Sunday Tribune (Singapore), 15 June 1947

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    23 1 THE PEOPLE .TO/* THE PEOPLE THE ONLY NATION/vL NEWSPAPER IN MALAYA The Sunday Tribune ffrfLVE pages SINGAPORE, JUNE, 15, 194 r TEN CENTS
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    THE LETTER THAT STARTED A TB FUND...
    364 1 Th^ S:r.r..v Tiibuiv prints t btlow ttrt ads from the letter li, a1 1 HCk Hln ••Tl;< afiiclc on 'Sta> j tffil Mid ll** Li the 13 'Efibune J»as been icad v.i'h greafl int. rest. Th* Malaya Tribune ad lh»- Su.iday lrihunp ouulit
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    S'PORE'S TB SCOURGE
    398 1  - S'PORE'S TB SCOURGE T. S. KHOO (By News Fid i tor) Padre's Plea The Sunday Tribune is pledged to fight TB. Before the war, we advocated State Lotteries as a means of laising money for the battle against the Nazi scourge. TO-DAY, WE STILL ADVOCATE STATE LOTTERIES —this tin o
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    TRUCK CRASH: IOR HELD
    72 1 An lOR driver has been detained by the Singapore Trafllc Police in connection with the fatal road accident in which two British soldiers were killed and S3 others injured when a military lorry which w.^' t,a*nig thfjm to Johore overturned at the 11th mile. Bukit Timah
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    50 Dead In U.S. Air Crash
    77 1 LEESBURG, VIRGINIA, June 14. A missmg PennsyJvania Cenirai Ai.'incs piane was found smashed atop the Blue Ridgo mountains today an<i officials of the line said that the 50 persons aboard must an. i have poiishtd. janeg Frank in, PCA maintenance director who located the
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    WAR RUMOURS IN FRANKFURT
    39 1 WAR RUMOURS IN FRANKFURT FRANKFURT. Jure 14 Ru.<isian. American and German cfflc-als were trying toright to combat the vilitiit scare of war lumours that has hit this iu« mour-ridde- courtry since tho last battle of Worli War H-- U.P.
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    CONGRESS MEMBERS ARRESTED
    42 1 Trivandrum, Travancore. June 14. Seven members of Travancore State Congress, including some of its leaders, were arrested in Trivandrum and other chief centre^ today for defying the ban i on meetings and processions imposed by the State authorities yesterday.
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    ARABS TO BOYCOTT U.N. INQUIRY
    34 1 Lake Success, June 14.— Th? Arab Higher Committee offlcially informed Trygve Lie. Secre-tary-General of the United Nations Organisation, that they are J boycotting the United Nations Palestine Inquiry Committee.
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    POLICE FOIL AUSTRALIAN SWEEP SYNDICATES' BID TO 'INVADE" STORE
    227 1 POLICE FOIL AUSTRALIAN SWEEP SYNDICATES' BID TO 'INVADE" STORE (Sunday Tribune Reporter) AUU RALIAN SWEEPSTAKE SYMDICA T ES ARE TRY^^G O STAC-i AN "INVASION* OF SINGAPORE. One syndicate has tried to gat cfTicial sanction so that they can incrrase their scope to include Singapore. This n>- cuest has been tyrnec.
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    Newer, Bigger Planes For Our Air Service
    464 1 (Sunday Tribune Staif Reporter) Britain will send more new civil transport aeroplanes, specially conditioned for tropical flying, to itialaya. The Viking which is now being used on the Indian International Airways is expected to be introduced here f u:ily soon, along with the
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    WINSTON GETS HIS CIGARS
    42 1 LONDON. Jur« 14.— Wi'fiton Churchill, recuperating frcm his operation for hernia wa> beginning to Jeel his old self again toe ay. He had Just smoked his first cigar sirco his operatior. I several cays ahead of schedife. U.P.
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    TWO SPITFIRES CRASH IN I HR
    37 1 Tokio, June 14.— Two officers of the 4th Royal Indian Air Force Squadron were killed when their Spitfires crashed within 30 mits. of each other near Okayama, Southern Honshu, on Thursday.
