The Singapore Free Press, 27 October 1947
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Title Section18 1947-10-27 1 The Singapore Free Press LARGEST AFTERNOON SALE IN MALAYA f> SINGAPORE, MONDAY, OCTOBER 27, 1947 PRICE 10 CENTS18 words
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Article, Illustration49 1947-10-27 1 picture. The Burmese Premier, Thakin Nil 'standing), speaking during the signing of the new AngloBurmese treaty at No. 10 Do?< niria Street, London. On the right ■he British Prime Minister, Mr. Clement Attlee, uho signed Britain, and on the left, the Burmese Defence Counsellor. Bo Let Ya. A. P.A.P. - 49 words
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56 1947-10-27 1 Mj air > Ik jH I* I Mr mat irea B 'ill I B da of B^ the I n that jB -re IB ding the B IB jm. the N ;^p3C|:e Goverr.M r repor ate I oas i> :i block' d ofT 22U.P. - 56 words
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Article18 1947-10-27 1 French hat i m ■npioyces of T+xf'' and fit from Mirirr. A. P.A.P. - 18 words
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11 1947-10-27 1 13 SOLDIERS DIE IN HAIFA COLISION I I hides A. P.A.P. - 11 words
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Article34 1947-10-27 1 Andrcandre Mutter, deputy oi the Extreme Rightist Republican. Liberty Party, introduced a Bill m the French National Assembly on Saturday, banning the Com munlst Party of France.— A. P. and34 words
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Article240 1947-10-27 1 LONDON, Sunday. AT least 23 persons were killed and about 70 injured when a crack Edinburg to London Express was derailed near Coswick, six miles from Berwick-on-Twced, (on the English -Scottish border) today. This was the second serious British railway disaster m theA.P.; Reuter; U.P. - 240 words
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Article133 1947-10-27 1 CIVIL WAR THREAT AMONG JEWS JERUSALEM. Sunday. 4FTER a day of sporadic clashes between pamphlet squads of the Jewish terrorist organisation, Irgun Zvai Leumi. and the Jewish underground defence force, Hagana, the Irgun tonight accused David Ben Gurion, chairman of the Jewish Agency Executive, of trying to precipitate civil warReuter; A.P. - 133 words
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Article451 1947-10-27 1 UNION TROOPS FLY TO KASHMIR Raiders near state capital NEW DELHI, Sunday. QNION of India troops are being flown to Kashmir today to help Kashmir State forces beat back raiding Afridi tribesmen who were reported this evening to be only thirty miles from Srinagar, capital of Kashmir. Tribesmen are streamingReuter; A.P.; U.P. - 451 words
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Article, Illustration39 1947-10-27 1 Prin t$ Juliana taking the oath as Regent of the Netherlands m the Dutch Parliament at The Hague. She is to act during the convalescence of Queen Wilhelmina from her recent illness. The Regency ivill end on Dec. 139 words
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Article74 1947-10-27 1 A further postponement of nationwide elections for membership of China's National Assembly appears possible as a result af the failure of the Young China Party— one of the three parties forming the present Coalition Government to hand m its list of nominated candidates. The elections, originallyReuter - 74 words
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Article59 1947-10-27 1 Ar.nouncing that the distilleries of the Republic's Industries Incorporated are shutting dow n m compliance with President Truman's appeal to save grain for Lurope the president of the company. Mr. L. J. Gunson, said on Sunday that there were sufficient whisky stocks or. hand to take careA.P. - 59 words
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Article180 1947-10-27 1 'JAPAN NOT DEFEATED' INQUIRY ALLIED Headquarters have begun an investigation, into statements recently made by Torn Hagiwara, chief of Treaty Bureau at Japanese Ministry of Foreign Affairs, regarding Japanese views on peace treaty, says The Times correspondent m Tokio. Hagiwara, following a practice that has become increasingly common m recent180 words
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Article39 1947-10-27 1 A Chinese pedestrian m River Valley Road was held up by three Chinese, one of whom had a pistol and another a kr.ife, and was robbed of $80 cash and $50 valuables at 10.30 o'clock last night.39 words
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Article215 1947-10-27 1 LONDON, Sunday. IT was learned semi-officially today that Princess Elizabeth will offer cold comfort to fashion fadists now concentrating on the disputed low hemline, reports Associated Press. Persons close to the Royal Family agreed that a compromise between short and long skirts for the Princess'A.P.; Reuter - 215 words
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Article227 1947-10-27 1 Free Press Staff Reporter A Rf i P A nur in 8 sister attached to Muar Hospital, "Jf 1 V. T Macphcrson. was killed m a motor accident at the 64 milestone Muar-Malacca road on Saturday eveninc when the car m which she was travelling227 words
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Article64 1947-10-27 1 TWO Chinese pushed another Chinese from a taxi and iired shot at him at a spot between the 4th and sth milestones Bukit Timah Road oo Saturday night The shot missed the man, who escaped into the darkness. The man reported to the Police64 words
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167 1947-10-27 1 Planning social security for Asia NEW DELHI, Sunday. OOCIAL security for mil- lions of workers m Asian industry heads the agenda at the International Labour Organisation's first preparatory Asian Regional Conference, due to open tomorrow m the Constituent Assembly Hall m New Delhi. The conference, which has been described asReuter - 167 words
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169 1947-10-27 1 DRIVER DETAINED AFTER E. COAST ROAD ACCIDENT Free Press Staff Reporter A young Chinese driver reported at the Geylang Police Station last night that he had knockeci down a Chinese cyclist at the East Coast Road— Amber Road junction a few hours earlier. He has been detained. The victim of169 words
