Sunday Tribune (Singapore), 21 March 1948

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    37 1 BY THE PEOPLE FOR THE PEOPLE MALAYA'S NATIONAL NEWSPAPER The Sunday Tribune .Now Printed simultaneously m Singapore, Kuala Lumpur, Ipoh Penang. telegrams: "Tribune Singapore" 'Phone 5811 (Three Lines) TWELVE PAGES. SINGAPORE, MARCH 21, 1948. PRICE TEN CENTS
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    ELECTION UPSETS
    634 1 FAILURE m Singapore vo" T .H"er(i.i^yefr r tv <j tnroe Pro qressivc and rn yA s to the 3 o^or-k^PpjjiaPWriis the polling wits heavy and^^tfrs^omj^toly ignored the < xhor'a'lorlM^h mjfcßkJp is s who had b( n urt^inflKK L '^L. nrisr was the return ol Mr M j N'^'^^iMF''
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    ELECTION SIDELIGHTS
    304 1 ELECTION SIDELIGHTS (Sunday Tr>}>vn\ I' wtrter) The Governor Si» F O ms >n was sworn In by Mr. C, Hawkins In the Victoria Theatre, before beginning his tour of the polling stations yesterday morning. The oath of secrecy had to be taken by all who were authorised to visit Polling
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    LAST NIGHT'S PICTURES
    42 1 The first ballot box being op cited after arriving at Election HQ m the Victoria Theatre shortly after 8 o'clock last night. Picture taken m the El^etions Counting Room at 10.45 last night, showing the counting eierks at work.
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    Pen Sketches Of The New Members
    489 1 MR. JOHN LAYCOCK. woll- known lawyer, who won famr fa a major and recipient of the j < Military Cross m tho first 1 I World War t\\r oldest srrv- \t I ing Municipal Commissioner. 1 1 i He was born m West Hartle-
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  • WORLD NEWS ROUNDUP
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      96 1 PORTSMOUTH. Mar. 20.The High Commissioner for India. Mr. V. K. Krishna Menon, today inspcctod the officers and ratings of the Royal Indian Navy sloop Sutlej, third ship to bring to Britain the men who. m August, will <aii the transferred British gruiser Achilles back to India. The Sutlej has the
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      54 1 BATAVIA. Mar. 20. At least one person was killed, several were wounded and 1,600 j were left homeless by a typhoon I which raked the Kalimantan--1 Tjiwaringin districts m the j Cherihon area on Java's north coast on Friday. ■rt. Dutch Government spokes- man said rice was being given free
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      35 1 SHANGHAI. Mar. 20.--Uni-ted States naval sources said I today that marine headquarters at Tsingtao is expected to redouble efforts to contact the Communists holding four marines prisoner. The marines I disappeared on Christmas Day. U.P.
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      51 1 KARACHI. Mar. 20. Tho Azad Kashmir, the main force ,m the Naoshera sector has i been withdrawn to previously prepared positions according to plan, an Azad Kashmir communique said last night. A New Delhi communique yesterday claimed Indian troops had captured the town of Jhungar, 14 miles northwest of Naoshera.
