The Singapore Free Press, 20 December 1946
1946-12-20
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Title Section21 1946-12-20 1 The Sigapore Free Press LARGEST AFTERNOON SALE IN MALA YA >o. 16.: 30. SINGAPORE, FRIDAY, DECEMBER 20, 1946. PRICE 10 CENTS21 words
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Article, Illustration130 1946-12-20 1 Miliun Officers. tstailtaf about 7M. tnm Singapore Headquarters and jwts al the 2nl DhUtoa assembled Vf.oru Memorial Had this aorain., to htar "a purely military i-ftare" by the Vice Chief *f the liafiai General Staff. lieut.- lea. t L \S Sjupson. The VCIGS was introduced to) th* *ffi-m by Gen130 words
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Article144 1946-12-20 1 *^c Preso Staff Reporer p three- hundred thre*--ton ~y-typ c Chevrolet and *2%e lorries parked along Anson Hi- the "nobody's lorries" wh eh caused the Singapore GovEconom c Department lb biggest headaches since •^s decided to dispose of them been sold to the G nerai *?r-spor:144 words
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Article22 1946-12-20 1 <* f ration over soaring K wives m Florence k rmed the food marl* •-turned stalls, says CUln R me.22 words
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Article180 1946-12-20 1 LONDON, Thursday. MR. ARTHUR CREECH-JONES, Colonial Secretary, told the House of Commons today that the Malay Regiment was to be re-established. He was answering a question by the Labour member, Mr. D. R. Rees- Williams, who asked what arrangements had been made for the reconstitution180 words
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Article81 1946-12-20 1 LONDON, Thurs THREE men entered a Lewisham cinema tonight and held up the girl cashier m the box office. She caught hold of one of them and refused to let go. and was dragged into the street as they made oft— without the takings once81 words
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Article69 1946-12-20 1 LONDON, Thurc. rLLO^iNG a broadcast warning, the biggest cut yet m electricity supplies was made m rorth-eastem England and Scotland. Shortage of fuel Is the reason. A statement from Fulnam generating station— the biggest of its kind m London-said that unless fuel is conserved and electricity69 words
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Article36 1946-12-20 1 The Australian Cabinet has agreed m principle, says Reuter. to send a ship equipped with aircraft to search the Antarctic for a t'-e-free base from which to carry cut general reconnaissance next summer.36 words
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Article139 1946-12-20 1 Free Press Staff Reporter IT has been decided to grant an immediate advance of two months' salary as at Ist January 1944 to locally recruited monthly paid Singapore Government servant who were m service on 15 j Feb 1942 and have either remained i m the139 words
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Article23 1946-12-20 1 The general strike m Naples has ended, and Government officials *;ay that this may avert further trouble m South Italy.23 words
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52 1946-12-20 1 Australia Is to invite Cermar. scientists to Australia under, voluntary terms of service to State authorities or to private firms, says Reuter from Canberra. Australia's Prime Minister, Mr. Chifley, said yesterday that the scientists would be subject to security supervision and they must be 'politically unobjection-52 words
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Article144 1946-12-20 1 LONDON, Thursday. rE British Government has decided to exclude Professor Johan Srnertenko, Vice President of the American League for free Palestine, from Britain for the future. He left yesterday. The Parliamentary Under Secre- j tary to the Home Office, Mr. G. H.J Oliver, announced this m144 words
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Article, Illustration439 1946-12-20 1 I LONDON, Thurs. I THERE was an uproar m the Commons today when Mr. Winston Churchill, leader of the Opposition; referring to the reason why Mr. Anthony Brooke, ex-Rajah Muda of Sarawak, has been refused entry into Kuching that the proposed visit would upset the439 words
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Article246 1946-12-20 1 TOKIO, Thursday. DRITISH and Australian war v prisoners at Sandakan. North Borneo, were warned by the Japanese camp commander that if one man escaped all the other prisoners would be shot. Warrant Officer William Spicpewich of Newcastle. Australia, testified at the war crimes trial today.U.P. - 246 words
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Article126 1946-12-20 1 Free Press Staff Reporter AFTER an interval of two days, 111I 11 robbers again got busy m Singapore yesterday, and three I reports were made to the CJX). Shortly after 5 ajn., five Chintse broke into a shop m Chulia Street and stole $1,550 worth of126 words
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Article32 1946-12-20 1 A corrective of an attack on Britain's war-time convoy tactics published yesterday m the Soviet newspaper, Pravda, was welcomed by the Foreign Office. Reuter reports from London.32 words
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Article226 1946-12-20 1 LONDON, Thursday. THERE have been two air crashes m Southern England m a blizzard m the last twelve hours. Only one Air Transport Command, RAF, airfield m Cornwall remains open to air traffic of a dozen stretching across the Southern Counties. Two Naval Air Arm226 words