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Advertisement54 1947-10-27 1 J, S. e S!l* A O «CHABt> ROAD Ur^ Conscious |/k^#*>\ ■ttiariom woman «I?|»4J beaut, of fy^Xß *OMAWf m 12 different shades MINTED LAMB SKIN HflWT»^ 40 wid $3*90 per yard ""y«> NINON 4S" wWe $2.50 per yard SHARK SKIN m fascinating shades wid« $8.50 per yard f creels Home54 words
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Advertisement96 1947-10-27 1 NEW CHINA •""OPTICAL CO PLANNED LIGHTING Pxperience of our 111u- Z*^&ssi&£&' niinatln Entrlneers nas '■^■J'''-^-. sivinar the most modern One example M %urt m\V> of our Decora- S tive FiUir^s is illustrated. The tf& Mi}^ Lamps are M* 3* M c°^ mP k n K n a c W\switftt*\ igioA*"96 words
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FEATURES
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Article313 1947-10-27 2 its the autumn fashion narade moves by, BchiaparelU holds her place as one of the leading favourite* among dress d signers: She does not exaggerate the length of her skirts, but they are a trifle longer than In her spring collection. st of her street ensembles arv mid-calf,313 words
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Article756 1947-10-27 2 Robert Clyde - Robert Clyde by CIDNEY Webb— in 1929 they gave him what his wife Beatrice called the "fantastic" title of Lord Passneld has just died at his home at Liphook, Hampshire. He was 88. The firm of Webb, Sidney and Beatrict, "Utopia Unlimited" will be remembered by756 words
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Article, Illustration21 1947-10-27 2 This attractive cotton dress printed ard designed m an unusual wr.weht-iron pattern, is worn by J. Arthur Rank's starlet Constance Smith.21 words
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Article418 1947-10-27 2 WILL MALA YA GET SYMPATHY! Hall Romney's London Letter COME of you m Malaya may be speculating, not unreasonably, as to whether the replacement of Mr. Ivor Thomas by Ll.-Col. David Rees- Williams as Under Secretary at the Colonial Ofiice may rebult m a more sympathetic attitude at Church House418 words
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Article, Illustration33 1947-10-27 2 Scr mteen-i/ear-old Lucia Bose, of Milan, poses for cameramrn a 1*7." A fellow worker got her into the competition by submit t M I judges, who were "artists and i J 0/ I33 words
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Article, Illustration230 1947-10-27 2 J£AST opened the dub ace and could not bo prevented from winning two trump tricks as well. It was certainly tough luck to run into such bad division, but the hand had not been bid to its best contract, and the usual argument ensued. First, note Smith's jump230 words
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Miscellaneous236 1947-10-27 2 RADIO PROGRAMME SINGAPORE Blue Network IS 00— I 00 p.m.— 485 metres tn Urn medium wave band A 7.22 megacycle* per second In the 41 metre band. 6 00 11.00 p.m. 184 metres la the medium ware band ft 4 Bfc6 megacycles per second In the 61 metre band except236 words
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Miscellaneous280 1947-10-27 2 You Like It" 5.15 To Town on Two Pianos" 530 Shirley Deane present* "The Forces Requests." 6 "Composer Of the Week" 6.30 Australian Mews; 6.45 'Master Piantef 7 "Music To Charm" 7.45 "Radio Australia's Variety Box" 8 15 "Master Pianist" 830 Australian News; 8.40 Rhythm on Record" 9. 10 pm280 words
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Miscellaneous221 1947-10-27 2 5-5.30 p.m. 19.84 metres and 49 3 K metres. 5 30-night 19.84 metres and 49 38 metres. MONDAY AFTERNOON 1 p.m. World News Headlines; 1.02 Birthday Star; 1.15 Day Dream; 1.45 Yankee Quarter; 2 p.m. World News Headlines; 2.02 Yours for the Asking; 2.45 Pluggin' Time; 3 p.m. In the221 words
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Miscellaneous226 1947-10-27 2 JL J m. J M m. L LUCKY STAR Fortune forecast for people Dorn today n<>KN today, your nature is a deep one which lv not visibly disturbed by the happenings m the outside world. However, you have a vivid imagination and your moods are many. Sim'e you must learn,226 words
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NEWS
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340 1947-10-27 3 [labour Party official accuses Moscow iur rally at Bristol, Mr. Morgan Phillips, the Brhish Lalnmr Party, made a J jt" tr 'y formed Communist Informai). Thtre i^ new 'cold' war on, he Socialsm, directed from the s in Belgrade. real meaning behind the an340 words
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Article42 1947-10-27 3 Arab India. tical means tinst dip- .mcd In the k the his i partitioning 1 Aril) n Jewish! Deputy i Senate,' ther i he Amerl- really ponco Any U for oe. Arab to build the lutioi I bell Tab- rid." carried42 words
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154 1947-10-27 3 U.S.ATTA CKS SOVIET BID TO GAG PRESS I NEW YORK, Thursday. 1 i» m t' hp CKa tC> Senator Warren Austin, ■s■■ m leal Committee of the Genera measure against war-mongering m ttd& t0 o S. e 52? < ?P te of the Unit «d Nations I^of- real 'health ..neaitn154 words
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243 1947-10-27 3 'CLERIC-KILLER EVADES POLICE DRAG-NET DESPITE a day-and-night countrywide search, the British police aacr c silll without a clue to the wh< reabouts of John Edward Allen. aged 34, who escaped from Broadmoor on July 20. Allen, who was convicted m 1937 for the murder of a baby t'iri aged 17243 words
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Article22 1947-10-27 3 A Chinese laundryman. In Capetown <S. Africa) John HipHdp. has changed his name because people telephone him to say "Hurrah22 words
