The Singapore Free Press, 20 March 1947
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Title Section18 1947-03-20 1 The Singapore Free Press LARGEST AFTERNOON SALE IN MALAYA I*** SINGAPORE, THURSDAY, MARCH 20, 1947. PRICE IB CENTS.18 words
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Article631 1947-03-20 1 laafcotw rfoti m Kedah IN Parliament yesterday, the Secretary of State for the Colonies, Mr. Arthur Creech- Jones, replying to a question by Mr. Thomas Reid (Lab-, Swindon, and a former colonial administrator), said that the Governor of the Malayan Union considered the recent riots mReuter - 631 words
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Article, Illustration16 1947-03-20 1 I the t of l l Tr«Tf! w ri an in*m«e Hat ti-" v of Ottawa16 words
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Article109 1947-03-20 1 Fr^e Press ?afi Report r The attitude of the Interr.atfcjm] a. ffice to :ntimidaivm is that o: any law abiding organisation to law-breakers I ud Mr. Rao, head of tbe 1.L.0. I delegation of three which has •ome :o Singapore to ensure t-hat information which has109 words
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Article45 1947-03-20 1 Washington, Wed. A THREAT of renewed strike Dy n 400.000 United States miners was averted today when the United Mineworkers leader, John L. Lewis, withdrew his Un.cn'.> notice to terminate the mn rs' contract with the Government which at present, operates the mines.45 words
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Article110 1947-03-20 1 WASHINGTON, Wednesday. d Mi.> Secretary of State, George Marshall, "is believed ti> huv e been n secret conference m the Kremlin fly today with Generalissimo StaMn and the Russian fcgn Kalster, Vyaches'av Molotov, according to th« bl> reliable com p< ndent of the Philadelphia Inquirer,– - 110 words
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Article274 1947-03-20 1 LONDON, Wednesday. A^ rivers continue to overflow or burst their banks, sending water swirling into more towns and villages and swamping reaches of farm land, the flood situation m Britain grows hourly more critical. Many rivers are still rising and the words "disastrous" and "cHUcal" are274 words
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Article243 1947-03-20 1 S'PORE TO GET CAR PARK LA W Free Tress buitl Reporter pRIVATE cars an<i jeeps may soon be the only types of vehicles permitted to park m Raffles PLy? -^ti Fullerion Square Singapore and then only ,or a maximum period of 30 minutes This is one proposal m a comprehensive243 words
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Article32 1947-03-20 1 A cargc oi animals, birds, and reptiles which left Kenya, Africa, yesterday for American zoos and scientific research institute included giraffes, lions. zebras, turtles, pythons and an ostrich. -Reuter-Reuter - 32 words
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Article23 1947-03-20 1 Athens papers claimed yesterday that Yugoslav guerillas on the Greek border fired on Greek troops m a 12-hour skirmish.— UP.UP. - 23 words
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Article99 1947-03-20 1 RIVAL flagpoles m the Antarctic have be?n bothering diplomatic circles. An American expedition hoisted the American flag at a base m Graham Land, part of the Falkland Islands Dependency, and a neighbouring British expedition proposed putting on a British flag on a higher mast.U.P - 99 words
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Article, Illustration421 1947-03-20 1 BUS STRIKERS WERE 'INTIMIDA TED' Samy Attacks Police Free Press Sla/i Reporter MR. K. R. SAMY, President of the Singapore !>■ till Com- pany Employees' Union, alleges that some of the bits strikers were "intimidated by the Police to force them bark to work." He telephoned the Free Press yeverday421 words
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Article70 1947-03-20 1 Mara Pasquineili. -K-y.» -'id 1 Italian school teacher yesterday pleaded guilty to as^ssinat' g Brigadier Robin de WUton n P la. laly Sho made no deUuce, out tne President of the Court warned that the death penal y vi.s pofsible and ordered that a not guutyUP. - 70 words
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Article87 1947-03-20 1 From Our Chinese Correspondent THE Police have agreed to provide armed guards for goldsmiths m Singapore. The dersi-n follows a petition by 80 goldsmiths to the Governor. Eighty men will be specially recruited and trained as guards. Alarmed by the $74,000 daylight robbery m High Street a87 words
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Article376 1947-03-20 1 Free Press SUA Reporter RESUMPTION of the Chinese massacre trial m Singapore today saw a legal tussle between prosecution and defence, the defence, wishing the prosecution case reopened to enable them to challenge certain statements by the accused and introduced by the prosecution. Mr Kurose,376 words
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Article52 1947-03-20 1 Exiled Greek Republicans m London said yesterday that they see m American aid for the Royalist regime m Greece a consolidation of the powers of King George of the Hellenes. The Republicans think that Americans interested m Greece will make fewer difficulties for the King than the BritishU.P. - 52 words
