The Singapore Free Press, 23 October 1947
1947-10-23
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Title Section18 1947-10-23 1 The Singapore Free Press LARGEST AFTERNOON SALE IN MALAYA 10.^- SINGAPORE, THURSDAY, OCTOBER 23, 1947 PRICE 10 CENTS18 words
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Article411 1947-10-23 1 Talks on eve of UN mediation BATAVIA, Wednesday. [NDONESIAN and Dutch officials met today for the first time since "police action" began on July 21, m an attempt to ascertain each other's position before the arrival of the United Nations three-power' investigation committee at the endA.P. - 411 words
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Article61 1947-10-23 1 PARIS, Thursday. erawi his new Cabinet early a alter tiie individual resign<»Ul Ministry. M. Ramadler ■sfifdid not resign. lut of Ministers to President c midnight, says the Associated Lsts ol seven Socialists, three i Radical Socialists and one Dln number. All Ministers fcave been dropped61 words
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Article48 1947-10-23 1 LIEUT. Philip Mountbatten. who j \M ;<> marry Princess Elizabeth Nor 20. was liurt m an autoiC accident on Tuesday nieht says a British Press Association report. He was shaken ud and suffered a twisted knee m the act which Occurred nwr Tirpn cester. Wiltshire. A. P.A.P. - 48 words
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Article77 1947-10-23 1 CAIRO Wednesday. Dfort to halt the spread of cholera pidemic, enter-; ■econd month tomorrow. the Egyptian Government today ordered its entire railway network brought to a standstill for four dajs beginning at midnight tonight Thr order i s aimed at halting during the Qurban Bairam theReuter - 77 words
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Article231 1947-10-23 1 CHURCHILL CENSURES GOVERNMENT LONDON. Wednesday. JUK. Winston Churchill, th£ 111 leader oi the Conservative OppooiUon. an f i live other Conservatives, incluuing Mr. Anthony Eden, today tabled an amendment to yesterday's address by the King, criticising the speech lor falling to -ivo assurance of national leadership" to meet Britain's economicReuter; A.P. - 231 words
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99 1947-10-23 1 U.S. LOAN: NEW TALKS ON U.K. BALANCE WASHINGTON, Wednesday. THL, United States Secretary of 1 the Treasury. Mr. John Svnder, said today that Britain will be allowed to use the remainder of the American loan as .soon as she shows "proper progress" m renegotiating convertibility agreements with other countries. BritainA.P. - 99 words
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191 1947-10-23 1 TEHERAN, Wednesday. rHE Majlis (Persian Parliament) tonight approved, by 102 votes out of the 104 members present, a declaration th;it Premier Quavam-es-Sultanah's oil agreement with Soviet Russia Is null and void. This decision followed the Premier's three-hour report on the negotiations with Russia mReuter - 191 words
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Article47 1947-10-23 1 TWO bombs hurled yesterday at the premises m Jaffa of two Arab merchants injured three Arabs and caused damage estimated at £2,500. The two Arab merchants were reported to have violated the Arab boycott on Zionist goods by buyincr from Jews ReuterReuter - 47 words
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Article34 1947-10-23 1 President Truman will make public today what is likely to prove the ftnal United States stop-gap aid programme lor France. Italy and Austria, the U.S. State Department announced yesterday, ReuterReuter - 34 words
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Article, Illustration71 1947-10-23 1 Craftsmen with decades of experience and generations o; family tradition as confectioner* are puttincj their skitl into the creation of ihe u\ ddtng cake for Princess Elizabeth, A replica of the towering wedding cake made for the wedding of the present Queen, Viet lire d71 words
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Article199 1947-10-23 1 Bevin will keep Britain armed LONDON, Wednesday. |>RITAIiN S Foreign Secretary, Mr. Ernest Bevin said m a speech here tonight: "We are going to maintain an etticient army, navy, and air force. As Foreign Secretary I will be no party to taking the chances the Chamberlain Government took which landedReuter - 199 words
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Article23 1947-10-23 1 The four-power Commission which will tour th e Italian colonies, decided m London yesterday that it will go first to Eritrea.23 words
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Article75 1947-10-23 1 POLICE HUNT HIT-AND-RUN DRIVER Free Press Staff Reporter THE police are looking lor a hiti and-run driver who knocked down and killed a Chinese boy at i the junction of Tanjong Pagar alnd Craig Roads shortly after i midnight yesterday. Two men are alleged to have witnessed the accident and75 words
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Article29 1947-10-23 1 The driver and eight passengers m a jeep which overturned opposite Bendemeer m Upper l Serangoon Road last night are reported to be progressing satisiactorily m hospital.29 words
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248 1947-10-23 1 CHINA RULING ON ELECTION OVERSEAS T*HE Chinese Government spokesman, Dr. George Yeh Vice-Foreign Minister, said m Nanking yesterday that because the question of dual nationality had been raised Chinese abroad who wished to take part m the China elections must register with embassies and consulates and formally renounce the citizenship248 words
