The Singapore Free Press, 18 July 1947
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Title Section20 1947-07-18 1 The Singapore Free Press LARGEST AFTERNOON SALE IN MALAYA So l^ o9 SINGAPORE, FRIDAY, JULY 18, 1947 PBlCt I* CENT**.20 words
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Article, Illustration347 1947-07-18 1 Bombay ferry boat disaster BOMBAY, Thursday. CIX hundred and eighty-eight people were feared to- night to have been drowned m one of the worst maritime disasters m history, when the coastal steamer Ramdas sank off the coast of Kolaba, south of Bombay. The Ramdas wasReuter - 347 words
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Article189 1947-07-18 1 LONDON, Thursday. 3UK Jagjivaa Ham, Labour Member of the Indian Interim r* GeitnuMnt, was rushed to hospital today when a York ■lirriit m which he was travelling to India from England Sera hed m the desert near Basra, killing all the British ■trt >v of njxReuter - 189 words
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Article65 1947-07-18 1 THE East Asiatic Company^ 200 1 tan lighter Dhani struck a mine oft the mouth o! the Chao Psya River m Bangkok on Thursday, killing 10 persons and injuring 40. The lighter, which was returning from loading rice, struck a mine m mid-river. The explosionA.P. - 65 words
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Article54 1947-07-18 1 THE buttered body of a naval rating was found m Halifax yesterday m the crumpled bow of the 2,000-ton Canadian destroyer Micmac when she docked after being m collision with the 7,189 tons Canadian freighter Yarmouth County. This brought the number of the destroyer's crewReuter - 54 words
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Article77 1947-07-18 1 NAVY TO STOP 'FLOATING SLUM JERUSALEM. Thursday. rIVE destroyers ar.d two cruisers were reported to be moving tonUht to intercept a ''floating slum/ carrying some 1.284 women. 1.700 youths and 685 children seeking to enter Palestine illegally. The vessel, originally called the President Warfield. and now renamed Exodus from Europe,77 words
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134 1947-07-18 1 NEW YORK, Thursday. TOE establishment of a standing commission to supervise mediation efforts In the Balkans was opposed m the Security Council yesterday by the Polish delegate. Dr. Oscar Lange, and by the Soviet delegate, Mr. Andrei Gromyko. Dr. Lange criticised the conclusions of the134 words
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Article105 1947-07-18 1 LAUNCESTON, Tasmania, Thur. MR. Joseph Chifley, the Australian Prime Minister, said m a speech here today: "Many who think because we have £230,000,000 credits m London we have plenty of money to buy what we like there, will live to be disillusioned. "The time may notReuter - 105 words
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Article135 1947-07-18 1 NEW DELHI, Thursday. rpWO provisional dominion Governments, of India and of 1 Pakistan, will be set up on Monday to replace the present interim government of India. The change i* being made to facilitate the establishment of the two dominion governments on Aug. 15. TheReuter - 135 words
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Article27 1947-07-18 1 Ifce British people hare donated a sum of £2,000,000 to the British United Aid to China Organisation since Ms establishment m 1942, ReuterReuter - 27 words
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Article, Illustration87 1947-07-18 1 SECRET RADIO EXPERT CAPT. MAX WEBBER, of The Loyal Regiment and formerly of 4th (Malacca) Bn. The Straits Settlements Volunteer Force, who constructed and operated secret radio sets m prison i .-nips on the Siam-Burtna Railway, receiving the Order of the British Empire for his work from the Governor, of87 words
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Article61 1947-07-18 1 WELCOMING Mr. Winston Churchill, Britain's wartime Prime Minister, who made his first appearance hi the House of Commons yesterday since his recent operation, Mr. Herbert Mor. rison, Lord President of the Council, said Mr. Churchill had made a remarkable recovery. Amid laughter, Mr. Morrison added: "AHReuter - 61 words
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Article232 1947-07-18 1 BATAVIA, Friday. a^fi^M^P^*""- here laSt but he did not ask for mediation. Reliable Dutch sources say tfrat Dr. Van Mook has made a recommendation to The Hague on the Republican answer. me Nieuwsgir describes the answer as "unsatisfactory" and says it leaves no basis for futureReuter; U.P.; A.P. - 232 words
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Article40 1947-07-18 1 Free Press StaJT Reporter AT 1.30 this morning, five Chinese, one armed, broke into a house m Jalan Raja' off Balestier Road, S ngapore. and robbed the Chinese occupants of $375 cash and valuables and a sewing machine.40 words
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306 1947-07-18 1 NANKING BID TO MUZZLE S TORE PRESS Free Press Staff Reporter DEPORTS from Nanking that the Commission for Overseas H Affairs is to attempt to control Chinese newspapers m Malaya and South East Asia m general have angered Singapore's Chinese editors. With the exception of the Kuomintang controlled Chung Shing306 words
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Article94 1947-07-18 1 Free Press Staff Reporter A KOREAN war criminal, who i\. was sentenced to death by an Australian War Crimes Court f or ill-treatment of a PoW, was hanged at Changi Prison at nine o'clock this morning He was Hayashi Fishun. nirknamea "The Magg::" and he gained94 words
