The Singapore Free Press, 6 October 1947
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Title Section18 1947-10-06 1 The Singapore Free Press LARGEST AMERNOON SALE IN MALAYA fl^o- SINGAPORE, MONDAY, OCTOBER 6, 1947 PRICE 10 CENTS18 words
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Article645 1947-10-06 1 SOVIET FORMS BLOC TO FIGHT U.S. llrth of Fourth International L'\v Communist International to erialum led by the United L'd m Moscow yesterday. There tontries m this new international the Comia. Poland, Yugoslavia, Bulgaria, rar>, Czechoslovakia, France and Italy, reaction to "the biggest political news Communist front since the dissolutionReuter; A.P.; U.P. - 645 words
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Article, Illustration51 1947-10-06 1 Muslim refugees with their belongings are seen on the roof of a railway carriage which i* jammed with more refugees, as the train was leaving New Delhi for Pakistan. An attack by Sikhs on an overcrowded train like this resulted m IJ2OO Muslims being killed and 400 injured.- A. P.A.P. - 51 words
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68 1947-10-06 1 New Singapore Plans to fight Armed gangs Free Prf ss >uff Reporter ha* lit: "ion IB Union Advisory Council dri. .rmed crimi:ier. bt Mkjm Union Council Bill. I clarifies the existing law. w.: a fine r tar. Tying, using ■opting to use amis, and i-ath penalty or i*r teng i68 words
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Article29 1947-10-06 1 rat-day strike of 2.000 odd P*;nien and conduct- »rs of return of services on all J™r F>nch cone B r \S?° r K C Wu'i l ttHlmatum.- ReuterReuter - 29 words
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145 1947-10-06 1 HONG KONO Sunday. A PASSENGER named Chau Chun-pak quelled a panic, organised lire-fighting and set oil distress rockets when the 1,100-ton Chinese ship Pu To struck a mine which blew off the stern of the ship. The accident occurred m a chartedReuter; A.P. - 145 words
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Article56 1947-10-06 1 THE Senate Appropriations Committee has summoned to meet on Nov. 18 by its chairman, Senator Styles Bridges, for hearings on President Truman's proposal to provide $580,000,000 emergency aid to Europe for the coming winter. This is one of four congressional groups whose approval is neededReuter - 56 words
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Article27 1947-10-06 1 The Budget Committee of the United Nations, seeking economies, has ordered each delegation to be supplied with only one car instead of two.- U.P.U.P. - 27 words
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352 1947-10-06 1 'Drastic purge' in Cabinet likely LONDON, Monday. THE return to London yesterday of the Deputy Prime Minister, Mr. Herbert Morrison, from his holiday m the Channel Islands has strengthened the belief m political quarters here that Prime Minister Attlee will today announce further Cabinet changes which may prove, m theReuter; A.P. - 352 words
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195 1947-10-06 1 BATAVIA, Sunday. ||U to late tonight Radio Jogjau karta had not replied to the personal radio appeal from the United States Consul-General Mr. Walter A. Foote, to Indonesian Premier Sharifuddin, to release three Dutch army officers who are being held at Pameungpeuk, on the southU.P - 195 words
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Article77 1947-10-06 1 NEW YORK. Sunday. A BANDIT, who threatetied to shoot Mrs. Sari Gabor Hilton and her infant daughter or Saturtiay rotitoed the beautiful re d hitfred former "Miss Hungary divor-eed wife of hotel magnate Oonrad Hilter, of n%erly three quarters of a mHlion dollars worth ofA.P.; U.P. - 77 words
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Article39 1947-10-06 1 rE Stern Gang yesterday threatened it would avenge i the death of Alexander Rubovitz, i of whose kidnapping and murder, Capt. Roy Alexander Farrar. was i acquitted by a court martial at j Jerusalem on Friday.- U.P.U.P. - 39 words
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Article260 1947-10-06 1 OKLAHOMA CITY, Sunday. WAR within live or six years is a "logical possibility" says Tf Major-Gen. Leslie R. Groves, U.S. Army atomic expert. He said that if war comes that soon, it will not begin with an atomic attack on the United States, but probablyA.P. - 260 words
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473 1947-10-06 1 NEW DELHI, Sunday. SIKH demand for the expulsion of all Muslims from the United Provinces and Delhi, the formation of a rebel "Republican" government m Kashmir, and coastal landings by Indian Union troops to check alleged Pakistanian encroachments m the Kathiawar States accompanied reports fromReuter; U.P.; A.P. - 473 words
