The Singapore Free Press, 24 July 1947
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Title Section19 1947-07-24 1 The Singapore Free Press LARGEST AFTERNOON SALE IN MALA YA K SINGAPORE, THURSDAY, JULY 34, 1947. PRICE 10 CENTS.19 words
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Article561 1947-07-24 1 TOWNS RAZED AS DUTCH ATTACK East Java is sea led off F)UR Indonesian towns went up in flames last night as retreating Republican troops abandoned thera to j the advancing Dutch army. One of the four towns was Salatiga, where for 24 hours Indonesian troops had blocked the road to561 words
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Article, Illustration60 1947-07-24 1 picture. A ftti i stai has his i.une efcedtMl and then places to laserfrint ta the ballot ■■■teffcil in i district |u: h '<■'-' i v,n tne referendum to dt ;de whether the Mtk-Wcsl Frsntki Province Ihould joir Pakistan or the Indian Dominion upon the partition t>i India. B* anA.P. - 60 words
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122 1947-07-24 1 In attempt to toot a goods train! *^cr. left Johore Bahru! f a: j:- Tuesday night for f-_a Lumpur was frustrated by L. e J7 ompt -i;?tion of the railway Im the brain wu approaching Pi ._xt__ mile out of Johore pa-ru. guards noticed122 words
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Article45 1947-07-24 1 x p^.-v .s have b een detain[e. r s: ckhabn :n connection l-si; sus P?cted spy ring, the r' 1 r "'>' stated yesterkZl; &ut h declined to reveal E r identity on t~ Pwnds that the imlomiaf- Em damaac Swedish in. U.P.U.P. - 45 words
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136 1947-07-24 1 WASHINGTON, Wednesday A STATEMENT by the U.S. Secretary of State, Mr. George Marshall, that 118 war, planes and other military equipment in the Netherlands Indies had been left behind for the Dutch by the British was "corrected" almost immediately afterwards by a StateReuter - 136 words
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Article64 1947-07-24 1 LIVERPOOL PORT PARALYSED NINE miles of Liverpool docks, trams and electric trains went dead yesterday when explosions followed by fire gutted the high tension switchroom at Clarence Dock power station. The only casualty was a cleaner who was killed instantly by a 30, 000 volt shock from a live wire.64 words
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Article18 1947-07-24 1 Fifty thousand students in Bombay yesterday demonstrated against increased school and ex- amination fees.— U.P.U.P. - 18 words
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Article112 1947-07-24 1 IN the House of Commons yesterday, the Secretary of State for Colonies, Mr. Arthur Creech Jones, replying to Mr. L. D. Gammans, Conservative M.P. for Hornsey, gave an assurance that the Officer Administering the Government, Mr. P. A. B. McKerron, would be asked to report on112 words
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Article490 1947-07-24 1 Free Press Staff Correspondent LONDON, Wednesday. r[E present method of fixing the price of tin was criticised as unsatisfactory by Mr. A. G. Glenister, a former Mining Member oi the Federal Council, in his address to the annual general meeting of the Malayan Chamber490 words
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103 1947-07-24 1 GOVT PENSION REVISION FOR MALAYA? Free Press Stall Correspondent LONDON, Wednesday. THE Secretary of State for the Colonies. Mr. Arthur Creech Jones, told Mr. Douglas Marshall (Con., Bodmin) that he had invited the Governors of the Malayan Union and of Singapore to consider reducing the minimum qualifying age for increased103 words
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Article60 1947-07-24 1 rOD wasted by American people could feed 40,000,000 persons a year, according to Mr. George Markidan, Food Consultant to the United States Quarter-Master General, who has just returned from a five months' tour of Europe. "The Americans are the most wasteful people in the worldU.P. - 60 words
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Article108 1947-07-24 1 JERUSALEM, Wednesday. THE British transport Empire Lifeguard of 1,400 tons, which ferried illegal Jewish immigrants to Cyprus Internment camps, was blown up and sunk, today in Haifa's Inner harbour. An official announcement said that the Empire lifeguard was sunk by internal explosion after immigrants beingU.P. - 108 words
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Article203 1947-07-24 1 RANGOON, Wednesday. THE gunmen who broke into the Burmese Executive Council meeting last Saturday and sprayed the chamber with bullets, killing U Aung San, the Vice-President, and six other Burmese ministers, have all been arrested, it was learned on good authority tonight. One of the arrestedReuter - 203 words
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Article, Illustration24 1947-07-24 1 SPEAKS ON RENT CONTROL MR. THIO CHAN BEE, one of the speakers on the Kent Control Bill at the Advisory Council meeting this morning.24 words
