The Singapore Free Press, 19 January 1948
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Title Section18 1948-01-19 1 The Singapore Free Press LARGEST AFTERNOON SALE IN MALAYA PjH SINGAPORE, MONDAY, JANUABY 19, 1948 PRICE 10 CENTS18 words
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77 1948-01-19 1 Stop Pr ess CHINESE TO BOYCOTT COUNCILS |^H i iioporter Jm hinese I ck •f W tefda.\ v will not seiitatiyes r;il la-k'is- v ir.ous ,f M..*' until the f i con- m \b thrir view- j T»»( n was made at s annual general t I.'ltPd it •miI Ri^nt77 words
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Article33 1948-01-19 1 BE PRINCESS AND IN HEIR B Ibe s columEfol i.or closest r v hopei to the Philip I V to have V vi.sh of nr*i beth -P^n him Palace V nted: "We U.P.U.P. - 33 words
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Article19 1948-01-19 1 Bn^n v man *U when a they were ng crashed yesterday n Romo ReuterReuter - 19 words
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Article17 1948-01-19 1 Lord Montgomery. Chief of Imperial General Stall, returned to London yesterday by plane from Germany17 words
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Article577 1948-01-19 1 Riot touches off campaign SHANGHAI, Monday. A CITATION f or the return of Hong Kong to <ri China is growing as an aftermath of the anti-British riots m Canton. Members of the i Control Yuan have now suggested that the Government should demand the return of Kowloon and Hong KongReuter; A.P.; U.P. - 577 words
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Article, Illustration36 1948-01-19 1 Sitting among a group of unidentified people m the International War Crimes Court room m Tokio. Mrs. Hideki Tojo, wife of the former Premier of Japan, W96P* as she hears her husband Questioned during the hearing.36 words
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199 1948-01-19 1 NEW YORK, Sunday. rHE United States Rubber Company today recomnended that the transfer of he country's synthetic rubber >lants from Government to >rivate hands be delayed until >nough natural rubber has Deen stock-piled to make the lation secure m the event of mother emergency. "UnderA.P. - 199 words
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Article, Illustration71 1948-01-19 1 MR. TAN CHENG LOCK, whose visit to London to present to the Colonial Office the case of the Malayan Chinese m opposing the Malayan Federation proposals was suggested and discussed oy a meeting of the Associated Chinese Chambers of Commerce m Singapore at the weekend. MR. LAV PAX KHUAN. president71 words
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Article19 1948-01-19 1 Bulgaria and the Soviet Union have concluded a "private agreement" regulating post, telegraph and telephone communications.- A.P.A.P. - 19 words
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Article224 1948-01-19 1 Free Press Staff Correspondent MELBOURNE, Sunday. IN the belief that the recent press and radio publicity will scare off the suspected gold-smug *rl»ng and arms-running plane from t4 the East" from the abandoned Batchelor Field m the Northern Territory, 50 miles south of Darwin, the224 words
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Article94 1948-01-19 1 NEW MOSLEM 'UNION' IN FEW WEEKS LONDON, Sunday. JEFFREY Hamm, political J organiser of the British League of Ex-Servicemen, announced tonight at a meeting m London's East End that Sir Oswald Mosley's new "Union Movement" would come into being m two or three weeks time when the League would beReuter - 94 words
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Article253 1948-01-19 1 JERUSALEM, Sunday. MAY 15 has been decided upon by the Jewish terriorist organisation Irgun Zvai Leumi for the launching of an all-out "counter-offensive" against the Arabs m Palestine. On thai date, Britain is due to give up the Palestine mandate. Arab leaders have indicatedReuter; U.P.; A.P. - 253 words
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Article174 1948-01-19 1 BATAVIA, Sunday. rE United Nations "Good Offices" Commission is sending its military advisers on Tuesday to strategic points along the new DutcMndonesian demarcation line for conference with the rival commanders prior to actual implementation of the truce signed on Saturday. Leaders of the Dutch,A.P. - 174 words
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Article44 1948-01-19 1 Two Chinese extortioners yesterday beat a Chinese cycle shop towkay m Henderson Road until he was unconscious, when he refused to give them $10.80, which they demanded. The condition of the towkay was stated this morning to be "not serious."44 words
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Article140 1948-01-19 1 WASHINGTON. Sunday. A demand was made m the J\ House Foreign Affairs Committee today for guarantees that the United States get vital strategic materials m return for helping Europe recover. Representative Richards. (South Carolina Democrat), is insisting that this oe "nailed down" m the bill toA.P. - 140 words
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111 1948-01-19 1 BRITAIN 'MAY CHANGE HER NOTE ISSUE' FE British Press Association says a Labour Party leader has warned that Britain may replace her currency with a new issue of money. The news agency quotes Mr. William Whiteley, Chief Government Whip m the House of Commons as saying hoarders of money mayA.P. - 111 words
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Article357 1948-01-19 1 'PARAL YSIS CREEPING OVER INDIA' Nehru warns nation NEW DELHI, Sunday. CIVE hours after his government had given Gandhi a written pledge that it would follow his programme for communal unity, Pandit Nehru went to the microphone to warn India that creeping paralysis" of the country's economy threatens the nation.357 words
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Article, Illustration140 1948-01-19 1 LONDON. Sunday. fTHE Colonial Office lUMK ced on Sunday night that Lord Listowel. Miniver of State for Colonial AUa.rs, will visit Malaya alter going to Ceylon to attend the ceremonies there m February, marking the grant to the island of 'fully responsible sell -government."A.P. - 140 words
