The Singapore Free Press, 5 November 1947

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    18 1 The Singapore Free Press LARGEST AFTERNOON SALE IN MALAYA hs* SINGAPORE, WEDNESDAY, NOVEMBER 5, 1947 PRICE 10 CENTS
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    BLOODY BATTLE FOR AIRFIELD
    372 1 BLOODY BATTLE FOR AIRFIELD Innagar still threatened NEW DELHI, Tuesday. rtimentfl of India and Pakistan exnotes today on Kashmir, tribesmen and Kashmiri rebels Srinagar. They inflicted between 300 sualties. re making n desperate bid to reach on which more troop carriers landed Delhi. It is reported that another Sikhs has
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    Sees death of Empire trade plan
    68 1 LONDON veek tnent money 1 Mr. toiwng a joint meeting of and itton, ilaery the Jjsp- line: for ref rf :r nces, ■*s not "to cor parti n the welfare make any fr r.-e- mutual trar: th our iny •Weign country." J* 11 1
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    M.P. REFUSES TO QUIT COMMONS
    62 1 LONDON. Tuesday. If J\ Labour I was ■ptototThur.ML> by the I n.-y for r.-poru on nt1. :rom win fetter l! I a from I m any the Parlia- -iuj reI 'II Of rial Labour I t called tor I .impnt. I Ijland, former I -!th
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    U.N. PALESTINE PLAN 'MAY BE TOO LATE'
    172 1 LAKE SUCCESS, Tuesday. THE United Nations might not be able to take effective action swiftly enough to avoid disorders following the withdrawal of British troops from Palestine, no matter what plan was adopted, Mr. Lester Pearson, Canadian member of the U.N. Palestine sub-Committee,
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    AUSSIE TRADE WITH U.S. FALLS
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    C.G. OFF TO BORNEO
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    FIVE BANISHEES
    16 1 One of the smallest batches of banishees— five— left Singapore for China on Monday
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    NEW U.S. PUN FOR KOREAN INDEPENDENCE
    168 1 NEW YORK. Tuesday. rE United States today submitted to the United Nations Political Committee a revised proposal calling for withdrawal of American and Soviet troops from Korea within 90 days "if possible" after establishment of a proposed independent Korean Government. Under the new American
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    SEEIING INDUSTRIES
    33 1 Abdorreza Pahlevi, younger brother of the Shah of Persia, is making a short tour of British industrial centres, following his arrival from the United States where he studied economics at Harvard
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    NEGROES KILLED WHILE ESCAPING
    73 1 A former warden and four former warders at Glyn County (Georgia) convinct camp were acquitted yesterday of federal charges that they violated civil rights of prisoners in the killing of eight Negro convicts in July last. The Negroes were killed when trying to escape from the
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    GANG ON CYCLES
    40 1 A Chinese cyclist last night reported that he was followed at 7 p.m. by four other Chinese on cycles from Bras Basah Road to Nassim Road, a distance of about three miles, and there robbed of $25.
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    NEW ITALIAN FLAG
    34 1 The flag of Italian monarchy officially pajscd into history yesterday when a new tricolour replacing the House of Savoy emblem, was presented to the armed forces of the new Republic. U.P.
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    GUERRILLA CLASH
    26 1 In an all-night fight on the north coast of the Gulf of Corinth, Greek regular forces killed 30 guerrillas, wounded 70 and captured 35.
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    Fresh taxation for Britain
    220 1 nDC LONDON, Tuesday. pRESH taxation, including a big increase in the purchase tax on luxury goods and possibly a new profits tax, will probably be the main feature of the supplementary budget which Dr. Dalton will introduce in the House of Commons next Tuesday or Wednesday.
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    FULL PERIOD OF QUARANTINE FOR IMMIGRANTS
    276 1 Free Press Stall Reporter CHIEF Health Officer, Singapore, Dr. R. S. Johnston, in a statement this morning concerning Chinese immigrants detained under quarantine regulations, said that he would do his best to relieve them of any hardship there might be. But under no circumstances
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    LABOUR LOSES SEAT
    43 1 First returns from the Scottish municipal elections on Tuesday showed a defeat for a Labour council member in Glasgow, a Socialist stronghold since 1933, where Councillor Janet Jackson was unseated by the Unionist party— Scottish branch of the Conservatives.- A.P.
