The Singapore Free Press, 4 February 1949
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Title Section19 1949-02-04 1 The Singapore Free Press LARGEST AFTERNOON SALE IN MALAYA |t tUmm* SINGAPORE, FRIDAY, FEBRUARY 4, 1949. PRICE 10 CENTS19 words
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Article380 1949-02-04 1 Rees-Williams on the future LONDON, Friday. THE I nder-Secretary of State for the Colonies, Mr. D. R. Rees- Williams, predicted yesterday that Britain will need another two years to wipe out Communist terrorism m Malaya, but he said that the jungle campaign against theA.P. - 380 words
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Article, Illustration31 1949-02-04 1 i.i v. forme. >1-»-mmg oi P-Mpms;. who led x mivion consistum <>f ,>f the > i pf„i c pronio- cN- i: M! :irar PeiI |j ».i> bombed md h mi daughter UM31 words
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77 1949-02-04 1 Change in Penang 's status unlikely LONDON. Friday. Uh.HM I'lUll) British Government official >_vi restertoj that it wa> "extremely unlikely" •uld approve any major change m the il status '»t Penang. He was commenting on tiv mo\ emeu t hf .ci es>ion and granting of a speI the t itnimoii77 words
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Article104 1949-02-04 1 Krre Press Staff Correspondent KUALA LUMPUR. Fri. NINE armed and uniformed bandits murdered a Sitiawan rubber dealer after robbing him of $1,000 yesterday ..fternoon. The bandits went to Simpang Dua. near Sitiawan. and rive of them went into the shop, held up the owner and foned him104 words
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Article71 1949-02-04 1 BATAVIA Friday. A GANG of men held up r\ private motor bu^ near Buitenzorg. :*0 miles north of Batavia. yesterday and robbed the occupants. Aneta Kb* Dutch news aarency reports. An Indonesian official of .t small village near Tengaran (Central Java* was killed by71 words
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Article34 1949-02-04 1 THE Economic Co-operation Administration announced yesterday that the United States will buy $3,970,000 worth of Indonesian palm oil for the American strategic materials stockpile under the Reuter Marshall Plan.—Reuter - 34 words
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Article189 1949-02-04 1 Israel may quit Rhodes talks HAIFA. Thursday. ISRAEL will make no more concessions to the 1 Egyptians. If their final proposals— made on the strength of the proposed Bunch c line" are not accepted they will withdraw from the armistice talks at Rhodes tomorrow. This ultimatum was given to theReuter; A.P. - 189 words
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188 1949-02-04 1 LONDON, Friday. SPEAKING m the House of Lords yesterday on the defence of Hong Kong, Lord Strabolgi (Labour) said the only way to get an army big enough for the task was by recruiting among the loyal Chinese citizens of the colony. "If thisReuter - 188 words
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Article16 1949-02-04 1 Reuter Ten people died as result of too aircraft crashes m Canada yesterday.Reuter - 16 words
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Article25 1949-02-04 1 In a series of security checKs m Bukit Timah and Paya Lebar last night, Singapore police screened 2.364 people. There were no arrests.25 words
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Article25 1949-02-04 1 Thirty five Chinese, suspected to be members of secret societies, were arrested by Singapore police yesterday. Twelve other people arrested were found gambling.25 words
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Article72 1949-02-04 1 'Free Ceylon celebration Free Press Staff Correspondent IN celebration of the first anniversary of Ceyiun's independence, the Ceylonese Association of Singapore will hold a dinner at the Adclphi Hotel tomorrow. The Association will provide free tickets for children to tiie Happy World and New W.-rld tonlglv. To mark the occasion,72 words
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Article44 1949-02-04 1 THE personal representative of the Republican Premier m Batavia, Dr. Darmasetiawan and members of the Republican delegation, Sudjono and Supomo, left for Banka yesterday to confer with Republican Premier Mohamed Hatta and other ministers interned there, reports the Dutch ne\r_ agency.- ReuterReuter - 44 words
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Article31 1949-02-04 1 Lady Mountbatten will leave Malta by air on Feb. 13 for India and will return about a month later at the conclusion of the Mediterranean Fleet spring cruise.- ReuterReuter - 31 words
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Article137 1949-02-04 1 CANBERRA. Friday. AUSTRALIAN Ministers refuse to accept the view of the Dutch consulate here that Mrs. Annie O'Keefe. an Indonesian born won.an who came to Australia as a wartime refugee and married an Australian, is now a British national by marriage, according to authoritative sourcesU.P. - 137 words
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Article, Illustration42 1949-02-04 1 Ihe Overseas Commissioner ai the St. John Ambulance Brigade, Colonel Sir James Sleeman, laying a wreath <»n the Cenotaph m memory of Mrs. M. A. S. Cherry, Lady District Superintendent, and 90 Singapore members of the Brigade who died during the war.42 words
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Article180 1949-02-04 1 BURMA REBELS IN NEW ATTACKS RANGOON, Friday. INSURGENT Karen tribesmen captured a town m 1 Central Burma and attacked two towns about 30 miles from Rangoon yesterday as Government forces, supported by planes, launched an all-out attack on the rebels at Insein, 10 miles north of the capital. The Karens,Reuter; A.P.; U.P. - 180 words
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Article29 1949-02-04 1 British Commander-in-Chief m Germany. Sir Brian Robertson, met Foreign Office officials m London yesterday to discuss the occupation status for western Germany and the Berlin situation. U.P.U.P. - 29 words
