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Title Section18 1947-09-16 1 The Singapore Free Press LARGEST AFTERNOON SALE IN MALAYA 1«.95»- SINGAPORE, TUESDAY, SEPTEMBER 16, 1947 PRICE 10 CENTS18 words
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Article343 1947-09-16 1 Empire talks on defence cuts Free Press Staff Correspondent LONDON, Tuesday. THE future of Singapore naval base, and future British strategic commitments m the Pacific m general, are to be discussed by the Commonwealth conference of Prime Ministers m London m November. This reexamination of343 words
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Article, Illustration37 1947-09-16 1 picture. 1,.i.;-.u .V- a .--< japan is jtotographed as s\e "spruces r Ibolu&i hair, mussed up lfeiAffloMMd h tts the Upamse Royal Family prepares ifM/or a pnNQ photograph «dar .V^!*, Japan, during a re~ tai veatim. A .P.A.P. - 37 words
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159 1947-09-16 1 MOUNTBATTEN MAY JOIN CATTLEE CABINET LONDON, Monday. i!? attflntatife Government MX ju:: *jr.u r r.t thai Mr. ,::.er rill rataflk :us Cabinet -er\- > _r.. «ith ;hv aim of gamjianr strength. There is no i iQd, however, vi changes ■ctong Om Cabinet's "Big ■•'> fadffl Secntaijr, Mr. M 3c-..::, theA.P. - 159 words
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Article29 1947-09-16 1 CH INESE HELD IN EXTORTION CASE I IrC^y,.^^ yesterday A a due to draw a :::~V;-: from a bal£ W- were found k is Is n a car ir29 words
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Article286 1947-09-16 1 Free Press Staff Reporter MR. S. C. Goho, a Singapore lawyer, was fined $500 by Mr. Justice Brown m the High Court this morning for contempt I against Mr. H. E. Kingdon, President of the Rent Assessment Board. The matter was brought up m an286 words
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Article79 1947-09-16 1 PRAGUE, Monday IT was announced today tttiat a plot to murder President Eduard Benes and overthrow the government had been foiled Eighty ring-leaders had been arrested. Many members of the gan<* were m Government employ. The plot was broken by the confession of a formerReuter; A.P.; U.P. - 79 words
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Article56 1947-09-16 1 A BRITISH officer died from his injuries m Jerusalem last night after being wounded by Arabs south of the Palestine town of Hebron. Travelling m a military car, he came on a civilian bus being held up by six Arabs. The Arabs fired on theReuter - 56 words
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Article32 1947-09-16 1 A bomber crashed into a river near Aberdeen (Maryland) while on a routine training flight yesterday, officials of the U.S. Army reported. Nine people were killed ReuterReuter - 32 words
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Article131 1947-09-16 1 ii* ***io« s on fk LONDON, Monday. cisioiL^ <*«*** ion of a British CommonL^*^*^ttfa 5^ wiH tak i« November, when > s r e visH London for g exchanged with ttoe CommonlaT^dkae DrrKrW^^ on the union proposal and on l of an increase m CommonwealtbReuter - 131 words
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Article320 1947-09-16 1 50, 000 riot in 'free' Trieste TRIESTE, Monday. 4 BRITISH &irl was stripped to the waist by a crowd of Italian youths, seven British soldiers were beaten up, and Allied newspapermen were attacked and spat upon by demonstrators when the birth of the Free City of Trieste set up underReuter; U.P.; A.P. - 320 words
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Article, Illustration54 1947-09-16 1 MOTOR CYCLING SKILL picture. ABDUL MAJID BIN REYA. of Singapore's Traffic Police, showing his skill m riding a motor' cycle. At last night's passingout parade, at the Police Training School* m which a display was given by the Traffic Police motor-cycle squad, Abdul Majid won rounds of applause for thisFree Press - 54 words
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Article180 1947-09-16 1 NEW DELHI, Monday. rE authorities m riot-ravaged Delhi today gave first priority to an attempt to forestall epidemics, and announced that a "vigorous effort would be made from today onwards to remove all garbage, rotting corpses and carcases." Making the announcement;' the Central Government Minister, Mr.Reuter; A.P.; U.P. - 180 words
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Article349 1947-09-16 1 WASHiiNUTUM, monaay. j A MERICANS must eat less or watch Europe go Communist, administration spokesmen warned tonight. The sternest i warning came from Mr. Norris Dodd, acting Secretary of Agriculture, who returned tonight from the Geneva Food Conference. It is not possible for someU.P.; A.P. - 349 words
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Article480 1947-09-16 1 NEW BID FOR PEACE BY INDONESIANS TiHE Indonesian Cabinet will meet tomorrow to draw up -riffc a *S Cw^ p lI S, l i r reachin S a settlement of the conflict with the Dutch," it was learned m Jogjakarta yesterday. Simultaneously with this move, the Indonesian Premier, Amir SharifReuter; A.P.; U.P. - 480 words
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Article60 1947-09-16 1 THE headquarters of Gen. Dou- glas Mac Arthur, Supreme Commander m Japan, yesterday ordered the return to Raffles museum m Singapore 185 stuffed birds which the Japanese looted during the occupation of Malaya and presented to Emperor Hirohito for adornment of the Imperial Household. The birdsReuter - 60 words
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Article38 1947-09-16 1 GLASGOW, Monday. A naval launch today rescued three persons from ar. excursion boat which foundered m heavy seas m the Firth of Clyde. Ten people were drowned and 10 missnig m the tragedy.38 words
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Advertisement13 1947-09-16 1 s cU? 5 D •TfllEl D S S Ol 9- f BSK3' 3!Y13 words
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Advertisement188 1947-09-16 1 Your Favourite Brand Is back mrßJii PIGEON SPORT SHIRTS In a wider A cheaper range TELLY CO., 377, North Bridge Read Tele: 313S d T<. tt.!>\ A Mnßvsl Bl^^S3te you awake m the morning feeling vv and looking your best, filled with the jPfjrj""' jf| vitality and zest which make188 words
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FEATURES..
