The Singapore Free Press, 31 October 1947

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    18 1 The Singapore Free Press LARGEST AFTERNOON SALE IN MALAYA Xii»- SINGAPORE, FRIDAY, OCTOBER 31, 1947 PRICE 10 CENTS
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    AMERICA TO TAKE MORE RUBBER
    606 1 AMERICA TO TAKE MORE RUBBER City optimism: Vital tin talks Free Press Staff Correspondent LONDON, Thursday. H E guarantee of easier access for Malayan rubber into the American market m return for the lowering of Imperial preferences is believed to be the major gain which Britain secures from the United
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    MP expelled for privilege breach
    246 1 LONDON, Friday. I Carry Allifhan, journalist and Labour M.P., was last jirat expelled from the House of Commons for writing m^per article alleging that Members of the House had *ptri bribes for revealing the proceedings of private 1 meetings and that some Members, whom he
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    CHILD MURDER GANG HUNT IN RANGOON
    238 1 r>ADIO-EQUIPPED vans manned by Anti-Fascist People's X Freedom League volunteers today drove through Rangoon streets, warning the people against a vice gang which is believed responsible for a series of child murders and abduction cases m the last few days. "Beware of the child
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    FATAL BEEFSTEAK
    46 1 Mrs. Sarah Klipton. 64-year-old housewife, was so pleased at getting a beefsteak from her butcher that she could not wait to cook it and choked to death over a piece she tried to eat raw, her husband I told an inquest m Manchester. U.P.
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    RANK SUSPENDS No. 1 ACTRESS
    120 1 THE J. Arthur Rank Organisation, which has major control of the British motion picture industry, has suspended the British star Margaret Lockwood for refusing to play the leaddng rok m the comedy "Roses for her Pil low." Production will go on with another star not
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    ARMED ROBBERY
    33 1 Five Chinese, one armed with a pistol, robbed another Chinese of $700 m cash and valuables m a house m Lorong Ah Soo. Paya ,Lebar at 1. 10 o'clock this morning.
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    Police inquire into woman's death fall
    131 1 Police inquire into woman's death fall Free Press Staff Reporter SINGAPORE police were inquiring this morning into the last hours of life of Mrs. Patricia Margaret Burns Cuming, wealthy Australian woman, who fell to her death from the top-storey of the Adclphl Hotel yesterday evening. Mrs. Cuming booked a passage
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    U.S. REJECTS SOVIET 'EXPEL BRAZIL' PLEA
    111 1 U.S. REJECTS SOVIET 'EXPEL BRAZIL PLEA BERLIN, Thursday. PEN. Lucius D. Clay US. Mili- tary Governor, today rejected the Soviet demand that the Allied Control Council tfioacc: *U and break off relations with vhe Brazilian Military Mission because of the "reactionary and anti-demo-cratic act" of the Brazilian Government m rupturing
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    MASKED GUNMEN TAKE US SI 10.000
    121 1 SIX masked gunmen held up a Westinghouse Electric Corp. plant m Hyde Park (Boston) yesterday and took a US$llO,OOO payroll 15 minutes after an armoured car had delivered the money. After overpowering an armed guard, the gunmen held up the Staff, stuffed the notes
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    SAILOR STABBED
    34 1 Five Chinese boarded a tongkang moored at North Boat Quay at 1 p.m. yesterday, and attacked a 24-year-old sailor. The man was later taken to the General Hospital with serious stab wounds.
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    TRIBES CLOSE IN ON CAPITAL OF KASHMIR
    271 1 TRIBES CLOSE IN ON CAPITAL OF KASHMIR NEW DELHI, Thursday. SPITFIRE ana Tempest fighter planes sprayed the Vale of Kashmir with bullets and cannon-fire this morning m a desperate attempt to halt the tribesmen's advance on Srinagar. The invaders are now less than 20 miles from the capital, and are
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    MANILA-MENACED BY TYPHOON
    136 1 MANILA, Friday. MANILA is threatened by a typhoon which roared across Samar Island yesterday and, according to the Philippines Weather Bureau, may strike this area about noon today. Winds of more than 30 miles an hour are reported. The storm was first reported off the Boudoc Peninsula,
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    No retrenchment plan, says Govt
    236 1 Free Press Staff Reporter THE Singapore Government has not embarked on any general policy of retrenchment, declared the Acting Colonial Secretary, Mr. J. D. M. Smith, yesterday, refuting suggestions that the Government was carrying out a retrenchment plan. "We do not employ people if we
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    GERMAN CRITIC OF PRINCESS
    78 1 Marshal Vassili Sokolovsky, Soviet Military Governor m Germany, Sir Sholto Douglas, British military Governor, at yesterday's meeting of the Allied Control Council m Berlin that he has already taken administrative action against a Berlin paper for publishing an article offensive to Princess Elizabeth and the British
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  • FOR WOMEN...
