The Singapore Free Press, 30 August 1947
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Title Section17 1947-08-30 1 The Singapore Free Press LARGEST AFTERNOON SALE IN MALAYA SINGAPORE, SATURDAY, AUGUST 30, 1947 PRICE 10 CENTS.17 words
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419 1947-08-30 1 AIR FORCE TO STRIKE AT PUNJAB MOBS Shoot at sight order to troops EVERY available aircraft m England is being rushed j to India m connection with evacuation plans arising out of the Punjab rioting. Meanwhile the IndiaPakistan Joint Defence Council has ordered the use of military aircraft against armed419 words
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Article237 1947-08-30 1 GENEVA, Friday. THE Initetl Nations* Special Committee o n Palestine < i NSC OF) tonight unanimously agreed that the Palestine Mandate must be terminated at the earliest possible moment and that Palestine be given unqualified independence. rhis committee further agreed unanimously that the transitional periodU.P. - 237 words
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112 1947-08-30 1 DEAD GANGSTER IDENTIFIED BY VICITMS VIV. lliVlo Ol one vi maia_ c* j ih.o. notorious gangsters, Tan Ah Koay, who hanged himself m a Singapore C.I.D. cell on Friday morning, yesterday nocked to the Singapore General Hospital Mor- tuary to identify him. The police say Tan Ah Koay hanged himself112 words
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Article61 1947-08-30 1 THE engagement of Janet Helen I .ttlee, daughter of the Prime Minister and Mrs. Attlee. to Harold William Shipton a radio and electronics engineer, was announced m London yesterday. Miss Attlee, who is 24, was m the WAAF during th r war. Mr. Shipton is theA.P. - 61 words
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109 1947-08-30 1 JEWISH GANGS STEAL £25,000 IN DIAMONDS I JERUSALEM. Friday. ARMED Jews got away with v £25,000 worth of diamonds m two synchronised raids today m Tel Aviv. Such raids for the purpose of underground funds generally precede new waves of terrorism. Five masked Jews, believed to be members of theU.P. - 109 words
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Article16 1947-08-30 1 A strong earthquake shook the provinces of Santrage, Valparaiso and Aconcagua on Thursday16 words
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Article58 1947-08-30 1 SPAIN, regardless of political affiliations, d.eply mourns the death of her most beloved bull fighter, Manolete, who earned $2,000,000 a year, In hot bloodsoaked bull-fighting. He died early yesterday from injuries inflicted by a bull. This was to have been the final season for the 30-year-oldU.P. - 58 words
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Article42 1947-08-30 1 The first shipment of Chinese sugar to Malaya since the end of the war, 100 tons of Formosan sugar, have been shipped to Singapore from Shanghai. The second shipment of 200 tons will be sent to Singapore shortly. ReuterReuter - 42 words
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Article18 1947-08-30 1 An anonymous gift of £10,000 has been received by the Friends' Relief Service m London18 words
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Article234 1947-08-30 1 PARIS, Friday. IT is learned that a drastic scaling down of Europe's estimated U. 5.529,000,000,000. 529,000,000,000 m requests and an increase m European production will be demanded by America before she accepts the 16-nation dollar aid programme under the Marshall Plan Mr. WilliamU.P. - 234 words
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Article, Illustration36 1947-08-30 1 picture. MOHAMMED ALI, Secretary of the Overseas Association of Indonesians, is photographed leading the signing of "Indonesia Raya/' Indonesian national anthem at a rally at the Livingston Hall. Westminster, recently. Planet NewsPlanet News - 36 words
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Article281 1947-08-30 1 BATAVIA, Friday. DECLARATION has been issued by Dr. Hubertus van Mook, the acting: Governor-General of the Netherlands Indies, broadly confining Dutch responsibility for law and order to the territory now occupied by Dutch forces in Java, Sumatra and Madura. This announcement of the Dutch decision toA.P.; Reuter - 281 words
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Article77 1947-08-30 1 rTiHE nrst flight in the Canadian JL Government's scheme of flying immigrants from Britain to Ontario is scheduled to arrive at Mai ton airport tomorrow, the Canadian Minister of Planning announces. The arrivals will include the first direct flight from Prestwick. Scotland, and from NortholtA.P. - 77 words
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Article182 1947-08-30 1 30,000 British miners now out LONDON. Friday. ANOTHER 6.500 miners joined the South Yorkshire coal strike today, defying their union and the Labour Government. A total of nearly 30,000 men are out. The Coal Board said the strike so far had lost for Britain over 100.--000 tons of coal. TheU.P.; A.P. - 182 words
