The Singapore Free Press, 13 February 1950
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Title Section18 1950-02-13 1 The Singapore Free Press LARGEST AFTERNOON SALE IN MALAYA asdfasd SINGAPORE, MONDAY, FEBRUARY 13, 1950. PKIC'E 10 IKMS18 words
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Article, Illustration270 1950-02-13 1 Reds lose big F.I.C. battle yiETNAM will soon get American economic aid, according to official Washington sources. They state that Bao Dai's regime will receive a share of the U.S.$75 v OOO,OOO which Congress recently voted for Far East funds. Meanwhile, the French andA.P.; U.P.; Reuter - 270 words
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Article25 1950-02-13 1 Phone- tap set taken by gang i.ifl Reporter \\v: Mon. dressed stole from man*a hut tg road I ban set. i can be I re-25 words
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Article9 1950-02-13 1 CONVOY BEATS OF F BANDITS Utp.»rttT I A Brers9 words
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Article42 1950-02-13 1 Free Press StafT Reporter Singapore police yesterday found four Communist posters m Lorong 25, Geylang. In the past 24 hours, three Chinese, suspected to be members of the Malayan Communist Party, were arrested under the emergency regulations.42 words
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Article20 1950-02-13 1 Krre Pr»^ Miff Reporter unformed bandits cards from > of a Chinese estate m the T:\pah a: Perak vpsterdav.20 words
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Article107 1950-02-13 1 LONDON, Monday. pHE three Malayans who are to study the British j 1 (ieneral Election arrived m London by air last night as guesfc? of the Colonial Ollice. They are Capt. Hussein bin Dato Onn. a member of the Federal Legislative Council; Osman bin Talib,Reuter - 107 words
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78 1950-02-13 1 BANGKOK. Mon. NYEN DUC QUY. Vietminh representatlYt m Bangui:, m a press conference claimed that Vietminh troops .Id Bfht any invading troop*. Including the Chinese Communists, "it they threaten to infringe on Vietminh InI dependence." Quy said he did not k^ the Vietminh President. Ho78 words
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Article74 1950-02-13 1 CIX scientists, marooned on an Antarctic island for two years yesterday evacuated their lonely ice-bound home and boarded the British 1 200-ton relief ship John Biscoe which had crashed through an icefi?ld to reach them. With them was Major K. E. Pierce Butler, who planned theReuter - 74 words
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Article34 1950-02-13 1 The Philippines Constabulary have ordered 10.000 residents of 26 villages m Laguna Province to leave their homes to avoid being caught m a new drive against the Communistled Hukbalahap guerillas. A.P.A.P. - 34 words
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Article22 1950-02-13 1 A Czech trade delegation has left for Peking to negotiate a commercial treaty with the Chinese Communist government. A.P.A.P. - 22 words
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Article26 1950-02-13 1 The Hungarian Deputy Premier, Mr. Matyas Rakosi, ha s accused the United States of maintaining "the greatest spying organization m the world." A.P.A.P. - 26 words
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Article31 1950-02-13 1 The advisory referendum, calling on Belgians to say whether they want King Leopold to return to the throne, is to be held on Sunday, Marcn 19.- A.P.A.P. - 31 words
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Article67 1950-02-13 1 JITTERY police yesterday opened a ticking suitcase at J Los Angeles airport. Instead of the bomb they suspected, they found an electric vibration machine, just as he owner said they would. The suitcase was opened la barrage oi pops, but these came from the flashbulbs ofU.P. - 67 words
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Article101 1950-02-13 1 U.S. LOAN TO HELP U.S.I. EXPORTS NEW YORK. Mon. INDONESIA'S U.S. $ICO million from the Export Import Bank will be used lor the purchase of rolling stock, road building equipment bridges and other communications facilities. Mr R Djuanda, Indonesian Minister for Economic AtTairs who has left here for Engiand, saidU.P. - 101 words
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Article, Illustration37 1950-02-13 1 picture. SCENE at the consecration of the colour ceremony at Taiping yesterday. Henry Gurney. m white plumed helmet, stands to attention facing the Regimented Colour which he presented to the Ist Battalion the Malay Regiment. Free PressFree Press - 37 words
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Article41 1950-02-13 1 iMKRICAN diplomats. <vho will open policy talks In Bangkok today, paid their respects yesterday to the golden urn containing the remains of Ananda Mahidol. the Siam King who was mysteriously shot to death I on June 9. 1947. A.P.A.P. - 41 words
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Article26 1950-02-13 1 Britain has decided not to i comply with the United States I ban on the export of steel rails to Communist China.26 words
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160 1950-02-13 1 LONDON, Holiday. MX Anthony Brooke, nephew of the former 'White Rajah" and representative of the Sarawak 4 anti-cession" movement m Britain, yesterday protested against association of his name with the activities of extremists m Sarawak. The Attorney-General of Sarawak, Mr. Grattan Bellew, whoReuter - 160 words
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Article59 1950-02-13 1 MEMPHIS, Tennessee, Monday IN Memphis on a three-day inspection tour of the National Hardwood Inspection School is Mr. Charles Flemick of the Malayan Forestry Service. Mr. Flemick is on a years holiday and is combining business with pleasure. "The improved techniques taught here could be veryU.P. - 59 words
