The Singapore Free Press, 10 March 1948
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Title Section18 1948-03-10 1 The Singapore Free Press I»ABOE8T AFTERNOON SALE IN MALAYA tTw^ SINGAPORE, WEDNESDAY, MARCH JO, 1948 PRirt 10 CENTS18 words
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Article, Illustration540 1948-03-10 1 MORE WORK, LESS FOOD FOR BRITAIN Budget not 'anti-capital' *rn>** LONDON, Tuesday. J^JUKJI work, fewer clothes and less food/ sums up popular reaction to the new White Paper on Britain's economic crisis, which llritons heard on their radios tonight. There is no doubt about the less food it will beA.P.; Reuter - 540 words
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Article, Illustration13 1948-03-10 1 Miles struck Croymonth and nont The pilot, Beveri y, was '.er ocplane were13 words
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Article298 1948-03-10 1 SHINWELL TELLS COMMONS LONDON, Monday. WOE British War Minister, Mr. Emmanuel Shinwell, today disputed the idea that the discovery of modern and more deadly weapons of warfare had destroyed the value of the Army. "Scientists may have produced weapons of mass destruction but none whichU.P. - 298 words
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Article62 1948-03-10 1 ffiWO Malayan senior Girl X Guides arrived In Liverpool yesterday m the steamship Empire, Brent for a three months' stay under the auspices of the British Council. The two visitors were Che Lily Binti Abdul Majeed. 27 years old, and Miss Eg Eoi Chan, 29.A.P. - 62 words
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56 1948-03-10 1 SHAHRIR TAKES GLOOMY VIEW INDONESIA Tret Press Stall Reporter V rir, former In- Ir. was pects of Indonesia when HTOewed by the press m > hlngs" have it consultaiblican Gov- Good of the ng mrr r i,aid. th< s ate < xam- I 100 of rnment was i co-open- at56 words
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Article212 1948-03-10 1 BRUSSELS, Tuesday. A S the British, French. Dutch, Belgian and Luxembourg negotiators tonight transformed their coming Western European Union Into a solidly interwoven five-way military alliance, their spokesman categorically denied to the press that the five -nation bloc had asked for a military guarantee fromA.P.; Reuter - 212 words
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134 1948-03-10 1 MPs missing as Parliament sits in Prague PRAGUE, Tuesday WHEN the Czechoslovak ff Parliament meets today for the first time since the crisis, Mr. Klement Gottwald's Communist-controlled government can exDect a majority of 230 out of 300 votes. Meanwhile, several Members of Parliament are missing from their homes. In casesReuter - 134 words
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Article68 1948-03-10 1 U3NDON. Tuesday. '■THE British river class friX gate Fal will shortly undergo a refit at Singapore ready for transfer to the Government of Burma under the terms of the 1947 AngloBurmese defence agreement, the Admiralty announces The frigate has been' renamed Mayu by the Burmese navy.Reuter - 68 words
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Article67 1948-03-10 1 U7HEN the door oi 135 Faubourg dv Temple m Paris was broken open last night, four dead women were found seated round the dinner table. They had been dead since Saturday Polic? said the deaths were caused by gas poisoning from a stove which hadReuter - 67 words
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Article156 1948-03-10 1 BAGUIO, Tuesday REDUCED rice consumption by the rice eaUng peoples ?L tne world wa urged upon the F.A.O. conference here toctay, because production cannot cope with the increase m the populations of the rice eating areas. This proposal was advanced by the Philippines delegate,Reuter; A.P.; U.P. - 156 words
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Article61 1948-03-10 1 SHANOHAI. Tuesday. WANO Shao-teeng, Chinese shipping expert, is to leave shortly on an extended tour of South East Asia to Investigate the possibilities of extending the overseas shipping lines of the State-owned China Merchants Steam Navigation Company. He will also study the possibilities of Increased tradeReuter - 61 words
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Article52 1948-03-10 1 Free Press SUIT Reporter OOLICE this morning said MT the condition of 22-year old Special Constable C. S. Dasen had improved. Dasen was accidentally shot m the neck yesterday by a Filipino companion, whose revolver went off while he was examining it at the Hongkong and52 words
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Article195 1948-03-10 1 WASHINGTON, Tuesday. IN response to an appeal by the U.S. Secretary of State, Mr. George Marshall, for "swifter action," selected Senate and lower House leaders were called to a joint meeting here today m an effort to get Marshall Plan legislation moved through both ChambersReuter - 195 words
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Article205 1948-03-10 1 THE HAGUE, Tuesday. WORLD production of tinore made a new post-war record during December 1947, It was stated today m the February statistical bulletin of the International Tin Study Group. World production m December was estimated at 12,300 tons, which ia 1,000 tons above NovemberA.P. - 205 words
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Article264 1948-03-10 1 SOVIET WILL INSIST ON PARTITION LAKE SUCCESS, Tuesday. WHILE the United States was today seeking to f f arrange consultations between Arab leaders and the big powers on the Palestine crisis, a high Soviet spokesman told United Press that Russia would insist that partition be carried out. Britain will beReuter; A.P.; U.P. - 264 words
