The Singapore Free Press, 11 March 1948
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Title Section18 1948-03-11 1 The Singapore Free Press LARGEST AFTERNOON SALE IN MALAYA ITJW SINGAPORE, THURSDAY, MARCH 11, 1948 PRICE 10 CENTS18 words
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Article442 1948-03-11 1 'New chapter for the Army Free Press Staff Reporter THIS morning Singapore greeted the Gurkhas, 1 a vanguard 1,100 strong, of the battalions which will be stationed m Malaya and Singapore. At the dockside to greet them was the Governor, Sir Franklin Gimson, with the G.O.C. of442 words
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Article103 1948-03-11 1 IBAGUIO, Wednesday. US of the non-Asian nations to get full he proposed South-East Asia I.cd today when delegates to the Itnral Organisation Conference the international organisation subtteehad the right to draft a rice group constithe non -Asian nations only mlt membership. -il1 I re103 words
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Article38 1948-03-11 1 The U.S. Secretary of State, Mr. George Marshall. said yesterday that by the end of June, surplus property, to an estimated value of $500,000,000. would have been transferred from the Pacific islands to China.- ReuterReuter - 38 words
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Article26 1948-03-11 1 GGEST BOMB IS TESTED B t *r Ot miAbilt-— was I JK at Muas?e ■^••J-Jt yesterday. ■f, 30 "Plosives. ■^^..Anr.y sc>u?ht to K£th X would A.PA.P - 26 words
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135 1948-03-11 1 NANKING, Wednesday. THE Chinese Government, anticipating United States aid with alternate hope and apprehension, today made known its attitude that any assistance conditional upon special provisions would not be welcomed m Nanking. This attitude was revealed to the Kuomintang's Central Political Council by theReuter - 135 words
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Article169 1948-03-11 1 SARAWAK PLEA IS REJECTED LONDON, Wednesday. A PETITION to King George from 16 anti-cession associations m KuchinK. praying for a revocation ol the cession of Sarawak to the British crown, has been rejected. Mr. William Teeling (Cons) was told this m the Commons today by Mr. David ReesWilliams, Under-Secretary ofReuter - 169 words
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Article79 1948-03-11 1 LONDON, Wednesday. THE latest British military i plane, the 50-seater Handley Page Hastings, left Radlett aerodrome on a 26,000--mile test flight, m which it will visit Malta. Egypt, Pakistan, India, Singapore and Australia. The plane, travelling under tropical conditions, will be j tested during the six-weekReuter - 79 words
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Article35 1948-03-11 1 Five hundred Government machine^uixs and 1,000 rifles were sold to Chinese Communists by the Peiping military armament depot, it was disclosed yesterday. Th* depot commandant and two subordinates have been arrested.- A.P.A.P. - 35 words
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Article225 1948-03-11 1 WORK HARDER OR CHAOS '-CRIPPS T LONDON, Wednesday. HE Chancellor of the Exchequer, Sir Stafford Cripps told the British people tonight that they must produce more or "drift into chaos and darkness." The leader of Britain's recovery drive called for "strength and courage" m a broadcast explaining the government surveyA.P. - 225 words
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Article96 1948-03-11 1 Free Press Staff Reporter CINGAPORE police at dawn today raided a Cummiiigs Street Chinese temple, where they arrested nine Chinese and seized three loaded pistols hidden m the ceiling. Headed by Inspector A. Ratnasingam, of the Central Police Station, the party of armed detectives and plain-96 words
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Article68 1948-03-11 1 LAKE SUCCESS, Wed. INDIA told the Security j Council today that she would not remove troops from Kashmir before the proposed plebiscite on whether the state i is to join India or Pakistan. She would, however, cooperate m any U.N. measures to neutralise the occupationReuter; A.P. - 68 words
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Article152 1948-03-11 1 SENI Pramoj, the Siamese Education Minister, will it is understood, soon be leaving for the southern provinces to investigate Malay complaints and may discuss these grievances with Inche Mahmud Mahiyideen. the Patani Malay leader, who is now reported to be residing m Kelantan. Police Major-Gen.Reuter - 152 words
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Article, Illustration47 1948-03-11 1 RECRUITS FROM THE HILLS picture. A party of young recruits of the Gurkha Rifles, who arrived in Singapore this morning by the troopship Strathnaver. These troops are the vanguard of the main body of 6,500 Gurkhas who have volunteered for service toith the British Army. Free PressFree Press - 47 words
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Article263 1948-03-11 1 UNO AND PALESTINE LONDON, Wednesday. MURMURS of surprise swept the House of Commons today when the Secretary for the Colonies, Mr. Creech Jones, said that the British administration m Palestine was acting on the assumption that the United Nations Commission may not take over the administration263 words
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Article72 1948-03-11 1 LONDON, Wednesday. BRITAIN'S steel production m February set a new record of 15.049,000 tons, it was announced tonight. The British Iron and Steel Institute announced that, for the second successive month, the steel output rate had exceeded the Government's target figure of 14,000,000 tons for thisA.P. - 72 words
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Article66 1948-03-11 1 /^OMMUNIST elements are V* officially believed to be behind the strike of workers of the British-owed Burmah Oil Company, causing a total shutdown of all petrol filling stations m Rangoon and sent the price of petrol soaring m the black market yesterday. Some 1.700 oil workers66 words
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359 1948-03-11 1 Czech envoy asks UNO to stop Soviet NEW YORK, Wednesday. THE Czech United Nations delegate, Mr. Jan Papanek, declaring that "I cannot believe that Masaryk's death was suicide", today formally asked the Security Council to charge Soviet Russia with aggression as a result of the Communist coup m Czechoslovakia. MrU.P.; A.P. - 359 words
