The Singapore Free Press, 11 February 1947

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    18 1 The Singapore Free Press LARGEST AFTERNOON SALE IN MALAYA m SINGAPORE, TUESDAY, FEBRUARY 11, 1947. PRICE M CFVTS.
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    DOLE QUEUES AS UK CUTS FUEL
    660 1 DOLE QUEUES AS UK CUTS FUEL LONDON, Monday. AT the end of the first day of Britain's drastic elec- tricity cuts, which brought back dole n queues to the country again and brought out candles and oil lamps as normal illumination, the Government tonight announced that further restrictions were under
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    11 1 Mr I the i the i i 'ill k j t
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    3 Jews to hang for flogging
    282 1 JERUSALEM, Monday. A BRITISH Military Court t( day sentenced to death on the gallows three suspected members of the Jewish terrorist misation, the Irgun Zvai Leumi, shortly after the official Palo'ine Jewry formally rejected a British request to coi perate with the police and
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    CEYLON'S RICE CUT ONE-THIRD
    97 1 THE population of c yloc. whlat 1 for nve weeks has been enjoying a weekly rice ration of three pounds per adult, is again to go on a ration of two pounds irom next Monday. Jii food authorities have been informed by Lord Killearn, b Special
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    HURT IN FALL
    31 1 The French High Commissioner iin Indochina, Admiral Thierry D Argenlieu was injured m his lee: as a rvsult of a fall it was ned m official quarters today.
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    Army Demob Speed-up
    72 1 Lundun, .Monday. THK Government has ordered a speed-up m demobilisation, and the War Office has announced that Army group 53 is to be released by July Kth. This is three groups better than the programme previously announced. The War Office states that although notice for getting: the
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    UNO REBUKES ITS OWN COMMISSION
    337 1 NEW YORK, Monday. TTiE Security Council of U.N.O. to-day passed a resolution I disapproving the action of the U.N.O. Commission investigating: Greek Government complaints of foreign aid to guerillas m asking for the postponement of the executions of a group of condemned Greek guerillas. The
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    Court refuses 'confession'
    135 1 THY Court of Criminal Appeal mi n London yesterday dismissed the appeal of Walter tiraham Rowland against the sentence of death passed on him for the murder of Olive Balchin at Manchester. The Court refused tc hear the evidence of a "confession' believed to have been mane
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    SINGAPOREANS MEET Mrs MacDONALD
    22 1 SINGAPOREANS MEET Mrs MacDONALD b of ga:y at Fir*! B A rporal D Donald took a the Mr Th n Colonies, children
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    AREMED GANG ROB GOLDMITH
    11 1 AREMED GANG ROB GOLDMITH -a.U- Ismith's Singapore, wer.' ir. d to
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    NO RELEASE
    12 1 i übi ■d that .diets Ps at s R u..r
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    SOVIET ELECTIONS
    47 1 return^ frra Sunday's election indicated that more than 98 per cent of the electorate vjted for the Supreme S:viet feputiM m seven of Russia's Union republics and m 16 auton moui> republics. S:me predict that a full count would *how a 1 i percent vote.
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    S'PORE REDS WRITE US A NICE REPORT
    1186 1 rree rress Mall reporter REVELATIONS from Mr. Chang Ming Ching, local "representative" of the Singapore Branch of the Communist Party m the Free Press on Saturday about the less-publi cised activities of the Malayan Communist Party, have caused considerable consternation amongst the rank
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    New medal for the Far East
    107 1 London, Monday. THE General Service Medal, a last war decoration, is to be given to men of the Army, Navy and RAF for entering operational areas m Java, Sumatra, others parts of NEI and French Indo-fhina, since the end of the war. General qualification
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    GENERAL HO CAPTURED
    80 1 NANKING, Mon. GENERAL Ho Peng-chu has changed sides once again. This time it is by force, because the Chin?se Government announces that he has been captured by the Commuis's m fightIng near Lini m Shantung. It is only a fortnight ago that G-eneral Ho Peng-chu with 50,000
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    RANGOON IS PARALYSED BY STRIKE
    129 1 RANGOON, Mon. THE strike situation m Rangoon worsened today when 3.000 employees of the Port Commissioner —officers, executive assistants, clerks and technicians—I struck work and joined the port's 3.000 jTong labour force who went on strike early last week. A further number of 10.000 •white
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    CHINA-ARGENTINE PACT SIGNED
    29 1 A treaty of friendship b?tween China and Argentina has been s> gnod by the Argentine Fcrc^n Minster. Dr. Bramuslia. and thfCliinose Amba&sadw, Mr. Chen Chieh.— Reuter
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    UK-FRENCH ALLIANCE TALKS TO BEGIN
    212 1 BRITAIN v now ready tc start formal negotiations w:th France for conclusion of an alliance and informed quarters m London are hopeful that these might start within the next few days, says Reuter. A draft, which will lenre British negotiators as a basis for discussion
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    U.S. CHALLENGE BY SOVIET SEEN
    78 1 The traditional United States 'Oreign policies fac: "a ser >baUener« from the Soviet Vv-l Mr. John Foster Dulles, an au- y on in-.orr. eld the Inland Daily Presi Association m Chicago yesterday, lie added: "There te no reason to assume that th e Soviet challenge
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    DOCKERS RETURN
    20 1 About 10,000 Calcutta dockcn out of 30.000 on Strike went b?*t to work ioday alter v 12-dj.y s'rke
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      MONUMENTAL MASON SPEAKS OUT
      1112 2 No. 1 film star m Britain and sniftly c imbing to the top of America's popularity poll, James Mason puzzles Uie move-makers and the movie- writers by not conforming to the publicity rules of the standard pro duct. Below he offers an e.\p anation. MY friends
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      40 2 Redhead Yolandc Donlan is the dumb rirl who learns culture m three months, m the play, "Born Yesterday," now playing at the Garrick Theatre, London. Laurence Olivier selected her for the part which makes her an American racketeer's girl friend.
