The Singapore Free Press, 27 May 1947

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    Masthead
    19 1 The Singapore Free Press LARGEST AFTERNOON SALE IN MALA YA s». SINGAPORE, TUESDAY, MAY 27, 1947. PRICE H» CENTS.
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  • Article
    NEW DEAL FOR BRITISH COLONIES
    264 1 NEW DEAL FOR BRITISH COLONIES Labour Plan NiK British Labour Party Executive, at a meeting today, accepted a resolution <m colonial policy, ur^ino: the Government not only to abandon the imperialism of the past hut to make reparation; for it by colonial development um\ an effective fight against disease, poverty
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    India fears a food 'revolt'
    89 1 India fears a food 'revolt' iding world food cri-i>. up«<n which ■r. n. ild. Secretary of v Food I li today, the Indian kar, m an appeal to the IFM ed the possibility of its people "rebel em. ■d to the Council not to be swa allocating scarce foo(s^tuii> over
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    MASS HANGING
    44 1 PR two days beginning today, 49 convicted operators of the Mauthausen, concentration camp will be led to the gallows m -he est group hanging m history. A U.S. War Crimes Court conned the operatives for the murder of thousands of Mauthausen Inmates.
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    FAR EAST SUGAR OUTPUT HIT
    61 1 FAR EAST SU GAR OUTPUT HIT -.SHINGTON. Monci A DROP m the 1948 Cuban production would "tend to et the major part of any g .eyed m Europe and the Philippines," said the SecretaryGenera] of the International Emergency Food Council. Mr. D. A. -Id, today. "In the Far East, orogress
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    CALL TO WAR BY VIETNAM CHIEF
    269 1 SAIGON, Monday. REJECTING the French armistice terms, the Vietnam Prt>id< f Mr. Ho i 'hi minh, is reported to have callec upon the nation U* intensify the struggle "and finally to destroy the aggressor. Immediately after the failure of the Franco-Annamite peace negotiations, the
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    DUTCH BALLOON IS HISSING
    53 1 LE MANS, Monday. AFTER nearly 24 hours no word has been received today from the Dutch balloon which took off from here yesterday m a race attempting to break the world's distance record for free balloon flights. The Dutch balloon has aboard it Mr. and Mrs.
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    U.S. PAYS OFF PERSIA
    25 1 The U.S. Government yesterday paid 100,000 to the Persian Railways to settle her account for services rendered to the U.S. Army:
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    SUNNY WHITSIN
    37 1 whitsuntid with temperatures of 74. Big crowds were reported at all seaside places but so many people from the provinces came to London that they could find nowhere to -leep but on Dark bench Reuter
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    Siamese Govt attacked on Ring's death
    189 1 BANGKOK, Men. THE mysterious death of King Ananda of Siam was brought into the debate m tne National Parliament today as the Opposii, during debate on the prod vote of confidence, charged that the Government of Premier mrong Navasawat "bundled" the whole case, causing
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    SPY MS HIGH NAZI CHIEF
    153 1 DUBLIN, Mon. DR. "Hermann Goertz, the Nazi spy who killed himself rather than return to Germany, was buried at Dublin with a Nazi swastika draped on his coffin. After the coffin was lowered into the grave an unidentified girl, believed to be German, had the
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    U.S. WILL ARM NEW WORLD
    437 1 WASHINGTON, Monday. pRESIDENT TRI MAN today urged Congress to enact legislation for a programme of full military co-operation with Latin American countries. He appealed for broad kuthority to supply arms to all Latin American nations and Canada to train the armies and navies of those
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    OYSTERS AT YOUR DOOR
    127 1 Free Press Staff Rep' rt r QNF of Singapore's newest v business enterprises will deliver oysters, lobsters and all types of sea food to your door from next week. One trailer is almost ready and the enterprise expects to have six m a few months. The
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    WALLAGE INDICTS U.S. LEADERS
    65 1 Mr. Henry Wallace, former U.S. vioe-Presldent, said yesterday that there was a type of man m high places m the United States "who would drop atomic bombs on other nations." It was this same type of Ame- f rican who, m the 1930's was ready to
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    LET MORE KILLED IN CULCUTTA
    6 1 LET MORE KILLED IN CULCUTTA I
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    UNO wants $60 million loan
