The Singapore Free Press, 7 August 1946

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    19 1 The Singapore Free Press LARGEST AFTERNOON SALE IN MALAYA SINGAPORE, WEDNESDAY, AUGUST 7, 1946. EIGHT PAGES PRICE 10 CENTS.
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    TALKS ADJOURN TO COOL OFF
    977 1 Peace-makers clash PARIS, Tues. CRAVED tempers highlighted today's session of the Paris Conference Rules Committee, and after a tour-hour session m which the Soviet Foreign Commissar, M. Molotov, and the CS. Secretary of State, James F. Byrnes, engaged m a dramatic duel of words m
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    British fortify Palestine HQ
    133 1 JERUSALEM, Tuesday. FOLLOWING the recent blowing up of King David Hotel. Urn Palestine Government is now creating a "strong an. una the police headquarters m the heart fo the •tv b\ the -Aholextle requisitioning of over 100 shops and m IH vieinit. of shops adjoining the
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    NURSES STRIKE, QUIT PATIENTS
    62 1 SHANGHAI. Tues. majority of Chinese nurses of Bhanghal'J leading Country Hospital walked out on strike for higher age_ leaving unattended. > ._\.ti>. including newly born lbtea. Hospital authorities hastily re_r.nted .mergency foreign help, largely private nurses. Patients include Generalissimo ChlkJ-f Kai-shek's former adviser !YV H Donald,
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    TANKS USED TO FIGHT PEASANTS
    39 1 ROME. T*es. T, Mi ar.d police aw tonight side I or south-east of m expected 4 who n_ake theii due c_ured cars today ting peasant. l ot cttnf to I >* peasant a roonded up.
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    BOAC SHUTTLE FOR S'PORE
    121 1 LONDON. Tues. THE British Overseas Airways Corporation hoped to extend its Halton aircraft routes as far as India, Lord Knollys. chairman of BO. AC, declared at a press conference today. This would constitute the first "tiger" service. Lord Knollys said, adding that "we Intend to run
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    COMING TO MALAYA
    23 1 lif Id Marshal Montgomery. Chief of the Imperial Genial Staff, who is to visit Malaya. SEE -PEOPLE m Page 4
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    ALACRITY IS THE DYAKS' FRIEND
    217 1 Free Press Reporter SO FRIENDLY have the men of His Majesty's Sloop Alacrity (Lt-Cdr. J. Mutton Baker DSC RN) become with the Oyak people m Sarawak that Governor General Mac Donald chose her to be his ''parent ship for his present "meet the Dyaks" tour
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    PIRIE SEES THE KING
    18 1 The King at Buckingham Palace yesterday received m audience Air Marshal Sir George Pirie
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    MONTY WILL TOUR IN MALAYA
    253 1 MONTY WILL TOUR IN MALAYA LONDON. 1 ues. FIELD MARSHAL MONTGOMERY, victor of North Mra* and British commander to Europe, is io visit Ma'au. In the course of a world tour, scheduled to start on Au>». 17, he will come to Malaya after visiting Egypt. Pa.^tine and India. Ti.e visit
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    Lights out roll call to end
    314 1 LONDON, Tuesday. FIELD MARSHAL LORD MONTGOMERY, chief of, the Imperial General Staff, I proposed today to abolish such centuries old British army traditions as barracks, roll calls, short term passes and "lights out" to make army life more attractive. Ho revealed his plans for
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    BRITAIN TO BEGIN STERLING TALKS
    38 1 The Financial Times ..aid yesterday that the British government expects m the next few months to begin negotiations with the maioritv of th** ho'^Ws of we**'* balances m London, says UP. from London.
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    MASSACRED TROOPS EXHUMED
    130 1 MASSACRED TROOPS EXHUMED ALOR STAR Wod JAP barbarism and injustice 'tr humanity were vcaiec at Ale Star as bofe crowds wavhed Ul« exhumation of th? remains n' Australian. British and India:' soldiers massacred by th* Japa ese during their advance alcv; the Jitra Line to Alor Star In December 1941.
