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Title Section18 1948-04-01 1 The Singapore Free Press LARGEST AFTERNOON SALE IN MALAYA rim SINGAPORE, THURSDAY, APRIL 1, 1948 PRICE 10 CENTS18 words
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Article, Illustration739 1948-04-01 1 GOVERNOR OPENS THE COUNCIL 5 'Progress to self -govt Free Press Staff Reporters IN a brief, colourful ceremony, Singapore's new Legislative Council, the first on which popularly elected members have sat, was sworn m this morning. In the Victoria Memorial Hall, the Council and a small gathering of distinguished visitorsFree Press - 739 words
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Article25 1948-04-01 1 junt el Kjt Id do the am (.rids such i \Mk d; btl be ornery v on' 1 the' Brian c m >>pcs P25 words
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Article, Illustration32 1948-04-01 1 Ii ficture. THE SUL'W OF PERAK. formerly V* Mud* Yussuf. who was proclaimed the neZ RuTejn Kuala Kangsar vest* 'fay i*** before the func* of Sultan Sir Abdul A*- Free PressFree Press - 32 words
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Article233 1948-04-01 1 BERLIN, Wednesday. WITH a guard under orders to resist by force if necessary anyone trying to board it, a British military train left Berlin tonight, two hours before the surprise new Russian restrictions tightening up East-West border control were due to operate. Under the new RussianReuter; A.P. - 233 words
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Article85 1948-04-01 1 Free Press Correspondent LONDON, Wednesday. A FTER inspecting his plantations m Malaya, Sir John Hay is coming back an angry man because Britain is not making the most of her greatest dollar-earn-er, writes the Daily Express City Editor, Frederick Ellis. "You would expect the85 words
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101 1948-04-01 1 Free Press Correspondent LONDON. Wednesday. A HIGH level of rubber consumption m the United Kingdom m January is recorded by the latest Rubber Study Group statistical bulletin. At 18.284 tons, It exoeeded even the highest of last year's monthly consumption of 17 104 tons101 words
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Article148 1948-04-01 1 LONDON. Wednesday. THF British Treasury disclosed that it "had a surplus of £635,380,863 m hand as the financial year ended tctiisht. This balance was more than twice the estimate made last November by the then Chancellor of the Exchequer Mr HufTn Dalian and that estimate was £38,000,000Reuter - 148 words
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Article143 1948-04-01 1 WASHINGTON, Wednesday. THE U.S. Secretary of State, Mr. George Marshall, A has issued instructions to the State Department to make every effort to kill the inclusion of Spain m the Marshall plan, reports Reuter. Mr. Myron Taylor. President Truman's personal envoy to the Vatican, willReuter; A.P.; U.P. - 143 words
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Article98 1948-04-01 1 S'pore man to study U.K. THE general secretary of the Singapore Peoples Educational Association, Mr. Chan Kah Hock, has arrived m London for a six weeks' study of British teaching methods, A.P. reports. Under the auspices of the British Council, he will visit educational centres and will attend the Council'sA.P. - 98 words
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Article327 1948-04-01 1 Ji^iILSAUiM, Wednesday. rM)RTY persons were killed and 60 injured, most of them Arabs, when the Cairo-Haifa express was blown up today by electrically-detonated land-mines under a bridge near Ben Yamina, m Northern Palestine The Jewish terrorist Stern Gang has claimed responsibility for the wrecking. MostReuter; A.P.; U.P. - 327 words
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Article53 1948-04-01 1 Lord Killearn disappointed i ord and Lady Ktllearn, Zvno tiaU Hoped frt *Tnv m Ceylon for a month's holiday have been disappointed. On arrival at Colombo yesterday, they found no suitable accommodation was available and they decided to resume their journey from Singapore to toe United Kingdom m the troop-A.P. - 53 words
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Article55 1948-04-01 1 fOL. R. H. Quill, Royal Marines, who was on the Intelligence Staff at Malaya Command. Fort Canning, before the war, has been appointed an aide-de-camp to the King: from April 1. He fills the vacancy resulting from the promotion to the rank of major- generalReuter - 55 words
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Article195 1948-04-01 1 LONDON, Wednesday. A BUCKINGHAM Palace official told Reuter today that Princess Elizabeth had made no further engagements after June, but refused to comment on persistent rumours that the heiress to the British throne and her husband, the Duke of Edinburgh, were expecting a baby m October.195 words
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Article107 1948-04-01 1 GROMYKO IS A BULLY-CHILE LAKE SUCCESS, Wed. CHILE called on the Security Council today to set up a sub-committee to investigate the accusation that the Soviet Union had interfered m the affairs of Czechoslovakia. Ser.or Hemando Santacruz (Chile) opening the debate on his country's oharges that Russia was responsible forReuter - 107 words
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Article745 1948-04-01 2 A MALAYAN BOOKSHELF BY A SPECIAL CORRESPONDENT RECENT months have seen a remarkable influx of good books into the Singapore bookshops. In fact, I really believe that it is possible to build up your library with greater ease now than it ever was m the years745 words
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Article391 1948-04-01 2 Deep were the hates PETER QUENNELL •THE Walled City, b> 1 Elsrx-th Huxley an honestly Wlitti solidly built, fair-minded soil of novel, worked out to a formula s ti.e Book Society's choice tor Maich. and, all things considered, a very ■lion. 19 'worked to a t k 1 :y did391 words
