The Singapore Free Press, 12 April 1948
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Title Section17 1948-04-12 1 The Singapore Free Press LARGEST AFTERNOON SALE IN MALAYA SINGAPORE, MONDAY, APRIL 12, 1948 PRICE Xi ii;m>17 words
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Article, Illustration388 1948-04-12 1 EWISH GANGS SLAY 130 WOMEN Arabs retake key village aTERUSALEM, Sunday. OFFICIALS of the International Red Cross tonight confirmed reports of the Deir Yassin massacre. A representative who visited the village said that over 250 Arabs, of whom 130 were women and children, were slain by Jewish bands. Irgun and388 words
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Article135 1948-04-12 1 RIOT SQUAD DISPERSES FACTORY MOB Free Press Staff Reporter A police riot squad dispersed a crowd of 300 labourers at the Bin Seng Rubber Factory m Bukit Timah Road on Saturday, and escorted the factory manager from the premises, after the labourers had prevented a detective from entering the factory.135 words
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Article181 1948-04-12 1 AKRON (Ohio), Sunday. AMERICAN rubber company executives say the new U.S. rubber legislation has cleared away one of the major obstacles to intensive research aimed at improving synthetic rubber. One of the provisions of the i new U.S. rubber control law calls for dissolution of patentA.P. - 181 words
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59 1948-04-12 1 ONARCHISTS ROUTED IN OME CLASH ROME, SUNDAY. Mr r. ss swung I ad* I; the I for- I _»sue rsu* I nest I md I m -.hern I I m- n l 1 ->• lac B I N CatboUel W com- 1 I wm to) I 'jams w >v 1A.P.; Reuter - 59 words
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Article27 1948-04-12 1 ORE ESTATE ITIES BILL *tl Reporter with j f and lof esta*- duties,! the Wipttkn between forwill the PjJjWai.ve CouncU. draft f the >ra- apduties L and27 words
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Article15 1948-04-12 1 Five persons died from rabid dog bites m Canton last week A.P.A.P. - 15 words
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Article209 1948-04-12 1 BOGOTA, Sunday. MOB fury and a paralysing general strike left Bogota a shattered city today many of its churches burned, its business district a ruin and 300 of its people dead. But the new Coalition Government, ordering martial law, was making every effort to restoreA.P. - 209 words
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Article110 1948-04-12 1 DETROIT. Sunday. rE U.S. automobile industry made another 70.000 cars last week, but orders continue to pile up faster. Included m the week's output was the one-millionth passenger car to be assembled m U.S. factories this year, says A.P. While output to date ls nearly110 words
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Article225 1948-04-12 1 a Free Press Staff Report ci THE Singapore Government is considering the suggestion that Justices of the Peace should sit as magistrates to help relieve the congestion m the courts, the Colonial Secretary, Mr. P. A. B. McKerron, told the Free Press this morning. A225 words
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Article74 1948-04-12 1 WASHINGTON, Sunday. 'THE t/_S. Army Medical Corps has issued a statement advising Americans to keep calm if atom bombs should start falling on American cities. It said: "It is by no means true that, if an atom bomb should hit a city, the entire populationReuter - 74 words
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Article194 1948-04-12 1 PRAGUE. Sunday. MR. ERIC COLLETT. acting JR. correspondent for the Lon<_on Daily Telegraph has been _f_ered by the Prague police j so leave the country by Mon- d.\y as hs presence "might be i a threat to public peace. •der and the safety of the' Sate.**Reuter - 194 words
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Article, Illustration48 1948-04-12 1 The new King of Yemen, Imam Ahmed, whose representative told a meeting of the Arab League Political Committee m Cairo yesterday that Ahmed el Wazir, pretender to the throne of Yemen, was hanged last week at Haji on a charge of assassinating his own father, the former ruler.48 words
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274 1948-04-12 1 BANDITC-in-C IS BELIEVED CAPTURED Free Press Staff Correspondent IPOH, Monday. THE Perak C.I.D. has detained 18 men, four of whom x are suspected of being leaders of the bandit organisation m the North Perak area. Among the detained are believed to be three "key men'' the supreme oommhnder of the274 words
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Article64 1948-04-12 1 IT is announced m Athens that 116 persons have been arrested m connection with an alleged Communist plot for an uprising m the Greek Navy and blowing up of warships. Charges against a total of 140 suspects have been turned over to a court-mar lial,64 words
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Article281 1948-04-12 1 VIENNA, Sunday. RUSSIAN guards armed with tommy-guns have stopped all traffic along the 93 mile-long corridor from the British zone of Austria to Vienna. The Russians insist on cheeking the identity of all travellers, including British military personnel. British officers and men have strict orders notReuter; U.P.; A.P. - 281 words
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Article64 1948-04-12 1 A memorial service was held In Berlin yesterday for victims of Monday's air collision between a British airliner and a Russian fighter plane. Two of the four military Governors were present. General Sir Brian Robertson (Britain) and General Lucius Clay (United States). The French military governmentReuter; U.P.; A.P. - 64 words
