The Singapore Free Press, 21 March 1947
1947-03-21
1
8
https://www.nlb.gov.sg
https://eresources.nlb.gov.sg/newspapers/browse/freepress
The Singapore Free Press
-
Title Section18 1947-03-21 1 The Singapore Free Press LARGEST AFTERNOON SALE IN MALAYA lM* SINGAPORE; FRIDAY, MARCH 21, 1941. PRICE 10 CENTS.18 words
-
Article91 1947-03-21 1 MLMBEKS of the Republican GmMtnment m Indonesia mi the Free Pre*> ami they urn all ahout it. Minister, Haji Awes Sain, said yesterday: we was a time when the Press used to be 1 British troops m OUtarta rf?ubriy. I u-ed to re- e«»ies from my Indian91 words
-
Article24 1947-03-21 1 T Thurs. t has deiraw 11.414 Indian I Japan ar.d the other Common:.ed c Secretary toid the *4 A.P.A.P. - 24 words
-
Article36 1947-03-21 1 NEW RUBBER TAX PROPOSED IN U.S. JJJii 'US.> per pound tax Sto J2^ r cxce tha < made SSt 1 P rod uce a from farm J3JJ£ P«>W*d m Washington taiive Carl :can of Nebraska. and other36 words
-
Article29 1947-03-21 1 DOCK TOWED TO MEDITERRANEAN *rv dock capable of ship started ks trip from Jfgnm* a. *thVdrydock 'vf for about 4.000 *n 1 clear the 3 I Canal pare- ReuterReuter - 29 words
-
Article11 1947-03-21 1 d bridge Wednes*uie ior c^nttsed m the A.P.A.P. - 11 words
-
Article301 1947-03-21 1 Free Press Staff Reporter '"THANK you for your effort, but I do not think that all 1 the ant i -Jap element has been cleared up" stated Gen. Yamashit.i m Feb. 1942, to Lt. Gen. Kawamura who was head of the military garrison m Singapore. Kawamura disclosed301 words
-
Article383 1947-03-21 1 C IAM is to sell 50,000 tons of rice to the United States m return for a U.S. $4,000,000 credit, the Siamese Premier, Luang Thamrong Nawasawat, revealed at a Press conference m Bangkok yesterday. He added that this amount of rice was deductable from Siam's rice383 words
-
Article, Illustration94 1947-03-21 1 The Indonesian delegation to the Inter-Asian Conference m Htm Delhi arrived m Singapore by a special plane yesterday. The eight delegates to the conference are: Dr. Abu Hanifah M.i^joemi Muslim Party), M. Tamboenan i Perkindo Christian Party), Dr. (Mrs.) Snbendrio (Kowani), Dr. Ali Sastroamidjojo 'Internal94 words
-
Article66 1947-03-21 1 TOUR Chinese armed with pistoLs raided the junk m Singapore Harbour on Wednesday night and stole $6,000 and ten gold rings. The junk was anchored off Beach Road. The gangsters approached m a sampan, boarded the junk, and held up tho Chinese crew. Three Chinese, armed66 words
-
Article103 1947-03-21 1 DRITAIN'S "faster than sound pilotless planes, which will exD ?ed 800 miles an hour, are to be tested m the Atlantic close to where the New York- Southampton steamship lines cross those to Rio de Janeiro. Shipping will not be diverted, but vessels have be?nReuter - 103 words
-
Article253 1947-03-21 1 GREEK COLLAPSE MA TTER OF WEEKS WASHINGTON, Thursday. MR. Dean Acheson, Acting U.S. Secretary of State, opened the administration's case before the House of Representatives Foreign Affairs Committee today for passage of the legislation to enable President Truman to carry out his programme of sending money, arms and civilian and253 words
-
Article156 1947-03-21 1 No Leave For Group 63 MR. D. L. LIPSON (Ind., Chelw tenham) is to ask the Secretary foe War, Mr. F. BeUenger, on Tuesday m the House of Commons why leave has not been granted to men m group 63 stationed m Singapore, though it has been granted to men156 words
-
Article553 1947-03-21 1 Free Press Staff Reporter NOT only European soldiers but responsible civilians of any nationality who have had previous experience of discipline m any ?>ranch of the Forces or Allied services may apply to join the Singapore Harbour Board's new $60 a month police force,553 words
-
Article327 1947-03-21 1 NEI OFFERS $500,000 TO CHINESE Free Press Staff Reporter y^HILE maintaining that they are not obliged to do so, the Netherlands Indies Government has agreed to pay $500,000 compensation to the owners of sixsteamers whose cargoes have been detained as a result of the Dutch enforcement export and impoi L327 words
-
Article44 1947-03-21 1 A 19 -year-old British bride of an American soldier gave birth to a child on an American ship travelling to Southampton. The child was registered as an American citizen born on the high seas under an American flag. U.P.U.P. - 44 words