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108 1947-10-27 3 I hool S3 <■ thir.g S •n with the Church protect crass inefficiency? Today it is considered stupid, <'issy and even funny to be a Christian. I think the Church is too much associated with bazaars, dances and whist drives. It does rot do enough108 words
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Article30 1947-10-27 3 Boston doctors said they have not been able to stop the hiccuppins (30 a minute) of Pauline Pfeffer. who has lost 151 b. since she entered hospital.30 words
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Article30 1947-10-27 3 Food hoarding has begun again m America. Housewives are buying up tinned goods because they believe aid to Europe will bring back official instead of voluntary rationing.30 words
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Article32 1947-10-27 3 French-born archaeologist led by M. De Vaux have found ancient tombs more than 5.000 years old after digging for nearly two years on a site at El Farag, Palestine.32 words
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Article27 1947-10-27 3 A divorce suit against her 15th husband has been filed by Mrs. Betty Dunlavy, aged 40, of Salem, Oregon, who was nrsi married at 17.27 words
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Article25 1947-10-27 3 JEROME FOSTER, self-con-fetsed forger, was freed by a Philadelphia judge after he had blinded himself so as not to meet temptation again.25 words
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Article30 1947-10-27 3 'W AR' ON BLACK MARKETS The Hungarian Parliament m Budapest on Saturday voted for a bill setting up special workers' courts entitled to pass summary sentences on black marketeers. ReuterReuter - 30 words
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Article42 1947-10-27 3 A cyclone storm blew away 200 houses and wrecked the market place of Myaungmya m the Irrawaddy delta. The storm, which has swept the Burmese coastline m the past 72 hours, accompanied by torrential rain, was abating last night.- ReuterReuter - 42 words
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Article, Illustration58 1947-10-27 3 LEGION OF MERIT FOR SHAH President Truman presents to Princess Achraf Pahlavi of Iran a Legion of Merit for her brother, Mohammad Re:a Pahlavi Shah of Iran, m recognition of his aid to the Allies during the ivar. An autographed photograph of the President was also given to the Princess58 words
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Article290 1947-10-27 3 A BARKIS rhlt was reading from love letters written by Captain John Varley, senior BOAC pilot, to a Czech widow when the Recorder of Bristol, Mr. G. D. Roberts X C interrupted at Bristol Sessions: "Mr. Forrest, you don't' do these letters justice the290 words
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88 1947-10-27 3 A HIGHLY secret conference of L.S. military attaches from F.ir Eastern countries is now being helj m Honolulu. The Army's Mid- Pacific Command said orders for the strictest secrecy came from "higher level" than the Army Department. Even the quarters of intelligence officers' advisersA.P. - 88 words
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261 1947-10-27 3 JAPANESE politicians are fighting as hard for a place m the peace treaty delegation as they battled once to avoid any responsibility for Japan's surrender. The position of being chief capitulator has become socially acceptable and KS A.p h ?ro P rffi delCgateA.P. - 261 words
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275 1947-10-27 3 UK STEEL MAN BUILDS 'WORKS WONDER ALONG the Bristol Channel, at Port Talbot, Glamorgan n 41-year-old Fred Cariwright, G.W.R.-trained locomotive engineer who became a steel magnate, is directing the birlding of a works wonder of the world— a 130,000,000 plant for the fciant S^eel Company of Wales. This youthful, enthusiastic275 words
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130 1947-10-27 3 British Council 'tried to pull a fast one' THE British Council is accused of "trying to put a quick one across the Treasury" m a report of the Committee of Public Accounts just published. Of 95 cars it bought for £500 each, only six were delivered by the end of130 words
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Article43 1947-10-27 3 PROPOSALS for Press confer--1 ences and news hand-outs were called "cumbersome, dilatory, and restrictive" by Alderman Sir John Inskip m the Bristol City Council. Sir John, opposition leader said: "The Press are well able to look after themselves."43 words
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170 1947-10-27 3 Presidential campaign: ike is willing TENERAL 'IKE' EISENHOWER -has let it be known that he is willing to run for the Presidency of the United States next year. Still Army Chief of staff he cannot officially anr.ounce 'his candidacy as a Republican, but as scon sis he leaves that post170 words
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Article41 1947-10-27 3 Hungary's "plot agair.st the Republic."' planned for last May, reached an anti-climax on Thursday when Oyorgy Donath. named by the Communists as principal "conspirator,"' was hanged from a post m the yard of a Budapest political prison A. P.A.P. - 41 words
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Article40 1947-10-27 3 Th c U.S. Agriculture Departs ment reports that it has purchased 17,420 bales of cotton lor export to Japan. The purchases were made under a War Department programme for rehabilitating the textile industry m Japan. A. P.A.P. - 40 words
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Article33 1947-10-27 3 Britain's radio industry is within sight of its £1,000.000-a--month export target as a result of Radiolympia, according to Mr. F. W. Perks, chairman of the Radio Industry Council's exhibition committee.33 words
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Article40 1947-10-27 3 Fifty wild horses, captured m central Australia, stampeded when they arrived m Adelaide for a rodeo. They broke from railway coaches, galloped through streets, and Injured three people before they were rounded up by horsenaen and motor-cyclist police.40 words
