The Singapore Free Press, 5 April 1947

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    21 1 The Singapore Free Press LARGEST AFTERNOON SALE IN MALAYA dshfj hjkdfhg hjdkfhjk I' SINCiAPOKE. SA'IUKUAI. APRIL 5. 1947. PRICE 10 CENT&
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    FIGHTING FLARES UP NEAR HANOI
    371 1 FIGHTING FLARES UP NEAR HANOI Paratroops rushed to Madagascar PARIS, Friday. CIEKCE fighting around Hanoi m French Indochina, 1 a revolt by 800 Indochinese of the 10th French Colonial Work Regiment, and strong attacks by Madagascan forces are the main features of the French Fighting flared up around Hanoi yesterday
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    ITAILY WARNED OF RUIN
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    KILLED BY KNIVES
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    US ENVOY TO INDIA NAMED
    162 1 US ENVOY TO INDIA NAMED \SHINGTON. Friday. MR HENRY F GRADY, who headed the U.S. technical .on to India m 1942, has been tinted United. States Ambassador to India He is president :>f the American President Lines r .mg company. His 1942 mission was concerned studying means of stimul-at-production of
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    CONSERVATIVE LEADER DIES
    192 1 LONDON, Friday. THE Marquess of Salisbury, former leader of the House of, 1 -ds <iiv*d at his home m London today, aged 85. He is succeeded by his son. Viscount Cranborne, Conservative leader m the House of Lords and a former Dominion* He was the son of
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    PHRIS HUNT FOR COLLABORATOR
    91 1 PARIS, Friday.. PRENCH police today combed Pars to trace a millionaire Lupesco wanted m conwith the mysteri us of two young Spanish en at his v-lla at Herblay last The Parts press hinted that the women wer c Lupesc^'s mis- w too much about rme deals
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    TO REPORT TO POPE
    34 1 The only Roman Catholic m Abyssinia. 41-year-old Cassa. will visit the Vatican next week, for the first time for seven ns. He will report to the Pope on Catholic affairs.
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    Three days on icefl
    88 1 AFTER 72 hours adrift on an icefloe, a seal hunter n^rmd Christopher CoWb was picked up by a schooner and landed .«i Seldom Come Bay, Newfoundland last niffht, suffering from exposure. He left his home to catch seals on the ice, which broke and drifted away.
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    MONARCH OF BERMUDA ABLAZE IN TYNE
    104 1 MONARCH OF BERMUDA ABLAZE IN TYNE The I :,ouo- ton liner Monarch <.i B smoda ablaze m dry .U Hebburn-on-Tyne. fcro pship during the war. she was b°ing refitted for the "millionaires' ferry run from New York to Bermuda. Cause of the outbreak is mystery. There had not been ti.
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    MRS. LEE TAKES CASE TO PRIVY COUNCIL
    240 1 MRS. LEE TAKES CASE TO PRIVY COUNCIL i Free Press Staff Reporter fgRS. LEE CHOON GUAN, one of Singapore's most popular Chi: >man socialites who lost her income of $2,000 a mon*h recently, left to her under her i millionaire husband's will, oe- i j cause .she has outlived him
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    GERMANS PRAY
    42 1 More than 100 German prison-ers-of-war attended a Gx>d Friday service at Bridl>ngton, Yorkshire. Prayers were said m both English and German. The mayor, Mr. F. F. Milner, asked citizens to receive the Germans into their homes at Easter. A. P.
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    STRIKERS WON'T QUIT QUARTERS COURT ACTION
    387 1 STRIKERS WON'T QUIT QUARTERS COURT ACTION Free Press Staff Reprrter r FHE Royal Singapore Golf Club is planning to take action I against "Squatter" members of the club's Tamil labour force who are refusing to quit their quarters after having been dismissed from the service of the club following "strike
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    £150 millions for Germany
    420 1 BERLIN, Fri V BRITAIN and tht I'niled States are spending more than 1150.000,000 m a rr, (.ermany m the next fiscal year to provide food fertilizer and petroleum products to maintain and revitalize their zones. By merging the four zones aivd splitting the over-ail fcuxl bill
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    BRITISH WAITER DEPORTED
    51 1 Harold Hall, a London hotel waiter, who gave the birth certificate and passport of his estranged wife to his woman companion so that he and she could come to the United States as husband and wife, was deported on Friday tay the U.S Department of Justice.- A.
