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Title Section18 1947-09-30 1 The Singapore Free Press LARGEST AWERNOON SALE IN MALAYA 1 SINGAPORE, TUESDAY, SEPTEMBER 30, 1941 PRICE 10 CENTS18 words
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Article712 1947-09-30 1 CRIPPS IS ECONOMIC SUPREMO Further Cabinet changes coming LONDON, Monday. CIR Stafford Cripps was given overriding powers tonight to lead Britain through her economic crisis. The appointment of this persistent advocate ot austerity to be Minister of Economic Affairs, a newlycreated Cabinet post, was announced at midnight. The names ofReuter; U.P.; A.P. - 712 words
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Article, Illustration52 1947-09-30 1 Britain's largest flying-boat, the four-engined Short-Saro Shetland, which voi launched recently, is seen on its initial trial flight over South-east England. It has an all-up toeiQht of 130.000 lb., accommodation for 70 passengers and a crew of 11 with a ratwe of 4,650 miles at a cruising speed of 184A.P. - 52 words
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Article, Illustration9 1947-09-30 1 I;.D WILSON, new ihe Board of Trade, Cabinet ars.9 words
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Article139 1947-09-30 1 NEW YORK. Monday. itwl Make today protected at what it called per>bknt and _n»cN Soviet calumnies levelled at the Truman ictnne Greet ;»nd said that America's objective is to imposition of the Communist economic system i drewt. '1 Johnson (United States), speaking atU.P.; Reuter - 139 words
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Article10 1947-09-30 1 AFRICANS RIOT AGAINST CHIEF I" DoUce •nob n at KyadoKyado - 10 words
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Article86 1947-09-30 1 BANGKOK. Monday. MAJOR-Gen. Prayoon Pamonmontrt leader of the former Siamese youth movement patterned after the Hitler organisation, appeared m the Criminal Court t'*jay charged with the embezzelrrwnr. of Chulalongkorn University funds while he was rector there during the war. The prosecutor said he us«*d thousands oXA.P. - 86 words
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177 1947-09-30 1 TRAFFIC BANNED ON RIVER BRIDGES Fret* Press SlafT Reporter rINT operations by the Marine Police and the Singapore Fire Brigade were started this morning to transfer the cargo o| carbide from th 0 wrecked junk m Singapore River .i;d (iurrip it m th c sea off Peak (Kusu) Island. A177 words
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Article44 1947-09-30 1 HOODED GANGSTERS TAKE £200.000 A garitf of hooded men", carrying sub-machine guns and revolvers' forced their way into the swank Lake County Mounds Club m Cleveland, Ohio, held up some 300 patrons; and escaped m stolen cars with loot estimated at U.S. $200,000.- U.P.U.P. - 44 words
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215 1947-09-30 1 LONDON. Monday. PRINCESS Elizabeth has decided against long skirts. Making her first appearance m London today since the lone skirt fashion took hold, she chose a suit just covering the knees. The Princess, ending a sevenweeks stay at Balmoral Castle m Scotland, returned to LondonA.P. - 215 words
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Article35 1947-09-30 1 Quadruplet girls were born on Sunday night to Mrs. Eileen HorruT, wife of Frank Borner, a Lon-rt-m baker, and all were reported 1 1 hriving yesterday. The smallest girl weighs one pound.- A.P.A.P. - 35 words
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Article301 1947-09-30 1 WASHINGTON, Monday. AFTER a two-and-a-half-hour crisis meeting with top ranking Congressional leadens, President Truman failed today to win approval for immediate siop-gap aid for Europe. The President lat#r announced that he had asked committees of the two Houses of Congress to examine a $500 ,000,000 programmeReuter; U.P.; A.P. - 301 words
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Article145 1947-09-30 1 Free Press Staff Correspondent. LONDON, Monday. QUESTIONS on the crime situation m Malaya and the use of the Banishment Ordinance will be asked m Parliament at the end of next month. Mr. L.D. Gammons (Cons.. Hornsey) has given notice that he ivill ask the following145 words
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Article71 1947-09-30 1 NEARLY 1.000 villagers hungermarched through the centre of Calcutta along a ten-mile route yesterday. They came from various areas of the How rah district opposite the bank of the Hooghli River, where 1.230.000 people are reported to be faced with famine. When the We^t Bengal CivilA.P. - 71 words
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Article72 1947-09-30 1 MR. Douglas IfMWiy. son of the Australian Commissioner m Malaya. Mr. Claude Massey, Ls m the Singapore General Hospital with a fractured leg following an accident on his motor-cycle on Sunday. His condition was described as i satisfactory this morning, an operation having been performed72 words
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Article34 1947-09-30 1 Dr. Le Van Hoach. Premier of the French-sponsored administration of Cochin China, h*s resigned, declaring ho has found it impossible to work m harmony with other members of his Cabinet.- A.P.A.P. - 34 words
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107 1947-09-30 1 NEW YORK. Monday. OOME 107 persons are reported "O injured m a U.S.A. $5,000,000 btewse which today practically destroyed the Hudson River Graoe Line pier (No. 57) In what fire officials desertbe as "the greatest pier fire m the history of the city." AllA.P. - 107 words
