The Singapore Free Press, 7 April 1948
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Title Section17 1948-04-07 1 The Singapore Free Press LARGEST AFTERNOON SALE IN MALAYA yiyiyiy SINGAPORE, WEDNESDAY, APRIL 7, 1948 PKM't iKMs17 words
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Article450 1948-04-07 1 FIRST CLASH IN NEW COUNCIL Procedure is challenged Free Press Staff Reporter piL first clash between the elected Unofficial members of the Singapore Legislative Council and the Government came this morning m the first fifteen minutes of the Council's first public meeting. Mr. John Laycock challenged the Governor's nomination of450 words
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Article24 1948-04-07 1 me urmsn war Minister. Mr Emmanual Shinwell. has i at Gibraltar to nspect the welfare of the troops on the Rock A.P.A.P. - 24 words
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Article106 1948-04-07 1 Btralians warned LI Correspondent Tuesday. hing that seven million people m uitagonise a thousand million Miurkey, President of the Austra- at a "welcome home" rally m 1 >hort and n of perhaps 200 Chinese. The Government was stupid and i.horisighted to offend Asian nations. The Communist106 words
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Article61 1948-04-07 1 MADAME Pr.di. wife of Nai Pridi Phanomyong. Siamese political refugee, arrived m Singapore last night, with four of her children, to icn her husband, who has b^en living with friends m Singapore since his escape from Bangkok after Marshal Pr -bun's coup last November. Madame Pridi61 words
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Article176 1948-04-07 1 HYDERABAD TENSION BOMBAY, Tuesday. MILITARY and police forces and armed villagers are arrayed against each other on the IndiaHyderabad border, indicating an approaching showdown, if that rich state does not join the new Dominion. Hyderabad is the only princely state outside Kashmir which has not yetU.P. - 176 words
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Article, Illustration53 1948-04-07 1 picture. U.S. Army military police, armed with tommy-guns, board the American military train at Helmstedt, British Zone of Germany on April 1, just before the train entered Russian zone en route for Berlin. The train was turned back by the Russians because the Americans refused to allow them, to inspectA.P. - 53 words
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99 1948-04-07 1 LONDON, Tuesday. IN his Budget, introduced today, the Chancellor of the Exi chequer. Sir Stafford ripps. laid a special tax upon wealthy British investors as a measure against inflationary spending. Conservatives at once declared it was a 'camouflaged capital levy." The tax. ranging from 10A.P. - 99 words
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122 1948-04-07 1 Attack on new Chinese association Free Press Staff Reporter A CALL to Singapore Chinese to boycott a new Chinese political association aimed at the unity of all Malayan Chinese was made by Mr. John Laycock. m a rtery speech m the Legislative Council this morning. "I recognise only one community122 words
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Article59 1948-04-07 1 CALCUTTA CIV IL SERVICE STRIKE /CALCUTTA'S five-day-old :\J civil service strike was rej ported by the strikers yester- day to have stopped work m j all offices but the West BenI gal Government said that be- tween 50 and 70 per cent, of I employees were attending m most offices59 words
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Article174 1948-04-07 1 BOGOTA (Colombia), Tues. THE Argentine Foreign Minister. Dr. Juan Bramu?lia. told Reuters today that he was confident the dispute with Britain over the Falkland islands could be settled, adding: Ths British are gentlemen. I think it Will be settled m that spirit." He hopedReuter - 174 words
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Article152 1948-04-07 1 BERLIN: TENSION EASES BERLIN, Tuesday. FIELD Marshal Lord Montgomery whose silver Dakota was one of 11 British aircraft to fly into Berlin without incident during the day tonight dined with the Soviet Military Governor, Marshal Sokolovsky, at the home of the British Commander. Gen. Sir Brian Robertson, as the crisisReuter; A.P. - 152 words
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Article32 1948-04-07 1 The U.S. aircraft-carrier, Philippines, Sea. flag-ship of Rear Admiral Ralph E. Jeannings, is participating m manoeuvers m the Mediterranean between Malta and Greece with other American fleet units.— U.P.U.P. - 32 words
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Article212 1948-04-07 1 HELSINKI, Tuesday. 2OVIET Russia and Finland today signed the draft i of a friendship and military assistance pact. At a meeting m the Kremlin attended by Marshal Stalin, 1 the Finnish Premier, Mr. Mauno Pekkala, and the Soviet Foreign Minister, M. Molotov, put theirReuter; A.P. - 212 words