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207 1947-10-06 1 Arab legions to push into Palestine CAIRO, Sunday. GOVERNMENTS of the Arab v countries will permit volunteer armies to move freely into Palestine to fight beside the Palestine Arabs, if the latter are forced to become subjects -of a Jewish State, Abdul Rahman Azzam Pasha, secretary-general of the Arab League,A.P. - 207 words
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Article27 1947-10-06 1 One shot was fired m Joo Chiat Place last night after a gambling quarrel. No one was hurt, however. The police are Investigating.27 words
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Article52 1947-10-06 1 OOLICE last night arrested m the Kandang Kerbau area a 15--year-old Chinese, who had two loaded pistols tucked into his belt The boy is wanted m connection with a robbery m Serangoon Road Police arrested a Chinese at 5 30 p.m. yesterday at Paya Lebar for possession of52 words
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Article, Illustration616 1947-10-06 2 PREPARING FOR THE WEEK on Malaya by Sir Shenton Thomas at Over-S:as House, at the ABM annual meeting, and at an At Home for Malayan students. It was interesting to hear him express the opinion that the main responsibility for the defence of Malaya should be upon the RAF, for616 words
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Article362 1947-10-06 2 Hall Romney - Hall Romney By THERE is some discussion over the coming Royal Wedding. Pomp is being forsworn ewen to the extent of making lounge suits permissible dress for the occasion. There is due recognition of the King's motives m ruling that the occasion should not be one of lavish362 words
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Article, Illustration282 1947-10-06 2 DERHAPS Souuh bid the hand jual a trifle ambitiously, but the fact remain* that against any opening lea*t but a club there would have been an excellent play for the slam The plan would be to take two finesses In hearts, with the intention of discarding dummy's losing282 words
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Article, Illustration401 1947-10-06 2 Hollywood star, whisked back to England by air to play m "Escape" with Rex Harrison, raised a tiny, protesting hand m answer to London well-wishers and said Please don't let's talk about Amber." The Amber affair is one of those things they prefer not to401 words
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Article566 1947-10-06 2 SWINDLES EXPOSED THE elaborate ga bling set-up which New York police they recently uncovered was a high class example, says SandyHaired Audley Walsh of some of the multifarious schemes, swindles, rackets and devices which net half-billion dollars annually from a gullible American public. Walsh, a sergeant on the Ridgt'fiuld Park566 words
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Miscellaneous260 1947-10-06 2 YOUR LUCKY STAR Fortune forecast for > eople born today BOKN today, you are a person of great energy, high enthusiasm and various talents. Hu are adaptable and depent dable. You have a magnetic and charming personality, but you are firm when it comes to getting something that you want.260 words
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Miscellaneous658 1947-10-06 2 SINGAPORE 815 P m VLBB 13.89 metres ?1 60 Interval 330 News frjin Loi Blue Network i^^S^TSTti;^ oiue "eiwori VLGI# w 5 m<H|TB n 1$ mejrm<; y C W I for Tmo 4 30 -r^thirty special: 12 00— 2 00 p.m.— 485 metres hi the 7.51 p.m. to 815 p.658 words
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Article522 1947-10-06 3 REPUBLICAN RIVALRY GROWSFIERCE Presidential Nomination ALTHOUGH there are several months to go before the U.S. presidential election of 1948, serious campaigning by aspirants for the Republican candidacy has begun with the Republican leader, Senator Robert Taft's speech-making tour of the western states. In spile of the fears of the AdministrationReuter - 522 words
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Article119 1947-10-06 3 MRS. Franklin D. Roosevelt told the United Nations— and particularly Soviet Russia at Loke Success that m the United States "we cling to the right of criticism and disagreement." That was her answer to two broadsides fired by the Soviet chief delegate, Mr. Andrei Vishinsky, atA.P. - 119 words
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149 1947-10-06 3 CONGRESSMEN MOBBED BY U.S. HOUSEWIVES SIX Congressmen who went to New York to find out why it is the most expensive city m the world were mobbed by enraged housewives waving shopping basketl placarded with their vows not to pay 75 cents a lb. for butter, $1 a lb. for149 words
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Article46 1947-10-06 3 NEWFOUNDLAND TO JOIN CANADA Joseph Smallwood. Secretary of the Newfoundland delegation exploring terms of a possible union with Canada, said he was "completely satisfied that, as a result of a national referendum next spring. Newfoundland would be a Canadian province by the end of 1948."- ReuterReuter - 46 words
