Pinang Gazette and Straits Chronicle, 29 June 1938

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  • 22 1 Pinang Gazette AND STRAITS CHRONICLE LAST EDITION ESTAB. 1833 PUBLISHED DAILY >O. 153. Vol. XCVI. WEDNESDAY, JUNE 29, 1938. PRICE 10 CENTS
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  • 352 1 -Union Times. STILL HELD BY CHINESE Another Drive In Honan Hankow, June 29 —An official report states that the Y ellow River floods now cover an area of 400 square miles affecting 2,000.000 persons. Desperate fighting continues at Matang which is still in Chinese hand- although
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  • 156 1 Reuter. T kio, June 29 Referring to Mr. R. A. m statement regarding Hainan in the is on Monday, the Asahi Shimbun .-,-es: "The Japanese Government has received such joint warning” adding French Ambassador called on the r--ign Minister several days ago and inquired if Japan
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  • 62 1 Reuter. TM Govei mment ’s Coal Bill passed its th>rd reading in the Lords and >i returned to the Commons. Ourlnn the passage through the Lords, the Government suffered (i or defeats oh material points and •’> ‘-ndments made in the Lords are j to produce
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  • 210 1 On Registrar Of Vehicles In the Supreme Court this morning Mr. Lim Cheng Ean. on behalf of the owner of a motor bus. applied to Mr. Justice Howes for a rule nisi to issue on the Registrar of Vehicles. Penang, calling upon him to show cause why he
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  • 59 1 Obligations Under New Law n ling to the road traffic third party which came into effect on July of rules has been issued by comHis Excellency the Governor be necessary for the Registrar of Vehicles to inspect certificates of r-arty insurance before registration -tor vehicle and before issuing
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  • 50 1 Reuter. t arrying Priests And Lancers To Hong Kong June 28—The second interna- eft this morning carrying 189 i various nationalities for Hong further twenty passengers will be at Changsha. The train is lired with British, American, lerman flags. The passengers ttholic fathers and sisters and -■lancers. Reuter.
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  • 94 1 Dr. Ariff Talks To Penang Rotarians The romance of spectacles formed the subject of an address delivered at today’s tiffin meeting of Penang Rotarians by Dr. K. Md. Ariff. The speaker touched on the history and development of spectacles which have become so popular or necessary
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  • 102 1 Reuter. Lithuanians Clash With Nazis Kaunas, June 28. Serious rioting at Memel last night began when the crew of a Lithuanian steamer turned fire-hoses on 7,000 Germans assembled tc greet the arrival of a German steamer singing' Nazi songs. Two hours of street righting ensued, the
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  • 124 1 Reuter. M.P. Pleads Precedent Of Turkey Lindon, June 28: Mr. G. le M. Mander in Commons asked if Sir John Simon would consider the advisability of guaranteeing a loan for supply of military material to China on the basis of the precedent set in th-e case of
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  • 45 1 —Render. New 1 ork, June 28, American aeroplane exports in May totalled $7,829,000, ti new monthly high level. The Argentina was the largest huger, taking S2JJ! t l/,000 icorth. Other purchasers included Japan 1.1/20,000, China $9l/7.000 and Russia
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  • 102 1 Reuter. Japanese Army Admit Chengting-fu Outrage Peiping, June 28 It is now admitted, according to authoritative sources, that Japanese soldiers were responsible for the deaths of the Dutch bishop, M. G. R. Schraven, and eight Catholic priests who were killed at Chengting-fu in October. The admission it
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  • 91 1 Army To Hold Court Of Inquiry There were further developments yesterday in connection with the question on anti-aircraft defences which the Conservative member, Mr. Duncan Sandys, had proposed to put to the U ar Secretai y and which resulted in the incident with the Attorney General which
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  • 184 1 One out of 10,000 special air mail covets, which was dispatched yesterday by the first air service from Amsterdam to Sydney via the KLM Royal Dutch Air Lines’ route to Batavia. Java, and the KNILM Royal Netherlands Indies’ Airways’ inaugural flight Batavia-Sydney starting July 3. To the upper
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  • 53 1 .—Reuter. Sydney, June 28—The dramatic ups and downs of the Test kept Australia on tenterhooks, but the sequel is a renewal of the clamour for timeless tests. Kippax said Bradman must have missed Grimmett terribly. Noble pays tribute to Paynter as one of the greatest fighters
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  • 221 1 Clarifying Countries’ Relations Paris. June 28 —France's relations with Poland have been reviewed in conversations between M. Bonnet and the Polish Ambassador, M. Lukasievicz, who has just returned from Warsaw bringing replies to various questions put by the French Government with a view to clarifying the position
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  • 158 1 Reuter. Imperial Airuays Achievements A remarkable protest against the findings of the Cadman Committee (issued in March) and the Government's action thereon insofar as Imperial Airways are concerned is mad? in a spirited letter by Mr. Dismore, Assistant General Manager, Imperial Airways, to Mr. Chamberlain.