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Article56 1948-03-10 1 U.K. January textile exports were valued at £23.4 million—greater than any month since 1929—and £2.7 million above the average for the previous quarter. Board of Trade returns disclose. Cotton goods' exports at £8.5 million were the highest since 1930; those of woollen and worsted goods (£7.2Reuter - 56 words
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Article37 1948-03-10 1 With spring still 12 days away Southern England had a "little summer" yesterday. The temperature m London reached 72, the highest reading so early m the year for at least 107 years. —R ReuterReuter - 37 words
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Article, Illustration1043 1948-03-10 2 AROUND SINGAPORE SHOPS COMETIMES our Singapore shops seem to be excelling themselves with their displays of clothes. Sometimes it's fabrics, sometimes it's jewellery, sometimes it's glassware, sometimes it's objects dart/ The great thing, though, is that there's always something. Thio Week, for 'nstance, ROBIN bONS have a fineF.G. - 1,043 words
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Advertisement234 1948-03-10 2 LATEST ARRIVALS SHANTUNG CREPE 42" IN TEN BE^VTIFn, SHADES 53.75 A YARD. PERSIAN RUGS ONLY 6i' X 4' IN ATTRACTIVE DESIGNS 545/PALMBEACH NECKTIES (CREASE RESISTING) SIX POPULAR COLOURS $3/- EACH. AS WELL AS SHIRTS WITH COLLARS ATTACHED DETAILED, SINGLETS, UNDER PANTS, SCARVES, SOX AND MANY OTHER ARTICLES Always Ai\i liable234 words
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Miscellaneous932 1948-03-10 2 SINGAPORE p m to 11 55 9 at. VLC9 mttret and 49.38 metres 5-5.30 ft«w«^*w*%*j l 6 w metrel i7 M megacycle*; p.m. 19.84 metres and 49.38 Rluo Wlunrk 10.00 p.m. to 11. SO p.m. VLB 4 metres, 5.30-night 19.84 metres From ifSViM P.m. m l w Wycl *> metr932 words
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Miscellaneous196 1948-03-10 2 YOUR LUCKY STAR Fortune forecast tor people bom today DORN today, you are not v as stern and positive as you ought to be if you are to be eminently successful m your chosen profession. You have the ability, but must learn, early m lite, to grasp opportunity and act196 words
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NEWS
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Article88 1948-03-10 3 I s of two 1 women, found jth b unds m the 1 reckage of road to Saildfntifled 1 ry Mrs Jeanne of the United Slates Information Service f re Lydia Ruth tary at the Consulate Rutti was fox-; I m Singapore. I found the88 words
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Article, Illustration46 1948-03-10 3 The newly-elected Imam of Yemen, Abdullah bin Ahmed al Wazir. who has succeeded the former Imam, recently assassinated together with two of his sons. The throne is being challenged by Prince Ahmed, who is reported to have raised an army and is fighting the Government forces.46 words
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Article, Illustration61 1948-03-10 3 Ex-King Michael of Rumania, who is now on a visit to the United States, is here se^n when he arrived at Victoria Station, London, with his mother, Queen Helen. A police officer holds back a newspaper reporter who had endeavoured to talk to the ex-King. Behind the reporter is Lord61 words
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Article110 1948-03-10 3 AN 18-year-old American military policeman was seriously wounded and his Austrian girl friend kidnapped alter a f raoas on Monday outside the Grand Hotel, one of the Soviet headquarters m VieLna. An Amerioan report said that soon after the soldier with his companions had 1Reuter - 110 words
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Article238 1948-03-10 3 BAGUIO, (P.1.), Tuesday. Bhe world acreage under rice cultivation ill still be 2,500,000 acres below preilariat of the United Nations Food and Organisation's rice meeting told be Committee studying the problem points out the Secretariat's report of Asia is rapidly increasing and the world duct ion238 words
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49 1948-03-10 3 I MO Chiang II has declared armies In the tabl Is "m the near verful nforcementa 7'ninchowrridor, and a mem- an Peothe Ger.er•ment when he ren m Nank,ured Chem i >uld make to retain "f its ranee to the existence of UP.UP. - 49 words
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Article84 1948-03-10 3 ITALY WARNED OF RED COUP 'run ROMFa, Tuesday. 1 <n Premier, Senor Aloide de Gasperi, m an llal* i<,n,erin X speech at Vercelli, warned the Jj an Ration of a Communist coup and said "we (want lo end up as another Czechoslovakia. hammered f ne that Italy 'linger from its84 words
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99 1948-03-10 3 Millions for Britain from the 'dogs' 7TVHE British Treasury will receive not less than £10.000,000 m a full year from the dog tote tax which began last month. This estimate was made by an official of the National Greyhound Racing Society He said that last year tote takings dropped a99 words
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Article46 1948-03-10 3 rE first large-scale business contract between India and the Soviet Military Administration m Germany. Just concluded m Berlin, involves an estimated £40.000 It calls for the delivery. within the next six months, of I painting machinery purchased at the Leipzig Spring Fair. ReuterReuter - 46 words