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Article65 1948-04-07 1 ONE Chinese was killed and another was admitted to hospital with serious injuries following a collision between a motor car and an ambulance of 61 Coy. R.A.S.C, at the junction of East Coast I Road and Still Road, Katong, at 8.30 p.m. yesterday. The European65 words
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320 1948-04-07 1 JEWS RAID CAMP, SHOOT C.O. 12 MEN J LIU SALEM, Tuesday. JEWISH extremists, wearing stolen army and police J uniforms, lined four British soldiers up against a wall and mowed them down with Bren guns during an attack this morning on the 12th Anti-tank Regiment Camp at Pardess Hanna, nearA.P. - 320 words
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Article20 1948-04-07 1 The U.S. garrison of 5.000 men m Trieste staged a parade yesterday. It was watched by 100,000 people.20 words
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Article132 1948-04-07 1 Car chief to direct US world aid WASHINGTON, Tuesday. PRESIDENT Truman today named Mr. Paul G. Kofiman to run the U. 5.53.800 300.000 global aid pro?ra* —a job that calls. In Mr. He ffman's own words, lor thorough and "exceptionally a^le businessman. Mr. Hoffman, who returned omy yesterday from JapanA.P. - 132 words
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Article38 1948-04-07 1 The Cjmmun .n-led Labour Cor. federation of Italy has ordered a one-hour general strike of its 6 000 MM merr bm throughout the country on April 12. six days f*efore tii* 1 parliamentary elections. U.P.U.P. - 38 words
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Advertisement71 1948-04-07 1 I g*i# #<wy i i^-^-I^^^^^^^^RLm^a^li.* Om lij J BARGAINS FOR MEN •MEN'S SHOEs! By Delta, l^otus Tntstwortky m Brown 6* l^row n $16.50 Pair •GOLF JACKETS Zip Fastener Wen $25.00 NOW $18.50 •SPORTS SHIRTS Half or lx>ng Sleeves Weresl4.So& 12.50 NOW 5.7.50 •DRESS SHIRTS FOR PERSONAL SHOPI'ERS ONLY PRICE $15.0071 words
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Article, Illustration1117 1948-04-07 2 AROUND SINGAPORE SHOPS T WAS vastly reliev--led to see that the Free Press had the decency to give the name Heat Wave to the weather that we have been having lately. Going- around shops, even Singapore shops, te no joke when you are feeling thoroughly hot1,117 words
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Advertisement202 1948-04-07 2 WE STOCK EVERYTHING ELECTRICAL HOUSEHOLD APPLIANCES "JACKSON" ELECTRIC COOKERS UGHTING FIXTURES INSPECTION CORDIALLY INVITED NAM KWANG COMPANY 330, NORTH BRIDGE ROAD, SINGAPORE. PHONE NO. 2315 P. O. BOX 421 Buy Best At Cheapest american handbags IN LATEST BEAUTIFUL STYLES $1 A/- each. LADIES POPULAR PLAZA BRAND PURE SILK STOCKINGS $5/-202 words
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Miscellaneous278 1948-04-07 2 yiygiyi SINGAPORE Blue Network Fros* 12.M noon to 2.00 pjn. 526 metre* In the medium waTe hand and 7.20 megacycles la the 41 metre band. From 6.00 pjn. to 7.45 pjn: from 9to pjn. to 11.00 pjn.: 524 metret In the medium wave band, and 4.825 megacycles In the 61278 words
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Miscellaneous282 1948-04-07 2 Accent on Rhythm— BBC Programme; 7 Records Seldom Hoard; 7JO Peter Diiwson Sings; 7.30 Radio Australia's Hit Parade; 8 Background to Australia; 8.15 As you Like It; 830 News; 8.45 "Just William"— BBC Programme; 915 Australian Sporting Diary; 9.30 Music for Millions: 945 Talk; 10 News; 10 10 Brass BancL;282 words
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Miscellaneous360 1948-04-07 2 News and Items from Thursday* Papers; 10.45 Let's Go a'Roaming; 11 Band at the Week; 1130 Reg Leopold and hit Players*; 12 noon Hot 8pot; 12 15 Fanfare; 12.45 Yankee Quarter- 1 World News Headlines; 102 Yours for the Asking; J World News Headlines; 2.02 Programme Summary; 530 Station Opening;360 words
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Article328 1948-04-07 3 BRIAIN MAY "DISSOLVE EMPIRE" Indians expect 'union of free nations' from New Delhi", Edgar Snow, associate editor of the Saturday Evening Tost, says Indians generally assume that by june, Britain will dissolve her Commonwealth and "announce the birth of a new union of free nations. This union. Snow expects, wouldA.P. - 328 words
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Article, Illustration83 1948-04-07 3 picture. Rome and other cities throughout Italy are covcrta with posters campaigning for the April 18 general elections. A portable pro-Commun-ist Popular Front poster is seen m a street m Rome. It shows a drawing of Monsignor Eduardo Cippico, former Vatican official now m prison awaiting trial on charges ofA.P. - 83 words
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Article57 1948-04-07 3 .if official conffrn about the \Av tm up-to-date aerodrome at ition of the less the colony i> contained m the Government's iring 1947 air traffic pas- sed by leaps and 11 times greater than m 1940 isengera was half that using I indon. I i xr.d n as mus57 words
