The Singapore Free Press, 5 January 1948
1948-01-05
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Title Section18 1948-01-05 1 The Singapore Free Press LARGEST AFTERNOON SALE IN MALAYA 17.052. SINGAPORE, MONDAY, JANUARY 5, 1948 PRICE 10 CENTS18 words
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Article, Illustration588 1948-01-05 1 JEW BOMB OUTRAGE KILLS 70 Fierce battles m Palestine Two thousand Jeios have been isolated for days m the Jewish quarter of the OM City m Jerusalem by armed Arabs, who have seized ail the eight gates of the walled city and are fighting off ail outside Jewish attempts toReuter; A.P.; U.P. - 588 words
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70 1948-01-05 1 STOCK p Eli Benrtn, acer to to treat ..land' b rot B< nren declared: q call:iem am only rehlch some l paid there rted v-> have ■■.:ent telesnuoa > to Moscow v 'reatmtnt of tlent, believed i s in Sweden In. He left p.nd aReuter - 70 words
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Article27 1948-01-05 1 1 l 1 had abandoned plani to componeni m i June because In con- ralia. Ministry nil v -hat i l-ided r—27 words
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Article117 1948-01-05 1 BIG SAIGON FIRE THREAT TO RUBBER PARIS, Monday. A RAGING dock fire at Saigon, Indo-Chfna, threatened the destruction of 40,000 tons of rubber last night and French army and navy units are fighting the blaze, says the French News Agency. A Saigon dispatch said a column of smoke more thanA.P. - 117 words
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Article150 1948-01-05 1 LONDON, Sunday. DUSSIA has sent notes to the United States, Great Britain and China renewing her proposal that the Big Four write a Japanese Peace treaty at a special Foreign Ministers' Conference this month, Moscow Radio announced today. It is considered unlikely that BritishReuter - 150 words
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Article21 1948-01-05 1 Aii extraordinary session of the Siamese Senate has been called by Royal decree to meet on Jan. 8. U.P.U.P. - 21 words
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Article230 1948-01-05 1 WXT COLOMBO, Sunday. INDIANS who genuinely desire to make Ceylon their permanent home will be entitled to Ceylon citizenship, provided they have certain necessary qualifications, the Prime Minister, Mr. D. S. Sonanayake, told a Press conference here today on his return from India, where heReuter - 230 words
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Article189 1948-01-05 1 Free Press Stall Reporter THE pipeline for Singapore's $27,000,000 scheme to tap the Johore River for drinking water will run through jungle which has not yet been entirely cleared of booby traps laid during the Japanese occupation. The scheme one of the Municipal projects to189 words
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149 1948-01-05 1 PANAMA. Sunday. PANAMA is ready at any time to negotiate a new agreement giving the United States bases outside the Canal Zone for defence of the vital waterway, the new Foreign Minister, Senor Mario del Diego, said today. He indicated, however, that theU.P. - 149 words
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Article57 1948-01-05 1 MR. CHURCHILL 'VERY WELL' MR. Winston Cliurchill was reported 'very well" on Sunday morning. He dined on Saturday i m the dining room ot his hotel alter soiiig to the hospital for an X-ray. Lord Moran, hLs physician, said on Saturday that, although his cold degenerated into bronchitis. Mr. Churchil)A.P. - 57 words
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Article225 1948-01-05 1 NEW YORK, Sunday. /CONTRABAND explosives V> destined lor Palest me and I capable of destroying a 100--square-mile area, which were seized at New Jersey yesterday, are believed to have been m ended for use m the JewishArab warfare m Palestine. Police and Customs officialsReuter; U.P.; A.P. - 225 words
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Article70 1948-01-05 1 ASSIZE JUDGES AT SERVICE Free Press Staff Reporter JUDGES of the High Court 01 Singapore m their traditional robes as King's Justices, attended St. Andrews Cathedral this morning for service prior to the opening ol the first Assizes of the year. The judges were preceded by mace-bearers, wardens, choir and70 words
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Article, Illustration315 1948-01-05 1 LAKE SUCCESS, Sunday. T*HE appointment of a small United Nations "On A the Spot" Commission to investigate India's complaint against Pakistan alleging intervention m Kashmir is expected to be the first urgent step taken by the Security Council on Britain's proposal when it meets on Tuesday,Reuter - 315 words
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Article28 1948-01-05 1 The Chicago-bound New York passenger train yesterday cut through a bobsleigh packed with children, killing 10 and injuring two. No railway passengers were hurt. ReuterReuter - 28 words
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240 1948-01-05 1 'Immediate steps for N.I. federation BATAVIA, Sunday. rHE formation of an interim federal government m 1 prepartion for a sovereign United States of Indonesia is to begin immediately, a communique from the Netherlands East Indies Government announced today. A resolution to this effect adopted today by delegates of 10 non-RepublicanReuter; A.P. - 240 words
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80 1948-01-05 1 Free Press Correspondent KUALA LUMPUR. Monday. At today's meeting of the Advisory Council. Mr. S. B. Palmer asked for a full debate on the recommendat4ons which would be made by the special committee now considering income-tax reliefs. He said that much confusion had80 words
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Article101 1948-01-05 1 UICE Admiral Sir Geoffrey Miles, Flag Officer Commanding the Indian Navy, has been promoted to the rank of Admiral. Sir Geoffrey Miles was Flag Captain on the battleship Nelson when she struck one of the first magnetic mines laid m the early stages of war. Later,Reuter - 101 words