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Article44 1950-02-13 1 VIGOROUS police and military patrols continued m Calcutta yesterday fourth day of communal disturbances and curfew was extended to a "few more places" m West Bengal. Incidents m the city yesterday included four stabbing cases and two cases of arson44 words
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Article33 1950-02-13 1 Free Press Staff Reporter An unknown number of bandits attacked a police party from the rear m the Jemualuang area yesterday afternoon. Following the police return of fire the bandits fled.33 words
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Article147 1950-02-13 1 WASHINGTON, Monday. I^HK U.S. Under-Secretary of State, Mr. James Webb, said yesterday that President Truman's "Point Four" programme will help to prevent Communist inroads m the worlds underdeveloped territories. The Administration has asked U. 5.545.000,000 for the first year's operation of the "Point Four"U.P. - 147 words
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Article65 1950-02-13 1 NEW YORK. Monday. ANEW YORK producer of domestic champagne is using a "cork" made of rubber, which has a distinct advantage over the conventional stopper made of cork. If you open a bottle and change your mind about drinking the champagne. you can replace the cork andA.P. - 65 words
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Article98 1950-02-13 1 MANILA. Mon. WITH' a severe dearth of coins m the Philippines, police m the provinces of Tarlac and Bulacan had to intervene to prevent violence against Chinese shopkeepers whom the crowds suspected of hoarding silver coins. But some" people took matters into their own hands.A.P. - 98 words
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Article55 1950-02-13 1 MANILA. Mon. A FOUR-DAY Man. la bride A wu literally butchered by her husDand. a young student, m a fit of jealousy on Saturday. The victim was 22-year-old One Albano, art attractive massage attendant, who received 16 knife wounds. The husband. Carlos Sembrano. 24. gave himselfReuter - 55 words
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Article74 1950-02-13 1 H-BOMB— BY EINSTEIN NEW YORK. Mon. OROFESSOR Albert Einstein said yesterday that, if the H-Bomb is developed, "annihlation of any life on earth" is "within the range of technical possibilities. •It could be done' he "through radioactive poisoning of the atmosphere". He said a ••super national body would be necessaryA.P. - 74 words
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Article62 1950-02-13 1 Free Press Staff Reporter A POLICE constable, Zacharia bin Haji Ahmed, was accidentally shot dead by a police party m the Kota Tinggi area yesterday. The police party had gone to Huat Seng Estate where bandits had set fire to factory buildings. Zacharia. who was not62 words
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Article28 1950-02-13 1 ISRAEL HAILS 'FAIR DEAL BRITAIN'S agreement to release part of Israeli's blocked sterling balances is "a fair deal" Mr. E. Kapia I Israel's Prime Minister, I said yesterday.28 words
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Article24 1950-02-13 1 An international air rally for the Holy Year will take place m Rome from July 27 lo August 5.- A. P.A.P. - 24 words
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Article90 1950-02-13 1 Labour's big guns blaze LONDON. Mon "HRITISH Governmt Of yesterday assailed Mr. Churchill's election policy. Mr. Shinwell called him a 'garrulous old gentleman.' 1 The Minister of Fuei, Mr. Hugh Gaitskell. emphthe Labour Party's I maintaining employment. He said unemployment figures were now 300.000. compared with 1.300.000 four-and-a-half years after90 words
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Article64 1950-02-13 1 THE :io r of the chequ-r Sir S" Cripps, defended the Govern- ment"s policy of bulk-b j food and raw materials IT-* dismissed as a vote-c.v stunt statements th i tion of bulk-buvmc would iov^er food prices. Sir Stafford said 'some free economy jof Europe*' want Br:ta:n64 words
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Article32 1950-02-13 1 THE Deputy Pnrr.e M Mr. Herbert Morrison, said that the Government had been far more successful than its Conservative predecessors m dealing with Empire and Commonweal ih affairs32 words
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Article49 1950-02-13 1 STRACHEY ON DOLLARS THE Food M Straclv tie :ed that by 1952 B: would be lars to contii from the US bu; if ox:>o: to dollar areas wen n tainfd there would t> strophe. the difficult task ol of our pur dollar area to Uu I I tak* ou:49 words
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Article16 1950-02-13 1 Three bu i I through a crete sir l ford Greyhound i £15.000.- A.PA.P. - 16 words
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Advertisement67 1950-02-13 1 ChiNtS£ j I U. S. de Silva j i j 106 ORCHARD ROAD I s a feeling of restfuiness throughout i.se. Wor-y and anxiety have given ief and cheerfulness S ON COW GATE NOW All chuckles and chubbiness easing sound bones forming I Wfcl health, happiness and vitality. J T67 words
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Advertisement59 1950-02-13 1 RAFFLES PLACE Singapore. Wkafia&i The (cad... GS| BE SAW Every yird ol c J I mFROMi Wl(3e e *p* rierce an^ n»m T U P »nd carefully Jup«rvieo p'OCi. rt.on Sp«city Pirel.t-Ge^rai ctbltt »r.d b^ Cr lirelli vjenliiaL V\ C a vies vSf f 23 ADVT. OF THE GENERAL ELECTRIC59 words
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Article, Illustration491 1950-02-13 2 SHEILAH GRAHAM - SHEILAH GRAHAM Says (BUT INCRID IS FINISHED'/ HOLLYWOOD: I)OES scandal harm or help movie stars? I :;ik'ss it depends on the brand of scandal. It "killed" F.ittv Arbuckle. It rekindled Robert Mitchum They say Shirley Temple's hist picture died because <>l her divorce. What will happen to491 words
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744 1950-02-13 2 John Kirk Nelson - John Kirk Nelson By YOUNG man ilh ;i smkill income found himself recently Ihe embarrassed owner of a castle m Scotland embarrassed because (here w.is n<> money attached to Ihis legacy from distant relative At the same time, who could look a mit744 words