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Article60 1947-03-20 1 The International Emergen ~y Food Council m Wa*hin«ton has mack 1 a supplementary allo r "i of 25.000.000 pounds wei^M >f meat from the United State.- o Britain 'or the first quarter *t *947 Thi* brin-s the total •ation of meat to Britain for tbt "rstReut?r - 60 words
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Advertisement33 1947-03-20 1 PITM.N TECHNICAL BOOKS prin «nf Liit irom PITJ*T MANS, P»rker, St Lon- don. W.C.t. rdefrann: V Ipnodsona London. I taa m^. ~aaaa LaaaV*aa JLaar m> lj| ryw t 'i tk WWrnSr^Mv tm« aaaaaarCaV33 words
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Article, Illustration807 1947-03-20 2 Films showing m London BY OUR CINEMA REPORTER AMONG other things MARGIE is a reminder that the Jazz Era has come of age. Beat me-daddy-eight-to-a-bar has been going on long enough to becom** beat-mc-wuumy-and-daday-eight-to-ai. oar The stolid middle-aged father denouncing Mr. Shinwell on the 9807 words
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Article293 1947-03-20 2 Daniel De Luce - Daniel De Luce By IN the historic Alpine vi'lae;e of Oberammerjrau. bearded wood-carvers and farmhands are speakirg again the poetry of the Bible. The man who played the Christns m the Passion Pla.> not m good graces because he applied for Nazi party membership mi n293 words
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Article208 1947-03-20 2 1 ask you." iniu.nd South, do -••*you think I should bid six clubs?" Expecting to make it?" we countered *ru. r -piciously. "No!" "Well. I did." said South, but not because I expected to make it. I floured tliat on Wests pre-emp.ive four spade bid he would208 words
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Article172 1947-03-20 2 /^AINSBOROI GH Films U went to primitive Skye to make the film "The Brothers." The film involves much clan feuciery, a certain amount of nudery and the camera man had to take some strategic shots of Patricia Re bahing m the nude. You remember what hup„ t-d172 words
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Article, Illustration270 1947-03-20 2 WITCHDOCTOR'S BLOOD DANCE Local Film R ev j ew A FILM to watch loi next week is < i c entirely different from the films we usually see n Singapore. It is not about gangsters, it is not about cowtoys, it is about anoth* r part the British Empire— Afrip;i270 words
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Article201 1947-03-20 2 ASSOCIATED Pictures haw completed "While The Shines," based on the sue cessful stage play by Ter. m Rattigan, directed by An thony Asquith and produced by Anatole de Grunwaid, wrio collaborated with Rattigan on the writ nar of thi play. This is the team tnjtt made201 words
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Article, Illustration53 1947-03-20 2 THE French rtev^J 1 -hall it, ,J Br ghton Court of Regent, with all tfet3 who swroia edhim, j, the set ing of -jj Studio pro uct- r-J ore Hit v Ann Z eider, bohtspfgj on tie 8.8.C and the fc "uni:.--1 I 1 I I I Miss53 words
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Article105 1947-03-20 2 YOUR LUCKY STAR n( m Us txwutn. ffl m want ard IM h S**l to work uiih ycaj common soal. Your memorj t a *u and \ou RBNSj forr a tore, a fact or a «w Jji arr stud ous b\ a**""*! traiiifd m >omc tefhr.'ral field all «»»J heati105 words
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Miscellaneous499 1947-03-20 2 ■::jt I 5: I I J. I >s^ •W^ •>>... V:; I^H I Kj- >Sv A x DHFiTfTi Hit AT HVfl i English. 8.10 Dizzy Fingers lUw) k\a*\lJl\J HJllsfi I*\ ]8.30 Friday Programme (R). 9.30 o, nnnnnr iNews m English. 9.45 Relay from Singapore Kuala Lumpur: T hc week m499 words
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Miscellaneous386 1947-03-20 2 r.asuiii I urn., mmmc **> u m Music of the Ballet; .".30 p.m. Soar Dance Band— Xavier Cugat and nis orchestra; 7.45 p.m. Australian Artists Perform <m serious mood): Noel New-ton-Wood (Pianist*; 8.00 p.m. World News; 8.15 p.m Songs from the Shows 9.30 pm. Master Pianists Arthur Rubinstein; 9.45 pm.386 words
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Article, Illustration33 1947-03-20 3 THE MAN FROM No. 174 .aw. \>ed. free md and a i': t ecp a like a a:. the ihe "€St L'mwili t Vr •hey r ere w re •11I dfd AJilrrr Hansom33 words
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Article18 1947-03-20 3 Derby I nth_U had that t^ad! ncino the How aid George r Postern 29.18 words
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467 1947-03-20 3 The Registrar said "No SENTIMENTAL M.P.S cheered m the Commons when the Attorney General, Sir Hartley Shawcross, solved the martfage riddle of British ex fighter pilot Vincent Brooke whose case may become famous because he: 1. —Was divorced by a Hollywood girl m California 2.—467 words
