The Singapore Free Press, 6 March 1947
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Title Section17 1947-03-06 1 The Singapore Free Press LARGEST AFTERNOON SALE FN MALAYA SINGAPORE, THURSDAY, MARCH 6, 1947. PRICt 111 CENTS.17 words
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387 1947-03-06 1 t Free Press Staff Reporter I AN Monday six Japs— among them the Commander of the Imperial Guards and the head of the Kempeitai at the time of the fall of Singapore m 1912- will stand trial m a War Crimes court sitting at387 words
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Article, Illustration56 1947-03-06 1 Peter thr tame 11-year-old alligator at the London Zoo is not anoui o have one of his needle sharp teeth extracted. The woman with the tweezers, Joan Scott- Job. is a Member of the Zoological Society office staff, is merely learning a "point or two" about alligators trom56 words
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Article, Illustration292 1947-03-06 1 I LONDON, Wednesday. un>er>ative attack on the Government's' v Icaia polity m the Commons today, Sir John .\nderson. t rmer (.•»u-n...r of Bengal, accursed the Government of 1 two cardin:.l blunder-." blunder he saia. was m handing over executive ye bodies being first assured j292 words
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Article338 1947-03-06 1 JERUSALEM, Wednesday. ri. tax assessment building was completely wrecked by a bomb which exploded m a military car park at Haifa this afternoon. The building is m the Jewish quarter on the upper slopes of Mount Carmel. There were no casualties. A sentry manning aReuter; U.P. - 338 words
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Article20 1947-03-06 1 munL^ kmp V nifitry of Com™u™catlon spokesman disclosed <S™ £*l i hat the dr *'t of the20 words
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52 1947-03-06 1 U.S. PROTEST TO DUTCH ON HELD SHIP IC lON, Wed. 7 formally N ther lands •ed to eriean ship. Saturday c°.r_;o oi *r.d quinine Hepublicanj ien it was c I port regula- 29 "no: re depriving commodi! i-p tn I are i« I -d the r le injury "sonnel mA.P. - 52 words
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Article20 1947-03-06 1 Min!sI pei said m' *m r.ots m i fre were 400 F by enfcrcef a?ainst r lealersll20 words
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Article72 1947-03-06 1 I.M tne early hours ot this morning about 16 Chinese end a petrol store at the 15th j milestone Woodlands Road, Singapore a military protected place. two gentries on guard ooened tire on the intruders, as they were within the perimeter of Ibe protected area,72 words
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Article22 1947-03-06 1 The second ba*.ch of nine Spitfires of the 90 being transferred by Britain f .o Greece have left Cyprus.22 words
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Article76 1947-03-06 1 TRAIN DERAILED ON ROYAL ROUTE ia G CODS n P Eoaid lhe R oyal Tour Train WednP.rhw I SdeiSd aUTyin S baggage following The Roai train I n the wa y from Umtei" n>town. it ls understood there were Me making investigations -hered during the made a n ata Dep76 words
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Article87 1947-03-06 1 g«.IIAIN int nds to withdraw her troops from Greece as soon as possible m spite of Anglo-Amercan discussions on aid f.r 52JJ*! declared .Mr. C. Mayhew. Undcr-S cretary for Foreign Affairs m the Commons yesterday. 1 c refund to reply to a question asking furA.P. - 87 words
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Article169 1947-03-06 1 GIAN SINGH SUES AND IS SUED i Free Press Stall Reporter MR ..larciiai Singh, proprietor of Gian Singh and Co. m Battery Road, Singapore, todayswore an affidavit m a case he is opening to have the eviction order made recently by tbe Rent Board quashed. The Rent Board ordered him169 words
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Article70 1947-03-06 1 THE Governor of tne Punjab, Sir Evan Jenkins, has assumed control of the administration of the province with concurrence of the Governor-Generai'— the retiring Viceroy Lord Wavell. This step was taken after the resignation of the Coalition Government following new outbreaks of bloody fighting between Sikhs and Hindus70 words
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Article329 1947-03-06 1 Free Press Staff Reporter T HERE were high hopes this morning that the Singapore Traction Company strike would be settled when a party of men representing the strikers went along to discuss settlement with Mr. R. P. Bingham, Commissioner for Labour, but after an amicable329 words
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Article77 1947-03-06 1 The Paris High Court trying pro-German collaborators yesterday ordered that Fernand de Brinon. one-time Vichy Ambassador to German-occupied Paris, be brought into court by force possibly today, to face the former French Premier, M. Edeuard Daladier, who was ordered to appear as a witness. De Brinon77 words
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Article45 1947-03-06 1 TWO Chinese armed with pistols and knives invaded the office of the cashier of the Happy World Cabaret, Singapore yesterday afternoon and at pis'.ol point relieved him of $4,000. The money is believed to be the pay-roll of the dance hostesses45 words