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      FILM BATTLE 2nd round'
      215 2 BY A SPECIAL CORRESPONDENT YOUR special correspondent's article on the relative absenc c of Bn t.sh films is healthy cr\tic-i-m which prompts a friendly reply. It is stated that 40 out of the 50 films shown at the ffiev c leading cinemas m Singapore m January
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      OUT-DOORS
      109 2 QAPHNE CAMPBELL. >ta ti tne Australian flini Ine Overlanders discussed tne thrills of ouiback life m the fa. .lOrth when visifc-d MeJbourne (Victoria) recnr.v In private life Mrs Stephen Calder, Daphne was m Melbourne wtn five-months-old daughter Erira tc see her "in-laws. Her u.^band, formerly an R^.A.F. p lot,
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      THIS FILM IS NO 'HORSE-OPERA'
      365 2 Krom A Special C »r respondent U/HEN Japanese ii-va- sion threatened Australia, the northerly part of the Continent was cleared of all that was likely to be of use to the enemy. Farms were burned, water ho.e^ were made useless, and trousands of head of
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      654 2 ■■»>-■■ ifc RADIO MALAYA IWAn English listening don eriMnt: 845 p.m. Think an kk 1.00 p.m. RaUm orche.-. ;a; 1.30 p.m. things; 900 pm. County cavalcade: Singapore New 14 0 pm Lunch time music. Ort ftfcl) MTWOIift ((hlTx.se iad,«i -00 P m clos <* own 815 P m Newb 930
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      166 2 YOUR LUCKY STAR Fortune forecast tor people born today rILRE is a certain duality in your nature whicU ten- 1 to make you a difficult pf r on to understand. You arc positive and inclined to be egocentric in work in whi^h you are vitallv interested. On the other hand,
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      529 2 TODAYS BRIDCE PROBLEM THERE was JMlMflg Ml ntilic aix,ui MOSffJ Norths bidding in todays nanc a MJl it was ve y practical Hi* am bid -ccu'd n t Le made —but when the smoke had cleared his part»e KIJ 1 had won al! thirteen tri its. The prt,ct.ca! part of
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      ALERTNESS TEST FOR DRIVERS
      18 3 ALERTNESS TEST FOR DRIVERS tests for :i would ra off being v ot tv C h the I
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      DE GAULLE SAYS 'NO' TO MEDAL
      7 3 DE GAULLE SAYS 'NO' TO MEDAL late
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      Record Harvest
      91 3 On the Wininiera river in Victoria. \ustralia, wheat harvests have been better than for the past ten years and wheat is tillflewff from the storage ttlos. Here wheat is being I dumped into specially built balk- head >toraije nlaecs at a railway ?st:tion, and right I a workman
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      BANK PROBES ACCOUNTS
      258 3 BANK PROBES ACCOUNTS Tials, acting a> private detectives, are checku»unt> of thousands of people in utut i-its abroad. uii b are being- made because of J," an official of the Stat.--raed Bank of England <nid. Watch is also being: kept on pie who go abroad and return uith r inJu
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      THE MUSCLE TEST LOST THEN 10s
      17 3 THE MUSCLE TEST LOST THEN 10s E ::e Ot I :< as Mr have to 11l Limn wta
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      TRUMAN IN TROUBLE
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      HATS DAZZLED THE COURT
      17 3 I .500, white d 'he c the of and four nylon llery. lpacts
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      Fell one tree a week order
      83 3 L VKRY British oiTicer m J BAOR must i lit down .•< tree a week until further unless hf is stationed uhrre thorp tie no trees or cannot bo spared from his work. All over the newly tro.itrd Province of North Rhine Wfxtpnalia parties
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      LEFT TEACHING FOR MINES
      58 3 There is at least one man m America who likes to dig coal. Erskino Richmonds, of Beckley. West Virginia, has resigr.ed his job as headmaster of the local State school to be a miner. ?nd m his letter of resignation -aid: I car. make almost twice
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      CANTERBURY FUND
      11 3 Canterbury Catneuiai so,*." for 300,000 has already raised £82,000.
