The Singapore Free Press, 8 February 1947

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1 8 The Singapore Free Press
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    19 1 The Singapore Free Press LARGEST AFTERNOON SALE IN MALAYA No ***** SINGAPORE, SATURDAY, FEBRUARY 8, 1947. PRICE 10 CEMd.
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    'Mr. LIGHTER' IS SECRET BOOS
    370 1 Beds pay strikers Free Press Staff Reporter MR. Chang Ming Ching, boss of the Communist Party m Singapore, told me yesterday at his headquarters m Queen-street, off Bras Basah-road, that the Malayan Communist Party has given "a certain amount of financial help" to the strikers
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    STRIKE: AUNG SAN FAILS
    83 1 RANGOON, Friday. THERE is no likelihood of early settlement of Rangoon's forthnight-old strike involving 3.500 labourers. The spokesman of the strike committee, after a lengthy discussion with U Aung San. deputy chairman of the Executive Council, said: "Negotiations axe still going on but we do not
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    Disarmament to wait—U.S.
    260 1 Disarmament to wait U.S. WASHINGTON, Friday. S i international agreement on disarmament i completion of the European and Far i fttlements, <;«.>neral George Marshall, U.S. told a prexs conference here today. The aid. would not start any decrease m mili■ngth until collective .-»ecurity was established. (hall disclosed that the United
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    BRITAIN BIDS FOR 115 U.S. SHIPS
    46 1 BRITAIN BIDS FOR 115 U.S. SHIPS IN-: HI Fn it is nepurr S. men-haiv. m during >a*se a»ree- Id under Layton, U.S. Economi ID tOo return to tiie «t by :he a ives C Noamittee :s resolution to rtng o( US. ratcm •o lakf pending ne-
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    CNAC TURNS TO LARGE PLANES
    18 1 IV .a. or. -ume t' >Yernmeat on inter- oghal. -r- future to aen
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    PACIFIC QUAKE
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    Heligoland to be blown up
    117 1 lIELIGOLAND Island, German naval base m the two wars and 11 one of the world's most heavily defended islands, is being mined with b. 700 tons of high explosives, ready for the destruction of fortifications m what will be one of the biggest explosions the
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    'CEASE FIRE OR WE WON'T SIGN'
    390 1 'CEASE FIRE OR WE WON 'T SIGN' Free Press Special Reporter T*HE Netherlands East Indies Government is not prepared 1 to sign the Linggardjafi draft agreement on the future Indonesian constitution, until a general cease fire is ordered by the Indonesian Commander in-Chief, Dr. P. J. Koets, chief of the
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    FITTERS END SHB STRIKE
    110 1 Free Press Staff Reporter ♦TWELVE HUNDRED Singapore Harbour Board artisans who have been on strike since Dec. 23 last, wthen they presented a three-point demand v/hich was rejected by their employers, reported back to work this moming. The contractors vho employ Uhem for repair work dp
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    'TARZAN' BURNED
    39 1 Marcel Chassagne, 11. is m a bcrious condition m a Paris hospital after his playmates had tied Mm to z lamp post, ignited bnu>h around his feet and dared him to emulate "Tarzan" by escaping. says U.P.
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    PRELUDE
    18 1 T 4 HE Free Press begins ano--1 ther new feature today A Mu.-ic Column. See Page 2.
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    McKerron wants volunteer P.Cs.
    317 1 PINGAPORES newly returned Colonial Secretary, Mr. P. A. •J B. McKerron, wants to revive the old Volunteer Police Reserve as a force for law and order m the Colony. Vked today whether he favoured the Singapore Atssociation of a special "strong-arm" Police force, he said. "I
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    GREECE ACCUSED
    45 1 Albania appearing before the UNO Balkan Inquiry Commission at Athens, denied that she had violated the Greek frontier. The Albanian delegate followed the Bulgarian and Yugoslav representatives In claiming that Greece's internal situation was the root of the current Bilknn troubles, reports U.P.
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    BLIZZARDS HIT U.S.
    27 1 The United States is m the grip of the worst cold wave of the year. Blizzard conditions are reported throughout Minnesota, Dakota and lowa.
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    BURMA GIFT TO KING
    48 1 The Union Jack which was hoisted m the market place Of Bassein, Burma m May 1945 byMajor Saw Sam Po Thin, commander of the 32Lsscin Karen resistance force, was yesterday preseutfd m London to the Lord .r.berlain for acceptance by the King, says Reutear.
