The Singapore Free Press, 28 June 1949
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Title Section18 1949-06-28 1 The Singapore Free Press LARGEST AFTERNOON SALE IN MALAYA 15 SINGAPORE, TUESDAY, JUNE 28, 1949. PRICE 10 CENTS18 words
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Article641 1949-06-28 1 Harriman Cripps meet LONDON, Tuesday. ]\|R. Averell Harriman, the Economic Co-opera-tion Administration's Roving Ambassador, held a surprise meeting yesterday with the Chancellor of the Exchequer, Sir Stafford Cripps, on Britain's growing dollar crisis. This meeting coincided with a reliable report that Britain has informed the United641 words
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Article, Illustration28 1949-06-28 1 i photograph IiKH PriniPNS Elizabeth j B-r infant son. Prince picture was P pri--ttin. room at Pi On Lsion >he wort* a irej The tit i> h> B.uon28 words
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16 1949-06-28 1 SSELS, Pues. late s victory arties I I 3>16 words
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8 1949-06-28 1 Federation arrests Pree Press Staff Reporter Lin the8 words
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Article149 1949-06-28 1 LONDON, Tuesday. MR. Christopher Mayhew, Under Secretary for Foreign Affairs, told the House of Commons last night that arrangements were m hand to supply the Government of Burma with arms and military equipment. Mr. Leonard Gammans, Conservative, had asked for a statement on the results toReuter - 149 words
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Article25 1949-06-28 1 Britain will not suspend trade negotiations with Czechoslovakia for political reasons, the Foreign Under-Sec-retary, Mr Christopher Mayhew, told the Commons yesterday. U.P.U.P. - 25 words
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Article83 1949-06-28 1 RANGOON, Tues. THE Burmese President, S*\o Shwe Thaike. is to attend the United Hill Peoples Conference beginning tomorrow at the southern Shan States 1 capital, Taunggyi. Burma's frontiersmen Kachins, Shans, China, Karennis are to take part m the conference, which will plan security measures along theA.P. - 83 words
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Article47 1949-06-28 1 A NUMBER of millionaires were among the 50 American tourists who arrived m Singapore from San Francisco this morning m the round-the-world liner President Polk. The majority of passengers are retired business tycoons and their families who are making their trip around the world.47 words
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Article29 1949-06-28 1 Director General of the International Labour Organization, Mr. David A. Morse, says that the ILO is considering extension of its "proprogramme for vocational training and migration.''29 words
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Article102 1949-06-28 1 SYDNEY, Tuesday. DRASTIC powers to cope with the coal crisis emercencv are contained m legislation to be introduced m the New South Wales Parliament today. The new laws will be similar to those brought into operation when Australia feared Japanese invasion or air attack duringA.P. - 102 words
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Article134 1949-06-28 1 BRADDELL BACK IN S'PORE Free Press Staff Reporter VERY few people m Britain and m the United States i are ay le of what is happeni ing Sn Malaya today, said Sir Rolant. riraddell on his return to Singapore this morning; m the Canton after a six-month tour of England134 words
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Article25 1949-06-28 1 THE Constitution Committee of the second World Health Assembly yesterday recommended that South Korea be allowed to Join the World Health Organization. U.P.U.P. - 25 words
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Article91 1949-06-28 1 LONDON, Tuesday. TMFTY years ago when Mr. Winston Churchill was a F war m the Boer War he. was captured Uut managed to f-scape. He was helped m his bid by iwo tbfh gold miners who hid him m their mine. Later 7 Mr. Churchill gaveU.P. - 91 words
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Article22 1949-06-28 1 Four airmen were killed yesterday when two Syrian Army planes collided while i landing at anairport near Damascus A.P.A.P. - 22 words
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Article75 1949-06-28 1 BY a five to four vote the U.S. Supreme Court yesterday postponed a decision on the contempt of Congress conviction of Gerhart Eisler, a Communist who fled the country on May 6. The court refused to dismiss the case as urged by the Justice Department. ELsler jumped75 words
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Article188 1949-06-28 1 BEKL1N, Tuesday.. l^HE four Deputy Military Governors are meeting 1 here today to discuss ways of carrying out the Paris agreement, which calls for Berlin talks on a quadripartite basis on the expansion of trade between Eastern and Western zones and the nor. malisation188 words
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Article, Illustration41 1949-06-28 1 Students of the Singapore Chinese National School taking part m an indoor game called "Mummy's Darling" at a social held m the Victoria School hall. The boys, all blindfolded, are being "fed" with orange pop to the amusement of the "mothers."41 words
