The Singapore Free Press, 31 January 1949
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Title Section18 1949-01-31 1 The Singapore Free Press LARGEST AFTERNOON SALE IN MALAYA XCFKNGMKDLF SINGAPORE, MONDAY, JANUARY 31, 1949. PRICE IU UMS18 words
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Article, Illustration414 1949-01-31 1 Joint peace pledge offer MARSHAL Stalin declared m a broadcast statem ment last night that the Soviet Union was ready to make a joint declaration with the United States outlawing war, and said he was prepared to meet President Truman to draft a world peaceReuter - 414 words
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Article53 1949-01-31 1 WASHINGTON, Sun. urtment £aid last night that it rmal request' from Moscow to but it was immediately recalled .ran has repeatedly asserted that to meet Stalin, but. would not i j .> do this. >..w v^reed- as a place outi: B_ Push n r toReuter - 53 words
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Article94 1949-01-31 1 SAN FRANCISCO. Mon THE Log, a publication of maritime management In United States. >ay> that U.S. Army is a eking to up a Japanese merchant ur miiiicn go:--•Such a fleet, the magazine adds, would oiler cut-throat competition to thr American Merchant Marin* and the AmericanReuter - 94 words
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Article9 1949-01-31 1 INQUIRY INTO LOST SPITFIRES Llown I me Govdown. ReuterReuter - 9 words
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Article62 1949-01-31 1 TIIL Secretary -General of Urn Japanese Social De- ;..ocratic Party, Tetsu Katayama. declared yesterday that his Party would not join the Communists ir. a popular front. The Communists, who increased their strength m the Lower House from four to 36 m this month's elections, have calledReuter - 62 words
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Article33 1949-01-31 1 The British-born novelist, C S. Forester, and Dorothy E.len Foster of Sydenham. London, announced m Ber- keley (California) on Satur- day that they were married I m England last May A.P.A.P. - 33 words
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Article54 1949-01-31 1 4NDREI Vishinsky. Rus- sian Deputy Foreign Minis had' recovered sufficiently Herd*) to leave the army sanatorium at Kailsbad for several hours. Vlshinsky's condition is much better today." an attendant said Officials said Saturday that he was ring gravely from a i nervous disorder and found itA.P. - 54 words
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Article170 1949-01-31 1 28 fires at Chinese New Year Free Press Staff Reporter CRACKER firing and a spell of dry weather were chiefly responsible for 28 fires m Singapore since Chinese New Year's Eve (Friday). Of these. 22 were lallang Ares which were put out, without any serious damage being done to property,170 words
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Article70 1949-01-31 1 CIANADIAN port trad" broke all records m December and brought the 1948 total valu*' ol exports from the Dominion to a peacetime record Of $3,075,800,000. the Statistics Bureau reported The year's trade featured a rise of 45 per cent over 1947 m the value of shipmentsA.P. - 70 words
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Article28 1949-01-31 1 The trial of Cardinal Joseph Mindszenty. Primate of Hungary, and others arrested with him. begins next Thursday, it was officially announced m Btidapest yesterday. ReuterReuter - 28 words
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Article149 1949-01-31 1 RANGOON, Sunday. STREET-FIGHTING between Karen rebels and Burmese Government forces is still continuing m the Irrawady delta town of Bassein, according to today's military communique. The Government last night said that the town had been recaptured from the rebels. Reinforcements had now reached Bassein andA.P. - 149 words
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Article24 1949-01-31 1 Air-Vice Marshal Richard Atcherley left London by air yesterday for Karachi, to take up command of the R©yal Pakistan Air Force.24 words
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Article173 1949-01-31 1 LONDON. Sunday. THE waistline of the British man-in-the-street has decreased two inches since 1939 and. as a result, his underwear feels uncomfortable, it was reported by the trade journal Men's Wear. Suit manufacturers and tailors are aware of the changing proportions of their customers. ptlA.P. - 173 words
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Article, Illustration51 1949-01-31 1 picture. Tiro leading European Communists. Marcel Cachin i right i. 86-year-old veteran French Red. and Palmiro Togliatti, leader of the Italian Conununists, shake hands after a mass meeting m Rome. These two men opened the Communist "peace offensive" which culminated yesterday m Marshal Stalin's dramatic statement.A.P. - 51 words
