immemorial there appears to have been a general belief that unseen influences had a hand in the
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      32 10 Stfrnnge As It Seems TfWT OF j^^^^^^ U/srap/AM Pv <^v\ x s^.^B 'THEftE ARE MORE JN YELLOWSTONE. NATIONAL kj\ a i w park Than in all the L a Rfsr of wt*^
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    AUTOGRAPHS. PLEASE!
    43 11 DOitOiHV LAMUtIi yives a studio party for little America —an afternoon affair at the famous Hollywood Graumans Chinese Theatre. Targets for the young autograph hunters are "Dottie," John Lund, Bill Hoiden, Veronica Lake, Alan Ladd, Mac Donald Carey and Virginia lis.
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    LOCARNO AWARD FOR 'ADAM AND EVELYNE'
    200 11 LOCARNO AWARD FOR 'ADAM AND EVELYNE IM AND EVELYNE" A won the award for the 'be.-; «itainment" film at the Locarno Film Festival. ties him co-stars Stewart Granger and Jean Sbnmoiu for the first time; it wa< produced and directed by H.,: i] 1 Fl. rich. j mmong received the
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    Femme-Fatale
    51 11 CLIFTON WEBB received a letter from Dim star Annabella in Paris in which she writes that his 20th CenturyFox film "Sitting Pretty" Is a terrific success there. The lines are a block long. me French title for the movie is "Bonne a Toute Faire,"' which means, "Maid of all
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    'SUAVE MENACE' FORGETS HIS SNEER
    1055 11  -  By HENRY GRIS HOLLYWOOD three years ago, the widely-her-alded Mr. James Mason, of England, entered this country. As of this moment he can be glimpsed here is only one Holly wood film—for a total of 15 minutes. He is also in two other Hollywood movies,
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    Barbara's Filmland's No. 1 'Trooper'
    452 11  -  says HAL HAUGHTON. Paramount'* Publicity Representative IT isn't often that Hollywood offers an award for anything short of luscious beauty or outstanding artistry but in these days of 'Operations Economy' the budget custodians have been more revered than ever before. It follows that these unheard
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    $40 RENTS A REPUBLIC
    139 11 Tu?enftef* Century-Fox disclosed that it paid a million fZjdtj"^ 600 to ke tZments tha embattke m ney uas forced th republic. said te e paid fAetr |MOpb tren for their work 4re e 4pv'" d Prosperity to their iLd So th£ e 0 BtW i 0
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    STAR WANTS TO GO BACK AND FISH
    126 11 MARIO VTTALJS 21-year-old Italian fisherman who was selected to play opposite Ingrid BeTgmao in "After tiie Storm,'' a picture now being LUmed on the Island of Stromboli by Roberto Rosscllini, says this will be his only movie. Though Vitale was without previous acting
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    RUTH MILLET
    332 12 YOU FACE PROBLEMS WHEN YOU REACH THE AWKWARD AGE GUESS I'm just at the awkward age," I recently heard a 1 woman nearer 40 than 30 remark. "I'm too old to be a young woman and too young to want to give m to being mid the a
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    Ever Try Changing The Scenery?
    370 12  -  By Alicia Hart READY with suggestions for making gay gimmicks with sequin banding, chiffon neckwear and cii.-p piqm yoke.; is Edith Latyens, New York fashion designer and theatrical costumct. Give a basic blpck I glitteiing new rok by hooking a corselet of sequins around your
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    THE ARTISTIC TOUCH HINT
    176 12 WHEN a man dreams up salad, it usua'ly has I little more to it than the feminine version. A ffUTJOUf conceit artist. Joseph >.. oute, makes i career of stnjrtftg and a hobby of COUcCtlOj rece4ntfl for his fevo-mte wrmmer drinks and salad P"e of his
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    Take Time Off From Worry
    222 12 WOMAN'S PAGE SEEK more hours for yourself which are free of pressure. As we grow older, the need to relax becomes increasingly more important. There is a need to relax both mind and muscles. So, count as triumphs every hour that you can spend freed
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    Reverse Combing Helps
    175 12 IF you find that your hair isn't thick as it used to bo try combing it in khxwi when you dress it That's another wuv of tell ing you to "tease" or '> a t" your hair, a trick which topuotcher haiidressei? use with out any qualms.
