The Singapore Free Press, 11 April 1947
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Title Section18 1947-04-11 1 The Singapore Free Press LARGEST AFTERNOON SALE IN MALA YA SINGAPORE, FRIDAY, APRIL 11, 1947. PRICF 10 CENTS.18 words
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Article66 1947-04-11 1 Death sentence on a woman TRIESTE, Thursday U PASQI'IN m school teacher, sentenced to ing of Brigadier R. \V. de Winof the 13th Infani;% foigade, m I -'ed the suggestion b> the Preadent appeal again.-: the -*nUru 3 kindness during the whole sk grace from oppressors of I The publicReuter; U.P. - 66 words
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Article77 1947-04-11 1 LONDON, Thursday. THE Maharaja Jamsaheb of Nawanagar today aniv;d m -rindori by air from Bombay to inspect the motor car plant of :am Productions LimieJ, at Grantham. The Maharaja >uv the factory if he considers assets satisfactory. Mr. \V. D. Kendall, MP., said t*3day that should77 words
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Article6 1947-04-11 1 MORE ATTACKS IN MADAGASCAR I ReuterReuter - 6 words
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Article, Illustration326 1947-04-11 1 S'PORE RAID ON SHIP IMMIGRATION officials making a surprise raid on the2,74U-ton ship \ew Chang which has just arrived from China, yesterday discovered 41 stowaways on board hidden m different parts of the ship. The ship's officiaf passenger list named only seven The Chinese have been detained m the immigration326 words
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Article26 1947-04-11 1 A mink coat and jewels wort I: £5.000 were stolen on Wednesdaj night from the home of th< Countess of Moray m Scotland.— A.P.A.P. - 26 words
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Article117 1947-04-11 1 LONDON, Thurs. THE whole of Britain's industry urns to pre-crisis coal allo- from next Monday, the Board of Trade announce*! today. The basic allocation is to be increased from 30-1 3 per cent, to 50 per cent under the new scheme of Sir Stafford Cripps.Reuter - 117 words
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Article40 1947-04-11 1 Two broadcasts on the British Budget have been arranged, the BBC announced yesterday. The Chancellor of the Exchequer, Hugh Dalton, will speak on 15 Apr., and Sir John Anderson, former Chancellor of the Exchequer, will speak the following40 words
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Article16 1947-04-11 1 Malayan Airways announce that regular daily services m Malaya will open on May 1.16 words
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Article29 1947-04-11 1 The Governor of Mozambique, Portuguese East Africa, has pre- sented £1,000 from official funds! to the Mayor of Johannesburg's relief iund for Britain's flood victims.29 words
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Article99 1947-04-11 1 THE British Foreign Secretary, Ernest Bevin, following his return from the Moscow Conference, is expected to take an increasingly larger share m British Cabinet arrangements for the transfer of power to India. \lth aijjh he has not been closely identified with th» details of the99 words
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Article, Illustration59 1947-04-11 1 Fnnitffnu pT-Wmtt the first uornen tv sail as regular memh rs of a British cargo shop's < row are to s;e tie world m the 10.000-ton freigbt^r 'La CorTne > b< ran newly built at Sunderland. The d«ep-sea "Xippie", who will do cookin:; and laundry work, are seen59 words
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Article268 1947-04-11 1 CAMBERLEY, Surrey, Thursday. SOME military observers believe that the turning point m Britain's overall defence policy and integration of Imperial defence will he achieved at a conference of senior com mandeis of the three British Fighting Services which will be held at Imperial Staff College,268 words
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Article99 1947-04-11 1 EXETER, PENN, KVJS.), Thurs. NINE miners were killed and nine injured m an anthracite coal mine explosion here today. The Exeter police chief said the explosion was caused by ga& This was the second United States mine disaster m 16 days. The explosion occurred as99 words
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Article106 1947-04-11 1 PARIS, Thursday. iV.uitme Caroll, 24, a leading French "pin-up" girl, today threw herself into the Seine River. She told police that a taxi-driver .at 5 a.m. rescued her when she was "half -drowned." There is a suggestion that "attempted suicide" might be a publicity stunt. TheU.P. - 106 words
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Article39 1947-04-11 1 i Air rights agreements involv- j ing the disposal of surplus United States property overseas nad been concluded with 15 countries including India, the! Foreign Liquidation Commis- 1 sion has announced m Washing- < ton.39 words
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Article25 1947-04-11 1 Britain is to send a second invitation to Russia to attend a discussion In London on the future U.P. of the Italian coloniesU.P. - 25 words
