The Singapore Free Press, 10 April 1947

Microfilm: NL3659
Total Pages: 8
1 8 The Singapore Free Press
Page thumbnail Page 1
  • Title Section
    Masthead
    17 1 The Singapore Free Press JLAKGEST AFTERNOON SALE MALA YA SINGAPORE, THURSDAY, APRIL 10, 1947. PKiO l» CENTO.
    17 words
  • Article, Illustration
    Untitled
    7 1 I I at- Ism dinner Mr. D
    7 words
  • Article
    U.K.PLANES FOR TURKEY
    8 1 British I a beI U.P.
    U.P.  -  8 words
  • Article
    BID FOR RECORD
    10 1 I J. I I I I Reuter
    Reuter  -  10 words
  • Article
    KING CHRISTIAN
    5 1 his ill- Reuter
    Reuter  -  5 words
  • Article
    OFFER BY ITALY
    4 1 A.P.
    A.P.  -  4 words
  • Article
    60,000 ATTACK IN GREECE
    314 1 60,000 ATTACK IN GREECE ATHENS, Wednesday SIXTY MOUSAND GREEK troops, support by tanks, artillery and planes, opened a Spring offensive m northern Thessaly and western Macedonia early today m an effort to wipe out the guerilla hands and end the threat of a fall-scale civil war Warships were standing by
    U.P.  -  314 words
  • Article
    A wedding will not take place
    254 1 A wedding will not take place FTee Press Staff Reporter TXTO the Social Welfare Department behind the Victoria 1 Theatre, Singapore, yesterday walked a Chinese girl Bud man. They had been engaged, and owing to a dispute, had decided to break off the engagement. But m order to break it
    254 words
  • Article
    'LET'S USE THE ATOM FOR PEACE'
    177 1 LONDON, Wed. UENERY Wallace, former Vic< 11 President f the United States, m broadcast tonight urged Britain to apply to peaceful development of at- mic energy the "scientific brilliance" which had placed the nation m the vanguard of industrial progress Wallace, who was speaking
    Reuter  -  177 words
  • Article
    B.USY AFTER TWO YEARS DN PRISON
    75 1 A.ter two years m prison ar.d within 48 hours of her trial for her share m the Buohenwald concentration camp atrocities. Frau Ilse Koch, wife of the camp commandant, has stated she is going to have a baby. Three months' pregrancy will not save
    U.P.  -  75 words
  • Article
    S'PORE CHINESE FOUND DEAD
    87 1 Free Press Staff Reporter THE body of a Chinese was 1 found by a Singapore Police I patrol i;. Johore Road at 7.15 o'clock this morning. There was i a big gash on his forehead Two Chinese, one armed with a i pistol, robbed a watch
    87 words
  • Article
    BLACK ANGEL KILLS HERSELF
    100 1 HAMBURG, Wed. MEN Mory, Nazi woman rd sentenced to death for tor :uring prisoners at Ravens bruck concentration camp, suicided today by slashing her wrests with a razor blade. She had boasted that British authorities would net hang h«r. Mory was called 'Black Angel" because of
    Reuter; U.P.  -  100 words
  • Article
    MIKE SHORTAGE
    38 1 Unless immediate steps are j taken to encourage larg c scale planting of trees there will be a world timber famine within the next few years. Viscount Bennett, j former Premier of Canada, stated! yesterday London.
    38 words
  • Article
    BURMA POLLS UNDER GUARD
    285 1 RANGOON, Wednesday. OOLICEMEN, carrying rifles, guarded polling stations, m 1 today's elections which, contrary to expectations, parsed oH quietly. Kchl Cross volunteers, ambulance units and fire brigades stood by ready to go into action. Three thousand Volunteers," amied with rifles, joined the police force m maintaining
    Reuter  -  285 words
  • Article
    RIOT IN TURIN
    30 1 A riot of several thousand ex- I prisoners of war, partisans and veterans broke out m Turin yesterday as a protest against delay m paying work indemnities.
    30 words
  • Article
    CHEERS FOR WAVELL
    29 1 Lord VVavell. former Vicero> i India, was enthusiastically cheered by students of Saint Andrews University when he received the Honorary Degree of Doctor y{ jLiterature yesterday.
    29 words
  • Article
    MAY ALLY WITH U.K.
