The Singapore Free Press, 21 February 1948
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Title Section19 1948-02-21 1 The Singapore Free Press LARGEST AFTERNOON SALE IN MALAYA I SINGAPORE, SATURDAY, FEBRUARY 21, 1948 PRH fc 10 (BIS19 words
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Article123 1948-02-21 1 NANKING, Friday. T Soon?, and Dr. H. H. Kung, President brothers-in-law, top the list of who will be required to pay the '..'\tTnment "special relief tax scheme, which is to and is expected to yield the lent of rs.>7.u)UiU)oo. Hong Kong and the are included in the .irpose ofReuter - 123 words
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Article337 1948-02-21 1 Food experts' grim warning MANILA, Friday. C A MINE and pestilence will sweep Asia unless i way is found to increase food production quickly, officials of UNO's Food and Agricultural Organisation warned today. They are ore for the F.A.O. conference which opens in Uajruio on Monday. IfA.P.; U.P. - 337 words
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Article90 1948-02-21 1 OTTAWA. Friday. BRITAIN has taken exception to the proposed publication by the Canadian Government of documents on the fall of Hong Kong in 1941, the Canadian Prime Minister, Mr MacKenzie King, told the House of Commons here today. The Opposition has been pressing toReuter - 90 words
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Article22 1948-02-21 1 New cases of typhus, mostly affecting children, are being registered in Rumania at the rate of 2,500 each week.— ReuterReuter - 22 words
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Article86 1948-02-21 1 Free Press Staff Reporter AN inquest is to be held next Friday on Captain J. S. Ogilvie, Master of the Straiis Steamship Company's vessel Singgarang, who was well known in Singapore and Malaya. He collapsed on board the Singarrang and died the next day in Singapore86 words
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Article87 1948-02-21 1 Free Press Staff Reporter OINGAPORE police yesterday found the dead body of a 25-year-old Chinese, with a piece of cloth stuffed in his mouth but no injuries, in a ditch at BV2 milestone, Bukit Timah Road. He has been identified as a member of a87 words
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Article, Illustration35 1948-02-21 1 A tug is se.en towing a naval vessel through the huge blocks of ice that have choked the mouth of the Hudson Rtvjer near Ossining, New York, since the recent spell of bitterly cold weather.35 words
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Article58 1948-02-21 1 THE famous Vietnamese one--1 eyed Gen. Nguyen Binh has appealed to Marshal Phibun for closer Victnam-Siam relations along with other south eastern countries in a common front against "manoeuvres of aggression by foreigners". The General congratulated Marshal Phibun "for his success in achieving his aim forReuter - 58 words
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Article65 1948-02-21 1 EIRE'S new Prime Minister. John A Costello, said yesterday that his new flve-party Government would help the Marshall plan by exporting more food to Britain and to Europe. The Dublin lawyer broke F.amon de Valera's 16-year-old rule of not seeing the press when he toldA.P. - 65 words
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Article185 1948-02-21 1 Free Press Staff Correspondent LONDON, Friday. IN an editorial on the defence White Paper, The Times says that while paying respect to the hopes reposed in the United Nations, it frankly recognises that in the present state of international feeling, its members must still depend185 words
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Article33 1948-02-21 1 ANNA THE KING OF RUMANIA Ex-King Carol of Rumania has been deprived of his citizenship and his p?rsonal fortune for "slandering his country'', it was announced yesterday by Anna Pauker, Rumanian Foreign Minister.33 words
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Article62 1948-02-21 1 k NQLO-Danish trade talks 1\ have produced a draft agreement which will be submitted to the Danish Government for approval. The prices to be paid for Danish bacon, butter and other foodstuffs will be "satisfactory" to Danish farmers. Denmark will get a "fair share" of Britain'sA.P. - 62 words
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Article28 1948-02-21 1 Holland will need $100,000,--000 stop-gap aid from the United States unless the Marshall plan goes through on time, said Netherlands Embassy officials in Washington yesterday.28 words
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Article235 1948-02-21 1 U.K. is beating the crisis LONDON, Friday. lI TIT II news today of record British exports in January (£9 million higher than December), two well-known British economists predicted that Britain would not only survive 1948 but would end the year with a higher standard of living. Assuming that the Government'sReuter - 235 words
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Article27 1948-02-21 1 Bombay Customs officials raided an Arab dhow anchored in the harbour and recovered gold valued at Rs. 65,000 concealed in baskets of wet dates.— ReuterReuter - 27 words
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Article59 1948-02-21 1 THE United States Navy will begin big manoeuvres in the East China Sea In a few days time, says the Soviet news agency. An aircraft carrier and four destroyers have arrived in Hong Kong, while a number of warships in Chinese territorial waters sailedReuter - 59 words
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Article146 1948-02-21 1 NEW YORK, Friday. The truce between the Dutch and Indonesians* in Java has shaken the world's rubber markets, says the New York Journal of Commerce. It opens the way for a considerable expansion of direct Indies' exports, the paper says. Mentioning; the recent de- clineU.P. - 146 words
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Article168 1948-02-21 1 NEW YORK. Friday. qpHE Security Council reJL opened the date on the Indonesia-Dutch Issue today, with Senator Warren Austin (United States) declaring that U was inconceivable that either the Netherlands or the Indonesians would break the Renville truce agreement. Dr. P. P. Pillai (India)Reuter; U.P. - 168 words