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    BORDER EXPRESS DISASTER
    59 1 BORDER EXPRESS DISASTER /i/i aerial view of the wreckage of the Edinburgh to London express which was derailed at Goswick (Northumberland), on the English Scottish border killing 31 persons and injuring 70 others. Picture shows the rescue work in progress, with an ambulance on the right, fire appliances in left
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    ROYAL WEDDING: UNIFORMS PROTEST
    270 1 LONDON, Tuesday. BRITAIN'S crack cavalry regimenU, the Household Cavalry, will be clad m their sombre wartime uniform when they escort Princess Elizabeth to Westminster Abbey for her wedding, but members of this regiment have recently been appearing in a British fllm production wearing their full pre-war
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    £60 MILLION SCANDAL IN ARMY GOODS
    186 1 £60 MILLION SCANDAL IN ARMY GOODS PARIS, Tuesday. OCOTLAND Yard detectives are investigating, with the aid of the French police, black market deals in army goods which may involve a total of £60,000,000, a British Embassy spokesman said here tonight. No arrests have yet been made, but three separate scandals
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    Settlers pass through to Australia
    161 1 Free Press Staff Reporter IN Singapore today, en route for a new life in Australia are a number of Anglo-Indian and Anglo-Burmese families, who, rinding conditions difficult in India and Burma now that Britain is quitting those countries, are trekking south. Indicative of the number
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    U.S. WHEAT AND RICE FOR CHINA
    99 1 WASHINGTON, Tuesday. THE State Department announced today, that $23,700,000 has been -et aside to buy and ship urgently needed post-UNRRA supplies for China. The programme provides for the shipment of 50,000 tonn of wheat and 43.000 tons of rice allocated from the United Stai.es.
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    LIFE SENTENCE ASKED
    36 1 Tie prosecution has demanded life imprisonment lor Julius Maniu veteran Peasant Party leader accused of high treason. The defence begged the military tribunal to convict him only on the charges which he admitted.
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    GETTING INTO THE RIGHT 'RIG'
    1063 2 Around Singapore Shops you go out at night you want to feel that everything is just right, and that everything not only includes your own rig out but also includes the appearance of the all-important escort. And if he won't look after it himself, there
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    67 2 Women in Leeds had the vpportnnity to see designs for the average nornan by tome of Britain's top designers, including Molyneux, Norman Hartnell. Peter Ruucll, Victor Stiebel, Bianca Afovsca and Hardy Amu at a North of England Fashion Fair. One of tht gowns shown wus "Grouze", a dusty pink evening
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      791 2 YOUR LUCKY STAR Fortune forecast for people born today BORN today, you seem to get along with all kinds of people under any kind of conditions. You can sense the pulse of your associates and know how to approach people. You would be invaluable as a protagonist for some worthy
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    ARAB STATES THREAT TO QUIT U.N.
    459 3 ARAB STATES THREAT TO QUIT U.N. falm Brotherhood prepares for Jehad 1 Nations General Assembly decides to partiff rt pis ir.r and create a Jewish State there, the erhood of Kgypt will tall on all Arab countries en bloc' from the United Nations and to con»filh; ilvls livlW ln their
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    Pope asks U.S. to revise immigrant laws
    40 3 gR PIUS has fed to Senasider re- r in< laws ich the St C. »uri) n oi Washington, .red that ba encoun- II as iividual b rcumt will ever be and the and
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    U.S. is eager to buy Jap silk
    115 3 U. S. is eager to buy Jap silk US. importers find that Amori- cans want to buy Japanese but Mem to have lost their pre-war taste for Japanese green They also nond there has no large importation of rt toys and novelties, which once enjoyed a favourable American market. Mr.
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    'Ghosts' on Jap Govt payrolls
    117 3 THE generally reliable Tokio 1 Shimbun reports that thert are about 190 000 "ghost"' employees on the government payroll, who are costing Japanese taxpayers an average of 26 y*n yearly each. The paper said various Minis- I tr cs have asked for general account budget
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    UK LUXURY CARS ON 'DOLLAR TOUR'
    76 3 ROLLS ROYCE and Bentley automobiles, alter their lirst -war American showing in York tomorrow, will fo on a tour of major American cities as part of the British drive for dollars. The seven models to be shown, ranging in prices from $18,450 to $19,200
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    15 MILLIONS WAR DEAD
    34 3 ■OKthar. 15 000.000 members I the Mfots which fought on both re killed Ifi?? r '-r. G-.-r PMD. now U.S -.ir y of BritBatlftT USSia lhe I and i-.i--ro- U.P.
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    JAP INFLATION
    19 3 r ahead Q ciddiwas .s r the to n om-•--d. tf the r when I into A.P.