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Article, Illustration1031 1947-09-16 2 Hall Romney - Hall Romney LONDON LETTER COME ten years ago Noel Newsome was writing leading articles m Pudu Road, Kuala Lumpur, as assistant editor of the "Malay Mail". He was also contributing a rather acid feature, much read m the club m the afternoon, entitled "Man m the1,031 words
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Article, Illustration16 1947-09-16 2 No pretty smiles were allowed to influence the judges m this neatest-figure contest held at Margate.16 words
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Article, Illustration251 1947-09-16 2 WEST opened a heart und South "a ace won. The hand looked easy. If the diamonds split, declarer could establish the dummy, giving up a toeart trick if necessary. But when South cashed the diamond ace, ruffed a spade m dummy and led a second diamond, East251 words
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Article662 1947-09-16 2 COURTENAY EDWARDS - Sun Adas A Ton To Pilot's Load COURTENAY EDWARDS By AN airliner which leaves London Airport today for the other side of the world will weigh a ton more when, with precisely the same passenger, freight, and fuel loads, it takes off from a tropical airport tomorrow on its next662 words
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Article200 1947-09-16 2 npOWERING over the 1 padi fields and palm trees of Ceylon rise the giant transmit Ufr? <>i Radio SEAC, th c mo i powerful Forces Bi i casting Station m tb world, to which a great many listeners m Singapore civilian and servicestune m daily. More than a200 words
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Advertisement105 1947-09-16 2 SNAKES TWO giant pythons era- baxrassed the ship's company of H.M.S. Itermuda, the 8.000-ton cruiser, which returned to Devonport after two-year commission m the Far East. Destined for the London Zoo, the snakes were "guaranteed" to sleep all the way home m their crates m an Bin. gun turret. But105 words
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Page 2 Miscellaneous
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Miscellaneous686 1947-09-16 2 QUIZ Answers 1 No. The figure of Justice m England has gained m direct proportion to her age and (.mancipation through the centuries. 2 Yes. 3. Yes. Palestine, west of Jordan, 10,400 square miles. Wal£s (with M^nntfmthshire; 8.000 square miles. ffl^Kvivvi'!' ''vSc^^SAfl^^HHl^^Bl^fidAflßSSSflßßriwHlßßß^^^^Bßl^^^^Bu^^^^^^^^^BHSSlC^^S^H^^BHßl^HfedHtfS^l flhflTff)oooli™6^pOJQdßflfcß^fcii^a^^Bß^n^^^M^S^^sn^n^^^^^n^^^^^B^B^^»^jn»^^^«*^Mßßo' '^SSS.' SINGAPORE JVLGIO 25.51 metres 11.76 megacycles;686 words
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Miscellaneous135 1947-09-16 2 YOUR LUCKY MAX r- me Uxfai ;x pe< ;)it Don; ::>da;« CJ X .N today >ou art a|(M vi eaodhM usvindK tiiMfinjinatiOti Mu^, lit<raturt tl»t m aii<i even pleasant uxi« l naiilf living— are tbt ttaf .iiu most d'sirf w/b ?K tf Milling to work hare v» I ail >135 words
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Article, Illustration410 1947-09-16 3 'JAPAN IS BETTER OFF THAN BRITAIN' Premier says Jap austerity began long ago JAPAN m defeat has a better chance than victorious Bri- tain of surviving a parallel economic crisis because "the Japanese long ago learned how to tighten their belts," Prune Minister Tetsu Katayama told the Associated Press hiA.P. - 410 words
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Article72 1947-09-16 3 FiVERY morning 19-year-old r Polish student Gianasz Piotrowski met Katherine Rohrer, a Swics student, also aged 19, m Bishop's Park, Fulham. London. One day when they were walking arm-in-arm. Gianasz said: "You go one way round the pajk, 111 go the other. *nd we'll meet the other72 words
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Article50 1947-09-16 3 A Filipino visiting Scotland wrote home that he had not been so hungry since the Japanese occupation of his native country. Cenon Cervantes. Philippine representative to the International Boy Scouts Organization conference m Edinburgh, said after eating the standard ration lunch twice, 'I still feel empty."- A P.A.P. - 50 words
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Article49 1947-09-16 3 Mr. Jan Tindergen, director of the Netherlands Central Planning Bureau, told the World Statistical Conference m Washington on Saturday that foreign nations would have to lower their standards of living "roughly 20 per cent." m order to maintain a balanced trade with the United States. A. P.A.P. - 49 words
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Article285 1947-09-16 3 *x itarlin polk* are fighting a full-time battle against a I Tof birglary and theft unparalleled since the World i i »i*ou*h murder and other crimes of violence are, tw rtoteM th« decline. In July, there were, for ex*^3 352 'heavy larcenies/ a heading which includesReuter - 285 words
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Article87 1947-09-16 3 THE man who murdered Mrs. Rita Green— "Black Rita" because of her jet black hair m her Sohc flat may have been suffering from the effects of 'hooch' sold m a cheap club, the police believe. They discovered that m a ireczy the giwiman fired shot87 words
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136 1947-09-16 3 MORE GERMANS DISAPPEAR FROM SOVIET ZONE THREE more disappearances from the Soviet zone of Germany were reported, by the Bri-tish-licensed Berlin newspaper Telegraph on Sunday, making a total of 20 In the past few weeks The latest disappearances were given as: Herr Heinrich Stuecker NfcyPr of Muelhausen, Soviet zone, whoReuter - 136 words
