The Singapore Free Press, 24 February 1948
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Title Section19 1948-02-24 1 The Singapore Free Press LARGEST AFTERNOON SALE IN MALAYA gdgd SINGAPORE, TUESDAY, FEBRUARY 24, 1948 PRH fc l«» IKMS19 words
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Article379 1948-02-24 1 FEDERAL COUNCIL IS OPENED 'Step to self government' Free Press Reporter Kuala Lumpur, Tuesday. i THE new Federal Legislative Council, for Malaya was formally inaugurated by the High Commissioner, Sir Edward Gent, in the Council Chamber here this morning in the presence of the Minister of State for the Colonies,379 words
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Article, Illustration157 1948-02-24 1 IIAJMJO>, Monday. TAIN fffring -serial attention to training her ii>ing that the "existence of \m her most effective safeiafmiii resskm," the Air Minister, Mr. in the House of Commons I d the air estimates for the Aid fcMat "something like a i i.i the air forceReuter - 157 words
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Article41 1948-02-24 1 ssaulted on sampan I I he 1 1 p B- .:id i iff and a Eriend. forced him pan. and cieBJ*» i' pis: *hat W*. fcs fl^wn and $5 1^ H ag. KSif'' >ard ■KJ* 1^ min the <wam a. re41 words
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Article43 1948-02-24 1 THE Chinese Ambassador to Slam. Mr. IA Tieh-theng. left Bangkok yesterday for Nanking by air. He is believed to have been recalled by the Nanking Government to make a report on developments in Siam since Marsbal Phibun's November coup. A.P.A.P. - 43 words
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Article171 1948-02-24 1 Gammons get Changi contract Free Press Staff Reporter WORK on the new Changi airfield runway will begin almost immediately, the Free Press was informed this morning by an executive ol Gammon (Malayan, Ltd.. the contractors. Announcement of the contract was made yesterday, and it is understood that while considerable economies171 words
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96 1948-02-24 1 DETROIT. Monday. SENATOR Robert A. Taft. j possible Republican can- 1 didate for the American Pre-.-idency. said in Detroit toI night: "The Far East is ulti- j I mately even more important to our future peace than is Europe. "We should beReuter - 96 words
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Article119 1948-02-24 1 LONDON, Monday. GUARDS on all Government buildings in London were "alerted" tonight after a threat to blow up a building which houses a department of the Colonial Oflice. After an anonymous caller, speaking with a foreign accent had telephoned warning: the staff to evacuate withinReuter - 119 words
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Article29 1948-02-24 1 The Washington post calls in an editorial, for 'top-level investigation, outside General McArthur's command," of charges the SCAP is exercising "unwarranted censorship" over correspondents in Japan. U.P.U.P. - 29 words
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Article45 1948-02-24 1 A Russian proposal to re- turn eight ships and. purchase the remainder of the 95 lent to her by America during the war would increase Soviet tonnage by half, and give her the fourth largest merchant I mnrine in the world. U.P.U.P. - 45 words
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Article57 1948-02-24 1 On Friday morning, the Straits Times will publish a special 16 page supplement containing a summary of Clen Percival's despatches on the Malayan campaign. The supplement i.lusratcd with maps and photographs will be issued free. If you wish to make sure of a copy of Fridays Straits Times,57 words
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Article33 1948-02-24 1 VIETNAMESE SET FREE Trang K&oc Danh, Vietnam duration leader, arrested in France on Jan. 21 tor "acts prejudicial to the integrity of the Repubic." was granted provisional liberty for health reasons ve-sicrday ReuterReuter - 33 words
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Article62 1948-02-24 1 THE Malayan Democratic Union is still campaigning i against Singapore's first Legislative Council elections. To- i morrow the party Is holding j an open air meeting in Em- t press Place, at which the M D.U. chairman. Mr. Philip j Hoalim. will be the speaker. Leaflets advertising62 words
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Article36 1948-02-24 1 Geotfge Washington. 9 lbs. 2 oz., was born to Mr. and Mrs. George Washington, ol Washington, on Feb. 22, birthday of President George Washington. George Washington senior was also borr on Feb. 22 U.P.U.P. - 36 words
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Article36 1948-02-24 1 Mr. Glen Taylor, 44-year- old Democrat Senator from Idaho who won fame as a "singing cowboy." Is "running mate" of Mr. Herry Wallace. I "Third Party" candidate for the US Prpsiripncv next November.- ReuterReuter - 36 words
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Article169 1948-02-24 1 Free Press Staff Reporter h LORD Listowel, Minister of State for the Colonies, addressing the Malayan J Federation Legislative Council at its inaugural meeting In Kuala Lumpur this morning, f said that his first impression of Malaya was of the remark- able friendship that prevails among all169 words
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Article152 1948-02-24 1 LONDON, Monday. THREE protests from Slav countries and the third rejection of a protest from Russia marked the ooenine today of a conference between Britain, France and the United States on Germany's econo- mic future. The main decision of the conference was to invite theReuter - 152 words
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Article35 1948-02-24 1 Nine persons were killed and 21 injured on Sunday wh^n a bus skidded on an j Ley road and rolled down a: i.;n ;,i n tiAoii T.vnnc in Prance, i A.P.A.P. - 35 words
