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When pretty Catherine Loh was elected Miss Malaysia last April, the pert beauty from the oil-rich British protectorate of Brunei fully expected to preside over the independence ceremonies of the newly formed Federation of Malaysia. But that was before Brunei withdrew from the planned federation in a state of pique, leaving Malaya, Singapore, Sarawak and North Borneo to go it alone. Brunei's defection not only left this week's joyous celebrations without a beauty queen but it also took Malaysia out of the running for the Miss Universe contest...
Many a time have I strolled through Loh-don's beautiful parks, yet cannot confirm Preacher Graham's observations...
...Loh and behold!" exclaimed the Sage of the Age. "Sotear, but don't Phillip your glass any more. Frank-ly, you've had too much liquor and, e-Naffziger-ettes. Furse I can see, Fasano reason why you Gant see my point. McAfee-lings are hurt and McGrath has reached its peak...
...Shanghai, Chinese patriots played the grimmer game of "shoot the traitors," killed Tcheng Loh, Foreign Minister in Japan's "Reformed" Nanking Government, a former Chinese Minister to France (1920-27). Like many of his colleagues, Tcheng Loh found Nanking too hot for him, some time ago took refuge in the Japanese-controlled quarter of Shanghai, leaving detailed administration in Nanking to his Japanese advisers. Even in Shanghai, however, Japan finds it difficult to protect her creatures. Tcheng Loh was the 52nd victim of political assassination in the Shanghai area since Japanese occupation of the city...
...pungent as a 25-year-old egg. While Musician Sung Yue-tuh drew subtle wheezes from the sheng (4,639-year-old ancestor of the harmonica), and Wang Wen-piao sawed at his erh-hu (two-string fiddle), the audience took it politely. But when Professor Wei Chung-loh of China's Ta Tung National Research Institute swung out on his p'i p'a (traditional guitar of the ancient Chinese princes), they cheered...