The Singapore Free Press, 23 March 1948
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Title Section18 1948-03-23 1 The Singapore Free Press LARGEST AFTERNOON SALE IN MALAYA KTit.ii^ SINGAPORE, TUESDAY, MARCH 23, 1948 PKK'fc l<» L'KN'lSs18 words
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38 1948-03-23 1 CUSTOMS MEN SEIZE BRANDY AND TOBACCO ifl is >ta(T Reporter party 55 v sacks of m some atbrought tobacco to n kang nd. I ases xport duty I ;00. CusWoodlands Ining 50 tobacco the toThe rar re made.38 words
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Article299 1948-03-23 1 $3¾ MILLON FLATS FOR S'PORE 14-storey block m Tanglin tree Press Staff Reporter DLANS for a 14-storey block of flats m the Tanglin district will be placed before the Municipal Commissioners for approval early next month. Construction of the $3,750,000 building will take about 14 months. 1 Kenilworth Court will299 words
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236 1948-03-23 1 TENSION IN BERLIN Reds may set up new state WASHINGTON, Monday. V EADING United States officials interpret Russia's withdrawal from four-power Government of Germany, as either an attempt to frighten Britain and America from bringing the French into their economically-fused zone or as a prelude to Russia's establishing a separateReuter - 236 words
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Article82 1948-03-23 1 THE Prime Minister, Mr. Clement Attlee, replying In the House of Commons yesterday to a question on the resistance movement m Czechoslovakia, said he believed that most British people believed "that m the course of time popular movements will sweep away tyrannies." A few minutesU.P. - 82 words
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Article37 1948-03-23 1 The president of the Cairo Criminal Court, Ahmed el i Khazindar Bey, was shot to death outside his home m Cairo yestorday. as he was walking to a station en-route; to his court.- U.P.U.P. - 37 words
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Article179 1948-03-23 1 Free Press Correspondent JOHORE BAHRU, Tuesday. OPECIALIST medical and surgical treatment for pulmonary tuberculosis patients is available at the Johore General Hospital, and so far, no patient has been refused admission, states a reply tabled at this morning's meeting of the Johore Council of State179 words
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Article99 1948-03-23 1 J don't think a third world war Is m the least probabi<\" said Lord Listowei. i Minister of State for Colonial Affairs to the Hong Kong Press yesterday, when a questioner recalled Hong Kong's unpreparedness at the beginning of the second world war. Lo»4 Listowei saidReuter - 99 words
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Article54 1948-03-23 1 BRISTOL Hotel m Vienna, occupied by senior U.S. Army officers and highranking civilians, was placed under armed guard last night following a threat to bomb it. The threat was delivered m an anonymous phone call to th<- hotel exchange. A thorough search was made, but HO54 words
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Article64 1948-03-23 1 P VL ACE STRIKERS BACK AT WORK MAINTENANCE men at Buckingham Palace, Westminster Palace and Government offices, who have been on strike since Monday last week, have returned to work on the withdrawal of soldiers who had been main:aining a skeleton heating service at Buckingham Palace and on condition theReter - 64 words
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Article174 1948-03-23 1 WASHINGTON. Mon AFTER the chairman of the House of Representatives Foreign Affairs Committee, Mr. Charles A. Eaton (Republican), had told the House that the chances of a third world war 'wore not very remote," the House Rules Committee decided on immediate debate of the U.S.U.P. - 174 words
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Article, Illustration31 1948-03-23 1 Edoardo Cippico, archivist of the Vatican secretariat of state, who was unfrocked for "forgeries and swindles" and subsequently arrested by Rome police, is photographed after his arrest by plain clothes men.31 words
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Article74 1948-03-23 1 Free Press Staff Reporter A CHINESE schoolboy, who made a report to the police within a fow minutes of being robbed at a coffee stall m Middle Road, had his reward when two Chinese were arrested and his property—a wrist watch and fountain pen was returned to74 words
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Article53 1948-03-23 1 Free Press Staff Reporter Two robberies within half an hour m River Valley Road last night were carried out by two Chinese on bicycles believed the same men m each case. Proceeds of the first robbery from a family were $20. The other— from a Chinese53 words
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Article32 1948-03-23 1 The New York Post m a front-page editorial entitled "Ernest Bevin— new United States President" said yesterday that "m foreign affairs the new president is really Mr. Ernest Bevin."— A.P.A.P. - 32 words
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Article188 1948-03-23 1 LONDON, Monday. CIR JOHN ANDERSON, a former ohairman of the British Advisory Committee on Atomic Emergy and a member of Mr. Churchill's wartime Cabinet last night urgtd the 'great imporai.ee" oi adopting a policy of shelter against atomic bombs which could be put into effect at188 words
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Article43 1948-03-23 1 Free Press Correspondent Official figures tabled at this morning's meeting of the Johore Council of State show that Johore's expenditure this year is estimated at $18,690,577. This will be met from estimated revenue ($11,739,960) and a contribution from Federal Funds ($6,950,617).43 words
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Article228 1948-03-23 1 ROME, Monday. IT was announced m Belgrade tonight that Yugoslavia had agreed to negotiate direct with Italy on the Trieste question on the basis of the talks 18 months ago between Marshal Tito and Mr. Togliatti, the Italian Communist leader. Yugoslavia's Foreign Minister made the announcement,Reuter; A.P.; U.P. - 228 words
