The Singapore Free Press, 25 August 1948

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1 8 The Singapore Free Press
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    17 1 The Singapore Free Press LARGEST AFTERNOON SALE IN MALAYA SINGAPORE, WEDNESDAY, AUGUST 25, 1948. PRICE 10 CENTS
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    J.K. seeks anti-Red front in Asia
    205 1 J.K. seeks anti-Red front in Asia More troops for Malaya LONDON, Tuesday. THE British Government is m close contact with Governments of all South-East Asian territories regarding common measures to combat Communist aggression, reports the Associated Press, quoting a Whitehall source. The report says that the question of further reinforcements
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    1 1 GAKSGAG.
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    Opium racket: Dr.Oetoyo says 'no knowledge'
    115 1 Free Press Staff Reporter DR. Oetoyo, Indonesian Republic Representative m Singapore, stated this mornIng that the Indonesia Office In Singapore knew only from news published at about the time of the third anniversary of the Republic, Aug. 17, of the sale of opium alleged
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    Siam says 'go ahead'
    102 1 Free Press Staff Reporter BRITISH troops and police have been given permission to cross the Siamese frontier m pursuit of Communist terrorists, and to take action inside Siam. m the border region, against Communist activity directed at Malaya, states Reuters correspondent m Bangkok The Siamese Cabinet
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    17 ROAD MISHAPS
    116 1 OF 17 road accidents m Singapore yesterday, the most serious was the case of 18--year-old girl, Tan Mol Lai, who was knocked down by a car, driven by a European, at the junction of Whitlev Road and Mount Rosie Road. She sustained a fractured leg, and is
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    CHINESE HELD FOR BECKER MURDER
    55 1 A CHINESE from Indonesia Is to be charged with the murder of Mr. J. N. Becker, an assistant of Watts and Co., Singapore merchants. Mr. Becker was shot with a gun snatched from a policeman who was trying to make an arrest at an office
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    POLICE KILL 5
    31 1 Five Moslem refugees were killed and seven injured yesterday when oolice nred on a hostile crowd of refugees at their camp at Montgomery, 140 miles southwest of Lahore.
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    RED DEAN'S MOVE
    22 1 Banned from America, Dr. Hewlett Johnson, the Red Dean of Canterbury, is expected to visit Canada m Noverr.br- A.P.
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    AC BLOCKS ALL CITY APPROACHES
    11 1 AC BLOCKS ALL CITY APPROACHES L r ttf r I I
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    AUCKOUT AT THE CUSTOMS
    7 1 AUCKOUT AT THE CUSTOMS rs I A.P.
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    New flare-up in Indo-China
    204 1 New flare-up in Indo-China SAIGON, Tuesday. fOMMUNIST-LED Viet Minh forces, m large-scale v fighting, have thrown back French Army posts m the South-eastern Indo-China province of Tonkin. They are reported today to be m control of all but the largest towns. The Hanoi-Haiphong railway has been cut m many places,
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    POLICE LIPS ARE SEALED
    111 1 KUALA LUMPUR. Wed. ON a stretcher m the yard of Kuala Lumpur's Central Police Station this morning lay the body of a uniformed Chinese, who had been shot In the head. Police lips, however, were sealed, because of the ban placed by the Commissioner of Police.
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    Raiders 'held' in Kashmir
    78 1 A GOVERNMENT of India military spokesman said yesterday that after 10 months war m Kashmir, the raiders were still "Just as far from their objective." which was the state capital of Srlnagar. Raiders were now held near Chakothl, 60 miles west of Snnagax. at Tithual. 70
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    RUSSIA CLOSES CONSULATES IN U.S.
    151 1 T<HE Russian Government »s to close the only two Consulates It has maintained m the United States, reports the United Press, quoting Tass, the official Soviet news agency. This action is presumed to be m protest against President Tri man's action asking for; 'Se Recall
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    'Exploiting Asia,' Australia told
    174 1 'Exploiting Asia, Australia told rree rress Correspondent MELBOURNE, Tuesday. YIR. W. Macmahon Ball, who recently led the ITI Australian "goodwill" mission to the East, m an address before the Melbourne Junior Chamber of Commerce, said that Australia should severely discipline economic adventurers who were giving her a bad name m
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    MRS. MACDONALD 'MUCH BETTER'
    43 1 Mrs. Malcolm Mac Donald, wife of the Commissioner General, is much better, it was stated at Bukit Serene this morning. She will leave Johore Bahru Hospital this afternoon, and it is probable that she will soon go on holiday.
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    ENVOYS 'BARTERED'
    39 1 Chile and the Soviet Union have agreed to "barter" their ex-ambassadors detained by both governments since diplomatic relations were broken off last October, it was officially stated m Santiago yesterday. They will be exchanged on Aug. 9.
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    OIL MEN FOR TRIAL
    36 1 Two Britons, an American and several Rumanians are to face trial at Bucharest on charges of misusing National Bank credits granted to the oil companies for which they worked, says A. P.
