The Singapore Free Press, 13 April 1948
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Title Section17 1948-04-13 1 The Singapore Free Press LARGEST AFTERNOON SALE IN MALAYA SINGAPORE, TUESDAY, APRIL 13, 1948 I'KKi n a.NM17 words
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Article, Illustration409 1948-04-13 1 ARABSPOISED FOR BIG ATTACK City ringed by guns JERUSALEM, Monday. piLLD guns of the Arab liberation army were tonight moving into bombardment positions m the Judean Hills at the western approaches to Jerusalem. The guns, French 755, were being trained on the Jewish settlements which fringe Jerusalem. Arab guerrillas, crouchedReuter; U.P.; A.P. - 409 words
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Article74 1948-04-13 1 Bandit teacher is ex-officer Pre* Pres.-. SnmJl Correspondent IPOH, Tuesday. H. ll v the bandit training school. Ith was captured and destroyed by ihe Police I their wr.-k end operations against North ipngs. is th ught to be a former Indian Army rud a search for him is under way.74 words
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Article80 1948-04-13 1 CAMBRIDGE RESULTS POSTPONED ANNOUNCEMENT of the results of the Malayan school-leaving examinations conducted by Cambridge University has been postponed until near the end of April. H was stated yesterday. The examinations were taken In Malaya by 2.000 secondary school students and rhe papers sent to Cambridge for correction. Mr. NgA.P. - 80 words
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Article63 1948-04-13 1 Free Press Staff Reporter THE Dayang Muda of Sarawak, who is at present m Singapore with her son the former Raja Muda, Mr. Anthony Brooke, has made plans to visit Sarawak next month. She will stay m the country for a month or six weeks and63 words
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Article152 1948-04-13 1 LONDON, Monday. A SECRET experimental plane, with swept-back wings m boomerang shape, today broke the 100-kilometre closed circuit air speed record by travelling 605.230 miles per hour at Hatneld (Herts). This beat the existing record by over 40 miles an hour. Time and speed have nowReuter; U.P. - 152 words
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Article29 1948-04-13 1 Eighteen people were arrested at Geryvlle, Algeria, during the week-end "for having commmltted aots liable to euidanger French sovereignty," says the French news agency. ReuterReuter - 29 words
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Article96 1948-04-13 1 LONDON, Monday. BRITAIN'S exports m March at £120.000,000 were the highest of any month since the war, the President of the Board of Trade. Mr. Harold Wilson, told the House of Commons tonight. He said the figures were provisional. This is not only the best post-war monthReuter - 96 words
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Article, Illustration47 1948-04-13 1 picture Mr. E. A. Mitchell, senior herald painter at the College of Arms, working on the Garter banner of Princess Elizabeth, which will be hung m St. George's Chapel, Windsor, on April 23 when the Princess is installed Lady of the Garter by the King. A. P.A.P. - 47 words
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117 1948-04-13 1 400 labourers in dispute over wages Free Press Staff Reporter MORE than 400 Chinese men and women gathered outside the Labour Office this morning to collect their wages, payment of which was yesterday promised them by a contractor. The wages are for the first ten days of this month. Last117 words
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Article54 1948-04-13 1 '■'HE Indonesian police have suppressed a riot In Mekuris central Java, reports the Antara news agency. The riot was started by a gang blackmailing the population. Seven leaders were arrested and one was seriously wounded. A Government official, two policemen and a bank clerk were alsoA.P. - 54 words
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Article98 1948-04-13 1 A SOVIET spokesman m Bangkok yesterday denied Siamese press reports which said the Soviet Legation had been busy "selling Communism" to Bangkok's working classes. The papers alleged that Soviet officials were "distributing alms money among trishamen and other city workers and organising free schools for working classReuter - 98 words
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Article236 1948-04-13 1 WASHINGTON, Monday. RUSSIA knows how to make the atomic bomb but is not yet able to do so, the U.S. Secretary of Defence, Mr. James Forrestal, told Congress today. He made this statement during questioning before the House of Representatives Armed Services Committee, which is consideringA.P. - 236 words
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Article44 1948-04-13 1 Free Press Staff Reporter THE largest seizure of ammunition m Singapore this year was made by the police at Yio Chu Kang yesterday. Two Chinese were arrested with 48,952 rounds of .303 ammunition, which was packed m 43 cases.44 words
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Article281 1948-04-13 1 BOGOTA, Monday. (GOVERNMENT troops deployed through shattered Bogota today and fought a running battle with rebel snipers, many of them hidden m church belfries. The army has regained control ol some areas, but the situation m the city tonight was still critical. The death-roll has nowReuter; A.P. - 281 words
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Article83 1948-04-13 1 MANILA, Monday. FILIPINO gangsters yesterday seized eleven Americans, including seven UJS. Army personnel, held them captives for several hours, then liberated the group after stripping them of cash and personal belongings. The hold-up took place m the early afternoon about 36 miles south of ManilaA.P. - 83 words
