Morning Tribune, 15 March 1939

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  • 12 1 THE MORNING TRIBUNE 4_No. 37. SINGAPORE, WEDNESDAY, March 15, 1939. FIVE CENTS.
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  • 256 1 ISLOVAK DEMANDS GRANTED PRAGUE GOVT. RESIGNS kRAMATIC MOVES IN EUROPE PRAGUE MAR. 14. CZECH GOVERNMENT RESIGNED THIS AFTERNOON HATCA. THE CZECH PRESIDENT, IS ON HIS WAY TO ITO HITLER. f. Sidor, the Premier of th? short-lived provisional Slovak rnment, cleared the way for to-day's dramatic moves signing. He
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  • 209 1 j^ERLIN official circles are watching the meeting with great interest. They expect important developments. Commenting on reports about the letter alleged to have been handed to the Prague Government by Germany, the Berlin spokesman told Reuter -"Germany has not sent anything like an ultimatum to the Prague Government, and has
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  • 43 1 UTHENIA TO GO NEXT? Paris, Mar. 14. 15*2 retain their habitual s in Czechoslovakia ed with complacency. r W viewed with dis- tanner in which th3 accomplished in ■•ch Agreement, and ire trouble. It «e quarters that the thenia will be the Reuter
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  • 74 1 Hungarian Ultimatum To Czechs Budapest, Mar. 14. HUNGARY has presented an ultimatum to the Czech Government with a 12-hour time limit. The ultimatum demands the immediate release of Hungarian prisoners in Czech hands, the immediate cessation of persecution of Hungarians, and the withdrawal of Czech troops from Ruthenian territory within
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  • 170 1 Bratislava, Mar. 14. rxCEPT for numbers of steel-helmeted police in the streets with fixed bayonets, Bratislava is fairly normal. No flag is flying, while work is largely at a standstill. The public is rather perplexed by the rapid current events. It is reported that a steam engine
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  • 217 1 Pointed Questions In Commons London, Mar. 14. IN the Commons to-day, Mr. Chamberlain, answering: a private notice question by Major Attllee, made a statement on Czechoslovakia. He outlined the events leading up tc this morning's and added that he has not yet received official confirmation of the
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  • 342 1 Czech Hungarian Troops Clash VIENNA MESSAGES STATE THAT GERMAN TROOPS ARE ALREADY MARCHING INTO SLOVAKIA. Traffic in Vienna was brought practically to a standstill by soldiers moving through the streets in full war kit heading for the Slovak frontier. The official German spokesman, questioned by Reuter whether th° occupation or
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    • 42 1 PRESS COMMENTS page 22 STOP PRESS Prague. Mar. 14: Over a hundred casualties resulted when Czech troops suppressed an attempted revolt at Chust, capital of Ruthenia. It is stated that Czech troops are now withdrawing from the Ruthenian -Hungarian frontier region. Renter.
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    16 2 >Ir. Foo Yin drew .«nd Miss Rosalind Won*, who werv nurriedvi 'See page* 18 xnd 19).
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  • 258 2 3 Chinese Gaoled Kuala Lumpur, Tuesday, j jjISMiSSiNCi as •incredible.' the allegation made by the three accused that the complainant, Ho Yue Kong, wanted money from his family, and had planned the whole abduetion as a means lo an end, Mr. Justice Gordon Smith found all three
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  • 189 2 Kedah Merchant Brutally Murdered 11. rtffl uv-r Omn to?" lor Star. Mai. 1!. ff&E body of a young Chinese padi merchant with two wcund.-. me on the head expos* ing the !>rain am) the other i\me?t fevering the neck, was found ye-terdsy by a Malay atons a fcot-path between AU>r
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  • 103 2 Sikh Boy Going To Cambridge [From Our Own Reporter) MPenang, Mar. 14. R. Jagjit Sinsh, son of Dr. Jagai Siimh of Pfnarv? left for England on Saturday, the 11th instant, by the P. and O Ranpura. He will be Fining the Cambridge University tc strdy law. Mr. J?3jit Sin-gh was
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  • 188 2 Singapore, Tuesday. DUT ior the fact that I have giver* Mie accused the benefit of the d. übt as to the nature of the threat, and framed a lesser charsre, th« accused would have to 30 to the Assizes," observe i the District inhere (Mr. L. B.