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Article24 1947-04-11 1 Free Press Staff Reporter. A Japanese at R.A.F. Tengah was found murdered on Monday morning. Another Jap has been detained on suspicion.24 words
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Article250 1947-04-11 1 100 MPH TORNADO KILLS 150 Whole towns wrecked WOODWARD (Oklahoma), Thursday. A WHIRLING tornado, travelling at more than hundred miles an hour, cut a path of death and destruction through Texas and Oklahoma last night, killing over 150 people and Injuring o\<r a thousand others, as v ls causing damageReuter; U.P. - 250 words
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Article50 1947-04-11 1 Australian food rationing scales are unlikely to be readjusted as part of a plan to hold Britain's food situation, Mr. J. B. ChitU-y, the Australian Prime Minister, &aid yesterday. The best way Australians could help Britain, he said, was to economise m- the use of coupons.50 words
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Article25 1947-04-11 1 The U.S. Agriculture Depart forecast a record US winter wheat crop of 973,047 bushels. The previous re-corn was 873.893 bushels last v*ar A.P.A.P. - 25 words
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Article242 1947-04-11 1 Free Press Staff Reporter TN order to build up closer liaison tl Singapore between I Army, Navy and Air Force formations, Arm> corporals, sergeants and officers are being exchanged with those of th 1 RAF to Bee how each other's job works, and both Arnn and242 words
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Article100 1947-04-11 1 ATHENS Thurs. PREEK commandos and infan- try landed from the sea early today at Cape Platamon, southeast of Mount Olympus, mi n the opening of an operation intended to encircle and wipe out the big guerilla forces On Mount Olympus and Ossa. Earlier Press reports said that 600100 words
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Advertisement7 1947-04-11 1 JEWELLERY 4 i fiENDBY P. Srkife Ro*t7 words
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Advertisement21 1947-04-11 1 pop. RUGS RARE BEAUTY m ALL -r/t^ RI vi '<IT I •>• 41 Nlbt. »''«lt«^ a fhmm t C I GARETTF S21 words
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Article, Illustration739 1947-04-11 2 S'PORE COMPARES WELL WITH U.K. In the price of clothes JTvEK PRESS WOMAN CORRESPONDENT THE March fashion magazines have arrived from England with their tantalising advertisements and out-of-this-\vorld pictur V tgae was produced by candlelight— "attractive but unpractical," says the editor m her apology for lateness. The first thing that739 words
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Article, Illustration282 1947-04-11 2 "pi EASE tell us who went wrong on 1 this ore." requests a Chicago reader. "West claims he had a sou d penalty double of five diamonds. East maintain that the double could hardly b e sound since South mad^ ertrick! "Wh > was r«| nt. He282 words
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Article, Illustration300 1947-04-11 2 "THE Women's Institutes 1 m Britain are to have a College for housewives. It d m 1945 Annual General Meeting of the N al Federation of Worn n's Intitule- to tempt a type of educ experiment through cou I women, inspired by Dan i s h300 words
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Article33 1947-04-11 2 "So-called beauty absurd." tes C I ray Smi h, vicar of Bt Mar; been, Cambs. In the "Deanery Magazine "They tend to cheapen an*3 vulgar.se something tha: is very precious. 133 words
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Article142 1947-04-11 2 DOES RADIO AID CHILDREN: AS interesting arti Janet Adam Smith on the possible effect child growing up m tinual ontact with wii appears m the BBC Quart ly. How does the individual i react? Has th wi him better informed? mannered? more inclined to concerts or read 53 speare? Obviously142 words
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Article80 1947-04-11 2 JAPANESE n vn para,; An fash i r work has b« lling COSH] display dr Th. attractive a dresses to c: a d Masako Sumida, I has 27 r. 30 years are* m c< I are all hi I Qcient pen y n a day. 1 shop for80 words
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Miscellaneous945 1947-04-11 2 I i aa^^HHiM^i||iHMfi* ir^H r ~"VHnHMnHHBHHV*^*~***^WIHHHHHKBIBHBHHMIIIBMIHHHHBHf •■■< t ,^l/ ■a u s .i v. 5 paj fs and 49 I^B metres o 60- v Ort£, World Affairs. night 19 84 metrM qnd 49 3i< i..(l N.iuirk (Chinese A in.l'an 12 v n tm/-\ ri »n a rrKirp<; p.m. to 2945 words
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Miscellaneous148 1947-04-11 2 1 pm World News Flashes; 1.02 Something for You: 1.1 5 Light Orchestral Concert: 1 45 Yankee Quarter- 2. p.m. Wrrld News Flashes; 2.02 Yours for the Asking; 3. p.m. What Am I Here For?; 3.30 News fi-om London: 3.40 Propramme Announcements: 3.43 Band-t-nd; 4. p.m. Reg. Leopold and HLs148 words
