The Singapore Free Press, 1 March 1947
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Title Section21 1947-03-01 1 The Singapore Free Press LARGEST AFTERNOON SALE FN MALAYA ,fdg ddfg dfg I SINGAPORE, SATURDAY, MARCH 1, 1947. PRICt HI CENI&21 words
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Article, Illustration430 1947-03-01 1 Britain, France will sign alliance LONDON, Friday. DRITAIN and France have reached agreement on the terms of the treaty of alliance, on which negotiations have been going on for some time, announced the British Foreign Secretary, Mr. Ernest Bevin, m the House of Commons today. He430 words
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Article80 1947-03-01 1 IS HE TELLING A LIE? :e from Kur Japan, I f.h Brisarte. numbering I .i\in^ m Siuga:t ijnZ are going It Jci.ore but this number includ n personnel of release and certain Indian itlns? perscnnrl who are to X ar.il lnd.a shor l.i'uvi ar the ?nd Ik Ptneteh're Re«t IS80 words
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23 1947-03-01 1 I] I ted it xrned >,hall c at week v iftcers a 1. le as o arL ReuterReuter - 23 words
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Article10 1947-03-01 1 BRIGADIER IN LOST PLANE aboard l made I I rmed10 words
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Article72 1947-03-01 1 SALT tax, for a long time one of India's most thorny political questions, is to be abolished announced LJaqat Ali Khan, the Haance Minister, prt->entin? the Indian Interim Government's first Budget yesterday It would mean a revenue loss of about C 6.000.000 he -vaid, raising next year's deficit toReuter - 72 words
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Article23 1947-03-01 1 Estate labourers at Sedanak ?state. near Johore. struck work this morning and the Deputy Commissioner for Labour is investigating the matter23 words
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Article304 1947-03-01 1 LONDON, Friday. THE ban t/n the use of electricity lor non esMntial industry m London and the south east area ol England will be lifted from Monday. March 3. Restrictions on the use of electricity by domestic- and non indusiiia! consumers such a> Aops, officer,Reuter - 304 words
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Article55 1947-03-01 1 'CIVVY' JOBS FOR AIR COMMODORES be loaned from the RAF t> Bri- tish Civil Aviation for two y :axs while civilians are trained to nil the jobs. One of three Air Com- modorvs seconded to th!s job will fill the post of Direct :r oi Civil; Airways operations, and another55 words
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Article33 1947-03-01 1 The larg st flou r mill :n Portugal belonging to the Portuguese Colonies Industrial Company m Lisbon and jammed with freshly-arrived Argentine grain, was destroyed by fire on Thursday night.33 words
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Article84 1947-03-01 1 HEAVY rain which fell all morning washed out all possibility of play to-day m the final Test cricket match at Sydney. At 11.05 (Malayan time) the two captains were to have examined the wicket but as iff was. still raining heavily at the time, this84 words
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Article27 1947-03-01 1 Tlie latest Eire census shows I that the population is fall n? steadily. The fall is believed to be r'ur* to em gration to England.27 words
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Article266 1947-03-01 1 Tree Press Correspondent LONDON, Friday. IN the House of Commons on Tuesday, Brig. A. R. W. Low (Con., Blackpool, N.) will ask the War Secretary, Mr. Fred Bellenger, which of the forces raised m the colonies are under his control and what are their strengths266 words
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Article372 1947-03-01 1 Free Press Staff KejKirler SHORT STREET is attempting to cut m on the Singapore Union of Postal and Communication workers, and a big meeting has been called for tomorrow at which Singapore Federation of Trade Union representatives plan to point out to the uniformed workers372 words
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Article116 1947-03-01 1 JERUSALEM, Fri. ONE person 15 bilieved to have been killed and several injured when a violent explosion shook Haifa today. Barclay's Bank m the main street n:ar the railway station was seriously damaged. A leading seaman was wounded, report today, when the R:yal Navy! inierc ptedReuter - 116 words
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Article43 1947-03-01 1 Free Press Staff Reporter Three Chinese, armed with pistoLs, robbed a Chinese woman m a house m Moh Guan Terrace, Singapore, at ten o'clock last nigiht of $1000 m cash, three gold rings, seven gold sovereigns and a wrist watch.43 words
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Article378 1947-03-01 1 Estate riots m Kedch PTONES, bricks, bottles and iron bars were uscu jesterday O afternoon when a police force of 150 clashed with about 600 Indian rioters, mainly estate labourers, m Ledong village m central Kedah, m a rubber estate region of North Malaga. Five policemen, including a378 words
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Article, Illustration86 1947-03-01 1 LONDON, i rnjuy THE Viccroy-des Admiral Viscount MonnUiiitte.i. will retain his present uniform that of Rear-Admiral m the Royal Na.vy when he becomes Vicero* next month. His reasons for tins are twuiola: the shortness of his term 01 office and the shortage o: maie rials v*86 words