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Article, Illustration100 1950-02-13 2 Ptnn> and Jean look si one another m d.troay wVc.n they »<Mli*f that to catch Ktnl they v..il hike 10 go »nro th« oart tf iHi cnctie wli,c)» Ihi hn^c.Kc^per t.is mid them is Meanwhile, Konl has found an open djor, and he goes into the room audou.iy. Ma looks100 words
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Article, Illustration378 1950-02-13 2 CASUAL CHA T STARTED AN INDUSTRY THE manufacture of cricket bats, a thriving Australian Industry, was started almost accidentally. The story begins 40 years ago. when an English Test Team was playing against Australia on the Melbourne Cricket Ground. Archie Maclaren. the English captain, turned to the Australian umpire, the378 words
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Article57 1950-02-13 2 117ORKMKN Inst I] tril heating m staple n, Wiltshire, church uncovered huge comm Numbers ol skeletons were unearthed and red elsewhere. Canon o. r. Yerburgh our. conducted funeral service Historj eorda that Cromwell encamped by the church, Bli*)dy Judge Jeffre] an assize there The si tons are57 words
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Advertisement12 1950-02-13 2 MMMJ Ml ImmmS HAGEMEYER TRADING CO. (MALAYA) LTD. SINGAPORE K. LUMPUR PFNANO12 words
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Miscellaneous487 1950-02-13 2 ofxir A DflDP Music. 6 30 C I (BLtE MTWORK) Signal. M k 184 and 41.7 metres. J«2f Kmergencv news from K.L. l^V in 8 la At oar ai a m The nu; .t vou ha I !o» roi>W u From Here; :>o I I IS 10 News Irom Kuala487 words
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Miscellaneous205 1950-02-13 2 F.P. Crossword No. 918 naaaaaaaTaaBafaaaaaaa "~~~P^ anal B[ aasaW sHaaB* ""saaaaBBas^'TT i^^^ B I ssssBBBsaal TaBBBaaasa! aasaassBasL 1 I 1 I I. 1 LI KS ACEOS8 l Miners m v.... 'ii.! n ,k.s Eden sad (7); 7 Here yo*tu iv.e back before the bun (f); 8 call and take u205 words
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Miscellaneous86 1950-02-13 2 YOUR LUCKY STAR DOKN today, paej like the best of everything and dislike even < onsidering liking an\ thing siiniui rate Yet, \nu are atfei tion.tle. warmhearted and considerate of other*, you win not hurt the iff fe< Unci by siiou lag >our ■toa\gl<lssMllt. Consequently, all too often, what you86 words
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Miscellaneous102 1950-02-13 2 dramatic artor sune \ou have musical and artistk talents, as well, it becomes necessary tor mui to s« 1, < jour career earl> in lite «.i ymm are apt to dissipate >our eessCegias m tr>ing to become proficient in too many fields of endeavour U one and the s mie102 words
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Article282 1950-02-13 3 NEW DESIGNS FOR SMALL FLATS Space economy demonstrated FARIS, Monday. OPACE economy or how to live comfortably m the sort of flat where there is barely enough room to move is the keynote of the 19th Salon des Arts Menagers, the French Ideal Homes Exhibition, which opens here on FebruaryReuter - 282 words
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Article, Illustration34 1950-02-13 3 photo. Mr. Ernest Bevin, Britain's Foreign Minister, paid a courtoy call on Count Carlo Sforia. Italian Foreign Minister, when he was m Rome on his way home from the Commonwealth Conference m Colombo. A.PA.P. - 34 words
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Article78 1950-02-13 3 LOS ANGELES, Monday. I trend toward nationalism is hindering n other scientific progress m many ■i uth-1 i>t A>ia. says Dr. George Leiby. Iniphasta on indknous languages and an withdrawal from use of European are have h;i i r trictive effects, m rofessor of clinical medicineA.P. - 78 words
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Article15 1950-02-13 3 Nt o [ndu 10 and •-at ion o; A. P.A.P. - 15 words
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Article54 1950-02-13 3 PRESIDENT Quirino said m Honolulu recently that the Philippines does not care if China and Japan both go Communist. "Lot C: I umunist," he .said. "Let Japan go Comst. We don't care. We will respect whatever form of government any of our Far Eastern neighboursA.P. - 54 words
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Article35 1950-02-13 3 Edgar Saundcr.s. a British subject, and Robert Vogeler, an American businessman, are to be tried on m Buda- icxt Friday on charges of espionage, the Hungarian Ministry of Justice announces A P.35 words
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160 1950-02-13 3 WASHINGTON. Monday. THE first American plane designed purely as an interceptor a radical ship which can zoom above 45,000 feet i" less th m three minutes soon will be put through its paces by a famous air force test pilot. Dubbed the XF-91.U.P. - 160 words
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Article, Illustration76 1950-02-13 3 photo. Nobel Prize physicist Sir Kobert Itohinson (standing). President of the Boyal Society and chairman of the tfoverning body of Britain's National Physical Laboratory. tenders the good wishes of British scientists at the opening ceremony of the Indian National Phytiei Laboratory, the biggest hi the Orient, at New Delhi. SeatedA.P. - 76 words
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Article68 1950-02-13 3 rHE Chinese Nationalists have said they were making a demand on the United States to stop impounding their ships as they 1 appeared m ports around the I world. A spokesman for the Communications Ministry said all sums due to the end of 1949 had nowA.P. - 68 words
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Article, Illustration297 1950-02-13 3 WITH eight tricks m his own hand. South quite properly opened with four spade overoUdinz by two trick*-the proper amount for a vulnerable preemptive open:: opened the club deuce, ana. of course, declarer played lo* dummy. If West's lead had been from the kin?, the contract would have297 words