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Article355 1948-03-23 1 86 DEAD IN PALESTINE'S WORST DAY LONDON, Monday. 4 T least 86 Arabs, Jews and Britons were kill: d m Palestine today m the bloodiest 24 hours of battle since the partition decision. The worst incident was at Haifa, where Jews blew up two lorries of explosives m the ArabReuter; U.P.; A.P. - 355 words
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Article91 1948-03-23 1 S'ONGRI^oMAX A. L. Miller (Republican) declared at Lincoln (Nebraska) yesterday that U.S. ships »n the Mediterranean carry atom bombs, and "we may see atom bombs dropped not only on Trieste but on Moscow as well." Discussing the return of Trieste to Italy, Mr. Miller said:U.P. - 91 words
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Article32 1948-03-23 1 It has been decided that ♦.he sovereign's escort taking part m the procession on the day of the silver wedding of the King and Queen will wear full dress ReuterReuter - 32 words
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Advertisement79 1948-03-23 1 i. i i pH HENDRY, North Bndce Road, Tel. 7421 TEL. Z057 SHROFF'S CARPETS THE SYMBOL OF GREAT VALUE JW OUR LATEST EMBOSSED °Wt/rv, MOSTLY SIZES, MATCHING SHADES, MASON ABLE PRICES. *UTE CARPETS $48.00 Kach $36.00 Each 524.00 Each rfttt> S 8.00 Each CARPETS and RUGS Ham Designed $12.00 Each79 words
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Advertisement28 1948-03-23 1 \£3h CARETS KU6S W^yJ CURVED BLACK y^kfr WOOD FURNITURE P^g •Alt KIN QI OF CHINEII CUR/OS vii m n \*U2lza" f±Ti~LX&} SPECIAL g9g lH MADE IN ENGLAND ¥lsS^28 words
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Article718 1948-03-23 2 Roy Ferroa - Roy Ferroa Singapore Today By VISITORS have often commented on Singapore's transport services. Someone the other day said that our street-cars are a feature of this metropolis of the East. He was In the transport business and was making a tour of the Few realise the important ink-718 words
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Article, Illustration557 1948-03-23 2 M.T. Leong - M.T. Leong by AFEWislands north of Singapore are excellent for those who have steady hands and wish to have an exciting day hunting the wild pi^s responsible for destruction of village property. They may even iind deer and tiger. I accompanied a party to an island north-east557 words
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Article338 1948-03-23 2 THOMAS R. HENRY - THOMAS R. HENRY By A10,000,000-volt atomsmashing machine able to take x-ray picture through 10 inches of steel is to be installed at the U.S. Navy Ordnance laboratory at Whito Oaks. This atomic installation is a Betatron, construction of which has been completed by the G.E.C. It will be338 words
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Article282 1948-03-23 2 FLORENCE MILLS - Straw Nonsense FLORENCE MILLS By A. P. Correspondent FASTER bonnets this Lj spring aro going v be enchanting contraptions of straw and noi sense especially cr< by Paris hat design( to dispel the i I r ageing effect of the Look" dresses. They can by worn wil by tho olderA.P. - 282 words
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Article, Illustration249 1948-03-23 2 Both eid»'-> vuloerabl*. Sou(b dealer Mitcb puiut play. JT is odd how often the cl. of an opening suit bid will result m final no- trump contract, where an opneing notrump bid on the same i may result m the final declaration being a suit contract. The distribution249 words
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Advertisement164 1948-03-23 2 is W 9 I c KENNIES I ARE READY A7 THE FIRST WARNING I <.-«». I -0 m fo o, I oot »«()> to use S Renrjci. *ou» joodiooo I paio i loqi R r I tain I •ci^ *hich. oo I a cc am m io ibi <oatdi Th«i164 words
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Miscellaneous960 1948-03-23 2 MODEST MAIDENS Tradcoiar. H<(.k -m s P»m OBc* I I hi 'Don't look now. Eddy, but my family if j \J %JL i SINGAPORE Blue Network From 12.00 noon to t.M p.m. 52ti metres m the medium w..*t band and 7 2* mecacyrt** m tin* 11 Metre band. From 6960 words
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Miscellaneous188 1948-03-23 2 YOUR i LUCKY STAR Fortune forecast for people bom today DORN today, you have that truly rare comhi nation of an analytical mind which is. as often as not, guided by my ke«n intuitions. Although yon can ham h a thing right m the first place, you often wait until188 words
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Article102 1948-03-23 3 s bee* leathod on the price Britain ".000.0001b. of tea which the i permitting the Ministry of Food nt thr !!MS crop. The Ministry is to thin the I 17 contract. ved, arc that the price is a minimum of 2d. a lb. for102 words
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Article88 1948-03-23 3 A TOTAL of £120.406,500 and £20.406.500 Ls expectto be required for specialist and auxiliary services respectively of British State hospitals, for the year ending March 31. 1949 Civil estimates Issued on Saturday show that £120,410.--000 will be required for England compared with £300,030.--775 m the present88 words
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Article, Illustration520 1948-03-23 3 JEWISH STATE TAKES SHAPE IN TEL AVIV Will be created by blood sacrifice a HEBREW state is being created m Tel Aviv a despite grave doubts of its sovereignty being eventually recognised internationally. The potential state already has its own army, police and basic legal and financial systems Arab resistanceA.P. - 520 words
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165 1948-03-23 3 Ceylon to get doctors from Vienna THE Government of Ceylon would shortly be getting a number of specialists from Vienna to *ork m Government hospitals m the island, to overcome the present shortage o: medical stall. Announcing this at a meetime of the Parliamentary Advisory Committee on Health and LocalReuter - 165 words
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Article33 1948-03-23 3 Sir Henry Tizard, chairman of the British defence research advisory committee, has been Invited by the Australian Government to visit Australia to inspect the progress of the rocket range site. ReuterReuter - 33 words