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Article42 1948-02-21 1 Charles A Doyle, an official of the Congress of Industrial Organisation Chemical Workers Union has been arrested for prosecution and deportation on Communist charges. He is the third CIO official marked for deportation in the past two weeks.— U.P.U.P. - 42 words
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Article185 1948-02-21 1 CAIRO, Friday. I^HE Arab world was tonight awaiting definite news A from remote Yemen, on the Red Sea, of the fate of the 85-year-old Imam Yahya, head of one of the oldest ruling families in the world, who is reported to have been killed with threeReuter; U.P. - 185 words
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Article21 1948-02-21 1 A terrific explosion outside the Moslem Brotherhood headquarters, rocked Cairo last night. First reports said there were "many casualties."21 words
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Article193 1948-02-21 1 W. EUROPE GRIPPED BY ICE SNOW LONDON, Friday. DRIVING snow and icy Arctic winds lashed Western Europe today as a mass of cold air moved westward from the Russian steppes to break one of the mildest European winters on record. Britain, northern France, Germany and the Lowlands were gripped byReuter; A.P.; U.P. - 193 words
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Article62 1948-02-21 1 WASHINGTON, Friday. /CONGRESSMEN from 11 v; southern states formally repudiated President Truman's civil rights programme tooay. adopting a resolution opposing the President's plea for anti-lynch, anti-poll tax and anti-segregation legislation A resolution, adopted unanimously by about 50 Democrats behind closed doors, called for co-operation withReuter - 62 words
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Article42 1948-02-21 1 riVE people were killed and four Variously injured when a Dakota aircraft crashed near Leghorn this afternoon. In the Philippine Islands yesterday, an American pilot was killed when his fighter plane crashed into a moun- tainside.— ReuterReuter - 42 words
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Article21 1948-02-21 1 Two-thirds of California is a drought area and an emergency exists in the livestock industry in 28 coyntries.- A.P.A.P. - 21 words
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Article696 1948-02-21 2 DOOR old Shakespeare! He has suffered a lot from heavy theory and muddled thinking since he made his final exit from the Elizabethan stage where he lived and worked, like any other honest craftsman anxious to earn his livelihood and please his public. He would not have liked696 words
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Article131 1948-02-21 2 MISS MYRA CURTIS, chairman of the commitee which produced the Curtis Report on the care of children, told members of Liverpool Child Welfare Association some of the things she learned during the investigations. Here they arc: A mother's petting and fondling of her child often regarded as131 words
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Article356 1948-02-21 2 WORKMEN demolish. ""ing ancient Chirton Cottage in the seafaring town of North Shields, Northumberland, are busy looking for buried treasure. Some 900 guineas were reported hidden under a "young sycamore" tree in the rear of the house and the labourers went about th^ir tasks with enthusiasm. It was356 words
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Article, Illustration25 1948-02-21 2 Designed by Jean Pascal Lorriaux, this new Spring hat jrom Parts is o] straw colour and is decorated with black lace and black velvet dots.25 words
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Article305 1948-02-21 2 BUDAPEST BORN film director Charles Vidor currently is the target of much criticism by opera-lovers because of the picture •The Loves of Carmen." Vidor tossed aside the bizet score of the opera "Carmen" when the film was still in the planning stage. He substituted flamenco (gypsy) music, whichA.P. - 305 words
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Article, Illustration112 1948-02-21 2 gPADES are trumps. South leads. North and South arc to win four of the six tncks against any defence. South leads the trump. North wins and returns the heart ten. and when South takes the queen, West drops the jack South leads heart six, North discarding the diamond112 words
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Article330 1948-02-21 2 Pierre Jeannerat - The 'Harpo Marx' of art Pierre Jeannerat By PAY, whimsicality is very attractive. Its spiritual home is probably England, the country of Alice, the Ingoldsby Legends, of Edward Lear, and a hundred other masters of nur-sery-rhyme fantasy that delights grownups. Therefore, the Marc Chagall exhibition, which the Arts Council are330 words
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Miscellaneous253 1948-02-21 2 ■i^j fi» M■■ jff w 8» jg £a GEmBS l MS Eg 5? JSL Mjß "Si t■■ »aV j«i^ SINGAPORE Blue Network -f roia 12.00 noon to t.»O pm KG metres in the medium wave Hf ll^.* 11 1 7 20 *"**ctcl*b In the 41 metre band From 6.00 p.m.253 words
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Miscellaneous364 1948-02-21 2 Pflayaran Melayu Kronchon* Party; 12 45 News in Malay 7 Time S.gnal; 701 Radio Mapazme; 7.15 Musical Interlude- 730 News in Malay; 7.45 Musical Interlude. AUSTRALIA .A! 0 p m lo P «n. VLA6 A* metrfl 15 2 meracycles: f; .n pm u 8 15 pm VI EB 13JJ9 metres364 words
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Miscellaneous280 1948-02-21 2 Violin: 8.30 World News: 840 Highways of M. lody; 9 Magazine of the Weok; 9.15 Music from the Films: 9.30 DXs Corner; 945 In Choirs and Places where they Sing; 10 News; 10 1> Talk MONDAY 10.30 a.m. AtMttalian News--10.40 Records by Request; 11 Popular Piano Classics— A recital by280 words
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Miscellaneous234 1948-02-21 2 I p.m. 19.84 metres and 49.38 metre.. 5 30-nij;ht 19.81 metres and 49.38 metres. SATURDAY AFTERNOON 1 p.m. World News Headlines; i 1.02 Yours for the Asking- 2 p.m. World News Headlines 5 30 Great White Way; 6 p.m. Thirty to One; 6.30 World and Home News; 6.45 Connoisseur; 7pm234 words
