The Singapore Free Press, 14 February 1947

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    17 1 The Singapore Free Press LARGEST AFTERNOON SALE IN MALAYA SINGAPORE, FRIDAY, FEBRUARY 14, 1947. 'RICE m CBNfa
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    U.K. CRISIS HITS S'PORE TRADE
    557 1 Free Press Staff Reporter CEVERAL Singapore importers have received telegrams m the last 24 hours from their London agents describing trade conditions m Britain as chaotic with v industry completely disrui>ted and deliveries of ordered goods for Malaya unpredictable" money may be tied up for
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    FRENCH BAN VIETNAM Govt
    222 1 PARIS, Thursday. I v v. rrenih Prime Minister, said today that the Iremli {i<»\emment would "justifiably* have Cfil led by Dr. Ho Chi-minh, Prime HetMUB (Annamite Nationalist) Govern ThU Government has not assured the p mill" he added. the nrst of the weekly series of Press
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    GARRETT'S JEEP IS STOLEN
    12 1 GARRETT'S JEEP IS STOLEN I I I I -MCA I i rv.
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    SURPLUS MILLIONS
    35 1 The War Minister r.vealsd 111 I ju^e of Commons yesterday of surplus machinery and .stores has realised 15 mi'lion s month at horn-' for the last six mon hs, and £10 million abroad.
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    Prince won't be scooped
    95 1 DRI.M BLKN.MID of the Netherlands has decided on elaborate precautions to scoop the world with pictures of the new Dutch reyal baby expect d to be born at Soestdijk Palace any d.iy. This will prevent foreign pap rs fr:n« b~ating the local press, :\> thry did
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    BRITAIN HUSHES COAL SUPPLIES
    412 1 LONDON, Thursday. WITH lightly improved weather conditions the gales have subsided but the cold remains as keen as ever Britain is rushing coal to the starved power plants. Mr. Clement Attlee, the Prime Minister, told the House of Commons today that 12 ships carrying 24,000 tons
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    Mercy bomber clashes
    111 1 LEEK, Iduiv. FI.YINCi through the storni m an effort to drop food to the snowbound village of Butterton. seven men of a Royal Air Force Halifax bomber lost their lives when the plane exploded m the air and crashed on lonely Crindon Moor. The Halifax was ordered
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    S'PORE COAL SHIP MEN GO BACK
    12 1 S'PORE COAL SHIP MEN GO BACK 1 :e the thnt and Sin-
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    Trade unions to raliv Feb 15
    579 1 Free Press Staff Reporter SINGAPORE Trade Union representatives and their followers many of whom are on strike have called a bi« meeting for tomorrow afternoon at their Short St. headquarters. Tomorrow Feb. 15 is the anniversary of the entry of the Japanese forces into
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    Daylight robbery at sea RICE SHIP LOOTED IN STORE ROADS
    438 1 Daylight robbery at sea RICE SHIP LOOTED IN STORE ROADS Free Press Staff Repor.er QINGAPOHE Roads was the scene of daring looting ye&lcrD day. A lighter, loaded with rice and en route from a Harbour Board berth to a ship m the Roads, reported it h td been boarded, and
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    MP MISSING IN NU MAN'S LAND
    91 1 MP MISSING IN NU MAN'S LAND ATHENS, Thursday. NOTHING has been heard of British Labour M.P., T. G. Thomas, since he was believed to have entered guerilla-held trritory m Thesialy, four days ago. it was reported today. Mr. Thomas, who came to Greece last month primarily 10 give evidence for
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    BILL TO HELP
    22 1 A Government bill to "reinforce and strengthen private enterprise industries" passed its second r:ading m the Commons yesterday.— Reuter
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    TWO EXTORTION ARRESTS
    29 1 Two Chines* to have attempted to ex $10,000 from the Chinese o* of a firm tupplying traiidisg materals have been arrested by 'he Singapore C.I D.
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      168 1 OHBH 96,-rlijfi jtreefr. i tif 555 I J^C^V>Vv emoics tf* c Cause l\Ajf X Reeducates the Stomach fby the pnnap/e of (ftlfrf/ rpHE treatment oi excess aridity by Alorol is founded ioKIU lreal lon scientific knowledge and Alocol 'has for many mm i tot indtenyears been widely prescribed by the
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  • WOMAN PAGE
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      THREE SMART GIRLS
      872 2  - THREE SMART GIRLS RHONA CHURCHILL H\ OF course, if j'ou want to sweep other wo nan'i chimneys, hew C al, or drive a taxi lor a living, this may net apply, but. generally speaking, if you' r c a girl straight out of the Forces today you have the wo
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      A PAINLESS CHILDBIRTH?