    111 1 NEW DELHI. Wed. THE possibility of a military once between Britain and n Indian States "cannot .ether be ruled out" a h gh official of the Indian Chamber of Princes stated here tonight. The official insisted, however, that the majority of Indian rul~-\s I look to
    Reuter  -  111 words
  • Article
    S'PORE TO H.K.IN 6½ HOURS
    381 1 S'PORE TO H.K.IN 6½ HOURS Free Press Staff Kepor ■< IT will be possible to fly from Hong Kong to Singapore ■non-step m 6^ hours by Lancastrian aircraft under the finest condr of ainme comfort for 5470 j Malayan currency) when the fiivt "Skyways' airline I machine corr.es to Sinp-apreo
    381 words
  • Article
    SHE CAPTURES LOOT SAMPAN
    350 1 SHE CAPTURES LOOT SAMPAN rree Press Staff Reporter ■yiin iwo more reports of fun and games with the looter* fi at Singapore Harbour Board comes the news that it b hoped to launch the new force of S6lO a monfh pcfice inspectors on April 21. and the new inspectors will
    350 words
  • Article
    WOMAN FOR CABINET
    21 1 Professor Karin Kock has been' j appointed as economic consultant (to the Swedish Government with Cabinet rank. I
    21 words
  • Article
    11 men swear their love
    92 1 ELEVEN British husbands of Russian wives have sworn an oath before a notary public m London that they love their wives and they hoped that Russia heard them rhey suspe i th.it possibly the reason why Russia wont let their Soviet wives go to Britain
    U.P.  -  92 words
  • Article
    WOMAN KILLER FOUND GUILTY
    65 1 Maria Pasquinelli, Italian schoolmistress was found guilty by the Allied military court ai Trieste yesterday of shooting Brigadier R. W. de Winton British Commander of the 13th Infantry Brigade at Pola last Fet>ruary. The court rejected the deience argument that she had acted to defend the
    Reuter  -  65 words
  • Article
    ALL FROM AN ACHE
    53 1 Because Howell Rees, Londdo dentist, had toothache, he took aspirin, injected novocaine and cocaine, but the pain kept on He then drank two whiskies, drove ms car away and crashed into a fence. Yesterday he was fined £10 and barred from driving for a year for
    U.P.  -  53 words
  • Article, Illustration
    IN HAPPY MOOD
    29 1 IN HAPPY MOOD M Paul Struye. Belgian Mnricter of the lut r J'T. was m happy mood when h^ attended a rf-cent meeting of tbCouncil of Mj n stera
    29 words
  • Page 1 Advertisements
Page thumbnail Page 2
  • Article, Illustration
    CRITICS LOOK FOR A YARDSTICK
    786 2 CRITICS LOOK FOR A YARDSTICK Norah Alexander's London Show Talk THE last thing I 1 read m hospital before going out of th's world was a letter as follows When 1 study a criticism of a stage show i know what the story is like and v. her I am
    786 words
  • Article, Illustration
    FODAYS BRIDCE PROBLEM
    289 2 uuz.z.l opened the que.-n of East winning with the ace. ted the ten of spades, and Into an a«<-rvzed huddle Should se play the jack or not? Finally he Onesse the jack, whertup>n red with the queen an.l I wit] :he ace. South pr d drew trumps
    289 words
  • Article
    A RROMODELLURS
    175 2 PRi CAIN has two mils'* and iiyers m V aircraft. Ana many of m are scl. d, quit On< ci son m tw I fact, of the peoj Bri- >. is m d m mo.iel aircraft, and every town and village has Its mo.ie 1 ail cub. Nar
    175 words
  • Article, Illustration
    THE RANGE
    45 2 MRS. I d to l> he range. I thp. and Mrs. Bn. childhood j ranch m Ong* n. U.S. A stepfather had head of cattle and I V.Uhint and harness ompleted- tnd v. niebody's favourite mo, OORI i I I cvrry drtail. ln *"**<
    45 words
  • Page 2 Advertisements
    • Advertisement
      Page 2 Advertisements Column 1
      79 2 BLISTERED FEET^Bb Quickly healed ana WM Zam-Bufc onng comlori to m all p.xrts of the world. The r oils m this grand ointment sootht r and pain, reduce inflammation V soften corns, so that they can b< removed and auicklv heal broken b soreness or chafing H^^. m Ziun-Buk is
      79 words
  • Page 2 Miscellaneous
    • Miscellaneous
      Page 2 Miscellaneous Column 1
      923 2 Slfti by Sir Adrian losing wave oar.ds Bto 11.3 c aiMUiU'UKt, i en Joyce t m iy 84 meT res and 49. j;- d Network m bine* a Indian 12 Lralian 10.30 Had.o net re <. M o 0 ,5 H x to 2 p.m. A 6 pjn n pm
      923 words
    • Miscellaneous
      Page 2 Miscellaneous Column 2
      239 2 YOUR LUCKY STAR Fortune forecast for people born today DoUN today, you have fere.it talentfl and capabilities which n\:w bring yoa outstanding mi. eeSfl far nits of < i):ldr»'n born on this day should nijtk* special efforti U) see thai Un-% are g^ven everj p ssibl opporturvty for early tr
      239 words
Page thumbnail Page 3
  • Article
    UMK TO STAGE MONSTER EXDHIBITION
    387 3 UMK TO STAGE MONSTER EXDHIBITION T^ 1 m nRIT overcoming fiuM cats nnd power ig ahead with the plans for the find r to be held m London and BSr i to May 16. The exhibition will be the XCled to attrad more visit,..,-, than i previous British Industries Fair
    387 words
  • Article
    MYSTERY FIND OF POISONS
    5 3 MYSTERY FIND OF POISONS I
    5 words
  • Article
    VRSITY SAYS ITS NOT GUM
    15 3 VRSITY SAYS ITS NOT GUM ■s. and I I t I I The he 53
    15 words
  • Article
    ROMAN POTTERY FOUND IN U.K.
    8 3 ROMAN POTTERY FOUND IN U.K. I I f
    8 words
  • Article
    TOURNIQUET WAS LEFT SN HIS LEG
    118 3 TOURNIQUET WAS LEFT SN HIS LEG MRS. Elsie May Baldwin, of Stamford street, Oldham. ics, was at Manchester Assizes awarded £4,000 daiu against Oldham Infirmary and two of its surgeons for the dea h of her husband, who had a tourniquet left m his leg af er an operation. Mr.
    118 words
  • Article
    MOKE FOR FAMILIES
    22 3 Increase of nearly £23,000,000 for family allowances is provided for m the estimates of the Ministry of National Insurance.