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    18,000 (and 165 cops) see Sing Tao held to three-all draw
    175 1 The largest polite force posted to control a Singapore football crowd w?s at Jalan Besat Stadium yesterday for the Sing T;»o touring team's liist match here. One hundred and fifty policemen with 15 officers were there. And they did
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    TRUMAN HAD "GRAND VISIT"
    35 1 Washington, June 14.—President Truman on his arrival here I from Canada late last night went immediately to the White House. He told newspapermen he had a "grand visit" in Canada.- Reuter
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    MORE SPACE TO WED
    30 1 .Pel' owing protests about Uie dingy premises used for marriages by the Woolwich Registrar, the Committee Room of the WoUwich Town Hall is to be u.->ed.
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    "I Loved An Officer . . ."
    36 1 "I Loved An Officer "I Loved an Oincer" the intimate story of a Singapore -;hl Y.h'> fell in love with a British Officer wIH be featured in Wednesday's "Moraiug Tribune." Make certain of your copy now.
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    MPAJA CALL OFF DEMONSTRATION
    69 1 KUALA LUMPUR, Sat.— T h B Malayan People l^ Anti-Japanese Army .ex-oervicc Comrades Association has decided to call off t-is Cvlalayan wide demonstrations which were scheduled for tomorrow for the release of Fooi Hong, formerly of 2nd Company. sth Regiment of the MPAJA, wh > is
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      195 1 ITS A vyONDERFUL LIFE'' Y.T.LKK. THE PEN REPAIRERS, 34, Chulia St., S'pore. PIGEONS FLYBY DAKOTAS Two Dakotas tock 4.000 pigeon., win Croydcn to Nantes for a fact: u '^h £^,700 prize mrncy. JUSTICE IS BACK annmt statue cf Justice. for protection in 1941. was s ored to hmgay's Market Cross.
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      127 1 Now printed simultaneously in Singapore. Kuala Lumpur, Ipoh Penanp jfljjgv W HBi (B Wk Ir Tan Kp<l Kee °PP° se^ State lotteries. B^S K Bl JB He has hi> reasons some of them sound, too. SB BB Bn HByH Bu< ne Sunday Tribune has an answer for BB W sli
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    He Tried Suicide Twice In A Month—Second Bid Was A Success
    317 2 He Tried Suicide Twice In A Month— Second Bid Was A Success Behind the finding of suicide returned by the Singapore Coroner, Mr. VV. G. Porter, yesterday, lies the lran«e story of a Chinese named Chan Kin:- Meng, who succeeded in taking his own life at a second try. Chan
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    Japs, Too, Had PRO
    370 2 (From Our Own Reporter) MalallA, &ac. A caustic attack on the j^udiic Relations Department wa 6 made by several prominent individuals and communal associations of Malacca, today. Mr. Tan Erig Seng, the labour leader, declared, "The latest Ktnat in the advertising of tha Public Relations Department
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    $I-Mi!lion Claim After Lynching
    66 2 Mrs. Tessie Earle, mother of Willie Earle, the young Negro lynched at Greenville, North Carolina, i s to bring a civil suit for £62.500 against the twentyeight white men acquitted last etc rtf the murder. Mr. Earle is also claiming the same amount from the municipality
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    Cletgy "Who's Who" Shows Its Teeth
    186 2 Cletgy "Who's Who" Shows Its Teeth The Pope. Anglican Bishops and the Mini try of Labour are i sharply attacked in the preface to the 1947 edition of Crockford Clerical Directory, just issued. THE POPE is taken to task for his letter to the people of London in 1944. urging
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    TO OUTLAW STRIKES
    64 2 PARIS, Jur« 14.— The former Ererch Finance Alinuter, Reno Pleven, tcday preserved a bill ln the Assembly desigred to outlaw some forms of strifct-s. The bill detailed eorditiona "outside which a strike becomes ill sil tn public ard Industrial services as well as those whose continued furctior
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    Cosmetics Lured Her At 79
    118 2 Supervisor May Meaden saw a silver-haired old lady take a box of face powder from a Trowbridge (Wilts) store and walk out w.tnout paying. In court the following day, Mrs. Harriett Jones, 79, denied stealing the powder. Her doctor said he was certain she would
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    Shell Now Fight Labour GovL
    99 2 Harrogate, Eng., June 14.— j Miss Naomi Jacob, the 55-year-old novelist and pioneer Socialist, said today that she wa h quitting the Labour Party alter 35 years to light the government. "Nobody who loves England can do otherwise," she said. The Attlee government, she went
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    CHINESE TO CLAIM FOR REFUND OF FORCED CONTRIBUTIONS
    189 2 The Sirgapore Chinese Massacre Appeal Committee will soon hold a meetr g to iormulate a plan for represer.tatior to be made to Government to have the claims for the itfund oi forced donations taken v~r> by the Reparations Team for Japan. Mr.
