Morning Tribune, 22 February 1939

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  • 11 1 THE MORNING TRIBUNE 4-No. 19- SINGAPORE, WEDNESDAY. February 22, FIVE CENTS.
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  • 243 1 HTLER PLANNING TO CONQUER HE WHOLE OF EUROPE U.S. SENATORS WARNING Washington, Feb. 21. ;j"|MMORAL, unsuccessful and ultimately destructive," is 'how Senator Pittman described policy of appeasement m a broadcast. i i He declared: "It ls evident no person can die more than once and h\s period of life is
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  • 242 1 £8 MILLION BRITISH BATTLESHIP LAUNCHED London, Feb. 21. THE King and Queen spent last night on the Royal train on a siding after travelling northward for the launching of the £8.000,000 battleship "King George V" at Walker Naval Dockyard, Newcastle, m the afternoon. She is the first battleship to be
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  • 184 1 Postile Crowd nvades Nazi Rally INew York, Feb. 21. tDED by what Police Commoner Valentine described a.* n police to stop a revolution," thousand Nazi sympathisers d the Bund rally held "to c George Washington's birthe the hall a hostile crowd, a thousand strong, ignoring the f Acting Mayor Newbold
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  • 70 1 r*ola Florida, Feb. 21: At least esrr !a Cd state s Navy training c fjp a sh _?d out of twelve caught m a chnL men wer^ killed. Several cord t() safet VS£B to officials, the planes I tort! for more than flve al bPfn. s f
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  • 52 1 5 of\f eb 21— The first free dell c on w raid helmets will be sand n.i!r°? day A* 50 seventeen I dis oe available for the firs'; fiandT n n f b utl °n. followed by thirty of Li- follo *ing week, and the L 2 delivery win k~
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  • 67 1 Berlin. Feb. 21— Mr. Roosevelt has pgain up.set Germany badly. Newspaper readers here are being given the impression that he wants force and war -n Europe. It is variously suggested tha* he wants to boost the arms trade, that hfl is trying to divert attention from
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  • 297 1 Hongkong, Feb. 21. THE Japanese dropped bombs on the Kow loon-Canton highway and other points on the British side of the border where the Royal Scots and Kumaun rifles were stationed. One bomb fell on an adjacent military blockhouse killing one Indian and several Chinese.
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  • 906 1 SIMON'S STA TEMENT SATISFIES NATION London, Feb. 21. CIR JOHN SIMON'S statement on the manner m which it is proposed to raise the defence expenditure is welcomed on ail sides m the lobbies. Many accept it as a confirmation of the view that there will be
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    • 41 1 10// 0/A^ Pages j niq u.tv Of Hire Purchase" 2 J Soman Murdered 3 J |aI c .V 1 titer 8& 9 J ndo Ke'ults 18 19 J m Cc Kesuii» adio Programme 20 5 bina News I portsfront 24 elepranis
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  • 1016 2 Court Told Of Iniquity Of Hire Purchase System INTERESTING CIVIL SUIT IN PENANG (From Oui Own Reporter) Penang. Tuesday. THE civl suit m which Messrs. Universal Motors are suing Mr. M. Saravanamuttu, for an amount of $473.59. 307.20, being overdue m respect of four instalments on a car P. 588
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    30 2 ~0 .Mr. L. Lambert instru Singapore Swinim ins r r th« J .MUaS R. Palmer. v h o We C r ,Üb 3 -v at the Presbvtarin. Tribune
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    • 161 2 The most Exciting star combination of The Decade! SB Q |i sill Him tatgt .fc^:_^3isi^^^^M______aj___l d?^_^»^ i i# IN YOUR MEMORY This Picture will remain forever Great! ALHAMBRA Gala Midnight Premiere SATURDAY 25th Feb. Make Life a joyous Melody! rf*^ You can enjoy life with a zest as never Jhjjgr^l
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  • 167 3 DOCTOR INTICES NOTHER MAN'S WIFE Tribune Staff Reporter) Ipoh, Tuesday. W was described by the prosejting officer as ft "common cc" among labouring class Is, had its sequel m the Ipoh > court when a young native r, Sivanayam pleaded guilty to rge of enticing away a married tn from
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  • 14 3 IP. &0. Ranchi is expected mI I ■>*■:*- this morning at 9.30. J
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  • 98 3 PUBLIC ASKED TO HELP FIND STOLEN CAR DETWEEN lam and 9 a.m. on Feb 6, a Morris Minor saloon car, blue m colour and bearing licence No. S. 4615. was reported stolen from Lavendar Street. It has not been recovered yet. The Detective Branch will be very grateful if any
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  • 453 3 CHARGE OVER TURF CLUB OTTERY TICKETS Penang, Tuesday. GMENT was reserved by Mr. A. W. Bellamy, the police mastrate, m the case m which a Tamil Muslim, Sahib bin Ali, 'barged with receiving money m respect of the Penang Turf lottery tickets. fh-?, usion of the Prosecution me accusesd was
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  • 346 3 (Tribune Staff Reporter) 3|y.j k rp f Sungei Patani, Tuesday. AT the conclusion of a two-day trial, Soo Ah Lim, a Chinese, was found guilty of the murder of a Chineses woman at Kuala Sungei Muda m the District of Kuala Muda, and
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  • 202 3 Letter From a Man of 90 He asks us to excuse his writing. We do more than that we congratulate him on being able to write at all at his age, especially as he has been suffering from rheumatism This is what he says m
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    • 19 3 Gala .Midnight Premiere SATURDAY 25th Feb. n^MOTON PfCTUWy GtIXTEST \_A__ IN YOUR MEMORY This Picture will remain forever Great!
