The Singapore Free Press, 1 September 1947
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Title Section18 1947-09-01 1 The Singapore Free Press LARGEST AFTERNOON SALE IN MALAYA' 126 Singapore, Monday, September i, 1947 PRICE 10 CENTS.18 words
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Article, Illustration70 1947-09-01 1 Seeretan (j mvski I, ii ten Lgy prt *4r Paul mnd right Bra an vi ua a mcd A' Anu ru De- Kfen* _J Bi :V I-:' m c*e A:/-:;' _;n r. >.i:..':'":' Soi Bl •rr.. a._ m re leb yarticaffi .a an t nd, I Trwma* a his IA.P. - 70 words
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78 1947-09-01 1 X s lay. E: un Rice < om-c.-v >on Monday when s a nt takes es for future I Son. net B itler r: JFhO t. :or Sii rvl ii" :pressf v imese n.- d ats r vorld imest aiARe for m lchl tgx78 words
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Article, Illustration48 1947-09-01 1 picture. MISS DIANA LYTTELTON, who has been appointed to assist Commander Richard Colville, R.N., who has succeeded Captain Lewis Ritchie, Royal Navy, m the post of Press Secretary to the King. Miss Lyttelton is a daughter of Mr. George Lyttelton, formerly a master at Eton College. Planet NewsPlanet News - 48 words
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Article749 1947-09-01 1 Miners begin to go back DRITAIN has stopped all food purchases from America. The Food Minister, Mr. John Strachey, revealing this last night, said that if necessary Britain could manage for some time without food from America. Current dollar earnings are being spent on cotton, other raw materials, and machinery.U.P.; A.P.; Reuter - 749 words
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Article37 1947-09-01 1 A revolutionary military movement against the Government of Colonel Carlos Mancheno, who overthrew Dr. Jose Maris Velasco Ibarra, President of Ecuador, last week, broke out yesterday m the towns of Riobamba and Guaran- da ReuterReuter - 37 words
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Article176 1947-09-01 1 npHE Governments of Singapore and the Malayan J- Union are considering the recommendations of the Joint Wages Commission with other major employers m industry to determine to what extent they can be implemented, says an official statement issued m Singapore this morning. The statement says that,176 words
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Article188 1947-09-01 1 MOSLEY MEN IN LONDON RIOTING LONDON, Sunday. r)R the third consecutive Sunday night, the police were out m London's East End tonight to quell disturbances over the British League of Ex-Servicemen, said to i include former members of Sir Oswald Mosley's British Union of Fascists. Anticipating another near riot whichReuter - 188 words
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Article81 1947-09-01 1 LONDON, Sunday. THE wedding m London of Miss Janet Attlee, 24, anc 1 former R.AJF. Sergeant Harold ShiDton, 26, will be a very quiet affair, friends of the couple indicated today. The engagement of Miss Attlee, the slender studious eldest daughter of the Prime Minister,A.P. - 81 words
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Article79 1947-09-01 1 Free Press Staff Reporter THREE Chinese robbers, one armed with a pistol, held up the Indian watchman of Lee Rubber Factory m Lorong 3, Geylang, m the small hours of this morning, but failed to take away anything except $30 m cash and valuables from the watchman himself.79 words
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Article102 1947-09-01 1 PARIS, Sunday. ANTOINE MOUILLADE, owner of the Select Cinema at Rueil, Paris, where 92 persons perished m a fire last night, was arrested today, and charged with involuntary manslaughter. It was France's worst cinema fire. He was also charged with failure to observe safetyU.P. - 102 words
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198 1947-09-01 1 BATAVIA, Sunday. HOUNTER-CHARGES of continued "cease-fire" violations li were made today by both Indonesians and Dutch mili;ary spokesmen. Meanwhile the Dutch report that they are inding it difficult to supply goods to the "newly-liberated ireas m Java and Sumatra. An Indonesian Army comnunique said thatA.P.; U.P.; Reuter - 198 words
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Article51 1947-09-01 1 T_E re-trial of Irwin Oliver Jones, who is chargec. with the murder of Maurice Fox, a Eurasian ex-prisoner of war, opened at the Eighth Singapore Assizes before Mr. Justice Bostock Hill this morning. The Court of Criminal Appeal, which sat m Singapore last month, ordered the51 words
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Article196 1947-09-01 1 10,000 trisha men stay strike Free Press Staff Reporter SINGAPORE'S 10,000 trishamen, who threatened to go on a one-day token strike today as a protest against being required to wear arm bands, decided at a meeting yesterday not to carry out their threat. A spokesman of the Rick and Trisha196 words