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Article216 1949-02-04 1 NANKING, Friday. rpHF Nationalist Government has stopped all local peace movements and rallied its forces for an over-all peace settlement as Communist troops, for unknown reasons, lessened their pressure on the Yangtse River line yesterday. The semi-official Central Daily News, for the second time m216 words
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Article34 1949-02-04 1 An official Prague communique has announced the arrest of General Karel Kuttelwascher and 14 others on charges of conspiring In a terrorist plot "to* a spy centre of a western slate."-34 words
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Article286 1949-02-04 1 'GUEST ROOM IS READY FOR STALIN' Truman WASHINGTON, Thursday. AT a White House press conference, r. .dent Truman aid he H not rec'ved any ft* n from Marshal Stalin of his intention to pay a visit to Washington, but if he did he would tell Mrs. Truman "to get theReuter; A.P. - 286 words
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Article75 1949-02-04 1 OSLO, Friday. THE British battleship Royal Sovereign, which was lent to the Soviet Union during the war and is now being returned, has been sighted off Meagen. The Russian naval vessel Get ski has left Meagen, presumably to escort the battleship across the North Sea. ThreeA.P. - 75 words
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Article19 1949-02-04 1 A Chinese, suspected member of the Singapore Peoples Anti-British League was arrested under the Emergency Regulations yesterday.19 words
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Article64 1949-02-04 1 Commons 'look after' Malav a Malaya's tatereiu looked after m tl.r H.ju> ol Common_ better than U one other area. Mr. David Rees Williams. Parliameir. Under-Secretary of Stale tor the Colonies, said yesterday. "Questioner^ m the Commons pay the sharpest tention to Malaya and Africa." he said m an interview.64 words
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Article25 1949-02-04 1 Mr William Rmst. Editor of the Commu'ii^t newspaper Daily Worker, died yesterday after collapsing at a Communist Party meeting m London ReuterReuter - 25 words
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Article692 1949-02-04 2 IRIS ASHLEY - IRIS ASHLEY by PLANNED LIVING AT a dinner party a few nights ago I remarked that it would be fun to throw the ball to the readers. You know how people on the stage will turn and ask. "What shall 1 sing?" Or: "What would you692 words
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Article, Illustration279 1949-02-04 2 MARGARET 80WES, j? lfl who is young and >< pretty and a career girl >> ha s one other Woman Of A The Week qualification. She »> owns the cutest, most sen- sible sleeping garments I have yet seen i Sketch No. 1: to be worn279 words
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Article146 1949-02-04 2 J. W. TAYLOR - J. W. TAYLOR By ALL the shopkeepers at Bramley. Rotherham, simply adore little Miss Edith Barlow. Nevertheless. they do develop slight headaches when she drops ln for a spot of shopping. Take her shoes, for instance. One shop turned over the whole stock, but were unable to146 words
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Article185 1949-02-04 2 By IUDI HARDEN <THE United States airbase at Tempel-j not is a busy place these days. Food and coal are the main issues; passengers are a secovdary consideration. But once ln a while you run into someone happily boarding a plane for New York In many cases it185 words
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Article, Illustration324 1949-02-04 2 BEHIND locked dcsis m the leading fashion houses of London and Paris, under a vow of secrecy down to the most junior seamstress, is desperate last -minute activity. All m preparation for the spring showings which start soon. Showings of newest styles for 1949 they hope While324 words
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Article97 1949-02-04 2 AN interesting experi- ment m school selfgovernment has begun at a girls' school m Melbourne, where teachers and girls combine to guide the school's affairs. The school Is the Melbourne Church of England Girls' Grammar School, and the governing body takes the form of a Staff and Students'97 words
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Advertisement172 1949-02-04 2 tr DICK HAY^J Columbia Ri __F THIS IS ALWAYS YOU MAKE ME FEEL SO YOUNG (Film: "Three Little (Mrfcl. ;r. fDO YOU LOVE ME AS IF I DIDN'T HAVE EN <Both from film: Do You Love I Bi-* THE GIRL THAT I MARRY < Fro:r. Get Your Gun'i MAM'SELLE From172 words
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Page 2 Miscellaneous
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Miscellaneous409 1949-02-04 2 YOUR LUCKY STAR BORN today, your reserve is likely to be a handicap nnless you learn to become a little more spontaneous to life and all living. You are so inherently honest and straightforward m everything you do that too often you hesitate to make a spot decision, but wait409 words
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Miscellaneous1413 1949-02-04 2 SINGAPORE ;BBo".00 B Ku U ,u i ,BBC 0 9 3 0 KADIO CEYLON 185 metres; 41 metres (12 p m Burmese (BBC). 9.45 English: to 2); 61 metres (6 p.m. to N>w_ A Rubber Price. i; 10.00 'The (S FA Pi 745 and 938 p m lo 11) Old1,413 words
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181 1949-02-04 3 'PACIFIC AS WORLD CENTRE' FORECAST 'Med 9 is hub no longer nECLAKING that the centre of world activity— had mM moved from th e to the Pa-ific, Professor Herbert Gregory told the Pacific Science Congress at Auckland, New Zealand, that it would not be long before there would be aA.P. - 181 words
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Article, Illustration75 1949-02-04 3 The Pope blesses two flower decked lambs presented to him m observance of the yeast of St. Agnes. The colourful ceremony iea s held m the Consistorial Hall of the Vatican Apostolic Palace. The lambs were taken away to the monastery of St. Cecilia where they will be cared for75 words
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Article, Illustration20 1949-02-04 3 -ighrer p.ane dubbed oy a 9.000-/!> bomb load ed torpedoes, 12 "i aeria anuns Thk gnt carried by a singler.achine20 words
