The Singapore Free Press, 13 January 1947

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    18 1 The Singapore Free Press LARGEST AFTERNOON SALE IN MALAYA ~IK. SINGAPORE, MONDAY, JANUARY 13, 1947. PRICE 10 CENTS.
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    TROOPS TO DELIVER U .K. MEAT
    79 1 TROOPS TO DELIVER U .K. MEAT SDOH Sun. hours of km oy tne ■rinute ap- s to r M Lstries Labour ?d that i work at ->n. red the i ci lon's market .:e for tn? rt o! t of whie^ I ndoners ns has i een im* i as
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    41 1 Seventeen < nmoe ..> were married at the Ma fair Hall. Singapore, yesterday in the first mass weddings since the liberation. The Chinese Consul, Mr. A. C T Kwong orlieiated. Before the war, ma.ss weddings were very popular among the Chinese in Malaya
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    BACK AT WORK
    39 1 snop em- k return to work employers had a: 11m terms be m up some time aso. wcu d the d work- be strJce of Kallang will -oon. Tben is no inSu.^apore -icred artisan to work
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    HALIAN SOCIALISTS FORM RIGHTIST PARTY
    33 1 HALIAN SOCIALISTS FORM RIGHTIST PARTY I -an Socialist Pa: y breakaway gr^up ot le main d in Rom- ader. G-useppe or th p conatCsays Reu r posed W h: the main partv 1
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    33 FREEZE TO DEATH
    15 1 Gern n i to 4 mis 3"^ -.ad hi d bite.
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    27 die in crashes, 11 more missing
    266 1 TWLMWOI K persons lost their li\es in three air crashes over the weekend. One crash occurred yesterday near Galax. Virginia, and there was only one survivor, a passenger, the 15 other passengers and three members of the crew being killed. When the crew
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    HANOI CITY IS WRECKED
    99 1 HANOI CITY IS WRECKED (More troops for Indochina See Page 8). HANOI Sin WARFARE has wrecked virtuallv 60 percent of .embattlec Hanoi's buildings mostly in th-. Chinese and the Annami-e quarters -since the outbreak of hostilities between the Vietnamese and the French on Dec. 19. Long J&locks ol ruins in
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    SIAM CHIINESE FIGHT OVER FLAG
    219 1 BANGKOK. Sun SIAM ha^s compared to Ch na about the continuance ot in- -id nts be. we n Chinese rea dents n Bangkok and Siamese, Direk Charam, Siamese For ign Minis- ler, disclosed toda. Chainam said has sent a detailed r port to the Siamese
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    MOTOR-CAR BOMB WRECKS H.Q.
    372 1 MOTOR-CAR BOMB WRECKS H.Q. JERUSALEM, Sun. TIGHT persons were killed, including two British and three Arab constables, and 50 injured in an explosion in the compound of the Police Headquarters in Haifa tonight, according to a Police communique. These casualties were caused when a motor car was driven into the
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    ADZA VINCENT IS LEAVING RADIO MALAYA
    122 1 p/iiss Adza Vincent Programme Director at Radio Mala Singapore Station, has hand d m i her resignation and will be giving |up her post and leaving for England in March Asked the reason for h:r decision Miss Vincent told the Free Press that she
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    PAPEN INDICTED
    40 1 Franz von Pap^n. the German diplomat, acquitted by the International Military Tribunal on war crimes cin.r^es, was s< rved yesterdav with an indictment roqu'r- ng h m to appear before a German d.-nazificaticn board, says AP from Nuremberg.
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    MASS FOX SHOOT
    33 1 Handled^ ol farmer* and gamekeepers wer,> out over the weekend looking tor foxes in some ol the loneliest moorlands in Yorkshire The bag is said to oe a record one
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    STRIKE GOES ON
    50 1 Negotiations on Satiudav between Parisian printers, publishers and Govtrnment repr. ves produced only an <j *T i 1 oin !ic publishers to pay the printers for th~ time they have been out en strike. sa*-s R^'er lrom Pars The. cits was without newspapers today, the fifth day.