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Article101 1947-03-20 3 A LONDON firm is planning to introduce to Britain a new American invention called the "film juke box." The ordinary juke box, tp be seen m every corner of* the United States and many parts of Britain, plays recorded music m return for a coin m a101 words
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Article165 1947-03-20 3 IT COSTS £120 TO BE PILOT (^WEEPING regulations goaern- ing the issue of air pilots' licences are to be introduced by the British Civil Air Minister. Lord Nathan. They are to be made under powers that will be available when the Air Navigation Bill, new before Parliament, becomes law. Most165 words
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Article101 1947-03-20 3 WALKED ARM IN ARM £2 EGYPTIAN police m Suez arrest ed a girl who was walking arm m arm with a foreigner, and charged her with "indecent behaviour." The i?irl was convicted m the Suez Misdemeanour Courc and fined BI She carried the case to the Court of Appeal which101 words
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Article54 1947-03-20 3 TRIPPERS who had never seen anything but Hampstead Health," and who lost themselves m Scottish mountains, v re (ritic.s?d at laecrncSS police cominsttee. Speakers called for legislation to stop risk-taJon* William Graham said there were fools who thought that because thej could climb Ben Lomond they could54 words
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Article, Illustration7 1947-03-20 3 Edgar Rice Burroughs - Edgar Rice Burroughs Bronson's story By7 words
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Article, Illustration40 1947-03-20 3 R.A.F. man trains a machinegun on tne Damascus Gate leodang to the Arab quarter of Jerusalem. Guards from all services have been posted at key points m Palestine since Jewish terrorist outrages have caused more loss of life.40 words
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Article329 1947-03-20 3 rE American automobile industry may export perhaps 250,000 new passenger automobiles and nearly as many commercial vehicles during the year 1947. In passenger automobile experts, the industry his exceeded that number only once m the past 16 years, when m 1937 it exported 272,503 vehicles. The329 words
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Article139 1947-03-20 3 Wearing overalls and safety helmets. 13 Briish mothers went down 540 ft. at Ashington Colliery to inspect the work ngs and decide whether they should allow their sons to become miners. They also toured the surface training centre and heard an explanation of methods used m139 words
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Article31 1947-03-20 3 "Personally, I would not shed a single tear if no more news of Bst'.y Grable's legs ever came from Hollywood," said Mr. Lan Mikardo, M. P. for Reading.31 words
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Article56 1947-03-20 3 \n R.A.F. Dakota dropped a ton of pig food to Abbey Farm. Gag-ngwell. near Enstone. Oxford. England, during recen blizzards. The farmer, Mr. A. W. M. Edwards reported that his 200 p.gs had been wit rout proper food since snow drifts cut off the farm56 words
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Article194 1947-03-20 3 THE economic chaos caused by World War II has indeed reached the farthest corners of the earth. Armies of both sides fighting on the Northern Finnish front invaded the icy solitude of the primitive Skolt tribe of Lapps, hundreds of miles north of the Arctic194 words
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Article245 1947-03-20 3 'Enticement' by uncle alleged ALLEGATIONS that Thomas Swain, a young farmer, was so "mad keen" on dancing that he neg ected his wile and lost her to his "rich uncle good fairy" of SJllylPn, wen made at Derby Assizes. Swain claimed damages from his Uncle, Albert George Poland. Hr having245 words
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Article, Illustration68 1947-03-20 3 AIICHiITCTS o; four nations look at the clay models of ouildings which the United Nations Organisation plans to construct at Manhattan. New York The architects at the table will be responsible for UNO's build. ngs Left to right, they are: Charles le Corbusier,68 words
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Advertisement182 1947-03-20 3 PLACE YOUR ORDER NO 0 ARRIVING SOON QUILLIAM RADIO MODI.I. VI. (AC Dt 5 vsl\e Supc*. ie-: ji;. ae 4 wave bind m bcauW Poli'la"! «col -*b;~ aeeeumeeeemmmeeemmaeam^amiegmy^mreaamm M. IT IS THE NEWEST, FINEST MOST BEAUTIFUL. CLFARFST IN TOVF MOST POWERFUL HHtELFS<*. SFT EVER PRODUCED THE PRIDF AND JOY OF182 words
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Article700 1947-03-20 4 THURSDAY, Mar. 20, 1947 Taking A Look THREE nfficials of the International Labour Office, an organisation set up by the Peace Treaty after th e First World War with the object of raisin* labour standards particularly In backward countries are visiting Singapore t study labour problems700 words
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Article, Illustration841 1947-03-20 4 By Free Press Woman Reporter In the register of the Cameron Highlands Hotel is a record of names kept s.nce long before World War 11. Up to Februaiy 1942 the register is filled with European and Chinese names Then the Japs came to Malaya and somebody841 words
