The Singapore Free Press, 19 September 1947
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Title Section18 1947-09-19 1 The Singapore Free Press LARGEST AFTERNOON SALE IN MALAYA 14*- SINGAPORE, FRIDAY, SEPTEMBER 19, 1947 PRICE 10 CENTS18 words
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Article, Illustration812 1947-09-19 1 UNO FEARS SOVIET MAY WALK OUT showdown with U. S. looms NEW YORK, Thursday. WITH the forthright rejection by Russia, m the United Nations General Assembly, of the United States' proposal for a veto-free 55-nation security committee of the General Assembly, delegates are today seriously discussing the possibility of RussiaReuter; A.P. - 812 words
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Article, Illustration48 1947-09-19 1 picture. MR. GEORGE ISAACS, Minister of Labour and National Service, photographed when he addressed the recent meeting of the Trades Union Congress at Southport. He urged the T.V.C. to use their influence to increase production and help Britain to overcome the economic crisis. Planet NewsPlanet News - 48 words
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Article56 1947-09-19 1 NANKING. Thursday. BRITISH airlines will operate services to Canton, Shanghai and Tientsin, while Chinese planes will fly to Malaya, Borneo, Hong Kong, and England. Lord Nathan, British Minister of Civil Aviation, is now m Nanking to work out details of these services, made possible by theReuter - 56 words
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Article295 1947-09-19 1 LONDON, Thursday. THE Labour Minister, Mr. George Isaacs, tonight ordered a "limited" direction of labour into vital export industries, and warned that he would not hesitate "m the nations need" to use the wartime powers he still possesses for the full conscription of manpower. Mr. Isaacs295 words
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Article48 1947-09-19 1 Free Press Staff Reporter ANE thousand completed regisv tration forms were handed to the Supervisor of Elections, Mr. G. Hawkins, by the president of the Malabar Muslim Jumaat, Mr. C. i H. Abu. at a meeting yesterday of representatives of six Muslim 1 Malabar associations.48 words
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116 1947-09-19 1 EVERE' SOVIET EMAND FOR ERSIAM OIL )BAH I v IA I M Dd S -.X.:- DU I I HHMh I SVtf 1 ie oka Put tax t; fchfiog ta —on jtaa a start In Pi 11 m pet i i] lean 3 MM v.c. presented the i i-bassad^r Mr «l-v116 words
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Article234 1947-09-19 1 LONDON, Thursday. MUTISfI Commonwealth and Colonial financial experts today decided to recommend to -their respective governments the creation of a modified form of Empire customs union. Their decision coincided with an official American explanation that the famous clause nine of the loan agreement doesn't mean whatReuter; U.P. - 234 words
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188 1947-09-19 1 SHOPS IGNORE PLEA TO SAVE ELECTRICITY Free Press Staff Reporter FROM observations made by the Municipal Electricity Department and the checking of loads, it is clear that consumers m residential areas are making a real effort to respond to the department's appeal to conserve electricity. Municipal Electrical Engineer. Mr. C.188 words
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198 1947-09-19 1 NEW YORK, Thursday. rpHE United States was chosen today to serve with Australia and Belgium on a three-power United Nations Commission to assist m negotiating settlement of the Dutch-Indo-nesian conflict. The Commission is authorised to oner its I "good offices" to the Dutch andReuter; A.P.; U.P. - 198 words
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Article46 1947-09-19 1 Free Press Staff Reporter Two Chinese, one armed with a pistol held up a Chinese m a back lane at the junction of Hall Street and Coleman Street at 8 o'clock last night, and robbed him of a $120 wristwatch and $3.50 m cash.46 words
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347 1947-09-19 1 NEW DELHI, Thursday. pANDHI today repeated his warning that war between Pakistan and the Union of India "is inevitable unless both of them frankly confess their guilt for grave communal atrocities." Gandhi was speaking to a tended his evening prayer n spiritual ministrations were347 words
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Article61 1947-09-19 1 Free Press Staff Reporter lINE thousand Japanese surrendered personnel left Singapore this morning aboard the Talma. •Die target figure for Japanese to be returned this month from South-East Asia is 11,000 and it is understood that the authorities are ahead of schedule. Later this month a61 words
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Article30 1947-09-19 1 Informed sources m Nanking said ex-premier T V. Soong will be formally confirmed as Governor of Kwangtuncr at next Tuesday's regular Executive Yuan meeting. A.P.A.P. - 30 words
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Advertisement89 1947-09-19 1 f .p^r^ Vitamins 7 Kei^ Babys Feed /%^TT A I%e value of teby's feed is KW^ This ibythe addition of 'Vimaltol 1 j&L' N po r 3 food provides imflft i pementary nutrients which yLi V un rc bust health and to protect fIV' I**1 L i™"" 1 Moreover. .'VimaltoU89 words
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Advertisement138 1947-09-19 1 TV** •y, x^^"^sm<''- -t .1 V "x??: v ■> jdWw^' ma m m DENIS COMT»TO>i WW H I\J W%. famous English batsman. smok<-s .i '< MCKS Martin's Non-throat the Sports m a n 1 M k fr\ W \T g~\ Cigarette that is 11 A 1/ I I V made138 words
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Article601 1947-09-19 2 THE NAGGING CURSE By A Special Correspondent J WOULDN'T describe as "nagging" the sordid scenes from married life flashed on this page last week m the article about divorce called 'Holy Deadlock." They were instances of sadism, abnormal temper, violence, mental instability. The nagging bug attacks ordinary people of normal601 words
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Article, Illustration18 1947-09-19 2 This striking: Carven creation has a perfectly-fitting black Jersey corsage with a full skirt decorated with multi-coloured flowers.18 words
