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Title Section19 1948-02-20 1 The Singapore Free Press LARGEST AFTERNOON SALE IN MALAYA I tu# SINGAPORE, FRIDAY, FEBRUARY 20, 1948 PRICfc 10 I'RMS19 words
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Article, Illustration11 1948-02-20 1 Truman, n ho yesI camJm lor l next i >ppo- Pre-11 words
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Article94 1948-02-20 1 I \KE SUCCESS, Thursday. low up if the United Nations fails to lie North and the South warned S. Menon. of India, who is the Chairman of < '-m mission, when he appeared tfore the "Little fcssembfr" today. leaders as saying "the United LastReuter; A.P. - 94 words
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Article369 1948-02-20 1 To be halved next year LONDON, Thursday, DRITAIN'S armed forces are to be reduced by one half by the end of next financial year, states the White Paper on defence, issued tonight. Only the Royal Navy will escape heavy reductions in personnel. By March 1949,U.P.; A.P. - 369 words
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Article16 1948-02-20 1 ting pre- I Spring troopt P« the Comnvin^t gu» rbe suspcndillow the ite their16 words
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Article15 1948-02-20 1 32). acrthrow G v-rn-L n c Mi st'niy to seven E APAP - 15 words
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Article80 1948-02-20 1 NORTON (Kansas/, Thurs. T: terrific explosion heard in the sky over Kansas last night is believed to have been caused by a meteor which blew up when 14 «itered th e earth's atmosphere. Th»' concussion from the blast broke windows, rocked buildings and terrified residents over80 words
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Article23 1948-02-20 1 The four principal Japanese political parties will hold a showdown vote tomorrow for the nomination of the next Prime Minister.— Reuter.Reuter - 23 words
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Article, Illustration33 1948-02-20 1 America's newly stream-lined "Pomodo" knifes through the water in speed tests. The U.S. Navy is reducing the superstructure and removing the deck aun.s from its sub' marines to reduce resistance and increase speed.33 words
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Article170 1948-02-20 1 Free Press Correspondent MELBOURNE, Thursday. FOLOWING protests by the Australian Seamen's Union, immigration authorities today cancelled an order deporting Samsudln bin Katib, President of the IndonesianMalay Association in the West Australian pearling port of Broome. He was to be sent to Singapore. The Seamen's Union170 words
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Article49 1948-02-20 1 The curfew imposed on Tripoli. (Libya) on Tuesday when British soldiers were called out to disperse Arabs demonstrating against the British Military Adm nistration. was lilted yesterday. Fifty two people, including the President of Kotla (Arab nationalist blor"> and Its secretary have b- i arrested.49 words
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Article78 1948-02-20 1 LONDON, Thursday. The birth rate in England and Wales In 1945 was the lowest of all principal countries except Belgium, according to official statistics published today. The number of live births in 1945 was 679,937 or 15.9 per 1,000 population. Illegitimate births totalled 63,420, the highest78 words
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Article146 1948-02-20 1 U.S.-SI AM TALKS OIN DEFENCE LAUSANNE, Switzerland, Thursday. A SIAMESE military mission will meet senior American officers for "important discussions" in Washington next month. The mission will be headed by Major-Gen. Luang Sura Narong, chief of the Siamese Army Intelligence Branch, who arrived in Lausanne this week for consultations withA.P. - 146 words
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Article22 1948-02-20 1 Belgian miners went back to work yesterday, ending their nine-day strike affecting! 80 per cent of the country's mines.22 words
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Article19 1948-02-20 1 An Indian labourer was k|lied yesterday when he fell i I off a truck in Kranji Road.19 words
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Article226 1948-02-20 1 ING FOUND DEAD WITH THREE SONS CAIRO, Thursday. MYSTERY surrounds the death of the King of ITI Yemen, Imam Yahya, and three of his 13 sons at Sanaa, the Yemen capital, where Sayed Abdullah Ibn Ahmad el Wazir, one of the sons who was Prime Minister, has bem proclaimed King.Reuter; A.P.; U.P. - 226 words
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Article60 1948-02-20 1 Free Press Staff Reporter TAN Chce Hoon, a ChLnese 1 motorist, was fined $30 in the Fifth Police Court yesterday fox negligent driving in Balestier Road on Feb. 18. Tan was cautioned acid discharged for not stopping afteii he had knocked down a cyclist. He was60 words
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Article22 1948-02-20 1 Austria is granting a general amnesty for Nazi Party members up to 29 years of age, affecting 41,000 persons.22 words
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Article200 1948-02-20 1 'Republic no longer exists' JOGJAKARTA, Thursday. TMIIE sovereign government of the Republic of Indonesian had ceased to exist with the signing lof the Renville agreement and their trial before the high military court was therefore illegal, asserted the defence spokesman for 17 former leaders of the Indonesian Nationalist movement includingA.P. - 200 words
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Article21 1948-02-20 1 A police patrol this morning arrested three European sailors, and seized 102 shirts, which the police state were stolen21 words
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Article18 1948-02-20 1 Australia's adverse dollar balance this year may amount to nearly $150,000,000 in spite of drastic cuts.18 words
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Article86 1948-02-20 1 Free Press Staff Reporter RAF officers and men from •all units and stations on Singapore Island this morning attended a service In St. Andrew's Cathedral in memory of Air Marshal Sir Arthur Condngham. commander of the Second Tactical Airforce in World War II who was lost on a86 words