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Article405 1947-10-06 3 wS\et wants investigation of colonies oii *auooa intrnoer States sitting as 'ummittte leave concluded a series of 1K !u i Strom eifort was made by the the support of China, India, to gain for the I'nited Nations of the political, economic, and colonial territories They did405 words
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89 1947-10-06 3 R.A.F. CREWS MAY WORK FOR B.O.A.C. mm**** fi 1 "irj-v b«-n announced b> tin- iv— l*«, tor the v and trajii; "TSii afiauon personnel, I* i of ■Jca?** CAB. Wiloook. 3rMP. for Derby. Vni; compare staixWirds reJS^ws ai;d ground Tiiica^oaes to l> bißWiMff a5 lit k t axjajTinp a5 possible,89 words
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Article74 1947-10-06 3 taoal tanifef >>f the adBtaistration of Turtle Islands ft North Borneo to the Republic will take ac on Oct. 15. the PhiiiDUines n Department has i Fuulds Hi His Majesty s Government is *SoeJ!vct the change m the [s"»t of the seven small j ■BA.P. - 74 words
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Article82 1947-10-06 3 FOR the first time since before the Pearl Harbour attack of 1941, there was not a single United States aircraft carrier on guard m the Western Pacific last week. The carrier Antietam is en route to San Diego. Her replacement, the Valley Forge, is dueA.P. - 82 words
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Article130 1947-10-06 3 IN estimated 30 tons of strand silver valued around ninety miihon yen was rtWlflaratcd by ihe American forces from a hideout m the yard of an iron foundry on the ed&e of Tokio. Troopers of the First Cavalry division supervised Japanese workers digging upA.P. - 130 words
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Article43 1947-10-06 3 F Film Magnate J ArRank. announcing an h??^ »m the UnitK?j a y d Am^r;r-a for re than the Hollyproduct m Bir "*c ir.at m 1943 Bnu^h film weekly br^T :j£s "ican oy June of this year the U.P.U.P. - 43 words
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Article39 1947-10-06 3 A CAR. believed to have been stolen from Bedford, skidded and overturned near Welwyn Garden City, Herts, while tryinc to avoid a lorry. A boy of thirteen, believed to have been driving, was later detained.39 words
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Article47 1947-10-06 3 FRANCE. Belgium and the Netherlands have protested against Anglo-American plans to vest greater responsibility for Ruhr coal production m German hands. Three countries have expressed concern that the plan will result m the revival of German industrial power, which would threaten their security. U.P.U.P. - 47 words
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Article102 1947-10-06 3 are m the coming Rice i told! ■-i$ j RIC will disk. ported white rice, which would not withstand further storaee. The action came m the face of widespread criticism of the Government for selling rice to the Netherlands Indies Government while pricesA.P. - 102 words
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Article251 1947-10-06 3 •TIRED of life m England and looking for a start m a new 1 country, Mr. and Mrs. F. L. Bye sailed for New Zealand hist May. Stepping off th c boat-train at St. Pancras, London, on Friday, Mr. Bye breathed a sigh of relief, "I am251 words
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Article, Illustration54 1947-10-06 3 In the Trial of a hurricane Terrific material damage uas caused, and many lives were lost, when a hurricane blasted its way across Florida and America's Gulf ports recently. Here the wreckage of two aircraft is seen at Miami airport after the hurricane had swept across the jield at the54 words
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Article230 1947-10-06 3 BRITISH scientists have now evolved a new mechanical "brain", weighing two tons, which is hailed as several times smarter than its smartest American counterpart reports Associated Press. Dr. M. V. Wilkes, director of the Cambridge University Mathematical Laboratory, said that th c University built memory monsterA.P. - 230 words
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102 1947-10-06 3 LORD WOOLTON 'MENTIONED IN REHASHES' 'I' iii British Ministries of Food X and Health have won a 1941 award of the American Public Health Association for the success of Britain's wartime diet. The award was granted "for the war-induced programme of food distribution, resulting m improved public health standards." Lord102 words
