The Singapore Free Press, 9 October 1947

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1 8 The Singapore Free Press
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  • Title Section
    Masthead
    18 1 The Singapore Free Press LARGEST AFTERNOON SALE IN MALAYA v* SINGAPORE, THURSDAY, OCTOBER 9, 1947 PRICE 10 CENTS
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  • Article, Illustration
    BRITAIN TO MAKE BIG NEW CUTS
    685 1 BRITAIN TO MAKE BIG NEW CUTS 'Crisis is on us' Cripps warns LONDON, Wednesday. QRAVE warnings that unless more dollars are made available to Europe m the "quite near future," Britain will be driven to slash her dollar imports still further and begin a process which would lead to "gradual
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    Singapore & U.K. economic policy
    228 1 Singapore U.K. economic policy Free Press Staff Reporter IN the Singapore Advisory Council this morning, Mr. E. M. F. FergiLsson asked the Government for an assurance that directives from London affecting the economic policy of this country should be studied and if detrimental to the local people, representations should be
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    SIX WINNERS, TWO SECONDS
    160 1 rpilE Free Press Racing CorresI pondent's morning tips from the Kuala Lumpur course yesterday showed six winners and two seconds. Lucky Ace ($9 and $6), given II the beat thing on the card, won easily, while Kanda ($l7 and 87) and Bronze Flash (Sl3 and $6),
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    INDIAN TEAM IN S'PORE
    98 1 Free Press Staff Rporier FE thirteen members of the Indian Test team who are en route to Australia, arrived m a specially- chartered plane at 9.40 a.m. at Kalians Airport today. They were met on arrival by Mr. John Thivy. Representative of the Government of India.
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    UNKNOWN
    45 1 LfcaiSlaf leptitei r j In pbl firms, had be*-n miticg the find i pnhtions ol •kj^jv- sc 1 far i Ad[Coßnc.: i .s mornL t H^e v .an." the re.: rron, Wi toe SJigap^ re G i lad i: ■ttt Jiad no precise :n--i
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    33 1 ptofc Staff Report, r JJEJS of people m the 2L c m Jtagapore. scattered F°^ gang ol i eating: Bfed hft and one M down with C* S*"* to be a by-
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    GRANDCHILD FOR MOUNTBATTENS
    42 1 I A D V BRABOURNE, elder daughter of Earl Mountbatten, Governor-General of India, and Countess Mountbatten, gave birth to a son In London yesterday. Mother and child are doing well. This is Lord and Lady Mountbatten's first grandchild.- Reuter
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    U.K. FORCES CUT
    30 1 The British Government has decided to reduce the armed forces by more than 300,000 men, to well below the million mark, m the next six months.- U.P.
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    SIAMESE AIR FORCE C-IN-C
    50 1 SIAMESE AIR FORCE C-IN-C Air Marshal Luang Dcvaridhi Panluk. Commander-in-Chief of the Siamese Air Force, who arrived m Singapore yesterday at the head of a Siamese mission. The mission was received by the Air C-in-C. Far East, Air Marshal Sir George Pirie, at Who§€ invitation the mission it visiting Singapore.
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    Palestine: U.N. back partition
    572 1 iMbW iukk, Wednesday. DESPITE the uncompromising opposition of the Arab world to the partition of Palestine into two Arab and Jewish states accompanied by open prepartions for the launching of a holy war it is now evident that the United Nations General Assembly will decide upon
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    UK 'SPEED OF SOUND' PLANE DOES 900 mph
    205 1 UK 'SPEED OF SOUND PLANE DOES 900 mph FADSTOW (CORNWALL), Wednesday. A SPEED estimated at 900 miles an hour was reached today, m an experiment to determine the effects of "faster than sound" flight, by a British pilotless rocket plane which was launched from a high altitude R.A.F. Mosquito which
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    NEW $7,000,000 HOUSINGPLAN FOR COLONY
    409 1 Free Press Staff Reporter OPEAKING m the Advisory Council this morning, Mr. C. C. Tan urged the Government to allocate to the Singapore Improvement Trust "a substantial sum of money to enable it to devise and carry out a big building programme next year, if
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    'RUSSIA OUT TO WRECK EUROPE'
    101 1 WASHINGTON, Wednesday. THE United States Government today accused the n-ew ninenation "little Comintern" of deliberately trying to wreck Europe's economic recovery. The accusation was contained m a carefully worded statement by Under Secretary Robert A. Lovett. H e noted that the communist group setting up
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  • FEATURES...