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Article77 1948-04-07 3 I T -Gen. John R. Hodge, S. commander m South Korea, has announced a one-day postponement of the South Korean elections because of the total eclipse of the sun on May 9. He gave no reason why the eclipse should prompt the change. A brief statement said onlyA.P. - 77 words
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Article78 1948-04-07 3 MAJOR-GEN. Sir Sahib Singh Sokhey. Director of the HafTkine Institute, Bombay, stated before emplaning for Geneva and the lU.S.A. recently that India proposed to import large quantities of pencillin, penicillin drugs and other patented medicines from the U.S. Sir Sahib Singh Sokhey declared that the Governi mentReuter - 78 words
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Article98 1948-04-07 3 VTEGOTIATIONS between *1 the Japanese Government and civil servant unions, after the threat of a large-scale strike, banned last Monday by Gen. Mac Arthur as Supreme Commander, have reached a deadlock, and a continuing lons-term struggle was forecast by the JaDanese Press yesterday The unions were reportedReuter - 98 words
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Article30 1948-04-07 3 Reuter Ten thousand million yen worth ofhaprded gcoc's, comprising a light metal processing machinery, formerly belonging to the Nakajima Aircraft Company »Janan"a largest) have been confiscated.- ReuterReuter - 30 words
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Article102 1948-04-07 3 .ace the and met m New Delhi to discuss the questions generally agreed that certain Government departments and other users of steel could use treated timber for their requin monts. Details of the requirements, particularly of the ports and Telegraphs Department and the Power Board will beReuter - 102 words
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Article74 1948-04-07 3 THREE thousand tons of military equipment, including si:ge guns heavy a..d luht tanks, transport vehicles. j radar equipment and ammo, ition of all types were land d at Istanbul harbour yesterday from th? American Army transport Stevenson. In the last 11 days five American transportsReuter - 74 words
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124 1948-04-07 3 More control over foreign shipping THE Kwangtung Government have received instructions from Nanking to tighten control over foreign shipping along the sea coast of the province, according to tae Tai Kwong Evening Nrws. The instructions are said to be the result of complaints that vessels flviner foreign flags have beenReuter - 124 words
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Article60 1948-04-07 3 AUSTRALIAN Weather Bu- reau officials have exDressed disagreement wilh the reported opinion of the Copenhagen Meteorological Institute that Australia is becoming drir and that temreratures m the Northern ll?misphere are rising. An official said: "Countries In both hemispheres are continually on the alert for new Tacts, butReuter - 60 words
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Article169 1948-04-07 3 BAGUIO, summer capital of the Philippines, will once aga n become the centre of the world interest some time m May when the international Civil Avation Orjran ?ation holds its second annual conference m the city. Two international conference have already been held mReuter - 169 words
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Article231 1948-04-07 3 TOWN WAS HARD UP HUNTINGDON, English town with a population of 4,633 and the birthplace of Oliver Cromwell, has jiLst learned that the mace carried before his Worship the Mayer for the past 150 years is a fake. The real mace was apparently pawned by231 words
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Article55 1948-04-07 3 JWULTIMILLIONAIRESS Mrs. n John D. Rockefeller. Jr. dr 7 m New York yesterday at the age of 73. Inheritor also of The grocery millions ol her father. Senator N:lson W Aldrich, sbe disliked publicity, never owned a diamond tiara, and us:d to walk to the StOT*»«U.P. - 55 words
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Article34 1948-04-07 3 BRITAIN'S national income shot up to £8.700,000,000 m j 1947. an increase of £670.000,--000 over 1946. However, borrowing abroad rose to £675.000.000 m 1947. an increase of £295,000,000 over 1946.34 words
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407 1948-04-07 3 Uneasiness in Colombo trade circles MR. J. A. Clubb, chairman of the Ceylon C ha*r»" of Commerce, m his presidential address at Urn annual general meeting of the Chamber referred im certain amount of uneasiness m Colombo business circles about the possibility of a restriction rf cap.tal export. 4 HeReuter - 407 words
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Article114 1948-04-07 3 THE arrival m C^bu (Phllip--1 Dines > o! 50.000 b 3 rice from Siam to sup;:>lrm n: the local supply of the commodity is expected this month, according to the Goverr.or, Manual Cuence. The shipload of rice was secured through negotiations made by the manager olReuter - 114 words
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Advertisement23 1948-04-07 3 QHIRCH^S^| v *tf^v V jeasoned palate /he quality sH confirmed m their prejercnc\ ENGLAND lll t W<W -«**^-^W*>.-K- ill 1.. I.- ..V.^^,.,,.^ ..1.1 —>23 words
