The Straits Times, 20 May 1946
1946-05-20
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Title Section20 1946-05-20 1 The Straits Times MALAYA'S LEADING NEWSPAPER ESTABLISHED OVER A CENTURY LIGHT PAGES SINGAPORE, MONDAY, MAY 20, 1946. PRICE 10 CENTS.20 words
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Article, Illustration652 1946-05-20 1 CHAMPION OF MALAYS TO TOUR UNION Governor Invites Sir T.S. Adams C1R Theodore S. Adams, formerly one of Malaya ablest administrators, arrived in Singapore yesterday to visit the "Malayan Union at the special invitation o£ the Governor of the Union, Sir Edward Gent. Great significance is attached to Sir Theodore'sUP - 652 words
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342 1946-05-20 1 M.Ps To Meet Malay Chiefs Here Today CAPT. L. D. GAMMANS and Lt.-Col. D. R. Ree>-Wiiliams arrived m Singapore yesterday from Sarawak after completing the first part of their official mission to find out if the people of that country desired ce.-sion to the British Government. The second part of342 words
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434 1946-05-20 1 Communists lighten Grip On Railway PEKING, Sun. Ciunsie Communist forces have tightened iheir grip en the Tientsin-Mukden ra lway l ne and yesterday captured the Nationalist rail stronghold cf Sio.sunko, it was ds,,. d here today. The capture of Siosun'.co cume as the climax of a four-day battle. This isUP - 434 words
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271 1946-05-20 1 Demonstration By 150,000 In Tokio TOKIO, Sunday. ONE hundred and fifty thousand Communist-led "hunger demonstrators" this morning, thronging the 10-acre park between the Imperial Palace and General MacArthur's headquarters, wildly cheered speakers who denounced the ShiiGhara-Ycshi dv regime and demanded that the Japanese wealthy rcicasa their hoarded food. Mos* ofAP - 271 words
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Article237 1946-05-20 1 WASHINGTON, Sun.—President Truman won a ttvoday postponement of the nations railway strike and at thr> eleventh hour announced that the negotiations m the deadlocked wage dispute would be resumed today. The President told a hastily summoned news conference that he hoped the negotiations would lead to anUP - 237 words
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Article68 1946-05-20 1 AKRON, Ohio, Jun— Frank Robcson, a 48-years-old negro, m attempting to commit suicide, jumped from a 173-foot bridge here and survived. It is the first time on rr ord that anyone has jumped from the Akron bridge and lived. It is one of the highest68 words
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Article329 1946-05-20 1 World Food Conference Today WASHING'! ON, Sunday. AN international focd conference opens here to- morrow with repres2ntatlvcs of seventeen countr e> and five international organizations expected to attend. Aims of the conference are stated to be to measure food needs and supplies, to recommend measures for the bssc use ofUP - 329 words
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448 1946-05-20 1 GANDHI WELCOMES CABINET MISSION'S PLAN FOR UNION NEW DELHI. Sunday. MAHATMA GANDHI told a group of Congressmen yesterday that the British Cabinet Mission's proposal fcr a union of India contained "a plan to seek to convert this land of sorrow into one without sorrow and suffering". Mahatma Gandhi said the448 words
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312 1946-05-20 1 "U. S. Trade Isolation Impossible" WASHINGTON, Sunday. MR. JAMES F. BYRNES, U.S. Sectary of Stat?; Mr. Henry A. Wallace, Secretary of Commerce; and Mr. William K. Jac>son, President of the Chamber of Commerce, have all three made? sta'ements whic'i agr;c that thJ welfare cf the Un ted States and cfUP - 312 words
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Advertisement9 1946-05-20 1 ladies' Dressmakers Gents' Outfitters VI SIT 111 deJekveJ ticcd9 words
