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Title Section18 1948-01-27 1 The Singapore Free Press LARGEST AFTERNOON SALE IN MALAYA 17.0T1 SINGAPORE, TUESDAY, JANUARY 27, 1948 PRICE 10 CENTS18 words
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Article, Illustration290 1948-01-27 1 II I War t U.S. will battle world shortage WASHINGTON, Monday, THE creation of a synthetic oil and petrol indus- try in the United States on a commercial >asis, at a cost of $9,000,000,000 over the next five to ten years, was proposed in a reportReuter; U.P. - 290 words
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Article70 1948-01-27 1 JERUSALEM, Monday. lei oi United States consular today from Haifa aboard the cv came from Jerusalem in ed b> tuo armoured cars and a Bren it, rab I ie house m toof the f i of the city with ~ive trie an p below in a70 words
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Article17 1948-01-27 1 Half of Shanghai's cotton mills wore closed down yesterday because of lack of power17 words
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105 1948-01-27 1 BATAVIA, Monday. THE Netherlands East Indies Government in a statement today said the Dutch had protested to the truce committee formed by the United Nations Security Council "pood offices" commission against an alleged Renublican breach of the tenday old truce in Indonesia. The protestReuter - 105 words
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125 1948-01-27 1 LONDON, Monday. TREMENDOUS seas washing Britain's coasts today in the worst gal- of the winter halted trains in Devon, breached the promenade at Penzance in Cornwall and washed a 500-pound mine ashore at Folkestone. Huge waves broke over the western region line on theReuter - 125 words
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Article35 1948-01-27 1 Ten thousand painters, carpenters and bricklayers walked out In DuBseldorf yesterday morning on a 24-hour strike to press demands for reduction in working hours from 46 to 40 hours per week U.P.U.P. - 35 words
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Article38 1948-01-27 1 The Greek Ministry of Public Order decided yesterday to otter 1.000 each for information leading to the discovery of two top Communists who recently escaped from a concentration camp in the island of Nikarla. A. P.A.P. - 38 words
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107 1948-01-27 1 LONDON. Monday. THE British Government today declined a suggestion that it should initiate the setting up of a permanent consultative body of representatives from all British Commonwealth nations to deal with such matters as the dispute between India and Pakistan, instead of their being referredReuter - 107 words
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Article235 1948-01-27 1 LAKE SUCCESS, Monday. THE meeting of the Security Council on the Kashmir dispute, due tomorrow, has been cancelled. A new date for the meeting will be announced by the Council President, M. van Langenhove, after his private session with Indian and Pakistan delegates tomorrow afternoon.Reuter - 235 words
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Article48 1948-01-27 1 COUNTRIES of the Middle I* East will attend a conference in Cairo on Feb. 2 to frame a short-term concrete programme to relieve the world food shortage in 1948, Sir John Boyd Orr, Director General of the World Food Agricultural Organisation, announced in Geneva yesterday.48 words
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Article115 1948-01-27 1 LONDON. Monday. A GREEMENTS under which American service transport planes will be allowed to land at British Mediterranean air bases were revealed officially in London tonight. Reports have been prevalent recently that the British and .nuereans have been developing an "air bases system" In; the area.A.P. - 115 words
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Article, Illustration79 1948-01-27 1 KOWLOON TROUBLE SPOT A. P. picture. T-.ls picture urns taken during the demolition of squatters' shacks in Kowloon, which touched off the violent anti-British demonstration in Canton recently, in which the office of the British Consulate was wrecked and set on fire. Groups of Chinese are seen standing beside theA.P. - 79 words
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Article252 1948-01-27 1 MRS. PILLAI ELECTIONS Free Press Staff Reporter nnHE only woman candidate so far contesting the Singapore Legislative Council elections, Mrs. K. S. Pillai, declared yesterday that, if she were elected, she would devote her energies to improving conditions in rural areas and raising the status of252 words
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115 1948-01-27 1 Free Press StalT Reporter THE Straits Chinese British Association will not nominate any candidate for election to the Singapore Legislative Council because of its position as an all-par: v organisation This decision was confirmed at a special meeting y este rday The President115 words
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Article48 1948-01-27 1 TiOUR Chinese and a Malay r were injured at 1.30 o'clock this morning, when the jeep In wnich they were travelling overturned near the East Coast Road-Telok Kurau Road junction. Two of the five injured are stated to be in a critical condition.48 words
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Article35 1948-01-27 1 Twenty people were injured when a bomb exploded in a building in Messina, Italy, where a Communist Party dance was being held. The explosion tore a laree hole dn the wall.- ReuterReuter - 35 words
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Article26 1948-01-27 1 The Sydney coalfields engine drivers strike, which cost production 133,000 tons since last Wednesday and caused gas and railway restrictions, ended yesterday, ReuterReuter - 26 words
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334 1948-01-27 1 LONDON, Monday. TiWENTY-FOUR hours of the new franc has brought in France fears that devaluation will lead to serious price rises. "All the dams raised to hold back the rising tide of prices seem very fragile at the moment," the Socialist Populaire said today. TheA.P.; Reuter - 334 words