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      MECHANICAL STATISTICIAN
      620 2 By a Military Observer r HE equipping of 1 GHQ FARELF, Singapore, with mechanical 'statisticians' and '•robot" clerks part of the War Office policy to save manpower and to bring the statistics and Record Offices to the acme of efficiency has been brought a stage nearer completion with
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      Speed Comparisons
      663 2 MANKIND moving on iTI his own legs is not exactly one of the fastest animals. The Cheetah can run 70 miles an hour, more than three times as far as a human sprinter. But mankind riding m contraptions Is hurtling over the globe at utterly shocking speeds. Last
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      BRIDGE PROBLEM
      256 2 AFTER North ted opened the bidding South rtnl not expect to h.we mm h trouble reaching a gamp, but the bidding was actually fairly difficult. North felt obliged to pass over one spade to indicate thai hi.<: opening bid had been minimum. Having done so. however, he was
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      RADIO-ACTIVE GERMS
      276 2 HADIO ACTIVE verms bacteria raised on a cul turc medium containing minute amounts of radioactive phosphorus ruid carbon. <">i> Lamed from Oak Ridge-^arc being produced by bacteriologists of the National Institute of Health m America. The orunnisms used to date have been those responsible for several dysentery-like diseases,
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      ELEPHANT HUNTERS
      397 2 ELEPHANT HUNTERS A TRIBE of elen phant hunting pygmies who can run as fast as a deer and climb trees with a monkey's agility is still hiding out from the white man m the Belgian Congo. The Rev. Pierre l'Heureux, 35-year-old American missionary, brought the latest reports of the strange
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  • Page 2 Miscellaneous
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      788 2 CIMrADOtr Interlude; 7.30 News; 7.45 Songs by bINGAFJkL Abdul Wahab S.E.A.C. Blue Network AUSTRALIA RaOIO seac broa dcastlnK from 12. 6t Y.OO p.m. 185 metres In the 400 p m to 11.15 p.m. \XA6 19.74 Colombo; Ceylon, on the following medium wave band A 7.22 megacycles metres 15. 20 megacycles;
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      188 2 YOUR I LUCKY STAI Fortune forecast people born toda;: DORS today, >ouhavf ail s nse of humor and an keen imagination, tafa ■it o! st<»n.;ellin{. Waesfe Oi n«>t \.,u v:< this Ma '-illy, depends upon yovi ambitions. You are a mimic. It a rei Nltton >'»v art «im.i biting and
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  • NEWS...
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      BURMA IS CONFIDENT OF FUTURE
      271 3 BURMA IS CONFIDENT OF FUTURE rkirchill accused of fomenting discord yHAKIN Lun Raw, Counsellor for Foreign Affairs m the Burmese Cabinet, m a speech m Rangoon yesterday accused Britain's war-time Prime Minister, Mr. Winston Churchill, of "fomenting discord and dissension within Burma. The Foreign Affairs Counsellor was commenting on Mr
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      42 3 1 planning a future for him away Darlington has cut 40 acres of crops. i (Cheshire/, has changed Ma future, Young Tcm will become .>Lon, aged 11. is seem here at Ike wheel of the he did his harv, sting.- Mirror picture.
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      SHORT SKIRT COMPROMISE
      65 3 TO save material, the Guild of British Creative designers will compromise between the Paris ankle-length skirt and the British short skirt The Guild, which represents the leading wholesale fashion houses, will produce no day or afternoon skirts longer than 14 inches from the ground. This is halfway
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      P.I. INTERIOR SECRETARY RAPS PRIEST
      166 3 P.I. INTERIOR SECRETARY RAPS PRIEST MANILA. Wednesday. A PROMINENT Spanish Cathoi\ lie priest and educator was given a strong dressing down by the Interior Secretary, Mr. Jose C. Zulueta, for calling the United States a "pagan country." Replying to a protest by Father Honorio Munoz, rector of Catholic college, against
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      63 3 The first trans-Atlantic sleeper plane recently arrived London after a non-stop flight from New York. A PanAmerican Clipper, its passengers can sleep tn comfortable beds while the aircraft cruises at 300 m.p.h. above the Atlantic Ocean. Two of the sleeping berthsone above the other— and seated passengers on the other
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      BOMBED CHURCH REBUILT BY GERMAN POWS
      101 3 BOMBED CHURCH REBUILT BY GERMAN POWS pERMAN bombs destroyed All \X Saints' Church at Chilvers Cotton. Warwickshire, m 1941. Now it has been rededicated, a splendid new church— the work of volunteer German Joiners, stonemasons, painters, sculptors and woodcarvers. "God has worked a miracle among you through this band of
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      New moves to oust Caudillo
      241 3 -Franco guerilla activity, coupled anised sabotage, are the latest bipioms of the measj situation m Spain. Armed men jSnfin? to the forces commanded by (ieiifrals Lister and i 1 the Spanish Republican Army, have been crosshtlif Pyrenees from France and raiding villages and rail>ame time,
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      ORDERS ARE ORDERS
      93 3 "IPT Majizumi Ilarur. com. Binder of th,. r *whjo I nr nn l rc!\ t ried J order* when S5 survivors «.t •Wtish ship R'ha. JJW aboard the Tone m JJ* 194; tilled Mii ■ikth-f I.rp1 .rp a Hongkong u.ir trial (ourt. lh T-r.f sunk Urn Behmr
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      MET CHARGES REFUTED BY P.I.
