The Singapore Free Press, 23 September 1947
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Title Section17 1947-09-23 1 The Singapore Free Press LARGEST AFTERNOON SALE IN MALAYA SINGAPORE, TUESDAY, SEPTEMBER 23, 1947 PRICE 10 CENTS17 words
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Article491 1947-09-23 1 ARAB STATES READY FOR WAR Joint notes to Britain. U.S. BAGHDAD, Monday. that the Arab World will fight for the full independence of Palestine was given today m notes sent to British and American Embassies m lhe Middle East by the Governments represented m the Arab League. The Arab state,Reuter - 491 words
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Article, Illustration13 1947-09-23 1 CBVC I noi art. n ago vn; :n an I -Chine. ren- A.P.A.P. - 13 words
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34 1947-09-23 1 IttDIGTON .V WOTuown without I 2400 i away m 15 minutes c. axu; plane's a itoma- 'ton, Ox down s :hed the the by a only The 1 ReuterReuter - 34 words
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Article250 1947-09-23 1 TmmtmsiArmm LONDON, Monday. DKESSURE of population upon resources m the Far SSV?5 S V? 4 f x r eme that starvation for millions is a possibility that cannot be ignored, the Institute of 1 acific Relations declared tonight at the conclusion of a 14-day studyReuter - 250 words
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170 1947-09-23 1 RIOT AFTER EXPLOSIVES FOUND IN JAIL Free Press Staff Reporter PRISON officials will deny this afternoon reports ot an attempted jail break from Outram Road prison on Friday. But the official statement will, it is under- I stood, admit rioting inside the jail. I and the death of one prisoner170 words
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Article15 1947-09-23 1 The Burmese Government has announced the suspension of imports from United States15 words
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Article266 1947-09-23 1 'THE Government of Pakistan is "ready and willing" to submit the issue of responsibility for racial rioting m the East Punjab and elsewhere m India to an inquiry by an impartial body, it was stated officially here today. It is unofficially estimated that 300,000 Hindus,Reuter; U.P.; A.P. - 266 words
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Article, Illustration43 1947-09-23 1 ADVISER ON AID TO EUROPE picture. MR. WILLIAM CLAYTON, U.S. Under-Secretary of State for Economic Affairs, whose suggestions were responsible for the re-writing of the Paris Conference recommendations for U.S. aid to Europe. Report on final session of conference. Page eight. Planet NewsPlanet News - 43 words
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Article197 1947-09-23 1 Free I*re_s St**!' Reporter THE Singapore Government has accepted the principal recommendation of the Laycock Report for a twothirds directly elected majority on the new Municipal Commission, the Free Press understands. The Colonial Secretary, Mr. H. P. Bryson, said this morning that a statement would m197 words
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Article35 1947-09-23 1 Free Press Staff Reporter A Chinese was held up at the junction of Haig Road and Dunman Road at 8.45 last night by a lone gunman, and robbed of $24 and his bicycle.35 words
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Article104 1947-09-23 1 TO enable Singapore Press representatives to report their impressions from the air of whether the people are making any great effort to reduce their lighting, the RAF. will take a Press party on a flight over the town at 6.30 p.m. today. The excessive104 words
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Article38 1947-09-23 1 The atomic energy research establishment -t Harwell, Berkshire, hopes to have to an atomic pile, m a year or two, which will produce enough to meet all the requirement^ of medical research m Britain- ReuterReuter - 38 words
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Article37 1947-09-23 1 Railroad authorities at Besancon (France) reported two persons killed and 15 seriously injured yesterday, when one coach of a special train carrying pilgrims from Alsace to Lourdes. overturned m a ravine outside Besancon. U.P.U.P. - 37 words
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299 1947-09-23 1 CARBIDE JUNK BLOWS UP IN S 'PORE RIVER Free Press Staff Reporter A BIG explosion at dawn, followed by a fire which sent flames shooting 300 feet into the sky, today awoke thousands m the city area, when a Chineseowned junk laden with a cargo of calcium carbide blew up299 words
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Article70 1947-09-23 1 ALEXANDRIA, Monday. THOUSANDS of demonstrators stoned the British Consu-late-General, the Union Club and the Marconi building m Alexandria this afternoon, smashing practically every window, and shouting anti-British slogans. Police reinforcements charged with batons several times before the crowd dispersed. The demonstrators later reformed and stoned theReuter - 70 words