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Article292 1947-07-24 1 Free Press Staff Reporter IN the Advisory CouncU this morning, the Officer Administering the Government, Mr. P.A.B. McKerron stated the Control of Rents Bill was the best compromise that could be arrived at after the most careful consideration. As the Bill was only of a temporary292 words
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216 1947-07-24 1 Malayan food plan results disappoint Free Press Stall Correspondent LONDON, Wednesday. IN the opinion of Sir Edward Gent, Governor of the Malayan Union, the results ol the Union's short-term food producing campaign so far hav e been disappointing. Indicating this in a statement in the House of Commons vesteri day,216 words
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Article125 1947-07-24 1 Free Press Staff Reporter rREE armed robberies within six hours were reported to the Singapore Police yesterday and this morning. Four masked Chinese, one armed with a pistol, entered a house at the 6th Mile Yio Choo Kang Road at 2 a.m. today, and robbed a125 words
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Article33 1947-07-24 1 The highest birth-rate sincj 1920 was recorded in English and Wales for the quarter endlnj March 31. Births registered werf 241.421 Of these 5.1 per cent. -re illegitimate. U.P.U.P. - 33 words
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Article, Illustration885 1947-07-24 2 TALKING ABOUT SWIMMING E T'S talk about swimming and swimmers. Next year drawn by the Olympic Game s sun -tanned sportsmen and sportswomen from all over the world will show us what they can do in the less stimulating confines of Wembley Pool. The chances are that there will b885 words
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Article, Illustration95 1947-07-24 2 Linda Velec is seen here being instructed by Victor Lawson on Long Island beach. Top left: The complete back crawl "dry swimming" stroke is tried out. It's the reverse of the American crawl. Slightly pigeon-toed feet, keeping knees bent, her legs thresh up and down while arms95 words
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Article338 1947-07-24 2 THERE are some hands where, much as you would like to "rescue" partner from the danger of a takeout double being left in, it is too dangerous to do so. Souths cards in this deal are an example. South later explained that he feared North might be338 words
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Article70 1947-07-24 2 BRICK BAT j these "brirf. J ->v of th, VU place a Ivor Browr/jn^" ■*!>.;. on ol V;,why»" l ,vavS c s'". about," b >S;^:s.l mysteri, Bri^r^'; need no > 1 bat really a b^JV a stick, or a lecti mol 7 th«- W r very ola w '.Y- l^;70 words
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Article555 1947-07-24 2 ART CLASS BY PIERRE JEANNERAT IT is high time new 1 lamps replaced the old in the world of painting; but, as in the immortal tale of Aladdin, only the old seem able to produce magic. Whenever knoviedgreable people discuss modern trends, modern tendencies, the same555 words
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Article39 1947-07-24 2 1. tai file Pilgrim.; m (b» John Bunyan c Urn gaol; (d» 167 8. (a> Racing: ib Swimci Golf; (d> Lawn Tenn-- (ejjj 2. Mr. Micawber Dae perneld). 3. Oliver Twist ilB3_ »J Nickleby (1839 Barna-.> (1840).39 words
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Miscellaneous720 1947-07-24 2 YOUR LUCKY STAR Fortune forecast tor people born today DORN on this first day of the incoming sign, Leo, you are ruled by the Sun, Lord of the Day. You have a fiery, imperious and regal temperament which energetically likes to dominate others in thought and deed. Those born on720 words
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Article214 1947-07-24 3 THKKfc -ire 5,006,000 Communist sympathisers in the I nited States who are linked with Communist Party erTorf> u, put a third f T»rtT into the 1948 Presidential f anipdi?n. a witness told the House of Representatives Un4nuru n Activities Committee, reports United Press from Washington. nimittee,Reuter - 214 words
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Article75 1947-07-24 3 f yEHICTJBS exported by the Ausf tin Motor Company since the war have provided sufficient hard currency to pay ror the imported food rations of over half of Britain s population for a month Post-war exports total sooon vehicles to the valutT of over £15.000,000.75 words
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Article150 1947-07-24 3 'PRINCES OF INDIA CAST ASIDE' U UUK N. Wednesday. TH tastiai aside" by Britain hnWan Princes is criIft M s. an editorial in che L Standard. terms of the Indian I laid the papers, "The b en warned in the plainest raw that the> must _fa ft m* lv«a andReuter - 150 words
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Article64 1947-07-24 3 A Dutch Government communir% que issued in Batavia said that when the Republican's printing office in Batavia was seized on Tuesday, the Dutch found 1.000.000 forged Siamese notes of the 20-tical denomination. The communique said the notes were printed in sheets of 25 each butU.P. - 64 words