      22 3 SOVIET CHARGES REFUTED BY P.I. :ula lies i mi >' would be i °«ne official > i*« an z'" fel But J^tt to A.P.
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      FARRAN IN BRITAIN
      63 3 IniL War Office confirmed yesterday that Capt. Roy Alexander Farran of th e Palestine police 'vho was acquitted by a court-martial m Jerusalem last j Thursday of the murder of a young Jew is now m Britain, but his exact whereabouts have noibeen disclosed. Sinn,, the 26-year-old
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      U.K. SAVINGS £100 MILLION SHORT OF TARGET
      126 3 CAVINGS m Britain have droppu ed for the first half of the current year and the National Savings Committee are £100,000,--000 behind their target. Sir Harold Mackintosh, chairman of the Committee cave these reasons for the drop at a London I luncheon: Holidays
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      MAIN HELD IN WEST END SHOOTING
      128 3 A SLIGHT improvement was re. n ported last night m the condition of Mile. Michele Lecomte, 2Gy.ur.old French mannequin .shot m the street mar the Berkeley Hotel, m London's West End on Monday as she was walking m the street with two men. The
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      40 BOATS SUNK IN STORM
      67 3 IN a storm winch hit the Frencii Mediterranean coast and m some places reached hurricane force, two steamships broke adrift, collided with and sank 40 fish-ing-boat^ and other craft and wore themselves sunk. At t.he port of La Ciotat, the Cyranos, which was sunk by
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      JAPAN SETS AN EXAMPLE
      59 3 THE latest U.S. International Statistical Bureau says that Japan "provides an outstanding example of countries which are steadily building up their own textile production. The ISB said "although recent Japanese sales to the Far East were small compared with, the pre-war performances, another six to nine
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      FORD PRICES UP
      36 3 The Ford Mutor Company of Canada has announced price increases of from six to 10 per cent on Ford. Mercury and Monarch models. Truck prices were increased from 2 to 5 per cent.
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      HEIRESS, HONEYMOON HELD UP BY POLICE
      150 3 WllE fourth honeymoon of heiress Ann Cooper Hewitt has been delayed because of police investigations m San Francisco into the sudden death of her new husband's estranged wife twenty-four hours before his marriage to Ann. I B Mrs. Oertrude Nicholson, 36. died on Friday.
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      SWEATER GIRLS BOLT TO FREEDOM
      55 3 Tnree hundred swtater-clad girl students at Slippery Rock (Penn> siouted "We are free women" and bolted from the campus m protest against the Slippery Rock State Teachers College ban on wearing .sweaters to dinner. Mos, of them marched from the campus mrss to restaurants while
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      INQUIRY INTO AVRO DISPUTE ORDERED
      386 3 INQUIRY INTO A VRO DISPUTE ORDERED OFFICIALS of the Ministry of Supply, after a conference m London with Sir Roy Dobson, chief of A. V. Roe Ltd.. the ihrm that builds the Tudor airliner, announced that the setting up a three-man board to make an immediate investigation into the development
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      Power cut halt saves baby
      90 3 BECALSE the hfe of a 19-month-old boy m an iron lung would have been endangered the North Wales Power stopped an elecirlcity cut ordered to be ff in at midnfeht lor consumers m the Vale of Clwyd. mianignt for >,000 St. Asaph (Flintshire) Hospital had
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      'MY HUSBAND WAS SCARED, BUT NOT ME'
      132 3 'MY HUSBAND WAS SCARED, BUT NOT ME' A YOUNG woman told the Leeds (Yorks) magistrate that she kept, on arguing with her com-pany-director father although he hit her on the nose with a book, threatened her with a 0.22 gun, and fired tw 0 shots. The first shot, she told
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      BLUE DANUBE BACK PAY
      49 3 RICHARD STRAUSS. 83-year-old Bavarian composer, has arrived m London from Switzerland hoping to collect royalties which failed to reach him during the war years. He was asked to comment on reports that they amounted to more than £100.000. "Unfortunately he replied, "only about £10 000
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      U.K. EXPLORERS IN ANTARCTIC RESCUED
      551 6 U.K. EXPLORERS IN ANTARCTIC RESCUED Crashed fliers found 10 days from base rpHE three British fliers lost m the Antarctic for nine days A have been found. They were discovered by Capt. James Lassiter, pilot of an Afherican plane, walking back to base, but still about 10 days' travelling time
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      SHORT LIVED FREEDOM
      73 6 FREEDOM was short livid, literally, for Noriyoshi liarada, a colonel m the Japanese Army who had been held for investigation under suspicion of implication m war crimes. Released for lack of evidence, Col. Harada walked out of the Kates of the Sugamo prison m Tokio to a
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      'WONDER DRUG' DISCOVERED BY CHINESE
      194 6 PITRININ, a somewhat neglected member wonder drup. has the hitherto unheard of power to multiply its effectiveness against disease germs, a group of Chinese researchers have reported m San Francisco. Tiny successive doses of citrinin can make microbes more and more susceptible to its method
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      DANISH GOVT DEFEATED
      59 6 THE Danish Government was ousted on Saturday when the lower chamber of Parliament passed a resolution of no-confid-ence m Premier Knud Krlsten&en. The vote was 80 to 66. The resolution was proposed by the Radical Left Party, which rebuked Mr. Kristensen for his attitude on the south
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      P.M. AT DEDICATION
      40 6 The Prime Minister, Mr. Clement Attlee, a Major m the South Lancashire Regiment m the 1914 18 War, met old comrades at a dtdication at the War ring ton parish Church of a i war memorial window.
