The Singapore Free Press, 17 January 1948
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Title Section19 1948-01-17 1 The Singapore Free Press LARGEST AFTERNOON SALE IN MALAYA go. i7,HJ SINGAPORE, SATURDAY, JANUARY 17, 1948 PRICE 10 CENTS19 words
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Article441 1948-01-17 1 JOGJ A TO JOIN DUTCH UNION Early trade revival seen BATAVIA, Friday. THE Dutch and Indonesian Republican authorities will sign on Saturday afternoon a new truce under which the Republic accepts the status of a state within the federal United States of Indonesia now being organised by the Dutch. ThisReuter; A.P.; U.P. - 441 words
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Article, Illustration63 1948-01-17 1 Thaktn Nu. Burmese Prime Minister, applies cement to the bane of the Independence Monument at Bandoola Square, Rangoon. This is the first of many marble monuments being erected throughout the country to mark the inauguration of the Republic. Below: One of the Burmese astrologers who predicted the day and hour63 words
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Article118 1948-01-17 1 [JERUSALEM, Friday. THE Arab harbour city of Haifa, one of the eastern •i s greatest ports, became the main onnd m Palestine today as 400 "Black Squad" underground Jewish defence army shed a b g-scale attack at dawn with and automatic weapons, destroying Arab118 words
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Article38 1948-01-17 1 Tree Press Staff Reporter M»n from the Singapore C.I.D. and the Beach Road police station last night raided a house m Clyde Terrace, and arrested six men, m connec- tion with a case of abduction.38 words
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Article43 1948-01-17 1 Two emergency squads of detectives and bomb di.soo.sal exports were sent to Pier 61 m New York K;st night to search the Rtaat liner America after ree living a tip that a bomb llad bp^n nlnforf run boa rd A .P.A.P. - 43 words
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Article20 1948-01-17 1 3 DIE IN SMASH- UP II the 75-foot Army— rrday ai i injured two trucks, lied trailers, Gtd, A PA.P. - 20 words
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Article96 1948-01-17 1 MORE TROOPS SENT TO SOMALILAND LONDON, Friday. THE BfKMI Foreign Office tonight announced that reinforcements had bc^-n seal to Mogadishu. lormer Itslimo Somaliland. where ricts broke out lasi Sunday a»d 50 Italians were kilk-d. The statement, which was issued m uiswi r to Italy's protest two days ago that the96 words
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Article185 1948-01-17 1 A AT PARIS, Friday. N apparent attempt to parachute arms to a French underground movement was reported tonight by the official French press agency which I gave the first circumstantial story of its kind'following a series of unconfirmed reports of parachutists m widely separated parts ofA.P. - 185 words
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158 1948-01-17 1 Paris. Friday. M JEAN SAINTENY former ITl* French Commission "r of Tongking province m IndoChina, was detained today by military authorities here pending investigation of charges that he was guilty of acts prejudicial to the French State, says Reuter. He was detained on instruci tiona158 words
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Article280 1948-01-17 1 NEW DELHI, Friday. FIELHI, the capital of India, will stop work tomorrow, which has been declared a local holiday, so that meetings can be held to pray for the life of Mahatma Gandhi, who was ending: tonight the fourth day of his fast for peaceReuter - 280 words
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Article179 1948-01-17 1 KILLINGS WERE ORGANAISEDPAKISTAN LAKL SUCCESS, Friday. PAKISTAN, through its representative. Sir Moluamed Zafrullah Khan, claimed that India must bear a measure ol respccisibilitv for the "mass killkies" of Muslims as part of "an organised plaii," at today's meeting of the Security Council. Sir Mohamed reviewed m some detail the historyReuter - 179 words
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Article68 1948-01-17 1 THE King has approved the award of American decorations to six British Generals m recognition of distinguished services to the Allied cause. The former C.-in-C.. Middle East. Gon. Sir Miles Dempsey who was In Singapore prior to his appointment to the Middle East, receives theReuter - 68 words
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Article38 1948-01-17 1 Nanking's five-man aid mission has arrived m Washington ready to give Mr. George Marshall, Secretary of State, advice on United States plan for the proposed Chinese US $300,0fln nnn r«>™ V o™ «r«_ gramme. ReuterReuter - 38 words
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361 1948-01-17 1 NANKING, Friday. THE Chinese Premier, General Chang Chun, said 1 tonight that his government "deeply regrets the unfortunate incident m Canton/ He has telegraphed Canton authorities to "accord adequate protection to the lives and property of British nationals and to mete out punishment to361 words
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Article38 1948-01-17 1 Seventeen foreign women and children, including two babies, arrived m Hong Kong: by air this morning from Canton, reports Reuter. The evacuees were escorted from Shameen to Canton airfield by guards provided by the Chinese- authorities.38 words
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Article167 1948-01-17 1 U.K. SEEKS PACTS IN MID EAST LONDON, Friday. BRITAIN is following up th€ successful revision of the 1930 Anglo-Iraqi treaty with new treaties of friendship with the Arab world. The Foreign Secretary, Mr. Ernest Bevin, when he signed the new pact yesterday, spoka of a "series of treaties regularising andReuter - 167 words
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Article60 1948-01-17 1 k YOUNG Chintse gunman rt last night escaped after being chased out by the occupants of a house m McPherson Road whom he had tried to rob. A man believed to have been his companion was caught and handed over to the police. Police who searched60 words
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Article21 1948-01-17 1 Whitehall quarters said y. erdagr the Foreign Offlco has wanned Humiarv against recognising the "Free f?r#»*»lr" C .-ennment. U.P.U.P. - 21 words
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Advertisement11 1948-01-17 1 Jj ll It ll MADE IN ENGLAND Mark A ft it11 words
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Advertisement62 1948-01-17 1 M. FLINTER S. GRINBERG, Wholesale Retail Dealers m DIAMONDS JEWELLERY Just Received A New Shipment of 14 18 Carat Gold Cigarette Case* 67, STAMFORD RD. Ku Court Bldg. Telephone 1923. Singapore if IS AN l/MSTANTTAVEOC/S CCKt .aaf laak **k t^ I(^7 "^^^aaB^HBBBF a 1 3^ HaaW L. -x**aßaW u^ |J62 words
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FEATURES..