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  • 57 1 In the first three days of the new R.A.F. recruiting campaign there have been 3,280 inquiries resulting in 869 applications so far for 31,000 vacancies announced by the. Air Secretary last Thursday. The appointments of the Duke of Devonshire and Lord Harlech as Lords Lieutenants of the Counties
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  • Page 1 Advertisements
    • 19 1 IHI W ELL KNOWN E L GIN TOWELS NO-.'.’ OBTAINABLE FROM The \|.W SILK STORE 44. Bishop Street, PENANG.
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    • 90 1 studio i 432. PENANG ROAD, PENANG. 1 V' kJd e y s 1 CM W A t llWllfa < >' f a .r wWWm r Ur j -I Jr n economical treat full of concentrated goodn e s x. Kidneys on toast have long’ been a iavourite of the breakfast
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  • 124 2 o —lnternational News Agency. KWANGSI ARMY Kweilin, June 23. —Nine hundred women now fill the rank and file of the Kwangsi provincial army, and severa companies have volunteered for active service at the front. All the “Amazons’’ are also trained in first aid work and can serve
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  • 174 2 Japanese Airmen In Guise Of Farmers Canton. June 23. A peasants outfit ?s provided each Japanese airman engag'd in bombing cities in Kwangtung. so Unat in case the machine is shot down tqe aviator can disguise himself as a farmer. Two of the Japanese pilots capture dive following
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  • 1872 2 Legal Definition Of Unfit Houses Explained “MUNICIPAL OFFICERS BIASED WITNESSES Hearing was resumed in the Penang Supreme Court yesterday, before Mr. Justice Howes arid two Assessors—Messrs. W. E. Hunt and Sehested—of the series of land acquisition cases involving some 30 houses on Penang Road
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  • 81 2 At a Committee meeting of the S.S. (Penang) Association, a letter dated May 30 icas submitted from the Colonial Secretary stating that Government is unable to agree to the suggestion that an All-Malayan publicity campaign should be undertaken by Government and that Information Bureaux should
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  • 248 3 “Unfounded Charges” PROPOSAL TO SAFEGUARD SHIPPING London, June 28: Ihe British Government has now completed examination of 1 ranco allegations suggesting that 12 British ships were carrying illegal arms supplies. It is found there has been no breach of non-intervention regulations. Ten of
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  • 125 3 Cleansing Rains Late Hong Kong, June 28: Hong Kong awakened to the danger of cholera with the discovery of a German victim a member of the crew of the Hamburg Amerika liner Assuan, allegedly the result of swimming in the harbour. Medical authorities have consequently warned
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  • 272 3 —Reuter. Told He Is Liar By British Agent The Prime Minister told the Opposition leader in a Commons answer that no reply had yet been received from the Spanish insurgent authorities regarding the bombing of British ships, but he said a further communication had been sent to
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  • 53 3 —Reuter. New York, June 28—The United States Attorney, Mr. Lamar Hardy, in charge of the alleged Nazi spying investigations, is leaving for Europe tomorrow to continue his inquiries. Mr. Hardy stated that he is visiting England and France, but declined to say whether he was going to
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  • 25 3 Moscow, June 28. —The two Soviet airmen, Kokkinaki and Briandinsky, completed the 4,375 miles non-stop flight from Moscow to Vladivostok in 24 hours.
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  • 31 3 —Reuter. Shanghai, June 28 —The release of the British steamer Shuntien after five days’ detention at Tangku is announced by the Japanese authorities. The ship left for Tientsin. —Reuter.
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  • 58 3 The Chinese Government has issued a mandate paying tribute to Dr. Ong Boon Keng. founder of Amoy University, among others and announcing that the University will be quickly restored at a new site. Sin Chew Jit Poh. A gale developed over Southern England last night with gusts of
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  • 72 3 Reuter. More Men, More Guns London, June 28: Complete reorganisation of anti-aircraft defence is announced by the War Office. The present strength of territorial air units amounts to 43,000. This figure will be increased to between 80,000 and 100.000. It is emphasised that the 3.7 inch antiaircraft
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    41 3 Lord Plymouth, who presided c.t a meetiny of the Chairman s sub-Com-mittee of the Non-intervention Committee held yesterday at the Foreian Office, when the finances of the scheme for withdrawal, of foreian combatants from Spanish conflict was further discussed.
