The Straits Times, 12 January 1947
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Title Section20 1947-01-12 1 FINAL EDITION THE SUNDAY TIMES LARGEST NEVr SALE IN MALAYA No. 598. SINGAPORE, SUNDAY, JANUARY 12, 1947. PRICE 10 CI'NTS20 words
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Article, Illustration35 1947-01-12 1 Vfn T'-rsons wen- k'lled and \:i injured when a mail tra n from Liverpool Street, London, crashed into a passenger train just pulling out of Gidea Park S'a'.ion (Ess?x). «ccn above.35 words
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161 1947-01-12 1 'Britain Must Keep Trading Stations' LONDON. Sat. JN i letter to ths Daily Teletrapti Rear-Adm. A. C. Ransom writes that, in the prc:ess of withdrawing her lesions fr m overseas. Great Br.cnn shou.d retain three trad.ng de >:ts— Bombay, Hong Koag artl S nguBombay was received from Portugal in 1662Reuter - 161 words
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Article73 1947-01-12 1 HONG KONG. Bat WITH all entrances heavily rded by detecMve-; t:.e dead-line for the bombing threat against thp British-owned Peninsular Hotel, one of the largest In tN> colony, parsed last Right v.-:t iout incident. The hotel management revived a letter two day; ago fromReuter - 73 words
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33 1947-01-12 1 LONDON. Sat. Gen. Aung San test night rad informal conversations with the j Prim~ M'n*stcr. Mr. Clement Atttee, and wJtto tbe Secretary of Btate, Lord Pe'hick-Lawr?ne?.— j Reuter.Reuter - 33 words
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Article357 1947-01-12 1 BIG DEVELOPMENT PLAN FOR MALAYA Committee calls for reports Sunday Times Staff Correspondent KUALA LUMPUR, Sat. THE Economic Development Committee, formed about two months ago by the Malayan Union Government, has asked the heads of all departments to draw up plans to cover the next 10 years for progress and357 words
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Article112 1947-01-12 1 14 MINERS ENTOMBED BY EXPLOSION LONDON. Sat. CHORTLY before noon, after an all-night battle, rescue squads found it impossible to reach 14 men. entombed by a wall of flam" in the Burgmr"?e sMle pit, West Caldrr. Midlothian. Scotland. As there was no hope of saving them, it was decided' toReuter - 112 words
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Article217 1947-01-12 1 LONDON, Sat. r TIIE Ministry of Labour announced to-day thct the order f< r 1 troops to take over the food distribution in London on Monday morning has been cancelled until the position of the striking transport workers is made clear. 1 Thirty thousandReuter; UP - 217 words
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Article108 1947-01-12 1 MANILA, Sat. AMIGHrY volcano, one mile and a half high. Mt. Mayon, j/trlooking Legaspi harbour in I Southern Luzon, is sending gigar.- tic balls of fire hurtling from its i crater and molten lava spilling 1 down Its slopes for the first time in more thanAP - 108 words
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Article189 1947-01-12 1 LONDON TRADE TALKS Sunday Times Reporter REPRESENTATIONS by leading busings and professional men In Singapore have been made both to the Government and the Secretary of State for the Colonies, asking that the British Government should invite at least one representative from Malaya to the International189 words
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Article133 1947-01-12 1 MOSCOW. Sat. PELD- MARSHAL Viscount Montgomery, Chief of the British Imperial General Staff, carrying a C 2.000 sable-lined Soviet general's great coat a gift from the Russians was today flying home after his "military goodwill" mission to Moscow. The roat which has a lamb's wool collar133 words
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Article85 1947-01-12 1 HONG KONG, Sat.— The firs', annual Spring race meeting I since 1941 is scheduled for Moni day, Tuesday and Saturday, when i 88 Australian nonies will race for a total of HK565.000 prize money. The Hong Kong Derby Sweepstake is *":nPct<»d to total wcJI over85 words
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133 1947-01-12 1 PARIS. Sat. JEWISH military resistance will spread beyond the limits <>I Palsstlne and reach into the heart of the British Empire itself until th? Holy Land b an Independent state." This threat was made by Prcf. Jofcan Smertenko. vice president ot the AmericanReuter; UP - 133 words
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Article61 1947-01-12 1 NUREMBERG. Sat. EVIDENCE submitted in the war crimes trial today disclosed that German Army doctors had discussed attacking United Sates crops with a bacteriological weapon fired from submarines and released from airplanes. The evidence showed that the Nazis decided not to use human and animal diseased61 words
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479 1947-01-12 1 Sunday limes Special Correspondent. HANOI, Sat. TONIGHT Hanoi, which in prewar days was Indo-China's pleasantest city, is practically dead, with tell-tale signs everywhere of the most tragic war scenes in its deserted streets lined W h damaged buildings. Some of the twisted ruins recall479 words