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Article168 1947-03-06 1 NAVY CUTS ESTIMA TES News for naval base LONDON, Wed ...ny. rHE Brie ish Admiralty announced .odav that it i».ends to knock of! £10,115,C0J .iom its c.st.mates for ship maintenance, repair.s and sh. rebuilding. This staterrent vu. I contained m the Admiral, y budget statement f**> During 1947-48 the statementA.P. - 168 words
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Article110 1947-03-06 1 Last wee* :n a letter to th? Naval Base Labour Union. Commodore W. H. B. Freideb rger. who commands the Singapore Naval Base, warned the workers of p ss:ble cuts m work at the base. He wrote: "It is my pe.s.na. opinion that durir g the 194" financial year, beginning110 words
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Article90 1947-03-06 1 GEN. George Marsh_.ll, U.S. Secretary of State, who left Washington by air yesterday for the Fon ign Ministers' Conference ..i Moscow, told correspondents that, it now appeared extrem ly dcub*ful whether the actual d.-aft of the German peace tr:aty could b^ completed for considf ration atReuter; U.P. - 90 words
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Advertisement46 1947-03-06 1 pitman" Book* on V-atP**' ____________h Bus***** egg, em*!***? Trminlnt O,n^ hor th»»*rw p|t»« etr ff urn iron. Wl- A**i hammm Parker _fl|^ St., Kinjj_»a> M[m ondon. W.C J. /T^l^ rtargra m*. ..andsons. _tcent i nci n -r ll IU 111 1.-,-- W^^^^ _fc_^t^^2 Sole Agents JgsiPjST^DAVER^&?ONs46 words
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Article, Illustration829 1947-03-06 2 BERGMAN -TRAP Review of Films snowing m London FROM OVR CINEMA REPORTER THERE r3 two condition^ m which the chaim of a lady is not seen to th 2 be.^t advantage. One. when she is under what is euphemistically known as the influence of alcohol. The o»,h_r. when her hair829 words
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Article178 1947-03-06 2 OFFICIAL United Nations cameraman Ca\eChinn and still photographer Marcus Chamudes, who are ree rding the investigations of tl^e United Nations Balkan Commission, have a tough assignment m the mountain frontier country that lies on the Yugoslav, Albanion and Bulgarian borders of Greece. In places, the territory can be178 words
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Article, Illustration270 1947-03-06 2 Vlir but quite I S..ut_. was correct m (•p I .ao no-trump since h.s partrer might- have parsed an cprning bid cf one club. And North was equally m raising to three n_--trump c__ oammi ImMbc Y/.st mod', tha "normal* epen.:.d f..*n hia lon:*est su t hesu270 words
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Article275 1947-03-06 2 TEARS, leal tears, seldom can be commanded at will by even the greatest of the screen's emotional actresses. S:> when the cir.ctor wan:s tears, some use glycerine, some pinch themselves m tender places, Susan Hayward has her own private method. The Redhead from Brooklyn always275 words
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Article, Illustration18 1947-03-06 2 .'i-i _T.--.-_i Oa'-.l pascal frem behind the bar of her parents' public house m the .East-End of London.18 words
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Article, Illustration367 1947-03-06 2 BY A SPECIAL CORRESPONDENT ON Saturdays and Sundays at the "Elder Tree," Poplar, (an English pub) works a y-ung woman picked by Gabriel (Ca and Cleopatra) Pascal ior stardom. The rest of the week r.e ls busy with a course of training which Mr. Pascal bOOOI367 words
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Advertisement32 1947-03-06 2 Jf9__ my mS<<-____?l-_. ________OP^____i i* P*^ Es _^__r I_»__l___; 14 _____r\ X W^oaw 3c/ Se ._____M_£ ■(^l_l tßw^^ |H I J: M**a* ifc________ I j v_W I CARRERAS i#» YEARS' REPUTATION **^S32 words
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Miscellaneous285 1947-03-06 2 YOUR LUCKY STAR Fortune forecast for people born today L>ORN today, you have unusual judgment m people and situations. You have latent ability m poetry and prose and you ..hould develop this sift early m life. This is more true of you but you menfolks are not entirely without it,285 words
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Miscellaneous837 1947-03-06 2 RADIO MALAYA K'^iSff^J S Singapore K.S "wS iSTT gSsJ RED NETWORK (Chinese Indian* C U H >^ > p^° SEAC *hou 10.30 p.m. BBC Radj. 11l metres- alsi Unm tn Inm 4 _°3 10 45 p.m. London calhnß. N 0 45 pJT Thursa_.v rVTft^*UllTir- I^'^ S 105 Pm prom. 1130837 words
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Article78 1947-03-06 3 INVENTOR'S DESK HELD SECRETS wa_ innij*? a m th" It v I golden or. .Ls and papers. fnrthet -tain Q ■fe was 'S connec tec observance of .rthday. itats ■BOavPas-ed back the roll-top and py- tUea of pills, a '-si-trays I" two wire baskets ■MoWen rod substance, a bottle c78 words
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Article100 1947-03-06 3 women and shorter skirts are safety devices r injury from fire m the home. But still r!k n^ man >* worne n as men die from burns and ww m the t.K. Medical Jourthese facts:— rom woollens immable cote •■> and night t elimination o: and100 words
