The Singapore Free Press, 9 May 1947
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Title Section20 1947-05-09 1 The Singapore Free Press LA RGEST AFTERNOON SALE IN MALAYA SDFSDFDSF SINGAPORE, FRIDAY, MAY 9, 1947. PRICE 10 (T\ J20 words
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9 1947-05-09 1 STEPMOTHER WINS 'FUNNY LOVERS' CASE I I I U.P.U.P. - 9 words
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Article76 1947-05-09 1 I I I *ots be- .menus. "We shall get it oi.«ly by agreeveen the peoples and te a passive agreement but ail active constructive pro>n of peace." President Truman at a Washon press conferred today ex- firm optimism that lastpeace will be attained. But d that itU.P.; A.P. - 76 words
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Article379 1947-05-09 1 WORLD FOOD SUPPLY CRITICAL Tit-' l() .O. jnirllCrlCtl DEPORTS from. Washing! on and London, and from the office of the Special Commissioner for SouthEast Asia, emphasise the gravity of the present woi id food shortage. An appeal has been made for more grain from Argentina, Britain's wheat acreage will be379 words
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Article332 1947-05-09 1 Malacca seeks 'squeeze' news Fr«€ Press Staff Reporter .MALACCA, Thursday. PHINESE a»d Indian merchants in Malacca are collecting V evidence to substantiate their complaints of 'squeeze" inst Pr ntrol Inspectors in the Settlement, follow a remark in the Malayan Union Advisory Council by tward Gent that genera] complaints "are very332 words
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Article102 1947-05-09 1 Ships collide in Suez roads ft .11 S THI British ships Ocean Valour (7,174 -tons) and (lan Ronald (5,447 tons) collided in the Suez Koads at the Red Sea end of the Suez (anal todaj hut it was believed that ncne of the crew of either ship was injured, itReuter - 102 words
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Article293 1947-05-09 1 WASHINGTON, Thursday. OFFICIAL attitude in America is noncommittal towards yesterday's declaration by Mr. Hugh Dalton, British Chancellor of the Exchequer, calling for a scaling down of Britain's war debts to other countries, but unofficially there is strong support for him. The Washington Post today293 words
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Article55 1947-05-09 1 TWO deliberate attempts to sabotage engines of the new British sloop 11. M.5. Snipe, only a month after she had been completed last September, were disclosed at a Naval courtmartial here today. For being negligent in failing to report this, that the commissioned engineer Frank Albert Luck wtus55 words
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Article117 1947-05-09 1 STC BUS FARE INQUIRY URGED I THE dissaJoiactiun felt t» all I sections of the Singapore public .ti the terms of settling the S.l'.C. bus strike is cxprcaacd in a letter to the Free Press fr m a prominent S'n^abvsiness man. 11 stresses the point that all the concessions given117 words
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Article89 1947-05-09 1 CO much paper and ink has been used in the Jap war crime trials J in Tokio to date that yesterday Sir William Webb, president of the Tribunal, warned that he had been prevented from circulating important documents to the Tribunal. Already they had usedReuter - 89 words
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Article382 1947-05-09 1 S'PORE ASKS MORE AIR SEATS Free Press Staff Reporter THE question whether allot--1 ment of seats on Bri< Ovc ys Corp "s flying-boat service from Singapore to the United K dom should be increased beirg considered by the Singapore and London prio People in Singapore wanting 'o travel by airReuter - 382 words
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Article, Illustration42 1947-05-09 1 SISTfcR ELIZABETH KENNY photographed on board the "Queen Elizabeth" just Lefore she sailed from New York to Europe on a tour oi 14 European countries, including Russia, to show documentary films ev-Maining the Kenny concept and treatment for infan'He paralysis.42 words
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Article187 1947-05-09 1 5 ARMY BREN GUNS MISSING Free Pros Stall Reporter 'THE 223 Base Ordnance Depot in Alexandra Road, Sin 1 pore, reported to the Police this morning that five Brtn i;:iins are missing from its armoury. On Wednesday evening, 1.095 hand grenades, 38 sticks of gelignite and 2,000 rounds of small187 words