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Article129 1947-03-20 4 BUi arc fcur biblical quotations. Can you give the crig n of each? i a» Go to the ant, th^u sluggard; consider her ways and be wise. <b> Stay me with nagon*, contort me with apples; for 1 1 am s.ck of love. <c) I whl reI store to129 words
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Article, Illustration31 1947-03-20 4 Burb^i^ Butter an! Prines Trenbetskoj m SwttzcrUnd, ph iographed at Zurich Railway Stat ion. The Prince is her husband to-be and they were on their way to Paris to be marned.31 words
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Article270 1947-03-20 4 BRITAIN'S annual Eoat Race between students from the Universities of Oxford and Cambridge will take place on March 29. The race will be over the usual Putney to Mortlake course on Britain's River Thames, a distance of about five miles. The University Boat Race :s one270 words
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Article393 1947-03-20 4 APPOINTED Director of the British Council's Science Office m China, Dr. RONALD ALFRED SILOW, Brit'sh s"i ?ntiat who specialises m pant breeding and genet'os, expects to sail shor-Ty from Britain, accompasoed by his wife. Dr. Silow has exchanged information by correspondence for several years with leading Chinese393 words
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Article545 1947-03-20 4 BY A SPECIAL CORRESPONDENT A GERMAN Admiral, writing of Britain's war strategy m the Mediterranean as seen from his side of the fence, has just published some intensely interesting revelations. He says: Britain failed to capture Tobruk m a daring raid In September 1942 because the wrong545 words
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Advertisement26 1947-03-20 4 SPORTS ROSE 6l CO, LTD. 86, NORTH BRIDGE ROAD, SINGAPORE. Stockists of All Kinds of Sporting Goods. Specialists m hestringing TENNIS RACKETS, CHARGES MODERATE TELE: 63%26 words
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Advertisement27 1947-03-20 4 j FAITH Wisdom resteih m the heart of him that hath understanding: but that which is m the midst of feels is made kmwn. Proverbs 14. 3?.27 words
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Advertisement108 1947-03-20 4 Meet the Pilots Soon, on your travels, you will X since you are never likel> to meet t them en bloc— all six hundiv. v <- men, and more important, a very r pre-war Pilots, none has flown lesixteen times round the equator over fift> miles— and four have doubled108 words
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Article, Illustration514 1947-03-20 5 British rhip detained Free Press Staff Reporter ,4 THE Dutch will never recapture Sumatra. The natives are armed to the teeth, and boys and girls irom the age of seven onwards are given basic military training and schooled m the fight that is taking place514 words
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119 1947-03-20 5 ANSWERING Du.cn newspaper critics, the Indonesian Economic Affairs Minister, Dr. A. K. Gani, has claimed that the lead ir.g of the US freighter, Martin Benrman, and the i :port ol produce m Philippines-owned Dakota aircraft are not illegal. Because the Republic aus•?~uter; AP - 119 words
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Article25 1947-03-20 5 COAL HOLDS UP N.E.I. EVACUEES B II B X oo ut a B I B B I I een B H B B B I'■ - 25 words
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Article18 1947-03-20 5 HINDU RELIC IS FOUND IN JAVA m Java l AD the Bureau I ected tc dfd I dfdfdfd; I dfdf - 18 words
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Article14 1947-03-20 5 BRITISH EMBASSY IN BANGKOK -leLegation cf ttei H. appointed Siam, i; LonSiamese Ration become■ - 14 words
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Article45 1947-03-20 5 I.HE new railway bridge at Papar. a vital link m the communication system of North Borneo, is now open for traffic. Papar 1 s t' 4 mi'es .rom Jesseltcn on the railway line which serves the rubber plantations on the of North Borneo.45 words
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Article, Illustration57 1947-03-20 5 Lieut Gen Nishimura Takuma. commander of the Japanese Imperial Guards Division, the first accused m the Singapore Massacre trial which is proceeding m the Victoria Memorial Hall. Seven Japan*es«\ mostly Kcmpei officers, are on trial for the February IMS massacre of Thin ese civilians. One Japanese prosecution witness said the57 words
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Article28 1947-03-20 5 The next meeting of the Malayan Union Advisory Counci' will be held at the Council Chamber, Kuala Lumpur, on Monday March 31, 1947, at 10 a.m.28 words
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Article, Illustration281 1947-03-20 5 Free Press Stall Rapurivl PAILORS m port will raise their eyebrows m surprise if kJ they visit the Fleet Canteen at Ita fries Reclamation ground next month. For the Fleet Canteen itself will have "disappeared" and its place will he taken by the Shackle281 words