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Article18 1948-02-24 1 A local Government Bill before parliament provides a new sum of a £40,000,000 for education- ReuterReuter - 18 words
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Article21 1948-02-24 1 Famine in decimatims j whole tribes in the KairwanSusa area of Tunisia, reports the Arab Office in London. ReuterReuter - 21 words
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Article, Illustration202 1948-02-24 1 WASHINGTON, Monday. THE United States Secretary of State, Mr. George C. Marshall, today issued his instructions to the United States delegation at the United Nations for the crucial debate on Palestine. These instructions are at the moment top secret. The United States chief United Nations delegate,A.P. - 202 words
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Article34 1948-02-24 1 President Truman, in. a special message to Congress, has urged a stronger rent control law, financial aid to home building and 1,000,000 homes a year for the next ten years.- ReuterReuter - 34 words
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276 1948-02-24 1 FALL OF SINGAPORE Wavell points the finger of blame PHE Japanese over-ran Malaya and the South VVe^t L Pacific in six weeks because they had "a simple, ffective plan" of operations against unprepared opposition, Field Marshall Lord Wavell declares in a lispatdh, made public today, in which he points aA.P. - 276 words
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Article74 1948-02-24 1 TWO SHOT IN BLACK-OUT Free Press Staff Reporter TWO Singapore Chinese were wounded by shots tired in Tras Street last night during a black-out. They were Lee Boon Kee, a Chinese Press employee, struck by bulleu on both knees, and Lian Peng Khoon, injured in one leg. Both are now74 words
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Article18 1948-02-24 1 are in London for discussions on cH fence questions, and to recruit technicians and scientists.- ReuterReuter - 18 words
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Article80 1948-02-24 1 A CALL for a new political order in Germany "unhampered by a zonal frontier," with Germans acting on their own responsibility, was made at the opening of Bizonia's new Council of State. Hermann Luedemann, Socialist Premier of Schleswig Holstein, said; "We appeal to all parts ofReuter - 80 words
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Article16 1948-02-24 1 Marseilles dockers went back to work on Monday after a 24-hour strike over wages.16 words
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Article908 1948-02-24 2 STRONG-ARM BOYS Best kept war-time secret By Peter Lovegrove "THIS," said General von Falkenhorst, German Commander in-Chief in Norway, as he surveyed the twisted wreckage of the heavy water factories at Rjukan in 1943, "is one of the finest 'coups' I have seen this war." Major-General Sir Colin Gubbins, KCMG,908 words
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Article, Illustration306 1948-02-24 2 DISTRIBUTION is almost as important a trick-wiimmg factor as high cards; in some cases it i 8 far more import i in ihus. if South could iiiid a nt in either of hla two suits he could expect to make a game w:th little or no high can!306 words
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Article, Illustration365 1948-02-24 2 DR. Allied C. Kinsey's new book on Sexual Behaviour of the male discloses that in the Un ted States upper social levels have a growing acceptance of nuditv, whereas there is greater restraint at the lower social levels. Dr. Kinsey, Professor of Zoology at Indiana University, compiled his365 words
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Article, Illustration361 1948-02-24 2 SA NEW type Atlantic n Liner, the Swedish American line's motorship "Stockholm," made its maiden voyage to New York on Feb. 21. Designed and built by the Goetaverken shipyards at Gothenburg, the 13,000 ton motorship is the largest merchant vessel launched in Sweden. Iti exterior corsid-erably361 words
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Article261 1948-02-24 2 They don't stay at home By ADELAIDE KERR A. P. Correspondent WOMEN are play n an increasingly im portant role in political life throughout the world, an Associated Press survey showed. A check-up of las. year's successes showed that wome stepped into govenimen" policy-making posts from the .United Nation^ leval261 words
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Article15 1948-02-24 2 THOMAS R. HENO - SEARCH FOR NOTHING K > THOMAS R.HENO he, A not: vancem< Chicago. th di p ci.15 words
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Article220 1948-02-24 2 CINCE Japan's defeat *3 the Japanese are able to say openly what they once whispered that Emperor Hirohito's father was insane. Magazine Shinse recalled that Emperor Taishe succumbed to a brain disease but said the people had beon kept entirely in the dark as to the220 words
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Miscellaneous142 1948-02-24 2 YOUR LUCKY STAR Fortune forecast lor people bora today BOKN today, you are strictly an idealist and have vaunting ambitions which you ever despair of reaching but toward which you are always working with optimism. Your spirit is never daunted and no matter how difficult the obstacles, you seem able142 words
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Miscellaneous464 1948-02-24 2 SINGAPORE Clement Q Williams; 4 Dinner p.m. 19 81 m. m Mus.c— Salon Orch.; 4.30 Austra- metres. 3 30-nijht IS »lUe Network han News; 4.40 Services Concert and If. SI m. From 12.00 noon to 2.00 p.m. llaU > 5 On the March— Band f lUs m 526 metres in464 words
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Article, Illustration570 1948-02-24 3 NE W TALKS ON INDIES TO OPEN 'Personal contact 9 in next hhn™ PERSONAL talks between a representative Yi T h f m the N^htthnib and the Republic of Indonesia are expected to open the next phase of the negotiations in Data via, according to reliable sources. talks would concernReuter; Planet - 570 words