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      'Mummy's curse worked
      93 3 SO shocked were members of O'jham (Lanes) Watch Cum muUe by the OS. horror films.' "The tfununy s Curse and "The House of I nr.ikenstein, that they banned them being shown m the town Ihev have asked the Association of Municipal Corporations to circulate Oldham\ view to
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      800 CIGARETTES FOSt CAR
      382 3 It 's what they pay m Germany THE Control Commission have gone into busintss as car 1 salesmen m the British zone m Germany. They are al most giving away motorcars to the Germans, but are charging an exorbitant price from any British officer, ranker or
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      DISHES WASHED IN 'SEWAGE'
      290 3 DISHES u<cd by people who have their meals m communal feeding places such its canteens, tcashops, snack burs. are being washed m water that, barteriologicailv. is oquivalen' to sewage. Thi* is one (.f the conclusions reached by the British Public Health Laboratory Service after a survey
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      GIRL BURGLAR IS SOUGHT
      78 3 SPECIAL poUce patrols are *eep ing a look-out m North Lon lion for the "courting couple' j ourglars. The imprint of a girl's high- heeled shoe on soft ground anc reports of a courting couple loiter- ing near several houses whicl 1 were broken into m
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      RADIO RECORD
      35 3 At the end of December the i umber of broadcast receiving licences m Britain reached the record total of about 10,778,000, an increase of 791.000 m 12 months. They included 7.450 for television.
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      U.S. LOAN TO FINLAND
      29 3 A credit of £5,000,000 to Finland to aid the revival of her lumber, paper and pulp industry wa.s av.J/;.-'i>:?ri *>v fcfae ExportImport Bank m Washington.
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      HE DUG BY NIGHT
      47 3 HE DUG BY NIG HT A man ci: a grave by the light of a storm -lantern mac!' ie people wonder what on loot. But the gravedigger-by-laoip-light at Chipper. ham. Wilts, wai a local undertaker He wjls doirur the job because Oi the -Jionof yra vi diggers
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      HORSE FLU EPIDEMIC
      23 3 HORSE FLU EPI DEMIC Horse flu. which svv.pt London stables of railway companies last month, has spread to 150 railway horses m Birmingham.
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      Noah's Ark convoy
      85 3 A PRESENT from New York Zoo to London Zoo of 132 animals and birds has just arrived In the Noahs Ark convoy tiavelled t\%o emus, 36 pheasants, 10 quail, one crane. 34 ddf!:s. 8 doves, two toucanets, two streamers, an ibis, a ru pi cola, '22 nasserrmes,
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      WAR MEMORIAL PLAN REJECTED
      106 3 AN appeal by Admiral of the Fleet Lord Cliatfield m the House of Lords for an Imperial War Memorial has been rejected. Lord Ctaatfieki suggested tha a London spaa oi .suitable si-v should be taken, and beautified. At one end there should b memorial arch and
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      STARTERS BAFFLED THIEVES
      137 3 TWO motor-car srif-starten "outwitted" five thieves Self-starter No. 1 was m a car three young men ran to alter grabbing ar. attache case containing £250— the week-end takincs from the homo of Mr. David Garcia. Columbia-road, Eethr.al Green, grocer. The car reiused to start, mere was a
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      BULL CHARGES MATADOR AND SPECTATORS
      115 3 BULL CHARGES MATADOR AND SPECTATORS pHAMPION matador Lorenzo Garza leapt Irom the b rir.g and charged spectators with, the sv/ord bs was supposed to use on the bull, say report* taOM Mexico City B'Jt the bull had got a; th<* crowd first. !(»r it had jumped the barrier a few
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      SCOTLAND NOW SELLS WATER
      60 3 SCOTLAND NOW SELLS WATER ter is being exported irom Scotland to make whisky, aii {Edir burgh meeting was told oy Mr. A. Watson, ot the Scotch I Whisky Association He explained tha t in oiner places water was usually impure j and had to b? distilled 'before it for whisky
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      DUKE AND SHEPHERD
      38 3 C G Moor, a B: v re bill shepherd, it to serve on a committee with a duke and the Earl of Huntingdon to help tfce Minuter of Agriculture carry CUI >he Hill Farming Act.