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Article75 1947-09-30 1 LORD Ammon and Lord Amulree and five Members of Parliament left London yesterday m a BOAC flying-boa? for a month's "goodwill" tour of the Far East. The group will visit Singapore, Shanghai. Nanking and Mukden. The M.Ps. are Messrs. F. F. McLeavy, J.A.P. - 75 words
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Article26 1947-09-30 1 Sir Alexander Cadogan, Britain's chief United Nations delegate, opposed m the Security Council last night the admissior. of Hungary to the United Nations.26 words
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Article288 1947-09-30 1 Peak of Punjab killing NEW DELHI, Monday. AN offi::;ii spokesman oi the Dominion of India told a Press confluence today that "the peak of th c killing has passed m the Punjab." The tw o Governments now face the herculean task of smooth evacuation and resettlement of refugees who mayReuter; A.P. - 288 words
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Advertisement179 1947-09-30 1 Your Favourite Brand is back again PIGEON SPORT SHIRTS m a wider A rheaper ranee TELLY CO., 377. North Bridge Read Tele: 3131 VI7HEN you awake m the morning feeling vv and looking your best, filled with the jS^TT' vitality and zest which make light of problems iCJ li and179 words
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Article1322 1947-09-30 2 Russell Landstrom - PREPARATIONS FOR ROYAL WEDDING Russell Landstrom by CTYLISHLY sleek dressmakers who radiate superior competence bend eagerly over designs of a royal wedding gown; pastry experts explore their imaginations for new subtleties of taste and decoration fit for a future Queen the liveried elite who will horseback m legal procession rehearse1,322 words
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Article, Illustration306 1947-09-30 2 WEST opened a club whuh Ult declarer absolutely no piny for his contract. Six spades, howover, could not have boon defeated. Whatever the opening, declarer would take two rounds of trumps; thru play four diamonds, discarding a heart With two trumps m dummy to ruff out the306 words
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Article, Illustration35 1947-09-30 2 picture. Ralmam s ocelot. fur. bosomed evening gown, seen m a Paris display, has an enormous brown sun burst pleated not beautiful diamond butterfly neck late from Chaumet sets off tbi bare shoulders.— A. P.A.P. - 35 words
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Article269 1947-09-30 2 DURING the German Occupation of Prance when beautician Marcel Con tier covered his Free French espionage by opening a beauty salon m Vichy and got interested m skin and hair. Called up after the Liberation and demobilised last year with 1000 francs, he fired friends with his plan269 words
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Advertisement36 1947-09-30 2 A w A tinted cream to smocth on before*""* Coty Sub-Tint "v witn a delicate film of le^' ;"ng<° i0 rlike giving you a clear, ye .et-sT new -ml Hides little blemishes, free* Holdspowder. Never too*"****36 words
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Miscellaneous601 1947-09-30 2 SINGAPORE lUrht 6 P m Talk— The Australian <* n Scene; 6.10 Today's star singer— Blue Network Lawrence Tibbett; 6.30 Australian 12 o#— 2 00 p.m. 185 metres In the news: 645 Spotlight Band*— Hal medium wave band A 7.22 megacycles Kem P: 7 Pm. Song Folio Oscar per second601 words
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Miscellaneous97 1947-09-30 2 YOUR LUCKY STAR people bo:: BORN today \nu ire M< the best thm. M<)fM I<t the mind. You arr m and erudite Stud* .< >ou thai Mtmttime, iw »,i over the surface, n ing d.r.ui io ba I his .in he rctwcH inJ'i should do it '\uh m You are97 words
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467 1947-09-30 3 ASSEMBLY MAY CALL ON WORLD POLICE rV runs into trouble on Greece, Palestine I'nc, Limed Nations debates on Greece and Palestine strongly indicate that the world organisation X begnuung to run up against problems which eveVuually y th» 9U re V? c use of some sort f Police force r^po^TntA.P. - 467 words
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Article, Illustration27 1947-09-30 3 picture. A v craft ever to be fitted IIUH a luring trials at Portsmouth. between power and weight under nay to instil gas tur- j craft. ReuterReuter - 27 words
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Article71 1947-09-30 3 MtUi«KiNt IJ-»ani (»f 1 Vmperance came up fighting I William F. Halsey's remark that im a fighting man who does not said the Board, "Admiral )p's nfortun *nunt is exceedingly injurious to newspaper columns of its distfl declared: "Many of the rid has produced hav c71 words
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Article147 1947-09-30 3 SUPPORT FOR NAGASAKI CROP CLAIM r PHE theory that radio-active 1 mc< i mi^ht incivase d of crops, reported re- from the scene of the atomic bomb blast at Nagasaki, wis meed m New York with v atement that a similar increase .noted when radio-activj fertr was used on HenryA.P. - 147 words
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Article39 1947-09-30 3 Imi aiunonues m Jeruhave announced that British wives and families of Brirvlng m Palestine will b» permitted to return to the Huly Land. They were evacuated last bruary when underground viol- it its height.- U.P.U.P. - 39 words