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Article26 1948-02-20 1 A strong earthquake on Wednesday in the Arctic Ocean, North of Russia, was recorded at Boston Seismograph station. The shocks continued for one hour.26 words
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Article29 1948-02-20 1 The Chinese Government is considering the conditional reopening of Yangtze River ports, including Nanking and Hankow, to foreign ships carrying relief goods to China reports. ReuterReuter - 29 words
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Article134 1948-02-20 1 LONDON, Thursday. rnHE Chancellor of the Ex- chequer, Sir Stafford Cripps, said today that the Government was examining whether to revise the meat ration as a result of the increased price to be paid Tor Argentine supplies He was asked at a Press conference whetherU.P.; A.P. - 134 words
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239 1948-02-20 1 Man stabbed to death in crowded bus Free Press Staff Reporter rpERRIFIED men and women jumped from a J- moving bus at the junction of North Bridge Road and High Street in Singapore yesterday afternoon, when a Chinese ticket collector was stabbed and a school girl passenger injured. A Malay239 words
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Article30 1948-02-20 1 The Belgian Chamber of Deputies today unanimously passed a bill giving women the right to vote from July 21, 1949. The next general election is in 1950.30 words
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Article104 1948-02-20 1 GENERAL WHO KIDNAPPED AN EMPEROR TOKIO, Thursday. /GENERAL Dlohara, the man VJT who kidnapped Emperor Pu Yi. used to boast that when his name was spoken in China, "people turned pale." the International Tribunal was told here today. Diohara. one of the top ranking Japanese war leaders now on trial,104 words
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Article109 1948-02-20 1 Running order scratchings ORDER of running and scratch ings for tomorrow's races in Singapore are: Race 1: Horses, CI. 2, Div. 1, furs —Brow n>bay. Race 2: Horses, CI. 1. Div 2. 1 mile. Oakla w R&ce 3: Horses. CI. 1. Div. 2. <. furs. Spring Fever, Precious Stream. Race109 words
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Article51 1948-02-20 1 THE United States shipped UJS. $1,919,900,000 worth of goods to Asia last year a 43 per cent increase over l'J-i >. A total of U.S. $320,400,000 worth was shipped to the Pacific area. Europe got the bulk of the more than U.S. 514.000.000.000 worth of U.S. exports lastA.P. - 51 words
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Article556 1948-02-20 2 CECILE BROWNSTONE - FOOD WORRIES THE WIVES CECILE BROWNSTONE Bj A. P. Correspondent IpOR the housewife, the greatest difference between life in Britain and America today is food. British housewives must scrape to keep their families well fed on rations which must be small if dollars are to be conserved and nationai recovery556 words
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Article315 1948-02-20 2 GEORGE HILL - Their hats betray them GEORGE HILL B> 11/JANNERS makyth IVI man but that':nothing compared with wiuit hat.s do for women. A survey just taken in Britain has established that looking at a woman's hat is often a better guide than reading her hand. vv.th a little practice any man can315 words
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Article, Illustration305 1948-02-20 2 T HEUE dwsnt Seem, at first, to be much question übuui West*a double of three apadef i>u,i hM L'Vtn strong biu. vn. > DM COW spades to the king the diamond king, and no great length .n either of EusCs suit^ West CM expect tO Will a couple305 words
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Article228 1948-02-20 2 CARE for small fashion details such as hairdos and accessories arc the chief ingredients of Paris chic especially since clothes prices have leapt beyond tfm reach of the ax erage Parisicnne's purse Phipps' sketchbook n I s brinu such accessory foi you to copy: 1. Evening hat228 words
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Article215 1948-02-20 2 IT has been reported in a London paper that honeymoon scanties for men are on the icay. Ninon fabric, renowned for its transparency, delicate texture and durability has for long been in demand as a glamour material for night-dresses. Now it is being offered to the men's215 words
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Article241 1948-02-20 2 THE very rare case of changing the sex of a human beinj? by medica; treatment is now being X attempted by an AmeX rican trained Chinese doctor in Hong Kong. Twe-^y-Uhree years ago, a child was born to humble 4 parent! with Incomplei sex, being neither completeX241 words
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Article286 1948-02-20 2 DOROTHY ROE - TOPPING THE LIST DOROTHY ROE t By J A.P. Correspondent t BECAUSE a royal t love story foi while overshadowed news of threatened wars and current disasters, editors of Associated P r e newspapers in New York have voted I! Princess Elizabeth of !j England the woman oi the year,A.P. - 286 words
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Advertisement71 1948-02-20 2 i VXT^ i v^- A Matine'e settles the Si^tv-J* v r 'emof what one».iiestosmo^c jr' fcw% rll M^SS^^M 3^d why one likes it It I C.) good as that V*^ /sS^SV^ two reasons the excellence //|7 I of the filter cellencf of the tobacco t The one ensures the full71 words
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Miscellaneous377 1948-02-20 2 '"^^^■b^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^hhbhbwbBBBHhI SINGAPORE Blue Network tof rwn l2 00 noon 2.0« pan. 5-ib metres in the medium wave band and 7.20 metacyrle. In the 41 metre band Krona 00 p.m to 7 »5 p.m: 62b metres in the medium wave .k nd c nd l ttl «n*sacycle» in "»e *1 metre377 words
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Miscellaneous46 1948-02-20 2 mary; 940 Interlude; 9 45 Var-" iety; 10.15 Piano Playtime; 10 30^ News and Items from Saturday's} Papers; 10.45 Serenade to the 1 Stars; 11 a.m. Composer Cavalradc; 11.30 Plantat.on Echoes- j 12 noon Hot Spot; 12.15 The 4 Radio SEAC Show; 12.4j Yankee^ Quariwr 446 words