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Article29 1948-03-23 3 The United States aircraft carrier Valley Forge, and the 2 400-ton destroyers, William C. Lawe and Llyod Thomas, have arrived at Tri?:comalee, Ceylon on a goodwill vlsdt.29 words
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Article145 1948-03-23 3 Fisheries survey in Indonesia I^O lind a fish product to 1 supplement Java's protein deficiency and to study the ssibillty of strengthening Indones i s economy, a irch ship is being sent for iix months to the eastern waters of the Indonesian arehipel News of the expedition has given m145 words
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Article98 1948-03-23 3 DR. HENRY F. GRADY. United States Ambassador m India, said m New Delhi that the United States Government was considering the creation of special scholarships for Indian students In American Universities. Speaking at an entertainment given to the American Alumini here, Mr. Grady added that98 words
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Article97 1948-03-23 3 ROYAL Dutch Shell Company's 1948 production target of oil from Sumatra Ls 3,300 tons. according to a Government Information Service statement released In Batavia. The Standard Vacuun. Company aimed to produce 6.000 metric tons monthly by the end of the year, the statement said. The o 1Reuter - 97 words
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200 1948-03-23 3 lEUT. GEN. Sir Frederick Morgan, initial planner L of the Normandy invasion, was hard at work at his North wood. Middlesex, home on a scheme to turn jungle-strangled British Guiana into one of the richest parts of the Colonial Empire. The 54-year-old general,200 words
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Article74 1948-03-23 3 rjiHE Soviet Union's Army exA penditure In 1948 will account for 17 per cent of the Budget, compared with nearly one-third m 1940, according to a Moscow radio broadcast. Millions of people were released from the Soviet armed forces m 1945, the radio said, andReuter - 74 words
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Article30 1948-03-23 3 An American priest m Peiping has reported that 84 Catholic missionaries have been held under arrest by Chinese Communists since November m a town southwest of Tientsin. A.P.A.P. - 30 words
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Article16 1948-03-23 3 Switzerland ar.d Russia have signed a trade agreement, for the next 12 months. ReuterReuter - 16 words
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102 1948-03-23 3 A MAN who has been sentenced to death for murder m England wants to pilot the next atomic bomb that is tested instead of being hanged. He is Kurt Emil Gross, 23, a Polish deportee. He killed an American soldier. In a letter to102 words
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Article30 1948-03-23 3 Two large godowns. containing sisal and building materials, were burnt to the ground at Semarang, NEI. yesterday says an Aneta report. The damage has not yet been U.P.U.P. - 30 words
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298 1948-03-23 3 Australia to help P.L in food supplies •pHE Philippines wr»s assured of Australian aid m securing foodstuffs and other essential requirements by Mr. R. Hazzard, Australian delegate to the FAO conference m Bajruio, who said he would negotiate with the Philippine Government with a view to assisting to secure foodstuffsReuter - 298 words
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Article71 1948-03-23 3 THE Madras Government Ls considering a scheme for the installation of 2,000 radio sets m the rural areas of the province, the Minister for Public Health. Mr. A. B. Shetty, stated m the Legislative Assembly. He added that about 230 village associations from some of theReuter - 71 words
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Article33 1948-03-23 3 A five-man National Geographic Society expedition from Washington has arrived m Bangkok to observe and study a solar eclipse, which will be seen on the Reuter morning of May 9.-Reuter - 33 words
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Article137 1948-03-23 3 Batavia to Jogja rail link THE ant train Cor the Re- publican capital. Jogjakarta, since the Dutch '"police action" will leave Batavia today. The train will carry Dv and Republican official* attending the political negotiations being conducted alternately m Batavia and Jogjakarta for three-weekly periods. If economic negotiations arc successfulReuter - 137 words
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Article66 1948-03-23 3 QNE of Britain's youngest film chiefs. Mr. James Minter 36-year-old managing director of Renown Pictures, is tackling the dollar problem with a new experiment—a series of British films with American characters and backgrounds. aimed especially at the U.S. market. N°xt month he .launches a £1.120.000 programme of66 words
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Article33 1948-03-23 3 The Government of India has placed ar. order for twenty aeroplanes costing a total of £500,000 for the use of tihe Governor-General. Ministers ar.d other high civil military officers.— ReuterReuter - 33 words
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Article30 1948-03-23 3 The United States Information Service m Bangkok announced that Col. Reginald F. C. Vance. U.S. Air Attache, will act also as Military Air Attache to Burma. ReuterReuter - 30 words
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Advertisement81 1948-03-23 3 ELECTRODES I FOR WELDING MILD STEEL AH position welding of steel structures, storage tanks, general fabrication work and repairs. Flux Coated Only Diameters 18" 5 32" 3 16" l 4" MANGANESE STEEL Nickel-Manganese Electrodes for building up worn surfaces of dredges, construction equipment and rock crushing equipment. Bare and Flux81 words
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Miscellaneous79 1948-03-23 3 TARZAN The decision By Edgar Rice Burroughs '*HA7 DO yOU KMOW Of MY BROTHER I H^HHHP^'^'^^K^^'^BBi I BEFOCE TARZAN COL'LD i^UCSTION _JANA (?E(SARC>iN6 JASON. ULAN ANC j THQAR?'jAMA 06MAN0E0 'WE "\l OvAN CAM E TOWARD THEM BEARIN6 TARZAN S WEAPONS ANO A uGHTED MUHTEO TOGETHER. TAtfZAN \)l B^ _jl .^^^^'vß79 words
