The Singapore Free Press, 13 August 1947
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Title Section17 1947-08-13 1 The Singapore Free Press LARGEST AFTERNOON SALE IN MALAYA SINGAPORE, WEDNESDAY, AUGUST 13, 1947. PRICE 10 CENTS.17 words
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Article, Illustration678 1947-08-13 1 DUTCH REOPEN WAR U.N. TOLD Shahnr given Council seat THARGES that the Dutch have resumed "full scale war" in West Java, using airborne troops, were made by the Republican Government of Indonesia yesterday as the Security Council voted to admit an Indonesian representative to its discussions. The Council then adjournedA.P.; U.P.; Reuter - 678 words
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Article, Illustration52 1947-08-13 1 fte King examines the Silver Star medal of Scout. A S. Varlteg, M.8.E.. of the Indian Scout Contingent, ichich His Majesty inspected at Buckingham Palace. The medal is for 30 years' Scouting. The Indian contingent ere among the various Empire Scout coritingenU which visited England before attending the World Jamboree52 words
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Article58 1947-08-13 1 POLICE FIRE ON FLEEING nn htaa l^ i L fro] Kai H.• siation m the r rrung fired r four C r obers, I hous< t.. M In r -J tbc IB jaa imoned f n t>J the a retiu me, t re DI M Xi bbtts I l use58 words
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Article20 1947-08-13 1 ANGLO-US TALKS ON RUHR COAL I,.. -r.-nce I iy with > h v D I German .1 tons tWO Ruhr ReuterReuter - 20 words
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Article193 1947-08-13 1 LAHORE, (India) Tuesday. GREAT fires raged at several points in Lahore tonight after 24 hours of arson, train hold-ups and killings in which 150 persons were counted dead. In Lahore an official survey found 150 wounded persons in two hospitals alone. Many wer e said toA.P.; Reuter - 193 words
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Article122 1947-08-13 1 YARD HUNTS NAZI £5 NOTE FORGERS LONDON. Tuesday. THE alertness of a Bank of England cashier in detecting a tiny flaw in a forged £5 note one finger of the hand of Britannia was too long has led to an attempt to round up what is believed to be theReuter - 122 words
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Article75 1947-08-13 1 GENERALISSIMO Chiang Kaishek will shortly issue an important statement to Kuomintang members to "tighten their bonds bf unity" in preparation for a "second reformation" within the party. Thie statement will synchronise with the purge in China's leading political party of all elements tending to split membersReuter - 75 words
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Article53 1947-08-13 1 THIRTY-NINE adults and child- ren appeared at police and juvenile courts m Liverpool yesterday charged with disorderly conduct during Aug. 4, the climax of last week's anti-Semitic disturbances. Most of the 28 adults were lined up to £5 and made to pay damage costs upU.P. - 53 words
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Article14 1947-08-13 1 Aluminium prefab houses will be made m Scotland for China.14 words
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Article72 1947-08-13 1 'RUSSIANS TRAIN JEW GANGSTERS LONDON, Tuesday. MAJOR Tufton Beamish (Cons.) told the House of Commons today during the debate on Palestine that he had read reports that "senior Soviet officers" m furtherance of Russia's policy of embarrassing Britain, were training 600 to 700 Kurds and Jews m "terrorist activity" near72 words
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Article236 1947-08-13 1 LONDON, Tuesday. THE United States is considering a multi-billion dollar credit pool as an integral pant of the Marshall Plan to speed Europe's recovery, it was learned today. American officials emphasise that the current talks are only tentative, and represent evolving policy, but the U.S. has indicatedU.P. - 236 words
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Article257 1947-08-13 1 Free Press Staff Reporter /*HANGI Jail, which today houses approximately 350 Japanese v convicts and war crimes suspects, will b e handed back to the civil authorities on Oct. 15, when it will be used for accommodating convicts serving long sentences. The now overcrowded257 words
