The Singapore Free Press, 11 September 1947
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Title Section19 1947-09-11 1 The Singapore Free Press LARGEST AFTERNOON SALE IN MALAYA ■-W-TT Eld,^ SINGAPORE, THURSDAY, SEPTEMBER 11, 1947 PRICE 10 CENTS19 words
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Article, Illustration724 1947-09-11 1 MARSHALL' S NEW PLAN FOR EUROPE Price crisis is threat to aid a STOP-GAP plan of American aid to Europe before the end of the year was predicted by the U.S. Secretary of State, Mr. George Marshall, at a Press conference in Washington yesterday. Mr. Marshall declined to say whatReuter; U.P; A.P. - 724 words
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Article259 1947-09-11 1 IFn* Press Staff Reporter IE Singapore Government is working on plans for the creation of four additional temporary courts to assist in eving the serious congestion of cases which results, in ay instances, in postponements for more than six Tenders are to be called for259 words
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80 1947-09-11 1 GUNS BOMBS USED IN ITALY FARM BATTLES MILLS, tiiaiy- Wtfaeadaj. I'ORTH Italian farmers used 1 asay-guns to defend their nperues vfaai a rnunbei or [jsweadi in the Pa Valley were Kicked duri»ag the night by unM person*. Farms in a vilr? a«i Cremona were set ablaze L2f r Tlio -lLSe<iReuter - 80 words
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Article184 1947-09-11 1 THREAT TO BOMB CAIRO EMBASSY CAIRO, Wednesday. THE British Embassy in Cairo I this evening received an anonymous letter threatening that the Embassy building would be destroyed If the Security Council decision, expeoted to be taken tonight, on the Anglo-Egyptian treaty dispute were unfavourable to Egypt. The letter said that,Reuter - 184 words
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Article, Illustration52 1947-09-11 1 picture. MR. SOMERSET BUTLER, until recently chairman of the Combined Rice Commission in Bangkok, who is in Singapore en route for Ug. He told the Free Press yesterday he was satisfied Siam could carry out the duties she had taken over from the Commission in implementing the IKFC's rice allocations.Free Press - 52 words
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Article81 1947-09-11 1 Free Press Staff Reporter DRE-FUNERAL rites at the house in Bras Basah Road of Dr. Lee choo Neo, who died on Sunday, were interrupted at 4 o'clock this morning by a gang of seven Chinese, who herded together the 20-odd people present, including the mourners, and proceeded81 words
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Article74 1947-09-11 1 ON Scotland Yard instructions, the movements of Reginald Gilbert, American war pilot who told the French police of the alleged Jewish attempt to bomb London, were kept secret. He is expected to leave Britain by air very soon. In a broadcast last night from London toReuter - 74 words
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Article39 1947-09-11 1 Two persons, one of whom was armed with a pistol, held up a Malay woman at the 5£ miles, Pasir Panjang Road, at 11 o'clock last night, and relieved her of $100 in cash and jewellery.39 words
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Article217 1947-09-11 1 RUBBER: "HOPE OF BETTER THINGS" Free Press Staff Correspondent LONDON, Wednesday. THE Daily Telegraph quotes Sir John Hay, chairman of Guthrie Company, as holding the opinion that the U.S. concession, in relaxing control on the use of natural rubber except in the case of the biggest consumers the tyre and217 words
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Article104 1947-09-11 1 DEWSBURY (Yorkshire), Wed. rE d-ath-roU in the underground explosion in Thornhill Colliery, Dewsbury, has risen to nine and there is little hope for the three other missing miners. Four bodies were recovered this afternoon and five more located this evening, Mr. Ernest Jones, Yorkshire areaReuter - 104 words
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Article71 1947-09-11 1 NEW DELHI. Wednesday. rE "shoot to kill" order in New Delhi backfired today when a sentry shot at a Government House car, killing the Sikh driver and injuring Viscount Mountbatten's deputy military secretary, Major M. M. Giliat. Lord Mountbatten's press attache, Wing Commander Campbell Johnson, escapedU.P. - 71 words
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Article35 1947-09-11 1 A Dutch army communique reports the capture of five members of the German Navy in East Java. They are former submarine crewmen who. were stranded in Java by the German surrender.- A.P.A.P. - 35 words
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Article274 1947-09-11 1 Free Press Staff Correspondent PENANG, Thursday. ONE more policeman died last night, bringing the death toll in yesterday's Klian Intan shooting to 10. The number wounded is 13. Immediately after the shooting in which a police-escorted road convoy was ambushed, strong police and military forces274 words
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Article372 1947-09-11 1 STERN ARMY MEASURES CHECK RIOTS DELHI, Wednesday. RIOTING in both Old and New Delhi has been brought under control. For the first time in four days, "the military have taken the offensive against rioters," said an army statement issued tonight. But normal life remains at a standstill as the massA.P.; U.P.; Reuter - 372 words
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Article51 1947-09-11 1 IN a six-minute meeting, one of its shortest to date, the Singapore Advisory Council this morn, ing passed the Control of Rent (Amendment) Bill to clarify the position of the Rent Conciliation Board The Rent (Amendment) Ordinance, authorising increases in rentals, came into force on Sept.51 words