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521 1948-03-23 4 The Singapore Free Press TUESDAY, MAR. 23. 1948. Nearing ihe Climax RUSSIA and the Western powers are nearing the climax of their cold war. 9eiore the next four weeks are over the fate of Italy will be known, and the European Recovery Programme will have begun to operate. If Italy521 words
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Article841 1948-03-23 4 Don Iddon's Diary NEW YORK: I INO is lying down and dying right before the eyes of 140,000,000 Americans. But if there is a doctor m the house he hasn't been heard from. The patient is suffering from shock, exposure, malnutrition, and sheer neglect. Today the pulse is almost imperceptible.841 words
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Article515 1948-03-23 4 Margaret R. Bowes - Macao is peace ful Margaret R. Bowes By A. P. Correspondent MACAO, the 350 year-old Portuguese peninsular colony, where "life begins at midnight," is a city of contradictions. While iv» crime potential la abnormally high because of the numbers of pirate. smugglers, gamblers and opportunists making it an operation.il centre,515 words
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Article554 1948-03-23 4 ALAN RANDS - ALAN RANDS By ONE hundred feet below London's Kingsway, and only a few yards from trains rumbling through Holborn Tube station, scientists have begun work on new research which may help In the harnessing of atomic energy and m forecasting the weather. Directing the scientists is Dr.554 words
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Article667 1948-03-23 4 MALCOLM LOGAN - MALCOLM LOGAN By TN the coming weeks, thousands of visitors will flock to Britain for what is expected to be the largest British Industries Fair on record when it is held from May 3 to May 14. In the three exhibition buildings two m London and one667 words
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Article285 1948-03-23 4 NOEL MONKS - NOEL MONKS AUSTRALIA: The most union -minded member of the British Commonwealth has given the cold shoulder to Mr. Attlee's wage-freezing for Britain Says Mr. a. E. Monk, of the Australian Council of Trade Unions (old friend but no relative): "Britain has failed to keep abreast of285 words
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Article120 1948-03-23 4 W here Slogans Are Vital By TOM WHITNEY A.P. Correspondent CLOGANS are an extremely v i t a 1 feature of Soviet life In economic drives, m cultural campaigns' m explaining the political platform of the Communist Party to the public, the Soviet press and Soviet leaders rely greatly on120 words
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Advertisement20 1948-03-23 4 in.v.lii£il£) I Ry Appointment. H.M. FORCES, S.E. ASIA I I 6, RAFFLES PLACE j Ist. Floor f I Tel. *****.20 words
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Advertisement68 1948-03-23 4 FAITH \ll ti VO'.V I thcr. if thot Mii't harkfj unto th* rtic« "i' hr Lo Thj God." Ky^^^Z^- ,o m A duck, ot Mjgnolia Ices is i ups" luscious creamy good for you! Ask for a brick af arv o< Cold Storage M.lk Bars— sl.so for 6 to 868 words
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Article22 1948-03-23 5 ia-ran-l n, a i ai.d itty ■:ib- I al- .van Lake two iry r^.ich i itrl- Lon...led exned Ige22 words
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Article298 1948-03-23 5 BOMBER SQUADRON TO VISIT MALAYA 'Operation tied Lion Special Correspondent squadron is visiting Malaya ♦he course of 'Operation Red Lion.' Acotlu liuler-Secretary of State for Air, v dc l reitas, the squadron will carry ad stiff «^i spares. It will be selij an( l L I [supporting, and will be298 words
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Article, Illustration195 1948-03-23 5 S?/.ffi vi n Mala V a are learning Commandoof tn^fJ 0 and l essons of the war rom etches 2«- sel f° ted I° r intensive three-week courses under %nS CtO lL Of the ph U sicai Training Corps m Singa--SST w two P tctu above, taken yesterday at SeafnrlhFree Press - 195 words
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Article156 1948-03-23 5 THE proposed Federation of Indian Chambers of I ommerce m Malaya will hold its inaugural meeting at the Singapore Indian Chamber of Commerce premises, m Raffles Quay, during the Easter holidays starting from Saturday at 10.30 a.m. Two delegates from each Chamber m Selangor Penang, Ipoh, Malacca and156 words
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Article294 1948-03-23 5 Bank reports f\y the countries which were occupied by the Japanese, the Philippines Republic, aid- Ed by the generous aid of the United States, Hong Konp, Singapore, the Federation of Malaya, Siam and Burma are now making steady progress, while IndoChina and Indonesia still lag bohind,294 words
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Article114 1948-03-23 5 A variety concert m the covered stadium of the Happy World, a free show at no fewer than 22 cinemas and (rifts of food and magazines will form part of the oro-'-'ramme that has been drawn up for the celebration of Children's on April 4, by114 words
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Article61 1948-03-23 5 THE dot' ntion of two Sia- mese m Singapore, per.dI tng tho outcome of an application by the Siamese authorities for their »xtra~ jdiition, is rot ror.necto i wUh tho doath of King Mahldol i Tho Siamese wer c alloprodlv involved Ln an at- temptU.P. - 61 words
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Article108 1948-03-23 5 ON Good Friday evening at 7.45 m the Straits Chinese! Church. Kampong Kapor, The Salvation Army Torchbearer Group Movement will be presenting an Easter play entitled "The Master." Ths play has been written by Lt. Colonel A. J. Gilllard of tin U.S.A. and is richly108 words
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Article29 1948-03-23 5 CIHLDREN 'S CLUB A new Children's Club was opened yesterday at the Prinsop Street Children's Fecdine: Centre of which Mrs. Tan Chin Tuan is the voluntary worker m charge.29 words
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Article373 1948-03-23 5 COUR T TO VISIT RUBBER ESTATE Joh ore Assizes Free Press Correspondent JOHORE BAHRU, Sunday. AT the Assizes today, Mr. Justice Laville, adjourned the trial of Ramasamy, former Secretary of the Indian Labour Union m Kota Tinggi, who faces a murder charge, to enable the Crown Counsel, Mr W. M.373 words
