The Singapore Free Press, 17 March 1947
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Title Section17 1947-03-17 1 The Singapore Free Press LARGEST AFTERNOON SALE IN MALAYA +>**• SINGAPORE, MONDAY, MARCH 17, 1947. PRICE 10 CENTS*.17 words
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Article248 1947-03-17 1 ZSiO 00,000 Contract this week H m Press Staff Reporter Inßk on th*. ion an d improvement of Changi a irtield at a t 'tai cost of £3,000,000 is expected li In almost immediately following the signing of the X tract between M* r 18--MIJ248 words
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Article93 1947-03-17 1 DUTCH OPEN SOURABAYA OFFENSIVE BATAVIA. M .jops mr i towest i pier. centred cf the 1 j- ii* c sa: ei s*the'l_r.cL fl d Ur Su'an Sja*. I a'--m* laur.c i*> Sjahrir er 15 Hepubl. ftiw iafbrmed Di i te t the entire P delta ro have the Medjoker.o damsA.P. - 93 words
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Article27 1947-03-17 1 M n Br air s™* Coioiius whicn has the French Navy ed a. g*** at r.uien, French J"S2f wvii ?r. The SJnSj of -ops the27 words
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Article66 1947-03-17 1 The Swedish Government nas decided io restrict imports drastically follow jig the warning by the' National Bank that Swedish gold and foreign currency holdings had sunk dangerously low. Raw materials, petrol and oils, from abroad would be maintain:ed to help Swedish industry to h:ci\aj>e its exports,Reuter - 66 words
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Article33 1947-03-17 1 SLOAN GOVERN OR It was officially announced yesterday that Sir Robert Howe has been appointed new Governor General of the Sudan. Sir Robert is Assistant Under Secretary of State at the Foreign Office.33 words
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Article20 1947-03-17 1 ih that day k*to£*™ builcin,- m 2* attack o n he 35J° court which sits m ReuterReuter - 20 words
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Article201 1947-03-17 1 ATHENS, Sunday. AFTER waiting over 40 hours at his mountain headquarters for "General" Markos, "Commander-in-Chief" of the Greek guerillas, seven members of the United Nations Commission investigating Greek border troubles yesterday lost patience and left rebel territory. They were delegates from Syria, Britain, /*usiiaha.Reuter - 201 words
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Article193 1947-03-17 1 PARIS, Sunday. OKAKCH parties m the Fonlai Di oarrazine ravine m the J French Alps, after recovering 16 bodies near the snowbound wreckage of the Air France Dakota which crashed there two days ago, were impeded m their efforts this even..ing by a heavy avalanche InchReuter - 193 words
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Article230 1947-03-17 1 U.S. rejects China Moscow talks MOSCOW. Suituav. rL United States Secretary of State, General George Marshall, tonight informed lhe Soviet For^t**n Minister, M. Molotov, that he is unwilling to take part m aov conference on China, "however informal.'* Instead he offered to excliam_e with ilu Ku^ a-., and Bruish Foreign230 words
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Article46 1947-03-17 1 Four German generals Blumentiitt, Ualir^nkamp. Koestlin and Shoenig will appear befor. the British Cour-, of Justice this m-jii'h cnarged with th;- murd**x of 31 Alhed prisoners of war. Oi the prisoners 30 were British parachutists and the other was a United States airman.46 words
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Article21 1947-03-17 1 A German ammunition dump last night blew up at Ymuden Holland, and shattered windows for miles around, Reuter reports.21 words
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Article76 1947-03-17 1 JEWISH terrorists Mew up the Iraq Petroleum Company's pipe- line near Haifa on Saturday Bight. Another outrage was committed when an Army jeep was blown up by a mine m Tiberias, northern Palestine, on Sunday night. Four British military pclice-mcn were sLghtly injured. It was announced76 words
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Article, Illustration43 1947-03-17 1 This is the hull of the I,IBS-ton S.S. Perak, h%h on the reef just off Beacon No. 3 m the western approaches to Singapore Harbour. The ship was refloated at 4.24 o'clock this morning, and U now lyinf near thc ■v, breakwater.43 words
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Article103 1947-03-17 1 NICOSIA, Cyprus. Sun. pREECE is officially placing a jr demand for Cyprus with the British Colonial Secretary, Mr. Arthur Creech Jones, it was stated here tonight by Bishop Leonties O. Paphos, head ef the Cypriot delegation which today returned from its mission to London toReuter - 103 words
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Article87 1947-03-17 1 LONDON Bun DRITAIN will pay £313,000.000 m food subsidies this year. Food subsidies cost the Government C 279 970.000 last year. TTv natron's biggest subsidy is £100.000.000 for cereals inrlndtof livestock foe-d'tuffs. Most of this will go for bread placed under a ra'ion system for the87 words
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Article17 1947-03-17 1 A Dutch ship yesterday docked 701 Jewish immigrant* irom Europe ai Sydney. Australia, reports.- ReuterReuter - 17 words
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Article27 1947-03-17 1 A gift of 300,000.000 units of pencillin has been made by two London women. Drs. Yolande Friedl and Mary Davies, to the population of Berlin.27 words