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    Deserters lay down arms
    267 1 Deserters lay down arms RANGOON, Tuesday. GOVERNMENT successes m Central Burma against the rebels and the surrender of a number of deserters of the Burma Army, were reported m tonight's official communique. Two townlets which had been m insurgent hands for some days were recaptured by the Government m the
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    Secret society men arrested
    79 1 FIVE Chinese were arrested by the Singapore CID yesterday for being members of an Illegal secret society. Another Chinese, believed to be a gangster and a secret society member, was arrested under a banishment warrant. Two robberies were reported last night, the first m Trust Street
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    STALIN TALKS CHANGED THE MOSCOW SCENE
    189 1 MOSCOW, Tuesday. THE Western envoys' long talk with Marshal Stalin last night was believed here today to have com-' pletely changed the picture m the Powers' negotia* tions over Germany. The Western Governments are expected to take several days to consider Stalin's communication, and
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    PANIC FOLLOWS EARTHQUAKE
    29 1 PANIC FOLLOWS EARTHQUAKE Panic-stricken peasants are still fleeing from Italy's earthquake belt around Foggia which has been :rocked by a series of shocks m the past five days.- Reuter
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    GEYLANG SHOP BURNT OUT
    54 1 HELAY In tbe Ore brigade resulted H hut being grou..r; this mornr The hut. a B shop In Jalan Un?ku A Geylang was ablaze when a fire enpi. c arrived on the sc»ne. The propr I he Hussein bin Abdul Kacir ard on, who were In
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    S'HAI PRICES RISE
    15 1 Retail prices m Shanfma:. with the single n of rice, rose yesterday
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    On the Warpath
    560 2 DRITISH film stars are on the warpath; angry, for one thing because they are being excluded from the councils of -he Industry and thus not bein.u given a chance to help the industry out of its present troubJ and concerned nisei because of me ante influx <
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    HE'S IN LOVE WITH LOVE
    148 2 n> HOWARD C Ht I N A. P. Correspondent rpuRS i he Bu: idept ■d. Amer: p:< Ho* bubble* he dar "If I have a pi all." he c:- >n the i I India' ways m and nev> ::e. "Love is fr he declaimed. hands.
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    From He-man to Hu-man
    346 2 PHERE is a new film x star m Hollywood these days, inhabiting tho flesh of one of the old timers m the busilir. Gary Coo; around town for a q Fa century, playing he-man i itdoor sionally he was cast m a dinner Jacket role for
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    Bridge Problem
    311 2 THERE wa* a flaw m thi bk; ciuu{. for three uo-trump could not have i>«-n defeat. d Four spades, three hearts a d;a uunui Mid a club w»>u'd produce miam Mcta without i fin. without trjing to iKvelop the diamonds. But s.n-^ n<i?her player actually had a club
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    TIME TO DANG
    283 2  -  ELIZABETH LEE by IX2NIOHT. over Radio I Malaya at 8.20, we shall be dealing with no fewer than three different figures. In the first two figures however, the man nurely takes I ward walks, and his partner takes backward vats. so there is very little complication. The
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    A SHOCKER
    54 2 i FILM MftaH British Gover. gation, was shou ntly to an tttdfa It is a I called made b 3 500 ct ing pie merit Ko:n t A mo: hon. day m and d 3u. ,nd bu dea' The elTer' g a < ;heap car lurchin. drlrerlesi whik
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      25 2 New all-iiine low prices for brocades, printed sheer, lambskin, etc, m our silk department. NEW PROOF that a GIAN SINGH BARGAIN is a i>et4Ter AKHGJAKJHG
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      74 2 y~X HARRY JAKES tl I LJTTLK LTTTLE BIT OP H 5 MEMPHIS H". VEB 6LEEP\ I POUND A NEW BABY JEFTRIE S BLUCB I SHARP AS A TACK F** OL- MAN RIVER I NOBODY KNOWS THF TR< E S* B h JAMES SESSION |g I JWCP TOWN JUG HEAD I
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      586 2 ,'n Mala-. 745 Popular Request, the*' SiWCjArCJKh iineTOßim Stars- 12 45 YanKet yu hua.i^.uoDt.iNp.n AUSTRALIA world Htm; 105 Aiinoui Ml metro the mediam w.t« 400p a> v, 11 15 pi» VLAG l band ...d 720 —-l.it! .n lf.fl metre, IS 21 mrg**,clr*: m te tbt tl MM Mod «»0» m
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      219 2 VOLT LUCKY STAR DOKN t<*i.»>. wki have deu hi.ile talent for the nriUen word which when com.-uned with your k r m knoulcdg« of human naturv your wit. and your originality, should give you a successful career as a writer. You mibl learn early m the ganve, however, that thire
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    RATING DESCRIBES BATTLE WITH REDS
    424 3 RATING DESCRIBES BATTLE WITH REDS Burma Navy dispersing insurgents A YOlivo a RANGOON, Wednesday. A Kamro^n 5* Val ratl S just "turned to Ba S sei" S Trawartli 6d tMs WCek how a villa e near "shambles" it, 5 f'? c port> was reduced to CommuL7st.!ed a ms a^ent a
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    15 3 as tniged to per:phs on iftct an operation on the on to the U" more
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    Cat on a tree—
    93 3 POLICE controlled traffic m into the folia*? of a 50ft. elm Nottingham-place, w hac whe^Tt^ l or »«htdm upm th^ree^" 11 mi WinK After nearly three hours to t'S TTil? il UD and to the staUon to stand by for ±**c which, they aSmitted would be
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    GENERAL'S ESCAPE
    37 3 A crippled Flying Fortress bringing General Heyt Vandenberg. Chief of Staff of U.S. Army Air Force from Europe landed safely at Washington aftt <■ tor fa led about 60 miles off tne Atlantic st.- A. P.