    22 words
  • Article
    BETTER HOMES FOR OLD FOLK
    149 3 BETTER HOMES FOR OLD FOLK I IFE for old people m Britain's Publk Assistance ho; and institutions must be made brighter immediately, s Mr. Aneurin Bevan, Minister of Health. In a circular to local authorities, he recommends that the old folk should have better accommodation, increased comfort and more freedom.
    149 words
  • Article
    CARGO FROM RUSSIA
    26 3 First Soviet ship to bring a cargo to the Clyde since the war, S.S. Pinega. arrived at Glasgow with iron ore from Narvik.
    26 words
  • Article
    Their first Sunday danze
    81 3 FIRST public dance ever m land n i M drew 800 dancers by bus, car and on foot to Dalkeith, 12 miles from Edinburgh. Permission was ffiven as an experiment, to k^ep young men and women from "walking aimlessly down the streets at niffht." "I was
    81 words
  • Article
    THREE ARMED ROBERS GET THREE YEARS
    168 3 THREE ARMED ROBERS GET THREE YEARS TpiiREE years' penal servitude 1 was the s ntence at the Old Bailey on each of three men who raided a bungalow at Holland-- nSea, Essex, where they thought < wrongly) thai £20,000 was hdden m the bathroom. They were Charles H. Leaver (22),
    168 words
  • Article, Illustration
    TWO MINERS WHO BROKE A RECORD
    128 3 TWO MINERS WHO BROKE A RECORD THE tm, grimy Welsh miners m this picture broke a record by cutting and filling into trucks 12?. tons of coal m I one w i They are William John Davies, 35, left, and his i 18-year-old assistant, Teren c Sedgemor? Jenkins. They work
    128 words
  • Article
    "Take man-power from gambling'
    319 3 Take man-power from gambling' I T^E gain Wing industry could well supply the 278,000 1 recruits to industry called for m the Brit-sh Gw ment's economic survey for 1917 to balance the nations manpower bi i the British Church* itee on Gambling m a report ju>t issued. The report, referring
    319 words
  • Article
    NIGHT PLOUGHING
    26 3 Ploughing by the light of car headlamps is going on at Starcross near Exe;er, to catch up with the flood delays m English agriculture.
    26 words
  • Article
    TO OPEN INSTITI IE
    26 3 Mrs. Attlee, wife of the British Prime Minister, will open thp new National Institute of House Workers m London on April 13.
    26 words
  • Article
    MBE FOR BLITZ HERO
    25 3 An ex-Coldst-ream Guardsman, W. G. Triscott of Hayes, Middlesex has received the M.B.E. for Home Guard services during the London blitz.
    25 words
  • Article
    INFORMED ON WIVES
    35 3 INFORMED ON W IV ES Arrested m a police raid on a complaint by their husbands, c ix women at Roxbuo, U. S. A., wpi-p fined £2 10s. each for playing poker on a Sunday.
    35 words
  • Article
    EXTRA FO WER
    345 3 Free Press Staff Correspondent KUALA I I MiU K. W e<in,-H ;i v TIN mines m Selangor which were hopb* f t>r a resumption 1 of full electrical service m the latter part of this yemt have been informed that owing to the delay m lh< Urn
    345 words
  • Article
    DRUG PROBE DELAYED
    52 3 THE Home Office analyst has not completed his report for the inques: on Dr. William Hubert, "Heath Trial" psychiatrist. Derails of the inquest were published m the Free Press on March 22. Dr. Hubert, a. suspected drug addict, was found dead m The bathroom of his Chelsea
    52 words
  • Article
    Barths for Births
    67 3 PHK Navy is helping m an accommodation crisis m Plymouth nin homes. The city's birth rate is more tl-an 30 per cent, above prewar years and is still ri One ward of the K.N hospital, Stonehouse, has been turned over to the Alexandra Norsine Home, whose doctors
    67 words
  • Article
    VILLAGERS HAD CHANGED IDEA
    45 3 UILLAGERS of A: Hdfordshire. who onc^ thr^a stones at Cynthia Musk Raffaele Buonagurie. threw confetti when the couple were married m Arlesey. Cynthia, who has lived m Arlesey all her life, met Raffaele. billeted thei Italian pri of war, m 1944.
    45 words
  • Page 3 Advertisements
    • Advertisement
      Page 3 Advertisements Column 1
      76 3 HEW VfJ^LD TOMORROW nMrni K^\\ KIM LIN PRESENTS BOXING AT 8.45 P M DOLBLE CHAMPIONSHIP ELIMINATIONS OF STORK J§3Slß| BANTAMWEIGHT ELIMINATION *l 7f LOONE 10 3 BERNAL FLYWEIGHT ELIMINATION |C KHOON loo) ABAYAN ■jL special lightweight contest W BABY SABBAN EAGLE 6(3) SINGH THRILLING BANTAMWEIGHT jl C.Y. YIN 6 3)
      76 words
  • Page 3 Miscellaneous
Page thumbnail Page 4
  • Article
    The Singapore Free Press THURSDAY, APRIL 10, 1947. U.S. Aid for Us
    576 4 The Singapore Free Press THURSDAY, APRIL 10, 1947. U.S. Aid for Us AFTER Greece and Turkey— n Malaya? American Senator Arthur Capper, Republican leader from Kansas, sees the possibility of extending aid such as President Truman h~s asked for Greece and Turkey to Asiatic areas, including the Malay States. Speaking
    576 words
  • Article
    OIL IN THE MIDDLE EAST
    1323 4  - OIL IN THE MIDDLE EAST Oscar Tokayer by Dr. Editor of the Petroleum Press Service, and has an international reputation as an oil economist. TN November 1943 the 1 United States Government, faced with fast-grow-ing Allied military oil needs and concerned about the strain imposed by them on America's domestic
    1,323 words
  • Article
    FAITH
    31 4 Go to now, ye rich men, weep and howl for your miseries that shall come upon you. Your riches are corrupted and your garments are motheaten. i James 5. 1-2.