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Article402 1947-03-17 1 NEW DELHI, Sunday. TROOPS opened lire today to disperse a crowd preparing to attack the village of Adhwal m the hilly Attock district of north west Punjab, it was officially announced m Lahore. Attock, 40 miies from Peshawar, is separated from the Kohat I districtReuter - 402 words
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Article232 1947-03-17 1 KUROSE IS BACK AT TRIAL Free Press Reporter. U7HEN the War Crimes Court trying seven Japanese. Including two generals, for responsibility m the massacre of Singapore Chinese m 1942 resumed hearings this morning. Major P. W Ward, the prosecutor, on &e--half of himself and Mr. Lim. welccmed back Mr. Kurose.232 words
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Article82 1947-03-17 1 Bertrand W. Gear hart, Republican member of the U.S. Hous? of Representatives, said yesterday that Russia is looking to Alaska with covetous eves." He declared the Borteu contend Alaska's purchase by the U.S. from the Czarist government m 1867 was illegal and demanded that the StateA.P. - 82 words
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Article41 1947-03-17 1 Drought m the Gaza-Beersheba are a of Palestine has already destroyed three-quarters of the barley cr.p ard may destroy another fifth. One-third of the wheat crop is lost and a second I third is likely to b e lost.41 words
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Article, Illustration950 1947-03-17 2 BY A SPECIAL OMAN CORRESPONDENT THOSE Dakota planes you have seen flying so low over Singapore belching what seemed to be a cloud of smoke were actually spraying you with D.D.T. This method of spraying proved most effective during the wax when Hurricanes and Spitfires950 words
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Article, Illustration208 1947-03-17 2 />B\ lOUSLY *n diamonds is a lay vf down, but the deal was played 1 th? Masters' Pair Champicnnh p and «t match pcint scoring there was ample rirentive to make an extra trick. West opened Uie club r.ce. Hart*** ruffed: declarer cot to hi, hand xih208 words
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Article, Illustration20 1947-03-17 2 Souvenir china is being made i b> a Stoke-on-Tr-nt Potlery j firm tt tcmnifmoratc thc Royal Tour of South Africa.20 words
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Article240 1947-03-17 2 DON'T BE NAIVE, said the Fifth Aviiiui* hair dresser. "Everybody w:ar fatee hair these days. It's so simp'e. All you leave to do La pin it on. Have you s en tho^e pictures of Judy Garland with pigtails?" itve asiett -Well, l made them, bows andU.P. - 240 words
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Article, Illustration354 1947-03-17 2 Victoria Chappelle - TR YING OUT FASHIONS Victoria Chappelle is a mixed r)]*^ By ONE of the pleasure^ which the fashion critic m Britain enjoys to day is the big fashion show. 1 given m big hotels by some of the wholesale houses. When I say "plcasr.re I will admit it Is not354 words
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Miscellaneous998 1947-03-17 2 ma, |_nin___B||—||_ ■IMIII lIIIMIMII ■Hill —IHM WmmammmmmmmmmmmmmmmmWamWml^^ Aa f lav m*%> A^SBI mm wkAmlmm k\* a**J_w\&B li aw ml m lif ?-Jl <>#; N *< Sj* < > lJi._. iBV I Pr» -j^****- a^a^___^__«l^BßW_^^aCa^a_«artiaßl^_Ma9^_^_*R^ r-./^gMMilMl^^^^^^^H^^^^^K-, 1^ p"f_T>irN IUfXT 21 V A ,6.03 Programme Summary m Malay: .<:_kov: 6.30 pm Australian998 words
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Miscellaneous84 1947-03-17 2 Your Lucky Star For: une forecast for i:eopi? r/orn today I KIRN today. >ou bete a positive nature, alb.it a rather retiring one. %our i< serve often apnroaches aloofness toward those you meet casually. However, year lo>alt> and devotion, oner you have accepted someone into >our clo«* circle of friendship,84 words
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Article63 1947-03-17 3 Britain s latest airliner, the Airspeed Ambassador, under construction at the De Havilland plant at Christchurch. Hampshire. The aircraft has seats lor 40 and has been designed with an accent on -safety devices. The Ambassador is powered h> two engines, has a triple fin-and-rudder unit and a tricycle63 words
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Article, Illustration63 1947-03-17 3 m? v. car ot SiieenuaNh. Ifcc Rci Mr. j. < ;:i fr m a motorist at th- village market place m Devonshire. For three months the village has f.mnd it impossible to fill the post of parish clerk with th mLnieipa! office* that are attached to it' The Vicar, w'th63 words
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Article151 1947-03-17 3 Avoiding taxes, rationing :cd of post-war austerity, heavy taxes pi*** _a re busily buying up country houses m new homes there, and they are mak nt, busier than they have been for many m ceved interest m Eire, said a leading lY e come from151 words
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Article117 1947-03-17 3 |tDe quod of his health, efcrck Ortun, of street. Bristol, has been t medicine, ihe coses to be swallowed at reday and n.ght _**n'gi*, a dose saved, c and the lives of two 1 as well. quite m the way the ■^.intended to d<; good117 words
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Article222 1947-03-17 3 CHARGES ihai he tried to burn down his church have been made against Dr. John Lewis, 62-year-old Presbyterian minister, who was bo; n at Brecon, Wales, and has held pastorates m Manchester. London and Cardiff. Dr. Lewis surrendered to the District Attorney m Milwaukee after222 words