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    UK CUTS OFF ELECTRICITY AUSTINS FIRE *****
    433 1 UK CUTS OFF ELECTRICITY AUSTINS FIRE ***** LONDON, Friday. WHILE snow-bound Britain battled with the fuel crisis, caused by dwindling coal stocks and blocked transport, Mr. Emmanuel Shinwell, the Fuel Minister, to members of the House of Commons this afternoon that from Monday no electricity will be supplied to any
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    AMERICANS GET TO TANGKU SAFE
    44 1 A SEVEN-CAR special train yesterday took 303 American Executive Truce H^adcuarters staff from Peiping to Tangku port I prize winner, Professor Albert I riean servicemen from China. At Tangku the group embarked m the U.S. Army Transport General Weigel
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    STRACHEY FOR U.S.
    39 1 The British Food Minister, Mr. John Strachey, will leave London lon Feb. 13 on a visit to Canada and the United States to talk I over food problems" of general interest to all the three countries.'
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      OUR MUSIC COLUMN TREBLE CLEF
      368 2 OUR MUSIC COLUMN TREBLE CLEF liV OUR M USIC CRI 7 IC m Li ..g -pu.e v%e a make our first do^p .iij introduce what we bope v. .11 be a regular coumn m v. h cli will oe found everyIhu g oi interest m IbcaJ music, with an occasional
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      MUSIC FOR WHOM ?
      391 2 MUSIC FOR WHOM j I<WJhNTY-iour play s, many of them inchvidua ly fine performers, struggled valiamly last Sunday Evening. But lor one critic, at least, it was a lor lorn struggle. Moreover this fortnightly strug^'o It becoming m and mere forlorn, for it cannot be i f-•-•• {'r- r>. r-1_
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      WOT! NO 'ALLY PALLY'
      167 2 WOT! NO 'ALLY PALLY' of Alexinclra Palace iMi delivered a blow to any plants the BBC m-iy have r ad. tor tne extension oi television from "Ally Pally.' ai> the Palace is affectionately knovn to monv people m Britain. The statement sad ttm\ m view of future plans to develop
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      GRACE MOORE'S DREAMS
      410 2 TRACE MOORE, dynamic U singer with a vo'ce "as big aa all outdoors,' 1 who was killej when a Dutcli Dako a crashed at Kastrup airport m Copenhagen recently, once cried with joy lor h urs when critxs hailed ncr as "America's mostb loved singer." This wds
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      60 2 Coming events TONKIHT. HBRI AIO Sth at 800 pm. Rtital Vocal and Pianoforte at tbe \rm> Kduf at on C entro. Armenian Street. \Vork> h\ Purcell. Slind^l, Shuhtrt Brahms. Debussy. Soloists include Sheila Foster. Robert Could and Douclas Prater WFI)NKSI)A\ FKBRI ARV 12TH Programme of Recorded Music at the Education
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      100 2 FOOTNOTES Our Music ritic Sa>s! Sur ly. surely W« I i i hti by now ci prima donna U n the B i ior buriesqu ■b> wiiy h v. h> |hrc core before It has ty* n re quested jH— F(>r you alone U74 Youll remember I I 14^7 M
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      709 2 FREE P3ESS FIGV/ORRS To sche th* i_uzi.le. p.a BMir~lT"Tx Iz \a \-r h MUli m p. of HE 9Hfi lumber s) U. L*B Whnre ft -3 .:e F.^we m___lß(Hi__jßßßL__pH»___L^ mt ccru.s more than (.nee- th« j3 j5 l 2 7j3 J7 5 5 H^Hcf To hrip you. it is BB
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      JAPAN MAY WIN BACK HER ASIA LEAD
      646 3 JAPAN MAY WIN BACK HER ASIA LEAD While China civil war goes on SHANGHAI, (By Air Mail). THIXA'S internal strife has left the road clear for Japan to win back her economic dominance m Asia, m the opinion of business quarters and political observers here. And the general expectation mixed
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      CHINA LOSES MARKETS
      119 3 U^l stic step* are taken by China's financial m the next two months, the bulk of her etc— a vital source of foreign exchange— -appeared, Mr. Paul L. Harvey, Far »f R. H. Macy, of New York, ana A.l. wal of American troops and the slumpar __China's
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      NOT GIVEN GOLD, FIREMEN LET HOUSES BURN
      121 3 A SPECIAL board of inquiry m Snanghai is investigating thAfgcj that municipal fire fighters demanded ten "ten-ounce gold bars" before they would put out a blaze which destroyed ten large houses m the residential area. The fire had actually been pui out. it
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      CHINESE MARRY JAP WOMEN
      65 3 Since the liberation, 272 Japawomen m Taiwan were married to Chines*- nationals, it was iearned from :hc Japanese Civilian Control Administration. V presort, 3.84"? Japanese technicians ?re still m the province Their repatriation is being held -iver duf to their unfinished service v it.h the Provincial
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      JAP GENERAL'S JOB
      13 3 Rente- -mmancJer o; *ee n Japan and I m a
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      'CHIANG CAN'T FIGHT ON'
