The Singapore Free Press, 24 March 1948
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Title Section18 1948-03-24 1 The Singapore Free Press LARGEST AFTERNOON SALE IN MALAYA Liu* SINGAPORE, WEDNESDAY MARCH 24, 1948 PKICE 111 CENTS18 words
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Article, Illustration370 1948-03-24 1 U. S. and rigid 'war line' WASHINGTON, Tuesday. THE Foreign Ministers of Britain, France and the United States are expected to meet m Washington next month for a complete examination of European problems and particularly relations with Russia. The State Department, asked to comment,A.P.; U.P. - 370 words
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Article119 1948-03-24 1 Berlin counter to USSR boycott BERLIN, Tuesday. DTISH. American and French Military Gov'<mors m Germany, m a counter move to the Hit boycott of the Allied Control Council, today Muicfd that no western zone representatives ncil sub-committee meetings until vet commander called another meeting of Kontrol Council. tfton, m WhiteReuter - 119 words
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Article187 1948-03-24 1 JERUSALEM, Tuesday. 'THOUSANDS of Arab x guerrillas led by Abdul Kader Bey Hussein. a cousin of the exiled Mufti of Jerusalem, have withdrawn to the Judean hills following the arrival of British tanks and artillery that smashed a four-day Arab-Jewish battle, which with other incidents187 words
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Article49 1948-03-24 1 TURKEY is going back to A.R.P. The Turkish authorities intend to reinforce wartime measures relating to anti-aircraft defence and air raid defence measures In the Istanbul and Bosphorus areas. A meeting la being held m Ankara to discuss new measures for that region ReuterReuter - 49 words
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Article26 1948-03-24 1 Rangoon petrol stations were without petrol yesterday as striking oil workers prevented deliveries. Nearly 6.000 of Rangoon's manual workers have joined the strike. A.P.A.P. - 26 words
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Article186 1948-03-24 1 Free Press Staff Reporter A DECLARATION of liability to income tax must be made not later than April 14, to the Comptroller of Income Tax by every person whose income falls within the taxable limit announced Mr. D. H. Tudor the Comptroller, this morning. Mr. Tudor186 words
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Article25 1948-03-24 1 BRITAIN yesterday drew upon the International Monetary Fund, her first withdrawal since last October. The amount taken wax about $60,000,000. ReuterReuter - 25 words
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Article36 1948-03-24 1 James Camb, 31-year-old liner deck steward, Is to appeal against the sentence of death passed on him for the murder on the high seas of Eileen Isabella "Gay" Gibson, a 21-year-old actress ReuterReuter - 36 words
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138 1948-03-24 1 U.S. aid bill dtbate WASHINGTON, Tuesday. /OPENING the House ot He- presemtatives debate on th $6,305,000,000 world aid bin, which includes the European recovery plan. Mr Charl Baton, Republican chairman of the House Ftorei^i Affairs Committee, said "mankind stands today ia a shattered noReuter - 138 words
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Article107 1948-03-24 1 LONDON, Tuesday. r THE "flying saucers" scare, which started with reports of mysterious airborne objects hurtling across the sky over the United States and later over Europe and Japan, has been revived with reports of these "discs" having been seen yesterday over Italy and Switzerland. SevenReuter - 107 words
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Article190 1948-03-24 1 ADDITIONAL 1 948 TIN ALLOCATIONS LONDON, Tuesday. THE Combined Tin Commit- tee has allocated 13,940 further tons of tin to 20 nations for the first half of 1948. Together with amounts previously received by these countries for the six months period, the new allocations are expected to be all theseA.P. - 190 words
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Article, Illustration48 1948-03-24 1 GRAND NATIONAL FINISH Sheila's Cottage, 50 to 1 winner of last Saturday's Grand National at Aintree (Liverpool) races past the post a length m front of First of the Dandies, which started at 25 to 1. This Renter picture of the finish was received m Singapore this morning.48 words
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Article212 1948-03-24 1 LONDON, Tuesday. PRIME Minister Attlee had recognised the danger to Britain's security if highly confidential posts were occupied by Communists and fellow travellers," said the Under- Secretary for Foreign Affairs, .Mr. Christopher Mayhew, today. "I believe the country is almost unanimously behind the Prime MinisterReuter; A.P. - 212 words
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Article115 1948-03-24 1 WASHINGTON, Tuesday. PRESIDENT Truman last night invoked the TaftHartley Labour Act and ordered an enquiry into the nine days old soft-coal strike called by Mr. John L. Lewis m a dispute over a miner's pension plan. The Board of Enquiry has been ordered to reportReuter - 115 words
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Article66 1948-03-24 1 BRITAIN is buying looms from Japan, Mr. Arthur Bottomley, Secretary of Over-, seas Trade, disclosed when answering a question about textile machinery In the House of Commons yesterday. Mr. Bottomley added that he had no knowledge of any British offer of textile machinery to Japan. TheReuter - 66 words