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Article200 1948-03-23 5 Free Press Staff Reporter HPHE West Wind, 60-ton refrigerated vessel, which came to Singapore last year for use as a trawler by a fishing company, has been purchased by the Refrigerated Sea Transport Company which is converting the vessel into a floating grocery-store. A director of200 words
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154 1948-03-23 5 BIBLE SOCIETY WILL BE REORGANISED IN the Far East, each Bible Society will work m a different country. The British Foreign Bible Society vrill suplply scriptures to Burma, the American Bible Society to Siam, tjhe Australian Bible Society to IndoChina, the Netherlands Bible Society to the Netherlands East Indies and154 words
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Article88 1948-03-23 5 A LECTURE on "British Trade Unionism: its Traditions and Practice" will be given to the East West Society at the V.M.C.A. m Orchard Road on Thursday at 8.30 p.m. by Mr. F. W. Dalley, a member of the U.K. delegation inquiring into urade unionism88 words
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Article53 1948-03-23 5 THE Indonesian, Ke public an Government office m Singapore has announced that the Government of India has donated to the rdonesian Republic agricultural tools, fiarmJing implements, generator parts and other equipment shown at the recent Indian exhibition m Singapore. The tools will be used fox rehabilitationA.P. - 53 words
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Article68 1948-03-23 5 HEADS of the Health and Medical Department* m tfhe various States and Settlements m the Federation of Malaya will attend a two-day conference to be held at the Institute for Medical Research, Kiral* Lumpur, or. March 24 and 25. Various medical and health matters common to68 words
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Article432 1948-03-23 5 PLAN FOR UNIFIED EDUCA TION Free Press Staff Reporter A UNIFIED education system whereby it will be possible for a pupil m any local tcfcool, if he so wishes, to go to a university and special^ m his chosen subject, is being considered by the Malayan Teachers Union for submission432 words
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Article68 1948-03-23 5 THE committee of the Singapore Urban Co-operative Union has agreed, m principle, that a co-operative housing scheme is desirable, and a sub-committee has been appointed to submit details for consideration of the committee. No details or particulars have as yet been submitted, and the report of the co-operative68 words
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Advertisement50 1948-03-23 5 uxurious UNDIES IN RAYON MILANESE f I FRENCH KNICKERS f\ Lace Trimmed Size W. .$6.95 J\ WY <Ufi 9C <> A T. 05... $8.75 ,^^K^i /y i x-^ Available C/ A^^ n I White or Peach i |i\ princess slips t (pV opera tops 11] Lace Trimmed RAFF LES p^^50 words
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Article255 1948-03-23 6 Criticism of African groundnut plan llOl'^-E of Commons critics of Mr. John Stra- chey's £25,000,000 groundnut scheme m East Africa complained that one-third of the money will have been spent by the end of this month on planting only one-three-hundredth part of the area. Mr. Strachey255 words
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118 1948-03-23 6 INDIA. renowned tor her fabulous salaries under British rule, is striving to run her embassies abroad on the most economical lines. India's Ambassadors m the United States. Russia and Japan receive Rs 3.500 per month. far less than the judges of hiuh courts, chief secretariesA.P. - 118 words
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Article60 1948-03-23 6 OEVISED text-books for eleIV mentary and high schools :i Japan have now been completed and will b< distributed lor use m April. Since the abolition of wartime ar-1 pre-war ultranationahsiic text books. M-h«)ols throughout Japan have been using makeshift OonkS. The new text-books wilJ be *heReuter - 60 words
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Article64 1948-03-23 6 rE Australian Cabinet Is recommending to the La--1 bour Party caucus a cut from six shillings to ss. m a pound m taxation on the first £SXOO of private companies' profits. Tax on profits above £5.000 wuuld remain unaltered. The deduction Is expected lo '•perateReuter - 64 words
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Article24 1948-03-23 6 IRAQ'S str ke of 3,000 rail- waymen demanding higher pay entered its sixth day j yesterday. Peaceful domon- strations contnue m the capital ReuterReuter - 24 words
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164 1948-03-23 6 XHE Gold Coast Traded Union Council has discussed 1 its four-point demands backed by a threat of a general strike with the government, 'while the Executive Committee of the influential Aborigines Rights Protection Society called for the creation of a commission to inquire into the164 words
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Article37 1948-03-23 6 Ttu» Burden Co. of New York, makers of Klim powci r ed milk, lias announced ttv sale of its cold storage a> ok^ products business I ShaiighaJ, U> competitive n.- ten\st»s there.— A. P.A.P. - 37 words
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Article34 1948-03-23 6 u Ge n w. Ho YinK cnin ht> ad of rtlf^SMS^? d^gation to the United Nations Military Committee, has left New York for London by air on his wav ro <• ng ReuterReuter - 34 words
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Article32 1948-03-23 6 Thr.e Soviet nationals found to be undesirable aliens were ordered to be deported by the Philippines Secretary of Justice They are Victor BorrowskJ, Charles Andrews amd Vadim TJi/v^ iacvitch.— ReuterReuter - 32 words
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Article213 1948-03-23 6 Living costs up in Indo-China IT cost a lot more for an Asian labourer to live m Hanoi (Indo-China) during January, 1948, than it did the month before. The French Statistical Service reports. With 100 representing early 1939 costs as a basis, the Government index for Indo-Chinese workers m HanoiA.P. - 213 words
