The Singapore Free Press, 5 July 1949
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Title Section18 1949-07-05 1 The Singapore Free Press LARGEST AFTERNOON SALE IN MALAYA IJJI7 SINGAPORE, TUESDAY, JULY 5, 1949. PRirt 10 h\IS18 words
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Article232 1949-07-05 1 W. EUROPE HIT BY BAD DROUGHT Little hope LONDON, Tuesday. yyESTERN Europe yesterday began its fourth week of heat and drought. Falling water supplies threatened to bring on serious crop failures, curtailed industrial production and caused numerous fires. In England, the temperature rose to 82 degrees and no relief wasU.P. - 232 words
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Article19 1949-07-05 1 Peiping to U.S. 'quit Japan' •ANCISCO, Tues ST Peipine Radio the demotake that muit withthe nci that mod ratic19 words
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Article, Illustration45 1949-07-05 1 photo. Ceorfci F. French, 19, rrincetown student who cycled 3,066 miles across America from the Atlantic to the Pacific. The feat won him S5OO m bets. He is holding m his hand a bottle of water from the Atlantic and another from the Pacific- A.P.A.P. - 45 words
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Article301 1949-07-05 1 LONDON, Tuesday. DOLITICAL quarters here expect that the Commonx wealth Finance Ministers' conference on the economic position of the sterling area will open m London between July 12 and 14. A firm date is likely to be given tomorrow by the British Chancellor of theReuter - 301 words
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Article67 1949-07-05 1 DOUBLE decker trains to cut down overcrowding on London's suburban rail arteries are included m a £310,000,000 improvement programme for the capital's j railway system presented to Parliament yesterday. The programme, which would more than doable the > existing underground system, would take 20 or 30 years67 words
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Article75 1949-07-05 1 BERLIN, Tues. npilE West Berlin Govern X ment yesterday drafted a request to the Wercern powers to intervene against Russian diversion of city mail. i German officials charged that the Soviet General. Vladimir Petrov, had issued orders forcing all railway mail cars from Western Germany to75 words
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Article34 1949-07-05 1 V ote on Greek Cabinet Observers m Athens last believed Greece's new coalition cabinet, headed by 74-year-old Independent I ..ndres Dlomedes, would gain a vote of confidence by a I >mf enable majority today.34 words
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Article174 1949-07-05 1 Com' wealth T.B. talks open today LUNLHJN, Tuesday. SPECIALISTS from over 50 countries are attending the Commonwealth and Empire conference on tuberculosis which opens here today. Preliminary discussions started last night on the dread disease which kills 35,000,000 people each year 10,000 to 15,000 a day. Two of the specialists,174 words
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Article28 1949-07-05 1 The Czech Education Minister, Zdenek Nejedly, yesterday warned that Catholic clergymen who "serve foreign interests" would be treated as traitors by the Czech Government.- U.P.U.P. - 28 words
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78 1949-07-05 1 LONDON, Tues. I DUSSIA, Poland, Finland > and Czechoslovakia have signed a multilateral trade pact, Moscow Radio announced last night. Finland will supply Russia with prefabricated wooden houses In return for coal from Poland and sugar from Czechoslovakia v/bo, m turn will receive food importsReuter - 78 words
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Article144 1949-07-05 1 SELLERS FINED FOR OFFENCE Free Press Staff Reporter MR. E. G. Sellers, managing director of Messrs. Muller and Phipps, Singapore, who pleaded guilty In the Third District Court to having made a false* declaration to the Controller of Foreign Exchange m March 1948, for the purpose of obtaining foreign exchange,144 words
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Article24 1949-07-05 1 The 10,000-ton American freighter Amelia Earhatt, which has been lying m Singapore Roads, has been brought by Mollers Limited, or Hong Kong.24 words
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Article131 1949-07-05 1 LONDON, Tuesday. »T»HERE was no evidence today of any change m British official opposition to devaluation of Sterling, but Professor D. H. Robertson of Cambridge University writing m Lloyds Bank Review todr.y said that an essential cond.- tlon for success of the Mar--1 shall Plan was aReuter - 131 words
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Article, Illustration33 1949-07-05 1 A toast to the President. The Governor, Sir Franklin Gimson, and the American Consul General m Singapore, Mr. William R. Landdon, photographed at the Independence Day reception at the Consulate General last night.33 words
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Article24 1949-07-05 1 The 15,507-ton troopsnlp Orduna left Liverpool for Hongkong yesterday with about 2,000 troops and a few members of Royal Air Force.24 words
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Article86 1949-07-05 1 Free Press Staff Reporter A POLICE Jungle squad In Alor Gajah area, near Malacca, shot and killed three of five bandits, found In a camp yesterday. Two have been identified as having taken part m a robbery on Saturday. Another squad In the same area yesterday86 words
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Article216 1949-07-05 1 IXN the occasion of American Independence Day, v the Governor of Singapore, Sir Franklin Gimson, m a message to the American community, yesterday stressed the contributions which *"the grout democracy of the United States of America has made to the promotion of world peace." Though216 words