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Article55 1947-08-30 1 Free Press StafT Reporter A CHINESE detective fired a sho from a revolver to deter a Chinese gunman from drawing his •evolver from his shoe at Tanjong Pagar Road at midnight. The gunman and another Chinese with him were arrested. The detective recovered the gunman's55 words
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Article79 1947-08-30 1 rE pilot of an American Navy plane lost at sea walked into his base at Tsingtao on Thursday night. He said his plane went down 20 miles off the coast and sank almost immediately. He got to shore m a rubber boat and then madeU.P. - 79 words
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Article46 1947-08-30 1 Field Marshal Montgomery, Chief of the Imperial General Staff, at the request of the British Government, has cancelled his scheduled September visit to Mexico, as a guest of the Mexican Army, because of "urgent business requiring his personal attention" during the present crisis.46 words
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Advertisement20 1947-08-30 1 Ji.r-Jw _f^- J ji —i *I. V /J _i t-ACE POWDEff j >^ P booge JZ'* _X^ Alaxlaetor i I HOLLYWOOD20 words
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Advertisement84 1947-08-30 1 M. FLITTER d S. GR«N6_r._. Wholesale as Retail Oealers m DIAMONDS Sc JEWELLERY Now available G( Id Cigarette Cases ol 18 9 carats lelephont ..23 67, Stamford Road, Ei) Court Bids Singapore __________________B___^«_i^^__D___l __£_-j_____i_^^ MM mutt :^1 v%*£ __S_____B____r fft _?y^_ _r________\ V' '■*■'<■ \z it±__jß kii*_l_i^________[ r M*C^<_fr I______Bv84 words
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Article1025 1947-08-30 2 BALLET A NEW WAY By A. V. COTON Kurt Jooss and his ballet..roup went to England m 1934, fugitives from a Germany where they were looked on with suspicion. He developed a ballet technique and ihe Company has subsequently toured the Western world extensively. Jooss' chief collaborator is Sigurd Leeder.1,025 words
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Article, Illustration29 1947-08-30 2 Eric Coates, great British composer, is not as boisterous as his music suggests. He bridges the gap between high -brow and jaw and is considered the plain man's composer.29 words
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Article42 1947-08-30 2 1. Gen. Sir Frank Messervy. 2. Orders for the attack on Pearl Harbour, Singapore, Hong Kong and the Philippines were issued directly by Emperor Hirohito says ex-Premier Hideki Tojo. 3. The Athenian League won and the score was s—l.5 1.42 words
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Article484 1947-08-30 2 ___ GUY RAMSEY - Baton In The News GUY RAMSEY AT the age of 20, Constant Lambert who is making Page One musical news m Britain) produced music for a ballet. H e was a young student at the Royal College of Music; h. was British. Who ever heard or a frontrank musician (since484 words
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Article269 1947-08-30 2 David Grant - HUNTS MAY RECITAL David Grant by RACK from Accesses at Hong Kong and elsewhere, Clifford Huntsman las' Sunday gave his first concert m Singapore since early this year. The public crowded th* Memorial Hall to hear bim play and, unless they w 1. too discriminating, they were well rewarded by269 words
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Advertisement176 1947-08-30 2 TODAY'S BRIDGE PROBLEM OPADES are trumps South 1. h NORTH North and South are to win six rf ft the seven tricks against any defense. A A J South leads the club king, discarding the diamond jack I•; WT.ST EJS then leads the heart thr.. West wins and must put176 words
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Miscellaneous1028 1947-08-30 2 qf|j/"» R p/_p_P MONDAY and Home News; 8.05 Answering -invinrunc ENGLISH PROGRAMME: 1 p.m. S.E.A.C. Back; 8.15 Yours for the Asking; Blue Network Hospital Half Hour; 1.30 News; 1.40 8.50 Chief Engineer Calling; 8.58 Profs 00— 2.00 pjn —485 metres In tte "Music Round The World" —'lreland'; RADIO SEAC broadcasting1,028 words
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Miscellaneous136 1947-08-30 2 Some Useful Stations SERVICE B.B.C. FAK EASTERN SERV1CF Frequencies Wavelengths B ,J SMtwit 21 13 97 21.64 J 2* Jill AUSTRALIAN BROADCASTING Pimn c ol encles Wavelengths Frequencies WaveJengths 33.95 mc/s gg 39 m 15.200 mc/s 19.74 m 60.75 49 38 15.320 19.59 95.20 3, ,5 11.770 25.49 11.770 25136 words
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Miscellaneous142 1947-08-30 2 your LUCK? S. Fon unei ore R ORS ***?m* P s n L^. r^° toss? little f ««te r. lities. 1 hls »s m.rth >„,., ImtmSl c ade, you have a a eood business fIS a good sense of self JJ Actually, i.^ y L efficient person an, V do142 words
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Article265 1947-08-30 3 CHIANG TROOPS TAKE RED KEY PORT TSINGTAO, Friday. JINDER cover of strong Navy and Air Force v bombardment, Government troops landed at Shihchiuso, Communist's principal supply port, 60 miles south of Tsingtao on south-eastern Shantung coast, Garrison Headquarters told the Associated Press. Amphibious landing on the night of Aug. 26A.P.; U.P. - 265 words