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Article1284 1948-01-19 2 Hall Romney - Hall Romney mii.IIiIIIIIIIIHIIIIIIMIMIIIIIHIIIiIIIMIMIIHHIIIIK. LONDON LETfER By I THERE is probably f nothing that has j stirred the emotions of i the people of Britain more than the eager- j ness of sympathisers m the Dominions, the Colonies, and foreign countries to help Britain by1,284 words
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Article, Illustration43 1948-01-19 2 Princess Elizabeth and the Duke of Edinburgh have leased their house and grounds— Windlesham Moor Surrey. It is near Sunninpdale and will be used as a week-end home because the Duke's duties at the Admiralty will keep him m London through the ivee/c.43 words
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Article, Illustration304 1948-01-19 2 gOUTH intended his four-dub bid as a slam try. He hoped North would not pass wid that. aft«-r North bid ■gftiß, South'* spade raise would pvrnut partner to bid for a slam if his spade and heart strength warranted. Of cuurs.-, six spades could hnv* been made. However.304 words
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Article1002 1948-01-19 2 Thus 'Tommy Atkins' Was Named By aras CORRESPONDENT THE need for re- viva! Jbr the Regular and Territorial Armies has again focussed public attention on Tommy Atkins. How the typical soldier of the P. B. I. (or its earlier equivalent) came to be known by that name is explained m1,002 words
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Article218 1948-01-19 2 4| THE Haymarket", or 1 as it likes to call itself, Theatre Royal, Haymarket, has stood m the heart of London's West End, since 1720. London's second oldest playhouse, it wa s built John Patter, a working carpenter, and the whole theatre cost only c 1,500. Hi218 words
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Advertisement108 1948-01-19 2 I Attention Travellers!!! WHEN VISITING SINGAPORE STA:i THE TAVEIIH I European Residential Hotel The first hotel operating immedi.it.lv Bfl tion. Spacious rooms. luxuriously fur? room has its own bath to itself. Cool and quiet locality--7/17 Tanglin Road. m tpfwttf MM cables: "Tavern". TekpbtM m COMMON SENSE TREATMENT^ Impurities In the108 words
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Miscellaneous249 1948-01-19 2 xggffdgx SINGAPORE Blue Network .From 12.n0 noon to 2.00 p.m. 526 metres m the medium wave band and 7.20 megacycles m tbr 11 metre band. From A. OO pm. to 7.15 p.m z, from 930 p.m. to 11.00 p.m.: 526 metres m the medium wave band, and 4.R25 megacycle* m249 words
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Miscellaneous343 1948-01-19 2 ricf News Summary, Topical c alk Ai announcements: 8.30 LIrM I luslc; 9 p.m. London Playhouse; s 30 N.'ws; 9.45 Talk; 10 p.m. lsteuers' Post; 11 p.m. La&t ews. PROGRAMMES IN MALAY: 2 noon Programme Summaiy; 2.05 Musical Interlude; 12.4a lews; 6 p.m. Profrramme Sumaary; 6 05 Youth's EiTort; t>343 words
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Miscellaneous254 1948-01-19 2 cultural reporter; 10.25 Australian Light Ensemble Alfred Shaw Ensemble S.E.A.C. RADIO SEAC broadcasting from Colombo; Ceylon, on the following wave bands; 8 to 11.30 a.m. j 19.84 metre* aud 19.38 metres, i 11 30-12 am. 1*>.84 metres, 12 j noon-5 p.m. 16. R8 metres 19.84; metre* and 49.38 metres 5-5.30254 words
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Miscellaneous143 1948-01-19 2 YOUR I luot] STAfI Fortune k. people bomtodß BORN toiL«\. thai un>-< r. urr, nt of j and re«virainl m nature that Ukr* i whenever Ihilfi m too hei tit r thr .surfair. You h.r. (I c:in t nitnation to yDur chos a HM rf deavour .md wll hard <l143 words
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82 1948-01-19 3 -j I is (tf jbrna !iq^ to be ■en -\!vy. i perimc d out .sur- I 'o be more than ft f-:rmed i \ik,n? Si i. boards ilmos: i rwaterRorto gww Ie to remain »t but Auuid be guns cm I and uided i82 words
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Article57 1948-01-19 3 rpHE Indonesian Republic A has experienced and settled its first labour strike m its two-year history. Sixty workers m a cigar i factory near Magelang, m Central Java, struck on Jan. 2, lor higher wages. The strike was settled on Jan. 9. after the intervention of57 words
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Article33 1948-01-19 3 Biiu.ii Red Cross SoirZ ty s funH for «Met Q India ilastann.w amounts ■i the p.! located n funds. chairman of SnnrrT^ 0 at leaat more v.a3 needed.— ReuterReuter - 33 words
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Article80 1948-01-19 3 I .her employ. ral hundreds are find;. the problem of making up the loose change m weekly wa^o packets very difficult. Ley lands have found it •necessary for the past three weeks to use postal orders inroad of :roiall change for paying wages to their80 words
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156 1948-01-19 3 MRS. WINNIE PEARSON, a bus conductress, has raised £120 m six month? to help a crippled schoolboy by singing to passengers on her bus. Winnie, 35, widowed mother of two children, has been singing her way along the bus routes since she left156 words
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Article36 1948-01-19 3 Four Indians have been arrested on a charge of being m unlawful possession of diamonds it was reported from Shinyanga, Tanganyika, last week. The value of the diamonds involved was considerable. authoritative sources said.36 words
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111 1948-01-19 3 Two admirals quit for younger men LAST official signal of two admirals lias sent them, into peaceful retirement. Both had asked to be dropped from the active list to make way lor younger officers. Admiral Sir Henry Prid-ham-Wippell. 62. who sat on rait singing "Roll Out the Barrel" to cheer111 words