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    GOVERNOR ASKS COOPERATION
    56 1 The new Governor of Cyprus, Lord Winster, called for a "new start m relations between Britain and Cyprus" m his first message to t/he people of the island yesterday. The Governor reaffirmed the "policy of successive British Governments that Cyprus shall remain under British sovereignty sharing the
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    SIAMTIN PACT IS RENEWED
    77 1 SIAMTIN PACT IS RENEWED BANGKOK, Friday SIAM, Britain and the C States today renewed for three months the tin agreement signed last December. Under the agreement, Australia shared with Britain and the United States m the 16,000 tons or Siamese tin which piled up during tfie war years after the
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    BULLS SELL DEARLY
    32 1 A Hereford bull was sold at Sydney stud sales for 2.350 guineas Australian. A se. bull was sold for 1.850 guirv The prices were among tl highest records recently
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  • ENTERTAINMENT...
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      TODAYS BRIDGE PROBLEM
      103 2 SPADES are trumps. South leads a h and South are to win all tricks against any defence. South leads a trump. North winning as cheaply as possible. Nor-h r«ext cashf-G the diamond ace, South discarding the king of hearts. Sou^n then trumps a heart and leads ano*her
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      THE STING IN THE TAIL?
      485 2 Music For Everybody by David Grant FEW people object to fair criticism. It is ally realised that the yard-stick which the critic applies to his object must, of necessity, be fashioned according to his own standards and his conception of h b as -tied will
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      MIXED ISSUES
      311 2 'THE points which Mr. I R. P. Smith made under the heading "MUSIC LOVER" last week have subnce and were well reasoned. Yet, m one or two respects, I feel, Mr. Smith, confused the issues. Talking about tne standard of performance of the Radio Orchestra he says: "If
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      SEASON'S END
      264 2 SEASON'S END LAST Sunday at tne Memorial Hall we heard the last of Radio Ma ts of "Music for Everybody/ and had an opportunity to reflect on the stand which we had taken t ..wards this proj< The many and diwrse cornmen's which we heard expre ed during the interval
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      CAN SHE SING
      20 2 CAN SHE SING AM n —Can MARGARF A en. 000. 000 when she The high! Stua: full But Or X
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      QUIZ Answer
      17 2 I \moi S WOMEN spar I m the discov- i d the V- ft! activi
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      Untitled
      18 2 "Girls! GirSs! Girls! Anyone would sop|>ose ihtre w nothing else to think about the way you carry on^
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      33 2 THERE NEVER HAS BEEN M>* EVER WILL BE A MOVIE p>. t <v t COL' BIT I B f TUir ntrcT HRfNKs aicwg te "John Kleinmans O »iJ Open All Day Tet^P llo^^
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      260 2 H XCjIC Al THALIA i 00 p.m. to 8.00 p.m. VLBfl. 13 89 :.3O p.m. to 11 15 p.m. VLS9. -'s>l metres .'1 GO m«- t.15 p.m. to 7.00 p.m. VLAf. 19.75 metr<-s 15 icycles; 7 30 p.m. to 11 00 p.m. > i 18, 25.51 metres 11 76 m<
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      474 2 COMING EVENTS NIGHI a\ <s.on p.m. .it the "Little Iheatrt' 1. Armenian Street; j Special Faster tneert: Part I 1 ..f Ba h\ -st Matthi v P n ret-o j WEDNESDAY, at 8.00 pm. at the "Little lh. a nan Street; 13th recorded cital <»fin Choice**, including: M /art: Pi
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  • CHINA NEWS...
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      BRUSSIANS REPORTED AIDING COMMUNISTS
      88 3 BRUSSIANS REPORTED AIDING COMMUNISTS >re becoming I.S. Secretary of nths to mediate betwee-n China's H^ mission failed, and now the perated m the theatre of the drawn from the i utry. Photo 4 fareweii to China at a moment m Truce T^am N >. 10. which has war z<>ne, salute
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      TAKING DAIREN OVER THIS MONTH
      47 3 ..able Sin Wan kden expect n by mid-April details of the I cedur e were b i S:no-Soviet Joint oon to bf. off: a Soviet Chairman Vice-chairman. of Dairen. Kung d io arrive i to take part m the delifor the take-over.