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Miscellaneous59 1948-02-20 2 YOUR LUCK! SIM Pec:.., iupi •>"d irttl hanj in m Z Which 50 tou.rd ski i'P the in. p, \<n arc the opposite x .uiJ havt a oj *ttl« down to j lion of a life mate. itj in your na'.'Tf ra 5 u,u a cult !.er>..m to undvstai Inlc-s59 words
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109 1948-02-20 3 you wy auch ter your Hi&r and rtA'-tfcree cents. I fcm p&saing item su ::>i?. Uw Chancellor of sill, I know, be very r generous gift. J t rru II one of four child' use outside Cardiff PriMinister: "Dtar Mr. cents I109 words
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Article69 1948-02-20 3 INr, Emmanuel Shinwell spent e laying down a series of "noes" for the 5 and .l*', keforc the two women's Services ii the Anm and the Air Force. ition by Sir Gifford Fox nna should reflect the New Our women's Services are sufficiently H69 words
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Article23 1948-02-20 3 I' Balk H .and, to the a ber tubing of m •vid-"-e punishment imUcttfc, or )f a breach H uealt Education Com-23 words
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Article14 1948-02-20 3 Mr. R. G. managingwas alneral Booths service he h at Grlsve- d with14 words
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Article120 1948-02-20 3 Surgery is the Bull Inn WHATEVER the weather. .patients v.*iio want to consult a doctor at the Feniind village of Newborough. r Peterborough, have 10 stand on the grassy crossis outside the Bull Inn until he can see them. There is no doctor in the village. ITbe unly place available120 words
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147 1948-02-20 3 LANCE-CORPORAL RONALD SCALES, 20, walked into a London film wardrobe and said he wanted to hire a white wedding dress as a surprise for his German bride-to-be, Lilli, aged 19. He took out his Armv pa book and recited "roaffb measur> mcntvs as147 words
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Article47 1948-02-20 3 LFRED HOLLAND, Teheran correspondent of The Times, London, was expelled from Persia. He was given 48 hours to leave on account, it is understood, of a recent message to his newspaper. The British Embassy in Teheran had no comment to make.— ReuterReuter - 47 words
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Article21 1948-02-20 3 Aiter two months' negotiations General McArthur's headquarters will buy a "fair auantitv" of wool from Aus- tralia.- Reuter—AAPReuter—AAP - 21 words
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114 1948-02-20 3 FIRST sign of a crack has appeared In the front set up by seventy-three American husbands against the New Look. Some of the seventy-three, who said they would erow beards till their wives eave up the new styles, now guffgest they should all114 words
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Article54 1948-02-20 3 'I WILL'— FOR SECOND TIME CO I R hundred couples who had been married at St. IV t it's Church, High-field-street, Leicester, in the last fifty years, reaffirmed their marriage vows at three special services on Sunday la.st. Some of them recently celebrated their golden weddings. There were 2,000 people54 words
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Article124 1948-02-20 3 UNITED STATES authorities are arranging to remove all Filipino prrsonnel from New Guinea after the slaying of a European at a New Year's Eve dance and a number of other incidents between Europeans and Filipinos, the Aus- tralian External Territories Minister. Mr. Edward J. Ward,Reuter - 124 words
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Article41 1948-02-20 3 Lord Rowallan, the Chief Scout, will meet all M.P.S who are ex-Sc.outs at the House of Commons on Feb. 25. "We arc going to remind them to do theiir duty to God and the people," said Lord Rowallan.41 words
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328 1948-02-20 3 Power plan to speed Europe recovery DLANS for an electric power network across Europe, extending on both sides of the iron curtain," are being prepared by a special committee of the Economic Commission for Europe, reports Associated Press. Various other projects before the committee forA.P. - 328 words
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Article, Illustration64 1948-02-20 3 Tom Blower. 34. a Nottingham tobacco factory clerk, spends so much of his spare time in the Northern Swimming Baths, Nottingham, that it's quite usual for his ivife to serve tea to him and /itf son Michael, while they're boVi afloat. Tom is training for the greatest endurance swim yet64 words
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Article44 1948-02-20 3 Twenty three year old Donald George Thomas, found In a London boarding house alter thousands of police had bi-en engaged in a flve-d. manhunt, was charged wit: the murder of PC. Nathaniel Ed^ar in a London suburb last Friday night. Reuter.Reuter - 44 words
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Article165 1948-02-20 3 A MAX who asked a judge what would happen to his wife and six children if a possession order were granted against him, was told by judge F. K. Archer. K.C.: "It is my duty to be as cold as ice, and165 words
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Article30 1948-02-20 3 Brighton (England) police are searching for a man who entered a house in stockinged feet, demanded food and money, and left after being given soup and £5.30 words
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Article73 1948-02-20 3 FIRST arrivals in Istanbul from the Adana region said that at least 20 villages were inundated in Turkeys worst flood in 70 ytars. it had already destroyed an estimated U.5. 535 million worth of crops. A witness of the 11-day-old flood of five rivers said 400.000U.P. - 73 words
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Article, Illustration25 1948-02-20 3 A camp for competitors at the Olympic Games in London this summer is now under construction in the Royal Park at Richmond (Surrey). Planet picture.25 words
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304 1948-02-20 3 MR. JAMES A. FARLEY, who helped to put the late Franklin D. Roosevelt in the White House said in New York that many of the world's ills could be traced to Mr. Roosevelt's third and fourth terms, when speaking on "the human side of politics"U.P. - 304 words