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Article51 1947-10-06 3 4FTER losing his right log because of a poisoned toe. Edwin Moore. 67, of Little Marlow, Bucks, made good progress and was able to walk about the Royal Northern Hospital, London. But while turning over m bed he fell out and broke his51 words
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Article221 1947-10-06 3 UNITED STATES Army prison officials have apparently placed a "secret" classification on the unborn illegitimate baby conceived m a War Crimes prison by Use Koch, of Buchenwal concentration camp notoriety, reports United Press. ILse Koch was sentenced to life imprisonment by a War Crimes courtU.P. - 221 words
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Article112 1947-10-06 3 JAPAN hope! to obtain raw cotton and some mineral ores f/om British sterling areas through barter agreements, officials of the Japanese Board of i Trade told the U.S. House of Representatives Foreign Affairs Committee. They said negotiations now under way are expected to result m barterA.P. - 112 words
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Article38 1947-10-06 3 BRITAIN'S most-discussed plane, the 125-ton Bristol Brabazon, will be named at Bristol on Oct. 8 by Mr. John Wilmot, Minister of Supply, Tlj} 100-seat plane is scheduled to make its maiden flight early next year.38 words
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Article78 1947-10-06 3 DRITAINS direction of labour D scheme becomes effective today. The Ministry of Labour said that while it would follow the principle that the best possible use should be made of the applicant's skill and experience it had established a list of industries or services which mustU.P. - 78 words
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Article58 1947-10-06 3 IN Belgrade, Dragoljub Jovanovich pleaded not guilty to charges of working for a foreign espionage service and directing Illegal propaganda against the regime. "I plead not guilty because I have nothing against my people or tny country," said Jovanovich who, until his arrest on May58 words
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Article, Illustration38 1947-10-06 6 picture. Don, the "wonder horse" of the Royal Showgrounds, Melbourne, demonstrates his talent by balancing on a block of wood 8 inches m diameter while his young rider, Max Evans, sits comfortably m the saddle.— Herald-SunHerald-Sun - 38 words
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Article271 1947-10-06 6 4MEHICAN occupation oilicials m Japan, watching rL the world food crisis, have accelerated their campaign to straighten out Japanese economy before it is too late. Both SCAP Headquarters and the Japanese Government have abandoned their policy of persuasion. Americans now demand prompt Japanese action instead ofA.P. - 271 words
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Article37 1947-10-06 6 AGAINST SOVIET THE U.S. Army announced that Russian military attaches had been excluded "on purpose" from recent ordnance demonstrations m the United States because American attaches had been barred from similar affairs m Russia. ReuterReuter - 37 words
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Article62 1947-10-06 6 (GEORGE TIMMES got a "hotI foot"-- and surd for £100 daniases m a London Court. According to his counsel, it was the first "hotfoot" of its kind m history. He was sittinc m front of a coal fire m his house, when suddenly his shoe blew up. TheU.p. - 62 words
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Article92 1947-10-06 6 Tt|R. Elagh Rockall 80-year-old occupier since IMB of a house m Tudor* R^r^uTh' SoUih I:a ll nff heard jfudie Tudor Rces tell the owner m Brentford County Court 'When a man ha* lived m a house for 40 years it would require very up^ses^on" l92 words
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Article142 1947-10-06 6 THE United Nations is to be asked by Poland to start negotiations for the prohibition of germ warfare. "Everyone has bacteriological weapons', a scientist stationed at the United Nations remarked. "I have seen some of them with mv own eyes— just a bottle containine142 words
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Article64 1947-10-06 6 LADY Iris Mountbutten. cousin of Kin*? George, bai been readmitted to ttv United SStatse s on the regular quota from Montreal. Canada, the Immigration and Naturalisation Service announced m Philadelphia. Since £~he is m tho US under a permanent visa, she need not seek permissionA.P. - 64 words
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Article477 1947-10-06 6 BIKINI ISLANDERS ARE HOMESICK Nomads m the A tomic Age PEARL HARBOUR, Sunday N'l 81 8 of the atomic a SC the 167 natives of Bimkl— want only one thing to return to the lonely coral atoll that they still call home Cr.mri! dore George A. Seitz, U.S. military GovernorA.P.; U.P. - 477 words