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Advertisement7 1947-09-11 1 ,OpS. bbidbv, HOME LINEN FURNISHnnf FIiS ?LA«*.ncapom|»|loNE46497 words
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Advertisement19 1947-09-11 1 I JJ. STAMFORD MA I g y jH rWwtft rO&V B Dc sure UOU UULj d yJ WILLS' 519 words
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Article870 1947-09-11 2 MORE CHINESE AUTHORS A Malayan Bootoatibm&n mtv BY A SPECIAL CORRESPONDENT I DEALT, last week, with a number of translations from the Chinese that are now on sale in Singapore. This week I should like to draw your attention to some books by Chinese writers that are not in need870 words
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Article, Illustration300 1947-09-11 2 r: once knew a struggling '^expert" who depended upon h» oridffe winnings for a substantial part of his income. Partnered with •n extremely wealthy, if inept player, this player redoubled a contract he knew couldn't be made to •tier to "teach his partner a lesson." North's bidding300 words
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Article907 1947-09-11 2 Working For Their Own Salvation July 27. 1945, another Socialist Government was formed. It is now running into an economic crisis. The 811 days will expire on October 16." Wishful thinking, maybe, but one can never telL One thing that helps to sustain us Is the realisation that all the907 words
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Article, Illustration34 1947-09-11 2 Situated at Baltham, about 30 miles from Munich, in the grounds of a huge studio built by Hitier for Joseph Thorak, official Nan sculptor, is the above statue "The Wave"— one of Thorak's works34 words
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Article391 1947-09-11 2 Hall Romney's LONDON LETTER "QOD is not going to send us manna, and I do not know why anyone else should. Lord Jowitt told American interviewers on his arrival in New York. A rather flippant reference to our national predicament to come from the Lord Chancellor. And in any case,391 words
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Article42 1947-09-11 2 HUNTING TIDAL WAVES H^ ii an Wands iSiH 1 the h'.*3*'«B 'ves ar^ S,fM n h wori. r i«S s* I N &«-> say mcLci^ l atJSJ The Unit^ "St^lJ survey is co-opera:^ "t! es whrh r-'bflfl rented with grouS i.JSI 7 wiphicsigl42 words
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Miscellaneous348 1947-09-11 2 SINGAPORE Blue Network 12 99— 2.99 pjn —48ft metre* IB tte Bedlam wave bam) A 7. 12 megacycles Mr teeoad la the 41 metre band. 8.99—11.99 pjß— 4Bß metres to tfce nedlnio wave band 4.888 megacycles tier second to the 81 metre baud, exeept *om 7 45— 9 SO »J»348 words
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Miscellaneous446 1947-09-11 2 DF SFDF DF DFD D 11 15 »JB VIC9 16 82 metre* 17.84 megacycles; 19 99 p.m to 11.89 pva. VLB4 M 49 metre* 11 41 megacycles 4 p.m. Light Music Alfredo Campoli 4.30 Australian News: 4.40 Racing Acceptances; 4.45 8.8.C. Transcription; 5.15 Everyman's Music; 5.20 "Stepping Back" Dance hits446 words
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Miscellaneous189 1947-09-11 2 YOUR LUCKY 51 AK I r:unt lurtCiii fc people Horn too&j BDKM today yochawii mind wnirh is ctput btiu>a:iti> grasptng a us of Hfhjrffr Itftetf is a stronc $aa strain running throuft p nature and you nifht the Lurch a* alifepnffli Vou have a marnetic t sonant and a great189 words
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Article361 1947-09-11 3 HOLY LAND MANDATE MAY END mritain won't risk quarrel with Arabs LONDON, Wednesday. ORITISH official opinion, after a close study, of the United Nations Palestine Commission's report, has swung over to the view that Britain's mandate over the*Holy Land must end, reports an Associated Press correspondent. Britain does hot intend361 words
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Article229 1947-09-11 3 P.I. REBELS HELPED BY CHINA REDS MANILA, Wednesday. r*HINA'S political war between Communists and Nationaly ists had repercussions in the Philippines today following a closed door hearing by the Immigration Commissioner, Mr. Engracio Fabre, into activities of Chinese suspected of Communist activity hi the islands. The Evening News reported, withoutA.P. - 229 words
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Article70 1947-09-11 3 CHANGHAI city authorities on Tuesday expressed concern over the ban on "commercialized dancing/' since at least half of the dancing girls in Shanghai face unemployment and over 50 per cent of them are illiterate. The girls have been asked to continue dancing but to follow theU.P. - 70 words
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Article88 1947-09-11 3 DR Ananda K. Coomaraswamy (70). for 30 years a research fellow in India, Persia, and Mohammedan art at the Boston Museum of Fine Arts, died on Tuesday. A native of Colombo, Dr. Coomaraswamy was characterised by museum officials as "one of the greatest scholars in hisA.P. - 88 words
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Article65 1947-09-11 3 AGREEMENT has been reached A between Britain and Yugoslavia on policy affecting the repatriation of Yugoslav alleged quislings and war criminals in British hands, a Foreign Office spokesman in London announced. This issue has been one of the most controversial in Anglo- Yugoslav relations and one which IReuter - 65 words
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Article, Illustration68 1947-09-11 3 mc'.'i'* Planet deserted British Army camp, some 3,000 ».-tf W t a community life of mysterious inde-\:#'>>'"-'-"-"'X.":\~r O f their own 'president' Officially L ,-uv r Organisation, they are ruled by FZ t* lcr u committee of six, and have been known to E :R '*VJn'h -lining up for aPlanet - 68 words