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Article289 1948-04-01 2 A CURIOUS* and perhaps unp rered- nted, lawsuit is now before the Milan court over a quest "on of pa* not of a child, but of a book. Two people claim to be the author; one a man. the other a woman. The289 words
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Article, Illustration285 1948-04-01 2 YHE North South cards were more than adequate to produce a small slam at spades, no trump, diamonds, or even at clubs. Obviously, there was something wrong with the bidding. Souths rebid presented a problem. If North had about two tricks for his two diamond response there were285 words
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Article293 1948-04-01 2 AS a change from the critical news oi P. nope, you can take heart today by a re-count of Britain's blessings. The cost is Is. 6d.— for I 64-nagc lushly illustrat'-d brenrhure entitled "Something Dcrie," published by the St.a.lorarv Office u > show what steps Britain hu taken293 words
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Article603 1948-04-01 2 MORAY McLAKLN - Writer s of 'Lallan' MORAY McLAKLN By THE horror of the war years and the distress that follows them often stimulate men's minds m ways that have nothing to do with the business of killing, or the dreary occupation of keeping a whole skin. Scientists, so they tell one. have603 words
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Article, Illustration25 1948-04-01 2 Miss Bridget Utimoercroft wearing the smart new uniform for girl staff member's of British European Airway* when it made its first appearance at Northolt Aerodrome.25 words
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Article183 1948-04-01 2 ANN TEMPLE - ANN TEMPLE By TTHIS BU hlh tf* the 4 p-uUlivaiioTv of m TIk L:ke> uf IV Us lx-i!. t those little onet most I of all— tragically named "UU wanted Children."' We have iis nen. the Ac. tors, tl c ers. v. evidence from every of183 words
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Advertisement23 1948-04-01 2 UNDER REVIEW The Walled City, by Elspeth Huxley (Chatto and Win. 10s. 6d.—Monday.) Try Anything Twice, by Peter Cheyney. (Collins, Bs. 6d. —Monday.)23 words
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Miscellaneous498 1948-04-01 2 YOUR LUCKY STAR Fortune lore-cast for people born today rjORN M All Fools Day, Xj you appeal to iw? ospeTlally «rel| equipped to combat any who might try in. l nl>\.. i l.»_ jour expense I You are a shrewd and bright number, yourself, and can think up a plan498 words
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Miscellaneous385 1948-04-01 2 N« 9.10 Wu: I lude; 9.15 P»t»r Duwsoii Sings; 9 a*) Ausiraium Artists The Pianist Perry Grainger and Soprano Marjone Lawrence; 945 Talk; 10 News; 10.10 Peter Daw son Sings; 10.15 Women's Newsletter; 10.25 Interlude Orchestral. S.E.A.C. RADIO SLAC broadcasting from Colombo; Ceylon, on the following wave oands: 8 to385 words
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Article, Illustration79 1948-04-01 3 The fuselage of the 7iew 35b m.p.h. Handley Page Hastings military transport, the biggest and fastest built m Britain, ichich is now on a flight to Australia and Neio Zealand to test its capabilities under intensive flying and tropical conditions. This transport accommodates seats for 50 troops or guns and79 words
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Article205 1948-04-01 3 SERMAN SPIES IN U.S. PAY' LgO > claimed that Russia had un- I .vered an American-directed spy ring of former operating out of western Ger- I v Austria Sweden to learn the secrets of h t leader operating m the Soviet I Pinkert. former regimentalU.P.; Reuter - 205 words
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28 1948-04-01 3 Pemier denies Fundemocratic activities MiiusId Par- resign the Free:i "an de: bf supBurma top .pcrs nsacked cora::iese. three •*r>.o is AUing of 1 We :v .h nnlir» ReuterReuter - 28 words
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145 1948-04-01 3 'India won't compete with America' |Tly|R. Edward Dahl. U.S. lif I State Department political economist lor South Asia, declared at a press conference m Washington: "I cannot foresee the day when India will be an export nation competing with America. As India raises her own standard of living she willReuter - 145 words
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Article146 1948-04-01 3 Volunteers in U.S. to join Jews NEW YORK, Wednesday. FRMER world's champion boxer Barney Ross says he has joined the George Washington Legion, an organisation of Americans planning to go to Palestine to fight for a Hebrew Republic there. Ross, who is 39, held the lightweight, junior welterweight and welterweightA.P. - 146 words
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Article140 1948-04-01 3 FILM comedian Miss Martha Rajv, who is on a month's visit m London, has won over the critics who had liar predicted that her hfcimour would be too bawdy Eng h audiences, says United Press. For sheer noise and vitality Miss Rave has outdone all herU.P. - 140 words
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Article39 1948-04-01 3 The US Navy has ord red 50 Lockheed "Shooting Star" jet, planes. costing U.S. $5,000,000 for assignment to units where Navy fighter pilots are receiving jet combat training. They will be known as TO-1. U.P.U.P. - 39 words
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Article116 1948-04-01 3 WASHINGTON. Wednesday. PRESIDENT Truman suggested by interference that Mr Henry Wallace "ought to go to the country he loves so well." Speaking before a banquet of Greek Americans, the President asserted that the "Greeks had a Henry Wallace" m Alcibiadcs, whom he called "the greatest demagogueA.P. - 116 words
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Article91 1948-04-01 3 IQIR Thomas Blarney, former O Commander-in-Chief of the Australian Military Forces, thinks the present Australian military force a costly but useless bfc. of window dressing. He claimed that Australia's military force could do nothing to protect the country m an emergency. Efficiency of the service hadReuter - 91 words