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Article117 1947-10-27 3 IT" INGS Messenger who claimed diplomatic privilege had his iJ* 1 01 1 ba fS a e searched by Customs officials when he landed at Poole Airport from Hon ff Kong. In it were found bottles of whisky gin champagne, brandy, tins and boxes117 words
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Article52 1947-10-27 3 JUDGE Kirkhouse Jenkins. K.C., decided at Trowbridsa County Court that a house m wmch a projected tenant had to pass through another person beJioom to get to his own us suitable "alternative aeio-nmo-dation." 'Many of the large fashionable Villas on the Italian Riviera arc so constructed." said52 words
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Miscellaneous64 1947-10-27 3 **j\ZAN Getaway By Edgar Rice Burroughs '^J "l(k *r~ykYit>'iJoK lliquring the ensuing confusion kW .^ifi&l^ -JHbbdwmFly r B r^^~~'\il/ tf^fe s^**^! IAMONG THE CREVV/ THE Tvvo w^wfn^r^^f^^^ ■'feZ- \J*S BUT BEPOKE THEY COULD. MB '••■L IW^ REACH THE PECiC THE VESSEL I Sfl KS^T^ ---AND STARTED FORK *MH^NAD.«GROUN^EP. v I64 words
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543 1947-10-27 4 The Singapore Free Press MONDAY, OCTOBER 27. 1947. Millions for Colonial Development DETAILS of two great British Government organizations tr t Colonial Development Corporation a-nd the OvoTserLS Food Corporation which are to hay i borrowine; powers of €105.000,000 and are desig.cd to develop the agricultural and raw materials resources of543 words
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Article793 1947-10-27 4 K. JALLEH - K. JALLEH By COMETHING is moving m Malaya today. Malay women are on the march towards modernisation, to progress a sign of the times. Throughout their history, Malay unmen have always livt?d B conservative life. Lit lie is ever known or heard »I them, they793 words
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Article757 1947-10-27 4 James J. Halsema - By James J. Halsema MEMBERS of the United Nations ■pooaood Economic Commission for Asia and the Eas.t will meet at Bagnio, Philippines, on November 24 for a twoweek conference intended to lay the groundwork for a broad reconstruction programme m th^ eastern hemi sphere. Tho Philippine governm-757 words
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Article123 1947-10-27 4 HIGHWAYMAN'S haunt H three hundred y«.ars ago and welcoming teiry today, "The Bell Inn", Molesey, could well ciaim to be Britain's most cockeyed Inn. The craziest building m I land, it has slipped its they can be opened buUdinß with t h e fi; ingles. ■j-ec hundred vein the inn123 words
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Article, Illustration835 1947-10-27 4 Frank Owen - Frank Owen THE most significant event for some time was Mr. Joseph Stalin's announcement of his new international team. With all respect, the appointment of Messrs. Gaitskell, Strauss, and Wilson will hardly set the Thames on fire. The object of Uncle Joe's manoeuvre, however, is to set alight835 words
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Article37 1947-10-27 4 By Ral|>h .HorVn, P. Correspondent 1/IXG'S C oils to :^r Pacific :eman i of Paris to m :w W a PI ress, but it's stil y. i For I I J i H* ha A.P.A.P. - 37 words
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Miscellaneous16 1947-10-27 4 FAITH Behold God is my salvation; I will trust and not be afraid Isaiah 12, 2.16 words
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40 1947-10-27 5 n V to r.cse i its Oerrmrd fog spin* bo: i id memberClub's Cht- but Br'. I yeon I spoken whieb were t Clil>ul. J*W 0! the Br. posers on n mJJ" Lal--5 L-n-40 words
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Article, Illustration77 1947-10-27 5 This is evidence of the abundance of cloth m Singapore. In a sidelane off Arab Street is to be found this cloth mart, where every concehxiblc type of textile is available at competitive prices. The cloth dealers are Chinese, Maiap, Aral This roadside mart is well patronised and is open77 words
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Article38 1947-10-27 5 The Governor, of Hons K< Qg Sir Alexander Grantham. said on Saturday tr.at no discussions concerning the return of Hon^ Kong to Chi-ra is taking place either m Hone; Kong, Nanking or London —A P.38 words
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Article127 1947-10-27 5 A RELIGIOUS film entitled IX "Who Then Can Be Saved," shown by the Public Relations m collaboration with the Methodist Church at the Wesley Church and the Anglo-Chinese School last week, will again be screened this Friday at the Salvation Army Headquarters In Oxley Rise.127 words
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Article312 1947-10-27 5 Free Prews Staff Reporter THE biggest public-addies* system to be installed m Singapore is being carried out by the General Electric Company which is fixing 45 loud speakers m the grandstands of the Bukit Timah Race Course for the benefit of the public attending the312 words
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Article145 1947-10-27 5 The Singapore Chinese Silk and Textiles Merchants' Association which embraces all the important Chinese textile merchants m Singapore, is sending a protest to the competent authorities In I China for allowing' the China Textiles Reronst ruction Corporation's complete monopoly In the export trade. This protest arises out145 words
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Article461 1947-10-27 5 Specia I meeting fixed for Nov. 2 Free Press Staff Reporter A MOVE to form a federation the 16 existing trade unions and potential unions m Singapore, representing employees m the civil service, public service and armed forces will be discussed at a special meeting at461 words
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Article61 1947-10-27 5 r)M Tok, manager of a Chinese Club m tiie central part of Horn hay. was shot dead m the early .hours of Sept. 29, by three Chinese armed with revolvers. On hcaiiiig the &hos his wile rushed into the club hall ar.d was also assaulted. The61 words