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      34 1 COVENTRY, England, Mar. 20.— The Indian Workers Associations of Groat Britain will support and follow the policy of the Socialist Party of India, it was decided at an emergency meeting here last niirht. Reuter
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    Post-Election Speeches
    687 1 lncbe BardOß bin Hajl Jubir (successful Ind. candidate for Rural East) spoke as follows after the result was known "I have the great honour today to speak to you voters who have full confidence m returning me to serve your constituency. At the same time I must congratulate,
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    Reported Revolt
    64 1 CANBERRA. MAR. 20.— Th e Australian External Ten Tories Ministry today sent urgent messages to Mr. Justice Phillips, acting administrator of New Guinea, for confirmation about a reported Chinese revolt on the Australian Pacific base of Manus island. No Government department knew anything of the reported disturbance, said
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    BISHOP OFF TO U.K. SOON
    62 1 /Sunday Tribune Roportei The Rt. Rev. Dr. J. Wilson. Bishop of Singapore, will be leaving for London by plane on Easter Monday or Tuesday. March 30, to attend the Lambeth Conference and to participate m the "Lambeth Campaign" to be held m London some time
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    TAXIS BURN
    58 1 {Sunday Tribune, Reporter) Two motor cars caught fire last night m a workshop at Sungei Road. The flames were soon put out by the Fire Brigade which was summoned to the scene. The incident occurred at about 8.45 last night. There were no casualties. The two cars were
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    Final Counts
    197 1 RURAL K\ST E\ r < 'arntf 2<»'.« 1 INCHE RARDON BIN HA.IF .ITTHIU < fndi pt n<l' nh f»O7 2. Mr. Cheong Hock Chyi fwfopt mi* nt) 198 Majority I" Spoii»».i papera 39 Total vote«s cast. 1143 RURAL, WEST Electoratt '/774t 1 MR B. C. GOHO huf' ptmdi
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    Lewis Tips 8 Winners
    103 1 Allan Lewis, the Tribune special racing correspondent. tipped winnri m all yesterday's eight racw '»t K.L. He gave six indirect winners and two straight winners. Hi? indirect firsts were: Karman. Democrat. Hnydee, Royal Bounty. The Magic Lamp and Wirra, and hlfl direct winners were (lame Law
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    HE "DIES" TO MAKE KIDS HAPPY
    626 2 THE "DEMON KING' COMES TO TOWN (Sunday Tribune Staff Reporter) I have just returned from an interview with "Demon Kinfc." Sounds- fantastic, doesn't it? But it's tho truth. For two hours I sat with him in his rosy den in Orchard Rd. and heard
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    Rubber Thief Jailed
    211 2 Rubber Thief Jailed Convicted on th* alternative charge of dishonestly r»>tainins stolen property, a Chinese. I named Lim Thian Chai. was I sentenced to 17 months rlgoroili I Imprisonment, by Mr. H. A.! Foirer. m the Fourth Criminal District Court yesterday. T^ini Thian Chai stood Mi trial on a charge
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    FOR GET FULNESS COST THEM $45
    171 2 < Sunday Tribune. Rcportri Six owners or riders of bicy- cles m Singapore have already paid fines amounting a total of $45 for leaving their bicycles "unattended or unlocked" i m public places. Thi s was the result of the recent police drive to
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    Four Posts Vacant
    55 2 Applications have bc^n in- tiled by Government to officers ori the pensionable establishment for the following pests: Grade 'A' < S4OO-20A-550)— Financial Assistant. Singa pore Police Force; Assistant Ito the Private Secretary of HE the Governor. Grade 'C f5275-15A-380>— Financial Assistant to the Sec- retary-Genoral of the
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    GOING ON LEAVE
    25 2 Mr. Niranjan Singh, interpreter attached to the Civil District Court, u» proceeding !to India (Punjab province) on long leave. He leaves by
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    K.L. GIRL PLAYS LEAD IN CURRENT S'PORE HIT
    535 2 IN 1936, a slim, rather Vtflt-ful-looking girUwith clear-cut features and light brown hair i arrived m England from Mai laya with £10 m her purse. Her name was Dulcie Gray and she was beginning a career. It was hard at first. She
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    THOUSANDS SAW PAINTINGS
    193 2 v )c Ait Exii Dili n bY Mi iV »n Kee Lectifc. Well kn.i.vn M uyun artist a^l eartocnlsl held il the Miners' H ill. •♦•nibali. la^i \v< X „iui sp6H< sored by the Oerttnfcati Chinese Circle, w.as a phenoIssriul fveeess. Severs! thou. i sands .>.' per.ple
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    "SAFETY FIRST" IN KLANG
    196 2 KLANO. Mar. 20. Klang Police have started a campaign to educate children m safety first principles. A practical demonstration was given at Klang High School by a police party ol the common faults of pedestrians and cyclists and the causes of road accidents. Mr. V. W.