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Article102 1947-10-23 1 C.I.D. SEEKS MAN IN $*****0 CASE Free Press SUil Reporter THE Singapore C.I.D. are looking for the manager of a Chinese > linn, who is reported to have disappeared after obtaining $100,000 from three local banks by means of bills ot lading, which are since alleged to have proved false.102 words
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Article39 1947-10-23 1 Britain has lost nearly 100,000 t< ns of vitally-needed coal m the three-day-old unofficial strike m Scottish coalmines which last night spread to a total of 72 piUs With no sifrn nf a rpsnmnt.inn r»f work. ReuterReuter - 39 words
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Article137 1947-10-23 1 PEIPING, Wednesday. VOSHIKO Kawashima, Manchunf r }2 cess loster daughter of an alleged member of Japan's notorious Black Dragon Society v, as sentenced to death today by the Hopei High Court which save her four days to appeal to the Supreme Court if she wishesA.P. - 137 words
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Advertisement39 1947-10-23 1 f BENOBV, kit' _T,I. v Ci/fa y/ OOTe For xmas undertake delivery' ••ST" IC ANNON) woollen blankets Beautiful Pastel Shades J^. SHE ETS and PILLOW CASES Fascinating Shades "YLON STOCKINGS BATH TOWELS hand towft c L^CC sincapoke FHONt 464939 words
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FEATURES
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Article767 1947-10-23 2 A Malayan Bookshelf BY A SPECIAL CORRESPONDENT THREE sections yet remain to be discussed of Mr. John Hayward's informative little booklet "Prose literature since 1939" and of these the first, that on Essays, is, as might have been expected, the most rich m material, and that on767 words
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Article, Illustration251 1947-10-23 2 WEST elected to oprn the spade klnß on the sound theory thai, since his partner chose to bid four clubs rather than raise spades. he might be short In spades. This was borne out when East's jack dropped. South won with the ace and took two trump leads.251 words
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Article466 1947-10-23 2 PIERRE JEANNERAT - ART CLASS £100 a brush stroke PIERRE JEANNERAT BY AFTEN enough have I V stressed m these columns the importance of draughtsmanship. Ingres, on P of the greatest of all draughtsmen, called it the probity of art. Indeed, ever since th P days of cave men it has pr<»v»-d the466 words
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Article301 1947-10-23 2 TROPICAL DIET By Margaret Silcotk (In the Malayan Vegetarian) T HAVE been i vegetarian for t] years now, m England, Australia, South Africa and Singapore. But although I still f vegetarian food is h than flesh foods, I alv find it most difficult maintain a well-balai and varied diet m301 words
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Article, Illustration76 1947-10-23 2 x a^-' tf^Trr v i iiifriiiirii>Triri rSpectacular pageantry keeps the crowd interested when Australian surf life-saving clubs stage their big carnivals. Most important meetings are held around Sydney, where there are 22 clubs, each with a membership ranging from 100 to 500. This picture shous surf girls marching on Manly76 words
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Page 2 Miscellaneous
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Miscellaneous526 1947-10-23 2 RADIO PROGRAM ME Singapore t£&rzSff2£i bP Fltli>AY Blue Network 6 30 Australian News; 6.45 "The com- Moraine U.it-t.tt p...-..* metres to the *X Jsl^£w* T^ffSfeU- ft "Sfi °Vi\ C A^ 3 tnedium wave band 7.22 megacycles the Move'— Carroll Gibbons; 8 p.m. ™T l* s> 845 Mornln 6t ar; per526 words
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Miscellaneous124 1947-10-23 2 youT" LUCKY STAK Fortune forecast a people born today gORX today. youa MM v persistent m hfc3 yoor plans and link i you ar P set alop a 2 line, nothine short O !aS nuc circuiwitancfs U your rontro! fhln r mind. llito is f, ne attribvte M vided_an d124 words
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NEWS
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Article428 1947-10-23 3 GENERAL STRIKE THREAT BY UNIONS trance heading for 'new revolution'? <■ THE Communist-controlled French labour unions, smarting 1 under the election victory of General de Gaulle's Rally of the French People, ar e bombarding Prime Minister Paul Ramadier's Government with new and heavier wage increase demands under renewed threat of428 words
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Article, Illustration69 1947-10-23 3 picture. Ticenty-year-old Kadhleen Baker, of Gillingham (Kent), who married a man of 68 at Chatham Register Office, said before the ceremony: "I was friendly with my fiance's son but I decided he wasn't mv type so I'm going to marry his father." The son said he courted Miss Baker forMirror - 69 words
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Article, Illustration34 1947-10-23 3 •i France, Italy and Norway acre I wert marked by violence an r l -and anti-Communist fOCti I ■--of a public building m Rome Of rival parties. The latest ad- El a Monarchist Party34 words
