The Singapore Free Press, 18 April 1950
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Title Section20 1950-04-18 1 The Singapore Free Press LARGEST AFTERNOON SALE IN MALAYA v, 17.758 SINGAPORE, TUESDAY, APRIL 18, 1950. PRICE TEN (KN IS.20 words
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Article, Illustration604 1950-04-18 1 Tank is still blazing today (Free Press Staff Reporter JHE villagers of little Pulau Blakans Padang were able to read their books and newspapers by fire-light last night. The light came from the million-gallon petrol blaze on Pulau Samboe, half-a-mile away. The Dre puffed andFree Press; Mobile Photo - 604 words
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Article42 1950-04-18 1 \NBKKR\ Tups urjje dev*«»nme exh.iw i *<» viid th»» \i^Minister, > >!r-r.i iv 1 .t letler from t\ Nf>r\ icrman iiid his mate •f the disturMalftyi and they ■r\r m a volun--1 ted m \usFnu > >t id my :ir letters Mould ronsideration.42 words
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Article121 1950-04-18 1 TAIPEH, Tuesday. A NUMBER of Communist troops got ashore on Hainan island, yesterday after losing more than half their force m a night battle at sea, said official Chinese Nationalist dispatches. Fighting was still In progress late last night west of Hoihow, the island capital,A.P. - 121 words
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Article77 1950-04-18 1 LONDON, Tues. T3RITISH production, measured by value, rose eight percent last year— by £828,--000 000 to a record figure oi £*****,000,000 the Goveernment disclosed last night. A little leas than half the increase was accounted for by higm-r prices. Just over a quarter of the additional resources77 words
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Article283 1950-04-18 1 Free Press Staff Reporter Xl ALA LUMPUR. Tuesday. FROM May 1 all rice to be issued In the Federation on the public ration will be sold m three grades and members of the public may purchase from their retailers within th»>ir ration entitlement whichever283 words
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Article18 1950-04-18 1 The British Foreign Secretary. Mr. Ernest Bevin. continues to -show improvement following Tin:: minor operation.- A.P.A.P. - 18 words
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Article23 1950-04-18 1 South Africa will end the financial year with an estimated surplus of 1,500,000 instead of an anticipated deficit of £750.000. ReuterReuter - 23 words
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Article23 1950-04-18 1 H«shemite Jordan, Indonesia and Korea are expected soon to become members of the U.N Educational. Scientific and Cultural organization. A.P.A.P. - 23 words
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Article15 1950-04-18 1 SMOKING bomb was removed from a United were among the passenger!.- ReuterReuter - 15 words
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Article100 1950-04-18 1 EDINBURGH. Tues. A STONE cannon ball tlsiied from the sea bed yesterday raised hopes that naval diver* at the Isle <>f Mull may at any moment wrest from the Atlantic the 352--year-old secrets of a fabulous Spanish treasure galleon. The cannon ball, of the typeReuter - 100 words
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Article22 1950-04-18 1 A new South African measure to tighten up the export or diamonds to nondollar buyers was forecast m Johannesburg. ReuterReuter - 22 words
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Article35 1950-04-18 1 Free mart The British pound yesterday reached its highest quotation on Belgium's free mar- I ket this year, the rate was 128 Belgian francs, compared with the official rate of 140 to the pound.- A.P.A.P. - 35 words
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Article52 1950-04-18 1 'TWO Royal Air Forc<» planes exploded over the ocean off Japan when a fighter rammed a pursuit piano. An undetermined number of crewmen are missing. The pilot of one of the planes was picked up by a Japanese coast guard vessel He suffered an injured leg andU.P. - 52 words
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Article33 1950-04-18 1 Friends and the family of Miss Gertrude "Gorgeous" Moran are m the dark about her romantic interludes but they Insist on one point. Gertrude's nickname is soell«d Gussy, not Gusgle.- A.P.A.P. - 33 words
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Article34 1950-04-18 1 A group of visiting mayors m red scarlet robes and gold and silver chains of office wero guests of honour yesterday at p reception by the Paris City Council.- A.P.A.P. - 34 words
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Article, Illustration161 1950-04-18 1 LONDON, Tuesday. BUCKINGHAM Palace confirmed last night that I'rincess Elizabeth is expecting another baby this summer. This followed rumours on both sides of the Atlantic for several weeks The Palace simply said that Princess Elizabeth is cancelling all further public engagements. This is the Palace'sA.P. - 161 words
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Article20 1950-04-18 1 The World Bank will send a mission to Iran to survey the country's penpal economic situation. A.P.A.P. - 20 words
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Article159 1950-04-18 1 Keep calm -US tells U.S.S.R. WASHINGTON, Tues. TiHE UNITED STATES reproved Russia la^t night for "lack of calmness and restraint" m dealing with the recent alleged clash of American Soviet planes. The criticism was made In a formal announcement that the United States will delay its reply to Moscow's noT<?A.P. - 159 words
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Article70 1950-04-18 1 U .S. SHIPS DIE HERE FOUR Ameilcan nay;;; It from the U B B Fleet, headed by the 27 ton aircraft carrier I will visit Singapore I April 27 to May I the Assistant Naval Attache nounced this morning The destroyers Floyd B John R oiler Guadelupe .he Boxer The70 words