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Article, Illustration354 1948-01-17 2 TN charge of the Salva--1 tion Army homes for girls and women throughout Ma&ya is Brigadier B. Gray, M.8.E., who has put m about 27 years of such work m England and Malaya. Her first contact with the Salvation Army was m 1920 In England, where she354 words
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Article, Illustration642 1948-01-17 2 THE COST OF A SAFE PILOT DRITAIN is breeding a new race of all-weather pilots. In both commercial and military flying they are being trained to make full use of the radio and radar aids developed to make navigation easier and bad-weather landings safer. In the realm of airline and642 words
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Article, Illustration123 1948-01-17 2 gPADES are trumps. South leads. North and South are to win six- of the seven trick* against any defence. South leads spade six. North wins with ace and makes club king. South discarding heart king. North mak.s hoari tieSouth discarding diamond kin? North leads trump deuce. Now if123 words
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Article451 1948-01-17 2 His Song Went Round The World THE golden voice that swept straight into British stardom with "You Are My Heart's Delight" will be heard no more. For Tauber the Tenor is dead. He had sung himself to death. Richard Tauber. born 56 years ago m LJnz, Austria, was never really451 words
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Article, Illustration13 1948-01-17 2 Kathryn Grayson, a youthful Af-G-Af star, wearing sojnething new and snappy m play-suits.13 words
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Article, Illustration30 1948-01-17 2 Twe*uy-year old Yvonne Viseux "Miss Cote D'Azur" is seen after she had been elected "Miss France 1947" m the final of a competition held at the Palais de Chaillot, Paris.30 words
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Article204 1948-01-17 2 Cooking Column FOR RAINY DAYS By JOAN Castu M° S ST f > the only think of are fruit j and ice cream, bit* the rains aacr c down and a wet cij breeze blows through house, my f am ii y comes a hot p Uck^ Here are three204 words
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Advertisement72 1948-01-17 2 y W WHOLE- GRAIN OATS ARE NATURE'S IDEAL FOOD FOR BABY NAT ui' J Whole-grain oats Quaker Oats is wON 01l Ihe lust natural cereal source ot loodiron. prnu-i'n.tood energy, and Vitamin fo° b Xi elements thai pro\iJe itrengtll t«^r' growth, help guard haby» health. Give >otirhaln the nourishing hclpo!72 words
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Miscellaneous751 1948-01-17 2 SINGAPORE Evoothing.'» 9.30 News, 9.4s'&Orch: 10 a.m. -Pacific Ma il- N.-ws- 805 Yo.,r, fo. tb it Blue Network S.^fiSirj^SS S&. l^ l^ FSS I ffgjjuJß S S Fro m 12 00 noon to ,00 p. ra ylm^T S^?^ rtj^BBBtaTSTBSB t 26 J ll^ m the medlum a un^i -IS r751 words
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Miscellaneous80 1948-01-17 2 YOUR LUCKY STAR Fortune forecast for people born today BORN today, you have a high degree of adaptability, which helps you to get along with all kinds of people under many varying circumstances. You are not, however, the type to "make the best of a poor job." You will get80 words
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CHINA NEWS..
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255 1948-01-17 3 Rural reforms save millions of peasants t |ND I'iriin measures, under which the GovernI puiehasci or requisitions land from owners u te »t (<» farmers, and th* granting of loans rmen tot the purchase of land, are en--00,000 peasants m China to break away clutchci of rapacious landlords. ement of255 words
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Article44 1948-01-17 3 A SPOKESMAN for National Resources Commission m Nanking said the president of Reynolds Metal Company of New York was arriving: m China shortly to negotiate for "technical co-operation with Chinese Government m development of bakelite and alur/inium production m Formosa." A.P.44 words
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Article269 1948-01-17 3 SOVIET-U.S. DIFFERENCES THE differences between the United Stales and the Soviet Union, th« international problems today threatening to erupt mt o another world war, can be satisfactorily solved. This is the opinion of Dr. Sun Fo, Vice-President of the Chinese Republic expressed m an article mReuter - 269 words
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Article80 1948-01-17 3 CHINA REDS INFILTRATE INTO BURMA rp//£ Ctii'iese Consul-Gene-X ral m Burma. Mr. N. C. Hsu, said m Rangoon that Chinese Communist elements had infiltrated into Burma m an effort to disrupt relationships betwten the Burmese and Chinese Government*. He said the Communists were sponsored by the newly-organized Burman branch of80 words
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105 1948-01-17 3 Anti-Muslim story brings suspension 11HE Shanghai Chinese paper Hsin Mm Pao was suspended for three days by order of Mayor K. C. Wu as a result of a protest by Shanghai Chinese Muslims who objected to the newspaper story saying that Muslims refuse to eat pork because they revere theU.P. - 105 words
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Article111 1948-01-17 3 WASHINGTON. Friday. OEPRESENTATIVE Walter IV F. Judd said the American State Department should take the itepi it is required to by kiw to clarify the status of Gen. Feng Yu Hsiang who remains m the United States on a diplomatic passport, despite the fact thatU.P. - 111 words
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Article37 1948-01-17 3 CHINA'S 'EX TRA RICE The Inter. .ational En icy Food Council has raided rice allocation for China {he first six nvnths of by 4.500 tana b 1 to 204.500. The Increase v. ill oomn [ram Buini:v U.P.U.P. - 37 words