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Article, Illustration63 1948-02-24 3 U.S. Navy loses tO 'evil spirit i up trying to cope with [idous ami poisonous spirit of tgirshall Islan in eded the pleas of 160 I ...nd forced to quit their unic bomb experiments m to Kwajalein, away rik Atoll where they now live. br mt- to \rsc i i63 words
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177 1948-02-24 3 rHE influential Batavia Chinese daily. Sin Po. ci recently, that the new Indonesian Republic cabinet hi ad»d by Vice-President mimed Hatta includes no Chinese. Previous Republican cabinets have had Chinese members. Sin Po attributed this situation to Hatta's reputation ot being anti-Chinese and toA.P. - 177 words
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Article91 1948-02-24 3 THE Government of Pakistan has despatched 14,000 torn* of rice for the relief of food deficit areas in the Madras Presidency, following the recent food agreement arrived at between India and Pakistan. This quantity was shipped from Karachi to Cochin in three separate instalments of 5.000,A.P. - 91 words
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Article28 1948-02-24 3 Film star Bruce Cabot has accepted the invitation of the Maharajah of Cooch-Behar to go on ain elephant hunt a/nd will leave for India this autumn. A. P.A.P. - 28 words
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Article8 1948-02-24 3 VISS QUOTA IS; UT TO 200.000 Vvlt- agree-8 words
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Article81 1948-02-24 3 TWO SURVIVED TO die to To live UIRGIL GOMEZ, 28-year-old army v tera*n. has gone r. to his New Mexico farm. from the paralyzing effects of a nail driven in:o lus skull by a Japanese soldi, r Surgeons removed a two-itf-.cli nail Horn his brain after racinc blinding headaches aiU.P. - 81 words
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Article38 1948-02-24 3 "CORNER STONE' DIES Caium Sidney Arthur Alex- r. died in London, aged 22 He was known as "the corner stone of St. Paul's Cathedral." He had been surer since 1909 and raised £400,000 fo r \he cathedral's preservation.38 words
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Article58 1948-02-24 3 TRISTAN da Cunha, lonely island in the South Atlantic (pop.; 248)., has lost its uncrowned queen, Mrs. Frances Repetto, who has died after being "chief woman" for 40 years. Mrs. Repetto, who was over 70, never revealed a secret she was supposed to have known58 words
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Article18 1948-02-24 3 The first post-war shipment of timber to China from th€ Netherlands East Indies has reached Shanghai. A. P.A.P. - 18 words
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Article137 1948-02-24 3 Australia to have radar chain RADAR safety devices worth €1.250,000 would be installed throughout Australia soon, the Minister for Air, Mr. Drakeford, stated In Melbourne. He added that at Canberra high power weather transmitters were being Installed under international agreement and these would form part of a system extending fromReuter - 137 words
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Article53 1948-02-24 3 BERLINS fast-growing rat population is devouring rrfious food at the rate of 90,000 normal consumer launju.s a day, reports the Berliner Zeitung The figure is based on research by the new damage prevention centre, which estimates that the city is infested by more than 3,000,--000 rats53 words
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149 1948-02-24 3 PRINCESS YVONNE MURAT, 32-year-old brunette who was once Vivien Leigh's eight-guineas-a--week stand-in, i s putting £100,000 into making British comedy films ten 65-minute second-features a year. This is part of a drive among the screen's small men to nil the Hollywocxi gap. Trie princess,149 words
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Article13 1948-02-24 3 Rumania will export 5,000 tons oaper to the Argentine this year.13 words
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Article208 1948-02-24 3 BAOR wives want food, doctors A TEAM of doctors is to be sent from London to the r^ British zone of Germany, as a result of British mothers' complaints about food and medical facilities there. The wives, who hel Hamburg: say that thei deteriorated, and deman d a protest meeting208 words
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Article48 1948-02-24 3 REPORTED to be 125 years old, Sohagini Bewa of Utrail (East Bengal) died recently. She left a 95-year cid daughter, an 80-year old son, and several grandsons and great grandsons. Bowa had all her teeth in good condition at the time o: her death. ReuterReuter - 48 words
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Article34 1948-02-24 3 Ai 1 unidentified "so>2. mem ster" #eighlna: 1.100 Ib.. described as "beirm like a iellvfish v/ith two fins and sharkUifl teeth." has b3Cn captured by a Itodcan fisherman 25 miles from Tsmpico.34 words
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316 1948-02-24 3 Britain pegs prices of many goods pROM the end of this month the prices oT virtually all goods in British shops, except newspapers, books, and jewellery, and certain luxury soods (which are uncontrolled) and utility goods* (win* h are separately controlled) will, not be allowed to rise above the level316 words
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103 1948-02-24 3 A "TALL, dark strange:'' ri who joined a Cardiff (South Wales) religion > fraternity persuadtd tv. > brothers, partners in a car firm, to lend him .£825 for a business deal. As security the strap* "placed" $3 200 and threo di imonds worth €300 in'o103 words