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231 1949-02-04 3 Paper from straw by secret process I 4 METHOD tor the manu- .a facture of paper entirely trom straw Instead of wood I pulp ha„ been announced by he Kinsley Chemical Co. In Cleveland. U.S. The companj claims it has overcome old problem, of expense and dissatifactlons by producing a,A.P. - 231 words
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Article40 1949-02-04 3 The King and Queen will receive an album from the Auckland Harbour Board of 40 aerial photos of places the\ would have seen If their tour of New Zealand this year had not been postponed ReuterReuter - 40 words
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133 1949-02-04 3 'No pact with Mao', says Vietnam rebel THE leader of Viet Minh autonomists fighting the Mcnch m Indo-China. Ho Ch! Minh, has denied m a broadcast speech that he had a secret agreement with Gen. Mao Tse-tung. the Chinese Communist leader It was reported f om Hanoi. Ho Chi MinhReuter - 133 words
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Article75 1949-02-04 3 RED AIRMEN TO VISIT U.S. TWO rerug^e Russian a.i men has left Frankfurt by plane for the United States where they hope to broadcast to their former homeland on the Voice of America. These former Red _:r Force lieutenants, Anatoiy Barso and Peter Pirogov, fled from Russia to the mtedU.P. - 75 words
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62 1949-02-04 3 U.S. OVER-PRODUCTION MAY LOWER PRICES [md grey markets are now United States. Sheet steel, a ikes ar, .tnd flats are about the h buyers are willing to pay ■rican consumers can now they want at prices which are wer* a few months ago. I I r I i B <c—62 words
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Article79 1949-02-04 3 An -xpert rommlttfc of the World Health Organisation has demanded a direct investigation into the excesm ov Finland and Italy *he dangerous habit-form-ni drug of heroin. Last month the United Natl Central Opium Board reported "enormous consumption of heroin" by Finland. The expert, committee resolved todayReuter - 79 words
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Article211 1949-02-04 3 Yard men on the trail of an international gang of jewel thieves are going back to the Channel Islands. Three nurses on the staff of a large hospital have given vital information to local C.I.D. chiefs. The have made long statei about tht activitlei of a211 words
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Article111 1949-02-04 3 'mo nart h 90—sii/* he has 13 •hilclren and has lost count ''.is grandchildren He I to give his name Dr Del VUlai says the man was taken from his home at Bacaycay. which is Legaspi barr.o willage* to the hospt'al recently *v his relat Tne manReuter - 111 words
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Article, Illustration316 1949-02-04 3 'Legalise mercy killings plea A GROUP of 379 clergymen has asked the New York State Legislature to legalise "mercy killings" by doctors of certain types of incurables. A review of recent "mercy killing" trials shows that juries have for some time been lenient m their interpretation of 'he law MostU.P. - 316 words
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Article182 1949-02-04 3 MAKING U.K. HOTELS CONSCIOUS A CAMP. .o improve the smaller hotels and boarding houses to encourage middle-class tourists to visit Britain is to be launched by 1 Sir Alexander Maxwell, chair man of the British Tourists and Holidays Board Everything is beine tone to make the proprietors loJar conscious.' They182 words
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Article252 1949-02-04 3 r pWO million Germans m blockaded West Berlin are shivering with cold— but they live on a natural coalfield. Geologists say seam s of brown coal, extend under much of the city. But nobody has ever tried to mine it so far because the land wasA.P. - 252 words
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Article, Illustration81 1949-02-04 3 iut( Mrtij v KyUt at the Ore** Orthodoj (.'nurcti unnuui ceremony of diving for the cross m Tugboat Basin, at Sew York's Battery, US For eight years Kotteako s has retrieved the cross At this year's festival, however, another diver, appeared to reach the cross first but there was a81 words
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Article19 1949-02-04 3 Israeli-Rumanian trade negotiations are well under way. It was learned last night from Jewish circles In Bucharest.—19 words
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Article345 1949-02-04 3 U.K. DRIVE TO GROW MORE FOOD DKITISH agriculture, drawing increasingly on the skill and knowledge of scientists, economists and technicians, hopes this year to supply the nations larder with more food than ever before. Cuts m food imports caused by dollar shortage have thrown upon the industry responsibilities as great345 words
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Article144 1949-02-04 3 'Mac A rebuked' story denied ITS State Department l souice.s deny that Secretary of the Army Mr Kenneth C Royall mission o Japan has any connection with the Communist gains *n the recent Japanese election*. Radio Columnist Drew Pearson had said the nslde reason' for Royall s visit was theU.P. - 144 words
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Article78 1949-02-04 3 THE Russuns m Berlin have announced that they are to snip o2.0»»0 M I of oats and grains to Eastern Germany this year on credit. This is one-third as muc:i food as Britain and America imported for Western Germany during the first ten days cf January alone fheA.P. - 78 words
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Advertisement25 1949-02-04 3 11 tli finishing touch that means so much.' p OR THAT PERFECT BALANCED TAILORING Visit W ASSIAMULL"I LADIES DRESS-MAKERS 3 33 H,gh Street l Singapore25 words
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Advertisement123 1949-02-04 3 Dorothy Perkins SHOES AMERICAN STYLES AND FITTINGS W^^__ ..J sH&g: TM ______H________ "RAMON*" BLACK OR NAVY BLUE SULDE, CUTOUT VAMP. HEEL STRAP, WITH OR WITHOUT FLAT! OKM SOLES. HIGH LOUIS HEEL*, SIZE 4c To 9c PRICES $32.50 To $45 00 SING'APOR-. KUALA LUMPUR PENANG mmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmwmmm^^mmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmi^^mmmmm^ I SHROFF'S CARPETS j NEW123 words
