The Singapore Free Press, 19 November 1947

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    18 1 The Singapore Free Press LARGEST AFTERNOON SALE IN MALAYA I SINGAPORE, WEDNESDAY, NOVEMBER 19, 1947 PRICE 10 CENTS
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    WHITE" WEDDING FOR PRINCESS
    948 1 WHITE" WEDDING FOR PRINCESS London has its first snow LONDON, Tuesday. T I h il Sl TZ f i feU steadil y *»M* m the South of England, and even London's suburbs glistened with powdery white. Thursday may bring a white Royal wedding. Thousands of people milled round the Crescent,
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    12 dead in big N.Z. shop fire
    82 1 I- RCH (New Zealand), Tuesday, blinders have been counted dead or worst fire m the Dominion's history ne'a big four-storey departmental nstchurch this afternoon. Five urted, the whole building was ppera and staff on the upper floors. sn< ppers v. The t hat
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    GEN. GAIRDNER
    16 1 I I the BriI ional reI M arrived r) r talks w:rh Mr Reuter
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    BLAZE IN BOAT ENGINE ROOM
    101 1 Free Press Staff Reporter HUNDREDS of people this morning watched a Singapore ■.Tf engine light a blaze m the engine room of the 150-ton diesel:ied motor boat Kirn Siong. which is moored at Teluk Ayer Wharf. The brigade brought the llames under control m 15
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    EX-M.P. LEAVES U.K.
    27 1 Garry Allighan, former Labour M P. for Gravesend. who was expelled from the House of Commons, has left London airport for Johannesburg, South Africa.
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    TRUMAN'S AID PLAN THREATENED
    218 1 TRUMAN'S AID PLAN THREATENED WASHINGTON, Tuesday. A THREAT to the long-range European recovery programme developed m the United States Congress today when a considerable number of Democrat members crossed the party line to form a solid block with the Republicans m opposition to President Truman's anti-inflation programme. Mr. Truman, with
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    NEW RED ATTACK ON YULIN LOOMS
    97 1 NANKING. Tuesday. MILITARY oteenreri here last night expressed the opinion that another major battle for Yulin, the city In North Shensi. i is likely as Communist leaders are busily regrouping the remnants of their decimated seven battalions about 11 miles northwest of Yulin. The
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    SHOT DETECTIVE: MAN CHARGED
    46 1 TEE Ah Koon, a 30-year-old Chinese, was produced m the Third Police Court before Mr. A. G. Shears this morning and charged with the murder of Detective Chong Ngit Cheng at 217, Balestier Road last Friday. He was remanded until Nov. 26.
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    26 CHOLERA DEATHS
    29 1 Another 26 people died m Egypt yesterday from cholera and 28 new cases were reported the lowest figures since the enldemir hmw» out Sept. 23. Reuter
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    MALAYS MUST GO FINAL DECISION
    225 1 Free Press Correspondent MELBOURNE. Tuesday. A GITATION m the Australian Apre»s and by the Churches on behalf of the .14 Malay seamen who are under deportation orders has died down. These Malays have been settled In Australia since the outbreak of the Pacific war and
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    RECORD MAY BE BROKEN AT BUKIT TIMAH
    320 1 RECORD MAY BE BROKEN A T BUKIT TIMAH SDSD Free Press Racing Reporter WITH the going firm unless there is an unexpected shower of rain, there is a prospect of one course record being broken at Bukit Timah today, the second day of the Singapore races. This will be m
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    16 ACCIDENTS IN 24 HOURS
    40 1 Sixteen traffic accidents are reported to have taken place during the last 24 hours, mainly m the urban area of Singapore. Four sustained minor injuries. No service vehicles were involved m any of the accidents.
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    Marshall flays Russian tactics
    300 1 CHICAGO, Tuesday. llf R. George Marshall, United States Secretary of State, iTI wlio leaves m two days' time for the London meeting of the Foreign Ministers Council, today accused Russia of "propaganda of the most brazen and contemptible character" and said it was "time to call
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    TRIBESMEN ROB CHURCH SAFE
    95 1 17\RONTIER tribesmen when In Ml possession of Gulmarg, favvourite Kashmir hill resort of Europeans some 30 miles west of Srinagar, broke into the Anglican Church, forced open a safe m the vestry and removed communion plate. It is disclosed m Srinagar. The evacuation of Srinagar of
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    STRIkERS BURN BUSES
    22 1 Striking taxi drivers m Beirut (Lebanon) burned four buses on Monday and 250 of fKrt men were arrested. A.P.
