The Singapore Free Press, 31 July 1947
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Title Section21 1947-07-31 1 T he Singapore Free Press LARGEST AFTERNOON SALE IN MALAYA So. 16-"'- 0 SINGAPCMRE, THURSDAY, JULY SI, 1947. PRICE 10 CENTS.21 words
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152 1947-07-31 1 Free Press Staff Reporter FEffITEEH SBngapoit and Johore iwtattiwii. -Trimly political, ■rt i :er to the Consul-Gene-lai c N rlaoda m SingaEjii yateidu protesting strongly HtBS «iv act -or. which the Mdi r.ave taken against the Dl Indonesia. Vk protest toßowed a decision mk152 words
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Article71 1947-07-31 1 RUSSIA ACCUSES EIRE, PORTUGAL p 55 *«am blocked the admis- ■<:" 'A Eire, Portugal and roan :<> the United Nations J -•--<• when their applications w* reconsidered by the Member. kp Committee. l ?J a 5 na yen b >' Sovit-t deleL Jr Akrawter Krasilnikov. aw daring the war. Eire71 words
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Article198 1947-07-31 1 tjj'fi 5 a of s"' :ne nil Hst of the ie- x^ GovernaiV> n l.. was ann °unced m :^.D-ri as suprem€ coun further military moves, may depend, Dutch sources say, on "political considerations" and the attitude of the Republic. But. the Republican Government is unlikely toReuter - 198 words
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Article71 1947-07-31 1 BATAVIA, Wednesday. riLTCH forces at Surabaya Are preparing: to cross J f the narrow Madura Straits and occupy Madura island at the north-east end of Java. The Madura landing together withvthe occupation of Java's main south coast port of Tjilatjap are expected to be the last71 words
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Article, Illustration799 1947-07-31 1 Ceasefire order j c pvhprtpn THE situation m Indonesia has been placed kef ore the 1 Security Council of the United Nations. Australia, which has taken the initiative, will ask the Council to press for the immediate cessation of hostilities. The Council is to meet today. The Netherlands Government may799 words
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Article, Illustration43 1947-07-31 1 MRS. ATTLEE. wife of the British Prime Minister, is seen wearing a novel flower-decor-, ated summer straw hat at her garden party at No. 10 Downing Street recently. The party was held m aid of the King's Fund for Sailors. Planet News picture.43 words
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Article116 1947-07-31 1 NEW YORK. Wednesday. CHINA today accused Russia of sponsoring a second front against the Chinese Government m Sinkiang. Addressing the United Nations Membership Committee m opposition to the Soviet-sponsored Outer Mongolian application for membership m the United Nations, the Chinese delegate said the Soviet delegateA.P. - 116 words
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Article214 1947-07-31 1 LONDON, Wednesday. fTHE Secretary of War, Mr. F. J. Bellenger, announced m the House of Commons today a reduction m the British Army by the speed up of demobilisation. It would not affect the Regular Army, which consists of volunteers, but 48,000 more wartime officers214 words
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Article318 1947-07-31 1 A Chester-court yesterday ordered Bernard Parker to vacate his rented room because he Is a "very undesirable occupant." Parker admitted scattering soil and manure on the floor of the front par- lour to grow mushrooms.- U.P. Registration will be carried ;n daily, excepting Sundays, between 4.30 p.m. andU.P. - 318 words
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Article109 1947-07-31 1 HERFORD (Germany), Wed. HANOVER was placed out of bounds to British troops today as a result of the increasing attacks by maeksd thugs against British personnel, mainly soldiers walking m the woods with German girls. Hundreds of British and German "commandoes" armed with tommy-guns are patrolling theA.P. - 109 words
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Article89 1947-07-31 1 RANGOON, Wednesday. rpHE Inspector-General of the JL Burma Police announced today that the police seized two arsenals. One. with 68 Bren guns and 30,000 rounds of ammunition, was m the Tharrawaddy district, about 80 miles from Rangoon, and the other with 14 Bren guns and 40,00089 words
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Article22 1947-07-31 1 Seventeen women were burned to death last night m a nre which swept through a Paris prison.22 words
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98 1947-07-31 1 Free Press Staff Reporter FEW registered as voters for the forthcoming Singapore Legislative Council elections when the registration offices opened for the first time yesterday. Tto poor response was not unexpected, said Mr. G. H. Hawkins, Supervisor of Elections, who explained that the98 words