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  • 146 3 —Reuter. Manufacturers’ Discontent London. June 28: In Commons Mr. W M. Watson asked if the President of the Board of Trade was aware of strong dis content being expressed by rubber manufacturers in this country owing to the increasing volume of imports from Hong Kong and
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  • 161 3 ECONOMIC NEEDS OF CHINA JAPAN -Reuter. League Assistance Suggested London, June 28: In Commons, Mr. R Sorensen asked whether the Prime Minister would propose to the League immediate consideration of means whereby economic needs of China and Japan could be assisted through League action and international agreement at the conclusion
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  • 76 3 Reuter. Commons Question London, June 28: Mr. David Adams in Commons asked whether a large proportion of Japanese tea was sold in England as Chinese tea and whether Mr. Oliver Stanley would insist on a clearer definition of origin so as to avoid deception of the
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  • 132 3 Prohibition Ruling Does Not A pply Canton, June 26. —'Chinese residents in Malaya, Philippines, and other foreign possessions and countries, who return to China are not subject to the regulations forbidding able-bodied persons from leaving the country, it was officially announced here today. pruviutu uiey
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  • Page 3 Miscellaneous
    • 88 3 QUEEN’S 6.15 TONIGHT 9.30 Warner Bros. Action Packed Picture LOOK OUT FOR COLLISIONS, nMiCEK SMASH4JPS THR,LL AFTER thrill» FBl AA, When this daredevil driver roars onto ST open road thrills come as fast l> B as he drives...and that’s the limit! I > x 1 <\\ wi X ,n >
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  • 427 4 Confidential Talks With 5 Ambassadors SECRET All) BY SOCIALISTS Mr. Neville Chamberlain is working on a new peace plan for Europe. Two dramatic factors were revealed. Mr. Chamberlain has had confidential talks with five Ambassadors. Socialist M.Ps have received a secret instruction by the
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  • 369 4 When bananas first reached Europe it was never thought that they would ever become such a popular article of diet. At present, bananas are a fruit. with which every town and village is regularly supplied. Where do they come from? Where are they grown? Is it a profitable business,
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  • 148 4 £4.000.000 Reached In Day's Dealings Gold is pouring into London so fast that strong rooms are full and bankers cannot find room to store it. Brokers who are handling large consignments of bullion are worried about the possibilities of hold-ups. They have engaged private detectives
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  • 292 4 Tuesday. June 21. j Hon. Mr C. D. Ahearne and Mr. Mrs A. A. Henggeler had luncheon at King’s T following were the guests at a dir r given by' His Excellency at King’s Hoc this evening: Hon. Mr. Justice R. C. Cussen. Hon. Mr. j Day Mrs.
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  • 114 4 Birthday Celebration Members of Parliament, representing all parties, attended a dinner given by Sir George Harvey in the House of Commons in honour of the 60th birthday’ of Dr. Frank Buchman. head of the “Oxford Group.’’ In proposing Our Guest,” Sir George Harvey read congratulatory
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  • 151 4 A mysterious i'lness which has stricken down nearly all of a party of 160 people who went to the Aidershot Tattoo is being investigated by bacteriologists. The party, v. hich included employees at a chemical works and their wives and children, were supplied with food
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  • 230 4 SOCIAL PERSONAL While His Excellency the Governor is in residence at "Bel Rctiro” Penang Hili from July 1 to July 8, the Visitors’ Book will be kept in the hut at the entrance to the Residency. 4-. The annual installation dinner ot the Klang and Coast Rotary Club will be
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  • 65 4 I»i some parts of the West-End of London there are queer little telephones fixed to the railings of houses with a garden near the cab rank to enable people to ring up for a taxi. A peculiarity of these telephones, which look like rusty old square boxes, is
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  • 319 4 EXTENSION OF RED CROSS POWERS Revision Of Rules To Be Debated Opening the 16th International Red Cross Conference at St. James’s Falace the Duke of Gloucester said it was difficult to imagine any period in recent history when the systematic planning of international
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  • 133 4 Sir IL Young On His Task Trinidad, June 20 Sir Hubert Young, the new Governor, who arrived on Sunday, today received addresses of welcome from the Legislative Council, the Chamber of Commerce, the trade unions, and other bodies at a public ceremony. The Governor’s speech in
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  • 46 4 This evening at the “Waterfall’s” from 5.30 p.m. to 7.00 p.m: 1 March- Paladin.—Carter. 2 Selection—Show-Boat. Kern. 3 Serenade—La Manola.— Eilenberg. 4 Overture- Le Domino Noir.—Auber. 5 Waltz—A Waltz Dream.—Strauss. 6 Selection Maid Of The Mountains.- Fraser-Shnson. 7 Fox Trot Wagon Wheels. De Rose.