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Article34 1948-03-11 1 Five people were taken to hospital yesterday afternoon after a house m Melbourne Grove, Dulwich, London, was demolished by a gas explosion and the front of it blown into the street.- ReuterReuter - 34 words
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Article92 1948-03-11 1 BRUSSELS, Wednesday. WESTERN Europe's proposed uriion agreement, completed m all the essential points at the five-nation talks here today, will be limited to Europe militarily but extended to overseas territories economically, it is believed. Britain, France and the Benelux nations agreed m principle that theReuter; A.P. - 92 words
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Article44 1948-03-11 1 CHINA protested to Russia yesterday that Soviet fighter planes fired on a commercial airliner ovet; south Manchuria on Monday. The Chinese Foreign Office announced the protest was made through the Russian Embassy after a thorough study of the Incident A.P.A.P. - 44 words
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FEATURES
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Article755 1948-03-11 2 A MALAYAN BOOKSHELF BY A SPECIAL CORRESPONDENT "MOT very much ever happened to the Rev. James Woodforde. He did. indeed, very nearly get married once, but hardly much energy m his pursuit of the "sweet tempered" Betsy White. Apart from having mentioned to the lady that he would755 words
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Article250 1948-03-11 2 By PIERRE JEANNERAT pENERALLY speaking VJ illustrated fiction and poetry do not attain the unity that alone ensures harmony within the pages of a book. Serious readers are usually irritated at the Intrusion of the Illustrator's interpretation of the text. A few illustrated books, however, achieve250 words
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Article, Illustration77 1948-03-11 2 Miss Paris 1947 (Jacqueline Donny aged 21) and Britain's "Queen of Queen's (Audrey Smith of Birmingham), are to fly to South Africa where they will meet Miss America and join a panel of judges to choose Miss South Africa. The Los Angeles Press Photographers' Association's programme to help delinquent children77 words
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Article972 1948-03-11 2 Liberty Order MILTON'S DOCTRINE IN VERSE IUILTON wroteb Paradise Lost for all men and not just for Puritans and during the eighteenth century it was very widely enjoyed. Along with the Bible and the Pilgrim's Progress, it was legitimate Sunday reading for the orthodox m England. Simple readers seem to972 words
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Article, Illustration351 1948-03-11 2 PETER QUENNELL reviews new books m U.K. WHEN the century was still young, at a certain pleasantly gardened house m the suburb of St. John's Wood the founder of the London Daily Mail might now and then be observed, his head clasped m his hands, lying face351 words
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Miscellaneous145 1948-03-11 2 YOUR LUCKY STAR Fortune iorecasi lor people born today DOICX today, you are ex- ceptionally industrious and count that moment lost that you are not actively engaged m doing something constructive. You are willing to do a thing over and over again to get perfection. and failure the first time145 words
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Miscellaneous732 1948-03-11 2 CIKiPfIDnDP 1 8.15 Songs from the Shows; 8.30 Connoisseur; 7 March of th« StnK3t\jr\JXLZ» News; 8.40 Men and Th^ir Music; Movies*; 7.30 Folk Song; 7.45 Blue Network 9 Women's Newsletter; 910 Wur- Sports Roundup; 8 World and From 12 90 noon to ZW D jn itrer Interlude; 9.15 Peter Daw-732 words
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Miscellaneous293 1948-03-11 2 Bridge Prolk! TECHNICALLY, North should not pass four clubs, but ti. hor sfd* Tuiner»6* was that about tho Mdd dealer which North did not like Princi- NORTH pally, it was a fc«linf ftEti partner could not support the yJ spades, and that without m ace I 2 m North's h-ind.293 words
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NEWS
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Article189 1948-03-11 3 NEW BILL PROPOSES ■UTM Lorenzo Tanada recently introduced Philippines Congress to clear up the from the Supreme Court decision i tit Krivenk.. rase declaring alien ownershin of >.:• I and commercial lands as a violation of the constitution. fcJ^l Canada bill provides *or189 words
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26 1948-03-11 3 5 years' jail for attacking oung couples penal of 12 pass- Court fa a :ragtnd d or xere rhUc en. Qg the could the I had26 words
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Article23 1948-03-11 3 drew Cana- to o 000 loan still to -dian .plete of ious 000- month Yard. being he bel- Mas-23 words
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Article126 1948-03-11 3 NEW DELHI. Tuesday. A N Indian Army communisaid that 20 i dead Muslims out of 92 killed L as i week wore Pakistan Army badges. It said they were rnerrJbers of the Frontier Force regiment. At the same time the Indian Army announced that garrliU.P.; Reuter - 126 words
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Article29 1948-03-11 3 Wiaston Churchill's memoirs were flown to US. last night m a Pan-American Clipper by Walter Graebner, eoitor of Time' and 'Life', vho paid £250.000 for them.29 words
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Article132 1948-03-11 3 J^ FURTHER worsening of relations between Bri'aln and Egypt is feared by observers here as a result of the Northern Sudan Advisory Council's acceptance today cf proposals by the Sudan Governor- General, Sir Robe-t Howe, for a Sudan Legislative Assembly and Exc -i<e Council. This unanimousReuter; A.P. - 132 words
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Article93 1948-03-11 3 CX- PREMIER \j Saw of v Burma through his counsel Mr. J. F. Salisbury-Havock has notified the Rangoon High Court of his intention to appeal to the Burma Supreme Court against a special bench's decision on Monday condemning him to the gallows. AJ». learns. CourtA. P. - 93 words