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Article47 1947-07-24 3 THE Chinese Foreign Ministry is negotiating for the removal ot the Indian Governments ban on silk imports. China has explained that the restriction was an obstacle to the restoration of her silk trade. Both countries would benefit by increased trade. ReuterReuter - 47 words
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Article46 1947-07-24 3 THERE were no fatal accidents on regular passenger air services in Australia in the 12 months ended June 30. Australian airlines in this period carried 860,000 passengers, an increase of about 67 per cent, on last year, and flew 23,000.000 miles. ReuterReuter - 46 words
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Article, Illustration83 1947-07-24 3 LUXURY BUS TRAVEL 15 Yrs. HENCE The transcontinental bus of the future as envisaged by Mr. Arthur Radebaugh, of Detroit. He suggests that motor vehicles of 15 years hence may revert to square corners with more serviceable interior soace away from the present flowing curves. Mr. Radebaugh says that passengers83 words
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Article185 1947-07-24 3 wv*- SEATTLE, Wednesday. A NOT_KD Chinese educator has warned that warfare by Communists in his country is part of a Moscow- inspired world revolution and Chinas Central Government wffl be powerless to combat Communism from spreading without aid from the United States. Dr. Cheng Tien-fang,A.P. - 185 words
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Article380 1947-07-24 3 SHANGHAI, Wednesday. MANY a one-time prominent German business man, iTI including Nazis, have made China a leading sanctuary for German industrialists who hope to keep alive the Nazi spirit which led Hitler to overrun Europe, competent sources say. Not all German businessmen still in ChinaU.P. - 380 words
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Article29 1947-07-24 3 A Japanese correspondent Nakamachi in the Tokio area, reported that a Cochin -China hen owned by a stone-cutter hatched a chick with four legs. U.P.U.P. - 29 words
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211 1947-07-24 3 PARIS, Wednesday. rniiE Paris newspaper Combat alleges that the President of the Motion Picture Association of America, Mr. Eric Johnston, was! trying to "colonise" and "sink" the French cinema industry. Under the headline "Is thej French cinema going to sell its! soul to theReuter - 211 words
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Article381 1947-07-24 3 DUTCH CRITICISED FOR ATTACK Fears of spread of Muslim war "THE military action of the Dutch, while the Indonesian Rc--1 publicans were still announcing their willingness to negotiate disputed points or submit points to arbitration cannot be understood or condoned," says the influential New York Times, commenting on the hostilitiesU.P. - 381 words
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124 1947-07-24 3 GEN. ISOGAI GETS LIFE TERM FOR WAR CRIMES NANKING, Wednesday. LIEUT.-GEN. Isogai, ex-Governor ol Japanese-occupied Hong Kong, was sentenced to life imprisonment at the conclusion of his trial before a Chinese military court on war crimes charges. The 65-year-old General, standing in the dock, heard the sentence without showing anyReuter - 124 words
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102 1947-07-24 3 WASHINGTON, Wednesday. ABOUT 7,000 Dutch marines now fighting the Indonesian Republic forces in Eastern Java were trained and equipped in the United States during the summer of 1945. This was disclosed by the U.S. Marine Corps Headquarters, which said the training was carried outA.P. - 102 words
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Article83 1947-07-24 3 THE Countess of Carnarvon, for1 merly the dancer Tillie Losch, was granted a decree nisi against the Earl of Carnarvon on Tuesday in an English divorce court. The evidence presented on behalf of the Countess, who was stated to be in New York, alleged that herA.P. - 83 words
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Article98 1947-07-24 3 THE Korean Commission in 1 Washington announces that Mr. Syngman Rhee, Conservative Korean leader, had reported that 400 Koreans were shot dead and about 2,000 wounded and more than 10,000 jailed by the Russian occupation forces on June 30 during "peaceable" anti-occupation demonstrations in three towns inA.P. - 98 words
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Article40 1947-07-24 3 The Japanese news agency reports from south-eastern Honsht, said 34 were known to have beer drowned during the heavy rair which struck Wakayama Pre fecture on Saturday and Sunday More than 3,000 homes we. 6 flooded U.P.U.P. - 40 words
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Miscellaneous75 1947-07-24 3 Double-dealing By Edgar Rice Burroughs I 0 «W'v£4*l |£Sl«&V~y-ti~JM-]ST BE CHARLfrS 111 U^^^IZTTW-T^^^^^i ["—ANO RETURNED 'A MOMENT N Af~4k>.* j/ HAYNES OP LEOPOLPWLE, SOUTH j^> wBPA !K-^~ LATER WITH A MAN WHO WAS A J Wt 4- --.~ir ■'■> AFRICA," TH6 STRANGE* >—^ V^JmmWl' PERFECT DOUBLE FOR THE _f— 4l75 words
