The Singapore Free Press, 7 October 1947
1947-10-07
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Title Section18 1947-10-07 1 The Singapore Free Press LARGEST AFTERNOON SALE IN MALAYA Ifctf- SINGAPORE, TUESDAY, OCTOBER 7, 1947 PRICE 10 CENTS18 words
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Article311 1947-10-07 1 PLANTER IS KILLED IN HOLD-UP Car crash into road-block Free Press Staff Reporter EUROPEAN planter was killed and his wife was slightly injured at 10 p.m. yesterday 15^ miles from Johore Bahru, when his car overturned when evading: the gun-fire of an ambush by four armed bandits. The dead planter311 words
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Article53 1947-10-07 1 Tlie U.S. Government reports that consumption of natural and synthetic rubber m tfie United States declined m July to 78.309 long tons, compared with 85.109 tans m June. July comsumption of natural rubber says A. P. accounted for 51.4 per cent of the total compared with 50 per53 words
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Article, Illustration58 1947-10-07 1 Sixteen-year-old former pupil of the J. Arthur Rank "Charm School,'- MISS KATHERINE PATRICIA SCOTT (above) recently married an Indian Prince. Major Abbasi, son of the Nawab of Bahawalpur at the Caxton Hall Registry. The Prince is stated to have an annual income of £82,000, and his bride is the daughterPlanet News - 58 words
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Article101 1947-10-07 1 THE Singapore Harbour Board Stall Association has decided to send an ultimatum to the actIng chairman of the Harbour Board with the following demands: (a) An immediate payment of three months' ex gratia payment vide C.S.O. Circular No. 24/47 dated Feb. 21. 1947. (b» A101 words
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Article30 1947-10-07 1 A Malay, armed with a pistol, and accompanied by a Chinese, last night held up a Chinese towkay m Lorong 37, Geylang Road, and robbed him of $700.30 words
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Article29 1947-10-07 1 A cheque for 167.175. 7d., the Westminster Abbey collection on the Battle of Britain Sunday, has been sent to the Royal Air Force Benevolent Fund.29 words
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Article361 1947-10-07 1 Postal workers to defy Govt Free Press Staff Reporter INTERNATIONAL trade union assistance is to be sought by Singapore and Malayan Union postal workers, whose threatened strike begins tomorrow. The Malayan Postal Uniformed Stan's Union is to communicate with trade union federations m England, Australia, India and the United States361 words
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Article, Illustration30 1947-10-07 1 tout icflJ ceiebrc Co's I are a on the Hall, x.Mi ikon the mm dj/ Sir C: toted I 1 of one of I fin/ transmitting valves h.- A. P.A.P. - 30 words
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Article49 1947-10-07 1 taff Reporter F* ar v ?h- the iTjL^c as a loaded r a. o. ning ?i-' this masi tELS** 1 i hat makes man's Jjf, booa-hli matest (ij: of the road ETt l c c b r n out of sellacK of court-csv ••v of! on the ari-49 words
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Article317 1947-10-07 1 'Colonies threat to peace '-USSR NEW YORK, Monday. yi\V. British colonial system was "a threat to peace", said Russia's delegate on the Trusteeship Council of the I'nited Nations m the resumed debate today on the Council's right to political information from non-self-governing territories. Shmegov, Russia's representative, made the charge thatA.P.; U.P.; Reuter - 317 words
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Article72 1947-10-07 1 A MINE detonator was thrown into the garden next to the house of the French Prime Minister M. Paul Ranridier, at Deeazeville. m South France, yesterday No casualty or damage was caused. M. Ramadier had left for Paris ra] hours before. The identity ofReuter - 72 words
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Article80 1947-10-07 1 BOMBER - BOMBER BY Free Press Staff Reporter THE SJ-ton propeller shaft, which was brought to Singapore yesterday by a Halifax bomber, was taken to the Keppel Harbour dry dock late last night. The propeller shaft is for the Canadian freighter Lake Chilco which lost a propeller m the80 words
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153 1947-10-07 1 NEW DELHI, Monday. rpHE danger of an armed clash between India and Pakistan r has been heightened by the Union Government's landings at Porbandar, midway between Bombay and Karachi. In effect Union troops have laid sieee to the 3,000 square mile state of Junagadh,U.P. - 153 words
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Article260 1947-10-07 1 Free Press Staff Reporter rjABLE and Wireless Limited have bought 255 acres of the Trafalgar Estate, Singapore, and have begun clearing it to build a $1,000,000 radio receiving station on the site. The receiving station will replace the present emergency station at Katong, and260 words