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Article116 1947-03-06 3 \LF LEONARD, 49-year-old exnaval man, Somerset House messenger, has begun a special four-year-job. Up to now he has been 'otting records of births and deaths m basement of Somerset House Now he has moved from the cellar to the a tic to become usher to116 words
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Article31 1947-03-06 3 A landlord m Palmerston North, New Zealand, who sold a r^to an ex-Serviceman at £325 over the approved price, been fined £100 and ordered io refund the £32531 words
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Article31 1947-03-06 3 1 Arm-i sir nq Air led bom-YB-49, is i law home •ted :o m the sumversion of but U *«ig to the 1 ruse- the lunc■Dd ele-31 words
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Article248 1947-03-06 3 rIAT MAKES MEN FIGHT? A group of I S. scientists is trying to solve the worlds most pressing problem by studying the social behaviour of dogs. They have chosen dogs because, they say, no animal more clo^elv resembles man m temperament. They hope to discover248 words
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Article99 1947-03-06 3 THE six-day fight by London Zoo doctors to save life of Ranee, the £1,000. half-ton baby elephant, seems likely now to be successful. When Ranee went down with a chill, despite all precautions, she was prescribed 100 dru? tablets and a quarter bottle of rum and99 words
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Article, Illustration115 1947-03-06 3 The Austrian delegates, headed by their Chancellor, Dr. Leopold Fig! (second frnm left), who testified befcre the Foreign Ministers' deputies m London t imm Adr... Nicholas Horthy (right), I for 21 years Regent of Hungary, (J seen with members of his! family m the living-room of I their115 words
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Article112 1947-03-06 3 SIX people, including a rector and a general, who object to a toy factory being started to employ disabled ex-Service-men, have angered the residents of Abber'on, Essex. A petition of protest against the local council's rejection of the firm's plan to build the factory has been112 words
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Article23 1947-03-06 3 Register offices at Westminster's Caxton Hall were being spring-cleaned, so weddings took place m the mayor's parlour and a court room.23 words
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Article34 1947-03-06 3 An axperimental tea service for underground workers is being operated at a colliery near Sheffield. Speial equipment has been devised and tea is kept hot for several hours m insulated containers34 words
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Article58 1947-03-06 3 Every policeman m England and Wales is to be asked: Do you favour wearing a closed-neck jacket— or an open-open-neck jacket all the year? Or a closed neck m winter and open m summer? Results of this inquiry will be reported to the Home Secretary58 words
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Article283 1947-03-06 3 COUPLE FROM PRISON MEET AGAIN Sold f urn it ure for luxury TN a small anleroom m the London Bankruptcy Court a sandwich to*. ther f^tta^'c^Vftt'lSL: for their extravagant living account irom Hollowjy by a mmlaoTatT fax" Ve^S James Joseph Augustine Murray, arrived at Carey street from Wormwood Scrubs m283 words
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Article, Illustration63 1947-03-06 3 "Bigger and better is the motto of London Transport ji new track-laying. The "bigger" is aehi ved by usn? rails 111 ft. long, made by welding five of the old-type 60 ft. rails into one length Its also bet er, as the *cng?r rails cut out 80 per cent, of63 words
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144 1947-03-06 3 WITH only eight nouses built out of a target ot 250 Monmouth Rural District Council are protes'ing to the Ministry of Works against the use of builders' workmen on local ancient cos'les. Mr. Brinley Griffiths, clerk to the council, said, "About 35 men,144 words
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Article16 1947-03-06 3 Tourists replace industrialists as the aim .of a new "Come to Wales" campaign.16 words
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Article118 1947-03-06 3 LONDON TO T URN ON THE HEAT DISTRICT heating scheme at a cost of £750,000 is being planned for the City of London. A firm of London consulting engineers are now completing pans for the City District heating is cheaper and more economical than any other system, said a fuel118 words
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Article312 1947-03-06 3 BAIL was refused to a 36" year-old farm worker at Melksham, Wilts, when he was remancJed accused cf abducting a 17-year-old girl who rode his horse* at p^int -to-point meetings. She was tall, pretty Pamela Beiesforci Webb, wlio .ived with her mother at Rustler's Roost, Shaw,312 words