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731 1947-07-24 4 The Singapore Free Press THURSDAY, JULY 24, 1947. Rice: A Broken Bargain MALAYA'S 57,000 tons of rice from Brazil appears to be in greater danger than it really is. But Brazil's withdrawal from the International Emergency Food Council has posed a problem, because by its withdrawal the Brazilian Government has731 words
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Article245 1947-07-24 4 EVENBEES ARE 'REDS' BUSY, buzzing little honey bees are referred to by Charles A. Reese, extention apiarist of Ohio University, as being among America's "most ardent communists," and he tells how they recently conducted a purge at the university's hives in an oldfashioned way humans thought they had patented. WeatherA.P. - 245 words
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Article121 1947-07-24 4 1. "As I walk'd through the wilderness of this world. I lighted on a certain place where was a Den, and I laid me down in that place to sleep; and as 1 slept I dreamed a dream." (a) Of what book are these the opening words? (b> Who121 words
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Article, Illustration16 1947-07-24 4 Kites wf Hie Ktt Klux *Han. Member* saluting the Aii»«ricaa flag at an open air meeting.16 words
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Article1175 1947-07-24 4 A wave of Negro-lynchings has just swept America. In this article James Brough gives a picture of Negro conditions fostered by the severe colour-bar predominant in the United States. ONE American in ton today is haunted by a vision of death at the end of a rope1,175 words
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Article, Illustration1165 1947-07-24 4 TRANSPORT IN CHINA MEARLY every country in the world is faced with transport problems boday, whether it be in Germany where the railway system was so effectively bombed, or in the United States of America, where a strike of coalminers can half paralyse a continent, or in England where a1,165 words
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Advertisement82 1947-07-24 4 FAITH Let us not be Hell doin?: for in**' son we shall reap taint not -j G;.._.*^^' CLASSICAL CONCERT OF Vocal Instrumental Music AGA LAHOSKA <contr^ GOH SOON TIOE //v>: AT THE PIANO: Mrs R L Eber and Mrs I^^ VICTORIA MEMORIAL KALL SUNDAY 27th JULY AT 5.45 J* TICKETS82 words
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Article330 1947-07-24 5 labour advisers work on New Deal Free Press Staff Reporter ■JgCUSS-ONS by the Singapore Labour Advisory "Board on the feasibility of introducing a social insurance scheme in Malaya are expected to result in the Board recommending to Government a scheme which y,\\\ include voluntary subscriptions by330 words
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Article135 1947-07-24 5 CENSUS MEN WILL GET CASH PRIZES MSB r;_e< totalling $40,000, will t -> awarded to census enraton in Singapore and the M tlavan Union. Xte Malayan Census Head- arters is taking every possible anil the full number of rs for Ihe vital work c: ta__b the census. It -t move135 words
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Article55 1947-07-24 5 Tbk Malay R A F. policemen, Abdul Rahman bin Abdul Ratmat, 23. lad JaUl bin Hassan. 32. were -toarged in the Fourth Police C art, yesterday with stealing a tyre from the R.A.F. 6ta_ion, Jurong, on July 21. t Tki case was postponed until flg 30. bail55 words
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Article288 1947-07-24 5 ThE Stayapcw Ratepayers. As- sooanon Is pressing for the v;";' T fan miters in all x in latest letter to r-I Commissioners. nwies or obtaining meters have ft* .l^;- and urged -r oe not shelved ImSm y ments ur cnt at --S first ]e"r>y288 words
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Article, Illustration55 1947-07-24 5 YMCA ART CLASS Mrs. O. R. S. Bateman, a prominent Singapore artist, gives guidance to two students working at a class of the Y.M.C.A. Art Club. Members of the club have entered 33 pictures in the Sixth Interschool Art Exhibition to be held at the Chinese Chamber of Commerce from55 words
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387 1947-07-24 5 Free Press Staff Reporter ONE of the biggest night schools in Singapore is run by the Chinese Young Men's Christian Association. Classes in English, Mandarin and Malay are given, and in addition, members of the CYMA are taught commercial subjects. Vocational training for advanced387 words
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Article62 1947-07-24 5 INDUSTRIES REQUIRE $297 MILLION Free Press Stall Correspondent KUALA LUMPUR, Wednesday. An official report issued by the Malayan Union Government reviewing the effects of the Japanese occupation on the country's industries, estimates the cost of rehabilitating the seven major industries at between $290,250,000 and $297,250,--000. Details are: Rubber $200,000,000 Tin62 words
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Article45 1947-07-24 5 Three Japanese were recently executed by firing squad in Saigon for their part in the Kempeitai atrocities at Phnom Penh. They were Capt. Hara Tetsura, Sgt. Otsuki Tamie, and Sgt. Hanamura. In all, six out of 27 accused were sentenced to death.45 words
