The Singapore Free Press, 26 October 1949
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Title Section19 1949-10-26 1 The Singapore Free Press LARGEST AFTERNOON SALE IN MALAYA Ej* n.«»- SINGAPORE, WEDNESDAY, OCTOBER 26, 1949. PKH'E II) (KNIS19 words
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Article, Illustration279 1949-10-26 1 Strings are attached rruv m L P ND f ON Wednesday. X«E Ministry of Supply last night issued interim details of the basis on which it will buy Malayan tin and Nigerian tin ore during the period between September 19, sterling devaluation day, andter " R*U - 279 words
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Article188 1949-10-26 1 A rubber buyer hits out J7 m to the Editor V^TERDAYS front page I leadftory drawing attenton'to the misdeeds of rubber packers m neighbouring Munfries gave a somewhat pression. m that your nesleoted to say that ked Siamese shippers ar.y cases subsidiaries lyan firms whose inns are carried out to188 words
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Article31 1949-10-26 1 Free Press Staff Reporter A patrol of the 1/6 Gurkhas engaged five bandits m the Kuala Lipis area of Pahang. killing one and wounding two. who managed to escape.31 words
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Article175 1949-10-26 1 LONDON, Tuesday. yHE southward advance of the Chinese ComL munists is facilitating the establishment of Russian air bases that can bring the whole of Southern Asia within an effective bombing radius, British intelligence sources said today The sources said that Russia had already established atU.P. - 175 words
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140 1949-10-26 1 WASHINGTON. Wed. 1 'GRADUAL and orderly reduction" of the Greek army and the withdrawal of 3.00U British troops now stationed m Salonika, Greece, are now under consideration, diplomatic sourceshave disclosed. The British military mission training Greek troops is not affected. These quarters said140 words
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Article98 1949-10-26 1 Free Press Staff Reporter UORE than *20 Chines* took part m a gang light m Clyde Terrace yesterday afternoon/resulting m serious injuries to two men. Both the men were sent to the General Hospital with head injuries caused by the use of bakau firewood as98 words
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Article46 1949-10-26 1 Free Press staff Reporter pOLICE and military force:* yesterday arrested 62 Chinese members of a kongsl m the Kota Tinggi area, r or s\^pected collaboration with bandits who had bee:, encamped near the kongsi. The police later released 19 Chinese after interrogation.46 words
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Article61 1949-10-26 1 Free Press btaft Reporter Singapore Police want to contact the person or persons who lost a Memla camera, a pair of black binoculars, and two "Parker 51. fountain pens, at Changi Beach (probably within the RA.F. area) some time last month. The stolen property li now with61 words
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Article108 1949-10-26 1 OAK RIDGE, TENNESSEE, Wed. THE United States Atomic Energy Commission yesterday confirmed plans lor a $30p,000,000 expansion of Its atom bomb making facilities. The announcement said President Truman had authorised the Commission to use the amount from Its presently appropriated funds to '"■xnanrj oroduction capacityReuter - 108 words
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107 1949-10-26 1 Free Press Staff Reporter 4 CTING on information, Singapore police this morning went to a house m Lavender Street and m a small room found a Tamil woman, about 45 years of age, lying dead. She was lying spreadeagled T>n the floor and had been107 words
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Article110 1949-10-26 1 Free Press Staff Reporter THE chairman of the fifth session of ECAFE, Sir Feroze Khan Noon, this morning announced that if three items under discussion *ere not completed this afternoon, it might be necessary to resume the session at 8.30 this evening. This evening the delegates110 words
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Article19 1949-10-26 1 Only about 20.000 Jews will be left m Germany by the end q* next year.— A.P.19 words
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Article83 1949-10-26 1 LONDON, Wed. DOLICE all over Britain are 1 on the lookout for the gangsters who stabbed a London car dealer, Stanley Setty, seven times and chopped off his head and legs. Setty's mutilated body was found In an Essex marsh last week, 20 days aft*r he83 words
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Article36 1949-10-26 1 Free Pr*ss Staff Reporter Fires were raging and a pot of rice still cooking m a bandit camp m the Pengerang district discovered by a platoon of the Engineering Training Corps.36 words
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Article, Illustration37 1949-10-26 1 picture. Wearing a colourful hat. Jinggot, a Oyak chieftain arrived m Singapore yesterday with two other chieftains to visit the Commissioner-General. Mr. Malcolm Mac Donald. and Dr. H. B. Amstuti. head of the Methodist Mission.— Free PressFree Press - 37 words
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Article64 1949-10-26 1 LONDON, Wed. THE British Comet the world's first full jet airliner—yesterday split normal flying time by more than half m a "leisurely" 2,980-mile cruise from London to Tripoli and back again at an average speed of 449 miles an hour. Leaving London at dawn, the big64 words
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Article91 1949-10-26 1 LONDON. SIR Harold Scott, Chief of the Metropolitan Police Force, told the Royal Commission on Betting today that cash betting on horses is an ingrained habit of British people and as it cannot be suppressed, the best thin? to do is to legalise it. A large91 words
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Article29 1949-10-26 1 Most of the 4,000 inmates ol Naples Poggigreale prison began a hunger strike yesterday to support demands for an amnesty during the 1950 Holy Year. A .P.A.P. - 29 words
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95 1949-10-26 1 'No 3½ years lost, despite the Japs LUCKNOW, Wed. DESPITE three and halt years' enemy occupation of Malaya when almost all co-operative activity ceased, co-operative societies In Malaya were carrying on "just as if there had Deen no lost years." said Mr. D. J. Surridge the United Kingdom delegation leader,95 words
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Article72 1949-10-26 1 Wanted a psychiatrist WILLIAM Grant Sherry, the artist husband of Bette Davis, said yesterday that he would "do anything m the world to persuade her to drop her divorce suit. He blamed his severe t emper for her surprise divorce suit of last Friday, and said that he was looking72 words
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Article159 1949-10-26 1 BRITAIN TO PROTEST HONG KONG, Wednesday. A DIPLOMATIC protest is likely to be made against the action of foreign military aircraft flying over Hong Kong territory during the past few days, said a British official source here yesterday. The source said the aircraft had been identifiedReuter - 159 words
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268 1949-10-26 1 JHE OPPOSITION last ni^t^b\^RmS£ which will come before Parliament today, calling for a vote of no confidence on the Government's £280,000,000 economy bill. If this motion is approved the Government will be forced to resign and a general election would follow However, m268 words
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Article41 1949-10-26 1 Free Press Staff Reporter DAVID Joseph Benjamin Sassoon was sentenced b., Mr. Justice Brown to six months' rigorous imprisonment and fined a total of 521.400 m the Singapore Supreme Court this morning on six charges unde: the Finance Regulations.41 words