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347 1947-08-13 1 NEW YORK, Tuesday. ACCUSING "the Soviet satellites" Yugoslavia, Albania and A Bulgaria— of giving support to the rebel Greek Communists, the U.S. deputy delegate, Mr. Herschel V. Johnson, told the United Nations Security Council today that America was prepared, if necessary, to goReuter - 347 words
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Article38 1947-08-13 1 INDIA, now equipping herself for pjq extension of broadcasting and other radio development, last year took true largest share of Britain's exports of radio equipment which found markets m no lewer than 80 different countries.38 words
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Article49 1947-08-13 1 THE C:nservative Central Office announced yesterday that Mr. Winston Churchill, Leader of the Opposition, will broadcast to the nation on Sunday at 2015 GMT. m reply to the Prime Minister, Mr. Attlee's broadcast of last Sunday m which he made his "work and sacrifice" appeal.— A.P.A.P. - 49 words
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Advertisement51 1947-08-13 1 7 s3T £BROS HI WE HAVE LARGE STOCKS Of TOYS I OF ALL KINDS FOR ALL A6ES M 111 Motor Cars >• Scooters. J j 111 111 Meccano Sets Mecnanieal /v^L/^P^ 111 HI Airydt ft Frog Model Gliders /tej^A ||l HI Minibrix Jigsaw Puzzles. f^V^y\Mp HI s££ Tf/£3f O^ 7H£51 words
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Article504 1947-08-13 3 Difficulties that confront India pos tl> pcd into the economic future of partitioned •TIW 1 th t instead of Pakistan reaping for itself F. lnd diffiriTlties of its secession, it will be the Indian rteeft*" 01 0 h <> price, says the Manchester Guard* jfl.Reuter - 504 words
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Article, Illustration54 1947-08-13 3 St. Nazaire raiders honoured A ceremony was held at St. Nazaire, France, when the French Prime Minister, U. Paul Ramadier, unveiled a monument to commemorate the British Commando raid on the port m 1942. Among those present at the ceremony (above) were 127 survivors of the attack, including three V.C.54 words
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Article50 1947-08-13 3 TELEVISION INDUSTRY BOOMS IN U.S LfrrsJ 5f is r an r jr^ tire esttmatei I r t >■ ivera t [Dunns the lasi nave WashtogRSfc togctes.Tli« LTynrt narket I «> sales f^^nnan L Israel, vice--i e i BBCiaon Radio and cwporation, predict r. xluotioi television CLwil exceed 250.000 and rtfUi50 words
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Article69 1947-08-13 3 FOR TRIAL aIMWi T-. K\ I fuesdaj 3 ua ap- v of r so-called >.. rapar.es it crimes d Sugat.-., s by ■?r s- M J seph 5 y. Id a Pres :.:~r- m trials ts will i 'as s is c jmi fair ial."69 words
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Article26 1947-08-13 3 DONMONS QUERY ON BATH TUBS U .>'al- t 3 asked .v>:y "i while rt«] Mr. bath 5 lew-priced ID dUC- rol imported r Ing ENTER:- U.P.U.P. - 26 words
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Article10 1947-08-13 3 L? resigned fc ~aj Friendship rjjasc i ReuterReuter - 10 words
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129 1947-08-13 3 U.S. CORN CROP MENACED BY HEAT, DROUGHT CHICAGO, Tuesday. DROUGHT in the parched MidWestern cornfields has caused apprehension over the crop outlook and sent prices soaring fo nev peaks. From one end oi the main corn belt to the other all reports were the same "king corn," most important ofA.P. - 129 words
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44 1947-08-13 3 A Virginia court has awarded a Negro pastor, the Rev. William Simmons, $30 damages against a bus company which insisted on moving him from the front or "whites only," part of the bus to the back.44 words
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Article164 1947-08-13 3 L-' n J N le the rporal V vhich t- del: last b r Private t hard as t rape t- 4 v 'w i r bouJ t evidence was insufficient. Senator Olin D. Johnson had iisclosed m June that the Navy Juci^e-Advocate General, after aA.P. - 164 words
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Article258 1947-08-13 3 ROYAL WEOOMG PROBLEM LONDON, Tuesday FE London Star says that a constitutional question— one that would have to be decided by the highest government authority has been raised by the wedding gift of a prayer book to Princess Elizabeth, reports Associated Press. The question is, can258 words