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Article168 1947-09-19 2 IN eight-year-old boy who n learned through a letter from home that he had a baby sister was so anxious to see the new arrival that he ran away from a school at Wolsingham and hitch-hiked 40 miles across County Durham to Sunderland, crept into his home after dark,168 words
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Article333 1947-09-19 2 ALTHOUGH the slam is by n)o means cold, ther,? is a w rth-while point m the bidding. Sou'h's jump to five clubs ever three diamonds was a good bid. It was the logical result of looking a step ahead m the bidding. Suppjse South were to bid333 words
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Article, Illustration190 1947-09-19 2 DRESS DO'S DONT'S HEADLINE career woman of the week, youthful Miss Hazel Hammond, new general manager of Jay's London fashion store, believes that dress and grooming make or mar a business girl's chances. Employers, she. notes, often size up applicants for jobs on tiheir looks alone. As a fashion expert190 words
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Article71 1947-09-19 2 COTTON household textiles, pram rugs, and some utility knitted cloths are dearer m Britain now and there is to be a 'small increase" m the price of utility roll ons. A cotton sheet will cost 455. Id. Instead of 375. 2d., and a roller towel 3s. BV2d. instead71 words
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Article174 1947-09-19 2 FASHION'S first champion stepped ashore from the Canard White Star liner Queen Elizabeth for an "affair of honour" with the woman of America. Christian Dior had arrived m New York from Paris to defend this autumn's long hemlines, which he originated, against the '"rebel Amazons" who refuse to174 words
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Article20 1947-09-19 2 A wedding gift of period furniture from the people of Lancashire is to be made to Princess ilizabeth.20 words
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Article, Illustration667 1947-09-19 2 JACQUELINE SOUV' RE - The Length Of Skirt JACQUELINE SOUV'RE By CKIRT-length is the most discubsi i feature of the new fall Paris fashion: New York and Paris want skirts to be longer, and hide a good part of the leg, but everywhere women have already protested against this trend, pretending it is silly667 words
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Miscellaneous320 1947-09-19 2 BfalllllßMMlFllM^ ft irniijL n! mnrl f «nL II t JL.TX* J|| SINGAPORE Blue Network 12 00— 2 00 p.m. 185 metres In the medium wave band 7.22 megacycles per second m the 41 metre band. 6.00—11.00 D.m. 185 metres m the medium wave band 4.826 megacycles per second m the320 words
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Miscellaneous255 1947-09-19 2 megacycles: 10.00 p.m. to 11.30 p.m. VLB 4 25.40 metres 11.81 megacycles. FRIDAY 4 p.m. Light Music— The Mayfair j Orchestra; 4.30 Australian News; 4.40 Celebrity Violinist— Yehudi Menu}hin: 4 45 "Meet the Maestro" Radio I Australia's Dance Band Show compered by John Morgan: 4.50 "New Zealand Sports Letter": 5255 words
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Miscellaneous381 1947-09-19 2 with boys- of the outback; 6 p.m. Talk Current Topics; 6.05 Artists Parade Nicholas Robins, Geoff Brooks: 6.10 Sonata Recital Yehudi Yelta Menuhin; 6.30 Austra'ian News; 6.45 A Date with the Stars 7.15 Rhythm on Record— With Am- brose and Geraldo; 7.30 Victor Sil--5 i vester and his Ballroom Orchestra;381 words
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Miscellaneous98 1947-09-19 2 YOUR LUCKY STA Fortune toreafi people ton Irf BOKN t da? you luff dous tnerpy and a lor work Your fslies tion should be reaiiK.! •lake th^ best j**Mh all >!»ur talents. You are not 9* uork for other? 1* should go into N* \nurs<lf at theeiii*! moment. Y"U have98 words
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Article227 1947-09-19 3 Woman chief of 'black' racket B ton Richmaiui. American expatriate alleged to have \wsed one of Germany's biggest Mack market rings, turned part of her house over to American officers fihSr frauleins for long weekend parties, UJS. Army linal investigation agents revealed m Frankfurt. "Tu*; m nu said ihal alreadyA.P. - 227 words
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Article150 1947-09-19 3 rE city flag was hoisted over the Norman Keep of ancient Cardiff Castle on Tuesday when the Marquis of Bute handed over the castle to the public. The cattle gates were opened to the firing of m^*™m after the Marquis, having met a procession of150 words
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Article495 1947-09-19 3 NEW DANGER SPOT IN EUROPE East and West at bay m Trieste rrtRIESTE is a "crucial area of conflict" between commaA nism and democracy, declared an American Congressman, Richard Nixon, calling on United States troops to "stand by their guns" to save the remaining countries of Europe from the advancingReuter; U.P. - 495 words
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Article, Illustration65 1947-09-19 3 Violence m Palestine has increased since the publication of the report of the UNO Sub-com-mittee on Palestine, which proposes partition. The Arabs have declared that they will resist to the last rather than grant the Jews an independent state m Palestine. This picture shows fire alleged to have been started65 words
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Article150 1947-09-19 3 THE spring cleaning of the House of Parliament is always delayed until the summer, when members are away on holiday, and the process is cow m full swing. Tapestries are being dusted, oil paintings restored, even some of the massive carved doors are being replaced. The Commons150 words
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Article106 1947-09-19 3 ELNA ANDERSEN. 30-year-old brunette sports teacher from Denmark, was pulled out of the water against her will after swimming all but 2ft miles of the English Channel. She landed at Dover m tears. But an hou r later she sat up m her bath and said: "T106 words
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Article53 1947-09-19 3 AFTER studying 1.000 children. Dr. E. N. Widdowson: of Cambridge, says he found there was always one child m each age group who ate twice as much as another. The average, he says m a report published by the Stationery Office, should never be used to assess53 words