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      Children's Charter
      265 2 I BILL to improve the tt lot of Britain's children depnv-d of a normal home life it, may become known as the Children's Charter will be presented to Parliament next sessio n by Mr. Chiller Bde, the Home Secret] ry. oi 'incipal nci m n ot tiie C*..
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      TREE'S SAP IS MILK SUBSTITUTE
      82 2 TREE'S SAP IS MILK SUBSTITUTE rpHE Palo de Vaca or Cow A Tree is a native of Venezuela. Its sap is similar to the milk ol cow. When incisions are made m the trunk of this tree a sweet creamliKe fluid exudes which is an efficient substitute for real milk,
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      New price on your head
      271 2  -  Joya Begg f OP-FLIGHT British milliner Hugh Beresford ictll soon. follow Aage Thaarup. who designs jor ihe Queen nnd the Princesses m making inexpensive hats for, if not the •million, al least the hundred thousand. Thaanip's modelt for young oir[, are already m the shops.
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      CRAZY ABOUT BABIES?
      565 2  - CRAZY ABOUT BABIES? MARY MORRIS By France is— and means to get more CHANCE, always crazy about babies, is now adding each month rulings designed to increase the crop. Last year, for the first time m 11 years, births exceeded deaths by 93,000. French newspaper articles exhort the population to
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      EGGS & I
      424 2  - EGGS I JOAN CASTLE Cooking Column By COME of us can remember (and some cooks seem unable to forget) the days when we lightheartedly threw four eggs into a cake and rattled up an omelette with another half dozen. A couple of hard-boiled eggs for garnish; two more m the
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      11pm Curfew For Nurses
      203 2 nOORS are locked 11.5 prompt night at the nurses hom< of the Wrekin L Hospital, Wellington. 81 shire. Windows ha*. blocked so that they i only a few inchnobody can climb m. Any nurse locked out I repon to the matron Male visitors found at home
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      21 2 ■si. she m« l,les »»f*ttt». v-v/u L Can invert uT^ ,lfn f-b skirt to ml ♦,l* t **i ___r r d^««i
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      85 2 Gala Premiere— Capitol 9 p.m Tue-v Nov 4th THE ACADEMY S AWARD PICTURE gjj The Most Honored tqi Film of Our Time! Jl*>* Winner of 9 Academy W fcfc.^**Jiil^faL **p 49 _T^**E _s-^ j _n LJww^M ✓Ti I HB^^^^jhl I „.fy t^'/J," _Dw' Jtv I -**H^^ 9^Bm ti 5 y^Buc^tu
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      22 2 PHONE 7636 i 1 ORO.K r"^ v JSTuELLXI SasS* A Beautiful Collection of Cocktail NOW ON DISPLAY __J--Z!_jsiaB^ 82-1. BF*AS BASAH ROA£NEARR^>^
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      404 2 BRIDGE PROBLEM WESTS two no-trump bid was ]x>ychic and Norths leap to four h-arts was on ovt -ambitious attempt Krvrrh to expose it. It ii difficult to detect S'^J vulnerable. West's double— particularly m view Moutb dealer rt the bidding which warned that few NORTH if any diamond tricks could
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      243 2 RADIO PROGRAMME SINGAPORE li- ue Network 1* tt 2 00 p m lBs metres tn the medium wave band A 7.22 megacycle* ocr «erond m the 41 m«»tre b«od 00 11.00 d.dj. 185 metres tn the medium wave band A 4 826 mefieycles per second tn the 61 metre band
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      258 2 pi*. 11 02 "Tunes from the Movies"; 11 .15 "Music for strings" 4 p.m. Dinner Music"; 4 30 Australian iica^; 4 4> "Meet the Maestro" Dance band I show; .").ib "Forces Requests'*; c p.m. I "Concerto half hour'; 6.30 World News; 6.45 "A Spot of Fun"; 7 p.m. "Album of
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      88 2 Call; 9 30 R 5.45 Chorale; 10 p.m. Weekend Maen. 10.30 Short St*>:y; 10.45 I: 10.50 Forces Prom; 11.30 N London; 11.40 Interlude; 11 i Affairs; 12 mid-night All Berene. BATtJBDAYt Morning 8 a.m. ICusiC On the Air; 8 and Home News; 8.45 nfornhH B 9 a.m. Richard Tauber Progrsni
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      215 2 YOUR LUCKY STAB fortune torecut 'or Pie Dorn DORN today. m hxt active and impubhe nates] ISS jumo to conclusions i| the iHfS-lstl hint of ntfJ and oner your mind is niS "P. it is very difficult ll change! JhiN temperamental q«J may make hie dime ult for yd i*>u
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      59 3 Pictro Nenni, leader oj the Italian Socialist Party, is faced with the choice of lining wo his party with either the Communist Party or Premier Alcide de Gasper i's Christian Democrats. Observers iti Rome report that he is likely to plump for the Communists, with whose leader, Palmiro Toyliatti, he
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      150 MILLION LEAK' IN SIX MONTHS
      365 3 150 MILLION LEAK' IN SIX MONTHS wloiis errors 9 at Treasury charged PROFESSOR LIONEL ROBBINS, noted economist and wartime financial adviser to the British Government, has charged the Treasury with "'serious errors of high policy." He claimed that of t'600,000,000 worth of external assets used since March, only a proportion