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Article97 1948-02-24 3 To the rescue -of her own son HEARING screams from other women on the nearby canal bank. Mrs. Frarw Tuite, aged 23, ran from home in Newton Heath. Manchester, and saw the women staring at an unconscious child beins swept clown the cmal. Mrs. Tuitp. who is expecting a baby97 words
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Article116 1948-02-24 3 AN editorial recently in Teng Po, one of Batavia's larger Chinese dailies, obser- ved that the city's Chinese community had heard criticism that it was controlled by newspapermen. "Formerly." Teng Po said. "The Chinese community here has been led by shopkeepers, fish-sellers, barbers, money lenders, cinema116 words
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Article49 1948-02-24 3 CCOTT Market. Rangoon's main shopping centre which in pre-war days was well-kinowui to tourists, is to be re-named "Bogyoke New Market" in memory of the former premier. Aun^ San. "Bop,yoko." which mean* Genera], is the name Aun f > San is called bv all Burmese. ReuterReuter - 49 words
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Article, Illustration427 1948-02-24 6 Govt. control of U.S. exports NEW YORK, Monday. nESPITE vigorous protests by U.S. exporters U against the new regulations imposing licensing control on all U.S. exports to Europe from March 1, Government officials said today that these regulations would not be rescinded or' postponed. Traders contendA.P. - 427 words
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Article134 1948-02-24 6 The'happy' airman killed two MR. E. H. G Brooks ownorM pilot of an Ausler plane. and his passen^or, Mr. B. J. Ryley, landed at Sywell Aeroi r >me, Northants, too late- j for a m:al. They spent 45 minutes in the bar. Then they walked to their aircraft D^pi ntpU134 words
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Article63 1948-02-24 6 I LABOUR spokesman in n Paris said thai the American Federation of Labour had stated it would be represented at the trade uvion conference on the Mars' ..ill Plan in London on Ifl ir > This conf rence was called afier the Communistled majority of63 words
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Article41 1948-02-24 6 The American Congress of Industrial Organisations is also participating in the London lonierence. European anti-Communist Labour officials hav e filled with relief the fact that boih United States Organisations will be parties to any decisions made bv the conference*- A. P.A.P. - 41 words
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Article184 1948-02-24 6 r rHE Hollywood embargo on capital, as well as films, In retaliation for Britain's 75 per cent import tax on American movies, has resulted in mass unemployment at British studios. The Board of Trade Is studying an argent request Irom the Film Workers Union184 words
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Article38 1948-02-24 6 Buying out from the Btervices a sy.-> m by whl;h man can bv.v hi^ r-elcac to be re-tatroduced "ii' th Livdlvidual S i vice man cc be soared.*' said Mr A M^xiader, MJEuistef of D38 words
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Article36 1948-02-24 6 Melbourne waterfront unions have announced that from Sumatra had arrived the first shipment of petrol and would be discharged without hindrance as a result of the Renvillo Agreement between Indonesia and the Dutch.36 words
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Article40 1948-02-24 6 Forty gendarmes who will serve as guards for the Chinese delegation in Japan. have left for Tokio. They will be the first Chinese armed forces to set foot on Japa/iese soil in the past century. A. P.A.P. - 40 words
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121 1948-02-24 6 FIANNA Fail, the party of Mr. Eamon De Valera. deieuted in the recent premiership election after 16 years of oilice. has been invited to Join Eire's new coalition Government by the Minister for Defence, Dr. E. F. O'Higgins. The coalition of the FineReuter - 121 words
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Article90 1948-02-24 6 'DEAD SON TO MAKE REPORT A "VERY nice letter" from' /Y the War Office is on the' way to Mr. and Mrs. Philip Ellis, of Rhyl, (North Wales) congratulating them on the return of their soldier son, J John Richard, who wa* pre- sumed dead in North Africa in 1942.90 words
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Article37 1948-02-24 6 Lord Broodbridge, London's j Coronation Lord Mayor (1937), lost two platinum watches and a chain when thieves opened a "combination safe in his office. But they left gift r "lrt keys and silver trowels37 words
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Article131 1948-02-24 6 J^ HANDSOME baby elephant was caught near the village of Kokuwewa, near Anuradhapura, Ceylon, on Ceylon's Independence Day. The incident is regarded by the Ceylonese as a harbinger of good luck to the newlyborn Dominion of Sri Lanka. The capture of baby elephant, which wasReuter - 131 words
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Article246 1948-02-24 6 Indies exports on the increase MR. WALTER FOOTE, former United States ConsulGeneral to Batavia, said exports of pepper, rubber, tin and petroleum from Indonesia is increasing gradually, but resumption on a large-scale awaits increased imports of clothing, medicines and "other incentive goods/' Mr. Foote, told a news conference in NewA.P. - 246 words
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Article69 1948-02-24 6 PAKISTAN authorities allege that their officials have accepted bribes to fly "non- official" families from India i to Pakistan, and that in some cases dancing girls were flown instead of "official" families. Planes were chartered from Britain to transport some thousands of officials and their69 words
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110 1948-02-24 6 SPLIT-SECOND thinking by Lieut. R. C. Bucknall averted the loss of two submarines with 118 officers and men. Lieut. Bucknall had just brought his submarine Tantivy to the surface in exercises off Malta, when he saw the sister ship Templar coming up under110 words
