The Singapore Free Press, 5 September 1947
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Title Section107 1947-09-05 1 The Singapore Free Press LARGEST AFTERNOON SALE IN MALAYA "7TK)DAY money docs not go farﾗbut it joes fast," says Mr. S. A. Iyer, Honorary Secretary of the Singapore Harbour Board Staff Association commenting on a $4-increase m cost of living allowance paid by the Board to its employees over a107 words
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Article103 1947-09-05 1 g::^ford Surrey Unas. [>' i: ried s:atement ay man I }--^i i :hi "babr s the to martethal b iccid otaUj r I and n bad a p; k was read at the c irt f'' when Pr- lericfc Alfred p window tr. r wasReuter - 103 words
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Article55 1947-09-05 1 A CHINESE taxi driver was forced at the point of a knife to give up a wristwatch and $15 to an Indian at the 12th mile, Sembawang Road, at 8.30 o'clock last night. The Indian had engaged the taxi m Serangoon Road on the pretext55 words
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Article59 1947-09-05 1 Wartime concession for letters from Britain by air to forces overseas at the rate of 3y 2 d. will b e withdrawn with effect from Sept. 15. From that date special lightweight "forces letter" will be carried by air for 2»/ 2 d. and will b eReuter - 59 words
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Article, Illustration801 1947-09-05 1 GANGS GIVE UP ARMS TO GANDHI Delhi, Karachi flare-ups CALCUTTA, Thursday. rROUPS of youths laid hand-grenades, Sten-guns and other weapons at Mahatnta Gandhi's feet tonight shortly after he had ended his 73-hour peace or death fast m Calcutta, where communal rioting has subsided. These were the weapons they apparently wouldReuter; A.P.; U.P. - 801 words
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Article244 1947-09-05 1 SOUTHPORT, (Lanes.), Thursday. rpHE Trades Unions Congress today pledged support for- Mr. Ernest Bevin's foreign policy, after rejecting an amendment calling for a bettering of relations with Russia and resisting pressure of the dollar "as exemplified m the Truman-Marshall policy." "We do not believe mA.P.; U.P.; Reuter - 244 words
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Article205 1947-09-05 1 THE question of the legality of Chinese holding elections for the Chinese National Assembly m British Colonies would have to be referred to the Colonial Office for decision, it was indicated yesterday by a Hong Kong Government spokesman. In Singapore this morning, no information205 words
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Article155 1947-09-05 1 BATAVIA, Thursday. COINCIDENT with the opening \j at The Hague today of a Uvodav special Cabinet meetins on Indonesia, attended by Dr. Hubertus van Mook, acting GovernorGeneral of the Netherlands Indies, an Indonesian Republican communique reports the opening iof "large-scale Dutch offensives" I m East andReuter; A.P.; U.P. - 155 words
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Article26 1947-09-05 1 Exchange Telegraph reported from Ankara yesterday that six Turkish Ministers had resigned. The Turkish Premier, Recep Pasha; ha" m members.- U.P. and A.P.U.P.; A.P. - 26 words
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Article215 1947-09-05 1 THE World Food Conference m Geneva today adopted a suggestion by the chairman, Lord Bruce, that the nations represented at th c Trivandrum (South India) meeting and others interested should form a study group to pave the way for a full-scale conference on rice. IndianReuter - 215 words
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327 1947-09-05 1 WASHINGTON, Thursday. PRESIDENT Truman may cut short his Latin American 1 trip to return here to approve plans now being worked out for emergency aid to Europe probably by a November special session of Congress, informed quarters said tonight. Mr. George Marshall, UnitedReuter; U.P. - 327 words
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Article101 1947-09-05 1 LONDON, Thursday. A MYSTERY pttone call received by the leading British news agency, the Press Association, tonight sent Fleet Street journalists to 11 Downing Street, the official home of the Chancellor of the Exchequer, Mr. Hugh Dalton, for "an important Press conference on the British economic situation."Reuter - 101 words
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Advertisement128 1947-09-05 1 "7TK)DAY money docs not go farﾗbut it joes fast," says Mr. S. A. Iyer, Honorary Secretary of the Singapore Harbour Board Staff Association commenting on a $4-increase m cost of living allowance paid by the Board to its employees over a period of a year. In a statement to the128 words
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Advertisement28 1947-09-05 1 ft ltiC LAS *^^oo£q Mr Ji Mr H^:: X si. Wt Mi «t 9L, jjr „jmL--,- JSh *^t^e M^^~«J*' «H *P^MfK JSP .^V iA 7r# /I J fll#rll28 words
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Article, Illustration872 1947-09-05 2 K. S. CHIA - K. S. CHIA By HrUPID is ousting matchmakers from business. That irresponsible b o w-a ndarrow youth is breaking the hearts of oldfashioned Chinese women and matchmakers by tying the hearts of young people into romantic knots. He is upsetting the century old Chinese custom by sending872 words