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Article83 1947-03-17 3 (^IRLS m lhe housing department of Doncaster tYorks) Corpora ion have been so abused by angry people wanting homes that a signal system has been put m lo protect them. As soon a s anyone becomes "awkward." the girls press a bell which brings men83 words
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Article19 1947-03-17 3 Last of *t*.e priceless British luseum Egyptian exhibit are back m London from a war adat Bradford-on-Avon19 words
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Article73 1947-03-17 3 lit was qu'et m the home of SigTior Bartolomeo Migone 1 (Counsellor at the Italian Embassy) at Lowndes -place, London, but a cat burglar who climbed a stack-pipe into a bedroom ar.d got away with X ">.o©o worth of jewellery was quieter T he burglar got73 words
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Article29 1947-03-17 3 Saudi Arabia is nego iating with a U. S. firm to build a £4.625.000 railway across a 330--mile desert route which now takes camels eleven days.29 words
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Article51 1947-03-17 3 Peering through a window ol Derby Food Office, where thousands of coupons are stored, a policeman saw a man inside, carrying a sack Police cars were summoned, the office was surrounded and lhe police entered— to find tnat the suspect was the cleaner, working51 words
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Article34 1947-03-17 3 Handbag stolen by a man who attacked her has been posed back to Mrs. P. Shepherd, Horn-sey-lane, Highgate. But £3. cigare te case, fountain Den and month's soap ration are missing.34 words
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Article282 1947-03-17 3 IN May, 1944, when Britain was full of rumour and speculation about the impending Allied invasion of Western Europe, a group of soldiers of the 4th liatt*e*lion, Lincolnshire Regiment, were stationed m Lowestoft. One night, 31 of them from "A" Company went to the OdeonA.P. - 282 words
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Article102 1947-03-17 3 He'll pay £1 per swear TEN swear- words, te 10. twenty, JC2O. Fifty, £50. That's Mr. George Palmer's price-rate for parrots. The forty m his Camden Town. London, petshop are civil-tongued, and he doesn't want many mare of their kind. But Th? Times has spoiled Mr. Palmer's plan to stock102 words
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Article202 1947-03-17 3 FUNDS for establishing weather ships m the Atlantic, to provide data on upper air and surface conditions at 13 points off normal shipping routes are included m the Air Estimates for 1947-48 which have just been published. These ships should improve the reliability of weather forecasts202 words
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Article61 1947-03-17 3 SUPERINTENDENT T.B. Thomp- son, of Scotland Yard, has edited a 200-page "black book" win the names, photograpl*and methods of 1.000 inter national criminals. These share pushers and confidence tricksters are expeced to be busy when the tourist season starts m Britain and the book— not for61 words
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Article21 1947-03-17 3 No drinks will be served on planes flying between Isle of Man cind England, the Manx Legislature has decided21 words
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Article401 1947-03-17 3 BARO N TAUGHT A WIFE CHESS Then she moved A BRITISH-BORN baron with a French title who was said to have enticed a wife away told a Court he had taught her to play chess. Eugene Armable Adolphus Baron de Veauce, of Grangeroad, Cambridge, accused the husband, William George Woodward,401 words
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Article, Illustration243 1947-03-17 3 MOTHER OF FIVE TOLD: FORGIVE MRS. Alice Peck walked out of Preston Divorce Court; .reed by law from her husband, but recommended by trie judge to "forgive and torget" for the sake of her If* children. Aitei accepting evidence of misconduct by the husband, Thomas Peck, bus driver, with Miss243 words
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Article63 1947-03-17 3 QUIET GARAGE BY ORDER Mr G. H. Williams, of lamworth <StafTs> has been given permission by the local council to bu'ld a temporary gara.re, provided ii is "painted a quiet colour Mr. S. W. Dews, Council Clerk, told a repor er: "We cannot have people put ing up scarlet garages63 words
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Article23 1947-03-17 3 Cockroach hunt earned girls ol Torquay < Devon > Grammat School 2V?d. for each beetle, wanted by the sixth form biology class.23 words
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Article, Illustration60 1947-03-17 6 C^mrad^s carry away a man injured m the Belgian riots lasl m^nth. A» r >wd of abeeut 40,000 former prisoners cf war stornud the II us?s of Parliar* :«"1 Government bu'ddhigs. The Government buildings were iin_e_ by tanks, machnc-guns and •irmorrc* <.a:s. KTce a*>.i regular army fired on the attacking60 words
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Article243 1947-03-17 6 SCOTLAND YARD officers were still marching London for trace of two, or probably three, -men concerned m the couardly attack on the proprietor oi a dress agency m Wilton-road, Victoria, and the shooting of a braw man who went to her aid. Police have issued an243 words