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Article76 1948-01-19 3 MR. Harry Ferguson, tractor farm implement de- signer, who sued Ford Motor Company for $251,000,000 m New York on Thursday, said: "I wi'l beat Ford even if it costs me my last penny." He will return to the United States later this year for the76 words
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Article28 1948-01-19 3 The French Ministry of the Interior announces that Communist mayors of two Paris divisions have been ousted because of their "hostility to Rpnilhlicnn Insfitntinns U.P.U.P. - 28 words
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Article170 1948-01-19 3 Father may lose place in family MANY marriages start to break up when the first baby comes and father is pushed out of the family picture That warning was given by Dr. C. K. Thompson, Erith M.0.H., and hlmaelf the father of four, at a conference of the Family RelationsU.P. - 170 words
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263 1948-01-19 3 Tory counter plan for House of Lords JT is not likely that the British Government will accept a plan for the constitutional reform at the House of Lords prepared by a representative committee of Tory Peers led by the Marquis of Salisbury, say political observers m London. The Tory plan263 words
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Article102 1948-01-19 3 pHINESE official quarters \j said that collection oj. the conscription tax from foreign firms had been rasL pended following an incident m which threatening demands were made on the local branch of the Hong Kong and Shanghai Banking Cor- I poratlon and other British firms. The CivilU.P. - 102 words
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Article22 1948-01-19 3 The British Ambassador to I Bangkok. Mr. Harrington Thompson, has indefinitely postponed his departure i Encrlanri nn a. hnllrlav ReuterReuter - 22 words
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301 1948-01-19 3 Recognition of the 'coup' regime INFORMED sources told the United Press m Washington that the United States and British Governments would await the outcome of next month's Siamese elections before deciding whether or not to recognize the Bangkok Government headed by Premier Khuang Amphaiwong, whichU.P. - 301 words
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Article, Illustration34 1948-01-19 3 picture. Egyptian Army and Navy detachments escort the gun carriage carrying ex-King Victor Emmanuel's remains to St. Catherine's Cathedral, Alexandria. Large crowds watched the funeral procession of the former Kino of Italy.- A. P.A.P. - 34 words
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Article71 1948-01-19 3 THE 4414 carat Hope Diamond, one of the world's most famous jewels, has been valued at $176,920 m the executors appraisal of the estate of Mrs. Evelyn Walsh McLean, who died m April. The Star of the East, another diamond, was valued at $180,000. Mrs. McLean,Reuter - 71 words
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Article234 1948-01-19 3 A THIRD Filipino political party, including some top figures of the Jap-sponsored Occupation Government, is being formed and will enter a Presidential candidate m the 1950 .election, the Manila Evening News reported. The group also will have "discontented and disillusioned liberals" who are present membersA.P. - 234 words
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Article60 1948-01-19 3 NEARLY 100,000 persons have offered to work at J the Imperial Palace since 1 the end of the watt, the Tokio newspaper Shin Vukan reports. The volunteers stay m the Imperial Palace for a few days subsisting on provisions tiny themselves bring. The work consists of raking60 words
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111 1948-01-19 3 'Girls charge U.S. officers! in Belgrade' YUGOSLAV newspapers have I printed long and detailed I interviews with girls who alleged that they had been "wronged" by members of the \J3. Military Mission after fmlM promises of marriage and lanse shots of whisky. One account named three officers as having "misled"111 words
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Article95 1948-01-19 3 AUSTRALIA was missing a x\ golden opportunity m not exploiting whalefields which were practically at her door. Capatain B. J. Lauren tzon. master of the British-owned whalechaser Terje 11, now In Melbourne for repairs, said. •Terje II" limped into Melbourne after having a propeller broken by95 words
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Article47 1948-01-19 3 PRODUCTION of the world's cheapest car £148 15s. and 45 to 50 miles to the gallon has begun m California. Except for the axles, bearings, springs, bumpers, and steering column, the cars, including wheels and engines, are made of aluminium. Name The Towne Shopper.47 words
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Article183 1948-01-19 3 Ceylon bargains on tea TT is learnt that the Ceylon Government is willing to contract with Britain for the latter's bulk purchase of Ceylon's tea only if the prices, period and quantity are satisfactory to Ceylon. Authoritative quarters 4n Colombo surest that a on*'year <• .will not be acceptable 1Reuter - 183 words
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Article87 1948-01-19 3 £Lti\A HiAY, the ongual "Belle of New York," hiw died m Lausanne. Switzerland, aged 69. I« private life she was Mrs. Oscar Lewisorm. She was bom at Syracuse, New York, and became the darling of London Ln the "eav L':inetaes" wiien at t'he age87 words
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Article42 1948-01-19 3 The Chinese government: last week ordered all National i Assembly delegates elected 1 last November and December i to report to Nanking on March 19 to participate m the As- sembly sessions schec 1 1 r be held on March 29- U.P.U.P. - 42 words
