The Singapore Free Press, 13 January 1948
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Title Section19 1948-01-13 1 The Singapore Free Press LARGEST AFTERNOON SALE IN MALAYA No. 17,059 SINGAPORE, TUESDAY, JANUARY 13, 1948 PRICE 10 CENTS19 words
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Article, Illustration441 1948-01-13 1 ADVICE TO FRDERATION CRITICS 'Don 't stand on bank jeer' Free Press Staff Correspondent LON DON, Monday. DEFERRING to the new constitutions for the Malayan Union and Singapore, which he described as not "absolutely final", the Undersecretary of State for the Colonies, Mr. David Rees Williams, today declared: "If there441 words
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Article182 1948-01-13 1 JERUSALEM, Monday. I iiF formation of 15 ministries of a provisional Jewish State m Palestine, with a probable budget tone I 5.550,000,000 annually, will be completed by of this month, the Jewish Agency announced here today. fie, at Lake Success •day. the head dl182 words
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Article87 1948-01-13 1 IUIE Nuffleld Organisation announced m London yesterday that it would reduce the price of Nuffleld motor vehicles for export m direct response to an appeal by the Prime Minister. Mr Clement AtJee. for a lowering of the price of British oars to make them more competitive87 words
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Article20 1948-01-13 1 One hundred and thirtyeight Japanese were repatriated from South-East Asia areas during the week ending Jan. 8.20 words
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Article115 1948-01-13 1 Free Press Correspondent LONDON. Monday. AT an At Home at the Colonial Office today, the Under-Secretary of State for the Colonies. Mr. David ReesWilliams presented a certificate of merit to Fit. Lt. Tan Kay Hai. a Singapore Chinese who served with the RAF m the war m115 words
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Article108 1948-01-13 1 Free Press Staff Reporter rpWQ Johore police patrolmen J- exchanged flr* with a gang at the 31st mile on the main Johore 'trunk road last night. There were no casualties on either side. The police bicycle patrol challenged a Chinese, who immediately jumped into108 words
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Article52 1948-01-13 1 Free Press Sta/T Reporter A NINE-MONTH-OLD baby n girl was fatally injured yesterday at noon mi n Nam Lock Street after being knocked down by a motor lorry. The baby allegedly fell from the arms of her sister m front of the lorry, and was52 words
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Article228 1948-01-13 1 PARLY this morning six Spit&rea oi Mo. 2o L took off from Tengah airfield on a three-day fligh 4 of 2,300 miles— mostly over the sea— to Hong Kong designed to test fighter aircraft m long-distance j )sland-to-island flying. The flight is commanded by Squadron Leader I.228 words
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Article159 1948-01-13 1 .ncvV YORK, Monday. •^HE Army announced to- night that the transport vessel Gallan was picking up survivors from the burning "coffin ship" Joseph V. Connolly < 7.176 tons), whose crew of 45 and one army officer had abandoned the ship and taken to the boatsA.P.; U.P.; Reuter - 159 words
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Article209 1948-01-13 1 rBATAVIA, Monday. E Dutch today withdrew th« time limit on Republican acceptance of the latest cease-fire proposals of the "Good Offices" Commission set for noon tomorrow because of "new developments" which may result m a compromise on the issue. Well-informed Dutch circles said the NetherlandsReuter - 209 words
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Article68 1948-01-13 1 Free Press SiaJY Reporter THREE masked Chinese gun- men terrorised a flat m Club Street for one hour last night, finally taking $2,597 m cash and goods from the five families living m five rooms. The gunmen, brandishing pistols, locked all their rictims m a68 words
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Article86 1948-01-13 1 LAHORE. Monday. NEARLY 100 persons were killed and several injured today m a six-hour clash between Indian troops escorting a non-Muslim refugee train i and North West Frontier men escorting Muslim refugees at the Gujrat railway station m West Puniao. The clash occurred when iReuter - 86 words
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Article80 1948-01-13 1 .Tree Press Staff Reporter I\HE railways staff is rushing repairs to damaged track between Kluang and Labis to permit resumption of normal train services between Singapore and Kuala Lumpur on Thursday morning. Two wagon-loads of turf were taken to Kluang by train this morning. The turf80 words
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Article50 1948-01-13 1 Free Press Staff Reporter MORE than 10.000 visitor, have already viewed thi Mulberry Harbour exhibitio; since its opening on Frid. 1 afternoon at the Victoria V morial Hall. From thLs morning, siarc. with a group from Raff!' Girls' School, organised partita of schoolchildren will visit Uk exhibition.50 words
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342 1948-01-13 1 JAMMU (Kashmir), Monday. INDIA'S Deputy Premier, Sardar Vallabhai Patel, t"day told Indian soldiers en route for the Kashm r battlefront that Pakistan was "waging a full-scale undeclared war against us." The green-uniformed soldiers shouted, "Victory to India" and stamped their rifles on the ground342 words
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105 1948-01-13 1 60 DISMISSED IN B.F.E.B.S. ECONOMY CUT Free Press Staff Reporter STAFF cuts announced ye.>terday m the British Far Eastern Broadcasting Service will cause the dismissal of about 60 employees on the Singapore staff. The Controller of the 8.F.E.8.5., Mr. C. LawsorRecce, told the Free Press this morning that the latest105 words