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150 1947-09-01 1 'RISING COSTS' FORCE UP PETROL PRICE Free Press Staff Reporter A S from today the price of petrol __L m Singapore has been increased by 10 cents a gallon the new price being $1.40. This increase is due to the steady climb m costs of producing petrol, the result being150 words
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Article366 1947-09-01 1 'SHOOT TO KILL ORDER IN PUNJAB NEW DELHI, Sunday. AN order to shoot to kill was given tonight to the Pakistan Army by General Sir Frank Messervy, Commander-in-Chief, Pakistan, m a special order of the day to all ranks. He declared it was their duty to maintain law and stopReuter; U.P.; A.P. - 366 words
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Article64 1947-09-01 1 rE Federation of Malayan Chinese Chambers of Commerce has sent a cable to the Secretary of State for the Colonies, Mr. A. Creech Jones, protesting against the plan for a Federation of Malaya as set out m the White Paper. The Federation considers the plan64 words
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Article16 1947-09-01 1 Princess Elizabeth has ordered a set of valuable Chinese porcelain from Kiangsi Province.16 words
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Advertisement111 1947-09-01 1 ORCH.ARD 'EL 4 6 You haven't seen anything like JANE RUSSELL _______>**-.__. > m "THE OUTLAW" ___S_T «____f' '"-___iW If 3^F^ You haven 't seen also W*f 1-A _jpl r^ e latest importations of Plasn tinted English a^ WHk Cambric, Lawn Hairtjcy cord m either Plain or Jf%i *rC* yf111 words
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Article842 1947-09-01 2 London Letter rby Hall Romney THERE are proba- bly only a small number of Labour members m Parliament who say m private that they have faith and confidence m the Government. In recent weeks criticism of ministerial indecision and unpreparedness for a crisis which threatens the economic life842 words
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Article27 1947-09-01 2 1. Spanish Matador Manolete earned $2,000,000 a year at bullfighting. 2. The second time this season and the fourth time m 21 years. 3. Three.27 words
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Article, Illustration20 1947-09-01 2 Smiling Girl Guides from Brittany displayed their national headdresses at the International Scout and Guide Folk Dance Festival m London.20 words
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Article, Illustration609 1947-09-01 2 W. A. McKENZIE - W. A. McKENZIE By CIX thousand cars are touring the lakeside and Alpine xoads of Switzerland carrying British holi-day-makers as unwitting ambassadors for British trade. The Swiss marvel at the temerity of British tourists arriving there m the most worn-out cars ever to face the hazards ofEvening world - 609 words
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Article, Illustration212 1947-09-01 2 THE slam is a lay down and the question is: which partner's bidding is responsible for failure to reach it? North felt that he should not bid the slam himself because partner had not rebid the spade suit. South might have had only four spades or, if212 words
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Article, Illustration27 1947-09-01 2 Twins Jean and Jane Cunningham hold thr- trooby ani awarded them as a single entrj for the title of "Miss^ at Chattanoonya. Thej _re 19 year. old27 words
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Article218 1947-09-01 2 THE MOST BARBAR TRIBE? CIVILIZATION is i nitrating the linn 5. impassable fron t i c Mexico's Seri Indian k, a quently called themo-t La baric, blood-thirsty snd primitive tribe m Neni. America. Much of the fear ol the© little-known people, who technically have been at war willMexico tor 400218 words
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Article30 1947-09-01 2 M\ A m Gl; sser r rb sten l A fasta 'a: ':>■ IT ISSJ I sv m isi pigs four hour T] i; a He cautioi si I i30 words
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Advertisement72 1947-09-01 2 ROBINSONS MEN'S HAIRDRESSING SALOON Owing to renovations, aad as est* change of Staff, our Hairdressi. Saloon will be closed fn m Seniember Ist to September M r. B 2 •iII k s^ll G. __I < r^lo £:^______^L____P__E«_2»k*'**^BA^* /I CCOMMOOA Tl* The TAW (ELROPEAN ■MRS* 11 H H T I SPACIOUS72 words
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Miscellaneous889 1947-09-01 2 YOUR LUCKY STAR i Fortune forecast for people born today BORN today, you have a broad mind which takes the long view on everything. Your executive ability makes it easy for you to plan large projects and to manage things on a gigantic scale. There is plenty of determination m889 words
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Article345 1947-09-01 3 'FUEHRER WAS SLOWLY POISONED' Revelations of Hitlers doctor rtl was poisoned by slow degrees mi n the last f& 1 1 fe ifc fa hinted at m th c record of an m ter--1 ir fm*- k. Htandt, who was sentenced to hang by |Ntt rembers r :he files ofA.P. - 345 words
