The Singapore Free Press, 17 February 1947
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Title Section18 1947-02-17 1 The Singapore Free Press LARGEST AFTERNOON SALE IN MALA YA SINGAPORE, MONDAY, FEBRUARY 17, 1947 PRICt lit IKM\18 words
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Article446 1947-02-17 1 SINGAPORE BEGINS BIG CLEAN UP Free Press Staff Reporter CQUADS of Municipal labourers, assisted by hundreds of Japanese prisoners-of-war, this Morning went 10 Town Cleansing Depots in every part of Singapore to iß'tfin "Operation Refuse" and deal with the wet imuiated filth which has been a menace to health and446 words
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Article, Illustration17 1947-02-17 1 the ill marry Hiss Saisri ■ii Ixr h husband, 1 I F( iMI h*- is of .in17 words
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17 1947-02-17 1 PARI S FLOODED WITH FAKE BANK NOTES 1 P eared the beradis- WO i black R euterReuter - 17 words
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Article22 1947-02-17 1 v s- e- Sec re ion in •eared. d Jei Y iTf the J d passport »lf< i name, "oh.22 words
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Article17 1947-02-17 1 v uons to the Re- I oma ;>r •nt to *1k *W votes in "rnrtHiiHML]17 words
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Article163 1947-02-17 1 I Pr stall Reporter >>m S?am are not speeded considerably in H trih. it will be physically impossible for prmfec and deliver 600,000 tons by the the total handling capacity of Bang--2#.00<« |Ma a month and so far only .10.000 ahippei. "f Lord KiUeaiH*B organisation163 words
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Article134 1947-02-17 1 LONDON. Baa: uift :*en and sea:il q worked BOOftOp ioday in; *heir ert-jrti to e^e Britain's fu 1, tueh \m now rnN ring Its 1 week. The weath-r is no- helping In ihis rare to resume lull inciusti al produc;ion, for the official weather <: v»134 words
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Article46 1947-02-17 1 Gen. Alcxandf. Loehr, former German Commande&-in~Ohief in the Balkans who ordered the terror bombing of Belgrade in 1941, in which some 20,000 persons were killed, was sentenced to death by the Belgrade military tribunal yesterday with six other German war criminals, says Reuter.46 words
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Article143 1947-02-17 1 FRANKFURT. Sunday. rK government of Schleswig-Holstein has made an vlt>venth hour appeal" to the British Military Government to "refrain from destroying" Heligoland, the world's DIO6I heavily fortified island off the North Sea coast of Germany, and urged that it be handed over to the UnitedReuter - 143 words
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Article28 1947-02-17 1 Britain is to uuy Jamaica's bar.:;ia crops for 1947 and 1948— at £32 a ton for 1947 and around £27 a tor. for next year's28 words
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Article70 1947-02-17 1 DR. J. DEGROOT yesterday mined into the Soestdijk Palace, near Amsterdam whero Prisscess Juliana is awaiting the birth of her fourth child. Previously, he had been living in a hotel near the Royal "Palace. Immedratcly the Dutrh Radio announced that its programmes •»»H be iitrru^ted toU.P. - 70 words
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Article231 1947-02-17 1 CHANDPUR, (Bengal), Sunday. MAHATMA GANDHI has sent two "important top secret" letters to Pandit Jawaharlal Nehru, Vice president of the Indian Interim Government, and to the leaders of the Congress Party, it was stated at Gandhis camp in Chandpur today. They were taken by Suhir Ghose,231 words
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Article82 1947-02-17 1 The returned Servicemen's Lea- gae in Perth protested yesterday against Tungku Aihmad, the third son of the Sultan of Johore, being 1 given the occupancy of an eight- roomed dwelling in Perth "when hundreds of ex-servicemen are forced to live in army huts." Tungku Ahmad arrivedA. P. - 82 words
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Article62 1947-02-17 1 Pridi Panomyong, chief ol Uie Siamese resistance movement during the war, and five other members of the underground movement left Britain by air for Siam yesterday after a month's visit to England. Pridi Panomyong exoressed his ihanks o the noorle of Britain and :^r I>{ i-'\62 words
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Article254 1947-02-17 1 S. A FRICA SALUTES THE KING LANGEBAAN. near Saldunha Bay, Capo of Good ll>pe, Sun. SOUTiI AFRICA'S AlSt official welcome to the Royal Family was flashed from a Sunderland flying-boat at dawn today when the British battleship Vanguard was 200 miles from the end of her voyage The flying-boat hadReuter; A.P. - 254 words
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Article, Illustration64 1947-02-17 1 After staying a*a> for -8 da\s un strike Singapore street -cleaners in the employ of the Municipality, returned to work this morning. This is the result of settlement efforts by community leaders, including Mr. Lee Kong-C'hian The men agreed to return after the Commissioners had given aiiNwerrs to 11 of64 words
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Article308 1947-02-17 1 JERUSALEM, Sunday. A.)\.\\ ISII illegal immigrant ship, believed to be the llua, carrying more than 800 men, women and children was intercepted by British destroyers off the Palestine coast t(Klay. She has be«n boarded by naval ratings. The port area of Haifa was cordoned off308 words