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    LIGHT OF ASIA
    47 2 ÜBder the auspices of the Ladies 1 Section of the Singapore Buddhist Association the Yen. Narada Thera, will '.leliver a sermon on the "Light ol Asia" at the Sinhala Buddhist Temple 96, Outran) Road today at 7 p.m. Ml are mv j t Ed
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    CSC EXAM RESULTS
    28 2 It li understood that the results o. the 1947 Cambridge School Certificate examination cannot be fxpecU'd to arrive m Malaya btfore th'middle «>i next month.
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    JEW REPRISAL
    54 2 JERUSALEM. Mat. 19. Un- official reports said enraged Hagana troops sti iking m retai liation for the Hartuv massacre, killed 10 Arab- tonight an<l j seriously wounded two otherin Haifa district. Arabs killed six British soldiers and 13 Jews m two attacks on Jewish convoys In Palestine yesterdiy.
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    OVERCROWDING, FILTH: TB's GREAT ALLIES
    461 3 City's Shocking Conditions (Sunday Tnhitu' stuit Reporter) THESE pictures (taken by a Public Relations cameraman) toll ;i story :nore forcefully than woids can. of a scourg* that is taking u heavy toll of the citizens of Singapore tubercukMls. Hundreds of nun. women and children succumb
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    Mission impressed by desire to learn
    266 3 KIJAI.4 M'MPI'K. MAR IS THE CONVICTION THAT A STRONG TRADE UNION MOVEMENT. WHICH WOULD RK Of GREAT HELP TO THE PROSPERITY A N I) STA MUTT OF THE COUNTRY, CAN BE Bl'lLT IP IN m I AY* IF THE RIGHT DIX EC TION IS
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    TUBERCULOSIS TOPS THE LIST
    180 3 Hrtltli statistic! for tho week o ruled March 13, revealed thai of 32 <ieaths that occurred, 31 wero from tub«ncu!osi3. T inety-t\vo cases of various disease! were reported: 74 were TB cases. S from the ruial areas. The previous week's deaths from TB were 96 out
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    Fathui Karib Club
    87 3 A general meeting of th Fathui Karib Club will be held ,on Fnday, March 26 at 200 fff-S N Sc^angoon Rd. lU|> iwanims dispensary). AM members are cordially invitcl to be present Mr. J. S. Nair, HOfl. Se.-iet-i firl f a the M* l Welfare Association, Seletar
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    A WOMAN PEEPS AT SINGAPORE
    5234 4  -  VERA ARDMORE bu j Smart Singapore Wedding ihe Presbyterian Church was the scene of a smart and Interesting wedding last Wednesday afternoon. Mr John Daiton. popular manager oil the Pavilion Theatre, was I united to charming Mrs Pegg\ Cantk-Jones. She looked d Dicture m a
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      26 5 Established 1572 Malaya's Leading Jewellers Diamond and Gen Merchant! 18. 19.I 9 SilTa I. id. (Incorporated m Ceylon Singapore, penang 19,21, HiKh St. 1. Rishop St
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      28 5 DINE IN THE PALM COURT GRILL RAFFLES HOTEL Tonight THE BEST CUISIXE THE MOST DELIGHTFUL SETTING IN TOWN DANCE FLOOR ON THE LAWN Daice Music By RAFFLES QUARTETTE.
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      188 5 The DANEMANN PIANO is a work ol ail thai appeals to both eyo and ear. it isa bikini of skilled crafts, an artistic achievement that merits the modest i recognition of an autograph. On the one side of this famous si^nu ture stands the mellowed experience of nearly sixty years.