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Article85 1947-03-06 3 SURVEYS recently completed show t^a Two-thirds ol all Amen a s privately owned savings cert.llea es are held by women. Women l:"'d 50 per cent of all privately owned stock 42 per cent, of all mcomt ax j returns are riled by women Women are85 words
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Article, Illustration209 1947-03-06 6 MR. Charles John Fieid. aged 73. Of Ivyde-., -road. Dais. 0:1. London, is alive and kicking— and is trying to prove it to the Ministry of P n_d ns. B: cause the Ministry says he is dead. He went along to the post office toP.R. - 209 words
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Article216 1947-03-06 6 |N the Exinoor village of Challacombe, cut off by 20ft. snowdrifts, 17-year old Mrs. Arthur Jenkins and her new-born baby are "both doing well," thanks to two doctors who fought their way through for three hours by pony and on skis. No midwife was available216 words
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Article38 1947-03-06 6 Ralph Ingersoli's book, "Top Secret," which strongly attacks Field-Marshal Lord Mon'gomery and Gen. Eisenhower for the conduct of Anglo-American operations on the Western Front, has been published m Moscow m Russian by the Sta'e Publishing House.38 words
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Article17 1947-03-06 6 Special rat-proof breeding avaries for the rarer game birds' are being built at Whipsnadel Zoo.17 words
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Article236 1947-03-06 6 AN anonymous mischief maker is trying to get the Rev. Norman Est m William Bradyil- Johnson, rector of St. I Margaret's, Black heath. London. S.E., ''married off," and he i is angry about it. First he knew was v hen the advertisement department of236 words
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Article, Illustration78 1947-03-06 6 WHEN the fuel crisis hit Britain everybody wanted to know just what they had to do to help save coai and electricity until stocks were built up again. So great was the flood of calls t3 the ministries conc»tTD«'d that the Ministry of Fuel and Power, the Ministry of Food,78 words
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Article29 1947-03-06 6 In New York police arrested 17: members of a gang calling themselves "The Socialistic Gents,", who are alleged to have committed one murder and s'aged' 12 hold-ups.29 words
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Article30 1947-03-06 6 Judge E. H. C. We hered. told a solicitor at Bristol Divorce Court: "Don*, pronounce it '•correspondent.' It's 'co-respon-dent.' You people mus. learn to .speak English."30 words
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Article84 1947-03-06 6 The six-month, no-sale agree- ment, signed by all new car buyers mi n Britain, will be extended to a year after March 10. An official of the Motor Trade Association, which put on tn* 1 six-month restriction last July, said: "It is necessary to84 words
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Article35 1947-03-06 6 Men's ra. that will cost less and wear longer will be the aim of a new research instUu.e b.-.r.g -*>*■** h m i.pod, by he Bri ..-sh Hat and Allied Felt-makers Research Association.35 words
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Article71 1947-03-06 6 legal hous.es of pro *titut.on, closed last April by the Government, may be reopened Moves to change the law agaici have already been male. A special commiss on of the French National Assembly has reported that venereal disease has risen 75 ?>er cent since theA.P. - 71 words
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Article225 1947-03-06 6 Divorce was unknown here -IN island where divorce was unknown six months ago, has A appointed ninety "mediators'' m the hope that by talkins: things over with couples who intend to seek divorce, they will be able to mend marriages which would otherwise be broken up m the courts.225 words
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Article75 1947-03-06 6 A GANG, of black ma: thieves is stealing carpets and curtains v. thousands of pounds trom chur^hei and chapels m Wai ad said lif ord ar.as o. London La 'est raid was at the Met rodi_>t Church. Eastern Avenue. Wanstead. Much of the booty is b'--I lieved75 words
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208 1947-03-06 6 TENANT HAD TO CATCH THE RATS HIMSELF PAI KICK O'CONNOR, lather A live, caught 16 rats m on.' week at his home— ls Railway Street. King's Cross. London. At Clerkenwell County Court, he was sued for possession of thc: h use and v gL.*...-a.. an- o. rent by the London208 words
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Article236 1947-03-06 6 WHEN a group of American industrialists boasted to Mr. j Nat Dorfman, of Colchester, about the wonders of Yank business, they were boasting to the wrong man. And now their boasts are going to cost them business worth millions of dollars. Mr. Dorfman was visiting his236 words
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Article18 1947-03-06 6 AU-Lattg newspaper for boys and girls is produced by Mr. G. M. Lyne, Blackpool schoolmaster.18 words