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Article280 1949-01-31 1 Australia expels O'Keef es MELBOURNE, Sunday. IMIE Press and clergy today joined m voicing a nation-wide protest over Australia's decision to deport the Indonesian wife of an Australian, and her eight children. One Clergyman said the order against the O'Keefe family Issued by the Immigration Minister, MrReuter - 280 words
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Article28 1949-01-31 1 Mrs. Viiayalakshmi Pandit, sister of the Indian Premier. Pandit Nehru is returning to Moscow, via London, by air to resume her post as Indian Ambassador A.P.A.P. - 28 words
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Article20 1949-01-31 1 An International Television Exposition and Congress will be held at Milan this autumn, it was announced m Rome.-20 words
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Article62 1949-01-31 1 TOM-TOM beaters m the Belgian Congo are sadly packing away their m- j struments, says a Leopoldville message. Their domain has been invaded by the white man's tom-tom radio. The Belgian Congo Radio has just started a service to the natives m six local dialects.A.P. - 62 words
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Article56 1949-01-31 1 T'HE trial of 30 Italians, charged with stripping and beating women m the streets of Leghorn m a 1947 riot to protest against their j attentions to U.S. soldiers, opened m Florence (Italy) I yesterday. 1 1 It was postponed because only two women appeared56 words
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Article32 1949-01-31 1 I Usually reliable Vatican sources yesterday denied re--11 ports that King Leopold of 1 1 the Belgians was seeking an ann'ilnient of his marriage to I Princess de Rethy. ReuterReuter - 32 words
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276 1949-01-31 1 PEACE BLOC 'WEL COMED' TO PEIPING NANKING, Monda>. f^EN. Yeh Chien-ying, Communist head of the joint administration m Peiping, was reported yesterday to have telegraphed to the Nanking people's peace delegation, which is preparing to go north to seek a nation-wide cease-fire, saying that U would be welcomed m theReuter; A.P.; U.P. - 276 words
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Article98 1949-01-31 1 SHANGHAI. MOO. THE Chinese National Aviation Corporation confirmed yesterday that <>ne of its DC-3 transport plane* with 19 aboard including the American pilot, had landed safely m Communist terri tory. Although there were rumours of a mid-air kidnapping, it is believed the ship developed someA.P. - 98 words
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Article119 1949-01-31 1 PEIPINU. Sunday. NATIONALIST troops wae are still guinsoiiing city asked their comma, yeslerday foi a stivei each as a Chinese Ne** Y» bonus, but got only bo j (The silver dollar is worth 1,100 yuan*. The troops, angry because they could not buy any Ate119 words
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Article77 1949-01-31 1 ATHi_N3. tl THE new p a.v overtau the reek m I leader. General wa., followed jresten by iL 4 guerilla activities I but the Greek Gen report t d that nuore than > guerillas wt r 1 < r surrendered m two en ments with nationalA.P. - 77 words
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Article25 1949-01-31 1 The Indian Government, announced on Saturday thai Mr. Prakasa. Indian High Commissioner to Pakistan. has been appointed Gover nor of Assam Province. A.P.A.P. - 25 words
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Advertisement60 1949-01-31 1 TRUE GEMS 1 OF T HE ORIENT U. S. de Silva it H ,0* ORCHARD ROAD outdoor GIKl^ |N*s_ ARE choosey I j More of them now ask for l^r^T AERTEX I I *^_t__l SPORTSSIRTS IBC^\ Wp Summer Shades! All Sizes JN-P STELLA Uundn.-L SPORTSHIRTS I »s pt-r popular demand!60 words
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Article, Illustration664 1949-01-31 2 By JOAN CAPREOL IONDON'S lending fashion designers are today working hehind locked doors to prepare their spring shows. Only after their designs have been translated into the new 1949 spring models, will their secrets become known. But while the "Big Ten" houses are guarding jealously details ofReuter - 664 words
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Article, Illustration42 1949-01-31 2 On Jan. 30. 1649. King Charles the First was executed on a scaffold erected on the spot where this tree now stands m historic Whitehall. In the background is the War Office, and right, the Banqueting Hall and Royal United Services Institution.42 words
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Article, Illustration398 1949-01-31 2 rvRIVING the 105 m.p.h. Healey Sportsiwobile makes you wish that all the roads m the world were straighter and wider. With a glorious surge of silky power an engine of only four cylinders and 16 h p. gets you up to 50 m.p.h. m 12398 words