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Article20 1948-03-24 1 Seven Chinese got away with $120.20 m cash and valuables m three simple robberies In Singapore last night.20 words
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Article244 1948-03-24 1 TUC ACCEPTS FREEZING OF WAGES LONDON, Tuesday. WARNING that Britain's present situation was f T fraught with N enormous possibilities of disaster/ the General Council of the Trades Union Congress tonight came out m full support of the Government's voluntary wage freezing policy. Unless the drain on British sources isReuter - 244 words
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Article24 1948-03-24 1 The Free Press and Straits Times will not be published on Good Friday (March 26), Normal publication will be resumed on Saturday.24 words
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Article74 1948-03-24 1 HELSINKI. Tuesday. THE opening of the Russo- Finnish mutual aid pact negotiations has been postponed until the arrival of the Finnish Premier, Mr. Z Pekkala, who is In a Helsinki hospital under treatment for Inflammation of the ear. He is expected to fly with his doctorU.P. - 74 words
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Article39 1948-03-24 1 AN agreement for a U.S $65,000,000 loan by th« United States to finance the construction of a headquarters for the United Nations was signed m New York yesterday. The loan is interest Ire. U.P.U.P. - 39 words
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Article, Illustration1064 1948-03-24 2 Around Singapore Shops QNE of the chief; 4 delights of my:: j childhood was the<J j Lucky Dip, and with:: true childish wisdom*; I very quickly learned:: which shop could be;: relied upon to have:' something good:: hidden away m those <► carefully wrapped:: packets. «> IfF.G. - 1,064 words
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Advertisement247 1948-03-24 2 Latest Arrivals of STERLING SILVER, E.P.N.S. and CUTGLASS WEAR. Condiment Sets Shell Butter dishes Pepper grinders Pocket flasks Entree dishes, Ladies' Gents' Butter dishes Brush sets Cocktail Shakers Babies' Sets A.I. Quality Flower Vases Canteen Sets Trays Salvers and Loose Cutlery Cigt. Cigar boxes. Complete Ranges of Crystal ware. .orporatod247 words
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Miscellaneous1015 1948-03-24 2 YOUR LUCKY STAR Fortune forecast for othexs. V often as not, nponj. h^m t/wUo however, you are content people Dorn today v ntn3iia thjtt "po^e,. »>«. BORN today, you are one thc tn ne rm t^ r of those who easily be- %s?£*££!*** WMch come* ♦'set m your ways." ml1,015 words
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395 1948-03-24 3 JESUIT APPEALS FOR UNION OF CHURCHES lo ward off attacks of godless SUGGESTIONS for a union of all Christian churches with the fundamental aim of universal peace and protection of Christianity against the attacks of the godless, have aroused widespread intercist m Vatican City, reports Renter. The well-known Jesuit priest,395 words
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Article, Illustration125 1948-03-24 3 picture. picture. A.P. Ursula Bauer, 23-years-oid girl known as the "Million Dollar Princess" to Berliners because she is heiress of an eighteen and three-quarter million dollar estate of the Garret snuff company m Philadelphia (U.SAJ, has announced her engagement to 2 1 -years-mid Sergeant Axel Paul Ongstad. of Westport (Oregon).A.P.; Planet - 125 words
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Article, Illustration11 1948-03-24 3 covers tins of D.C.-4 eastChicago < for ami prairie aboard one A.P.A.P. - 11 words
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Article21 1948-03-24 3 Tom Blower, of Nottingham (England) plans to swim nonstop from Dover to Orls Nez and back this summer.21 words
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Article84 1948-03-24 3 Malta may land over to Britain OJMG fl food Ltatn from .nth, Malrnmcnt 1 hand rcsponthe island gt to the I GovernsL inforr. td quarters I State for Mr. Arthur Cach Jones, is expected this wt to h.. issions ifcMailas Prin^ Minister, I has ar- discuss A pro- osidy of84 words
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Article333 1948-03-24 3 DKITISH civilians m India going home and Indians l-> proceeding to the U.K. for study or business who had registered for passages from January 1948 onwards have been informed that their prospects of securing accommodation by sea between now and June are "almost negligible."Reuter - 333 words
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Article49 1948-03-24 3 fftHERE will be a straight 1 fight m the Brigg, Lincolnshire, by-election today. Nominations were: Mr. E. L. Mallalieu (Labour) and Mr. Anthony Fell (Conservative). The election is caused by the resignation of Mr. T. Williamson (Lab.), who had a majority of 8.104 at the general election.49 words
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Article38 1948-03-24 3 GERMAN LEADER ILL Associates of Dr. Kurt Schumacher .said m London yesterday that the German Socialist leader is suffering tiom pneumonia. Dr. Schumacher is m London to attend the Marshall aid nations socialist conference on the plan. A.P.A.P. - 38 words
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Article79 1948-03-24 3 npHE spirit of romance came A to young John Batchelor. of Brockhurst-road. Chesham. when he saw his dream jdrl at Amersham. He followed her until she caught a train In a hurry. John caught it too. also Jn a hurry. This was stated at Great Missenden79 words