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Article28 1947-09-30 3 n Djll«,n. 23. charged at »1 with the murder of a Brisixi driver. William John Herrt D'lon^. has been committed trtal at the next Bristol Assizes.28 words
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149 1947-09-30 3 INDIAN HOPE TRICK: £1000 CHALLENGE A REWARD of £1,000 has been offered to anyone m the world who can do trie Indian rope trick "I do not think there is a*ny such thing it is just a legend," (said Francois White of the Magic Circle of England, announcing 4h<« offerA.P. - 149 words
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Article78 1947-09-30 3 MILLIONS of dollars worth of P"ld lay at Shannon Airport 'Eirn. under a heavy p«>lico guard for 13 hours when the Pan-Ame-rican clipper Winged Arrow en route from NVw Tort to Calcutta, was h^ld up by mochanical trouble. Over half-a-ton of the gold isReuter - 78 words
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Article45 1947-09-30 3 iNpkroiiauons between miners and th-e National Coal Board on increased working; hour^ during the British economic crisis may reach a settlement this w-eek or early next week. Mr. Emmanuel Shinwoll. Minister of Fuel, told i Bnth audience on Sunday A. P.A.P. - 45 words
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Article58 1947-09-30 3 LIVE HARES BANNED AT DOG RACING A CLAUSE banning the use of liTe hares at coursing meetings m New South Wales is included m amendments to the Cru*ltv to Animals Act which may be presented to the New South Wales State Parliament. Another provision is the abolition of Kosher killing—58 words
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Article81 1947-09-30 3 AN Alabama coalmine has been turned into a gas retort by being set alight with fire bombs, m an experiment, and blazed for Bftj clays, the U.S. Mines Department said. Ru for generating power, and other gases from which syntheti< oil is obtained were piped81 words
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149 1947-09-30 3 pHE bodies of four British airmen have been cxx h umed twice and re-buried by American authorities m France without consulting anybody m Britain. Victims when a Wellington bomber crashed at Ecury, near the Marne, m 1939, the men were buried m the149 words
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35 1947-09-30 3 A number of people m Russia haw been sentenced to terms of not less than four years' imprisonment m corrective labour camps for "criminal actions" m losing seen-t State documents.35 words
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Article38 1947-09-30 3 Siam's census taken m May, has revealed the kingdom's population to be 17.256.325. a 19.31 per cent increase over the census m 1937. The population of Bangkok is 827.290 against the 1937 figure of 684.994.38 words
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Article58 1947-09-30 3 FIVE weeks after her twin sister had committed suicide by leaping over Beach y Head. Mrs. Sarah Bryant (60), of The Avenue. Eastbourne, was found dead on the rocks near the same cliffs. Mrs. Bryant had been discharged from hospital, where she had been treated58 words
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Article111 1947-09-30 3 HOSTILITY to the growing influence" of American capital m India w*4 expressed on Sunday by the Calcutta newspaper, the Amrita Bazar Patrika. which said that American capitalists ar.eagerly trying to enter into partnership with Indian capitalists just as much as the British are doing. "Thr objective111 words
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Article37 1947-09-30 3 Gen. Jonathan Wainwright said m Chicago he would be receptive to any movement m Texas to draft him as a senatorial candidate next year but added he was unaware of such a move.— A.P.A.P. - 37 words
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Article, Illustration34 1947-09-30 3 Gonzia, which became Yugoslav territory under the recently ratified Italian peace treaty prepared a welcome on the highway leading into the town, partisans painted a huge white hammer and sickle, and the name Tito.34 words
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297 1947-09-30 3 »THE Ministry of Supply has admitted for the first But these bombers are, m the main o'rthnrinr machines which have Jet motors fitted m Siac? r>l The Ministry's statement "i.y.n. means tha t the 36-ton Avro Lincoln, successor to the war-winn-ing Lancastrian, is tihe last297 words
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Article66 1947-09-30 3 f tor Robert Taft political indigestion at the start of his countrywide campaign to be elected President of the United States. White Labour pickets booed outside his California hotel, he olTered sensible advice to voters on how to beat the hisjh cost of living Eat less66 words
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Article141 1947-09-30 3 I Federal Judge Vincent L. Leibell will decide m New York today if the U.S. District Court for the Southern District of New York has jurisdiction to entertain a suit for damages of U.S. $3,084,241 resulting from a ship seizure by the Governmen ofA.P. - 141 words
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Article55 1947-09-30 3 WHEN a friend called on Lucien Beauvais, aged 50, at his homp. m Beauvais he saw a notice on the door which read "Please enter quietly. Everyone here is dead." Thf* police found that Beauvais had killed his wife and three children with a55 words
