The Singapore Free Press, 20 August 1947
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Title Section20 1947-08-20 1 The Singapore Free Press LARGEST AFTERNOON SALE IN MALAYA ff» i^ 30 SINGAPORE, WSa)NESB!AY, AUGUST 30, 1947. PRICE 10 CENTS.20 words
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Article603 1947-08-20 1 REPUBLICANS TOLD TO FIGHT ON Russia accuses US on Indies THE Indonesian army was ordered last night to be "ready for prolonged warfare/ reports Associated Press correspondent Stan Swinton, from Batavia. General Soedirman, Commander-in-Chief, has given instructions that Dutch efforts to exploit Indonesia's economic resources must be frustrated. As Gen.Reuter; U.P.; A.P. - 603 words
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Article, Illustration59 1947-08-20 1 Picture. Passing through, Singapore yesterday was Lord Addiaon, Leader of the House of Lords and Secretary of State for Commonwealth Affairs, accompanied by Lady Addiscm (pictured here on arrival at Kallang airport). They are en route to Canberra, where Lord Addison icili attend the preliminary Commonwealth talks to discuss aOrient - 59 words
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Article, Illustration73 1947-08-20 1 Prince Ferdinand von Sclioen-aich-Carolath, 34, step-son of the late ex-Kaiser, who was on Monday, charged before a British military court m Berlin with making false statements m his report to the Allied authorities concerning the disappearance of U.S. $2, 000, 000 worth of German crown jewels smuggled out of the73 words
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Article79 1947-08-20 1 ATTEMPT TO KILL BURMA MINISTER 0 W T I Finance jter, i na until re- High Commiss* r I what is I as "a Bk iy D ii 1 bis residence Ran hours sec iritj lace m the i the S og the imous golden pag I ht ad- i.•79 words
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Article56 1947-08-20 1 active a: 3 last i ih ■> aftei an ■m awaj wh Iby a Singap re Pol. Mr. DEN c I r ng .4 Geylanc "s the Indune- I s inda and sur- lice. •> had an;bushed as m a kwij op- r service de- I56 words
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Article17 1947-08-20 1 at 8.000 public teiephore r Bn din now serve lir 00 sfkf w statiou17 words
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Article64 1947-08-20 1 LONDON police officers were rushed to Downing Street early yesterday, following the discovery of a 'bomb" in the roadway between the Prime Minister's residence and the Foreign Office. All Government departments nearby were warned, but later, after examination by experts, the bomb— two electric batteriesReuter - 64 words
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Article286 1947-08-20 1 A BREAKDOWN of the International Trade Organisation talks was considered possible today if the vlit to London on Thursday by Mr. Clayton, United States Secretary of State for Economic Affairs, did not reconcile British and United States viewpoints. United States delegates have complained that headway mReuter; U.P. - 286 words
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Article76 1947-08-20 1 LONDON, Tuesday. THE Daily Mail today said that the Prime Minister. Mr. Clement Attlee, "had told his closest colleagues m the Government that, for reasons of health he intends to resign the premiership m the near future." A page one story by the Mail's political correspondentA.P. - 76 words
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Article21 1947-08-20 1 The clock of the parish church at Chiswick, London, has stopped for the first time m 400 years.21 words
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Article202 1947-08-20 1 LONDON, Tuesday. AS the Ministry of Fuel and Power announced that Britain's coal production last month fell to an all-time low for July —the first July since the mines were nationalised and the five-day week adopted the General Council of the powerful Trades UnionU.P. - 202 words
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Article248 1947-08-20 1 LAHORE, Tuesday. AMASS movement from riot-affected areas of the Punjab was m lull swing tonight as Muslims evacuated io western Punjab and Hindus and Sikhs to eastern districts of the divided province. About 70,000 Muslims have arrived m Lahore during the past few days from Amritsar,248 words