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Article225 1947-09-11 3 I man ridden Batons lace still another frustration as >*reasing number of British motor manufacturers StpdLis to produce gleaming new automobiles iJSIY designed t( compete with American models in the Sttrade writes an A. P. correspondent. Many a tired City business man walking slowly acrossA.P. - 225 words
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Article85 1947-09-11 3 EMPEROR REFUSED HANDSHAKE HONleacc: Ando ■■••i th« Kikyo i CtappH Refinery fca r.s.z :iu: the handshake imytf m Janans new demoi h afid *ion is exIM sy JajMH^y press tc JH r.o ivc .r'^'-us"' request Er.'^r »r far i 'hand^ake rerw.: ol 0M iao&uiers of tapcm wftmd the rc--4 ir.icr.Reuter - 85 words
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Article63 1947-09-11 3 WED 5 HOURS, HE DIED II >T beiorr he gt>l married in Gmesend's Holy Trinity Itorch, Donald Thompson. 29, sM the vicar to kerp it raker short— l'm not feeling led." »ae suesb "thought it was to* excitement." but they "•n't know Donald was a dyU man. Kor less than63 words
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Article, Illustration14 1947-09-11 3 Ornfor: 2riof security '«nc ::ar e protection sun- *re !cnoi n through- the Torld.14 words
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Article114 1947-09-11 3 NEW YORK, Wednesday. DR. Henry H. Lin, president of the University of Shanghai, said he would resign as director of the Chinese Government Bureau of Printing and Engraving to devote his time to developing a system of compulsory farm service for Chinese high school graduates. Dr.A.P. - 114 words
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Article55 1947-09-11 3 Theresa McGuigan, 52, charged with shoplifting, offered this excuse: She discussed th e political situation with three members of Parliament and had left the House of Commons with such a sens* of frustration that she got into the wrong train, found herself in a store and stole without realizingU.P. - 55 words
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Article88 1947-09-11 3 EMPLOYMENT in the film £j studios is said to be down approximately 30 per cent, from a year ago, cutting some 7,200 off the movie payroll. Moot of those let off are craftsman, but the total also includes extras and some contract players. Experts said Britain'sA.P. - 88 words
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Article24 1947-09-11 3 Fourteen political prisoners who have been under sentence of death for several months have been executed at CarabancheJ prison, near Madrid. ReuterReuter - 24 words
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Article122 1947-09-11 3 MR. E. H. SAVILL, deputy ranger of Windsor Great Park, is going to Balmoral to discuss with the King the question of another home for Princess Elizaoeth and Lieut. Philip Mountbat---n after their marriage in November. It is practically certain that Sunninghill Park cannot122 words
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Article52 1947-09-11 3 A FORTY-EIGHT- YEAR-OLD record was missed by only one hour's sunshine when England's sunniest August since 1899 ended. With its last rays the sun brought Kew's record up to 261 hours of sunshine tot the month, compared with 262 in 1899. Normally, August provides 183 hours' sun52 words
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262 1947-09-11 3 A LLEGED "secret orders" for political strikes throughout -f* Italy split the executive board of the Communist-con-trolled Labour Federation with bitter charges and countercharges when it met in Rome on Tuesday, reports United Press. The Communist announcement of another general strike in the southernU.P. - 262 words
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Article110 1947-09-11 3 ENGLISH counterfeiters are passing £5 notes on an extensive scale in Eire. Detectives have told staffs at bookmakers' offices in Dublin not to accept any fivers and to take careful note of anyone offering them. Several course bookmakers have been stuck with the fakes. One accepted110 words
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Article, Illustration62 1947-09-11 3 picture. Credit for averting a fresh Government crisis in France is largely given to M. Vincent Auriol (above), the President of the Fourth Republic, who persuaded M. Pqul Ramadier, the Prime Minister, to withdraw his resignation a few days ago. M. Ramadier was dissatisfied with the small margin with whichPlanet News - 62 words
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Article86 1947-09-11 3 rE 24-ton double-decked "Golden Hind," pioneer of Britain's luxury flying boats and still largest, is fo r sal e to the highest bidder. Named after the ship in which Sir Francis Drake sailed round the world, the great flying boat may soon be seen at aReuter - 86 words
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Article88 1947-09-11 3 A CRIME ring which used "walkie-talkie" radios, to direct its operations, lured hold-up victims with ffirl decoys and flew in burglary tools by plane has been smashed in Oakland. California, by the arrest of ten young men and women. A police officer said the gang used88 words
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Article38 1947-09-11 3 Hitler's Berchtesgaden eyrie is now a tea room. Hot dogs, coffee. Coca-Cola are served at the bottom. Hitler's lift carries visitors up top whence they admire "his" view, scratch their names on "his" wall.38 words
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Advertisement117 1947-09-11 3 BRITISH GOODS ***r? *i» •^sok fWL iß^ i I we give good value PL*«H WHITE HEMMED TOWELS Hj^^^^^atoi^^^^p^^ 20" x 40" PWCE $1.95 e»cfc /^^^^^^^^mmk^^^ LAME SIZE TURKISH towels ytSl^^^i&^SLMll^^^^^S^^^aQ Good Stout quality cotton ..^rtßn^ 54> |^gg 1^ UfC K I H FAWY COLOURED CHECK TOWELS A rich pite fi117 words