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Article30 1948-04-12 1 Senventeen members of the Hong Kong Chinese Manufacturers Union will visit Manila. Batavia, Sourabaya. Singapore and Bangkok during a five-week inspection tour beginning about June 15. ReuterReuter - 30 words
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Article83 1948-04-12 1 Free Press Staff Reporter NEW Zealand's Beauty Queen. Miss Mary Wootton, continued her journey to the United Kingdom this morning after a three-day stop m Singapore owing to air -sickness. This morning she took off m a Const allation Qantas Airways officials stated that they83 words
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Article59 1948-04-12 1 KAY POLCHIKOFF. White Russian girl who lived through the Hiroshima atom bombing, will be married on a radio programme next Friday to Paul Drago. 21. whom she met when he was an American Army private m Japan. Sponsors of the radio programme will give them U552,500A.P. - 59 words
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Advertisement73 1948-04-12 1 V ____L__j_i_| \oo** You tout boot tkhl 53 -Piece Dinner -Set for only $57.50! ror o persons comprising oi 1 Curry dish 8 tea cups ?r pl 8 tea saucers 1 milk jug 1 Sugar Basin 1 Basin cover. tea set fo r only $25.50 1 tea pot with cover.73 words
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Advertisement90 1948-04-12 1 European Dishes Chinese Varieties Moderate TA TOKG RESTAURANT I :8. Chulia St p.-r A Home for (iottd Food C- Drimk. 7" i i i i QR/U X MHfc* fit m) wM^i3J_____fsypgeß^*' a£s ssMcMSm w j swS§_____t_z3<f 'SB SB t 5 A 6- VALVE SUPERKET WITH 7 -VALVE, PERFORMANCE. DESIGN ENSURES90 words
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Article790 1948-04-12 2 Hall Romney - COMPARISON OF RATIONS Hall Romney ♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦MMMMMtM I LONDON I LE'ITER I By I MEMBERS of the Services m Malaya who may be feeling some annoyance at the prospect of having their rations reduced may console themselves with the thought that they will be helping the Old Country. The changes will790 words
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Article, Illustration91 1948-04-12 2 Old Look. New Look— never mind what look. There is a look m this picture thai* as old as Eve and as new as the present moment— the fascinated look that every woman wears when she sees a new frock. And because it's to do with being women and nothing91 words
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Article281 1948-04-12 2 E AST-West could make six hearts, even with a club lead, and could make seven with any other opening. It Is difficult to see, however, how they miuht have bid the slam particularly when it seemed likely from Basts hand that North-South would be m for a substantial281 words
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Article, Illustration703 1948-04-12 2 p R E P ARATIONS arc m full swing at Stratford-on-Avon, m 'this birthplace town of William Shakespeare, for Ihe 1918 Festival Reason due to open at the Memorial Theatre on April 15. This year, m last visitors will come from all parts of the703 words
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Article114 1948-04-12 2 PRINCELY PAY l*y i.. SAIAIH i A. P. Correspondent THE Government Oriaaa is paying an annual amount Rs. 1,629.000 Princes who had their stat< pro v m Answering Indian Parliament Pi ter Jawaharlal N said that the I been assured of all their p*r sonal rights and pnv. which theyA.P. - 114 words
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Advertisement12 1948-04-12 2 RCA RADIO TUBES For all Radios SEOW KUAN COMPANY. Dhoby Ghaut, Singapore.12 words
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Advertisement20 1948-04-12 2 Chauffeur Driven I ...or Drive-} FORD V-8 SALOONS Avail. Tours ,r GENERAL TRANSPORT L?S OLDHAM lAM FOR EXPERT SERV' C20 words
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Miscellaneous736 1948-04-12 2 MODEST MAIDENS Tri:<-_rk Krf.f.trmi V Pttrtl OAc* W A.\\i- m*mm.»mmmm 1 3<J -1 c, Bertram, you're right out of the top r!" QfTMr* _lDODl? f unvnir Headlines: 102 Yours for the bJN Cj.^.r'UKfc MONDAY Asktog; 2 World News Headl?hit Network 4 pm D:rmer Music; Harry lines; 3.02 Programme Summaiy: Horlick736 words
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Miscellaneous226 1948-04-12 2 YOUR LUCKY STAR Fortune forecast for people born todaj BOKN today, you have a magnetic personality, and a strong will to get What you want, hut a roving and restless disposition that often finds difficulty m getting settled on the exact thing you desire. Once you make uo your mind,226 words
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Article, Illustration454 1948-04-12 3 SAFETY DEVICE 'SHOOTS' PILOTS DOWN Escape during supersonic flight Air Force medical officers are i device for shooting a man from a speeding plane. It inswer yet to the problem of ipc afely from an aircraft c to the speed of sound. to jump from the side of almost certainlyN.A.N.A.; A.P. - 454 words
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Article89 1948-04-12 3 A N elaborate loudspeaker A communication system is bting installed In new railway cars being built by the He* South Wales Railway Department for the SydneyNewcastle line The equipment will allow to be advised of luggage arrangements. remen, room stops. and r matters of interest. .bersReuter - 89 words