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Article, Illustration23 1947-04-11 3 ..Id Russian bride pk, of Middlet n. trried m Russia m ihalgh had to l*ave aye not met since23 words
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Article34 1947-04-11 3 WIFE ORDERED OUT OF FLAT battk? a husband was granted an County Court for possession of a rt applied under the Married iprlaration thai hp was thp fpn- [Highgate, London. j i d to34 words
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461 1947-04-11 3 Husbands fight for wives m Moscow MRS. NADYA BOLTON, Russian wife of i R.A.F. Sergeant John Bolton, one of the 15 British husbands BOW fighting l or permission to bring their Soviet brides to this country, has betn told by her Government that461 words
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Article86 1947-04-11 3 HUN IDOL BURNED FOR FUEL COLD Berlin people have burned m their fire-places chopped-up massive wooden statue of Marshal von Hinurg Junker military idol First World War. The statu- r.ally called Iron Hmdenburg", was to whip up patriotic fervour Germ:: Berliners then could pound ver, or gold nails Into le.86 words
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Article37 1947-04-11 3 I is planning a campaign and promote a happier home paign is Miss Kate Greer, of ProH Heavy Ha a reI m I 3perH have 18 street I I I tht I star-37 words
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Article24 1947-04-11 3 London people cause five fires a day by failing to switch off rlcal apparatus when curresumes after periods of i "tions.24 words
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Article, Illustration50 1947-04-11 3 THE Legislative Yuan has passed a law governing the organization of the Executive Yuan. Under the new law, t>he Yuan will have 14 ministries and three commissions namely, Ministries of the Interior, Foreign Affairs. National Defence. Finance. Education. Judicial Administration, Agriculture and Forestry- THE BOLTONS50 words
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Article70 1947-04-11 3 ITLES BOVKSIFR, 70 year-old Henchman, who lived at Lille, J found inf.'uuitv vi fining n Uis income tax rvturn H« rked all .me day on th, complex but could not master them His wife just Laughed when he told hen I would rath, i dJ»than go70 words
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Article259 1947-04-11 3 INNKEEPERS of Falmouth, the Cornish seaport are ife i cussing a parson's funeral curse. The parson white Laired seaman's chaplain Thorn;., Flkington stood up m lie cemetery chapel there and prated to the coffin of ieorge Rilcv. 41 -year-old Welsh merchant Mm officer and aid: "I259 words
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Article134 1947-04-11 3 rpHE VICAR of Chiist Church, 1 New Catton, Norwich. England says that a speedway supplement is likely to become a regular feature of the church magazine. The magazine has already carried four pages on speedway ridine written by Norwich speedway manager. Mr. Dick Wise. The Vicar, the134 words
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Article34 1947-04-11 3 The owner of an 1867 revolver which he had permission to keep as a trophy was fined 2s. 6d. a* Hailsham, Sussex, England, for not having a certificate for it.34 words
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Article19 1947-04-11 3 Silver ring said to have belonged to Joan of Arc was sold m Ipptfo" tor £165.19 words
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Article, Illustration423 1947-04-11 3 ALREADY there are signs that British people who have been living abroad expensively for longer than their allowances could justify are going home before the "currency squad" reach their area. Chief Insp. Wilfred Tarr, of Scotland Yard, and his team, who are now m France,423 words
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Article18 1947-04-11 3 A water scheme to cover Corn.•rali's requircmenti for the next 30 years will cost £3,184,000.18 words
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Article82 1947-04-11 3 SHOPPING gut ues are partly responsible for increased disorder^ of :he arm m middl" :u;td and rlriorly worm D Suggests thr British Rfedj «i Journal t4 Th<rv seerm little doalM it says, "that th<* fatigue 1' una< (iistom»d manual work and the many hOYS spent m82 words
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Article111 1947-04-11 3 DUTCH authorities are investigating a queer cargo of 300 bicycle tyres, 50 car tyres, and other scarce OonUnental goods found on a craft drifting m the North Sea. The craft is an 18-foot motor yacht, believed to be English owned. A Dutch fishing vessel found it and111 words
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Article57 1947-04-11 3 A swan crash-landed with a damaged wing at a Jarrow steelworks during a blizzard. Carpenter Tom Carr patched H up. Later he took the swan to a Lake three miles away. But when Mr. Oirr arrived at work he found the swan back at57 words