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Article136 1948-01-27 1 FAMILY ATTACKS GUNMEN Free Press Staff Reporter A Singapore C.I.D. spokesman this rooming commended an Indian, .his Chinese wife and his 14-year-old Chinese foster son for their "courageous action" in resisting three Chinese gunmen at Ulu Pandan on Saturday night. The Indian, with his son. returned to the house at136 words
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Article50 1948-01-27 1 Free Press Stall' Reporter THE death-roll in the fire which raged in a threostoreyed house in Lavender Street, Singapore, on Friday rose to seven yesterday. The dead are five girls, a woman and a man— all Chin- ese. Latest victim is a 16-year 1 old girl.50 words
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Article15 1948-01-27 1 President Truman yesterday formally nominated r -°n. Omar Bradley as U.S. It of-Staff15 words
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Article, Illustration922 1948-01-27 2 Lt. Colonel - PREVIEW OF GLYMPIA Lt.Colonel By "eb?ter. Staff officer for iys>cal Training in itain's Army; author some fifty books on port and athletics. VRINIDAD has agreed to allow McDonald Bailey of Britain's Royal Air F&rce, who was born there, to represent Britain at the Olympic Games this year. Recently he retained922 words
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Article, Illustration272 1948-01-27 2 J^ FOUR spot is not a high card— but when it is the top card of the three outstanding t is high indeed. The only trouble is that It doesn't look very high to a player who has not be«n watching too carefully. Against the four-spade contract. West272 words
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Article, Illustration324 1948-01-27 2 'CHRIST IN CONCRETE ROD Geiger is a motion picture producer with an interesting project. He says he will film, in Italy, a movie which has a New York setting. The story is Christ In Concrete." from a book which was popular a few years ago. In Rome Geigcr will reproduce324 words
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Article336 1948-01-27 2 Alton L. Blakeslee - Alton L. Blakeslee By A.P. Correspondent piHEMICAL changes in human blood apparently associated with strong emotions and also with a craving for alcohol, were described to the American sociation for the Advancement of Science by L Oskar Diethelm, psychiatrist of the New York T spitalA.P. - 336 words
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Article503 1948-01-27 2 T. DIXON SCOTT - T. DIXON SCOTT By THE village is the centre of the social structure of the English countryside traditionally, a small community grouped round the church, inn and manorhouse. Many of them, by their appearance, enchant the visitor. Few of them by their amenities as readily delight the503 words
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Miscellaneous231 1948-01-27 2 YOUR LUCKY STAR Fortune forecast for people born today BORN today, you have high ambitions in thtt deep desire to become lanious and rich. At the same time, you have a tendency to let your brain do your work for you, leaving the physical work to others. Some might call231 words
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Miscellaneous714 1948-01-27 2 SINGAPORE 5? Adelaide for furlhtr 7.30 Talk-Baekin-ounci To am,. Blue Network EKJJ! P^^^SS^i ks:: S^anS ss^shs Kli£^.H l^fSil Programme in English: 10.55 Talk-Canberra Report-A welklv Au trall n Brasfi Band^ 10 Au.sam. to 12 noon BcbooZ? Broad review from the NaUonal CapTtal^ J™« n Siting Diary; 10.25 Auscast; 1 pm.714 words
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Article72 1948-01-27 3 /CHANGES have been made vy in the Red Cross organi- zatlon in Semarang, North Java port, after the disap- poarance of about 20,000 pieces of clothing which were for Red Cross distribution to the Indonesian population. Several arrests have been made. i The president of the RedA.P. - 72 words
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Article, Illustration87 1948-01-27 3 picture. picture: A.P. very soon now the 40-ton converted trawier "UUd s-^" wUI leave Falmouth (Devon) bound for an expedition in the South Seas. On board will be four ex-Servicejncn. and the Wife and child of one of them. They expect to be away four years. Reuter Three leaders ojA.P.; Reuter - 87 words
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Article369 1948-01-27 3 Overcoming General Staff opposition A FRESH demand for action on the proposal to construct a £65,000,000 channel tunne link between Britain and France will be made to the British Parliament before the present Government ends its term of office in 1950 reports Reuter. Mr. Christopher Shawcross,Reuter - 369 words
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112 1948-01-27 3 150 children die in wintry Shanghai SOME 130 corpses of children wer picked up in the streets of Shanghai during last weekend, as Shanghai remained in the grip of the coldest spell this winter, with the temperature well below freezing point. According to the Shanghai Benevolence Society, which will seeReuter - 112 words
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Article53 1948-01-27 3 COUR Allied intelligence officers are to be courtmartialled in Hamburg in connection with alleged third -degree methods with Germans. The trial will begin shortly. The charges will not be announced until the court meets. Officials declined to disclose the identity of the accused officers, who are detainedReuter - 53 words
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Article58 1948-01-27 3 ARTHUR Rodainski said yes- terday that his dismissal as Director of the Chicago Symphony Orchestra "was without precedent in the world of music." Officials of the Chicago Ordhestral Association, said failure to amve en '.he terms ol a new contract promised their Bfmouncemeot that the noted PolishU.P. - 58 words