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Article, Illustration38 1947-01-12 1 Mr. Uavld Ben-Gurion, chairman of the Jewish Agency Executive in Palestine, who iin London to see Mr. A. CreechJones, the Ccl-mial Secretary, and Mr. Ernest Bevin. the Foreign Secretary. He is to consult with British Zionists.38 words
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Article209 1947-01-12 1 .Sunday Times Correspondent PENANG, Sal. THE Federation plan has been 1 accepted in principle b> the United Malay National Organisation Congress, meeting in Alor Star. In a heavy rainstorm, which the Malay., regarded as a happy omen, 2.i out of 29 delegates present ye.-terday evening, in209 words
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Article421 1947-01-12 1 TOKIO. Sit. PRIME Minister Shlgeru Yoshicn was today threaened with .i wave of demonstrations and strikes by the spokesman of a committee claiming to repr vent 4,500.000 Japanese labourers. The spokesman said Ja Conservatives had failed to control the postwar economy and that strong politico:421 words
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Article, Illustration1050 1947-01-12 2 SPOTLIGHT On MALA YA AND MALAYANS CLIFFORD PEER TURNS HIS Griffith Jones, followed in his footsteps, playing leading parts In the long and successful series of Gilbert and Sullivan shows, which were a feature of life in Singapore some 40 years ago. Golf and Racing MH. .MAYSON was. I believe,1,050 words
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Miscellaneous363 1947-01-12 2 rv n r\i/-, n .x, n Service St. Andrews Cathedral; C.30 London calling: 8.45 p.m. Thanks for i KAL/IU MALAYA P.m. News; 6.45 p.m. How does youi letters; 9.00 p.m. Calling all «pom- 1 garden grow; 8.15 pxa. News heaJllr.e^; men; 9.30 p.m. Music parade; 10.15 Singapore 8.17 p.m. On363 words
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110 1947-01-12 3 BATAVIA. iarHE Dritish Consulate C* d today teat formal repre*>rs h?d b:en mrde ;o the Netherlands Indies Government Xi i he grounds that the treatment of the 400-ton British cargo chip Emp re M'.y Rover by the Netherlands Navy consti ut.d interference withAP - 110 words
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Article98 1947-01-12 3 BANGKOK, Sat. THE Foreign Minister, Derek Jayanan, revealed today that, he had sent to China via the Siamese Embassy in Nanking a detailed report of acts of mob violence by Bangkok Chinese whioh reached a climax this week in a series of beatings. Chinese gangs gatherAP - 98 words
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Article99 1947-01-12 3 MEMBERS of the staff of Singapore Social Welfare Department entertained Mr. T. P. F Mac Niece, the secretary of the department, to a Chinese dinner at the Telok Ayer People's Rests urant last night, in honour of the Officership of the Order of the British99 words
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Article392 1947-01-12 3 1946 WAS WORST YEAR FOR CRIME S 'pore had 96o hold-ups Sunday Times Reporter A LTHOUGH Singapore in its worst year for crime on record had ten times more armed robberies in 1946 than it had in 1938, figures for the last quarter show a gradual decrease in this type392 words
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Article182 1947-01-12 3 Municipal unions to reply Sunday Times Reporter FIFTY representatives of the seven Municipal unions representing 6,400 men will meet this afternoon at their Singapore headquarters in Short Street to discuss the form of a letter to be sent to Mr. L. Rayman, Municipal President, following general dissatisfaction expressed at the182 words
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Article22 1947-01-12 3 Property damage in the Dec. 21 earthquake and tidal wave exceeded 661.000,000 yen, the j Japanese 1 Home Ministry estimates, says A.P.AP - 22 words
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Article112 1947-01-12 3 A COMMON jury attending the Singapore Assizes yesterJoy had to retire to consider their verdict three times before returning an unanimous verdict i.t guilty against a young Malay, Yusoff bin Osman, charged with armed robbery. Osman ana another Malay, All bin Abdullah, the first accused, robbed112 words
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Article42 1947-01-12 3 DR. Haden Guest, Member if Parliament for Islington and member of the Parliamentary Medical Committee, (North Division), at present visiting Malaya, will broadcast from Radio Malaya next Tuesday, Jan. 14 on "The House of Commons Tackles Peace."42 words
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90 1947-01-12 3 3 MASKED MEN ESCAPE AFTER 84,600 ROBBERY Sunday Times Correspondent MALLACA, Sat. THREE masked Chinese youths, I one armed with a revolver and I the other two with daggers, robbed the proprietor of a coffeejhop of $4,600 worth of cash and jewellery at 6 a.m. yesterday. Gaining entry into the90 words
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200 1947-01-12 3 Sunday Times Correspondent PENANG, Sat. IVjUNICIPAL employers of all m departments left their desks and staged a one-hour "walkout" shortly before noon today as a protest against the basis of calculation of their two months' back pay advance. While hundreds of clerks and other200 words