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Article83 1948-04-12 3 THE cremation with myster- ious ritual at Brighton Borough Crematorium last December of 72-year-old Aleister Crowley, self-styled "the world's worst man." who had been accused of practising black magic was criticised at Brighton Council meeting. Councillor J. Sherrott declared: "The service was a black magic ritual."83 words
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Article83 1948-04-12 3 ADMIRAL Sir Frederick Dreyer, Inspector of Merchant Navy Gunnery 1941--42, sain at a Royal Commission on Awards to Inventors that the Dome teacher antiaircraft training invention saved Britain £100,000,000 worth of merchant shipping and cargoes. He was giving evidence for Lt.-Commatoder H. C. Stevens mReuter - 83 words
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Article58 1948-04-12 3 I ARGE-scaie air exercises by some 120 Royal Naval and Royal Air Force aircraft will start on Monday and will continue for two weeks, it was announced m London last week. Two dummy strikes will be made on the Home Fleet at Portland and on RoyalReuter - 58 words
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Article61 1948-04-12 3 TWO Pakistan princes, Nawabzada Mubarik. 19. and Nawazzada Daud Abassi. 18. sors of the Nawab of Bhawalpur, have arrived m Australia by air to begin three years' training at Dookle Agricultural College, Victoria. Nawabzada Mubarik said that he and his brother had come to Australia becauseReuter - 61 words
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Article64 1948-04-12 3 THE task of drawing up a journalists' "code of honour" has been entrusted to a sub-commission of the ;i Nations conference on Freedom of Information. Mr. S. A. Brelvi. of India, suggested a world conference lists should be called not of editors and. other journalsReuter - 64 words
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Article113 1948-04-12 3 THE late Mahatma Gandhi was one of the 18 proposed candidates for the Nobel Peace prize whose names have been published by the Norwegian Nobel Institute. Marshal Stalin was also on the list. The only British nominee was Lt. Oen. J. H. Morgon, a memberReuter - 113 words
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Article24 1948-04-12 3 A Customs official at thej Batavia Post Office dis- covered a parcel containing 2.500 tubes of opium worth 30.000 guilders.— U.P.U.P. - 24 words
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Article58 1948-04-12 3 MP's W ILL DEFY OWN PARTY. Thirty British Labour MemParliament will defy j r party's boycott of the United Europe conference at ;ue from May 7 to May iv. Labour members who will I The Hague include R. Q M.icKay. and Mr. Ft chard vn. left wing cider and h58 words
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Article99 1948-04-12 3 A 22-YEAR-OLD Japanese has confessed to a murder because his victim's ghost haunt?d him nightly. Hajime Inouye. who Rave his address as Osaka, surrendered himself to the Tokio police and solv:d the mysterious slaying of an 84-year-old man m a rest room m suburban TokioU.P. - 99 words
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177 1948-04-12 3 KING GEORGE has approved the immediate award of the King's Police and Fire Services Medal for Gallantry to an African detective of the Northern Rhodesia Police who, single-handed and unarmed, arrested an armed man wanted for murder. The detective is Mathew Phiri who was seaching177 words
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Article38 1948-04-12 3 The strike of employees of I the Central Gov?rnmcmt m Calcutta, which slarted on Aoril 2. appeared to be endii last week as men from three of the 16 striking offices reported for work. A. P.A.P. - 38 words
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122 1948-04-12 3 CHEAP R.A.F. TRIMS COST U.K. £193.1 3.4 A PPRENTICES m the R.A-F who had cheap hair trims have cost Britain £193 13s. 4d. The item appears under "Cash Losses" m the Air Services Appropriation Account, 1946-47. It reads: "Under-recovery from apprentices of the full charges for haircutting. Owing to their122 words
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Article18 1948-04-12 3 "Chees? specials'- planes carrying over two tons each of Camembert cheese have arrived at Oatwick Airport.18 words
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250 1948-04-12 3 riVF THOUSAND pounds' worth of material br 1 dress creations for famous British film .-tars wu stolen from a London warehouse last week. Specially selected worsteds, linings, and do h lor sports wear vanished from the building of Norta, London, who cater exclusively for250 words
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Article80 1948-04-12 3 ANEW agreement regulating the relationship between the United Kingdom and the Maldives will be signed m the last week m April at Male, capital of the Maldive Islands The Maldives a group of Islands with a population of 30,000 about 400 miles southwest of Ceylon ceased to bRReuter - 80 words
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Article159 1948-04-12 3 NEW YORK 5 AMERICAN post-war 1 mobile tyres, a con ation of natural and synl rubber, are yielcii:. servic rubber caiinss. and fill improvement may be cxi cd. This is the conviction of many of th? rubber Lad researchers, who m n two years made moreA.P. - 159 words
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Article41 1948-04-12 3 BRITISH MILLS TIED" TO U.S. THE Br.rish Cotton Cr Association said on Saturday that lagging »t v. production elsewhere Is k IHf Br; Ub textile pendent ufibrrs. Last year's 4i crease m the Anglo-Eryp i; Sudan "v Associations repor; said. A.P.A.P. - 41 words