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    The SUNDAY TRIBUNE MARCH 21, 1948 Chinese In Burma
    355 6 The SUNDAY TRIBUNE MARCH 21, 1948 Chinese In Burma j London Agents Messrs. Cclin Turner L f d., Talbot House. 98. Bt. Martin's Lane, WC. 2. Field Marshal Lord Wavell's generous trioute to t,he work done by the Chinese troops m Burma is welcome not only for itself but m
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    AFTERMATH OF WORLD WAR III
    959 6  -  W.A. HARPUR War talk is m the air! This article attempts to peer ahead and poses questions concerning the (cdfvfvfbf Therp i:; motr talk today of the possibility of another world upheaval than at any time since September 1939 and trY atmosphere m many respects
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    Disturbance In Court
    547 6  -  Alison Mayhew By I do wish people wouldn't thrust their wares into my child's hand. I always have trouble with Jane over the various vhistles mouth organs, hairslides and sundry pieces of haberdashery which are set out on the pavement, and which she finds quite iriesistible. Take
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    When Straits Chinese Girls Become Snobs
    794 6  -  R.B. Ooi In the Advisory Council of the BMA regime the first Chinese girl m the Colony to sit on it spoke m Mandarin. She was a wisp of a girl with plenty of spirit. Whether she was taken seriously by the then authorities
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    Malaya's 'Bad Boys'
    517 6  -  P. J. JOSEPH Menacing the planning of architects of future Singapore la Juvenile rielinqueney, which |i ;i problem of no moan magni tilde. Although not unheard of jin |m« w.<r Malaya, tt did not j develop into a threat agalnn j social and moral iri3tltutk)iia until nftrr
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      253 6 Air J^J Parcel For any destination within Malaya. Through any post office. Surcharge 15c. a Ib. Malayan Airways Limited *a nail, id Co w I td., Singapore. KNEES LOCKED BY RHEUMATISM Her Sufferings Lasted For 10 Years. "For 10 years," writes a j merried woman, "I have sufi fered terribly
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    THERE'S NO HEART IN "PARADISE ISLE"
    1276 7  -  Oswald Henry Are we sell 'ng" Singapore m the right way? Do tourists get a square deal? Do we tell the world? These are some of the questions answered m this article by our contributor who maintains fhgjhk ARE fouris'f to this country tfot
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    Changi Point Is Loadstar For Sunday Picnickers
    547 7 Sutuiciit Tnbune ileportei Studded along the picturesi que coast of Singapore are hundreds of rest houses, bunga lows and pleasure resorts which during week-ends serve as rendezvous to thousands of men, women and children from far and near. The popular centres arc mainly
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    Husband Wasn't The Daddy
    84 7 BRISTOL. Mar. 19. Mr Norman Allen took his wife and an infant son, John, for a stroll m a part. There to Allen's surprise hi« wife spoke to an apparently strange man. She turned to her baby m her arnus and pointed to the man and
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    Gent Decorates Army Officer And Civilians
    291 7 Gent Decorates Army Officer And Civilians FOR MERITORIOUS SERVICE IN S.E. ASIA I 'By A Military Observer* At Military Headquarters. jGhore Sub-District, yesterday morning, the Acting Governor General. Sir Edward Gent, invested three- civilians and an Army officer with awards for meritorious Service in South East Asia during Be 'ore
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    'MARTIN BERHAM' HERE AGAIN
    49 7 Th« American steam vessel, the Martin Berhman, held up bj r tke Dutch authorities at Java during hostilities, arrived m Sitgapore on Thursday from Davas, m the Philipines, witn a cargo of copra. She sailed the same evening for Gydinia. Poland, with a mixed crew.
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    Extension Of Malayan Padi Fields Seen
    267 8 Extension Of Malayan Padi Fields Seen Kuala Lumpur. Mar. 19. An appreciable extension of Malaya's padi fields is finalised by Lord Kill< am, Special Commissioner. South East A.sia, if a hydro-electric project and an extensive irrigation cheme m KHuntan receives govern m«-nt support. Lord Killearn, who has been on a
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    King Kong Undefeated
    126 8 King Kong Undefeated Exciting: wrestling was s»een at the GreAt World Arena last night, when the undefeated fiant Hungarian iron-man. KingKon<r. beat Johnnie McPurdin. ex-Middle-weight Champion of the world by a technical knock- > out m the third round of their scheduled ten round contest. Johnnie McPurdin was trapped m
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    Indian Envoy Feted
    37 8 Teheran, Mar. 19. The Indian Ambassador to Persia. Sayd AH Zaheer. and Mrs. Zaheer were entertained to tea by tViv Teheran diplomatic I corps, members o" the Government and other dignitarie s last niglu.