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Article78 1948-03-11 3 1N appeal to ihe people of India's Princely states to refrain from political agitation while the Indian Government was negotiating "intricate constitutional problems with the Princes was made by Sardar Patel. the Indian Deputy Premier, m a statement last night. The Indian Government was losingA.P. - 78 words
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159 1948-03-11 3 A USTRALIAN wine export- eri had <the chance of a lifetime" to deTelop the British market if they were wide enough awake to meet the vigorous competition offered by South Africa, the chairman of the London Charterhouse Investment Trust Ltd.. Mr. H. N. Hume, saidReuter - 159 words
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Article32 1948-03-11 3 Mr. Eamon de Valera. who ousted from th^ premiership of Eire, yesterday was mad.' an honorary citizen of New York City, where he was born 65 year« a*n ReuterReuter - 32 words
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Article87 1948-03-11 3 ANEW source of fish supply recently discovered m the Gulf of Aden by British fishery experts is likely to Improve the food position In the Indian sub-continent. The party of fishery experts carried out extensive air observations and while over tine Gull of AdenReuter - 87 words
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Article25 1948-03-11 3 Accompanied by nia wife Manuel A. Alzate, newlyappointed Philippine ConsulOeneral for Australia and New Zealand. Is due to leave by aea te/ th« near future.25 words
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188 1948-03-11 3 THE English system of taxation through the use of stamps is one of the simplest and most practical m the world, declared Senator Vicente Sotto m M ani a int sjd^cing a bill m the Senate designed to adopt the English system ofReuter - 188 words
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Article334 1948-03-11 3 BIG UNEMPLOYMENT IS FEARED Rubber slump hits Ceylon F*c£k£«, v??"u ??"P Io y«" >t Urge aeetioa ot mmm wwmm. nrffL^^ toe heavy fall m, 1 S^VS^ii.^ ESS sa:d many rubber estates may have to be closed down the rubber industry. He pointed out that several S 5 S 8 hadReuter - 334 words
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Article80 1948-03-11 3 'Protect us from U.S. Navy' call NEARLY all the fishermen m the neighbourhood of Trinidad's leased American naval base refused to put to sea because fire was opened from base on one of their boat*. A fisherman, Dominique Den ere. was shot dead. Leaders of the fishermen say: "We want80 words
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Article, Illustration45 1948-03-11 3 Jubilantly Czechoslovakia's Communist Prime Minister, A*r Klement Gottwald (inset), announces to the huge crowd packing Wenceslaus tSn? r X nPraoue the news that the Czech Cabinet has been "solved" and a new Ministry formed. Skilfully staged demonstrations throughout the country marked the swift Communist coup.45 words
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202 1948-03-11 3 Indonesia fighting has taken big toll INDONESIA'S past-war A population is still an official enigma m Batavia. However, those who oug.it to know do concede the frequently published estimate of 70,000.000 people is not far wrong, says Reuter. There has been no official census In the archipelago since 1930. StillReuter - 202 words
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Article65 1948-03-11 3 DETAILS of international! sation of the Ruhr should be worked out by April when the postponed six- power ference reconvenes. Gsn Lucius D. Clay. American Military Governor, announced m Berlin yesterday. Ruhr coal production yesterday reach d 300,000 tons m one day for the firstReuter - 65 words
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Article23 1948-03-11 3 The 45,500 prisoners-of-war— almost all German m the Suez Canal Zone are scheduled to be repatriated by wie end of this year.— A.P.A.P. - 23 words
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Article152 1948-03-11 3 M R William Teeling (Cons.) asked m the House of V\. Commons what was being done about exports destined for China which had been held up m Hong Kongr m the last aix months. He added that China ,2 I^ ltly closed market toReuter - 152 words
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Article45 1948-03-11 3 A PICTURE of Benito Mussolini flashed on the screen started a riot m a Naples theatre. Reports aaid that many applauded as the photograph of t*» dead Duce appeared, and that started the fight. A woman and two men w^ere arrestecL AJ\45 words
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Article32 1948-03-11 3 Although no snow had faUer. an International skiing competition was held n«ar Copenhagen. Deomark, —five railway wagor^ of y»^ sent from Norway being spread ores* the course.32 words
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Article26 1948-03-11 3 About 100 tuberculosis patient* m a sanatorium at Mlto, near Tokio, started a hunger strike on Saturday as a protest against 'insincere" treatment by doctors.— U.P.U.P. - 26 words
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Advertisement80 1948-03-11 3 /W Ao^ 'S THE SECRET OF W SMART APPEARANCE /*^x a I i a MRS SABIME I£VY IV I%> t S Director of '•CAPRICE" Limited fc* 1 \^AJ y from London I li^ f *i\ here m V JMfiD^ tO help >(>U select corr ect (B Wv FOUNDATION GARMENTS g80 words
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Miscellaneous55 1948-03-11 3 T ARZAN Fight tO death By &fear Burroughs p-OhT PO9 L!PE nf*E W S rV^P**** ««AN 6AT>iERED IP MiS «OPE A«O STARTED S4C< m SEAXC* C* h« H THg SlOO^v GORGE W ,f/# r •■>,•" CAKRYING t>« BOY C*OPP«G The WEAPON i^rSs«T I 3E.O^ JU £Z' JEr^ OP TARrAW. 7)C55 words
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584 1948-03-11 4 The Singapore Free Press THURSDAY. MARCH 11, 1948. Dredges and Dollars MALAYAN miners must have noted with some surprise that under the new AngloSoviet trade agreement the United Kingdom has undertaken to supply certain heavy dredging equipment to Russia, while the Malayan tin industry is still very short of this584 words