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Article180 1947-03-17 6 SHE SAT UP WHEN SHE HEARD j CISTER Eva Stokes, who is for th P time being a patient j m the nurses' home at nor own hospital, St. Thomas's. Waterloo, j sat up m bed m surprise when •she was told tha; 8h- may one 1 day inherit nearly180 words
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Article18 1947-03-17 6 Terrington St. Clements (Norfolk' residents complain that rats leave di ches. wash their face> come indoors18 words
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Article23 1947-03-17 6 WORK STAR TED Work has started on the new House of Commons, which will take about hree years to complete and cost £1,250.000.23 words
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Article427 1947-03-17 6 Church leaders are perturbed MANY British religious leaders tear that Britain is facing a crisis m morals as grave as her crisis m fuel. Rising divorce and crime rates, fall-ng church attendance and an increase of vice m London's West End are gravely worrying church leaders.A.P. - 427 words
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Article66 1947-03-17 6 Maurice Chevalier, now 57, chats to admiring London girls wh'le at a press interview at th? Savoy. He appeared m London supported by a British caste and was as nui. h a success as m the pre-war days. Maurice Chevalier was known m th<* twenties66 words
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Article, Illustration55 1947-03-17 6 IMKS. CLE-ftCMT AiILEE, wile ot the British Primp Mi, ver, photographed m the sitting room of the Alt lee's privat" apartments at Number 10, Downing Street. the official residenc? m L< ndon of the British Prime Ministers. It is rarely that photographers liav the opportunity of v -it in? the55 words
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Article109 1947-03-17 6 Beech trees from the woods around Miss Blandy's-walk, near Remenham, Berks, would, says the firm which wants to fell them, make: 100,000 Utility dining chairs or 60,000 lounge chairs or 19,--000 three-piece suites, or 1,000--000 brush backs, or 1,000.000 pairs of shoe heels. A public inquiry at109 words
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Article140 1947-03-17 6 II as tor the huVoand and not the 1 i the home hould be, unless th i< wag a binding agree rr.ent io ihe contrary, dec'ared Mr. Commissioner fss when he dismissed a petition for divorce by lbs, Laura E L. Walker, of Norland Square. Netting140 words
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Article77 1947-03-17 6 FOR an Insurance of I lis. a year. a Merchart Navy offVe-er or cade can be sure (Ju« if he is taken ill abroad hue w.:e or some other relative can be flown to see him The scheme, announced by Cap am W H Coombs, of77 words
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Article75 1947-03-17 6 PoWs RAISED £5,000 FUND FROM PAY WHEN 30 British P.O.W.S were killed m an air raid on their 's alag'' before Christmas, 1944, their comrades wroe home establishing fund for the dependants by agreeing to have money deducted from (heir pay during captivi y. Together wi h subscriptions from other75 words
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Article37 1947-03-17 6 A chemical engineer at lowa's S ate college promises shortly to perfect the self-dus'ing chair. It will be covered with a plastic product which, w.th a sligh: nega.ive charge of electricity, will repel dust particles.37 words
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Article27 1947-03-17 6 Prefabr'ca ed housing workers Middlesbrough (Yorks) are sleeping on the floors of the houses they build because Middlesbrough landladies don't want casual lodgers.27 words
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Article50 1947-03-17 6 Baby Rowlands, aged six months, disappeared m his new pram from ou side a Liverpool store one morning. That night three boys— pa.d a shilling to do so by a woman, ihey said handed him m io a police station minus snoes. mii'ens —and the pram.50 words
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Article69 1947-03-17 6 r^EPUTT overseer John Fisher, for 48 years a miner m New-castle-on-Tyne, has given up his job m the pit, sold his house and emigrated with his wif c and three grown-up sons to Canada. Before they left England by air Fisher, who is 61, said: We69 words
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Article206 1947-03-17 6 FAMOUS zoologist.-, at Cambridge University, headed by •55 year-old Professor James Gray, are using the latest devices of science to discover exactly how a snake manages to get along without any legs. They are also studying how toads, frogs, and newts can walk when their bodies206 words
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Article54 1947-03-17 6 LOSS of a million tomato plants, producing a scarcity m May and June, is feared by growers m East Angha. where glasshouse temperatures have dropped below danger level. An appeal for fuel is being made to the authorities, and workers are scouring the countryside for wood to54 words
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Article26 1947-03-17 6 Mrs. Alice George (84>. of Chalfont St. Peeer, recently robbed of her €50 life savings, has received an anonymous gift of £60.26 words