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Article, Illustration76 1947-01-12 3 ONCETRIED TO GET TO MECCA Countess Marguerite d'Andurain, aged 52, who, disguised a man, once tried to make the pilgrimage to Mecca, now stands charged in Paris with poisoning her 36-year-old cousin, Maitre (lcru.se. a young lawyer. Countess Marguerite is the widow of Count Pierre d'Andurain, who was murdered in76 words
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184 1947-01-12 3 Sunday Times Correspondent. KUCHING. SARAWAK, Sat. A total of 335 Malay employees of the Sarawak Government, cv; of 2.509 Civil Service employees of all nationalities, have tendered their resignations in lieu of three months' notice since the Chief Secretary's circular to i all Government184 words
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Article152 1947-01-12 3 BATAVIA, Sat. THE Netherlands Army an- nounced that Dutch infantry, I supported by armoured car s and artillery, had met heavy resistance from Indonesian Marines and Army during a clearing action in the north Java port of Semarang. Artillery eventually drove oft the Indonesians, who lostAP - 152 words
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Article62 1947-01-12 3 JTHE wives and children of 1 Singapore stall members of American President Lines will be 'among the 19 passengers from San Francisco to disembark from I the round-the-world liner President Monroe which arrives in i Singapore at daylight tomorrow I Another passenger on board is Lr-dv62 words
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Article283 1947-01-12 3 Sunday Times Staff Correspondent KUALA LUMPUR, Sat. pENDING a decision regarding the future role of the l<ua, I forces in the defence of Malaya, the status of the Volunteer Forces in the Malayan Union demobilised and disembodied but not disbanded is being extended to Dec, 31283 words
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Article62 1947-01-12 3 MISS Muriel Steinbeck, the Australian film actress who came to Singapore for the premiere of "Smithy," in which she plays the part of Lady Kingsford Smith, li to take the part of Viola in a Radio Theatre production of "Twelfth Night" this evening. The play62 words
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Article206 1947-01-12 3 POLICE HUNT FOR PERAK BOMB GANG Sunday Times Correspondent IPOH, Sat DOLJCE are scouring the country- side for the perpetrators ji the midnight bomb outrage which occurred on a rubber estate a few miles from Sitiawan on Jan. 9. Armed men were responsible for setting a building on fire ana206 words
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Article27 1947-01-12 3 r[E Clan Maclaren, the first ship of the new £3.000.000 British fleet to linn the U.K. with India, sailed from Liverpool yesterday says Router.Reuter - 27 words
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Article, Illustration51 1947-01-12 3 Sgt O. Ch H M«sch, of the Krva! Netherlands Indies Army and his uifr. Uter their wedfliKt: at the Cathrdral of the Gocd Shepherd yesterday. The f.ride, who was formerly Viss I.ilv Helena Buys, was given awu> by Mr. G. J. A. Vehng, .:i tnt RcaMoit ol Riouw's51 words
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Advertisement21 1947-01-12 3 MARTINS M. FLINTER S. GRINBERG WHOLESALE AND RETAIL DEALERS DIAMONDS and JEWELLERY Telephone 7923 67, Stamford Rd Eu Court Building Singapore21 words
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Advertisement242 1947-01-12 3 d/A]\\ TO SYDNEY jlill TO LONDON Flytn§ Boat ovtr Simffort. A LMOST any time you wi»h, you can leave by AlR— on the Kangaroo route from Singapore— and be in England or Australia within jux a few day*. Priority rcWrictioni are lifted and a genrrotr baggagr allowance i» made. You242 words
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1046 1947-01-12 4 BOB GILMORE - AN AUSSIE FINDS STORE GAY CLEAN BOB GILMORE __Air Mail Letter. From IIOUHNE, Jan. 1. BINDER ihe heading Singapore Recaptures Its Old Gaiety", the Sydney Morning Ht'iald p mi a friendly piece by its EL A. Stundish, recently back bom your parts. Compaied with elsewhere hi Asia, the Australian reporter1,046 words
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Article, Illustration14 1947-01-12 4 RITA HAYWORTH suns herself at her Hollywood pool, wearing a smart white twopiece swimsuit.14 words
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Article191 1947-01-12 4 B.v A Special Correspondent THE London Malayan Women's Club, which did good work by keeping old friends in touch during the war, has moved into new premises at 13. Park Place. St. James's. In the war years much good work was done by Miss Dorothea191 words
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Article558 1947-01-12 4 CROM Hrn Pacific Press Pu- Wishing Association, California, come two new books for students of Malay; a dictionary and a one year course. "The First Year of Standard Malay" is excellently arranged and <xtremcly comprehensive. In some 300 pages the author. Vernon Hendershot, has included a558 words
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533 1947-01-12 4 HISTORIC SITE FOR WORLD 'CAPITAL r[E 17 acres of slaughter houses and other drab structures where th« United Nations will build their world capital on the East Side of *New York's Manhattan Island has figured in making history many times since the Dutch bought that land from the American Indians.533 words