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Article47 1948-01-05 1 When the third Test was resumed at Melbourne this morning, Bradman declared at the Saturday close of play score. .255 for four, and by lunch India had lost six of their second innings wickets for 84 runs. India still need 275 runs. to win.- ReuterReuter - 47 words
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Advertisement54 1948-01-05 1 U. S. de SUVA JEWELLER DIAMONDS GEM set JEWELLERY GOLD GIFT WARE 106, ORCHARD ROAD. TEL: 2466. ye you seen, examined and felt the BEAUTY OF "PEOUOT" im:rcai.e BEDBHEETS PILLOW CASES Cver 200 Combed Threads Per Inch kttecto: Size: 72"X99" Pillow case: S zo: WXW/* n beautiful pastel shades of54 words
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Advertisement34 1948-01-05 1 jo 9 fl^^ Hl^^ftjU^ THE GFNERAL ELECTR C CO., LTD. OF ENGLAND ADVT. OP THE GENERAL ELECTRIC CO., LTD.. OF ENGLAND SINGAPORE KUALA LUMPUR PENANG Perak Agents: The Kinta Electrical Distribution Co.. Ltd. IPOH34 words
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Article673 1948-01-05 2 MICHAEL CHRISTIANSEN - MICHAEL CHRISTIANSEN THE Negro Secre- tary of an Empire Athletic Association was talking to the Transport Manager for London's Olympic Games next summer: "C-"' v nu let me have four scats on a bus from the Richmond Park housing centre to Wembley Stadium on August673 words
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Article316 1948-01-05 2 WITHIN a few years there will be so many slot machines m the United States that salesmanship will consist only of having a well polished machine. Americans, who can already extract from slot machines a variety of things ranging from piping hot meals to insuranceReuter - 316 words
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Article, Illustration17 1948-01-05 2 vJ:;' I Cadet Force Tank *egi**emi chose n-year-oIU Joyce Potter to be their "pin-up' Jrom 60 contestants.17 words
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Article437 1948-01-05 2 Suit Case Alarm THREE minutes •..•••from the time a burglar breaks m, to the time he Is entertained by a Police patrol car. That is the estimated "catching" speed of a "auit-Ctte" burglar alarm, Britain's latest, which automatically dials the emergency call "999" on the telephone, then plays a recorded437 words
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Article478 1948-01-05 2 HIROHITO'S STRONGHOLD A CAMOUFLAGE landxi scape of farmhouses and sheds on a mountain side 130 miles from Tokio hides the entrances to a vast underground stronghold that was to be the final hideout of the war lords of Japan when the invasion came. Underground excavations cover an area of 80,000478 words
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Article, Illustration269 1948-01-05 2 TpiiERE Ls considerable room 1 for thf disagreement vwth E tirs opening bid of one heart. Defensively, hi.s band ta wi otTt nsivrly. his band is h tn n it needs to be to |v tif] opening fov-hmwt bid, but the probability of missing a slam i^ not.269 words
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Article, Illustration38 1948-01-05 2 This picture shows the 1950 version of a backyard m London. Space w used to advantage- a concrete ground is easy to sweep clean— the shed takes coal, garden and household equipment—and note the new style clothes line38 words
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Advertisement99 1948-01-05 2 'A' NEW YEAR Presents Sensational SALE NOW ON at You can never afford to miss this opportunity Here are a few Bargains* Sn Coloured Shirts 1M Polo Shirts 4.90 f Sport Shirts 3.50 *T Ties 1 go A 1 Doz. 10.50 m Anklets Hose 1.50 f, American Shirtings !80 U99 words
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Miscellaneous162 1948-01-05 2 YOUR LUCKY STAR Fortune forecast for people born today BORN today. \ou arc a natural Irader. You have a well-balanced personality which is able to to see through superficialities and g»t at basic truths. As this ability becomes known, those with problems are drawn into your orbit and through sheer162 words
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Miscellaneous9 1948-01-05 2 Mondrak6 t^lushv to th<> Singapore Free Pros* m Malaya9 words
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Miscellaneous177 1948-01-05 2 SINGAPORE Blue Network 12.00 3 00 p m. *85 nic-trva In tht- iixdiuiji SJSMn land JL 7.22 mecacycles p*>r second m the 41 metre band. 11. #0 p 111 IMS metres m the medium wave band St 4.826 megacycle* per second m lh«« 61 metre band except from 7.45 —9.30177 words
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Miscellaneous531 1948-01-05 2 mary, Topical Talk; 8 30 8.8.C. [Theatre Orchestra; 9 p m. Lon- I don Playhouse; 9 30 News; 9.45 Talk; 10 pm. Listeners Post;! 11 p.m. N.ws Summary. Pro- gramme In Malay: 12 noon Pro- ime Summary: 12.05 Malay Music; 12.45 News; 6 p.m. ProffTftmm« Summary; 6.05 Youth's Efforts; 6.30531 words
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Miscellaneous136 1948-01-05 2 6.30 World and Hume News; 6.45 lAt the Console; 7 p.m. Five O'clock Special; 7.45 Sports Roundup: 8 p.m. World and Home News; 8.05 Heard Melodies Art Sweet; 858 Programme Announcements; 9 p.m. Jazz Call; 9.30 Radio Newsreol; 9.45 Metropolitan Opera; 10.45 Weekly Let ter; 11 p.m. Much Hindi 0136 words
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Article337 1948-01-05 3 JAPS CONFIDENT OF 1948 REVIVAL Resurgence as 'the workshop of Asia' •THE Japanese are entering 1948 with growing con--1 fidence that they are on the verge of regaining their autonomy and with faith that they soon will be the economic leaders of Asia. This noticeable optimism over the future hasA.P. - 337 words
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Article, Illustration37 1948-01-05 3 Swit:crland's wedding present to Princess Elizabeth teas a month"t vacation for 20 British children spent m various jxirts of Switzerland. Here two of the children are teen cmuying a snow fight at Ley son, famous Swiss resort.37 words