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      ATOM FOR CANCER
      26 6 The University of Chicago has announced a U.S. $5,150,000 pro- gramme to expand its facilities to apply atomic resources to cancer research. U.P.
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      IRAQ WARM BIG FOUR
      339 6 AS the Big Fuur Foreign Ministers' Deputies' conta*. on the future of former Italian eolmiies m Africa! 19 nations the right to present their views, th* Irani 2 emment warned that it will icsfet any attempt hv^fe, j^reat powers to put the Arabs of Libya and
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      MORE PAY 10 CHECK S'HAI CORRUPTION
      69 6 MORE PAY 10 CHECK S'HAI CORRUPTION TliF Legisbtive Yuan, m I drive a?ainst cornpw, has re. ommended a rtdjA ment of the pay *cale oi p* I rvants and teachers, vita for a bMk sabr> of $30 Ml to be multiplied by thflhi c"Nt indicas. A government dert m Stal
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      VILLAGERS PAY HOMAGE TO POPE
      68 6 THREE thousand totoMJJ Castelgandolfo paid J to the Pope on Sun: I marble plaQue m token of their P» C *JJ[J| aid and pr< tection nm* aftor the war. rularly sraterol to we w .:ken shelter m J Villa there duittl t-«^ beachhead operations. bombings
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      'Protection' racket in HK
      85 6 HONGKONG police are Investigating the possibility that a gang is selling "protection" to local shopkeepers. Twenty shops and individuals, including a well-knawn doctor m the Yaumati district, have received mail "requests" for "loans" of lIK$l,OOO and 11K52.000 to a fictitious "Kowloon Special Services Detectives Association." Should
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      PI GIVES REFUGE TO INDONESIAN
      156 6 ¥>OLITiCAL refuge has been X granted to R.T. Wawarunto. an Indonesian youth, by the Philippine Republic, whose attitude towards the current DutchIndonesian dispute continues to be neutral. He is the first alien and the only Indonesian to be recognized as such. President Roxas having reportedly
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      BURMA FINDS GOLD
      45 6 Burmese newspapers quoted Premier Thakin Nu as saying that two gold fields whose combined area is "larger than the Mysore gold fields" m India, have been discovered m northern Burma. 1 The Mysore mines produced 221.976 ounces of fine gold during 1943-44.
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      CRIME & DIVORCE FILMS UPHELD
      183 6 CRIME DIVORCE FILMS UPHELD A MYSTERY critic has startled Welsh churchmen by defending gangster and divorce films. He had bi invited to help m preparing a report on religious education But though publishing his views m their report, issued m Cardiff, the Church Comnvssion make clear they are not m
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      He will do anythingfor 5s an how?
      83 6 He will do anythingfor 5$ an hour Mr. Clifford TUlett, an exR.A.M.C man, calls himself the "Utility Man.*' He is willing to undertake any honest job for 5 shillings an hour. At present he is advertising himself and selling postcards near Leicester Square, m the heart of London (pictured here).
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      152 3 Astounding .^j 1 TO MAKE ROOM FOR NEW STOCKS I SIMPLEX RAZOR BLADE. W ammmmaßßimmmamß^^i EXCEIBRYU HAIR CKAK I O v 85 s NOW SOct! I for Brightening the Hair H iii#xi* wm Usually 90 cts. now 55 cts. "TIA EAU de COLOGNE i H Refreshing and Cooling 8 1
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  • LEADER...