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Article43 1948-04-13 1 THE Soviet member on the Allied Council for Japan, Major-Gen. A. P. Kislenko, announced yesterday that repatriation of Japanese from Soviet-controlled areas would be resumed m May. The number of Japanese at present being held by the Soviets total 686,000.43 words
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Article295 1948-04-13 1 NEW SOVIET RULE HITS THE BRITISH BERLIN, Monday. T*HE movement of British military freight from -L Berlin to the British zone of Germany was today suspended indefinitely, it "Was reliably learned tonight. The suspension followed more new Soviet rail restrictions. Since Soviet travel restrictions were enforced on Apr. 1, BritishU.P. - 295 words
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Article22 1948-04-13 1 The Ceylonese proprietor of a coffee shop m Clement! Road was robbed of about $100 —the day's takings early today.22 words
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Article41 1948-04-13 1 rE Secretary of State for the Colonies, Mr. Arthur Creech-Jones, stated m the House of Commons yesterday that he hoped to make a statement on claims ia respect of war damage and losses m Malaya soon. ReuterReuter - 41 words
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Advertisement51 1948-04-13 1 X i HY, Roid, v-i?-- IHROFF'S '•c S>nbolisin? Great Carpet Value VSPECT NEW SELECTION OF CARPETS, HATTING, JUTE CARPETS also FUR GARMENTS to send Gift Parcels 8 m every part of the rid. fa IjjjAN SINGH, JW ALA SINGH STAMFORD ROAD, SINGAPORE. OFFICE?— SHROFF'S LTD. c Ku_d. (a It utta,51 words
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Article, Illustration1129 1948-04-13 2 Roy Ferroa - CARING FOR YOUR MAIL Roy Ferroa In Singapore Today by NEXT time you drop a letter into the postbox, give a thought to the huge organisation operating with a quiet efficiency that makes it possible for your correspondence to reach its destination cheaply and quickly. Some idea of th_ volumeFree Press - 1,129 words
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Article367 1948-04-13 2 AS the cards lay. It would have been better for North to play the three ivo-trump contract, or for s<uth to be declarer at lour hearts. However, there w nothing wrong with Souths three no trump bid. If North had a better club suit. It might be p»">sMble367 words
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Article271 1948-04-13 2 Hall Romney - LONDON LETTER Slow record? Hall Romney by RLE s»ownes, with which the official machine functions m thLcountry is, of cour.>e, well known, but I doubt if any of our Government Departments can improve (sic) on this record of th*- War Off;, A day or two ago ed frum them i271 words
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Article31 1948-04-13 2 YOUR LUCKY STAT I B ,i! m.iti<>!i thii i> iaprt 1 1 1 1 ia liane .ire to bttem' "J a dabbler m r j t othr bji'J M i i31 words
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Miscellaneous307 1948-04-13 2 SINGAPORE Blue Network From 12.00 noon to 2.00 p.m. 526 metres m the medium wave band and 7.20 megacycle:! m the 41 metre band From 0.00 p.m. to 7 45 p.m: from 9.30 p.m. to 11.00 p.m.: 626 metres In the medium wave band, and 4.825 megacycles m the 61307 words
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Miscellaneous276 1948-04-13 2 tral, an Topics— Talk; 7.35 S'axhs'ht— BßC Programme; 7 50 Around the Bandstand; Calenders Senior Band; 8 Famous Choral Groups; 8.15 Celebrity Violin. st; Featuring Tossy Spivaicovsky 8.30 News; 8.40 Invitation to Music; 9 Talk; 9.15 Tonight's Pianist, X hen Joyce; 9.30 Dance Band, George Ttevare <fc His Orchestra; 9.45276 words
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Miscellaneous210 1948-04-13 2 Orchestra**; 6 Thirty to One; 6 30 World and Home News; 6.45 Sporting Special; 7 Accent on Rhythm**; 7.15 Those Were the Days**; 8 Wuild and Home News; 805 Yours for the Asking; 858 Programme Summary; 9 The Radio SEAC Show; 930 Radio Newsreel; 945 Show Lowdown: 10 p.m. Swing210 words
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Miscellaneous53 1948-04-13 2 1m *ZOO I7AVS 0»r Ht3C3KA*,OM AMMAu 'A«.cs n. CK._.>^ -AS Ae\*jC-+ Oxvgem as »-»e VO---7 n^C? IN. Qn.E _-Ay... JL _aa-«.n.V si y MAVE N.O />J< i T-.'^% Arrccr AJGIi V-^__w__E Osi H.SE-*- Vjjsr__? \'4^ m ,a% /vnawSl.N^ _r +Mn A m BtO>S^^_W n, >.--.<_; >*/.-/C ---N, »»»A. mmmmm—* \ij53 words
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Article, Illustration429 1948-04-13 3 CALL FOR FEDERATION OF SOUTH ASIA 'Reach riches through union' Pdots of the fastest fighter aircraft group m the world gave a display at Horsham St Fath, near Norwich. the first air station to be equipped with the Meteor IV which has twice the power of the Meteor 111 AA.P.; Reuter - 429 words
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Article34 1948-04-13 3 Australia will send a further contribution of 2.000! tens of food for children m European countries during the next fortnight. The shipment; will be distributed via Trieste, j ReuterReuter - 34 words
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Article19 1948-04-13 3 Hong Kong perates' n a ship 3 i wa i I Idle xxx+~ nmu *a. will Mb r 1 ■*>*■19 words
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Article21 1948-04-13 3 as r East G La.-- fort Watson fon ««he_lture m •ne? w.ii _mv* m '*r. ?M4h ReuterReuter - 21 words
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Article104 1948-04-13 3 THE r-cw 'Franco-Pero..' protocol to the 1946 Ar-gentine-Spanish commercial treaty was signed m Buenos A. res on Saturday. Under the protocol, Argentina grants Spain n°w credits for grain and other foods of 350 000,000 pesos per year for the nex. four years. The credits will be104 words
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Article25 1948-04-13 3 The new Soviet Ambassador to Turkey. M Alexander L ivritchev. is to present his credentials to President Ismet Inoenu this week. ReuterReuter - 25 words
