The Singapore Free Press, 27 January 1947
1947-01-27
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Article, Illustration957 1947-01-27 1 Singapore Army Families By Free Press Woman Correspondent One Of The Island's Families pULAU BRANI is already "home to some six Army wives and their families who arrived m Singapore soon after Christmas. Litt'e did they know when they left their homes m Englai. 1 that thay would957 words
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Article50 1947-01-27 1 LONDON, Sun. -A British soldier was refused permission to delay demobilisation on grounds f hat hz wished to marry a Gerf,t<in srrl. according to Mr. R. T. Paget. I>ab'jur Member for Northampton, who is to ask the reason m a House of Comm mt, question on Tuead ty.50 words
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Article215 1947-01-27 1 rS ingenuity of the dress industry m Britain has overcome the continued shortage of textiles m a way which may make fashion history. For instance, m a recent collection the designer showed suits complete with twocolour waistcoats, the front of which was m the suit215 words
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Article222 1947-01-27 1 BOYS and girls m Highgate, which is a suburb m the north of Lon don, have their own libraiy. It is their own m a very special sense, because they not only use it. they also help to run it. The elder one?, for instance, assist222 words
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Article122 1947-01-27 1 Fortunepeople DORN u><\a> uu are ti* witb h h ambitm. and the desire for nwr with which to establish r important place im Uf yourself and your family But there is a orange d. like of hard Mtfc m Tocut you may have difficult m making your*.122 words
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Article113 1947-01-27 1 A BANK manager who was m the bathroom by his wfe until he signed a note which she passed under lhe door giving her permission to leave him if she wished, was given a decree because of her desertion at Liverpool Assizes. He was Stewart Asquith113 words
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Advertisement70 1947-01-27 1 »3ODCfcfco tOCAUY TO ]_Msf IHf RS> APPROVED BY THE SINGAPORE ML'ft (J//^ fefttf A_rtfetv4nr A 250 SWANOC PHOttf Jf 232S ><i a THE TRADE MARK <>H QUALITY PRODUCTIONS ill I™ J „i ia^i- Malaya Fittings— Basins, W c t b? r [ilk .'.tn of .nany years cap I r. >•70 words
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Miscellaneous609 1947-01-27 1 Free Press Crossword No. 26 CLUES ACROSS 1. Hue is tiie capi.al of p P I I' 9H Tr.is French Protectorate IBBe 188 JB cccupyng the east coastal M ____t \W urea of French Indo-China SB BR -___B llli s>. 6, Earl cf vir- "^^l~~ I^^^_Bl" _____f ESU lual ruler609 words
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913 1947-01-27 4 THE Singapore Free Press Trouble Among The Comrades MONDAY, Jan. 27, 1947. r illustrate the difficulties m the way of establishing a •healthy" Trade Union movement m Singapore which will command the loyalty of the workers and the respect of the employers w? need do no more than attempt to913 words
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Article1152 1947-01-27 4 Frank Owene - Good Morning Frank Owene FAITH Likewise, ye wives, be m subjection to your own husbands: that, If any obey not the word, they also may without the word be won by the conversation of the wives. Peter 3, 1. MR. ATTLEE has issued his orders for the Battle of Britain,1,152 words
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Article487 1947-01-27 4 L o R T Y-three-year-oid 1 CLAIDIO ARRAU, wlio has been called tiie "greatest pianist of our time" sat for five minutes m Yoga fashion m meditation and then was taken to the stage of the Royal Opera House m London to thrill a near capacity crowd487 words
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Article, Illustration324 1947-01-27 4 THIS MAN IS REAL TED EVANS ll :_,r more than head SOd shoulders above everybody els. at Bertram Mills Circus and FunFair at Olympia H* is 7ft. 7in. tall, und be takes a size m shoes that l»ou won't find m any shop. Doctors say h-:'ii b^ Bft. before he324 words
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Article56 1947-01-27 4 I 1. ;1ess; cellar, but downfall by litigant?? v 2 SiT.c Nay. I have d more i And 1 am glad iwm my he Tha' thus The above words of Who wror» 3. Annual annual exp« nineteen six I Annual inc. annual expend i nought and Who _nyi And56 words
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Article167 1947-01-27 6 AFTER risking death four times m the gloomy depths of a flooded &nd abandoned Cornish mineshaft. Etennis Nicholls, 22, brought his mother's greyhound pet to safety from a tunnel 100 it below the surface. For two days local Commandos, civilians and RS PC.167 words