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Article46 1949-06-28 1 Free Press Staff Reporter THREE Chinese alleged members of the Malayan Communist Party were arrested under the emergency regulations m Singapore yesterday. Another Chinese, described as an alleged member of jthe Illegal Gee Soon Aun sec;ret society, was arrested by the C.I.D.46 words
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Article34 1949-06-28 1 Bandits attacked a police post, at New Chendarian« m the Tapah area last nbsht. One special constable was wounded but the other constable returned thr bandits' fire and drove the bandits off.34 words
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163 1949-06-28 1 JOGJAKARTA, Monday. SULTAN Hamengo Buwong, Governor of Jogjakarta, said today that the Republican President, Dr. Soekarno, was expected to return to Jogjakarta next Tuesday, when Federalists and Republicans will start talks on the composition of a provisional Indonesian federal government and legislature. The163 words
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Article226 1949-06-28 1 U.K. POLICY FRIENDLY TO CHINESE LONDON, Tuesday. THE British Government's policy is not antiChinese, the Foreign Fnder-Secretary, Mr. Christopher Mayhew, categorically announced m the House of Commons last night. This statement comes on the eve of Britain's announcement of her attitude to the Canton Nationalist Government's blockade of Communistheld China,226 words
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Article75 1949-06-28 1 LONDON. Tues. ALL Canadian Pacific Railways vessels will now be declared "black" because of the part the Railway* alleged }y took m "repudiating" an agreement with the Canadian Seamen's Union, Mr. Jack Pope, the Union's representative m Britain, announced last night. A total of 2.466 dockersReuter - 75 words
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Article47 1949-06-28 1 PR the first time m Kenya's legal history, a non-Afri-can woman nas been sentenced to death. After a fortnight's hearing m the Supreme Court m Nairobi. Mrs. Teja Singh, aged 22, was found guilty of murdering her father-in-law by shooting him. to be lodged ReuterReuter - 47 words
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Article58 1949-06-28 1 SPECIAL Market corroipoDdent rlv«t tbc prices of rubbei (In cents per Ib.) at 11 m luday m follows: Buyers &rllrr« No. 1 KS S Spot loose 32'. Fob. in biles Juiy No I R.S.S. lt l t M I No. Z R.S .8. 31 Jl 1 No. 358 words
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Advertisement37 1949-06-28 1 5 SERVICE... 4RI* CL £ANING CO. IJII^ re. 1921 A TASTY MEAL COOKED CRAYFISH AND A"STR A L I A N *IG E O N from Tl! MODERNISED STORE [^PATRICK'S pOD SUPPLIES IHtp *HE ORDER DEPT. 528137 words
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Advertisement48 1949-06-28 1 1^ »hli the F LA M E ■W Ig Mjß Jb2 OPERATION BY *J V *^Si I^Atf^ I at T B I m m ELECTROLUX CjlgM REFRIGERATOR 7j^^ OBTAIN J,9 II fftOM. VS7F& THi EMPORIUM -if/19 battery *o #Op VA* ILICTRICAL Coir'4t O*CHA*Q »A oisuikutom SIME* DARBY m48 words
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Article, Illustration259 1949-06-28 2 Black is back Story by EDNA McKENN/\ Drawings by ILONA IT IS THE 'COLOUR' of fashion for Summer 1949. Scarcity of dyes during the war meant that black ivas "out." Now women have rediscovered the sheer flattery of black under a clear blue sky for offsetting a sun-tanned or peaches-and-cream259 words
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304 1949-06-28 2 'The wives choice, by the rector 1: Her trousseau 2: Ration book 3: Prayer Book rROM his pulpit, the Rev. Richard Crookshank, 43-year-old rector and ex-Army padre, told his congregation at St. Andrew's. Bere Ferrers, Devon: **M any housewives know more about ration books than prayer books." And he added.304 words
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Article461 1949-06-28 2 INGRID ETTER - INGRID ETTER by LAN attractive, strong faced woman with Just a touch of grey m her hair. Mrs. Georgia Neese Clark has had her position as Treasurer of the United States, which was nominated by President Truman, confirmed by the Senate. And that, ladies. is461 words
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Article120 1949-06-28 2 This Keeps Your Food Safe Ij^ACH year 5,000 peoJ pie suffer from diseases caused by food contamination. Now a well-known firm which makes fruit bottling products has joined the campaign for cleaner food by producing a range of food bags. These keep the food moist and fresh. They are m120 words
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Article, Illustration120 1949-06-28 2 Adventures of Penny Koni Although the rain toon «HMd. Koni was wet. m«oriMt and cold at the top of tho tree to he began to come down. iu»t little way at a time Then ha slid down the smooth parts of the tra« trunk— just like a hreman ilides down120 words
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Advertisement242 1949-06-28 2 RACE NEWS! A New Collection of Stunning Model gowns, attractively priced. LOOK LOVELIER V Jjf rIN 15 MINUTES 4&^^Ata^vf X VELVA CREAM MASQUE 1 1 Quick, thorough tonic for end-o*-the day i^unue a peasant soothing treatment tc f Rive yourself a refreshing treatment that lakes only 15 -nmutes that's Velve242 words