-
Article22 1947-03-21 1 Cargo movement was entirely suspended m Shanghai yesterday by a strike of 10,000 harbour workers demanding a wage increase.- ReuterReuter - 22 words
-
Page 1 Advertisements
-
Advertisement9 1947-03-21 1 i 4 >>.!!. HEN3RY Ikr. ft Nortb Bridge Road. frg3p»rc9 words
-
Advertisement26 1947-03-21 1 FOR COLD-«T*THEB FINCTIO Newly Importc^i^^ I.iQLISH a a-^Mi TWEED WOOL FOE WELL-J HLOiltD COSTUMES ..kwKS RANGE ON DISPLAY Phone 7957 |I A Cl^^ i |TV M26 words
-
-
FOR WOMEN...PAGE
-
Article, Illustration1126 1947-03-21 2 Joy Flower, Australian wf e of am American singer is a well-known New York model. In this article she reveals her special secrets w ich keep her beauty. tVERY girl's job becomes her great preocc u»:ation. My job, as a node] naturally > at s1,126 words
-
Letter305 1947-03-21 2 Lelter io Women's Page CINGAPORE women are dowdy. Ask any man and many women and you will find they agree. But first of all* let us gtt the argument straight. Some subversive woman somewhere has written to th€ Press and accused Singapore women of beijig dowdy.305 words
-
Article229 1947-03-21 2 TVEXT TIME my partner asks me if I play Blackwood. I'm going to llwnr, "No. 7" mourned South. "Look at the South hand; It's an opening bid. isn't It?" "Sure," we answered. "Not when you're playing 'he Blackmail Convention, it isn't," he bridled. West opened the diamond229 words
-
Article68 1947-03-21 2 Fortune forecast for people born loday CORN on this final day of the outgoing Pisces, you are nn the casp of the sign but win also inherit some of the characteristics of the incomiHg sign. Aries Being on the transition, as are all those born m this68 words
-
Article428 1947-03-21 2 —Sausages FT some districts of Great Britain it is customary to 'eat sansage meat raw, spread on bread like meat paste. From time to time the Ministries of Food and Health warn the public that it is a dangerous practice to eat raw or insufficiently cooked428 words
-
Article, Illustration19 1947-03-21 2 hn» i» m bu* mm fek with puma n*t J^S Bel/^ ff It lomie tfywou Ml iMUft19 words
-
-
Page 2 Advertisements
-
Advertisement27 1947-03-21 2 MUta Scores Again With Anct' Motion Pictwt! Gala Opening Tod., g^fj^ 1 Shows 1.30- 4 -t> at ,^r y^|. IK* I r i \i I*! |7 if27 words
-
-
Page 2 Miscellaneous
-
Miscellaneous873 1947-03-21 2 ftiiDlO MALAYA i'^^^s TtoroaT; 5.15 p.m. Great ililimry B*n<i. l.« p.m Huoic Kail: o Pianists— Arthur and Karl Ulrica 7.30 p.m. Li«tu Music; 8.00 p.m. News oinCJCipOrg Schnabel; 5.30 p.m. Shirley Deane and Home News; 8.03 p.m. Yours For Hi D VETWOEK fChln>se A Indian) presente <Tne Forces' requests." «.00873 words
-
-
NEWS...PAGE
-
Article201 1947-03-21 3 They won 't make A-bombs x[}\ n»uld now produce an atomic bomb if she wanted mordinu to Mr. Clarence Howe, the Canadian Miniso n-truction. But although her soil yields uranium L an produce the final product from which atomic icktftd, >he has no intentionReuter - 201 words
-
Article147 1947-03-21 3 WIDOW WINS FIGHT FOR WILL SHARE JHE Court of Appeal has allowed a claim by a woman thai her marriage was valid and held that a will giving her a third of her husband's £27,000 estate should not be set aside. Margarette Bengen (otherwise Spier >. widow, of Mortimer Court147 words
-
Article22 1947-03-21 3 cieto ,rm The British ftwotii eld by Geoffrey that al->ng-hit< «B glves ;i National be formed ;B pC22 words
-
Article290 1947-03-21 3 AITUHAN doctor, who thought that her father— a doctor like herself had left her too much money, challenged his 149.000 will m an action *he brought against it before Lord Merriman m the Probate Court m London. By a will of 1940 she was to290 words
-
Article119 1947-03-21 3 JTROM dav*n watches, carried out over four years, Mr. R. B. Clark, of Harmondsworth, Middlesex, today sets out the habits and the vocal output of the skylark. He says m a scientific paper: In early spring the average sky-lark sings three minutes m every halfhour119 words
-
Article29 1947-03-21 3 Powdorham Castle, near Exeter, 600-year-old home of the Earl of Devon, is to become a school of domestic science, with the 39-year-old countess as ihe principal.29 words
-