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312 1947-07-31 1 ATTLEE'S NEW CRISIS PLAN IS APPROVED LONDON, Wednesday. A LABOUR Party caucus was told by the Prime Minister, Mr. Attlee, today, that the Government has decided to cut dollar imports drastically, speed up the demobilization of the armed forces and divert still more production to exports. This Labour gathering, heldReuter; A.P.; U.P. - 312 words
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Article67 1947-07-31 1 More than 30.000 members of the British forces will be released from duties m India, over and above the withdrawals already planned, as a result of the new defence arrangements m the two Indian dominions. This figure was given to the House of Commons yesterdayReuter - 67 words
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Article74 1947-07-31 1 CALCUTTA, Wednesday. r£ machine-gun murder of seven Hindus by gunmen today set off new violence m Calcutta tonight that increased the death toll to 13. The hospitals report 74 injured had been admitted m a few hours and that casualties were still arriving. The gunmenU.P. - 74 words
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Article28 1947-07-31 1 Twenty-nine boy scouts from th<> Phmppines met Lord Rowailan, Chief Scout of the British Empire, and other British scouting leaders m London on Tuesday.28 words
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Article219 1947-07-31 2 MORE than 100 B.OJLC. pilots have now each flown over 1,000,000 miles. One of them, Captain E. S. J. Alcock, Chief Flying Instructor at the Training School of Airways Training Ltd., at Aldermaston, Berks., has completed 3,000,000 miles, is still flying, and has flown a greater distance219 words
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Article, Illustration1880 1947-07-31 2 A SOLUTION FOR STORE'S T.B. Letter To Ttie Editor TUBER CULOSIS, that dreaded disease which has caused so much concern amongst authoritative circles since the liberation a concern which has been steadily increasing of recent months has become a real danger to the general health and welfare of Singapore's population.1,880 words
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Article385 1947-07-31 2 j IS described yesterday, after opening 1 the club king against Souths four heart contract, when West uins (he spade ace his best defence is to cash the club queen and lead a third club. Par from helping declarer, this rufT-and-sluff opportunity is the sure way to385 words
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Article23 1947-07-31 2 Peel, L''ic John R°^, Derby. Lord Aberdeej, pj Sooe^'Lord 3aM*« Rosebury Cricket. H<x J*y ball, Tennis la. "J'G key, P• Tennis23 words
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Advertisement96 1947-07-31 2 VICTORIA THEATRE The Stage Club Present* 'SPRINGTIME FOR HENRY" A Hilarious Farce By Benn. W. Levy TONIGHT AT 8.45 Tickets— $2.5«, *2 and $1 From Robinson's, or Theatre (after 6 p.m.) ASTHMA New hope to thousands If you are a sufferer from ASTHMA, BRONCHITIS or CATARRH, you should not hesitate96 words
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Miscellaneous246 1947-07-31 2 Bl Iti &L jH i iHiI jEImTTTTTT^ SrNGAPORE Blue Network 12 §0— 2 M gun —485 metres la the nediom wave band 7 22 megacycle; ocr second In the 41 metre Hand 6 00—11 09 p.m— lBs metres In toe nedtam wave band 4.825 megacycles i*t <rco-td m thr 61246 words
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Miscellaneous377 1947-07-31 2 1115 l€ft metr9m "-Withe Asking; 3 p.m. In the Interval; P^ U II.M M' 3.30 News from London 3.40 Pro! VLB 4 J5 44 metres 11. 81 mecaeyelea. gramme Announcements; 3.45 Band THURSDAY stand; 4 pjn. Band of the Week; 4.30 SSuL,- Tsf .r™^' 7 SP^te Round-up; 8 p.m. New!377 words
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Miscellaneous178 1947-07-31 2 YOUR I LUCK! STAR tatun fa rmi hi peop.t GMfe Msf BORN today \ou ha» i Went] idealistic aa» You art 1 always M-ckin: jw»tion and s) il i> not to be f«si where >oi! tn ih^n joiif sure il v iu^t arotai f corner. You <%r< a t nature178 words
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Article292 1947-07-31 3 U.S. quitting Pacific isle bases the i nited States Atlantic and Pacific fleets operaf° Z? efficiently, the American Navy is carrying out a j "^retrenchment programme ashore, according to the Jrl tC nrfir in-Chief of the U.S. Navy m the Pacific area, > nA.P. - 292 words
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Article41 1947-07-31 3 SECRET RADIO GEAR STOLEN I LESS ioi] ment still on flk -:re; list baa dis- RJLF. a :-::olci f tbe id r a striea of nts. Obstadea an ro^s roads and c att< mpls bave b en up British-drires I ■> agains41 words