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  • 640 5 FASCINATED HIM •‘EX-KAISER CALLED ME DEAR SOX Diary Smuggled From Prison (.ell London, June 22. L'RIEDRICH BECKERT, master forger and clever German col--1 our photographer, with a studio in Oxford-street, W.—sentenced at the Old Bailey yesterday to four years’ penal servitude for forging English and
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  • 615 5 Snatch-Aml-Run Attempt Fails London. June 18. The bandits, one armed with a pistol, the other with a foot of lead piping, sprang from a stolen car on Putney Bridge, S.W., yesterday, held up two clerks, tried to snatch £l,OOO in wages from them, were beaten
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  • 164 5 London, June 22. Dalban. the illusionist—Vincent Harns, of Walthamstow. E.—who was forced ?y ill-health to leave the stage, and died at forty-two. wrote in his will about his stepmother. Mrs. Miriam Harris:— “Mv profound thanks to her for the love and affection she has lavished
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  • 421 5 More Suspects To Be Indicted New York, June 22 The Federal Grand Jury here is continuing its investigation into the intricacies of the alleged “spy ring” organised by Germany. Thi s is interpreted as having only one meaning, that more indictments are to follow
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  • 129 5 London, June 19. Waking up in the night, Mrs. Esther Mabel Cole, of Barcroft-street. Cleethorpes, Lancashire, missed her husband, and went in search of him. Downstairs, she saw him standing with a knife in his hand. He was trying to kill himself, and she tried
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  • 240 5 Murder committed in an express while it thundered through the night at 70 miles an hour is providing French police with one of their most baffling mysteries of recent years. The victim, a young man. was found dead from -a bullet wound in the temple, in
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  • 206 5 Liverpool, June 21. Miss Margaret Cardus, aged thirty-four who lost her sense of taste and .smell through shock after a car accident last year, was awarded £1,300 damages at Liverpool Assizes today. Before the accident she was healthy, had a good appetite, and
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  • Page 6 Miscellaneous
    • 842 6 MAJESTIC Onening Tonight 6-15 and 9-30 AT LASTRAFTER 3 PRODUCTION^,. COMES THIS MIRACLE OF r WAIT DISNEY’S First Full Length Feature Production [?A\ r. v 2 j‘SNOW WHITE And The v SEVEN DWARFS’ No Words Can Describe Its Beauty, Its Charm, Its Glow, Its Tremendous Appeal to ie Heart of
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  • 3477 7 Five Sites Suggested For A Beginning “RULES SHOULD BE RIGIDLY ENFORCED” At yesterday’s meeting of the Penang Municipal Commissioners a memorandum by the Penang and Kedah Automobile Association on the proposed Road “Halt” signs was read. The Association favour these road signs
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  • 76 7 At a committee. meeting of the Straits Settlements (Penang) Association a letter from a member was submitted suggesting the provision of public telephone booths in Penang. After discussion it fcas resolved to support the suggestion and to recommend to the Director of Posts <& Telegraphs,
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  • Page 7 Advertisements
    • 551 7 w»Bd office: 12, Bishop Street Penang. Phone 1477 and 1478 with extension*. Telegrams: “Gaxette" Penang. Scrgiiore Office: Cecil Street, Singapore. Phone s47i Tel: "Times” Singapore. Kuala Lumpur: Office: 25, Java Street. Phone: 3683. Ipoh Office: Brewster Road. Phone: 268. London Office: 40, 43, Fleet Street, London E.C. 4. Phone Central
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    • 43 7 I Doctors and Dentists Prescribe It For headache and toothache, neuralgic and rheumatic pains,as and W 3 to I I 9 working, yet it B doesnot affect the heart I or u P set the stomach. 1 ANACIN contains quinine I A 322
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    • 399 7 WIFE WHO WAS CROSS AND TOI CIIY Fut Herself Right with Kruschen arn year of age," a woman writes,. Yet some days I have been feeling and looking 100 years old. I wou'd ge3 fits of exhaustion for no gcod reason at all. I was not f.t to live with
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  • 930 8 THREE items <»i particular in news published in Pinang Gazette yesterday, al: <>i them providing a little exidence that effective steps are at least being taken to restore confidence in the United States. One related to a nexx banking regulation designed to release the flow of $2.000.000.000
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  • 91 8 Chinese Cyclist Dies In Hospital (From Our Oxvn Correspondent) Ipoh, June 29. A Chinese was killed as a result of a collision between a car and a cycle that occurred yesterday afternoon just opposite the Kinta Swimming Club on the Jelapang Silibin road. The accident occurred
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  • 39 8 —Reuter. Karachi, June 28—The flying-boat Cordelia arrived on schedule. It has been now decided that the Cordelia, which is being accompanied as far as Singapore by the Camilla with mail, will itself complete the trip to Sydney.—Reuter.
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  • 6 8 Mr. J. Dick.
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  • 256 8 LETTER TO THE EDITOR) Sir, The match between the Windy Dale Badminton Party and Li instead Badminton Party was played on last Saturday and resulted in a win for the latter by 4 games to 1. but. I understood, the match was played under protest by the Limstead
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  • 90 8 LETTER TO THE EDITOR) Sir, Langkaxvi Road. Penang, from beginning to end. is in a most neglected condition, with very bad bridges here and there, wnere no motor cars acn pass. Rickshas also cannot move up and down. There are no lights and therefore it is causing a
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  • 77 8 (From Our Own Coirespondent) Taiping, June 28. May could be considered a dry month in Taiping, no rain naving fallen for 18 days of the month. The heaviest rainfall recorded xvas on May 24. when 3.24 inches was registered. The hottest day was May
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  • 99 8 Plans To Make Them Permanent It is understood from a very reliable source that the Hon. the British Resident. Perak. Mr. G. E. Cator, C.M.G.. who xvas in Ipoh on Monday, .held consultations with several heads of departments. Among the subjects discussed is believed to be
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  • 96 8 Mr. P. A. Syed Aboothair. Managing Proprietor of the Ganesh Printing Works. Penang leaves for India next Saturday, by the S.S. Rajula. In his honour a tea party was given yesterday by the staff of the Ganesh Press at 10’, Penang* Street at xvhich a large
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  • 1052 8 Japanese Excesses In Honan (From Our Own Correspoii'h ni i Hong ixong*, June 2?. .\> predicted carlie/, it seen*!' now that Japanese invasion oi > n i China is to be made IE xxax of tow. This week they occupied the >* logic Namao Island, at the
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  • 678 9 PETITION TO BE SENT TO SECRETARY OF STATE The drafting of a petition to the Secretary of State for the Colonies for the consideration of rating on annual value, it is revealed in the annual report for 1936 of the Selangor Owners’
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  • 327 9 POLICE OFFER REWARD OF S 1.000 (From Our Own Correspondent) Ipoh, June 29. The police have offered a reward of >l,OOO to any person o r persons who may information as to the identity or inrmation leading to the arrest of the gang >bbers who murdered Mr. EVinsford
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  • 30 9 The first division fixture between the Old Xaverians' Association and the Penang Recreation Club which was scheduled to be played on the Esplanade yesterday was postponed.