Article132 1947-03-21 3 A 17-YEAR-OLD Epsom schoolboy, killed by a home-made explosive, and 12 of his schoolfollows had been warned by their headmaster for letting off high explosives, it was stated at an Epsom inquest. The boy was Colin Sterck, of Hambledon Hill, Epsom, and an open verdict was recorded.132 words
-
Article29 1947-03-21 3 A u:ajor eruption of sunspots Icto threatens to dislocate radio communications is annourued by Prof. J. S. Paraskevonoulos of 'he Harvard Observatory at Marzelspoort, Orange Free State.29 words
-
Article, Illustration39 1947-03-21 3 U/l'l II a good drying breeze blowing, this London city dweller hangs out her washing to air on her roof-top beneath the shadow of St Paul's Cathedral. Most of the snow has now thawed m London,39 words
-
Article221 1947-03-21 3 AN ex-soldier and his wife, who moved into a house given them as a wedding gift by the bride's father when they were married m January, were ordered to leave it within 23 days at Southend County Court. The couple, Mr. and Mrs. Edward Moore,221 words
-
Article16 1947-03-21 3 Molten lead injured firemen at a blaze which damaged historic Abbot's Lodge m Gloucester.16 words
-
Article189 1947-03-21 3 THE Treasury has asked Scotland Yard to send a senior detective to the South of France to track down currency smuggling by "holiday-makers" who are taking thousands of pounds a week out of Britain. One gang alone is believed to make a profit of £20,000 a189 words
-
Article119 1947-03-21 3 A MOTHER has just been reunited with her baby son who was kidnapped but the "baby"' is now a grown man with three children of his own. Twenty-four years ago Creighton. three-year-old son of Mrs. Collins, of St. Louis, Missouri, U.S.A., was kidnapped. Atrus^ed119 words
-
Article22 1947-03-21 3 The Air Ministry has invited young men between 11Y2 and 19 to apply for cadetships leading to R.A.F. commissions.22 words
-
Article, Illustration100 1947-03-21 3 Tlllil-.K Austrian brides-to-be Charlotte Schumann, of Klegenfurt, aged 22; Gertrude Plattner, 18; and Airgusta Harbeeh, 24 arriv? at London Airport from Vienna. The fiance of Charlotte is Mr. Vritel Torn, lorry driver, of Austin I-erry, near Doncaster. "When I'm married", she said on auiv?'. I'm going: to100 words
-
Article170 1947-03-21 3 AMONG nearly 1,000 aboard the Kanimbla which docked at the British-controlled port of Kure m Japan, sixteen adult passengers and three children received no welcome. They were Japanese internets on the last stage of their repatriation from Australia. When they walked down the gangplank m170 words
-
Article12 1947-03-21 3 Six-hundred-and-flfty day old chicks were flown, from London to Marseilles.12 words
-
Article, Illustration185 1947-03-21 3 CAN'T JOIN HIS BRIDE Bevin to ask MR. Alfred Charles Hall, formerly of the British Embassy m Moscow, is more hopeful now than he has been for a year that his Soviet bride may be allowed to join liim m this country. He married 22-year-old Clara Georgievna Strunina m Moscow185 words
-
Article93 1947-03-21 3 CALE of penicillin m Britain is to be strictly controlled because self- treatment would involve great danger to public health. The Penicillin Bill mak< it an offence to sell the drug except on the directions of a doctor; dentist or vet. Wrong, or too free, use93 words
-
-
Page 3 Advertisements
-
Advertisement92 1947-03-21 3 CATHAY Phone 3400 11.a.ra.; 145. 415. 6 15. m 30. ItasPKIUTE MEN u-iK TO DESPERATE BNM ROBERT LAMA TAYLOR TURNER m MGM's JOHNNY EAGER SATURDAY MIE> *T sultan mini 13 'j m a. SeleUr 7 p.m. and 9 p.m. "CORSICAN BROTH HHL!" SUrrin/r I>«url«s Fairbanks (JrJ MUNICIPAL NOTICE The public92 words
-
-
Page 3 Miscellaneous
-
Miscellaneous12 1947-03-21 3 T A R Z A N Seeking friends By Edgar Rice Burroughs12 words
-
-
LEADER...PAGE
-
The Singapore Free Press
-
Article455 1947-03-21 4 Tito amouiii 01 over the week- end than a few spoiled v the IMFOB--pe c rax being m Sin^apore m I second haM of :h? year V d an V special ir. CHe date wll be introduced. ..keiy to be sprung on. us In kb* manner of a455 words
-
Article157 1947-03-21 4 U' [EM the Singapore Association recommended that a shock squad of two hundred European armed policemen should be recruited to defeat the gangr (\nd protection racket m Sinsapore, the local Governmer. which could not afford to hire 200 EuroDean s on its present Income, did not think157 words