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Advertisement95 1949-10-26 1 XIENTSIW CABLETS OLD CAPITAL W gTAMFOBO ROAD A O*OER YOUR CHRISTMAS TURKEY NOW e x w leason's turkeys have just 1 from Australia so now is the time your order for Christmas. Tell hL Size turke V y° u would like, or many people you expect for Christ--2 and we95 words
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206 1949-10-26 2 Their 'cure' a facia expression A BRAIN malady charac- terized by complete inability to recognize faces, accompanied by an abnor- mal ability to distinguish ■voices, has iust been described m Washington. The .condition is ci^led "prosop agnosia Three cases are described m the quarterly review of Psychiat- I tv and206 words
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Article, Illustration33 1949-10-26 2 TMt tern cotta model boat less than 12 inches long, found In Iraq, is believed to bt Ihe oldest representation Of a boat known to man. It may be 6 000 years old.33 words
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Article1148 1949-10-26 2 Sleep- Walkers Can Be Cured WHAT THE DOCTOR SAYS YOUR very interesting article on split minds which appeared m your Wednesday column makes me want to ask you a question. I have a brother who is 12 years old and he has been suffering from nightmares for a couple of1,148 words
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Article, Illustration112 1949-10-26 2 Little Coin. Qt-jjr.-}, the child Aim •tar, and ""enny, who haa b^cn stolen from her parents, look tl on another wth astonishment. km then Gloria says, Uk» youi monkey." Whist Ptnny and Cl3ri>: p)iy w ti Koni, Clorias rr.other tells the Aim prodieer that she know* wiic.e Penny's p.irenls can112 words
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Article, Illustration385 1949-10-26 2 SCIENTISTS who have carried out nutritional research agree on two points, which seem to condemn the "tea and toast' breakfast: 1 Three meals a day make the body a more efficient machine for doing work (nan two meals. 2 The best way of ensuring an adequate385 words
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Article132 1949-10-26 2 A DRUG which will relieve that morning after feel- ing was recently given both to alcoholics and to patir: with extreme anxiety symptoms. "In eight patients with acute alcoholism, and each with the shakes after prolonged bouts, Myanc decidedly reduced or abolished the grou trein132 words
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Article189 1949-10-26 2 British islands have got into the habit of vanishing and reappearing, said Mr. David Rees-Williams, Parliamentary Undersecretary for the Colonies, m London. He explained: "Falcon Island, m the Tonuar group < Pacific Ocean > has disappeared and reappeared three times. "The last time it reappeared the189 words
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Article112 1949-10-26 2 By A DOCTOR gLOOl) transfusion techni(|ue luis changed a great deal. It is very different now from what it was before the war. Before the war it was necessary to have an individual of the correct blood group present, take the bood and Rivp it112 words
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Article61 1949-10-26 2 FIFTEEN women who 1 Into a London di clinic next monih may k> the first State-sponsored cleaning corps." The women, all over 18 will be the first candidate? m a Government experimental scheme to teeth clean them, and gret patient? ready for extractions. If the experiment61 words
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Miscellaneous406 1949-10-26 2 LMuoAunoc v lh Richard Murdodl and K^n- i;> Metres :."> Metres 31 bINbArUKL I neth Home: 9 Make Believe Bull- \i«# riBK n n ii %i.t.. (BlX'fc NKTWOKK) ran; 9.30 Time Signal News,. md 44 Metres 4XI and 111 metres. 9.4S Recital; 19 Taikiiiu o{ n»o%t Emerteni-v new> rrom XL406 words
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Miscellaneous167 1949-10-26 2 F.P. Crossword No. 826 Mp |> \2 I I irn i i 4 h |6 7 8 uWB- 'W", 15 [n tft il <r..v,i u«u**. mmmmm 4222% m^ mmm mim i 8 19 m v >- '£%S* 2 B H 24 25 Z:l^ Z ii M liiii JH %im <167 words
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111 1949-10-26 3 GREECE MAKES MOVE BACK TO DEMOCRACY Steps towards free Govt. ATHENS, Wednesday. rIR sT step* now being taken m Greece towards a return to the democrat' principles of the -Constitution which were suspended \htaxas dictatorship and then by three years of enemy ution followed by four years of internal civil111 words
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Article35 1949-10-26 3 Mr. Karl Renner, the Austrian President, has now officially instructed Chancellor Leopold Figl to form a new Austrian government. Chancellor Figl, the leader of the Right-wing Peoples Party, will contact Socialist leaders. A.P.A.P. - 35 words
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Article70 1949-10-26 3 THE Indian Constituent Assembly has fixed the salary of thp President of the Indian Republic at Rs 10 000. The salary of the Governor ot a "State" will be Rs. 5.500 the Chief Justice of the Supreme Court will draw Rs 5 000 (£375>. and the70 words
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Article, Illustration171 1949-10-26 3 u&de, aces one .oast In anyThus. North and 4 North* p "p-ning declarer dummy, Mid ace. then own hand o< He rufTed bad piay -.wards unp. 'nsm^ cashed th, spade ace ird*d a fled a rufTed 'a< t to lose rt kinin.- of Neither side vulnerable, youth dealer.171 words
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Article, Illustration126 1949-10-26 3 I lad m Uelsh National costume. Olwen Jeremiah, is wen at tne Corffi Hosiery Factory at Ammanford, South Hales, where she has been knitting socks for 32 years, ihe factory, employing nearly 100 girls who produce a hundred dozen pairs of socks weekly for export to America, is run by126 words
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Article216 1949-10-26 3 VIENNA, Wednesday. piGHTY-SEVEN Austrian repatriates from CzrchoSlovakia wh o have just reached Vienna report that living conditions m Czechoslovakia are becoming more and more difficult not only for the Germanspeaking population but even for the Czechs themselves. Austrians, they say, are given greater freedom of movementReuter - 216 words
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Article167 1949-10-26 3 CAPETOWN, Wednesday. FIELD-MARSHAL Jan Smuts has appealed for the defence of the Union of South Africa constitution drafted on the basis that the British King is an integral part of South African life and not on the basis of an Independent Republic. The SouthReuter - 167 words
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Article, Illustration108 1949-10-26 3 k a f London Wltl Ahmed Ma h mud Saad Zungur, Federal Secretary of the National Council of Nigeria and to J£L Dr Nnaradi Azikwe the man who refuses t« nil P h S u ght for i s m London ran ampa n r h m e rule for108 words
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Article143 1949-10-26 3 MANILA. Wed. TWO weeks from now some 4.000,000 Filipinos will go to the polls to elect a President In the first election of its kind since attaining m dependence. The strain of long campaign has rubbed nerves raw and brought threats of violence. But so far, thereA.P. - 143 words
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Article25 1949-10-26 3 The International Bank for Reconstruction and Development Is considering a loan of $25,000,000 to India, the Bank's president Mr Eugene Black announced.25 words