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Article, Illustration786 1948-03-11 4 JOHN M. HIGHTOWER - JOHN M. HIGHTOWER By A.P. Correspondent RELATIONS between the United States and Russia are expected by American officials to get worse during the next three to six months. After that, according to some of Secretary of State Marshall's advisers relations may improve and within a year or sc there786 words
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Article820 1948-03-11 4 GRAHAM BARROW - GRAHAM BARROW By Reuters' Correspondent DURMA has a very reasonable chance of making a success of her new independence providing the present political unity is maintained, m the opinion of foreign observers m Rangoon. They point out that the Union of Burma's Constitution is a sound one, andReuter - 820 words
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Article, Illustration46 1948-03-11 4 Perruccio Burco. eight-year-old Italian conductor, looks uv from his study of Beethoven's first symphony before going on stage at Carnegie Hall to make his debut m New York City last month. The youngster conducted the orchestra without a score and received the acclaim 0/ the audience.46 words
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Article914 1948-03-11 4 Politico - Politico By PANDIDATES m the Singapore election who have come out m support of the Philippines demand that rice surpluses should be allocated not by the I.E.F.C. m Washington, but m Asia by the deficit countries themselves, would seem not to know what they're talking about.Reuter - 914 words
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Article333 1948-03-11 4 MICE have been immunised against some forms of cancer according to the Lankenav Hospital's Institute for Cancer Research. A human blood test to detect the disease has worked m at least one ease. These developments m fighting the second most deadly disease were reported to theReuter - 333 words
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Article, Illustration47 1948-03-11 4 Across the 200 yards of 'No Mans Land' between Gibraltar anri c Franco there daily swirls stream of Spanish workers to labaLt, ipoin 01 Frw miles of tht strategic British base. A Spanish frontier guar Vn< searches a fiacre as the driver stands alongside! by hit jS47 words
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LOCAL NEWS
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133 1948-03-11 5 Shahrir going back to Java this week CUTAN Shahrir, who yester- day sharply attacked the formation of an N.E.I, interim government without Indonesian Republican membership, at a Singapore press conference, is returning to Indonesia this week. He will aci as setiior adviser to the Republican delegation m renewed negotiations with133 words
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123 1948-03-11 5 R.A.F. to stage 'Thunderflash' exercise AIR Marshal Sir Hugh Lloyd, n C-in-C., Air Command, Par East, will shortly stage a staff exercise at Air Headquarters to study the combined R.A-F. Bomber Command and United States Strategic Air Foroe offensive against Europe, and the growth of air supremacy, from the beginning123 words
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Article137 1948-03-11 5 A YOFVr w i PreS St Hep**** Aih v Who was shot m th thi^h by the police dunnsr an exchange of shots was yesJ?2X*2KS, at the si g^ *j£ Mohamed bin Mydin, the prosecution alleged, fired a gun at a policy party at the junction137 words
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Article69 1948-03-11 5 Free Press Staff Reporter OMART m a new coat ot v white paint, the pre-war Governors' yacht, Sea Belle 11. left Singapore this morning for Cebu, Philippines, to go into inter-island service. Mr. Robert M. Morrison, who purchased the vessel from the Singapore Government for69 words
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Article78 1948-03-11 5 Free Press Staff Reporter MAJOR Keiji Mlzuno, charged with being implicated m the massacre of 177 Chinese at Arab Street between Feb. 18 and 23, 1942, stood silent m the dock when called on to make his defence at a Singapore War Crimes Court yesterday. The78 words
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Article26 1948-03-11 5 The deputy of the Australian member of the U.N. Good Omces Commission, Mr T X Crltchley has arrived back m oatayia from Singapore.26 words
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Article43 1948-03-11 5 Fr £Z.? ress Correspondent KUALA LUMPUR, Wed OF a total of 531 persons reported missing from their homes m the Malayan Union last year, the police succeeded m tracing 279, states the annual report of the Malayan Police.43 words
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Article, Illustration13 1948-03-11 5 m* n^ra^-^ni ft* -^Ported British made "poor gether, including the two va Ives.13 words
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Article55 1948-03-11 5 On behalf of the United Sarawak National Association of Singapore, Mr. Mohamed Kipli, chairman of the^ Association, yesterday sent a cable to the Minister of State, Lord Listowel, at Kuching, stating that the Association has no connection with the anti-cession demonstrations which greeted Lord Listowel55 words
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Article35 1948-03-11 5 The Mercantile Bank of India Ltd., announces that a second and final dividend of 5 per cent, making 10 per cent for the year 1947, has been declared by the Board of Directors.35 words
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Article106 1948-03-11 5 THE ashes of the late Mahatma Gandhi are expected to arrive m Singapore by air from New Delhi on Monday next, according to latest advice reaching here. A spokesman of the Indian Representative m Malaya said that a statement on the arrival of the ashes106 words
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Article, Illustration34 1948-03-11 5 picture. mr. jack Evans, newly-ap-pointed Film Censor for Singapore and the Federation of Malaya, who has taken up his duties this week. He was formerly technical officer to the Malayan Film Unit. Free PressFree Press - 34 words
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147 1948-03-11 5 7-foot 'croc shot at Pasir Panjang AFr«c Press Staff Reporter SEVEN-Foot crocodile m Pandan River, off Pasir whioh a^ J H ng .SaP^ a P° re believed to be one of those which had seized a number of dogs and attacked a fisherman recently, has been shot by Mr UmChuaSl147 words