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123 1948-01-05 3 I-eport of President Truman's Air Safety mmends that all I.S. airlines should ed to have a full time safety director, subthe highest company official, reports I mi? (l Presa report i> now m the White House and ha.s not n made public. It was preparedU.P. - 123 words
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Article36 1948-01-05 3 MR. John Parker. Labour M.P. and Secretary ofthe Fabian Society has predicted that a capital levy will be recommended by Britain's Chancellor of the Exrhequer. Sir Stafford Cripps m his 1948 budget. A.P.A.P. - 36 words
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Article26 1948-01-05 3 Mr Steuari Wilson has appointed BBC. Dir\ jtor oi Muaftc m sue- 1 .•.<jn to Dr Vic-rior IlelyRutchinrao, who died last j March.26 words
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Article45 1948-01-05 3 THE Franco-Amerioan interim aid agreement which provides lor the immediate shipment to France of food, fuel, medical supplies, fertilisers, seeds, was signed m Paris last week by M. Georges Bidault. French Foreign Minister, and Mr. Jeircrson Caffery. American Ambass.xdor tn France.- ReuterReuter - 45 words
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Article24 1948-01-05 3 Under a new Fleet Order, some of the ratings m the British Navy who have been known as "scribes" are to be called stenographers24 words
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Article140 1948-01-05 3 lFOia\:iNG ten hours a day, four days a week, 3.500 Coventry factory WOllcen have stepped up tractor production from 10,000 In thirteen months to 10,000 m thirteen Weeks. Mr Frank Lord, manager of the Standard Motor Company's plant, told reporters that "the men work140 words
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Article24 1948-01-05 3 An anonymous donor has Riven £5.000 for an Institute of Child Health lectureship at the Hospital for Sick Children. Great Ormond-street <Lon-24 words
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Article189 1948-01-05 3 More Jap remnants found in P.I. TWO years after the world war, there are still many Jap stragglers wandering m the wildlands of the Philippines. The latest to be officially reported is the prese.ee of some 1000 Jap stragglers m the hinterland of Davao, which was the principal Japanese settlementReuter - 189 words
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Article118 1948-01-05 3 T.U. C. PLAN TO FIGHT U.K. CRISIS BRITAJN S Trade Union executives representing 8,000,--000 members will meet m February to consider recommendations issued by the Trades Union Congress crisis committee on economic policy. A report unanimously adopted by the General Counell of the T.U.C. appeals to j the Government toReuter - 118 words
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188 1948-01-05 3 I INSECTS on Bikini atoll weathered the atom bomb I tests without showing any nfw forms from the effects of radio-activity, Mr. A. C. Cole, Jr., a University of Tennessee entomologist, announced. 1 i The insect population on the islands m the atoll, studiedA.P. - 188 words
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Article78 1948-01-05 3 A 60-year-old Vicar, the j R«v. J. H. Dodd rushed into the blazing vestry of St. Alban's Church. Streatham, and saved gold plate and registers. S. C. Bone, lay reader, helped him also to carry out robes from the 60-year-old church. Eighty firemen, using turntable ladders,Reuter - 78 words
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Article34 1948-01-05 3 A LAWSUIT filed by a while eitlaen of Atlanta, CW orgia, asks for a ban on Nei?ru policemen. og ihc ground that a wi Me man v/ould set no pioleclion injm them.34 words
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107 1948-01-05 3 ALL the 30 choirboys of Croydon Parish Church were suspended for three weeks for alleged, bad •behaviour. Boys who wish to return to the choir will be allowed to re-enrol if they promise to behave. It was stated that, the boys had forfeited107 words
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Article65 1948-01-05 3 NEW higher contract prices for bacon, beef, eggs and cheese which Canada will sell to Britain In 1948 were announced on Saturday by the Canadian Ministry of Agriculture. The new contracts provided for smaller quantities of these foods than formerly. The poultry contract was notReuter - 65 words
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173 1948-01-05 3 NEW SOVIET ATTACKS ON IMPERIALISTS RUSSIAN newspapers opened the New Year with the biggest and bitterest concentration yet of articles and cartoons lampooning and denouncing "warmongers," the dollar imperialists" of the United States, and their "satellites." llya Ehrenburg. writing m Pravda. said that on the side of the "American beastsReuter - 173 words
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Article98 1948-01-05 3 FOUR big P. 6i O. DOen are bring refitted— after war service— to take thousands ol British settlers to Australia m the Spring and Summer. They are the Ramhi (16.700 tons>. Chitral (15 300 tons), Maloja (2.1)00 tons), and Meoltan (20.900 tons), which carry between themReuter - 98 words
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Article, Illustration29 1948-01-05 3 Sir Will Spens, Master of Corpus Christ i, Cambridge, who has been appointed chairman of the National Insurance Advisory Committee, which is to advise the Minister of National Insurance.29 words
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Article27 1948-01-05 3 PHILADELPHIA hospitals will train doctors, nurses, and dviliaris m treatment of atom bomb casualties, i because, says tJie hospitals' council, "international relationships are so unsettled."27 words
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Article21 1948-01-05 3 Raymond Mason. 26. of Worthing, was at LittehamDton jailed for stealing 21s. from blind William Johnson, aged 82.21 words
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383 1948-01-05 3 India tells UNO: peace endangered KASHMIR DISPUTE THE United Nations Secretariat has made public the complaint against Pakistan submitted to the President of the Security Council by Mr. P. P. Pillai, India's permanent representative to the United Nations. The communication states that, under Article 35 of the United Nations Charter,Reuter - 383 words