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Article188 1947-04-11 3 i LARGE couiury mansi n, n near Newbl ss, Couity Monaghrn. Ire'and, containing jewellery and va^uabl s worth thr>us9n^s of pounds, has been unoccupied and unprotected since th° death of is Trar, ""he r.- is that 'ocal peop'e bel^ve that gh^ guard the place. Those responsible for188 words
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Article21 1947-04-11 3 Chief planner of Britain's first national park, scheduled for the Lake District, will be paid £1--50- £1,750 a year21 words
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Article128 1947-04-11 3 MARRIAGE BY PHONE IS LEAGAL TRANSATLANTIC phone marriages between U.S. soldiers n America and girls m 3ritain are proxy marriageDinding m Britain if the br.de KD.s represented at the American md of the ceremor Tl:is follows, a legal expert -ad. from a ruling by Lord Mer•iman m the Divorce Court128 words
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Article19 1947-04-11 3 Mrs. M A. Dales' passed away peacefully at Bunprsar Hospital on Tuesday. Bth April. (Up-country papers please copy).19 words
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Advertisement109 1947-04-11 3 SELLING Bed Sheet* Double mm I S A <H.5l Men's Shirts All Sizes $6 5« Suiting Doable Width U.S.A. $1 99 Shirting l»oub»e Width H hit* $2 .55 Printfa l>.rs> Mau-riai 3b i>esif:n> 52 ti ladies Sight Gown Silks 58.50 CATHAY SILK STORE, 38-39, Bras Basah Road. Phone 8Q345. LYON109 words
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Miscellaneous27 1947-04-11 3 TAD7AN Job for Gor By Edgar Rice Burroughs I wwwr i I Di>ir by Vntird Featurr Syndicate l»c -.-.r" i^^Bl i£^r -jdtw Wt- ?JpKf^ a™ fl^P WMI^27 words
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662 1947-04-11 4 The Singapore Free Press FRIDAY, APRIL 11, 1947. Too Many Soldiers are not much given to flag wagging mi n this column bu: today w'th your knd permission we will run up the Uni n Jack and rail it to the masthead while we say a few words on behalf662 words
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Article, Illustration1947 1947-04-11 4 PEOPLE IN S'PORE MAKE NEWS WOMAN m Singa- pore has an unusual and rather expensive hobby. In fact, her hobby became so expensive that six months ago she decided she would turn it into a business. Against the advice of all her friends Mrs. NELL THORPE started designing and Belling1,947 words
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Article, Illustration262 1947-04-11 4 GROMYKO AT HOME ANDREI A. Gr gation to arc searcbi to live but their ow:: tin Gromyko and hi pre- c c.mf inexpe: housed three-storey, brown I apa r tment build York City. It is the last pta wuuld expect to find a D Foreign Minister of Union, but members262 words
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Advertisement21 1947-04-11 4 tt HOUSEHOLD REQUISITES STERLING SILVER. Fresh stocks i ft i now available. 7 3 «OJTH 66 !0 a I eo.. SPOfti.21 words
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Miscellaneous102 1947-04-11 4 QUIZ SMALL ADDS In which you begin with I of four letters add on a (and rearrange if necessa: make a word which answers th< second clue: an ther letter anc another shuffle for an answer 1 the third clue EGoes with proper 4 letter) These numbers mtake as the102 words
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Article49 1947-04-11 5 4 MALAYANS TAKE SOCIAL STUDY among Fts now School Ley. are science jdents, j ■igapore, j id three m, Mrs. Vfr F. C. Fatima Hong n, eight :rom Tar.gaHoughton I easy| i short B Strand. j Pass- by -s a 300 2,151 the j md ..iny neto ie Clare49 words
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Article32 1947-04-11 5 NO JAVA TEA BEFORE 1948 large tea supplies to world marbiggest single customer— Indonesian tea export was reBritish Food Minister, Mr. John now m the world tea situation. nnmir Reirly 50 been32 words
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Article, Illustration136 1947-04-11 5 WEST BORNEO RUBBER PROSPECTS DUBBER and copra production 11 In Dutch West Borneo is iiv,t expected to exceed 20,000 tons ir. each case this year, com pert d with an estimated capacity of 50.000 tons for each product, says the Dutch Batav a lewspaper Nieuwsgier. Ir. 1946, production did notReuter; AAP - 136 words
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Article, Illustration133 1947-04-11 5 KANDY IS RENAMED THE famous historic town of Kaudy, nestling amang the hills m the Island's centre the headquarters of the planters' m mod* m times is to be re nam d "Maha Nnwara.' 1 i he Kandjf Municipal Council has unanimously passed as r <* solution saying that the133 words
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Article47 1947-04-11 5 Mac Arthur's HQ iegai section announced on Thursday that five more Japanese had been arrested at the request of the British and lodged m Sugamo Prison. They were described as implicated m war crimes at Singapore m Burma and m Hong Kong.— A.P.A.P. - 47 words