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Miscellaneous244 1948-02-21 2 YOUR LUCKY STAR Fortune forecast lor people born today DORN today, your rea°soning powers are well developed. You can comprehend and understand the motivations of other individuals, even before they, themselves, realise the truth. You are an idealist and want to see a better world emerge from the one into244 words
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Article197 1948-02-21 3 NO U.S.DEMAND ON YANGTZE' I NANKING, Friday. gNJJNGTON Tong, Government Information pirn-tor, at a ures* conference denied the report the I'nited States Government had asked for n i he Yangrtae River as a condition Chinese aid. "Nor has not any other government apsubject." 1 He said since the end ofU.P. - 197 words
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Article, Illustration40 1948-02-21 3 fitly went to the polls to vote 0 Uive Yuan. From 8 a.m. the H^ 1 -vWftt' 156 polling stations to cast their ballots m candidates. Picture shows a I. the \oooth vote, in a Louza dis- p >;ung station.40 words
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Article25 1948-02-21 3 CANTON Co;. ->n etuni are to the rs in quota i to the hed i r a ban Hang Chinese •-.are25 words
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Article, Illustration19 1948-02-21 3 picture. I Plane which evacuated National m fid* nts and personnel from isoM with flour for the return A.P.A.P. - 19 words
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Article33 1948-02-21 3 The Rev. D Harry Westcott Worlty. aged 61. a Methodist missionary in China for 33 years, has died at Poochow, where ne was the president of the Union Theological St-minary.— A.P.A.P. - 33 words
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Article224 1948-02-21 3 TSINGTAO. Friday. A DMIRAL Charles M. Cooke, Jr., Chief of the U.S. Advisory Group, said China must end the civil war before it can recover. In a farewell Press Conference.. Adm. Cooke told Chinese reporters'. "There Is no doubt in the minds of every body hereA.P. - 224 words
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416 1948-02-21 3 'I can rally 300, 000 men PEIPING, Friday. PENERAL Ma Chang-san hero of the antiJapanese resistance in Manchuria in World War 11, told United Press today he was ready to rally a force of 300,000 to fight the Reds in his home groundU.P - 416 words
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Article, Illustration48 1948-02-21 3 .A symbol of admiration for his wartime deeds in behalf of China, from Dr. Chang Tze Jen of Soochow to Gen. Claire cnennault, is the scroll shown above. Col. C. S. Lee. Chief security Officer for Hungjao airfield, is shown presenting the gift to Gen. and Mrs. Chennault.48 words
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312 1948-02-21 3 Scheme to replace loss of Manchuria SHANGHAI. Friday. DEHABILJTATION of Central and South Ch;na is 1\ being speeded up by the Central Government authorities in an attempt to offset the loss of rich Manchurian areas to the Communists. With more th.in 95 per cent of Manchuria undci Communist control andReuter - 312 words
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Article61 1948-02-21 3 THE deficit in the Shanghai Municipal Budget for the current year is e3U>ected tt> b€ $2,600 billion (Chinese), according to official estimates. This is equivalent to the black market rat£ of U.S. $l3 million. Despite the fact that Muaiicipal income increases for 1947 were five timesU.P. - 61 words
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Article99 1948-02-21 3 NANKING. Friday. THE total proceeds from the 'Special Relief Levies" > China's newest source of revenue designed to tax the rich —were fixed at $10,000,000,000 (Chinese* by the sponsoring committee yesterday and. of this amount. Shanghai alone Is expected to raise $5,500,000.--000. The new levies areReuter - 99 words
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Article93 1948-02-21 3 THE Indonesian Youth Congress has nomin r Mr Sugior.o as t*heir iep r tentative in the Mission cu the World Federation of Democratic Youths to C'.iir.a The Mission, it is ltaffeed, will leave from India af;* i the Asian Youth Gonfererc*, which is scheduled for the93 words
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Article32 1948-02-21 3 ALL newspap>ers except the singly E^iKlish lansuaec dally in Tsfcnstao have stooped publication because of a strike of labourers over Dav adjustments. Thirteen Dapers are kn- volved U.P.U.P. - 32 words
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Article67 1948-02-21 3 NANKING, Friday. THE Ministry of Economic 1 Affairs and the other Government offices are studyi ing the question of inaugurati ins? trade with southern Korea, according; to Chinese reports. As a start, it has been agreed that this trade will be OH a barter basisReuter - 67 words
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Article26 1948-02-21 3 Hsu Lih-psns was uiven 300 strokes of the rattan for pate-crashine: into a Chinese theatre in Shanghai, and attacking ushers when refused admittance.— U.P.26 words
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Article211 1948-02-21 3 NANKING Friday. THE Chinese Information Director, Dr. Hollington Tong, advised American editorial writers to consult with Webster before making any references to the Chinese Government. In a ten-minute lecture at his weekly news conference. Dr. Tong said that the word ''reactionary" was appearing much too frequently inU.P. - 211 words
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Article214 1948-02-21 3 T iwT NANKING, Friday. IE people throughout China, and more part icularly in Honan Province, are crying out for political reforms," declared the Rev. David H. Gallagher, leader of the Canadian delegation of the overseas mission of the United Church of Canada, who is on aReuter - 214 words
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Article57 1948-02-21 3 HONG KOXu, Friday. A RECORD bail of IIK\, 000,000 was granted to Hsu Chihch-weng, a Chi.nese Government servant, whose extradition was sought by Chinese authorities of the Central magistracy. The authorities alleged that Hsu stole from the Government US$5O,OOO victory bonds valued at r*****.000 hi December 1946Reuter - 57 words
