The Singapore Free Press, 14 January 1949
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Title Section19 1949-01-14 1 The Singapore Free Press LARGEST AFTERNOON SALE IN MALAYA ft, 17.3:1. SINGAPORE, FRIDAY, JANUARY 14, 1949. PRICE 10 CENTS19 words
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Article614 1949-01-14 1 NANKING VIRTUALLY ABANDONED Resignation of Chiang 'soon' NANKING, Friday. DRESIDENT Chiang Kai-shek's Government is preparing the virtual abandonment of Nanking as it becomes increasingly apparent that the Nationalists are rapidly losfng what little control they still possess over army commanders and provincial governors. Reliable sources m the capital say thatReuter; A.P.; U.P. - 614 words
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Article, Illustration24 1949-01-14 1 picture, I* tld"-y Truman h hands as his Stmte of the 'he 81st :/i Washington. President is Kern lar, president of the A .P.A.P. - 24 words
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Article112 1949-01-14 1 I'r»->N Kf*p«»rttr Xl \l U MPI R. Kri. iMi-ilties are > lv Itc i onsiderable j» M i,- m. lit at noon Ij\ n ap•n»\i n.»irl\ durkha mj police landed b> a British r and (*urkhi oftiter a lar^r bandit fnrre »k md Badak »> north Kfd.ih lull112 words
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Article115 1949-01-14 1 Free Press Staff Correspondent Xl ALA LUMPUR, Friday. OIAMESE Army officers will be trained m jungle warfare at the Malayan Jungle Warfare School m Johore Bahru, it is reliably learned. The first group of officers from Bangkok will be arriving at the school within the115 words
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Article39 1949-01-14 1 Free Press Staff Reporter f^IRL triplets w*»re born to a VI Cantonese woman. Choi Ah Tong at Kandang Kerbau hospital ye.sterday afternoon. All are over four pounds m welghi and axe m good health.39 words
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Article108 1949-01-14 1 5 bandits killed in 12 hours Free Press Staff Reporter KUALA LUMPUR. Fri. pIVE bandits were shot 1 dead m operations m Perak and Pahang during the past 12 hours. Four were killed and three, including two wounded, were captured m an engagement with a Gurkha patrol m the Kuala108 words
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Article92 1949-01-14 1 Free Press Staff Reporter KUALA LUMPUR. Fri. A RMOURfcD vehicles will r\ guard all approaches to Batu Caves tomorrow when thousands of Hindus from Selangor and Negrl Sembilan will make the annual Thalpusam pilgrimage to the cave temple All roads and approaches to the area will92 words
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Article20 1949-01-14 1 There will be another short story by the famous American writer, Damon Kunyon, m tomorrow's Free Press.20 words
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Article143 1949-01-14 1 LONDON, Friday. I\ESPITE Buckingham Palace denials m December, London society is still gossiping about the possibility of Princess Margaret visiting the United States m a month or so. The magazine News Review, reporting this rumour, says that If Princess Margaret does make the trip, she143 words
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Article77 1949-01-14 1 Free Press Staff Reporter MYSTERY surrounds the death of a 48-year-old Singapore Chinese cook, believed drownea, whose body vas found floating on the Naval Base side of the Johore Causeway yesterday morning. Police found no external injuries on the dead man. On his body was a77 words
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Article76 1949-01-14 1 Free Press Staff Reporter AN African seaman, unable to speak English, with a lifebelt round his waist, was picked-up by the Singapore Master Attendant's launch near the south end of the breakwater early this morning. The name on the lifebelt was s.s. Chersy. but no ship76 words
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Article36 1949-01-14 1 Free Press Staff Reporter TWO Chinese suspected of A being members of the Malayan Communist Party were arrested under the emer- i gency regulations m Singapore yesterday. Total emergency detentions are now 223.36 words
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Article23 1949-01-14 1 Four Chinese and one i Indian boarded a tongkang m Teluk Ayer Basin and stole 30 kattles of rice yesterday.23 words
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Article113 1949-01-14 1 I URGING Avierican women to boycott Rita Hay worth' s future films, the chairwoman of the General Federation of Women's Clubs, Mrs. Joseph Chesser, said m Chicago yesterday that Rita's tramping around Europe with Aly Khan is an insult to our womanhood." "The fact thatU.P. - 113 words
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213 1949-01-14 1 LONDON. Fri. AIR Vice-Marshal Sir Basil Emery, who served In India from 1934 to 1938. has been appointed Air Officer Commanding-In-Chief of the Royal Air force's Fighter Command, the Air Ministry announced yesterday. Now 46, Air Vice-Marshal F.mery. who \g known m th? R.A.FReuter - 213 words
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Article48 1949-01-14 1 DERLIN airlift pilots put up a second record yesterday by carrying 6,678.9 tons of food and coal m 755 flights. Meanwhile, Hamburg's Fuhlbueetel airport celebrated the 100 th day of Operation Vittles. Since Oct. 6 approximately 1.500 flights have been carried out from Frankfcrt.— U.P.U.P. - 48 words
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Article262 1949-01-14 1 LONDON, Friday. a BRITISH Foreign Office spokesman last night reaffirmed the accuracy of an earlier Foreign Office statement that the R.A.F. had reconnoitred the Egyptian-Palestine border after the United States had agreed with Britain that the extent of Israel's stabs into Egypt should be determined. InReuter; A.P.; U.P. - 262 words