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Miscellaneous8 1948-04-07 3 J^7A«s; The Ho?ib n By Edgar Rice Burroughs8 words
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547 1948-04-07 4 The Singapore Free Press WEDNESDAY, April 7, 1948. Chaos on the Roads IT is surprising that the enthusiasm which the ifflc Advisory Committee brought to the task of rder out of chaos s roads has D killed completely by the lack of Inl .vn by the Government sa In giving547 words
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Article, Illustration957 1948-04-07 4 HARRIS JACKSON - HARRIS JACKSON By A. P. Correspondent THE Saigonese swelter m the dry season heat and wonder uncomfortably if the Annamite guerrillas pot-shotting at the French just outside the city are realty planning a major assault on their Paris of the Orient." "For two years I've heard957 words
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Article440 1948-04-07 4 JUBAL FLEMING - JUBAL FLEMING By Reuter Correspondent MAINTENANCE of lYlthe family unit's health is the main objective of a preventive medicine plan evolved by the U. S. A., National Health Council and the New York Community Service Society. The project wall be sponsored jointly by a leading medical440 words
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Article, Illustration60 1948-04-07 4 air L May Cole, 20. who kelps to make mattresses at a big London factory. When she wants to see rohether her work is up to standard, she just jumps on it— and her employers don't mind at all Britain leads the world m mattress-making; even m places uhere exports60 words
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Article642 1948-04-07 4 RUSSELL BRINES - 'JAPAN MUST BE GREA TER RUSSELL BRINES H> A.P. Correspondent JAPAN must become a greater trading nation than m the days of her power to reach minimum self-suffi-ciency by 1953. This was the conclusion of Overseas Consultants Incorporated after the most exhaustive economic survey of postwar Japan yet completed. TheyA.P. - 642 words
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Letter241 1948-04-07 4 LETTER TO THE EDITOR HAVING read your article <-ni.Ufd "Gowrcment Not To Bin me For Musical 9fcirvation'' published m s*our ixipor of April 1, I feel constrained to make the folkNring observwtA.ns. Firstly, the gfcatanrnt that Conservatories ot Mils. In the Philippines RepubUc are privately run ar.d sponsored241 words
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Article120 1948-04-07 4 Howard W. Blakeslee - Gold treatment for Cancer Howard W. Blakeslee By A. P. Correspondent pADIOACTIVE 1\ Ls the best treat meat for cancer among the new, man made products of atomic ovens. Trus was reported to federation of Amer Societies for experimental biology by Dr. P. F Harm of the Vanderbilt University School120 words
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Advertisement33 1948-04-07 4 inn i iiiniKiiiiiii'MMiMiuiiiiiiiiiiiiMiiMiii IT WILL PAY YOU TO VISIT OUR CARPET MUSEUM FOR PERSIAN BOKHARA INDIAN RUGS S. QURESHI CO. 67, THE ARCADE tr I Floor (ertrwrce fr *n Raffles PLuce) I>l. 645333 words
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Advertisement17 1948-04-07 4 FAITH 1 In the time of trouble He shall hide me m His pavilion. Psalms 27. 5.17 words
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Advertisement53 1948-04-07 4 IF YOU WAKS--the outside of your f to look newly pair LILLIfcGTONS PAINTCRE WASHABLE NON-FLAKING Available m i shades at Modem 1 MNG.IPOR* I I PENASC. Xl M X LDI Te! Trl UN I PORTABLE MOL t L Featuring VELVETONE FINISH TOUCH CONTROL IMMEDIATE DEI I 104 ROBINSON ROAD ALSO53 words
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Article, Illustration71 1948-04-07 5 These pictures give some idea of the work of the Army School of Education (Far East) m Singapore. They show a sergeant learning carpentry, a class attended by Gurkhas and an Indian soldier, and a Sikh learning knitting m his sparetime. The Indian Wing of the School has closed down71 words
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Article, Illustration30 1948-04-07 5 Lt. Col. A. Muttukumaru, OC. Ceylon Light Infantry, and the Yen. Kassapa, who arrived from Colombo yesterday to investigate the Woodlands not m ichich Ceylonese troops were —Free Press pic-30 words
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Article9 1948-04-07 5 135,537 i,is r^ber ported and :.> for t K. i9 words
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Article229 1948-04-07 5 AN inquiry in:o the death n of three Europeans. Mr. A H. Hunter, Capt C G Sk?iley and Mrs. Patricia Spence. who were killed when a station wagon m which they were travelling crashed headlong into a tree at the junction of Dunearn Road and Adam229 words
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Article405 1948-04-07 5 TEST DIETS FOR 5, 000 CHILDREN Experiment with special rice iwn x L Free Press Staff Reporter [<IVI thousand children attending the child feeding centres m Singapore will be given varying degrees of nourishment m their diets from next Monday until the end of the year as an experiment to405 words