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Article, Illustration29 1948-01-17 3 The Rt. Rev. Paul Yu-pin, Catholic Archbishop of Nanking, is shown as he arrived at White House for visit with President Harry S. Truman recently. A.P. picture.A.P. - 29 words
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Article85 1948-01-17 3 SIX ships of the U.S. Navy's famous Task Force 38 are going to visit Chdna. The Task Force is headed by the carrier Valley Forge. It is scheduled to arrive m Sydney (Australia) on Jan 30 Hong Kong on Feb. 18. Tsingtao on Feb.85 words
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Article139 1948-01-17 3 JUDGE FLAYS TREATMENT OF CHINESE A Federal judge Mr. Georgel B. Hlarris, reduced, by half the three-years prison sentence of Edldie Lam Chin, of Watsonville, CUlifornAa, a cafe operator, after severely criticising the treatment of the United Sltiates immigration services concerning Chinese aliens. Chin had pleaded guilty to a chargeU.P. - 139 words
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Article119 1948-01-17 3 A NOTHER member of the i\ eighth group of Chinese scholars m Britain under university scholarships granted by the Board of Trustees of the Sino-British Educational and Cultural Endowment Fund has been awarded the degree of Ph.D. He is Dr. Su Teh-long, who has been studying119 words
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Article46 1948-01-17 3 The Chung Hui Association m Batavia announced that it had arranged for the repatriation from China to various point.s in Indonesia of a total so far of 652 Chinese, former resident! of the Indies who had been stranded m China. A .P.A.P. - 46 words
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Article102 1948-01-17 3 THE Nanking, Finance Ministry's Customs Administration announce that the Chinese Customs is planning to buy 16 minesweepers and 130 fast motorboats from the United States to strengthen China's anti-smuggling service. The new ships will mostly be assigned to patrol duties oil the south and central ChinaU.P. - 102 words
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247 1948-01-17 3 H.K. 'almost fully rehabilitated' HONG KONG'S industry has returned to 70 per cent. of pre-war output m the two-and-a-quarter years since the defeat of the Japanese. This has been achieved m spite of the fact that at the end of the war about 80 per cent, of the Colony's factories,Reuter - 247 words
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115 1948-01-17 3 NYLONS HIT SILK WORKERS IN SHANGHAI SHANGHAI, Friday. THE present ramparui smuggling of Nylon stockings has rendered 3,000 factory workers jobless and brought the opera:lon of silk factories to a stands'.ill. These are the charges made by the Shanghai Silk Weaving Industry Association which intends approaching the City Government authorities115 words
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Article55 1948-01-17 3 CHINA and Australia arc reported to have reached an accord by which both have cancelled the finger-printing procedure m the passport examination at the Immigration Office. The report praised the move as the removal of red tape which always irritated the Chinese nationals who considered fingerU.P. - 55 words
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Article61 1948-01-17 3 tiOREIGNERS m possession F of residence permits no longer need travel permits, said Dr. Hollington Tong, Director of Government's Information Office, replying to a number of queries regarding travel difficulties m China. However, stateless aliens and nationals of countries with which China has no treaty relationsReuter - 61 words
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Article273 1948-01-17 3 KOWLOON 'BIG POLITICAL ISSUE' Protests all over China CTUDENT protests against the eviction of Chinese residents from Kowloon city by Hong Kong Government authorities are rolling up into a major political issue, and authorities m Shanghai say they fear demonstrations m most of the large cities throughout China, reports United273 words
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Article, Illustration101 1948-01-17 3 picture. Some of the 400 foreign students who visited New York city for the first time to engage m an open forum, sponsored by the committee on friendly relations •moftg foreign students. The group chose for their topic "What foreign students can contribute to the American way of life." ListeningA.P. - 101 words
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Article188 1948-01-17 3 MUKDEN, Friday. IF the Reds ever capture Mukden, there would begin an experiment m Communist relations with foreigners and others than Russians fraught with considerable interest and importance. When the Reds took Harbin from the Soviets, there were virtually no foreigners there other thanA.P. - 188 words
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Article119 1948-01-17 3 SHANGHAI, Friday. NEW publications and publications which temporarily suspended operation will not be gran ed printing permits within one year, it, was decided at a general meeth g of the Shanghai Amalgamated Austerity Movement Committee yesterday. Other resolutions passed a: the meeting, which was presidedReuter - 119 words
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Article25 1948-01-17 3 Yu Yu Jen. veteran Kuomlntang leader and president of Control Yuan, has decided to run for the post of VicePresident of China.- U.P.U.P. - 25 words
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Article135 1948-01-17 3 NANKING, Friday. A COMMUNICATIONS Ministry spokesman said an agreement. under which former Major-General Claire Chennaulfs China Air Transport would be placed on the same commercial level as China's old airlines, had been drawn and submitted to the Executive Yuan for approval. This action followed by aA.P. - 135 words