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Article52 1947-04-11 5 The Chinese Government has .cmpcrarily closed the port of -Uao, on the coast of Shanglung Province, to foreign shipping J 'for military reasens", according to a Chinese Customs notification today. Foreign merchant vessels are J prohibited entering Tslngtao for the time being from Apr. 10. the loticeReuter - 52 words
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Article33 1947-04-11 5 THE Rhodes Trustees have confirmed the grant to Mr. Asim Kumar Dattcv of Bengal and Mr. Lovraj Kumar of the United Provinces of the ftrsr two Rhodos Scholarships allotted to India.33 words
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Article, Illustration65 1947-04-11 5 ic Free Press pictures give an idea of the big crowd of p tople who waited tt the Kallauj; Mrpcrt, Singapore, to greet Satan Sjahrir, Indonesian Prime Minister, on his arrival on Wednesday from Bangkok on his return trip from Delhi where he attended the Inter-Asian conference tj65 words
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Article223 1947-04-11 5 Free Press Staff Reporter THOUGH applications keep pouring m for appointments with the Singapore Special Constabulary, recruitment has been very gradual. While most applicants satisfy the minimum standards m English language and physical fitness, recruitment has been slow because the integrity of every applicant has to be223 words
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Article505 1947-04-11 5 Free Press Staff Reporter SIX hundred applications have been received thus far by the War Damage Claims Commissioner m Singaj>ore from businessmen, private individuals and property owners v\ho sustained damage or losses during the period December 8, 1941. and March 31, 1946. Though these claims have505 words
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644 1947-04-11 5 ANTI-LOOT POLICE TO ASSEMBLE APR 21 t Tee tress Stall Keporter AT ten o'clock on the morning of April 21, a body of men ranging m age between 21 and the middleforties, will assemble m front of the SingaporeVolunteer Drill Hall m Beach Road to start their first day as644 words
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Article26 1947-04-11 5 Prince Baudouin, 16 year oia leir to the throne of Belgium, vill soon go to England to study, iccording to Press reports.26 words
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Article89 1947-04-11 5 COLD MAKES CHILLIES TOO HOT Free Press Stall Reporter COLD w. alher believe it or not forces up the price of the hottest item m Sin^apDre kit-chens. Due to the recent spell of wet weather, chillies have been scarce m the markets plants have succumbed to the rains: they can89 words
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Article74 1947-04-11 5 UNDER the chairmanship of Mr. T. H. Stone, a meeting of the Singapore J w s held to discuss with Capt. Cronyn, Inspector of Prisons. Singapore, the formation of a Comm'ssion on Prison Reform. After discussion, the Justices agreed to recommend to the Government the establishment74 words
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Article78 1947-04-11 5 S'HAI TRAM WAY PACT RENEWED The Municipal Press Bureau announces that an official notice has been sent to the Britrtshowned Shanghai Electric Cc-n--struction Company, which runs tram and trolley bus services m the former International Settle- ment m Shanghai, extending its j franchise, expiring on Oct. 10 this year fcrReuter - 78 words
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Article49 1947-04-11 5 Dr. William Clyde, Food Adviser to Lord Killearn, Britain's Special 1 Commissioner m South-East Asia, arrived m Colombo yesterday on his way to the International Emergency Food Council meeting at Washington on Apr. 25 to urge I Increased food allocations for South -East Asia.49 words
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Article46 1947-04-11 5 WITH a view to further > strengthening cultural relations between India and China, the GoveTiiment of India have offered to Indian 6tudents twelve studentships tenable m Chinese Universities for studies m Chinese language ar.d ]itea"ature, philo- Sophy, history, arts and crafts,: soriologry and archaeologi'.46 words
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Article157 1947-04-11 5 IN reply la a qursii n v, tfct Common* on why leave has not been grant J to men n Croup 63 stationed m Shu'ap .re th« U h ,t has to Ci— H and and is to be tm (,ronp 04 Mr. Frr.l.Ti(k BcJfeßfer, V\ ar157 words
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Article158 1947-04-11 5 RUSSIA TO GIVE CLOTH FOR RUBBER THE Soviet Union is prep- ed to 1 send textiles to Ceylon m exchange for rubber, Mr. G. C. S. Corea, Ceylon's representative In London, rr-s communicated this news to the tex+il*» an i m Ceylon Mr. Corea has r>^er. i.q v aied toU.P. - 158 words
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Article97 1947-04-11 5 50 BIRTHS A DAY IN SINGAPORE Free Press Staff Reporter THE population of Singapore keeps on growing and g ing. Every day there are ab^ut 50 births m various parts of the islard. This mjar« that 1.500 extra heads are added to our population each month 18.000 m one year97 words