      319 3 'CHIANG CAN'T FIGHT ON CHINA'S civil war cannot last much longer because Gen. Chiang Kai-shek will be forced to negotiate for peace within six months, says a Kuomiittang commander recenHj captured by the Chinese Communist forces. This officer requested that his identity be withheld U allow his family to leave
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      Tojo may yet not hang
      75 3 VI ANY Japan cm- m Tokio J say that Mideki Tojo, Japan's wartime Premier, may yet cheat the gallows by biting off his own tongue and blooding to rtrath m prison They point ou' that this method of suicide is generally known among Japanese They
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      200,000 LOCKED IN BATTLE IN SOUTH SHANTUNG
      150 3 200,000 LOCKED IN BATTLE IN SOUTH SHANTUNG THE Nanking. Chief ol Stall. Gen. Chen Cheng, will proiorp his visit to Hsuchow, m North Kiangsu. and will personally direct military activities against the Communists on the Kia'igsu-Shantung border reports the Chinese press m Shanghai, says Reuter. In South Shangtung, 20.000 troops
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      PROTEST SUICIDE BY SOLDIER
      64 3 I EAVTNG a note requesting Gene- ralissimo Chiang Kai-shek and Mao Tse-tung 'Communist leader* to cease the civil war immediately and deliver the people from their sufferings a Chinese killed himself with a grenade placed against his head m Wes'_ Shanghai Park. The note identified the
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      60 3 PRI.MIEK T. V. MWJIMU wn«, as chairman of the Export Promotion Board, is leading the new drive to revive Chinas export trade. He has just announced that the Government is granting a 100 per tent bonus to Chinese exporters. This subsidy will be financed through an ad valorem surcharge of
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      GIANT DAM PROJECTS PROPOSED
      280 3 MR. G. R. Paschal, who, m 1944, prepared the <irst plane for (he mammoth Yaiurtse River dam and hydroelectric plant at Ichaßg, has urged the Tnited State> to finance all necessary electrical equipment for fh c project. By this method, he sajft, tbn Chinese Central Government
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      FOOD DROPPED IN RED AREAS
      89 3 MEDICAL supplies and clothing provided by UNRRA (United Nations Relief and Rehabilitation Association) were dropped by two United States Marine planes over the Fuping area. 140 miles west of Tientsin, m accordance with arrangements made recenllv with the- Communist and Nation- alist Commissioners of the
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      Marshall Sworn In
      47 3 The oath of office is administered .< (;.>neral Gottrge C. -Marshli, j the new United States Secretary of State, by Chief Justice Frui Vinson 'on right) m the White H-ow.^e, Wiushkigton. General Mar«>haU became Secretary of State aft<r giving up his peacv mission m China
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      25 3 OOMFUI, oi CORPSES! l^d th| ROOBIFman pS# WILL GET yoMli r tuning musical, presenting a series of Spectacular icating sequences superbly staged" MOTION PICTTWE DAILY
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      419 3 fiCvBiLS 6Q0 J^aSb Today 5 Shows 10. 3t a. at. 1 30 4 6.SS 9 30 p ra. •'A Grand Picture With Grand Humour" TIMES "I was made to live for him.. to die for him— yet I'm afraid of him!" lm +OkJ .aajga*^ tut P^>\^l 'RtbtcccV loiely A. star
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  • LEADER PAGE
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      The Singapore Free Press SATURDAY. Feb. 8. 1947. Stronger Arms For The Law
      579 4 The Singapore Free Press SATURDAY. Feb. 8. 1947. Stronger Arms For The Law THL Singapore Associations letter to Sir Franklin Gimson. the Governor oi Singapore, fay! IH a<" d mair. v*3 J strikes were ihe first reason why the A. sociation Committee considered that the public of Singapore If faced
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      Don Iddon's Diary
      1560 4 NEW ANGLES ON AMERICA CUCH gloomy intelligence is pouring from London of a nation trapped in a crater of debt that our American friends are alarmed. All week the headline* have told the grim story of economic crisis in Britain, and the conviction is growing here that
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      FAITH
      37 4 The seed man is peri-hfd uu t of the earth: and there is none unritrht amon? men: they all lie .n wait for btsad: they hunt t\t'rv man his brother with a net Mieah 7 2
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      36 4 The Free Press thinks jou would like to s.-, t t>h 9WLWtMtma hi >>> >y •Hove Brigadier Kdmond Dt v l commanding s»th Infantry Brigade. e «m son an invm the railway from Jerusalem m an armmirpd
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      QUIZ
      144 4 1 "Thou h, immortal Bi d. No 1 thee down voi I h ar this p ssi night u. ard. 1 iys bv emp ror 1 1 What voice? Who is the pott 2 Here are some oi Charl Dickens "characters In wl novels do v.-e meet tl em?