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Article, Illustration68 1949-10-26 3 This was the big moment for three-year-old Prince Carl Gustaf of Sweden (right) and his six-year-old sister Princess Christina when with their mother, Princess Sibylla, they attended a dog show m Stockholm to celebrate the 60th anniversary of the Swedish Kennel Club. The children, who are great-grandchildren of Kin? Gustaf68 words
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Article, Illustration70 1949-10-26 3 This brainless fro* leaps with perfect co-ordination by reflex action. It had the entire top of its head removed with most of the brain, including the cerebrum which is associated with pain and any form of conscious reaction. Yet when th( fror was pricked with a needle it leaped with70 words
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245 1949-10-26 3 Scotland is rebuilding its industries 0_ T GLASGOW, Wednesday. NE of the greatest replanning projects of modern times is creating m Scotland a mighty industrial power which is taking a rapidly increasing part m the British export drive. Important new industries have been opened up by British American and CanadianReuter - 245 words
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Article141 1949-10-26 3 FRENCH. German and English books closely followed American works m popularity among Japanese publishers since the beginning of the occupation, according to a survery by Gen. Mac Arthur's Headquarters. Japanese publishers received authorisation as of Oct. 1 to publish 1,203 titles of American origin, 1,038141 words
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Article68 1949-10-26 3 THE Rev. Char less Roach, a Surrey vicar writing bis parish magazine, says that he was asked m a local hotel to put on his raincoat to avoid offending other guests. He was wearing shorts at the time. But. he adds, a woman guest "attended to herReuter - 68 words
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Advertisement42 1949-10-26 3 TRfINSPORT STORAGE LTD. ■^national freight forwarders W, CECIL STREET, SINGAPORE. »ÜBU(TsTORAGE PH ONE 6577 FOR SPACE. SENG CO. No. 17, Boon Tat St S'por« 'Phone ***** GENERAL CONTRACTORS MANUFACTURERS OF ALI KINDS OF ROPE RATTAN FENDERS PEEL ft CORE RATTAN Charges Moderate42 words
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Advertisement121 1949-10-26 3 4 SMOO T B COOL Sfifft jR yV th<» heanh l^f cream that is y a 'treat neat 1 B 3 i H ••d dirt. ..guard* againxt iij n I \*jT\Jt I Mo f tha uumedutel^ U j it i* applied m nfrr*hing Hnxi-lm* Snow d«>n» much fl m^ mgk121 words
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Miscellaneous103 1949-10-26 3 WHAT'S ON IN K.L. REX: The Winslow Boy. PAVILION: The Black Arrow. ODEON: H. M. Pulham B»q. COLISEUM: Where There's life. MADRAS: Superman. CATHAY: 16 Fathoms Deep. CENTRAL: Mayavathy (Tamil). HINDUSTAN: Pahlee Aap (Hindi). PENANG CATHAY: Wife of Robin Hood (Mandarin). ODEON: It's Not Cricket. REX: A Forgotten Woman (Mandarin).103 words
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Miscellaneous164 1949-10-26 3 YOUR LUCKY STAR gORN today, you ar<- it until they find themhighly adaptable. In selves "tied and broken to fact, your life is one con- the harness." Your directinual change. You are not tion has a definite inthe type to stand still— or spirational quality and you let the world164 words
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Article, Illustration736 1949-10-26 4 AIR DROPS HELP SPAT BANDITS —By a R.A.F. OBSERVER 1MIE recent increase in thp scope and tempo of '.he operations in .Malaya has led to larger demands being made on the Dakota Transport Squadrons to keep the Security Forces working in the Jungle, supplied hy air with rations, mail and736 words
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Article310 1949-10-26 5 Hscoveryby UK man NEW ORLEANS, Wednesday sKU urjM technique by which the pancreas, one of the hodv's A most import** organs, can be exposed has been described here pwfessor lan A.rd of the Un.vers.ty of London m a report to thl r.prnition;il Society of Surgery. v n310 words
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Article, Illustration81 1949-10-26 5 from Baltic States, escaping from Diinist rut« m their home countries, grot clear to su-deri recently uhrre they obtained a surplus British <>tll\ designed to hold 50 passengers. renamed Victory, set out from Gathenbwf, Sweden for Halifax. Nova Scotia, some aso. tiut m*s forced to put m for repairs at81 words
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Article77 1949-10-26 5 WASHINGTON, Wednesday. countries of Western Europe are 11 expected tv produce 195,540 farm tractors m Mr Frank H. Higgins, a machinery expert the Economic Co-operation Administration, says m i report. These countries had of 334.300 machlni the Organisation fc ry. ild m one Plan to77 words
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Article21 1949-10-26 5 China Reds want fleet rd- powerlei said nder itary a recent •g in which the also adlors to nee of people's21 words
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Article17 1949-10-26 5 JAP ASHING CREWS FREED rmen. Chlnn re- altogether a potential es, according to estimates >r European Economic* - 17 words
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Article25 1949-10-26 5 ism Is spreading through Europe and the Arabs are arming against Israel, Dr. Naham Goldsmann, Chairman of the World Jewish Congress said In Toronto.25 words
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Article, Illustration45 1949-10-26 5 Just like a patient m the chair of a National Health dentist, Bessie, the African lioness at London zoo, gapes a massive mouth. But she doesn't want a new set of teeth under the Health Service Act; she is just yawning before her afternoon nap.45 words
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Article59 1949-10-26 5 gEVEN Rumanian citizens were sentenced to death and 18 others to long prison terms for "terroristic and subversive activities'* m a trial before a Military Tribunal at Sibiu. the Communist press disclosed. The trial was reported by Red Flag, a workers* Communist Parly district newspaper published59 words
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Article85 1949-10-26 5 /CZECHOSLOVAK pedestrians and drivers who disregard traffic regulations have been ordered to attend special Sunday courses m safety rules. The order was Issued after a "traffic safety week," during which police, assisted by members of the Youth Front, taught people how to walk or drive overA.P. - 85 words
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89 1949-10-26 5 AN appointment to the post of Agent to the Government of Ceylon m Malaya will be made shortly. A Government representative is now considered essential to facilitate the registration of Ceylon nationals who are resident In Malaya, and generally to look after the InterestsReuter - 89 words
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Article110 1949-10-26 5 Drop in Jap Communists THOUGH 50 percent of Jap- anese returnees from Siberia are unemployed and having a difficult time making a living, there has been a gradual drop m the number of Communist supporters among them, a survey by Kyodo news agency showed. On the basis of answers receivedReuter; A.A.P. - 110 words
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Article65 1949-10-26 5 FREE India's first parliamentary opposition the Social Democratic Party—has been dissolved seven weeks after Its formation. Mr. K. T. Shah, Professor o: Economics, gave notice that 12 members of Parliament were forming a new official opposition with himself as the leader. But the Speaker refused to take officialA.P. - 65 words
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Article27 1949-10-26 5 The Indian Socialist leader Jaya Prakash Narain has suggested conscription of all young men for one year at least to make India self- sufficient In foodstuffs.— A.P.A.P. - 27 words