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Article46 1947-07-31 3 '"PREACHING a sermon always 1 terrifies me. That is why I always Join m the hyms just before the sermon, although I can't sing a note. It gives me courage" —the newly appointed Bishop of Lincoln, the Rt. Rev. M. H. Harland, at Croydon.46 words
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Article208 1947-07-31 3 JAPAN TREATY PARLEY T u Wi\SHINGTON, Wednesday. HIl American proposal for a preliminary peace conference on Japan may be changed to include the Foreign Ministers of the participating nations. This does not mean that the Big Five Council of Foreign Ministers will take over, asA.P. - 208 words
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Article108 1947-07-31 3 AUCKLAND (N.Z.), Wed. TWO Scottish grandmothers, i>B and S4 years old, have completed a 16.000-mile air triD that took them from Glasgow to San Francisco and across the Pacific to New Zealand, all within four ■bus. Officials of Briiiih Overseas Airways said they believed Mrs. ParaA.P. - 108 words
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Article82 1947-07-31 3 TOKIO. Wednesday. THE Japanese Government announces that it will return to the tight economic control of wartime including the suspension of non-essential production m an effort to combat the growing inilation. A comprehensive programme has been prepared to control every vital resource for individual livingA.P. - 82 words
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Article21 1947-07-31 3 Shark hunters from Campbeltown (Argyle) have landed the record catch of ten sharks, nine female and one male.21 words
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Article129 1947-07-31 3 OFFICIALS of the French Atomic Energy Commission reveal that they are now using m their research a new apparatus which detects the presence of uranium m the spil. The apparatus, which is about the size of a typewriter, with earphones attached, was shown to newspapermen duringU.P. - 129 words
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107 1947-07-31 3 FOOD WITHHELD FROM RED ZONES IN CHINA VANCOUVER, Wednesday. A GRIM story of hunger and fruitless efforts to get UNRRA supplies through to the starving people m the Communist zones m China has been brought here by Chief Officer William D. HaininK, of the relief ship Wan Shen. In a.107 words
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Article98 1947-07-31 3 4 NNCJAL rate of venereal disease aTL per 1,000 troops m Britain during 1946 was 32.8, the War Minister, Mr. Frederick Bellenger, told the Commons. The rate n BAOR was 158.6 per 1,000. Mr. Wilson Harris (Ind. Cambridge Univ.): 'Docs the Minister think it right98 words
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Article48 1947-07-31 3 HALF A MILLION salted herrings were shipped from Fraserburgh < Aberdeenshire) to Hamburg under a contract between the Herring Industry Board and the Control Commission m Germany. The 2.400 cases were the first shipment from North-East Scotland this year. The contract is for 20,000 tors.48 words
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Article19 1947-07-31 3 The Ford Factory at Cologne, Germany i s working on a prototype 30-passenger bus.— A. P.19 words
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Article119 1947-07-31 3 MANILA, Wednesday. PRESIDENT Roxas by an cxc- cutive order has handed over to the Judge Advocate General's office the Philippine Army responsibility for prosecuting approximately 100 cases against Japanese war criminals. This responsibility was formerly vested with the j U.S. Army authorities mA.P. - 119 words
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Article, Illustration51 1947-07-31 3 The largest flyinsboat m Europe and intended for the French trans-Atlantic service, the French Lateco€re 631 is here seen being nosed to her b^rth at Hythe, Southampton Water, Hampshire after a demonstration flight over London. It we iffhs 72 tons and has a wing span of 18751 words
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Article192 1947-07-31 3 WASHINGTON, Wednesday. 'PHE U.S. Navy's top expert on atomic bombs, Adm. A H. F. Blandy, participated at a secret top level Army and Navy conference here, leading: to unofficial speculation that he may direct some new A-bomb tests. There was no confirmation. The U.S. SecretaryA.P. - 192 words
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Article19 1947-07-31 3 Senora Eva Peron said m Lisbon "President Peron, the Argentine people and I dearly love England."19 words