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Miscellaneous18 1947-09-11 3 'ARZAN To the rescue By Edgar Rice Burroughs rv~D- Ptt^rvl BRHEI^IH3niZBS9KIB{VDP!S3rO I BUT to RANOV HE was just18 words
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723 1947-09-11 4 The Singapore Free Press THURSDAY. SEPTEMBER 11, 1947 More New Courts For The Colony IT is welcome news that the Government is at last pushing ahead with plans for the creation of four more temporary courts to assist in dealing with the serious congestion of cases that has developed as723 words
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Article1068 1947-09-11 4 Victor Staines - TO PEN ANG IN 3½ HOURS Victor Staines by IT took about four days by sea to get to Penang from Singapore when Sir Stamford Raffles was Governor; but last Sunday a Malayan Airways 20--seater D.C. 3 took me there in just over three hours. I boarded the plane at1,068 words
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Article833 1947-09-11 4 POLITICO - POLITICO BY QR. Edith Sumerskill, Parliamentary Secretary for the Ministry of Food, will face angry Malaya-inter-ested members when Parliament sits asrain in November. Just before the recess Dr. Edith brushed lightly aside questions on the rice negotiations with Siam. She could say nothing as to their833 words
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Article693 1947-09-11 4 Robert Clyde - PA YING THEIR WAY Robert Clyde by I IKE any ordinary citizen who had borrowed £10 and run through it in tiding over a tough spot in his family budget the whole British nation has begun to live on exactly what they can earn by each day's work. For 14693 words
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Article268 1947-09-11 4 THE wartime project of 1 trying to tie togoiher the United States and the Panama Canal with an allweather highway has been termed a multi-million-dollar mistake by ths Senate's special war investigating committee. Although the highway was to have been completed in May 1943 at a268 words
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Advertisement32 1947-09-11 4 QUIZ 1. Is University education more widespread in U.S. than in Britain? 2. Does Arsenal hold the record for the season's best performance of any Association Football Club? Answers on Page 232 words
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Advertisement21 1947-09-11 4 FAITH LISTEN TO THE 7 C 'J/ Junior mode 1 i IUZ •*W/" I rt It, Tnrtur B«»d. Smfap xxs '™\^^r21 words
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Article129 1947-09-11 5 BROOKE ANSWERS GOV-GEN TAfTOfl a D Li I c:a '„r Sc coß- et^n-- g a con-ctr-S sgrj ak was ;:a scent reads T- r >•* itegorkaHy I*sin >\-;. that my y the Sara. ■frS teterpi «»»J >■"..::;-»■: a 5 51i 5^ y that at -I'^fn state. laa ing the :r.129 words
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177 1947-09-11 5 UNION SENDS 25 TO RAFFLES COLLEGE ■ETCY-HYE Unfcn! ghotashi] Ra flea 004--tge I been itoa b Abu Sima: Clifl rd u~-.. K^u .1. b:H I tn .\2ae:s*,c oc.-v.mi Eiustain t Osma i Ka a d vil 0.. ri.:..; Md bm Ahmad, '■■'■:i Kuala Kangsar, Au- £S: y~ A:L. c: ::.rd177 words
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Article42 1947-09-11 5 Re^is. ration offices have now been opened in the three entertainment parks. In the Happy World, the office is in Gate No. 5 of the Stadium. In the New and Great Worlds, the office is in the Public Relations kiosk.42 words
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173 1947-09-11 5 WELFARE DEPT SAVES STARVING VILLAGERS 1 as: V t f ed to a village in Kelantan on the forS! ay Penin sula, where the people had i .:V g report by the Social Welfare Officer V; the village had been reduced salt and water. Spol KfTO '> -v.. I--- dq173 words
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355 1947-09-11 5 MUNICIPAL MEN SA Y UNITY, official publication of the Singapore Municipal Services Union, in an editorial comment in its latest issue, says as house rent is an important item in th e budget of the Municipal employee, "we hope the Commissioners will lose no355 words
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Article, Illustration33 1947-09-11 5 picture. A group of Japanese war crimes suspects, who arrived in Singapore by the Devonshire from Tokio recently. Some are for interrogation in Singapore; others are wanted bv the French authorities.- Free PressFree Press - 33 words
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Article119 1947-09-11 5 /\N Friday, a new child feeding centre V will be opened at No. 51 Armenian Street. This is the 20th centre to be opened by the Social Welfare Department in Singapore. It is hoped Mrs McKerron. wife of the OAO. will open the centre. The premises119 words
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Article, Illustration13 1947-09-11 5 picture. ASP H. HALL, first welfare officer of the Singapore Police. Free PressFree Press - 13 words
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Article333 1947-09-11 5 Free Press Staff Reporter BECAUSE women are now permitted to join the Singapore v Eurasian Association, a club started eight years ago for Eurasian women is to wind up its affairs. The Eurasian Women's Association is calling a farewell meetine next Monday evening to dissolve333 words
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183 1947-09-11 5 U.S. BROADCASTS TO INDONESIA VIA MANILA FURTHER details are now available of the programmes which will be transmitted by the newly-built American radio station n ear Manila which will b e on the air from this afternoon. Associated Press says the shortwave transmitter will be beamed for best reception iA.P. - 183 words