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Article94 1947-09-19 3 THE French cutter Cormorant, fearfd lost after setting out on a fishing trip with 16 people including six women aboard on Wednesday morning was found by a lifeboat six miles off Jersey r h all passengers safe. A widespread search was made today after two sailors94 words
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Article54 1947-09-19 3 liHE Portuguese Embassy confirmed on Wednesday that Kx-King Carol and his wife had n quested and received visas to enter Portugal. A source close to Carol said the oo opu pl e plan to live m Portugal for several months, later going to some otherA.P. - 54 words
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Article68 1947-09-19 3 SHE KEPT THE ASPIDISTRA FLYING /VNE of the great 40-sea*er air liners zoomed down on L-on-ron Alt pun from New York. A Pa^-Am/wv^yi OnrtfttHlfittflf four engines, 8,000 bocse-power crew of six. Twenty airport oflVteh Customs, Imrnlff >t ffi H r v police— gathered on tbe arrival pOaif onn to deal68 words
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Article104 1947-09-19 3 pOR more than a century, var- ious British Regiments have been Riming the return of battle trophies which were deposited at the Chelsea Royal Hospital by King William IV m 1835. The hospital commissioners have always refused the claims, but dow they have been upheld byReuter - 104 words
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Article91 1947-09-19 3 rE Board of Trade, m a reply to the Aberdare (Glamorgan) Urban Council, who protested against granting extra coupons to Princess Elizabeth for her wedding, stated "we, have not been able to make an extra allowance of clothing o^upons for brides-to-be. This ruie has been rigidly91 words
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Article25 1947-09-19 3 Highfield Peel, at Craven (Yorks> once a fortress ajid now a battle-dented manor house, was sold tor F, 20,000 at an auction.25 words
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152 1947-09-19 3 THE Karens, a racial minority irom Central Burma, will live areas lorming a "separate unit within the Union of Burma" when the independence is gained, but there will be no Karenishtam separate state^ Saw Sam Po Thki, Karen leader and Burmese Education Minister, saidReuter - 152 words
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Article100 1947-09-19 3 NEARLY 250 gallons of Scotch whisky, worth about £4,000, are lying m a Fort William, Inverness-shire, warehouse, waiting for somebody to come along and claim them. Real whisky, too some of it has been maturing since 1904. Now the owners of the warehouse. Associated100 words
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Article288 1947-09-19 3 rpHREE weeks have passed since Lieut. -Gen. Albert C. A Wedemeyer, President Truman's "fact-finder," issued his statement on China and reaction still alternates between shoots of defiance and hand wringing, reports United Press from Nanking. Gen. Wedemeyer was doe back m Washington yesterday. The ChineseU.P. - 288 words
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Article, Illustration56 1947-09-19 3 The Henry 111 tower m Windsor Castle park (marked here with x) has been suggested as a possible home for Princess Elizabeth and Lieut, Mountbatten after their marriage m November. The home originally set aside for the royal couple Sunninghill Park was gutted by fire a few weeks ago. Since56 words
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Article91 1947-09-19 3 PRESIDENT Roxas announced m Davao on Tuesday that th c National and other fibr c corporations will act as sole administrator m all lands confiscated from the Japanese m Mindanao, once known as "Little Tokio" or "Davaokuo." He said the actual occupants and deserving guerrillas willAP - 91 words
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Article31 1947-09-19 3 A burglar who robs while his victims listen to the wireless broke into the home of Sir Algernon* Guinness at Cookham, near Maidenhead, and took jewellery worth £2,000. Reuter.Reuter - 31 words
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Article59 1947-09-19 3 The trial of David Weitzmarj, M.P. for Stoke Newington, his three brothers and two other men. was fixed at the Old Bailey to start on Monday. They had beer, committed from Bow Street, on charges of conspiring with other persons to contravene the control and limitationReuter - 59 words
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Article95 1947-09-19 3 toURING a "Battle of Britain* v air display at Bournemouth (Hants) on Wednesday a Canadian pilot stuntin* at the request of spectators on the sea front was killed when he, dived his Spitfire straight into the sea. He was executing "victory roll*' for a boy whoReuter - 95 words
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Article72 1947-09-19 3 TWO Philippines Foreign Office officials are now m Tofcio to inspect the thermal electric plants and shipyards which are expected to be allocated as interim reparations on Oct. 10. the Foreign Affairs Department disclosed m Manila. Venancio Lim will see the power plants m Japan's industrialA.P. - 72 words
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Article67 1947-09-19 3 ANEW method of making rain by spraying a preparation of calcium chloride on suitable clouds is to be tried by the Australian Council for Scientific Research. Successful experiments have already been carried out m Australia with dry ice, but it is believed that the new preparation will beReuter - 67 words
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Advertisement35 1947-09-19 3 FRESH SHWMENT C/tIRPEXS INDIAN. PERSIAN. ORIENTAL CARPETS a rugs, KASHMIR FELT RUGS. STAIRCASE RUNNERS IN BEIGE GREEN GIFT PARCELS TO U.K. PACKING POSTAGE FREE S. QURESHI CO. 67, THE ARCADE, SINGAPORE TEL. 6453 3RD FLOOR.35 words
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Miscellaneous79 1947-09-19 3 TARZAN Escape -B^ E^^r 22^ Burroughs Ciisj \i i v i/iTU A I ACT r/>l\/l II I t( »-t--J .^JI I fW*l ICY I MJI^UL-Cl^ I L-T I IH HBHEvB HRm^yjl k *t>jmlLt nf 1 1 M A LA>l LWi»u^' T c i /ff\jC <SS*tw L^ AT TUP WATER'S EDGE79 words
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The Singapore Free Press FRIDAY, SEPTEMBER 19, 1947.