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Article40 1947-07-18 1 During a vivid dream, Lionel Diplock, 21. of Ightham Common near Sevenoaks. a paratrooper iome on leave, jumped Id feet irom his bedroom window He was -.aken to hospital with injuri« to his legs and feet.- ReuterReuter - 40 words
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Article74 1947-07-18 1 MEN of the overseas Chinese Inspection group, who arrived m Shanghai an Thursday by air from Malaya, spent a busy day yesteraay calling on local officials and prominent citizen. The party, which was headetf by Liv Shi-chun and organized by the San Mm Chu I Corps,Reuter - 74 words
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Article14 1947-07-18 1 Field Marshal Lord Montpom ---rv visited Wellington, New Zealand. yesterday.- A.P.A.P. - 14 words
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Advertisement99 1947-07-18 1 c ups, SHIELD S M E D A LS p. h. HfiitimY, :< North 3r^» ■kW 01 Trt 4 r SHROFF'S CARPETS THE SYMBOL OF GREAT CARPET VALUE w^ STOCK ALL VARIETIES OF INDIAN, MiRZAPORE. AMRITSAR AND KASHMIR CARPETS, SIZE VARYING FROM 4X2 TO 12 Xl 5 ANY SIZE. COLOUR99 words
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Advertisement19 1947-07-18 1 OPTICAt CO 275. South Rndff Ri Tele. gMHIM 1925 Op'«"i?n: C f Fan O D fPhUa > <Qn?lifl9« Ob teteac)19 words
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Article1034 1947-07-18 2 NO BLUE PRINT FOR UTOPIA BY A SPECIAL CORRESPONDENT A FEW days before she died, Bliss Ellen v Wilkinson wrote a Foreword to an official illustrated pamphlet, "The New Secondary Education/ just published ty H. M. Stationary Office. In a note m the pamphlet, Mr. George Tomlinson, the Minister of1,034 words
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Article, Illustration197 1947-07-18 2 WEST opened the hart ten and it East's king fell to declarer's ace. Declarer cashed three good clubs, discarding dummy's losing heart; then led a diamond. When the king won, he returned another diamond. East won and led a heart. Dummy ruffed, cashed the spade king and197 words
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Article440 1947-07-18 2 JN LonUo n a committee of four women and three men have been planning a report on the possibilities of admitting women to the Diplomatic Service. Since two Englishwomen nave proved themselves capable of becoming Ministers of the Crown, it seems reasonable to suppose that others may440 words
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Article, Illustration68 1947-07-18 2 Top: the "Imp," whimsical as its name, covers up the Instep for that new "high riding" look. The cushiony brown leather platform adds comfort. Right: Irish linen accented with tan leather m a perforated mocassin-type plug and plat, form gives caol comfort for warm days. Below: Two straps68 words
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Article288 1947-07-18 2 TT has been reported x that Singapore now has ten private maternity homes compared with the three it had before the war and that the average number of babies born m a week is 500. The cost of having a baby m a private288 words
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Article58 1947-07-18 2 T\R. Edith Summerskill, Parliamentary Secretary to the Ministry of Food, rave this advice to housewives. "If you sometimes want to kick your husband m the pants, please don't do it until your children have tone to bed. "To see two people it loves and honours the58 words
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Article137 1947-07-18 2 MALAYAN bOUWVBI sometimes besr with servant trouble, be interested m a modes all-electric kitchen v: drew Melbourne boosewives at the "Austzafis Makes It" exhibit! >.: m June. In pale yeiku and prjnii contract, the kitchen signed by the Viet nan BB Electricity Commission, members of the electrical137 words
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Advertisement66 1947-07-18 2 QUIZ Answers 1. At Westminster, January. 1946. The first President was M. Spaak (Belgium). 2. ca) Mozart; (b) Beethoven; (c) Smetana; (d) Verdi; <c) Wagner. 3. Barnaby Rudge; A Tale of Two Cities. FRESH SHIPVE^ F CARPETS PLAIN AND DESIGNED KASHMIR FELT RUGS STAIRCASE RUNNERS IN BEIGE GREEN GIFT PARCELS66 words
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Miscellaneous25 1947-07-18 2 MdlHir&kG Exclusive to the Singapore Free Press m Malaya s^^jir^nrv" S G r^^ A IJ jowto model herheadii §P ft a^.^i M A s ?J25 words
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Miscellaneous600 1947-07-18 2 SINGAPORE JL ls^*:^ oool^ 930 "Escape 5-5.30 pan. 19 84 metres and 49 v Blu. Network f.^^J o^^.^^, ZT^'*""™ JSiSriZ 2ssr I iSS! J sued; I2o ship ™>Ar a™™™ •or second In the 41 metre band. HITCTOnT 00 WorU New s Headlines; 1.02 •••o— ll.H pjn— 4Bs metres In Urn600 words
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Miscellaneous95 1947-07-18 2 YOUR LUCKY STAK Fortune h*BCMI people horn bodsf BORN today, you are rs*more mood) than o^ under your siirn At tin s are fond of fun and ea«et> want to be surrounded R friends and acquaintance At other times hoover want to be left complete!? v to retire into f«MX95 words