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      CHINA TO STEP UP COAL PRODUCTION
      102 3 CHINA TO STEP UP COAL PRODUCTION al Resources Commission I coal mil] rated by Commission to reach S.I 000 as 4,052 .000 la i to 22,650,000 metric tons a year from 19 mmedia: oocu :ed follov ked by the Ch ommun All bilitation are now m operation, v.i till the
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      HOSPITAL ON WHEELS
      130 3 quipped sulia ar illin, a and other Lies, a modern "hostoday br\. f :o thousands of farm- j I villagers m remote parts Infest m China. at the southern Fukien of Amoy. this mobile clinic UNRRA's donation for postwar emergency j programme makes 12 a week to
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      BRITAIN, US AID CHINA'S NEW NAVY
      415 3 BRITAIN, US AID CHINA'S NEW NAVY Thousands are under training QUIETLY and without ballyhoo, a new modern ChiV nese Navy is taking shape m the spacious harbours—built by the Germans before the first World War when they were m occupation of the port— and wide spaces of Tsingtao, one of
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      BLOOD BATH IN FORMOSA
      150 3 BLOOD BATH IN FORMOSA FORMOSA was subjected to a 1 "blood bath probably unequalled m China m the history of the Kuomintang" as governor Chen Yi. "coupling trickery with a reign of terror," attempted to put down the recent Taiwanese rebellion, according to a firsthand account by John W. Powell,
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      STUDENTS VISIT SHANGHAI
      45 3 c Ram .rman a of the Student Christian M Ti m I v India and China. They will .spend I Shanghai p; ng to Nanking,! Han Peiping, Foochow, Amoy, Can -on and Hong Kong meeting Christian s udents m each city.— UP.
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      Chinese dress is favoured
      58 3 Chinese dress is favoured MRS. George C. Marshall, wife of the U.S. Secretary of State, and recently cited by the Fashion Academy as one of the best-dressed women m the American public life, says she likes Chinese clothes for home and evening wear. She brought back to her Pinehurst winter
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      SOCIAL WELFARE IS MAIN TASK
      71 3 MADAME Chiang X k, add- of i?l the UNRRA and CNRRA S W are C •the gi re us is can h> She birthplace m Chekian U.P. Here is a five-foot-way flower stall m Singapor 's Chinatown. From early morn till late m the evening,
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      SEEKS CHEESE FRIENDSHIP
      97 3 rivIILIO ESC OBAR, L to C 3 Far the tri friendsh "new and future treal h comm nd cultural." He says Ch nan at and corn. "We, on her hand, might hi In .silks and porce.ains. Ido no: re thai my w rk m China will be
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      BANK MEN SACKED
      49 3 Four employees of th ft Central Bank of China have been dismissed for alleged purchases of gold bars which the Central Bank sold during th. P middle of February run-away market m an attempt to check the soaring prices. Several others have been cautioned.- U. P.
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      CHIANG: 'FIGHT THE COMMUNISTS'
      147 3 GENERALISSIMO Chiang X; vB Day, appealed to Chinese m the fight against the Com "destroyers of the Chinese na "sinned against the revolution; Charging the Communist unity, he told the younger gen task now was to "do the uti ii shek, m a speech on Youth
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      UNRRA IN CHINA
      34 3 The Interim Commission of the' World Health Organisation has taken over the health activities m China of UNRRA. The health programmes m X Tea, and the Philippines are under consideration.- A.P.
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      65 3 i TAt£ AN In the ape's path By Edmr Ric£ Burroughs > r£A?LN EARNEST v.CLAT ccu3» r ~U~" I P'NALLV', REASSURED, MOIAT 1 T ITfTT T TJI O^:;=s: .4£ -^r^J^ .ALLOWED w;^SEiF 'O iT/ 1 A/ i*Li*± i£jJ^PH'^V«ii h"-A.'N THAT H£ HAD CCS\E TO ?fe^^ v/fts T^ E 9 6
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  • LEADER...
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      The Singapore Free Press SATURDAY, APRIL 5, 1947 Austerity for Singapore?