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      The Singapore Free Preee THURSDAY, OCTOBER 9, 1947. New Blood In The Cabinet
      808 4 The Singapore Free Preee THURSDAY, OCTOBER 9, 1947. New Blood In The Cabinet IN one of the most drastic shake- 1 ups m a British Cabinet that has taken place at a time other than after a general election. Mr Clement Attlee has made some 30 changes m his administration
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      THE FOUR WAY SPLIT ON SPAIN
      831 4  -  David Briggs Captain N. F. Israel By by Reuter's Correspondent. WHEN the Spanish question comes before the United Nations General Assembly, now meeting at Flushing Meadows, the 55 member States will be under pressure from four shades of Spanish opinion on what the future
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      MUSSOLINI'S SURVIVAL
      113 4 A FAMILY paU.orin X of those Mussolinis who survived the overthrow of fascism was held on the island of Ischia m the bay Oi Naples. Present were Rachele Mussolini, the dead Duce's widow, and her two youngest children. Anna Maria. 19. and Romano. 17. Technically, Si^r.oru Mussolini is
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      FAITH
      19 4 Wait on the Lord: hr of itood courage, anj He shall strength en thine heart. Psalm 27, 11
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      IT SEEMS TO ME..
      1068 4  - IT SEEMS TO ME. POLITICO BY IT is not often that 1 Malaya has a direct interest m British Cabinet changes. The appointment of Lt. Colonel David ReesWilliams as Parliamentary Under -Secretary for the Colonies does, however, come into that category. Once a Penang lawyer, m Parliament he has been
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      The Rise Of Rockets
      369 4  -  JAMES J. STREBIG By OOCKET engines are L% m the top drawer of U.S. Aviation research projects. Here is some evidence of the rockets growth: 1. The launching of a V 2 from, the carrier midway. 2. The Air Forces' unveiling of the Boeing B-47, first
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      21 4 pp 1 1 1 i■ 1 1 I pTM JE WELLE By /'s*JRf ~t«3hßv' B.P.deSilvaLtd. (imcofPtiiArtß m ceno*) S/NGAPORE PS NANS
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      35 4 LISTEN TO THE QOJJ Junior Model '}rr, 102 $250- piow c;i 12. Orchard Road ~t JUST ARRIVE] from U.K. 9 PRINTED COTTON SHIRTINGS PIECES OF ABOUT 40 YA $65.— PER P'^E IMPANEX. 51, MARKET ST. >^
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  • LOCAL NEWS...
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      23 5 ."-V: m o.' its m- -coding 2,V 0/ ffcjnd docJtjiflru 1 T' I* is member;, into if t ;?i m Free Press pic
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      PLAN TO HELP SCHOOL CHILDREN
      338 5 Dental clinic being built *ree Fress Staff Reporter is being carried out m the Singapore Raffles Girls' School for the establishment of a new dental clinic which will give treatment to schoolchildren on the lines suggested by the Singapore branch of the Malayan Dental Association.
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      CHINESE GUNMAN TO DIE
      37 5 r old d to I a.sk ar.d :or i- ntence cal:. iritn N h Chase k I c twice' P revolver S and h ii arried a toe c :i a gun h>
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      FOOD SHIPMENT IS DUE TODAY
      92 5 A largp shipment of Australian food is due m Singapore today by the Blu? Tunnel ship Charon from Freman*le. Civilian cargo includes 4,000 cases i t oples. 2,000 cases of citrus fruit*. 00 cases of tomatoes, 130 tons vt 'en beef, 400 tons of flour
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      Signal to control 3-way traffic
      442 5 Free Press Staff Reporter 1 NEW light tratlic signal, which will ensure greater safety at one of Singapore's busiest junctions, has just come into operation at the intersection of Kallaiig Road, Lavender Street, Victoria Street and Crawford Street. The first to be installed of a
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      TWO GROUPS TO CELEBRATE DOUBLE TENTH
      237 5 TWO GROUPS TO CELEBRATE DOUBLE TENTH PWO Chinese political groups *'h e Kuomintang and the lx?ftLst 5 will celebrate th e Double re nth tomorrow The KuomLntane: and the Singapore Chinese Chamber of Commerce are join'ly holding celebrations opening with a cerenony at the Chamber premises n Hill Street at
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      JS Pore port news
      101 5 S 'pore port news 111 th- Sl' v. re: Main Wh.irf: (Mhrara (31-32), liomi r* Alphumo i <3G-37 P.mgkor <JB-3'j. Btina 10-41) auU'est Wharf: Bmplra Wjt (l->» BenaJ i3i, Bcnlcai .4-5), Utrecht (6-7)' Bcnlawcrs (8-9>. Empire Colne < 10-1 1 Tjrdeui <13». Ircveaii 15-16 Kast Wharf: rtajula r44 > Kmpirc
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      BACK NUMBERS FOR SALE
      70 5 There will be an Ruction sale ,of back numbers of magazines j and periodicals purchased for the reading room of the Raffles Library during 1946 and the first half on 1947, m the Library at 5 p.m. on Friday, Oct. 17. A list of the magazines
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      41 5 Mr. and Mrs. Yap Tiong Sena alter their marriage on Sunday Mr. Yap is the son of Mr. and Mrs. Yap Gim Teck of Singapore' and hi* bride is the only daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Ooi Thean Seok of Penang.