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    • 144 3 I hitiitoi/s j FOR DRY CLEANING, INVISIBLE MENDING, S DYEING AND CARPET CLEANING. i WE COLLECT AND J DELIVER s i j Phone 7776 IBurtol Quick; j Cleaners j POLAROID Glasses are the latest scientific discovery m glare protection. They permit you to actually see 20 to 30 feet below
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  • REUTER'S COMMERCIAL SERVICE
    • 23 4 London. Tuesday. Previous To-day Changf TIM STANDARD fofor £213^ 3 b Spot (afternoon (dortnt or**) £213'« ggj* _v 4 Forward v
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    • 136 4 Previous To-to" 011 Tve Snot JBJWI lld 8 1 Ist Forward (March) Buyers 8 1!16 8' R i SeUers Bli8 l i 8 3 16 md Forward (Apr.tfune) Buyers 8% 8 316 SeUera B*4 8> 4 3rd Forward (JulyiSept.) Buyers 8 316 8' 4 Brtl«« 8 5;i6 s
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    • 67 4 London. Tuesday. Previous To-day Change A on Paris (closing selling rate) 176.96 176^94 -.02 Wor Amsterdra (closing middle rate) 8 74 916 8 75*« 13 16 T»T on Srmghai (dosing selling rate) 85 16 Unchanged TT* on Hongkong (closing balling rate) is. 2 1516 Unchanged TT m Japan
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    • 187 4 "BRITAIN WILL DEFEND MARKETS" London. Feb. 21. T*HE Government would not stand idly by, so that markets might be loast, declared Mr. Oliver Stanley, ■tddrt-ssmu the inaugural dinner of lhe Britiash Industries Fair. He added that no individual exporter could successfully fight against the whole nation. Mr. Stanley continued: Recent
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    • 230 4 London, Feb. 21. MOST of to-day's business of the Palestine conference was between British and Arab delegations. Two new members Teufiq Suwaidi and Yacoub Farraj attended for the first time. The proceedings opened with a statement by the Egyptian delegation on behalf of the neighbouring states on the
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    • 26 4 GOLD London. Tuesdj Previous To-day Fine Har tm m ".8.5 £7.8.4', SILVER spot 203 4 20 11:16 4 months' forward 19 7 8 l9<
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    • 130 4 London. Tuesdi Distillers 919 92 9 dunlop Rubber 24 3 24 6 General Electric i 786 79 Imperial Chemical Indmtrtfl 319 32 Imperial Tobacco 1363 136 9 Anglo-Dutch 23 6 24 3 Canadian Padfle 5 l 16 5 1 16 London Ha >- 3i« 2 3i' Rubber
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    • 49 4 KUBBER New York Feb a Marked Ton? Steady steady s P° t Buyers 16 3 16 16 5 16 Sellers 16 3 16 16 5 16 forward ApnlJun« Buyers 16 16^ jf™ BrtJeri 16 16' 2 Market Tone steady Quiet s P° t 45» 2 45":
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    • 46 4 NOMINAL CAPITAL: $40,000,000 ISSUED PAID UP CAPITAL: $10,000,000 BRANCHES throughout Malaya, Siam. Burma, South China. French Indo-China and Netherlands East Indies. AGfcNTg <JORRESPOM DENTS m all principal cities of the World. HANKING TRANSACTIONS of «»vcry description undertaken. 1 1 t *y )«.H 1 j M MASTERS.
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    • 12 4 SOUTH BRITISH INSURANCE COMPANY, LTD PASSENGER'S BAGGAGE Tel 5928 2 Finlavson Oreen
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    • 10 4 _uM x^_4_tk___L__ mj4nß _^^b^° L y_o aMr SIME DARBY Co..Ltdl
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  • 682 5 STOCK SHARES ssued By Fraser i Company I mining Singapore, Feb. 18. 1 p.m. 313 4jral Malay 22| rHitam 55 060 19,6 206 grin i in l 90 1 25 21 it 22|9 |der g 0.25 0.30 JVit? 67 71 E rau ,/.> 171 J Kong Tin «t faydrauuc I™
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  • 64 5 FRASER COMPANY List Of Current Dividends Singapore, Feb. 18, 1 p.m. Company Dividend Books tv^ Totmi tof TDI teDlv year GENERAL Au.tra.Ma.ay JW^N^ Feb. 24 Mar Feb 25 5% Haub MS? Mar 8 Maru Mar 9 »i» ll* Feb. 17 Feb. 24 Feb. 18 7%% ?era E &l F 1
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  • 208 5 LYALL EVATT'S QUOTATIONS Singapore, Saturday. MINING Buyers Sellers Ampats 3(6 41Batu Selangors 1.20 125 Hong Fatts 0.67 0.70 Hongkong Tin 15 6 16|6 Jelebus 0.58 0.63 Kamunting Tin B'3 93 Katu Tin 22|9 23>6 Killinghalls 14J9 15|6 Kramats 913 10Kuchais .1.20 1.25 Laruts 4- 51Unguis 1.60 160 London Tin 3i3
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  • 231 5 «*yri* fd *Co U(L mm Apr. 30 Oct. 31 90 100 norn SINGAPORE MUNICIPALITY J9Ol red 1940 $400,000 in t. Mar. 31 Sept. 30 102 V? 103^ norn 1907 red. 1947 $1,800,000 lOBV2 iiu norn lino Mar 31 S^Pt- *<>• «09 red. 1955 $1,000,000 115V 2 H6»/a
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    • 159 5 NEDERLANDSCH HANDELMAATSCHAPPIJ N. V. Incorporated ln the Netherlands. (Netherlands Trading Society) BANKERS AMSTERDAM Established by Royal Charter A.D. 1331 Paid Up Capital t 40.C30.030 Statutory Reserve Fund 5.000,000 Special Reserve 1.000, JOG Chairman of the Board of Directors H. C. REHBOCK. Managing Board: D. CRENA DE lONGH Preslden. M. TAUDIN