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Article198 1947-01-12 4 TWO Su working on atomic ich have repro the famed Northern l artificially by accti This strangelj i eautiful i !k Romenoo <>t nighi in the far North long mystified ecientlst*. The current discovery o Hannc.s Alfvcn and Di Kill Gustav Malmfors. of Sir.;' Technical198 words
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Article76 1947-01-12 4 Those who— as a result of prcsint restricti fear a prolonged drought "I Scotch whisky may take comfort from the reported discovery in Sweden of a mo'hod ft artificially "aviiu I ill drink by submitting it t< inßuenco of short sound Svenska Daiblnrt^t -oi E holm76 words
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Article154 1947-01-12 5 DOUBLE NORMAL IK DEC Sunday Times Reporter SINGAPORE Island s December rainfall was about 10 ins. more than had been its average share over a 64-year period from 1869 to 1932. 1 lie actual rainfall recorded at Changi during December was approximately 18 ins., while the lor the month is154 words
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Article, Illustration66 1947-01-12 5 The two swords surrendered by Field-Marshal Count Terauchi to Admiral Mountbatten were on view recently at a London show. One of the swords, lent by Viscount Mountbatten is priceless and the most historic of all Japanese swords. The blad? was forged in 1292 A.D. and the66 words
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Article78 1947-01-12 5 Sunday Times Correspondent I-ENANG. Sat. MALAYANS with money to spare Should invest it in China, Mr 1 Saw Song Kew. prominent Penang rubber merchant and member of he local Kuomintang, advises on j hit return from a three months' 1 noliday and business trip to78 words
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Article66 1947-01-12 5 Singapore, Sat. THE Singapore Chamber of Com- mercc Rubber Association's rubber prices today at noon were: Buyers Sellers VU Cta. per Ib. per Ib N« 1 R S S Spot I***"* 41", No 1 K.I fob in bain Jan. it', 43 No R.S S. lob in bales Jan.66 words
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Article46 1947-01-12 5 CHARGED with trespassing at the Changi Airport a' 11 a.m. on Jan. 10, a Chinese, Soo Kiong Siong. had his case posponed T<l Jan. 25 when h* claimed inal before the Singapore Second Police Magistrate, Mr. L. C. Goh yesterday. Bail was granted.46 words
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Article257 1947-01-12 5 TIHE Army has already begun vacating the Singapore Turf Club building and grounds in Bukit Timah. The building will revert to the Singapore Turf Club when the No. 2 Transit Camp which at present occupies the Turf Club premises moves out to Ulu Pandan very257 words
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Article435 1947-01-12 5 COMMITTEE TO PLAN SAFER ROADS New drive to check accidents Sunday Times Reporter FOLLOWING closely on the announcement of the largest number of road deaths in a month for 20 years, the Singapore Government has decided to reconstitute the Traffic Advisory Committee in order to plan measures to check the435 words
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Article51 1947-01-12 5 A Chinese, Chui Seng, who pleaded guilty to stealing tools and spare parts -worth $120 while working as a labourer at 223 BOD. Alexander Road on Jan. 10, was sentenced to two months' rigorous imprisonment by Mr. Tan Thoon Lip, in the Fourth Court51 words
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151 1947-01-12 5 Sunday Times Correspondent Penang, Sat. IF present plans materialse, Penang will soon have its first film producing company. Called Prince of Wales Island Motion Pictures, the company has already submitted to the film censor the script for its first scheduled production, tentatively entitled "Love151 words
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Article138 1947-01-12 5 Sunday Times Correspondent KUALA LUMPUR. 3a i. LADY Gent, wif> of the Governor, on Thursday inspected the first prefabricated house in the Malayan Union, which is the suggest»ed model on which th? Government shou'd bas? any programme to relieve the acute convention .:rror>? ihf pear r138 words
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Article55 1947-01-12 5 ALLEGED to have robbed $200 in cash from a Sikh at 13/2 milestone. Woodlands Road, on Jan. 5, a 40 year-old Sikh, Gurdial Singh of 10 milestone, Bukit. Panjang Road, was remanded for 48 hours in police custody, when he was produced and charged in55 words
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306 1947-01-12 5 Sunday Times Correspondent KUALA LUMPUtt, Sat. "THE Ceylon Federation of Ma- laya rest on a definite policy oi two principles in regard to the present Malayan constitutional proposals we admit the paramount rights of the Malays but we claim equal opportunity and equal rights306 words
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613 1947-01-12 6 THE SUNDAY TIMES Singapore. Jan. 12, 1947. Death On The Roods PINGAPORES steadily rising J road accident figures, culminating last month in the worst recorded for 20 years, make clearer than ever the need for a co-ordinated effort by the Government, the Services and all road-users to raise standards of613 words