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    FILM STARS IN U.K.
    26 1 Tile liner Queen Mary arrived m Southampton yesterday with 1.525 passengers, including the Command performar.ee nlm stars Bob Hope, Robert Montgomery Reuter
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    FIGHTING FLARES UP IN VIETNAM
    61 1 TWO hundred French soldiers 1 were killed yesterday during a flareup of Vietnam military activity. Vietnam forces carried out attacks m the north and west 01 Quangham province and struck at the port of Hanoi. French official circles m Saigon reject any possibility of Siamese
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  • FOR WOMEN..
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      GAY & GILDED
      922 2 GAY GILDED Around Singapore Shops I^HAT with the Races on Saturday, the town being decorated, and the forthcoming celebrations for Princess Elizabeth's marriage, there are all the excuses anyone could wish for going gay. And going gay entails nice clothes, and getting nice clothes entails going around the shops and
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      273 2 GIVE THEM ftwBABY^CAR Z"**?^ 5.50 each fe-f^* BS !S^ Postasc 50 extra fV'XJt, *m.CtftcUd DUNCAN BARON 11^75? (MALAYA, LID. 1 r&gfll 4^ AGENTS IMPORTER 3 tt|\ *^l H^l V XMAS GIFTS 1 IHlllMilHHlimuinil EMBROIDERED BLOUBEB IN 2 BBADEB DRESSING GOWNS IN I SHADES PULL EMBROIDERED KIMONOS IN ALL SHADES ENGLISH
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      115 2 Sfw^V v ><K) J|ll <inK SWINNERTON'S STAFFORD Tea Sets white with f| 22 pieces Sl(> 3 r 2nd Floor, 13 Battery Road Race Gowns, Suits and Hats. now riKiv. IVORT *^o^^ A JV|)| MR\lN:.> J\|.| I|Q< «IV\-W\L» w II- ETC.. I WH'IHiR «00D !U-!n .v KP.MTIRE ALL AT TREMENDOUSLY REDUCED
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      888 2 YOUR LUCKY I STAR Fortune forecast for people born today DOKN today. you have a v strong will and a keen sense of justice m all things. You arc nt> t n make up 3 our mind quickly and give snap judgment O n an individual or a problem. Once
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      FIRM FRENCH REPLY TO RUSSIANS
      56 3 Mini t ct--1 the French ation iris. tide the n of the iing Di did rial priviI lUm had rich of the ■ffr -yj of three The fact that d reglsW institutes prfo: r. ties' m,- to Russia heir father. I French n-patria-rohlbited. Nt is
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      15 3 A.P.. DFDFDF h arl(i rop S r, the r on its HarTrailing the r nia.
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      BEITS GOWN FOR WEDDING
      56 3 n a gown > and gold d toque with for wedding. She iiue Ribbon of the -r of the ir of pearls ads. the King and i of the .-outh side ary during I v x> Anidegroom's Ltesa of relative! ign ill sit m bera 00
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      FAR EAST AIR ROUTE
      10 3 had r >nautics Pacific Norththelte U.P.
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      'BID TO CORNER A-BOMB ORES'
      171 3 -niiF ffT_M_j c* LONDON, Tuesday. plfc I nited States Government is "paying up to £365 a ton for uranium ore which it does not need," trying thereby asserTT^ at b mb -The U.S. Government bought over 10,000 tons of 1 met 5 1S c l
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      'Lied at trial as I was mad at the bandits'
      253 3 SAMUEL DE ROSA, 32, who signed un aflidavit saying that he accidentally committed a slaying m Chicago for which four innocent men have been serving prison sentences, now says that he lied at the trial because he was "mad"' at
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      MOVE FOR MORE PAY FOR U. S. ARMED SERVICES
      96 3 MOVE FOR MORE PAY FOR U. S. ARMED SERVICES THE U.S. Armed Services plan to ask Congress for substantial boosts m pay chocks, not only to up lagging enlistments, but also to keep qualified men from going to private industry. Legislation is awaiting the approval of the Secretary of Defence
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      FILM ANGERS CATHOLICS
      87 3 THE proprietors of the Golden Gate and Carlton theatres m Shanghai have been flooded with I indiinant protests over the showirsf of the British technicolor lilra "Black Narcissus." Members of Roman Catholic revs bodies and students of the Aurora University charged that the lilm is an insult
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      MORE COAL MINED
      75 3 BRITISH mines last week produced 4.258.200 tons of coal. This is the best figure since December. 1942. The official announcement, was made on Monday night by Lord Hyndley. Chairman of the National Coal Board, who told a press conference: "In the past two weeks the miners have
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      G.B.S. wins a campaign
      91 3 ('iKORGE BERNARD SHAW has been triumphant m his ramI paign to have the ashes of his old friends Lord and Lady Passfield interred m Westminster Abbey. He declared m a letter to The Times two weeks at'o that the Passfields. better known as Sidney and Beatrice