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    12s 6d FOR £1 NOTE
    38 3 English pound notes are worth only 12s. 6cl. in Canada, British seamen returning from Montreal complained in Liverpool. They added that money-changers give them higher rates for silver about 17s. 6d. to the
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    FLOGGING IS 'A NECESSARY EVIL'
    139 3 II I -.tion of whipn tettn the records done >^__ yd, who added that many men were so degraded that they could not be reached except through f<T<-.'. Given under the right conditions and in the right atmosphere, a whiping generally led a man to
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    'MILLIONARIES' PLAYGROUND' BURNT OUT
    68 3 'MILLIONARIES' PLAYGROUND' BURNT OUT A aeries of fierce forest fires isicept across the New England I states of Maine and Massachusetts, causing terrific material damage, including the destruction of some small toumships, and loss of life. The famous 'summer playground" of Bar Harbour (Maine) was almost completely wiped out. Many
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    How U.S. may aid Europe recovery
    395 3 WASHINGTON, Tuesday. rpHE Tinted States Congress will be asked to authorise x over U.S. $6,000,000,000 worth of assistance to Europe in the first year of the Marshall programme, according to wellinformed Congress circles. Of that amount something less than half would represent expenditures on
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    P.I. opposition to China's Ryukyus claim
    125 3 P. I. opposition to China's Ryukyus claim THE American-owned Manila Bulletin reported without official confirmation on Monday that the Philippines would oppose China's claim to the .Ryukyus at the Pacific peace conference and would enter a bid to the United Nations for trusteeship over Okinawa and other islands of the
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    Krupp trial opens soon
    186 3 THE trial of Alfred Krupp von Bohlen, Germany's "Arms Kir/*" and 11 ex-directors of the Krupp arms works in the Ruhr is du<> to open at Nuremberg in the middle of this month. Forty-year-old Alfred Krupp who in 1913 was declared the sole proprietor of the
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    'Emperor ordered end of peace talks'
    229 3 'Emperor ordered end of peace talks FORMER Premier Kuniaki Koiso told the Military Tribunal for the Far East in Tokio that he resigned on April 7, 1945, because Emperor Hirohito personally instructed him to break off the peace negotiations with China then under way through a Chinese emissary, Miao Pin
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    CHINA LEAGUE MAY MAKE HQ IN HONG KONG
    307 3 CHINA LEAGUE MAY MAKE HQ IN HONG KONG HANNED from operating in their homeland, members of the U China Democratic League are likely to continue their activities on foreign soil. Hongkong has been suggested as a logical centre for this work because of its proximity to Aina, writes a Reuter
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    ANTI-SMUGGLING BLOCKADE
    49 3 k BLOCKADE right around n Shanghai City and the adjoining districts has been formed by the Garrison Security forces to prevent smuggling of supplies to the Communist Armies. This move followed the breaking up of a Communist underground supply net-work here in the Dast few days.- Reuter
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    Ceylon lifts control on small cars
    183 3 THE Government of Ceylon has decided to discontinue control on the sale of small cars not exceeding nine horsepower. Permits, however, are required to purchase cars of ten horsepower or over. This decision was announced by the Minister of Transport, Colonel J. L. Kotelewala
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    Spanish exiles seek U.S.support against Franco
    134 3 Spanish exiles seek U.S. support against Franco FiON Jose Maria Gil Rubles, JLf loader of the Spanish exiled Catholic Monarchist Party is .expected to go to Washington in th« near future to ask the United States Secretary of State, Mr. George Marshall, for his support in overthrowing Gen. Franco's A
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    AT SECOND HAND
    42 3 Judge Tudor Rees, told at tfpsom that a mother read her daughter's love letters because the girl, seventeen, could not read or write, remarked: "It must be dreadful to have love letters and to get someone to read them."
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    GUERILLA GOVT.
    23 3 Ttie Greek guerilla radio sta^ tiou announced yesterday that the "liberated Territory of Gre-cce" has set up a civil ad-rr-jriistration.- U.P.
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    THE MAN FROM THE B.B.C.