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    COLONEL FINED FOR SMUGGLING
    73 1 FRANKFURT. Tues A MILITARY court cf eight colonels today convicted Colonel Lester A. Webb oi Macon Georgia of attempting to smupul S 12.000 worth of gold across th" Swiss border, and fined him $2,500. Webb, silver-haired veteran or 30 years' Army and Navy service, was found
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    Battle Of The Roses
    89 1 BATTING all day yesterday to add 178 runs for th c loss of three wickets to their overnight total of 42 for two. Yorkshire held Lancashire to a draw m the "Battle of the Roses' played at Manchester. Yorkshire, who were largely indebted to an unbroken
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    JAP PEACE TREATY READY
    58 1 LONDON. Tues. WELL-INFORMED diplomatic sources here said tonight. that the State Department and Foreign Office experts have comnleted the rough American and British drafts for a Japanese peace treaty. Informal discussions between the American and British experts began several months ago. and they were dealing with
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      Emigre's Premier Naval Port
      412 2 Emigre's Premier Naval Port SO long aa there aio sea routes to be guarded, Portsmouth will undoubted!; remafn th.» E joliv's premiei naval port It; future will L<* oob'v assured if its twin harbour at Langstone is ado th new 8.0.A.C IBr tish O r us Airways Corporation) air terminal.
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      A cultural home in London's East End
      727 2  -  C. B. Rees By ONE of the most reremarkable experiences ol my concert going life la supplied by the People's Palace, m the. Mile End Road, m the East End oi London. Nearly a thousand young people, their average age bein^ about eighteen,
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      CAR OUTPUT JUMPS
      74 2 Sritain prod iced 18,113 cars m May compared with 15.348 the previous month. Of the May producton 8,341 cars were for export —or almost twice as many as m 1935. Commercial vehicles produced m May amounted to 12,301, ol which 4,436 were for export. This latter figure
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      Legion sends them to school
      161 2 RECENTLY, the Lord Mayor oi Southhmpton welcomed exService students at the Southfield Residential College where they would take part m the Summer School organised by the University College of Southampton. L. conjunction with the British Legion. They were th e first of 750 ex-Scrvi-ee men
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      6 2 Stupid. I said 'Bum I'oui MifH
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      SCARLET PIMPERNEL OF JAVA
      270 2 SCARLET PIMPERNEL OF JAVA A MAN who is bWIB all over Java as tho Scarlet Pimpernel, and •schemed the escape of Europeans imprisoned byIndonesian terrorists, is back m England. At his home at North Wembley Captain F. A. Clarke, told a reporter how he smuggled more than 200 men, women
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      How Britain Tightens Her Belt
      258 2 THE story ol how Britain Gcvcrnment not only maintains j the standards ol the peoples. diet but also fulfils obligations to u .t stanrJSf citizens of other land.* Is told m a comprehensive illustrated booklet, prepared for the Dominions Office Information! Department, and issued under
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      GOOD NEWS FOR MEN
      167 2 MEN vho hi-ve been short of collar-studs and goli tees j during recent years will be interj ested to hear that thousands ol these are now being produced I daily m one of Britain's smaller I factories. They are made from plastic and the process of
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      25 2 MlSndrdkS Exclusive to thp Singapore Free Press in Malaya f J IWHAT TH£--?| 1 I SPECS/ WHY I CAN'T FIGURE IT P SBfffsar (_JLA__;J__\$wW IfPfeFi
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      275 2 RADIO MALAY/. rld MIMOII less- am pjn. and o_o to II *ro metres from noon i« m mcs see. m 61 _MStv baas' ."i Urn 7 45 U> 9 30 p.m im; I 81 metre band CHINESE not.. m Hokkien at 1 at 1.10 pm at»S 9 p.m (news In
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      PARENTS' DAY AT A MALAY SCHOOL
      231 3 Parents' Day at Telok Saga Malay school on PuLlu B*a:ii off Singapore _s bl Id once a year like any English school. Today's pictures -how this Malay school's first big day since the occupation. Th? Sports opened w.th a fine display of physical training
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      The Singapore Free Press WEDNESDAY. AUG. 7, 1946. Who Looted My Furniture?
      511 4 The Singapore Free Press WEDNESDAY. AUG. 7, 1946. Who Looted My Furniture? \'x£ most vocal complaints by Malayans coming back to .ngupcre alter recuperation u.e is "the army is living m nouse and "someoody ill my iurniiure." i v .s lake them one at a time. a «ne army and
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      Good Morning...