      275 2 A PAINLESS CHILDBIRTH? RUSSIAN scientists have informed their British colleagues of an apparent new advance m the never endinp quest for painless childbirth. Although the Russ ans cautioned af?ajast drawing any 'final conclusions" from thrir continuing experiments, the communication from the Crr.tral Institute of Obotctrics and Gynaecology added: "We are
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      YOUR LUCKY STAR
      117 2 YOUR LUCKY STAR Fortune forecast for people born today 13ORN tcday, you have a cheerful, efTervesc-?nt and charming personality which drav.s people to you. This talent often makes it too easy for you to get what y«:u want. You toss out ideas and others jump to make them materialize! If
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      TODAY'S BRIDGE PROBLEM
      256 2 PLEASE a^ks a < tract My portal r I 'hirl; but luck 1H- cot <-p'ide which be won with the ki nc led four rounds cf d.scaLrdino a ciiani nri an ap cumniy. Th- diarr.ond discard meant ;o encoura*? inj by th dumy. b r fo f
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      THE LOVERS' DAY
      314 2 IF you were a prim young girl one hundred years ago you might have received a letter today beginning Dearest fascinating Being." So popular wore Valentine cards that on February 14tn. 1847 exactly one hunnrod years ago— 6lB,ooo Vakn tines were delivered to the ir palpitating owners
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      33 2 Krrol FLYNN Alexis SMITH rKHUrnTrii.Aii 11//^Mi He (:limbed thru r °P es into the natJon s hearf! if ll T^ e Slam Entertaining Picture with a Grand Slam Cast! kO MORROW at MIDNIGHT
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      36 2 Ci. N food < I tliai < neu tr:bi. I Ploor. V NOT 12 Telf Chil eo« "i£*l r I Lifter M LYON Ah* i M. North I a.i ~e*!j Ariv to- >r\' vcrttsfnc SI fi GtOr. I
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      448 2 DBnirj MAT AVA headlines and close d*,-.\n meters. 11 30-12 am. TJ L■: nnwiyj WALftIH BBC meters. 12 noon-b p.m. 16/61 Singapore t ,o P m osv i« B 4 SlSmm! '-•sm ti res I ,lsol>p Jn .v2 I ,m.ur Sam GSF 1^ and 684 r^'tr^. 30 p m 19
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      166 2 Free Press Crossword Wo. 40 i I 12. ran WT T^TMB 1 1 XXi fcos II i I i __^HH 2 Jt w but briel 91 IB SP 95 cf time to n ak- up 7 I Cycle ray cannot rldr _JB HLl BSSSS (4 io re v 9 BHBB
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      SUICIDE MEN UNDER SEA jap defence plan
      272 3 k details of the Japanese plan to use underwater F~ MM operating from underwater foxnrate plan to foil the expected Allied m- homeland have been discoid by a United} n which has been studying th c Japanese nun 1 Grime, chief of the
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      PHANTOM SLEUTHS WIN OUT
      12 3 PHANTOM SLEUTHS WIN OUT T Lnnfor de- help special cap- by a
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      HERO AT 13 DECORATED
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      Discovered unconscious in girl's flat
      329 3 Doctor, girl m flat riddle DR. WILLIAM HENRY HUBERT, 42 -year old psychiatrist who gave medical evidence a* the Heath trial, and Mis Patricia Bailey. 27, said to be of independent means, wen taken to hospital after they were found unconscious m th< girl's room
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      They saw him take jewels
      51 3 T hey saw him take jewels f\OZENS of people pun-uu a jeweller's shop m Alhertstrect. Hastings on lunrhtimc. saw a man WWklßf m the uinditu. He wasn't an assistant rcarran^inj? the stock, he was a thief removing rtefi and watches worth X 1,000. The police hope somebody tan dosi tribe
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      I WILL' SAVED HER FROM JAIL
      217 3 LIFE has begun anew tor 20-year old Joan Vera Price, of Shrew>burv, and little Shirley, her daughter of three. When the shadow of prison hunu r over her Joan gained a tre>h chance because. 4,000 miles away, an American pro mUed to marry her
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      THE BELLS KEPT ON TOLLING
      174 3 THE BELLS KEPT ON TOLLING J^UdINESS at the B.dioid astiiea waa held up while Mr. Justice Casseb listened to an extra turn, by the carillon of St. Pauls' Church, nearby. At no 3« there was ooviously s mething wrong with the bells rendering of "Auld Lang Syne,' and when just
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      COUPLE BECAME STRANGERS
      57 3 ALTHOUGH they were living m the same house a 72-year-old man and his wife confessed thar no word had passed between them for four years. They used the kitchen at differ- cut times and looked after themselves. Gradually they became "strangers" they told Lawford"s Gate. Bristol, magistrates
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      LIPSTICKS LOST -M.P. CHARGED
      365 3 A MAN named Sydney Kay, described by the prosecution as "a black market criminal now m prison who would do anything for money, was mentioned m a ca.se at Bowstreet, London, m which a Socialist M.P. figured. Before the court were: David Weitzman. a barrister and
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      IRVING 'DEMOBBED'
      25 3 Sir Ralph Richardson, the actor, unveiled the statue 01 Sir Henry Irving near the National Gallery, which was boarded up during the war.