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Article987 1947-01-12 6 WALTER FARR - ALL EUROPE'S EYES ARE ON BRITAIN WALTER FARR says reporting on the Continent from Paris TOE Continent of Europe, at the dawn of a new and, for many, a critical year, is looking not to the East nor across the Atlantic, but to Britain and the people of Britain. Of987 words
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Article, Illustration918 1947-01-12 6 RUTH' WAS CHIEF SPY IN ORIENT By A Special Correspondent "DUT.H "—the mysterious Oriental figure who was the key to the Allied espionage system in the Far East during the war is now completing a tour of America and Britain. In a total war waged on high political and economic918 words
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LETTER TO THE EDITOR
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691 1947-01-12 6 READING the ed toriai in last week's issue of the Sunday Times, it gives me sreai [pleasure to note that some.ne is I pleading the cause of Asiaf.o l Volunteers. I AU the facts stated there are quite true but there would still be691 words
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Article, Illustration488 1947-01-12 7 13,000 WILL HELP TO RUN THE CENSUS Start in April Sunday Times Reporter ANE-THOUSAND supervisors and 12,000 ennmerators will be needed to undertake the third allMalayan census scheduled to begin in April. The task of interviewing Malaya's five to six million inhabitants will cost about $1,200,000, will involve thousands of488 words
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Article141 1947-01-12 7 Sunaay Times Correspondent PENAN G, Sal. AS a protest against the attitude of the lighter-owners in the recent dispute with 800 contract lightermen belonging to the Penang Boatmen's Union, more than 2.300 Chinese and Indian labourers have decided to boycott, from Monday, the handling of141 words
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Article62 1947-01-12 7 A GROUP ol 1,319 Chinese dcci passengers. including 80! UNRRA repatriates from Amoy. j Swatow and Foochow. who arriv- ed in Singapore yesterday by th 3 X.P.M. lir.er Van Heutsz from I Hong Kong, were not allowed to land on the island. They were taken to62 words
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Article118 1947-01-12 7 Sunday Times Correspondent KUALA LUMPUR, Sa.. |\R. Frederic Charles Courtenay Benham has been appointed Economic Adviser to the Gover-nor-General of Malaya, Mr. Malcolm Mac Donald, and is expected to arrive In Singapore before the end of this month. Dr. Benham. wh o has been Cassel Reader118 words
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Article20 1947-01-12 7 The Chief Justice of Singapore, Mr. C. M. Murray-Aynsley, has taken up residence at No l Nassim Hill.20 words
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Article159 1947-01-12 7 THE following Singapore J.l' s have been appointed members of th* Board of Visiting Justices for the Colony, for 1947, in accordance with the Prisons Ordinance: January: Mr. B. Govindasamy, Dr. N. A. Canton: February: Mr. W. H. jP. Mosbergen. Mr. R. Jumabboy: March: Mr. Lim159 words
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Article352 1947-01-12 7 Sunday Times Reporter VEGETARIANS throughout Malaya are banding themselves together in an all-out drive to discourage meat eating. The Malayan Vegetarian Society has just issued, its fust report. Three hundred copies were printed at a cost of $45. which was paid by a non-vegetarian Chinese, and352 words
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Article143 1947-01-12 7 ALL business names in Singa- pore will be re-rfeistered under aB. about to be introduced into ti Advisory Council. This is the Business Names (Fresh Registration > Ordinance. 1947. The original Ordinance of this nature came into force on Aug. 30, 1940. and business names in the143 words
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Article82 1947-01-12 7 A Malay. Hedri bin Kassim, who had a previous conviction on a trespass charge, was sentenced to six months' vigorous imprisonmen' in the Singapore Third Court for breaking open a closed receptacle in the Singapore Harbour Board. It was stated by Mr. F. 3. Minns. A.S.P.,82 words
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Article38 1947-01-12 7 rAPT. w J. M. Spiers, Roya Corps of Signals, has been appointed Aide-de-Camp to Sir Ftanklln Glms^n, Governor of Singapore, in place of Capt. B. C Las Casas. Capt. Spiers's appointment took effect on Jan. 4.38 words
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Article, Illustration69 1947-01-12 7 Lady Campbell, wife of the laic Sir John Campbell, who returned to Singapore yesterday from Australia to s-av with a daughter. Mrs. M.C. Bain. Lady Campbell left Malaya in 1939 and has been in England and Australia. Her husband, who was a wellknown tm miner in Perlis,69 words
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636 1947-01-12 7 DEASONS why British soldiers in Christmas Island on March, 1942, were killed and conversations he heard subsequently wei. given yesterday by L/Nalk Inayat Khan at the General Court Martial, trying seven Indian soldiers on a charge of mutiny on the island. Inayat Khan,636 words
