The Singapore Free Press, 13 May 1952
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Title Section19 1952-05-13 1 The Singapore Free Press LARGEST ATXEBMOON I*l* §1 MALAYA wo. n»«- SINGAPORE, TUESDAY, MAY 13, ISS«. PRICE FIFTEEN CENTS.19 words
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Article571 1952-05-13 1 T.U.C. will discuss Post strike tonight Free Press Staff Keporter pO>T OFFICES in all parts of Singapore were *V t i;irdt d by police with Sten guns this ■Jnuag as nearly 500 uniformed men of the Postal Department began their strike for higher wages. But -he571 words
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Article39 1952-05-13 1 The first Asian conference on epidemics among animals concluded its six-day session in Karachi yesterday. It decided to set up a permanent advisory committee of Asian countries, whose headquarters may be set up in Singapore.- A.P.A.P. - 39 words
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Article, Illustration27 1952-05-13 1 A section ©f the crowd that waited for takgnw at the new counter Bear the Battcfr Bind to the General Peat Oftce. FreeFree Press - 27 words
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Article232 1952-05-13 1 BLUE FLASH WAS METEOR CAMBRIDGE, Mass., Tuesday. HARVARD UNIVERSITY'S expert on meteors, Dr. Fred Whipple, said yesterday that the giant fireball which split over Seattle, Washington, -on Sunday could have wiped out the city and its 500,600 inhabitants if it hail been a littleU.P.; A.P. - 232 words
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Article23 1952-05-13 1 Rubber opened at t2ft cents this morning in the Singapore Rubber market. Hie dosing price yesterday was 85% cents a pound.23 words
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Article112 1952-05-13 1 LONDON. Toes. fFHE Foreign Secretary, Mr. Eden, yesterday rejected a proposal by Mr. Emrys Hughes (Labour) In the House of Commons that he should urge that the United Nations troops in Korea should stop using the napalm bomb during the cease-fire talks. Mr. Hughes then asked:Reuter - 112 words
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Article91 1952-05-13 1 CAPETOWN, Tues. f|R. Daniel Malan's High Court of Parliament BUI was passed through the committee stage by the House of Assembly yesterday. Attempts by the Opposition leader, Mr. J. O. Strauss, to block the Bill were beaten in 13 divisions'. Each clause was attacked. Voting forU.P. - 91 words
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Article78 1952-05-13 1 Free Fress Staff Reporter SEVEN Chinese, including two women, were injured when the car in which they were riding got out of control and smashed into a lamp post at the junction of Kallang Road ami Lavender Street early this morning. All were admitted to hospital.78 words
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Article159 1952-05-13 1 PARIS. Tues. BRITISH air squadrons In Germany will be detached to serve with the European Army as part of a plan to boost the striking power of the six-nation defense force In its beginning stages, it was reported here today. Field Marshall Viscount Alexander,U.P. - 159 words
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Article74 1952-05-13 1 LONDON, Tues. MR. Butler, Chancellor of the Exchequer, last night announced a £17,000,000 a year cut in purchase tax on textile goods to help the British textile industry* which has 100,000 unemployed. This means that the British people will pay less for clothes, footwear. gloves, clothReuter - 74 words
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Article47 1952-05-13 1 Free Press Staff Reporter pAYMENT of a housing allowance to open vote employees of the Singapore City Council has been made, retrospective to Jan. 1. 1951, the Free Press understands. The matter was earlier referred to a sub-committee. The sub-committee has completed its work.47 words
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Article22 1952-05-13 1 About 150 civilians and sc2dlers including officers are understood to be under arrest in Brazil for alleged subversive activities. ReuterReuter - 22 words
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Article122 1952-05-13 1 NSW YORK. Tues. A GAS attack on 120 convicts before a four-day hunger-strike at the Lousi* ana State prison was reported yesterday. Supt. D. D. Bazer. who led eninp 25 nrison foremen and broken." Baser, who bid previously Ignored the strike, said he led the122 words
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Article141 1952-05-13 1 SEOUL, Tuesday. fPOUGH Communist war prisoners threatened to <*- kill Brig. Gen. Francis T. Dodd and stage a wholesale break If the army attempted to rescue him from four days' imprisonment in a Koje Island compound. This was disclosed yesterday in a statement read141 words
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Article29 1952-05-13 1 The condition of Brian Hawes, the Singapore motor racing ace, who was seriously Injured in Sunday's Gap Hill f limb, is qm»hany»ri, hospital authorities reported this rooming.29 words
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Article72 1952-05-13 1 AN attap hut bousing a large Chinese family at the 7% miles Jurong Road, was wiped out by fire early this morning. When a fire engine arrived, the but was boning furiously. None of the occupants. who escaped in their bedclothes, were injured. Another fire broke72 words