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    • 150 6 CHARLES laAI«llTO\ -IN HIS CEBATBST Sl CX Ess TM^_». -ST. MARTIN^ EANE with \________W___W __________________________tS_frLeigh Jjg^J PI^VR s__^________i_i *^^B Harrison P* Tl F^WS&i! wwjr j Is Vdler |l t %S_fS_n^^l ___L jfc Gibbon*. V THRILL TO H 1 VRS M J „<n MirkEY MOUSE IN -MICKEY'S PARROT" ANOTHER LINK m
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    • 132 6 OWING TO TREMENDOUS SUCCESS, il SEASON EXTENDED FOR ONE MORE fly, THREE SHOWS TO-PAY, 5.15, 615 and 9.15 1| t~* :f«tf Malaya's Laro cs t l I "SABLE CICADA" m Shanghai Hongkong I I This film, being furnished with English Super- imposed titles! the Story can be followed with ease
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  • 460 7 following quotations from New Iv irk were reported from Messrs. S. K'v and Co.. by air mail yesterday:— Last Sale Feb. 1.8 Feb. 20 Fn;hpss 'No par' 94 9 E 904 89V 2 B" x. For Power $7 I 17 161/ 2 I. dtl ss. Deb.
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    • 30 7 TANJONG PAGAR) 'ONiGHT r* 'AST MGHT 9.30 P.M. I > A M MOON STREET' f( a "tonese Talkie) j SUN talkie! ■NEW WORLD) ••''<• 10-NICHR 9.30 I CH ARLIE CHAN! J BROADWAY"!
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    • 122 7 MIDNICHT PREMIERE SAT. 2s.h FEB. ALHAMBRA The most Exciting screen combination of the Decade! zßynn M^f% IN HIS t" f&- ■mS*Jir she found the promise of love A Lilk ..and heartbreak! "Davis ___W he found the njt Wv me strength to fight \t^vv>' a world he hated.' j^is^^i^^^ IN YOUR
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    • 241 7 A STAGE HIT IN LONDON FOR OVER A YEAR NOW MADE MORE THRILLING ON THE SCREEN LAST FEW SCREENINGS TO-DAY AT 3-15 6-15 and 9-15 P.M. ALHAMBRA Warner Hn,s. Thrilling ./M^tk mm. MW i _—W ■ti m fl flfe i I W^ fx__________m_f_ttm____ x S^__l _kk________Pk.'-^2l -f S%_*7^ _H Ik.
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  • 3356 8 LONDON POLICE ARE LIKE KIND FAIRIES IN DISGUISE Not Stern Instruments Of The Law BEY CHBMB' LONDON LETTER rur Defences Are Largely Mobile" f... Continuing r London Letter j (From Our Own Correspondent) London, Feb. 10. QNCE somebody said: "Your London police are so wonderful". It was probably a visiting
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  • 323 10 MORNING TRIBUNE Wednesday, February 22, 1939. QUESTION AND ANSWER THE technique of question and answer as practised m the House of Commons is a sore trial to those who advocate directness and clearness m political affairs. It would seem that at all costs there is felt to be a necessity
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  • 811 10  -  KAY CARSON Australians Were Pioneers By SPANS WORLD ELEVEN years ago m a country situated many thousands of miles from England, a tiny air company stalled the first regular air I ambulance service m the world The country la Queensland m Australia, and the air
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    • 45 10 To-days White Label Announcement You can bluff all the world some of the time. You can bluff some of the world all the time, But you cant bluff all the zvorld all the time. There is no bluff about the high quality of BEWAE'S W.P.S.-K
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    • 59 10 ,^^^^^|iSS^A f --> i-'^v 1 v Good light WWWW ia«S your sight an n- m. _^B is?? H^HH,^* -^tPf^ §sS??^Hi -~t__W- JBbS _\__W _lm_mt "^K T ________r _B_B.^*lilt Vl_k. i_k_. _F *^OI' y js» PS LA-HP X 1 1 _m m f|» jg> >J> ,/«XO."t,*'«oC*.CT MADE IN ENGLAND Advt. of
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  • 412 11 er Fifty Earning High Jaries In Govt Civil Service L only one woman m the United States Senate and a mere handful ip Houh of Representatives, but m the executive branch of the Gov*meritan women are finding increasingly important positions, accordreport from Washington. I
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  • 262 11 JHE bone m a boy's arm became diseased and the arm broke when] he threw a cricket ball. Doctors replaced the diseased piece, two and a half inches long, with two pieces of beef bone. Not only did the boy recover but he
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  • 158 11 CHINESE PROFESSOR AT OXFORD London. FE first native-born Chinese to hold a professorship m a British University, Mr Chen Yin-ko, has been appointed of Chinese at Oxford. For some time past the Universities China Committee has been stressing the importance of having a Chinese as professor at one of the
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    28 11 Photo shows a policeman helping a child to pick up a flag m the street. He is more like an angel than a stern instrument of the law.