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Article356 1947-09-16 3 OVE at 60 has put Paul Haefliger m the prisoner's dock, at Nuremberg, Germany, charged with high war crimes that could cost him his life. Haefliger sits m the courtroom seat warmed by Karl Doenitz during the international military trial. It is justA.P. - 356 words
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Article37 1947-09-16 3 The Swiss National Ban* nas suspended sale of gold coins because of "speculation and smuggling." Swiss gold continues to be used m payment of international salances and for "legitimate" do- i mctic purposes.- A.P.A.P. - 37 words
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Article64 1947-09-16 3 TOWNSPEOPLE who passed a house m Kannapolis, North Caro- Una, were horrified to see that a fourt&n-year-old girl was being kept m an open-air cage because there was no room for her m a mental institution. Mr. L. Smith, the girl's father, said he64 words
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107 1947-09-16 3 THE Filipino Military Police have 1 reduced the peasant guerrillas to impotepce, Brigadier-Gen. Mariano Castaneda, has reported to the Interior Department m Manila. Gen. Casteneda said his force had captured 500 Huks m five major operations and over 300 separate encounters m theA.P. - 107 words
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Article60 1947-09-16 3 rpHE Rev. Andrew Bradley, chapX lain to British Forces In Austria, wants public opinion roused against British people there for abuses like "black market rackets and getting flats for mistresses." "Far too many people are too Intent on having a so-called good time without thought for60 words
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Article50 1947-09-16 3 TjiOß Is. 9d. Mrs. Helena Angr liss, of Netherbum Road Sunderland bought a tin of fish paste for her husband's supper and eleven pearls. He bit a paste sandwich and a pearl the size of an average ring diamond. In the tin were the other ten.50 words
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Article176 1947-09-16 3 T*HE Standing Joint Committee of the R.A.C., A.A. and A R.S.A.C., representing 5,000,000 British car and motorcycle users, have decided to request the immediate reconsideration of the abolition of the basic petrol ration. The Prime Minister is being asked to receive a deputation, which will176 words
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Article284 1947-09-16 3 SOLUTION TO CHINA'S INFLA TION 'Freezing* urged SHANGHAI, Monday. fHINA'S inflation is beginning to pick up speed again, despite a bumper rice harvest and admonishing speeches by Government and municipal officials. Foreign observers interviewed by the Associated Press say the only way left for the Chinese Government to stop itA.P. - 284 words
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Article62 1947-09-16 3 TURKS FORCE DOWN SOVIET AIRCRAFT Turkish anti-aircraft fire and fighters forced down a Soviet military plane which flew over the outskirts of Smyrna, according to the Turkish Press. The four occupants a general, two colonels, and the pilot, all Russians were interned. The aircraft which was placed under guard, was62 words
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Article58 1947-09-16 3 Nearly all European residents on the east coast of New Zealand's North Island boycotted the opening ceremony of a £20,000 Maori war memorial meeting house at Ruatoria because they llaimed the special rations given to Maoris for the ceremony were an extravagant waste of food when theyReuter - 58 words
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Article, Illustration38 1947-09-16 3 Anti-British and anti-UNO riots and demonstrations have been a regular feature of life m Cairo m recent weeks. This picture shows agitators of the Young Moslem Brotherhood addressing an anti-British meeting m the Abdine Square. Cairo, through loud-speakers.38 words
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Article40 1947-09-16 3 A St. Louis (U.S.) policeman was charged with rape yesterday after an 18-year-old girl, who came from Germany two years ago. told the police she did not resist him "because he was m uniform." A. P.A.P. - 40 words
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Article308 1947-09-16 6 FOOD PRICES SOAR IN AMERICA Traders speculate over aid to Europe SOARING food prices are now the chief concern of Americans. Prices of nearly all foods are now roughly doable what they were pre-war, and as high or higher than after the first World War. They have advanced one-third mReuter; A.P.; U.P. - 308 words
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Article, Illustration48 1947-09-16 6 Sonny Ebsen, of lowa (U.S.A.), was seriously injured when driving his raping car at a track meeting during the Minnesota State Fair. His car leaped into the air (top) when U struck a rival car and pitched Ebsen out onto the track (above) before tipping over beside, him.48 words
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Article46 1947-09-16 6 A SPOKESMAN for the Argentine Central Bark said m Buenos Aires that the Argentine ban on shipments of tinned meat to Britain was "more than anything else a warning to England that she should return to the terms of her previous meat contract.'46 words