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Article57 1947-09-23 1 The Representative of the Government of India m Malaya. Mr. J. A. Thivy, mi n an official .statement, says that he has been informed by his Government t n -t ttu Pakistan Government has cabled London asking for a stay of execution of the five soldiers sentenced57 words
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FEATURES
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Article, Illustration1214 1947-09-23 2 JUNE JOHNS - THE YOUNGEST 'HOT GOSPELLER' JUNE JOHNS By I THE audience might have belonged to any cinema. They were of all anres, mostly workers still m their working clothes. There were no smiles, just hopeful patience. On to the Town Hall ■taga walked a little girl with Shirley Temple curls and1,214 words
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Article266 1947-09-23 2 THE mast up-to-date U~ht- Ships m the world "luxury" lightships m fiu-t— will soon b<- flashing a welcome to shipping around the seachannels of Britain. m a Dartmouth shipyard a plan Unroll b new series of lightships I Ing put into operation a> pan of a reconstruction rami266 words
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Article, Illustration313 1947-09-23 2 South baa a_noi m n|___r*g bid. Hi ha.s a ci table stopper m the unbid suit, diam nds. Hence, on the Urfaoe, bli tt D trump bid seems Justified. By. is it? Actually, South doe-- IMM have the kind of fit with ei'her of North's suits which313 words
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Article303 1947-09-23 2 REBIRTH OF 'FLEA' RACER JHE 1947 national air races m America marked a turn m sport flying's greatest competitive show the peak for conned-up surplus fighting machines stripped for speed and the re-birth of the personally designed and built "Flea" racer. The two types Were we I mixed m theA.P. - 303 words
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Miscellaneous874 1947-09-23 2 SINGAPORE I AUSTRALIA iiffiimS? I**1 m Blue Network 4 oo P m to 11.15 a.m. vi \o it. 74] S EJV C ff 00—2 00 p m 185 metres m the m«- K acy« li-n; 4CO p.m. to I »15 p.m. VI.RB 13.89 metres l\ «.0 RADIO St AC bruadeastin?874 words
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Miscellaneous100 1947-09-23 2 Radio Talks For Schools TUESDAY: 11.00— 11.15 a.m. —Lit: Std. i\: 'RumpelMMtskin' 11.20 1J.40 a.m.— Musi. Stus. 3 and upwards: -Ternary Form' (Contd). 11.45— 12.00 (noon) Current Affairs; Stds. 8 9. WEDNESDAY: 11.20— H. 4') a. ro.— World History Stds. 1 •Sahidin.the Great Mohammed. an Leader, recoinjuc is .Irr.sa. leas,100 words
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Miscellaneous84 1947-09-23 2 YOUR LUCKY STAI Fortune f pie born I BOHN today, on tiro fir** the in^min- Libra, the iharaitflßW' that sign aul bwoB Lngly paramoont. During the dan of. ""J the outgoing sig* I *L > inflseoce m ~J ing degree Vri*»-J „i beauty. WJJ talent m the PN[_*L quiring taste84 words
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Article465 1947-09-23 3 political showdoivn looms m Italy 9 II tin I sovereign stale, a-.ter tne ratification fTi* V O,U r treaty by the Bis Five, faces the ,f lhf h r rM> ltitv to niamtain orderly self-govern-W*L democratic processes. The events of the ffnt 5 tmvtn months,A.P. - 465 words
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Article67 1947-09-23 3 AMBASSADOR TO MOSCOW INDICTED MUZZAFAR FIRUZ. r *i_n Anibas*.. Mos- "iTd-missed P<*t _jc* fMHi Wilcted by the J eecutor m Teheran on ed tc embeszleJS^poiioe officials stated m Prince's Etihat he had left tor r i air aon vr_s tho Ken capital over t cteshoultt i freemen! up a Mm-PersiaiReuter - 67 words
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52 1947-09-23 3 ACTRESS CUTS HER PORTRAIT TO RIBBONS I 66 Caro. J d m had de.a. I portrar ti by li I because liated her bead and face I s nude body. i the thtbatclM i nd j Im paintlni m an 1 frame I best Mcd f-VpMai won a gold medal52 words
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Article17 1947-09-23 3 loudly m IjaAirei ba- .bility M-Jto? Eva Duart. I ire under men- ward.- ReuterReuter - 17 words
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Article78 1947-09-23 3 I the House oi Representative* On. 1 l mertean Activities Committee said yesterday that many promiAlm stars, including Charlie Chaplin and Samuel Goldwyn, will be summoned to hearings In Octo<»n alleged communist inroads'* m the movie industry. diaries J. Parnell Thomas said, m publishing the namesU.P. - 78 words
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176 1947-09-23 3 ELECTIONS FOR BISHOPRIC OF COLOMBO Fj'OUR priesti from abroad j have been named for the bishopric of Colombo, which fell vacant on the resignation of the Rt. Rev C D Horsley, who is now Bishop ol Gibraltar. They are Canon Henry Wolfe Baines, Proctor to Convocation, Diocese of Coventry; theReuter - 176 words