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Advertisement76 1948-01-17 3 j|^^^^| Uf Jim. *Good Mornings? begin with Gillette !><<< ntis<> GILLETTE STEEL is mad« to the .^g^^^T^ most exacting specification. SgW9U« EVERY BLADE is subjected M^^mil !i to the most ruthless inspection Im Hi m at every stage of manufacture. /nJ§&Jnjf m GILLETTE BLADES have /k^SEzi^l W long lasting 3-facet76 words
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Miscellaneous77 1948-01-17 3 TARZAN Respite By Ed«ar Rice Burroughs mm M H >» mZmmWt m w V g^T L£AVIH6 TM£ CAVt, WNES WTTED AM i, W^ /^kWVjV j v i^\ \A NN£S LoO6feo I HCuPVESS »H T>i€ 3RASP C* Tnt B«UTt ARROW TO mi BOW AMO AiwAiTEO TMf /J^y Vjf vJ^'^vwSk I I77 words
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634 1948-01-17 4 The Singapore Free Press SATURDAY, JAN. 17, 1948,... The Claims of fhe Teacher 'THERE is unquestionably a wiae measure of public ."vmpathy :or the claims of fc u.iy-ucruited teactoers fOe a more K^ncio'.ui revui a of salaxy schemes t. mm that recoxnm ended by the Trusted OcmmLsaion end it is634 words
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Article967 1948-01-17 4 Dr. E.H.G. DOBBY - Dr. E.H.G. DOBBY THE Russian Empire, however you name it, is still very real. How Russians come to be m Asia is a story which curiously repeats the mixed motives which brought other Europeans to the East. Russia as a state took shape m the flat country967 words
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Article, Illustration33 1948-01-17 4 handling things §imtlp mmd at Ufe-taJSaSk^^vi^^ tOSP'Jil* un ejc^ er t at dogs truined by seventy six-year-old Mr H P CoWourne at V^kHri^ T* th < c clever and stage work. usscx r Win-33 words
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Article225 1948-01-17 4 RAIN -making from the ground us well as iron airplanes was envisaged m c report released by the United States Commerce Department. The report was prepared b" Dr. Irving Laii^inuir and* obhers on research In mancant rolled weather, conducted by the General Electric Company imtfcr contract witfi theA.P. - 225 words
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Article375 1948-01-17 4 By J. M. ROBBERTS A. P. Correspondent. pEORGI Dimitrov, Communist director of Bulgaria was for eight years president of the old Moscow Comintern. He is one of the highly-indoctrinated proconsuls sent out by Russia to rule her newly captured empire iv Eastern Europe. His standing m375 words
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Article448 1948-01-17 4 By Rutherford Poats U.P. Correspondent A /lANILA, once proud- ly self-proclaimed "Pearl of the Orient" today is a teeming, dirty city of three times iv pre-war population, living largely on an exportimport trade that may well collapse soon, as post-war grants of dollars and U.S. Army448 words
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Article, Illustration48 1948-01-17 4 After Muir Mathieson (left) had conducted the London Symphony 2,000 school-children at the Granada, South Harrow. London, the the platform to persuade Gordon Wallace to demonstrate hi? flute. M lefthanded; he broke his right arm m a fall from a horse; but the siasm made it all worthwhile.48 words
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Article672 1948-01-17 4 REPORT ON BELGIUM By Maurice Van De Velde, A.P. Correspondent COR almost two years visiting statesmen, industrialists have wondered at the prompt recovery of Belgium after four years of occupation, wholesale destruction and plunder by the German armies. Questioners met with widely divergent explanations. Some said "Uranium,"672 words
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Article97 1948-01-17 4 ATE A BAO OF SNAILS FOR LUNCH XTORM SCOTT. ll turc i Fritzroy. M lb inn ed his work-: ites byeita bag of tna considers it tin snails. b ed, P< i ppered and oaten vinegar make the W» lunchtimc snack. Norm, an ex- soldier s that during the warheJJ97 words
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Article503 1948-01-17 5 Malaya asks better facilities Free Press London Correspondent NEGOTIATIONS are at present proceeding between the Malayan Agent m London, Sir Geoffrey Cator, and the British Ministry of Food with a view to the bulk importation of Malayan food parcels via South Africa and Australia. Such an503 words
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Article, Illustration91 1948-01-17 5 The Governor of the Malayan Union, Sir Edward Gent is seen (above) making a speech at a party given by the Sin Chew Jit Poh newspaper group at Kuala Lumpur on the occasion of its 19th anniversary. On Sir Edward's right is Mrs. A. C. T. Kwong; or, his left91 words
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Article, Illustration12 1948-01-17 5 of the Malayan raphed M Hook p >h ann i at irsdajf.12 words
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Article510 1948-01-17 5 MALA Y NA VY MEN'S NEW MOVE Back pay 'battle' goes on Free Press Staff Reporter I\EMOBBED personnel of the Royal Malay Navy are 1/ still fighting for back pay. They have addressee a fresh petition to the Malay Navy Records Office m Singapore, for a further 21 months' back510 words
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Article56 1948-01-17 5 COLLEGE ISSUES BULLETIN INTENDED to be a college newspaper, a Raffles College Union Bulletin has been published by students of the College. Its editor. Mr. Foo Yeow Yoke, says that the object of the Bulletin is to focus attention on the activities of the College, whether they be academic, social56 words
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Article48 1948-01-17 5 THE Second District Judge. Mr. A. M. Webb, yesterday fined Der^k Vandy, a ship engineer, $125 for pushing am<i abusing a police ccnsitable. E. Hardy, another ship engineer, who wao charged together with Vandv for using abusive language and abetVa;ndy. was fined $75^48 words