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Article36 1948-04-07 5 New Moon day tomorrow will be celebrated at the Sinhala Buddhist Temple m Outram Road by Mrs. D. E:>en Peris of Muar m memory of her mother, father and brother. All are invited.36 words
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117 1948-04-07 5 INDONESIA has completed plans for the purchase of U.S. $5,000,000,000 worth of American industrial equipment over the next five years, says the Indonesian news agency. The purchases will include road-building and irrigation equipment. ut. A. K. uani, ir.aor.es.aTi Economic IiiUMtCT, tald a. press coi:ierence m New117 words
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Article79 1948-04-07 5 Two youiß Chicie.se. Soh Long Chium and liW A.. X jestenfag commit :ed by Mr. A. G. Shears, the Seventh Police Court Magistrate, lor al at the next Assizes on a enar<jp of sang robbery m I Ail Soo last year. A 22 year-old Indian. Bet- B79 words
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Article, Illustration23 1948-04-07 5 f ~&i-v> r' ffroi I Sfiangnai air,ie"l hina and kis abandonment of the scientific expeduiuu to .austd consternation m Nanking.— A J>. picture.23 words
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Article74 1948-04-07 5 WORRIED because he was robbed of $110 and could mot replace l r ne money, a 22--year-old Chinese, Syn Yong K.ann, jumped to his death from the lourth storey of Meyer Fla ft m Cokman Street on March 29. This story was told to the74 words
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Article79 1948-04-07 5 FOLLOWING an outbreak of rabies, all dcg s mi n Kedah, when out of doors, must now wear a muz.le and must at all times be ecthor tied up or led en a chain. Th<* exportation of a v dog from Kedah is prohibited. There is79 words
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194 1948-04-07 5 $20,000 added to funds To fight TB \N increase of about $20,000 has brought the contributions to the funds of the Singapore Anti-Tuberculosis Association to $122,705.65. The latest list issued by the SATA shows: Balance as at Feb. 29, 1948, $92,660.97. Government Securities at par $10,000, Donations during March 1948:194 words
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Article54 1948-04-07 5 Mr. p. a. T. Chrknee has been appointed a member o; i the Pilot Board, In place of t Mr. H. B. Basten who is on i leave. Cteptain R. J. J. Srieddon 1 has t>e?n appointed a mcmi ber of Pilot B">ard m place o* I54 words
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Article272 1948-04-07 5 RICE SUPPLY PROSPECTS 'BEST YET' /\PEXING'Ihe monthly meeting of the Booth-East Asia liaison officers at Singapore yesterday, A;r. P. S. Scrinever of the Special Comui iu fi iowr r f s uilice, said that so far as rice was conccinciJ. "the siUsnt on m S.E. Asia is most encouraging; more272 words
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Article261 1948-04-07 5 FORTNIGHT TO RESTORE PEACE A MASSEUR. George D. Candiliotis, appeared before the Rent Conciliation Board yesterday and told the Board: "My tenant makes me mad." He Pla .*d: "One morning when I came to my office, I found that everything I had In the bathroom, like arm-bath 6 and leg-ba'hs.261 words
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Article15 1948-04-07 5 The Hongkong and Shanghai Bank has resumed operations at Sou ra bay a.15 words
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336 1948-04-07 5 RENT PAID UP TO 1957, SAYS TENANT THE payment of rent m advance until 1957, amounting to "an astronomical figure," was referred to by Mr. David Marshall m the Rent Conciliation Board yesterday when an elderly widow, Fatimah Khatoum binte Haji Gulab Khan Suratee, applied for possession of her houses336 words
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Article52 1948-04-07 5 A 54-year-old Chinese. Tee Teok. of Thomson Road, was fined $200 m the Third Police Court, yesterday for cruelty to animals. He was found m possession of 65 fowls, eight ducks and five geese all confined m four small baskets, m a lorry m Thomson Road on52 words
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232 1948-04-07 5 T^YRE-MAKERS of the United States have over- taken their huge backlog of unfilled orders, and they are wondering what comes next. Some industry sources say a price-cutting war may lie ahead. Otheis put it more temperately: the industry, they say, is entering a periodA.P. - 232 words
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Article409 1948-04-07 6 C. R. BRUSINI - A Film About Life C. R. BRUSINI By A.P. Correspondent I TSING the techniV que that has brought renown to the Italian films "Open City and Paisa," Director Roberto Rossellini was startingwork on a new film set m the w r ild beauty of Salerno Peninsula, recently. With his friend,409 words