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    They 'Police' Their Own Districts
    299 2 (Sunday T ibune Staff Reporter) Certain districts c?f Singapore are "policed" by the residents of those .sections, themselves. They have formed "'mutual protection and assistance Organisations in order to capture and hand over t( i\^v regular police, criminalls caught in the act in their areas.
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    1200 Malayans Leave This Week For Mecca
    458 2 (Sunday Tribune StaT Reporter) Once a^ain, MusHm pilgrims from all over Malaya, Sumatra and the iM&hbouiing islands are gathering In Singapore and Penang to make tiie annual pilgriir-ige to Mecca from which they return as Haji. Over 1,200 Muslim-, from Mal- aya. forming
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    Ex-S'pore Officer Gets Jail Term
    120 2 Ex-S' pore Officer Gets Jail Term HONGKONG J u f t Brian Palmer «!«wSI der of the Royal Naval p^aecoratrd by the Kini**"^ i Vatican for" war K^£* i today fouhd Kuilty <£[* Res of larceno- of qir?>Deny ir his ca^citvL> r; -r of the Wak-rwav fc Office here, ard
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    TURTLE ISLAND'S TURTLE PROBLFM
    47 2 London. June- 14-The 1 of the turtles on Turtle ft£ Las not been settled yeTT Fon-ign Office announced toh, A spokesman denied rep, British had obtained turtle^ ing concessions in negatiM^ with the Philippines conctZ I the Islands, which lie betw^nS and Borneo.
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    $2,000 Bail For Rape Charge Soldiers
    82 3 I thl s um of $2,000 each, iLgi^trate "> Court G.McCullorh.2U) ffS BoWell (22 Led rape of a 15-year-old girl at the War Crim at Mount Eli- Ui y 9 and H *2«n they were brought up bc-hall bedth, bailoi $2,500 .fiered by .uty
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    BOYS' CLUB DENIED SWIM FACILITIES, PLAYGROUND
    547 3  -  Bill Paterson (By One of the greatest problems that confronted the authorities on the liberation of Singapore was the eau- tion of teen-age boys and girls. This was the foremost topic of conversation between Mr. Tan Thoon Lip— the present chairman of th€ Katong
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    Climbed 2,000ft. 12 Times To Feed Trapped Dog
    69 3 Climbed 2,000ft. 12 Times To Feed Trapped Dog Farmer Archibald McKi ixnd his koi) climb r h- top Ol a 2.070H mountain ve days to push food water through a rock creva.sse to a terrier trapped <v >x':; dan. Th« Mr McKellai .of Glenfinnan, West Ii vei i managed to
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    NEW M.P. CHIEF
    59 3 General Sir Miles C. Dempiey, K.C.8., K.EE., D.S O M.C.. Commander in Chid. Middle East Land Poroei has b»-(!i appointed by His Majesty The Km^ to be Colonel Commandant ol the Corp- of Royal Military Police. Brigadier R. A. Leeson, M.8.E., Provost Marsha). GHQ., SEALF has H
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    TAXI DRIVER ROBBED
    34 3 frour Chine-e who engaged a .axi near the Ncn World on Friiay night, were reported to have robbed tht- driver of $20 and a fountain pen when they reached tfuny Road
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    Poultry Epidemic Hits Pulau Tekong
    669 3 Poultr y Epidemic Hits Pulau Tekong (By Kany Fans, Sunday Tribune Stall Reporter) A poultry epidemic has raised its ugly head on the island of Pulau Tekong and on neighbouring islands oft Changi. There i$ panic amon^ poultry rearers, who for fe*X of farthef losses, are bringing them by the
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    'Tribune' Is RIGHT Again!