-
-
Article, Illustration1649 1947-03-21 4 THE man wLo defer--1 red his release to prosecute the Chinese Massacre Case now sroing on m Singapore is Major F. WARD— he expects to return to England m May. Major Ward will be remeirbered by most people for his pz*\-c<r:tzon of the Kluang paratrcocers whose1,649 words
-
Article, Illustration659 1947-03-21 4 Alexander Clifford - Alexander Clifford by IN the cheaper cafes of Toulouse the talk ha* suddenly grown more excited. Spanish voices rise and fall m urgent, vehement di&cussion. Heads keep turning instinctively towaras whiie, on a clear day, y.u can just make out the gleam659 words
-
Article169 1947-03-21 4 ONE sunny day nioiv than 200 \t..: I •> a young Englishman was enjoying a sail on the River Thames, when he noticed something that struck him as strange: that was, that the wind seemed to shift with the movement of the boat. H169 words
-
-
Page 4 Advertisements
-
Advertisement11 1947-03-21 4 HOUSEHOLD RSQUISITES ST£RLCNG SILVER. Frrsh <tocks 78 NORTH BSiDdt Kb. S'PO*£.^11 words
-
-
LOCAL NEWS...PAGE
-
Article96 1947-03-21 5 MALAYA IN UK TRADE FAIR SingaS Union i will be i I- dustries 1 n Lonam between tr. The >he .xportBM d of ■r reirls:ary fee od* rvE. p re may D partmert of provide a j Malayan km or. ma :e some sary if It of the i n96 words
-
Article42 1947-03-21 5 S'PORE PLANS CAMP HOLIDAYS umQg the' at pre- i Q" Oi' 1 Mr. T. ~.iO is a ..pore I üblic :j-e the 20 memGo ver n;ire the whose If are. UP.Offis of «s and onece a mdi- j 1 by ri of42 words
-
Article106 1947-03-21 5 'J[*HREE plants of ihe Bodhi tree sacred to the Buddhists— at Anuradhapura are to be planted m three different places m Nepal by Bhikku Narada Thera during his mission to that country. An ancient statue of Lord Buddha and a Buddha relic are to be takenReuter - 106 words
-
Article56 1947-03-21 5 UA call to a vital service by the V's Men" will be introciu? d by V's Man Rowland Lyr^e and Mr. C. McCormick of the Department of Social Welfare, to be followed by free discussion will be the agendi of the this meeting OC Saturday, March 2256 words
-
Article199 1947-03-21 5 THE formation of a central bank to control one recognised currency for the ultimate United States of Indonesia is being considered m Batavia simultaneously with the political problem. Dr L. Koith >. NEI Director of Finance, said that the NEI Gov- j crnments present unfavour, trad<199 words
-
Article65 1947-03-21 5 The Oxford and Cambridge Society has been revived and will hold its usual function m Sinsapore on th c eve of the Boat Race. Th.se who propose U> attend this dinner on Friday, Mar. 28, should send m their names to Mr. A F. Thorre. Donaldson and65 words
-
Article, Illustration108 1947-03-21 5 GUESTS OF BRITISH COUNCIL These are the five Malayan ffvests of the British Council. Three of them the first three from the left. Mr. Ng Kean. N'yen, Enche Abdal Azia hin Yeop and Mr. T. R. Abraham (all from the Malayan Union)— left Singapore by air for London yesterday, where108 words
-
Article270 1947-03-21 5 Govt servants 'disappointed' Free Press Staff Reporter THE reply given by the Secretary of State for the Colonies, Mr. Arthur Creech-Jones, that he saw "no reason to take further steps" m the matter of back pay for Asiatic Government servants m Malaya, is described by Dr. A. A. Sandosham as270 words
-
166 1947-03-21 5 CEYLON TO HAVE 'HOUSE OF COMMONS' ARRANGEMENTS for remodellim ing the interior of the Ceylon State Council building, m preparation for the new Parliament on the British House of Commons plan are row ready, and will be put into effect after the dissolution of the State Council m March. TheU.P. - 166 words
-
473 1947-03-21 5 POLICE LAUNCH BIG SAFETY CAMPAIGN Reducing deaths on the road Free Press Staff Reporter THOSE Singapore motorists who have been ignoring half the rules of the Highway Code have a big shock ahead of them. With the big increase m road traffic which, m a few months, will surpass any473 words
-
Article187 1947-03-21 5 MALAYA has a fairly good exm business m fresh coconuts. During January 1947, Singapore and the Malayan Union export i d 107,300 fresh coconuts, the principal receiving countries being Hone Kong (1 1.500 Burma (59.600). British North Borneo 20.000 > a:xl Dutch Borneo < 16,200). During187 words