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Article78 1948-01-27 3 /CONGRESSMAN Emanuel \j Celler will shorily introduce a bill in the U.S. House of Representatives requesting the United States Government to erect a monument to Mr. Gandhi in Washington. Congressman Oiler has been assured by Mr. J. J. Singh, President of the India League ofReuter - 78 words
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Article81 1948-01-27 3 PFIAVDA, organ of the Russian Communist P-rty's Central Committee, noted that Britain's Forei Secretary Ernest Devin, in la\mj; down his West Ear *n Union plan in the House of Comm >ns. referred to t resources of the western nations* colonies. "The western bloc," it said, "is conceivedA.P. - 81 words
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Article52 1948-01-27 3 CEYLON TO AMEND CONSTITUTION House of R. "atives carried without a motion expressing "action with an order evicts m to ve.\rs i recommended, that the mended". B. Benanayake, the Dted the vernment's louse wect committee would ?Ki aD mted M carlv as dor. m to consider v. anomalies to theReuter - 52 words
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151 1948-01-27 3 'The biggest racket on seven seas' A Maritime Union official in San Francisco charged that masters and pursers ol American merchant vessels were making "small fortunes" in foreign black market transactions. The charge was made before a U.S. Maritime Commission examiner by Mr. Vincent J. Malone. President of the MarineA.P. - 151 words
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Article107 1948-01-27 3 MR. Emrys Hughes (Labour), asked the Government iii the House of Commons for conlirnnation of a press report Chat two crates coniakLung 24 bottles of whisky were flown from ScotI*un<j to North Africa for delivery to Mr. Winston Churchill whilst he was on holiday atU.P. - 107 words
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44 1948-01-27 3 ES-SALAAM (Tanganyika) police questioned 30-year-old Austrian employee Inline, about the disappearance of irds h- iia T n o? i were the gold served mas. wi ?och?M r r nwall) whe more at year on by June— Eun P«»m44 words
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Article45 1948-01-27 3 One hundred and forty eight babies were abandoned by their parents in Tokio last year, it was reported by the Metropolitan Livelihood Bureau. The vleai of St. Giuvias. Cornwall, is learning Ukrainian, as 20 'Jisplaced persons from the Ukrainod attend his church. ReuterReuter - 45 words
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Article139 1948-01-27 3 HMHE seriousness of an in fee A tion attacking cocoa trees in the Gold Coast was outlined by the Governor, Sir Gerald Creasy, who said it j was probable that, unless! drastic measures are imme- 1 diately taken, cocoa in the Gold Coast may beA.P. - 139 words
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Article234 1948-01-27 3 ANTI-GUERRILLA CAMPAIGN pACED with the moat powerful guerilla movement since he took power. General Franco has mobilised over 20,000 troops and armed police for action in the mountainous region north-west of Valencia. This news came from Spain in a smuggled message from the "Eastern Guerilla234 words
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Article56 1948-01-27 3 Wl 1 11 THE GOODS ritHE burglar alarm at an x Bast Baltimore candy i».ctory rang one night Flour policeman -surrounded the buiKiing. Uuun <Mit^rcH cautiousfy. They found a 12--year-old boy, his mouth stuffed with sweets. Using the sticky ring a round his mouth as "prima facie evidence. 1 theyA.P. - 56 words
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Article, Illustration49 1948-01-27 3 Captains wife si'iit to jail i 17-YEAI who .an Old a as lerIdnc. him i 1 1 in am lived S ;or•e's l ?0 y r itr ren as a .to r the i larke the chairI almost in ls responsibl far more to her o I rrise ReuterReuter - 49 words
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Article244 1948-01-27 3 OIL FAMINE PARAL YSING PALESTINE THE wheels of Palestine are slowly running down— 1 because there is not enough oil to keep their moving:. Everything from large factories to domestic heating, from electric lighting plant to waterpumping stations, works on fuel oil or kerosene. This is produced at Haifa, but244 words
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200 1948-01-27 3 Fliers were given water treatment nETAILS of tortures inflict- ed on eight captured U.S. fliers by the Japarase were told to tihe International Military Tribunal for the Far East from records of a trial of Japanese suspects held by an American Commission in Shanghai in February 1946. The prosecution introducedU.P. - 200 words
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Article51 1948-01-27 3 4LL Swiss towns havfr a\ banned displaj's by Mirim Dajo, who lets an. assistant drive a thin sword through his neart Doctors who tested Dajoi say that rte acts urdrr the hypnotic Lnfiner.ce of hi> assistant— ana they warn Dajo that lie risks death each51 words
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190 1948-01-27 3 Cosmic rays yield new atom secret FRENCH scientists have discovered a new particle in 1. cosmic rays which has a shattering effect on tic atom. The discovery was announced to the Academy of Science m Paris by the French High Commissioner for Atomic Energy, Professor, Joliot-Curie It will be of190 words
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Article76 1948-01-27 3 OCAP yesterday announced •J the repatriation of 645 Japanese between Jan. 9 to 15 Latest arrivals included 469 from the Netherlands East Indies, 121 from China 38 from South Korea, 14 from the Ryukyus, one each from North Korea, the Philippire islands and Manchuria. AmongReuter - 76 words
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Article41 1948-01-27 3 The export of pure steel scrap from Germany's mountains of war debris to boost her dollar credits is to be considered by a special United States mission about to leave Berlin for a tour of the bizonal area.- ReuterReuter - 41 words