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Miscellaneous79 1948-01-19 3 I 1 ARZA N Judgment By Edgar Rice Burroughs 'A J THUS K6AM TXt lO*<S\ MP^^ AFTER MANY SLEEPS. INHES A6AIN fOUHO y-— V--. O« »>£ fl^i WEAK* MAfICM BACK TO\ Jfy ->v HiMSfL^ A PRJSONER IN THE »UR*D CfTV X«X. 1 y CERTA»« DtATM IN THE x>\ W7 Of-79 words
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560 1948-01-19 4 The Singapore Free Press MONDAY, JANUARY 19, 1943. A Fresh Start in Indonesia BETWEEN them me military truer and tent on political principle! which the Dutch and the In- <!• mes .^rd the Renvllle on Sat rday should be the meani of ensuring the treah start m Indonesia which Linggad.iati560 words
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Article, Illustration767 1948-01-19 4 Frank Owen - He Gave The Reds Their Blue-Print Frank Owen Good Morning By AN New Year's Eve the battle of politics was predicted to rage throughout the world m 1948. A London newspaper said: "We stand on the threshold of a year m which the Communist impulse will either advance or will767 words
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Article, Illustration587 1948-01-19 4 SINGAPORE'S SLUMS By ERIC -MITCHELL pONTRASTTNG shamefully with the modernity and comparative luxury of the better class hotels, offices, municipal buildings, cinemas, and "Tuan Besar" residences of Singapore, are many homes ur more aptly "dwelling places" situated m such squalor and lilth that the sordid existence of the people who587 words
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Article749 1948-01-19 4 By ALBURN WEST A. P. Correspondent TROWING economic difficulties have displaced international political troubles as Spain's Dumber one problem. Where lormerly "Interference m Spain's alfairs" and "attacks on Franco regime" were topics m the Spanish press, official speeches and statements, now hiph prices, lack of dollar exchange, decline749 words
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Article31 1948-01-19 4 He that spared not His own Son. but delivered Him up for us all, how >hal» He not with Him also -eely give us all thinps. 4 Romans 8, 32.31 words
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Article451 1948-01-19 4 THE STAGE IS SET I By A SPECIAL CORRESPOMHAT the (> be hel m Britain this 9 now reached a ?t< where it is jiive a fairly comple c picture of the g^re 1 event. There have beer 11: difficulties to ov- ic< but all is procc ci: g smoothly451 words
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Advertisement21 1948-01-19 4 YELLOW TOP CABS I are now available to the public from 7 A.M. I till Mid-night. I a RING 5 9s'21 words
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Article270 1948-01-19 5 Radar plant at Kallang Free Prew Staff Reporter who have been working hard I radar experiments over the HOW facing the "final phase" constructed a new-type of instrument w?th the help of ow po^ible to ascertain up miles the exact location of formation and height,270 words
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189 1948-01-19 5 Fr«e Press London Correspondent TTHE nationalisation of 1 rubber estates, advocated by many Socialist f.'Conomists, is not likely to come m the lifetime of present rubber company shareholders, m the view of Mr. W. J. C. Richards, chairman o f the Rubber Gr189 words
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354 1948-01-19 5 From A Special Correspondent A TOUR of one-act plays to schools each term; a fulldress production of Macßeth at the Victoria Theatre; a drama festival for children to present plays for competition which will give the public an opportunity of seeing what students can do;354 words
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173 1948-01-19 5 RADIO TALKS ON SCOUTING CANCELLED Free l J i* *ia(T Reporiei ONE of the first projects to suffer fn»m the re- j cently-nnnounced retrenchment m the British Tar Eastern Broadcasting Service will affect 18,000 i BCOUtfl m M laya. It had been plann J that the BFEBS would broadcast regular173 words
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251 1948-01-19 5 DLiLRUING to an PbtPFgj 1X tton m "0m 1 1 Saiaii.^ Oommiatlan repor that foe unic to ot be qualified all the po^u I I re, the ic. iin roi iis out recomn i^i the Government sen by the Commission, eh jv^» a m<251 words
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Article212 1948-01-19 5 Free Press Staff ileporter *THE Singapore Municipality has agreed, m principle, 1 to buy a piece of land on which to build a convalescent bungalow for Municipal employees. The site required for this purpose would have access to tl.e sea and on pubic transport routes.212 words
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Article25 1948-01-19 5 KuALA LUMPUR. Sunday. —St. Patrick's Day In Kuala Lumpur this year is to be celebrated on March 17 a fancy dress ball.25 words
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Article69 1948-01-19 5 THE Chairman of the Demoobed Personnel of the Royal Malay Navy, Inche Osman Haji Omar, writes to say that members of the Royal Malay Navy have thus far received 7'/ 2 months back-pay and not 12U months, as reported last Saturday. The demobbed personnel Inche Osman69 words
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Article, Illustration57 1948-01-19 5 It is now possioie to detect storms from Kallang i airport meteorological station by means of radar up to a distance of 150 miles. The big picture above shows a photograph of a cloud format ion off Singapore recently. The four small pictures beloiv arc (jrai>h readings on57 words
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Article435 1948-01-19 5 STA TE S YSTEM URGED ISTING an improved education service for Malaya among the items demanding top priority, Mr. Teik Kooi, writing m the latest issue of the The m Educator, the official organ of the Malayan s' y ni n, says a new policy i.-435 words