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Advertisement205 1947-03-06 3 SALE OF ARMY SURPLUS FOODSTUFFS. 1. TENDERS are invited for the puichase of the following quan'utie. of Army Foodstuff siFruit Td. approx 156 lons Condiment Powder 200 Fish Dehy mcl Whale 34 Groundnuts without shells 4 12. These foodstuffs are lying m van- ous conditions at 'A' Sub Depot S'pcie205 words
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Miscellaneous8 1947-03-06 3 TARZAN larzen turns away B\ Edgar Nice Burroughs8 words
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944 1947-03-06 4 The Singapore Free Press Quitting Greece THURSDAY, aMar. 6, 1947. AFTER the experience of General Marshal, who wasted a year's time and energy trying to bring peace to China before giving up the job m despa-r to become Secretary of State, it might have been thought that the United States944 words
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Article1191 1947-03-06 4 Alan Ivimey - Alan Ivimey Following the article on St. Dunstan's m the Free Press yesterday comes this story of how Britain's sightless ex- Servicemen have been trained to do the finest precision work m industry. By AT this time Britain s industry needs every available man and1,191 words
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Article, Illustration285 1947-03-06 4 MONTAGUE SMITH - MONTAGUE SMITH *THE weather hai been 1 worse m Bring memory Ui Britain but no* much. hen* HiU tfMr.l sufC.l -iv-.!. Weather, the official lIIIIM-M :ne R :va i Meteorological S?ci?ty by Lieut Commander P C Sp*nk. Colaevt .^m.-.rature ever re.v>rdi2d In tn€ British Isles, minus 3t degrees285 words
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Article18 1947-03-06 4 I Depart from evil, and do I good: seek peace and pursue it. i Psalms 34. 14.18 words
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Article262 1947-03-06 4 VING Philip the First of Re- donda has died m Chichester aged 81. He was christened MATTHEW PHIPPS SHIEL and had great_ ness thrust upo n him at the age of 15, when h_ s father annexed the square-mile islet of Redonda m the West Indies. The262 words
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Article823 1947-03-06 4 i BY A SPECIAL CORRESPONDENT TIME itself is raov- mg moving from smoky Greenwich to Hurstmonceaux Castle m the lovely countryside of South England. Greenwich Observatory is to be moved bodily to another site. When the famous Observatory was established there was no electric power station a823 words
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Advertisement28 1947-03-06 4 SPORTS 8 Fresh Stock Arrived I ENGLISH I CRICKET BATS ENGLISH CRICKET BALLS I TENNIS NETS I ROSE CO., LTD. 86. North Bri-Lge Roaa. jj Ph«-e 6394 Singapore.28 words
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Miscellaneous24 1947-03-06 4 QUIZ j ca5 jn J23H c > who was fir5 *h; W r I W -1 I M I The era M I T I24 words
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139 1947-03-06 5 Tree ?ress Staff Reporter tht- tirv' Combined Services Entertainment unit was SmS Ij m v re ,ast v, > v oniv three shows have •J? artistes have complained of being kept rcntre at Nee Soon through lack of a**m —CW—fy «hows. SE who have139 words
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70 1947-03-06 5 820 CHINESE REPATRIATES IN S'PORE B Reporter m laree batch of Chinese ■dor the UNRRA d In aboard H- amajm **kmmo -mbered .320. of 2L?V; re Jl s sent to th 2* L cr The remainder. ■N a few fT Sarawak, will: jhgipore. r f h TORRA arrivals will' groups70 words
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Article20 1947-03-06 5 INDIAN 'ENSA' QUITS MALAYA I and ruined £r; classical h^ Fauji lian h, LterI he party •■pore lances h the20 words
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Article333 1947-03-06 5 Free Press Sta/T Reporter THERE is at present no unemployment among English- educated clerks m Singapore, according to Mr. Lhn Yew Hock, General Secretary of the Singapore Clerical and Adnrnlstrative Workers' Union. Although the Union runs an employment bureau for its members, since October last year,333 words
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Article124 1947-03-06 5 THE second Australian "food ship" to arrive m Singapore this week— the Blue Funnel liner Asphalion is scheduled to put into port tomorrow morning with a large "cooler" and freezer cargo on board. Beside a general cargo of 911 tons, there are 5,155 packages of vegetables stored124 words
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Article81 1947-03-06 5 THE Board of Trade m L.ndon yesterday that trade discussions between the British Empire countries will be held m London on March 11. The talks are a preliminary t_> the meeting at Geneva on April IC of the preparatory committee of the United Nations conference _nAP - 81 words
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Article43 1947-03-06 5 On the occasion of the wedding of Mr. Ismail bin Hamid, Mr. and Mrs. Abdul Gani Rahman were hosts to a large number of friends at a reception and "ronggeng" party at their residence, No. I Surin Lane, Singapore, l.asl; night.43 words
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Article, Illustration11 1947-03-06 5 picture,- d^d w.722** mcniinc at the inter aof I Free PerssFree Perss - 11 words