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Article48 1948-04-01 3 Thieves who ransacked Mrs. Lydia Crowther's women's hairdressing saloon m Kennington Park-road. London, made themselves a pot of tea. Beside the dirty cups and saucers they left two three-penny-bits and a note: "Sorry we can't stop to wash vp but fere's 6d. for the maid.48 words
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Article362 1948-04-01 3 CHIANG TO GIVE UP 3 PORTS 'To defend on ly major places NANKING, Wednesday. /CHINA'S military command announced today a new policy of defending only "those areas of great importance and necessity." The purpose is to conserve the strength and mobility of the Nationalist forces. In accordance with this unprecedentedU.P. - 362 words
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Article155 1948-04-01 3 Australians favour cut policy r pHE majority of Australians J. favour the present policy of reducing imports from the United States of America to save dollars, according to a Gallup Poll taken recently. Of those asked, 54 per cent were m favour. 21 per cent were opposed, and 25 per155 words
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Article130 1948-04-01 3 THE Australian PostmasterGeneral, Senator Cameron, said m Melbourne that the number of private food parcels sent from Australia to Britain had increased threefold m the last three years. In 1945 just over a million parcels were sent; last year the number was nearly 3*6 million.130 words
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Article65 1948-04-01 3 MUSLIM women m West Punjab have laid aside plans for demonstrations now tnat the so-called "Purdah Bill" has been rejected m the Provincial Assembly. The bill proposed jail terms and fines for women between ♦he ages of ten and 60 who exposed any part of theirA.P. - 65 words
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Article167 1948-04-01 3 CHURCH vs. REDS ISSUE IN ITALY ROME Wednesday. THRISTIANITY versus Com- munism has become a vital issue of the April 18 Italian national t lee Lions— a development the Communistled Popular Front had tried to avoid. The Moscow- trained Italian Communist chief. Palmiro Togliati, calculating effects of an electoral battleA.P. - 167 words
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Article28 1948-04-01 3 COMMANDING generals of the six armies m the United States have arrived m Washington for a four-day conference with the Army Chief-of-Staff, Gen. Omar Bradley.28 words
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Article44 1948-04-01 3 A woman member of the Orissa (India) Assembly demanded during a recent debate that there should be no sex discrimination between monkeys. She explained that whereas a reward of Rs.3 was paid for killing a male monkey, female monkeys rated only Rs.2.44 words
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Article62 1948-04-01 3 THE French movie director, Julien Duvdvler, Is to make a technicolour full-length pictuie on Bali Island. The picture is an Alexander Korda production and some 60 members of the caste and technicians are expected to arrive on Ball Island within the next few months. ThedrU.P. - 62 words
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Article20 1948-04-01 3 Belgian labour unions have withdrawn a demand for a general five per cent, increase m wages and salaries.20 words
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Article70 1948-04-01 3 PRAGUE, Wednesday. AGENCIES of the Communist party today demanded that persons "who have sinned" against the Communist-dominated Government be denied the right to vote m the May 23 elections. The Communist*' secre-tary-general, Mr. Rudolf Slansky, told a party meeting m Pilsen that action committees must beU.P. - 70 words
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Article68 1948-04-01 3 CHILE Ls considering the coining of the silver it mines to buy tea from the Far East. The Government proposes to issue coins m the value of five. 20 and 50 pesos, worth officially about 32 Malayan cents. $1.28 and $3.20. Because silver circulates m68 words
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Article44 1948-04-01 3 At Markapur (Madras), a man fought and killed a cheetah with his bare hands. The man found the cheetah attacking a boy. He sprang on the animal and after a severe struggle succeeded m forcing it down and throttling it to death.44 words
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Article66 1948-04-01 3 THE Kashmir dispute before the Security Council is almost at a standstill, and even behind-the-scenes talks among the various delegations have practically petered out. reports Reuter from New York. Both the India and Pakistan delegation* axe sttll awaiting final instructions from their governments, and it is nowReuter - 66 words
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Article250 1948-04-01 6 'Trying to turn Asia against West •THE Governor General of Malaya, Mr. Malcolm 1 Mac Donald, m an address before the Canadian C hib m Toronto, said Britain's action m granting independence to the Asiatic peoples is "a complete and convincing answer" to tiie Communist250 words
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201 1948-04-01 6 France cuts prices by 10 per cent. PARIS. Wednesday. THE French Government an- nounced last night an average ten per cent slash m the prices of household products m its attempt to stave off new wage demands. Major labour organizations had warned the Government i that -<he cost of livingU.P. - 201 words
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Article37 1948-04-01 6 Lieutenant-General Shigenori Kuroda, commanding general of the Japanese forces m the Philippines from May 1943 to September IJK4, will be tried for war crimes by a Philippine army tribunal m Manila early m April.37 words
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Article28 1948-04-01 6 The Marylebone Borough Council which administer part of Central London, has banned Communists from holding meetings m any hails owned or controlled by the Council.28 words