      622 4 The Singapore Free Press SATURDAY, APRIL 5, 1947 Austerity for Singapore? Mh MX- the Colonial Secretary, who just cant ke^p out of either the news or the Leader Column this weeK, ide one popular revelation peal m lus review o>: the I Jivil Government since tne Liberan. r announcement was
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      Don Iddon's Diary
      885 4 FROM NEW YORK— BY AIR MAIL TRUMAN'S NEW FOREIGN POLICY STARTS CONGRESS OFF ON A MAMMOTH AND MARATHON TALKINC-MATCI THE new Global Leader is temporarily mired m gabble, babble, and babel. President Truman's doctrine of containing Russia has advanced only to the extent of several million spoken
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      FAITH
      23 4 Wisdom is befor« him that hath understanding; but ih< of a fool an m the ends of th<- earth. Proverbs 17. -4-
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      PEOPLE IN SINGAPORE MAKE NEWS
      628 4 Y<>1"1) never ex- pect bad luck I doe- your footsteps three times m succession, but that's exactly what pened to fouj acr< dancers when they v re m India two years Thi y w journ< 5 from wr\ to and when tl atasiroph es o<
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      33 4 The world-tamous j for estates use and gene concentrated and co NOXv The fmest wood pPrevents fungus and det< work. Proierts against Made by Newton Chambp J Supplies obtainable from* Branches In J^
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      110 4 QUIZ FAMOUS WOMEN •1 Who is j Helen Keller? (2) How did Madame dv Barry, Boadicea, die? (3) Whom did the poet BfrFonj challenge to write a horror story,! and what dtd she write? (4) In I what fields of activity aa c these! women best toown: Isobel Baillie, 1
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  • LOCAL NEWS
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      RACKETEERS RUN LIQUOR FROM NEI
      82 5 Singapore Has another problem I Km Press Staff Reporter I THK recent n duty on imports into pled with the alrpjirk hlVh rlntv. smu^ling into Singapore from herlam Indies, and it is reported that, L consignments of liquor and cigarettes !rebt m^ run m small
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      MADAME CHIANG'S BIRTHDAY
      44 5 MADAME CHIANG'S BIRTHDAY SHANGHAI. Friday— Madame ?hiar._ X nek celebrated her 19th b irthda;. rday at Chivow mi n Fer.gnua county m Chetces the" General's birth place. A three-day round of ceremovas pla: ned by students m area, culminating m a n parade.- U.P.
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      MATERNITY 'PAY' FOR LADOURERS
      313 5 MATERNITY 'PAY' FOR LADOURERS M Orance to labourers. Labour Sir. c month before anu hild iths are called the If labourer has worked hs prior to the Benefit i>e siven v for (based on the averr the previous six urer has worked she must be b of the two months
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      TO PROTEST TO C-in-C, SEALF
      5 5 TO PROTEST TO C-in-C, SEALF
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      STRANDED HERE
      51 5 CEVEN stranded Filipino sailors, hip drifted 27 days leaving the port of Antique m the Philippines m February ve-ar and who were eventualded m Singapore last month by the Dutch authorities, are still here. They are being cared for by mmigration authorities prior -eir being repatriated to the
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      C-in-C RETUENS
      28 5 Air Marshal Sir George Pirie rettti d to Singapore from! Ceylon. He had been making a tour of inspection of all RAF urvts m Ceylon.- Rafpro
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      'WE WANT ALL 7 JAPS TO DIE'
      213 5 Fi i rtei MEMB the Oversea- Chinese Appeal Commici c representing families <>: th who were massacred by the Japanese m 1942, at a n>ry meeting held yesterday decided to pre^ the case to the highest military and civi] authorities for the i
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      5,000 TO SPEND EASTER IN UNION
      249 5 Free Fret* Staff Reporter FIVE thousand holiday-makers have left Singapore by rail, motor-coach and car since Wednesday to spend the fourday Easter vacation m different parts of the Malayan Union. The majority of them have gone either to Kuala Lumpur, Ipdi or Malacca. The
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      JURONG STATION ON THE AIR
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      THESE RADIO MASTS 'MUST COME DOWN'
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      OVERSEA CHINESE CENSUS
      163 5 OVERSEA CHINESE CENSUS After having had to be satisfied with on'y "ro'jgh estimates" of htr population for more than 175 years, China has decided to conduct the fhvt nation-wide census m her modern history and, as (he initial step, has promulgated a new census law. Officially no date has ye:
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      Planes ferried to N.Z. via S'pore
      348 5 Planes ferried to N.Z. via S'pore I ree I less Staff Reporter PTRUNG <M«t across the aii routes of (he world between iJ Britain rind New Zealand are 18 jerry crews of the Royal ,>tu Zealand Air Force and the RAi who are flyinp; back to their own country from
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      COURT MOURNING
      35 5 Court mourning on account or the death of King George of Greece lasts for one week from April 1. On April 6. the day of the funeral, flags will be flown at half-mast.