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Article763 1947-09-19 4 A healthy spirit of controversy has entered the young political life of the Colony during the past week or two. Hitherto, the only clear political voices have been those of the Left group of parties, the Malayan Democratic Union, its associates m the Malay Putera763 words
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Article1219 1947-09-19 4 AN AMERICAN'S VIEW OF INDONESIA Lawrence Grlswold of Quincy, Mass, Archaeologist and Historian, has just visited the battle fronts m the Netherlands East Indies. He had credentials from both the Dutch and the Indonesians, and spent some time with each of the warring forces. THE fighting not- withstanding, it was1,219 words
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Article1151 1947-09-19 4 PEOPLE IN S'PORE MAKE NEWS MAINTAINING- its pre-war reputation, the South China Football team, playing at the Jalan Besar Stadium is drawing record crowds to all its matches. On their first visit here since the liberation the team is captained by Mr. LEE WAI TONG. Born in China. Mr. Lee1,151 words
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Article, Illustration651 1947-09-19 4 YOU cannot expect Congress to k-ad agitations against little pimpies." In thus contemptuously disposing of Portuguese India, Premier Jawaharlai Nehru made clear his hope that once he had got rid of the British, the other foreigners would likewise fade out. But recently India's face was still disfigured651 words
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Article53 1947-09-19 4 by Scorpio IrpHE b;g tr^ J Map out the *g£ The Middle Eas.^f Are Tommies w»^o Th. troops Grea.c-- 4 S-a:- rh British Toe* Ing W design rMtf j T!K war Depa^ f S PJ rTi v Ni'V. „,c.-' H. cani b< span F-.r UK r i The Tommies53 words
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Advertisement18 1947-09-19 4 TANKARDS IN STERLING SILVER OR FINEST ENGLISH ELECTROPLATE ON NICKEL SILVER. P. H. HENDRY, 78 North Bridge Ad.18 words
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Article, Illustration263 1947-09-19 5 ■INVESTIGATIONS are pre |j jeeding on the short-tern L^of various Far Eas ■tciatries. including Malayar fees, Singapore, North Bor fee, nmwi. Sarawak. Burma felon. Indo-Chma and ttl€ Hj, concerning food, seed^, pruisers. textiles, raw matefci, jidQstrial, agricultural tin? arid transport equip-tt-r.:. ad coal and other fuel.263 words
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Article49 1947-09-19 5 DOCTO RS FOR NI kiTS hi l v --us HUM frnm l w Pbfc.%3 I? 65 ir r <>' ta V^'S f Red Cross EIS r: Kad »arteis f^^" Across told new 1 U r frOm Egypt J X Egyptian R& C rea4, to send Red t K-2 to i49 words
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Article448 1947-09-19 5 Free Press Staff Reporter. VUITH a daily average catch of 27 to 28 tons within the past fortnight, fishermen are landing more fish m Singapore than they have done for some months. Increased catches hav c been made possible by an arrangement between the Food448 words
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Article, Illustration51 1947-09-19 5 pictures. FrtSF**! re now betn 9 helped t0 become better drivS?#!& i JjJ f^?' PQ i l u e mohxle Patrols who are on duty m all parts Insp J. Matthew O.C. Mobile Squad, Yahadi bin Hassan, N.C.O. c Osman bin Abdul Wahab, Harun bin Busu. Front row (from FreeFree Press - 51 words
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Article87 1947-09-19 5 IN the last few years, Australia has built up an export trade m potatoes to Java, Singapore, Fiji, New Caledonia and other Pacific Islands. Present exports are about 20,000 tons a year. The potatoes are packed into woodon crates measuring 27 inches by 17 inches by 1787 words
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Article227 1947-09-19 5 for the rebuilding of the "death railway" m Siam, says Reuter. Ths four-masted barque Passat is loading railway sleepers at Bunbury, West Australia, for Port Swettenham, Malaya. Thousands of Bth Australian Division lost their lives m building the Burma-Siara railway when prisoners of war of the Japanese227 words
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Article365 1947-09-19 5 PAY TEACHERS MORE, S AYS UNESCO *ree Tress Staff Reporter RESOLUTIONS for improving 1 the status and salaries of teachers all over the world and for ensuring world peace through education were adopted on a motion by the Singapore Director of Education, Mr. J. B. Neilson at the UNESCO Regional365 words
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Article29 1947-09-19 5 LONDON, (By Airmail).— Mr. E. W. P. Pulcher, former Electrical Engineer, Singapore Municipality, died at his home at Wimbledon earlier this year. He left estate worth £20,013.29 words
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Article328 1947-09-19 5 CENTENCE of death was passed on Irwin Oliver Jones by Mr. Justice Bostock Hill at the Singapore Assizes yesterday afternoon after a special jury, which had deliberated for o"e hour and five minutes, had unanimously found him guilty of the murde* of a 22-year-old Eurasian328 words
