The Singapore Free Press, 17 June 1949
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Title Section20 1949-06-17 1 The Singapore Free Press LARGEST AFTERNOON SALE IN MALAYA I i: SINGAPORE, FRIDAY, JUNE 17, 1949. PRICK 10 KN l<20 words
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Article, Illustration30 1949-06-17 1 COLD CASE: 0.000 fine or tilths. portfr I First Kang r of 1 iting Id to i I I Mr. i re and I MR R. G. MENZIfcS30 words
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Article, Illustration275 1949-06-17 1 CANTON, Friday. rHE Nationalist Government military spokesman x said yesterday that intelligence reports indicate the Communist drive southward, temporarily held up by the Hunan floods, is now expected to be resumed "any time" with the recession of the Moods. The spokesman said the Communist preparationsReuter; A.P.; U.P. - 275 words
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Article, Illustration421 1949-06-17 1 But attacks Calwell CANBERRA, Friday. JHE Leader of the Opposition, Mr. R. G. Menzies, said m the House of Representatives last night that Australian Immigration policy, "viewed m practical terms, is unquestionably just and proper" and that the Opposition parties supported that policy. But, he said, the declaredReuter; AAP; U.P.; A.P. - 421 words
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Article30 1949-06-17 1 Police m the Teluk Anson «irea m Perak shot dead a Chinese and recovered a revolver and ammunition from his body m a squatter area at midday yesterday.30 words
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Article108 1949-06-17 1 Free Press Correspondent BANGKOK, Friday. A POLICE dragnet is being spread over north Siam for the fugitive anti-Government leader, Pridi Phanemyong, and his colleagues who are believed to be hiding m one of the northern provinces. Two security officers and a police squad have already gone108 words
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Article65 1949-06-17 1 AUSTRALIA'S coal miners voted by 16 to one last night m favour of a nationwide strike from June 27 unless their claims are settled. They want a weekly wage increase of 30 shillings, a 35--hour weeic and long service leave The strike meetings i were poorlyReuter - 65 words
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Article38 1949-06-17 1 Textile circles m Tokio report many cancellations of export shipments. Japanese sources said cancellations by fr-r-ign buyers up to a month ago amounted to 5.000.000 yards, representing me month's co"™ mpce ouS nrr.rinrtion. Reuter AAPReuter; AAP - 38 words
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Article54 1949-06-17 1 TWO elephants m SMffMhtra have been yoked to tht plough. They are reported to be ploughing it the rate of five acres of land ach per day. Elephants m India ire generally u>ed to lead proc»s sions, to haul timber, for Joy rides m parks and zoos,A.P. - 54 words
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Article81 1949-06-17 1 DEAUFIGHTERS, many of which are being used against the Malayan bandits. are to be retired from active service after nine years as one of the most versatile craft m the R.A.F The plane was used as a night-figher, light bomber, tank-buster; for ground support with cannons,81 words
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Article54 1949-06-17 1 KABUL. Thurs. THE Afghan War Minister today gave Parliament a detailed report of the bombing of Afghan territory last Sunday b Pakistani planes. H" said tha: preparations had been made to deal with any emergency. The Afghan News Agency said that 21 died and 26 were woundedReuter - 54 words
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215 1949-06-17 1 LONDON, Friday. TtENSION is rising: m the Middle East following; Syrian allegations that Iraq had concentrated 5,000 troops near the Syrian border and, m consequence, Syria had taken "the necessary precautions to safeguard her frontiers." In Damascus yesterday, Syria's new leader, Col. Husni Zaim,Reuter; A.P.; U.P. - 215 words
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Article68 1949-06-17 1 MOSCOW, Friday. rE Soviet Health Ministry organ, Meditslnsky Rabotnik, claimed yesterday that the Russian biologist, Nikolai Lunin. m 1880 was the first to discover vitamins. It said: "Unfortunately the Czarist Government suspected everything as daring as that and preferred 'wisdom' from abroad." In addition RadioU.P. - 68 words
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Article79 1949-06-17 1 MR. Walter Reuther. president of the American United Auto Workers Union has called for an mmedlate national conference to halt what he believer, Is a tootling depression, Mr. Beuther, addre^ing the National Conference of Social Work m Cleveland last night, said "If we have i depression now. weReuter - 79 words
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Article39 1949-06-17 1 Soviet, authorities yesterday suddenly halted Allied automobile traffic out ot Berlin. This action, which came without a warning, led Allied officials to fear that a land blockade mlg h^ hnvp been imposed ngain. A .P.A.P. - 39 words
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Article179 1949-06-17 1 BATAVIA, Friday. i^OMMI NIST pressure throughout Java is making itself clearly felt and insecurity has increased seriously m several localities, says the Dutch weekly official review. The review reported increased guerilla activity throughout Central Java at night, with shooting affrays m Jogjakarta and "Communist -inspiredReuter - 179 words