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    NOT TO LOWER LIRA
    16 3 Italy has announced that no devaluation of the lira is ■mplated.- A.P.
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    "Angel of France" to visit U.K.
    171 3 LONDON, Saturday. MRS. Gerard van Hah known on the battlefield; of the First World War a£ "the Angel of France," is due m London next week from America. In 1914-1918 she was Miss Kathleen Burke, daughter oi Mr. Francis Burke, official of the London-Midland
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    Woman stabbed car crashes
    150 3 k CAR crashed In the market square of Hen ley- on Thames and Dinned a cripple m an invalid chair against a wall. From the car staggered Miss Frances Gill, 45-year-old matron of a mental home She cried. "I have be n stabbed." and collapsed. bleeding.
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    TEN SHAMEEN ACCUSED FREED
    50 3 TEN out of 29 susp cts charged with beL-g ringleaders m last January's Shameen incident when the British consulate was set on fire were released by the special tribunal m Canton due to lack of evidence. The remaining 19 will be formally charged sh rlly. Reuter
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    URANIUM RUSH' IN CALIFORNIA
    201 3 RIVERSIDE. Tin I THIS Caliiurnian county is throbbing with a growinn; 'uranium rush", frmched ofT by the recent discovery of uranium ore m isolated Marshall Canyon. Lan do v. ns which U il be assayed as samples of the min<v': the I teria] for atomic bombs,
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    TOBACCO TESTS
    43 3 A.^. made by a number or farmers r cently. under the direction of the New South Wales Dpartot Agriculture, experts believe that tobacco leaf 01 really good quality can be* grown on the northern table-; lands of New South Wales.— Reuter
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    30 3 r«w 0/ s. rai -i college girls who answered a Government appeal for volunteers to help to gather m the harvest and who forfeited their summer holiday to do so.
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    Women rush for rough-tough jobs
    147 3 LONDON, Tuesday. ALTHOUGH the official advertisement of eight jobs rnn/h° r i°A ng u°^ en typists P re P ar ed to lead a rough-and-tough life m the East Africa groundnut area has not yet_beenpublished t hundreds are applying for them every week. The news
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    Widow's sit down strike in mansion
    103 3 Widow's sit down strike in mansion TRIED of roughing it m a millionaire's New York mansion, Doris Purst 24--year-old Ttxas widow, has given up her eight-day maternity sit-down strike m the home of Joseph Bancroft However, she declared that she would never rest until Bancroft is forced to support her
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    GOOD NEWS FOR MCC
    43 3 Dr. Bruce Mays, professor of obstetrics at Sydney University, predicted at the Australian Medical Congress that Australia's birthrate would fall "precipitously" after 12 years and that the population of £™K5!i a would be less 2.000.000 m 100 years' time
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    Training jet pilots in U.S.
    59 3 A Jet Fighter pilot gct^ training at Arizona. U.S.A. m an anchored Shooting Star plane. Instructors m the Control Room by manpulating dials which change the setting of instrut?. m the cockpit can pru the pilot with all kinds of "emergencies Cadets fly a Jet
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    U.K. Ju-jitsu expert beats off thugs
    117 3 U.K. Ju-jitsu expert beats off thugs \|R Santos Casani, famous *Tl dancing teacher, t ler and ju fought with two armed a ants on a lone bridg. Stanmore Cooimon, Midc Although stabbed and si he beat them i The first man rushed at Casani with a ki.ile bu thrown into
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    FORGED SHARES
    18 3 il-known businessmthe English Midlands been qiu jv Sc< Yard detectives abo;/ leged issuing of for shares
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    LABOUR STAYS IN TASMANIA
    56 3 THE Tasmanian Labour Party La expected to take office again following last week's general election. Incomplete election results, however, still leave m doubt whether the party will have a majority of two m the Legislative Assembly's Lower House as before the dissolution, or will hold only
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    Anxious to promote Far-East-U.S. trade
    170 3 AUSTRALIA should help expand trade between South-East Asia and America to ease the British Empire's dollar shortage, says the Australian Eco nomic Adviser, Professor D. Copland ian tco "Most of South Eastern A.~ia is m the sterling area. It has poods such as rubber, tin.