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108 1947-08-13 3 mHE United States Chamber of JL Commerce in Washington has opposed the creation of a United Nations authority to control the world's oil resources. In a letter to Mr. George Marshall, the U.S- Secretary of State. Mr. Earl Shreve, president of the Chaiuber, saidReuter - 108 words
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Article48 1947-08-13 3 THE Greek Army commander at Komontini m Thrace, m order to ensure the safety of his troops and supplies, has ordered that each of his convoys would be led by a truckload of Communis 4s m case the roads were mined.—U U.P.U.P. - 48 words
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Article205 1947-08-13 3 MME. Average-Frenchwoman, 1947, drinks and smokes more than men, does not say her prayers, and outlives her husband. So say a group of Paris statisticians artists, doctors, and barmen. Their verdict was announced m Paris. They say she is blonde, has long legs, a205 words
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Article49 1947-08-13 3 HAPPY cries of children paddling and swimming m the River Thames near London Bridge drowned the screams for help of a' mother who saw her daughter over-balance m the water. By the time help arrived the daughter, Patricia Stack of Regent's Park. London, was dead.49 words
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Article75 1947-08-13 3 A SIMPLE and cheap way of extractitng quinine from the cinchona bark at source has been discovered by a French professor of chemistry, Col. F. K. Baranger. The professor, who has been carrying out research into tropical diseases m laboratories at Fingdon Hall, near Kettering,Reuter - 75 words
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Article66 1947-08-13 3 AN amendment favouring state ownership of all land m Burma and forbidding large land holdings by private individuals was passed unanimously on Monday by the Burmese Constituent Assembly m Rangoon. The amendment also gives the state the right to regulate, alter or abolish land66 words
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Article35 1947-08-13 3 The British South American Airways airliner Stardust, missing sine* Saturday with 11 persons on board, was on Monday reported to have been located Jn marshy ground near the Chilean-Argen- tine frontier. ReuterReuter - 35 words
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Article106 1947-08-13 3 THE United States Army has dropped at Fargo, Germany three ncn-explosive samples of the world's biggest bomb the 25,000 lb. "Mazon" to test its penetration power, but the bomb's indicated effectiveness still is an official secret, reports A.P. On the third trial, on Sunday, bombardiers106 words
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395 1947-08-13 3 PERON HAS VITAL ROLE IN RIO TALKS Defence of the Americas WHEN initial bouquets are exchanged at the opening of the inter-American Defence Conference on Friday near Rio de Janiero, Argentina's President, Don Juan Peron, will certainly command predominant attention, says United Press. The United States resumed normal negotiations withU.P. - 395 words
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117 1947-08-13 3 U.S. AID ARMS SOON GOING TO TURKEY WASHINGTON, Tuesday. rE United States, this month, will begin shipping American arms and equipment to Turkey to reinforce her against Soviet pressure. The first actual shipment U.S. $553,000 worth of modern road- building machinery is about ready. This is to be followed byA.P. - 117 words
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Article92 1947-08-13 3 A FULL court In Hong Kong on Monday ruled that it had no jurisdiction to decide whether Inouye Kanano, Japanese interpreter at Shamshuipo P.OW. camp during the occupation, should be permitted to appeal to the Privy Council against the death sentence passed on him on aReuter - 92 words
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Article45 1947-08-13 3 GERMAN UNITY REPARATIONS BRITISH and American representatives on the Allied Control Council m Berlin on Monday notified the Russians that all future reparations allocations would depend on an over-all level of industry agreement for all of Germany and the achievement of German economic unity. U.P.U.P. - 45 words