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      COMINFORM MAY DRAG OUT 'DIRTYLINEN'
      363 3 COMINFORM MAY DRAG OUT 'DIRTYLINEN' THE new Communist Information Bureau at Belgrade, whose first work will be almost entirely devoted to propaganda, can be expected to produce, m reac* r on, a great mass of evidence against the Ccmirtunis s wh'ch heretofore has not been published by the Wes f
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      writ Against big GOLD COMPANY
      58 3 writ Against big GOLD COMPANY THE Supreme Court m London has granted a rule nisi calling on the persons concerned to show cause why the New Union Goldfields Limited, controlling 152 companies with an issued capital of ri9,000,000. should not be plaoed under judicial management. The application was made by
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      Paris 'black bourse' favours sterling
      116 3 I THOUGH, v tiah ban on holiday travel abroad, fterling notes out of England for black markets of Europe, has come virtually to lack boi still quoting a steady rate of t xling compared with th e official ports R« uter, ban i aibuted In
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      Turkey is leader of Moslem bloc'
      120 3 SIR Firoz Khan Noon. Mr. Jin-, nan's special envoy visit m g the Middle East, was yesterday m Ankara on the Invitation of the Turkish Government to attend the ceremonies and military review celebrating the anniversary of the foundation of the Turkish Republic. Before
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      ATCHESON CRASH SECRET REPORT
      46 3 The U.S. Arm} Air Force public relations office confirmed on Tuesday that the War Department had placed a secrecy ban cm its findings m the Flying Fortress crash which killed Mr. George Atcheson, Jr.. America!} Ambassador to Japnn. and nine c -triers.
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      Ma may adopt ft constitution
      47 3 BAI b. ineorpog aew constitution for fJV alunc Rau vai m New York te??' tn conJ2"f adviser to the Indian Ey?. 1 woußh* to .••< Frankfurter and c Supreme "j 1^ rican 1 has t* ■>_. the constitution led. In'onstitution will between aem ■aarv
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      Germans face 'worst winter'
      119 3 DISHOP Otto Dibelius of the, D German Evangelical Church,] who is making a two-month tour m the United States, says Germans expect the coming winter to be the worst m their lives. The Bishop said that "m cities like Berlin, nearly 2 000 people every month
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      'PAY AS WE GO' FOR MARSHALL PLAN
      62 3 Tiie U.S. Secretary of the Treasury. Mr. John Snyder, told the press that the Marshall plan for European economic recovery must be taken care of before tax cuts can be made. He said the plan should be flaanced on a "pay as we
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      BROOCH FOR PRINCESS
      43 3 Princess Elizabeth has been, given a diamond brooch m the form of the regimental badge of the 16th./sth. Lapcers, to mark, her appointment as Colonel InChief. Col. H. C. L. Howard Colonel ol the Regiment, handed her the gilt.— Reuter
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      TOWN IN REVOLT
      48 3 An uprising against the mayor of the small Bolivian border town of Guayaramilik has been put down by local police. Previous reports received by the Brazilian Ministry of Justice m Rio de Janeiro said the Bolivian town had been captured by Communist ele- ments.- A.P.
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      THE END OF THE PARTY
      84 3 MR. James Carmichael. the last remaining Member of Parliament of the British Independent Labour Party, founded over 50 years ago by Bernard Shaw and other socialists, has resigned from the Party. He now intends to apply for membership m the Labour Party In 1925, out
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      MYSTERY WOMAN TO BE DEPORTED
      69 3 A RAVEN-HAIRED woman who has spent two nights m a detention room at London airport is to be put on a plane for Gibraltar and then will be sent to Tangier. Her name has been given as Gene Jaegar. She has had meals at the
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      CHINA LIMITS HER COTTON IMPORTS
      68 3 THE semi-official Central Daily News of Nanking report that the Government has decided to limit the import of foreign cotton to China to $170,000,000 (U.S.). The newspaper said the Central Bank had signed an agreement with the National City Bank of New York, the latter
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      EINSTEIN URGES NEW WORLD REGIME
      221 3 PROFESSOR Albert Einstein, who provided the theory which led to the harnessing of atomic energy has demanded that America should outlaw the atomic bomb and proceed with the formation of a limited world government "with or without the Russians." Writing m the November issue of
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      TORY CANDIDATE
      19 3 A M 5 Farlai -^ad of ls expected to _uilS t ate "ham Emman,.! shinat the ectlon.