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361 1947-08-20 1 1,000 DEAD IN DEVASTATED SPANISH CITY CADIZ, Tuesday. •THOUSANDS of weary Servicemen and civilians are tonight 1 continuing their rescue efforts m two sections of this ancient Spanish port of 80,000 people wrecked when a naval torpedo and mine plant exploded last night, causing 140 torpedoes and 1,000 mines toA.P.; U.P.; Reuter - 361 words
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Article90 1947-08-20 1 THARGES by the U.S. Governv ment that the makers of 90 per cent of the U.S. tyres have conspired for 12 years to fix prices will be fought "to the limit." said Mr. E. J. Thomas, president ct the Goodyear Tyre and Rubber CompanyA.P. - 90 words
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31 1947-08-20 1 Fines imposed by military occupation courts m Japan are to be used to defray occupation costs, according to a decision by the Far Eastern Commission31 words
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Article936 1947-08-20 2 YOUR MONEY'S WORTH Around- Singapore Shops THE small boy pointed to the game that he wanted, and then opened a tightlyclenched fist and proffered two coins wrappedup m a grubby five cent note. The note was all right: the coins were both Indian. All the same, he got what heF.G. - 936 words
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Article, Illustration14 1947-08-20 2 Columbia star .lams barter wearing an outfit useful for hot weather and the garden.14 words
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Miscellaneous832 1947-08-20 2 LUCKY STAR Fortune forecast tor people bum today DORN today, you are very versatile and have a treat d?al of force and energy. As a child, you will be fond of outdoor sports and this will probably carry over, m lesser degree, into your adult life. Since you are so832 words
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Article398 1947-08-20 3 BRIGHTER OUTLOOK FOR EXPORTERS Devaluation welcomed m China OUSINESSMEN m China have welcomed the new exchange foreign trade regulations, which although representing a further devaluation of the Chinese currency were termed a "realistic policy" and an "opportunity for private traders," reports Reuter from Shanghai. Mr. John KeSwick, Chairman of theReuter - 398 words
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Article, Illustration250 1947-08-20 3 UR>. DOKOTMY HALL, of New York, possibly the most dis- I inaUMi radio amateur m the world, is making a tour o> Britain »m! the ctmtmeitt this month to study radio conditions n M-veral countries. Sh, will iv televised by the 8.8.C. while m Grea'. Bri- ;.vQ250 words
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Article47 1947-08-20 3 DR. JOSE LAUREL, former puppet President of the Philippines, may join forces with President Roxas m the majority Liberal Party. Ylthousrh facing trial for treason. Laurel has been wooed by both majority and minority parties, and has retained a considerable political influence. A.P.A.P. - 47 words
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127 1947-08-20 3 DR. O. D. Sokolova-Ponomareva. director of the Pediatric Clinic m Omsk, Siberia, who is now m New York, for the fifth International Congress of Pediatrics, told Associated Press that the birthrate m Siberia "is increasing enormously." A widow, mother and grandmother. Dr. Ponomareva stayedA.P. - 127 words
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Article69 1947-08-20 3 THE powerful United States Congress of Industrial Organisations has urged President Truman to call an immediate conference of industrial, labou and agricultural leaders to agree to a voluntary programme of price reductions. Mr. Emil Rleve. C.1.0. VicePresident, said if their demand were not met andReuter - 69 words
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Article47 1947-08-20 3 THE VJenna Heulth Bureau has announced that there are more than 700 cases of infantile paralysis m Austria. This polio epidemic has been caused, it Is elated, by swimming enthusiasts who overstrained their muscles and then exposed their bodies to sunlight.— U.P.U.P. - 47 words
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Article15 1947-08-20 3 H* rather of four g as an 11-year-old -rl whose father was15 words