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    Japs Cells Now Being Removed
    155 8 Japs Cells Now Being Removed (Sunday Tribune Ro/><>ii(r/ Demolition work has already begun on the Kempeitai cells built by tho Japanese on the ground f'oor of the V.M.C.A building m Orchard Roar!. With their removal, tho last traces of what was once the dreaded Kempei Headquarters will be wiped off
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    WARRANT ISSUED FOR ALLEGED MURDERER
    674 8 A WARRANT FOR THE ARREST OF HASIIIM BIN MIJSA, ALLEGED ASSAILANT OF A 35-YEAR-OLD MALAY, AND A 50-YEAR-OLD MALAY WOMAN WHO WERE FATALLY STABBED IN THEIR HOUSE IN LORONG 17. GEYLANG ON THE NIGHT OF FEB. 12, WAS ISSUED BY THE SINGAPORE CORONER, MR W.
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    Hotel Strike In HK
    50 8 HONG KONG. March 19: A thousand Chinese waiters and domestic servants employed m three leading hotels struck at noon, after the management of the Hong Kong Shanghai Hottla Umite had rejected i.ieir demand fo r a revision of wage scales plus increased New Year bonuses U.P.
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    LABRIOLA KO's SON OF KONG
    147 8 L<aiJiiola knocked out Son of Kong m the fifth round of th»> main wrestling ewnt at th' Happy World covered stadium. last night. Son of Kong scored a Boston Crab over Labriola m the second round, but was knocked out In the fifth round by
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      848 8 MIRACLE OF INDIAN SAGES On the 21st of March on S y/wi TAA nii.. Dj v which the Sun completes IUU IUU WILL PAI its journey and enters i TDTDIITCC l IV P rt\o,V Ule M^h Kashi (Aries) 1 lKlDUlfcj LIKt **ti& Ia ir d -»-ved "to THIS IF YOU
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      250 8 G.B.S. On Chaplin George Bernard Shaw recently saw a private i i screening of the Charlie Chaplin production "Monsieur Verdoux" through the enterprise of Joe Pole. United Artists' London publicity director. Not only did Sha<v i enjoy the film, but m his own handwriting he replied to t 1 this
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  • Hollywood Diary SUNDAY SPECIAL
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      UMBERING UP ON THE BEACH
      34 9 Ki>isrlu JotHiti <in<l Patricia y/hit* PanDiiount starh Is, enjoy an afternoon off hy rtlaxiny and playing at ont 0/ California's many beachea. Both mrla arc onsideitd yoodWifo* ptcturt stard<nn.
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      LONG WAIT
      107 9 HOLLYWOOD. Mar. 17. Shirley Temple will probably be unable to visit Europe until I ihe is 65. Now at home, with her baby, and resting after completing "War Party," a John FordMertan C. Cooper Argosy production, Shirley expressed a definite desire to travel abroad. How she wiP. manage
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      STAR GOES "BLIND" FOR SAKE OF ART
      467 9 "NIGHT SONG," RKO Radio's modern love story which reunites Harriet Parsons and John Cromwell the producer-director combination res. ronsible for RKO's highly successful screen version ot "The Enclvinted Cottaere," is taken from the original story hy Dick Irving Hyland, who has contributed many
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      39 9 A tense moment m "The Strange Woman" (Uni'ea /irtists' release) due for screening m Singapore. Hedy La mar r shows the ugly weals she has received from a whipping. The film stars her with George Sanders and Louis Hayward
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      Hedy Plays A Part Behind The Scenes
      348 9 IN H^vwAnr? R i?; OToS0 T oS MOST BEAUTIFUL WOMAN HF-SSJI r y*,?ni?™ RECENTLY WON A CROWN FOR THP Sk^w Jl^?£ E MOST IMPORTANT BEHIND-THE-SCLNE EXECUTIVES IN THE FILM INDUSTRY Hedy. who just finished playing the fascinating role of Jenny Hager, the wickedest
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      US Champion Fan Chosen
      220 9 NEW YORK, Mar. 17.- A •aietty, 19-year-old New York, bookkeeper, whose knowledge of Hollywood and the movies amounted to what she saw twice a week on her neighbourhood screens, today found herself suddenly catapulted into film fame with her selection by Motion Picture Magazine as America's
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      RELIGIOUS FILMS GET A START
      168 9 RELIGIOUS FILMS GET A START LONDON. Mar. 18. Production has started at the Gate Studios. Elstree on "The Wedilini; Feast." first of three 30-minute Biblical films. This follows a promise by Mr. J. Arthur Rank at the World Sunday School Association Conference at Birmingham that a film studio was being