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Article35 1948-03-10 3 The Maharajah of Mysore switched or. tthe power from ttie huge Jog hydro-electric works at a colourful ceremony held ir the remote I region where the Sliaravat :i river falls 850 feet ReuterReuter - 35 words
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Article180 1948-03-10 3 NEW YORK, Tuesday. THE world is heading for a third world war unless there is a change of heart on the part of some powers, the former Eireann Prime Minister, Mr. Eamon de Vah-ra. told the New York press. Saying that he did notReuter - 180 words
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Article68 1948-03-10 3 PVE Arabs were killed and one Arab seriously wounded m a clash yesterday between an Arab band and a Haganah convoy near the Arab village of Beit Jirja. on the main highway between Gaza and Jaffa, m Palestine. Irgunists are reported to have raided a concentrationU.P. - 68 words
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Article28 1948-03-10 3 Plans to place 5,000 more soldier settlers on land In Victoria, at a cost of £14 million, are being considered by the Soldier Settlement Com- mission. ReuterReuter - 28 words
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Article23 1948-03-10 3 Tur^f oil exports from China m February totalled omAy 3.100 'tons a decrease of 2,600 tons compared to January. ReuterReuter - 23 words
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391 1948-03-10 3 Pressure on Adm in istra tion THE United States, within the next few months, will 1 become committed to supplying considerable military aid to Generalissimo Chiang Kai-shek's Government despite the fact that the U S State Department is against such a course, according toU.P. - 391 words
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Article172 1948-03-10 3 Imperial defence parley is urged AN Imperial Dei once Conference on British naval strength was suggested by Earl Howe Commodore m the Royal Naval Reserve, m the House of Lords on Monday. He referred to the Government announcements on the scrapping of ships and asked. "Has the Government sought theReuter - 172 words
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Article112 1948-03-10 3 AHORSE shoe, a razor blade m a holder, a piere of st-eel encased m rubber, a radio valve and an electric bulb were among the "weapons" mentioned at the London on Monday In connect &rj with disturbances last night at a meeting held by members ofReuter - 112 words
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Article82 1948-03-10 3 AT the meeting of ih e Seen. rity Council of the United Natiorjs on Monday night. India offered to hold a second plebiscite if Jungdah. disputed Indian state wrier.- a plebiscite held last month shoved over 190,000 m favour of accession to India and 91 favouringReuter - 82 words
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Article31 1948-03-10 3 Travelling 900 miles by railway, the first American evacuees from Hor.«ui Province have arrived at Hong Kong from Har.kow. The party consisted of 35 American women &r.d children ReuterReuter - 31 words
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Article142 1948-03-10 3 Truman to run if nominated PRESIDENT Truman has. announced, through the Democratic national chairman, Senator Howard McQrath, that he will run for the Presidency this year if nominated by the Party's national convention. Senator McGrath quoted the President as saying his position on the civil rights programme was unchanged. ThisReuter - 142 words
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Article66 1948-03-10 3 A DELEGATION headed by Mr. J. R. Jayawardene. Ceylon Finance Minister, will leave for Britain on Mar. 21 to discuss Ceylon's sterling balances which at the end of 1947 amounted to some £53,000.000. Sir Oliver Goorjetilleke, Minister for Home Affairs. will accompany the delegationReuter - 66 words
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Article36 1948-03-10 3 Hong Kong hope* to reintroduce a subsidiary metallic currency gradually as from the end of the year. The nickel coins used before the war were largely withdrawn by the Japanese and melted down.36 words
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Article27 1948-03-10 3 PhUlppiEe copra now romes under standard isatiom Iby virtue of a new administrative order aimed at improving the penalty of copra for export.— ReuterReuter - 27 words
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Article85 1948-03-10 3 ARROW VIA KEYHOLE BLINDS BOY TELL CITY, Indiana. Alon. A freak incident occurred here today when a home-made arrow passed through the keyhole of a closed door and blinded Earl Senn, aged 5, m the right eye. Earl's brothers were playing cowboys and Indians outside the House. Sterns of driedU.P. - 85 words
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Article65 1948-03-10 3 THE discovery by the Mar- seilles police last night of 15 trunks full of arms destined for Jewish terrorists m Palestine, was quickly followed by three arrests. This was the second arms dump found m Marseilles yesterday, and the fourth m Prance m three days.Reuter - 65 words
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Article23 1948-03-10 3 The China National Aviation Corporation inaugurated a Shanghai-Rangoon airline yesterday after the completion of successful test flights m recent weeks. Reuter.Reuter. - 23 words