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Article42 1950-04-18 1 Major General Kftujiro Iketant, former Chief of B of the Japanese Kw I Third Arir.y. said on hfi patriation from Siberia teiday. "I am happy to be 'buck In Japan before the starts betveen the ■States and Russia."- A.P.A.P. - 42 words
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Article, Illustration850 1950-04-18 2 George Tansey - Women ParsonsWhy Not? George Tansey By HTHE Church of Eng- land has adjusted its outlook a little. A vicar may preach m a public house with official approval. A woman inaji give an address m a church. Rot a. modest-sound-\tu resolution which would have removed sex disqualification from minor post850 words
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Article206 1950-04-18 2 Kay Murray - U.S. WOMAN'S DIARY Kay Murray By 'pHE US -a omens arm; haa a Bern look. v. hich I .ed v. iih inter* of the heart-search-att accompanied the F 5 search for a new gr ■ciiir ih ich included ra jshion uuihori* >rs of Vogue and s B--.za~r and the one206 words
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Article412 1950-04-18 2 CANON WARNER - CANON WARNER By Church Of England Marriage Adviser 1. The case of the cheated wife AFTER a good deal of vnhappiness dye tn viy husband associating wtth another woman, I have heard that he has left a will signed on his d< ath-bed with412 words
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Article, Illustration463 1950-04-18 2 S' pore Shop hounds on the Trail npHE Shop Hounds were nosing around High Street again this week and found, as usutl. bizarre and fascinating novelties m women's and men's accessories and clothes m the small shops which line the street. In Wassiamuli s Department Store, the Shophounds spotted some463 words
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Advertisement101 1950-04-18 2 HER CROWNING GLORY woiium's hair sets the seal jpon her persona lity. It can make or mar her entire appearance, \\'h\ not p:«> us a isit and perhaps we may Uahle to suggest another hairstyle, not only a nev but one that would enrich and emphasize your .n:>luv. (OPEN ALL101 words
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Advertisement87 1950-04-18 2 FOR BABY rhe Finest Mod-' WATERPROOF COT SHEET (DOUBLE FACED) In Dainty seH colours of Blue Pink. Also m White. Made of Pore Rubber. 2 sizes available:— 18" x 30" $2.30 27" x 36" $3.95 ROBINSONS RAFFLES PLACE S PORE Anywhere u»,der the tun yo*. I ARDENA SUNPRUF CREAM Use87 words
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Page 2 Miscellaneous
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Miscellaneous65 1950-04-18 2 YOUR LUCKY STAR |>ORN today, your intuition* are exceptionally keen, almost prophetic. Yo« have extremely high attritions and the stars have given >ou the capabilities to realize them. If you fail to reach your objective, do not blame •then. Look inward and see where you have failed! Music and the65 words
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Miscellaneous145 1950-04-18 2 lop it will depend to a degree, upon your parents. If they do not discover your gift during your childhood, the chances are that your life work mill be in Nome other field and vour artistic ability reserved for a hobby or rotation. Then, later on in life, you might145 words
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Miscellaneous298 1950-04-18 2 Solution ro Crossword Mo. Z£ sol I IIOV Arr«M. I Bsond T, P f. Don 9 Pf.r. 1 4 Qrtenad :.•> r »p«. l* Ifciwn I. ltlp ap 2 6po:' in*. 11 Paper. 13.1 4 New Crossword No. 24 ill ES \< i;hn> 3. Bread bak >d !>r small lio298 words
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Article283 1950-04-18 3 Russia building many ships AMERICAN naval nt «H 8 HINGTON> T «esday. A building v? abL U t ?>„ RuSslans are seize S anThoW 31 t anV natto n that wan lest it become a<Sn VSiV' 1 mUSt con^ uer Britain «n forces^S t^Se"^^^A.P. - 283 words
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Article41 1950-04-18 3 ROMF Mon. made appearbuby boy was i Rome .Ittns for •rrd round. She i biv*k door 1 when she ie babys rather. R )b^rt Rosseli crash, •i turned four ><>ppt*d «'i 150 ft up her x ratholic.41 words
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Article45 1950-04-18 3 U.P. rOYPT bi relaxing its ct:i £J ■or«hip. the Interior Din Pasha said Censorship will become an exception and not a rule he told a press conference and will apply to news dealIn? with military secrets Communism an d th, RoyaU.P. - 45 words
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Article, Illustration35 1950-04-18 3 photo. i mm .»f the White Thais, a monntain people ronkia and one of the minority groups m i wh« have been caught up and are suffering ruiinu b-tween the French and Communist Ciierrillas- A.P.A.P. - 35 words
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Article31 1950-04-18 3 GLENN FORD FOR E UROPE en- m the QJxn vVatched the tdaptpd from s Simmon. n will produce th«* a Ui Amster Paris and ibout Aug. ianr^r and Powell, will A.P.A.P. - 31 words
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Article120 1950-04-18 3 Soldier spy (19) sobs in court GARMISCH, (Germany). Monday. W \rmy Corporal. GusUv Mueller, ftfea :i\uted of attempted espionage and liv- years gaol hv a court martial yesadmitted that hs had offered to act as igent for the Russians, and even save ::?nts to two American counterlits, who po^prf n<U.P. - 120 words
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Article66 1950-04-18 3 CEYLON Is consuming more arrack, despite all ttie efforts of prohibitionists to close taverns. It is believed that the demand would exceed 600.000 gallons, which S oye m ce h nl hoped would suffice for thU year. As a result the Govern ment distillery may beReuter - 66 words