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Article109 1948-01-05 3 THE Far Eastern Commission m Washington has ruled that Japan should receive no "preferential treatment" m food supplies over any Allied power or liberated area. The eleven-nation Commission instructed Gen. Douglas Mac Arthur to seek the maximum domestic food pro- duction and see thatReuter - 109 words
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Article15 1948-01-05 3 A car belonaino: to Mr. E. J. Dodd. Birmingham's chief constable was stolen at EdgI15 words
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Article79 1948-01-05 3 C^ttilNG from the village of Olympia, m Southern O Greece, the London Olympiad burning torch will arS'uly 28 1948*' alaiS O thP Pvenin of Wednesday, From Dover it will be carried through the night by a team of more than 70 athletes, running m relays, to79 words
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Article162 1948-01-05 3 U.S. Senate probes oil disposals A VS. Senate inquiry into U.S. oil exports, centring around reports that military supplies are being diverted to foreign aid programmes, is due to open. The Senate committee has asked representatives of the State and Commerce Departments, ar.d of the Army and Navy Petroleum Board,A.P. - 162 words
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111 1948-01-05 3 Girls trapped by storm on mountain TWO London girl climbers are recovering m Bangor Hospital after being rescued I at 2 a.m. m a rain and wind storm from a narrow Snowdonia mountain ledge where they lay for 12 hours. They are Mrs. Barbara Meyer and Miss Doreen Spanjer. BothReuter - 111 words
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Article72 1948-01-05 3 ARMED with shot-guns, farmers and police are patrolling Buckinghamshire roads at night and are shooting on sight dogs found attacking sheep. This follows losses totalling thousands of pounds suffered by farmers from sheep worrying. Many sheep badly mauled by dogs have had to be killed.Reuter - 72 words
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Advertisement86 1948-01-05 3 I CASH BOXES BY V. WeMULLAN «c CO. I- Jitiilding. S.nrapore: T.! 8"».V»0. m m m wav l UtuJio DE LUXE] Portrait mnl Outdoor Pkotojrmphcrt j Ij j Ke pleasure to announce that I we have started a Special D. p. Service Department I n to our usual Portrait Studio,86 words
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Miscellaneous46 1948-01-05 3 TARZAN Instructions By Edgar Rice Burroughs WITH ALL HIS SREAT t&tt I I j",', 1 1^— STREN<3TH, 6HAK f 3 <•! 06M0* '^IhAK^R^B RE *?s™' >Ov T TH H^LL "~<*« ™£j~ INTO THE BULL'S f~\ W: T*£ (kfiiWm *EM*V Aul^T* Th SE W t aBO«,"'thß SaS>TH Jo^ \^M46 words
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656 1948-01-05 4 The Singapore Free Press MONDAY, JANUARY 5, 1948 Independent Burma ijARADOXICAI.LY It may be claimed that no act of British statesmanship has more surely increased the .-th of th<> Commonwealth than has Burma's withdrawal from it. T! "ro are many who think Burma's decision t« b»> an error. For a656 words
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Article865 1948-01-05 4 Frank Owen - Frank Owen GOOD MORNING By JOHN BRIGHT cut short a colleague's long-winded plea m aid of a worthy cause by saying: Friend I am sorry £10. How sorry are you?" We may now measure the monarchical sympathiea of 165 Socialist M.P.s. They an' £35,000 per annum m865 words
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Article, Illustration49 1948-01-05 4 For the past 53 years a tug has been standing-by m the River Thamet up. and yet it does not move Reason: the Act of Parliament regulating th< bridge makes it necessary for a tug to be moored nearby for the purpose oj the bridge free from any obstruction.49 words
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Article447 1948-01-05 4 ADELAIDE KERR - MAN MADE DRUGS ADELAIDE KERR By A. P. Correspondent OTRANGE new synO thetic drugs, bright with medical promise but dark too with danger, are keeping the world's dope fighters busy. The United Nations Com--n on narcotic drugs, which lias taken over the task of continuine and perfecting the international narcotics447 words
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Article764 1948-01-05 4 ARTHUR BAILES - OIL: TRUMPS IN POWER POLITICS ARTHUR BAILES CTART a fire whore there is oil lying around m big quantities and things are -liable to happen. So it is In the Middle East, Trouble boils up with th<> Arabs over UNO's decision to partition Palestine and immediately three great British and764 words
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Article, Illustration60 1948-01-05 4 Mends NotSnlvrin ~> L^Z?',"' 1 tt itle Dear a 'Utcen-month-old cat. arc fhe'best of ™dtieev«d?bl fw^\nm!S- U m the me vlaLe: they romp on the floor together Steward a LoLnn i«f»«t° mctl 7 c J l n a chair sometimes m Polly's cape all because Mrs. reward, a London woman,60 words
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668 1948-01-05 4 JOHN HALL - JOHN HALL By THE name is Bene- lux. It sounds like a trade name for something to do with washing-day. It is a trade name for Belgium (BE), the Netherlands <NE), and Luxemburg (LUX). The Little Three are going into a big commercial partnership, a668 words
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Advertisement19 1948-01-05 4 FAITH 1 Thy word i» a lamp uno my feet, and a li^ht unto nii path. Paslin-s 119, 105.19 words
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Advertisement173 1948-01-05 4 TO OUR STUDENTS AND PROSPECTIVE STUDENTS The British Institute of Engineering Technology extend* to iti njmerouj Students heartfelt $Odd wfihei f«f 1948. The Institute, which tpecloliiei m ln^ peering Technical Tra'nng, ond t!>e preparation of Cc-J dates f-sr the Engineering Examinations, tftliel pleasure m announc n^ the appointment of. Mr.173 words
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LOCAL NEWS...