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Article43 1947-07-24 5 The Salari s Commission has now finished taking evidence. Two hundred wtin'sses, or groups of witnesses, from the Malayan Union and 100 from Singapore have appeared before th^ Commission, wbih h now en__ag d in considering the evidence put b'foie it.43 words
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Article51 1947-07-24 5 JAP OCCUPATION A PICTURE which tells a story of the selfless devotion to duty of an American priest in a North China village during the Japanese occupation is being screened at the Majestic Theatre today. This film is rated as one of the best Chinese productions to51 words
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Article32 1947-07-24 5 There will be a public lecture on the significance of Dliarma, in the Theosophical Lodge, 3, Cairnhill Road, today, at 6.30 p.m. The speaker will be Mr. N. Natnmjan.32 words
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Article84 1947-07-24 5 SOAP used in producing this year's American output of synthetic rubber would make a bar of soap of ordinary width and thickness 13,000 miles long, says Dr. Waldo Semon, director of pioneering research of B. E. Goodrich Company. Soap is used to make an emulsion84 words
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Article74 1947-07-24 5 AN exhibition of cookery with wheat flour will be given in the main hall of the Government office building, Johore Bahru, on Saturday, July 26. from 10 a.m. to 6 p.m. Admission is free. The exhibition has been organised by Che Azizah, principal of the Domestic74 words
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Article50 1947-07-24 5 THE Automobile Association of Malaya (Singapore Branch) has been informed by the Deputy Municipal Engineer (Sewerage) that Lorong 33 between Geylang Road and Sims Avenue will be closed to all traffic for* about two weeks from July 28. A sewer connection is to be constructed during that time.50 words
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408 1947-07-24 5 SINGAPORE WON'T CASH U.K. NOTES WHILE an American dollar, an Indian rupee or an Australian pound can easily be converted into Malayan currency at any money-changer in Singapore, this is not the case with the English pound note. Money-changers refuse to change a note; the banks are not helpful either.408 words
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Article64 1947-07-24 5 Applications are invited for ap- pointments as student teachers and admissions to Normal Classes in September 1947. Applicants should show date and place of birth, scholastic qualifications (with details), previous experience and present occupation, if any, and should be sent to the Deputy Director of Education,64 words
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Article, Illustration38 1947-07-24 5 picture. CHE PETLM BINTE ABIDIN who was first in the final examination held at the Women Teachers' Training College, Malacca, recently. She is to be appointed Lady Superintendent of Malay Girls' Schools in Singapore next month. Free PressFree Press - 38 words
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193 1947-07-24 5 Free Press Staff Reporter IN order to drive home the points dealt with in the recent demonstrations carried out in Singapore schools by the Supervisor of Elections, the Department of Education recently held an essay competition on "Procedure in Legistetive Council Elections." The results193 words
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Article127 1947-07-24 5 MALAY tug crewmen cf the Singapore Harbour Board now on strike, allege that they have been badly treated by the Board. More than 100 workers are involved. A representative of the Singapore Malay Seamen's Union informed the Straits Times vasterday that the strikers approached the127 words
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Advertisement39 1947-07-24 5 Smoker's Requisites Newly Arrived Stocks from England "ROYAL DOULTON" TOBACCO JARS PATENT AIRTIGHT LH) ensures keeping the tobacco fresh and cool. Price $22.50 IN 'ART EARTHENWARE' various Designs Colours. Price $10.50 A MOST USEFUL GIFT for a Pipe Smoker39 words
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Miscellaneous208 1947-07-24 5 Fr_e Press Waterfront Reporter inspected the ships, said uiey THE three Japanese destroyers were in poor shape, structurally Hagi, Take and Kusonoki. and mechanically. which arrived in Singapore over I a week ago ?re still lying at the Ships alongside the Singapore Seletar naval dockyard. British wharves yesterday (godowns in208 words
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Article321 1947-07-24 6 UNO CALLS FOR GIFT OF DAY'S PAY Feeding world's hungry children HHHE United Nations Economic and Social Council in New York has approved of plans of the International Children's Emergency Fund, calling for the addition of 200 calories in the daily diet of the world's hungry children through the distributionU.P. - 321 words
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Article, Illustration43 1947-07-24 6 Ron Wotton of the Royal Navy made a promise three years ago when he went overseas that he would carry his son Roger down the gangway of his ship in his kitbag when he returned home. Here Ron is seen fulfilling his promise.43 words