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Article243 1947-09-05 2 Fortune torecast tor people bora today BORN today, you have a keen head for business which amounts almost to genius You are, however, tempera mental and this will mitigate against your success unless you learn to become more constant m your attitude toward things. If you are243 words
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Article288 1947-09-05 2 Sou TH'S two club Did was an artificial forcing bid; North's two diamond response showed less than an ace and a king. But there was deep strategy m the non-conven-tional bidding. First, there was West's pass. His suit was strong enough to come m later; meanwhile South288 words
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Article, Illustration330 1947-09-05 2 NO TROUSSEAU BUT... DRINCESS Eliza- beth's decision to do without a trousseau for her wedding will stir pity m the heart of every bride-to-be m America who would not dream of being led to the altar without all the new raiment she or her jparents can buy." So said a330 words
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Article, Illustration416 1947-09-05 2 fOYA BEGG - fOYA BEGG "UUST we wear longer skirts this autumn? seems to be the chief query (and grumble) m London since the Paris Collections began. The Times publishes a letter deploring the fact that designers should tempt women at a time of fabric shortage. All the416 words
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Article118 1947-09-05 2 HIGH-HEELED shoes were blamed by the South African Association for the Advancement of Science for divorces, hysterics, spinal disease sick hoadach^s and moodiness. The man who started the discussion among the scientists was Dr. E. S. Priester. Britishtraine'd pediatrist. who is at the head of his profession118 words
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Article116 1947-09-05 2 BEAUTY QUEEN BEATEN UP TROUBLE beutyfl U Mr c A r ::>s M&F 24. of Rutherglen-iw G wr.u woa 2 tit I. In G.astow a Hamllt beme to ;wo Gi&ai so: diers stationed m isa .:r.: homedtl him fc di and gave neril I B rwardi the matfti 01 s116 words
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Article13 1947-09-05 2 1 $352 •OOinfines^ rf m th« first eve 2,'tl :rKip byapi13 words
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Advertisement75 1947-09-05 2 FOi? r^£ races! ABSOLUTELY NEW UNUSO 6X30 PRISM BINOCULAR' Complete m leatt <-r Per $90 AS SUPPLIED TO THE We have been fortunate m securing from Surplus prtfj^S a Umited number of these exceUent Btoocu lari tf^^i the cost of manufacture. They are abs >r|CSt n; re* we can thoroußhly75 words
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Miscellaneous442 1947-09-05 2 cruPSDncr megacycles; 10 p^a to 11 30 ©.m SINGAPORE VLB4 !SM mcirtf. 11 81 megacycle* Blue Network 4 p m Ra^de. 12 #0 2 00 p.m Its metres Is the Kiriloff's Balalaika Orchestra; 4 45 0 00-11 00 P4B.-485 metre. to the I?^^,?-,? 0 £4, r m p^ 6 ?4442 words
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Miscellaneous148 1947-09-05 2 Double Bodlam; 4.30 Band of th< Week; 5 p.m. Song for Sale; 5.15 Pot Pourri; 5.45 Bing Time; 6 p.m. Thirty to One: 6.30 News and Homo News; 6.45 Military Band; 7 p.m. Swing with Scott; 7.30 Music Hall: 8 p.m. World and Home Hews; 1.05 Yours for the Asking;148 words
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Article, Illustration207 1947-09-05 3 ri>UTE trade m South China, especially between ■nf Kon« and Canton, has come to an "almost f e standstill since the inauguration of the Ti hina Import and Export Control Board at Canton i ifl according to the Far Eastern Economic Review. I*Z nrincipal effect207 words
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Article77 1947-09-05 3 SPEED UP FOR IMIGRANTS L .rne>.i.ern'ral Tom v „n Wtfine^la> m L ft? i—iiintitn triccr i Fnaosw ta >P tl«d UP ,i rhirv.-e wives and k;, i riuag 'minion to L| SUtea «h i are ui\es b „:•,'-n 'i /Uitricai sol. .i D^pjMnieiU siater iM- b*l 1 'fd after iw>jl«ntaA.P. - 77 words
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Article91 1947-09-05 3 Tbe Kowloon (Hong Kong) j office of the Control Board has suspended the issue of import permits for "all types of goods' destined for Canton and the districta under the Board's control while more than 360 factories m Canton are said to be facing .greater and greater difficultiesU.P. - 91 words
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Article72 1947-09-05 3 IT ALO-U.S. ACCORD The Italian Foreign Office has announced that Italy and the United States signed an accord on Wednesday providing for the withdrawal of American troops i from Italy within 90 days of the '< completion of action on the Italian When th^y travel to America. they get fromA.P. - 72 words
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Article156 1947-09-05 3 AN angry mob of peasants hacked seven Mexican members of a foot-and-mouth disease field crew to death with knives and machetes near Zitacuaro (Mexico) and seriously injured another, apparently m protest against the slaughter of infected animals. The survivor, who is not expected to live, saidU.P. - 156 words