    65 1 A LOAN of between $60,000,000 and 880,000,000 is hemg sought by the United Nations to help finance the organisation's new skyscraper headquarters New York, says a Reuter message ii Lake Success. The U.S. Government has been approach-it because most members of the Dn N ns
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    RIVAL TO St. PAUL'S
    100 1 A ni^del of the Bankable Power Stalion around which so much controversy has c?ntred, was on view at Falcon House, head office of City of London Electric Lighting, Company Ltd. The Government is going ahead with the plan for the new r station m spite of
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    Rubber Jumps
    163 1 Rubber Jumps Free Press Staff Report; r T^HE decline m the price w 1 rubber has been checked and at the opening this morning the Singapore market was entirely a buyers' one, with prices showing a sharp advance of from 2io to t cents a pound. Market circles say tin
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    INDIANS SHOT FOR $10
    73 1 Free Press Statf R ONE of the two armed Chi who held up two Indian> Beach Road at 5.45 p.m. yesterdaj fired at the Indians w\ the y refused to part wit': bag. Both Indians were injured, o m the forearm, the other hi hand. The
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    U.S. WAR PLAN FOR CIVILIANS
    56 1 U.S. WAR PLAN FOR CIVILIANS WASHINGTON. Mom THE organisation of 300,000 d lian workers into reserve un for specialized duty with army m case of another war proposed by the U.S War D partment The plan calls for the creation ot 2.500 reserve units m such diversified industries as bakers,
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    UNO STUDIES PALESTINE
    114 1 NEW YORK, Monday. the confidence of the United NaTHE United Nations Secretary- tions by studying the challenging General Dr Try eve Lie open- P robiem Palestine m the chain* the first session tod-iv'nf thP racteristic spirit of a special comt v /xw, session todaj oi the mittee
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  • ENTERTAINMENT...
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      MISTAKEN PITY TURNS TO LOVE
      915 2 MISTAKEN PITY TURNS TO LOVE Films showing locally FREE PRESS STAFF REPORTER TT was m 1938 th t1 1 Sfc fan Zweig's only full length novel was translated from German unto En3,ii^h and re titled "Beware of Pity." and even t^e.i Miui I i y realised its possibilities and approached
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      TODAY'S BRIDGE PROBLEM
      307 2 WEST opened the queen of diamonds, and South won with the r ..v no particular about the play oi the hand; he hoped to 1 few clubs as possible. Acting on this \ague an&lys drew two rounds of tpunp.;. look Ule iic P of spades, and then
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      THE CAN-CAN IN S'PORE
      505 2 FREE PRESS STAFF REPORTER "THE Can-Can came to 1 Singapore last week m a CSE show called "Over to You" which was shown to the Forces at NeeCamp and will be y n tour this week. The music to which the Can-Can is danced comes from
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      CHINA LIKES HENRY V
      184 2 CHINA LIKES HENRY V btudio Notebont LESS than two after the w« i iig awaited revival British films m the worlds film markets is no longer a vague prophecy, it is a tablished far This statement is com ed m an article by Mr. c Sandcll m the current :he
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  • Page 2 Miscellaneous
    • Miscellaneous
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      357 2 ■MMM«MMp|||pMHMMm^^^^^«MP^^^^^^^^^^y I rvif- .M^mmm^^—. SINGAPORE Bloc Network Lnt;li>h 12.00—^.00 p.m 485 metres m tins medium wave bjnd 1 22 megacycles per second m the 11 metre trand 6 00 11 00 p.m. 185 metres m the medium wave band 4.825 megacycles pier second m the bl metre band exet-pt from
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    • Miscellaneous
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      315 2 it Ti'.eu'.rf 1 Orchestra and I Rawicz and Landauer, PianJ 4 30 Australian News; 4.45 "Make Mine Music"— Prcsentin;: y ur favourite tunes 5.15 Talk— Re-establishment Ntwsl> 5 31 "The Forces' R quests"; 6 p.m "Tuesday at 8.30"; 6.30 Australian 6.45 Sp tlight Bands Guy Lombardo and his R yal
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      237 2 lowing wave Dar.ds. 8 to ll.Jt» a.m. 19 84 metres and 4'J.3H metres. 11 30-12 am 19.84 metres. 12 noon- 5 pm. 16.8 b metres 19.84 metres and 49.38 metres. 5-5 30 p m. 19.84 metres and 49.38 metres, a.30--night 19 84 metrei and 49 3cmt ires I I I
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      33 2 D<U<N today. y, u haw and an vw SUI extu m( i, tur ar.l curh rf t< c aoc m lift. i S arl nd and hufe have mv R v(»ur < m m
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  • NEWS
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      HIS 5 CHILDREN 5 TOO MANY
      268 3 HIS 5 CHILDREN 5 TOO MANY HIGGINSON, 54-year-old Birkenhead .er, "increased hie fanily by five chiW- m four war years, and gained income of £300. His claim for the maintenance ight him further relief. ffl searched the files a t Somerset rds of the births. And when .sons home m