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Article49 1947-10-07 1 Free Press Staff Reporter MR. Nicolai Plakhin, Soviet trade representative, left Singapore by air this morning for Bangkok after a stay of nine months. The Russian left by a Cathay Pacific Airways Dakota at nine o'clock this morning. He would not talk to the Press.49 words
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Article51 1947-10-07 1 A garage man, Arthur Tomlin, 34, of Pacldington, who was attacked, gauged and bound m an early morning raid at Lex Garage, St. John's Wood, London, dialled 999 with his hands ti€d behind his back. Four thieves got away with £100 and a big black car.—Reuter - 51 words
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Advertisement47 1947-10-07 1 f;.;rts r s 1 s SlH Db tp NC NOW HERE V «T NEW STOCKS OF ar Kashmir, Bokhara, Persian CARPETS 8158 qUaIi LOW prt— VISIT TODAY THE Agency Showrooms at STAMFORD ROAD >UHAN SINGH JWALA SINGft AGENTS FOR S CURIOS CARPETS, JD. P. 0. Box 108147 words
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Advertisement128 1947-10-07 1 Your Favourite Brand ts back a^ain— PIGEON SPORT SHIRTS In a wider A cheaper ranee TELLY CO., 377. North Bridge tWad Tele: 313S DEN I S COMPTON J WWlflr I UH famous English V batsman, smokes y n SMOK£S Martin's Non-throat 5? the Sportsman's V Cißarette that Is V made128 words
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Article893 1947-10-07 2 GOING HOME TO BRITAIN? By A Special Correspondent go you've secured pmawme to l.'.X. and you re sailing BOOH. Your affairs here are being looked after. In fact, you're practically on your way. Then the sobering thought comes: "How am I going to manage m that land of shortages and893 words
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Article, Illustration308 1947-10-07 2 "COUTH made five diamonds on this 0 hand," writes a correspondent "and loud was the moening thereat. North called South a pantywaist, and South wanted to know how much the oooonents were oavir.tr North to under-bid. This went on foe some time, much to the emovment of their308 words
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Article616 1947-10-07 2 FROM WITCH-DOCTOR TO DOCTOR In Three Generations By K. G. COLEMAN. FROM Native witchdoctor to bachelor of medicine and surgery m three generations that is the story behind Dr. Mary Susan Malahlele, who took the Hippocratic oath at the University of the Witwatersrand on June 24, 1947, as the first616 words
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Article, Illustration205 1947-10-07 2 HIS FACE IS A FORTUNE On a Stamp 5%?38 has become their tune. I(r An April decree m I bidding the purely I nee of postage «Z| bearing the GermuSl tator's likeness I ft\ S y eK* f tS Zo<)min? taS post--. Germans and at ion personnel were aS* PickHerald-Sun - 205 words
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Miscellaneous571 1947-10-07 2 v Sm l W _*9 tBl m" I I I I I I I j| SINGAPORE metres 15 32 m.<.i. j»!e>; 10.00 p.m. u> World News BCftdl Blue Network ut lieiww megacycles; 10 00 p m to 11.36 p m. gramme Announcement*; 3 .45 II 12 0* 2 oo p.m.571 words
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Miscellaneous218 1947-10-07 2 YOUR LUCKY STAR Fortune forecast for people born today BORN today, you are a forceful person and are alert to opportunity. You are ready to jump m and make a new idea work the instant you recognize it. This makes it tough on your competitors, for you are usually one218 words
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167 1947-10-07 3 U.S. FAMILIES LIVE BEYOND THEIR INCOME FSDFS liriTHlN the last 18 months ft American families have increased their personal debts by SI 1,000.000.000 to a total of $45--00.000.000. a figure higher by y $5,000,000,000 than the previous record total attained just before the financial collapse of 1929. This great increase167 words
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Article150 1947-10-07 3 PALESTINE MAY START HOLY WAR' •Arabs and Jews are not bluffing 0 rs Organisation has a delicate and diffill'il^.^ Jj U1 iii-atinf the Jewish-Arab controversy f^ tinC no matter what it may be, must be backed vision, i fwce if f ur ther bloodshed is to be pre*tect» ve rA.P. - 150 words
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Article150 1947-10-07 3 U.S., SOVIET PATROLS IN CLASH FIVL U.S. soldiers pu.ruhiiig the border dividing the RuttUm and AmcTioun zones excha:i c: with Korean const abi: men irom the Soviet zone on Sept. 17, U.S. intelligence officers said m Seoul. American intelligence four* reported the North Koreans open-, ed fire with a machincgunA.P. - 150 words
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Article129 1947-10-07 3 MORE than 100 leading Chinese and foreign banking execuin Shanghai, including those .c Hongkong and Shanghai ;unk. China Bank and Chartered Bank have Joined m an extraorry appeal on behalf of the family of Mr. Andrew Young. former assistant general manager of the Banking Department of129 words
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Article29 1947-10-07 3 LOSE FASCISTS LOSE PITCH -h Party, an r demor London's I ntthe ffi r.dav at its c Jdspeaker tureinth( S aof the a ,i pasl Sunday Allegedly Fa^ist U.P.U.P. - 29 words