-
Article72 1947-03-21 5 A textile firm with 50 percent British capital, will immediately resume control of its mills m Republican East Java. It is Fabritex Limited, the first foreign property m Indonesia to be given the right to enter the do facto Republic. The company has the permlsnesiars to72 words
-
Article70 1947-03-21 5 The Singapore Clerical a::d Administrative Workers' Union has now formed various sections among its members, and will be holding a mating at its premises i at 172A Rangoon Road on Satur- I day (March 22) of all members working m mercantile firms at 2.30 p.m.,70 words
-
Article71 1947-03-21 5 Through the courtesy of Mr. W. J. Parks, the members of the Pclire Training School will give an rxhib tion of "Cicse Combat" at the Queen Street Boys' Club tomorrow, at 5 p.m. The exhibition will be followed by displays of the Chinese art or71 words
-
Article35 1947-03-21 5 The Colonial Secretary has I given the Singapore Association an assurance that the Medical Department has the tuberculosis problem In Singapore under "constant review," and is taking ail measures consistent jrUfe limited resources.35 words
-
Article43 1947-03-21 5 KUCHING. Thursday. The Governor General, Mr. Malcolm Mac Donald. arrived here by air today and was met by the Governor, Sir Charles Arden Clarke and Lady Clarke. Mr. Mac Donald, accompanied by S*r Charles, left by air today for S*£>u.43 words
-
Article, Illustration68 1947-03-21 5 Rear Adin. 11. J. Fgerton, Flag Officer, Malaya, is seen inspectin; men of the Royal Malay Navy during a dlsbandment parade at Blakank Mati recently. At the liberation of Sin gap re, the surviving members of the RMN reported back for duty, and it had been hoped Admiralty approval would68 words
-
Article, Illustration135 1947-03-21 5 Free Press Staff Reporter j!HE British War Office is making a presentation to the widow cf Col. Urn Bo Seng, Malayan guerilla leader, whose exploits had done much for the country. Certificates will also be presented to the widow on Monday, March 24. Col. Lim this135 words
-
Article25 1947-03-21 5 Mr. Chin Chye Pong wai nominated by the Singapore Rural Board yesterday to sit as its representative on the Singapore Improvement Trust.25 words
-
-
Page 5 Advertisements
-
Advertisement110 1947-03-21 5 "^^si^2i-TtL ""m_ HcJlywood said it couldn't be produced RIN^ VE T HERE rr is: mV 4« I |^T|f|#|3~l M 5 Big Shows Daily: fc^SL)oi:(Hiiv m..gi ii;i. I 31 GEORGE BRENT y|j ETHEL BARRYMORE I i <fc !i3 |m SMITH kHONI)A H t M i N C 9~m*+ GORDON OLIVtR- tLSA110 words
-
-
NEWS...PAGE
-
538 1947-03-21 6 7.000,000 BRITONS WANT TO EMIGRATE Ex-servicemen seeking new iije IF shipping space were available, 7,000,000 British men and women it is estimated would leave the United Kingdom to start life afresh m the Dominions and Colonies, m the United States of America, and m other foreign countries. This is the538 words
-
Article, Illustration56 1947-03-21 6 ICE-BLOCKED river craft which the retreating Germans took from Yugoslavia. Belgium. Austria, Hungary and Holland are trapped m the waterways at Linz, Austria. The vessels include barges and ferry-boats vital to Danube traffic The American Armies have handed them back to the various nations that own them Families H\e on56 words
-
Article150 1947-03-21 6 A NAVAL officer who aiu Christmas dinner and drank with rive ratings on board a minesweeper was ordered by a urt-mariial at Rosyth to forfeit three months' senority, Uj l.siruicsed from H.M.S. Loehirivar and severely reprimanded. Temp. Lt. John Tfaomaa Wardle Pieacied, guii:y to150 words
-
Article38 1947-03-21 6 British actor Leslie Howard leit £175,000. His widow, Mrs. Ru.h Howard, of Dorkiny. Surrey, receives £62.500 a:;d ha the income from the residu estate. Their clvldren. Ronak end Leslie share he other 1. A. P.A.P. - 38 words
-
Article20 1947-03-21 6 Double wedding at Don .aster was filmed m colour for the American parents of one of the bridegrooms.20 words
-
Article18 1947-03-21 6 The Soviet Army declined an Invitation to send a team to London's International Horse Show.18 words
-