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      ALLIGATOR SCARE IN BRITAIN
      34 3 is .looting m HLiven >tr am irt of I .i? tatinn itnts. Th? rhb :ur.ni a C3n- th r?t l H d a man I run d I use m
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      BRITONS TO ALTER ADDRESSES
      30 3 BRITONS TO ALTER ADDRESSES i ,ubI are put be made I jn of i modat- :nn),000 and Ward for I 1 Hale-! I rood. I I ;m3 P u-| I
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      PUB IS SUED FOR DARTS SHIELD
      23 3 PUB IS SUED FOR DARTS SHIELD was I )rnI I 1 I oowl Inn .i>)e and I nchbowl -Id. I do The Lan-
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      BURNED NOTES WERE FORGED
      113 3 CCOTLAND YARD expels and 1 German detectives have foiled a daring plan to defraud the Bank of England of hundreds of pounds. Mowing their investigations captain of British has been taker, back to Berlin, and will shortly appear before a court-rr.artlal. Scotland Yard will allege that
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      RE-FUEL TEST IN MID-AIR
      159 3 IMPORTANT Vests aimed at en- abling present British transport aircraft to corrpete more effectively with their U.S. counterparts start tonorrcrw. A Lancastrian air liner on a 3,000-mile non-stop flight from London to Bermuda will refuel m the air over the Azores. Simitests are planned over the
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      Swan may Save in own lake
      78 3 Swan may Save in own lake S\S, a wild swan, which landed m a tube factory at Jarrow, England, may sorn live m a lake all to himself. Mm at th^ works are going to petition the H"me Secretary askingr if they can keep SilasTechnically, he belongs to the Kins,
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      General Saved Soldier's Lore
      162 3 HIS mother's letter to a Genera] saved the romance ot Lance-Corpural William Symons, 20, Coldstream Guards. He is now married to a bride from the Balkans. Bill, serving with the British Military Mission m Sofia, Bulgaria, fell m love a year ago with Lucy Christovich, 19,
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      BABOONS MADE LIVEY BREAK
      49 3 BABOONS MADE LIVEY BREAK rUR baboons on their way to Skegness, Lines., escaped from their box oy pushing off a loose board at Grantham Station. Running across the permanent j way, they climbed telegraph posts and coaches and got into a residential area before being captured by a railwayman.
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      CLOCK STRUCK
      12 3 A thunderbolt struck the clock tower m Shrewsbury's market place.
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      GERMANY HAS 'TRAGIC' BOY DELINQUENTS
      558 3 GERMANY HAS 'TRAGIC' BOY DELINQUENTS Youth problem grows HERR WALTER BEUSTER, head of the Berlin Department U of Social Welfare for Youth, says that a t least 25 per cent, of German boys today are living beyond the borderline that divides the law-abiding from (he less scrupulous dements." The majority
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      The Zoo entices youngsters
      77 3 I ONDON Zoo authorities have had difficulty m inducing children to become interested m tropical fish. When the children's corner of the zoo opens, probably this month, there will be a specially arranged temptation for them to study the fish. It is a device built e\a<
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      HEIRESS SAYS HER COUNT' IS FALSE
      259 3 TVELYN BIDDLE, one of the millionaire Philadelphia Bid- dies who like to trace their ancestry back to America's colonial days and who always marry into the best families, says she has learned with horror that Alexander de Baillet Latour, whom she married as a
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      BBC SEEKING SUPER GIRL: £10 A WEEK
      194 3 THE 8.8.C. is searching for a "super-girl." a blonde preferred, to help announce the television programmes and she will be paid between £10 and £12 a week. Since Gillian Webb left for America to be married tt\3 quest for a successor to share
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      CLAIMANTS TO £200 MILLIONS
      111 3 An f\ (ullu-r. Mr. David Needs (centre with pencil m hand), MmMMM oth»- f rhiBMMH the rfcfc«i IhC] h p to get tram the £20e,0#0.00G for un. loft by the late Mr. Ri b. ri Jw nd*. who emigrated to America from Wales M the 18th
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      QUEBEC PLAN TO CHANGE WEATHER
      206 3 QUEBEC PLAN TO CHANGE WEATHER J MEMBER or t>. Parliamen the weather of his pi I make it warn. it ir. the legislature. Hs proposal Is to build a dam across the Straits of Belle between Labrador and v ndland. and divert the currents from the Arctic from the ent
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      23 NEW K.C.s.