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Article110 1947-08-20 3 I ■■•■■iry admini.tra- V" :r announced overhauling and cienazificatton s*'C abolished smaH factory and j "-l_l^ d fommitwes Instead, only carefully-screened committees will function. The Soviets have decided to wipe I out the smaller German commiti tees because "there were signs that they were working onU.P. - 110 words
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336 1947-08-20 3 ADM. Seichi Ito, who went down with the Japanese superbattleship Hamatao during the battle for Okinawa, was identified by a Japanese witness before the International Military Tribunal in Tokio as the man who urged Japan to begin the Pearl Harbour attack before breakingA.P. - 336 words
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Article, Illustration69 1947-08-20 3 Greek concern over the recent secret talks between Yugoslavia and Bulgaria found expression m a statement on Monday m London by M. Tsaldaris, Greek Deputy Prime Minister, that Greece's neighbours Yugoslavia, Bulgaria and Albania are making a "frontal attack directed at the independence of Greece." Here M. Dimitrov. Bulgarian Premier,69 words
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194 1947-08-20 3 FREE ASIA AS GREAT ASSET TO THE WORLD NEW YORK, Monday. DR. P. P. PILLAI, permanent Indian representative to the United Nations, declared, m a broadcast interview, that "liberated Asia can be a great asset to world peace." Discussing the position of Asia m the world of tomorrow, Dr. PillaiReuter - 194 words
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Article28 1947-08-20 3 Jams, marmalade and canned sweet puddings surplus to Services requirements will be on sale in shops in Britain in the middle of September. ReuterReuter - 28 words
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Article317 1947-08-20 3 SUPERVISED AID FOR NANKING? Wedemeyer's findings GEN. ALBERT C. WEDEMEYER, who is on a fact-finding mission m China, will report to President Truman that conditions m China are worse today than at the conclusion of this country's long war against Japan, says United Press from Shanghai. This applies practically toU.P.; Reuter - 317 words
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Article78 1947-08-20 3 THE New York Times, commenting on the recent Navy courtmartials of Lieut. Comdr. Edward N. Little and enlisted man Harold E. Hirshberg, has pointed out that the charges were similar, yet the officer was acquitted at a secret trial, while the enlisted man was convicted after aU.P. - 78 words
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Article89 1947-08-20 3 RUSSIA has more submarines on reconnaissance duty m the Pacific Ocean than the U.S. has m active service, the assistant director of Civil Relations for the U.S. Navy, declared on Sunday. This disclosure of Russia's undersea power was made as he explained how the Navy'sA.P. - 89 words
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Article57 1947-08-20 3 CIRCUS BEASTS AS REPARATIONS REPARATIONS-C ONSCIOUS Russians recently added to their removals from Germany numbers of zoo and circus animals, according to Americanlioensed press In Berlin. The newspaper "Tagesspiegel" said at least two large shipments of animals had been shipped to the Soviet Union from the Soviet zone, including anA.P. - 57 words
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Article58 1947-08-20 3 TTALIAN youths attacked 12 women and stripped them naked hi 1 a Leghorn street because they had been associating with U.S. troops. After they had stripped the women, the youths forced them to parade through the main square of Leghorn. Italian police and troops rescued58 words
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Article266 1947-08-20 3 DAKISTAN is an essential part of world economy and, by mutual co-operation, can render invaluable service to the entire world, said the first Pakistan High Commissioner m London, Mr. Habib Ibrahim Rahimtoola, when he addressed a Muslim League meeting m London on Monday. Calling for MuslimReuter - 266 words
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Article49 1947-08-20 3 WHEN an 11 -year-old boy was Yv found to be m need of care and protection, and remanded at North London juvenile court, his father said that m the last three years he had spent £500 bringing the boy home from various parts of the country.49 words