    79 3 A MAN called at the B.B.CVs Oxford Street canteen and said he had been sent from the cashier's office in Portland Place for the week-end takings. He appeared familiar with the routine, checked the money, signed a receipt for £114, and left. Now the London
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    The Singapore Free Press WEDNESDAY, NOVEMBER 5, 1947. Nanking & Malaya
    817 4 The Singapore Free Press WEDNESDAY, NOVEMBER 5, 1947. Nanking Malaya MALAYAN Chinese who are anxious to identify themselves more closely with this country and pl:iy a more active part in the new political life that is developing can hardly welcome the controversy that has arisen over the participation of over.seas
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    EUROPE'S LONE BRIGHT SPOT
    1701 4  -  John Hall by I lEGE is the Birmingham of Belgium. I came here to probe the biggest little mystery in Europe, .the miracle beige, to find out just what is making this tiny nation of 8,000,000 tick faster than any other war-scarred country. I cam e
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    Praise For The British
    170 4 [\URINO the last 18 1/ months mor e than three hundred thousand people from Britain representing all walks of life have vi.sited Switzerland. A fine tribute has been paid them by noted Swiss writer Hanna Willi in an article which appeared in Basler Nachrichten, one of
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    FAITH
    23 4 Our soul waiteth for the I 1 OKI) tie is our help and our I Jhield." I Psalm xxxiii, 20. I 1
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    UK's Record Steel Output
    87 4 UK's Record Steel Output B and the hi?' ■xc this £"5 1 mill |q m little more than 1 m area of i am and lake, bat beca disc r«r.d levelled after beinf f :)ur.da:wc i oe I I the insfa jn a day. fill I Of the p: I
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    JAVA STORM CENTRE
    622 4  -  Stan Swinton by A. P. Correspondent Boekittinggi: §HOULDthesnKH)h dering Dutch-In-donesian conflict flame up again, the Indonesian Republic plans prolonged guerilla warfare based upon this mountain redoubt in the land of the Minangkaubau. Here the influence of nationalism and the Islamic religion run In twin channels as deep
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    5 4 TRY A SICCER DOSE I
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    1,700 MEN JOIN ARMY IN SINGAPORE
    220 5 flan to raise local forces Free IMoss Staff Reporter tor the British Army total linese and Eurasians since the reartcd in the third week of May. nan who described the present "•the 6rd phase" in a bigger scheme for the informed the Free Press:
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    SHOT PROTECTED BIRDS, FINED
    99 5 TWO Chinese. Teo Guan Yong and Lee Meng Hwee were fined $30 each or In default txiree weeks' imprisonment when they pleaded guilty yesterday in the Third Police Court to I charge of shooting protoctea birds in Pasir Panjang on Oct. 1 this year. The birds
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    BOOK ON S'PORE PORT RAIDS
    237 5 A BOOK, published in London and reviewed in this week's Journal Time an^ Tide, :ells one of the mos,, dramatic stories of j war in Asia. It Is 'Winning Hazard." Time and Tide writes: *The Ic is a record of strict fact now j communicate^
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    CAFE MANAGER FINED
    35 5 The manager of the Cafe de Lux. Mr. J. Johannes, was fined $50 or three weeks' simple imprisonment. In the Third Police Court, yesterday, for possession of iwo bottles of NAAFI whisky.
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    43 5 iflM vvernotey u^n (too; aid her sister. Miss Majorie Goh daughters of the Penang lawyer, Mr. G.H. Goh. The Misses Goh are in England—Wembley reading law, and her sister studying dress designing. In the Goh family, there are already six lawyers.- A.P. victures
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    CIVICS COURSE FA VOURED FOR SCHOOLS
    520 5 CIVICS COURSE FA VOURED FOR SCHOOLS Free Press Staff Reporter riVIC consciousness among Singapore schoolchildren should be fostered and he strongly favoured the inclusion in school curricula of a course in civics and citizenship, the Director of Education, Mr. J. B. Neilson, told the Free Press yesterday. He was commenting
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    Refugees trying to get Dutch blockade lifted
    134 5 Free Press Chinese Correspondent SUMATRAN Chinese now taking refuge in Singapore have formed a Sumatran Blockaded Areas Chinese Association with the object of bringing about a lifting of the Dutrh blockade of Sumatra. The Association, which was organised by Chinese from Bagan Si
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    Security Bureau Begins Work
    200 5 *w Fre€ Press Staff R*P«rter THE first agency of its kind to operate in Malaya. The Investigation and Security Bureau, has commenced operations in Singapore, and had two c*ses «n hand when l he office opened lor work on iMonday. The legal adviser of th e
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    LIGHT AIR LETTERS
    57 5 Tbi p-sal authorities stat« that light air letters may be m«m. only w the following countries in Europe: Cyprus, Eire (Irish Free Sate). Gibraltar, Great Britain and Northern In land a d Malta. The light air leuer service extends to many other countries, and Information regarding this
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    NEW S'PORE-DJAMBI SHIPPING RULES
    204 5 THE Indonesian news service in Singapore has published details of regulations made by the military commandant in Djambi controlling ship movements between Djambi and Singapore. The regulations, which take effect on Nov. 10, have been specially made in the interests of 'hose who usually conduct trade
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    36 5 picture. Two hundred men, many of them recruited locally, are training to be Army cooks at the Army Catering Corps centre at Nee Soon. Here are a few of the trainees attending a class. Army P.R.