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Article134 1946-12-20 1 MR. PHIL PIRATIN, Com- munist MP for Mile End, said yesterday that he had reported to the Commons Committee of Privileges incidents m which he was struck by a Press correspondent on two occasions outside the chamber *f the House of Commons. On the first134 words
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Article93 1946-12-20 1 An* agreement was signed m i Tokyo yesterday by Gen Mac- Arthur's Chief -of -Staff, MajorGen. Mueller, and the Russian Gen. Derevyanko for the return to Japan' from Russia and Siberia of 50,000 Japs each month, says A. P. The men will sail m93 words
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Advertisement9 1946-12-20 1 New Arrival Carpets Rugs v v* 96. High Street.9 words
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Article, Illustration1145 1946-12-20 3 Officials tackle grave problem Free Press Staff Reporter DAY after' day Singapore's forgotten children the "dead end kids who without proper guidance from their parents are becoming criminals at the age of eight and nine are being brought before the City's juvenile court, and m1,145 words
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Article176 1946-12-20 3 LONDON IS PARADISE' TO GERMAN iUSTERITY London is "paradise -J-eyond words" to Frau Hcppstock Huth. of Hamburg, now on he;r first nost-war visit to Sr^'and. "Look at the shops and sho~ners. the clothes. th e food." she =a:d. "Of course." she add d quickly. "I know there's a shortage of176 words
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Article88 1946-12-20 3 Epilepsj troubled James B. Bensley after he wad kicked by a cow. Seven years later he was kicked by a horse, since then he has never had another fit. Ihis was stated at Terrington, Norfolk, when Bensley. of Tilney St. Lawrence, was allowed to take88 words
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Article22 1946-12-20 3 German police announce the recovery of the Rembrandt painting "Christ at the Column," stolen from a Cologne museum.22 words
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Article21 1946-12-20 3 In New York sanitary inspectors are going after barbers' shops to ma'-e sure their customers get a rlean shave.21 words
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Article17 1946-12-20 3 Princess Louis Ferdinand of Bavaria has d ed m Munich aged 85. after an accident^17 words
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161 1946-12-20 3 WED TO SA VE GROOM FROM PUNISHMENT rREE days after a casual meeting m a street, a RAF absentee and a girl, both under twenty-one, became man and wife. They married to save the bridegroom from punishment when he returned to his unit. They were each fined £5 at Banbury161 words
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Article33 1946-12-20 3 ARMY LACKED TOUCH TRUCK IN B URMA Many lives were lost m Burma and Africa because British Forces lacked a good cross-country truck, said Lieutenant-General Sir Oliver Leese at a lecture m London.33 words
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Article19 1946-12-20 3 The King will broadcast message to the nation and EmDire on Christmas Day from Sand ring ham.19 words
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Article, Illustration17 1946-12-20 3 Bareback riders rehearsing for the Bertram Mills Circus, which opens today at Olympi*, London.17 words
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Article, Illustration765 1946-12-20 5 I< SS Wrote a ,etter on A 7 conditions tnnV S Smithers (Cons., Orpington), on which, it is believed, Sir Waldron based charges of- chaotic administration, m S.E. Asia and complaints and unrest m 800 Special Intelligence Company Singapore, and also m 19th Air765 words
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Article, Illustration53 1946-12-20 5 The lattst-lvpe electric pumps have been installed at nearly all petrol stations m Singapore. These pumps both simplify and expedite filling petrol into cars and trucks. 'i<*,-> i w.« > lane/i by viic Free Press at the Animal Infirmary m Singapore, showing a dog being given an injection53 words
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Article190 1946-12-20 5 HARVEST TIME IN KEDAH WHILE snort term varieties of padi planted early m the season have matured and have been harvested m North Kedah and Perlis, about 1.400 acres of medium-term varieties, within a radius of seven miles of Alor Star, have begun to ripen. This is revealed m the190 words
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Article71 1946-12-20 5 SEVERAL hundreds of tons of Canadian potatoes and herrings arrived m Singapore yesterday by the Java Pacific Line vessel Bantam from Vancouver. There Is also a shipment of oats on board for Penang ana Port Swettenham. Among the six passengers disembarking at Singapore was Mr. G71 words
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Article32 1946-12-20 5 Sir Geoffrey Cater will make a especial broadcast on Labu:i:i «v 7 15 p.m «Malay*r* Time) on Dt? 24 ever tne Far Eastern network on 19,25 and 44 metres32 words
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Article67 1946-12-20 5 AN invitation has been received by the Pan-Malayan Federation of Trajie Unions to send two delegates to attend the forthcoming International Trade Unions conference to be held In Paris on January 6. 7, and 8. The Conference is under the SDonsorship of the World Federation of Trade67 words