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Article424 1947-01-12 7 Sunday Times Reporter A LARGE store of opium that would fetch in the rt region of $2 million among Singapore "dope" dealers is hidden away somewhere in Singapore. This store of nearly 2,000 lbs. of opium and about SO lbs. of chandu (prepared opium) the424 words
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Article33 1947-01-12 7 Sunday Times Common 1 1 KUALA LUMP UK, rIE cienth oc:urr d on To a- Bungsar Hospital ol Mary Goode. wife of Mr. W C. Goode. of th> Ma'a^an Secretariat.33 words
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Advertisement499 1947-01-12 8 HER LIMBS CREAKED WITH RHEUMATISM Widow Suffered for 25 Years When vour jomu. start to creak and rrac;.. it is a sure sign that rheumatism in some form has invaded your I II you fail to heed the warning you are storing up trouble for your?tlt Read this letter, from499 words
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Advertisement412 1947-01-12 8 We still maintain HIGHEST QUALITY AND TRADITIONS of the JEWELLER 7jBMoftrH Bit ID 61 *0.. SPCKC. Pain afrer Meals? You can eat what you please and digest it with ease if* you takcalittle'Bisurated' Magnesia after meals. This neutralises the excess acid which causes most stomach troubles and ensures complete freedom412 words
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Miscellaneous732 1947-01-12 8 Til is liana, oclievc it or not. was dealt at the T.B.A. Congress h.-lJ at Tunbridge Wells recently. A series of players picked up twelve Clubs to all five honours and a singleton Spade. You can, of course, plunge into your Small Slam at once; but this cannot be a732 words
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Miscellaneous992 1947-01-12 8 THIS WEEK FOR YOU BY STELla I— What the Stars Foretell—, CAPRICORN (Dec 23— Jan. ARIES, (Mar. 22— Apr. 20).— favoured I this week, social as value of your talents, a substan(..WRHUKft, juec. M-ttmtu. in n nmf^ssional zains weU business plans develop- tial profit may be assured. If 20) -A992 words
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Miscellaneous441 1947-01-12 8 WITS-QUIZ by NEIL MUNRO THIS Quiz is new a year old, ai.d I am celebrating the anniversary by introducing a number of new ideas. Just «o ahead and worry out the answers without worrying about your score EAVESDROPPING You must imagine that you have your ear to the keyhole and441 words
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Article845 1947-01-12 9 MARY HEATHCOTT - Million went to the show MARY HEATHCOTT by LONDON. Dec. 30. OIT in any bus any day going down Kensington and just before you get io Palace Gate the conducrii "Alight here for thrill he bus empties. Everyone, ii seem c pt you is going to the Exhibition. Everyone has845 words
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Article341 1947-01-12 9 VOW thai honey and goldei. syrup cun easily be bought, the ways of iking out your sugar ration aie many. If you haven't yet tasted fruit stewed with syrup instead of >-uear. you have a treat in *'ore Biar.cmar.ges and milk puddings, too. have a341 words
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Article67 1947-01-12 9 REPAIRS and decoration are proceeding at the Tanglin Preparatory School at the Cameron Highlands and it is hoped to open the school at the end of this month. Members of the staff are on their way to Mp.laya now and Miss Griffith Jones is getting the school67 words
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Article248 1947-01-12 9 Do long hour* of TV-ep make one stupid? I average nine to ten hours every night. Is this too much?— SLEEPY HEAD. PROM six to eight hours is considered enough for the average adult. Some of the world's hardest workers and best brains have needed even less. A248 words
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Article, Illustration25 1947-01-12 9 This three-piece cyclamen and white spotted Corvette beach suit has a short skirt, gathered, which is worn over panties and there is a heart-shaped fitted25 words
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Article275 1947-01-12 9 " Kebun - POTS AND PANS FOR PLANTS "Kebun" by TIIERK are numerous things which require seeing to in your garden apart from your shrubs, beds and lawns. There's your potting soil to be seen to, your pots to be bought and all the young plants raised so that you will be able275 words
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Article671 1947-01-12 9 JEAN GAYE - JEAN GA YE A WOMAN'S NOTEBOOK in THERE is more definite news of the new International Club. Having failed to find any suitable premises o! their own, the committee have agreed to amalgamate with the Island Club The Island Club is to exter.d its activities and enlarge671 words
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Advertisement151 1947-01-12 9 FOOD PARCELS FROM AUSTRALIA To ENGLAND, EUROPE r and BRITISH OCCUPIED GERMANY CHOICE OF 11 PARCELS Every item in those parcels ia FRESH and of the HIGHEST QUALITY OBTAINABLE and NONE of Services Disposal Goods. BOOK YOUR MONTHLY OKDEKS NOW Parcels to Europe and British Occupied Germany can be insured151 words