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Article75 1947-05-09 1 Two sentences of whipping and imprisonment for armed robbc-iy were imposed in England ycsterday. William Howard was sentenced at London Old Bail six lashes from the "cat' seven years' imprisonment for an armed raid on a public house. At Northants Assizes Dennis Irving wasU.P. - 75 words
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Article33 1947-05-09 1 The U.S. Government has informed the Yugoslav Ambassador in Washington that Unied Spates tourists will net be permitted to accept visas to visit the Yugoslav Dalmation coast. because of "unsettled conditio.33 words
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Article51 1947-05-09 1 Tlie Prime Minister Mr. Clement Attlee, last night called a further meeting of India experts of the Cabinet with General Lord Ismay and his colleagues. As at the previous meeting the proceedings were strictly private and no official indication was given £us to what51 words
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Article36 1947-05-09 1 The America n military governor of Berlin, General Lucius Clay, yesterday announced that American troops, if necessary, would enforce the collection of food from German farmers to relieve hunger in Western Germany.- U.P.U.P. - 36 words
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Article195 1947-05-09 1 SELFRIDGE KEPT HIS 2 SECRETS LONDON, Thursday. MR. GORDON SELFRIDGE, ITI founder of the great London store that bears his name and the man who r&volutinised shopping habits in Britain, died in his sleep today, keeping with him two secrets. The first was the secret of his age, for nobodyA.P. - 195 words
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Advertisement14 1947-05-09 1 KIDDIES' JO. TECHVICOI.OR MICKY NOOi PRINTS on SOFT BEMBERCi SlLri from HOLLY-WOOD m-m. m14 words
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Article, Illustration1139 1947-05-09 2 THESE ORPHANS ARE HAPPY FREE PRESS WOMAN REPORTER TWENTY eight girls and bo; a« s are living at Mel- the Children's Aid Society Home in Tomiinson'Koad. Before war, tin 1 ChiK Ud Society v. Singapoi best known c lariiy. supporting the only orphanage for Eurasian and Eur. hildren. Dances and1,139 words
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Article, Illustration244 1947-05-09 2 G hearts was colder I an iceman's hands," wi J CM., of Chicago, "but my partner and I suddenly developed a timid streak. In discussing the hand later, on we we~e unable to le who was at fault. Should North have bid fouf hearts Instead of only244 words
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Article478 1947-05-09 2 TOOTAL UNDIES PLENTIFUL IN AND OUT OF STORK SHOK FREE PRESS WOMAN REPORTER B'TGOTAL fabrics must 1 be about the b< known material in Malaya —quite apart from being the most in deirand. Whether it is deserved or other- Tootal's have certainly built up a name for themselves in Singapore.478 words
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Article16 1947-05-09 2 1 6. ISOU 3. Surah bemhardt 4 No Legally a chat ■hed to Jand16 words
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Article21 1947-05-09 2 In an em; i left b. Stou-. It read: 1 ki. doesn't pav make a tresh s ar>21 words
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Advertisement34 1947-05-09 2 I RAZORS fr BLADES Fit a Gillette blade i: \K Gillette razor and THStxN be sure of a perk iKv Gillette razors anc blade ar< H 1 side in the same t. i the34 words
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Miscellaneous578 1947-05-09 2 '1 '4' SiT 4%S\Y i T a .>* i til I i aflBBsBB? \T v v fIBBHr iw Mil ImHMHhBMbBBR^ Orchestra; 8.30 New- 8.40 Programme, •> ii< Lj j~\. r O t\ E B British Indus- tries Fair; 9.15 Calling all sportsi Blue Ne'work Lngiisti The Man w 12.00— 2578 words
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Miscellaneous326 1947-05-09 2 10.30 "Ro:: by Eddie Duchin his Or> Ore:. :0.45 ralk; 11 .05 S:: 11.15 1 SEAC RADLO SEAC Broadcasting :r m Colombo: Ceylon on ihe following wave oar.ds Bto 11.-iv am 19 84 metres and 49.3i< metres. 11 30-12 am. 19.84 .netres 12 noon-5 p.m metres 19.84 metres and 49.38326 words
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Article435 1947-05-09 3 GERMANS ASK TO STAY IN BRITAIN Prisoners don't like home ii k>;\\ PRISONERS OF WAR totalling thousands may make Britain their adopted country. Many have expressed admiration for England and disillusionment with the prospects of life in post war Germany. Many have l(«t their families, their properties, and their hopesA.P. - 435 words
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Article24 1947-05-09 3 GROUPS FOR OVERSEAS SERVICE •uncM C. inder be 3.A.0.R. h forces L.F.. -?bean areas. India. Africa have :od still groups riier as a to24 words