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Advertisement25 1948-01-27 3 [u»ri> Cu\ert| yyj IORDCALVERT CA RADIAN WHISKY Bde ImDorters tor Sineanore Maiavan Union MACLAINE WATSON CO., (MALAYA) LTD. UNION HIILIHNG. CIIARTEKFD BANK CHAMBERS SINGAPORE. PENANQ.25 words
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Miscellaneous67 1948-01-27 3 In the earth By Edgar Rice Burroughs 'DPfS "A*? ACCOBDihZ 5 l^^^fe/it^^^^ltJyi^H L **V/ TARIAH THOUGHT NOT Of T)M£ OR PtSTANCE THg JUf«5Lg i^ JM^f/V F^ J3M KsSiHfe SP<>ct TOMIM W A VOKEL6SS LAN6UAG€ ME UNOERSTOOO V A *D fl£4S7^V* I l^y t^ I /j^) h^>.^J^T\ <3mM&< TABZAN, Ml s67 words
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582 1948-01-27 4 The Singapore Free Press TUESDAY. JAN. 27. 1948. Year of Progress for the Colonies THE Secretary of State for the Colonies had ample justification for claiming, as he did in a broadcast last week, that the year just gone by has been marked by great advances for the Colonial Empire—582 words
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Article, Illustration1135 1948-01-27 4 DON IDDON'S DIARY NEW YORK: M ESSRS. Attlee and Morrison, who usually trail at the foot of the third division in popularity contests in America, are now being promoted. Since both men reprimanded Russia the American attitude towards the Labour Government and Labour leaders has undergone a change. Socialist theories1,135 words
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Article234 1948-01-27 4 LETTERS TO THE EDITOR NOT TOLD AS one of the founders of the United Sarawak National Association, and a member of the General Organising Committee. I shall be obliged if you will Kive publicity to the fact that Mr. Mohamed Klpli's recent statement associating USNA with a radical change of234 words
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Article870 1948-01-27 4 Too Many After Too Few By O. F. Knudsen in the Daily Telgraph THE international armada of factory ships and catcher boats which set out this autumn for the Antarctic whaling grou n d s is the largest since before Of the 17 expeditions nine are Norwegian, four British, two870 words
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Article21 1948-01-27 4 The prayer of faith shall save the sick pray one for another, that ye may be healed. James 5. 15-16.21 words
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Article334 1948-01-27 4 By SPENCER MOOSA A. P. Correspondent TTHE social life of the *hm a 1 1 American community in Mukden 40 persons in all, of whom 26 are attached to the American Consulate is in some respects like that of the frontier days in America. WhereA.P. - 334 words
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Article239 1948-01-27 4 ROY ESSOYAN - ROY ESSOYAN By s ll I celebratino holiday^! nowaro,, ]vair I to the rest of the, I An* on .ndoff.s,. I wont stop ce!eb-atv I well inl *t| February. feSU bratlng tv chriSj? and ai 1< And H. I some small to tionul Th( S nr:v Years Day,A.P. - 239 words
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Advertisement50 1948-01-27 4 Lanialoun a la mode. •There is some- ...Mellow npe ana thing new un- luscious, piled der the sun with in Singapore! MAGNOLIA fust flown from three Cold Australia Milk Bars Milk bars at: "Orchard" 186, Orchard Road. "Capitol" Corner Stamford and North Bridge Roads. "Raffles" The Arcade, 23 Ragles Place.50 words
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Article, Illustration16 1948-01-27 5 WE'LL SDON El HEARiNG' Mr. A. Brooke nner telecerelj I by un I t 0. LV*16 words
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Article91 1948-01-27 5 I Pr.xs Sufi Reporter .mer I h is expect- .dors and tits. held lid, have 1 ■•ne- One ck-aler told me: "Years of experience in the wholesale and retail business has made me cautious. I certainiy anticipate a sharp decline in business after the91 words
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Article, Illustration839 1948-01-27 5 S'pore families may join Colony Free Press Staff Reporter A MEMBER of the Dutch Eurasian Union of the Netherlands Indies, Mr. R. O. Loth, who is now in Singapore, is inviting members of the Eurasian community in Malaya to settle down in Hollandia, Dutch NewFree Press - 839 words
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Article, Illustration565 1948-01-27 5 EXPORTS FROM INDIES DUTCH official sources stale that th e prospects of the NEI exporting rubber, tea, quinine, cocoa products, tin, oil, kapok, fibres, popper, sugar and bauxite "are by no means equal to those in pre-war days." The post-war situation places many problems in theStudio - 565 words
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Article, Illustration295 1948-01-27 5 Free Press Staff Reporter SINHALESE in Singapore have mapped out a programme for the celebration of Ceylon's independence but are not yet certain on what date Independence Day will fall. The Singapore Sinhalese Association has cabled to the Secretary of the Ceylon Prime Minister asking295 words
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Article63 1948-01-27 5 The first 1948 British cars to roach the Malayan market will be landed In Singapore this morning. They are 16 Hillman Minx models with the synchromatic finger-tip K ear change. They arrived by the Glenartney and are the initial batch of a total of 100 of the latest63 words
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Article271 1948-01-27 5 Free Press SUIT Reporter Aivitation to Join the Inmat ion al Student Service either as members or "friends" is made by the Malay am brandh in Singapore. One of the objects of the I.SS. is to provide relief for Vue less fortunate students in Singapore and271 words
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Article111 1948-01-27 5 TROUP Captaia A. P. Camp- bell, CJ3.E.. has assumed command of R.A.F. Staiiom, Changi, from Group Captain F G. Cator. C.8.E., who is returning to the United KLnigdom, having completed his tour of duty overseas. Senior Air Staff Officer at Air Headquarters, Burma, before arriving in111 words