      929 4  -  Frank Owen By ■ANY old Fourteenth Army readers write to this column, which once appeared seven days a week m SEAC, Mountbatten's jungle newspaper. Latest letter comes from Maj-General "Punch" Cowan now, commanding m Japan. In Burma Cowan led the veteran "Black Cat" 17th Indian Division, known by
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      PEOPLE MAKE NEWS
      362 4 ICIEI.D Marshal Montgomery re- cently told a London audience how he became a soldier. "Early m life," he said: 'T lived for about 14 years m Tasmania. I do not know whether Tasmana is regarded as Australia, but it was there that I got my ftrst idea
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      Britain to hold air display
      201 4 IN September, visitors to Britain will be able to see the Flying Display and Exhibition organized by the Society of British Aircraft Constructors at Radlett, Hertfordshire. Six such displays were organized by the S.B.A.C. each year from 1932 tc 1937. Two-hundred British companies manufacturers of
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      Traffic blocks again normal
      83 4 JIS more and more vehicles ft appear mi n the streets of Central London, the problem of traffic congestion approaches a critical point. Trouble is that people have to leave their cars parked m the narrow streets owing to the shortage of other parking accommodation This
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      CONTROL OF THE PRESS
      416 4 A GROUP ot MemDer_ of Parliament have asked that an inquiry should be held into the control of British newspapers. Few new facts are likely to emerge from such an investigation, for the ownership of the Press is a matter of publ c knowledge and can
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      $20 for talk across the Atlantic
      113 4 IVHEN the service ■*_> between Britain and States, the ser\ "fading" and ofu unwanted noi.si* Since the:. Britain have vlour of the vii layer far abo\< face which, th i sible world- w;c-» I cation, gave ri of the results oi study has fcseti
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        'Wagner was not responsible'
        110 4 'Wagner was not responsible WITH refeience to your article I headed 'Young Naz s Spread New Terror' m your-issue dated Aug, 2, I am bound to say that I take objection to the sentence m which you associate the composer Wagner with the Hitler Youth Movement. The Hitler Youth may
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        Is This Merited?
        62 4 J± FRIEND m England informs f. "5* that each contingent m the V-Day Parade m London received cheers from the cro«d according to its local or general interest, and that the contingent representing the Corps of Mm- tary Police wait seems a singularly appropna appreciation fcr i
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        Another Person
        37 4 WITH refer, n.-. n under th P brad killed m Gun F July 22). I shall be glad it known that tl *'ho was Mentt! not the Mr. Lee I Seremban. LEI XE Seremban. J.:
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      QUIZ
      31 4 1. Who is Ua C the Faithful 2. What is ;< P Chtirch? 3. What is X 4. What is s. Lord S| 5. What is a Dowaeer DucnoAnswers on Paj
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      S'PORE BREAD RACKETEERS ARE DOOMED
      268 5 S'PORE BREAD RACKETEERS ARE DOOMED Free Press Reporter WELL aware that some bakers may shortly attempt to create a black market m bread m Singapore because of a temporary shortage of flour, Food Control officials have taken the necessary steps to make short shrift of any effort to sell above
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      Pirates attack Penang junk
      75 5 Pirates attack Penang junk Correspondent I'KN \M.. Tues. .1114 piracy ocj| tht* waters off ('••nan?, yesteriim afl 15 Chinese, ions kimes, atladiaa umk manned iei .mil one member oth of whom the tl m th** hatch. tint- >n a sani. Ik hi hoarded the til-CIS remained .■ut They took lias
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      JAPS USED LABOURER FOR DEMONSTRATION
      116 5 was how a J L: Watana- 1 analogical de- .\n Indonesian j Wu: Cr.mes Court he went to see t I camp com-Y-*.on and the Kamoi. tace concerned m I Indonesian, Pa.; 15, at Oudar. g I French on Friday i ::ad performed :.s on
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      MURDER CHARGE
      25 5 Ar. hat. a Japanese, murder or Tarn 3. al Pulau to him m the nt on Monday remanded In cusX postponed a :.';^n
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      Government to order billeting
      282 5 LEGISLATION is unnecessary to solve the housing shortage problem. A list of vacant houses which may be available ior billeting and are suitable for this purpose is at present m preparation. This list is not a long one. Givinpr this information m a letter to the
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      INDIANS IN MALAYA FORM CONGRESS
      104 5 THE Malayan Ind an Congress was established at Kuala Lumpur yesterday More than 600 delegates irom various States m Malaya were present at the conference, which was opened by Jeevananda BhaVacharjee. a prominent Congress worker of Bengal, who accompanied the Congress Medical M ssion to
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      DATES OF SHIP ARRIVALS
      93 5 THE following is a list -f ships due k> arrive at Singapore: Reynst. Dutch, 2 160 tons: Irom Taniong Pnok Aug. 5. to Tfcujoaf Priok Au?. 11. Elona. British. 3.029 tons: from Shanghai Aug. 5. to Abadan today Samearing. British. 4_\B9 tons: from London Aug. 5.