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Article60 1947-09-01 3 RAF SEEK UNKNOWN 'SAMARITAN' was i- ossiD. ai_>a_*^i "5! c a i RAI uag :h€ ritU r r tc ft sending .".-'V- 5 .-.a a ial red •JZ/. "ort-Ai .mp-oi: L -le alrr* the i'V-'Av. a. island- ...v; a.d re- -j a: had ;.a. a-..-. mknown A.: i--:ta c D60 words
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Article55 1947-09-01 3 f{ 1 5 wj A 1 fr:-v-.' V 1 ttionj Id be I ■i Eat Japan uad I C--~ir. 3 7 A." QUCb c:..:., i-::n irawn i"^ su:* :oc'^? pur- j H fee baa ta ed bui all or I PB1 atail a i are tA.P. - 55 words
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Article40 1947-09-01 3 SHAKESPEARE S "Romeo and S Juliet" will be produced for ipanese audiences m October. SCAP theatre officials stated the plaj nas been shown m Japan only .nee oeiore, when it was produced m 1937. ReuterReuter - 40 words
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Article40 1947-09-01 3 Sir Harold Kenward. a director of the Dunlop Rubber Co.. Ltd., and Dast president of the Society of Motor Manufacturers and Traders died suddenly on board the Queen Elizabeth on his wav to the United States.— ReuterReuter - 40 words
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Article194 1947-09-01 3 RETURNING JAPS' PROBLEMS IN U.S. IaPASiSf; Log Angeles, Seattle and San employment opportunities m their I limited than before the war, writes 'A r m•■ i it from Washington. pre- Isei and Ni; bom isiness ipar se vn by Interior -r a! k tuning prewai ...mess of "Little Tokio"; takenA.P. - 194 words
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Article184 1947-09-01 3 PRESIDENT MANUEL ROXAS has accepted a recommen--1 dation that a $1,500 million programme of industrial expansion should be launched m the Philippines during the next 15 years to give the young Republic a*, outlet into Asia's vast markets. The recommendation was the H. E. Deyster184 words
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Article98 1947-09-01 3 MRS. Julie Goss Lynch director of the western division of the Netherlands Information Bureau, said m San Francisco that unrestricted use of the radio for propaganda among Indonesians was prolonging the upheaval jn the Dutch East Indies. Just returned from a sixmonths survey of the troubledA.P. - 98 words
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Article32 1947-09-01 3 A scheme to equip the Norwegian Air Force with rockets used by R.A.F. Beaufighters and Typhoons is under consideration. If licences are granted large royalties will be paid to Britain.32 words
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Article60 1947-09-01 3 Crabbed 'chute in mid -air A SERGEANT, jumping from a plane m an exercise over Salisbury Plain, saved his life m mid-air when his parachute was damaged, by grabbing at a container parachute as he fell. Sergeant Walter Street was one of two men whose parachutes collapsed as they were60 words
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Article, Illustration51 1947-09-01 3 Italy's black market m food continues to flourish despite a Government campaign to direct all raw materials into Govern-ment-controlled distribution centres. Spaghetti is sold openly (left) at 200 lire per pound on Rome stalls, while bread racketeers (above) still nourish m defiance of police51 words
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208 1947-09-01 3 PILOT PRESSES BUTTON, ROBOT CARRIES ON AN American aviation journal makes the remarkable claim that an experimental unit of the American Air Force has maintained for many months a daily service over a 350-mile route between Wadsworth Field, Ohio, and Andrews Field Maryland, with an aeroplane flown without human aid.208 words
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Article36 1947-09-01 3 POPE TRUMAN MAKE PLEDGE ¥>OPE PIUS and- President TruX man m an exchange of letters have pledged the joining of resources for a "moral world order" and the "rebuilding «f n. *c. nn Christian principles." U.P.U.P. - 36 words
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Article43 1947-09-01 3 The British Miles M. 63 fourengined aircraft, which has just made its first flight, has a detachable freight hold which can be removed from the plane, fitted with road wheels and towing bar and used as a road trailer. ReuterReuter - 43 words
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Article338 1947-09-01 3 OPPOSITION ACCUSED AS TRAITORS POLAND'S GREATEST TRIAL rth c fanfare of the entire pro-Government Press, mobilised for the occasion, the biggest political trial m i'o.i ii history has entered its second week before a Military Tribunal m Cracow, the ancient capital of Poland. Seventeen prominent Poles Professors, officers, political leaders,338 words
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Article93 1947-09-01 3 IN the House of Commons Wins-Commander Hulbertasked the Secretary to the Treasury if he would state the total cost of the Government's "Work or Want" poster campaign to the last convenient date. Mr. Glen.il Hall: About £42,000 to date." Wing- Commander Hulbert: "Do you think you93 words