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Article275 1947-09-19 5 SIGN UP, CHURCH TELLS VOTERS Free Press Staff Reporter IN, appeal to all Christians who ar* entitled to do so to place their names on the electoral roll m Singapore as soon as possible has been issued jointly by the Bishop of Singapore, the Rt. Rev. J. L Wilson; the275 words
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63 1947-09-19 5 TICKETS for public lotteries or advertisements, announcements and receipts m respect of payment for chances m public lotteries, sweepstakes or other gambling transactions are being received m mails arriving m Malaya. The transmission through the post of such articles is prohibited by law. and at all63 words
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Article48 1947-09-19 5 MR. Archibald McLellan of Mansfield Co., Ltd., was sworn-in as a member of the Singapore Advisory Council yesterday morning. Welcoming Mr. McLellan, the Officer Administering the Government, Mr. P.A.B. McKerron, said that Mr. McLellan's experience and knowledge would be of great value to the Council.48 words
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Article91 1947-09-19 5 Twenty-five-year-old Jenny Lim was last night crowned Queen of the Great World Cabaret for 1947. She received a crown of 14 carat gold, valued at $700, a diamond ring, valued at $500, and a cheque for $2,000. Miss Vera Lim, 29, was second and received a91 words
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Article56 1947-09-19 5 Seven Chinese men and three women who erected coffee stalls without a licence m various parts of Singapore town were on Wednesday fined a total of $270 m the Fourth Police Court yesterday by the Magistrate, Mr. R. J. C. Wait Three men who sol* ice cream without56 words
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Article24 1947-09-19 5 On Sept. 17, the Central Registration Office at the G.P.0., Singapore broke all its previous records by registering 469 m one day24 words
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Article207 1947-09-19 5 Free Press Chinese Correspondent UORE than 300 Chinese refugees 111 from Indragiri, Sumatra, hay arrived at Singapore. More are expected to arrive shortly. Panic-stricken refugees from the Sumatran port describe conditions there as chaotic. They said the Chinese inhabitants began evacuation on Aug. 29 when a207 words
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Article, Illustration38 1947-09-19 5 picture. MR. J. B. NEILSON. Director of Education, Singapore, who teas one o/ the Colony's delegates to the recent UNESCO regional conference held at Nanking. While there, he met Generalissimo and Madame Chiang Kaishek. Fre e Pres sFree Press - 38 words
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460 1947-09-19 6 'BRITAIN ALONE CANNOT FACE RUSSIA' U.K. scientist's plea for world atomic control PROFESSOR N. F. Mott, one of Britain's most brilliant atomic scientists, asserts that Britain could never hope to defeat Russia by herself m an atomic war, and declared that his scientific colleagues and the British public will soonU.P. - 460 words
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Article, Illustration134 1947-09-19 6 TTNABLE to get passages on crowded homeward bound boats, scores of holidaymakers are finding themselves stranded i« Ireland without money and shelter. In Dublin and Kingstown, they are spending their nights on the railway stations and m bus shelters. Many who went for two-week holidays have been134 words
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Article, Illustration67 1947-09-19 6 Mr. Will Clayton. U.S. Undersecretary for Economic Affairs, is pictured at the conference table m Paris, where he has been discussing revision of Europe's reply to the Marshall plan with the delegations of IB European nations. At the conclusion of the conference, Mr. Clayton expressed himself as "very satisfied" with67 words
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Article53 1947-09-19 6 WHEN the curtain rose for the performance of Rossini's "The Barber of Seville" at the Opera Comique m Paris one of the counterweights dropped and punctured a water pipe. A fountain of water gushed out. Soaked actors, musicians and members of the audience fled. The53 words
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Article86 1947-09-19 6 TOE Chinese morning paper Shan Pao, In a dispatch from Hone Kong, claimed yes. terday that French authorities m Indochina have captured and beheaded Ho Chi Minh, the .Vietnamese leader. The dispatch did not mention when and where he was cap. tared and executed bat claimedU.P. - 86 words
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Article166 1947-09-19 6 THE Rev. Oswald Blumit, the Boston (Mass) director lor Latvian relief, has revealed that 24 men, women and children fleeing from Soviet Russia have begun a tripacross North Atlantic m a sailboat only 30 feet long. The Re?. Blumit said that m the party, which166 words
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Article29 1947-09-19 6 Je«p units and walking units are being organized tor DDT spraying by the Ceyton Ministry of Hear.ih as part of its campaign to exterminate malaria m Ceylon.29 words