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Article77 1952-05-13 1 Free Press Staff Eeporter A CANTONESE waitress •f Ike Mew World, Singapore, was robbed early this morning by four carried a dagger. They threatened her and took her watch and Jewellery, worth $5f 0. The robbery took place,. In the Borne ftoad-Hamil-ton Bttjd area as the77 words
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309 1952-05-13 1 German Reds threaten to use force BERLIN, Tuesday VAST GERMAN COMMUNISTS yesterday threat- > ened a harsh new cold war and Russian ifpitiali against West Berlin if the Bonn government sifns the proposed Allied peace contract putting West Germany in the West European defence camp. The Red threat carried withA.P. - 309 words
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Article132 1952-05-13 1 NEW YORK. TIMS. 4 IYR. Linus Pauling, head of the department of Clmn istry and Chemical Engineer** ing at the California Instlt&tJ 1 of Technology, discloted m« terday that the State De-? partmetit had refuted to issue a passport for Mm to virtt Britain. v HeReuter - 132 words
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Article50 1952-05-13 1 WASHINGTON, Tues. SENATOR William Know* land proposed yesterday amending the foreign aid bill by limiting Jet plan* shipments to America's allies until the United States forces are fully equipped. The California Republican's amendment would hold shipments to 10 per cent of United States production of Jet planes.50 words
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Article32 1952-05-13 1 Dr. Hewlett Johnson, Dean of Canterbury, left London airport yesterday on a visit to Moscow and China. He expects to return to London about the middle of July ReuterReuter - 32 words
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Advertisement33 1952-05-13 1 I^2l HOULBERG S FINEST DANISH COOKED WHOLE HAMS BONELESS MILD CURED 11 Ib to 14 lbs nett Ib size for Parcels, Picnics, etc. 11 liolcsale prices on application. t SOLE AGENTS: 1\ ttP33 words
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Advertisement39 1952-05-13 1 lIAMOID SET PUTIN9M EKMEMEIT ■mi WEMII6 MNBS. Visit LANKA JEWELLEM 20, Battery Road, Singapore- 1 Plmim *****. 1 WHAT... OLD CHAP NOWHERE TO GO?. *TUBV CAV ill I iSCV B 1) nW/m II A PLiASANT J/mfiLUDE »r» KUNCHI BEST39 words
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Article, Illustration663 1952-05-13 2 FRANCES DALE BRINGS WM LOCAL FROM DENMARK rpHE first thing most house w i ves would commend in Denmark is the lightness and brightness of the interior decoration schemes. Denmark's climate is cold— cold winters, short summers. Outstanding is their use of the many-coloured scheme, with, for example, one663 words
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Article526 1952-05-13 2 NANCY STOLE THE T.V. SHOW KAY MURRAY WRITES REPRESENTATIVES of the seven current Presidential candidates got together recently in Washington and solemnly drew straws to decide who should have first appearance on a weekly non-partisan TV show called "Presidential Timber." Senator Kefauver, who already has a head start in TV526 words
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Article232 1952-05-13 2 ...iskeepingDaniel Pediani busy, says lean Wiseman WHEN <b^ ■>** W closes <m M* la«s client tfce daj% rk is not finished for hairdresser Daniel PedianL Selected for the second Xtote running/as pne of bera W *e Cttp he pifcctii** marce* waving, vv* Af the^competition fa Brussels in232 words
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Article507 1952-05-13 2 —im Britain A warning is given by a doctor rfO pretty girls, aged 17 and 18/ from respectable Northampton homes, came to London recently for a "bebop" week-end. They met a coloured man. He gave them some Indian hemp to smoke in "reefer" cigarettes. But the father of one507 words
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Article, Illustration38 1952-05-13 2 Two way... but no stretch Is 'this three piece S*4 plaid outfit worn by star Vera-EHen. consist^ of trim pedal pashm. 4 shorts of red, nan, 14 white plaid ginham witkj sleeveless top trimmed 1 white cotton jersw.38 words
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Advertisement53 1952-05-13 2 AGNESIA POWDER 4 oi. 1 Ib. boxes. 75 els. $2.00 The finest dusting Powder made, to combat PRICKLY HEAT. Ideal as a baby powder. Available everywhere, product of Grafton Laboratories' Ltd (INCOfePOfcATED IN SINCAPORE < ilhi We have always in Stock WATCHES and CLOCKS of popular makes designs at reasonable53 words
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Advertisement97 1952-05-13 2 always acceptable always presentable! K I ti rf M PER Jv pA|R NOTE THE NEW PRICE!! 51 CAUCE, SIZES BK2 TO 10: In flattering shades of CLUB BROWN, PHANTOM, DOMINO. PHANTASY TRIMMING DEFT. W%f\ D I sUI CA M^ (Incorporated in r Ask your stationer for Old Chelsea China You'll97 words
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Miscellaneous296 1952-05-13 2 YOUR LUCKY STAR DOEN today, your pereep. helping better social conditions are exceptionally tions. keen; your imagination is Yon have a great deal of vivid; and your native adap- determination and firmness. Utility and initiative are on- Once yon have set your usual. If you will combine mind on something,296 words
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Miscellaneous107 1952-05-13 2 New Crossword No. 660 CLUES ACROSS 1. Brilliance of change in Ulster (6). 4. 50 to 1 on a kingly beast (4). 8. Explosive way to leave (2, 3). 9. I run back about the century (5). 10. Risky advice (4, 1, 6). 11. That defies this motto (6, 5).107 words