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  • 290 11 National Intelligence Declining In Britain THE "national intelligence of Britain" is slowly declining, delegates to a meeting of the National Council for Mental Hygiene were told m London last month. The Duke of Kent, president, who was m the chair, said that this question of declining national intelligence was not
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  • 43 11 Tenders are invited for the supply of Fuel Oil for the St. James Power Station for nine months. Tenders close at U noon on March 6, 19.-k\ Particulars and Specification obtalnaoie from the Municipal Electrical Engineer. C. H. GOLDIE, Municipal Secretary.
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    • 19 11 FRESH "DNEY ROCK OYSTERS 4Vf AND ■«DOENO STRAWBERRIES t>RTt.\ LLBY AIRMAIL) UB UNABLE TO-NIGHT AT THE lI'ITOL KKSTAI RA.XT
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    • 36 11 THI TRUI TONIC POOD OkflmmUt tf mil Cktmktt mm 4 Storm i i I -————■I DU/IfUP 3933 -A^ Telegraphic Address: PHONB .IV GOODWOOD Charminxly situatrd idral fo^ visitors and tourist*. ICOCKTAIL BAR LOUNGE— TIRST CLASS KI.'STAI-KANT
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  • 278 12 RECORD BREAKING FLYER RETURNS Alex Henshaw being chaired on hi* arrival at Gravesend Aerodrome. The flyers face is bloodstained, as his no.se had been bleeding for some time. He said he was also suffering from malaria. Planet News Alex Henshaw, the 24-year-old British airman, landed at Gravesend r d me
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  • 164 13 xqi^.te Model of Hare." a cocker spaniel ***** owned by Mr. H. S. a \h n'^fT" of Champions" at Cruft's Dog Show, the K_n V\° r, *V t l e Royal A ri cultural Hall, Islington, London h■V r ih °i m Was also awarded th
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  • 1167 14 Choose Wisely Spend Well When buying linen for th c house Abeve— example.- of the newest tolcurt'd bath mats which are wa.shable and which are manufactured by a special process that resembles hand tufting. When buying towels for general us? m the household, select good-sized cnes of guaranteed quality. THE
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    770 15 _t__o»W\\\ mM eacrLCA, (Bcwwom. it m m using and attractive skirts that make lething entirely new of the dressing-table 6 and furbelows are popular m bedroom to-day and this gives lovely chance to dress up your ig -table aso that it enhances the feminity which is a furnishing
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  • 192 15 PROPAGANDA, according to Miss Dorothy L. Sayers, the novelist, is now the fourth arm m the national defences. Addressing the Modern Languag. Section at the Conference of Education Associations m London she said: "It is a very sinister fact that to-day it is officially
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    • 61 15 Bridge Players! j IMPROVE YOUR (;\ME BY THE LATEST NOVKLTY DEVICE 1 i ELY UMtrtUHHTE j "AUTOBRIDCE I PUYING BOARD" I TEXTornr: stuka.'h-iinfd MOMHL I The Cleverest Anl M..-,t IteliaHr Teacher or The Game ln«t Ha-. Bftl I 1 Been Conceded. CALL IN FOR AO. 'NST-IA TUM j AT j
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    • 263 16 THEY DO LOOK AFTER YOU ON -THE aJI CHLAP RETURN VICKn. TO CHINA, JAPAN tULO.MBO, AND bOMttAY Available for two months. From SINGAPORB kit):— Int CUss 2nd Clasa Honfkong $137.14 $102.80 Shanghai $188.57 $137.14 Kobe or Yokohama $222.86 $154.29 Bombay $300.00 $205.71 Colombo $282.86 $188.57 All vessels may c&lj at
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    • 428 16 \h,~._ T0 FRENCH P0R Ts j l~V*»j CHARCEURS REUNIs CAP TOURANE For Marseilles, Nantes, St. Nazarie 6, Bordeaux \i DESIRADE Marseilles, Harve Antwerp, Dunkirk 3 I JTO SAIGON t INDOCHINA CAP ST. JACQUES For Saigon. Tourane and Haiphoi^ VT I CAP VARELLA For Saigon, Tourane and Haiphong JJJJ 3 G
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  • 91 17 SPLIT BETWEEN JAP ARMY AND NAVY? A______m "••«?kong, Feb. 20. J CONFUCT is reported to be 1 existing between the Japanese navy and army m lower Yangtze _____l _i, U a esu,t the Japanese under the pretext of military reason., refuse to re-open the River to Icreign shipping, but they
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  • 135 17 BATU PAHAT TEACHER'S DEATH I Fro;,, Our Own Correspondent] th.. w .v Batu Pa hat, Monday. trJn n» h^ Ccurred of Mr v Murugasu at the General Hospital on Saturday at about 1.30 p m Veased who had been ailing for about a week, died ot typhoid. The iato Mr.