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Article85 1948-02-24 6 CIR Thomas Villers who re- turned to Ceylon from England last week said that the future of Ceylon tea appeared gloomy both in the British and World Markets. Taxation and ceiling prices demanded by the Ceylon Government had led Brirain i soing elsewhere for cheaper85 words
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277 1948-02-24 6 P.I. utilities getting bach to normal »pHE Philippines has made rapid strid x restoration of its public utii complete destruction suffered duri \h ever, slow delivery of equipment States has been a major facto restoration from being com Commission announced. Land transport, thanks:: y to quantities of surplus Am«-. available,A.P. - 277 words
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Article16 1948-02-24 6 Call for 'world union' mon C u I M Rroui must dep. nat rei n% U.P.U.P. - 16 words
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Article39 1948-02-24 6 In Lahore a man whose boast had been that he had consumed 20,000 pegs of whisky in 30 years has decided "to turn teetotaller as a mark of respect to th<? memory of Mahatma Gandhi." ReuterReuter - 39 words
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Article16 1948-02-24 6 Britain and Norway hav signed a Dact for promotion closer cultural ties.- A. P.A.P. - 16 words
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Article20 1948-02-24 6 MADRAS TO HAVE PROHIBITION T m. en pro! bv r. d city ai unaffected bv tl nu i. sran ReuterReuter - 20 words
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Miscellaneous23 1948-02-24 3 New task By Edgar Rice Burroughs c M ER SPEAK *^^1" S& JH \^w| Ek rrr” r OAWSATEgLP '•••AHA.'" *l^&^ "^i^_y_^£P "F* "4-.Cc23 words
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665 1948-02-24 4 The Singapore Free Press TUESDAY, FEB, 24, 1948. The Wavell Despatch LORD Waveil's despatch on operations in the South West Pacific at the beginning of 1942, published this morning, completes the estimate of the strategical background of the first phase of the Japanese war. [t covers a period of only665 words
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Article, Illustration868 1948-02-24 4 NEW YORK: UOR days now spokesmen for the obstructionists have been trying to glove and bind the free hand which General Marshall and President Truman want for the administration of the recovery programme. Both White House and the State Department are struggling strenuously against the accumulating opposition,868 words
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Article425 1948-02-24 4 War map of East Africa DRITAIN and America are co-ope-rating in an all-out aerial survey of development and strategic possibilities in East and Central Africa. R. A. F. Lancasters based near Nairobi are opeiauiig a i pioneer Empire "Pathfinders." They take off daily to ♦'shoot" Uioik^uiids of miles of unmapped425 words
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Article193 1948-02-24 4 rvOGS are being kept \J alive as long as 90 minutes without breathing with no movement whatsoever of the chest muscle* and no artificial respiration. This remarkable accomplishment, which promises to be of considerable importance to survery, was reported to the American Physiological Society, by specialists193 words
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Article, Illustration64 1948-02-24 4 Twenty seven year old RanaUi Pagan is the man millions of gardeners in Britain have prayed for. He calls himself the "mechanical gardener*' and, for £1 to 255. he will turn over 300 sauare yards of garden or allotment in two and a half hours, digging nearly a64 words
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Article776 1948-02-24 4 By ALBURN WEST A. P. Correspondent A STORY of Communist organisation and activities in Spain never before told officially was revealed in a recent court martial of 23 men and women accused of military rebellion. Two oi the men. Agustin Zoroa Sanchez, who cam-; *o Spain from Argentina776 words
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Article19 1948-02-24 4 Bat be ye *lad and re-J Joice for ever in that which I I create. Isaiah 65. 18.19 words
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Article356 1948-02-24 4 SHIPS ACROSS LAND Dy James Papworth Reuters' Corresp. A SCHEME for a ten-track railway capable of transporting from ocean to ocean across the Isthmus of Tehuantepec a dock large enough to hold ships up to 25,000 tons is the latest alternative put forward in Mexico to a new canal link..356 words
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Advertisement60 1948-02-24 4 .TTEHTIO^ES^ A APP ET ocKE 15 I you re too* creamv-rich M.ißnn'.j Ices Soe how ecan prepare a sweet f« 1 Buy a brick at any of the thr, Milk bars— just $1.50 people! For variation, add fruit, sauces chopped jh R(J Milk bars at: "Orchard" 1 86. rch R60 words
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Article372 1948-02-24 5 ACCUSED FOR MENTAL OBSERVATION Free Pres- Correspondent JOHORE 3AHRU. Mcciday. AN A&size trial today was im-errupted by a ruling bv the Chief Justice that the accused be sent to the Cemtral Mental Hospital at Tanjong Rambuian lor an expert's report c*i whether the accused was fit to stand trial. Peaitiing372 words
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Article44 1948-02-24 5 Four Chinese military officers have arrived in Djakarta. They will serve as observers to the Three Power Commission Associated Press reports that the Chinese observers will be positioned on both sides of tiie demarcation line established by the truce agreement ia the'NEl.44 words
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Article327 1948-02-24 5 'WILL FIGHT FOR WORKERS' N. E. candidate outlines plans Free Press Staff Reporter A PLEDGE that he will seek to introduce legis'nfion <**. to improve the standard of living and conditions of work for the working classes in Singapore, if he were elected to the Legislative Council, is made l>y327 words