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Advertisement83 1949-06-28 2 Under cover! J IJKRF are two idea« J for tho^e who are > wondering hon to HI the cheap furnishing fabrics now m the «*hop> Wh) not store the I* pillow nf your l»ed sit > ting room riivAii m Urn r cheerful fabric cover 5 (above i and e»li\en83 words
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Advertisement133 1949-06-28 2 NOW ON Drastic Redoctioi i> V 82 l. HUM HIM Ro\D v m For Home leove "Dorwillc" ami SAhU Model Suits and Top mh snowing at 18, BATTERY ROAD, SINCAP(»HP P H OM M»f« at* »h« «ci J^f Mai p. S S.itin Ba»« jjj C.udtnu Liqu'd C M.»i*jgc Cfc*m I133 words
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Miscellaneous254 1949-06-28 2 YO T FR LUCKY STAR DORN today, you have Judgment; a clear mind and high ambitions. You intend to succeed and will put forth your best efforts to get exactly what you want out of life. You are essentially a leader in thought as well as in action and it254 words
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Article415 1949-06-28 3 SEEK AN 'OASIS' IN ANTARCTIC lcefree region seen by German S inSPi nati ns are *<«»* the riaH?ifJ« S y f ar tO IOOk amon 8 the eterna f lnt J a Wa land on which men h never set innncrh a a Sin a P^e,but a land warm enough415 words
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Article, Illustration63 1949-06-28 3 photo. I pfaia police patrolman Harry Lucas (left) holds ihich he ay* l« owned by shoeless Violet Berirho was .irrtstPd on attempted robbery charges rtnun and a man companion 1 beat up two cab atempts. At right is Ted Sieminski, (br (ih drivers, who held the girl after her flA.P. - 63 words
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Article33 1949-06-28 3 It was revealed m Karlsrhue that the German police rounded up members of an alleged dope smuggling gang m the western zones of Germany and confiscated opium and caffein worth $80,000.33 words
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Article38 1949-06-28 3 The Business Week magazine has predicted that the World Bank would soon grant India a $100 million loan. The magazine said most of the money would pay for United States and Canadian on order. U.P.U.P. - 38 words
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Article305 1949-06-28 3 PXPERT bridge players often are guided not only bj what actually takes place at the bridge table, but al.o by what fails to take place. This may sound a little like Alice m Wonderland, yet an illustrative h^nd will make the point clear. West tad to choose the305 words
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Article1215 1949-06-28 3 GREGORY BAXTER - MURDER Could not Kill GREGORY BAXTER mUh C9 The story so far Sherwood Dexter, U.S. businessman, v shot dead while driving with his daughter Laurette Dexter, near Marble Arch, London at midnight. Robin Foster, an artist, sees the killer run from DexteTs saloon to a nearby limousine but is thrown1,215 words
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Article, Illustration31 1949-06-28 3 photo. Ml?h?j£ d by his father Mr Arthur Corl of Saginaw, 2! M *even-month-old Kenneth Olin Corl— known «v. v. —holds with one hand a baby carriage weighing 50 pounds.- A.P.A.P. - 31 words
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Article305 1949-06-28 3 HUNGARY RAISES IRON WALL QUITB. apart from the invisible and intangible barriers which exist between the States of Eastern Europe and those of the West, a real barrier of steel and iron has been built by Hungary during the last few months along the Austrian frontier. The barrier is now305 words
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Article60 1949-06-28 3 EIGHTEEN coal workers trapped m two disasters during the week-end on Kyushu, Japan, have low been given up as lost, it wis announced. The Nippon Times aid that Japan's death 'oil por ton of coal produced is ten times that of any oth^r country. It addedReuter - 60 words
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Article68 1949-06-28 3 FDAY it w;ls possible t>> talk of the chance peace rather than the I of war. M. Robert Schumnn, French Foreign Minister, said m a speech near Metz, Moselle Department, northeastern France Speaking of the recent BljrFour conference m Paris. M. Schuman said that :f "this68 words
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Advertisement25 1949-06-28 3 I"** Jewellery Watches If if uv Confidence at \*AUK (^ewe/Zers) A DE. SPORE. PHONE 2476 H A Af S«rWc«s' Mop c. (w, tf< sHm> I25 words
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Advertisement184 1949-06-28 3 bbHbbbbbt V Wafc^i /or special 17) announcement about judging of $100 win- ncr Meantime, two 15th announcement free casern of drinks Nursery Rhymes are two a penny, vubllshed like thfim Phiny drinks are drunk by many. **S!,\.i But those who know the "Waters" true roaa v Drink F&N. I do,184 words
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Miscellaneous519 1949-06-28 3 F.P. Crossword No. 726 z^%? 7 8 ,..J i iS| I 1 14 15 Ttr j Zl Z^l^ _^J J25 1 I f i I I I I 1_ CH K> ACROSS I Frteb^ter <6); 9 Clergyman (6); 11 t); 14 Bire (5); 16 Svnall bed (3U O«tail (4); 21519 words
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638 1949-06-28 4 The Singapore Free Press TUESDAY. JUNE 28 1949. TRADITION— OR DOCTRINE BRITAIN has traditionally held herself entitled to fade With anyone—however repugnant his politics or his morals. This was Strongly brought out during tM»? 1921 debates m the Commons when Mr. Lloyd George as he was then* i t ned638 words