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Article88 1948-04-13 3 and fctf t 2* war. .^s m Only ■fey A tve ufac- of establishing new but actually affiliated companies and mills m those places. The majority of these traders, besides being tired of continued Import restrictions, power shortages and high cost of labour, are worried over theReuter - 88 words
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178 1948-04-13 3 MR. HAROLD WILSON, President of the Board ot Trade, said m London that the cost of producing Rritisvi films must come down. lie also disclosed plans for a "full dress inquiry into the distribution and exhibition side of the industry" m the near future.A.P. - 178 words
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Article134 1948-04-13 3 VjR- Emmanuel ShinweU, ifl Britain's War Minister, j described the United Nations Organisation as "rigid, hidebound, and inhibited by a set of regulations and rules that will never induce peace," m a speech at Bradford (Yorks). Addressing a Labour Party meeting, the Minister of War jReuter - 134 words
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Article95 1948-04-13 3 WISH sometimes solomon 1 could have spent a term m our Divorce Division trying to solve some of the problems we have to solve about the children." said Mr. Justice Finnemore. a bachelor. "It is a heartbreaking job." he told the Birmingham Marriage Guidance Council.95 words
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Article24 1948-04-13 3 Inquiry into the loss of the aircraft Star Tiger, off Bermuda m January opens at Church Hous?. Westminster on April 1224 words
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Article97 1948-04-13 3 BARODA, the most important Indian State north of Bombay, is to have "full responsible government" with a constituent assembly aim adult franchise for 3 000.000 of its people, the 1 Maharajah, Maj. -Gen. Sir Pratap Singh Gaekwar, an- nounced yesterday. The assembly will have full sovereignty rights,Reuter - 97 words
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118 1948-04-13 3 BRITAIN is to have a national theatre "worthy of j Shakespeare" along the south bunk of the Thames, about one mile from the site of Shakespeare's "Old Globe." The Chancellor of the Exchequer, Sir Stafford Cripps. told the House of Commons he would introduce legislationA.P. - 118 words
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Article54 1948-04-13 3 MR. Henry Wallace contends that the '#;>rld threat to peace is by "the big businessmilitary alliance, which is ruling our country." He said that if the recent Russian -Finnish agreement is "Russian aggression," the 1947 U.S. agreement with Iran, "at the very borders of Russia, isA.P. - 54 words
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122 1948-04-13 3 THERE are fewer millionaires m Britain than before the war. But more people than ever have incomes of between £2,000 and £20,000 a year. Figures issued by the Inland Revenue Commissioners show that there are now 109,366 people m Great Britain with incomes of from122 words
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95 1948-04-13 3 FRANCE is unmistakably regaining" its pre-war position m the export of fine silks and rayons, said Mr. Charles Gersbach. after returning to New York from a trip to France. Mr. Gersbach inspected his firm's mill at Neuville, near Lyons. He reported a general improvementA.P. - 95 words
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Article67 1948-04-13 3 THE Soviet newspaper Izvostia said that despite two Soviet protests, the United States planes continue to inspect Russian shipping m the Yellow Sea, thus "violating freedom of trade and navigation." There were 28 cases of American planes circling Soviet merchant ships In March, and Izvesta cited severalU.P. - 67 words
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Article54 1948-04-13 3 QUEENSLAND wiU send about 300,000 tons of sugar to Britain this year, the Queensland Premier, Mr. Edward If. Hanlon said m Canberra. Mr. Hanlon told Mr. J. B. Chifley, Commonwealth Prime Minister, at a conference that he hoped this amount would be available for Britain fromA.P. - 54 words
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Article33 1948-04-13 3 Alida Valli. the Italian actress who recently made her American screen debut, l.'as announced she will soon apply for United S"a r es citizenship and will make California her home. A.P.A.P. - 33 words
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Article, Illustration48 1948-04-13 3 The 663 Super Heavy Regt., R.A. (Territorial Army) has been given a 248 m.m. (American) howitzer for training purposes. Here, men of the 58 Medium Regt., R.A., from Raivlinson Barracks, Banbury (near Newton Abbot), who provided the handling crew, arc swinging the barrel into position on the trail.48 words
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Article26 1948-04-13 3 STOCKPILE FREEZE' The first group of Dutch farmer immigrants will arrive m Australia from Rotterdam m May. Fifty Dutch immigrants are expected each succeeding month. U.P.U.P. - 26 words
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Article244 1948-04-13 3 AN £810,000 life policy, with which he staggered the insurance world 18 years ago, matured on the death last week of Lord Hambleden, governing director of the family business of W. 11. Smith and Son, Ltd-, newsagents. Lord Hambleden. who was 44, took out the244 words
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Article129 1948-04-13 3 MAGNETIC CLUTCH FOR CARS \NEW magnetic clutch for motor-cars and other machinery has been developed by a United States Government engineer. The U.S. National Bureau of Standards said the clutch, invented by Jacob Rabinow of its technical staff, features "high efficiency. smooth opera Uon. long life and simplicity of construction"A.P. - 129 words