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      BOARD WILL ENSURE SAFE AIR TRAVEL
      593 5 r iv Hiun-RAF co-operation m Malaya Un KAY CiLADWELL ,n Joint Air Safety Board has l>een formed ipore it held its first meeting on Feb. s. in .ntereme room at Changi— marking the integrated civil and Service scheme improve on the safety and efficiency
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      INDIAN ART SHOW IN LONDON
      91 5 INDIAN ART SHOW IN LONDON MR. R. »A. Butler, chairman of the R'.)\al India > «ned at India House In LecH n; yesterday an exhibition of contemporary Indian art- the ftrst sectioq to be seen m London of| ntcrnation rJ exhibition «f i modern an organised b*>- thej UNESCO m
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      TO TAKE PART IN DELHI TALKS
      50 5 Twelve Indonesian delegates; participate m the Interna-, a] Relations Conference to be held m New Delhi, India, between Feb. 15 and March 31. Ar. ara reports. Four of the detea represent the Repub'ican; rnment while the other?; are representatives of parties and; ..i.sations. Reuter
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      War Scars In Palembang
      118 5 In the first week of January, Indonesians clashed with the Dutch m the oilfield, river-port of Palembang, and these are some of the pictures which our Staff Reporter, Oscar Fernandez, brought back with him after a trip to see for himself how Chinese victims of the
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      ADVANCEMENT OF ASIATICS' TALK
      53 5 ADVANCEMENT OF ASIATICS' TALK Mr. S. P. Gerrett, Trade Umcn Adviser m Singapore, will give an address at the East West Society on Feb. 13, at 8.30 p.m m the V.M.C.A. Hall m Orchard Rrxid. His subject will be the "Social advancement of the Asialies, and its relation to Europe
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      SINGAPORE FIRMS LOSE TEAK STOCKS
      283 5 SINGAPORE FIRMS LOSE TEAK STOCKS Free Press Correspondent BANGKOK, Monday. FOUR British firms among them two with branches m Singapore are conducting a survey of teak wood losses m Siam. It is probable that Siam would be held responsible for these losses, which took place during the war years and
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      7 5 the com- AJ>cn«v Singapore Naval C;:sr yesterday.
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      S'PORE GOVT WARNS: DISEASE LIKELY
      196 5 Free Press Staff Reporter WARNING that as refuse is accumulating daily at and near dwelling houses m Singapore owing the the Muni ipai labourers' strike, fly breeding is to cc expected, and hat may lead to an outbreak of Dysentery and other forms i>! fly-borne
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      17 ROAD DEATHS
      42 5 CONGESTION and speeding m v Singaporo roads were the main causes >n traffic accidents which claim d 17 lives m JanIn 510 accident* reported, 152 people wei injured. Four people were kilted and 28 injured by faUirg of! vehicles.
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      BRITAIN BANS BOOKS FROM AUSTRALIA
      131 5 BRITAIN BANS BOOKS FROM AUSTRALIA ANEW British Boaid of Trade regulation which became infective on Jen. 1 is regarded by Australian publishers as a virtual prohibition of uhe import of Australan books, other ihan non-fie'ion. into the United Kingdom. Mr. Stanley D. L. Horwitz, director of A.ssoea»<ed General Publications Pty..
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      RUBBER CROPS IN JANUARY
      62 5 RUBBER CROPS IN JANUARY JANUARY rubber crops are reported 2 S follows- Alor Gajah Rubber Estate Ltd. 20.000 lb, Aycr Panas Rubber Estate Ltd. 89.500 lb, Glenealy Plantations Limited 66,400 lb, Kluang Rubber Company Limited 63.000 lb, Pajam Limited 163,000 lb, Tambalak Rubber Estates Ltd. 32,891 lb, Teluk Anson Rubber
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      Y.M.C.A. LECTURE
      64 5 The tliird of c. series of fivo lectures on The British Political System by Mr. George G. Thomson (Public Relations Officer) will be given m the V.M.C.A. m; Orchard Road tomorrow at 8 p.m. The subject on this occasion will be The Cabinet and Parliament:! Which is Which?
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      ONE KILLED IN 'BOYCOTT' RIOT
      113 5 ONE cut of tlje 20 injured m the free-for-all figrht which broke up the meeting: called by the Democratic League to sponMt the *l T se Chinese Goods, Boycott American Goods" movement, d?fd m hospital yesterday as Chinese newspapers plunged into one of the biggest
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      ROAD CONTROL IDEAS WANTED
      79 5 ROAD CONTROL IDEAS WANTED THE traffic problem of Singapore can only be solved wiMi the co-operation of the people and the authorities will 1 give full and grateful consideration to any suggestions which are put forward to them on matters of traffic control, or road safety, or methods of winning
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      DUTCH HELP NEI CHINESE
      475 5 By OSCAR FERNANDEZ, tree Press S.afl Reporter rhelp Chinese who have suTered as a result of Dut'hIndonesian clashes throughout the Rioim Archipelapw* the Netherlands Government has placed about $70,000 at il.t disposal of the Chinese Red Cross. Dr. Hubert us van Mook, Lieutenant Governor-General of the
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      48 SUGAR PLANTS WORKING
      61 5 48 SUGAR PLANTS WORKING P<>RTY -FIGHT of the 80 surar factories under the supervision of the* "Board for Control for the Su*rar In.u^ try" are at present m production, accord ne to an Antara (Indonesian news aeencv) report. The remainder uhich during the Japanese oorunafi<»n were partly dismantled and inoperable
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      2nd MORILE CANTEEN FOR S'PORE
      183 5 2nd MORILE CANTEEN FOR S'PORE Within no nth ing. mop I 000 m» h&ve b« •pi d by -h» 1 Welfare D >p.. r nv.t nod $30 000-a-mon h plan for cMldren between aces of two and rfl Up to TOO children have o< n scrvd with meali durtng s
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      KILLEARN PLANE TURNS BACK
      44 5 [ORD and Lady Killeam And their children who set ou. trom Seletar airfield yes turned back when their plaiu^ developed engine trouble. They were on their way to New Zealand for a holiday. They will be leaving by air today.