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Article, Illustration1090 1949-06-28 4 PHILADELPHIA: WHEN I drove into Philadelphia the clock on the City Hall siiid live to eleven. Actually it was a quarter past three m the afternoon. The official Id arranged to meet at 5 p.m. turned up at half past. When we ordered drinks the waiter took1,090 words
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Article255 1949-06-28 4 By THOMAS R. HENRY 'TWERE is little danger Aof a race of twoheaded or 12-toed men a few thousand years hence as a result of hereditary changes produced by atomic radiations. While the iutaject is debai able, the best evidence accumulated to date by Atorntc Energy Commission255 words
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Article293 1949-06-28 4 SEOUL, KOREA: OULLETS and brist- ling gun emplacements make farming adventurous for South Korean frontier farmers South of the 38th Parallel. The 38th Parallel divides Korea into two zones, the North under Russian influence, the South under United States. In the farming regions South of293 words
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Article56 1949-06-28 4 THE Chinese Communi.sts 1 have made another demand to participate m the drafting of a Japanese peace trcr.ty. The Communist Radio m Peiping broadcast an editorial saying that the treaty should be started "swiftly" and the Democratic Coalition Government which is the only Government that canA.P. - 56 words
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Article383 1949-06-28 4 BOMBAY IS HIT BY DRY DAYS' OOMBAYS smart "cosmopolitan hotels may soon become mere lodging establishments, as a result of the Government's prohibition policy. Gone is the gaieiy of establishments like the *Tal." Dispirited guests stare at the "dry days calendar" and quit the lounge as soon as they walkReuter - 383 words
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623 1949-06-28 4 Hong Kong is taking *T. he Crisis' calmly HONG KONG: 'JpilK British m Hong Kong are nut really worried by the imminent prospect of Communist armies at their bark door. Yet it appears almost certain that within a matter of weeks the Communists, if they wished, could mass hundreds of623 words
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Article10 1949-06-28 4 Sam Whiter - Freedom From The Concierge Sam Whiter by i I W10 words
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Advertisement11 1949-06-28 4 WEDDING GIFTS In Silver or EP.N.S. U.S.deSilva Jewellers 106 ORCHARD ROAD.11 words
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Advertisement66 1949-06-28 4 fa/fc o/ the Toml €OOGSn y Made >n f and por mote ilh m or between a spl I 1 mustard f< I n minutes m d them throuf DELICATESSEN D* pT COCONUT GROV^ BACHELOR HOTEL FIRST CLASS B AH OPEN TO THE LARGE SINGLE Ro^. E now ay a66 words
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Article737 1949-06-28 5 SINGAPORE GROWTH: WARNING Staff needed for new plans mitp cc Press Staff JHL Singapore rural area is rapidly losing its rural aspect and is becoming residential and industrial, says the chairman of the Rural Board, Mr J. A. Harvey, referring m his 1948 report to the development of that part737 words
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Article, Illustration36 1949-06-28 5 picture. 4 VARIETY show "Spot*A light on Nee Soon" w<is staged at the Garrison Theatre last night. Picture shows the sinning quartette of Rob Kerkine. Chris Hall, Beatrice Baker and George I X irhitt.- Free PressFree Press - 36 words
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Article13 1949-06-28 5 VERDICT OF SUICIDE ON BLIND MAN I, I i n •V Q ishither13 words
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Article19 1949-06-28 5 A session of Assize will be heir 1 at the Singapore Supreme Court on Monday, July 4.19 words
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Article19 1949-06-28 5 The Court of Criminal Appeal will sit m the Supreme Coun Building. Singapore, on Monday. July 18.19 words
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Article, Illustration136 1949-06-28 5 P.P. Malay Correspondent EMPLOYERS should give pre- ferenee to Malay boys having Malay school eertitts whj apply for jobs. This resolution has bren passed by the Malay Teachrrs Union of Negri Sembilan, h intends to bring up the matter At a meeting of the All-Mala>a Malay136 words
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Article252 1949-06-28 5 Free Press Stuff Reporter PRANCE'S newest luxury liner La Marseillaise (16,000 tons) will sail on her maiden voyage to Singapore from Marseilles m the middle of August. With Captain C. Martin as master, the liner will operate on the regular Marseilles-Singapare-Saigon run. Her average speed252 words
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Article183 1949-06-28 5 THE Singapore Music Circle and the Bntltli Council intend to promote a series of concerns which will be held m the British Council Centre. It is hoped that sufficient professional axul amateur •alent will be discovered m order to arrant a series of three concert seasons183 words
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Article24 1949-06-28 5 SEGAMAT. Sat— Dato Abdul Rahmar bin Mohamed I Yo.sin has been appointed an i Unofficial member oi the jJohoie Stat* Executive CounIdl.24 words