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Article138 1947-10-06 6 PRIMATE SAYS 'USE PLAIN ENGLISH' D R Cyril Garbett, Archbishop of York, told the Church that Its message to the people should be given m plainer language. "Its theological vocabulary is an unknown ian*rua gft to the man m the street, often a s incomp J el er V Jlble138 words
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Article122 1947-10-06 6 VTEGOTIATIONS between the 11 National Coal Board, which controls Britain's nationalised coal industry, and the National Union of Mineworkers hav v resulted m an agreement under which miners will work longer hours to produce the additional furl urgently needed by the nations economy. Production figuresReuter - 122 words
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252 1947-10-06 6 k CCORDING to extracts published m Berlin from reports of fl the Central Traffic Administration for the Russian zone of Germany, more than 4,375 miles of railway track have been taken up m that zone for removal as reparations since All but three main252 words
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Article, Illustration67 1947-10-06 6 'INVENTOR' OF TORTURE EXECUTED TEOHGES DettMU*, ictattl the -.tot* system, was shot a: tir. i I uollabo r at rs by squad at Fort de Mootaftl of Paris. Under the "batl p tern victims ccl;. ci« O:: v of the ether coodea Pierre CharboniUer, vbo fial m his cell when67 words
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Article93 1947-10-06 6 YEHUDI MENUHIN. tior.ally known c i linlsl City by Mrs. Nola RabyShJ on grounds of mental m v H. H A! Reno on Thursday nizht Carson Jt J J. Guild said he didji member the case m his comj Cou :ise not on the n MAP - 93 words
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Article27 1947-10-06 6 THAKINANU TO VISIT DELHI India's Pri Jawaharial N j3 Priii visit Now Delhi a pcndence m London Thakln Nu arid v Counsellor, Ut» r i jndoofl"*^ A.P.A.P. - 27 words
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Miscellaneous11 1947-10-06 3 Plenty of time By Edgar Rice Burroughs f^^^^^m IM 1 an11 words
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804 1947-10-06 4 The Singapore Free Press MONDAY, OCTOBER 6, 1917. Powers to Fight The Gangster THE Malayan. Union Govern ueat has now pkd^ d lUe)f publicly to take the sternest measures against the armed gangs: <r, Txtoruoncr and intimid atv who have been terrorizing a large section of tiie community. At Saturdays804 words
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Article1331 1947-10-06 4 LACHIE McDONALD - 'LIVE AND LET LIVE' LACHIE McDONALD From (m Canberra) TT will be much easier to complete an early and safe peace settlement with seagirt Japan, whose war-ma Icing imports can be adequately policed, thnn with Continental Germany. But the bugbear m the Far East, as m Europe, is unpredictable Soviet1,331 words
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Article106 1947-10-06 4 ONLY one Chinese dish appeared m the otherwise Western-style menu of the luncheon given by the Chinese Ambassador to the members of the British Parliamentary Mission to China at the Chinese Embassy m London. The special dish chosen by the Ambassador, Dr. Cheng, a connoisseur of106 words
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Article507 1947-10-06 4 Frank Owen - Frank Owen by THESE are days when a Board or a Commission is deemed necessary to rim anything from a coalfield to a whelkstall. All the more welcome, therefore, to come across a single man doing the job of 16. His name is Lord Camrose, and the 16507 words
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Article, Illustration6 1947-10-06 4 FSDS THE OTHER PILOTLESS PLANE ReuterReuter - 6 words
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Article22 1947-10-06 4 Let us therefore follow after the things which make for peace, and things wherewith one may edify another. Romans 14. 19.22 words
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Article60 1947-10-06 4 rvHE masters of 1 using small ta» ports are alarmed oy armies of rats say that until the rog population is cwg there is a constant caw of bubonic P la S u^ •-s and P^i-'nirf run. into many > pods II greater "p cause Before the60 words
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Article639 1947-10-06 4 USA. USSR POWER BALANCE THE United States and Russia were the greatest military powei*s m history at the end of the second world war. Today the snap is gone from America's military punch. Its strength has dwindled to one-eighth its wartime peak. That has not happened m the Soviet Union.U.P. - 639 words
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Article678 1947-10-06 5 MALAYAN UK STUDENTS HARD HIT 'Scholarship grants too low MA.LAV\N students— about a hundred Malay,; lfl Chinese, Indian, and Eurasian youths who have j won scholarships enabling them to continue their studies m the United Kingdom are not finding life easy m Austerity Britain. Not because of the general shortages678 words
