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Title Section23 1948-03-02 1 The Singapore Free Press I*ABOg8T AFXERMOOM SALE IM MALAYA ri^ 01 ill L r*^^ SINGAPORE, TUESDAY, MARCH 2, 1948 PRICE 10 CBN IS23 words
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Article849 1948-03-02 1 STOP_ RUSSIA' CRIES U.K. PRESS MPs debate defence LONDON, Monday. A LMOST unanimously, the British Press called today for action to stop Russia now, as banner headlines flared the news of Russian demands on Finland and in the House of Commons the Government explained British defence policy. The shadow of849 words
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Article, Illustration26 1948-03-02 1 I people m 'he ttt of a train full of .111 rich operate and it 'he ton. on to a tiding and mashed into a house.26 words
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Article96 1948-03-02 1 WASHINGTON MONDAY.— HE House Un-American Activities Sub-Committee M today that Dr. «nl U. Condon, a top W States atomic scien- hi "knowingly oc unwingly" associated with alW Soviet spies. j^Mled Dr. Condon, who ie National Bureau Jjdarfc. "one of the ■a in our atomic Condon told a reporter! ■wedhimaboulA.P. - 96 words
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Article100 1948-03-02 1 CUSTOMSMAKE BIG OPIUM SEIZURE Free Press SUIT Reporter CUSTOMS men seized 33 pounds of opium which smugglers attempted to land on the banks of the Singapore River early this morning, but failed to catch the smugglers who fled. Watch was kept from shortly after midnight, and just before dawn a100 words
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Article96 1948-03-02 1 Free Press Staff Reporter I^HE police are now looking A for three gangsters, one of whom shot a Chinese in the thigh and left him on the pavement of a house in Owen Road last night. The wounded man is Tan Teik Moy. a hotel employee living96 words
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Article156 1948-03-02 1 UK troops land in Honduras BELIZE (B. Honduras), Monday. NEARLY the whole of Belize turned out today to watch troops of the Gloucestershire Regiment land from the cruiser Devonshire, to bolster the colony's defences against any possible attack by Guatemala. After half an hour's conference with Admiral Sir William Tennant.Reuter - 156 words
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Article29 1948-03-02 1 It was reported yesterday that 12 persons were injured when rioting broke out between Sikhs and Hindus at Cawnpore. Twenty-one per- sons were arrested.- U.P.U.P. - 29 words
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Article150 1948-03-02 1 BATAVIA, Monday. HHHE delineation of status quo lines in all areas of A Java and Sumatra in accordance with the Renville truce agreement was announced by the United Nations "Good Offices" Commission today. The agreement signed yesterday between the Dutch and the Indonesians also providedA.P. - 150 words
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Article143 1948-03-02 1 BIG HUNT FOR AXE KILLER Free Press Staff Reporter THE Singapore police are hunting for the man, who hacked to death a Chinese carpenter and injured three others, one seriously, with an axe in a house in Queen Street at 2.30 a.m. yesterday. The dead man is Lee Chal Chai,143 words
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Article113 1948-03-02 1 Free Pr«ss SUff Reporter THE British 290 -ton resA sel. Coorabie. is being held by the Dutch authorities at Sourabaya pending investigations into an allegation that its master. Captain Richards, entered the Republican -held port of Tuban without Dutch permission. The owner of the vessel, Mr.113 words
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Article65 1948-03-02 1 AN earth tremor shook buildings and made windows rattle in Los Angeles in the early hours of yesterday morning when a severe earthquake hit two islands in the Moluccas 9,000 miles away, in the Dutch East Indies. Earthquake shocks, believed to have been twice as violentReuter - 65 words
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Article183 1948-03-02 1 LONDON, Monday. THE Colonial Office reported today that 14 persons have been killed and 140 injured in rioting in Accra, capital of the Gold Coast colony, in West Africa. The riots began on Satur- day when the ex-Servicemen's j Union marched to Govern- iReuter - 183 words
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Article, Illustration24 1948-03-02 1 MR. A. V. ALEXANDER, Britain's Minister of Defence, who ivas one of the main speakers in yesterday's defence debate in the House of Commons.24 words
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Article347 1948-03-02 1 JERUSALEM, Monday. TEWS and Arabs were warned today that the British army "will now intervene at every opportunity" when there is fighting in Jerusalem. The troops will use their weapons impartially against whichever side is firing, the statement said. The proclamation was signed by theReuter; A.P.; U.P. - 347 words
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Article52 1948-03-02 1 A NEWS agency report yes- terday said that 23 persons were killed and thret survived when a Brazilian Air Force transport plane crashed in the juggle near Belem. The plane was en route to French Guiana from Rio de Janeiro. It had been missing sl.eeA.P. - 52 words
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Article21 1948-03-02 1 About 100 light tanks are being sent to Turkey as part of America's Turkish aid pro- gramme.— ReuterReuter - 21 words
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Article370 1948-03-02 1 ASIA FAMINE THREA T TO PEACE BAGUIO, Monday. *T<HE United Nations Food and Agriculture Organix sation's World Rice Conference was off to a brisk start today after hearing the Philippines VicePresident, Mr. Elpidio Quirino, open its session this morning with a warning that 1,000 million, hungry Asians represent a graveA.P. - 370 words
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Article30 1948-03-02 1 A United States passenger plane, with 52 aboard, has been missing nearby 12 hours on a flight from Bermuda to Caracas, Venezuela, says an A.P. report*30 words