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Article383 1947-07-18 3 BULK OF EQUIPMENT TO REMAIN When U.S. Army leaves Japan TOKIO, Thursday. QUPPLIES and equipment valued at billions of U.S. dollars will be left m Japan when the United States forces are withdrawn from the country, CoL H. C. Burgess, supply officer for the Bth Army, told a group of383 words
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Article, Illustration28 1947-07-18 3 l ur tampers, an instrument which takes the guesswork oat of bantj laatesi judging, being used m preliminary judging for Miv. L.s Angles County* at Ocean Park, California.28 words
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Article105 1947-07-18 3 TOKIO, Thursday. VISITING American newspaper editors have received from a group of 41 Okinawans living m Tokio a signed petition, asking them to publicise their appeal for the restoration of Okinawa to Japan. Okinawa was captured by the American forces after suffering heavy losses. The petition pointsU.P. - 105 words
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Article29 1947-07-18 3 Golden eagles are not likely to become extinct In Britain, says Wild Birds Protection Society's report, but too many are shot and too many eggs stolen.29 words
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Article214 1947-07-18 3 WOMAN RODE FL YING BOMB NEW YORK. Thursday. j GESM \N ww pilot rode a Nazi V-l flying-bomb of the Bsed m attacks on London and iived. Polish from i concentration camp also lived after the Gerd -tnpped them into cabins and hurled (hem at a v -II n- that214 words
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64 1947-07-18 3 JAPANESECREWS RUN U.S. NAVY LANDING SHIPS N 'LULU. Thursday. j THREE U.S. Navy 1 ihlps, :::anned by J tpanesc merchant -rrrvrly of the docked at Pearl surplus cargoes acffic bases revealed that the with 12 others due lot West Coast rta shortly, m conF I NaW tUgS part of a64 words
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Article19 1947-07-18 3 W »iews m New York autumn the Ameri- n more hats n The most popular19 words
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Article42 1947-07-18 3 rpHE last xnonihly clothing allo--1 cation received for distribution to the 100.000 inhabitants of Munster, Germany, was one handkerchief. The mayor announced that It probably will be placed m the city museums as a record of the present-day shortages. AJ\42 words
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Article106 1947-07-18 3 Terutake Sunada, an assistant at Okayama Medical College, has perfected a new method for detecting: cancer m Us early stages through serum reaction tests, reports C.P. from Tokio. He announced his method at a meeting of surgeons. .It consists of extracting a substance from cancer tissues andU.P. - 106 words
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158 1947-07-18 3 ALEXANDRIA, Thursday. ABD el KRIM, leader of the Moroccan revolt against the French and Spanish 20 years ago, who recently escaped frwn French custody when on bis way from ezil'. m the Indian Ocean to the South of France, said it was very158 words
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Article, Illustration104 1947-07-18 3 "Slim" Dexter, 28-year-old Canadian soldier of fortune, while operating behind the German lines with a group of American raiders, found a painting m the possession of a German soldier and took it to London wh?n he left the forces. This painting, a Van der Velde masterpiece painted m 1663 and104 words
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Article30 1947-07-18 3 JUDGES at a California beauty J contest told competitors to take the padding out of their curves. Susan George, 18, had no padding. She won a film contract.30 words
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Article287 1947-07-18 3 LONDON, Thursday. A LAW to prevent the formation of monopolies m the IX newspaper business was among: suggestions submitted by the National Union of Journalists to the Royal Commission on the press now inquiring into the ownership and control of British newspapers and news agencies. ThisReuter - 287 words
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Article31 1947-07-18 3 The Dutch Government has announced that Mr. Arnold Lamping will be the first Dutch Ambassador m New Delhi. Mr. Lamping was formerly Dutch Minister m Bucharest.— Reuter.31 words
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Article38 1947-07-18 3 TOKYO, Thursday. SEVERAL thousand officials under the jurisdiction of the Home Ministry, including 2t least eight recently -elected governors, 35 appointed vice-gover-nors, 600 police inspectors, will be purged under the newly-an-nounced purge structure. U.P.38 words
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Article23 1947-07-18 3 San Francisco apparel manufacturers plan to fly two four-en-gined planes to Paris and London with loads of Californian styles.23 words
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Article301 1947-07-18 3 DUMPING IS DENIED PARIS, Thursday. •TOE United States is exporting wheat and coal to a shatter--1 ed Europe "over and above" its reasonable capacity," the U.S. Secretary of Commerce, Mr. Harriman, told a press conference m Paris. Mr. Harriman declared that the Soviet and French CommunistU.P. - 301 words
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Article71 1947-07-18 3 JERUSALEM, Thursday. MADAME Haj Amin El Husseini, wife of the Mufti of Jerusalem, has sent a message from Cairo urging 1,800 Muslim and Christian Arab women holding a rally here: 'Divorce your husband if he sells land to the Jews. "Dress simply and economise m theReuter - 71 words