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Article94 1948-03-24 3 I rjIHE Australian Fleet Air A Arm probably will be equipped with jet aircraft within two years of its establishment this year, a Royal 1 Australian Navy spokesman said m Sydney yesterday. The planes will be British types used by the Fleet Air Arm ofReuter - 94 words
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192 1948-03-24 3 MR. K. ZILLIACUS, Leftwing Labour member of Parliament, told a meeting m London that "it was time to say openly that the aggressive expansionist and imperialist power that was threatening peace today was none other than the United States. "American pressure and bribes have madeReuter - 192 words
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Article303 1948-03-24 3 Support for 'white policy MR. W. O. FULTON, m his presidential address to the annual conference of the Australian Natives Association, held at Ballarat (Victoria), said that the outlook of certain clergymen, "pale pink" professors and others on immigration, and the attitude of much of the Press was disturbing. EffortsReuter - 303 words
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97 1948-03-24 3 THE post-war boom m insurance has swelled the already huge figures of the giant Prudential Assurance Co. to new record levels. For the first time the company's assets top £500,000,000. At £502,003,240. total is £30,000,000 more than the previous year. New life business again soared,97 words
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187 1948-03-24 3 He sealed up his master's secrets MR. Charles Klima, Jan Masaryk's butter, turned the key m the late Czech Fcreien Minister's London flat and locked up his master s secrets. They will not be revealed until Masaryk's London solicitors receive instructions from duly appointed executors and the documents may stay187 words
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Article57 1948-03-24 3 THE curfew Imposed m Accra (Gold Coast) on Feb. 29, after "cost of living" disorders m which 21 were killed, was lifted on Monday. The raising of the curfew was one of the demands put forward by the Gold Coast Trades Union Council backed byReuter - 57 words
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Miscellaneous82 1948-03-24 3 TARZAN Friendship By BdSga*" Burroughs 1 wflT 'z^,, > ■■■BQIS^^ THE CAVERN NARROWER, THE 1 If&T^rBSWTStS; fcSWu'-fi .^<^^SS£ T «^v£ VOL/ A DEBT, TARZAS, SAiV I FLOOP BECAME STEEP ANP EZfe^' iSH» TME YOUTH .*yOVS»teO*VUF* I RoSsM A5 THEY ASCENDED »^^V \fr*S? <~^L^ls£ AM YOUR FR/EN^NO WOULD" K^? "jF^ V^82 words
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700 1948-03-24 4 The Singapore Free Press WEDNESDAY. MAR. 24, 1948. A Contented Public Service THE decision of the Malayan Governments to make an immediate advance of fourfifths of a month's salary to officers m the middle and lower grades of the public service, pending implementation of many of the recommendations of the700 words
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Article721 1948-03-24 4 Nehru says... I N D I AS Prime Minister, Pandit Jawaharlal Nehru, turned the spotlight on the cow situation m the country when he said that it would be a good thing for India, if the people venerated the cow a little less and paid more721 words
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Article806 1948-03-24 4 JAMES M. LONG - JAMES M. LONG By A. P. Correspondent THE Arabs talk of victory m Palestine m a single, overwhelming onslaught. The Jews speak of a long-drawn, hard campaign to win the state the United Nations mapped. But what they really mean is that the Arabs hope toA.P. - 806 words
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Article62 1948-03-24 4 THE Yellow River is threatening to burst its bounds along the Shantung-Honan border because the civil war is preventing adequate maintenance of Its dykes. It is feared that should the river break through at this point great areas of West Shantung and North Kiangsu would beA.P. - 62 words
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Article1092 1948-03-24 4 ALEXANDER CLIFFORD - THE 'AMERICAN WAY OF LIFE' ALEXANDER CLIFFORD By DECATUR, Illinois: AN American town would" not be typical unless it considered itself exceptional. So Decatur, Illinois, is "the Soy bean capital of the world." It has even managed to secure WSOY as the call-sign oi its radio station. Nevertheless. Decatur Is1,092 words
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Article184 1948-03-24 4 CHINA REDS PROFIT WHATEVER S H "United S, H 4 c^Si The reason i munist and feftJ s are n aa *lfl virtual** JSSgTI despite the civ t Nowhere is thi< 5 I g ar^t than m of 4 Province. There are heWto^Sl gnment and ruSl i°3 the Communism AsA.P. - 184 words
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Article63 1948-03-24 4 SEVEN to IbUnrer. betti plentiful. Mr. Arthur cc of «M^ under Prof. C. M. lojwjJ entti. to subject. J Spectacular rea i j been a naa 'the "enrichment of "J and Prof V H that the method i Chen and nitrates tame wm m63 words
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Advertisement29 1948-03-24 4 IT WILL PAY YOU TO VISIT OUR CARPET MUSEUM FOR PERSIAN. BOKHARA L INDIAN RUGS S. QURESH9 CO. 67. THE ARCADE 3rd Floor (entrance from Raffles Plaice) Tel. 645329 words