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Article, Illustration129 1950-04-18 3 PLEASE comment on Im bidding of his hand, i- Diaains cincinn.v.. TSorm had opened the b,dplaved at three notrump. could have been made^ ••As it happened. West led tm king of diamonds, and Bourn mm laer lost, and +g*£LZ%i We think that the biddum *j ZSFL lT£on™no» g129 words
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Article109 1950-04-18 3 LONDON. Mon pORTY-NINE eggs In the drawer of the incubator lay peacefully on their sides. E«u No 50 *tood up smartly on its small end IncubatorOWner Charles Blyth. of South Street. Whltstable, Kent, shut the drawer, then reopened it. The e-4^ stood on end again,109 words
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Article18 1950-04-18 3 Brit nin went on summer time early until October 22, Clocks were advanced one hour.- A.P.A.P. - 18 words
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Article32 1950-04-18 3 India h:*s deported rvurly 400 foreign nationals during the four years end m? 1949. including 223 Chinese. 80 Tibetans. 16 Arabs. In Iranins. 14 Tribal Pathana and 23 Goans A.P.A.P. - 32 words
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Article22 1950-04-18 3 King Abdullah of Jordan has dissolved the Jordan senate by royal decree. A r.eu Senate is expected to be appointed shortly. A.P.A.P. - 22 words
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Article, Illustration63 1950-04-18 3 photo "Census taking is all wet." cried Miss Rose Mallory. Miami Daily News reporter, after she feJl into the Atlantic Ocean while stepping from a boat to a lighthouse off Miami. Miss Mallory was accompanying a U.S. census taker and a photographer to the lighthouse when the wave hit her.A.P. - 63 words
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Article, Illustration30 1950-04-18 3 This man of thr 4th Battalion, Malay Regiment. improve*, his marksmanship on the shooting range at Port Dickson. Soon he will join his battalion to hunt bandits m the jungle.30 words
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Article169 1950-04-18 3 HONG KONG, Tuesday. AT least 400,000 Buddhist monks m Communist China have shed their religious garments to become laymen again, according to a Buddhist priest who has arrived m Hong Kong. The information further revealed thai of the 400,000. more than 200,000 youn^ monksA.P. - 169 words
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Article55 1950-04-18 3 Alexandra C. Dimitru, said to be a former Fascist sympathiser, was sentenced to death last week at Constanza, Rumania, for the murder of the President of a local village ctuncil. An official announcement said that his action was caused by his "hate towards the regime— theA.P. - 55 words
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Article33 1950-04-18 3 Tile Italian ilim director, Mr. K«>berto Rosselini, described as "a new one on me'" a report, that n.'s wedding to Ingrid Bergman will take place m London m two weeks.33 words
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Article30 1950-04-18 3 Several hundred banks m Shanghai, most of them small Chinese banks, have closed down due to insolvency since the Reds took over last M*y. A.P.A.P. - 30 words
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Article196 1950-04-18 3 VICTORIA, Canada, Tuesday. /CANADIANS are using a secret poison, which the Germans perfected during the war but feared to launch, to kill insects m their orchards The poison, one of the military secrets which Germany turned over to the United States after the armistice, isReuter - 196 words
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Article49 1950-04-18 3 TEHERAN, Mon Persian court has •excommunicated" Princess Fatmeh Pahlevi, sister of the Shah, for marrying abroad without her brothers permission. The Princess on Thursday married an American sturient, 25-year-old Vincent Lee Hillyer. In the Municipal offices of the little Roman seaport of Civitaver-chia, Italy.- ReuterReuter - 49 words
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Article56 1950-04-18 3 JAPS DESERVE PEACE— JESSUP "J.S. ambassador-at-la. Dr. Philip Jessup. -aid recently that the United States felt the Japanese people had progressed to a pom' where they deserved a peace treaty giving them responsibility for managing their own affairs with certain safeguards. He was broadcasting on his recent three-months fact findingReuter - 56 words
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219 1950-04-18 3 SITTNEY, Tuesday. A BIG meeting of representatives of South Pacific 4 islanders will begin at Suva Fiji on April 25. Sixty delegates and advisers will represent 2,500,000 people living on hundreds of islands scattered over the South Pacific This South Pacific conference will beA.P. - 219 words
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Article28 1950-04-18 3 Chinese Nationalist warplanes have attacked Communist forces massing on the Luichow peninsula for the Invasion of Hainan island and reportedly inflicted heavy casualties. A. P.A.P. - 28 words
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Article146 1950-04-18 3 U.K. HAS PASSION PLAY LISS. ENGLAND. Tues THIS pretty Hampshire village li creating a >.ttr with an impressive 'a^ion Play on the artistic lines of Germany's famed Oberam~ mergau performance People have travelled 150 miles from Wales »o see it and London newspapers columns of praise. The 300--seat village hallA.P. - 146 words
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Article63 1950-04-18 3 GUSSIE IS ENGAGED AGAIN pUSSIE M< rt is .1 \J another di'heY. the orous Califoi revealed m Mon She 16 thinking of married to Pat Di I of Hollywood, former husban; of Gloria Vanderbilt Mr Di Cicco coniirmed tha they were thinking married, but said nothinp v a official yetA.P. - 63 words