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Article218 1948-03-10 3 THE Pope, m a decree, has granted Catholics all over 1 the world an opportunity to help friends and relatives killed m the last war to get from Purgatory to Heaven. It is held tfiat the faithful, even though their sins aacr c forgiven beforeU.P. - 218 words
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Article329 1948-03-10 3 Black Phan tom haunts ship THE ghost of a third engineer Who hanged himself five years ago .m the bathroom of th* 10,000- ton freighter Uazelbank, is claimed by members of the crew to have been seen walking the deck m Melbourne harbour twelve hours before a ftre broke outReuter - 329 words
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Miscellaneous87 1948-03-10 3 TARZAN Kill Or be killed By Edgar Rice Burroughs ■m-^h s6 the C^.PPSiPE AHgAC TAR7AN SAW^ PgOJECTtON ABQuT JEL. 1 I '^En TRA6EDV THE ROPE PARTEO I "'VvEntv PEET ABOVE TM£ TRAiL. WMtCM &J66ESTED A MEANS O^ J^C^t^ L /^C^-<^s\ v v^F^V T V^l 4/*^ TARZAN TUMBLED To Tn£ A87 words
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731 1948-03-10 4 The Singapore Free Press WEDNESDAY. MAR. 10. 1948. Malaya's Own Navy WITH Monuays announcement m the House of Commas of the decision to create the first regular Malayan naval forces, we have been given a fairly clear indication of the form which this country's future contribution to Commonwealth defence will731 words
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Article842 1948-03-10 4 Ralph Izzard - INDIA WITHOUT GANDHI Ralph Izzard by FOR two weeks after Gandhi's assassination time m India stood almost still. It stood still, that is, far all but the police and C.I.D. officials, and they were busier, than at any time since the abortive Congress Partj revolt of August 1542. BY the842 words
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Article23 1948-03-10 4 "For what shall it profit a man, if he gain the whole world, and lose his own soul?" St. Mark 8, 36.23 words
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Article, Illustration50 1948-03-10 4 Three 15-year-old boys. Andrew Wray, Anthony Vida and Fielding Warren, drift on a floe m ice-choked Hudson River at Neiv York, awaiting rescue by a city fire boat They were carried into the stream when a chunk of ice broke away from the shore ice on which they were playing50 words
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Article512 1948-03-10 4 MALDIVIAN BREAK IUALDIVE Islands a group of Islands with a population of eighty thousand about 400 miles southwest of Ceylon which, with the attainment by Ceylon of Dominion Status, ceased to be a dependency of it. His Highness Amu Abdul Majid Didi, Siiltun-Dosignate of Maldives told Reuter, that ho isReuter - 512 words
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Article560 1948-03-10 4 A headache for the Big Powers THE PALESTINE PROBLEM: By A Special Correspondent niSASTER threatens the Jews of Palestine because the United Security Council has failed and failed with something less than honour to find a means of carrying out the decision of the General Assembly to partition the Holy560 words
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Article, Illustration45 1948-03-10 4 Work is m progress m Richmond Park on the largest of the eampt whit competitors for the forthcoming Olympic Games. Formerly an Army it will, when finished, have accommodation for 1,700 person^ eomvrisina ?S titors, and team manager, masseurs, trainers, etc. and 201 domestic mH45 words
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Article764 1948-03-10 4 " SOLDIER - "SOLDIER" Arousing speculation is the future of Transjordan's Arab Legion, which now helps Britain to keep order m Palestine. The force is subsidised by Britain. JN the explosive atmosphere which overhangs the Arab lands there is a good deal of conjecture about the ultimate fate of764 words
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Article94 1948-03-10 5 2-Mile Trip For Noters ■■STtS tne •ally st I s uch ft ha'- n as it practice In for the Govravide transpeople tr I mako row •he right polJJfor their area or not be able to tfTa Party candii 3r election to the ill have X electors I constituencies, pi94 words
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Article31 1948-03-10 5 H tnd 16 impriH r.izing us were f the v by thr ■bOj.- tt Bttavla H? accused were ■It? of systematically h and n •i/5 imprisonment B r31 words
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Article438 1948-03-10 5 LESSON FOR FUTURE' Free Press London Correspondent DEFERENCES to Lieut-Gen. Percival's despatch on the Malayan campaign were made during the debate on defence m the House of Commons by MPs, who urged that the lesson of Singapore should be kept m mind m future consideration438 words
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Article124 1948-03-10 5 TH E Singapore Family Benefit Society is laun.g a membership campaign for ore year, when the entrance fee of $3 will be waived Membership is open tQ all. including women, over 18 and under 35 years of age. The following have been elected the Society's office-bearers for124 words
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Article58 1948-03-10 5 SCOUTS' rally will be held on Saturday at the 1 Jalan Bt-sar Stadium. The programme includes :le dances by Wolf Cubs, a display by Malay, Chinese and English-speaking scouts, exhibition of scout work, investiture of new scouts tiom the newly-formed troop the Salvation Army Boys' ne,58 words