    31 words
  • Article, Illustration
    Pipelines from Persian Gulf to the Med
    7 4 Pipelines from Persian Gulf to the Med
    7 words
  • Article
    PEOPLE MAKE NEWS
    376 4 CAPTAIN OSCAR P. MOM bearded pilot who has flown 2,500,000 miles with passe nger planes, is leaving British Overseas Airways Corporation to become senior pilot of a new Irish Transatlantic air-line. In 23 years he has carried more than 10^,000 passengers iv safety. Captain Jones, who is
    376 words
  • Article
    IS THE FLAG DOWN?
    387 4 [Gordon Betides, famous journalist, writt- a k-l'ei Uj the Ivondon Daily Mail.] ONE of our n mourners, a Mr. Sam Graft m from N< just penned his report on the "liquidation of the British Empire.'' In London, he says, one sees blie "end-products of Empire, a
    387 words
  • Article
    THE MIGHTY FALL
    10 4 THE MIGHTY FALL I I I I I B I
    10 words
  • Page 4 Advertisements
  • Page 4 Miscellaneous
Page thumbnail Page 5
  • Article
    UNKNOWN
    259 5 l lnvestigations are I still continuing Fret Press Staff Reporter I RATIONS into the Singapore Chinese jcre m 1942 are still going on and additional iation is being collected to bring more Japanese a War Crimes spokesman told the Free Press the end of the recent trial of and
    259 words
  • Article
    $ 16,000 GIFT FOR CLERKS
    6 5 16,000 GIFT FOR CLERKS i w
    6 words
  • Article
    THE WEATHER MEN FORM A CLUB
    162 5 THE WEATHER MEN FORM A CLUB I cemen's club to be formed soon m dor. for weather men. Anywas connected t in war can join and it is -it 3.000 will pir their nes dov. Other clubs formed the include: Radar Association body who worked on r m RAF and
    162 words
  • Article
    MALAYANS SEE SHAKESPEARE
    89 5 SPECIAL visit to Stratford-on-Avon has been arranged the five Malayan visitors to u-K. They went to Stratford "1 4 and attended the night of the Shakese Festival m the Shakespeare I Theatre to 63e '•Romeo and Juliet." g the week-end, they Mary Arden's House and Castle, an
    89 words
  • Article
    $1A DAY FOR A ROOM
    409 5 $1A DAY FOR A ROOM Free Prexs Staff Repor^r W" l^ most hotek m to^n are charging between $7 and F w BMlW d»«oii a day without food, there is "ne 4 P O n r h geS 75 Cents for a bed m a dormitory, or 40 cenU a
    409 words
  • Article
    Surrendered to his master
    138 5 I lEUT. GEN. Sir Philip Christ- ison, Army Commands m Scotland, said m Edinburgh an Tuesday that when he accepted the surrender of th? Japanese General commanding m Java he met an old pupil. "Gen. Yamamoto," said Sir Phil p. nUred m.v headquarters accompanied by an
    Reuter  -  138 words
  • Article, Illustration
    A 'Homeless' School
    109 5 A 'Homeless' School Singapore's 60-year-old Gan Eng Seng School is without a binding of its own. Its original building m Cecil Street facing the Detective Station was condemned m September 1941. The COO odd students of the School today are using Outrtni Road School building m the an moons. On
    109 words
  • Article
    ENDING UNREST IN COLLIERIES
    259 5 ENDING UNREST IN COLLIERIES TO prevent recurrence ol trouble m its collieries, India has formed an industrial coal-mining committee representing workers, employers ai*d the Governments of \h? various Provinces. The Committee will provide the much-needed machinery for joint consultation and discussion between the various parties interested m or charged with
    259 words
  • Article, Illustration
    Untitled
    80 5 The Russian delegation tourinp Britain recently visited the Royal Air I'orce at Halton Camp, Bucks, where they were conducted over (he s ation by Marshal of the R<\yal Air Force Lord Tedder, (former AOC, Singapore) and Mr. P. j. Noel-Bakrr. Secretary of State for Air. Photo Ot»rel-General Mikhail Mikn il?virh
    80 words
  • Article
    Prison reforms talks today
    168 5 Free Press Staff Repoi :er SINGAPORE'S Justices of the Peace are holding a meeting m the Legislative Council Chamber m the Colonial Secretary's Office a1 t p.m. today to discuss the qw -lion of prison reforms. No individual invitations have been issued, says Mr. T. H.