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Advertisement138 1948-04-12 3 Beethoven 's FT"IS? Music VS#^T V. jj_-^ PIANO CONCERTO No. 1 m f\ Artur Schnabel (Pianoforte* and London Svmn^'^v Orchestra D 3 7514-18 CONCERTO No. 2 m FLAT MAJOR. Op. 19. Artur Schnabel (Pianoforte) and Philha* Orchestra DB 9099-02 CONCERTO No. 3 m C MINOR, Op. 37. Solomon (Pianoforte) and138 words
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Miscellaneous96 1948-04-12 3 TAR-ZAINT Strategy Ky Edgar Rice Burroughs i T MAWC TA ;~T THCAR A LITTLE I P r*--fl 2607 I y U S THE> FEEQ m E,R s f?S^^??__iLSwe' hcZ cJmlmmWIK THEY TOLD US." OWLET SAID, 'BUT WE /V,/ \-S__^_\ 4J(|HCgfe> > MUST TRY TO ESCAPE /_*"•____._< WI *f \___gSKt_S_j IM96 words
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589 1948-04-12 4 The Singapore Free Press MONDAY. April 12. 1948. North Malaya's Bandits BANDITRY m North Malaya is too deeply concealed In the jungle to be disposed or by a five-day hunt by armed police and troops. But the expedition which has been adventuring m the frontier districts of Norta Perak has589 words
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Article1009 1948-04-12 4 LORD VANSITTART - Fraud, Force and our Future LORD VANSITTART By JHE late Earl Baldwin once fought and lost an election on the slogan v Safey First 91 To put it first is the last way of getting it. It is always necessary to run risks; and it is imperative to be tough1,009 words
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Article23 1948-04-12 4 A good name is rather to be chosen than great riches, and loving favour rather than silver and gold. Proverbs 22, 1.23 words
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Article, Illustration44 1948-04-12 4 Janice Scogins takes a hefty cut at the ball as Eryline House dots the cat Hazel Lee (extreme right) waits her turn to bat at the ball field m Atlanta, Gt (U.S.A.) where these members of the Lorelei Ladies Softball Team arc m tra44 words
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Article562 1948-04-12 4 HINO LORA T0U UNO, an Italian engineer, is a man of action. For 100 years men had talked of a tunnel under Mont Blanc, between France an<l Italy. The two Governments wen- still talking about it last May. wh<n Dinu blew thr first charges for the562 words
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Article, Illustration15 1948-04-12 4 11?. r For The Channel Turn*-!. I A Cenlury-oid utuj^cL showed new signs of life.)15 words
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Article18 1948-04-12 4 A NEW GERM KILLER lU RENT j, V V P c "■Xi i j i i j i18 words
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Article369 1948-04-12 4 PETROL FROM THE COCONUT TN the event of war and the Philippines is cut off from her gasoline supplies abroad, can that country expect to produce a satisfactory transportation fuel? Interviewed oa trigs vital question by th* Manila Times, Major Fk>rencio A. Medina, chief of the research aad development envision369 words
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Article622 1948-04-12 4 Buenos Aires, By Cromarly Bloom. Reuler Corr. VIOLENCE, or death, aiv likely to be th^ only obstacles to President Juan Per on remaining at the head of the Argentine government for another ten years. Amendment of the 95--year-old constitution to permit his re-election m 1952 [or a622 words
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Advertisement11 1948-04-12 4 I _iA m W V'tySS*mm\t\ HrttZTIEFFtCUN C V TRANSPORT AGENCY P11 words
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Advertisement31 1948-04-12 4 (y/uwt/tapte 7^~5!?5^ j t,/,j//U\ soirweßAP" fl/01l if/"* ■S_!__^"^ l^_^__tf_§ -»Si^^^ SINGAPORE PENAN, jm > BORNEO. H~B. WIN*!? MERCHANT TA! &J* What ZM •tt 2 set, J Coloured*!,' 18-E. BUTTERY MAP W-jJ^ 131 words
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Article, Illustration160 1948-04-12 5 IN RICE-HUNGRY S.E. ASIA Growing padi by machines is answer m Pre >s SUM Reporlei ation wa: fast and was be■quate thai n m Asia p the huge 0 5 le land by producer. EfTerson, of tht at of Agiv the Fre. •vrview. S'a'es of i c million _Uy, Dr.Free Press - 160 words
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Article248 1948-04-12 5 Free Press Sta-ff Reporter TO put Singapore on the map* for tourists and x sight-seers is the purpose of a new travel service which has just started. The Arm intends running a luxury bus equipped with a trained guide, portable radio and refreshment buffet which will take248 words
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Article116 1948-04-12 5 THE number of registered 1 limited liability companies m Singapore increased by 36 per cei-t from 622 to 862. according to the 1947 report of the Registrar of CXDtnpark^'s. Local companies increased from 478 to 661. while foreign companies increased from 144 to 201 -oca.116 words
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Article71 1948-04-12 5 Free Press Staff Reporter DLANS have br.en submitted 1 for a proposed cinema at the corner of Clive Street and Sungei Road, Singapore. 'OLi the satisfactory completion of the building," the Municipal authorities have agreed to issue, under the Municipal theatre bylaws, a temporary certificate of fitness71 words
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Article, Illustration37 1948-04-12 5 Plciurt i a tea party the Airport JJoi^J yesterday m honour of Singapore's first Malay woman Justice of the Peace, Inche Fatimah binte Haji Haroou (at head of the table) .—Free Press picture.37 words