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Article277 1948-03-11 5 'MORE SCOPE FOR LOCAL TALENT' Free Press Staff Reporter IN a comprehensive election manifesto circulated to t* "l eg^ eTe Voters his constituency, Mr. M A of the Singapore IndLi Muslim tSSZLi V x™™ a^ < ndidat for the Municipal South-west division m the Legislative Council277 words
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Article90 1948-03-11 5 THE Malaya Council of World Affairs will be formally inaugurated as a unit of the Asian Relations Organisation at a general meeting convened ?J Mr J. A. Thivy on March 14 at 5 p.m. at the Malayan Democratic Union Hall. 331 North Bridge Road. Singapore. It90 words
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Article173 1948-03-11 5 'Banana' notes still have a use Free Press Staff Reporter JAPANESE "banana" J notes still have a use m Singapore. Latest ruse of tricksters is to paste one half of a $1 "banana" note to a corresponding half of a post-war Malayan $1. The finished job passes muster as a173 words
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Article88 1948-03-11 5 JJEW time regulations are to 11 be enforced m Indonesia from May l. slates the Netherlands Consulate-General m Singapore. Trie official tin for Sumatra, the Rhio ArchipUatro, Banka and th e islands along Sumatra"s w-st --coast will bo Greenwich Mean Time plus 7 hours; Borneo, Billiton,88 words
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39 1948-03-11 5 Mr S. N. Kiner. M.C.S.. Resident Commissioner. Penan" has resigned as an Official Member of both the Federal Executive and Federal Legislative Councils. His resignation has b?en accented by the High Commissioner. Sir Edward Gent.39 words
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Article21 1948-03-11 5 -indred and thir- anniversary Sri Ramakrishna "ated at the Miss. 9 Norris Road, I "Wore o n F:. March21 words
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Article411 1948-03-11 5 MORE PUBLICITY FOR CITY AFFAIRS Mr. Rayman issues new directive WITH +v- F T e t, ress Staff m!J?^ shortly of a new Singapore elected mS ConunisBio^ consisting partly of M^in^ r and he eater P ubl^ interest m SS C p tIV r i tl^ which wiU follow, the411 words
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Article, Illustration49 1948-03-11 5 picture. fi/Carrick Bend, now m Singapore harbour, is one of w refrigerator ships whose purchase from the US c commission is at present being negotiated by m Everett Steamship Corporation of Manila The vessels ntinue to ply oetween Burma, Malaya. Siam tw* O^g coast and the Philippines, Free PressFree Press - 49 words
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Article153 1948-03-11 5 ..PROFESSOR SILCOCK mnm efforts, without any impossibly hig-h anything tliat is not readily pilable. m i""ld j. r <> a long way toward wiping out Singapore," says Professor T. H. pkock. rWcMor of Economics at Raffles College. The difficulty is not lack of teachers or lack153 words
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Article, Illustration48 1948-03-11 5 picture. Mr. G. W. Davis, the new Deputy Commissioner of Labour, Singapore. Mr. Davis, who was formerly Deputy Commissioner of Labour in Negri SembUan, recently returned from leave in the U.K. He succeeds Mr. R. H. Oakeley, who has already sailed for Britain in the Canton. Free PressFree Press - 48 words
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Article20 1948-03-11 6 Japaneae coal miners will receive special sugar and cigarette rations if they achieve their March goal of 5,728.000 tons.- ReuterReuter - 20 words
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Article388 1948-03-11 6 MORE TERRIBLE BOMBS SOON New atomic discovery BERKELEY, (Calif,) Wednesday, MESONS, the atomic particles which may lead science into a great new domain of atomic energy, have been produced iiTthe laboratory for the first time by the University of California s giant cyclotron. The meson offers the hope of pointingA.P. - 388 words
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Article195 1948-03-11 6 Tumour makes boy a hercules AN eight-year-old boy, Patrick Roberts, who had become "an infant Hercules" is being restored lo childhood by Sydney doctors, m the Children's Hospital, Sydney. He was changed from boy to man by a tumou: pressing on the gland, which controls growth. Hi height remained normal,195 words
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Article189 1948-03-11 6 An atomsplitter for Oxford NEW inroads into the field of atomic re search is planned at Oxford University with the aid of new type of atomsplitting "betatron," which has just been delivered to the University. The first betatron was produced by the General Electric Company m the United States. BritishReuter - 189 words
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Article81 1948-03-11 6 THE War Office called m Scotland Yard on Tuesday when a man repeatedly telephoned from the city demanding to speak to Mr. Shinwell. the War Secretary. The call was traced to an address m Middle Temple Lane, where a man was found still telephoning whenReuter - 81 words
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Article24 1948-03-11 6 The draft of a treaty of friendship between Britain and Italy is being studied m Rome and inter-government discussions will begin shortly.24 words
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Article192 1948-03-11 6 ITALY has declared her readiness to accept trustee--1 ship for Libya with the sole aim of preparing her for independence. In a note to the Foreign Ministers Deputies m London, the Italian Government said it "considers sympathetically" the rebirttt of the Arab States mReuter - 192 words
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Article113 1948-03-11 6 WHILE Melbourne police were searching for Norman Peden, 18. and Rosemary Labrum. 17. they were safe locked m the vault of the Collins Street branch of the Bank of Australasia. Employees of the bank, the two took a number of books to the vault, theReuter - 113 words