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      PEOPLE MAKE NEWS
      423 4 DIPLOMATIC circles believe tliat .squat, blonde. Fro*")!: GI T SEV new representing Russia at sessions or tie t'oreign Ifinistecs' Council <.f D puiics, will one day succeed Vladimir Mohktov is Russia's Foreign Minister. Gusev, wbo lo a dynamic \v rl:( r. recently became deputy to Molotov after
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      UTOPIA IN AMERICA
      243 4 ACHK AGO industrialist ii ipendinf i' 200,000 to rec o n v this decayed village wh»-i»-people once ROttgbt fortttW m the silver minis, into Victorian "Athens R(K*kie>/ rue loea origiraud with Walter I Board Chairman of th< I r Corporation vi Am* van *o crc-j' community he
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      WORKERS HELPED BY WAR
      11 4 WORKERS HELPED BY WAR I This v I i I I
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      54 4 5&/ 1 UAL 1 The world-famous disinfectant and f for estates use and general MMDHW concentrated a^d economical n se. MOXO I The finest wood preserv .uve mc Prevents fungus and deter. oration o* wooi work. Protects against white anrs Made by Newton Chambers Co. Ltd.. Thorn Sheffield, England Supplies
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      DUTCH SAY: WE ALLOW FREE IMPORT
      93 5 .\i/FZ, Free Press Staff Reporter j n t< Netherlands East Indies are i \ception of arms and ammunition, od as rice which comes under interDr. P. J. Koets, chief of the Van d m an interview with Singapore men who passed through Batavia on
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      BOOK DELAYED
      40 5 Owaig to the reduction ol electricity supply to the printers, publication of the Malayan Agricultural Journal and the three vernacular journals ot the Depar, ment of Agriculture nas been delayed. It is hoped that thry will appear shortly.
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      BONUS FOR CHINA REMITTANCES
      20 5 Chinese bankr i v U from th€ Finance is reign rters, should b«- apfr«»m 'h }\< is.
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      MALAYA GIVES $135,000
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      20,000 ACRES PADI PLANTED
      94 5 ABOLi :u.'\HJ acres hBT€ been or will shortly be pian»ed. nlli padi m t^e TlltiOfif Karang padi settlement, according to report from the field branch of the Malayan Union Agricultural J D partment. TMs ?cr^agp is made up or 6.100 acr?^ m Sawah Sempandan, 3.532 m
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      'DON'T BUY YOUR FAGS FROM THE KIDS'
      330 5 Free Press Staff Reporter IN a tii Ik from the studios of the Far Eastern Broadtail ing i Station, Singapore, the Rev. J. f. N. Handy, Deputy Secretary of the Department of Social Welfare, appealed to the public to make it "a point
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      S'PORE HAS MOBILE CANTEEN
      130 5 S'PORE HAS MOBILE CANTEEN MorciL effective measures tv reduce malnutrition amonj> Singapore's chiklren of pre ig€ ire being worked out by \hv Departxnei oi $< ciaj Welfare. •or the tir>t lime a nteen wnich serves at are Cli:: at Jo Road, eziendad 1 s opera- Mala? Settlement ie E mcl.