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Article, Illustration55 1947-10-06 5 picture. MR. L. C. GOH. Singapore magistrate, and Dr. A. A. SANDOSHAM, President of the Singapore Civil Service Association, arc seen playing the first game on the new billiards table of the Association. The Association will be holding a get-together "snnini" for its members and their friends on Oct. 31Free Press - 55 words
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Article338 1947-10-06 5 UFN she opened Malaya's first domestic science school m HinriMhis year Miss Lois T. Kao realised an ambition, s he hud cherished since the a^e of eight X she >ux)d on a st<x I to help her nvrther m the kitchen. moved the school338 words
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Article, Illustration23 1947-10-06 5 pic lure. my cooks spoiling the soup, but many i preparing the chicken tor the oven. The iing to the recipe^ Free PressFree Press - 23 words
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Article52 1947-10-06 5 \tt Press Staff KcporuT irtlE Army h KOtal I nuKtv of eteapame b] Tbrfthampasiu' dump U M jar main drpoi it the jumium JMrPudaßl and Alcx.uuir.i Otbn fwd>tuil> l«t gjr ire 44.800 lh. dchydrau d ■ita 6T-200 lb. (t»f ua pow rtcr, U2JWH. tinned bai«»n. and tarn52 words
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Article82 1947-10-06 5 HMD :.;cnU rm a ft for a t H .r X A and general nitit 6 p.m. at :he Town I Lumpur. of the rd members opportunlI na a-d d lnj C: X films Qtlly be I public v. w of film production and m ««preciaiion82 words
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Article, Illustration35 1947-10-06 5 picture. Fifteen eggs go into this cashew nut cake, the batter for which is here seen being mixed by Miss Doreen Tan. She has been attending the St. Veronica School for six months.- Free PressFree Press - 35 words
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Article147 1947-10-06 5 cord wvernmenu of Great C?* and Ansfc&iia will be the d -*5 f..m k taSSL 10 an outstandSsi of miseriej and FausLi ar R^rdtd by Ml', 1 Major XY 1S V'^. at XT an the juntjies of North Borneo to reward the native people for the hel147 words
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Article167 1947-10-06 5 Bread Quality 'Improving Fre« Press Staff Reporter y'HOUGH the bread available from most retailers m Singapore may not be as white m colour as it used to U\ ftoui issues by the Singapore Government are stated to be of good quality. A Food Control Department oflicial explained that about two167 words
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Article150 1947-10-06 5 Free Press Chinese Correspondent REGISTRATION overseas Chinese m Malaya has been authorised by the Nanking Government, and already detailed pl*IM have been mapped out to start restoration some time this month. Dr. Wu Paafc-shing, Chinese Consul -General m Singapore, said all Chinese consulate* In Malaya hare beesi150 words
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Article217 1947-10-06 5 T*HE Singapore Government has 1 formed a Muslim Advisory Board to continue the work of the former Mohammedan Advisory Board. Twenty men serve on the Board. The function of the Board is to advise the Government, when so requested, on any matter aflecting the interests and welfare217 words
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Article147 1947-10-06 5 Free Press Correspondent LONDON, By Air Mail. RECEIVING the freedom of the borough of Stirling m Scotland recently, Princess Elizabeth said: "It is not only for myself that I accept this distinction, but for the Argyll an<i Sutherland Higherlanders, whose CoioJ nel-in-Chief I have the honour to147 words
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278 1947-10-06 5 DELIVERIES are now being made of 48 locomotive boilers bein£ built for th c Indian State Railway m Australia. This contract represents an important step m the development of Australian engineering production for Asia, and lfl the biggest peace-time order of its kind to278 words
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Article55 1947-10-06 5 More than 200 guests attended a dinner and dance parly held at, 65 Tan jong Rhu on Saturday night. Trtp occasion was the marriage of Mr. Choong Yin Kee, son of Mr. and Mrs. Lee Shin Onn, to Miss Nancy Chee, daughter of Madam Alice Cheah and th«55 words
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Article23 1947-10-06 5 Mr. S. K. Gaw has been appointed a Municipal Commissioner, Singapore, during the absence on leave of Mr. S. F. Ho.23 words