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      18 5 RAF- Sel-tar, runs a school tor children of the Base labourers. Photo shows the schoolchildren at recess time.
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      16-YEAR-OLD CHARGED WITH ARMED ROBBERY
      119 5 CLAIMING that h was 16 years old. Tan Bah Bi who_s*as less than three feet m height, appeared m the Seeo id Police Court yesterday as the first accused m a case of armed robbery. The other two were Soo Choo Fong. aged 48. an
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      THEFT OF AERO ENGINES ALLEGED
      85 5 HAJI \USOP BIN GOLAK <_0». Abdul Hamid bin Peek Mohd. (29), Musa Ghani bin Abas >28>. and Oh Eng Keng (34), were charged with the theft of four Javanese aeroplane engines, on Aug 4 at Y.o Chu Kang Road, m ihe Fourth Police Court yesterday
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      2,000 INTERNEES LEFT
      21 5 Only 2.000 Allied internees are still to be evacuated from the Jnterior of Java, s_.vs Reuter from Batavia.
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      OPIUM SMOKER BOUND OVER
      82 5 A 55-YEAR-OLD Chinese, Chuah Pak, who v«*as found In possession of about five oir.ces or chandu on board a tongkang m the inner* roads on Aug. 2, was ordered by Mr. Paul Storr, the District Judge, to be bound over for sx months m a sum
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      TWO FIRE CALLS
      60 5 Two engines from the Army Fire Service answered a call from the Singapore Harbour Board yesterday afternoon where someempty wooden cases caught fire. .No damage was caused and the fire was put out almost immediately. At 7 __0 D.m the Singapore Municipal Fire Brigade sent out an
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      RUBBER EXPORTS GO UP BY 50 PER CENT
      213 5 DUBBER still formed the bulk of Singapore's export trade during June, which totalled m value over $30,000,000 against imports of over $38,500,000. Exports showed an increase of more than $10,000,000 over May figures, imports an increase of about $8,000,000. 'May's exports were
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      FINED FOR EXPORTING TEXTILES
      100 5 FINED FOR EXPORTING TEXTILES CHARGED with exporting from Singapore cloth without a permit two Chinese were fined $1,000 each m the Second District Court yester dry. Lee Choo Lin had -.410 yards o. printed cloth and 200 pieces of sarongs valued at $2,500 at sea off Hylam Kongsi when the
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      Y.M.C.A. FUND TOTALS $3,403
      125 5 'THE following Is a further list of 1 donors to the V.M.C.A fund:— Dr. Hu Chee Ing $200; ••Ex-Inter-nee", B.P. d. ZUva, Di Lav Peck Hiong. Mr. Ten Hock San, East Asiatic Co., $100 each: Babcock and Wilcox, and Mardcn Co.. $50 each; Mr. T.J. A.
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      U.S. SAILOR HELD
      31 5 An American sailor was detained by the Police on Saturday night m connection with the stabbing of a ricksha puller m Hill Street. The injury is not serious.
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      SIAM SEIZES RICE HOARDS
      136 5 SIAM SEIZES RICE HOARDS THE Siaimse Government has begun to requisition stocks of padi from rice hoarder.-- m an. etlort to fulhl the export tai according to official MHifeea In Singapore. Bangkok Radio has warned ic* farmers to bring all padi to th«> mills, otherwise stocks are liable to be
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      HIT MILITARY POLICE, FINED
      137 5 SESTERSON TULLY «32>. a <n:e? officer m the Merchant service, appeared before Mr. F C Hoffman m the fourth P< Court yesterc'a;-. on a eharg. v. assaulting Capt. j. B. Phresl < the M.litary Police at ftaafcn. Fagar Road on Aug 5. Capt. Fores: saw Tully
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      CHINESE MISSION TO MALAYA
      68 5 SEVENTY-SEVEN Chin .se ness leaders will leave China m the early part of October M membe: of economic mi^sons t<» various parts of the world. No fewer than 56 will vis:t the South Seas area, where they study e.ononve conditions i:i Malaya, the Philippines. Burma and
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      REVOLVER FOUND
      49 5 A raid by C.I.D. officers m > house m Choon Quan c treet < I Saturday night resulted m the discovery of a .38 revolver Und v with four shells Wrapped m paper nearby were two more* rounds The revolver w*% found m an empty tans m th"
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      People's Canteen
      44 5 tree Press Correspondent TAIPING, Mon A public restaurant nil open Ifc Taiping some time this week. For a trial. 1.000 cheap meals \v_.l be served daily. The introduction o! the public canteen _v Taiping is welcomed by all wo-ic-ing class people here.