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Article79 1948-01-19 5 THE President of the All-Ceylon Buddhist Congress, Dr. P. Malasekera. Professor of Oriental Languages at the University of Ceylon, has announced that arrangements are being made to hold a World Buddhist Federation m Ceylon m 1950. l>uring the last two years, the Ceylon Buddhist Congress hasU.P. - 79 words
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Article508 1948-01-19 5 MEDICAL PLAN IS ATTACKED Doctors as! for inquiry Free Press Staff Reporter IJECLARING that the Singapore Medical I. partment's general lack of foresight has led to the present unsatisfactory state of affairs' in the medical services, the Alumni Association of the King Edward VII College of Medicine is recommending to508 words
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Article353 1948-01-19 6 AUSTRALIAN DISCOVERS FLU SECRET 'Medical dream may now come true LEADING the world m influenza research, Australian scientists have discovered the secret of the influenza virus its method of attack. This important knowledge, for the first time, opens the way to the medical dream of influenza prevention, states H.H. Cox,Reuter - 353 words
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Article, Illustration82 1948-01-19 6 picture. Ttoo hundred immigrants left St. Pancras on the Rangitaka boat train bound for their new home m New Zealand. Here Mr. W. J. Jordan, High Commissioner for New Zealand wishes the happy immigrants good luck before their train left St. Pancras to take them on their new venture. TheReuter - 82 words
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Article44 1948-01-19 6 NINE private doctors at Ellesmere Port. Cheshire, have withdrawn their services from the town's Whitby Hospital. The doctors resigned from the hospital service after the board of management decided to put patient* under vhe care of resident doctors and specialists.44 words
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Article80 1948-01-19 6 aVii' PaymdoLer-General, Mr. H. A. Marquand. was questioned at the Council on World CtLizcJiship m London about Government bulk-purchasing. "Governments like street traders and others are apt sometimes to impose conditions of sale," he said. "When I went to Belgium to get some badly-needed steel,80 words
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Article95 1948-01-19 6 A LLEGING damage to their a~\ artistic reputation and "Humiliation and anguish," two Hollywood film writers and a director have iiled suits against the studios which discharged them after they refused to toll the Committee on un-American Activities whether they were Communists. Ring Lardner, aReuter - 95 words
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Article27 1948-01-19 6 Large quantities of rum most of it at least three years oid*— ~re to be shipp d to Britain from Uie West Indies so>n.27 words
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Article19 1948-01-19 6 Trafnspareniit cofftna of plexiglass, which is used m planes, are beinc sold m Washington at £600.19 words
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191 1948-01-19 6 WHILE on a tour of taspectioa of anti-aircraft sites m South London, the War Minister, Mr Emmanuel Shinwell, asked at a Bostall Heath site to be shown the worst of the billets. He was shown a small square room with 10 beds and very191 words
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Article50 1948-01-19 6 THE Aiielo-French ecociramjc and financial talks between Reaie Mayer, French Minister of Finance and Economics, and Sir Stafford Crimps. Chancellor of the Ex--1 choquor, ended yesterday, London financial circles Utke it virtually for granted tliat that devaluation of the fra/nc was riixrn.t^H v««« A day.- ReuterReuter - 50 words
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Article129 1948-01-19 6 LUNACY— THREAT TO WORLD PEACE I TNLESS we behave like raving lunatics there won't vJ be another war," said the Attorney-General, Sir Hartley Shawcros*, m London. "But there is always the possibility that men may be lunatics." He told yournc Deojxie at- 1 tcaxiing the Council on World I Citizccxshio129 words
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137 1948-01-19 6 CIFTEEN ex-O.U nearly caused a riot at La Ouardia Airport, New York wher the immigration authorities refused to allow them to see their Italian fiancees. Thle girls 'had arrived by air from Rome. Their visas were out of date as they had landed after the137 words
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93 1948-01-19 6 Borstal girls 'riot' against bad food GIRL "ringleaders" from Exeter Prison were taken by policewomen to Holloway Jail following an uproar at their midday meal. The girls had protested against the quality and quantity of the food, and raised a chorus of shouting and sinking. They threw plates to the,93 words
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Article42 1948-01-19 6 THE Iraq Government has decided to admit 2.500 Yugoslav Muslims wfao wLgh to emigrate. Mumtaz Alumatil. Assistant Director-General m tlie Ministry of the Interior is leaving for Cairo shortly" to irake arrangements for the Iraq- ReuterReuter - 42 words
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215 1948-01-19 6 MR-H.L. Combs, Australian delegate, has submitted to an International Trade Organisation subcommittee at Havana a proposal on international investments that is generally considered a good working basis for agreement, reports Reuter. The United States, Britain, India, Brazil, Ceylon and Mexico all favoured the proposal, whichReuter - 215 words
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343 1948-01-19 6 Jockey g ets 'new' back wins again A REMARKABLE story of sUeplechasu*, 40-year-old Eric Foley at Haydocl moments before this married man ami f chidren had ridden his first Winer back broken m four places three years Eric was m the R.A.F. when, in' n^\ Windsor to ride Not Guilty343 words