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Advertisement28 1948-03-24 4 PORTABLE MODEL Fcaturbig G S VELVETONE FINISH MAG orEDOM TOUCH CONTROL. SHJJJ f IMMEDIATE DEUVERY FRO** 1 tT T^^ 1 104 ROBINSON ROAD SING, ALSO AT KUALA LUMPUR28 words
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Article369 1948-03-24 5 RADIOPHONE LINKS ISLANDS Sets installed for Shell Co. i-xT^TT^ Free Press Staff Reporter ENGINEERS of the General Electric Company are completing a radio-telephone link between Singapore and the islands of Pulau Bukom and Pulau Samboe which will be ready for operation after the Easter holidays. The project, the first of369 words
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Article, Illustration64 1948-03-24 5 tnday. the Sinhala Tem ple m Outi started a free class for bops 0/ all nationalkiUre*, the 0/ them Chinese, members of this ms school of its >h. it if hoprd. will ated by Buddhist ns and temples m ts of Singapore. U opened by ~idc Thera m the right64 words
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Article114 1948-03-24 5 Mttl Aziz, chairaa of a committee set .ato the welfare nooi In Johore, tted all organisations In welfare to 111 asiisiance to the >r p is the outcome of aeration taken by the tteewhen 80 bland periiw collectert and sent ■tan: at the Govern-114 words
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Article47 1948-03-24 5 IJ-year-old Chinese J? Ann Mia. of »«ad. was yesterday V be sent to the jaosDital for observaaDDeareri beJfoarth Police Court 2* °n a charee of M to commit suicide. J^Jd. she jumped >re Canal on 5f She was 5i noaro constable. p w as adjourned to47 words
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Article204 1948-03-24 5 RUBBER OUTPUT FALLS DUBBER production m the Federation fell last month by more than 11.000 tons, and exports also dropped by 5,961 to-s, according to official statistics. The output of big estates of 28.529 tons for February, however, was higher than for the same period last year, when their production204 words
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Article372 1948-03-24 5 'Great revival of Buddhism mirw Free Press Stafl Reporter THERE is a *reat Buddhist revival m Malaya today, D l hc eatest u ni ty exists among Singapore Buddhists, said the Yen. Narada Thera of the 2 u isS l A I V >ad Sinhala Buddhist Temple. The Buddhist leader372 words
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Article, Illustration88 1948-03-24 5 The small cabinet-like transmitter -r eceiver (m centre of this picture) U the type which is being installed for Shell Company for their radiophone link with their branches on Pulau Bukom and Pulau Samboe. The set works on a very high frequency (3 metres) and will enable Shell to get88 words
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Article89 1948-03-24 5 THE Colonial Office is ex--1 amining proposals for intensification of experimental work m the mechanisation of rice production m Far Eastern territories. A statement issued m London yesterday said that from small beginnings already made particularly m British Guiana, "mechanisation may well come to play a vital partReuter - 89 words
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Article58 1948-03-24 5 rO Indonesian women were sentenced to a year's imprisonment each, while a third was sent to gaol for six months by a Salatiga (Java) Court for stealing empty cartridges from disused military quarters. A number of merchants were fined 40 guilders each for buying the stolen58 words
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Article, Illustration51 1948-03-24 5 The next meeting of the Singapore Advisory Council will be held tomorrow at the Municipal Council Chamber at 10 a.m. picture Four members of the Women's Auxiliary Air Force (to be renamed Women's Royal Air Force) are seen m their new blue poplin uniforms, and tropical-type footwear. FreeFree Press - 51 words
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Article98 1948-03-24 5 AN intensive anti-gambli::g campaign is to be launched by the Women's Section of the Malayan Methodist Conference m April, said Mrs. H. B Amstutz, the president of the Women's Section. The campaign will take the form of holding discussions and distributing anti-gam-bling literature among all classes98 words
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Article36 1948-03-24 5 Mr. James Sinclair of Edinburgh has been appointed Curator of the Herbarium In the Singapore Botanic Gardens. He has recently been Government Botanist at the Herbarium m the Royal Botanic Gardens m Edinburgh.36 words
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Article46 1948-03-24 5 A young Chinese, Heng Ah Chee, was yesterday sentenced to two-and-a-half years' rigorous imprisonment by Mr. Justice Jobling at the Singapore Assizes for the theft of a motor lorry distributor rap at the RE. ME. Base Workshops In Singapore m September last year.46 words
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131 1948-03-24 5 Free Press Chinese Correspondent MALAYAN youth organisa- tions and trade unions have been invited to take Dart m the World Young Workers' Congress to be held m Warsaw m August this year. The decision to hold a world-wide congress of young workers was reached at131 words
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Article276 1948-03-24 5 Free Press Staff Reporter A RAFFLES College Appointments Board, Which *l keeps m touch with the Government, business concerns and other employers, is helping graduates to find the jobs m which they are particularly interested. The Board interviewed graduates before they left college and276 words