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Article, Illustration280 1949-01-31 2 gOUTH'S rebid of four diamonds was a slam try. But North had bid his limit when he jumped to three notrump; and when he bid five clubs. South had to quit. Five clubs proved far more difficult than three notrump would have been but, of course, the bids280 words
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Article630 1949-01-31 2 Britain re mem ber him SIMPLE religious services and the revival of two plays m London recently and a pilgrim-; age and exhibition next summer will commemorate the most tragic day m the history of Britain's monarchy. For it was three centuries ago yesterday m raw and bitter weether, with630 words
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Miscellaneous1183 1949-01-31 2 _„v._ _.______o .light Instrumental 6 Programme M I B•- .1 r- SINGAPORE (summary 6.02 Listeners' Post 11. 1* Report from Britain (BBCi: 1 .7 News 7.10 Share.. Announce- 11-30 Nws News Analysis 485 metres; 41 metres (12 p m ments and Interlude 715 Chinese (BBO; 11.45 Rhodesia v M.C.C. to1,183 words
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Miscellaneous19 1949-01-31 2 Solution to Crossword No. 600 BBSBESBBm BEL iE|Tio|gir i ■(MiOißlDjTfejAi t IE! DO iMjTINI EIEJg feffi yp|i i h19 words
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Miscellaneous250 1949-01-31 2 YCUft LUCKY STAR BOKN today, you have a will not put yourself before charming and magne- others when unwarranted. tic personality which will But you are very ambitlalways be a help to you ous and want to progress through life. far up the ladder of success. Since you aave a250 words
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Miscellaneous42 1949-01-31 2 __i;.g; "C7~"I1 tfi him- < r>^- lln^-wir-a -f Ai MA? f 5.3%4| -5 KWS C*F_£ «CTA_«f^; cah rA-.-n' =^^71 •__TG_pa^s 1 WAS m mmW *.S f i p*- m*v _ps?ar vj J UNJ. «t 1 J_»-*A,-TE_S _Te_r W, ___i__ji i i, i _r^~_s42 words
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Article, Illustration97 1949-01-31 3 UNITED EUROPE' COONGRESS SOON ID Statesmen. Mr. Winston Henri Spaak. the Belgian Alcide de Gasperi. the Italian M Leon Blum France's veteran mci Prime Minister, will be c platform m Brussels on t ft ft i ft ft ft ft I ft ft I ft U.P. ity-year-old miss Joyce Wal-U.P. - 97 words
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Article113 1949-01-31 3 THE first Japanese student kccepted at Cornell y since World War II t.nds Americans willing to c and forget. They don't hold grudges.' .said Miss Shizu Kawai of Tokio T haven't found a nee ol prejudice my arrival. "Everyone most kind." She believes atU.P. - 113 words
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179 1949-01-31 3 THE Prime Minister, Mr. Clement Attlee rejected a suggestion m the Commons that responsibility for the administration of the British protectorates of Basutoland Bechuanaland and Swaziland should be transferred -rom the Commonwealth Relations Office to the Colonial Office. Mr. Ernest Brammall, Labour, had suggestedReuter - 179 words
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Article40 1949-01-31 3 "TWO days after denying through a musicians journal rumours of his death put out by practical jokers. John Haim. 20-year-old dance band leader, died on Thursday and buried the next day. D>>ath was due to natural causes.- A.P.A.P. - 40 words
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Article166 1949-01-31 3 CZECHS, U .S. 'TOY' RIVALS THE Czechoslovak toy industry, noted lor novelties especially m woodwork toys has some new ideas m production that it thinks will insure its ability to compete with the United States mass toy industry. The industry ls clinging to its fundamental idea that a toy shouldA.P. - 166 words
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Article, Illustration320 1949-01-31 3 JET FIGHTER'S MILE-A-MINUTE RECORD CLIMB Reply to fast Bomber menace? Free Press Correspondent LONDON, Monday. AN experimental British jet fighter, roaring to a height of 71 mile s in 7.' minutes, has broken all known records for a mock combat climb. The plane is a Gloster Meteor, fitted with two320 words
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Article117 1949-01-31 3 ARGENTINA'S large foreign community has been shocked by a proposed constitutional reform requiring foreigners to adopt Argentine nationality or leave the country after two years' residence. The proposal was one of several projected constitutional changes which President Juan Peron outlined to 109 Peronista delegates to theReuter - 117 words
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Article19 1949-01-31 3 The French High Commissioner m Indo-China, M Leon Pignon. left Paris by air for Saigon.19 words
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Article99 1949-01-31 3 r ¥Ulh story of hoi an Amer.--1 can track star. while badly undernourished as a prisoner of war, was forced to race a Japanese champion and beat him ha s been disclosed It wav, revealed In an afiida.it from Lou Zamperinl, U.S. miler m the 1936A.P. - 99 words