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Miscellaneous46 1947-08-13 3 |!HIC/.AM Teeth and claws By Edgar Rice Burroughs *wl p KUNG IVE GLARE Of EVES, LOUIE mKtiS^kjSA EBB —LEAVING THE DEFENSELESS PEANE AT ■v^^ O^ ff F iNVOLUNTA^ty TURNEP. WITH A ■fIBHHWjHfI OF THE CHANGING &EAST. STARTLED CgV H£ f IREP WtLPLY. S| hI S^^S!SwSSSSrSSiSr&. zy^46 words
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589 1947-08-13 4 The Singapore Free Press WEDNESDAY, AUGUST 13, 1947. The Citizen and the Franchise |>O Singaporeans really wan the franchise and are they really interested in taking a more active part in the direction of the affairs oi the Colony? Those are questions that are prompted b> the poor initial response589 words
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Article26 1947-08-13 4 Walk worthy of the vocation wherewith ye are called endeavouring: to keep the unity of the Spirit m the bond of peace. Ephesians. 4. 1-3.26 words
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Article, Illustration886 1947-08-13 4 A NATION IN AGONY Battlefront report by* MAJOR F. M. BENNETT, back from a close-up of the new Greek tragedy IN Athens today life looks normal that is if you can call it normal to pay £5 a day (drinks excluded) in a modest hotel. Athens, I dare say, looked886 words
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Article109 1947-08-13 4 Sir Alexander Korda, Britain's biggest independent producer said that quality, lather than quantity, would b e the British fiim industry's strongest weapon for large-scale invasion of the United States. In a letter to the Times. Korda said that Britain would have to tailor its output to theU.P. - 109 words
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Article164 1947-08-13 4 SPECIAL "Indian Independence Day" programmes will be broadcast by the All India Radio from Delhi on August 14 and 15. Between 1.30 and 2.15 a.m. tomorrow A.I.R. will broadcast a running commentary on the transfer of power ceremony from the Indian Constituent Assembly Hall. The frequencies suggested are164 words
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Article, Illustration498 1947-08-13 4 A BIG-BUILT man in a loose, white shirt, redfaced and with a huge, hooked nose and wellgroomed beard, sits crosilegged before an audience of thousands in India's turbalent North-west Frontier Province. As he rises to speak, a deathly silence falls over the vast throng and they are498 words
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Article37 1947-08-13 4 1. Can you name, say, one wellknown play by each of the following: (a) Scan O'Casey; (b) Eugene O'Neill; (c) Robert Sherwood? 2. Can you recall the names of the Nine Muses? Answers m Page Six.37 words
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Article614 1947-08-13 4 WHAT A DUTCH WOMAN SAW Letter to the Editor EIRST of all, I want to thank all who have expressed their sympathy for the Dutcl, who, thanks mainly to the influence of the Communist Australian dock workers, get such an unfavourable pres.3. In one of your leading articles you said614 words
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95 1947-08-13 5 Russian's stay is a 'private matter' r PM6S Stafl Kepomr lv whether M 1 s trade repre- v lao Plahii stay toSinga p tying the atH -""W rameitt. Singapore ■J5 Free v. an still conFr the Soviet H ing furthCT at fhia a private "W Alr- [phi Hotel. was formerly95 words
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Article132 1947-08-13 5 I *T;:_ OkS D Or H 1 r issu F iffles I L q Sata ..v Sahara I ire O: and Sd not AdH Tales of o; I I'- Ml tie H uz I h S. Rad akrl oas I Uoyct Rhys I F W132 words
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Article300 1947-08-13 5 I^P SHANGHAI, Tuesday. ntcnfenor social position of British Eurasians, even those »h<> wed in World War II, has become a live issue in »h "k h devel °M with the re publication of a letter wb a well-known British Eurasian, Mr. Leslie H. Waile, find a 8A.P. - 300 words
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Article, Illustration263 1947-08-13 5 Free Press Staff Reporter ALTHOUGH the Army has announced its release, the Gov- ernment Trade School premises in Balestier Road will nptl be handed back until some time next month. The School is continuing in its old buildings in Scotts Road. When the Balestier263 words
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Article54 1947-08-13 5 A YOUNG Chinese, Ng Ah Kiat, was sentenced to four years' rigorous imprisonment by Mr. Justice Brow n at the Assize Court yesterday, when he was i convicted on a charge of being m possession of a revolver and six rounds of ammunition at Kirn Keat54 words