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Article, Illustration176 1948-01-05 5 Colonial Secretary Hopeful Of Future I ress Staff Reporter special interview Ifh the Free Press, h he reviewed (he ;r. the Colonial iry, .Mr. p. a. B. TOR. <nid he was tbout the future. .is fur bet- order have d. "F<mnbetter social t, m its widest people of have also176 words
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Article, Illustration25 1948-01-05 5 picturt DR. WILLIAM CLYDE. Food Adviser to the Special Commissioner. South-East Asia, Lord Killearn, who got the CMG m the New Year's Honours Ltst. ChaseStatlerChase Statler - 25 words
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Article44 1948-01-05 5 The Malay Society m Britain is to hold Its annual dinner on Jan. 7 at a restaurant m London's West End. There ar*» 28 Malays at present resident In the London area and about 20 mon m other parts of the country.44 words
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180 1948-01-05 5 UNRRA aid to Cliina officially ended on Dec. 31, but Australia's commitments aro unlikely to finish until 1950. Still outstanding among Australia's relief promises to China are 51 ice-making plants and 50 The ire-making plants part of an ambitious plan to 1 modernise China's180 words
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312 1948-01-05 5 BURGLARS IN S'PORE 'MERE AMATEURS' Says CID chief: 'That's the trouble' OFree Press Staff Reporter NE of the difficulties confronting the Singapore Police m dealing wfth cases of house-breaking was that they were up against mere amateurs who do a house-breaking job now and again m their spare time/ Mr.312 words
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Article344 1948-01-05 5 FEWER ARMED THEFTS Free Press Staff Reporter 'THERE were fewer arm--1 ed robberies m Singapore during 1947 than 1946, while the position with regard to other major offences varied little, according to an official review of crime m the Colony over the past 12 I months. In 1947, the average344 words
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Article20 1948-01-05 5 A FLOATING wrecK consldered dangerous to shipping has boon located at lat. 0 long. 105 50 mins. east20 words
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Article, Illustration33 1948-01-05 5 picture. BuddhuU praying ai the Po Kak See Temple m Thomson Road, Sinaauore on the occasion of the birthday of Amitahba Bmluha. Tiro captive pigeons were freed "m exniation of sins." Free PressFree Press - 33 words
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Article196 1948-01-05 5 AWARDS to Malayan Scou- ters have been announced by the Chief Scout lor the Bn ish Commonwealth and Empire. The awards arePerak** ACOrn; E C Hlcks D c Lftf" 1 M rit: R*v Canon K.S. Adam*. DC. Sineanorp Abdul Rahman bin H*Jl uSuSSdi D^SM, Singapore. Ahmad196 words
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Article237 1948-01-05 5 New treatment for lepers Fre« Frets* Staff Reporter T'HE Singapore Medical Department hopes to get 1 sulphone drugs this year for the treatment of leprosy. Drugs of the sulphone group had never Ik en introduced for anti-leprosy work mi n the Colony before Dr. R. J. Grove White, Chief Medical237 words
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238 1948-01-05 5 MNP to work for welfare of masses ri\HE Malay Nationalist X Party has a new plan to strengthen its organ isati <•::, said Dr. Burhanuddin, outpolng President of the MNP, an address at the Party's t^lrd axwuial coiigre&s held m Singapore. Details of this new plaji. however, have not been238 words
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Article402 1948-01-05 5 AN additional 60 stands for taxis have been named m Singapore, bringing the total number of stands to approximately 200. The sites will be marked out shortly and sign plates, due to arrive from Australia, will be erected as soon as possible. The new stands402 words
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Article, Illustration12 1948-01-05 5 picture. DR. BURHANUDDIN, General Adviser to the Malay Nationalist Party. Utusan MelayuUtusan Melayu - 12 words
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Article95 1948-01-05 5 ABOUT 150 students from Malaya and Hong Kong will be entertained by the U-der-Secretary of State for the Polonies, Mr. David Rees Williams on Jan. 25 m the Conference Room at the Colo- nial Office. It is hoped to include m tho party, students from Borneo95 words
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Article31 1948-01-05 5 THE statf of the Registrar of Vehicles' Department entertained Mr. C. J. d'Co'ra. the E>eputy Registrar of Vehicles, who hns retired at the Adelphi Roof Garden on Saturday.31 words
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Article, Illustration80 1948-01-05 5 Mr. Gwcc Eng Choon, grade I, hospital assistant, < ivho was one of the 69 hospi- tal assittants and nurses presented with passingout certificates by Lady Givison last Friday. Dr. W. J. Vickers. Director of Medical Services, Singapore, described those who. passed out as "the brain, eyes and80 words
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101 1948-01-05 6 Safeguarding U.S. investors in Britain WASHINGTON, anxious to encourage private Ame- rlcan capital to invest m Britain and thereby cut down i Marshall Plan aid. is trying to Tind a way to safeguard thi'se investors from having' their enterprises rationalised, j The favourite wajf is ex- pounded by "an outstanding101 words
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Article234 1948-01-05 6 FuOI) production and consumption m China are roughly oven, and total rationing of food is not pOflsikJt m China. These are the preliminary conclusions arrived at by Mr. John Hutt, one of the principal assistant secretaries m the British Ministry of Food who recently arrived mReuter - 234 words
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502 1948-01-05 6 Bao Dai as leader of a federation? AS the civil war m Indo-China enters its secondyear, the strife is entering also a new phase a phase m which political instead of military manoeuvres are dominant, reports a Reuter correspondent from Paris. Central figure m thisReuter - 502 words