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Advertisement185 1948-02-21 3 s?r th D e EXHIBITION OF INDIAN PRODUCTS ORGANISED VNDER THE AUSPICIES OF THE INDIAN GOV'J. India, the land of mystic versatility, thr l*nd of wonderful talents unsurpassed, at Ion? HATF HE COMMENCEMENT opens its doors to the foreißners of iUs soil. UMI C l/r UI/mmKlfWeifltni On exllibition 7;iU t>e185 words
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Miscellaneous72 1948-02-21 3 r "2AN New danger By Edgar Rice Burroughs HBu*:~ f jahA BUILT A FiSC. <sRiOl£>, TmiN< N5 OF PffESH MEAT. 7 mm J^L. tucneo back to the plain *.kebe me had seen a «^t j m^ I K ?y A VX MCRD O»= ftSAZiNfI AWTEIOPE JANA no NOT S§W3§^^L 772 words
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638 1948-02-21 4 The Singapore Free Press SATURDAY, FEB. 21, 1948. Britain's defence forces THE cuts in lighting service* itic *iO^ quite as startling as uouid IFTtUT irom tiie caDled reports of ine Wmte Paper on defence Isiwed wi Tauraaay. me reaucticas in personnel WAtoA will tako place before April 194y. the end638 words
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Article, Illustration822 1948-02-21 4 By RICHARD TOMPKINS A.P. Correspondent DRITAIN'S midget submarines in the dark days of the war kept a fareful rendezvous with Germany's Riant b a 1 1 1 e-cruiser Tirpitz in a Norwegian Fjord and under the very eyes of Nazi sailors put her out of action for months.822 words
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Article, Illustration33 1948-02-21 4 Denise Cheltenham, 19, of Sheffield, the English u>omen's open foils champion, is hoping to be picked for the British Olympic team. She manages to squeeze an hour's coaching each day at Sheffield, University.33 words
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Article187 1948-02-21 4 HUNDREDS of thousands of roubles are being laved In the Soviet Union by feeding precious fur bearing animals with the chmalll from silkworm cocoons instead of valuable meat The Tiiiis newspaper "Dawn of the East" s.iys these chrystalls, previously had been considered value--1 as. and thrown away.187 words
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Article19 1948-02-21 4 For the Lord is a Ciod of knowledge, and by Him actions ii» weighed. I Samuel 2. 3.19 words
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Article508 1948-02-21 4 LONDON'S MODERN FACE gOME of the most familiar landmarks in the world, historic buildings and squares in London's cosmopolitan West End, may disappear or he drastically changed under a plan to streamline the heart of the Empire in the course of the next 50 years. The plan, if itccopted will508 words
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Article434 1948-02-21 4 China Plans A tomic Defenc ALTHOUGH realizing that there is no possibility of China producing the atomic bomb in the near or remote future, Chinese scientists in Peiping have organized a committee to study methods of defence against the destructive bomb. Thoy will work in cooperation with the Na tionalReuter - 434 words
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Article57 1948-02-21 4 Britain's Olympian Task i» Britain I I mer will b- Icon I 500,000 games. Er K m I hotel livii-i. i to be pi I the; I games. ft I if Fiench ilS 1 Bpd said flfe ier ce I I He I 1 I G B g ;ps IA.P. - 57 words
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Article452 1948-02-21 4 By MILT DEAN HILL A.P. Co-respondent MEMBERS of the m Democratic Party in the United States appear to be convinced that President Truman will stand for reelection in the forthcoming U.S. Presiden- tial elections on Nov. 2. Because of this, most political attention has been centred onA.P. - 452 words
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Article, Illustration51 1948-02-21 4 £SL JLf f£*2* Wj aged 4 ?> *^tirr of Modern Designs Ltd harvest r ready after extensive trials, has receiv*l the approval of the Ministru of Apiculture, am l is going into large scale production h is capable of a davs iLork equal to that oj a skilled gang of51 words
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Advertisement72 1948-02-21 4 "Will glasses ahmc improve your Excsixht?" NO Pr< ft'iilonai services and technical skills are the essential aids to vour "seeing ability," your visual comfort and efflciencv. It is for the.se services and .skills not for glasses alone that fog pav for vour fee. •*£< t-Ze Professional advice rtot glasses at72 words
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Advertisement8 1948-02-21 4 RACE NIGHT- /•> tensio* "L'ENDROIT CHO& 7 Oxley Rise8 words
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378 1948-02-21 5 Fm Pr€M Staff Reporter Mation, which promises a bright u Malayan pineapple industry, gabffitted to the Governments of SingaH the Fedora t ion of Malaya for adoption. ion, which is recommended by t the Central Board of Pineapple d on the existing ordinance, the378 words
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Article21 1948-02-21 5 They sell us orchids ing as < loir '> thc Da~ one of i Imerican* art at ill ex~ 'i ere orld ng--who21 words
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Article29 1948-02-21 5 w In cultily 30 tnmoo 1 in i they r c spc- of carp feeds 1[ .ce fish nay ur. :o^uced aken matter ■■■■■V fcKI oct-29 words
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Article59 1948-02-21 5 THE following have been appointed by the Hospitals Board for the year 1948 to visit from time to time each a»d evry hospital, mental hospital and asylum in the Dotany and to report to the Heard: Mr. Kwa Siew Tec (chairman), Lady Han Hoc I ..im. Mrs59 words
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Article101 1948-02-21 5 REVOLVER MADE FROME CYCLE PARTS Free Press Correspondent JC HORE BAHRU, Thurs. FUND guilty of unlawful possession of a revolver and three rounds of ammunition, a Chinese, Lim Hud Chan, was sentences to six pemn rigorous imprisonment at the A&sizes today. Lim told the Judge that he found the revolver101 words
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Article213 1948-02-21 5 Free Press Staff Reporter |\EPENDING on facts and outstanding points brought out when the official report on Singapoie'-; first social survey is completed about the middle of May next, it is quite likely that the report may go to international organisations connected with social,213 words