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588 1949-02-04 4 The Singapore Free Press FRIDAY. Feb. 4, 1949 BRINGING IT HOME riSEIN which the Karens have just occupied In face of opposition f ionBurmese government troops, is much more than a town ten miles outside Rangoon. It is an integral part of Burma's capital; it holds the workshops of Burma's588 words
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Page Four's Roundup Of This Troubled World
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Article, Illustration636 1949-02-04 4 CHINA: Peace or War? By A SFECIAL CORRESPONDENT DEACE m China or war to a knockout? Three men seem to hold the answer. No. 1 is Mao I se- turns, the "Lenin of China". His Communist armies have triumphed after more than 20 years of struggle. Tientsin has fallen. Peking636 words
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Article, Illustration687 1949-02-04 4 Alburn D. West - Alburn D. West By •*|S Franco going to fall? 1 Do the Spanish people like Franco Are things pretty grim m Spain These are the questions most frequently asked me on my return to America after three and a half years m Spain. The answers, luipped together,687 words
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Article425 1949-02-04 4 MICHAEL GOLDSMITH - MICHAEL GOLDSMITH SWITZERLAND By GENEVA. A LL is not brotherly love among the four language groups m Switzerland's 25 cantons. Despite a large measure of national solidarity, the popular picture of the Swiss m short leather pants yodelling friendly greetings to each other m four languages425 words
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Article, Illustration854 1949-02-04 4 ALEX SINGLETON - RUSSIA: who follow Stalin? ALEX SINGLETON By WHO will ran Russia if death, Alness or retirement end Josef Stalin's long reign as boss of the Soviet Union? No one can say for sure. No one outside the forbidding walls of the Kremlin can overlook the inner operations of the Communist854 words
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Advertisement16 1949-02-04 4 imV __i M aSmmmmmmmt JfL I harness P. H. HENDRY Jevvller, 78. North Bridge Road, Spore.16 words
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Advertisement32 1949-02-04 4 rVfri^Nan SOLE FILLETS SINGAPORE COLD STORAGI "The \Yo>ld at you) ,1 0 p COCONUT GROV* BACHELOR HOTEL AND FIRST CLASS BAB--LARGE SINGLE ROOMS WITH EXCELLENT CUISIN* 55. CUPPAGEROA* calliGAf^ NEAR COLD fcXORACIS^32 words
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306 1949-02-04 5 Syndicate to trade with worth China I. fmmjf. Chinese Correspondent ■%i\ Yin- .p<>re Chinese merchants, keen on rim trade between Malaya and Communist f f hi, are planning, jointly with associates KonV the formation of a 351.000,000 syndiHt Tdeal m imports and exports, shipping and n, i u s are306 words
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Article26 1949-02-04 5 K.L. NURSE IN COURT |nui_* caused .onth- gent ;..:puo;e r_se Lumpur mmmfll HOSpi^'. LOW Hin the :■> Court cd. thai on red the of the an over:um.26 words
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Article15 1949-02-04 5 6 YEARS FOR FATAL BLOW Ilr.d.an was c Sir.gay of fOpria iring a i on15 words
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Article201 1949-02-04 5 Malaya: Menzies blames Soviets 11 11 ILK holding the key to peace, Soviet Russia had been responsible for disturbances and communistic influences m Asia, China and Malaya, and m a few years, Australia must expect to be as close to Russian territory as London is today, said the leader of201 words
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Article, Illustration54 1949-02-04 5 Mr. Steven Leong Chjw Kiat and Miss Goh Lee Lian cutting the cake after their wedding at the Straits Chinese Methodist Church. The bridegroom, who is the son of Mr. and Mrs. Leong Sak Sen, is attached to Paramount Films. The bride ls the daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Goh54 words
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Article73 1949-02-04 5 A CCOMPANIED by Mrs. A Th:vy. Mr. J. A. Thivy. the Representative of the Government of India m Malaya, left for Kuala Lumpur last night by the mail train. Mr. Thivy who is expected to return to Sineaoore on the morning of Feb. 8. is73 words
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Article80 1949-02-04 5 A N English-speaking Slnga_A lese. C. John, who pleaded guilty to the charge of assisting m the running of a public lottery, was fined $1,500 m the Second Police i Court yesterday. John was arrested on Jan. 127 between Merchant Street j and New Bridge Road80 words
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Article170 1949-02-04 5 Free Press Staff Reporter THE Singapore Government Officers' Co Operative Housing Society Ltd.. registered last month, will mxt week Issue free to all Government employees copies of lt-_ "Inauguration Souvenir," together with membership application forms. The pamphlet will contain the approved by-laws of the society170 words
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Article30 1949-02-04 5 Singapore Imports of soap from the United Kingdom and other sterling sources are now freely permitted. Soap from hard currency sources, however, still requires an import licence.30 words
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Article, Illustration181 1949-02-04 5 A BBOT Shee Poh Seng of Singapore has decided that half a temple is better than none. About $30,000 is needed to build the Goddess of Mercy temple m Alexandra Road but he has enough money to build all except the main temple181 words
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Article483 1949-02-04 5 Spore Municipal elections Six-point plan is outlined Free Press Staff Reporter JMPROVED sanitary, health and other facilities m Singapore city, the abolition of property qualifications for Municipal electors, and maximum opportunities for the local-born hi the Municipal service form the basis of a six-i#oint platform on483 words