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Article388 1946-05-20 2 Russia Is A Dark Horse MONTREAL, Sunday. n EPRESENTATIVES of 44 countries are to meet here on I\ Tuesday to work out a plan for the peaceful development of civil aviation. Those countries are already committed to a UikscuK 1 of cooperation m the provisional internationalUP - 388 words
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Article334 1946-05-20 2 From Our Own Correspondent) LONDON. Saturday. MR. F. F. BOULT, a former Sarawak Chief Secretary, has assured Parliament thai the proposed cession of Sara wak should not be accepted unless thr Government is convinced tbat the cession is wanted by the native communities." Mr. Boult said thatUP - 334 words
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Article253 1946-05-20 2 BATAViA AND AMSTERDAM, Sunday. DR. SUTAN SJAIiRJR, "P'ime Minister of the Indonesian Republic," i*t to meet the Lieut. Governor-General of the Netherlands East Indie;, Dr. Hubertus van Mook, la Batav a loday. Dr Van Mook returned to 'ava from Holland on May 8 v ith new instructionsUP - 253 words
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263 1946-05-20 2 'Singapore Fall Intended To Frighten U.S." NUREMBERG, S:i urday. r«RAND Admiral Eri-h RaevJ dsr, former Ccmmander-in-Chief of the German Navy, I told ths Allied war crime:. jlribtinal here today that Ge many urged Japan to capture Singapore m the belief this WOttM frighten the United C'a'es into stayirg n?utial. Raoder263 words
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332 1946-05-20 2 THE railway strike threat kej of the slowest Saturday The volume of the first hour of 105 000 shares was the smallest of any similar, hour since March 31, 1945. Price changes throughout the; list were generally small, al-i though a few stacks brokeUP - 332 words
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Article310 1946-05-20 2 76 Murdered By Japs At Sea WASHINGTON, Sunday. THE War Department War Crimes Branch has disclosed that 76 Unitd States seamen were slaughtered m the Indian Ocean on July 2, 1944. by the crew cf a Japares? su'cma r inc. Fi"e of the victims we r e mowed down by310 words
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Article, Illustration53 1946-05-20 2 It. (.cp, G. I. !o- ns oims t!ie rc!i: ilt South Rri 're at Cologne 'J hr bridj.". drs ?oved dur.n the war. ha* heen rebuilt by Cfrmwti labour und r ITritish Arm of nuitat on Eu' "a. <■ I T!iomas is acting Commander rf the British Army of Occuput53 words
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Article384 1946-05-20 2 PERSIA 'S PREMIER ON 'TRAITORS" TEHERAN, Sunday. I"HE Prime Mini I t-r of nrsia, Ghavarn cs-liu ;areh. i. ;i sprecli lat:r broadcast op: Teheran Radix has Mttaeked the actions of "certa n Maj kr delegates", whom he *v:i c.eated d scord be v.ccii Pel z.?. aivi Rossi". "No for:i3n pov-crUP - 384 words
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Article237 1946-05-20 2 Contract Brigade Both Rtdra vulnerable. North dealer. Ijook only at the North anl Eist cards. NORTH Q 10 n 0 Q 8 7 fi ♦KJ 9 4 WFST EAST 7 S 2 A I" 0 (5J54 V 3 0 10 3 X 1 5 4 Q 10 8 6 R237 words
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Advertisement195 1946-05-20 2 b fa fi l3^ bd, 9 iL Iy Pending the derequisitioning of their premises at 55, Robinson Road, as from Mcnday, the 20th May, the Company will conduct their business from Messrs Ritchie Basset Oxfiecs, 3rd Floe?, Union Bu'ldhtg, P. O. Box r4i wSuL S F ar 'y morning that's195 words
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Miscellaneous746 1946-05-20 2 RADIO PROGRAMMES CTIJPiiPODP M4v I Special. 5.30 pm A'usit pm. Pro-Z>ll*\j}*\X-\^KL» 'gramme For West AMcu Fcrces. e.3<> BKD NKTWOK* from noon to J* Rl« S 6 nm and li in ii nm nn t2*k Ne s 7.15 India and Ceylon Half-Hour. 7.45 Ltr^» rlil.tal.™ .n.M 6 30 P m News746 words
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Miscellaneous37 1946-05-20 2 CUM ACUOSS: rises. 20. 81/! f I pace. 21. Hat. 24. Scented plant. 26 1 27. Wanderer. 28. Spill. 30. Starchy food, 31. Woody plant, 33. Shaft of light. (Solution will be fiven with new putzle tomorrow).37 words