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Article51 1948-03-02 1 TEN Indian labourers of the Public Works Department, Singapore, were injured yesterday afternoon when the lorry, in which they were travelling, crashed into a tree at the 9* milestone, Holland Road. Three of the injured are still in hospital. The others have been treated and51 words
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Article11 1948-03-02 1 President Juan Peron was operated on for appendicitis yesterday.11 words
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Article969 1948-03-02 2 By LAURENCE POMEROY, M.S.A.E. QUEUES are no strange sight in the 1948 London scene. The beginning of January saw, however, a queue for something new in the shape of a queue for an exhibition of famous racing cars. This was organised by the Victoria League which969 words
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Article, Illustration52 1948-03-02 2 While Lonao.iLio snutred jar below her. brunette 21--year-old Coal Board employee Joan Airey went through her exercises in flimsy gym clothes on the root of the Board offices in Berkeley Square, Joan, a British Olympic hope, recently uon the Southern Gymnastic Championship, although she has only taken gymnastics seriously since52 words
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Article, Illustration321 1948-03-02 2 yyEST opened a heart and declarer lost a heart and a spade trick. There were all sorts of questions about the bidding beginning with the wisdom of opening the bidding with two spades on South's hand. There are, to be sure, some dangers in such a bid. South321 words
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Article, Illustration89 1948-03-02 2 Here is a peep at what the Parisian designer Marzane thinks is just the thing in spring lingerie. ManneQuien at left wears a house coat in Scotch plaid taffeta ornamented with black velvet. Underneath the house coat is visible a blue satin petticoat with black chantilly lace. The girl at89 words
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Article664 1948-03-02 2 A NEW heart opera- tion, that offers hope to thousands of rheumatic fever victims and other persons whose heart valves have been clogged by disease, was performed in Charleston recently by Dr. Horace G. Smithy, assistant Professor of Surgery at the Medical College of South Carolina. Dr.A.P. - 664 words
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Article500 1948-03-02 2 A ir-age slang in shipping JN a strange old street in the heart of the City of London British cargoes are taking wings. Any day in the 200--year-old BiHic Shipping Exchange in St. Mary Axe you can hear talk of freight planes amid the chatter of the brokers and shippers.500 words
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Article52 1948-03-02 2 CARROT TOPS SMOKE WELL I I I I m I M I 1 friar's balm." he t^B 1 I m 1 T redp fl 'I i to J I s o: bulk c! ofl 1 drif\. I and one part of o±S fire. J instead I r-sfl Knrr. I i52 words
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Advertisement44 1948-03-02 2 CATHAY WTBII C^A^ SEVEN DWARK^ FOR INSTANT AflW CARRY RENNIEJ. W- 4 No wmt% «ennif> ore StancorrccungaciJitv^oJ] you led the pM \*>^" earn some Rcnnie? u Su.ktu oneanenr :mc pom gone id iiw^Ji 1 mouth md arc earned £v -A relief. m i mi |WU44 words
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Miscellaneous802 1948-03-02 2 SINHAPHPF Starlight— BßC Programme; 7.50 World and Home News; 645 flMiwiv \sskmu Around the Bandstand— Woolston Sporting Special; 7 Accent on Blue Network Brass Band; 8 Famous Choral Rhythm**; 7.15 Those Were the Groups; 8.15 Celebrity Violinist— Days**, 8 World and Home News: From 12.00 noon to 2.00 p.m. Joseph802 words
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Miscellaneous120 1948-03-02 2 YOUR LUCKY STAR Fortune torecast tor people born today DORN today, you have a u high degree of adaptability and are able to make and hold friends in many varying walks of life. You, personally, are sensitive to criticism from others since you always like to make a good impression.120 words
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Article254 1948-03-02 3 REDS HAVE NO FAITH IN PEACE yjorld revolution is their aim 9 JHE US. House of Representatives Foreign tK f« irS Sub Coi "mittee declares in a report JSf have one goal— world revolui™?* y assume th »t revolution will be violent They are incapable of accepting the idea thatU.P. - 254 words
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Article, Illustration61 1948-03-02 3 picture. Id pram, easily and neatly con- -car, has been invented and pam v* c, B. Hill of Cheltenham (Gloucestershire). handle d and pushed fully forward, and one rear wheel retract, leaving only n the n "doum" position. It takes a minute to attach the pram to a cycle. AMirror - 61 words
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Article229 1948-03-02 3 Mibiralians were given the choice between intrctMd <*K\a\ serried and reduced taxes, seven lof even ten would prefer to reduce taxes. This feinm ww revealed when Australian Public pn Polls asked a nationwide sample of people: If v to choose between the Federal Govment inc: tocia]Reuter - 229 words
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Article113 1948-03-02 3 A collapse, a bespectacled man was helpaV) a car with drawn tii ouMde Hereford AsiQnrt le was 43-year-old Gibert Bits, a Ledbury music r.tenced to death tooling his friend, 23--c-oii Cyril Ronald Barnes i against the dock >u ihe death sentence need. Btchi, for the oro■ta.113 words
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Article24 1948-03-02 3 m'W Communists and Jjt*rs of the Commu■^r.;sauon, 'Self DeKsaturi^ m^>^ f»d t./A-ns of E ous dements tea?2L Were the Albanian24 words
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Article, Illustration38 1948-03-02 3 picture. Anna N eagle and Michael Wilding went jitterbugging for a day at the Lyceum London. Anna, once a dance hostess, was coaching her co-star for a dance sequence in their new film. "Spring in Park Lane MirrorMirror - 38 words
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Article101 1948-03-02 3 THE Russian-licensed afterncx>n newspaper Berlin Am Mittag has been ordered by the Soviet military administration to cease publication in punishment for "repeated malicious criticism of the occupying powers." The Russian-controlled German News Agency announced the suspension, which was the first of its kind in post-war Berlin.A.P. - 101 words