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Advertisement111 1947-08-20 3 9K4 '^iiHife f'-a Bnl D 3BBsb*^fflni nv3&£^id Jv The comfort ana security scientific glare protection sun~ glasses are known through' out the world. ORIENTAL OPTICAL CO., (QUALIFIED OPTICIANS) (P.O. Box 387) (Phone:— 3232 *****) Head Office:— l 62. South Bridge Road, Branch: 348, Narflh Bridge Road Singapore. 1 o prevent111 words
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Miscellaneous22 1947-08-20 3 ARZAN Jungle Terror By Edgar Rice Burroughs ~~^^^^A3Mt.^^^^^y| Byit-- ifj"* I WAO T"AJ^P/S —2Q05” I j DUtr by Unic«l roture Syndicate, luc22 words
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634 1947-08-20 4 The Singapore Free Press W EDNESDAY, AUGUST 20, 1947. The Heasman Report-1 I S was to be expected, Mr. II R. B. Heasman, the United Kingdom Inland Revenue officer, who has been 3UT veying income tax problems m Malaya, has present- d what, on fir sit impressions is a strong634 words
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Article1413 1947-08-20 4 BY A SPECIAL LEGAL CORRESPONDENT THE Judicial Com- mi t tee is like no other court m the Biitish Isles. In the High Court of Justice and at the Assizes, the judges are raised up and isolated m majestic aloofness. m The judicial sittings of the House1,413 words
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Article500 1947-08-20 4 L ONDON is facing up and beginning to recapture the gaiety and charm that six years of war almost destroyed. The preen folding chairs are back m Hyd c Park m their thousands. Lovers rtiroll hand m hand along the Serpentine or sprawi on the grass.500 words
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Article, Illustration39 1947-08-20 4 Fresh frontier incidents have been reported from Macedonia where rebe! baadi attacked villages around Fiorina, burnt houses and injured scores of people Se? her s!roßf military convoy headed by an armoured car passing through Amyndeon tti l d &H39 words
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Article706 1947-08-20 4 A RASH of committees has broken out m Washington to investigate, check, double-check, assess and otherwise tear apart and put back together again n m a dozen different ways, the Marshall offer of help to Europe. Some^diplomats have expressed fears that the historic scheme may be706 words
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Article21 1947-08-20 4 Let us not sleep, as do 1 others; let us watch and be j sober. 1 Thessalonians, 5, 6. 121 words
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Miscellaneous43 1947-08-20 4 QUIZ 1 Win re c tK md omm i n 8* ly expl v: then* (a 'Mm aa me! L b I. as it 1 CO 1 v i [ten w alfc Or tends wttti 2 Cai i J sl a fi* r43 words
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82 1947-08-20 5 asi Malaya s ss us In i larj Boan SS mstraHa and S 25C loos 77 farms c nrering I id was sition snows :hancUse In »d to 617,- roc with June £5.523,000 er va £21.91 stertog) •J10.316.000 m Jur 45, an82 words
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Article74 1947-08-20 5 THE 1 -added nonI don and n books will :> I I at E tffl S Lbrai q Saturda: o I itfc E En Ie Vaca- I BroadI otberl to Banrey, Ral] h En- H S Mi Mv W Carter It 1::._• D] or Wood,74 words
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Article22 1947-08-20 5 Staff Rej jrtei T aistei Da the ie* ral r^ I -yen- Singafor the i Council ntrcs.22 words
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Article13 1947-08-20 5 BAC K F ROM K.L. the R*aw Several gjefence I --re by air13 words
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Article, Illustration48 1947-08-20 5 rftis Army PR. picture shows a soldier of the Royal Pioneer Corps (Ceylon Section) disembarking at Singapore recently. The first Company comprising nearly 500 men will be stationed m Colombo camp m Reformatory Road, and they Army Engineers at work on will be employed m assisting military constructions.48 words
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Article64 1947-08-20 5 Private W. Mclntyre, of No l| British Transit Camp Nee Soon was released into the custody of j i British officer, m the Fourth Police Court, yesterday so that hei could go to his camp and get $5 .o pay his fine for being drunk and disorderly. Mclntyre64 words
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Article338 1947-08-20 5 Free Press Staff Reporter AS Indian advisory committee, draw n from members of the /i Singapore Indian community, will be appointed by Radio Malaya shortly to jeruide the station m the broadcast of Indian programmes, Mr. V. Pakirisamy toW the Free Press yester day. Mr.338 words