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Article557 1947-07-31 3 JOGJA QUIET DESPITE WAR JOGJAKARTA, Wednesday. HPHIS is the capital of a country at war, but that L fact doesn't see mto upset many of its people very much, cables Harris Jackson, A.P. correspondent. The girl across the street still practises her piano every morning. Most people are m bedA.P. - 557 words
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Article64 1947-07-31 3 U.S. RENTS DO A SKY SCRAPE RENTS have soared m the U.S. with the lifting of controls to permit a rise of 15 per cent, if landlords and tenants of houses and flats agree to ex. tend their leases. If the lease is not extended, all control from Washington finishes64 words
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Article37 1947-07-31 3 SECRETLY FILMED AT SEASIDE PEOPLE strolling along Brighton front were film actors without knowing. Concealed cameras were following Hermione Baddeley, who also strolled along the front to provide one of the scenes for the film "Brighton Rock".37 words
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Advertisement113 1947-07-31 3 &M 'i?*r V I SMALL AND EXCLUSIVE j CWHp^ iiO-NJ^^ ;COLLECTION OF THE j L^-^C^BB^^l^ SEASON s LATEST STYLES rf&%mVsi^ r DAINTY HATS J^t^sss/^^ jin straw and fef s^ "^r f Ideal for that wedding j >/ f^^^S or y occasions y I \k j which always find you V113 words
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Miscellaneous57 1947-07-31 3 Telltale letter By Edgar Rice Burroughs ■1 I 111 Illiril II 1 BEUBfING THE BOOV TO THAT rJ%%fiS&WJr\ V& m I■ -I 'rIH/j^M J»=\ C* SCONOGR, HE WAS SURPRISED JrfSr^^iSll^ \M f ml I TC> FIND A LETTER ADDRESSED £j*7 JjKjLrfi^d^^aH wcw tCWOv imkt wwwdc^ I f^*?? 1 J'S M57 words
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607 1947-07-31 4 The Singapore Free Press THURSDAY. JULY 31. 1947 'Shop-Windows of Democracy' QPEAKING m the Hou.-e of O Commons on Tuesday, the Secretary of State for the Colonies, Mr. Arthur Creech Jones, had ample justification for the emphasis which he laid on the progress towards self-government which many British colonies have607 words
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Article, Illustration1133 1947-07-31 4 COME NEAR, YE NATIONS Report on the wise men of UNO reporting on Palestine By O'Dowd Gallagher THE Piophet Isaiah said, m roughly 700 8.C.. "Come near, ye nations, 10 hear; and hearken, ye people; let the earth hear, and all that is therein UNO obeyed the injunction at the1,133 words
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Article609 1947-07-31 4 IAN COSTER SWEET SIXTEEN EVER tried to pick the loveliest of 16 lightly clad lovelies? It's highly embarrassing. But the Mayor of Hove, Capt. Harry Andrews (with Viands blistered from harvesting his 400-acre farm), the Mayoress, Arthur Askey, Monsewer Eddie Gray, and I all agreed or. »ho winner. Miss Hove609 words
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Article47 1947-07-31 4 1. During Queen Victoria's long rreing n only ten men m all served her as Prime Minister. Can you remember them all? 2. Can you give the names of ten games mi n which a moving object is struck by an implement? Answers m Page 6.47 words
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Article183 1947-07-31 4 VOICE Rex tC fi si m :torc old Two L.O.S "unc'.f R< N *< Hour list < day*. i« back on after 18 ars absents BBC ha* re-engaged^ a tempon; r\ ar noun ff r programme In most^s* ments he i> v.< an voice, but Mt ii&c erfC183 words
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Article817 1947-07-31 4 £50,000,000 FROM THE DITCH by John Hall MOST people winu OT travel to and from the East through the Suez Canal and most of the ex-Service men and women who saw it during the war retain memories of a long, narrow lane of water flanked for most of its 101817 words
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Article, Illustration59 1947-07-31 4 H M The Queen attended the Bri.ish Empire Nurses War Memorial Fund Card n r a rt\ a $t w Palace and met and talked with the nurses. The Fund was found -d to onvd, worlh m^* to those nurses and midwives of the British Emoire and Commonwealth uh« du-d59 words
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Advertisement5 1947-07-31 4 TAUOHS6- lk|\il etfmrrexs Mi ill5 words
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Advertisement17 1947-07-31 4 FAITH Fear not For the Lord your God is he that goetii with yon. Deuteronomy 20. 3.4.17 words
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Advertisement20 1947-07-31 4 FACIALS Open All Day Saturday MICHELLE BEAUTY PARLOS PHONE 3330 13, Battery Road PERMANENT WAVING Moo£«* l^4 (Thraa Systems) EXPERT^20 words