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      MARRIED WOMAN FELL FOR DETECTIVE
      122 3 A WOMAN who, said the judge, fell m love with the inquiry agen\t who helped ncr obtain evidence was given a decree nisi at Bristol Divorce Court. The woman, Mrs. Minnie Wheeler, of Paul-street. Frome, Somerset petitioned against her husband, Stanley Gordom Wheel- er, of
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      BURMA BALANCES HER BUDGET
      64 3 k BALANCED budget for the n first financial year of free Burma is forecast m estimates for 1947, covering the 12 months' period from October 1947 to September 1948. The estimates represent Burma's first budget independent of outside financial aid since the outbreak of war mi
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      PRAGUE ARRESTS OF ALLEGED SPIES
      73 3 IN official communique m Prague announced on Monday that 36 persons have been arrested m various parts of Bohemia for espionage lor a foreign power." Ijj a joint communique, the Ministries of the Interior and National Defence, said the group sold information to foreign agents,
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      FRONTIER CLOSED
      26 3 The Persian-Iraq frontier has boen closed and all communications cut between the two countries owing to the nuthrpair of plague m west Persia.- Reuter
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      CHINA REDS' STRENGTH GROWING
      272 3 CHINA REDS' STRENGTH GROWING 'Can fight against Chiang for years' NaSfcrS %S?tS'S2 month, the Reds appear to be f rowing sLonVr r ™sr than" weaker. Though they have lost their famed ca D rtal Yenan 8 stronger and At this juncture they have two hard-to-btat advantages: 1. Ability to take
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      74 3 A .P. pictures. The ncic American army ground forces aircraft, the compact Boeing XL-15, is readily adapted for use as a landplane or seaplane. The top picture sfiows the landplane version being towed by a jeep on its own wheels. The bottom picture shows the same plane fitted with floats,
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      JEWEL ROBBERY IN TEL AVIV
      63 3 niAMONDs valued at £2,200 were stolen m a daylight robbery from a T<?l Aviv gem merchant on Monday, A press release said the merchant was bound aiid gagged by lour armed robbers who had entered his house while he was out. The diamonds were taken
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      U.S. DESTROYER AIDS BRITONS
      64 3 A UNITED STATES destroyer has picked up the wives and dependents of British employees of the British-American Tobacco Company m Yinkow, who had been cut oil by the Communists. It was believed that unless the women were brought out by sea before the ice began to
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      SHORT OF A SHILLING, HE HANGED HIMSELF
      49 3 Difl> rent 'from other derelicts aloug New York's Bowery was Albert Anderson. He always insisted on paying a sliillimg for his bed. But one night he could .not beg, borrow o r steal a shilling. He took the room and hanged himself.
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      AIR MARSHAL RETIRES
      20 3 Air Marshal Sir Arthur Coninprham has retired fr^m tho t? a tt at his own request.- Reuter
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      Red reverses in North China
      263 3 rjnU) major Government victories over the Chinese Communist forces are claimed m semi-oilicial despatches reaching Shanghai as the tempo of China's civil ro a mosYwTter ally with the spread f wintry weathe^ First of these victories is reported to have occurred at the Government stronghold
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      LESS FOOD — PRETTIER LEGS
      43 3 LESS FOOD PRETTIER LEGS DEC A USE of the food shortage, German women now have much slimmer and prettier legs which are quite fit to be seen, say fashion experts m Wurzbere (U.S. Zone). The experts have launched a campaign against longer skirts.
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      TO VISIT AUSTRALIA?
      44 3 Early increase* m the supplies of meat and cattle from Eire will result from the recent economic discussion* with the United Kingdom. But Eire is not likely to be able to send any bacon for j some time Whitehall says Reuter
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      DRIFT TO THE CITIES IN AUSTRALIA
      106 3 DRIFT TO THE CITIES IN AUSTRALIA ALARM at the drift of Australia's rural population to the cities, revealed m the recent census, has been voiced by the leader of the Federal Country Party, Mr. A. Fadden, reports Reuter from Sydney. "Of every ten persons m Australia, roughly five live m
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      U.K. DRUG ADDICTS
      16 3 Dr. Eric Millar, 60, Keeper of Manuscripts at the British Museum, has retired.