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Article45 1948-02-20 3 The police at Wittenberg, on the main railway line from Berlin to Hamburg, have arrested several people alleged Ito have greased- the railway tracks with wax and fats to stop the train with the object lof robbing them, it was re- ported. ReuterReuter - 45 words
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104 1948-02-20 3 British films may soon have child stars BRITISH films may soon have their own child stars. Mr. Chuter Ede, the Home Secretary indicated In the House of Commons that he was in favour of amending the 15-year-old Employment of Young Persons Act to allow children to act in films with104 words
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Article85 1948-02-20 3 POR three days the crew of f 12 of the trawler Inchmickerry melted ice for cooking and drinking water and were without bread. Their vessel, helpless with boiler trouble, was taken in tow and has now reached Aberdeen. Skipper Frank Steele, of Edinburgh, said: "The85 words
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49 1948-02-20 3 MISS DOROTHY CRISP (Mrs. John Neil Becker) is resigning the chairmanship of the British Housewives' League. She is expecting a child at the end of the summer, and in the meantime is going on a tour of the Far East with her husband.49 words
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Article29 1948-02-20 3 On her 61st birthday, Mrs. Edith Bella Linnett, of Kilsby. Northamptonshire, married 62-year-old Mr. F. A. Muddiman, of West Haddan, near Rugby, brother of her nrst husband.29 words
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Article120 1948-02-20 3 From the columns of the South China Morning Post comes this tale of the wailing beggar and the good samaritan: While walking along one of the colony's byways, a sym- pathetic citizen paused to console a blind beggar, who wai> crying pitilully as he groped his wayA.P. - 120 words
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Article195 1948-02-20 3 Mr. Bix likes Berlin best TWENTY -FIVE-YEAR--1 OLD ex Coldstream Guardsman Lionel Bix, of Morston Norfolk, was sentenced to a month's imprisonment by the British Military Government Court in Berlin. Twice he "infiltrated" into Germany and got through to Berlin, wher e he prefers living "underground" to England, where he195 words
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Miscellaneous95 1948-02-20 3 ROUted By Edgar Rice Burroughs s—B s?^ev r s^ftftffl^^^S^C^Tl^ i&^B *£ll 'GC'OlEy said, surveying the Battle 6Coufgp, ";rs a 6PSAT "I r N E^ -NO PC,'. VP^BHm^ESOT^^OI^^ Vfl COuNTRy, BUT IM DARNED iF I SEE «CW AWOvf (S^eOkvS TO V AC 9 fc J^ Vj WT rWßK]** <"• 7**6^ ENJOY95 words
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Article331 1948-02-20 4 rpHE Under-Secretary of A State fur the Colonies has not Improved the Government's case for excluding Mr. Anthony Brooke from Sarawak. Parts of hij reply in Parliament to Opposition protests were in fact of much the same tenor as the article in the Sarawak Tribune331 words
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Article95 1948-02-20 4 i*l with $910 million, and the Truman administration will 110 ii n r fact ex ec t to sr much for the money it is prepared to loan China Nevertheless tfie sum which advance is largo enough, if Will America extend to <-nina not merely assistance in95 words
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Article1359 1948-02-20 4 Anna Louis Strong - BEYOND the 38th PARALLEL Anna Louis Strong By In The New Statesman dc Nation fONTRARY to common view it is possible to travel ir the Soviet zone of* North Korea and talk freely to Koreans without any Russians around. One needs the usual military permit to enter the zone; this1,359 words
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Article428 1948-02-20 4 By JOHN RODERICK A. P. Corrts|xtndent •THE key figure in 1 China's civil war is neither a genera] n«»r a politician. He is a peasant. He cannot read or write. But he has stamina and legs. He will stand up under an almost unbelievable amount of physical strainA.P. - 428 words
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Article560 1948-02-20 4 JOSEPH DYNAN - CUSTOM AR CUSTOMS JOSEPH DYNAN Hy A. P. Correspondent ONE of the most rigorously controlled frontiers "of Western Europe lies between two countries Belgium and Holland which in theory at Irust were Joined in a Customs Union last month. The two countri* I and Luxembourg officially beeame partners on JanuaryA.P. - 560 words
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Article559 1948-02-20 4 People in S'pore make news THE only Malay candidate nominated in the forthcoming Singapore Legislative Council elections is INCHE SARDON HAJI JUBIR. He is standing for the Rural East constituency. He was the first practising Malay barrister to be called to the Singapore Bar. At the age of 30 he559 words
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Article, Illustration16 1948-02-20 4 gg*^ Ltd., i n m Jnin-inf ih JJ^V^W and "l^M i ii "Mm ""ill P^Jgggg] gaR16 words
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Article20 1948-02-20 4 Xc shall not vf c Mr^H the time <owp f^M shall say. Hie»pdi>l«J romtth in the inmf'W I.t>r<i ■*a20 words
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Article200 1948-02-20 4 THE BRITISH SAW IT FIRST TTHE Falkland Is--1 lands, which the Argentine have claimed and in which they are reported to nave established themselves were first sighted by English seamen toward the endof the 16th century. A century later, they were given their present name. About the sam e time,200 words
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Advertisement65 1948-02-20 4 ATTE :;p°% E rC n r\ C I* 1/ \f you're looking creamy-rich Magnolia lc« Se« howe» can orepare a sweet m Buy a brick at any o< th« M.lk bars just $1.50 people! For variation, add fruit I u Jf^J r^ Sduces chopped finftr ir M.lk bars at: "Orchard65 words
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Article495 1948-02-20 5 SECTIONS TO RURAL BOARD LIKELY Closer liaison with villagers Free Press Staff Reporter A RECOMMENDATION that the constitution rk of the Singapore Rural Board should remain \8 it is at present, although in the future a proportion of its members might be elected as in th« case of the new495 words