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Article, Illustration60 1947-09-16 6 MR. George Richardson, American delegate to the recent T.U.C. annual conference at Southport {Lanes), is seen here making the speech m which he delivered a scathing attack on the Soviet Union and the World Federation of Trade Unions. The speech threw the conference into an uproar and was frequently interrupted60 words
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Article98 1947-09-16 6 MRS. PEARL BAKER, an English m girl awaiting trial at Detroit on a charge of helping m a holdup to get money for her children, after her ex-G.I. husband had left her, lias had three proposals of marriage. The men hare urged: "We are eager98 words
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Article55 1947-09-16 6 [\ANISH Government officials have confirmed that an American focre m Greenland *s engaged m experiments m connecstation the purpose of which is unknown. The story was first carried by a Communist paper which said that the American authorities had failed to notify the Danish Government of "thisA.P. - 55 words
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Article233 1947-09-16 6 SOME 400 of the most up-to-date ships of the Royal Navy are to be "pickled" to save Britain money. This Reserve fleet is being preserved with the aid of discoveries made by scientist-chemists. Costly weapons and equipment will be sealed against the ravages of time and233 words
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Article58 1947-09-16 6 IN future wars, says Gen. Jacob L. Devers, paratroops will not be dropped individually from the skies but m groups m detachable airborne compartments. Eventually, Gen. Devers says the aircraft will be parachuted The elimination of the one-man parachute will make it possible to equip and train58 words
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Article281 1947-09-16 6 /CANADA'S 130,000 Red Indians, at one time the Dominion's largest landowners and today her most impoverished inhabitants, want a new deal. They are governed by the Federal Government on the 2,000 reservations set aside for them m scattered parts of the Dominion. Although free toReuter - 281 words
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Article51 1947-09-16 6 Prohibition is returning to the U.S. This time the Drys are winning not by one national Act, but by hundreds of unnoticed local ones. A survey recently published shows that a third of America is already dry, that 25,000,000Americans cannot buy whisky legally and that 10,000,000 cannot buy51 words
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Article42 1947-09-16 6 Eight soldiers of the 4th Battalion of the Parachute Regiment stationed near Marlborough (Wilts) were wounded, one seriously, when a shell believed to be an old American type left lying m a nearby field exploded m a barrack room.42 words
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Article32 1947-09-16 6 The first major Japanese jail break m many years took place when nine convicts of the Shizuoka penitentiary, made a successful escape following a prison riot involving 49 inmates. ReuterReuter - 32 words
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111 1947-09-16 6 PEASANTS BURR HOMES, TREK TO ITALY HUNDREDS IX Venezia Giulia (Trieste free zone) families, many leaving their peasant huts aflame behind them, are trudging slowly toward Italy to escape living under Yugoslav rule. The dusty roads leading to the new Italo- Yugoslav frontier were crowded with columns of peasants whoU.p. - 111 words
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Article39 1947-09-16 6 When the Chancellor of the Exchequer. Dr. Hugh Dalton, put another shilling on the cigarette tax last April, 47-year-old stoker George Smythe gave up smoking and invested the money m footballs. He has just won £23,699.39 words
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Article46 1947-09-16 6 Batavia now has a population of more than 1,000,000. the Chinese daily Sin Po reported after a recent survey. Sin Po estimates that Batavia now has living m it 800,--000 Indonesians; 130.000 Chinese; 60.000 Europeans and Americans, and 10.000 persons of other nationalities.46 words
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Article48 1947-09-16 6 Brigadier-Gen. David Sarnoff, President of the Board of the Radio Corporation of America, has urged establishment of a network of United Nations radio stations m "powerful shortwave transmitters at strategic points around the globe" to help win "the battle for the minds of men." A.P.A.P. - 48 words
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Article39 1947-09-16 6 Seabathing for Jewish immigrants interned at Kylotymbou camp m Cyprus was stopped after a clash between Jewish children and German prisoners of war, m which a bathing party of Jewish children attacked the Germans with stones.39 words
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Article109 1947-09-16 6 THE Japanese cotton textile in- dustry has made an amazing recovery since the war and is already using an annual total of 600.000 to 1,000,000 bales of American cotton, according to Mr Gustave I. Tolson. president of the New York Cotton Exchange. "How long it willA.P. - 109 words
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Article56 1947-09-16 6 rE fast of Baruch Korff. Americar. Rabbi who was arrested a week ago by the Paris police for plotting to drop anti-British leaflets on London, enters IU eleventh day today. When Korff was charged m a Paris court on Saturday he said he was not guilty of plottingA.P. - 56 words