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Article60 1948-03-10 5 ADMITS THEFT OF TREE TfcO MENG SONG, a Chinese. was remanded In police 'ustody till March 16 for sentence when he pleaded guilty yesttrday Id the Third Police Court to a charge of theft of a tree valued at $50 from Dalvey Estate. Teo was arrested, on Jan. by the60 words
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Article, Illustration46 1948-03-10 5 Major Keiji Mizuno, accused of being concerned with the killing of 177 Chinese m the Arab Street area, m Feb. 1942, smoxes a cigarette while he talks with his counsel, during an adjournmerit of his trial at a War Crimes Court, m the Supreme Court yesterday.46 words
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Article38 1948-03-10 5 The one hundred and thir*i'enth birthday anniversary fJ i Sri Ramakrishna will be brated at the RamaKrishna Mission premises m -Norns Road on Friday. The programme includes 2S erB music and Ceding of the poor.38 words
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Article220 1948-03-10 5 UK OFFICIAL TO MAKE RICE SURVEY T° gain flrst-lhand impressions of the agricultural conditions and needs m Malaya and British Borneo, the Agricultural Adviser to the Secretary of State for the Colonies. Dr. G. F. Clay, will shortly visit the two territories. Mr p la v will pay particular attention220 words
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Article135 1948-03-10 5 THE Balmoral Hotel m Queen's Gate Gardens, Loni don, will be opened by the Colonial Office Welfare Department at the end of this month as a hostel for Colonial men students. It will be the largest of the Colonial Office hostels. The building, which135 words
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Article, Illustration77 1948-03-10 5 Col. Norman Minus. Chief cf-Staff, of the U.S. Military Advisory Group to the Philippines Government and Col. R. G. Sherman, G.III, of the U.S. Infantry who are among 16 members of the Group at present m Singapore. Col. Sherman is wear- ng on his left breast the Combdt Infantry Badge,Free Press - 77 words
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Article451 1948-03-10 5 Mothers blamed by magistrate COME mothers m Singapore are unwilling to support their children and expect the Government to find a place for them where they could be boarded and trained m a trade, says L 7" iil vI Sammy Juvenile Court magistrate, m hIS ruarv451 words
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Article183 1948-03-10 5 The hostel is close to Gloucester Road underground station and the South Kensington Museums and Colleges. Students may entertain their friends at the hostel, and it is hoped that it will be extensively used by non-residents as a Colonial centre. KUALA LUMPUR, Tues. 'THREAT it183 words
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Article, Illustration56 1948-03-10 5 International Women*. Day was celebrated m Singapore on Monday with a mass meeting of women of all nationalities. Over 2,000 were present. The top picture shows 'Che Asiah binte Jaafar. President of the Tanglin Malay WQmen's Welfare Association, and below the wife of the President of the Malay Union of56 words
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Article106 1948-03-10 5 SI AM CLA SH POSSIBLE CIAMESE officials m Bangkok said yesterday that reports of a clash on the Siamese Malayan border were "possibly correct". The spokesman said that the Siamese had no detinite information regarding Singapore radio reports of Incidents In the border provinces, but added that Uhey did knowA.P. - 106 words
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Article326 1948-03-10 5 THE troopship Strathnaver, which arrives m Singal pore roads tonight, and which will be escorted by RAF planes to berth at godowns 1 and 2 tomorrow morning, has on board 1,100 Gurkhas, with British Gurkha officers the first main body of the 6,500 Gurkhas who have volunteered326 words
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Article205 1948-03-10 5 IN the Coron r's Court yesterday, Dr. K. Kiramathy- pathy related how he rushed ihis injured son back to his I dispensary from the scene of a I motor accident and for ten minutes desperately tried to save his son's life but failed. The accident205 words
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Article191 1948-03-10 5 THE Coroner's report for 1947 shows that there were 162 deaths due to street accidents an average of three a week. Motor lorries were responsible for 89 of these or 55 per cent. Private cars caused 16, taxis and hiring cars and S.T.C. buses191 words
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Article174 1948-03-10 5 SHORTAGES HOLDING UP MALAYA THE Financial Times, m an 1 editorial on Monday, ex presses the opinion that lEi Malaya and Hong Kon?. "recovery is retarded- by legislative delays ard shortage of supplies." The newspaper alleged that "Communist penetration" In China continued to "disrupt" the trade of that country, mReuter - 174 words
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Article127 1948-03-10 5 J^ GENERAL mooting of the Singapore section of the Kiwi Members' League was hold last Sunday at No. 75, Cairnhill Read. The following were elected the Committee of Management for this year: President, Mr. K. H. Chan; Vice Presidents. Miss ELs o Lim and Mr. Poh127 words
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ENTERTAINMENT
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Article675 1948-03-10 6 PRODUCER Sydney Box, most prolific film-maker m the Rank camp, is answering the talk of film crisis and famine by making a full-length feature m ten days. That means completing a film m one-fifth of the normal time and at about half675 words