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Article, Illustration213 1947-08-30 3 'YOU MAKE US LAUGH' tell Wec/emeyer SHANGHAI, Friday. p. r ...where m norih Shensi, commen.unen 1 hy •blood-thirsty butcher t ih people here all laugh since r deceive the Chinese people." would never come to China .> thoroughly -mashed and .y ci: iven out. t r. i i t FU.P.; A.P. - 213 words
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Article35 1947-08-30 3 Students of Sun Vat -sen University from Canton said six rofessors were dismissed becaus e their alleged connection with the Democratic Promotion Association headed by Marshal Ll hai-sum m Hong Kong. A. P.A.P. - 35 words
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Article62 1947-08-30 3 TO encourage more overseas Investment In Kwangtung_ industries and other commercial enterprises the Kwangtung Provincial Government has Invited 195 prominent overseas Chinese merchants and industrialists including 2J m Hong Kong to be advisers of th* 3 Kwangtung Govern men a Th.; Hong Kong list includes Sir R62 words
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Article143 1947-08-30 3 OPIUM WAR GUNS SHOOT AGAIN GUERRILLA bands, operating against Chinese Government forces m China's civil war. are using '"blunderbusses and old guns used by hunters to shoot tigers and wolves', an experienced United Slates military observer said on returning to Nankins from a tour of the war fronts. Some ofA.P. - 143 words
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Article188 1947-08-30 3 pONVICTED Chinese collaborators serving imprisonment terms of less than three or five years might be released lei a new amnesty order at the end of this year, says a rt m the North China Daily News of Shanghai. j C >llaborators referred to are those who188 words
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Article138 1947-08-30 3 VN exhibition of Chinese Art at the Rath Museum m Geneva "t .acted numerous visitors, many whom saw for the first time Lherto unknown aspects of oic- -rial Chinese works. This exhibition is considered a verthy complement of the works of modern painters shown recently at138 words
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Article44 1947-08-30 3 AS he was about to be removed from the dock at the Criminal Sessions m Hong Kong after being sentenced to death for murder, Tse Kwok-wah, 29, raised a clenched fist before him and shouted "Long live the Communists."44 words
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Article65 1947-08-30 3 CENTRAL Bank of China repre. sentatives and local Kwangsi Provincial Government officials are searching the mountains near Liuchow lor 10.420 lb. of banknotes whioh were jettisoned on Monday to save a CNRRA air transport plane from crashing after one engine had failed. Chinese reports estimated theU.P. - 65 words
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Article273 1947-08-30 3 THE China Textile Development Company which is a government -owned agency operating former Japanese cotton mills m China is reported to have reached an agreement with the Hong Kong authorities for monthly shipment of 3,000 bales of cotton yam to Hong Kong payable m pound sterling.273 words
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Article, Illustration44 1947-08-30 3 pictures. Sgt. Joseph Cervonne (upper picture? and Corporal Frank Aldrich, who are being tried jor murder before a United States Army Advisory Group courtmartial. They arc charged with murdering two Chinese by throwing them from a river bridge in Nanking on Aug. 1.— A.P.A.P. - 44 words
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Article69 1947-08-30 3 NURSES FINISH U.S. TRAINING CiIX Chinese nurses who have i_. spent about a year m postgraduate study m the United States on UNRRA fellowships and ckefeller Foundation fellowps have just returned to China. They are working with the Ministry of Health m key nursing posts throughout the country. The six69 words
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Article28 1947-08-30 3 The U.S. Agriculture Department has predicted that summer and winter food production in China this year will be "noticeably larger*' than last year. A.P.A.P. - 28 words
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244 1947-08-30 3 fTIHE concern with which the J. medical authorities view 'he prevalence of tuberculosis m Bone Kong was stressed by Dr. I. N* wton. the Colony's acting Direco.r of Medical Services, v. ho sa.d that the number of cases m Hong Kong was equal to244 words
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Article123 1947-08-30 3 AN agreement had been concluded between the Chinese Customs and the Hong Kong Government providing 1 »r the stationing of Chinese Customs inspectors m Hong Kong m an effort to control smuggling into and from China. The Chinese Government said additional anti-smuggling measures had123 words
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Article53 1947-08-30 3 THE repatriation of overseas Chinese to Burma was the subject of confi rences between U Tun Maung. Burmese Government representative and officials of the International Refugee Organisation m Shanghai His trip to Shanghai is connected with the third mass movement of repatriates to Burma withi n the53 words