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      J.C.S.A. MEETING ON BACK PAY
      138 5 the Cctro:ned C mmiitee ol the J C.S A.. Singapore, nas d< i to adopt the ftve-p^ini lut on 1 irwarded b\ m lr s'ster boay In Kuala Lumpur tc :he Ma«a!»an Uni n Governor. Sir Edward the mhl ni oac* pay. The Singapore bods
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      MINISTER TO TOUR MALAYA
      144 5 MINISTER TO TOUR MALA YA Free Press Staff Reporter DUE m Singapore tomorrow is Mr. Ivor Thomas, Undersecretary of State for tbe Colonies, who m a recent speech at Keighley, spok c of I the •'tremendous awakening that is taking place m Asia.'" Mr. Thomas, a British de'« ga c
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      CAPITAL FOR AIRWAYS
      45 5 CAPITAL FOR AIRWAYS Cupiu-.l lor M>« Maiava!i Airways Company ba< boen Jointly subscribed by the Stra'ts Steamship Company and the Occ.«.n Ft^amship Company. Liverpool. Two Dire -tors so far appointed nre H. J C. K. Toms. Stra.ts sie.^mship Company, i.nd R F \V. Leonard Mansfield-
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      PERAK ROAD TOLL
      57 5 i i number oi road accidents In Pernk is still high, payi an ..'t cial statement, which appeals for traffic regulations to t>e observed strictly. During ne nd half of 194ti. thrr. m re 16 fatal motor accidents, 155 ncnfatal, 155 due to vehicles other than motor
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      SOUTH SEAS CHARTER
      104 5 SOU TH SEAS CHARTER DRITAIN, AuNtial.a. New I Zealand. Tinted States, Frame and the Netherlands have a:!ooted a construction I for a Native Welfare Com- j it—ton m the South Seas where t''e native population S totals |,69t,#M of whom i !HB,MO are under Australian administration. Tie constitution grants powers
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      124 5 While serving as a prisoner of war under the Japs, Ex-Cpl. Charles Thrale, late of the Cambridgeshire Regiment, painted with a brush made from his own hair, and colours from jungle plants, boiling the coloured backs of old books or getting the dye from rags. His daughter was born after
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      $150,000 GIFT FOR COLLEGE
      55 5 $1 50,000 GIFT FOR COLLEGE AN oil painting >l Mr. Liew Wena Chee, ot Kuala Lumpur, 'o p?rpetuate whose name, a gift 01 $150,000 was made to the King Edward VII College of Medicine m July last year, will be unveiled by the Governor-General. Mr Malcolm Mac Donald. at th
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      HONG KONG WATCHING S'PORE
      355 5 HOM: KONG i< watching /.eve 1 opmenta m Singapore where 1 plans ore bci-g Onalisr.i for! elections to ne Mtmtotpa] Council. Tb» «C9son for W»l« ia tbn»j Hor.g Kor.g also 7:unrc sei! government. The consensus of jpinio:i :r. Boat Korg is that tne people j w
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      LABOUR WANT 44-hr WEEK
      371 5 Free Press Staff Reporter AMONG the 22 resolutions adopted at the annual conierence of the Pan Malayan Federation of Trade I'nions at Kuala Lumpur is one which calls for a 44 hour week m Malaya. The conference also decided to ask the (iovernment to publish the
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      SARAWAK TALKS
      16 5 Malay ieai ei Saraw k ere conferring w.t-< Mr An.honv Brooke Pt Sea V
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      Sue says: 'I am being followed'
      324 5 Free Press Staff Repoitei MISS Ktoel Tantri (Sourabaya Sue of "The Voice of Free Indonesia broadcasting station, one-time hotel owner m Bali and one of the chief organisers of the Indonesian movement for freedom), has made herself extremely unpopular through her Nationalist activities. She
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      ANDES DOCKS TODAY AT SINGAPORE
      122 5 Free Press Staff Reporter 1 ADY Ritchie, Vtfc of UL.-Q/HL 4 Sir Neil Ri;chie. tlie mm Commai;der-in Chief, soutr East As a Land Forces, and *•< I two small children are arriving m Singapore today on ;he [uur -Andes." Gen. Rite hie. wno is succeeding
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      C.Y.M.A. OFFICERS
      77 5 A: I .iiiual grne-ial m*Tti of the Catholic Y< ung l-'iioii i Church Sacred Htart the foUoww ■eu an j- j ounvr.t year I■' Kir. Eb p-tsicii Mr. Fu Wa Chu boo s ti-rv. Mr. R., ai.c D Ti-. Utfy, Mr M:J.oel Cr.on^. ;i .nr Mr Lawrence bte,
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      S'PORE WEDDING
      52 5 I l*e I > I Andre ci la Porte, son of the Mr aiid Mrs. J Andre 6t Port 1 1 Ittormtndtl. Holland md 111 .).«:;< Vincent, daug. Itr and Mr> Pymni of Ring- H inti plac? at st Andre •<• c 'iiodrai lay Mr d .a Porte
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      U.S. RUBBER PLANS OUT
      428 6 Will hold reserve of 'natural' OFFICIAL help will not be withdrawn from the United States rubber industry until adequate supplies for the nation were assured, said President Truman m his recent budget message to Congress. He told the House that the Government expected to produce more
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      SCOUTS AID UK POLICE
      173 6 SCOUTS AID UK POLICE BRITAIN baa turned to her Boy Scouts to lulp he* i police force combht the country's growing crime wave and planned a city by city rand-op of mere than 21 .000 Known British and A ted army deserters. rd Rowallail, Britain'.s Chief Scout, said a special
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      CHINESE PUPPET MINISTER TO DIE
      47 6 ffcin Sir. -i-.pj i Minister of Information and th^ Secretary General of the Shanghai city government during the Japanese occupation, has been sentenced to death m Shanghai A veteran newspaperman. Chao was also one of the best known drama critics, says U.P.