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Article39 1948-01-13 1 Free Press Staff Reporter AN earth tremor shook Singapore Island for five seconds at 10.50 this morning. Meteorological officers said that they lacked instruments to measure the tremor, but it could be described as slight.39 words
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Article32 1948-01-13 1 OFFICIAL sources m London said yesterday that it was unlikely that General Percival's dispatches relating to the fall of Singapore would be published before the ond of February. A.P.A.P. - 32 words
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Article, Illustration590 1948-01-13 2 ANE of the old prof essions that calls for skill and patience is carving: few pass a fine piece of carving without admiring it. China has her share of this important industry and people engaged m guch work have been at it for generations. Carving is590 words
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Article378 1948-01-13 2 DECLARER m this deal was a bit like the supposedly moronic boy who, offered hia choice of a nickel or a dime, invariably took the nickel. However, tiie not-so-dumb child nic the shre*d reason that if he took the dime, pecple would *n>v making the offer. West opened378 words
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Article, Illustration834 1948-01-13 2 THE FA TE OF FOR TUNE TELLERS By Henry Guttmann. QNE of the few major amusements m these years full of tragedy is to read and re-read the prophecies so generously showered on us by Mussolini, Hitler and their adepts. Mussolini foretold us m 1939 a Fascist Europe for 1940;834 words
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Article323 1948-01-13 2 STARCH FROM THE SUN By Alton L. Blakeslee XTEW findings on the first steps m photosynthesis, the process by which plants make food and on which all life depends, have been announced to the American Association for the Advancement of Science. All plants build up sugars, starches, and certain proteins323 words
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Article381 1948-01-13 2 A NOVEL enterprise m training future film stars is "The Company of Youth" run m the United Kingdom by the Rank Organisation m the modest settiiu: ot a converted mission hall near the Highbury Studios m North London. To the Company younc men and girls from381 words
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Miscellaneous702 1948-01-13 2 YOUR LUCKY STAR Fortune forecast for people born today BORN today, your life is apt to be one of great contrasts. You desine money because that means power. Rut you will find that what you actually wanted is something you failed to reath, after all Perhaps this is just another702 words
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Article, Illustration598 1948-01-13 3 LABOUR'S TRIAL OF STRENGTH IN BOMBAY Repercussions of one-day general strike THE turn of the year saw m Bombay an event which was of considerable significance m a steadily-developing wrestle between capital and labour, with high post-war cost of living as one of the main causes, writes a Renter's correspondent.Mirror - 598 words
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Article139 1948-01-13 3 He picked 100,000 locks fiHARLES COURTNEY, legal Yj lockpicker who risked his life trying to salvage geld worth £2,000,000 from the sunken cruiser Hampshire, oil the Orkneys, has died In New York, aged 57. A great-greaUnephew of Jutes Warne, Courtney estimate that he had picked more than 100,000 locks, and139 words
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Article190 1948-01-13 3 BBC secret plan to beat a ban I)! \\s [ot lubetitutlmg studio shows for outside broadcasts banned by the Musicians' Union iavc been completed l>ut the 8.8.C. is not announcing urn until it bean the results of the union's meetis with theatre managers. B union is banning all pantomime, variety190 words
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Article26 1948-01-13 3 A British Foreign Office .spokesman said that the British Information Servkh m the United States Ls being I curtailed to save dollars.— A. P.A.P. - 26 words
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Article25 1948-01-13 3 M rustry ot c< d that lucerj m the Brieolonies !:■.<• re ase 01 £3 m the gross igar m 1948 i ReuterReuter - 25 words
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Article99 1948-01-13 3 VJR. JOSEPH CHIFLEY. the 1"! Australian Prim«- Minister, declared that Australia was continuing "the close wartime liaison between the Koyal Australian Navy and the United States Navy." He announced that six Australian naval officers were flying to Pearl Harbour to join the Valley Forge, flagship99 words
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204 1948-01-13 3 A GROUP of fanatics under the leadership of 'Tagleong, the Master," who claims to know a secret weapon "more destructive than tho atomic bomb," and tells his followers that he will make them invulnerable to bullets, is forming m the wilderness of Agusan Valley,A.P. - 204 words
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Article57 1948-01-13 3 G HAVES of British and Dutch soldiers killed during the fighting m the Sourabaya area of the N.E.I. have been adopted by Sourabaya school children. The cemeteries are at Kembang Koenlng, a few miles from the city centre, and the children make regular pilgrimages there toReuter - 57 words
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Article97 1948-01-13 3 rpHE Norwegian Boy Scouts' J. Association is planning a large national scout camp to be held m Southern Norway from July 2-12. The site for the camp is close to the coast town of Mandal, on a milewtde sand beach. One scout official predicted that97 words