    168 words
  • Article
    COURTESY CALL
    54 5 BATAVIA, Wednesday. Britain will probably make its first official contact with the Indonesian Republic about April 16. The date has been suggested for what ■has been described as a "courtesy call" on President Soekarno at Jogjakarta by the British Minister, m charge of the British Consulate General m
    54 words
  • Article
    164 JAPANESE EXECUTED 45 TRIALS PENDING
    283 5 164 JAPANESE EXECUTED 45 TRIALS PENDING Free Press Staff Reporter pRIALS of Japanese war crimes suspects are still going on, and should continue well into 1948. There are 45 cases ready to come up for bearing, four of which will be held m Singapore. To date, 201 trials have been
    283 words
  • Article
    ANTI-VICE DRIVE IS SPORE
    246 5 ANTI-VICE DRIVE IS SPORE rree Press Staff Reporter DOLICE officials m:re than 40 5 ong made a snap raid at 4 30 one morning on. :t nouses m Jalan E a, and arrested fifty at th e C 1 mises the following morning. The raid had as its main purpose
    246 words
  • Article
    Malaya?! views for London
    38 5 THE Department of Put fc latlons is sndng to Lond ;n a set oi 30 pictures for display al tbc Mn ish Industries and niMjiili. The«--e pictures v. II r -present mainly Ma'aya's inddstries.
    38 words
  • Article
    GEN! TO BROADCAST
    32 5 At 9.45 p.m. on Friday. April 11, over the Blue N '3f Radio Malaya. Sir Edward Gcr.t, Governor of the MaL [Ji will broadcast on van Review an^j Prospect."
    32 words
  • Page 5 Advertisements
Page thumbnail Page 6
  • Article, Illustration
    MOLOTOV WELCOMES GUESTS
    102 6 MR HOLOTOV, the Soviet i#n Minister, receiving guests to a dinner party for the chief delegates to the Hit; Four Conference ol Fop Ministers at I W. Mr. and Mr- M n-ht. are seen receiving their fellow Russians, Mr. and M ihJnsky. On the intrequent »>ceasions i
    102 words
  • Article
    CURE FOR LEPROSY
    29 6 While studying the diphtheria bacillus. Soviet biochemist Gubarov and dermatologist Torsuyev extracted a component they named oxydip'hene acid which cured mice and rabbits infected wlih leprosy.
    29 words
  • Article
    Ten feet for 200 hands
    79 6 DAKKNTS and teachers are protesting to Plymouth Education Committee about the shortage of towels m schools. One headmaster reported that the p >s tion is now so acute 50 children have to use one towel. Mr E. J. Holmes, assistant director of education, said: "We
    79 words
  • Article
    THE PEOPLE
    356 6 Lord Chief Justice Gives Advice I'ME Lord Chief Justice, lord Goddard. fold the Royal Com- mission on Justices of the Peace thai England Beaded magistrates who understood the habits and character <>f the people especially m the country areas. CfcMßtmeatiag on the suggestion thiil a nucleus of travelling
    356 words
  • Article, Illustration
    HENSON TRIES COCKTAIL JUDGING
    6 6 HENSON TRIES COCKTAIL JUDGING a h
    6 words
  • Article
    FRENCH BAN UK CAR IMPORTS
    205 6 ALL car import licences haw been temporarily suspend**! by the French Government following the blai X marketing of British cars by wealthy dealer- from the Middle 1 ia And, as a result. Paris dealers m British cars have not got a l i model to
    205 words
  • Article
    Put husband's shirt in water
    276 6 \FTER a hearing lasting one and a li^t if days, a 33-year-old farmer, Mr. Richan u-ni Cook, of Flixton Road. Bungay, Suffolk, was not m court, when Judge Carey-Evans, sitting as Commissioner for Divorce, stated thai the mci dents on which Mr. Cook bas«Hl his
    276 words
  • Article
    KINDNESS WON HER A HOME
    136 6 KINDNESS WON HER A HOME LJER kindness to members of 11 the crrw of the Atlantis, w. took her to Australia last year from Britain along with hundreds r war brides, has earned an unexpected reward for Mrs. Rosina Younger, of Brixton, London who returned home last month as a
    136 words
  • Article
    STILL USEFUL
    28 6 Auctions of surplus Bri Government vehicles which gan last, April and are expected to continue to the end of July have so far realised nearly £9.000,000.
    28 words
  • Article
    MALTA SENDS EGGS
    14 6 London received a hundredweight of Eas'-er eggs by air from Malta.
    14 words
  • Article
    RECOGNITION FOR HEALERS
    60 6 QNORTHODQX healers m Bri- tain homeopaths arid osteo- ignition "before long; said Mr. George Buchanan, Parliament ler-Secretary for Scotland. He made fchig re] .r ThoM'M>re "Ayr Burghs*, who told 11. -nmons Standing Committee on the Scottish Health Service Bill that many S believed they could get b(
    60 words
  • Article
    SERVICE GEAR ON SALE TO PUBLIC
    191 6 SERVICE vi.. rwear m Britain has been i tioned for civilian use by a secret process. The underwear and several million other items of former service clothing v •fTered to the British public this year coupon-f] cheap pric The clothing will be m&rki to
    191 words
  • Article
    SWORD FOR CITY
    12 6 Viscount Mountbatten has presented a Japanese sword to Soutfaamp.on.