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Article62 1947-09-01 3 PAN-AMERICAN World Airways has announced that it will inaugurate the first commercial air transport service between San Francisco and Tokio on Sept. 25. Connections from Los Angeles will be made at Honlulu on the new weekly service, which adds Tokio to the company's round-the-world routeA.P. - 62 words
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Article31 1947-09-01 3 Indian railway officials reported that 23 passengers were killed and 118 injured when an express on the Bengal-Nagpur railroad ran into a stationary train _t Cal__iat station U.P.U.P. - 31 words
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Article220 1947-09-01 3 A BILL, giving the French colony of Algeria, partial home rule, universal suffrage and financial autonomy, has been presented to the French Council of the Republic for review, after being passed by the National Assembly, reports UJ\ from Paris. Th e bill, which had been aU.P. - 220 words
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93 1947-09-01 3 A WISE-CRACKING man who held on to a sky-scraper ledge while he tried to make a horrified charwoman laugh, fell twelve stories to his death m Chicago. The man George Grivicb, (55) $60 ,000- a -year executive, swept past the char as she was93 words
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Advertisement11 1947-09-01 3 I A- Floptical co.. noon i.; B s" Po-- Riv *'—U*11 words
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Advertisement34 1947-09-01 3 PEKING MIRZAPUR PERSIAN CARPETS AND KASHMIR NUMDA RUGS LATFST SHIPMENT JUST UNPACKED. JMjSO CHINESE CURIOS, JADE JEWELLERY, COPPER AND PEWTER WARE AT VERY COMPETITIVE PRICES UNIQUE SELECTION «^k_r V^Mr swu^^m* 31 Stamford Road, Singapore34 words
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Miscellaneous8 1947-09-01 3 1 fARZAN Jungle raiders By M a f^^^f.8 words
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867 1947-09-01 4 The Singapore Free Press MONDAY, SEPTEMBER 1, 1947. Wage Commission Report PUBLICATION today of the interim report of the Joint Wages Commission, which has been inquiring into the conditions of employment and remuneration of daily-paid employees of the Malayan Governments and Municipalities has not come a moment too soon and867 words
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Article, Illustration1086 1947-09-01 4 Frank Q - Good Morning Frank Q^ By "Mid pleasures and palaces there's no place like home." THE doorkeeper of the House of Commons cried Who Goes Horne until October 20? Harassed Ministers (ha J they bee n still there) might have sighed thankfully. In fact, most of them had already gone home.1,086 words
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Article18 1947-09-01 4 The earth shall be filled with the knowledge of the glory of the Lord. Habakkuk 2, 14.18 words
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Article83 1947-09-01 4 These questions have been taken from Saturday's Free Press. See if you can answer them without back references. 1. Spain's ace matador has just died. What is his name and how •much did he earn a year at bullfighting? 2. The Lancashire game ended lin a tie on Friday.83 words
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Article718 1947-09-01 4 DENIS WARNER - THE BRITISH IN JAPAN DENIS WARNER By Reuter Correspondent THE British Military Commonwealth Occupation Force m Japan is the most interesting—and most successful—experiment ever attempted by Empire troops. It has proved that combined operations are possible m a completely integrated force comprised of United Kingdom, Indian, Australian and New Zealand718 words
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Article693 1947-09-01 4 TROUBLE WITH ASIA BY A SPECIAL j CORRESPONDENT ASIA is poor because Asiatics lack a spirit of enterprise, because Asiatics' religious and social institutions bar material progress, and because of the low productivity of Asiatic agriculture and the lack of alternative occupations of higher productivity. Those conclusions are advanced by693 words
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Advertisement11 1947-09-01 4 SINGAPORE BAGGAGE TRANSPORT A6ENCY LIMITED 45. The Arcade Spare Tel: 465811 words
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Advertisement106 1947-09-01 4 To help keep teeth both bright and fe Make daily use f 5 grfLISTERINE fcJ»] I .Vo.i- 1 c finest _^S______Pf__^^l^___-. 1 Listerine Tooth Paste I s_Xrv //fltr^ I crer/ Oi?er 14 selected \mmiffA f ///mw\' > I ingredients, blended I Will* _7___F\ I m accordance with I Will 1106 words
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Article, Illustration439 1947-09-01 5 JAVA CHINESE TELL OF A TROCITIES Mission to Malaya Free Press Staff Reporter BRINGING8 RINGING evidence m pictures and statistics of the thou_nd_ capture.! or killed or rendered homeless by retreating members of the Republican Army m Indonesia, a threeman Chinoe deletration is now m Singapore to collect funds to439 words