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Article41 1947-09-30 3 French police are ciiecking up on the statement of a former corporal m tflie French North African army, who told gendarmes at Monibarion that he had committed 20 murders, including those of six gendarmes, mostly m holdups. gdfdf41 words
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Miscellaneous8 1947-09-30 3 TARZAN On the trail By Edgar Rice Burroughs8 words
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730 1947-09-30 4 The Singapore Free Press TUESDAY, SEPT 30, 1947. Skyway to Singapore In his talk with Singapore newspapermen, Ljrn Nattian, Britain's Minister of Civil avjq. t on, flew rather lightly over the greatest handicap which British air lines face today. Britain has no air-linen which c n stand comparison with American730 words
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Article1483 1947-09-30 4 DON IDDON'S DIARY XEW YORK WHAT is going on ff m Whitehall looks more like charades than government to American eyes. Possibly it is the disenchantment of distance distorting the picture, but not many think so. Take a long, hard look at the extraordinary performances of the past few weeks.1,483 words
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797 1947-09-30 4 George Cross island gets home rule A NEW constitution has been finally enacted for Malta, restoring selfrgovernment m internal affairs to people of Malta, (lie George Cross Island. Elections will be held next month for the new legislative assembly. Th<> assembly will con sist of forty memlx?rs elected for fourG.W.B. - 797 words
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Article401 1947-09-30 4 'Do or die struggle' for Chians HEW BATTLE FOR MANCHURuH the Chinese Communists will produce any surprises m the coming crucial battle for Manchuria fas a question only events will answer. Fighting has already started m several sectors and a general flare-up is momentarily expected. During their fifth offensive, theA.P. - 401 words
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23 1947-09-30 4 Letter to the Editor Sparing the Rod I I I I I I I H I I I I I 1 I J23 words
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Advertisement21 1947-09-30 4 FAITH JBut 1 know, that even now, whatsoever thou will ask of God, God will Rive it thee. St. John 11,22.21 words
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Article310 1947-09-30 5 'Rude shock, 'say Govt servants Free Press Staff Reporter A REPLY that no further grant of back pay beyond the terms of the recent award can be given to Singapore Government Asiatic employees has been received from the Secretary of State for the Colonies310 words
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Article, Illustration32 1947-09-30 5 /I uuung Malayan orang-outang iraphca with the carpenter or the "zoo? ship City of Chester, and r below > a young gibbon pictured with, one of the ships passengers. Miss Alice THE STARTHE STAR - 32 words
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Article22 1947-09-30 5 Gent gives London Zoo rere dog hi 8. a dis- m and. Bri. torn -n the looearits :th vthons, t in i22 words
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173 1947-09-30 5 CHINESE JAILED FOR PISTOL AND AMMUNITION HOW a young Chinese gunman attempted to hit him on the head with a loaded revolver h m otr when he tried to disarm the man was related by a Malay policeman. Jaffar b:n Abdullah. at the Singapore ses vsterday. Jaffar *a.> eivir.g ewdence173 words
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Article104 1947-09-30 5 Ajrear programme for th< development of sugar industr.v In India for increasing the annu i! production from the present 10.80--000 tons to 16,00 000 tons, has been nmcnded by the panel appointed by the Government ot to investigate the d»-\elop- ol su^ar, alcohol and Bt industries.104 words
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222 1947-09-30 5 A B1 QQ -iiON that a party t\ of 12 "most Influential and powerful principals** ot Malayan Chettiars be invited irom India, 'so that they may survey the possibilities of progressive ent' rprisos' 1 w>s made to tire Chettiar community by t-:«e222 words
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Article103 1947-09-30 5 the Qovernar-Genera] ol Malaya. Mr. Malcolm Mac Donald, will broadcast on Sunday, Oct. 5. at 9.45 p.m. The talk will be on the new constitutions for the Malayan Federation and Singapore. It will last for approximate Iv hali-an-hour. This broadcast is expected to br one of103 words
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Article50 1947-09-30 5 OVER their blue network at 9.45 tonight and Tuesday. Oct. T the Radio Malaya doctor will give two talks on T.B. They will describe the cause and symptoms of the disease and the preventive measures which the individual and the community can take m Singapore.50 words
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Article44 1947-09-30 5 THE Civil Lord of the Admiralty. Mr. W. J. Edwards, M.P.. is expected m Singapore m a week's time. He will stay m the Colony for a week. The Civil Lord is visiting civil establishments of the Royal Navy.44 words
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Article15 1947-09-30 5 Sales of Victory Savings certificates up to Sept. 24 amounted to $625,906. picture^15 words
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423 1947-09-30 5 Free Press StaiT Reporter /^O-OPERATIVE societies m Singapore will be urged to seek the sanction of their Registrar to enable them to withdraw re>*erve funds to finance a (en-year housing scheme. ll»».s move will be made at the "cxt meeting on Oct. 8 of the Urban423 words