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Article43 1950-04-18 3 ARGENTINA produce percent of all the rubber products its needs, and nvoy expand production m 1950 A U.S. Commerce Dr ment report says foui factories operated m Argev tina last year and another is scheduled lor completioM early this year A.P.A.P. - 43 words
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Advertisement109 1950-04-18 3 LEADS AGAIN! News Item dated Friday 17th Mar. 1950 NEW YORK, Friday. APPLE-FLAVOURED ice-cream drew a 90 per cent favourable reaction m a consumer test, a local firm reports. The firm sold 700 pints made with a formula developed at the State Agricultural Experiment Station here. A. P. Golden Apple109 words
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Miscellaneous122 1950-04-18 3 WHAT'S ON IN K.L. REX: Beyond The Fore-.'. PAVILION: Son* Of Arizona and West Of Cimarron (double feature'. ODEON: Train Of Events. COLISEUM: Frontier Marshal. MADRAS: Fatimah vMalay). (\THAY: Ponnuruvi (Tamil* HINDUSTAN: Dillagi. CENTRAL: Life (Tamil). VENTS: Siau Chieh Teh Pee Mee (Mandarin). PENANG ODEON: The Rats Of Tobruk. REX:122 words
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Miscellaneous340 1950-04-18 3 CTUraPHPF (BBC; 4.55 "Composer of the o SINCaAhUKt Week'-Saint-Saens; 5.15 Colo- C A ee Hour Favourites; 11. Star (BLUE NETWORK) nial Commentary" (BBC); 530 Jj**! y^e^BuUeUn- 400 484 and 41.7 metres. Years After"-8 "The Mulic For Teatime 4 30News toe«n C n.w.JfnM- X.L Sto'y; 6.0 Indone g FjJ 10 News340 words
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477 1950-04-18 4 The Singapore Free Press TUESDAY, Apr, 18, 1950. HELP FROM WITHIN MENLRAL 3ir Harold Brigs* Malaya Direct Operations Supremo, c .i \or —call him w: now on pub vaiisned that I •a ers are sufficient for b Trus does not mean we i ill back and wait foi problem la477 words
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Article1116 1950-04-18 4 MAJOR V. V. MIKHAILOV - Soviet Rule Is Hell On Earth MAJOR V. V. MIKHAILOV (SAYS A REFUGEE FROM RUSSIA) k\/ Before he escaped to Western Germany from the Russian Zone, MAJOR MIKHAIL O V was a leading official of the Soviet Economic Administration Department for Foreign Trade m Karlshorst, the Russian headquarters m Eastern1,116 words
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Article661 1950-04-18 4 LETTER TO THE EDITOR I HAVE not yet read Science is a Sacred Uore but I gather from t no article m Thursdays »cc Press that it is a rather unhappy book, and I am surprised to hid so much space given to its criticism m661 words
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Article, Illustration15 1950-04-18 4 i suppose ong is bound to feel the i.-eight oj passing ycarg sooner or later.15 words
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Article, Illustration745 1950-04-18 4 DON IDDON'S DIARY NEW YORK: AM I a menace to Anglo-America n relations? Mr Herb Caen, the Ban Francisco columnist, describes me as "anti-American." Mr. Chully Knickerbocker, society editor of the New York Journal American, calls on me to sajf a kind word for the United States for a change.745 words
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Article, Illustration140 1950-04-18 4 HAROLD HEFFERNAN - HAROLD HEFFERNAN By NO metropolitan centre trc m the world pernaps has ever been bogged down by such consistent unsavory publicity as Los Angeles— •Mid" now, to cap the climax, come frightenin? statements from doctors gathered for the annual convention of the American Academy of Allergists. mulisLs I140 words
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Advertisement22 1950-04-18 4 •-iiumc:iMiiimiiir.3imiim;iiuiiiiiiiHi£ 1 Best Values b m SPORTS t TROPHIES [U.S.deSILVA? writers 1 106, ORCHARD ROAD. I. Tel 2466 I SMiMiiiiiinfiii'iinrJHiiM.iiiiiHlHlJHlftS m,m -I22 words
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Advertisement67 1950-04-18 4 COLD STORAGE BREAD IS NOW ONLY 20 cts a Ib SELF-RAISING FLOUR -75 cts 2 Ib bag BREAD BUNS -4 eH each COLD STORAGE BAKERY SINGAPORE ONLY DAY 4FTEHNOOB! DRESSES Latent M#4eli 82-1. Bras Basah Road Near Raffi*- Hotel^ DO YOU KNOW THAI WE CAN, WITHOUT ANY EXTRA COST TO67 words
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Article, Illustration290 1950-04-18 5 Thaipusam day reforms their temple m order before turning their Si£Vp I £S i^ ther H^du temples' \dl Uorv Jah VI^ rt sident Of Hi dv AdNLsorv Board, yesterday commenting on the proposal of trustees of the Chettiars Tempk to refo I m Thaipusam290 words
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Article, Illustration33 1950-04-18 5 picture. /GRIPER, the Singapore Harbour Board rescue and salvage VJ tug. returning from Pulau Samboe yesterday after righting the fire on the Dutch island with foamite and the latest fire-fighting equipment.- Free PressFree Press - 33 words
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Article108 1950-04-18 5 I rre Press Staff Reporter id m Malaya fto raise £4*o to assist i s mer. who risked torture and death .!sh prisoners of war held by the > »m. has now ieached SI 321 •v.a y •*or md iave ■Ih >cted Federa- > of108 words
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Article48 1950-04-18 5 HE MOVED BIOS DURING 'MONTH' JOHORE BAHKU. Mon During Anti-Bandit month P. C Joseet. chief derk of Hock Lim Estates. Masai. moved by lorry 8 baes of rice from Johore Bahru to Masai, without a permit. For doing so he was today fined $15 m the Police Court.48 words
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Article40 1950-04-18 5 Surface mail b expected m Singapore today from Java. Hong Kong, China, Japan. Sibu Siam knd the Federation. Latest times for pasting surface mail today at the G.P.O. are: noon for Djambl: 5.45 p.m. for Slam and tiie Federation.40 words