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123 1947-09-16 6 Girl Kills People She Doesn't Like AFTER all Jersey City (U.S.) had been warned that a crazy "Jekyll and Hyde" girl killer of eighteen was roamine the streets with a lust to kill, police stated that they believed they had her safe m a cell. They picked up a girl123 words
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Article26 1947-09-16 6 Thirty bird^, shot by police m Dela^Tare, U.S will be sent to Yale Medical School to see if they are infantile pnralysLs germ carriers.26 words
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Article224 1947-09-16 6 £75,000 BRIBE REFUSED BY SOLDIER I BRITISH private soldier whose i>a v kk. Ed £6,250 a week by the feme, ™£j£* smuggling combine if he would wL* f^W* months. Hork f <* ihtmu% This would have meant supplement l for three months by £75,000. MSm S h^s £22 lfc But224 words
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Article20 1947-09-16 6 'Second hand' cigarettes L u n hme •"°PI» ensnare i, economk crisis r^Uuranis and 2? P^dlethe mitt .S^ A .P.A.P. - 20 words
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Article86 1947-09-16 6 FASTIDIOUS Frank, i T who took baths m ?T houses he raided has beet ar at Teaneck. New Jerser \ff Entering a house "jw frank would ?r ab jeweL^S a shirt. Then he hac a lai atroubling to let out n» dressed himself m \ht o* shjrt86 words
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Article63 1947-09-16 6 DRITAIN has caLecio:ai mediate United Ibttufl .sits of the world's ann&ii i "small and short ste; fri building of East-West cccfeftc and facilitating genera. iM% men;. J01t.:.,; the UNO DfMHI CommUjioo out oi its id lethargy Sir AleiamteC* s.jlT; said that each o: ki DnitedU.P - 63 words
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Article22 1947-09-16 6 a delicate egg-blue ~m PeN h W. R Eisey »^W a n ucu: :i< 'it :at« ore :r <jsf y^^m22 words
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Article27 1947-09-16 6 Edita GonfialezofJ^ ru &i\ P nnyslvania en ;-.j m study .'^:a^ship ras awarded w^^ thp r >rs:t >' :<r r hhe College rep^ A.P.A.P. - 27 words
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Page 3 Miscellaneous
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Miscellaneous52 1947-09-16 3 TARZAN Sea battle 5^ £^«r Burroughs "~r Shak< Tußn£C> Ovc? FOX )^9^^^k- ■^^^^^^^^^^^2^B^ THROWN OFF HIS COURSE, THE i M mll aso TARZAN C?>vED MAN-EATEK MISSED HIS «^fc^Jp^ jg^^^l THE APE-MAN SEiZED A FIN CSBS POX THf F|RST TIME PEANE Duir*" &7*L'im(*o t Syrdidt* Ice -2^29- HJ fIBBBJ >a^^^ Masva52 words
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LEADER.
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782 1947-09-16 4 The Singapore Free Press TUESDAY, SEPTEMBER 16, 1947. U.N.O. Faces A Crisis rHE United Nations Organisation faces a crisii;, and not for the ftrt tinve. But at last UNO faces a crisis from which it cant run awa,v. It must conquer or peri&h. It the great powers continue to accept782 words
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Article1183 1947-09-16 4 THE moustaches of 1 Carlton Club colonels up and down the Commonwealth have been ignited by questions asked recently m this column. Eyebrows have been singed and monocles warped by the heat. And all because we suggested that the European nations lining up to participate m the1,183 words
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Article111 1947-09-16 4 THERE is talk of increasing the establishment 01 Field Marshals. The Royal Warrant says that the number 01 Field-MarshaLs on pay "shall not exceed eight, including two promoted from general officers of the Indian Army." To-day, excluding the Duke ol Windsor and General Smuts. th°re are 12. When111 words
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Article920 1947-09-16 4 by Roland Hurniaa ANE sunny morning early last month a man made a chalkmark on a wall of coal hundreds of feet below ground at a place called Grimethorpe, near Barnslev, m Yro-i- .^-v,. On the morning of August 29 another piece of black-and-white artistry appeared920 words
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Article23 1947-09-16 4 A good name is rather to be chosen than great riches, and loving favour rather than silver and gold. Proverbs 22, 1.23 words
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Article287 1947-09-16 4 jJE N ERALISSIM Franc t co Fmnco's regime despiie iU anti-CommunLst at. anth-Socialist policy, well embarked on a gramme of governnK ownership and man; ment of industry planned to cost 4,840 million pesetas (approx £110,500,00) This sum equals 20 pel cent of all the capital Invested m Spanish287 words
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Advertisement137 1947-09-16 4 Result! Advanced Medical Science^ by Itself Mji fnt* flip -^l^-^r Relief of Pain L^ tn the relief of pain. 'A>*f» ;i unique tn combining the n *> fXFS aspirin with another important con d lX called -Alocol -an antaad h P d^;^ (by the Medical profession for and protective influence137 words
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Page 4 Miscellaneous
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Miscellaneous52 1947-09-16 4 QUIZ 1. Ls it true that "the figure of Justice tn England has a naked sword on her knee but is quite blind?" 2. Is the greatness of a nation measured by the magniiude of its compassion? 3. Is the area of Palestine grea'er than that of Wales? Answers m52 words
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LOCAL NEWS...