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Article145 1947-10-27 5 'GHOSTS' WERE FROG- HUNTERS SIXTY boys m the Raraakrishna Orphanage jr. Bartley Road arc no Knger m fear of ghosts. A fortnight ago. said the caretaker at the Orphanage, he saw 51 range bright lights" shininp outside the orphanage at about 2 ia the mornine. The area where the Home145 words
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Article194 1947-10-27 5 Free Press Staff Reporter BECAUSE of the hooting ban m the city area, Singapore motorists want pedestrians to be more alert. A group of motorists toW the Free Press "Drivers can't use their horns except to prevent accidents. In the 'no hooting' area, we suggest the194 words
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Article168 1947-10-27 5 300 WORKERS' HOMES ARE PLANNED THOUSANDS of circulars have been dispatched to Singapore residents appealing for subscriptions to the Princess Elizabeth Wedding Celebrations Fund. It is intended to build a block of model workmen's dwellings to relieve overcrowding, and to contribute to the battle against tuberculosis. About 300 houses will168 words
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Article123 1947-10-27 5 THE largest saw-mill m Indonesia is to be set up shortly at Sampit, South Borneo, by the Netherlands firm of Bruyn ztM'i. The director <»f the company ;md tome employees arrived by plane lasi week. Dunns the nex- half year, 250 1 houses, and some123 words
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Article98 1947-10-27 5 BAGUIO City is preparing to play host to the Economic Commission for Asia and the Far East. The Ci y Oouncil has appropriated the sum of 40,000 pesos as adiministrative expenses for road repairs, beautification of Burnham Park, erecion of magic fountain, reconstruction of bathhousesReuter - 98 words
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Article23 1947-10-27 5 AN extraordinary general meeting of the Singapore Aeromodellers Society is to be held at 53, Selegie Road, at 4.30 p.m on Saturday.23 words
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Article45 1947-10-27 5 The Australian police are considering the establishment of a Federal Bureau of Investigation similar to the American F. 8.1 A proposal for the establishment of the Bureau will be discussed at a conference ot Ausrralian Police Associations m Sydney oil Nov. 3.45 words
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Article157 1947-10-27 5 NCO CALLS LOCAL MEN 'HEROES' AT least one soldier m Singapore remembers the part played by locally-enlised men during the grim days prior to the capilula'ion and during the occupation. He is 30-year-old Sail Sergeant H. T. Rowland, who works m the O.H.Q Medical Directorate "They were real heroes,'' hej157 words
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Article, Illustration56 1947-10-27 5 The first Empire-owned luxury airliner, a Constellation, landed at Tengah last week from Australia, bringing with it technicians and spares to service the Constellations which will fly between UK and Australia regularly shortly. Picture shows the Constellation, Ross Smith, which landed at Tengah after an eight-hourFree Press - 56 words
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Article21 1947-10-27 5 MR. C.G. CADM AN Mr. Claude Greener Cadman. formerly Engineer- m Chief of the Telecommunications Department. Malaya, has died m London21 words
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Article491 1947-10-27 6 'Peoples Army awaiting zero hour 9 Korean armed forces, trained ana equipped 11 by the Soviets, would move m to take over the country on the withdrawal of United States and Soviet occupation troops, making Korea the eighteenth USSR republic, said a former North Korean oilicial491 words
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Article, Illustration56 1947-10-27 6 These three Nazi Storm Troop leaders are t on trial at Nuremberg, charged with being commanders of the Einsatz 'racial murder' squads organised by Himmler. These groups were responsible for exterminating hundreds of thousands of Jews, Communists and "undesirable persons'' during the war m Russia, Poland and the Baltic re<j\on.56 words
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Article77 1947-10-27 6 THE Government of Ceylon has decided to grant to all its public servants the right to form associations without otticial supervision, interference or control. These associations may be registered as trade unions. The associations will have no ri:ht to have a political object or make77 words
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Article150 1947-10-27 6 MINISTER PLANS A CAMP MR. ALFRED BARNES, M.nisUr 111 of Transport, is going Into the holiday-camp business as a sideline. Next Easter he will open a ".<uper" camp at Walton-on-the-Naze. That was why he has just bought the E.is f ditto Ho f el at Walton- with 30 acres of150 words
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Article51 1947-10-27 6 Openly sympathetic, spectators at the trial of Dr Jose P. Laurel, occupation President of the Philippines, crowded around him at the conclusion of the third day's hearing on treason counts and urged him to run for presidency agains: Manuel Roxas m 1950. Laurel smiled enigmatically said nothing.-A.P. - 51 words
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Article26 1947-10-27 6 Princess Margaret drove a car with L -plates nin 0 mile.s from Balmoral to Ballater. it was her f\rst trip as a learner driver.26 words
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Article114 1947-10-27 6 THE Philippine lumber production programme will vet into full stride by the turn of the year with the Government spearheading the drive. The km] of the project, as outiined m a tentative blueprint drafted by the National Development Company, is the production of 1.000.000 board feet114 words