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Article111 1947-05-09 3 HIS MOTHER SEEKS GIRL IN American widowed mother is going to London from i her home in Oklahoma to look for a girl friend of her dead son a Wren she dots not know. The son was 23-year-old radio operator Carl Dalby. torpedoed near Ireland in March 1943. The girl,111 words
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Article21 1947-05-09 3 Because fuel regulations ban heating, Bury magistrates transferred their court to the radia-tor-warmed ante-room to th e cells.21 words
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Article25 1947-05-09 3 A lake built only 16 years ago Burnham-on-Sea, Somerset, is to be demolished, but the 4d. rate for it goes on until 1950.25 words
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Article58 1947-05-09 3 People arriving for service in a small South Australian town found the Methodist church had vanished. Only the porch remained. Splintered wood and stone were scattered 300 yards away. It happened in Kongorong, 200 miles from Adelaide. The church had stood in the main street for58 words
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Article15 1947-05-09 3 Farmworkers at Norton Green Isle of Wight, complain that 'htingales keep them awake.15 words
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Article126 1947-05-09 3 Mi. and Mn. Wales, of T1 tl t/ul Ben to anatLt because they cuid not tind a hou.se in Britain. It is hopeless,'' said Flora Wales as she waited with 18--month-old baby Margaret at London Airport. "We have been living with my motherin lan for years.126 words
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Article27 1947-05-09 3 rcurse—an eight-centuries-old cui\se the Czech Minister of AgriReform Act. The curse is protecting n monastery of Tepla, near ••vakia. ate- tron I I27 words
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Article226 1947-05-09 3 FHEIK homes were wrecked c i <-ld Hutch fortress town -•< hom6s are open to th through them. Today the people of Nijm the Allied thrust into Germany soldiers who died in that fatefi •re than 150 families, most of whom suffered in the grim fighting,226 words
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Article72 1947-05-09 3 The chip's cat and her five kittens had to be sealed up in the bond room when the liner Stuyvesant arrived at Plymouth from the West Indies. The cats had made their home among thousands of bottles of wines and spirits, and when Customs72 words
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Article75 1947-05-09 3 HORSES will race rcund runner b?ans, peas and potatoes on Saturday, July 5, when Alexandra Park ("Ally Pally" to thousands of Londoners), London's most central racecours\ has its first meeting since before the war. AHitment^ laid out in the centre of the Park ivill still be75 words
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Article, Illustration73 1947-05-09 3 THE Christian Commandos are conducting a campaign all rcund London to call people back to religion. I"uvgo to football matches, address queues, hold meetings in the street. Here is the Rev. Edward Rogers talking to members of one of London's night clubs, the Nuthouse. Jn his short sermon he said:73 words
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Article185 1947-05-09 3 lON DON wJi be connected by air to all parts of Great. Britain this month when new services are started linking Wales, North-eastern England and the Isle of Wight with the capital. The new arrangements are centainea in an announcement ?ust. made of the future185 words
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Article23 1947-05-09 3 The water in their bowls had become hot when goldfish were saved from a fire at a Bristol pe's store.23 words
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Article359 1947-05-09 3 New life after 24 years apart AFTEK twenty-four years separation a Glasgow woman and her husband have been reunited in New York, Catherine McKinney, 54, of Dalmarnock, Glasgow, flew to London to La Guardia airfield where her husband. Patrick, 57, was waiting to meet her. With her were her two359 words
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Article161 1947-05-09 3 NO RULES NEEDED FATHER A FATHER said tha; he did no L think it would be necessary to trarae any special rules for his twenty -year -old I' daughter who figured in a "mad escapade." The girl. Nada Vendy Sharpe of Hulse-avenue. Collier Row- lane, Romford, Essex, was bound over161 words