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      S.R.C. TOMBOLA NIGHT
      26 5 The Singapore Recreation C ut> will hold a Tombola Night at clubhouse r omorrow. and all members and friends are invned to attend.
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      SMUGGLING GANG IS SMASHED
      38 6 SMUGGLING GANG IS SMASHED I l C aitii g trrying undies t into La ei pool- I i 1 rud, anj I i?'ei I it »»k ei i fta'y A»r c r.d un- 1 in ty D ...mcr.
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      EXPECTS RECORD OUTPUT THIS YEAR
      379 6 EXPECTS RECORD OUTPUT THIS YEAR Canada paper trade recovers QOURCE of two-thirds of Ihe worlds newsprint exports and j u half of the paper consumed in the United Stales, Canada's sprawling and prosperous pulp and paper mills are resuming their position as a leading peace-time industry. When 1946 figures become
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      67 6 It-SI b.fore Prime (uistav \dcjf of Svran bo.udej the Dul.li Dakota m wheh he was killed when it crashed wiiile takteg off at Kas'rup a r ptrt. he ha I i l.irt-well i hut with I'r no Btr.ihanJ of the Netherlands yah -.hvii' (on left* he had b^en on I
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      'SAVE US FROM AMERICAN FILMS'
      199 6 'SAVE US FROM AMERICAN FILMS' L.k. IMODI GERS BRITAIN'S asking the Government iur protection against "junk" American films. A plan has been submitted I te Board oi r lrad<\ and Sir Henry French, Directoi G the Br-iish Film Producers' Association, t n there reasons why their comparatively small Pr tish
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      FARMERS WANT TO QUIT THE LAND
      63 6 Fctim workers want to be tree to leave the land ?nd earn more monty m other industries. Members of the executive of the National Union Of Agricultural Workers are to meet Mr. Tom Williams. Minister of Agriculture, to ask for the removal :he Order
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      P.T. AT THE PIT HEAD
      122 6 PIT-HEAD universities to train Britain's future miner* will physical 'rifng nnd letin ma*- English and irawine as weK as mining orae- details issued by th<^ Minis- of Education disclose From row on all would-be ners before pom 5 down trv 1 pit ni'i^t rid these
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      OLD VIC REPAIRS
      31 6 A licence has beer, (granted to pair some of the bomb damage at the Old Vic in Waterloo-road. London. so that its theatre 'school can be reopened there.
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      Bulldozer begins gold rush
      82 6 s>.t- ainc slittrrcd as Jack Mac Lean, a Vlaon drov his balMomf near the worn-out diggings of the Coromandcl gold ni^h i;i tho 'nineties He got down and thipped away handfuh of quariz h?a\iSv veined v.ith gold r»i- rushed hick to the tiny settlement of Coromandel
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      KISSES LD To BLOWS
      22 6 KISSES LD To BLOWS ier tli. irprisec eliir.g--d una W 1 I > kissed her 1. 1 d J s 1 i. c'
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      COLONEL WILL EXPLORE THE SEWERS
      169 6 COLONEL WILL EXPLORE THE SEWERS IIEUI.-CclMiel R. N. B«rrijon Mked permlaton ot BrLatoi'sj Public Works Committee to goj down a sewe: 4 \nd permission was; granted. Hi wort the st3rred bad^e of j the Royal Arm y Setflce Corps of j the two world wars and b lieves m iti
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      BREMEN NOW STATE
      17 6 A fourth St-.ite -Bremen— has been formed m the U S Zore of Germany
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      JEWELLED GOLD
      23 6 A jewelled gold sword of hon cur, to be presented to Gen Eiserhower by Queen Wilhelmln ot Holland, is being made
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      MORE BARLEY FOR WHISKY
      40 6 Following representations oy Scottish Cor^ervative Member.-. |Mr Strachey, Minister of Food. iis exoected to announce shortly an increased alknration of barley for whisky distilling. Severe restrictions have bt en imposed during the war or. the industry
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      Home, job await perfect couple
      191 6 GOOD wages and a big house are offered m England tor an ideal married couple who for all practical purposes must bo saints and should have children of their own. Their job would be to show mothers sent to gaol for neglect of children how
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      AT 90, CHARLIE SEEKS NICE CHEAP WIFE
      136 6 /^HARLIE MTUBE, 90-year-old native market worker, has only two ambitions left m life: First, to talk to King George VI.: second, to buy a cheap young wife to look after him. Charlie had two wives who cost !:im nothing. He bought them with
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      Queens's plane