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Article61 1948-03-02 3 TIil; biiucih National Coal Board has issued an ultimatum to shut a pit "as a discipline measure." A permanent shot-down of the Priory Colliery in Blantyre (Lanarkshire) is threatened unless there is a complete re- sumption of work by Monday. Seven hundred and fifty minersReuter - 61 words
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Article35 1948-03-02 3 The King is to pay an official visit to the Royal Naval barracks, Chatham, on July 21 and to the ships and establishments of Nore Command first for six years.— ReuterReuter - 35 words
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Article15 1948-03-02 3 House an Nhto!" Margaret J»i l and B<>es for Ui y and covers all15 words
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Article35 1948-03-02 3 THE United Nations Educa- tional. Scientific and Cul-tural-Organisation must show evidence of real achievement to avoid growing public criticism, the U.S. information committee told UNESCO. "The honeymoon is over." it added35 words
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Article28 1948-03-02 3 Short-wave listeners in England are now able to hear US. police stations direct- j ing their mobile patrols by j radio, owing to freak conditions.28 words
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Article, Illustration46 1948-03-02 3 picture. Queen Elizabeth visited the exhibition of paintings by Princess Zeid El Hussein, wife of the Iranian Minister in London, at the St. George's Gallery in Grosvenor street. This picture shows Princess Zeid presenting a bouquet to the Queen as she arrived at thf Gallery. PlanetPlanet - 46 words
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Article102 1948-03-02 3 MORE and more men in Britadn are going without hats. A recent census at a Fulham* football match .showed that out of 1.000 men. 596 were not wearing hats. The census, similar to one at the same place and time last year, was carried out102 words
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Article189 1948-03-02 3 LAURA MAE OORRIGAN, an ex-waitress who iyi married a steel magnate, left £5, 000.000. it is disclosed. She named a British peer's son and a peeress in her will because she was accepted in May fair after American socialites snubbed her. The will leaves £2,500189 words
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Article132 1948-03-02 3 THE President of the Indian Overseas Congress in London, Mr. P. D. Saggi. has sent a message to the Prime Minister of the Union of South Africa, CXci. Smuts, through the South African High Commissioner, protesting against the arrest of Dr. O. M. Naicker. president ofReuter - 132 words
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Article48 1948-03-02 3 NEW YORK'S Empire State Budding is to loee it« title —the world's highest manmade structure. The new candidate is a radio tower being built in Des Moinee, lowa, which will be 1,530 feet high, 280 feet "more than the 100-storey Empire State.48 words
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Article33 1948-03-02 3 After taking a look at UNO, Earl Lloyd George, now lecturing in America, said: "I cannot help feeling that God never meant the Tower of Babel to be a success."33 words
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Article29 1948-03-02 3 A Senate committee investigating speculation has ruled that Chicago wheat dealer Edwin Maynard made nearly $500,000 in the market plunge through shrewd judgment and not through Government information.29 words
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Article20 1948-03-02 3 Western followers of the Gandhi Association in Paris and many sympathisers observed a mourning last on Sunday. ReuterReuter - 20 words
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205 1948-03-02 3 BOAC offered Canada 's new airliner A BIG four-motored airliner standing in a han?:u at Cartierville, near Montreal represents the "declaration of independence" by a young nat'on determined to have its own place in commercial flying. It is also the subject of a report before the British Cabinet stating a205 words
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Article127 1948-03-02 3 Debunking longevity of elephants QLBUNKING the legends of u the longevity of elephants, parrots and tortoises Dr. Frank Thone. in the American 'Science Newsletter,' points out that the greatest known age for an elephant is 60 years: the oldest parrot died at 54 and the oldest recorded tortoise is 152127 words
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Article25 1948-03-02 3 Countries seeking financial aid from the United States are the very ones that treat American airlines worst, a House of Representatives report 6ays.- A.P.A.P. - 25 words
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Article31 1948-03-02 3 Passenger fares in ships plying on the Yangtse River ar.d the North and South China seas are being raised 33 per cent, from March 1, Nanking announces.— U.P.U.P. - 31 words
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Article23 1948-03-02 3 TANGIER CHIEF QUITS Official circles in Lisbon have confirmed that Admiral Magalares Correia. administrator of the international zone of Tangier, has resigned. A.P.A.P. - 23 words
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161 1948-03-02 3 12 -year-old asks: How do I eat egg? A 12- YEAR-OLD girl had to ask how she should eat a boiled egg when she was given one she had never had one before. This was stated by Mr. W. H. Maddock, prosecuting Mrs. Lira SunderLand, a widow, of Trafalgar Street.161 words
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Article71 1948-03-02 3 THE 7,200-ton American freighter, Cecil G. Sellcxs, sent out an SOS early an yesterday saying that she was on fire. 1,500 miles out from Fremantle, with a cargo of wheat, a crew of 36 and two Australian stowaways aboard. The captaki reported the ship might haveReuter - 71 words
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Article47 1948-03-02 3 The Palestine Government has denied a report from Washington that the British will shortly terminate postal communication between the United States and Palestine. U.P. A. T. C. Cadets in Britain who lack coupons f<|r boots for use on duty are to get a supplementary allowance.U.P. - 47 words