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Article69 1949-06-17 1 CALCUTTA, Friday. CALCUTTA police yesterday arrested 50 people on charges of Inciting the public to violence tn the Ent-ally and Dharmtolla areas of central Calcutta. Fortyflve of these were arrested In Entally during a meeting when 70 Communists incited the public to violence against West BengalReuter - 69 words
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Article30 1949-06-17 1 The United States cruiser St. Paul arrived at Hon.jkong yesterday for several days' visit. The cruiser's appearance brought to six the i.val of American war vessels there.—30 words
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Article26 1949-06-17 1 There were 37 arrests In the Federation m the 24 hours ended last nightr— l4 each m Pahang and Selangor and nine In Perak26 words
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Article31 1949-06-17 1 Shlnsho Hanayama. Buddhist priest who attended T->jo and other major Japarifse war criminals before they were hanged, left Tokyo by plane yesterday to attend the philosophers conference m Hawaii31 words
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Article140 1949-06-17 1 Big Four sit up late PARIS. Fit. THE Big Four ftoretgl Ministers were lust night making itrenw efforts to reach i jree* ment and when they :idjourned for dinner they had already been talking for 5} hours. They met aj^am at 11 o'clock— the first tun" that i they haveReuter - 140 words
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Article81 1949-06-17 1 NEW BAN ON S. AFRICAN RED MR. c. r. Swart Bo itti can Minister yesterday imposed a fresh ban on Mr. Sam Kahn, leading Communist and one t h« thr» j t j Mfinbrrs 'if Pmrll im representing Alrlc iiibltlng him from »tl public n m a nun of areas.Reuter - 81 words
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Article45 1949-06-17 1 SPtCIAL Market «it.s^.ndent fives the prlcfs ul mlil^g (In cent* per Ib 11 m *-4 aj follow 4: No. 1 X n > },m%e lob m hatri Jul> No. I R -> X n v ti» 31 No S II Tone of market Opeiml sVrady,45 words
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Advertisement110 1949-06-17 1 MS LcHT »fPJ,?.i°. •_h& Vonf ue— or m a )>ti>» waters ■'ihtkke* to which th« medic&i h lmbortanoe. Through this Mon AlasiP is quickly conveyed lf^ temain to nritAte o/ harn> I )[>». for these naaona B f n v nd <»*Prov*d form of mmpirin— m •'f tarth Lmborotorie* 'Alasll110 words
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Advertisement40 1949-06-17 1 For th* best Food VJine m Town Visit THE SINGAPORE RESTAURANT BAR 79, BRAS B ASAH ROAD Reservations; Phon<; 4088 aw y It i BO Lit Kich, fine tobacco F and (he cork-tip P-^i^lrf'f for cleaner smoking^ SHPQBTED FROW~Io'NPOrN, .ENOLANDI40 words
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Article744 1949-06-17 2 K. S. CHIA - K. S. CHIA By IyOULD you like to be a matchmaker? Or rather, to put it more crudely, a marriagebroker, a go-between? If t think matel Ing 1> the prerogative of older people, yoi are *s/ong. A goodly number of young f'hin:st, ~i744 words
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Article, Illustration11 1949-06-17 2 IRIS ASHLEY; FRANCIS MARSHALL - IRIS ASHLEY FRANCIS MARSHALL by and Blouses and trousers11 words
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Article850 1949-06-17 2 BARBARA STEVENSON - BARBARA STEVENSON By PARIS: FASHIONS m per- fume, like fashions m dress, are constantly changing. The new ra^e is flower scents tantalising, spicy, but without the "femme fatale" touch of the sophisticated perfumes of yesterday. Most of the new perfume* In Paris this season are elusive, feminine850 words
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Advertisement213 1949-06-17 2 2nd. Floor. 1 3. Battery Road. Of Interest To Brides Exquisite Wedding Gowns Made lo Order From Our Exclusive Imported Ma teria Is. How to bjtt <s^ wean baby Happily j£r^ s::^W The first weaning tood you give are carefully blended with other to Baby is of special importance, vital213 words
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Advertisement168 1949-06-17 2 Washable DAY DRESSY Fresh Collec, it ?tt^ I I i I \uEP ill 81-1, Bras Rasah Road M^ jj^^ THURSDAY /^p oJ t c b s i §n fill r ax^y VllDPil i i Tiro #i#»ir i>< rlumrs bit Of(l«l«« <(V ri6r« !<•»(• glvxinf, i after I Cnya'l ii««c frn§rn,<168 words
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Miscellaneous132 1949-06-17 2 F.P. Crossword No. 717 fi H m m^^M M 7 8 10 II 12 L ~ZSZSZ3Z^~ _11L!? I? !L 111 g|p IB ii"""ii Wf^"^' 25 ?6 27 111 28 29 B 30 3| p^ CLUES ACROSS tLLES DqVn 1 Wa-stefulnftSc <\7) 1 Adventure (10) 7 lock (5) I Entertain «5>132 words
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Miscellaneous12 1949-06-17 2 Solution To Crossword No. 71 6 [T |R i AI_P jWAipfuiL lTlSi12 words
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Miscellaneous64 1949-06-17 2 YOUR LUCKY I STAR DOKN today, you have an even and amiable disposition which is usually the envy of all your friends. However. >ou are no easy mark and if you are crossed m something Important you can display considerable will, determination and tight. Being rather more original m jour64 words