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      38 3 0 E PROUDLY PRESENT'!VOR NOVELLO t al the cl0 T r ia Theatre TO-NIGHT J t0 $1 00 t Ex 4 6826 lF '15 15 RIOT Theatre k BH|°,^. Longer n lv I irti.\L ft? .M-"^ "<« M Sincapore.
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      170 3 EAT, DRINK AND BE MERRY FOR PRINCESS ELIZABETH FUND CONCERT CELEBRATE THE EVE it. at *0F ROYAL WEDDING Victoria Memorial Hall AT LIDO rr\ r% a Tonight from 8 p.m. TO-DAY m l AT 6.30 P.M. M Ci 7 by lN °n Stop Varwty, The Singapore Children's Floor Shows and
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      100 3 TARZAN Quest for Jane By Edgar Rice Burroughs I TARZAN, RELIEVED TO FIND THAT»I fw i^/^Sflfe ~£?2F3^ I CALLING HE& NAMB TUB AP9-AiAKk fcjW VV. r h^T^S//j^ fer^V JAN 6 MAD Ret? PROM THE APPROACH-' liV/l^V^^^br^Cy^tL J RACGO m THg GENERA^ ORECTIOW i^§H^»^ fe'"^©/^ f <N& MOLCCAUST CONPIDENTLY TOOK W^^S^
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  • LEADER...
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      The Singapore Free Press WEDNESDAY, NOV. 19. 1947. The 'Fact-Finders' Report
      877 4 The Singapore Free Press WEDNESDAY, NOV. 19. 1947. The 'Fact-Finders' Report THE 'fact-finding" Finance and Revenue Committee, consisttit unofficial*, with the acting Financial secretary as chairman, has got most but not all of the facts about the iinancial position of the Colony and its report published yesterday leavef one with
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      1950: UK's AIR TARGET DATE
      1068 4  -  WILLIAM COURTENAY by Aeronautical Correspondent London 'Daily Graphic' 'Sunday Graphic' Mr. Courtenay learnt to fly with the Royal Flying Corps m 1917; served m both World Wars with the RAF; 4 has been a private aircraft owner. He has just arrived at Singapore from England
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      It s Head, Hands Dash and Luck
      929 4 It s Head, Hands Dash and Luck What makes a jockey worth £12,000 a year? Cordon Richards, who broke his own and all world riding records last week, is the perfect example of all the answers fHAMPION jockey Gordon Richards rode his 260 th winner since March 28 at Leicester
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      SQUALL in the PACIFIC
      422 4 SQ UALL in the PACIFIC Commonwealth Colu^iT A NICE little atom n bomb has been tossed into the laps of the two Commonwealth nations m the Pacific, Australia and New Zealand, by a Tory M.P Mr. W. Teeling (Brighton). Mr. Teeling, who is with a British Parliamentary delegation m Japan,
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      FAITH
      13 4 r was clad when Ig *J let uv to into 'hr Lord.
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      10 4 For All CINEMmTOGRAPHIC SUPPLIES SINGAPORE PHOTO CO. High St, Singapore.
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      80 4 LIDO 4] MILESTONE PASIR PAN JANG •SINGAPORE 9 TONIGHT AT 830 THE MANAGEMENT IN CONJUNCTION WITH MICHAEI WILUAM PROVDLI PRESENT nd Edit* f. ttui •Miss Lim Lee Pafy "•jEft,"' (Sr>r>rr\no> Usmari Baby Mardianah Pedro The Af Knife Throwers Jupi?ler* Trick Cyd* s AN EXHIBITION OF DIVING alld rAT FR THE
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      CHAOTIC LEGACY FROM B.M.A. ALLEGED
      729 5 CHAOTIC LEGACY FROM B.M.A. ALLEGED No accounts left for civil govt. <«HARP criticism of the circumstances of the change m wT T9r ary tO^ U admi «fctration m sLgapore esterdav of tho C °p afned m th report, published >ebter<ia> of the Finance and Revenue Committee SEhTkttS r iUire in
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      28 5 Erecting one of the clusters of flags that decorate the area around the Padang and Esplanade to mark the wedding of Princess Elizabeth and Lieut. Philip Mountbatten tomorrow.