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Article34 1948-01-27 5 Since the beginning of the year, Qantas Empire Airways have opened their new passenger and air freight office in Bras Basah Road in premises formerly occupied bv Raffles cafe and grill room.34 words
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Article170 1948-01-27 5 THE Air Officers Commanding Malaya, Hong Kong 1 and Ceylon will be among those attending a twoday Command conference which has been called by the Air C-in-C, Far East, starting from Jan. 30 The conference will diaCUM current questions of RAF policy. The Air170 words
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Article26 1948-01-27 5 The Singapore Kiwi Members League held a successful "Kiwi Dance Night" at Telok Kurau on Saturday. Well over 100 members and friends attended.26 words
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Article73 1948-01-27 5 F.P. Chinese Correspondent A trade mission, organised by leading Chinese manufacturers in Hong Kong, is planning to tour Malaya and the N.E.I, m the middle of February. The mission, whose departure for the South Seas is being delayed by the approaching Chinese New Year, is expected73 words
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Article28 1948-01-27 5 One hundred and seventy passengers will disembark at Singapore from the Nederland Line ship Oranje which arrives on Thursday afternoon from Southampton and Amsterdam.28 words
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Article111 1948-01-27 5 Free Press Staff Reporter THE Medical College Union, student body of the King Edward VII College of Medicine, Singapore, has elected as honorary members four of the past and present staff members of the college. They are Dr. G. V. Allen, former principal and now principal-designate of111 words
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Article, Illustration375 1948-01-27 6 Will go ahead alone If necessary I INDICATIONS are increasing that the recovery programme outlined by the United States to the Far Eastern Commission was a clear notification to all concerned that America is determined to make Japan self-supporting, thereby removing the burden ofA.P. - 375 words
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Article185 1948-01-27 6 Hollywood chiefs are gloomy rpHERE is gloom in the L golden city of Hollywood, where producers, directors, stars and financiers are today finding it fashionable to wear a frown. For the Americans, despite their ban on the export of their films as retaliation for Britain's 75 per cent tax, are185 words
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Article110 1948-01-27 6 FIGHTING heavy seas, the 1 British tug Bustler succeeded yesterday in getting hrr tow lines again to a hea-vi'y-laden ammunition ship which had been drifting out of control in the North Sea for almost 20 hours. The 11.000-ton Sierra Cordoba, with a crew of eight,U.P. - 110 words
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Article67 1948-01-27 6 NINE old ships kept running "without profit" by the Alfred Holt Company are to t withdrawn and mAd t> cause of the Increase of 25s a ton in the cost of coal. Major R H Thornton, a pai-toer said. "We retained these ships in67 words
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Article36 1948-01-27 6 HELICOPTERS are to be Ojed by the R.A.F. to find and rescue civil aircraft which have crashed. In charge of the now "Search and Rescue OißanlsaUotT li 38-year-old Wing Commander "Tommy" Horor36 words
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Article26 1948-01-27 6 Italian farmers In the snow covered Abruzzl mountains, about 80 miles Inom Rome, are wtag,ng their annual war against marauding packs of grey wolves26 words
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Article55 1948-01-27 6 A HUGE tusker which was captured four years ago* and was believed to be completely tame, snapped its chains and thundered away into the jungle, it was re- 1 ported from Calicut (South- ern India). Jungle trackers failed to locate the fugitive elephant which was valued atReuter - 55 words
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Article120 1948-01-27 6 A POSITIVE reference to Communist activity in Eire was made by Mr. Eamon Do Valera, Prime Minister and leader of the Fianna Fail Party, in an election campaign statement issued yesterday. Declaring that there was no doubt that preliminary plans were being made toReuter - 120 words
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Article245 1948-01-27 6 /CONSIDERABLE opposition greeted a recent stateV-/ ment in the Mexican press on a plan to build a canal to link the Atlantic with the Pacific through the narrow isthmus of Tehuantepec, in southern Mexico. On e newspaper reported that Petroleos Mexicanos, the government agency operatingReuter - 245 words
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106 1948-01-27 6 EXTRA RICE FOR CEYLON CELEBRATIONS CEYLON has been allotted 25,090 tons of Burma rice for the month of February. Mr. K. Alvapillai, "very generous** grant compared with the allocation for January. Ceylon had asked the Rice Committee of the International Emergency Food Committee for a larger allocation for the monthReuter - 106 words
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Article94 1948-01-27 6 CIX villagers near Patna (Bihar) were arrested (or m der after sun old woman in their camniuaiity had beo.ii tortured and eventually killed an the suspicion of being a "witch." The accused were stated to liave incited the viilaßers auaicist t(he womcun cm t*hc ground thatReuter - 94 words
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Article, Illustration67 1948-01-27 6 Italian police in action picture. Italian police in jeeps are seen dispersing the croicd in front of the Pantheon, in Rome, after anti-Monarch-ist demonstrators had tried to break up the memorial service for the late exKing Victor Emmanuel 111. The father and grandfather of the late ex-King Umberto I andA.P. - 67 words