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Article119 1948-03-24 5 A STRONG protest has been lodged with the Government of India by the Singapore Indian Chamber of Commerce that its representations to the British Government on the proposed Malayan Debtor-Creditor (Japanese Occupation) Relations Bill "will injure a great majority of Indian merchants m Singapore." A copy119 words
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Article139 1948-03-24 5 THE date of Issue of special stamps to commemorate the visit of King George. Queen Elizabeth and Princess Margaret to Australia, will coincide with the arrival of the Royal party next March and continue for the duration of the tour. Special stamps will be issued139 words
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Article89 1948-03-24 5 Free Press Chinese Correspondent FE Chinese Massacred Victims' Association, m a drive for funds for its social welfare work, is holding a cinema show on Sunday 28 at three theatres Majestic, Chungking and Kwong Hwa simultaneously. The Association's campaign has gained the support of many organisations89 words
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Article39 1948-03-24 5 Police band programme for April Ls as follows! April 4 at Botanic Oar<iens: April 15 at Parrer Park. Apra 19 at Waterloo Street bandstand, ami April 22 at Jalar Besar bandstand, from j.30 pjn. to 6.30 p.m.39 words
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281 1948-03-24 5 CHOICE of the proposed new site for the Malayan Trade and Industries Fair an eightacre piece of land off Changi Road, which is occupied by Malay farmers is severely criticised oy the Malay Nationalist Party m a statement to the Press. "About ten281 words
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Article83 1948-03-24 5 DR. Wu Pak-shing, Cliinees Consul-General m Singajjore, and Mrs. Wu met* with a car accident or. Monday afternoon near Labis while on their way to Cameron Highlands for a holiday. Dr. and Mrs. Wu were unhurt. Their motor car overturned and was damaged. The Chinese Consul-Gen83 words
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Advertisement144 1948-03-24 5 M London Company I I >E| AIRPLANE TOYS DIVISION I Ib tl Japore Model Plane Contest H. OVER SSOO/- IN PRIZES W^th April a/ Singapore 1 I Mi for Rubber-Powered— Open 1 Towline Gliders Gas-Powered— Open 3 »c Flight Control Line I -del Airplane Toys Division is r meet m144 words
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Advertisement81 1948-03-24 5 The VALUE of Your Dress Depends Upon (1) The DURABILITY of Iv Material (2) The F A S T N E S S of Its Dye (3) The EXCLUSIVENESS of Its Pattern OUR PLAIN PRINTED SWISS FABRICS HAVE ALL THAT IT TAKES A DRESS y, =:=z=^\ I OH I AI81 words
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Article363 1948-03-24 6 Love hate Films m Singapore By OUR FILM REPORTER OPENING on at the Cathay is Blanche a J. Arthur Rank film over which preat care has been taken. In it the use ol technicoiour reaches a new hgh m a switch from colour to the almost sheer black and white363 words
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Article97 1948-03-24 6 BY using the intense lighting ordinarily reserved for technicolour films, cameraman Hal Mohr hat> devised a new black-and-whit^ photographic effect m Univer-sal-International's "Another Part of the Forest." which stars Fredric March and Ann Blyth. The extra illumination e*iablfs Mohr to "step down" his camera lcnse, thereby gaining depth97 words
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Article221 1948-03-24 6 Ralph Dighton - Ralph Dighton By AJ>. Correspondent |EO F. Porbstein, musical director of Warner Brothers Studios, commentlriK on the recent Russian banning of the music of Aram Khachaturian. Dmitri Shostakovich and Sergei Prokofiev, said: "I'd make a deal now with any one or all of these men i 4 toA.P. - 221 words
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Article, Illustration37 1948-03-24 6 Night-gown effect worn by Valeric Hobson at the premiere of "Corridor of plirrors" \n London. Twenty-year-old Annette De Lattre was elected Miss Cine Review of Belgium m Brussels last week. She toon a month's holiday m Hollywood.37 words
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Article, Illustration316 1948-03-24 6 Kmi W«s( vulnerable. "I South dealer. Th« bldd!u«: South West North East Dbl Kedbl \K$ Pa»s i>aa« Dbl. Pm« <A Dbl. am put 'i^i'in: redouEfo h utke-out double generally asks partner to let the next bid come around to the rcdoubler. But since South had no intention of316 words
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Article333 1948-03-24 6 pEORGE Bernard vJ Shaw recently saw a private screening of Monsieur Vercloux and, not only did ie enjoy the film, but m his own handwriting he replied to a questionnaire sent him by United Artists' London representative. Here is the questionnaire with Shaw's answers Q. Chaplin's reputation rests333 words
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Article122 1948-03-24 6 45 sees, too long THE British film censors have found 45 seconds too long for a screen kiss and have sent back the £200,000 nlm version of "No Orchids for Miss Blandish" for Britain's longest- ever love close-up to be cut to 20 seconds. N Apart122 words