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Article90 1947-09-23 3 >TOKRASHV Pasha, Egyptian I Premier, said m Cairo last night, "our first duty is to reinforce the Egyptian Army so as to be ready against any attack on Egypt We have spoken too much. Our duty now is to act for the defence of theReuter - 90 words
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Article41 1947-09-23 3 Car and truck production m the United States and Canada last week was estimated by Ward's automobile reports at 100,088 units compared with 80,972 m a comparable period m 1946 and 60,615 m corresponding week of 1941.- A.P.A.P. - 41 words
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Article92 1947-09-23 3 PITCAIRN ISLAND, the mid-Pacific refuge of the mutineers from Captain Bligh's ship Bounty, will have a mild population boom shortly by two prospective residents. Floyd McCoy, deseendent of one of the original mutineers, is returning to the tropical island from New Zealand to live after eitfhtU.P. - 92 words
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Article293 1947-09-23 3 CITY COUNCIL ELECTIONS PEIPING, Monday. rpHE people of Peiping went to the polls on Sunday to x choose the first Municipal Council to be elected since the city was founded over 3000 years ago. Registered voters of both sexes, from 20 years up, cast aA.P. - 293 words
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Article70 1947-09-23 3 riHNKSE sources m Nanking. V confirming th A imminent return to China of the Soviet Ambassador. >lr. A. A. Petrov. said the Chines** Embassy m Moscow had already issued his passport for entry into China. The Central Daily News, quoted "authoritative sources" as saying thatA.P. - 70 words
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Article110 1947-09-23 3 IRA LEADER FASTS IN J AIL DAVID FLEMING. 27. who survived a 78-day last last year, md then received an unconditional release from Belfast Prison, was arrested on Saturday iit?ht as he stepped from a plane from Dublin, and on Sunday aight was again refusing lood Ul the Belfast CentralU.P. - 110 words
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Article77 1947-09-23 3 •J A Ukrainian guerrilla leader, who brought his band of 39 I across the Austrian border into the American zone, of Germany said m an interview on Tuesday that Communist political police agents m Poland were telling the people to prepare for a Russian war againstA.P. - 77 words
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Article, Illustration31 1947-09-23 3 Against the background of the famed Rialto Bridge, gondolas are seen floating down the Grand Canal of Venice dwing the annual regatta and carnival held this month.31 words
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Article68 1947-09-23 3 IjiIVE-YEAR-OLD Diana Mary Beckett nibbled on a raw carrot as she walked with her parents, Mr. and Mrs. William Beckett, m a park near Brettenham. m a London suburb, on Sunday. Suddenly she gasped, then choked with a piece m her throat. Her parents triedA.P. - 68 words
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Article17 1947-09-23 3 Richard West, aged six, of Wealdstone. Middlesex, has been four.d 200 miles away m Liverpool.17 words
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Article142 1947-09-23 3 fTHREE babies who faced permanent invalidism and a probable early death are recovering normal health m Guys Hospital, London. They are former "blue babies," sufferers from a heart defect which causes the victim to collapse on making the slightest physical effort. They have been operated on142 words
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Article29 1947-09-23 3 Shanghai police rounded up nearly 200 beggars m a three-day drive ending yesterday. They said many of them were found to be ablebodied men and women.29 words
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Article374 1947-09-23 3 TRADE BOOM AHEAD FOR A USTRALIA AUSTRALIA, on present indications, faces an un- precedented level of export income, m the current y^„r. writes the financial editor of ihe Sydney MorninHerald. The export total may be £125 to £150 million greater than last year's record amount of £309 million. Effects ofReuter; A.A.P. - 374 words
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Article, Illustration207 1947-09-23 3 'I'VE COME TO FIND OUT,' SAYS MAE MAE West invited goggle-eyed" British reporters to "come up and see me sometime" when sht ran the first gauntlet of them on her arrival at Southampton at two o'clock on Wednesday morning. Just to keep everything above board Mac asked them all toA.P. - 207 words
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Miscellaneous63 1947-09-23 3 TARjZAN Getaway By Edgar Rice Burroughs REASSURgD AT KULU_S V {ftr\f^\ I4jo^ "—-AND HURRIES TOWARP THg_^| 1 V a fp/T[ IU __L__,v \fmW, //Jy\ BIG LOUIE, BACK AT THE wfUmWJT <^&%&?* i UNKNOWN To THE B 3 SWNDLER, A W\ ______kVV 'hW^'SALM-.'k i SCENE 0F THE SHOOTING, FiN^S _fiR_JL/^ TRAMP63 words
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LEADER.