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    COMPLAINTS DATE YOU
    128 12 HOW many times have you heard women wilfully call attrnMon to their age by t*moaniag the knevitabk Mgn; of advancing years'? Complaints about grey hair or wnnkb -thri it- arc of Questional' interest u a topic of conversation, hs a method cf making peopl mm of one's
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    SHEERS VEIL FOOT FLAWS
    135 12 BAREFOOT sandals which are cool and comfortable can be easy on a woman's feet but hard on her vanity. If you have flaws which sandal straps shouldn't expose, veil your feet with near--1 v'-nude stockings. There are riany summer styles designid to put an illusory veil
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      108 12 1 7 r j 1 I 0 .s.au P;££-R Lit f iT'S A LON<3, rEAßrU^*^^B» THAR GO WASHABLE OONES,TH' J /_RO SLEEP, MAH HONEY/ r^JSj; H IS SCREECHIN' > I TRAIL T' NiGHTMARE ALICES W BRAVEST U'L FAMBLV MAN IN S[ X V CLOSE H3RE BLEARY EYES V I STrr
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    Motorcycling Is Popular American Sport
    1195 13  -  By JOHN JACOBS ALTHOUGH psychologists have not defined it, there is unquestionably a fundamental and unique urge that prompts certain young men and women to devote themselves to the cult of the motorcycle. To those who do not share their affection for this vehicle, it
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    What A Few Tips Can Do
    132 13 SYDNEY. Sat. -Eack in 1932. a young-Western Australian farm-hand wrote to the then champion Australian Cyclist, Jack Fitrgerald. asking for advice on how to become a champion. Fitzgeiald v/rcte back giving the lad some tips. And that same lad today Is being hailed in
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      221 13 TOMATO Vl SOUP The most popular of all tinned soups For the tomato flavour try MOUNTAIN MAID Sole Agents In Singapore and Malaya for Batiow Products: SINGAPORE COLD STORAGE CO., LTD. The creamy emulsion of magnesia with liquid paraffin, which mfc- I relieves constipation, indigestion, acidity, etc.. by gently correcting
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    LLOYD A 'CERT' FOR BRITISH EMPIRE GAMES
    415 14  -  'Cinder Tracks For Better Times 9 By LUKE G.K. ANG ANLY one Singapore athlete lias so far made the grade to represent the CoV lony at the British Empire Games in New Zealand next year and he Is lanky Lloyd Valberg, Singapore's lone
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    Never Chance It Unless The Odds Are In Favour
    483 14 HOW TO PLAY GOLF 7,<t; MJZJit. c> Ab. 10 ON the final and winning hole in the PGA championship at Richmond, Sam Snead used ah iron from the tee. The fairvtray was so narrow he took no chances. This was comparable
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    SWIFT ATHLETES' OFFICE BEARERS
    145 14 Following are the office-bear-ers of the Swift Athletes, for 1949. Patrons: Eu Keng Mini Esq.. Wee Aik Koon Esq.; President. Dr. Chan Ah Kow. Vice-Pre-sident: Mr. Lim Yong Lianu. Mr Yew Kee Loon, Mr. Ng Gim Seng; Hon. Secretary: Mr. Goh Teck Phuan; Hon. Treasurer: Mr.
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    S.C.R.C. To Build $250,000 Clubhouse
    503 14  -  A PARADISE FOR SPORTSMEN By HARRY FANG THE JiruJ Stage /ias reached ir the preliminary working;; of a $250,000 plan to build thr largest and most modern clubhouse with facilities for every type of local popular outdoor and indoor sports for the Singapore hin<\sc Recreation
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    'My coach was a backyard wall'—says tennis champion Ip
    312 14  -  By "SMASH" MALAYA'S newly tiawtd tennis champion, H. K. 1 5 that his first coach was the bivckyard wall of his home in Hongkong. Ip, now 29-years-old. to the game at the age of 17. Before this he used to tennis
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    SINGAPORE IS IN NEED OF MORE TENNIS CLUBS
    261 14 MALAYAN tennis champion lp believes that more tennis i clubs In Singapore should improve the game or our youngsters, i He said he noticed there were a number of privately owned courts in Singapore and that there was almost a total absence
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    'TAKE PART IN POLITICS' DATO ONN TELLS TEACHERS
    238 16 (Sunday Tribune Stuff Reporter) MALAY teachers should take an active part in politics, otherwise future generations might disregard things that matter in their daily lives in the years to come. Dato Onn bin Jaafar, President of UMNO, said at a recent tea
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    FINGERPRINTS NOT LIKED
    53 16 Reuter HONGKONG. Sat. The Chinese Chamber of Commerce last night unanimously pj icd a resolution opposing in principle tha Hongjcong Government's reouirement of fingerprints for identity cards. This is the first public reHction to the Government's forthcoming lav; requiring citizens, with certain exMup tions, to register for
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    CLUB'S OFFER
    38 16 Sat. SUw ard.i of the Hongkong Joc-ce. Club offeicd a greate i Happy Valley, on the island, to 1 Hally valley, on i.ie island, tc j the military authorities a. accommodation for 1 troops. I ieuter.