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Article249 1947-09-16 5 Commission to study reforms Free Press Staff Reporter A RECOMMENDATION that an investigation should be made into the present prison system m Singapore wit h regard to general conditions both of prisoners and warders, has been made to the Government by the justices of Peace. The249 words
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Article111 1947-09-16 5 LIAISON CHURCH CLOSER I Report* ■p* brought ration m v Id Council v (Viaila, from J** iid Dr. D. D. h FfoSi rr represented i < has ]U6 ins the watkHi 5 msauore office ot v Missionary the con- ODOIIUi Kb me Qceraed ij le to nal Mis- n Ones111 words
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Article126 1947-09-16 5 IT was stated m the Coroner's Court yesterday that Cpl. Mohd. Gul. who disappeared after he had boarded a fishing boat near the seaplane runway m the Kallang estuary on June 4. is still missing. At the mquiry, the coroner, Mr. W. G. Porter, recorded a126 words
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Article54 1947-09-16 5 AFFICERS and men ol 43 3quadv ran RAF discarded the Battle oi Britain anniversary holiday yesterday to undertake a mercy mission to Jogjakarta. The second RAF Dakoia or ihis squadron took crt irom Changi airQeld yesterday with two tons o. medical supplies tor the54 words
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Article, Illustration52 1947-09-16 5 This r,,nd bl.jck ?.s fust outside Kroh po^cc station un the Kroh-KHan hitan road on which, last Wednesday, bandits ambushed <i mail bus and goods' vehicles, killing 11 and wounding 12. Among the killed were 1 policemen. Seen m this rture ouarding the barrier are men or the Malay Regiment.—Free Press - 52 words
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Article67 1947-09-16 5 Four Chinese who appeared m the Second District Court yesterday charged with trespassing m the S. H. B. area during the weekend, claimed that they had been given permission by S.H.B. clerks. The District Judge, Mr. J. P. Merson. told them that clerks were not authorised67 words
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Article389 1947-09-16 5 TiHE interest that the people of England take m Malaya is reflected m the large number of inquiries received daily In the Malayan Information Agency, which forms part of .Jalaya House, headquarters of the Malayan agent m London. An immensely varied oostbag arrives at Malaya389 words
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177 1947-09-16 5 lIP to yesterday afternoon, 10,609 had registered as v voters m Singapore. A record number of 258 registered at the Central Electoral Registration Office on Friday. In other parts of the town, Registration Offices recorded a marked increase on their books. In one part of177 words
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Article102 1947-09-16 5 It was stated m the First District Court yesterday that Chief Inspector James MacPherson, of the Singapore Food Control Department, would finish his leave some time next January. Chief Inspector MacPherson is the chief witness m a series of alleged corruption cases, and the date of102 words
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Article161 1947-09-16 5 ONE thousand five hundred! Jews m Singapore yesterday celebrated their New Year Rosh Hashana mi n traditional style. To mark the occasion Jewish shops and offices closed yesterday and today. The Magl>ain Abo;.h Synyagogue In Waterloo Street and the Meyer Synagogue m OxKy Road wer161 words
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Article82 1947-09-16 5 A waiter, K. P. Abdul Aziz, and the acting proprietor of a licensed coffee shop m Upper Serangoon Road K. Abdul Kadir, pleader guilty m the Second District Court, yesterday to selling a cup of coffee containing sweetened condensed milk at 15 cents-^flve cents m excess82 words
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Article53 1947-09-16 5 PARIT BUNTAR, Monday. The District Judge, Mr. C. P. Newton, fined Chong Ah Ngow $300 for having moved 11 bags of rice without permit. Chong Ah Ngow said he was carrying the ric c for his own labourers who refused to work if they were53 words
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Article, Illustration107 1947-09-16 5 At all RAF stations m Malaya, the anniversary of the Battle of Britain yesterday was observed with parades, followed by a holiday for all ranks. At Changi airfield, the parade was reviewed by the Air C.-in-C, Far East, Air Marshal Sir George Pirie, who stressed m his speechRafpro - 107 words
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Article59 1947-09-16 5 FREE educational film shows. arranged by Public Relations m Singapore this week, will takeplace as follows:— Today: Joo Chiat Police Station compound; Wednesday: St. Andrew's Orthopaedic Hospital. Tay Lian Teck Rom. Thursday: Queen Street Boys' Club; Friday: Chong Boon Chinese School, off Braddell Road; and Saturday: The59 words
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Article170 1947-09-16 5 LOOKING THINGS OVER REPUBLIC Pictures of Hollywood hare sent a representative to Singapore to "look things over" m this part of the world. He is Mr. Charles Newbery. who arrived m Singapore yesterday alternoon by plane from Cairo. He is on his way to Australia and New York. Mr. Newbery170 words
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Article159 1947-09-16 5 j The pubiic address vans oi Singapore's Public Relations DepartJ ment will again be engaged m work m injunction with registration :of voters for the coming elections besides acquainting the people ■with current ailairs m the lollowing areas this week: j Today: Java Road. PaU-mbani? Road.159 words
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Miscellaneous113 1947-09-16 6 JANE Exclusive to the Singapore Free Press m Malaya Xwrt Mnf^snL^!l Sth^M /THAT'S FINE^VoH DOnV BE siSM^OH DON'T B£ SO^^Nr^TfcATfc JUST IT,*ERIC/-^J rcftoT-iV—. oAcr^ *c f IONE I UT WISH XUNREASONABLE^IKUNREASONABLE, DARLING!- 1 DADDYS TAKING ME THERE 1 Sa^^..^\S:« «2f L-r^ OU WE 5. E^ r I OARUNGf— SHE'S JUST113 words