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357 1947-07-31 5 2 S'PORE YANKS TO FIGHT FOR INDONESIANS Free Press Staff Reporter ricaas, who donated $900 to the Indonesian l H n sin Singapore for medical relief pur- v i>iiin£ air transport to go to Jogjakarta vill help the Republican Government to 1 i BtClt Mr. Arthur fhero and Mr Thomas357 words
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Article41 1947-07-31 5 THE president oi tbe Rotary Club, Singapore. Mr. S. S. Franklin, announced at the week!v luncheon yesterday, that the Rotary T.B. Fund had reached 53 1.986 of which $18,000 was subscribed by members, and the rest by friends.41 words
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Article223 1947-07-31 5 Free Press Staff Reporter MISS LUCY LEE, a Singapore girl, has offered her services "1 as a Red Cross worker with the Indonesians. She has made true offer through the International Red Cross representative at Singapore. 4 I feel the call very strongly, and223 words
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Article210 1947-07-31 5 Free Press Staff Reporter rpO nelp teachers m the Malayan A Union to organise them-! selves into teachers' unions, a ctekegaticn from the Singapoie Teachers' Union will be leaving for Kr.ala Lurnpar on Aug. 9 for a lortnjgnfs tour oi the Peninsula. Tentatively, the tour210 words
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Article144 1947-07-31 5 Fines of $1,000 each were imposed by the Third Police Magistrate. Mr. K. M. Byrne, yesterday on two Chinese, Ng Kwee and Ang Kwang Liang, for violation of customs regulations. Ng Kwee, aged 55 years, pleaded guilty to three charges of possession of dutiable liquor,144 words
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Article49 1947-07-31 5 The newly -formed Eighth Singapore Company of the Boys' Brigade will h Id its first annual camp duting the August bank holidays at Kir. Teo Kirn Eng's bungalow at Pasir Pis. A tiffin will be held on Sunday, Aug. 3. m the camp at 1-30 p.m.49 words
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114 1947-07-31 5 WELL-WISHERS HELPED MISS HO TO U.S. rpHE assistance rendere# to Miss I X Ruth Ho, enabling her to go to the United States for further study (Free Press, July 29) is not j through a grant made by tne Singapore clerical and Ad mini3trative Workers' Union. "Our President exerted his114 words
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Article151 1947-07-31 5 FIVE pure-bred Alsatian dogs and one *****, which have just arrived m Singapore from England, are acclimatising themselves m their temporary kennels at the RAF. Station at Tengah They are specially selected RAF police dogs, sent out from the Police Dog Training School at151 words
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Article227 1947-07-31 5 i »w r~ \vt' rront Reporter BECAUSE requests for instructions on routes from ships at sea indicate a misunderstanding "m some cases to a dangerous extent" the Master Attendant, Singapore, has issued a circular stating that masters must be prepared to meet situa tiops m which the227 words
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Article544 1947-07-31 5 Spore plan for 3,000 prefabs. Free Press Staff Reporter A $9,000,000-scheme for the construction of 3,000 prefabricated houses at Changi, Katong, Bukit Tiiuah and other suburbs of Singapore has been placed before the Sennett Housing Committee by the Malayan Democratic Union. The MX>.U. suggests544 words
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Article94 1947-07-31 5 An Oiku swgLig competition will be held at Vienna Beer Garden at the Great World amusement park on July 30 and 31 and Aug. 4, 6, and 9 Songs may be m English, Chi nese or Malay. Fourteen cups, presented by a number of Singapore94 words
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189 1947-07-31 5 TWELVE overseas Chinese will be selected for naval training 1 m Nanking. Of these, eight will go through officers' course and four through the engineering course. Applications for admission into the Chinese Naval Academy will be received by the Chinese Consul-General, Singapore. Applicants will189 words
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Article81 1947-07-31 5 Scouts ana Guides m Singapore will gather on Sunday at Outxam Read School at a campfire arranged m honour of their scoutmaster, Mahinder Singh, who was married last we-ek to Miss Dhanwa-nt Kaur. of Ipoh. In 1940, Mr. Singh, then 14. was the youngest scout m Singapore81 words
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Article, Illustration102 1947-07-31 5 photos THE Bull of Honour of the Hong Kong Royal Naval Volunteer Reserve and Hong Kong Volunteer Defence Corps shows that ft total of 307 officers, naval ratings and other ranks were killed m action, or died as prisoners of war. In addition there wereArmy PR - 102 words