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Article201 1947-05-09 3 FDR FIVE \EARS an English boy who is now 16 years of I ago, levied weekly blackmail on a man who finally embezzled £6 of his employer's funds when he could not meet the demands. The boy was fined £10 at Maidstone Juvenile Court, Kent,201 words
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Article25 1947-05-09 3 Former Service men and women at Garboldisham, Norfolk, have "restored an ancient font in their church as thanksgiving for their safe return.25 words
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Advertisement96 1947-05-09 3 ADVENTURE! ..suetping thru' a million mile* of snowbound wilderness! CaPiTOL TO MORROW M^IPHI SULTAN "THEATRE" 13'. m k SELETAR Daily nt 7 &9.15 p.m JOHNNY Mi [SSMULLEB m U TARZAN TRIUMPHS*' Tomorrow M>dnit<>: "ARY\mv LYON PHOTO CO. d ror Superior ad Qm *PrinUn* and 'Enar K inFilm sent in tod96 words
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Miscellaneous69 1947-05-09 3 i"AS?j? AN Go* strikes By Edgar Rice Burroughs ftHEN PHIL SAW THE IRATE DOCT(?R "Wj B^ V; /Z. E^T^TI N^ THE NEXT INSTANT PHiL ""*> ASOUT TO STRIKE NITA HE TOR£ &L 4 ""^i fcUj\ WAS KNOCKED UNCONSCIOUS BY v<?^ r> W^'- E E MAD S^fENTISt ANP G<?A TURNER--- T^/lt69 words
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286 1947-05-09 4 The Singapore Free Press FRIDAY, MAY 9, 1917. Johnny Gurkha For Singapore lul on ■a duty re, in I see tiie latest I lly- sed nor I rith idia j tic rarit of revenue to -a- .ha. e war one fc Germans, the The Gi. ideal infant, y mar., go286 words
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Article, Illustration1217 1947-05-09 4 PEOPLE IN S'PORE MAKE NEWS TOMORROW morn- ing at 3.30 gum. Mr. GRAHAM DOUGLAS HUNTER -GRAY, who is in charge of Singapore's Accident Inw ion Department of ffic Police will give a lecture on Safety First at the Pavilion Theatre to Singapore teachers and senior pupils for dissemination amongst schoolchildren1,217 words
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Article19 1947-05-09 4 Take ye heed, watch and pray: for ye know not when the time is. St. Mark, 13, M.19 words
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Advertisement7 1947-05-09 4 HOUSEHOLD 7tf MORTH BBiQ(*£ SPOXt ,r»«^— I.7 words
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Advertisement14 1947-05-09 4 TO-DAY MsBXm\ —2 p.m. 1.15 -r -2 «8^ >■>!•* a^g Iff 'H* Patricia ROC- I14 words
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Miscellaneous32 1947-05-09 4 v^ <U I I. Have cows upper front 2 What President of Amerincd "Old Hick Who was "the Divine ■rah" 4 In law. is farm land a chattel Answers on naee 2.32 words
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Article59 1947-05-09 5 STC ROUTES FOR PRIVATE OMNIBUSES arc nol soitj the S.T.I ike is over, private b Mwiea told me 3 sterdaj the mu h :i relief lo them, as l an children of Singapore. 1 ."ill continue to operate on j few days, and are not be- i was arrived at59 words
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Article, Illustration50 1947-05-09 5 \m.\n ana Patricia piol ti»o Sin~anore eirls, whci are taking purt in "The Return of Variety" programme at the < kin?; Theatre in the Great Wo: id at 8 p'i »od.i\ in piJ of th- V Crf*s (Welfare). The arti^es to- include Osman and Dahr th" »r!!-knon R= !i dmrers.50 words
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196 1947-05-09 5 Letter to Editt y VOUtt eti No the Busmen" is I h > .1 suffers Of by d by their pe n r fell back been given "a squ I blic Fed L 'he public in g of the tares 2 jreperi d, I196 words
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Article, Illustration413 1947-05-09 5 S'PORE CHINESE ASK $50 MILLION REFUND Free Press Chinese Correspondent FHE dependents of Chinese massacred by the Japs in Singapore in 1912 have asked the Committee looking after their interests to approach the Singapore Government to seek a refund from Japan of che $50,000,000 (Malayan currency), which the Chinese in413 words
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Article216 1947-05-09 5 More freighters for Singapore THREE American President Lin< it< now being I reconditioned, and it is planned they will be assigned to the Atlantic-Straits service which is currently being maintained with chartered tonnage. This service operates ween the Atlantic Coast of the United States and Malaya via Panama Canal, and216 words