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    TB: Drs DEMAND ACTION
    241 1 TB: Drs DEMAND ACTION Free Press Staff Reporter THE Government of Singap~r e is 1 to be asked to tak e early [st ps 10 combat th^ menac<? of tuberculosis in the Colony At :ho annual general m?e:.ng or the Alumni Association of the K.:.g toward VII Colle ge o|
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    3-TON TRUCK OVERTURNS
    100 1 Kree Press Staff Reporter A THREE-TON Army truck, loaded with coke, overturned and blocked traffic on the Victoria Theatre side of Anderson Bridge early this morning. The driver and a passenger were takeu to hospital Traffic officials u rr on the spot a few minutes after the
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    MORE INDIANS MAY NOW CARRY SWORDS
    44 1 The Government of Ind.a has agreed to allow about 1.500.000 people in the centrally administered area.s or India the riyht to carry swirds-a right so far enjoyed only by Sikhs who hold it '>n religious grounds says Reuter
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  • NEWS PAGE
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      56 3 inn demonstration of dena in t against the I'nited »ns was held in Madrid •wing the UNO condemnahe Franco Government II of heads of diploma mix-ions to Snain. Gen. who sail that Spain u.in rtady t*> resist aga'nst outride interference, j< seen acknowledging the n >\ the crowd (ri^htt red
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      EX-SOLDIER STARTS AN INDUSTRY
      96 3 GIRL -0 and an exA d rt the pion:er:. :y in South Wales z\\e disabled miners a in life. tba ago Bettj Smith. r>: nan. had not s:en a tfl m w arinf p^ ara pilot carpet factory c. Afcerdare Cables loi gan Cox, o: Aoerdare.
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      Officers' luxury life in Japan
      153 3 LUXURIOUS demands ot officers in the occupying forces in Japan have been ended by an order from Supreme Allied Headquarters in Tokio. Officers have been tiring in i mansions splendidly furnished with materials procured from the Japanese Government, and the ord^r now made follows hundreds
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      'Key' to cathedral jig-saw 'miracle'
      248 3 VISITORS to Canterbury Cathedral have been puzzled by the figure of an 81-year-old man swinging 90 feet aloft in the dusty clerestory. He is Samuel Caldwell, last of a line of stained glass artists. Th^ee times a week, and sometimes three times m one day
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      SUICIDE-PROOF PRISON FOR NAZIS
      278 3 SUICIDE-PROOF PRISON FOR NAZIS THE seven Nazi leaders given prison sentences at Nuremberg, will shortly go to solitary confinement in the*, grim fortress prison of Spandau, Berlin. They are Hess, Funk and Raeder, sentenced lor life, Schirach and Speer, 20 years each, Neurath, 15 years, and Doenitz— lo years. Their
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      STARS GET SO TIRED
      28 3 James Stewart, film star, urges a five-day week for Hollywood stars who, he says, get too tired with only one day a week off
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      GAVE RUSSIANS 17 TOP SECRETS
      46 3 Durnford Smith, radar expert. J and member of the Canadian Re- search Council, was sent to tail for five years for conspiring ro communicate military secrets r o Russia. The prosecution said ho had given the Russians 17 top secret document.
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      'BRITAIN CAN WAKE IT'-£30,000,000
      25 3 The Britain Can Make It exhibition in London has brought £30.000.000 worth of orders 'o British manufacturers, according to some estimates.
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      60,000 'USELESS EATERS' KILLED
      180 3 i I DETVWEN 50.000 and 30.000 peo- I j pie considered useless to j Germany were secrc'ly killed b?- twcen autumn. 1939 and th j summei of 1941. in compliance with an euthanasia or "mercy- killing' edict. Issuec by Hitler Details ot the order were riven
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      60 3 Typist Edna M. Bellis, 17. of East Didsbury, Manchester, while on holiday at Llandudno, met Lance-Corporal G. Rugman, 19, who asked for her picture. When he went back to Burma he entered it for a beauty contest, then sent her a copy of the Forces' paper, Burma Star, which carried
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      LONDON TO HAVE BIG FESTIVAL
      78 3 PLANS lor celebrations in London next May to mark Princess Elizabeth's 21st birthday are under cons. deration by Government Departments. Illuminations and entertainments in the royal parks are likeiy to form part. No final decision has been made. Pnncess Elizabeth's 21st birthday falls on April
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      GIRL, 15, FLIES TO WED G.I.
      120 3 YOUNGEST G.I. bnde yet to My. the Atlantic. Isbel Butwell. I 15 years old. left an Oxfordshire village to marry her 25-year-old dance In Youngstown, Ohio. At a dance in Checkendon. near Henley, when she was 12. she met Technical Sergeant Paul Sinclair. They
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      NEW POLICE RADIO PATROL CARS
      71 5 »i ret Rtsa Man Keporier U 9 Kadio Patrol, started after the reoccupation \rmv and Jap materials, has received the fir>t hre i mis. These cars are undergoing tests under \\Wt- i ions. and patrol men are enthusiastic over the new Impaired with the 15-cwt.