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Article67 1947-10-07 3 pwtp-oiit charges m. connection Itn falsifying accounts at .is BanV. Horaeferry Riad. Westminster, involving £80,000 preferred tie Bow street Ice courts against Normam v r arrott, (49). bank manof Croxley Green, HertfordOne charge related to forging o f a guarantee. After the opening state memt67 words
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Article43 1947-10-07 3 The United States Ambassador, Russia. Mr. Walter Bedell Smith has left Moscow for Washington to report to the State Department. He will be joined on the trip home by General Lucius D. Clay, United States Military nor m Germany.- A.P.A.P. - 43 words
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Article55 1947-10-07 3 MAGISTRATES at Eccles, Lanes looked at books and pictures to decide, Can a bulldog let go? A bulldog's owner said his dog could not have bitten the dustman because it couldn't let go, because of th c way it s mouth Ls made. The55 words
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Article124 1947-10-07 3 IN a lengthy investigation report issued by the Control Yuan m Nanking, Mr. T. V. Soong, former Premier and recently appointed Governor of Kwangtung Province, was charged with being responsible for the mismanagement of China's foreign exchange funds. The report said that corporations operated and headed byA.P. - 124 words
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Article, Illustration69 1947-10-07 3 CREW OF PILOTLESS AIRCRAFT Members of the emergency Crew uhich Hew m. but did not handle the controls of. the U.S. master aircraft which flew the Atlantic under automatic remote control, arc seen (above) beside the giant plane. (Right) a hand is seen pressing the starter button on the aircraft's69 words
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196 1947-10-07 3 Mac A to dissolve 'financialempires' /GENERAL Mac Arthur's headquarters m Tokio has announced plans for the complete dissolution of the Zaibatsu (multimillionaire) and Gunbutsu (military clique) financial empires, reports Reuter. Mr. Edward C. Welsh, chief of. Gen. Mac Arthur's anti-'riLst and cartels division, said several hundred million securities m Japan196 words
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276 1947-10-07 3 CHINA FEARS SUPREMACY OF KOREAN REDS NANKING, Monday. 4 HIGH Chinese official, who declined be quoted by name, A said Allied occupation troops should not be withdrawn from Korea until adequate safeguards were established to prevent North Korea leftists from "purging what they call reactionaries" m South Korea, reports AssociatedA.P. - 276 words
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Article97 1947-10-07 3 MR. George Bernard Shaw, nonagenarian playwright and Britain's best-loved wit, has addressed a letter to the people of Ireland appealing to them not to send him any more pre- sents or medals, to continue their prayers for him, but not to write and tell him97 words
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Article127 1947-10-07 3 SUPPRESSION OF GAMBLING IN MACAO PAMBLING m Macao will be U gradually suppressed during 1948 and will be completely eliminated by 1949; Mr. Jose Calvet; Portuguese Consul, told Associated Press. "Three gambling houses will be closed immediately," h^ said "There will remain nine more. Th^ suppression plan .calls for theA.P. - 127 words
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Article148 1947-10-07 3 RADAR AIDS UK MERCHANT SHIPPING nADARfthe "all seir.g eye' of the Royal Navy during the war. is being fitted rapidly to British Merchant Navy vessels. Already this device, which enables ships to "see" m the dark and through fog, has saved private shipping companies thousands of pounds by cutting down148 words
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Article70 1947-10-07 3 THE Commander of United States naval forces m the Philippines, Rear-Admiral H. H. Good, has transferred his headquarters from Manila k> the U.S. Naval Air Station at Sangley Point, Cavite. This change of headquarters, it was announced, is m compliance with the bases agreement between the United States70 words
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Article48 1947-10-07 3 The British Government has announced that a price of $2/per bushel for Canadian grain had been agreed upon for the year 1948-49, compared with the present price of $1.55. The announcement followed negotiations between representatives of the British and Canadian Governments m London recently.- ReuterReuter - 48 words
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Article127 1947-10-07 3 THE famous thoroughfare of Princes Street, Edinburgh, is to be rebuilt under a planning scheme just made public. The proposed reconstruction involves replacement of the existing buildings, a double-deck roadway and diversion of main line railway traffic. The roadway underneath the present street is to127 words
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Article73 1947-10-07 3 SERIGIO Osmcna Jr., son of the former Philippines President and the opposition Nacionalista Party candidate for Congress m Cebu Province, is reported to have withdrawn from the November elections on the ground that he lacked sufficient proof of residence. The withdrawal removes the chance that the OsmenaA.P. - 73 words