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      MISS CHIN WAS HUNGRY AND BEWILDERED
      19 5 |/< :rI >nh'ong bc>:s had and fork. Nts Ifr. .v. hod nd, i mili
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      AUSTRALIAN WAR CRIMES COURT IN H.K.
      47 5 AUSTRALIAN WAR CRIMES COURT IN H.K. al- tnraitted c and tx 1 1 a w :day. n hap- V *lii raih Timor, EUI mvo:\ rs and with here Of the held brought list of Überately I.;;- Ad of m< d ide illebeating, prisonknown •1 Man- a resBurma-
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      GREAT FOR LEPERS
      13 5 r Welfare Princess ftpore ra and is donated for this
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      WEDDING DAY TRAFFIC
      218 5 between, i ill p.m. lon neccsI route of, ci by the 1 C'i.'brate! 5 ElizaI I to make ■--r nr^ interfering I Thia advic? ■TtS* 1 itcment on .onnecI Mi through ■>>. H.ad, North itoad. River Avenue, Tank Dhoby Ghaut, Id .Saint tUUrtad Quay. I that I
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      Acute ill-feeding among children
      380 5 IN a survey made just after the re-occupation, it was found that a very large percentage of the children m this country suffered from serious and acute malnutrition, Dr. C. J. Oliveiro, acting Professor of Bio-Chemistry of the Singapore College of Medicine, commented m the course
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      JEW BOUND OVER FOR BEGGING
      79 5 Joseph Ezra, a 24 year old Jew. was bound over m the sum of $25.00 for six months at the Fourth Police Court yesterday. It was alleged that Ezra begged for alms from Mr. E. Kuhn, a European, on Nov. 17 outside 78, Orchard Road.
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      ROBBED OF WATCH
      31 5 A Chinese was stripped of his $80 Wrist-watch and $30 m cash by two Chinese m front of the Kandang Kerbau Maternity Hospital at 8.30 on Monday night.
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      Colour film of Royal wedding for Singapore
      114 5 Colour film of Royal wedding for Singapore (UNEMA-GOEKS m Singapore j will see a technicolour news-reel of the wedding: of Prince>s Elizabeth and Lieut. Monntbatten two weeks afterwards. The .1. Arthur Rank Organisation are taking a full length coloured record to satisfy a demand from clients all over the world
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      MDU CONDEMNS WHITE AUSTRALIA POLICY
      256 5 Free Press Staff Reporter cOMbAENTUiP on the decision of the Government of AusUalia to aepoxt 14 Malay seamen who are married to Australian 1 twirls, the Secretary of the Malayan Democratic Union, Mr. Eu Chooi Yip, told the Free Press >tisterday, "If we had selfwe
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      GOC COMMENDS 3 FOR BRAVERY
      327 5 MAJOR General L. 11. Cox, G.O.C, Singapore District, has commended the three military personnel two Indian Viceroy Commissioned Officers and 8.0. R. of the Welch Regiment who overpowered an amok after he had killed one man and injured six m Stamford Road, Singapore, on Sept.
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      SUICIDE, SAYS INSPECTOR
      378 5 SUICIDE, SA YS INSPECTOR Mrs. Cunning Inquiry Free Press Staff Reporter JN the darkened hotel room of Mrs. Patricia Bruce Cumin?, who fell to her death from the window of the Adelphi hotel on Oct. 30, a police inspector found a cardboard box on the cover of which was written:
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      Warning to Chinese on N.I. shipping
      150 5 A fresh appeal to the Singapore Government, to instruct Chinese traders m future to adhere strictly to existing shipR ir V i_ r xF uLations issued by the P. utch T Navy has bee n made by the Netherlands Con.sul-Generai m Singapore. Any further
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      NEW BOOKS AT THE LIBRARY
      179 5 THE following new books have been added to liaffles Library: Julian Blackburn. Psychology and the Social Pattern: Paul Gallico. Tho Snow Goose: Marjorie Hillis. Live Alone and Like It: Martin Lindsay, Three got Through: Robert Pavne, Contemporary Chinese Poetry: Rudolf Semmler. Goebbels the man next
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      SHIPS TO 'DRESS' IN THE HARBOUR
      48 5 The Singapore Master Attendant has requested masters of vessels m the Harbour to 'dress ship" tomorrow to mark the marriage of Princess Elizabeth. The Shipping and Port Clearance Office and the office of the Registrar of Imports and Exports will be closed.
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      FEEDING THE POOR
      38 5 The Indian Muslim Welfare Association In Singapore is giving a free feed to one thousand poor persons at the Queen Street Mosque from 2 p.m. to 6 p.m. tomorrow m honour of Princess Elizabeth's wedding.