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      132 6 Tor two months Mrs. Joanne Fileen Strong lived on the proceeds of thefts from a London flat until she was sent to orison for nine months for stetilins goods worth tSM. A few days after a party Mrs. Strong returned to a woman friend's flat, inducing the charwoman to let
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      NAVAL EXERCISES HELD OFF COCHIN
      127 6 TWO sloops, two frigates and six minesweepers took part m the Royal Indian Navy's first post-war exercises which have just been completed off the coast of Cochin. The exercise?, which lasted three days, included practice m antisubmarine welfare at sea. One exercise took the form
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      RAID SHELTERS 'DISAPPEAR'
      52 6 CCOTLAND YARD has Deer. asked to inquire into the disappearance ot 300 Morrison .shelters from a dump at Huriin^ham. LoncLr., polo ground An official said thnt the shelters, collected from hou had teen placed on the dump pending further instructions about their disposal. They were j missed
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      EXPLORER DROWNED IN KENEYA
      59 6 EXPLORER DROWNED IN KENEYA Colonel Byran Norman Abbav, who explored the Upper Irrawaddy from 1908 to 1912. was drowned while sailing m Lamu Harbour Kenya, at the age of 65. Abbay. who had been lor many years a resident m Kenya where he retired, received the Kings Police Medal and
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      Shop ballots for nylons
      91 6 IJ ALLOT for nylons is a schenu started by a shop m Ilford 1 (Fssrx) Every womar. who spwids ten shillings at the shop is asked to put her Mine on the back of the bill. All the hills go into a box, and a draw
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      Leopards ran about ship
      66 6 LONDON Zoo has ju.t taken delivery from a ship docking at Chatham of a pair of leopard cubs f»om Ceylon They are Arthur and V:isw\ a gift from Commander M.C. Morris, of Naval lIQ, Trincomalec. Now five months old. they wore hand -reared and are so
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      KESSELRING FOR TRIAL
      149 6 I £lELD-MARSHAL Albert Kes- selrinn,. ot the German Mi Force, ar.d former German commarder-in-chief m Italy, will be tried by a military court m Venice next week President ol the court will be Lieut-Gen. Sir R. M- Scobie He will be tried on two charges. The first
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      RICH ORE FOUND IN TANGANYIKA
      56 6 Rich ore deposits of considerable size have been found by T. Morgan, onp of Tanganyika's I foremost prospectors, m an area west of Dar-es-Salem, TanganyiI ka. Morgan also reported the dis- covery of new mineral zones containing gold, copper, lead and i nickel m an
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      RIVER CLAIMS 2 FROM YACHT
      67 6 Twice m thirteen months the River Dart at Galmpton Creek, near Dartmouth. Devon, has claimed a victim from the yacht Memory. In December, 1945, William Adams, who was caretaker of the Memory, was reported missing and his body was later recovered from the Dart. And
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      JAP SILK SOON IN LONDON
      197 6 FIRST consignment of Japanese raw silk is due to arrive m London aboard the steamship Glenapp, on February Beard of Trade spokesman has announced This first shipment, approximately 150,000-lb m weight is valued at £300 and is the first consignment of about 1,000.000--lb weight of
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      OLDEST WOMAN IN UK DIES-108
      48 6 OLDEST WOMAN IN UK DIES- 108 Mrs. Sarah Pitt, believed to be the oldest person In England, has died at her home m the village of Compton, nenr Winchester. She was 108. During the war she knitted hospital socks and collected £70--worth of "shin"' halfpennies for naval charities.
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      TOLD POLICE AS SHE DIED
      237 6 A STATEMENT mack* shortly before she died m hospital may lead to the arrest of the murderers of Dr. Edith Ghosh, the well-known Calcutta obstetrician and gynaecologist, who was brutally attacked at her home m Robinson Street, Calcutta. Dr. Edith Ghosh, who was 68, was
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      'MATERNITY FEES MUST STAY LOW'
      171 6 HOLDING that a young wife a should be carefree when her oaby is bern, Carlisle City Counicil objected to a proposed in:«rcasp from £6 to £9 9s m the charge for a 12 day stny m a civic maternity home The Health Committee who made
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      157 6 t Carmen MIRANOA Make-You-Laujrh Mus;c«l %m TO-NIGHT at Mid-rJ^I A Big Film with Strong Acclamation I It's Shown :<t tin WQW Biji Theatre will, J^rJ TT (icxKi Reputation: ALEXANDER KOHDAS I MiKlVues; TBCHNICOLOR SPECTA< The FOUR FEATH^S ■\13 >^- "^K ''I s^^^BK* 3 ?1 ■■■S; Openig TO^fORROW THERES EXCITEMENT i
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      69 6 J/\INC Exclusive to the Singapore Free Press m Malaya /GO ON, BE A V" /WE-ELL TceRTAINLyN THERE'S 'mot\^l I /SPORT, FLOSSIE— DON'T FEEL UP To IT MUCH RISK —THEY'VE SAY YOU DOMV V I'M WALKIW6 LET ME TAKE "w/^ MYSFLF AMD YOU'D CHANGED THE CREW- LOOK BAD AS AW ON
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      MALAY FORWARDS IN SCORING MOOD
      254 7 G supenof to anything v v cup series, the SingaEULF. 1 two m a <occer 1 Sri don, Eksan and Haj ireai Xcrm and fr m iher ha vc two very dependin Dav'd and Gre n rwardfl vere ilwava n .-■.»i.^d mlth t..c m v
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      SCC WIN WITH 10 GOALS
      12 7 SCC WIN WITH 10 GOALS I I A GI. nville R H
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      HONG KONG WANTS SOCCER TOUR IN U.K.