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  • 284 2 VISITING AD MIR A WELCOMED Singapore, iw lIIS Excellency the Commancin -in-Chief Ea^ Indies Squadn miral V. F. Somervilte. C.8., D.5.0 of the flagship "Hoi oftj landed at Clifford Pier this morning when was ro :ary Guild of Honour furnteh«d by fifty members of the 2nd
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  • 92 2 (3t*vA*aJL_ V J^JJ j ANYTHING offered > d ticn from Love. i" stl It h a compel en g penally rnoiitrh. "J g wedding. Bill Bla J d charm- of Ntifc* {jjf^i U onngrr. Bead :o f married I- i m( •.-niss'sn. and at 1 *he ceremony h° vO
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  • 359 3 WEST lapore. Tuesday. Vap Chiang Leng, ■.year-old Chinese Ls lying iu 1 book on the after- Mar. 3, a concrete lh ran along out■humble home of H attap collapsed, Led right into his Irving him in con■ck> and debris. ■c B-year-( Id mother an.l m hold rusbcd m flficulty
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  • 514 3 Greater Marcus Showgirls Dazzle Singapore Capitol Smashes Crowd Records SPECTACULAR scenes, both outside and inside the Capitol, were witnessed last night j when the greatest show that! Marcus has yet presented opened a season. 1o speak of record houses is not enough. Consider the hundreds wiu could not get in
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  • 127 3 was rrsumed to-day before Mr. Justice Home, in the Suwe Court, in which three Chinese Koh Ah Liat, Yeo Soo and Tham Yew Chong are charged with shooting Sim Mother Chinese with a pistol in December last, with such l »at had Sim Gong been kiUod tiiev would have
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  • 82 3 Chungking, Mar. 13— Besides marshalhn-.; a big-enough force for frontal t warfare, Chinese military authorities are 'distributing a sufficiently strong force of troops in Hopei and Shansi provinces in north China, in Suiyuan and Cn;*hui province* in Inner Mongolia and along the vortiwd Pttping-Hanfcow and Gan-totn-Haiikow
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    • 300 3 NINE INCHES OFF HER WAIST Eats What She Likes— Yet Reduces When excess fat starts to ovetfako a woman, her dressmaker, with the telltale tape measure, will soon detect it. If you are beset with the fear of losin? your girlish proportions of finding yourself catalogued "Out-size -read :he Utter
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    • 19 4 Previous To-day Change T7" *> 916 205 tiliS Spot 20 20 1 16 1 lj 4 months' forward
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    • 124 4 ni iti.i it Previous Tft^ Rl BBI K Steadv Spot Buyers yi 4 SeUers JJ 1 lst Forward (Apr. June) Buyers 75 i 6 B^6 SeUers s ;i 5l 6 2nd Forward (July 6ept.) Buyers 8 3 8 SeUers 87 16 a- 8 3rd Forward (Oct. Dec.) Buyers
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    • 147 4 Tin at midday was $108*8. OP% d the price of Rubber at 4 o clock Wtl buveVs Spot 28! 4 cents, buyer. AprilJune 28U cents. As most prices on the London Stock Exchange yesterday were slightly marked down awing to tne situatiou in Czechoslovakia both Tin and
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    • 413 4 THE week has again been one of peaceful trading reminiscent of pre-crisis days, states Fraser Co. in their weekly report dated yesterday. The last day or two has however seen some reduction in the volume of business partly owing to what might be called a natural inclination on
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    • 103 4 Previous T -_j Distillers 93 9 93 1 Dunlop Rubber _n 3 289 General Electric 80 9 80l Imperial Chemical Industries 31 iu_. r.v Imperial Tobacco 137 6 Anglo-Dutch 27 6 2T3 Canadian Pacific 5_ London Tin Zl_ 3 9 Rubber Plan Investment Trust 30 6 Linggis
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    • 27 4 RUBBER Previous M Market Tine Spot Buyers 16' 2 Sellers 16;, Forward July Sept. Buyers 16^ Sellers 16* 8 TIN Market Tone Steady spot
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    • 55 4 Previous T.T. on Paris (closing selling rate) 176 91 T.T. on Amsterdam (closing middle rate) 8.83 516 J T.T. on Shanghai (closing selling rate> 81 2 j T.T. on Hongkong (closing selling rate) Is. 215 16 T.T. on Japan (closing selling rate) Is. 2d. T.T. on New York
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    • 16 4 7 M Previous l TIN STANDARD Spot (afternoon (closing price) £215' i Forward £215
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  • 83 5 Friday wednesday, march 15, 1939. FRASER COMPANY I W Current Divided Com P*ny Dividend Books Mar. i U n TIN Clo»e Date Ejf n *<>*»* /Ol Payable DIv >'<**. Katu .....!^ft£U a- Ma 17 f- 24 Mar i8 I Kamasan Mar. 23 ft* Apr 6 £"e SSSfSU. 2v. 11 n
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  • 174 5 LYALL EVATT'S QUOTATIONS Singapore, Tuesday. MINING lAmpats BU 3 e 6 S Batu Sefangors Hone Faffs 40 Kamunting Tin °n 6 Mvatu Tin 22'- 23 -x Killinehalls '•.c 23 8 Kuchais x \l Linguis London Tin o? 2^ 5 Mambaus n J 4 n 4 c Pahansrcons. \f 52 IPutehs
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    • 204 6 {HUNDREDS TURNED AWAY! j \ONCE AGAIN THE MARCUS SHOW BREAKS] I n p.m. \i(.nrrv I Aii Singapore flocks to see^^^ Ik^B I j The Grandest Stage f ,*^^^B j I Attraction ever seen in «IJB 111 C~^ I f"i I 49V^3 m THE MARCUS SHOW J I Presenting their famous
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    • 171 7 f -M ■■■■A ,v < BFST-KNOWN AMATEUR DETECTIVE PLAYS HIS MOST 1( )N> l"* 1 DANGEROUS GAME! lUJSI 4mblb^b^b^bb9^^ bh& v s %s E^VP^* s*- -v* VT^JE .^r t 'O **^^^^^Bf^^fof^ BBp^^B^B 4B O ri^ v' ~jtF^ Snd •fi(^*^* 'C&BV Bl Si^Bßf"""* l^^ f s B I s r.« >-^