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Article37 1947-09-19 6 Three primary school children ware killed instantly and 11 3th-er injured seriously m Japan when a foot suspension bridge near Asahikawa collapsed as 50 students were returning home after inspecting a power station. A. P.A.P. - 37 words
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Article89 1947-09-19 6 THE only factory m En eland attempting to produce mead, the drink of the ancient Saxon Kings, on a commercial basis has been opened at Ciulval, near Penzance, (Cornwall). An unusual feature of the opening ceremony was the old custom of blessing the mead, which89 words
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Article202 1947-09-19 6 k new scheme for increasing the i\ safety of all transport flying over the Undted Kingdom has been \d opted by the Ministry of Civil Aviation In accordance with re-, commendations of the Interna- 1 tional Civil Aviation Organisation. It is hoped to put the202 words
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Article81 1947-09-19 6 mHIRTY members of the Accra 1 (OoW Coast) police band; on a Ytett to London, were robbed to their hotel. One bought a drink and found the flange gone from the countThey sleuthed the area till they traced the suspect— a woman—to a bus stop. When81 words
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Article15 1947-09-19 6 Last year there were 50,160 cremations ir. Britain— the highest number ever recorded.15 words
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Article76 1947-09-19 6 IMMEDIATE expansion of the Philippine Foreign Service; with the establishment of three new legations and six consulates; was announced by Foreign Secretary and Vice-President Elpino Quirino at a press conference on Wednesday. Bight new treaties between the fledgling Republic and other countries are ready forA.P. - 76 words
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Article329 1947-09-19 6 '▼THE Government of India are having it both ways. While on one hand they are invoking the authority of the international tribunal for peace, on the other hand, by seeking to force a solution upon the Union Government by their unilateral actions, they areReuter - 329 words
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207 1947-09-19 6 U.S. EXPORTS NEARLY HALF WHEA T C ROP ljH>R every six bushels of wheat c, m™ Ot T^ States during the first six monthf^ uft four bushels were sent over s( is h L J thl veay,^ U.S. Agriculture Department disclosed reign *£S The largest single amount X 232,400,000 bushelsA.P. - 207 words
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Article46 1947-09-19 6 BABY FALLS SIXTY FEET -AND LIVES raldine andv. claml dthrouST"H I don S.W 3^ rheii lathe- v- B a^ U) .save Vivien L*' trw pavement gsyutm wherf she was found toTS mc *rom a dislocated aT 2SS aimo6t c<n^i killed a man Baby Vivieraie esooec n46 words
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Article104 1947-09-19 6 PIONEER OF CREMATION QN a Weish hiU&ide -jm% paid to Dr. Willajr fts, surgeon who 63 vearsnoftei the body of his fiwswcfci son before a hostile cmti churchgoers end so pma crematloc m Britain. >m to the innetl c^'ereaet 1 1 CremaUoo Societv o' Bntft* Ited t-he scene and UE^tiisReuter - 104 words
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Article56 1947-09-19 6 MAE WEST LIKES THE ATLANTIC MAE V, £::T is (lefcftfc i skin advocate, becaMi gal h 5 her legs *cver«!flf< on (^her Ifiss Wat. en rorte* m the Quev.: Mary to m show "Diamond LI". *«w tei London StaroolWJJ lute!** irOtt Tht calm flai AitfM gained her apprc^-a, we; andA.P. - 56 words
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Article15 1947-09-19 6 Allan-, l:ad c^^ nad n War f*; on fi nr K> A.P.A.P. - 15 words
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Advertisement53 1947-09-19 6 OPENS TO-DAY 2nd INSTALMENT FINAL CHAPTERS OF COLUMBIA'S BATMAN AT THE REX FIVE SHOWS DAILY 11a.m. 2p.m. 4.15, 6.30 9.15 TOMORROW AT MIDNIGHT 9£^KdwQrd T. ROBINSON OPENING TODAY AT THE 11, 1.45. fITUAIf Phone. V3 5 o 645 CATHAY I -i Ri-l* Wit BL*'^ ■■■■■.VV mt MIOMISHT TOMORROW IPAULETTE GODDARD53 words
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Advertisement52 1947-09-19 6 Toudy rovr 7»ows 1.30 4 6.30 9.30 p. m. Qiiidren's Matinees Tomorrow Sunday 10. 30a. m. "THIS IS THE ARMY' I "I a tan 't ask you to come into my life!" fa4i XbtMtj ,ii 7 Ju IS p.m. Arturo de f ardava. m ••FBENCHMAN'S CREEK" (Technicolor) Tomorrow: "OSS." witia52 words
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Advertisement27 1947-09-19 6 1 Air-Conditioned I >h<nt 5^ c a pit at t "TO MICHT Af M/UW^ l/ a iiiiin THE MOST rOWERFUI- MAN P» J| fl MAN ON THE27 words
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Miscellaneous98 1947-09-19 6 lAKI F Exclusive *fo fA^ Singapore Free Press m Malaya PhADNT YOU BETTER 7 NO REASON^ V?M NOT MARRIEoi KeR let's GIVE A I KEEP BtfTH HANDS WHY WE TO LYDIA YET— THIS OLD BOY A V^T 7^PrB3» lON THE WHEEL, SHOULDN'T N AND THERE'S NO LIFT.' HE SEEMS MALTRAVERS:98 words