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Article204 1950-04-18 5 Pilgrims must not pawn F. P. Malay Correspondent MUSLIMS who are unable to fulfil certain conditions to be laid down by the Kedah Government m respect of pilgrims to Mecca, will be refused permission to go on the annual pilgrimage to the Holy City, the Utusan Malayu reports. This move,204 words
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Article86 1950-04-18 5 The chamber music rtcitoi wni:-h was to have been given at the British Council this evening has been indefinitely postponed because Mr. Derek Allan, cello member of the quartet has been delayed m Hong Kong on business. Mr. Allen is the representativt of the Ministry of Transport86 words
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Article, Illustration34 1950-04-18 5 PUPILS of the Aitfflo-Mala y Evening School. Singapore, held a concert at the New World last Saturday. The school has about 1.200 pupils and over 30 volunteer teachers. Picture shows the concert m progress.34 words
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240 1950-04-18 5 'End self -torture' call to Hindus Free Press Staff Reporter 'PHE time has come when Singapore Hindus must seriously think about the abolition of sacrifices and of inflicting pain 'n kavadi-carrying on Thaipusam day, said Mr. A. P. Rajah, vice-president of the Hindu Advisory Board, yesterday. Mr. Rajah said that240 words
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Article411 1950-04-18 5 Free Press Staff Reporter \ik. fl. A. Mallal (Municipality South- West) pro- poses to ask the Singapore Government to take steps to safeguard the meat supply of this country m the event of any possible interference with this supply "by reason of political disturbances or other411 words
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Article127 1950-04-18 5 Free Fress Staff Reporter Jl POLICE constable at the junction of Buona Vista Road and Pasir Panjang Road would cut down accidenus and help to control the flow ol traffic at "this dangerous junction," said Mr. H. J. C. Kuiasingha, chairman of Uie Pasir Panjang Rural127 words
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Article117 1950-04-18 5 Free Press Staff Reporter gINGAPORE'S 8.000 trisha owners are petitioning the Municipal Commissioners for additional riders' arm badges to enable two riders to operate each vehicle. The petition, drafted by the Singapore Trisha Owners' Association, pointed out that there were at present only 10.000 arm badges117 words
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Article62 1950-04-18 5 MUAR, Mon— Hassan bin Mohd Jin was charged at Muar with attempting to commit suicide by stabbing himself with a tapping knife and with resistance and jttemptin^^o escape fro mpol'ce custody at the Government Hospital. He was bound over m $50 for two months on the62 words
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Article156 1950-04-18 5 ST. Andrew's Cathedral is on the threshold of "a great move forward" as the parish church of Singapore, the acting Vicar of the Cathedral the Rev. Kinross Nicholson, said yesterday. He was addressing the annual parochial mtvMngof the Cathedral, held at V.M.C.A. To be effective156 words
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385 1950-04-18 5 Free Press StaiT Reporter VI ALAYAN canned pineapples have been sold to the United Kingdom one JGM? ahead ending March next, Mr. Yap Pheng Geek, chairman of the Ontral Board of Pineapple Packers. Malaya, tol<j the Free Press yesterday. He said that385 words
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Article55 1950-04-18 5 MADE SA MSU AS MEDICINE TAIPING. Mon. Customs officers surprised Ng Ah Lai at Ayer Kuiimg while he was distilling sam.su without licence He had about or** gallon. Ng said he had a big family and he manulacrured samsu for medicine. The Taiping Magistrate Inche Abdul Azir. fined Nit SlOO55 words
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Advertisement122 1950-04-18 5 Smart to Look at and Comfortable to Wear ARROW SHIRTS U S:H CoWmk Green. F«w«. g( M j»d C*ey>. M^ Sfnped iFjwa, Blue a«4 Ct«*t !7i' U| Sleeves. f/)e Centre v M ALL KINDS /J|q HI REPTILE SKIN 600DS Wfel Handbags, Wallets, Shoes, Document Cases, Boots. Belts, Etc, F/»f QUALITY122 words
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Advertisement137 1950-04-18 5 JUST RECEIVED First Quality Fully Fashioned 100 DUPONT NYLON HOSIERY i In Flattering Shades o/:— Cocoa Frappe Copper Glo Tanglint Tender Beige 51 CUACE. 30 DENIER. SIZES: to 101 AT $4.95 paw The final attendance figures for our ANNUAL SALE shows that 121,721 persons VISTED ROBINSONS SALE m Singapore and137 words
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490 1950-04-18 6 TROOPS: PRIORITY FOR MALAYA CAMPAIGN Free hand for Gen. Briggs Free Press Staff K^nnrter KUALA LUMPUR, Monday. ANTI-BANDIT operatiM* m the federation are being: given priority by the War Office over other military requirements, the Director of Operations, Lieut.-Gencral Sir Harold Briggs, told newspaper correspondents today. He also announced that490 words
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Article, Illustration28 1950-04-18 6 (^ROI'P photograph taken I at JJohore Bahru on the occasion of the first annual assembly of Johorr Malay officers. Datin Onn is srated m front m the centre.28 words
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Article99 1950-04-18 6 pONTiNTiNCi their unrelen- ting attacks the M tlayan bandi's formations •of Lincoln*, Brigands. Temits and Spitfires, flew total of 97 sorties during the lays During this period, •ircnft >f the RAF haw .rtacked D ngtn banditi jm hiduu?. kno*n to bt» dispersed m the jungle99 words