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Article, Illustration16 1948-03-10 6 Glynis Johns plays her part of Mabel ChUtern m the film uty "An Ideal Husband" admirably.16 words
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Article308 1948-03-10 6 OLSEN and Johnson, the last two words m American crazy comedy launched their "Hell zapoppin" show on London by turning the Casino into a madhouse and a gift shop. They gave the audiences such good value that the first house ran half an hour late while s.cond-house ticket-holders308 words
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Article298 1948-03-10 6 THE United States Government have decided to buy several 16 mm and 35 mm prints of Atomic Physics the G.B. Instructional film of the history and development of Atomic Energy. "Atomic Physics" made a deep impression when it was seen m Washinjrton by leading Airier can298 words
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Article427 1948-03-10 6 BY OUR FILM REPORTER AT a Press show m the Shaw Bros* studios on Tuesday afternoon Alexander Korda's production of Oscar Wilde's "An Ideal Husband was screened. You will no doubt be dazzled by the riot of colour but combined with Cecil Beaton's creations of the 'nineties427 words
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Article, Illustration134 1948-03-10 6 ACCOMPANIEI; n Director Frank Launder, Jean Simmons will arrive m San Francisco on Mai 17 on the first Btagi her journey home t the Fijis, where has been record scenes for a Tec] color version of "The Blue Lagoon," H. de Vere Stacpoole's South Sea Island134 words
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Advertisement36 1948-03-10 6 Showing j* A Til A 1 I 11 a.m., 145. 4.1". J II HU 6.4S and 930 p.m I H 1 111^ 1 Daily. rftMF OffT SNOWgg AND THK >K\KN ASMiX o*l OQNAio M*cwit.r .too B>y^i*36 words
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Miscellaneous175 1948-03-10 6 mdntlrdkC Exclusive to the Singapore Free Press m Malaya I ~~1 I THIS IS THE BtSTTWCKI I -k 1 I HE'LL BE ASLEEP FOR A WHILE I I WhAT$ MANDRAKE UP TO? 1 KNOW/ MUCH MORE r^ll ANO WON'T NEEO HIS CLOTHES. 1 r* CAME BACK TO TRY MORE OF175 words
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Miscellaneous273 1948-03-10 6 Bridge Proble COUTH faced a problem on hit „.*< third bid. He had ptD»<l ilU(h t the bidding with noK ti suit, bidding it bt. |<j!( carder because £v was not g|H strong to onough to r« a a I he bid diamonds. Bnt, then *Aw-'j heart* his second bd273 words
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Article381 1948-03-10 7 HIGH RATING FOR 2 NEWCOMERS Handicapper 's action From EPSOM JEEF 'nw k -i- KUALA LUMPUR, Tuesday. [•He handicapper, obviously, is taking no chances Tvt- *i l l? my Mart >n's two promising newcomers, Merry Miller and Elegant Art, after the convincing manner m which they pulverised the opposition m381 words
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Article, Illustration31 1948-03-10 7 picture An action shot of W.J. Gibb during the Selangor Golf Club championship final at Kuala Lumpur in which he beat Major A. A. Af. Bucher four and three. Free PressFree Press - 31 words
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Article33 1948-03-10 7 s v. it i the poeal that with 5? without further m two t I- ,on the same m each if it j EjCCIavRWY '.l b? g Birminghain on ReuterReuter - 33 words
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Article, Illustration139 1948-03-10 7 Football Association's first ie match played between the n anders and the Singapore Recreation alan Besar Stadium yesterday ended m -rmbrother*. •s and i dominated It totiger. -forward wrr Th<-y [JjMeives to th( ground. (ml play the into the t bar. two »*sy zie to139 words
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Article47 1948-03-10 7 I 3 I mcd <ki- ay to b< latiopi A rid im oc and 280 ofl The jump was only eight .;e hill n to 1941 by the ':llf. oss wind swept across A janp expected of art of 323 feet U P47 words
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Article77 1948-03-10 7 LONDON, Tuesday. R. V. Stanley who took the first British rugby team to South Africa m 1910 has resigned from the committee of the Rugby Union. In accepting his resignation, the Rugby Union have paid tribute to nil valuable service to the Union during the past77 words
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Article56 1948-03-10 7 i LONDON, Tuesday. FIRST of the Dandies, the 1 horse with the longest name m the Grand National Steeplechase on Mar. 20. won the three-mile Staffordshire Handicap today at Wolverhampton m a field of 13. He is a 40 to 1 chance to win the56 words
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Article, Illustration75 1948-03-10 7 Top: Set tiny a hot pace m the 7th. race at Penanq on Saturday Merry Miller (Tait) just lasts the distance to beat Renown (Flannery). Firemasier (Gentles) the hot favourite was beaten for pace end finished third. Below: Making a fine run a furlong out, The Raven (Lawler) passes Happy75 words
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Article425 1948-03-10 7 From Our Staff Correspondent KUALA LUMPUR. Tuesday WEIGHTS ror Saturday, the nrst day of the Selangor Turf Club Meeting, are as follows: Horses Class 1, Div. I—5J1 5J Furs. Oriental 9.08 Some Class 8.08 Liberty King Midas 8 05 Man 8 13 GameKashmiri borough 7.12 Song 8.11425 words