Article230 1947-03-21 6 NEARLY (wo tons of cocoa, costing £272 10s., which WMM I sent illegally through the p<*t by a rabbi, was worth £52,300 when it reached Belsen. Germany, the Thames magistrate was told during a Customs case. The rabbi, Isaac Scher, was fined £250 and ordered to230 words
-
Article66 1947-03-21 6 Britain has a ski-plane Anew transport pl.ine that can be fitted with wheels, floats, or skis is announced by Percival Aircraft, Ltd., of I.uton. It will carry ten passengers. The prototype will fly this .summer. Delivery m expected to begin m October or November. I'cmval's new five-s€aler light plan**, the66 words
-
Article149 1947-03-21 6 STRANGE irescoes painted by H. G. Wells will be sold at the auction of his h.-me m Hanover Terrace, London. They ar e painted on the red distempered walls of £he garage at the bottom of the garden and trace th e dawn of civilisation from149 words
-
Article62 1947-03-21 6 UOMES were found for 19,144 families m Britain during January by new building, repair, requisitioning and conversion. Permanent houses completed m the month totalled 8,824 'compared with 9,999 m December), m spite of the blizzard starting. At the month's end 386,015 houses were built or62 words
-
Article101 1947-03-21 6 HpHEY are matter-of-fact folk who live m the terraced houses of Clydesdale -road, Byker. a densely populated area of Newcastle-on-Tyne, so when the sleep of a tram-driver's family was disturbed by ghostly rappings he called m the police. Detectives heard the rappings too. even when101 words
-
Article, Illustration116 1947-03-21 6 l^ on tkTwS at this d.poi The »ent is a buoy ihich hL radar p athr^ piotM t shi|>^ jrom the dn^ (.•H.duin Nai.d> «ti<h caused l..s^ Uff a: n t wy \H sorts of repair j tresh paim i> applied ar" t* i h«rn^ tmu-d m i ()i SPLIT116 words
-
Article240 1947-03-21 6 WIFE SA W RED ON HIS LIPS A HUSBAND who (old his suspicious wife that redne* on his lips was due to licking red labefc and not to lipstick appeared m the Court of Session, Edinburgh, and pm what Lord Birnam described a> "a convincing demonstration" of the effect of240 words
-
Article23 1947-03-21 6 Stt-am is issuing from > "tunnel" caused by a giant I teor which tell near Ti Siberia, last month. MM radio reported.23 words
-
Article26 1947-03-21 6 £10,000 GEN GRAB IS A RECORD MH6. Juj. Consuodcr R her she k '"we. v. cent m i. t shut Just haul of 6 out thir26 words
-
Article168 1947-03-21 6 PARACHUTING into Ita!\ I vuiii.g Commando office I une of them an auburn-hailed From that tla -wo worl together lor the Allied canand fell Iq love. N w the i rl. Signora L i Diplana Buttini, became br- de ot the Commando of! Capt. Neil168 words
-
-
Page 6 Advertisements
-
Advertisement23 1947-03-21 6 MOST UP Ham n, SIMGA?uH MU mm BJf 4 RESUUXAM ji« > iii;j||i:iijiLJalM C/// LA vv cl :1 --f i|(l per f iiii i_lg? <23 words
-
-
Page 6 Miscellaneous
-
Miscellaneous188 1947-03-21 6 Free Press Crossword No. 65 OUH ACROSS 1. You would have caused suffers* if you had attempted this (5). 4, Aids alphabets supply i 5). 7. Prom it you can see around a bay (5). 8, It beats such things as peas and be.<ns for food (5). 9, Head covering188 words
-
Miscellaneous105 1947-03-21 6 J AN t Exclusive to the Singapore Free Press in Malaya /m MM' YOU CE RTAINLV^^C tUES^*^ I /^E M SIMPLE/ -^N /^T^— TN rRiED HARD ro WARN ME AuNJUMfTEO MERF-WAIT aY m,S LORDSHIP INSTkucTfcD GOT IT! J f rriT WHAT ?l A ou'wHoiaTpHAL^°l AC^ ,NG FOR K'Tmust US TO105 words
-
-
SPORT...PAGE
-
Article173 1947-03-21 7 By Our Soccer Reporter 3 Chinese Selection II 0 firv: dazed Chinese Selection II with a goal m J tP h minute and then knocked everything ith two goals m the second half to win, by a eir lea^e fixture played at Jalan Besar It would173 words
-
Article658 1947-03-21 7 By the Sports Editor INSUFFICIENT police control of a soccer match at Jalan 1 1 Besar Stadium yesterday caused an unpleasant demonstration at the conclusion of a S.A.F.A. league match. Army, who were meeting the Chinese, beat their opponents fairly and squarely, but a658 words
-
Article81 1947-03-21 7 ALDERSHOT, Thursday. .Vhen the Army Boxing Championships are held here, starting with preliminaries on March 31. Sgt. Instructors J. Ryann and J. Taylor, respectively welter and light heavyweight Amateur Boxing Association champions, will be engaged. The finals of the championships will be staeed at the Royal 'lbert81 words
