The Singapore Free Press, 23 January 1947
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WOMAN'S PAGE
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Article, Illustration850 1947-01-23 2 THINGS TO COME. By Free Press Woman Reporter HOW would you like an electronic mousetrap with doors which drop when the mouse passes through an electric-eye beam? Apparently, they have been invented and they may even reach Singapore someday m the meantime a simple mousetrap costs 35 cents m Raffles850 words
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Article107 1947-01-23 2 Fortune forecast for people born today YOU are one of those friendly and gregarious souls who must be surrounded by those you love to find complete happiness. But, since you find it easy to love, you can be happy almost anywhere you are! However, despite this apparently107 words
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Article149 1947-01-23 2 pLASTIC shoes are just Icoming on to the market m England and they have already been on sale m Singapore mostly from America. Plastics are being used now, *io* as a substitute for leather, but as a material capable of giving a new type of shoe. H. and149 words
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Article27 1947-01-23 2 Tlv Austrian Foreign Minister, Dr. Karl Gruber. arrived m London by air for discussions on the peace treaties with G-ermany and Austria, reports ReuterReuter - 27 words
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Article283 1947-01-23 2 pRINCESS Victoria I Cecille Irene Margaret of Hessen would like very much to work as housekeeper for some American family, but the 32-year-old member of what remains of German royalty has not been denazified yet, writes Associated Press Correspondent Irene Angei stem-Simon, A former Naxi PartyA P - 283 words
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Advertisement29 1947-01-23 2 TO-DAY 5 SHOWS: II s.ip 1 15. 3.30.6.33 9 n.m. SPECIAL CHINESE NEW YEAR %PR OCR A MM E! J$ it. w T h\ ni. /'4l REVL.NCE f t]V29 words
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Advertisement119 1947-01-23 2 Huge Crowds Enthusiastic Cver 7/i/s Greof Adventure Story at ik "if CATHAY I 6.45 MB 0.30 Do Nof Miss times fx CECIL B. OiMILLI »o r cv^ 4 trorKea unlit! Pr In ill my thirty years •"•f ha\e never vorke-j ith w P^flHyC talented and injvrcJ B^lbb^H actually lived their119 words
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Miscellaneous27 1947-01-23 2 A y i! INJI 9 RADIO MALAYA Singapore RED M mOKK (Chinese lndt*<i: metres; also 12 p.m. to Z p.m. 4.32S ti?sacycles per second (61 metre Inn.i)27 words
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Miscellaneous221 1947-01-23 2 and 7.45 p-in. to 9.30 p.m. 4.78 megacycles per seeotid (61 metre band' CLt T t NETWORK: (Malay fcnjli>h 485 metres; also 12 p.m. to I p.m. 7.22 megacycles per second (41 metn band) and 9.30 p.m. to close a»'v»» 4.78 megacycles per second (61 met-e band) TODAY'S ENGLISH LISTENING221 words
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Miscellaneous117 1947-01-23 2 News; 8.40 p.m. London calling; 6 45 p.m. As seen from Scotland; 9.00 p.m. Jazz society; 9.30 p.m. 8.8.C. Sjmphony orchestra; 10.30 p.m. Rauio newsreel; 10.45 p.m. London calling; 10.50 p.m. Interlude; 11.00 p.m. Much-binding m the marsh; 11.30 p.m. News; 11.40 p.m. From todays papers. JAN. 24 7 30117 words
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Miscellaneous384 1947-01-23 2 Free Press Crossword No. 24 CLUES ACROSS 1, An expert at anything <7). 7, Oblong piece of I p^ P p ffj I HH cloth which Arabs wrap —^^J—^^*— mB— mHB around head and body (4). mil SS Sfi Hi 8. Musical instrument with JmV Jm*___PmT__^B. J i graduated vooden384 words
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667 1947-01-23 4 PR&sS published n ita newj columns or. M a message trorn Xc g-ley. -x cusy town if the si Riding o! Yortshr^ where piay Rugby L^ag.:c foot,.iii and make textile machln- j y and woollen cloth tor peapi*667 words
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Article663 1947-01-23 4 IN 1946, three women played leading role of world importance m the United Nations while others represented their countries effectively and hundreds helped turn the wheels of U.NYs vast secretarial machine. lii short, although the number cj women m the United Nations was much less663 words
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Article235 1947-01-23 4 A LTHOUGH television i\ is a thing of the moment, and leaves no record, the British Broadcasting Corporation's Film Unit has spent a busy six months capturing pictures side by suie with the television cameras, and fragments from this exciting record are being shown to viewers m England, m235 words