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Advertisement23 1947-03-01 1 M. FLINTER 8c S. GRINBERG. Wholesale Retail Dealers m DIAMONDS JEWELLERY Telephone 7923 67, Stamford Road. E« Court Bld«. Singapore tl CER BALM23 words
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Article, Illustration1317 1947-03-01 2 Gordon Van Hieti - CAB GOOD MUSIC PAY? Gordon Van Hieti TREBLE CLEF by JNOTE that the music critic m our contemp rary has leaped to my assistance and endorsed f he general conclusion which I reached m the analysis of 'Music for Everybody. Tn so doing however question were raised as ro the1,317 words
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Article273 1947-03-01 2 David Grant - David Grant MUSIC FOR EVERYBODY by THE Victoria Memorial i Hall boasted of a larger audience than for many concerts past when CLIFFORD HUNTSMAN played to us last Sunday. His name is well remembered here from previous occasions, and those who heard him this lime were not disappointed,273 words
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Article86 1947-03-01 2 TODAY at 3 00 pm At the 'Theatre' Army Fdu -aiiun Centre Armenian street. A recital on records of MUMC FKOM BRITAIN. inchulins works h? KI.CIAR and VAKilIAN WILLIAMS. TO-MORKOH'. March Z, it B.GO p.m. The Radio .Mal.i\.t Orchestra m '"Music for i:vr\hody"—Memorial Hall. f'LIFFORD HI NTSMAN Piano86 words
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Article, Illustration332 1947-03-01 2 •THE "erfai.t terrible" of I British cinema, who arrived m America with a flock of cat 3 zliiA a cloud of acrid criticism and international talk has parked the cats m the country, survived the autograph seekers, had his say on many topics, and finally gone to work.A.P. - 332 words
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Article112 1947-03-01 2 YOUR LUCKY STAR for ward a practical tea 1 mine d and a< tivf minfa. it> Icti rave naif Hlea& and are rapafcfc pu'.t n« thrm mv» actin. You arc an «er«tw» ih knows how t« p«t ai mmization toother zni bMi w go«id orrratiM sW through all k-nds ofcircn.'112 words
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Article67 1947-03-01 2 I BCiwacn Putney and Mortlake; 'the course is just under 4» 2 miles I The fusi uoat race took place m s ceer: i- v: d i present course < except during ithe two World Wars* since 1845. In Bloomsbury: bu It 1828--!l854 2. W S Gilbert and67 words
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Article, Illustration84 1947-03-01 2 CPADtid UuiApe. Sou v North r.nd South are to ail eig^t tricks scaimt any defense. :v.h leadi heart which North nfl the jat'k. N\.rih i es the club me th< n leads .-padp six piefctef i T P East's kir. On the l~ad of the last tpad84 words
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Advertisement54 1947-03-01 2 i^ew Shipment is here Again: KOLSTER BRANDES RADIOS a *>Iy* sk— AC/ IK »:<* > RatlrrT M S3s* CAMEO RADIOS 5 Valve <ri \C IK 11«» AvAilabk at MALAYAN RADiC SERVICE 10. ORCHARD ROAO COMBINED SERVICES ENTERTAINMENT PRESENTS OUT ABOUT I A SNAPPY NEW HUSICAI ,i Last Performance To-Nlgn^ ADVANCE54 words
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Miscellaneous664 1947-03-01 2 RADIO MALAYA a,o pm B^^ A e Sinaannre E?£ 843 Radio Tip- News£ei a.o Tw, sisp Singapore top tunes; 9.30 Australia v. Englard. Music of the B?it£n Isle? 8 30 cm KfcD NETWORK (Chinese A Indian) SJ^SJ- o l^ d ?i" S t play; 945 Pr^amme m French aid Siamese';664 words
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CHINA NEWS...
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Article, Illustration425 1947-03-01 3 China becomes 'business graveyard 9 THINA is fast becoming a grave-yard for business- j men especially importers. Chief causes for the steady deterioration of China's import trade are attributed by Chinese as well as foreign businessmen m Shanghai to the inefficiency, senseless rulings and lack of425 words
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Article80 1947-03-01 3 kin correctiog juvenile delinquency is Sued on the idea of Mencius that m good." Shanghai's own "Boys' Town" beggars' camp has turned some 4,500 ful citizens with the short period of nd-eyed nese children from Iprtsent a cour: out rl tmil to of the80 words
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Article59 1947-03-01 3 The Pei- in- Municipal Government authr.-r-Tiei, have servrd cc 'ipon Marquis Ricardo Mvi met Spanish Consul In Peiping, 'aking over the Spanish Embassy property m the name te Government. the action was m line with a:, r.r-ier of the Executive Yuan to inke over the pieten'ious59 words
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Article59 1947-03-01 3 MOKE than 200.000 convicts have been released, or will be released soon, under the National Government amnesty order issued m celebration of the adoption of the consstitution, it is announced m Nanking About 2,000 have been released m Shanghai alone, including those serving terms for the attempted59 words
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Article39 1947-03-01 3 CONSTRUCTION this year of two important highways m North-western China is planned by the Ministry of Communications. One will connect Sining. m Chinghai Province, with Hungliukow m Southern Sinkiang, a distance of 1.232 kilorietres.39 words