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Article, Illustration36 1948-02-21 5 The Sultan of Johore is seen inspecting a contingent of the Malay Regiment at Kuala Lumpur where the nine Malay rulers met recently for the first time in history and since the establishment of the Federation.36 words
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Article261 1948-02-21 5 IT was officially announced yesterday that the date fixed as polling day for the Legislative Council elections in Singapore is March 20. In order to release the necessary number of Government officers for duties in connection with the elections, Government offices will function on that day261 words
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Article22 1948-02-21 5 The registration of the Singapore Cane Washers' UnifM brings the total number of registered trades union in Singapore to IG4.22 words
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Article, Illustration17 1948-02-21 5 LORD LI STOW EL, Minister of Stat€ for the Colonies, ivho is on a rwit to Singapore.17 words
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Article, Illustration67 1948-02-21 5 One of the many exhibits at the Indian Trade Exhibition which opens today at the Great World. In a message, on the occasion of the opening of the Exhibition, Pandit Nehru, Prime Minister of India says: "I hope the exhibition icill bring the new India that is -growing up nearer67 words
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Article85 1948-02-21 5 BRITISH soldier, J. Oakley, was committed by Mr. A. O. Shears, the Singapu'v Seventh Police Court Magistrate, yesterday to stand trial at the next Assizes on charges t f possession of arms and ammunition at Gilman Barracks. J. Hind another soldier, who was alleged to have85 words
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Article44 1948-02-21 5 A meeting of the International Student Service, Malayan Branch, will be held at Raffles College on Monday at 4 p.m. Mrs. Price, Dr. Oi Kee Seek and Mr. Darusinan will speak about university life la Central Europe, China and Indonesia respectively.44 words
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Article324 1948-02-21 5 CLINIC TO MAKE TB SURVEY Mass X-ray also planned Free Press Staff Reporter MASS X-Ray photography of factory and office workers to ascertain whether they are suffering from tuberculosis will be carried out in Singapore's first T.B. clinic, which will be opened in June. A T.B. survey will also be324 words
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Article74 1948-02-21 5 TUBERCULOSIS claimed L 34 deaths out of 46 reported cases in Singapore during the week ended Feb. 14, according to official figures just released. There mere two other deaths from notifiable diseases during the same week, one each from Enteric Fever and Diphteria. Out of74 words
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Article184 1948-02-21 5 HOME NEEDS FUIDS, SAYS BISHOP THE Bishop of fc>ingr.o<tr t has issued n?i appeal mr funds for St. Nicholas' Home. For many years, the Home has cared for the blind, but has only been able to touc'i a small part of the work. that is necessary. "We hope during this184 words
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Article112 1948-02-21 5 RADIO Malaya is giving a number of talks on the Singapore elections first was broadcast last night, an,d future talks can be heard on 526 metres. The Radio Malaya observer will say something about the personalities taking part in the different divisions, and heir interests. In112 words
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Article121 1948-02-21 5 COUR members of the Jap--1 anese Kempeitai a captain and three sergeantswere hanged in Penang yesterday morning for war crimes committed in North Malaya during the occupation. They were Capt. Tsura Yoshihiro and Sergeants Yamauichi Saturo, Tsugawa l suzuki, and Togawa Akira. Captain Yoshihiro, 52A.P. - 121 words
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Article40 1948-02-21 5 The 1947 Supplement to the laws of Singapore has now bee n printed and a spec'al Gazette notification brings them into force frcm Feb. 21. The 1942 supplement to the laws, Volume I. j$ also in fore*.40 words
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Article143 1948-02-21 5 ANOTHER meeting of the temporary committee of tne newly-formed Singapore Youtfo Council will take place on March 3 at the Social Welfare Department. Alter the meeting, Council representatives intend holding a general meeting about the micfrlle of March to elect permanent officials. Youth organisation*143 words
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Article79 1948-02-21 5 THE women's section of the Singapore Eurasian Association will hold sewm? classes at the SRC. starting from the first Wednesday in March. There has been a good response from offiee-sirls to ioin the first i -aid Miss M. Leicester, the gantser Fees for the sewing dasi79 words
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Advertisement57 1948-02-21 5 Muling midnight tonight xr% wjt "^tr* W PECK *S-.. TSPJn-Jm Bennett II IT* "t+X'+pWayZ most uv4c. iov. srotr I ROBERT PRESTON f*N GILLIE. Directed by ZOLTAN KORDA U^^ w> rJ Rot > lfl «>n Rtl««»«d thru Un.ted Art.its 9 w 'f OiO CALIFORNIA" I Mi,,"' John WA/WF f6 1 3"57 words
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Article329 1948-02-21 6 END MILITARY GOVT, SAYS WALL ST 'Running into heavy weather 9 JN an article entitled Twilight of Military Governments," the Wall Street Journal declares that the point has been reached "where change over to civilian authority in Japan and (Germany benefit the occupying powers." The writer, William Henry Chamberlin, says329 words
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Article, Illustration53 1948-02-21 6 picture. The King has approved the apointment of Sir Oliver Franks. Provost of Queen's College, Oxford, as British Ambassador to the United States. He will succeed Lord Inverchapel, who is retiring. Sir Oliver Franks is seen here witft his three-year-old daughter Alison in the grounds of the Provost Lodge atA.P. - 53 words
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Article180 1948-02-21 6 P.I. to probe immigrant 'racket' SENATOR Lorenzo Tanada has filed a resolution to set up a five-man Philippines Senate Committee to investigate the alleged alien immigration racket in which high government officials are supposed to be receiving substantial amounts from Chinese nationals granted permits to enter the Philippines. Simultaneously CongressmanU.P. - 180 words