    169 3 'Tribune' Is RIGHT Again! KUALA LUMPUR. Sat.— Two Chinese cooks to a. European family in K.L.. wno thought they struck the tmrd prize in the Big Sweep on the Fim Day of the S-T.C. i June* Meeting, were disappointed this morning when they called at the Town Office ol the
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    Wesley Church Wedding
    96 3 The marriage of Mr. Mok Yoon &t-ng to Miss Doris Chung Yen Ling was solemnized at Wesley Methodist Church, Singapore, yesterday. The bridegroom is a. son of MrMok Liang Heng and the bride is a daughter of Mr. Chung Ngiam Cheong. A number of guests were entertained
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    MORE DEATHS THAN BIRTHS IN SINGAPORE WHEN JAPS WERE HERE
    307 3 MORE DEATHS THAN BIRTHS IN SINGAPORE WHEN JAPS WERE HERE Did You Know There Were (Tribune Staff Reporter) Singapore's health statistics over the past six years provide an accurate indication of the ups and downs through which the populace has passed in those years. The outstanding features of this period
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    BOY FRUSTRATES GUNMEN
    64 3 Two Chinese gunmen wore frightened away and left emptyhanded after they had gained entry into a house in Guan Chuan Street. Friday afternoon. The reason the men left in a hurry without taking anything was because they found that a small boy had slipped out of th<house
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    "GREAT BRITAIN AND THE EAST"
    64 3 'Great Britain and the Ea^t. a trade journal devoted to the fostering of trade and goodwill between Britain and the East, h now published in three separao editions Far East, India and Middle East In each edition a section deals with items of interest to
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      299 3 AFRESH AND LvteiLl 9lllli FREE FROM DRYNESS Dry, rough skin can new be smooth. Gently and soothir into the tiniest pores, makirg your skin exq smooth and lovely Soon your complexion I on a new freshness enck I a picture of youthful radiance Damask in offsets the drying effects of
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    A WOMAN PEEPS AT SINGAPORE
    1716 4  -  VERA ARDMORE by i tnerican Welcome Mr. and Mis. llatteton gave a iar&e cocktail puny Uie other evening at their residence in Chatsworth Avenue to meet Mr. and Mrs. Henry F. Grady, who are on their way to India where Mr. Grady will take up
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      383 4 WITNEY'S ALL-WOOL BLANKETS G2AN S SH Co., l RAFFLES PLACE 1 CtJiA^Jyl^ y X* ftenfunte* TCNiCHT'S SOCIAL RENDEZVOUS IM THE PALM COURT AT RAFFLES HOTEL at 9 P.M. THE BA:> D OF THE 2nd Bn. WEST YORKSHIRE REGIMENT (l il c:i^ 1 )wn) Bandmaster B. B. White A.R.Oi. BOOK YOUR
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      71 4 J t /f I Y S LITTLE PAPfUS HOML Just Arrived American Cot ion Drcm Gay Cocktail Hats New Jane Ettgel Models. NEW SH'^MENT UNIQUE SELECTION MIRZAPUR EMBOSSED PLAIN CREAM PINK GREEN BLOT (AMU CARPETS WE ARRANGE TO SEND PARCELS HOME FOR YOU Your early Inspection cordially invited. 41-43 Ili^h
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    Told Marriage 'Illegal,' Major Re-weds His German Bride...
    270 5 Told Marriage 'Illegal, Major Re-weds His German Bride jffung British ex-maLOr has ftiarried ior Ujc second Umt his Gerrntn ntm-actresi wife. In Marc 10 old Major Edward Thomas mpneai Dtisseldorf. The n ban hs i Wajor Thomas ouUid< ol duty. w brother, an airman, J« killed b3 >*■. wh m
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    39 5 rOKYO, June IS.— On Btrtoui scrvtcemea ha* occurred in the British c«.nanoni ipation I orco area in ;i hu i .!i' <• the "Public 1 begun but throughout the area traffic accident and »ffenccs have Vt the record minimum. ficurci-.
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    BRIDEGROOM TOOK THE PIANO -HAD TO FACE THE MUSIC
    237 5 ON -el- Monday sixty si .a the vt cidinu part Ronald Prank Williams, amateur dance band loader, applauded him as he played tun j the piano at his bribe's homo i n Cromwell -street, Swan- jl. Last week, Frank, stood in
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    HE'LL FLY 8,000 MILES IN HUNT FOR HIS DOG
    211 5 To find his dog— trhich went with hin: through many battles a former Londoner has flown here from .n:id:i and, having drawn a blank In his searches, has fJoivn the Continent to continue the hunt in dogs' homes in Belgium, France
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    It Could Happen Only At Eton...