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Article202 1948-03-10 7 (By Archie Quick) THIRTY thousand pounds are being put up for competition among professional gollers m Great Britain this season and it looks as if the amount will b? sufficient to draw the world's best golfers. It is the largest sum of money ever offered for202 words
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Article77 1948-03-10 7 WELLINGTON. Tuesday. MEW Zealand will be represented by a team of seven m the Olympic Games this summer including Douglas Harris, New Zealand quarter and half mile champion and record holder, who is at present studying at Loughborough College m England. Harris will run for New ZealandReuter - 77 words
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Article60 1948-03-10 7 LONDON, Tuesday. JIM Dear of Queen's Club. London, cleared the first hurdle on Tuesday m his bid to regain the British open squash rackets championship by eliminating W. E. J. Gordoi 9-2, 9-6, 9-3 m an opening round match. Dear lost the title last December toA.P. - 60 words
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Article159 1948-03-10 7 RESULTS of yesterday's play m the Singapore Lawn T< nnis Association championships at the Happy World were: Connotation Plate: G. M. Rogers beat L. H. Robinson 6 2. 6—l; P. N. P. Bond beat M. I. Reshty 4—6, 6—l. 6 4; R. W. P. Rule beat V.159 words
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Article82 1948-03-10 7 LITTEROCK, Arkansas. Tues. TONY ZALE, former world middleweight chamnion, scored a technical knockout over Bobby Claus, of Buffalo (New York) m the fourth round of their scheduled 10 rounds contest here last night. After taking a good deal of punishment from the ao^ressive Zale, ClausReuter - 82 words
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Article120 1948-03-10 7 The Raffles Institution's badminton team beat the Swift B.P. six -one. Results (R.I. players mentioned first) Singles: i.im Kirn Swee beat Lim Jiak Kirn 9—15. 14—14 (3—o), 13— 13 (5— 2); Pang Kia Seng beat A. Thambiayah 15 8, 13 3 (5—2); Wee Sian Gian beat S.120 words
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Article638 1948-03-10 7 A LTHOUGH the Olympic Games take pride of place m Britain's sporting calendar for 1948 there are many other attractions of international standard. There are, for instance, the Test matches against Australia, the Curtis Cup match against women golfers from America, the World's Archery championships m638 words
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Article101 1948-03-10 7 AUST. TEAM WIN BY INNIGS LAUNCEsiON, Tuesday. A USTRALIA'S toul u& ii ciicketers beat lasmania m the secona ul their trial pames here today by an innings and i 9 runs, Australia, overnight 223 U r 4. added only 65 for the la.'t six wickets today and v: r- allReuter. A.A.P. - 101 words
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Article143 1948-03-10 7 npmwiV LONDON, Tuesday. CPEEDWA^ racing becomes of age this month and when the 1948 season opens at Bristol on Marcn 19, a record number of teams will compete m three divisions of national speedway league There are many gambles m tnis strictly non-bettirg sport. They143 words
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Article137 1948-03-10 7 ACCEPTED FOR OLYMPICS London. Tuesday. 'pHE 53 nations which have so far accepted the nvitation to participate m the Summer O.ympics m London are: Afghanis m, Argentina. Austria. Australia, B gium, Bermuda, Brazil, BulVma Burma. Canada, Ceylon. Chile, China. Cuba, Czechoslovakia. Denmark. Egypt. Eire. Finland, France. Great Britain, Greece, Hungary.A.P. - 137 words
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Miscellaneous300 1948-03-10 7 Today s Sports SOCCER: S.A FA. UagStt, Div. I— Ti?er S.C. v. GIIQ SignaLs, Ja'an Fr^ar S'adium. S P PV B.CC. l«t. v. La Saldtes (friendly), padar?, 5.15 p.m.; \o 1 S )-I) t 223 BOD. v. Blue Rovers, St! George's Road. 5 p.m. TENNIS: S.L.T A Inl-«^r Champion*hins, Happy300 words
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Article, Illustration250 1948-03-10 8 Britain firm in Honduras dispute LONDON, Tuesday. BRITAIN today sent a not© to Guatemala, the third within a week, stating that unless she was prepared to submit her dispute over British Honduras to internationa arbitration, she should abandon her present anti-British attitude. The note made clear the British Government's "firmReuter - 250 words
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Article, Illustration104 1948-03-10 8 THE Shell OH Company announced yesterday that Its Rumanian subsidiary. Astra Romana S.A.. is "m a state of forcible dissolution. Astra Romana is the biggest oil company m Communist dominated Rumania, producing 35 per cent of the country's petroleum. All British and Dutch employees ofA.P. - 104 words
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Article244 1948-03-10 8 SHANGHAI, Tuesday. rvEFECTIONS of two Chinese Communist forces, on the Charhar-JehoJ and Charhar-Shansi borders, totalling 18,000 men, to Nationalist Gen. Fu Tso-yi*s "ever victorious army," is reported today. This is the first large-scale Red surrender and is expected greatly to ease the situation militaryU.P.; Reuter; A.P. - 244 words
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Article23 1948-03-10 8 Mr. Stephen Bede. Hungarian Minister m London, has resigned his post because, it is believed, of recent DOlitical deveiopmenta m Hungary.23 words