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Article156 1947-08-13 5 THE Burns Philp ship Marella is due m Singapore today with more than 150 passengers from Sydney, Melbourne and Fremantle. The vessel is berthing alongside Godowns 6 and 7 of the Harbour Board. Besides bringing 1,200 bags of Australian flour, the ship has on board a refrigerated156 words
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256 1947-08-13 5 TAXIS IN ONE OF EVERY FOUR ACCIDENTS Lower road toll during July Free Press Staff Reporter DOAD deaths were fewer m July compared with June, 11 but a notable aspect of traffic accidents during the past month was the high proportion of accidents involving taxis. Taxis were responsible for 137256 words
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Article, Illustration120 1947-08-13 5 MR. TAN THOON LIP (left). Registrar of the Supreme Court, Singapore, is seen signing up as a voter for the forthcoming elections to the Legislative Council. So far, the response to the registration of voters has not been satisfactory, only a few hundreds having signed up compared withFree Press - 120 words
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Article110 1947-08-13 5 The Singapore Coroner, Mr. W. G. Porter, yesterday issued a warrant for the arrest of a R.A.S.C. lorry driver, David Hamilton, who was involved m a collision at the junction of Bukit Timah Road and Cavanagh Road on July 28 m which two Chinese motor cyclists110 words
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Article74 1947-08-13 5 A EURASIAN clerk employed by i\ the Hong Kong and Shanghai Bank, Singapore. Cyril Nelson Jansen was granted a decree nisi to be made absolute m three months by Mr. Justice Jobling at the High Court yesterdoy, when he petitioned for a divorce from his wife,74 words
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Article60 1947-08-13 5 The Italian Buddhist monk, the Yen. Lokanatha, is giving a ,ecture on "How to be Rich, Beautiful and Wise" at the SVC Hall m Beach Road this evening at 8 o'clock. The meeting is open to all. To-morrow, the Yen. Lokanatha will lecture on "World Peace"60 words
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Article230 1947-08-13 5 Police reminder on hooting ban Free Press Staff Reporter A REMINDER to Singapore motor drivers and owners that there is a ban on the sounding of horns, is issued by Ihe Traffic Police. The ban affects the main streets m the cii; area, where horns should not be sounded between230 words
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Article195 1947-08-13 5 $100,000 for flood victims Free Press Chinese Correspondent THE Singapore Chinese Flood Distress Relief Committee at a meeting presided over by Mr. Lee Kong-chian. chairman jf the Committee, decided to send a remittance of $100,000 to Hong Kong for the purchase of medical supplies to be distributed to Hood victims195 words
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Article126 1947-08-13 5 A former serviceman, 31-year-old Reginald Nicol, an AngloBurmese of Wilkinson Road was charged m the Second Police Court, yesterday with wearing th( uniform of an army lieutenant while not m the military service of the King, with intent to represent himself as a soldier, on Aug126 words
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Article132 1947-08-13 5 Free Press Chinese CorresDondent THE test flight of a iour-engint Skymaster of the China National Aviation Corporation lfl the inauguration of a direct aiE service linking Shanghai and Slrw gap re. i rig naTv r r" 4i»li *<J airive at Singapore on Aug. 6 hat132 words
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Advertisement143 1947-08-13 5 IT WOULD TAKE YOU YEARS. .r TO SEE ALL (UL THESE ARTISTS PERFORMI LILY PONS -VI MONROE m w«t •uw i AND HIS ORCHESTRA RUBINSTEIN -«l JASCHAHEIFETZ -^l CHCOt itO^OiO x PIATIGORSKY ~m STOKOWSKI RISE STEVENS^* HABRYMMEB ARTIR RODZIXSKI H.Y. PHILHARMONIC. H 2^-nSST-* SYMPHONY ORCHESTRA wi JA/V PEERCE -Tpf BRUNO143 words
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Miscellaneous27 1947-08-13 5 Mr. Clifford Huntsman is giving a piano recital at the Victoria Memorial Hall at 9 p.m. on Sunday, Aug. 24. A booking plan is open at Robinson's.27 words