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Article165 1947-03-20 5 Free Press Staff Reporter BROADCASTING from Radio Singapore, Miss Daisy McKenna, one of the seven senior staff nurses promoted to the post of a nursing sister, urged Government to seek UK recognition of the qualifications of Singapore nurses. At the moment, she pointed out, the locally-trained165 words
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Article107 1947-03-20 5 TWO doctors from the Department of Medical and Sanitary Services m Ceylon have been selected for training m public health work at the School of Public Health and Tropical Medicine of the University of Sydney. They are Dr. F. C. Spittle and Dr. H. L. Tousaint.UJ\ - 107 words
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Article, Illustration512 1947-03-20 5 Free Press Staff Reporter FIVE thousand tropical fish, caught m Singapore waters or transhipped from Borneo, will leave Singapore today on the motor vessel Oranje for Holland to replace a similar number which perished on the last voyage of (he Dutch ship to Europe, when the512 words
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247 1947-03-20 5 RAF COMPLETE BURMA MERCY MISSIONS rtfUS missions of mercy by 1 Dakotas of the Royal Air Force to villages m the nilly Karennis, east of Toungoo m central Burma, have been completed with the dropping on March 9 of 27 400 lb. of rise a d salt. During 16 days247 words
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Article102 1947-03-20 5 UNCLAIMED FAGS WILL BE SOLD ISITS by Food -Inspectorate staff to a number of retailers have disclosed that a large amount of cigarettes still remain unclaimed by customers and it is possible that the instructions issued by the Controller of Supplies to retailers to the effect that any entitlement of102 words
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Article71 1947-03-20 5 MEMORIAL SERVICE F OR BRIG. ALMS HOPE of finding the crew and passengers of the Dakota lost i while en route from Singapore to 1 Hong Kong on the Feb. 26, has I now been abandoned. A memorial service for the late Brigadier J. Alms, who was a passenger on71 words
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Article47 1947-03-20 5 IT Governor officially announced m Hong Kong that the new Governor of the Colcny wiil be Alexander George Herder Grantham, present Governor of Fiji and High Commissioner m the Western Pacific. The present Governor, Sir Mark Young, is returning to England by the Bermuda.— Reuter.47 words
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Advertisement236 1947-03-20 5 a^^&kOMJL 6903 JD 1 9.30 n. m. bpL Ja V^a^^^t^^aaaaaaaifc^i^»^«' «T**«f"^ k^^^!^ißßßßa»J aa fitn^s^ IOtWfM PfffSter'^ am OPENING TOMORROW lorn c thing Wonderful! he Life and Loves f Pajjanini aWPHYLLIS CflLlfEßTi I- > J Inr^ DE* VIS PRICE 1 n\ »a*TtO*-*»i S*l«*»«OM'^Pjffl jj^V **rj ll.aai, 145, 415, 6 45, U*.236 words
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Article, Illustration77 1947-03-20 6 VET'S »f hrn -i ""L'ata.-iia. m Sicily, watcJ -i£ a slowly advancing stream of > tu*mi< lava apnrf»a«»! to- t<"s their homes near Mttaal Et hirh is m eruption. Although no lives have lK»en lost, damag* estinivod at K l 9v* ha caused to vineyards which terrace Hsf motiiiiain slsssefl.77 words
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Article260 1947-03-20 6 TRIPLETS AT 37 'I'D LIKE MORE' MRS. NOUAH LLLTE. Jim and 4ft. 10in. t whose ICY— weekold triplets two boys and a girl were christened m Kensington (London) would not mind having another set. She is thirty-seven. "It's the best way to get a iamily," Mrs. Loose, who lives at260 words
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Article42 1947-03-20 6 A survey picked New York as Ihe most, expensive city for v. San m America, and said that the working girl Tying with her family cannot exis. there under the U. S. equivalent of 138 S rats dollars a week42 words
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Article26 1947-03-20 6 Ccins m his breast pocke stopped a bulle. fired at Clifford Brown. Los Angles taxi-driver. Gunman pickM up sea tered coins and fled26 words
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Article78 1947-03-20 6 DLPOKTS from Washington si?.t.. that I nited Slat-s Army officers at Iks War Depart mvnt are complaining that there asc "t »o many chiefs, and not cnou-h Indians." To-d.iy Uaeta arc 6,489 colonels m an army of 1,870.000. This t in par s with 10,590 colonels when78 words
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Article77 1947-03-20 6 'INVASION' BY MOOSE A WILD moose colony recently swept d^wn from the Norwegian mountains and "invaded" the town of Gudbrandsdalen Tho moose resembles a large detr w^th wide antlers. One parent told how an angry bull m:cse chased several children m the vicinity of Aurvoll. Another said five animals recentlyAP. - 77 words
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Article28 1947-03-20 6 Nazis removed from office m the Bri ish Zone of Germany sirh^e the date of occupaion up to the end of January number 299.000.28 words