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185 1947-10-23 3 ftias been reported In the murder case" which has baiTled rime experts for the past > ;uid a half years An American serviceman's cap the only clue when the parnil v nude body of a British wonan vas found raped and itrangled on185 words
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Article25 1947-10-23 3 r 'A ,i. i,,r irlborovgk 2?. »n told ihr P^* tt i- annojfd M use imps uht'n fo;»(i i the place25 words
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Article18 1947-10-23 3 'GENERALALISSIMO' OF ARAB ARMIES El I t ion B ted that Geu I Iraq, and Inspectoi I Arab18 words
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Article28 1947-10-23 3 Two Rangoon policemen, chasing a band of robbers, were shot down when sentries at an Army Ordance Depot m Rangoon opened fire on Sunday nitdht.— Reufcer.28 words
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Article56 1947-10-23 3 PRAISE FOR 'BEDSIDE MANNER' SIR Adolphe Abrahams, physician to Westminster Hospital, told medical students: "The bedside manner should be used as a term of respect instead of wild suspicion and contempt. "At the bedside one learns to suffer fools gladly, to listen to the most preposterous nonsense and to act56 words
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119 1947-10-23 3 k COMPANY is planning to pro- 1 mote midget car racing m London next summer, and because pedal kf.d of iuel is to be used, petrol restrictions arc not likely to Interfere with the plans. Negotiations are re-ported to be taking place lor119 words
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Article113 1947-10-23 3 GIRLS from northern Italy are to be lent to England to work as domestic servants on farms. A representative of the National Farmers Union is m Italy discussing tho union plan with the Italian Government and selec girls. The first party is expected withing a113 words
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Article127 1947-10-23 3 ]^HE new Information Bureau of nine European Communist Parties will begin its first discussions m Belgrade before the end of November, it was learned reliably by Reuter. The Italian Communist Party has officially announced its adherence to the decisions taken m Poland and the appointmentReuter - 127 words
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Article43 1947-10-23 3 MRS. Lucille Asmus. 21, mothei of a daughter of three, anc wife of sixty-six_year-old Charles Asmus, of Chicago (U.S>, ha; given birth to a 151 b. girl. The child is the biggest eye: born m Chicago Ma' emit] Centre^43 words
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149 1947-10-23 3 'Ku Klux Klan' threatens woman M.P. MRS. Barbara Ayerton Gould. Socialist M.p. for Hendon North. (Middlesex) has disclosed th?t she has been threatened 20 times by an organisation calling itself the British section of the Ku Klux Klan The threats were made m anonymous letten posted &t Edgware. Bnttersea. Chelsea,149 words
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Article49 1947-10-23 3 velvet, hard-wear-me cloth favoured for centuries by working m-cn, is no^' Britain's top-line glamour fartlion fabric. At the Co. ion Velvet Council's exhibition m Manchester, it was c. i •< d mad<^ into gloves, liandb s. hats, shoes, beach suits, hoase coa >s and ev«-iii"u: s?"wns.49 words
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Article113 1947-10-23 3 BUYERS' Strike has been organised m Northern Italy with the blessing of the Government to take advantage of the sudden drop m some food and clothing pricey to force other prices into line. The Budge: Minister, Luigi Einadi, backed t*V move by saying that theUP - 113 words
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Article30 1947-10-23 3 A source close to India's Gov-ernor-General said yesterday that he would be Earl Mountbatten of Burma", just as he has been 1 "Viscount Mountbatten of Bur- ma".- A.P.A.P. - 30 words
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319 1947-10-23 3 1 LTHOUGH the United States, United Kingdom and various J» Commonwealth countries were unable to reach bilateral igTeements due to an impasse over American demands tor concessions under the Empire preferential system almost 75 per cent, of the 120 bila f eral agreements contemplated haveA.P. - 319 words
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Article137 1947-10-23 3 JEWS PLAN PROVISIONAL GOVT. PLANS for the setting up of a provisional Jewish Government under Mr. David Ben Gurion, head of the Jewish Agency m Palestine if and when British troops are withdrawn, have now been completed. Jewish circles said m London on Tuesday. The plans also provided for a137 words
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Article100 1947-10-23 3 VIOLINIST'S ONE DAY HONEYMOON yEHUDI MENUHiN, 3i-year old violinist, secretly married at the Chelsea Registrar Office to Miss Diana Gould, actress and ballerina, arranged a one day break m his engagements for his honeymoon before openine his tour of the Midlands at Leicester. Miss Diana Gould is the 34--year-okl daughterReuter - 100 words
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Article26 1947-10-23 3 Latest estimates of Australia's wheat harvest place it at 260,--000,000 bushels. This would give a rt urd total CM 180.000.000 bushels for export. ReuterReuter - 26 words