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Article50 1949-07-05 1 Free Press Staff Reporter THE number of St^&ap^re licensed cars has risen by 1,389 since December anu uo«d totals 12,001, reports the Municipal Registrar of Vehicles. There are 13 fewer public buses -present figure 246 and 1 588 fewer public trlshas, 1 which new number 7995.50 words
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265 1949-07-05 1 GOVT PROBE OF REDS IN DOCK STRIKE LONDON, Tuesday FIIE Labour Government has announced that it is investigating charges that Communists nspired London's crippling dock strike. Tin 1 statement hinted at emergency measures to protect he cargoes aboard 88 idle ships. The announcement was made m the House of CommonsU.P. - 265 words
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Article101 1949-07-05 1 WASHINGTON. Tuesday. UNITED STATES Government officials t>~-\r riots and bloodshed m thr Vir East unless new funds nre found to extend tho United Natfons Relief and Reaetttemr>nt programme into at '< a year. Those officials foresee 'he need for at least $15 000 000Reuter - 101 words
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Article45 1949-07-05 1 Editor HoriK Bee Llm. i Malayan Monlt< published Communist v sheet, said m London yi day that the ban on his paper In Malaya showed an "utter con tempt for mentary righti of ft and publication."- A .P. lone of market: Steady.A.P. - 45 words
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Article53 1949-07-05 1 H SVl.ilM Market rorrr«|«i<ndent c'vn (be prices ol ruborr (In cenia per Ib.) at 11 to 1 «d«y •a follows: Buyer* Srlirr* So. 1 X.S3 fejH* loose o n In r»nie* jui> Ik 1 1.1.1. U% No. 2 R S S 31 31 i No. 3 R S53 words
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Advertisement33 1949-07-05 1 ,AJS UinK co. SHOP THE HTZPATRICK WAY and purchase your Series UlTs «i VEGETABLES B|(|Nirc PHAdai PI ITlf* A I AK ERY CONFECTIONERY REQUIREMENTS •N COMFORT {STICKS FOOD SUPPLIES <"JNE ORDER DEPT. 528133 words
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Advertisement121 1949-07-05 1 dfgfgf I V m Watch, for special announcement 01 j a about judging of 23rd Announcement %m winner! Meantime, two free cases of drinks for all N denotes Nectar.' Thymes published Our thirst to reliev*. like these today! Hygienicalry bottled By Frase* tr Neave. W. J. Wearne, Wearne Brot. Ltd.121 words
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Article, Illustration567 1949-07-05 2 Types I don 't like... IT'S not that I hate men. Far from it. But from an extensive (purely scientific) research into the social behaviour of the human male I have noticed several distinct types I can do without. Definitely. First the Frightfully Keen Young Man. He is terribly good567 words
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Article, Illustration296 1949-07-05 2 Ideas from all over AT HOME TO YOO \4 r\\o-jb'ihCE ives have made their first appearance at a fashionable restaurant. They were m shiny black taffeta and reached to near shoulder-length, a perfect complement to the wearer's dress of black taffeta with an overskirt of lace. When she sat downE.M. - 296 words
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278 1949-07-05 2 The best mothers are tall and under 25 A MOTHER TO BE has the best chance of a normal birth and a healthy, vigorous child if she is under 25 and tall— s ft. 4 m. or more. J And it helps, say the statistics, if she comes from Social278 words
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Article78 1949-07-05 2 AIRS Beatrice Ward enlTl trrtained four uomon at hrr Brighton hmie. 1 o Phvllis Ingram s.iid "You will he married to fair nun. You an- sir rounded by men m Mac To Iris Brewer >he confided: "1 see a d*rk mm who uearv a hlue78 words
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Advertisement212 1949-07-05 2 Wedding Gowns, trousseaux, within your budget! iDinmiiiir a cloud I I '5 1 J Like n °thing you've ever l"'".:»,fS w^-c^S^^^B known 1 Aquamarine «fe i blue, rich as rich-can-be. x*^^j U gives sou that lewels--I^^; b and-orchlds and-ermlne '*^^|!j{ feeling all m one! It's i ft Revlon's sensational new212 words
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Advertisement81 1949-07-05 2 SALE NOW oi FRESH COLLECTION A REDUCED prices 82 1, BRAS BASAH ROAD (y Ucrr 278. Orchard Road Phone 4 74R Suitable and attractivt Dresses and < the Ra 18 BtttCn Kd. Si;. i JL. if ~^*^-i f FOUNDATION GARMENTS The lithe line of good desi; MODEL 3387 HOOKSIDE GIRDLE81 words
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Miscellaneous187 1949-07-05 2 I LUCKY STAR nuRX today, you have that rather unusual combination of the artistic temperament and talent combined with a high drgree of good, common sense. You u ill undoubtedly have an interesting ami varied life and it can prove a highly succrssful one if you make full use of187 words
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Miscellaneous12 1949-07-05 2 Solution To Crossword No. 731 [Rli s kieTdm fill l M 6)12 words
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Miscellaneous106 1949-07-05 2 F.P. €*ctsswovd No. 1%% i I I [T~] I |5 14 I J5 j |6 I i g iHi3 1 j. ||4 15~ X^ i§ pi7 isl r if ~~2r~2i" 50] 51 32 [~35 I mb~^lt~ J I LJ 1-1 MINI i i tit:. v. j. 1 Ancient vel 7106 words
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Article364 1949-07-05 3 Smuggling on a large-scale dei'arod war on the wily smugglers who t*^ estimated lbs. of narcotics across j quantity is the yield of about 25,000 m opium and hashhish m Syria, Transjordan, says General Monsef teuard commander.- Every province of iring Arab states has itsA.P. - 364 words