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Article84 1947-03-01 3 TING Mo-chun, former "Gestapo" chief of the Japanese sponsored Nanking regime was sentenced to death by the Nanking High Court on charges of high treason. His property, except that part deemed necessary for his family's maintenance, was ordered confiscated. Ting joined Wang Ching-wei's puppet Government84 words
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79 1947-03-01 3 THE appointment of China's first ambassador to India is expected to be announced shortly, and while no official intimation yet has been given as to his identity, reports are current that Dr. Wen Yuan Ning. member of the Legislative Yuan, would get the post.79 words
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Article250 1947-03-01 3 TN their campaign lo reopen the Tientsin -Pukow railway, 1 Chinese Government troops captured Tenghsien on the railway line 20 miles north of Linchen^r. m South Shantung, Communists, holding Tho^hsen, ;<5 miles north^ of Tenghsien, a« now squeezed ££^o^Y|^t^ The Nationalists are also pu^n v.g normReuter - 250 words
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Article157 1947-03-01 3 COMMUNISTS CLAIM BIG SUCCESSES SHANGHAI, *n. 1 CHINESE Communist troops have I* succeeded m battling their way to within a 20-kilometre radius of Changchun. Manchurian metropolis. Communist units, estimated *t Crom 150,000 to 250,000 men, are oaid to be iurioiusly attacking several points along the Kirln(Jhangchun railway as well asReuter - 157 words
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Article75 1947-03-01 3 CHINESE IN N E I LNCREASE The number of Chinese m the Netherlands East Indies has grown from 1.350,000— the number tabulated m the last census m 1930 to about 2,000,000, according to Dutch authorities m Ba*avia. Three-quarters of this number are m the areas of Java, Sumatra and MaduraA.P. - 75 words
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Article94 1947-03-01 3 THE Chinese Government will shortly raise postage rates and railway and air fares and prices of services of other Btateowned utilities, IP learns. This was said to be necessary following the Generalissimo's order that such activities would no longer be subsidized. Observers m Nanking fear thatU.P. - 94 words
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Article, Illustration74 1947-03-01 3 It will still be China's Sorrow For months CMNM peasants und.r INRKA engineers worked to divert the Yeilow River known as "China s Sorrow" for the havoc it has caused year by year through flooding— to its pre-1937 coar p. Only for a short while diJ the engineers suce-d the74 words
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Article230 1947-03-01 3 AT the resumed hearing m Nanking of the trial of Hisao A Tani, Japanese major general charged with major responsibility for the 1937 rape of Nanking, Tani maintained that the atrocities which occurred were not committed by his troops or within his garrison area. Tani chargedReuter - 230 words
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Article380 1947-03-01 3 Rigid neiv controls rENERALISSIMO Chiang Kai-shek has announced sweeping economic and banking controls on which, he said, depended the survival of the Chinese nation. The Government's emergency economic measures are aimed at five objectives: Balance of the national budget; suppression of speculation so as to stabilise380 words
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138 1947-03-01 3 EIGHT MAJOR CAMPAIGNS IN KWANGTUNG "I AST year was a year of r,i\i\- ning and conierences u..t this year is a year for ■trenu application ard high efficient sold Governor Lo Cho-ying addressing the gathering o\ entire personnel of the Kwai tung Provincial Government the Su n Vat-son Memorial Fall138 words
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Article16 1947-03-01 3 General Chang Chun hay -ndered his resignation from tiis post as governor 01 iSzecnu^..16 words
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Article202 1947-03-01 3 Thought There was No Relief from Rheumatism lxii* *Oi.nan was sucn a omwMßafl sufferer from rheumatism mat thought it was hopeless to exp< But before she had finished one bottle of Kruschen her rheumatism was leaving her Here is her letter "1 iiad rheumatism202 words
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Advertisement98 1947-03-01 3 The Hall for Our 1 Sound and Projection *^Z^lJ& 11—2—4.15—6.30—9.15 *^s{BKk The irls g° crazy S§\7^l't over lfu world's k\t ijjjlCJ," iGHEST FIGHTERS THEY'VE NEVER BEEN UCKEd! j^^_. I.^ Wn«n these toagh leathernecks go into action. '^^^BMV Top's "Banzai" shooters arc "So sorry!".. .and ip 6CIAL! REPORT on JAPAm: n,at98 words
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Advertisement85 1947-03-01 3 No DentifHre or Tooth Paste ran compare with >N D X' 'DENTAL VIS 4 COLLOI Indispensable to tho^e suffering f.o-> Pyorrhoea, Gin^ivitik Tested by Royal ln*ti.ale of Pubbr Health. "NDK" was found to kill the germ* B Diptheriae m 3 minute* strain' coccus lUmuiitKuv m 2 minutes, yeast m 2585 words
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Miscellaneous81 1947-03-01 3 T ARZ AN Tavzan too quick By Edgar Rice burroughs AS TARZAN tripped, THE HUGE V] fr]"'|H llfflTT BY THE TIME HIS ATTACKER HAD I Lmm f 'l^Lm+m-mmi'L i L SENT 'i 1 \IX-^j}l^r TURNED, TARZ AN HAD REGAINED^H I V^'a HIM SPRAWLING. V S fj Ii i V^ p81 words
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654 1947-03-01 4 The Singapore Free Press SATURDAY, Mar. 1, 1947. Million Dollar Squeeze DESPITE vigorous action by the Food Control Inspectorate against the tinned milk racketeers in Singapore and despite the flooding of the market with further supplies by the importing agents, it is not expected that the artificially-created milk famine in654 words