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Article, Illustration58 1952-05-13 3 AS SUMMER FIRE Hazards mount in American forests, 20th Century Fox star Const&nce Smith holds a cigarette and a packet of matches alongside a /Irecharred tree as a reminder that smokers must be care ful in wooded areas. Constance is co-starring with Richard Widmark in a story58 words
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351 1952-05-13 3 CALL OF LIFE MEANT DEATH TO SADIE, 16 LONDON, Tuesday. COME people can die under the stress of strain or emotion. Such a one was Sadie Sloan, a young girl who loved life. Just IS, she packed more than a wayward girl's share of excitement into the last 24 hours351 words
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219 1952-05-13 3 It 's a girl, so husband walked out MANCHESTER, Tues. A WIFE whose husband was, so disappointed when, she gave birth to a daughter j instead of a son that he went away for several nights, and treated her with contempt on his return, was granted a divorce by Mr.219 words
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Article81 1952-05-13 3 LONDON, Tues f\ 25* MEMORY" man a wlfc in Man*2S Ke^ maglsH ioVh^ in for trlal L*. k f* T real wife in 1930. He lived happily with her until December 1938 when he disappeared. In March 1940 he went through a form of marriage81 words
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Article393 1952-05-13 3 EVEREST HAS GRIM SECRET What happened in May 1924? NEW DELHI, Tuesday. Pi* the 11-man Swiss Himalayan expedition gets to the top of Bit. Everest this spring it may solve one of the greatest mountaineering riddles of all time: Has Everest already been climbed? Did the British climbers Mallory andReuter - 393 words
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243 1952-05-13 3 They leap right out of the screen ROME, Tues. A FIST lunges off the screen il until the theatre audience ducks.. .Or a laughing child runs forward until the viewer expects to find her in his lap... You can see it any day up in the midgpet theatre of AlbertoA.P. - 243 words
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Article40 1952-05-13 3 A five-man Socialist party delegation is leaving Delhi today for a six weeks' study tour of Yugoslavia and two weeks in Austria, followed by a visit to West Germany, the Lebanon, Syria and Iraq.— A.P.A.P. - 40 words
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Article, Illustration249 1952-05-13 3 P seems that the publication of the Life Masters' faYOurite hands is a popular feature. At any rate, it has inspired several non-masters to barge In with hands that are equally entertaining and will surely be welcomed. For example, here's the contribution of Mark Neuhof, of San Francisco,249 words
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Article34 1952-05-13 3 A dispatch from Canton has told the tragic story of a factory owner and his whole family committing suicide because of their inability to meet extortion Communist demands. U.P.U.P. - 34 words
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Article34 1952-05-13 3 Three thousand employees of the Dunlop Rubber Company plant at Liverpool have voted to end a week-long strike and return to work today to await arbitration of a wage dispute. A.P.A.P. - 34 words
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Article, Illustration11 1952-05-13 3 pictures. BEAUTIFUL Barbara Euick now mypmrlag in MetroGoMwyn MayerMayer - 11 words
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Article, Illustration20 1952-05-13 3 ZSA ZSA GABOR, in private life Mrs. George Sanders, not only appears in "Lovely to Look At," bat she is.20 words
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142 1952-05-13 3 LONDON, Toes. BRITAIN'S 24,000 men and women prisoners are now without money. Instead of cash earnings they will have credits entered in a prison ledger in which purchases at the prison canteen will be debited. TH,. PHsnn Commissioners trafficking, with its consequent temptations to142 words
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206 1952-05-13 3 Girl cashier chased four bandits in car LONDON, Tues. "CXXTR bandits snatched a r bag holding £500 from 30-year-old cashier Miss Elizabeth Cummings. Then, at the wheel of her firm's car, she chased a stolen car with the bandits inside. Miss Cummings, of Wallends Dairies, and Miss Leone Corrigan 24,206 words
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Article52 1952-05-13 3 ATHENS, Tues. FIELD Marshal Viscount Montgomery, British Deputy Supreme Commander of Atlantic Pact forces, has said he is optimistic the present strength of Greece's armed forces can be maintained. Viscount Montgomery said he had come to find out how the Supreme Headquarters could help Greece maintain presentReuter - 52 words
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Article72 1952-05-13 3 CAIRO, Tues. SIR Cecil Campbell, leader of the British community in Cairo, was found dead in his home on Sunday night The cause of Sir Cecil's death was not immediately known in London. He was 61. From 1922 to 1930 he was Legal Secretary to theReuter - 72 words
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Article36 1952-05-13 3 The Philippines will deport 45 Indonesians from Cotabato as soon as transportation Is available. Thousands of TntfrwifinflT**, mostly in M^dinaA and adjoining islands, who entered the Philippines illegally will be screened ReuterReuter - 36 words