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  • 56 17 BANGKOK ROTARY GARDEN PARTY [From Our Own Correspondent] ti Ban &kok, Feb. 21 The British Ministei gave a garden party to the visiting Rotarians yesterday. The function was marked by the introduction by Prince Varna of an orphan girl who is being supported by ,the Bangkok Club. The Governor Mr
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    • 312 17 nrwxs philp u>E. H (Incorporated ln Australia). I NEXT SAILINGS I B^'?, Fb 27 .fer. W tLLA Mar 31 Anr A B n round tr:p tickets from Singapore to Au.>tralia issued at thr H jera may transfer at Singapore, Brisbane. Sydney or to the connecting X.P.M. Vessel. WIMMXE SYDNEY return
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    • 71 17 BRITISH INDIA STEAM NAVIGATION CO., LTD. HI (APCAR LIM:) FOR HONG KONG, SHANGHAI MOJI, KOBE AND OSAKA f^fl s.s. "SIB DH AN A" 8,000 TONS SAILLXG FEBRUARY 23, AT 3 PM. The above vessel has excellent modern fccommodat.cn for Flr«t ialoon »n__ _?econJ hjuoon passengers. Special Hcliday Return tickets to
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  • Page 17 Miscellaneous
    • 207 17 fSTAL INTELLIGENCE! I TO-DAY llr "Qantas" Feb. 22 7.45 a.m. Is only Hong Ho 2 2 3 p.m. DungUO Hong Ho n 2 2 3 p.m. Valaya 22 2 pm. China < Parcels onlyi Antenor n 22 8 a m Aramis 22 11 am. m Indies -Bagan and Sidiang Hon
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    • 52 17 holders letters only 1.30 p.m. and generai delivery of letters 1.40 p.m. to-day. Mails expected from Australia Netherlands Indies etc. by Air (Qantas), time iof general delivery of letters 9 a.m. to,day. Mails expected from Europe etc < Amsterdam I by Air (Kl_.M.>, time o! general delivery of letters 9
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    • 165 17 SHIPS IX DOCK SHIPS ALONGSIDE THE WHARVES OR EXPECTED TO ARRIVE Entrance Exit SHIP Godown Gate Gate Rohna 20 1 1 Ranchi— Darvel 18 2 3 Talang Akar— Juno 16 2 3 Cuacam 14 2 3 Aramis 11 2 3 Antenor 9 2 3 Katong 7 2 3 Kano Maru
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    • 110 17 Law Notice For To-day Before Mr. Ju.stice Pedlow m 2nd Court at 11 a.m. 5.497,38— C. H. Smith and anor. vs Hume Pipe (Far Fast; Ltd. Before Mr. Ju.stice Hern-' In 3rd Court at 11 a.m. Part heard: -5.411.37-K. N Menon v.s. I. M. Thangasamv Part heard:- S. 185 3«
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  • 2346 18 BARFORD DEWBERR Y CREATE MINOR UPSETS Second Day Of Singapore Races OKIES were overcast and the weather was cool at yesterday's Singapore Turi' Club races at Bukit Timah— the second day 1 f the Spring meeting. In spue of intermittent showers iti* going was easy and 'here waa 'er.* large
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  • 88 18 Race I: IXvextorv Silver lace J »«»th Anto n $7 Race >• NTMERO IKE, ZES2I Bruas >i;{ Race 3: KISSING CDF Sl; No Limit tt and Glitter S.S. Race 1 IIARFFQFIN Q|J High life _2i nd| DoubU File N2B. Race 5: EMPISFss M and New Neon
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    • 116 18 I jy E x^ jfQ^i r 20th CENTURY-FOX BIG LAUGH SHOW! i a phjj. that ling and entr o •*V sparkle you get only m id| TM^»|LjSflß Darryl F. Zanuck musical! I m■ __________L _\_____\^^< Q&'^s__mPp% \_\ssP > W I jjr^B —MARY A II C i, 1 20 i Cco'uo-
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  • 149 19 COLONIAL SECRETAR Y'S DAUGHTER HURT (Tribune .Staff Reporter) Tlpoh. Tuesday. HI. eight year daughter of Sir Alexander Small. Colonial Secretary, and Lady Small was rushed to the Ipoh hospital on Monday night as a result of suspected fracture of the elbow. Sir .Alexander and Lady Small were m the Cameron
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    • 34 19 O*U II tt l__ I) I HERE COMES the GLADIATOIt £^k THINK HARD and WILL PKOVIDE IN THIS, THE MOST RIOTOUS RAMPAGE OF ROARS HE'S EVER ROMPED HIS CUCKOO WAY THROUGH! CAPITOL -COMING SHORTLY
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  • 396 20 FRASER CO.'S WEEKLY REPORT OWING to the Chinese New holidays our review th covers only four working days, says Fraser Co\ Week s W *B| dated Feb. 21. Lot-ally conditions have been belter. The m 2 rep( *^H nell as the price of Rubber rose immediately to over ei«ht ni
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  • Page 20 Miscellaneous
    • 408 20 ON THE RADIO J PFEB. 22 SINGAPORE ZHL 225 metres (133 mcs) ZHP 30.96 metre* (9.69 mc s) p.m. m iOO Miscellaneous programme oi new gramophone records. 1.30 Midday tin and rubber prices. 1 32 Miscellaneous programme conti nued. 2 00 Interval. 5.00 Hokkien Amoy music--5.30 Selections from Peiping dram