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    'CON' MAN HANGED IN CELL
    161 3 A HANDSOME ex-dTicer m East Africa Command who once pretended to be rr*?t l S P"t of a- confidence track, has died by his own hand m a London gaol. He was found han-rins from his cell window at Wormwood Sc.rr.bs prison where he was
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      5 3 >K!> iflON SPARK^p IUG AHJAJHGAJ
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      49 3 INDIAN JVOOI^CARPETS INDIAN STAIR CARPETS 18", 20", 22", 24" 27; Width $2.75 per sq. ft. AXMINSTER CARPET RUNNERS 27" width $12.00 per yd. 36" width $16.00 per yd. KASHMIR NUMDAS 4-2x6.2 $12.00 each 4-2x6.2 $15.00 each SEAGRASS MATS SIZES 4x 6« 9x12, 12x12 t 12x 1 5 w M
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      42 3 TARZAN The warning By Edgar Rice Burroughs I -rent*- iT FAS> wOLP 'LARSON RST~*nitJ~MHAT A GHOULISH .^^^^^^BMH^ BHHHBHDBBHBIU^MHB r^unONED "OON'T SMOOT H v \|r S^^TMiN6''aA«NaT MUTTERED I *^H jy llwttl t >«ov^s. mavsc tL'^R^^^ the Res writing on I j^^r/' m f
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    The Singapore Free Peess WEDNESDAY, Aug. 25, 1948. Half censorship
    442 4 The Singapore Free Peess WEDNESDAY, Aug. 25, 1948. Half censorship A COMMENT m the Sydney might by those whose responsttoithat news Of the terrorists and their ppression is made available to the press. :..u over the operations against Malayan there seems to a cloud of hesitancy and~ri all too familiar
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    Hyderabad takes it calmly
    946 4  -  ALAN HUMPHREYS HYDERABAD: U YD E RABAD'S British community gathered at the Secunderaoad Club fo» he usual danee while at their homes suitcases stood ready packed for evacuation at a moment's notice. First phase of an evacuation if India invades would be to concentrate British subjects
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    REDS DON'T 'FRAT' IN BERLIN
    559 4 REDS DON'T 'FRAT' IN BERLIN l\y Richatd Kariifrhkf A.l*. on opomlent THK Rusfdanfl pan- sioiately want to win control of many, politically and economical]} but they an- not enlu :<' aid of Cupid Only recently, more than throe years after the war ended, they have reissued a decree prohibiting any
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    JAPS GROW WEARY
    640 4 I TOKIO. VUITH the passing of the- third anniary of V-.T Day, the Japar- are growing increasingly weary of the occupation. To most Japanese occupation means "American interferei m our affairs." Americans get blamed for everything, incom--s)«'tent acts by Japanese Government oilicials are laid to the occupation.
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    59 4 Photo. Every evening, nine-year-old triplets Audrey, Janice and Valeric Bayley. spend an hour aoing through dance routines at their Home m Rurnage, Manche.s' Their mother spends three times as long making the dresses for them to near while they dance. Altogether, there are 39 dancing tj ie children's wardrobe. Audrey
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    FAITH
    17 4 Tor thy name's sake. O Lord, pardon mine iniquity: for it is preat. Psalms. 25, 11.
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    SLEEPY SONG WRITER
    159 4 SLEEPY SONG WRITER HOAGY CARMICHA song -writer w sleepy style piano and C screens great lover In London last week. Hoagy brought v the song th; and *00 a year 20 years a: The song is London Casino L He sa;. hat I call a 'oggy s He as a
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    FOOI FOR Thoug
    9 4  - FOOI FOR Thoug GEORGE BOULTWOOD By I I T
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    fRADE WITH CHINA SUSPENDED
    266 5 Gold Yuan uncertainty Free Press Staff Reporter fXN account of the uncertainty occasioned by the change-over of currency m China, many firms m Singapore and the Federation have suspended business m Chinese *,oods for the time being, according to a Singapore banker. "They are awaiting further
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    JOHORENORMAL CLASS EXAMS
    70 5 AT the recent normal ciass 71 examinations for English school teachers m held at Muar Batu Pahat. Johore Bahru. Kluang and Segamat. 30 teachers took the first-year examinations. 32 the second-year examinations, and seven the thirdyear examinations. Teachers who pass the third-year examinations qualify as fully trained
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    MRNVR NEWS
    89 5 Surgeon Lieutenant John Groscort Reed. M 8.E., Malayan Royal Naval Volunteer Reserve has been promoted to the rank of Surgeon Lieutenant Commander, Malayan Royal Naval Volunteer Reserve A commission as Lieutenant (E), Malayan Royal Naval Volunteer Reserve, to Gwyn Williams has been approved. A commission as I ientenant
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    JAPAN TO GET MORE RUBBER