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Article38 1947-07-18 3 SCORCHING letters have been received by New York newspapers and some magazines from Hollywood complaining that the favourable attention being paid to British films "far outweighs their actual proportion or weight m the U.S. market."38 words
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Article41 1947-07-18 3 DETROIT is now ready to introduce some time m 1949 the car of tomorrow. It will have fully automatic gear changing, airplane design easy-chair seating for all but the driver, refrigerators for food and drinks, smaller but stronger engines.41 words
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Article240 1947-07-18 3 MANCHESTER, Thursday. EGYPT had "ingeniously redrafted" history In making her case to the United Nations Security Council, the Manchester Guardian states Commenting on references m the Egyptian note to "the unwarranted occupation of Egypt m 1882" and to the joint Anglo- Egyptian administration of the Sudan, the240 words
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Advertisement15 1947-07-18 3 H A and sec«ri^ «rnotm throughworW. 41 •Moron optical co. f 1 V; 'MEB OMICIAKS)15 words
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Advertisement49 1947-07-18 3 NOTHING LIKE HIM HAS £VER HIT THIS TOWN! "Action of 3 R. Hoods compressed into one! COLUMBIA'S fc^^ it ifil v^^tt^^ j^m HI iSIIMI Qtttu> B Eiaws Armed with Bow Arrows U Bold Knights Swordsmen— HI Guardsmen with Flashing Daggers Hell Let Loose m Sherwood Forest. TO-MORROW at MID-NIGHT49 words
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Miscellaneous49 1947-07-18 3 TARZAN Manoeuvres JB^ Edgar Rice Burroughs |>AS. :JHE, .APE-MAN^ HEAD APPEARED^ llff^* t/^XF^ I I AFTER REPEATING THIS PERFOKMANCeT I |Ato PQTH iHONTERS SWUNG THEl^JHjl| frSl"^^£^ vLT^I^S/^3 SEVERAL TIMES, TARZAN CREPT TO A f% tS* TM^^^i hJL^3^^ ZAW QUICICLV DOO6 P P^ l^ ||B^BPS^^ V$ EN BEFDRE ASTONISHED EVES,49 words
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711 1947-07-18 4 The Singapore Free Press FRIDAY, JULY 18, 1947. The Two Indias fpODAY the Independence of X India Bill becomes law. The swiftness of its passage through I Parliament— it will receive the Royal assent eight days after its Introduction m the House of Commons— is both a tribute to the711 words
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Article, Illustration2275 1947-07-18 4 1 SLIM lad, who played about with test tubes and stinks m the Government Laboratory m Singapore 30 years ago, today holds the controlling interest m Cressonite Industries,, Ltd., and is Vice President of the Rotary Club here. That lad was LIONEL CRESSON, a rabbit2,275 words
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Article20 1947-07-18 4 When I sit m darkness, the I Lord shall be a light unto me. I MICAH. 7. 8. I20 words
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Article966 1947-07-18 4 Eric Jennings - SVC LOOKS BACK 90 YEARS Eric Jennings By years ago today 11 the Singapore Volunteer Corps became the first official Volunteer organization m the British Empire by Act XXin of 1857 of the Legislative Council of India, the Settlement of Singapore then forming part of the East India Company's domains.966 words
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Advertisement13 1947-07-18 4 HOUSEHOLD REQUISITES m STERLING SILVER. Fresti stocks now Gvail/ihf£ h7* *O*TM S*/*6t SW**.^13 words
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Advertisement9 1947-07-18 4 F\ COSTUME JEWELLERY 'jflC^ j4[ FOR WOMEN OF TASTES9 words
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201 1947-07-18 5 Passive defence men get gratuities *SS nm n rive nunarea (f ri ouars will be paid to "interned members of Defence Services s?Qin<^por( as recommend--sbt mt committee revised the recommendations ol the Worley **Z giving this figure to the a iTisory Council yesterday, fhe Financial Secretary, Mr. j D M201 words
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269 1947-07-18 5 TASK FORCE' TO FIGHT CRIME IN HARBOUR 21 new patrol boats for Police Free Press Staff Reporter ANE of the biggest and most up-to-date task forces ever assembled by the Singapore Police will swing into action shortly when the Marine Police put into commission their 21 new patrol speed boats.269 words
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Article, Illustration84 1947-07-18 5 This Free Press picture shows one of two Army tractors now being used to rehabilitate the V.M.C.A. sports ground m Bras Basah Road, Singapore. It is expected that the ground will be ready for use within three months. There were 14 tennis courts, a basket ball, a volley ball and84 words
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Article131 1947-07-18 5 S'pore port news IN Singapore toaay are 2j o^i^t-io and men of the 7,000-tor. Greek ship Micsalois Xilas which was completely burnt out with 4.517 tons of Siamese rice on board off Bangkok last month. They are waiting to sign on another vessel bound for the UniUd Kingdom. Ships alongside131 words
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Article54 1947-07-18 5 MR. Lim Ciman Geok will preside over today's public meeting to discuss tho Control of Rent Bill at the Victoria Memorial Hall. at 5.15 p.m. The meeting is sponsored by the Singapore Clerical and Administrative Workers' Union, and is open to all interested, whether members of54 words