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Article57 1949-07-05 3 WAITER SLEW 15, FOR FUN' BAR-OLD Gerln jail girl, je mayor rier. Rudolf 14 wick hould Gorifter from th€ British zone. .appen like this: girl eropt. ierejrowth of ir Brunsi.:i. he m up and fraulde you past tards." iull '^c girl Pieil m the nen— Pleil to ;e colours tives57 words
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Article92 1949-07-05 3 rydlE Japanese National Rail- A way Workers' Union has demanded that the Government withdraw Its "arbitrary mass discharge plan under wnich 100.000 raihnen are to be dismissed at the end of July. The aim of the "discharge plan is to reduce Government expenses by cutting downU.S. - 92 words
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Article26 1949-07-05 3 Antonio Pallante, 24-vc-ur-old Sicilian youth, was sentenced to 13 years and fight months' Imprisonment for tTying to assassinate the Communist leader, Palmiro Togliattl. U.P.26 words
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Article104 1949-07-05 3 SNYDER TALKS TO BEGIN THE L\S. Secretary of the 1 Treasury, Mr. John Snvder, who has arrived In Parts. will meet his British and French counterparts this week but will not discus* the recently settled intra-European payments dispute. The Marshall Aid roving Ambassador In Europe, Mr. ,Averell Harriman, said Mr.Reuter - 104 words
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Article84 1949-07-05 3 WELSH surnames are a headache to compilers of the elector's lists at Burry Port, where the Council Ls pressing for them to be based on geographical divisions, with houses listed m sequence and electors' names shown opposite. Existing register contains 331 Davieses, including 21 with84 words
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Article334 1949-07-05 3 BURMA, m spite of the efforts she Is making to keep her rice exports going, is this year likely to lose her place as the "world's largest exporter of rice?" The "rice bowl of Asia," is likely to be Slam. It is known that BUra'l riceReuter - 334 words
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Article307 1949-07-05 3 RUTH fS 'ACCEPTED' T*HERE was a gasp and then a hush as Seretse x Khama, 27-year-old Oxford law student, lose at the Serowe, Bechuanaland palaver ai.d angrily challenged his 6,000 tribes. "Stand up those who will not accept my wife/* he shouted. One orReuter - 307 words
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Article47 1949-07-05 3 Protest on Soviet firing rE Western representative at the four-power Air bat ety Centre m Berlin pro- j tested to their Soviet oppos- ite number against ground- I to-air firing, air-to-air firing j and practice bombing m the i Allied air corridors to Berlin, i Reuter. I47 words
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Article, Illustration42 1949-07-05 3 The British Foreign Secretary, Mr Ernest Bevin, (left) and the United States Secretary of State, Mr. Dean Acheson, caught m the lift together m the French Foreign office after conferning with the French Foreign Minister, M. Robert Schumann.42 words
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Article1162 1949-07-05 3 GREGPRU BAXTER - MURDER Could Not Kill GREGPRU BAXTER G2H T/ie awry su rat of/ieiwood Dexter, U.S business' man. v $hot dead while driving with his daughter Laurette Dexter, near Mar~ bit Arch, London at mid" night. Robin Foster an arttst sees the <iller run from Dexter's saloon to a nearby limousine but1,162 words
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Article72 1949-07-05 3 A VIOLENT campaign has n begun In the Hamburg press against the dismantling of the Blohm and Vosa shipyards, where many of German warships and liners were built. The dismantling has been going on for long time but lour of Hnmburcr five l^u's- j papers have72 words
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Article85 1949-07-05 3 WITH ban clnsrd and troops on hind M<-xlr went to the polls to elect 147 member r a new .;hamb* r of Depu' Political observers had no doubt that the official Par v of Revolutionary Institution would regain contn 1 <>f Chamber vrith a lar-;«-Reuter - 85 words
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Article, Illustration67 1949-07-05 3 Louis *>«», a ronvirt scrying a life term m Sing Sine prison, recently submitted to blood exrhmge with a girl suffering from leukemia, a rare dise-.ise of the blo.>d whirh is usually fatal. Th girl died later. I>oi tors .«•-*> it will be months before it i* known whether Boy67 words
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Article68 1949-07-05 3 SOVIET zonn polio fa closed the Glienlckor bridge over a main road Unking West Berlin and the surrounding Russian zon»* to nil looc' and vehicular traffic because ol 'technical dirlirultieB and necessary repair vork." West 3crlin Police Headquarters announced. A barrier, hastily erected at theReuter - 68 words
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Article28 1949-07-05 3 A preparatory committee for the formation of an •ociatton for the stu ly of ncv» I laws for China has been formed m Peiping- ReuterReuter - 28 words
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Article324 1949-07-05 3 YARBOROIUH - YARBOROIUH By The laws prescribe penalties for irregularities m bid* or plays but not for improprieties In connection with these Forty of these improprieties (listed afU-r the laws) can be posted up m every cardroom to prevent recurrence of offences (which. Incidentally, axe m nearly all cases324 words
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Advertisement36 1949-07-05 3 5 W FILING CABINETS flWfjr. COUP) IE CROWNING GLORY to look it beautiful you U) attain ■-■■cc that .air can 111 r style? v on Nl 3339 f >% i^'T Vlo c.^ 0 1 books from -riU36 words