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Article57 1949-01-14 1 I^HE British Military Government m Berlin yesterday reported that Russia was holding at least 2.000.000 German prisoners of war beyond the January repatriation deadline on which the Big Four agreed. The figure was based on a H'tvntly completed record of the number of Germans captured57 words
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Article63 1949-01-14 1 SCORES of Africans and Indians were Injured, motor buses and cars were damaged by stones, and shop windows shattered during racial riots m Durban's Indian quarter last night. The cause of the riots was not, known. All available i police were called out and j everyReuter - 63 words
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Article41 1949-01-14 1 EIGHT store houses cc ntaining cotton bales and cotton seeds were destroyed yesterday m one of the biggest fires In Karachi's history. The city's entire fire lighting forre was employed to fight the fire. Sabotage is suspected.41 words
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Article, Illustration42 1949-01-14 1 picture. The Prime Minister of Northern Ireland, Sir Basil Brooke, as he arrives m London for talks with Mr. Attlee over the complications which have arisen from Eire's Republic of Ireland Act, whi--h severed southern Ireland's connection with the British Commonwealth. ReuterReuter - 42 words
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Article322 1949-01-14 1 BATAVIA, Friday. Ill; ADS of the Indonesian autonomous federal states, meeting m private, have recommended t«i Dutch authorities that representatives of the Republic should be associated with the setting up of an interim federal government for Indonesia, according to reliable sources here. The DutchReuter; A.P.; U.P. - 322 words
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Advertisement136 1949-01-14 1 I Lend me Kf BUSH Bi-farml Tour Kudio BRIGHT RADIO Co I) OACHARO ROAD. SINGAPOM 'Sreadin S" C .T 9 t>, ea<re 7 M-i for 'Vlp* llsol mn extends to Xi- i themselv«« and It makes a most delldoua B*ai^e IS tn^ni^t jsrn tBd U btfUlly BWeet oran «efl a136 words
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Advertisement39 1949-01-14 1 HAVE YOUR SATURDAY SUNDAY SPECIAL CHICKEN CURRY TIFFIN SPECIAL DINNER At Our Beat Stacked Ock>ail Bar THE SINGAPORE RESTAURANT BAR 79. Bras B»oab Rd Phonr 40SS. Rich, fine tobacco i Ci^vcn^ and the cork-tip mL^LJi for cleaner smoking \'JstJfflM39 words
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Article, Illustration424 1949-01-14 2 pXDR those who have not yet met with it, pressure cooking has come to stay. For some months now housewives m Singapore and Maiaya have had the benefit of its use: already over 50 pressure cookers have been sold by a leading store m Singapore. N The424 words
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Article, Illustration401 1949-01-14 2 ONE of Australia's most successful divorce lawyers is a happily marred woman, Mrs. Joan Rosanove, who has practised as a barrister and solicitor m Melbourne, Victoria, for 29 years. In 1929, Mrs. Rosanove was the only practising woman barrister In the State of Victoria.401 words
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Article, Illustration311 1949-01-14 2 yyEST opened the diamond kng and when declarer got a look at dummy, he was not happy over the final contract— although the bidding itself was not unsound. South had no way of telling that North's mtirt side strength would be m hearts, where declarer had little need311 words
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Article165 1949-01-14 2 A POLICE superintendent told a Paris court how a French army major "burst into the flat of the woman I love," knocked him down, kicked him, and forced him to leave the flat half dressed. The superintendent, M. Deforeit, said he "happened to call" at the 'iome165 words
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Article, Illustration323 1949-01-14 2 By OUR WOMAN i FASHION EXPERT MRS. ANNE SAVARD k an active as well a« a f very elegant woman. I lnterf viewed her m her charming I home, brought to life by her own brilliant interior de- corating. Anne was presented, two I years ago,323 words
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Advertisement109 1949-01-14 2 \Jtfe~\\ nX J AVf^ll V^l y^H^H^Bl^^^^^ It has been a slow come-back. So many people l^^ WR^^^^' nave asked or th e return of Magnolia Pies but j '^^P^x-^^"^ unt)l recently we have been unable to supply. TOi The reason? slow rehabilitation of equipment; shortage of ingredients and shortage of109 words
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Miscellaneous883 1949-01-14 2 Ku JsBf jSSf AB? BB B XV BSHe wtK BBf fi^L. Wfflß iS k Mm Si 1 J^v*? v <?« CIMPADnDT Pr -gramme Summary; 12.05 In- Programme: 6.00 Song Re«.itaJ, OiWijMrUKt terlude: 12.45 News m Ztfu'.aj; Contralto— Marian Anderson; 6 15 1 485 metres; 41 metres '12 p.m. 7 Programme883 words
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Miscellaneous126 1949-01-14 2 YOUR LUCKY STAR BORN today, you have an unusually attractive personality and many things seem to come your way without your asking for them. Not that tremendous success will he handed to you on the traditional silver platter but you may achieve comfortable mediocrity with the minimum of work. If.126 words
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Article395 1949-01-14 3 CHINA REDS UPSET ASIA ECONOMY Recovery being delayed 'THE conquest of Manchuria and much of North China by the Chinese communists has already thrown out of gear Allied plans for economic reconstruction of Asia and may result m a period of economic chaos m the Far East m the opinionU.P. - 395 words
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Article, Illustration37 1949-01-14 3 f, P u< f jQOM of the sailors of the V air^c -r "Roonrreli" at His Holiness held a m an( j men Q f fh e Vatican tn the ca r r>er docked n Saplei harbour.37 words