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Article20 1947-09-11 5 There will be a passing-out parade at the Police Training School at 8.50 p.m. on Monday. Sept. 15.20 words
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Article509 1947-09-11 5 Augiist figures Free Press Staff Reporter JUVENILE delinquency in Singapore, which had shown a general decrease in July, registered a record low in August. The number of boys and girls appearing before the* Juvenile Court in August was the smallest in any one month since509 words
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Article40 1947-09-11 5 At a board meeting held in London on Sept. 3, the directors of Eastern Bank declared an interim dividend at the rate of 2s 6d per share less income tax at the rate of 9s per pound sterling.40 words
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Article53 1947-09-11 5 The young Singapore policeman, Jonat bin Dollah, who was charged oh remand in the Seventh Police €!ourt yesterday with the murder of a Chinese, following an alleged amok in Stamford Road on Saturday, was ordered to be detained in a mental hospital by the magistrate, Mr.53 words
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Article70 1947-09-11 5 S'pore port news Siiij-o ui. iii,^ae uie Singapore wharves yesterday (erodowns in brackets) were: Main Wharf: Clan MacDougaJ (81-32), Empire Passnuore (37). Longview Victory (38-39), Bennevis (40-41). West Wharf: Malim (1-2) Nagara (8-9), Denbighshire (10--11). Emigre Dock: Oastleville (23--24), Wosang (25-26), Benares (27-28). East Wharf: Rajula (44). Sheers Wharf: Van70 words
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Article82 1947-09-11 5 rpHE Inaugural meeting of the 1 BUuao'Teachers^ Union will be held at the Majestic Hotel, Kuala Lumpur, on Sept. 12 and w Invitations have been sent to all the teachers' unions to send t?T^«^'££££*& have also been sent Union, to attend tie inau- guratlon. It s understood82 words
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Article125 1947-09-11 5 THE tug Eamsnia fa on a 1 4,500-mile Toyage from Sydney to Singapore with the old liner Canberra <7,71i tons) in tow. The tow win take between 30 and 40 days. When the two ships enter the open sea they will be connected by 720Reuter - 125 words
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197 1947-09-11 5 Free Press Chinese Correspondent THE Malayan Chinese Elections Commission at a meeting 1 held at Kuala Lumpur, attended by Chinese consuls in Penan g and Kuala Lumpur as well as regional elections commission chiefs, under the chairmanship of Dr. Wu Paak-shing, unanimously decided to cable197 words
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105 1947-09-11 5 $29,000 FOOD CONTROL FINES IN AUGUST VTEARtY $600 worth of rice was 11 confiscated by the Food Control Department during August, representing seizures of 1,223 katties whole rice, 258 katties rice sweepings, 722 katties damaged rice and 163 katties broken rice. Total fines paid during the month amounted to $36,260.105 words
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412 1947-09-11 6 PLANES, GUNS, TROOPS MASS AT PEIPING North China is 'acutely aware' of war'\ mHE contrast between South China and North China is startling— -the difference between a country at war and a country neutral but fearing war, writes a United Press correspondent who has recently arrived in Peiping from Shanghai.U.P. - 412 words
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Article, Illustration78 1947-09-11 6 picture. When the 250 members of the West Derby (Liverpool) Youth Club tire of the BB.C. they just tune in to a radio programme of their own. They write and produce their own radio plays, speaking their parts into broadcasting equipment they have made themselves. Here a group of themMirror - 78 words
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Article214 1947-09-11 6 Empire Jews seek new Chief Rabbi jIEWS all over the British Empire are searching for "the f right man" to be their Chief Rabbi. They have been searching for nineteen months and they will probably go on for many more months vet. And when they do find h: he will214 words
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Article66 1947-09-11 6 A Commission to list and examine war damage claims in the Solomons and Gilbert and Ellice Islands in the South Pacific was set up on Monday by the Britisl Colonial Officer, with Mr. W. Ramsay Main as chief commissioner of claims Copra plantations, many under BritishA.P. - 66 words
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Article38 1947-09-11 6 Britain has announced the existence of a new carrier-borne Meteor plane, the Hawker 7/46 with a single turbine jet engine thought to be capable of a maximum speed of more than 600 m "h.38 words
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123 1947-09-11 6 NANKING, Wednesday. CIX thousand of the 10,000 Chi- nese who fled to China from Burma during the Japanese war have returned to Burma. Negotiations are continuing for fhe return of the remainder. The Burmese authorities at one stage had objeoted to the re-entryA.P. - 123 words
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Article311 1947-09-11 6 OOVIET doctors hope that experiments now being carried out will enable them to prolong the span of human life to upward of 120 years and even up to 175 years, says Reuter. A big step forward in the right against old age has beenReuter - 311 words
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Article166 1947-09-11 6 WHILE the extent of the loss in lives and damage to property and crops caused by the recent floods, which ravaged the central hill area of Ceylon, remains unestimated, reports are daily com. ing in from every affected area saying that thousands of houses were washed*Reuter - 166 words