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Article766 1947-09-16 7 pathfinder And Democrat Best t^ am prc-vs Racing Correspondent IPOH, Today. s>; :1 jn drizzle right through yesterday afterFKt i he going, which was very good when the >n beii morning work-outs, has become *> l ur rain is on th e way. going766 words
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Article205 1947-09-16 7 PROGRAMME OF EVENTS p ratchI ig for I i. "> Furs I 13 «.J6 8.05 •gS 5 6.04 ;-v 6 8.04 I ii 04 LIOM fm% s I 3.00 BUCKW IJJ 4 B IW I 8.07 ..> b 8.05 DAGOBB J 4 8 03; > 4 a m fcrv- 'uvxs205 words
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Article90 1947-09-16 7 '> 'ft r: San v--' f Bo L '"ii I DC t rdi competition will be held on Saturday and Sunday Sept. 27 and Sept 28. The Women's September Medal,' competition will be held over the 2nd nine holes on Thursday afternoon Sept. 25. Competitors90 words
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Article36 1947-09-16 7 I X rugby results yesterday were: UHutjby Union: Penzance Newlyn 0, Swansea 17. RUGBY LEAGUE Vorfefete Cup first round second *«t» Halifax 15. York 10; York eUmln■ttd. Oibmr ntnitk: OWham 3*. Satford 0.36 words
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89 1947-09-16 7 PE French international swim. mer, Alex Jany, broke the world 100 metres free style record In a 25-metre pool at Menton, France, last afternoon, covering the distance m 55.8 sec. The previous record was held by Allan Ford, United States, with a time of 55.9Reuter - 89 words
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79 1947-09-16 7 Joe Louis To Defend Title On Dee 5 JOE LOUIS will defend his world heavyweight title against Jersey Jjoe Walcott over 15 rounds at Madison Square Garden on Dec. 5, it was announced m New York yesterday. The non-title fight between the pair scheduled for Nov. 14 has, therefore, beenReuter - 79 words
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Article76 1947-09-16 7 pORT Vale scored the biggest victory I m yesterdays English Football League games, beating Watford sevennil. In the first division Blackpool, playing away, drew one-all with Blackburn Pull result* were: FIRST DIVISION Biactaburn l Blackpool 1 SECOND DIVISION Coventry l w. Bromwich 0 Sheffield W. 2Reuter - 76 words
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Article667 1947-09-16 7 WITH only five minutes to go and no score, it looked a& though R.A.F. Seletar and G.H.Q. FARELF were going to play out a drawn game at Sektar on Sunday. However, a neat pass by Homer and a well-taken opportunity for Fletcher gave Seletar a667 words
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Article, Illustration39 1947-09-16 7 Tommy Walker (Chelsea), Leuty (Derby) and Townsend (Derby goalkeeper) rush forward m a line to reach the ball, which Leuty gained, m the game which Chelsea won one—nil at Stamford Bridge on Aug. 30.39 words
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Article652 1947-09-16 7 Seaforths Gain Good Victory Free Press Staff Reporter. Seaforth Highlanders 4; R.E 2. THE Seaforth Highlanders, on c of the sides expected to go I far m the Singapore Amateur Football Association. Cup competition, gave glimpses of their strength when they eliminated the Royal Engineers by four goals to two652 words
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Article21 1947-09-16 7 R.A.F. Seleter meet R.A.P. Base Hq. In a S.A.F.A. cup first round gamp l&L JaJaa Besar Stadium today.21 words
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Article247 1947-09-16 7 |\ENIS Compton, during the course of a great innings of v 246 for Middlesex against the Rest at the Oval yesterday, added yet another stroke to his already wide repertoire. Running down the pitch to Goddard, Compton slipped and fell. While on the groundReuter - 247 words
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Article295 1947-09-16 7 Free Press Staff Reporter ELECTION of a captain, vice- captain and convenor of the Singapore Malaya Cup Veterans Football Club will take place at a general meeting which will be held next Monday evening, probably at the S.R.C. This decision was taken at a295 words
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Article56 1947-09-16 7 THE Supply Reserve Depot R.A.S.C. scored two victories m recent soccer matches On Sunday at Aver Rajah Road, they beat 7 11 Army Troops. R.E. three-one, Morrison <2> and Lord scoring for them. The previous Wednesday S.R.D. beat GHQ 2nd Echelon FARELF j two-nil on the Polo56 words
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Article230 1947-09-16 7 NANCY Riach. 20-year-old British Olympic swimming hope, who died m her sleep early last morning m Monte Carlo, was a victim of sleeping sickness, the French press agency reported last night. Earlier had been stated that she was stricken with infantile paralysis. There was noReuter; A.P. - 230 words
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109 1947-09-16 7 A friendly badminton match between the City Bank Club Praser Neave Sports Club will be played at Trafalgar Street on Sunday at 9SO a.m. The fo!lo\*nng will recrement the City Bank Club. One Thian Siew. Chan Tian Hock. Dickie Boey. Alex Wee. Tan109 words
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Miscellaneous257 1947-09-16 7 Free Press Crossword No. 191 I p~~| p~~| pf"i [F~ 15| 1 I Ir ie7| ST CLUES ACROSS 1. Largest State m India (9). 6, Nest of bird of prey (5). 7, Prickly seed case of some plants (4). 9, Famous French cathedral city and champagne centre (6). 11, Luxuriant257 words
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Article, Illustration27 1947-09-16 8 The "Fighting Cocks" inn is a sixteenth century timbered structure built on the site of a postern gate of the old Abbey wall at St. Albans.27 words