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Article72 1947-02-17 1 JERUSALEM, Sun CURPRL&E army and pike .searches continued today in Palest ine's main centres, imluding Jerusalem, Tel-Aviv and Haifa, while J0.00M.000 Palestinians wondered when the tension is to break. British tnopa are ti tting se\'*ral thousand increased barbr.d-wire barriers and d gging fr-sh trenches across the72 words
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Article32 1947-02-17 1 Five Chinese, one armed with a Sten gun, are alleged to have stolen eight motor-car tyres from a rubber estate on the Jurong Road, 15 miles outside Singapore, yesterday afternoon.32 words
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136 1947-02-17 1 US ISLANDS JAP ISLANDS IN PACIFIC NEW YORK. Sun. THE Uin cd > ha.s a>k<. d ihe United Na' to designate the chain Of 1 ?nsse mar;.. taadt ir. Pacific as a 'strategic area" r American adminis ration. The official rcqm it will be before the Secretary Genera] of the136 words
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Article72 1947-02-17 1 PLANE CRASHES INTO HOSPITAL MORE than 100 mental patun of Southern General Hokp:tal. Glasgow, had a narrow escape yesterday when a Fleet Air Arm Seaire aircraft crashed through th? roof of their diniiu hall, the p lot being killed Reuter reports Irom Glasgow The dining hMI was mp y when72 words
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WOMAN'S PAGE
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Article, Illustration976 1947-02-17 2 Free Press Woman Reporter Finds THREADING your w;iy 1 carefully through Sm:ap>ie- filUiv streets v u v i' co er the Oigem n^td foi day nurse ie>. It is quite intolerable that thousands of children s'^ou!'. p':-v around open drains and piles of rubbish976 words
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Article239 1947-02-17 2 THE pr< blem in this deal b, aid North bW? M If there is in the heart mit— for the 1 I :-:ing five dia- HOW dors North -.uit? Because his ner has made a double jump treem] cell. But let's go nttie further mb robable rcas-239 words
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Article122 1947-02-17 2 AT Palm Beach, the famed seaside resort less than twenty miles north o! Sydney, members of the "Pacific Club", noted for their smart but casual dressing, make their own fashions, and offer informal but lavish hospitality in their beautiful summer horn, s overlooking the broad, white surf beach.122 words
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Article86 1947-02-17 2 THE only child tends to do bettor in intelligence ttsu than children from Hrse iamilies. This, states the British Medical Journal, emerges from -scale tests made by psychologists, psychiatrists, sociologists, and statisticians. "There is a strong possibility that, if present population trends continue. Britain faces a progressive86 words
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Article109 1947-02-17 2 W.A.A.F.s on a done science course organised by Header, rtcr Bomber Command, T.A.T give an open invit.ttio;. -iit«rnoon a week to the wives of R.A.F. personnel at R.A.F. Station. Wyton, near Huntingdon. The gu sample cakes made by airwomen at the school where a series109 words
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Advertisement109 1947-02-17 2 I^^'Pkt»* 6905 M r Show* "THE MOON IS DOWK with Sir and Ma u 20th (entire I m V '•<"• QpOM I ToaMrrc» METRO-GOLOWYK. MAYER Present! ROBERT DONAT GRECR GARSON Qootflnie PAUpHERNREIO ASTHMA RELIEF NOW THOUSAN LETTERS from testify to the great reM by Dr. Ha A RENOWNED SPECIALIST bM109 words
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Miscellaneous578 1947-02-17 2 RADIO iVIALAV^ > pjn HeWB: 84 P-M- London calling; and 49.38 metres. 5.30Singapore y isht 19M metrcs and 49 38 RED NETWORK (ChiaCM Indian) Varietv band box- 10 30 pm Radio I m€trM .-.> metres; ilso 12 p.n, tu pjm. 123 10.45 p.ni. Mclotiv fair 11.301 ::..,.:>;_.,. per sroond («;i578 words
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Miscellaneous243 1947-02-17 2 Free Press Crossword No. 41 1^ IHHHI^ Tr 1 ■■Lhi —^^^~~i^^ CLILS li( I. Su;:iame of famous Roman general who I <4>. 3. Silicos s ii> an occupational one <7>. 4 stars (9>. 5. The treble or loading melody in mu i :1 ornamental writing desk <9 leader of the243 words
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NEWS PAGE
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37 1947-02-17 3 BULIDOZER USED TO STOP FLY INVASION ame to, dealing t he j past the ■,:>>ur sidents ided. d th-^ this WaS move r>vetl nan sue- -a weed i tTiribif .ad- to re and so 11 th€ bar-37 words
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Article, Illustration37 1947-02-17 3 Bed-ridden boys have snowfight i ihese Orthopaedic MuMlesex. m iht ir own in a >h«> .in only their the in scarves thrff drts>insii» In the n»j do not so inside f .'-:^ht their •xd' ti -t vrran-37 words
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Article43 1947-02-17 3 The Chilean Government has derided to issue a decree incorporating into the Republic the Antarctic territories it claims, the Foreign Minister has told the Senate He gave the area as lyin* between the meridians of longitude 53 and 90 West.43 words
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Article, Illustration637 1947-02-17 3 jEjc-Wr^ni breach suit fails IN an unsuccessful action in the London High Court, 1 a 23-year-old ex -Wren, Miss Pamela Audrey Keble, said that a D.F.C. squadron-leader had first proposed to her under a tree in the rain. Mr. Justice Lewis who (as reported637 words