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Article47 1948-02-20 5 fit. <»»& mm I'm Sl:ifT forre-p <in(kn t I Mala- 1 I ater I future. a in I may be imI I ip> B B Lfl EXH C mp- H K 7 I.VMO 1 Textile H: lO H B H H also B true v^ B B47 words
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Article, Illustration44 1948-02-20 5 ferhaps the most magnificent costume among the Malay Rulers at the opening of their conference at Kuala Lumpur on Wednesday nas that worn by the Sultan of Pahang who is seen taking the Royal salute upon his arrival at the connce building. Free PressFree Press - 44 words
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Article107 1948-02-20 5 INDIA WILL ISSUE GANDHI STAMPS D part- lead the i ma's 1 30 to the four corners of tfat world on Jan. 30 and 31 was y three times the normal. Press telegrams alone amounted to 50,000 words. M on 12.000 telephone calls in two hours bet--5 30 p.m. and107 words
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Article100 1948-02-20 5 THE first prize of £75 in the competition for documentary script-writers, sponsored by the Central Office of Information in London to discover new talent among freelance writers, was won by James Madill of Glasgow, for h*is script on "Get Home Safe and Sound." The second100 words
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Article43 1948-02-20 5 The Indian Consul General in Batavia, Mr. N. Ragliavan, accompanied by Mrs. Raghavan, and the Press Attache. Mr. P. R. S. Mani, will attend the opening of tftie Indian Trade Exhibition at the Great World Park tomorrow by the Governor.43 words
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Article204 1948-02-20 5 Free Press Chinese Correspondent MALAYAN Chinese remittances to China in 11)47 totalled $22,945,133, according to official Statistics. Singapore Chinese sent $16,988,059, and the Malayan Union total was $5,957,074. Th^ month of March las: year topped the list with remittances aggregating $4,076.--897. followed by April with204 words
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Article67 1948-02-20 5 yilE Malabar Muslim Jamaat (representing Kerala Muslim! who form a big p^irt of the voters of Singapore! has unanimously decided to uiva full support to Mr. V. P. Abdullah, who is contesting the elections in the Municipal Nomih-Fiast, EHvisior.. The Malabar Muslim Jamaat also appeals to67 words
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Article34 1948-02-20 5 Egypt has now declared the whole country free from cholera. Inoculation and any other special measures which have been taken on account of cholera epidemic in Egypt are no longer required.34 words
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Article, Illustration38 1948-02-20 5 Ojficials of the Singapore Federation of Trades Union recently met the two Trade Union experts from the UK Mr. F. W. Dalley and Mr. S. S. Awbery (seen facing camera on extreme right in this Free Press picture).38 words
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Article96 1948-02-20 5 FORMOSAN SUGAR FOR MALAYA Fr»<- Press StaiT Reporter THE first post-war shipment Ol R,>rmo.i&n. sugar, IlllßiiiHH 1,300 tons, i s due to arrive in Sirgapore at the end erf this month. Of this, TOO tons will be lor Penai.g. More shipments, it is d. are to follow, ar production in96 words
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Article29 1948-02-20 5 The Ven. Narada Thera of Ceylon who recently arrived in Singapore, will deliver a sermon on Buddhism and the Sinhala nation tomorrow at 96. Outram Road, Singapore.29 words
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Article27 1948-02-20 5 The Air Officer Commanding. Malaya, Air Vice Marshal J. Whitworth-Jones will broadcast from Radio Malaya at 9.45 tonight on Air Power and Air Superiority.27 words
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Article184 1948-02-20 5 IN a manifesto addressed to voters in the Municipal j North -East Division, Mr. V. P. Abdulla, says h e has decided to stand for elections because of the danger of "vested interests" occupying all tine seats in the new Singapore Legislative Council. He explains: "In184 words
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Article, Illustration37 1948-02-20 5 Air Marshal Sir Hugh Lloyd, Commander -in-Chief, RAF Far East Command, met Press correspondents at Changi on Wednesday. He is seen on the left and in the group picture taken ivith the correspondents and some RAF officers.37 words
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Article261 1948-02-20 5 Free Press Staff Reporter AT a meeting of the Rural Board yesterday, the chairman, Mr. C. W. A. Sennett said unauthorised buildings were still being erected in the Singapore rural areas, and it would be difficult to check their growth. Mr. Sennett thought it was261 words
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Article108 1948-02-20 5 A JOURNALIST, Mr. Harry Miller, was erranted a decree nisi to be made absolute In three months by the Chief Justice, Singapore, Mr. Justice Murray-Aynslry. yesterday. Mr. Miller petitioned for a divorce from his wife, Mrs. Dorothy Rose Marion Miller, on the ground of her desertion. A108 words
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Article42 1948-02-20 5 A middle-aged Cantonese, Leong San, was yesterday sentenced to seven years' rigorous imprisonment by Mr. Justice Brown at the Singapore Assizes when he pleaded guilty to a charge of raping a 11 -year-old Chinese girl in August last year.42 words
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126 1948-02-20 5 Free Press Correspondent KUALA LUMPUR, Thurs. AN extension of co-operative marketing schemes for rubber small-holders is contemplated by Uv Co-operative Department, which has issued am invitation to small-holders to consult officers for details. A press release issued by the Department points out that in cases where126 words
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Article319 1948-02-20 5 Rubber earned 'US $266 million Free Press Correspondent KUALA LUMPUR, iiiuis. LAST year, rubber pi induced more gold dollars than all the manufactured goods of th^ mdustres in the United Kingdom put together declared Sir John Hay, chairman of Guthrie and Co. Ltd. in an interview here today. Sir John319 words