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Article360 1947-07-18 5 Free Press Staff Reporter IVHAT is described as "reasonable shipments" of new motor-cars have been arriving m Singapore, and within a few months, motor dealers expect to be able to fulfil a large proportion of the outstanding orders running into four figures on the allocation360 words
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263 1947-07-18 5 2,600 child labourers in Singapore Free Press Staff Reporter SINGAPORE employs 2,600 juveniles— the majority of uiem Chinese m various trades. This compares with a total of nearly 24,000 juveniles m the Malayan Union, mostly working on rubber es:ates. The wages of juvenile workers m Singapore rar>ge from 80 cents263 words
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Article68 1947-07-18 5 ANEW course of conversational Malay will start on July 18 at 9 a.m. tor advanced students and W a.m. for beginners at the YWCA m Fort Canning Road, Singapore Class will be held on each succeeding Friday, and the fee is $10 for a full course68 words
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Article74 1947-07-18 5 The Singapore Coroner, Mr. K. K. Oon said yesterday that he was of opinion that a car which fatally injured a five- year-old Chinese girl m Tan Quee Lan Street on July 7 was parked on the wror« side of the road. He will give74 words
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Article267 1947-07-18 5 UNLESS the Government takes measures immediately to assist the peasants of Malaya, "the deficit i n the production of grains and the consequent food crisis will continue to be a permanent feature," says the All-Malaya Peasants' Union m a statement which it calls a "blueprint for267 words
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385 1947-07-18 5 Five to 25% rent increase suggested FIVE, 20 and 25 per cent, increases m Singapore rents- -according to the class and rental of premises instead of the 20 per cent, originally suggested, are provided for m the Control of rent Bill which was given its first reading m the Singapore385 words
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Article75 1947-07-18 5 THREE Singapore men and en;: woman have been awarded scholarships for a period of two years m the Lcndon School of EconomicG and will leave for England shortly. They ars: Mr. Un Hon Kun acting Assistant Commissioner for Labour. Mr. J. L. Byrne, Assistant75 words
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Article85 1947-07-18 5 From Our Own Correspondent TAIPING, Thursday.— Goh Boay Khiang, described as a kepala. was fined $500 by the Taiping District Judge, Mr. C. P. Newton, for knowingly harbouring prohibited goods 222 bags of rice imported without a licence. The charge was the sequel to a85 words
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Article123 1947-07-18 5 mHROW pepper or chill ic powd»r into the eyes of extortioners J. and robbers. This is the action urged upon shop proprietors and their assistants by the police m Selangor. In hundreds of circulars just issued m Kuala Lumpur, the Chief Police Officer, Mr. H.123 words
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Article197 1947-07-18 5 SINGAPORE S first Trade Fair, m which the exhibits will cost $1,000,000, will open m Great World Amusement Park on July 26, corVJnuing till Aug. 9. The object of the Fair is to give the people of Singapore a general idea of the progress made197 words
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Article, Illustration35 1947-07-18 5 MISS ELAINE CHONG (above) and MISS GWEN FONG (below), two Chinese girls, who were among: the students who receive*! their medical decrees at a recent graduation ceremony m Wilson Hall, Melbourne University, Australia.35 words
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Advertisement91 1947-07-18 5 IFOR CHILDREN |KID-KORD RECORDS" Bh: oi rwdve 9" Discs p toaea on Kach Side Per Set $18.00 JAWCy 600 IS ft TOYS fc--rui,-r Dog $2.00 Jk^ic Rackig car $1.85 $5.50 K r c. rite. Ml speciality M-. J SIL ARRIVED! P E BAiiSCH LOMtt -.omu- FV Fnu»es Tbr f riMae91 words
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Advertisement67 1947-07-18 5 I QUIET NOW BIT AN INFERNO OF BATTLE TWO YEARS AGO! I HERE IN TARAWA THE FULL FURY OF THE I TASK FORCE HAD BROKEN UPON IN A WAVE OF STEEL MEN! I tALiIN'T r- X iMTOiXHB WATER. A SEA RAKED WITH FIRE FROM THE BEACH HEAD. CAPITOL NOW^ ALHAMtJRA67 words
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Article340 1947-07-18 6 Dissension over ex-King Leopold F Brussels the question of the return of King Leopold of the Belgians is not as simple as it appears from London. The report of the commission appointed by Leopold to examine his conduct m the war has intensified rather than340 words
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Article56 1947-07-18 6 WHILE Mrs. Mary Bunker, aged 72, was making her first fliirht as a guest of Plymouth Aero Club, she told the pilot she was enjoying herself but was rather worried "because her mother did not know she was going flying." Now plans are being made to56 words