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Advertisement342 1947-01-12 9 Hbrrockses BS— !B-f S~>*i(ys <t!t tlons Iri zJtorroclx'Si-K *WF^ r7nu. Cotton U\es,, g HOUSE COATS $29*50 to $43*50 DRESSES $25*50 to $29.50 sun suns beach suits $12.50 to $19.50 Colours:- TURQUOISE, TAN, WINE, FUCHSIA RED. LIME. AND NAVY. UIHITEHWHVS (WHITEAWAY. LAIDLAW V CO.. LTD.) Tel. 6907 SINGAPORE Post Bex t«6342 words
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Article322 1947-01-12 10 Sunday Times Staff Reporter A MATEUR boxing in Singapore is to get into its stride again A after an interruption of over five years, and the first of a series of tournaments is to take place in March this year. Tentative dates for this tournament322 words
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Article101 1947-01-12 10 Alter a long year of hard work or. the Island Club golf course, the 18 holes are now in good condition for play. The greens are pe.-fect and the fairways are just as good as pre-war. The Mland Club will resume Its m..:.»hly competition on Jan. 25 and101 words
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Article98 1947-01-12 10 THE first annual gathering after the liberation, of the Useful Badminton Party will be held today at the bungalow of Mr Teo Kirn Eng at Pasir Rls. when members and friends will participate in '.and and sea sports. The party's general meeting will also take place at which98 words
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Article, Illustration38 1947-01-12 10 Clubmates form an arch of hockey sticks at the wedding of Mr. Gerald < larke. Singapore hockey player and SRC. cricket captain, and Miss Margaret Jose ohi Cockburn, al the Cathedral of the Good Shepherd on Thursday.38 words
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530 1947-01-12 10 HOME FOOTBALL LONDON, Sat. TTiE return of "sudden death" Cup ties instead of the war1 time home and away system brought a revival of prewar Cup atmosphere. Nearly a million people watched 32 matches in the third round proper and there were remarkableReuter - 530 words
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Article118 1947-01-12 10 BRITISH amateur golfers who beat their United States rivals for the first time In 1938 are hoping to repeat their success in the Walker Cup contest of 1947. This is to be played at St. Andrews, the famous Scottish <:olf course, rather er.rlier than usual on118 words
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Article84 1947-01-12 10 JHERE will be an Army Rugby trial match at Jalan Besar on Tuesday at 5 p.m. The following have been selected to play: Cpl. Thomas. Maj. Robertson. Lt. Batwell. Maj. Jaunders, LCpl. Llewellyn. Cpl. Monk. Capt. Bateup. Capt. McAllister. Maj. Curtis. Maj. Hall. Capt. Howard. Din Lawson,84 words
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Article81 1947-01-12 10 Sunda> Times Correspondent BATU PAHAT, Sat. a meeting of the B.P.F.A. attended by representatives of the 14 Clubs participating In the VictoryCup competition, the following fixture list, was drawn up: Bukit Rahmat v Mampan, Jan. 21: Senggarrang v Police, Jan. 23; Telok Buloh v Mlnyak81 words
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Article133 1947-01-12 10 Bill Bowes - FRED FREER TO PLAY IN ENGLAND Bill Bowes From HOBART, Sat. JTETTH Miller, brilliant Australian and Victorian tll-rounder, tells me he will not be going to Rawtenstall. He has an offer from a Sydney firm of motor dealers, which will enable him to play for New South Wales and assures133 words
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Article204 1947-01-12 10 PENALTIES decided the rugger lnatcli I betwa?n the S.C.C. and Nee Soon Transit Camp, on the padang yesterday, the club winning by six points (two penalty goals) to three points fpenalty) Played in pouring rain, the game was rather scrappy, players finding difficulty in204 words
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Article223 1947-01-12 10 LATEST positions in the Army MM leagues on are: LEAGUE I P W L D F A P P^sn GHQ Sealf 3 3 14 1 6 1 47 B.G.H. 2 11-3326 RASC PSD 3 12-5927 1 Bt Transit Camp 3 2 1 6 11 18 R\SC Trg223 words
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447 1947-01-12 10 By A Special Correspondent i RRANOEMENTS are now being I A made for a meeting of the Bad- minton Association of Malaya to take place at Ipoh on Jan. 25. Among the items on the agenda arc the revision of the associations rules, j447 words
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Advertisement150 1947-01-12 10 PRESIDENT LINE Sailingi VHV YORK HAVANA via India and Mediterranean Pork IR \<) VICTORY In Port S.S WILLIS Vlf KERY Due Feb. 6 PRESIDENT MONROE arriving 6 a.m. Monday, Jan. 13 S.iiling 7 a.m. Tuesday. Jan. II Passengers to rmbark 7 p.m. Monday, Jan. 13 MARINE ADDER dv« a.m. Tuesday.150 words
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Advertisement624 1947-01-12 10 BRITISH STORES DISPOSAL BOARD (SINGAPORE) TENDER NOTICE. BY ORDEK OF THE DIRECTOR OF DISPOSALS, FAR EASTERN AREA (M.0.5.) 1. The British Stores Disposal Board, Singapore, is authorised to receive Tenders for the following items: Located at No. 4 Sab-Depot Produce Group Balestier Road, Singapore Lot No. I—Misc.1 Misc. metal strap624 words