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  • 3089 8 is protected from AIR ATTACKS i Umus Letter The first permanent and hensive air-raid trench completed in Britain is -i t North London. The injected by hundreds o enjnjj from all over the cour.tr>. J*jM trenches uere enlarged »no j layers of reinforced f»« laid on the
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  • 136 9 Objects Of AngloGerman Trade Talks London, Mar. 13. THE Federation of British Industries industrial delegation left London this morning for Germany. Before leaving, Mr. Peter Bennett, the prsident of the delegation, stated that, the F.8.1, delegates would meet their German colleagues at the Reichsgruppt Industries in Dusseldorf. They expected to
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    • 204 9 'And now I am a NEW MAN again-thanks to SANATOGEN" How many times have these words been spoken by grateful men all over the world Grateful because Sanatogen has brought them a carefree feeling of exuberant health that they have not known for years. If you feel tired, listless, run-down,
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  • 318 10 MORNING TRIBUNE Wednesday. March 15. 1939. THE MENACE OF JAPAN THERE has been a certain amount of uneasiness on the London Stock Exchange as a result of the latest political developments in Czechoslovakia, but this is only the natural reaction to the situation. Actually there is a feeling of confidence,
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  • 474 10  - Hard Work For The Duke Of Kent KENNETH FORD By (in the South Wales Echo) TN undertaking the duties of Gover--1 nor-General of Australia, the Duke of Kent is not embarking on a sinecure appointment. He will not be merely a figure head. A Governor-General is the King's own Deputy,
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  • 451 10 eral may return the Bill to Parliament and suggest amendments 1 N actual practice the Govemor-Gene- ral takes a much more active part in the legislation than does the King at home To-day Parliament would not consider a Bill which was likely to incur Royal displeasure, but in
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  • 81 10 Rev. Dr. M. Dodsworth is an n of the General Hospital Mr Po Guan Hock has been ap ed to be an Assistant Official As for the Settlement of Singapore. effect from February 27 A Che Zainul Abiciin bin Ali. As Inspector of Malay Schools, has seconded foi six
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  • 754 11 London, Mar. 14. speech at a political demonstration at Sunderland yesterday nine the Foreign Secretary exBfd his considered opinion that re wa* no occasion durinr the I few years when British policy major international issue could t followed a different line from on eit had followed without jrave f
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  • 250 11 BRITISH PROTESTS AT TIENTSIN London, Mar. 13. JJR. JAMIESON, the British Consul-General in Tientsin, has received a written reply from the local Japanese authorities to the protests which have been made to them regarding the erection of live wire entanglements around the British Concession. The reply
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  • 175 11 London, Mar. 13. IN the House of Commons this afternoon the Prime Minister made a statement on the situation in Slovakia according to the latest official information in his possession. "On Mar. 10," said Mr. Chamberlain, "it was announced in Prague that the President of Czechoslovakia had
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  • 141 11 BRITISH WARNING HEEDED London, Mar. 13. JHE policy of the British Government regarding belligerent rights in the Spanish civil war remains unchanged. In addition to this declaration by the Prime Minister in an answer in the House of Commons this afternoon, Mr. R.A. Butler reminded the Bouse of the Foreign
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  • 124 11 London, Mar. 13. SIR ALLAN POWELL has been appointed chairman of the Board of Governorship of the British Broadcasting Corporation in place of Mr. R. C. Norman. Sir Allan had been a member of the Import Duties Advisory Committee since 1932 and had previously
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  • 50 11 BACHELOR.— On March 14th 1939 at the General HospCtal, Singapore, CLARE MARIA the beloved- wife of Mr. W. W. Bachelor, of Singapore in her 59th year. The funeral service will take place at the Church of the Holy Family at 5 p.m. to-day, interment at Bidadari later. Deeply regretted.
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  • 68 11 I L»ndon. Mar 13. N the course of a long answer in the House of Commons giving further particulars of the recent constitutional dispute in the State of Kajkot which occasioned Mr. Gandhi's fast, the Inder-Secretary for India mentioned Wednesday as V? e P^bable day on
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    • 135 11 NOTICE. NOTICE is hereby given that Ng Chong Ho former Manager of Chop Chin Cheong Co., of No. 90 Telok Ayer Street, Singapore, ceased to be in the employ of Chop Chin Cheong Co, from the 28th day of February 1939 and his authority to transact business on behalf of
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  • 151 12 Hornch«tir2 Baiioon j. 01 Eft *S J Protected uir Aiders e vonl of ir i dlnar > en lr tOIN a nd bi^ owtlt «> jwn ""Nation of a 1 lo«n. (Planet Four London suburban cinemas are co-operatins »n the Balloon Barrage Recruiting Week, which has
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  • 184 13 't lu:in." j and last of a riM "i escort i, cotniM>>i( ned bf ThurnuToft .> at '♦'ujKion, thamp; :i with Chatham irew. ufceptaiue trials vrvicf m the ■ku iiul West ie> itntti B. I'cliispbecs 1.100 ibm a lengtih PI toel .nnl a Xl of 19 knut>.