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Article370 1948-03-24 6 By RALPH DIGHTON A. P. Correspondent *THE daughter of a 1 Dutch sugar planter m Java was acclaimed this week as Hollywood's newest star. She is pretty Joanne de Bergh. She was elevated to star billing as the result of her hit performance as a featured playerA.P. - 370 words
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Article254 1948-03-24 6 AMERICA'S ailing A entertainment industry is looking to television to save it from bankruptcy. With most phases of the industry at present seriously affected by poor business, television is the only one showing any signs of progressive activity. Some broadcasting companies are already moving their topReuter - 254 words
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Article75 1948-03-24 6 rpHREE of the screens A most famous "monsters" wiU appear In the new Bud Abbott-Lou Costello Film, "The Brain of Frankenstein." Lon Chancy, as the wolf man. Glenn Strange as the Frankenstein monster, and Bela Lugosi as Count Dracula. have been signed to play the roles they have75 words
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Advertisement148 1948-03-24 6 Soft music for dinin, t0 m fin. foods th« make FT tht THE place. a < V •Sweet music fo r dancin, <J played byTiborKunstkr's V Band, with Shirley \\J Leaner, m an >< On^ Intimate at. Road \> Pleasure; a J o TEL. ***** -FOOD FIT FOR KINQS gffflkfi148 words
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Miscellaneous34 1948-03-24 6 MdndrdkC Exclusive to the Singapore Free Press m Malaya \^«^M^L? /lV H^L£br^HlP'~ N^^^- PETS A HAT JUST UHt IT TO FLY &AOSJNTO THEIR SB ATS/ JANfc Exclusive to the Singapore Free Press m Malaya34 words
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352 1948-03-24 7 SCAAFRefutes Allegation allegation that the selection committee of the Singapore Chinese Amateur Athletic Federation had exercised favouritism m selecting Singapore representatives for the Malayan ninese meet m Penang has been made by one of the competitors m the Singapore Chinese athletic trials held at Jalan352 words
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Article138 1948-03-24 7 BAH CHEE, the Tigers* goalkeeper, revealed great form m the second Division S.A.F.A. League match Diayed on the padang yesterday. The Devonshire Regiment beat Tigers Sporting Association by the only goal scored early m the second half. Both sides mised many chances of scoring. Devons138 words
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Article64 1948-03-24 7 TWO of China's best distance runners, Lav Wenn Gau, 10.000-metre specialist, and Wang Chen Ling, marathon runner, are practising at the University of Hawaii track. They were held up unexpectedly at Honolulu while en route to the United States. They will participate m IU.P. - 64 words
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94 1948-03-24 7 Cricket visit not formally asked -Gupta -,i as l ma(le all> fn pnluat.on to the v Indian Mi runkaj ,up>J d lha f Mn"JP'» re Indians g.hfther he <ould an Indian cruket fcr plifd th-tr thrappli- ,ovid .on.Maered wA ni.ul«' to the ird. 1 > S tar "Jkation has bvi-nA.P. - 94 words
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Article68 1948-03-24 7 il of rowing ..rraging i -pull their the nnnual I cambriduo Unin Satur:ind its from dating ncr Oxford has fcdiu early promise m ig on the four and piwrmile stretch of the is frwn suburban tradirace course. ctrige W(jn by 10 yt-ar but Saturoms up as theA.P. - 68 words
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Article32 1948-03-24 7 JOSEF Asboth. Hungarian cnaiupion. defeated Sidney D. Wood of New York 6—3, 6 l. 6 o. m the finals of the International tennis tournament played at I Cannes. France, on Sunday. A.P.A.P. - 32 words
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Article126 1948-03-24 7 frtss Racing Reporter. C 3! the horses brought a: tor tabling at Ipoh ■King w.re given light loner grass and 'tricks m preparation torday. the opening tsePerak Easter meet- Law looked a picture When cantered md on have a c of winning the '■d a126 words
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Article148 1948-03-24 7 A start was made m the Third Division of the S.A.F.A. League yesterday. Playing on the McNair Road ground yesterday, the Social Athletic Party beat the Ist. Malay Coast Battery by one goal to nil. After a scoreless first half, m which there were even exchanges,148 words
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Article149 1948-03-24 7 THE first post-war meeting of the Singapore Airport Sports Club was held at the "A" hangar, Kallang Airport on Saturday. Mr. R. W. Meade. Officer of the Air Traffic Air Control Centre. Department of Civil Aviation, Dresiding and among those ....tended were pre-war members. This meeting149 words
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Article42 1948-03-24 7 The team to represent the Cavenaugh Youngsters at aoccer against the S.C.C. on the padang today at 5.15 p.m. will be choseen from: Osman. Seng Gee. Razak. Chwee Leng, Sattar. Samad. Kriphnasamy. Balan, Barry. GopaJ, Dollah. Muthia. Ronnie and Spacy.42 words
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143 1948-03-24 7 Surprise at new soccer development /COMMENTING on the vy latest information from Hong: Kong that a China soccer team may not go to the Olympic Games m London m July owing to difficulties of finance, Mr. Kok Chong Fook, Chairman of the Executive Council of the Malayan Chinese F.A. said:143 words