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Article, Illustration47 1947-09-30 5 picture. B '-tic o/ me 3<* couples are seen exchanging rings at the mass wedding the biggest yet— at the Victoria Memorial Hall. Singapore, on Sunday. With his back to the camera is Dr. Wit Paak-Shing, Chinese Cojwul General, who officiated at the two-hour ceremony. Free PressFree Press - 47 words
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Article67 1947-09-30 5 KOYLT'S ARRIVE FROM INDIA ABAITALION of the Kings Own Yorkshire Light Infantry Battalion arrived m Singapore last night after 25 yean m India and Burma. The battalion arrived by the troopship Devonshire from Madras soon after dark and instead of going to Nee Soon Transit Camp like previous arrivals went67 words
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Article50 1947-09-30 5 A 13-year-old Chine&e boy, was ordered to be detained m the Boys Home for two years, by the Third Police Court Magistrate yesterday for gaming. He was convicted on a similar charge m April this year, when he was sentenced to 6 strokes of tlie light rotan*50 words
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Article122 1947-09-30 5 SNAKE ON A TANKER A 12- foot snake was found on board the Shell Company oil tanker Solen m the Singapore Harbour yesterday. Th^ snake was reported to be smeared with oil and attempts to kill the reptile wer P unsuccessful. The captain and crew of the122 words
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Article313 1947-09-30 5 1 Free Press Staff Reporter SINGAPORE Harbour Board employees will hold a special c«£ eiieral meetin on Thursday at the canteen near the SHB head office m Tanjong Pagar to discuss the "next course of action to be taken regarding the balance of back pay313 words
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136 1947-09-30 5 A FINE example of fellow-feeling and sympathy for the Indian riots victims was set by a Muslim V.C.0., Subedar Fateh Knan of the Indian Traaslt Camp, j Singapore, who contributed hs full month's pay to the Qaid-e-Azam Relief Fund at a meeting of the136 words
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Article30 1947-09-30 5 The day of the marriage of I Princess Elizabeth to Lieut Philip Mour.tbatten on Nov 20 will be a public holiday m Singapore says a Gazette notification yesterday30 words
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Article, Illustration28 1947-09-30 5 picture. yie government started paying gratilulies to ARP workers V terday at the Local Records Office. At the counter are seen ARP men collecting their payments.- Free PressFree Press - 28 words
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Article407 1947-09-30 6 NEW ANTI-JEW WAVEN IN GERMANY 'Reminiscent of Nazidom's worst days' i^EKMANY'S few remaining Jews are becoming the scapegoats for the country's catastrophic post-war condition m a new wave of overt anti-semitism that is spreading throughout the United States zone, according to Dr. Phillip Aucrbaeh, Bavarian State Commissioner for racial, religious,Reuter - 407 words
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Article, Illustration79 1947-09-30 6 Laxt week, m Paris, the Liiy Four formally signed the Italian peace treaty at the French Foreign Office. (Above), Mr. Ashley Clarke signs the act of deposit for Britain, watched by (left to right) Mr. Joseph Caffrey, U.S. Ambassador to France, M. dv Pin, assistant to M. Bidault, French Foreign79 words
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Article223 1947-09-30 6 ABACUS FAILS IN MATHS TOURNAMENT lITHEN it comes to calculating, f? Orientals swear by the aba:us. but. after a four-phase test n New York, Americans probably aijl keep right on using their electric machines, and the minds of their mental wizards. contest was held at the Municipal Building with Mr.A.P. - 223 words
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Article43 1947-09-30 6 The Netherlands Bast Indies i fund Mtyi world copra pr have fallen so low thnt produ< ># n us no longer profitable tan 11 Ing areas and Itfl oxr> rl ?oaj Of 200.000 tons may not bo m< iri 1047 A.P.A.P. - 43 words
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Article67 1947-09-30 6 rpWENTY four Huk* were killed L m encounter! with MPs ami goTernmeni forces during the greek-end, it was reported m M tnlla. Troop's continued to battle u»<dissidents m Nuere Ecipa and E^mpanga provinces m thr Can daba swamp, m the operation I were slain,U.P. - 67 words
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Article43 1947-09-30 6 Mr. G. E. Crumbic has left London for Rangoon to take up the appointment of Deputy United Kingdom Eligh Commissioner m Burma. Mr R. J. Bowker, the Hißh Commissioner-designate, la expected to take up his appoint- 1 nu'nt m November.- ReuterReuter - 43 words
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Article41 1947-09-30 6 James :saaier. 4f> 01 kodv. l.ivctp<x)l. a stage hand at the Wallasey ferries who has saved 30 persons from drownit t wn.; presented with t-he fourth bar to his Liverpool Shipwreck and Humane So let y Medal41 words
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142 1947-09-30 6 UNITED States officials feel that at last they are really "making some progress" om a solution to the Korean problem. Informed sources said that th^ coming week would probably mm» the United States issue a statement welcoming the Soviet proposal that both American and So-U.P. - 142 words