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91 1947-05-09 5 CHILDREN WILL REHEARSE IN MEMORIAL HALL THE Singapore children's orchera and combined schools' choir, who recently gave a very successful serits of concert for schools, the Fo: public performance in aid cf charity, begin rehearsals I v/ock to prepare far si rular V2H time r.ext October. The first of weekly91 words
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Article, Illustration26 1947-05-09 5 iiu> ul tiie official cam— '?jn in Singanore against the spread of TB. It is a Public ltelationa Loardiiifi;, warning against the bad habit of spitting.26 words
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Article169 1947-05-09 5 THE St. Andrew's Old B ,»ci n .:ion will b' 1 holdi] '"Precious Stream Ball"' on Saturday May 24, at the Scho; 1 Hall I Wocdsville, from 8.30 p.m. with extension to 2 a.m. The RAF dance band will be in attendance. Fancy Dress is optional169 words
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Article61 1947-05-09 5 DJRING April, the Focd Initorate in Singapore dealt with 483 cases, in which 461 convictions were obl Fines totalling $40,025 were imposed, and $42,175 wore paid. The department also confiscated G.789 katies of rice, 213 katies rice sweepings, 265 katies damaged, rice. 428 katies broken61 words
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Article36 1947-05-09 5 Mr. P. R. M Wallis, Superintendent of Agencies for the Confederation Life Association, who has been visiting the newly re-opened branch office in Singapore, left yesterday for Canada via Hongkong in the Sinking.36 words
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Article184 1947-05-09 5 LAND PRICES 'FABULOUS' i ree Pres,s Staff Reporter pIEKE are. at present, in Singapore more sellers than I buyers i f landed property, but on account of the fabulous prices n»ked, many sales fail through, a real estate agent told the Free Press. As long as the moratorium is still184 words
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Article68 1947-05-09 5 Fre:- Press Staff Reporter Eleven-year-old U .eung Mun Chit, a pu^il ot Mrs. Lucien Wang, delighted her audier. moie than 500 people with her piano recital last night at the Angk>-Chin< i e Middle School Kail in Singapore. Her selections we.e Bach, MO7 MendelChopin Debussy. Handel, Pr.68 words
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Article67 1947-05-09 5 This pretty girl wth the parasol ij J yc? Vernon, eld r sistei to Winnie. They are the Vernon Sisters who are appearing at Raffl s tonight and tontorrow night in their performance "Tap-Dancing Aroanel.' The two s'sters, wh > come fl it! L ndon, have tapr«*ddanced th\r67 words
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Article178 1947-05-09 5 SHARP DROP IN EXPORT OF RUBBER i I Free Pr ess SI ail Reporter A 15,000-ton drop in the ex/i port of rubber from Malaya is repoited in the latest official statistics: in April, 1947, a total of 76,709 tons were shipped compared with 91,367 tons in March. Of the178 words
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Article58 1947-05-09 5 Rubb-T crop figures for April Rubber Estate, L< 1., 10,000 lb.; Pan as Rubb r 1 Ltd., 73.000 lb; Glenealy Pi. Ltd.. 66.500 lb- K Limited 54.000 lb; Pa m Lmivl, 160.000 lb: Tamb"lak Rutber es, Lid. 24,780 lb: Is n Rubber EsU te, Ltd.. 59.147 lb: Ulu58 words
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Advertisement9 1947-05-09 5 PttGJED DUCK N SE Hew York I 198 I9 words
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Advertisement44 1947-05-09 5 f Morning tea g £?>} and a I (JMLi GARRICK r >^*\ Iff w |sJ^-li We!!, that's another job 1 f*^ na^rt^^ti&Sfc I done! Now for morning tea v r"^^^^^*ftl vj t and a GARRICK. f«^^ l^'"' There's real pleasure, SS*C/*^S in GARRICK GOODKESS. CORK TIFFED44 words
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Article, Illustration47 1947-05-09 6 A' i ablj of the United Nations is sitting at its headlusting Ijws Park, New York, to discuss uurc Palestine. ILr- are the del i (d Nations sitting In the Assembly Hall UsUnmf m the president of the Assembly, Dr. Oswaldo «»f Brazil, speak a the rostrum.47 words
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Article, Illustration62 1947-05-09 6 A LhtURAL RICHARD BYRD wb spent the wmi-r expl t r«t: wth larfc expedition, making cii i -> >th irnni ground r^ iniJ from the ;iir. found his PP- a fcr^it lolacc m Ilia ardvoua tasl Dere he is in one f tb< bvts In LKtle \in- i. m hia62 words
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Article359 1947-05-09 6 THIEF WROTE CROOK INDEX ri is the ambition of 23-yearoM Eric Allison to become 1 an expert on crime and criminals and then wriU a book them. In Wake field Jail to which he has been sentenced for the next four years, he will have many opportunities of coflecting material359 words