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Article47 1947-09-05 3 Scientists sent a girl to market daily with orders to bring bacK anything mouldy. They nicknamed her Mouldy Mary. One day she returned with a decayed cantaloupe. From it the scientists got 100 times more penicillin than the discovere Sir Alexander Fleming, obtained m 1928.47 words
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179 1947-09-05 3 MOURNERS at the graveside of Ernest Davis, 33, of Summervllle, Georgia, wept as the minister read from the Gospel of St. Mark: "They shall take up serpents and if they drink any deadly thine it shall not hurt them" At that moment the sheriff tapped179 words
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Article57 1947-09-05 3 A CONSTITUTIONAL commission of the Food and Agricultural organisations conference at Geneva last night adopted, a suggestion by its chairman, Mr. S. Y. Krishnaswamy of India, to recommend that the full conference establish regional offices of the F.A.O. m Asia, the Near East. Europe andReuter - 57 words
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Article32 1947-09-05 3 Six prisoners died and three are critically ill after drinking wood alcohol mixed with coffee at a nocturnal "party" at a state prison camn at Belle Grade (Florida).- ReuterReuter - 32 words
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Article, Illustration338 1947-09-05 3 India joins Russia m UN attack TNDIA joined Russia m a strong criticism of alleged lack of educational facilities i m certain non-self-governing territories when the United Nations committee continued its examination of reports from these territories, reports Reuter from Lake Success (New York) India's DrReuter - 338 words
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109 1947-09-05 3 'CANCER MAY BE INHERITED' SAYS SCIENTIST SWISS scientist, Dr. Hans R. Schinz, Professor of Radiology n Zurich, has reported that he has found evidence that susceptibility to cancer may be inherited. He presented his findings at the opening of the scientific session of the Fourth International Cancer Research Congress atU.P. - 109 words
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Article143 1947-09-05 3 rpHE 4,500-ton United Fruit ComX pany tanlter Pan Crescent sank near Venice on Wednesday less than six hours after the "Defenders of Arab Palestine" announced that the ship had been attacked. No lives were lost. The police believed that the Pan Crescent either struck a mineU.P. - 143 words
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Article84 1947-09-05 3 THE Soviet Government has turned down a new United Stater effort to open tn e important port of Dairen to international commerce The Russian^ insioied that L n£y controlled Dairen by virtue of the 1945 agreement with China and 'hat this control will continue as longU.P. - 84 words
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Article80 1947-09-05 3 HIS heart having stopped during an operation, William Cook, 68; of Gresswell-street, Fulham, was brought back to life and lived for another three days, it was stated at a Hammersmith inquest Doctor Alice Blou of Fulham Hospital; said that when Cook's breathing ceased during the operation injections80 words
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Article65 1947-09-05 3 nnHE Zionist General Council at X Geneva has accepted the UNSCOP majority proposal for the partition of Palestine, as a step m the right direction. However, it pointed out that the territory envisaged m the Jewish State is "a minor part originally promised the Jews on theU.P. - 65 words
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Article44 1947-09-05 3 THIRTY-FIVE out of every hundred offenders sent to prison for the first time find their way back there, Captain Guy Evered, Governor of Exeter Gaol safd. There are now 17,000 peopl c m Britain's prisons, he added— double the 1939 figure.44 words
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231 1947-09-05 3 JAP 'SAFETY' GUARANTEED BY AMERICA rpHE United States intends to make certain that A the "strategic safety" of Japan against any aggression is fully guaranteed m the Japanese peace treaty, an authoritative official source told the United Press m Washington. The source said whether the security of a demilitarized Japan231 words
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102 1947-09-05 3 1 STOWAWAY scrambled out of an air-liner's wheel-base In New York after clinging underneath the plane for nearly 4.000 miles. Francisco Carvalho. 30. Nad hidden m the wheel base before the plane left Lisbon for Natal. Brazil. Heat and dizziness nearly made him102 words
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Advertisement32 1947-09-05 3 %@r i I A r s r Keetjon >tiL vi kaovH Hmm tftc vortd »:EfITAL OPTICAL CO.. M UJFIED OPTICIANS) |J IS* Phone :-i233 *<»* Branch:-348 M Bndgc Road support. Oman's Mustard SzakT32 words
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Advertisement98 1947-09-05 3 d <*>etcovHje I! Up I ••Yes I persuaded him to come m," says Mother proudly. Now we are all right. The children can have their milk tonight and their cereals and puddings tomorrow. What a relief it is to have a tin of DOMO m the house again! It is98 words
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Miscellaneous13 1947-09-05 3 Easy pickings Edgar Rice Burroughs f i^Hbbv^J^^^Jl] struck scondcr a terripjc slow, i13 words