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Article25 1952-05-13 3 The Bulgarian leva has been tied to the Soviet rouble ending 'the dependence of the Bulgarian monetary system nn th* unstable United25 words
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Article159 1952-05-13 3 GEORGE VI HAD £9 LIFE INSURANCE LONDOH, Tues. THE Prudential Assurance Company has fust paid, outa £9 4s. 3d. death policy, to the executors of King George Vt.'s estate. ft was a Id. policy that was paid yearly by the King since he took it out in 1928. It was159 words
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Article21 1952-05-13 3 Twenty of 30 passengers were drowned when a boat capsized in the Rangoon river 20 miles from Rangoon. A.P.A.P. - 21 words
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Advertisement112 1952-05-13 3 it Hii vl m t^f If HSfn! 11 Ifl il^U *r 99 Tf^ 9 Tf MM^^^COUGH PASTILLES w^ Available at all first class dealers and THE FEDERAL* DISPEMSARY LTD: GLENEAGLES^ yuqvi offitk you J 40 betuttMly himishe« modern Hatters wit* all wedern Situated in one of Sinfapofe's best midentij| dittrictt112 words
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Miscellaneous206 1952-05-13 3 SINGAPORE News Talk; 6.45 lnterluce and Daily Quotation; 6.50 From The 10 ajn. News; 10.05 Tunes from m>^.i t; 7 Forces' Favourites; ♦k- gk^c. iaas 11 schools- 1 7.30 Donald Peers with Donald the Shows, 10.45-12 schools, a me p^^ ffh# p.m. Radio Orch.: 1.30 News; 1.45 Peter Knight Singers.206 words
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Article160 1952-05-13 4 lIR. N. A. MALLAL speaks "1 for the whole of Singapore when he calls upon the Government to say what has been done to increase the food supplies of the Colony. The answer cannot be put off much longer. It was fifteen months ago that a committee appointed160 words
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348 1952-05-13 4 The Singapore Free Press TUESDAY. May 13. 1952. Weapons of war IN less than two years of war, five million men, women and children have been killed or injured in Korea. More than four million others have fled their homes to live in incredible misery in hovels or open country.348 words
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Article, Illustration770 1952-05-13 4 JAMES BARTLETT - JAMES BARTLETT By When Parliament is again opened In State the Queen will be robed in the wne room as that used by Queen Victoria in ISM, the last occasion when she opened Parliament. When the Chamber of the House of Commons was bombed in 1941,770 words
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Article697 1952-05-13 4 ANTHONY TERRY - Germans Sneer at Democracy ANTHONY TERRY says IF you talk about the attractions of democracy to people in West Germany nowadays the well-bred reaction is a polite laugh. The more outspoken German does not take even that amount of trouble to conceal his sneers. Yet there is not very much697 words
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LETTER TO THE EDITOR
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Letter74 1952-05-13 4 VOUR leader "On and 1 Off" on-Friday seems to me to contain an unfair reflection on the gas undertaking. After a not unwarranted crack at our electricity and water failures you say and of course the gas never fails." I hotie this was not sarcasm. The74 words
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Article, Illustration353 1952-05-13 4 SAM WHITE - When the Ridgways come to Paris SAM WHITE By Cycle-riding corporal and police patrol Alsatian cooperate at the R.A.F. Police Dor, School, Netheravon. The dor. Shandy, and his master, Corporal Garner, torether with the other Corporals and dors in the picture, are practising for the police do* display at Earls353 words
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Article, Illustration700 1952-05-13 4 W. J. BROW - W. J. BROW^ IS America strong enough to lead the world? In the material sense she is. Never has there been so immense a concentration of productive power as now exists there. American unions do not resist machinery. They welcome it. And the workers realise- that, howeverFree Press - 700 words
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Advertisement13 1952-05-13 4 ENGAGEMENT, WEDDINC ft DRESS RINCS U.S.deSilva IN, ORCHARD RIM, SIR6APORE I. TEL *****13 words
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Advertisement35 1952-05-13 4 mVr 1A I wmmw 1 )Vsr^Jfy Wise women want to know the price Wfo?#i foca/ /«A i5 cxpiiisiM buy frozen imported fish at LESS THAN $1.00 I>XR M 1 CHEAP FISH Singapore Cold Storage Com,35 words
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Article62 1952-05-13 5 Penang, Tues.— Dr. C. Sinnadurai will give a talk on "Recent Trends in the Treatment 0/ Pulmonary Tuberculosis" at the next clinical meeting of the Northern division of the Malaya branch of the British Medical Association. This will be held in the lecture room of62 words
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Article177 1952-05-13 5 Committee may quiz officials (SINGAPORE City Council officials may be asked at the Council's Finance Committee meeting next week to explain why the Deputy President had approved a $825 loan to a European officer who has been in the service less than a year and who177 words