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Article, Illustration30 1948-04-07 6 Sir Alexander Korda deft) chats with Sir Laurence and Lady Olivier (Vivien Leigh) when they attended the film premiere of Anna Ka-enina m which Lady Olivier plays the title role.30 words
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Article105 1948-04-07 6 AUSTRALIAN fllm production will receive a boost with the re-opening soon of the Pagewood < Sydney* film studios for the shooting of interior scenes of Earling Studios" film. Eureka Stockade. The decision t< reopen Pagewood was announced by the managing director of Earling Studios. London (Major Reginald105 words
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Article, Illustration401 1948-04-07 6 BOB THOMAS - BOB THOMAS By A. P. Correspondent IN this town where most films are ac companied by a noisome fankire, it's news when one is made under a publicity blackout The picture is '"Mr. Joseph Young of Africa." which John Ford. Menan Cooper and Ernest Schoe&sack have beenA.P. - 401 words
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Article271 1948-04-07 6 BOB THOMAS - BOB THOMAS By A.P. Correspondent APPROACHING his 60th birthday anniversary, Irving Berlin looks back on 40 years of song writing without regret. That's reasonable, since he's America's most successful and no doubt richest song writer. Have you ever yearned io write a more serious and lasting work?271 words
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Article, Illustration298 1948-04-07 6 BOTH North and South overbid, but declarer was able to briti^ home his contract because he timed his play perfecUy to take advantage of the opponents assistance WeM opened a d .< nr>nd &nd dummy's jack won tti trick. The primary essential was U keep East from getting298 words
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Article221 1948-04-07 6 ANEW air-warming technique. first used successfully on Paramount "s "A Foreign Affair." will become standard procedure fur the studio m the future. Wind blowing machines were required to dirtsteady breeze on Jean Arthur. Marlene Dietrich and 50 other players In a process shot m the movie. Nor221 words
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Article178 1948-04-07 6 SHOWS IN SINGAPORE Bishop's wife BY OUR FILM REPORTER THE film shown 1 Britain's Kin£ and Queen at a Command Performance 1 November The Bishoj Wife, being- screened today at the Capitol. Starring m the fthr are David Niven, Cary Grant and Loretta Voting who an> d m tri s178 words
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Article49 1948-04-07 6 L\TF>T :.mt Mg brass ta*,*' film indu>;r> truxl^d uit«. th» plush trm and Kav*> him scene ••Wh> you dir;>- v ex eni| a bit I act "J beh»\ r own mo I did that tff "J j snappt-d thf l*^ put m. Wfc" I timt49 words
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Advertisement138 1948-04-07 6 CAPITOL_ 1^ Phone 5159 FAR-EAST PREMIERE TODAY! 11 VM 2 P.M.. 4.15 P.M., I and 9.15 P.M. LORETTA »jy young j|a Winner of the I Academy Award Jjt/ for the Best Actress Ou 1947 ir v. portrays the BISHOPS WIFE m Samuel Goidwyn i V.oaiierful new tooieeU! (MY GRAM "He't138 words
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Miscellaneous149 1948-04-07 6 MdndTdkC Exclusive to the Singapore Free Press m Malaga JOO OLO ANO OUSTY. THE L-, I Hmm --GOLO-PLATEO. I I Thus MMDffAKB fA/TfflS I LEAVE YOUR CAR HERE. AN I Wu^ S^^Ll i^^ «BWOW Sff^CKS. J ESTATE CAP. WILL r===! MAKE r, r 1 M"X! V Jl y i /i149 words
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Article652 1948-04-07 7 ALL-MALAYA XI MAY MEET CHINA One of three S 'pore games Free Press Soccer Reporter WHEN the China Olympic soccer team, enroute to London, stops over for three games m Singapore, one of the teams that will, m all probability, be pitted against them, will be an All-Malayan XI, drawn652 words
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Article, Illustration24 1948-04-07 7 J Tan (Chinese AthU and Steicart, the Air Formation Signals left fullback-, for the ball m yesterday' Second Division Uague game on the Paaang.24 words
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Article, Illustration34 1948-04-07 7 Ahbley, the Air Formation Signallers' right fullback, robs a Chinese Athlete forward of the ball m their Second Division League encounter on the Padang yesterday. The result was a draw of t—l.34 words
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Article43 1948-04-07 7 Lima, Peru, Tuesday Daniel Carpio. who swam the English Channel last summer, plans to attempt to cross the Gibraltar straits this year. A fund is being raised to finance the trip for the Peruvian long distance swimmer. A. P.A.P. - 43 words
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Article62 1948-04-07 7 The M C FA would have fail- their duty if we had not proi. As it is we now find that Bog has also been selected, so c it has been fully iustiried. li m subsequently admitted by soccer authorities m China that roper procedure had not62 words