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    • 414 20 VPB 6.16 Mcs (48 7 m.) p.m I 12.50 Sinhalese music. 1.15 The news (m Sinhalese). 1 20 Tamil music. 1 45 The news (m Tamil). 150 The news and announcements (m English). 2.05 "Planters* Half Hour. 2.35 Dance music 2 50 Lunch hour music \m Tscnw-, kowsky concert). i
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    • 442 20 LONDON TRANSMISSION 5 GSB 9.51 Mc s (31.55 mO a.m. J 640 Books'— s— weekly series of talks by the Rt. Hon. the Earl of Lytton, K.G., OCB.I, G.C. I.E. 1 .55 Manon (Part I>.* Opera by .T Massenet, presentation written and spoken by Wilfrid Rooke Ley. With Denis Noble,
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    • 148 20 MANILA KZRM 9.5J Mcs 31.3 m.) p.m. 4.20 Popular music. 5.20 Sunkist time. 5.50 News m Spanish. 6.05 News m English. 6.50 Special programme. 7.20 Melody Album 8.10 News m English. 9.20 Music 9 50 Close down. PARIS TPA-2 15.24 Me's <19" "»•> P-m. J 6.20 Concert relayed from Paris
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  • 636 21 Review Of China's Home And Foreign Affairs :ETINC OF PEOPLE'S OLITICAL COUNCIL PAGE OF SPECIAL CHINA NEWS Chungking, Feb. 20. National People's Political Council, China's representative m. held five very busy met tings up to Feb. 18, the first being devoted entirely to listening to Government reports, be last two
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  • 213 21 TRAITOR ASSASSINATED IN SHANGHAI Hongkong, Feb. 20. MR. Tcheng Loh, so-called Foreign M Minister of the bogus "Reformed Government" m Nanking was assassinated at 2.15 p.m. on Sunday m his own residence at Yu Yuen Road m the International Settlement of Shanghai, bordering Chinese territory. At least. 15 assasins took
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  • 89 21 Chungking, Feb. 20. SIXTEEN couples were joined m wed- lock at the first mass wedding since the war. here yesterday— ihe Chinese old New Year. Mayor Chiang ChihCheng performed the ceremony. The event was sponsored by the New Life Movement which was then celebrating its fifth
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  • 142 21 CHINA 'S WAR -TIME ECONOMY Chungking, Feb. 20 fIIIX.VS war-time economy is more stable than Japan's m the opinion of Dr. Ma Yin Chu, Chairman of the Finance Committee of the legislative Committee. Speaking on "legal tender and the war", Dr. Ma attributed the stability of the Chinese legal tender
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  • 277 21 Japanese Atrocities In Hainan Hongkong, Feb. 20. THE situation m Leichow Peninsula, south of Kwangtung Province opposite Hainan Island, is most tense as over 30 Japanese warships are standing by nearby, frequently sending motor launches to cruise the Leichow coastline attempting to land mamies and
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  • 104 21 8 Jap Planes Brought Down In Spectacular Dogfight Chinese Central News Agency Changsha. Feo. 20. IT is ofliciaily announced that seven Japanese bombers and one combat plane were broughi down by Chinese pursuit planes m a spectacular dogfight over Changsha on the morning of Feb. 15. when eight Japanese bombers
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  • 193 22 Singapore Colts Beat Penang (Tribune Staff Reporter) Kuala Lumpur, Tue.sd..y. IX thc final hockey fixture m Urn Colts annual meet on the S.C.R.C. ground this morning. Singapore scored a :>-0 victory over Penang". The result was not a true reflex on the play, for Singapore, who
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  • 263 22 Old Boys Create Season's Surprise (From Our Own Correspondent) Segamat, Tuesday. FTHE Old Boys' As.sociation created one of the .surprises ol* the sea:son when they deprived the Europeans of victory m their district hockey league fixture on the town padang, by scoring a five-nil win. The Europeans were not at
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  • 52 22 The 35th fortress Coy. defeated the Barbarians fi 0 at hockey yesterday at i iiiau Brani In one-sided game. Phillips MM! Larke scored m the first half and m the second two goals were scored by «.M.a Beverley. The last two goals |mr- from melees m front of
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  • 551 22 Singapore Indians 1, Selangor Indians nil. BEAUTIFUL first-timer scored by Ibrahim bin Isa within three minutes of the start secured thc Singapore Indians vitcory, over the Selangor Indians yesterday on Balastier Plain, m their annual hockey encounter. There were a number of spectators present to
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  • 150 22 Singapore K.L. Y's Play Draw (Tribune Staff Reporter) Kuala Lumpur. Tuesday. IN one of the fastest hockey matches m the Y.W.C.A. triangular sports tourney, Singapore held Kuala Lumpur to a two-all draw on the VMC. A. ground this evening. Lack of confidence and erratic finishing were evident m Sleangor's play.