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  • 2091 14 WEEKLY LONDON LETTER A charming informal picture of the Duke and Duchess 01 Kent wiUi Prince l-.dwaid. The Duke of Kent is interesting himself personally in hi* little sen's education and is teaching him his ABC from a reader used by hundreds of children in British Council
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  • 205 17 Singapore, Tuesday. gTATIXC; that this was a very bad case, Court Inspector A. H. Frew-to-day opened the case in which Siak Po >rs was fined $20 on the charge of driving negligently at the junction o, New Bridge Road and Cross Street on January 11, with
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  • 203 17 Painting Exhibition Draws Praise Singapore, Tuesday. THE exhibition of paintings by Professor Hsu Pei-Hung opened yesterday by special invitation to certain people. The exhibition will be open to the public to-day and tomorrow. Among those who came to study tne Frofe^sor's painting were His Excellency the Governor, Sir Shenton Tho.nas,
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    • 118 17 Law Notice For To-day The Chief Justice at Penang— Court cf Mr. Justice Pedlow at Malacca— Asizes. Befcre Mr. Justice Home in the 2nd -ourt at 11 a.m. Assizes Rex. vs. Koh Ah Liat, Yeo Soo Chuan nd Tham Yew Chong (if not concluded) Thereafter: Rex vs. Samueal. BRITISH INDIA
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    • 183 17 ..MllM"*" •liOlltilfllH •M. M l ii )STAL INTELLIGENCE I TO-DAY Vatajrt Mar. 15 2 p.m Egypt end 3 Patroclus 15 ncoa lgkal Toba 15 2 p.m matr?., S.-East Moluccas and K.N.I.L.M. 15 nooh >-• Thedens 15 3 p m K.N.I.L.M. 15 noon Thedens 15 3 p.m. Khoen Hoea 15 3
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    • 293 17 SHIPS 1\ HOCK SHIPS ALONGSIDE THE WIIARVES OR EXPECTED TO ARRIVE Entrance Exit Ship (iix! v.m Gate Gate Apoey 22 1 1 Gewang 16 2 3 Daldorch, Centaur 14 2 3 Philoctetes 11 2 3 Kudat 9 2 3 Shantung 7 2 3 Mansei Maru 111 2 b Eumacus 34
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  • 2874 18 I MISS ROSALIND WONG MR. FOO YIN CHIEW 7N" a ga Jen fanned by ocean breezes and washed at its furthermost point by quiet sea breezes, the reception which followed the Redding yesterday of Miss Rosalind Yuping Wong and Mr. Foo Yin Chiew brought to a close
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  • 95 19 SPIRITUAL MOBILISATION CAMPAIGN Chungking, Mar. 13. Gen. Chiang Kai Shek issued a circular wire to the nation yesterday, an nouncing the inauguration of: national spiritual mobilization. In his message the Generalissimo reiterated the fact that spiritual forces transcend everything else in importance during the second period of China's war of
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  • 169 19 OXFORD UNIVERSITY'S OFFER TO CHINA Chungking, Mar. 13. RESPONDING to Oxford University 1 generous offer to send between £5.000 to £10,000 sterling worth of books toChina in the next few years, through, the Committee entitled "China's Cultural Emergency Committee for the Solicitation of Books and Periodicals, thanks were expressed here
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  • 98 19 SEVERE JAPANESE LOSSES IN KWANGTUNG Hongkong Mar. 14. HTUast. 8.000 Japanese officers and men were killed and 25,000 wounded during a series of campaigns in Kwangtunp. Province in south China. n'!cording to reliable information from Formosa. From last October- to last February, 50 Japanese hospital ships left Kwangtunc for Formosa,
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  • 94 19 Chungking, Mar. 13.— Responding t< Mr. T. V. Sdong-':; congratulatory telegram on his acceptance of the post o; honorary ehairrmur of the Americar Committee lor Non-Participation in Ja pancie aggression. Mr. Henry Stimsoi wired to the President of the Chin* branch of the international peace
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  • 1624 20 TO DAY'S RACE SELECTIONS K.L. PROSPECTS DISCUSSED (By "Marcus Superbus") A card of seven events will form the programme for this afternoon's midweek racing at Kuala Lumpur in the second day of the Selangor Turf Club's Gold Cup meeting. The first race has been scheduled for 2.45 and the second
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  • 39 20 Race I— EXCUSE ME Wait a Bit Race 2— PRINCESS PRIM Meg Race B-AMAJNKf Flying Star Race 4— PRINCE HEKODE Mim Race S— FARCOS Poor Bill Race 6— KERRENA Blue and White Race 7— REGIMENT See You Later
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  • 148 21 PEACE MOVE IN SPAIN Reservists Demobilised Madrid, Mar. 14. Till military junta has decided to demobOiM the reservists of to 101« classes, also men be;l in to the second group of mrilian services. >do told forei-n newsthai the junta is busy planliquidaUaa of war. He added vet know what General
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  • 68 21 I Mar 14: Eighteen persons were 30 injured in a collision betxpress from Paris and a a mile before Chateauroux luggage van. mail van rst and second class carriage hird class carriage of the exd« railed The crash, which 10 30 last night, was caused