    52 5 rjINGAPORE rubber shipO ments to Japan on the government trading basis will total more tban 2 000 tnns this month. This is the peaK oi Japanese rubber purchases, and there is no reason why they should not increase, according to f he Government Trade with
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    EUROPEAN KILLED
    67 5  -  AMOK it ft ipore office snot and :ker, an \)mfanted twoa Chi: Vice. nee. of.nd reBftce be- the' nese ase j ;p to Made able impanh of i him two -rig a cup of j eonsta- tm from Chinese I f the handind of the ran be- Dt
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    48 5 picture. Provost officers held a cocktail party in Singapore recently. Pictured here in Tyersall Mess, where the party was held, are (from left): F/Lt. G. Craig (RAF), Major R. B. Sexton, Major C. Croswell. Major L. Sturgess, F/Lt. N. Burton (RAF), and S/Ldr. A. L. Hume (RAF).— Orient
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    $25,000 tea money for cinema hall
    431 5 THE payment of $25,000 a s tea money was mentioned m Kent Conciliation Board yesterday when the Malayan Theatres Limited applied for the fixing of the rent of the Theatre Royal m North Bridge Road, Singapore, as from July 1 this year. In a
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    THREATENED, TRIED SUICIDE
    103 5 CHINESE told the Singapor "h Police magis--day that he attempted suicide three times three men threatentd to wipe out his family if he gay- m a case mg» them. The man. Ang Chuan Peng, had pleaded guilty to a charge of attempted suicide. told the court that
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    INFORMER WILL GET $ 1,500
    45 5 INFORMER WILL GET 1,500 Half of a $3,000 fine imposed on a chap ji kee lottery manager was ordered to be given to the informer by the Second Police Magistrate (Mr. L. C. Ci<>h» yesterday. The accused was Quek Yam Leng i I Rochore Road.
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    KILLED BY TRAIN
    46 5 The Singapore Coroner (Mr. Choor Sinsh> yesterday recorded a misndventur diet at an inquest on Rajamany. an assistant shunter employed by the Malayan Railways at the Singapore marshalling yards. Rajamany was run ovor by an en-'ine on the railway line on Au? 18.
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    Civilians may join the 'Little Theatre'
    151 5 Civilians may join the 'Little Theatre' r»OL. and Mrs. Grant, original chairman and producer respectively of the Little Theatre Players, have gone to UK., and Col. A. L. Gadd, Chief Education Officer, GHQ., FARELF., has now 1 become chairman. The policy of the Little Theatre Players remains unchanged, and further
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    NEWS STAMPS FROM SEPT. 1
    110 5 NEWS STAMPS FROM SEPT. 1 J^S from Sep%. 1. the following dt-nom. nations of the n»'\v Singapore stamp issue will be on salt at all Singapore past offices; 1 cent, 2 cents. 3 cents. 4 i ,nts. 6 cents. 10 cents. »id an offlcial announcement yesterday. The B.M.A. overprinted stamps
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    A.C.S.U. DEBATE
    44 5 A debate cm tlw subjecj thar. ♦•That Science Is A Bfesftini Po Mankind" v.:il be h<-)d oy the Army Civil Berricc Union on Sunday at 10 I «i. a? 331. Ncrth Bridge Road under th<- chairman shp Of Mr. Li'n Yew Hock.
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    26 5 picture. Office-bearers of the Singapore Kheh Community Guild, at a meeting held to mark the 19th anniversary o] me Guild on Monday.- Sin Chew Jit Poh
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    TEACHERS' DAY MEETING PLANS
    170 5 Free Press Chinese Correspondent PREPARATIONS are being i made by tho Singapore Chinese Schools' Association I to observe the Teachers' Day! on Friday, the birthday of Confucius who is regarded m China as the her of all times. A memorial meeting will be h°ld at the
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    67 5 hutidit Juwaharlal Nehru and the Indian Defcm Minister, Sardar Balder Singh, inspecting the Guard of Honour at the fla(,hoisting ceremony held at Red Fort, Delhi, on August 15, to celebrate the first anniversary of India's Independence. At the Defence Minister's right is Gen. Sir Rui, Buc her, Commander -MiChief of
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    PAPER TO PAY $250 COSTS
    251 5 CONTEMPT CASE: NO PENALTY From Our Staff Correspondent ¥V 4K Xl ALA LIMPLR, Tuesday. IN the High Court today, Mr. Justice Spencer Wilkinson m a judgment held that the Straits Times Press had committed contempt of court by publishing a letter which tended to prejudice
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    MR. T. DA COSTA
    18 5 Mr T. d a Co&Ut has been *p-point<-d to acting ~h nary Officer. Singapc.e.
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    Forged coupons charge
    75 5 Two Chinese. Ong Kirn Yong and Wan Poi, were committed for trial at the next Assizes by the Singapore Ninth Police Court Magistrate (Mr. E. V. A. Peers), yesterday on a charge of possessing forged pertol coupons. Bail of $3,000 m two sureties each was extended. Mr.