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154 1948-02-24 5 Free Press Staff Reporter THE Custodian of Proper iy is I calling for claims for 35--i pairs of field glares which jwere handed over to the Air Observation Corps when the Japanese attacked Malaya. Survey personnel mainly constituted the Air Obser- vatcon Corps, and154 words
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Article42 1948-02-24 5 FuU mcx>n day today will bo celebrated at the Sinhala Buddhist Temple in Outram Road, Singapore, by Mr. V. Raymond de Silva in memory Of Ij lat^ younger brother, V. Nicholas de Sifva, who died on July 15. 194642 words
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Article78 1948-02-24 5 A HARBOUR Board labour- er. Marimuthu Govindaj samy, was sentenced to death by Mr. Justice Brown at the i Singapore Assizes yesterday, I for the murder of his wife, Palaniammal. A common jury unanimously found Govindasamy guilty of the murder but made a reI commendation for78 words
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Article, Illustration453 1948-02-24 5 Order issued by Governor Free Press Staff Reporter a WRIT of election was issued by the Governor, fr Slr F nklin Gimson, yesterday calling on the three Chambers of Commerce, representing the European, Chinese and Indian mercantile communities, to elect representatives to the three seats reserved453 words
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Article131 1948-02-24 5 RICE RATIONING THOSE who p*MN extra or bogus ration cards in the Federation <>l Malaya huve been given a forti to surrender. The dead-line for of these ration cards to the Food Connl offices. i> .March 7, after which anyone found to be illegal cards131 words
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Article85 1948-02-24 5 ABORTION of Mahatma Gandhi's ashes will be brought to Malaya in the first week of March by Mr. V. S. Swamkiathan, who has just been appointed First Secretary to the Representative of the Government of India In Malay a. Mr. Swamimathan is, at present, an85 words
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Article57 1948-02-24 5 CHINESE schools in Baiaviajj are rapidly returning to i normal. A consignment of j 1 has arrived from i Singapore and another is exacted shorty from Hang Kong. Allocation of foreign exchange by the N.E.I. Econo- 1 mic Affairs Department was required to obtain these57 words
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Article94 1948-02-24 5 QNE thousand four hundred v tons of tin, rubber and copra are being loaded into the Taurus bound for Djibouti and Marseilles. This is the first time since the reoccupation that a French vessel has come alongside Harbour Board wharves to load cargo for Europe. French94 words
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Article126 1948-02-24 5 Free Press Chinese Correspondent MR. Cheng Chia-hua, new- ly appointed Chinese Consul in Singapore, is expected to arrive early in June from Apia (Samoan Islands) In Sou^h Pacific via the United States. His departure has been delayed by the lack of transport facilities in Apia,126 words
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Article41 1948-02-24 5 The Kamala Circus has pitched tent at Farrer Park in Race Course Road. The Circus claims to have a number of new girl artistes and some wild animals rec«j..tly. The Circus sails from Singapore at the beginning of Maroh.41 words
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Article166 1948-02-24 5 r escape dollar payments the first Oonvair airlinei for Trans-Australia Airlines sviil girdle the world instead >f taking a direct route from America to Australia. The t^onvair is due in April, and will be the first of five such Dlanes bought by the Federal Government166 words
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Article, Illustration164 1948-02-24 5 Pn\ !ni' U7 f g l m S nt^l Ooat mascot of the 2nd Battalion *°y al h We lch Fusiliers, being led up the gangplank to the Cheshire by the Goat Major, Lance Corporal Adams on Saturday Billy, one of the Royal Herd at Windsor,164 words
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Article, Illustration287 1948-02-24 5 TO assure herself that conditions in overseas RAF stations are suitable in every respect for women, and that adequate facilities for recreation and leave will exist when the Women's Auxiliary Air Force overseas posting policy is brought into line with that of the R. A. F.,287 words
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Advertisement82 1948-02-24 6 GRAND ATTRACTION FOR CHAP COH MEH\ COME 8c MEET THE GRECIAN FAIRIES IN COLUMBIA'S m TO-DAY ,^k t t A. M., 2 P. M.. 4.15. 6.30 9-15 P. M. Performances JiAfE 11 a.m.-1.45-4.15 ff M Ult W B^' kn?s 6.43 and. 9.30 p.m. \,M IO H > THE DOUSE OF82 words
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Miscellaneous108 1948-02-24 6 JANC Exclusive to the Singapore Free Press in Malaya I fAOiJ APOLOOISE FOR \7~ll I \HOW QOH V AAGOC J^TM AT^V^ lAM IN CI4ARGE OF^N^L^GOOD HFAVENS, /MUN! MY v»f RMSIt-NT PURSUIT \V^*-^H I FVANDEA TME /WHAT M A TEAM OF &RILLJANT WHAT D'YOU WANT JANE J i OF YOU, JANE108 words
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Article338 1948-02-24 7 rE combined R.A.F. beat the Army by three goals to one in a closely fought and enjoyable game of hockey played at Seletar yesterday. After the bully off, play concentrated around the Army goal and the R.A.F. made several good shots, but could not338 words
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Article, Illustration408 1948-02-24 7 WEIGHTS for Saturday, the first day of the fT Penanp: Turf Club's race meeting are: Northern Handicap Horses Class C. Cooper on Charcbrook going over the open di during the Littlehamplon Steeplechase at Fontwell Park this month. S. and G. picture. 3, 7 Furlongs Sk-gant408 words