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394 1947-01-27 6 UK TO PAY OFF 70,000 CIVIL SERVANTS rE CABINET have ordered Government departments to prepare to dispense with 70,000 Civil Servants m Britain this year 35,000 m March and 35,000 m October. This would cut the Civil Service waj?e bill by about £1 8,000.000 a year. But even bigger relief394 words
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Article, Illustration52 1947-01-27 6 F.\p passengers, on^ of 'hem a w ni.in were killed, and 50 others were injured at Gidea Park (1..N.E.R.) Station, near Romford, late at night when a mail trail, ploughed at 40 m.p.h. into the back of the stationary train. R*ar caaches of the Southend train were hurled forward through52 words
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85 1947-01-27 6 JOHN CALVERT is a piofessional magician. In the modern manner he flies his troupe of vanishing ladies frcm music hall to music hall. On his way to Nashville. Ten nesssee, Calvert crashed into a house. His plane carried away the housewife and her kitchen sink,85 words
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Article65 1947-01-27 6 On the eve of reiloattug th? City of Lincoln at Quorn i'oint. Capetov. n, and winning £G,0u0.--000 salvage. Captain C. H. F. van Delden. the salvage contractor, and his chief ass 'st ant wire killed by an explosion on the wreck. The hatch on wh eh they were standing65 words
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Article39 1947-01-27 6 The Paris poli c want to see an R.A.F. ofiiccr who reported at Bordeaux or Christmas Eve the loss of a suitcase. A man who found the case said- 'Tt contained 20 massive gold rings ar.d unmounted diamonds39 words
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Article28 1947-01-27 6 1 Francis ITacon. He was de- prived of his office m 1621. 2 Michael Drayton < 1563 1631*. 3 Mr. Mu-awber: David Cop-, perfield (Charles Dickens*. I28 words
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Article54 1947-01-27 6 To overcome a linohum shortage caused by a world scarcity oi linseed oil, its principal component, America is going to make plastic linoleum. Floor covering made frcm a by-product oi petroleum is said to last five times as long as ordinary linoleum; it is crack proof54 words
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Article25 1947-01-27 6 During 1946 nineteen vesseis, totalling 180.574 tons. were launched frcm Harland and Wolff's Belfast and Govan shipyards, the company's largest output since 191425 words
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128 1947-01-27 6 WOOLWORTH neiress Barbara Hutton evad d publicity m Parts when pressmen sought to inform her that a few more mil- lion dollars might be coming *o her on the death of her grandI father's brother At the Ritz Hotel, where she lias an aoartment her128 words
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Article26 1947-01-27 6 Jack Dempsey has copyrighted his nickname. Manassa Mau--1- r, because he will use it as a brand name for various products he is manufacturing.26 words
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Article354 1947-01-27 6 THE ghost of Langley's (Bucks.) 17lh (er.iur\ A has been laid. The sounds have Mopped, and tiu figures which haunted the Buckland famii\ at No. 16 k vanished since a local medium visited the house. The medium, 39-year-old Mr. Harold I Ministry clerk who lives354 words
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Advertisement327 1947-01-27 6 TO-DAY s f*Jßi s fST v^ 11 am —2 pm 1 15 p ra. V Ifi Jg_a| P fl fl- fl R__A J 630 n m.— 9 15 p.m. NflßTll mmmy 'Tel: S2BH C^*-"*^ 77j a/« dcrous Acclaim of _W¥___ the Premiere Nigh t s fl&|pnP Audience that Saw r^flE327 words
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Miscellaneous24 1947-01-27 6 JAINC Exclusive tn the SittHapnre F*W Pttesi MW» y its ALL RIGHT, MKS'-^jjjj^ Xpsst too OOOHTER V-i f^l LYDIA- I I X" DONT SEt24 words
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CITY NEWS
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Article205 1947-01-27 8 A Special Market correspondent gives the prices of rubber at JI a.m. today as follows: Buyers Sellers CU tt». t»«r lb per lb. No 1 RSS Spot M loos 42* 42% No i RSS. fob m Lates Feb 43% 43% No. RSS. tab m bales Feb205 words
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Article23 1947-01-27 8 I Of all things dedicated to rpoil the evening the cocktail I party ranks first (Washington j Mrs Martha Krock). j23 words
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Article, Illustration329 1947-01-27 8 FORTY -ONE people were killed m air crashes m England, Denmark, Germany, and Kong Kong over the week-end, and nineteen people are missing m a plane that has not been seen Since it left Canton on Friday for Chungking. Grace Moore, the opera singer and329 words