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Advertisement290 1947-01-12 10 .MACLEAN Biaiid Slomvl. Powcici gives welcome uliei 1 from acidi'.y, flatulence K hoar. burn, stomach pain nausea. ti!hn:.' ness and cthor I symptoms of digestive dis- I turbances. Invaluable foi 1 headaches, depression, sleeplessness and palpitatloi when thc.=e are caused b? 1 stomach di*rrdrr-. I Look for the Signature-J [MACLEAH^i^;290 words
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Article473 1947-01-12 11 Bill Bowes - Bill Bowes From HOBART, Sat. PLAYING cricket likely <o pSeusc the crowd rather than bltag luiir* 1 s*'«!res, Ilasscit. Barnes, ."Miller und Johnson, Ihe imported \n>tr.tlian Test players, introduced much of a festive atmosphnc in the M.C.C. match Bgafal 1 the Combin«d Eleven :it Hobart.473 words
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Article1332 1947-01-12 11 Dour Struggle In The Mud Sunday Times Staff Correspondent Byes 5; Lett byes 2. No balls 6 (B*dHt 5. Pollard 1). MCC— 2ND INNINGS Gibb c (iardinrr b Murfett 11 Fishlcck net out 28 '..irdslaiX not out 13 Total (for one »kl) 52 KUALA LUMPUR, Sat.1,332 words
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Article127 1947-01-12 11 Sunday Times Hockey Reporter MICH to the disappointment of hockey fans S ris'apore the inter-state fixture between Singapore and Negri Sembilan was postponed owing to a heavy downpour of rain which started at 4 p.m. and continued till 6 p.m. Because Negri players will be127 words
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Article165 1947-01-12 11 CINGAPORES professional boxing 5 ended on a good note lr.st year with 3 programme in which Mick McKay. South African, and Stan Mott. Australian, mad* their first appearances, and it bids fair to pet off to a good Mart this year with both these boxer*165 words
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Article60 1947-01-12 11 FDAY. at Jalan Besar Stadium, the HakUa Community Guild soccer team will meet the Port Embarkation Headqu&rtcrs XI in a charity match.! the entire proceeds to be domtrd to the Hakka Frre Hospital and Welfare Fund. Whon ihev met last, the match ended |in a two-all60 words
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Article399 1947-01-12 11 NEW YORK. Sat. NEGRO athletes, breaking down racial barriers by virtue of their tremendous native ability, are making great strides toward success in amateur and, especially, professional United States sports where the big salaries have been beyond their reach for so many years,UP - 399 words
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262 1947-01-12 11 Sunday Times CorrwjMndenl IPOH. Sat. THE following are the weights for Saturday, Jan. 18. the first day of tivc Ipoh races Horses, t lass 1, DIv. 1. 51 Fnrs. Pour Winds (late Skipper) 9.07. Fighting Fish (late Waterfall) 8.13, Bon Horr.mc 8.07. Distinguished 8.07.262 words
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Advertisement152 1947-01-12 11 CATHAY 1W 1^ «111 H I 6 .30, 9 .30 :i4o LAST DAY That Scandalous London Hussy Sweeps To The Screen/ Straight from the daring pages of the AU 9m\ sensational novel you've heard about! rinioouni pfcscntt iH^ =iSf PauletteliJODDAßl) mjtol mPfmW* Mitchell Leisen nor**™* „-f IUf :B«ld Owro Coojuixt152 words
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Advertisement334 1947-01-12 11 THE HALL FOR QUALITY SOUND PROJECTION. ZSTLJ" 1 V y^t to-day 5 shows II 2-4. 15- 6. 30 IS F* PHONE.6 909 opENS TO D AY! LOOK UP! THEY'RE ON THEIR WAY! TECHNICOLOR! J^gA^k£ J^w $i f v Jjl I VHk^a Jiff Sft I M 7 mm Ifi Z*L* PRESTON334 words
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Article, Illustration42 1947-01-12 12 London's uUKt, models and art student* held (to* first Chelsea Arts Ball for ei*ht years at the Albert HaU on New Tear's Eve. This time the tablenux h&d mM» n UK. wtti s|ud?uts rcy '*a»»tU* via.42 words
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Article, Illustration20 1947-01-12 12 Left: British troops putting up concertina wire round Jerusalem's Post Office, recently threatened by Jewish terrorists In thHr anti-Government campaign.20 words
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Article, Illustration21 1947-01-12 12 Here are some of the first British sk°:-c:s to visit Switserland since before lh<: war. The picture was taken at Davos.21 words
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Article, Illustration16 1947-01-12 12 Above: Miss Anna Neagle, the film actress, opened Britain's first philatelic ex bibltion since the vs..16 words
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Advertisement402 1947-01-12 12 Tr.^ny: 1 30 n m. I.M crowds r.tllv li the "Bick 'c-in of Grr !ni MM*! "NAM6AMHA S'VOATHArn (In Turn II* St»r-'"c V»' unOhara Devi in her most Iliilli-nt s'Uis-darce number! Si'pp-rtfrJ by Kanjsn, N'.S. Krvhnan. and T.A. Muthuram. NEW -WflRCb* PARK-*— < r-^^.r— r^— r Tod**: 3 C 9402 words
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Advertisement211 1947-01-12 12 IJNIVERSAI/S SUPER-SEQUEL TO RECORDWRECKING 'HOUSE OF FRANKENSTEIN! H^fTflg TO-DAY! My 11 a.i»i— 2 p.m.— 4.11 v TEL. 4042. BIR-COnpITIOriED SEE THE GREATEST COUECTRin OF HORROR CHARACTER?! PHION CHANEY MARTHA O'ORISCOLL H PRECEDED BY PA THE GAZETTE England vs. France Rinjgcr. Semnd Tes' Ma.-, h GLN- TOTL\ DRAMA /N HEMINGWAY'S WILDEST211 words
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