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Article216 1947-03-20 6 BECAUSE a British war bride "knew how to make a cup of tea," an alleged attempt by her landlord m Toronto to murder her and her husband was discovered. And now the landlord, Roman Stanecki, is m gaol under observation by a Iychiatrist. having been anded216 words
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Article33 1947-03-20 6 Bad wither will mean a io^s of 1.000,000 sheep on the hill farms of Britain, Mr. Walter Elliot. M.P., told the Council of the Royal Agriculture Society of Eneland m London.33 words
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Article17 1947-03-20 6 Fourteen typewriters, worth £420. were stolen from Middlesex Educa-ion Committee's offices m Tottenham. London.17 words
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Article73 1947-03-20 6 IK 1 engines of the type used m Lancastrian airliners help to keep 5,000 workers warm at A. V. Roe's airplane works at Chadderton, Lanes, where Lancastrians are made. The engines direct 90ft blasts of flame and gas around the heating chambers of three converted boilers.73 words
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Article159 1947-03-20 6 BRICKLAYERS, carpenters, plumbers and labourers on building sites will become film players if a scheme to dramatise its housing progress is adopted by the Town Council of Brighton, Sussex. The "producer will be Councillor Sam Davey, chairman of fhe housing committee, and the film with159 words
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Article42 1947-03-20 6 The TJ. 8. Federal Bureau of Criminal In yes ipa tion reports that the worst crime wave since 1936 hit U. S. last year and every 5.7 minutes there was a case of murder, manslaughter, rape or assault.42 words
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Article23 1947-03-20 6 The Italian news agency Ansa reported the dea h of an Italian farmer who was 103 and left a 100-year-old widow.23 words
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Article417 1947-03-20 6 Killings continue m Spain THE small but active guerilla forces operating m Spam under the leadership of the Spanish Communist Party claim that their activity has increased greatly during the recent weeks, Tliey are avenging the recent execution m Madrid of two guerilla leaders. InRenter - 417 words
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Article43 1947-03-20 6 Because men find it irksome to leave the swimming baths with their hair ruffled, Willenhall Council m Britain ins al a hair cream spraying machine. A penny m the slo and out will come a jet of cream.43 words
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Article16 1947-03-20 6 In 1946 British building societies lent £185.000.000. states the Building Societies' Gaze te.16 words
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Article197 1947-03-20 6 WHEN Geoffrey Geoi 2 c j Cross, 13-year-old naval rating, stood m a Middlesex' Court on a bigamy charge, he faced his two 'wives.' One, Mrs. Beatrice Paddy Cross of Kenton, he hpd married when he was 16. The other, Miss Ins Lilian Fox Of197 words
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Article116 1947-03-20 6 NIGHT LIFE SLU MP HITS BANDS UTEST end night life m London is going through such a slump that several bands are breaking up or cutting down. Stage show bands are also hit by thin houses combined result of wcadier and crisis worries.' Roy Fox, touring the halls wi h116 words
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Article, Illustration105 1947-03-20 6 Grand Mufti reviews his armed arabs LJAJ Amin el Hussein. Mu.ti oj J r asalsal <.n members of the Nejada (Pj ,rab c^ Wfi The Ne.iada cs regarded as the po. niial shock tore* «f ag? l revolt that might flare up m Pal l .v. ar.d ili. >?ufu atiaSiS105 words
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Miscellaneous219 1947-03-20 6 Free Press Crossword IM BSSSSaI MBaa HLBaV "HalsW' 7 Ba^flß (^BaaW *JMwf% L^Bft BSSSSSB I HSBH waMfci I Doesr^ii] 1. Famous Bntaah cricketer who aaa* p** J 4. A tub. tank, or cistern for holding liquic <.**a*-* ;**J ft. What are ortnta? f7). t Iron basket usee Juit2 #aj riastlr219 words
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Article223 1947-03-20 7 fed Up With The English Climate' By Our Boxing Reporter Baucis. Australian bantamweight champion who Mf^L pd hi- «9 t0 En^ ,and last yea* for an Empire title inst Jackie Paterson, is 'fed up with the English jjjrht ag* ll jj v j n g223 words
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108 1947-03-20 7 CAMBRIDGE SET NEW RECORD IN TRIAL LONDON, Wed. Cambridge Uni.ersuy crew, wh.ch n.eets Oxford m the m ter- Varsity boat race on Mar. 29. broke the record lor the full course trial from Mortlake to Putney— reverse airecUon of the boat race course m lh3ir second trial today, covering the108 words
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Article48 1947-03-20 7 SPRING DOUBLE LATEST CALLOVER -ONIXXY W,d. n the Un.JJJ^ 5 100-1 Vagabond J^2* offered 10 0-« taken **^L^—SSai taken and Ok offered. Book c 25. s 28-1 i^ 33-! Ro idatout '^lI^JS. offered. 50-1 M *<*• and Blue Lake, bcrh *W 20-1 Bri«I1 rffered. red. r:-i f *-l 40-148 words