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Article143 1948-03-02 3 A NOTE arrived ai «ne offices of Brhurt Railways (Western Region): "Mr. GooJfellow regrets he is unable to travel today He herewith returns his exi Ired season ticket." For 71 years, since he began as an office boy at 12. he had bought his "seasons" fc/143 words
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Article47 1948-03-02 3 SHE SAW NO ONE FOR 25 YEARS MARY Warren Fowler, who locked herself in her New York flat and refused to see anyone for 25 years after her parents' death, has died, aged 52. She went out only at 3 a.m. on visits to her parents' graves.47 words
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Article45 1948-03-02 3 Thor 11. a Lincoln aircrajt of the Empire Air Armament School. RAF. which left England on Jan. 22. arrived back in Manby, Linoolrshir e OEi Sunday after a 15.000-mile tour of the Middle East. Aden, Southern Rhodesia, and East and South Africa.— ReuterReuter - 45 words
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Article24 1948-03-02 3 Mr. A. L. Steinberg. Communist, was elected to Stepney Borough Council at a bvelection caused by the death of a Labour councillor.24 words
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Article17 1948-03-02 3 Penny and 2Jd. stamps commemorating the Channel Islands' liberation are being issued in May.17 words
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Article24 1948-03-02 3 The Queen yesterday received the Saudi Arabian Ambassador, Sheik Has i z Wahba, and the Burmese Ambassador and Lady Gvee. A.P.A.P. - 24 words
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Article220 1948-03-02 6 Bulgarians deported as swoop begins CIRST step in a great Secret Service round-up of foreign agents, sent to Britain to provoke strikes and stir up trouble, was taken when five Bulgarians were deported from London Airport. Hundreds of deportations are likely to follow soon. Acting220 words
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Article129 1948-03-02 6 THE Minister of Health, Mr. Aneurin Bevan, in loreword to the Hospitals Year Book, published last weekend, says the National Health Act unifying the hospitals service, is a sudden break with the past. It was an evolutionary process by which they hoped to transmit the129 words
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Article62 1948-03-02 6 FROM now on bureaucrats in thi U.S. Agriculture Department will tell America's housewives how to do their jobs. They will not only advise them what food to buy but they will tell them how much of the family budget they should spend on food. Said a spokesman:62 words
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Article, Illustration166 1948-03-02 6 top secret "new look" motor-cycle, which it is claimed will revolutionise the motor-cycle industry, has been designed by 63-year-old Mr. John Wooler. of Ruislip (Middlesex). The machine has no chain it is shaft-driven —has an all-sprung frame, and can do 100 miles to the gallon with a top-speed of 85166 words
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Article148 1948-03-02 6 8 years in search of friend FR eight years, 23-year-old Airuie Andree, a Cardiff stenographer, has been trying to fulfil a promise. The promise was made as j«he left a Transatlantic liner with her French- Canadian parents at Le Havre in July 1939. Waving good-hyo to fellowpassenger 80-year-old Dr. H.148 words
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Article103 1948-03-02 6 ■yHIRTY pt-r cent, of new reX cruits to the Metropolitan Police leave the force before they have been in it a year. Lord Trenchard told the House of Lords. hu- thought Uie reasons were housing difficulties, not •nough pay and not enough chance of promotion.103 words
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Article58 1948-03-02 6 A clarinetist. Julien Gamier, played into a fire-alarm loudspeaker and sent the fire brigade of Chateau d'Eau CF ranee) after a "fire." Gamier explained later: "There is no fire I'm just showing my appreciation of the way you fellows work." The Police charged Gamier under58 words
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Article49 1948-03-02 6 I DEAUTY experts are to ask the Minister of Labour not to direct large numbers of girls finishing make-up and hair-dressing training. If they are directed. It Is said. British factory girls may find It hard to get halr-wevea and morale will be affected49 words
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Article23 1948-03-02 6 Wages "in cash or whisky" are offered to employees, preferably drunkards," by a Kentucky garage owner, who says "drunks work better."23 words
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122 1948-03-02 6 'Bride groom went back to jail WHEN a dark-haired "bridegroom" and his "bride" ff arrived at a Blackburn hotel on their "honeymoon," the landlord drank their health and w&hed them a happy married Kfe. At London Sessions, the "bridegroom" was revealed as a twenty-flve-year-old girl— Pearl Brown— and the "bride*Reuter - 122 words
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Article115 1948-03-02 6 rpHERE are no emergency A commissioned army officers at present serving terms of imprisonment Imposed on them by court martial after their recall from demobilisation release, according to a War Office spokesman. Commenting on the effect of the decision of Lord Goddard. the Lord ChiefReuter - 115 words
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63 1948-03-02 6 A report that Norman Baillie-Stewart had been taken from Dartmoor to London prison in readiness for d-eportatioci to Germany has been denied by the Hom^ Office. He is Miring a sentence of five years' pemal servitude imposed o n him at the Old Bailey63 words
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Article144 1948-03-02 6 Cops will live in caravans pOLICE officers throughout Britain who cannot find I homes for their families may soon be living in caravans. The first "caravan cops" will be in Buckingham- shire, where Chief Constable Colonel T. R. P. Warren is in charge. His idea is being studied by police144 words
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Article98 1948-03-02 6 A LREADY broke from cleax- I ing up after this year's record snowstorms. New York Is going: to have more money troubles repairing the damage they caused. A warm spell has removed all the snow and ice for the first time since Christmas. And New98 words