      8 3 The appointment of 23 new
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      55 3 Ldst Four SHows 1.30 4 6.30 9.30 p. m. -my ■rarAnoNBarbara StanwyeK And George Brent (A Warutr-BrM. Pk*«re> OPENING TOrYC 5 Lilli PALMER Albert LIEVE^4 CedrIcHARDWICKE Gladys COOPER From the novel by Stefan 2*f j W Directed by Maurice ELVEY P»«*mx« b* W. P. UPSCOMB and Maunce ELVEY A TWO
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      52 3 T T$ T>% Bf. Zee sees death /^v Edgar Rice Burroughs INSTANTLY THE APE-MAN I y yXS. o U o I WHIRLING FURIOUSLY •ROUND AND 1 WPZ TWUKUKBT^* "B V^> pJVED. >-^ ROUND, THE HUGE SAURIAN j^^ f> X fltonfjlff BSn^fc Wh ii.,-.Vi>s^rfKi-^sWi««? l^ I ©S^fery^ ,<ft£&» v V-^wTirjfc^^' AND
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  • LEADER...
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      The Singapore Free Press TUESDAY, MAY 27, 1947.
      568 4 The Singapore Free Press TUESDAY, MAY 27, 1947. Im.inigration MANY people have t be en tak. Mala Govern I t their failure to define their immiut alv g the I diffl>lem But grave as these undcubt »f immigrai ha^ got to be thrasned cut m must be f^und to the
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      BAN WOMEN ON SUNDAYS
      808 4 BAN WOMEN ON SUNDAYS j Singapore's Swimming, Club May FREE PRESS WOMAN REPORTER DELIEVE it or not, some of Singapore's diehards and Rip an Winkles are trying to ban women from i imming Club on SunOnly after four o'clock, according to tin 1 old hands, are won [come a derative
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      FAITH
      29 4 t I c D mc from ihe snares n which they have laid ior me, 0 and the gins* of the workers )ri ot iniquity. I'salms: 141. 9.
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      Roll Back The Centuries
      58 4 In i fair ladles were litrrally supported by meni)rjo^ of their sweethearts as shown ornamrntal stay-busk it bit lasi by an absent fisherman boy-lrirnd wh< it for long months with a irhmliaj Be I carved this pnrsah article to be worn m the V-shaped opening of
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      TURKS WANT DISCOVERING
      586 4 TURKS WANT DISCOVERING B> Edwin B. Green waJd piE Turks wish the 1 Americans would get to kn< >•.■•. n betUr. y wish for the American economic and advisory military assistance, as urged President Truman, but m getting it they wish the pie of the United States ally would know
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      50 years of story writing
      13 4 50 years of story writing s lor and pla: J n i I
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      STAMP LEADERS
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    • Miscellaneous
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      260 4 safasdfsadf r have uiu'.l E adiy m FRED < ONNORS i d 62, Is mbor of a w< Boston d him which a ced too an underground station recently th id their hrst. jument. Connors fell he was entitled to a larger share of their takings. Trudeau disagreed. Their argument
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      99 4 rt job tl. i the b.-t declared. Rl DOLI S4 Il\\ VRZ, year-old an Jew •-■>cu.d from B< waa appofcted Bour: Lh'a c 1,500--,ir municipal musical director recently councillors voted him, but no one denied h^ was the best of 73 applicants. The municipal orchestra, which he ha.s already conducted,
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      103 4 rity Fu THE "Two Leslies" LI SI n BARONI and LESI n HOLMES— sta d radio their association. Mr. Holm< «ing \nt/y a commercial business, but Mr Sarony will carry on thg with a new partner MICuAEL COLES. THE PEI ERS SISTE LS American coloured harmony act. In London fop
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  • LOCAL
    • SHE'LL SING FOR YOU
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      SULTAN'S BIRTHDAY
      28 5 THE Sultan of Pahang will celebrate his 42nd birthday at Pekan on Thursday. The f.ay has been d-clared a public houd&y In the State of Pahang.