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Article94 1947-07-31 5 THE Singapore Coroner. Mr W. G. Porter, at an inquiry yesterday, recorded a verdict of double murder against two Malays who are alleged to have been concerned m the shooting at Bukit Nasita. Kampong Bahru, Singapore, on July 6, of a pregnant Chinese woman. Warrants were issued94 words
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Article513 1947-07-31 6 WALLACE TO LEAD NEW U.S. PARTY Fight for American Presidency, DEFINITE plans are m the making for the foundation of a "skeleton organisation" for a third United States political party hi the 1948 Presidential election fight, reports Reuter from Washington. No final decision to create such a party has yet513 words
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Article75 1947-07-31 6 FIRST pilot to take off m a fly-past when Newcastle Aero Club started post-war flying was a 71-year-old veteran of the days when they had to make their own planes. Mr. Arthur George, of Jesmond, Newcastle, built his first aircraft and taught himself to fly it.75 words
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105 1947-07-31 6 YUGOSLAVIA HAS 'DACHAU' CAMP FOR PRIESTS CARDINAL GRIFFIN, Roman v/ Catholic Archbishop of Westminster, at a rally m London, appealed to the United Nations Organisation to hold an inquiry into the "crimes against humanity" m Yugoslavia. In Yugoslavia there was a bitter persecution which equalled m severity the worst crimes105 words
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Article, Illustration30 1947-07-31 6 The Duchess of Kent chats with a St. John Ambulance Brigade nurse when carrying out an inspection of contingents of the Brigade when ti.ooo members gathered m Hyde Park, London.30 words
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Article161 1947-07-31 6 LONDON, Wednesday. k GERMAN arrested m London claims that he belonged to A a crack Nazi division for the invasion off Britain, every man of which spoke only English. •'At the age of five," he told the police, "I went to a semimilitary school m161 words
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Article39 1947-07-31 6 AN offer by German Baroness Nina zu Putlitz to give Britain a valuable painting to pay for the education of ten blitz orphans, has been declined because German works of art cannot be exported.39 words
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Article24 1947-07-31 6 A great grandmother. Mrs. Val Revelt, of Bernes Street Ipswich, beat all-comers m the women's open singles at a Felixstowe bowls tournament.24 words
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Article, Illustration28 1947-07-31 6 SEARCH FOR ABDUCTED SERGEANTS British troops scale a wall m Nathanya, diamond town m Palestine, m their search for the two British sergeants abducted by the Jewish terrorists.28 words
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285 1947-07-31 6 TTHE Manfred Weiss Steel company was the Krunn A I „of Hungary until American kmg-range bombers v it out of commission four times m 1944, reports Press. Today its plant on Gsepel Island is working alrnT** blast m a Soviet-approved programme f< Jr CA.P. - 285 words
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Article340 1947-07-31 6 GERMAN BUCK MARKET /GERMANS generally regard the official war now being waged U against the black market as hopeless, because the war lacks public support, reports A.P. from Berlin. With financial reform in Germany still lacking, inflated black market prices gradually are being accepted byA.P. - 340 words
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Article91 1947-07-31 6 THIRTY-TWO French boy scouts arrived at Dover m bathing suits on Monday night after swimming the channel m relays. It took them 11 hours to make the unconventional crossing and they reported it was rough going m mid-Channel where they were tossed about by bigA.P. - 91 words
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Article16 1947-07-31 6 Mr. de Valera, on holiday, went from lona to the Isle of Man.16 words
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Article55 1947-07-31 6 THE London Dally Express ports that bm out Ol three persons questioned fe public opinion p vppml legislation of mercj Idlliot h persons suffenn- from and incurable diteaset Seventy per oettt if the Ml favcured the method known voluntary' euthana La, as m pared with 62U.P. - 55 words
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Advertisement229 1947-07-31 6 :■*< v,^R-.-x j&F •^S \9 :w.... ■■•':-x. 'i^^^-'-IKv; < THE Fakir of I pi, who has 60,000 armed supporters, is preparing to declare himself King of Waziristan, near the North- West Frontier, and will resist control of tribal areas by Pakistan, says a report from Peshawar. COALSACK AS NEW SYMBOL229 words