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  • 282 9 Donation By Penang Rice Merchants Assn. The Penang Rice Merchants Association yesterday remitted through the OverseaC hinese Banking Corporation Limited, Penang to the Executive Yuan of the Chinese National Government, the sum of Chinese ■-18,707-84 being Straits $7,202-52 at exchange of 38’ 2 representing donations
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  • 193 9 ONE KILLED; LORRIES BADLY DAMAGED (From Our Own Correspondent) Singapore, June 28. A young Chinese girl was killed and her mother and four adults were badly injured when two motor lorries collided in Bukit Timah-road near the sth mile shortly before one o'clock this afternoon. The
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  • 163 9 W oman Swears Repentance In Court "I admit I was drunk and incapable, but what is the harm It is a matter that concerns me only.’’ said Meenachi when she was produced yesterday before Mr. Simp-son-Gray, the Ipoh First Magistrate, on a charge of being drunk and
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  • 96 9 Source Of Outbreak Located (From Our Own Correspondent) Singapore, June 28. Altogether 290 cases of typhoid fever have been reported in Singapore since the beginning of this month and 47 deaths have occurred. The source of the outbreak has been located in a house in Telok Ayer-street,
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  • 108 9 Thrilling Rescue In Mid-Channel Passengers leaving Penang for the mainland yesterday evening on the new ferry steamer Bagan were provided with a thrill when they witnessed a rescue scene in mid-channel. The incident occurred at 6.10 p.m. when the Bagan had left the Church St. Ghaut Pier
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  • 113 9 Crab-Catcher’s Skeleton Found In Derelict Boat (From Our Own Correspondent) Taiping, June 28. Some Malay fishermen of Port Weld, while returning from sea yesterday evening, espied a boat drifting apparently empty. On rowing near, they saw to their horror, that it contained the skeleton of a man.
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  • 54 9 —Reuter. Easy W in For Prometheus London, June 28. The following was the result of the July Stakes for two-year-olds which was run at Newmarket today: Prometheus 1 Belle Travers 2 Diadoque 3 Four ran. Won by 1 1 2 lengths; same. Betting: 3 1 Prometheus; 1110 Belle
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  • 78 9 On First Through Service To Australia The first flying boat from England to Australia, to inaugurate the through service, is expected to arrive in Penang on Friday at noon. A party of notable English and Australian air' correspondents will be among th? passengers. Among these
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  • 63 9 Steamers Fly Flags At Half Mast The death occurred last night at his residence in Arratoon Road, of Mr. Yeap Thean Boon, chief clerk of Messrs. Mansfield Co.. Ltd., and as a mark of respect for deceased, flags were flown on Straits Steamship steamers at
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  • 1523 10 “Personal Factor Will Make Success Or Failure” VIGOROUS LONDON CRITICISM OF MALAYA’S LT.C. DELEGATES (From Our Own Correspondent) London, June 22. Londoners interested in tin production and pol-tics are beginning to lose hope of peace and mutual co-operation for the common good ever being
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  • 1120 10 Quota Cut Casts A Warning Shadow (From Our Own Correspondent) London, June 22. American manufacturers have returned as buyers to the London rubber market for the first time for many months. Orders have been given by their agents in only small number and quantity, but
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  • 339 11 Americans Winning Everything London, June 29. The Wimbledon Tennis Championships were continued today in blustery, cloudy weather. In the Quarter-Finals of the Women’s Singles, Mrs. Wills-Moody beat Miss K. E. Stammers 6—2, 6—l. Miss Stammers was outclassed in a mediocre match. Mrs. Moody did not even trouble to
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  • 104 11 Kedah Team Chosen To Meet Penang (From Our Own Correspondent) Sungei Patani, June 29. Following a State Trial on Sunday on the Public Green and a meeting of the Selection Committee of the Kedah Cricket Association held on the same date, the following have been selected to represent
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  • 81 11 Wm. Jack’s vs. Combined Youngsters The following are requested to play for Jack’s XI. against the Combined Youngsters in a friendly game of soccer at the Renong ground today at 5.30 p. m.: Tan Kong Tat; Choo Ooi Chin, K. C. Lim; W. Gordon, Gan Thean Beng. T. C.