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Article54 1950-04-18 6 ixx) Koh Leong. a Subr [nspector In the ImmiBrmtion Department, pleaded guilty m the Singapore Fourth Police Court to charge of criminal breach of 'rust of 63 landing permits between March and December of last year. Bail of $500 was allow. -d until Apr 24. when54 words
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Article144 1950-04-18 6 618 ROAD ACCIDENTS IN MARCH STREET accidents caused by; motorist*' carelessness and errors of judgment and pedestrians negligently cross- j Ing the road, continue to be major problems of the Singapore police. During March thert* were 618 accidents, and seven people were killed— two pedestrians, and two falling from an144 words
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Article72 1950-04-18 6 TRAINING AS NURSES HPEN nine <>i tl 1 Chinese and the 1 I Indian. :rv being traiivri ;n' the St. Andrew'j Mission Hospital under the 81ngap ire Q rernment's endorsed nurses training plan. After two years* training In the Mission Hospital they will have to sit for a Oovernn examination.72 words
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Article169 1950-04-18 6 COMMISSION ON HAWKERS APPOINTED Free Press Staff Reporter Dr. T. H. Silcock. Professor «»I Economics m th^ University ol Malaya, has been 'appointed by the Governor or Singapore to head the Haw-k'-rs Inquiry Commission The Commission will Inquire Into "all aspects of hawking uith particular emphai the social, *v mlc169 words
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Article25 1950-04-18 6 A special programme is planned by the Singapore Y.W.C.A on Wednesday. April 26. to celebrate the Y.W.c A v.~>rld-wl<l<' membership ob--1 servance day.25 words
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Article409 1950-04-18 6 London Stock Exchange LONDON, Tuesday. |)K\/ll.l\\ bond prices rocketed on the London "stock exchange yesterday on news that the Brazilian Government intends to redeem certain issues. Five per ccni Funding 1914 gained 24 point 100 which is the redemption price. Others being redtemed pained nt po:409 words
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Article111 1950-04-18 6 BRITAIN cond round ui ilie M na; Ci K i (i I A J. M B Ci. I I MM Oih« we. i I A I und m vert 1m ■>' G. Alstai fi-2. 6-4 6-1; A. Huber b' E. Donnell .U.S.! 6-4 8-t>. B. StomquUtA.P. - 111 words
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Article63 1950-04-18 6 BILLY Talbert and 1 of the United Statr> won the doubles title at the M e international tennis Tournament, defeating Adrian Qulst of Australia and Jaroslav Drobm of Egypt 6-2. 2-6. 6-3. 6-2 Qulst and Drobnv entered the final in a semi-final match earlier in the dayA.P. - 63 words
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Article43 1950-04-18 6 SINGAPORE R*»creatlon Cluo defeated a Combined Schools team by four goals to two a. ao.i»*r on the Padang yesterday Prout, Mosbergen A ftozano and D. Rozario scored for the Recs while Andrew Lim and Kok Ppow scored for the Schools.43 words
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Advertisement149 1950-04-18 6 a*?? A BfIWF iWfc.l VERY SHORT SEASON FROM TODAY 11 1 45. 4. 6.30 and 9.30 pm. ALEXANDER EOU>A AXD DAVID O nURICI JOSEPH COTTEN VALLI ORSON WELLES TREVOR HOWARD n&jflF^ «2bbSs\ JJ J£ The Third Man NEXT CHANCE! 1 1 1 1 1 1 mi JOAN FONI UNE In149 words
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Advertisement122 1950-04-18 6 SrAJ»S TOOAVr 10.30-75 30 V J BUSTER CRABBE /lash CORDON >H()V\ i >\IP| |j; i j ii 1 1 roii i \m: i <i\ 7Hf PLUNDERS on mv rVi J H Trf[ Ww nnß .m. r II Jl a Jv N»! |U Ml SSI .IN H» I Ihe Hi. ii"122 words
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Miscellaneous109 1950-04-18 6 Ifl3ndrdk6 Exclusive to the Singapore Free Press m Malaya \c^iw\^A^~ Ml^ WKP* 1^ "^B |niVA.I.T-ANOWE'LLBEj I MOW'S THE l n OKAY, ht NEEDS REST.I jHiS HERE H^ A n'AHIN'FOa THiSj SHERIFrOOIN! CACTUS, RIDE THIS LETTER-- f>~^<^X x\l AMAZIN'fELLER/ MSS JANET fII LETTER IN TO .TOWN. V >> U _Z---\^ JANE109 words
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Article43 1950-04-18 7 CRUSADER - CRUSADER IU Igyi r :i tve picked 13 players for their cci match against Singapore at lium on Saturday. From these the i shortly before the game. Grant back. Cpl. AC ::erd Lee AC Duck- le-left: Seoag.43 words
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Article67 1950-04-18 7 'THE English League aooeer team 1 to play w .e Irish League at Be-i&st oc April 26 will be Merriclc B.r:v.:ngham> Sam Muburn Chesterfield. Withers "Tottenham Hotspur Harvey I Ifc castle United Whitaker I Middlesbrou<h». Mudson 'Derby Cour.tr> Harris (Po.-^mou:h > Steeke Derby County). J. MilbumA.P. - 67 words
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Article80 1950-04-18 7 Junior champion beats Cup star JOHN HORN. 17-fear-oli British junior tennis *hampion. put up the best show of his farmer m eliminiting Egyptian DaTis Cup player. Stev Nimr. In the men's singles of the Cumberland Club London) lawn tennis tourney yesterday Horn, one of the 16 specially selected players to80 words
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Article213 1950-04-18 7 PIE American-bred colt, Prince Simon, impressive winner of his one and onl.v race at Newmarket last week, became clear 7—l fa\ourite for the Derby at the Victoria Clvb (Londan) callover last night. He displaced the Yorkshire- however> re trained Masked Lisht and m^^ laV ounte forReuter; A.P. - 213 words
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Article542 1950-04-18 7 ALLAN LEWIS - PRINCESS BEAU DOES BEST TRYOUT ALLAN LEWIS This morning's K.L. gallops By |{*ia yesterday afternoon an<? early this morninr on^J th S N 2 ffrass track 4 dcad when it was ?Turnt.t Or faS L W this mor "m«. ™ncess Beau furtnnl? I worker whe she ran three PrinrJE iT542 words