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Article217 1948-03-11 6 UNIONISTS CONFER ON RECOVERY DIVISIONS within the International Trade Union movement must not prevent those who could agree from walking together on the patn to European recovery, the British chairman, Miss Florence Hancock, told the International Trade Union conference on the Marshall Plan m London. Miss Hancock, who is chairmanReuter - 217 words
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Article, Illustration80 1948-03-11 6 A one-man submarine, designed by the Italian engineer Alberto Vassena for scientific research below water level and to assist with salvage work, is here seen during final tests on Lake Como. Vassena has designed three submarines. The jirst iros reqvisitioned by the Germans the second was impounded by the Allies.80 words
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Article117 1948-03-11 6 THE Jewish Agency has cabled its representatives to propose to the United Nations that a 32-member Jewish Council of Government be formed for Palestine's Jewish area, under the United Nations agreement Tor the formation of such a council. The Agency's recommendation was that the Council should includeA.P. - 117 words
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Article29 1948-03-11 6 PANADA, la returning to Bri- tain the 14,000-ton airoraft carrier Warrior, borrowed m 1946, and is taking over permanently a sister ship, Magnificent recently completed at Belfast.29 words
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Article61 1948-03-11 6 rpHE Siamese Ministry of JL Interior is considering appointing an Englishman to reform the Ban^kruk fire brigade. The man who may get the Job is W. H. Hardie. fire protection officer of tfrue British Overseas Airways Corporation. A plan to spend between 5,000,000 and 10,000,000 ticaisA.P. - 61 words
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Article55 1948-03-11 6 TWENTY- EIGHT papers Japanese scientists will be read at the International Congress of the Union ol Geodesy and Geophysics t be held from Auk. 17 to 20 at Oslo. Norway. "These papers will man available to the world important Japanese advances maae 1939 rial stated. T rsReuter - 55 words
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Article35 1948-03-11 6 A NOTHER two tons of mei\dical supplies sent thl the International Red Cross arrived by plane m J Monday from Singapore. Accompanying the goods were two International Red Cross representatives from Singapore.35 words
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Article197 1948-03-11 6 THIRTY-NINE sailors of the four-masted m Pamir, which thousands of Londoners J visited since she has been m Shadweaj* are waiting for a cargo. Every day they fill m the time repairing sails and cleaning, waiting for a sailing date on the return London197 words
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Article109 1948-03-11 6 Good news for U.K. travelers j> ""BUJIUN^ I »0 tons of coal saw 9 I The announce >v -y.H| -nisterofT^B m the House of Cora«M that restrictions on nZfl rail travel are coalnTiß •'the British TnsM port Commission car. i>:uM with rammer scheduiei^H A number of orc-MfiwJ on regular schedules109 words
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Article14 1948-03-11 6 IMU C--<nam I by the Ciai IJ united b'.aies.- ReuterReuter - 14 words
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Article19 1948-03-11 6 About 20.000 acn I m the United ProaJ be brought IB I within th< 1 ReuterReuter - 19 words
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Article33 1948-03-11 6 MELBCOtf THE Australian Antf 1 tor. Mr. C. CBJJ "MS Commonweal^ ewjjj Earlier today immigration Itogy Australians wojld allowed to W wives home. ma rria^'^ Shinto mama. at ReuterReuter - 33 words
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Advertisement139 1948-03-11 6 Simultaneous World Wide Premiere "TIVOLI" LONDON "BROADWAY" NEW YORK phone: bqO3 SINGAPORE Opens Today 4 Shows I 30 4 6 30 9.30 p.m. V (KILUIIMT) Honcv tolurc a ■K| killer who loved if beautiful girls... to death! awn sno«BaG m. •■oiac SANDERS iucilh BALL cHAtusCOBURN eo.sKARLOFF r^— HINT STKOMIER6 REX,139 words
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Advertisement131 1948-03-11 6 DOROTHY MORRKLL (Mrs. Danvtrs) I "REBECCA" Daphne dv Maarier A STAGE CLUB PRODUCTION TO-NIGHT TO-MORROW at 8.45 p.m. Sat., March 13th at 6.15 p.m. S.mU $1.00 to $3.00 at Robinsons Tel. 5894 Ex. 4 or nightly at Theatre Tel. 6826 BOOK NOW I CAPITOL I Air-Cooled Phone 515!) I DAILY131 words
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Miscellaneous9 1948-03-11 6 JANE Exclusive to the Singapore Free Press m Malaxa9 words
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Article260 1948-03-11 7 ROSEWELL'S BOY WORKS WELL Impressive Gallop FROM EPSOM JEEP KUALA LUMPUR, Thursday. r r<;T workout oil the Kuala Lumpur track this monvng «a> a mile trial by Rosewell's Boy and and P rix ]1 Ko ewells B °y drew away at the turn Lhome and won the gallop by two260 words
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Article45 1948-03-11 7 WnWjJ. Wednesday. HEN the Australian Z*^ I toured N«w J™, dW without The countries comprising hav e now officially recognised the £ur so that the New Zea! fk y Vellin t <>n m March of match, the first between these countries.— Renter.45 words
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Article74 1948-03-11 7 IX)NDON. Thursday AMERICA'S official team for the Wimbledon Tennis c am P °nship beginning on June 21 is likely to be Gardner Munoy, Frank PaAcer. Mrs Margaret. Osborne. DvPont, Mrs. Pat Todd, Miss Louise Brough and Miss Doris F^ii OfflcUls of the AllEnglish lawn tennis club74 words
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Article54 1948-03-11 7 E Hartford Connecticut. Wed. DDIE DUMASEL, 125 pounds rt °F« C S rdlff Wales knocked out Felix Rogers 122 pounds iS2i e Rice last ni nt with a left hook to the stomach after one minute 20 seconds or the first round of a scheduledA.P. - 54 words
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Article471 1948-03-11 7 By COURTCRAFT QEVERAL new names m Malayan tennis have their way into the concluding stages of the Singapore Lawn Tennis Association Indoor championships now being held at the Happy World Among them are W. H. D. Bartlett an Austra lian who has played m first471 words
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Article, Illustration11 1948-03-11 7 picture. An theT "^^U'cff^lg oOa kee er "x"""* S. and G.S. and G. - 11 words