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Article138 1948-04-01 6 SIAM'S RELA TIONS WITH RUSSIA BANGKOK, Wednesday. SIAM'S relations with Soviet Russia will be "purely diplomatic and political and will have nothing to do with ideologies, it wad authoritatively learned here today. A high Foreign Office source, discounting speculations regarding SiameseSoviet relations, said: "There is nothing special about. Our relationsReuter - 138 words
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Article35 1948-04-01 6 The United Nations Bern-bt-rship committee has approved Burma's application to join the U.N The application next goes to the Security Council, and must finally be approved by the General Assembly.- A.P.A.P. - 35 words
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Article28 1948-04-01 6 Prince Philip has started a six months' course at the Royal Naval College at Grcenw*ch m preparation for promotion to the senior naval staff. U.P.U.P. - 28 words
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Article, Illustration61 1948-04-01 6 HACANAH TRAINS FOR WAR Jewish recruits of the Haganah defence organisation m Palestine are here seen undergoing military training before being sent to the outlying Jewish settlements m the Holy Land to defend them against Arab attacks. Pictures show (above) recruits going uv and along a rope oketacle and (below)61 words
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Article121 1948-04-01 6 NANKING. Wednesday /iHINESE consulates and V' embassies abroad will be instructed to draw up a list of needy displaced overseas Chinese and negotia c with the International Refugee On»anisa tan for their repatriation to China, according to a decision of the Exe- cutive Yuan yesterday.121 words
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Article194 1948-04-01 6 BANGKOK, Wednesday. THE Kuotnintang headquarters m Bangkok today 1 disclaimed any knowledge <rf a Chinese plot W> seiae power m Siam. Li Li Yeo, secretary general, told Reuter: o Kuomintanp Party knows nothing about tho reported Chinese plot." f Week-end Siam- reports claimed thatReuter - 194 words
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Article95 1948-04-01 6 JKKISALEM, Wednesday. CTRICT food rationing has v been imposed on th« Jewish community of Jerusalem, which has been rut off from fresh supplies by Arab forres. Bread, milk, eggs and margerine arc to be doled out m small quantities as long as they last, or until95 words
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Article103 1948-04-01 6 PARIS, Wednesday. THE French Government has authorised the sale of armaments by a Parts firm to the Lebanese Government, a spokesman of the French Ministry of Foreign Affairs snid this afternoon when asked to comment on reports that the Lebanon was buying £00.000.000 worth of arms,Reuter - 103 words
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Article34 1948-04-01 6 Former King Michael of Rumania visited President Truman m Washington last week and said later that the President shared his hopes that he would one day return to the Rumanian throne A.P.A.P. - 34 words
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Article29 1948-04-01 6 India's HcaUfc Minister, Rajkuniari Amrtt Kaur, reporU that some 500,000 persoii^ die of tuberculosis m Indtix every year. Preventive work is being extended.— A. P.A.P. - 29 words
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Article24 1948-04-01 6 Nicolaj Bcrdyaev, 73, Russian philosopher and writer had died at his home m Paris. Hp was a resident m Franoe for 30 years.- U.P.U.P. - 24 words
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Article36 1948-04-01 6 A Hungarian trad? delegation has left for London to negotiate a renewal of an Anglo-Hungarian trade agreement. Under the new agreement It is expected Hungary w.li send a large quantity of eggs to Britain.36 words
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Article233 1948-04-01 6 GERMANY AS ANTI-RED BULW ARK AMERICA mU st supp-.r, „^*N* -r\ Germany if Commui f vt rf overrunning Western i v /J 6 I I<> PN fJ Governor m German: v < Hfnise of Representati\- tla y. yTJ ti; made public today, contain spread oi Communism 4 impo^ :o stop,Reuter - 233 words
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Article7 1948-04-01 6 'A-bomb threat to Indonesia' I 1« A.P.A.P. - 7 words
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Article19 1948-04-01 6 WASHINGTON V&| UR HAR M hi au jfl j I 1 i I U.P.U.P. - 19 words
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Article73 1948-04-01 6 MR J B. Chifley, Australian Prime Wniltfr. told xh> conference of the Vie branch of the Australian our Party. "We do not Labour associated with of the 'isms' that i I Europe, first Fascism anCommunism He said Australia solve its own problems out importing foreign politicalReuter - 73 words
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Article47 1948-04-01 6 THE United S:at* Air Force, reversing ttH licy declared a work has announced 25 000 more men On Mar 16. til it had 312.000 men m ranks, and would i any more enlistmcr: as replacements for t! leaving the §en ReuterReuter - 47 words
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Article35 1948-04-01 6 P.- Daley. Liverpool m a B r< at Durb 4:20.000 on the National His v.z'< is Sbeila "S<^>. said Daley 1 my brother iii Liverpool put oei th« h She it 50-135 words
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Article57 1948-04-01 6 Soviet f am ilies leave FXMIIIKS of Soviet of members of thr Sovii I Council had been mju<M. ri shortly, according to Vienna i Austria arc not expected t trr holid Russians with famili< J been told to srnd thnr movement «»f Russian chili was alvo reported. Thf movcm- n:Reuter - 57 words
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Miscellaneous51 1948-04-01 3 TARZAN Surrender Call By Edgar Rice Burroughs I'VE HOR9<S FORMED A CIRCLE ABOUT TARZAN ANO MIS COMPANIONS. J TAR2AN RECEIVED THE SHOCK •SK?S^«MSpwww.w» Rose an& mW \1 hl lfS w h^7a e^ <e \r y A^lniJL rSM^BE^^-^i^^ fitdnsan arrow to'his bow. 'twfV vT^^Baty |J%^ V- li^^ir*l l^T f(BE^^£m£&J>k] .4 JANa'sAiD.51 words