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Article, Illustration40 1948-01-05 6 The British War Secretary, Mr. Emanuel Shimvell (right) is seen chatting to 18-year-old Cadet Gerald Mears when he inspected more than 1,500 cadets of the Junior Training Corps and the Army Cadet Force at the Royal Military Academy at Sandhurst.40 words
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Article197 1948-01-05 6 MILITARY AID FOR GREECE U S DISCUSSES I] S. State Department and 1 high army officials have kept the door open to the possibility that they might ask Congress for permission to send American combat troops to Greece, if the military situation there continues to deteriorate. Acting Secretary of StateU.P. - 197 words
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Article, Illustration31 1948-01-05 6 Ex-airman Neville Banks has been official tea taster and buyer for NAAFI since he was demobbed. His secret for tea makers is "fresh icater and if must never be twice boiled."31 words
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Article76 1948-01-05 6 A KM RTEEN-YKAR-OLD a\ boy was said, at a Hertford court, to have told another hoy that he would like to see a man fall dead. It was alleged m court th.it the boy had killed one man. shot at another with intent to76 words
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190 1948-01-05 6 War Office 'reprieves' beauty spot THE War Office has announced that it had been decided that the range at Thorp Cloud m Dovedale— famous Derbyshire beauty spot— be limited as before the war to two targets and to an area of 43 acres. This decision has been reached as theReuter - 190 words
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Article45 1948-01-05 6 MR. Ernest Bevin was just edged out by Russia's Deputy Foreipn MinibUT. Andrei Vishinsky. for fourth place on tne New York Journal-Arm ri< ans annual list of the world's ten worstsdressed men. First was millionaire air man IDnvard Hughes.45 words
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Article150 1948-01-05 6 ANSWERING v dramatic early morning radio S.O.S. from Pitcairn, tiny mid-Pacific island whore the Bounty mutineers settled, the 7.300-ton steamer Cufic put ashore the ship's doctor to help save a man's life. The SOS came from the chief magistrate. 'Hie patient I had aReuter - 150 words
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Article110 1948-01-05 6 ONE OUI Of cv. ry til p rSOIIS In the United state* is suffering from a chronic disand at least hall of tiie nearly 25.000,000 chronically 111 are under 45 years of age, ia, health magazine of Am clean Medical Association, reports. Dr. Morris FUhbeln,A.P. - 110 words
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Article51 1948-01-05 6 PRUDENTIAL'S CHUNK OF ROCK WHAT Hitler could i.ot do ff an American insurance compiu.y hays done -but. with Whitehall's pf rmission. The Prudential, whose trade mark is tlie Rock ol Gibraltar, have chipped off a chunk of the Rock to b used as the fouridation o. its row Lor Angeles51 words
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Article42 1948-01-05 6 Tlu' Prime Minister oi lium M. Snyi Salim Jabur, jy cxcted to arrive m Lo. don on Wednesday to discuss witl^ tie British Governm;*. t th< revision of the Anglo-Iraq livaty by which Britain ternvnated nor mandate m 1930. ReuterReuter - 42 words
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Article19 1948-01-05 6 Mr. A. J. Still, Bristol bookmaker, had his bag stolen It ■<tr a ineri .*;500 winnings.19 words
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Article136 1948-01-05 6 k DISCOVERY that carbon dioxide is present m the atmosphere of Mars giving first concrete evidence of the possibility that some form of plant life exists on the planet was reported to the American Association for the Advancement of Science. Dr. Gerard P. Knlper, ofA.P. - 136 words
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Article266 1948-01-05 6 rMU'R medical investigators, who have made hundreds of tests on children both sick and well during a Chicago epidemic of infantile paralysis, have announced important new evidence that polio virus from throat regions is a "common source of infection/ The researches disclosed that they hadA.P. - 266 words
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Article80 1948-01-05 6 MUFTI'S CALL TO CEYLON MUSLIMS rTVIIE Grand Mufti of Jeru--1 salem has appealed to the Muslims of Ceylon for their moral and material help. In a cable addressed to the Secretary of the AllCeylon Palestine Anti-Par-tition Committee he says: "Please convey* to Ceylon Muslim brothers our deepest gratitude for protestingReuter - 80 words
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Article83 1948-01-05 6 THE magazine World Petroleum reports a worldwide production increase amounting to 9 per cent over last year and e.sti mated the Netherlands East Indies production m 1948 would be 100.000 barrels daily compared with 14^)00 m the past year. The magazine reported the United States maintainedU.P. - 83 words
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Article49 1948-01-05 6 The blonde Swedish actress. Vera Wakior. regained semi■ciousness last week, encouraging doctors to believe she will recover from injuries sustained m the car accident while accompanying an Argentine businessman Adolph J. Schwelm Cmz, to a New Year's eve reception at the Argentine Embassy m Rome. U.P.U.P. - 49 words
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Article81 1948-01-05 6 AN explosion at the Royal ordnance factory at Briizc (Cumberland), m which one man was killed and another injured, was stated at an inquest at the factory on Friday to have boon caused when the man. who was killed, put a mortar shell m a viceReuter - 81 words
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Miscellaneous71 1948-01-05 6 JANE Exclusive to the Singapore Free Press m Malaya /fr Mg r P BU^n be YOUR AGE>\ "1 W£L L/ WELL. XI |>!|@WhlL 1 E ...|^Low"^uV. NO ADWITTANciw'uNDERSTAkfc MUN. I—THIS1 THIS IS A ,TH OS E COAL TRUCKS rL_y ON^uFcn i > MTHOUT A M A YOUNG LADY I STEEL71 words
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Article487 1948-01-05 7 Earnings Now free Press Racing Reporter r 1 OLDEN Grove boosted her earnings to about $22,000 an all-time record for a class three horse— when she chalked up her sixth win m Penang on Saturday, the last day of the Penang Turf Club's X mas- New487 words
