The Singapore Free Press, 30 January 1948
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Title Section18 1948-01-30 1 The Singapore Free Press LARGEST AFTERNOON SALE IN MALAYA 170-4 SINGAPORE, FRIDAY, JANUARY 30, 1948 PRICE 111 (EMS18 words
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Article, Illustration388 1948-01-30 1 EMPIRE TARIFF CUTS UNDER FIRE Arab* stole a mail van m Haipa, put a bomb m it, and parked it behind a Jewish bus-stop. When the bomb exploded it damaged buses, cars, and shops, killing seven people, including a British civilian, and injured thirty-six. The incident took place near the388 words
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54 1948-01-30 1 Early arrests expected in payroll theft I Frw Press SUfl Reporter lINGAPORE police are conductirg a t>^ learch for a EuraI $11,000 Ktiward of Medicine at I tarly I I L-v Of 1 C hee |r lit tO t the I n en- tray containing pay :o a large handHuat54 words
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Article25 1948-01-30 1 I" m Govern- with nons ninns, WjSmnu, the I mi deputation ir. Cape- tterday Gen. feral -hat he mas: anxious conferer.ee25 words
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Article226 1948-01-30 1 SAIGON, Thursday. 'FHE French High Commissioner for Indo-China x M. Emile Bollaret, stated today m a Press conference at Saigon that the French Government had decided "definitely to rule out any future discussion with the so-called Ho Chi Minh (the insurgent Vietnam) Government and theReuter - 226 words
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213 1948-01-30 1 LONDON, Thursday. T*HE British Government had "very much m mind" not only the interests of Britain m the disposal of its natural rubber stockpile to the I'tiitetl States but the interests of Malayan producers as well, the President of the Board of Trade, Mr. HaroldReuter - 213 words
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147 1948-01-30 1 /"IENERAL Percival's Malayan vf dispatches, to be published m the middle of February. will provide a final crushing ftllitwer to critics of the defenders of both Hong Kong and .Singapore, predicts the U.P. London bureau. Official reports so far tend to blame ineffective147 words
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Article40 1948-01-30 1 A typhoon, which hit Kcunion Island, east 01 Madagascar m thy Indian Ocea..i, on Monday night, killed more than 100 persons. ProDerty damage, mostly to su^ar plantations, was estimated at more than 1,000,000,000 francs.- A. P.A.P. - 40 words
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Article38 1948-01-30 1 The President Polk will be c ailing at Singapore, with a umber of globe -gird ling Americans, including Mr. J. G. Roberts, crude rubber manager of the Firestone Tire Rubber Co., who is disembarking m Singapore38 words
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Article34 1948-01-30 1 Two men. each carrying a hand-grenade, were arrested at Amritsar yesterday at a public meeting addressed by India's Premier. Jawaharlal Nehru, who is on a 24 -hour visit to East Punjab.— Reuter.34 words
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Article21 1948-01-30 1 Guerrilla fighting flared up on eight widely-scattered noints m Greece yesterday. Semi-official reports said the rebels were attacking villages21 words
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Article195 1948-01-30 1 ARABS SAY THEY FACE 42,000 JEWS T JERUSALEM, Thursday. HE "Supremo" of the Arab forces m Palestine. Faw-J^-Kaukji. today issued his first Order of the Day" from the guerrilla headquarters •somewhere m Palestine warning his men tha-t, they should be prepared to meet about 42,000 armed Jews of whom 2.500Reuter; A.P. - 195 words
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Article51 1948-01-30 1 TRADERS believe the world rice situation is easing rapidly. Most Far Eastern countries have the best rice crops since the war and need less wheat. In the three normal exporting countries, Burma Siam and French IndoChtna.— the rice crops this season aggregate about 80.000.000 bushels above last51 words
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Article30 1948-01-30 1 A Chinese who fell from a moving lurry at the junction of Eu Tong Sen Street and New Bridge Road yesterday afternoon died later m the General Hospital.30 words
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Article44 1948-01-30 1 THE death took place m Singapore after a short illness of Mr. Cyril P. Woodford, a member of the staff of the Anglo-Chinese School for nearly 30 years. The funeral will take placthis afternoon at 4.30 at Bidadarl cemetery.44 words
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Article142 1948-01-30 1 LONDON, Thursday. EXPERIMENTS recently made with mosquitoes and monkeys have yielded convincing evidence that malaria may be totally eradicated before it gives rise to any symptoms of ill -health, the British Medical Journal stated today. The experiments filled the gap which remained m medical knowledge forReuter - 142 words
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Article314 1948-01-30 1 India rejects UN resolutions NEW YORK, Thursday. T»IIE Security Council's resolutions on the Kashmir x problem, as put forward by the President tonight, are not acceptable to India, the Council was told at the close of its meeting tonight. Earlier there had been optimism, with the prospect of decisive roundReuter - 314 words