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Article316 1948-03-10 8 PRESIDENTIAL CAMPAIGN WASHINGTON, Tuesday. T'HE campaign to elect Gen. Douglas Mac Arthur, 1 Supremo Allied Commander m Tokio, to be President of the United States, swung into action here today, after the General's announcement of his willingness to run. Messages coming into the "Mac Arthur for316 words
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Article29 1948-03-10 8 One European and nine African miners were missing yesterday after a "bump" pressure burst followed by a land subsidence- m a Wltwatersrand KOld mm ReuterReuter - 29 words
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Article144 1948-03-10 8 BY-ELECTION CROWDS MOB CHURCHILL LONDON, Tuesday. rpHOUSANDS of people lined X the streets and cheered today as the Tory leader. Mr. Winston Churchill, toured the London suburb of North Croydon, scene of the by-election on Thursday which is expected to be the keenest contest since the Labour Government took office144 words
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Article176 1948-03-10 8 ATHENS, Tuesday ORITISH, American and Greek military leaders forecast today that a decisive victory would be scored over the Greek guerrilla* "thi 5 summer BrlgacHer C. D. Steele, representing the British military mission, and General Van Fleet, head of the U.S. military aid minion to Greece,176 words
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Article482 1948-03-10 8 New talks with Republicans BAT AVI A, Tuesday. SAYING that the way is "wide open" for the entry of the Indonesian Republic as a State into the reorganised administration, the acting GovernorGeneral, Dr. llobcrtus Tan Mook, described the installation today of the Netherlands Indies Interim GovernmentReuter; A.P. - 482 words
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Article, Illustration38 1948-03-10 8 Mrs. Dipali Nag, irf tk* r n ji I Dr. Nag. arrived m Lonn J of sarees made of the > to £10 ea*i to clean. MrT^^^^M Indian ballet at the So T I'JS self on a /,>,.• f J»il38 words
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Article275 1948-03-10 8 PRICES MOV DO WNWARD London Stock ExchJ LONDON Tut* ORICES throughout most sections of the! stock markets were inclined today ton* m the absence of interest, says Renter* k correspondent. Tins and Rubbers also .Mi Market circles, awaiting today's publication of the Government review of the economic situation, anticipate that275 words
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Article35 1948-03-10 8 Negotiations lor revision of the Anglo-Transjordan treaty of 1946 have been resumed m Amman, the Transjordan capital. Informed quarters m London believe next week may see the signature of the new treaty ReuterReuter - 35 words
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155 1948-03-10 8 BRISBANE, Tuesday QUEENSLAND'S Parliament, which has a Labour majority, will sit continuously until it passes the strikebreaking bill introduced today to combat the five week-old railway strike m the state. The bill gives the police power to arrest pickets and persons who try toReuter - 155 words
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Article39 1948-03-10 8 TIREE Indians drove away with the taxi of a Chinese after holding him up m Alexandra Road at the point of a knife and robbing him of $8 last night. The taxi has not yet been recovered.39 words
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Article26 1948-03-10 8 Italy yesterday declared she was ready to accept the trusteeship for Libya, with 1 the sole aim of preparing: her for independence. Reuter.26 words
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Article177 1948-03-10 8 MOSCO W CHOSEN TO A VERT RIOTS •—say Finns HELSINKI. Tuesday. I^INLAND, which today named its negotiators for a mutual aid pact with Russia, chose Moscow for the talks to avert popular demonstrations m Helsinki for and against the treaty, reports Router. Marshal Stalin, who made I his proposal for177 words
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Article116 1948-03-10 8 A SPECIAL Market curresporHteni fives the prices of rubber at 11 a.m. today as follows: Buyers Seller Cta. CU. pnlb. wr Ih No. 1 R.B.S Spot iMM 38^ 3N No. 1 R.S.S. fob m bales Mar. M-s No. t R.S.S. fob m bales Mar. 37** No. S R.S.S.116 words
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Article147 1948-03-10 8 HOME Tuesday. DOLJCE m Rome, acting on request of the Vatican, today arrested Monsignor Eduardo Cippico, an exprelate who escaped from the Vatican last Wednesday after unfrocking and detention on charges of "falsifications and swindles." He was former keeper of the archives m the Vatican Secretariat147 words
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Advertisement198 1948-03-10 8 *>, w* W. I I wBH A. LLS^ajfc'jL ,l j^L 1 Jffl VEHICLES FOE SALE 1947 SINGER 10 SALOON done 10.000 miles, first cJm« condition. Phone 5101. ext. 275. FORD 10 H.P. July 1947. done 6.000 mile*, carefully maintained, serviced br Universal Motors every MO miles. $3,000 or nearest offer.198 words
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Miscellaneous22 1948-03-10 8 STORE HIGH TIDES IfMK Hi«h 4 Ma.m: 3 n it 3« *.m t I ft. 5 ISpjß: irt 11 3«pm •4 ft22 words
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Miscellaneous43 1948-03-10 8 WEATHER Thunder miATHßrcswt lor tfttt mtxl *AF: rOm bT TbunderslMweni likeJ\ this afternoon and evening with mitbrrak at rain to-night. Fair tMRVfTVW BMTnißg. Wlatf: M C hl northerly SansaC. C 48. suartse 6.41. Tamparalaras: Yesterday max. h3. mm. ?2. Rainfall 1 99 Ing.43 words
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