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    520,000 BAIL IN CHANDU CASE
    71 5 Bail of $2'J,000, m two sureties, was allowed to Yap Kay Thye who pleaded not guilty yesterday to possession of apparatus for chandu smokinp:, seven pounds of chandu, and smaller quantities of opium. It was alloged that the haul was made on Monday, some from
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    R.A.F. ASSOCIATION MEETING
    75 5 R.A.F. ASSOCIATION MEETING The next meeting of the £>mgapore branch, of the R.A.F. Associa.ion will be held at the S.V.C. Mess, Beach Road, S.ngapore, on Sept. 6, at 8 p.m. The committee has arranged a competitive quiz between 'wo teams, one representing those serving with ihe R.A.F. and the other
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    More scitppis to teach science
    133 5 More scitppis to teach science AN extension of ttttt n teachine 10 English school m Joiiore I been planned i will be the Gu lish School m I ul 13a, u Pahat which, with the English College. Jobori Banru. will thon make three ech m all teaching this sub Equipment
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    RAJA OF PERLIS
    26 5 State celebrations In connection with the installation of the Raja of Perils will be held on Feb 12 and 13 next I year.
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    Shinwell sees Bren gun Demonstration
    31 6 Shinwell sees Bren gun Demonstration Mr. Emmanuel Shimcrll, British Minister of War, visits Army cadets m a camp at Shorncliffe. Kent. Two N.C.Os. are demonstrating how to load the Bren Gun.
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    STOWAWAY KING' IN U.K.
    80 6 THIRTEEN months after he set out from Trinidad 1 aboard the freighter Glenwood, I Stewart, :.i: of the Stou /'docked rerpool. "to Brill ebony face one of head. imwUthorr •m but:. mo I of the i -•♦■d away 13 tl because, he me better aboard ship
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    SINO SIAMESE FRONT AGAINST COMMUNISM
    499 6 SINO SIAMESE FRONT AGAINST COMMUNISM 'Bury the hatchet 9 policy due to new fear BAVGKOK, Tuesday. TpHE all-round improvements m Sino-Siamese relations which now appea.rs to be taking shape, is widely attributed by observers here to the stand taken by Marshal Phibun Songkhram and his government against communism. Combined with
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    ROW OVER ICE-CREAM
    74 6 MISS Kathleen Perrott, has resigned M woman superintendent of Rowbarton Methodist Sunday School. Tau n ton (Kng.), after belne critic«sc/l for buying ice-cream on a Sunday. Mr. C. Park, the church secretary, wrote her: "I gather you have misunderstood what might have been said about Ice-cream and
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    SAILED THE ATLANTIC
    34 6 ran<bte?i I san Ft i after Si native Sn ten. H bought ih< md *a:i< I to Flot Hetno irhom h e thr 71 day. they had no petrol ana jti.?
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    STARVATION IN CEYLON' FEAR
    29 6 A I Ceylon ite a iver aetilli ki th< mcetirm t led 1 i ■iff dos; 1 B In, the and the Mcth SDoki lon
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    GERMONY'S DOLLARS
    60 6 GERM ONY'S DOLLARS THK XC.A. has L .by 1 $43.(00 OOii th allotment for W. many for tho July-S quarter U.P. The Centre, r/j) m H 05 a permanent duo serving members of home and Colonial Forces I commissioned rank on the site 01 Id Gatti's Restaurant :n Adi lc:
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    JAP MASSACRE THREAT DENIED
    35 6 T B and Brin of Crock. 1 Press pu the atom b. n Japan becau Japanese Governm war I I the main p\ te end of ti J d m A.P.