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Article40 1949-06-17 3 WAR HERO LIVED IN FEAR OF WIFE told ncr rx-paratroop husband m a \i» ]l} she must seem "like the Dcvil 1 W leT threatened to kill him, was held Divon c Court_to have been guilty t cck m J40 words
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Article147 1949-06-17 3 Peiping has 'Iron Curtain' THE Chinese Communists still show no signs of lift'he ban against foreign cor respondents, writes an AP correspondent who was m Lng. The ban was imposed on February 27, when 17 foreign spondenta received a formal order forbidding them ither or file news. It was <1A.P. - 147 words
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Article, Illustration78 1949-06-17 3 This composite picture shows the four military commandants of Berlin who have failed to reach agreement on the rail strike. It was the first time the Soviet Commandant, Major -General Kotikov (left) had conferred with the Allied commandants (top right), BeadierGeneral Ganeval (France). Major General G. K. Bourne (Britain) and78 words
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Article141 1949-06-17 3 CIXTY FOUR YEAR OLD Viscount Jowitt, the Lord Chancellor, defended m the House of Lords "gay young things" who like to drink m night clubs until 2.30 a.m. And he gently rallied 72--year-old Lord Rochester for calling this provision m the Licensing Bill a "retrograde step of141 words
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Article1320 1949-06-17 3 GREGORY BAXTER - GREGORY BAXTER -«53 1 rit siory iv jai Stieruood Dexter, U.S. businessman, is shot dead while driving with his daughter Laurette Dexter, near Marble Arch, London at midnight. Robin Foster, an artist, sees the tiller run from Dexter's saloon to a nearby limousine but is thrown1,320 words
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Article140 1949-06-17 3 INTELLIGENCE TEST I Bridge poser 1 yoU'RE home early," 0 said Mrs. Allbright <> to her husband. He had been playing bridge a' his --lub. t "The pOrtj/ broke up* 4 early," said Allbright. M J only played three rubbers j There were just the four t of us. I140 words
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Article292 1949-06-17 3 YARBOROUGH - YARBOROUGH By TWO teams of women play..*. Mrs. (Diinmle, Flemings and Mrs. (Madeleine) Letter's, have won their way info a flrnl which wilt probably decide which team rs to represent this country's women players at the European International congress In Parts early In July. Only292 words
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Article316 1949-06-17 3 'U.S. MUST AID WEST CHINA' Ready to resist Chennault VIAJOR-GENERAL Chennault, former commander iTI of the Flying Tigers m China, urged military aid for Chinese forces m the rugged 1,500 by 750 mile zone, from Outer Mongolia m the northwest to the Burma and Indo-China borders and the southernmost Chinese316 words
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Article48 1949-06-17 3 i murder trial In Bangkok f» has had 10 bp postponed because one of the defendants escaped. The prisoner, Sanid Paensukyen, slipped 3ff his handcuffs, jumped out of an windosv from the second floor of the criminal court building, and boarded a bus. A.P.A.P. - 48 words
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Article28 1949-06-17 3 THE Royal Commission on population vV\ recommend to tho British Government that birth control methods should be taught tc low income groups m growing populations. A.P.A.P. - 28 words
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Article265 1949-06-17 3 Australian Labour on trial POLITICALLY. 1 crucial year fur AIU the elections to be b *he end of ttn >»'ar may shape Austral! and industrial pattern f« generation. Socialism ts trial. If the ;>r >sem Opp< I the Liberal Party and I Country Party, v rHttrntd. the trend *-i!l h*Reuter - 265 words
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Article31 1949-06-17 3 Laura Dtl m l 'beautiful black-haired Italian Communist Senator, will be tried soon m Rome do h i of offending the i 1 m a political speech last >31 words
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Article133 1949-06-17 3 /CHILDREN who leave their \j home towns to live m the country "make good' 1 physically at least. They grow taller, their chest expands, their eyesight impioves and thoy weigh more than the stay-at-home boys. This is the verdict of Miss ry Rogers and Mlsa U Toms133 words
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Advertisement52 1949-06-17 3 I Chicken I a' la King .h for the Breast of tender and with mushroom >ento m a rich bordered with i on a mound cc. You can't iow good it is. So taste it at the IfATHAY RESTAURANT HAWAIIAN NIGHT JUNE 23 i c weightless cigarette cases. B^PLEX'Tpirit taps52 words
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Advertisement29 1949-06-17 3 Exclusive Millinery if J| m by BEPPY From $20 to $40 I Our Packing Dept. is at your service. We ran pack nnythin^, at anytime, for .invwhrrr, for you29 words
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Miscellaneous249 1949-06-17 3 i mt vfe^V U I 111 1 1 ,v... i SINGAPORE BBC i. 6.45 IndoneM.:n: ft Programme; 7.15 Mews m [BUI VKTWORK) French <BBC»; 7.30 English: News 1|: A News Commentary; 'Farm and -Shipping and the Far If R.I Bast English Lesson (BBC); 8.00 |q Siamese: Programme News; 8 15249 words