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Article, Illustration190 1952-05-13 5 Free Press Staff Reporter BENNETT Realty Com- pany will speed up the building of 300 houses at Upper Serangoon Road, Singapore, Mr. A. C. T. Kwong, manager, said yesterday. Building work just started, he added. fit is hoped that these homes would be completed190 words
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Article165 1952-05-13 5 'Burn these schools' he says SEREMBAN, Tues. HALF the Malay schools and one English school in Negri Sembilan should be burnt down as they were unfit, the Senior Inspector of Schools, Negri Sembilan, Mr. N. Rees, said at the opening of the first Government girls' school at Kuala Pilah on165 words
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Article173 1952-05-13 5 They get a second chance Free Press Staff Reporter SINGAPORE'S Deputy Director of Education, Mr. R. E. Ince, said yesterday that student-teachers who are given a second chance to sit for the School Certificate examination and obtain their "credit" in English must succeed within a certain period or quit teaching.173 words
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Article60 1952-05-13 5 Medical Officer goes on leave KOTA BAHRU, Tues.— Dr. R. E. Anderson, Chief Medical Officer, Kelantan, goes on long leave this week. Dr. Anderson is a health specialist. He has been in Kelantan for the last 30 months. It is understood when he returns from leave he will be posted60 words
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Article31 1952-05-13 5 KI.M. Dutch Airlines fares from Singapore to Montreal via Amsterdam are: Single, $2,492; return (on season) $4,486; and return (off season) $4,277, the Free Press was officially told yesterday.31 words
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154 1952-05-13 5 SINGAPORE Government may claim back the site it has leased to the Y.W.C.A. for a women's centre in Chinatown if the association does not start building by the end of the year. The secretary of the Chinese section of the YWCA, Mrs.154 words
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Article40 1952-05-13 5 KUANTAN, Tues. Yap Yoon Kuan was fined $5 in the Kuantan court for riding a bicycle at night without a lamp. Mat Sohor bin Daud was fined $3 for carrying a pillion rider on his bicycle.40 words
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Article, Illustration31 1952-05-13 5 picture. GIRLS of Std. V. and VI of the Penan* Convent perform a Spanish dance, "Cachucha". at an open air music and dance fete held at the school ground. Free PressFree Press - 31 words
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Article143 1952-05-13 5 Free Press Staff Reporter MORE than 100 Chinese organisations in Singapore are taking part in the membership drive of the Singapore Chinese Chamber of Commerce. Dr. S. Y. Wang, the secretary, told the Free Press yesterday. The results of the drive would probably be announced the143 words
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Article243 1952-05-13 5 MR. Nazir Mallal, member for City in the SingaiTl pore Legislative Council, will ask Government, when tl\e Council meets on May 20, what measures it has taken to increase food supplies in the Colony. Mr. Mallal said the Legislative Council passed a resolution on243 words
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Article76 1952-05-13 5 They are known as A, B and C KUALA LUMPUR, Tues. rE FEDERATION Education Department has abolished its posts of assistant directors for the three vernacular sections— Malay, Indian and Chinese. Mr. L. H. N- Davis, secretary to the Member for Education, yesterday told the Free Press that the three76 words
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Article21 1952-05-13 5 KUANTAN, Tues.— For being drunk and incapable at Wall Street, Sinntah was fined $10 in the Kuantan Court.21 words
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Article163 1952-05-13 5 QUBSTATIONS liable to load O shedding: tonight arc: V. Cross St.|Pagoda St., U. Hokien St., Pickering St. Church St., U. Circular Rd. [Carpenter St., Cavanagh Rd.jCollyer Quay. Victoria Memorial Hall 1 and 2. Prince St.Market St., Raffles Place Malacca St., Boat Quay, Union Building, Hum* Pipe, Rheem, Ford,163 words
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Article185 1952-05-13 5 Colony" TB home plan may fail Free Press Staff Reporter fIFFICIALS of Chinese public organisations said yesterday that it would be difficult to •inch a major drive for funds for a home for tuberculosis incurables in view of the trade recession in the Colony. A working committee was formed at185 words
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Article59 1952-05-13 5 Mr. Lee Gee Koon, of Singapore, was seen off by a large number of relatives and friends when he sailed for Britain yesterday to study civil engineering. An old boy of the AngloChinese School, Mr. Lee, aged 19, is the sixth son of Mr. Lee Choon59 words
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Article, Illustration635 1952-05-13 6 DOCTOR HALTS BROOKS BATTLE I'm just unlucky says Brian Free Press Boxing Reporter WHAT promised to be a hectic battle came to a halt at the end of the round last night, when Boy Brooks, triple Orient champion, beat Australian Steve Brian on a technical knock-out of their 10-round battleFree Press - 635 words