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Article123 1947-05-09 6 DAMAGES TO VICHY CAPTIVES CABLES I world are I at out by the British I i Ihe next few days telling 18' vomes t h at ire of £30.000. v has been paid by :h G v rumen t 8r.1:.. w:. ned and ill-treated by the •ica during the war123 words
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Article84 1947-05-09 6 U! atic drills on excavations in Iligh et, Windsor, have found an old underground passage near the famous Guildhall. Experts state that it is part of the underground passage that once led from Castle Inn to the house of Nell Gwyn. friend or ftiarles 11. ige84 words
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Article97 1947-05-09 6 IONDON'S new Crystal Palace maj b ready in 1951 in time for the giant British Industries Fair planned for that year. The trustees have approved plans for \\\z new Palace and are trying t) get Government sanction for immediate rebuilding. Mcanuhil* the War Office has97 words
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Article24 1947-05-09 6 The Sunderland Marriage Guidance Council in England is planning a series of public tures to banish ignorance in every field of marriage.24 words
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Article241 1947-05-09 6 'PREFAB' COST NOT SETTLED r rill (»>>] ol Britain's prefabricated houses u>uall\ called "prefabs"— totalled E46,17 1,765 up to March 31, i-'i»>. Thf Comptrollei and luditor-General, Sir Prank Tribe, com-! ments in a White Paper thai the final prices for the three j principal types ol prefabricated bouses i no<241 words
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Article112 1947-05-09 6 t outlay of .some £37,000 veloping timber, oil. rub I in EaSt Africa is planned by Lever Brothers said Mr. Oeorge A. S. N rn, the chairman at Port SunCheshire, when he amplified the company's plans expansion over thr next six years. Three million acres112 words
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444 1947-05-09 6 $500,000,000 IN STORES GO FROM DUMPS Black market is flooded FAR EASTERN black markets are being flooded with goods of every description stolen from American m tary supply dumps in the Philippines origin;-. ed as bases for the invasion of Japan. Brazen thi< whom bribery and murder i> a routine444 words
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Article59 1947-05-09 6 A French doctor has cured a blind, deaf and dumb boy of ail three afflictions, say Paris newspapers. He has also given sight to a man. a woman, and a boy who was born blind. The surgeon is Dr. SoderlindtVelay of Versailles hospital. He is .said59 words
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Article23 1947-05-09 6 BRITAIN FORGED STAMPS BRITAIN tanc I D n D who pn "They arc and v experts. Under find slig' from the F: moustache."23 words
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Article130 1947-05-09 6 SOME Uo\c die Ui States ha\ 'axes on cigarettes. The varialion In taxes between states has caused lots of ordinary folk to turn to a minor form of smuggling. In New York, for instance, cigarettes cost the equivalent of nine pence for 20. Across the river border130 words
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Article33 1947-05-09 6 Reward of £15 was presented to Detective Sergeant Alberta Mary Law at Bow-street for acting as a decoy to enable police to cat::** a man lat^r failed lor robbing women.33 words
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Miscellaneous109 1947-05-09 6 J£ fS| t Exclusive to the Singapore Free Press in Malava LiF YOU EXPOSE \7YOU THINK > /OF COURSF.' HFK\T /WHICH SETS YOUR /GREAT SCOTT f— 6EORGIE IN FRONT Y IT'S BETTER FA'IHER HAS NO f MIND AT REST EH. -r>_ FV r HHK rirAtfrTTfS V'^S OF LYDIA SHE WON'T109 words
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Miscellaneous108 1947-05-09 6 Free Press Crossword N^ 1 i i r immbh ~nflHHflflHT^ MIMB IH HE B3 H^ ■HB^^^^^^^^ C A bui-den tb&t in mind your pecuniai 9 be meeting m I of a would be t of money (10), 16 Preser You merdy need to say s< 9J of those girls that108 words
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Article, Illustration245 1947-05-09 7 mbridge Facing ■y-v f* kMBRIDGE, Thursd:i\. am finished in a v »ng cond day of their m he~r unrl, with the University eat with five men out, ave no difficulty in recording rv. he fine form shown by nd Denis Begbie, who punrfect wick Chi flyReuter - 245 words