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Article75 1947-09-11 6 MR. Patrick O'Kelly. Secretary of the Australian Labour Party, declared before the Commonwealth Conference of Labour Parties In Toronto that the Australian Government believed in a "White Australia." "Other people may have different opinions, but we wil. never allow coloured people into Australia," he stated. ThereReuter - 75 words
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Article66 1947-09-11 6 BRITISH troops swooped down on a "shanty town" area near the centre of Jerusalem's Jewish business district early on Tuesday and unearthed a cache of explosive ammunition, British army uniforms and a large quantity of leaflets of the Stem gang. Royal Hampshire Infantry menA.P. - 66 words
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Article22 1947-09-11 6 The Australian Government is considering the abolition of the gold tax in order to stimulate mining of gold.- ReuterReuter - 22 words
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Article91 1947-09-11 6 MR. Gunson Ho, physical education inspector for the Ministry of Education, said in Nankin? that for over 100 years the Chinese physique has been steadily deteriorating until today the Chinese are "small, weak and thin" compared to American and European physiques. He said most of theU.P. - 91 words
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Article223 1947-09-11 6 COLONIES MUST PLAY WORLD ROLE TOE colonies can no longer be retard primary producers if thev ar/7 T^ sou.. to play their full part i n i^Jg Cj Dr. J. L. Simonsen in his nrp<ir< <>m y, fcS the chemistry section of the Brit,! a O the Advancement for Science223 words
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Article104 1947-09-11 6 Peace-.;;,; 3 a i* t ?B conoid, has 5«? a SJ« a reuoi" drafted h £M 0 :T r;1 "^-ntresea f i*« ™c^ M;irshal:DlM <«^ countries including SI a recovery to only 39.6 wTJU Russia herself. hoyevfT.M exports are listed a* 74* >-S IS3B andA.P. - 104 words
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117 1947-09-11 6 AMERICA LOSES $1,000 MILLION DUE TO SAVING AMERICAN industry has lost J\ about Uis. $1,000,000,000 worth of business through the recent British, French and Australian decision to cut imports, a survey shows. The three nations critically need the goods they have decided not to buy. But all say they mustA.P. - 117 words
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Article76 1947-09-11 6 A POST-WAR rubber production plan for Brazil was launched o: Monday with the promise of Government subsidy when President Butra signed a law guaranteeing a minimum price of approximately 45 cents per pound until Dec. 31, 1950. The law followed quickly after the expiry ofA.P. - 76 words
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Article46 1947-09-11 6 The Exchange Telegraph Agency yesterday carried the 10l lowing item: "A barge containing 100 tons of sugar struck the buttress of the Westminster Bridge tonight. While being towed away it sank in deep water and the River Thames ran sweetly to the sea."- U.P.U.P. - 46 words
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Article92 1947-09-11 6 Ii'HILE finger print eiperuiK T? Scotland Yard photsci^^K examined the London Sob: iB where Rita Green, r^c&tfl over s;x feet tall and v^osH ling black hair ar.c eves' fl found shot, detectives H£3fl West End haunts for a mi escaped from the flat snedaßReuter - 92 words
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Article29 1947-09-11 6 example ;n P carrj-ing oo: Jj moisurea ic overcome 'W"M economic crisis, K- P ta« the pr^'Sb or. assuming <&m chairman of the change K^uaiisat,:on Faa.^29 words
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Article12 1947-09-11 6 Eiclu: -nine -year-oic let^f :rom a 48-year-oicfß birth certificate ft* yj12 words
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Advertisement43 1947-09-11 6 AIR-Conditioned CAPITOL PHONE 51-o 11—2—415—6.30 9.15 KTTEt TMN «MN£ CITYSATURDAY AT L MIDNIGHT TAKE A TRIP TO CONEY ISLAND I 20th Century-Fox's Technicolor Smasher! with BETTY GRABLE A|Bj\ TO-DAY 1 (ONMTiOffD|i|nPß|nnn v pn o ne ■nffVifM /^tll! mil" IHIEBIW DRAKE BEWDIX DEANNAS BEST!43 words
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Advertisement27 1947-09-11 6 Opens Today 4 Shows 1.30 4 6.30 9.30 p. m r~J THE NEW S |Pl A B IkJ P I3 -jjjjp WAWNtn v^ SUCCESS IHANO/ PAUL AttXlS27 words
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Advertisement75 1947-09-11 6 THE ZERO HOUR APPROACHES THE BATMAN IS ABOUT TO SlW^B NOTHING^ABSOLI TEI\J^IO I SATURDAY MlPjjjj^J CATHAY fB^IB TODAY phone 3400 L-- a^QT*2«^H a smuggling melo- \jrW*\jft BM drama set on the Sussex coas*. C/iie/ ingredients a r < WrvLvum betrayal, treachery and BLi4^\^ cruelty. Jean Kent as a WwTViiß loanton75 words
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Miscellaneous79 1947-09-11 6 JAN'E Exclusive to the Singapore Free Press in Malava I*U-HAW?— BE QUITE L^BUT I'M A DIRECTOR N AND WHEN MAY /-AS SOON^AS T\ /niknwv^N frank with You, ace/- you're > /of a fashionable dress i hope to marry if offer You a )f«Ao/ii^i) A MEKACI Tb ME WlTfc YOUR J79 words
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Article193 1947-09-11 7 ARSENAL BREAK 17- YEAR RECORD Out Pay Dearly for 6th Win i\r tht 100 per cent record cost Arsenal Ipff-* 1 tprdiv gainst Bolton, and they finished the dearly c tti n e ithl men, Lewis pulling a muscle but tfb virtual^ ulties? pi^jg retirfn^ a puUed trinjonn 11 htReuter - 193 words