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Article, Illustration205 1948-01-30 1 RAIN HIGH TIDE CA USE FLOODING Free Press Staff Reporter pLOODS inundated low-lying sections of Singapore yesterday and again this morning as the heaviest rain since Jan. 6 drenched the town at irregular intervals. With the exception of March and December 1947, January has been the wettest munth since the205 words
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Article90 1948-01-30 1 PARIS, Thursday. IyHE unhappiest persons m France today were fire armed bandits who yesterday held up a lorry carry' my the weekly payroll to the head offices of the Paris underground railway. The bandits got away with 4,000,000 francs but, as most of the money was m90 words
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94 1948-01-30 1 Aid for Europe 'short by $1,000 million' WASHINGTON, Thurs. THE World Bank President. ::r. Jc!h n J McCloy, said today that this organisation believes the Truman administration has underestimated Europe's needs for the first 15 months ol the Marshall Plan by about $1,000,000,000. "Flt from being txtravapaoit, the adminlstrauon estimate94 words
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158 1948-01-30 1 PARIS. Thursday. 4FTER securing additional >n Socialist support for the Governments free gold mar- ket. M. Schuman ran into new difficulties tonight when the Assembly Finance CommisSiOK voted against a decree which would withdraw from circulation 330.000 million traces w^rth of 5.000 franc158 words
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Article27 1948-01-30 1 TWO Chinese armed witb parangs raided a Chines* house m Parbury Avenue. Btli mile Siglap. early yesterday morning, and took $145 and 19 1 fowls.27 words
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Advertisement91 1948-01-30 1 akgjkagj X Xk WANDER ST LTD. >. 7 Incorporated m England I^By iCaJpF SINGAPORE i^dd these Vitamins to Babys Feed W -v .rfective way to Increase tho (0\ 5 Vlh Utti/n. l^^afjysfeedlfltomu* Vlmaltol* f) C v Una!tc L he mlJ »-hPn add to the feeder. < ln> POMant iuiS ClOua91 words
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Advertisement37 1948-01-30 1 akgahguyha tMade specialty to prevent sore throats Ik 50 *s Air-ri^hi fins Bk 10's Packets JpOk Kasy -Across inner tod (G/BjA »*n<i Cellophane trapping. iSBr Imported from London* England CAR R ERAS ISO YEARS* REPUTATION fOW QUALITY37 words
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Article, Illustration1019 1948-01-30 2 JOHN FISHER - amgkjakgj PARIS. THE white house of 30, Avenue Montaigne, Paris VIIL, smells of perfume. It is also heady with jewellery, pins, rustling skirts, overtime and secrets. The Paris spring dress shows are almost due. and you are now m the house or, perhaps. House1,019 words
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Article, Illustration446 1948-01-30 2 CHINESE GIRLS AD VANCE MODERN minded young Chinese women, determined to improve their lot and reach an educational level equal to that of their British or American counter-parts, are flocking to colleges and universities throughout the country. In most Of the coeducational schools, about one-third of the students this yearReuter - 446 words
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Article235 1948-01-30 2 THE 200 year old Fashion House of Worth killed off the final traces of conservatism m its Spring and Summer Show m London last Wednesday. Jet bugle embroidery curled round short jackets, long gold tassels swung from the belt and neck of a gown, bobbles and tassels danced235 words
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Article285 1948-01-30 2 JOAN CASTLE - JOAN CASTLE By HAVE you ever tried baking bread Sounds just about the last straw, doesn't it, but if you make the dough into delicious dinner rolls for the grown-ups or cinnamon buns for the kiddies, you'll find it easy, fun to do, and most rewarding m Ohs285 words
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Advertisement173 1948-01-30 2 WATCH FOR —^r^ M Koa L.Ac Your Prints To Last Longer GIVE US A TRIAL Orders can now be executed on glossy matt, rough or velyet paper LYON PHOTO CO., €8, North Bridge Road, Singapore A I >ns iirji, voiithful mm I rr*4iJ.'Uun MMMR ■rhii rrttU> > th^l N«*«tM nrrd^173 words
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Advertisement43 1948-01-30 2 kfl iL a lo smoke a Malincc is to s^i% I'iTTi? a new refinement oo W I ;V f ii i _iOiv ot an old pleasure... UO^ s^^ I(i\V x igi Pure excellcn Hi n^x^mSSß^mgr the best Virginia v y' »r V (C^.43 words
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Miscellaneous1175 1948-01-30 2 YOUR LUCKY STAR Fortune forecast for people bom today BORN today, you have tremendous initiative and an incurable curiosity about everything that goes on about you. You ha\ j a keen mind and it is unlikely that this insatiable curiosity will take the form of gossiping. It is more the1,175 words
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Article, Illustration20 1948-01-30 3 Aussie ex-PoWs may recede compensation i .u--i I I I ad- < s I i the lull pritnd if Reuter 11-Reuter - 20 words
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55 1948-01-30 3 I have ever read about," George Buchanan m the ii quest ioned about the widow of Brigadier V. A. I man M nister whe; f 1 was i If I nd 1 I 1 I h the d m ere I the' reeiddy55 words
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Article72 1948-01-30 3 MR. Albert Pirrepoint. British official executioner, arrived m the British of Germany to assist m nn .out of "OperaPontoon" the haneine: ol -l war criminals. ne time this week or early next week, the criminals. y.ho include 16 Gastapo filticials convicted of murd'riv 50 AlliedA.P. - 72 words