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    CRUSADE ON CHINESE ARMY CORRUPTION
    79 6 CRUSADE ON CHINESE ARMY CORRUPTION JHE Chinese L drive to prevent National V mn *2iJ "padding: the payrolls asnt measures being pressed ii the United Pn This was oiv N points made by Minister v. explaining but it wa English statement. He expressed a tion to v pract; of troo
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      57 6 JAK« Exolushv to the SinftafmrP Fvpp Pvp** m Malay,, 'oh this trip, fr,tz- Lbl sign pi fa<l. T OPfN 1 f from the soys at thi 1 V ER!C W!LL 56PPLY Rk^ PLEA^Ej > IT NOW'-BUTI MWtUIAR.' THFY'VF SIN! V^ALL THO^) IFflP^T^lq T P GOT I TH« L f£, E
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    GLAMORGAN ARE COUNTY CHAMPIONS
    709 7 GLAMORGAN ARE COUNTY CHAMPIONS First success for the Welshmen A JLB ILA NT crowd singing Welsh airs gathered outside the pavilion at Bournemouth yesterday when Glamorgan scored a great innings victory over Hampshire, a victory which, with the failure of lorkshire to win their match against Somerset, ?ave the County
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    fielding tipped scales
    75 7 fielding tipped scales .jiRtD WooJler, Glamorj, im. N^id last success was jJJL ibout by brilliant ST and excellent team were better 4tting teams In -hip but no sidP." .ad refrom .\d m South .:.d most :ghout figured w they have morgan's now but r place at d to proved Cinderella
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    Glamorgan's record
    89 7 Glamorgan's record (JUm.r san -s champion.hip ♦K.° f t. 25 mat ches played Jhey have so far won i? lost only 4 and draSn No dec^.on Was reached n( |ames -while three Jimes m matches draun they led on the first innings and did so mi n one of the
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    NEW HORSES IMPRESS
    29 7 NEW HORSES IMPRESS X- rt»r j a racing vxptrn Of fttt^ack. :.er at tha :.d.d race i "h stayer m < '.h at the rm side and a spot of
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    U.K. SOCCER RESULTS
    29 7 YESTERDAY'S U.K. Football League results were* nd DiMson: Orimsby Town -ngham Forest 2 R 3wH d D vision <N'arthen»>. Hr.dale r.dale 1, QkltAtAd 0 Reuter Reuter
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    Boon Leong paves way for victory
    398 7 Rovers 3; R.A.F. Changi 2. "THE Rovers are m an almost impregnable position m the first division of the S.A.F.A. league by virtue of their three-two win over R.A.F. Changi at Jalan Besar Stadium yesterday. They are now four points ahead of the Tigers,
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    RUGBY LEAGUE
    15 7 IT K. Rugby League result yes- Urday: Keighlev 4. Rochdalf Hornets 4 Reuter
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    Miller hates to bowl fast
    776 7 nm *v o By CRUSADER S All < l mei has **gun. In unison English writers have sent up a cry to the heavens that England's cricket lies covered m sackcloth and fheTesr series* Austral1 triumphs m On Monday we published the views of one
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    Postals defeat La Salle four-two
    232 7 THE Postal and Telecoms XI scored a four-two victory over the La Salle Sports Club m a third division league soccer fixture at Geylang Stadium yesterday. La Salle were two men short with the result that the Postals dominated play for the greater part of
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    BACK IN SPORE
    38 7 Chia Boon Leong, who played for China m the Olympic Games soccer tournament, returned to Singapore on Monday and yesterday turned out for his team, the Rovers, materially helping them to win a key game.
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    SELANGOR SOCCER FANS ARE ANNOYED
    551 7  -  CRUSADER By if it was played In Sereznb&n, Selangor fans would still be able to see the game m considerable numbers All :n all, therefore, Sel&ngor fans and officials would do wei] to accept Seremban as the venue The authorities have given a reasonable explanation
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    'MY LOVE WILL WIN'
    56 7 pRANK Butters, who trains the Aga Khan's horses, has spoken on the telephone to Prince Aly Khan about My Love; the Agn Khans French- rained favourite for the St. Leger. Prince Aly said that he expects My Love to win the race and added that the
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    'Malaya must begin now'
    649 7  -  KEN JALLEH By IF Malaya is to take part m the 1952 World Olympics which will be held m Helsinki, sporting bodies and officials must begin now to take m hand the most outstanding athletes and collect the finances necessary to send a contingent. Mr. J.
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    CALCUTTA' SOCCER
    36 7 fHE Burmese football team visiting Calcutta m their first exhibition match yesterday drew one -all with an Indian Football Association XI. Pugsley, lor th« Burmese, and Mukherje*. for th« Indians. Here the scorers Reuter
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      204 7 F.P. Crossword No. 471 j. I M 1 p i 4 ii 5 in 6 1;..,. f PT r I I Mill LIE* BUSS m 7, 'Lubricating (6). 9, Lump of metal (b) I (4) 14. Revise (5). 16. Perquisite i 3). li, A.ms <4>. 21 Minimum (s>. 24. Product
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    DEATH
    21 8 TAYLOR. On August 22, 1948, at Bungsar Hospital. Eileen, beloved daughter of Mr. and Mrs. T. C. Taylor. Batu Aran«.
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    THE NIZAM ASKS UNO TO INTERVENE
    438 8 'Peace of Asia threatened' NEW YORK, Tuesday. TJYDERABAD has formally asked the United Nations Security Council to intervene m her year-old dispute with India over her efforts to compel that Muslim-ruled State to accede to the Union. This move coincided with reports that the
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    MEXICAN 'NO' TO BRITAIN
    64 8 THE Mexican Foreign Office has announced the rejection of the British Embassy's request for the extradition of Harold Aldrite Squire, British millionaire wanted England for fraud. A Mexican official said It wb& believed Squire was actually wanted on tax evasion gea Such a crime, he said,
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    74 VICTIMS OF BRIDGE FALL
    65 8 SIX person* were killed, 31 injured and 37 are missing following the collapse of the railing of Mandai bridge, near Tbkfto, last night. hundred men m 19 boats aro probing the bottom Of Shinan ■> rivrr fof bodies with nets, hoots long bamboo poh'S. It
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    RED FLAG VANISHES
    36 8 Soviet Russia's hammer and sickle flag vanished yesterday from its flagpole alongside thr flags of 22 nations flying at the Edinburgh Festival of Music and Drama. OrTuhiLs later r placed It.— A. P.