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Article19 1947-02-17 3 Old folk in East Suffolk Public Assistance institutions are to havf* a wrekly film show19 words
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Article211 1947-02-17 3 Theft chain is run by 'spider' FROM a modest hou>c in Provost -road, Hampstead, London, tentacles stretched in all directions into railway vans and goods yards throughout England. At the centre sat Thomas Arthur Crocker, 32-year-old ex-c«>nvict the 'Spider within the web." the police called him. In the six months211 words
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Article78 1947-02-17 3 DOLICE were rushed o two London rinemas after mystery J99 callers sa<d they would be blown up. At the Ritz. in Lower Claptonroad, the film was Mopped and the audience were asked to leave while the police searched the building The audience returnrd after te n78 words
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Article20 1947-02-17 3 An archway of hay forks loimi d the Guard of honour at a Trull Somerset > farmer's wedding.20 words
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Article212 1947-02-17 3 AIR VICE-MARSHAL HARRY SMART, and his 41 year-oH wife are waiting to join the Great Trek to South Africa. But theirs is to be a trek with a difference: they are going to drive nearly 2,000 miles across the Sahara Desert. Their objectives? For the212 words
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Article171 1947-02-17 3 GI pose LANDS IN JAIL nONALIJ L. JENKINUS. aged 22, u of Croydon. i in a U.S. jail in Frankfurt Germany. He onanged identities v.-;th a missing U.S. soldier and for 30 days posed as a GI. He was caught when he signed the payroll incorrectly and could J notA.P. - 171 words
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Article65 1947-02-17 3 A MAN charged with receiving five bottles of whisky, knowing them to have been stolen, uas sentenced to five years' penal servitude at Worcester AssiZ r S. He was Henrv Underhill 44. it florist of Stourbridge-road Kidderminster The pros 'tuition alleged thai Underhill bought the65 words
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Article69 1947-02-17 3 THE "firai pyramid' of Taplow. Bucks, Kngland a iUOit mound of nrvtr-used barbed wire has been sold for more lhan t:iso©o« to Canada. Th\re it will be smelted down for a steel firm. The wire was made for the defenee of Britain Thousands of tons of69 words
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Article70 1947-02-17 3 I^OVENTRY schoolchildren who made the largest single response from any city to the appeal for sweet rations for German children, have themselves meived a gift of »\vfHs An anonymous donor Irom abroad has sent a consignment of sugar to Lady Reading, chairman of the W.V S70 words
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155 1947-02-17 3 POWERFUL NEW ROLLS ENGINE FOR AIRCRAFT DRODUCnON of a new 3,500 h.p. piston engine, the most powerful of this type flying in Britain today, has been announced by the Rolls-Royce Company It will be named the Eac^le. after; the famous engine of that name! produced by Sir Henry Royce 30155 words
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Article232 1947-02-17 3 SEA power was the single nv>>t important weapon in i..e la>t war, said Mr. Arthur Bryant in a lecture on Hi>torian's Yieu of the War" given to a crowded audience at the Royal United Service Institution in London. The ability, he said, to deny to the232 words
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226 1947-02-17 5 S'PORE BACK-PAY JCSA STUDIES GOVT. OFFER rr Stall Reporter rpiF Cotni Singaputt Junior Ci\il Service Aasoh>- reply from the Colonial SecreMr. P. A. B. M'-Kem.n. on Government's decision on teck-piiv. nd .t irifl Jx nether week or so before the JCSA :> r\p» lu*r the Government offer will k accepted226 words
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Article33 1947-02-17 5 I iarte-scale lamp^n in H»rk pii^ue and malaria annocnced on S I bt Indon e campaL-n viQ Wl K ~u^\ in rovpi ™.ual t,, |)u-. ruildfr^ at 1 ReuterReuter - 33 words
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Article22 1947-02-17 5 CANADA TO BULID SHIPS FOR CHINA i DU,ir--.-- Canadian >N eded 3.35.- i six i. prot Co K I by "is '.UgS22 words
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Article16 1947-02-17 5 SABRE GOES BACK TO WAINWRIGHT I hero cf of ee. m ver to re, who! ReuterReuter - 16 words
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Article99 1947-02-17 5 13 JAPANESE TO HANG IN SAIGON AN Saturday the trial of 40 v members of the Kempeitai 'Japanese Gestapo* ended at Saigon. The court passed 13 sentences of death— four in absentia —27 sentences of forced labour, prison and solitary confinement and there were nine acquittals. The Japanese were variously99 words
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87 1947-02-17 5 MOUNTBATTEN GIVES SWORD TO CANADA I OUNT Mourtbatten of Burma, former Supreme Allied mander in South-East Asia, 'ted a Japa:ie*>: to Car.ac'u u a tribute to thongs cf Canadian airmen who U Tinder him during the war. Wini? Commander L. J. Burcnall of St. Catherines, Ontario, d as the "SaviourReuter - 87 words
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Article419 1947-02-17 5 S'pore building plan will take another year I Free Press Staff Reporter IT will take yet another year or longer 1 before Singapore's present authorised military garrison can be housed in Army huts, while the date by which troops in transit or who belong to newly-raised units419 words