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  • 253 11 S.S. ‘YEIFUKU MARL’ from Singapore, sails same day for Colombo, Bombay, and Karachi. M.S. ‘KOTA INTiEN’ arives today from D.E.I. via Singapore, bound for Halifax, Boston, New York, Philadelphia, Baltimore and New Orleans. S.S. 'BULAN’ from Singapore via ports. Sails Friday. S.S. TSLAMI’ from Calcutta
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  • 324 11 (By Our Football Correspondent) A soccer match between Mr. McNee’s eleven and Dr. Pillai’s has been arranged to be played this evening on the Esplanade. This is evidently a Malaya Cup trial, hut the selectors do not think it worthwhile to call it a trial.
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  • 407 11 “Mad About Music” A Fine Picture Mad about Music with Deanna Durbin, Herbert Marshall, Gail Patrick, Arthur Treacher, and Jackie Moran. New universal Picture, directed by Norman Tauroy. “Three Smart Girls’’ and “100 Men and A Girl” set an exceptionally high standard for film musicals; "Mad About
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    • 417 11 BLUE FUNNEL LINE TO NORTH CONTINENT Leave. Penang Due London RADNORSHIRE Calls Antwerp Middlesborough Julv 1 Julv 29 A- ANTENOR Calls Marseilles Glasgow July 8 Aue 4 B. DIOMED Calls Hull and Gdynia Julv 14 Au? 11 TEN DAY SERVICE TO LIVERPOOL VIA HAVRE Liverpool BELLEROPHON JuhTr £GAPENOR Call 3
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  • 837 12 Latest i inies Of Posting AIK MAILS: mail for Australia. New Zealand, Java and Timor DiUy via Singapore and thence by Qantas Airways will close at 7.30 p.m. tomorrow. Registration at 6 p.m. same day. (Correspondence prepaid at existing surcharge air mail rates only). A
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  • 468 12 Mr. Hore-Belisha, the War Minister, speaking on a resolution expressing confidence in the National Government, at the annual conference of the Liberal National Council at Central Hall, Westminster declared: "We have done marvels in rearmament, and the country is ready to defend itself." We
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  • 139 12 Admirers oi Compton Mackenzie’s romantic woiks will hear the distinguished novelist in a talk from Daventry on Scotland s Highlands and Islands. Compton Mackenzie’s passion for islands is weilknown—in fact, his present home is in the Isle of Baira in the Outer Hebrides, an island that
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  • 125 12 The following studio programme entitled "Our Hawaiian Hospitality" will be given by Jomaceklo’s Hawaiian Quartet and Miss Daphne Theseira from Station ZHJ (Penang) this evening from 8.20 p.m. to 9 p.m.: 1. Lei of Hawaii; 2. Linger longer island; 3. Little drummer boy (Sung by Miss D.
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  • 73 12 Sir Abdul Qadir, who will be heard by Daventry listeners tomorrow in the series Matters of Moment,’ was a member of the Council of the Secretary of State for Ind a from 1934-37, and since 1937 has been an Adviser. He has had a distinguished
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  • 280 12 As a fact, the Post Office is experimenting with a new type of bell. "We have produced a bell as the result* of experiments by a ‘musical committee’” an official said. “This bell is being supplied to new subscribers on request, but we
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  • 138 12 Australian and English Speedyway riders will be roaring round New Cn sStadium. London, in the Speedway Test Match today, and Stewart MacPherson wili be there to describe some of the heats tcthe BBC's Home and oversea listeners. The match will consist of eighteen heats,
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  • Page 12 Miscellaneous
    • 2066 12 WORLD RADIO PROGRAMMES 8.8. C. SERVICE Highlights Of Today’s Wireless SCHEDI LE GSF (BBC) Following is the BBC Empire broad- 6.35 p.m. Palace <>t Varieties.” casting service schedule t Malayan Stand- 0,, o i| r T /.3? p.m. Ihe Chamber Musk <>l Alozait. 11. ard Time) for this we< k,
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    • 48 12 PENANG DAILY WEATHER REPORT PEN ANG (1 ORT CORN Y ALIAS) Yesterday s Ten;: erature 6a.m. N oon x 84 N W 85 S RAINFALL June 27 28 Nil TIDE TABLE HIGH LOW TODAY 12.46 p.m. 7. 40 p.m. TOMORROW 1.30a.m. 7.40a.m. 1.30 p. m. 8. 22 p•m.
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  • 342 13 The skilled men and women of the English countryside are busy The farmer has sold his last season’s grain, so the miller must grind it for the daily bread. His granaries are full Besides, there is a revival of traditional crafts of rural husbandry in every corner
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  • 1653 14 Compton’s Grand Innings BRADMAN, 102 NOT OUT, BREAKS RECORD The second Test at Lord’s yesterday ended in a draw, the scores being England 191 and 242 for 8 declared. Australia 422 and 201 fol* 6. > Resuming batting with an overnight total
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  • Page 14 Miscellaneous
    • 155 14 Ihe Glory Girl of 3 SMART GIRLS 9 and w6 lOO MEN AND A GIRL" returns in a lifetime of joy and musical thrills in one picture. TOMORROW'S OUTSTANDING EVENT AT QUEEN’S 1936 “THE 3 SMART GIRLS 1937 100 MEN AND A GIRL NOW AT HER VERY BEST FOR YOU!