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      TARZAN Struggle
      6 3  -  Edgar Rice Burroughs By
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      Anti-T.B. drug 'needs partner'
      284 3 -STREPTOMYCIN needs a partner to help land a knockout J blow to tuberculosis and Dr. Selman Waksman says he and his associates are working to find an ally. Dr. Waksman and two assistants discovered streptomycin— now recognized as trie most effective drug against the germ that
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      S'hai dancing ban under review
      112 3 THE National Austerity Supervisory Council of Shanghai is to hold a general meeting m Nanking to discuss the problem of putting a ban on dancinc m Shanghai. Shen Chung-lien. SecretaryGeneral of the Shanghai City Council and the Acting Mayor K. C. Wu said that "the
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      RATES REDUCED IN BRITAIN
      64 3 RATE burdens are to be reduced, m many cases by considerable amounts, under the new rate equalisation scheme embodied m a local government bill presented to the British Parliament. The local authorities m England and Wales will be relieved of expenditure amounting to £63.--000,000 yearly by
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      GANG HOLDS UP BURMA TRAIN
      59 3 AN armed gang held up a Man-dalay-Rangoon express and escaped with "heavy loot" from the passengers, the Burmese press reported yesterday. Their report added that there was a gunflght between the bandit and armed guards, but gave no details. The Burma State Railways said they
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      'EMPLOYMENT KEY TO ASIAN ECONOMIC ILLS'
      110 3 MR. Jagjivan Ram. Indian Labour Minister and chairman Of the Asian Regional conference of the ILO. said that "underemployment, excessive pressure on land. low productivity and inadequate means for sustaining a decent existence are the dominant features of the Asian economic landscape". "Without a
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      SIT DOWN STRIKE BY PASSENGERS
      68 3 ABOUT 80 steerage passengers, who were unable to flght their way aboard the steamer Fatshan for Canton, have decied to camp just outside 'he Hongkong wharf until the ship returns. Meanwhile they intend to petition the Secretary of Chi-rase Affairs for relief and negotiate with
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      THE STARS LET DOWN
      25 3 A prominent Shanghai fortuneteller, Chou Tien Shou, was detained by the police because the stars hadn't advised him they were coming.
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      83 3 THE KATONG REST-HOUSE (RESTAURANT BAR) t\* a r% -v* a n \m* Open to Non-residents mencing S p.m. Sat. Nov. Ist. FOR RESERVATIONS PHONE <***** 107, MARINE PARAOE (Behind Joo Chiat Police Station) is me f MT^ *H mm l I U *m*m\ \A****m*A*m%*At*m\ 1 1 tm****+*\\r%m¥ %^tfr fl fMen
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  • LEADER...
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      The Singapore Free Press FRIDAY, OCTOBER 31, 1947. China and the Democrats
      597 4 The Singapore Free Press FRIDAY, OCTOBER 31, 1947. China and the Democrats rREICN criticism of the Chinese GovernmenVs action m banning the Democratic League is not likely to ruffle many feathers m Nanking. China •will not relish the reaction abroad, but obviously the government must have discounted it before imposing
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      BLACK DRAGONS REVEALED
      968 4  - BLACK DRAGONS REVEALED RICHARD HUGHES By CECRET documents and records of the Black Dragon Society, surrendered on demand for examination by the Occupation authorities, disclose for the first time a complete and connected history of this notorious and once allpowerful Japanese secret society. Much nonsense has been written about the
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      LIFEBOAT HERO RETIRES
      85 4 BRITAIN'S most decorated lifeboatman. 71-jfear-old coxswain Henry Gitprge Blogg. has retired after 53 years service m Cromer's lifeboats during which he has saved 850 lives. Blogg's record has never been equalled. He is the holder of the George Cross highest civil award for bravery and has ♦hrice
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      RAISING CASH FOR UK
      608 4  -  RICHARD F. NEWCOMB By A. P. Correspondent and how to spend it WHILE Congress may be months away from grappling with the Marshall Plan and the Paris report, the American public already has two concrete proposals, both by outstanding business leaders. Beardsley Ruml, economist and chairman
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      PEOPLE IN SINGAPm MAKE NE WS
      929 4 PEOPLE IN SINGAPm MAKE NE WS THE shipping community and his numerous friends will be sorry to hear of the retirement of Cap t. R I C II A R I) PEAJRCE EDDY, Wharf Superintendent of the Singapore Harhour Board, who leaves for England by the Oranje next Wednesday. Capt.
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  • LOCAL NEWS...
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      BIG GAS EXTENSIONS OPPOSED
      150 5 Ratepayers say: 'cut expenses' Free Prcai Staff Reporter iteaporc Rati 'payers' Association opposes the v DO extension to the gas works at P rol n( j B rges that expenditure on the extension doWii to a minimum. *iv t committer meeting of the Association, it was
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      Executed ' lives to tell tale
      94 5 Executed lives to tell tale AMONG the witnesses at a war crimes trial which ooens at Kuala Lumpur on Monday will be a Chinese who actually received a blow on the neck from a Japanese executioner's sword, but managed to crawl away into the jungle, and recover from his wounds.