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  • 109 21 I ONTINUED FROM PAGE 4> at 70 cents Talams $1.20 70 ctt. There was again good in this section. Deals done *atu Lintangs at $1,174. BaiKempa.s $1.85. Kluang 70 SI. <T% Pajams $1.80 and hs 30 cts Sungei Bauans dividend and Ulu Benuts 34 r S There was
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  • 36 21 I Mar. 14: Mr. Menzies (At- il and Minister of Indus- ned a.s a protest against fensions ecisi °n to repeal the V A P i ls i ons of the National Ajs- Reuter
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  • 69 21 BULGARIA TO JOIN BALKAN PACT? P r Sofia, Mar. 14 E Bulgarian Premier Kiossejvanow, is leaving to-morrow fo Ankara at the invitation of the Turkish Government. Bulgarian political circles believe that Turkey will make another at tempt to secure the admission of Bulgaria into the Balkan Pact, by finding a
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  • 78 21 Rcme. Mar. 14— The situation in Czechoslovakia is remarried in political circles here as very serious indeed. Some quarters allege that it is possible developments may have immediate repercussions throughout Europe. There is a gcod deal of sympathy here with the Slovaks' demand for autonomy and it is
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  • 56 21 Moscow, Mar. 14. The unity of the population of the Soviet Ukraine towards M. Stalin was emphasised by M. Kruschchoff. high Ukraine Official, at the eighteenth congress of the Communist party. He added "all Fascist aggressors will break their heads on this unity. The union among the Ukrainian
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  • 85 21 U.S. ARMS MANUFACTURE Washington. Mar. 14. A resolution providing that the President might at his discretion authorise the Secretaries of War and Navy to manufacture in America armaments and ships for Latin American countries was introduced by Mr. Key Pittman in the Senate. Under the resolution all contracts would contain
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  • 167 21 JAPANESE THREAT TO AUSTRALIA NEW ZEALAND London, Mar. 14. THE Pacific Conference to be held in New Zealand is a move in the direction of the Dominions taking steps for their own protection, says the Manchester Guardian. The urgency of the situation is obviously one reason for the conference. Before
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  • 24 21 Vienna, Mar. 14. A decree formally confiscating all Hapsburg property in favour of the German State will be published on Tuesday. Reuter
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  • 135 21 Shanghai, Mar 14. Rifle and machinegun fire was heard in the outskirts of the Japanese occupied western suburbs in Shanghai on Sunday night as Chinese guerrillas carried out as previously announced the threat to attack the Chinese corps, sent by the reformed government" to help the Japanese
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  • 64 21 Miami, Mar. 14. Admiral Byrd states in a copyright interview with the New York Daily News that he is preparing another Antartic trip soon and expects to claim a million square miles for the United States. He adds "I know there are mountains there with coal
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  • 66 21 London, Mar. J4. A CONTRACT was signed this alternoon at the Chinese Embassy between the Chinese Government and John Thornycroft for the purchase of *00 3 1 2-ton and 100 7-ton motor lorries, the latter to be provided with eight-ton trailers. The total value of £223.011 Includes
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  • 62 21 Chvngktaf, Mar. 14.— Fourteen p n sens, including Mr. Tang Kwan, lead of the Hongkong branch of the Centr Bank of China, are missing since tl disappearance of the Eurasia Corpoi tion passenger plane which left Cnun king to Kunming Wl Mar. 12 and whit sent
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  • 498 22 PRESS COMMENTS ON CZECH CRISIS "Situation Intolerable" Says Berlin Paper London, Mar. 14. rdalionskjp of the Anglo-French guarantee regarding the po*t--1 Munich boundaries of Czechoslovakia io the threatened new of the Republic does not escape the it tent km of this morning's newspapers. It id generally
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  • 155 22 Chinese Claim Success In Hupeh Chungking Mar. 14. PIGHTING in (Aiurnl Hupt'h ha> been sjovi»i<: > down considerably in the past few flays, both Bidd HPsorting to occasional artillery chiefs. Meanwhile the Chinese forces in West Shansi province are launching three column counter offensive against the Japanese forces with their
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  • 94 22 Mr. Elphick In Accident Singapore. Tuesday. AS a .sequel to a serious car craah at junction cf Sime Road an<l Adams Road on the evening of D«c. 22, when- Mr. H. £lphicic» managing director of Messrs. William Jacks Si Co., Ltd. was injured. Abbas lan Mohamed, who ■arove
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  • 61 22 The following will represent the Youngsters' Union 2nd. XI against the' Plumbers' XI on Saturday Mar 18 on' the home ground at 5.15 pm.:-Soo tE^VcS?^ J °oS*««. K°h Sw«e Hock; Teo Kkm Huat, S. S. Goh, Cheng Swee Hen^; Yeo Koon Ong, Prni K Ah Leong, B. Kcsaler.