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      CANADA TO JOIN SEA AND LAKES
      420 3 CANADA TO JOIN SEA AND LAKES £125,000,000 Canal Scheme rE plan to build a 2,000-mile inland seaway through the St. Lawrence River and the Great Lakes is again being, discussed m Canada. Estimated to cost more than 1125,000.000, this canal would tn ib!e ships to sail direct from the Atlantic
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      MIRACLE CAME TO HANOI
      142 3 MIRACLE CAME TO HANOI THE nurjcle ol the loaves and 1 the Bites came close to being performed bciore the eyes of 14 Canadian and Am ri an priest;,, two lr.y broUi n a.d 350 hungry V. unesi men. \*> men a:.d children seeking iefu^r m (he Rcdcmptorut I en
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      BOY THOUGHT HE WAS 'RAFFLES'
      68 3 A lad of 15 was describee at Liverpool Juvenile Court as b so much influenced by the '"flu. of fancies" of other boys, that he 'hought himself a 'Gentleman Raffles." The ca^e was adjourned for 13 weeks to see how he responded to further supervision
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      SONG STRUCK
      25 3 While singing opera, baritone Fernand Lagarde became so carried away by his part that he stabbed himself m earnest at Toulon Municipal Theatre.
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      CANTEEN CUT
      24 3 Surrey County Council want to cut the number of mobile canteens on the roads because they are "an obstruction and a danger."
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      U.K. HOMES FOR MEN FROM MALAYA
      412 5 Free Press Staff Reporter MEMBERS of the Association of British Malaya and their friends who visit Britain m the future will be found temporary homes if they so desire and have the full use of a West End club (St. James') with 60 bedrooms,
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      TRADE WITH NEI IS ALLOWED
      29 5 TRADE WITH NEI IS ALLOWED 1 Oonstfitt 1 :lecl- -ced meni. I peru ion ..1 m i.s the i Til I I I I I I 0 CO I
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      OTRANTO IS DAMAGED IN COLLISION
      8 5 OTRANTO IS DAMAGED IN COLLISION 1 d she
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      MARKET NEWS
      5 5 Pi OS Of
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      ARIES II COMING TO SINGAPORE
      114 5 ARIES TWO"— a modified Lin- coin h aw bomber— which has replaced the famous "Ares One' Lancaster bomber is now being litted on; with the latest radio and radar d vices iLs^d by the Royal Air Forc.s at the Empire Air Navigation School On Feb.
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      ROYAL BROADCAST
      42 5 On Tuesday. Feb. 18. from 10 SO p.m. to 11 30 pm.. the British Far Eastern Broadcasting Service will broadcast a recording of the speeches of The King and Field Marshal Smuts from a State dinner given m Cape Town.
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      'TAXI' COURT KEPT BUSY
      317 5 Free Pre^ Staff Reporter DAY after day drivers of public service vehicles and lorries are brought before the Registrar of Vehicles' Court in Middle Road, Singapore, to answer for motoring offences or complaints made by their tares, The accident rate is so high in S /gapore
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      FOX TROT ANNOYS BUDDHISTS
      91 5 FOX TROT ANNOYS BUDDHISTS MR. J. R. Jayawarcicnc fltffced at, question time m the State Council wr%at steps would be taken to withdraw from sale a gramophone record entitled "When Buddha Smiled," a loottro: by Goodman's Orcbes ra He said that a r-^-ord of that nature would hurt the susceptibilities
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      REST CENTRE
      37 5 ameron Hi?!i!>i *ls. Malaya'a yrenier licaith re— ri, Uie Serv Cta have srt up a Rr^t i entro. Here is the latest pietore from the Ricfclands. Tlic buildings arc llicse of the (amercn Hi«?hlantls Hotel
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      CEYLON PUNS TO MAKE D.D.T.