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Article151 1947-07-24 6 A reduction of American exports is expected to result from the shortage of dollars In the treasuries of importing nations of Europe, Asia and Latin America, says A.P. How great an effect reduced exports will have on American industrial production is a subject of controversy.A.P. - 151 words
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Article42 1947-07-24 6 Huge serpents which leap like "kangaroos" are terrorising persons in the Crau district of southern France, the Paris newspaper Intransigeant, reported from Marseilles. The paper quoted a witness as saying that the serpents had coxcombs on their heads.— U.P.U.P. - 42 words
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Article86 1947-07-24 6 AN Indian soldier in Madras some time ago received a communication from the Madras Government informing him that he had been awarded the Distinguished Service Medal for gallantry. He also received a monetary award of Rs. 2,500 in National Savings certificates. The soldier has now received anotherReuter - 86 words
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Article144 1947-07-24 6 CONTACT with. Australian and American scldiers had broken the moral cede of the younger Papuan natives, said the Rev. Norman Cocks, general secretary of the London Missionary Society, speaking in Sydney. Tne soldiers had shown the Papuans the benefits of discipline in eating,Reuter - 144 words
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Article115 1947-07-24 6 GENERALISSIMO Chiang Kmshek, accompanied by a few staff officers, made an inspectiu.i of Government positions and the Yellow River dykes in the area of Kaifeng capital of Honan province, in the course of a brief visit, reports Reuter. Kaifeng is included in the sector where UNRRAReuter - 115 words
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Article451 1947-07-24 6 AMERICA'S future economic situation skyrocketing inflation, recession depression or prosperity— continue* to dominate the conversation of big business, financial experts, unions and others, reports A.P. from Washington. U.S. business leaders for the most part discount fears of a new inflationary spree. Financial experts failA.P. - 451 words
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Article148 1947-07-24 6 FIELD-MARSHAL Jan Christian Smuts, who at 77 is one of j the most active statesmen in the j Commonwealth, has given his recipe for health. He works an average of 12 to 14 hours a day. "That is the secret keeping constantly on the go,"A.P. - 148 words
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294 1947-07-24 6 A USTRIAN Government officials have voiced the growing fear that the United States and Britain may pull out and abandon Austria to the westward march of Communism, according to a high Allied occupation official, reports United Press from Vienna. This fear appears to beU.P. - 294 words
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Article55 1947-07-24 6 THE natural increase in Australia's population in 1946 was the largest on record with 76,108 birth exceeding deaths by 10 1,740. Statisticians expect the result of the Australian census taken on June 20. will show Australia's dopulation to be about 7,500,000 compared with the 6,630.000 shown in theA.P. - 55 words
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208 1947-07-24 6 HIS GAMBLING COST FRIENDS £77,000.CHARGE TUS Fusaro, 53, New York lifti driver, was charged with I j having gambled away on the stock I I market £77,000 of his ii.'u.dsi i money. I Fusaro. who earned £800 a year as a life-driver, posed to friends |as an intimate of millionaire208 words
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111 1947-07-24 6 •THE Deputy Prime UiDMta I Herbert Morris* appeal for measure^ tc reserve ~c dual initiative, declared tha;M was "not boiling rith «nx$ that all industr. and C tmdfr takings should be large-scale I character" in Be Llist Wtofc "Private peop> tve tonal, dustries and thatA.P. - 111 words
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Article64 1947-07-24 6 FRANK OWEN edit* J Daily Mail U ic a P**** ing of newspaper iwdtesj London that governmj newsprint cut would bring un* ployment to ever;, part A of Fleet Street. Thi rteen b ur.d d tnembg the London S c t\ >f Coep* ors and otherU.P. - 64 words
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Article44 1947-07-24 6 BROADWAY is, atK u^ I film censors t ihe Hollywood stars tiiw- I men. for tht sen i .r.:.. of Mary Pick, re >nnj ~f s her immortal;: laved ff stipulation that nie m S'^ not be publish^ d after her death44 words
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Article165 1947-07-24 6 A GROUP of Japanese doctors, rallying behind Margaret Sanger's slogan for a um-year moratorium on child-bearing in the world's hungry countries held Japan's first public birth control meeting In Hibiya Hall. Tokio, report Associated Press. Birth control literature was distributed to a large number of womenA.P. - 165 words