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Article124 1947-09-01 5 BANGKOK, Saturday. A SIX-POINT platform has been drawn ud by the organising committee working on the formation of a South -East Asia League. The committee is now working on the draft of a League Constitution. When it is completed a general meeting of representatives of124 words
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Article200 1947-09-01 5 BANGKOK, Saturday. WHILE the Siamese Chamber of Commerce continues to work out measures m an attempt to prevent cloth dealers from selling a total shipment of 25 million yards of Japanese textiles above ceiling prices, Bangkok cloth dealers have m the past fey, days boosted prices200 words
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Article, Illustration726 1947-09-01 5 Big demand for forms T. T_ Free Press Staff Reporter •JHERE has been quite a rush for voters' registration forms m Singapore. More than 1,000 registration forms were distributed and 50 persons registered on the first day that the Electoral Registration Office was opened at theFree Press - 726 words
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Article137 1947-09-01 5 Free Press Chinese Correspondent THE China dancing ana dramatic troupe, consisting ot 40 actors and actresses, arrived at Singapore on Saturday from Bangkok. The troupe, led by Mr. Ting Po stage -director and actor, wel) known m China, proposes to stage a number of shows m137 words
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Article81 1947-09-01 5 A FINE effort was made by the members of YW CA hostel m organising a Jumble sale at the hostel grounds, Fort Canning, on Saturday. Mrs. M. Stott, secretary to theYWCA, said that there were now 55 girls In the hostel and that efforts were being81 words
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Article42 1947-09-01 5 The public and representatives of organisations are invited to attend a general meeting of the Singapore Association on Thursday, September 11, at 5.15 p.m. probably m the Chamber of Commerce Auction Room. The agenda will probably deal with income tax.42 words
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Article75 1947-09-01 5 THE first Chinese scout troop m Singapore (Chinese High School) has been formed. The ceremony of their investiture, a very impressive one, was witnessed by many leading people of Singapore, including the Chinese Consul-General, and a large contingent of scouts from various troops m Singapore. The75 words
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Article436 1947-09-01 5 Free Press Staff Reporter THERE is a big caJI on the services of the Singapore Animal 1 Infirmary, so much that structural alt eart ions to the hospital are necessary to cop* with the increasing number of patients. At present the operating theatre is being436 words
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Article110 1947-09-01 5 A DRIVE for funds for the __L Singapore Anti-Tuberculosis Association, by the Singapore Association of Teachers of Dancing on Saturday evening at Raffles Hotel, Odeon Cabaret and Happy Cabaret received full public support. Team formation dancing and special ballroom attractions were the highlights of110 words
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Article399 1947-09-01 5 TAPIOCA USED FOR PACKING RUBBER TAPIOCA flour can be used m the packing of rubber. A paper issued by the Rubber Research Institute of Malaya gives a formula, using tapioca flour for making a preparation for "bare-back bales." The paper recalls that m 1940 and 1941 increasing quantities of rubber399 words
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Advertisement45 1947-09-01 5 a I ill ___l*t -m* T _!l_ tP^ Hi I Black Tropical Dress Suiting I Tropical Suitings Jl I Cream Gabardine ll I Blue Flannel JJ I Grey Worsted Flannel I Our European Cutter I is at your Service II I TAILORING DEPARTMENT H ■«k45 words
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Article416 1947-09-01 6 World zonal defence force envisaged A WORLD-WIDE system of zonal defence becomes an increasing possibility following reports from the Commonwealth conference on the Japanese peace treaty that Australia has won support for a policy of full co-operation with the United States as the principal power mA.P. - 416 words
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Article171 1947-09-01 6 INSURANCE SWITCH OVER IN BRITAIN pLANS for the great switch-over I m Britain from the approved (societies to the State insurance scheme, due to come into opera--1 tion next July, are already well under way. Smaller local approved societies are being gathered into group offices and m April next the171 words