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118 1947-10-27 6 Restrictions on marriage for U.S. soldiers THE US. Bth Army headqu.T- ters m Yokohama has announced that iUs civilian a cl military personnel must i;w wait GO days after marriage plar-i are approved bcl(>rc marrying. and said that only under "very unusual circumstances* 1 will per" mission be granted to118 words
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Article110 1947-10-27 6 MR. Neil Ackland. chairman of the Motion Picture Distributors of Australia, has stated In Sydney that American nlm companies will invest capital m Australian film production. Thr investment would be part of 4JG25.000 of United States film earnings which the Commonwraith Government would retainReuter - 110 words
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Article82 1947-10-27 6 JUST as gunpower had blown up medieval principalities, the atom bomb and bacterial warfare would blow up nationalism. Professor Ralph W. Gerard, visiting Professor of Physiology from the University of Chicago, told the English Speaking Union m Melbourne. Although transition was always painful, th^ result was82 words
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Article53 1947-10-27 6 MR. T. H. GILLESPIE. directorsecretary of the Scottish Zoological Society, says that prices for animals had risen to "extraordinary heights." A baby elephant, which cost about £100 a year or so ago. now costs €1.000: monkeys. which could be sot for £5. were now £50: and other prices53 words
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Article134 1947-10-27 6 VTEWFOUNDLAND'S National ll Convention chairman, F. Gordon Bradley, K.C., has resigned after an uproarious debate on terms for union with Canada. Mr. Bradley walked out after heated exchanges about th e report by the seven-man delegation to Ottawa. J Mr. A. B. Butt, a134 words
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336 1947-10-27 6 GRIM STRUGGLE IN U.K. COTTON INDUSTRY piIiHTING bitterly against th, 1 r labour methods ho Ur oducti ()n 0 f small group of employers and i mi!!s «f SC *%l union leaders are threaten o H rn^abi j cotton exports. a l u success O f d f tr i(336 words
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43 1947-10-27 6 Rapid decline in hongkong crime wave Trio "rpitf I ur n the en -n?S r aco! nd thee Poral punishment? •ef Justic, the majority of crim. colony are cor that when th tation order v corporal Dunishmem it *ni2 stop to their returcifi43 words
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Article42 1947-10-27 6 .v»sa representation m considered t Cab 1 Wit, a O I m 640 to 6: i >n. If the Gov -ropcrt abolition of U proposal tion. University i elude Sir Jo':. Elliot. Sir Alan Bbm and Sir Arthur S..42 words
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Article90 1947-10-27 6 FOOD is the key to the whole problem of German economy states the report, issued tod a the Parliamentary Select C mittee enquiring into the occupation. Recommending that the Germans should be given i Plete responsibility as soon as possible for balancing their own affairs,90 words
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Article34 1947-10-27 6 every 100 Japanese itnfl "ipM>__j according; M 's_____ te Japanese Bureau <■ tics on th< basis of acm on .n October 1. Years ago 'Jxh wore 106 men to 100 Ml I34 words
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158 1947-10-27 6 Film 'peace' nears on U.K's terms THE end of the Anglo-American film di^pu 1 Film and Treasury chiefs on both sides of th are working out a new plan to the dollar pr resume cinema business. Mr. Eric Johnston, chief of the American film industry. If going to Britain to158 words
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Miscellaneous11 1947-10-27 6 JANE Exclusive to the Singapore Free Press m Afalava v^^su- U^^v^/11 words
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Article658 1947-10-27 7 Armchair Ride for Morsillo y r{ Ractag Correspondent armchair ride m th e class 5 race at Penang o n Saturday, (he first I lutuinn «f« Bowling merrily alo^r j n f roilt n m a cantor and came back so jjih< v- Mown out658 words
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33 1947-10-27 7 Cricket Is A Waste Of Time Says Wavell f' ndia, J !L«and'br v. must <■ I 25 if nd. I Mill L Of [I i putrs ai I ihe ml a i for ReuterReuter - 33 words
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19 1947-10-27 7 n the I I annflrm r h«: a .aid lead car I con-19 words
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Article, Illustration10 1947-10-27 7 M hulj-milc cicu m yesterdays cy^lc racing o// Lite packing.10 words
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Article87 1947-10-27 7 FUDIE MILLS of Britain may delend his new European light heavyweight boxing championship against Jim Grater of Luxembourg at Harrirgay arena on Nov. 17. Promoter Jack Solomons who has a programme arranged lor that date said he would seek terms with Graser whoA.P. - 87 words
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56 1947-10-27 7 JACKIE ROBINSON, the first Negro ever to be admitted to the maior leagues and *ho played baseball for the Brooklyn Dodgers so .veil thi'. year Uiat he was awarded "Rookie of the Year." will Dlav only three more years and then work withU.P. - 56 words
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41 1947-10-27 7 MR. James Rank's M»>rry Quip will not run m the Cflmbr»<ii?r>shire Handicap at Newmnrket on Wednesday. It was announced 10 days jigo that the colt could be considered a doubtful runner unless there was rain ReuterReuter - 41 words
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Article265 1947-10-27 7 Kwa Chin Swee Champion Cyclist THERE was keen competition 1 between cyclists from Singapore and Selaneor who took Dart m a cycling meet held on the Padang last afternoon— the first to be organised since the war. The champion cyclist was Kwa Chin Swee of the Singapore Island Ramblers, who265 words