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Article122 1947-07-18 6 HOME OF KINGS IS IN 'DECAY' VENSINGTON PAL/% birth- place of two EngV*%i sovereigns and death place of four., is falling into decay. It was so badly bombed that part of it needs complete rebuilding, and Lord Broughshane (formerly Sir William Davison. M.P. for Kensington South) at questiontime m the122 words
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111 1947-07-18 6 WHY THE NAVY MEN GOT MEAL TICKETS SPECIAL meal cards have been issued to the 4.000 ratings In the Royal Naval Barracks at Devonport to check the practice of "swinging around the buoy" at mealtimes. It has been found that when bacon and eggs are on the menu for breakfast,111 words
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Article51 1947-07-18 6 TWO THOUSAND men, women and boys, making prefab houses and car wheels, walked out of two factories near Wellington, Shropshire, because a supervisor was "so rude that women workers cried." The supervisor, Mr. Leslie Wade, said: "I'm not a rude man and I'm not scared of51 words
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Article14 1947-07-18 6 A murder occurs somewhere m the United States every 5.7 minutes.14 words
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Article93 1947-07-18 6 WHISKY m England may cost £8 a bottle this winter— and be scarce even at that once. That is the view of London wine shop proprietors who have been able up to now to maintain constant supply at £4 a bottle. Now, with the home93 words
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Article174 1947-07-18 6 GERMAN WANTS' TO STA Y PoW OVER two years after the end of the European war, Lieut. Carl Gerlach, 71 -year-old German, is still a prisoner m Llanmartin, Monmouthshire. Fellow-prisoners asked for the old man to be repatriated, a British M.P. has pleaded with the Secretary of State's Department and174 words
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Article, Illustration88 1947-07-18 6 HE MADE HIS OWN MIDGET CAR FOR £90 i Ninety pounds for a new car. T hat is all that it cost Mr. Ellis, a Wimbledon (London) engineer, who decided to make his own car, i It took him nine months and now it's on the road. Picture shows Mr.88 words
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Article206 1947-07-18 6 1 SERGEANT-MAJOR will be able to take legal action 0 against a soldier who strikes him and the soldier will bo able to take action against the sergeant-major un- der the Crown Proceedings BilL j The Attorney-General, Sir Hartley Shawcioss, said that the Bill would206 words
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Article27 1947-07-18 6 Mmc. Guimel. a native of Brittany, who was herself born on a train, gave birth to a daughter while travelling on the Paris-Brest express.27 words
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Article88 1947-07-18 6 BRITISH films shown m Germany are more popular than any others from foreign countries but Germans complain that they treat too often of ghosts and macabre themes. A questionnaire to Germans m all four sectors of Berlin showed that "The Seventh Veil" (which opens with a88 words
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Article66 1947-07-18 6 IN 18 months, members of the Day Dawn Options Syndicate (Western Australia), who won the phenomenally rich Mountain View mine at Day Dawn, have netted £205,000 from the gold they have won. Within the next six months they expect to win gold worth an additional £25.000.66 words
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Article396 1947-07-18 6 rpHE United States is threatened with unp 1 ona scale unprecedented since Al Capone beam 7* of the thuss of prohibition days, according t thTc York police, who are seeking hi New York a solu i on j£ng kUlin* m Beverley Hills, California of '£?>* «Bu*sy"Reuter - 396 words
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Article40 1947-07-18 6 Reuter EMERGENCY comn^ioiwd cers of the Indian Amy > eluding those who have bee: leased for not r. r> thar. c months, are eligibi for consioev tion for appointrrn-r* to short vice commissions Ir. a Roy&; M Force RegimentReuter - 40 words
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Advertisement67 1947-07-18 6 CATHAY 11 a.m.. 1.45, 4.13. 6.45 A 9.M PHONt 3430 POOK NOW TO-DAY *BRP^ .5 i^^Bh^^ ißTiTitrTiTT^^J ■ft. >dl 4jWrifi^^H GREER GARSON -s GREGORY PECK IPMPSBP^^^^^r^ TO-MORROW Last Diy: 2 4.15—6.45 9.15 ART HI P. ASKEY m KING ARTHUR WAS A GENTLEMAN. EXPLODES TOMORROW! At^—»« Combustion! ll^B%\^R^ki R^R^R^HrOES^ jP^ (f67 words
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Advertisement161 1947-07-18 6 SAMBA^' By VELOZ YOLANDA HIT TUNES BY TITO GIIZAR MATRIPHONIAL FRACAS By EVELYN KEYES Vs, KEEN AN WYNN (ALLYN JOSLYN CO-RESPONDKNT VOODOO BARE-FOOTED MACUMBA BY ANN MILLER DANCED TO THE SAVAGE RHYTHMS OF TOM-TOMS PLAYED BY ENRIC MADRIGIERAi ORCHESTRA COLUMBIA'S MILE-A-MINUTF 1947 CQNi NOW— 11 a.m.. MVi^^^kJ^^^^ 2 p.m.. ,^^HV/161 words
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Miscellaneous26 1947-07-18 6 JANE Exclusive to the Singapore Free hress m Malaya IpOM AMSELMOjy PEOPLE WERE INJURED \/CLOWM?— 7UE BRAVE V CARLOTrA^ 'V Si E^ ORI^-"~"AM EKI6LJSH r^f '^^S26 words
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Article378 1947-07-18 7 L 00& certain to head tables THE Army are now almost certain of winning the 1947 Singapore Amateur Football Association league championship. [he ir victory by three-nil over the Chinese Juniors Jalan Besar Stadium yesterday put them m an un- V: It position with 20378 words