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606 1949-06-17 4 The Singapore Free Press FRIDAY, June 17, 1949 THANK YOU, MR. CALWELL BEFORE Malaya and Sing- apore can expect full self-governmcm there must be a great?] ?ense of nationality abroad among the people. Today far too re conscious of the tance of bein<: Mala-- If there Is to be a606 words
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Article, Illustration991 1949-06-17 4 TROPICAL DISEASES By MURIEL PENN A LONG battle, as yet i'jv from won, to build a new society m the British Colonial Empire m the face of (head tropical disease is described by Dr. Stephen Taylor, Member of Parliament for Barnet, Hertfordshire, and Miss991 words
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Article643 1949-06-17 4 VyORLD wars have fT become so much part of our lives that we suffer by them and forget them like last week's nightmare, which at the time we experienced so bitterly. By "we" I refer to those who have gone through wart, One and Two and643 words
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Article, Illustration1024 1949-06-17 4 ST. JOHN'S FIRST FLAG DAY IN SINGAPORE Dl SIKST woman m Singapore at the moment is grey-hair-ed, Dublin-born Mrs. L. W. LEASK, Acting Lady Superintendent of St. John Ambulance Brigade. Mrs. Leask is organising the first flag day ever held by St. John's m the Colony. The big day is1,024 words
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Article20 1949-06-17 4 I throiuv <io<l. lor <*ver and ever: the srtptrr of thy Kingdom El a right sceptrr. FValms. 45 620 words
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Advertisement76 1949-06-17 4 "Will glasses alone impron your Evesteht?" -NO Piut wrrnai Mllluti j"u BCD* nira) skills &re the assentiai alcL* to your "seeing ability" your visual comfort nd efficiency It v for these service;? and Rk I !iv- not for arlasse* alone— thpt you Day for your fee "Seek Professtonai advice— Not76 words
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Advertisement38 1949-06-17 4 A However small eight people w. thought and care tor 200 or more A tton. a weddmg b people, a chile phone us and we v expert and reliabCOLD STOR* 0 CATERING Phont 5376 and a*k for Co*'"38 words
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Article, Illustration327 1949-06-17 5 TB GERM DETECTOR FOR CLINIC Experiments to test efficacy pirtiirf ™x^ Free Press Staff Reporter SINGAPORE'S first fluorescent lamp for detecting tubercle bacilli m human sputum has been presented to the Singapore Rotary T.B. Clinic by the Borneo Co. It is called the Mazda Mercury Vapour Lamp and it generatesFree Press - 327 words
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Article38 1949-06-17 5 Free Press Stair Reporter OMVSCook Son want to employ Englishes to show tourists from British and liners .troum] Singapore. c firm told the Free Press a heavy demand for guides lips came here. I38 words
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163 1949-06-17 5 Free Press Malay Correspondent 4 MOTION to build an Islamic College m Malacca was defeated at a meeting of the All-Malaya Muslim Missionary Society, Malacca branch, by 41 votes to 24, the I'tusan Melayu reports. The motion was brought forward by Tengku Hussin bin Tengku163 words
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Article99 1949-06-17 5 JMALAYA will be representlfl eel at the Second Commonwealth and Empire Health and Tuberculosis Conference to be held m the Central Hall, London, from July 5 to 8. The Malayan delegates will be the Director of Medical Services. Dr. R. B. MacGrejjir Mrs. MacGregor. Dr. E.99 words
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Article21 1949-06-17 5 The importation of the monthly periodical entitled The Malayan Monitor published m London by Lim Hong Bee is prohibited.21 words
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Article, Illustration82 1949-06-17 5 A Singapore Permanent Safety First Committee meeting will be held at the Old Council Chamber. Colonial Secretarial nexr Monday at 5.15 p.m r *M> spend her vacation with u*>r ytKail m Singapore, A 13-year-old Miss Wendy Lee Hollingsworth (centre) arrived at Kalians: Airport yesterday, having travelled alone allFree Press - 82 words
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Article41 1949-06-17 5 Free Press Staff Reporter THERE were 550 births and and 213 deaths m Bin pore Municipality during the week ending June 11. Chief causes of mortality were tuberculosis »34>. pneumonia (30 enteritis (17) .and convulsions 15 >41 words
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Article, Illustration55 1949-06-17 5 pictures. r\IKK( TORS of Lion Ltd., Singapore, and their wives inspecting the Coca-Cola bottling plant m Siak Street after the formal opening yesterday. Below: Mrs. T. Aiken, wife of the chairman of the company, pours out a glass of Coca-Cola from the first bottle. Mr. C. H. Field, the manager,Free Press - 55 words
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Article145 1949-06-17 5 CHINESE Y. M.C.A. SEEKS AID I. P. Chinese Correspondent the President of the Singapore Chinese V.M.C.A., Mr. Homer Cheng, has approached the Governor, sir Franklin Gimson, m connection with the Chinese V.M A.'s plan to acquire the premise it now occupies Selrgif 1 Road. The hous< now oeing oc- cupied145 words