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Article, Illustration57 1946-05-20 3 »en. air nernara ireynerff, v.C, Governor-General Designate of New Zealand, was riven a sendoff hy the Kiwis, New Zealand r.'gby team touring England, when he lrft Liverpool Street Station on his way to New Zealand to take up his new position. Photo shows the Kiwis doing tbeir57 words
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Article182 1946-05-20 3 IVIE Singapore Polce are sLU on the look-cut lor 21-year-old Goh Kirn Chuan, alias Ah Chan, the convict v/ho escaped from the Outram Read Gael en the night of May 11-12. This was Uie first pad bresk m Singapore &lnce 1938. Only a little over five182 words
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290 1946-05-20 3 200 Medical Students Going Back In June rXTENSIVE repairs, alterL* ations and refurnishing aiv being carried out as speedily as possible, and ersential apparatus and equipment are being recond tioned or replaced m order to re-open the Singapore College of Medicine? early m June. All the 200 former students, resident290 words
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889 1946-05-20 3 Interest In Rubber Issues Broadening STERLING TINS have steadily gained m strength m J the local share market, and buying is reported to be strong. The volume of business, however, is negligible; it is thought that the majority of the local holders hnve yet889 words
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Article235 1946-05-20 3 One of the six Kmpire prosecu- < tors to take part m the \v:.r crimes jtrials m Japan, Mr E. Maung i (from Burma) does not anticipate J, any shortage m rice for the next eight months when the next har- vest is due. The235 words
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Article187 1946-05-20 3 COMMUNISTS CRITICIZE UNION PLANS From Our Own Correspondent KUALA LUMPUR, Sun. IN a statement to the Pre.-s. th 2 spokesman of the central ccmmitt?e of the Ma'ayan Communist Party, dealing with the British Government's White Paper outlining the proposed constitutional changes for Malaya, said that the proposed Malayan Union c187 words
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158 1946-05-20 3 iPXHORTING boys of the Li Penang Chung Ling School to rid ihem^elves of vices acquired during the Japanese occupation, Dr. Wu Paak-shing. Chhttm ConsulGeneral. m hi? addiess In more than 900 students told them to ctlitivcte selfdiscipline. In his address. Dr. Wu said158 words
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Article88 1946-05-20 3 (From Our Own Correspondent) PENANG, Sat.- Although goods are arriving here m increasing quantities, high prices generally preclude a brisk demand for them. New bicycles, for instance priced at between $110 and $140, are finding few buyers. The prices of foodstuffs also show a tendency to88 words
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Article323 1946-05-20 3 v om (Jar Ov.n Co :?s.jo:iJ;:,t) PENANG, Sun. -Following the announcement of redn -rd rice rations lor Malaya, tho prira oi nee m the black market took an immediate jump from $2.20 per gnntang i.six kattiesi to well over highest level previously ned was $8 per ganumt323 words
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410 1946-05-20 3 Uclerring to the ait' •'<• '.a I ihe Sunday Times o: If*? 12 on I tlie subject of dance hostesses and coupons, Mr. John Layro'i: writes to say that the articl? "is wrong m many important details and is very unfair to the410 words
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Article311 1946-05-20 3 Chinese Thanked For Assistance pEN. Sir Frank W. Messervy. G.0.C., Malaya Command. vlsit?d Bentong, a little village just acro-s the border cf Siam from Sungei Patani, a few days ago to thank some Ch nese who fed, sheltered, and harboured two British Other Ranks, one H them for three years311 words