      73 6 riRST picture of the Viking planr the Que?n wifl us? during the Royal visit to Souih Afric i, seen after it had undergone (rials at Wisl?.v m Surrey. T c fcur planes that will be used m the King's Flight m South Africa have flown bj easy stapes
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      WALLET CLUE TO MURDERER
      190 6 QCOTLAND YARD has an important new clue which may O lead to the murderer of 11 -year old schoolgirl Sheila Martin, found strangled at Fawkham Green, near Hartford over six months ago. The clue— a walJet found by a lorry driver m .some bushes near the
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      LACKED SMELL: DIED
      46 6 Robert Her.rj Jam^s Heine 69, and his wife, Ann Emily 72, lof Ca\esdish-av.nue Gil: im. Ker.t. were gassed bee i they had no sti.se of smell didn't know a gas tap was on. it wnm di-cJoscc at an inquest, .diet: Death by misadventure
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      1-500 CAUGHT
      34 6 More than 1,500 deserters nave been arrested this year the War Office has reported. But during the past 12 months the number Of deserters has risen by almost 7000 to nearly 20.C00.
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      BID TO SAVE TREES
      26 6 BID TO SAVE TREES A I m 111 ing tit* wish* s repr< mere. of H cab! Counc;; Mr x ■"Ti. orl> am. Or. are B
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      31 8 S^nce the Domes day Survey, Norfolk has been noted for its flourishing sheep farms. Special mention "as made m the county record of flocks numbering as many as j 300
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      ITALIAN PEACE PACT SIGNED
      313 8 PARIS, Monday. peace treaty to bo signed after World War II was signed m a room m the French Foreign Office m Paris this morning, when delegates from 20 Allied nations put their signatures to the treaty with Italy six years and nine months after Mussolini
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      Burma myth dies slowly
      45 8 Uir.H-PCmf.RFD imcrfeaa .x-opaeanda spread the myth that Americans liberated Burma, but the Fourteenth Army fought the Burma campaign commented a Burman who resisted the Jans officeV b k Wrath m Bu r m a", written by a n American staff Reuter
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      SHANGHAI PANIC OVER WILD GOLD BUYING
      415 8 SHANGHAI PANIC OVER WILD GOLD BUYING SHANGHAI, Monday. VIRTUAL panic reigned m Shanghai's financial market today when wild buying shot gold bars and United States dollars to new dizzy heights. The market showed almost an all buyers trend when news spread that the Central Bank of China was not prepared
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      Vienna danese
      16 8 Vienna danese and I i I «r v n inf <»\ < r i Vi. nna picture) m
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      STRIKE INQUIRY IS PROMISED
      369 8 EXPLAINING the position of the Singapore Municipal Commissioners regarding their dealings with the Municipal strikers, the President of the Municipal Commissioners m a statement issued yesterday said that when employees "go on strike, they deprive themselves of the right" to approach the Commissioners for the redress
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      CENSOR PROBE IN INDOCHINA
      68 8 The French Ministry for Overseas Territories, which is responsible for Indochina, decided today to cable the French Commissioner th-re asking for a report on local military censorship methods. The cable follows a complaint from Reuters that correspondents m Indochina aacr c unabl- to obtain any information
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      HOUSE-MOVING BY MID-EAST HQ
      60 8 HOUSE-MOVING BY MID-EAST HQ The evacuation of the British Middle East Headquarters lrom Cairo to the desert post of Fayid. m the Suez Canal zone, is m full swing and will be completed by March 15. snys Reutcr. i avid will servo as the temporary Middl; East HQ. unUl a
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      CITY NEWS S'PORE RUBBER PRICES TODAY
      395 8 CITY NEWS S'PORE RUBBER PRICES TODAY k Special Market corrj*,»<*iM< nt gives the prices of rubber at 11 a.m toda> as follows: Buyers .Sellers C (s t« ocr Ib oet Ib No. 1 R.S.S. Spot loose 42 it 1 4 No. 1 K.S.S fob m bales Feb 4:; 1 4W
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      NEHRU TURNS TO LONDON
      248 8 THE Secretary of State for India, Ix>rd Pethiek-Lawrence, I/ondon official quarters confirm, has received through the Viceroy, Pandit Jawaharlal Nehru's com ni imitation on the Muslim League which the Congress Party holds is occupying an untenable position in the Indian Interim Cabinet as it boycotts the
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      U.S. TO P.I.IN 2 DAYS
      30 8 U. S. TO P.I.IN 2 DAYS Pan-American Airways lave started a 47-hour service from San Ptaad*co 10 Manila usin* four-eng.ned Douglas iandp Clipppers carrying pa^engerc *anri express mail, says A.P.