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Article102 1950-02-13 3 HE WANTS TO BE THE FIRST LONDON. Mon. A 52-YEAR-OLD Londoner thinks he will be the first man m the world to perfect a twin-engined, radio-control-led model aircraft. Mr Fred Borders, of Gately Road, Brixton, South West London, who has been making model aircraft all his life. Is now puttingReuter - 102 words
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Article72 1950-02-13 3 CAROL Ann Paiglit, 21. acquitted on Tuesday night of the mercy killing of her cancer doomed father, plans to return to college as soon as she has had a rest after the ordeal of her trial. Clutching the gold crucifix which she held while giving evidence72 words
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Article, Illustration61 1950-02-13 3 From a rocket-propelled teM v!«d truvvllin? a( 1 .000 mii< > per hour, a dummy IgWt is hurled from an aircraft ejection seat to further kmmmlttf* «»f para< hnt» jumps from aircraft travellirig at vjpcrsonit ipr t <l '1» I miles of perfectly straight rail track w<t»> l:»id for th^61 words
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Article, Illustration32 1950-02-13 3 photo. p 1 irom the .John*Bis<n P (background) feels it j di Hope Bay m ihe Antarctic where nine British scientists havt n marooned on wind-swept Stonington Island for two years. A.P.A.P. - 32 words
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Article179 1950-02-13 3 NEW YORK. Monday. MANY people today are shortening; their lives trying to find a way to live longer. The main idea seems to be that if a man puts his whole energy into earning money he can pile up enough chips m the bank t 0A.P. - 179 words
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Article19 1950-02-13 3 The Italian Senate has given final approval for the despatch of 3,000 Italian troop* 4 o Somaliland19 words
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Article, Illustration219 1950-02-13 3 Saar hopes for better future SAARBRIECKEN. Monday. TINY, coal-rich Saar hopes for a better future after 1 signing conventions m Paris this month which will make it Europe's newest state. "W e are tired of being a political football k: around between France and Germany, as one Saarlander put it.A.P. - 219 words
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Article35 1950-02-13 3 ARGENTINA'S delay m issuing import licences is hurting Lancashire textile firms. It has caused a million pounds worth of top grade noods to accumulate m Manchester warehouses awaiting shipment to Buenos Aires.35 words
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Article120 1950-02-13 3 BERLIN. Mon. SCATTERED British subjec: whom cannot cvi English, are living m apparent contentment b the iron curtain Soviet zone of German. cordms to British oHic^rs m Berlin. These abou; 200 m number. of whom have two wars m Germa. I have nev received their XReuter - 120 words
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Article18 1950-02-13 3 Archbishop of has demanded that Br tional atom bomb i "before U gins to r:> A.P.A.P. - 18 words
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Article42 1950-02-13 3 VfR. Leon Pignon. French iTI High Commissioner m Indo-China. has left Saigon for Dalat to Interview ex-Em-peror Bao Dai. head of the Vietnam state. M. Pignon will then return to Paris for consultations with the French Government.— ReuterReuter - 42 words
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Advertisement52 1950-02-13 3 WHAT S ON IN K.L. p w i M \DK\< -.cur> to Coll \iniv Hindi* 5 n ers or n TaPEHAKC 1•■ T lence. \TH\\" \XDMT .POH SUN: t b MJBY: Joe PhL <»i»hos Bt 1 CRAM): Ku WHEMBAM MKTRO- \ni\V: -UTHIRE: ♦m v -^eys of Broadl Ex MDO: I•52 words
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Advertisement23 1950-02-13 3 The Ideal Combination BOORDS MONTSERRAT DRY LIME GIN JUICE MADE FROM WORLD FAMOUS FRKH WEST SINCE 1726 INDIAN LIMES 510.25 BOTTLE $1.75 BOTTLE23 words
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469 1950-02-13 4 The Singapore Free Press MONDAY. Feb. 13, 1950. JUDAS GOAT UNMASKED i itream of lies, J\ bombast drivel and viiu- that flows day and g from the radio stas behind the iron and l o I a bit < to r by the listener I -o think ab. hears. Recently469 words
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Article775 1950-02-13 4 Leo Margokin - Leo Margokin By two con ii tries of the world are closer to war today than India and Pakistan Their two armies are poised on an 800--mile front m Kashmir. Only the intervention of the United Nations and world opinion has stopped active warfare. ThereN.A.N.A. - 775 words
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Article, Illustration67 1950-02-13 4 Tfie lit't'st Miss Australia fj 19 -near-old Sydney model Margaret Hughes, winner of a nationwide contest deCided <>t the end of t949 She it a honey blonde, sft 6 m. tall. Firs* pri:e includes c sir-won' hs world four. Sfie Will sail from Sydney m the ORCADES on67 words
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Article91 1950-02-13 4 Letter to the Editor YOUR daily crossword puzzle has b*-en a source i>t entertainment and pleasure to me and my family, but your new form of puzzle was a disappointment, as it is b< yond our depth as I .supp me it, would be to a majority i91 words
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Article280 1950-02-13 4 WASHINGTON: AN Air Force trick of 'souping" motors with alcohol and water, developed during the war, may make possible an enormous saving m fuel costs for motorists. It opens lhe way to eeneral use of rather low-grade and cheap petrol with as good mileageNANA - 280 words
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Article, Illustration95 1950-02-13 4 BEAUTIFUL BRITAIN 10 Trtnple Bar. the gateway designed by Sir Christopher Wren which until 1678 stood at the entrance to the City of London outside the Law Courts m the Strand, non at the entrance to Theobalds Park near Cheshunt. Hertfordshire, where it has been since 1888. A pedestal surmounted95 words