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Article143 1948-01-17 5 i rev Pick staff Reporter rk m a tax. these days than it did 1 reason is that many Singaexperiencing an "acute slump" roe majority of thorn, acting mdiua d fare*. If passenger shares a he can oven haggle down the fare. from Tan- dan Sultan143 words
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Article163 1948-01-17 5 JAIL, ROTAN FOR ARMED ROBBERY A 20- YE A# -OLD Indian R. Rajagopal, was sentenced to right years' rigorous imprisonment and 12 strokes of the rotan at the Singapore i Assizes yesterday. He was iound guilty of armed robbery. The Deputy Public Prosecutor, Mr. L. Rayner, said that Rajagopal, together163 words
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Article208 1948-01-17 5 TAX ON INTEREST CLARIFIED MUNICIPAL LOAN Free Press Staff Reporter A POINT about the interest on the Singapore Municipal $25,000,000 loan being subject to taxation was explained by the Municipal Treasurer, Mr. J. R. Hill, yesterday. He said that the interest received by any stockholder on the 3»4 per cent,208 words
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Article83 1948-01-17 5 Free Press Chinese Correspondent THE first Chinese Consul to be appointed to head the newly -established consulate at Pang leal Pinang on Bangka Island, Mr. Tao Hsiao- watt, 'has arrived m Singapore from Shanghai en route to Bangka. Mr. Tao if a graduate of the Hunan83 words
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Article80 1948-01-17 5 IT is expected that the South-West Pacific Jamboree will be held m Victoria. "No details are available at present, but I am hoping that the Rev. Canon K. K. S. Adams. District Commissioner for Singapore, will take the matter m hand and will lead the Malayan contingent80 words
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Article200 1948-01-17 5 thirty per rent. Increase m the strength of the .scouting movement m Mafeya during 1947 Is reported by the Scout Omimissionor. The U)tai number m the movement, during 1947 wt>.s 18,043— "by far the largest mi n the history of scouline m M.-layn." Cci >us re/turns200 words
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306 1948-01-17 5 Anthony Brooke says Free Press Staff Reporter COMMENTING on Inche Mohamed KiplTs statement V- (published by the Free Press yesterday) that certain anti-cessionist bodies m Sarawak were considering legal action against the former Rajah, Mr. Anthony Brooke said: "It is wholly understandable and desirable that306 words
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Article107 1948-01-17 5 AT the Inquest yesterday into the death of Goh Chee Kok, a 15-year-old Chinese, as a result of a road accident, the Coroner. Mr. K. K. Oan, returned a verdict of misadventure. The coroner found that there was no evidence of criminal negligence on tAn? part107 words
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Article80 1948-01-17 5 THE following have been appointed members of the [Malayan Board of Income I Tax: The Financial Secretary, Malayan Union, as chairman; I The Financial Secretary, Singapore, as deputy chair_.man; and The ComptrollerGeneral (ex-officio); Mr. C. H. Da Silva; Mr. Chew Hock Leong; and Mr. A. F.80 words
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Article35 1948-01-17 5 SEREMBAN, Friday.— A British soldier. George Hope. claimed trial m the District Court on a charge of negligent driving, which was alleged to have caused the death of a Chinese, Wong Teck Ann.35 words
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Article92 1948-01-17 5 AT a general business meeting attended by representatives of eight Methodist youth fellowships in Singapore, the following were elected office-bearers for 1948: President Mr. Peter Lim (Teluk Ayer); Vice President Mr. Victor J. Joseph (Tamil*; Chairman on Evangelism and Worship Mrs. Eric Wee (Paya Lebar); World Friendship92 words
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160 1948-01-17 5 Woman jailed for disorderly behaviour FOUND guilty of disorderly behaviour, a European woman, Mrs. Z. A. Patrickson, was sentenced to two months' simple imprisonment m the First District Court yesterday. Making her defence* on oath, Mrs. Patrickson said she used to suffer from "complete black-outs" whenever she had alcoholic drinks.160 words
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Article387 1948-01-17 6 Mufti, El Kawuki clash on leadership MOW that the Arab League has virtually decided to defy the United Nations decision to partition Palestine, competent observers m Cairo are asking themselves how far the Arab League can actually go m carrying out its secret decisions toReuter - 387 words
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127 1948-01-17 6 THE Archbishop of York, Dr. C. F. Garbett. told the Northern Convocation of the Church of England that the streets of Jerusalem "will run red with 'blood" if the city is not placed under international control immediately after withdrawal of British forces. The Archbishop referredA.P. - 127 words
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Article74 1948-01-17 6 A THREATENED hold-up of Britain's supply of flsh the main unrationod food supplementing the small meat ration— was averted wlvn the National Coal Board agreed to cut down to 2s. a proposed increase of 255. a ton m the price 1 bunker coal for trawlers. All74 words
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Article116 1948-01-17 6 pOR Uu; tune within 1 week jl 'tnith drug" has restored memory to a man >. ho had fOffEOtlcn who he Itt, Dennis Adamion Be:. net:. *2 tx-sailor of Sheflkld. vent to Newcastle io work but lo.st hi.^ memory. The jnlv clues were the names ih"Reuter - 116 words