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Advertisement78 1949-07-05 3 LOU PREAGER AND fS HIS ORCHESTRA Jr^^A COLUMBIA RECORDS Sj3t£ HANO ON THE BELL. BELLl*— Quick-Step ON THE s.4*— Quickstep FB 3486 THE DREAMER— S^.T. YOU'RE STILL THE ONLY OIRL— WaIU FB J472 LILETTE. Q 8 MANANA. Samba FB 3**"i DORIS DAY BUDDY CLARK OANCE BALLERINA DANCE— < Buddy Clark)78 words
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Miscellaneous383 1949-07-05 3 CTIJOJ1 POPP music by Bob Crosby Orchestra ;BBC> 11.45 Music lor th« dlN^KirUKL Ruth Berman. Close of Day 1 ia.00 Close Down. (BLUE NETWORK; J!lT!r v 484 and 41.7 metres. BFEBS (Singapore) AUSTRALIA Emergency news from K.L. > at a.m. (Including B.B.C. Relaj) 16. 19 £5. and 31 Metres. TODAY383 words
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681 1949-07-05 4 WHATEVER the reasons-' the Municipal Commissioners had m turning down a previously approved c<mtract for renewing certain of Singapore's principal roads the effect is plain and simple. The roads, already through years of neglect In a poor condition, will get worse and681 words
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Article1308 1949-07-05 4 Don Iddon's Diary ATLANTIC CITY: AT first it seemed just like Chicago all over again. There were the brochures handed to me by the smiling hotel clerk: "Colossal. Gigantic, Stupendous. Eighth wonder of the world. We have the world's biggest and longest board-walk, the greatest collection of hotels, the best1,308 words
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Article489 1949-07-05 4 These Turks want to stay British By J. L. HAYS NICOSIA, Cyprus. SMALLEST— and probably the most contented —minority under British rule anywhere m the world is the 80.000--strong Turkish community of this British Colonial island. Although the Cypriot Turks are divided from their hom.ir.nd by only 40 miles of489 words
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368 1949-07-05 4 By ROBERT S. ALLEN T^HE keel of the sns- pended 65,000-ton super-aircraft carrier may be used to build the largest merchant ship m the world. It was learned authoritatively that the U S. Maritime Commission is seriously considering using the keel of the discarded carrier368 words
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Article, Illustration662 1949-07-05 4 A. C. S. TEBBITT - The Fighting 'Kipper Snacks' A. C. S. TEBBITT By INSPIRED by the awe with which the famed regiments of the Brigade of Guards, the Colclst reams, the Grenadiers, Scots, Welsh and Irish, are looked upon throughout the world, India is planning to form her own Guards Brigade. The brain-child of662 words
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Advertisement27 1949-07-05 4 WEDDING GIFTS In SILVER OR E. P. N.S kbHsH 2wl -3*l Mr 'fi*<S sUj t a 'St *B 51 U S. de SUVA Jewellers 106. ORCHARD ROAD27 words
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Advertisement61 1949-07-05 4 r PUT THESE IN THEIR SATCHELS FOR LUNCH AT SCHOOL BREAD BUNS c They are sat just split them someth Children love the m loa Cold STOIAS BAKEXj^ COCONUT GROV f BACHELOR HOTEL < FIRST CLASS B^V B LIC OPEN TO THE LARGE SINGLE K c NOW AVA J jJJsiUE61 words
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Article, Illustration64 1949-07-05 5 i on.sJl, spra^..ig at i.ie „heon part) given by the Sinu^pore Filipino As1M celebration <»f the third anniversary of the it Republic yesterday. Others m the picture from Benin, wife of the president of iation Dr. W'u Paak Shinr, the Chinese Consul- Hrs J Hamlin, Mr. P A. B. McKerron.Free Press - 64 words
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Article61 1949-07-05 5 PICK months of planning and overcoming techd production difficulties, officers and air- 11 S ion, Tengah, have perfected the enity, a broadcasting system of n, linking each barrack block on the unit. idio was re-decorated c appearance of an studio. A large stock of s61 words
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Article147 1949-07-05 5 PRISON FOR SPECIAL CONSTABLES 1 rer Press Staff Reporter RAUB. Men. MR B v Rhodes. Session* Court President. Pahang. sentenced two former special constables Awang Kenit bin Buiai. 21. and Yakob bin Abdul Karim. 26, each to yea;, rigorous imprisonment fcr consorting, with band. The two men's appearance m court147 words
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Article, Illustration16 1949-07-05 5 picture. HILL Street Police Station and Barracks, which is having its wartime camouflage removed. Free PressFree Press - 16 words
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Article, Illustration550 1949-07-05 5 House surgeons or physicians pfts t /ree Press Staff Reporter fOR the first time since the war, the Malayan or "i, !se r Y' ces w i» appoint house surgeons or house physicians m hospitals or other government medical institutions m Malaya Medical graduates from theFree Press - 550 words
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Article145 1949-07-05 5 SARAWAK CHINESE HIT Free Press hines« Correspondent THERE are signs Of deteiio--1 ration m Chinese economic conditions U) Sarawak owing lo tne ousmess recession, according to the Chinese Consul la Kuchhv?. Dr. Chen Ying-yun. Dr Chen is m Singapore to consult with the Chinese Co-isui-General, D:; \v Paak-shing, on the145 words
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Article115 1949-07-05 5 PENANG, Mon. THE First Magistrate. Mr J P Blackledge, today held that because of their "carelessness some pawnbrokers who had relied on identity cards instead of re ceipts should not bo given any restitution for nine bicycles pawned o them. The bicycles formed the Mibiecf r f nine115 words