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705 1947-09-23 4 The Singapore Free Press TUESDAY, SEPTEMBER 23, 1947. New Role for the G.-G. THE Foreign Office's decision to close the office of the Special Commissioner m South East Asia, and to transfer his responsibilities to the GovernorGeneral, apparently represents a return to the original scheme for British post-war administration m705 words
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Article1185 1947-09-23 4 DON IDDON'S DIARY CINCE Mr. Bevin went prospecting for American gold the only nugget dug up so far is a large, jagged piece of derision. It seems to Americans that the Foreign Secretary triped up over his own shovel m trying to follow a rainbow trail nonexistent to other eyes.1,185 words
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Article338 1947-09-23 4 HIMMLER'S 'SHAKY' STOMACH DEINBICH Himmler, perpetrator of the world's ghastliest mass murders, had a shaky stomach and a sensitive nose. He could n't stand repugnant things. This picture of the third Reich's policeman-tor-turer, a suicide after his capture, is given by Captain Werner Roepert, radio engineer of Himmler's personal planeA.P. - 338 words
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Article19 1947-09-23 4 j Thy word is a lamp unto my] feet, and a light unto my pathj Psalm 119. 105.19 words
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Article, Illustration21 1947-09-23 4 attended a con/eren% L Mr fV w u el acts by zlie wets when he mutant Qi W bUU oJ Jlc #*&>**21 words
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Article727 1947-09-23 4 Margaret Richards - FRANCO 'S SPANISH JUSTICE. Margaret Richards By I WENT to Spain last month, as a delegate from a number of student and youth orga nisations, to investigate a case of nine young Spaniards held m gaol for 15 months without trial for alleged antiFranco activities. In the course of my727 words
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Article223 1947-09-23 4 Britons To Stay At Home THE British Government's ban on pleasure travel outside the Sterling area after October 1, means the holiday is over for lions of Britons v 10 shun overcrowded vacation resorts m Britain to take their fun m the Swiss Alps, Fiance, Italy and elsewhere on theA.P. - 223 words
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Article245 1947-09-23 5 FOOD INSPECTORATE TO CUT STAFF 'Ow look-out for economy t ree Press Staff Reporter gTEPS to re-organise the Singapore Food Control Inspectorate, which are now under consideration, are likely to result m a substantial reduction of the Inspectorate staff. Mr. A. D. Butler Madden, Deputy Price Controller, said that the245 words
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Article27 1947-09-23 5 'Pirate' factories can pines pac niR .uioI m turning makeness for pornt to nners c of local the i which J s to f are re m27 words
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Article22 1947-09-23 5 m md and ant una md R I ED 1 r. r tatci born be enu- midbe Mr. ibu-22 words
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Article85 1947-09-23 5 In the Singapore Third Police Court y.'st*>rday. Kwah Kon«r 1 <-i wag sentenced to nine weeks' rigorous imprisonment for dishonestly retaining 20 empty corrugated steel oil drums, the property of Admiralty, on Aug. 28. Mr. A. C. Till, detective inspector attached to the Naval85 words
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139 1947-09-23 5 Free Press StafT Reporter Fgive more attention to the welfare of families of SingapoTe Municipal labourers, the Municipality will engage, for th,. first time, a woman assistant welfare officer. A Welfare Department was recently created m the Muni--1 ripality and a Welfare Officer r.r.d139 words
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Article, Illustration54 1947-09-23 5 picture. Here are two pictures of the new prefab houses built by the Singapore Improvement Trust off Kan Kcat Road. The first 32 of these houses will be occupied today. Upper picture shows the entrance to one of the houses (taken from one of the rooms) and the other shojesFree Press - 54 words
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Article144 1947-09-23 5 DOLE FOR RUBBER WORKERS Free Prws i. iii so Correspondent RUBBER workers In Singapore c launched a mutual-aid tn< under which 1,000 of i, recently thrown Those m employment are con- j tribul the ra te of 10 cents per and five ce:t_ orer, per day to j a fund144 words
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Article, Illustration19 1947-09-23 5 picture. TUNGKU PETERA of Singapore, watching one of ?iis sons register as a voter for the forthcomina elections.- P.R.P.R. - 19 words
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Article57 1947-09-23 5 SMOKED IN COURT, GIRL DETAINED Mr. F B. Oehlers. th e Singapore Third Police Court Magistyesterday ordered a Chinese girl to be detained at the court for some time. The girl was smoking m court. She said that she felt like vomit.md that was why she smokid. She said she57 words