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      IT'S THEIR DAY OFF
      136 5 IT'S THEIR DAY OFF ALL the York aj M who have been .1 and passengers be"tain unc :iven a holiday ovf»r ter. and therefore Servi I may be delayed for a neral order has been i culated giving York crews permission to take Saturday. Sunday and Mon hcliday and the
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      GOVT. HOUSE PARTY
      77 5 > About 60 n i, v workers of ji he Social Welfare Depart- ment were entertained to tea ;it Government House by Ladj Gimson on Thursday afUrnoon. They w^re volunteers who are w trking m the varous child welfare feeding centres established m Sngapore. At the party,
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      AT 31 HE FELT LIKE AN OLD MAN
      178 5 Backache Made Agony to Stoop Ims man oi 31 wa.v pj by kidney trouble, llert now Kruschen gave him back altl» alter wetks of pam: '1 suffered for weeks from kiunej trouble, and felt like an old man. although lam only 31.
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      272 5 !u Stylish.... Dress m latest well -fitted UTiirti 7/Jf made ot finest -r I 1 imported mate- f,v J^h^. 1 rials from Europe C.S.A I I Over 20 year \JS 9 'ft makinsr JSMBf&m /aß| SHANGHAI ImiMT UU. 5, hcie Rd Sinrapore. Phone *****. Retail:— los North Bridge B Chambers
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  • NEWS...
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      KILLERBOASTED 'I'LL BE RICHESTMANINBRITAIN'
      756 6 ' 'Lemonade Ley 9 sentenced to death ip}\V Honourable Thomas John Ley, condemned to death at j the London Old Bailey for his part m the jealousy nuir der of the Rebate barman, John Mudie, was known m Australia, where he spent most of his life, as
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      46 6 J fllmj J..'i iol v< lovely frame for Miss Mary In icUl h pin< as at her wedding In St. j Jjuneb's hor< h, Spanish Ph I f. •>!}(] m. The l-ride married j y\r. Michael R idcliffe, of J Triman f 5 H.iU. Richmond, I York.
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      THIEVES RUINED THEIR DREAM
      180 6 S\ T YEAH dream own, which came true for Jack and Lucy Minsley, of Hove (Sussex), has the second time by thieves who have cleared £900 worth of clothing m tv, The last one may mean the end of the dream foi I, for the raiders
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      MONEY GENIUS DIED BROKE
      145 6 MAN Who at 60 was worth 1*0,000,000 has ju>i died m t\ \c v Vi.rk. 84 and without a penny m the u< His name was William Crapo Durant, and his occu gambling that I w will always be better than tod Durant's career began when
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      'Mrs Brook was passing phase'
      301 6 'Mrs Brook wa s passing phase' rEMIL\ LEY, who flew at her husband's trial, tok his association with Mrs. I went to Perth as a guest <>i H met Mr. Byron Br« "Mr. I :i hi] ■k did i \i- Followed him my i went land lat( I red him
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      Jap police bluff thieves
      80 6 !>>i i< i at Kaw i^iilu, Japan, bavc Invented a method of scaring thieves into dropping their loot and fleeing Eaota night at headquarters a policeman screams .»t intervals into :i microphone: "Robber! Kohlie r! The alarm aarries across the town as it ho< i from
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      GIANT PLANE TO WATCH COASTS
      45 6 The Royal Air Force will soon fly on service a new heavilyarmed coast -watching plane designed for convoy protection and anti-submarine work. "deplane is the Avro Shackleton. The Sliackleton i s as big as the Avro Lincoln Britain's biagest bomber.
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      POPE HOLDS PRIVATE CONSISTORY
      78 6 POPE HOLDS PRIVATE CONSISTORY p<H'i PIUS XII, Mirroiuided by i irdmals, listening to the pleading of lour dark-robed i-onsiNt nai lawyers asking f»r th< anonisa 1 1 >n of Rv€ beatified. Bis Hol:ii<*sm and Ike < v dinals approved the Canonisation ot the five. They II <i us p|v* if
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      68 6 Exclusive to the Singapore Free Press m Malaya V -A^. OF YOU WOULD DRESS THAT FIRST H ER~ 0008 AND V SEEM A SIT U fc^'^-Vv 5^ K END LIXI 7 y CAUGHT MY 1 HARD OUCH ONSTtADY ON rV-f 1 1 "^r^> ""■■T- 1 £> i > rf V^'^
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  • SPORT...