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289 1947-09-30 6 CAPTAIN Roy iarran. a much decorated British commando oOcer who built up an almost legendary reputation for daring m ttoh o special air service during the war, will face a British court -mart ial m Jerusalem this week, charged with the murder of a289 words
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Article78 1947-09-30 6 rrHt; United States i> Breading 1. luimlrrds of millions of dollars m preparation for possible war m three new "dimensions* the dimensions of the upper atmosphere, of sur>ersonie speed, and of arctic <ohls. In so doin<:. President Truman's Scientific Research Board reports that it is78 words
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Article54 1947-09-30 6 QK. I. HARRIS, Director of the Liverpool Institute ot Research for the Prevention oi Disease, sayi that th^ British n>oti rationing has created the "gravest possible .situation", endangering physical and mental health of the coming gene, ration. His statement was based on re. smirch workU.P. - 54 words
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Article30 1947-09-30 6 Eighteen top scoring British Overseas Airways pilots captains 'of Speedbird Const ell at iorxs on the North Atlantic routes between them have flown this ocean over 3.000 times.30 words
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150 1947-09-30 6 E. Europe - FOOD FOR 16NATION BLOOD IS STOPPED E. Europe "Reprisals* by \UESIERN EUROPE base i .M ff recovery plan upon t! Soviet satellites as well I United States. The report, I ment, noted tha t Eastern Europ I the Paris conference, have cvi <n h shipments to the 16 part fA.P. - 150 words
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Article53 1947-09-30 6 Ij^OKl ¥-ye*r-old Australian Vincent Glasheen. who landed at Prestwick after what is believed to be a record air dash from Montreal, is one of BOATS "mileage millionaires." Captain of a Constellation. he flew 3,100 miles direct from Montreal m ei§:ht hours :>:> minutes— 4o minutes faster thanReuter - 53 words
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163 1947-09-30 6 U.S. SENATOR PLEADS 'BURY THE HATCHET' SENATOR Brian McMah I gested In Slumlord IC tv I cut) that the United Nat] should bury their difference s behalf of a "peaceful, human ian and democratic way ol He acknowledged that would be a miracle but wan that m this atomic ag»>U.P. - 163 words
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Article74 1947-09-30 6 THE North Magnetic P<>ir has moved some 200 miles the Boothia Peninsula, on the northern tip ol the Cai mainland, where t was last tennined 15 years ago, Dr. J. L. Robinson reported In Vancouver <>n his return from a pedition to find its position. He .suited74 words
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Article65 1947-09-30 6 k "draught-proof" costume women specially desi meet the discomfort of the coming "fuel economy winter is on< the exhibitions at the V. Fair Exhibition In London. The costume consists of B full brown angora wool and "Jodhskirtcd Russian tunic In light pur" slacks which are65 words
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Article31 1947-09-30 6 it is unlikely that the 10 European, volunteer work Government, plan* to employ Britain will arrive before bhe en of the year. So far. about 22,000 nave arrived. ReuterReuter - 31 words
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Article30 1947-09-30 6 Three bits 01 Italian frontie territory passed into Frer.cl hands without incident on Tuea day. including Saint Bernar< Pass, over which Hannib^' putedly crossed the Alps.- U.P.U.P. - 30 words
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Advertisement161 1947-09-30 6 AIR-CONDITIONED CAPITOL PHONE 5159 GRAND OPENING r TO-DAY 11 a.m.-2 p.m. -4.15 6.30 and- 9.15 p.m. f ROMANCE AS 1 GLORIOUS AS ITS I f MATCHLESS SETTING! I -S yiLURD tMIAIA RAfttr STANWYCK FITZGERALD and a Cost of Thousand* To-Day 4 Shows CHAPTERS 1-7 CONCLUDING CHAPTERS 2nd. Oct. SEE THE161 words
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Miscellaneous58 1947-09-30 6 JANE Exclusive to the Singapore Free Press m Malaya fa™!?, < CT fl S^ Y R^\ I|T NOT REALLY^ II A SEE YOU ARE ALONE F^F^nf^ fJr^^T^^ (necessary, thanks I can i introduce, you I V^BNDSjj^-^ 1 INTRODU CEYOU I V^~ WATCH >/ I TO ANY YOUNG Vw^ ~*s~ VTO58 words
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Article784 1947-09-30 7 Sitnbang Beaten Four-Two our Soccer Reporter 11.M.5. Simbang 2. Sing Tao Sports Club of Hong i June did the S.C.F.A. seniors play so they beat H.M.S. Simbang by 4 it Jalan Besar Stadium yesterday to enter h S.A.I .A. Cup competition. tiould have won four-one,784 words
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Article, Illustration43 1947-09-30 7 picture. picture. May. Simbang's goalkeeper, saves easily off Boon Leong m yesterdays Cup soccer.- Free Press K> -ig Hock, who has been ected to lead the Sino-Malays again*! the Shanghai tourists, m a typical attitude m ix>^te-r. day's Cup game. F ree PressFree Press - 43 words
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Article21 1947-09-30 7 t r 4 bn m 111 :i 000 Tudoi horse ffj^ j win '-1. ?y KVOOO21 words
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16 1947-09-30 7 ::ASC, thrills ■ie. vfnad *oc* c -altv. -ke and n• Thor-16 words
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335 1947-09-30 7 Keng Hock To Lead SinoMalay Team B> Our Stxxer Reporter THIA Ktrg Hock, S.C.F.A. capv tain, will lead the Sino-Malay team to rmet the Shanghai Chinese at Jalan Besar Stadium on Saturday, Oct. 11. The tourists, who are now playing a s* ries of games m Bangkok, are due to335 words