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Article350 1949-06-17 5 POETRY TO SUIT MALA YANS Free Press Correspondent FVOES anyone know of any English poems aboul Malaya which will appeal to the average Malayan child? This question is asked by Mrs. Joanna Moore, wife of Mr. Donald Moore. British publishers' representative, m Singapore. Mrs. Moore has taken oi\ the task350 words
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131 1949-06-17 5 SIX MALAYANS AWARDED SCHOLARSHIPS f\v 12 names mended by Mr. J. A. Thivy, R sentutive of the Government of India m Malaya, for the six Government of India scholarships tenable i.i dlan universities, the Ministry of Education of the Government of India have selected one Chinese, one Malay and four131 words
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Article37 1949-06-17 5 Penang's oldest citizen, 121-\< ar-nld Manis binti Id died on Tuesday at her home She was a great-great-great-grandmother. Her father wai said to have settled m Penang before Captain Francis L. acquired the island.37 words
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Article155 1949-06-17 5 Coca-Cola plant for Colony Free I'lfvs st. iff Kpoitrr Mhs. T. /liken, wife the 1T chairman of f .n > COmps yesterday formal] the bottlm« plant ol I Limited. Siak St. pore, which Will prod 800.000 dozen but!! i ol C Cola a day. The new company, an authorised ca155 words
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Article53 1949-06-17 5 A VARIETY led at the w. Church hail !a.>t nl sponsored by the V. man's Society ol Cl Service. The V.M.C.A. eh ed by Mrs Rowland L-. sang miscellany ol including a No^ro spiritual a wry old English "A-Rovti Mr. Tr.ii \h k i •ed the53 words
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Article16 1949-06-17 5 The Bishop of M urged .til I Us In 'he Municipal16 words
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Advertisement16 1949-06-17 5 _ftme (fe Spirit Merchants I The Best and I Nothing but the Best is labeled CALDBECK'S16 words
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Advertisement89 1949-06-17 5 STAPLES SPRING INTERIOR OVERLAYS WIRF MATTRL>^ if? <f?)v^ BC[KTr\D MAKLRS EB^^^ '-v üßm 1O H WTHL K-G I mSß^^^ I^BH^H^^Skf&^Su^a^^^ fir i STAPLES "S.S." 'The most Luxurious made 9 An inexpensive but reliable overlay, combining economy With excellent construction. The Spring Interiors artconstructed with springs interconnected with helical spring wire89 words
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Miscellaneous86 1949-06-17 5 Airmails are expect d to .irnve m Singapore today from the UK.. Aden. Africa. Arabia. Canada, Europe. India. Iran. Iraq. Pakistan. Palestine. Burma, China (except Shanghai). Hong Kongr. Micao, Japan, the Philippines and Indonesia. Cloir.g time for posting, airmails M the G.P.O. today is: to Australia. New Zealand. Ceylon. Burma.86 words
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Article419 1949-06-17 6 SMC APPROVES PAY SCHEME Govt. action lr criticised Free Press Staff Reporter PHE Singapore Municipal Commissioners yesterday unanimously approved the new Municipal salaries scheme which the Government had sent back for further consideration. The Commissioners had approved the scheme some months ago. At a special meeting yesterday, Commissioners also approved419 words
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111 1949-06-17 6 Free Press Staff Reporter The crew of a BOAC-Qan-tas Lancastrian freighter which left Singapore yesterday on its way to London, was warned to keep a 4l look out" for a missing tank landing craft near Rangoon. The landing craft was last seen on111 words
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Article174 1949-06-17 6 Free Press Staff Keportci THE nucleus of a Singapore Municipal Examinations, Board, whose initial task i will be to consider the setting of examinations m the Municipality and the type of questions to oe asked, was established yesterday at a i special meeting of the174 words
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Article86 1949-06-17 6 SHIPS m port alongside the Singapore Harbour Board \vhar\eo y rterday (godowns m Brackets) were Main \\harf: oiimatra (31-32)« Euryplus (36). Chandi i3P-39). Gorgon (40-41). Chura t42-43>. West Wharf: Vlosrom'j Lykes (4-5), Promethei.is (8-/), Steel Worker (8-9 Shillon.j \11). T-le-machUi (13-14). Ci'y of Yokohama (15-16). Empire Dock: £s86 words
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Article, Illustration31 1949-06-17 6 picture. LE WENG KtE receiving; the Individual Championship Challenge Cup from Mr?i. J. D. Joseph, at the Ratlin Max English School Sports meet on Wednesday. Free PressFree Press - 31 words
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Article474 1949-06-17 6 Industriaismake small gains LONDON, Friday. OMA|L gains were shown by leading industrials the London Stock Exchange opened yesterday but these were not always held owing to lack of follow-through, says Reuter's financial correspondent. Rubbers were firm and generally unchanged, and tins were irregularly higher. All section* experienced a very quiet474 words
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Article77 1949-06-17 6 A FEW moments' thought n will show that f the four players must win all the rubbers (i.e.. 305.) m which case the o.her three lose 165., 12s. and 2a. respec* ively. or must r,se all the rubbers. In which case corresponding sums arc won So Claymore77 words