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      MOTOR SHIP FOR SARAWAK
      82 5 cr and M ir.- Rajah been buiit for the tank a Company ttb is associated with the fcapore Strait* R'eamship with about v about 4u JWas passf Propelled f tod er wil) have i&ttoi 13 fa P has cially ■Prt for trading between o&pore and a
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      DEEAVALI ON NOV. 11
      10 5 a rved on -'not ■"■■*J msly
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      CINEMA IN AID OF POPPY FUND
      88 5 SHAW BROTHERS have arranged a cinema show this Sunday at 930 a.m. at the Capitol. th' entire proceeds from which will be given to the Poppy Day I'und. On this occasion, all seats upjtalra will be priced at $1 each, and those downstairs at
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      Pre-war tenant'may go to other courts'
      685 5 Pre-war tenant 'may go to other courts' NO ORDER BY RENT BOARD THE Rent Conciliation Board made no order on Wednesday 1 when Mrs. Nina Hwang made an application for possession of premises m Orchard Road of which she was the prewar tenant. The President of the Board, Major H.
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      S'pore bound
      122 5 Australian industry, developed for war, l» making important contributions to peace rehabilitation. Two 75-foot, 126-ton tugs have left Melbourne on a 5,000-mile voyage to Singapore, each towing a 60-foot steel barge laden with food and stores. The tugt will contribute to re-establishment of shipping m Singapore. Built m
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      IMPROVING MALAY WELFARE
      140 5 IMPROVING MALAY WELFARE THE women's section of the Malay Union has been revived under the leadership of Inche Fatimah binte Haji i Heron, a well-known Malay social worker m Singapore and Johore. The section will be holding its first general meeting this afternoon (at 2 p.m.) at 167, J Arab
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      Labourers gel $13,500 compensation
      413 5 Labourers gel $13,500 compensation Free Press Staff Reporter •THE sum of $13,500 was paid 1 to labourers last year by the Commissioner for Workmen's Compensation m Singapore for 480 accidents, 35 of which proved fatal. Of the 480 accidents reported to the Commissioner, 31 involved permanent partial disablement, 414 temporary
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      CHOLERA VIA IMPORTS
      125 5 A POSSIBLE danger of cholera being transmitted to Australia by the importation of goods horn the Middle East and India is to be brought to the notice of the Minister for Health. Senator McKer.na, by the Australian Council of Trade Unions, i The committee of the A.C.T.U.
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      88 5 China's gift to Princess Elizabeth is on its way to London. It consists of 175 pieces of porcelain tea set, coffee set. soup plates and dishes. The porcelain was specially manufactured by experts m Kiangsi Province, and each piece bears Chinese words meaning "Presented bff President Chiang and Madame Chiang
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      Judge criticises Police witnesses
      111 5 Judge criticises Police witnesses PRTHCISM of the way m which the police gave evidence of identification parades, was made byMr. Justice Brown at the Singapore Assizes yesterday, during hearing of an ai nicr! robbery caso. The judge said: "I am not) satisfied with the way m which the polic c
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      UK BEST BUYER OF COCONUT OIL
      147 5 Free Press Staff Reporter THE United Kingdom continues to be the main buyer of copra and coconut oil from Malaya, the September total exports to U.K. being 4,267 tons. (Xher purchasers of coconut oil were Burma 337 tons, Hong Kong 378 tons and Sumatra
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      SPECIAL TRAFFIC RULES FOR NOV.11
      434 5 CPECIAL regulations will be enforced along Connaught ftj Drive on the morning of Nov. 11 to facilitate traffic -going to and from the Remembrance Service. The regulations shall be mi n force from 6.30 a.m. until 15 minutes after the departure of "the Governor from
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      M.A.S. PAYMENTS
      67 5 PAYMENTS to members of the Passive Defence Services will be made at Volunteer Forces Record Office. Beach Road, between the hours of 0900-1230 md 1400-1600, as follows: Monday MAS. Farrer Park Depot; Tuesday M.AS. Bales ier *P~***d DeDot; Wednesday M.A.S. Bukit Timah Depot an.i Raffles College Depja. Thursday
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  • NEWS...