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Article346 1947-10-07 6 Critical battle for Manchuria PEIPING, Monday. UNOFFICIAL quarters here indicated today that Generalisssimo Chiang Kai-shek may take a personal hand m setting up Peiping headquarters for the coming "Battle of Mukden/ reports a United Press correspondent. Conceding that the Nationalists may be forced to abandonU.P.; A.P. - 346 words
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Article, Illustration63 1947-10-07 6 picture. Mrs. Barbara Castle. M.P.. former -private secretary to Sir Stafford Cripps at the Board of Trade, is working for a week m a Lancashire cotton mill, m order to get to know the women m the industry, their working conditions and welfare needs. Mrs. Castle is seen here receivingMirror - 63 words
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Article128 1947-10-07 6 JAPAN will again rise and become the dominating industrial factor of the Orient within ten years, according to Mr. C. F. Sharp, executive of the firm bearing his name, who has just returned to Manila from a survey trip to Japan. His prediction, he said, isReuter - 128 words
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Article115 1947-10-07 6 THE Manila Post reported yester--1 clay that scattered nrottlM of Huk» ahihap armed prasan w.-re ling together upon orders of Lheir Supremo, Luis Taruc. to create disorder m the approaching elections. The paper said that the consolidation meant an all-out coun-ter-offensive against Government forcesA.P. - 115 words
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173 1947-10-07 6 AMERICAN War Crimes prosecutors m Nuremberg have embarked on a vast treasure hunt m search of gold buried by Joachim Von Ribbentrop. It is buried m ohurches. on peasant farms and perhaps some is still tucked away m forgotten corners of German Embassies abroad. TheA.P. - 173 words
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Article39 1947-10-07 6 NO CENSORSHIP ASSURANCE DR. H oiling tun Tong. Director of Governments Information Office, denies Press reports that Nanking authorities are contemplating censorship of news m an as where martial law preralls. He .said the "story is compl-tely untrue."- ReuterReuter - 39 words
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Article228 1947-10-07 6 Attlee urged to halt Fascism rpHE three most powerful organs of the British Labour x movement are to join m asking the Government to assume the wider powers necessary to stamp out the revival of Fascist activity m Britain. The National Council of Labour representing the Trades Union Congress, Labour228 words
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Article59 1947-10-07 6 ANGLO- DANISH talks o*\ the supply of bacon, eggs jwid butter to Britain have broken clown for the second time In less thaoi three wwks, the British Treasury announced again over the question of price. The Treasury said that no method 'had becm found for bridgingA.P. - 59 words
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Article340 1947-10-07 6 THE forthcoming international conference on the future status of Tangier former international zone m North Africa, now under Spanish administration which was originally scheduled to take place last year, may raise questions affecting the entire Spanish position m Morocco, writes an Associated Pre«s correspondentA.P. - 340 words
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Article219 1947-10-07 6 NEW HEALTH MEASURES FOR THE HAJ AN expert committee of the World^u EVa > Mon,., A has recommended compulsory L Health C?- sons who travel to Mecca on Uie LZ^M m^ > The committee's report, concluded i^ Musli P > tigation m Saudi Arabia and X^eXfA^ East, has been submitted219 words
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Article112 1947-10-07 6 THE death rate m Hong Kong from tuberculosis is 400 per 100.000 cases, health officials revealed. This death rate is one of the highest m the world today. Even Shanghai, with a notoriously high incidence of this disease, does not have so many, deaths asA.P. - 112 words
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Article96 1947-10-07 6 A War Omce spokesman on Sunday issued a categorical denial of reports -contained m a British Sunday newspaper that Field Marshal Lord Montgomery, c of the Imperial General Stall, was about to resign from his post. The Sunday Pictorial, which published the report onReuter - 96 words
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Article28 1947-10-07 6 Four crewmen and three military passengers were killed when a French military reconnalssana plane crashed into a mountain m Madagascar on Sunday.- U.P.U.P. - 28 words
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72 1947-10-07 6 rH£ United Nations Trow* I atfl he American warning Uas nediate independence for world's PWPH (JP 'create confusion ana cuw* T rrancis b. Su>rc. sawiian*" he l as the goal s, independent joc^ •mipht retard Iheir "'•j'JJ injure their people aac He added that72 words