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Article1021 1947-09-19 7 MARDI GRAS FOR VICTORY CUP RACE Qold Medallist To Win Sprint I Free Press Kacmg iveporier IPOH, Today. ir virton Cup (9 furs.) at Ipoh tomorrow, th« T H rl iv of the Perak Turf Club September meet 5? nut be a M one horse race, after all. It had1,021 words
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Article250 1947-09-19 7 IN an exciting finish, KranjJ W/T Station beat R.A J l Ba.se HQ by seven runs m a same of cricket played at Kranji on Wednesday. Kranji batted first for 102 for eight declared. Wilkins. who made 57, was associated with Parker (14) m a250 words
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Article72 1947-09-19 7 THE following will represent the Singapore Rovers against the Seaforths at soccer at Jalan Besar Stadium on Sunday. Eng Hoe: Abdul Ranman, Chin Lye; Lim Swang, I. Vass, Kwang Leong. Shariil Madon, Haji Garhan, Wee Eng or Yin Kee, Boon Leong, Kee Siang. Reserves: Teow Seng,72 words
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Article432 1947-09-19 7 By Our Boxing Reporter PROFESSIONAL boxing u turns to the Happy World Stadium 1 on Sunday night when a good card, headed by a tenrounder between Filipino welterweight Baby Baltazar and the Singapore champion, Siamese Som Pong, will be presented by promoter N. L.432 words
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Article96 1947-09-19 7 ERNIE RODERICK, British welterweight champion, is to hang up his gloves. Mr. Jack Solomons, the promoter, said this after Roderick this month had beaten two opponents at Hairing ay Gwyn Williams for the title, and Anno Domini. Roderick, now 33, thinks, however, that he is good96 words
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289 1947-09-19 7 From Archie Quick pEORDIES everywhere will be \J pleased to learn that Sunderland show every promise of settling a really good side this season as only befits this club which has enjoyed an unbroken membership of the First Division since 1890. Chief289 words
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Article, Illustration143 1947-09-19 7 The Merry time Badminton Party, which was founded m 1936, began with only seven members. Today the Party can count a membership of more than 50. This year they met with considerable success m their matches, having played 14, won 11 and losing three. This picture shows (front143 words
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Article467 1947-09-19 7 Badminton Notes. ...By Courfcraft UHTH the Singapore Badminton Association's junior cham- pionships drawing to a close, questions that are being freely discussed by many badminton fans are: "How good is the standard of our juniors today? How wide is the gap between junior and senior467 words
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Article25 1947-09-19 7 THE S.C.F.A. Juniors meet the R.A.F. Changi m a second round fixture m the S.A.F.A. Cup competition at Jalan Besar Stadium today.25 words
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Article331 1947-09-19 7 By Our Soccer Reporter rpHE Shanghai Chinese footballers, who are due to arrive x m Singapore on Sept. 29 from Bangkok, will play five games here, while arrangements are being made for them to play five more games on the mainland. After they have completed331 words
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65 1947-09-19 7 rE Sins Tao Sports Club of Hong Kong who finish their English tour with a match against Bar net tomorrow, are scheduled to play two games m Holland before they leave for home on Oct. 2. The Chinese will play the Blauwait ClubA.P. - 65 words
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Article39 1947-09-19 7 nONCASTER Rovers beat Bradu ford three-nil m a second division English Football League game played at Doncas.er yesterday. Other results were: THIRD DIVISION (SOUTH) Queen's P 4 Notts Co 1 Swansea 3 Southend 0. ReuterReuter - 39 words
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Article47 1947-09-19 7 CTAN Hawthorne, contender for the vacant British lightweight title, has signed to fight Arthur van Clare Belgian lightweight at the King's Hall, Belfast on Sept. 27. Bundy Doan, Irish bantamweight cthampion fights Joe Cornelius of Belgium on the same bill. A. P.A.P. - 47 words
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Article160 1947-09-19 7 I^LASHY Sebastian ot Manila, F weighing 147 lb., stopped Pat Byers, 1491 b of Kannapohs, m the sixth round of a scheduled tenrounder before 2,000 fans at Reading, Philadelphia, on Wednesday night. Byers, who floored Sebastian for a no-count m the second round, sufferedU.P. - 160 words
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48 1947-09-19 7 THE body of J^ancy Riach, British swimming champion who died at Monte Carlo while a competitor m the European swimming championships, arrived m London last night m a chartered plane. The body will be taken to Scotland by train for funera A.P.A.P. - 48 words
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Advertisement115 1947-09-19 7 W-n- WRESTLING HAPPY WORLD STADI9M MORROW NIGHT AT 8.45 P. M. A, 1 I *t*A Ej FuhUc Demand fe>j GALLON Jfk M *m»y hampion— White Savage *2il Vj!av -t— Still Unbeaten) W-J I j u «AHAM.«sj mi „.r BW J_J__ lhs "P«h Champion) Ij |j ALI BARBOVR (ff R ERT.115 words