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Article63 1948-04-13 3 SARDAR Baldev Singh. Defence Minister of the Indian Government, announced that India was raising a territorial force of a proposed initial strength of 130.000 as a "second line defence" and to reinforce the regular army m an emergency. The Minister, speaking m Parliament, said that India wouldReuter - 63 words
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Article38 1948-04-13 3 The Royal Sussex Regiments 180-year-old Colours, found tattered m Malta basement by Cch. Sir James Sleeman m 1947. have been "miraculously" repaired by Royal School of Needlework will be sent back to the Island.38 words
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Advertisement33 1948-04-13 3 ELECTRIC WELDING MOBILE DIESEL DRIVEN WELDERS MOUNTED ON PNEUMATIC TYRES Generator Caoo<rty 300 Amps AVAILABLE EX-STOCK FAR EAST Oxygen Acetylene Co. SERVING THE INDUSTRY OF MALAYA FOR 20 YEARS SINGAPORE PENANG KUALA LUMPUR33 words
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Miscellaneous32 1948-04-13 3 '^AN Escape plans By Edgar Rice Burroughs f!_W«. -fc-.jT_..M. -,-^_PJ.\5g_KV. f*£ CAU6HT ULANS EYE THEN 6LANCEP UP AT THE LOVV-HANfeING _T -_f&Hc2» V/^X«_?l_s_?r/ BRANCHES AND A6AJN AT ULAN. THE LATTER NQPPEP ANP^f^-»32 words
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652 1948-04-13 4 The Singapore Free Press TUESDAY. April 13, 1948. J.Ps and Court Congestion THE suggestion that Singapore s Justices of the Peace should sit on the bench and assist m reducing the serious congestion that still exists m the Colony's district and police courts well merits th e attention now being652 words
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Article473 1948-04-13 4 Noel Monks - Canada, USA's Base? Noel Monks Commonwealth Column by THE vast NorthWest Territories of Canada, on the rim of the Arctic Circle, will become one of the main training centres for President Truman's conscript army if Congress agrees to the call-up. Airfields and great tracts of scrubland m the Churchill area473 words
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Article, Illustration1065 1948-04-13 4 From NEW YORK: DRACE yourselves for a return of flying saucers m the American sky. And not merely saucers but whole tea-sets and probably pots and pans and kettles as well. People here beginning to see things. Little red men are hammering at their brains and there1,065 words
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Article722 1948-04-13 4 HOWARD W. BLAKESLEE - HOWARD W. BLAKESLEE Hy A.P. Science Editor CNAPSHOT photos, each one-sixtieth of a second loni*;, of the mysterious canals of the planet Mars are among" the plans of astronomers for the 200-inch telescope on Palomar Mountain m California. What astronomers eApcct of this 17-foot wide722 words
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Article15 1948-04-13 4 FAITH The eternal <.<>d n» th> reh_ge, and underneath are the everlasting arms. Deuteronomy 3315 words
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266 1948-04-13 4 TODAY'S PROFILE TOGLIATTI Red Star Over Italy ROME: THE Commu front m the I lian electoral cam j is being led by Paimiro Tojrliaui. k lin-trained for years m political itrmtegy, and pi ably the best orator m Italy today. He Ls the rrwsportant Commu n 1 i v k266 words
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Advertisement18 1948-04-13 4 j Ifl^opnoßm Hv Appointment. H.M. FORCES, SE. ASIA a I 6. RAFFLES PLACE Ist- Floor Tel. *****. 118 words
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Article277 1948-04-13 5 $50,000 TO IMPROVE SMC HOUSES rt -t Press Staff Reporter I .iiLPl v md 11,5 to a lar c number of ,r the Singapore Municipal subordinate f\n now be proceeded with, following a decision r Munii»P al Commissioners to release a total provided m the 1948 budget for the which277 words
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Article51 1948-04-13 5 MALAYS HELD FOR ARMS j^gE BAHftr. Mon. I__ig*sfi»* who r «rre -rr.-ted m a E light -t \ver Baloi ifwiuan They were Lib pa-session of a n rftolver and an auJJJ, besides a immunition. -d this Magis- Puntian with be_f»oad m po^>e_sion o* ltft*d fire:-. y case *_> postponed farther51 words
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Article23 1948-04-13 5 19 PATENTS REGISTERED LAST YEAR ;*»rt«r re reof L re- MOW c Pi at i_>cal the ents' j for jb- y of to23 words
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Article69 1948-04-13 5 WOMEN'S PARTY TONIGHT 4 RECEPTION will b,> held for the Commission of the International Federation of Democratic Women this even:ns at 7 o'clock at the premises of the Seamen's Union. On Sunday, the Commission was conducted by the Singapore Women's Federation and the Indonesian Women's Association to places of interest.69 words
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Article184 1948-04-13 5 THE arrival of Jawi (Malay 1 writing) type matrices recently will make it possible for the Department of Education to publish Malay school textbooks on a much larger scale h\ Malaya, says an official statement. In spite of difficulties it has been found possible184 words
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Article92 1948-04-13 5 THE Singapore Printing Office Employees' Union held its first annual general assembly at the Liberty Cabaret Hall yesterday. The president. Mr. V. Thiyagarajah. said that an employer, "without imperilling and impairing his prestige, dignity, and prerogative," should summon to his aid representatives of his workers'92 words