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92 1948-01-27 6 Kenya Muslims want separate electorate A preliminary conference In Mombasa on the possibility of separate electorates for Muslims and non-Muslims in Kenya has adjourned until Feb. 14. to await a report on public opinion. The conference was under the chairmanship of MajorGen. Sir Philip Mitchell, the Governor, and attended byReuter - 92 words
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Article69 1948-01-27 6 FILM stars Clark Gable Frank Morgan. Johnny Mack Brown and producer O. O. Dull of Metro-Ooldwyr Mayer pleaded guilty of shooting too many ducks and paid $200 each nnes. Originally charged. Gable had 25 ducks or 21 above the limit, but the complainant amended the count69 words
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239 1948-01-27 6 FIGHTS Win OF FATHER SHE NEVER s lt DLONDE 21-year-old Margaret Borthwic U a-week Hull (Yorks) shop M "nt «H. better provision for herself und» r Ls *Hi £250,000 wiU. h <* gj Her mother, who lives with her in u house and was left £5 a week in the239 words
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Article42 1948-01-27 6 World sug crop may higher estltn .;J™m 'AIM nv i from Th< I been spit< be ;i> than Bri production be 120m- :,slou er Th»« United States bma may reach in Of 1.700.000 tons or a tons mi than tr. figur* U.P.U.P. - 42 words
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Article181 1948-01-27 6 BACK to Jersey recently went Martin Kroetke, fttartermaster in chars German .stores during the occupation. Wean^j maculate civilian clothes, he >%|>ent a weel on the island with friends. His visit was later revealed t<> th. Stat the island's "parliament." Dazed, bers listened while Deputy181 words
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Article64 1948-01-27 6 BURMA PREMIER PRAISES BOSE THE Burmese Ka Thai paid tr dra H wartime M li v Army" in oocupl the ii of 'htl ncse Thak:n Wu was adfci a m< I 10.000 Bra and lad ?^vm the oo Bow's i second I He est acb.: iai Burn I in thoseReuter - 64 words
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Article39 1948-01-27 6 Alfred Siti his Wife a second chaM 1 1 divorcing her three 7* for committing adultc! 1 Harold Butler Ye* Nao< .s bl lined ;s J dlToree fr m h was adu with Harold B U.P.U.P. - 39 words
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Article22 1948-01-27 6 Motorists and train drivers in Sweden have been warned to be careful of reinder straying south in search of iood.22 words
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Advertisement82 1948-01-27 6 A.RCOOLED CAPITOL PHONE 5 J P rr the 9 reate t of them all I Adventure f H /»*-£L mllT Romancel Spectade! Unforgettable —TODAY' *P^l Wfcfc entertainment! WGONE WITH 1 THE WIND David O. Selznkk's World- Renowned (l»^i Starring <TCark Gable Vivien Leigh Leslie Howard Olivia U f *U HATING...82 words
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Miscellaneous47 1948-01-27 6 JANE Exclusive to the Singapore Free Press in Ma lava W.,<vn> a^s 6een psckcxdW^A I and 'unhadrd' with I v/vf/c>< c2>/wr3 < i|i r sirr /~x U 6y SAe sexxp of a seveAa/ tons of sarud away to demo TO K |//i/o >/ /o/iy on another W W V?/47 words
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Article, Illustration398 1948-01-27 7 Heavy Costs Of Rehabilitation Free Press Staff Reporter PINGAPORE Turf Club ended the year 1947 with a deficit of $1,600,115 on the year's working, after allowing for depreciation. This deficit, the committee says, is mainly attributable to the cost of rehabilitation of the racecourse andReuter - 398 words
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Article68 1948-01-27 7 0g Mumliy. the New Zealand middleweight won the British Fmpire middleweight the British champion, Vince over 15 rounds at the Albert Hall iminated the first few rounds and nder for a short count in the arm up until the fourth round nteni to poke away withReuter - 68 words
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Article23 1948-01-27 7 P?ter Kane, European bantamweight boxing champion, outpointed Sammy Reynolds of Wolverhampton in a 10-round flght in Nottingham last night.- A.P.A.P. - 23 words
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Article285 1948-01-27 7 Good Times In Ipoh Gallops Free Press Racine Correspondent EXCELLENT times were re- turned on a firm track at Ipoh this morning when a number of horses running at the Perak Turf Club's meeting which starts on Saturday wcr-^ given fast work. Diamond Epic. The Raven Jimmy. Maestro and No285 words
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Article104 1948-01-27 7 SCOriISH rugby selector^ are satisfied with the team which beat Prance nine points to eight at MurrayiU'l I lon Saturday. They have i chosen the same 15 to play ■< Wales at Cariliil on Saturday. Feb. 7. The Scottish team will be: JW.C.W. Murdoch <Hillhead HSFD), D.D.A.P. - 104 words
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Article22 1948-01-27 7 f chami in th a und I I -t. only i of i he jaw i out22 words
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Article83 1948-01-27 7 BIG Jack Kramer took a 11 to nine lead in his national professional tennis tour with Bobb Riggs in Madison. Wisconsin, yesterday, gaining a 6-4, 6-0 victory before 4.175 funs. Kramer controlled the play throughout with a cannon ball service and alert defen- play. His 6-0U.P. - 83 words
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Article124 1948-01-27 7 ENGLAND'S amateur football team to play Ireland in Belfast on Feb. 7 shows one change from the side which trounced Wales at Bangor on Saturday. J. D. P. Tanner, captain of the Oxford University soccer team for next season, plays the. outside right berth in PlaceA.P. - 124 words
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Article69 1948-01-27 7 ADRIAN Quist won the men's n singles title of the Australian Lawn Tennis championships, defeating John BromwichG—4. 6-3. 2—6. 6—3 in the final in Melbourne vesterday. Mrs. Nancy Bolton. who on Saturday won the Women's singles, yesterday won the women's doubles in partnership with Mrs. C. Long.Reuter; A.P. - 69 words