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Article28 1949-06-17 6 CO UNCIL MEETING PENANO. Thuii- Iho next DO eting of the Pe'.iane Settlement Council win be held Mi Tuesday. June 11, m the Council Chamoer at P»el Avenue.28 words
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Advertisement212 1949-06-17 6 REX Phone 404^ LAST 4 SHOWS 11 a.m.. S.IS «V ■>!•"> P Whole Serial! SPY SMASHER" K^ublic Serial m 12 (haps. TOMORROW 'T, lhe picture ]hat s r 4 as happy f& U as Irish I^sf J Laughter 1 t|B»Q^ Tyrone JMo f Anne POWER^IL BAXTER B;^ ,^0;. i[[ j212 words
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Advertisement141 1949-06-17 6 THE HACKMAYER TRIO 1. A Lj Cavort* 2. May Tmw« f C J. Norte Nostalgic* E T P4. Ballet Ifyptien A I 5. B»ci-*l-by»o 6. The Maid of rite Mountains SELECTION H < INTERVAL 7. Babillag* 8. Mother Of Pearl 0 9. Elegie 10. Stor«e« Of the Vienna Forett I141 words
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Miscellaneous226 1949-06-17 6 m2ndr<lk6 Exclusive to the Singapore Free Press m Malaya ZTTi |i t I I 1 WELL, I IIT STILL SEEMS fUNNY I1 IT WAS A MASS-II NOT YET, CWIEF. I I THAT'S GOOD ENOUGH H I WILITI ZLJLJ ILILJ S THAT MTOME THE SAME GIRL HYPNOTIC JOB. I MUST MAKE226 words
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Article58 1949-06-17 7 CRED DALY of Balmoral, 1 Ireland, yesterday won the Manchester Evening Chronicle £1.500 orjfessional t mrnament with rounds U 83, 71. 69 for m aggre over 72 holes of 277. He won by three strokes from l 7 lory van Donck. Belgium, 280. with Charlie Ward, Ken Bousfield58 words
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Article52 1949-06-17 7 YUGOSLAVIA yesterday joined Hungary, France and Italy m the semi-fiii'ils )f the European zone of the Davis Cup by defeating Swe-df-n by three matches to two In the third round at Zagreb. [n yesterday's final singles match Dragutin Mitic of Yugoslavia beat Sweden's Lennart Bergelin 6-3.52 words
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Article47 1949-06-17 7 FIVE out ol the nine schools tha: took part m the invitation medley n lay race at St. Anthony's School last night qualified for fly final a 5.30 p.m. today. They are: Anglo-Chinese School, St. Joseph's Institution, Raffles Institution, Victoria School and St. Andrew's.47 words
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Article131 1949-06-17 7 1 NtW ZEALANDERS— Ist. Inns. SutcliiTe b Knott :i Scott c Walker b Bailey 129 Iladlee c Rogers b Knott 33 RHd b Knott 50 Donnelly not out 100 Smith *t MrCorkell b Eager 23 Rabone not out 13 Extras 9 Total (5 wkts. dec! 430 BOWLING O M131 words
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Article, Illustration238 1949-06-17 7 FAST GOING AT IPOH LIKELY Fly lite, Some Brant impress Free Press Racing Correspondent IPOH, Friday. THERE has been no rain m Ipoh, and the coin* is 1 Kood. The track is fast. Flylite (Turner) and Some Brani (McPherson) wt-re again impressive on the track this morning docking 24* secondsFree Press - 238 words
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132 1949-06-17 7 Bromwich in London tennis semi-finals AUSTRALIA'S Jack Brom l\ wich yesterday beat Filipino Felieissimo Ampon m the quarter-finals of the London lawn tennis tournament at Queen's Club 6-4. and 6-3. Bromwich's strong service and hard and accurate drives kept Ampon on the defensive and broke up his usual persistent retriever132 words
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Article423 1949-06-17 7 I EN Hutton, Yorkshire and England opening RJ batsman, was out for a duck for the third innings m succession when he was bowled by Reg Perks yesterday m Yorkshire's second innings against Worcestershire. Perks had dismissed Hutton for nought m the first innings and beforeReuter - 423 words
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Article46 1949-06-17 7 NEW W ORLD RECORD Harry Ohurcher, 38-year-old London electrician broke his own world it-cord for the five mile walk yesterday when he covered he distance In 35 minutes 33 sees. His previous record was 3 r j mins 43.4 sees made m June 5. 1948. A.P.A.P. - 46 words
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Article234 1949-06-17 7 THE New Zealanders appear to be set for an easy win over Hampshire at Southampton. The county with three second innings wickets down are still 181 runs behind the tourists. When play was resumed yesterday Sutclift'e and Bcoti carried their partnership to 142 m twoReuter - 234 words
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Article285 1949-06-17 7 LORD DiUißi i ..«.>» '«-<• yesterday won for Britain the Ascot Gold Cup, premier award of the four days meeting, after a 'race of the century" with William Woodwards American -bred Black Tarquin, the English-trained colt winning the £11,000 prize by five lengths with the Irish hope,Reuter - 285 words
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Article1499 1949-06-17 7 Dakota, Fair F lower hard to beat FORM GUIDE FOR IPOH RACES Free Press Kacing Correspondent DEST form selections lor tomorrow's Ipoli races are Dakota and Fair Flower. Both ran prominently at the last meeting at Bukit Timah and will be hard to beat. Fair Flower won like a champion,1,499 words