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Article73 1947-09-30 7 ENTRIES for the Singapore Bad•i minUci Association's op«n champlonships close on October 8. Entries are now invited for the following open event*: Men' singles; men's doubles; women's siru'l.-s: women's doubles; mixed doubles The draw will take place at the Clerical Union Hall at 2.3073 words
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Article44 1947-09-30 7 Aaron Wilson, American Negro heavyweight, has signed a contract to meet Swedish champion, Oile Tandberg. at Stockholm on Oct. 12. The fight will be Tandberg's last m Sweden, before he leaves for the United States on Oct. 17.- U.P.U.P. - 44 words
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Article55 1947-09-30 7 JACK Kramer won the Pacific southwest tennis tournament sine lea title at Los Amreles on Sunday with a 10 8. 6—4, 6 4, victory over Ted Schroeder. Kramer and Schroeder teamed to beat Prankie Parker and Pancho Sesrura for the doubles title at 9 ll. 7—5. 6A.P. - 55 words
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Article38 1947-09-30 7 The following arc yesterday's U.K. Rut:bv Home remit*: Rugby League Lancashire Cup f2nd round): St. Helms 7. WUran 8. RUGBY UNION Camborce 3. Crosskevs 9: Pontvpool 7. Newport 3; Warwickshire 18. United Hospitals 18.- ReuterReuter - 38 words
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Article316 1947-09-30 7 [RAJ lia»v IIQ 1 lnu«»rn tiub ..3 IN a fa.st and txcitins game which WM productive of good and cl»>an football, the R.A.F. Bas« Hq defeated the Unicorn Club by the odd goal m seven at St. George's Road. For the winners Reilly In goal316 words
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Article257 1947-09-30 7 The following are Home Football fixtures for Saturday, Oct. 11: FIRST DIVISION Arsenal v Aston V. Bolton W. v HuddersflekJ Burnley v Blackpool Charlton A. v Wolves Liverpool v Chelsea Manchester U. v Grinxsby Middlesbrough v Everton Portsmouth v Derby Co. Preston Manchester C. Sheffield U. vReuter - 257 words
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Article494 1947-09-30 7 Free Press Staff Reporter Marine Police 2 C.I.D 0 *PHERE was keen rivalry and exciting exchanges m the deciding game of the Police Inter Division Football League at Thomson Road yesterday when the Marine Police emerged victors and Poh'ee league champions by beating the CI.D.494 words
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Article167 1947-09-30 7 Cuole 6c W 2 R.N.P 0 pLAYING their first game this I season, the Cable and Wireless Hockey eleven scored a good victory over the Royal Naval Police by two clear goals at Seletar yesterday. They did not take long to settle down and withir. the167 words
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Article292 1947-09-30 7 Good Sprint By Grand Prix Free Press Racing Correspondent KUALA LUMPUR, Today. GRAND PRIX the Second did a brilliant gallop at Kuala" Lumpur this morning, covering the three furlongs m 36 4/5 sec. Sent from the third furlong with Norfeld, Grand Prix drew clear at the home bend and finished292 words
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69 1947-09-30 7 FAMOUS Finnish marathon runner and European champion, Mikke Hietanen, established a new world's record m a 30-kilometre m Helsinki on Sunday. He was timed m 1 hr. 40 mm. 47.8 sec. m the National track and field competitions. The former world's record was heldU.P. - 69 words
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225 1947-09-30 7 First Game In Baseball World Series Today THE premier American sports contest of the year the annual baseball world Series opened today with the New York Yankees American LeaRue champions, opposing the Brooklyn Dodders, National League title winners. A new single game attendance record is certain to be set atA.P. - 225 words
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Miscellaneous258 1947-09-30 7 Free Press Crossword No. 101 CLUES ACROSS 1 and 1 Down. "Old English sport" made illegal m 1835 (4, 7) 4 Small barrel (3), 8, Historic German watering-place <6). 9. Female parent of hinny (3). 10, Chief river of Burma (7). 11, Marriage dowry (3) 12 Lowbred dog (3). 13,258 words
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Article82 1947-09-30 8 Fre« Press Staff Reporter CINGAPOREte half a million Chinese celebrated the Moon Festival lasi night, when offerings of moon cakes and other delicacies, some imported from China, wore made to the Moon Goddess. Lanterns resembling boats, fish, cars, animals and aeroplanes brightened homes and streets, and82 words
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Article, Illustration54 1947-09-30 8 Girls of the Women's Land Army go into battle m a ivar-soarred Sherman tank, which fought at El Alamein. at Frithville, near Boston, Lincolnshire. The tank was brought from honourable retirement by a PrithvUle agricultural engineer, fitted with a multiple plough and put into action m the drive to54 words
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Article290 1947-09-30 8 WITH %h% »+ea 4y rtNfti oi tatMf omiiipyaMat* of aati-4toutera vaccine from Pignut, t* e Un*ed S»»**i, Sottth Africa and (»tker oouninos and th c lumimii at tfc? Bjryptkm Government m ieufeting the cifcofria epftfteaMcta "wyluireb ol mrr »»M is &ra*wltj sukflkMng. It is oAfi4allyU.P.; Reuter - 290 words