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Article, Illustration70 1948-01-27 7 UISS Karen Harf, Danish 1U swimming star, set her second Scottish record on Saturday night when she defeated Miss Cathie Gibson of Motherwcll i n the 440 yard free style challenge race with a time of 5 min 25.1 s»c 'itie Governor of Singapore, Sir Franklin Gimson.70 words
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Article100 1948-01-27 7 MID WEEK BAN TO STAY BECAc^t of "interference caused to production and transport," the British (.orernment intend to continue indefinitely the existing ban on midweek greyhound race meetings, it was olficially announced in London yesterday. The ban. which also applies to midweek football matches, was introduced after last winter's fuelReuter - 100 words
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Article116 1948-01-27 7 JOHN Treloar, one of AustraJ lia's hopes for the Olympic games sprints, followed up Saturday's 100 yards victory by winning the 220 yards title in the record Australian time of 20.9 sec. when the Australia Athletic Championships were resumed today. Treloar's time was 2/10 of aReuter - 116 words
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Article264 1948-01-27 7 COLCHESTER United, giant killers of the English Football Association Challenge Cup competition, drew a very tough assignment in being drawn against First Division Club, Blackpool, in the fifth i round to be played on Saturday. Feb. 7. Even with their successes against Huddersfield and Bradford. ColchesterReuter - 264 words
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Article, Illustration52 1948-01-27 7 arir S %Arlan d toFZr?^' Ital^ Sweden *^h^^Bm^o\^M^ a^ Combed Lauthe fir«t JT^i wen °en, Switzerland, on Jan. 11 It was Inters ia?h ell oZ™?da?V^ £L *5 was won by Italy's 32X* r£?,f 'i°° m i tr€S straight race ov itaiy s Zeno Colo, who is here seen52 words
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Article835 1948-01-27 7 pulled lan Jolinson to the boundary to reach his 50. With a grand hook off Johnson Harare entered the eighties, and he saw Phadkar pull McCool to the fence to hoist the 250— the last 50 taking only 40 minutes The Indian pair were nowReuter - 835 words
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Article95 1948-01-27 7 AlUUralia Ist. Inns. 674 INDIA— Ist. Inns. Mankad b McCool 49 Saruate b Miller 1 Sen b Miller 0 Amarnath c Bradman b lan Johnson 46 Hazare not out 108 Gul Mahomed *t Talion b lan Johnson 4 Phadkar not out 77 Extras 14 Total (for 5 wkts.) 299Reuter - 95 words
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Article387 1948-01-27 7 OAIN saved England from defeat in the first Test R% match against the West Indies which was abandoned at Bridgetown, Barbados, yesterday, the final day of the game. After just over an hour's play, rain began to fall heavily, and within half an hour most of the ground387 words
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Article147 1948-01-27 7 THOMAS GOP FINANCE Sports Letter r pHANK-YOU for your article A on badminton in Malaya, and the chances of Malaya winning the Thomas Cup. The big problem, you say. is i finance. Surely there are sufficient sportsmen in the country and sufficient spons t associations, to rally round and findU.P.P - 147 words
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Article38 1948-01-27 7 JJOBBY Locke of Johannesburg South Africa, wen the $10 000 Phoenix Open Golf Tournament in Arizona with a record-break-ing 72 holes and a total of 2^B, one stroke ahead of Jimmy Demarrct of Qjal, California.-38 words
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Miscellaneous211 1948-01-27 7 F. P. Crossword No. 295 I M 11 1/1 1 ~~T^HMB^~"HBMi I I fl^B^B iHHH 2E9Hf "™^^^^^ht^3 f i^^i I l^^"'^^^^^^^^^l I *\f I BB^~Z 1 CLUES ACROSS 2, Delighted (6). 6. Cupola (4). 8, Incentive (4). 10. Feared (7). 11, Equality (3). 12. Vessel (3). 13. Harmonious (6). 14,211 words
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Article252 1948-01-27 8 IMb is tracked again NEW YORK, Monday. A SECOND earthquake i'i las ihaken Iloilo. on Fai ay Island in the Philippines, where 27 people pen k lied and 35 ;n--ed in eijrht shocks yesiy, i ccording to radio reporti intercepted r\ New York tonight. The second earthquake lasted four minutes.Reuter; A.P. - 252 words
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Article47 1948-01-27 8 Horrified witnesses yesterday watched first the wing and then the tail of a light plane buckle in mid-air over Suit Lake City (Utah. US A > outskirts. Three aboard the plane were killed in the ensuing spin to death in south-west Salt Lake county.- U.P.U.P. - 47 words
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Article, Illustration18 1948-01-27 8 HOME The village of Alfriston is typical of most Sussex villages, where Elizabethan gables and inn siyns abound.18 words
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Article273 1948-01-27 8 LONDON, Monday. r pHE British Government today rejected a sugges- lion that it should modify the British divorce laws as the result of a recent decision by the House of Lords, sitting as the highest legal tribunal in Britain, that a wife's insistence onReuter - 273 words
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179 1948-01-27 8 AMALAYA-wide one -day strike and fast of labourers is being planned for Feb. 1, when the Federation is inaugurated. This was announced last night by the secretary of the Singapore Federation of Trades Unions <Mr. Abdullah Haris). The SFTU at a meeting last Saturday179 words
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Article90 1948-01-27 8 MR. lan Samson. the lfl Moscow British Embassy Press administrator, left the Russian capital by air for Britain yesterday morning to give the Foreign Office his version of incidents referred to during the trial of a former employee of his department, 34-year-old Valentina Melmikova. WhenReuter - 90 words