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      'U.K. LOSING GOODWILL IN SARAWAK
      334 5 A WARNING that "if the Brl- tish Government seek to retain Sarawak within the Empire by lorce the goodwill of the people will be permanently forfeited and the country will be driven into the arms of extremists who may not wish the British connection to
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      AUSSIES REMEMBER BORNEO FRIENDS
      323 5 the rescue of a drownms auui m ti. c Brisbane River. Queensland. Australia, on March 27. 1941. This Certificate was sent to North Borneo by the Governor of Queensland for presentation to Mr. Beatty m 1941 but owing to the outbreak of war it was not
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      Art exhibition opens on Friday
      161 5 Art exhibition opens on Friday Free Press Stan Keporu-i AN exhibition <>i Chinese paintings by an artist specially commissioned by the Kwangtung Provincial Government to visil South l-lan Asia will be held ;«t the Singapore Chinese h.tmlHi of Commerce, Hill Street, starting from Friday. The artist, Mr. Wong Hsien Chow,
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      STORE POLICE PLAN 500 CALL BOXES
      144 5 STORE POLICE PLAN 500 CALL BOXES Free Press Stall Repcrier WHEN the Police Call Box system is re-established m Singapore a very much larger number of call boxts will be required than before the war m order to provide adequate coverage ot the city and to ensure the greatest possible
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      PHILIPPINES SHIP II TONS GOLD
      62 5 A MANILA reports says that exports of minerals from the Philippines have been packing up this year, notwithstanding many bottle-necks m the rehabilitation of the mining industry. Chrome exports amounted to 40,000 tons during the first quarter. Copper were sMpp?d for the first time this
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      ATOM-BOMBED HIROSHIMA HAS FREAKS
      942 5 ATOM-BOMBED HIROSHIMA HAS FREAKS hays S pore Boy Free Press Stall Reporter A YEAR after the atom-bomb blasted Hiroshima, people living there were amazed to discover their hens laying oversized eggs and farms producing iriant cabbages; the Japanese have a name for them they are called "atom eg^s" and 'atom
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      CHAMBERS ASK PAYMENTS
      92 5 CHAMBERS ASK PAYMENTS i THE three Chambers of Com- merce m Singapore have asked the acting Colonial Secretary, Mr. H. P. Bryson whether Government is' prepared to meet immediately those claims on War Risls (Goods) Insurance The Chambers declare that there appear to be ample funds to meet the payments
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      TEMPESTS FOR INDIA AIR FORCE
      131 5 EX-SPITFIRE squadron of the Royal Indian Air Force, No. 8 Fighter Squadron, commanded by Squadron Leader Z. Ahmed, has just been re-equipped with I the formidable rocket firing Tempest 11. Capable of a maximum speed of more than 400 m.p.h., the I heavily armed Tempest
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      S'PORE BUS FARES TO GO UP AGAIN
      391 5 S'PORE BUS FARES TO GO UP AGAIN Chinese ask Free Press Staff Reporter C I N GAP 0 R E office workers and bus users generally face the prospect of having to pay more for travelling to and from the city. Close on the heels oi the Singapore Traction Company
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      46 5 SPORT SHIRTS (Towelling Fan $200 Each CATHAY SILK STORE 38-39 Bra, Basah Road Phone ***** \Afetic bewitching woman. ..an 4L a faithful man battle for one whose tinmcrtalr music lias thrill ecl the world for generations! N Ia U IVI H[A S 1(1 KtMlH'llllllT IN ICCHflll
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  • NEWS
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      PRISONS COULDN'T HOLD AIRMEN
      368 6 PRISONS COULDN'T HOLD AIRMEN Azvards for escaping THREE airmen who showed resource and zeal m making repeated attempts to escape from German prisoner of war camp- during the war and were quite undismayed by their failures to achieve success have just been awarded the M.B.E. Warrant Officer Clifford Street, of
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      CARS SMUGGLED INTO BRITAIN
      139 6 TRAPS lire being set for men who Kave been making tliounds <>f pounds a week smuggling Am- i can cars from Eire into London's W< l nd. Customs and Board of Trade oflii c started investigations m England. OfT. nd, where the cars are tal or
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      BOOK LACK DANGER TO EDUCATION
      84 6 BOOK LACK DANGER TO EDUCATION moons ol the Nichol 'Lab Bradford N s much worth] matei hops, and amount of paper vo'ed to football pools. made f he sh< r text 1 -s pu/:''. position of books for exsimply said. "We are endangei local count. of a heabooks for an
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      AN OLD POTTERY SHOP UNCOVERED