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Article, Illustration29 1947-03-01 4 Flo*'. for Princess Juliana of Holland presented fe girl to the Guard a t So«tdijk Palace. Ba^rn. oa the .12 meat of the birtn of her fourth dauirhtfr29 words
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Article1494 1947-03-01 4 FROM NEW YORK BY AIR MAIL U.S. PUTS THE MOURNING FOR BRITAIN BACK IN THE DRAWER BRITAIN, the Socialist sick man of the Eng-lish-speaking peoples, surprised the premature mourners, wreath donors, and condolence cablers on the American side of the Atlantic. The patient is showing far more1,494 words
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Article15 1947-03-01 4 Keep thy tongue from evil, and thy lips from speaking guile. Psalms 34. 13.15 words
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Article53 1947-03-01 4 1. Where doe* me Oxford and Cambridge Boat Race usually take place? What is the length of the course? When was this spoi'ng event instituted? 2. Where is the British Mi: &urn? When was it built? 3 With what tyro /amous nomes is the Savoy Theatre especially associated? Answers53 words
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Article, Illustration72 1947-03-01 4 A JOB TO LAST A LIFETIME: Mr. J. K. M. Buikr, Fellow and lecturer of Trinity Oll^sr. Cambridge, who has been given the task of writing the Official History of the Second World War. Mr. Butler's appointment will be part-tune until October 1947, full-time for the ensuing year, and then72 words
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Article518 1947-03-01 4 SIMONE LEROUSSEAY, 19--year-old blonde, took a room at an expensive hotel m Nic€, but the porter noticed that her hands were always dirty. Her room was searched and purses containing £600 were found. Simone was a pickpocket n/HEN h e was a boy, ALDERMAN G. WOOD, of518 words
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Article341 1947-03-01 4 THE Ministry of Food's Senior Dietitian .-•early turned to a life of crime. For three years Mr.-. Barbara Cambridge "majored" m political economy and history at Me Mast University, Ontario, with the aim of becoming a lawyer. These studies earned hrr a BJi. degree; but summer341 words
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Article178 1947-03-01 4 NINE men met recently to consider giving away £1,000,000 or so. They are the members of the Royal Commission set up to make awards to war-time inventors. The Commission, head d by Lord Justice Cohen, has m:r? than 2.000 cla ms before it. and it ts expected that178 words
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Advertisement12 1947-03-01 4 jljpflfbiii^a S.P.SHOTAM6CO. OADIO AND SOUND f NCINEEtS 12 OfcCHARP ID. PHONE 632212 words
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Advertisement53 1947-03-01 4 BEST BRITISH PICTURE m NOT JUST A QUOTA POOTAGC FIU BIG ENOUGH TO FILL M.G.M f s WEST-KM^ s i' WINDOW THE EMIMKi FOR TWO SI (X:ESSI\ I "PICCADILLY INCIDE^ A LATE-1946 PRODUCTION TO H! at THE REX N'vi BY SHAW'S RELEASING OPCAI* ANNA NEAGLE I MICHAEL WllO |H 9iccaditttj¥oncidtd53 words
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Article149 1947-03-01 5 GOVT. TACKLES WAGE PROBLEM Sla ff Reporter fr "m¥*S connected with f^Sn^ot service and J£t of conditions of ilR prt)temto t 01 jvi the cSr^; the Singapore Cr^ent Under J\* t the Government, *>*** sinffaoore GovernfeS«*t up a local commit- th 6 IL of that just ks«d m Mala y149 words
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Article27 1947-03-01 5 the arrival o: Jl an y in at of the Dr. H. V; G an, I Dr van :ary ot fir r.d curry- A.P.A.P. - 27 words
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Article217 1947-03-01 5 GOVT GESTURE TO EX-S 'PORE Po W finer prisoner of *ar m Japan to have the F *< Siw d planned for five y™** lhe Minislr y <* h^sn^rffiar 1^ appeai and reiaxed of Mr. Norman Keen and Miss :h Wycombe, Buck?, on the fifth anniver- teaooer n which the217 words
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Article37 1947-03-01 5 SINO-FILIPINO DEADLOCK «5L. nfcg( utors are at- i declared Sot to -rrv s3S* °n lhe impasse m NT^ e p Wet smce d^enmina-•-aticnals m W sai d r.-ed to sow among the siS* 11 S they A.P.A.P. - 37 words
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Article, Illustration52 1947-03-01 5 WAR SURPLUS FOR TIE CHINESE One of scores of supply dumps on the island of Gnam which has been turned over to the Republic of China for use m the rehabilitation of the country. Some o f these thousands of bulldozers, shown here at Agana naval air base, have arrived52 words
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Article285 1947-03-01 5 Free Press Staff Report if; /GOVERNMENT, employers and workmen nil have an equal v say m the Labour Advisory Board which has been appointed by the Singapore Government. Each i>?rtv wilJ have three representative?. This Board has been created so that there may "be re285 words
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Article, Illustration127 1947-03-01 5 IS a result of investigations by Dr. A Nimalasurtya, Director of the Medical Research Institute, Colombo, Rangoon Red and White Beans and the Sulta n Red Bean have been found unfit for human consumption and may cause death if taken m fairly large quantities Chemical analysis hasPRO - 127 words