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Article70 1949-01-31 3 SENATOR Brien McMahon. chairman of the U.S. I Congressional Atomic Energy Committee, has hinted iin Washington that Russia might have atomic weapons within two or three years. For this reason, he said, it was imperative that some solution be found to the iA.P. - 70 words
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163 1949-01-31 3 The 'garcons' smile— but have a grouse THE men on whom every 1 British tourist likes to practise his French, the Paris cafe waiter, is not so cheerful as he looks. A couple of the 60,000 •garcons" who work m the 10,000 cafes and restaurants of this -'tourists' capital" told163 words
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Article46 1949-01-31 3 MR. Somerset Maugham, the British author, is leaving San Franscisco for New York and will sail on Feb. 12 for his French Riviera villa. Scores of his friends and admirers showered him with presents to mark his 75<h birthday on Tuesday. A.P.A.P. - 46 words
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Article, Illustration21 1949-01-31 3 Film star's Came wedding picture L nda Christian Roman Catholic Church the Colosseum, after making redding which took place A. P.A.P. - 21 words
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Article239 1949-01-31 3 AIRLINE pilots can fly efficiently until they are 55, says a U.S. scientific flying study. This is older than the I American aviation industry has thought generally pos- Bible. The report was made by Dr. Ross A. McFariand. of the Harvard School of Public Health, toA.P. - 239 words
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Article, Illustration709 1949-01-31 3 Free Press StalT Reporter TANJONG MNANG, Sat. \|R. P. F. de Souza, a x Singapore Legislative Councillor and lawyer, said at the seventh day of the Carlton A. Hire gun-running trial here that he assisted the police by signing six "worthless" cheques to the709 words
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Article74 1949-01-31 3 I'HE Minister o! Ctril Avution has invited Lord Brabazon of Tara 10 charge of an investigation of individual Tudor IV hirer* I requested by the British Snotti American Airways His terms of reference will be "to inquire into the design and construction ol Tudor IvReuter - 74 words
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Article45 1949-01-31 3 Representatives of 4* voluntary agencies re ,v n;ing ll countries have <^"- cided iti Geneva to **ecommend that their k inments continue the care of displace! persons alter 1? when the International Rpfugee* Orientation is due ta wind up its work.- U.P.U.P. - 45 words
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Advertisement34 1949-01-31 3 BALLET I FRANCIS SCHOOL x 'ls> NETT. FRANCIS ■"«">.•;>. mntmm Ballet OrganisaC "•'lift and Classical Dancing). In-wry. Mime. Limbering. < ""I R..1.1). syllabus Classes. ''"'the' l ,urs Kil, S Singapore 830G_ f^— (IU to I* an.34 words
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Advertisement30 1949-01-31 3 CUT CRYSTAL W WE HAVE A VERY M^W WIDE RANGE FROM !fM/m. WHICH TO SELECT flf.^k. |i COMBINING. \stlmmjmmW GOOD TASTE AND USEFULNESS. SINGARORt KOALA lUMR.U.R j?,E NA N G30 words
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653 1949-01-31 4 The Singapore Free Press MONDAY, Jan. 31, 1949. Bigger Security Forces Needed WE have now reached the the stage where the remedy lies not so much m the provision of more troops as m the adoption of a more resolute attitude by the people of Malaya." said the G.O.C. Malaya.653 words
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Article, Illustration1043 1949-01-31 4 FRANK OWEN - FRANK OWEN by PARLIAMENT has reassembled. There has begun the most decisive, and probably the most stormy, session of the first epoch of Socialism m Power m Britain. The day -to- day encounter will be hard enough, with Iron and Steel and the Lords Veto as the hottest1,043 words
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Article, Illustration777 1949-01-31 4 George Ivanoff- Mumjieff - George IvanoffMumjieff By SHANGHAI. fIEW hopes of peaceful tribal cooperation m strifetorn Sinkiang have been aroused by the Central Government's appointment of Burhan, a Russian and German-educated native of the province and until recently one of the political advisers to Generalissimo Chiang Kai-shek, as Governor777 words
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Article, Illustration38 1949-01-31 4 latest sport that is drawing crowds Is that of Pedal Cycl Speedway matches One >i these was held at the Kingsbury (London) track-home-made on a bomb-site recently The contest was the Middlesex "All-Stars" Championship for "Speedway Gazette" awards.38 words
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722 1949-01-31 4 The 'Too -old-at-f orties' Find A Champion IT VERY day dozens of middle aged but able-bodied Britons retire from the Services and careers m the Empire. Half of them roll up their sleeves to help the nations production drive. But half settle back m towns like Bedford and Carpberley to722 words