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Article181 1952-05-13 6 ftALDBECK Cup entries for FARELF inter-tmit soccer competition arei Singapore Engineer Regt., RASC School (FS), It Air Fcrmatton Signal Regt., OHQ Signal Regt., Singapore District Signal Regt, 30 Bn. RAOC. SI Bn. RAOC, REME Workshops, Ist Singapore Regt. (RA), GHQ, 32 Coy. RAIfC. RASC Supply Group. RASC Transport181 words
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Article427 1952-05-13 6 CONNIE RYAN - CONNIE RYAN They'll miss Freeman —bvl... By KEN DAVIDSON, coach and manager of the American Thomas Cop badminton team, nicks Denmark to beat India in the inter-zone playoffs and thinks America then will defeat Denmark, but he can't make any prediction on the Cop finals.427 words
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243 1952-05-13 6 F|EFENDING champion Dick Chapman and Billy Maxwell, the UJ3. amateur king, head a record field of 41 Americans entered in the British Amateur golf championship. The Royal and Ancient Golf Club .yesterday announced the heavy UJS. entry for the six-day tournament, which opens onA.P.; U.P. - 243 words
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Article223 1952-05-13 6 mHE French, who have taken X three of the six postwar Epsom Derby classics, have established a stranglehold on this year's event in the antepost betting. Their fleet of candidates has almost completely ousted the hone-trained colts bat of the leading positions in the betting listsReuter - 223 words
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Article26 1952-05-13 6 ~™'?K ANBON, itaL-R. L, Orut, veteran Malayan fttm^ gfr and former Perak champion, todcy shoved some of his old form when26 words
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512 1952-05-13 6 GEORGE WHITING - cocktelmay fight as a' heavyweight GEORGE WHITING By Pr cruiser-wdffet champion Don Cockeli io^. L titic to Randolph Turpin at the Whifc r> London, next month, he will Immediately k3 new career as heavyweight challenger to cham? Johnny Williams. Pl! In fact, Cockeli plans to start shootiae at heavyweight stars512 words
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222 1952-05-13 6 METER WILSON - ...AND JACK GARDNER MAY QUn BOXING METER WILSON By rto more than a po^ that Jack Gardner? year-old farmer heavywaX champion of Great BmS the Empire, and Europe S not fißht again Two and a half mor>a ago he bought for £6ofo. 41 -acre farm at Eas; Langtr near his222 words
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Article115 1952-05-13 6 rpHE Royal Singapore <# Club's May i Medal' C«netition *C Division, plajw Saturday tfterncon resulted it I win for W. H. Smart (5 uj^ "Other canto muroeo f W. E. Cottes (3 up-, w.o^- (1 UP) CG h van M* (all square), J. H. ■?2? Sweep on115 words
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Miscellaneous142 1952-05-13 6 MdndrdKfi Exclusive to the Singapore Free Press in Malaya 1 &.EEP/ R£MEI^aER-*REMEMaER-| I rTTTTj If.^ r w I WHERE YOU WENT. WALK TO THE UXT-P t t LOnjAfI,THIS IS STRANGE/ HUH S BAKERY-- WALK--THE SAME r^ JH^ L^ U I--KEENS£NS£| BA ERY A9 YE^ TERDAY f^n^ I z- \jK} II142 words
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Article1318 1952-05-13 7 ALLAN LEWIS - PLEASING GALLOP BY GAMBAR MELAYU ALLAN LEWIS Hard to beat on %itm m day By (JAMBAR MISLATU <Padek) worked like a ready-made winner at Bukit Timah this morning when he was going easily on the inside of Technicolor (Jones) to reel off three in 37. Gambar Melayu won the Spring1,318 words
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Article, Illustration27 1952-05-13 7 R. Giles Nottinghamshire, pulls Wright to the boundary to score his century— the first in this season's County cricket matches during their recent game at Gilingham, Kent.27 words
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Article, Illustration224 1952-05-13 7 r .o things made selectors 1 and others concerned to rase eye-brows and take notice at the Thomas Cup rrobables practice last Jisht. The first was the tefeat of that most f©rnidable combination, On* loh Lim and Ismail bin Murjan. at the hands of a224 words
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Article23 1952-05-13 7 Welerweight Champion Kid Gt\iian was signed on Saturday to fight Pitzie Pruden of Toronto. Ont rio. in a 10-round non-title fifht23 words
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Article19 1952-05-13 7 Mo xiay Negri's W inter-state cricket match cams* Malacca will be played at Malacca on May 17—18.19 words
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Article340 1952-05-13 7 J^OYAL Electrical Mechanical Engineers yesterday shared points with Chinese Casuals in their kinsapore Amateur F.A. Senior League match with lucky goal scored in the second half at Jalan «psar Stadium. The game was lively and the smail 2XfL were trea ted to some clean oDen soccer.340 words
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Article84 1952-05-13 7 /COLONEL Whatnot was V* injured when he fell while working on the stable sand track. The injury may prevent him from fulfilling his engagements at this meeting. Colonel Whatnot would have been one of the fancied runners in the race for Cl. 1, Div. 1 over 1 mile84 words
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Article180 1952-05-13 7 17ORD Sports Club scored an r impressive three-nil win over Rotterdam Trading S.C. in their SBHPA Div. 2 fixture played at Parrer Park last evening. Exchanges were more or less even in the first session In which there was no score. Ford's forwards were a bit180 words