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Article88 1947-10-27 7 PLAYING a friendly return badrrinton match, of four singles and throe doubles, the Perhiboran B.P. again defeated Sederahna B.P. four-three. Results (P. B.P. players mentioned first) Singles: Omar beat Kader Tahlran 15-5. 15-1 1; M. Hashim lost to Ismail 12-15. 9-15; Supa'at boat Ahmad Tahiran 13-13. 5-1, 15-13;88 words
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Article, Illustration45 1947-10-27 7 Ihe Lien Hwa {United Chinese) soccer team of Mlja heat '/>/> C;Z lb J ned RAF L f^'one at Jalan BcsarSta'liin 'on Saturday Ihese pictures show (topi the Uen Hwa team and (below, Currie reaching lor a flag-kick taken by Cheng Enp45 words
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Article406 1947-10-27 7 Police 1 Clarke Rangers 1 AFTER taking the lead mid-way through the first half, the Singapore Police failed to maintain the pace and had to be content with a one-all draw against the Clarke Rangers m a game of hockey played at Thomson Road yesterday.406 words
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113 1947-10-27 7 BRUCE WOODCOCK, European heavyweight boxing champion, will take a week's rest from training for his comeback to the ring after seven months absence. He got a piece of grit m his eye while working m a quarry this week and a Leeds specialist advisedA.P. - 113 words
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86 1947-10-27 7 JIM B. Mackinnon of San Francisco won the first post-war China open golf championship m Shanghai yesterday with an relegate of 297 for 72 holes. The 1942 amateur golf champion of Manila. Mackinnon led throughout the two days' play. On Saturday he took 151Reuter—AAP - 86 words
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Article474 1947-10-27 7 JACK Beech, the man who left Singapore just over 13 months -ago as undefeated light-heavy and Heavyweight champion of Malaya, has hung up his gloves. He fought his last fight at Bedford on September 29 m the same ring he started his career 16474 words
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Article117 1947-10-27 7 ROUNDING oil a great display of fast, clever football with three goals m three minutes, all scored within the last nine minutes, Moscow Dynamos beat Norrkoping Comrades by five goals to one m Stockholm yesterday. After inside-left, Erik HolmqvLst had opened the scoring from a breakawayReuter - 117 words
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Article39 1947-10-27 7 MRS. Ethel Jacobs Stynie. by Equestrian out of Stop Watch. won thr 575.000 Gallant Fox Handicap m New York on Saturday to replace Calumet Farm's Armed as the world's leading stakes winner with $Bir>, o6o.— ReuterReuter - 39 words
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Article122 1947-10-27 7 BILL BROWN, Queensland s Test opening batsman, playing m his first match after a year's absence from big cricket, figured m an opening partnership of 124 with Rex Rogers m Brisbane on Saturday, second day of their Sheffield Shield match against) New South Wales. ThisReuter; A.A.P. - 122 words
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Miscellaneous48 1947-10-27 7 Today's Sports Events HOCKEY: MCU. PoUc« Ist Tbom»«n Hd 5 15 p.m. I H.K.S. v». Naval Police, Naval Base. 5.15 p.m.: SRC. vs. Naval Dockyard, padang. 5.15 p m. SOCCER: Paramount S.C. vs S»D RASC., Jahtn Br<sar, 5 15 p.m. RUGfiER: Sincaporr- Civilians trial nadanff, 5.15 p m.48 words
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Miscellaneous332 1947-10-27 7 Free Press Crossword No. 222 1 P 1' P I 4 1^ 1* I 7 I 5 If jf™ i«~^" (a* Id BP S" n CLL'LS ACROSS I. Swallow-hke bird visiting Britain m summer (a). 5, In murderous frenzy (4). 9, Kind of gunpowder-filled mortar for breaking down barriers, gates,332 words
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Article43 1947-10-27 8 [EARLY 700 Gloucestershire I motorists demonstrated yesterday against the abolition of the !V, sh asic P«-'t*ol allowance A.l the cars carried posters banners and slogans, and the proWhere speakers urg<d a m mint SS3SW 11 5.?5?3 motoring." to P^vate ReuterReuter - 43 words
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Article, Illustration53 1947-10-27 8 This is Dean Orphan Hospital which has been purchased f)V the Edinburgh Corporation for £52,000. It was disposed of as a hospital because the endowed fund ivas not sufficient to meet the hospital's running costs. Edinburgh Corporation intend to use the building jor educational purposes, probably as a training53 words
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421 1947-10-27 8 NANKING. Sunday. AS (he battle for the strategic Manuchurian city of Kirin moved into top gear, a new Communist offensive aimed at throwing the Nationalist armies into confusion, loomed today. Thousands of Communist General Lin I"o--cheng's tfuerilJa troops are marching southward from Tapich. aReuter - 421 words
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Article58 1947-10-27 8 Philippine Interior Depart- ments' Board of Censors has banned the film of th« story of William Tell because its theme, the overthrow of Government oppression by a peasant patriot, might fan the fires m the troubled areas of Luzofl.. Several other pictures of a like natureA.P. - 58 words
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Article91 1947-10-27 8 THE severance by some countries of communications with Bgypt because of the cholera epidemic m Egypt i s "contrary to the >.. »t--national health agreement." Premier Nokra^hy Pasha said m Ca.ru last nigt. The agreement, he said, provides for inoculation oi pass* nsers and theirA.P. - 91 words
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Article41 1947-10-27 8 Five thousand WeL&h coal miners are expected to be on, strike today to mark their dis HttteflAcUao with what they cle "starvation 1< vol wages". The decision to strike was takrn at mass mecti! la I night.— ReuterReuter - 41 words
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Article234 1947-10-27 8 'SUNSPOTS SHORTEN LIFE SPAN' CHICAGO. Sunday. THE Ume may come when house--1 wives can help to prolong the lives of their families by kecuinc their homes "sunspotless." according to Dr. William F. Peterson, director of clinical research at St Luke's Hospital. He added that 20 years of studying the effectsU.P. - 234 words