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Article103 1948-01-17 6 SPEEDBOAT pirates m Tokio Bay who have been preying on motor and sailboats carrying food and clothing from Yokohama to Tokio will find armed policemen aboard the next one of those craft they attempt to plunder, the Yomiuri Shinbun reported. The papt-r said the pirates.A.P. - 103 words
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Article61 1948-01-17 6 fHE Uuvernment of Madras wants to ban rickshawpulling on humanitarian grounds, Dr. P. Subbaroyan, Home Minister, announced m the Legislative Council. The present total of 6.000 rickshaws m Madras, he stated, will be reduced by April to 1.000. He added that thereafter the Government would considerReuter - 61 words
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Article50 1948-01-17 6 The Institution of Electrical Engineers has awarded the Faraday Medal to one ot Britain's leading atomic i scientists, Professor Marcus Oliphant, for "his distinguish;ed work m QUcli ar physics i and his original discoveries m physical sciences particularly m electromagnetic j oscillations, their nrodnrtinn study and use."- ReuterReuter - 50 words
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Article, Illustration120 1948-01-17 6 SHINWELL WITH THE A.T.S. picture. picture. Sergeant Peggy Stagg. of Knebworth, (Hertford), of the A.T.S., listens m with the War Minister. Mr. Emmanuel Shinwell, to orders m the plotting room on an ack-ack site at Boatall Heath, Abbey Wood. South London. The War Minister was making a day's tour ofA.P.; Planet - 120 words
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Article252 1948-01-17 6 ITIDDEN m a bedroom drawer at the home of grey- haired Alderman Walter Wills, former Lord Mayor of Cardiff, is a Royal document most treasured souvenir of his year of oflice. Within the next few days a friendly deputation, consisting of two other ex-Lord252 words
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Article87 1948-01-17 6 AN increase k\ trade between Palestine and the United States should result from the change m the political status of Palestine. Mr. Charles Ress, President ol the Pale.^tine Foundation Fund, said m New York. In announcing that Palestine's imports during the iirs: &ix months ofA.P. - 87 words
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Article53 1948-01-17 6 Mr. c. Bayley. scientist and Pert lef i Poole Msti\iir St r day by air f r Australia, a member of the long-range weapons organisation of Australia, he was among the scientists seriously injured l n a recent rocket explosion at the research establishm* 1Reuter - 53 words
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303 1948-01-17 6 Communism in P .I. is a 'real threat' /COMMUNISTS m the Philippines ar* to our freedom," Congressman r^ l^ Villareal, who headed a government which investigated Red activities lasl m Manila. l>ear 'dttjjl He attributed disorders and crimes m th to Communistic motivation, ref levelled at the report of hisReuter - 303 words
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81 1948-01-17 6 Adulterated food from Japan seizet ITS Fed.rul office U. Honolulu ha\. Ed $29,000 worth of ,221 ed and mis-branded Tl exported from Ja Dan *1 Investigations were J and importers notified i 9 the Government vouidJl destroy the merchanM Honolulu vt returTitJ The 12 tons of food hi nscated includedA.P. - 81 words
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Article60 1948-01-17 6 Power plan nearly ready THE Jv*z hydro-elecw M m India— v< supply of sumto SiX W< vas irrjrM ed by Mr. R. T. Bhas-1 Minister to I Mysore Qovi c ;B visit to the rite ::ea:&J The Initial outoot 'CM frc/m two c £:J producing 24 Vi| Both Mac: s:^BReuter - 60 words
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Advertisement150 1948-01-17 6 Rex Children's To morrow V tcr* at ii am. fnrVi JAMES CAGNE\ I U L I J •YANKEE DOODLE \l*yy DANDY" \?°**J LAST DAY! n.m.. 4.15, 6.30 9.15 JIG. HEW MUSICAL! C"*"^"»*sJJfl* I TO-NIGHT AT MO-NIGHT r '\~f M«M>«« •>•..*. Mil i«-' MM tt.., >k» iBMMi ('•■•>« «|k»««. toaag (MMk150 words
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Advertisement21 1948-01-17 6 "Everyone Will Enjoy This" (LIFE) *S phone: bqO3 Today Four Shows 1 10 4 6.30 0 "0 n ~v Hunt Strnmberg21 words
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Advertisement102 1948-01-17 6 I MAGNIFICENCE UNPARALLELED!! Britain f s First Lady of the Screen m Britain*s Greatest Picture,^ •V^**^ *Tne Courtneys "*f |f__| of <vr r sfi2f stri n* V^r People llf O^ttran^ I J ST IssSS^^wi cunwc 1 COURTNEYS OF ;>HU S I CURZON STREET j ___J Preceded by .\cwsre«-l Ov Miiimm102 words
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Miscellaneous28 1948-01-17 6 JANE Exclusive to the Singapore Free Press m Malaya I fl aActtAeva//ey t^Z^^^A aAd catcLs a train I f *r=^i^ I] tA^ Ofik^^ ■s^+*+-**^; -forSygum /b contact S^^-^V28 words
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Article445 1948-01-17 7 MINSTREL BOY SAFEST BET TODAY Going Will Be Firm At K.L. From EPSOM JEEP THATSTER, Minstrel Boy and Singing Bird I were the strongest course tips at Kuala Lumpui this morning for the afternoon's racing m the firs 2?-^°l-*J| C Sela .Ks?s Tl i rf Club s January meeting With445 words
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Article54 1948-01-17 7 Selections By "CALL BOY" pCall Boy" 1,,,, riONSbj "Call Boy" M )(r11 1,.1, 1 ,-s Kttata Lum- rVI -.<; sign W" P<>. tlonrjr Comb W Blank spec (,r.ind Hill I ord Ivan (;AMI BOROUGH W Cold T-.J.illist L WINGS V* Chatster Votrix rKOISEI .sir.-1 Boy H'Ml UAGOBEBX rwrot L.- 854 words
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Article310 1948-01-17 7 WJiuitabs Buy A Cow T md Cambridge eights have begun train- Btftl Race on Mar. 27. Various methods the normal food ration are to be r Ov 'btained a substantial quantity of m These have been substituted for I years. c Oxford Mr. P. •.hat310 words