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156 1949-01-14 3 'NO CONTROL OF ATOMS IN WAR'— U.S. VIEW V 4' m he me for world control of atomic energy, not' A v the western powers' blueprint approved by the Tinted Nations, can prevent the use of atomic weapons m a long drawn out war according to the A»rriian member ofU.P. - 156 words
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Article, Illustration53 1949-01-14 3 Muss Peggy Robertshaw of the Dunlop factory at Liverpool has walked more than 28.000 miles testing lootwear m all sorts of cond:tions. Each morning with a pedometer round her legs she iMlfcj In Liverpool or takes a bus to the neighbouring countryside. She has been walking five days a week53 words
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Article83 1949-01-14 3 THREE more ships with Australian troops will leave Japan for Australia within the next month, Mr. Cyril Chambers. Australian Army Minister, announced. This would leavv British Commonwealth occupation troops m Japan at a total strength of about 27.000 men. mostly Australians, when the token strength of83 words
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Article305 1949-01-14 3 VEPAL, remote Himalayan state, is about to be surveyed from the air at a cost running into hundreds of thousands of pounds. The Air Survey Company of India Ltd., a subsidiary of the British Fairey Aviation Co. which has been mapping the; Indian sub-continent forReuter - 305 words
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Article103 1949-01-14 3 WORLD production of natural rubber m October declined to 125 XX) tons, the lowest level for nve months, according to latest figures Issued by The Rubber Study Group Secretariat. Output was 15.000 tons below the September figure, which was. however, at the highest level for someReuter - 103 words
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Article102 1949-01-14 3 AN American Insurance company has issued its list of "crimes of the year that did not pay." In these the thieves Tunnelled for days to break into the vault of a concern which had been out of business for four years; Fell through a skylight whileB.U.P. - 102 words
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Article272 1949-01-14 3 NO ONE DIES NATURALLY- SCIENTIST ORITISH research into the problem of extending the life span is up against a major obstacle no one who ever lived has died a natural death. Present day centenarians are not suitable because they have died "unnaturaly" since a perfect life span might be overU.P. - 272 words
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170 1949-01-14 3 A FORMER Japanese Naval Commander was hur- riedly thrown into jail at! Tokio and prosecuted as a minor war criminal after the disclosure that he had in- structed witnesses to con- i ceal evidence that Japanese submarines had been ordered to slay survivors of torpedoed Allied170 words
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Article39 1949-01-14 3 President Chiang Kai-shek has been invited to establish a home m exile m Honolulu if need arises, according to a Filipino Congressional source. The invitation was extended recently by Chinese overseas community leaders m Honolulu. A.P.A.P. - 39 words
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Article45 1949-01-14 3 IMIREE junior officials of the import licensing department of the British Board of Trade have been suspended pending an investigation by Scotland Yard, it was announced m London. The three men are alleged to have received gifts including whisky and lunches.— ReuterReuter - 45 words
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Article254 1949-01-14 3 (^ASTERN Germany is learning the hard way how Jto live like the Russians. In three and a half years of occupation, the Soviet I'nion has stamped its imprint on 20,000,000 Germans between the Elbe and Order rivers. Loyal proconsuls of Moscow have transformed theA.P. - 254 words
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Article50 1949-01-14 3 AN Italo-Pakistan Chamber f of Commerce has been es- jj tablished m Milan, according ij to the Financial newspaper Ij Globo. The Chamber had been es- i tablLshed to develop Italian I exports to Pakistan, and an Italian trade delegation :s shortly expected to leave for I Karachi.50 words
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Article99 1949-01-14 3 Durban's antiIndian move THE Durban City Council has approved proposals to prevent the penetration of Indians into areas intended for Europeans. The proposals are to be .submitted to a committee appointed by the government to consider suggestions for amending the Asian Tenure Act. The act caused much protest when passedA.P. - 99 words
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Article251 1949-01-14 3 THE New York Times In an j editorial commented: "when the Japanese started their Pacific war of conquest, one of their most powerful weapons was a slogan 'Asia for Asiatics'. In time most, native peoples of Eastern Asia found out what was really intended wasU.P. - 251 words
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Advertisement29 1949-01-14 3 THOSE BREAKFAST FAVOURITES "MAYFAIR" HAMS AND BACON are m Fresh supply at T PATRICK S FOOD SUPPLIES ELEPHONE ORDER DEPT. 5281 j*€fir kayser ►UW NYLOH r/'IJ&W STOCKINGS j\Jv V/ASSIAMULL'S29 words
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Advertisement181 1949-01-14 3 "Dover Stoves" No. 8. j WOOD 6c COAL BURNING. COMPLETE WITH BOILERSI9O/WITHOUT BOILER $135/--"Modern Mistress" No. 8. WOOD 8c COAL BURNING. COMPLETE WITH BOILER $265/WITHOUT BOILER $190/- Smoke Pipes, Bends and Smoke Caps, Extra. SING'ATbVE I KUALA LUMPUR PEN A*N G JffW ARRIVALS=^ to CROWN YOUR SPORT* MEEJ^SUCCESS at G.181 words