    12 words
  • Article
    SECRET TANKS FOR THE ARMY
    167 6 TIU British Cabinet ha ted more than 30.000 u»n I the highest s^rade steel for the immediate manu! of new-type fighting vehicles, say informed sources m Lo The decision was taken on Lord Montgomery, Chief of the Imperial Stafl opposition by certain Mini who argue
    167 words
  • Article
    LISTEN IN BED
    30 6 Th* vphone*' dov:ce for radio listening m bed, now availat all war pensions hospiis to be tried out by Mr. red Paling, British Pensions It to Roehampton
    30 words
  • Article
    FLYING-BOAT BASE
    26 6 Portsmout-h Chamber of mcrce sent a resolution to tin Pr.me Minister urging that th< Empire flying -boat base be es 'ablished m Longstone Harbour
    26 words
  • Article
    YOUTH CURFEW
    18 6 Cinifu to pn i from loitering o ajr-er 10 p.m. is m force m Los Angeles.
    18 words
  • Article
    UNKNOWN
    2 6 I
    2 words
  • Page 6 Advertisements
    • Advertisement
      Page 6 Advertisements Column 1
      32 6 >^>"v^^ TEL jjHiil'ilMiWL gangster: I "jm& Marjorie MAIN U"i NAISH f' I Sown Ploy by Williom t.pmon and Gre y' y C J\ D«rect«d by S. SYLVAN SIMON ffimtd by OtVllU 0
      32 words
  • Page 6 Miscellaneous
    • Miscellaneous
      Page 6 Miscellaneous Column 1
      16 6 J/AIN t Exclusive to the Singafrore Free Press m Malaya viSiFSS Wj^ 1 jsy^ /w'ever 7^\mst^k"Jl
      16 words
    • Miscellaneous
      Page 6 Miscellaneous Column 2
      101 6 Free Press Crossword No. 7 1 0 4. Ttu cent nickel coiiwA dock (5). 9. A writ comma: j tit. j 1. The poison which ca^.jest (4). 3. Celebrated Roman w«ter as at tiie breaking up cA m SouUiern Prance (7), 6. Upper .lubbers of India and Burma (7). 12.
      101 words
Page thumbnail Page 7
  • Article
    MALAYA COMMAND WIN RIFLE MEET
    260 7 MALAYA COMMAND WIN RIFLE MEET 'ujo-aay Snoot At U\l \Y Command wo* all the team events m (he SEAM M Amateur Kifh Association 1947 meeting whirh vIZ at the Seletar v,,terda y ,nd Tue"^^ her te", n ttt^J^*-^ tod F -ft SI lie meeting which covered both individual and team
    260 words
  • Article, Illustration
    Untitled
    11 7 The Malaya Command Team which won the SEALF Rifle mecti n^.
    11 words
  • Article
    Potters Did Hoi Miss Matthews
    57 7 Potters Did Hoi Miss Matthews uss--es over .em P^L, them tor ptoy^l b* 1 m his place .ere dub to F tV-r thr* ma! bend ..'i-: Scotland r? mbl'y on m ti has been thwen to r > mes <- Mj£°Hard*u-k. Midd L3h and England knee niu- ent 1 preparation
    57 words
  • Article
    PAULIBE BETZ UNDECIDED
    90 7 P a "LINE BETZ, United States and 1 Wimbledon champion who was suspended from further amateur competition by the United States Lawn Tennis Association yesterday, has not yet decided what her next move will be. Miss Betz. who arrived m Paris today from the French Riviera where
    Reuter  -  90 words
  • Article
    WOODCICK WILL GET £37,500 FOR FIGHT v LOUIS
    96 7 London, Wed. MAT Rogers, Mike Jacob's matchn maker, flew the Atlantic on Wednesday to match the winner of the Baksi-Woodcock fight next Tuesday with Jc e Louis for the Id heavyweight championship In an interview, Rogers said' "The Baksi-Woodcock fight winner will
    Reuter  -  96 words
  • Article
    CYMA JUNIORS' SOCCER
    66 7 THE following players will represent I the C.V.M.A. Juniors m a friendly soccer match against the Johore English College at the St. Joseph's Inst. ground at 5 p.m. on Saturday: •s Sobrielo, James Tan. Lav Heng Foolc Wong Keng Wah, John Loh, Cheng Sui Hens. Good Song,
    66 words
  • Article
    FRED APOSTOLI WIMS
    54 7 SAN FRANCISCO, Wed. FORMER world middleweight boxing I champion. Fred Apostoli, knocked out Bobby Yolk of Gregon City m the third round of a tout here on Monday ni~ht. -Ik won the middleweight championship m the European theatre while m the Army. It was his first defeat,
    A.P.  -  54 words
  • Article
    OLYMPIC PROBLEMS
    54 7 LONDON, Wed BRITAIN'S Organising Committee for the 1948 Olympics is wrestling v.i'h peculiar requests from the ruling bodies of various sports who want their own p^t games included m the programme. Among the sports on which the Committae has so far been aoproached are roller skating, jirchery, lacrosse
    A.P.  -  54 words
  • Article
    A Week's Pay On A Name
    151 7 A Week's Pay On A Name Answering Queries L^ould Tommy Griifiths ami John Riley.. of 218, Army Troops RE, who once corrected l«s and offered to come to our rescue if ever we were stuck. Le the answer? .1! for the day. I have i leal with queries from nis
    151 words
  • Article
    AIR TRAVEL FOR ENGLISHH SOUCERXI
    154 7 LONDON, Mon. HISTORY will be made when England rs fly to thi Ccntin nt tor The d and Portugal matche;, fo: time that a full Eng- vrnational side will ha\e d by air. Hitherto "the Football As o-iation refused to sanction fh^ use cf and