      67 6 Experts ha i m to examine a big collection of Roman dish< blots and platters I red by workmen m tht? cellar of a cy> p in 1 Street, Colchester. Antiquarians at the 10-eal museum believe that a Roman potter had his business on the
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      Rubber beats swordfish
      97 6 PWORDFISH among the most Savage of sea i^h. charged into Hi* news at Capetown. Three of them were washed up <>n the beach without their serrated s\v.»rds. .War by lay a bi»< bale of rubber. Thr?c swords were stuck fn^t m it One oi the fish was
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      SUES FOR £50,000 IN BABY MIX-UP
      55 6 A mother who complains that she was given the wrong baby >. she left a New York municiptal maternity hospital is suing New York for £50,000 damages. The baby Mrs. Leonard Sosa 28, brought home is a sickly b The child born to her
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      OLD MAKE WAY FOR YOUNG
      174 6 i 'UDGE IN BRITAIN has ordered an H ave the bungalow hem. have occupied U i that a young married couple can have the accommodation to raise a family. The ►mmented: "I consider that the greater hardship would be to the young family poi was
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      WEDDING DAY WAS EVENTFUL
      87 6 WEDDING DAY WAS EVENTFUL Jcouri church J- 111 wis 19-y ar-old A: Joseph Maher's wedding trip at Bootle. Lanes. Magistrates who had remand- d Maher m custody on charge* shopbreakir.g and taking a motor-car, agreed to his marriage to 22-year-old Alice Thomas. Police who escorted him to St. Joan of
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      NEW NAVAL SHIP HAS RADAR ONLY
      166 6 NEW NAVAL SHIP HAS RADAR ONLY THE NAVY is shortly to take delivery of the most remark--1 able vessel that has ever joined the Fleet, H.M.S. B. unarmed, five-masted, snub-nosed floating radar station which is to Drovide basic training fora new era of naval and In the Boxer is reproti
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      Sgts. in Pinafores
      60 6 >'..• pudding and putting B i and l\ I 1 the Boyml Army Pa> i Th« v art- uv' i c v: >-»uU. ;.ip m London. The of let tur I with i •ekgrcud inj\j <ivin- «lnr-ntary p«.>rhol-p'- p forma! «<i principles of work and the teaching:
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      EASTERN AIR SURVEY IS FINISHED
      7 6 EASTERN AIR SURVEY IS FINISHED asfasdfasdfadf asdfasfasf
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  • Page 6 Miscellaneous
    • Miscellaneous
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      80 6 3 I* 01 J jPk SSI t" Elxclusive to the Simla t>ore Free Press m Malaya 'WELL, WE'VE AGREEdV|/M AFRAiD IT'S ,/ISTTZRS FROM^ /am!— THANK\/ OF ALL VnuRS^X--You're m check, f where not England, sir heavens.'—/ the-!— V™^» *> lvv^^£±r^=^ ERicl-WHArs YOUKyf WHAT, JANE.'- V AND MISS. 1 H'M.' NOT
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      79 6 Free Press Crossword Mo. I j j j m^ -yr— —^Z^^^^^^^ m^~ m ~~^mmmmMr~~~ mm ~~Tmmmmr CLI I S krottndc on the Cem b S), 4 MU A S. GfflKTt (S g public promenade ?> industrial ar r untry is H-inkmg tl -Ids some of the fines •wt of a
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  • SPROT
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      REST PLAYED NEGATIVE CRICKET
      843 7 REST PLAYED NEGATIVE CRICKET furopeans Win Clarke Cup oy int' apong tXHUhr 1 FKW mutates after three o'clock on the S.C.C. padang /I ytsterday afterntH.n, the Europeans v\o n the 19th annual Clarke (up cricket match, baatm> the Resl by 86 runs to register their sixth victory m the series
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      SCOREBOARD
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      34 7 pened their British amar I :ty m enincluding jp nonincis Oumit. expense of cf view by P. B. Duncan, Eddie i rd Cru :.g. Se-> gers surr.g them prerulmarg Rev-
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      ARMY MEET S.C.C. IN LEAGUE TODAY
      28 7 3 tO I from the ams meet fixture points will nces As the the ight j a hard Army by six g
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      Right Temperament
      293 7 The Europeans owed their victory largely to the fact that they had the right big match temperament. If m batting they had an edge over the Rest, m bowling they had only Growder m State class, whereas the Rest had, m addition to Kailasapathy. two State bowlers m
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      POINTS FOR TITLE
      147 7 All Leading Sides Win d m rtle- and scamperholi- and prinie must hes- conn. as are~r >: Man2, points 1 If ttch :end If they then Stoke, their Sheffield day of n could ship sh j accomneighbours, rd Division I lay, fine !anmselves sc:red Ardron adding his
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      31 7 GLASGOW. Monday. Dado Marino, challenger from Honolulu for the world flyweight championship held by Jackie Patterson ol Scotland, boxed against six sparring partners m his first public workout here on Sunday.