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644 1949-01-14 4 The Singapore Free Press FRIDAY, Jan. 14, 1949. Commissioners Buying British AT a special meeting this.j week, the Municipal Com■Blsstonera, by a majority. upheld the ruling made by th^ Bvard m 1939 that, as a general principle, they are m favour wherever possible of purchasing goods and products manufactured and644 words
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Article631 1949-01-14 4 DAVID BRIGGS - DAVID BRIGGS By WASHINGTON. FESTIVITIES to celebrate the inauguration of President Truman on Jan. 20 are expected to surpass' those of any celebration ever held m the United States. The chief planner for the civic side of the festivities is Mr. Melvin Hildreth, head of an organisation of631 words
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Article, Illustration55 1949-01-14 4 The general public had to wait until les fleurs D'Ajonc performed French folk dances at London's Royal Albert Hall one night last week, but two CocKney boys scaled the wall for an early look at their rehearsals. They saw a member of the team "serenaded" by the two traditionally garbed55 words
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Article1259 1949-01-14 4 People Make News RACEGOERS at Bukit Timah's next meeting will be pleased to know that photo-finish equipment will be aiding the judges' decisions if and when it is required. Similar equipment is to be installed m Racecourses at Kuala Lumpur, Ipoh and Penang, and the1,259 words
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Article450 1949-01-14 4 By DENIS WARNER TOKYO. WITHIN a few days of the opening of the election campaign brought about by the dissolution of the Diet last December, the return of the strongest Conservative Government since the war seems assured. In an exclusive interview Prime Minister Shlgeru Yoshida revealedReuter; AAP - 450 words
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Article694 1949-01-14 4 ROBERT DEINDORFER - RED, WHITE BLACK IN AFRICA ROBERT DEINDORFER By TABORA, TANGANYIKA. s I YNCHINGof whites m East Africa, with attempts to hide behind veils of religious immunity, has been one of the most frightening results of policies of white supremacy, Christianity and Communism confusing tribal natives m the backveldt districts. Last694 words
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Article202 1949-01-14 4 By THOMAS R. HENRY. FIRST precise measurements or the strength of human bones, determined m the same manner as that employed for structural steel or wooden rafters, have just been reported by the U.S. Bureau of Standards" Scientists. First, they determined the strength of bone m202 words
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Advertisement44 1949-01-14 4 I FAITH I pray for them: I will f pray not for the world. but for them which thou hast tiven me for they are I thine. I St. John, 17. 9. (5 SINGAPORE I COLD STORAGE CO., LTD Friday Special HZ. f/uc Coc44 words
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249 1949-01-14 5 MERCY SHIP SAILS TOMORROW FOR DJAMBI Another going to Pekan Bahru Free Press Chinese Correspondent THE Singapore Committee for the relief of Sumatra Chinese refugees is sending a mercy ship to Djambi tomorrow, carrying 80 tons of rice and foodstuffs, and 20 tons of relief and medical supplies. Another mercy249 words
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Article136 1949-01-14 5 US EXPERTS TOUR EAST AIRFIELDS m :.mander of the 1 I Pacific Division Air Iranjp, ice, Rear Admiral *T o Tomlinson. US Navy, -y- Singapore veste--X United 6tates C 54 ak ar to a SkyW- ral T t0 Free Press he jj* 11 officers and X men. all Navy or136 words
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Article47 1949-01-14 5 MUSLIM DIVINE MEETS C.G. -General, U MacDonaid, enfr .inch yesterday st -^rene the Muslim D lulana Mohamed At n Siddique. j ttt were the Chief X »pore, the Chief If Dhore, Inche Sar- i <k ;bir. Date Awang, If S I. O Alsagofl and D S. Moonshl.47 words
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Article105 1949-01-14 5 r|UTCH ships sailing from Australia will m future by-pass Indonesian ports and ply direct to Singapore and Malaya. This was announced m -Sydney by the Australian agent for the vessels. Earlier agreement had been reached with waterside unions not to accept Australian cargoes for105 words
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Article123 1949-01-14 5 IN recognition of 50 years of unbroken service, with the P. and O. Sleam Navigation 1 Co.. the firm of Islay Kerr and Co.. Ltd.. will honour Mr. Tan I Hoon -Sinn? now retired, with a suitable award at a tea party at G. H.123 words
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Article298 1949-01-14 5 I RINDING the nearest doctor m Singapore— when I minutes may mean the difference between life and death— will be a simplified process for the less literate citizen, according to a proposal which the southern branch of the Alumni Association of the King Edward VII298 words
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Article61 1949-01-14 5 'I'HE Commissioner-General A Mr. Malcolm MacDonaid sent a telegram of thanks to Admiral Sir Denis Boyd, former Commander-in-Chief, Far East Station, who sailed for the United Kingdom yesterday on the Dilwara. The telegram said, "On behalf of everyone here I thank you for your immense services61 words
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Article68 1949-01-14 5 Free Press Staff Correspondent PENANG, Thurs. OF more than 200 Penang Malay youths who presented themselves for selection, only 14 have been accepted as recruits for the RAF Technical Corps. Selection was made at Balik Pulau by an RAF recruiting team under Flying Officer Roland.68 words
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Article55 1949-01-14 5 F.P. Malay Correspondent TTMNO branches throughout U Malaya are making elaborate plans to celebrate February I as Federation Day the Utusan Melayu reports. Malay homes throughout the coimtrv will be caily decorated and brightly lit on tb e nicrh of Feb. 1 UMNO flags will also55 words