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Article21 1947-03-17 6 Gulls which swooped on a flock of sheep near Kelso I Roxburgh shire > killed and a*e two lambs.21 words
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Advertisement121 1947-03-17 3 The Hall for Oualli Sound Projection. LAST DAY /s l_l s 11—2—4.15—6.30—9.15 /\f lf*>llll#jr*» ■JIJ He "s a Fighting Irishman m CAPTAIN FURY! bKiAN Aiii-RiNL CAPTAIN PHP JOHN CARRADINF WawW' hr /yV. fJ ?A as the loyal Cough v _L^_7 f. J_T M. lE i GEORGE ZUCCO B77lirjl as the121 words
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Miscellaneous34 1947-03-17 3 i -AN danger By Edgar Rice Burroughs ■j^^i*-? -j,v~~T~T Watm^^mW^ Lmmti AN? -EapeVat TARZAN--- BACKWARD, MIS KNIFE FIEW >^--¥ VlrF*f V v .—^l lAUm V M W RT^H P*o" HIS HANP. j yJto/^S:^-: A H_W"U34 words
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Article809 1947-03-17 4 THE news that Australia is prepared to participate 'm the responsibility for the defence of Singapore will be received her e with satisfaction tempered with very proper questions and doubts. It is not disputed that the **w orientation of Pacific and Far Eastern defence policy must yield809 words
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Article1205 1947-03-17 4 Frank Owen - Good Morning Frank Owen By II 0 W do you like the Revolution? Make no mistake, comrades, it is happening. True, no blood has been shed; few tears, as yet. It must also be allowed that no excess of toll and sweat has so far marked the English "1917," either.1,205 words
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Article, Illustration31 1947-03-17 4 The special oxygen le*-»t He nr»--j mature b_bi«*s entirely self -con lain ed J and mobile is m us ;n the maternity I unit of the *MMi'hmead Hospital. Bristol.31 words
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Article448 1947-03-17 4 MRS. WHITTON, who lives Ifl above the offices of Messrs. Gervtrs. timber merchants m Mare-street. Hackney, E. heard noises m the offices and slipped out by the back exit. With n five minutea nol'ce surrounded the offices. Letter two young men were I iken to the p.lice448 words
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Article528 1947-03-17 4 George Mulgone - George Mulgone By WHEN you use a brush to clean yuur tejth or vcur shoes or your clothes, when you paint your house oj* scrub your flcors or make a picture, you're using one of the oldest instruments there is, and one without which the528 words
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Advertisement23 1947-03-17 4 FAITH 1 The heart of him that hath i understanding; se**keth knowledge: but the mouth of foots] feedeth on fool'shnes*. Proverbs. 15. 14.23 words
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Article, Illustration289 1947-03-17 5 Govt studying supply position Free Press Staff Reporter ■amiilinNC recent large-scale black market deal- j n .ueetened condensed milk, the almost comdisappea ranee from retail counters of more than r*JL toa released by importers two weeks ago, and *_tarrest of several hoarders by the Food Control289 words
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Article87 1947-03-17 5 RUBBER smuggling was responsible for the loss of 15,000,000 guilders worth of foreign exchange during the second half of iast year, according to estimates announced m Pontianak (West Borneo) yesterday. January this year was even worse and the Netherlands Indies Rubber Expert Agency supplied only 800Reuter - 87 words
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Article59 1947-03-17 5 Dr. Sutan Sjahrir, Indonesian Republican Premier, m a formal note on Sunday replying to the Netherlands Commission General request for the Indonesian viewpoint on the Cheribon agreement, said that the Republican provisional Parliament has authorised him to sign only the draft settlement initialled by both the tides last59 words
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Article50 1947-03-17 5 Brigadier-General Thomas S. Timberman, Director of Opera- it ions of the American Branch of the defunct Executive Htadquar- j ters said on Sundciy that 800 Americans would be left alter the j j scheduled departure on March 17 of the US. transport Brewster from Taku near Tientsin.50 words
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Article40 1947-03-17 5 The Indonesian Republic of Java. Sumatra and Madura have reduced export duties from 200 per cent to between 15 and 30 per cent retrospective to Jan. 1. Import duties arc ur.c langed, says A.P. from Jogjakarta.40 words
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Article520 1947-03-17 5 INDIANS HA VE 'GHOST' MEMORIAL Free Press Staff Reporter A LITTLE heap of granite stones and bits of rubble lying along the F>planade a short distance from the Cenotaph is the scene of a monthly gatheiins: of Indians from all parts of Singapore. This is the spot where the Indian520 words
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Article42 1947-03-17 5 The Telio-- River gap at Hua Yuan Kou was finally closed l ftt 3 a.m. on S .eurday, says Central News. The sealing was j effected to direr* the r«ver to 'he j rourse it ran before 1932. A.P.A.P. - 42 words
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Article73 1947-03-17 5 SO many Schools m Singapore are anxious to install radio sets to listen-in to schcols progran mes broadcast by Ruaio Malaya that a list of 6ets apprcved for use m schools is to b? prepared. Radio Malaya is -nvitii.g the rgents f or well-known sets73 words