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Article76 1947-10-23 3 VUSTRALLA has submitted to the United Nattoni General Assembly a counter-proposal to the Russian resolution seeking to cite the United States lor warmongering. Australia propo>..d to condemn all propaganda designed to incite war and also all propaganda which "lalsely imputes to officials ur other lesponsible persons otU.P. - 76 words
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Article476 1947-10-23 6 'No veto 9 plan for Jap treaty talks NEW YORK, Wednesday. IT is probable that Russia will exercise no veto on future plans for Japan although the Soviet Union is a still much active participant m the forthcoming conference to write the Japanese peace treaty. GeneralA.P. - 476 words
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139 1947-10-23 6 U.S. SOCIALIST BRINGS TROUBLE TO 'PARADISE' NOK WALK, a sea.son ticket holder's paradise of millionaires and stockbrokers, 50 miles from N«w York has awaken to the embarrassing discovery that* it is beini ruled by a Socialist. Ttoty hid reiused to tajco seriously 43-year old Irving FYeese'S rajnpamn lbr mayor from139 words
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Article78 1947-10-23 6 (CHINESE Air Force ottlcials are j r»'p<»rt»d to have located the wrecltykge of plan*- m Held, 30 milea south-west of Paotlnc. A civilian transport nlane has been missing since last Friday. Search plan* s found the missin^ O-46 m the vicinity ot TWD% shunchiao. Paotinff, obviouslyU.P. - 78 words
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Article31 1947-10-23 6 Lieut. Philip Mountbatten'a three .sisters who are married to German princes and livint: m Germany, will not attend his weddint: to Princess Elizabeth, it was stated m London. Renter.31 words
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Article, Illustration140 1947-10-23 6 Comfort undreamed of a few years ago now relieves the vigil of the men who spend a month at a time cooped up m the Owen Light Vessel, stationed m the English Channel off Selsey Bill. This is one of the first of a fleet of140 words
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Article44 1947-10-23 6 The I G Farbon Industrie; save details of its famous hydro- generating process fo r the produc- tion of s>-nthotic gasoline from coal to the Japanese Army, documenta introduced at th c Nurem- r>erpr trial of 23 Far ben directors revealed44 words
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Article37 1947-10-23 6 On the 142 nd anniversary of :he Battle of Trafalgar a memorial window to the sailors and dockyard workers who gave their lives In the war. was unveiled at 3t. Ar.n's. Portsmouth Dockyard, m Sunday.37 words
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Article174 1947-10-23 6 PSTABLISHMENT of a rnanent intor-Amcrican military defence council "lor the defencp of the Western Hemisphere" has been proposed lormally to all tho An:« rlean Governments. Well-informed sources say tho actual outline of a plan for sotting up the agency was submitted by the wartime Inter-American Defence BoardA.P. - 174 words
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Article61 1947-10-23 6 A mild form ol censorship has b^'ii Introduced into c*>rt^iui BBC. real Ufe feature proirammes. Hecvntly our t>ucL pro gramme featured a man claiming to be a .spiv. Another carried A talk by an Army deserter. Instruction* that all similar reatures must oo veiled by61 words
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203 1947-10-23 6 THHERE are renewed reports m JL L.ndon of a probable resumption of Anglo-Soviet trade talks. At present, however, there is n >i much to give them real subi). mcc. Three facts emerge from the reports: Russia clajms she has a grain surplus to sell; the203 words
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Article128 1947-10-23 6 riMIEY made good steel m Shef--1 tv U1 and they recognise a good red-tape cutter when they s ee one So. when Mr. Edward Senior was installed th 0 ancient office of Master Cutler, he paid this tribute *o Sir Stafford Cripps: 'The straightforward statement of128 words
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Article56 1947-10-23 6 Tho deatt) roll m ttoh o bus crash Holmfirth (Yortes) on Saturday night has risen to nine. More than 20 o her passengers were injured when th t i bi^ bringing members of choir their wives home from a music festival careered down a ste< p hillReuter - 56 words
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244 1947-10-23 6 MEN LIVED 19 HOURS I N AN AIR POCKET UK. Mine Di JOHN JAMES WEIGHMAN, lllin r facing barristers and olfe WiiK. land) and told bow Ihrr, ,1 U a( 7^ J pit and left 104 m,r,'^J^,^ '^tsi It came up like a grept w to dr °P a11 round244 words
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62 1947-10-23 6 South Korea in econimic difficulties I gfton and r f I 58 million D u H I I General A 1 Secretary of > -W shall said: exchange of goods I the two -W ccor. um< The United? 4I covei I report submitted WM Soviet Union had I I I62 words
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Article39 1947-10-23 6 CLARK GABLE film* should 1 boycottt-d m Hungary b rau^e ho Ls "a leader < j a moi to brand Charlie Chaplin as C' .mmunist sympathUi The decision w.\..^ T union of film employees m Bud39 words