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Article47 1947-08-30 3 In celebration of th^ 50th anniversary of the inauguration of postal sendee, special commemoration stamps will b e put on sale by th. Chinese Postal Administration. The set comprises 5 denominations of $100. $200. $300 $400 and $500 printed by th^ American Bank Note Company.47 words
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Article, Illustration95 1947-08-30 3 Teachers' Day m Singapore was celebrated m a grand way by thousands o/ Chinese schoolchildren. The day fell on the anniversary oj the birthday of the Chinese sage, Confucius, and the Chinese Government hai ordered a general holiday m China as a mark of respect to95 words
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Advertisement32 1947-08-30 3 ROBINSONS MEN'S HAIRDRESSING SALOON Closed from Sept. Ist to 6th Owing to renovations, and an entire change of Staff, our Hairdressing Saloon will be closed from September Ist to September 6th inclusive32 words
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Miscellaneous17 1947-08-30 3 ARZ AN Silent watchers #y £^r .to Burroughs __B E____H I *i I ii ■■__a^__aaa^_B_ ia«^BW i■17 words
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684 1947-08-30 4 The Singapore Free Press SATURDAY, AUGUST 30, 1947. Joint Committee Compromise THE deadlock arising from the Malayan Union Advisory Council's rejection of the Government proposal for participation with Singapore m a joint committee to examine the suitability of draft legislation for income tax recommended by Mr. RB. Heasman has been684 words
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Article681 1947-08-30 4 De Luce - TOMORROW IN HUNGARY De Luce Both the United States and Britain have protested against conditions under which the Hungary Election will be held tomorrow, charging that great numbers of opponent of the Communist dominated regime have been wiped out from the election lists. By WITH the close cooperation m Soviet681 words
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Article361 1947-08-30 4 SONG OF PAKISTAN This poem was recited at th c Pakistan Party last Saturday by the author, Lt. Syed Zameer Tafri. PAKISTAN IS MY HOMELAND Where murmuring rivers flow melted silver. Where slumbering deserts are sheets ol sparkling g;>ld Where each tiny particle of earth conceals a world Where valleys361 words
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Article376 1947-08-30 4 27 YEARS OF FLYING FOLLOWING a state- ment by Mr. Chifley, Prime Minister of Australia, on the eve of the Government's decision to purchase Qantas' private shareholding m Q.E.A., Mr. W. Hudson Pysh, Chairman and Managing Director of Qantas Empire Airways, Limit ell. has issued this statement The decision of376 words
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Article556 1947-08-30 4 CARAJEVO, the mystic city of Islam, isn't what it used to be. It has fallen to state collectivism and suffragettes. No more do the richest of the faithful afford as many as four wives. Half ol the tiny shops m the old Bazaar are shuttered and adorned556 words
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Article738 1947-08-30 4 T. H. TAN - T. H. TAN by OPINION among my business friends is that a slump is jus. round the corner. They are almost unanimous m believing that because business m recent months has been dull, slump conditions will set m sooner or later. That means thousands will738 words
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Advertisement20 1947-08-30 4 FAITH The hope of unjust men perish ?th. The righteous is de:i ered out of trouble. Proverbs 11, 7— B.20 words
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Miscellaneous29 1947-08-30 4 taker. m out 1. J 1. V Palcta irmi i 2 i' V the a r: 3 Sir^ Ts Age. at rr s< '-'A^t T I ■■am m V^j29 words
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282 1947-08-30 5 Free Press Staff Reporter T i n j N shimming: pool, where $36,000 repairs l|ol y[ u d out, will be scrapped when the new 2l____olin Singapore's projected Cavenagh Park frff*^ UAV p ()0 i two may eventually be s f adults, the other282 words
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Article22 1947-08-30 5 NO TAX ON CHINESE OVERSEAS P i overseas t nin- >! .oninioditj prices J* d mer fuints on (-en. overnn rorganisat-" 1 ReuterReuter - 22 words
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Article32 1947-08-30 5 KATHI SAYS: 'SIGN UP AS VOTERS' me m a rotas m Musrs In at >A. trust m a .:anil foil w v you ritj .:l n ad i land Iren m with32 words
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Article64 1947-08-30 5 name of Tec* Sens, of I a ;.v me esn'l He is a fictional vr.aA_ I Sir. t radio S f Chap- ■•A 1.:.. |s live sketc s R Man -:ne proR labour. which c IP D tO backfe that make some misbin the isteners64 words
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Article30 1947-08-30 5 I Com- to parti- ontht f Printhe president, neeting yes- I not yet was aware J be a 3Si 'as r, the 12 a. Monici- increased -a m*30 words
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Article22 1947-08-30 5 Port of the Joint v «Jto be puolish- *PPll IO Ifr- cipal de,;Ja Mume. tyman, told a an eting yes-22 words