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Miscellaneous259 1947-09-19 7 Free Press Crossword No. 194 CLUES ACROSS 1, Author of "Mrs. Warren's Profession" (4). 3, Dialect of Ancient Greece (5). 7, and 6 Down. Tennis trophy competed for annually (8, 3). 10, Pimply skin eruption (4). 12s Mischievous child (3). 14, N. African seaport; scene of fighting m last war259 words
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Article214 1947-09-19 8 U.K. says can't ban Fascists LONDON, Thursday. THE British Home Secretary, Mr. Chuter Ede, today refused to ban Fascist meetings or to send Sir Oswald Mosley back to gaol, on the grounds that expression of opinion is free m England. The Home Secretary told a deputation from the London TradesReuter - 214 words
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183 1947-09-19 8 'Emergency' after Florida hurricane MIAMI, FLORIDA, Thursday. .•THE worst hurricane m a decade swept over Florida today, leaving behind a toll of two dead and 17 missing, and property 'destruction running into millions pf dollars m the rich report cities of the east coast and m the hundred million dollarA.P.; U.P. - 183 words
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Article35 1947-09-19 8 A Trans-World airliner en route to Arabia from New York landed at Lisbon on Thursday morning with a cargo including one million dollars worth of radium for the Arabian-American Oil Company hospital A.P.A.P. - 35 words
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Article92 1947-09-19 8 COLOMBO, Thursday. EIGHTEEN members of the last Ceylon State Council, Including three former Ministers, have so far been defeated at the polls m Ceylon's first general election under the new constitution. Twenty-one members remain to be elected before Sept. 20, and 92 candidates hav e so92 words
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Article, Illustration97 1947-09-19 8 WEATHER Occasional showers WEATHER report tot the next 24 If boon compiled by the B A.F.: Bright periods, with occasional thundery showers. Wind southerly, light, s^aally m showers Motvnrfce: 18. 48 a.m.; moonset 10 *R n.m. Temperatures: Max 84.9 deff.; mm. 74.1 d«c. Relative humidify percentages: Yesterday 7.30 a.m. 93;97 words
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Article170 1947-09-19 8 SUB'S. STAR SHELLS STOP UPRISING DARWIN, Thursday. Officers of the British submarine Amphion, which arrived here today, said the (British) Solomon Islands m the Pacific were being patrolled by the 1,700-ton British destroyer Contest, and it was believed that the ringleaders of a planned native uprising against British rule hadReuter - 170 words
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Article255 1947-09-19 8 '■'niL vice-presiaent ot the Malayan Peoples Anti-Japanese Army Ex-service Comrades' Association, Phan Ec Lien, appeared m the Third Police Court yesterday on three summons charges alleging breaches of a permit issued by the police for holding a procession during the funeral of the Singapore Commimist leader,255 words
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Article98 1947-09-19 8 TOKIO. Thursday. \N emergency meeting of the Japanese Cabinet was held today to plan aid to the tens of thousands of people made homeless by floods following a typhoon m the Tokio district. Meanwhile, the floods are noaring Tokio's suburbs, and the Allied Occupation Army is98 words
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Article208 1947-09-19 8 AT a meeting held on Wednesday to discuss Singapore's plans for celebrating Princess Elizabeth's wedding the chairman invited the public to contribute as .many suggestions as possible. A committee to consider a wedding gift was formed. The President of the Municipal Commissioners who acted as208 words
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Article, Illustration512 1947-09-19 8 BURMA FREEDOM BY JANUARY Will go out of Commonwealth LONDON, Thursday. BURMA will assume her full sovereign independence outside the British Commonwealth of Nations m January. This was made finally clear by Lord Listowel, Secretary of State for Burma, at a Press conference m London today. To speed the transferReuter - 512 words
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Article556 1947-09-19 8 London Stock Excha.y AN the London Stock Exch^njZlTJ^f' I v moved m favour of holders m MnalVtrad^. l^! dustrials, especially textiles, breuerit* and cellaneous leaders, such as Duniop, I*2?* *l feature of the day, says Reuters QMnSTSLSSi British Government stocks displayed a fi£i! T**M strength during556 words
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Article44 1947-09-19 8 A SPECI M Market i-omjj. at 11. U*J«£%| Ok V pprlb No No ÜB* m 39 t m 1,, r/S^* per Ib No 1 I W* Hi I S No J B ofc m No 1 B.S-S f Ml J44 words
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Advertisement93 1947-09-19 8 2 f™£L HAPPY WORLD 2 s vu t N J^ 21st SEPT 21st SEPT. at 8.45 p.m. STADIUM at 8.45 p.m. N. L. LIM PRESENTS THE If key vv+:ltervveight contt.st ■1^ M^XS W (FiUpino Gold Belt nolder) 9 W%M jiP SOMPONG Jy| IJI (Siamese Welterweifht Champ.) M W^M KW Wk93 words
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