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634 1948-04-01 4 The Singapore Free Press The New Council Meets THURSDAY. April 1, 1948 EIGHTY-ONE years to the day since the first Legislative Council met m Singapore, a new Council as>embled at the Victoria Memorial Hall this morning. I- is a vastly different body from the one which gathered m 1867 to634 words
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Article858 1948-04-01 4 TWO SIDES ON KOREA THE situation m A Korea has steadily deteriorated and is now far worse than the rest of the world realises, observers who have recently returned to Japan told Reuters m Tokio. "All the stories you have heard about the peoples army are completely justified by facts*858 words
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Article399 1948-04-01 4 A Stony heart was 'peeled' A STONY sheath rourKi the bulletBCarred heart of a convie f serving a 3-year-st'ntence for armed robbery has been removed by a technique of modern surgery. The successful removal of a layer of 'limestone" encasing the 30-year-old convict's heart was reported by surgeons at Ohio399 words
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Article721 1948-04-01 4 WHEN THE SHOOTING STOPS By JAMES M. LONG A. P. Correspondent |T appears increasingly unlikely m Jerusalem that, once the shooting is over, the boundaries of the eventual Jewish State will bear any similarity m fact to those mapped at Lake Success. In hard military reality, either that state will721 words
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Article802 1948-04-01 4 TN Asia democracy is "^neeting new setbacks. The most curious of several dismal items m the past week s news was the fiat of China's Generalissimo, ordering 54 elected representatives to the National Assembly to give up their seats. First Chiang Kai-shek suggested, then he pleaded802 words
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109 1948-04-01 4 G. M. KELLY - TODAY IN INDIA Blood lust is abating G. M. KELLY By A.P. Correspondent THE blood lust which seared India and Pakistan with frightful gious-politieal riots seems to be abating. The Hindus and S kr* on the one hand Muslims on t.h<? otta are putting away knives and axes." R gious109 words
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332 1948-04-01 5 Municipality's new ruling Free Press Staff Reporter A S&ESSMENT will be levied on unauthorised buildings m the Singapore Municipal area, which were erected during the Japanese occupation or m the period of the British Military Administration. These unauthorised buildings, on which no hum mum332 words
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Article, Illustration33 1948-04-01 5 Three young Malay sisters, Inche Zaidah. lnche Zainun and Inche Zdharah (I. to r.) have Inn* a new Malay icovien's organisation, the Melt.:. V,' Progressive Party. See story at foot of this page.33 words
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Article72 1948-04-01 5 Free Press Stall Correspondent KUALA LUMPUR. Wed AN executive officer has been appointed to Implement the recommendations of the Salaries Commission report both m 1113 Federation and apore. He is Mr. J V. Cowgill, former British Reside«r m ri Bemhllan, who returned to Malaya last72 words
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211 1948-04-01 5 Free Press Staff Correspondent LONDON, Tuesday. HTHE Singapore Diocese was m such urgent need of 1 money that it was decided to realise the Association's Post Office savings account and to sell out its 3 per cent bonds, says the report of the Singapore211 words
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33 1948-04-01 5 Govt not blame for musical 'starvation' s i) Importer sic 1 a 1 erah umed F.ir pore for Gjv--e of m*ere oon- I the 1 the uch *ed oro- i been I to33 words
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Article131 1948-04-01 5 Federation is losing millions Free Press Staff Correspendent KUALA LUMPUR. Wed. MILLIONS of dollars of re- venue were being lost to Federation Government, through smuggling, said Caj>t. amed All m the Federal :;eii yesterday. He appealed to the Government to re.mmediately discharged members of the Malay Naval Volunteer Reserve. Financial131 words
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Article29 1948-04-01 5 AS from Sunday. April 4, Malayan Airways will opera weekly service to Bangkok, leaving Singapore at 9.15 a»n and Penans: at noon <? at B a* m.29 words
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Article84 1948-04-01 5 of the pov.cr which be wield r d from the air. "Our achievement have been based on quality The r which lies in our hands lesressor think e before he dares attack us. 'This young and junior serto which we all have the honour to belone84 words
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Article, Illustration106 1948-04-01 5 THE Governor of Singapore, Sir Franklin Gimson, has appointed four Unofficial members to the Colony Executive Council. They are Sir Han Hoe Lim, Mr. E. M. F. Fersjusson. Mr. Tan Chin Tuan. and Mr. M. J. Namazie. Official members are the G-O-C. Singapore District, Major. Gen L.106 words
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Article57 1948-04-01 5 THE organisers of the forthcoming Malayan Fair of Trade and Industry, to be held m Singapore, Cheah Kirn Bee Co. is extending an invitation to all Indonesian exporters and manufacturers who want to expand their trade with Malaya, to participate m the Fair. The invitation has been57 words
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Article106 1948-04-01 5 ANEW Malay women's organisation has been formed m Singapore with headquarters m East Coast Road, inche Zaharah binti Abdullah Kuanp heads the new set-up, I called "The Malay Women's progressive Party.". Membership is open to all Malay women between the as of 15 and 40.106 words