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Article106 1949-10-26 5 A.P. pENERAL Dwight D. Eisenhower, President of Columbia U University, said m New York that Dr. Ralph Bunche, American Negro mediator m the Palestine war, is "the greatest statesman this country has produced today." He was speaking at the dedication of a boy's building at theA.P. - 106 words
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Article, Illustration46 1949-10-26 5 He's used to it, so Movie Star Robert Young just smiled when he found himself surrounded by wife and daughters m Hollywood, California. They came alon? to hear his debut as star of a new radio series. "Father Knows Best" on one of the r.S. networks.46 words
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Article80 1949-10-26 5 A mountain rescue organisation has been formed m Argyll, Scotland, with the cooperation of the Air Ministry and the county police. The R.A.F. are supplying first- aid -setts, blankets, climbing ropes, walkie-talkie radio and signalling apparatus. The idea is that rescue units, which can be80 words
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Article60 1949-10-26 5 THE Royal Naval Benevolrnt Fund states It has distributed more than £10.000 of money raised In Hong Kong for the dependents of the men killed aboard British ships m the Yangtze. A spokesman said that 11 1 idows and 31 other dependents had benefltted to date. He60 words
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165 1949-10-26 5 SAN FRANCISCO, Wednesday. ATTACKING the colour bar m the United States and the "still lingering contempt for Negroes," Bishop William Scarlett of St. Louis pointed out m San Francisco that the Communist world has apparently got rid of discrimination based solely m the colourU.P. - 165 words
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Article219 1949-10-26 5 World 's biggest oyster farm PORT STEPHENS, N.S.W., Wednesday. WHAT is claimed to be the biggest oyster farm m fT the world 1,000 acres of water-covered mudlies m a quiet backwater at Swan Bay, Port Stephens, New South Wales. Former bullock-driver, railway sleeper cutter and butcher, Stan Phillips, a part-owner219 words
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Article32 1949-10-26 5 Interchange of doctors between the British National Health Service and the Colonial Medical SeTvice is being discussed, Mr. David ReesWilliams Parliamentary Under-Secretary for the Colonies, said m London.32 words
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153 1949-10-26 5 Smuggling of aliens to P.L may increase MANILA, Wednesday. ANXIETY over Communist infiltration of the Philippines will treble if Formosa falls to Mao TseVung's regime. A lively trade m smuggling alien Chinese into the island republic has flourished for years. With a 14,000-mile coastline to defend, the Philippine naval patrol153 words
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Article132 1949-10-26 5 MALNUTRITION is a serious problem among Ceylon students. A physical examination of undergraduates of the Ceylon University carried out by the medica! stall of the Department of Physiology, Biochemistry and Pharmacology, has revealed this. All students showing evidence of malnutrition came from the lower social groaps, it132 words
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Article65 1949-10-26 5 Rajk plotters executed lEUTENANT General Lj Gyor b r y Paltfy, one of Hungary's highest ranking Generals, and v one of the former Foreign Minister Laszlo Rajk's alleged conspirators, has been executed after a secret military trial the Ministry of Defence announced. Three fellow officers, including Bela Korndy. a police65 words
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Advertisement177 1949-10-26 5 THE SINGAPORE MUSIC CIRCLE and THE STRAITS TIMES In conjunction with Radio Malaya Present SINGAPORE MUSIC FFKTIVAT X jLJ\<J JL X t xjLJLJ with BATAVIA RADIO PHILHARMONIC ORCHESTRA CONDUCTOR WON BAARSPUL JACQUES GENTY (liam.t) Sunday nov. 6. GALA CONCERT Philharmonic Orchestra Jacques (ientv Works include: Concerto for Piano and Orchestra177 words
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The Singapore Free Press WEDNESDAY. Oct. 26. 1949
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Article654 1949-10-26 6 HARDLY worth waiting iwill bo the of n In the tin tn o f the new tin buying pv Just announced by the British Ministry of Supply. The a ton to pro- < ilu ft ry nice, but i 1 only so 1 n a>654 words
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Article, Illustration1551 1949-10-26 6 CAREER OF A REVOLUTIONARY ALIAS Nguyen Ai Quoc Nguyen Bo Con, Sinh Con, Sonh Con, Song Man Xcho and Others Ey A Special Correspondent JJO Chi Minh is the name of a man whose real name is Nguyen Tat Thanh, and who m the1,551 words
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Article, Illustration29 1949-10-26 6 I i unusual marriage took place at Lambertont m the when twins married tii'itn The uniting brides are 24 yearBonte and the bridegrooms, 22-ycar-01l Michel and G Ibert Ph29 words
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LETTERS TO THE EDITOR
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Letter289 1949-10-26 6 I HAVE followed with great interest the large amount of correspondence and news reports m the Malayan Press about Public Lotteries as a means of supplementing revenue for Social Welfare purposes. But m it I found ihe whole affair dismissed m a very insignificant paragraph It is289 words
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Letter79 1949-10-26 6 I HAVE read that the Surlinfchum Nursing Home is due to close at the ond of this month, owin^ to certain differences on the Question of rent. Having attended caie.s m this nursing horno which I now feel has become a necessary public service m79 words
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Article, Illustration30 1949-10-26 6 i& nZ™ v i an '}< Aill(i iatti ro a xene from 'The Lott One." th* fUm vertUm of Verdi's opera "La Tra>teta. Which comet to the Pavilion Cinema on Friday30 words
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Article456 1949-10-26 6 Music Festival Rush For Seats, \T the present rate of booking ii will not be loiii^ before the Music F< stival organisers will be reporting 'house full' m respect of two of the four orchestral concerts. those on Wednesday, November *h and Thursday, the 10th. There are still plenty of456 words
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Article, Illustration504 1949-10-26 6 l f .ar tranck Chorale No. 1 m E Major played by Marcel Uupre (organ). Decca AX 3090-1. Franck, a Belgian by birth. ,is one of the few composers after Bach who really understood the organ. A devout Christian h t a. is for 40 years organist at504 words
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Advertisement12 1949-10-26 6 For Latest Parisian JEWELLERY H. SINA LTD. BANGKOK. PENANG AND SINGAPOR E12 words
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Advertisement31 1949-10-26 6 i 1 I 1 1 naT*^ I I M- 111 B^ltt^* U» OLD COLO H pT|^H I, tS^ iSryey'S CHOICEST OLO i FULL PAtE SMIW 1 1 BRISTOL CREf AGENTS: CALDBECKJ31 words
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Article32 1949-10-26 7 PAINTINGS IN aid of mm Press Stafl portet 1 Fund, Will Trade ■r to ad- to be Jumb't 1 Sales v the I n during its is the st&rti Trained dogs of32 words
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Article79 1949-10-26 7 A DEBATE on marriage and divorce amoni: Muslims m Singapore will be held at the All-Malaya Muslim Missionary Society m Geylang on Friday at 8.15 p.m. It is sponsored by the literary section of the j Young Men Muslim Associatton. Dr. S. I .M. Ibrahim, sup- d79 words