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Article80 1947-08-30 5 AIR Marshal Sir George Pirie, Air Commander-in-Chief, Far East, who h-^s been attending j staff talks m London, is erpected to arrive back m Singapore on Sept 2. While m England. Sh George also took part m Operation i Thunderbolt" the conference of Commanders-in-Chief80 words
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Article, Illustration62 1947-08-30 5 These three planes m the Kallang Airport hangar are awaiting test flights, before they go up to Kuala Lumpur for the Flying Club there. The planes were bought m Australia, crated and sent to Singapore, and the aviation authorities here have assembled them for K.L. They are painted yellow, withFree Press - 62 words
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Article, Illustration92 1947-08-30 5 Yesterday morning, an RAF Dakota aircraft of No. 48 Squadro?i, piloted by Wing Commander J. R. Gordon-Fin-layson, D.S.O., D.F.C., commanding officer of the squadron, took off from Changi airfield with two' tons of Red Cross medical supplies for those wounded in the Java fighting. Tfie aircraft, prominently marked with redRafpro - 92 words
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110 1947-08-30 5 AUSTRALIAN DUNLOPS PAY 8 PER CENT MELBOURNE, (By Air Mail). THE profits of Dur.lop Rubber Australia Ltd. jumped hy £105.207 (Australian i m the year ended June 30. A preliminary statement issued by the directors reports a profit ot £509,830, compared with £404.623 m 1945-46. The latest result equals 8110 words
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Article230 1947-08-30 5 Free Press Staff Reporter r f HREE yellow painted Tiger Moths, reeehtly purchased by the Kuala Lumpur Flying Club from Australia, have been assembled m the Kallang Airport hangars and arc awaiting their trial flights. As soon as they have pa.- sod the tests, they230 words
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266 1947-08-30 5 Free Press Staff Reporter MEMBERS of the Royal Singapore Yacht Club tomorrow morning will see a trim, 16-foot gaff-rigged craft go through her paces for the first time. The boat will be the Cora Lynn, latest-type racing craft to arrive m Singapore from Australia.266 words
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Article147 1947-08-30 5 NEWSREEL ON INDIA HAND-OVER ANEWSREEL taken during the historical inauguration of the two Dominions of India and Pakistan is being released by Eagle -Lion for screening at Pavilion m Singapore from Sept. 2 to Sept. 9. Both the ceremonies In Karachi and New Delhi will be shown, with India's last147 words
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Article124 1947-08-30 5 For possession o: a six-inch dagger without a licence, Ismail bin Jadi, 23, was sentenced m the Second Police Court yesterday to two months' rigorous imprisonment. The accused was arrested at Albert Street on July 22. It was stated m evidence that the police were124 words
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Article91 1947-08-30 5 A 65-year-old woman, Lim Ah Muay, who used bicycle tubes to conceal liquor, was fined $300, m default six months' simple imprisonment, m the Third Police Court yesterday. At dusk on Aug. 21, revenue officers saw the woman leave a rubber estate at the 1391 words
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273 1947-08-30 5 Free Press Staff Reporter TO ensure that Singapore businesses conform with the law and register themselves by Aug. 31, the Registry of Business Names have asked banks to co-operate by asking their clients with business accounts to produce their certificates of registration or273 words
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Article57 1947-08-30 5 A course of ten lessons m conversational Malay will begin at the V.M.C.A. at 4.45 p.m. on Tuesday, Sept. 2. m the Music Room on the first floor of the V.M.C.A., Orchard Road. There are a few vacancies for members and Servicemen m the class for which operations57 words
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Article92 1947-08-30 5 S'pore port news Free Press Waterfront Reporter SHIPS along the Singapore wharves yesterday (godowns m brackets) were: Main Wharf: Marine Flier <31--32), Foochow 33-34), Menelaus (36-37), Myrmidon (38-39). Hentong (41), Prometheus (42-4.. West Wharf: Ikauna '1-2), Gamaria (4-5), Marella '6-7), Glenbeg < 12-13), Reiau CIS). Empire Dock: Bennevis 17-18 >,92 words
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Article90 1947-08-30 5 Eleven cartons of Flag cigarettes, which are for exclusive sale m the Netherlands East Indies, were discovered at a house m Pasir Panjang Road m a raid carried out by the police and the Food Control Department on Thursday. This was told m the Third Folice Court90 words
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Article378 1947-08-30 6 STERN SOVIET WARNING TO GERMANS Russians see resurgence of Nazism BERLIN, Friday. THE Soviet Military Administration, through its official newspaper m Berlin, sharply warned the Germans that several disorderly incidents m Berlin represented a resurgence of Nazism, which "must be put down by the Germans or it will be doneA.P.; Reuter - 378 words