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660 1947-09-05 4 The Singapore Free Press FRIDAY, SEPTEMBER 5, 1947. Commonwealth Union MR. Bevins speech to the Trades Union Congress was neither Impatient nor angry. It was the firm speech of a man who has I tried for so long to find economic and political stability the international way that he is660 words
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Article, Illustration1439 1947-09-05 4 PEOPLE IN S'PORE MAKE NEWS A GAP m Malayan text books will be filled m the autumn with the publication by the Oxford University Press of "The Chinese m Malaya." The author is Dr. VICTOR PURCELL, C.M.G. Dr. Purcell scarcely w needs any introduction. He served m the M.C.S. for1,439 words
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Article75 1947-09-05 4 inese questions are tatcen irom yesterdays Free Press. See if you can answer them withou back reference. 1. What was the sum collected by the Singapore Food Control m fines during the past seven months? 2. In Mr. Bevin's speech he said that a number of troops abroad would75 words
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Article445 1947-09-05 4 OLDEST TRADE UNION LAN COSTER A WAY on the Dorset downs, where the butterflies flutter m clouds of pale blue and brown and gold, one of the oldest trade unions m England hack stone from their quarries. They are the Ancient Order of Purbeck Marblers, who trace their rights back445 words
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751 1947-09-05 4 A Reporter in Germony The Velvet Glove... "f OCA-COLA Plant ten miles ahead, screams the great crimson sign most frequently found along roads m the American zone of Germany. Centre d 'information declares the flamboyant Gallic streamer wherever there are more than half-a-dozen houses m th e southwest. "Officers' Club"751 words
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Advertisement24 1947-09-05 4 TANKARDS II S 9 K^^^FA^^H m >■ Mir IN STERLING SILVER OR FINEST ENGLISH ELECTROPLATE ON NICKEL. SILVER. P. H. HENDRY, 78 North Bride* Ad.24 words
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Advertisement18 1947-09-05 4 —FAITH AU nations shall come and worship before Thee; for Thy judgments are made manifest. Revelation 15. 4.18 words
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Advertisement37 1947-09-05 4 NOTICE TO MI N E Rj| NOTICE TO ENGINEERS, PROMPT DELIVERIES OF SPECIAL STEEL CASHIW DREDGE BUCKET* ENQUIRIES TO:IMPAWEX, SI MARKET STREET, J^ INTRODUCTION NOW ON LATEST DRESSES C0 wn p rO Papineau A Blv J»^^^ I37 words
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Article, Illustration297 1947-09-05 5 Heavier penalties for road offences r Traffic AdviJ s-> g■• rr.ment, tfM^, gdowil t .5W- :!ir the **S£ (fences 01 100 P^r f or gjg I vM-o or W* imH •an act -vhich n-^::::'-;-; «tha orj .;:''V-,.. hurt two *l:*Ts:v rash act )r both; riving first r ys"s-^- offence ar297 words
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Article117 1947-09-05 5 rE composition of the committee, under the chairmanship of the Financial Secretary, to inquire into the present financial position of Singapore. the need for further revenue, the feasibility of further economies m administration, whether further revenue, if needed, can be obtained from existing sources, or otherwise from117 words
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Article25 1947-09-05 5 The pipe and drum band of the S;st Battalion of the Seaforth Highlanders will beat Retreat on the Padang at 6 p.m. to-day.25 words
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Article43 1947-09-05 5 Dr. Abdul Samat, Mr. C. C. Tan. Mr. R. Jumabhoy and Mr. P. F. de Souza have been chosen to serve or. the joint SingaporeMalayan Union committee to consider and report on the recommendations of the Heasman report or. income ta*.43 words
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Article376 1947-09-05 5 "7TK)DAY money docs not go far but it joes fast," says Mr. S. A. Iyer, Honorary Secretary of the Singapore Harbour Board Staff Association commenting on a $4-increase m cost of living allowance paid by the Board to its employees over a period of a376 words
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Article67 1947-09-05 5 BRITISH Army authorities m Singapore yesterday warned I local traders against thieves or I their accomplices who would probably try to sell locally two large lots of cloth stolen last month from an Army Ordnance subdepot m Bukit Timah Road. The cloth consists of 30,000 yards of white67 words
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498 1947-09-05 5 Free Press Staff Reporter THE stoppage of the monthly export trade of 6,000 tons of rubber slabs from Palembang to Singapore is having grave consequences not only to the Indonesian producers of slab rubber but also to the large rubber milling industry m Singapore,498 words
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Article58 1947-09-05 5 S;pore port news "v. tie Sirigap <re -,p wharves yesterday (godowns m brackets) wero: Main Wharf: Marine Flier (31--32). Rhesus (39), Bennevis (40), Empress of Scotland (42-43). West Wharf: Islander (3), Gamaria <4-5). Nevassa (6-7), Catenas (8-9), Rimau (13). Menelaus (14-15). Empire Dock: Charon (17-18), Benarty (19-20), Karoa (23-24), Trevaylor58 words