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Article261 1949-07-05 5 ROBBERY AT SEA ALLEGED Fr.<- Pr( ss Sv r «iopo*ti k r KUALA LUMPUR, Mon. SEVEN Chinese. described by the defending counsel, Mr. A. J. Bell "as aliens" to- day appeared m the Selan^oT Supreme Court, before Mr.) Justice Russell ciir\r^t --d wica gang robbery. The Chinese Ngiew Sin Hup.261 words
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Article52 1949-07-05 5 Closing limes for posting surface m;i!!s al the G.P.O. .n?: to N. Sumatra, Pontlanaki a. India, and China i except Hoi j Hoy noon, and to Siam: 6p m. I No surface mails are expected to arrive today, Amendment to June airmail leaflet: Page 0, col fi. dtiete Sunday52 words
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Article, Illustration304 1949-07-05 5 rjMPOUNDING powers under an emergency re- I gulation were being used to good effect, said the Otflcer-in-charge of the Traffic Branch. Kuala Lumpur. Mr. G. C. Grace, who is leavins Kuala Lumpur for South Africa on six months' leave tomorrow. Mr. Grace said outstation motoristsP.R. - 304 words
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Article306 1949-07-05 5 tree Press Staff Reporter T^HE face of Singapore is changing, and all over the A city its landmarks are assuming new aspects that wipe away the memories of the occupation. The latest building to be cleaned of camouflage which the Japanese laid on when the first306 words
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Article85 1949-07-05 5 A BILL to requisition empty houses m Singapore, which the Singapore Municipal Com mission »r>» have asked Mr. P. J. John-on (Labour— Norih Ward) to draft, may be ready for presentation to the Commissioners at the end of this month. Mr. Johnson «ol<l th c Free85 words
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Article22 1949-07-05 5 KLUANO. Mon. Syed Ali was fined $20 lor driving his car negligently at mile 45. Johore .Bahru-Ayer rtam -^^ad.22 words
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Article201 1949-07-05 5 Taximen may look for new jobs F. P. Chinese Correspondent OWNERS ol 186 taxis of pre--1945 manufacture taken off the roads on July 1 h/»ve been permitted to apply i >r renewal of their licences icre the cnr of the current montl provided they on take to replace their old201 words
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Article83 1949-07-05 5 Free Press Staff Xi poilrr PENANG Moil At- IKR hi am. t the prowtutlnf on Si nioi mapi ctor c. J Dr. the Sessions Court Pi Mr. M R F Rofiors, refused to accep* tli^ guilty plea of a merchant Tan| Thre T accused m a civ83 words
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Advertisement61 1949-07-05 5 WOCA PRINTED HAIRCORD 'V I n p Ecv $2/ PER YARD Kams FLORAL RAYON SPUN A ND HEAVY LINEN W P Lra N BEAUTIFUL ASI N G DESIGNS R.Sum|W V Co. I 'NCAPOre fnuPHONE 5214 I Hav c you tried our light lunches: Club sandwiches are a xpecialitv ■T l^g61 words
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Advertisement124 1949-07-05 5 PERFUMES Iho romantic r\W ****fi Perfumes is unmi- <~\ JHfc6*il stakable, and i) r"' shared by women J^kJ (LJf lKfeiklP' and noble Poise WKk everywhere m [J&J AfiS&Km '^S the world. A by YARDLEY d 111 PERFUMES "Bond Street Perfumes Sizes: j oz. 1 oz. "Orchis" Perfumes Sizes' oz. 1124 words
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Article491 1949-07-05 6 London Stock Exchange Anglo-Malay 5/6 piyHl^Ti/i. 15/. Jugra Land 6/6 Krpong (2/-) 1/3 Linggl (2/-) 1/9 Rubber Trust 13/6 Seden&fc Utd. Sua Betofi* 84/TINS Ampat 2/9 /3 Ay. Hitam 22/Hongkong (5/-) 10 8 Ipoto a&/»> 22/6 Kamunxing (5 8/9 +/3 Ix>ndon Ord (5->3'lH Malayan 15/-)491 words
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Article101 1949-07-05 6 OVERCHARGING In Singapore coffee shops has been common since the lifting of control on the price of coffee drinks a fortnight ago. The Singapore Price Controller, J»lr. A. D. ButlerMadden, yesterday warned that Government may reimpose price control should overcharging continue. Weekly reports on coffee shops101 words
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Article51 1949-07-05 6 Malaya exported 2.891 tons of tin metal In June: 2.400 tons to America. 255 tons to British possessions, and 225 tons to Europe. The-jrumula-tlve total of export* up to June was 26.031 ton&. The corresponding figure for 1948 was 22.965. md for the previous year 12.47/51 words
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Article, Illustration50 1949-07-05 6 rftfiE Financial Adviser, far c***t Air forces, Mr. i* T^Tideswell, who was awarded the OAK. m the Kin* > last Birthday Honours, is lea vine Singapore to take up office as Financial Adviser, Middle East Ah* Forces. Hewts entertained at a dinner party last Friday by his staff.— Mobile Fhoto50 words
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Article306 1949-07-05 6 KUALA LUMPUR, Monday. RUBBER tappers and Chinese squatters are turning to padi-growing m increasing numbers m Selangor, according to Government officials stationed at Kuala Selangor, where 15,000 acres of land are being* converted into padi fields. There has also been a steady flow of Malay306 words
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Article131 1949-07-05 6 THE newly formed Singapore i 1 Workers' Trade Union Congress wili meet shortly to put the organisation on a proper footing, states Mr. R. K. Samy, chairman of the Congress* Interim committee. Such a T.U.C., when consolidate, would study the working conditions of workers and all131 words