      83 5 MR G*-urs»- de Silva, Ceylon Minuter of Health, m a rt to the BUtC Council, are m hand <o mak< DL»T In Ceylon. He is iff en; need of 90 more ions :>DT to extend Itoe spraying ram me 10 cover all tlie malaria rems
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      STORE STUDENTS MEET FEB 16
      39 5 will b. a me/ -h r mSaadaj Iftebt v 4pm. regard'd II f prayer ior stud (U 'rdiailv w 1 on Bl>. up ol ngapore, the R w, 15 >. >. W1 son, wll be r
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      MALAYAN VIEWS FOR SYDNEY
      34 5 a] I isl m Bhon at nho.og^ao^i depleting w 11 bo seen Ami: display v.?re made the Au.s'.r.ilian Commisr In M:»;.:vu, and the Publ.c inflations DepaTtmcai or lbe Malayan Union.
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      PIANO RECITAL
      20 5 Booking for Cliilord Huntsman's piano recital at the Victoria Memorial Hall en Sunday Feb. 23, has now opened.
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      SEAC FORCES DEMOB SPEED-UP
      232 5 uiith the exception of medical liiul denial ofßcera and H.AV.C. other ttan Quarteren, Lbe following acceleration win take place m the release ;ramme o| nale ofltsera and c I her ranks: Group 48 will s art release on Ijfarch 27 and fin h release on April
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      $42,000 raised in one day
      324 5 PALEMBANG RELIEF Free Press Staff Reporter WITHIN a day of launching an appeal for relief on behalf of the Chinese victims of the Pa!embang Dutch-Indo-nesian clash m January, 542.000 was raised from Chinese residents m Singapore. The appeal was made by the Palembang Relief Fund
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      $10,000 GRANT FROM INDIA FOR SINGAPORE
      96 5 $10,000 GRANT FROM INDIA FOR SINGAPORE ON the recomnur.daiioii of llf. s K. Chettnr, the Endiaa Government Representative m Malaya, the Government of Ind:a has made a grant of $10,000 to the Singapore Ramaknshna Mission for the establishment of an industrial school for g:\ industrial training to the Mission ophanase
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      MORE RABBITS
      58 5 Export of Australian frozen' rabbits to Britain and other! countries is expected to increase I considerably this year as more trappers re' urn to country d;stricts. The current rabbit season In Australia has just begun. At the end of December, more than 14.000 crates of rabbits were held
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      YOUTH PROBLEM S'pore takes new measures
      330 5 YOUTH PROBLEM S'pore takes new measures rree tress sian ivepcrier LEGISLATION is row pianncd in Singapore for the establishment of a proper!* constituted juvenile Court which will be a closed court. Its procedure wiU be inToi-mai. and stress Kill be placed on the protection and reformation of the juvenile rather
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      MUSLIMS DIVE Rs 75,000
      89 5 APPROXIMATELY 75.000 rupees have thus far been collected irom Indian Muslim League adherents m Malaya and sen; o iifftif fd A;: rtmrtl for Bihar Relief Fund, a spokesman of the League told the Associ.-.ted Press yesterday. The Bihar Relief Fund was initiated by Mr. Jinnah foilo*
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      RADAR TO WATCH WEATHER
      269 6 R ADAR TO WATCH WEATHER SPECIAL racU. I y.ntnt is ;o be installed at 15 stations ally placed throughout Australia to give a complete picture of wind bearings and storm developments. The information will be used for aviation and i r purposes Announcing this the Director of the Commonwealth Meteorological
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      Stopped lift with sack
      101 6 A HITtK trapped m a lift •uvlP* only »ft deep, with th^ llfi desrrndinp out of con--1 trol, was sav^d by his matp, who snatched a bag of rubbish and blocked the fall of the cajje He was rescued and taken to hospital hut was found
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      MASTHR-BORES
      28 6 Diiil teaching by those who I ned drama m presenting subjects "appalled" him. said Mr. D R Hardman, Education Ministry Parliamentary Secretary, at Kcnt'sh Town London, meeting.