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Article65 1948-01-19 6 Operation on day of executions nally /"I execution perfomn Edwin d -/r,! Johns-road ;";1 Doncaster. Dacey fttttw J death at ,rjj 9 for tho murdct of month-old son. Ho aonj The app. w:ii be heaSal month. mv« When he I J prison cell by a doctor, who ordertjJ operation lor65 words
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Article54 1948-01-19 6 by a alarm v. s'.vl Yard thai lj bi:-: warehouse m I The taiki: message wa radio cars m the EastH and one oi iad* warehous? a? the manifl trying to get m by avjiifl The man to the grou: I and rasfl chased by rReuter - 54 words
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Article27 1948-01-19 6 Air cargo from the United States to the Far East dropped 30 per cent, ki December. tile PhiliT"""*^ 0 Airlln/i. tt^m reported.- A .P.A.P. - 27 words
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Article46 1948-01-19 6 PHILIPPINES LEGATIONS ¥>RESIDENT V 1 of tlv I r.sifl ain.<nou:iced of Philipp.: Londen, Madrid .-r.d Mr. Rani.-:. I ::.^.dqj year -old 2>i 1 i magnate. aJ*4 eti Minister vi Lo:idk.T.. I Manuel N« i*. Maciiia II d Affaires m MadJ iormer BenaU ProceacJ ba^tia>r M ReuterReuter - 46 words
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Article38 1948-01-19 6 VON RUNDSTED SON DIES Field Marshall von» stedt reo. at the pi 9 camp at Bi morganshire s son. Gerd. nant. aged 43, ha* German hos] Ital jj shal Rundstedt was to visit his s m it Chw=«38 words
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Article39 1948-01-19 6 SOLDIER M URDERER The C.I.D :he t^JJ tary Governi nt m *JJ reported a German J attached c s> v *3 had been murder of :iD f 3 ier, whose t :<' W *5.31 under a heap r"M>iei»« TemDolir A.P.A.P. - 39 words
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Article38 1948-01-19 6 About 30 <>f 6 000 Bg| immigrants have iwjm Ontario sin las. under the in v „iB migration .m r I tiH found suffei "'"Jai culosis. Mr. Q« p0 r tario Pli Hinttw-'B m Toronto ReuterReuter - 38 words
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Article23 1948-01-19 6 Shangh.ii •■•yjgHl announced to t r barmaids V :h0Ut ,,«58 will no ion work. Tea been b.inn !iii.stpritv Dl :linie U.P.U.P. - 23 words
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Article29 1948-01-19 6 Seventeen Netherlands war dead, the first Allied war dead m Japan to be repatriated, left for Batavia on Sunday aboard the Netherlands liner Tjiber.- ReuterReuter - 29 words
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Article98 1948-01-19 6 '■uitKL will be a marked increase m Ce>l"»> > U 7> 3 A rice, flour, sugar and potatoes this ye.ir Ih VK,V import programme drawn up by the Ministr] i« guaranteed supplies from abroad shows at V io«o ease of about ***** tons of rice forU.P - 98 words
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Advertisement113 1948-01-19 6 IT LURKS WITHOUT A BODY KILLS without a sound! 'buVe neversccn the like ft-NOWYOULL W, FEEL THE 3MCRS S^K" I «^P«r -K'.t ALDA-KING-LORRE NOW SHOWING CAPITOL 11, 2, 4.15, 6.30, 9.15. f h CATHAY "oo 11 a.m.— 1.45 Lll 6.30 9.30 p.m. LAST DAY tar' >f k ROBERT CUMMINGS IM113 words
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Miscellaneous84 1948-01-19 6 JANE Exclusive to the Singapore Free Press m Malaya I h^^wAir^ ITa good idea rr ,syTooMo7>J I/ oomV aoree!- V W -5 MR GRT^^miT^r M 0N T^ LL YOU/-/ LIKE A\ SHE'S SOMETHING OF P^s. 3CtfruA/sSA?//W m C OMFfS2?c y si? V USEL YOUR /^OMT T& MEj I A MATIONAL84 words
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Article, Illustration616 1948-01-19 7 GRAND PRIX II UNLUCKY AGAIN Mawi Criticised But He Was Not To Blame A *rrfn c Press Racin ff Correspondent QRAND Prix II lost his third race by a short head on nk ,7 at l lrday the opening day of the Selan^or Turf LiuDs January meeting, when he was616 words
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Article162 1948-01-19 7 I Hunj m. H s who ir t b •md H y a by b X I Rlza B m it btllow- hit. .!y hurt i-i to be sing room. m 15 minutes revived with m pacira v d uneiH Kong r m the X r»>-162 words
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Article327 1948-01-19 7 lENAI shared two goals m one of Saturday's most thrilling IK. league games, watched by people, who saw the Arsenal's defence coun-; wperior forward play by Manchester United.! Arsenal played with grim determination of! ic honours to counter the disappoint-; uly exit from the F.A. Cup.Reuter - 327 words
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Article234 1948-01-19 7 BIG MONEY MEN FAIL ON 1st DAY ROY Bentley, the English Football League Club Chelsea's now five-figure sterling forward, failed to score or bring victory on Saturday to his side whose defence conceded four goals as did Grimsby Town, whose attack also included a new star Armitage for whom Grinsby234 words
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184 1948-01-19 7 'Warming Up' For Olympic Athletes k PREVIEW of Empire athletes m Britain for the Olympic Games is likely to take place at Chlswick on July 22. The athletes are being invited to take purt In the big oharity meeting at Polytechnic Stadium, Chiswick and, no doubt, the opportunity of tuningReuter - 184 words
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Article385 1948-01-19 7 SPECTATORS at Thomson Road yesterday witnessed the first cricket match of the season m Singapore when the Singapore Ceylonese Civilians defeated a Ceylonese Forces XI by 12 runs, the sides scoring 130 and 118 respectively. Starting badly the Civilians last the first three wickets for385 words
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Article114 1948-01-19 7 FROM all pans of the country came reports of rain, gales and appalling pitch conditions m Saturday's U.K. league soccer, yet the aggregate attendances fell only slightly f below the million mark. Slippery underfoot conditions caused some freakish happenings and Norwich had the misfortune twice toReuter - 114 words