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Advertisement78 1948-02-20 5 Free Estimates TUC I Mr JttPOM Packing Co. by experts for removal to destination. Forwarding, by Sen or Land ran ed, Vill™* Tel 4 lf 6548 Ti^llT"" J **n»<M>««- m i- mi NMo L AGAIN TO THE VDong L S NGS SUNG BY THE "bku TENOR!— BOBBY BREEN in ON78 words
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Advertisement22 1948-02-20 5 DRESS SHIRTS j tt MARfFT T A" ftt/Ti FRONT II y(v j J Measure DRESS SHOES- 829.50 I j||p| CE- SINGAPORE. P^fe>22 words
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Article, Illustration73 1948-02-20 6 The first consignment or Russian grain to be sent to Britain under the AngloSoviet trade agreement if note being unloaded from tht Russian ship, Baku, at the MUltDall Docks in ttw River Thames. One of the men helping to unload the precious cargo (right) let*73 words
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Article241 1948-02-20 6 Baldev Singh says INDIA had m, designs of aggression against anv other country but if attacked she was powerful enough to resist effectively and successfully, said Sardar Baldev Singh. Defence Minister, addressing a recruiting rally at Lucknow. TUe rally had drawn more than 1,600 recruitsA.P. - 241 words
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Article44 1948-02-20 6 In a foreword to his "El Alumein to the River Sangro" going published this month. *ield Marshal Montgomery says: "The Eighth Army was a very happy family "They knew they were fine soldiers and they looked it every man an emperor."44 words
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Article22 1948-02-20 6 The first 3.000 of Argentina's 20.000 12-lb. food parcols arrived it; Hamburg yesterday for Germans in the British zone.— U.PU.P - 22 words
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Article38 1948-02-20 6 A decree r.La was granted in London to Mrs. Valerie Oobarro, formerly Princess Daba, daughter of the exRajah of Sarawak, on the ground of mis-conduct by her husband. Mr. Jos e Co barro.38 words
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Article256 1948-02-20 6 'Malay grievances redressed 9 'THE Siamese Government "has redressed the 1 grievances of the 700,000 Malays" in Siam's four southern provinces, and secessionist unrest is now practically non-existent, according to the DirectorGeneral of the Siamese Interior Ministry Phva Ramraj Bhakdi, who has just returned toA.P.; Reuter - 256 words
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Article, Illustration24 1948-02-20 6 picture. rnncest Elizabeth, accompamea by the Duke of Edinburgh, arriving to visit the Exhibition of Indian Art at Burhngton House, Piccadilly, London. A. P.A.P. - 24 words
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Article69 1948-02-20 6 r |MiE King has invested Maj.X Gen. Sir Hubert Ranee, the last British Governor ',f Burma, with the Grand Cross of St. Michael and St. George. Sir Hubert succeeded Sir Reginald Dorman-Smith as Governor of. Burma in August 1946 and left early in January this yearReuter - 69 words
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Article87 1948-02-20 6 E«H£SAj Pe «"a, Wednesday. NRAGED housewives O J Cerro d e Pasco yesterdiv stoned and beat a Government official to death in a demonstration against food shortages and high prices inn i° Iv( r min °rs were k lied l and 14 wounded in later disorders.U.P. - 87 words
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Article73 1948-02-20 6 PICASSO IN PALESTINE I) R KHAI IDY. Iraq rnemKJg* V Mhr Uniu>d Nation* Trusteeship Council, walked out of a Council meeting yesterday after he had ridiculed t Palestine partition man as looking like a Pirasso Sort! rait, complete with enclaves free cities, minorities. £eo* r* J £v*B an 5 fthnoKraohlcalReuter - 73 words
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Article97 1948-02-20 6 JHE Judicial Committee of the Privy Council has allowed the appeal by Capt. H. B. Gill. Mechanical Engineer, who in 1941 was Deputy As- against their conviction on a charge of conspiracy quashed C^th C h O 2*K were ScTto "gS" Drisonment tlls lm made it am97 words
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Article203 1948-02-20 6 A PERMANENT food Standards Committee has been set up in Britain to advise the Ministers of Food and Health and the Secretary of State for Scotland on regulations concerning the composition of food. The committee will recommend food standards, based on quality and nutritional203 words
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Article22 1948-02-20 6 The death in France is reported of Emanuel (Coo Coo) Baptiste, "King of the Gyn- ues, aged 48.- U.P.U.P. - 22 words
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Article, Illustration18 1948-02-20 6 IW to J rnnce William of Sweden mmm m Studies a copy of the latl^t r- *<* ofR^ PlanetPlanet - 18 words
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Article83 1948-02-20 6 MR. Leo Isacson, American 111 Labour Party candidate supported by presidential candidate Henry A. Wallace yesterday won the Bronx 'New York) special Congressional election with more votes than his three opponents put together. I "This is a victory for Henry Wallace and the third party the83 words
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Article47 1948-02-20 6 'WHAT, NO SNOW, SAY CAMPERS (CHALLENGED last summer with being "fair weather friends," 100 camping club members returned to Limestone Castle, Kent with 40 tents. t ey w *?<* hostess. Lady Hart-Dyke, they had ioped for snow, but they had to make do with rain and a Kale.47 words
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Article53 1948-02-20 6 Lorene Protero, aged 21 struggled for three hours to escape from the grip of a man who had frozen to death holding her when the l Orrv whlch the y were travelling ran out of petrol with the temperature ten degrees below zero53 words
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Advertisement144 1948-02-20 6 BECAUSE ITfr THERE CAN BE NO COMPARISON COLUMBIA'S 'A, f^ A srjtfjb? LARRY PARKS *'fj? E DW. EVtREH jfi (9 HORTON 7 tMARC PLATT i ADELE JERGENS JAMES GLEASON L I *2^ GEORGE MACREAHV RONALD CIIAER r 1 '^20/ j STARTS TO DAY 11 a.m. 2 p.m. 4.15 O.:?0 A144 words
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Miscellaneous9 1948-02-20 6 JANE__^ Exclusive to the Singapore Free Prrss in Matava9 words