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Article48 1947-10-23 6 Afghanistan m a surpi noimcement from the Ui. tions General Assembly r -'rum stated she wished to withdraw the negative vote gave to the admission of Pak to the Unitrd Nations. tan's vote the only r. was made at the lasl plenary meeting on Sept. 13. <48 words
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Article18 1947-10-23 6 SWING TO RIGHT IN NORWAY FIR .-tetafl I I The Labour I C I seats, bu > Mfl ReuterReuter - 18 words
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Advertisement162 1947-10-23 3 MM" a I I i A I .^trM ww aA A it 0 a^ T* Ala7l tt MM A I aJ W aw& A^W^^W> Mb mw9 AfF W^ Jlf r^r**^^mMß sports shirts y^l^^-^v In a line quality airmesh cellular cloth ideal for sportswear, i sleeves /iKmJI \Slff plain colours of162 words
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Miscellaneous7 1947-10-23 3 !ARZAN Strange conduct By Edgar Rice Bmmmg**7 words
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702 1947-10-23 4 The Singapore Free Press THURSDAY, OCTOBER, 23, 1947. The Road to a United Malaya CRiIICS ol the constitutional proposals for Malaya have always laid groat stress on their opposition to the political separation of Singapore from the mainland Federation and the Associated Chinese Chambers of Commerce and the amcjaPutera group702 words
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Article1151 1947-10-23 4 RALPH IZZARD - RALPH IZZARD A Letter From India m New Delhi, wrote this letter to a friend m Britain who asked Izzard whether conditions justified his return with a family. MY Dear Charles, V ery many thanks indeed for your letter. As your type of problem is1,151 words
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Article1141 1947-10-23 4 POLITICO - POLITICO By /|NE of the most remarkable facts about Monday's hartal surely was that the majority of those whom its sponsors claim were demonstrating against the proposed new constitutions would be the first to deny that they look upon Malaya as their permanent home and the1,141 words
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Article304 1947-10-23 4 A new constitution is about to be enacted for the Island Colony of Mauritius giving it for the first time, a majority of elected members m the Legislative Council. Special political problem is the division between the old established Christian population and the newer Indian immigrants304 words
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Article, Illustration20 1947-10-23 4 British constables, who have just competed a three-mom. tne .can, Bvk C Ommissioner Sir Henr V C T £p>!> 'Z:20 words
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Advertisement19 1947-10-23 4 FAITH My presence shall go with I thee, and I will Rive thee rest. I Exodus 33, 14. I19 words
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Advertisement83 1947-10-23 4 Caw vow easily tune m J:<:ant jr.;, 1 J a YES, you can i: \ou haw j You will bo -ly "^llfiiNlL surprised at thnr natural "^^c'jjllll tene and their reliability Distant itaUons sure juseasy to tune m as local Band-ipread stations. See Your MI'KPHY Dealer Ask for a demonvtr^ition.83 words
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LOCAL NEWS
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Article272 1947-10-23 5 »tkei> of all nationalities are helpng centres m Singapore for chilin ot age. Seven of these centres bj Malay volunteers, two by the ChiMutual Aid Association and one by Women' I i Chi Hui. At one centre nd, there are Indian women m Ldance every <i272 words
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Article, Illustration169 1947-10-23 5 The P. O. liner Canton, of 16,000 toyis gross, is on her way to Singapore arid the Far East on her first peace-time voyage as a regular passenger ship. The vessel was neir when war broke out. She ivas launched from the yard of Alexander Stephen and Sons, Limited, at169 words
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Article69 1947-10-23 5 I r PHE following rubber production X figures are reported for i September 1947: Alor Gajah Rubber Estate Ltd.. 27 000 lb Aver Panas Rubber I 100.000 lb.; Glenealy Plantan^ Limited. 70.000 lb.; Kluang Rubber Company Limited. 63.000 lb P.i--m Limited, 177,000 lb.; Tambalak Rubber Etflte Ltd.. 31.26069 words
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Article135 1947-10-23 5 AUSTRALIA is making further important contributions to the rehabilitation of Eastern countries On Tuesday, the first two units of 40 pre- fabricated icemaking plants with a capacity of 15 tons of ice a day left for Shanghai for use by China's fUhInc indus:ry. TToh o remaining135 words
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Article345 1947-10-23 5 BO AC plane flies 20 to India free rress Staff Reporter TWENTY of Malaya's 24 delegates to the Asian Preparatory Regional Conference of the International Labour Organisation at New Delhi left Singapore by BOAC plane this morning to be m time for the opening day—345 words
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Article395 1947-10-23 5 Sub-tenant sets rent reduced A SUB-TENANT, paying $100 a nioinh to the principal tenant for a single room shared by him and his wife was yesterday ordered to pay only $60 per month by the Rent Conciliation Board. H e was Mr. Henrick de Jagar who appeared before the Board395 words