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Article85 1948-01-19 7 rHE results of the first round matches played yesterday at the May lower Badminton Party s Joo Kian Shield competition are: Lav Tvng Chuen beat Lim Juik Kirn IS— 7, 15—8; Tan Guan Hong beat Chan Chin Bock 13-13 (s—l). IS— l3; Wong Peng Soon won85 words
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Article48 1948-01-19 7 The hockey match played at the Police Depot ground. Johore, yestetday, between Johor** C.C. and the SiH^Uposv Hoiiiiu, resulted m a win for the home team by two goals to one. The at '■•rers were Johore C.C: J Stan! r and Rajah Mohammed. Hornets: B. ScheeTder.48 words
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Article400 1948-01-19 7 riMIE recent protest by JL Bournemouth Soccer Club that a referee played short time has brought to light a, feeling of unrest among re- j fereei and linesmen. These officials are of the opinion that fees are inadequate and that the present reporting system, whereby theReuter - 400 words
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Article, Illustration45 1948-01-19 7 picture. Scrum-half Qordon Taylor is first on the ball as J. C. Aurely tackles him m Saturday's Padang rugger when the S.C.C. Youngsters defeated the Oldsters 15-3. Others m the picture include F ww/phincnn n Mu*n*% «*.w r r Morris, Free PressFree Press - 45 words
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Article476 1948-01-19 7 C. A. Youngsters 6 R.A.F., M.T., Changi 3. TpHE Chinese Athletic Youngsters, who have entered for the S.A.F.A. league this year, impressed the Sunday crowd at Jalan Besar Stadium yesterday by defeating the Royal Air Force, M.T., Changi, by six goals to three. The Chinese476 words
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Article157 1948-01-19 7 LT. Whitmore and Mrs. Cameron the two Army "hopes" m the forthcoming Singapore open tennis tournament mixed doubles, will be m action this evening when they open the week's programme of the Army Championships at the Happy World Covered Stadium. They will be playing against the157 words
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Article44 1948-01-19 7 H IYO Chang Le Korean sp*ed skating hope /or the Winter Olympic Games, won an International preliminary race at St. Mounts yesterday m conjunction with the Swiss championships Competing against 17 entries from four nations, Lee skated the A.P.A.P. - 44 words
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Article119 1948-01-19 7 RESULTS 01 matches played by the Indian hockey touring team, all of which they won, were: Versus Mombasa 7-0; versus the Asian Sports Association, Nairobi 5-0; versus the Combined Europeans, Nairobi 4-0; versus the Hockey Association of Kenya, Nairobi 9-0; versus the Nakuru Indians 9-0A.P. - 119 words
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Article357 1948-01-19 7 Two Centuries By MCC Batsmen AT the close of play on Saturday, the third day of the four-day match between Barbados and the M.C.C. tourists at Bridgeton. the M.C.C. had scored 247 runs for five wickets. The M.C.C. finished the day four runs m front of Barbados, who had declared357 words
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Article27 1948-01-19 7 RESULTS of the S.C.F.A. IruerDi.strlct League matchr? played yesterday v ro Baleatier Road b.-at Tiong Bahru 3—l. Bras Ba&ah Roau beat Upper Serangoon 4 2.27 words
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Article58 1948-01-19 7 THE Australian Rugby Union touring ieam beat the French National "R*" side by 11 point* to nil m Toulouse yesterday after loading 8-5 at the interval. Reuter The Yugoslav Physical Culture Union announced on Sunday that it has picked nine of the 16 rkiers who will represent their58 words
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Miscellaneous231 1948-01-19 7 F.P. Crossword No* 9© CLUES ACROSS 4, Warm <6>. 8, Lifelessness (7). 10, Edible type? (3). 11, Lara; expanse i 3). 12, Brood (6). 15, Throw out (8). 17, Bird (3). 18, Tavern (S). 19. Lettuce (3). 21, Not to be broken (4). 22, At a distance (4). 24, Insist231 words
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Article166 1948-01-19 8 Big Allied claim against Siamese BANGKOK, Sunday. KTATIONALS of the Allied IN nations are expected to lodge about half a billion tical worth of claims against the Siamese Government for personal prejudice and property losses suffered during the war when Siam was an ally of Japan, it was learned fromA.P. - 166 words
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Article, Illustration39 1948-01-19 8 A quiet glimpse of Stratford-on-Avon t with Holy Trinity Church rising oroudly from the river banks. The Early English tower of the church is vurmnimfed ova more modern spire, built in 1763. in place of a wooden one.39 words
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167 1948-01-19 8 Union refutes statements on Sarawak THE General Secretary of the Malay National Union of Sarawak. Inche Johari bin Anang. has sent Mr. Anthony Brooke, former Rajah Muda of Sarawak, a telegram declaring that the recent statements given by Inche Mohamed Kipli to the Press '"are contrary to the aim and167 words
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Article345 1948-01-19 8 BOA C will use Tudor I planes CIVIL AVIATION BATTLE LONDON, Sunday. THE British Government has overridden its own major airways corporation m the greatest controversy that has ever raged during the development of British civil aviation. The controversy was over the use of Tudor I aircraft on BOAC routes.Reuter; A.P. - 345 words
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Article72 1948-01-19 8 Continued from Page 1 Purchasine Office are the slogans. "Get out you dirty American beasts" and Get out. you dirty British." Nankinf? Road— c n«*hai's main street is an art gallery of posters and slogans. Conspicuous umone yesterday's sightseers were a few srim-faced American G.ls. who wereA.P.; Reuter - 72 words