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Article42 1948-03-02 6 L AMOUR FOR MANILA Esther Williams and Dorothy Lamour are reported to be going to Manila, accompanied by California Governor Earl Warren and Mayor Elmer Robinson of San Francisco, on the maiden trams-Pacific flight of a Philippine Airlnes DC-« nn June. U.P.U.P. - 42 words
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Article101 1948-03-02 6 FARMERS IN KENYA GET NEW DEAL ANEW deal lor th e young British far™ to settle in the "Garden Emni^* I**1 expected to follow the tour of T** 0 Paymaster-General, wh 6 has nou m l n t Farming experts in Kenya min u^fl that the Goverment must do mor101 words
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Article55 1948-03-02 6 AN Indian supply mission In Washington has awarded Collins Radio of Cedar Rapias lowa, a contract for US $300,000 worth of radio transmission equipment. Destined for use by AllIndia Radio, the new Indian Government's broadcast chain, the equipment includes 15 standard 1,000-watt broadcast transmitters and55 words
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146 1948-03-02 6 Baby saved by change of blood at birth A FEW S« .j. '"t Junes wa s ChCfter City Hos^, .doctors .started g;vng J Jnew bloodstream, in ask the blood was cwS! j changed and Marga^Ti v.m 6 wed. The doctor; main anonymous, toldod battle for the baby's 1 which was146 words
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Article65 1948-03-02 6 INTOXICATING be prohibited Province from October a announced the Finance 1C ter when presently] year's budget in the W cial Assembly. He 1h: s will er.tail a 17,600. 000 rupees in m revenue and cost i» rupees for enforceme:; i With 18 out of 2I«IA.P. - 65 words
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Article87 1948-03-02 6 RINGING of the Sanctus bell and making the sign of the Cross in Church of Ei>gla»nd Holy Communion services in New South Wales have been declared illegal by i a Sydney court. The Attorney-General and 23 parishioners were granted an injunction restraining the Bishop of Bathurst,87 words
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Article30 1948-03-02 6 £1.300.000 order for 4,000 j tractors made by the Fergu- son Tractor Company and the Ford Motor Company j has been placed in Britain by the Swedish Government.30 words
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Miscellaneous54 1948-03-02 3 TARZAN Deduction By Edgar Rice Burroughs F ASA GRIOLEv S DESCRIPTION. TXOAR RECO6NI7ED TX£ OOQGE PWOM wm»Cm l^jj^r^^^. M -,i I '"MM *w£ Smau. CO rv£ LA*D O* Tiv>E ThEV TRUD6EDONWARD. 4? J M^T^Oi A H V^^^BB^^^B JA shAll Av£ H£Q fc SL WJStK Bf £/V >Vf g£ »v£ WSr54 words
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686 1948-03-02 4 The Singapore Free Press TUESDAY. MARCH 2, 1948 A Democracy Perishes THE Communist purg is cow 1 la tall swing in Czechoslovakia and within a short space Of ume it is clear. fr< m ttie events of the past we that all semblance of poll icai liberty will have Gisupptar^d686 words
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Article901 1948-03-02 4 DON IDDON'S DIARY NEW YORK: CUDDENLY President Truman's coat of many colours seems to be coming apart at the seams. There is a rending noise. Buttons fly off Cufflinks jam and the studs are insecure. Within a matter of days the important policy here in New York and abroad, which901 words
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Article19 1948-03-02 4 I <>r in much wisdom is much grief: and he that increaseth knowledge increaseth sorrow. Ecclesiastes 1, 1819 words
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Article, Illustration51 1948-03-02 4 romtiTiQ is a very pood thing— when it's done to brickwork. Mary Graham deft) and June Grusleu, both nineteen, take it very seriously. Mary and June are among a number of girls who plan to make architecture their career and are taking a fire -year course at the Municipal College,51 words
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Article, Illustration26 1948-03-02 4 Mumarus "Blue Devil." an Old English sheep dog looks doionat a tiny Chihuahua. During 72nd Annual Westminster Kennel Club show at Madison Square Garden New York.26 words
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Article517 1948-03-02 4 FRANK BRUTTO - CATHOLIC 'WHITE GUARDS' FRANK BRUTTO By A. P. Correspondent IUORE than four million members of the Italian Catholic Action stand in the way of a Communist march to political power in Italy. Communists call them the M White Guard." Their lay and clerical leaders named by thp Pope are, compared517 words
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Article575 1948-03-02 4 JEAN CLEMENTINE - JEAN CLEMENTINE By A.P. Correspondent THE economic situation in Indo-China is worse than it was on V.J.-Day, economic experts in Saigon report. Indo-China is a country which might be one of the most prosperous in Asia, observers said, recalling that its currency once was almost asA.P. - 575 words
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Article93 1948-03-02 4 Rubber Bubbles Make Money M. liAkl P^ building •a. L s mar... »tir up the n^ ?°UW it and J hat '■< the foam 2 business. Rubber men a w m JSSff the. 1^5.000.000 n ■',000 D o. 'rodl about ioom ibttatbi loamy Picture :h<l pn It is about twoA.P. - 93 words
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Article251 1948-03-02 4 WHEN Prof. Augu>:< Piccard makes a 2 1, 2-mile dive to the ocean bed in his Bathy scaphe, he will transmit a minute-by-minute account of his experiences and observations to a parent ship on the surface. To talk to the ship during his eight-hour sub-oceanic voyage off251 words
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Article235 1948-03-02 5 MORE ARE BOOKING FOR WORK Staff Reporter unemployment in Singapore c is Riven by figures from u <\ showing that, in Decemiycd workers registered, in 939 and in February 1,996. K>ur has lessened, as shown •ntage of those obtaining in tnbcr, 694 out of the I were found employment In235 words
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Article52 1948-03-02 5 u uKDINt- to otlicial •ififurfs fivtn 1% thf Tm Minir^ t >irpany th«> io:al tin prog\ t !l million I Ppilliton ("nipai; JLfor \HI W«W mK) Jnlued it I 1 nuilion ;i»Uarv. V sngkjp < ompany j i> <«TV« uT|SI.MI I S dollars. I Iklaltl ls ,Bp!owd52 words