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Article, Illustration73 1948-03-23 6 European recovery conference picture. picture The British Foreign Secretary, Mr. Ernest Bevin 'centre background) speaking at the opening of the 16-nation European recovery conference at the French Foreign office. Quai d'Orsay, Paris.— A.P. This proud Welsh CorQi. named Philip of RoseiMlle, is the gift of the Queen Elizabeth's Training CollegeA.P.; Reuter - 73 words
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Article90 1948-03-23 6 Sixteen only in UK 'directed' ONLY 15 people were directed into jobs from October to December and one during January, said Mr. George Isaacs. Minister of Labour, m the House of Commons. Asked whether it was intended to direct 15.000 women into the cotton industry, as suggested, the Minister said90 words
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Article26 1948-03-23 6 Only 25 people escaped when a boat contaix^.ing about 100 pilgrims me::, women and children suddenly capsized m the Ganges r.ear Bhagalpur (Biiuar).— ReuterReuter - 26 words
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Article18 1948-03-23 6 Miss Mathilda Nail. Texas' 19-year-old cotton queen, will visit Manchester. Britain's cotton capital, next Monday A.P.A.P. - 18 words
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Article81 1948-03-23 6 v the Manchester Divorco Court: "The idea of men stealing wives is out of date It is wives who steal the men." He told Alfred Horsfall. lorry driver, of King-street, Roy ton, Lancashire: "You should consider yourself forUmate to get rid of your wife81 words
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Article243 1948-03-23 6 DRITISH atomic Beien *-> claims m Britain and mi n t V the view that British ■dtrtbuf? -meson particle/ the "glue" the atomic nucleus whose ,1 ,'J' atom bomb's violent release cf en" the discovery as 'the rrea esi U since the discovery of uranium"243 words
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11 1948-03-23 6 Cancer cure man say 'I have faith' 2 'I his v11 words
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Advertisement119 1948-03-23 6 I'll Love You Till The End Of Tim*! PHONE bQO3 Opens Today 4 Shows 2 4.15 h.^> °>O p m THEIR STORY X&Mofe might b« Yours' fl^ Dorothy Guy McGuire and Madison I Robert Mitchum .J' Bill Williams Jffi NEXT CHANGE You Liked 'CARNEGIE HALL" This Is Even Greater Great119 words
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Advertisement53 1948-03-23 6 PHONE CATHAY 3400 THi; HOUSE FOR COMFORT. Showing 11 a.m. 1-45 4-15 6-45 s>-3O p.m. TO DAY! COM ED V!! DESIGNED FOR REAL GOOD LAUGHS. JON HALL LOUISE ALLBRITTON EDWARD EVERETT HORTON ERIC BIORE BUSTER KH?O)| ftQBtWCt l»M IREwi RUM GAUMONT BRITISH NMM SRI-INCi THRU IS AM) SPILLS WATCH OUT53 words
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Advertisement80 1948-03-23 6 ADVENTURES OF Columbia's s jon HALL IT FEARED *«^IS V/V/D BY ALL THE COLOR ROYAL LORDS... LOVED BY ALL THEIR LAPIS'- TO-DAY 11 a.m., 2 p.m.. 4.13. ALSO LATES"!' BRITISH !0X l l N -^<» OPENING CHAPTERS OF THE MOST RELENTLESS MANHU'N IN HISTORY BEGINS TOD» AT THE ALHAMBRA 280 words
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Miscellaneous57 1948-03-23 6 lAKI P i? i J#^^^t Exclusive to the Singapore Free Press m Malaya y?«l£"t\™ 'nllwß mJAHtOWWg5ly /OOOD EVBMIMO.V IIFFT'tMON V ST, N k/V FL cSi^^!^u lA I T REFORM BOYS DiNNtR TMt DIMIN6 ROOM TU>VIWC MP M V^^ *OUSbj/ OS^GENTi tMfc^.' -C^ISSERVED' |7=— j w I^"'*, X^^, r t^ v^!^k57 words
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Article422 1948-03-23 7 'Grand idea, 'says F.A.M. president By Our Soccer Reporter Malayan Chinese Football Association proOlvmniV V nYl te t l hC China soccer team to the nnl??J^Jp ames to P>ay a series oS games m SingaFo I onVnn r^ °f their extende <* tour on the way422 words
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Article, Illustration21 1948-03-23 7 picture. r no Yuen. AA A. inside makes a good but tinSuccessful effort to score at thr S'adium yestdrday. Free PressFree Press - 21 words
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Article143 1948-03-23 7 DOOKMAKERS have rejectB edas unworkable a scheme for a bets taxation put up by Treasury officials and the matter is to be reviewed by the Treasury. Bookmakers now consider it certain that a bets tax will be introduced by the Chancellor of Exchequer m hisReuter - 143 words
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Article48 1948-03-23 7 pATTY BERO won her fouriii Annual Augusta Women's Titlelioidcrs golf Ooutmament on Sunday with a one over par 76 for the final at Augusta, Georgia, U.S. Her 72 hole total was 308. Tied for second were Babe Didrikson Zaharias and Pcßgy Kirk with 309- A. P.A.P. - 48 words
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Article46 1948-03-23 7 et KfpnrU-r the r at iiiui m which thej ttion! v ''avy, nree goals to p r the the ha the cia sea- Xi playing goal- Win a manner 3E* ?rea- things n. ward cr..-. r v^ e back I at I m tr got46 words
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Article335 1948-03-23 7 Jamaicans hit out freely i vti.ui.-i provided the best cricket of the day on the second day of their return match with the M.C.C. at Kingston, yesterday when, after dismiss ing the tourists for 313, they scored 131 for the loss of three first innings wickets. Jamaica's batting was most335 words
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186 1948-03-23 7 DIGGEST surprise m the D Singapore cricket team to play Selangor over the Baxter holidays at Kuala Lumpur is the lack of service players chosen. Newcomer. Lieut. Pereira, who has had a trial for Ceylon, is the only nomcivilian In the side. Padre Steele, it186 words
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Article27 1948-03-23 7 RACER P»bk Pascual Pesf»ati was killeo when his car struck a tree on v curve yesterday m Buenos Airps The race was run m heavy rain. U.P.U.P. - 27 words
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Article75 1948-03-23 7 THE Rugby League football management fined the Hull City club £50 yesterday for not protecting Referee J. Dalby, who was beaten up by Hull spectators on March 6 when he left the field after Bramley defeated Hull five-two. The League said that the HullA.P. - 75 words
