The Singapore Free Press, 30 December 1946
1946-12-30
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Title Section14 1946-12-30 1 WSm^onfmBrc^ largest afternoon sale m malaya SINGAPORE, MONDAY, DECEMBER 30, 1946. PRICE 10 CENTS.14 words
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Article, Illustration85 1946-12-30 1 lbs Krte Press picture shows I members of the crew of frigate Wire" whi?h ran md on Bombay Reef, midbftwf^n Hong Rons and S a pore, on Christmas Ert. crew of the "Aire* was ■ted b> the former midget Mtaeahm* depot ship "Bonan\" I t>. ji mon;rfl.85 words
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178 1946-12-30 1 SHAREHOLDERS BREAK S'PORE BUS STRIKE .>.> Start Reporter C EHOLDERS of the Tay Kon Bus Company. Singapore, ne Thom>on Road 'buss*rmselves when between and fifty drivers went on few days ago. With the a few hired drivers, they d the 'buses themselves, and ervice s conMnving noted news m Singa178 words
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31 1946-12-30 1 Two thousand German pri-soners-of-war from Canada arrived m Britan yesterday. They will be used to build houses -.nd help on the land.31 words
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Article261 1946-12-30 1 PARIS, Sunday. IN Hanoi, French forces are using tanks to smash nests of Vietnamese fighting from pillboxes. Trench troops have relieved a French garrison of more than 2,000 men surrounded for more than a week at Phulan^ Thoung, 20 miles northeast of Hanoi. Mopping-up operationsReuter; A.P - 261 words
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95 1946-12-30 1 LIVERPOOL. Sun. THE Biohop of Liverpool L>r Martin, was shouted down today by fifty members of the National Union of Protestants when he attemoted to conduct what they called High Mass m the parish church at West Derby. Liverpool. The fifty people sat quiet95 words
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Article212 1946-12-30 1 SHANNON (Eire> Sun. HER pretty face still lined with nervous exhaustion, Vma Kay Ferguson, air hostess heroine of the Shannon MI era h «f *>} Constellation 'Star of Cairo «n > U a: when U pwsow .-d, smlbd tonight as sw diak ly an,w redU.P - 212 words
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Article, Illustration435 1946-12-30 1 JERUSALEM, Sun. JEWISH terrorist gunmen tonight kidnapped a BriJ tish Brigade Major from his hotel— the Metropole m Nathanya, midway between Tel Aviv and Haifa, and also seized two British NCOs, and flogged them publicly, m retaliation for the birching of 16--year-old Benjamin Yossef Kimchin,435 words
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Article511 1946-12-30 1 Free Press Staff Reporter TflK problem of where the Governor -General is to live has 1 been solved. Mr. Mac Don a Id, when he brings his bride from Canada, will live m Tyersall Palace, the Sultan of Joh ore's house near the Botanic Gardens.511 words
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57 1946-12-30 1 An cfficai Uxuied Stales Aim? Document just published, says Reuter from Wash ngton discloses that IOBk of Hitlers militarises and propagandists who escaped are offering their skill to other powers. The reference was no' to merman scientists some of whom have been employed by57 words
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Article114 1946-12-30 1 Free Press Staff Repjrter A JAPANESE was shot dead ov an Indian sentry guarding a 8.0.D. at Choa Chu Kang, Singapore, on Saturday. Several Japanese from a P.O.W. camp recently were found 100 ing one of the godowns when I <r sentry opened fire. About 7114 words
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42 1946-12-30 1 Fifteen trans-Atlantic flights to and from all part* of Europe were delayed by bad weather yesterday over the eastern seaboard of tho United Staler, says A.P. Internal a«rUr«:s m the United States canceiled 162 flights.42 words
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Article224 1946-12-30 1 CALCUTTA, Sunday. IN a tin shed m the village of Srirampur, amid ricefield* of eastern Bengal. Gandhi and Pandit Nehru spiritual and political leaders of Ail-India Congress Party met today. It was understood that Nehru grave a full account to Gandhi of his London trip. NehruReuter - 224 words
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Article36 1946-12-30 1 Scots having London for tht North for the New Year celebrations were delayed several hours at London stations yesterday by thick fog which isolated Ukidon from the rest of the country.36 words
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Article, Illustration440 1946-12-30 3 Interest being revived m UK LONDON, (fey Air Mail). from British parliamentary and industrial cir- cles are a number of advocates of a 50-year-old scheme to dig a tunnel to France under the English Channel. These contemporary tunnellers of Britain say the hole they would like toA.P - 440 words
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Article218 1946-12-30 3 SYDNEY (By airmail). TEXAS-BORN John Caldwtll, reunited at last with his pretty 1 Australian wife, told here of enduring shipwreck, hunger inJ hurricane on a Pacific crossing that took nearly six months by cutter, Fijian canoe, copra boat and plane. I that the twoA.P - 218 words