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Article71 1947-09-05 5 A plea for leniency for a young Malay clerk, who stole 24 handkerchieves valued at $12 because his wife was expecting a baby a,nd he thought they might be useful to her was made m the Fourth Police Court, yesterday by Mr. C. H. Koh. The Magistrate, Mr.71 words
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Article209 1947-09-05 5 Free Press Staff Reporter T'HE Food Control Department is launching a new campaign 1 to see to it that controlled articles sld m Singapore shops each bears the proper price tag. Thousands of pi ice tag posters, printed m four languages, are being issued to shops. Mr209 words
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Article168 1947-09-05 5 SOLDIER IS JAILED FOR CHEATING WHEN a 21-year-old British' serviceman, Philip Maunion, again appeared m the Second Police Court, yesterday on remand charged with attempting to cheat John Little and Company, Limited, with a $250 cheque, on August 19, two further charges were preferred against him and on these he168 words
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Article188 1947-09-05 5 THE southern; branch of the Alumni Association of King Edward VII College of Medicine will hold the first of a series of regular weekly meetings on Wednesday next. The meetings will be followed by a dinner at Adei-, phi Hotel at 8 p.m. The guest of honour188 words
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Article21 1947-09-05 5 Family remittances to China during August amounted to; $1,413,908 frcm Singapore aid I $194,753 from the Malayan Union. I21 words
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Article, Illustration44 1947-09-05 5 Price tags on controlled goods, says the Food Controller. Singapore, are the sign of an honest trader. The Food Control Department is launching a campaign to see to it that price tags appear m all shops dealing m controlled articles.— Public Relation*.44 words
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Article76 1947-09-05 5 X appeal to a European lance- corporal, who is known to have been m the company of a Chinese woman who was fatally stabbed at 8.45 p.m. on August 30 at the Esplanade, to come forward to help. This appeal follows a police message broadcast76 words
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Article55 1947-09-05 5 MALACCA, Thurscay.— The of--111 flees of the Malacca MPAJA Ex-Services Association were raided by police. One unspent shot. gun cartridge was found. Four men who were m the building *t thje time were taken to police headquarters and detain. ed for nearly 20 hours. The police, it is55 words
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Advertisement22 1947-09-05 5 No water or Chemicals HI Available m 4 Models |H "OXFORD" each $5.75 111 HI "STRATFORD" $4.50 Hi HI "CAMBRIDGE" $3.00 11122 words
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Article, Illustration388 1947-09-05 6 RUSSIA ATTACKED BY US DELEGATE I 'Throw him out cries at T. U. Congress ANGRY cries of "What about Negroes" and "Caret off the stage" were flung at Mr. George Richardson, a visiting American delegate to the T.U.C. conference at Southport (Lanes.) on Wednesday when he opened his address toU.P. - 388 words
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Article51 1947-09-05 6 A SHOT fired by a policeman exploded a hand-grenade m an escaped murderer's pocket at Palermo, Sicily, blowing him tc pieces. Two senior police officials were killed and the chief of the Sicilian flying squad was wounded m a gun battle before the man was killed.-Reuter - 51 words
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Article137 1947-09-05 6 ARRESTED BURMANS FREED mHE Burma Government today 1 decided to release all Innocent people arrested m the great round-up after the assassination of Premier Aung San and six i other ministers on July 19. No names or details of those released were given. An official bulletdn from the j GovernmentReuter - 137 words
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Article21 1947-09-05 6 Munich city authorities have announced that every fifth child born m M iin^^> n Jniv was iiip<h_ timate.— U.P.U.P. - 21 words
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Article99 1947-09-05 6 The slaying of 5,000 Chinese after the fall of Singapore m Feb 1942 was investigated by the Japancs? Array Commander for the Southern Regions, but no action ever was taken against the man who gave the orders Lieut.-General Tomoyuki Yamashita the International Military Tribunal mA.P. - 99 words
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Article219 1947-09-05 6 4 NEW secret Austin car is being taken across the Atlantic by Mr. L. P. Lord, the Austin chief, to cad a fresh attempt to capture part of the U.S. :ar market for Britain. No one will see the car vhen it is lowered219 words
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Article154 1947-09-05 6 LONDON LOSES A ROMAN WALL w viTiiriii wwramvsm 1 pART of London's Roman Wall ,JT has been lost and Mr. W. F. I Grimes, Keeper A the London 5 Museum, who is leading exca- vatians m the city, said "the 1 I whole business is puzzling." i Following the lines154 words