    Reuter  -  154 words
  • Article
    TO OPPOSE LEAGUE CUT
    28 7 C I) HOWARTH. Secretary of the League, says that the -eague will oppose any measure to r .he divisions to 18 clubs, reports Reuter
    Reuter  -  28 words
  • Article
    SELETAR A THLETIC FINALS
    418 7 THE Victor Ludorom Cup of the 1 annual athletic meeting or the I A F Seletar was won by Sgt Sutton. Team champions wer3 D" team). The meeting; was held yesterday at Seletar. results Hurdles: 1, Pendlebury j Team; 2, Wccller "B" Team; 3,1 le "B
    418 words
  • Article
    F.A. TO HAVE FIRST CALL ON PLAYERS
    358 7 F.A. TO HAVE FIRST CALL ON PLAYERS LONDON. Monday. FHERE will be no excuse if England suflfer defeat during 1 the heavy international soccer programme m May rs the strongest available team will be fielded for each rratch. The !<>otl>all League, which governs League Clubs, has agreed to allow the
    Reuter  -  358 words
  • Article
    RON JAMES TO DEFEND TITLE v HAWTHORNE
    58 7 jOKHNY Best, l i i-diom J pr.moter, yesterday securea the signature of Ronni e James to defend his Br-tish and Empire lightweight titles against San Hawthorne, Northern area champion, m Liverp ol some time m July. This will be James' first defence of
    Reuter  -  58 words
  • Article
    INDIAN CRICKET TEAM TO TOUR AUSTRALIA
    79 7 INDIAN CRICKET TEAM TO TOUR AUSTRALIA MINT niemhers of the Indian side which loured England last year are included m the team for Australia nexi season. They arc: V. M. Merchant (Captain), L. Amainath, Mu:;taq Ali, Mankad, V. S. Bazare, k S Modi, c. S Xayudu, <*uf Mdhamod, and S.
    Reuter  -  79 words
  • Article
    C.A.SOCCER TEAMS
    214 7 C.A.SOCCER TEAMS CA. first- team mee-s RNWT iKranji) In a garn^ cf soccer on Friday at the Jaian Besar Stadium Kick-ofl at 5.15 p.m The tcajn will be selected from the following players: Wai Mun, Peng Kong, Soon San, Siew Moon, Hong Siew, Seng Quee, Chwee Chua, Kirn Chan, Tee
    214 words
  • Article
    CAN INDIANS BEAT HENERSON?
    443 7 CAN INDIANS BEAT HENERSON? League Soccer By Our Sotcer KejK>rtei ON Tuesday the Malays lost their league It ndership for the first time when (hey were beaten by the Navy, and today they will Ik 1 relegated to third place if Army win their league match against (he Indians at
    443 words
  • Article
    McCOOL TO REMAIN WITH QUEENSLAND
    85 7 BRISBANE, Wed. APJER accepting a job m n Sydney, Colin McCool. Au-" lian Test cricketer, has decided to remain m Brisbane where he has already taken up an appointment as a commercial traveller. He will again be available to play for Queensland next season. .Queensland
    85 words
  • Article
    R. PERRY HITS 79
    284 7 R. PERRY HITS 79 IN a g.-iie 01 cricket piayed on im .vi.A ground, D. E| C V.M A m .\1 ~>4 r u ns. ex o. c U .VUL E'S Xl J. g b J. Da- id 3, C. ua-.ej o J. Pi ne o, R. Perry c V.
    284 words
  • Article
    GOVT. RELAX MIDWEEK SPORIS BAN
    285 7 GOVT. RELAX MIDWEEK SPORIS BAN LONDON, Wed. THE Oovemment is graduaJly relenting en the question of raid -ween sport. When the "Saturday only" foctba 1 decree was made, there were ou'cries from various County football associations, who under the strict Vter of the rule were not allowed to play Cup
    285 words
  • Article
    JACK HOLDEN WINS
    90 7 KFFIELD. Wed JACK HOLDEN of Tiplon Harriers, holder of the 3C miles world record, won the Doncaster to Sheffield marathon race m two hours 41 minutes 55.8 seconds. He v, as followed by A E Tyrer oi Harriers, m two hou: U minutes 49 seconds. Tyrer. the
    90 words
  • Page 7 Advertisements
    • Advertisement
      Page 7 Advertisements Column 1
      84 7 ONLY a.m. 1 1 1)a I v I THP^TPy "%j I 9.15 p.m. j 20th Century-Fox presents Franz Werfel's j f.nmortal Story of a Simple Girl. whose Faith Shook tb#» Eai v*i»h JENNIFER JONES WILLIAM EYTHE CHARLES BICKFORO VINCENT PRICE LEE J COBB GLADYS COOPER jripTjn^ O ft en/ng TODAY
      84 words
Page thumbnail Page 8
  • Article
    —CITY NEWS— STORE RUBBER PRICES TODAY
    215 8 CITY NEWS STORE RUBBER PRICES TODAY k Special Market correspond ?ives the prices of ru';ber at 11 aJH today as follows: Buyer* Sellers Cts. oer Ib per th 1 X S >» spoi loose 43 43 No 1 R.S S. fob m h^J«s April .44 No R S S fob
    215 words
  • Article
    New York stocks
    105 8 Othe New York Stock Exchange rday. quietly selective stiffen reduced or mo c than eliminated ;roiis earlier ,sses leavini? the :et with fairly well divided and .y fractional changes compared %ith yesterday Assorted steels, motor,, minings, raHs. farm implements, oils. s, tobacco, electric manufacturings, shippings and office
    Reuter  -  105 words
  • Article
    London stocks