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      FORD SCRAPS BRAZIL RUBBER
      197 5 WHILE the production of Brazilian rubber is being maintained the future of the industry is doubtful because of the re -opening of Far Eastern rubber plantations, and the perfection of United States' methods of producing synthetic rubber. The Ford Motor Company, having invested millions In Brazilian
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      Married in Japan
      30 6 hi,d a W«*l—H between Army Nur-ini; Si-trr Man ummin. a»<l !»cl i MBratoa ..f the Cawni Hislilandrrs hi Ike < ha;( lat Nasusaka monastery, overlooking atoni -bombed tlirosliima.
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      EAGLE REPRIEVED
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      MOSLEY PUBLISHES FASCIST LITERATURE
      220 6 IN the premises of a backyard printer m the quiet market town of Horley, Surrey, notorious followers of Sir Oswald Mosley are hard at work producing the "Leader's" new book. The finishing processes of the book are being carried out at the Invictor Press, just off
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      RAF Teaches 'erks' to farm
      171 6 M 1 R.A.F. and Waafs who want to be nu farmers i k?1 arning 'h>n job the hard way at Transport ComSchoo] o! Agriculture, Bassingbourn, Cambridge j r,I l fi\ their course is spent m heavj labour, al lhe end of which they know whether!
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      LORD FRASER IN MOSCOW
      47 6 T Brf.i TiiM -tons, an 1 the rover H ipid, I arRu perU- of till ot Flnl md.: foi ri il visit I rd B r, Prin- Kara a. D.C to the Xi i the I i who .'s m to W i
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      Vicar Asks For Film Of Christ's Life
      85 6 A.S El sli Ii \i*ar. (he Row Brian Hesslon, il*>l v Trinity hurch, jmjltsbmty, Bucks, has roae to Hollywood lo try arid persuade lilm producers to ma'e "a rolftssal full length feature pi- hire th^ lii** of t htisl.rhe Rev. .Hessian says "We
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      'SAFETY' CATCH
      45 6 ri r a week Mil: ord Haven trailers have fished m waters [jttit declared "safe" -and caught 'Vt?ii mines. Now the trawler Jennet 1,3.:; j rai.ee* the catch with a 250- pounder bomb; which dropped on to the ck with the flsh i
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      BOROUGHS MAY JOIN IN ONE BIG COUNCIL
      113 6 BOROUGHS MAY JOIN IN ONE BIG COUNCIL SIX county boroughs. 17 boroughs, :.4 urban districts and seven rural districts m Lancashire, West, Riding, York.s. and North Derbyshire, with a combined population of 2 .000.000.. we re represented at a preliminary conference at Manchester to consider a proposal to .set up
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      NO BID FOR ROMNEY HOUSE IN AUCTION
      31 6 Romney House, the Hampstead, N.W., home ol the 18th-century artist, failed to ra: a bid when it was oiler d for sal. by auction
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      HONOURING THE FEW
      22 6 I "Battle of Britain Avtnu_'' Is li'iely to be tho nama for ths London-Maistone-Dover idad, said the Transport Minister
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      £609 FOR REMBRANDT
      14 6 A Rembrandt pofra t ci his ch< d CBO9 m London.
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      WAAF FASHIONS
      36 6 Waafs arc allowed t wear silk stock n s when m unif< rm and c lian clothes when ciT duty I away from their stat ion, Mr. <-; Freitas, Under-Secretary for Air, I stated recently.
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      PARISH WANTS A TOTE
      29 6 The parish coum il at St: inforth, I near poncaster, went tv run a local tote to stou miners bets goI Ing to bookmakf rs.