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Article, Illustration20 1948-01-05 7 mpetiton m the British Boys* Billiards flip cast covetous eyes on the cup. There were 13 rrnm England and Wales.20 words
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Article, Illustration47 1948-01-05 7 Ray Linshull (Liverpool's goalkeeper) left, leaps for the oall above three other players, during the match between Arsenal and Liverpool on the Arsenal ground at, Highfury, London, on Dec. 27. Extreme right, watching, is Lesiie Compton, Arsenal centre half. Liverpool won two one.47 words
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Article368 1948-01-05 7 Wallabies Win Rugby T est Vn>m Vernon Morgan P.md more open football, the Austra•innphed m the international Rugby Tnlon i l.nu'land 11 points (one goal and two nil, after U evtremelv hard fought battle an 65,000 sj>ectators, at Twickenham on Saturday. vas asked by either side and no quar. was368 words
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Article41 1948-01-05 7 A I BERTO Otfionl, one of the' tx* football Dla- commuted suicide at La PJata. Argentine, vestcrdav. Crrioni. who was a professional footballer had .'ram Italy eight months HI nit lde was b*'lievrci due to flnanetaU troubles.- U.P.U.P. - 41 words
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Article31 1948-01-05 7 THE H.M.S. Malaya Rugby final on Saturday m Kuala Lumpur will be broadcast by Radio Malaya, Kuala L V. m ur Mr J N McHugh win be the commentator.31 words
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Article252 1948-01-05 7 VyHATKVKK Rrilain's position may be m the f heavier weights of boxing, there is no disputing they have star performers m lower weights notably m By, feather and bantam and what is more, men who are not afraid to fight more than once yearly. TakingReuter - 252 words
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Article15 1948-01-05 7 uwing to rain, yesterday's hockey fixture between the Harlequins and Hornets was not played. 415 words
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Article630 1948-01-05 7 V ING Kong, the giant Hungarian wrestler, once *y again had an easy but unpopular victory at the Great World Arena on Saturday night and his characteristic dance of jubilation at the end of the fight was greeted by howls of derision from630 words
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Article55 1948-01-05 7 PROMOTER Herman Taylor said he had conferred with heawweicht chamDion Joe Louis on the possibility of staging his return match with Jersey Joe Walcott m Philadelphia next June. "Louis is very well Dleased with mv offer," Taylor announced. However the promoter refused to reveal theU.P. - 55 words
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Article369 1948-01-05 7 results of U.K. ,Vj Football League games on Saturday are: FIRST DIVISION Arsenal 3 Sheffield Utd 2 I Blackburn R. 1 Wolves 0 Blackpool 5 Everton 0 Bolton W. l Burnley 1 Charlton 1 Manchester U. 2 Derby Co. 5 Chelsea 1 Grimsby T. 1 SunderlandReuter - 369 words
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Article127 1948-01-05 7 IT lias been a happy new year for Rangers m the Scottish Football League's "A" Division, for the league champions followed Friday's easy win against Celtic with a triumph over Dundee, and they are well clear at the top of the table. Hibernians, their nearestReuter - 127 words
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Article278 1948-01-05 7 FOR the first time since England centre-forward. Tommy Lawton, joined them Notts County lost when they met Bristol City on Saturday and went down one-nil. Roberts proved a jrrand stopper against England's leader, who could find no way through the defence. Queen's Park Rangers, one ofReuter - 278 words
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Article556 1948-01-05 7 /^RACKING m three goals, Arsenal, with a dominaty* ing: half-back line, defeated Sheffield United threetwo before 50,000 home fans on Saturday and increased their lead m the championship race m the First Division of the English Football League. Burn lev and Preston North End were bothReuter; A.P. - 556 words
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Article234 1948-01-05 7 F^OLLOVv'ING are reiultl ol U.K. Rugby Union games I on Saturday. Guys Hu>pital 4. Old Merchant j Taylors 0, Stroud 0, Chiton 19: London Irish 22. Harlequins o[ London Scottish 14, Gloucester 3Waterloo 8. Manchester 13. Old Crank- ighans 0, Bath 3; U.asgow Acad. 3, Stewarts FormerReuter - 234 words
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Miscellaneous192 1948-01-05 7 F.P. Crossword Wo. 279 CLL'ES ACROSS 2. Imaginary being (6). 6, Slightly open (4). 8. Puffed <4>. 10 Considered (7). n. Ventilate (3). 12, Iniquity (.3). 13. Bill <.6>.' 14, Soak (5). 16, Hebndean, for example (8). 20. Names (8). 23, Spaniard (5). 26, Design (6). 28, Lead (3). 29.192 words
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Article, Illustration49 1948-01-05 8 BETHLEHEM: An Arab, attired m a western lounge suit, but wearing the customary tarbouche. is seen haiino his shoes polished by a boot-black, whtlst Arab women, clad m their picturesque garb which has altered little through the ages, are seen passing down the street on their way to market.49 words
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Article463 1948-01-05 8 SHANGHAI, Sunday. TIIK Chinese Guvernment is fighting with its back to the wall against the numerically superior J Chinese Communists m Manchuria m a civil conflict which may be the prelude to World War 111, says the United Press, which sees the Communist hit-and-runU.P.; A.P.; Reuter - 463 words
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Article20 1948-01-05 8 Bernard Wiggins. 16. of Leeds, has been awarded the Cornwell Scout Badge for RTI at courage and endurance under adversity."20 words
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Article277 1948-01-05 8 ST. ETIENNE (France), Sunday. pEN. Charles de Gaulle, In his first major speech since his party (Rally of the French People) polled a majority m last October's municipal elections, today attacked those "who seek to ruin France In order to establish dictatorship for conquerors ofU.P. - 277 words