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Article, Illustration488 1948-04-12 5 Improvement Trust Flats Free Press Staff Reporter APPLICANTS for Singapore Improvement Trust flats and quarters stand a better chance of success if they can score points m the points system which the Trust has introduced. The Trust stated recently that the register for Trust flatsFree Press - 488 words
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346 1948-04-12 5 Free Press Staff Reporter THE cost of passages for cer- tain Singapore Municipal officers, during the period 1942 to 1946 and amounting to $52,994 will be charged against the Municipal Fm_d, the Commissioners have decided. This amount comprises the cost Of passages granted (i)346 words
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Article322 1948-04-12 5 ENRICHING GRAIN WITH VITAMINS Free Press Staff Reporter JN order to make vitamin enriched rice— known as Premix available to the people, serious consideration Xi being gifVfl to the erection m Singapore of a plant to produce it. Permisson is being sought from the International Focj and Agricultural Organisation for322 words
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Article162 1948-04-12 5 nAYMENTS to those who had 1 previous service with the, R.A.S.C. m Malaya, up to Feb. 15, 1942, who were not, prisoners oi war and who have gone through the normal release procedure, will be made by OC. (Admin) RL. E.P., Fort Canning, m accordance with162 words
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Article73 1948-04-12 5 PLAN for 20 kiosks which were built without authority at the New World amusement park has been disapproved. The Municipal authorities agreed to waive a building bylaw and to grant a temporary annual permit for a shrine of plank and corrugated iron roof, erected without authority73 words
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180 1948-04-12 5 COR 15 months m a hut m Changi Barracks, Singapore, an Australian prisoner-of-war officer scratched 140.000 words of a book on a school slate. The officer was Captain Leslie Greener, whose book He Lived In My Shoes.'' has been published m Sydney. The reasonReuter - 180 words
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Article19 1948-04-12 5 "The People's Educational Association" and the "Singapore Inner Wheel have been exempted from registration under the Societies Ordinance.19 words
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Article181 1948-04-12 5 Free Press Staff Reporter WITH a view to establishing an accident ambulance station at Bukit Thnah to serve tlhe rural districts, the Singapore Rural Board ie studying Ihe question of the cost involved. The Rural Board has hitherto had no separate ambulance service from thie181 words
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Article115 1948-04-12 5 1 FILM show will be held m n the Yu__ Ghyau Chinese School m Tempeni s Road tomght for the benefit of the kampot_g fo* living m that district. A sdrrkilar siiow will be held tomorrow m Atsagori Estate m Geylang, where the villagers are115 words
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Advertisement44 1948-04-12 5 Tomorrow's Designs obtainable TO-DAY IN E *CELLENT PRINTS FROM SWITZERLAND with Lar gt Distinct Motiffs on pleasant Backgrounds. r7 1 i --H _I*~<_____ ~bbb~i mmmwrnrmmtrrr t r-» 45j8^ ARDENTE "INTERCOM" H/CHir EFFICIENT For OFFICE HOME FACTCRY t* E. NATHAN, S^HARD ROAD SINGAPORE TEL 407344 words
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Advertisement32 1948-04-12 5 p^^^^_SsSßß3sßsßß^__s_S_sß__SS_ss__r? MEN'S I II ill Nordak I B GOLF SHOES j with Rubber Sole it m i Heavy Grain 5 Brown Leather PRICE $21.00 Made m England j RAFFLES PLACE SINGAPORE. \m^_32 words
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Article444 1948-04-12 6 'She is so young, 9 says vicars note THE Rev. Thomas Wallace Lumb, 65-year-old 1 Vicar of Burton Dassett (Warwickshire) took his own life so that the 18-year-oW girl he married last July could be free to live hers. "She is so young444 words
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Article62 1948-04-12 6 PRINCESS Elisabeth and the Duke of Edinburgh will occupy the Devon suite at the British Embassy when they are m Paris from May 14 to 18. The suite consists of two cream-coloured bedrooms and a sitting-room, overlooking the Place de la Concorde and the Champs Elysees.62 words
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Article42 1948-04-12 6 Mr. A. Bryson. British jet aircraft^ engineer, who has arrived m Sydney by I-an American Clipper, toln reporters that Britain's industrial strength is coilAps*-K because manufacturers are being hampered by thousands of red-tape regulations ReuterReuter - 42 words
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Article140 1948-04-12 6 PHILIPPINE technician, at their convention kn Manila put themselves on record as opposed t» the exportation of raw materials to Japa under the United States proi-osal to rehab-Ut-ate the economy of Japan and its industries. A spokesman of the group, Benjamin R. SaVjnga, jde&n of theReuter - 140 words
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Article201 1948-04-12 6 AMAN m prison for acts I»ke4y to hrlp Nazi Germany during the war ia trying to unseal a recently elected Conservative Member of Parliament, Mr. Frederick Harrip. He claims thjat he was illegally prevented from opposing Mr. Harris at the North Croydon by-election last month.Reuter - 201 words