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Article34 1949-06-28 5 A passing out parade of the Loc~l Enlisted Personnel will be held a* 9.40 a.m. on June 28 at Nee Soon. General Sir N(il Ritchie C-in-C. FARELF v. ill bi present.34 words
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Article215 1949-06-28 5 F.P. Chinese Correspondent QNE of the two su-o miJls still m operation m Singapore ha s decided to close down next month. The two mills had been operating on a part-i mp basis for several months. Five sago nulls employing 1,000 workers had ceased215 words
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Article303 1949-06-28 5 Free Press Staff Reporier fpHK maternity and child welfare service of the Singapore Rural Board must be extended by more and more small clinics and kampong clinics, m addition to the proper centres envisaged by the Modical Plan, says Mr. J. A. Harvey, chairman of the303 words
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Article23 1949-06-28 5 The next Singapore Legislativp Council meeting will be held on Thursday July 28 \t 10 a.m. m the Municipal Council Chamber23 words
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Article311 1949-06-28 5 Free Press Staff Reporter RECENTLY some Singapore people sent two pair? of brassieres, 5,000 French francs, a tin of curry >owder, a sample tin of Japanese tea and a razor tc >ersons m and outside this country. The articles were sent m letter packets. But311 words
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Article137 1949-06-28 5 Free Press Miff Reportti MAC, Bruce, Duke. Guy and and Nipper were the first passengers ashore from the Nieuw Holland when 'he ■hip docked m Singapore rduy afternoon They were ail Alsatian (iojis addressed to the British Army's Guard Do^ Unit Soldiers of the Royal At ;nv137 words
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Article, Illustration241 1949-06-28 5 Free Press Women Reporter About m to 15 attractive gtrll of several races will act as dance hostesses at the Y.W.C.A.'s Annual Sports CliT> Dance at the Seavlew, Hotel next Friday This information was given to the Free Press yesterday by two of the organisers, V241 words
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Article, Illustration31 1949-06-28 5 pirture EX 1 f: R L exaraii r for Kirn: Ft) ward MI < oiir;:c of Medicine. Professor 1. T. Ride of Urn Inivrrsity of Hont;koiiK »s now m Singapore- Free PressFree Press - 31 words
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Advertisement30 1949-06-28 5 Bflf.f D 1 1 T^BM\WjKC3Ey^T l^^lCT^B^r f0 STRENGTH. VITALITY U rN r R Iv^r ihiTs > BORNEO a L'Omzxxnu aLimittd Bt De^ts of Vision SONS s —C^^^»»_^,^ 1. 1 697Q j30 words
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Advertisement33 1949-06-28 5 [siidol<>ff cr t I— $25/50 COTTON DRESSES I Fab ri cade" In a variety of ass<»rt«-<l rolournl printed Design. Sizes: 3l f 36", 38" 6* MT Kii-i. NOW $19/50 ROBINSONS RAFFLES PLACE SPORE33 words
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Miscellaneous54 1949-06-28 5 Surface mails uj<? expected to reach Singapore toiay from Java, ».he U.K., N. Ireland Eire. Fijvpand Ceylon. Closing times for P' sting surface mails at the O.P.O today are: Europe, the U.K N. Ireland, Eire. Egypt, N. and W. Africa We?.t indies and Ceylon 3 pm.: to Japan noon, and54 words
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Article228 1949-06-28 6 5(9 wanted m Federation Free Press Staff Reporter KUALA LUMPUR, Monday. UIFTY more Asian inspectors are required by the Federation of Malaya Police Force. Applicants must hold Senior Cambridge certificate or the equivalent and must be Federal citizens or eligible for Federal citizenship, said an official228 words
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Article89 1949-06-28 6 A Co-operative Thrift and Loan Society will be registered tomorrow for the salaried staff of the Base Ordnance Depot hi Singapore. Forty representatives from the Base Ordnance Headquarters and the nine subdepots will meet the Co-ope-rative Officer at 3 p.m. tomorrow for the purpose. The registration of89 words
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Article80 1949-06-28 6 Replica Of Historic Madonna KUALA LUMPUR. Mon. A REPLICA of Ceylon's historic Madonna, Our Lady of the Holy Rosary of Madhu. brought to Malaya two months ago on a tour for Ceylonese military establishments, will be solemnly received by St. Anthony'! Church, Kuala Lumpur, next Saturday. This is also the80 words
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Article32 1949-06-28 6 KUALA LUMPUR, Mon,— The High Commmissioner, Sir Henry Qurney, has accepted the resignation of Mr. A. W. Wallich, from the Federal Legislative Council and the Federal Executive Council.32 words
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Article205 1949-06-28 6 Free Press Staff Reporter nnHE quick growth of the Singapore rural area with a population of more than 250,000 people is shown by comparative figures of building plans passed for the thre« years, 1946 tL» 1 948. These figures show that plans approved were 184205 words
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Article, Illustration35 1949-06-28 6 picture. GETTING ready for the all-comers' handicap race at the R.A.F. Seletar Yacht Club regatta on Sunday. The event was won by C.O.A. Openshaw, of the Natal Base Yacht Club. Free PressFree Press - 35 words