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113 1947-09-11 7 Ring Arthor and The 'Princess' Again Best h* Ptms Bic.nf Correspondent CkJ HtTBUR and Princess u^rvere «t:e r. out- fc? :n., s trick I i i od r ins ir. prt 1t- 'or Saturday r.:>* p j;"- 3 rak 7 ;rf Clubs j 9 beas Liberty Man i gallop ever113 words
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Article175 1947-09-11 7 SINGAPORE Malay badminton enthuO siasts have formed the Persatuan Badminton Melayu Singapura (Singapore Malay Badminton Association) Trith the object of Improving the standard of play among Malay and Muslim badminton followers. This new body plans to run Malay badminton tournaments yearly and to build up a175 words
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Article92 1947-09-11 7 AL PHILLIPS fights Ronnie Clayton for the European, Empire and vacant British feather-weight titles at Liverpool to- right. Forthcoming fights are: Sept. 19; Theo Medina (France) vs. Pe*r Kare (Great Britain) lor the European bantamweight title at Manchester Oct. 2: Stan Lawthorne vs. Billy Thompson, for92 words
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Article526 1947-09-11 7 Free Press Staff Reporter DLANS for the erection of a sports stadium on a piece of land five acres in extent bordering Guillemard Road on the site which was to have been used by Raffles Institution were discussed at 3 meeting of the Singapore Olympic and526 words
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Article527 1947-09-11 7 By Maurice Burton DLAYING neat football, the Seaforih Highlanders were unlucky not to score more than twice when they beat the R.A.F. Seletar by two goals to one. The game, which was played at Seletar, was not of the standard expected of players of this527 words
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251 1947-09-11 7 THE Australian Cricket Board of Control decided, as an experiment during the 1947-48 season, that for aU matches against Indians— subject to India's concurrence— the law dealing with a new ban should be amended to read: "That a new ballReuter - 251 words
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Article, Illustration113 1947-09-11 7 United In Sport Founded in 1939, the United Family Badminton Party is one of the foremost parties in Singapore. It is also unique in the fact that all its members belong to one family a family united in sport. The picture shows (front row): Heng Siak Thiang, Heng Kwang Hock.113 words
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710 1947-09-11 7 Courtcraft - Courtcraft Badminton Topics ...By i AN assurance that Singapore badminton players would be encouraged to play as a team in the Malayan championships and that all facilities for practice and training would be provided has been given by Mr. Koh Teck Ee, the710 words
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Article583 1947-09-11 7 Malayan Rugby On New Basis Free Press Staff Reporter MALAYAN rugger is to be placed on a new footing this season. With the loss of the Malaya Cup, the tournament this year will be known as the H.M.S. Malaya competition. There will be no trophy. Instead the names of the583 words
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Article82 1947-09-11 7 pROBABLE runners and jockeys for I Britain's last turf classic of the season, the St. Leger, running over one and three quarter miles at Doncaster on Saturday, are: Arbar, Charlie Eliot t; Bow and Arrow, Sanwrage; Blue Coral, W. H. Carr; Chiropodist, Billy Rickaby; Compressor, Michael82 words
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Article48 1947-09-11 7 U.K. Rugby results yesterday were: Bristol 15, Weston-Super-Mare 5; Camborne 3, Devonport Services 11; Wakefield 12. R. P. Oake's XV 9. Bradford Northern 11, Castleford 19: S'virron 7. Rochdale Hornets 20. Lancashire Cup First Round (Second Leg) Bellevue Rangers 37, Barrow 2. Barrow eliminated.- ReuterReuter - 48 words
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Advertisement102 1947-09-11 7 WEIGHT-LIFTING MEETING Representatives of weight-lifting be and unattached members are in■•va tc a meeting of the Weight-Lifting federation to be held at SI, Winchester House. 31 Collyer Quay, on Saturday at 3.00 p.m. to consider the re- -.va: of the Federation and to organise -he 1947 Singapore Weight- Lifting Championships.102 words
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Miscellaneous218 1947-09-11 7 Free Press Crossword No. 188 F F P I 4 I 5 I I I* y M^^p^^ i^^HMH^H p^^^^^^^M CLUES ACROSS 1. Jewish agency organisation if). 8, Rhine tributary on which HeidelSflL 8 2f d8 (6) iJ 0 i Le d !i t e 1 PoiMld (4) Wit *y bunt218 words
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Article, Illustration25 1947-09-11 8 NEWS, LATE CITY... HOME An unusual rural atmosphere is created by office workers relaxing amidst war blitzed ruins in the shadow of St. Paul's Cathedral.25 words
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Article243 1947-09-11 8 New bids to end U.K. coal crisis LONDON, Wednesday. rpHE British National Coal Board tonight issued a state--1 ment appealing to the miners at G rime t nor pe, Yorkshire, who started the strike now involving 38 pits and nearly 50,060 men, to return to the pits and stressing onceReuter; U.P. - 243 words
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149 1947-09-11 8 LONDON, Wednesday. THE Prime Minister, Mr. Clement Attlee, in a letter released today by the British Cinematograph Exhibitors Association, declared that the "Government would be ready to consider any proposals which American producers might have for alternative action" to the recently imposedU.P. - 149 words
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Article27 1947-09-11 8 The police are searching East London for three men who kidnapped a girl cashier in the street and robbed her of £245 belonging to her employers.— Reuter.27 words