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Article312 1947-09-23 5 their wOfk as possible m order Ito reduce transport difficulties to a minimum. On completion of their two years' service with the colours. the Pioneers will be returned to Ceylon for demobilization. npHE third draft of Ceylonese of the Royal Pioneer Corps is coming on board312 words
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126 1947-09-23 5 Free Press Staff Reporter DRASTIC petrol rationing will be enforced m Singapore next month. The Registrar of Vehicles, Mr. W. A. If. Watts, who is m charge of rationing, told the Free Press yesterday that only basic rations for three months will be issued126 words
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Article289 1947-09-23 5 ROYAL Dutch Shell officials expect their U.S. $115,000,000 Pladjoe oil installation to refine more than 1.080.000 barrels m October, exceeding normal pre-war production. The rehabilitation of Pladjoe, one of the most important refining plants m th* Far East has gone on speedily, they say. On Aug.A.P. - 289 words
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Article314 1947-09-23 5 Services quitting two schools iTee Tress Stall Reporter rWO Singapore schools are to be de requisitioned by the A Army by the end of this year, and this will enable lhe Department of Education to go ahead with its plans to relieve the present congestion m schools. The buildings belong314 words
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Article67 1947-09-23 5 Pawn tickets found on a Javanese whom the Police have arrested on a housebreaking charge have led to the recovery of a wristlet watch and a fountain pen. Singapore police today asks owners of an Enicar watch, No. *****. and a black "Parker" vacumatic67 words
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Article312 1947-09-23 6 Catastrophe of declining Ruhr coal LONDON, Monday. IHJROVB is moving inexorably toward another grim winder vv *h the key to her recovery still hidden m the smoky hollows of the Ruhr. Before the war the Ruhr gave Europe 23 per cent, of her coal. TheA.P. - 312 words
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107 1947-09-23 6 AS Australia is the only country m the world completely free of smallpox, regulations governing vaccination of arrivals m the Commonwealth are strictly policed This was stated by the senior Commonwealth Medical Officer. Dr. C. R. Wiburd, m answer to complaints by air travellers.Reuter - 107 words
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Article143 1947-09-23 6 |>ATIENTS ul a prosperous Detroit dentist. Dr. Jules Gold- smith, used to forget their toothache to roar with laughter at his Jokes and mimicry. "You are so funny, you ought to be on the movies," they told him. Forty-two-year-old Goldsmith heard thi_ so often143 words
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Article83 1947-09-23 6 SIR Roy Dobson. Managing Director of A. V. Roe Ltd.. Manchester. says that the 8.0.A.C. denied issuing a statement that the Tudor I had been rejected as a passenger aircraft. Sir Roy said: "A. V. Roe Ltd. are informed by Mr. Whitney Straight. Managing Director ofReuter - 83 words
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Article44 1947-09-23 6 FO UR CANDIDATES Four candidates Labour. Connative, Liberal and Indepennt were nominated m the ,VYs* Islington. London. byoleetion caused by the elevation to peerage of Labour Member Frederick Montague. At the 1945 election, the Labour majority was 7,406. Polling day i_ ScpI tember 25.44 words
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Article152 1947-09-23 6 THE bri« i but crowded life of U Aung San. the late Premier of Burma who with six other members of the cabinet was assassinated m Rangoon, will be filmed. Burmese film producers and playwrights recently decided to pool their talents and resourceReuter - 152 words
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Article44 1947-09-23 6 Queen Elizabeth did not attend servico m Crathic church, Decglde, on Sunday because of a slight cold which is keeping her ind»K)rs. The King motored from Balmoral Castle to church accompanied by the two Princesses and trie Princess Royal.- ReuterReuter - 44 words
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Article38 1947-09-23 6 The Canadian Government is reported to be considering devaluing its dollar by 10 or 15 per cent as one of several possible solutions to the sharply increasing adverse balance of trade with the United States.- A.P.A.P. - 38 words
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Article97 1947-09-23 6 THE Calcutta High Court ii.i.s given permission to Klkins Howard of Savannah (Georgia) to appeal from sentence oi one year s inprisonnu'iit, on a charge of firing an air pistol to intimidate his neighbours in a dispute over a tennis court. Howard, who is freeU.P. - 97 words
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Article68 1947-09-23 6 Mahatma Gandhi, writing m his weekly paper Harijan. has uiged Government action to "bami_h the English language as a cultural usurper as we successtully banished the political rule of the Bngllsh usurper." Unless they took care. English would likely usurp the place of Hindustani. Gandhi concluded:68 words