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Article, Illustration218 1947-03-17 5 Free Press Staff Reporter IN ord r to perpetuate the memory of the late Mr. Tay Lian Teck who <ued m 1942, three private reads off East Coast Road have been re-named after him. They are tne former Kee Sun Road, Kee Sun Avenue and Kee218 words
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483 1947-03-17 5 EX-RAMC MEN TURN DOWN WORLEY TERMS Free Press Staff Reporter TN view of the fact that the benefits already paid to de 1 mobbed personnel of No. 1 Malaya Field Ambulance. KAxMC. were m accordance with instructions received from General Headquarters SEALF and the War Office, (he authorities have considered483 words
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Article94 1947-03-17 5 I'HE Arab League representative Mohammed Abdul Munim formally notified President Soekarno of the Indonesian RepubLe on SaluiMny that Egyp\ Iraq, Sywa, Lebanon, Saudi I Arabia, Transjorcan and the I Yemen will reccgnise tire Indonesian Republic as a soveieign independent state, Antara reported from Jogjkarla on Sunday.A.P. - 94 words
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Article170 1947-03-17 5 Free Press Staff Reporter SUPPLIES necessary for the development of the telephoi-e service m Malawi are virtually exhausted, says an ol tidal statement, and the few remaining telephone instruments have already been allocated by the Telephone Priorities Boards m Singapore and the Malayan Union. The170 words
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Article100 1947-03-17 5 Free Press Staff Reporter DECAUSE all developed films con- tain a certain amount ot explosive chemical and tne ee'i lloia film is highly inflammable, me risk of fire breaking out m tae Film Censor office storage vaul i and the two projector rooms is considerable, sates a100 words
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Article63 1947-03-17 5 M'ss L. E. Bjduar. .:nd Mr. R. Rao, members of staff ot the ILO. < Interna* ional Laoour Office) are at present m Ceylon *o study at first-hand labour oroblems with a view to preparing the agenda for the In*em.at ona' Labour Organisation's Conference m New Delhi mReuter - 63 words
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Article, Illustration16 1947-03-17 5 VETOON T'*i f-noRT iTPT«_T: S r_*" M4l«?»fi fv **^unists are attending the Cangrew*.- London Daily WorkerLondon Daily Worker - 16 words
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Article85 1947-03-17 5 i FIVE million-rupee hou.m.;** scheme for government workers w:ll be launched by the Governor of Ceylon m two Colombo suburbs Ratma'.ana and Malgawatte—eocn. The scheme, wrich m all costs R5.4,712.500. aims at nrovidi: g houses for workers at the Government Railway? Workshop at Ratmaiana and theReuter - 85 words
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Advertisement97 1947-03-17 5 Tan Sin Peng Company, 11. PHILLIP STREET, SINGAPORE. CABLE -METAL: PHONE NOS. 3114& 4373 Lafest Offer! REFILLS FOR ALL TYPES OF FIRE EXTINGUISHERS GET OUR PRICE LIST TODAY! 11 a.m, 1.45, 4.15 /If II y p^° n <> LAST 6. 45. 9. 30 lAI H A V 3400 DAY I97 words
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Miscellaneous189 1947-03-17 5 EMBARKATION HOTICE M.V. "ORAHJE" :aam *AediKs_o Vl.reh :n Singapore Fw-agers are requested to em tai rk •.th '.-c at 9 00 am •anted' «for the mkswt-bc anted" < for 1 should be delivered m the oore Hartxur Board on the 19th at 8 00 a NEDERLAND LINE ROYAL DUTCH MAIL189 words
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Advertisement186 1947-03-17 6 POrVT M/STPEAT r* jm Aw*AwmmWr§ I /*X Whe eel are I swoll-T. umder. they _R need k.na treatment nr_ Soak th^m a sc. OLI0 L1 i lng Radox tooth*. 'IM Then pa I will rd leave H_f your te*-; y*? new J J Radox I never-tail ins* r.- from fo<186 words
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Miscellaneous128 1947-03-17 6 Free Press Crossword No. 61 CLLLS ACikU^S 1 Agricultural implement for levelling ploughed land (6). G. A brownish yellow colour <6>. 7. Cavalryman (7). 8. Wild, harebrained person <6>. 10. «s>. 11. Lump cf native gold (6). 13. Eminent 19th-century GerCJ > ST* 3 66 and *^rf™« l-crn m Hamburg128 words
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Miscellaneous29 1947-03-17 6 J A INE Exclusive to the Singapore Free Press m Malaya |(S>- ouuiot A WHA' S YT\ tctAV.* > HAWP r*<**)MP tv JKB I S_ ALrHON bt I Hfc *r29 words
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251 1947-03-17 7 THE Singapore Commx «.oi.ers Click 'I Club beat the S.C.C. **A ten_ by six wickets ia a game of cricket «je th" padang yesterday. Ckugh. who made 61 for the Com- '< rxussiancrs the previous weekend, was again the highest scorer for251 words
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Article212 1947-03-17 7 ra friendly return match the Teluk Ayer Methodist Youth Fellowship defeated the Straits Chinese Epworth League at badminton and table-tennis 'specthrely at the former's court on Saturday. Marcr. 15. and thus avenged a previous defeat. The following are the is: I Teluk Ayer M.F.Y.212 words
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Article63 1947-03-17 7 rl a cricket match played at Jurong j on Wednesday. R.A.F. Jurong beat CRB 163 Works by 33 runs. Reuben I was tap scorer for the R.A.F. for I whom Shiw took five wickets for 5 runs and Parsons four (or 4. For the j ecrs. Bit took63 words