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Article489 1946-05-20 3 BERIUM FOUND IN FLOUR THE latest development m 1 the Singapore bread poisoning case is the discovery of berlum carbonate, a substance resembling wheat flour, m the French leaf type of bread that has caused one death, several hospital cases and the indisposition of many ethers. The bakery where the489 words
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Advertisement75 1946-05-20 3 ARE YOUR VALUABLES SECURE? Who had the keys of your safe during the Japanese occupation— If you are not sure, it would be wise to order NEW SAFES! WE CAN SUPPLY: FIRE-PROOF SAFES STRONG ROOM MtBG SECURITY STRONG BOXES 6c CUPBOARSS FILING CABINETS and STEEL OFFICE CUPBOARDS AND SHELVING £or75 words
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1355 1946-05-20 4 The Straits Times Singapore, Monday, May 20, 1946. Rice Fears that there would have to be a further cut m the rice ration m Malaya were confirmed on Saturday m an official announcement that the allowance for men would be reduced as from tod'iy to 2 ,4 katties per week1,355 words
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Article, Illustration2192 1946-05-20 4 OUR LONDON LETTER MUSINGS IN A WALK BY THE THAMES From Our Own Correspondent LONDON, May 14. |ii__J Straits Times London office is within a few yards of the river and I have just walked to it along the Thames Embankment after listening to one of those Commons debates which2,192 words
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Letter157 1946-05-20 4 I READ with shame and disgust the letter of "OldService Employee." DceM.'t I his conscience tell him that he Is a fool to accept a salary, of $95, if he is actually an ex- j perienced clerk? Or is he afraid that he will not succeed157 words
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Article26 1946-05-20 4 hal Malayans Think Of Barefoot Jaj>s \o!unt<M-rs VU.o VUII !\«'\rr Volunteer Aga i n —Pi 11 iono n Riders In City Traffic —Clerical Salaries26 words
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Letter121 1946-05-20 4 DISGUSTED Motorist's" allegation that all cyclist pillion-riders are love-loins and therefore a danger to traffic is most unfounded. Owing to the present transport problem, many people are forced to resort to pillion-riding. School children are most inclined to this practice. The authorities probably realise the circumstances121 words
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Letter112 1946-05-20 4 pVISGUSTED motorist" Is J-Jeither blind to the fact that taxis are carrying more passengers than they should, and also to tri-shaws running trtW without taking any notice Of traffic rules, or he is Jealous at the sight of men carryin? women on their bicycles. I am112 words
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Letter195 1946-05-20 4 IT is gratifying to Fte that a committee is at last to by appointed to deal wilh q Uona aff.ctiiig Chines: Vi I li e.s. Individual exacts t> present their cas' curing the •T(«r..hs by Volrrt^crj o: vnru.u.s romni.. iti". tart oetn t:uitles_. The r.uuoniv v. tiic195 words
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Letter119 1946-05-20 4 117ITH reference to your cdiIf torial comments on ail-m wrestling, we think that "however strongly thj individual might feel on the subject of offering to Asiatu-s the spectacle of Europeans indulging m these displays of brutality," you should make yourself fully understood if you go on119 words
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Advertisement908 1946-05-20 4 SITUATIONS VACANT WANTED Roneo-Dupllcator Operators. Please state previous experience and salary required to Box 989 S.T. GOOD ALL ROUND COMPOSITORS wanted. Good salary and allowances. Apply Box 971, Straits Times. WANTED one energetic young clrrk tvpit (male or female). Knowledge jf rhorthand an advantage. Please apply to Box No. 970908 words
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Advertisement8 1946-05-20 4 8, SETON CLOSE. TANGLIN Weekdays 2—52 5 p.m.8 words