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Article359 1947-08-20 5 LUXURY BUILDINGS TO BE BANNED Essential projects only, says Govt Free Press Staff Reporter fHE Singapore Government is taking measure: to stop the construction of such non-essen tial buildings as luxury hotels and cinemas, am legislation to enforce this step will be intro duced shortly. One of the principal provisions359 words
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Article55 1947-08-20 5 Removal of the walls of a shed by people who had been admitted to an Army dump m Balestier Road with permission to take away scrap, was held responsible by the Singapore Coroner, Mr. W. G. Porter, at an inquest yesterday, for the deaths of Lim Yew55 words
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Article69 1947-08-20 5 Free Press Staff Reporter A PRETTY 19-year-old Chinese' jt\ girl, who lived alone m a well- tarnished room m a shop-house room m Geylang Road, died of poisoning yesterday afternoon 15 minutes after admittance to General Hospital. At 4.15 p.m. she called for her servant. Finding69 words
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Article112 1947-08-20 5 Charged with being drunk and 1 disorderly m the charge room of Kandang Kerbau police station. on Monday, a 36-year-old Indian M. S. Mohamed Gani told the Second Police Court Magistrate. Mr. A. P. Jack, yesterday, that he went there to report that he had112 words
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Article39 1947-08-20 5 For possessing 377 dutiable bottles of stout at a cold drink shaft m Tanjong Pagar Road, on August 10, Lee Kee, 33, a Canonese was fined $440 or* three months m the Third Police Court yesterday.39 words
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Article30 1947-08-20 5 The present rationing offic c for "F" Division will move from Yock Eng School Tanjong Katon? j Road to the Joo Chiat toddy shop j on Sept. 1.30 words
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Article, Illustration22 1947-08-20 5 picture. LORD KILLEARN, Special Commissioner in South-East Asia, is seen giving his opening address at the Social Welfare Conference yesterday- Free PressFree Press - 22 words
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133 1947-08-20 5 Free Press Staff Reporter CINCE England h;\d given India j 1 independence, there was every .reason lor Holland to act likewise m the case of Indonesia, declared Mr. S. I. O. A!*at;oir at a Muslim > rally held over the week-end to celebrate the second133 words
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Article79 1947-08-20 5 PLANS are alm,/.>>t completed for the meeting of the United Nations Economic Commission for Asia and the Far East, which is taking place at Baguio. Philippines, next November. About 120 delegates will attend, representing 15 Oriental nations. The delegates will be housed m GovernmentU.P. - 79 words
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Article62 1947-08-20 5 THE next call-up of recruits for the Training .Centre at Johore will be on Friday morning (Aug. 21). Those recruits m rh? following groups will report to the Recruiting Centre, Old English School, Oldham Lane at B 30 a.m. on Friday morning: R.A.S.C. Groups 6 and 7, R.E.62 words
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Article335 1947-08-20 5 Free Press Staff Reporter mO celebrate the birth of the A Dominion of Pakistan, officers of the Pakistan Army m Singapore are holding a buffet supper party at S.V.C. Headquarters on Saturday, Aug. 33, to which 300 guests have been invited. The function could not be335 words
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Article, Illustration25 1947-08-20 5 This picture, reproduced by courtesy of Utusan Mclavu, was taken at the Malay Fashion Parade and Variety Night at the Happy World on Monday evening.25 words
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Article, Illustration250 1947-08-20 5 Free Press Chinese Correspondent HEFORE leaving Singapore by air for Hong Kong yesterday for Nanking to assume Ihe post of Vice Chairman of the Overseas Affairs Commission, Mr. Lim Keng Lian told the Free Press he would advise th e Chinese Government on current250 words