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Article39 1947-03-06 5 Mr. R. Hornc cf the Singapore Social Welfare Department will broadcast on "The Protection of Women and Girls" at 10.15 o'clock tonight on 19. 25, and 44 metre bands of the British Far Eastern Broadcasting Service, Singapore.39 words
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Article26 1947-03-06 5 Full moon day today will be celebrated at The Sinhalese Buddhist Temple m Outran. Road, Road, Singapore, by Mr. Mrs. M. S. Perera26 words
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Article, Illustration209 1947-03-06 5 DON'T KEE P TO CENTRE OF ROAD ARE you or.-, ct the driver*] who rides on the crown J (entre) of the road or do youcondone it being done by yourj syce? TWs practice, according! to the Traffic foiice, is one of the worst and most frequent faults of Singapore209 words
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Article47 1947-03-06 5 Dr. J. W. Field oi the Institute Medical Research, Kuala Lumpur, wiil give two lectures at 6 p.m. on March 10 and 11 at the College of Medicine, Singapore, on "Recent Advances In Malaria". All medical practitioners, civilians and Services, are cordially invited to attend.47 words
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Article, Illustration63 1947-03-06 5 MR. WONG PfcNG SWEE, Assistant Superintendent, I'ostal Department, Singapore, who has been awarded the British Empire medal for his loyal and courageous work as a Post Office official during the Malayan campaign and during the Jap occupation of Singapore. He helped his European officers while they were interned m Changi63 words
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Article43 1947-03-06 5 M. Sundaraju. general secretary of the seven Municipal labour unions concerned m the recent strike, M. A. Hamid and K. M. Ramu are on trial on a charge of house trespass. The case is being heard m th.Singapore First District Court.43 words
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Article133 1947-03-06 5 HOUSED mi n the same building m Bras Basah Road, Singapore, is the Chinese Lady Dressmakers' j Employers and Employees AssoI ciation. Here employers and the I employed work Kn the closest coj operation. Originally it was intended to form a twin trade union, but133 words
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Article457 1947-03-06 5 Free Press Staff Reporter CINGAPORE labour officials are working of a new Singapore Factory Act which will be m effect a "labour charter" to bring local factory conditions more closely m line with those at present existing m Britain, and improve the social conditions457 words
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Article180 1947-03-06 5 STORE HAS NO RADII M Free Press Staff Reporter BECAUSE no radium is available locally, hospital authorities m Malaya have rushed a patient to Australia for treatment. The patient is Mrs. Kathleen Rozario, a Staff Nurse attached to the Seremban General Hospital. She has been m180 words
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Article, Illustration73 1947-03-06 5 This photograph of a naew factory which has Uen built m Britain was sent to the Singapore Labour Department from iivd.'strial research workers m Britain. There, it has been proved beyond all shadrw of doubt, that m factories which are light and airy, clean and well laid om'.. output t%73 words
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Article53 1947-03-06 5 "Phyli's Six," a show presented by A.C.C. Training Centre, Buona Vista, at the Tivoli Theatre on Tuesday, was played to a large audience and enjoyed by everyone present. After the snow, the ariistes were entertained to dinner m the Sergeant's Mess The 6.:0w was produced by53 words
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Article118 1947-03-06 5 pEYLON has been allocated a quota of 2,200,000 yards by the United Kingdom for the first quarter of this year which is a substantial reduction compared with 3,729,492 yards allocated by the United Kingdom for last year's last quarter. Though the allocations from U.K. ter theReuter - 118 words
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Article56 1947-03-06 5 Members of the Singapore Junior Civil Service Association are to discuss the question of back pay once again. An emergency special general meeting of all members of the Junior Civil Service Association is being called for this Saturday at the Club'c premises m Tessen- soh56 words
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Advertisement129 1947-03-06 5 PIITiIAV lla m < L45 < 4 15 ph^ last! WAIII A I 6.45, 9.30 3400 DAY DO NOT MISS TALL m the SADDLE JOHN WAYNE ELLA RAINES AS RKO PICTURE mamamssAsm*mMeimAmmmmmmArmw^m^^amm^mmmmmmmm^ma^^m^m^i^mammam^mmm^^^^^m It's Opening To-morrow TWO GREAT STARS TOGETHER AT LAST m a film to make the heart race fatter129 words
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Advertisement121 1947-03-06 6 A GYCLONE H^TS Ti.iS T^mT THE PERSON OF BiLLY THE ft thousand Devils incarnate n the nij| "j I .'he boy u;lh the c qt«i:ker THE HAS NEVErlnown^ rag It t_st...tne itttcnui!. stiry if tbe frsutier's ■ost fimots oes(era_o... AJWmk Hercfess »Jer wL mt^(*\ iSg£ b*}r i*l*i wrtb ai uniutotd121 words