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Article954 1950-02-13 4 Hall Romney - Scientists for the Colonies Hall Romney London Letter by TIIF, Parliamentary Under-Secretary for the Colonies, Mr. Rees Williams recently called a conference of about 60 journalists U> launch the new l»i anch of the Colonial Service the Cotonial Research Sen ice. A number of olfi cers who are already engaged954 words
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Article14 1950-02-13 4 Titanic Pacific 'Cracks' reporti I I I < miles South i I F S NANANANA - 14 words
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Advertisement27 1950-02-13 4 JEWELLERY OF UNSURPASSING QUALITY AT 45. HIGH STREET SINGAPORE THE EMBANKMENT K. LUMPUR 43, STATION RD.. IPOH S.P.H. deSIL'A OVER A QUARTER OF A CENTURY S EXPERIENCE27 words
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Advertisement23 1950-02-13 4 lnd Floor 13. Battery Road For Morning, Aflc and Evening Dit&* Ihe Quality of out V ft expmttd i» The Personality of th23 words
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Article31 1950-02-13 5 'Teachers should go abroad' nrre^pondent would oe•hrough d by r further a H H. Wil- y for I of lid be inwith I'ior. .:ng." supen ppi bi oaden :eld •hit 'idy31 words
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Article, Illustration350 1950-02-13 5 DRIVE TO CLEAN UP BEACHES Warning signs proposed Free ftess Sfaff Reporter J^ CAMPAIGN to clean up Singapore's beaches has been started by Mrs. Robert Eu, Progressive Party Municipal Commissioner: At the next meeting of the Singapore Parks Committee. Mrs. Eu will ask if signs have been erected on the350 words
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Article40 1950-02-13 5 An Officer Command- j M. aya. Air Vice-Marshal S. J. W Meliersh. accompanied by Mrs. Meliersh is !cu\ today for Fraser Hill, where h»will bo on leave for the next fortnight. He will return on Feb. 2840 words
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Article221 1950-02-13 5 Free Press Staff Reporter MX. Ralph Bridges, superintendent of the Victoria Theatre m Singapore, had a stroke last week at the playhouse from which he is due to retire on Feb. 22. At lour o'clock on Friday afternoon before the players m The Eagle Has221 words
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Article32 1950-02-13 5 SCOUT Week will be opserved throughout the Federation from March 18 to 25 when every rover, scout, and cub will try to earn something for the scout training camp fund.32 words
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Article236 1950-02-13 5 UPSTAIRS TO THE RESCUE Free Press Staff Reporter A YOUNG American pianist stepped into a cultural breach m Singapore last night. Without any experience of Chinese music, he found himself Interpreting quite brilliantly at any rate to Western ears— folk songs of China for two singers from China. He was236 words
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Article76 1950-02-13 5 THE Old Raffles Association. Singapore, will hold a dance next Saturday at 8 p.m. j The proceeds of this dance will be spent on the erection of two plaques dedicated to j the memory of old boys of I Raffles Institution who died during the World76 words
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Article263 1950-02-13 5 TFree Press Staff Reporter HE Katong Boys' Club will make a drive next month to raise $70,000 i o build its own clubhouse on a large piece of land on the fringe of the Katong and Geylang districts. mi n Mountbatten Road When completed, it will263 words
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Article, Illustration211 1950-02-13 5 Free Press Staff Reporter 4IUHFRY an increasingly popular sport m Singapore and Johore, has taught on with t lie Singapore Police Inspectorate. A class of inspectors has been formed at the Police Training School at Thomson Road by Chief Inspector J. Sanderson The inspectors,Free Press - 211 words
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Article101 1950-02-13 5 Kr«> Ptfss St;tfT Reporter TPHE Senate of the University 1 of Malaya is to appoint a Board Of Studies to work out the details lur setting up a department of engineering at the University. Already donations for the engineering faculty, totalling $479,107. have been received. the largest101 words
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Article37 1950-02-13 5 Surface mall «> expected m S.n^apore today from Sarawak (except Mint, Slam and I lie Federation. Latest times for posting Hirface mail today at the G.P.O. are: noon for Piilembang and Medan; 5.45 p.m. for the Federation.37 words
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Article, Illustration50 1950-02-13 5 picture. WINNER of the Singapore Gun Club's February clay pigeon competition was William Eu (seated). Some of the other competitors vrre (from left): Charles Seston. F. G. Lundon. W. II ne. B. Santos, Richard Eu. Dennis. J. Eva»..u a».. Clunies-lUss. Santos and R. Eu tied for second place.- Free PressFree Press - 50 words
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Article98 1950-02-13 5 Scouts help at harvest F.P. Malay Correspondent GROUP of scouts from Baling. Kedah. recently did a good turn to a Malay peasant at Pekan Kupang. the Utusan Melayu reports They volunteered to harvest the Malay's padi field. To carry out their good deed, the scouts had to cycle four miles98 words
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Article99 1950-02-13 5 U.K. UNIVERSITY ALUMNI KUAI.A LUMPUR, Sun At the tlit- annual general i tIM Hong Koiik Uni'ersiiv Aiui.'.iu Association of Central Malaya, held at the Lee Wong Kee C Cafe the following were elected office bearers. President. Dr. Chut ben. vice-president. Mi. Lee Ku.m Yew; secretary. Mr. Hiew Siev Nam; Mtt.99 words
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Article69 1950-02-13 5 S'pore Rep praised Vrrr f>UI M.ifT Kep<« THE B d IH ment from Sir Eugen M. ton-Drake at a p;irtv Capitol Restaurant Hr said: "Both In I and Paris I saw p: productions ol Tht 1 I Has Two Heads and I successful attempt cult. "Singapore should be d of69 words