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Article44 1949-07-05 6 Free Pres* Staff Reporter KUALA LUMFUR. Mon. A EUROPEAN chartered accountant. Kfc:. Clifford Arthur Whitchurch. was found shot dead In hU home m Lower Ampang Road. Kuala Lumpur early this morning Po- lice say there Is no question o1 1 foul play.44 words
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Article1561 1949-07-05 6 FORM GUIDE FO* TOMO»Pnu, Free Press Racing Correspondent DAKOTA, one of the most improved MffMi v training, Is the best form selection for tomorrow's races at Bukit Timah. This is the first time he is running m ihe to| class but his victory m Kuala Lumpur1,561 words
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Article84 1949-07-05 6 OHIPB In port Alongside the I Singapoi-e Harbour Board] wharves yesterday (fodowna In brackeu > were Main Wharf: Booiu* (11-SSt. Tonghal tSS-a^^. T^nUkhM <3«--37 1. Radnorshire <l& -39). Castlevlllr < 42-43 >. West Wharl Kumpar <4-5», Steel Seafarer (6-7). Slotrrdljk »8-9», Rajula Ul-12>. Empire Dock: Tkauna < 19-2OV84 words
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Advertisement19 1949-07-05 6 M# 1 IS !T FOR peadße*! NORMAN LAWlfl* Pre^nU hi. popular 1 s/%T C| RAFFLES HOTf FRANK PICKFORD HISORC^19 words
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Miscellaneous165 1949-07-05 6 Maiidr2ke E*c/u«i»v the Singapore Free Hrern* m Malnya H (Ml MAX MMSEt/ AMSI9LE IO YOU I Umm-OCREK FAOZC «tU DIOMA6IC I |MY BAOTMM/ .n-.orr,. B aiM --6UTNO?TDM€. H€*S MOT HWfc. I itX'.^LOTHARf r—^L fTi STUff, UKE YOU/ WEM A JOB MANOftAKE.rTEUYOUI [NaHARDA- OUR W«D HAS FLOWM-'THWOMSW \f^ S VWOH^ITj 0W165 words
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Article, Illustration325 1949-07-05 7 BRIGHT EYES SHOWS HER SPEED Runs 2 furlongs m 25V2 seconds Free Press Racing Correspondent BRIGHT EYES (Jones) put m an outstandin gallop at Bukit Timah this morning, whe she clocked 25} seconds for two furlongs m sprint down the straight. This gallant mar was full of running and m325 words
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Article396 1949-07-05 7 IyOKCESTEKSHIKE, showing much better all- round form than Northamptonshire, had little difficulty m winning inside two days and so returning to the head of the county championship table. The ali-spin attack of Jenkins, Howorth and Jackson was too much for the Northants batsmen, apart from396 words
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Article, Illustration136 1949-07-05 7 i ea for today m V.M C.A. tennis tourney are: Opi-n pen's doubles: Ong Bee and Lim Hee Chin Tan Joo Lim and R" Lim; S. A. Dawood and A. G. !i P ikir vs. Tan Eng Wan and i Eng Lock. B. Mayor and W O. Priestley136 words
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Article381 1949-07-05 7 Eurasians drop point to Navy Eurasians 1; Royal Navy 1. DLAYINC without Ferroa. Van Huizen and Peters, the Eurasian? failed to maintain their winning sequence, cropping their first point m for games to the Royal Navy m th* S.A.F.A. Inter-Com-munity competition at Jalan Besar Stadium last evening. They had only381 words
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Article23 1949-07-05 7 BORNEO Motors S.C. beat C.V.M.A. 3-1 m a Junior B, Group I League soccer fixture at Oeylang Stadium yeserday.23 words
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Article177 1949-07-05 7 OXFORD 156 BEHIND AT Lord's Cambridge h outplayed Oxford dvi ftrst two days of the Unimatcn. They m: de the Dnrk Blues follow on 190 behind and today Oxford need 156 to avoid an Innings defeat with all wickets m hond. One of their three South Africans, Hofmeyr, pave aReuter - 177 words
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Article74 1949-07-05 7 MARKSMEN from India were taking part m the National Rifle Association's annual shoot which opened at Bisley yesterday Commonwealth and Colonial entries are bigger thnn for several years. Marksmen from Canada, Australia. South Africa. New Zealand, the Gold Coast, Sin^anore. Tanganyika, K-nva -md British Guiana74 words
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Article25 1949-07-05 7 up -n »ff the he .sly ing •he Richard .send I made ell and A P MEETING jil\!lll!IU)W the a- a 1II SPORTS25 words
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11 1949-07-05 7 THE MOTOR VEHICLES (COMMERCIAL USE) REGULATIONS for H l> 1949 •RESS11 words
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Article, Illustration40 1949-07-05 7 I.on-champs II (E. Donnelly) just holds off Natural (Harper) m the seven -furlons; race for Class 1. *>™ J "»rses at Bukit Timah on Saturday. Ecliptic (Woods) s a s*ron» third and Clynor (J. Donnelly) fourth. _ir-^« Press picture.40 words
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Article141 1949-07-05 7 GOOD badminton Lj anticipated when the IferrMale Party of Ku^la Lumpur meets the Sin Crrw Badminton Party of ipoh nr th° Chinese Assembly Hall here on Sunday, July 10. Some of thf> best player* m Peraic and Selangor will be participating and the home side141 words
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Article, Illustration29 1949-07-05 7 picture. Alphonso, the Kurasinns' goalkeeper, gets his hands to a lob m yesterday's Inter-Community League soccer at Jalan Besar stadium. Tho Eurasians and Royal Navy drew one-all.— Free PressFree Press - 29 words
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Article85 1949-07-05 7 THE heats for the Singapore Recreation Club sports will be run off on Thursday at 5 p.m. The events will be: 100 yards dash. 220 yards dash long Jump high Jump, pole vault, throwing the javelin, putting the shot, throwing the cricket ball and 120 yards85 words
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Article66 1949-07-05 7 THE 32nd annual athletic sports of St. Andrew's School will be heM on Wednesday, Aup.ust 3. at 230 p.m. on the School ground There will be three events for Old Boys: 100 yards, halfmile for under 40's and halfmile walk for over 40't. Entries for the 10066 words