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      SOLDIERS ESCAPE FROM CASTLE
      117 6 S OLDIERS ESCAPE FROM CASTLE r.VO suiditl> have escaped from the almost impregna-j t heights of Edinburgh CWM tie, Scotland, towering more ihar. 500 feet above the city. B. ck by brir- they had reBMnred part o/ the sv i k v% -h borders tho guan.'»-oom. apparently, th.-y made a
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      Cigarette offer for killer
      88 6 DKWAKI) oi 1,000 cigarettes and 5,000 KichunatM is V dby 11 the Hamburg police for the arrest of a mu»d r r wo s helievcd to have killed throe victims m the |>M« week The unknown murderer stalks the bonr»b rui» sof H bur«*s dockland wher-^
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      To ban fear, pain from childbirth
      258 6 CHILDBIRTH without fear and little pain through a new motherhood discipline that is attracting worldwide at tent ion has bet'n explained m New York by its originator. Dr. Grantley D. Read, an English obstetrician. The procedure ia educational entirely, but begins at the start
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      STEEL HOUSES HAD NO BOLTS
      867 6 Only 70 Finished, 30,000 Promised QTEEL house components delivered without any bolts to «J fasten them together, and walls made without holes for overflow pipes to pass through were described by Mr. G. H. C. Bing (Labour, Hornchurch) when he raised the question m the
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      COLD AGAIN
      25 6 A new £250,000 live-storey reinforced concrete cold storage building is being built at Southampton Docks to replace the one destroyed m the raids.
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      MONTY GAVE HIS FLAG TO VILLAGE CHURCH
      94 6 MONTY GAVE HIS FLAG TO VILLAGE CHURCH lINTIL a few days ago three nags, v tattered from war service, hung m the ancient village church at Enelisheombe. tiny village near Bath There was the white Ensij the R A F Ensign, the Red Ensisn. but no Union Jack. In memory
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      FILLED EARS WITH GUM
      68 6 A lumberjack, given chewing gum on a Nev: York-Pres wick < England > plane and told. "It's for your ears." chewc^ the gum and stuck Li In hi* ears. A docker had to be called to get ii out. Chewing gum causes air passengers to swallow
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      A WIFE CITE SISTER SISTER
      75 6 A WIFE CITE SISTER SISTER I sist« r "'•"-•-I ting thr- 1 i ler hu ;band I I 3 a,:: Ie i B a Th i C < I I l PRINCESS Kjttherinc of Gitmt*, (at top; siller oi King Gcf >t of (ireece and cou>in of thf Duchess (f
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      QUIZ ANSWER
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      JOB- AND HOUSE
      20 6 Torquay Parks Committee recommnrd the ofTc- of a rer* house md 5575 salary for a Darks Mipeiintendent
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      CITY NEWS S'PORE RUBBER SHARE PRICES
      466 8 CITY NEWS S'PORE RUBBER SHARE PRICES A Special Market corr -,oiUei :'»es the prices of ruhbei a II jm torfav as follows Buyer* -seller Cts Cts v ocr «b ocr Ib > X > S S*,l lx tl\ 42 »v >" »J s v teh m bi.'es March 43 43
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      BIG COSTS HIT STAGE CLUB
      344 8 U7HILE it was agreed that the recent Drama FesM c* Val i I Sm a P° re h "<* l*en a success, the Chairman of £m R lub a P Vernon > Iar i?rave, at a general meeting held m Raffles GirLs School, stressed that
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      WORKMEN FIND TREASURE
      92 8 Probably hidde n when Cromvell s Ironsides were about to I nter Canterbury m 1642, a hoard >f silver pennies, half gror.ts and,, ihillings of the reign s of Eliza>eth, James I and Charles I have >een found beneath the floor of 1 m attic during repairs
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      Nagas collect 315 heads
      15 8 Interim Government, said m New be hi yestc^v he Indlan Reuter
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      JEWS CALLED TO 11th-HOUR TALKS
      321 8 ii .t LONDON, Thursday. T !Y A tnc > Naders were unexpectedly summoned to l ne British Colonial Office this afternoon for la«t minnf* SKt^SiK W^ "S al e J retal J. Mr. Arthur Creech-Jones, before tomor*ow,s meeting o f the British Cabinet which will
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      EMPLOYERS MUST JOIN UNIONS: GARRETT
      399 8 EMPLOYERS MUST JOIN UNIONS: GARRETT i UK. S. P. GARRETT, Singapore's Trade Union Adviser, ap 1»1 pealed to both employers and workers, m a talk to the East-West Society, at Singapore V.M.C.A. last night, to form j themselves into trade unions, so that by joint discussion over the conference table
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      PARIS WITHOUT NEWSPAPERS
      138 8 AS lino.ype operators and com- pos'tors brought Paris newspaper production to a standstill tonight by joining ihe three-day old strike of newspaper telephonists, delivery and clerxai skiffs, Pari s public service workers announced that a sitdown demonstration involving underground post offices, schools ar.d police would begin tomorrow
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      HOME...