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Article112 1948-04-12 6 Present from Kashmir to the King TWO Kashmir shawls may arrive tills month as tribute to the King from the Maharajah of Kashmir This tribute has been paid for 101 years, usually to the Viceroy. In March 184$ Maharajah Gulab Singh agreed to pay one horse. 12 goats, and three112 words
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Article, Illustration98 1948-04-12 6 FIVE BOYS GUESTS AT MINE picture. pxcture. Five boy finalists m an essay competition dealing with coal were given a tour of northern coalfields as guests of the National Coal Board. Complete with helmets and lamps, the five finalists come "off shift" at Astley Green Colliery (Lanes h\eld- Marshal LordA.P. - 98 words
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Article189 1948-04-12 6 He got it where deserved Judge A YOUNG .soldier who said a gkfi father hit him with a piece of lead pipe failed with his ass-.nH summons at Stoke (England). "I am giad there are still fathers about like man," said Mr. R. N. MscGregory Ciarkson, the stipendiary magistrate. "He189 words
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64 1948-04-12 6 U.K still has income from foreign bonds THOUGH Britain had to sell mam of 1 investments which brou. m J '*«fc m food and materials, she s r,ti° lbe<l, **i left writes the City Editor, In foreign bonds alonsident of the Council of F his 1947 report: "Inters of the64 words
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Article64 1948-04-12 6 MONSIGNOR I~ab*4o il Reyes, supreme bishop of the Philippine Ine dent Church, has thrown th< full weight of his chur< ti»e side of Pn -s_den_ 1 recent declaration out; the Hukbalahap ane Peasant Union eras subversive "Under your E>. wise leadership." th< declared, "we PUipii learn64 words
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204 1948-04-12 6 SIX Jewish prisoners ot war are being interrogated daily by Arab military and political leaders at Arab Liberal ion Army headquarters at the top of a Sam a riaii mountain* The prisoners were captured m the nearby countryside "disguised as Arabs and trying to spyAP - 204 words
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Article33 1948-04-12 6 Twelve nuns at an appi school at Ashwicke H.. lerne. near Bath, on Ft l A d 70 girls to safety fire broke out and destn of one wing ReuterReuter - 33 words
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Advertisement129 1948-04-12 6 CAPITOL i Phone 515* I LAST DAY! 1 a.m., 2 pjn., 4.15 p.m., c.30 and 9.15 p.m. «M fc_h_ Another WonJtrfml Goldwy* Comedy! Wb^__-_r A w____l GRAND OPENING TOMORROW UNCONQUERED '/J is Att- Si Conquering fl i mm CATHAY mm THE HOUSE POR COMFORT Showing 11 AM. 1-45. 4- IS.129 words
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Advertisement156 1948-04-12 6 tS PHONE bqo3 i LAST 4 SHOWS j 2 4.15 6.30 9.30 p m. LANA TURNER JOHN HODIAK 'MARRIAGE IS A PRIVATE AFFAIR (Aa M. G. M. Picture) l Tomorrow- Brought Hack by Request A trihute k) the British people -l GARSON PIOGEON f_.f_J o..*«c».- <r»__ia-_ WTUI* 'MR9 MINIVER ft*156 words
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Miscellaneous106 1948-04-12 6 JANE Exclusive to the Singapore Free Press m Malaya HM- 808 SEEMS 7so «T WAS WlLLiE^iP'oH, I COULDM'tN FwELL, I'M -BUNKERED? A fo\K, BUT HE*S HOT-^ To BE IN THE df WAS rr?-(BLAST9-f DO THAT, BOB" 71 AND YOU JUST TOLD 1 *L_ HE'S OHLY SHY. 1 LET ROUGH— AND106 words
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Article659 1948-04-12 7 FAIR WEEK IS LIKELY WINNER Faiw m u Fre Press ein Reporter \iti week, a promising three-year-old chestnut English gelding by Fairhaven, for whom an offer of $12,000 was turned down recently by his owner, must be hard to beat m the division one maiden handicap for class four horses659 words
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7 1948-04-12 7 FRENCH HORSE WINS IN UNITED STATES ReuterReuter - 7 words
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Article, Illustration432 1948-04-12 7 Free Press Racing Reporter pX-J(XKEY Jimmy Martin is making a name for himself as a trainer. He has without a doubt one of the finest strings m the country at the moment and I shall not be the least surprised if ends up the season as432 words
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Article14 1948-04-12 7 ENGLAND'S DAVIS CUP TEAM LONDON E HO 7. I n 22 -am. rP as14 words
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Article21 1948-04-12 7 G| j Peter Kane to during ■?er to v> the prove d net I A.P.A.P. - 21 words
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Article32 1948-04-12 7 fONDON beat Pr.ris by four maiclkM to t*o m their annual badminton competition on the courts of the Racing Club m Parii on Friday night. A. P.A.P. - 32 words
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Article87 1948-04-12 7 AN inter-continental swimming match will be held at Wembley's Emnire Pool on Saturday Aug. 7 after -he Olympic swimming events. This was announced at a committee meeting of the Amateur Swimming Association held m Ijor.don ort Saturday chiefly to discuss officials for the swimming events at theReuter - 87 words
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Article22 1948-04-12 7 Tho I 1 tenia ttonal swimming nd Cze...i. due to be staged on m Vienna w.is cane I by the Czechs. A.P.A.P. - 22 words