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Article39 1947-10-23 5 Mr V W F.^mpton, President of the East -West Society m Singapore, will tell the story of the Society its aims and its progress m a broadcast from Radio Malaya next Tuesday. Oct. 28, at 9.45 p.m.39 words
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Article60 1947-10-23 5 'i'tOTAL rubber production m A the Malaya Union during September was 53,482 tons (.Ti.070 by estates more than 100 acres, and 21,412 by smallholders). Exports during September totalled 26,915 tons, with the United States being the main buyer (17.560 tons), followed by United Kingdom (6,801 tons),60 words
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Article104 1947-10-23 5 THE Little Theatre players are 1 holding a general meeting ai 8 o'clock tonight at the Little Theatre. Armenian Street, to disc ass future plans and policy. There Will be a reading of "Much Ado About Nothing" with t a view to casting ttoh o play104 words
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Article, Illustration94 1947-10-23 5 Mrs. L.H. Cox. wife of the GOC, Singapore District, photographed last Sunday at the launching of the Yam Seng. 17--ton Bermudan rigged cutter m which Major J.W. Bossard. RE, and some of his brother officers will be sailing from Singapore to UK on Dec. 28. The voyage, it is hoped,94 words
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140 1947-10-23 5 42 FLYING TO AUSTRALIA FROM SINGAPORE A PARTY of 42 migrants from Singapore will be the first passengers to arriv o m Australia on one of the new Qantas Constellations. The company's first machine of this type, which ha s been named S4r Keith. Smith, is due on a proving140 words
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Article68 1947-10-23 5 AT the Singapore Assizes yesterday, Mr. Justice Brown sentenced three Malays. Mohamrd bin Yassin. Yahya bin Hassan and Hussein Ali bin Mohamed AH. to three years' rigorous imDrisonment each. The Malays were found guilty of putting an Indian coffee hawker m fear of death m order68 words
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Article54 1947-10-23 5 A BOAC 18-aeater York airliner \on a proving flight before the opening of the new airline beUteen Colombo and Singapore landed at Negambo airport, near Colombo, on Tuesday ni^ht from London. The plane took oil for Singapore this morning. The new service is scheduled to begin54 words
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Article37 1947-10-23 5 An exhibition of paintings, water-colours and etchings will be held m Raffles Hotel from I Oat 26 to Nov 1 It will be opened by Mr. G. G. Thomson. Public Relations Officer a 10.30 a.m.37 words
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239 1947-10-23 5 ¥^OUR Japanese will be charged F at a trial m Kuala Lumpur with using a "human guinea pig" to try out the effects of Sakai poison. The victim was a Chinese who, according to th P prosecution, was picked as th^ healthiest239 words
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316 1947-10-23 5 THIS year the total acreage of padi land, m Malaya has been wu ™Z Veii ed by 25 00 crea U) 87 6,000, and of this, 8U4,000 acrea are now being planted— an increase of 73,000 acres: 24,000 new and 49,000^ reclaimed. In addition,316 words
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Advertisement158 1947-10-23 6 AIR-CONDITIONED CAPITOL r PHONE 5159 LAST DAY A.M.— 2 P.M. 1.15 P.M. fi 30 AND 9.15 P.M. P ROBERT SUSAN ygung-haywardl janiGßllß f 1 Me! RITA JOHNSON -o- K .i.< p »m»ii v*mm mm mat* M TO-MORROW r ft i L wmiifl^^B I CAIMIN Phil W '11//i/fl GOODMAN r '<158 words
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Advertisement61 1947-10-23 6 CATHAY x> 11-1 45-4 15-6 45 A 9 30 *ST DAY tr^ mW tut 4>f* Tfmmi w, fOITHAI CVII rtlCI tT t «4*rwWf 4Uvf m^mwßL ASSSk SBbS. ■ap^^^^p^^^ t~~« wmj* cia«tiii KvA»S ALSO THIS MODF.RN AC.F. NO. 7 •COAL CRISIS" OPENING TOMORROW SpencerTftcy m <fM?^B BsV Wlft> the SIGNE Picture61 words
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Advertisement65 1947-10-23 6 TO-DAY -THE OPENING CHAPJ REVEALING THE INSIDIOUS PLOT THAT COULD HAVE CHANCED WORLD HISTOR i"DESERTAGJNgj ft > srf4^Lvß^S9GV^^L 'd^l 1 7>T i I*4 i I r XK ALHAMBRA VICTORIA THEATRE COMBINED SERVICES EMTERWI^ 111 the company who gave you the j» K»OUT ABOUT" IN A NEW REVUETTE "FANCY FRSB DEVISED65 words
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Miscellaneous9 1947-10-23 6 JAINC Exclusive to the Singapore Free Press m Malaya9 words
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478 1947-10-23 7 Malayan 1 earn Show Promise Bj our Soccer Reporter Shanghai Chinese.. 0 itnts of the game, the Lien ll wa er U>am of Malaya scored a hard--1 to nil over the Shanghai Chinese B yesterday. It was th c first ,\ins together before they478 words
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Article95 1947-10-23 7 r.NGLISH soccer stk-ctors will keep a E cl «c watch un the two match s th^ i "ow D\-namoB play m Sweden wili pay m>>st atUntion to next, Sundays game m SVclcholm where the namos meet Norkoping. the Sweden tj m which a y95 words
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530 1947-10-23 7 Free Press Staff Reporter Edmonds, of the Cable and Wireless, provided the sensation of the evening when he knocked out M. Stevenson, Police Training School, m the bantamweight contest of the opening preliminaries of the Singapore Amateur Boxing Association novices tournament held at530 words