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Article, Illustration67 1947-08-30 6 Troops of the Greek Army manning "stand to' positions m the defences of a village m the lonely countryside near the Jugoslav frontier, where the Greek Army maintains a nightly vigil against the marauding bands who raid Greek villages from across the frontier. Several times troops have pursued the bandits67 words
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Article383 1947-08-30 6 COMMAiNDERS-IN-CHIEF of the Dominion and Royal Air Forces, ranking naval and Army officers and leading scientists are reaching the concluding stages of a conference at Old Sarum R.A.F. station (near Salisbury) which will influence the character of Commonwealth naval, land and air forces of the383 words
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Article126 1947-08-30 6 SIX young white men who believe m "living as Christ wouid i live" tcok up residence v-ith a I Negro m Columbia. (North caro- j hna) while thuy worked out a plan to settle Negroes on smallholding farms. Their neighbours, all believers m the Southern126 words
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Article100 1947-08-30 6 THE LA Ac fc> ai-..*s lias proposal to Britain that the future < Korea should form the subject ol four-power discussion, a British Foreign Office spokesman dis- >scd m Luna :i The powers concerned are Britain. Russi i, the United Slates and China It was decidedReuter - 100 words
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Article58 1947-08-30 6 THE Burma Government has named the former Premier, U Saw. as a principal m the trial of persons accused of the July 19 assassinations of U Aung San and six other Burmese Cabinet members. The trial will start within a few days U SawA.P. - 58 words
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Article103 1947-08-30 6 THE U.S. Navy will launch the most powerful rocket ever known some time next year. It will be the first concrete symbol of American advance m the scramble to develop atomic-powered space ships, from which the world could be destroyed or policed. This was disclosedA.P. - 103 words
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Article169 1947-08-30 6 MAJOR Samuel L. Howard, commander of the U. S. cn e Garrison forces m the Pacific, urged the extension of the Truman doctrine to Asia "to stop the march of Communism." m a speech at Honolulu. In an address to the Honolulu Chamber ofA.P. - 169 words
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Article89 1947-08-30 6 TWO masters from Christ's Hospital, the English public school, sleeping m a tent on the shore of Lake Lucerne, found a bull charging their car. Both men. naked, tried to shoot itoif. The bull turned to the tent threw it into the air. ripped beds, blankets,89 words
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154 1947-08-30 6 AMERICAN riim producers may abandon their tiec-i-n not to send films to Britain, because they cannot afford U let BritLsh people get out of the habit of seeing American pictures, says the U.S. entertainment trade journal, Variety. No matter whether tbftjp pot I154 words
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Article26 1947-08-30 6 Bccaust they say no one reads printed notices, the Lavenham (Suffolk), Parish Coucil are reviving the ancient office of a Town Crier. ReuterReuter - 26 words
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370 1947-08-30 6 'JAPAN WAS ON DEFENSIVE,' TOJO CLAIMS "STRATEGICALLY, Japan •J Japanese Premier Hideki Tojo Military Tribunal in Tokio on Thin- v ed by much greater forc c tha n sh< actual fighting, Japan attacked fl In a long interrogation real fence counsel, ex-Premier To responsibility" but the ordei States, Britain andU.P. - 370 words
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19 1947-08-30 6 UNO PLAN TO AID COLONIAL TERRITORIES v- •> I v ron r.-: ->^ i 3 gr ip will s > V U.P.U.P. - 19 words
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Article20 1947-08-30 6 KILLED HUSBAND WITH HAMMER I. I V" ir si u_____fl The ,;i w to*< ..si ,A.,,-^ Aba: e uArp_»^ ReuterReuter - 20 words
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Article7 1947-08-30 6 BLACK MART SCANDAL IS EUROPE {> I ReuterReuter - 7 words
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Advertisement45 1947-08-30 6 Today Four Shows 1.31) >:>•* 9.30 n. m. _Pf________*^ JL v _________________r rm .w mm mW ___A "^__^^^^__R WP P«r»mounl t'roudlt Prrvnii 1/ 1 im-mn mmmm m<« V* WtfOC— Wi r I 1 ••••«€•<•• m 9fcwM fcf MfTCNfll IIrMM Af Children's Matinee Tomorrow 10.30 A.M. "HOLLYWOOD CANTEEN45 words
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Advertisement93 1947-08-30 6 ftUAW\HsfZ^mmm^^> ii -fg'Sfe I -^^^____________H_7T*^^__P _l __A ____A_ m m ______i Stamp collectors will no doubt prist mmmmm^^^*i old-style stamp and new postmark which appears on the first letters sent after the trai VICTORIA THfAlfi TKE STAGE CLUB, SIN P° RE PRESENT"_4 SOLDIER FOR t s^ L COMEDY !.Y BBGINAI-193 words
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Miscellaneous79 1947-08-30 6 JANE Exclusive to the Singapore Free Press m Malaya /now i just\/bah;-a mere middle-^K.the MODELS I'M GOING To showm cr=~^ /pour ME INTO IT GIRLS H WANT YOU TO CLASS DRESS DESIGNER/- A YOU ARE CHIC IN STYLE S~~P i'vE GOT To LOOK AS J SEE ERIC AT j YOU'D79 words