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      ATOMS STAY 'HOT' FOR CENTURIES
      422 6 Scientists seek atomic 'burial ground' ONE of the worst headaches that scientists ever have encountered is how to dispose of the "hot" radioactive artorrLs from atomic ovens ami atomic generator machines. They cannot be blown into the air, they cannon be buried m ground and
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      68 6 The Earl of Jersey was married for the third time at the Chelsea Register Office, London, recent ly. His bride was Miss Bianca Mar%a Luchiana Mottironi, 24-year-oid daughter of Signor Enrico C. Mottironi. a wealthy textile mill owner who had travelled from Rome for the ceremony. The bride and bridegroom
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      BENEFICIARIES WERE IN JAIL
      66 6 US. Military authorities m Shanghai, seeking to pay three character witnesses who testified for an American soldier defendant m Shanghai's recent "gold bar murder" court martial, had little trouble m locating them but more difficulty m delivering their ofOclal fees. Two of the character witnesses wen-
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      RIVER WIDENING
      53 6 Work has started on the improvenient scheme on the River Welland. Lincolnshire from near the Wash at Foss Dyke to Stamj>lord The estimated cost is *J 750.000. The scheme involves the cor.structkm of three bypass channels. For 12 miles the River will be Increased to three times IW
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      ATTLEE DENIES 'GUILT' FOR INDIA CLASHES
      379 6 IT the end of ihe two-day debate m the House of Commons on Wednesday, Prime Minister Clement Attlee repudiated wruvt h e described as an implication by Mr. Winston Churchill ttiat he personally was responsible for the slaughter m India. Mr. Attlee said, "Mr.
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      U.S. MILITARY GOVT. TO ROOT OUT REDS
      101 6 U.S. MILITARY GOVT. TO ROOT OUT REDS I^HE United States Military Government m Germany is to launch an attack forthwith on Communism throughout the United States occupation zone Gen. Lucius D. Clay. United States Military Governor, announced on Tuesday. "We are going to defend the principles we believe ln and
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      U.K. SOCCER FIXTURES
      278 6 THE fulwjvuiHj arc the U.K. fcx>tball nxtures for taOMSVOV: DIVISION I: Aaton Villa v Preston N B Blackburn v Bolton W B!arkoool v Liverpcol Chelsea v Arsenal Derby Co. y M'broiuh E^' orton v She-ffield Utd Grimsby t Bumlev HuddcrsfieUl r Charlt<»i> Manrhrst<T rttv v PorUmouth Sunderland
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      AUSTRALIA OPPOSES VETO PLAN
      353 6 AUSTRALIA OPPOSES VETO PLAN THAT there was little thane, lti 1 "compromise proposal- r^rl^ the Japanese peace conference!^ V «'C^>< of 11 nations with a concur r^ f( a ,f (e S„ powers" was indicated llTvmTimmT^J *%jS+ D. B. Copland m Shanghai Mi„il f, 'f Speaking at a pre Ss
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      Ordnance men urge civil production
      108 6 Ordnance men urge civil production tain labour fortes Ti dnance factor*^ about 40,000 armed forces cc i men at S?t*s toeputto-ardaci^ the full capacity of Vfcfi after meeting tHe Forces, for ciTilim >^ The view «>Wt* ney a* capable cf pr*2 capital goods such ("H machinery, *foch were :o; S
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      RULING ON U.S. RIGHTS IN SHAI
      62 6 A MERICAN citizens or corpora- tions owning property m Shanghai, acquired before May 20. 1943. must re-register their property rights and set new deeds of ownership, the U.S. State Department has announced. Others rights, such as rights of mortgage, must be re -registered prior
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      PHILIPS GUARD OF HONOUR
      60 6 EIGHT v Kingsmoor 'England' Pesj Olfa-ers Training Schol. where U Mountbatten is form the euari of honoa steps of Westminster Abbey Tha s married tr beth. All of tnem are members i it Kinßsmoor sta3 and have beea nominated by Lt. Mour-ttan himself. Two of them
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      'Don't care' brings ruin
      97 6 rIE Archbishop of York, Ur (.arhett. told York (onvociifl that a •Touldn't-care-less-' menUlit] had -nfected the fflj tion. The Church had to te.u h Urn moral qu.il tfcl the nation were to be saved fro m ruin -Three of these arfj eminent honest work, unselfishness and
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      40 6 •J^N— Exclusive to the Singapore Free Press m Malaya /w^tW'.X'S^K V^SJ KL'STfeN,LAS S A /AWAY/-, HAV^I I JTfy I s„* 1 S SAVING To POok *oS*t%=- C~IL L?vP°^a MAY BECN ADV.SEO J jfl j, H (ilk f liL tf? i^^^^v^p^
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      CHATSTER SHOULD WIN AGAIN
      739 7 CHATSTER SHOULD WIN AGAIN Final Day Of Penang Races Free Press Racing Reporter TRAINER J. R. Rodgers who is having a wonderful spell appears to hold the trump card m the 8«/ 2 furlong race for cracks with his useful stayers, High Port and Chatster at Penang tomorrow, th e
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      Badminton Notes ...
      17 7  - Badminton Notes Courier off By Ilefti and Cltarlie Chua ol the DevonSingapore veterans' doubles title of 1947.