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Article104 1947-02-17 5 TO-EDUCATION is to be introSliced into Japan this year, when the entire education system is to be reorganised along American lines. All girls' schools and special commercial schools will be abolished and incorporated with the new co-educational junior and senior high schools. The period ofReuter - 104 words
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Article185 1947-02-17 5 THE establishment ol a textile mill in Ceylon at an estimated cost of nearly 75 million rupees, which in five years will be able to clothe a half of the island's population is envisaged in a scheme formulated by a British expert and approved byReuter - 185 words
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Article, Illustration30 1947-02-17 5 M. t.«ber> of the Buddii<«t Ms* ion to China |iV- .^phed on board the President Polk which took ih m back frm Singapore to Colombo a fe w day» ag30 words
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Article166 1947-02-17 5 Free Press Slaff Reporter AFTER voyaging 8,000 miles through bad weather and heavy seas for more than five months, the 1,000-toj? British floating crane, which arrived in Singapore last week, has gone into dry dock at the Naval Base for a week The crane166 words
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Article26 1947-02-17 5 During 1946, the Education Department in Singapore made grants to 36 Chinese schools and not six, as stated in our report of Feb. 13.26 words
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Article315 1947-02-17 5 Free Press Staff Reporter ARRIVALS of vital steel for the Singapore Harbour Eoard's rehabilitation programme are' regarded as "«-n--couraging" by the Board Chairman, Mr. Henry Basten, who says that since last September 680 tons of steel have been received and a further 910 tons will315 words
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Article291 1947-02-17 5 mw c NANKING, Sunday. rut* Supreme National Defence Council, meeting today un--1 der the presidency of Generalissimo Chiang Kai-shek promulgated measures raising China's official exchange rate to 12,000 Chinese dollars to one United States dollar, and prohibiting circulation of foreign currencies within China and the purchase291 words
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Article69 1947-02-17 5 MR. Claude Massey, Australian Commissioner i n Malaya, was host at the Cathay Cinema last night, when he invited friends to see the Australian film Overlanders. Included in the party were Sir Frankhn and Lady Gimsjn, Lady Arden Clark, Sir George and Lady Pirie, Rear Adm. H.J.69 words
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Article46 1947-02-17 5 AN allegation that a cabled appeal by the General Clerical Services Union to Colonial r jrctary, Mr. Arthur Creeoh Jones, to intervene in their favour was not transmitted by Chief Secretary, Sir Robert Dray*on, was made hi Colombo by the Union spokesman yesterday.46 words
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Article, Illustration151 1947-02-17 5 HOME FOR WAR ORPHANS An exhaustive inquiry into the state of war victims, especial'y those orphaned by war, led to the establishment of an orphanage by the Rev. Father Lee of the Church of St. Theresa, Singapore. In this institution, there are now 80 children, who have either lost their151 words
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209 1947-02-17 5 IEMPORARY headquarters of the South Pacific Commission will be i n Canberra, ?nd permanent headquarters will be established in the Commissions area within six months of formation of the Commission. The South Pacific Commission conference committee, which has bee n discussing possible sites for threeReuter - 209 words
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Article66 1947-02-17 5 HENCEFORTH coal purchased m Chinwangtao by the Fuel Control Committee of the Ministry of Economic Alfairs in Nanking, coal until now transported on foreign ships will be carried by vessels flying the Chinese flag. This step is intended to conserve China's foreign exchange as US SI66 words
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Article54 1947-02-17 5 THIRii riK)Utihr>d (a p* are expected to migrate from Java to Sumatra in the course of this year, it WS6 announced by the Indonesian Social Affairs Minister, Mrs. Maria Ulfah Santoso. according to Antara. She said this was the 6tart of a large-scale transmigration scheme ofReuter - 54 words
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Article139 1947-02-17 5 AUSTRALIA is to play a greater role in whaling activities in the oceans of the southern hemisphere, from the tropical waters of the north-western Australian coast to the Antarctic. Lack of essential equipment has delayed the Commonwealth's entry into the whaling field, but within a season or139 words
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Article, Illustration22 1947-02-17 5 kRD HIRPER. skipper of! •hick raecall] mode u N 'visit >> ivminander Harper has f,, „.n frequents en stsjr ued f r chsri22 words
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Article354 1947-02-17 6 Govt. factory scheme progresses MOKi: than 2,700 factories and extensions to existing factories are to be built in Britain at a total cost of nearly £120,000,000. When completed they will provide work for 365,000 men and women. Se\vnty-one new factories have so far been built354 words