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Article178 1948-03-23 7 JJAVING the bttftK of the exchanges from the outset, the Singapore Chinese Engineering Association ran out winners by four goal* to thr«e m the S.A.F.A. Second Division League match played on the SRC. padang yesterday. After a «pell of nudfleld play the Rovers opened accounts178 words
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Article206 1948-03-23 7 FIELDING a team superior j m all departments, the I Kranji Wireless Station XI i trounced the Singapore District Signals by seven goals to two when they met m the first round of the Singapore Amateur Football Association's, Second Division League yes- terday at Fort Canning.206 words
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Article311 1948-03-23 7 A LTHOUGH the standard displayed was low and a *a slippery ground made ball control difficult yesterday's S.A.F.A. Div. 1 game between the Singapore Indians and the S.C.C. on the Club padang was keenly fought, the Indians winning two-nil. Thie thrills came from the saves brought311 words
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Article, Illustration29 1948-03-23 7 picture. Action m the Navy goalmouth at the Stadium yesterday ictth Yuen Chong, A.A.A. inside right, rising for a header that was wide of goal.- Free PressFree Press - 29 words
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Article270 1948-03-23 7 Free Press Racing Correspondent DRINCE AVON did the best gallop at Ipoh this 1 morning when he covered three furlongs m 38 2 5 sec. The going was yielding when the tracks were open for fast work m preparation for the Perak Easter meeting which270 words
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Article425 1948-03-23 7 Thomas Cap final QENMARK, which recently won all titles m the all-England championships m London, expects the stifTest competition from Malaya whom the Danes expect to meet m the final of the International Badminton Championships for the George Thomas Cvp symbol of world badminton superiority,A.P. - 425 words
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Article162 1948-03-23 7 The Bournemouth BP beat the Red Rocket BP. by six games to Results (Bournemouth plovers t mentioned first): Singh*: a. Silas lost to Jimmy P^J" 15 15 Mi Mustan lost to Cheong Thiam Ghee 8 15 I^—l3 (3—5); Aziz Mohamed beat Cnong Hong Pin 13 13162 words
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Article25 1948-03-23 7 MANCHESTER United beat 111 Aston Villa one-nil at Villa Park m the nrst division Of the English Football Lea- gue yesterday. A.P.A.P. - 25 words
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Article70 1948-03-23 7 THE Base Group Royal Engineers secured full mints when they defeated Dockyard XI by seven goals to two m a S.A.F.A. second division league game played at the Naval Base yesterday At the interval the icore was two-all. Scorers for Base Group R f were: Kennedy70 words
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Article15 1948-03-23 7 In a U.K. Rugby L*a«ia> gam, played yesterday Bradford North at home, beat Dewsbury ReuterReuter - 15 words
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Miscellaneous75 1948-03-23 7 Today's sporf SOCCER: S.A.F.A Leaffue —Viv. 1: RAF. Seletar v. GIIQ Signals, Jalan It. sar stadium, 5.15 p.m.; Div. II: Tictr S. A. v. Ist. Devons, SC.C, 5.15 p.m.; Div. Ill: Social A P. v. Ist. Malay Coast Battery, McNair Road, 5.15 p m.; S C.F.A. League "A:" Telok r.lancah75 words
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Miscellaneous231 1948-03-23 7 F.P. Crossword No. 342 ■LJEJ I JLI I JLEJL Hrfl n i Vara CLUES ACROSS B ftnd (l)# 7 Monar ch (4). 9. Lubricant (3). 10. Fondle (6). l\ A lst nt (4) o 13 DijsUkes »>• I*. Disinclined (6). 18, Matrimony (8). 20 Gems (8). 21, Deceive (6). 24,231 words
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418 1948-03-23 8 H.K. AS LAST HAVEN FROM CHINA REDS Colony may be embroiled Fre« Press Staff Correspondent HONG KONG, Monday. 'T'HE civil war m North China and Manchuria has reached a critical stage and pessimism has spread even to South China, where Chinese oilicials are reported to have said they expect Canton418 words
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Article, Illustration55 1948-03-23 8 A PICTURE OF BURMA showing the Shwe Dcgon Pagoda m Rangoon, one of the largest Buddhist Paooda m the world, icith the main spire entirely covered icith gold leaf. Buddha's hairs are enshrined m this Pagoda. In the picture are Lord Mountbatteii and his wife who. following the temple custom,55 words
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Article142 1948-03-23 8 FREE KASHMIR REJECTS PEACE PUN LAKE SUCCESS, Monday. THE "Free Kashmir" Government, m a cable to the President of the Security Council, Dr. T. F. Tsiang, says that the Chinese proposals for a settlement of the dispute over Kashmir "are absolutely unacceptable. The cable added that the Chinese proposals wouldReuter - 142 words
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Article106 1948-03-23 8 LONDON, Monday. 1 COUNTRY-wide search is going on for flv e men who made a daring escape from Lincoln Jail during the night. All the men with another who refused to take part m the escape bid were m the same cell. They gotReuter - 106 words
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Article64 1948-03-23 8 Free Press Correspondent JOHORE BAHRU Tuesday THIRTEEN completed per--1 manent irrigation dams exist m thr State of Johore. They are to be found m Tangkak. Segamat. Pontian. Kota Tinggi and Mersing. A total acreage of 4.810 is served by these dams. The total acreage of64 words
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Article26 1948-03-23 8 A civil aircraft belonging to the Nottingham Flying Club crashed m a field near Tollerton. Nottinghamshire, and the two occupants killed. ReuterReuter - 26 words
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111 1948-03-23 8 BRITAIN TO STOPTRAINING IRAQI FORCES BAGHDAD. Monday. FULL agreement betwtvn Britain and Iraq wits reached today, by which the British military mission will cease to train the Iraqi armyafter May 16. The withdrawal of British troops and recognition of Iraq's national aspirations were believed to be part of the termsReuter - 111 words