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      Old Rivals Are Partners Now
      288 7 more liian 20 years m first -class badminton, Charlie ftua i Devonshire H.P.) and Wee Eng Siang (A.A.U.) iM the climax <►( their badminton careers by winning k vwrapcre fttenUflV doubles championship recently. AtßMt/JW m 1932 onwards, Charlie and Eng Is. Each has about equal
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      PETEROALE B.P. WIN
      104 7 li. a friendly return badminton match played on Sunday, the Peterdale Badminton Party narrowly de- Jeiiud the Red Rocket Badminton Party by three games to two at the latter s court. Results:- fPeterdale players mentioned first). Tay Swee Heng beat Hassan Alhabshee 13-13, 1-5. 15-10; 15-7; Lye
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      AMARNATH TO RESCUE AGAIN
      331 7 AMARNATH TO RESCUE AGAIN From K. S. Dupleesinghi AMARNATK'S splendid innnlgs of 157 not out helped India to make a respectable total of 283 for seven against Victoria ln their match which started at Melbourne yesterday. The Indians lost their first three wickets for no runs. The wicket was faster,
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      Weights For CI. One Races
      155 7 •THE following arc the weight* for the 1 two class one races whtcn. together with the seven races that were postponed from yesterday, will form th* card of events for tomorrows races m Penang. Hones. Claw 1, 8S ran. 3 TARABAH a 9.07 4 2
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      EASY WIN FOR S.A.R.U. XV
      252 7 4 Singapore Asiatic Rugby Union XV scored an easy victory by 18 points three goals and one try) to nil against the Combin'd Colleges, m a rugger; match played at the Medical College i ground yesterday. Good rugger was not p >ssible on a sodden
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      Daly Does Oregon Course "Under Par
      106 7 *}OTH the and United States! D Ryder #up golf teams have pra- j ctised m -foursomes of the Portland I links my OregoQ where they compete I this weekend In the seventh meeting for tie Cup. FSW Daly set the pace with a 69—
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      S.C.C. 'B BEAT SHIP TEAM
      407 7 Free Press Staff Reporter S.C.C. "B" 12 Dtoraed 3 RIOHT wing three. Nelson, took the honours yesterday when the S C.C. '*B" rugger team defeated the S.S. Diomed by 12 points (four tries by Nelson*) and 3 points (a try) ln a thrilling and amusing
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      VETERANS HAVE FIRST OUTING
      552 7 rl Singapore Malaya Cup Veterans** Football Club, represented by the soccer stars of yesterday, had their first outing when they met the St. Josepeh's School evelen on the school field last evening. The schoolboys won by two goals to nil. It would be unfair to comment
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      Baltazar Gets Second Chance
      665 7 By Our Boxing Reporter WHEN Filipino Baby Baltazar and Siamese Som Pong duck- ed under th c ropes for their first contest some weeks ago at the Happy World Stadium, the strong, agile young Filipno was confidently expected to score an easy points win, if not
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      SCRC HOCKEY TEAMS
      138 7 rpHE following wM represent the S.C.R.C. at hockey against the Medical College Union, at the MCU. ground at 5.15 p.m. today: Yee Cheok Wah; Wee Chong Ghee, Cheong Thiam Siew; Dr. Ong Bwee Law. Goh chin Chye. Gan Kee Slang; Swee Lim Swang. Harry Fang, Low Kee
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      281 7 Free Press Crossword No. 226 T ~T I* I* 1 I—F1 Fl F~ m i Li r ~w n~rr rr m^mswi 1 I 1 10 l T 1 I -Wis ZFvr 17 1 Lg 1 L__l LJ S %mmoß* 1 l i m m LLLLS ACUObb l, One -Alio protects
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      'S'pore in need of building supplies'
      414 8 'S'pore in need of building supplies' Free Press Staff Reporter 'FHE Government of Singapore should facilitate the im- portation of building materials at reasonable prices and ensure that the country gets a fair allocation, said Mr. Tan Chin Tnan, m his prewidential address at the annual meeting of the Singapore
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      24 8 HOME PICTURE FOR SINGAPOREANS A view from the esplanade m front of the Cenotavh looking towards Anderson Bridge, with Fullerton Building towering up behind.
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      BIG BATTLE RAGING AT CHANGCHUN
      141 8 NANKINO. Thursday. A LARGE-SCALE battle U raging around Changchun a* the Government pours airborne redn■forcemenu into the area to repel Communist assaults around Nungan and Hwalteh. north and west respectively of the Manchurtan capital, according to Government dispatches. These Red assaults un the outer perimeter
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      STORMY DEBATE ON PETROL CUT
      109 8 LONDON, Thursday. r£ Labour Oove nment came within 24 votes of defeat m the House of Commons today m a stormy debate over the abolition of the slim petrol ration now allotted to British motorists. Shouts from the Conservative benches of "Resign, resign,"* greeted the
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      BANISHMENTS
      71 8 THE Parliamentary Secretary tor the Colonies, Mr. David ReesWilliams, told the House of Commons yesterday that he was satisfied that the maintenance of power of the Governor of the Malayan Union to make the order for banishment was necessary ir. the present circumstances. Mr. L. Hale, (Labour.) had asked
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      RAILWAYS TRY RADAR
      25 8 The British railways are experimenting with radar to give trains an effective signal system m fog and adverse weather con- ditions. Reuter
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      UK TO FIGHT CRISIS WITH Olw EMPIRE AID!