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43 1948-03-02 5 •p? Pr < "tTf-spondent Ifpa: by a Si 3. H. Chia, who an me I I g md K ttaxn r.aI dtob cutl u during now was ued 'hia but *i> sub- of 01 v Mr ■Oi nts hr43 words
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Article72 1948-03-02 5 Free Press Staff Reporter MOTOR buses in Singapore will soon be carrying election posters urei.ng voters to the Independent candidate for the North-East, constituency, Mr. R. C. H. Lim, to the Legislative Council. An application by Mr. Lim far placing election posters on passenger buses has72 words
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Article, Illustration33 1948-03-02 5 picture. Mr. Sng Choon Yee, who has been appointed Registrar of Trade Unions. Singapore. He retired from Government service in 1946, being then Chinese Assistant to the Secretary for Chinese Affairs. Free PressFree Press - 33 words
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Article137 1948-03-02 5 Free Press Staff Reporter THE Singapore Malay Union is calling an urgent committee meeting tomorrow with the idea of organising a mass meeting at an early date to consider what steps should be taken "Id prevent Malays from having to flee their own homeland in Pattani."137 words
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282 1948-03-02 5 Free Press Staff Reporter SINGAPORE rubber manufacturers and representatives of shipping companies handling rubber shipments to the United States will appoint a special committee to study the complaints made by representatives of the U.S. rubber industry, who have warned Malaya that she must improve the282 words
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Article, Illustration39 1948-03-02 5 picture Miss Dora Greene, uho has taken over duties as General Secretary of the Y.W.C.A. in Singapore. She has come from India, where she mu interested in Y.W.C A. work ever since her College days in Madras. Free PressFree Press - 39 words
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Article220 1948-03-02 5 Free Press Correspondent JOHORE BAHRU, Mon. JUDGMENT was reserved tn the case in which Ali bin Jusoh, former Chief Clerk. Price Control Department, was charged with criminal breach of trust involving $161 representing fees for the renewal of licences. The prosecution allegation was that220 words
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Article375 1948-03-02 5 7,000,000 FOR WATER MAINS 10-year plan approved Free Press Staff Reporter $7,000,000 ten-year scheme for the laying of trunk water mains in Singapore to cope with the expected increase in water consumption r 6 1 1 tei t0 20 y ars> has been approved oy the Municipal Commissioners a HHiS375 words
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Article, Illustration35 1948-03-02 5 picture. n oapores election ballot boaes are ready. A hundred of them have been made by the Public Works Department at a cost of $9 each. Photo shores one of the ballot boxes. Free PressFree Press - 35 words
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Article104 1948-03-02 5 AN army fire engine covered four miles in six minutes early last night to put out a fire at one of the biggest ammunition depots on Singapore Island. The fire occurred in the guardroom of the 443 Base Ammunition Depot at Kranji, 12 miles from Singapore. Although104 words
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Article166 1948-03-02 5 Customs stop 30 more Chinese Free Press Chinese Correspondent A NOTHER batch of 30 illegal Chinese immigrants from Hainan was picked up by Customs patrol and turned over to the immigration author ties last week. They were intercepted aboard a junk off Singapore. Tills was the second batch of illegal166 words
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Article45 1948-03-02 5 A 21-year-old Chinese. Ching -Ah Peck, was sentenced to five days' rigorous imprisonment and bound over for six months by th-j Third Police Magistrate, yesterday, for breaking into a queue at the Cathay Cinema dollar box office, on Sundav afternoon.45 words
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Article27 1948-03-02 5 AN animal clime for sick and homeless animals is to be built in Kuala Lumpu'-. Funds are urgently needed for the upkeep of the project.27 words
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Article178 1948-03-02 5 Free Press Staff Reporter T<HE ban on a right-about turn by motor vehicles, x now enforced in Orchard Road, will be introduced for most of the main streets in town as soon as more signs and notices are made available, Mr. C. J.178 words
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Article137 1948-03-02 5 A report submitted to the Jrv Dutch Parliament says that during the Japanese occupation there was a "serious- decrease" in the population of the NEI. It is estimated that the unfavourable conditions prevailing at that time were responsible for the loss of more than 4,000,000137 words
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Article331 1948-03-02 5 MNP attacks 'opportunism Free Press Staff Reporter SINGAPORE Malays represented by the left-wing Malay Nationalist Party have replied to Mr. K A Mallal s comment on the arrest of certain Malay leaders in Pattani, South Siam, by the Siamese authorities. xt 4 Mr Tahar Kalu vic e president of the331 words
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Miscellaneous89 1948-03-02 6 JANfc Exclusive to the Singapore Free Press in Malaga Vo L H i H< R^ t k«-Vj I*Z?£stz*£Y£&S£t < VS?%ZSIS?\ K^ 1 1 15 E craziestpo noiu'T Mt-tJr.nu ■H I Z?VZ-r V^^ Nor CASUALLY TO MY STAFF AT V I JOB I EVER TACKLED FRITZImVThTnG TO THE Zirfffl I T89 words
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Article621 1948-03-02 7 EPSOM JEEP - INSPIRATION LIKELY TO WIN AGAIN EPSOM JEEP Unbeatable on first run I By Aas an I "jSatantay. Irispiration stands out secSd^.?S ♦S OOd Uunß at Pen »ng tomorrow, the meeting penang T^ club Year On time test and on the weiehts this dantrht^r cakewafk n fn °th' P nb t621 words
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Article, Illustration22 1948-03-02 7 I '3-y tar-old schoolgirl Marjory pcrforrnances and ttme* v her Olympic nomination. She dian and Victorian records in 2 Herald Sun pictureHerald Sun - 22 words