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115 1949-02-04 5 To speed up shipping to Indonesia ARRANGEMENTS for speed- ing up Singapore-Indone-sian shipping, particularly with the newly -occupied territories of Sumatra, are to oe made by Mr. J. Martens, head o_ the Economic Division m charge of Dutchoccupied Sumatra and Java, on his return to Batavia tomorrow. He came to115 words
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57 1949-02-04 5 The Colonial Secretary, Mr. P. A. B. McKerron, will formally hand over the new Headquarters of the St. John Ambulance Association and Brigade at the old St. Peter's Church m Stamford Road tomorrow morning at 10 o'clock, when Sir James Sleeman. Chief Overseas Commissioner of57 words
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Article16 1949-02-04 5 Miss E. R Rlntoul has been appointed acting matron of the General Hospital, Singapore.16 words
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Article84 1949-02-04 5 THE Librarian of Raffles Library Mrs H Witte, will be returning to England on lone l?ave next May. The Government is now advertising locally foi a fully qualified librarian with wide recent exp^r ence ot librny administration to replace Mrs. Witte Salary offered is $350 rising84 words
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Article46 1949-02-04 5 A French freighter Doc r Yersin irom Madagascar to Saigon, was forced to out Into Singaoore yesterday owing to boiler trouble Her engines broke down 160 miles from Singapore She is expected to go Into dock m KeDpe] H:-trbni Jr next week.46 words
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Article, Illustration152 1949-02-04 5 TO BE TRAINED ABROAD Two Chinese nurses Miss Christina Ng .few Peck of Singapore (above) and Miss Chan Peng Chim of Kuala Lumpur have been chosen for the A.I.F. Nursing Scholarships for 1949 and will be leaving later this month for two years* postgraduate training m some of the world's152 words
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Advertisement58 1949-02-04 5 DAY. COCKTAIL, DINNER AND EVENING GOWNS. ■i-u____}l_Ll^" i _l_-__--.- B AS BASA H ROAD Mv, Rattl*. Ho.el HAVE YOU SEEN OUR N E W PRICES FOOD SUPPUES »UP«ORE ORDER REM. S2SI wms t .«*f^ •>»--_. i m -tto— I IT- Smmmm 'Sskpi 9 I '•mTfmmm .N Th. *J fe 'S58 words
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Advertisement180 1949-02-04 5 "VAN HEUSEN" /teg J. 7V_*iV 3/dr*. SHIRTS "KfM Heusen" Shirts WSM flfl____________________P^T f -«*jS_f^-_J nunle to suit every occasion WWW Vmt^T m _*v*ifc. v*_ 4 I %<* r*-; />v/m ///<: /j/it'jf/ Engl id: I shirting. mm^f -_-___srv BBr?^ _______B___F _L Harding Brand &-r/_i __^d *"^_B high class garm.nf F_^r y_____W__W\180 words
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262 1949-02-04 6 Trust housed 8, 000 people last year IN addition to supplying accommodation for nearly 5,000 people m 1,043 dwellings of all categories, the Singapore Improvement Trust last year also rehoused about 3,000 people m 550 separate households m the two slum-clearance areas Upper Pickering Street-Upper Hokkien Street and Short StreetPrinsep262 words
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Article102 1949-02-04 6 FIFTY members of the Se- i venth Day Adventist Church from China, Japan, Malaya. Korea, Siam. Indonesia and the Philippines will meet at the adminlstatlve headquarters of the Church: for the East at Thomson Road. Singapore for a 15-day conference this month. The conference, which will start102 words
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Article68 1949-02-04 6 liHERE were 608 traffic accidents m Singapore, with nine deaths, last month. This compared with 580, with five deaths, m December. Those killed last month were five pedestrians, two pedal cyclists and two vehicle passengers. Bukit Timah Road claimed 19 accidents; Upper Serangoon Road 12. Geylang68 words
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Article74 1949-02-04 6 rpHE proceeds of a dog gift v 1 at the Happy World Stadium on March 26 will be donated to the Singapore AntiTuberculosis Association. The chairman of SATA. Mr. C. L Edwards, said it was important that owners should register their dogs with the74 words
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Article178 1949-02-04 6 Pre.- Press Staff Correspondent MALACCA. Thurs. MR. Tan Siew Sin, Federal Councillor, says there has been an insidious whispering campaign m Malacca about Chinese leaders. Commenting on the names of the additional members ol the Malacca Advisory Com- I mlttee for Detainees just published by Governent, Mr. Tan178 words
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Article52 1949-02-04 6 Free Press Staff Correspondent PENANG. Thurs. PLNANG'S famous ecn-tury-old snake temple at Sungei Kluang was crowded today with hundreds of worshippers who brought rggs to offer the snakes. The occasion was the birthday of the temple deity, "Chor Soo Kong," who commands a large following among52 words
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Article26 1949-02-04 6 A Chinese. Ong Hong Sze. who squeezed 313 fowls In 18 baskets, was fined $26 for cruelty m the Second Police Court yesterday.26 words
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207 1949-02-04 6 RICE SELF-SUFFICIENCY OUT OF QUESTION Irrigation chu sounds warnm Free Press Staff Correspondent Xl ALAUMPIK hursdat rpHE Director of the Drainage and irrigation ment m the Federation. Mr. U (■rantham today that Malaya could never become se|f. su ing m rice unless consumption fell \er\ considJUL' There were 100.000 extra207 words
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Article, Illustration72 1949-02-04 6 A company commander jf the Devons is pictured supervising the checking of the passengers of a motorbu s on the Kluang-Mersing road m Johore. The Security Forces are undertaking these checkups m addition to harassing the bandits on estates and m the jungle. Checks at road blocks serve the purpose72 words