    97 5 "At Eton boys can beat h(> said Mr. Weatherell, an Et<>n College ma:/( r. at a Brains Trust*' r. f uigsiori at VJ\: mental Health Association educational conference. "About six months ago In o e House some of tnp little bo. had b ■<■•
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    Bank Burglars Had A Bank Account
    56 5 Two protessionla safe crackers. Joseph Stepka and Stanley Pr.trck. built up a £10,00G ba k account by robbing N-w Y^rk bar ks As soon as thov burgled >; r baik they derjesited the mor-ey In another N< gaol, they are bein« sued ror return
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    2,000 SEE GIRL FALL 40 FEET
    152 5 2,000 SEE GIRL FALL 40 FEET -VIDDLESriHOLKxH. .June 13. More than 2,000 people 28-year-old trapeze artist Eli aabeth Israel fall more than 40 f«et from a high wire un a "W top" )i Bertra'-n Mills Circus at Middlesbrough last night. She was taken to noyj ratal seriously injured. During her
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    Fear Of Death Chair Kills Doomed Slayer
    67 5 r ar i f thi ekK I <-v i Juli\lS W< I £>ei 50 In the c r cath -Mi Dai] [irror. N »rdenti He v. due to be execut i.'.ht. 'i ed to the cell he t> n. fi r .1 Itrood
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    Vera Ardmore...
    738 5 Coming To The Ball} What could be a better place to dance in than the high ccilinged Victoria Memorial Hal] with Its v.ide balcony overlooking Singapore Harbour and its picture gallery of famous Malayans hanging from their lofty positions on the walls? On June 20 a gala chanty
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    GANDHI WARNS THE PRINCES
    37 5 GANDHI WARNS THE PRINCES ■•1 i nd r< 's d of in tendmcc was an <i a pr iucUenc< i will b< ii to the people and lie princ< sdo n hey v.-ill cease to b< U.P.
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      JUNE 15, 1947. Raising The Money
      459 6 JUNE 15, 1947. Raising The Money The whole of Malaya is in argent need of money. The Governments, recognising' this, are toying with the idea of imposing a new form of unpopular, unfair and in all probability unworkable taxation. Opposition to income tax is becoming manifest in a way which
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    TOO OLD AT 40?
    544 6  -  R. B. Ooi THEN READ THIS.... L Despite its claims to orogresa this country is in som»' rt*- p^c*s still dinars on to tK. traditions of ihe dars oi the punkah. t The lazy breeze c^ner-i^d bv the listless sw-nging of N the nunkah might hav
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    ECLIPSE OF EMOTION
    571 6  -  W. A. Harpur my eyrs grow dim, with ttKCierntU the while think ng I sec thie, thinking I sec the€ smnc. Those lines from a popular song of thirty years ago deserve, and will undoubtedly n reive, a niche in history. They identify a peiiod .vhich opened
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    a tall jOb....
    167 6 New York's Empire State, 1,250 ft. high, and with 102 storeys, kj th e window-cleoner's nightmare. The Empire State has 6,501 windows. Most are 9 ft. hi^h i nd nearly 5 rt. across, with sills i" in. wide. t The man responsible for clear irg th e
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    GIVE EM the "CAT"
    482 6 ONLY on e thing will stop •nivd robbery and robbery with violence- the cat. It may sound odd to find rx man with five corvic'iors ut burglary and one for robbery with vio'ence agiecirg <• mpMely w'ith a Judge, bur when I read recently that one
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    The Strange Testament Of Dr. John Plesch
    492 6 JOHN PLESCH is a doctor. For fifty years he has practise.l ii: Hur.gary, Gftimaiy and Er gland. In each lard he has won frier.es ard distinction He was orofessor of meiicire in Berlin before the Nazis arrived t© defile and destroy. H* fled.