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Article, Illustration106 1947-09-23 6 The Miner Conies To Town The National Coal Board is staging an exhibition at the Marble Arch, London, called "The Miner Comes To Town", to provide city dwellers with an idea of the difficulties and dangers of coal-mining. Mr. George Gordon, of Lancashire, (above} is seen showing a visitor the106 words
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Article419 1947-09-23 6 ___*_!____i REPorr JAPANESE school children buy T^' Moi 1 Emperor Hirohito as much as they" 1 ba^ai I teachers cannot give them th* t Uan t Km I Mac Arthur says m hi.s latest r'^ a <>**> 1 tion of Japan. "Spontaneous ll n th419 words
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112 1947-09-23 6 SEOUL (Kok,, K°_^_^ ta Cy 1V Lays hsve mad^ JJ* to break U p' which a e Russian, with w2L f r y United State? --int at least for tCSfi 1 TI -lily-placed Ameripin. ■tive K,r4' C Sj youths have t support ofA.P. - 112 words
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103 1947-09-23 6 A.P. u/;vi s N Mdad :rom hou> and share equally husband! m the proper unmarried eh out making a will. I c insider the ago.' said the Attorney Gaa Mr. Martin. Parliami Oiven the right to reUii* »m nouseke:pmja«» some women will cutA.P. - 103 words
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Article86 1947-09-23 6 EARLY this year a wealthy Canadian visitor. Harry F McLean, spent a few weeks il I guest farm at Somerset VY about 30 miles from Capetown. When he left he told the manager and his wife how much hfl appreciated their wav they had welcomed him. LastA.P. - 86 words
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Article35 1947-09-23 6 John Deferrari. who once peddled penny fruit outside t!k Boston, Massachusetts, public library, is giving the library £250,000 because he learned to read, books there at nights alter the fruit was sold.35 words
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Miscellaneous115 1947-09-23 6 JANE Exclusive to the Singapore Free Press m Malaya _r m B i i x <TITS A SPLENDID IDE/A^Z^ ANONYMOUS "\1 p^ YES— SHE HAD "M I/tHATS GEORGIEsVVmJ-THERE's > FOR You To COMBINE T*~ SCOUNDREI WILL GIVE AN INNOCENT CLIENT/— I HOPE PLENTY OF THE JOB OF MANNEQUIN THE CAMP115 words
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Article454 1947-09-23 7 SAIGON INVITES SAFA TO SEND SIDE Dates b or Games v S 'hai Fixed Free Press Staff Reporter rjMIE Singapore Amateur Football Association have received A an invitation from the Saigon Football Club to play mr games m Saigon m May next year. This was announced v Mr. L. C.454 words
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Article57 1947-09-23 7 ENTRIES are Invited fox the S.A.B.A. Novices tournam .t to be held at the Hapoy World St idium from Oct. 13 V Oct. 17. toutnamei t is open *.o i :vilians only and entries are to .ent to Mr. B. L. Dansford s cretary, s.a.b.a. c/ ITe57 words
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Article21 1947-09-23 7 THE S.C.C. will hid a hock-y practice on the padang tcm <n All Interested are invited to I ul21 words
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Article, Illustration168 1947-09-23 7 JOHN Then. Singapore Chinese footballer who captained J Malaya Cup final of 193G and played hr Singapore in i up games from 1931 to 1937, was elected capum U the e Malaya (up Veterans' Football Cluh far the ensuing ir at a special general meeting168 words
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Article170 1947-09-23 7 low scoring game of cricket on] I Beturday at Bi. Gftorgrt'e Road. ,i 2nd XI defeated RAF. Hq by 31 runs. tint first. Clian^i scored 53 -runs no being the highest scorer IT nld only reply witti 22 runs, five wick' ts for170 words
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Article30 1947-09-23 7 THE Siii. r MeM Club will held practice rupger match on the :r era_Jn*t. Players **U! lion Who participated m Saturday* en n we mere and the R30 words
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Article127 1947-09-23 7 SCOTS PLAN BIG WINTER SPORTS Aft_BIT_OUB plans to f oi ter '/'me BOW that fortigr be n barm d are being madi by the BeottUb Tomist Boa^d m cr» pen tion wttb the Centre Council o Physical Etecreatioa and the s»Ski Club, rtpo: ts Ru 'iter from Elm buv*>h. OverReuter - 127 words
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Article20 1947-09-23 7 II.X. Rneby Union results yesterday Coventry 8. Nuneaton Falmouth 0. N( »«<*> C Fl rv h XV 4.20 words
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Article21 1947-09-23 7 S .R.C. ATHLETICS Tin: heats In the Singapi re Recreation ciub athletic meeting will be ru-i •he padar.'T iWs even i21 words
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255 1947-09-23 7 Democratic Youth League New S TTA Junior Champions |\t_E Ne w I ....i„ _*ou b Lea u■,wi h .7 v. In i he Sin ible >-. s iunioi ml ■iu^ ment for 1947 w] .".as conclud d the Gnat Wor.u Saturday. The rj c nigh School and the Da* So«a4on255 words
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Article276 1947-09-23 7 U.K. football fixtures tOt I we arc: TIICKM) \Y THIRD DIVISION (SOUTHERN) ns p.R. v Exete* Citf SATURDAY FIRST DIVISION Astofl V. Hoddrrsfield i -i w. v Middlesbrough I.umley v Arsenal 1 verton v Liverpool Grimsby v Blackpool Manchester C. v Blackburn mouth v Charlton >n N.E.276 words