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Miscellaneous66 1947-03-06 6 J*NE F^lusive to tke Sin*aftore Free Press /PERHAPS I CAN CATCH I I^THIS IS YOUR TABLE XA. X Vs^^ KP^ "^N^V^ "X W f^f. ATl>^ N c R c r^ 2:! MADEMOISELLE.'-M.ACE V^*^^ J MR ACE~ WALtONS DANSER V2L v^i "g^sToh rf- J§ SE R fGR H^s A^E G :i66 words
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Miscellaneous184 1947-03-06 6 Free Press Crossword Nfrj ____^H I ■^^■^B \a* "■-{■Tei [17 jfl I Tf HH -.--..----I -.--..---I s§9_}t '-3*^? \\y' ■_l—_—^^—^— I ..a At- 1 1. A social ou'.cast <10>, 7. See 13 At: I sect laying stress on faith ha-allng (3' 9 Anothei 4 J 1), 13 and 7. National184 words
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Article824 1947-03-06 7 Australians Win The Final Test From Hill Bowes SYDNEY, Wednesday. match at Sydney was won by Aus f ake 214 runs to win, performed the 1 i wickets. On a wicket responsive to I f, together in a stand of 98, were this victory but824 words
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Article15 1947-03-06 7 EURASIANS BEAT THE T.P.C.A _t g\*\ X Ik X bat -_Hl c ..:.d bt 315 words
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Article194 1947-03-06 7 ENGLAND IST INNS—2BO AUSTRALIA IST INNS.—2S3 ENGLAND—2ND INNS. > Uhl ck lbw b Lindwall 0 I Wakshbro- k b McCool 24 i Edrich stp. Tallon b McCool 24 Ikin stp. Tall.n b McCool 3 Compton c Miller b Toshack 76 Yardley b McCo.) ll I F.vans b Miller i194 words
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Article343 1947-03-06 7 Free Ir. s Sports Repar.«r YV'ITH a forward line which made full use of chances which a very weak opposition defence gave them, the j S.CC. yesterday surprisingly beat the Amicable Athletic five goals to four on the Padang. The match, dull for most cf343 words
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Article326 1947-03-06 7 IN preparation for the finals of th-? GHQ SEALF Athletic Meet this Saturday the heats of track events were run off yesterday afternoon on the cricket pitch at Tanglin Barracks. With the idea of getting as many members cf the Headquarters as possible to participate, the326 words
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Article723 1947-03-06 7 Rest Of The Sport Hjl Hi Malay*;, who have so far beaten 1 the Army, four goals to th.cc, and the Singapore Cricket Club, four goals to one. meet the Indians conquerors of S.CF.A 11.1 IIM 11, by two goals to nil. m an S.AF.A. leagueReuter - 723 words
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Article, Illustration22 1947-03-06 7 The R.E. soicer team who met the Army at Thomson Road on Sunday and lost D y the odd goal m three.22 words
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Article277 1947-03-06 7 Free Press Boxing Reporter rTH more than 100 entries for the Amateur Boxing Tournament to be el d this! month, details of the tournament wer* worked out by the subcommittee ol th e Singapore Amateur Boxing Association on i Saturday afternoon. The tournament will start277 words
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Article689 1947-03-06 7 All In The Came LONDON. By Air Maii. nriTH sport blanketed by snow, our first matchless Saturfi day gives us time to look back on some of the things that have impressed this se.ascn. It was some weeks before we settled down to a liking for689 words
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Article87 1947-03-06 7 LONDON, Wed. riGHT-PROMOTER Jack Solo- mens yesterday said British heavyweight champion Bruce Woodcock and Joe Baksi will mapet m Harrmgav .^rena on April 15 They were to have met on March 25 but the fight was postponed because Woodcock became ill with influenza. Woodcock hopesA.P. - 87 words
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Article64 1947-03-06 7 LONDON. Wed. To-days football results were THIRD DIVISION SOUTHERN) j Exeter City 3. Queen's PR 0. j SCOTTISH LEAGUE CUP— QUARTER I IN U.S— SECOND LEG Aberdeen I, Dundee 2 (Dundee eliminated*: Dundee United 1. Rangers 1 'Dundee United eliminated.: Hibernnns l, 0. (After 35 attsate* extraReuter - 64 words
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Article210 1947-03-06 7 The 8.C.0. w.ll play four c lck^t icba thi. week-end and .earns bed are ac follow Aiv.nst Krarji W. T on the Fada: •at 2 pm en Saturday: W. X Jagg.' I Cap aio. M. Bradbury. W. J. Hartley. I al G D Rodman. Major210 words
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Article32 1947-03-06 7 Holland has b on chosa?n as tne centre for the 1948 Ward's Cycling CtiampionshiDv Thi* was agreed upon rt the Union Cy< 1 *t* International C r. at Luxembourg.32 words
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Advertisement77 1947-03-06 7 The Funniest Show m Town And It's At The Today Four Shows 1.30 4 6.30 9.30 p.m- <•*___ ■ES*' PAWSP^ MOKTY &S^k\ VMOUfif^V (He's ThßAwr/i Slb^L I W Aft^jEt MO*.' ft A»FIEST MIT With B— f S-ia»m» -Ikekmuk TmmtU MM* bwrfca. Reg. a. aid Gordlatatr DW«cta_d mtf WM. KEIGHLEY iem—77 words