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Article114 1947-09-01 6 WHILE 19 military and civi. policemen await trial on charges of responsibility for the Golden Castle cinema fracas ir. Shanghai recently m which eight persons were killed, the Ministry of Interior, m conjunction with the National Defence Ministry,, has worked out new regulations defining theA.P. - 114 words
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Article47 1947-09-01 6 ARRESTED after a man was discovered m her hotel room, fan -dancer Sally Rand told police at Springfield, Illinois (U.S.), "I have nothing to hide." Sally said the man was her manager and was m her room to give her medicine for heat prostration.47 words
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Article64 1947-09-01 6 MR. Winston Churchill and the Royal Sussex Regiment are both to receive the Freedom of Brighton on Oct. 3. Before the ceremony coin erring the Freedom on Mr. Churchill, 400 officers and men of the Royal Sussex Regt. will be entertained to lunch, thus completing the ceremonies64 words
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Article34 1947-09-01 6 Customs officers now iorbid ships' passengers to kiss .nd embrace friends who meet h°m at South African ports. It is believed that dutiable goods are passed bf travellers while they embrace.34 words
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Article140 1947-09-01 6 DECAUSE of their "unusual sexual attraction" too many V women infant school teachers are getting married, said Mr. R. Morley (Lab., Southampton) m the Commons. Their marriage rate was higher than that of other teachers— except those who teach domestic science. And too many local authorities still140 words
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Article, Illustration67 1947-09-01 6 Since the end of World War tl 1 allowed to travel m Eastern Germc "J turn* there are largely unknown to t? ie -[W A correspondent who recently train i pictures of (above) German prison,* vi j'-_ tion from a quarantine camp cl Eri, r a^? group of child refugees67 words
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243 1947-09-01 6 MOVE AGAINST PRESS CRITICS IN SHANGHAI rFHE Shanghai police are stated to have received x instructions from the Ministry ol the interior to"?* cfcsely" the editorial policy of thm lor ei< «n language papers published m the city, Amer. «.rKerversi7sh2 report. A high city government official j a which saidA.P.; U.P. - 243 words
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Article110 1947-09-01 6 1 _IE t ,^r JL bigges' ?rs be:w< .a-,., f- :i ■nd Grern rough n coming Thesi .i EU-Btitfi a nentsii? aa summei lying iotc ip .r.ar.t nj j Army F rees d.!?n_i. StAAAii For are reiiirt. to discuss rsea* stress Economy utin menttA.P. - 110 words
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Article285 1947-09-01 6 THERE is growing resentment among Government officials m China over the "farewell" statement m which Lieut-Gen. Wedemeyer strongly criticised "incompetence and corruption" m the Chinese administration. The feeling is slowly developing that China's troubles were directly the result of American mistakes m the Orient and not theU.P. - 285 words
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123 1947-09-01 6 PRESIDENT Truman's plane, Independence, will carry equipment for survival In dense Brazilian jungle, in case of a crash during the President's flight to Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, where he is to address the Pan-American Conference tomorrow. Col. Henry Myers, the presidential pilot, said theU.P. - 123 words
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Article28 1947-09-01 6 k new motto, "nothing will do unless it is perfect", was suggested by the Duke of Glou cester when he opened the "Enterprise Scotland" Exhibition.28 words
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Article79 1947-09-01 6 EMPEROR Hirohito's repeated inspection trips brought sharp criticism from Assistant Professor Yoshio Nakano of Tokio University, who charged that "old undesirable elements" are using him to stay m power. Prof. Nakano wrote to the press that he believed that the public should view the Emneror as aA.P. - 79 words
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Article43 1947-09-01 6 While a check-up was being made at airports m the hunt for 44-year-old bank clerk William Oliver, wanted on a warrant charging him with stealing £2,000, it was discovered that another £15.000 is miss'n. Tithe Wrexham bank where he worked.43 words
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Article40 1947-09-01 6 The Rubber Manufacturers Association has reported m New York that the industry consumed 571,774 long tons of all types of crude rubber m the first half of 1947. m addition to 147 tons of reclaimed rubber. A.P.A.P. - 40 words
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Article25 1947-09-01 6 BATTLESHIP SOLD TO JUNK DEALERS The ton battleshir spite whi was wrecked Mounts Bay Ornwali sold tc Bristol &:&m merchants ftrm-for aprfc*<M disclost d ReuterReuter - 25 words