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Article35 1947-10-07 6 BIG INCREASE IN JAP BIRTH RATE 4 40 per cent l"**^ tt\ reported t i\^d [his year by the c ,> I ernment. *™***$Bi population trend Mar <m divorce dei-iiwnp. «J I of 43:426 BM divorces35 words
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Miscellaneous59 1947-10-07 3 TARZAN KultTs help £d£#r i?i^ Burroughs FOR SO^^E MEANS 1^ /onjc /it "TuP COCQNLTT T*JI?EE^ ■■■■^■^^n /j4^°^L ■B^L"^> -■^.^b^Mbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbl I KJt^, C\ 'C OC" A* 7 -IAAI I BI^Ll/r// I I bV^^b! I r>uu 6 Cnl*l riiut Brndlcate. lnc i^^ I J jM^HP™T'tijy^Biß^%ii*^Bißß^Bß^BßßHryTMßß^BWP%* it*- i^ 7■» i > j iJumJ—^bbm59 words
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580 1947-10-07 4 The Singapore Free Press TUESDAY, OCTOBER 7, 1947. The New Comintern ALT of a .secret Communist con'enDCC m Poland has come "th« biggest political news on lbs Communist frcnt since the dissolution of the Third International." That is the estimate, injudicious but probably true, of British Communists when asked tor580 words
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Article, Illustration1334 1947-10-07 4 From New York. THE hurricane has blown itself out over Florida and Louisiana, but it is still raging m Flushing Meadows, New York. The Worm Peace headquarters have become a battlefield of violent words, and the cold war between Russia and the United States is now several1,334 words
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Article527 1947-10-07 4 the United States needs to rid itself of oil shortage jitters is bigger and longer pipe lines, says William C. Kinsolving, Ihe man with a Texas drawl who was a top official m construction of the 1300-mile "Big Inch," from Texas to Pennsylvania. "The oil is there, if527 words
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619 1947-10-07 4 NOEL MONKS - NOEL MONKS By AN June 24 seven men of Newfoundland sat down to a banquet m Montreal m celebration of Newfoundland's 450 th anniversary as the first British colony. Next day they went to Ottawa and said "How much will you give us for our country?"619 words
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Article15 1947-10-07 5 ***** J •nio L*diate!y the X r the .a itenced to three :>ro- ence.15 words
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Article53 1947-10-07 5 I urnounishment. the K.J jUSt 1 convicted vife irded to ban funds, as are all fin--0.3:.'.3:.' ;>re- liro. ar's .ied Wk his sentence *n he w tried. Qtoers accustd Wwa were imprisoned f,or the ;ed, who HJJ Sinerarx i *ho acconmanied trial, volunteered at --as Jteeier for the court53 words
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Article24 1947-10-07 5 1 2°°^ Mr Justice Br■■sentence ol he oleaded m unlawful spaKampr, a2r gahru on ?jj-. Ed io five on-24 words
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Article, Illustration100 1947-10-07 5 The minelayer -cruiser Manxman iKiid a visit to Singapore recently, and over the week-end the anchored off Changi m an change visit" to the Royal Air Force. The ship welcomed RAF visitors, parties of whom, both rank and file, were entertained on board. In return, the RAF flew parties of100 words
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Article115 1947-10-07 5 R.iiitiilo ininpfj to Malaya are trapped on the windswept Nuliaxbor I ianxs m Australia. Australia is today supplying six iiiiiliun pounds (Australian cury) worth of rabbits annually in^ry countries throughout th e world. Th* dry, windswept Nullarbor Plains of the southcentiml part of the continent provide115 words
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Article109 1947-10-07 5 ARMY headquarters m Singapore are anxious to contact relatives of the late No. *****03 Gunner A. E. G. Gardner, Royal Artillery. Exhaustive inquiries by General Headquarters hav e established the death of this soldier's mother, Mrs. Gertrude Felicia iner. Her death was reported v taken109 words
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Article15 1947-10-07 5 Sales o: Victory savings certificates up to Oct. 1, 1947, amounted to $626,671.50.15 words
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Article, Illustration580 1947-10-07 5 'EPORT ARMS DUMPS' APPEALS CID Potentia I threat to public peace Free Press Staff Reporter appeal to the public to report arms dumps m the la d D^^t-K the Chief of th Singapore C.1.D., Mr. K. C 15. Wiltshire, yesterday. Mr. Wiltshire said the existence of arms dumps m various580 words
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462 1947-10-07 5 Ray Gladwell - Ray Gladwell By Ah IKK a week-end of exchange visits between the ship's *t crew and the Royal Air Force, the minelayer cruiser Manxman left Changi Harbour yesterday morning on her way to Penang and other Malayan weM coast ports. Sh G arrived off462 words
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Article, Illustration13 1947-10-07 5 -picture. Wrcckaye of Straits Settlements Suuadron Lincoln bomber which crashed recently.- Planet NewsPlanet News - 13 words