      49 8 iV?K Si M 2 Wdd V Merionethshire This village on tho upper Dovey, was once the seat of the Independen t Lordship of Mawddwy and also the hVunt of a band of red haired robbers who ten oriied thejiistrict until put down during the reign of Henry VIII
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      JAPS TO DIE FOR H.K. CRIMES
      54 8 The Hong Kong war crimes court yesterday sentenced to death two Japanese officers for committing atrocitirs against British and Canadian prisoners of war Ui Hon^ Kong. The accusod wer c Col. Isao Tokunaga. commandant of the prisoners' camp and Capt. Shunkichi Saito, the medical
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      HOME AFTER 9 YEARS
      45 8 HOME AFTER 9 YEARS i.o aiiny unii*. who have served 3Ck U hty IMSi Wr k on n wn 2^ BatUlion the Queens Royal R, Jr^ m, er (Prince of M* Dr»<oc« r., a r d hon blniers fought m manx actions ?r ;i Jan
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      Luxuries boom for Royal visit
      383 8 CAPETOWN. Thursday COUTH AFRICANS, spending a fortune, have paved the na> for an unexampled welcome to the British Royal famiU There is money ,n the country, and things to buy even after heavy raids upon the stocks which have in the lait few t«b brought
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      Mouthful of a reminder
      53 8 Dallas, Texas, Thun» k NEW set of faL* teeth, ren cently made for Japan's exPremier Hideki Tojo m Sugamo Prison had engraved m a morse code "Remember Fearl Harbour/ a letter from Dr Jeff B. Brut on a United states Naval reserve officer m J*pan. told
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      TRUMAN OFFERS AID
      217 8 (Continued from Page ij said Uiat there was no keener intelligence than his m the Government. His actions and policy were those of the Govcrnmei, i Ith1 th 1 if they ha 1 tetober the Oppo*. would have condemned it The British Gas Council htl announced that
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      WOMAN ASSASSIN WAS DEMENTED
      18 8 Premier Alwde d e Gisoeri tolrt SS2 5 a f no p Ol1 1
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      U.S.TO HALVE FORCES IN S. KOREA
      29 8 U.S.TO HALVE FORCES IN S. KOREA br< ol p] Hav Una as a more exi^:. j riots Hi on th<-- s Thi daj- are visi he querit zone Reuter
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      43 3 TARZAN Ta*«an awakes Bx Edear Rice Burroughs as the voaoQ iKjecreo the X\ 1 V > y stcance savage an6e^bupned^ TPTf 4- ABLE-TO REMEAABEC VVMOWEVVAS |^F Ak^' fIM V*"">- J^^a/o^Z-t c d^/>lt^^* iC^l'^W" ":.'-:3i>-| lOS W HY AW HELPEP him. 4B •> A^^-s^ .^t.- k::v
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      The Singapore Free Press FRIDAY. Feb. 14, 1947. Let The News Be Free
      652 4 The Singapore Free Press FRIDAY. Feb. 14, 1947. Let The News Be Free r KE United Stat s is repor^d to, be considering the opening of negotiations with foreign coun- j tries to remove barri rs to the I Era flow of information. YV> hop? th? Americans will make; early
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      STORE PEOPLE MAKE NEWS
      1568 4 MRS. DOROTHY 1?l GARRETT, small blonde wife of Singapore's Trade Union Adviser, is to start work today m a voluntary capacity with the Singapore Social Welfare Department. When I asked her exactly what she will te doing, Mrs. Gairett replied that she has rr> idea until
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      FAITH
      22 4 I And who is he that will hanryou, if y e be followers of that which is good? 1 Peter 3.13.
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      SAFE GUARDING THE COASTS
      397 4 IT Ls not surprising that Britain, a great maritime power with a loiitf and dangerous coastline, shorM have been a pioneer m light* hous construction. There was Smeaton. who built the first successful Eddystone lighthouse. There wre -he Stevenson family, and other lesser known men, .such
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      QUIZ
      93 4 1 Wnen I was a child I spake a<s a child, I understood s a child. I thought as a child- but when I became a man. I pu t away childisn things." Who wrote thi. p.rd to whom? 2. What prominent politician —contemporary with Pitt and Fox— began
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      A SWISS 'TWISI HOLIDAY
      487 4 Sun-lovers m Malaya whu go to the Cameron Highlands to feel cool sometimes might be interested to read this aside account of holidaying English pople m Swit7erland by ALEXANDER CLIFFORD. XHE snow t'l inters like 1 pre-war icing .sugar. The mountains look almost as impossib.y picturesque
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      14 4 Platinum Set DIAMOND JEWELLERY. Designed to suit Modern Taste, m 78M08TH BeiD&l gQ.. SPORi.