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Article1823 1948-02-20 7 GRAND PRIX FOR SPRING CUP RACE Final day of S'pore races m By "CALL BOY" M*: n Tan p C^ a>s G rand Prix the Second, if hlw«i,Ss C ln a P« re Cu P year, looks as Timah tl e S?"« nff Cup to his laurels at B ki1,823 words
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Article239 1948-02-20 7 Button, ha »>wered G. O. Aliens urgent r rei lorcements for the injury- M(( n tourinf side, wasted no time in g his form. as in England not having and yesterday, within the plane, he played a 138 not out against British 1->1 1 if 1 and the BritishReuter - 239 words
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Article, Illustration35 1948-02-20 7 a t hc I I P^d^/e On (No. 11), Smiling were battling out the kit Timah on Wednesday Dicture) came through with a and snatched victory on the rough and Mayloong finishbehind Honnj Comb.35 words
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Article100 1948-02-20 7 CELECTIONs by "Call Boy" for U tomorrow's races, subject to scratching*, are: SPRING CUP GRAND PRIX II Ecliptic San Derm-trio H. Cl. l. I>. 2. 1 mile SPEAR MIRTH P. Favourite True Security H. Cl 1. i>. i. 6 tun. MINSTRI L BOY Blackpool Gold Medallist100 words
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114 1948-02-20 7 THE Indian touring team be--1 Kin the final match of their tour against Western Australia at Perth today. When they met the state side in the opening match last October the game was spoilt by wretched weather and ended in a draw. Since thenReuter - 114 words
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Article178 1948-02-20 7 THE following are requested to turn up for a Rovers' S.C. "Married v. Single" football game at the 8.0.D. ground, St. George's Road, at 5.15 p.m. sharp today. The President, Mr. Ang Soon Hoe, has donated a silver cup to be competed for annually178 words
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Article, Illustration10 1948-02-20 7 Last Saturday Arsenal beat Burnley three-nil at10 words
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481 1948-02-20 7 Bumper soccer season for Singapore mi™ m hree Press Staff Re P<>rter |^Hfc Singapore soccer season, which is scheduled to open in a fortnight's time, will see the biggest number of entries from local teams which have entered for the S.A.F.A. League competition. Fiftythree teams have entered for the competition481 words
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Article245 1948-02-20 7 JERSEY Joe Walcott laughed at Joe Louis's ultimatum to the challenger yesterday to sign up for a return heavyweight contest in two weeks or lose the fight, reports Reuter from New York. Louis made this ultimatum after a r.ew hitch had developed in the negotiations245 words
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176 1948-02-20 7 THE Olympic cycling events at "Herne Hill track, London, and on the road course in Windsor Great Park, Berkshire, for which 24 nations have already announced their intention to enter should provide some great races. One of the highlights is expected to be provided176 words
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Advertisement140 1948-02-20 7 Arena-SAT. 21st Feb. '48 at 9 p.*. SUPER WRESTLING N I, rj i^i. j^K |^b OH ™-»n Xdmiv,ion $4, $3. $2. King 4155 ;V N or 5031 for Bo,kin^ 1 **»fc- f W!JESTUNG~ I Dl It £&£J A<B ram Atx\ R PT S 1 !> the I COVEEED ARENA— TO140 words
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Article82 1948-02-20 8 THE trial of Mrs. Emma 1 Debeljal:, described In the United States as an American citizen, began in Belgrade yesterday on charts of lutrbourftnt an epcmf of the regime and enabling; him to attack a Kcurttj officer. Sho was arrested af u*r a bandit she wasU.P. - 82 words
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Article, Illustration31 1948-02-20 8 The Fighting Cocks sign hanging outside the Old Round House Inn at St. Albans, Hertfordshire. The inn la said to be the oldest inhabited licensed house, or 'pub* in England.31 words
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Article285 1948-02-20 8 THK Political Committee of the seven-nation Arab League has decided to impose an economic boycott against the United States and other countries which support the United Nations decision to partition Palestine, according to an Arab League source in Cairo. This source, specifying the United StatesReuter; U.P.; A.P. - 285 words
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Article97 1948-02-20 8 MANILA. Thursday. THE self-styled, five-star g mend, Hiiario C&mlno Moncado, already freed by President Roxas' amnesty I proclamation, was acquitted by the Peoples Court on a treason charge this morning. After Riving the traditional Latin hug to the three judges who acquitted him, Moncado was kissedA.P. - 97 words
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Article33 1948-02-20 8 Gen. Kaishor Shuinshere Jung Bahadur Rama, Nepal's Minister to the United States, called at the White House yesterday to present his letters of credence to President Tru- man.--i Reuter ReuterReuter - 33 words
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91 1948-02-20 8 MUNICH. Thursday. THE official oosit;on of Eva Braun ls that she WM »er legally cicad nor legally married t° Hitler. Tlv Berlin Registry Office reported today to Otto Gntschneder. lawyer lor Eva's mother, that "the death of Eva Hitler cannot t>~ documented, it laU.P. - 91 words
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Article100 1948-02-20 8 KILLING OF GUERILLAS NO CRIME' NUREMBERG. Thursday. THE American war crimes tribunal here held today that the killing of captured members of "Illegal partisan bands" by German forces m tit- Balkans was *ot a war crime. Thee ourt was pronouncing judgment on a group of German generals, headed by FieldReuter - 100 words
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100 1948-02-20 8 RAAF bomber crashes on landing, 16 die Brisbane, Thursday. A Royal Australian Air Force Lincoln bomber crashed today at Amberley aerodrome. Queensland, with Shi loss of 16 lives. An eye-witnrss said that the plane appeared to have overshot the runway. I T is believed that the pilot attempted to landA.P. - 100 words