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Article138 1947-09-30 8 DEATH FOR BANDITS Km Pr*-^ Staff Correspondent KUALA LUMPUR, Monday. ANY armed member of a bandit gang which uses weapons m committing a crime will become liable to death or imprisonment for life under the provisions of a new bill which, it expected, will be placed before thk Advisory Council138 words
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Article88 1947-09-30 8 Free Press Correspondent JOHORE BAHRU. Tuesday BUSES of the South Johore Bus Company, which were taken away by the drivers and conductors who went on strike for more pay on Saturday, were brought back to Johore Bahru last night from Ayer Hitam The drivers and conductors88 words
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Article41 1947-09-30 8 DOLL AH 'CASUALTY Mac West became the latest casualty to Britain's dollar conservation programme, when the BBC announced the cancellation of a series of projected broadcasts starring her. Other BBC involving the expenditure of Gold dollars have also been dropped- U.P.U.P. - 41 words
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Article363 1947-09-30 8 MANUHUNT FOLLOWS BOMB OUTRAGE Haifa Police HO is blown up HAIFA, Monday. HAIFA'S business centre on Monday night resembled a battlefield of shattered shop fronts, blast-scarred buildings, barbed wire barricades and armoured patrols as an intensive search went on for the Irgun Zvai Leumi and Stern Gang terrorists who haveReuter; A.P.; U.P. - 363 words
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159 1947-09-30 8 DESTROYER HITS MINE: 3 KILLED, 12 INJURED TRIESTE. Monday. THREE men were killed and 12 injured when the United States destroyer Douglas H. Fox ruck a mine today oil Trieste on a routine trip from Venice. It was the first mishap to an American warship m these waters since theU.P. - 159 words
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152 1947-09-30 8 US. PROTEST AT SOVIET LIBEL ON MR. RUMAN WASHINGTON, Monday THE United States Ambassador to Moscow. Mr. Walter Bedell Smith, has bitterly denounced as "wantonly libellous" an article m the Soviet Literary Gazette, which compared President Truman to Hitler, the U. S. State Department announced today In a strongly voidedU.P. - 152 words
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Article34 1947-09-30 8 1 More than 150.000 workers and J6 mills m Bombay were still idle yesterday after 3.500 drawers m the mills refused to end a strike against a wage award by the Industrial Court.- A.P.A.P. - 34 words
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385 1947-09-30 8 London Stock Exchange GILT-EDGEDD ARE FIRMER OKMBERS ol UK London Stock bS^S^ Tl another very quiet day with chief attention 'Z to British Government stocks which, after a he>itait* finished with gains up to three-tenths <>f a point Thigh trend was attributed to a revival of public int«Hi Reuter's financial385 words
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Article49 1947-09-30 8 kLDERMSH ol the ancient Court of the City o: London marched m tiicir fur-trimmed crim-son and black robes to the bombscarred Guildhall yesterday and elected 93-year-old Sir Frederick Wells as Lord Mayor of London -or 1946. He will succeed Sir Bracewell Smith.- ReuterReuter - 49 words
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Article88 1947-09-30 8 'TliL RuUurj Club l> huiding iu> uitcr--1 tamment evening for the benefit of the Rotary T.B. Clinic Fund tomorrow at the Great World. Owing to certain legal technicalities, the proposed carries" with prize awards cannot be held but the rest of the programme remains unchanged. Holders of admission88 words
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168 1947-09-30 8 AnrwnuTDv ur.™ JERUSALEM. Monday. COUNTRY -WIDE dawn-to-dusk Arab -strike- m PalMtin.. fnr ftl Iby thp Pillesti Arab Higher Executive for Friday, Oct 3, ,n protest against th 0 report and recommendation* of United Nations Special Committoo on Palesast night strik(! wouw b a iour.maii delegationA.P.; Reuter - 168 words
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244 1947-09-30 8 NUREMBERG, Monday. rpWENTY-three Nazi commanL ders, whose terror squad killed a million Jews, Russians and gypsies were charged by American prosecutors with being the greatest killers of all time* The chief prosecutor. Mr. Benjamin B. Ferencz, said he would prove from the Gestapo's own records244 words
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Article, Illustration66 1947-09-30 8 The tropical hurricane which swept across the southern coastal areas of the United States from Miami Florida to New Orleans caused "untold damage to property' but casualties mere comjxiratively light, due to the special precautionary measures which were taken. This picture, taken at Revere Beach, Florida, shows uprooted trees66 words
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Article26 1947-09-30 8 OH terdav the nutrkf; robsidH I modes' j* 1 major:: d to the Bffli*^ The Dow Jones averaw V fi3O4- Ir.du>' W^M A.P.A.P. - 26 words
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Miscellaneous9 1947-09-30 8 SPORE HIGH TIDE High. 11.03 am and 10.59 p.m.9 words
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Miscellaneous49 1947-09-30 8 WE A THER bunny W FATHER report for the next 24 hours compiled by the R.A.F..: Sunny today and tomorrow wiUh isolated shuwers this afternoon. Fair or fine overnigtht. Wind south to south-east, light. Moonrisr: 6 .*!9 p.m moonset 7 01 a.m. Temperatures: Max. 89 der mm. J9 deg.49 words
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