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Article278 1949-10-26 7 Free Press Staff Reporter pADIO Malaya lias formed a Radio Repertory Company of volunteer actors and actresses m Singapore who are giving their services free of charge when called upon to participate m Sunday night plays. In a recent circular letter appealing to suitable people278 words
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Article267 1949-10-26 7 'BANISHMENT WEAPON IS VITAL' Crime cat down m Singapore Free Press Staff Correspondent £HE application of banishment powers m Singapore has proved their value and their continued application is more vital to the Colony now than ever m the past, says the Commissioner of Police, Mr, R. E. Foulger, m267 words
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Article, Illustration51 1949-10-26 7 picture. liifK fhi^f of the Imperial General StafT, Field Marshal Sir William Slim, ta Fkin* to Snbedar Major Thambir Ri< »f the t I h Gnrkha Kifl"s when hf \W\pd he battalion's camp m Kuala Lumpur on Monday. Fi"'d Marshal sM»n Is i 9!onel of *he 7th Gvrkha Rl FreeFree Press - 51 words
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Article120 1949-10-26 7 Free Press Staff Reporter ANLY 39 out of 310 Chinese v schools m Singapore are unregistered at present, thr Education Department announces. These schools contain seven per cent of thr total enrolment of 73 500 pupils. Registration is grunted t< school* whoso promises conform to prescribed sanitary120 words
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Article30 1949-10-26 7 The recorded talk by Sii Roland Braddell. "The Story of Singapore," at the EastWrst Society a fortnight ago will be broadcast from Singapore at 10 o'clock tonight30 words
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Article142 1949-10-26 7 Free Press Staff ICeporter POLICE estimate that the total of prostitutes m Singapore at the end of last year was about 3.500. The number was made up of 180 regular street-walkers. 920 confined to 180 brothels and 2.400 others who used their own rooms and142 words
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Article77 1949-10-26 7 Free Press Staff Reporter ALOR STAR. Tues. r pHE Kedah Police are m J. vestigatlng the death of a 15-year-old girl, Nah Sooi Heng. who arrived In Kedah from China about a year aqn and was found dead In her bedroom this morninp at Ourun.77 words
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Article32 1949-10-26 7 Surface mplls are due to arri* I Singapore tcday from China, Hong Kong and India. Closing time for posting surface mafia *t the 0.P.0. today to: to inn 1 Wpfjnßt: noon.32 words
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Article88 1949-10-26 7 Free Press Stiff Reporter AM o N G the cfcarges on Singapore*! public revenue next reat are the special allowances of SSM a month to ■nofftcial members of the Legislative Council. Those will total 57K.000 for 1951 An item, not included m the IM9 budget, allows Sti.ooo88 words
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Article, Illustration33 1949-10-26 7 PICTURED at the cocktail pirtv civen at Raffles Hotel T yesterday by the Philippine delegation to other V\FE delesat s: >liss Frnn lira BnemfM, Miss lourdes B^wl* and Mr. Somchal Ft l*r-s picture.33 words
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Article143 1949-10-26 7 Free Press SUff Reporter ALOR STAR. Tues. LOCOMOTIVE driver, T. S. Williams. told the Suagtl Pacanl coroner yesterday that a woman m a blue suree div^d between the railway lines when his train was nb'-ut 30 feet away. Williams was giving evidence a f143 words
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Article46 1949-10-26 7 St. Joseph's Institution will meet, St. Andrew's School again tonight m the Singapore Inter-school quiz arranged by Radio Malaya. The last time the two schools met the cc*n petition ended m a draw. The broadcast will be on fh<> Blue Network at 6.02 p.m.46 words
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Article125 1949-10-26 7 Free Press Staff Reporter Ol LLDOZERS, excavators and scrapers which have been stored m Singapore by the R.A.F. a re to be sent to Australia under an agreement between the British and Australian Governments. These machines form part of £250,000 worth of American earth-moving equipment supplied125 words
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Article78 1949-10-26 7 Free Press Staff Reporter HM. tug Enigma, on its way from Hong Kong to Singapore, yesterday picked up 13 men from a Chinese junk which was drifting helplessly m heavy seas south of Hong Kong. The men were safely taken aboard the tug but the junk78 words
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Article20 1949-10-26 7 The Singapore Police Band will play at Tiong B3hru on Tuesday, Nov. 1, from 5.45 to 6.45 p.m.20 words
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Article225 1949-10-26 7 NO LACK OF CEMENT SOON Free Press Staff Reporter 'PHE cement shortage m Singapore, which has held up building projects, is expected to be overcome In a fortnight to three weeks from now with the arrival of large quantities of coment from Britain and Japan. Four shiploads, totalling about 3,000225 words
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Article29 1949-10-26 7 Dr. Morris Huberman. the Forestry Representative of thp United Nations Food and Agriculture Organisation, will broadcast over Radio Malaya at 7.10 p.m. tonight about Malayan Forestry problems.29 words
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Article24 1949-10-26 7 Tiie next meeting of the Singapore Legislative Council will be hold at 10 a.m on Nov 15 m the Victoria Memorial Hall.24 words
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Article101 1949-10-26 7 Party names battle grounds Free Press Staff R THE Progri Party, c i mcl m Ipore Mv hs made only c t Dr. S. H. AI-Ju sitting In the I -v.l Commission ns a repri r e of Eusl Ward Rochore Ward. Thli leaves East Ward vrcr-'it an fa* r.s101 words
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Article127 1949-10-26 7 SPHERE was a tea-time tiff a. yesterday at the BCAFE conference In Singapore ••■v ••■n Mr. B. P. (India) and Mr. B. 8. NemtChina (Russia. It all started tien Mr. Adarkar —on a point of o. interrupted while translator was m the midst of interpreting Mr.127 words
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Article19 1949-10-26 7 Lady Noon will i Muslim women m E at a meeting m Qeylai day at 3.30 p19 words
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Article233 1949-10-26 8 They rely too much on rubosir F)K. Ju-K'ang Tien, member of the Social Science Research Council of the Cnited Kingdom, considers that the conditions under which rural Chinese live m Sarawak are bad. Dr. Ju has spent the last 13 months living among them. In an interview with the Free233 words
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297 1949-10-26 8 ALLOWANCES: $1 2 MILLION NEXT YEAR Payments to Govt. servants Free Press Staff Reporter THE Singapore Government expects to pay out nearly $12,000,000 next year m respect of housing, cost of living and Singapore allowances for Government servants. This is roughly one-third of trie total personal emoluments of $36,675,000 for297 words
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Article, Illustration64 1949-10-26 8 picture. The England soccer team which heat Wales 4 1 at Cardiff on Oct. 15. Back row (from left to right): Aston (Manchester t'nited), Mozley (Derhy County). Franklin (Stoke), Williams (Wolves), Dickinson (Portsmouth) and Hancocks (Wolves): front row (left to rifbt): Finney (Preston), Milbum (Newcastle), Wright, (captain) (Wolves), Mortensen (Blackpool)Reuter - 64 words