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Article286 1948-03-11 7 Bong Soo wins hard game LIM Bong Soo, for six successive pre-war years Singapore singles champion, and Wee Eng Lock beat A. G. B. Pakir and S. A. Dawood 6-3, 12-14. 6-2 m a long hardfought match at the Happy World stadium last night. In the second set Pakir and286 words
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Article55 1948-03-11 7 The following will represent KoUi Raja Club against Kranjl Naval Wireless at Victoria School Ground to-morrow at 5.15 p.m., In a friendly game of soccer and on Saturday at Pulau Brani against Pulau Brani Sports Club. Jaafarrithwan: Jabbar; Abdulrahman (Captain); OmarsaUeh* Harith; Disan; Halim; Sharifmadon; Hajlgrahan Kham55 words
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Article129 1948-03-11 7 NATIONAL FINAL ACCEPTORS LONDON. Wednesday. w il acceptors, 46 m all. 1: Grind National tree, Liverfcoi.onMar. 20. together with 1 ire as follows: at 12 2. Happ. feme 11 10 Rowland Roy 11.8, j '.11 T, Roi■BDd 11 t. BU?er Fame us, -6. Halcyon Hours 1 4, BriR'urrmunt'nt 112 FaithReuter - 129 words
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Article39 1948-03-11 7 FERRIER ol Australia w? ecofl of von the Sw u M:ami -nternaj»rour ball golf tournaS?V? *th hole. ffnf n eated Ellesworth *or D.nv.r Cr>lorado. mtfp? Slar and Ed Michigan. $1,250 B* v TO winners. green 36th BVWSS39 words
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Article200 1948-03-11 7 T»HE Tiger Sporting Association beat GHQ Signals x by four goals to nil m the S.A.F.A. first division league match played at the Jalan Besar Stadium yesterday. At the interval the Tigers led three-nil. Pak Tong. the Tigers' goalkeeper, checked many good efforts by200 words
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Article30 1948-03-11 7 WOLVERHAMPTON, Wed. SO well-matched were the Army and Royal Air Force soccer teams m the inter-ser-vices match here today that no goals were scored.— ReuterReuter - 30 words
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Article164 1948-03-11 7 LONDON. Wednesday. JHE Cambridge University boat race crew rowed its first full course trial from Putney to Mortlake— four and a half miles— in 19 minutes 50 seconds today. The annual race against Oxford is to be rowed on Saturday, Mar. 27. In Ideal conditions the CambridgeA.P. - 164 words
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Article, Illustration14 1948-03-11 7 features. Siif/ 1 H ark Ran^ rs Goalkeeper^' Allen, goes up for a MirrowMirrow - 14 words
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Article404 1948-03-11 7 r By ARCHIE QUICK O years ago Derby County bought the England goalkeeper Vie. Woodley from Chelsea and m a week or two he Had won a Cup Final medal History can repeat itself with Jock Wallace, whom Derby bought from Blackpool a week or404 words
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Article85 1948-03-11 7 LONDON. Wednesday. THE final acceptors for the Liverpool Spring cup, to be run over one mile and a quarter and 170 yards, at Liverpool on Friday, were announced today as follows: (With weights) Diesel 9.4, Sturaat 9.3. Bride Path 9.2, Kilbelin 8.13, Dancing Flame 8.13, KlnsaleReuter - 85 words
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Article227 1948-03-11 7 Wales Win 2-nil WREXHAM, WALES, WED WALES beat Ireland by two ff goals to nil before a capacity crowd of 32,000 here today, and now stand a chance of winning the international soccer championship. If England loses to Scotland at Hampden Park Glasgow, on April 10, Wales will carry offReuter - 227 words
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Article153 1948-03-11 7 At the sixteenth annual gene* ral meeting of the Useful Badminton Party, the following wenelected office-bearers for the ensuing year: Patrons: Mr. Wong Tet Conri. Mr. Yeo Thiam Teck, Dr. C. J. Poh. M.8.E., Mr. Lee Song Chua. President. Mr. Ong Say Yco (re-elected). Vice-Presidents: Mr. S. R.153 words
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Article28 1948-03-11 7 LONDON. Wednesday. Home rugby union matches resulted: Berkshire 16 Dorset and Wiltshire 20. Abertillery 0 Newport 3. Glasgow University 16 Durham University 6, Crumlin 0 Crosskeys 0. ReuterReuter - 28 words
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Advertisement51 1948-03-11 7 tid you use MACLEANS to-day HOLL AND SHIPPING AGENCY :*> Freight Forwarders. Travel Service. tUEM «NE EXPEDITIT_ mTcHEEPSZAKEB van r p^ ransporteeen Embalh eren tevens asters en Handelsgoedere.i. Vracht v -^urani" Overscnee P-en DoorvocrlandL hi s en Bagagc-verzekeringen.— r mvi afdoening van zaken MMIMUM kotten^ I X« ad Phone Mlos51 words
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Miscellaneous90 1948-03-11 7 SPORTS DIARY FOR TODAY SOCCER: S.A.F.A. League, Dlt. I— Malays v. R.A.F. Seletar. Jalan Besar Stadium. 5 p.m.; S.C.F.A. Inter-district League. "B": MeKenrie Road v. Jellicoe Road, Geylang Stadium, 5 p.m.; Christian Brothers Old Boys v. St. Joseph's Institution, S.J.I. ground, 5 p.m. TENNIS: S.L.T.A. Indoor Championships, Happy World Stadium,90 words
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154 1948-03-11 8 6 nations say 'get out of Americas' RIO DE JANEIRO. Wednesday. pUATEMALA'S call for all-American discussion of a proposal to eliminate foreign colonies m the New World has been approved by six other Western Hemisphere nations, according to the Guatemalan Ambassador m Brazil. He ac:nDunced that Argentina, Chile, Haiti, Honduras,Reuter; U.P. - 154 words
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Article, Illustration49 1948-03-11 8 In Dorset, as well as every other county m England, the Shire horse plays an important part m farm routine. This mare is wearing anti-fly ear -caps. The wheel base of all farm carts m the Southern counties is determined by the width of the old Roman tracks.49 words
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Article, Illustration505 1948-03-11 8 CZECH LEASER'S SUICIDE PRAGUE, Wednesday. f^R. Jan Mas.irjk, 61 -year-old Czech Foreign 1J Minister, who jumped to his death from a window early today, is to be given a state funeral on Saturday with full military honours. He will be buried at I. any beside hisReuter; A.P.,; UP. - 505 words