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Article133 1948-02-24 7 THE first Singapore indoor tennis tournament organised by the Singapore Lawn T<m is Association will open on Sunday. Feb. 29. at 9.30 a.m. at the Happy World ccv?red stadium. There has been a very good response to the competition and contestants hav? entered for the following four133 words
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Article79 1948-02-24 7 LONDON, Monday.— The snooker break of 140 made by former w^rld champion Joe Davis in Glasgow on Feb. 9 when playing against Walter Donaldson, was today certified by the Billiards Association and Control Council as a new world record. The table was examined and found79 words
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Article55 1948-02-24 7 The Bath v. N. E. Berks English Schools Shield marai thon fifth round ti.e coni tinues. Despite extra time again at Bath the third replay ended 2 2. The teams have now been I in opposition tor shr. 40min. j Their fourth -replay will takeU.P. - 55 words
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Article, Illustration334 1948-02-24 7 >AKKLY has the international sports arena been 1 cleared of the "incidents" arising in the Winter Olympics, than the pre-Summer Olympic disagreement begin to rear their heads, writes a London sports reporter. Largest spot of bother facing the organisers is the claims of the Eire334 words
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Article142 1948-02-24 7 By 'EPSOM JEEP" Best workout on the Penang track this morning was a 3 fur Kallop by Merry Miller and Elegant Art, who clocked 38 1/5 sec. running on the far side of the main track. Rustle and Flylight galloped 3 fur in 38 3/5 on the142 words
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Article279 1948-02-24 7 RACING CASE AGAINST JOCKEY CLUB LONDON, Monday. T^HE High Court here to- day began hearings of a case brought against the Jockey Club, controlling body of British flat racing, by James Russell, who formerly trained horses in America, Australia, and France, for damages arising out of allegations that a horse279 words
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Article45 1948-02-24 7 LONDON, Monday. The draw for the fourth round of the Scottish cup made today resulted as follows: Rangers vs East Fife; Airdrleonians vs Morton; Celtic vs Montrose; Hiberian vs Saint Mirren; The matches are to be Dlay-e-d on March 6. ReuterReuter - 45 words
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Article215 1948-02-24 7 DONCASTER Bruce Woodcock, the British Empdre and European ravyweiglit champio^ is <*k home at Dor caster p. tier a further slay, this time for a month, in Leeds General IrflrmarjV Despite the fact tihat he is wearing dark glasses, wi'h only a mir.u'e aperture for vision,215 words
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Article316 1948-02-24 7 Dull cricket at Georgetown GEORGETOWN, BRITISH GUIANA, Monday. one of the most disappointing days of l e i he x MCC tourists and British Guiana drew their first match which ended here today. This is the seventh successive draw of the tour as all three matches in316 words
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Article157 1948-02-24 7 Indians in good position PERTH, Monday. INDIAN tourists need 139 runs with seven wick ts in hand today to win the last match of their Australian tour, against Western Australia. Closo of play scores were: SCOREBOARD W. Australia Ist. Innings 270. India Ist. Innings 252. W. AUSTRALIA 2nd. Inns. Carniody157 words
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Article41 1948-02-24 7 The Jollilads Athletic Union beat the Singapore Naval Store team by one goal to nil at the Naval Base yesterday. The winning goal was scored by Munyandi, within the minutes of the start of the game, from a penalty.41 words
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Article80 1948-02-24 7 ire n> mtsstoJi ,1 i Burn* i v U™*? portsmoutn TT r U. a/andrs Id utd. \tn v I t Birmingham v If'- Bromtricn v plyrn HfS v B* rnsk 5! ,t K« adlng atfP ai BristtH C. i lend v N sIbitision saftastail. v v. v B80 words
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Advertisement223 1948-02-24 7 MMEROUS REQUESTS The inimitable KAMALA CIRCUS rid's best, extends its season FARRER PARK RA( K COURSE ROAD, Off Road, ■inn Tuesday, 21th February 1948. Many more new girl artistes Many more new wild animals. OF THE ORIGINAL PRICES. 2 shows at 8 and 9.30 p.m. Saturday Sunday Matinee at 3223 words
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Miscellaneous228 1948-02-24 7 F.P. Crossword No. 319 |> j "■^^■77"" >-* fill I CLUES ACROSS 1. Rejoicing (8). 7, Consuming (6). 9, Noses (6). 11, vehicle (3). 12, Flag (4). 14, Villain (5). 16. Record of progress (3). 17. Obscure (3). 19, Repeat (4). 21, Simple (5). 24, Claw (5). 25 Frolic (4).228 words
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Article94 1948-02-24 8 THE beliei that just before his death in April 1945. 1 President Roosevelt lost patienoe with "th* difficult Russians" and decided on a| firm course of policy was ex- pressed l/i New York yesterday in the publication of a new instalment of the wartime biography of94 words
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Article77 1948-02-24 8 CIX persons were killed and several persons, including a Catholic priest, were injured when a fire destroyed a large homestead in Cambridge (Mass) while firemen were fighting another serious fire in the business district. The dead were Alan Greig, his wife and their four children,U.P. - 77 words
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Article64 1948-02-24 8 MARSHAL N. A. Bulhanin. 111 Mfrlster of the armed forces of the Soviet Union, last night declared that "American mopopolists and their Anglo-French supporters are nurslrg plans for a Third World War." "The Soviet Union does not want war/* h e said. "It wants good neighbourlyReuter - 64 words