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Article45 1949-10-26 8 Pepper trading at standstill 'T'HE Ixn;dun pepper market opened idle yesterday with Malabar valued at 1.1205. Stocks are so low that business Is at a virtual standstill. Singapore quotations have not changed since Monday, 'with white at 17s. Bd. and black at 12s. 6d. —UP.45 words
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Article336 1949-10-26 8 Free Press Correspondent LONDON, Tuesday. rHE view that a majority of tin producers favour A the calling of a commodity conference and would favour an international agreement on tin was expressed by Mr. J. Ivan Spens, chairman of the London Tin Corporation, m his address336 words
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Article131 1949-10-26 8 SHIPS alongside the Singapore Harbour Board wharves yesterday (godowns m brackets) were: Main Wharf: Steel Worker (33--34». Idomen.Us (36-37), UtjSMI (38-39). Kota Nica (40), Straaf Malakka (42-43>. West Wharf: Talabot (1-2). Cyclops (4-5). India Mail (6-7 >, Tawali (8-9». Alcinous (11), Qtenorchj 1 3-14 City of Poona (15-16).131 words
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Article159 1949-10-26 8 A VIEW that ECAFE should concentrate more on those Industries able to speedup food production was ex pressed In Singapore yesterday by the leader .»f the Netherlands delegation, Mr A. M. L. Wlnkelman, Xhe Netherlands Consul-General here. He considered that too much stress had been laid159 words
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Article29 1949-10-26 8 BENTONO, Tues— For entering into the Khal Mun School, a protected place, without lawful authority, 59--year-old Chee Ah Chong was fined $20 In the Bentong Court. M ■329 words
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Article342 1949-10-26 8 Prices up on buying hopes I F*^^^P^B DRICES of industrial equity soared m the London Stock Exch. and recaptured most of tht- j oy nge J«W previous days, says Reuters finam i The upward movement, howe^ rr panied by any large buying and wL not «5 result of marking up342 words
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Article12 1949-10-26 8 RUBBERS UP IN WALL ST. rPH3 i 194:' t rv»r r«nf D12 words
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Article, Illustration26 1949-10-26 8 picture MRS. Krishna Kuthesin-h. younger sister of Pandit Nehru, and her son Ajip C.I) photographed durint; m tour of the pyramids outside Cairo this month. A.P.A.P. - 26 words
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Miscellaneous185 1949-10-26 8 MdndrdkC Exclusive to the Singapore Free Press m Malaya I HIM JU^T IKi TiMf I DAP.WiT'r— J vt— M^i' i»i»-nn T^ i^t'J^^L' I '*JUW CHQiCt OF I nini JUJI IN II nrtc« I I U«rM>( I1 I K^^^m A T\ I 1 A' '\*^l T /Mill 11/* Tut JANE Exclusive185 words
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Article, Illustration1416 1949-10-26 9 PAULINE MANDER - Most fantastic holiday year PAULINE MANDER girls hike 9,500 miles through Africa by k London btf M,shed J mcs» remarkable PAULINE age^ 22 r 1 ,i,tcr o* I" industrialist, ASSHETCN. o* *ne Ralph Asshcton. M.P.. JZ April rtMt they h.fch-h.kc through Afrio. They had no plans and they did not1,416 words
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Article1250 1949-10-26 9 S.C. GEORGE - TREASURE OF LINPOH S.C. GEORGE w by LIAN Fong was no longer young, but she was younger than her husband Lee Lin Poh, though had any well- meaning friend suggested that there was still time for a child they would both have laughed. Lin Poh's youth was already as misty1,250 words
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Article557 1949-10-26 9 RALPH HE WINS - Catching fish by electrocution RALPH HE WINS by STOCKHOLM; |}l(« developments m the worlds fishing industry are promised by electric 'il experiments which have been earned out m Norway and Sweden. According to a statement issued by the Norwegian Government the electric met hud "may represent a complete revolution In557 words
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Advertisement55 1949-10-26 9 1 <v i4 So/t? Distributors: Borneo Sumatra Trading Co. (Malaya) Ltd. BUSINESS MACHINES DEPT. Singapore Kuala Lumpur Penang SAVE YOUR RUSH I HAVE YOUR BREAKFASI 5 I ft \\ii r ir\!/nf AND LUINCH I AT I AIRPORT HOTEL I p BEFORE LEAVING BY AIR SINGAPORE AIRPORT HOTEL LTD. I Kallang55 words
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Article591 1949-10-26 10 SAFA COUNCIL MUST DECIDE League system a failure By CRUSADER yyHEN the Singapore Amateur Football Association Council meet early m the new year to make preparations for next season, they must examine the proposed programme very carefully and make up their mind on one very important point. This is whether591 words
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Article, Illustration62 1949-10-26 10 .An excitmj; iiMinent »n ihe i i.lh.i n goalmouth. Kelly the Koalkeeper, takes the ball oIT the head of J. Spencer' and Potts, both of Burnley, while Be-asley, the Fulham halfback (white .shirt) tries to head away the ball. The match, an English League Div. 1 fixture played on Oct.62 words
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Article, Illustration316 1949-10-26 10 4 LTHOI'GH Singapore Civilians managed to beat Johore by 19 points to 13 m their opening game m the H.M.S. Malaya rugby competition on Oct. 15, they have to improve if they hope to win the Southern section and qualify for the final to be played316 words
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Article221 1949-10-26 10 \T tlie annual general meeting of the BalesUer Friendly Athletic Association, Singapore, the following were elected officebearers for the year: Patrons, Messrs. Tan Teck Kee (re-elected) Tay Hock Chiew. Sim Beow Chew. Tan Cheng Song and Teo Hock Chuan; prewden', Mr. Sect Teng Huat; vice-presi-dents, Mivssrs. Kang221 words
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Article34 1949-10-26 10 THE 1956 Olympic Games m Melbourne will almost certainly be held during the month of beptember or October, according to r W V Verge-Phillips, a member or the Australian Olympic Federation. Renter.34 words
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Article60 1949-10-26 10 QXFORD and Cambridge vill w renew their annual rivalry m soccer, rugby and crosscountry running early m December. The soccer will take place at Tottenham Hotspurs ground White Hart Lane, London. on Dec. 3, the rugger match will be p'ayod at Twickenham on D«c. 6. and the cross-country60 words
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Article128 1949-10-26 10 By MATT BUSBY (Manager of Manchester U.) ILL defence men should n learn the art of stalling for time. Take one example. The opposing in-side-right has beaten the left-half with the defence hopelessly out of position. The left-back finds that he has to deal with the128 words
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Article174 1949-10-26 10 riiE Australian women's golt tram to tour England next year is scheduled to leave Auvnliat. on April 1. Members of the team are the Australian woman champion Mus* Pat Borthwick (New South Wales) Airs. J D. Fisher (Victoria)' Misses J. Fletcher and J Peicv .Queensland);174 words
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Article, Illustration92 1949-10-26 10 VN. Thomas, considered the best inside-left forward m Indian soccer today, who arrived m Singapore with the All-I lia team yesterday. Aged 32, he has a powerful kick m both feet and is a prolific ffoalgetter. He has represented Madras m the national championships and has been playing92 words
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Article331 1949-10-26 10 Free Press Hockey Reporter AN elaborate plan for the coaching of schoolboys has been drawn up by the Singapore Hockey Association as a means of encouraging new talent, but opinion m club circles is that this will not entirely solve the problem of replenishing331 words