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Article39 1947-07-18 7 MacDonaMLßacha- 1 M Edward) *J t out ol Mary fot over v rj (o Ibc Argen- I ww annomic- v i «rffl stand at the r llrf ol Horacio i I the Argintine V-_-- ch,ndCom-39 words
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Article30 1947-07-18 7 Ptaj crricket for! j M me Padang on: captain), Wazir J- Singh, Harcharan r■ r T St-lakan Singh, J J P*t«a, Gurdial 5 Sii: Sh Gill and R.30 words
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Article228 1947-07-18 7 RAIN AGAIN MARS CRICKET LONDON, Thursday. Rain further interrupted play m today's round of county cricket matches. Close of play scores: At Huddersfield, Yorkshire vs. Leicestershire. Yorkshire Ist. innings 167 for 3 (Watson 60) No further play after tea owirjg to rain. At Nottingham, Nottinghamshire ye. Hampshire. Ham ps lire228 words
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Article124 1947-07-18 7 LONDON, Thursday. FURTHER steps to bring Russia into the London Olympic Games next year are expected to be taken m Moscow during the coming week-end. Lord Burghley. the former British Olympic athlete and president of the International Amateur Athletic Federation, has accepted an 1 invitation to124 words
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Article70 1947-07-18 7 The following nuve been selected to represent the Colonials CO. against the S.C.C. fci a cricket match tomorrow on the S.C.C. padang at 2 p.m.: W. Ratr.ayake, C. Colling, R. Delilkan, G. Braclshcw. S. Naeaiah, R. A. Ratnam, D. Miller. A. Thiagarajah, A. E. Delilkan 'Cap;.), E. P.70 words
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Article396 1947-07-18 7 T tht T Jf the Sin a PO'e »1 Smd^Ti a d hop st *P at the held ijMm* -<~ h 1 ■■< Si/*"! Yeo Ch <»n Bee. *o s «»n(i Heat: L 52 R? th N L Summer--5.*" I v D *«*«r, D. A A..V"-396 words
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480 1947-07-18 7 SPORTS ARGUMENT V"ES, says Geoffrey Simp- son, Sports Writer This has been about the dullest Wimbledon for years because the results are planned. While all other championships m sport are run on straight knock-out lines, with star performers taking their chance with all comers m480 words
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Article303 1947-07-18 7 DERBY, Thursday. OOUTH AFRICA, with the Scoreboard showing 172 for 9 y wickets, are 52 runs behind with one wicket standing, m the match against Derbyshire. Rain delayed the start until midafternoon and then the County's tail added 38 useful runs for the last three303 words
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Article, Illustration30 1947-07-18 7 IHigrli jump record holder Lloyd Valberg, who this week cleared 6ft. 3 m., seen m action at practice on the S.RC. padang yesterday. Free Press photo.30 words
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607 1947-07-18 7 NEILSON MODDER - NEILSON MODDER By k SCRAP of newspaper picked up at a wayside haw ker's stall illustrating an American high jumper m action, has enabled a Singapore Eurasian Lloyd Valberg to add three inches to his Singapore record. Valberg will be competing with three607 words
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342 1947-07-18 7 LONDON, Thursday. A SPECIAL meeting of A stewards of the British Boxing Board of Control is to be called to consider the position of Jackie Paterson world flyweight champion who collapsed shortly, before he was due to weigh m for his championship tight withU.P. - 342 words
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Article81 1947-07-18 7 LONDON, Friday. BRITISH heavyweight champ.on, Bruce Woodcock, returned to the ring on Wednesday for the first time since his jaw was broken m his defeat by American J_e Baksi last April. lie tested himself thoroughly m a sparring bout with Tom Reddin^ton, another British heavy, weightA.P. - 81 words
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Miscellaneous267 1947-07-18 7 Free Press Crossword No. ISO CLUES ACROSS i. its most important and of equal value to a horse (9), 7 To catch trout, get round him. hell teach you (5). 8. Learn them and you'll be knowledgeable (5). 9. Here are a quantity of couponless sheets (4) 10 A carpenter267 words
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168 1947-07-18 8 GREEKS CHASE BATTERED REBEL FORCES ATHENS. Thursday. PREEK Government troops are m hot pursuit today of the battered guerilla forces retreatIng north-eastward parallel to the Albanian border after an abortive attempt to capture the city of lomdna, capital of Epirus. The withdrawing guerillas— the main body of some 2,500 men,168 words
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Article286 1947-07-18 8 LAKE SUCCESS, Thursday. A LTHOUGH India was nominated as the venue of the next session of the United Nations Economic Commission for Asia and the Far East, which completed its current session today, the Commission eventually decided to hold the session m November286 words
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Article, Illustration31 1947-07-18 8 ■l Au Over Oxford the "City of Dreaming; Spires" fly planes of the Oxford University Air til? Mb Squadron. OxonUns will recognise Christ Church and Magdalen Colleges and the Sheidonian Theatre.31 words
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Article103 1947-07-18 8 SPIANGHAI, Thursday rpHOUSANDS of flood victims In X the Kwangtung Province are now eating grass and roots to stave off starvation until relief reaches them, according to a report made tay Miss Kay Booth of the CNRRA Air Transport following an aerial Inspection of the flood103 words