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Article26 1948-03-24 7 fllE New South Wales Government announced m Sydney yesterday that it had earmarked grant of £1,000 for Ihe Australian Olympic Fund.26 words
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Article460 1948-03-24 7 BELOW are the home soccer fixtures for the Easer holidays. GOOD FRIDAY. MARCH 26 FIRST DIVISION Arsenal I Middlcsbro' Blackburn R t Huddersfield Blackpool t Derby Co. Burnley n Stoke C. Charlton A. r Aston Villa Chelsea Manchester C. Orimsby T. r Ever ton Liverpool t Sheffield460 words
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Article, Illustration32 1948-03-24 7 Wallace, the Derby goalkeeper, tries m vain to stop the first Manchester goal m the English FA. Cup semi-final game on the Sheffield Wednesday ground. Manchester United won four-two.32 words
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Article127 1948-03-24 7 /CASTING all care aside after leading Jamaica by 55 runs on the first innings, the M.C.C. played festival cricket at Kingston yesterday, and finished 195 runs ahead with seven wickets remaining. The match ends tomorrow. The tourists looked a different team so complete was their127 words
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342 1948-03-24 7 By Our Soccer Reporter R.A.F. Seletar 9. G.H.Q. Signals 0. /M).\LS were cheap at Jalan Besar Stadium yesterday when the Seletar Airmen, gaining their first points m three games m the first division of the S.A.F.A. league, struck hard for their goal average with a342 words
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Article44 1948-03-24 7 FRED Perry, former Wimbledon singles tennis champion, has entered the Slazenger's Professional tennis tournament at Scarborough, England, from July 26 to 31. Perry, English born and former Davis Cup player for Britain, now lives m the United States. A.P.A.P. - 44 words
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Article393 1948-03-24 7 Monaghan wins in round 7 WORLD CHAMPION HOW OINTY Monaghan (Belfast), by knocking out Jackie Paterson (Glasgow) m the seven.n round m Belfast last night, became undisputed world flyweight champion, a title which he held according to American and Irish authorities because of his victory last year against Dado IViarino.Reuter - 393 words
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Article196 1948-03-24 7 M.C.C. Ist. Inns. 313 JAMAICA Ist. Inns. C. Bonito b Tretnlett 57 C. Bloooifield c Mutton b Laker 19 J. Holt c Alien b Ikm 14 F. Worrell run out 52 X Rickard c Wardle b Ikin 34 A. Powe b Tremlett G He*dley not out 36 A. McKenzleReuter - 196 words
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Article92 1948-03-24 7 GOLF is booming m Australia, and it is estimated that 250,000 people of Australia's 7',2 -million population play the game regularly. Waiting lists at the leading clubs m Melbourne and Sydney are so long that persons applying for membership stand little chance of being admitted mA.P. - 92 words
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Article14 1948-03-24 7 NewbridcP. playing away, b^at Gumlln 12-nil m a U.K. Rugoy Union game yesterday. ReuterReuter - 14 words
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Miscellaneous51 1948-03-24 7 Today's sport SOCCER: S.A.F.A. League, Div. I SRC. v. Rovers S.C., Jalan Res&r Stadium. 5.15 p.m.; Div. II Kota Raja Katon; Eurasians S. C, Geylang Stadium, 5.15 p.m. S.C.C. v. Cavenagh Youngsters (friendly), padang, 5.15 p.m. TENNIS: All-Malayan Chinese trials, Happy World Stadium. Meeting of Singapore Olympic Sports Council, V51 words
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Miscellaneous236 1948-03-24 7 F.P. Crossword No. 343 ?zzirfidfcd jixfc 30 Lr 1 m 5 r^TyFW\ CLUES ACROSS 2, Military rank 7, Dim (4). 9 Land (6) 11 Board came &^?l.y P r 7 M 19 nMn ep SS? ?J i K Conn tlv e tissue (3). 22, ™L A\ ln I 4 Tltle236 words
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Article113 1948-03-24 8 GERMANS TRAIN UK TROOPS LONDON, Tuesday. BRITAIN has called for German prisoners of war with technical experience of winter campaigns on the Russian front to advise on winter exercises carried out by the British Army. The War Secretary, Mr. Emanuel Shinwell, asked m the House of Commons whether this wasReuter - 113 words
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Article81 1948-03-24 8 M SHANGHAI. Tuesday. ORE Chinese will be repatriated to Singapore and the Federation on Mar 26 by the Far East Office of the Preparatory Commission 101 the International Refugee Organisation. The repatriates, mostly car-drivers and mechanics will proceed to Singapore on the Dutch vessel. Ruys The ChineseReuter - 81 words
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Article242 1948-03-24 8 T_-_ SHANGHAI, Tuesday. HE battle along the Chahar^Shansi border is spreading ominously as Communist forces from Hopei Province, pushing northward, have driven into the outskirts of Yushen, 65 miles south of Kalgan, m their bid to open a corridor to Manchuria. In north-eastern Shansi. heavy fightingReuter; A.P.; U.P. - 242 words
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Article187 1948-03-24 8 LONDON. Tuesday. FELD Marshal Lord Milne, who Introduced mechanisation Into the British Army during his seven yean as Chief of the Imperial General Staff, died In his sleep at his home In Putney early today He was 81. He had been 111 since last January.A.P. - 187 words