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    36 5 T£hr?ni£ g *f? k J* lace n Singapore on Sunday of Inche Abdul* Mr Jnhar) r J d6n n <* M s Fatimah bintc Johari. daughter oj Mr. Johan, Linotype Mechanic of the Straits Times Press Ltd
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    JAIL FOR HAVING HAND GRENADES
    125 5 fjHDUND guilty of being in unlawF ful poiieilon of 1.094 hand grenades and 1,030 grenades detonators, three Indians Mydin bin Yarasai, Kumaran and Razak KachU bin Mydin— were sent to fftOl at the Singapore Assizes yesterday Mydin bin Yarasai was sent- j enced to five
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    Jumbo not to be exploited
    48 5 THE Government of Ceylon has prohibited the export of live elephants in order to protect them from "the danger* of exploitation for commercial purposes." The large-scale export of crocodile skins will also not be permitted from Ceylon, pending investigation of export figures. Reuter.
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    Chinese 'Y' forms dramatic party
    195 5 ?\MiE Chinese YxMCA has been A expanding its activities during the pas: months. There is a meinoer* social meeting every Sunday evening. Beaidea repons made by secretaries, views are exchanged with a view to promoting the progress of the association. These meetings have proved to
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    CHINESE CONSUL AT SINGAPORE
    71 5 Free Press Chinese Correspondent MR. Cheng Chia-Hua, formerly Chinese consul at Palembang and at present Chines, consul In Fiji Islands, has been appointed by the Foreign Ministry in Nanking as Chinese consul in Singapore. He is expected to arrive here some time this month. Mr. c
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    COPRA NEARS PRE-WAR RATE OF PRODUCTION
    169 5 THtf United States Depart* ment of Agriculture reports unat Malayan copra production durirg January to August amounted to 130.000 short tons or 87 per cent of 150,000 tong forecast fo r tntire 1947. Production in Malaya was increasirg monthly. The AugustJ ou.put was 18,600
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    NEW BOOKS AT LIBRARY
    189 5 THE following new books have f been added to Raffles Library: "H. R. Cayton St. Clair Drake, Black Metropolis; Cyril Garbett, The Claims of the Church of England; Attilio Oatti, Kamanda dllus): Wilson Harris, Problems of the Peace; Victor Kravchenko. I Chose Freedom; R. M. Lockley,
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    LEPER WELFARE
    54 5 xhe Hospitals Board have appointed; the following committee for the welfare of the Singapore Leper Settlement: The Rev. R.K.S. Adams. Dr. C.A. Duke. Miss A. Buxton. Mr. Yap Pheng Geek the Rev. Dr. D. D. Chelliah. Archdeacon Rosenthall. Mr. Lee Song Chua. Chief Medical Officer Singapore and the
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    FILM TOUGHS ARE SENSITIVE
    579 6  - FILM TOUGHS ARE SENSITIVE JOSEPHINE By r O'NEILL UOLLY WOOD'S film villains, emerging a s sensitive types, have formed themselves into a protective society. The object of their new "American Society of Motion Picture Villains" is to prove that its members are gently human in real life. President and founder
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    BRIDGE PROBLEM
    207 6 rIS was another piece of brill Lux e by Waidemar von Zeritwitz which helped hi« team win this years Vandcrbilt Team of Pour Championship. It should be explained that S*-uth s four no-trump bid was intended as a Blackwood call for aces and was so answered at the
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    New Styles
    188 6 Studio Chatter THE battle of the long or short A skw-t leaves Margaret Lockwood unperturbed. Sh»? has always preferred long dresses and this is one reason why she is usually seen in costume films. In her new film, the John Cor- Id production "The White Unicorn", she wears
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    Films in : S'pore
    64 6 Films in S'pore CAPITOL: "The Best Years Of Our Lives", with Myina Loy, Fredric March. Dana Andrews. Teresa Wright. Virginia Mayo, today. CATHAY: Ihe Brothers', with Patricia Hoc. Will Fyflfe and Maxwell Keed. Friday. PAVILION: "The Postman Always Kings Twice", with Lana Turner and John Garfield. Thursday. REX: 'Monster And
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    UNDER THE RED PROBE
    180 6 UNDER THE RED PROBE Films in i ay uur Rh .v rter JI is a strange comment on emotional stability across the Atlantic that the Un-Ame-rican Activities Committee of the House of Representatives should solemnly be investigating charges that some of our favourite Hollywood charmers are naughty little Reds on
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      125 6 m2ndr3K6 Exclusive to tho Singapore Free Press in Malaya "Tl I SHE MU^T BE LOVELY. I I NOT I I I'M GOING TO THM I WATCH OUT I I I/- I|| •-"I madha nl^ II t>k» c.qc uc c HAVE YOU A PICTURE ,J MERE, LITTLE VILLAGE IN FOP. THE
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    TURF CLUB ALL SET FOR BIG SEASONS
    684 7 TURF CLUB ALL SET FOR BIG SEASONS Singapore Racing Revival 'peeps May Top U Million Staff Reporter »s revival race meeting at Bukit 19 and 22 has aroused tremendous been carefully drawn up to deal with U er betting on totes and sweeps than pud (T before the war. ially
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    A Lesson They All Like
    34 7 A Lesson They All Like Jimmy Milne, forma- Scottish international and Preston N E player, gwcs a talk on football toboys of Lancaster Junior Library' The talk is the first of a weekly series.