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Article369 1947-01-23 4 A TEN- WEEK trek a cost of £2,300 brought the first successful convoy to South Africa recently when five men and one woman fiv>m Derby and Stoke-on-Tront arrived to Salisbury. Southern Rhodesia They travelled by Army truck across the Sahara by the western route, crossing the Equator369 words
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Article, Illustration676 1947-01-23 4 Norah Alexander - Norah Alexander but not the kind to eat LONDON SHOW TALK by LET'S talk about ham. shall we? I don't mean the ham that Mr. Strachey hasn't got. I mean the style of acting which depends on flamboyant gestures, and fine rolling voice —the style so beloved676 words
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Article40 1947-01-23 4 1 Tht Engl Histrories ol T: was it pr: m which 2. Who o: is euth< 2. In mto plays do th< ia» La.. Volumma: <c In p trucii 4 -Wl. \he lr. ilp Are ajici ur.j I LhLs40 words
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Article15 1947-01-23 4 Walk v tion h« calh-d haap the unii> m th«> h<»nd of Eph< *J15 words
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Advertisement19 1947-01-23 4 MJINTEREY '*X i-r-O.vDEB LiPSTICK PIRFUME. TOILFT 'OAf ROLCt. tTC. tIC. H/LL RANCEi HAU*riM6l¥ r£*FU*ti> 7ML/L* tMPeitßlt ■vi'r Importer* Papin^ao19 words
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Article, Illustration344 1947-01-23 5 FRAME-UP CHARGE AGAINST GOVT. FROM his narrow, grey-painted, steel cot m Fresnes jail hospital, near Valenciennes, where he is held on a charge of collaboration with the enemy, Paul de Lesseps, 63-year-old son of the French engineer who planned the Suez Canal, accused the French State of intent to defraud344 words
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Article164 1947-01-23 5 HOME IN UK FOR BRAVE TREK GIRL IN a strange home wrile the soldier with whom she r.ad trck.ied trom Itaiy over the At across France, to land m Eruland m a rowing .boat, awa; l a charge of desertion, an Italian girl sat and tried to talk to h\s164 words
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Article35 1947-01-23 5 Snicking m moderation never harmeo anyone, said William H 'nry Johnston on his 100 oir.hday a lew weeks ago. He d ed when his moustache caught fire as he lit his pipe.35 words
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Article43 1947-01-23 5 1 By William Caxton ai Bruges m 1474 2. Edmuna Speacei: The Fa»>rir Queer.c 3 <o> Ihe Merchant of Venice: (b> Conolanus. <c> Cymbeline; <d> Tarn of the Shrew: <e> Tbe Tempest. Mathew Arnold m nil Essays m criticism on Oxford43 words
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195 1947-01-23 5 'GERMANS 15 YEARS BEHING IN MEDICINE' •THE opinion that public health methods and training m 1 Germany were 15 years behind developments m Britain was expressed by Mr. Victor Riddell, a Harley-street surgeon who has just returned from a visit to the British Zone. He said that he found that195 words
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Article25 1947-01-23 5 A delegation from Stockholn County Council is m London pro curing Information f r >r buildln an undersround railway In Stoc 1 holm25 words
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Article132 1947-01-23 5 GIRL SAVES HER SISTER UNDER ICE niSOBEYING her sisters warn ing. seven-year-old Ann Dyke, of Mitcham-road. East Ham. walked on to the frozen boating lake at Wanstead Par.;. The ice cracked and she disappeared. Her sister Maureen. 13 year; old. learned to swim only last summer. She ran across the132 words
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Article, Illustration26 1947-01-23 5 ti> liis.i g terrorists aft< r an attat k «> i h pol.« terrorists aro t oiivcrting fruit -ir.t i&H n for MM v fla me-tl.J.twt rv26 words
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Article222 1947-01-23 5 AS a murderer who MM handed ai I i waiting m the death cell for the MM *o thesa he was handed a IcfegtMH from 1 h»« he had killed. In it the mother. Mrs. Elisabeth B found her only MHl'a body und« h<»me nine weeks222 words
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Article, Illustration48 1947-01-23 8 This stately pile on the hill is all that remains of Corfe Castle which dominated the rocky coast of Dorset. It was valorously defended for three years by Lady Banks and a handful of retainers against 600 of Cromwell's troops m 17th century: he eventually sacked it.48 words
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Article680 1947-01-23 8 GO VT WANT UNIONS IN MALA YA < Continued from Page 1 1 j>ress their views. The committee's proposals had been published m Singapore but he had not yet received the Governor's recommendations upon them. Representations were to be svbmittad m writing before May 31 Full publicity was given toReuter - 680 words