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Article26 1949-01-14 5 Y.M.C.A Movie Circle There will be no movie circle show at the V.M.C A. tonight. The t regular screening will take plao; i 1 next Saturday.26 words
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Article, Illustration153 1949-01-14 5 Plans for the new Singapore Dutch Club m Adam Road have been passed and tenders are being called for the construction of the premises, estimated to take six months to complete. To rise on a tivo-acre plot of land, the new club will be one of the153 words
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Article194 1949-01-14 5 Her last word was 'Sayonara TOKYO, Friday. WHEN Japanese seamen executed a British Red Cross woman on the deck of their submarine during the war she cried out her last word m Japanese: "Sayonara" (goodbye). lnis story of Mrs. Vera Brittain was told at the trial In Tokyo yesterday ofReuter - 194 words
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Article95 1949-01-14 5 VALETTA, Malta. Friday. FOR the first time m Malta's history an appeal court sentence has been suspended by a fiat of the Governor. "The Governor, Sir Francis Douglas, granted a two months' stay of execution f the sentence on James Scorey, convicted of a libel actionReuter - 95 words
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Article56 1949-01-14 5 THE American President Lines' Victory ship "Dartmouth Victory" was successfully refloated from a reef near Muntok m Sumatran waters yesterday after it was taken m tow by a Dutch tug. The liner was on her way from Batavia to Port Swettenham m Malaya when sheU.P. - 56 words
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Article67 1949-01-14 5 SIR William Strang, who next month will become permanent head of the British Foreign Office and who Is now on a tour of Asia and the Far East, has left Alexandria by air for Karachi. Sir William had a long talk In Alexandria with the BritishReuter - 67 words
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Article47 1949-01-14 5 AID INDONESIA' COMMITTEE F.P. Chinese Correspondent CINGAPORE Indonesians are forming an Indonesian Independence Aid Committee to "give moral and material support to Indonesians" fighting for their freedom. Permission is now being sought from Govern r^nf- to hold a mass meeting to discuss the formation of the committee.47 words
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Article85 1949-01-14 5 RANGOON, Friday. THE Burma Regional Auto- nomy Commission, set up to investigate the question of minorities, has accepted the principle of a sepaiate Karen state. Simultaneously the Karen National Union." which claims to represent most of Burma's 4,000.000 Karen tribesmen, called upon their members to ceaseReuter - 85 words
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Article701 1949-01-14 5 Free Press Staff Reporter AN Army spokesman m Singapore stated yesterday that there were m the Colony today many more Army wives than there were quarters for them. Most of these Army wives have taken private accommodation. The spokesman was commenting on a London report701 words
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Advertisement97 1949-01-14 5 Kxquisite Cocktail Dinner GOWNS. 82-1, Brat Basab Road Naar Raffles Hotel .4 merica 's a ristocra t: MARLBORO WHITE SHIRTS "Rue Je la Paix" and "Duraglide." Only $11.90 each. j Ttif CR€ST Of QUHIITV f SZT( The merit behind the Symbol which ■kXJai- identifies all Moffat Models. P eed Operation97 words
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Miscellaneous26 1949-01-14 5 TECHNICAL ASSN. The Technical Association of Malaya will hold its annutl general meeting at the Government Trade School Ba-1-stier Road, a* 6.30 p .n. n°xt Tuesday.26 words
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Article225 1949-01-14 6 Escapes the gallows on appeal Free Pre^s Staff Correspondent KUALA LUMPUR. Fri. HOLDING that an identification parade had been i conducted m a manner "high|ly irregular and definitely unfair" to the appellant, the Federation Court of Appeal today quashed the conviction iof Chan Sin. who was sen- tenced to death225 words
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Article, Illustration86 1949-01-14 6 Tlie first stiipment of Australian pips to be imported into Singapore, arrived by the Blue Funnel ship Orestes from Fremantle yesterday. Picture shows some of the pigs beiny unloaded. The 200 pigs were imported by the Kan Hong Livestock Company for slaughtering The pigs, which are better fed than Malayan86 words
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Article508 1949-01-14 6 London Stock Exchange LONDON, Friday. WITH the exception of the Kaffir market, where an uncertain tone caused sharp declines, the London Stock Exchange was mainly steady but idle yesterday, says Reuter's financial correspondent. Rubber shares continued to decline, while tins made fresh advances. The nervor.sne&s508 words
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Article221 1949-01-14 6 PRIVATE Alexander Milne, one of three men charged with unlawful possession of two Sten guns before Mr. Justice Brown m the Singapore Assizes, was acquitted yesterday without having to make his defence. When the prosecution case closed. Mr. Justice Brown directed the seven-man jury to221 words
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Article204 1949-01-14 6 KILLER GANG 'GENERAL' ARRESTED Special guards at Batu Caves Free Press Staff Correspondent IPOH, Thur>day. AN important member of the An« Bin If iliiy 4 Killer Gang/ with the rank ol General," was arrested here yestcrda> al Kampong Kepayang behind the resirlont^ area of Fair Park. At Tanjong Kampong Rengkong.204 words