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Article78 1948-01-13 3 UJi'lll expanded labour for- ces, the Russians are working German shipbuilding plants and dockyards m the eastern occupation zone exclusively for the benefit of the Soviet Baltic naval fleet and merchant marine, according to a survey published m Berlin by the Britishcontrolled German Press Service. This reportA.P. - 78 words
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Article, Illustration61 1948-01-13 3 pictures. The secession of Burma from the British Commonwealth and the establishment of the Union of Burma ivas celebrated at the Burmese Embassy, m London. Sir Stafford Cnpps Chancellor of the Exchequer, spoke on benaif of the British Government. Burmese women m national costume (top) watch their country's new flapReuter - 61 words
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Article122 1948-01-13 3 THE United States State Department has tightened up on exports of war surplus radar equipment, following a protest by Republican Representative Ross Rizley that some of the supplies were going to Russia. The National Munitions Control Board announced that radar equipment from now on will122 words
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Article212 1948-01-13 3 CCOTLAND Ls awaiting a statement which the British *J Secretary of State, is Mr. Arthur Woodburn, is to make shortly after Parliament meets again on Jan. 20, for light on the problem of breaking up the system by which legislation for the northern part of theReuter - 212 words
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Article85 1948-01-13 3 MRS. ANNIE MARGARET BROWN, 27, of Brighton-road, Southport, accused of double bigamy and falsely obtaining XlB2 Army allowance, told Sheffield niaj;istrat?s "I have nothing to say" when they committed her for trial. It was alleged that m 1935, when she was 18. .Mrs. Brown married Richard85 words
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Article87 1948-01-13 3 THE New South Wales Trades and Labour Council has announced a £1,000,000 holiday resort project for the State's 7Q0.000 workers and their families. The intention is to provide workers with better accom- modation m the extra leisure hours they will enjoy under the 40-hour week. OfficialsReuter - 87 words
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Article50 1948-01-13 3 A STONE from the bombed infirmary of the Knights Hcspitallers of St. John, m Malta, was unveiled at the new Wiltshire headquarters of the St. John Ambulance Brigade at Salisbury by Ffc;? Id -Marshal Lord rhe'wode, Baliff G and Cross 1 -he Order of St. John.50 words
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Article123 1948-01-13 3 "V|R- Bi Hy Butlin who played xfl host to more than 60,000 holiday makers m Britain last summer, is to take Butlin camps to America. In an interview at Miami Beach. (Florida), he announced a plan to buy between 200 and 500 acres of ocean-frontA.P. - 123 words
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119 1948-01-13 3 MR. Leif Egeland. South African High Commissioner m London, is understood to have been suggested by Italy as prospective Governor of the free territory o Trieste. Although the Italian Foreign Office has made no statement, it was learned. Yugoslavia announced that Italy's last choice forReuter - 119 words
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Article84 1948-01-13 3 DKIVATE Chinese shipping companies hive bet-n given contracts *o trannport some 3,000 -ops of Japanese reparations <,ocds to China. This is the resu> of a meeting m Shanghai bowetn the Transport Supervision Committee >i the Execu !ve Yu?n's Japanese Repara ions Commission aiifi private shipping Arms. Previously,Reuter - 84 words
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Miscellaneous24 1948-01-13 3 TARZAN A rUSe By Edgar Rice Burroughs *>»sPiCTv* K *^£f^*£J, v £«£w g*?^ 0 K > "a«v s/av o« pursuit I l^'^-f 1^^ f?^^^. ga<24 words
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702 1948-01-13 4 The Singapore Free Press TUESDAY, JAN. 13, 1948 Broadcasting to Asia BROADCASTING m Singapore seems fated to have a chequered history. The latest tide m the allairs of the British Far Eastern Broadcasting Service, the p 'bt-war organisation which has been carrying out the external functions of the war-time Malaya702 words
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Article, Illustration1126 1948-01-13 4 MINET E E N iy FORTYEIGHT'S fii^st crop of kisses is apparently not for American cheeks. Poised for embrace, the U.S. has been distressed to hear that its chosen fiancee is saying unkind things both behind its back and before its face. During recent days Americans have1,126 words
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Article504 1948-01-13 4 By Tom Whiteney, A. P. Correspondent IN a major book replete with facts and statistics never before revealed, Nikolai Vosneteniky, one of the Soviet Government's top economic executives, told how the Soviet Union won the recent war on the economic front and declared the nation must now504 words
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Article30 1948-01-13 4 Take My yoke upon you, and learn of Me: for I am meek and lowly m heart: and ye shall find rest unto your souls St. Mathew 11, 29.30 words
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Article431 1948-01-13 4 WHILE you and i were enjoying Christmas, the man with the puffy eyes came into the nevs a^ain m Greece. "General Markos Vafiaclris proclaimed himself Prime Minister and Foreign Minister of a new rebel Government, with headquarters, perhaps, beyond the Greek frontier. The Greek Government has431 words
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Article1026 1948-01-13 4 Communist rebels m Greece proclaim a "Government" and underline the war of ideologies that splits Europe and the world. Here Alexander Clifford gives a timely analysis of the Fascist and Communist creeds and of the forces that back them. THE ancient Greek shepherd twitched, his sheepskin mantle1,026 words