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Article, Illustration55 1947-09-23 7 Marcel TUlet. the m Angel," if generally considered the wot heavyweight champion for\ "calcu-as-catch-can" i, rest- ling, gets a grip on liis opjh,neat Antonio Fusero durii Ir vi etch m Milan earlier thit month. The "Any iron. Fits* rOt an Italian, is considered at the European55 words
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317 1947-09-23 7 M'sex 'Twins' Stole All The Glory Invu or tne most prominent names In English sport Denis Compton and Bill Edrich—outshone the result of the last cricket match of the season When County cl m pions Middlesex beat the Rest nine wickets at the Oval last ll Compton and Bill Edrich317 words
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128 1947-09-23 7 DU8SIAN chess teams pained six it 'I cries and drew two game: t the Britten team nt Hoidori: London, yesterday, giving Russia to-three lead in the second found. Six games wore adjourned in the first round and two in the second round. W. A.U.P. - 128 words
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Article40 1947-09-23 7 THE first round S.A.F.A. Cup match between the SRC. and GHQ Signal Regimoiit, which was to hay« bern played at Jalrm Be^ar Stadium yesterday, was postponed as tho ground was unfit for play owing to the rain.40 words
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Article26 1947-09-23 7 THE following arc U.K. Football League results yesterday: THIRD DIVISION (Southern) Bristol 2 Swansea 2 THIRD DIVISION (Northern) Rotherham 1 Accrington 0 Reuter.26 words
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Article18 1947-09-23 7 I HMS Sim* ang m a SAF.A. Cup J ue at Jalan Be^ar Stadium today.18 words
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Article330 1947-09-23 7 Baltazar Asks For Apology By Our Boxing; Reporter piLIPINO boxer Baby Baltazar, who was technically knocked out by Som Pong, Singapore welterweight champion, m the first round at the Happy World Stadium on Sunday, has submitted a letter through a well-known Singapore lawyer to the Boxing Board of Control asking330 words
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Article275 1947-09-23 7 First Callover For Autumn Double THE opening callover on the Autumn double, the Cesarewitch and Cambridgeshire, took place at the Victoria Club London, last night. The Cesarewitch will be run at Newmarket over two miles and a quarter on Oct. 15 and the Cambridgeshire over one mile and one furlongReuter - 275 words
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Article117 1947-09-23 7 IN a friendly badminton match St. Peer's Brigade beat the Evergreen Badminton Party learn by six games to one. Results (Brigade mentioned first Single*.; Tan Kk,ug Kiam beat Amoroso Fernandez 15-8; 15-4: Gui Chong Wee beat Dominic Hendroft 15-7: 15-5; O. S. Manlsm lost to117 words
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Article75 1947-09-23 7 THE Old Raflßi lans' Assn. badminton section will hold its first practice on Wednesday. Sept. 24. at 6 p.m. m the school-hall. All Old RafflesUns, especially the t illowing are invited to attend: Poh Kirn Yam. Goto Thi.in Chye. Oan Hock Huat. Howe Soo Beng. Kun Bt n>a.75 words
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80 1947-09-23 7 THE Royal Naval Police will play th«it first hockey match of the Dei .son when they meet The Singapore Colts Hoc ;cy Club at Naval Base on Sauirriay at 5.15 p.m. The following will represent The Royal Naval Police:— Hill; Sham^her Singh and80 words
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Advertisement61 1947-09-23 7 Overseas Airlines (Siam) ltd OMMBNCED SCHEDULE AND UlXun/ RTER SERVICES AS UNDER AKOXA AND SKYMASTER SERVICES SPORE BANGKOK k^OSCK^ H 'V*^-- LOS ANGELES ONTARIO CAL *„lv~_. (VIA GUAM A WAKE ISL. ■"•iH FOR BANGKOK "*>*t,o, drWisday 23rd 'lon R kon*» Shanghai Hon-rkonff Manila S Aneel D, *PPL_ ROUST EAt AND61 words
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Miscellaneous310 1947-09-23 7 xre* Press Crossword No. 1 T ~l F~FTH Fl PI I I I rrrr~ 13-' L L ,4 h b _f f-ir 20 Ms- pr 24 1 rl H H llm''' I II I CLUES ACROSS 1 and 9 Down. Cockney boots w'uo became personal servant to M* Pickwick (3.310 words
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Article, Illustration55 1947-09-23 8 St. fteott Quadruplets -now eleven years old made one of rare public appearances at a Scout Jamboree at Biggleswade (Bedford) recently. Michael. Ernest and Paul Miles are Scouts, While titter Ann is a Girl Guide. On the left m this picture is 13V .:r-old Gordon, who fcccpf an eve on55 words
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Article358 1947-09-23 8 It's up to US now, says Bevin TrAKifc, Monday. HE European Economic Conference tonight unanimously adopted its report, described by the Conference chi.rman, Mr. Ernest Bevin, as -'the beginning of a great co-operative effort." I The summary to the report warned America "if nothing is done, a catastrophe will develop358 words
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105 1947-09-23 8 'PHL' uniformed stall of the J, Postal and Telecommunications Departments m the Malayan Union and Singapore have threatened a Malaya-wide strike within the next fortnight if the two Governments do not meet their demands. The statT is asking for high cost of living allowance ~»f105 words