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Article556 1949-06-28 6 ON a day of many big scores, Nottinghamshire, lying joint 12th m the county cricket championship table, gave the leaders, Yorkshire, a hard day m the field yesterday and took a lead of nearly 200 runs for the loss of only three first-innings wickets. Yorkshire's556 words
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Article166 1949-06-28 6 THE Commander-ln-Chlef of the French Air Force m the Far East. Gen. P. L. Bodet. arrived m Singapore by air yesterday from Saigon. He was rret by the C-in-C. Far East Air Force. Air Marshal Sir Hugh Lloya. the Air Officer Commanding. Malaya. Air Vice Marshal166 words
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Article508 1949-06-28 6 LONDON Turn, FRESH weakness was shown b> pri< es j n Stock Exchange iwtariay, tan Hruter T* cial correspondent. All sections eased faiuHr 1 neweil heavy selling of British mfm lrv Tins and rubbers also declined. st( *ki The disturbed economic situation and the threat t508 words
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Article40 1949-06-28 6 'ARSENIC LEAD IN MIXTURE' n brov. qulr> died Oenfour mi; and 1.2 m the t> liver si, grar. Thsufflcier/ dfath, itu The b said has got to a m< I was Adjour: July Istructlo:.. .officer, j ftnd U the mixture40 words
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Article11 1949-06-28 6 LAS" impr* labou In late f earlier ReuterReuter - 11 words
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Advertisement121 1949-06-28 6 now "showing! 1 1 1.45 4.0ft— 5.30— 9.30 UlUltJliffl «cr Ppn "v FREDERICK 5e CORDOVA NEST CHANGE UNIVERSAL INUMNATIONAI presents mm MARCH g^'Hfc (dmqmd O'BRIEN r^lX^ HORtKci Eioßiott 1 tamim BROOKS Based upon Ernst Ix>thar's THE MILLS OF GOD" "CAPITOL Phone 5159 NOW SHOWING 11 1.45 4.00— €.30— 9.30 AIMED121 words
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Advertisement47 1949-06-28 6 POSITIVELY LYRICAL IN ITS l ()VKLl^r VERY BEAUTIFUL FRKSH AND n OPENS TODAY H/AVlLldfl FOUR SHOWS IK^conditionedJl 2 4/5 6 30 9.30 p. m PHONE 6903 COMING -I* she DLOCOABD S«sf>etise Intri K ue m th that In Europr 1. |^uuiin«i.H<s-«0r PORTRAIT Ironic, Oil iTssm. GAINSBOROUGH t^j.'-47 words
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Miscellaneous164 1949-06-28 6 Exclusive to the Singapore Free Pros? in Malaya I as you were, It I Derek I \~Aho lowar crashes "1 (that-' |oa--soyouknow LOCHINVAA.H I I GESTURES AGAINST THE WALL... MAN0RAK6 S HIM, TOO/ i I TAKE HANO I L^T-. -ZLJ I HYPNOTICALLY.. *V/~^ \V STUFF. WHO*] S J/^NIl Singapore Free164 words
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Article1317 1949-06-28 7 S.B.A. APPROVES 229 ENTRIES Good support for junior tourney QNE hundred and thirty-five entries for the men's junior singles championship, 78 pairs for the men's junior doubles, nine for the women's junior singles and seven pairs for the women's junior doubles have been approved by the Singapore Badminton Association. The1,317 words
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Article, Illustration25 1949-06-28 7 Champion rides a winner photo. Gordon Richards. the champion jockey, pilots The Cobbler to victory m the Workingham Stakes at Ascot on Junp 17. FoxFox - 25 words
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Article317 1949-06-28 7 /HI \M> for whom me iormer uxiora Dive, i ler Martm Donnelly, now a member of fanrickshires county side, scored a century, Ifirst-innings lead against England at Lord's day the second ri.»> of the second Test match. .en wickets at the close treReuter - 317 words
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Article116 1949-06-28 7 ENGLAND— Ist Inns: SIS for 9 dtcl New Zealand—Ist Inns SutcliftV <« Compton b Glad win 57 Scott c Edrich b Compton 42 Hftdlee c Robertson b Hoi He* 13! Wallace c Fvans b Hollies 2 Donnelly not out 12g Smith b Hollies 2.1 Rabone b Ilollle* 15, Moorwy116 words
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Article129 1949-06-28 7 THE long trek to Wembley m i quest of the Football Association Challenge Cup will begin when the new season is only a fortnight old. Entries for the competition this year total 617. compared with 614 last .year. Originally. 627 clubs applied but ten ofReuter - 129 words
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Article64 1949-06-28 7 IAGIOR SIVGII. the Ipoh J featherweif ht, who arrived m Manila by plane on Sunday, from Batavta, will start training today foi his July 2 Orient championship match with ilipino title-holder Tlrso del Rosario. Mok Khai Khoon, the Chines* flyweight from Singapore, wh< arrived with Singh,U.P. - 64 words
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Article114 1949-06-28 7 8 -MONTH TOUR FOR PERRY FRED Perry, former Wimble- don champion, and D. Anskell, leading British proi fessional lawn tennis player, will shortly embark on probably the most strenuous demonstration tour ever undertaken by tennis professionals. Anxious to show as many I people as possible how ihe game should beReuter - 114 words
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Article485 1949-06-28 7 I CULL results of yesterday's r matches m the Wimble- i dozi tennis championships re: Men's singles (fifth round): J. ;>robny beat G. Brown 2-6, 7-3, 1-6. 6-2, 6-4. Eric Sturgess beat F. Parker 3-6, 6-4. 3-6, 6-1, 6-3. John Bromwlch beat Bob Falkfnburg 3-6, 9-11. 6-0.485 words