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Article, Illustration67 1947-03-06 8 l. loin Catrrdrai which stands on a hill overlooking Lincoln Count;, town ot Lincolnshire, contains the earl est purely Gothic work extint. as WCB as cv r> style firm C'e simple massive Norman of the cm ra 1 vest ron '»«d the later Norman of the west doorways and67 words
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Article136 1947-03-06 8 4 Special Market corr ...onjent .jives the prices of rubber at 11 a.m today as follows SINGAPORE CHAMBER OF O IMERCE Tl_«. S.ngapore Chamber of (om- n;erce Rubber Association's rubl»er prices at noon yesterday wer*-: Buyers Sellers Cts Cts. per lb per lb. No 1 RS136 words
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Article109 1947-03-06 8 THE Singapore share market opened quieter this morning with Malayan Breweries easier with sellers at $22.50 and buyers at $22. Fraser and Neaves were or. offer at $3.75, Wearnes at $..,..50, Steamships at $23.25. United Engineers were better on the dividend and had buyers at $13.85. Traders are109 words
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Article48 1947-03-06 8 ON the Lnd-n Stock Exchange yeo- I terday. after quiet trading, the ma-kets generally closed dull. A weak featuie was the or.e-quarte- to three-quarte. decline In British Government stocks, with practically' l-~> buyers. Rubbers wert duU and lost ground mainly owing to lack of interest. ReuterReuter - 48 words
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Article39 1947-03-06 8 ON the New Y. rk Exchange yesterday. stocks displayed stout resistance to the effect of renewed firmness of grains and a few other commodities ard late trading found moct issues holding around the midday levels ReuterReuter - 39 words
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Article268 1947-03-06 8 mi isiOQN, Wednesday. TWO villages near Pyinmana m central Burma were to? ally wiped out and 31 members of the village defence corns killed by a gang of some 500 armed bandits last week end, j according to reports received m Rangoon today. Scores of villagers268 words
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Article60 1947-03-06 8 The Dnieper hydro-electric power station, began m 1927 and p Mtially destroyed by tine Germans m the war, came into operttion again for the first time since the war producing a current at 72,000 kilowatts, says a Moscow report. One power unit only is working atReuter - 60 words
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Article317 1947-03-06 8 FmmmrmAimm, HANOI, Wednesday. KLNCH military operations to clean the area west of Hanoi m Tongking which began last Sunday morning were satisfactorily completed last night, French sources said. 1-arge amounts of equipment and munitions left behind by the retreating Vietnamese forces were captured during these operationsReuter - 317 words
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1755 1947-03-06 8 LONDON, Wednesday. THE British Government's reasons for making the decision to transfer m India into responsible Indian hands not later than June 1948 were detailed to a crowded House of Commons today by Sir Stafford Cripps, a tnember of the British Cabinet Mission to India1,755 words
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Article70 1947-03-06 8 pLINTON Anderson, U.S S-c.e__.rv MM ,t r h at.on Ugh S h?nm t e„J r SP Tf "S^* W ta Sf^JSi P.,,, ]_r.e^ n and S^r S W m .e'Tn'oK^ a d POSSib,y S"r--bn>ld„p^ ks a !,7 w S t .e^ h h^ ."r IA.P. - 70 words
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Article425 1947-03-06 8 LONDON, Uedi.es.Ja>. INSTEAD of the promised thaw, Britain today was blanket ed m snow, with a bitter east wind keeping the thenno meter steady at freezing point. Last night's hUzzurd cut off towns and villages by the hundreds and snow was still falling today mReuter; A.P. - 425 words
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Article, Illustration51 1947-03-06 8 CARDINALS MEET Cardinal Conrad \on Pnej (left), Bishop of B« rlin. talks with Cardinal Francis Spellman, Archbishop of New York. at St. Patrick's athenra' York City where Cardinal \«.n Preysing later sat m the san< i tuary wlile Cardinal Spa llman praesided at a solemn mass i attended by 4,50051 words
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Article319 1947-03-06 8 CRIPPLE DENIES LAVE AFFAIR iia. CXiii L___D <__Hi>e_i K.hm h B whom the 6J suggested ua^ lhe father ol tht u.rcm child rfl Rosin* Ann Orn»x.k, accused oi mvi her titm nusband m a bat.itub by lut'n^ him <*» the head fi toy boat, m his evidence today, denied hitU.P. - 319 words
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Article84 1947-03-06 8 A new outbreak of foot and mouth disease m Britain was announced by the Ministry o' Agriculture yesterday. A spokesman said it was "probably brought here from South America and from the Continent." To prevent the spread of the disease, more than 3.000 animals wereU.P. - 84 words
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Miscellaneous71 1947-03-06 8 Ptir and bright ■BA1B« trntxanu, J I-■ and brnrh, fc, J I prrrtak nd Nodfratr on Na_>i 10-nifht I Snfc| m Ma>M*t <M a P «r TafirpfraturaK for Aimnm i^ Mi-iirnairr, T. d"tr*^ i* It I -u\r humidia iw-^g. \a>.iprdav T 3* t; r 1 3af p m m,; -j^71 words
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