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Article59 1947-08-20 5 A RECENT issue of the Australian Tin Producers' Association bulletin said that although m Australia tin had increased m price 95 per cent, compared with the 1939 average, "it is relatively cheap m comparison with zinc, which has risen about 395 per cent., lead (49059 words
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Article51 1947-08-20 5 Three Punjabis who fell into a police trap when they attempted to dispose of a Japanese automatic and 44 rounds of ammunition, were convicted by Mr. Justice Brown at the Assize Court yesterday. They were Mada Singh (jailed for 5 years Osman Ganl <5 years) and Maharan (451 words
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Advertisement101 1947-08-20 5 fU Statfc his PEP AND ENERGY (M r jf\ ARE VITAL f// nof for success rr' 1 There is no better way to m supply extra stamina than rt I by a healthful breakfast of fIS nature's energy food jt3H^^B^s^ssßi'V Quaker Oats. Whole grain oats are abundant m natural protein,101 words
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Article497 1947-08-20 6 C I L M actor Boris Karloff; the Gentle Monster, says he is through with Frankenstein. Those who feed on terror doubtless will miss his amazing make-up and peerless malevolence on the screen, but Karloff insists he is firm m the resolve to abandon the realm497 words
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Article, Illustration24 1947-08-20 6 Rising film starlets! Another bunch of Mr. Rank's newcomers leaping into focus: Left to right Zena Marshall, Patricia Dainton, Sheila Tickette and Josephine Stuart.24 words
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Article380 1947-08-20 6 BY OUR LONDON FILM REPORTER THE cinema m London seems to have drifted into a mid-sum-mer torpor. Except m the case of one or two established seccesses (like "The Best Years of Our Lives" and "Open City") the notice proclaiming thai it is cooler inside is about the380 words
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Article193 1947-08-20 6 GREEK GARSON and her husband Richard Ney, who parted m February, axe reconciled. They have moved into Greer's house at Pebble Beach and their friends sincerely hope that this reconciliation is permanent. Richard Ney has certainly been very unhappy without Greer. Greer re-found happiness m the193 words
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Article223 1947-08-20 6 THERE is something for every age and taste m M.G.M.'s "Two Sisters from Boston", which opens at the Cathay on Friday. For those who love romance, there's a double portion m the persons of Kathryn Gray son and June Allyson, with Peter Lawford as the lucky lad they're223 words
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Article209 1947-08-20 6 MR. J. Arthur Rank, m his fifth presidential address to the British Film Producers' Association at their annual general meeting, made an appeal to the Government "to do all it can this year to expand British studio space and facilities, and thus help us to develop foreign209 words
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Article, Illustration239 1947-08-20 6 WEST'S two club overcall was three ways bad. 1. It risked a severe penalty. 2. It prevented West from raising his partner's diamonds because he had already overbid (and at five diamonds East would have been set only one trick for an excellent save). 3. It gave239 words
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Advertisement61 1947-08-20 6 Don't Miss TTiis Lasf Oni>ortunity Of Store This Picterf nf2pc?ncnr?n3 >a>t ur >^ <ir j|*n MrUIJ/lU m b£ *!^¥Qr Tomorrow The Story Of TheFamousßßONT^ THE STAGE CLUB, SINC*PO& PRESENTS "A SOLDIER FOR CHRISTMAS REGINALD BECK WITHCOMEDY OF WARTIME INGI -?ST 2^OPENING WEDNESDAY, Al < ell P" at the VICTORIA THEATRE61 words
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Miscellaneous159 1947-08-20 6 What's on PAVILION: Devotion (Warner), Thursday at 1.30 p.m. REX: The Sea of Grass (MG-M). Thursday at 2 p.m. ALHAMBRA: Little Mister Jim (M-G-M), Thursday at 2 p.m. CATHAY Two Sisters from Boston (M-GM), Friday at 11 a.m. JUBILEE: Two Yanks m Trinidad (Columbia), today at 1.15 p.m. CAPITOL: Song159 words
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Miscellaneous20 1947-08-20 6 QUIZ Answer, 1 Robert Hernck^ Her--'b B- JonsorTs The't Jp r BhafaspeS Sonnet., CXVI 2 St Mat' hew x: 720 words