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      Air Marshal Pirie leaves for U.K.
      96 5 A IR Marshal Sir Geogre Pirie, who has relinquished hi 3 appointment as Commander-in-Chief, Air Command, Far East, left Singapore for the United Kingdom early yesterday m the Lancastrian aircraft which brought to Singapore his successor. Air Marshal Sir Hugh Lloyd. At Changi aerodrome
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      CADET RECRUITING
      29 5 Recruiting for the Malayan Air Cadet Corps will commence on Dec. 6. Those Interested should report at the H.Q, Kallang Airport at 5 p.m. on that date.
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      101 5 WEDDING FUND AT $821,000 THE Princess Elizabeth Wedding Celebrations Fund has no* reached $824,000, it is officially announced. Mr. L. Ray man, Municipal President, announces that he will be m his office from 10 a.m. to 12.30 p.m. tomorrow to receive contributions to the Fund. COVT. SERVANTS 1 CHILDREN'S PARTY
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      89 5 Night of Nights at LIDO i\ mile Pasir Panjang. v OiZ IE N TA L IA" (2nd Edition) TONIGHT. 19th November, 1947 (Commencing at 8.30 p.m.) MISS LIM LEE (Soprano), KNIFE-THROWERS, JUGGLERS, TRICK-CYCLISTS. An exhibition of diving and the wonder FIRE-EATER. The East's tribute to the West! All Celebrating the
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  • ENTERTAINMENT
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      Slick Killer
      620 6 FILMS IN SINGAPORE BY OUR FILM REPORTER THE firßt thing to be said about Monsieur Verdoux a superlative picture that is at once sad and hilarious, touching and preposterous is that it shows comfortably and easily that Charlie Chaplin is still the supreme artist of the cinema. It
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      A YOUNGS STAR
      176 6 A YOUNG S STAR JEAN Simmons, J will be passing tnrough Singapore on ember 30, the charn mischievous Estella O f I guild's "Groat Expectat silent scheming Indi of Archer's 'Black Nai BUS, pathetic fright Caroline, ward and niece of;; Uncle Silas"- th, Cities film of that oai which of
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      PERSONAL APPEARANCE?
      381 6 STUDIO NOTEBOOK BRITISH Universities have been combed for a husky young man to Co-star with eitfhteen-y* ar<>ld Jean Simmons m the British Technicolor production of "Th<> Blue Lagoon" which is to bo made on a tropical island m the Fijis. She will be passing" through Singapore this month,
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      Orson not interested
      144 6 Ritas home TITIAN-HAIRED Rita Hay--1 worth, 29-vcar-old film star, won her divorce from Orson Welles, lilm star-orodu-cer last week because, she said. be refused to mve her the home she wanted. She *ore a £2,000 mink coat and a crey check suit when she attended Los Anceles
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      BRIDGE PROBLEM
      256 6 JT is seldom of much moment— outside of a match point tournament whether oc not declarer makes a love -score contract of two spades. But ther.' Is often much to be V >irned by OtMillinf the play of a part score contract sometimes mor.- thftn the play of
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      71 6 MdndrdKG Exclusive to the Singapore Free Press m Malaya Af^^Sy P^" I CO??/ rI?k» II I r?,^ ALLSEJAEGRID-'AND TO] j OUKE-THIS IS AN UNEXPECTED I M WORRIED ABOUT MANORAKE QMfc BACK! GUARANTEE U t iVE BROUGHT f PLEASURE-- n NAROA. HOW CAN HE OVERCOME f \f UlLcc,*^ P\i THAT I'VE
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      OWNER OF HIGH PORT CONFIDENT
      558 7 bmal Gallops On Firm Going By "CALL BOY" H £n U»^ R bL^^ r f° ngI T fancied by his connections to be irm re-opening meeting:. The going will igh Port was galloped down the straight this High Port looks very nt and Mr Lee
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      SPORTING BID BY AUSSIES FAILED
      413 7 SPORTING BID BY AUSSIES FAILED (From K. S. I)ul« p>injhi> THE Australian XI sportingly went f^r runs to Bet 251 at the rate of 100 an hour against the Indians at Sydney yesterday. When the last wicket fell the Australians were just ahead of the clock, but had lost by
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      EPSOM JEEP: Norton, Last Double Best
      52 7 EPSOM JEEP: Norton, Last Double Best Double -Jl* i-ok the 1* *l rul today. V UP> 'S giiir* i "urn <>n >rL but >'.- i i\e L» a fgLfc will HiPfft •fhd raff r t'<*kliiih i Pnnrf Ulot"\(r and Had mi Kh>ihm rspeetlTC i^, i th rolin TggToci bM m
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      SHIP ELEVEN WIN
      46 7 PLAYING at the Marino Hostel football ground yestrrday the s.s. Tydeus beat the Nelson Sports Club by three goals to two m a friendly soccer match. The ship's goals were scored by Simons. Flower and Crumthorn, while Sulong scored both goals for Nelson.