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    Training starts Tomorrow
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    ENGLAND MEET IRELAND TODAY
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    Manila Prepares For Lien Hwa
    20 7 Manila Prepares For Lien Hwa P 1 nterball norved more n the Ty ng. u is trainIt up a Reuter
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    MERRILANDS WIN 4-1
    12 7 k£.L round. BUd til* a by four the Chia
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    TABLE TENNIS
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    Soccer Trial To Pick XI v S'pore
    259 7 Soccer Trial To Pick XI v S'pore K.L NOTES Free Press Staff Correspondent THE BeUOfor Football AmocUtioai recoivod an official inViUUOD last morning from the Singapore Amateur Football Association for an inter-Stale soccer fixture to bo played at Singapore on Nov. 9 in aid o! the Poppy Day Fund. The
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    HARRISONS & CROSFIELD BADMINTON TEAM
    88 7 HARRISONS CROSFIELD BADMINTON TEAM THE following wiil llimiml the Harrisons Crosfield Sports Club S a^' th e Merr y Maker, Badminton Party "B" Team in a friendly matcn consisting of three singles and four doubles at the Anglo-Chinese School court on Saturday at 3 p.m. sharp. Ching Koh Puan, Kan
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    LIBERTY B.P. WIN
    119 7 The Liberty B.P. beat the Social B P by four games to three on the Liberty Court in a friendly badminton match Results (Liberty B.P. players mentioned first*: Mi«y«» KS. Din lost to Worn? Yeok 2 15 10-15; Billy Lo lost to Pan^r Kia Ben«' 8-15. 10.-15;
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    SUNDERLAND BID FOR LAWTON
    142 7 SUNDERLAND BID FOR LAWTON From James R. Chambers. CUNDERLAND Football Club was reported yesterday to have bid £16.500 for Tommy Lawton who, dropped from Chelscas First Division side, is picked to play for centre forward for England against Ireland at Goodison Park, Liverpool. No agreement was reached although Chelsea, and
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    Woodcock Out Till Next Year
    123 7 DKUCE Woodcock European heavyweight boxing champion, will not fight again until noxt year, his manager Tom Hurst announced last night. The announcement following an important medjcal examination at Leeds' General Infirmary, ended speculation for the time being on Woodcock meeting either Nissc Anderson of Sweden
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    Chinese Win By Only Goal
    218 7 S.C.R.C. 1 R.A.F. Tenxah 0. MEETING comparatively mild opposition Singapore Chinese Recreation Club gave a disappointing display of hockey to beat R.AjF. (Tengah) by an only goal scored midway through the firsr, half of a game played at Hong Lim Green yesterday. The late arrival
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    ARMY'S CHALLENGE TO SRC SUPREMACY
    573 7 Hockey Notes ...By Forward DY scoring a well-deserved victory over the Ceylon Sports 4 C VL b> the Arm y have S iven a tr "e indication of its strength, and during the next few weeks we ca n expect to see them hotly challenging
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    NEW SWIM RECORD
    48 7 Helivan Vliet, Dutch woman swimming champion and holder ol several world records, set up new world figures by swimming the 400 metres breast strokt in smin 56 Bsec at Hilvershum, Holland This beats her own world record of 6min 8 4sec established last December. Reuter.
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    FIGHT POSTPONED
    42 7 BRITISH welter-weight champion Ernie Roderick's title defence against Eric Boon of Chatteris, scheduled for Harringay Arena on Nov. 17, has been postponed two weeks because Roderick has sustained a cut in the eye In the course of his train- U.P.