-
Article308 1947-03-21 7 Latest position m the Singapore Army r.x>tbail league are: M.T.R.U. WITHDRAWN Note: The total points for Spore Di«t. Sig. Regt and Base Post Office do not include Points from M.T.R.U. TEAMS P W L D P A Pt* SeaiorUis 10 8 2 U j4 20 16 4308 words
-
Article275 1947-03-21 7 Home soccer fixtures for tomorrow are: FIRST DIVISION Bolton W v. Aston Villa Charlton Ath. v. Brentford Chelsea v. Sunder land Qrimsby T. v. Blackpool Leeds U. v. Arsenal Liverpool v. Derby C. Manchester Utd v. Evert on Middlesbro'. v. Blackburn R. Preston NE v. Huddorsfleld275 words
-
Article53 1947-03-21 7 LONLXDN, Thurs. fOMMENTING on the prospects ot the opening of the flat racing season on Maroh 24. the y Club stated late toni:ht should racing net be possible that day's pro ranvne band rud. same would happen on 1 and if r V d.iii w mid beReuter - 53 words
-
Article96 1947-03-21 7 H^O begin this new feature, 1 here are five questions on U.K. soccer, which has now reached its most important stages buth m the leagn»~s and the F.A. Cup. 1. What were the beginnings f of soccer m Britain. 2. When was the F.A. farmed? 3. In what96 words
-
Article39 1947-03-21 7 After a rail journey from London that occupied 12 hours owing to the weather, Jack Grimes, the Barnet boxer, was knocked out m 55 seconds including the count) by Bert Jackson Fleetwood) at Liverpool recently.39 words
-
Article, Illustration25 1947-03-21 7 Boon Lcong, Chinese insiac-lert, oulspeeds the Army defence but kicks across the goalmouth with only the goalkeeper to beat.25 words
-
Article146 1947-03-21 7 LONDON, Thurs. THE Oxford University boat race crew covered the four and a quarter miles Mortlake to Putney course reverse direction of the boatrace course m 17 mm. 53 sec. to-day, breaking the record of 18 mm. 14 sec. set up by Cambridge yesterday.Reuter - 146 words
-
671 1947-03-21 7 R.A.F. Soccer League Postal Rangers Win Four-Two pLAYING their first avvay game m the R.A.F. Da.se league m on Monday, Rafpost Rangers scored a fine four-two win over 68. Movements Unit, m the main due to good forward play. The team played well as awl ole. but the defence had671 words
-
1571 1947-03-21 7 CRICKET NOTES Singapore Must Fall In Line what is more we could ha' c a far more interesting and lively cricket sen*- v than we do have now, wuii iv je*u-in-year -out never- changing round of club matches, piayed lazily over the week-ends. If, on the other hand, we were1,571 words
-
-
Page 7 Advertisements
-
Advertisement112 1947-03-21 7 s m l 9 ai is o en o o i] c d LYON PHOTO CO: Renowned for Superior and Quirk S •Dereloping ♦renting and "Enlarsrif Film sent m tr-uay ready the next day at k p.m. Abo Undertake to repair rtmeras 69. Xortb Bride? Rnad <int po-< AFTER CONFINEMENT.112 words
-
NEWS LATE CITY...PAGE
-
390 1947-03-21 8 CITY NEWS S'PORE RUBBER PRICES TODAY I Special Market correspondent ijives the prices of rubber at II a.m. today as follows: SINGAPORE CHAMBER OF COMMERCE TliF Sm?apore Chamber of Comir.erce Rubber Association's j mb!>v prices at noon yesterday vere: Spore shares INTERESTING points on the Sin- gapore share market this390 words
-
Article83 1947-03-21 8 f\N the New York Stock Exchange althoi\gh there was a further shortcovering and selective replacement the demand lacked sufficient vigour to impulse an extension of the recent recovery movement. Price changes were narrowly mixed with losses predominating. A small maiority of losses continued to prevail while mostReuter - 83 words
-
Article35 1947-03-21 8 Clothes ration books are to be introduced for the British Navy and the number Of articles of clothing is to be cut. A similar system is planned for the Royal Air Force35 words
-
Article39 1947-03-21 8 Gaston MonrervilK a French Guiana Negro, was sworn m ve?trrday as the President of tie Council of the French RepubVc He is the nrst Negro to be the president of a parliament*^ ehambeT m France A. P.A.P. - 39 words
-
Article, Illustration22 1947-03-21 8 A Midland landscape The industrial scene of the Staffordshire Potteries has a picturesqueness of its own, caused by the cone->haped kilns.22 words