      18 7 HONG KONG WANTS SOCCER TOUR IN U.K. I.K. r ING the 3 30 j Ke? k K:a Kaaj.
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      SEAFORTHS WANT CRICKET GAMES
      75 7 FOKTH Highlanders at Gill- '<■'■ .tp anx'.ous to cicket secretaries oi rvice tt ams. The Id like to play matches Of Saturday if tor- r on Sundd :<e should b add- the did ir--Bn. Sealorth Highlanders D Barracks. ok-out f r arlc cricket secretary i i.
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      45 7 I F. Stletar's Flugby team, pictured here, teat (he S.C C 15 iu». is u*-al. U/, d.u,; t penalty* to five (goal), at Sele tar last week. T>e scorers were Venables, Twisscl (penal*:), llarier avtf Rofc-sja U'rop £oal) Grieve scored the S-C.C.'i try, Drc^Fver converting.
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      F.A. REPLAYS EMBARRASS COMMITTEE
      1267 7 All In The Game From George Chi&kalm CIVE fourth round Cup replays on top of a number of re-arranged League fixtures m mid-week rather embarrassed the Football Association committee, who a few days earlier had announced that owing to the calls of industry they would sanction
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      ATHLETIC FINDS FOR OLYMPICS
      279 7 ATHLETIC FINDS FOR OLYMPICS Two i.; a a n. enc UiSc r«es 1 I n made by the Poly- te Harriers, n a .sp:in H- >- bo comes fr :.i the' Bahamas, the other D. L. o x« rdl rlr m Ir.dii. U -th grcnmed w.*h the Olympic m view.
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      WOODCOCK FIGHTS BAKSI IN MARCH
      65 7 DRUCL WOODCOCK, Bri'.i ,h heuvj wv'ight champion, is to m I the American heavyweight, Joe, Baksi, at Ilarringway arena m London on March 25. In making the announcement m L: ndnn yesterday, promoter Jack Salomons said that th!f was the date provided Woodcock sustained no
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      FAMOUS MILER TO TRY AGAIN
      127 7 GIL dodds. Amerca'i 28->eai- I old "Hying parson," and OUtstand n^ mile runner, may concentrate on the two mil S distance when he mnkos his 0 Die-back this sea on. His coach, Jack Ryder sayt D )dds, who before his retirement I was on the
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      SOCCER IN MANILA
      122 7 M m Ij. Friday. -Filplno $uc.«er team ar<? experiencing Intern itionai competition for the first i me s.iice the war with elevens irom H.M.s. Belfast, f-sitlng flagship o: the British Pacific FUet and epcort ship Alert. San Bcaa University beat the Albert three to two yesterday afU.
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      257 7 Or i+,E Emm FAMILY THE LUEE OF MAiilC .«y B _ataPW^^awrlw£' m H ay s» I ■**^^r^aa^^^^^ T)" repeated l»ois:erous I amjthlf r from tl \1 whicl' mrwwiH the Dialogue und S■••" P it fy re aaW^Laar m'fmf'^Jk 1 i L^JMmt^^Pxmrf\3KliSl^Er^PL% TO-NIGHT at MID-NiGHY\ *rii<» Rich, Rare and Racy S*m
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      HOME...