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Article77 1947-02-17 6 PUR thousand CMW ot Japanese seed i vvors are en route to Washington aboard the transport Mount Greylock State the first shipment in six years. The seed oysters from Sendai district were harvested and packed by more than 1,000 oystermen who drafted their wives and children77 words
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Article229 1947-02-17 6 BRIDE UNPACKED WALKED OUT rIREK hours after arriving at Yadkinviile. North Carolina, to marry her ex G.I. fiance, 17-year-old Eileen Edwards, of Camberwell-grove. London, changed her mind. She walked out of the house and hitch-hiked 150 miles to the home town of another ex-Serviceman. The day before, Eileen was met229 words
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Article90 1947-02-17 6 A SUPERVISOR saw Miss Rose Kin&swell, 20-year- iJd br&uty queen, wearing slacks while she served toa and buns in the buffet at Windsor railway station. When the supervisor said that slacks were forbidden, Rose resigned, and her mother, the manageress, also resigned. But so far90 words
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Article19 1947-02-17 6 C'hile is negotiating with Britain for the purchase of two ligrlit cruisers of the latest type.19 words
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Article12 1947-02-17 6 RAF surplus for German shops in Hamburg includes 34.000 blankets.12 words
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Article87 1947-02-17 6 SWISS men and women are getting taller— in the last 40 yeais they have increased on the average almost 3in., both in districts where tall people predominate and where normal stature is short. Proof of statistics just published is provided by vSv\iss military recruit records, which87 words
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Article30 1947-02-17 6 Thousand Germans have rtafrii across lower Lake Conj/.ance and disappeared into Switzerland. Now th- Swiss hav i t ablished frontier posts in the middle of the lake.30 words
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Article59 1947-02-17 6 1. «a) To d.scusi the future of the worlds food supplies; <b» to i d :se the principles of an inter- I national system (H currency and I banking. 2 In 1906 Tom Hay ward scored 3.513 runs. In! 1928 "Tich" Freeman «K^nt> took ItM wickets .1 Thi-59 words
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Article97 1947-02-17 6 THE price of streptomycin in Britain is falling steadily as a result cf increased production, but it is still u i/oatly drug, writes Dr. William A. R. Thomson, of St Th mas'a Hospital. London, in "The Practitioner." Dr. Tnomson describes the diug as 'tin 197 words
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121 1947-02-17 6 LAW ENTERED BY EACH DOOR OF TAXI ■TWO detectives who stormed a' 1 taxi in Southampton -one by each door- ended six months' liberty lor the passenger. Sergeant George W. West, 28 a "dangerous" US Army deserter The taxi drove them to police headquarters. West had papers in the name121 words
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Article64 1947-02-17 6 Hermann Goering's personal jewellery in his possession when he w'is arrested has been turned over by the International Military Tribunal to the Bavarian Raichsbank. The gems are valued at US$2B,--840. said the Military Government, which will retain control of the collection. It inrludes an Iron64 words
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Article28 1947-02-17 6 GAS SHIP TO BE SCUTTLED Empire Lark. ex-Gf rman ship, left Plymouth for Port Talbu'. to be loaded wiih gas bombs. She will bo sruttlcd in the Atlantic.28 words
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Article, Illustration115 1947-02-17 6 Railways turn to oil ALL th' big railway companies are busy on converting their (oal-burning engines into oilburners. They hope to save 000,000 tuns of coal during 1f)47 by the conversion, and more in 1!)48. as well as saving the great physical demands on thp stokers that coal-firing makes. Above115 words
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Article388 1947-02-17 6 A WIFE who, said Mr. Justice Stable, had sacrificed her domestic life, the bearing of children, and the rearing of a family to the prosperity of her bookstall was refused a decree at Newcastle. Mrs. Alice May Wilkinson, 39. of Earsdon, Northumberland, proprietress of a388 words
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Article64 1947-02-17 6 S- veral bmnches of the Admiralty evacuated to Bath. Enuh'iid during the war are to makf it their permanent home. This is a result of the Government policy to decent lalise the Civil Service. Among departments Vtltcti it i6 proposed to keep in Bath are64 words
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Article114 1947-02-17 6 DOLES are to work in Britain's »g». This haa b een agreed by national association of unions in the industry The unions lay down these conditions: Tr-at no suitable British labour is available; consultations are held between the Minister of Labour and the unions: scheduled114 words
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Article69 1947-02-17 6 AMERICA N BOY SUES U.K. GIRL 'Stole my father? Englishwoman Noist Ita -D < J father's affections and is asking £12 I The lawsuit, one of the m<>-« I American courts, alleges that little Jin I littlement and •embarrassment in his father, Lieut. Col. James Edl-r. r ymx Jimnr aff("69 words