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      ARMY IMPROVES 'EMPRESS' LINER
      183 5 LIVERPOOL. Sui d '.y. THE Empress of Australia with 1.000 troops ah *rd bouiid ior j Singapore is now lying at Liver mere have been no complaints from the troops regarding the accommodation provideo Trcopdeck accommodation for 380 m°n has been scrappea during the last 14
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      FILM DEALS WITH JAP OCCUPATION
      72 5 SONG of Singapore", the first Mandarin talking picture to be produced in Singapore since the liberation, was given a pre- view at ihe Rex Theatre fester- j dav morning. Directed by Mr. Wu Chu. a film j cirec or with Shanghai experi- J enee the
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      SCHOOL BROADCASTS
      144 5 Free Press Stall Reporter School broadcasting will be resumed in Singapore on; Jan. 20. Tea. hers will ha^ access to; the notes well in advance of each j broadcast. Partner notes lor. preparation and follow- up will j b*> made available to SChOOIS fortnightly. Several requests hare bee^
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      WIRELESS CLASS AT BOYS' CLUB
      248 5 Free Press Staff Reporter TO each bovs the means of obtaining an honest living and to make" them good citizens the recently re-organised committee of the Singapore Queen Street Boys' Club are arranging classes in radio and basket -making. The classes will start on Feb.
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      YOUTH FELLOWSHIP
      35 5 The following hava oeen elected to serve m the rabinet ot Tela* ayer Methodist V Fellowship for 194" President. Peter Lim; VicePresident, Gwec An Lcr.g: h-m. secretary, Harry Fang; tion. treasurer Michael V\ce
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      MUSLIM MEETING
      41 5 A Pan-Malayan Indian Muahm. Conference has been convened at I Penan^ on Feb. 14. 15 and 16 The Conference was decided upon by a special meeting of the Executive Committee ot the Penang j ind'-ni Muslim League last week.
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      SINGAPORE CHINESE WONT BE VACCINATED
      397 5 SINGAPORE CHINESE WONT BE VACCINATED Free Press Staff Reporter h PUBLIC Relations officials, following up a Municipal Health Office suggestion that the P.R.O. broadcasting van should be used to publicise Singapore's anti-small pox campaign especially in affected areas, have made an interesting discovery which explains why Chinese will not come
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      RAF RELEASES
      44 5 HEADQUARTERS. At Command, Far East, state that the report Free Press Jan. 8» that no RAF release level will be lower tran group 47 is Incorrect. At hast, two ground trades will reach only groups 45 and 46 by 31st Marcn, 1947.
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      50 5 Singapore Chinese Consul. Mr. A. C. T. Kwong is seen aldcjuV ing at yesterday's mass wedding at the MaytaJr Hall in Rabinson Road. Sevent en Chinese couples were united. Before the war. mass marr as?s were populsr among the Chinese in Malaya. It was part of China's New lift Movement.
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      R.4.F. STAFF OFFICER
      58 5 Air Vice- Marshal F. F. Inghs C B C BE., who is arr.vmg by air et Seletar today, will ta*e over the duties of Senior Air Stan Officer. Headquarters, Air Command, Far East, from Air ViceMarshal Pendred. who is retu'nmg to England to take up tue duties
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      S'HAI POLICE MAKE DEMANDS
      134 5 S'HAI POLICE MAKE DEMANDS aNGHJ i. S ABOUT 3.600 Chinese pol e n invaded -he British Con-.. gronnds today, demanding pi ment of superannuation 6 th< m bv the former Sin International Settlement I h n Informed by Consul C. W. Aldington '.hrough an Interpreter that Brian was 0 cf
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      TRIBUTE TO SOCIAL WELFARE STAFF
      89 5 A tribute to the help ana reoperation he had rec from the s art 0 f the Social v. fare Deportment was paid by Mr. T.PF. McNeice. Secretary Social Welfare Singapore si dinner in his honour given ov the department at the Telok aycr People-:'
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      U.S. BUYS SILK FROM CHINA
      60 5 THE Reconstruction finance Corporation in Washington has 236.000 jards ot imported "China silk" at prices ranging The silk was brought by the from 42.25 to 60.62 cents a yattt. United States Commercial com pany an RFC subsidiary The successful biders were Waiter Strassburgcr and Company
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      TRADE PACT WITH ARGENTINA
      38 5 TRADE PACT WITH ARGENTINA THE representative oi the Chinese government. Mr. Mo Un-hO, recently conferred with the Argentine Foreign Minister. Dr Juan Bromiglia, regarding the trade treaty which, it was believed, will be signed in January or February.