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Article57 1949-10-26 10 A2OO-lb. guard. Cliff Patton of the Philadelphia Eagles rugby football team, on Sunday broke the 11-year-old national Football League record of 73 consecutive points after touchdowns, set un by Jack Manders. Patton drove seven consecutive conversions between the uprights as Eagles beat Washington Redskins 49-14, to take his57 words
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303 1949-10-26 10 jryyr^i n^wmtK LANDS By ALEX H\MAI(,\ D 2OCCER attracts the biggest f0i1,,, African sports, and the Union 1Uf want it to stay that way— by pro entinViS taking away all her star football, TS SKrita ink This year's increased migration nt Scottish and303 words
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Advertisement115 1949-10-26 10 LASf DAY/ 11-1.45. 4.00. 6.30 9.30 p.m. THE MIGHTIEST OF ALL SEA PICTURES! -f'^L UUMW WAITW HENKEID O'HARA SLEZAK IiNOK Ittwi XM> MID FRANK IQRjAOt THE GREATEST MOTION PICTURE OF THE CENTURY A T|/— ING RID BERGMAN A VICTOR FLEMING PRODUCTION COLQ9 8Y TECHNICOLOR CAST Of fHOUiAHOI Ouing To Lemgtk115 words
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Advertisement116 1949-10-26 10 |^^^H|^:', '^■^^jJ^^^M^T^^ta^a^MPT^l^B ta^a^MMr^^^rTa^'l^a^B THE STRAITS TIMES DIRECTORY OF SINGAPORE MALAYA Contain* more information than beform but handitr M O%er 8,000 entries covering Conum rcial Planting and *I'n fn l Companies. 41»o complete Official lists. Every Company, Partnership. IndivMual and \fS appears m a separate alphabeticai list containins o*oi entries. 5116 words
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Article304 1949-10-26 11 FIRST TEST FOR INDIANS TODAY Fielding their best team gINO-MALAYS XI, one of the strongest possible combinations m local soccer, will provide 11 All Indla during side with its first test at Jalan Besar Stadium this evening. By no means comparably with the Sino-Malay side which beat the Australians many304 words
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Article, Illustration54 1949-10-26 11 Promoter Razak's latest importation. Sam Langford, bantamweight and featherweight champion of Ceylon, who arrived m Singapore yesterday. A protege of (■unhoat Jack. Sam will proh.thly be pitted against Mok Kai Khoon. whose recent run of knockout victories here and m Kuala Lumpur has made him a big favourite with h'ght54 words
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Article45 1949-10-26 11 nnN heavy- Esroe Walls, beat aU at London, ipion outRogten over ten d Walls knockSchiegl of round mnd con..r.orv c punound ftnd a fast i ncl left m 2 nit with <>d it I [ndlan I >wt! i hide his45 words
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Article35 1949-10-26 11 Record place dividend ir.'ODCROFT. third m the, W Heap hurdle j yesterday, paid ■:;illings place on the rd dividend n any tlent si clend ika m Itenham price von 25-1 m m by me. i35 words
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Article313 1949-10-26 11 pKEDDIE Mills of England, world light-heavy-weight champion, and his manager Ted Broadribb, have asked the International Boxing Club for a guarantee of $150,000 for three American fights, including a defence of the 1751 b. crown Mills who has not defended the title since he won313 words
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Article184 1949-10-26 11 MALAYAN sports authorities will m the course of the next few days notify the organising committee of the British Empire Games m New Zealand that Malaya expects to participate m only three athletic events and m weightlifting at the Games next February. The three atheltic184 words
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Article90 1949-10-26 11 DENIS COMPTON. Middlesex and England cricketer, vill receive approximately £12,200 for his benent last season, it was officially stated yesterday. This amount is nearly £2 1)00 short of the record irt subscribed for Cyril Washbrook. Lancashire and England opening batsman, last year. Ciicketers" benefit funds90 words
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Article81 1949-10-26 11 EB. O! IVER of Bruain. riding a 596 c.c. Norton uith sidecar. :day troke three world sid<car ;ecords m the 600 c.c. class on the Montihery track. ParU. Olivet ,s r t up new flgurei of I 100.9 miUs per hour for SO kilo- metres, 101.09 m.p.h. for81 words
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Article74 1949-10-26 11 r FHE RAF. .Malaya) drew oneall with the S.C.C. at hockey on the padang yesterday. The R.A.F. playing lor the fir.it time this season should have won had they converted the many opportunities that camp their w:.v. Scoring was confined to th«* first half mid m74 words
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Article109 1949-10-26 11 AN X-ray examination yesterday disclosed that Jackie Milburn the Newcastle Tnited and England centre-forward, has fractured a wrist and is likely to be kept out of the same for about six weeks. Milhurn received his injury m one of tho.se 1,000 to one accidents that109 words
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Article122 1949-10-26 11 JOE LOUIS, retired world heavyweight boxing champion, easily outclassed Bill Weinberg of Chelsea, Massachusetts. over four rounds m the first of a series of exhibition bouts m New England, United States, on Monday night to determine whether Louis wunts another shot at the crown. Louis, weighed122 words
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Article316 1949-10-26 11 WEIGHTS for Sat.. (1.. 2. l)l\. 3— h" luis. (L. 2, Ul\. 6—6 Furs. I Willoughby 9.00 Tiuky Thrr« 9.00 the last day ol Edmond i )an te- 8.13 Skyscraper 8.1.1 the Srlangor Turf Club Atlanta* US < hrMma s Knight 8.1 1 October Meftinr arc316 words
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Article651 1949-10-26 11 THUMBNAIL sketches of the All-India soccer team now visiting Singapore are given below Goalkeeper: B. Anthony ißingalore, aged 28): Has oeea rr presenting? Mysore m the rational championships since 1944: took part m Olympic trials last year, but illness robbed him of his chance; toured651 words
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Article, Illustration33 1949-10-26 11 Mohinder Singh right full-back, playing barefoot, gets his head to the hall first during yesterday's kickabout by members of the All-India soccer team at Jalan Besar Stadium. Free Press picture.33 words
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Article26 1949-10-26 11 AJapaneie uivUation to kbc United States to resume ccir.ittTe iwtaunim In Jnpan m b>ma been extended to the Prcsl the Amateur Athletic Union,26 words
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194 1949-10-26 11 FINAL BETTING FOR TODAY'S BIG RACE ITYPERBOLE closed a firm favourite at 17 to 11 2 when the final call-over on today's Cambridgeshire was held at the Victoria Club, London, lastnight. This was half a point les s than his price on Monday night. Business generally was quiet and the194 words
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Article191 1949-10-26 11 PLAYING a consistently good game, Royal Navy beat Hongkong Shanghai Bank S.C. by three goals to two m an S.AF.A. Cup-tie at Jalan Besar Stadium yesterday. What would have a fast and thrilling game was marred by rough play In the second half, almost entirely191 words
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Article69 1949-10-26 11 SID BARNES. Australian Teg* cricketer who i.s to leave for England m February, said m Sydney last night that he lrnmht play for a Lancashire League chtb next year. Barnes said he had received three offers from Lancashire league clubs of more than A£l.ooo for69 words