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Article, Illustration38 1947-07-24 6 Richard Wilkinson aged 5.0695 a sprig of May tr»>t- to a Bactna camel in the Whipsnade Zoo* Bedfordshire. Kit hard ha*. been told that the shortest n* to a camel s heart is by wa»# his thr*p stomach-.38 words
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Miscellaneous99 1947-07-24 6 JANt Exclusive to the Singapore Free Press in Malaya m m m mmm mm W m \^L^S\ SI, SENORITA.— KsuT HOW AM~\ /HE HAS GONE To "N fa^ DO K|OT FLATTER YOURSaf; mU^^^^ m ZE VINO EET IS /I TO GET HOME ZE BULL-FIGHT.'- ~^§Ls SEWORjTa.'--- YOU ARE HOT ZE99 words
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Article903 1947-07-24 7 Selangor Proposal Finds Favour By The Sports Editor •pn filiation of a Malayan Cricket Association or Board >t Control has been suggested by the Selangor Cricket xHiition »n letters to the five senior civilian clubs in Singapore, the S.C.C, the S.R.C., S.C.R.C., Ceylon S.C. Association. <903 words
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Article143 1947-07-24 7 TLEAN football was .seen at Blakan Mati yesterday when Jjllikds Athletic Urton beat Hq. Embarkation by six goals to two. Omar opened the scoring for Jolliiads shortly after the kick-off, but within a few minutes their centre lorward Krishnan twisted his right knee ancl143 words
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Article290 1947-07-24 7 PAISLEY, SCOTLAND, Wednesday. TAMES Aitchison, 27-year-old leading Scottish batsman of J the season, carried his bat through Scotland's 250 minute- 1st. innings for an unblemished century when the two-day match between Scotland and the South Africans opened here today. Scotland made 177 and the touristsA.P. - 290 words
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Article71 1947-07-24 7 Uii.i.y GIBSON, 71. who managed Gene Tunney and the late Benny Leonard when they were world boxing champions, died m n w York on Tuesday. Glbj mi w.i:; i n Tumi y's c 1 1 when ho won the he tvj weigh! championship from JackU.P. - 71 words
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Article120 1947-07-24 7 LOS ANGELES, Wednesday. CARLOS CHAVEZ, 126. defending his California featherweight title, took a split decision from Harold Dade. 123. former world's bantam champion. Chavez, a 10 to 9 favourite, piled up an early lead in the 12-round bout and wrestled Dade to the canvas inU.P. - 120 words
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Article41 1947-07-24 7 THE R.A.F. Paya Lebar defeated the R.A.F. Tengah Second Eleven by 22 runs in a game of cricket played yesterday at Paya Lebar. Paya Lebar batted first and scored 74 runs. Tengah replied with 52.41 words
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Article231 1947-07-24 7 LONDON. Wendesday. MRS. Surah Palfrey Cooke, former American doubles champion, beat Miss Pauline Bets, last year's Wimbledon singles champion, 6-1, 3-6, 6-3. in their second match in the indoor professional lawn tennis tournament at Wembley last night. Mrs. Cooke thus revenged her defeat sustained in theReuter - 231 words
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Article, Illustration90 1947-07-24 7 Leo and Eric Heaney, the Australian boxers, together with Singapore middleweight Jimmy Bird, save an exhibition to locally enlisted personnel at the Johore Bahru centre on Tuesday. Leo boxed with Sgt. Major Weatherall of the Army Physical Training Corps. Weatherall was a former professional boxer. Eric90 words
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Article550 1947-07-24 7 By Our Soccer Reporter r*HIA Keng Hock, veteran Singapore Chinese footballer, wilt return to the S.CF.A. second selection (the senior team) today and lead the attack against the Recs in a second round league soccer game at the Stadium. Keng Hock is playing today550 words
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148 1947-07-24 7 Sing Tao 'Are On £16,000 Joy Ride' FIXTURES for the Sin? Tao football team when they arrive in England have already been made, according to Ralph Hadley, writing in The People. He says that the Sing Tao team are making a £16.000 joy ride across the world to play a148 words
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Article426 1947-07-24 7 Both Complete 2,000 Runs LONDON, Wednesday. WARMING up for the fourth Test between England and 1 T South Africa at Leeds on Saturday the famous Middlesex pair, Bill Edrich and Denis Compton, figured in another brilliant stand when they scored 211 for the third wicket againstReuter - 426 words
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Article, Illustration139 1947-07-24 7 The jolliiads Athletic Union w^l meet GHQ-Signal Regiment af on Sundav at the Police raining School ground at 5 15 m. A Cup has been presented if Mr M. S Dawood for the Pinning team, and it will be given away by Mr. Mohamed139 words
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Miscellaneous298 1947-07-24 7 Press Crossword No. 154 1 I I T5 I 1 4- I Ts I M______B, j|__| M_^-MKi^MH MBaßV ________________e"^ M 9 n^ II I [15 I In Wm mm JHp F^^_______^B (H ■™""™*t| __r"^"~B ■"~""i_i__B_r™™ ~~ißH_i 1 *****111 CUMtt AIEOSS 1 CompMMI with bowed le^s 7 A short tM__p^tt_S in298 words