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      32 5 Harbour Board engineers expect the 'vessel to h??ti™, SI? "arbour tomorrow. Singapore new shan ta. been fauna to fit the'tisVl-& tt l %e a^£Z tO n t mla The Free Press picture.
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      MALAY WOMEN TO FORM WELFARE BODY
      134 5 MALAY WOMEN TO FORM WELFARE BODY 1 ice Pffim Btafl Kiiioiter DECause the wantj to help Malay womenfolk, Z:\iiarah binte No r M Gained i)roposes loimin^ a Malay Women's Weliure Association, and is calling a < J for this p irpoae. The meeting is to fonii the association and to
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      2,000 ATTEND LIDO OPENING
      121 5 tree rrc« StalT Reporter xtearly 2.000 niesis attended the opening last night, by _ajor Genera] L. H. Cox, GOC oingapore District, of the Lido which occupies the premises of the Haw-Par Swimming Pool m Pasir Panjang. Lord and Lady Killem and nearly every commander and officer
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      Welfare school well attended
      317 5 Free Press Staff Reporter F'swTnnrT 110 8 ft the nin S of the Training btliool by the Singai>ore Social Welfare Denart Mr. Hughes told the Free Press- '^We certainly regard the training school as somethin^important because Can v not crate social welfare on a ß p£Sg^
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      UNIONS TO HELP CLERKS ON RENTS
      115 5 MEMBERS of the Singapore Clerical I" and Administrative Workers' Union who have any problems on their hands as a r PSU j t o} the coming into force of the Control of Rent Ordinance, are advised to c -mmunicate with the General Secretary. so
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      138 6 1 AjdOufM AMlB|CA^^->«Srp™^ 237 CZECHS ON PLOT CHARGES THE Czechoslovak Ministry of the Interior has announced that the anti-Government plot m Slovakia had been "liquidated" and that 237 persons now face trial on plot charges.- A. P. ionbd y"v fo/e/ IDfl DAiLY 4 SHOWS IIILA/ 2 P.M 4.15 P.M. \«o«j/
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      73 6 J/\^E Exclusive to the Singapore Free Press m Ma lava I^^. _-^V CONGRATS, JANE f-\ r M-M-M/ WISH > DONV WORRY OLD Sr go AWAY You RoTrroM noccc J ac ciudi c ac I <«»!?«*«.' 1 I WON I" BE. BLACKMAILiLDJ UKt;ii ohvjw y Ao olMrLt Ao I PROBABLY STuMRI
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      SHANGHAI NOT EXTENDED IN 3-0 WIN
      615 7 SHANGHAI NOT EXTENDED IN 3-0 WIN |cjos In Attack Rut Deliberate By Our Soccer Reporter rhinese 3 A" 1^ 0. <u»« hai virlv-takiM opportunities, two m the first j. E cle^ n thin} lhree minutes before the final 'the Shanghai Chinese footballers victory by «tf' If to nil over the
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      Flashy Sebastian Wins Again
      106 7 MANILAS Flashy Sebastian won a split decision over Mm-T N England welterweight chain-' pion Daye Andrews of Low. n. achusetts, m a 10-round bout re only 741 fans at B< tton on Tuesday ni^ht. Sebastian was much sl.urper and led almost all the way. showing excellent
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      Reg Whitcombe & Lees In Lead
      112 7 Reg Whitcombe Lees In Lead PROFESSIONAL golfer Reg Whit- c>m!x\ 49 year -old ex-British open chamoion. and Art Lees, member of the British Ryc'er Cuo t«am to travel to America, led the field of stars at the end of two rounds of the Dunloo Master I*rr>fessioral 72 holes stroke tournament
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      Bradman Will Play Against The Indians
      129 7 Bradman Will Play Against The Indians DON BRADMAN says he intends to play for Australia m the Test matches against the touring Indian cricket team, and he also hopes to be available jor South Australia's match with the Indians which starts at Adelaide on Oct. 24. Bradman, a Test selector,
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      ACCEPTORS FOR CESAREWITCH
      129 7 FINAL acceptors for the Ce^arc-witch. together wi-.h their present wci&uts fur the race bei:c run over two-arui-a-Quarter miUs at Newmarket next Wednesday. Oct. 15. are as follow-: Monsieur L'Amiral. 9.8: Voluntary 8.9; Pipci the S^ond 8.8; Hocco'.: 8 5; Dandelion 8.4; Gros Bleu 8.1; Culr&in Rn'n;x)nn»MU. Sealover
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      BADMINTON FINALS POSTPONED
      35 7 The men's junior singles and doubles and the vetera d üblcs fmais of the Bingmp^e oiiiiton Lion pioruships hat boon po&iponed I > October 18. 'i here will oe no ties this weekend.