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247 1949-02-04 6 r\ESPERATE efforts to rescue a Malay diver, whose helmet came off while he was working m 50 feet of water, were related m the Coroner's Court yesterday at an inquest into the death of 25-year-old Ahmat Mohamed Noor. The accident occurred on January247 words
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Article40 1949-02-04 6 A Chinese woman, S:m Lai Hor, was fined $750, or two months' gaol, m the Second Police Court yesleiday for assisting m the running of Chap Ji Xi m a **oor_i at Chong Wan Seng Place.40 words
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Article79 1949-02-04 6 COURT PRAISERS POLICE Free Pre%v SUM <*!>»„-_ IPOH.™ A n lane v police mend m appr. Chin* son at th da\ In th Ch' I X San chti genr> R ing posi l am mi The that, on ii a poll Draiu 60litary itta them v haversack Gun Seized Tile79 words
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Article429 1949-02-04 6 LONDON. Friday. OEVIVAL of interest m South Africa gold mining shares provided the feature m the markets yesterday, says Reuter's financial correspondent. Rumours were current that the I'nion may sell part of its gold m free markets of the world. This brought m buyers and useful429 words
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Article113 1949-02-04 6 S Ir- noh 13 9 S Kirn «5 13 3 Sangei Besi 18 T»voy 11. Tronoh 24 9 STOTR IN DIC» 8 Feb 2 Feb i <a> Indus. Olds 122.70 I__.4_ i <b> Govt. Sect 113.94 113.97 (c< Gold Mines 91.85 93.15 Bases 100* <a> 17 35113 words
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Article31 1949-02-04 6 S'PORE CHURCH FEAST THE L i ed at th° < Lad\ ot Road M In prepj fea> prayers Tamil i 6 30 a :r sung and I will bf benrc: sac:.. i31 words
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Advertisement107 1949-02-04 6 CaAUU mmmm'%nm m W CO-CHTUXfO Starts TODAY! 11-1.45. 4.00, 6.30 9.15 p.m. r *Tm mmmmmm^SSSP IN 25 YEARS ONIY THREE! __^^^TfflT^p^^^^fl ANO NOWHOttIUID HAWKS' GREAT PRODUCTION' RED RIVER 1 jQHNW»'Nf tt.«.i'*.vii-M 7oMO*AOW M'NITf I Brand New Copy Phone 4042 NOW SHOWING! 3 TIMES DAILY! 12.30-4.30-8.30 WHOLE ij£ SERIAL _ja act/on107 words
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Advertisement87 1949-02-04 6 YOU WILL SIT THROUGH IMS l*_l AND LIKE IT! WOMEN ARK SLCH QUEBI CREATURES WHEN LOVE CAPTL RES THEY j OPEHS TODAY f flj four shows riif iiywi 2-4.15 6.30-9.30 p.m. PHQNF F [m-g-ms top thriu melopj_^ Ww^^ B) »<"■" '_T^ ■s 1 JUBVLa r ■■h— _____________■_______*> m FOH HOLIDAY87 words
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Miscellaneous211 1949-02-04 6 mdndrSKß Exclusive m the Singapore I rep Press m Malaya CT__ _i_ ____H__ss3 J_a V. A PREPAREo"TiTTTMT___H_______i I REMEMBER--THIS TREE PELL I THEY CERTAINLY WENT TO A LOT Wm-mmm J»- __N AdW7 J*' WHOLE ACT WAS JBH---BI WHEN WE SAID HER NAME? OF TROUBLE TO PUT OVER 1 REMEMBER THE211 words
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Article, Illustration43 1949-02-04 7 photo. C_J_UU-1 forward work and O quickness to seize chances gave the Scottish rushy fifteen an B—o8 0 win over the French team at Paris on Jan. 15. Picture shows French players (m white jerseys) making a clearance. International NewsInternational News - 43 words
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Article20 1949-02-04 7 $T THOMAS Huvpiia. beat I College Hospital by 19 ro nts to h a Hwpitals Cud Runhv ReuterReuter - 20 words
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Article9 1949-02-04 7 rmlbs Ru?b tailed 'v. the Stratheien. Reuter A .P.Reuter; A.P. - 9 words
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Article383 1949-02-04 7 SABA TOURNAMENT IN APRIL Services also reveal plans THE Singapore amateur boxing championships 1 are to be held early m April this year. Entries close on March 16. This was decided at a meeting of the Singapore Amateur Boxing Association held last night at the Social Welfare Department offices. It383 words
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Article271 1949-02-04 7 I' soccer fixtures for tomorrow are: ll P 4th ROl \L> RLPLAYS .3001 St*ke C. Br_d t .M-.nche»t«r C Hadd-r.fi-lJ T. v Newport C MR^r D.\l>H>\ \r..n.»l I Kir_inj___» Burnlei iifi.fi Prr-too L>-rbv C v Wolves t Evertaa •»rw< a-tlt I". v h-rlton t' rt^tn.-th he»l«r C.271 words
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Article33 1949-02-04 7 'fHE draw for Urn 1949 E>avLs Cup competiticrn will be made Tuesday In the United Nations building m Htn York by Mr Try?ve bie. Secre'/iryOeneral of the United Nations. ReuterReuter - 33 words
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168 1949-02-04 7 \riIILE Chinese, Eurasian and Indian players are resting after their strenuous programme of last season, the Singapore Malays are practising hard for their coming annual badminton championships, which are scheduled to begin on Feb. 12. While the standard of olay If not expected to j168 words
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Article358 1949-02-04 7 r PHE luck of the draw for the fifth round of the 1 Football Association Cup, which i s to be pljftß. on Feb. 12, has gone to Yeovil Town, the n<*-Lea{% "giant-killers" of the competition. Portsmouth, Derby County, Wolverhampton, Blackpool or Stoke, andReuter - 358 words
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Article69 1949-02-04 7 EIGHTY three horses have been entered for the one-mile Lincolnshire ■landicap due to be run on March 19 The Lincolnshire Handicap is the first leg of the "Spring Double.' The second leg is the Grand National Steeplechase to be run at Aintree, Liverpool, on March, 26. D.A.P. - 69 words
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Article147 1949-02-04 7 TILE Johore C.C. although not at full strength, put up a gallant flght against a strong SRC ''A" team m a hockey match on th* padang yesterday, and lost J by three goals to two. The Johore team could not com- bin" effectively In the first147 words
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Article44 1949-02-04 7 TRINIDAD made 253 for the loss of four flrst-innlngs wickets on the opening day of their return inter-colonial match against Barbados yesterday. J. E. D Sealey was 101 not out at the close. Rain interrupted Dlay during the morning.- ReuterReuter - 44 words