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      206 9 The Boys Come Home And How DRAMA »and romance com- bin* 1 m RKO Radio's drama "Till the End of Time." stai I ring Dorothy McGuire, Guy Madison. Robert Mitchum and Bill Williams m a story of three honourably discharged U.S. Mr- lines and their efforts to adapt themselves to
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      Its Swing, Ye Kings
      214 9 THERE'S going to be a wave of nostalgia emanating from [picture fans when they run across Tommy and Jimmy Dorsey m Charles R. Rogers' scintillating film biography of their careers. "The Fabulous Dorseys." The picture, a Uni- > t ted Artists release, is a forth- coming
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      SEPARATED IN MOVIES
      143 9 HOLLYWOOD, Mar. 17.— Barbara Hale and Bill Williams are the newest movie husband- j and-wife combination to resolve not to work together m pictures. They recently petitioned j RKO Radio not to co-star j them, and that they appear m j separate vehicles. They did one picture
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      46 9 77ii.s "new look" business has John Wayne floorer. While on the "Tycoon" set, RKO Radio's spectacular technicohwr itnnna, John took advantage of time, out to show co-star La mine Day and director Richard Wallace pint dot en to where his wijv expects to vceur her drcsscx.
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      "LET'S PLAY BALL"
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      2413 10  -  COURTMAN I By WHEN politicians of the United Nations arc I discussing President Tru. j man's speech to check Soviet Russian expan- j sionist menace m Europe and the man m the street is scanning the j newspapers for more de* finite
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    S.C.C. SOCCER
    63 10 The following i;avp neen selected to represent the SC.C. Ist XI vs. The Indian Association m a league fixture at 5.15 p.m. tomorrow on the Pat ang J. Aitken; C. McCullock G. Verrall; W Bainbridgc, F. Hutch inson, V. Burton; R. Fletcher. H. Twist, B. Clifton, G. Muiray
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    DR. PAGLAR PRESENTS $500 CUP
    188 10 DR. PAGLAR PRESENTS $500 CUP One of the trophies to v won m the forthcoming o*? Singapore Amateur BoST' Championships is a $s<lei donated by Dr. o. J F^mJ Other magnificent lenge cups will be present to the winner of each c The loser also gets a hand some trophy.
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    NO CRICKET
    27 10 Due to inclement weather tto cricket match between th* Ceylonese Sports Club and tht Scaforth Highlanders scheduled at the Balcsticr Road grow* yesterday was cancelled.
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      415 10 GRAND OPENING TODAY AT THE DIAMOND THEATRE TODAY: 2.30; 5 30; 9 P.M. The film thousands have been waiting m Singapore Mahatma Gandhis Funeral and immersion ceremony. Big immersion ceremony at I'iryae. Allahabad m the river Ganges, Saraswati, Jamna, (■hodavari and all the Holy rivers of India. The Newsreel m
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    150 11 BOY QUEE is no longei worried by the 'kramat Hr d a v«rv happy man. Quee has seoui'-d |OOd ;0^ I was mcfodertot how he had tortd J b hunting when up popped m yesterday alte norn with the good ncwa, •ritM H«T" inn
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    1044 11  -  HERMAN RAPPA Malaya's Boxing Giants No. 26— By EGYPTIAN boxers were unknown m this far corner of the world unUl the arrival, m 1937. of Mohamed Fahmy. He was heralded as middleweight champion ol Egypt, hut Singapore fight fans were sceptical of his
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    66 11 a* igw 3-J5 «W Division rx-ague w JI be I ,Ii Ah KnoW Anthony Yon? k *'"> Uan Teo Ran Teck Crtrw v KOW o TaV Kirn Hi Km" Chm U <»> Soh Kirn Swec (Capo, S ng, Ah p^ T A m A "S Kirn
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    392 11 Weight- Lifters To Meet In Singapore AT the request of the Singapore Amateur Weight Lifters' Association. the Singapore Chinese Amateur Weight Lifters' Federation is organising a programme which will be held at the New World Amusement Park, m the boxing arena, on Mar. 27 and 28. Free accommodation will bo
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    106 12 The Singapou- Indians will meet the Bencoolen Sports Club at a ivturn game Of Tabl c Tennis at the B.S.C premises at 2 p.m. today. The ggat,m t w m consist o: six singles and one double. In their former encounter, the B.S.C. defeated t&c
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    21 12 The Cricket Match between the Khalsa Association and the Naval Base which was fixed for today has been cancelled.