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Article628 1947-08-20 7 COMPTON EQUALS BRADMAN RECORD S. Africans Face Test Defeat r™ T OVAL, Tuesday. EN Dems Compton scored 113 against the South Africans m the fifth Test at the Oval today, he completed his 14th century of the season, his fifth m successive matches and lite fourth Test hundred m theReuter - 628 words
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Article70 1947-08-20 7 Scorebo ard r>- in VlV';.i inns. rH l Vs p §11 0 1 0 0 fc£ sbf lipson 3 F p;.'i^ J5 ■OWU3 o 59 1! g not out j> gxtna T;! i ■ii iecl :>"'s •Buwi INC O M R. W. la: o H? i 3 f !;:1 UKI.70 words
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Article192 1947-08-20 7 LEO HEANEY WANTS RETURN FIGHT 'To Lay A II Doubts, 'He Says Hv Oin iMixing Reporter Eo lIEANEY. he \u.-tr:ilian welterweight, is anxiously > avaitng a return fight with either Siamese Som Pi>ng lxih\ Ba] /.r m order, m Heaney's own words '>' r i" ts lit me. A fi^rht192 words
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Article66 1947-08-20 7 THE following will represent the Bevelle Lads XI against 59 M T. Coy, R.A F.. 2nd XI m a friendly game of soccer on the R.A.F. ground at 5.15 p.m. sharp tomorrow. P. Pereira: Bah Chee; E. Gander (Capt.); P. Dass; R. Karrira; K. Nrubronner; G. Pasqual:66 words
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Article167 1947-08-20 7 IN a return friendly badminton match en Saturday afternoon, the Eneineers" Dept. Branch defeated the Treasurers' Dept. Branch of the Singapore Municipal Services Union by four g?. rr.es to one. In their previous match the Engineers' Dept. Branch lost by three lames to four. Results on167 words
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Article147 1947-08-20 7 ASTON A.C. TO CELEBRATE JUBILEE MEMBERS of the Aston Athletic Club. Singapore, will celebrate on a bi^ the club's jubilee anniversary which will be held on j Ibe A^ton Athletic Club, one of j tl«e earliest to be formed m Singapore, was the premier Chinese Football Club m Sin3apore be-147 words
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Article69 1947-08-20 7 LONDON, Tues. rpHE Chinese Ambassador, Dr. X Chen* Tie«-hsi, will watch the opening match of the Chinese football team, Sing Tao, against Dtrlwkh Hamlet on Aug. 33. The Hamlet team will be the same as that which won the Surrey Senior Cap last season. TheReuter - 69 words
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194 1947-08-20 7 6 NEW HORSES GET BARRIER PRACTICE Free Press Racing: Correspondence KUALA LUMPUR, Today. SIX new horses, Darnok, United Sagittarius. John Bull, Old Eagle, Eastern Girl and Peter Con were given barrier practice ifter this morning's slow work m rreDaration for the Selangor Turf Club's meeting which starts on Saturday. They194 words
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Article98 1947-08-20 7 LONDON, Tues. SUCCESSOR to Frank Attwoods, who is reported to be resigning his post as honorary secretary of the ABA at the annual general meeting on Sept. 27, is practically certain to be *J. O. Mcintosh, assistant honorary secretary at the moment whose name is beingReuter - 98 words
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Article557 1947-08-20 7 THE following are the teams and starting times for an inter- club I match between the Royal Singapore Golf Club and the Island Club to be played on Sunday morning over the Island Club Course (R.S.G.C. players mentioned first). The first match starts from the Ist557 words
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Article, Illustration46 1947-08-20 7 Bob Montgomery (left) leans groggily over the ropes as Ike Williams measures him up for another blow m the sixth and final round of their world lightweight championship fight. Williams knocked out Montgomery a few seconds after this picture was taken.46 words
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294 1947-08-20 7 LONDON, Tuesday. THE question constantly being asked m West Country is whether Tom Goddard, Gloucestershire's 47-year-old spinbowler will be called upon to play for England against Au.sl ra Ma next season. If he sends them down as h e has been doT\g this294 words
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Article61 1947-08-20 7 THE Royal Air Force will meet Army m a two-day cricket match to be played at Seietar on Aug. 30 and Aug. 31. The R.A.F. team will be: S. Ldr. Leggett (capt), F/O Senior, WO Marsh, FLt Harding, F/Lt. Syrett, W/O Mewitt. F/Lt. Kenyon, AC61 words