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Article364 1947-10-23 7 SC.C. "A" 12 jxs. St. As A B A4 4 pts. i IN a keenly.con tested game of rugger on the Padang ye o ;erday evening, the SC.C "A" fifteen beat the St. Andrew's Old Boys by 12 points (four trfies* to four «.a drop364 words
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Article203 1947-10-23 7 IT is fitUng that a boxer on the threshold of new opportunities through winninu the British championship Should tet his ambition high— but it Is also r.ecessary that he should not allow his newly won laurels to blind him to the dangers of taking on203 words
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135 1947-10-23 7 Bruce Woodcock Back In Action Next Month BRUCE Woodcock. British heavyweight champion, will return to the ring after a seven months absence on Nov. 17, promoter Jack Solomons announced m London yesterday. His oppi>ne2ift has mj: been selected but will probably be Nisse Anderson of Sweden, who lost to Woodcock135 words
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Article109 1947-10-23 7 SOL Strauss of the Twentieth Century Club said m New York that he would match OUe Tandberg of Sweden against Joe Baksi, if Tandbcrg will accept Baksi as the first opponent m hi= American fur. The bout would be held at Madison Square GardenU.P. - 109 words
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Article166 1947-10-23 7 Free Press Racing Reporter PENANG. Today. rONSTNCE did the best gallop this morning when clocking 37. sec. m a workout with Martian Maid over three furlongs. The track was very fast and some good times were returned by horses running m Saturday's races hero. Young Lucius166 words
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Article, Illustration124 1947-10-23 7 PHOTOGRAPH of the Lien Hwa soccer team of Malaya taken at the Seremban home of the manager, Mr. Kok Chong Fook, yesterday when the team assembled for their forthcoming tour, shows: Front row. left to right: Boey Guan Wah, Tan Kai Ban, Lee Ec Eow. Cfw Cheong124 words
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Article237 1947-10-23 7 THE Singapore Police, with ten men, were a weak team when they met the Singapore Cricket Clnb at hockey on the padang yesterday. Play m the firs: halt was fairly even, but throughout th e second half the S.C.C. had the better of237 words
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Article103 1947-10-23 7 FRENCH racehorse owners are shovei Ing a new interest m Irish racinpr and another 37 yearlinps have been encneed here for the 1949 Irish classic races As 33 entries had been made for these races m June, the total has now reached TO. Of these103 words
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333 1947-10-23 7 England Win By Odd Goal v Ireland mHE Football League beat the J. Irish League by four goals to throe at Belfast yesterday after each side had scored twice m the first-half. Drizzling rain fell at the start and the light was so poor that the teams changed ends at333 words
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Article212 1947-10-23 7 THfc-RE arc 46 final acceptors for the Cambridgeshire handicap running over nine furli n?s at Newmarket on Oct. 29. Th<n- are. together with curnnt weights: Vagabond th.» Second. 9 5; Fairey ,1 ulmer 93; Claro 8 13; Royal Tara ,8 12; Merry Quip 8/11; Tite Stree<212 words
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Advertisement51 1947-10-23 7 D '<i you use MACLEANS to-day Mi "'••HlltlllllMIIIMIIIitlMIIIIIIIIHItlllllllMIIIIHIMIIIMIIIIIMI'; 4tte "tion!!! Travellers.!. N VISI SINGAPORE STAY AT THE TAVERN (European Residential Hotel) nmediutely after the liberation. Spaniishod. Every room has its own b *th to itself. I Gjo and quiet locality. tifu 2'in Roan opposite Nassim Road V, Telephone No. 4948.51 words
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Advertisement10 1947-10-23 7 The weekly badminton notes by Courtcraft will he published tomorrow.10 words
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Miscellaneous61 1947-10-23 7 Today's Sports Events WVHi i; BOXING: S< rui uojOh SAB A. Novicvs competition, Happy HorUl stadium. 8 pm. RL'GGER: I nttr -faculty, Midicab %s Dentals. MCI:. 5 15 p.m: Com- billed Service* trials. Thomson Rd HOCKEY: Hornet* vs 223 BOD. at BOD, 5.15 p.m BOCCUK: Malaya Cup veteran* practice. 8.J.1.,61 words
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Miscellaneous253 1947-10-23 7 Free Press Crossword No. 219 i ll~~| [5 H- 15 I Vo I I re iP™ jnr mmm CLUES ACROSS 2, Cross part of church or cathedral (8). 7, Small wood for periodical cutting (7). 9, Clause of agreement (7). 10, Central and S. American pi«like animal (5). 12, Right253 words
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Article, Illustration51 1947-10-23 8 HOME PICTURE FOR AUSTRALIANS Traditionally the land huge ttretchm oj burnt bush-land, Australia has more than 2.500.000 acres of show country. The Australian Alps of Nexv South Wales are over 7.000 feet high. Picture shores skiers on their way up a ski run at Mount Donna Ruanrj. 60 miles from51 words
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Article28 1947-10-23 8 Uovds Register reports that Britain is building 2,112.669 gross tons of merchant shipping -over half th*> shins on the ways m th»^ world. A. P.A.P. - 28 words