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Article55 1948-03-11 8 THE Executive committee of 1 the International Tin Study Group met yesterday m Brussels. A The delegation representing the United States. Britain France, Bolivia. Holland and Belgium drafted a schedul? for discussing tin production and consulting. The delegates also made arrangements to hold another conf?rence mA.P. - 55 words
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Article303 1948-03-11 8 LONDON, Wednesday. IN a hushed House of Commons today Mr. Ernest Bevin, the Foreign Secretary, paid a tribute to the late Dr. Jan Masaryk, the Czech Foreign Minister— "our good colleague during the war"— whose death was announced today by the Czech Government as suicide.Reuter; U.P. - 303 words
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Article31 1948-03-11 8 A "fairly strong" earthquake. 9.000 miles from Boston, m the "vicinity of the East Indies." was recorded on the Boston College seismograph at 1907 GMT, on Tues- aay. A.P.A.P. - 31 words
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113 1948-03-11 8 SYDNEY, Wednesday. /QUEENSLAND'S rail strike x leaders today planned a 24-hour stoppage of work of all Unions m the State to protest against Premier Edward Hanlon's drastic labour laws, giving the most sweeping powers ever conferred on the police. Trade Union leaders sent outA.P.; U.P. - 113 words
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Article125 1948-03-11 8 THE Australian Prime Minis--1 ter Mr. J. Chifley formally announced In the House of Representatives yesterday the proposed Royal visit to Australia early m 1949 and asked for the co-opeation of all members to make the Australian welcome "as warm as possible." The Opposition leader.125 words
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Article107 1948-03-11 8 MM. GYI, brother of the former Burmese Premier. U Saw. who is under sentence of death for his part m the assassination of U Aung San and other Cabinet Ministers last July, said m London yesterday he would try to take his brother's case beforeReuter - 107 words
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Article147 1948-03-11 8 VATICAN, Wednesday. THE Pope yesterday called on Catholics to vote m the Italian general elections on April 18. "It is evident that the voice of conscience obliges every sincere Catholic to give his vote to the candidate or list of candidates offering sufficient guarantees thatA.P.; Reuter. - 147 words
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Article, Illustration400 1948-03-11 8 Gen. Chennault warns U. S. WASHINGTON, Wednesday. \f AJ. Gen. Claire Chennault, who commanded iTI the "Flying Tigers" volunteer air force m China before the outbreak of the Pacific war, told the House of Representatives Foreign Affairs Committee today, that military aid toReuter; U.P.; Free Press - 400 words
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Article318 1948-03-11 8 London Stack Esswl rpEXTILES rose sharply m the Lmi J markets today following the public the Government survey of the ecnomif situt. and gains up to two shillings were with™ says Reuter's financial corresnondent El^hthere was little reaction, most sections mS quietly steady. Tins wore irrc^ul ir318 words
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Article217 1948-03-11 8 3 BRITONS FIGHTING WITH ARABS JERUSALEM, Wednesday. ■THREE British deserters were "caught" by British troops while taking part m an Arab assault on a Jewish town tonight, a Palestine Government spokesman announced. The Stern Gang immediately accused the three constables of being perpetrators of the Benyehuda street bombing. The threeReuter; U.P.; AP. - 217 words
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Article107 1948-03-11 8 TWO Malayan Girl Guides, 1 seeing Britain for the first time, had the time of their lives yesterday driving: through London's Hyde Park m the warm sunlight of early Spring. One of them, Miss Eng Eoichan. described the drive through the Park as "exciting" especially when107 words
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Article22 1948-03-11 8 Two Southern Electric trains going to London Bridge collided outside South Bermondsey station yesterday afternoon. No one was hurt ReuterReuter - 22 words
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Article300 1948-03-11 8 SHANGHAI, Wednesday T*HE Chinese Government is fighting A international force m Manchuria, composed of 10,000 troops from the Soviet Socialist Republic of Outer Mongolia, 20,000 Korean troops from Sovietoccupied Northern Korea and 10,000 Japanese troops, besides 500,000 Chinese Communists. This charge— understood to have beenA.P.; Reuter - 300 words
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Article80 1948-03-11 8 A SPECIAL Mirkrt f«r^ fhM tht Prices of «W ii .i today as <«**»,- XBCVNBVN fti 9 per y So. 1 BJJ. Spot gt, lam No. 1 RSS. fob j,,, m hales Mar- J No RSS. fob fl m balM M»r Jl No 3 RSS f<* Jft SINGAPORE80 words
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Advertisement394 1948-03-11 8 MARRIAGE YELUDWLEES-T&OrrTKR. At St. Columba's Church, Stirling. on 26th February. David liacklnlay Yellowlees. 8, Park Place. Stirling, to Mabel Trotter, widow of Robert John Trotter. Straits Trading 00. Ltd. DEATH RETTH— In Edinburgh on 27 th February, 1948, Rer. George Murray ReiLh. MA., m hl« 85th year: Eldest son of394 words
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Advertisement105 1948-03-11 8 TENDER NoJTenders are invited for the purcha.^ I*l No. Item irS*^* SF 50 319,300 lbs. Barley Crushed 'REPUTED WEIGHT) be 1. No Tenders will be Issued I Pjg J Uk R v person by prospective Tenderers f roni 1 ivt Del ,jt. S 7 „1 2. These stores are lying105 words
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Miscellaneous11 1948-03-11 8 STORE HIGH TIDES Today Tomorrow. ll.S6p.rn. 11 Ham B.6ft. 9.2 ft.11 words
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Miscellaneous47 1948-03-11 8 —WEATHER— Bright WEATHEB report for the next 24 hours compiled by the RAF: Bright periods hi most areas wHh isolated thunderstorms during the afternoon m the west of the island. Wind: Northerly, S toll knots. Temperatures: Max. 90 deg. F.. mm. 74 deff. F. Rainfall, a trace.47 words
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