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Article101 1948-01-17 7 'piiK uam to represent Cliinese Athletic Juniors against Hoyal Air Force, Changi, at Jalan B<.sar Stadium tomorrow will be selected from the following i players: Kiew Wine. B.h« Cheow, Ah I Bah, Kirn Eng: Kang Hoe, James Tan, Pi it Chong, Seng Qee, i Thnng Chiat, Hoon101 words
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Article58 1948-01-17 7 THERE was no play on the second day of the match between Barbados and the M.C.C. In Bridgetown yesterday.— Rcuter. Eighteen members of the Canadian Air Force Olympic; hocko> team <*scap«'d rnjun,- m Southampton yestfrdny when thr:r chartered bu.<s was rammed by a train. The U*am58 words
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262 1948-01-17 7 foOovim are U.K. FootbaU fbcPires for Saturday. FIRST DIVISION Burnley v Liverpool Chelsea v Huddersfkld Everton y Derby Co. Manchester U. v Arsenal Portsmouth v Bolton W Preston v Char 1 ton A. Sheffield U. v Grimsby T. St« ke C. v M brough Sunderland262 words
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Article302 1948-01-17 7 TKfc; S.C.RC. had to go ailout to beat the SC.C. by two goals to one m a friendly hockey match played cm the S.CC. padane: yes'orday. be encounter was keeinlycon tested throußhout and. although the Chinese had th-e better of exc'han^es, th<» S.CC. full-backs, Haig fund302 words
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Article, Illustration68 1948-01-17 7 Fn^Hh m the Australian captain, breaks througn the eaStnin chased *V K. Scott, the English captain m the Rugby Union international at Twickent ham which the Wallabies woon 11-0. Miss Violet Tan right and Miss Soh Eofc Hioa. who ivcre first and second In the women's SO68 words
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Article438 1948-01-17 7 From Archie Quick TTIE next world championship fight m England is 1 likely to be between Peter Kane and Manuel Ortiz for the Mexican American's bantam title. Promotor Ben Smith is bent upon putting this bout up «t Olympia early m the year at438 words
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Article111 1948-01-17 7 AN iii t. rev ting Chinese Champkias versus the Rcsfc all-ici wrestling program mo has been arranged for tonight at the Happy World Stadium The main evemt will be a ten-rauaid heavyweight bout b^tv/eon Lambong. the 200 It), chia/npion of Batngkck since 1939. and Rou^nouse Peters111 words
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Article147 1948-01-17 7 JOE LOUIS is going to cut down on golf. Joe is one of America's ardent golfers. He is on the courses, wherever he happens !to be, from early morning until dusk. But those days are over, until he's through with the prize ring. ManagerA.P. - 147 words
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Article452 1948-01-17 7 A CONTROVERSY is raging over Lindwall's bowling t\ particularly regarding the possibility of bowling no-balls, at the coming Adelaide Test, writes Arthu* Mailey. Yesterday I requested the Indian captain, Amarnath, to express an opinion regarding Lindwall's auegea ioot-iauiting. Amarnath, however, wisely refrained, saying he had sufficient452 words
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Article71 1948-01-17 7 INDLI— IST INNS. Sarwate c Alexander b Richardson 128 Irani c Alexander b Murfett 3 Amarnath b UaJmsl.y 135 Hazare c M. Thomas b Richardson 59 Cm. Mohatned c Alexander b Walmsley 14 Phadkar c Walmsley b Layer 53 Kishenchand not out 46 Adikhari b Walmsley 9 Sohoni not71 words
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Article276 1948-01-17 7 A VERY closely contested game resulted In a win for the Singapore Police over the Ceylon Sports Club by the only goal of their league hockey match at Thomson Road yesterday. The result leaves the S.R.C. almost certain winners of the league. Going straight into276 words
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Miscellaneous141 1948-01-17 7 F.P. Crossword Wo. 289 I H H LI CLLES ACROSS Lashes (6). 14, Line (5) 16 Doo- S m?*™?" 011 3> l 3« Portico (5). 26 Plight (6) Rn!nf 8)> 20 Diff use (8). 23, 30, Pilamente (7) 32 Card stak? S*? (3) 29 ObJect (3 >' (4). 34, Cycle141 words
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165 1948-01-17 8 Manchu capital given up by Chiang? SHANGHAI, Friday. QUMOURS that Governl\ mtnt troops had evacuated Changchun, capital of Manchuria, and the large city of Kirin Were current here today as, for the second .succesliVe day, the Chinese Press carried no reports of its own from the Manchurian battlefront. A., indicationReuter; A.P.; U.P. - 165 words
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Article, Illustration23 1948-01-17 8 A P ro.u P of hikers trudge their way around Britain's lovely Lake District tUe Mecca Qf Qll tourists t0 v X23 words
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138 1948-01-17 8 I PORTSMOUTH, Friday. T3E Deputy High Commissioner for India m London, Mr. R. S. Mani, accompanied by Admiral Lord Fraser, Com-mander-in-Chief, Portsmouth, inspected here today the two Indian 1.500-ton sloops Krishna and Cauvery the first warships of the Dominion of India to visit Britain.138 words
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Article58 1948-01-17 8 AUSTRALIAN authorities arc Investigating reports by aborigines that an unknown aircrait has been operating ■eereily from a deserted Royal Australian Air Force a.rodrome m a thick jungle 50 miles south of Darwin. The unotllcial theory is that the aircraft has btvn coming lrom Singapore with drugsReuter - 58 words
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Article14 1948-01-17 8 Rumania and Bulgaria yesterday signed a friendshiD and mutual aid pact. ReuterReuter - 14 words