      417 8 UK TO FIGHT CRISIS WITH Olw EMPIRE AID! Any new help for Colonies LONDON, Thursday. DRITAIN'S Minister for Economic Affairs, Sir Staf- ford Cripps, declared today that the British Government was laying its economic v crisis plans on the basis that there would be no more assistance from outside sources
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      74 8 Beautiful Swedish Mrs. Louise (La*h* i ress of the detective ttorV -Death rJLT^*-*«* «Tw daughter of the late Swdishß^^* the Forsell here seen with her rriend *3* who aided her to escape from fl ?StockhSn\' T^*t*&\ where she was being treated a anarrM* J SKed <*> vi an asylum attendant.
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      11,660 FIRMS ON S'PORE REGISTER
      129 8 1 1 ,660 FIRMS ON S'PORE REGISTER Free Press Staff Reporter A LMOST all firms m Singapore have now registered under the Registration of Business Names Ordinance. There are 11,660 business names on the register. Up to September last, the number of registered firms was just over 10,000. After an
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      PRINCESS SAYS 'WE MUST WIN'
      158 8 GLASGOW. Thursday. PRINCESS ELIZABETH, escorted 1 by Lieut. Philip Mountbatten, today named and launched the new 35.000-ton Cunard luxury liner Caronia at John Browns shipyard at Clydebank. The Caronia will go into service cither as a Transatlantic "ocean greyhound" or on luxury world cruises Speaking
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      FOG PARALYSES LONDON PORT
      45 8 |X>G yesterday paralysed the Port my of London, slowed traffic m parts of London, and delayed planes at Northolt Airport. The VJS. ship Billings Victory and the British steamer Warren Chawe collided m the English Channel but damage was slight.— A.P.
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      402 CHOLERA DEATHS
      19 8 In Egypt yesterday 402 more people died from cholera, and 690 new cases were reported- Reuter
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      'BRITISH-OFFICERS HELPED U SAW'
      275 8 RANGOON. Thursday. l/"HIN MAUNG YIN, a nephew of U Saw who is on trial -T- with eight other members of his Myochit Party charged witji th tf assassination last July of Premier Aung San and six Cabinet Ministers, said, m his confession read before the tribunal
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      Ramadier gets narrowvictory in Assembly
      212 8 PARIS Thursday. rE French Socialist Premier M. Paul Ramadier. was tonight given a vote of comfldence by the National Assembly hts sixth since he took office nine months ago. The voting was 300 votes against 280 a majority of 20. The vote of confidence has
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      RUBBERS, TINS IN DEMAND
      501 8 Lond Q" StockSchanj r«u M^ n|fe .i odlly UHS UCain concentr ated m Sou* _J 2SL M,n€ J wa. also interest m Rubbers mi% wh eh made fairly good wins. Another active mun'. Vk^!^ U' h f r l the W inrtilu M* Wdifa m the
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      U.N. COMMISSION FOR KOREA
      77 8 THE United Nations, with six Soviet bloc countries abstaining from the vote, decided provisionally yesterday so send a roving United Natioas Commission into Korea to consult the Korean people on ways and means of assuring oarly Korean independence. The CommisMQii was proposed by the United States
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      PROTEST TO RUSSIA
      25 8 America and Britain hav e protested to Russia against the Soviet seizure of the rich Lobau oilfields and installations m Austria.- A.P.
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      ILO CALL TO ASIA TO CO-OPERATE
      209 8 NEW DELft-U, Thursday. CALL to Asian coom tries to cboperate with otheK countries n a world selective tariff policy JM made today by YuncSha P. N. *I°P' Chlna'a employers' dtelegate at tne preparatory Asian regional conterence of the International Labour. Office. T He also
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      10 8 Thirty-two Jffijttm musing ftertg.^J which fl«Pj*?*«*f Tho daro^ p
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      RUBBER PRICE
      91 8 A SPECIAL Market Jjj ent fires tbe pd*** 11 at 11 am today Boj« CH per* No. 1 B SS Spot Inn** i nominal No. 1 R.S.S. ft* m b*i<> mm No. 2 R.SS. W m bale* No. S RS.S. ft* j fa bales Nov J" Tone ol
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      N.Y. rubber futures
      14 8 |KW VOHK ***£2** M weevil 21 cent* 'J: Vw* A.P. A.P.
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      57 8 WEA THER 1 Rain I WEATHJEK report for th* next 24 hoon compiled by the 8.A.F.: Partially cloudy with occasional shower* during the afternoon. Squally showtr; at nixht. nail tomorrow morning. Wind light sooth -westerly boi gu^tv during <_ower* tonight. Relative humidity percentage* Yesterday "J. 30 a,m. SS; 1.20 p.m.
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