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  • 122 22 London, Mar. 14. A Sheikh was slightly injured while f» attempting to restrain followers in a recent Iraq uprising, according; to a report reaching London. It is statod that a man named Ahmad lnmunaij was arrested, tried and condemned as traitor by tns Court immediately ccnvervecl.bv the Sheifch
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  • 114 22 MRS. DOBBIE LEAVING FOR HONGKONG |y|RS. Dobbie (wife of the General Officer Commanding), accompanied' by Mias Dobhie. iviilJeave for -Hong Kot\^ on Friday, by H.T. -Lancashire" Whilst In Hon<? Kon<? they will stay with Major General Grasett. General Officer Commanding. Hong Kong, and Mrs. Grasett. They will return to Singapore
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  • 359 23 Chinese Reserves Beat Police Reserves At Soccer Winners Play With Ten Men S.C.F A. Rs 2. p o ice Rs nil 7N a poor game of soccer playec at the Anson Road Stadium yesterday between the Chinese Reserves and the Police Reserves, the .'oilier completely subdued their opponents and won
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  • 75 23 Ltosby.s, s.cc.-B"..o. Lvy Id teach landlubbers Lino rxo in soccer, and the H.MS. "Grimsby" to an S.C.C. side night, was proof vrl men in all anted l rntorJ k- r;ci. ,'.\c:\ thi fUlf tlic !:.L'k-cfT of the S.CC n cut. rt t^n naiul n n tninate Um and Wright
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  • 54 23 Iftre Wtdnttilf> t'es in T.M.C A mcls tourr^metit.— lal— lvan van Gcyzel vs. So Gim Hcrk vs. L. C. Kaniis vs. S. A. Da- Y K h vs. Ccmd) E. J. results of Monday' van Geyzel beat A. -M. I Reshty beat S. K mdr. E j. Hoc* 1l
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  • 59 23 RESULTS OF S. C. C. TOURNAMENT J E in the men's double* "I lh|. v I I rmy tk T Maved »wt ngiht, re- s 1.., U5; T and R. f. smitn i- 3 -nd H. S. Hewett, S I --d W. H. Droogleever Ci C. Barnes, S--i, rJ H
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  • 105 23 Weekend Races At R.S.Y.C. AN Friday Mar. 17 there will tbe MM* U :Jj| frnocn races for all Classes, -tartir- at 5*5 p.m., at the Royal Singapore Yacht Club. On Sunday. Mar. 19 there will be no Cub rccin«. The first Racr of a series cf thf ..nnual :v?nt asainr
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  • 31 23 In a lather one sii>d fame of soccer played at the Y.M.C.A. Aiisoi- Road ground, yesterday, the Y MCA defeated the Changi (WDJ Civilians by three goals to one.
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  • 62 23 Combined Services To Meet China Fleet [HE Mtowteg will represent iht A Combined Services in a seeecr match vs. the C':iina Fleet at the Jalan B?sar Stadium on ftfcm&ajr, Mar. 20. Kick-off -at T.15 p.m. sharp Combined Services: Mace (R.A.M.C); Brown (Gordons), CoM R A .P.I Bea umont (R.A.).Qua I
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  • 148 23 Woman Holes Out In One THE March Medal competition of the Singapore Garrison Golf Club *r-'K-rnd at the Garrison Golf Club resulted in a win for K. Laidman with a net sco»-* of 63. The following were the best return*. Bal :\vcrp?: l r t 9 holes \va:; won by
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  • 74 23 Tho V ters Union's XI beat Ah Huang's XI by two soils to nil In a Iriendly «:ame of IOCCtr at the Y. U. ground on Sunday, Mar. 12. nit. fcotmgstfefe Union defence played p wand mifc? and the forwards combined w: 1 Ah Huang's XI put up
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  • 328 23 O.C.U.C.S.C 3, G.E.C 0. THE Overseas Chinese Banking Corporation Sports Club beat the General Electric Company Sports Club by three clear goals yesterday on the S.R.C. ground 'in their Business Houses' League fixture. Both teams were at their best, but the losers lacked a defence
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  • 102 23 The following are S.C.R.C. cricket teams duriug the week -end Saturd&y, Mar. 18, v. Macnhester Redimwit at the -S.C.R.C. Ground at 2 2 p.m. Law Kee Pcrw, Eu ChewChye. Ong Swee Keng, Yap Mook Kim, Fong Kim tTn Hon Hin. Ong CVtew Bee. On« s*tow Wan. Chua Boon
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  • 499 24 ONLY 42 RUNS MORE TO W/J Will Wicket Play Tricks To-day? Hammond 140, Paynter 75 U/IIH M\H WICKETS IN HAND. AND AMES AND VALENTINE iATTINQ BNOI AND NFKP ONI Y4? runs TO WIN THE FINAL I'FST MATCH AT DURBAN. NO RAIN WAS POSSIBLE AFTER TEA TIME VESTBRDAY, THE NINTH
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  • 138 24 London Mar 14 FURTHER pr;:eiti to Japan regarc :r.e Uve-wirv .ements .1 Tfentsio are txpected i m information mm&mi m l lonnatton oi a pro-Jap :e: conunittc Moions Tbe modus of the comxniUf« is to comma "^•ist action withir. the concessiGD iiid then escape outside. Tientsin.