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    Soccer Coach From U.K. For S'pore Likely
    397 7 A SUGGESTION by the Free Press that the Singapore Amateur Football Association should secure the services of a coach from England to train members of affiliated clubs met with th e approval of Mr. L. C. Hutchings, president of the S.A.F.A., who leaves
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    YEW CHEE SIA RESULTS
    112 7 IN a table-tennis match played at the Yew Chee Sla promises last Sunday, the Yew Chee Sia (Sports Section) beat the Shin? Hwa Sports Association by three singles to two Results: (Yew Chee Sia plavers rnenl tioned first): Teo Wai Kve beau Chew Sians Sin 3—2.
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    Small Montana Lays Claims To Title
    155 7 Small Montana Lays Claims To Title SMALL MONTANA laid claim on Sunday to the disputed world flyweight boxing championship he lost on points in a close 15-rounder to Benny Lynch in London in 1937. Stepping off the troop transport, Admiral W. S. Sims, in San Francisco from Japan, the Filipino
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      376 7 Today's Sports Events TODAY: UGBY: Army vs. Royal Naw (tive-eornered competition), JsUaii Besar stadium, 5 p.m.; SC C <A |Vo^ S k J?"^S P***"*' 51 5 p m e#!v? E1: Sin S a P»rf Hornets vs. S.CC padang, 5.15 p.m.; s"£* 7*. Ce y' on Sports Club, > u i
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    15 8 The British Houses of Parliament, symbol of democracy, free speech and freedom Of thought.
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    WINANT'S BOOK SHOWS HE WAS DISILLUSIONED
    279 8 BOSTON. Tuesday. THAT disillusionment contributed to the suicide decision of the wartime U.S. Ambassador to Britain. Mr. John Winant, who shot himself with a pistol at his home at Concord (New Hampshire) last night, is suggested In his new book "Letters from Grosvenoc Square,"
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    AIRLINE'S OWN RADIO STATION
    69 8 AN aeronautical radio station, believed to be the largest air-line-owne<i transmitter in the World, with a range of 3.500 miles will be put Into operation by the American North-west Airlines at Hancda airfield near Tokyo in the early part of 1948. The new station will provide
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    Better quality rice soon
    281 8 Better quality rice soon Free Press Staff Reporter SI AM was largely to blame for the rice sweepings and pulot (glutinous rice) which had recently been issued as rations to the people of Singapore, said the Food Controller, Mr. J. Hamer, in an interview with the Free Press. However, more
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    31 MEN RESCUED IN ATLANTIC
    95 8 NSW VOKK. Tuesday. rpHE master of the United States JL Army transport, Charles H. Stafford, radioed that his men braved strong winds in the Atlantic in a life boat to rescue 31 of the crew of the Portuguese schooner. Maria Carlota. The Stafford's crew made
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    BILL TO ABOLISH FLOGGLNG IN U.K.
    71 8 THE British Government undertook yesterday to overhaul Britain's ancient system of criminal punishment In a bill calling for the abolition of flogging and hard labour.. The measure, published last night, made no mention of a proposal to suspend the death penalty for a f.ve-year
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    FILM TAX APPROVED
    31 8 The House of Commons approved on Monday night, without a vote, a Treasury order imposing a 75 per cent tax on foreign films shown in Great Britain. A.P.
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    CUSTODY ON DELIVERS
    25 8 William C. Woodard. 21. of Des Moines, U.S.. was granted a divorce with custody of a child his wife ixpects next month.
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    INDONESIAN REVOLT BID IN S. BORNEO
    137 8 BATAVIA. Tuesday. V DUTCH claim that Indonesian paratrooperi had plotted to incite rebellion among the people of South Borneo was made in a C* iinmunique today. It said the plot was disclosed by the Interrogation of a Republic parachutist captured in South Borneo. Twenty
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    MacA. SILENT ON PRESIDENCY TALE
    159 8 TOKIO. Tuesday GEN. Douglas Mac-Arthur declin- 1 ed to comment today on a Baltimore Sun story which said he would seek the Republican nomination for President next year. In refusing to comment, the General adhered to his policy of sJlence on recurring reports in this
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    PERU EARTHQUAKE
    45 8 Help was sent by air and dropped by parachute yesterday to earthquake victims in Central Peru where, according to latest official figures, 43 people were killed in Saturday's earthquake. Fresh shocks kept people in the earthquake zone In a state of alarm. Reuter
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    U SAW TRIAL TO AWAIT KC's ARRIVAL
    307 8 RANGOON. Tuesday. USAW, 46-year-old pre-war Premier of Burma, pleaded "not guilty" before the Burmese special tribunal here today when the charges relating to the murder of seven Burmese ministers last July were formally announced. U Saw's counsel, Mr. B. R. Vertannes. who came
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    VOTED FOR STRIKE
    32 8 Some 200 crew members of the liner Queen Mary voted in favour of strike to support the unofficial walk-outs of seamen In London and four other British ports.- U.P.