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Article, Illustration47 1947-03-17 7 Grand National Steeplechase eattia aad hunllers from the stables of Major J. B. Powell, Aldbourae (Wiltshire) trainer eaereising on the beach at Wittering-, Sussex. The sett going en the b**-aeh is suitable for training even wh^n other callops are fro-~» bard by the severe weather.47 words
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Article244 1947-03-17 7 Wants return v Som Pong first By Our Boxing Reporter i\( MM dejected after their first-round defeat by R L afl the Happy World SUdium last night, said lr i the offers of fights in Manila next month and ;p*>re until he caa have a244 words
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Article173 1947-03-17 7 LONDON, Sun. A joint meeting of Football Association and Foatball League officials m London today decided on extension of Uie English football season to June 11 to enable O'.-iplHion of the League and Cup competitions. To-day's decisions must be ratified by tk» Football Association Coutte.l173 words
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Article140 1947-03-17 7 RAIN washed out the cricket match at Paya Lefcar yesterday after the R.A.F. I P I. > had I ored 101 for eight declared and the Indian Assn. Nad scored fire without loss. Scores were: R AF. Gunn lbw Gurdial 6. Percival Pa. I140 words
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Article84 1947-03-17 7 LONDON, Sunday. r£ Grand National iavour.te, Prirvje Regent, will leave here for Liverpool nex„ Friday to contest the race. His trainer, Tom Dreaper, said today: "I have been kssm to give the old horse plenty of work on the sands and at home." The "Prk.ee"84 words
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Article514 1947-03-17 7 From Vernon Morgan. LONDON. Sunday. SPORT last week received the greatest blow m its history —interference by the Government. It ever anything was calculated to put the British public against the Labour Government it was this week's decision to ban midweek sport. I say thisReuter - 514 words
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148 1947-03-17 7 SOUTH AFRICAN CRICKET TOUR IN DOUBT LONDON, San. j jMI Government baa oa I sport is causing grsnt 1 concern to South Alricas i cricketers, wh) were to make j a long trjur of Briiain this summer. I They ar* today afeaionsly awaiting news irom thc jj muthcr country whetherReuter - 148 words
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Article58 1947-03-17 7 MEMBERS of the Marigold B P. are notified that night practices are j now available at the Party's cement court, where special lights have been i installed, though /_is a *J*d am?nity may be enjoyed by members on all .practice days it will be advisable to Iconururiilcate brforehand58 words
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Article1352 1947-03-17 7 U.K. fco ball resui 3 and tables up-to-date are: KNGLISH Hid FIRST DIVISION Ars?: 4 Preston N.E 1 As'on V;lla 2 Stoke C 2*' Blackburn R 2 Bo I ton W 1 I Blackpool 4 Sneffleld U 2 Brentford 0 Chelsea 2 Derby 4 Manchester1,352 words
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Article622 1947-03-17 7 Liverpool 2-1 Favourites y LONDON, Swndav. IVESPITE Government's decision to mm midweek sport and II the threatened pfatjers' strike, there ia stiH mmmms. mm\*i interest and eathus-asm ia the Football >%— ri**tif Cup semi-finals which take place oa March 29. A few days after622 words
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Article82 1947-03-17 7 SAJf RZISO. Suroay Aaafr -cam terms pla*— r Budge Pa- I rat naly's «_«tii nuaaiarj Cmrk> Statu* m Pndß*r*-i rorjrth-rcKa- ef tte 8a:. i*nsn*o teterr.ait aortal teaman: -nt 6-1 tb<»n partnwvd c Jipatnot B H Robes i sow tv be^t tha Wi-mbLidou chajnjx. Frmch Ytc_i Pe*j*a. ar.*l82 words
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Advertisement90 1947-03-17 7 LYON PHOTO CO. oupenoe and Q_c* Servi— *"fte»f to pint > P>"mf.jr"f and "Culaigi'.t^ Fie.n sent m uday tadv tne next day at 6 pei. Also Cndertaze to repair Camera* 69 \orth Cndtf Rtaa (_fO_j_A__*j \mm\+\ %m a _4 ,.i» i«* \Tmkmjm *mm%ym 1 to-morrow BS FACTS A* a beat90 words
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252 1947-03-17 8 LONDON Sun •-TWENT-f-FTVE per cent of the capacity of the German textile industry m th e ArgloAmrican zones, will be utilised on Britain's account, following an aggreement approved by the Export-Import Agency it is officially stated today. Britain will supply the wool, under theU.P. - 252 words
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Article, Illustration37 1947-03-17 8 it i:..s is a view of .he valley of the River Welland wl.i'h divides Line lnsi-ir.- f.om !i J sft 11 Northamptonshire. Its lush gra*\s and willows efHoorta-C the peaceful beauty and rich pasturage of rural England.37 words
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Article71 1947-03-17 8 BOURNEMOUTH, Sunday Mos* of the pa:-:: :*_<;r I rt on the r ac"" i-. three c Hampshire, Dorset and Wiltshire was paralysed yesterday when a -njn-^rarnin**-" 21-hour prottst strike on the Hants and Dorset, and Wilts and De*sct bu.^es was pat into ftrect. About 2.000 drivers71 words
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Article491 1947-03-17 8 LONDON, Sunday. RAPIDLY rising floods and a threat of further torrential rains marked the first day of "summer time" m Britain today. Snow still cut off Scotland from England by road, but m the Midlands and South the highest temperatures lor two months set freeReuter; U.P. - 491 words