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Article209 1948-04-12 7 THREE TITLES TO BRITISH WOMAN PARIS. Sunday. MRS Mavis Anderson of London has won three titles m the French open badminton championships which were continued today. In the women's singles she defeated Miss Audrey Stone •London* 15-7. 15-9. The victor and vanquished m partp won the women's finals dismissing MissReuter - 209 words
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Article43 1948-04-12 7 TODAY SOCCER: S.A.F.A. League, Div. I— S.C.C. v. Tijrer S.A--p-ui-ui*. 5.15 p.m.; Div. n Tiser S.A. t. R.A.F. SetnbawaiiC, Geylang Sodium. 5.15 p.m.; Malays y. Pnlau Bakom S.C, 3.R.C., 5.15 pjn. Friendly: Mansfield XI Chartered Bank S.C, S.J.I. -round. 5.15 p.m.43 words
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Article23 1948-04-12 7 The Captains team beat the President's team by 9^4 points to B*4 points at the Royal Singapore Golf Club yesterday.23 words
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Article, Illustration51 1948-04-12 7 Phil Br own of Des Moines 'left) heads for the canvas and two minutes of sleep after a blew from Boyd Schuman of Daren' port. lowa, m the second round of their fight m Des Moines on April 2. The force of the impact dislodged Brown's gumshield, seen above his51 words
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Article53 1948-04-12 7 Singapore Indians will play the CYMA. at table tennis consisting of five singles and two doubles to be played at j the C.V.M.A. today at 6.30 i p.m. Indian team will be: S. Suppiah. Fardove Singh. S. R. 6. Naidu. M. Sivam. Vincent Nalpon. S. Sundram and53 words
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Article741 1948-04-12 7 UK League soccer table* correct to d*u? are: DIVISION I P W D L P A Pta Arsenal 38 22 11 5 72 30 55 M Chester U. 39 IT 14 8 72 46 48 Burnley 38 17 12 9 51 40 46 Preston 38 18741 words
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Article44 1948-04-12 7 WS. Poels of Belgium was officially declared winner of the 3£o kilometre Paris-Brussels bicycle race yesterday. The judges accepted his complaint that Albert Sercu. Belgian, had held him by the sweater at the finishing line. Sercu was placed second.— A.P.A.P. - 44 words
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Article297 1948-04-12 7 From JAMES A. CHAMBERS pNGLAND were lucky to defeat Scotland two-nil m the international soccer match at Hampden Park on Saturday and 'thus retain the international championship. Most of the 134,000 fans, among them Field Marshal Viscount Montgomery, who saw the game streamed out ofA.P. - 297 words
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Article162 1948-04-12 7 From VERNON MORGAN OYDNEY Wooderson, Britain's greatest runner of the last decade, showed how right he was retire from international track competitior alter winning the European 5.000 metres title m ()>!o and refused to take part m the coming Olympiad, hv I failure m theReuter - 162 words
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Article123 1948-04-12 7 PARIS. Sund PARIS. Sunday— One of Mar c c i Bcussac's c I hopes, Goyaz. by the known Goya out of Ph was an ea^y winner today of the £578 Prix Ju. over one mile t\v furlongs, m which the I .de their Longcharr.ps Twelve coltReuter - 123 words
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Article44 1948-04-12 7 The WeLsh Football ciation will send a senior international team to northwestern Europe next season, it xa_s announced on Saturday S-veral countries have Invited Wales, but the probability is that Holland or Sweden— :r. ay be both— will be chosen A.P.A.P. - 44 words
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Article27 1948-04-12 7 England win rugbyleagho fttft land r. r i d^wn three "ackled sti :i i wt-re: Ward son <E 1 \Vigan> ana tr.es 7 scored for Fran ReuterReuter - 27 words
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Advertisement96 1948-04-12 7 COMMON SENSE M m the blood may be a cause <^^^ :'c-- MM ailments such as rheumatic J aches and pains, stiff and painful Joints common skin disorders. Clarke's j Mixture as a reliable blood "g medicine cleanses the system *s In restoring good health gfl nam. spooks >^^_J_^ar\ for96 words
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Miscellaneous222 1948-04-12 7 F.P. Crossword Ho. 357 1 Hi* H I I 4 j .MB^-T 20 21 |22 T"W^fe kJ~& nr p^»2a [~i <^L-p lj j m^; _V^-__ >S^vX^\ L Fw_ L 1 I CLUES ACROSS 2. Girl (6,i. 6. Dry (4). Slioe of meat <4>. 10. Just proportion (7). 11, Time (31.222 words
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Article, Illustration27 1948-04-12 8 Th j< scene is met at least once a day on road m Britain the form Q ihe milkers from the fields to the milking sheds.27 words
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Article69 1948-04-12 8 \7 ICE- ADM WE. Parry Has been appointed as Chief of the Naval Staff and Flag Officer Commanding the Royal Indian Navy, with effect from July next. The Vice- Admiral, who conimanded the cruiser Achilles when the German pocket battleship Graf Spec was sunk m 1939,69 words
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Article281 1948-04-12 8 BANGKOK, Sunday MARSHAL Phibun Songgram has offered Cabinet posts to none of the political clique which co -operated with him m overthrowing the Siamese Government last November. Announcing the list of those invited to make up the new Government, the Siamese Premier during the Pacific war,281 words
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Article215 1948-04-12 8 RANGOON, Sunday. TtIORE than one hundred thousand men, women children bowed m homage before the flagdraped coffins of U. Aung San and six other Burmese leaders borne by pall-bearers through Rangoon today for interment on Heroes Hill m the shadow of the golden-domed Shwedagon pagoda.A.P.; Reuter - 215 words