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    Saturday Bride
    38 16 Mr. and Mrs. L. R. Tremlet t after their wedding at St. Andrew's Cathedral yesterday. Mr. Treinlett is a radio engineer at the Couirulaaloner-Gen *ral's office. The bride U the former Miss Joyce Pauline Manilla Edwards.
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    Tail-Enders Save ORA From Defeat
    405 16 THE Old Rafllesians Association, winners of the 'Evan Wong: Shield' in this season's Old Boys' Association Cricket Competition, held the Rest of the Old Boys' Associations to a draw in a'Champion Team vs. The Rest' cricket match played at t Farrer Park yesterday. The Rest
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    CYMA OFFICIALS
    74 16 The following have been appointed Convenors for the virions games in the C.V.M.A. (Church of St. Teresa) Association: Mr. E. C. Rodrigues (Cricket). Mr. C F. Pinto (Football). Mr. Tee Sianir Hensr (Table Tennis). Mr. E. M P Almeida 'Badmin ton). Mr. W. R. Nunis Hocke< Clubs or
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    More Silver Coins For China
    73 16 Reuter-AAP. HONGKONG. Sat.- A shipment of 2.520 cases of silver coins arrived here yesterday aboard the liner General Gordon. Tne silver coins were consigned to the Central Bank of China's Hongkong Office. Three hundred cases of silver valued ft approximately HK52.400.000 were transposed to Hengyuang,
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    139 16 The team to repceewil Tamil Brotherhood Association at MCCOT against Rocklltes Sports Club at the Geylang Stadium on Aug. in at 5.15 p.m. -will be ■elected from the following: F. B. Anthony. P. Sandanam. Nadaraju. S. Arumugam. V. K. Moorthy. G. Suppiali. S. K. Thomas. Paramasivnn.
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    S.C.C. CRICKET
    60 16 The following will repn enl the S.C.C. against tht Colonials Cricket Clui> la ;i Tournament match tocay at 11 a.m. on the padang: A. C. Growder. J. C. Smith W. K. J agger. G. Needhnm, W. W. (lore. G. A. Hyslop. P. T. Homer. R. M. Nelson. R.
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    JOLLILADS SOCCER
    45 16 August 6: Jollilads vs. Changi Indian at Geylang Stadium; Aumißt 9: Jollilads va. S.R<\ At S.R.C. ground: August 13 Jollilads vs. Chinese High School Gevlang Stadium; August 14. Jollilads vs. Kluang Indian Association at Kluang: August 19. Jollilads vs. S.R.C. at S.R.C. ground.
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    MAKAN BESAR
    51 16 r[E Penang Benevolent Society, Singapore, yesterI day held a "makan besar" at its premises in Geylang Rood in t. douDle celebration of the Han Raya Puasa and in I honour of Inche Mohamed Haas an bin Awang. promij nent Singapore Malay busi- nessman. who was recently made a
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    St. Andrew's Wins Arthur Young Cup
    472 16 (Sunday Tribune Staff Reporter) ALTHOUGH the highly coveted prize for the 440 Yards Inter-School relay, The Sir Arthur Young Cup, went to St. Andrew's School, the AngloChinese School were easy champions in the Singapore Inter-School Athletics Sports at Jalan Besar yesterday. The champion school
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    79 16 At the Haikowyu Sports Club's Brd Annual General Mooting, the following were elected officebearers for the year 1949-1950 Patrons: Messrs. Loh Ah Fone and Yap Leong Chon;: President: Mr. Mali Guan Leong (reeletted); Vice-President: Mr. R. I Barker: Hon. Secretary: Mr. K. R. Chandran (re-elected): Hon. treasurer: Mr.
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    352 16 (Sunday Tribune Staff Reporter) NAI TOM CHAI, the Siamese boxer, was cremated yesterday according to Buddhist custom at the Ceylon Crematorium, Upper Aljunied Road. Tom Chai died from a fractured skull and subdural haemorrhage received in the fourth
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    57 16 Twenty-live-year old Mr. George Ang. Technical Assistant of the Broadcasting Department, who will leave for the United Kingdom next Thursday on a departmental scholarship at tne Chelsea Poly-technical Institute. He was the guest of honour at a tea party given by the members of the Broadcasting
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    MUSLIM DEBATE
    52 16 The Young Men Muslim Association of Singapore will hold a debate on "Mass marriage should be encourageo among the Muslims" at the premises of the All Malaya Muslim Missionary Society, No. 31, Lorong 12, Geylang, on Friday August 12, at 6.15 pm. All members ana friends are invited
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    379 16 IN one of the most creditable performances seen so far in the Singapore Junior Badminton Championships, Wee Thiam Bock (Social) after being down 12-2 in the rubber set. beat Paul Wee in three set*--11-15; 15-2 and 17-14. The match between the Wee's was by far
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