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9 1947-05-09 7 NON NIDA TWO SHOTS AHEAD AT SOUTHPORT IDFGDFG ReuterReuter - 9 words
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Article57 1947-05-09 7 YORKS WIN BY AN INNINGS LONDON, Thur. 9 in today's cricket AT OXFORD: Yj beat inringt: re 38'i tor G i. Oxford University 124 (Small ight-arm di^m. j f CLOSE OF PLAY AT LORDS: Surrey 209 and 170 for 4. (Gre- i 51. i M.C.C 'Ea^lestone 77. D Compton .">2,Reuter - 57 words
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Article8 1947-05-09 7 SECOND STRINGS IN DRAWN GAME 'SFDSFDSF I HotmanHotman - 8 words
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8 1947-05-09 7 INELVE NATIONS ENTER SHOOTING CONTEST I I U.P.U.P. - 8 words
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9 1947-05-09 7 WALKER CUP TEAM SELECTION TOMORROW SDFDSFw.. ti W U.P.U.P. - 9 words
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Article87 1947-05-09 7 JUNIOR BOXING CARD TOMORROW f)ROMOI"ER One Chin B I Junior Boxing programme at Happy World arena tomorrow ni°;ht should provide good entertainOng intends to stage similar carci Saturday at the Happy -he object of finding new on tomorrow night's a six three-minute round Dut between Jeff Holmes and W vhich87 words
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56 1947-05-09 7 PARIS. Tnurs. American tennis star, Budge I advanced to the finals of doubles in the internaennis tournament at the Roland Garros stadium when with the Australian Geoffrey B Patty and Brown Kill meet Marcel Bernard Pellizza of France, the rs of the otherU.P. - 56 words
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Article28 1947-05-09 7 LO Thurs. I, the n vi :ial ma?azin e of the olfing v. pro"goll olym] to he r to I I the I urer--11. U.P.U.P. - 28 words
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Article, Illustration57 1947-05-09 7 This picture, taken during the F.A. Cup final at W:mbley in which Charlton heat Burnley by one goal to nil, shows Duffy and Welsh, the Charll n forwards, trying to beat Strong, the" Burnley goalkeeper. In the gja'mouth ar 1 A. Brown (no 5). the Burnley57 words
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118 1947-05-09 7 BRITISH DRIVER WINS JERSEY ROAD RACE ST. HELIER. JERSEY Thurs.— •THOUSANDS of people watched exciting duels and high speed j dashes in the Je; international road race today and R. Parnell, British driver, past the winning past &t rhe wheel of an Italian Maserati. FrDnchman 1.. Chiron, also driving aReuter - 118 words
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Article97 1947-05-09 7 JBROMWICH, the Australian D Cup tennis star, making his first appearance on a Briti-sh court since >. um i v Ith b Bill Sidwall to score an easy victory in the third round of the men's doubles in the Hvrllngham Cub tournann w. v sterday. BromwichU.P.; A.P. - 97 words
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Article661 1947-05-09 7 RECS FORGOT THEIR GOAL AVERAGE By Our Soccer Reporter SJLC. 3 S.C.C 1. TF the S.R.C. took their league game against the S.C.C. at 1 Jalan Besar Stadium yesterdaj a little more earnestly, they mi^ht have easily scored twice as many goals as the) did, ami so converted their minus661 words
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67 1947-05-09 7 Amateur Athletic Assn. Meeting On Monday Till Singapore \mateur \thie tic Association prill bold its first annual general meeting since the liberation at the Singapore Recreation Club on Monday, Was 12, at 5.30 p.m., •a hen < li'u f-ht-arrrv fur tin ensuing: year will be elected. All members are invited67 words
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Article72 1947-05-09 7 THE following will represent the Ceylon Sporls Club at cri< b against Segamat Cricket Club on j Sunday at 11.00 a.m. at Segamat. (Players to meat at the Railway j Station at 5.45 p.m. tomorrow). K. Muthucumaru (captain); V. R. Sabapathy; C. Seneviratne; S. 2s72 words
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250 1947-05-09 7 TUDOR MINSTREL NOW 6-5 DERBY FAVOURITE LONDON, Thur*. TUDOR Minstrel, 2,000 Guineas winner, is a hotter favou.ite than ever for the Deby onq at tonight's Victoria Club ccllover he closed firm at 6— 5 after all offers of 3—4 had been taken and ed. He was backed to win £5,000.Reuter - 250 words
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51 1947-05-09 7 LONDON, Thurs.— The Organizing Committee for next year's Olympic announced that housing has been Secured for over 4,000 competitors and officials In hard pressed London. Fifteen-hundred will be housed in the army convalescent camp at Richmond Park and 2.000 more at Uxbridge and West DraytonU.P. - 51 words