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Article276 1952-05-13 7 INDIA'S cricketers, hailing from a land of sunshine, had yet another galling experience of the English weather when rain restricted yesterday's play to little more than an hour on the second day of the match against Leicestershire. During that time .Indians took their score from 68Reuter - 276 words
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Article105 1952-05-13 7 rS Ezzard Charles camp is so sure of winning back the heavyweight boxing championship that it already has arranged a victory banquet. Jack Mintz and Tom Tannas, managers for Charles, have made arrangements for p victory ball with a bancmet Knn off ©f tho flcrht. ThevA.P. - 105 words
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Article31 1952-05-13 7 EJONGKONGt Bank beat Cb»rte~ed B-nk bv Tn^e? eoali? to one In th p ir Singapore R U cir.eo s Houses P.A. Div. 1 match clayed on the Shell ground31 words
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Article319 1952-05-13 7 DAIN affected wickets, following week-end storms produced a spate of wickets and few large totals in yesterday's county cricket matches. One game, between Surrey and Gloucestershire at The Oval, ended inside two days with a victory for Surrey, while at Hove Sussex need only 51Reuter - 319 words
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277 1952-05-13 7 50 ELEANOR WILL HAVE TO TRY AGAIN WIND AIDED HER WHEN Eleanor Roes equalled the qualifying mark VT of 12.9 sees, for the I* metres set by the Singapore Olympic Sports Council act last aftmth's trial, the Council was impressed but not satisfied— Eleanor was assisted by a following wind.277 words
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Article98 1952-05-13 7 MR. Eugene Constant Thunderhead II winner of the 2,000 guineas at Newmarket, may not run in th# Epsom Derby, for which he Is favourite, if he does not prove his slaying power in a training test. Etienne Pollet, trainer of the colt, said yesterday it wasReuter - 98 words
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Article39 1952-05-13 7 WALTER DAVIS high jumped 6 ft. 11 'i in. on Saturday, but after a carelul checking officials said technicality would reduce the jump to 6 ft. 10 in. which Is half an inch under thewcrld record. T<39 words
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Advertisement396 1952-05-13 7 w Four great British Airlines worked out this round-the -world travel plan with you in mind. You can circle the VjtM earth from East to West or from West to East on MILES OP special round-the-world concession ticket. You can sec a dozen or more different countries inchid'^c the world's'396 words
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Article33 1952-05-13 8 Three policemen were injured, one aertourfy, and eight Koreans were arrested in a running battle between 300 Koreans and 200 police in Himej:. a town 60 miles west of Osaka.- U.P.U.P. - 33 words
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Article108 1952-05-13 8 GIFT WHEAT IS STILL FIT TO EAT SYDNEY. Toes. AN AUSTRALIAN gift shipment of flour to India, held up aboard the 3,500-ton steamer Mildva in Sydney harbour for three months. Is still fit for human consumption. Mr. Christopher Perrett, General Manager of the Australian Wheat Board said yesterday. Last weekReuter - 108 words
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325 1952-05-13 8 Lawyers clash over VS. steel *4b«re WASHINGTON, Tuesday. PRESIDENT TRUMAN'S sefaure of the U.S. steel industry was attacked in the Supreme Couit yesterday as an "usurpation" of power impelled by mm necessity, and defended as an act vital to national security. Presenting the325 words
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Article23 1952-05-13 8 Six workmen were killed in the Bosnian town of Zenfca, yesterday when world war n shells being salvaged exploded. ReuterReuter - 23 words
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Article, Illustration47 1952-05-13 8 picture. TWO GIRL ARTISTS arrived at midnight to make sure of a good pitch far their paintings at the London County CmhmU ope* air art shew in Victoria Efctbankmeat Gardens recently. They war* Ann May, If (with long hair) and Janet Murray, 2t, wearing tartan "trewsT. ReuterReuter - 47 words
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Article121 1952-05-13 8 KOH-LIM: The engagement was announced between Mr. Nelson Koh Thiam Soon; only son of Mr. and Mrs. Koh Guan Phoh. and Mfss Jußa Llm Loan Neo. youngest «**«t*»*^ of Mr. and Mrs. Urn Chin Kuan on 113.52. HORNCASTLE VAN DBR VLIET: The engagement was announced between Peter Ernest Horncastle,121 words
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Article275 1952-05-13 8 WASHINGTON, Tuesday. rare: house foreign affairs committee said yesterday that Far Eastern countries are menaced by external aggression and internal subversion by the Communists. "The menace of Communist invasion", it declared, "has been sufficient to place heavy anil relentless pressures on the governments ofA.P. - 275 words
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Article67 1952-05-13 8 NEW DELHI, Tues. INDIAN Prime Minister, Mr. Jawaharlal Nehru, who forms a new Congress Government today is expected to keep seven Ministers from his outgoing Cabinet of 12, well-informed sources said. It was also forecast he would take four or five newcomers and promote twoReuter - 67 words