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Article, Illustration626 1947-08-13 6 MURDER NO MORE please IBY OUR CINEMA CORRESPONDENT THE time has come to suggest to filmmakers that there are other interesting things that people do besides killing or maiming one another. I suspect that I am not the only one who is getting a little tired of murder as a626 words
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Article27 1947-08-13 6 1. (a) June and the Paycock; (b) The Emperor Jones; (c) The Road to Rome. 2. Clio. Euterpe. Thalia, Melpomene, Terpsichore, Erato, Polyhymnla, Urania, Calliope.27 words
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Article533 1947-08-13 6 STUDIO A group of experts has reported to the motion picture industry that television must undergo considerable development before its use m theatres can be considered practical. At the same time, rap.d strides made m home television are fully recognized m the report, made by the l*fesearch533 words
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Article173 1947-08-13 6 pARAMOUNTS "The i Strange Love of Martha Ivers," starring Barbara Stanwyck, Van Hefiin and Lizabeth Scott, and introducing the stage star Kirk Douglas, is going to set a lot of Singapore tongues wagging when it opens at the Cathay on Friday, for it tells an unusally173 words
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Article, Illustration85 1947-08-13 6 ■Pens at trip p^ P leaj *d with Bru^ conducting x?° Philharm w; > a ,ar^.,- < -C c it h wever v will pro! *,V^ Playing th< fwl^S from Don >i iS*Jf^ Unt of so many big /r c^3s la::, -7;.-^ cap I lar flc r85 words
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Article271 1947-08-13 6 IN this deal the cards v.ere not as I favourably placed as South would have liked— and yet he should have made his contract. West opened the club king North's ace won and South discarded a diamond. The spade king was sufficient to draw the opponents' trumps,271 words
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Advertisement114 1947-08-13 6 Come Spend An Evening Relax And Enjoy Listening To The World < Great*: Artists GALA Opewf* Today 4 shew? PAS^pr'gj Revised Times Of Screening Y^r Mi PH* 1.15 4 6.45 Ml. p.m. |£||^£^^^aj^^^oHUHMMa^ajMMHߣMaih2BKj|MfeAHubjtoSjArtMg*£to£ati^ V%^*A M DAMROSCII MfymJi igk :1 i- WALTER J P* NZ i H. V PHILHARMONIC tk >|(INROE114 words
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Miscellaneous231 1947-08-13 6 What's On REX: Temptation (Universal) at 2 p.m. today. CATHAY: The Strange Love of Martha Ivers (Paramount) at 11 a.m. on Friday. CAPITOL: Tarzan and His Mate (M-G-M) at 11 a.m. today. PAVILION: Carnegie Hail (United Artists) at 1.15 p.m. today. JUBILEE: Robin Hood of the Range (Columbia^ nt 1.15231 words
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Article237 1947-08-13 7 Middlesex Win By Innings LONDON, Tuesday. :jlt-\. »a anticipated, scored an easy victory at l T i teat ing Surrey by an innings and 11 runs, Glou- (Ua nvtrntd m a desperate finish at Bradford where uri Sv succeeded m beating Yorkshire by eightReuter - 237 words
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29 1947-08-13 7 ECHELON 2nd XI WIN BY SEVEN PICKETS Walk worthy of the vocation wherewith ye are called endeavouring: to keep the unity of the Spirit m the bond of peace.29 words
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Article21 1947-08-13 7 R.A.F. BASE WIN 2-1 ft ra beat riei F we lead ng at Itai and Short -tnd Sk; piah for the21 words
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Article, Illustration858 1947-08-13 7 By Our Soccer Reporter TN a game m which fortunes swayed tantalazingly, the 1 Chinese first selection (the junior team) beat the Singapore Cricket Club by the odd goal m five at Jalan Besar Stadium yesterday, and with a total of eight points they movedFree Press - 858 words
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396 1947-08-13 7 SJtC A' C.V.M.A 2 i>LAYING with two men short throughout an S.R.C. "A" side shared honours with the C.V.M.A. (Serangoon) m a soccer match played on the Padang yesterday, b th sides scoring two goals. The game was productive of some good396 words
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Article185 1947-08-13 7 IN a fast game of soccer played at Alexandra on Monday 233 8.0.D. beat 2 Bn. Fusiliers by six goals to two. Although t&e Fusiliers were outclassed, they fought back well. Sgt. Smythe opened the scoring fur the 8.0.D. m the 11th minute with a low185 words