    122 8 Ojn Stock Exchange yea:erday there aas once again little the markets which scarcely tested. Cessation of •orr.e of the recent support for savings i heav;:. Jie market for British Government stocks, and wrut amounted to little more than I ne sales were inclined to have an .>d effect
    Reuter  -  122 words
  • Article
    3 MORE RIOTFUS DIE
    40 8 Three more people who were Wounded m Monday night's rioting between Senegalese and Morocoans at Casablanca, North Africa died last night. E>eaths fr m the now total 64. An argument a Drostitut.r stsrtP* +v,o «^v.4li Reuter
    Reuter  -  40 words
  • Article
    GERMAN LAND FOR POLAND
    249 8 GERMAN LAND F OR POLAND .MOSCOW, Wednesd POME 40,000 square mile* of Eastern German territory had been placed under Polish administration landing the ptace settlement, said General George Marshall, I v Secretary of S ate, when he proposed to the Council «»f Foreign Ministers vi Moscow today that a boundary
    249 words
  • Article
    Open-air lodging-hrjiase
    89 8 AN enterpn^in- ChfMll, !«:i- ktd by a gang of "stTDBg rm" men. has set himself up as landlord of the pavements of a large part of Hong Kong's c' 1 r-ntrc. End tiding the Post Office building bays, and !~*s bits out to the cootios as sleeping places
    Reuter  -  89 words
  • Article
    BEDFORD NOT TO HELP BEDFORD
    72 8 The Bedford iNew York) Town Board has dissociated itself from efforts by a group of local citizens to aid flood damaged Bedford m England. Mrs. Alfre Roelker, Secretary of j the Bedford Historical Society, asked the Beard to give the cam- paign official recognition, but
    A.P.  -  72 words
  • Article
    MALAYA LEDERS FETE SUTAN SJAHRIR
    1432 8 MALAYA LEDERS FETE SUTAN SJAHRIR Free Press Staff Reporter HTHE recent signing m Baiavia of the Dutch-Indonesian 1 Agreement is going to heip not only the well-being and happiness of all the peoples of Java and! Sumatra, but will add also to the peace, happiness and prosperity of the people
    1,432 words
  • Article, Illustration
    Untitled
    33 8 Greeted at Kalians: Aairport, Singapore, yest:rday on her am m the company of the Indonesian Prime Mtefc r was Mrs. M.ir;.< Ulfa! Indonesian Wai: v M nistcr (seen m foreground of this picture).
    33 words
  • Article
    131 KILLED IN AIR CRASH
    43 8 Twenty-seven high school teachers and the crew of four were killed when a commercial aircraft crashed m flames m the mountainous region of Guatire, from Caracas, Venesu: on Tuesday. A three-day mourning has been declared throughout Venezuela. Reuter
    Reuter  -  43 words
  • Article
    ALBANIA WON'T FACE COURT
    51 8 ALBANIA WON'T FACE COURT The Albanian delegate last night told the United Nations Security Council that Albania refuses to submit the Corfu cha; dispute with Britain to the International Court of Justice. Britain claims that Albania mined two British destroyers with the loss of 44 lives m the Corfu channel.-
    Reuter  -  51 words
  • Article
    KRAKATAU MAY BLOW UP AGAIN
    248 8 KRAKATAU MAY BLOW UP AGAIN batavia, Wednesday. KRAKATAL\ the volcano m the Sunda Si raits between i Java and Sumatra which caused 30.000 deaths when it exploded m 18X3. is threatening to bkw up again. A small party, under the America! archaeologist. Lawrence Griswold, \es!erday found the volcano highly active.
    U.P.  -  248 words
  • Article
    BRITAIN STILL 'GOOD R!SK'
    246 8 LONDON, Thursday DEPORTS reaching London that Wall 1\ S:i\ t hanking finns aacr c willing to Tram Britain large long term loer d per cent; interest if Britain's dollar shortage becomes acuu- are extremely welcome m London if they are -ye that Wall Street must still
    Reuter  -  246 words
  • Article, Illustration
    SJAHRIR IS WELCOMED
    17 8 SJAHRIR IS WELCOMED Tins pitlure was taken at K> dreds of Indonesians and M arrival from Bai
    17 words
  • Article
    UNKNOWN
    36 8 E DUTCH ex str. < or. trac Indone-. of proi tion of Indt which have been c. series of econorr now going on betw and In The pror submitted to a m between the Dv Reuter
    Reuter  -  36 words
  • Page 8 Advertisements
    • Advertisement
      Page 8 Advertisements Column 1
      100 8 Now Showing tc ■j DAILY 2 SHOWS at 6 and 9.30 P* i »> v'y-i A* 'Ifiilfir I f* I t# Acclaimed by the Public of Grew ever visited Mai-J is scoring fresh Laurel* <** With on* hundred well-tn aivd inaif ar; ivies and a hi? >IIT Fh^phant^. etc.. etc.
      100 words
  • Page 8 Miscellaneous
    • Miscellaneous
      Page 8 Miscellaneous Column 1
      139 8 WEATHER Finr but cloudy W! \IHI X caSI lot 24 QOJO from noon today compiled by the RAF Ontral 1 srceasttMf > iliin. \ir Couunaiui Far h. isi t.• i:< i. i imidv w ii/i -.onio I i scriodi flr<nsionil m the iit(,ii-<>n .mil evening. W ind light ia BHIA
      139 words