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349 1949-01-14 6 JOHORE BAHRU. Thurs. REMARKING that people who go into the jungle to help terrorists lighting against the Government are almost as bad as the terrorists themselves. Mr. Justice Laville today sentenced a Cantonese Leong Vat Seng, of Upper Cross Street. Singapore, to seven years' rigorous349 words
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Article, Illustration21 1949-01-14 6 photo. Tungku Abdul Mank, son uf the Sultan of Kedah. pictured at the recent PanPacific Jamboree at Wonaa Park, Melbourne. A.P.A.P. - 21 words
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Article61 1949-01-14 6 AFTER a two-day hearing, the former assistant manager of Raffles Hrtel, 4b-year-old Sana?* Martyrose Arathoon, was committed for trial on Wednesday, m thp Seventh Police Court on a charge of having converted to his own use sums totalling $88,920 73 belonging to Raffles Hotel. Arathoon madt> a61 words
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Article53 1949-01-14 6 N T EXT week admiwior. I to the Pavil »n T w.ll be lowered a> ay. periment The $3 Keat> BOS* $2 50 $2 seats $1 $1 seats 85 cent* This will be (or -m* only when the film B Spirit" will hay. screening This film shown53 words
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477 1949-01-14 6 Used U.S. credits to pay for car MONTORS TRIAL WILLIAM Vincent Saussotte said he was "twice "bitten, thrice shy" when explaining to the First District .Indue (Mr. E. P. Shanks) yesterday, why he bought a car m March, 1947, Hvtagh a friend m America instead of applying to the Controller477 words
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Article97 1949-01-14 6 Free Press Staff Correspondent IPOH. Thursday MR w J. Glennie. aged SI of Tronoh Mines, was acquitted on a tentative charge of attempted murder, after a preliminary inquiry m the Ipoh Magistrates Court today. It was alleged that OteMUe had attempted to shoot at Mr. F P.97 words
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Advertisement73 1949-01-14 6 The House oi Cotnf«»rt 1 NOW SHOWING 11 a.m.. 1.4 V UI Ml fid p •u«t *<»-«« jr.. lI^» M nite to:.:?r*o* t J "WuTTLiI SOUTH WJNDS HOTEL Tanjonj. Balai (off 13* Miles Jurong) Accommodation Available spacious Modern Room* *H C onveniences Among Beautiful. Natural SurroundATHING "SRING, BADMINTON. TABLtTLNNIS, etc.73 words
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Miscellaneous197 1949-01-14 6 M3ndrdk6 Exclusive to the Singapon Free Press m Malaya ■■■■■■Hill 1 YOU'VE SEEN WMAT HAPPENS 1 I ME KNOW WHERE US IS. ZAABAI I A BATCH OF MEW j TAKE THEM ■■■■■■■■■■CT^ WHEN NAME IS SPOKEN/ VXLAGE. THEIR CHIEF IS ZARK SLAVES FROM fI&EFOREA/£». \Th£ HiAf VICTIMS OF QUE£HtBONY\ [REMEMBER197 words
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Article218 1949-01-14 7 MALAYAN CAPTAIN DISPUTES CLAIM World title game m U.S. TIM Chuan Geok, non-playing captain and manager of the Malayan badminton team m Britain for the Thomas Cup matches, commenting m London yesterday on a report that Dr. Dave Freeman, American champion, was iieeting India's No. 1 player Davinder Mohan, mReuter - 218 words
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Article, Illustration43 1949-01-14 7 picture. F risby passe.? the ball back as he is being tackled by a Chinese defender m a game of rugger between the Singapore Harbour Board and the Singapore Chinese Recreation Club at Raeburn Park yesterday. Th? Harbour Board won B—6. Free PressFree Press - 43 words
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Article, Illustration29 1949-01-14 7 picture. -4 Singapore Harbour Board player tries to prevent the ball from going out during yesterday rugger match u\th the Singapore Chinese Recreation Club at Raebvrn Park. Free PressFree Press - 29 words
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Article214 1949-01-14 7 East Zone rally after bad start KZune, after losing three Ie) i only 14 runs at It trieir four-day m «fer t the West jjMgf team at jUlal ered well yesterd at the close had mti A he loss of six txywi deadly form m j^jj spell of eight tingReuter; A.P. - 214 words
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Article169 1949-01-14 7 Boxing needs new blood Dempsey JACK Dempsey, former world heavyweight champion boxer, plans a one-man campaign to put both boxing and wrestling on the "straight and narrow path." "The situation today m both sports is not good," Dempsey said m an interview. "And it looks like a long, tough fightA.P. - 169 words
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Article81 1949-01-14 7 I JOE LOUIS lias given Col. Eagcn. chairman of the I New York State Athletic Commission, an assurance that he will defend his world heavyweight boxing title. Col. Eagen, who was addressing the Boxing Writers' Association of New York, said that Louis had told him byReuter - 81 words
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Article33 1949-01-14 7 A TEAM of Ngerlan soccer fco bailers, who play m bare feet, will tour Britain next September. They will bring shoes, however. 10 use if the grounds are too 1 '*«y- A .P.A.P. - 33 words
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126 1949-01-14 7 SINGAPORE INVITED TO EMPIRE GAMES THE Singapore Olympics and Sports Council at a meet.ng yesterday, decided to consider the possibilities of Singapore's participation m the British Bnpire Games to be held m New Zealand next year. The decision was made following an Invitation by New Zealand to Sirgapore to take126 words
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Article110 1949-01-14 7 •THE Hong Kong Football A Association hag notified the Philippine Amateur Athletic Association that the Korean soccer team at present playing a series of games with the Colony's teams, would like to play a 6er.es nj games with Manila teams toward^ the latter partReuter - 110 words
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Article45 1949-01-14 7 THE Rase Ordnance Depot Civilians beat the BOD. (military) two-nil m the first of three hockey matches for the Tobin Challenge Cup at St. George's Road yesterday. R; zak scored both goals. The second match will be played at Alexandra Barracks on Tuesday.45 words