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509 1948-04-07 7 rree tress soccer Keporter COMMENTING on the selection of the three Malayans, Chin Boon Leong, Chu Chee Seng and Yeap Cheng Eng, to represent China at soccer m the Olympic Games at London, Mr. Kok Chong Fook, chairman of the executive committee of the509 words
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174 1948-04-07 7 Good entries for Polo Club gymykhana 2PLENDID entries have been received for the Singapore »010 Club Gymkhana to be held kt the Thomson Road Polo jrround on Saturday, April 17. Riding is becoming increasingly topular m Singapore and there lave been many additions to the lumber of horse -owners since174 words
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Article55 1948-04-07 7 SYDNEY Tuesday Tommy Burns Australian welterweight champion, whose chances of securing front-rank nghte m the United States were dimmed when he lost recently on points to Benny Evans, has been matcned to fifcht Bob Maloney, of Africa, m Sydney on May 3. Maloney recently arrived AustraliaReuter - 55 words
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Article21 1948-04-07 7 LONDON, 'iuesday.—Football results today were Third Division Northern > Oldham Athletic 2. Barrow 1; Rochdale 1. Lincoln City 1- ReuterReuter - 21 words
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Article58 1948-04-07 7 SOCCER* S.A.F.A fe&gur, Div. 1, A. A. A. v Tiger*, Jaian Bcsar; div. 2, I. A. Pulau Bukont S.C, Geylang stadium; Social A. P. T Serangoon Asm., C.V.M.A. ground, St. George's Kd friendly game; S.CC T Land Office, S.CC. ATHLCTICS: B.A.F. S«nbawang sporU melt, Sembawang, 2 p.m. BOXING:58 words
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Article80 1948-04-07 7 HULL, England, Tuesday. Major Frank Buckley, secre-tary-manager of the Hull City Football Club, which plays m the Third Division—Northern section on the English Football League, resigned on Tuesday because "for some time the board of directors and myself have seemed to disagree on policy." Buckley, 64 yearsA.P. - 80 words
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Article68 1948-04-07 7 LONDON. Tues:— Dilip Bose. one of the four members of the Indian Davis Cup here, contingent, onterfd In the singles of the Paddington Club tournament here, had an ea.sy win :n his first round match with J C. Warboys whom he beat 6 o. 6 l, yesterday. InReuter - 68 words
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Article323 1948-04-07 7 The following are the draw and starting times for the Royal Singapore Golf Club's i President's vs. Captain's golf match to be played at Bukit Timah on Sunday morning., (President's team mentioned first). 8.25 J. F. Pearcy and D. A. Blunt v. H. M. Alexander and323 words
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Article301 1948-04-07 7 SIR Anthony Lindsay-Hogg, representative of the Anglo-Irish Bloodstock Agency, one of the biggest breeders of racehorses m the world, arrived m Singapore yesterday, after an extensive tour of Australia and New Zealand. Sir Anthony, a Royal Air Force ferry pilot during the recent world war, is301 words
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Article65 1948-04-07 7 LONDON, Tues.— Billy Thompson. British and European lightweight boxing champion will for New York m the Queen HI belh tomorrow April 7, to se^k an empire title fight with the Canadian Al King. Thompson, rated one of the top contenders for the world cham* ship,A.P. - 65 words
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Article300 1948-04-07 7 C.A 1, Signals 1. T^HE Chinese Athletes have only themselves to blame for not winning their S.A.F.A. second division league fixture against the 19th Air Formation Signals on the Fadang yesterday. The result was a one-all draw. The Athletes were awarded a penalty midway through the second300 words
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Article417 1948-04-07 7 Malays 3 Indians 1 yESTERDAY'S S.A.F.A. Div. 1 game between the I Malays and Indians was by far the roughest seen since the league season began. The game on several occasions threatened to result m an unpleasant incident, and credit must go to the referee, Major (Rev.)417 words
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Article135 1948-04-07 7 LONDON Tuesday.— Three of the four Indian vis* playing today m the m 1 singles of the Paddington ;Club lawn tennis tournami nt j here won their matches, the only one to lose being V. X Madan. All four were playir.g m second round mate: ScoringReuter - 135 words
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Article74 1948-04-07 7 S.C.S 0 Naval Mm QOOD p^salkeepine by Civil BenrfeGi c a"»"d hi« pHp fr» b^ir.c b> itra hv tbr Naval Bfe r m a S A PA. third div: lc^nue soccer gamo at MrN R<^.d. The fame ended to a I draw. N. Sparke. uho l<v74 words
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Miscellaneous230 1948-04-07 7 F.P. Crossword No. 354 .I. aSSSSSS X^^\ 3^v^ II 30j |3I fe »34n& CLUES ACROSS 2, Innumerable (9). 7. Glass substitute '4> 9. Round (B). 10. Water-diviner (6). 12. Confederate (4). 13 Rigid (5). 14. Weaken <v. 18. Primitive (8). 20, Attractive (8). 21. Delay 16). 24, Educates (s>. 27,230 words