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Advertisement42 1948-01-13 4 FRESH MILK is available daily Singapore Cold Storage Co. Ltd., .ORCHARD ROAD. SINGAPORE The Milk is produced fronr TUBERCULIN 1 ESTED AUSI KALIAN CC SINGAPORE DAIRY FARM LTD. AND IS PASTEURISED AND BOTTLED by COLD STORAGE CREAMERIFS LIMITED I QRCHARD ROAD, SINGAPORE.42 words
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Article, Illustration305 1948-01-13 5 SELF GOVT Official policy criticised I Press Staff Reporter tent of Singapore is doing everyi power to impede and hamper f our people by our people," Mr. Progressive Party candidate for iis m his election manifesto Kiev be denied our rightful nraent of this Colony, and our nd more responsible305 words
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Article, Illustration254 1948-01-13 5 MDU replies to Mr. haycock 'DON'T CONFUSE ISSUE' EVEN if the Singapore Governor were forced to retire, "another stooge" wofild be sent out by Whitehall to take his place, declares the Malayan Democratic Union, attacking Mr. John Laycock's election manifesto that "if the Governor is an autocrat, he must go."studio de Luxe - 254 words
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Article, Illustration389 1948-01-13 5 Work to start on girls' college plan Free Press Staff Reporter JLANS for setting up a Malay girls' college, interrupted by the war, will be carried out as soon as the military de-requisition the Istana Mestika Embon (Emerald Dew Palace) m Johore. owned by Tengku Mariam, sister of the SultanFree Press - 389 words
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Article323 1948-01-13 5 SCHOOL FOR FACTORY GIRLS Free Press Staff Reporter rpHE second girls* industrial A school, intended primarily for factory workers, is to be opeaied m the next few days by the Y.W.C.A at the Social Welfare Department's child feeding centre m Havelock Road. The school will be held twice weekly at323 words
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Article95 1948-01-13 5 ASEVEN-PiECE band led by Harry Huckmayer, exMountbatten Club bandleader, will begin performances on Jan. 15 m the orchestra pit of the Cathay Cinema, during the intervals at 6.45 p.m. and 930 p.rru shows. Other items will be light classics and dance music. Included m the95 words
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Article101 1948-01-13 5 THE Conner commander of the Japanese garrison at Tapah was sentenced to life imprisonment by a War Crimes Court m Kuala Lumpur yesterday for his part m the beheading of a Chinese woodcutter during the Japanese occupation. He is Capt. Shichiro Ito who, during the trial,101 words
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Article51 1948-01-13 5 AN odd cargo left Singapore by Lancastrian aircraft today for London. It was an 18-inch green Whip snake consigned to the Department of Zoology m London. Special care is being taken of the snake during the trip. The reptile is travelling m a speciallymade51 words
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Article93 1948-01-13 5 A British soldier. W. G. Walker, was fined $25 at the Fourth Police Court yesterday for assaulting a police constable. The magistrate. Mr. R. J. C. Wait, said he was taking a lenient view of the case because of the testimony given by an oillcer as93 words
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Article152 1948-01-13 5 SUCH rapid progress is being made with repairs to earth slips on the railway line between Labis and Kluang that full train services will probably be resumed between Kuala Lumpur and Singapore on Thursday, reports the Free Press correspondent from Kuala Lumpur. Yesterday, the Malayan Railways152 words
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Article173 1948-01-13 5 COST OF LIVING A JOINT committee, with representatives from Singapore and the Malayan Union, is being formed to review the temporary cost of living allowance paid to employees m the public services. The Colonial Secretary has requested the Government Clerical Services' Union and Singapore Teachers' Union173 words
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153 1948-01-13 5 Free Press Staff Reporter FE Katong Boys' Club now has a music circle, whose main object is to get the boys interested m singing chamber and contemporary music. The first meeting of the music circle will be on Jan. 16. Soloists and the choir153 words
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Article34 1948-01-13 5 Mr. R. W. C. Moadc, of Scarborough, has been appointed an Air Traffic Control Officer m the Civil Aviation Department, Malaya. An ex-R.A.F. officer, he was awarded the D.F.C. m 194534 words
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Article190 1948-01-13 5 5 Burma Japs to hang here Free Press Staff Kepo;ter 'THIRTY-THREE Japu--1 nese war crimma s t convicted and sento I d for atrocities against me British m Burma, have arrived m Singapore from Rangoon. Five of them have tx*vi sen lanced to death, a<nd Ui) ix excscution, orisinailv s.190 words
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Article116 1948-01-13 5 SHOPPERS THRONG STORE Free Press Staff Reporter IN Singapore yesterday, huge crowds forced a depar.merUil atone to close its doors. Hundreds milled and surfrod outside Whuoav. yesterday afternoon la < effort to get ii *ide. Tiie store WU leaving iUs nrst> bargain ssle this year. The staff simply could not116 words
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Article, Illustration411 1948-01-13 6 PACTS WITH WEST AID US. PLAN Soviet bloc needs trade London WASHINGTON, Monday. OUSSIA >i-t'in> to be caught m a direct conflict of lv interests between its violent opposition to the Marshal] European recovery programme and its need for expanding trade between Eastern and Western Europe, writes an Associated PressA.P. - 411 words