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  • 841 15 ROWING Germans Not Defending The Grand AMERICAN MAY WIN THE DIAMONDS The Henley Royal Regatta which begins today and ends on July 2 has 116 entries for eight events. Foreign entries are fewer than for some years past. Five of the eight trophies will toe defended by
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  • 760 15 Professional Coaching, If Necessary London, June 20. Cyril Tolley has expressed the opinion that now is the time for Great Britain to start preparing for the next Walker Cup international. The golf public generally will give him the fullest endorsement for
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  • 167 15 London, June 18—More League Soccer news. Five players changed clubs yesterday. Two clubs report a profit. W. Fellowes. regular Luton half-back plays for Exeter City next season. He has bus'ness interests in Devonshire. Sunderland newcomer is John Smeaton, Blackburn Rovers inside forward, and formerly with St. Johnstone,
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  • 134 15 To Be Held Under Auspices Of M.A.H.A. Under the auspices of the Malayan Agri-horticultural Association, the sth All-Malayan Amateur Cycling Championships will be held on July 30. July 31 and August 1. The races will be run at the stadium in the afternoon commencing at 2.15 p.m.
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  • 355 15 Cabled Offer By Jack Kearns Landon, June 18. —Most excited youngster in London yesterday was Eric Roy Boon, eighteen-year-old wonder fighter and son of the blacksmith at Chatteris, market town of Cambridgeshire. Here’s why. Promoter Syd Hulls, just leaving for Ascot, received the
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  • Page 15 Advertisements
    • 149 15 PITMANS COLLEGE POSTAL COURSES te:—SHORTHAND, BOOK-KEEPING, COMMERCIAL CORRESPOBfDKNCK. COMMEBOE, TYPEWRITING and other commercial sobjecta: (Monthly payamata ean be arranged if necessary!. Write /or particular» to:— PITMANS CORRESPONDENCE COLTJM» Uni tee Building, Singapore. Crompton Parkinson Electric Motors CROMPTON Q PARKINSON Al ’w*| DESIGN. Ml wi'- "u There are few secrets in
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  • 146 16 J IIN PRFVT r »US r.’S l-A l"K31 LONDON —(Spot) £187.10. 0 £lB6. 5. 0 LONDON— (3 months) £lBB 5 0 £lB7. 0. 0 SINGAPORE $93 50 $93.75 BUSINESS DONE PENANG $93.37’2 BUSINESS DONE Buyers no sellers No buyers COPRA—(Sundried) s SO $3.80 BLACK PEPPER ~g’g 0 58 50
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  • 331 16 Share of £1 denomination unless otherwise stated Yesterday Rise or Fall Yesterday Rise or Fa J I vctu Con. 5 p.e. 44-64 11« 4 Funding 4 p.c. 60-90 11 Cable 5 1 pc. 96% l War Loan 3% p.c. 101% 'U.S. Rubber 32% Com. Un. As. Units 10
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  • 104 16 Paris 177 59 64 177%. New York 4.95% 4.95% Montreal 5.00,". 5.00% Brussels 29.21% 29.21% Geneva 21.60% 21.62 Amsterdam 8.95% 8.95% Milan 94. 94 Berlin 12.30 12.30% Stockholm 19.39% 19.39% Co penhagen 22.40 22.40 Oslo 19.90 19 90 Vienna 26% nominal Helsingfors 226% 226% Prague 142% 142% Madrid
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  • 164 16 LEAN CO. TIN -Buyer* Sellers Am pats 4 3 4 6 B Selangors 1.30 1.35 Hong Fatts 1.06 1.07 Hongkong Tins 23 iO 24 0 K 9 4% 9 9 K Lanjuts 19,3 19 9 Kuchais 1.40 1.42% Kramats 10|3 10 9 Kundangs 5j6 6i1% Laruts 9 101 10’3 Pahang
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  • 384 16 BATTALION MOVES EXTREMELY WELL (From Our Own Correspondent) Ipoh, Today. Candidates for the Summer meeting were confined to slow work this morning at the Ipoh racecourse, the sand track being used. More outstation strings have arrived but only Tjurley’s charges were seen out. Jimmy Orchard’s
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    • 149 16 A.A. ANTHONY CO. j iv; Buyers Sellers Batu Selangor l- 30 1-35 Hong Fatt 1.02’ 2 1.05 Jelebu Kuchai 1.3-5 1.37% I.ukut 671/ 2 .72 ’j Petaling 8.00 8-20 Rahman Hyd. 1.22% 1.25 Raub Gold 5.20 5.30 Rantau Ordy. 1.37% 1.42% Rantau Pref. 1.37% 1.42% Sungei Way 2 25 2.