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Article233 1948-01-17 8 WASHINGTON, Friday. SENATOR Arthur Vandenberg, chairman of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee, said today that half the opposition to t/ie European recovery programme would disappear if the American public could now be assured that aided nations would keep them constantly informed about how the MarshallReuter; A.P. - 233 words
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Article271 1948-01-17 8 U.K. REPLY TO 'PROTOCOL M' BERLIN, Friday. TIE Biitish occupation army m Germany "cannot disregard conditions of unrest" wherever they develop m Germany, the British War Minister, Mr. Emanuel Shinwell, told a press conference m Berlin today at the end of a tour of theA.P.; U.P.; Reuter - 271 words
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136 1948-01-17 8 LONDON, Friday. THE Secretary to the Board of Overseas Trade and Development, Mr. H. A. Marquand. left London airport today on a six- week tour from Cairo to Cape Town. Before he left Mr. Marquand said Africa would benefit from an increased volumeA.P. - 136 words
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Article23 1948-01-17 8 Htlfh: 1.57 p.m. 9 ft. Low: 8.25 p.m. 2.1 ft. SUNDAY ILUh: 20 p.m. 8 5 ft. low: 8.59 p.m. *.Bft.23 words
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Article199 1948-01-17 8 TOKIO, Friday. THE police m Japan today began Investigating a possible baby ''murder mill", m which some 85 infants might have been slain, after arresting an undertaker, and a man and wife who operate a maternity home and nursery. The couple are Takeshi Ishikawa. 58.A.P.; U.P. - 199 words
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Article184 1948-01-17 8 CAPETOWN, Friday. CONSIDERABLE uranium resources have been discovered m South Africa, the Union Govern-nor-General, Major Brand Van Zyl, disclosed m his speech from the throne when Parliament opened today. Uranium is vital element m the manufacture of the atom bomb. Major Van Zyl said theReuter - 184 words
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Article52 1948-01-17 8 AFIRE brake out last night im the 28,500-ton liner Edinburgh Castle of the Union Castle Line, which is bein« refitted m Belfast. Firemen, assisted by the crews of several river fire boats, believed they had the blaze under control an hour and a half afte** alarm wasA.P. - 52 words
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Article35 1948-01-17 8 The late Kms George II ol Greece, who left no will, had an estate m England valued at €26.259. The figure was made public m brief letters of administration J probate yesterday.- A.P.A.P. - 35 words
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535 1948-01-17 8 BORNEO OILFIELDS TAKING LEAD IN EMPIRE Big postwar success story 9 Free Press Staff Correspondent LONDON, Friday. DORNEO seems on the way to having the biggest D .oil-producing unit m the British Commonwealth. In St. Helen's Court, City headquarters of the £54,000,000 Shell organisation, according to the Daily Mail, the535 words
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Article, Illustration36 1948-01-17 8 Expressively appreciating the signing of the It, lie m the new constitution is its first PresideNicola. He had been provisional lie since its inception IS months ago The cnJt-f^ the new Italian Republic becam's etfrrtir* I**136 words
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153 1948-01-17 8 U.S. STEPS UP CHECK ON FOREIGNERS WASHINGTON, Friday. THE Attorney General, Mr. Tom Clark, has issued drastic new immigration controls to keep a closer oheck on foreigners. The new regulations, which will become effective in February and apply only to foreigners entering this country on visas, provide that visiting periodsU.P. - 153 words
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Article131 1948-01-17 8 A SPECIAL Market correspondent gives the prices of rubber at 11 a.m. today as follows: Bayers Seller* Ctc CU. per Ib. per R> No. 1 R.S.S. Spot loome 46 <4 41 No. 1 R.S.S. fob m bales Feb. 40 S 41 No. 2 R.S.S. fof> m bales Feb.131 words
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Article73 1948-01-17 8 STORMS DELAY 'QUEEN MARY' NORTH Atlantic storms of near hurricane force have i delayed the liner Queen Mary, with 1.500 passengers, nearly 36 hours m her passage from Southampton to New York. j The liner has had to alter her course to avoid even stormier areas of the Atlantic. OnReuter - 73 words
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Article393 1948-01-17 8 PRICES STEAD IN DULL MART London Stock ExchanJ LONDON. Fridir J«HERE was suflicient two-way busing London Stock Exchange today to maintain levels, although generally the markets weri says Reuter's financial correspondent rubber shares continued to advance. The British American Tobacco final dividend of 5 per cent, tax free, making 15Reuter; A.P. - 393 words
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Article65 1948-01-17 8 BURM A-CHINA FIGHT DEMAND THE Chines.- Consul-General m Burma. Mr. S. C. Hsu. yesterday denied Burmese Press reports of fighting between Chinese troops and Kachin tribesmen n \ir the Upper Burma-China frontier. Some clashes, arising from the anti-opium campaign, had been reported from thp Chinese side of the frontier between65 words
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Article56 1948-01-17 8 MISS E. Lee Linell, a 111 Swedish missionary, has been murdered either by bandits or Chinese Communists m Shansi province, according to reports from the China Inland Mission. Miss Linell, who was born m Stockholm -and had been 20 years m China, is the fifth person toA.P. - 56 words
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Miscellaneous32 1948-01-17 8 xdffdf Wi I Jll.K rrport for the next 24 hoars rompilrd by the RAF: Cloudy. Showers this afternoon. Wind: Northerly 8 to 12 m oh. Temperatures: Max. 86 dec tnin. 72 dey.32 words
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