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      FINN SETS UP BRITISH SIX-MILE RECORD
      297 7 LONDON, Mon. VILJO HEINO, the 32-year-o:d modem •Flying Finn," chalked up a new Br:iish record for six miles at the .BntUh Game, at the Whi 4 City istiwlum this afternoon. Coached by Paavo Nurmi, Heino clipped 14 second^ off Nurmi's own British record, returning
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      Broke Nine Records
      45 7 Broke Nine Records In the women's national Amateur Aquatic Union bwim ireet at Seattle, I'nited States, these two competitors set up nine neu records between them. Ann Curtis, right, §ci seven of them and shared the individual honours of the meeting with Nancy Merki (left).
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      TOURISTS SCORE 193 RUNS IN 2 HOURS
      451 7 TOURISTS SCORE 193 RUNS IN 2 HOURS CARDIFF, Monday. SOI'TH AFRICA dominated play here today where Glamorgan finished the second day s play, needing 272 runs to avert an Innings defeat w tn vt wickets m hand. After adding 193 m two hours before lunch by aggressive batting which delighted
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      HIGH SCORES IN COUNTY GAMES
      306 7 Middlesex Win Again LONDON, Monday. GLORIOUS sunshine and crowds estimated at nearly 100,000 marked the second day of the Whitsun holiday cricket programme of ten first-class matches. There were many fine batting performances, and best was that of the Surrey colt. D. E. W. Flet-
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      WOODCOCK WANTS ANOTHER TILT AT BAKSI
      112 7 WOODCOCK WANTS ANOTHER TILT AT BAKSI DONC ASTER, Monday. BRUCE WOODCOCK will recommence training as soon as he has recover :d from the jaw injury sustained against Joe Baksi. His manager, Tom Hurst, leaves fo r the United States n:xt month to make preliminary arranjrmentfi for Woodcock to tour m
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      CHANTEUR II WINS ANOTHER RACE
      141 7 CHANTEUR II WINS ANOTHER RACE LONDON, Monday. THE Maharajah Gaekwar of Baroda's French filly, Pirette. 1 finished third m the White Rose i Stakes, value £2.000, over one mile and seven furlongs at Hurst Park. The winner was M. T. Magot's Chanteur 11, which completed a notable double having won
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      BLUE TRAIN MAY BE SCRATCHES
      95 7 LONDON. Monday. TRAINER Fred Darling stated today that Blue Train, who is owned by the King, may not run m the Epsom Derby on June 7 if the going is hard. "He is a heavy horse and I would not like to run him if
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      Services Took Their Chances
      1076 7 By Our Soccer Reporter Combined Services 2 Combined Civilians QCORING m the very first minute and consolidating their »J position 12 minutes before the end. the Combined Services beat the Combined Civilian** by two £oals to nil before an estimated en wd of nearly 10.000 at
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      RUGBY LEAGUE RESULTS
      21 7 RUGBY League results today were: Dewsbury 7. Widnes 3: Hull 26. York 5: Salford 21 Leieh m Reuter
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      27 8 rhis is a picture o f *ai t— hut peaceful warfare— a Worcestershire orchard of Morcllo cherries is being sprayed with insecticide d urißg blOMOiii time.
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      CITY NEWS S'PORE RUBBER PRICES TODAY
      124 8 CITY NEWS S'PORE RUBBER PRICES TODAY r Special Market corre^pu.. s the prices of rubber at 11 i m today as follows: Buyers S Cts. oer Ib. o*r Ih No i i; > > Spot loo*c 31', 32 No I S.S.S. fob m bales May 5S 3 fct< m bal«
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      A GOVERNOR'S PLEA FOR JAP
      115 8 A GOVERNOR'S PLEA FOR JAP THE medical the Stanley P. I :tal during the Japanese occupa of Hong Kong, Choichi Sato, ha.s bee: need to imprisonment by a British court after being found :y of comributing to the •he hosI by failing to provide them adequate medical attention, medrugs and
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      SENATE REFUSES WOOL TARIFF
      190 8 USHINGTON, Monday. THE United States Senate today refused to agree to the insertion, voted by the House of Representatives last week, of a provision for an impor^ tariff on foreign wool m a bill extending through 1948 domest'c pr'ca support for wool by Government purcha :ifd
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      CHAINED IN WOOD
      39 8 P'^u- S! Charles Kisner, of Kingwood, West Virginia, told the press he had found a nine-year-old boy, dirty, ragged and suffering from hunger, chained and padlocked to a tree m the woo Ki;r w rd Reuter