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Article124 1947-02-17 6 MRS. FREDA DAVIS, 29. is patrolling the streets mar her home in Stoke Newington, London, looking lor the man who attacked her nursemaid She hopes that he will try to attack hT. If he does it will be too bad for him. for I know124 words
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Article31 1947-02-17 6 BRITAIN S the rnd and abi Boon thou At -Alrf the a* Lui holid. tiie r;i < Sw cou: manav B: Francr Nr -em i art c i31 words
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Article84 1947-02-17 6 A WEEK attei being complet research has been stolen, foreign agents are believed to The film, which is a recjrd cytology_the microscopic s*. udy of individual cells vanished alter being si.twn to McGill University medic il students at the Royal Vicioria Hospital, which is a84 words
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Article, Illustration35 1947-02-17 7 SOCCER ON THE PADANG Wr ..ithcr. safely off a heaOer fr m Ml-ha-l l.i h. Ralbnwya aatck uiikh the Club »on two-one. Pla>cr in white jcrsoy is I S.C.C. i-cntre-half. who gave a good performance.35 words
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Article81 1947-02-17 7 BUT GOVT WILL NOT INTERFERE Seven Million Bet On P0015.... f Morgan. LONDON, Sunchn nt h-UM < ilv tc whether the G vern |1[ mer of curtail fooibull pools during the fc^-nt emerui -t •nishing reve'ations about r it would seem that Britons arc •n -pi:: 1 > on millitReuter - 81 words
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Article177 1947-02-17 7 LONDON, Sunday. WHILE otfur sport has been disrupted, Oxford and" Cambridge crews continued to have their daily outings in preparati n for the dacli ional University boat race which bo rowed over the River Thames course between Putney and Mortlake on Mar; h 29. Of theReuter - 177 words
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Article39 1947-02-17 7 Control Board have turned down a p: by the Delation that League matches should bo run over 16 d of 14. The Johore Rangers beat the al Base Asian Sports Club by e goals to one at Johore yes'ay.39 words
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Article164 1947-02-17 7 LONDON. Sunday. TWtMMWO of the strongest I nr.n-League clubs in England and Walts are making determined efforts to persuade the English League to es:ablish a Fourth Division. Their first step has been to form a "National Association." They are now srcking aid from FirstReuter - 164 words
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Article1037 1947-02-17 7 U.K. FOOTBALL RESUL TS, TABLES ONI W a 0 MUlwall 2 x Bradford 1 Chesterfield 1 l S-hanpio.l 3 :yit 4i c. o A x Manchetfer C 1 3 Newport C 1 H. x BarnT'ev -wich x ..otts Fori ua Old y b-.ti_ x P m pored Goals P W1,037 words
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Article205 1947-02-17 7 Many test players are poor men SYDNEY, Sunday. AUSTRALIAN Test cricketers are not satisfied with being r\ broken time amateurs, but want to become all out professionals. They realise there is a vast difference between receiving cash for games— played and getting a steady all-year-round paymentReuter - 205 words
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Article232 1947-02-17 7 Reuter LONDON, Sunday. WI H dealiii-s in the soccer transfer market topping the quarter million sterling mark for the season so far, players think it time they received a cut of their transfer fees. Accordingly they have asked their Un,on to put the caseReuter - 232 words
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Article97 1947-02-17 7 At the mr.MM ueneral meeting ol the Mayiair B.P. the followir.g were elected office-bearers for the year: President. Mr Tan Soo rjew, Vicc-Prcsident. Mr Johnny C. H Chva. Hon Secretary. Mr Lim Yew Hock. Hon. Treasurer, Mr John Chun. Swee Hock, Hon. Auditor. Mr Low Poh Hye. ilon97 words
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Article70 1947-02-17 7 Rugbj Union results were as followsNewport 3. Cardiff 3: Royal Navy En- College fi. Redruth 11;' TorI it Plymoutb Albion 14; resentative team 12 Army 12 All other nv cancelled owing to Ri Jr. League results: Lenrh 6, Halifax 2; Salford 0. VVakefu'ld Trinity 0: Wi. an 10.Reuter - 70 words
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Article19 1947-02-17 7 Ivor Hale. 24-year-old slow !or, who played thren matches for Sussex last season, has joined the Gloucestershire professional staff.19 words
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Article528 1947-02-17 7 From Bill Bowes rrv^nvtv >lELtfOl RNE, Saturday. rUMMi LV/VNS, ihe Keni wicket keeper, was undoubtedly 1 the star today, the second day of the M.C.C.-Viciona g^iie. First, he had a hand, with 41 not out, in helping to advance his sides total to a respectable 355,528 words
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Article61 1947-02-17 7 LOSLO, Sun ASSE PARKINSON <Filandt won the world skating championships to-day after defeating Severre Farstad (Norway) ever 10,000 metres, in 17 min. 38.7 sec. Farstads time *va 18 miii. 9.1 see. Parkinson told the Uniied Press mat U was the first time that he had sketed ten thousand61 words
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Article, Illustration71 1947-02-17 7 Sian M-tt, the Auotrah«ui bantamweight, who beat Little Paiu-ho on a technical knockout at Kuala Lumpur on Saturday night, Pancho's seconds throwing in the towel at the end of the seventh round Pancho launched a two-fisted attack from the first gon^r, but th? experienced Australian weathered the storm and went71 words