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Article275 1948-02-20 8 NANKING, Thursday. 'FHE United States Ambassador, Mr. J. Leighton A Stuart, in an unprecedented direct appeal to the Chinese people, today attacked both "extreme reactionaries and extreme radicals" in China and I called for elimination of corrupt and incompetent elements in the present national Government.U.P. - 275 words
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Article64 1948-02-20 8 FOOD was dropped by parachute in Ankara yesterday ,to people in more than 100 villages cut oil by floods which followed storms in Southern Anatolia at the begtnnning of the week. Human corpses and dead cattle could be seen floating along the still rising riversReuter - 64 words
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Article141 1948-02-20 8 LONDON. Thursday. BRITISH foreign policy documents covering the period from 1919 to 1939. published today, reveal that the Berlin military attache warned in 1931 that Germany was secretly rearming. The attache's roport said there were grounds for protest h-i' admitted "doubt exists whether such protestsU.P. - 141 words
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315 1948-02-20 8 Govt. position now tottering NANKING, Friday. fHINESE Communist forces have broken into the steel city of Anshan, last bastion guarding the southern flank of Mukden. The complete fall of Anshan, which is now be held to be only a matter of time, isU.P.; Reuter; A.P. - 315 words
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Article, Illustration46 1948-02-20 8 A woman passenger waves from a window of the ice-cov-ered Swedish American liner Drottningholm upon arrival at New York, from Gothenburg, Sweden. The vessel docked 48 hours late and Cavt. John Nordlander, her skipper reported the crossing as the worst in his 28 years at sea46 words
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Article56 1948-02-20 8 \fICE-Admiral C. H. L. Wood- j house has been appointed Commander-in-Chief of the East Indies Station, it was announced in London last I might. He succeeds Admiral Sir Arthur F. E. Palliser. Admiral Woodhouse, who is 54. recently served as Flag Ofllc r Commar.ding theA.P. - 56 words
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Article135 1948-02-20 8 BRITAIN ANSWERS CHILE I LONDON, Thursday. A Foreign Office spokesman said emphatically today that Britain would not take its dispute with Argentina and Chile, over bases in the Falklands, to the United Nations. The International Court of Justice at the Hague was the right place to settle the Issue, heA.P.; U.P. - 135 words
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142 1948-02-20 8 Breach suit ends on immunity plea LONDON, Thursday. *pHE judge stopped the hearing of a breach of promise case in the High Court today after the British Foreign Office had forwarded a plea I of diplomatic immunity— rare in the history of English Law put in by the United StatesReuter - 142 words
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Article78 1948-02-20 8 WASHINGTON. Thurs. DRESIDENT TRUMAN form--1 ally launched his oampaign for re-election next November with a 10-ysai programme for peace and prosperity. This programme also called for the expansion of agricultural output, am increase of employment and higher minimum wage. #l lt can bo done and itReuter; A.P. - 78 words
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Article35 1948-02-20 8 Britain continues to buy non-essential fruits and other goods from Italy because "we i are very anxious to help Italy' In her rehabilitation". Sir j Stafford Cripps told a press Conference yesterday.35 words
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Article129 1948-02-20 8 BRUSSELS, Thursday. A WESTERN European conference could be expected shortly, the Belgian Prime Minister, M. Paul Henri Spaak, told the Foreign Affairs Committee of the Chamber of Deputies itoday. He said this shortly after I the Belgian Foreign Office had announced that British, FrenchA.P.; Reuter - 129 words
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Article578 1948-02-20 8 London stock exchange LONDON, Thursday. /GENERAL uncertainty as to the outcome of xx the Federation of British Industries and associates' plan for checking the inflationary tendency is still curbing business on the London Stock Exchange, says Reuter's financial correspondent. In today's trading, Tins and Rubbers continued toReuter - 578 words
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Article156 1948-02-20 8 ASI'KCI \L Market correspondent jrives the prices of ruM>er at 11 ;im today as follows: Buyers Sellers (Us. Vie. per lb. r-er Ib No. 1 R.S.S. Spot loose 39S 40 No. 1 R.S.S. fob in bales Mar. M 40 No. R.S.S. fob in bales Mar. 39 M 4A.P. - 156 words
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Article64 1948-02-20 8 paris, Thursd FRANCES most famous export business fashions nose-dived today from t™ "new look into oldsiump. f A check-up shows 1,000 Paris swing flrls be(>n dismissed in th» week for lack of work. The plain fact Is th.\t foreign business expected boom after the franc devaluation just didn't. r-rlsU.P. - 64 words
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Article71 1948-02-20 8 LONDON J A a nRS airc^^J ar^st and Jl 3Ust tal 1 Parl y in m -;i 26.000-mile f I lts behavi ol j£| sive flyi ng J| conditions. S'tonPayloA The tour. e: I about six weCji Australia and^Jl calling at S-rULI quipped :ro-' J :ning a tot IA.P. - 71 words
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Article66 1948-02-20 8 V WASHDi A GROUP crals have caaali to attend "Jefferson Ja ner here t t M: Tr November Presideil tions. They hav the oi to sea v Whites. The vice dinner cor;.:: D. Johnst she had a Democratic I IN i that her party of i would not NReuter - 66 words
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Article18 1948-02-20 8 GLASCK I .\BOUR li Pai Paisley, nta. Mi D elected bj ponent, jj ■n mor Todaj ReuterReuter - 18 words
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Miscellaneous59 1948-02-20 8 —WEATHER— Bright WEATHER report for the next 24 hours compiled by the RAF: Long bright periods with isolated showers this after- noon. Fair overnight and tomorrow morning. Wind: Southwesterly this afternoon. Northwest in the morning. Sunset 6.51 p.m. Sunrise 6.46 a.m. Moonrise 2.51 p.m. SINGAPORE TIDES Today Tomorrow HIGH 8.2059 words
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