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Article53 1947-03-20 7 BRIGHTON, England. Wed.-Ame-rican heavyweight Joe Baksi is taking It easily because of a slight cold today, but his trainer Ray Arcel said, R:ght now I feel Joe could lick Louis A he keeps the same physical peak he is attaining here." Baksi meets Woodcock on April 1553 words
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125 1947-03-20 7 ANDERSON MAKES FORMAL PROTEST TO BOARD LONDOaN, Wed. PLIbV ANDERSON, whose de- feat m the Empire featherweight championship fight last night caused an uproar today, made a formal protest to the Board of Control against the decision. His manager is hoping to gain official favour for a return contest withReuter - 125 words
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Article287 1947-03-20 7 'Anderson Best In Empire LONDON, Wednesday. THE British Press today unanimously criticized the decision of the Scottish referee. Peter IVluir, who last night granted a points verdict to a<\l Phillips of London over the British Guiana Negro, Cliff Anderson m a 15-round fight for the Britishv.p. - 287 words
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Article114 1947-03-20 7 BOSTON, Wednesday. Tami Mauriello, Bronx heavyweight who might have been an outstanding ohallenger f:r another profitable crack at Jo? Louis, had he behaved himself,*, was suspended indefinitely by the Massachusetts Boxing Commission for trying to fight it out with the referee and opponent Johnny Shkor, after their fightU.P. - 114 words
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Article86 1947-03-20 7 NEWPORT. Wednesday. In an endeavour to help the .Newport County Second Division Football League team, which is likely to lose the use it its ground because of the ban on mid-week sport, the Llanelly Football Club have not: .led the County that they can, if they wish,Reuter - 86 words
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Article37 1947-03-20 7 THE semi-finals m the V.M.C.A. Table Tennis Tournament win b? played en Saturday, start- I 5.15 p.m., as follows:— J H nl nan v Teo Wai Kai; S:h Kong v Lee Chio Long37 words
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Article126 1947-03-20 7 LINCOLNSHIRE March 26 FINAL acceptors with probable jockeys and weights for the Lincolnshire Handicap to be run on March 26 are: Vagabond. 9.7, W. Johnstone. Langton Abbot, 9.5, Tommy Weston. Patchouly, 9.?». no jockey. Real, 8.11. R. Poincelet Roidatout, 8.9, Charlie Smirke Joan's Star, 8.9, E. C. Elliott. Poolfix, 8.8,126 words
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Article299 1947-03-20 7 .Today's League Soccer By Our Soccer Reporter CHINESE selection two and Army, each with a first-outing defeat and second outing victory against their names, are the opponents m today's S.A.F.A. league soccer match at JaJan Besar Stadium. There is much that is similar about both299 words
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Article, Illustration100 1947-03-20 7 Platan shows the meeting of the council of the Lawn Tennis Association of Australia to choose the Davis Cup team to represent Australia and to appoint s manager of the team, From le*t (around table) Messrs. C. R. Cowling (Vie), who was appointed man ager; A.100 words
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Article354 1947-03-20 7 Record Spring Double Fields LONDON, Wednesday. A RECORD field for the Lincolnshire Handicap and the biggest Grand National field since 1929 are forecast by the final acceptances for the races made today. Fifty-three horses are left m the Lincolnshire and 66 m the Grand National which is the number thatRev er - 354 words
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Article308 1947-03-20 7 I FINAL acceptors with probable j jockeys and weights for vhe Grand National to be run at Aintree, Liverpool, on March 29. are: Prince Regent carries 12/7, ridden by T. Hyde. Chaka. 11/B,' D. Butchers. Lovely Cottage, 11/3, R. Petre. Halcyon Hours, 11/2, If. Gordon. Bricett,' Reuter. - 308 words
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Article1294 1947-03-20 7 Kuala Lumpur Crickec CRICKET surprise of Sunday m Kuala Lumpur was the poor showing of the Eurasian batsmen when they met the Selangor Club on the Padang. The Eurasians batted first and seven wickets were down for 32, but 31 runs were then added m1,294 words
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Article594 1947-03-20 8 S'PORE RUBBER PRICES TODAY A Special Market corr. gives the prices of ruh+»er af 11 a.m toda*. a» fo-Hatas TH' S.nsapore Chamber of Com- u:erce Rubber Association s mbi'.r prhre* at noon festerday aw re: Spore shares THE Singapore share mariat opened quiet a^ain this mornmsr with Gammons stiii in594 words
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Article, Illustration33 1947-03-20 8 1 The UH o&n ml Bynsford Church. Eynsford n n lient, m the valley c I -he Derwent mmmWrnuu m m aaM despite Us rural air is only 20 miles from Central Lonrfftn.33 words