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      BADMINTON TIES FOR TOMORRW
      18 7 :or to- am. i Chye Yam: k and 00l huan and Yad and Penne-
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      NEGRI UNLUCKY TO LOSE TO SELANGOR
      340 7 i ree Press Seremban Correspondent AFTER an auspicious start when they beat Johore at Malacca last Thursday by one goal to nil, Negri Sembilan were unlucky to lose by two goals to one against S.'langor m a Wast and interesting inter-State hockey fixture played
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      ALL THE FINAL SELECTIONS
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      TODAY'S CARD
      761 7 Race One— 2.oo p.m. Horses Class 2, Div. 5 6 Furs. Value $2,000 I' 2S S? V MAID 6 90 'Marland) Flann^ 3* 30*0 fi I 525 "Sullivan) Dawson 1 Inn EV™£?i 5 807 <Heddle) Stirling 1' 2™ KINVARA 4 807 (Mr. Menzles) Mawi 5. 000 OLYMPIC FLAME
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      CHANGES EXPECTED IN RUGBY TEAM
      342 7 Free Press Staff Correspondent AFTER their hard-won victory against Penang two Satur- days ago, Selangor are taking no chances m this weekend s return match at Penang. Lessona learnt from that match were that Selangor need a fast pack and a fit one. The emphasis
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      AUSTRALIAN TEST XI SELECTED
      73 7 AUSTRALIA'S team to play J\ India m the first cricket Test, beginning at Brisbane on November 28, will be selected from the following 12: Don Bradman (South Australia), Bill Brown (Queensland), Ron Hamence (South Australia), Lindsay Hassett (Victoria). Bill Johnston (Victoria). Keith Miller (Victoria), Don Tallon
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      LIM SWANG IN FINE FORM
      170 7 8.C. 8.C. 2 Clarke Rangers f JN an interesting encounter m whicri the speed and clever stickwork of Swee Lim Swansr was an outstanding feature, the S.C.R.C. emerged victors over the Clarke Rangers by two coals to nil. Llm Swan?, on the right wing waa
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      B.O.D. BEAT POSTALS
      82 7 JN thrilling game of hockt-y played at Alexandra Barracks yesterday, tlu Post and Telegraphs Hockey XI went down by th<- odd goal m three to a strong 223 BOD eleven. Humphries m the P. <t T. goal made many remarkable saves and was responsible to a groat
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      162 7 ■r '■Kb" :^^B -hnlcal L Ul is -o your .> rt <cilLs not M 9 your ■onM i KIMMI MRQ oi) puta.l OPTIC Al HOUSE v Bri4f f Road sirurapofe. :N »n Bbi <» >, v n«tu&e) i Anting ANSON FEEDERLINER TWIN ENGINES I I FEEDERLINER" Twin Engined edition, 8
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      311 7 Free Press Crossword No. 242 I I€ I pjls t-.j 7 20 |2I I ~~3T" *^%^r I A CLUbS ACHOSb 1, Viscount Lord Chief Justice, 1940-Jan. 1946 (9). 7, Out entitled to a coat of arms (7). 10, Ancient queen of the Iceni (8). 11, Surname of assassin of President
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    33 8 H fVM F At ne tme thouQhi to be the future home for ni/VIIC 9m m princess Elu:aheth and Lieut. Mountbatten, Bagxhot Park, Surrey, teas the home of the late Duke of Connaught.
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    British recovery drive threatened
    285 8 SHORTAGE OF ROLLIH€STOCK LONDON, Tuesday. rrilE rapid deterioration of British railway stock, which is x outstripping repairs and replacements, is threatening the movement of coal, steel and merchandise and may hamper Britain's entire production effort, the Chancellor of the Exchequer and Minister m Charge of Economic
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    RED EFFORT TO OVERTHROW FRENCH GOVT.