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Miscellaneous53 1947-07-31 6 JANI Exclusive to the Singapore Free Press m Malaya Y AHf— YOU ENGLISH yYOu'RE y^WE SPANIARDS AReTx m WELL, I HAVEN'T GCTt' lICIRLS ARE. SO IteLLING MB?, DIFFERENT?— WE EiTHER A^^^^M^^ Af4Y AUMTS HANDY SO DW^ C< t^Zl^W^ m 7 Y \LOVE OR HATt WITH THE J BfHP^ '^IF^GET OUT53 words
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416 1947-07-31 7 \Vi" give tourists a hard game By Our Soccer Reporter H n M ron Singapore Combined Services team to s ri t ifc Si*g Tao Sports Club of Hong Kong on Sunday JJTL sier taafc this time as, unlike on the first occa-416 words
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133 1947-07-31 7 B.B.B.C. STRIPS PATERSON OF WORLD TITLE lost hei only j trr.p-.onship -Glasgow. wrW and ayweighi titles t -r.- British oti today. :-'d at a special I urd*a admin!*gj concerning his Dado Marino i rid flyweight 15 asting almosrt Stewards r havtag the and 'H 3 rt-ports pi ared be- wards133 words
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361 1947-07-31 7 THE Rejection of Jack Young (Middlesex) and Harold Butler (Notts) for the Fourth Test against the South Africans brought the total number of regular bowlers tried by England m the rubber to twelve. The ethers were Martin and Wright (Kent), Cook (Gloucester), Edrich and361 words
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Article202 1947-07-31 7 GLAMORGAN PAIR'S BIG STAND LONDON, Wednesday. EMERY Da vies (119) and Dyson (9S) added 201 runs for the first wicket for Glamorgan against Hampshire today. It was their successive century partnership, and their 36th hundred stand for Glamorgan. Davies hit fifteen fours and Dyson hit eight fours In 4i hours.202 words
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Article74 1947-07-31 7 THE Scottish "B" division league soccer team. Dundee, is likely to visit Australia next season. The secretary of the Australian Soccer Association. Mr. F. R. Druerv. 6aJd that the club had promised a negotiator to make the trip. Negotiations had been conducted through a British Army74 words
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Article73 1947-07-31 7 THE following have been selected to represent the Colonials C.C m a cricket match versus RAF Cbangi at the Police Ground?. Thomson Road on Sunday, play starting at 11 ajn. W. Ratnayake, L. Delilkan, R.A. Ratnam, S. Nagaiah, O. Bradshaw, A. Thiagarajah, S. R. Singham, Davidson, A.E.73 words
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Article, Illustration60 1947-07-31 7 pictures. These pictures taken at yesterday's athletic meeting show: above, Cheah Hong Kang. who finished second to Valberg m the high jump, clearing sft. 10\ m. He failed when the bar was raised to 6ft. im. Below. Sgt. Hazeldene of R.A.F. Seletar is seen winning the 440Free Press - 60 words
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508 1947-07-31 7 MIDDLESEX HAVE QUALITIES OF CHAMPIONS From Archie Quick. LONDON, Tuesday DESPITE the challenge of Gloucester, despite the Test absences of Compton Edrich and Young, I still take Middlesex to win the County cricket champion- j There is something overpower- ingly superior and confident about cocky Robins' XI that is lacking508 words
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905 1947-07-31 7 Valberg Could Have Done Even Better COMPETING at the triangular athletic meeting on the v padang yesterday, Lloyd Valberg of the S.R.C. brok 1 his fortnight-old Singapore record by three-quarters of an inch, clearing 6ft 2% m, but he might have crept up still closer to the Malayan record of905 words
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Article93 1947-07-31 7 ROY BAIN, the S.R.C. wicketkeeper, has been invited to play for the South against Nortn {m the annual cricket match at Kuala Lumpur this weekend i Bain comes into the side m place jof Capt E. Harding of Changi, the regular wicket-keeper, who j93 words
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Miscellaneous287 1947-07-31 7 Free Press Crossword No. 159 ■^■^L^L^H L^L^L^L^LV H I j i I I LhhJ UUK ACROSS 5. plant; its white or purplish fruit ie greatly esteemed as a veg*- table m America (3), 7. Russian Baltic port, scene of outbreak of Russian revolution following naval mutiny, March 1017 (9), 9.287 words
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Article, Illustration50 1947-07-31 8 The ruins of St. George's Catholic Cathedral, left roofless by air raids, were packed with thousands of worshippers when Archbishop Amigo, the R. C. bishop 01 Southward led the singing of Pontifical High Mass to mark the Coming of Age m the Diocese of the Knights of bt. Columbus.50 words