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Article54 1952-05-13 8 Nineteen ships were held up in Karachi yesterday by a strike iO 4,m dockers for more money, shorter hours, bonuses* and a refistyratkm sfheme for casual workers, The dockers claim that Iff union demands have been pending for two years without action. The strike began in a smallReuter - 54 words
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Article34 1952-05-13 8 Twelve British European Airways flights to and from Prance, Holland, Western Germany and Italy were suspended yesterday because of the fuel shortage caused by the oil strike in the United States. U.P.U.P. - 34 words
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Article99 1952-05-13 8 THEY'LL CORRECT HISTORY BRUNSWICK, Tues. AMERICAN and German historians opened an 11--day conference in Brunswick yesterday to erase errors in history books. The conference will try to correct distortions, omissions and misrepresentations of American history and life in German textbooks and of German history in UJS. school books. Results andA.P. - 99 words
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Article39 1952-05-13 8 The Scandinavian Airlines System has proposed a meeting of European airlines "as soon as possible" to work out a coordination plan in case petrol rationing spreads from the United States, Britain and Canada to Europe U.P.U.P. - 39 words
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Article35 1952-05-13 8 An unknown person ripped the hood of an American officer's car in Tokyo last night and left a. note saying, "I participated in the May Day destruction of United States Army cars.' ReuterReuter - 35 words
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Article32 1952-05-13 8 x West German Communists yesterday called for strikes and protest demonstrations following tlie Moody rioting and shooting hi Bonn on Sunday between police and 41 Communist-led mob of 30,000. U.p.U.P. - 32 words
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Article, Illustration53 1952-05-13 8 picture. ME. Edward Allcard, British yachtsman, sets the mainsail of the 12-ton yacht, "Catania", at Cremyll Cornwall, ai the start of an Atlantic veyace to the west coast of the U.S. He was the first man to complete the single-handed crossing of the Atlantic under sail inA.P. - 53 words
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Article114 1952-05-13 8 WASHINGTON, Tat*. STATE Department Spokesman, Mr. Michael Me Dermott' announced yfjftfday that the United States has agreed with Egypt to provide equipment and training for Egyptian poftce forThe agreement was reached In Cairo on April SO'by an exchange of note* between representatives of the two governments.. Under theU.P. - 114 words
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Article96 1952-05-13 8 WASHINGTON. Tues. r'O men were killed outright and six wounded. one fatally, when the destroyer James C. Owens, was hit by six Communist shells off the north-east coast of Korea on May 7. the United States Navy announced yesterday. The destroyer suffered damage to herReuter - 96 words
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Article62 1952-05-13 8 A new $55,000,0G0-news-print mill of Britain's vast) Bowater Paper Corporation will be in production at Charleston, Tenncss, by the end of March, 1954, the Corporation's chairman. Sir Brie Bowater, said here yesterday on arrival from America. The mill, first in'the United States to be owned byReuter - 62 words
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Article47 1952-05-13 8 Wonder camera weighs 4½ lbs. The Army Signal Corp* says it has a new camera which can stand op under combat, cold, heat, dust or driving rain. It weighs only lb&, with regular lens and can shoos pictures as fast as 10 exposures In five seconds. A.P.A.P. - 47 words
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Article29 1952-05-13 8 Czechoslovak Minister of the Interior, Vaclav Nosek, apparently has disappeared and may be the latest victim of the purge which is sweeping Soviet satellite countries. U.P.U.P. - 29 words
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168 1952-05-13 8 LONDON, Tuesday. MEMBERS of the House of Commons chuckled iT1 last night when told that Britons should stay away from America if they wanted to keep oat of the U.S. armed force. Mr. A. T. Paget. (Labour) made the statement after Mr. Anthony Nutting,168 words
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201 1952-05-13 8 COLOMBO, Tuesday T3B Ceylon Government yesterday told Mr r Chari, a' special envqjr rushed here by PrJ Minister, Mr. Nehni. that it couM do nothing? present to restore voting: rights to Indian al Home Minister, Sir OUver Goonetilleke, and Foreign Secretary, Sir Kanthia Vaidyfj^th^iiReuter - 201 words
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96 1952-05-13 8 TEHERAN Ttfes T™ 5252 has decided to take stem to dtetrioute governSS lands among peasants in more to offset the influent of Communism, it was off cially announced \este«xia v J?*/ rem ier Dr Mohanmed ICossadeq's Government has drafted a bill to present toU.P. - 96 words
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Miscellaneous43 1952-05-13 8 THE SAINT by Leslie Charteris TWA^THE NJ6HT BflFOgrT-J OOULDwT M6& 1 1 GOOP AHfN SAY A J r I <x£M/. MR. HAWV! A <^waßk Ji l PiiffwrMAA ajuo ALL fVu §W »OU I I iwT' OF I I jjl r^> I ,|j "t43 words
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