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Article306 1947-03-01 5 $450,000 IS CLAIMED FROM DUTCH Free Press Stall Reporter PINGAPORE Chinese merchants have submitted claims O totalling more than $459,000 for loss of cargoes, ships and other expenses incurred as a result of Dutch seizures of ships near N.E.I, waters during July and November last year, to the Secretary for306 words
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Article74 1947-03-01 5 ARRANGEMENTS are Deing made to send further relief supplies to Palembang Chinese who suffered during the recent Dutch- Indonesian clashes. Goods and medical supplies which were sent to Palembang m relief ships last month have been distributed. A further consignment of abou f ten cases of74 words
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Article48 1947-03-01 5 Seriously concerned at the high rate of traffic accidents m Hong Kong, the authorities there are planning a full scale road safety campaign. Since March of 1946. 87 persons have been killed, 206 injured seriously and 857 others injured slightly m traffic mishaps. A.P.A.P. - 48 words
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Article, Illustration43 1947-03-01 5 The ceremony at the Singapore Chinese Bankers Trust yesterday when cheques were presented to the Company to be h« Id m trust for the dependents of six Chinese killed by the Japs for helping Australian PoWs m Sinrapore m 1942-13.43 words
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Article69 1947-03-01 5 The programme of the 'Music f:r Everybody' concert at the Singapore Victoria Memorial Hall on Sunday at 8.30 pjn. is as follows:— Overture: Hans Heillng Marschner. Suite for Strings from King Arthur Henry Purceil, Symphony No. 8 m B Minor (Unfinished) Schubert. Danse Macabre Sans Seance. Two Symphonic69 words
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Article410 1947-03-01 5 150 DEMOBS GET JOBS IN MALAYA ■■Army answers release quiz Free Press Staff Reporter gINCE May last year, about 135 Service men and women have been granted Class A release, and about 150 officers and other ranks (mostly former British Military Administration personnel) have been given Class !> release to410 words
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Article220 1947-03-01 5 ILO REVIEW OF LABOUR IN MALAYA rS International Labour Office, which is convening a conference m New Delhi m October this year, is sending an advance party of three officials to study labour problems m Singapore, Malayan Union and othor parts of South-East Asia. This mission, which will arrive lin220 words
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Article85 1947-03-01 5 The death has occurred of Sit Arthur Sclnorne Jelf. former Malayan civil servant and Colonial Secretary of Jamaica. He was 79. Sir Arthur, who was knightea m 1932, joined the Mateyan Civil Service m 1899 and fulfilled various appointments m Malaya until 1925 whenReuter - 85 words
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Article75 1947-03-01 5 I/REEDOM of the PrtM scored A m Hong Kong whe n Magistrate H. W. Lattimor ruled "we cannot suppress the Press. Reporters are entitled to report what has been said m open court." His opinion came m rvspjnse to a Crown Counsel statement that the Press hadA.P. - 75 words
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Article35 1947-03-01 5 Dr. W. M. Clyde, food adviser I to the Special Commissioner m South East Asia, lcit Singapore on Wednesday by air lor North Borneo and Sarawak where he will discuss rice allocation.35 words
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Article104 1947-03-01 5 Fre^ Press Staff ReDorter. RESUMING another of their pre- war services, the Singapore branch of the Automobile Association of Malaya is notifying members and the general public generally of read conditions. The latest notice from the AAM quotes the acting Resident Commissioner, Johore, as spying that104 words
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Advertisement181 1947-03-01 5 NOTICE. Notice is hereby given ihat the 32nd Ordinary General Meeting of the Shareholders of Wearne Brother. 'Limited will be held at the Repis rr»d Offices of the Company. 45 Orchard Road. Singapore, on Saturday. 15th March 1947, at 12.15 p.m. when a unal dividend of 10', payable on Monday.181 words
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Miscellaneous12 1947-03-01 5 S P RADIO i ihe r f the l Service metres :ipm.12 words
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Article132 1947-03-01 6 'FAREWELL' RADIOTHEN SAVED AFThR a dramatk 'Goodbye gone" message from thr EUie Cm <250 Umsi t.ie cr w of 10 were saved just outf Orimsby Harbour. trawler, afloat thoush leakli adly, went aground earlier b managed to get cff. n she battled for 30 miles one of the worst blizon132 words
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Article40 1947-03-01 6 Masonic jewels and records belong, ng to tte Grand Lodges of !Jers y recently left Kreis Gre■venbroich to begin their journey back to Jersey whence they were removed by the Germans during the orcupa ion.40 words
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Article180 1947-03-01 6 YEARS ago, when they were children, Mary Atkinson, of Newton, Portcawl, Glam., and her younger sister, Doreen, dreamed of the day when they would have a white wedding. Two years ago the dream came true for Doreen when she became the bride of G.I. Corporal Patrick180 words