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319 1948-04-13 5 T\R. Keys Smith from Melbourne is coming to take M^ charge of St. Andrew's hospital and will be arriving m October with his wife and family. In the meantime, Dr. (Mrs.) Baboo will begin work with Dr. Elliott on an Outpatients Department with the help319 words
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Article, Illustration501 1948-04-13 5 picture. 'Jap methods Free Press Correspondent JOHORE BAHRU, Tuesday. TN acquitting: a Chinese, Lee Chee Lit, who was charged with armed robbery on the Johore Bahru-Pontfan road, Mr. Justice Laville yesterday commented on the number of confessions during trials before the current Johore Assizes. The tendencyFree Press - 501 words
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Article273 1948-04-13 5 SQUATTER communities m Singapore with their jji-uik and attap buildings, ponds for growing pig-food, wells and stagnant drainage, are blamed lor the mosquito nuisance m Singapore. Reporting on mosquito control, the deputy Municipal Health Oiriccr, Dr. W. E. Hutchinson, says: There is much breeding m stagnant273 words
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Article61 1948-04-13 5 I EE LAI CHAN, a 20-year-old M girl, told Fourth Police i Court Magistrate Wait yes- j terday she attempted suicide because her boy friend cheated her by telling her he j was a "man of means." Lee pleaded guilty to a charge of attempting suicide61 words
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Article17 1948-04-13 5 A REVISION of the Penghulus' salary scheme is under consideration by the Johore State Government.17 words
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Article50 1948-04-13 5 INDEX figures for the year, according to Government officials m Johore, show that living costr have fallen considerably on account of larger and freer imports of foodstuffs. Articles such as textiles are now at least 50 per cent cheaper than they were a year ago.50 words
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Article61 1948-04-13 5 FORTY -FIVE piculs of rice were confiscated by the Food Control authorities m Singapore last month. Total fines imposed m court for Food Control offences totalled $7,630. Total fines paid amounted to $6,330. Thirty -one cases were dealt with m the courts m March, resulting m 1661 words
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Article111 1948-04-13 5 TOWARDS the end of March. X a notice was issued to the Press and was also broadcast, reminding persons who are chargeable with income tax that they must notify the Comptroller before April IS i that they are liable to taxation. While a considerable number of persons111 words
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Article72 1948-04-13 5 rpHE Singapore Government JL yesterday lifted the controlled price of $2.50 as the maximum chargeable for a meal. An official statement said that the "shortage of restaurant, accommodation and foodstuffs, which had made the restriction essential, no longer operated." "In the light of the policy of72 words
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Article47 1948-04-13 5 viihe work carried out at the X Animal Husbandry Station at Kluang is arousing keen interest. Penghulus, from the State district by district, have visited the station to be given valuable information, particularly on buffaloes. This In turn they will pass on to the rayats.47 words
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Article250 1948-04-13 5 Free Press Chinese Correspondent rpHE Pan-Malayan Kwangtung Community Guild x has sent a telegram to the Nanking Government, asking that two Chinese Muslim officials be appointed to head the new Chinese consulates to be set up m Ipoh and Malacca for the promotion of closer250 words
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Article86 1948-04-13 5 New cinema will have MOO seats Free Press Staff Reporter IT is estimated that the twostoreyed cinema. w.». Mr. Loke Wan Tho proposes to build at tne junction of Clive Street and Sui. will cost $300,000. Designed by If. N-_ Ben* Siang, the cinema has a I me capa i86 words
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Article170 1948-04-13 5 AT a recent meeting of the Australian Cabinet, it was dt cided to adopt a recommendation of the Minister for Commerce that the rice crop for 1948 be withheld from the Australian market m order that the maximum quantity car. be released for export170 words
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Article, Illustration698 1948-04-13 6 SECRET WIRE' WAR IN BERLIN Western bowers are isolated picture. MILITARY Headquarters' wartime warnings, reading: "Remember— the telephone is not a secure means of communication/ are still to be seen occasionally m some of the Allied Control offices m Berlin. The four-power capital with its four separate occupation headquarters, itsA.P.; Reuter; Planet - 698 words
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Article108 1948-04-13 6 T LE M la Peoples Cour life r as was m the pro-Japanese or^ar.Lsaticc-. The 1 ed resIdt the arrest, torar.d subsequent massacre o: 303 mer women and .dren m Lioa I wn <Ba- 19 provLne 11. 1945. The court findings sh pi that Canibas traitorouslyU.P. - 108 words
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Article91 1948-04-13 6 lOSS of life was ir d b a cyclonic storm which sw pt the South Australian coast on Sunday, driving th» 142-ton Royal Australian Navy frigate Barcoo ashore. The ship's company were not m dar.gT but winds and heavy seas were preventing two tugs from refloatingReuter - 91 words
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Article33 1948-04-13 6 Keuter India has about a quarter of a million infective lepers, the Health Minister. Rajkumari Amrit Kaar, told Parliament. The question of sterilising them must -«n. sidered, he said ReuterReuter - 33 words