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      S'PORE HOPES ON DURAI, PENG SOON
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      HARDSTAFF'S FATHER DEIS AT 66
      82 7 HARDSTAFF'S FATHER DEIS AT 66 I I i Reuter WEEK-END EVENTS DAI Cricket in FJtiang. 11 am 5J P.WJQ Hrn tl Trai: I Nil, 1.30 p.m. K.A.F.. i^-u. JaJan B idiom 5 p.m. I R c n v P re v Selan- otnbined Changi, 11 am Changi I. v RAF.
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      VISITING CHINESE A GOOD XI
      806 7 Stronger than our league teams By Our Soccer Reporter THE visiting Negri Sembilan-Selangor Chinese footballers 1 are a good side. Better, I think, than any of our Singapore teague sides-an opinion they should not fail to bear out handsomely when they meet the Malays tomorrow
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      CHANGI SECOND XI BEAT S.C.C.C.
      169 7 U XI scored 11 a convincing win i ver thp Special Comn r'a XI by tliree wickets and runs when ti r a^ Chanei vKA I (Chaniri). Morgan c Harland b Bannister 1: I; Gaunt c Ba?rs b Fieldine 10: Spencer b Clough I b
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      PARKER CUP SOCCER
      43 7 first round game m the Parker Cup sxxer competition will be played tomorrow on the Thomson Road Polo ground when RASC meet R.E. Following will represent the RASC: MlUen, Nei-h^our: E:heridge. Caclman. Maeaulay; Wa'lace, j Kaye, Frcst. Biggs and Maxwell.
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      Cerdam- rich man of the ring
      268 7 IN the opinion o€ every man. woman and chiM tfcroujrhout France and the French Empire. middfcweTght chai, Marcel Cerdan is the best ht.yer m Europe today. Id> to an extreme that has seen no e-]uai since ihe' dav s of h< immortal Georges Carpentier,
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      LEARNING FROM A CHAMPION
      26 7 LEARNING FROM A CHAMPION Picture shows C?rdan putting on the gluvt* of a young French boy, whom he is training. L poking on is Cerdan's mana.
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      IRISHMAN MAY PLAY FOR REST OF EUROPE
      309 7 LONDON. By Air Mail. IT iLsed to be claimed m Manchester that "What Manchester d<»es today, Ensrland does tomorrow." We are not enter ing into any arguments about the truth, or otherwise, of that, but we do suggest that Manchester might extend its
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      H'FIELD BEAT ARSENAL 2-1
      219 7 H' FIELD BEAT ARSENAL 2-1 LONDON, Friday. I AR 'k crovvd watched many games during the first of the «I *i l y P 1 0^ 1 I**1 >n major leagues today and by the time the Easter period ends with two more full prograrLJeL ot matches of the promotion
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      ARMY BOXING TITLES
      171 7 LONDON. Friday. The results of the Army boxing championships at the Albert Hall are as follows: Semifinals: Lightweight: Corporal M. Forrester, Royal Signals, beat CSM I. Jones, A.P.T.C.: Gunner Scannell, R.A. beat Corporal Tucker, Royal Sussex. Final: Forrester beat Scannell. Semi-finals: welterweight: C.S.M. I.J Ryan, A.P.T.C. beat
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      CHINESE SOCCER TOURISTS
      13 7 CHINESE SOCCER TOURISTS hin se so .er team photographed before v est^rda came
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      CITY NEWS S'PORE RUBBER PRICES TODAY
      148 8 CITY NEWS S'PORE RUBBER PRICES TODAY TH» S»ngapore t naniher ot torn rr.erce Rnbli r Associations rut) p at noon »>n ThvnBu irrs d«t Ib r>^r lb -pot I i»b m bales April H fob fin baits April i jb m bales A^nl Tom of Market: Quiet Tin price comments
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      TO PARACHUTE INTO ALPS
      41 8 TO PARACHUTE INTO ALPS A tuliy armed airborne detachment with skis, munitions and food will be dropped onto icebound Alpine p°aks during French Army manoeuvres In "ia. Troops will have orders to "storm" a pass sUuated about 9.000 feet lisrh. Reuter
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      BOAC BUS STRIKE ENDS TODAY
      66 8 LONDON Fn THE two-da; strlki of 180 busmen employed by BOAC to carry air passengers from the tern I the airports m London has ended. B( of tl. vice today The strike started when a BOAC official stated that some of the busmen would be
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      ONE KILLED IN RIOTS
      27 8 One person was killed and 12 including six British soldiers, were injured during dents which followed Tuesday's hunger demonstration m BrunsG^rmany.- Re uter
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      20 8 M»i<s>- A iy»ical Welsh Hill Farm. Dyffryn Membyr, on the Glydyr Fawr Height m the plcII i!L. tutrsque Snowdonia country.