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Article, Illustration23 1950-04-18 7 p itture. I Rovers' centre-forward, takes a shot s Ibe > < coiUwper. hratrn in yestrr- ucfr matrh on the Padan?. Rnvpr* nil Free PressFree Press - 23 words
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134 1950-04-18 7 EMBERS of the Sussex County Cricket Club at a specially convened meeting last night decided that veteran circketer James Langridge should be temporary captain of the County XI until the "caretaker" committee meets again m a month's time. This was the sequel toA.P. - 134 words
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Article74 1950-04-18 7 YESTERDAY'S U.K. League results were: Knilbh League Div. 2 Cardiff C. 1 Southampton 1 Scottish League -Div. "A" I Dundee 0 Rarigers l Heart? 3 Patrick ThL«=tle 3 Motherwcll 3 Ea^t Fife 4 Queen of the 6. 1 St Mlrren 1 Sr»itish othfr matches: Aber- J D74 words
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Article70 1950-04-18 7 IN a Business Houses knockout competition soccer match I re-play at Geylang suadium yesterday. Maiayan Airways defeated eht Chartered Bank S.C. by thiee goals to two. LaM week, the Bank held the Airways to a draw. Russel and Morely and NorrU red for tne winners. Hen* See70 words
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Article405 1950-04-18 7 /ORIENT triple champion, Boy Brooks, who was to have been introduced to Empire middleweight champion, Dave Sands at the Happy World arena yesterday, skinned the issue. Brooks, who started his training at 2.30 p.m. finished his workout around 3.30 p.m. and told promoter RazakR.M. - 405 words
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Article191 1950-04-18 7 i^BDEL BARI, the sturdy professional champion of India, was beaten m the I final of the open squash rac- kets championships of the i British Isles at the LansI downe Club, London, last .night. He lost to Mahmoiul El Karim. the tall Egyptian, who left few doubts that191 words
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Article134 1950-04-18 7 rTR lradin«r Sydn*r Jockeys issued >»preme Court writ* yesterday m undisclosed artion against tbe pubJisheiN of tlir Sydney Daily Telegraph, the Consolidated Prese Ltd. CeOTge Morrp. William Cook. N>iille SHlwood and Arthur Ward are each claiming 10,000 damage. They all ,-oda In the Al!-Ajred Stakes »t IJandwlrkA.P. - 134 words
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Article, Illustration52 1950-04-18 7 ASTRAKHAN IN ACTION picture. A fine action picture of Astrakhan. Princess Elizabeth's wedding gift from the Aga Khan. Astrakhan won her first race on Saturday, when she was successful in the Merry Maidens Stakes over one mile »t Hurst. This three-year-old filly is by Turkhan out of the Hyperion mareReuter - 52 words
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378 1950-04-18 7 T»HOUGH a keenly contested affair, the S.A.F.A. Senior League fixture played between Singapore Cricket Club and Rovers Sports Club on the Pariang yesterday was one of missed chances for which both sides were equally to blame. Rovers won three- nil. A steady378 words
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Article72 1950-04-18 7 'pHE president of the Singapore Amateur Football Association. Mr. W. McGregor Watt, announced yesterday that the Government s entertainment duty on football will be reduced by 50 per cent retrospective from January this year Mr. Wat: said that the decision by the Government wa«72 words
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Article87 1950-04-18 7 INDONESIAN Xl 's£ll showed greenness when they lost four-nil to RE ME. m then S.A.F-A. Senior League engagement at Jaian Besmr Stadium last evening. R.E.M.E. did a^ ihey pleased and with better finishing would have piled up a t\*< figure score. Mawso:,. REM.E.s outsid* left, fumbled many opening87 words
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Article40 1950-04-18 7 YESTERDAY S Rugby DMt suits were Ebbw Vale 14. Exeter N»> tance and Newlyn 5, Cardul o Coven '.ry 6, Rugby J. Rugby League result* were. Leeds t. Huddersfield 22; H^. Kingston Rovers 8. Bradford hithem 5- A.P.A.P. - 40 words
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Advertisement94 1950-04-18 7 rE EXAHiNATiCHS tUS-lORY d by WM CHOWC CO., &fkWq HBMjTION ON A WORLD WIDE SCALE BRITISH H^ J Ml-IKE WIDDI.E <* WT (lI\MIMON. WORLD RWKINO Hi.nnu i Fri.llst April 1950 m H M WtBMMKM W .4 B Minnie. iRi SER «^^s fl^^ U r HXMI'IOV «^B lI\PPV WOULD 9 P94 words
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Advertisement14 1950-04-18 7 KUAlfiUMPgR lljl/l lh''lIJ(flW \VJ fllTSl feb,, MALACCA i! *wij|^^. .>...., <*;::■; Vv > x r^ ,-fevg I14 words
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Article30 1950-04-18 8 DE SOUZA: To Enid, wife of De Souxa. on 17th, April. A .>on. (HILD: At the 8.M.H.. Alexandra, on 13th April, to Biddie ani Denis, a brother for Clare.30 words
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Article34 1950-04-18 8 MISS CHUA HWEI CHUAN, daughter of Mr. Mrs Leng Bee. of Singapore. Is Mr. Choong Kui Sen. rnh s n of Mr. ft Mrs. Choong v I.in. of Singapore, on the April. 1950.34 words
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Article, Illustration193 1950-04-18 8 Farouk 'sbride, say papers DAMASCUS, Tuesday. 'THE Cairo newspaper, Al Misri, copies of which reached Syria yesterday, carried a prominent front page portrait of Narriman Sadek, whose name has been linked romantically with King Farouk of Egypt. The publication of the picture m the leading newspaperA.P. - 193 words