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      S'PORE CHILDREN SAIL FOR SCHOOOL
      13 8 Alter .>; Union. s the 13 continue Aiu> r.
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      ATOM BAN ON JAPAN
      37 8 nr Th i c Fa r Eastern Commission m Washington yesterday prohibit d Japan from conducting atomic eneru research until the United iNations adopts a system of international control, say s A. P.
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      GEN. STOPFORD LEAVES FOR U.K. TOMORROW
      19 8 GEN. STOPFORD LEAVES FOR U.K. TOMORROW v seeded A forri b I Thr m C-in ■s G--lav d P
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        660 4 rMOHKOW morning Singapore bid i elbye to a great soldier. G neral Sir Montagu p-'jrd. C^r.imandcr m Chi :f < the South East Asa Landi I rcej i- r e:nsi home to take oi N rthern Command th hs?.dauarten m th^ anc ent and lovely city of York. I
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      IS THERE A WAY OUT?
      1524 4 IS THERE A WAY OUT? Ma]. -Gen. SIR EDWARD SPEARS Last week it was reported that the British Government had a new plan for Palestine and that it was hoped that the Arabs and Jews would consider the plan early this week m resumed negotiation with the different delegates m
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      9 4 Thomas Edison in the later years of his life.
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      PEOPLE MAKE NEWS
      207 4 .pLORENpE VINEK, affection--1 atcly known zs "Bobby" to her friends, is leaving Singapore on the Andes. Florence is Birmingham born and learnt theatres. L ndOn Subui '^n «.T? he JE?H Ed m Sir.Kapor. In 'The Two Mrs. Carrclls" ?nd "Seven Keys to Balapate Before coming out to
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      MAN WHO INVENTED GRAMOPHONE
      750 4 BY A SPECIAL CORRESPONDENT UfHEN the people of tile United States today observe the 100 th anniversary of the birth of Thomas Alva Edison. America's loremost inventor, they will pay homage lo a man, who perhaps as much as any other person m the world, made
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      81 4 QUIZ 1. Traditionally, the "last words" of one of Britain's Kings included the injunction "Don't let poor Nellie starve Who was the King, and who was Nellie? 2. What British statesman ol the twentieth century successively held in the course of his unique career— the posts of Lord Chief Justice,
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      61 6 QUIZ Answers 1. Charles II: Nell Gv.ynne 2. Rufus Isaacs (Marquess of Reading). 3. In i.he Sunda Strait between Sumatra and Java Here occurred, m 1883, the i.jsc uolent volcanic eruption of which we have any record. Explosions were heard some hunch eds of miles away and the column of
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      103 6 EXTENDED: COLUMBIA'S ik gf £\g\Jg 'ECKr!COLOR J TALE OF MAGIC SELDOM m the history of I A Picture is retained beyond (HkClll st*\en da> s jfEZT* r SELDOM A Picture can fill tht (ity s Largest Cinema for Si THIS ONE IS AN EXCE?;!Q: YOUR INTEREST CANNOT tt GRATIFIED BY
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      PATERSON KNOCKS OUT KING
      127 7 LONDON, Monday. K lt pvfKKSON knocked out Johnny King in the enth round in the Empire and British batamweight MTht tonight King was several inches taller than his n!i fr^m the start it was a hectic batt»e fought at a furifufs pace. ,ur K tck was
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      S.R.C. CRICKET PRACTICE
      70 7 All members of the SRC. intere.su v m playing cr cket this season a a ked to sign the circular at the duo or get m t uch with Mr. Freddie Ifiluc a: the Sin apore Traction Company. Practices will be held on Wednesdays and Fridays banning
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      EASTER BADMINTON CHAMPIONSHIPS
      42 7 > fcUon at Sa:jrday rm a tourrja- ...<- arrar menu tyan Badmir.ton :ur or. Easter T^n s sa- Chi Toh. Ho S;on. *:tors are i commur: ate w.'h euher secreurv of bin] and Health Government Seiaßfor Championship; Khoo Teu of the
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      INTERNATIONAL SOCCER DATES
      31 7 •'on t the >otba!i iona* Com•ures for MUMNmred England v Ireland v En K und M m v. igtoad ama. vs France n Scot- or. th? ccm- Reuter
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      BLACKBURN PAY RECORD TRANSFER FEE
      634 7 BLACKBURN PAY RECORD TRANSFER FEE All In The Came ..From George Chisholm LONDON, By Air Mail. COCCEK transfer records make the top note m todays home sports talking points. For years and \ears English clubs have been bringing Scotsmen over the Border, and it has fallen to Blackburn Rovers to