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Article123 1948-01-30 3 fMiARGING that more votes were lound m ballot boxes than there are voters m the j d: l Mr. Hsieh Jen-chao. 1 Secrets rv-General of the Shanghai Kuomlntang headHuart t.s up.''#t »np r;dm .ich I had prevailed m China's first election of candidates for theA.P. - 123 words
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Article131 1948-01-30 3 Workman, aflame, saves pals U7ITH overalls aflame Nor- man Mason, 35, of Stamlord Street, Old Trafford. Manchester, ran 50 yards to a fire alarm m Manchtsier, then ran back to the laolory where a fire was raging and disconnected two large gas generators. minutes later, 15 Stretford firemen risked theirReuter - 131 words
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Article155 1948-01-30 3 |>EFUGEES from the Punjab IV riots mostly Sikhs and Hindus, have about taken i over Chandni Chowk, famed street of bazaars m old Delhi, where virtually any article manufactured under the sun may be obtained but the police plan to bring a little order intoA.P. - 155 words
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Article45 1948-01-30 3 Mr. Ali Mohamed, Persian Ambassador to India, who was recently appointed Minister of Roads and Communications m Premier Hakimi's new cabinet, has not accepted the appointment. He has been o fficially permitted to stay m New Delhi as Ambassador. ReuterReuter - 45 words
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Article84 1948-01-30 3 AFTER all othor efforts, including traps set on the advice of the zoological gardens authorities, had failed. Calcutta police enlisted the aid of a trained monkey to catch another monkey which hud been ''terrorising" the resident! of a Calcutta suburb for over a fortnight. The "rogue" monkeyReuter - 84 words
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Article, Illustration396 1948-01-30 3 1 948- year of defeat for guerillas MILITARY experts m Athens are hopeful that the presence of American combat veterans as advisers with the Greek Army would make 1918 the year of victory m the long drawn out campaign against guerilla forces terrorising northern Greece,UP; A.P. - 396 words
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Article152 1948-01-30 3 THE Netherlands East Indies' virtual monopoly of quinine production may be smashed by Soviet scientists, the Russian press has reported, says A.P. from Moscow. Natural quinine is beiiv- 1 produced In Russia from the bark of trees growing m Russian hothouses, according to an announcementA.P. - 152 words
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Article209 1948-01-30 3 ROMANCE of the Skies," first all-emigrant plane to leave London for New Zealand, carried 1*9.250 m fares— the biggest profit -making flight of any air line. Youngest passenger m the Pan-American Clipper was Pamela Moore, four-month-old daughter of a Norwich builder. Her father sold his business209 words
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Article68 1948-01-30 3 I/CONSUMERi /CONSUMER prices throughV 1 out Japan have risen by an average of 200 per cent i during tne past year, accordj ing to the latest survey by the Japanese Government Statistics Bureau. Increase m food prices was (approximately 150 per cent i light68 words
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Article32 1948-01-30 3 Parents of Tottenham am iidmonton. (North Lorndc. 1 ;irls married to American and Ca.nadiains have form an association and 'hc.oe to rfducfd travel rates for tzr visits to i-heir daughters.32 words
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117 1948-01-30 3 CIR Alfred Duff Ccoper, Bri- tain's former Ambassador ki Paris, is going into the film business with Sir Alexander Korda. v will be chairman of a now company now befcig formed for making films tn Franco. He placid to make his permanent Tionv117 words
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Article96 1948-01-30 3 TOM WILSON, a 50-year-old crippled carter, of chapellane. Oakthorpe, Leicestershire, neither smoked nor drank. He iiid m a kitchen cupboard every penny lie earned from a small coal round because he believed if he banked his savings "the Government would tak»> part of thtm." But96 words
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Article69 1948-01-30 3 AUSTRALIA, New Zealand. Tasmania and Egypt have leen invited to send observers o the four-day session of the \ll-Asian peasants conference •>mmencing m Rangoon on \orll 6. the All-Burma Peas<nts Organisation has anmced. The announcement said 34 Mintries were invited to at•nd the conference, which ill discussA.P. - 69 words
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306 1948-01-30 3 RECLAIMED rubber front page news m the United States early m the war, after natural rubber imports were cut off and before synthetic plants got into production has quietly become a bigger business than ever before. A record output of 300,000 tons,UP. - 306 words
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Article34 1948-01-30 3 A Soviet freighter has arrived at the Bulgarian port of Burgas with over 1.000 tons of wheat. Two other Soviet vessels carrying wheat are expected to arrive m a few days. Reuter.34 words
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Article50 1948-01-30 3 The Indian radio-photo services station which transmits photographs and drawings, balance-sheets and documents to the United Kingdom and the United States of America has now been shifted from Kirkee to Bombay. A.P Mr Charles Roy Price has been appointed Britain's Deputy High Commissioner m Australia. He is 54.50 words