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Article, Illustration1030 1948-04-07 8 IMPORTS STILL BRITAIN'S MAIN PROBLEM Cripps Budget speech LONDON, Tuesday. FOR Britain the whole economic situation m 1948 will be dominated by the difficulty of paying for imports without which we can neither live nor produce," said the Chancellor of the Exchequer, Sir Stafford Cripps, m introducing today his firstU.P.; A.P.; Reuter - 1,030 words
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Article600 1948-04-07 8 rate of 9s. .n the The change meam that a single man Will be able to earn iIB 17s a Wfi'k and a married man w.tli two children. £13 8s a wi ck belotc havirig to pay at tho full 9s m the rate Typical600 words
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Article, Illustration27 1948-04-07 8 Chu Cheng, 72-year-olcL president of the Judicial V who is announced as a candidate for the presidency of China, a post now held by Generalissimo Chiang Kai-shek27 words
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Article, Illustration45 1948-04-07 8 iiAiir In 1535, Charles Dickens sverit a ni^lit m nVlflt m m .an obscure Wiltshire village called PickKick and met Moses Pickwick, ichose name and figure he perpetuatei m "Pickicick Paris'" Above is one of the original houses of Pickwick, which is up for sale.45 words
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Article270 1948-04-07 8 NEW DELHI, Tuesday. INDIA today announced her intention of nationalising atomic development and armaments industry, while a national planning commission will be established to supervise all future developments m the iron, steel, coal, aircraft and communications industries. In Parliament today Dr. Prasad Mookerjce, Industry and SuppliesReuter; U.P. - 270 words
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127 1948-04-07 8 Kuomintang not to nominate candidates THE Kuuminiang Central Executive Committee In Nanking yesterday decided not to nominate presidential and vice-presidential candidates, allowing National Assembly delegates to make their own nominations. This indica'es the Kuomintang group has conformed to the wishes of Generalissimo Chiang Kni-'hek not to run for the presidency.Reuter - 127 words
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Article42 1948-04-07 8 FIRST ALL-JET AIRLINER VICKERS Armstrong yesterday claimed the worlds first flight by an all-jet powered airliner. A jet-propelled Viking made its maiden hop with Captain J. "Mutt" Summers, Vickers chief tesfr pilot, putting the plane throueh its Daces for 20 minutes.— A.P.A.P. - 42 words
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Article207 1948-04-07 8 CAIRO, Tuesday. /COINCIDING with settlement of the police strike m Alexandria, trouble broke out m Cairo toda*y when the police, trying to prevent thousands of cotton mill workers from marching into the city, had to fire into the crowd. The casualties are not yetU.P.; Reuter; A.P. - 207 words
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Article502 1948-04-07 8 London Stock Exchange LONDON, Tuesda> THE attention of operators m London's st<»< k markets today was centred on the Budget, which was announced after the market closed, says Reut<r\ financial correspondent. Although the bwfcKH volume was negligible, most sections managed to maintain an even keel. Tin s502 words
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Article164 1948-04-07 8 i ENANG, Tuesday, i IDDRESSING the annual general meeting of the Penang Chamber of Com■nerce the chairman, Mr. D. A. MacKay declared that the re- i suit* of the present ban on 1 ipium were deplorable and lIi 1 opium smuggling and illicit retailing164 words
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Article24 1948-04-07 8 WEIGHTING m Chi: r 30.000 Communist m Manchuria border, ad large city about 35 w Jehol. Government ti I 1 I 1 A.P.A.P. - 24 words
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Article176 1948-04-07 8 SPECIAL Market correspond* m gives the prices of rubber a' 11 am today as ffoOov Buyer* Tile» l» Cte ocr Ib t>er M No 1 BSS Spot loose X\k No 1 R.S.S fot> m bales Apr. 41 v 41", No I R.S.S tot m bales Apr 40^ RA.P. - 176 words
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14 1948-04-07 8 Colonies: Venezuela asks for freedom H ii II I I II m m ReuterReuter - 14 words
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Advertisement176 1948-04-07 8 SITUATIONS VACANT WANTED Advertisement Canvassers. Apply Box S 131 FP. ACCOMMODATION WANTED YOUNG European Bachelor seeks room with breakfast or as Paying Guest m private house or share house or fla» with another If possible with garage Interest m music. Box No. 5129 FP. WANTED TO PURCHASE REQUIRED immediately low176 words
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Miscellaneous34 1948-04-07 8 WEATHER—* Fair VTEATHER irport for th» 24 hours compiled bj lhf RA F Bright p«Tiods. Occ»sk»nal shower* or thundrr^torm^ Wind. Lijtht. variabk. STORE Wttiß nW S Today: 9 36»jn; 10 Thurs H ISt.m; IOSOpm34 words
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