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Article59 1947-03-01 6 Three years ago Major James Novelli. of the Uni-ed States Army, went to Calling on, Cornwall tennis club for a game. It turned into a mach. partner of ihat evening. Moss Mollie Lake, has just become his wife on her 21st birthday The Major had59 words
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Article22 1947-03-01 6 Aged 101, Mrs. Agnes Linklater. of the Island of Bressay' Shetland, has never seen a tree, tram or train.22 words
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Article18 1947-03-01 6 An appeal is being launched to save Soham Mill, near Newmarket, threatened with demolition. I18 words
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Article, Illustration717 1947-03-01 6 Clue of the single footprint A THIEF got into a house at George Green, Bucks a house that is almost a museum of gems and antiques and got away with a £10,000 collection of jewels. (Briefly reported m j the Free Press on Feb.717 words
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Article160 1947-03-01 6 JTNIVERSITY COLLEGE students who "kidnapped" Ernie U Jones, Swansea Town's outside right, and asked £50 ransom" for their hospital collection were later asked for an apology. The demand came from Mr. Abe Freedman, chairman of the football club and hospital board member. The students captured Jones160 words
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Article46 1947-03-01 6 ANK of the main causes of breakdowns m war-time marriages, says Mr A. A. Guest Wakeneld (Yorks) Probation Officer, is that "so called friends and relatives have been only too anxious to tell husbands What their wives have b*en doing during their absence.''46 words
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Article93 1947-03-01 6 OUSBS, underground mine, trams and trolley ouses of; London's passenger ;rans- port system ran 579.000.000 miies last year and 'arr;?ci 4.40'J mllion passengers. Both figures are a good record and were achieved despite post-war difflculies. To cope w.th the groat crowds using ihe systems, 230 new rail-;93 words
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Article52 1947-03-01 6 A "monster blast" has dislodged enough granite at Galloway, Scotland, to ensure steady work for employees at the local quarry for months ahead. More than 100.000 tons of block s'one were brought down from a face-height of 250 ft. Mrs. M-cGregor, the quarry manager's wife, fired52 words
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Article50 1947-03-01 6 ONE hundred London schools have been cleaned and painted, and 211 have had oem windows put m during last six months. The cosi was £250,000. Mrs. L'Est range Malone, chairman of the London County Council General Purposes Commi tee. said m a report to the Educa'ion Committee.50 words
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Article122 1947-03-01 6 A JUDGE and a woman be is trying lor murder joined m singing "A happy birthday to you" during a birthday party m a Detroit courthouse The celebration was for Frankie Dcvore, aged 9, daughter of Mrs. Vera Devore, aged 37, charged \*ith shooting her122 words
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Article310 1947-03-01 6 BIG improvements m British television sets will be made with the help of new plastic mirrors. In domestic m as well as m cinema television projectors, much bigger and much clearer images will be obtained. The possibilities were demonstrated by Dr. D. Starkie, of 1.C.1., at310 words
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Article37 1947-03-01 6 Pclice c^n table Pluck ran down Temple Steps into the Thames las night and rescued a woman who h?<\ fallen m. She V-- rf-^air.'-d m 1~ p. c. Fl-: is stationed ai Scotland Yard.37 words
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Article, Illustration50 1947-03-01 6 Security council commission meet in Athens df fsd fsdf asf if*" i»?SL! Security (ouimh inquiry irtuch ha s bW* yestigauns a! the Gmt fronnrr Wt^ irawll French mil r from T«i Later th< > w .t l>y pa-t^T see the HOK of th e dnrf violations tor 'htm<?lvi\ B mountainouv50 words
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Advertisement91 1947-03-01 6 TIRED? DEPRESSED? THEN TAKE THE ROAD TO UTOPIA VIA 11 am 1.45. M H m m^ Fw] 4is6 45 C ixT HAY w9.30 W Iff A^ f NO S4tf I FOR A REAL PICK-ME-UP OF ENTERTAINME^ jftk The Latest and Gr eatest "Road 1 Show of v jf^^^^^^± FIND THt91 words
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Miscellaneous78 1947-03-01 6 J /\|Nt Exclusive to the Singapore Free Press m Malaya f aXcSi SSS°!K2?'^3 r°M Ul A??T EU 9ISr M^^ U> AH/ JE P^^ M. ACE?-VDOR I ER.C WILL NEVER SEE &OSj VsTayVmg TeRE /a ROOM ToJ/J '1= .> L.TtLE FRIEAJD, LVDIA ME— I MUST SAVE r^^^JH W^_' Nto tK I/78 words
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Miscellaneous100 1947-03-01 6 FEEE PRESS FICIWOFDS TO solve the puzzle, put let t 1 words may be read across and dov occurs more than once, the same ]«>: 1 Best words wi h which to start kbit numbered 863. 763. and 163. The word across the cen n the puz7le. The solu ion100 words
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Article565 1947-03-01 7 Bill Boives - HUTTON PLAYS A LONE HAND Bill Boives England Collapse After Tea From SYDNEY, Friday. hr ,t mt' the days of F. S. Jackson, a YorkrV Un raptainVd En-land. In 1905, "F.S.J." won all vi.i Vardley began his career well by Emgjbmd. "F.S.J." was not captain of i ho rapt lined565 words