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Article25 1948-03-23 8 Many Roman Catholic churches presented Palm Sunday church-goers m Rome with olive branchtvs. symbols of peace, instead of the traditional palm branches. U.P.U.P. - 25 words
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Article19 1948-03-23 8 China's Chief of Staff. Gen. Chen Cheng, is going" to the United States for medical tr< itment A. P.A.P. - 19 words
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Article237 1948-03-23 8 SOCIAL! STSiVOT TO ATTEND United Europe* 1 Talks TSELSDON PARK, Surrey, Monday. HE International Social. st Conference here on the European recovery programme to&ty unanimously decided to boycott the "United Europe" conference at The Hague next May. It called a rival congress of European Socialist parties m Paris for AprilReuter; A.P. - 237 words
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Article327 1948-03-23 8 WINCHESTER, Monday. JAMES CAMB, deck steward of the liner Durban Castle, was tonight sentenced to death for the murder of Eileen "Gay" Gibson, an actress, who disappeared from the ship orT West Africa. Camb's defence m the lour days' trial was that the 21-year-old girlReuter; A.P. - 327 words
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Article27 1948-03-23 8 All four of the crew of a Brazilian air force Mitchell bomber were killed when their plane crashed near the town of Gurupi.27 words
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125 1948-03-23 8 BANGKOK. Monday. poURTEEN Chines, schools *.i provinces around BangKok have boon closed by the Siamese Ministry t >f Education b cause they refused Ito ny the Siamesj national flag the Chinese ConsulGeneraJ. Mr. Sun Ping Chieng anncunc d today. other Chinese schools mi nU.P. - 125 words
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Article53 1948-03-23 8 THE United States budget surplus reached $6,121,000,000. passing the $6,000,000,000 mark for the first time m history. A flood of income tax payments has brought m $1,100,000,000 m the past three days. President Truman has predicted a budget surplus of $7,500,000,000 for the fiscal year ending onReuter - 53 words
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Article244 1948-03-23 8 SHANGHAI, Monday. OEATING the Nationalists to the gun m new offensive operations m North China and South Manchuria, the Reds have opened another front by launching a major drive on the Chahar-Shansi border, cutting the Peiping-Suiyuan railway m six places and taking threeU.P.; A.P.; Reuter - 244 words
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Article119 1948-03-23 8 ATHENS. Monday. THE Greek War Minister, M. George Stratos, announced today a smashing victory over the guerrillas m the Mount Olympus and Mount Pierria regions during the past month. The minister revealed that guerrilla losses were more than 1.000 against 166 for the national forces. In additionA.P. - 119 words
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Article, Illustration35 1948-03-23 8 Seen wearing the hat and robe of Doctor of Letters after being conferred early this month with the honorary degree by Earl Mountbatten, Governor General of l India, is Pandit Nehru, Prime Mniister of India35 words
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Article400 1948-03-23 8 London Stock Exchange i^ONTIM ivr f h LONDON, Monday rONTINLING their upward trend. Tin and Kubber shares advanced again today on the London Stock Exchange on good demand. Other firm features, says Reuters financial correspondent were tobacco and oil shares, both sections recording sharp rises. Leading industrial400 words
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Article63 1948-03-23 8 QN the New York Stock ExcK. yesterday, profit-taking continued to retrain some see* but numerous other issues manned to overcome pressure to brin gains covering US. $1. Pront-taking finally reduced or erased numerous earlier leaving the market with ehai either way mostly fractions to one point, butReuter - 63 words
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Article176 1948-03-23 8 ASPLi i.\L Market correspondent rives the prices of rubber at 11 *.*n. today as follows: Buyers Seller* Cta. Cta. So. 1 R.S.S. Spot loo*« 404, 41', No. 1 R.S.S. fob m bales Apr. 4O7 s ni N No. 2 R.S.*. fob m balers Ap T 39 H 40A.P. - 176 words
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Article110 1948-03-23 8 LONDON 1 HE I I I I I 1 last I I I i eleet'm T he Diane die a R rc *1 c D mi 1 1 I law, addin? that th« .u~J I and th J actn.- I Goven Anti-Red chart* Dr plause whi to adm binReuter; U.P. - 110 words
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Article59 1948-03-23 8 Ftec rrev> mupjj AN rePfy tjj* this mor. Johore Counc states that action is w taken on the lines Sultan s suggestion to e» lish an Arabic schoo. Johore. The Religious I has taken part m the standard of tc It is proposed to for the59 words
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Article133 1948-03-23 8 OTTAWA IF it takes complete change to make a 1 then the Governor-General of Mala} -a colm Mac Donald, is having one He s Dee" his Canadian holiday skim-- ne froM the Laurentian hills around Ste. M are ce n Y Canada's most famous skiing centres,A.P. - 133 words
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Advertisement100 1948-03-23 8 NOTICE NOTICE is hereby given that Antonin Jindrich Jugaa of 3b Balmoral Road, Singapore Ls applying to the Governor for naturalisation, and that any person who knows any reason why naturalisation should not be i granted should send a written and signed statement of the facts to the Colonial Secretary,100 words
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Miscellaneous57 1948-03-23 8 WEATHER— Showers WEATHER report for the next 24 hours compiled by the RAF: C loudv uith isolated thunderstorms this afternoon. Fine to nil ht and tomorrow morning. Wind: Variable and light. Squally m showers. Temperatures: Max. 92.1 deg; nun 72 deg. Rainfall: Nil. SPORE HIGH TIDES Today: 9 09a.m; 10.2157 words
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