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Article199 1948-01-30 3 India seeks trade with Germany GERMANY comes thud In the list of countries with which India is most anxious to build up hor trade relations, Mr. K. V. Ramaswamy, Economic Advis.r to the Indian Military Mission, said m Berlin. Britain and Ireland take first and second place ahead of GermanyReuter - 199 words
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Article62 1948-01-30 3 THE Taiwan Sugar Company announced m Shanghai the completion of a contract s?llin2: 25.000 tons of Tuvuu sugar to Japan. It said delivery irlU oo made at Taiwan from warehouse and SCAP will furnish shipping facilities to remove the cargo to Japan. It is expected thatUP. - 62 words
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Article45 1948-01-30 3 Representative Carroll D. Kearns (Republican, Pennsylvania), has proposed that James C. Petrillo. President of the U.S. Musicians Union, be permuted to collect a special royalty on commercial gramophone records as a solution to his dispute with the recording and rad«n industries.- U.P.U.P. - 45 words
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Miscellaneous19 1948-01-30 3 Gorilla men By Edgar Rice Burroughs i SAB6R-TOOTH SPRAr»6 PCtfWARP V'ILJS^^iJBV VVM LE CTh6<?S i" 1 A P^ "OH19 words
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Article613 1948-01-30 4 IT is to be hoped that delegates to the South East Asia Statistical Conference who have been meet ing m Singapore have extracted something more than cynical amusement from the tale ol Malaya's missing million. For here is a practical demonstration of tho importance of accurate figures.613 words
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Article, Illustration895 1948-01-30 4 m Australia BY A SPECIAL CORRESPONDENT THE Australian Labour Government legislation to nationalise the private trading banks will be challenged m the Federal High Court. It is common belief that if the banks are dissatisfied with the Court's finding they will appeal to the Privy Council. One thing895 words
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Article729 1948-01-30 4 By RICHARD DENMAN, of 4 The Economist n IN a rapidly-chang-ing world there is always a danger of our being either too far behind or too far ahead of the facts. The tendency of military men to prepare for the last war but one is729 words
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Article20 1948-01-30 4 And the orayer of faith shall save the sick, and the Lord shall raise him tin. James 5, 15.20 words
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Article243 1948-01-30 4 EARTH'S BIRTH THEORY GETS $1,000 A CHICAGO scientist who n says that an earthlike planet, "bursting" to smithereens millions of years ago, accounts for virtually all the meteorites which have ever struck the earth, has been awarded a US$l,OOO prize by the American Association for the the Advance of Science.A.P. - 243 words
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Article, Illustration1055 1948-01-30 4 People in Singapore make news A POPULAR mem- ber of the Chinese community m Singapore has announced his intention to stand as an independent candidate for the Legislative Council elections next March. He is Mr. CHEONG HOCK CHYE, .auctioneer and valuer who has been m the business for the past1,055 words
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Advertisement15 1948-01-30 4 #11 v3f Jl al HARNESS |fV"» from P. H. HENUKY 78, North Bridge Road, Spore.15 words
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Advertisement39 1948-01-30 4 Those emp +L) MILK BOTTLES... are restricting supplies to YOU Ifld other customers when you fail to return them to your store. By promptK return ing all empty bottles, you protect yoi own supplies of fresh milk. Inserted by39 words
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Article85 1948-01-30 5 Fret Prrvs Stall Reporter jKTCLB registered m I Singapore has |uK passed he 27,000 b ul onei -.umber od cycles i 1 la use. been fed [or Uv m. -n. rar of Vehicles, ffatto, how ould «*d J f tbj d bf n *he average85 words
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Article242 1948-01-30 5 Free Press Staff Reporter THE British Overseas Airways corporation has started a new air link between Hong Kong and Iwakuni (Japan) via Shanghai. The Corporation is among several commercial firms now licensed by General Mac Arthur's Headquarters to do business m Japan. The new BOAC242 words
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Article, Illustration577 1948-01-30 5 Colonial development plans Researchprogress m Malaya LONDON, Thursday. THE time has come for "a revolution m the methods of food production m the colonies," said Sir Frank Stockdale m an address to the Royal Institute m London. More mechanisation and the widespread use of fertilisers577 words
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Article, Illustration111 1948-01-30 5 Twenty Chinese, three of whom were women, were fined a total of $470 m the Singapore Eighth Police Court, yesterday for gambling m common gaming houses. They were found playing Pai Kow m houses m Sago Street and Smith Street on Wednesday afternoon. Mr. and Mrs. Lee Teck111 words