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628 1947-10-23 8 PARLIAMENTS TRIBUTE TO THE PRINCESS Congratulations from the House LONDON, Wednesday. THE Prime MiniMier, Mr. Clement Attlee, and his No. 1 I opponent, Mr. Winston Churchill, joined forces m the House of Commons today to past* an all-party motion to present an address of congratulation to the King, Queen andReuter - 628 words
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Article, Illustration40 1947-10-23 8 Britain s first tupertonic roch 9 cord aeroaynamic data at iter th/n,'hs 1 recently launched, it, Sf^l dived into the Atlantic but m that time w utei transmitted to a Scuiy Man mmiuat ie JtlT' 1 M fliaht. ntmim40 words
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Article161 1947-10-23 8 CHILE JOINS IN 'WAR' ON THE REDS SANTIAGO. Wednesday FOLLOWING Brazils lead, Chile has severed diplomatic relations with Russia and Czechoslovakia and today took into custody more than 200 Chilean Communist leaders and militants including personnel of the official organ of the Chilean Communist Party, as the Government announced immediate161 words
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Article111 1947-10-23 8 woa^t BAGH^AD. Wednesday. IRAQI tribal sheiks today de--1 dared Jihad <Hoiy W;ir» foe tine defence of Palestine. Three thousand tribesmen at- tended a war session held on the grounds of the Iraqi Army earrison here, just a short distance H-om ancient Babylon. Premier sai.h Jabr who111 words
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Article95 1947-10-23 8 h: RFORD. Wednesday. CIXTY Ruhr workmen today rc•J fused to obey orders to dismantle their factory "on the instructions of their trade union" the first definite indication that Ruhr workers would eive active opposition to the British-Unite i States dismantling plan Refusal of the workmen mReuter - 95 words
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Article35 1947-10-23 8 Mr. Bryan Knowlet, ar exprisoner of war. has Inherited about £39,000. It was left to him by an aunt. Mrs. Fanny MarRaretta Forester, of Maresneld Park. Sussex, who died last Jure. ReuterReuter - 35 words
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Article17 1947-10-23 8 The Burma Independence bill will he formally presented to the British Parliament today. i ReuterReuter - 17 words
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Article105 1947-10-23 8 LONDON. Weuiwxday. PRINCESS Elizabeth has received a special allowance of 100 clothing coupons for her forthcoming marriage to Lieut. Philip Mountbatten. The six bridesmaids have received a special allowance of 23 clothing COUPOM each, while 10 extra cluiliing coupons hare been allowed for each of ttie two105 words
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163 1947-10-23 8 BURMA TRIAL: POLICE BEATING IS ALLEGED 1 1 A N C iOON Wednesday MAUNG Shcin, former memtx-r of the Myochit Party, le f i by lex-Premier U Saw on trial here with eight others for the imrtaflftl nation of U Aurii San and his Cabinet colleagues, told the Special TribunalReuter - 163 words
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Article112 1947-10-23 8 LONDON. Wednesday. DFtINCESS ELIZABETH stole most of the show at another Royal ceremony today— the unveiling by King George VI of a 1 memorial statue to his father m the heart Of London near the Houses of Parliament. Thousands jammed the streets of Westminster. TheA.P. - 112 words
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Article360 1947-10-23 8 London Stock Exchanil F LONDON, Weia^ I X the first tune lot some c<m>KkTabl c ptrridd. mJ acetiona of the London Stock r "m hanire today wnJ an increase m activity, aithoiiirh m general trading msuil under normal, says KeuUrV financial mrr^ixmdfn: ol shares were the brightest360 words
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Article157 1947-10-23 8 OUTLA W REDS, SAYS ROBERT TA YLOR Washington, Wednesday. QCREEN lover Robert Taylor, m anything but a loving mood towards the Reds, said today Unit the Communist (Party should be outlawed and its members sent "to Russia or some other unpleasant place." He told the House of Representatives' Committee onU.P.; A.P. - 157 words
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Article150 1947-10-23 8 LONDON Wednesday jJOHN HENRY COLE, a man with "Death Befor e Dishonour" t-atooed on his arm, was sentenced today to 15 years' penal servitude after a jury had found him guilty of nine chatfge a of robbery wKh violence and criminal assault^ on women. Passing sentenceReuter - 150 words
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318 1947-10-23 8 NANKING, WvthM-sii.iv rpHE GovertimetU basiion of Tehhwei kju;irdiii« the northx western approaches to Changchun capital of Manchuria. has been isolated as <immunist forces nuriMM-d their pressure on the Central Manehuriaii front today. The garrison, however, Is stttl fiercely resisting heavy Communist attacks, accordingReuter - 318 words
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Miscellaneous14 1947-10-23 8 SINGAPORE TIDES »Uh 5.50 a.m.; 4.05 p.m. Low 9.49 a.m. 1 1 .40 p.m.14 words
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Miscellaneous58 1947-10-23 8 j WEA THER Cloudy WEATIitK it port ftv I h e next 24 hours compiled by the R.A.F.: Cloudy, probably becoming- fair late to-day. Wind very lijjht. and rather variable. Temperatures: >t»x. 84.4 de« mm. 72. 8 de*. Relative humidity perrenta^e^: Yesterday 7.30 a.m. 86; 1.30 p.m. 79; 7 3058 words
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