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350 1947-09-16 8 SINGAPORE ELECTIONS 'Local-born don't want to boycott' AFTER denying pressure on Government servants to register as voters for the forthcoming Singapore elections, Mr. John Layeock, says, m a statement to the Press. "I find there is not the slightest wish or intention on the part of the Straits-born of any350 words
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223 1947-09-16 8 LONDON, Tuesday. AN tl^e eve of the opeotog of the United Nations General Assembly at Lake Success, the Se-cretary-General of tlie Arab League, Abdul Rahman Azzam Pasha, yesterday warned thai the Arabs would combat the recommendations of the sub-committee on Palestine wrth allReuter; A.P. - 223 words
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Article42 1947-09-16 8 It was announced yesterday m Zurich (Switzerland) that meat rationing will be lifted immediately and meatless days will be abolished. The rationing was mainly caused by a drought, which necessitated mats slaughtering as not enough fodder was available. U.P.U.P. - 42 words
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Article143 1947-09-16 8 •^rtriAv LOND< S! r Monday. JfODAY, tbe seventh anniversary A <* *J* greatest day of the "Battle of Britain", 13ft of the fastest and most modern Royal Air Forte war planes hurtled through warm blue skies over L <»<*on to commemoration of the great deliverance from theReuter - 143 words
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Article200 1947-09-16 8 BIRMINGHAM, Monday. AS a result of discussions between Commonwealth delegations at Geneva, "there is no question of any one of us agreeing to reductions m margins of preference m our own tariffs enjoyed by other Commonwealth countries without the agreement of the country enjoying that margin,"Reuter; U.P. - 200 words
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425 1947-09-16 8 Clash on eve of Assembly NEW YORK, Monday. RUSSIA invoked the Big Power veto twice tonight to x block United States' efforts to shift the Balkan problem to the 55-member United Nations General Assembly, but the way for Assembly action was cleared by anotherA.P.; U.P. - 425 words
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Article, Illustration67 1947-09-16 8 Locally-enlisted men took part m the Battle of Britain anniversary parade at Changi airfield yesterday. This picture shows the locally -enlisted contingent of the R.A.F. Police at the march past. The salute was taken by the Air C.-in-C. Far East. Air Marshal Sir George Pirie. Parades were held at allRafpro - 67 words
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97 1947-09-16 8 GOVT, RUBBER WORKERS TO DISCUSS WAGES Free Press Staff Correspondent KUALA LUMPUR, Monday. AS a preliminary to setting up n a Wages Council to settle present wage problems m the Malayan rubber industry, discussion will take place m Kuala Lumpur tomorrow between the Commissioner of labour for the Malayan Union97 words
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Article99 1947-09-16 8 MEN of the Grimethorpe colliery m Yorkshire returned to work yesterday ending the fiveweek strike which cost Britain 600,000 tons of coal. The men were confident that they would soon reach their production target without the extra coal face clearance demanded by the Coal Board99 words
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Article202 1947-09-16 8 Free Press SUIT Correspondent A DENIAL that the Malayan Union Police had experienced difficulty m obtaining banishment orders m respect of "alien members of secret societies and armed gangs" was made today by the Commissioner of Police, Mr. H. B. Langworthy. Mr. Langworthy's statement was made202 words
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Article93 1947-09-16 8 Free Press Staff Reporter MORE than 500 members of the Singapore Union of Postal and Telecoms Workers have expressed "dissatisfaction" at Government's attitude towards their application for s.n increased cost-of-livi»g allowance. The union petitioned the Government last June for allowances equal to those being paid to93 words
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Article57 1947-09-16 8 Britain's largest flying boat, the four-engined Short Shetland, was launched at Rochester yesterday. Built by Short Brothers Ltd. the aircraft can carry 70 passengers and a crew of 11, has a maximum speed of 267 m.p.h. and a wingspan of 150 feet. It has two decks, aReuter - 57 words
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Article535 1947-09-16 8 BUSINESS IS RESTRICTED London Stack Exchaaj, TT was very quiet today on the Stock £xchan»rtM 1 ness restricted by the prospect of an autumn BuZIB the threat of a further coal stoppage, sav 5 R €U te2M correspondent. The main movement uas m B where those issues connected with theReuter - 535 words
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Article35 1947-09-16 8 THE l rice of maffl :t higtl on the C:,r4:.* Trade yesu rdaj M&» S 2.ft per bushel 2.re^* i s all-time prevfcus )n mast therfMf"" nc hoe price {«■<«■ nard trend U.P.U.P. - 35 words
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Article194 1947-09-16 8 CAIRO, Monday. FE Egyptian Cabinet is understood to have prepared a strong note protesting to Britain against the proclamation, issued yesterday, by Mr. James Robertson, acting Governor General, committing the Sudan Government to "firm action" against threats which may arise from the inability ofReuter - 194 words
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Article37 1947-09-16 8 S'PORE ROUND PRICES TOWN X S Pt( IA! Ma*.*! A ent fives the pn* p Jtlla.m today *<*"! Bo«ec I No 1 R^f I Tow »"l market «J»"; No 1 M*.y. IH i Tone ot B* 1 137 words
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Miscellaneous73 1947-09-16 8 WE A THER i Fair WEATHER report for the next 21 hours compiled by the R.A.F.: Fair but rather cloudy. Wind southerly, light. Moonrise: 8.24 a.m.. moonset 7 56 p.m. Temperatures: Max. 89.9 deg., mm. 7G &eg. Rainfall: A trace. Relative humidity percentages! Yesterday 7 30 a.m. 83; 1.30 p.m.73 words
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