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700 1946-05-20 5 Siain-Burma Rails May Be Brought Back CORTY main line engines, 20 Diesel electric shunting locomotive*, 1,500 wagons and some coaches as well a* a lar^e amount of equipment and machinery valued nt $11,000,000, have been ordered by the Malayan Railways as part of their intensive700 words
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Article557 1946-05-20 5 CEREMONIAL; PARADE IN MALACCA f iEuT-Gen. Sir PfcMk W.\ L Mess-rvy, G.0.C., Malaya Command, paid his fir.st offi :ial visit to Malacca last Fhursday when he pie«entt(i the Military Cross and the Order oi' Brit'sh India to Risaldar Majcr Abdul Razak; Khan at a grand c:rernonia) parade held by th?557 words
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Article256 1946-05-20 5 Six Empire Prosecutors For Japan I"HE Empire will be reprcssnted at the trial of the 26 Japanese major war cr; minals before the International Court m Tokio, by I panel of six associate prosecutors who will be headeJ by Mr. Arthur Strettell Comyns Carr, K.C., when th? trials start on256 words
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171 1946-05-20 5 Big Damage In K.L. Fire: Store Razed 'From Our Own correspondent > KUALA LUMPUR, Sun. UUNDREDS of thousands Of dollars worth of rubber and medical supplies went up m j flames today m one of the biggest fires m Ku:i!a Lumpu: fcr years. The fire originated m agodown of the171 words
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Article230 1946-05-20 5 A CHINESE reader of the Strai'.s Times in Sibu, Sarawak, has sent us a little story for publication in "Man-in-the-Street." It doesn't quite fit in tin re, but it deserves a corner elsewhere, as a modern addition to Aesop's Fables. So here Is Mr. T. K. Chang's230 words
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Article, Illustration19 1946-05-20 5 c ir.A«M«»n rrarchint through Mart n Pla r, S»ydne>, when sf,iMt Aim raKans took rart m a record celebration.19 words
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Article286 1946-05-20 5 SIDNEY, (By Air Maif)— Dutch New Guinea mrj eventually become nearly as valuable to the Netherlands as Java if plans of tn enterprising group of Dutchmen to tap the pastoral and agricultural wealth cf this vsM island are put into effect. The newly formed fendfeUga286 words
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Article68 1946-05-20 5 (From Our Own I'ar.r-snoriflent) KUALA lIWOI, Siuu—lt has he?i dciidrd l«y the Mal.iyan Union y\o\Turnout tint al» arrears of laud rent da- at the end of I"ll yh^li Ue waived and all arrtar- of land due on l>ec 31. 19C3. m resnect of l!;r pri>d ol Japanese68 words
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Article318 1946-05-20 5 Thousands Missing In Bandoeng BANDOENG, Sat. The Dinch army commission charged with the task of investigating the fate ol p«f.ons who have disappeared .n the Bamioi-ng aiea has ivpcrced that over 300 Dutch irun, women an:l children are now officially li-ted cs misMsfc with the number estilr.aed as actuall roilUP - 318 words
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Advertisement178 1946-05-20 5 Available for Immediate Delivery ex-store. 4j Jkk Mi' i£ b*~* W B 8B 8 (Au.-ir.-.lian) Ir.sv.lating Board. .B'x4'x 1 It's Sound pror.i" Heat-Res.sting and While >nt Pr:of. Ideal for Air-Cenditionrd Office an d Cinema Hall. For further particulars plrr.se Phone 4"*3 TAN SIN PENG CO. 11, Phillip Street j Singapore.178 words
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Article, Illustration40 1946-05-20 6 Boys' Open Golf At Moor Park IV c- Allis, the >oim; «st son of Percy Mlis, the Ferndown pron sional anl Py.ier Cun nlayer pla>inK m the noys' open golf championship for the (arris Trophy at Moor Park Golf Club.40 words
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200 1946-05-20 6 Davis Cup: Line-up For Next Round LONDON. May, 18—Seven nations that have never won the Davis Cup trophy and France, which has possessed it six times, i Will clash during the next t?n j days m the European zone qi;artcr-flnals of the Davis Cup tournament, writes Bill Macklin, Associated Press200 words