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Article110 1949-07-05 7 These two bowled throughout the Innings of 4* 4 hours and well deserved their five wickets apiece. Gloucestershire started well m their second hfinlngi, but during the tea Interval ratal fell and delayed the resumption for over an hour. The batsmen found conditions difficult against the spin bowlers110 words
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Article44 1949-07-05 7 PUTHRIEP. SC, XI i| U Municipal Stoves XI m a I friendly ai Farrcr Park this evenIng will be: Darwell; Andrew I Chun I ma.i; G sraan (capt.), I Bum WU ek Kirn J.ifTar. Guth Meld S.C. on Thursday r 1 Pork44 words
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Article178 1949-07-05 7 BRILLIANT G7 over the Sandwich course l>v Harry Bradshaw, the 36-year-old Irish professional, provided a last-minute thrill to a rather featureless day's golf m the first qualifying round of the British open golf championship yesterday. The qualifying round was playod over the sundrenched Sandwich and nearby178 words
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Article164 1949-07-05 7 Overseas players cump r f ely dominated play Tt Deal, where Locke -\n-l Bwlla Rharad with Antonia Ccdi. o Arj nluia. Frank stian-h-n. me Ainerlcan fmateur. iDd Britain'! Max Fulkner were 1 ;ust bahind them on the 71 no Generally q n^ en both courses w*s unexp-;;i.e.-ly164 words
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Article42 1949-07-05 7 The following xill reprc on* otal b.p. 8.P., at Hai py World urn at 7 p.m. tomorrow: Robert J.im. Cfforge T;in Chua, Teo Kok Hwee, Ts m On«? Kcih B On* B-.»n? Poo, Lim Hu Bcng and Wee Teck Van.42 words
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176 1949-07-05 7 Donnelly flogs bowling when last man in If ARTIX Donnelly, the New Zealand left-hander, i? played a remarkable innings m giving his side .1 lead of 20 against Gloucestershire at Bristol yesterday. In reply to Gloucestershire's first-inning total of 232, the tourists were all out for Iff. Bj the close176 words
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Article155 1949-07-05 7 Gloucester Ist I?>2 New Zealand Ist Inns. SulclitTe lbu Cook 3t Rabone c Allf-n b Cook IT RHd r I n.meth b Goddaid 19 Hurke Ibu b < o«'k II Donnelly r Milton b Goddard K9 Hadlee Ihw Goddird 41 Wallace c Ernmeth b Goddard 1 Mooney c \ll*n155 words
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Article72 1949-07-05 7 rE Royal Singap..:, < < July Medal rom: 1 1 (StabU'ford) was plavrd at I Tlmah op. Saturdi Sum :.:r>c and re ult d Win for A T Aird In J. "B" Di 0! U "A" I Biin (II nir 1 MF IR C B A MH;72 words
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Article28 1949-07-05 7 GEE YEW WIN 4 -3 »t«he Oee Yew table I team beat B v B.ihru C.V.M.A. by four nmn ito thret ;:i a ma eh t last week.28 words
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Advertisement16 1949-07-05 7 px W SHOWING Hv i c" Pm Serial o f 3nS< op Thrills! I 1(7 f16 words
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Advertisement233 1949-07-05 7 HERE 15 THAT LOVEABLE, LIKEABLE. LAUGHABLE GUY DANNY KAYE. OPENS TODAY Ifll/AM ||l|_ 1(0 ill rilUn onUWo IJair conditiowedJ x J 2-4. 15-6.30-9. 30 p.m. phone 6903 nui cmmu i ■iNimwiri wii am MEXT CHANCE A Rare Emotion-I Experience. wS MICHELINE GERARD 56 PRESLE PHILIPS %y Q MACNIUCtMT »,.r.<h 'LE233 words
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Article216 1949-07-05 8 Vyshinsky on the way out? NEW YORK, Tues. MR. ANDREI VYSHINSKY, who was appointed Soviet Foreign Minister on March 4, is now "on the way out," the United Nations World Magazine says. The magazine which Ls devoted to international affairs but has no official connection with the United Nations, saysReuter - 216 words
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Article31 1949-07-05 8 Legislation has been introduced m the U.S. Congress to permit $4,000,000 of Economic Co-operation Administration money to be used to aid 3,700 Chinese students In America.- A.P.A.P. - 31 words
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Article24 1949-07-05 8 The Strasbourg-Paris express train was derailed at Demoermeal yesterday. First reports said five persons were killed anrj about 12 were Injured.24 words
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277 1949-07-05 8 WALLACE TELLS SENATE NEW YORK, Tuesday. Vf R. HENRY WALLACE, pro-Russian leader of the Progressive Party, yesterday wrote to every \merican senator urging rejection of the North Atlantic Pact because of the world economic crisis. The Senate begins its debate on ratification of the pact277 words
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Article82 1949-07-05 8 THE Soviet periodical Culture and Lif? has criticised a Russian historian who pictured United States foreign policy as peace loving m the period 1918-1939. The historian, Prof. L. Zubok, who recently published his course of lectures on current history covering the period between the firstA.P. - 82 words
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Article42 1949-07-05 8 An official communique announcing a devaluation of the Finnish mark yesterday said that the new exchange rates would be 646 marks to the sterling and 160 marks to the dollar. The old rat* was 547 marks to the Reuter ReuterReuter - 42 words
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Article, Illustration55 1949-07-05 8 Field Marshal Montgomery told the nurses of the Royal Eye Hospital. Surbiton that he had searched Europe to set them the largest box of chocolates he could find. Here he is handing out chocolates from the box to an apprrciative group of nurses. Monty had just opened ft new Nurses'55 words