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Article107 1948-01-19 8 AUSTRALIA has recalled 30 Australian girls employed by the United States m Japan and Guam. Th? reasons given m Canberra were that some of the girls' husbands had complained that they had beer, away long, r than agreed, and several wanted to go to theReuter - 107 words
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Article124 1948-01-19 8 GUERRILLAS ATTACK GREEK TOWN ATHENS, Sunday. ff\HE Mdnistry of War anL nounced that a powerful guerrilla force unconfirmed estimates placed it at 1.500 strong attacked the town of Platanos m the Arahoha region of southern Greece. The battle was continuing and Government reinforce- ments. including mechanised columns with air support,124 words
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Article113 1948-01-19 8 I AST night at Raffles Hotel an audience of 400 heard the farewell performance of Joe Speelman m a special orchestral concert. At the conclusion, Mr. Speelman received two gilts of books from well-wishers. Best cfTort of the evening by the band, which was led by violinist TiborV.J.S. - 113 words
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Article214 1948-01-19 8 T MANILA, Sunday. HE widely-publicised six-day Philippines Constabulary offensive against Hukbalahap armed peasants m central Luzon ended yesterday with negligible results. The Constabulary, m what was called "Operation Carefree." reached its objective on Victory Hill m San Miguel, Bulacan, 47 road miles north ofA.P. - 214 words
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Article148 1948-01-19 8 T BERLIN, Sunday. HE British-licensed newspaper Telegraf today published what it represented as documentary evidence indicating that "thousands" of Germans are dying m internment camps m the Russian occupation zone under conditions similar to those which existed m Nazi concentration camps. The newspaper printed facsimilesA.P. - 148 words
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Article, Illustration387 1948-01-19 8 Govt. moves for big clash PEIPING, Sunday. AS powerful Chinese Communist forces converge on Mukden, Generalissimo Chiang Kai-shek's last major bastion m Manchuria, the evacuation of 7,000 persons, mostly members of the Government National Resources Commission and their families, began today with the departure from thatA.P.; Reuter; U.P. - 387 words
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Article268 1948-01-19 8 Bevin may tell of new pact TO MEET SOVIET THRUI LONDON. Sunday. IN determined opposition to the ('nmmucs x campaign within unsettled Europe, Britain Mikt to erect this week the framework for i i linked protective alliance between Socialists and Americas forces of free enterprise. The Labour Government's strat tingA.P. - 268 words
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Article76 1948-01-19 8 LONDON, Sunday. A WEST SUFFOLK goat that ate his ration card succeeded today m humanising British bureaucracy. The goat's owner applied through the usual channels for a neic ration card, adding, "P.S. J am an honest woman." From the depth of Whitehall's bureaucracy, where millions ofU.P - 76 words
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Article165 1948-01-19 8 Doctors deny defying Parliament LONDON. Sunday. THE chairman of the British Medical Association, Dr. H. Guy Dam, today denied that the British medical profession, was defying Parliament m a statement replying to a speech made by the Minister of Health. Mr. Aneurin Bevan. yesterday. In this speech Mr. Bevan denouncedReuter - 165 words
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Article31 1948-01-19 8 For allegedly oi-anisine aid to bandit#; a Yugoslav Catholic priest and a woman were sentenced by the county court m Dobni -ntmr «ot.o*««~ to be shot. A.PA.P. - 31 words
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Article23 1948-01-19 8 President Truman yesterday placed a ban on flying over the housing projects of the United States Atomic Energy Commission. Reuter.23 words
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Article192 1948-01-19 8 WA VE WASHED HIM ABOARD FALMOUTH. (Cornwall) Sunday. TAMES Hoyle, of the American ship John Gibson, reported from a hospital bed here today that a giant wave had swept him off his ship m mid-Atlantic and another huge wave saved his life by sweeping him aboard again. The American seamanU.P. - 192 words
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Article64 1948-01-19 8 A SPECIAL Market correspondent (jives 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 t 10', No. 1 R.S.S. fob m bales Feb. ..40 40', No. 1 R.S.S. fob m bales Feb. 39 S64 words
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Article27 1948-01-19 8 The Italian Cabinet has approved a bill to reduce the death sentence to life Imprisonment and the life sentence to 30 years' imprisonment. ReuterReuter - 27 words
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Article53 1948-01-19 8 BREAKING her own turnaround record by 69 minutes, the Queen Mary was able to leave New York yesterday only six-and-a-half hours behind her scheduled time. Among the passengers bound for Europe is Sir John Boyd Orr, Director-General of the Food and Agricultural Organisation Of thf TTnitoHA.P. - 53 words
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Article140 1948-01-19 8 TROME, Sunday HE return of 11 British warships including the battleship Royal Sovereign, seven destroyers and three submarines— and the American cruiser Milwaukee, loaned to Russia during the war, has been delayed due to sharp differences within a four-power naval commission meeting m Rome to disposeAP - 140 words
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Miscellaneous13 1948-01-19 8 SINGAPORE TIDES Hirh: 3.31 p.m. 1 .9 ft. Low: 8.21 p.m. 4. Git.13 words
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Miscellaneous35 1948-01-19 8 WEATHER Cloudy lUEATHEH r. port for the next ?l hrart compiled by lh« RAF: flood* with showm during afternoon and (Train*. Wind: Northerly. 8 to IS m.ph TrnttMTa lures: Max. H< deg; rnin. 72 dty35 words
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