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      119 4 9fc£>V BRITISH INDUSTRIES FAIR LONDON AND BIRMINGHAM, MAY I This is your first opportunity w see your old suppliers m Britain and to ones. Overseas Buyers are invited \c E 1947 British Industries Fair. It will establish personal contact with t: imrr.ense range of United Kingdcrr m the London (Lighter
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      49 6 THE HALL FOR QUAUII BOUND* 'THE FAULT is not our stars, bi i m ourselves SHAKESPEAIE I t 4t .f I .a*^ UlCt i- r UNITLD iff vdi-d by Emmanui'l Siurman Dvorak (cellisi. pbyißff RONDO < SCInG. t IDXIGHT TOMORROW! A 'UMAX Fl ISLE or the DEAD I DREAD VOKVOLOM^
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      53 6 l^ 4 Exclusive to the Singapore Free Press m Malaya YOU ASKPn „< "A MONSIEUR'??] ZEM I F.KD YOU WIZ /fiAO SUGGESW A OA &OKj[s^ W/ FASTEN OL?R SAfTtv V^r^ J^ \ZE AIR OsT^S ON HI, STEWARDESS- < L >-^^i Sllts» r V YOUR KNEE/-AVE YOU) DOIsIT RUSH /^~S#tf?^^Y/ -^T^^fu
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      MEDICOS' ANNUAL SOCCER DRAWN 1-1
      362 7 MEDICOS' ANNUAL SOCCER DRAWN 1-1 B\ Our Soccer Reporter ;,j Biologists of the Singapore Medical j AstrMgjMl grimly m rain and mud at their \m\ yesterday but, even after 15 minutes, I "awarded, were not able to decide who nen m their annual trophy soccer match. X one-all. from 1934
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      Locke Beats Sam Snead
      30 7 Locke Beats Sam Snead Wed. id a led 1 r r.f -ilip. i holes holes a ihre* tir-i s v;*re i try se record n£ the twelve The I Reuter
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      S.C.G.S. BEAT COMBINED CHANG! XI
      69 7 S.C.G.S. BEAT COMBINED CHANG! XI „Ned; o" 1 \t :oss I I] I* I- o 1 I i NJ n i II i dm* h .Marsh 0 2 Crlras ToUl 1 1 II Changi Air•vill be olavr. J. Mattock, C R G G. Coombs. B. D J G 1! am.
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      INDIAN ASSOCIATION CRICKET TEAMS
      126 7 jiusi the 61st Coy. i Sunday. 1947 .n i.OO p.m. at Bidatian ground. PiayIH requested to assemble at Bal- CO., No. 11l North Bridge I at 1.00 p.m. Par :j lakan Singh, Wr.rir Siof^i. Huszi SI Ah. Man S;ngh. Z. Bhat- B.:p>j Mistn. R. Sharma. R.
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      SWIMMER SETS UP THIRD RECORD
      38 7 SWIMMER SETS UP THIRD RECORD ited States i U I 10 sec. b OB :^ajor swima since early new Aussie mark fcr the ke o.: Jan. •Ed a nc-» 1 330 yardi mediey" the distance m 4 Reuter
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      PLAYFAIR B.P.
      145 7 THE Playf-dir BftdMMoa Party Will hold a picnic at Taajong Rhu on Sunday, Feb. 23. Free transpo; to from v ill be provided Members j are requested to assemble at the re- .dence ot Mr. Koh Keng Sians. 241 jon Road train or shine > at 8.30 I
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      SPITFIRE B.P.
      37 7 And meeung of the Spitfire B-P. will be held at La Paloma Bar '.d Restaurant. Kaxong, on Sunday, at 10 ajn. Members we requested t-j atas important matters concerning the Party are to be discussed.