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Article36 1948-02-21 6 A candidate for a local government clerical post, at Allahabad (India), confronted with the general knowledge question. "What is the meaning of tho abbreviation R TO.' replied: "R TO." means "R-irl^ Temper Officer" Reuter.36 words
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152 1948-02-21 6 GEX. JAN SMUTS, South African Premier, told the Union Parliament not to take too seriously Lord BrucVs suggestion for a "Supreme Council of British Nations," and added, "We are against it." liOra Bruce, former Australian Prime Minister and High Commissioner in London, made the suggestionReuter - 152 words
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Article188 1948-02-21 6 RUSSIA'S 1948 Budget, which cuts expenditure (or her armed forces by 2,500 million roubles to a maximum of 66,000 million roubles, is aimed at raising the standard of living of the working people, says Pravda. Details of the Budget for this year, the third year of188 words
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Article, Illustration42 1948-02-21 6 Hounds in full cry fell down am old near Breage, Cornwall, and 15 were dlrowned. an old mineshaft near Breage, Cornwall, and 15 were drowned picture. OrvUle Wright's Kitty Hawk aircraft at the Kensington Science Museum. London. A.P.A.P. - 42 words
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Article47 1948-02-21 6 AIRMEN called up during last year and this will not receive "demob", clothing or a cash grant when they are released. Instead, they will be allowed to retain som e articles of Service clothing and will be siven supplementary clothing coupons.47 words
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Article52 1948-02-21 6 "Queen Victoria was very fond of sausages and when I started to work at Wall's in Jermyn-street, in 1898, w e had orders to send them twice a week to Buckingham PnVce" says 65-year-old W Kuril who has just retired with a sold watch after 5052 words
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Article174 1948-02-21 6 1/ITTY HAWK, the plane in which the Wright IV Brothers were the first men in -the world to fly, must leave London for the U.S. because of the finding among the papers of Orville Wright, who died last week, of the copy174 words
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300 1948-02-21 6 200,000 TO SET OUT ON 45-DA Y TREK ARRANGEMENTS for the migration of 200,000 reiV fugees from the West Punjab to Sind have been completed and foot convoys are expected to start shortly, it is announced in Lahore (Pakistan). The trek lies over 600 miles, and a reconnaissance of theReuter - 300 words
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106 1948-02-21 6 SAID THE CONSUL If you could only speak my language MR. Yura Milovzorov, the Russian Consul in London, is having a hectic time on board the Rust- kin .grain ship Baku, unloading at the Millwall Docks. Up and down stairways, into kitchens, dining rooms, cabins, and on to decks he106 words
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Article159 1948-02-21 6 Bombay 'war 'on prostitution k BILL to amend the Boxn- bay Prevention of Prostitution Act of 1923 provides that prostitution within a distance of 150 yards of a place of worship, educational institution, park, playground, cinema. railway -station or thoroughfare over which tru.^cars run will be punishable by imprisonment ux>Reuter - 159 words
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Article52 1948-02-21 6 A trade agreement between n Belgium and Russia has been signed in Moscow. Under the agreement, Russia will supply Belgium with timber, pitprops. manganese, asbestos and other minerals while Belgium will export to Russia 50.000 tons of iron e:oods, copper rails, pile plank excavators, rayon fibre, andReuter - 52 words
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Article31 1948-02-21 6 Charged with stealing a thirty two seater motor coach, George Platt, 22, of PlatUlane, Manchester, told the police he wanted It "to take a girl home He was remanded.31 words
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Article29 1948-02-21 6 The first "eye bank" in the United Provinces is to be established by the Aligarh Eye Hospital Trust to develop the operation of corneal grafting ReuterReuter - 29 words
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Miscellaneous9 1948-02-21 6 JANE Exclusi?)e to the Singapore Free Press in Malava9 words
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Article510 1948-02-21 7 MORE SHOCKS FOR PUNTERS EXPECTED /Ilirw »y "CALL BOY" opinion at Bukit Timah this morning was *h~ f rc wIU be morc shocks for punters today, the hnal day of the Singapore Turf Club's Spring If there is no rain, the going will be very fi r t fter^ two510 words
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Article120 1948-02-21 7 pETER Kane, of Great 1 Britain, regarded by many as the outstanding British fighter of 1947, lost his European bantamweight title to Guido Ferracin, the Italian champion, at Bellevue, Manchester, last night, by a points decision after 15 rounds. Ferracin's victory must have been by the narrowestReuter - 120 words
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276 1948-02-21 7 Fine boxing Promised in Army meet I I ::.y Box M to be tftf be Til ft bOltof e r pore for lct armv t*^ 1 lrom all includMalaya for the a seven feather. •:-,i ligfht--impion- and tnoy and and an i,I side non-stop millinJu'jn which Ami teams 0 t»ke276 words
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Article66 1948-02-21 7 PLAYING against the Indian tourists at Perth yesterday, Western Australia the Sheffield Shield champions, were all out for 270. Carmody top-scored with 85. while Mankad took five wickets for 80 runs. The Indians replied with 19 for no wicket at the close of Play. This match,66 words
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Article120 1948-02-21 7 WESTERN AUSTRALIA Ist. Inns. irmodv b Rangacharl 85 Edwards Ibw Mankad 14 Ridge Ibw Amir EUhi zS Herbert Ibw Mankad 33 Watt e Sarwate b M wkad 24 Langdon b Manka4 55 RJce run oat lz Sands b Gul Mahomed z ODwyer c Irani b Sarwat* 4 Puckett notReuter - 120 words