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Article62 1948-01-05 8 THE disembarkation of the last of the 11.951 Jewish iiiegai immigrants who tried to n-ach Palestine on the two 4.500-ton ships. Pan Crescent and Par. York, was completed at Nicosia. Cyprus, yesterday without incident. The operation was carried out by troops of the British Sixth AirborneReuter - 62 words
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Article233 1948-01-05 8 FIGHT OVER EUROPE AID CONTROL WASHINGTON. Sunday. WHETHER the Secretary of Stat»\ Mr. George Mar- shall, or independent busi- j newsmen shall control the purse ktring*. has now appeared as th« number one issue at the opening of Congressional battles over the Marshall plan. President Truman has asked Congress toReuter - 233 words
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Article194 1948-01-05 8 ►rr\HE Prime Minister, M. A Robert Schuman. won his first test voto m his drive for an unpopular income tax measure m the na'ional chamber of Deputies >^s ttmy. He appear! assured of a substantial majority tomorrow vnen he will stake the life ofA.P. - 194 words
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Article578 1948-01-05 8 G.-G. STRESSES COMMUNAL HARMONY 'Vital to New OROADCASTING from Radio Malaya last night, the Governor-General, Mr. Malcolm Mac Donald, speaking: about 1948, said there were beginnings of great political developments m Malaya, and stressed: "The material, intellectual and spiritual growth of Malaya m 1948 and the years beyond does not578 words
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Article, Illustration30 1948-01-05 8 Members of the British Cabinet iuok time Christmas to have lunch at Olympia and open th Circus. After the lunch Foreign Minister Er>, chatted with some of the circus girli.30 words
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158 1948-01-05 8 I PARIS, Sunday. THE French High Commis--1 sioner for Indo-China, M. Emile Bollaert, at present m Paris, will leave on Tuesday for Geneva, where he is expected to meet ex-Emperor Bao Dai of Annam, the evening paper France Soir reported today. M. BollaertReuter; U.P. - 158 words
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Article89 1948-01-05 8 PARLIAMENTARY history may be m the making In Britain. A Committee of Conservative members of the House of Lords is believed to have prepared a nrw plan of reforms for the upper house. It is believed to have been prompted by Government eflortxs to limit the89 words
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Article83 1948-01-05 8 MINED SHIP CARRIES ON SIX hour* alter striking a mine early on Sunday j morning m the Ni.rih Bea oil the Netherlands, the 6,103 ton U.S. steamer Pioneer Cove was Able to continue her I voyage, apparently without needing assistance, according t to Coast Guard reports. I The Pioneer Core83 words
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Article37 1948-01-05 8 Colonel Yu Ken-wong of the Chinese Air Force said on Saturday about 15 Chinese pilots were m Canada learning to handle Mosquito fighter-bombers, 150 of which were sold recently by Canada to China. A.P.A.P. - 37 words
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Article, Illustration22 1948-01-05 8 The Pi mc s of Herar reI cently attended a party m Hollywood given for Maria Montcz on tier return from Paris22 words
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258 1948-01-05 8 'We part friends, Burma tells U.K RANGOON, Sunday. "WE part m friendship with Great Britain a id ff Premier Thakin Nu at the pre-dawn eeremtn today marking the proclamation of Burma »s v independent Republic and her departure frum the British Commonwealth. Shortly after dawn, the last British Governor SirReuter; A.P. - 258 words
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Article115 1948-01-05 8 MILAN, Sunday. CIGNOR Palgiro Togliatti. leader of t**e 2,d00,000 surong Italian Communist. Party, m a five-hour speech to 3,000 national delegates here today, said, tiiat his party would, adhere to democratic methods m the political ngrnt as long as other parties did the same. He, however,Reuter - 115 words
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Article77 1948-01-05 8 MR. W. KINGSLAND MACY, (Republican. New York) announced, as chairman, that the House of Representatives Public Works Sub-Committee will becin hearings today into an estimated $1,000,000,000 black market business m steel. It was estimated between four and 12 per cent of united States steel produc- UonU.P. - 77 words
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Article21 1948-01-05 8 Russia has withdrawn all but "lines of communication" troops from Hungarian soil Hungarian Foreign Office an- nounces. U.P.U.P. - 21 words
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Article242 1948-01-05 8 PLAN TO THROW OUT CHIANG GO VT T u m SHANGHAI, Sunday. HE formation m Hong Kong of a revolutionary committee of former Kuomintang members headed by Marshal Li Chi-sen, is being watched with great interest m China both among liberals and by the Kuomintang itself. Dispatches from Hong KongA.P. - 242 words
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Article68 1948-01-05 8 A SPECIAL Market correspondent tjives the prices of rubli.'r at 11 a.m. today as follows: Buyers Sellers, <ts. tv. VT per Ib. per Ib No. 1 R.S.S. Spot looso 44 S, t> No. 1 R.S.S. fob m bales Jan. 44 45 1 No. 2 R.S.S. fob m bales68 words
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Article95 1948-01-05 8 NEW YORK, Monday. THE strike of American cable company workers entered its fourth day today with twothirds of the country's foreign communications crippled. The president of the striking union .-aid m Far. Francisco yesterday that the dispute may spread to the Philippines. As Union leadersU.P.; A.P. - 95 words
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Article91 1948-01-05 8 BOMBAY, Bill INDIAN troops m 1 guarding the I'm half mile long pipelj Bombay harbour bec^ was suspected tliat do' kers on strike had fabo nearly 10,000 tons of oil About 8,000 worker* <>i Bombay Port Trust en. ing department, who had on a stay-in strikeReuter - 91 words
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Miscellaneous45 1948-01-05 8 La. WEATHER— Cloudy I WEATHER report for the ntxl 24 hours compiled by Uk RAI Cloudy with outbreak.* «f rain. Temperatures: Max. 77 dec F mm. 72 dec., P. Rainfall 27.8 mm. i SINGAPORE TIDES H T. 6 01 pjn. 8.0 ft. 1...T. 11.45 morning45 words
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