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Article70 1947-03-17 8 k Special Market correspondent n gives the prices of rubber at 11 a.m today as follows Tone of Mark ft: Quiet Buyer* Sellers Cts. CU. per Ib per Ib. *v 1 R S V Spot '<>«•• 4SV« No. 1 X S.S fob m b*ies Mar.h 4370 words
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Article68 1947-03-17 8 SINGAPORE CHAMBER OF COMMERCE TH* Singapore Chamber of lorai nierce Rubber Associations rubber prices at noon on Saturday were: Bayers Sellers CU CU per Ib per Ib No K.s S Spot lo <>^ \ty A No 1 ft S.S fob m bales March 43 43 Vi No 2 R.S.S. fob68 words
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Article65 1947-03-17 8 ;THE Singapore share market opened quiet and dull this morning with sellers of Weames at $23. Steamships at $23. Malayan Breweries at $22.75, Fraser and Neaves at $3.35. Gammons were again on offer at $5.20. Local tin shares were dull and Batu Selangors were on offer at lsl./2»_.65 words
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Article85 1947-03-17 8 LONDON, Monday. Lady Louis M;untbatten last night sa:d that sh wiil m seme way be able to help the peoplof India "during the difficult months ahead". Lord Louis and (Lady Mountbatten plan te> leave for India on Thursday. Lady Louis told reporters* Since my husband's85 words
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Article35 1947-03-17 8 Air and land search parti s today failed to locate three members of the crew of a United States Army Norseman plane wnich dis•appeared on a routine flight to Labrador, last Thursday.35 words
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Article73 1947-03-17 8 T states may nf-Jt P T" f TS^ 9 Weulated that the Datt** ■illianeJi hrZd a biff 'an to Russi an <* sponsor iStoJ?£ aSSS.^ 1 1, GreeCC and Ua,V and offer a ir^L S cl n ay D 5s IPaU1 P aUh wntiing WashingtonU.P. - 73 words
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400 1947-03-17 8 ARMY REVOLT BREAKS OUT IN PARAGUAY BUENOS AIRES, Sunday. REPORTS trickling from Asuncion, the capital of Paraguay, and from Coni*ption, the headquarters of the rebels m the Chaco, show that the revolt which began m an infantry unit of the Paraguayan Army ten days ago has now grown into a400 words
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Article143 1947-03-17 8 PERTH, Monday. THE Labour Government ol j Western AuotraUa which hasbeen m office for 14 years is facing defeat today as a result of Friday's general elections. Figures so iar show a sharp swing away from Labour with the probable loss of seven seats a'i_ a SVincReuter - 143 words
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Article415 1947-03-17 8 LONDON, Sunday. r£ British Cabinet i> meeting tomorrow tn discuss President Truman's announcement on aid lor (ireece and lurkey and its effect on future British foreig-n polio. No hard and fast decisions are expected to be taken, and thc Cabinet will probably have beforeU.P.; Reuter - 415 words
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Article, Illustration57 1947-03-17 8 PRIZE CATTLE FOR U.S. Most valu?fclc cattle ejusigtiinent ever to l« cargo of 130 pedigree Jersey catUe whirh 1 d Pi-omi way to the United States The r?uie were translerr**" k. you can fee m this picture from Southern Railway strainer i* Z 1 cattle ship "Augustana >it ory -h57 words
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39 1947-03-17 8 THE KING IS 'BRINGER OF THE RAINS' DRIVI pro^ N i nae. I tno a^'S craUy teles—l M*Wk -.<■ caught a Jam '..-fc Mil I v board '_2__| *ra n aga:r. ap:t*i <****_! !L__i I Park s SI I 1T."... ReuterReuter - 39 words
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Article36 1947-03-17 8 CEYLON'S GOVT. GETS DROMES Wa .'■?a!l' aerodror c i?V*si! o Ce^Jaß handed <** L_T| Gov. So:- over b\ cvu V<3K partmcr.' fl t hough not all fl V >~*^| tre assuraiier tl£jJ*J« .dromes -^V:* he R.» I_F B36 words
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Article83 1947-03-17 8 MOSCOW, sun. THE French Foreign Minis .er deorges Bidault, en Saturday night proposed to the Council of Foreign Minisiers that the Allies undertake an organr-ed reduction of Germany's popula tion through emigration Bidault «>aid Fiance was ready io take a revolulionar*. sUp. along with other countries, hiA.P. - 83 words
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Article45 1947-03-17 8 The Chinese newspaper Shui. Pao yesterday qucted Chinese military circles as statin**; that 4.000 Russian equipped Korean Commun st trooDs landed a' Manchurian oort of Dair«.n on March 9 The report said the troops had taken up position r. ol Dairen.- ReuterReuter - 45 words
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Article113 1947-03-17 8 Wmsm i MINE hundred picked Qeiiua a, r H Nobel prize winner?, will cot: m>. scripts summing up Germany 'i I j every field, Army officials re yea ird. Wo "Field Intelligence Technical Afenc; J German brains are minutelly CJompiling entire scientific development. The review beganU.P. - 113 words
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Miscellaneous125 1947-03-17 8 WEATHER OCCASIONAL SHOWERS WLATHtR tMecaat ror 24 hears from aoen today compiieo o» the R A r t eatraj forecasting Station. Ah Command Far East: Occasional showers, heavy at times, becoming fair to-night and tine to-morrow morning. Wind: Northerly 5 to 10 knots; gusty 10 to 15 knots m showers.125 words
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