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      Dacoit chiefs are captured
      253 8 Dacoit chiefs are captured RANGOON, Monday. OPERATION FX.USH" the militiirN campaign againsl dacoit •'dictatorship" m Centra] Burma has beer suspended owintj to the advent of the mon oon, i (ficial quarters revealed here today. Accnrdin.wr to an official sp<'k<-.-inan. the operations I to bo suspended before being liquidated. H( >id:
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      Indian Clerks 'down pens'
      72 8 fLERKS and other lower .<; l; ide stafl of the Iccountant-Geiie-rals offices m 22 Indian towns staged a cms-day "pens down strike yesterday m protest agrainst their •'unsatisfactory' scales of pay recommended by the recent Government enquiry, "T.I i i V" 1 °T baV The Strikers
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      'GERMANY, JAPAN ARE VITAL TO WORLD
      335 8 'GERMANY, JAPAN ARE VITAL TO WORLD Hoover's Call MR. HERBERT HOOVER, blaming Russian obstruction for the delay m world recovery urged an immediate separate peace with Germany unkss RUHWII changed her <■••■>■ [fe also advocated a separate peace with Japan. The former President of the United States calls the industrial
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      PYGMALION AT THE VICTORIA
      518 8 PYGMALION AT THE VICTORIA Plaj Pygmalion Author. B. Shaw Theatre: Victoria, Singapore SHAW n ninety years old bu' kes ari fresh and funny, and the B Club's Pygmalion, if we turn Nelson's eye to the first ac go down as one of their more successful prod The fir: act I
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      COUP REPORTED IN NIGARAGUA
      39 8 CO UP REPORTED IN NIGARAGUA THK or L nard. Arguello overthrown On Sunday night by il Guard, accordir. San Jose, C or Arp-. The Ni m armed forces consist of a National Guard of and 3,318 other ranka and
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      JAP PENICILLIN CLAIM
      31 8 A new tnetn d "i proaucuu penicillin m large quant claimed to hay" been dis< by Dr. HiroshJ Ito, of the Kana Is ai authority on ba pan
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      U.S. Colonel Held On Gold Charge
      254 8 LOS ANGELES, MoncL X FORMER lieutenant-colonel m tJ bor of the first advance party m Font* bere today on a charge of embezzlem* States— specifically that ho sold £25.000 worth of gold c confiscated from the Japanese. liam Kenrick Evans. 36, the [former Army
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      SYRIAN PREMIER CALLS IN ARMS
      8 8 SYRIAN PREMIER CALLS IN ARMS A.P. safasdfasf Reuter
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      30 8 U.S. ENVOY VISITS MINE Thf ved an enthusii>ti< M perfd iv shire Hid tint with J. Hall. President <»f Lbc \urk^hirr aret ff tk* Ini n of Mn^uorkcrs at D^r
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      BAN ON N.E.I. SHIPS JO STAY
      68 8 BAN ON N.E.I. SHIPS JO STAY Tra^e Union Ctaieis Say Free I Stall Utp^ner "p 1 jiipfMiif ban imposed b\ 'fi< lurrtnJM WakMd--1 l n the load for the Netherlands East Indite w Ut come, said Mr. M. Hc;i!\ and Mr. R^ich. Trade Union representative- n-fao work. PS i r
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      BRITAIN MUST GO QUICKLY SAYS GANDHI
      185 8 BRITAIN MUST GO QUICKLY SAYS GANDHI Mum:..;. IT was not Britain's function I change the map of Lnd a, and Britain conflequei I should withdraw on or beiott the promised dati i yen at I risk iving India m chaos, said Gandhi m a itab ttent at his evening rayei
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      RUSSIA ENDS DEATH PENALTY
      104 8 RUSSIA ENDS DEATH PENALTY LONDON, Monday. THE Moscow Radio stated tonight that the Supreme So\ ■la decree abolishing the ith sentence m the Soviet Union during peacetime. For crimes whlf-h hitherto have resulted In capital punishment the sentence will now be 25 v< hard labour. I he death penalty v.i
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      NEW ATTEMPT TO END CHINA CIVIL WAR
      56 8 NEW ATTEMPT TO END CHINA CIVIL WAR A new attempt to end the civil I war m China was initiated j m Nunking yesterday when the People's Political Council unanimously passed a re- i solution to invite the Commun- i ist delegation to come to Nan- j kino; to discuss
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      68 8 WEATHER BriffhtPenods: un\!!l... for tfc> If h ur- foropilrd by the R F Brichl r -i< ;ds with ;ls!Onai thundrry sh«' c v> nicht and to-morrcw mm Wind Bovtberij, -if calm at wight Temper;itur^ for the past hoi, imum W drcT*--nTinimum djn M 1 mfall Sunset 6 iO p m
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