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279 1948-01-13 6 ABOARD of educators named by President Truman has set up machinery to start selecting thousands of American students expected to attend foreign universities with expenses paid by the sale of American war surplus goods abroad. The Board of Foreign Scholarships, appointed m July, hasA.P. - 279 words
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Article104 1948-01-13 6 CALEH MINTY, 22-year-old Indian shop assistant was formally discharged at Barberton (Transvaal», at a preparatory examination arising out of the deaths by arsenic poisoning of five European adults and four children at a birthday party m Kumatipoort last July. During the examination of the alleged murder chargesReuter - 104 words
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Article110 1948-01-13 6 Comedian's champagne stolen JIMMY GOLD, the Crazy I Gang comedian, saved up lrink for a year' to give a >arty. He put a dozen bottles of hampagne. whisky, gin. and rtnes into a wardrobe at his louse m New Park-road. <LonJon) and told his wife "Nobody will find it there."110 words
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139 1948-01-13 6 Orchids by air plan to earn more dollars USTRALIA could possibly earn one million dollars a year by flying orchids to America m the oil -season there, m the view of an official of the Australian Commerce Department. The official, with other members of the Department is preparing suggestions forReuter - 139 words
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Article95 1948-01-13 6 A major step m the deven lopment of railway communications m North India has boen taken with the completion of engineering operations on the 60-year-old Dufterin Bridse m Benares, m the United Provinces The re -girded bridge now the biggest over the PanditGovind^ t»J he95 words
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Article58 1948-01-13 6 1m t. Assistant Secretary of State. Mr. Charles Baltz:nan. called on Congress to approve promptly a legisla MX) DUO displaced Europeans to •ntrr the United States He said it would bo contrary o American principles to gJSSS >**&*«* Persons. C« to return to Eastern EuropeanU.P. - 58 words
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Article24 1948-01-13 6 The British Legion na■lonal rhairma n U travellinii gr«lr to Australia to disease welfare l«cilities for rxservice emigrants. Router _£port« from London.24 words
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Article39 1948-01-13 6 THEY MUSTN'T TEASE MINERS WIVES of anthracite minf ers ul, o tease their husbands for not putting up records* were admonished 09 Mr Jim Evans, miners' •feat, of Alien rave, South Hales Anthracite mining i s dHlerent," he said.39 words
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Article36 1948-01-13 6 The Speaker of tr e Bouse of Oommong rool. d Clifton Brown) denied a rumour that he is not seeking re- j elect*o n for flhe Hcxham Division at the next General Election. I36 words
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Article81 1948-01-13 6 pHILDREN looking for V> empty cartridges after a shikar (hunt) m the State of Bharatpur, Central India, saw the edge of a pot showing through the earth. Investigation showed it to contain nearly 2,000 gold coins of great antiquity. The story of this find was toldReuter - 81 words
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Article66 1948-01-13 6 THE newspaper Mongen Tidningen editorially supported the suggestion of the French newspaper France Libros that Gen. Carlos P. Romulo. Philippines delegate to the UN. and France's Rene Cassin should receive the Nobel peace award. The paper published photographs of Romulo and Cassn ;:nd the text66 words
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160 1948-01-13 6 Girl cripple fell down stairs— was cured IT fnT 14 of Cou^y-road, Swindon, fell headlong down a flight of stairs at her home >pocian.sts had been unable t o remedy. something clicked.' said Doreen. 'I was able to turn my toes down and a few minutes later I started walking'"160 words
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163 1948-01-13 6 ELEVEN babies born m Strangewa>s Prison, Manchester, last year, set the city justices talking at their annual meeting. Councillor A. Donovan proposed that the Home Ofliee should be asked to see that m future women prisoners should be allowed to leave the163 words
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Article, Illustration63 1948-01-13 6 picture. LAUNCHED by Princess Elizabeth at Clydebank last autumn, the CunardWhite Star liner Caronia, largest passenger liner now building m the world, is here seen as she will appear when she enters-service this year. Her striking features of clipper bow and single tripod mast and single funnel will be accentuatedReuter - 63 words
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Article29 1948-01-13 6 Arthur Pearce of Queensbury. Yorkshire, for 40 years conductor of the famous Black IJ J, s Band, has received the Medal of the Worshipful Con ReuterReuter - 29 words
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Article176 1948-01-13 6 GROAMNG tfhost who has taken UB tt rfehti m historic Ludlow Castte v 1 being hunted this week by a -quad hi^ I ed by the local police. The castle, property of the Bar] of] h empty for about 200 years Its huee i overshadow176 words
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Article131 1948-01-13 6 £500,000 to spendnothing to buy I TWO Indian J wh *•<■•■ i their Govei .Jm £500.000 di.:.. 4 buying mis. ion and Americj n of their m 1 Mr. Ishvebl a sentative of an O tncal coi fourd it imj »s P machinery and *j which his firm India's ten-viReuter - 131 words
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Article29 1948-01-13 6 GETTING 'EM VERY YOUNG Ann. J unions, teeldng rer. m the cradl Uustra ed -h.. Theme of > Daddy cv.n bu the shops. Reai an oo low a: v r:29 words
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Article19 1948-01-13 6 1 Reginald X 1 designer oi Bi ton bombers War 11. died In Saturday night.— A.P.19 words