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Article134 1949-01-31 4 PET E R CHEYNEY is t to ugh —very tough. If your choice is a thriller which blends excitement to a sinister degree and a wellplotted mystery, then you need seek no further than DARK WANTON. It carries tne Cheyney stamp on every page There's134 words
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Article95 1949-01-31 4 Unknown - Unknown li V Bt:. trai sbm. of v B JJ sin(tm n Plant cur J* ■erve 4 a Cls tea sp.r hot i.'. k De r ai ■ha-ten Cis SPOKJ -S.: hot i jf!g be _-efie.j Yacf. d::\e.:.u and T ing ra J. -Sch m mi pic-ct i shoot95 words
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Advertisement11 1949-01-31 4 For prompt c EFFICIENT f trig as THE miCADf mmm +6S*11 words
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Advertisement34 1949-01-31 4 FAITH j For all peoph will walk every one m the name of his God, and we will walk m the name of the Lord our god for ever and ever. Mlrah. 4, I.34 words
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Article213 1949-01-31 5 Free Pres s Staff Correspondent MALA LUMPUR. Sunday. miF etm' r -eiuv did not seriously affect the mining inditotrv during the last quarter of 1948 and „,rther prtcress hi rehabilitation continued, states tarter.. Bulletin of Statistics, just issued. f metallic tin remained steady at Exports of tin213 words
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Article, Illustration63 1949-01-31 5 ZXDGJNKJ Five of a row of eight two storeyed wooden houses m Kirn Seng Road were gutted by fire a s Chinese New Year was being celebrated. Thirty Chinese families were rendered homeless. Except for some kittens trapped and roasted alive by the fire, there were no casualties. Damage isFree Press - 63 words
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Article37 1949-01-31 5 The Singapore Police Band will play at the following places m February from 5.30 p.m. to 6.30 p.m.: Feb. 3. Botanic Gardens; Feb. 10, ng Park: Feb 17. Waterloo Street and Feb. 24, Ka- Park.37 words
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Article232 1949-01-31 5 LABOUR PARTY POLICY THE Labour Party of Singapore which is contesting the forthcoming Municipal elections with the Progressive Party and the Singapore Regional Indian Congress will fight for "elected members" to become the heads of Government Departments and an "elected committee" to run the Municipality. One of the lounders and232 words
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Article96 1949-01-31 5 KUALA LUMPUR, Sun. NAVAL. Army and Police units oil Saturday night raided the island of Pulau Kitam. off the Selangor coast near Klang. and screened 1,000 Chinese men. The combined force went ashore m landing craft. Main landing! were at Sungel Lima and Sungei Dua96 words
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Article219 1949-01-31 5 KUALA LUMPUR. Sun. AN armed bandit spy and subscription collector was killed In a swamp after a chase near Seng Keng village m the Johore Bahru area yesterday morning Gurkhas spotted him near Fraser Estate They challenged him and he fled leaving behind six kerosene tins219 words
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Article443 1949-01-31 5 1949 Budget estimates Free Press Staff Reporter INDICATIVE of the extent of public housing projects completed by the Singapore Improvement Trust last year, and to be carried out this year, rents which the Trust expects to collect from its housing estates this year exceed443 words
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Article, Illustration67 1949-01-31 5 ZDFKJTLTG The dollar-a-head lunches at the Y.W.C.A. m Raffles Quay are very popular with members and the public alike. The lunch room, seen m this picture, is always full. For members only, there are special facilities for resting during the lunch hour. There is a tastefullyfurnished room where Y.W.C.A. membersFree Press - 67 words
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Article98 1949-01-31 5 Rubber: Govt. protest KUALA LUMPUR, Sun. A STATEMENT issued by the Federation Government says the report of Dr. T. Bauer, that the Government had failed to look after the interests of the rubber smallholders, "seriously misrepresented" the policy of the administration. Dr. Bauer, an agricultural economist, came to Malaya m98 words
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Article27 1949-01-31 5 More than 300 people attended a Chinese New Year dance m the Ooi Tiong Ham Hall, Raffles College last night organised by College societies.27 words
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136 1949-01-31 5 DR. W. LINEHAN IS MUSEUMS DIRECTOR DR. W. Unehan. who retired from the Malayan Civil Service m 1948 af-.er a brilj liant career, has returned jto take up the post of Director of Museums, Fcdeiation of Malaya. Dr. Linehan first came to j Malaya m 1916 and, during his 32136 words