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Article123 1948-04-13 6 A REPLICA of the historic Wright Brothers' biplane "Kittyhawk" is to be placed m the London Science Museum when the original goes home to the U.S. It is being built by students at the De Havilland Technical School. Under the will of Orville WrightA.P. - 123 words
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Article250 1948-04-13 6 Russians accuse Hollywood THEY STOLE OUR MUSIC PK'R leading Russian composers have accused a Hollywood film company of stealing their music and using it for it> "loathsome" motion picture, the Soviet Radio reports. The composers are Shostakovich. Provofiev, Khnchaturyan and Miaskovsky. In a letter to the Moscow aewqjaper I theU.P. - 250 words
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Article61 1948-04-13 6 SENATOR Guzman Araujo of Mexico told reporters on Sunday that "Mexico must Insist oti her rights to Btlize British Honduras, during the Bogota conference if it continues. Now is the time for Mexico to raise her voice and demai.d what is indisputably hers under international law.' hA.P. - 61 words
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Article27 1948-04-13 6 The Philippines Surplus Pioperty Commission has ordered all potential war mat trials m its stockpiles to be frozen" In view of the critical international situation27 words
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Article34 1948-04-13 6 SEARCH FOR PLANE British and French planes are searching for a British touring plane which s< nt 805 messages for help on Sunday The distressed plane had taken off from Paris on Sunday A.P.A.P. - 34 words
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339 1948-04-13 6 MR. S. W. R. D. BAM).\K\ MIX( Health and Local appointment that his hop* Party (Government Party would develop into a demo* not materialised. Mr. Bandaranai; nual Village Commr although the criticism lev* it was really nothing mor< was unfair and m failed to339 words
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Article92 1948-04-13 6 AN offer to show the 1 t\ m Australia, where bond* meat, which could be sent I ed and rotting, has been Wmm% businessman of Durv Mr. Young said he wa> ing to pay expenses up U €100 and provide tra: to take the MissionReuter - 92 words
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Advertisement57 1948-04-13 6 Phone CATHAY 3400 TIIK HOI SK FOR COMFORT. Sh.min; 11 A.M.. 1.45. 4 15. MS, 9.30 P.M. LAST DAY! r_S**?l _S! MK^__^ SUPPORTED BY GAUMONT BRITISH NEWS-OXFORD A CAMBRIDGE BOATRACE ■PERIHfi TOn-jR.'.O.V- ALHAMBRA" 1 Phone 6909 i NOW SHOWING THE FINAL CHAPS. 2 LIS. 9.15 P.M. __^______i_____ __yf_: >y VJr57 words
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Advertisement110 1948-04-13 6 A Tribute To The British People! Brought Back By Request. tj phone bqos Opens Today 4 Shows 2 4.15 6.:*0 9,30 p.m -^•V— as ■■■-i GARSON PIOGEOH I__ 0... «t»« hi wnutM ouit •7'__f MRS .MMVERI ',>f /Vfc* T«-rt. Wr»fM »mm mm If wlhM t i ul 0 v V110 words
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Advertisement26 1948-04-13 6 UMCONQUERE9 is All-Conquering! J" _^^_^________________B___ jt_w L________B" t^ ____^^^^_j^^B^^^__^T^^^^^^^^^x —_________.mil <"" VrT^— _______ffed Wwl.wA.rJm*''*. *^I^_M_PP___ WmmmW 1 skiers rop*J il A.M.. 2 PM. IU >M ■__«C API26 words
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Miscellaneous74 1948-04-13 6 JANE Exclusive to the Singapore Free Press m Malaya OMORROW G'ACH.'-I AM GLAD I HAF Y*__4 ffl_j_fwHY FRAUL FIKII /^WELL, HERR DIREKTOr7\T /NOW YOU'RE IN THE^ FOUND YOU ALONE, CHIEF.'- Ugj __gM ja^F OF WOULD SAY SHE NEEDED [ROOGHf-IF YOU'RE SO I WOULD ADVISE YOU TO (L Vn'iiff^Fl J I74 words
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Article236 1948-04-13 7 EPSOM JEEP - LATEST TIPS FROM PENANG EPSOM JEEP By Fair Week hot favourite PENANG, Tuesday Fmor„".?_ k a "r aStr n »n the cS' this morning and one punter offered to back him Sga Furt£- flel f r V OOO but cou,d And no take™. Further rain last night has not affected236 words
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Article16 1948-04-13 7 i tsTEB* c;OLD :i 11 1 V m -I\N< X stream I16 words
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Article46 1948-04-13 7 Chinese Tour of Australia off m official of the Australian Soccer d m Sydney recently that no i juld visit Australia this year t mnese t plan- j had team' the J Ausition, as ild fly fiveI the c i that pore. and :ne to was46 words
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Article590 1948-04-13 7 i THE foi ire home football ires f'om Saturday. April to the end of the season: »\TI RD\Y APRIL MRST DIVISION Dal v D:rbv C. v Grimsbv Bun v .A^ton Villa v Blackpool v M'ster C. r U. v Chelsea oro' y Blackburn v B*derland N E590 words
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Article71 1948-04-13 7 BERKELY. CALIFORNIA. Monday. Lav Wen Yau. Chinese distance runner, won the ten-mile race today from a field of 13 runners. His time was 55 minutes and 2/10ths of a second. Wang Chen Lin. another Chinese runner was third m 58 minutes 38- seconds. Lav left afterA.P. - 71 words
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Article110 1948-04-13 7 BRITAIN will have only one I entry m the Newport, i Rhode Island. Bermuda Yacht race, one of the most important events m the Yachting calendar. The race is scheduled to start on June 19. Captain J. H. Illingworth, commodore of the Royal Ocean Racing Club,110 words
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Article84 1948-04-13 7 yilE team to it-present the Joyful Juniors XI m a friendly game of soccer against the Islay Kerr j and Co. XI today at the Govern- ment Printing Office ground at j 5.15 p.m. will be chosen from: Tony Adalia, K. Jeevarajah O. Angullia. John Ghui. Tan84 words