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  • 200 22 (TRIBUNE STAFF REPORT^ KUALA LUMPUR, TITSDAI DERAK EMERGED CHAMPION 1939 COLTS HOCKEY mb WITHOUT LOSING S S MATCH. I,MJ The deciding game between Pera Selangor was played this mornine 1 winning by three goals to one m il characterised by fast exchange*. Perak won through having
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  • 344 22 INDIANS' CRICKET SELANGOR BEA SINGAPORE fHE cricket fixture between the Selangor Indians and the SiaM* Indians which started last Sunday ended yesterday when Selangor won the game by 192 runs, thus beating the Singapore Indians fw me second year m succession. This is an annua! fixture which began four years
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  • 569 23 oy Smith Wins S.C.C. Open Singles Championship Rain Stops Handicap Finals ROY SMITH won the S.C.C. ope>; invitation tennis tournament men's singles when he beat N. S. Wise m a game which went to three sets and ended m a score of 6-3, 11-9. Rain spoilt play yesterday after-, noon
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  • 100 23 WAN PORTSMEN AT DINNER Lftpoif Indian Association ruined the Selangor Indian Astl > dinner at the Station Resist night prior to the departure itan- M >: team by the night mail. A Smdoshum, speaking on beth/ president of the Singapore ion Mr K. Surattee, J.P.. conid "the visitors on their
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  • 82 23 Kunming. Feb. 20. MR. M. J. Bourdrez. League of NaI tions' Dutch conservancy expert will be sent to China on Feb. 23. After assisting China m conservancy work for six and a half years m Nanking. Mr. Bourdrez left China for the Netherlands last May.
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  • 80 23 British Negotiations With Japanese Reach Deadlock Hongkong. Feb. 20. NEGOTIATIONS between the Tientsin British concession authorities and the Japanese have reached a deadlock. The original Anglo-Japanese understanding to liquidate all their problems 1 within six months is not expected to be realised m time. Meantime Sir Archibald Clark-Kerr. British Ambassador
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  • 369 23 SRI RAMAKRISHNA BIRTHDAY CELEBRATIONS THAT peace is possible m this world not through materialism but only through spiritualism is the key-note of the teachings of Sir Ramakrishna, •said Swami Bhaswarananda, head of the local Ramakrishna Mission. speaking last evening at the Mission premises on the occasion of the celebration of
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  • 273 23 Two Sultans Watch The Final Matches (Tribune Staff Reporter) Kuala Lumpur, Tuesday. the large number of spectators who witnessed the final days events at the fourth All. Malaya Malays tennis tournament to-day were the Sultans of Selangor and Pahang, and the Hritish Resident of Negri.
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  • 275 24 "Come Back To Madrid" Paris. Feb. 21. PRESIDENT Azana to-day received a tele-gram from Premier Xegrin asking him m the name of the Republican Government to come to .Madrid as soon as possible m order to assure the normal constitutional working cf Government. The telegram added
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  • 141 24 London, Feb. 21. npHE British Government is main- taining the doetft touch with the French Government and discussions with them are still m progress regarding the recognition of Franco and the Spanish refugees m Spain, declared Mr. Chamberlain during question time. No statement is possible at this stage
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  • 338 24 Terrorism In Shanghai Shanghai. Feb. 21. THE Japanese Consul-General Miura called on Mr. Cornell Franklin. Chairman of the Shanghai Municipal Council, and made strong representations m connection with terrorism m Shanghai for which, he said, the Shanghai Municipal Council must be held fully responsible. The
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  • 37 24 Berlin. Feb. 21: It is anounced that a representative of the Ministry of Economics has gone to London to clear up certain questions connected with the visit of the British trade ministers to Germany m March- Reuter
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  • 316 24 British Trade Mission To Russia Europe London, Feb. 21 [HE HUDSON mission to Moscow is prominently displayed all the morning papers. iome political as well as commercial significance is attached to the visit by several staff writers, who welcome it as a sign that closer understanding between Britain and the
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  • 173 24 China's Hope In Guerrilla Warfare! London. Feb. a pOR tne first time since the* m China began the initiative! passed from the Japanese tot Chinese, says the Mane* Guardian. Sim* Canton and kow fell the Japan. s P armies I marked time, the Japanese soil exhausted and disheartened, t officers
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  • 162 24 London. Feb.B .As a sequel to the recent revjUJ of the alleged inadequacy ol raltar's defences at tbe tune* September crisis, a que-shon raised m the Commons ,*hej. Financial Secretary of fice (Sir Victor Warrender) d«J"As regards the coast to fences, Gibraltar m» *m prepared at the time
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  • SPECIAL SUPPLEMENT. Morning Jribune FILM FANFARE
    • 11 1 SPECIAL SUPPLEMENT. Morning Jribune FILM FANFARE SINGAPORE. WEDNESDAY, February 22, 1939.
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    • 74 1 I °f Hollywood's loveliest lovelies appear m "Sally, Irene and I blondes, 8 brunettes, and J a "(e-and-song hits with that J romantic rhythm make the t s,(; 'l score. NNed are "Half Moon on the Bun, and l Could Lse a Dream bid antl Spina a
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    • 513 1 AND Mary Sally Grene jENTLEMEN prefer >ndes, brunettes or redheads. The controversy over eference has raged throught the centuries. And jponents of each particular )e of beauty have arisen m time to time to point I their ideal woman. or every blonde booster who ited cut the merits of Brunhilda
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    • 78 1 "Gunga Din", biggest film m the history of RKO Radio Pictures, was completed after being 104 days before cameras, and with more than 1200 actors and studio technicians returned to Hollywood from film's location site near the base of Mt. Whitney m the California Sierras. The
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    • 207 1 ALHAMBRA "THE AMAZING DR. CLITTERHOUSE" is playing to packed houses. This is a novel, ingenuous and entertaining film, and extremely well acted by Edward G. Robinson, Claire Trevor and Humphrey Bogart. "SALLY, IRENE, AND MARY follows on Feb. 23. This is a tiptop musical show with
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    • 578 2 o w 3 O V That picture was "The Winning of Barbara Worth," which Samuel Goldwyn was producing. The young bit player wa6 doing the role of "Abe Lee." His name was Gary Cooper. A lot of cattle has been driven over the ranges since then, and a
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    • 10 2 BUT HE'S LEARNING FAST!