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Article31 1947-09-05 6 Marshal Goering's bullet-proof open-tourer car is being used this week by Mrs. Diana Hill, Southend's beauty queen during a hospital carnival at the Essex resort.— ReuterReuter - 31 words
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Article228 1947-09-05 6 40 MILLION REFUGEES IN CHINA TtfORE than 20,000,000 persons hay* k ifA by natural disasters m all parts t the last few months, including famine fl a T hifta l2! hailstones, the Government Informatin« n dr °«?J2 Hollington Tong, said m Nankin? Oir *t*7 Mr. Tong said that an addSuUnited Press - 228 words
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Article165 1947-09-05 6 JAPANESE newspapers, which J are going out of their way to impress the occupation authorities with the Japanese efforts to become a democratic people, were considerably "shaken" by test I Saturday 1 display of fisticuffs m the Diet. The Nippon Times, m an editorial, remarks thatReuter - 165 words
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Article14 1947-09-05 6 STONE WITH A HEART OF GOLD to the ground It split^* were gold coins14 words
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Article101 1947-09-05 6 SOVIET SHIP BANNED IN SHANGHAI wiinnunHl p<HINESE authorities bat <■ Kj bidden the disembarkatot Shanghai ol 27 passengers aaiithe Soviet vessel ilyir r» arrived from the SovJ«-«S MLanchurian port of Da:re: ing violaticw of Cr.ir.as "'■arr tion laws prohibiting forejoj sels from encaging tn traffic can nuns and Ftench pamT\101 words
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94 1947-09-05 6 PLANES WILL REFUEL OVER THE ATLANTIC I ilk nihniiuv LEAVING Ttatmkk a;r?or. M llontretl, Sir Alan C::x managing director of Fligiii fuelling said it was propose:star: a weekly opcitentt* vice from London liipßt I Montreal In the M« Object of the fligh; w:.:: ti be operated by B 0 I94 words
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Article246 1947-09-05 6 GERMAN WARTIME MARRIAGES FAIL MORE than 250,000 marriages have been dissolved b j four occupation zones of Germany since the end i war, according to latest estimates, reports R*uter Stuttgart (Germany). While Berlin still has th c highest number ol WQ proportion to population, m predominantly CaU^\ v^ Germany divorce246 words
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Article54 1947-09-05 6 rHE British at Hamburg yjjg s >need H Ges:apo a«c 3 death by pore* oincer.s Viif; tt* escape from Slaivi 5 044 uil j Silesia m Man* -.A" &> Max Widen, c^^t massed to H] e s c K^ recaptured offices t #J rotReuter - 54 words
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Advertisement46 1947-09-05 6 4th. Sensational Day! f~4/ PHOMC&6 9O* iSuL 2—4.15—6.45—9.15 I WftoWs&£ COME EARLY! Children's Matinee. To-morrow at 11 a.m. Cartoons, Educational*. Etc. SUNDAY AT H A.M. "Elephant Boy" v pn o n e InrsAflnnfl NOW SHOWING! UAIITAAiiniv «CftftE SANDCKS lUCJLE WATSON OSCAt NOMOLKA MIDNIGHT TO-MORROW OCY UtAdi'%46 words
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Advertisement90 1947-09-05 6 "7TK)DAY money docs not go farﾗbut it joes fast," says Mr. S. A. Iyer, Honorary Secretary of the Singapore Harbour Board Staff Association commenting on a $4-increase m cost of living allowance paid by the Board to its employees over a period of a year. In a statement to the90 words
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Miscellaneous73 1947-09-05 6 J/VlNt Exclusive to *he Singapore Free Press m Malaya WZhou do be a darOmg Ytmc's a fine I—may1 may i /'"good gao.'-^S I I LYTTLE LORD LOVEY-DOVEY \l BOY AND LYDIA I li^AV^rl CQME /N? I'VE GOTj (HE MUSTNY SEE 1 J AND REMEMBER THE TIME COULDN'T DO A HAW^Jv73 words
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Article, Illustration355 1947-09-05 7 iVmfc 152 runs to beat Hayward lIAVING beaten Jack Hobbs' record of 16 centuries "m one season—he scored his 17th when playing for the Sooth of England against the South Africans at Hastings yesterday— Denis Compton, 27-year-old Middlesex and England all-rounder and Arsenal and EnglandReuter - 355 words
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408 1947-09-05 7 oOITH of England are m danger of following on ipiMi Smith Africa despite some brilliant batting by Denb fompt(!n and Bill Edrich, the Middlesex and England players. South Africa ontinued their first innings and d s!j I r eight wickets when theyReuter - 408 words
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Article74 1947-09-05 7 nctadn yestei d one d pa rat of the 1 c m tar. ttic Bril R Cap |M V lUed |H3 S U Porl on •v: >• H C:- Dai Rees, Sir. King CharC:- d car:; ■-r: I D| be c.\nc I i the mU.P. - 74 words
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Article18 1947-09-05 7 L-" R igby "-V L < 13. r round *fes 0 S 5 T 4 ••ice.18 words
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Article65 1947-09-05 7 INDIA will be represented for the first time m the Pacific Southwest tennis championships when a three-man team compete from Sept. 20 to Sept. 28 at Los Angeles. Tour-inment manager Perry T. Jones announced the entry of Sum ant Misra, Man Hohan, and J. M.65 words