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      DSO FOILED DEATH FIRE AND LIVES
      182 6 FLIGHT-LIEUT. Anthony BdsH, of Rusthall. Tunbridg* Wells. Kent, has been awarded the! D.S O. And ths i.s how he earned* it. i He evaded capture after beir._* I shot "down m enemy territory In! j Sicily on July 10. 1943, and tried to reach
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      BOAT RACE TOO DEAR FOR 'BLUES'
      105 6 I ACK ot :un_s has obliged Cambric;'? University Rowing Club jto refuse an invitation for their boat rae- crew to compete m Bel- gium later this year. Proposals mad.- by the Liege i Rowing Club have been ti i down, following the British Coun-
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      MANWHO-DISCOVERED' HARRY LAUDER DIES
      26 6 MANWHO-DISCOVERED' HARRY LAUDER DIES I Mr George roster. London |t**atrical agent who discvoered Sir Harry Lauder and was fitted by Marie Lloyd has dieo aged 8>
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      BELLENGER INSPECTS
      22 6 Capt. Bellenger. Financial Secretary to the War Offlce >{• London ior Germany recently to mspeet accommodation for b.a.o.k. wives and famil'es
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      ESCAPED CONVICT CHARGED AGAIN
      31 6 George Jackson, convict wh escaped from ParkhursU prison pleaded guilty at Winchester V size, to three burgfciries m thIsle o: Wight, but denied a charee ot wounding.
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      HOME....
      17 8 HOME heatwave scene at Bainbridge. VVJns'eydale. Yorkshire. The village school -mistress takes a class on the green.
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      Pirate Radio Gives Kent Beer News
      167 8 T EM I! radio op, ..Mors opened a new wirel.vs servire m Kritain on .Monday to -id the N'_uh for beer, >»a>s Reuter ouotn^ a Daily (.runJ.ic report I'rorai Faversham Kent l\in-j a sn Je call s fa "beer' facj siarUd r oi •*>
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      SENATOR SEES NO DANGER IN PALESTINE
      145 8 ST. LOUIS. Tues. C '.lOR Edwin C. Johnson v declared that Britain has no I clibi and no present day -ation :or her faithless i re Ka Lye up to ber ova agreeI I to make* Palestine a Jewish onal home -:i un address
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      BURMA HARVEST NEWS
      27 8 Latest harvest estimate state., that crop prospects are generally good m Lower Burma and poor to fair In Upper Burma, says Reuter from Rangoon.
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      LONG LIFE SAVER
      28 8 Oosjwatn Oeorge Long, of Fiam_ _>« rough Head lileboat, who dur--25 years service has saved rei 100 lives, has been presented h a velhmi of thanks
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      SUBMARINE BOMB 'POISON WAR'
      230 8 BIKINI. Tues. ON the anniversary today of the atom bombing of Hiroshima. Admiral W. 11. P. Blandy, commander of the Operations Crossroads task force, declared that the submarine bomb was more effective than any used In Japan or the first airburst m the Bikini test. Blandy
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      CALLOVER ON ST. LEGER
      125 8 CALLOVER ON ST. LEGER LONDON, Tues. l/ICTC 'JI. CLUB callover on the Z L^ger this evening was: 3 to 1 Airborne offered. 7 to 2 wan lC 11 to 2 Gulf Stream. 6-1 Steady Aim. 8 to I White Jacket, all taken and offered: 10 to 1 Nirgal offered 100
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      AJAY SAILS FROM MALTA TO HAIFA
      34 8 The British cruiser Ajax, which lUt 1939 took part m the River Plate battle with the Graf Spec has sailed for Haifa. Palestine. I says Reuter from Malta.
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      'WALSH VC' WAS MR. ROGERS
      368 8 COLDIERB, sailors, airmen and service girls crowded the Newcastle NAAFI Club on Sunday for the return visit of •'Staff Sergeant Leslie Walsh V.C M.M who was introduced from the Club platform on Saturday and publicly presented by the W.V.S. with a leather wallet. He had
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      WOMEN MOB PILOT IN MURDER CASE
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      806 7 AUSTRALIA WANTS BRITISH RUGBY STARS All In The Game From George Chisholm LONDON, By Air Mail. LOOKS like one has to he a star sportsman to get a house m England these dr.ys. I told you that Notts County had l>ought one for their new centre-forward named Whittaker from Ynncmuer.
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