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Article375 1947-03-01 7 From AKCIIIF QUICK LONDON. Fri. HOW the great, gullible British public does get taken so easily lor a ride. The promoter of the latest boxing debacle had merely to advertise that 'has been' Jack London was meeting *never-wasser' Jan Klein and the spectators375 words
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Article, Illustration84 1947-03-01 7 It is summertime "down under" mi n Australia, where the cricket season is m full swing, but not all the interest is focused on the Test matches, as witness this picture of Sydney's bathing beauties. Patricia Moore, Betty Townsend and Joan Miller are members of the84 words
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Article278 1947-03-01 7 LONDON, Friday. MARCEL CERDAN, the lawny French Moroccan, took his golden smile, his k.o. punch and his lovely wife and two children up the Queen Elizabeth's gangplank today, bound for an extended United States* visit that may gain him a crack at Tony Zale, worldU.P. - 278 words
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Article291 1947-03-01 7 TRIBE SAILS FOR U.K. ON MARCH 12 Rest Of The Sport IN spite of reports from Australia to the contrary George Tribe. I Australian Test cricketer, will play a^ a professional for Milnrow Club In j the Central Lancashire Cricket League this summer reports neuter from London. Tribe has cabled291 words
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Article588 1947-03-01 7 Soccer Notes By Our Soccer Reporter NAVY and R.A.F. are the opponents m to-day's S.A.F.A. league soccer match at Jalan Besar Stadium. Navy will be making their fisrt appearance and their form will be closely watched, following the gallant but luckless performances of three of588 words
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Article, Illustration24 1947-03-01 7 J II AU;o.\ i cka ti?e oaM mi Ihe Malay area in 'In.•-..-day's league soic^r match in whieh the Malays beat the SCC. four-on-v24 words
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Article21 1947-03-01 7 Franc^ has accepted a n invitation to send a Rugby football team to New Zealand next year.21 words
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Article20 1947-03-01 7 Norway does not recognise the new ice-hockey rules, and has turned down all invitations to international tournaments.20 words
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Article254 1947-03-01 7 MAYER GETS 1 MILLION FOR HORSES ARCADIA, Caiilornia, Ft;. I OUIS B. MAYERS' horses sod by auction at Santa Anita Park here last night realised mire than a million and a half dollars— $2,55^,500— rabout £310,375 Stepfather, a lead ng tnreej ear-old and on? of the fancied candidates lor nextReuter - 254 words
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Article186 1947-03-01 7 FOUR U.K. CUP TIES TODAY LONDON. Pri ILL four sixth round Englisn Football Association cup matches are expected to be played tomorrow m spite of treacherous surfaces and difficult underfoot conditions, but this snow and frost may cause some surprises. The most attractive tic perhaps is that m which theReuter - 186 words
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Article, Illustration28 1947-03-01 7 Nai Peik, Siamese v. weight, who bears a strong: resemblance to Som Pong Nai Peik v scheduled to meet Terr* Lee at the Happy World on Mar 1628 words
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Article44 1947-03-01 7 N R:.dford. the Enpl sh playr. wt r» the men's op?n badn-Jnton ?^.am|>ionfhip of Ireland at Br y ntwUj bea*r. Ma-ury. of Ire'-ani. m th- 15—9. 15—2. In a.i all-Enelhh women's fr.a! \Ci6B Q. Alien beat Mr 3 H Ibcr 11—7. 11—8.44 words
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Advertisement41 1947-03-01 7 Last Five Shows 10.30 a.m. -1.39-4.00 6 W 9. 30 p. m. '■>: ChAKttS SUE EMGUM) Its t/nD\/\M JESS SAKK£I W I^VJKVin RALPM MORGAN OPENING TOMORROW* Alfrod Hitchcpck's Tnic Thrilkr! lteSßß^E3^^^B^E9ffl^WßCB^^Hfc Alm lAXTEI ASmhOUQG -FTf *X ow*»«TBBoir r^Lv jj A UNrv§RJJd f|CTU*t41 words
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Miscellaneous170 1947-03-01 7 WEEKEND SPORTS EVENTS TODAY Soccer: S.A.P.A. league, Navy v R.A.F., Jalan Besar Stadium, 5 pjn.; SCC. y Pulau Samboe S.C., padang 5.15 p.m.; Young Muslims Assn. v Indonesian XI. Farrer Park, Asians v Johore Malays, Dockyard. Cricket: SRC. home-and-home, SRC, 2 p.m.; S.C.R.C. v 8.0 D., Alexandra, 2 p.m. Athletics:170 words
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Article548 1947-03-01 8 B\J-^ajA!*!^B Wi\ U J^mUd^^m WASHINGTON, Friday. PESIDENT TRUMAN today assured the Indian Ambassador, Mr. Asaf Ali, that the United States was ready to assist India m her plan for economic development and declared, "In the coming months, the eyes of the world willReuter - 548 words
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Article, Illustration39 1947-03-01 8 Mr. F R. Leatherdale. an ex-K \F officer k tm multi-decked plotting table which h« ha. desired toV*- the risk of accidents m future airline operations w hen rmi m the sky is a strong probability UK important aeroj39 words
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Article, Illustration33 1947-03-01 8 v.,.. direct, i-i.n iU. m i, v >rtblu're, a market town M»me 17 miles North of Oxford uhxh portrays the typically sleepy atmosphere of any English market town on a non-market day.33 words