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Article360 1948-02-21 7 I Epsom Jeep I says: GRAND PRIX II was freely given on the course this morning as a good thing for the Spring Cup at Bukit Timah today. The five-year-old Fairchance gelding Is likely to start a short-priced favourite although there will be strong360 words
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Article97 1948-02-21 7 REVISED Scottish football fixtures for today are: Scottish Cup Third Round Airdrieouiaiis v. Raith Rovers; Celtic v. Mothtrwell; Dumbarton v. East Fife; Hibernian v. Aberdeen; Mont rose v. Queen of the South; Morton v. Quern's Park; Rangers v. Partick Thistle; Saint Mirren v. Clyde. Scottish Division DundeeReuter - 97 words
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206 1948-02-21 7 11/ELSH hopes of winning the TT Rugby Undon international championship stand or faU on the result of today's international between Wales ana France at Swansea. The match brings together the only two countries to beat the Australians. France, who fell to Ireland and Scotland, are206 words
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Article220 1948-02-21 7 "CALL BOY" "EPSOM JEEP" "TRESPASSER" "POINTER" Most Favoured Selections RACE 1 Lock^^S? 10 WHITE SOCKS MAY PRINCE TOLLANA IviAY PRINCE~~ White Wk. J^7 PrlnCe hUe SOCkS Whlte Socks White Socks JZ5 Sock Tollana Tnifine May Prince Tollana RACE 2 F^iLS?™- ELECTROPLATE" F. FAVOURITE~ ~F. FAVOURITE "fTfAVOURITE220 words
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Article736 1948-02-21 7 Kace 1—2.00 Horses Cl. 2, Div. 2— Abt. 6F. Val, $2,000 i" 030 £ov G^?»wV 811 (Davies > .Gentles a. 030 RON MARIE 8.09 (van Breukelen) d0 LIc KY ACE 8.08 (van Breukelen) $s TouA s N T f EAM 807 (Hobbs) J :?^S 8 20? Mf v736 words
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Article127 1948-02-21 7 RACING: Final of Singapore Turf Club Spring Meeting, Bukit Timah, 2 p.m. SOCCER: S. C. F. A. Interdistrict league **B" Upper Scrangoon v. Bukit Timah, Gejtaßg Stadium, 4 p.m.; **A" Cl«>menceau Avenue v. Telok Blangah, Geylan? Stadium, p.m.; Commercial High School Inion v. Blue White Rovers "»id127 words
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Article179 1948-02-21 7 T OSING Len Hutton, in the fifth ball of the day without addition to his Thursday score of 138, the M.C.C., apart from J. C. Laker and J. H. Wardle, shaped so disappointingly that they were aH out for 332 runs in their first innings179 words
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176 1948-02-21 7 Annual regatta! at Yacht Club tomorrow THE 23rd annual regatta of the Royal Singapore Yacht Club will be held tomorrow and the following races will be sailed: 10.25 a.m. Lundon Challenge Cup for R.N.S.A. Dinghies (open to visitors). 10.35: Caprice Challenge Cup' for Snipe class (open to visitors) J 3A.P. - 176 words
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Article236 1948-02-21 7 M.C.C.—lst. Inns. L. Hulton c Jordan b Ga.skin 13* J. D. Robertson b Trim S9 S C. Griffith c Trim b Baiunanth 1 K. Cransrton b Camacho 73 G. A. Smithson lbw ramifho 1 J. C. Laker c Christiani b N. Wiffht 20 R. Howorth b Trim 3 T.236 words
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Miscellaneous271 1948-02-21 7 F.P. Crossword No. 317 I JO I B^S iHBB yUH CLUES ACROSS -^^^^—^^M <r, 2 ii H l g n ly P !c asl^ g i 9) 7f r ?r ei g ner H». 9, Eloquent speaker S 1 t^ a f^ 5 \a 1 M V a}aß i 3h271 words
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358 1948-02-21 8 CZECH REDS TIGHTEN HOLD ON NATION 8 ministers leave Govt. /^UTRIGHT Communist dictatorship in Czechoslow vakia is emerging following what is evidently Moscow-inspired forcing out of eight nonCommunist members of the Czechoslovak coalition cabinet yesterday. The resignations have been followed by an announcement by the Communist-controlled police and military ofReuter; U.P.; A.P. - 358 words
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Article, Illustration31 1948-02-21 8 The North Downs run westward from Kent minto Surrey where rolling farmland suCh l md this, high wooded hills and gorse-covered commons gradually merge into the southern outskirts of London.31 words
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120 1948-02-21 8 THE HAGUE. Friday. THE Benelux countries Belgium, Holland and i cembouin r.plyfcig to Mr. Ernest Bevin's plan for a West European association of those three countries wit!? France and Britain ha*< proposed a treaty of "mutwJ assistance aerainst RSgresstaft from amv quarter." The proposalReuter; U.P. - 120 words
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Article106 1948-02-21 8 ATHENS, Friday. MAJOR Gen. William Livesay. Chief of the American Military Mission, announced today that a new group of American fighting planes has been presented to Greece They were flown from Germany by pilots of the 86th U.S. Fighter Group. Another group had been delivered earlierReuter; U.P. - 106 words
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Article88 1948-02-21 8 CHINA HITS NEW LOW REFLECTING Chinese disappointment both in the amount of the proposed U S $570,000,000 economic aid to China and exclusion of military assistance. China's national currency touched an all-time low yesterday, with ?i ack r markfl t quotation for C h N e S22?.0 S OO. dOA.P. - 88 words
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Article23 1948-02-21 8 President Truman left by plane yesterday on a 15-day trip to Florida, Puerto Rico, ■ne Virgin Uai J s and Cuba23 words
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Article233 1948-02-21 8 JERUSALEM, Friday. A JEWISH mortar attack from the heights of Mount Carmel, on the edge of Haifa in which 54 Arabs were killed or wounded touched off a bitter battle which was still raging this evening, with British troops and police standing by virtually helpless.Reuter; A.P.; U.P. - 233 words
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Article, Illustration45 1948-02-21 8 General Dwlght D. Eisenhower (left), retiring Chief oi Staff of the U.S. Army, shakes hands with. General Omar Bradley, hit successor, at the National Press Club Wash ington, at which Eisenhower bid farewell to the Washinn ton Press Corps. General Braaiey replaced Eisenhower Feb. 7.45 words