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Article74 1947-09-05 7 rpHE S.A.F.A. (All Singapore) X soccer team to meet the South China A.A. was selected yesterday as follows: AITKEN (S.C.C.). ABDUL RAHMAN (M.F.A.) (Capt.) J. LAWTHER (S.R.C.). VASS (S.R.C.). HOPE (Army). SGT. CROSS (Army). FLT.-SGT. THOMSON (R.A.F.) SIGM. McMANUS (Army). SGT. MOORE (R.A.F.). BOON LEONG (S.C.F.A.). AH74 words
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268 1947-09-05 7 By Our Soccer Reporter THE Singapore Chinese Football Association and the Singapore Amateur Football Association have been left without dates for their games against the South China Athletic Association football team which is due to arrive here by air from Bangkok tomorrow.268 words
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61 1947-09-05 7 DRINCE Aded^yin, Nigerian stu- dent at Belfast University who last weekend finished fourth m the high jump at the University Students' world athletic ohampionships m Paris, has been invited by the British Amateur Athletic Association to team with Alan Paterson, British record holder, mA.P. - 61 words
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Article472 1947-09-05 7 THE following are U.K. Football Fixtures for next week: MONDAY FIRST DIVISION Aston V. v Everton Blackpool v Blackburn Burnley v Manchester U. Sheffield U. v Liverpool Stoke C. v Preston SECOND DIVISION Cardiff C. v S'hampton Leicester C. v Luton Millwall v Ches'fleld West Ham U.472 words
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Article, Illustration25 1947-09-05 7 Two Stoke City internationals, Fred Steele (left) and Neil Franklin, face each other as captains of the Probable vs. Possibles at Stoke.25 words
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Article431 1947-09-05 7 Strong Singapore XI Selected By Our Soccer Reporter rr everybody will agree that th c Singapore Amateur Football Association side to meet South China, which was announced yesterday after a meeting of the selection committee at the S.R.C., is the strongest one that could be put on the field, but431 words
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Article203 1947-09-05 7 ILTHOUGH losing by the odd goal m five at Romford yesterday, the Sing Tao Sports Club appear to have remedied their greatest weakness goal shyness. Throughout the game they kept the Isthmian League defence on its toes. The Chinese had quite the equal ofReuter - 203 words
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Article64 1947-09-05 7 CLOSE cf play scores on the second day, yesterday, m English festival cricket marches were: At Scarborough, MCC vs. Yorkshire. MCC 362 and 17 for 2. Yorkshire, 257 (Richardson 61, Pollard four for 34). At Kingston-on-Thames, North vs. South. North 448 for nine declared and 183 forReuter - 64 words
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Article251 1947-09-05 7 r5 Saint Leger, the last turf classic of the season, is being run at Doncaster on Sept. 13. Among the probables are: Mighty Maharatta, Foy; Sayajirao, Britt; Compressor, Beary; Flexton, Gethin; Whiteway, no jockey; Tite Street, W. Evans; Blue Coral, Carr; Privy Purse, no jockey; Migoli,Reuter - 251 words
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Article112 1947-09-05 7 f)ON Bradman to indefinite v about his plans for the coming: cricket season m Australia, but it is almost certain that he will be a member of the Board of Control and be reap, pointed one of three Test selectors to pick the team to play against112 words
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Article118 1947-09-05 7 THE following will play cricket for the Indian Association against RAF. HQ. Base on St. George's Road Ground at 2 p.m. on Saturday; D.K. Samy (Captain), Kevin Mallal, A.C. Shegaran, M.U. Pate?. S. Ratnam, F. Toherali, G.K. Gosain. R. Balan. Rasiklal. Z. Bhatri, and M.J. Chnndy. Reserves:118 words
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Miscellaneous229 1947-09-05 7 Free Press Crossword No. 184 J J2 13 j |4 15 16 |7 f5 Jso™ I SP" 2Z j J~*~l CLUES ACROSS 1, Poison by which Socrates died (7). 8, Forearm bone (4). 10, The late Kaiser died here (5). 11, Jewish terrorist organisation (5). 12, Female badger (3) 13,229 words
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128 1947-09-05 8 NEW ULTIMATUM BY HARBOUR LABOURERS AMASS meeting of the Singapore Harbour Board Labour Union last night condemned as unfair the jury's findings at a Coroner's Court inquiry into the death, by shooting, of one of theii members by a policeman on Aug. 21. The jury found that the policeman shot128 words
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Article110 1947-09-05 8 AHOKKIEN who was stated tc have been arrested ten minutes after he had held up and robbed a Chinese married couple m Battery Road, on the night ol March 19, this year, was sentenced to two years and two years' police supervision by the Second District110 words
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Article96 1947-09-05 8 FINE ACTING IN RANK FILM I [AST night Eagle-Lion Distribui™ tors screened the J. Arthur Rank film "The Man Within" at a Press show m the Cathay's private oinema. The acting is firstrate and the story simple, but its psychology is obscure and half the time you will probably be96 words