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      SINGLE GOAL DECIDES PADANG RUGGER
      359 7 S.C.C. "A" spts. Royal Signals Nil. SCORING a single goal just before half-time, the S.C.C. "A" beat the Royal Signals m an evenly-contested game of rugger on the Padang last evening, the Club emerging winners by five points to nil. The Club team deserved their
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      BEST ATHLETES MAY COMPETE IN OLYMPICS
      248 7 BEST ATHLETES MAY COMPETE IN OLYMPICS ALTHOUGH the Singapore Olympic Sports Council will not be send- I inp a team to participate m next year's Olympic Games m London, it will give every assistance to individuals of affiliated clubs who are considered good enough to compete m the Olympic. This
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      Yesterday's Opponents
      16 7 picture. The two teams photographed before the start of yesterday's soccer match.- Free Press
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      SCO AND SHB POLICE SHARE TWO GOALS
      424 7 S.C.C 1; S.H.B. Aux. Police 1. IN a game of many missed chances which provided all the more thrills, the S.C.C. drew with the Singapore Harbour Board Auxiliary Police one-all m a game of hockey on the Padang last evening. In the first
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      HOCKEY TRIALS AT S.R.C.
      234 7 IN another evenly contested game, the Colours drew with the Whites m the second Singapore Recreation Club hockey trial on the padang last evening. There was very little difference m the strength of both sides. R k Cordeiro and R.S. Barth were hardworking defenders and held
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      SING TAD PARTY IN CALCUTTA
      85 7 THE lim batch oi tlio Cliincse Football team, Sing Tao S.C. of Hong Kong, which recently toured Southern England, arrived In Calcutta yesterday on the way to Hong Kong. Tlie player- manager of the party admitted that the defeats were due to the superiority of
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      HARRISONS & CROSFIELD BADMINTON TEAM
      100 7 HARRISONS CROSFIELD BADMINTON TEAM THE following players have been chosen to represent the Harrisons and Cmsflcld Sport« Club against the City Bunk Club m a friendly mr.tch consist- ing of three singles and four doubles U be played at the Clerical Union Hall oil Saturday, at 3.30 p.m. sharp: Lee
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      KHALSA ASSOCIATION
      34 7 •THE Singapore Khalsa Association will 1 be holding an extraordinary general meeting at the Wada Gurdwara. Queen Street, Singapore, at 3 p.m. on Sunday All interested Sikhs are requested to 1 attend.
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      5 Maiden Wins At K.L. Races
      509 7 Free Press Racing Correspondent T*HE best performance of the day at Kuala Lumpur x yesterday, the second day of the Selangor Turf Club October Meeting, was Genonian's one-and-a-half length win m the trophy race for Class Two stayers. Taking full advantage of a useful
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      Results At A Glance
      147 7 Race I.— FRIAR'S I AST $38 $8. Lena Dear SB. Kitter Sweet $7. Race 2.— KAN DA Sl7 and $7. (lay Selection $7. Wonder Bird S7. Race 3.— LUCKY ACE S9 and S6. Pathfinder Sl3. Donnell Abu $14. Race 4.— BRONZE FLASH §13 and $6. L'ulogism
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      Today's Gallops At Kuala Lumpur
      182 7 Frc<? Press Racing Reporter A KUALA LUMPUR. To-day HEAVY MIST which hung over the course this morning made it imDossible tc time any gallops when several of Saturday's runners wer* giveS their final workouts on a heavy track Kashmiri Song. Grand Prix i£ ak Daeoobert.
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      314 7 Free Press Crossword No. 208 1 I |Z [3 I pTI IS 16 137 """"is PTTj IT* 77"~ j 5* E^ 12.6 1 r Tf mmm iz6 mm y CLUES ACROSS 1, A couple (5). 4, A covenant (4). 7, Largest city m Nevada State, U.S. (4). 8, Quality perceptible
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      31 8 Once a year academic Oxford is shaken by the UoUe of revelry St. Giles Fair comes to town. Ballul College (lelt>, Martyrs' Memorial (centre) aid beyond, St. Mary Magdalen Church.