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75 1946-12-30 3 'jHE RAF has appealed to all German civilians and authorities to help m the search for data conc-mirig th e 20.000 RAF personnel reported missing over Germany during the war. Every d"tail, including the numbers of pistols Or watches found during or since ne75 words
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26 1946-12-30 3 Col. Leslie Simon, United States Army scientist, says his men have developed an A.A. missile which can intercept V2-type atomic rockets.26 words
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Article186 1946-12-30 3 FE exiMnce m Italy of a pans' a y terrorist organisat on controlled by Russia is referred to m a confidential document c rcuat'd by the Italian Ministry of the Interior to aM Prefects. A Ministry official, confirming the existence ard contents of the document, said186 words
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Article232 1946-12-30 3 'Problem' child due to parents pARENTS m the most successful and happy homes are 1 not wrapped up m their children, according to Miss May Ravden, whose large-scale investigation into home-life ot children m London has just been disclosed. Over protection by doting parents makes a child feel that he232 words
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Article, Illustration45 1946-12-30 3 A view of the supposedly fireproof WinccoiT Hotel m Atlanta. Georgia, after a fire m which more than 12! persons lost their lives and 100 others were injur ed. The fire started m the fifth floor and m a few minutes several floors were abUie.45 words
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Article84 1946-12-30 3 ABEQLEST of £2,<i56 to mother of ten children who had been a "ministtrlns angel" to her for over 30 years. rs announced m the will of Mrs. Clara Mary Brewer, of Woodley. Berks. She said: "Words fail me to tell of her devotion and loving care irom the84 words
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Article87 1946-12-30 3 A husband who said he lost weight and bocame melancholy "because of his wife's nagging and unkindness" was granted a decree nisi m the London Divorce Court. Petitioner m the undefended suit was Mr. Charles Alfred Olds. ol Browning-road. Manor ParK. London Mr. Commissioner HolroydPearce.87 words
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Article13 1946-12-30 3 An RAF. Mosquro squadron is to be based m Berlin.13 words
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Miscellaneous40 1946-12-30 3 T ARZ AN Dangerous mishap By Edgar Rice Burroughs Kirn CRASM OF THE FALLING TREE- I AJEK&^^ TSx QJila H£ LANDED CN ALL FOURS. TOP TWE STARTLED PO&SE 2 [J^L. J^| s^^rvSia^-gaar l^ .2,^- turned from sproui's body, p" l"^'"|40 words
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Article275 1946-12-30 5 NEW FEEDING SCHEME STARTS JAN. 2 lntt££r£ of P^school age will start on Jan. 2. r' ally he 9cl I c wi «nried out at the two co a a r d e CllmCS 3t ViCt ria Stmt and New UtPr fJ, t? R ad Centre will °P ened on275 words
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Article, Illustration21 1946-12-30 5 \j L s. \nna Th*m who won the M nrue at the Bathn? Beauts Competition at the ttdeon Cabaret, Singapore, recently.21 words
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Article107 1946-12-30 5 ATTEMPT TO SAVE MAILS Free Press Stall Reporter ANOTHER ship, on its way to D| from Singapore left the is:and two i attempt to p o* up aboard the 1.800-r^n re, which was washed reef m heavy seas o Im days before Christmas the pwreck m that area m v107 words
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Article23 1946-12-30 5 A free Chr simas treat for iren was held at the -hurch 4 Our Lady of Lourdes m Road, Singapore, yesterday23 words
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Article39 1946-12-30 5 Leading sports enthusiasts of Rangoon have decided to form a Burma Olympic Association. Sir M. A. Maung Gyree, Member for Public Works and Rehabilitation m the Governor s Executive Council, will be the first President of ReuterReuter - 39 words
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Article21 1946-12-30 5 Mr. RGB Prescott, who has Just returned to Rangoon from leave, has taken over the post of ReuterReuter - 21 words
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Article, Illustration91 1946-12-30 5 Malacca was the venue of a bif Malay rally last week. Thousands of Malays— men, women and children marched through the main streets of the town, carrying: banners with nationalist slogans. One banner read: "Malay a Indonesia Satu" (Malaya and Indonesia are one). Malay women were to the91 words
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343 1946-12-30 5 Free Press Staff Reporter THE advice of Government Legal Department is being 1 sought regarding the status of the Singapore Federation of Trade Unions, formerly the General Labour Union, which has sought registration as a trades union. The Free Press understands that difficulty has343 words