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Article43 1948-01-13 6 JfllSS NOK.XH CLARKE aged tt, m lovt »ith SDirUu^luf Se n }l nC? Was told malJ Choru'oiTnn l^V asSed at heJ ho j Uoyd-H^ This 'i?!l M 7 J tuk Manchester, on Ne« returned balance of her mind was disturb43 words
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Advertisement188 1948-01-13 6 CAPITOL Air-Cool'd Phone 515* nsr 5 SHowr 11 a.m., '3 p.m., 4.15 p.m, tJI and 9.15 p.m. g'FI/S (-OLI)WYNS HE SECRET OF WALTE MITTY" m Technicolor starring V nrinia M.WO TO-MORROW At the 2 p.m. and 4 15 p n Shows only AUKANDB KORDAS THE DRUM" (irt Technicolor) ACC L188 words
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Advertisement54 1948-01-13 6 PAVILIQM PMONE bC)O3 Opens Today 4 Shows I —i—i..:, p.m. BmHßJ^^^ SfUIAH lONOI ■^PHg f DVS A«O IVAN flp d V sjj^ «AT WAI»UtN yP <^^ /j3 Jasu puts w|^Bß^ UNO COlt UlO fe4i» Mi NEXT CHANGE She Is Streamlined Sophisticated Sensational JANK (Outlaw) RVSKFJ.I, Hunt Sttomberg %mw lane RUSSELL54 words
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Advertisement53 1948-01-13 6 CATHAY b»m OPENING TO-DAY THE NAUGHTIEST-BLUSHIEST FILM of (he YEtf! They thought her life was an Open Book j 'TILL THEyjEAD IT -IN MR DIARY! I W ft I Sv i il^k. 3a b^b^bßbW r c S J™*^< >*^ I? "*^j? I v w ■■BFBBBBBBp'^Mk^^ >Sil W TBi M^^- HA,53 words
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Miscellaneous26 1948-01-13 6 JAINt Exclusive to the Singapore Free Press in Malava IIHWr^ I I M I ff° RCHEB SKIRT_^_^X] LOOK AT YOU S^ ER NrE BEV ™y\WERE ■HJBEO.'.'^26 words
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Article, Illustration293 1948-01-13 7 BARBADOS SCORE 514 FOR FOUR Three Batsmen Get Centuries BARBADOS gained a good grip of their cricket match against the M.C.C. tourists at Bridgetown yesterday, the third day of the match, replying to the M.C.C first innings score of 334 with 514 for four wickets which means they are 180293 words
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Article50 1948-01-13 7 Ist Game Cricket Season j^Elrsi cricket match of |^m Rfssaswn >rd on Sunday j sound when the eylonese will meet a Oy- XI. Play will ft3l M Civilians will be reweser v Fernani'.^. U.ipt.), «^Kthuruniaru. S. YotjaZJB' K. Suntlram. C. KulasinffT K. X. Rasi Kooyan. V. W. Kh' imi Forcira.50 words
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Article38 1948-01-13 7 Czech Will Not Send Soccer Team fiOSLOVAKIA win not Nympftc m London. the Czech 1 Frabtiykjr uter m prajft a team of pk would not be m> and Czec hto field t n». I atua "A" as m38 words
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Article122 1948-01-13 7 STEPHANE Ok'k knocked out the former French heavyweight champion, Georges Martin, m the first round of their fight for the vacant French heavyweight crown m Paris last night. Olek took exactly 52 seconds, including the count, to knockout Martin. The fight, arranged for 15 rounds,122 words
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Article403 1948-01-13 7 I PraH Staff Correspondent T»' nd .spectators cheered Abdul R. 1 of Malaya when he won the Bombay Pro- li-mile cycling championship m tA >st thrilling races seen m Bombay for a. M correspondent to a Bombay newsm m spectacular manner, after I fiurm i403 words
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Article544 1948-01-13 7 S.R.C 2. Army 1. rE Singapore Recreation Club proved that they still possess the strongest hockey side m the island when they defeated a strong Army team by the odd goal m three m a fast and thrilling league encounter on the padang yesterday. With544 words
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Article68 1948-01-13 7 T«HE Henley Royal Regatta will be held at Henley-on-Thumes from June 30 until July 3. IMB. the Regatta Stewards announced at their annual meeting. The rules of the Grand ana Stewards Cups contests were amendded to allow the eight o«ir and lour oar teams m London for theA.P. - 68 words
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Article, Illustration38 1948-01-13 7 ~-Photo by Studio de Luxe. > and trie Naial Ba*e teams xchich met m the opening game of the Singapore Chinese Fou^t^dl Asso--r-district league at Jalan Besar Stadium on Saturday. The JeUicoc Lads won lj the only uoal scored.38 words
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Article, Illustration40 1948-01-13 7 Harm Churcher, the Lon-don-born athlete, who is one v< Britain's foremost track-iialkers and is expect" ed to be a serious rival to the Swedish cfiarnpion* m the Olympic Games this pear. Churcher is here seen practicing at Motspur Park, Surrey.40 words
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Article46 1948-01-13 7 rMBERS of the Marigold B.P. are reminded that the Party's anniversary celebrations will be held at Mr. Teo Kirn Eng's bunpalow. on Jan. 24 and Jan. 25 Those joining the function should get m touch with Mr. Ng Chia Hens. 56. Sjvd Alwi Road.46 words
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Article, Illustration56 1948-01-13 7 SKATING QUEENS rpr^fS BrJrV.i* 0 1 the most s^cessful competitors m the LrntoriahlnJ gu Z c sk^ n S championships at Wembley, rf/nnlr 2? L^L^J l^ Davies Second), who was heatwhv md 9 l 6 r tO A?* a7)hne Walker and this ar "<" Veaten Vy Miss J. E. Altwegg56 words
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Article328 1948-01-13 7 THE draw for the fourth round of the English Football Association challenge cup tournament was held yesterday and matched the following teams for play on Jan. 24: Luton v. Coventry; Leicester v. Sheffield Wednesday; 1 Charlton v. Stockport; Man-' Chester City v. Chelsea; Ful-A.P. - 328 words
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Article44 1948-01-13 7 JJASEBALL'S immortal, Babe Ruth, entered a neurological coital for a check up m New .>rk yesterday. Last year he -va« seriously ill rom a- major oDeration. but a lospital spokesman said yesterday that Ruth was registered *'lor observation only.*' U.P.44 words