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    • 152 2 To An In JOSEPH Schildkraut's notable performances m MARIE ANTOI- NETTE. SUEZ and THE LIFE OF EMILE ZOLA have brought him an- other outstanding role. He has been selected to play Captain Kirvline, commander of an important frontier station at the outbreak of the next World
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    • 151 3 Don't Fa,l To See Him In "ST. MARTIN'S LANE" At The Pavilion T !leraT„n n ,de h nt h r Pme to Char,eS LaU ht <>"' w takes the m^i!S_\___7___Z__ m _l queue entertaiwer m his U.eatf tot Tr £^__ZTi__T_l S H ha eSbUry AVe,,Ue some local
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      • 124 3 Jlß^y -^k>^ c es, loved fam, 'y w Fiction Has Moved fo Our Screen! M^_W^ jo' -ral _^X *-v-^^ 3oj^>Ai: •_____^_w___\\_? fi B■S S\ T i «K_^H PS« Imm ____m i i HT ________P**'W _I_____B^__^^__B&&k^&V^___B_. v fi S >3 jOr______________V^____l_F l_^_^_i *flß^___l nir B_^_L IWW^'^^^^^^^iHl Hk /"^^_B vffi-fmlßl i____Plf_____________H_il v
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    • 714 4 Taking A SPORTING JhsL $itvu_. FOLLOWING our STARS' fashion lead is all very well i m the case of glamour clothes: it is often possible toj insofar as the clothes of our humdrum everyday life are concerned. But what of sports clothes? Ho* often do we se e our stars
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    • 274 5 YOUTH AT ITS BEST VJEVERAL minutes of gay amusement and touch of nostalgia are provided for movie-goers, m the old-fashioned pillow fight staged by -mne Shirley, Ruby Keeler, Fay Bainter and Ralph Morgan for a sequence m
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    • 162 5 The Story Teller jJATF Douglas Wiggin was at heart a romanticist whose stories were woven, not from the stuff lhat dreams are made, but from the real life threads of everyday existence. And with her prc'ific pen she wove her homespun tales of human life against the contrasting backgrounds ol
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      • 186 5 //A' />7(7 FA'OA/ WARNER BROS. A I II A i\A ''i Ii A o>ii\i; \i:\i wiik MLrl/A/V\Olv/\ I r I w m II 0 I tr \\f\W II ________P^ <^5 _^Kx______4____^_L_ j*, *_"""""""^f"""""""*w m .\~~~~~~~m L f'v.» II f I I Ml i I I S^l _Bm hc has honed
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    • 211 6 They're Going To Be TOPS This Year! These young players, recruited from the Paramount Studios have proved their worth by their performances m recent films, and show fine promise for the future. JT S always Fourth ot Ju wood, where ther TIT every day, sparklers ever! W
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    • 222 6 JJEDY LAMARR had attempted suicide on the boat deck for a scene on the day before, so. to-day, Spencer Tracy waa carrying her back into her stateroom. Such is the meeting of Tracy and Miss Lamarr m the story of I TAKE THIS WOMAN, the beautiful player's
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    • 302 6 IJOLGLAS Fairbanks and Charlie Chaplin have been welcomed back into the fold of activ* i_tl ta!?' n C K ha P lin will m ake one picture which will be called i i Mr. Fairbanks will make two or hree under the banner of hiTnew
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    • 54 6 r^ ro i G f dw y^Mayer has acquired B?anri «iT t ma 9 azin c stories by Mar ye Rran h H Skey f^ and "*l vit Brand is author of the "Dr rrr "ToW? XS&" Under the by JohZ W V T hm S C p
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    • 132 7 CECIL B. De Mille is haunted by a laugher. It started some weeks ago when De Mille left his office at Paramount studio, walked across the street to the garage. -\nd found a man laughing at him. "What's the idea?" demanded De \lille. testily. "You'd
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    • 107 7 ''WRONG WAY" CORRIGAN FETED Following initial picture conferences with aStuclio executives at RKO Radio workHfa_med Douglas Corrigan visited the studio commissary to be welcomed by spontaneous clapping and hurrahs from'every luncher m the cafe. Pandro S Bc-man. George Stevens, Car/ Gran.. Victor McLaglen, Douglas Fairbanks, Jr.. Bun Jaffe and Eduardo
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    • 240 7 GLAMOROUS STAR OF A FEW YEARS AGO, SHE RETURNS TO AN EVEN MORE BRILLIANT CAREER. MO doubt about it, this is the year ol Comebacks. Not a major studio hasn't its examples. The minors don't count, because it is from them that some of the stars
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    • 403 8 Hollywood Flash Shots Walter Brennan has been signed hv RKO Rniio for an important role m "The Castles." new* filmusical which will co-star Fred Astaire and Ginger Roccrs m a screen story based on the liv?s of Vernon and Ir«°ne Castle. America's internation-ally-famous dance team of a quarter (»f a
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