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Article62 1948-02-21 8 A6B-year-oLd California, mining engineer, Eugen S. Sheffield, alone and without I a radio, has sailed a frail i "backyard-built" yawl to this port from San Francisco a distance of 5.000 miles. The airline distance is 1,900 but Sheffield sailed due south I OH much of theA.P. - 62 words
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Article31 1948-02-21 8 A special scrip may be ds- J sued to American, Canadian and Argentine visitors to England to enable them to buy I clothing without ration cou- pens U.P..U.P.. - 31 words
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Article31 1948-02-21 8 One-third of all military Government employees in the French zon? or Germany will be dismissed within a month in a combined economy wave and purge of reds.31 words
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Article154 1948-02-21 8 LONDON, Friday. VEW Soviet proposals on German assets in Austria, together with the French proposals, would form i a "solid basis" for a satisfactory conclusion of the Austria peace treaty talks, the United States delegate, Mr. Samuel Rabur, said at todays opening meeting of theReuter; A.P. - 154 words
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Article53 1948-02-21 8 The American Graves Re- gistration Service has ended its search for the remains of World War flyers in India and Burma with 1.636 nam.> s still! unaccounted for. Most of them were men who crashed on inaccessible mountain tops or In Jungles seldom if ever, enteredReuter - 53 words
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Article25 1948-02-21 8 Fifty Filipino bandits who held up numerous passenger buses and trucks In the Casa- yan Valley murdered four persons in cold blood.25 words
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Article190 1948-02-21 8 GLASGOW, Friday. THE Chief of the Air Starl 1 Lord Tedder, obliquely warned Argentina and Chile to lay of! Britain's Antarctic claims today. "Certain events of the last two or three days are a practical r minder that if the (British) Lion appears to be weakeningReuter; U.P. - 190 words
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Article93 1948-02-21 8 3 bishops executed in Albania VATICAN CITY. Friday. VATICAN sources today confirmed newspaper report* that four priests had been condemned to death at Tirana, Albania, by a peoples' tribunal. Vatican sources, however, denied that one of the priests was the Apostolic delegate to Albania, as earlier reported. He is theA.P. - 93 words
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108 1948-02-21 8 FRANKFURT. Friday. NINE agents of the U.S. Army's counter-intelli-gence service took as "sou- venirs" thousands of dollars worth of jewellery from a German countess, which is nr w being returned to her after being recovered, in the United States The woman Is Countess Nina,U.P. - 108 words
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Article85 1948-02-21 8 GEN. Lucius D. Clay. US Military Governor of Germany, told the Allied Control Council yesterday that he pan hoard "rumours" about the Soviet Union keeping alive much of Germany* war potential. Gen. Clay said: "We hear' rumours and I do not say they are true of makingU.P. - 85 words
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Article78 1948-02-21 8 LONDON Fridav ORITAIN will have s£nt O £129.800.000 by the end of next month on foreign nationals who cannot or will not return to their homes it was officially reported today Past expenditure on Pol^« was £79,550,000 and on Si! placed persons £15,000 000 The78 words
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Article204 1948-02-21 8 Free Press Staff Correspondent LONDON, Friday »THE Metal Bulletin, in an editorial demanding that the tin trade be set free, asks: "Are we still to be shackled by doctrinaire shibboleths?" One of means of freeing the i trade, says the paper, is the I204 words
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Article61 1948-02-21 8 i Britain's 38,000 stronCommunist Par^y will support way trade union move to defy the Government'^ new wage pepping policy. Harry Pollitt, General Secretary told the Party s Twentieth Nat'onal Congress yesterday s-iys Reuter. Mr. Pollitt accused the Atttee government; of "responsibility fox Britain's increasingly difficult condition61 words
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Article129 1948-02-21 8 A SPECIAL Market correspondent C+ves the prices of rubber at 11 a.m. today as follows: Buvees Sellers Cts. CIs. per lb. per lb. No. 1 R.S.S. Spot loose 39 If 44 No. 1 R.S.S fob in bales Mar. 39*i 40 No 2 R.S.S. fob in bales Mar. 39*6129 words
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Article610 1948-02-21 8 London stock exchange LONDON, Friday. ASIDE from a short-lived attempt to improve prices, the London Stock Exchange was dull and quiet today, says Re liter's financial correspondent. Business was at an extremely low ebb. Rubbers were irregular to lower and Tins continued to decline Through neglect,U.P. - 610 words
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Article76 1948-02-21 8 THE Bulgars "committed murder" in shooting down two Turkish Spitfires on Feto 9, the Turkish Foreign Minister told the National Assembly in Ankara yesterday. The planes, he said, had lost their way iund were circling to land in compliance with signalled orders wheel a Coast Guard batteryA.P. - 76 words
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Article35 1948-02-21 8 UMCD 1 5a te nS I I id til H'Konfs futun ttding nusto urn gjmnd nuts and g^ h silk bristles and <*& able prices; at deT Kor Wv«nS trad ir.a.aadS J" er soon A.P.A.P. - 35 words
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Article104 1948-02-21 8 WASHINGTON. Fife THE House of Repra* vet Foreigr. iia Committee indicau -d On. Ma-.-. •se and Fa: Euu chairman of th»C* mitt ft asked the Seerftejd how to eo iboct taf Ing Gen: MacArths lad Cram Tokio. Mr. Marshall said he i not know whether the np d goA.P. - 104 words
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Article28 1948-02-21 8 Jro w ah-chong Ch ,J Grce: I od lined uaiii** helping a Chinese m the United State. ■arsusfl MM tne sanfti* tlOn iMD JT h ghgfhgfh A.P.A.P. - 28 words
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