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Article, Illustration40 1948-04-13 7 Among twelve swimmers chosen to represent Great Britain m the Olympic Games events is 14-year-ola Elinor Gordon, of Hamilton, Lanarkshire, Scotland. Picture shows Elinor Gordon photographed at Loughborough College, Loughborough, Leicester' shire, during training of the forthcoming Olympics.40 words
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261 1948-04-13 7 R.A.F. Sembawang 2, Tigers 2. IN spite of their superiority, the Tiger S.A. XI failed to beat the Royal Air Force Sembawaug iD the SecoDd Division S.A.F.A. League match and played at Geylang yesterday. In the last fifteen minutes of the encounter, the Tigers did261 words
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Article393 1948-04-13 7 Demonstration at SCC game By Free Press Soccer Reporter Tiger S.A 3; S.C.C 0. OOOR crowd control might have resulted m an un- pleasant incident after yesterday's S.A.F.A. Div. 1 same between the Tiger Sporting Association and the S.C.C. on the padang. which ended m a win for the Tigers393 words
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Article67 1948-04-13 7 STOCKHOLM, Monday. Swedish Heavyweight Boxer Ole Tandberg, arriving from New York aboard the motorship Stockhold today, said his manager Leo Holmstedt had reached an agreement for Joe Baksi to fight a return match with Tandberg m Sweden this summer. In the meanwhile Tandberg said he expects67 words
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Article95 1948-04-13 7 SHANGHAI, Tuesday. THE Java Chinese soccer team left here this morning for Hongkong by air en route to Java, after the conclusion of a fourgame series which saw them lose two, win one and draw one. They lost the last game yesterday by two goals to oneReuter - 95 words
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Article18 1948-04-13 7 The Singapore Turf Club race course will be officially opened for training on Thursday.18 words
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Article132 1948-04-13 7 JN a friendly table- tennis match last Sunday, the Singapore Admiralty Local Staff Union beat the Singapore Municipal Services Union by five games to four. Results (S.A.LSU. players mentioned first) Koon Poh Seng beat Loe Meng Kong 3—o; Yip Weng Pun beat Cheong Yew Pan 4—l; Fan Fook132 words
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Article188 1948-04-13 7 (jr*ICIALS ol me Australian Olympic Federation are awaiting further details from Amenta on the proposed tour by John Treioar, John Winter, Jack Bartram, Ray Weinberg and Morns Curotta, Australian Olympic representatives A report from Amer.ca states that Jamaican Herb McKenley, who visited Austral. a recently, hasReuter; A.A.P. - 188 words
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Article230 1948-04-13 7 AT badminton and table t* matches played m B I the Frmnts and Neave c Club. Singapore beat Thp E marins Sp rt« Club by ro reap The results of the c. mi as follows <F i\r SC. rs mentioned first i Badminton: P"h Kirn Yr>n230 words
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Article81 1948-04-13 7 LONDON, Tuesday— Henry Billington. Tom Mottram. G. Kaish and Howard Walton will represent Great Britain m its Davies Cup tennis match against Ir'iia m London on April ZZ-HL They were selected yesterday hy the Laun Tennis Association following week-end trials. Mottran. enroute home from a tour ofA.P. - 81 words
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Advertisement128 1948-04-13 7 #',_^;fi AW WLW^^^^^^^ NAVAL CUSTOMS ANO X-*ST M '^^^^kW^mmmmm^m^ -M^^^^S^ TRADITIONS ~G&sy^~(jjkA, mSßy^^ Zm™J*zSmmmwV)*' ,l,Kmm^^^&B -^S* -m* 1 X&W* a A l£mmWKS££!S!i *mm 1 1 \*7T m n I toF I AKHUAKIJ The word is derived from the cfd Saxort. V,. I_L I I 1 S* -_H steeraboard or steerboard128 words
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Miscellaneous111 1948-04-13 7 Crossword No. 358 I TT~ n^TIFIIF" 7~— f^Bj~ j Kn i t iHJt~H~' ILli.s mCMAMM I n(7) 10. Package -3>. 11, rval (Bt. 17. Established (3). 18. ire|S- -1, Stingy (4). 22. Quintessence (4). -i, Beverage <3>. 28, Period <3>. «8». 35. Pigment <6). 37. Descendant 40. Rank «6>. i111 words
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Miscellaneous61 1948-04-13 7 Today s sport SOCCER: S.A-F.A. League, Div. I—M.F.A.1 M.F.A. v Navy, Jalan Besar Stadium, 5.15 p.m Div. 2— Kranji W/T v CA.. S.C C. 5.15 p.m.: Div. 3 C.V.M.A. R.A.SC. Training School. St. George's Road, 5.15 p.m.; Customs S.C. v Command Depot Medical Stores, McNah- Road, 5.15 p.m. FRIENDLY: Joyful61 words
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Article174 1948-04-13 8 NEW DELHI, Monday. I SCIENCE Co-operation Office to serve as an information bureau for the nations of South-East Asia is being established m New Delhi by the United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO). Dr. Alexander Wolsky. Hungarian zoologist, will have charge of theA.P. - 174 words
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Article, Illustration31 1948-04-13 8 may be able to recognise this place it is the bomb imaged si*e* m Theobald's Road, Holborn on which a block o. flats is being built by the Holborn Council31 words
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Article88 1948-04-13 8 U.S. MINERS' CHIEF TO FACE TRIAL lINGTON. M Qday. FtERAL Juc!_e Goldsborough has ordered Mr. President of M rs. to .1 on Wednesday Of I I contempt of .ent of the pensions -.ad not purged Mr. the charges of coni ot. ■ia today told striking coal miners Lr pensions hadReuter - 88 words
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Article78 1948-04-13 8 FIREMEN hut night had control ot a blaze which m the 7 967-ton rpool steamer IVUrtand. seriously damaging a 1.200-ton cargo of sisal and other Indian products, at Rotterdam.! The caus: of the fire, which started m th lower part of a h Id was unknown.Reuter - 78 words