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351 1949-01-14 7 OIDDING for the services of Wilt Mannion, Middles- brough's English international inside-left, has flared up again but there is still a great deal of mystery surrounding the pending transfer of this famous player, who m refusing to re-sign for his club, has not playedReuter - 351 words
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Article50 1949-01-14 7 'IHVENTY THREE r a c c horses, valued at more than U.S. $100,000, were i destroyed by flre, wiilch levelled newly-built winter j quarters at the Saratoga track. About 100 horses m all had been quartered at the I track m different barns. U.P.U.P. - 50 words
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Article36 1949-01-14 7 9IR Bracewell SniUh, a form t Lord Mayor of London, was elected chairman of the Arsenal Foot/rail Club yesterday. He «uc- I ceed; Sir Samuel Hill Wood, who died last week.— A .P.A.P. - 36 words
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Article138 1949-01-14 7 HOLLAND'S crack fast bowler, 27-year-old Arie Molonaar. was charged m a Rotterdam court yesterday with "provoking the murder" m March 1945 of Jacob Boer, shopkeeper at Zandvoort, Dutch coast resort near The Hague. Molenaar, engaged by Ramsbottom, a Lancashire League club, for the 1949 seasonReuter - 138 words
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Article90 1949-01-14 7 lIIGHLIGHTING the im- proving of relations between India and Pakistan, the Lahore correspondent of the National Standard of Bombay, reported yesterday that India may soon meet Pakistan on the cricket field. The five -day goodwill Test match is expected to start m the Brabourne Stadium. BombayA.P. - 90 words
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Article71 1949-01-14 7 T'HE Singaporn Harbour Board RF.C. defeated the Singapore Chinese Recreation Club by eijjht point* (a goal and a try) to six (two tries) In a ***** match played at Raebu.-n Park yestefday. Frisby ob'ained the first try, which was not converted. Chapman crossed for the second, and71 words
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Article109 1949-01-14 7 rNTERTAINING soccer is t promised tomorrow when Chinese Athletic ny- t Darwl Bahar at the Jalan B dium m a fnendiy match 1 aid of the Darul Bahar buii-:-ing fund. C. A. will be at full str but will face stiff opposition from Darui Bahar.A.P. - 109 words
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Article488 1949-01-14 7 By TRESPASSER Selangor Gold Cup. which will be revived at the coming Kuala Lumpur race meeting and will be run on the last day (Jan. 29). promise* tc be the moat thrilling since It was instituted m 1939. Twenty-one horses have been en- j tered488 words
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644 1949-01-14 7 CRUSADER - Malaya's win in London most credita ble CRUSADER By npHE smashing victory gained by Malaya's Thomas Cup team over the Wimbledon Club is on the lips of every badminton follower, both m Malaya and m the British Isles. A Malayan victory had been a foregone conclusion, at least to supporters644 words
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Miscellaneous46 1949-01-14 7 Today's Sport HOCKEY: Singapore v. Johore S.C.C.. 5 p.m.; S.R.C. M A n v. RAF. (Malay) Regt. S X i BOD. v. G.H.QSif. Regt. St. George's Rd.; Spore Colts v. RAF. Seletar —Seletar; S.C.R.C. v Cable Wireless— SC R.C.; Khalsa Assn. t. T.M.C A. Farrer Park.46 words
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Article21 1949-01-14 8 ROBERTSON— A: Malacca ot^ !0:h Jan. to Dorothy wfe of A. Cu\an Robertson. Customs Dept.. M^licca. a son Both well.21 words
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Article60 1949-01-14 8 TOE ENGAGEMENT :e anlt -d bet*e. ii Patricia Wetz S. of Wimbledon. London, an.l F tent Lieutenant 3 P. Wood. R A F of Nt-s'on. Cheshire. 011-CHAN: The pnga?ement is irc-d today bet»v*n Jimmy Giow "iorg. fourth son of v Mrs. S:h Y*»w Guan. and M ft Chan S^ok60 words
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Article33 1949-01-14 8 oi OrIELD On Jan. 7th at R T-i-y Hampshire Maj -Oen. Sir, Loui OWflfW. KBE, C.B C M G D.5.0.. ifoimorly G.OC' \f a> and fathM of Mrs J.P de C Hamilton33 words
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Article40 1949-01-14 8 MISSING. If any person knows whereabouts of Na:b Amin bin Othman <Johor* Defence Corps) disappeared on his way to Bra Pahat town on August 14. 1345 please communicate win h> wife Aishah b.M'i Hussein, of Sungei Nibong Batu Pahat.40 words
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Article21 1949-01-14 8 FTROPEAN BACHELOR offers ll m large modern double room a The Anchorage.' 32* Nassim Rd Tel 7525 or 83*8821 words
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Article456 1949-01-14 8 Defence may be discussed LONDON, Friday. THE possibility of a Commonwealth Foreign Ministers conference m the Far East this year is believed here to have been m Dr. Herbert Evatt's mind when he referred, m Perth, Australia, yesterday to one of the most importantReuter - 456 words
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Article, Illustration103 1949-01-14 8 plctv The Deputy Municipal President, Mr. W. L. Blythe, I and member^ .of the Municipal Treasurer's staff last night gave a dinner m honour of Mr. J. R. Hill, the Municipal Treasurer, to mark the bestowal of the 0.8. E. upon Mr. Hill m the New Year Honours. The pictureFree Press - 103 words
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Article51 1949-01-14 8 MEW YORK crud*» rubber s arrdard futures clo&ed quietly yesterday with no sales. Crude rubber No. 1 rlosed five lo 10 points lower. Sales amounted to 32 contracts. Offers were: March 19.10 cents (U.S> and July 18.60 btd: spot No. 1 ribbed s,m'»ked sheets 19 38. r.om.—A.P. - 51 words