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Article, Illustration375 1947-04-11 6 FROM an air-ii»er whii-h landed at NerthoH (London Airport) lUpjpod attractive Vmcwrta \itra/4-k. jr^iii^ P«iteli fiancee of a British soldier, <>n hef w*y t<> rejaim kirn .it bis rie m Soncnet. The reunion and the wedding they had planned during the 4% years her375 words
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Article54 1947-04-11 6 U.S. RAILWAYS TO LEND CARS Americjon railroads plan to resume June 1 a system permitling train passengers to obtain use of a railroad- owned automobile at the city of destination, sys em will be operated m oi^es initially, later being extended to -a to'al of 1,000 cities of the United54 words
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Article12 1947-04-11 6 Manuscript of the 12tfc cenkiry was sold for £50 m London.12 words
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Article172 1947-04-11 6 BRITISH cars fitted with two isatioOA] inventions a carburettor which halves consumption and the first really fool-proof gear box should be soiling early next, year. They are now being finally tested, and should put British cars into a world lead. The carburettor or, to gavt its172 words
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Article81 1947-04-11 6 SCOTI, AND Yard officers, investigating the thefj the Duress of Windsor's jewels at Ednam Lodge, Sunningdale. England, on last October 17, j have interviewed a man serving i a sentence on another chergi London prison. Their visit followed a request by the man, who said81 words
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Article33 1947-04-11 6 Mtai Veronica Tudor Williams, of Liss. Hampshire, has sent four basenji dogs to the King of Egypt bf air The basenji is j 'the dog tin at cannot bark."33 words
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Article, Illustration265 1947-04-11 6 \^ALBNTINS Mid Sherman tanks are mow being used m UIC Battle for Coal Take a tank; tear off the turrets; attach a scraper Made arui a Lniier oontaiscx at the ri-ar aad X la an Weal excavator f«»r optmcast coal mining. They are being used today265 words
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Article79 1947-04-11 6 THE cloth famine m (iava, Bihar. India, caused fchf saving of one lif. n m this fashion: nculy-born child wa- presumed to be dead and was buried im the tOCAI cem t"r>. A gunii of thieves who had b^en ransacking i;ra\>> uid steal ing i'unt ral79 words
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Article33 1947-04-11 6 Numb I m the 126 bi^ towns of England and Wales m the first ten weeks of tins year was 01,401. compared with 73.165 m the same i>eriod last year.33 words
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Article, Illustration459 1947-04-11 6 U.S. AIRLINES SHOW LOSS IN 1945-46 8.0.A.C. accounts out this month I AMERICAN domestic airl>ne> last year made total profu> < abwit £450.000 ajrainst £10.000.000 ih<- year H spite of having carried 78 per cent, more pas-engers than ir 1945. Ttiis is of particular interest i British commercia aviation, becau><459 words
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Article81 1947-04-11 6 DIET MAR TO GO BY CAR I lEUT-GENERAL Dietmar, onei" time Nazi radio chief has been forbidden to walk alone from Bridgend prison W o a tarm three miles away where he works. TWa is because he told a reporter that he enjoyed the escort walk. Farmer Board, who has81 words
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Article73 1947-04-11 6 THIRD BROTHER KILLED IN PIT Joseph LeadbiUer, aged Mj died at Sunderland's Weymout; Colliery as he fell to the bo of the sump m the 1.80. the spot where iwo of his I brothers had been k Leadbitter is believed to been caught by an as cage before he fell.73 words
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Article35 1947-04-11 6 A Jay who did not know the I war was over has just been arrested on a remote Pacific Lsle Name: Capt. Sato, late of His Imperial Majesty's Artillery m the Japanese Army.35 words
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Article31 1947-04-11 6 Certificate relating to a baby born to a woman when her husband w-as overseas was ac•pted as Divorce Court evidence won a decree nisi for an RAF man.31 words
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Article143 1947-04-11 6 BECAUSE they wore scared of intruders, two brothers turned their Fifth-avenue, New York, mansion into a warren of caves made out of mountains of books, newspapers and junk 1 hat fitied the house from roof to basement. There, m tunnels dug m the rubbish, the143 words
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Miscellaneous58 1947-04-11 6 JAAIN C Exclusive to the Sin£at>ore Free Press m Malaga YOU er.c^SJ LET'^ rm^ IM GLAD YOU'VE T WHEW I THINK ka£»O?i CAN riI?TORVoS !^S?' BECOME SUCH WHAT UCRD LOVACE k^^cS^ on $iis« °U«?Sari l j °lly little I would say if he L |fj t&L'-J&'U illvf V WINTER SPORT58 words