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    13 KILLED IN AIR CRASHES
    182 8 f NEWTOWN (Penna), Tues. AT least, seven persons were killed when a United States Army Dakota transport plane crashed today five miles north of Newton. New Jersey, the Army air base here reported. An Air Force officer said tlie< plane collided m the air witr*
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    7 accused of killing pilot
    92 8 ISTANBUL, Tuesday. rllE trial began m Istanbul yesterday of seven Bulgarians accused of killing the pilot and radio operator of a transport plane, and forcing the remainder of the crow to land the plane m Turkey. The prosecutor said it was Col. C. Mihalef who
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    POLICE GIVE LIFI TO QUEEN
    39 8 POLICE Kave Qm -en Mary a lift to Cambridge yesterday when her car broke down shortly af f Sandrinpham. Queen Mar;. her way to a luncheon and a visit to -\n antique shop A.P.
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    BULL-RING TRAGEDY
    23 8 Two were killed and 400 injured, some seriously, when a stand collapsed yesterday m a bull ring near Valencia (Spain) U.P.
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    Dutch farmers for Canada
    72 8 EDMONTON, (Canada) Tuesday. THE Canadian Government has been negotiating with the Dutch Government to bring 20,000 Dutch farmers to the Dominion next y?ar y the Mines and Resources Minister, Mr. James MacKinnon, said here today. He said the immigrants who are likely to come to Canada
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    WORLD RUBBER OUTPUT UP
    189 8 LONDON, Tuesday. TTHE Rubber Study Group reports a 120,000- ton increase m world natural rubber output during the first six months of 1948 as compared with the same period last year. Production during the first six months of 1948 totallled 727,000 tons compared to 607,000 tons
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    VAN ZEELAND QUITS
    54 8 VAN ZEELAND QU ITS M Paul van Zoeland, form- j or Belgian Prime Minister, has a^ked to be relieved of his duties as Belgian representative on the United Nations I Good Offices Committee m! Indonesia. M. Raymond Henn nnunds, who acted as his deputy or tho last ten months will
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    Jeered Jap General faints
    448 8 SHANGHAI, Tuesday. the aged Japanese militarist lEUT.-GEN. Yasutsugu Oka- t° res t on army cot until v mura. the 67-year-old tne court opened 20 minutes former Commander-in-Chief later Throughout the trial of Japanese forces m China Gen Okamura, as well as the fainted today after he
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    Jewish demand for Jerusalem
    310 8 JERUSALEM, Tuesday. SPEAKERS today demanded at a meeting of the Zionist General Council that Jerusalem be included m the State of Israel, and remain the centre of world Zionism. Meanwhile, according to a copyrighted dispatch from Tel Aviv, the Israeli capital, to the New York Herald
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    Rubber prices
    132 8 SPKCIAL Marktt c<>r:r&oonden (Itcs the prices ot rubber «l II «.m U>d»T m follow*: pm ib mi tb Hmytn S«M*r» So I ESS Soot loose v v No l HS S for In bales Sept. U 44 No. 2 R.S.S. fob In ».»k^i S*pi. 42 42 V« NO
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    OPTIMISM IS GROWING
    152 8 London Stock Exchange LONDON, Tuesday. lIOPKS of a favourable turn m the international situation continued to be the main influence m the London Stock Exchange today, and some of the optimists were quietly buying Industrial shares, says Reuter's financial correspondent;. Rubbers were unchanged to lower and Tins
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    ' Soviet bid to hide failure'
    270 8 Soviet bid to hide failure' BERLIN, Tuesday. /CANCELLATION of this year's elections m th«Soviet zone m Germany was ordered by th< Russians *'to hide the political and economic bankruptcy" m Eastern Germany, the Frenchlicensed newspaper Kurier said today, commenting on the order by the Soviet military governor Marsha] Y.issily Sokolovsky,
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    Bears unkind to G.I.
    58 8 V/Ctf, Tur.sd^^ GERMAN newspaper today reports c t fu*en broirn bears tn a: Zoo and an American G.I which the bears iron on points. The soldier had into the water basin brown bec T s cage to t his cap. Luckily, r* had just been fed.
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    80 8 SHA\<;h\i t. QENERALISSIMO Chian* K Gen. Chiang Chin-kuo, Central Bank Governor. Dr wealthy violators of Government t0da > **J that henceforth they f a < e eitl r ZT n **3 execution, irrespective of position o ri n r r ,ni,lf,lt Meanwhile, prices
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    22 8 Importation of publications by Sir Oswald Mos:British Fascist leader, int German province of c Westphalia has been forbidd' A.P.
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