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258 1949-01-14 8 LONDON, Friday. DKITAIN is not only slowly recovering from austerity, but aims this year to create a selling boom for British goods m the Inited States, Canada and other hard currency markets to speed this country's recovery, the Chancellor of the Exchequer, Sir StaffordU.P.; Reuter; A.P. - 258 words
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85 1949-01-14 8 Policewoman uncovers traffic in girls TRIESTE Friday. AN -employment agency" which police said supplied young girls, mostly refugees, from Yugoslav-oc-cupied territory to brothels m big Italian cities, was raided here and its proprietor was arrested. A policewoman, who p*-sed at a refugee from Istria. uncovered the agency, police said Sh*U.P. - 85 words
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Article72 1949-01-14 8 COMEDIAN Nosmo King, known to millions of British radio listeners, died yesterday a«5 Tommy Handley. Britain's greatest radio comedian, was being cremated. Nosmo King, who was 63, appeared m the regular weekly feature "Palace of Varieties." His real name wai Vernon WaUon and he obtained theReuter - 72 words
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Article21 1949-01-14 8 WARRANTS were issued m Toklo for the arrest of six alleged slave dealers on charges of selling 150 children21 words
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Article279 1949-01-14 8 SHANGHAI, Friday. THE opening of Chinese Communist heavy artillery and mortar fire on Peiping yesterday coincided with reports of destruction and damage done to historic relics and landmarks of the ancient capital. The Communist fire was directed mainly at the i airfield on the northern sideReuter; A.P.; U.P. - 279 words
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Article161 1949-01-14 8 THOUSANDS AT HANDLE Y FUNERAL I'ENS of thousands of Londoners with tears m their eyes lined the six-mile route at the funeral of SftX?!? 1 ra A dio comeVaTXse windowswe^cUded 116 56 «iJ«L_Hooftop. and The route of the funeral cortege, preceded by mounted police and motorcycle patrols, was specially alteredReuter - 161 words
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100 1949-01-14 8 Dutch plane's big transIndia 'hop' A DISTANCE one-and-a-half times as long as an Atlantic crossing was flown by a Dutch Constellation which arrived at Malta yesterday. The pilot. Capt. Schultz. said he had taken a secret route to overcome the Indian ban on Dutch planes and on one "hop" wentReuter; A.P. - 100 words
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Article72 1949-01-14 8 NEW YORK, Frl. MARIAN Anderson. Negro singer, faced the loss of her volet- and possibly her life last summer but was saved by a delicate operation, it was disclosed here yesterday. A prominent New York physician said the contralto was operated on for the removal or72 words
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Article90 1949-01-14 8 PARIS. Friday. DRITAIN will offer her good offices for a friendly solution of the future of the French settlements m India, according to a French news agency despatch yesterday from Pondicherry. A high British official had arrived there from New Delhi, the agency said, and addedReuter - 90 words
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57 1949-01-14 8 HAMBURG, Friday. r VHE Labour Office m nearby Kiel stepped m yesterday and cant a gloom over the recent marriage of 25-year-old Herbert Golle to an 81-year-old widow. Officials cut off Herbert's unemployment benefits, claiming that he had made enough money sellingU.P. - 57 words
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120 1949-01-14 8 LONDON. Friday. A LANDLADY of Croydon, Surrey, who died last November has left a group of small houses to the tenants who occupy them. This was the unusual bequest of Mrs. Louisa Lilian Beaumont, aged 90. a wellknown local character, who, i until she gaveReuter - 120 words
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293 1949-01-14 8 WASHINGTON rnday. PRESIDENT Truman told a press c«mf fre^ yesterday that he knew of no developments support rumours abroad of a Russian pc v sive," but added that he was still willing t <( Marshal Josef Stalin m Washington Meanwhile, effectively setting at293 words
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Article84 1949-01-14 8 MOSCOW'S NEW TACTICS PAKI> I fe, I rk.RV. ar. Franc an «»th»- I countries that S* t Kuv^ 1 is < hangim: bet < < French indep^nd. n( I wing new-spa p. i I J jxi^ 1 says. I "To relax m i urns* 1 where their p(l< <<iu,>H disappointingReuter - 84 words
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Advertisement156 1949-01-14 8 NOTICE VOLUNTEER SPEII AL CONST \BII. %RY. SMALL ARMS C Ol RSE. CATEGORY "B Will the undermentioned members of Category B Volunteer Sp- cial Cons-abulary pleas* r«port to the Police Training School. Thompson Road on Monday 17th January 1949 a* soon after 3 p m. as possible. No. 207r 987:156 words
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Advertisement113 1949-01-14 8 Rubber prices A SPCCUL Market eorreapon dent fi?«« th« prices of rabbet (In cents pot Ib.) at 11 m tod*' Collows Barer* Seller* No. 1 R S S Spot loose 37 37*4 rob In bale* Jan No. 1 R.S.S. 3; 37 S» No. Z R.S.S. 35\ U% No. 3 R.S.S.113 words
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Advertisement357 1949-01-14 8 In th* Matin of COMPANIES ORDINANCE 1940 and t •In flw Mati.r of 2 LITHOGRAPHERS LIMITED (Members' Voluntary Winding I p > NOTICE is hereby given that th< Company which :s being voluntarily wound up are rcq before Monday 28th February. 1849. being the day lor that fixt-d by the357 words
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Miscellaneous14 1949-01-14 8 HIGH TIDES Today: 9 45 am; 11.45 pm. 1 Sat.: 10.30 a. m; noon14 words
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