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      JAP TO APPEAL AGAINST JAIL
      75 8 JAP TO APPEAL AGAINST JAIL Major-General Akira Hirota. former Japanese supply commander m Rabaul. will appeal against his sentence of seven years' imprisonment. Hirota was charged with responsibility for war crimes against Australians and other Allies. The judge-advocate, Lieuten-ant-Colonel J. T. Brock, summing up said: "There is no direct evidence
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      5 steps against colonialism
      168 8 5 steps against colonialism M\\ DXLIII, Friday. D(x DOR Tran Van Luan and Doctor Abu Manila, lead i ipectivelj <»f the Vietnam and Indonesian deiegati to the Asian reiatmn> conference, m a joint statement tonight made five proposals as the first step h«r joint action b> Afl nations "to prevent
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      REPARATION DEADLOCK IN MOSCOW
      127 8 REPARATION DEADLOCK IN MOSCOW MOSCOW, Pri. The Big Pour Foreign V. have readied such a deadlock on reparations, says authoritatW* m Moscow, that Economic Committee has given up trying to find a compromise *nd ha.s cea.^ I aeet Tins di Moiotov, ihe Soviet Fureign Minihad expressed doubi whet:. sclent Truman'a
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      FRANCE ASKS FOR BIG LOAN
      134 8 WASHINGTON, Friday. UENRY BONNET. French Ambassador m Washington, today discussed with William Clayton, U.S. Under-Secretary of Bl c for Economic Affairs, the French application for a $500.--000,000 loan from Uhe International Bank of Reconstruction. M. B nnet to d reporters he i had pointed out
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      USSR WANTS HER OWN WAY AT MOSCOW
      421 8 USSR WANTS HER OWN WAY AT MOSCOW MOSCOW, I nda\. SEVERAL times today the talks of the Foreign Ministerdeputies discussing the Austrian treaty were brought to a standstill by Russia s refusal to discuss matter on winch there was difference of opinion. M. (Jilso. for Russia, just refused to answer
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      OUSE BANK BREACHED
      12 8 OUSE BANK BREACHED a p»w rfu! Urrea I the alrrady fl^o-rd 1
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      JEW CHARGED AS SHIP SABOTEUR
      45 8 ViezJ ar-old I will be charged with placing exive.s aboard a sliip at Famagusta, Cyprus. Arit'h was arrested on Wedr.esday on the sea shore shortly after the expl gion of a limpet mine m the 7.174-ton illegal ship. Ocean Vigour
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      To cross Atlantic in yacht
      69 8 T t to SbZ th r e i°-> ear -«W yacht "White Cloud,", who t! us -i«l writing P J. rtland Wffl probably 1m- one »i cross ax^cer,! 8 Pamtmg and P^tur.-takinu crews eve, to pSS 2t& l Ssyre zsssr rr m^ tw? me Ish
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      RAF 'RESCUE' MEN IN DINGHY
      96 8 RAF 'RESCUE' MEN IN DINGHY Free Press Si; THE RAF rescue exercise which Look place ofl coast on Thursday morning pi successful. Its object was to rescue the crew of a Dakota *«-hat had supposedly crashed into the sea. Those la charge of the exercise told the Free Press this
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      BA MAW ATTACKS BURMA ELECTION
      301 8 RANGOON, Friday. BURMA is m revolt against the elections to the Burn it constituent assembly which are due to take place next Wednesday, declared Doctor Ba Maw, former head of the Japanese sponsored Government during the war, m a statement m X i:iL v <:on
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      203 8 rE Italian Republic tonight 23 year-old }x>litical murd< iirt deliberated for f iring t -oncoming a crime wl Wyjutini's downfall. The three men, each i victed by the F.. 1926, were: Amerigo Dun. command I I I of 30 y impri- as the driver murder car;
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      CONSCRIPTS WILL SERVE ONE YEAR
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