      19 8 This delightful scene of Knaresborouffh, Yorkshire, should help the Yorkshire lads to remember Home and the River Nidd
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      JEW BID TO SAVE GRUNER
      171 8 i LAST-MINUTE effort to save the life of Dov Gruner. Jewish terrorist whose execu tion m Palestine is fixed for next Tuesday, m being made m j London, reports Reuter. A London firm or solicitor* yasterday received instructions from Max Seligman Co Tel-Aviv advocates, to
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      CZECHS HELP UNRRA
      52 8 The creation of a U5. $35,000 000 emergency fund to meet crit cai food needs of Austria, Poland met Greece has been approved by the centra' committee o OKRRA m Washington. Czechoslovakia,' whoso recovery ha* on d that of other European count ri s will rcntrbute food,
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      DON'T MEDDLE, SAYS BURMA
      88 8 nuRMA does not want any out- siders to supervise her elections, declared Thankin Nu, acting President of the AntiFascist Peope's Freedom League m Rangoon yesterday, commenting on the report from London that a Parliamentary delegation may visit Burma to observe ihe forthcoming elections. He added: "If
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      VOLUNTEERED AT 95
      26 8 John Masters, aged 102, London's oldest man died yesterday. At the outbreak of war at mj. retried to enlist, saying he was 80.
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      AIRLINER FAILS TROPICS TEST
      142 8 LONDON, Friday. pOLLOHIi\t» tropical testss three defects have developed m Tudor 1, Britain's first post-war airliner with pressurised cabin. Mr. John VVilmot, British Minister of Supply, announced today. The builders are taking immediate steps to determine the cause and remedy the defects, he stated. The plane
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      SINGAPORE STRIKE BOSS
      582 8 Continued from Page 1) Unioris have approached us for! nelp. and we have always given i [ivern what help we can. We are m the side of the worker, and T j thin* the present strikes quite' justified. "Oar orders come tttm Mr Li^hier' and they invariably
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      INDIA STOPS AID TO DEMOBBED
      53 8 The resettlement office all over India, started early last year for demobilised service men, will virtually close down irom April A.P. learns. More than 500 officers who received social training from a specialist from England, will be affeot as, after April, only a skeleton staff
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      MORE TROOPS FOR SAIGON
      268 8 HANOI, Friday. THE wnolt oi Saigon lined the streets of the city today to cheer French reinforcements who arrived aboard the iiner. He de France, and paraded through the capital of (»chin China. Admiral Thierry D' Argenlieu, French High Commissioner who has been recalled for consultation
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      ICE AIDS ESCAPE
      23 8 Several hundred Germar^ have I escaped into Central Switzerland over the frozen surface of I«ake Constance, on the German border
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      REPORT ON PALEMBANG
      614 8 Indonesian atrocities anger whole Chinese community By OSCAR FERNANDEZ, Free Press Staff Reporter. I7ESTERDAY 1 returned from Palembang, capital of south 1 Sumatra, where 250 Chinese were killed, 1,000 injured and property burnt and damaged to the extent of $10,000,000, as a result of a clash between
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      New UK scheme for Palestine
      317 8 THE British Government last night gave details of its m\s 1 plan for Palestine to the Arab and Jewish delegations now m London. Although the plan is being kept a secret at present, Renter learns that it Is not based on partition, but provides for
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      HE FROZE PEOPLE
      162 8 Nuremberg, Fri. r\R. Erich Hippke, white-haired Luftwaffe medical chief, told the Nuremberg War Crimes court today that concentration camp inmates were frozen to death because no monkeys were available for experiments. Screams and convulsions of victims were not "necessarily'' signs of agony, he testified, explaining that drugs
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      'BRING DP's TO BRITAIN'
      137 8 LONDON, Friday. THE solution to the displaced persons problem m the British zone of Germany is to bring D.P.'s, many of whom are skilled workers, to Britain, declared Lt.Gen. Sir Frederick Morgan, exUNRRA chief m Germany, m London today. Stressing Britain's manpower snortage, he said: "Why
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      NOBEL PRIZE MAN ASKED TO DUEL
      52 8 The Hungarian Minist-r 01 Defence, Gen. Albert Bartta, yesterday challenges a Nobel prize winner, Profeshor Albert Szentgyoergyi, to a duel after the professor, speaking in the National Assembly, had charged that the Military Academy was educating only "reactionary" officers and asked that their training
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      CITY NEWS S'PORE RUBBER PRICES TODAY
      67 8 CITY NEWS S'PORE RUBBER PRICES TODAY A Np< prues oi nil. 1 11 am follows; r No 1 X No Ift 6.fi m hrti So l.g.tj lc^ m ba!<No m balri I l'»tjf of N S'f)oi\ $k& A. all j PICK. ciing -tB ■M Sid:i: Ken. Me. rM La tii
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      79 8 WEATHER— Cloudy with bright periods \Y EAT HER rrporl far 24 bsurs froM noon today compiled by the RAF Central Forecasting Station, Air Command, Far-East Cloudy with bright intervals and scattered showers towards evening over the island. line during the uigi't and tum-irrow momh»c. SIN<;\PORE TIDES Hiirfa Water To-day §127
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