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Article76 1947-07-18 8 Free Prass Staff Correspondent. KUALA LUMPUR, TSuSday. ffiHE following cable was dis--1 patched today by Che President of the AU-Malzuran Estate Workers' Council, Mr. C.B.V.K. Moorthy, to Pandit Jawaharlal Nehru: "On behalf of AU-Malayan Estate Workers' Council, which represent 250.000 Indian estate workers. I request76 words
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Article43 1947-07-18 8 T>OLICE and warders, using J. bloodhounds, searched Dartmoor yesterday for two convicts who escaped m a mist while working outside the prison at Princetown. A police cordon was thrown around the moor, roads were guarded and cars searched.— Reuter.43 words
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Article111 1947-07-18 8 TOKIO. Thursday. WASHINGTON'S tentative suggestion of Aug 19 as the date for an Allied conference (and subsequently postponed to September) to discuss a treaty with Japan came as a complete surprise here. It was stated to have been made without the knowledge of the Allied111 words
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Article205 1947-07-18 8 ALLEGATIONS that her husband had told her m 1941 that their marriage had been annulled by a divorce action and, on that assumption, she went through with a second marriage, was made by Kung-Gek Neo, the wife of a Singapore newspaperman, R. B. Ooi, at the205 words
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205 1947-07-18 8 Nobody Wants Another War, Says Bevin HASTINGS (Sussex), Thurs DENYING that he was trying to divide Europe or any part of toe world, the British Foreign Secretary, Mr. Ernest Bevin, today said that the basic principles of his policy were not political at all. "U is no use trying toReuter - 205 words
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Article106 1947-07-18 8 PARIS, Thursday. rO hundred thousand French rubber workers struck for 24 hours today as the Council of Government Employees decided not to call out 1,200,000 public servants. The threat of a civil service strike ended after the National Assembly had voted a bill granting workers new salaryReuter - 106 words
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Article123 1947-07-18 8 A SPECIAL Market correspondent ftat the prices of rubber »t U ftjfc today as follow*: ©El" 1 ots. No I 8.5.1. Sp*4 IMN 19% SO No 1 8.8.8. f«e ta bale* JkmgmU U% 31 No t R. 5.6. fe* to bates Avnui 30% 30% N« S123 words
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Article75 1947-07-18 8 r«OURT circles m London say Vj that the Duke of Edinburgh is the title most likely to be conferred on Lieut. Philip Mountbat- v% n he Princess Elizabeth. The only other person to hold the title was Prince Alfred, second son of Queen Victoria. HgA.P. - 75 words
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Article29 1947-07-18 8 !/\N the New York yes'erday. ifta i prices drifted Irre easiness continii' d iMKior sVight bu- i JThe market c: i i shoving losses up to29 words
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Article302 1947-07-18 8 LONDON, Thursday. "THE British Government hopes 1 that the United States will buy increasing quantities of Malayan rubber m future/ said Mr. Arthur Creech Jones, Secretary cf State for the Colonies, m the House of Commons. "As the trade, however, Is entirely m private hands302 words
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Article391 1947-07-18 8 More fuel for this winter LONDON, Thursday. THE Minister of Fuel, Mr. Emanuel Shinwell, told the House of Commons today that coal production the keystone of British economy— was up 4,000,000 tons for the first 28 weeks of this year over the same period last yearU.P.; Reuter - 391 words
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Article, Illustration52 1947-07-18 8 picture Mr. CONSTANTINE TSALDARIS (left), Greek Foreign Mini** seen with ARCHBISHOP ATHENAGOEAS, primal* of the (,rm Orthodox Church, at La Guardia airfield, Ne^ York. Mr Tsald^ Is In America m connection with Greece's complaint to the lmi« Nations on allee#d aid to Guerilla force«= n> w s slavia, Albania andA.P. - 52 words
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Article422 1947-07-18 8 London Stock Exchange LONDON. lii;r,day. f\S the London Stock Exchange today, a ran trtHali isolated instances, such as Oils where Angto-imja and Burmans assisted the general upward m< entente! that section, stock markets had a very quiet v iy, wSk Reuters financial correspondent. In the p—422 words
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Article34 1947-07-18 8 A new weekly air regular service between Britain and Ceylon was inaugurated yesterday when the British Overseas Airways Corporation four-englned plane Flamborough arrived m Ceylon, 45 minutes ahead of schedule. Reuter.34 words
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Miscellaneous82 1947-07-18 8 -WEATHER Fine, sunny WEATHER ripirl f or Iks next If 24 hoara ssmpllifl by the WJLWt Fine and ninny to-day. Wind: Soathoastorty 8 to 12 knots. Sunset €.41 p.m., noriM 6.34 a.m. MoonriM 7.33 a.m., wiimtt 7.05 p.m. Temperatures: Max. 91 def. F., mm. 79.6 icg. F. Relative homidity percentages:82 words
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