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Miscellaneous169 1947-04-11 6 Free Press Crossword No. H 1. Metal lining of a cylinder In to animal* 14). 8. Distinguished 18 French fleet at Toulon (4>, 9. Sm<> Aromatic remedy for faintness (3 o f to Itkiy ii is equivalent to 100 cci Minute insect injurious to grain is said to have lived169 words
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Article73 1947-04-11 7 SOCCER REFEREES MUST BE FIRM The Sports Editor other unpleasant crowd scene at ium yesterday when, m the league 5 and the Indians, an Army player ho had been guilty of a bad tackle. ta a free-for-all on the field as the players gathered but after the intervention of and73 words
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Article76 1947-04-11 7 SALISBURY, Thurs. CLEXION, a colt by Hyperion out of Silver 3 rcn, won the new Greenham Stakes for three-year-olds over one mile here to- n, who is engaged m the Two Thousand Guineas and the on easily by four lengths from the edds on favourite, -clere.76 words
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Article12 1947-04-11 7 BRUEN NOT FIT FOR WALKER CUP I t I L f I12 words
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Article654 1947-04-11 7 ARMY PERSISTENCY WON TH DAY By Our Soccer Reporter Vrmy 3 Indians 0 F)K 45 minutes at Jaian Besar Stadium yesterday, Osman Anijullia. c(K)l and efficient Indian goalkeeper, stood between the Army and a goal m an S league fixture. Then, however, Angullia made his first mistake. He misfielded a654 words
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209 1947-04-11 7 RUSSIANS WON'T WRESTLE WiTH FRANCO SPAIN PRAGUE, Thurs. rE R demand that Franco Spain be expelled from international amateur wrestling federation moved the European wrestling championships, which be^in m Prague on Friday night, off the canvas and into the political arena. Delegates frcm Russia, whose admission into the lAWF will209 words
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Article255 1947-04-11 7 CXGLAND will play Scotland soccer at Wembley on Satur- day. The F.A. Cup semi-final replay between Burnley and Liverpool will be played at Maine Road, Manchester and Arbroath will play Aberdeen at Dundee m the Scottish Cup semi-final. Leaeue fixtures will be as fol- Exeter v. Soutnend255 words
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Article, Illustration54 1947-04-11 7 On To The Final 1> n Welsh scoring th-* seco T vi goal fcr ChnrUon after JO minutes' play m their Cup semi-fi iai :ie against Newcastle, whom they beat four-niy at Leeds to reach the final for the second J ar m succession. (See rep :t bj George Cnis&oim54 words
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Article, Illustration100 1947-04-11 7 TODAYS BOXING AT NEW WORLD STADIUM THE postponed Easter Sunday boxing programme, m which Loone meets Bernal and Khoon meets Abayan, will be I'ield at the New World Arena tonight, stn i; g at 8.45 p.m. Both fights are over ten threeminute rounds and will be regarded £us elimination contests100 words
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Article466 1947-04-11 7 From George Chi iholm LONDON. By Air Mail. HAVING failed at the Spring Double, we also flopped on the Cup semi final double. To our mind it was a good tiling for the flashy Newcastle United against dull, unimpressive near-relegation Charlton. The other tie seemed more open,466 words
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Article124 1947-04-11 7 FHE following will play cricket for the Indian Association this weekend. Against Johore Cricket Club at Johore Bahru at 11 a.m. on Sunday: Wazir Singh (captain), Selakan Sin^h, Choor Singh. Z. Bhatri. R. s. Sithamparam, D. K. Sr.my. Kevin Mallal, R. Bapoo, M. J. Chandy. Gurdial Singh124 words
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Article1052 1947-04-11 7 S'PORE WERE UNLUCKY CRBCKEi NOTES By The Spirts Lditor WHENEVER I have wanted to write about CricfcH during Ihe past month I have had. perforce, io \sritc i^x.ut the weather, too, and more th; t\er this time we hav< tMfl dreary, annoying story of r.nn ruinino our weekend cr: Here1,052 words
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Advertisement127 1947-04-11 7 lost Pleasant A nd tty Comedy That London Has S, t n For Months 9 I Today Four Shows 1.30 1 6.30 iUlip.m, Matwiaow LAIIfi CREGAR Una O'Connor A!cn Mcv»d;:>'. Melviiie Ccccef Franklin Ptmgbrrn Special Gaumont British I Oxford luul Camfo boat race SULTAN THEATRE 13. m s Seletar Daily127 words
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Article, Illustration33 1947-04-11 8 rhe small Suffolk village of Kersey which lies off the main road to tl». West of Ipswich, typifies English villages with their <m» i main itreel which is always called \\::h Street33 words
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264 1947-04-11 8 CITY NEWS S'PORE RUBBER PRICES TODAY ]k special -\arwel corr.- -»H>n Jent srives the prices of rubbe? at 21 im toda> as follows: B •-er* Spll«m-s Cts ?s m I R S S fob m 41 i x'rV X S for Ste dy SINGAPORE CHAMBES OF THK Singapore Chamfer oi264 words