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Article356 1947-08-30 7 LEAGUE TITLE MAY BE WON TODAY Chinese Seniors Ueei The Army By Our Soccer Reporter m the current Singapore Amateur Football THE k x league competition will come up for decision v ,A r r stadium this afternoon when the Chinese Jiun i'! „n (tfce Seniors) meet the Army. .h356 words
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Article54 1947-08-30 7 and GHAUS Mohamed, Indian Davis Cup player, reached the final of the men's singles m the New Maiden Lawn Tennis Tournament yesterday by beating C. M Jones, prewar British Davis Cup player, 4 6, 6 2, 6 4. In the final he will meet Roland Carter. BritishReuter - 54 words
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Article448 1947-08-30 7 From Archie Quick Jl NOTHER Test match season has come and gone. What are ti the lessons we have learned from it? First and foremost it is that we must not be deluded into thinking that, because of our successes over th c medium South448 words
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Article197 1947-08-30 7 Gloster Beaten PR the second tune this season, a County cricket game ended m a tie yesterday, Lancashire and Hampshire finishing level at Bournemouth. In other games ending today Gloucester, who had been closest rivals to rhe champions, Middlesex, were beaten by Sussex. Results _cru:197 words
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Article82 1947-08-30 7 nANTA SINGH, Naval Base and Malayan Punjabi lightweight champion, will provide the opposition for Greek-born Australian Con Balasis at to-night's wrestling at the Great World. Balasis has easily disposed of his first three opponents fn Singapore. To-day he meets a man who claims that he82 words
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Article187 1947-08-30 7 CANTERBURY, Fri. A SPORTING day's cricket here to-day ended m a victory for South Africa over Kent by 88 runs with 10 minutes to spare. South Africa Ist. Inns: 410. Kent— lst. Inns: 318. South Africa 2nd. Inns: Melville c Ridgway b Wright 22; MitchellReuter - 187 words
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Article199 1947-08-30 7 DECLARING at 89 for seven, Base Headquarters defeated the Union Jack Club by 51 runs on Wednesday at St. George's Road, there being only ten minutes left for play when the last wicket fell. Scores were: Base Headquarters: Bird, b Flint 32; Chinnery,199 words
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183 1947-08-30 7 MILLS WILL BE 'FITTER FIERCER' ON SEPT 8 HETERMINED to put Freddie Mills back on the fistic map of the world, the handlers of the British cruiserweight champion are leaving nothing to chance and have prescribed a special course of training for him at the famous Cambridgeshire village of Chatteris.Reuter - 183 words
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Article, Illustration25 1947-08-30 7 Arsenal are trying out a new device at Highbury a shooting box. Holland, outside left, and J. Sherrath, are seen practising.25 words
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Article834 1947-08-30 7 From George Chisholm LONDON, By Air. THERE'S everything m a name. Arsenal are a case m point. Aston Villa are another, though the Birmingham club have done nothing m football for years and years. Arsenal started up last football season with almost a new team834 words
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Article483 1947-08-30 7 Free Press Racing Reporter KUALA LUMPUR, Today. TN VEST is a doubtful starter m the main sprint race at Kuala Lumpur today, the final day of the Selangor Turf Club's August meeting, and Jockey Spencer will have the mount on Lenient. Liberty Man is483 words
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Article87 1947-08-30 7 THE draw for the opening singles matches of the Davis Cup, which starts at Forest Hills, New York, today, pitted Jack Kramer, ace of the United States defending team, against Dinny Pails of Australia, m the first contest, and Ted Schroeder against John Bromwich, No. 1 manU.P. - 87 words
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Article27 1947-08-30 7 THE NELSON Sports Club will meet the Merchant Navy m a riendly soccer match at the Radin Mas School ground at 5.15 p.m. ♦o-rnorrow.27 words
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Article61 1947-08-30 7 THE following will represent the Ceylon Sports Club at cricket against Singapore Cricket Club at 11 a.m. on the Padang tomorrow. S. Yoga rajah; C. Thuraisingam C. Seneviratne; S. K. Sundram; S. Nagiah; S. Kulasingam; K. Muthucumaru; U. W. De Silva* E. D_raisamy; T. E. N. Rassipp61 words
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Advertisement149 1947-08-30 7 £jk ttbat tome and See the Fighting Aussie fl Wk redeem himself at the KEW WORLD ARENA --7251 rOMORROW I m AT 8,3 pM nJKIr KOW KIM L,N PRESENTS RETURN Wwbm WELTERWEIGHT CONTEST QWi BALTAZAR mmmr.2»'S- M f 'DEFEATED LEO HEANEY) _Nff^*^__i_ _______r__h_ t£|Q% LEO HEANEY VI'STRALIAX— DEFEATED SIM A149 words