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Article56 1949-02-04 7 THE following have been selected to represent the Catholic j Young Men's Association at j erirket against the Raffles College tomorrow at 2 p.m. on the College grourrd: R. Perry. J. de Bourn, V. Ferrer, M. Leong O. Woodford, J Galistan. M. Swyny. W. Ponniah. Dass. J. d'Almeida.56 words
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Article, Illustration38 1949-02-04 7 Jagior Singh wearing the belt and photographed with the cups which he won when he outpointed Jackie Njoo m their flght for the featherweight championship of Java. Cleverly using his lightning left, the Sikh took practically every round.38 words
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Article407 1949-02-04 7 Keith Miller - Keith Miller By A SUGGESTION has been made by R. W. V. Robins that cricket bats should be narrowed from 4* inches to Z\ inches with "the object of obtaining a definite result, m cricket." TurninK Dack the vanes ol cricket history to 1066 orReuter; A.A.P. - 407 words
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Article354 1949-02-04 7 JOHOKE BAHRU, Thursday. JOHORE Bahru representatives of UMNO put up an excellent show at the UMNO athletic sports meeting open to all U.M.N.O. branches m the State this afternoon on the Bukit Zahrah School padang. The Johore Bahru team collected 93 points to annex the354 words
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Article129 1949-02-04 7 |>EN Hogan, America's top golfer, suffered "nume- rous fractures" m a motor accident on Wednesday according to doctors, who added: "In all probability Hogan will be able to play golf again only after a long period of recuperation." It was feared that his back was broken,129 words
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508 1949-02-04 7 S.C.F.A. to field combines team for Cup rpHE Singapore Chinese Football Association (_m yesterday reaffirmed the derision taken a< i emergency meeting held on lan. 25 to enter coniiinnity teams m the S.A.F.A. inter-community I and S.A.F.A. Cup competitions. The decision followed protracted discuss*. n a the original decision. The508 words
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Article123 1949-02-04 7 FO changes have been made In the Singapore Cricket Club'a fifteen to meet the R.A.F. Combined ln the key match of the Singapore Rugby Union pentangular tournament at Seletar tomorrow. Darroch and Pughe are unable to play owing to injuries and their places will be123 words
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Article12 1949-02-04 7 HOCKEY: S.R.C. -A" BODCA— S.R.C.: S.CR.C. 1. GH.Q. FARELF— Tanglin.12 words
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Advertisement69 1949-02-04 7 ll r: mjMTS today! I THE ROYAL COMMAND maroRMANCE I WELD iv LOW I .--ai^cr. ri» r^_ I _r TL m\ A _-^-_l m\ Lm. _P^__-_-^^» MmT'M^ W [JOHN MILLS B Scott -~E ANTARCTIC nKWO HAROtD mi NKITSON JUSTICE ■f m\ WaJfr Wk mm,' H-T'^ 1 Lo tno h\os Km69 words
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Advertisement241 1949-02-04 7 SPECIAL ANNOUNCEMENT! FIRST TIME IN SINGAPORE Something NEW and DIFFERENT FOR THE SWING FANS. GRAND JAZZ CONCERT SWING SESSION AT IHE VICTORIA THEATRE on Sunday, Feb. 6th, 1949 at s p.m, to 7 p.m, with •The FREDDY GORDON SWING GROUP' FEATURED ARTISTES— INSTRI MENTALISTS, VOCACALISTS AND JITTERBIG SPECIALITIES. A COMPLETE241 words
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Article37 1949-02-04 8 9HAW: To Suzanne (nee Barber), wife of O. A. T. Shaw, at Miri Hospital, on 19th Jan.. 1949. a daughter. TO JOSEPHINE. wife of Derek Ryde. at Kandang Kerbau Hospital, on 2nd Feb.. 1949. a daughter.37 words
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Article38 1949-02-04 8 CHERIAN-CHINNAMMA: The im triage between A. M. Cherlan, A'<imootll. Tiruvalla. employed at Shell Central Laboratory. Kal%sn%\ Singapore, and Chlnnamma T-oinas, take P lace at th S Thomas Church. Tiruvalla, T-avancore. S. India, on Monday 7rh. Feb.. 1949.38 words
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Article473 1949-02-04 8 BELCHER QUITS PAR LIAMENT MPs applaud I ex- Minister LONDON, Friday. SAYING "because I know my motives were proper, my head will not be bowed/ Mr. John Belcher, former Parliamentary Secretary to the Board of Trade, last night announced to a packed House oft Commons, during a debate on theReuter - 473 words
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Article73 1949-02-04 8 WASHINGTON, Fri. THE U.S. Navy will be forced to lay up 70 more ships, including 15 first-line vessels, and cut its strength by 30.000 l men to meet resident Tru- man's 1950 budget, the Navy Secretary. Mr. John Sullivan, disclosed yesterday. Three tissex73 words
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Article156 1949-02-04 8 NEW DELHI, Thursday. 'rHE Indian Government tonight asserted that their action m denying the right of transit across, or landing m India to Dutch planes neither contravenl ed the International Civil Ay iation agreement signed at Chicago nor represented unilateral application of sanctions against theReuter - 156 words
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152 1949-02-04 8 TOKYO. Friday. JEWELS valued at US$lOO,OOO are being restored today to Mrs. Jose P Laurel, wife of j the former President of the j Philippines puppet government. This request by the j Philippines Government has been approved by Gen. Doug- las Mac Arthur. AmongA.P. - 152 words
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111 1949-02-04 8 NEW DELHI. Friday. THE Prime Minister ol India Pandit Jawaharlal Nehru, said yesterday that the Indian Government was making every effort "to bring about, by peaceful methods and friendly co-operation of the governments involved," the geographical. political and economic union of foreign possessionsA.P. - 111 words
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Article33 1949-02-04 8 THE first annual general m;eting of the Singapore Motor Club ■a ill be held at Raffles Hotel today at 7 p.m. The meeting w ill be followed by a dinner.33 words