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      YACHT CLUB HOLDS 28th ANNUAL REGATTA
      241 7 By A Special Correspondent There was a large gathering 1 of members at iW j Royal Singapore Yacht Club on Saturday for the clubs first annual regatta to be held sinoe the liberation. This was the Club's 28th Annual Regatta. Seventeen boais iacul the
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      RSYC Regatta
      58 7 RS YC Regatta >c pu '.urw, taK.cn at the KS.i.t. annual regatta on Saturday, si«ow: above, Lt. ol IreuuutSmith and Lt. Col. C. J. Tobin with their pnzes wjn dur ng the year. Below, Lt. Col. Tobta reoiving from Mrs. Le Mare th e Somerville chal^en^e cup. On the right
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      F.A. Cup 6th Round Draw
      66 7 F. A. Cup 6th Round Draw London, Mon. THE draw for the sixth round of the English Football Association Cup to be played on Mar. 1 was made here today and roulted as follows: Sheffield I'nited v Newcastle I nitcd or Leicester City. Nottingham Forest or Middlesbrough v Luton Town
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      BRADMAN TIPPED AS TRAM MANAGER
      68 7 SYDNEY. Monday. 33 d'.ey Murning Herald ColumM Din Bra<iimr. is beink tipped a;: of the rext Au»trall.-n te;un to England. The talk is thut Bradman will flnul--st-rL;s5 cricket career this seac-on f physical handicaps His experience on the administrat v> d a ,f cricket, his
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      WEIGHT-LIFTING EXHIBITION
      67 7 An ion of weight-lifting, including various Olympic ..-nd continental styles, will be given by members of the Singapore Amateur Weight Lifting Assockitioa at th.? Queen Street Boys Club on Saturday at 4 p.m. Mr. Ho Peng Khoen, the wellknown Malayan 'strong man" w.ll also give an exhibition of
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      SAFA DECISION ON LEAGUE IS RIGHT
      890 7 Split community sides undesirable By Our Soccer Reporter lI7ITH the near approach of the Singapore Amateur Footwf ball Association's League competition the first game will be played next Tuesday between the Navy and the Police —the various teams have played, and are playing a
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      113 7 A fiCtni n »urt oi lii ure Woodcock, Riitish hea\> u< i-ht champion, w!io is to meet Ollc Tan^be/f. i c Su< <le. this month and -American Joe Baksi next month. A FfcM PftHl reader. C'nl Richardson of 45 E M Platoon. RE., has urit- t* n to ask hoi
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      FIVE CHANCES IN ENGLAND XV
      94 7 LONDON. M^ AFTLR their heavy deft at by Ire- 71 land n Saturday. England have made five changes t r t c Rugby Ui^on Internal iona math with France at Twick^i ham on Feb. 22. The team is: A Or a: R H Guest. J.
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      CHELSEA SIGNS NEW HALF BACK
      60 7 CHELSEA SIGNS NEW HALF BACK ALLoa. knocked cut. of the Scottish Cup by Hibernian •t; d a Clieisca fee round i:2 000 for the transfer d their righ' half. Philip M-Kn English clabs. Manchester City paid i.2,(,00 t Arbroath lor fceftback William Murray. lf«ncbrt:cr United who a!*) wanted Mun.<v. ;r
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      MEDICOS HUNTING FOR LOST SPORTS TROPHIES
      199 7 TAKING tim. rOBJ ftp rt activities, nr mbers of the Medical College Union are now m the midst of one of "heir I) Eg est hunts the prizes, cups and trophies lost during h^ occupation. Of 12 trophies the Unio.i nad m its safe
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      90 7 A Gay X'ionnese Romantic Mv ical. And Its A Brii* Picture! OPEN NG TODA X 4 SHOWS 1 .30 4 o.^O 9.30 P. M Richard Tauber As Guest Artist Sings "Break Of TV BEAUTIFUL SONGS $'1 AND BEAUTIFUL K^ ftWv SETTINGS IN a p^gM|^^M melodious RO- S^JE Bm. <7 MANCE
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      64 8 t t»« King ol Film < V»nie«Jiun» -T FORMBY Wjjm <oi.i\iiii\s m IV>l7 Ty >c of Comedy! W i BELL -BOTTOM eorge ntST of It's Kind m tfa KNTKRTAINMKM hver since the liber.it ion P^ Sl\(, \|>()Rl Al L KINDS of I Chucklesomc Troubl«.>' ll^. Outstanding S^riv Numh'r* Catchy and
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      122 8 WE A THER lie av v showers 1 bright periods W HKK it-port for 24 hours from noun today compiled by the KA F. Central Forecastin* Station, Air Command. Far-East Heavy vhc«ers this afternoon with a few brijrht periods to-nixlit. Fair :md bright to-morrow morninjf. Wind: I.i^ht. Noitherlv. |Mlf m
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