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Article392 1947-03-20 8 Army will help British farmers LONDON, Wednesday. KOOPS, Poles and German prisoners of war will be used I by the Government to help British farmers this spring to get m their crops heW hack by the severe winter, announced Mr. T. Williams* Minister of Agriculture, m a Com mons debateR?ut«?r; UP - 392 words
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Article109 1947-03-20 8 U.K. TO PAY DUTY ON CEYLON TEA LONDON, Wed. OIR Peter MacDonaid, (Cons., Isle of Wight*, asked m the Commons today to what extent Ihe expert duty on tea recently levied by the Government of Ceylon would fall on the British consumer or taxpayer. Dr. Edith Summerskill. Par- i liamentary109 words
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Article21 1947-03-20 8 Queen Mary was finger-printed m the crime laboratories of Scotland Yard yesterday during a visit of inspection. UP.UP. - 21 words
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Article116 1947-03-20 8 pO*£MaTHrr*ING on the world tin shortage the Manchester Guardian juggests that it is encouraging Bolivian producera to stand out for an even 1 7€ cents per pound compared with 64 cents paid under the contract which has now expired. The^ Bolivian demand, which /ould coat Britain116 words
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Article27 1947-03-20 8 Jewish terrorists near Hadera, Northern Palestine, laat night ihrew a bomb which killed a Bri- sh policeman and seriously wounH^d a ETittrti soliier. ReuterReuter - 27 words
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Article47 1947-03-20 8 DARTEB tradteg, has some strange results. A Dutch farmer reeantrt- »*ers«aa*.d a watch-maker to repair his watch at a price of six bed sheets, which are a luxury m Holland HaT^J?" "mS" made P a y men the watchmaker' recognized That S -A.P.-A.P. - 47 words
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Article263 1947-03-20 8 KING SEES RARE ZULU DANCING ENSHOWE, (South Africa) Wednesday. rl thousand Zulu warriors, who less than 70 years ago were on the warpath against the British, today danced the rare Xgnma Umkosi ceremonial dance for the Hoyal family when they vi«*fte<l Frs**owe ai-nort on their South African tour. The King,U.P. - 263 words
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Article100 1947-03-20 8 The Jerusalem H «h Court yesterday rejected th e plea for quashing the death sentences of three Jewlsn terrorists and ruled that military curfews wer c consistent with the Paleflt'n? mandate The court was asked to quash the death sentences of three Irgun Zvai Leumi100 words
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451 1947-03-20 8 LONDON, Wednesday. IYECLARING thai he bettered the crisis m Britain to be 1/ larirelT moral and spiritual, Dr. Cyril Garbett. the Archbishop of York, io&J tn <* Lords urged tbe Gorernment to denounce as "a crime against the community" practices of restriction of output andReuter - 451 words
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Article116 1947-03-20 8 SOUTH AFRICA WILL NOT IGNORE UNO CAPETOWN, Wed. MR. Eric H. Louw, Nationalist Wl iormer South African High Commissioner m London, moved *n the Union Assembly today that legislation be introduced m this session to make South -West A:rica the Union's fifth province "without any responsibility as regards administration to-Reuter - 116 words
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104 1947-03-20 8 WEATHER Considerabel bright periods Waataßtaal eanmm ea em from aaaajo uaja.t aaajaahi R 'emtv >e~m Matnn nnmtM at lair ih. a/lrr—aa» aafl «jjj ab*«> MalH pr«* aat, *h«>*»«ra en npttue aae I north -rat* aa* Thrum fcJ Fine ton'-'M ataaj Hr kJ ir*>c»i**»- n#J -h' iK.-*h-*»Ha*a> J •«»»*.irt: aaiai u-ajirtt104 words
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Article331 1947-03-20 8 MARTIAL LA W IN PUNJAB bmniW PHI H< .tu..txlu> VIRTUAL martiaJ law ha* been impos d m «h. Punjab m an ordinance issued by the Viceroy, Viscount Waveli. m vviiicti he declares the death penalty for a iisi ol offences tanging from attempted murder to house burning, and m which* n; Reuter - 331 words
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Article233 1947-03-20 8 BIGSPEED-UP IN FORCES' RELEASE .-.'DON Wed Y^ONSjL-ERABL*: iricreas* rate of rek i^- from Bhajani w-r* revealed whew Mr >Geo je Ltfaes. Minister f Lae,*ir. n a written reciy k .:omsiw"s BhVf atetftftaf ol fcfc-i Ba^cnonnat Bf niemfs i ieeocLd third qja. *rs of this. j yea r and pnpf sicJRc,?** - 233 words
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Article143 1947-03-20 8 BELGRADE Wed AMERICA has refused an urgent request by Yugoslavia iOT 100,000 tons of wheat to avert a famine before the next ».;«.rvest ir Yugoslavia The American Charge dAffa'-res BB Belgrade. Mr John Cabot, told Marshall Tito's government today that the United States was nAP.; UP - 143 words
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Article, Illustration18 1947-03-20 8 SALUTE TO ROYALTY Provir (Srv v of a ajgJ^J^j *jj« Native chfldrea BBBBBt ing. Queea. aad P;*.**.*" 118 words
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