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Article, Illustration305 1946-05-20 6 Star Maria Montez, Jon Hall, Sabu In White Savage," Lavish Thriller. Sensational Production is Filmed m Technicolor. r.>:- romance, action aoJ thrillin-r adventure, white savage winch will come to the screen of the Alhambra Theatre, where it has already 3 packed midnight premiers, easily lu'ails current procesal.m of movi-; liits.305 words
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275 1946-05-20 6 Airmen Beat Chinese In Charity Soccer DOYAL Air Force (Signal Association by four go Stadium yesterday. Or] China Famine and Distre very large crowd. P-ay was disappointing. I however, the little good soccer seen being prov ded by the Airmsn wr.o, m fact, deserved to win by a \v der275 words
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Article306 1946-05-20 6 Weights for Saturday. May 25. the firn day of the Se an^or Turf Cub's Lprtag Extra mcc In?, a:e: Horses Class I. (six furlong): Tonroe 9.0. Calamint 8.10. Mr. Chips I 3.7. Demur? 8.7. Ele t:a 8.4. Wymrr n? 13, Favcu ite 7.7. Horses. Class 2, Div.306 words
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Article212 1946-05-20 6 M.C.C. SIDE AGAINST INDIANS LONDON, Sat. The Marylebone Cricket Club have chosen a powerful team of all-rounders to oppose the Indian cricket tourists at Lords, on May 25, 26, and 27. The team will be captained by Brian Valentine, the Kent captain, who is a sterling bat and whe showed212 words
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Article173 1946-05-20 6 Meanwh:le. at Lciittr the Indians were .>cm m *n bat after Leicester won the toss and encountered the first really awkward wi:ket of the tour. The County side r<>ve returned to the i:;n,:e: uicund not used for first c'iss crtekH m the past 40 years. Heavy173 words
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Article231 1946-05-20 6 Ceylonese Beat Police By 27 Runs The Ceylon Sports Club beat the Police by 27 runs m a cricket match at Thomson Road yesterday. Scores: C.S.C.: S. Retnam b. Kirn Swee 15; J.H. Fernando b. G. Singh 1: C. Thuraisingham b. Kirn Swee 48; S. Kulasingcm c. Kumsamanl b. Kirn231 words
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Article, Illustration48 1946-05-20 6 •as.t ir-e* lha Police banned a proposed vrestlinjr Nr'afc bet o- nrtn, folio ing a Inadin* article m the StriUs limes wbiefa irf^rred to the nia'cli as an 'Objectionable Spectacle.'* A red r, Charls Coh, has soil us this impression of the episode.48 words
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Article125 1946-05-20 6 Another U.S. Fight For Woodcock NEW YORK, Sat.— Promoter Mike Jacobs was so impressed by Bruce Woodcock's display aeninst Tami Manriello, although the British champion was knocked out m the fifth round, that he plans to match him with America's four.hraliked heavyweight Joe Baksi. Woodcock has agreed to return hereReuter - 125 words
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373 1946-05-20 6 COUNTY CRICKET More Test Players In Form T.CN!K>.\ Sat Eight County cricket matches started to-day, and *xxi progress has been made m most of them At Canterbury whet* YorKihirn are meeting Kent three England players dominated tht Jay s performances Le*> Hutton t-layen another good innints, scoring 62, and Maurice373 words
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Advertisement812 1946-05-20 6 SINGAPORE CRICKET CLUB. It would be appreciated v members would send m their names and addresses to the Honorary Acting Secretary, Mr. P. W. Hall, P.O. Box 171, Singapore, m order to assist m compiling a complete list of all members now resident and with a view to the activities812 words
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Advertisement300 1946-05-20 6 GRAMOPHONE RECORDS The largest shipm-nt ever brousht Into Ma!aya Sold at Official Price. 1 Obtainable from: NANG HENG CO., Piano Horns. 103-105, Scli-Rie Road. KELLER PIANO CO. F.E.M.S. No. 2, Orchard Road, Singapore. FRESH FRUITS FRESH JUICES JAM, COSMETICS ETC., ETC. Bookings accepted only on GUARANTEED SUPPLIES. TANNS CO. 75,300 words