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Article561 1947-02-17 7 Rest Of The Sport f\N the Kuala Lumpur p^ca^j yesterday, Se!angor averiged a previous one-nil defeat at the hauds of the Negri hockey team when they won the return game by the odd goal In I W.th only n.e minutes to go, Stlangor were down one-nil,561 words
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Article26 1947-02-17 7 G?orgc Duncan, Open ebWB ion in 1920 and a present Rvdor Tun Kleetor, has boon rlectcd an honorary liff m^mbor of 4he Merc Golf Club Cheshil26 words
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190 1947-02-17 8 CITY NEWS S'PORE RUBBER PRICES TODAY A>prcial Market i-orr -jioiKient the prices <»t ruhbei at II am toda> as follows: Ruvfr* jellrrs cu Cts. j orr Ib o«"r Ib I >u I 8.5.1 Spot l«o>« II v, 42'h >'• I B S S fob in bales March 43 s» N»190 words
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Article, Illustration26 1947-02-17 8 i i»4n in ihe old pjekhorse bridge in the Somersetshirt village of Alderford Nearby is Bossin^ton Braron -1014 ft), and not 'ar away is Exmoor.26 words
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Article84 1947-02-17 8 CYPRUS GREEKS DEMONSTR ATE More than 2o,\h»i Oreccs ir^m all Over Cypru> d^moi^trat?d in Nicosia yesterday demanding s.:. immediate union irith Greece and I TefceUni Britain's economic I pla!is for Cyprus The meetins i was called by fee Greek Church Council and all Cyprus Greek j P"lit:cal oarties. Bishop Makarius.84 words
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Article184 1947-02-17 8 Kn.vwi.unuiN— vioji-nt or non violent should be the future policy of the All-India Trade Union Gouncil. Mnnai Kanti Bo.se, Council President, told the twenty-second annual c<i fcrenco, which opened in Calcutta yesterday, sa} T s Reuter 4 *One need not labour the point that aReuter - 184 words
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Article606 1947-02-17 8 Henry Longhurst - Henry Long hurst By I Well-known English anuteur golfer and sports-writer and past winner of the (iernian Amateur Golf hampionship. the Press Golfing Society's London Challenge Cup and runner-up last > car in lne W orplesdon foursomes, who has been visiting Singapore on J business606 words
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Article39 1947-02-17 8 The entry of British A: my :amilies from Brhain into the overcrowdcj city of Hamburg will be stopped after March 15. reports Renter. Hamburg is at present ftccommodatlng 200 Control Commta&iou families and 250 Army fami-lies.39 words
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Article72 1947-02-17 8 Ij.NK of Scotland Yard' s slran-tst mysteries the case of the MiMtag butterflies wi, believed solved yesterday c-ttta the «1 m'-v«i> of 1.000 valutble <»p?rinirrs at an un clentifiod perv*n'i rmm in Surrey, U.P. report from London. Tfea hutterfli s were st len more than a year72 words
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Article478 1947-02-17 8 HANOI, Sunday. WEIGHTING has flared up again in Hanoi with both French T and Vietnamese taking the offensive in different parts of the city and its outskirts in bouts of heavy fighting, with the French, according to reports, having the best of the lighting. French troops areReuter; U.P. - 478 words
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Article64 1947-02-17 8 RANGOON. Sun. THE Supreme Council oi thi Anti-Fascist Peoples Preedcm League <oi which U Aung San i* the leader today imammou-sly endorsed the agreement reachec at the recent Anglo-Burmese negotiations in London. The leaders of all Burmese parties, except the Freed, in League and Communists,Reuter - 64 words
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Article349 1947-02-17 8 LONDON. Sunda\ AMERICAN politics threaten a British shipping cri>i*. th< Sunday I \pies> editor John Gavin declared in a bag article today. He .said the coal cri>is may soon be Jollowed by another involving shipping which may result "in Britain being swept from the sea* asU.P. - 349 words
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Article193 1947-02-17 8 POPE PRAYS FOR PEACE IN CHINA rome. Sunday. Pope Pius xii today mv- "the protection of I Almighty over the arduous journey of the Chinese people :rom twiligbt to dawn." when His Holiness was presented with letken )f credence by the new Chinese Minister to the Holv Sec, Dr. JohnA.P. - 193 words
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Article165 1947-02-17 8 Col. CHARGED WITH DESERTION LIVERY facility passible was placed at the disposal of Lt.-Col. W. J. dimming in preparing his defence against a charge of desertion. Major G. C. de Preat Gaillard. Deputy Ad-jutant-General of the Bengal Area Headquarters, told a court mar.ial in Calcutta on Saturday. Cumming is chargedA.P. - 165 words
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Article50 1947-02-17 8 DOPE PIUS XII attended th e sacred con^r -gution of r.tcs in the Vatican Ci'y yesterday when the decree for the canonisation of beatified Fa'her Giusepps Cafasso and another one for the t-atificatrn of Brothrr I B^nildo, a native Firm hman. 1 Vprp rer d -iv.s UP50 words