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Article65 1947-10-07 5 A WOMAN was produced m the Singapore Assizes yesterday to answer to a charge under the Arms and Explosives Ordinance. She was a middle-aged Chinese, Koh Ah Tuan, who was charged with beiricr m unlawful possession of a revolver and two nmnds of ammunition m Lavender65 words
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Article130 1947-10-07 5 B REN DA is a MaU>an honey bear who has taken to a sailor's life, and has already sailed over half the Pacific. She is the mascot of the minelayer cruiser Manxman, now m Singapore waters. Brenda's sea life started m February, when she was130 words
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Article22 1947-10-07 5 THE Messugerics Maritimes Ship Grenoble yesterday brought In a shipment of 3.000 bags of maize from Saigon for Chinese consignees.22 words
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Article221 1947-10-07 5 Chinese refugees come from NEI Free Press Chinese Correspondent I BOUT 200 Chinese refugees from SUat Panjang on Cftf south eastern coast of Sumatra have arrived at Singapore as a result of th c repeated shelling of that Indonesianheld port by Dutch naval craft. The entry of these refugees was221 words
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Article82 1947-10-07 5 THE Australian Army Head- quarters has announced m Melbourne that six civilian women teachers will be sent soon to Japan. They will work m schools for children of troops of th P British Commonwealth Occupation Force. Anoiher three teachers will go to Japan during December. At82 words
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Article35 1947-10-07 5 At an Executive Committee meeting of the Singapore Printers' Union held at the Union's premises on Sunday a sub-committee was formed to study the working conditions and the standard of of its members.35 words
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Article83 1947-10-07 5 A 16-year -old Chinese boy was charged m the Singapore Seventh Police Court yesterday with being m possession of two revolvers and 12 rounds of ammunition at the junction of Race Course and Kerbau Roads on Sunday. He was also charged with robbing Mr. Chan Khan83 words
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149 1947-10-07 5 Straits Settlements bomber crashes nine killed (By Air Mail) LONDON. Sept. 26. THE Lincoln bomber which crashed m flames during a storm near Mautby, four miles from Great Yarmouth, last night, belonged to the No. 97 (Straits Settlements) Squadron. Nine lives wer c lost m the crash. Three East Anglian149 words
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Miscellaneous68 1947-10-07 6 lANE Exclusive to the Singapore Free Press m Malaya 'A^D^ERm^ U^TXk^n H^VA^J^K^ WELt; WeLL WELLf-SoA I^YOU RAHLLV «HOUU>M^ JAJ«E WH.L DISPLAY MR^Vc W r^A^Tli^ GET yf J^ O( i AWO tRIC ARE ONLY > VISCOUMT OAMMONi— I ACfI I ATpSr tow2s \GRACKING/^^V I JOLLY OLD BUSINESS PARTNERS^ YOO'LL GET A68 words
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Article730 1947-10-07 7 LUCKY ACE, RED HACKLE TO REPEAT Spear Mirth For Stayers Race Free Press Racing: Reporter KUALA LUMPUR, Today. I ITKY Ace and Red Hackle, two young English horses, have L T struck form and may be worth following again at Kuala 1 Lumpur tomorrow, the second day of the Sclangor730 words
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Article43 1947-10-07 7 JACK LONDON, former British heavyweight champion who was m m a car accident before the defeated Piet Wilde of Belgium on Doir.ts m a ten-round fleht In Nottingham yesterday. The referee's decision was booed by tne crowd.- A. P.A.P. - 43 words
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Article62 1947-10-07 7 THE following will play for the Nee 1 Soon Garrison Rugby XV against [11 Army Troops Squadron RE. at •15 Dm. to-morrow evening at Nee Pte. Redfern: Cpl. Lyons. Pte. icer. Pte. Paype. Cpl. Taylor: Cpl. Davis. Lieut. Miller; C. S. M. worth. Cor.t. Macauley. Cant.62 words
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195 1947-10-07 7 DATES v S'HAI TOURISTS REVISED AGAIN By Our Socc-r Reporter f\ATES ot games fur the Shanghai Chinese football tourists, who are duo to arrive m Singapore from Bangkok by air this afternoon, were again revised at a committee meeting of the S.A.F.A. yesterday. The revised programm is: Tomorrow, v the195 words
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122 1947-10-07 7 S By Our Boxing Reporter OM PONG, Singapore welterweight champion, has cabled from Bangkok stating that he is prepared to meet Filipino Baby Baltazar m a return fight at the Happy World Stadium on Oct. lit their first fight a fortnight ago Som122 words
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247 1947-10-07 7 100-YD RECORD RECOGNISED AFTER 16 YRS AFTER waiting 16 years Dan Joubcrt. South African sprinter, yesterday soured official recognition of hLs world record of 9.4 seconds for tfce 100 yards, established m South Africa m 1*931. Papers from the South African athletic authorities, supporting the claim for ratification, were forwardedReuter - 247 words