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Article1014 1946-05-20 7 America's Envoy To Britain's Labour Government MR. WILLIAN AVERELL HARRIMAN, who succeeds Mr. Winant as American Ambassador m London, has at lea.>t three important qualifications for the post, says The Sunday Times (London.) These are his cordial personal associations with Truman, Stalin, and Attlee; his three years1,014 words
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Article345 1946-05-20 7 REVIVING JAPAN'S ECONOMY TOKiO. Fri.— The Japanese Government today received Supi erne Command approval to create powerful economic stabilisation I oard, which will attempt through 1 :htened controls to remedy Japan's economic mal-adjust-luent. The Premier will serve as President of the Board, which will draft into service outstanding non-government financialAP - 345 words
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Article406 1946-05-20 7 By XORMAX J. BADDERLY Associated Press Correspondent In London LONDON, (By Air Mail)— While Lords and Commons debate the rebuilding of war-wracked Britain into a socialist state, workmen are busy m the Pa'ace of Westminster rebuilding the bomb-scarred buildings, which were damaged by Hitler's raiders406 words
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Article, Illustration59 1946-05-20 7 The air-raid shelters m Trafalgar Square, which had their uses evrn m peacetime as grandstand or rostrum for bU public assemblies such as Savings Campaigns and the like, are being pulled down at last. Trafalgar Square will have assumed its old peacetime ap pearance m59 words
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Article271 1946-05-20 7 PRAGUE. (By Air Mail)— People's Courts hUve come into porminence m Europe as a means of handling the over- load of court cases stemming from the prosecution of war criminals. Differing from the ordinary judicial body, members of these courts chiefly are persons with little or271 words
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327 1946-05-20 7 "Five Thrusts Daily" War News From China NANKING, May 19— The Nanking newspaper Hsin Ilia* Pao said on Saturday that the Government F.rst Army, reinforced by elements of the 71st and the new 6th Army, has I been averaging "five vigorous thrusts daily" at Szepingkai. Communist stronghold m Manchuria. GeneralUP - 327 words
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Advertisement84 1946-05-20 7 TODAY and TOMORROW \J*ll^&jfra£b£ 4 SHOWS: 1.30, 4, 6.30, 9.3 C. p.m. MELWN DOUGLAS (ms mas UAOFMr mmo WMEO) ■By^ m WEOWESDAY ONE NIGHT ©SLY Bro-'ght Back For Patrons Who Missed It Last Week INGRID WARNER BERGMAN BAXTER JiDjimUfiß Pout Sons j OPENING THURSDAY The Snow All Singapore Awaits' COO»«Yr84 words
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Advertisement493 1946-05-20 7 RAILWAY NOTICE. The greatly Increased cost ot working has made It necessary to impose surcharges on prewar t«riff charges The level of wage rate! has Increased very considerably ano the costs of commodities of which the Railway ls a large consumer, such as coal, timber, cement, steel, etc are more493 words
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Advertisement304 1946-05-20 7 Mansfield &U M Lid. (Incorporated Ui MOMNM« BLUE FUNNEL LIM Sailings to United tCirvMum l>nfe« I not guaranteed Samarkand Due from IK 18 M.it I.aomedon Our from U.K. 1!) May llartington Hue fro; 1 IK 22 May I.jraon Sails for V.li. 27 May Glenapp Sail* for IK 8 Jun» WESTERN304 words
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Article, Illustration145 1946-05-20 8 ROYAL VISITORS. Urcwn Prince Gustav Adolf of bweden and hrs wife Princess Louse arrive at Croydon for a montL'j stay m England. WORLD TOURISTS. Mrs. Kay Green and Mrs. Cooper, who are cycling to Australia .with their hu;', :"ids, pack scrr.e focd for the "trip." F.»RM145 words
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