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Article114 1948-03-02 7 ARCHIE QUICK - ARCHIE QUICK Bv but sh» er defensive grit and tons of i an outstanding display by übalfMcDonnt.il. oi Birmingham City, enabled the Belgium Army one-nil the triangular tournament ICup. I oat tere ippl I of Mcßride. o: T: rt .vcs. of Kr |Dd B .:)d-114 words
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Article24 1948-03-02 7 t'^ Ind °or lennis S hips at the *Mi yesterday n »M. rhlUnore beat iJJJ^Wn bat P §jte., u <x r£ Kami- p.24 words
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Article29 1948-03-02 7 b ■£L. lecr etary uf 3*^l Associa- \Z soccer "1 clubs m l; \fY this s< wni take ni n? at 5 j S'T X who are29 words
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Article389 1948-03-02 7 By THE SPORTS EDITOR CINGAPORE cricket season had a bad start when •J most Club trial games were washed out last weekend but there is ample evidence that there will be some new blood in local cricket this year. Ceylon Sports Club have several new389 words
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Article54 1948-03-02 7 MANCHESTER, Monday. The draw for the third round of the Rugby League cup tie was made here today as follows: Wakefield Trinity or Bradford Northen vs. Oldham; Dewsbury or Hunslet vs. Hull; Keighley vs. Rochdale Hornets; Warrington vs. Wigan. The matches are to be playedReuter - 54 words
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Article, Illustration37 1948-03-02 7 Duke of Norfolk fright foreground) leaving the court in luncheon recess during the hearing of the case in which James Ru3sell, horse trainer, brought an action against the Jockey Club, of which the Duke is an official.37 words
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Article58 1948-03-02 7 LONDON, Tuesday. The Oxford University crew, training for their annual boat race with Cambridge on March 27, used their new shell for the first time on Monday. They trained on the Thames at Henley and did a half mile sprint in three minutes. They start training over theA.P. - 58 words
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Article92 1948-03-02 7 LONDON, Monday. THE draw for the seraiftnals of the Football Association Cup was made here today as follows: Blackpool vs Tottenham Hotspurs at Aston Villas' ground. Queens Park Rangers or Derby County vs Manchester Ltd. at Sheffield ground. Both the ties will be played on Mar.Reuter - 92 words
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Article57 1948-03-02 7 THE Tiger Sports Club beat 1 the Seaforth Highlanders by four goals to one in the opening first division league fixture yesterday. The Seaforths started well but were unable to keep the Chinese in check. Tolan scored the Seaforths goal late in the second half While Chye Hee and Hoi57 words
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Article263 1948-03-02 7 The following are Home FootDell fixtures for this Saturday; FIBST DIVISION Arsvn&l v Wolvea W. Bolton W. v Derby C Burnley v Blackburn Charlton A. v Everton Liverpool t H fie Id Manchester U. r Sunderland Mbrough v Chelsea Portsmouth t Blackpool Preston N.E. t Grimsby Sheffield U.263 words
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Article438 1948-03-02 7 From Our Staff Correspondent PENANG, Monday. OELOW are the weights for Wednesday, the second day of the Penang Turf Club Leap Year Meeting. The card comprises eight events. The flrst race will be run at 2.30 p.m. Acceptances close at 11 a.m. tomorrow. The Scurry Handicap438 words
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Article108 1948-03-02 7 FR the soccer game with the R.A.F. at Wolverhampton MiTch 10. Elmes Tottenham Hotspur outside left who played in recent match against Belgian Army, in Brussels is dropped in favour of Petheridge of Bristol Rovers. All forwards are privates under 20. Outside right is Hinshelwood, of108 words
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Article191 1948-03-02 7 LONDON. Monday, r ORD Bieetster's nine-year-old gelding: Silver Fame replaced Roimond an Monday as a favourite to win the four and half mile Grand National Steeplechase at Ain'ree on I March 20. Cards on the Lincolnshire Handicap and Grand National were called ov?r at the VictoriaReuter - 191 words
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Article162 1948-03-02 7 Nourse makes records PIETERMARITZBURG, Mon r">R the s:ccmd year a saj--1 cession, Naiai nave wjn the Currie Cup, the premier crickccing trophy in S~-uui Alrica which is an Lnter-prj-viiiicial competition run on the same lines as the She--flcld Shield ki Australia. In the final ma:ch Natal be. North Eastern TransvaalReuter - 162 words
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Article89 1948-03-02 7 ST. PETERSBURG*!. Florida, Monday— Lawson Little weathered a terrific stretch drive by South Africa's Bobby Locke today to win the US$lO,OOO Open Golf tourney with a 72 hole total of 272, the 16 under par Cleveland vete--9 ran got 67 in the final round. Locke cardedU.P. - 89 words
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Article116 1948-03-02 7 LONDON, Monday. JO Weidin. Austrian heavyweighi boxing champion regarded on the continent as a contender for Bruce Woodcock's European title, made an impressive English debut at the Royal Albert Hall. London, tonight when he beat Alf Brown, southern area champion. The referee stopped the contest at theReuter - 116 words
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Article156 1948-03-02 7 In a friendly badminton match played on Sunday, the Greenwood B.P. beat the Emily B.P. by 9 2. Results: (Greenwood members mentioned first) Doubles: Hanaffi and Haron beat Mustapha and Hussain A. 15 13. 15 5; Ah Boon and Marican beat Shariff and Samsuri 15 10,156 words
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Miscellaneous288 1948-03-02 7 Today's Sports Events TENNIS: S.L.T.A. Indooi championships, Happy World, C.15 p m. BOXING: Singapore Civilians' championships (finals), Happy World. 8 30 p.m. SOCCER: S.A.F A. League, Div. I—C.A. v. S R.C., Jalan B«*ar Stadium, 5.15 p.m HOCKEY: S AHA. Knock, out tourney— Clarke Rangers v. GHQ FARELF, SRC., 5.15 p.m288 words