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    Cassandra
    509 6 rhe captured documents, published by tho a Admiralty and the U.S. Navy Department on S>, h Conferences on Naval Affa cast a new hi* the versatile and demoniacal character of th i otl man Fuehrer. ltle 0* Not only did this extraordinary creature attempt to h> the whole naval
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    Kissing Is Cissy, Says Padre
    68 6 Kissing Is Cissy, Says Padre Acer, din* to Canor, Mow- bray Smith, Vlaur oi Wbj l^rh St. Mary (Cambs), tb» parr.v £am«- of "Winkiig" is much nirt'r played the "by- K»«-ni v.my than th* 'oldfmshloned uji- hygienic, cis*j b way." Play to* the "unhyciralc" way, you win your g'rl T»-tth
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    The Slums.....The Money.....The Solutions.....
    150 7 The Slums.....The Money.....The Solutions..... Tho Slums of Singapore are a disgrace to the Administration. These bl^ck-spots c cnlJ h^ V€ ecn L'lrared long ago— they should have been. jt u t the Government'a excuse l^s always been and still Is— *'We don't liave the money." The people of this C
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    WE CAN CLEAR THE SLUMS WITH STATE LOTTERIES!
    1053 7  -  ROBIN K. HOOD by We have amused ourselves for about eighteen r .onths criticisins the .\rnr-- Wt blamed their. f Or occupying civilian houvs; for their reckless driving, foi being friendly u jth our l« '1 «iris: for paying too high a
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    "Marvellous" Time Ended With Murder
    266 7 "Marvellous" Time Ended Wi th Mu rder A father told how hi- Laughter of twenty-two laughed at his Warning that death lay behind an ardent suitor's lev* -makir. She went U> u dance and paid for <% a marvellous time*' with her The couple wore found shol in a car
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    ODDITIES...
    151 7 In little Rock, Ark., a 1 i I who had spent many a night in the cooler, because n« couldn't pcot bond, walked into the police station cold sober and proposed that he deposit Sio for contingencies. In Ventura County. Cal 1., James Tobias. '26, not only broke out
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    School Mourns Boy Hero
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    135 7 (Tribune Staff Reporter) IPOH, Friday. The Price Controller, Malayan Ur.ion, in his weekly rote, draws the attention of tracers to the fact that Inspectors have been ordered to produce their departmental identity cards on demar d. This protects the trader since in the event of
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      342 7 LIMBS SWOLLEN WITH KHEIMATISM She Could Neither \V:»lk Nor Mtip She had sufferej so lor^ that She thought che would never att LJ li y rtme- lea m vain, she was persuadtd to take Km chen. In .six weeks *h< improvem«r.t. 'iMs were swoiI with rft m," she writes. 'I
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    197 8 Carole Anne Won't Be Parted— From Her Mouse When lh« in. *ii<r i>\ y> old Carole Anne Bmlth I Bradford, peep d into th prJvm one day. the saw blacfc j. whito mouse liitina in b< hand sharing a biscuit. Baby and mouse w« happy Mrs. Smith was t«-rri-fiod. Thr
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    ATOM CONTROL: Mr. Attlee Is Optimistic
    331 8 LONDON, June 14.— British Prime Minister Clement Attlee regards as optimistic" the view that pronuunceruents by the Bi-; Three" powers on the issue of international control oi atoir.ir energy do not disclose any necessarily insoluble rii/lerences of principle. In correspondence released today between the
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    He Stepped Out Of The Plane —In Pyjamas
    97 8 He Stepped Out Of The Plane In Pyjamas A passengor stepped oir a plane at London Airport wearing only sanciols. blu<-and-white pyjamas and a brown dressing-sown. Startled officials took him to a private room, whore he changed into more conventional dress. It was explained that the traveller, an Eastern merchant,
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    289 8 (Tribune Staff Reporter) IPOH— Aimed at the establishment of a greater measure of individual security and in the more certain administration of justice, a bill is to be introduced at the next meeting of the Malayan Union Advisory Council, providing severe penalties for the
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    THIS MILLIONAIRE PREFERS TO BE KNOWN AS A 'KEPALA'
    300 8 (Sunday Tribune StuiT Reporter) A Singapore Chinese who is a reputed millionaire but who prefers to be known as the "kopala" of his 100-acre holiday resort in Tampenis has recently refused a $14,4Q0-a-year offer to rent his picnic bungalows in the
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    180 8 Civil Servants Vote Strike Policy Over Wages Even after they were warned that if they struck they would imperial their pensions, Civil Service cl^rk* at their urion conference decided it was time to adopt a strike policy on wages and start strike lund Mr. L C. White, general secretary of
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    107 8 Rice shipping programme* for July and provisional programmes for August, as submitted from Friday's coniererce Of S.E.A. Lia««on Officers, were approved at the eighth meeting ot the Internationa^ Emergency Fucd Council's Sub-corn nittee on Rtoc for South East AftU held at th* Special Commissurcr's Office here
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    212 8 MISS Cclia C ray, 61, known to many as "thm kindest woman in Trowbrdise/' went to court recently because sin had to she evidence against her charwoman, Mrs. Laura Sackley, mother of three children Mrs. Sackk'v had pleaded to stealing Miss
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    1546 9 HOLLYWOOD DIARY: BY DICK RICHARDS I meet the hoi.i.yv/OOD. Saturday. I eta report 'hat The Voice" Prank Sinatra is a regular guy gossiping tnarlfl to the contrary. Where did all th< e B tori< about hi* being i |tart? Thi y,. Sinatra certa nty thin At 5 ft.