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334 1949-01-31 5 T.B. hospital treatment compulsory Free Press Staff Reporter UNLESS no hospital accommodation ls available, a Singapore Municipal err.ployee suffering from tut> culosis will m future be n>quired to obtain treatment m a Government hospital If he wishes to be entitled to tha "special leave" provided forf under the TB. leave334 words
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Article31 1949-01-31 5 PARIT BUImTAR. Sun—lsmail bin Hail Yusuf. a taxidriver, was fined $50. or tv.o months m prison for offering a bribe of 65 cents to au l police constable.31 words
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Article94 1949-01-31 5 SINGAPORE Indians at a mass meeting yesterday paid homage to the late Mahatma Gandhi, who was assassinated one year ago. The meeting was called by the Singapore Regional Indian Congress and was held at the New World Arena. "Now known to Indians as Sarvodaya Day, this day94 words
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Article37 1949-01-31 5 WITH the arrival of two more shipments from Rangoon, Penang has received over 25,000 tons of rice and sugar this month. Two vessels, the Hiram and Kamunina, will between them discharge 4,300 tons of rice.37 words
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Article340 1949-01-31 5 Free Press Woman Reporter rjNE hundred and forty-eight children of factory workers and hawker s are attending the Y.W.C.A. Industrial School m Havelock Road, receiving primary education five evenings a week. All the girls are Chinese, ranging from 12 to 18 years m age. Sixty-five340 words
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Article, Illustration2078 1949-01-31 6 The worst game of football I never saw by FAMOtS former manager and director of the Arsenal Football Club, who has known all the leading personalities of British soccer during the past quarter of a century. THE Eleven Silent Men m Blue of Russia's Dynamo team, a woman interpreter who2,078 words
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Advertisement54 1949-01-31 6 WE WISH ALL OUR PATRONS j Iff RY HAPPY CHINESE NEW Ytt* \J\ *>W f «-_uxi_-__-^______L_i- co --j SOUTH WINDS HOTEL Tanjong Balai (olTl3< Mil SPECIAL CHINESE and I ,:,n TIFFIN and DINNER I>\m* EXT. TILL 2 AM TODAY and TOMORROW J Come and DANCE To The Sweet liD the54 words
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Miscellaneous226 1949-01-31 6 mdndrdkG Exclusive to the Singapore Free Press m Malaya 1 I The rider freezes 1 The horse runs off, ~V-a \MmYL \^lr~TwrT_3"^l __> IN POSITION- BUT THE RIDER REMAINS... S>.r^V WHA tHL f P^l^ Turning TO SU -<^^ //t l-mruo 1 OR SO IT SEEMS TO the y i lig"F226 words
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Article, Illustration555 1949-01-31 7 MALAYA BEAT NORTHERN COUNTIES Not a single set conceded From LEE SIEW YEE Free Press Special Correspondent with Malaya's Thomas Cup team HULL, Sunday. THE Malayan Thomas Cup team today beat 1 Yorkshire, Lancashire and Cheshire combined at the Hull and East Riding Sports Club by eight doubles matches toFree Press - 555 words
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45 1949-01-31 7 newI Nielsen. Frank Fridaj Badge I final of covered i S nship i -3 .ayers *:i the I r.d Patty Dane then s >^rvlce urth l*g 13 task. 1 douSperttnti 1 final of same had hard ap-_-:rer physi- U.P.U.P. - 45 words
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Article496 1949-01-31 7 By KEN JALLEH lI'ITH the defeat of Singapore by Negri Sembilan on Saturday, the true standards of the game m the Colony are laid bare and one can clearly see how very far Singapore players must go before they can talk of participation m the496 words
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Article, Illustration94 1949-01-31 7 AFTER their defeat by France on Saturday, lt was expected that the Ireland Rugby Union team would be reconstructed for the game against England In Dublin on Feb. 12 but the selectors met yesterday and made only one change. T. Cullen, the scrum half, has beerr omittedReuter - 94 words
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Article555 1949-01-31 7 By CRUSADER AN object lesson m full-back play by Chandler, a superb penalty conversion by Maurice Pestana, tenacious covering and tackling by the North threes and forwards, and faulty handling and passing by the South outsides: these factors combined to give the honours to the555 words
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188 1949-01-31 7 Danube contestants best in skating IHI l).u*ub t cttvntr.es, reasserting their traditional m He-figure skating, took, with one exption tit-v rd and third places m all three ■>e IMS -h.in.piimships. which ended at lay. Ik and Edi Rada won the les. Hungary's Andrea Kekeby .ed the couples championship ago KiralyA.P.; U.P. - 188 words
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Article12 1949-01-31 7 8 TEAMS ENTER MENU LEAGUE XI XI I L *c. I D-'.'ah12 words