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Article229 1948-01-30 5 Free Press Staff Reporter THOUSANDS of motor vehicles running m all parts of Malaya with registration numbers foreign to their respective centres of operation, will soon be changing their number plates if the lead being set m Singapore is adopted up-country. In Singapore, steps are being229 words
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411 1948-01-30 5 Comm ission ers reject labour inquiry plan Free Press Staff Reporter OINGAPORE Municipal Commissioners have rejected the recommendation of the Municipal Special Inquiry Committee for the formation of a special Labour Committee from among the Commissioners to deal with questions affecting the general welfare of labourers and to define the411 words
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Article30 1948-01-30 5 In conjunction with Public Relations Department, a cinema show was given at the S.H.B. Boys' Club last night, when about 1.000 saw the film i Lady Fighter.30 words
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Article62 1948-01-30 5 JAIL ROTAN FOR ROBBERY 'PWO young Malays. KasX sim bin Ahmat and HilS-st-Jii bin Samat. were toncfd to three years' rlgcroui imprisonment and six stiokcs of the rotan at Singapore Assizes y rday, Cor attempted robbery. The accused assaulted an Inuian at Fort Cann:ni* on August 13 last year and62 words
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Article120 1948-01-30 5 MORE AIR SERVICES TO JAVA Free Press Staff Reporter FROM next month, Malayan Airways will increase their air services between Singapore and Batavia to two a week on Tuesdays and Fridays. Pianos will return to Singapore the same day. The increase has been necessitated by the demand fOC air passages120 words
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Article108 1948-01-30 5 lOW Choy Khoan, a 53--year-old Chinese, was yesterday sentenced, m th*Singapore Eighth Police Court, to three months' rigorous imprisonment for criminal trespass by entering the Suara wireless station grounds at Naval Base. Low was arrested by Che Naval Police on Jan. 20 at 11.15 pm. after a108 words
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Article61 1948-01-30 5 ARTHUR OTTO FOEHL well-known American zoologist and wild animal collector, has died m thr Singapore Central Hospital alter an operation for acute pancreatitis on Jan 18. He arrived m Singapore at the beginning of January. He was going to Java and Australia to collect orang utans,61 words
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Article130 1948-01-30 5 rE Governor-General, Mr. Malcolm Mac Donald who is at present m London, has ■arranged to meet all Malayan students m Britain who can manage to be present at the Colonial Office on Friday. An informal tea party will be held to enable Mr. Macdonald to meet130 words
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Article97 1948-01-30 5 THE Commissioner of Polioe has authorised the .letting off of fireworks other than sand crackers m Singapore on the following days ard hours during Chinese New Year: Prom 11. JO p a». Feb. 9 to 1.30 a.m. Feb. 10. 5 a.m. to 7 a.m. Feb. 10, 11.3097 words
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Article57 1948-01-30 5 F arouse interest In stamp collecting among schoolchildren, the Singapore Stamp Club has decided to hold a philatelic competition for them during their August holidays. Prizes will be awarded for the best collections. The date for the competition has been fixed for August m order to enable the57 words
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Article176 1948-01-30 5 IF ihe South-East Asia League, which includes Vietnamese, Burmese, Siamese, Indonesians and Filipinos but, to date, no Malayans, does not receive government recognition or support m Siam, it will have to shift its headquarters to Rangoon, officials of the League have indicated. U Ba Swe. Secretary GeneralU.. - 176 words
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Advertisement62 1948-01-30 5 Coloured Bordered TABLE CLOTHS for CORRECT BREAKFAST IK^^^>^Sf* AS SKETCH 52 X 52 $9.50 Each COTTON 52 X 52 $3.75 Each 52 X 68 $5.50 Each 52 X 52 8.50 Each 52 X 70 $10.50 Each 54 X 54 $10.50 Each Rayon Cotton Damask Cloths 54 X 54 $12.50 Each62 words
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Article, Illustration609 1948-01-30 6 A story of 'dogged resistance THE grim drama of the 18 days struggle by British, Indian and Canadian troops to hold back vastly superior Japanese forces which attacked and captured Hong Kong, fn December, 1941, has been told for the first time. TheReuter; A.P. - 609 words
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128 1948-01-30 6 jN the beautiful grounds of aci "historic mansion at Benington (Herts), whire jousting and bear-baiting once took place. 30 han^y boys and pirls ar^ playing crimes of make believe. But next week the grounds will be deserted, for the ron.ajt.ce and adventure will128 words
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Article106 1948-01-30 6 THE Minister of Food. Mr. John Strachey. told the House of Commons that he hoped. Britain would by able to sign contracts! "shortly" tor Danish butter and bacon. The negotiationswere suspended last week aftter a dispute concerning the amount of steel and coal Britain could supply Denmark.A.P. - 106 words
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Article85 1948-01-30 6 THE Indian Minister for Relief and Rehabilitation Mr. K. C. Neogy, said at the opening session of the Indian Parliament m New Delhi that nearly 100,000 Hindus and Sikhs were not accounted for In the west Punjab State of Bahawalpur. Three people were killed andReuter - 85 words