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Article, Illustration440 1948-04-12 8 Communists hold interior RANGOON, Sunday. AS Communist Insurgents' activities continue unabated m country districts throughout Burma, including the looting of large stocks of rice m the Irrawaddy delta region, observers here believe that Burma may develop into "another China" with a protracted period ofU.P.; A.P.; Reuter - 440 words
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Article163 1948-04-12 8 WAfiHINGTON, Sunday. A CONFERENCE which b«gan this morning between Mr. John L. Lewis, "King" of UJS. coal miners, and mineowners' representatives is expected to end the 28 -day old soft coal strike. The meeting began 90 minutes before Mr. Lewis was due to appear163 words
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Article100 1948-04-12 8 LONDON Sunday. JHE British steel industry broke its output records last month, producing at the equivalent of an annual rate of 15,117,000 tons, its was announced today. March output also helped to s<>t a record for production during the first quarter of this year, whichReuter - 100 words
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Article317 1948-04-12 8 'LEAVE POLITICS ALONE' LONDON, Sunday T\EMANDCNt_t that the Chief of the Impe-rial General Staff. Field Marshal Lord Montgomery be told to leave politics and diplomatic affairs alon* the Sunday Pictorial says that Britain's wartime had been cJunwriy iad_cree4" m his intervention -n the Anglo- Russian dispute317 words
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Article194 1948-04-12 8 NANKING, Sunday. FAST-MOVING Red troops drove Government forces from several towns along the Lunghai Railway m an action which the Governmentcontrolled Central News Agency described as "a counter-move to defeat the Nationalist plan to effect concentration of forces to defend Chengchow," strategic railway Junction city m194 words
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Article58 1948-04-12 8 Vf W YORK. Sun dap 'THEATRE manager Waltm er League is worried because last week "April Showers" opened at his theatre and it rained. "If Winter Comes" began a three-day run on Thursday and it snowed. He says he does not know what to expect from58 words
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112 1948-04-12 8 CANBERRA IS DETERMINED ON BANK GRAB SYDNBY, Sunday. IF the Australian Higii Court decides the 1947 Bank Nationalisation Act Is unconstitutional other steps would be taken to bring H Into effect either by referendum or other means the Australian Munitions Mkiister, Senator J. I. Armstrong toid a regional Labour Party112 words
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Article45 1948-04-12 8 Union and company officials at the Goody ear Tyre and Rubber Co. have reached a compromise on a dispute that had closed the company's two main plants m Akron (Ohio) and idled 14,000 men. Production has been resumed. A P.45 words
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Article97 1948-04-12 8 CAPETOWN, Sunday. MANILAL GANDHI, a son of the late Mahatma Gandhi, succeeded m crossing the Natal-Transvaal herder today without being arrested. A number of Indians accompanied him. Manilal was following In the footsteps of his father, who made a similar protest inarch 35 years ago, whenU.P. - 97 words
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227 1948-04-12 8 s.s.c. DISCUSSES OPEN GUEST NIGHTS Free Press Staff Reporter AT the annual general meeting of the Singapore Swimming Club yesterday members were m favour by two to one of having periodical special guest nights for Singapore residents who were not eligible for membership of the club. It was reported that227 words
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Article44 1948-04-12 8 The body of a newly -born Chinese baby boy was fou:.d m a drain m front of a coffee-shop at the Junction of Cecil Street and Cross Street this morning. A piece of cloth was tied around the baby's neck.44 words
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Article51 1948-04-12 8 A SPECIAL Market carrevpon* m K*rta ttw prices of rabbet 11 ttfey m follows: B»7«rt TirMi Cte i *8^ sjm no^TW 4IK 4l^ m bales Apr. 41 42 N«. 2 E.SS f«o m b«J<« Apr 40 N«. S R.SS rofe ha (mOcs Apr 374 3T' T«oe of RMwtM51 words
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8 1948-04-12 8 Britain to building up "out' strength I ReuterReuter - 8 words
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Article144 1948-04-12 8 RED RISING PLOT IN PERSIA \f ARTIAL LAW has ta ifl of Mazandaran Pri following reports that 1 for widespread activitu Reliable sources say as part of the Government f precauttonary steps against Communists throughou* country, 900 university fessors and government employees have been listed for dismissal, while 300 perA.P. - 144 words
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Advertisement27 1948-04-12 8 1 CLEARANCEjAjj Books, Stationery Children* Games I Stock to be cleared I DISCOUNTS RANGE <Po* 2« l>i6 Buy Cheap Save Orient Star News 108, North Bridge N.s__jg^>-27 words
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Miscellaneous37 1948-04-12 8 WEATHER— Storms ty I.ATIIU. report for U* start 24 hoar* compAed by the B A F: Thunder showers and local tha-der-tor-ms this a-fternoeo Mid rvenii-ff. Fair tofkifht. Wind: L-fht, variable. Trmperat-res: Max. 91.2 der; mm 72 df37 words
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