    308 8 Tension rises as strikes spread Tmo i_ PARIS, Tuesday. HE French Communists* concerted political and labour front offensive against Premier Paul Ramadier's shaky coalition Government gained momentum today as Frances middle-of-the-road" parties worked feverishly to bolster their position against assaults by Communists and the
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    28 8 Mr. Emmanuel Shmucll. H exchanged the post of 'n^^T^^M Minister of War. is hen I Dee during a visit to the U )~M Saii.h:.r l ramxn S Cent^jß
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    RUBBERS ON DECLINE
    413 8 London jtock ExS^ T>HE overnight confirmation by the A Exchequer, Sir Stafford Cripps O f7h* JS?*""> he Government's cheap money polio /created IT™ throughout today m the Lowton Stock F«k fimig Keuter's financial corrtapondenL HubSs wereT" A] tins irregular. Golt-edged lecurltiei led i around rise, with the
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    M.P. ARRESTED IN HOTEL STRIKE
    130 8 London, Tuoday. AHK«>TED and taken to Bow Street Tx»lice station I midnight incidents between the police and strikers outside the Bai >y Hotel, where members of the National Union of General ar.d Municipal Workers an- on itrlke was Mr. Arthur Lewis, Labour M.P. for Upton
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    GANDHI ATTACKS RACE PREJUDICE
    78 8 jIIAHATMA Gandhi speaking at ITI Delhi on Monday night declared that the dispute over the treatment of Indians m South Africa might cause the Indian Dominion to leave the British Conmmonwealth. He said colour prejudice m South Africa was "either wrong from every point of view,
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    ATTACKS ON OFFICERS IN CANAL ZONE
    147 8 CAIRO, Tuesday. DEATH by shooting of a British Army major and a bomb explosion m a hotel irequented by British officers wore being investigated by police m the Suez Canal zone today. The major was shot dead at Fayid, m the Canal zone, by
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    SPECIAL STEPS TO SAFEGUARD SIAM'S KING
    153 8 SPECIAL STEPS TO SAFEGUARD SIAM'S KING Berne (Switzerland), Tues. I AUSANNE police were today m"- structed to give a sp protection to 19-year-old King Phumiphon Adulet of Siam followine yesterday Bangkok warning of an alleged plot to assassinate him. the Swiss Government Political Department stated tonight. The Kine is reading
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    ANGRY FARMERS ROUT POLICE
    59 8 AN armoured column of Italian police was last night rushed from Bari to Corato. a nearby town where police had been besieged m a local barracks by striking farm workers. Tho besieged police 4 managed to drive off the crowd strikers only by firing shots m
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    WEATHER Mainly fair
    51 8 WE A THER Mainly fair WEATHER report for the next 21 hours compiled by the K.\F: Mainly fair and bright but with a risk of isolated showers over the north of the island late afternoon and evening. Wind: Westerly. 5 to 10 knots. Temperatures: Maximum 00 de*. mm. 75 def.
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    NEW HITCH IN N. I. TALKS
    141 8 WBATAVIA, Tuesday. ELL INFORMED sources m Batavia tonight confirmed Indonesian Republican newspaper reports that serious difficulties had arisen between the Dutch and I Indonesians over implementation of the Security Council's "cease fire" order. Implementation of this order was one of the first tasks undertaken
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    'ASIA TRYING TO DO WITHOUT U.S. AID'
    161 8 MANILA, Tuesday. T»HE United Nations Economic Commission for Asia and the Far East, which opens its second plenary session m Baguio next Monday, will not attempt to bid for American aid but will concentrate on a programme of regional sellhelp, the Executive Secretary,
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    RUBBER PRICES
    112 8 n en the pric^TS at 11 am today as follow, fk No. IR.S.S.Spot 1.H,..- 1 11 m m bal.-s I**, m fob m halts Dec. 41 No I fcgj m bal« Dfc w 1 market; tjuift SIXCi.APORF UIIMBER Of COMMERi I The Singapore Chamber of Co c Rubber
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    DEATH
    13 8 pang »PHi'A' Jc Soß9 ti 1 bis dearhr begwd John Ph loss
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      65 8 PUBLIC HOLIDAY PRIM! ELIZABETH WEDDING The Factory a* FRASER I WEAVE A MALAWI IKKHB A wiU cl.>siJ U T.mnrrn. (Thlirsl »»'JS "^ODOWN^ N Jr j wa: rf A MEMORABLE DAY IN YOUR Ur COME and CtLEUHAIE PRINCESS ELIZABETH'S WEDDING THE TAVERN t SPECIAL DINNER AT USUAL BATE— EXTENSION THE 19'"
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