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Article349 1948-01-13 7 FAST TIMES ON K.L. TRACK Free Press Racing Reporter DROWNSBAY and Trousers did the best gallops at LJ Kuala Lumpur this morning on a fast track, Brownsbay paced with Fairwood and did three furlongs m 37 4 5 sec, while Trousers returned the same time when beating the newcomer Fortune's349 words
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Article24 1948-01-13 7 HOCKEY: League. C.S.C. vs. S.C.R.C., at S.R.C., 5 p.m. SOCCEK: S.H.B. Boys' vs. C.S. Recorder XI, at club's ground. 5.15 p. m.24 words
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Article96 1948-01-13 7 me January mixea ioursomes; golf competition of the Island dub. Singapore, held over the second nine holes on Sunday atfernoon, resulted In a win for Mrs. Weeks and J.A. Chipplndale, with a net score of 36%. Following were some of the best cards returned: Mrs.96 words
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Article268 1948-01-13 7 From K. S. Duleepsinhji. A MARNATH and Hazare, with a stand of 255, placed ix India m a winning position on the second day of the match with Tasmania at Hobart yesterday. For the first time on the tour, two Indian batsmen, taking a leaf outReuter; A.A.P. - 268 words
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Article125 1948-01-13 7 ORTIZ WANTS TO FIGHT AT 122lbs THE Manila Army newspaper, Daily .Paciftcan. said yesterday that Manuel Ortiz world bantamweight cham- i pion, had cabled promoter Jes I Cortez that he is willing to meet David Kui Kong: Young. Honolulu fighter, m a 122-lb. overweight bout, but not m defence ofA.P. - 125 words
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Article113 1948-01-13 7 ITALY loomed as a genuine threat In the approaching Winter Olympics after taking top honours m important preliminary tests at Weni?en, Switzerland, over the weekend Zeno Colo won the downhill contest In the Lauberhorn ski races while his team mate, Celina Beghi was taking theA.P. - 113 words
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Article141 1948-01-13 7 TASMANIA— IST. INNINGS 124 INDIA— IST INNS. Mankad lbw b Richardson 31 Sarwate b Richardson t Amarnath c Ron Thomas b Layer 171 I la/are c Alexander b Walmsley 115 nanpiirkar c Murfett b Richardson 43 Rai Singh run out 2 Adikhari not out 23 Ranvirsinh ji run oatReuter; AAP - 141 words
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91 1948-01-13 7 BRITAIN'S Wrestling As. tiun is still searching lot wrestling suits to be worn at the Olympic games. Under international and Olympic rules, wrestlers must woar a costume with straps over the shoulders British wrestlers have "rondo do" with trunks. No wrestling suits are being madeA.P. - 91 words
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Article38 1948-01-13 7 Six Norwegian youths are ex» pected to arrive at La Guardia airfield m New York on Jan. 30 for a six-week tour of the Eastern United States during which time they will demonstrate ski- ing technique. A. P.A.P. - 38 words
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Miscellaneous204 1948-01-13 7 F.P. Crossword No. 285 aE^H MOO I CLUES ACROSS 2. Jolly (6). 6, Box (4). 8 Dull (4). 10, Legislator (7). 11, No adult (3). 12, Illuminated (3). 13, Likenesses (6). 14, Publish abroad (.5). 16, Attractive (8). 20, Skits (8). 23, Plot (5). 26, Delirious (6) 28, Feathery snake?204 words
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Article158 1948-01-13 8 Britain secures record US order LONDON, Monday. AN American order totalling U.S. $20,000,000, the largest single order pained so far m the British export drive, was received m Coventry today by Harry Ferguson Ltd., for British built Ferguson tractor power units, the firm announced tonight. The United States is preparedReuter - 158 words
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Article101 1948-01-13 8 MIAMI BEACH <Fla>. Mon. THE start of a projected 1 flight today of ten business men aboard a "flying showroom" on a trip around the world, including a stop at Singapore, has been postponed until tomorrow due to unsettled weather First stop will be at SanA.P. - 101 words
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Article, Illustration36 1948-01-13 8 BETHLEHEM: Two British and one Arab armed policemen give a modern touch to the old city of Bethlehem as they patrol the streets, while an Arab inhabitant sits m his shop's doonoay. almost unmoved by time.36 words
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Article78 1948-01-13 8 MR. Harold E. Btlllfll yester--111 day challeng d Mr. Edwin Faulty s right to remain as assistant to the Secretary of the Army, Mr. Kenneth Royal an r Mr. Pauley had told of making U*****,270 m dealings on the Chicago grain market. No oneA.P. - 78 words
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Article47 1948-01-13 8 Cargoet totalling uss4O.ooo m value wore s ized by Dutch patrols ntx Batavia from five lailing boats, on which they were being smuggled to n unannouno d destination. Th cargoes include a quani v ot black pepper and 16' 2 "^s of tin.— A. P.47 words
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Article320 1948-01-13 8 ADMINISTRATION OF AID PLAN WASHINGTON, Monday. THE U.S. Secretary of State, Mr. George Marshall, 1 testifying before the House of Representatives Foreign Affairs Committee tonight, indicated that he was prepared to agree to a compromise on the administration of his aid-to-Europe programme. "I have an openReuter - 320 words
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Article165 1948-01-13 8 Dror,.™ NANKING. Monday. ISPATCHES from Peiping today said the Communist throat to Tientsin and Paoting was '♦completely eliminated as powerful Government columns drove the Reds from th c outlying areas and occupied many strategic points barring the way to any Com nunist come-back. Following the165 words