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Advertisement111 1947-09-01 6 S2__________________________________. DYNAMIC CAVALIER AGAINST CRIME < '\^M^%_^S^ BATTLES THE HAT-BAND KILLER! 3^A. JEFHETJ tomorrow rs ns There's mafic m the name: JANE X *Ja. •THE WORLD'S MOST EXriTiV BKI.VFTTt OS RIO, "dangerous to provoke, yet p? wck-NT* HS^ #f ~_Jl 9 __F_l wn"* -ji 2_i_-___i*____a?3____^^ All display photographs oi Hum111 words
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Miscellaneous78 1947-09-01 6 JA N t Exclusive to the Singapore Free Press m Malaya Will Hi Al /-PEOPLE WHO'SEE YOU*INA P^EfclC?- DO^^^ORtfLO V E^: j Kwlmff^l ,s GLAMOROUS CREATiOW YOU SEE WHAT.ITiUSI^UDRD t feTME GAL I PAID To TELLING J Hl_fl^'A"- AT N,GHT WILL'NEVER J*. V SEE? J/J^LOVACE AMD KEEP THE BOUNDER L78 words
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Article696 1947-09-01 7 BALTAZAR WINS IN FOUR MINUTES m m w farrow Victory For Abayan By Our Boxing Reporter a the Filipino welterweight, took less r r nuies at the New World boxing Mil hA to settle the dispute that arose I fight with Australian Leo Heaney the same ring:. ifled m that696 words
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69 1947-09-01 7 U.K. Soccer SIX TEAMS ARE STILL UNBEATEN I- I I _h D D flocked v mot I ted hj days D I ;rs. ......y of _x ot I m boast F.rst D and anc itt Aur: '<•■ so Tai lock] I i m thi tod P.v- Si VA (fori A69 words
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83 1947-09-01 7 Fr *.Pre. Staff m, vpondent ---a LUMP r sundas 1 Cl .-reel the J' St Shield :irun_ v.c- A-'. Indian the Padang. fa v meet the anal *%**»<**» >i 123 ai they had! J nma and were r H Bennett with :a. i gj,,83 words
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Article903 1947-09-01 7 THE week-end's end-of -season cricket matches m Singapore produced two centuries, Wing-Comman-der Wilson making 117 not out for the R.A.F., who l>eat Army by seven wickets m a two-day game, and Cheong Thiam Siew scoring 115 not out m the S.C.R.C. victory by 184 runs903 words
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Article40 1947-09-01 7 spfl^A -~^r Dar.iel i-. -A. ,-c- from insula k Go^w; n f:> v -rs and --5 «>o_ fc.'.t swlm *hich he double --.a-- Iq he -a *d_g th. trainer Z-- a. d,i hk.;.: b an40 words
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160 1947-09-01 7 THE extraordinary situation m the ranks of heavyweight boxing, where champion Joe Louis, despite his readiness to take en any Challenger, cannot find a man qualified to be considered as such is, still having its repercussions on sport as a whole, reports Reuter from160 words
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Article177 1947-09-01 7 SEREMBAN, Sunday. SELANGOR beat Negri Sembilan by four goals to one m the first post-war interstate soccer match played at j Seremban today. The Selangor team excelled m every department of the game and the formidable defence proI Tided by the two brothers, Kai Ban and177 words
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Article80 1947-09-01 7 THE Sing Tao Sports Club of Hong Kong on Saturday won the first match of their English soccer tour with a convicing 4 l win oyer Oxford City, the Isthmian League Club. After an even first half m which Chang Kang Hai gave Sing Tao theA.P. - 80 words
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47 1947-09-01 7 OEARL Diver, Epsom Derby winner, I arrived from France at Folkeston, England, on Saturday to run m the Doncaster St. JLeger. He appeared to be m excellent condition after travelling from Boulogne and went to C. Halsey's place at Newmarket.- ReuterReuter - 47 words
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Article337 1947-09-01 7 G.K.Q. 2nd Echelon Farelf held its first sPorts meeting at the Rugby gramd, Nee Soon, on Saturday. There was a large gathering which included Brigadier Vent and Mrs. Vent and Col. E. L. E. Davies, DAG, GHQ 2nd Echelon. Champion of the meeting was S_tReid of337 words
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Article, Illustration60 1947-09-01 7 The Army became the Singapore Amateur Football Association league champions on Saturday when they held the Chinese second selection (the seniors) to a. one-all draw and thereby got the one point they needed to -win the league. This picture shows Chee Seng, Chinese goalkeeper, making a spectacular60 words
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Article500 1947-09-01 7 HELEN HENG SURPRISES FAVOURITE THE biggest crowd yet was present at the Clerical Union yesterday to see further ties m the Singapore Bad- i minton Association junior and veterans j championships. The main attraction was the long awaited clash of the two opponents m j the women's singles. Miss Helen500 words
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Article464 1947-09-01 7 HHHE brilliant County cricket Championship win by Middlesex is a fitting climax to the splendid career of their captain, Walter Robins, who is not expected to lead his side next season. Middlesex owe much to their dynamic captain under whose leadership they have finished way464 words