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Article79 1947-04-11 8 ONe% York Stock Exchange yesterday, the market remained around the day's best levels during the qooq m sluggish trading mostly professional. Indication of back-to-work movement gaining headway m the coalfield was a helpful development and improved the outl<x)k for Ih*» steel pressure hit assorted motors, rails, rubbers,Reuter - 79 words
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Article78 1947-04-11 8 BOMBAY. Friday. FREE trading was restored m the Bombay bullion market yesterday with the withdrawal of the March 10 declaration of an emergency and the fbdng of ceilings for forward deliveries. The* Bombay bullion exchange board fcaid 8,000 bars of silver had arrived from Britain, easing the situation.A.P. - 78 words
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Article30 1947-04-11 8 WASHINGTON, FYI THE U.S. Senanc Finance Com- tnittee yesterday nnnmUl suspension of four cents (U.S. currency 1 md import duty on copper unti March 31. 1949.- A.P.A.P. - 30 words
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Article391 1947-04-11 8 NEW DELHI, Thursday. TODAY'S a»uv oi the Lahore Tribune carried a rejx>rt from its London correspondent, stating that the actual day <>n which power m India win by banded over t<> tlu* Indian Government will be lone '-'">. 1948— the birthday *>i 5 Viceroy, Rear AdmiralReuter - 391 words
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Article109 1947-04-11 8 LONEX >N Tl THE Colonial Ofnce has sent to >us Colonial Governments a proposal to hold a conference of delegates from legislatures of British West Indian cOTORies, to discuss the Question of closer association among them The proposal to hold a con, Montego Bay, Jamaica,Reuter - 109 words
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Article231 1947-04-11 8 MICE AND LARKS MAKE NEWS roUNTLESS mice, so arrogani that they "laugh at cats" are overrunning 4,000 square mile*, of rich farmland m the MUUlee dLstrii t o| north -wr^st Victoria m Australia, reportfarmers: m Sydney. The farmers sa\ they are killing thousands of mice every night, but that the231 words
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493 1947-04-11 8 FRANCE ASKS TO HOLD SAAR AND RUHR MOSCOW, ITiursday. FRANCE'S attitude on the future state of the Rhine, the Ruhr and the Saar was outlined by M. Georges Bidault, the French Foreign Minister, m Moscow today when the Big Four Foreign Ministers continued their discussions on Ger main's western frontiers.493 words
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Article, Illustration37 1947-04-11 8 DISPUTED TERRITORY The Rivet Rhine was tl and France from the border j It SjuU j <on out to the v Ku» r liiws into the Rhin^ ftnd on its banks The Rhi' each side of i37 words
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302 1947-04-11 8 BERLIN, rhur-da\ BRITISH Military Government officials Mid tonight that news of the big four power cleanup m Berlin BhouM have been kept a secret until it was all over U p? v .tit "flOOfe one really important" slipping through the n*i Inquiries wereReuter - 302 words
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Article291 1947-04-11 8 TRUMAN SAYS 'CUT PRICES' WASH m Thmdaj nRESIDENT l a man UOd bk pi mrferei I i¥ashingtofl todai that he was considering the quetof amending legislation mamUining the fl<M>r beneath p <>{ foodstolb and farm produrti Dakai pricei ime d. he said, wages Em n irwiii be justified. H iReuter - 291 words
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Article43 1947-04-11 8 British yachtsmen st "Gosport, Engi&nd. yesterday oifered no bids at the auction of the two famous America Cup racing yachts. Endeavour i and En- dcavour 11. The one bid of! ■€2,000 for the lead on the hulls 1 was refused. ReuterReuter - 43 words
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Article25 1947-04-11 8 Hiffh Low To-'.lay 0122 8.6 ft 0756 0.7 ft 1128 7 2 ft 1954 3.6 ft. the Siii^aDore Pr«e Pre** CeciJ and S25 words
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Article208 1947-04-11 8 (Continued iruin Page 1) ably k-ss girls there row campared with pre-war times It is known m Singapore that a number of Chinese cabaret girls are still getting into Malaya, having been shipped from China to Bangkok -where there nre no entry difficulties— and then transported208 words
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Article89 1947-04-11 8 'SOVIETS AIM AT RULING EUROPE WASHJ fIEMOCRA I Conally Tex :nnan I I Rlat ioas C -umcd debate of Pr Truman's Middle Ea.st gramni. her system o! paralysis among the weaker nations, hope.about a world d troi the dest'ny of Europe Remark ne that ttM States desires Russia's friends Mr.Reuter - 89 words
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Article18 1947-04-11 8 WEATHER Fine, showers late today LUhUHth z \arubif aad tiekt \^d as* wAd ma j •i« F Ma18 words
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