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Article299 1947-08-20 7 LONDON, Tues. U.K. football fixtures for next week. MONDAY, AUG. 25 FIRST DIVISION Preston N.E. v Bolton W. Sheffield U. v Mbrowgh I Stoke City v Portsmouth SECOND DIVISION Cardiff v Doneaster Coventry v Birmingham I Leicester v Plymouth [West Ham v Millwall j THIRD DIVISION (SOUTHERN)299 words
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Article362 1947-08-20 7 LONDON, Tuesday. JOHN Ikin, England Test player, J helped Lancashire to score a go:d victory over Nottinghamshire today when he scored 85 not out m the second innings and followed .up his five fcr 98 with six tor 29 when Notts batted a secondReuter - 362 words
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55 1947-08-20 7 BROOKLYN, Mass, Tues. INDIA'S Davis Cup pair. Sumant Misra and Jimmy Mehta. were defeated by United States Davis Cup pair. "Jack Kramer and Ted Schroeder. 6—4. 6—o. 3—6. 7—5 m the second round of the men's doubles when the United States National Doubles ChampionshipsReuter - 55 words
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45 1947-08-20 7 MANILA. Tuesday.— Tirso Del Rosario, who on Saturday night successfully defended his Philippines featherweight championship against Speedy Cabanela, said yesterday he was planning a trip to the United States, possibly to seek world honours. Tirso is 24 years old.- U.P.U.P. - 45 words
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Miscellaneous188 1947-08-20 7 Free Press Crossword No. 172 CLUES ACROSS 1, Blue dye (4). 3, Tree trunk (5). 7, Circuit (5). 10, Passport indorsement (4). 11, Bird with upturned tail (4). 12, Thing having real existence (6) 13, Altar screen (7) 1 5, Smallest county of Eire (5) 18, Lampoon (4). 19, Joins188 words
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Article2038 1947-08-20 8 'Vital Need' For Revenue THE imposition of income-tax m Singapore and the Malayan Union at identical rates on a pan-Malayan basis is recommended m the report submitted to the Governors of the Malayan Union and Singapore by* Mr. R. B. Heasman, the investigator appointed2,038 words
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Article, Illustration64 1947-08-20 8 picture. Representatives and observers from 20 nations attended the Social Welfare Conference which opened m Singapore yesterday at Cathay Building. The delegates are seen listening to the opening address by Lord Killearn, Special Commissioner for South-East Asia. The meeting will continue till Aug. 23. The delegates, during their stay here,Free Press - 64 words
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891 1947-08-20 8 me lames dhow snow the amount of tax payable on personal incomes of $6,0«0 a year and over. Under the Hehs $500 C taXBl)le inCOme c rate risifl S hy one per cent with each additional STATEMENT BHOWINO THE AMOUNT OP TAX PAYABLE891 words
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Article467 1947-08-20 8 L _?s^!L g to< ExehaiS THE Kaffir section again supplied the f, i: T^ 1 Exchange today. After a dull and hesilart I! buying movement appeared on behalf of both ff^ Cape, with dividend-paying ifefe **£?£*s Reuter's financial correspondent. Elsewhere r domestic stocks, led by British467 words
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Article97 1947-08-20 8 S'PORE RUBBER PRICES TODAY A SPECIAL Market can*. n C»ves the prices o| tt* 11 a.m. todaj as follow Bujeo k Ofc 3 No 1 B> S vpot I,OOM> I j No 1 R>.S tot m bales S^pt ♦<- No 2 R.S.S fot m bale* Sept. >•. j Tom- of97 words
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Advertisement43 1947-08-20 8 194f FORD 8 box n 62^!i^<; SMF or MR purctuuH «i K Dhall Split <J, Lime Ju:cf Orcuf*- <jf c odtt** 1 Tea various oggg-jU 'J Pasir P«a)«« will be sold by 3. fuu Q^.-; d i#*z Sinpapon- S R u AugU5t 4743 words
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Miscellaneous46 1947-08-20 8 WEATHER Few isolated showers WEATHER report for the next 34 hours compiled by the E.A.F: Clear, few isolated showers this .afternoon. Fine tonight. Bright intervals tomorrow morning. Temperatures: Max 8 deg.; mm. 76 deg. SINGAPORE TIDES High 1.34 p.m.; Low 7.19 p.m. 12.48 a.m.; 7.19 a.m.46 words
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