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140 1947-03-01 8 CITY NEWS BUBBER SHARES STILL RISING I .cc Precis Correspond. nt LONDON, Fri 'l^flß rubber shar market continues to go from strength to strength, attracting big business on rising prices, including Sungei Ri :-ng, which ros^ 2s. to 12s. j 6d bid. and Rubber Trusts, which i rev* ano.her 6d.140 words
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Article109 1947-03-01 8 IN ;ne House of Commons next Wednesday. Mr. O. Wadsworth (Lib.. Buckrose) will ask the Secretary of Sta'.- for Colonies. Mr. Arthur CreechJones, whether he is aware that, although the International Rubber agreement ended m 1943. the rubber regulation enactments passed to implement the agreement so far asFree Press Cable - 109 words
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Article96 1947-03-01 8 LONDON, Fri "IT ITH a further rise to-day, the London Stock Exchange has now ftchi-ved the incredible. After a three- week stoppage which has already cost many industrial companies more than the entire amount they paid m dividends last year and which has already clouded their prospects forReuter - 96 words
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Article214 1947-03-01 8 k Special Market correspondent I sives the prices of rnhbej at 11 vm today as follows: Buyers Sellers Cts. Cts. per Ib per Ib. IN 1 R S S. Spot I 41 B 42 Vo R.S.S fob m bales March .43 43 v No R.S.S. fob214 words
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Article248 1947-03-01 8 MALA YA REDS ATTACK GOVT LONDON, Friday. ri I colour bar m South Africa, the British Government's "quit India" announcement and the colonial policy m Malaya were criticised by Mr. Wu Tien Wang, a former member of the Singapore Advisory Council, and Mr. R. G. .ialan. Malayan delegates to the248 words
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Article274 1947-03-01 8 (Continued from Page 1) had announced the conclusion o: ths alliance with Britain. M. Bidault said "It is impas-. sible that the destinies of thest two countries could be separated. The alliance, he said, was not directed against anyone eLse and France still hoped that it might274 words
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Article145 1947-03-01 8 IT was on the beaches ol Dun--1 kirk that a new bond of blood was forged between Britain and France. There, by refusing to surrender her army when all seemed lost, Britain showed the world that she intended to return to free France and the rest145 words
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Article93 1947-03-01 8 THE Greek Government forces 1 have begun a large-seMe assault against the guerrillas m the mountains near Vermion where 87 guerniia and 28 Government casualties *aye been reported thus far. Five new attack- by bardits were reported from different parts of Gieece. The UNO Balkans investigating93 words
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Article76 1947-03-01 8 Free Press Staff Repor er. RAIDS were carried out on the Chinatown area of Singapore m the early hours of this morning by a party of detectives led by Mr. F. J. Patron, m a search of premises m which 'wanted' men were believed to be76 words
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Article358 1947-03-01 8 SHANGHAI (By Air Mail). HUNDREDS of rail cars, which once carried Allied war II materials from the Persian Gulf into Soviet Russia are now at work moving relief supplies into China's devastated hinterland. Purchased by UNRRA at the end of the war to helpReuter - 358 words
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Article121 1947-03-01 8 TUfc increase m the India tea export tax from 2'id. to 4*/>d. f,.^r r 1 anno nce^ m yesterdays Indian budget, will add m^r i? n alread bi ff Prospective increase m Britain's tea import bill this year, says Reuter. Considering the higher e™r? "osr/Reuter - 121 words
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Article206 1947-03-01 8 TOKIO, Friday. rE B/itLsh Commonwealth Occupation Forces, now totalling approximately 30,000, are "here to stay" during the military occupation of Japan, despite the recent with drawal of one Brigade, according to sources. The departure of the Brigade of 3,000 officers and men for Malaya precipiA.P. - 206 words
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Article26 1947-03-01 8 i Three times as many teachers will b 1 tra ned th s year m B-i--tain as m any single year brforr the war.26 words
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Article220 1947-03-01 8 SEOIL (Korea), Friday. HTONIGHT and tomorrow, Korean Independence Day, i> l*>ing 1 imposed m Korea for the day m the past has been marked by a revolutionary uprising and clashes. This year there are fears that the day may not be as quiet as might220 words
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Article25 1947-03-01 8 S'PORE YACHT CLUB MEETING I I I the c 1 ar.d I year I BM X I Lacu: han. tart. G J i- 1 aur25 words
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Article16 1947-03-01 8 CHINA EDITOR DIES IN U.S. John B. Poi ■Jj man&g his resuit Japa: captur* A. P.A.P. - 16 words
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Miscellaneous125 1947-03-01 8 i Iwasional r| shower* UJI \IHI h 0 mtmu J fniro noon l«da« '—mi MMfM X ,iam*nd Far f I fp« bn r ht prnwls wfcK.fc.fij comin- rloud> with «m«h3 showf r i,, ud p,^ lU txy-otrine fair Wind luht nwthHt f^fl calm or variable to-m.h! Sunx*i f« p B125 words
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