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Article16 1948-02-24 8 MA SS TELEVISION Russian factories will begin the mass production of television sets this year. A.P.A.P. - 16 words
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Article187 1948-02-24 8 Dutch 'Ignore truce' and UNO BATAVIA, Monday. THE third West Java conference opened today, despite Indonesian protests and appeals by the United Nations Good Offices Committee that it is contrary to the Renville truce agreement. "The Dutch are ignoring the truce," said a Republican official. The conference- was called atA.P. - 187 words
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Article121 1948-02-24 8 Tokic, Monday. MRS Helen Lambert, wife Of an American newspaperman in Tokio, today stood up at the International Tribunal for the Far East and for an hour summarised Allied charges against Naoki Hoshino, ruler of the puppet state of Manchukuo She told the 11 Allied judges that121 words
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Article, Illustration272 1948-02-24 8 THE Czech Communists, having seized control of x the State Government of autonomous Slovakia, were reported last night to be poised to complete their coup in Bohemia and Moravia. The fourth Czech province, Ruthenia was taken over by Russia after the liberation. The Communist-controlled Czech securityA.P.; U.P.; Reuter - 272 words
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180 1948-02-24 8 LONDON. Monday. SAYING that "British wo- 1 men are being pushed around by 'New Look' fashion experts and it Is high time 1 something Is done about it". Mrs. Mabel Ridealgh. 49-year- old housewife, grandmother ■■d Labour M.P. announced tonight that sheU.P. - 180 words
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Article86 1948-02-24 8 ALL representatives of the General Confederation i of Labour (Communised [French T.U.C.) walked out yesterday after the National Economic Council had re- jjected their proposal to call on the Government to bring the cost of livirg down by ten per cent by March 15 or agree toReuter - 86 words
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Article60 1948-02-24 8 i Burma may complete her 1948 rice export quota of 1,500 000 tons by the end of I October, reports Reuter. An additional 250.000 tons will be shipped in November and December. Burma's rice export in 1949 Is estimated at 2.000,000 tons and the 1950 target60 words
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Article120 1948-02-24 8 SALONIKA, Tuesday. OIXTEEN women are among the 126 Greek guerrillas who will be court-martlalled on Friday. They were capturod in a three-day battle after the Feb. 10 shelling of Salonika. Thirty others captured will bt tried later. A Greek Government force supported by armoured carsA.P. - 120 words
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Article716 1948-02-24 8 W A VEIL'S TALE OF DEFERRED thought of abandoning N LONDON, Monday. IN his wartime dispatch on the Pacific war, published tonight, Field Marshal Lord Wavell says that in considering his defence policy, he thought of abandoning the Netherlands East Indies so that he could "concentrate on making Burma and716 words
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Article236 1948-02-24 8 Civil war raging in Yemen BAGHDAD. Monday. HEAVY fighting is going on in the Yemen between the factions led by two brothers, both sons of the late Imam, according to reports received here tonight. One of the- two brothers, said to be the Crown Prince, is reported to be in236 words
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243 1948-02-24 8 NANKING, Monday. rpHE Secretary General of the People's Political Council, Mr. Shao Li-tze, who played a prominent part in the Nationalist-Communist negotiations broken off with the departure of Mr. George Marshall from China, said: "Unless joint SovietAmerican mediation is forthcoming, there can beReuter; A.P.; U.P. - 243 words
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Article, Illustration586 1948-02-24 8 London Stock Exchange LONDON, Monday. WEEK-END incidents in Palestine coupled with the latest political events in Central Europe again emphasised the sensitiveness of the London Stock Exchange, says Reuter's financial correspondent. However, there was no great pressure to sell; rather. the tendency was to lower prices.586 words
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Article135 1948-02-24 8 A SPECIAL Market correspondent fives the prices of robber at II a.ra. today as follows: Bayers Sellers Cts. Cts. per lb. per Ib. No. 1 R.S.S. Spot loose 39^ 4©^ No. 1 R.S.S. fob in bales Mar. 40 10 v; No. 2 R.S.S. fob In bales Mar. 39*6135 words
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Article28 1948-02-24 8 Russian soldiers have been crossing the border from Austria into American-occupied Bavaria to forage for foodstuffs, reports the American Military Governor in Ger- many.— U.P.28 words
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32 1948-02-24 8 OF HOPE UK will keep her Antarctic lands-PM I-ONDOX >„ P, h f which 9 am n a E J i ser due ft South of chile will ask tteffi J? 1 land32 words
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Article16 1948-02-24 8 More China aid demanded RENTAI moiv than $1 500^O.fl*], m 1 I told by Gen. Mwg16 words
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Article18 1948-02-24 8 4 ORTfromDMj! clue bur plane craibed il» io, five mil U-P- 118 words
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Miscellaneous24 1948-02-24 8 WEATHER— Showers WEATHER report for the next 24 hoars compiled by the RAF. Scattered showers this afternoon otherwise clear. Wind: Northerly, sto 10 knots.24 words
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Miscellaneous12 1948-02-24 8 SINGAPORE TIDES Today Tomorrow High: 11.41p.m. 10.59 a.m. 8.8 ft. 10 ft.12 words
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