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Article625 1949-06-28 7 AFTER lour terrific matches, each of which went the full five sets, the last four m the men's singles if. the Wimbledon championships are Jaroslav Drobny (Czechoslovakia), John Bromwich (Australia), Eric Stureess (South Africa), and Ted SchroeJer (United States). Drobny meets Bromwich and Sturgess meets Schroeder625 words
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Article52 1949-06-28 7 LONDON, Mon: Following the aefeat of Amour Drake at Longchamps yesterday, Lord Derby's colt Swallow Tail has become a a clear Xavouiite lor the Bt I^gei at 5-2. The Americ.in-bret< colt. Lone Eagle, is quoted a' 4-1 and Royal Empire, >econ<l m yesterdays Grand Prix, atReuter - 52 words
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Article46 1949-06-28 7 Kuala LUMPUA, Uqa I. entr;es at double fees fur tin nic Road speed trial to be held Kuali Lumpur on Sunday w:l) be accepted up to the fast pa t on SaturcViy. The Selancor and Pahang branch of the A. A.M. stated tod/u*.46 words
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Article39 1949-06-28 7 T*WE to rain, cricket match bt- tween tht Combined Colleges and Hong Kong University wu not played yesterday The match will be played today and tomorrow. -starting t.t 11 *.ny e&ch day, an the Ruflee In»UVatlun padang.39 words
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230 1949-06-28 7 Heavy going, horses only trotted round Free Press Racing Correspondent. THE main training track at Bukit Timah was closed this morning owing to the very heavy going, and horses were merely trotted round on the third track. Fortune's Favourite, now rated by the handicapper above Natural and only 1 lb.230 words
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Article27 1949-06-28 7 SOCCER: S.A.F.A IntrrCommunity Lea (fur Singapore District (Army) v. RAF Combined, Jalan Besar Stadium; Junior B, Group 1! Chinese Hurricanes v. Social A.P.. Geylang stadhim.27 words
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Article, Illustration38 1949-06-28 7 Khoo Tiong Khient, captain of the Indonesia Chinese soccer team which Is due m Singapore on July 22 for a .series of games. Koo is a Sourabaya State full-back. Sourabaya won the Indonesia Inter-State Cup competition this season.38 words
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Article108 1949-06-28 7 TOKYO, Mi.i. HIRONOSHIN Furulmshl JipinMl freestyle .sv.|nmin? champion, has be., world record for the 800 metres' nt Nagoya with t\mv of 9 mm 49 6 MOOOdi Having regained recognition by the International Swimming Federation, the Japanese Swimming .Association will submit F i hashi's nrrje for official a>Reuter - 108 words
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Article19 1949-06-28 7 •THE BJLFJL League between SCC. and scheduled for yesterduv Besar Stadium was postponed owing to the ground being unplayable19 words
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Article220 1949-06-28 7 W^iG^ f, or T Saturday July 2, first day of the Sing.,, Turf Club July Meeting arc ci i. v i-. t iM*n»* Natural aii Purple KnUht .1' Hei'iropl.V -I!,', u» I) r«f A -,>d, ol.Un Mppeff -mm, Ihr M.*it. Ump v| lovrlv Bor« Mi: Power Met220 words
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Advertisement19 1949-06-28 7 V R J 1 UfHAY r rt— Tel. MH T ODAY I 15; 11! ;t! p m f *"^jAm19 words
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Advertisement106 1949-06-28 7 GW Tf l>id you know that we c;m d cater for wedding 1 receptions, birthday parties A J at any kind of special 4ft xi L 4ft occasion where good food U required. g^Baa^^^^^r^g^K igi Bi !^Hg gKiflr^^S eaA Under a nev« arrangement the weekly Isiue^ of the Straits Budget106 words
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Article122 1949-06-28 8 SYDNEY, Tues. A 59- YEAR-OLD astrologer of Sydney, New South Wales, says he is worried because he believes that the world will soon tip over. "A lot of people don't know anything about the big tip-over." he warns. "One minute they'll b« laughing, the nextReuter - 122 words
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Article314 1949-06-28 8 Bid to unify Nationalists CANTON, Tuesday. PENERALISSIMO Chiang Kai-shek is expected here by air today or tomorrow from Formosa in an effort to close the widening rift between the two Nationalist factions and also to cope with anticipated foreign developments. This move follows a CommunistU.P.; A.P.; Reuter - 314 words
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Article, Illustration77 1949-06-28 8 Watched by a thousand spectators, members of the Haemus Lodge (Brighton and Worthing district of Sussex) of the Ancient Order of Druids conducted theii annual mid -summer ceremony within the stone circle at Stonehenge, Salisbury Plain i Wiltshire). The Gr» n Arch Druid of Sussex, Brother J. J. Price, who77 words
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137 1949-06-28 8 'Put atom bomb with poison gas' SENATOR WASHINGTON, Tues. SENATOR RALPH FLANDERS yesterday introduced a resolution to forbid United States armed forces use atomic weapons m warfare unless an aggressor nation uses them first. Demanding that atomic bombs be consigned to th< same category as poison gas he said theU.P. - 137 words