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Advertisement146 1950-02-13 5 Glamorous Eyes end how to have them with KURLASH The famous Eyelasii curler, >es lashes a glorious upward sweep without heat cr practice. Lashes Look Longer heavier-eyes appear brighter and Larger. Get one today at Gout Stacks 4 ».»[J- 11(1*111 T|ll»M0«i i?.» T Model 5103 A.C. only < MOfl outstanding146 words
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Advertisement57 1950-02-13 5 CLOTHES of CHARACTER J§ by John f" irdale I VW»li HOME SIDE I m. 3 PIECE Bjk Available now m Single or W r Double Breasied Models m NSk Saxonies and vllif---^ < English Worsteds. jM^^ prices from \|H j $150.00 ajl THE MAN'S SHOP ROBINSONS RAFFLES PLACE SPORE X57 words
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Article, Illustration598 1950-02-13 6 AUSTRALIAN HORSES WIN 19 EVENTS /l/tow Ltfw/s reviews Singapore races picture. Cabaret springs big surprise AUSTRALIAN horses practically swept the A board at the Singapore Turf Club's Spring meeting, which concluded on Saturday. Thoroughbreds from "down tinder" were successful m 19 of the 21 races decided at the meetinsr TheFree Press - 598 words
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Article568 1950-02-13 6 NESSUS showed his liking for the improved going when h e again won stylishly m the fifth race for CI I. Div. 1 over six furlongs. He defeated the favourite, Miss Nathan, who was one of the leaders from the start until caught near568 words
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Article83 1950-02-13 6 Malay assns. to unite MALAY badminton enthusiasts have decided to form an All-Malayan Malay badminton association. The i::--augura] meeting will be held at Kuala Lumpur on Saturday. The Selangor Malay Badminton Association has proposed that the Sultan of Srlan'-ror and Dato Onn bin Ja'aftar be appointed patrons of the new83 words
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Article30 1950-02-13 6 pRED DAVIS and William Donaldson reached the {"mil of the world Dtf sional snooker championshlp by defeating Oh Chenier and Albrrt Brown m the semifinals on Saturday. RetuerReuter - 30 words
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Article47 1950-02-13 6 TIIK last instalment of IVd Broadribb's "Fiuhtinz i s Mv Life" series will bo published m the Free Press on Wednesday In this instalment Bnuidribb tells the inside story of Freddie Mills* decision to quit boxing after his knockout defeat by Joey Maxim.47 words
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Article406 1950-02-13 6 SATURDAY'S racing at Bukit Timah opened m ideal weather with the *vent for Cl. 1. Div. 3 horses over the Spring Cup distance of a mile and 27 yards. With the Koine: improved, punters lidlv for Electro- p. Sho had finished fifth over 6f. In her first start406 words
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Article, Illustration21 1950-02-13 6 picture. Mr. Lim Kirn L*** leads m Perostan <Tulloh>. winner of .he Spring Cup at Bukit Timah on Saturday Free PressFree Press - 21 words
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Article58 1950-02-13 6 Big Jewish sports meet Jewish wgm d over have bp»-a md to participate m the third Maccabian which are dv- -iin m Israel on Sept. Thn sponsored by the liaccabi World are run on the lii the Olympic events basketball, boxi::^ fenc: .soc< mimmini lerrr. far be^-n :e--from Eire. A58 words
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Article30 1950-02-13 6 r £Ul Club, B hold a Chinese Bern ay from 9 p.m. to 1 a A fs party on Sunday. Feb. 26. from 1 p.m to G p.m.30 words
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Advertisement93 1950-02-13 6 l^A^r L>AYi 11 a.m.. 1.45, 4.15, 6.45 9.30 p.m. iianhand/etf u££ *V* HaydtlV B EDMM fiMM 6MM WSP fi ft IBM DfiARE ttttl LEU OUR NEW YEAR rtAcnoH! BABY. ITS COLO OUTS!! TECHNICOLOR MUSICAL HIT' IAS7 DAY/ 1.4 V US, 6.4."> 9.30 p.m. SAMUtI GOIDWYH 1 gcy c -jac» t93 words
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Advertisement10 1950-02-13 6 U\At- AUvUm.^4 ka.^ _L T Bit** —TO «jCt /49M«£ It****.****'10 words
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Miscellaneous147 1950-02-13 6 mdfidrSkG Exclusive to the Singapore Free Press m Malaya \Hmm--H£s) I DAiVfcR TAKE ME WH/,TMIS ISN'T THE WAY/ ORiVER Dklv'EH -CAn'T YOU I 8 T I I NOT VERY (STO 20 COMPO, YOU'RE GOING WRONG/ IT'S r- 1 HEAR MET [driver that^ a clever mfcmanism Ualkaii/e-t) S n please, m147 words
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Article, Illustration429 1950-02-13 7 EDIN PETERS - THIS QUEST SHOULD BE EASIER EDIN PETERS Wong Peng Soon leaves for U.K. By Peng Soon, Singapore and Malayan badminton champion, left by Constellation for London yesterday full of confidence m the outcome of his bid for the All-England title. "My trip to England with the Thomas Cup team last429 words
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Article, Illustration62 1950-02-13 7 and picture. Tottenham Hotspur's out-side-right. Walters, scores their third xoal against Sunderland m the fourth round of the FA. Cup at White Hart Lane. Tottenham. The Sunderland goalkeeper. Mapson. dives, hut fails to stop the ball going m off the post. Spurs, who won s—l.5 1. wereSports; General - 62 words
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Article465 1950-02-13 7 Plans for new soccer season By CKI SADEK ACCORDING to the revised rules of the S.AFA., the 1950 soccer season m Singapore is to start next month, but the visit by the Burmese team next week has caused th e SAFA to make a beginning earlier than anticipated. Tomorrow, at465 words
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Article66 1950-02-13 7 C.A. LOSE TO TA MILS TAMIL Brotherhood Association beat Chinese Athletic ree goals to two In a friendly soccer match at Jalan Stadium yesterday. C.A. opened the scoring m the game through Eng Siang, but T.B.A. equalled just before half-time through Chandra. Shortly after the resumption. Ganeson and Dutta scored66 words