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Article23 1949-01-31 7 ADRIAN Quist and John Bromwon the Australian üblei championship on beatine Geoff Brown I] 6-8. 7-5 6-3. 6-3 Reuter A.A.P.Reuter; A.A.P. - 23 words
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Article, Illustration9 1949-01-31 7 >.d(i:igoi (t M on Saturday.— Scoops Amuicu. Servlc* piau.e.9 words
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834 1949-01-31 7 Below are the positions of the fams m the English and Scottish s -ccer Leagues after Saturday s games. No matches were played m I Div. 1 of th. English League. SECOND DIVISION P W. D. L. P. A. Pts South 'ton 27 16 6834 words
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Article353 1949-01-31 7 ALLEYNIAN - ALLEYNIAN By NATURAL'S victory m the Selangor Gold Cup will enhance the popularity of the progeny of Dhoti ln Malaya, where there is only one other registered Durbar. It may also start a fad— the provision of alr-aohdi-tloned stalls for horses which do not sweat freely.353 words
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Article353 1949-01-31 7 Natural proves his merit Free Press Racing Correspondent KUALA LUMPUR. Monday. Y/IRS. H. C. Reilly flew to Kuala Lumpur last -ia Friday to see her husband's horse, Natural, run m the Selangor Gold Cup the next day, hoping to lead him m as the winner. Mr. E. E. C. Thuraisingham,353 words
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Article183 1949-01-31 7 3 changes in North Asians XV THREE last-minute change* m the North XV against the South have evened chances somewhat m today'i All Blues rugby match on the Padang. The absentees include John Ritchie, who has been unable to make the trip from Penang. K. Leembruggen hag been moved ins.de183 words
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Article240 1949-01-31 7 Free Press Staff Correspon den' KUALA LUMPUR. Mon. gELANGOR Golf Club were leading by 12 4 points to 7 4 f.' the end of yesterday's play m their match against the Royal Singapore Oolf Club The results of yesterday s twenty singles matches we: (RSGC mentioned240 words
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Article59 1949-01-31 7 LLOYD La Beach of Panama set up a new Australian record for the 100 yards dash of 9.5/10 sec. at Melbourne on Saturday. He cut one-tenth of a second off the old recor* m winning the Vicorian amateur 100 yards title Herb McKenley of Jamaica wonReuter; A.P. - 59 words
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Miscellaneous31 1949-01-31 7 Todays Spor HOCKEY: Spore v. Perak, —S.C.C. 4 p.m.. Malacca v. Negri Sembilan S.C.C. 5 p.m.. SRC. "A" v. Dutch Club— S.K.C. RUGBY: All Blues North I South— S.C.C. 5 p.m.31 words
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Article37 1949-01-31 8 ST U BBS To Susan, wifa Ol William. Stubbs. Malayan Telecommunications Service at Peon 28th January. A son. SHANKS— To Betty, wife of E. p shanks, on 29th. January, at K-ndang Kerbau Hospital, a son P-rer.37 words
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Article548 1949-01-31 8 'Veiled Soviet threat' seen LONDON, Monday. FAILURE of Norway, Denmark, Sweden to form an 'alliance free" union of Scandinavia, announced last night immediately after it wa s disclosed that Russia had asked Norway to define her attitude toward the proposed North Atlantic Pact, is takenReuter; A.P.; U.P. - 548 words
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Article67 1949-01-31 8 A COMPROMISE policy on Japanese war repara- j tions has been advocated by Dr. Bernabe Africa, head of the Philippine mission m Japan, lt was reliably reported m Manila yesterday. The Far Eastern Commission, under whose jurisdiction SCAP falls, must agree on a new programme so that more67 words
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Article243 1949-01-31 8 LONDON, Monday. THE representatives of the five Western Union countries will meet m London this week to start working out the details of an unprecedented Council of Europe composed of non-Communist States, it is disclosed here. The five Powers Britain, France, Holland, Belgium and Luxembourg— willU.P.; A.P. - 243 words
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Article, Illustration91 1949-01-31 8 picture. The Bishop of Singapore, the Rt. Rev. J. L. Wilson, pictured before his last Sunday service yesterday at St. Andrew's Cathedral. In this picture are: S tting from left Archdeacon D. M. Gregory, Bishop Wilson, and Rev. W B. Eales. Standing (from lef t* -Dr. D. D. Chelliah, F.Free Press - 91 words
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Article49 1949-01-31 8 The famed Philadelphia Symphony Orchestra, which has a €25,000 deficit, has J agreed to tour Britain with- j I out taking a penny's profit. The 1 10 member* of the I orchestra will give about 80 I concerts m Britain starting latp m May A.P.A.P. - 49 words