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Article117 1947-09-11 8 Free Press Staff Reporter WONG Ah Choo. 10-year-old daughter of Mr. Wong Tet Conn of Malayan Theatres Ltd., who was missing from her home since Monday afternoon, was found yesterday evening. She was returned to her parents after she had been picked- up at Paya Lebar.117 words
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Article194 1947-09-11 8 LONDON, Wednesday. THE economic crisis has whittled 1 down the social event of the century the wedding of Princess Elizabeth and Lieut. Philip Mountbatten—to a state no more lavish or magnificent than any other big society wedding. There will be a more illustrious list of guestsU.P. - 194 words
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Article241 1947-09-11 8 LONDON, Wednesday. |X)RMAL and final ratification by the Big Four Powers of the peace treaties with Italy, Hungary, Rumania, Bulgaria and Finland will almost certainly take place next Monday, simultaneously in Paris and Moscow, a Foreign omce spokesman said today. The peace treaty with ItalyReuter; A.P. - 241 words
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443 1947-09-11 8 Ex-Emperor to negotiate SAIGON, Wednesday. rwESIGNED to halt the bloody war that has raged between French and Indo-Chinese Republican forces since December, France today offered full political independence to Indo-China within the framework of a French Commonwealth of Nations. However, foreign policy and nationalReuter; U.P.; A.P. - 443 words
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Article129 1947-09-11 8 PRAGUE. Wednesday. rpHREE members of the Czech JL Cabinet today narrowly escaped assassination when explosive packages addressed to them were detected before being opened, it was officially announced tonight. The Cabinet members were the Foreign Minister, Dr. Jan Masaryk, due to leave on Saturday foru.p. - 129 words
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Article44 1947-09-11 8 It was reported in Rome yesterday that Pope Pius XII is expected soon to nominate Francis Cardinal Speilman, Archbishop of New York, as Vatican Secretary of State. The post was left vacant by the death of Cardinal Maelione in 1944.- A.P.A.P. - 44 words
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Article, Illustration82 1947-09-11 8 The Nazis claimed that the monster flak tower in Berlin's Tiergarten, in which 30,000 people used to take refuge jrom Allied air raids, would resist the mosf powerful bomb launched against it. Recently the Nazi claim was substantiated when British Army demolition experts tried to blow it up with 50,00082 words
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160 1947-09-11 8 HAMBURG, Wednesday. pFTY of the 4,311 Jewish r "Exodus 1947" refugees, who were disembarked at Hamburg an<i sent to displaced persons camps, are under arrest and a search is on for those responsible for planting a bomb aboard one of the threeA.P.; U.P; Reuter - 160 words
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Article142 1947-09-11 8 Free Press SUIT Correspondent MALACCA, Thursday. GANGS of Chinese smashed up coffee stalls in several parts of Malacca town during today's 'hartal'. No arrests have been made. In a Press statement the Malacca People's Constitutional Affairs Committee stated: "We iiavi' no connection with the outbreak of142 words
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Article63 1947-09-11 8 rpHE Singapore Harbour Labour X Union will call a mass meeting of waterside workers for tonight to explain union action on the recent fatal shooting incident. The Union will invite representatives of several organisations and the press to a meeting tomorrow night. WARSHIP FOR EASTReuter - 63 words
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Article500 1947-09-11 8 London Stock Ex^. npHE outstanding movement 1 4 trading on the Ixmdon Stock Exchange W^J of interest and sharp gains provided bv South aS 8 shares, says Reuters financial corresi^nTnt Cape was largely responsible, although local nLS^I also bigger than of late, encouraged l bv500 words
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Article244 1947-09-11 8 Free Press Staff Correspondent IPOH, Wednesday. |?K3R his part In the death of a r Chinese who died as a result of torture, a young Taiwanese, Moo Yee Chun, a detective at the Sungei Siput police station during the Jap occupation, was today sentenced to244 words
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Article110 1947-09-11 8 STORE RUBBER PRICES TODAY 4 SPECIAL Mattel gives the priori! at 11 am today as hli*, Cti No 1 B.S.S Swi W| loose 'nominal! No 1 R.S.S t-x, bate Sept. jk No 2 8.5.8 fob > in b*l<* Sept. No S R.S.S tot) in biles Sept n% Tone of Markrt:110 words
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Article66 1947-09-11 8 ON the Ne» York Stock BB yesterday, stocks snfti a U dull session atf toe i w her. a spurt ;iiwc eoj*. «ac j fraction to over two points totalled MMM stars I pictures gamed or. neirtha:*! Govornment T.ieht :««s* reoent ux or. AHriH SJ» Dow JonefA.P. - 66 words
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Article27 1947-09-11 8 Nh~,\ York ruooer yesettj I totalled 13 ror/jaftt 0R« September 16 40 «S J jNo l ribbed smotol sbe«.-» cents -T S i :iobb».- A.PA.P. - 27 words
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Miscellaneous50 1947-09-11 8 WE A THER 1 Showers WSATUBB report for the nest U hours compiled by the Jt.A.F\i showers late afternoon and early moraine. Wind southerly, 5 in 10 m ph. Sum* CSS; MMriat I 26. Moanrise 3.52 p.m.; moonset I. Mam. Temperatarcs: Mac. %i.% daf.; min. -»5.5 def. Balaia'l: A trace.50 words
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