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285 1949-06-28 8 REPLACE NEHRU' CALL CALCUTTA, Tuesday. THERE have been greater denials of liberties m India under Pandit Jawaharlal Nehru's regime than there ever were under the British and with less justification, the United States leader of the Indian Socialist Party, Jaiprakash Narain, said m Patna yesterday.A.P.; Reuter - 285 words
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Article53 1949-06-28 8 SECRET service men yesterday seized a currency counterfeiting plant next door to the World bank and the International Monetary Fund m Washington and arrested four men and a woman, alleged to be members of a ring which had circulated over U.S. 100,000 m counterfeit S2O federalU.P. - 53 words
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Article50 1949-06-28 8 LONDON, Tues. OFFICIALS m the House of Lords were allowed to remove their wigs because of heat yesterday, when the temperature reached 84 degrees the hottest of the year. Except for a small area of North-west Scotland, Britain has had no raiv since June 12 U.P.U.P. - 50 words
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Article214 1949-06-28 8 BUENOS AIRES, Monday. rpHE Anglo-Argentine trade agreement which has been the subject of outspoken misgivings m the United States was signed here today. The pact is expected to result m trade between the two countries worth £1,000,000.000 m the next five years. The pact providesReuter; U.P. - 214 words
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Article69 1949-06-28 8 THE British Labour Minis- ter, Mr. George Isaac:;, yesterday strongly backed President Truman's fourpoint plan to aid underdeveloped countries. Addressing the conference m Geneva of the 61 -member International Labour Organisation, Mr. Isaacs expressed the British Government's appreciation of the initiative taken by President Truman toReuter - 69 words
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Article17 1949-06-28 8 Alejandro Lerroux, 85, five times premier of Republican Spain, died yesterday m Madrid A.P.A.P. - 17 words
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Article199 1949-06-28 8 SHANGHAI, Tuesday.. 4 NEW life is about to dawn for Shanghai's pros- titutes, dancing girls, pedicab and ricksha coolies under the Communist regime, says the Ta Kung Pao. As part of the Communist plan to change cities from consumption into production cent the PublicU.P. - 199 words
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Article51 1949-06-28 8 THE Communist Govern-ment-sponsored separatist Catholic Action has vir tually occupied all church consistories m Czechoslovakia, Roman Catholic sources m Prague charge. Government confiscations and repressive measures against the Church are spreading and, m some cases, priests who resisted the confiscations have been arrested, the sources said.A.P. - 51 words
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Article167 1949-06-28 8 WASHINGTON, Tue. THE Assistant U.S. Secretary of State, Mr. George C* McGhee, said yesterday that Greece is on the road to recovery as a result of "one telling blow after another" inflicted recently on the Communist rebels by Greek Army troops. Addressing the Pan-Laonl-an Federation,A.P. - 167 words
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Article69 1949-06-28 8 WASHINGTON. Tues. SENATOR Pat McCarran called yesterday for Senate approval of U*****,000,000 m new American aid to the anti-Communist governments m Spain and China. Mr. McCarran is chairman of the Joint Congressional "Watchdog" Committee on Foreign Aid and a high-rank-ing member of the Senate AppropriationsU.P. - 69 words
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Article92 1949-06-28 8 SEOUL. Mon. PRESIDENT Syngman Rhee today denounced the assassination yesterday of Kirn Koo. his leading political rival, and promised that the criminal or criminals responsible would be punished. Kirn Koo w;\.s slain at his home by 33-year-old South Korean Army artillery Lieutenant Aim Tohl. who shot himU.P. - 92 words
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Article32 1949-06-28 8 The British motor racing driver, P. Marechal, who was injured m an accident m the 24-hour car race at Le Mans on Sunday, died yesterday m I> Mans clinic. A.P.A.P. - 32 words
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Article27 1949-06-28 8 Mr David A Morse, Direc-tor-General of the International Labour Organisation yesterday, urged that Japan be re-admitted as a full member of the Organisation A.P.A.P. - 27 words
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Advertisement317 1949-06-28 8 BIRTHS PALMEH: On June 26 at S;nnpon to Pat wife of D. S. Palmer a son. MARRIOTT. On 26.6.49 at the Yo\ngbere Memorial Hospital to Dulcle wife of Harry Marriott, a son. ELTON: To IrLs wife of Val Elton at Brighten on June 6:h a sister for Rosemary, Jennifer Ann.317 words
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Miscellaneous66 1949-06-28 8 HIGH TIDES Today: 12.52p.ni; 11.47 a.m. Tomorrow: 1.31 p.m. THE SAINT by Leslie Charteris A|s <" eXCUSE A<t F^ Bf ifv<7 1^ NO LUNGER AN EMPLOVFi:. I ucAQ MOGE 5CRiPr AW PE4CSON VOUfi rFOUR GRAMD 6 QIWTE POR MAVIW& BEEN THAIS 1$ LIZA, MAY I STkTtC AROUMOA5 A I abOUTTW^.66 words
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