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      WRESTLING
      28 7 I .i prog] i *d to take a en Sat ked aai k Dan r E 3i ,he i us fi Dundee Flash Hanußood ->«> T-.ger M L
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      M.C.C. v VICTORIA MATCH TODAY
      88 7 BAiXARAT, VICTORIA. Thursday —Norman Yardley will captain the MCC m the four-day match against Victoria at Melbourne, beginning tomorrow. The team will b?. chosen Irom 12 and will omit Hammcnd. Hutton. ComDtcn. Fdricli and Lausiidge. Apparently th;; three l:ad ng batsmrn Hutton. Edrich and Compton
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      N.B. ASIAN XI
      59 7 T HE Naval Ba^e Asian Sports Club scccer teem will mccc th? Johore i Ransers at the sth Milestone?. Jalan Scuda', Jjhore, en Sunday at 5.15 p.m. Players for the Naval Base Asians I will be chosen from Yahya, A.S. 'Chan Daud. Peter Then <Capta:n). Ob?d Moideen,
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      CLOSE CALL FOR BANTAM CHAMPION
      163 7 Oakland (Cai forma), inurs.. BANTAMWEIGHT champ! r T r v r^ld Dade, 123, came back (ran i un.\ -round knockdown i win a clearest ten-r:und deoiover Gpeedy Cabanoll?., 124 M ila yesterday. Da witfo everything to lose gau: m h.s lirst non-i.i: bo i- since
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      Hardstaff Bowled
      21 7 Joe Hardstaff clean bowled for I by Toshack m BBfUnTa second innings m 4he drawn fourth Test at Adelaide.
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      WORLD TITLE FIGHTS FOR BRITAIN SOON
      760 7 WORLD TITLE FIGHTS FOR BRITAIN SOON BIG plans are being made for British boxing this year, and their urgency and importance can be gauged from the klct that although Promoter Jack Solomons spent the weekend m Paris, he put m several telephone calls to America from the French capital, writes
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      Lincoln Handicap Weights Announced
      230 7 LONDON, Thursday. WEIGHTS for the Lincolnshire Handicap beini? run m Lincoln on March 26 over one-mile were announced today aw follows* Vagabond 9/7; Langton Abbott 9/5; Patchouly 9,3; Dinrn Jose and Dorogoi both 8 11; Joan Star and Aroidatout both 8/9- Poolfix 8/8; Ouragan, Blue Lake,
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      JOLLILADS TO PLAY AT MALACCA
      78 7 The Jclffiada s.ccer team to play at Malacca on Sunday, team to be at 213. lanjong Pagar Kd. at 6.30 a.m. Saturday, will b. .-elected from: S. Si'hairibnrnm. S. Muthiah, T. Thambyrajah. M. Ghent. M. Abdul Uazak (Copt). M. Krishnan, M. I. Osinan, A.K. Salavvdin,
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      SOCCER THRILLS IN THE SNOW
      935 7 SOCCER THRILLS IN THE SNOW All In The Came From GEORGE CHISHOLM Fis Sunday morning in dear o?d London, England. I have stoked up the fire and thawed out after half an -hour's struggle to induce water to trickle through frozen pipes (you don't get burst pipes in Singapore, do
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      S.C.C." SOCCER XI
      57 7 Fe f dfcmhsj will icpftttsM SC(" Si BOOesr agaii.st th< kowyu Spnris Club at 5 15 p.n on the Prda".~ t d:iv J J w Bell; M Roberts. G Verrall; BS Clifton A H Mitchell. H Twist; G. Moxon. W MoB :aih. J H WarfiekL CJ Milton
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      104 7 4k Atl the excitement and thrill of the Hollywood 4 *ild west' without its artificiality a magnificent film" Singapore Free Pr*«» NEW THRILLS, NEW STARS, IN A LAND TEEMING WITH ADVENTURE! Ealing Studios' great romantic adventure with if. CHIPS RAFFERTY Wk Daphne CAMPBELL The film from 'down under' that's the
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      51 8 ALL-IN WRESTLWC-TO-MORROW. Sa«. U* Great v. Ui CENTLRI I |ON> JS 'I W^M have thrum; uß r^i« WRESTIIM. PK 7 HIS L ATI < I Kl f J KING ZOMBJ 1 V^^^K^ LEN HICKS J Bn' I>ARA SINC.H 10 v HI Xl l<fl^fA P R'HOI SE J> M 4<* T
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      117 8 WEA THER Long bright periods VT'EATHER report for 24 hours from noon today compiled by the R A.F. Central Forecasting Station. Air Command. Far-East Long bright periods with occasional showers toward** the end of the «y. Fine to-night and fair tomorrow morning. Wind, lieht northerly, coming cafrn to-night. Sunset .52
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