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Article, Illustration31 1948-04-01 5 RAF. Command Provost Marshal, Group Captain F. Champion, presenting a cup to the best all-round sportsman at the passing-ou t parade of 39 RAF. Auxiliary Police (locally-enlisted Malays) at Changi yesterday.31 words
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232 1948-04-01 5 Free Press Staff Reporter FFFORTS are being made by the Friends of SingaL« pore to complete the gallery of portraits of past Singapore Governors hanging at the Victoria Memorial Hall by securing a new painting of the only Governor's portrait missing that of Sir Cecil232 words
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Article239 1948-04-01 5 WAR CLAIMS: 'WE WON'T FORGET' TN his address to the Singapore Chamber <>f Commerce yesterday, the chairman, Mr. E. If. F. Fergussan, said one of the major past-war problems "still with us" was that of War Risk Insurance and War Damage claims. "Progress towards a settlement has been painfully slow",239 words
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490 1948-04-01 5 Must manage own problems Fergusson SINGAPORE CHAMBER REMOTE control" from Britain La* cau2»ed considerable resentment m Malaya and had tended to diminish trade, said the chairman of the Singapore Chamber of Commerce, Mr. E. M. F. Fergusson, at the Chamber's annual general meeting yesterday. "We must press for more say490 words
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Article90 1948-04-01 5 Free Press Staff Correspendent KUALA LUMPUR. W« d. OUT of 1.996 pilgrims who left Malaya from Si: pore and Reiang; for the 1947 pUgriflMfC l o Mecca, 1.729 have returned, 200 remained ki Mecca and 67 died at sea or m Arabia. This was90 words
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Article60 1948-04-01 5 DUE to improved transportation conditions and I reaping of the new harvest, the price of rice has I considerably m West Java. Ttv food situation is factory almost every* partly due to the arrival of rice bought fn m overseas. Stocks m West Java are60 words
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Advertisement69 1948-04-01 5 3 TO-DAYS IN THE LADIES DEPT. First Floor. •MORNING DRESSES were $20.00 How $10.00 •POLO JUMPERS m White, Lemon Blue were $3 50 NowS2J6 -ART SILK HOSIERY I were $1.95 N6W 75 Ctt. pr. were $2.00 &$2 50 HOW 51.00 nr. I SEMI STEP-IN CORSETS j were 518.50 4524.00 NHrSIS.OOpr.69 words
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Advertisement196 1948-04-01 6 CAPITOL TnniVV 11: 2; 15: T «^«»Cv^' m' I I A rtf* P p J v m^^ jk\ -f If C CAC —NEXT CHANGE— rmiih m i H iicitstrt SAT. AT MIDNIGHT Thrills that will send >our blood surfing thru* your veins! 'PERILS of NYOKA' 1 Opening Chaps. CATHAY 3196 words
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Advertisement21 1948-04-01 6 REX Air (ooled Phone 4042 NOW SHOWING. 2 p .m.. 4.15, 6.30 and 9.15 Warners' Smash! ttfc*ill SAT. AT MIDNIGHT -[fly21 words
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Advertisement43 1948-04-01 6 "A Really Mac-, Enhanced By T< lf\k Today Four Shows pA V dsP 2-4. 1 5-6. 30-9. 30 p.m. I ■arparel LOT hVUHIU Palriria WK tonr r /^yszJJ^ls 9 f (ATHLtU Mtim KM Supported By MaL "Lord List:>u el's Vii Indian Trade Exh'43 words
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Miscellaneous86 1948-04-01 6 JANt Exclusive to the Singapore Free Press m Malaya /u^l^^i^ BD MR I /MAY I HAVE THE P^YOU WILI"oNLY EXPOSE^ }^You f4EED NOT VT WEiL-!-HOwl ovpd a^o^o l^ TV HONOUR OF A WORD J Yourself to imsults If I FLATrtK mxirselfYanxjous they 1 1 1 Mim! c-?apV u^S^^Ji Wl YOU/86 words
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Article678 1948-04-01 7 Standard much improved By COURTCRAFT F H J? ™^f ni cent victory of the Penang player, Ooi Teik Hock, over Wong Peng Soon, who for eight long years reigned undisputed m Malayan badminton m the semi-finals of the Malayan badminton championships held at Kuala678 words
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Article, Illustration58 1948-04-01 7 Axel Schamdorff of Denmark (second from left) is seen winning the 500-metres Good Friday sprint final on the Heme Hill (London) cycle track on Good Friday. Second was Lew Pond of Britain deft), and Mario Ghella of Italy 'second from right) finished third. Joe Hijselendoorn58 words
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Article54 1948-04-01 7 YOUNG of tlie Glasgow Rangers will ceptain the Scotland team, aimounoed yesterday, to play England atHampden Park on April 10. The Scots are Black of Southampton: Govan, Hiberr.ictfi; Shau\ Hibernian; Campbell, Morton; Young and Macauky, Arsenal; Waddell, Glasgow; Combe. Hibernian; Thorn ten, Glassgow; Steel. Derby County;A.P. - 54 words
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Article43 1948-04-01 7 THE world lightweight champion. Ike Williams, will defend his title m Los Angeles, probably on May 25 against Enrique Polanos, of Mexico. Bolanos has not been beaten since Williams stopped him m eisht rounds two years ago. ReuterReuter - 43 words
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Article41 1948-04-01 7 l?,rt»s m the runIF Jfix <*"L pad from (our 1 \ZL sh»>'Jld be a ;i the ..de V^n s r L 814 rrirK m a the Savv will join vt sent the d m L (1^ i n« S>o Hoi41 words
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Article94 1948-04-01 7 ippy 3 his credit— 236 m 1930. 206 m 1934 and 258 m 1938. What of 1948? The Don is now nearing 40 years of age, but his form m Australia this past season suggests he has lost none of his powers of scoring freely so that Worcestershire crowdsReuter - 94 words
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159 1948-04-01 7 RINTY Monaghan, world flyweight champion, is not interested m defending his newly won title anywhere but m his native Ireland Commenting on a Honolulu promoter's offer to. stage a fight there with Dado Marino, Frank McAloran. Monaghan's manager, yesterday, said: "I wiil not letA.P. - 159 words