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267 1949-07-05 8 U.S. leaders hit at Russia U.S. leaders hit at Russia NEW YORK, Tuesday. AMERICAN military leaders, m Independence Day addresses yesterday, said that Communist expansion m Europe had been halted by America's growing military strength and that "the aggressor, who was once our friend, is now on the defence." PledgesReuter - 267 words
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Article71 1949-07-05 8 CHATTANOOGA (Term.), Tuesday. PENDING m circuit court here is a divorce suit which may end one of the shortest romances on record. The two principals met at 8 o'clock one night, counsel said. At 8.30 thfy went across the State line and were married m Georgia. The71 words
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Article69 1949-07-05 8 Nationalist China's newest "silver yuan" notes, were issued yesterday and have been evaluated at 1.75 per US$l and 3.72 per £1. announced thp Finance Minister Mr. Shu Kan, In Canton Mr. Shu said at a press conference that the new issue was fully backed with Government69 words
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Article54 1949-07-05 8 /COMMUNISTS In Central Yj Burma were reported yesterday to be seizins: sold stocks as the Burmese army advances upon the Red stronghold of Pylnmana. The military communique said the army had cleared road-blocks as far as Thathon. a Communist strongpoint midway between the railway town ofA.P. - 54 words
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135 1949-07-05 8 LONDON, Tues. THE index of South African gold mining shares on the London Stock Exchange yesterday reached a new high mark for the year. After falling to a low point ol 711 In January, the index rv«e Irregularly to 84.7 In April, fellReuter - 135 words
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Article132 1949-07-05 8 LONDON. Tuesday. rE Western Deputy For eign Ministers woxttlng on an Austrian peace treaty yesterday refused to accept a Russian demand for detailed and specific guarantees of minority rights to the Croat and Slovene peoples In south Austria. They said they had to refer the newU.P. - 132 words
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Article75 1949-07-05 8 TOHE latest thing m apartment house eleyators is our m. without buttons which goes up or down when you lire it the word— ln English or French. A model of the electronically -controlled lilt was demonstrated by an engineering firm m Montreal. When a pretty girlA.P.; U.P. - 75 words
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Article65 1949-07-05 8 'J'HE new U. 3. Ambassador to Russia Mr. Alc^n Kirk, presenting hLj credentials to President Nikolai Shvernik yesterday said he would u-ork towards increasing frtendship between the United Spates and the Soviet Union "It Is with a full sense of honour and of responsibility bestowedA.P. - 65 words
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Article20 1949-07-05 8 Almost 25.000 German prisoners-of-war were sent home from the Soviet Union during June, the Russians assert.- U.P.U.P. - 20 words
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Article122 1949-07-05 8 ASPEN (Colorado), Tuesday. THE British poet Stephen Spender said here that Goethe's poetry was superior to Shakespeare "m 1 its creation of imagery." Addressing the Goethe Convocation meeting In Aspen to celebrate the 2OOth anniversary of the German port's death. Spender said, "Goethe gives us amazinglyA.P. - 122 words
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Article324 1949-07-05 8 Blockade to continue LONDON, Tuesday. T^HE Chinese Nationalist (io\ eminent m Canton, m its reply to the British nohprotesting against the Nationalist blockade Red-held China, it is learned here, shows no sign of backing down from its move to rim China's seaports. It is understood tnatA.P. - 324 words
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Article39 1949-07-05 8 Princess Elizabeth took up official residence yesterday in her own home Her personal standard was flown in front of Clarence House where she will live with her husband Prince Philip, and son. Prince Charles. A.P.A.P. - 39 words
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134 1949-07-05 8 AFGHANS NOT RECOGNISING DURAND LINE KARACHI. I\. A FGHANISTAN cogrlsc the D —the frontier tv I Afghanistan and Pakistan v an International boundar cording to the Prrsid^rv Afghan Parllan The President, who v. plying to an addn ss by X Mohammed Zahir B ing the Assembly hr\nistan did n<>! anyReuter - 134 words
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Article10 1949-07-05 8 Big ship tie-Up in Italy ends I I I I10 words
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Article11 1949-07-05 8 US racket is back in S'hai r i 1 M A.P.A.P. - 11 words
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Advertisement464 1949-07-05 8 BIBTH AUSTIN: On 3rd July, fit P^ingsai Hospital. to Minnie Rosaline, \iife of Douglas Austin, ,m Railway, a daughter, n Maigarrt M\RRIAGE TCJB marriage will take place en Tth July, 1949, between rid 9.00 a.m. at 388 General Hospital Quarters. Singapore, of Mr M. Alagasundram. Signal Inspector, Taniong Mnllm, brother-in-law464 words
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Miscellaneous99 1949-07-05 8 HIGH TIDES Today: 5 11 am, 10 p.m Tomoarow 7.14 am 7 05 p.m. THE SAINT by Leslie Charteris <MH f fl^ r QV/ ISWT GOWO TO X...BES<OeS,IW NOT UX/9W AwrTWIN& UP V.. rfLL JU»T AC 4<;sl4MFO U T \^^^Bk I AST MUCW UXGK, BUTTON JT^JE'SAiMT PULLED TWJS JOB R»99 words
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