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      New Attlee team is welcomed
      379 8 LONDON, Wednesday. \JK- Clement Attlee's new Cabinet team received generally a favourable reception m today's British Press, even among some of Labour's political opponents, but a dishentient voice was heard m the Communist Daily Worker, which declared that the reconstruction marked a "turn to the
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      LINEN NOW BIG DOLLAR EARNER
      54 8 IRISH linen is ousting Scotch whisky as the United Kingdom's bigger earner of dollars, according to the latest export figures issued m Belfast yesterday. Linen exports to North and South America are now running at the rate of £10.000,000 a year, slightly topping whisky shipments
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      S'PORE NAVAL BASE MEN ASK MORE PAY
      141 8 S'PORE NAVAL BASE MEN ASK MORE PAY Free Prtss Staff Reportvr THE Singapore Admiralty Local Stall Union m a letter yesterday to the Commodore Superintendent of the naval dockyard, has asked for an "immediate review of the existing rates of pay with a substantial Increase of the present cost of
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      UK HAS 126-TON PLANE
      191 8 THE prototype Brabazon I was christened "Brabazon" here today after Lord Brabazon, pioneer British flyer and former Minister of Aircraft Production. This 100-sexat, eight-engir.ed 126 ton prototype is not intended for regular service. It will be used for flight development work or.ly and is intended to
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      CONSTABLE JAILED FOR EXTORTION
      189 8 A PUNJABI police constable, Mohamed Anwar, was sentenced by the District Judge, Mr. E. P. Shanks, to 12 months' rigorous imprisonment yesterday for extortion of $10 from a tongkang labourer, Kuppusamy, at the Rice Pool godown m the Singapore Harbour Board area, on Sept. 25. Anwar
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      BIG FRENCH PUSH HAS BEGUm SAYS VIETNAM
      411 8 BIG FRENCH PUSH HAS BEGUN SAYS VIETNAM HoChiMinhto continue fight SAIGON, Wednesday. T)R. Ho Chi Minh's Government-controlled radio "Voice of Vietnam" today announced "The French have opened up a full-scale autumn offensive against us. The Vietnamese people will resist aggression at all costs and are ready to sacrifice millions of
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      57 8 Princess Elizabeth has finally an >r th* tiered weddin* cake for her c fOh ten on Nov. 20. AIL the ingr VonS Dominions, Colonies and b iu Pl*i# b, T Bryant Huntlev and Palmers' br d ire JJ jj design for the cake; the base of t skill is born
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      CIGARETTES 3d EACH-NEW CRIPPS THREAT
      115 8 CIGARETTES 3d EACH-NEW CRIPPS THREAT LONDON, Wednesday. k VEILED threat by Britain's Economic Affairs Minister, Sir Stafford Cripps, at a press conference ir. London, that "we might double the tax on tobacco again and see if that will stop people smv>king," has caused gloom among smokers and consternation m the
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      'WICKED WOMAN' SENT TO JAIL
      68 8 'WICKED WOMAN' SENT TO JAIL PAS6INO sentence of four months' Imprisonment on a 54-year-old woman, Law Chinpr, yesterday, the Third Police Court Magistrate, Mr. F. Bernard Oehlers, t°ld n c r: "For a woman of your age, you are a very wicked woman Law Ching pleaded guilty to a charge
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      MARTS REMAIN INACTIVE
      488 8 London Stock Excha*. LONDON, YVednesdar THE much publicised changes m the Cabinet on wh* Stock Exchange circles had based their hopes'wouldS to a revival of active interest, have, after all. proved of link real value m this connection, wys Reuters financial em*. pondent. Commentators have once again
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      AUSTRALIA DEFENDS SMUTS IN UN
      225 8 AUSTRALIA DEFENDS SMUTS IN UN LAKE SUCCESS, Wednesday^DR. H. V. EVATT of Australia today defended South Africa's right to refuse to transfer Ui3 mandated territory of SouthWest Africa to United Nations international trusteeship. Dr. E/alt said: "There has been no breach of legal duty by the Smuts Gaverrmiant Rnterinj, a
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      TRAINING WARSHIP
      20 8 The battleship King Georce V is to take H.M.S. Howe's place m the Royal Navy training battleship squadron
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      'MIRACLE' OF ROSES IN U.K.
      157 8 STOCKPORT, Wednesday. A "MIRACLE" was reported today m the North England town of Stockport, where a crown of 22 golden roses placed on the statue of the Virgin Mary m St. Mary's Church 15 Sundays ago have still not faded The roses still retain their
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      BURMA ASSASSINATION TRIAL OPENS
      282 8 RANGOON, Wednesday. rOUR of the nine accused m the assassination trial, which* opened today, declared that they had been beaten up by police who forcibly made them confess to killing Aung San and his fellow Cabinet Ministers on July 19 and conspiring to overthrow the Government.
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      RUBBER PRICES
      121 8 i SPECIAL Market wrap* A rnt ?ivps thf prict? of nto at 11 am today as follows Bayfrs SfH Cti Ck per Ib vrh \o IR^ Spot u.iminali ..II So 1 X S S fob m bale> Oct. W No I 1.1.1 fob m tola Oet w H*
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      64 8 WE A THER Bright WEATHEB rrport for the next M hours compiled by thr R.A.F.r Bright and sunny to-day and tomorrow apart from a few ntorninc shower*. Wind southerly, light. SunM-t t.M; ranrfee 6.17. Moonris« 249 am.; moonvt 2 41 p m Temperature*: Max. 89 dr%\ mm 73 5 d?K
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