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Article307 1947-02-17 8 I ARGE-SCALK investigations are being made in England It and Scotland into standards of intelligence. Thousands of schoolchildren are being given special tests, the results oi which will be examined to discover whether there is any decline in national intelligence. Tests were given to thousands307 words
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Article19 1947-02-17 8 Royal Guernsey Militia— tne oldest in the British Empire- -is to be reorganised as a commando unit.19 words
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Article, Illustration34 1947-02-17 8 Power-station controvern Mil. I HXSV I 1 the di; VU|^fcJ The London County Council objecting to in* London it\ 1 I to extend the Bankside power I: block the view of St. Paul's fn»m34 words
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Article16 1947-02-17 8 PHILIPPINES CLAIMS CAP MACHINERY I I I would plan I I be I u A .P.A.P. - 16 words
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Advertisement242 1947-02-17 3 fCELAND GOT UK .OUST THE mysenuus gMfl cb has 1 rovered lako s and nool> :n land receivdy is bed to ra^c conic irom fed; rhimnejrs Id B r >t"in. I vr>! gat- ms by weatber exP'Ts iHov th?t the suuth-eastem vteds mipht have carried I dir^t h-gh altitudes. Sample*242 words
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Miscellaneous7 1947-02-17 3 TARZAN Feminine sympathy By Edgar Rice Burroughs7 words
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636 1947-02-17 4 The Singapore Free Press MONDAY, Feb. 17, 1947. Strike Over POPLE will sniff the air in Singapore with rather less appre- hens-veneis tins afternoon as, the 7,000 Municipal striKers get; back to work and begin the big; clean-up. IThe strikers have been navmg a. hard tim e of it and636 words
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Article, Illustration1024 1947-02-17 4 On the eve of the Royal Family's arrival in South Africa, General Smuts, Grand Old Man' of the Union talks about his country s ~..~lUm«« *nrl fho future of Britain's mission in Europe. A RRIVAL at Capetown J\ will confront the Royal Family with the two1,024 words
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Article80 1947-02-17 4 1. Fo r what, purposes were conferences held— and attended by representatives of nil the Allied Powers: (at at Hot Springs; (b) at Bret ton Woods? 2. Who in firs' -class cricket made the largest aggregate of runs in a single season? And who, i n a single season,80 words
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Article158 1947-02-17 4 EMPLOYERS JOIN -UP XHE two principal era--1 ployers' organisations in Britain, the Federation of British Industries and the British Employers' Confederation, have agreed in principle to merge into one body. A scheme of amalgamation is to be laid before the members of both organisations. The F.8.1. was formed during the158 words
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Article30 1947-02-17 4 I vi> ii i is mi t l\. 1 1 1 v o n i* to 2 not 1 1 1* r j without grudging:. 1 Peter 4 9.30 words
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Article546 1947-02-17 4 GOOD MORNING by Frank Owen NOW the people of Britain know what it can be like. Factories can stop, trains can stop, and road traffic* CAN partly stop. The cimmas can stop. Why, even the DOGS (or their elec-tric-driven Hare) can stop Mother herself can stop— with no fire in546 words
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Article331 1947-02-17 4 COLD blooded" is the way in which the London Gazette describes the heroism of Squadron-Leader HUBERT DINWOODIE, R.A.F.V.R, in winning the George Cross at Lubeck in Germany. Although two trainloada of bombs were standing by, he calmly set about defusing ii super-sensitive bombs dtjut which he knew331 words
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Letter556 1947-02-17 4 I READ your article on Lady Bennett's conclusion on the question of Housewifery, last Monday, and could not resist making my first communication to the Pre.ss. My Lady Bennett says 'Housework need not be drudgery. It's all a matter of Routine and Planning'. My Lady knows556 words
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Advertisement38 1947-02-17 5 LATEST SHIPMENT AVAILABLE NOW FOR IMMEDIATE DELIVERY COAL TAR 44 GALLON DRUM CHANGKOLS No. 3 CROCODILE BR\M» SODIUM SULPHITE CWT DRUM PRICE LIST GIVEN ON REQUEST TAN SIN PENG Co. 11 PHILLIP STREET, SINGAPORE. PHONE Nos. 3114 4373.38 words
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Miscellaneous72 1947-02-17 6 J *X!NC Exclusive to the Singap ore Free Press in Malaya **£flfi^\ /pshaw.' -quite a /straight through^ Sj^ 3 J tmawk goodwess) "*O- '~^4E^9^Bt v SMOOTH PASSAGE/—) FOR THE CUSTOMS F^f] FLOSSIE POSTeO A^^WBBEa VOU'RE EVIDEf4TLY ALLEZ TOUT DROiT^/ v ME IM MV CROSSING/- ID BEGUfJ^^X^^j- > NEW To THIS72 words
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Advertisement83 1947-02-17 7 C OPENING TO-DAY A CECIL B. DE MULE'S CLASSIC SPECTACULAR PRODUCTION RETURNS' H TRAIN BANDITS, DERAILMENT BY RED INDIANS, RESCUES THROUGH A RAGING FIRES, BRING JOEL MCCRAE SHOOTING YAND FISTING HIS WAY TO A VICTORIOUS OPENING OF P 3 H 4°o N o E^ UNION PACIFIC^ ii ra ,n. 4.83 words
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Advertisement48 1947-02-17 8 Last 5 Shows TO-DAY (oPitfl^ Si p m 9 .15 p tn (TH. 52*11 Krrol Alexis FLYNN SMITH -—^^3lj «Var«*rßro»"H.t!ll 11/^-^ ywS& ih. i;..-.:. u. re „,.d pf KH*: Riicy San Francisco -r>7^) of the Cav *SO's COME TO LIFE AGAIN |fc^jf|fj Preceded by f Pathe Gazette JmpT^48 words
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