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    • 163 16 KENNEDY CO. RUBBER Buyers Sellers A lor Gajah .90 1.00 Mentakab .42% .47%. Ulu Benut .32% .37% TIN Ampat 4 3 4 7% Batu Selangor 1.32 1.35 Hitam .35 .40 Hong Fatt 103 1.05 Johan .27%» .30 Kpg. Lanjut 19 0 19 6 Kramat 10j3 10 9 Kuchai Ordy. 1.35
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    • 286 16 Narrow Fluctuations New York. June 28: Increasing resistance is evident as the advance has again halted just below- the 132 supply level. The fact that any show of weakness immediately meets -orders under market is causing current narrowness in daily price changes. The favourable action of buildings is
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    • 22 16 TIN Singapore $93.75 per pkl. Penang Xo Ruvens RUBBER Singapore Spot 22' s c per Penang Spot 22%c per tb
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    • 215 16 RUBBER Buyers .Sellers Ayer Panas 1.27% 1.37% Batu Lintangs 1.05 1.10 Bedfords 92% .97% Bentas 1 05 1.10 Brogas .77%» 80 Kedah Rubbers 1 85 1.95 Kuala Sidims 2.40 2.60 Indragiris 1.25 1 35 Lunas 1.70 1 80 Mentakabs .45 47’.» Malaka Pindas 1.37% 1.45 New Scudais 1
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  • 238 16 Home Critics On Hie Second Match (From Our Own Correspondent) London, June 29. The interest in the Second Test died out as a draw- inevitable. The critics have little to say. (FRY: This unsatisfactory match wandered on to an inevitable result. FENDER: Bradman’s
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  • 275 16 London, June 27. At Bath Somerset won by nine wickets. Somerset 294 (Buse 95, Jim Smith 6 for 68) and for 1 wicket; Middlesex 84 (Andrews 7 for 58) and 241 (Andrew’s 6 for 83). At Bradford Yorkshire won on the first innings. Nottinghamshire 87 (Bowes 4
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  • Snow White Supplement
    • 592 17 MUSIC HELPS TELL THE TALE IN "SNOW WHITE SEVEN DWARFS" 1 \.< .41. attention to detail is out why Walt Disney’s animate. u icut Disney touches are the result I st J-- staff, and no one works any h.. der ..»1. tlie musicians, for their music .-’M- put a final
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    • 433 17 □THOSE set ing W■. Dis ey’s first “Show White and the Seven Dwarfs,” will find that, but for a fe.v minor changes, the story clings closely to the (Iqnnn J‘air>, tale beloved of their childhood. Because of the demand- of the
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    • 378 17  -  By H (til Disney There were several reasons, one sentimental and the rest practical, ichy I de\cided on “Sn-ow White and the Seven Dwarfs,'’ as the basis oi our studio's first feature-length picture for RKO-Radio. i In the first place, I can remember seeing ."Snoio
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    • 413 18 Result —I ui pressioti Ol Real Li i e (,omed y .4 nd Drama |TEW people realize how increasingly important the camera is becoming in the field of animated motion pictures. Walt Disney's first feature-length production, “Snow Whit*' and the Seven
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    • 318 18 A beautiful younu princess, irho had never been out of her own e, courtyard. suddenly finds herself banished from the life she has kn turned loose in a dark forest to fend for herself as best as she can. Fiona this point she is
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    • 1244 20 HOW SNOW WHITE THE SEVEN DWARFS WERE BROUGHT TO LIFE Bv '"'Flic Eighth Dwarf” A Peep Behind The Scenes \[AN'Y a Hollywoodian has told your correspondent that the Walt Disney plant should be an ideal studio to work in because the animated cartoon characters wouldn't be troublesome. “Just think.” said
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    • 275 17 THE SEVEN DWARFS listen-in on a McCarthy Radio a /ViA f: ''J f-:; P V X’*7 P/ J "k n7//*/»jv/im Egg aKjgp S 3fggg Sf ESf AgS X EbK SEE t" Z JnE a E E E nLsS E bE S '-J fT»Tj inr ißßpWmTT/WaBBBBB y- \JR b. lllililliik?r- h'
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    • 192 18 Snow White ztl ;<\ takes the BOW and presents the from her y FILM on ‘ister s oice <k< < Records :th Snnii .«nd .1 Sent' tII 1 >;« bdJ 51J i I >: '«nd H<is;h Ho Tht Seven Da ai 'f S'nolu 323ijite 515 v < W hitlie while
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    • 143 20 Recon!*» Of Ihr Songs I coin Ihr Walt IHmivn i’rattirr ‘Snow White the Seven Dwarfs’ on REX Records BII.IY CO'ITO.X VXD HIS BAXD SOM H DAY MY PK INCH WILL COME W iltz THE DW ARFS YODEL SONG tnd HEIGH-HO' 9Z7U WHIS'i :.E WHILI a YOl’ WORK, Fox I’rot 9271
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    • 242 20 aBB a a HMBrtaaBBBBBBuaaiiHMfeiaHaBBaaaBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBaBBBBBBBBBBiiiBKBfIadaaaBBBBBBBBaBSaa* K HERE COMES MG-M’S GREATEST OUTDOOR MUSICAL! jpK OPENING THURSDAY, 3Oth JUNE. J WHEN A WESTERN BEAUTY L f v J MEETS A DANGEROUS BANDIT! ffigß B The screen's singing sweethearts are together again in an entirely x new type.of picture. It's gripping excitement from start
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