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Article72 1947-10-07 7 rE following will represent the Medical College Union against R.N. Police XI, Seletar, at 5 p.m. tomorrow. Transport will leave Harrower Hall at 4.10 p.m. sharp. Scan Chenc Btancj J. S. Mahadevan (captain), L S. Sodhy; Victor John, S. D Williams; H D Harcharan Singh; Ho Lian72 words
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Article259 1947-10-07 7 THE following are U.K. Football fixtures for next week: SATURDAY, OCT. 18 FIRST DIVISION Aston Villa v Sheffield U. Blackburn v Burnley Blackpool v Portsmouth Chelsea v M'brough Derby Co. v Bolton W. Everton v Charlton Grimsby T. v Preston Huddercfield v Ltverpool Manchester C. v StokeReuter - 259 words
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Article, Illustration27 1947-10-07 7 Winning Jump picture. Andrew Clarke, winner of the long jump at the first post-ivar athletic meeting of the S.R.C.. makes his winnina iumv oi 19ft. Free PressFree Press - 27 words
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Article250 1947-10-07 7 Free Press Racing Correspondent KUALA LUMPUR, Today. \M ICKEY Donnelly is suffering from the effects of his fall at Saturday's races at Kuala Lumpur, and it is doubtful whether he will be able to ride tomorrow. Mickey, after riding the winners m the first and250 words
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Article75 1947-10-07 7 Yankees Win Baseball Series rpilE New York Yankees, A American League champions, won the 1947 world baseball series yesterday when they defeated the Brooklyn Dodgers, winners of the National League, by five runs to two m the deciding game of the best-of-seven series at Yankee Stadium m New York. On75 words
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Article173 1947-10-07 7 MAINTAINING a su-.vdy <>uiK'riority throughout, the Kranii Football XI scored a convincing victory over the Nelson Sports Club by four coals to nil yesterday. Chanot opened the score for Kranii m the first five minutes Before half time was du»\ two more goals were added,173 words
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Article86 1947-10-07 7 ENGLAND'S team to meet Wales In the Soccer International match at Cardiff on- Oct. 18 contains one change from that which defeated Belgium m Brussels recently. Taylor of Liverpool comes m for Ward of Derby County at right-half back. The team is: Swift of Manchester86 words
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Article20 1947-10-07 7 DUNDEE, playing at home, beat Hearts two-one m a Scottish 'A' Division Football League match yesterday.- ReuterReuter - 20 words
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Article645 1947-10-07 7 RAF Reach Cup Semi-Final By Our Soccer Reporter R.A.F. Changi 1 GHQ FARELF 0 TN a S.A.F.A. Cup-tie that rarely raised a thrill, R.A.F. 1 Changi beat GHQ Farelf by an only goal at Jalan Besai Stadium yesterday to enter the semi-final round of the competition m which they will645 words
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Article201 1947-10-07 7 Two Singapore Games For Lien Hwa By Our Soccer Reporter rF Malayan Chinese soccer team (Lien Hw»l, which will leave on a tour of Bangkok, Hon? Kon? Shanghai and Manila at the end of this month, will piay two matchrs m Singapore on Nor. 25 and Nov. 26. The first201 words
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135 1947-10-07 7 lty Our Soccer Reporter TITE date for the S.A.F.A. Cup final has b^on fixed as Nov. 2. This will moan that, if* the Chinese Seniors qualify for the final, they may have to do without the services of three key men. Tee Siang.135 words
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50 1947-10-07 7 THE Army soccer team to meet the Shanghai Chinese at the Jalan Besar stadium tomorrow has been chosen as follows: Goram; Redhead and Stevenson: .Dixon. Rossiter and Cross; Hogg. Lloyd (Capt.), Hanlon. Scot* and McCrorrie. Reserves: Mack. 'Homer. Hope, Smith. Murphy, Hyndman and Brown.50 words
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Advertisement11 1947-10-07 7 flu" L. rennie s K ADY at P. RRST WARNING Knnies11 words
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Miscellaneous204 1947-10-07 7 pSMME f EVENTS Ol er i YE I -P^ 7.10 mcE ilO .09 i 09 Furs. UtL jLM> 5 9.00 =nFPEH 4 8 C 9 6 SO9 »SSSo 6 807 4 8.07 4 •PpER 4 8.05 a 8.04 I I^*_«iivtto*J 4 8.03 iGATSpCnON BQ2 N E SCOTCH JJct a 8.00204 words
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Miscellaneous311 1947-10-07 7 Free Press Crossword No. 206 'FIPI FT P F CLUES ACROSS 1, It has white fur m winter (5). 4, A note, order, or pass (4). 7, Fanner French province of the Seine and Marne district < 9). 8, A native of Mandalay (7). 10, England's smallest county (7), 12,311 words
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Article, Illustration37 1947-10-07 8 HOME Picture). The toicn of MkUUeham, as its name implies, uas a crossroad's town of some importance m the Middle Ages, wh ere the moorland roads to Wharfedale and Swaledale parted from the road through Wenslei/dalc C.O.I.C.O.I. - 37 words