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    SHB CLERKS DEFER STRIKE BALLOT
    242 8 Free Press Staff Reporter ONE of the first jobs awaiting attention of the chairman of the Singapore Harbour Board, Mr. H. Basten, who is due in Singapore from leave in the UK, is a conference with his clerical staff who has delayed going on strike
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    'RUSSIA BLOCKS RETU^ TO PEACE'
    341 8 Marshall warns of catastrophe WASHINGTON, Tuesday. THE U.S. Secretary of State, Mr. George C. Marshall, places the total blame on Russia for failure of the world to get back to its peaceful status and warns that the world is headed for a catastrophe, unless the
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    52 8 Thousands of British m iTom country took part recently roteV i n u TU Sfl don), against the cut of the ba < petrol r nlJ H tion went to the House of Commons to iSK* 1 UfCT .«deSt t pictured here, carrying placards and a £sS ed D >
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    BANNED LEAGUE TO DISSOLVE
    79 8 NANKING, Tuesday. MR. Chang Lan. leader of the Democratic League, will announce a voluntary dissolution of the League within the next 48 hours, says UP. Mr. Chang also instructed his followers throughout the country to refrain further activities harmful to the government. An agreement was reached
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    Kirin quiet as Reds go to aid trapped unit
    207 8 SHANGHAI. Tuesday. KIRIN, long besiged Manchurian strategic city east of Changchun which was expected to fall at any moment yesterday, has been granted a temporary reprifw following the outbreak of a new battle at Hsiaoholung. some 18 miles northeast of Changchun,
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    MAROONED IN LIGHTHOUSE
    70 8 UiiRY heavy seas pounding f the base of Bishop Rock lighthouse, otf the Cornish coast of Britain, arc still preventing a relief .ship irom reaching the lighthouse to take off Leonard Prowse, who Is starting his fourth day an the lighthouse. It was on Sunda r y
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    TURKEY CAN AID IN FOOD CRISIS'
    65 8 UNITED States Senator William F. Knowland said in Istanbul that Turkey could make a a major contribution towards relieving the world food crisis if her agricultural programme was developed properly. Turkey's potentialities in agriculture are tremendous, Senator Knowland told newsmen. He explained that Turkey
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    WINDSORS LEAVING
    41 8 The Duke and Duchess of Windsor arrived at Dover yesterday from France and left by car to spend the night at Sun mingdale, estate of the Earl of Dudley, before embarking on Hie Queen Mary lor New York- UP
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    DUKE FLIES TO MALTA
    30 8 Tho Duke and Duchess of Gloucester are flying to Malta on Sunday to inaugurate the Island's new constitution by opening the legislature on Nov. 10.— Reuter
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    BIG TURNOVER IN RUBBERS
    450 8 London Stock Excha*. /)N the London Stock Exchange 'toda^^e^f Rubber shares was again satisfactory with wie* generally closing abo\e previous levels, savs VS financial correspondent. Tin shares continued to adv Another feature was the continued interest and acfoi? the Kairir section. Gaina were registered throuehom iJ
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    RUBBER PRICES
    127 8 4 SPECIAL Mattel iorre*4 ent ?ives the prices of rob at 11 a.m. today as follow Bujen Seßfl Cts. Cfc Per It), ftf! No. 1 8.1.1. Spot loose nominal 44 M, No. 1 R.S S. fob in bale: Nov 4f W\ No 2 R.S 5 fob in bales
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    'BID TO ENSLAVE EAST EUROPE'
    40 8 'BID TO ENSLAVE EAST EUROPE' PREDICTING an ill munist offensive to ••independent thqu^ag Europe Mr. Stanislas MJMjfl doclTrod in London last *JJ id not retire from H out would -sti lgo <*m •lom and independent or who arnved on modwsßsa
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    BRITISH TRADE PACT WITH EIRE
    16 8 BRITISH TRADE PACT WITH EIRE BRITAIN and l Eire h Wi crural requir^ of pnc Reuter
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      7 8 SINGAPORE TIDES 3. 19 am. MO p.m.
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      60 8 WEA THER Cloudy WEATHER report for the next 24 hours compiled by the K.A.F.: A few bright periods this afternoon. Mainly cloudy with thunder saiower* tonight. Wind: Light south-west to west, squally in thunder shower*. .Temperature: Max. 88.6 dec.; min 7 5 dec Relativa humidity percentages Yesterday 7.30 am 95;
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