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Article164 1948-01-30 6 'Albatross must be protected' "V^OTHING m the Held of li natural history la more worthy of the best public nroicction than the Royal Aibatross colony on Ot:r»o P< sula". said Dr. Rol rphy of the American Must urn of Natural History, New York who is visiting New Zealand. Mr. Murphy,AP - 164 words
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Article247 1948-01-30 6 MAJOR-GEN. Maltby wrote: "The defence of the colony were on a limited scale, with the object of denying the harbour to an enemy rather than retaining it for the use of our fleet. "This object, combined with the forces available, necessitated a plan to defend the islandReuter - 247 words
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Article83 1948-01-30 6 TALK 6 are unaer way be- tvecn UIC Egyptian Governm at and the British Embassy on the early evaouatlon ot Poli.^h and Yugoslav troops now encamped with British troops m the Sul-z Canal lone, an Egyptian WOt ign Mm stry source said yeatexday. The Egyptian GovernmentA.P. - 83 words
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Article34 1948-01-30 6 Orviilo Wright* 76-year-old co-inventor of tn? airplane, suffered another heart attack at his laboratory office on Tuesday ar.r was t iken to hospital Wright suflfr~d a similar attack last October. A .P.A.P. - 34 words
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Article23 1948-01-30 6 Rent allowances for London policemoin have been loewa#cd by order of the Home Office, which recemmods prouortionat, tnereacet for provincial forces.23 words
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Article93 1948-01-30 6 CCOTLAND YARD se«nicr detectives are investigating he thieft of several articl?.-; f .'in the apartn^nt of Col I. GorahJiov, Soviet Military! v\d Air Attacho, mi n Addis* r.- road, Konsinßton, London The full value of the procmv is not yet known The thieves entered the93 words
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Article195 1948-01-30 6 gangs run loose every night at Dagenham. the Essex motor Works town, which was called "an area of vice" by a father m a London police court. The father, whose 13-year-old son and three other youths admitted stealing racing pigeons worth nearly £200,195 words
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87 1948-01-30 6 AMNESTY FOR P.I. QUISLINGS ATTACKED FORMER U.S. Secretary of Interior Harold L. Ickes has criticised President Koxas' action concerning a proposed grant of amnesty to a group of Filipinos accused of treason during the Japanese occupation. Mr. Ickes said he had always felt that, as a collaborationist with the Japanese,A.P. - 87 words
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Article63 1948-01-30 6 fiLORIA Caballero, Calitor\J nia-born night club hostess, and Ricardo Parulan. a Manila gangster, were sentenced to death m the electric chair by the City Court for the kidnap and murder of Arthur Lee. a Chinese millionaire. Crisanto Santos, an accomplice of Parulan. received an indeterminate63 words
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Article19 1948-01-30 6 £150,000 worth of wines ar to be imported into Britain from the French -occupied zone of Germany.19 words
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Article38 1948-01-30 6 Mrs. Elizabeth Freeman, of Marsh am -street. Westmiiuter wife of Mr. Johci Freeman' Parliamentary Secrcury" Mil stry of Supply. was QTanted a decre^ nisi m the Divorce Court, alleging adult?ry. Her peti'.lm was midffe nded38 words
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Article23 1948-01-30 6 A financial aiid economic mission, headed by Sir Joha Wise, former Burma Government official, leaves En^lund Brazil an Feb. 7.23 words
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Article78 1948-01-30 6 'Truce terms tavour Dutch' T HI the J h< n the tv and r m W a S3 m an cdi .rial have no re-established themS* Java and Sumatra.' u?J tonal >nd l^* they T '-ranee ba, nay be wit Violent on to rule In was n appeared vanish .'7Reuter - 78 words
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Article45 1948-01-30 6 WORLE WHEAT CONFERENCE DELEQAI over national wheai the next 40-notion conference a Waahingfc n, but it wup^ buble that two of the wi largest producers, to sin and not show up although iwli Along with PoUni Ca monv. advancing m an attempt tc ordinal policies.-*45 words
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Article33 1948-01-30 6 Pri Una haa n ceived 1.400 W of tho b spirit from Ci President Peronsenta' turn i uaMe hors&' cludinu one of his octsj mounts, and three pw*-* le. A. P.A.P. - 33 words
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Article65 1948-01-30 6 THE arrival shortly of the Amerir.tn fled Australia is expected to brine about juvenile delinquency, said the Dtbenhafli M| P magistrate at a Paramatta children's t ourt. He made the remark ;ifler noting th.it s girl before the court had ISA." Uttoed on f* rU.P. - 65 words
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Advertisement198 1948-01-30 6 CAPITOL Air-Cooled Phone 5159 I TO-DAY I ONLY THREE PERFORMANCES 11 .10 p.m.— s p.M tH pm. IftflNF" U U 1\ Ju WLh WITH THE IP WIND aU^ M.G.M.S Masterpiece Release m TECHNICOLOR Btarrtei CLABX r.ABi.K VIVIKN I.KICH 1 KSMK HOWARD OH VI A il H AMI. I- AND ADMISSION198 words
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Advertisement58 1948-01-30 6 You VV7// Spend A Pleasant Eomninft LX PHONE bQO3 Opens Today 4 Shows I fif A l m s\\ 'i^ JJ\ nAES LEV£Y I] OE CORDOVA PATRICK HEW ORLEANS" I LOUIS ARMSTRONG HIS BANO f wrt Bit L£ HOLIDAY WX)OY HERMAN HIS ORCHtSTRft L, Ori lM -*-r-' j ''•""'M N58 words