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Article, Illustration32 1950-04-18 8 STEPPINC. OUT PROUDLY is the pony driven by Mr and Mrs. Bert Matthews, Pearly King and Queen of tlampstead (North London) m the annual Van Horse Parade m Regents Park— Reuter photo.32 words
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Article129 1950-04-18 8 BRUNSWICK _Y PENNILESS German duke. K eery b.. He is Duke En of k», >n of the HanoveKl m-law of German] Kaiser and father of Queen Friederika of Gre On Thursday, rellci of his family s splendour will so uncier the hammer. More than 400A.P. - 129 words
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Article50 1950-04-18 8 RED DEAN: 'WAIT SEE' Tne Lord Mayor of Melbourne will not commit himself on his official altitude toward the coming visit of the Dean of Canterbury, the Right Rev. Dr. Hewlett Johnson. "I wll deal with the mattei when it arises," said the Lord Mayor. Mr. D. R. Disney.— A.P.A.P. - 50 words
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Article38 1950-04-18 8 Belgian police used batons yesterday to disperse 50 Communist students shouting "Not a penny for war" outside the Palais Des Academies m Brussels, where ministers of the five Brussels Treaty powers were discussing defence finance.- ReuterReuter - 38 words
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Article86 1950-04-18 8 LONDON. Tuev WHOLESALE Qsh merchants !u-.tv: relay In a bin price gamble which forced the pne h sky high few (lavs after the G<>vi lifted all trad controls m the indu W b the r*mora] ol prtc« lU, rost of cod .vi ted «h>!l BiHi'KReuter - 86 words
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Article160 1950-04-18 8 'SE Asia lacks fish experts SYDNEY, Tuesday DR. O. D. F. Hardenberg, of Indonesia, chairman of the Indo-Pacific Fisheries Council, yesterday deplored the absence of fishing specialists m Southeast Asia and the Pacific when he opened the second annual conference »f the Council here. •The major difficult personnel imp uponReuter - 160 words
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Article55 1950-04-18 8 New York likes U .K. cars how JMIK British Car and Motor fde Show m New York j inued to be a huge buc bird (iiy yesterday. An Average of 15,000 rlsltora tasting through the Grand tral Palace daily and sales are mounting to a level whrh leading exhibitors saidA.P. - 55 words
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Article173 1950-04-18 8 Kidnap leader vanishes VIENNA, Tues. vt /VX Bair, alleged for- mci ringleader of a Soviet-directed kidnapping ring m the American Occupation zone, has jumped bail and fled the city of Salzburg, it was reliably reported last night. Bair has been free on bail on 75,000 schillings since April 7. WhenA.P. - 173 words
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Article58 1950-04-18 8 WASH. -rm. us BUte 1 denit'i charges that 27 tiich returned have been nan Japanese navy The Borlet as-sert;u:i m ?.>.• M i >vda and r d on a LMVI y dispatch from Sh.. Department spokes- «;ald ':om ible to check Tokyo u!d haveU.P. - 58 words
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Article26 1950-04-18 8 13 DIE WHEN HOUSE FALLS 'THIRTEEN people were killed and 30 others injured when a four-storey building collapsed Tel Aviv. Twenty-five persons are still missing.- A.P.A.P. - 26 words
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Article24 1950-04-18 8 Tho Pakistan Prime Minister, Liaquat Ali Khan, will leavp for London on his way to Washington on April 29 ReuterReuter - 24 words
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Article76 1950-04-18 8 DINERS at a Wellington (N.S.) restaurant saw a pretty girl eat her meal, rail for a cup of water and then vigorously brush her teeth. The girl was one of 170 dental trainees who are carrying out an experiment. Half of the 170 will brush •theirA.P. - 76 words
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Article191 1950-04-18 8 SOFIA, Tuesday. I>l LGARIA has accused Yugoslavia of conducting *^"big new crimes, conspiracies and acts of gross interference" m Bulgarian internal affairs. It declared m a note that these alleged activities were aimed at the forcible overthrow of Bulgaria's Communist-led regime and the assassination ofA.P. - 191 words
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Article45 1950-04-18 8 \N Altrlnn reporter* long-dMam c tall f«>r information on the flood conditions m S r.inton North Dakota, w.is interrupted by M open tor who .s;iid: "You Hill hive to leave the line soon, please. The creek has just started flowing through the room."45 words
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Article20 1950-04-18 8 The morals and good taste of Hollywood films fell off In 1949. according to American censors.- ReuterReuter - 20 words
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Article29 1950-04-18 8 The Tndi^n President Mr. Rajendra Prasad. Is lending a pair of gold brorad* 1 bed- j spreads as a pnsent to the Kln K of Slam.- A.P.A.P. - 29 words
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Article35 1950-04-18 8 Sixty-seven i >mmunists have been shot dead since the beginning ol the year by Madras Stat< Police In about a dozen clashet, most of them m Hyderabad and adjoining districts- A. P.A.P. - 35 words
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Article176 1950-04-18 8 Smuts on 'politics in the Army' CAPE TOWN, Tuesday. FMELD Marshal Smuts, until a few months ago 1 Commander-in-Chief of the South African Defence Force, issued a statement yesterday saying that he had received information that the Minister of Defence, F. Erasmus, was Introducing politics into the Army. Commenting oA.P. - 176 words
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Miscellaneous16 1950-04-18 8 HIGH TIDES Today: 11. 53 a.m. 11.4! p.m Tomorrow: 1J.25 p.m. THE SAINT by Leslie Charteris16 words
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