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Article55 1950-02-13 7 CHEERFUL Lads Ist XI beat Royal Nuval Air Station iSrmbawangi by three goals p in a soccer friendly on trip Choon Guan School ground yesterday. In an earlier gamr on the same ground yesterday Cheerful Lads' second string beat Municipal Workshops by one goal U nil55 words
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Article, Illustration103 1950-02-13 7 Johnny (into. top ranking Filipino ju n ior m«•1t c r v\ vik h t. who fights Bobby Njoo. Ihc A!lIndon c s i a i champion, a t th i- Happy World Stadium on Friday i Chinese Ne m Vt ar Day. (intotou r e d Australia i n103 words
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Article155 1950-02-13 7 'pHE University ol Ifalaya's first badminton tournament was continued at the Raffles Insitution hall yesterday. Results were: Women's singles isemi-fin:tK Mlaa Teota Gim Hock bt. Miss MiUj Eapen 11-2. 7-11. 11-2; .MLss Wont; Pat Mooi bt. Miss Zanarab -i-i. 11-4. Uumftis doubles fj^ni-liruls Misa Wong Pat Mooi and155 words
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Article119 1950-02-13 7 Three world records go JOHN Marshall, 19-year-old Australian swimmer. broke three world records when racing against the clock at the 18th annual Yale water carnival at New U.S.. Marshall set new marks 00 yards <3 mint. 1.4 300 metres "3 mint. 20.2 sees i and 440 yards (4 inins. 36Reuter; AAP - 119 words
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Article499 1950-02-13 7 JIM CHAMBERS - Derby County forwards shine JIM CHAMBERS FA. CUP sth ROUND From r\EKBY County, s—l5 1 favourites to win the F.A. ljf Cup, pressed into the last eight of the national knockout tournament with a 4 2 win over Northampton Town on Saturday Derby's very classy forward line smashed through the499 words
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Article296 1950-02-13 7 WE feel thai II i.s necessary **to bring to the notice of ail he Imance of having sufflcil qualified and experienced officials to control football In Singapore/ states the Singapore Amateur Foot bail A.ciation In its report for year ended Nov. 30, 1941). which will be296 words
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Article325 1950-02-13 7 SOCCER bigwigs m Britain are watching with keen interest the progress of the game m Singapore. Sir Stanley Rous. Secretary of the Football Association (England >, m a foreword to the Singapore Amateur Football Association Handbook, says: "Here m London, at the headquarters of the325 words
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Article149 1950-02-13 7 Big welcome for Malayan athletes A GRAND v.< iA. Malaya's continfeni the Empire Games. concluded at Auckland. Ne?m Zealand, on Sat Th« on Wee- .ext \v. wwghtlifters In Dtingent won thfteam title as well a> I medals, one silver and bronze medal at the Ga:: The Singapore Olyi Sp^Tts Couni149 words
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Article30 1950-02-13 7 fj^RENTH Liberal DJean Paul David has inthe House of Comi to play the Frer.* I bly t| rugby, according to Carmen Tessica m the F: evening pap^r France-S30 words
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Article126 1950-02-13 7 •THIRTY-NINE p: A mi nary bouts In Singapore novices' I teur boxing compel I were decided at the Police Training School night A number of boi fight k of time. to be com pl» ted ton I The competition. by the Sir.:. Boxing A126 words
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Advertisement86 1950-02-13 7 s ARRIVED price 51 75.00 I 1 be proud to own an empire Aristocrat j Her V WALSH LTD. ■isMlrai hi -II CO LTD. •:frs. M ft*-" '«1 I hi sms :.£DIMSTEEL g[[JJ»iillJ,N:n I K>M X \at I v!' I > l».n. ing Mar Ml-- IDU \K) *>■ is a86 words
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Advertisement151 1950-02-13 7 pAVILIO]%T Phone ffttl LASf fO(/Jf SHOWS 2-A.15-6. 30-9.30 p. rr. JOAV fRAHFOttI) NEW WARNED MOS SMAfMJ MldtSCfiH GREt Tuesday Wednesday Only JACK LONDON S EPIC "CALL OF THE WILD" Marrin* I \KK Mil I IMMi KM and a verj Ntronj; «-t BOOK NOW FOR GALA PREMIERE ON CHINESE NEW YEAR151 words
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Article49 1950-02-13 8 CHEW-YAP: The engagement is announced between Mr. Richard Chong Soon, the second son of Mr tz Mrs. Chew Siew Siong. to Miss Wee Neo. the second daughter of the late Mr Yap Kee Kok and Midam Tan Kirn Eng and cousin of Dr. <fc Mrs. Ong Scow Hian.49 words
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Article23 1950-02-13 8 ON FEB. 11TH. 1950. at Trinity Chapel, Singapore, Leslie to Margaret Joyce, t daughter of Mr. Mrs. i De Year, of London.23 words
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Article236 1950-02-13 8 Chiang steps up raids HONG KONG, Monday. ARRIVAL of the long-awaited seasonal fog, A which now blankets the Liuchow peninsula and Hainan Strait, has coincided with intense military activity on the peninsula and Nation* alists on Hainan have been alerted for an imminent massive amphibiousA.P.; U.P.; Reuter - 236 words
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Article140 1950-02-13 8 WASHINGTON, Man. SENATOR Joseph McCarthy said yesterday that there were at ieasi 57 Communists m the U.S. State Department. He called on President Truman to get rid of them. •Failure on your part w!ll label the Democratic Party ueing the bedfellow of international Communism.*'A.P.; U.P. - 140 words
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Article70 1950-02-13 8 TOKYO. Mull. JAPANS U-ading Communist, Kyolchl Tokuda. charged with an 'act atrocity" by anti-Communist repatriates "who arrived from Siberia aboard the -steamer Takasago Maru. These ex-prLsoners **ment alleging tha officer m their camp tU ed on Sept. 24. 1940. that I baa requested the Sov.et auilu'i.-i*-70 words