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273 1947-07-31 8 Free Press Staff Reporter COMMENTING on the decision of the United Planting Association of Malaya not to increase workers' wages, Mr. S. K. Chettur, out-going Representative of the Government of India, at a Press conference m Singapore yesterday, said that Indian labourers m Malaya273 words
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Article39 1947-07-31 8 An American Army B-29 Super Flying Fortress crashed into a swamp .only a few seconds after taking off from Elgin Field, Florida, killin* nine crew members. Two survived, and one was seriously injured. U.P.U.P. - 39 words
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Article386 1947-07-31 8 Attlee reports to Commons LONDON, Wednesday. THE Prime Minister, Mr, Clement Attlee, told the House of Commons today that the Government of Burma had reason to believe that those who assassinated U Aung San, vice chairman of the Burmese Executive Council, and six of his colleaguesReuter - 386 words
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Article, Illustration55 1947-07-31 8 FROM MEDAN FRONT picture. A Dutch casualty from the Medan front is seen on a stretcher being taken aboard a Dakota at Changi Airport yesterday. Two Dutch wounded passed through Singapore on their way to hospital at Batavia. The Dakota belongs to the KLM commercial airline which Hies regularly betweenFree Press - 55 words
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219 1947-07-31 8 BATAVIA, Wednesday. rE Dutch today admitted that Dutch pilots had shot down a Dakota plane carrying medical supplies to the Indonesian capital of Jogjakarta, according to Richard Applegate, I United Press correspondent. The Dutch communique said that the Dutch pilots mistook the American-made transportA.P.; U.P. - 219 words
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300 1947-07-31 8 'THE British Foreign Secretary told the House of Commons yesterday the Government had suspended all military supplies and ies to the Netherlands authorities m the Far East. Mr. Bevin made it clear inn this involved the prohibition o supplies of materials from 3inga pore300 words
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Article26 1947-07-31 8 I Siamese twins were born to a London mother on Tuesday and reported to be "only just alive" by a hospital official. A.P.26 words
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Article131 1947-07-31 8 Free Press Staff Reporter A TELEGRAM has been received by the Indonesian Red Cross m Singapore this morning advising that 1,600 cases of Red Cross supplies and 800 tons of medical supplies are on the way from Australia for Java. The supplies are m131 words
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Article96 1947-07-31 8 R.A.F.'s jet air boat-fighter rnHE world s iirst .et flyin^boa. -fighter plane, an R.A.F. aircraft X armed with four cannon and capable of speeds of over 400 miles an hour, made its first public appearance m flight m England yesterday after a secret trial. It is a twin jet typeU.P. - 96 words
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Article518 1947-07-31 8 London Stock Exchange LONDON. Wednesday. ECONOMIC and political uncertainties and fears i further declines on Wall Street were advanced i reasons responsible for a fresh selling wave m k tish Government securities on the London Sue Exchange today, writes Reuter's financial correspond A technical mid-day rally518 words
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Article114 1947-07-31 8 A SPECIAL Market corrcspaii*! gives the prices of robtet tl a,m. today as follows: Bajtn S* Ote. ft per ft P»' No. 1 B.S.S Spet loose !9S No 1 U.S.S too m bales AufuM No 2 R.S.S fob m bales Aufust M\ No. 3 R.S.S fob114 words
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Advertisement116 1947-07-31 8 NEW WORLD 24th ANNIVERSARY ATTRACTIONS AUGUST Ist, 2nd 3rd. THE BAND OF THE ROYAL NORTHUMBERLAND FUSILIERS (by kind permission of th e Commanding Officer) will render selections ON FRIDAY Ist AUGUST Special Vaudeville Show at our Cabaret EXTENSION to 1 a.m M Ist to S*d Aug. FREE Magic Show by116 words
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Miscellaneous92 1947-07-31 8 WEATHER Some bright periods WEATHER report for the next 24 hoars compiled by the R.A.F: Some bright periods and occasional showers, becoming fine to-night. Fair to-morrow morning. Wind: South-easterly, 5 to 10 m.p.lh. Sunset 6.42, sunrise 6.35. Moonrise 5.31 p.m., moonset 5.49 a.m. Temperatures: Max. 88 deg. F., n.in. 7892 words
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