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Article56 1948-01-27 8 4 USTRALIA Day was cele--M. brated yesterday in Singapore with an official reception In the Australian Commissoner's offices in Union Building, when 250 senior Government and Consular officials and business executives were present. Mr. and Mrs. Claude Massey entertained 500 Australians last evening to cocktails at the56 words
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Article19 1948-01-27 8 The King at Buckingham Palace yesterday received in audience Mr. Malcolm MacDonald. Governor-General of Malaya. ReuterReuter - 19 words
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Article104 1948-01-27 8 NEW YORK, Monday. IMiE president of the Co* lumbia Broadcasting System, Mr. Frank Stanton, predicted today that pocket radio sets powered by the sun would be in use within from two to five yean. He said that radios, "no larger than a pocket watch and powered simplyReuter - 104 words
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Article90 1948-01-27 8 TOKIO, Monday. fENERAL MacArthurs head- quarters today announced that it will use Allied troops to back up its donajid that the Japanese pay tiheir taxes. Lack of income through tax collections Ls forcing the Government to print more paper money and adding to tfveU.P. - 90 words
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Article50 1948-01-27 8 TWELVE people were killed when a transport plane crashed on to a carpentry shop in Romainvllle, a northeastern Paris suburb, yesterday, according to an official of the fire station. The plane burst Into flames, and crashed into the bulldiner which was set on fire- ReuterReuter - 50 words
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Article213 1948-01-27 8 WASHINGTON, Monday. THE United States is doing poorly in its quest for scarce and critical materials needed as "security insurance Its five-year, 2,100 million-dollar stockpiling programme is far behind schedule, and is now bogged down. Part of the failure arises from the world scarcity of suchReuter - 213 words
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Article216 1948-01-27 8 Free Press Staff Correspondent KUALA LUMPUR, Mon. FIRST payments of Malaya's damage claims bill of $1,268 million are to be made nr xt year. To ftnaldse details of the scheme, the War Damage Commissioner (Mr. J. J. St. L. Carson) is flying to London on216 words
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Article, Illustration574 1948-01-27 8 Talks begun with Arabs LONDON, Monday. A NGLO-TRANSJORDAN talks on Middle Eastern xx problems, and particularly on Palestine, began in London today carrying one stage further the plan of the British Foreign Secretary, Mr. Ernest Bevin, for creating an anti-Communist security system in the MiddleA.P.; Reuter - 574 words
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Article448 1948-01-27 8 London Stock Exchange LONDON, Monday GOVERNMENT securities broke on the iL Stock Exchange today, reflecting fetn t devaluation of the franc will damage the doom sterling reports Associated Press. InxeMors rnsim to "get into gold," the demand forcing up thewkf of South African gold shares. London448 words
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Article155 1948-01-27 8 ATHENS, Monday. THE Greek Prime Minister, Themistocles Sofoulis. has appealed to the United States for an additional 500 mountain gutas to insure the success the Greek offe.nsive against guerrillas. He said the Greek Army was unable to make headway against the guerrillas until theU.P. - 155 words
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144 1948-01-27 8 K. L ceremony for swearing in Sir E. Gent Free Press Staff Correspondent KUALA LUMPUR, Monday. THE Governor of the Mala- yan Union, Sir Edward Gent, will be installed here as the first High Commissioner of the Federation of Malaya on Feb. 1, in the presence of othtr Governors and144 words
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Article27 1948-01-27 8 Freezing weather in the United States has so far caused 138 deaths, including 101 in flres caused by overheated stoves and furnaces.— A.P.A.P. - 27 words
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Article23 1948-01-27 8 Bed making instructions posted for the Coldstream Guards: "Beds will be made up as laid down in standing orders."- A.P.A.P. - 23 words
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Article196 1948-01-27 8 SHANGHAI, Monday. rjOINCIDENT with a Government admission that wi l^ ke ?A railway town of Hsinlitun, 70 miles west of Mukden, has fallen to Communist forces, come official reports of Red plans to extend their offensive to South China, beginning in May, and the organisationA.P.; Reuter; U.P. - 196 words
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Article83 1948-01-27 8 MEMILE Bollaert, French High Commissioner in Indo-China, who has returned to Saigon, said in Rangoon yesterday, he was "highly optimistic" of an early and peaceful settlement of the Franco- Vietnam conflict. "Law and order will soon be established In Indo-China which will receive independence within theReuter - 83 words
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Article51 1948-01-27 8 A SPECI M. MarW* 'S A pondfnt f\^JS\ of rubber at 11 l<^ fit f; pcr» No. 1 RJA -P" 1 uk <l low* w No. 1 BAfl in bal<> No. 2 K HI in b*l«> i-^ No. 3 8.-» fo<> 3»< in baW> lBt i Ton* of51 words
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Article13 1948-01-27 8 cents <l ig.J July 21*^1 bod H vH A .P. A.P.PA.P.; A.P.P. - 13 words
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Miscellaneous7 1948-01-27 8 SINGAPORE TIDES High: Midnight Low: 5.55p.m. t.lft.7 words
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Miscellaneous51 1948-01-27 8 WEATHER Dull: Rain WEATHER report for the nevi 24 honri compiled by the RAF: Dull with intermittent rain. Wind: North. 8 to 12 knots. Sunsei 6.56 p.m. Sunrise 6.4S a.m. Tr ir.prra t u re* yeQt C r d J* Maximum 84 dc* F; minimum 72 deg. F. Rainfall .8651 words
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