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Advertisement203 1949-10-26 11 (*J T-f jtl I LIFEGUARD raise your child f i 35/36 Medelros Building Spore LIFEGUARD MILK CO., X-Ttf. Telephone: ***** i^-^— ML" [i with the AUSTIN 5-ton Truck IXTRA llfl 39 WticD you Duy «n Austin you gel more Chan wcli-Duilt truck— Ausuu «pnnging combine* *up- 9 you gel a203 words
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Article157 1949-10-26 12 MANSTEIN - 'Hitler let in the Red Army' MANSTEIN HAMBURG, Wed. THE claim that he could have stopped the Russians getting into Germany, if Hitler had not interfered, was made yesterday by the former German Army FieldMarshal. Von Mansteln. He told the War Crimes Tribunal trying him here that. If his plan157 words
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117 1949-10-26 12 CLEVELAND <Ohio>, Wed. TLAIMING that her salary and prestige had been increased by her marriage to an American, a Filipino film star is suing her husband for US$l9,BOO alimony m answer to his suit for a divorce. Mrs. Guadalupe Thomas. 28. of Manila117 words
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Article365 1949-10-26 12 New Red gains on mainland HONG KONG, Wednesday. the Chinese Red threat to Szechuan Province increased and American nationals m Chungking, the Nationalist capital, were advised to evacuate, Generalissimo Chiang Kaishek announced yesterday that Formosa is destined to become the citadel of resistance against RussianReuter; A.P.; U.P. - 365 words
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Article, Illustration32 1949-10-26 12 Sultan Hamengku Buwono of Jogjakarta, the Indonesian Defence Minister, crosses a makeshift bamboo bridge m Sumatra while on a tour of Java and Sumatra to "pacify" the guerillas and civilians. A.P. photo.32 words
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Article63 1949-10-26 12 NEW YORK, Wed. OOMANCE is menaced for girls who wire themselves "like the inside of an alarm clock," according to a Union College student. Writing In the College magazine, David Markson referred to uplift brassiere* and whaleboned glrdl«i as "bear trap arrangements." He said that embracing63 words
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Article93 1949-10-26 12 THOUSANDS of Catholics arc streaming into Thuan T Bavaria, m the hope of getting a vision of the Virm^J^^L I**1 1 1^! the Ar chbishop of Bambenr. Monsignor Kolb, to wait for an investigation The crowds began after a group of young girls said it cy93 words
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Article177 1949-10-26 12 'World gains by devaluation' muir t v* LAKfc Sl C CESS Wednesday. I HIl tinted States expects a considerable streiigthening of the world economic structure as a result of last month's devaluations of currencies The United States also considers that the recent deflationary trends m American economy no longer constitute177 words
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Article60 1949-10-26 12 DRACTICAL means of assist--1 ance to Yugoslavia Is believed by observers to have been one of the main subjects at the two-day London conference of American envoys from Eastern Europe which ended last night. The problem of countering Soviet propaganda In Eastern Europe is believed60 words
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181 1949-10-26 12 BATAVIA, Wednesday. TiHE Republican President, Mr. Soekarno yesterday urged the Indonesian people to "beware of the critical situation.*' Mr. Soekarno said there were only two alternatives ahead transfer of complete sovereignty by the Dutch or return to guerilla warfare. He did not explain what heU.P.; A.P. - 181 words
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68 1949-10-26 12 Nehru's concern for emigrants OTTAWA, Wed. IN his discussions yesterday with the Canadian Prime Minister. Mr. Louis St. Laurent. the Indian Prime Minister, Pandit Nehru. touched on the question of Canada's barrier against immigration from India. Mr. Nehru holds that, while he wants Indian people to stay at home, heReuter - 68 words
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Article38 1949-10-26 12 Major Weaver Bush, U.S. Army rescued one Greek child and four men from the ley waters of the Vlotlkos River. Athens, after his car collided with a large Greek truck which plunged into the river U.P.U.P. - 38 words
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Article12 1949-10-26 12 Today: 1.34 a.m. 18.50 p.m. Tomorrow: 2.15 ».m. 1.17 p.m12 words
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Article91 1949-10-26 12 LONDON. Wed IMIE British Prime Minister. Mr Attlee. yesterday ruled against a cut m salaries of British Members of Parliament from £1.000 to €600 a year. A Conservative member, Mr Christopher* Holiis. urged m the House of Commons that this should be done by legislationReuter - 91 words
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Article30 1949-10-26 12 Britain announced yesterday that she favoured sending a United Nations Commission to Eritrea to find out what th< people want before deciding* the former African rvj/%«.TV future ReuterReuter - 30 words
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Article38 1949-10-26 12 People have a much better chance to survive an atomic bomb explosion than they think, said Major Albeit J. Bauer of the U.S. Army Surgeon General's Department m a report issued m Mexico City yesterday.— A.P38 words
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Article216 1949-10-26 12 Health first, then food ASIAN YOUTH NEW YORK, Wed. T*HE United Nations In--1 ternational Children's Emergency Fund places greater emphasis on fighting disease among children m Asia than the problem of hunger. Dr. Michael Watt, Director of the Far Eastern division of the Fund, said yesterday, there are so many216 words
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Article79 1949-10-26 12 PRAGUE, Wed. AN American attache accused of spying by the Czechoslovak Government, and given 24 hours to quit, has left here telling friends he was "going for a few days leave." He was Mr. John G. Heyn a bachelor, accused by the Czechoslovak Foreign Ministry yesterdayReuter - 79 words
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Article139 1949-10-26 12 lout: irom Page 1 arbitration award*, and to satistj the shippers that their interests are fairly safeguarded, at lea:-! two members of the Association should be stationed m London and New York as part of the arbitration panels m both those centres. The expenses of such representation should139 words
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Article107 1949-10-26 12 WASHINGTON Wednesday Inrioi Ir A be vest b y a re eing to teach white P /r^J' V* Armstr °ng> business manager and son of Mr George Armstrong, benefactor of the 102-year-old institute, announced yesterday Young Armstrong said his father had notified the Board ofReuter - 107 words
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Advertisement325 1949-10-26 12 Our Representative on Ml* Ist floor Singapore Cold Storage. Orchard Road. will receive advertisements between 9am and I o.m daily. CLASSIFIED ADS. BIRTH ALEXANDER. At Singapore, on 24th October, 1949, to Margot, wife of David Alexander. a daughter. MARRIAGE CLARK-WALKER On October 22nd 1949 at Brunei, Borneo, Norman Ernest Clark,325 words
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Advertisement248 1949-10-26 12 "HhMwirHsvMin I Hear WEBSTER BOOThV^ "HIS MASTER'S VOICE" R. ton!t SERENADE <Prom: "The BtOdt) U 'GU (Rom berg) «-nnct OH MAIDEN, MY MAIDEN (From "F'ed P ri SYLVIA 3 MORNING wm WILL YOU GO WITH ME COMB; BACK, MY LOVE POUR INDIAN LOVE T.VPTr^ 1 TsK <ICh d C f248 words
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Miscellaneous19 1949-10-26 12 THE SAINT by Leslie Charteris i!JMIHHI[ia.| i| j| I mi. jr— SK^^JVtTTT /LAKf FIf HIN9 PQOBABLY A V^_ TAii^-19 words
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