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Article53 1947-09-23 8 A Beet of 200 Army lorries manned by 300 troops, including some Bri e ack ot Guards and RASC. took over the running of the whole of Smithfield Market London's main meat distributing centre, to supply meat to shops following an extension of the -mithfield drivers'Reuter - 53 words
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Article240 1947-09-23 8 rree tress Staff Reporter *fHE Hongkong and Shanghai Bank m Singapore _____S^ $2 h 5000 to the «nr-pore Anti-T»teX S is I^TuU-cXsif -p^fi At a gala variety show and nance m aid of the Association's funds, held at the Victoria Memorial Hall last nicht.240 words
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Article133 1947-09-23 8 COLOMBO, Monday. pETLON turned far more to the extreme Left than was originally anticipated m the general elections under the new constitution of "near dominion status/ which ended today with the election of five more members to the House of Representatives. Extreme Left-wing groups likeReuter - 133 words
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806 1947-09-23 8 Assem bly cheers British delegate _-j_TV *L*U_V__, lUOllUrtjr. BRITAIN'S Minister of State, Mr. Hector McNeil, last of the Big Four to address the United Nations General Assembly and to whom many smaller nations look for a lead, made clear today that Britain disagreeReuter; A.P.; U.P. - 806 words
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Article, Illustration35 1947-09-23 8 The British War Minister, Mr f S Lieut Col. H A. Bateson. Commi, lion of the South Lancashire ft, I British Army posts in the Morgan L Jf, 1^ ffSl Ti i e n I35 words
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Article249 1947-09-23 8 LICENCE FOR ROYAL WEDDING LONDON, Monday. THE Royal special licence for the wedding of Princess Elizabeth and Lieut. Mountbatten was issued today. Made of vellum and measuring 26± by 22 inches, the document is an example of the splendours which would have been Princess Elizabeth's, if the nation she will249 words
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136 1947-09-23 8 POSTAL VOTING FOR OVERSEAS CHINESE NANKING. Monday. OVERSEAS Chinese who are prevented from direct participation m China's national election by the law of foreign countries m which they are residing will vote by mail, a spokesman of the general elections office said today Earlier, election officials had planned to holdReuter - 136 words
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Article38 1947-09-23 8 The first troopship to reach Britain from India since the transfer of power, the 20,000-ton Otranto docked at Southampton yesterday with 4.000 troops of the first battalion of the Wiltshire Regiment and their families. ReuterReuter - 38 words
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Article496 1947-09-23 8 London Stock E_,_ the London Stock Exchani *k operwith price movements of a rilli^ r U^ hout way, says Reuter's financial rni>*___?__ ,lature vk attributed to the warn g b t^Th^ Th^ Exchequer, Mr. Hugh I)_lton 1 haneell^lJ bility of further gold sale »n h mg thf InternationalReuter - 496 words
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Article57 1947-09-23 8 NEW YORK, Monday. HK. Osualdo Arahna of Brazil y President of the United Nations General Assembly, said today that he had rejected a request by the Russian delegate, Mr. Andrei Vishinsky. to be permitted to speak again m the general debate. Dr. Aranha told reporters there willA.P. - 57 words
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Article88 1947-09-23 8 Free Press Staff Correspondent JOHORE BAHRU, Monday. Lieut.-Col. Mohamed bin Abdul Jabar, former Offlcer-in-Charge of the Local Forces Records Office appeared m the Police Court today at a preliminary inquiry into allegations of criminal breach of trust involving $18,534. The magistrate, Che Ali. heard evidence88 words
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Article101 1947-09-23 8 MM, A PORK COMMERCE TPf Singapore (hi_H*' CoaUMTCC Rubber tion> prices at noon r f** Bmrrs Cts 0 prr It I* 1 No 1 B.S S Si^M loo*e i nominal) MS No 1 X *> I tot, m beta Oct ,J No I 1.8.1 A* m101 words
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260 1947-09-23 8 Free Press Stall Correspondent. KUALA LUMPUR. Monday. MALAYA'S 28-man team for the International Labour Office conference will fly to New Delhi .his week-end if charter negotiations for a plane are successful m the next two days. The team will consist of a labour delegate260 words
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Miscellaneous42 1947-09-23 8 WEA THER Bright periods WEATIIEK report for the next 2 hoars compiled by the B.A.F Some bright periods with oe rational &Tnowers daring daylirgh hours Wind light south -easterly Moonrtsc 1.19 pm moonsei 1 M am Temperatures: Max. 87 deg mm :< dr-.42 words
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Miscellaneous14 1947-09-23 8 SPOKE HIGH TIDE? Hijh: 4 41am: 3 42pm. Low: 9 22a. m; 11.01 pro14 words
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