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    172 9 THE JO LSON STORY The Jolson Story" <Coiumbia) ha< all the Ingredients ol good entertainment and k in itself a song— a song Which only Al Jolson himself can sing. And he does. Al Jolson himself recorded for sound track the songs which you will hear Larry Parks >ing in
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    244 9 Peopio who kn-.w Prank I nore longest and best are n 1 nrpr!?ed that he is today ore ol r.hc mo-t pr< mising young eti 'n Hc'iy.v od Around Darien, recticut, they remember him ■is the kid who i And eve y tw<-pin admission circus and nlay
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    118 9 In keeping with ht'i «A( i new star status, RKO J Radio this week tore up S Jane Gretr's old contract and handed her a new one which calls for a salary boost of consider- V able size. The brown -eyed, black- > haired former
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    39 9 U.P. This FrankJe omen sworn hen I;** nor wlm-m hp .i st.m»or movie appearance jre! ha wins the»- hearts rii;!>t aw.iy by his acting a I»m<- la which ii excehi himself. His name? Frank Latlmore.
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    £150,000 Widow (nearly 80) to wed man of 30
    508 10 £150,000 Widow (nearly 80) to wed man of 30 He Says: It's Great Fun' Wealthy Mrs. Faith Semple is the talk of Yentnor, Isle of Wight, fcr at the age of nearly eighty, romance has once more cony* into her life. Mrs. Sample, widow of an American manufacturer, and once
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    515 10 Robertson Plays Him self Into England's Test XI London, June 14.— Witii changes likely to be rr>?de in England's team which is being chosen tomorrow (Sunday) to meet South Africa in the second Test beginning at Lords on June 21, several players with chances of inclusion staked claims with good
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    Rioters fire houses: mill
    64 10 T.^HCRE. June i:«.— A exti!e mill and houser were arnod down by conmiiftkal hre raisers today in Amritsar. Pun,lam, rnligicus capital of thr--Sikhs, airedy heavily damage! by rioting in th e past throe months. In Lahore, capital of Punjab, '•on hnusea were burned. In Rawalpindi, Jour
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    280 10 Dean, Bishop Debate Sunday Cricket II Boughtcß Hall. Ct&uUir, cricket club is to play on Surdays. will that mean that "only sissies and old ladies will be left to teach in the Sunday schools, while the real men play cricket?" asks the Dean or Chester. Uv and the Bishop of
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    355 10 Bei 15, 1940, an Air Ministry communique told of 185 '.rnnan aircraft ,hot down by British, planes an* «3£ J?° W Wn that the enem s's ac tual losses From captured German documents which have been checked and re-checked by RAF
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    1173 12 Courtenay Upsets jdjkkk jkdkkk ,vo Klu>- f \u l¥* lH favourite of the Mm the Peace, backed by hilf the punters on the course, was beaten int;> third place in the bic long d stance event at to-dav's races here Winner was poorly
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    33 12 SERVICES XI FOR TODAY m-H Sin, Tao ii Ja •■> Hardman 'Navyj lUndie (Army) <irt-<n (RAf«) Tonrn (KAF) RJfby (Army) Cap t Mclntyrc (RAF) R^'s (Navy) Homer (KAF) NHI (Arnjy) WUklas (Navy) Devonshire (RAF).
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