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Article29 1948-01-13 8 President Dean O'Kelly, acting on the advice of Premier de Valera, last night dissolved the Dall Irish Parliament— and ordered a general election on Feb 4 U.P.U.P. - 29 words
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Article151 1948-01-13 8 TOKIO, Monday. THE Eighth Army war crimes court heard a witness described the use. m a bayonet practice, of a half-be-headed still live bodfv of a B-29 pilot m May 1946. The witness, Hatsuo Shinmori, had already been sentenced for his part m the atrocity,U.P. - 151 words
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Article98 1948-01-13 8 DETROIT, Monday. SUBURBAN police nearly fell out cf their seats when a scared youth rushed into their headquarters and blurted, "My name is Carl Mossat. I did not mean to do it. I could not ston. She was lying there and I ran over her. She98 words
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Article117 1948-01-13 8 COMMUNAL RIOTING IN BOMBAY BOMBAY, Monday. CIXTY armed policemen were rushed to the docks here today as embittered Hindus insisted on a search of Muslim passengers disembarking from the steamer Ekma, from Karachi. Two Muslims were injured. The clash occurred afu-r Hindus insisted on a search of Pathan passengers, who,A P.; U.P. - 117 words
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Article22 1948-01-13 8 Workers of the Ilva Bagnoli dockyards, at Naples, numbering about 3,600. went on strike yesterday for better working conditions. A.P22 words
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Article, Illustration622 1948-01-13 8 TRUMANHINTS AT A FOR ASIA China as chief beneficiary WASHINGTON, Monday. TIIE Administration threw out a hint today that 1 President Truman may soon propose a Far Eastern recovery programme. Mr. Truman's budget message to Congress today listed under proposed legislation two appropriations, totalling U. 5.5750,000,000, m addition to theFree Press - 622 words
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Article39 1948-01-13 8 Hope was abandoned yesterday rescuing the last five miners trapped m the Vuillemin mine at Petite Moselle m Eastern Franoe. after a fire- damp explosion on Saturday, m which nine were killed and 40 seriously hurt.— Reuter39 words
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Article398 1948-01-13 8 London Stock Exchange LONDON. Monday. DESPITE today being one of extreme idleness (In i> London Stock Exchange, prices heW comparator steady, says Reuter's financial correspondent. S<* falling away was seen m the industrial section ai although described as dull, losses were nottlj of afn pence.398 words
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Article171 1948-01-13 8 AsrttiAL >iarket correspondent gives the prices of rubber at 11 a.m. today as follows: Buyers Sellers Cte. Cts. per Ib. per Ib No. 1 R.S.S. Spot loose 44 41' No. 1 R.S.S. fob m bales Jan. v M9| No. t R.S.S. fob m bales Jan. .44 44 No.171 words
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Article53 1948-01-13 8 THE Australian Cabinet yesterday appointed RearAdm. John R. Collins, former chief of the Australian Naval Squadron, as First Naval Member and Chief of Staff of the Australian Naval Board. Adm. Collins, who succeeded Adm. Sir Louis Hamilton, is the first Australian to hold these pposReuter - 53 words
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Article151 1948-01-13 8 STORMS IN MANY PARTS OF BRITAIN YORK Monday. AIR raid sirens wailed again m Yorkshire yesterday to warn villagers of Hebden_ Bridge and Mytholmroyd before the River Calder, swollen by melting snow and heavy rain, overflowed its banks. Gales m Scotland, dense fog m northern Ireland and further flooding m151 words
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Article63 1948-01-13 8 i THE United States Supreme Court m Washington yesterday ordered the State of Oklahoma to admit a Negro to the law university, and to give him facilities equal to those given to whites. The court presumably acted quickly so that the student may be admitted to63 words
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Article49 1948-01-13 8 IjiOUR people were killed and 22 injured, three seriously, when communal rioting broke out m Ajmen Rajputana yes- terday after a dispute over the occupation of a vacant house. A 24-hour curfew was immediately clamped down, and troops called out to patrol the town. Reuter.49 words
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Article189 1948-01-13 8 LONDON, Monday. SIR Stafford Cripps, Chancellor of the Exchequer, announced today increased allocations of steel for 1948 to Britain** engineering, coal-mining, electricity and agricultural machinery industries, and reduced allocations to shipbuilding, factory and Government building and the gas industry. Asked whether the reduction m the shipbuildingReuter - 189 words
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Article41 1948-01-13 8 WEATHER Showers WEATHER report ffto t the next 24 hours compiled by the RAF: Occasional ji.iowers and bright intervals during the afternoon. Fair to-night and to-morrow morning. Wind: Light, northerly. Temperatures yesterday Maximum 92 de X F. minimum 71 dr«. F.41 words
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Advertisement472 1948-01-13 8 SITIWTION WANTED ■"VO Omlifi^d European Hnirr"""iired Dositions. Box KO. S O S. F.P. TTT^r-.TTXTT.Y required by Young h r. 24. work m Malayan l'" on or Sineaoore. Kern ar>i v~rv en"'-q;ctic. Any descripti I O*n sooak Mplav fluently. Exf M t^ti-nonials available. Box No. S**o PP ACCOMMODATION VACANT T ire*472 words
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Miscellaneous9 1948-01-13 8 SINGAPORE TIDES H.T. 11. 53 am. L.T. 6.17 p.m.9 words
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