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Article267 1947-09-05 8 Six killed in shophouse fire Free Press Staff Reporter THE police are investigating the cause of the fire which razed a Singapore shophouse at the junction of Malabar and Malay Streets, causing the death of six Chinese including three children. The ftre was so sudden and so furious that none267 words
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Article, Illustration31 1947-09-05 8 The quaint quietness of Zampst#ad is typified m c II III! F the sign of the "Holly Bush" inn opposite Romnv" fc ney's House m HoUy Bush Hill. c f g31 words
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Article214 1947-09-05 8 NO HOOLIGANISM, WARNS GOVT. WHILE the Government intends to give the fullest possible ff freedom, it will not tolerate breaches of the peace or breaches of conditions under which permits for processions m Singapore aacr c granted. This statement was made m the Advisory Council yesterday by the Officer Administering214 words
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Article211 1947-09-05 8 WHIPPING, JAIL FOR GANGSTERS Free Press Staff Correspondent KUALA LUMPUR, Thursday. A SELF-CONFESSED torturer and an armed robber were today convicted at the Selangor Assizes, ordered to be given 15 strokes of the rotan and sentenced to seven and eight years rigorous imprisonment respectively The two men- were Ng Yee211 words
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Article137 1947-09-05 8 UIS desperate need of clothing on 11 arrival from Australia made him use a friend's cheque without permission, said a Cantonese, Robert V. Goh, 26, m the Second Police Court yesterday when charged with theft of four cheques amounting to £35 on Aug. 20 and Aug 22137 words
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Article46 1947-09-05 8 me u.S. Agriculture Depart- J ment said yesterday that, if farm i receipts continue at present levels lor the next four months, the farm income for the year will top last year's record-breaking U. 5.518,889-,-000,000 by a substantial margin, i U.P.U.P. - 46 words
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548 1947-09-05 8 SIAMESE RICE EXPORTS CUT- BY HALF P.L loan saves local ration Free Press Staff Reporter A LARGE drop m current exports of rice from Siam was reported to the Liaison Officers conference, which ended a three day session m Singapore yesterday. Loans from the Philippines, however, will save Malaya's four548 words
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Article498 1947-09-05 8 London Stock Exchatr-e I *w LONDON. Thursday THE London Stock Exchange was dull and feat* less today, says Reuters financial corresponiat Fwo technical rallies took place but without ax. substance behind them and the small improves* which occurred were due to home bear covering. British498 words
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Article200 1947-09-05 8 i LONDON, Thursday. AS the three British steamers carrying 4,350 Jewish illegal immigrants were passing out of the Enelish Channel nn thpir w«v toHmbmSCTCiT TOrtedtoSShftoLt^n^ffifn the blockadl into ptISSS? the blockade into Palestine. A British Foreign Office spokesman said two ships, believed to be carrying immigantsReuter - 200 words
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Article112 1947-09-05 8 SPECIAL Market oorrf** at 11 a m i«>da> a> follow Bums >* CIS per ib No l R£J sr»' loo^e nominal y Nc i K> I f'C m hatoi Si :>t No 2 R S > M m l»ai<«v >«pt. .No 3 R.SS I* s, m112 words
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Article25 1947-09-05 8 ACCOI NTS CUERK^.I central Johone abte« Balance and cv*; Bhcet_ Vacant Ist. October S^ testimonials V^'^ss J 1 Box No X f -xt^-^^y25 words
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Article36 1947-09-05 8 ,i 7. m i^Jjy lArmv I 2.00C'.«K A* I ''82 "fc I IJ.* 1 Milk IS*' Oreoi ufi J Vermw 9 T' cS )J»^ various «<& perml frOCl H^ EVd J Sept'"-n > 00^36 words
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Article227 1947-09-05 8 COAL STRIKE HITS UK INDUSTRIES LONDON. Thursday. BRITAIN'S basic industries, on whose full production the country's recovery depends, were today faced with drastic cuts m their fuel supplies as a result of the strike m the South Yorkshire coalfields, where 60,000 men are now idle m 48 mines and which,U.P.; Reuter - 227 words
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46 1947-09-05 8 Gen. Douglas Mao Arthur, Sup. reme Commander of the Allied Powers m Japan, has approved the entry into Japan of 14 private Indian trade representatives, almost all of whom were reported to be interested m purchasing textile goods.— ReuterReuter - 46 words
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Article, Illustration40 1947-09-05 8 CHINESE GIRL"S CHEENS FOR A WINNER A student of the Nan Ttmg Chinese G;>. School a cheers at the finish of a race at yesterday', yening o^fcfJ* annual inter-school sports for Chines* sch attheJokuOJl stadium.— Free Pr< .r l C{40 words
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Miscellaneous78 1947-09-05 8 WEA THER Risk of rain WEATHER report for the next 24 hours compiled by the RAF.: Some bright periods, risk of oatbreaks of thundery rain. Wind south-sooth easterly. 5 to 10 m.p <h. Sunset: 6.37; sunrise 6.28. Moonrise: It. 12 p.m.; moonset 11.01 a.m. Temperatures: Max. 89.8 deg; nvin. 76.278 words
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