-
Article263 1947-03-21 8 LONDON, Thursday. ANCIENT marks recording great floods of the past, some A* of them nearly 200 years old, have disappeared under the still rising floods today, the tenth day of Britain's worst -ever inundations. In the upper reaches of the Thames inscriptions recording the level263 words
-
Article166 1947-03-21 8 MOUNTBATTEN ON HIS WAY LONDON, Thuii. admiral Viscount Ifountbattoi leu Er.jjiaud today to relieve Field Marshal Viscount Wavell as :he Viceroy of lnd*a. He was accompanied by Lady Mount-batten and their pounge.st daughter, Pamela. They took cff from Northolt airfield aboard an RAF York aircraft which Mountbafcten used m BurmaReuter; U.P. - 166 words
-
Article169 1947-03-21 8 50 SHANGHAI REFUGEES FOR BRITAIN LONDON, Thurs. riFTY refugees m Shanghai 1 with relatives m Britain are to be granted visas to join them, said Mr. J. Chuter Ede, the Home Secretary, m a reply m the Commons today. About 600 had applied, he said, and the anal selection hadReuter - 169 words
-
Article175 1947-03-21 8 (Continued from Page 1) consternation among older members of the police force this morning \*hen they j were published. "I have been m the force for 15 years," said one officer. and my salary now is only $700. and now I sec that these chaps are starting at175 words
-
Article85 1947-03-21 8 FIGHTING m Paraguay has now spread to the Chaco Boreal— the 1 Green Hell famed as the scene of the bloody struggle ten years ago between Bolivia and Paraguay. Garrisons throughout the Chaco swamns have declared for the revolutionary forces. It is estimated that at leastReuter - 85 words
-
Article318 1947-03-21 8 MOSCOW, Thursday. MR. ERNEST BEVIN, the British Foreign Secretary, again i told the Council of Foreign Ministers m Moscow today that he could not involve Britain m further financial commitments m Germany, and re-affirmed his opposition to inter-Allied control of the Ruhr without economic unityReuter - 318 words
-
Article, Illustration512 1947-03-21 8 'BRITAIN MUST KEEP UP HER FORCES' LONDON, Thursday. DEMANDS from rebel members of his own Labour Party that Britain should reduce her armed forces to below a million by the end of March, 1948, were rejected by Mr. A. V. Alexander Minister of Defence, during a House of Commons debateU.P. - 512 words
-
Article13 1947-03-21 8 Khartoum reports state the Port Sudan deck strike has extended.13 words
-
Article343 1947-03-21 8 Dutch mission members quit BATAVIA. Thursday, DESIGNATIONS o£ Lt.-Gov.-Gen. Van Natfc, Professor IV Schennerhorn, Labour Chairman of the CommisskmGeneral and the Catholic Party member, Mr. Max Van Poll, were regarded m informed Dutch circles m Batavia as the only alternative to today's sensational announcement of the resignation of three Commissioners343 words
-
Article24 1947-03-21 8 Two girls cousins o: Emperor Haile Selassie have arrived by a.r m England from Abyssinia to attend an English school.24 words
-
Article184 1947-03-21 8 BATAVIA, Thurs. THE Netherlands East Indies announced tonight that the American Liberty ship, Ma:Behrman, will be free to sail next: week after the unloading ol the confiscated cargo is completed. The charterer's representative. James Ryan, promptly replied the Isbrandteen Company still considers the shipA.P.; Reuter - 184 words
-
Article17 1947-03-21 8 Chir. s a twin-: Shangh: r J landing Provir six pwv were Am ReuterReuter - 17 words
-
Article55 1947-03-21 8 Cardinal Griffin, Roman Catholic Archbishop of Westminster, at a luncheon after the consecration of Joseph Masterton. formerly Vicar-General of Salford. as Archbishop of Birmingham, recalled that they both served m the First World War. "But whilst he rose to the dizzy heights of a corporal IReuter - 55 words
-
-
Page 8 Advertisements
-
Advertisement24 1947-03-21 8 i^ X S T N(1 ir i v < STAN GAB6TDC— TlC»* FAMOIS YORKSHIRE STAR J MOII. LrKl (I BOOKINGS: TEL. 4498, 11—5 TO-DAY, t24 words
-
-
Page 8 Miscellaneous
-
Miscellaneous90 1947-03-21 8 WFATREM-i Cloudy: h t| j sliom er>WLVliil H t eract for H UM from n-'.ji today c«npike If the RAF. Centrtl FwctaM Station. An Cuinauad. f*i Ml nfCMJMttI riUMW locally heao thK afteraMi m evening. Wiiui U ble. Sunoot t p m. SmH^ IV a.m. Hrn a.«. Mw«< 5.53 p90 words
-