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  • 241 24 SOUTH AFRICA Ist h M Van d*: Byl b Perks Mehiile hit wkt b W Rowan lbw b Perks w Mitchell b Wright H Nour.se b Pcik> Dalton c Ames b Fj Viljoen c Ames b Perki Grieveson b Perks Langton c Paynter b V Newson c and
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    • 115 24 To be successful you MUST be fit v <^ The men and women who achieve success are brimful *^WmV^i of health ind energy. Success in any walk of life j%^ f x n^\er comes to the lethargic, the listless, the irritable. If you've lost your keenness And lest ''^tJtfc?* for
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    • 10 1 SUPPLEMENT. Morning Tribune FILM FANFARE SINGAPORE, WEDNESDAY, March 15, 1939.
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      433 1 U Says This Bride! K//< I lodern~\ h tided Newly|tt7/<' Solves Her Matrimonial WtMcms hi A Xew Way! I'MS O'KEEFE and Flor■nco Rice, two young players have made rapid strides told stardom in the past six Hth$. are teamed for the first m in "Vaeation from Love/' I comedy
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    • 98 1 JUNE DOUBLED FOR GARBO TUNE KNIGHT, who started in pictures as a double for Garbo, used the star'? portable dressing room while working in her latest picture. Miss Knight doubled for Garbo in "Mata Hari" and won the friendship 01 the actress. She has maintained a correspondence with her and
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    • 281 2 Hollywood Jean Parker, pictured below on the left, seems to prefer the swimming pool. We haven't been seeing much of her lately, but she will shortly be appearing in one of the most important roles she has had for a long time, with Bob Burns in Paramount's
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    • 250 2 JJOLLYWOOD launched another nationwide "search for beauty," recently, but this time the specifications include such astonishing requirements as long ears, a raucous voice and four legs! Yep, mules. Paramount needs a beautiful mule, a veritable Georgia peach of a mule for "I'm From Mizzouri,"
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    • 101 2 JUELLA Walker, who played the mother, and Ernest Cossart, the butler, In the original "Three Smart Girls," will re-enact these roles in "Three Smart Girls Grow Up." Sharing the title roles with Miss Durbin will be Nan Grey, who played in the original production, an< Charles Winninger
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    • 88 2 HE'S DEAD BUT HE WON'T LIE DOWN THE scene is intend drama- tic Atfr a buildup. J. C arrol »rt r» 1S his deadly revolver. and kills Sidney Toler. pW* the ro.e of Anna «WjJ* father in Paramount MM Chinatown." Miss Won*, hearing the .f the shot, rushes in." .he
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    • 443 3 CARRIAGE helps a career in Hollywood, in the opinion of Ann Sheridan, young Warner Bros, leading woman, who dates the start Of her climb to stardom from the day she married Edward Norris, about f. year agj. "Marriage is the best
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    • 97 3 OHN \ML LARD'S comedy j nlv>t erv. The Cat and the mary i> being filmed by Pa- mount. with Bob Hope. J artha Ka%e and Shirley Ross in e tilt Thi«» trio combines two Para- ount learns, for Bob Hope has j arred in parate pictures with j oth
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    • 15 3 Iva Stewart, featured player with First National, noses for admiring eyes.