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Article56 1947-01-23 8 Twenty- eight years' old Francis J:hn Upson, driver m the Royal Army Service Corps whose petition io thf; King tor clemrncy w^s rejected, was hanged at Hamelin northwest Germany, yesterday for the murder of a 60-year old German wrrran m Beri n reports Reuter. About 12,00056 words
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Article80 1947-01-23 8 Combined French operations launched on Tuesday to the west of Hanoi have been successful, says a French communique, reports Reuter. Vietnam positions are being rapidly captured despite numerous obstacles, including road blocks and tank traps, the communique jaid. Vietnam losses !r. this battle are stated to80 words
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Article215 1947-01-23 8 DAUL RAMADIER, Frence* newly-elected socialist Prime Minister— first under Pfence** new constitution— announced last night the lorniation of his coalition cabinet and submitted the list of names to tho President o: the French Republic. Vince-nt Auriol. Vice Premiers m the list aro Maurice Thorez. Communist; Pierre H.Reuter - 215 words
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Article364 1947-01-23 8 RANGOON REDS STORM GOVT. OFFICES LONDON. Wednesday. A PITCHED battle between Red Flag' Communists and armed police took place at the Government Secretariat m Rangoon on Tuesday, when a mob of 5,000 demonstrators stormed the ministerial offices, says a delayed message re ceived m London tonight. At lea»t 25 personsReuter - 364 words
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Article9 1947-01-23 8 TEAR GAS USED ON STUDENTS ghgfhgfhgf A.P. ghfhfghfgh ReuterA.P.; Reuter - 9 words
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Article99 1947-01-23 8 LONDON, Wednesday. ANY o: Britain's 20,000 deserters from the armed forces at Home or abroad who surrendered voluntarily by March 31 this year will have this and any other mitigating circumstances taken into account when their cases are examined. There will, however. De no amnesty.Reuter - 99 words
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Article76 1947-01-23 8 A Stern ;.:r.tein tkuli ana other fossilized remains found m the Transvaal after 20 years' search Is the m'ssing link" and will m?an "a radical revision of ideas held for many years regarding man's evriution." said Prof. Wilfrid le Groz Clark. British professor of anatomy, a* NairobiReuter - 76 words
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Article347 1947-01-23 8 THERE is little doubt that Ter- j ence Rattigan's "While the Sun Shines" new being played at the Victoria Theatre to close tne Stage Clubs New Year Drama j Festival, will be a great ntcccsi 1 m Singapore. 1 The story concerns wno is to marry Lady Elizabeth347 words
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Article190 1947-01-23 8 WASHINGTON. Wed THE U.S. Commerce Department reports that United States exports for Nov. 1946 totalled U5.5980.000.000 indicating a n increasing return of international trade towards pre-war levels. Exports were up by 131 per cem. over the previous month of October, which totalled US $587,000,000 Imports190 words
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Article89 1947-01-23 8 UK CHANGES POLICY ON BURMA Rpita: fro: M m the ii now source said The cor.c if ii bee a stage try. In J White P. i .'"r^m Britu-n -M the 260." and "j to have 3 adn. Br.ti^h p The Pr M Bieot a- mmii *^|l pendeiu* 3:r^B deievA.P.; Reuter - 89 words
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7 1947-01-23 8 GIs ANGERED BY PEIPING CONVICTION fghgfhgfh U.P.U.P. - 7 words
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Article19 1947-01-23 8 In WaLshington, Congressman Ococse Bender has given all new- comers to Congress a new broom j19 words
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Miscellaneous71 1947-01-23 5 J#\INC Exclusive to the Sinaafiorc Free Press m B CJjKvT, ,2S S!SJV/^7S rtOOK AT THEM^BBi kcANT YOU SEE TMir\l KaNO WHAtV [«J Imv firir L H A mIL/ WITHOUT YOUR HB «S THE GOWN MADAWII THE DEUCt DI»CN« MYsIfRV JAnJ- X y MAGNIFYING J CYPRAWO WORE ON THE DOCS 7*«r/71 words
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Miscellaneous104 1947-01-23 8 WEA THER Scattered showers \V EATHEB report for 24 hours from noon today compiled by the RAr Central Forecasting Station, Air Command, Far-East: Mainly fiir with bright periods and scattered showers this afternoon Fine tanight and fair and bright tomorrow morning. Moderate Northerly wind falling light tonight Sunset 6 50104 words
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