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Miscellaneous117 1947-08-30 7 Todays Sports Events SOCCER: S.A.F.A. league, Army v Chinese Seniors; Jalan Besar Stadinm, 5 p.m.; Padang Shield, S.C.C. v S.R.C, padang, 5.15 p.m.; Tamil Brotherhood v RNAS, Sembawang, 5.15 p.m.; S.A.F.A. referees* examination, 52 Kam pong Java Road, 2.15 p.m. CRICKET: S.C.C. Marrieds v Singles, SCO., 2.15 p.m.; S.C.R.C. v117 words
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Miscellaneous150 1947-08-30 7 FREE PRESS FIGWORPS ______H r solve the puzzle put letters instead of the figures so that words may be read across and down. Where the same figure occurs more tha_> once, the same letter must, of course, be used. This week the best word to start with is the one150 words
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Article690 1947-08-30 8 FROM ROBERT MILLER Un ted Press Staff Correspondent LAHORE, Friday. A BAND of about 100 Sikhs, armed with spears, attacked at dawn today a Frontier Mail train m which I was travelling with the New York Times correspondent Robert Trumbull and the Christian Science _>_onitor's RonaldU.P. - 690 words
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Article, Illustration24 1947-08-30 8 Anyone m Singapore recognise York, which recently was the scene of an extensive recruiting drive by the York Squadron of the Yorkshire Hussars?24 words
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Article128 1947-08-30 8 COLOMBO, Friday. MR. F. Alvapillai, Ceylon's director of Food Supplies, is to fly to Singapore m a few days for the meeting m September of the South-East Asia rice sub-commit-tee, before which Ceylon's case for more rice is to be placed with vigour. RecentReuter - 128 words
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Article49 1947-08-30 8 The new Greek Cabinet formed by M. Tsaldaris was sworn m last night by Archbishop Damaskinos m Athens, according to an Ex- j change Telegraph dispatch. Gen. Zervas, former War Minister, is I not m the new Cabinet but has promised to support the Government.— U.P.U.P. - 49 words
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Article260 1947-08-30 8 i— _-i WU» IUI .l\-iU C_ f A»i. illiJJ Ll \JIUIIiVI-V.^ LV/IIUV.IIIIIV.U Colombian resolution submitted m tho Security Council debate on the Egyptian problem last night as an attempt io I impose on Egypt "enslaving conditions". "vinl&t on of the I principle of sovereignty". j TheReuter; A.P.; U.P. - 260 words
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Article90 1947-08-30 8 i LONDON, Friday. THE High Court today refused U i issue a writ of habeas corpui i tha-t would have prevented the British Government from forcing Jewish refugees. intereeptec I while trying to run the Palestine r immigration blockade, to go tc Germany. i The British90 words
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234 1947-08-30 8 NUREMBERG, Friday. pOMPLETE reports on the proyj gress by American tyre firms in their experiments with synthetic rubber were being transmitted to the giant German chemical corporation l.Q. Farbenindustrie in the years just preceding the war, documents to be introduced in the trial ofU.P. - 234 words
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Article41 1947-08-30 8 A at 1! am i< s H A* fl X i. I I m i- m m* L* r .f* lion si w s S per'- 1 f He j i irl No 3 B Tnn •< I>C^41 words
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Article15 1947-08-30 8 GOLD SENT BACK TO HOLLAND IBM gjtfj tion, :-:zZ 15 I v*r\ air. Holland U.P.U.P. - 15 words
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Article428 1947-08-30 8 STABLE JAPAN IS 'VITAL TO PEACE' Canberra talks on economy CANBERRA, Friday. THE effective growth of democracy m Japan must be based on sound economic conditions related to changes m the distribution of economic power,? an official communique issued after today's meeting of the Commonwealth conference on the Japanese peaceReuter - 428 words
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Article, Illustration11 1947-08-30 8 The Chief Ka'hi of Sin go m ye letter** gjm»*j* u|A.P. - 11 words
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Article408 1947-08-30 8 SLOWING DOWN IN DEALINGS London Steel; Khan. r LONDON, F.<w DAY has been the slowest th;. t ha* bea cipuhjj fh c I>ondon stock markets for m j Reeks, S «ai little dullness was io be .een. say. P a ra^r ,i] m pondent. Hesitancy m industrial _em_tf extoa of408 words
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539 1947-08-30 8 AIR FORCE TO STRIKE AT PUNJAB MOBS Continued from page 1 I with British officers, a United I Press cable said. Two Muslim majors of the Fron- j tier Force are now facing court martial for ordering their troops to attack Sikh refugees. Police have joined m the slaughter and539 words
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Miscellaneous86 1947-08-30 8 WE A THER Thundery showers WEATHER report for the next 24 hours compiled by the R.A.F.: Brig _t periods with scattered thundery showers this afternoon and evening. Wind south south -westerly to south sou tth -easterly, 5 to 10 ni.p.h. Sunset 6.39: sunrise 6.20. Moonrise 5.57 p.m.; moonsrt 6.09 a.m.86 words
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