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Article118 1948-04-01 7 Socctr: S.A.F.A. League. Div. I— Navy v. Tiger S.A., Jalan j Besar Stadium. 5.15 p.m.; S.C.C. v. R.A.F. rhan" peUteitf, S.IS p.m. Div. II: Mala>> Z23 B.O.I). St. (norpe's Kuad, 5.15 p.m.; R.A.F. T««igah v. Base Group R.E., R.F. ground, 5.15 p.m.. IVlice v. Singapore District118 words
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Article117 1948-04-01 7 In a serund division S.A.F.A. league game played at the Gey lan? Stadium yesterday the Tiger Sporting Association beat the Rovers Sports Club by one goal to nil. The Tigers' only goal came through a penalty by Chiang Mens just before half-time. The Tigers dominated play117 words
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Article82 1948-04-01 7 Fre« Press Racing Correspondent RENOIR has been sent up to Ipoh and will run on Saturday, the final day of the Perak Turf Club Easter meeting He looked very fit when taken out for slow work by Ellery this morning. The going is soft and82 words
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Article21 1948-04-01 7 DERBY County, playing at home, were beaten fournil by Liverpool m a Football League game played yester- ReuterReuter - 21 words
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629 1948-04-01 7 SUNDRAM RUNS 440 IN 54 4/5 SECONDS THE Singapore quarter-milcr, M. K. Sunciram, a candidate for selection to the World Olympics [to be held «n London this year, impressed m a tryout under ideal I ground conditions whm he ran for the Police m the medley relay at the Royal629 words
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94 1948-04-01 7 TWO WEIGHT-LIFTING RECORDS CLAIMED fWO world weighdifting records m the bantamweight class were claimed m London yesterday by Mahmoud Namdju, a member of the Iranian Olympic team and a bank clerk. The British Weightlifting Association said Namdju did 199 1/1 Ib. m the snatch and 266 '.'2 lbs. m theA.P. - 94 words
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Article47 1948-04-01 7 rpwo French boxers will appear m fights at Harringay Arena on April 20. Rebert Villemaine. European welterweight champion, will oppose Eric Boon, former Brit sh lightweight champion, m a tonround title contest, while Thee Medina fights Danny O Sail i van of England over eight rounds.— A.P.A.P. - 47 words
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Article76 1948-04-01 7 JOE-LOUIS, welcomed by a large crowd of sport fans m Brussels when he arrived by train from Paris yesterday, will get "at least" 250,000 Francs (Belgian) for the exhibition bout he gave m Brussels last night, a boxing official told the Associated Press. When the world heavyweight champion arrived, aA.P. - 76 words
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Article48 1948-04-01 7 English Rugby League officials said yeserday that every seat m Wembley Stadium had been sold for the Rugby League Cup final on May 1. Sale of a few thousand standing room seats is expected to boost the crowd at 100,000, a record lor a Rugby League match.- A.P.A.P. - 48 words
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Article71 1948-04-01 7 THERE will be one Chinese runner m the annual Boston Athletic Association marathon Patriot's Day (April 19) dash if the club can provide Wong Chen Ling with a pair of shoe*. B. A. President, Tom Kanaly. yesterday received a letter with tracings of Wongs feet. Also included was such pertinentA.P. - 71 words
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Article48 1948-04-01 7 NEGRO baseball player competed on Tuesday for the first time m the history of the Pacific Coast Baseball League m San Francisco. He uas John Ritchey, who grounded out m a brief pinehhitting appearance for the San Diego club, which lost •to Los Angeles, 7 to 4.- A.P.A.P. - 48 words
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348 1948-04-01 7 POOR DISPLAYS BY SEAFORTHS I.A. THE Seaforths had to «o all out to beat the Indian 1 Association by one-nil m a S.A.F.A. Div. 1 League soccer match at Jalan Besar Stadium. The game was yet another addition to the colourless encounters seen m the First Division this j season:348 words
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Article27 1948-04-01 7 RUGBY Union games played m U.K yesterday resulted: Middlesex Hospital 6. Aberdeen University 0; Maestep 3, Devonport Services 0; Bristol 3, Clifton 3 ReuterReuter - 27 words
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Article70 1948-04-01 7 PHILIPPINES participation m the Olympic Games at London this summer was assured yesterday when PresTdent Manuel Roxas signed a Bill appropriating $50,000 dollars for expenses of the Republic's athletes. The remainder is to be raised by popular subscription. Training will start early next month mA.P. - 70 words
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475 1948-04-01 7 England fight back in Test SCORE 258 FOR 3 DV scoring 258 for the loss of only three wickets m their second innings at Kingston yesterday, fourth day of the fourth Test against the West Indies, England are assured of avoiding innings defeat as they have wiped out their first475 words
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Article22 1948-04-01 7 EAST Fife, playing at home, beat Arl #ath six-nil m a Scottish B" division Supplementary Cup tie yesterday. ReuterReuter - 22 words
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Advertisement71 1948-04-01 7 Great World Arena proudly announces Return visit of a Famous World Champion CON BALASIS \J A WHO FIGHTS £2^ KING KONG On Saturday Night W 3rd April, 1948 J Bookings Mm Open -4 A :<>U Disappointment |iß^l^^RlN^ls^rso3^^ Travellers!!! 3 SINGAPORE STAY AT *HE TAVERN '^ooear Residential Hotel) 1 °i*MUns immediately71 words
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Miscellaneous286 1948-04-01 7 F.P. Crossword No. Z49 ill Sp I '3 I |4~1 p |6 'Yfririfprpi 9 bo I »iTj lie 3 jBTTH 5 Til' 6 1 1 I|2l |jj22 I 23 24 I [25 11J26 S| 30 ~|3r 1132 133 I I |3Tj35 j 55 f I lit 37 l^ 8 I286 words