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Article177 1949-02-04 8 LONDON, Friday. MEAT TRADE sources predict that Britain may suffer a further reduction of her meat ration as her corned beef stocks are running low. The Government on Jan. 8 i ordered the weekly ration to be reduced to lOd. worth of carcase meat and177 words
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Article88 1949-02-04 8 'Device to defeat atom bomb' VENICE. Friday. EDUARDO VECCHIATO. a 50-year-old inventor of Venice, claims to have developed a secret defence mechanism against the atomic bomb. He told reporters that details of the mechanism were delivered to the Italian Government on Jan. 3 and were later handed over to "aA.P. - 88 words
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Article163 1949-02-04 8 A SPECIAL Market correkpondent give* tbe prlcet of rubbei i ln cents per Ih.) d 11 i m todaa* follow* Tone of market: Quiet. SINGAPORE CHAMBER OF COMMERCE Ibe Singapore Chambet ot Com merce Rubber Association* n<»or prices vestfrda* were lo centper Ih Tone of market: Quiet. N.Y.A.P. - 163 words
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Article61 1949-02-04 8 WASHINGTON. Friday. A BILL outlawing bad weather was introduced into the Washington legislature by two Seattle represen I tatives yesterday. The bill, if enacted, would set up a State Cojnmission to "create sunshine, dispel clouds and prohibit snow, ice or slides upon highways and railroad tracks." TheU.P. - 61 words
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323 1949-02-04 8 RHODES, Friday. THE United Nations acting Palestine mediator. Dr. Ralph Bunche, confirmed yesterday that he had formally invited six more Arab States to join Egypt here m armistice negotiations with Israel. The States are Syria, Transjordan. Iraq. Saudi Arabia, the Lebanon andReuter - 323 words
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Article130 1949-02-04 8 NEW YORK, Friday. I FLAG BEDECKED n freighter, laden with gifts to America from the people of France, received a noisy welcome m New York Harbour. The French Line froi^hter Magellan canieri 49-cir train, laden with gifts, symbolising the gratitude of France for the U.S.s4o,oou\oouA.P. - 130 words
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Article, Illustration67 1949-02-04 8 Thirty-three membets ot the Singaoor. Telecommunications Thrift and 1 X-rayed at the S A.T.A. Clink at Tanjong I yesterday. A bigger group of Postal hJL X-rayed today. Picture shows the men ouuil? k l The three centra! figures are ffro m left m, Hon. secretary of the Societv. Dr i,Free Press - 67 words
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Article90 1949-02-04 8 THE second qualifying round of t lie Singapore chess cham-pion-hip will be played at the V.M.C.A. tomorrow at 3 p.m The draw for the second round resulted as follows. Lim Eng Hoe v. Lee Siew Choh Teh Kheng Hong v. W. Groom: RB. Vakil v.Reuter - 90 words
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Article20 1949-02-04 8 Two former top aides of self -exiled anti -Communist Lladislav Mikolaiczyk. ha*. fv„ from n >'on^ A.P.A.P. - 20 words
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Article33 1949-02-04 8 A Catholic priest was killed and 30 other people were driven out into noar-aero cold by a Are which early yesterday destroyed a sanitarium at St. Clements. gan- A.P.A.P. - 33 words
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Article198 1949-02-04 8 .ttatvo LONDON, Friday. .aiAINS wartime Prime Minister, Mr Winston Churchill, pleaded yesterday for a Parliament of Europe "which will present the conception of a united Europe m concrete and definite form Mr. Churchill spoke to 800 diplomats, leaders of international organisations and M.Ps. m the LondonA.P. - 198 words
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Article134 1949-02-04 8 NORWAY WON'T TAKE ORDERS OSLO, Friday. r FHE Norwegian Foreign Minister, Mr. Hahard x I.ange, told the Parliament yesterday that Norway's interests and not M what other nations want us to do or not to do" would be the deciding factor m any step she takes about joining a defenceA.P. - 134 words
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Article79 1949-02-04 8 Bl MfESI Thi__l |~\_KDINAL Mindszenty, Catholic PnJ Hungary, facing trial here on iftsmmm charges, denied today m a People's Court Urn plotted to overthrow Hungar\\ omniums cracy" and offered to retire from his high*] while" if it would speed rrcotu illation w] Church and state. Speaking m calm, clearReuter; A.P. - 79 words
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Article, Illustration43 1949-02-04 8 photo The three Allied military commandants of Germany were present at the opening meeting of the recentlyelected Berlin City Assembly m the American Sector. They are (from left) Col. Frank Howley (IS) Gen. E. O. Herbert (British) and Gen. Jean Ganeval (French).- I.N.I.N. - 43 words
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Article53 1949-02-04 8 PEOPLE from all parts 01 the war-battered province j In Central Luzon are trooping to a certain area nf_r the Bataan coast of Manvales, immediately north of Manila, as news spread that a cache of platinum, jewellery, gold coins and dollar bills has been unearthea In53 words
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Article37 1949-02-04 8 Extra polite were posted ar the Berlin west err. se boundaries with the Rot-lan i^ctor yesterday to stop ehinery and other Indttftltal goods on the Western powers •banned list from en?r Soviet territory A.P.A.P. - 37 words
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Advertisement186 1949-02-04 8 THE MOTOR VEHICLES (Commercial Ise) Mil** Notice Of Application For A Haulage Pwit Trtke notice that we. WAH CHM'ST SINGAPORE, by occupar-.on Merer) the Commissioner of Road Trans authorise us to use the Roods vehicle below: tai Carriage of rxw The area of operation win Federation of Malaya. TABLE 1186 words
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Miscellaneous13 1949-02-04 8 HIGH TIDES Today: ,8 a.m: 1 24 p.m Saturday: t 55a_m: 395 p.m13 words
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