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Article192 1947-10-07 8 SAARBRUECKEN, Monday. FRANCE has won a 'hands down' victory m the Saar elections on the economic union of the Saar Basin with France and the French Foreign Minister, M. Georges Bidault, will probably use this triumph as a strong talkIng point for Allied approval of annexationU.P.; A.P. - 192 words
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497 1947-10-07 8 fFHF Malayan Union Government lias informed the Postal I informed Staffs* In ion that postmen, who take part m the strike which threatens to affect the whole of Malaya tomorrow, will be dismissed with a months notice The Government states that "it is not prepared497 words
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Article135 1947-10-07 8 LONDON. Monday. mtILLIONS of British workers ITI were affected by two orders which came into force today— staggering o f working hours and the control of engagements. The first, designed to spread more evenly round the clock the strain on outdated and overworked electricity generatingReuter - 135 words
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Article419 1947-10-07 8 pRISON Oilicers, giving evidence m the Singapore Coroner's Court yesterday, told of the discovery m Outram Road prison of "enough gelignite to blow down the walls of the prison/ and the subsequent stoppage of prisoners' privileges which precipitated disobedience and disturbance among prisoners. The officers said419 words
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Article661 1947-10-07 8 WITH WEST World reactions to Comintern T.*w, w. LONDON, Monday. HE British Foreign Office interprets the rebirth of the Communist International as the formal end of the wartime co-operation among the Big Powers. Commenting unofficially, a Foreign Office spokesman said today, "This development is recognition ofU.P.; Reuter - 661 words
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145 1947-10-07 8 BATAVIA. Monday— Dr. Somsoeudin, leader of the Muslim group m the Republican Parliament, has been appointed a member of the Indonesian delegation lor renewed negotiations with the Dutch under the guidance of the United Nations Three Nation Committee. It was announced earlier that theReuter - 145 words
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Article40 1947-10-07 8 New York police on Monday released a partial list of the pieces of jewellery stolen from Mrs Gari Gabor Hilton m her pent house on Saturday. The jewels were insured for a total of $120,--900- A. P.A.P. - 40 words
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Article528 1947-10-07 8 London Stock Exchami MARKETS on the London stock Ex chan« iTi few distinguishing features and the (urnol Uvely small, says Reuters f ma le i a c« rre V*? 1 Bonds prov.ded the outstanding movem^ 1'? bruecken registering a rise of eight points t-? the528 words
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Article83 1947-10-07 8 ASPKUAL Market c*w ent fives the: pruts*" at 11 am today as follow Bnjer? I Ctt pfflb < No 1 R > > |MM i nominal No 1 RS S fob m bales Oct. No R.S.S. fob m b»lo Oct. No 3 RS.S f<* m bale* Oct. Tone83 words
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263 1947-10-07 8 Arabs launch bitter attack on Zionism LAKE SUCCESS, Monday. THE Iraq delegate, Fadhil Jamali today accused United States win 11LSt l of invokin g the policy of dollar diplomacy m Palestine and appealed to the U.S. Government to halt money collecting activity by Jews m the United States Charging thatReuter; U.P.; A.P. - 263 words
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Article73 1947-10-07 8 CX-Coioi«ci i'lijd Viciiit Sor&san ■j has been detained at Bangkok C.I.D. headquarters, it is reported m connection with young Kinc Ananda Mahidol's death. More arrests are expected. The police allege that he was a member of a group who were making an effort to create theU.P. - 73 words
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Article283 1947-10-07 8 LAKE SUCCESS Monday. MRS. Eleanor Roosevelt opened her long-awaited attack on Russia's warmongering charges, and served notice that the United States will oppose any attempt to make elimination of warmongering the duty of the United Nations Assembly. Mrs. Roosevelt, who was assigned by the U.S.U.P. - 283 words
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Article, Illustration65 1947-10-07 8 The Army authorities m Singapore have prepared tfiis representation of a shrouded corpse on a stretcher at the Army's Sajety Week Exhibition which the GOC. Singapore District, Major-Gen. L. H. Qox, opened m the Victoria Memorial Hall this morning. The Exhibition contains brutally realistic pictures and exhibits of smashed vehicles,Free Press - 65 words
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Miscellaneous75 1947-10-07 8 WEA THER Fair WEATHER report for the next 21 hours compiled by the RAF.: Fair but rather cloudy. Thundery showers early to-morrow. Wind southerly, Urht to moderate. Sunset 6.24: sunrise 6.18. Moonrise 12.48 a.m.; moonsrt 1.23 p.m. Temperatures: Max. 91.8 de*., mJn. 77 dec Rainfall: A trace. Relative humidity percentage*:75 words
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