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Article101 1949-06-17 7 SELECTIONS for tomuno •> Ipoh races, «üb}«< I to M-raU hings, are: (I. 2. l>ix 1 —♦> I ur» M\S(<)TTE Grand Day Fair Flower (I. 2 K 1 Fur% LONDA LAD Dakota < 00l riay Cl. 5." Div. 1 s', I »ir« GOLDEN r.ATE Alrgalr (aravan CL 5.101 words
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Article64 1949-06-17 7 '"THE fuUOWiIH players have been A selected to represfnt Greenwood B.P. against Woodland B.P. In a badminton friendly to be played on Sunday at 2.30 p.m. at the Navsl Base P. Gopal, Tay Oim Pow; Tay v/ong Chong; Sulong: Liow Kirn Ciien^; Low Yew Kum; Sukumaram: Wee Yong64 words
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Advertisement147 1949-06-17 7 •aihambra TODAY! P m. L FROM rODAY! "'I nm II.M tisT years of Our Lives" i'g" 'g MARCH I WRIGHT N M ttinef Tomorrow I At II a 1 1 1 so n \\i v> io\ SAMBAS BULLFIGHTS! ndf 4 i* WfilNtt UU >'' WWUM 'jit tfUBBARD mi,, I MNITE147 words
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Advertisement31 1949-06-17 7 Professor Leo Sparkles, Ph. D (Or of P iiz2 Lesson No 6 stands for singing All voices a,re raised When F b N/t drink, Are heartily praised A/woys at your service31 words
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Miscellaneous26 1949-06-17 7 CHARTERED BANK S.C. HPHE official opening of the Char terea Bank Sr ->r'is Club pie mises at Farrer Park will teke place tomorrow at 5.30 p.m.26 words
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Article18 1949-06-17 8 1C) HANNAH. wu»- oi Ji:r. Duifs son on IV i. fune vJ i K< bau M U18 words
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Article31 1949-06-17 8 EAPEN-ORACEY: On 20 6 AU, si Jacobite Church, Karuvatts T\ ivancore Ms Eitp^n. son ol Eapen Kochuj irakal K;.:;--dathll, to Oracey daughter of MiK. v. Mathew, ol <• rt if Singapore.31 words
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Article97 1949-06-17 8 FONG QUEK CHONO. It fimily wish to thank all friends «V relative*! who sent wreaths, Us, sandahvood, m<\s^ages of ccndolence, rendered assistance. lent rars. attended the funeral irotheT, the late Mr. Pong Ah Kov.. on Sunday 12 Jun?. il LANE, wishes to c iiir sincere thanks to all *ho97 words
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Article, Illustration367 1949-06-17 8 INDIA ASKS FOR BIG U.S. AID Plan to help the farmers WASHINGTON, Friday. pUOFESSOR N. G. RANGA, President of the India Peasants Congress, laid before President Truman yesterday a U. 5.52,000 million plan for developing India's agriculture under Mr. Truman's proposal for developing backward areas. In New York yesterday, trieA.P.; U.P. - 367 words
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Article62 1949-06-17 8 DIAMONDS valued at about £2.150.000 formed the sparkling background yesterday for the opening of the International Diamond Exhibition m Amsterdam. The exhibition room is dotted with electric buttons. A pu&h on any one of these instantaneously closes and looks every door and window In the building.Reuter - 62 words
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Article48 1949-06-17 8 A WHITE swan paddled solemnly about on the ouadranglelake at Christchurch College, Oxford University, yesterday sporting a black bow tie. «AJh K es captur d th b* r <l and restored it to the river nearby aft^r amoving the tie. They blamed the stud- A.P.A.P. - 48 words
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Article29 1949-06-17 8 Formal ceremonies brought to b close yesterday afternoon the Foreign Trade Fair at Yokohama. During the last three months it has been visaed by noarlv 250 onn persons.- A.P.A.P. - 29 words
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169 1949-06-17 8 'Importance of Asians is growing' LONDON, Friday. THE British United Nations Association's General Council will consider a resolution recognising the "increasing importance of the peoples of Asia m world affairs." when it meets m Edinburgh on June 24. The resolution, moved by the Association's Cambridge branch, proposes the inclusion ofReuter - 169 words
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Article60 1949-06-17 8 THE terms of the AngloArgentine agreement, reached m principle on May 31. have not been modified as a result of the U.S. protest. Argentine officials said yt-sterday. In Washington. U.S. State Department officials believe the agreement will cause a virtual strangulation of American trade with ArgentinaA.P. - 60 words
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Article66 1949-06-17 8 THE Shah oi Iran, Mohammed Reza Pahievi, has Issued a roya! decree calling for the election of an Iranian Senate. A bill for the creation of a senate, provided for m the 1906 constitution but never yet implemented, was approved by the National Assembly (Majlis) lastReuter - 66 words
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Article53 1949-06-17 8 WASHINGTON, Fri. PRESIDENT Truman y. 1 day described tho current f.irore over spy investigation m the United States as postwar hysteria." He said it occurs after every war and ho added tha' he would "clean out'" any member of his administration who became involved In theReuter - 53 words