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Article39 1947-10-27 8 THE BurflMM Uovernment, which is giving Princess Elizabeth a ruby necklace as a wedding present, ha.s in turn been presented with a RollsRoyce car for the use of the I Premier, ihakin Nu A. P.A.P. - 39 words
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Article247 1947-10-27 8 SOUTHAMPTON, Sunday A 30- YEAR-OLD deck steward was charged with murder on Sunday of pretty red-haired Miss "Gay" Gibson 31 -year-old London actress who disappeared from the Union Castle liner Durban Castle from Capetown to Southampton, the Southampton Police announced The Police said the charge wasA.P.; U.P. - 247 words
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Article56 1947-10-27 8 I^HARLES ("Lucky") Luciano, a \J former vice king m the United States, now living on the Isle of Capri and frequently m the company of pretty Italian actresses and motion picture executives is reported to be negotiating and financing a grandiose film on the lifeU.P. - 56 words
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Article35 1947-10-27 8 The wife of Bao Dal, former Emperor of Annam, left for Paris on Sunday to enter into negotiations for the independence of Bido-China. it was reported m Hong Kong last night.— A.P.A.P. - 35 words
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Article39 1947-10-27 8 A gold and silver-plated automatic washing machine addressed to Pope Puis XII, Vatican, Rome, has been shipped by air from New York. It is reported to be a p. ft to the Pope from manufacturers.39 words
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Article, Illustration510 1947-10-27 8 Election violence m many towns PARIS, Sunday. AN overwhelming victory for anti-Communist Gen. Charles de Gaulle's hastily-organised party "Rally of the French People" m France's municipal elections was made final tonight after a run off vote m 14,000 communes (villages and towns of fewer thanU.P.; Reuter; A.P. - 510 words
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Article125 1947-10-27 8 LONDON. Sunday. STATEMENT that Sir Oswald Mosley. former leader of the British Union of Fascists, would soon address public meetings m London was made tonight by Mr. Jeffrey Hamm. policy director of the British League of ex-Service-men, which is said to include former members of125 words
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Article28 1947-10-27 8 The Sessions Court judge Mr. H. Williams, has advocated that banishees who violate deportation orders should be flogged. At present, flogging is limited to felons. —A.P.28 words
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Article227 1947-10-27 8 T<HE Headquarters of the Middle East' hnVU M announced m a communiuue today that tht» withdra3^ of the British Army from Iraq was completed t, I "Following this withdrawal, the British and Iraq Govtnß ments revert to a position agreed by the Anglu-Iraq tmS of alliance227 words
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Article64 1947-10-27 8 A SPECIAL Market correspondent gives the prices of rubber at 11 a.m. today as followsBuyers Sellers Cts Cts per H>. ?>er Ib No. 1 R S.S. Spot loo** (nominal) 36 z No. 1 R.S S. fob m bales Nov. 37 .°.7\ No. 2 R.S.S. fob m bales Nov.64 words
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Article14 1947-10-27 8 SMUGGLERS RAID CUSTOMS STATION it Nuni Kam TO. o, rdaj andpouw 1 wounded a^ffljii14 words
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Article60 1947-10-27 8 WEA THER Squally Wl. \Tlir.ft report far th« next 21 hours compiled by the R.A.F.: Mainly cloudy with occasional thundery showers and squalls, especially during the night and early morning. Wi/id west -.south-west, with gusts to o\er 20 m.p.h. m showers. Sunset: 6. J0: sunrise 6.14. Moonrise: 1.23 s. m60 words
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151 1947-10-27 8 MEMORIAL costing about £150 is to be erected m St. Andrew's Cathedral. Singapore to the memory of Mr. Edward Shaw Hose, who died m England last year. Mr. Hose was actively connected all his life with church affairs His father was the Right151 words
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Article25 1947-10-27 8 Five opium dens were and 40 proprietors and smoker were arrested m Hong X Saturday m a series of raids A.P.A.P. - 25 words
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168 1947-10-27 8 WARSAW, Sunday. YEWS that M. Stanuslaw Mikolajczyk, Premier of t!i Polish Government-in-exile during the war, had the country secretly" with three of his Peasant Part> colleagues was reported to the Polish Premier, Ji Cyrankiewicz tonight. M. Mikolajczyk was credited by foreign observers with having theReuter; A.P.; U.P. - 168 words
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Article64 1947-10-27 8 THE former Brazilian Aihassa to Russia and his Stafl still coniined to their hotMoscow under "surveiilar.i <" Soviet plainclothes guards ponding a decision by the Russian authorities to issue them exit alter tho Russo-Brazilian diplomatic break. The Soviet Tass News Ag^noy says that sale departureA.P. - 64 words
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Article25 1947-10-27 8 The body of a Jewish policeman—shot through the chestwas found on Saturday night on a highway north of Gaza, Palestine, A. P.A.P. - 25 words
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Article245 1947-10-27 8 NEW YORK, Sunday. DEVELOPMENT of an "atomic v watchdog" which may find wide use m peacetime was disclosed today. The device, officially called an "assault meter," was originally made for use by American troops if invasion of Japan had been necessary. It is so compact thatU.P. - 245 words
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Miscellaneous12 1947-10-27 8 SINGAPORE TIDES nigh: 9.28 am; 9 2«p.m Ix>w: 3^9 am; 2.55 p.m.12 words
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