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Article261 1947-01-27 8 (Continued from Page 1) flcation Mr. Wilson had several times risked his life walking into the heart of this sector where no Frenchman dare Uj venture to contact the Indian citizens. iThe extent of material damage caused by the French-Vietnam conflict m Indochina since the hostilities broke out on261 words
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Article209 1947-01-27 8 _>_iaim<__±iai (_sy air mail>. rjESPITE considerable imports of American motor-cars, Shanghai still suffers from an acute shortage of transport vehicles, with lower priced American cars far beyond the reach of tven beter-off Shanghailanders. High-er-priced American cars are selling at from US$lO,OOO to US$l2,OOO and lower priced209 words
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535 1947-01-27 8 MR. Rayman, President of the Singapore Municipal Commissioners, concluding his eight foolscap single spaced typewritten page review of the events leading up to the labourers strike, says: On Dec. 28, 1946 certain men m person presented to the President a letter containing, seven535 words
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Article212 1947-01-27 8 FIROZ KHAN NOON IS RELEASED LAHORE, Sun. rHE seven Muslim League leaders, including Firoz Khan foon, former Indian High Comnissioner in London, and Khan famdot, President of the Punjab du&lim League, arrested on Frilay by the Punjab Police during a aid on the banned Muslim Lea:ue National Guard office inReuter; A.P. - 212 words
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Article60 1947-01-27 8 A man. With 29 cents mi n his poefcet, leaped 1.000 feet to his, death yesterday from the 86th 1 floor of the Empire State building m New York, the highest m the world, says A.P. The body struck a woman, walking below,60 words
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Article21 1947-01-27 8 The population of France, according to the 1946 cer.sus isi 40,517.928 This is 1.389,133 iVwer j thcji m 193621 words
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Article98 1947-01-27 8 CONDEMNEDMAN INNOCENT? LONDON. Sunday. WALTER GRAHAM ROWLAND. now m the condemned cell awaiting hanging for the murder of Olive Balchin m Manoh^ster last October. may have been wrongly convicted Another man. stated to bei Rowland's "double," is reported to have confessed to the murder I while serving a prison sentence98 words
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Article45 1947-01-27 8 The British Headquarters m Vienna announced that the five British soldiers detained for five months by the Yugoslavs, wer3 treated harshly, fed on watery soup and not allowed to write letters, according to statements of the soldiers following their release.45 words
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Article17 1947-01-27 8 I came to New York to buy some new Erglish clothes Beatrice Lillie).17 words
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Article121 1947-01-27 8 EGYPTTO APPEAL TO UNO N kr. to r.t v. Egypt United N tion ol Tomorr onexpected fc Mmncenu ;jm Parliar..* drawr.-out n-'fl vision "'eic-__-i___ treaty ol off Egyptia. ticai quart* :;j| erally c r.: Cabinet had British pro; which som P a J ed the < tite commission c. Br.tfehReuter - 121 words
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Article144 1947-01-27 8 BELGRADE Su r[E Yugoslav Government m a telepram lo Nations Security Council officially charg Government with "obstructing the Counc; garding the Balkan inquiry commission on Jan. 31 by delaying the issuing of rim YuH delegation." A note of protest had tko beei Greek legat. The144 words
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110 1947-01-27 8 2,000 BRITONS TAKE OVER HK GARRISON HONGKONG, (By air mUull ABOUT 2.000 troops have art.. <j m Hongkong to take over 4 mSarrisoi. duties cf the /iony. making the first actual tegmental garrison force oi British Army to take over here since th P Japanese occupai' The y are mer110 words
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Article38 1947-01-27 8 Two masked men broke into the main post office at Biel Switzerland, during Saturday night, wounded and bound the 60-year-old postal official m charge and stole 335.000 franc* f£ 19.100 mostly m notes, says ReuterReuter - 38 words
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Article20 1947-01-27 8 4,000 CATTLE ARE KILLED IN UK Hoof and n 4,000 animals during tht poi fD tain, BU A. P. ______-^B20 words
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Miscellaneous115 1947-01-27 8 WEA THER Scattered Showers *UTLATHER forecast for 24 hours ff from noon today compiled by the R.A.F. Central Forecast'ng Station. Air Command, Far-East Mainly fair with considerable bright periods but scattered showers this afternoon and evening Fair tomorrow. Wind Northerly, at lt to 15 knots. falling calm tonight and increasing115 words
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