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112 1949-06-17 8 ROME, Frida> <T<HE World Health Organisation was told yesterday x that "every 15 minutes a Filipino dies of tuber- i cu]QSis and 60 are contracting malaria." This report was made by the chief Philippines delegate to W.H.0., Mr. Antonio Villarama, who wasA.P. - 112 words
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188 1949-06-17 8 TIRED OF HER DRAB LIFE CHICAGO, Friday. A LOVE--SICK girl stenographer, brunette Kuth Steinhagen, 18, was charged here yesterday with attempting to murder Eddie Waitkus, star Philadelphia Phillies first baseman, m an eflfort to put some "excitement" into her drab life. Ruth told the police.U.P. - 188 words
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Article23 1949-06-17 8 Seven German university professors will leave on Sunday for the United States to study American university teaching methods. A.P.A.P. - 23 words
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Article50 1949-06-17 8 CITIZENSHIP BILL PASSED THE Soutn African Assembly m Capetown yester day passed the second leading of bitterly-con-tested Citizenship Bill by 77 votes to 68. The bill will deprive Brilons m South Africa of their British citizenship and make them wait five years before they can become South African citizens. U.P.U.P. - 50 words
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Article44 1949-06-17 8 LONDON, Friday. r VHE British Medical Journal states that a deaf and dumb yuan recently expressed himself so forcibly when explaining the new Health Act to a company of deaf aiid dumb people that he dislocated three of his fingers. ReuterReuter - 44 words
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Article63 1949-06-17 8 ROTARY International, at its 40th and b'«<.\st convention In New York last night, voted to spend U.S. $750,000 during the iH'xt three years to provide fellowships to outstanding student* all over the world, to send speakers to various nations to explain the working of theReuter - 63 words
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Article34 1949-06-17 8 FINLAND'S request to the International Bank for a U5512,500,000 loan, expected to be granted soon, will be used to buy machinery, technical implements and raw materials to improve Finland's economic utuation34 words
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Article36 1949-06-17 8 The U.S. Attorn. -y (h n *a] Mr. Toir Clark, yesterday urged the Rouse Judiciary < mitt, c to approve new anttlynchlng bill and thus "eradi- >• tte the blot on r)ic m. m h U.P.U.P. - 36 words
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Article140 1949-06-17 8 London power walk-out? London, rriday. AS Britain's rail crisis ended last night, when engine drivers and firemen of London-to-Scot-land routes decided to drop opposition to turns of duty forcing them to sleep away from home, London's 8,000 power station workers threatened to go on strike. In calling off their strike,140 words
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Article62 1949-06-17 8 Warning not to cut ECA MR. Paul G Hoffman yester--ITI day warned Congress that a cut of $1,000,000,000 In Marshall Plan funds wouid result m European import reductions ranging fron^ seven to 76 per cent m foods, fuels, cotton, lumber, macliinery. metals and transportation. He told the Senate Appropriations CommitteeA.P. - 62 words
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Article45 1949-06-17 8 ITALY'S anti-Communist Socialist Party opened a special conference In Rome yesterday to decide **-h« they should stay m the 'ta Government, support r( ppose the Atlantic pact. ;ud And a way to weld all Italian anti-Communist Socialists into one party. A.P.A.P. - 45 words
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Article129 1949-06-17 8 o shanghai, Friday /CHINESE Communist authorities here yesterday laid down principles for the revision of textbooks lor primary and middle schools designed to make their contents anti-imperialist, anti-feudal anticapitalist and thus thoroughly implement the educational principles of the "new democra. The principles, according to Mr.U.P. - 129 words
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Article76 1949-06-17 8 NO 'RIGHT TO WORK': INDIA JNDIA tlce that the could n A c proposed i: tlonal Covenant on Hu its If it included 'ither a S to wcrk" to erei 1 mittod a proposal to Hui Rights C wnJ wuuid recomn states to "guarantee tn cvi one the right toReuter - 76 words
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Advertisement386 1949-06-17 8 NOTICE YOU IKKK SPECIAL CONST%BULAM Mowing V s C \ich- iked to attend a on 17th: June. !'»49 at 5.30 p.m. at Pearls Hill discuss ihe re form h of the V.S.C Unit attached Division. V. S s 171, 192. 193. 198. 191*. 210. 203, 22-. 24:>, 24b. 252, 272,386 words
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Advertisement9 1949-06-17 8 King Gustav of Sweden celebrated his 91st birthday yesterday.9 words
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Advertisement264 1949-06-17 8 m sic/vies h 3m' During and after m Ulnes M jPH r>>dy -building elen^ I F-mulMon restore he<h i m record time And when you are fit S krp; uc!l t: strength und hel;*. nt the world over SCOTT'S EMULSH BUILDS THE BODY- PROJECTS I r mm i^^ mm w*~264 words
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Miscellaneous12 1949-06-17 8 HIGH TIDES Today 2.15 a.m 4. p.m. Tomorrow 3.07 a.m. 4.45 p.m.12 words
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