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Article496 1948-04-01 8 TASK OF S'PORE'S NEW COUNCIL 'Our destiny m our hands Free Press Staff Reporter THE task of Singapore's new Legislative Council was well defined and could be simply stated, said the senior Unofficial member, Mr. E. M. F. Fergusson, speaking at the inaugural meeting of the Council this morning. Its496 words
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Article, Illustration26 1948-04-01 8 HOME PICTURE FOR MALAYANS The bridge across the Kuala Kedah at Alor Star which was blown during ■c campaign is now being repaired and nearing completion.26 words
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Article951 1948-04-01 8 Says Sir Franklin SINGAPORE had successfully negotiated the nrst stage of progress towards democracy and self-government, said the Governor, Sir Franklin Gimson, addressing the Inaugural meeting of Singapore's new Legislative Council m the Victoria Memorial Hall this morning. The Governor began his address by quoting Sir951 words
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Article261 1948-04-01 8 IN a message of good wishes to the Council, lead by the Governor. the Secretary of State ror the Colonies, Mr. Arthur Creech Jones, said that the second anniversary of the restoration of civil government m Singapore was fittingly marked by the inauguration of the261 words
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94 1948-04-01 8 WASHINGTON, Wed. A NEGRO leader told the Senate Armed Services Committee Today *hdt millions of his race would refuse to register or serve under conscription or universal military training unless racial segregation and discrimination m the services ceased. Mr. Philip Randolph, head ofReuter - 94 words
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Article54 1948-04-01 8 rE first flying -boat to arrive at the new BOAC base at Southampton was the "Plymouth" which had left Sicily on the last stage of the Journey from Japan carrying 21 passengers. The first man to step ashore was Lord Lis towel, Minister of StateReuter - 54 words
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Article45 1948-04-01 8 WILLIAM Milton was fined £10 at Liverpool yesterday for trying to pick a pocket at Aintree race track during the Grand National steeplechase on March 20. The pocket belonged to Chief Inspector John Capstick of Scotland Yard. He was m plainclothes.45 words
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Article209 1948-04-01 8 r VO consider and submit recommendations for the revision of salaries and conditions of service of all Municipal employees on the permanent establishment, a© eight-man "salaries and services" committee was appointed by the Singapore Municipal Commissioners yesterday, under the chairmanship of the Municipal president, Mr.209 words
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Article, Illustration34 1948-04-01 8 picture Royal umbrella bearers m the Throne Room of the Astana Iskandariah m Kuala Kangsar, where the body of Sultan Abdul Aziz of Perak lay m state prior to the funeral yesterday.— Free PressFree Press - 34 words
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Article45 1948-04-01 8 Admiral Sir Denis Boyd, Commander-in-Chief of the British Pacific Fleet, a unit of which is now visiting Manila, said m a Press interview at Manila yesterday, "I believe that there is no immediate danger of another world war." ReuterReuter - 45 words
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Article190 1948-04-01 8 Lieut, kills girl sell TOKIO, Wednesday. AN American Army officer shot and killed himself and his Japanese girl friend m the i First Cavalry Division billet this morning, three days after his family had arrived from the United States. The Army announced that First Lieutenant Benjamin H. Pickler shot andU.P. - 190 words
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Article426 1948-04-01 8 London Stock Exchange LONDON, Wednesday. OPECULATIVE buying: of Industrials gave a firm start to the new Stock Exchange account toda> says Reuter's financial correspondent. On hop* I no further increase m taxation, Tobacco shares wen m demand, and other leaders, including the foremost Irons and Steels, were426 words
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Article198 1948-04-01 8 J^ SPE(I\L Marke* correspond' m riTes the prices of rubt*t 11 a m today as follow^ Bover» (v t w per Ib d*t !b N«. 1 R.S.S. Sp*t loow 41, Ui No 1 R.S.S lot m b*Jea Apr. 41 < 4 No 2 R.S.B. fofc m bales Apr.198 words
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17 1948-04-01 8 UK to have second atom-pile this year ener^y. Pile 2 htttf Aotifty I Reseat <* m m^je^ I17 words
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Article11 1948-04-01 8 j• ji la* 1 LKDJGLFKGJLGLF ReuterReuter - 11 words
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33 1948-04-01 8 Free Press Staff < orrespondent THE Increase to £50 bulk purchasof six weeks' disc Chamber of Mines ai new price is ex-sm< is accompai: metal selling price from t33 words
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Advertisement55 1948-04-01 8 LETOURNEAU Earth Moving EQU IPMENT We h.ivr now br*n ipp" Dlci Sole Agents f«r the above. Will n\%r.e s pleas** notify uf the types of LeTourncau I quipmer.l kclag u«:eid so ti t we ran bold adff:":Ue stocks of spar»> and render *+r\ let WILLIAM JACKS 6t CO., Malaya LTD.55 words
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Advertisement26 1948-04-01 8 DIRK KAU VIOLIN TEACHER FOR CORRBCJ *°"f»^ wishes to unnon m Associated Board ci m all Grades i Enrolment for Prospectus t* •^4^*' 4, BOSCOMBE RCAOT^-26 words
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Miscellaneous10 1948-04-01 8 STORE HIGH TIDES Today: 4 l?pm Friday: 5 57 pju10 words
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Miscellaneous48 1948-04-01 8 YOUR PAPER BY RADIO MIAMI. Wed THE Miami H< nounced today 01 the first fuUi. atic facsimile of news and frequency modulat An attachrnc home radio, tak as much space MM player, deltvc veils scric of pr.n' and photograp 1 Four facsimile c delivered daily, toto pages. Reuter.48 words
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