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      CABARET GIRLS ARE TAXED
      49 5 Cabaret girls, "guide girls ann "massage girls" in Macao nave now to pay a tax of $30 per an num for a professional permit. without which they will be taken as illegal if they are "doing any business", and will be liable to penalty.- U.P.
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      ORDER GRANTED
      51 5 At the stipendiary court at! Bui* cm. W y«ter-, Vl n mce or<*er of 30/--a week was granted to Ruby Chan 01 if ng ITvis apohed on tne grounos i 1 L" r t l n > Uf r husband, William Deaiin of Rathcon* Street, Tumstall. says neuter
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      91 3 4 Show, at A I§ f II 1 V l>hone 2 p.m., Llo I. ft Hft 1 :UOO ATTENTION. SINGAPORE SECRETARIES! HAVE YOU HEARD OF A FEMALE BOSS ENGAGING A MALE SECRETARY ON NIGHT DUTY? Ol (AN LEARN THE PITFALLS IN 'TAKE A LETTER, DARLING" ROSALIND -ifr, /^FRED RUSSELLI^amMAcMURRAY r
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  • Page 3 Miscellaneous
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  • SPORTS PAGE
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      HOME SOCCER
      293 7 ■j tT it-ague pwi.iims i B Uoais e D L. F A P:- 21 2 45 16 36 K 4 6 2 39 13 34 M 23 12 S •51 33 iS 1 fi 5 33 32 28 .0 5 8 39 39 29 J 7 6 40
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      650,000 WANT TICKETS TO WEMBLEY
      399 7 650,000 WANT TICKETS TO WEMBLEY To See England Meet Scotland LONDON, Sunday. i. versus Scotland international is always the i ol the British soccer season, but this year's i ch it Wembley on Apr. 12 the fir f international match d Ike leasns since the war will surpass all records
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      May play in England
      22 7 tred Freer. Australian Test oo a lcr and batsman, who) may pia> in the Lancashire League next season
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      PANCHO WINS, STAN MOTT UNLUCKY
      570 7 By Our Boxing Reporter KID PANCHO (123»/ 2 Id) was a shade too strong and persistent for South African Mick McKay (117 lb) in their ten three-minute round fight at the Happy World Stadium last night and Pancho won well en points after a close
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      Spore win state hockey four-two
      744 7 Free Press Hockey Reporter IN the first State hockey fixture played in Singapore since the liberation, Singapore beat Negri Sembilan by four goals to two at the Police Depot ground, Thomson Road, yesterday. The game was very fast with both teams playing exceptionally w T
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      Civilian Rugby XV v Services
      117 7 The Rest of Malaya team to play Combined Services at Jalan Besar Stadium on January 25 is as follows: Cheong Foong Ching (Penans)- P. Bovle (Selangon. 11. O. Bennet (Sclangcr). W. E. (Irieve (SCO, D. M. Seward (SCO; J.B. Potter 1800. J. Frame (SCO: R.
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      GRAND NATIONAL WEIGHTS JAN. 30
      183 7 > From Vernon MorgaJi LONDON, Sun. THE first stage In the battle to find the winner of Bri tains premin Steeplechase, the Grand National. wa.s reached tlvs week with the announcement that 82 horses had entered. Many fearless punters have already lost their money with
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      HOME RUGBY RESULTS
      205 7 HOME RUGBY RESULTS IX3NDON. S?f Rugby Union results: International trial match: Probables 0. Possibles 8 at Dublin. Harlequins 10 Blaekheath 13 London Weish 10. Bath 15; Old All." 3. Rugby 3; Old Paulines 5. Maeste--19: Richmond 3, United Services Port 3; Rosslyn Park 3. London Scottish 20. St. Man's 20.
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      "BRITISH BOXERS WANT INFLATED PURSES"
      309 7 London By Air Mail» JUST a few blocks from Jock Solomons* prize fight headquarters is the office of discouraged man— Joe Blooms, representative in Europe of the Transvaal Sporting Club of Johannesburg. South Africa. A veteran of many years in the fight game and manager
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