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      • 110 3 FROM THE WORLD'S MOST FAMOUS PRODUCERS. HKO-Hadio Pictures -<;r.\GA DIN" with CARY GRANT VICTOR McLAGLEN DOUGLAS FAIRBANKS, Jr. JOAN FONTAINE EDUARDO CIANNELLI. •THE CASTLES" with FRED ASTAIRE GINGER ROGERS. •FISHERMAN'S WHARF" with BOBBY BREEN. "LOVE AFFAIR" with IRENE DUNNE CHARLES BOYER. I SIXTY GLORIOUS YEARS "-IN TECHNICOLOR with ANNA NEAGLE
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      501 4 £aad&, JhsL &U| NOWADAYS the planning of a child, wardrobe is no longer the casual affair N of former davs and mothers are now bent on cultivating a dress sense m •"ChSr, are sens ble enough to adhere to one important rule for dressing their children m the best
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    • 274 5 Ginger Rogers seems to prefer paddling her own canoe these days. She will be seen next week at the Pavilion in "Having Wonderful Time with Doug. Fairbanks Jun. as her leading man. It is all about the adventures of two young people in a holiday camp. newest building project
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      329 5 Joan Bennett and Fredric March as they will be seen in Trade Winds" which is comine Ut the Capitol soon. Joan turns brunette, wears lots of hibiscus flowers and the film ends as all good stories should Fredric and Joan and lots of oriental happiness. Cecil B. De
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      • 67 5 FICTION'S AMATEUR DETECTIVE PLAYS HIS MOST DANGEROUS CAME! WHAT IS THE INVISIBLE DEATH THAT STRIKES FROM AFAR? WHAT IS THE MYSTERY OF THE FLICKERING LIGHT? WHO IS THE WOMAN THAT WITNESSES A KILLING AND VANISHES? ITS DRUMMOND S GREATEST CASE AND YOUR BIGGEST THRILL! Arrest Bulldog Drummond' A PARAMOI'N PICTURE
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      • 90 5 SPECIAL ANNOUNCEMLNT OF INTEREST TO ALL DANCE LOVERS! RAFFLES HOTEL SATURDAY, April I st. Special -GREAT WALTZ" DANCE NIGHT arranged in conjunction with the Gala Screening at the CAPITOL of M.G.M.'s Magnificent Musical Production •THE GREAT WALTZ Midnight Premiere SAT. April Ist Followed by General Screening on Wednesday April sth
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    • 55 6 This busy little *tar plays the piano. ukulele, and drum. speaks French and > Spanish, and is a clever little dancer. Jane Withers, watching a thrilling horse race in "Checkers", her latest fibr which is showing at the Alhambra now. Here's Jane with a
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    • 318 6 TF you should ever see a man pen bed on h I anything from the tip of a skyscraper to of a pin you can be sure it is a photographer hea B of the "camera angle." ln se arcM The popularity of the "angled" P i cture h
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    • 132 6 THE custom of many Little Theafc groups to adjourn to country bans for the summer season found a counur* part recently in the Twentieth CenturyFox film company which invaded secluded California farm for sequences for "Checkers." Jane Wither* late* picture. In an old-fashioned red barn. white-washed
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    • 41 6 Bob Hope, while working In Tha J for the Memory" at Paramount *i Hollywood marathon golf rei *ord o> holes. He played this astounding wj ber in a single day-by lO b f U on each 18 holes, and assis caddies.
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    • 216 6 ACCORDING to word from Dubuque. lowa, a turtle is swimming around there with Bette Daviss autograph on its back! The fan mail department oi Warner Bros, studio says the turtle is just one of the objects which have come to the studio in recent months *l be
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    • 118 6 9QTH Century-Fox's new picture portraying the women of aviation history has Connie Bennett. Alice Faye, Nancy Kelly and Joan Davis in its list Of stars. Titled "Tail Spin," it has had ah the elaborate production attention for which 20th Cer.tury-Fox has becomso famous. In a knock-down
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    • 123 6 David Gorcey, who rides a •motor-scooter" to the studio every day and is proud of the fact that he gets "100-miles to the gallon of gasoline," declares the California climate has let him down. Dressed in a rain slicker and sou'wester hat, young Gorcey started
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    • 64 7 L been signed t<p a longr by Metro-Goldwyn- have an important role :s WOMAN, starring and Hedy Lamarr. Miss tared on the screen in HAD A NAME FOR IT. Last live years Miss Claire her time entirely to the her most recent plays IS ENOUGH, END OF SUMTO LIBERTY
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    • 105 7 Mr. Carl Laemmle, Sr., retired Universal film pioneer, held a premiere on the lawn of his Beverly Hills. California, mansion.—he premiered a self-heat-ing hot-doc Mr. Laemmle, who presumably is having a good time with the 56,000,000 he received for his film company, two years ago, also
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      15 7 Hntim sisters, featured dancers instrumentalists with the MarSim*, whkh is at the Capitol now.
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    • 70 7 JAMES F. GILLESPIE has been award fd exclusive selling rights tc motion VKture product on the life of John Philip Sousa, famous American bandmaster, who wrote more than 150 marches, and composed six operas and numerous suites. Mr. Gillespie plans to submit the title
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    • 265 7 HOLLYWOOD, that colony of surmise and speculation, buzzed with conjecture when there came to light the shy romance concocted for Deanna Durbin with Jackie Cooper. He was cast as her boy friend in her last film, and Deanna appeared in one puppy-love scene which doubtless
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    • 33 7 Two Bostonians share the heart interest in Paramount^ "Illegal Traffic" Mary Carlisle is a native of the exclusive Back Bay district. Her new screen sweetheart, Robert Preston, hails from Newton Highlands, Boston suburb
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    • 319 8 These Film Stars Have Proved Exceptions To The General Rule That Once Out Of The Limelight They Never Return. THOUGH the saying is that "they don't come back," some of Hollywood's top celebrities are enjoying the fruits of gallant comebacks right now, a check of the
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    • 179 8 he had been an outstanding flop. He made all sorts of propositions t3 the studios, but for a year none of them would listen. Then Paramount gave him a supporting role in "International House.' Now he's a star again. Claudette Colbert wanted to be an opera singer, had
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