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Miscellaneous58 1948-01-30 6 JANt Exclusive to the Singapore Free Press m Malaya YOU /l HOPE SO-> /ID BEGUN To DOU&t\ IXanO MOW LONg\ I KIT SEEMS LIKE A LIFETIME '-A HUMAN I ARE YOU? > «T, MISS'-i'm WHAT W HAVE YOU BEEN A A T»K)iS!hT IT WAS A CIWHv' JC^r^^ /^OC N )V™E58 words
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Article, Illustration697 1948-01-30 7 PE NANG WINNERS TO SCORE AT IPOH an 'o gain It n ure Syd- pole m a prac--1 h c 12 No Regrets looks best prospect Free Press Racing Correspondent \JO Regrets, John BuJl and Sylvan Lass, three recent winners m Penang, stand out as the best each way wagers697 words
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256 1948-01-30 7 Trinidad bat 5 hours for 1 92 for 3 rpHE M.C.C. bowh-d and 1 fielded so skilfully at Port Spain. Trinidad, yesterday m tropical sunshine that m five hours Trinidad scored only 192 for three wickets on the gpening day of their match. Twenty-seven-year-old Andy Ganteuume stayed all day for256 words
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Article30 1948-01-30 7 At the annual meeting of the Singapore Cricket Club Cricket Section last night. J. B. Leckie wa6 elected captain for the current year and R. S. TufneU vice-captain.30 words
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Article16 1948-01-30 7 G PHABKAH tadUn iho has iblcs him ther red two V 8 ReuterReuter - 16 words
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Article668 1948-01-30 7 The full list of weights for tomorrow's races at Ipoh are: Horses Class 3, Div 1, 6 Furs. PLUTO 9.00 0 11 RED TED 8.07 0 10 ASSAIL 8.07 ELEGANT ART 8.07 MERRY MILLER 8 07 4 3 2 KING'S MACE 8.05 0 0 1 DIAMOND EPIC668 words
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Article58 1948-01-30 7 Mr. W. H. Jeanes, Secretary of the Australian Cricket Board of Control, has announced that G. S. Cooper and A. Barlow will be the umpires for the fifth Tost match between Australia and India beginning at Melbourne on Feb. 6. Mr. Cooper comes from South Australia and58 words
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193 1948-01-30 7 FOREIGN challengers for the Grand National. British staplechase classic to be run at Aintree, Liverpool, on Sa- turday, Mar. 20,. have been given plenty of weight to i carry m the race by handi- capper D. G. Sheppard. American Paul Mellon's Caddie 11, winner193 words
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Article, Illustration148 1948-01-30 7 7>ns photograph uas taken when the May/air Badminton Party celebrated its 16th anniversary th a dint *er at the Happy World on Saturday. Seated I (front I to r): Miss Winnie T? n -Mrs. Lim Yew Hock, Mr. Tan Soo Liew (President), Mr. Anthony Pang (Patron), Mr. Johnny148 words
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481 1948-01-30 7 COURTCRAFT - Malayans for All-England badminton COURTCRAFT By MALAYA may compete m the All England Badminton championships this year if finances permit, said Mr. Lim Chuan Geok, President of th e Badminton Association of Malaya, m a special interview yesterdny. "We intend to send the team for the Thomas Cup well m481 words
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Article486 1948-01-30 7 CHINA OL YMPIC XI Free Press Correspondent HOXG KONG, Thursday rE inter-port soccer trials which are he'ng held m Hong Kong during the Chinese New Year holid;i\s will form the basis of selection of China's soccer team to play m the World Olympiad m London486 words
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Article100 1948-01-30 7 MARCEL Ordan, French holder of the European middleweight championship, has signed on for a 10-round match on Feb. 9 with Je:\n Walzack at the Palais des Sports. j Meanwhile, Cerdan's camp 1 announced he was signing for 30 per cent of the gate to meetA.P. - 100 words
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Article36 1948-01-30 7 LEICESTER DEFEAT AIRMEN 11 -0 lEICESTER. outplaying the a Royal Air Force, handed the Airmen's rugby team its first defeat of the season yesterday, winning by eleven points to nil. England selectors watched the match.- A.P.A.P. - 36 words
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Article33 1948-01-30 7 THE Lebanese Olympic Com- mittee has accepted an invitation to participate m the summer Olympics m London. Total number of acceptances has now reached the record figure of 54. A.P.A.P. - 33 words
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Advertisement170 1948-01-30 7 3REAT WORLD ARENA SAT. 3 Ist JAN. 48 at 9 pm. U_LSTAR WRESTLING _B9___H_P^__H_H_MB .-a _9|_^_^_k I 'Ojy 3^_|_^__W' Ul N _rfffil_! s H_ IR B s B_ _B r^^^^^^ ST^ v n.mniv "^4. -Rooking Rirnr IIH or .iO.n >\'H INl_Htlj Vake Place I la Rr ..nslrurtrd Covrrcd Arrna. ''''^9BB3H____EBE_B___B_MH___HH_g____B_i170 words
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Miscellaneous246 1948-01-30 7 F. P. Cr oss word No. 29S HI ~"~THBHBf I L 818 I I 1 1 1 I i pwp^ BHHJ CLUES ACROSS J; Gi S B ei lf c (9) 7 Son g (4 >- 9 Deviate (3). 10 Persevere (6). 12, Measure (4). 13, Fellows 5). 14 Threaten246 words
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Article185 1948-01-30 8 4,000,000 TO STRIKE IN BIZONIA STUTTGART (Germany), I Thursday. AN implied wanning against 7 further strikes uttered today by the American Military Governor. Qen. Lucius D. Clay, was followed tonight by calls by German trade union leaders for a 24-hour general strike on Monday involving 4 000.000 WKyrkers mi the185 words