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Article33 1946-12-20 5 Miss Tan Joo Liat is raided the Granam White Memorial Scholarship, having come out first m the Junior Final Examination m physics and chemistry, both theoratical and practical. t i if.33 words
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766 1946-12-20 5 S'pore contractor tells of kidnapping Free Press Staff Reporter THE full story of gangsterism and trickery, reading like lhe script of a sensational film, m which a Singapore man was kidnapped and forced to sign blank cheques at revolver point, was told to me yesterday by two victims of the766 words
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Article218 1946-12-20 5 Siam Gangsters demand £25,000 Free Press Correspondent BANGKOK, Thursday. A GANG of seven Siamece kidnappers swept down from the hills on the office of fi wealthy Siamese business man m South Siam, held up his 100 employees at pistol point, and kidnapped him. They said that his father had been218 words
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Article106 1946-12-20 5 THE removal of wrecits will cost Singapore $28,500. The Telok Ayer Basin contains a large number of wrecks, which must be cleared In order to accommodate the large volume of traffic using the area. The number of wrecks is estimated at more than 25. and106 words
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Article32 1946-12-20 5 The Singapore Mercantile Cooperative Thrift and Loan Society Ltd. will hold its extraordinary general meeting and half-yearly general meeting at 5.30 pjn. today at the Co-operative Societies Department Fu'lt-rton Building.32 words
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Miscellaneous109 1946-12-20 3 TARZAN Jane escapes the posse By Edgar Rice Burroughs r Tuß >J I ~7 I I 3EPORE THE ASTONISHED POSSE I Y\'lE7\ =c^ r^ hpjT THAT L'ON 3ACK |N THS j M KN£vV mKj ms HAPPENING iP. A /T\ CAGE OR WELL ShOQT YOU/ M~\ JANE SVVUNS TO AN >"~^109 words
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Advertisement201 1946-12-20 5 To our Patrons for the Comir<2 CHRISTMAS we nave pleasure m ottering bw>t st>le ol ladies gwwaa and dr<^*-s b* our expert Dressiaukers. Latent fashions. Excellent Workmanship and moderate charges. Please call at *Tby ouy ga Aii} made Diaries "rt*o we can supply you with British Made ones, just received201 words
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Advertisement51 1946-12-20 5 1.30 4 6.30 i).*iU p.m. A Really Outstanding Performance By Googie Withers. *§*L MERVYN JOHNS GOOGIE WITHERS Hfflft'l $Sr GORDON JACK SOU sauy ann mowi jfl Mi Opening Tomorrow 'Another Good British Picture That All Will Enjoy. M EVENING STA NO A P.O. m****~*'+*isWsW*Wm*mm asa^-,. ii all «gg^ iaw msm}51 words
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Article399 1946-12-20 7 England: lat. Inns— 255 dccl***""*' tWm m for ENGLANi>— 2nd. inns Hutton hit waeaet b Mule- 37 Washbrook c MKool b Johnson 41 Kdnch b MrCool 9 Comptan c Bradman b Freer 54 Hammond c Tsshack b MeCool .r; nun b Freer 1Y*r<Uey b McCool J5 Smith c Hassett399 words
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Article22 1946-12-20 7 LONTX)N. Thurs. Northampton Town and Peterbrrouzh arew one-ali after extra time m their F. A. second round replay t^dav.- ReuterReuter - 22 words
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Article442 1946-12-20 7 A USSIE BO WLERS TOO GOOD AGAIN fWW Botves SYDNEY, Thursday fIIGUND have lost the second Test match. By mid-after I m x>n today, everything: was over bar the shoutin* an th* g^rf, bat smen except Edrich. failing to produce tht? jbilitv necessary to fight a draw en a failing442 words
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Article, Illustration16 1946-12-20 7 Yardley caught by wicket-keeper TaUuu off Johnson m En* land's first innings at Syduey.16 words
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Article428 1946-12-20 7 By Our Soccer Reporter DETURNING to Stadium soccer for the first lime after two R months yesterday, the Singapore Chinese Foot bail Asso ciation played well before the level expected of them and were beaten by the odd goal m three by the touring428 words
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Article132 1946-12-20 7 SYDNEY. Thursday. AUSTRALIA'S team for the third Test against England starting on New Years Day at Melbourne will be chosen from the following twelve players: Don Bradinan (Captain), aid Barnes, Bruce Dooland. Fred Freer Llndjsay Hassett, lan Johnson, Ray LlndIwall, C. McCool. Keith Miller, ArthurReuter - 132 words
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Article379 1946-12-20 7 HOLIDAY SOCCER FIXTURES I HOME football fixtures for ChrisUnM 11 and Boxing days are as follows: FIRST DIVISION Arsenal v. Portsmouth Aston Vttla Huddersficld Blackburn R v. Blackpool Bolton v. Manchester U. Chelsea v. Preston N. E ■verton v. Derby Co. Grimsby Town v. Charlton Leeds Utd. v. Middlesborough SheffieldReuter - 379 words
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Article21 1946-12-20 7 The Captain's and the Vice Captain* drew 33 points each m the bowls match played at the SCC yesterday.21 words
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Article263 1946-12-20 7 Fiee Press Hockey Reporter KUALA LUMPUR, Thurs. IN spite of the rain and the bad condition of the ground. the Indian Army hockey tourists, two goals down m the first half, rallied splendidly m the vcond half to beat the Combined Services of Kuala263 words
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