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197 1947-07-24 8 TOKEN STRIKES CALLED BY DUTCH WORKERS AMSTERDAM, Wednesday SCATTERED token strikes of d short duration broke out in Amsterdam and other Dutch cities today in protest against the War in Indonesia. Eight hundred Amsterdam shipyard workers went on a one hour sitdown strike and 300 bricklayers called a 24-hour walk-out.U.P.; Reuter - 197 words
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Article230 1947-07-24 8 AN open finding was recorded by the Singapore Coroner. Mr. W G Porter, at the resumed inquest yesterday into the *udden deatti on July 1 of Robert Francis McEntee, 45-year-old Vice President of Hecht, Levis and Kahn, Inc., of New i York. With the help230 words
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Article83 1947-07-24 8 TIENTSIN. Wednesday. TWENTY SEVEN passengers were killed. 12 seriously injured and numerous others less seriously this morning when a Tientsin-bound train from Shanghaikwan struck a mine near Tangfang, 67 miles east of Tientsin. A Chinese report says that there were Are exchanges between the train guardsReuter - 83 words
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Article40 1947-07-24 8 Eleven people were killed on Tuesday night near Hamburg when they were swept from the steps of a train by the door of a freight car on another train passing them from the opoosite direction.— U.P.U.P. - 40 words
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Article262 1947-07-24 8 LONDON, Wednesday. TkROSPECTS of early outside mediation in the Nether-Pi_nd-Indonesian "war" receded tonight after speeches bv th_ *__ri£h Foreign Secretary, Mr. Ernest Bcvin, in the hL^ of Commons, Ind by Dr. Louis Beel, the Netherlands Prime Minister, in the Dutch Parliament. From Washington it wasReuter; U.P. - 262 words
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Article569 1947-07-24 8 'Not consulted, says Moscow TN its reply to the United States invitation to attend pre1 paratory Japanese peace treaty talks on Aug. l», tne Soviet Union declared that it did not agree that the question of calling a conference should be decided on unilaterallyReuter; A.P. - 569 words
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179 1947-07-24 8 BOMB WRECKS BERLIN POLICE HQ: 8 KILLED BERLIN, Wednesday. A MYSTERIOUS explosion rock- I ed the Traffic Headquarters of i the Berlin Police today, killing at 1 least eight persons in what one i German police investigator said i was a bomb plot to kill a high- ranking German policeU.P. - 179 words
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Article180 1947-07-24 8 HONG KONG, Wednesday. TWO important constitutional changes in Hong Kong were published today providing for the i establishment of a democratical- j ly-elected Municipal Council and i an alteration in the proportion of I official and unofficial members of the Legislative Council. The Municipal CouncilA.P. - 180 words
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Article48 1947-07-24 8 SINGAPORE'S new cinema, nhe Diamond Theatre, with a seating capacity of 600, was formally opened yesterday. Situated in North Bridge Road the theatre will screen Tamil films three times daily. The theatre is owned by Mr K. M. Oli Mohamed, a Singapore jeweller48 words
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Article33 1947-07-24 8 The Cabinet of the Indo-Chi-nese Kingdom of Carno >dia has resigned because of the death on July 18 of the Premier, Prince Siscveth Ycutheavong. A new cabinet is being formed. ReuterReuter - 33 words
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Article, Illustration76 1947-07-24 8 BOYCOTT OF JEWS BY ARABS At a mass meeting of Palestine Arabs held at Haifa, it was resolved to excommunicate from their churches all Arabs selling land to the Jews. This was one Of 21 resolutions passed aimed at tightening the boycott of Zionist goods and services and preventing the76 words
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Article444 1947-07-24 8 London Stock Exchange LONDON. Hednedtay. THE downward movement was resumed in met sect* of the stock markets today, but losses were not i widespread as previously this week, says Renter'i finanea correspondent. Business was again ver\ thin but losses m not so severe in British Government444 words
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Article149 1947-07-24 8 A SPECIAL Market corr«s*» gives the prices of f*** 1 11 sjn tods? as follow!: Bsren ij ptt ft P' No 1 R-S.S Spo* No 1 R.s!s too in bales Aarusi "^s No 2 R.S.S fob in bales Antrim No 3 R.S.S fob in bales AugustReuter - 149 words
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Miscellaneous72 1947-07-24 8 WEATHER Fair, bright W LATHER report for the next 24 hours compiled by Ihe R.A.F: Fair and bright with risk of very scattered showers this afternoon and evening. Wind: South-easterly, It knots. Sunset 6.43 p.m., sunrise 6.35 a.m. Moonrise 11.56 a.m., me onset 12 15 (mdnight). Temperatures: Max. 96.7 dog.72 words
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