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Article, Illustration26 1947-08-13 7 Water-Polo At S.S.C. Photograph taken at the Singapore Swimming Club on Sunday when the Chinese S.C. beat the S.S.C. by six goals to nil at water-polo.26 words
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Article66 1947-08-13 7 MELBOURNE. Tuesday. Rumours that the Australian Test tour of England was likely to b cancelled owing to the British cri- si: are unfounded. The Chairman of the Australian Board of Control said that the team will leave by boa* m March or. if they travel66 words
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563 1947-08-13 7 IN the first round of the Base Headquarters knockout cup competition j played on Monday at Seletar Hospital Ground. G8 Movements Unit, scoring ence m each half, defeated 7. M.T.B.ii.D. by two goals to nil. Movements deserved their success, for they were563 words
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Article281 1947-08-13 7 SEREMBAN, Tuesday. THE Negri Sembilan Chinese Recreation Club emerged 1547 1 winners of the Negri Sembilan Football Association League Shield when they defeated the R.A.S.C. by four g»>als to one on the station padang yesterday evening. The N.S. C.R.C. also had the distinction of winning the League281 words
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Article299 1947-08-13 7 MANCHESTER, Tuesday. THE match between Lancashire and the South Africans i ended at Old Trafford, Manchester, today m a draw. For a brief period after lunch, when they dismissed four batsmen for 35 runs, the South Africans looked like pulling off a surprise win, but theyReuter - 299 words
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Article82 1947-08-13 7 THE following have been selected to represent the Singapore Chinese Football Association against the All-Johore Chinese m a game of soccer m aid of the China Flood Relief Fund which will be played at Muar on Sunday. Chee Seng; Swee Hock, Chin Lye; Leng Hoo,82 words
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Article69 1947-08-13 7 NEWPORT, Rhode Is., Tues. PARDNEK Mulloy from Cal.fori U r.ia, dealing almost casually with his opponent today, eliml- ■nattd Mohan, the last surviving I memoer oi the three-man Davis Cup team from India, defeating I him 6-4, 6-4 m the Casino's lawn tennis tournament. The69 words
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Article77 1947-08-13 7 THE foil wing have been selected to represent the Colonials C. C. m a cricket ma-.ch against the Johore C.C i j on Sunday, at Johore Bahru, play star'- ing a1 11 a.m. I W. Ratnayake fCapt.). C. Coiling, R. Delilkan. J. Deliikan. S. Naeaiah. R. A. Ratnam.77 words
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Article162 1947-08-13 7 LONDON, Tuesday. THE British Professional Golfers' Association decided at a meeting today to play the Ryder Cup matches against the United States on Nov. 1 and Nov. 2. The British PGA accepted these dates, which were offered along with others, by the United States ProfessionalU.P. - 162 words
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Miscellaneous257 1947-08-13 7 Free Press Cress word 163 KS9 IflS till CLUES ACROSS 1 and 8, Designer of R.A.F. memorial window m King Henry VITs Chapel (4, 6). 6, Celebration or Jolly gathering (8). 7, Old title of chief magistrate of town or district (5). 8, See 1 Across. 9, The bellowing of257 words
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Article, Illustration371 1947-08-13 8 Lords denounce but 'approve' LONDON, Tuesday ■THE House of Lords tonight denounced the bill giving the I Labour Government almost unlimited powers to deal with Britain's economic crisis, and then approved it by voice vote, on the decisive second reading. The Lords' action came scarcely 12 hours after the Hous<A.P.; U.P. - 371 words
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159 1947-08-13 8 'WAY NOW CLEAR FOR JAP PEACE SETTLEMENT' BRISBANE, Tuesday. DR. Herbert Evatt, Australian Minister for External Affairs, said yesterday on his return from Japan after discussions with Gen. j Douglas MacArlhur, Supreme. Commander of the Allied Occupa- j tion Forces, that the way was now clear for a peace settlement159 words