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Article298 1948-03-02 8 Finland to decide on pact today LONDON, Monday. rPHE Finnish President, A Dr. Juno Paasikivi, today replied to Marshal Stalin through the Soviet Minister in Helsinki saying that the Marshal's proposed pact of mutual assistance would be discussed by the Finnish Government and Parliament. Meanwhile, Dr. Paasikivi held conferences todayReuter; A.P.; U.P. - 298 words
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Article, Illustration43 1948-03-02 8 The Church of Sydling St. Nicholas is the third to hai>e stood on this site. The tower is the oldest portion, built in 1430 A.D. and the nave was completed in 1480. The ancient font is pre-Saxon and over 1,000 pears old.43 words
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Article356 1948-03-02 8 LONDON, Monday. AS the Big Three Western Powers the United States, Britain and France discuss the question of a diplomatic break with the new Communist Government of Czechoslovakia, the Prague Radio announced tonight that the Czech Parliament would hold its first session since lastA.P.; Reuter; U.P. - 356 words
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Article220 1948-03-02 8 CHIANG RETAKES V ITAL RAILCENTRE PEIPING, Monday. THE Nationalists, trying to blast open a corridor to 1 the isolated Mukden, achieved a notable success today the recapture of Tahushan, on the PeipingMukden railway, 170 miles north of the Great Wall and 70 miles west of Mukden, reports Associated Pre«s. AtA.P. - 220 words
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121 1948-03-02 8 WASHINGTON, Mooday. rpHE House of Repre«entaJL tives Foreign Affairs Committee today Invited Generals Douglas MacArthur and Claire Chennault. (the latter was the wartime commander of the U.S. Air Force in China), to testify either In person or by correspondence on aid to China.Reuter - 121 words
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Article55 1948-03-02 8 Pope Pius XII will work as usual today while all offices will be closed and Vatican flag will fly for a holiday on his 72nd birthday and ninth anniversary of his election as Pontiff. The double anniversary will be celebrated on March 12 when the Pope will readU.P. - 55 words
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Article182 1948-03-02 8 THE case against C. W. Ro- berts, who was until June 1947 the offlcer-in-charge of the Food Control Inspectorate, was yesterday dismissed by the Singapore Third District Judge, Mr. A. D. Farr^ll. Roberts was charged with abetment of unlawful possession of 21 bags of controlled riceU.P. - 182 words
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513 1948-03-02 8 Senate chief on Europe aid WASHINGTON, Monday. THE Republican chairman of the UjS. Senate 1 Foreign Relations Committee, Senator Arthur Vandenberg appealed to the Senate today to help to stop World War HI, before ft starts, by approving the Marshall aid Europe programmeA.P.; U.P. - 513 words
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Article, Illustration36 1948-03-02 8 Back in Australia after U I J. A. Collins, First K of ffi"? Board, with his wife and U-yearVh I their arrival on board the \Vn 7?f aushttr i3 bourne. Rear- Admiral ColUvl hi iT S?flr^i36 words
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Article64 1948-03-02 8 TWENTY ONE policemen were injured and 11 dockers taken to hospital whe n the police clashed with 500 textile mill workers in Alexandria yesterday. Twenty workers were arrested. The workers were protesting asaimst the recent arrest of a number of workers for allegedly inciting unrest.Reuter - 64 words
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Article118 1948-03-02 8 UK TO SELL MORE TO NETHERLANDS LONDON, Monday. THE Anglo Dutch trade agreement signed last Friday provided for an exohange of goods valued at more than £70,000 000 (sterling) this year 20 percent greater than in 1947. Under the agreement, the United Kingdom will supply the Netherlands with coal, steelA.P. - 118 words
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Article91 1948-03-02 8 BRISBANE, Monday. |\OCKWORKERS and sea\J men today shut down all Queensland ports and threaened that no ship would enter or leave "until the Government capitulates to railway men' who have been on strike for three weeks. The Queensland Government had declared a state of emergencyU.P. - 91 words
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Article37 1948-03-02 8 The Prime Minister of Sweden, Norway and Denmark will meet in Stockholm on Mar. 18 when, it is believed, they will discuss problems arising out of the latest events in Finland and Czechoslovakia ReuterReuter - 37 words
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Article500 1948-03-02 8 London Stock ExohJ QUIETLY firm conditlo«_s S^3 most sections in the I f today despite the week-end e^?^ Europe, says Reuters financial Vor J SJS? again, however, the tun me 7£^ great. Rubbers were unchanged t hi J£j advanced, in some cases sharnlv Institutional support was evident500 words
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Article79 1948-03-02 8 A SPECIAL Markrtc** jiTW tfie prif" 11 a.m today a« Ml** Rjtfl! prrl No. I B4J No 1 KS.S fob in hairs Mar \o RSS fob in bales Mar No. 3 RSS fob in bales Mar. Tor* of mark* B The Sinfap^f Commerce R-^,, price* at noon T79 words
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Advertisement172 1948-03-02 8 SITUATIONS VACANT WANTED sales-girl and salesman knowing English Malay languages Having experience for textiles goods etc. Apply personally to F. Hoondamall 68. North Bridge Rd. Spore. WANTED: Two experienced stone nand.s for English-language novspaper Salary. H. C. L. A.. lU'; Provident Fund and paid annual holidays. Apply Production Manager Straits172 words
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Advertisement138 1948-03-02 8 I TENDER No. 4 SALE OF Aion IOOVS*^] Tenders are invited for the ourchase < j FV>odstuffs:— cONP' II^ LOT NO. ITEM. vIVA L fCj SP/ 44 379 Tons ATTA F°£ m'. 1 SP/45 5,000 Lbs DHALL SP '46 5 Tons OATMEAI I i SF '47 2 Tons BISCUITS i138 words
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Miscellaneous41 1948-03-02 8 WEATHER— Thundery WEATHER report for the next 24 hours compiled by the RAF: Scattered thundery showers this afternoon and evening. Otherwise fair. Wind: l i K ht variable. SINGAPORE TIDES Today Tomorrow High: 3.35 p.m. 4.45 p.m. 7.7 V.. 6.8 ft.41 words
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