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Miscellaneous58 1947-10-06 6 ■JANE Exclusive to the Sin&ifion- Free Press m Ma lava r^VK PARTAKE OF A \mALTMVERS' TO^ HIS M aS'S ?'JSSl¥£*£*'" ISS P™' ERIG? T HE HAUNTED BV 4 /^a COCKTAIL WITH ME W J^ LORDSHIP )K MA T/Bi E PATH OK TrU SOIJWDED SORTOfJIORO GAMMO^ 4 DlN "E R j>fe=^/^^^*58 words
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663 1947-10-06 7 BUSH' HORSE NOW BIGGEST P MONEY-SPINNER Jackpot's Great Win At K.L. Free Press Racing Correspondent KUALA LUMPUR, Sunday JACKPOT, a bush' horse m Australia which cost about $3,000 J landed m Malaya, became the season's top money wining horse when he scored his sixth win at Kuala Lumpur on Saturday.663 words
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Article295 1947-10-06 7 I ;ko Campbell for Chelsea. Coffln. making his first appear;, nee for ter. was amont? the scorers while another point about the day's play was Torquay's sixth successive draw. WraUy, the mrin Scottish interest was m Belfast and this resulted m the Rancers postponing their matchReuter - 295 words
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Article85 1947-10-06 7 KA>;iMIKI Song and lackey, Ktoa as Urn best bets at Kuala Lumpur on Saturday m the final tips from the course bj the Free Press racing rrpnr- I t r. both won their races, while ir opiate, who was given as a strong possibility, also won. En85 words
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Article29 1947-10-06 7 m a game of rugger played at Klakan Mati on Saturday. OHQ FARE! F brat R.A. Blakan Mati by 20 nts (4 goals) to nil.29 words
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Article87 1947-10-06 7 THE Shanghai Chinese footballers, who are scheduled to play their first game m Singapore against Army en Wednesday, will travel to Kuala Lumpur after the game to meet the Selangor Chinese on Friday. They will then return to Singapore m time for their second match87 words
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Article141 1947-10-06 7 Free Press Racing lie porter KUALA LUMPUR. Today. APOLLO did a splendid gallop this morning, covering throe furlongl m 37 sec. Apollo, who ff|| taken out with Young Clem, went easily all the way. and left his stable companion several lengths behind at the finish. On141 words
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Article51 1947-10-06 7 GH.Q. FAKfcXF meet RAF Chang* m the S.A.F.A. Cup knockout competition at Jalan Besar today. The winners will qualify for the semi-final, the other semi-finalists being S.C.F.A. 11. Ist Seaforth Highlanders and M.F.A. (first XI >. Draw for the seniil-linab> will be held after51 words
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Article1047 1947-10-06 7 JJOI.LOWINQ axe the latest tables in the English and Scottish soccer ea, including Saturday's gamos: mourn I.FACFE— DIVISION ONE P W. D. L. F. A. Pts. on] 10 U 2 0 23 5 18 Pre* 11 1 2 17 13 17 Blackpool 11 (J 3 21,047 words
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Article, Illustration35 1947-10-06 7 picture. Start of the women's 85-yard race m the S.R.C. sports on Saturday. Miss Coral Moss is seen taking the lead. She finished second. Winner was Miss Pamela Moss.- Free PressFree Press - 35 words
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Article384 1947-10-06 7 THE Australian Rugby Union touring team scored a runaway win over Northumberland and Durham by 49 points to nil at Newcastle on Saturday, thus registering their highest score of the tour. From early m the game the Wallabies pack dominated the set scrums and gave Burke384 words
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Article67 1947-10-06 7 THE New York Yankees regained the lead m the world baseball series on Saturday when they beat Brooklyn Dodgers 2-1 m the fifth game of the best of seven final. Hie Yankees, American league champions, had won the first two games at the Yankee Stadium but lostReuter - 67 words
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249 1947-10-06 7 UK Lucky To Win Rugby League Test GREAT Britain beat New Zealand by 11 points to 10 m the first Rugby League Test played at Leeds on Saturday. It was" a grand see-saw game with the tourists a little unlucky to be beaten. They had been pegged to the defenceReuter - 249 words
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Article540 1947-10-06 7 Courtcraft - KENG SIANG WINS TITLE Courtcraft By TWO of Singapore's outstanding veteran badminton players, with more than 20 .years' experience m flrst-class play, clashed yesterday at the Clerical Union Hall m the final event of the Sin-g-«pore Badminton Association Junior and Veterans' championships. Using all his skill and taking every advantage540 words
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Miscellaneous248 1947-10-06 7 Free Press Crossword No. IPS GUIlt ACROSS 1, Small two-masted vessel (5). 4, One of an early Teutonic people who established kingdom m Italy, Prance and Spain (4). 7, Sir E. L. Lutyens designed this Indian city (3, 5). 9. In which State of U.S.A. is Cincinnati? (4). 11. Trees248 words