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Article86 1947-08-13 8 BANGKOK, Tuesday. rpHE Siamese Parliament today A accepted the Indo-China Border Conciliation Commission's recommendations restoring to France the border provinces along Mekong River which was the subject of controversy and warfare for nearly a century. Siam returned the border areas m November 1946, after having takenA.P. - 86 words
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Article, Illustration551 1947-08-13 8 Policy outlined m Commons LONDON, Tuesday. THE British authorities m Palestine will not flinch from any I measure calculated to destroy Jewish terrorism or to bring to justice those responsible for "hideous crimes" committed m that country, the Secretary of State for the Colonies, Mr. Jones,551 words
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Article277 1947-08-13 8 LONDON, Tuesday. THE Chancellor of Exchequer, Dr. Hugh Dalton, hinted m 1 the House of Commons today that the United States and' Britain might discuss a compromise alternative to the 75 per cent, tax on American film earnings at their forthcoming doilai crisis conference. j277 words
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Article66 1947-08-13 8 THE U.S. Attorney General has, ordered an investigation of i food, clothing and housing prices. J The Justice Department's "antitrust division has been instructed to determine whether "conspiracies exist" to maintain or increase present prices m food, clothing and housing. Jail sentences, rather than mere fines,66 words
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241 1947-08-13 8 LONDON, Tuesday. rriHE editor and political corresL ponder^ of the Evening News both apologised to a hushed House of Commons today for adhering to the unwritten law of newspapermen never to reveal the source of confidential information. The editor. Mr. Guy Schofield, and his colleague,A.P. - 241 words
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Article194 1947-08-13 8 LAKE SUCCESS, Tuesday. THE Legal Department of the United Nations held that the new Dominion of India would retain charter membership rights m the United Nations and that the Muslim-Dominated Pakistan Dominion would be regarded as a new non-member State. Dr. Trygve Lie, SecretaryGeneral of UNO.Reuter; A.P. - 194 words
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Article582 1947-08-13 8 GILT-EDGEDS AT NEW LOW BRITISH Government securities dt .n ht bjm Stock Exchange today to the lowesi levels >inceH Labour Government took office, accompanied by uidtsnnX declines m British industrial shares and, cururast. forl strength m South African gold mining ires, *a\> Reteß financial editor. The latter was ascribed to582 words
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Article20 1947-08-13 8 U rday a *"*_K« advances ".D^J ISO W' "'S"^^L I Occasionj lane A: 1 r- B A.P.A.P. - 20 words
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Article45 1947-08-13 8 'A Fridd i t -;M jrinna! b< /Hi Azam M r> M Govi-rr. r.--. was cd**' -xs': H stitueni Z r >;jM E-Azan fcJ i Th!> n r. m bly beca B the Coi this the pro accorded H transfer ReuterReuter - 45 words
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142 1947-08-13 8 BERLIN, Tuesday. ACCORDING to Director O. R. i" Carlucci, of the U.S. Army Criminal Investigation Division, the Soviet military Government Id Germany has indicated that it will order an autopsy to determine I whether the death ox Prince -s Hermine, widow of the ex-Kaiser,142 words
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Article48 1947-08-13 8 Sir John Colville, who is nearI ing completion of his normal term as Govcxnoi of Bombay and agrc-ed »o continue serving m the same province after the Lansfei bt power on Aug. 15, will j remain m office until the end o: i his year. ReuterReuter - 48 words
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Miscellaneous14 1947-08-13 8 SINGAPORE TIDES High 8.36 am and 7.13 pm Low 1.14 am and 1.05 pm14 words
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Miscellaneous62 1947-08-13 8 WEA THER Mainly cloudy WEATHER report for the next IT 24 hour* compiled by the R.A.F: Mainly cloudy witfh some bright intervals later. Wind: Light south-easterly. Sunset 6.43, sunrise 6.34,. Moonrise 4.07 a.m., moonset 4.44 p.m. Temperatures: Max. 89.7 deg. F., mm. 76 deg. F. Relative humidity percentages: Yesterday 7.3062 words
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