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Article41 1948-01-30 8 St. Pancras Borough Council m London will hold a reception next month m honour of Mr. V. K. Krishna Menon, High Commissioner for India In London, who, for 10 years, was a Labour Councillor \n the borough.- ReuterReuter - 41 words
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Article343 1948-01-30 8 rH \l>! ks may now import from sterling and "easy currency" areas any goods with the exception of those prohibited or controlled by law, such as arms and deleterious drugs, foods listed as "reserved" by the International Emergency Food Control, and manufactured goods m short343 words
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Article261 1948-01-30 8 Free Press Staff Correspondent KUALA LUMPUR, Thursday. r FHE Controller of Supplies m the Malayan Union, Mr. O. H. R. Beadles, announced today that the Food Control Department will make an extra check on the issue of rice ration cards to trace the disparity between261 words
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Article62 1948-01-30 8 The U.S. Army funeral ship Joseph V. Counally, whose 46 crow men were rescued when the ship caught fire early this month, sank suddenly while berfng towed to New York. Gen. Omar Bradley, whose nomination as U.S. Army Ghter-of-Staff was confirmed by the Senate on Wednesday, will62 words
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Article16 1948-01-30 8 Brilain will go on summer time from March 14 to Oct. 31 A.P.16 words
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115 1948-01-30 8 Armoured cars rescue mayor of Shanghai SHANGHAI, Thursday. MAYOR X C. Wu was manhandled today by a throng of Tungchi National University students protesting against the dismissal of a number of fellow students. He escaped without injury. Mayor Wu was trying to dissuade the students from going to Nanking whereA.P. - 115 words
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Article170 1948-01-30 8 LONDON, Thursday 4 THE Minister of Health, Mr. Aneurin Bevan, m the House of Commons today attacked the plebiscite which the British doctors' leading professional organisation, the British Medical Association is taking on Saturday on whether they should Join the Government's new scheme to make free medicalReuter - 170 words
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Article, Illustration472 1948-01-30 8 BATTLE OF MANCHURIA IN VITAL PHASE Bid to retake key rail town NANKING, Thursday. OPEARHEADED by mechanised units, powerful Nationalist forces stiffened by seaborne reinforcements from Shantung, are rapidly advancing from North China toward the Manchurian railway town of Sinlitum, described as the "gateway to Mukden, which fell to theReuter; A.P.; U.P. - 472 words
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Article104 1948-01-30 8 Continued from Page 1 gered than consolidated the Empire. To say the Geneva agreement weakened these bonds was "fantastic and hysterical Mr. Wilson said the Geneva scheme was an attempt to legislate m advance for buyers market conditions. It would not solve the problems of the world onReuter - 104 words
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Article23 1948-01-30 8 Twelve people were kiljed and at least 3:3 Injured m a tramway disaster at Wuppertal. m the Ruhr, last night.— ReuterReuter - 23 words
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243 1948-01-30 8 U.S. BASE IN LIBYA: 'PLAN IS LEGAL' WASHINGTON, Thursday. THE United States Govern- ment is expected In official circles here to reject the Soviet protest against the U.S. plan to reopen the wartime Amorican-built North African airfield at Mellaha m Libya. Governmen; otlicials here, disclosing that the reply will beU.P. - 243 words
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Article202 1948-01-30 8 NANKING, Thursday A CHINESE naval captain, who loaned his ship to a retired officer friend for use m smuggling between Hong Kong and Canton, and the friend who borrowed the warship but was caught by a naval patrol on the first run, both were shot byA.P. - 202 words
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Article490 1948-01-30 8 London Stock Excham.. PEATURE on the UDdo^S^toSj* was a boom m Italian bonds on the Z2 ment that arrears of interest on sterlin would be paid, says Reuters BnancU] correiT Other sections showing strength urereOilsaS the latter being irregular to higher. Sei, lU dßn£ were490 words
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Article36 1948-01-30 8 The first United States Ambassador to Burma. Mr. Jerome K. Huddle, arrived m Hong Kong on board the President Polk yesterday, en route to Rangoon to take up his new post.- A.P. U.P.A.P.; U.P. - 36 words
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Advertisement132 1948-01-30 8 SALE OF AR.MV I Tenders are invited for the Food^tulls: I LOT. NO. ITEM. SP/33 13.906 Lbs. BISCUITS B SF/36 71.316 Lbs. FLOUR SP/37 1,480 Lbs. CORNFLOIK I SP/38 118.669 Lbs. POTATOFH DI SF/3S 102.9>4 Lbs. VEG. DEHY SF/40 25.458 Lbs. ONIONS DEHY SP/41 4.360 Lbs. YEAST I SP/42 128.000132 words
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Miscellaneous68 1948-01-30 8 WEATHER Rain WEATUEK rrptrt fog the net! 14 hours compiled by the RAF: Cloadjr with Inttrnriitcm rain. Wind: Northerly. > lo 10 m p h. Temperature: Max. 88 dag; mm. 73 <!»•«. Rainfall: 58 6 mm 111 in«'hc*l Relative humidity percentage*: Yesterday 7.30 am 9S; 1.30 p m 73; 7.3068 words
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