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Article336 1948-03-24 8 LONDON, Tuesday. ORITAIN has eased restrictions for foreign visitors O expected m this austerity-ridden country this summer. Effective on May 1, tourists may buy clothing and footwear without coupons and they will get extra petrol if they bring a car or buy a new oneA.P.; U.P. - 336 words
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Article, Illustration492 1948-03-24 8 Bevin rebukes United States LONDON, Tuesday. THE Jewish Agency Executive, after an all-day meeting today at Tel Aviv, announced tonight its decision: (a) to reject the United States' trusteeship proposal and (b) to proclaim a Jewish state m Palestine on May 16,Reuter; U.P. - 492 words
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142 1948-03-24 8 WASHINGTON. Tuesday. THE U.S. Navy gaid today Representative A. L. Miller "must be misinformed" when he declared that "most of our fleet is m the Mediterranean" and "some of the ships are properly equips 1 with atomic bombs." Mr. MUler. a NebraskaA.P. - 142 words
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Article30 1948-03-24 8 The U.S. Senate yesterday approved a bill to keep control* over the synthetic rubber industry until June 30 1950 The bill now goes to the House. A. P.A.P. - 30 words
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Article211 1948-03-24 8 LONDON, Tuesday. ORITAIN is looking to European countries on 1J both sides of the "iron curtain" for increased food supplies m the coming year, the Food Minister, Mr. John Strachey, disclosed at a press conference today. Agreements with certain countries, he said, were chiefly forU.P.; A.P. - 211 words
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Article170 1948-03-24 8 NEW DELHI, Tuesday. A "MARSHALL plan" for Asia an effective programme of mutual aid on a regional basis might be provided by the United Nations Economic Commission for Asia and the Far East. Dr. Henry F. Grady. United States Ambassador to India, said here today.Reuter - 170 words
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101 1948-03-24 8 'Asia heading towards class warfare' BANGKOK. Tuesday. MARSHAL Pibun Songkram. Slam's "strong man" who led a coup d'etat last November, said In an interview with Router today he considered all Asia was heading towards "protracted and virulent class warfare." The causes of the coming conflict, he said, were three pott-war101 words
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Article124 1948-03-24 8 A SPECIAL Market e«rrc«p*ademt giwm vi* prices of rubber at 11 AJW. today M fellow*. Boyt« Setter* Cte. ru. SINGAFOKB CfiVMBRE OF COMMERCE The s^nopoiY Chamber of Commerce Robbrr AsMxbttoni prfoes mi noon ytmUitUy: Bmjfn Sellen Cta. Cto. Reuter No. 1 »^.3. Spo« loose 4*% 41% No. 1Reuter - 124 words
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Article157 1948-03-24 8 PARIS. Tuesday. POLICE revealed today that a beautiful girl, who worked at a top secret French atomic laboratory, was found dead on the Paris-Brest main line railroad track In the wake of a speeding express train early yesterday The ajirl. Madeleine Marrec 27, was en routeU.P. - 157 words
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Article433 1948-03-24 8 London Stock Exchange LONDON, Tuesday. A LTHOUGH the volume of business is decreasing m view of the approaching Easter holidays, the London stock markets today continued to show a broadening of the recent upward trend, says Reuters financial correspondent. Tins were unchanged while Rubbers continued to433 words
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Article54 1948-03-24 8 QN the New York Stock Exchange yesterday, profit-taking subsided and renewed buying t>n paina covering U. 5.11. Th? day's Tolume of trading was around 1. 600.000 shares, market closed irregular with fractional chancres either wav The Dow Jones Averages i Stocks 63.05; Industrials 173.50; Rails 51. 99;Reuter; A.P. - 54 words
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Article43 1948-03-24 8 J^EW YORK crude rubber futures closed 10 to 20 points hi?h<»r yesterday. Sales totalled LSI contracts. Offers were: May 20.60 cent* {VS.) per lb: July 20.20; Sept. 20; Dec. 19.90 bid: No. 1 ribbed smoked sheet 20 7 3 nominal. A.P.A.P. - 43 words
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114 1948-03-24 8 Powers' rules to keep japs disarmed WASHINGTON I HE 11 -nati onFar 7 [t bans the ira,.-..,. airoraftolann l^ pr^de S n W 4 inversion of other 52. Rill ON 0/// aT^ destroyed or scrapwdJL f needed by^aS forces civil poi^ ins. w records of n forces must be onsicaSjReuter - 114 words
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Article22 1948-03-24 8 The US. House Ways i Means Commit*.' accepted the H800.000.M8 come tax reduction bill dm by the Senate.- ReuterReuter - 22 words
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Article120 1948-03-24 8 LONDON, Tuesday. BRITAIN and the Netherland signed an agreement m London today, under which Britain settles claims of the Dutch Government arising from the employment of Dutch vessels under British charter during the war The agreement, under which Holland receives nearly £5,000.000 was signed by the BritishA.P. - 120 words
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Advertisement111 1948-03-24 8 ENGAGEMENT Dr. Allan Wyna A Miss Sally Gttmoar. The engagement Is arait>unced between Dr. Allan Wynn son of I Mr S. Wynn of TOORAK MELBOURNE and of the late Mrs 8 Wynn and Sally only daughter of Dr. C. C. B. Gllmour, 0.8. E. of Peterborough (late of the Singapore111 words
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