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306 1949-01-31 8 JERUSALEM, Monday. A DUTCHMAN, urging the new Israel Supreme Court to dismiss the trial of Jesus Christ m the year 30 on the grounds of "irregularities," has asked for a new hearing. The petition is signed by a Dutchman who concealed his realA.P. - 306 words
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Article116 1949-01-31 8 PARAGUAY which had at least Aye revolutions m 1948 has had its first bloodless coup d'etat of 19*9- President Gonzales, who took office m August and who crushed an Army revolt m October, has been deposed and the National Assembly was called yesterday to formA.P. - 116 words
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Article47 1949-01-31 8 THE. Pocket Testament League of New York says, it plans to distribute one million bibles m Japan and that Gen. Douglas MacArthur has welcomed the offer. The League recently completed the distribution of one million copies of the Gospel of St John m China. A.P.A.P. - 47 words
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118 1949-01-31 8 SHANGHAI, Monday. TH E Communist radio I claims that the Red Army captured 1,063,290. and killed 1,400,610 Nationalist troops during the last six months of 1948. The Roman Catholic Bishop of the diocese of New York, Monsignor Thomas McDonald, said m New Yorkyesterday thatU.P.; A.P. - 118 words
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Article33 1949-01-31 8 THE U.S. Air Force announ- ced on Saturday that Allied planes had delivered 893.663 tons of supplies to Berlin during the 218 days the airlift has been m operation. A. P.A.P. - 33 words
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183 1949-01-31 8 VATICAN CITY, Monday. OPEAKINO through the Vatican radio to the Columbian Eucharistic Congress, Pope Pius XII said yesterday hat the family is the arch on which human existence is sed, adding, "There are few n-eds as urgent as the consolidation of the Christian family,A.P.; Reuter - 183 words
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Article36 1949-01-31 8 Free Press Correspondent MUAR, Monday. 'THE Government English School, Muar, played good hockey to share four goals with a touring hockey side from the Naval Base. Singapore, on the school ground on Saturday.36 words
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112 1949-01-31 8 WASHINGTON, Monday. THE U.S. Agricultural Department plans to extend technical aid to Siam. the Philippines. Afganistan. Persia and Syria m 1950. This plan, ln line with the programme to aid backward areas outlined by President Truman, will be an expansion of the agricultural aidA.P. - 112 words
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Article78 1949-01-31 8 FINAL results m the Israel elections last night showed that the Labour Patty of the Premier Mr. David Ben Gurion tMapal; polled 152,--972 votes. The left wing Socialist United Workers Party (Mapam) was second with 63.107. Support for other parties was as follows: United Religious List,A.P.; U.P. - 78 words
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Article230 1949-01-31 8 TEL AVIV, Monday. BRITAIN'S recognition of Israel is regarded by the Israeli Foreign Minister, Moshe Shertok, as a sign of the "downfall of Britain's Palestine policy" and by Tel Aviv generally as a defeat for Mr. Bevin's Palestine policy and a blow to the Arab countries.A.P. - 230 words
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Article381 1949-01-31 8 GANDHI ANNIVERSARY NEW DELHI. Monday. THE Indian Prime Minister, Pandit Nehru. vest*. day appealed on the anniversary of the assassination of Mahatma Gandhi for the world to settle its differences by peaceful methods but went on to warn that, while India had no quarrel withReuter; A.P.; U.P. - 381 words
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Article77 1949-01-31 8 FORT WORTH. Texa.< Mo A UNITED States B-36 I, ber carried 4: ol bombs from Caswell air I on Saturday the grea i bomb-load ever lifted and j dropped them on the Muioc bombing range m California The 24.000-pound bomber was disabled En Iti landing. Tiie main landing gearA.P. - 77 words
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Article23 1949-01-31 8 p_» l.v. Suprern lie ri I caus. plisl beli**: Slav:. B_ All v 'Ihe dan% and r'%_m that Colun I >c A.P.A.P. - 23 words
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14 1949-01-31 8 Bid to call on Europe's hoarded U.S. san::could b fo**ei Wa i by s>en.i14 words
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Article74 1949-01-31 8 VATIC AS CITY. Monday DOPE PIUS, m an adc yesterday to 6.000 Rome students, said that the burial place of St Peter. •■:> and wa_ under the cupola of St. Peters Church." Archeological findings demonstrate that, he said The Pope went on to assert thatA.P.; U.P. - 74 words
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Miscellaneous10 1949-01-31 8 HIGH TIDES Today: 12.05 p.m; Tomorrow: 1 l.ia.m; 12.39 p.m.10 words
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