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Article, Illustration40 1947-10-06 8 Mr. Waller Kiikwoon. King's U <eon at La Guardia airport, fork, hi ?£M containing the massive of the 16 F<ZUI ?i.*»^ met recently m Paris to c -'^m Marshall plan. Tf M> tf.S. eredKa between /945 and mi Wm *®*v40 words
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Article68 1947-10-06 8 A SPECIAL Market correspond- ent gives the prices of rubber at 11 a.m. today as follows: Buyers Sellers Cta. Cts. per Ib. per Ib. I No. 1 R.S.S. Spot loose (nominal) 32^ 32~» No. 1 R.S.S. fob m bales Oct. JS«-, 33 No. 2 R.S.S. fob68 words
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Article49 1947-10-06 8 THE New York Stock Exchange on Saturday resumed short session business after the lengthy summer recess and leaders made headway (or ihe sixth straight session despite ooniiderable profit-taking. Transfers total«ed 400,000 shares. The Dow Jones averages were: Stocks 64.42; Industrials 179.44; Rails 49.39; Utilities 35.51.- A. P.A.P. - 49 words
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Article, Illustration21 1947-10-06 8 HOME Picture). The Valley of the Conway at Llanwrst with the low, wooded hills of Denbighshire rising to the eastwards C.O.I.C.O.I. - 21 words
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Article328 1947-10-06 8 LONLHJiN, Sunday. PRINCESS Elizabeth made it as dear as she could today that her marriage on Nov. 20 to Lieut. Philip Mountbatten should follow traditional lines, when she insisted that the word "obey" remain m the ceremony despite suggestions that the future Queen of EngiandA.P.; U.P.; Reuter - 328 words
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Article159 1947-10-06 8 TEHERAN. Sunday. THE Persian Majlis (Parliament) today voted a confidence motion m favour of the Government of Qavam es-Sultaneh by 93 votes to 12 with 11 abstentions and (our blank votes. The Premier can now legally present to the Majlis the widely discussed project for theReuter - 159 words
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Article168 1947-10-06 8 SAARBRUCKEN, Sunday. AVER 450,000 of 500,000 voters m the Saar Basin flocked to v the polls today to decide between France and Germany for the second time m 12 years. These voters are electing 50 delegates to the legislature, which will accept or reject the168 words
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1814 1947-10-06 8 MALAYA SELF GOVERNMENT PLEDGE RENEWED Mac Donald on new constitution Free Press Staff Reporter BROADCASTING from Radio Malaya last night, the Governor-General, Mr. Malcolm Mac Donald, declared that the process of constitutional development m Malaya would not end until self-government was complete. He pledged: "I give you the word not1,814 words
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Article81 1947-10-06 8 The Government has asked Mr. Nicholai Plakhin, Russian traderepresentative; to leave Singapore. He is expected to leave today. Last night, Mr. Plakhin was busy packing at his hotel. He refused to discuss his departure, except to deny a report that he will join the large81 words
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207 1947-10-06 8 Free Press Staff Correspondent a nppTCTnM v, KUALA LUMPUfc, Sunday. 4 DECISION to hold a Malaya-wide hartal on Oct. 20 as a tauJfof a &ainst the revised constitutional proposals was Pnt^L a m f c^ m^ f the As *ociated Chinese Chambers of207 words
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Article285 1947-10-06 8 SHANGHAI, Sunday pOWKKUL Chinese GwtfMMOt reinforcements 1 pouring into Manchuria by air. train and on foot Chines* Communist forces intensified their attads ill North-east m what is generally considered a prflimw move to ;in all-out offensive, reports reaching hert suvi The movement of troops be*anReuter; U.P.; A.P. - 285 words
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Article32 1947-10-06 8 A thick toe the firs: of! leftton, settled over Londoc I ;mrts of the Bnfib !i rday. Sh:ppi«4g wassW the Thames. Off thesfinhl ■vis so poor I ".chored- APAP - 32 words
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Article23 1947-10-06 8 ALEX.\NDW VMLLLUt CA« ard oeteefattr ■■'j hk homo 79 GraKeß«i«Jj Si m (to v evening. Fur.«i RHtd •H«l :l I M I23 words
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Miscellaneous54 1947-10-06 8 WE A THEK Cloiidy WEATIItK upon for tke next 24 hours compiled by the R A.F.: Cloudy, with occastonnl rain. A few brifcht periods Wind fresh south-westerly. Moonrise 11.46 p m m#*ns<-t 11 20 a.m. Temperatures: Max. W. 3 d*« j mm. 75 de*. SINGAPORE TIDES Hith 1 11 |»rr54 words
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