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Article57 1950-02-13 8 THE Peking radio report.--1 that Wang Ling Chi. the Nationalist Governor of Szechwan at the time the Reds occupied Chungking, has been arrested while trying lo escape m disguise The Communists accuse Wang of killing Communis leaden v well as 'butchering" a large number of stuReuter - 57 words
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Article25 1950-02-13 8 A Moravian sLue court has sentenced three men to death for plotting to assassinate prominent Czech leaders and overthrow the government. A.P.A.P. - 25 words
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Article22 1950-02-13 8 Israeli and Egyptian representatives will probably reopen peace talks somewhere on the border before the end of the month. U.P.U.P. - 22 words
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Article23 1950-02-13 8 Italian police used tear gas to repel a crowd of angry farm workers who invaded the town hall at Cerignola. A.PA.P. - 23 words
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Article155 1950-02-13 8 CAMBRIDGE, (Mass.), Monday. \f IX chemicals with a sloppy mud patch and m five M* hours you can have a firm soil pack that at the end of a full day is stronger than concrete. Scientists at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology said that their newA.P. - 155 words
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Article207 1950-02-13 8 LONDON, Monday. U/ORLD production of natural and synthetic i rubber dropped last year, according to a preliminary survey of the world's rubber position prepared by the Rubber Study Group and published yesterday. Total production of natural rubber m 1949 is .estimated at 1,482,500 long tons, comparedReuter; A.P. - 207 words
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Article, Illustration51 1950-02-13 8 Mr. Fred Borders, of London puts finishing touches to his twin-engined, radio-controlled model Dakota aircraft which he hopes may fly across the English Channel. The machine is eight feet long and weighs 15 pounds. Its wing span is 11 feet. Its two petrol engines should produce a speed of 4551 words
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Article48 1950-02-13 8 PHILADELPHIA. Mon 11/ ALTER B. -HAPPKLL. f f who has just celebrated Ml 100 th birthday, says his ■ectet of longevity is to m .lintain a daily diet based mainly on fresh fruit; read the Bible, and "do good things for the neighbours."48 words
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Article, Illustration62 1950-02-13 8 photo. One of four airmail rockets, each carrying 600 letters, roars into the sky on a trip from Searles Lake to Trona m California. They are fired annually by the L.S. Rocket Research Institute, a civilian experimental organisation. The letters, each bearing a Wright Brothers airmail stamp are bein- forwardedA.P. - 62 words
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Article76 1950-02-13 8 MADAME RENEE PEPIZKWNICH celebrated the opening of the traditional Nice Carnival yesterday by throwing more than US $1,000 m French and Dutch money from her apartment window. When police, attracted by the crowd, reached the apartment however, she had disappeared, leaving behind over 100,000 francs, forty 20-florinU.P. - 76 words
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189 1950-02-13 8 HOME, Monday. FILM Director Roberto Kossellini announced l.^t night that Ingrid Bergman's baby had been registered officially as his son. The baby was registered under the name of Renato Roberto Giuseppe Ros- neural. The registration, made yesterday morning at the official Registry Office, made noA.P. - 189 words
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Article104 1950-02-13 8 JAKARTA, Mon CUGAR mills are being dis- C mantled m Jogja and] Solo principalities and the machine parts carried away I m trucks, Dr. V. J. Koningsberger, a Dutch sugar expert, said yesterday. The Aneta news agency *aid that peasants and labourers are demanding very highReuter - 104 words
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Article46 1950-02-13 8 PLANE WOULD HA VE TO PA Y The legal committee of the International Civil Aviation Organisation (1.C.A.0 meeting m Rome, has reaffirmed the basic principle that compensation is ciue any person on the earth's surface who suffers damages as a result of objects falling from aircraft.46 words
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Article84 1950-02-13 8 HONG KONG. Mon. J)R Sun Fo, former Nationalist Premier, failed to appear m the central magistracy on a summons against him. The application was by Nancy Nyi. who claimed to b Sun Fo's first concubine, for maintenance of her U- t year-old daughter. Mr. MarcusReuter - 84 words
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Article54 1950-02-13 8 ABOUT 100 members of the Persian Communist Tudeh Party, imprisoned m Teheran after the attempt on the Shahs life year ago. were deported yesterday to an undisclosed destination m South Persia The prisoners had kept up permanent contact from their prison with comrades outside who continued subversiveReuter - 54 words
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Article46 1950-02-13 8 The Foreign Office said yesterday that the Hungarian Government had been asked to permit Mervyn GriffithsJones, counsel at the Nuremberg war crimes trial, to be present at the trial of Edgar Saunders. a Briton, on charges of sabotage and esDionaec— I A.P.A.P. - 46 words
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Article26 1950-02-13 8 'pHE New York Stock Exchaige closed irregular on Saturday with all averages slightly lower after restricted trading. Wail Street s closed today, Lincoln or.26 words
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Miscellaneous139 1950-02-13 8 HIGH TIDES Today: 6.39'i.n; 10 pm. Tomorrow: 8.15 a.m. 10.52 p.m THE SAINT by Leslie Charteris |t||( ViIJHIJ /OF COUAS£ IOUHAV'S TO K4LME.J I rBROTHES.'-s LOOtYi CA^SRiFyblTl KAND WHiRE -IF I WaOORE£6£S A«e' LLlLli/ BUT \OU WON'T. YOU HAVB <C YOU'RE ArTE* 13 VhAO DON 6 THAT TOOK YOl'S OPPB3-JCHAN&CABLB139 words
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