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Article39 1946-12-30 5 On New Year's Day, the Paya Lebar Methodist Church will oe holding a New Year service and holy communion at 10 a.m. New Year social at 11.30 a.m. and a New Year re-union lunch at l^.m.39 words
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Article117 1946-12-30 5 CNGLISH will cease to be the language of the administration m Ceylon ten years hence, from Jan. 1, 1957. if the recommendations of the Select Committee of the State Council, which was appointed last year to report on the "steps necessary to effect the transition from117 words
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Article159 1946-12-30 5 HONG KONG, Sun. A SECOND attempt to create a disturbance on the Hong. Kong money market was made i 'onight when the Associated Press was again the victim of a falsification of news story. An illegal source put out a story credited to the Associated IReuter - 159 words
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196 1946-12-30 5 SIAM OBJECTS TO 'ANNA AND THE KING' Free Press Correspondent BANGKOK, Sunday. TONSTDERABLE coiuroversy is raging m Bangkok over the question of whether the film "Anna and the King of Siam shall be shown there or banned because of alleged "indignity :o the Siamese throne. The Publicity Department has anr.ounced196 words
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Article188 1946-12-30 5 Free Press Start Reporter. LEGAL action will be taken against any person m Singa- pore *found manufacturing nrei works m a priva.e dwelling nouse following the recent flr« m Chin Swec Road, when two people were burned to death and T wo others were seriously burneo. The188 words
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Article61 1946-12-30 5 USAW, leader ct the Mouehit Party and a member ot the Burmese Government, said on Sunday that Burma was Impatient, about freedom like all the subject peoples of Asia and elsewhere. U Saw said he visualized ihe future gc\ernment cf Burma as oeing socialistic and nationalizingA.P - 61 words
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Article54 1946-12-30 5 AFTER an inteival of tour years, the Colombo Museum. which was occupied by the forces during the war. will be reopened. Among the new objects that will be on view will be the Regalia and Throne of the last King of Kandy and two ornate guns54 words
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Article1196 1946-12-30 7 By Our Boxing Reporter ROTH the visiting boxers, Mick McKay, South African banD tarn, and Stan Mott, Australian bantam, lost their first ggfcts »n Singapore at the Happy World Staduim last nielit M K av to Arnan by the narrowest of points margins, and1,196 words
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Article423 1946-12-30 7 ENGLISH football ieague tables up-to-date are: Goals P W. D. L. P. A Pta Birmingham 24 15 2 7 46 21 32 Manchester C. 22 13 6 3 48 22 32 Burnley 23 11 9 3 33 18 31 Newcastle 23 11 6 6 58 32 28 Chesterfield423 words
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Article, Illustration27 1946-12-30 7 The first ball of the second Test at Sydney <.hovvs Hutton pUyniw a defensive shot against Miller. The third Test starts at Melbourne on Wednesday.27 words
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Article523 1946-12-30 7 LONDON, Saturday. PLAYING for the third time m League matches within four days m a hectic holiday period, many players were legweary and learns were weakened through injuries. Only four sides gained the full six points from vital games. These were Manchester City and West523 words
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Article139 1946-12-30 7 AS both tiials tor the selection of the Combined Service team to play the Civilians in* hockey on the Padang to-day were cancelled due to heavy rain, the Inter-Services Selection Committee has elected th? following to represent the Services. Goalkeeper: P/Sgt. OuAfoyle (RAF)., Reserve: Capt.139 words
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339 1946-12-30 7 England Conf iden t Of Doing Better Third Test At Melbourne From Norman Preston MELBOURNE. Sunday. AFTER travelling through the night from Canberra, the England cricketers arrived here today m readiness for a one-day fixture tomorrow at Bendigo, about 80 miles to the northwest, and the third Test which beginsReuter - 339 words
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Article30 1946-12-30 7 In a return soccer match played at the Samboe sports ground on Friday the Samboe Hospital Combined Police beat the Samboe Chinese Athletic by three goals to nil.30 words
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Article279 1946-12-30 7 Dead Stym'. e - RYDER CUP IN OCTOBER Dead Stym'.e Coif Notes By AFIER turning down the American challenge t\*ice, Britain has at last accepted Ameiica'3 invitation to play the Ryder Cv;) match, which is as importai.i golf as the Test Match is to cricket. Previously Britain had said that she pad not properly279 words
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