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Article132 1947-09-01 7 DAVIS CUP: AUSSIES HIT BACK THE Australian pair, John Bromwich and Colin Long, upset American expectations at Forest Hills (U.S.A.) yesterday when they defeated Jack Kramer and Ted Schroeder after a thrilling four set battle to make the score 2— 1 against Australia m the Davis Cup challenge round match.Reuter - 132 words
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Article75 1947-09-01 7 FOR the first time m its 100 years history, an American owner Mr. William Woodward, has won the British Gim Crack Stakes with his two-year-old colt Black Tarquin over six furlongs at York. Black Tarquin, ridden by the King's jockey. Hurry Carr. started at 3—l,U.P. - 75 words
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64 1947-09-01 7 JAMES Armour. 17 year-old Scottish golfer. won the British Boys" Golf championship at Hoylake. Cheshire, on Saturday, beating lan Caldwell of London by five and four over 36 holes m the final. The pair were all square at t<he end of the first round.Reuter - 64 words
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Article86 1947-09-01 7 Ghaus Mohammed, Indian Davis Cup player, was beaten in the final of the men's singles in the New Maiden lawn tennis championships on Saturday by Roland Carter, 6 4. 2 6. 6 3. The Indian, suffering from a cold, led 3 2 in the finalReuter - 86 words
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Miscellaneous206 1947-09-01 7 Free Press Crossword No. 180 1 F~l P i 4 i 5" I I 61 7 p-— y LL |io~ ~|ii S* f |25 CLUES ACROSS 1, At one time only presons practising surgery (7). 8, Swiss resort (8). 10 and 27. Pseudonym of American author S. L. Clemens (4,206 words
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Article387 1947-09-01 8 GENEVA, Sunday. SOURCES close to the Jewish Agency m Geneva today appeared satisfied with the United Nations Special Committee's majority proposal for the partition of Palestine into Arab and Jewish states with Jerusalem to be placed under international trusteeship. Arabs generally are strongly critical InA.P. - 387 words
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Article, Illustration38 1947-09-01 8 The 2nd Battalion of the Yorks and Lanes Regiment sound the "Last Post" m front of Sheffield Cathedral. This parade is probably the last for the Battalion, which is soon to be disbanded after 188 years service.38 words
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1628 1947-09-01 8 Interim report by Commission Free Press Staff Reporter THE Joint Wages Commission for Singapore and the A Malayan Union, m its interim report issued today, recommends increases m basic wages, temporary and overtime allowances for skilled and unskilled dailypaid Government and Municipal employees. For1,628 words
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Article34 1947-09-01 8 Gen. George C. Keruiey, U.S. Strategic Air Force commander arrived m Toki. from Manila yesterday evening for a short visit during an inspection of air forces throughout the world. A.P.A.P. - 34 words
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Article239 1947-09-01 8 «r Thi table ives at a g!ance the recommendations of «r Joint Wages Commission, together with the pre-war basic wages for comparison. It will be noted that the new Singapore basic wages and allowances are in each case 20 cents more t*an those of the239 words
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Article, Illustration40 1947-09-01 8 EGYPTIAN ROYALTY piCtltr, Members of the Egyptian royal family Qkeeri Princess Faiki (21) and Princess Fat hi a i&'hnitS from their plane at Seattle, Washington, en r ute VanS They are spending a vacation m the Canac m Rocha A.P.A.P. - 40 words
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Article360 1947-09-01 8 Malaya-wide strike looms Free Press Staff Corre-|. .ndent KUALA mMttS, .unda. A MALAY A- WIDE strike of the electrical, public work medical and Town Board Services will take place on ty, Bif no satisfactory reply is received by midnight on Sept' to the demands for a revision of wages to360 words
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Article148 1947-09-01 8 PARIS, Sunday. fpHE world's richest woman, Doris i X Duke, is reliably reported to be planning to marry tomorrow Porfiro Rubirosa, Charge d'Affaires m the Dominican Legation to Paris. He is the ex-husband of the French film star Danielle Darrieux. The couple nave oeen oftenU.P. - 148 words
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Miscellaneous55 1947-09-01 8 WEATHER 1 Showers WEATHER report for the next 24 hours compiled by the R.A.F.: Fair with risk of isolated thundery showers. Wind south-easterly light or moderate becoming squally m shower areas. Temperatures: Max. 90.5 deg; mm. 80.2 deg. Relative humidity percentages: Yesterday 7.30 a.m. 87; 1.30 p.m. 62; 7.30 p.m.55 words
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