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    OBITUARY
    28 12 M. V. ALBERT of 501, Dunj man Road, passed away J pe3c?fu'ly at his residence at I 8.10 p.m. yesterday. Friends and relations please accept this intimation.
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    1781 12  -  ALLAN LEWIS (By, BIG SWEEP Total Pool 527 1.500 First Prize ***** Second Prize ***** Third Prize ***** Starters: *****6, *****, *****0, *****4, *****6, *****8, *****0. DOUBLE TOTE First 3.1 tickets S5B each. sc<-opd 16 tickets SI 16 each M. --_g- _r- _r~ IIL Favourites obliged
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    381 12 England ft pt^ Ireland and The R"St 3 pt A last-minute try enabled England to dt feat Ireland -.nJ The Rest by six points (two tries) to three points (a try) m the iinal of the local inter, national series of ruggermatches, when they met
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    73 12 The Amicable Athletic As- i sociation shared four goals Arith the Johore State XI at Johcre Bahru yesterday. Johore scored as a result ci two penalties awarded them during the first and second half. The 3A's opened the scoring through Michaol and Seh Yuen Cheong m
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    36 12 1 SHEILAS COTTAGE 2. FIRST OF THE DANDIES 3. CROMWELL Won by: a length; six lengths. Betting: 50 to 1 Shielas Cottage. 25 to 1 First of the Dandies, 33 to 1 Cromwell.
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    29 12 The RAF Tengah will play two matches today against the Jollilads. the Ist XI at 4 p.m. and the 2nd XI at 5 p.m. at Tengah.
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    475 12 THE MALAYAN CHINESE HAVE BEEN INVITED TO PARTICIPATE AT BADMINTON IN THE 7TH CHINA NATIONAL OLYMPIC MEET AT SHANGHAI. THE INVITATION CAME FROM MR. Y. I. HSI, CHAIRMAN OF THE BADMINTON COMMITTEE, SHANGHAI CITY ATHLETIC FEDERATION AND WAS READ AT THE MALAYAN CHINESE
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    167 12 Tigers 'A' Swamp R.A.F. Thrilling water-polo matches were witnessed at Seletar yesterday, when the Tiger Sporting Association "A" and "B" teani'i clashed with the R.A.F. (Seletar) "A" and "B" teams. The B" teams drew three all m the first match, the Tiger S.A. "B" team Kicking i team work and
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    49 12 Thi Raffles Institution Ist XJ defeated the Victoria School Ist XI by the odd goal m five m their return soccer match played at the latter's ground yesterday. The match between the second teams of both schools it-suited m a draw. Both sides conceded two goals each.
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    45 12 A Special Christian Youth Meeting i s being held next Saturday, at 3 p.m. at the FairfteM Chapel, m Neil Road ■I which Bishop Stephen Neil. Assistant Bishop to the Archbishop of Canterbury, one of the most outstanding missionaries to Youth will sjxak
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    64 12 GLOUCESTER. MA; Dcicribed by the Oiofi j craft Company as plane of its typ? m N>'| the Gloster Jft Metr*; a tw?-seater trainer of the Stand uri fighter, flrw for the H tcday. It was ft* the <Gloster a rfUd »t V worth near her** t< airfield about
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