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Article32 1947-05-09 7 LONDON, Thurs. Rugby League game played today resulted: Hull and Kinggtrn Ravers 31, Kcighly 7. Yesterday's results were: Rochdale Hor. 7, St. Helens 5, Dcwsbury Wakeflcld Trinity 4.- ReuterReuter - 32 words
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Article1153 1947-05-09 7 Problems For The Rest CRICKEY NOTE" By The Sports Editor CEYLONESE batsmen were in merry mood I nd S K. Sundram, who has been getting a lot ot run** in the past month, rattlerl up an unbeaten 59 against Andrews Old Boys OB Saturday and followed it up b\ m1,153 words
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Article, Illustration25 1947-05-09 8 Wooden ho id thatched roofs are typical of Ess This is High KikI- ing and the pub on the right is The Old Iamb."25 words
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Article382 1947-05-09 8 HGNG KONG INCOME TAX HONG KONG, Uv Air Mail. 'THE divergence in views on vital public issues between I 1 K- munity lea I ;nd the rank and file w;:>•iv emphasised than in nents made at lof tl General Chamber of Conun< ter part of theReuter - 382 words
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Article217 1947-05-09 8 (Continued rrum Page 1) Tl ion In French roved; I K| and Annara ha'. much of <p which ■an be i D ire of hand. n b^ hich is lof 000 toi n in th I of the Dutch-o recarious, and it is lme should be made e217 words
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317 1947-05-09 8 CITY NEWS S'PORE RUBBER PRICES TODAY k Special Market corr. -.juiivlcnl gives the prices 01 rubber al 11 a.m today M toll > c Bin Bella i < ti 'Jta. per Ib. per Ib. 1 K S >. Spol loo** No I R.B.S fub in bales M»j \o II SReuter - 317 words
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Article28 1947-05-09 8 Maurhy Violette. a deputy in the French Assembly, said yesterday that the independence movement in the Prenoh-owned P :lfic iskind of Tahiti is gathering force.- ReuterReuter - 28 words
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Article22 1947-05-09 8 Unionists will stop all but essential industries in Hamburg, Germany, today, to protest against food shortages in the Ruhr U.P.U.P. - 22 words
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Article99 1947-05-09 8 QNi A one -or sat in the Strati.-, r (cillery in the House of v Commons dunng long session which ended at IT 47 m yesterday. She was Mi is Mabel Soper, a recently demobilised member of the womrn's services, who went in at 12.35U.P. - 99 words
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Article, Illustration526 1947-05-09 8 JEWS STATE THEIR CASE BEFORE UNO LAKE SUCCESS, Thursday. RABBI ABBA SILVER, head of the Jewish Agency deie^a ticn which took its place at the table of the Political Committee oi the United Nation Assembly on Palestine today, suggested that the British Government should pn sent an account of its526 words
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Article228 1947-05-09 8 LONDON, Thursday. POLAND h.t> agreed provisionally to order from British trader- wool, rubber, tin ami other raw materials worth i:0.()()0, 000, and machinerj and other capital goods worth 1 15,000,000 announced Sir Stafford Cripps, President of the Board of Trade, giving detail^ <>f aU.P. - 228 words
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Article91 1947-05-09 8 LABOUR WIN AT J ARROW I ABOUR won by-election fight at l farrow, the Tyneside shipbuilding town, made vacant by the death of Miss Ellen Wilkinson, who was Minister of Education. The results announced today showed that Mr. E. Fernyhough, 38-year-old trade union organ! had retained the seat for LabourReuter - 91 words
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Article19 1947-05-09 8 During U;. bate day and Fr tary. Mr. I- Bevin, hLs report on the ence- UP.19 words
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Article14 1947-05-09 8 Pans will f io the United States tod gesture of f! U.P.U.P. - 14 words
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Article169 1947-05-09 8 S'pore broker gets divorce Tree Press staff IU HTIIE story of a husband who visited Au-tralia soon 1 being liberated from a Singapore internment 194 -id that his wife would not return to 1 unfolded in the Supicme Court before the Chief Ml V r\ j j n a V(169 words
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Article9 1947-05-09 8 CITY OF LONDON STRIKE ENDED I I 1 U.P.U.P. - 9 words
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