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Article82 1948-04-13 8 PLIPING. Monday. CIXTEEN thousand students of eleven North China univ rsities went on strike today The e-.tire faculty of the National Peking University Joined the stud nt body m a seven-day strike aimed at ob-tain..-g Government pledges against violence and illegal arrests of students. TheU.P. - 82 words
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Article92 1948-04-13 8 Free Press Staff Reporter Nineteen girls from the Church of England Zenana Mission School attended the Second Police Court yesterday with th<nr teacher. Mrs. Robert Eu. The visit was part of their course m civics. The Magistrate. Mr. L. C. Goh. spoke to the girls beforeU.P. - 92 words
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Article139 1948-04-13 8 VERDICT ON TOJO IN SIX WEEKS TOKIO. Monday. IT will take from a month to six weeks from today for the Judges of 11 Allied nations to pronounce their verdict on Hldeki Tojo and other major Japanese wartime leaders. Tojo had his final say before the Allied Tribunal today, afterU.P. - 139 words
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Article59 1948-04-13 8 THE Anglo- American autho- rities m an effort to stabilise Germany's inflated currency yesterday wt the German Mark at U.S. 30 cents for all Western Germany's exports and Imports, except coal, staple foods and timber Previously. the AngloAmerican authorities had given the Mark arbitrary values rangingA.P. - 59 words
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Article194 1948-04-13 8 LONDON. Monday. TWO main theories—light-ning-fast catastrophe or radio failure— were advanced by the Government today to account for the loss, without a trace, of British South American Airways' Tudor IV "Star Tiger," while on a flight from the Azores to Bermuda ir. January with 25A.P. - 194 words
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Article199 1948-04-13 8 CAIKO, Monday. TAPPING a jungle stream, fed from melting snows of Africa's highest mountain, British Sappers have piped water 73 miles to the Kenya desert for Britain's new military base. The completion of a pipeline after four months of work was described by theA.P. - 199 words
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Article, Illustration557 1948-04-13 8 Ally's tribute to 'F.D.R.' LONDON, Monday. 4 BLACK-COATED widow, along with a King m A the centre of a silent multitude, unveiled Britain's national memorial to Franklin Delano Roosevelt today with a tug at a silver silken cord. For lingering seconds, the woman, Mrs. Eleanor Roosevelt,U.P.; Reuter; A.P. - 557 words
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Article106 1948-04-13 8 J ORD Latymer assured his relatives and friends m a letter to The Times yesterday that he was not the peer who was "murdered m the BBC. thriller "The Tipster." "May I say m ansteer to the condolences of many friends and relations," he wrote,A.P. - 106 words
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94 1948-04-13 8 RANGOON. Sunday. ARMED police on Sunday night frustrated a Communist attempt to sc.jc a passenger train travelling to Rangoon from Moulmein. says an official announcement. Tiie insurgents exchanged shots with the police while attempting to rescue three arrested suspects. On Sunday ni^ht the CommunistsA.P. - 94 words
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Article48 1948-04-13 8 INDIANS TAKE KASHMIR TOWN INDIAN troops operating m Jammu Province m Kashmir yesterday entered Rajauri. vital road centre on the Jammu-Uri land route, says the Indian Defence Ministry. Rajauri lies between Naushahra and Poonch. both m Indian hands, but bordering on territory occupied hv nntu Government forces. A.P.A.P. - 48 words
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Article20 1948-04-13 8 The Pope yesterday received m private audience Monsignor Edward Flanagan, founder of Boys' Town m Nebraska U.P.U.P. - 20 words
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Article159 1948-04-13 8 NUREMBERG, Monday. A group of leading German army officials plotted to overthrow Hitler back m 1938, an American War Crimes Court In Nuremberg was told today. But they threw away their plans when the Munich conference indicated that peace h:.d been saved, said Franz vcnA.P. - 159 words
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Article464 1948-04-13 8 London Stock Exchange LONUON, .Monday. MARKETS on the London Stock Exchange wen dull and gloomy, says Reuter's financial correspondent. The Gilt-edged section staged another sharp fall m values. This fall had a depressing effect on other domestic stocks wherein losses were widespread. Among GLU-edgeds, Eectrtcity 3464 words
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Article172 1948-04-13 8 J^ SPECIAL Market correspondent Sires the prices of rubber a> 11 am. today as follows: Borer. Setter* Cta. Cta per _b per lto No. 1 R.S-5. Spot !<*-*• 41* v 41V No. 1 tLSJB. fot m bales Apr 41-, of No. R.S.S. fe» m bales Apr. If'- 41A.P. - 172 words
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65 1948-04-13 8 Govt is 'planning' steel shortage > c t Ihe-- r_> t*^ sh Sa Panned ijj ■SSfi be£ w we wrsk the wroo-ij Lh beiie-'e thu au ected to_JH ductior. tad perbS'lJ I K^? en: begin_--«_ v if belnoS; thztftorifj a botUeneekS ou before, to be utt another bau tleneck" Mr.Reuter - 65 words
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Article28 1948-04-13 8 GOVT. BID TO SAM RAIL HUBS SHANGHAI. Mooty Al: of hea* h f ortf to Omm m I h Chrfsdwt flfl deJetd-C to tfl -vm a f ReuterReuter - 28 words
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105 1948-04-13 8 I I T«HE Food Minister, M L that he took a "parti of an incident of racial J London restaurant n unnamed coloured man d distinguished lecturer of known m his own Dart of In &^l. ,9 I "I am investigating the incident105 words
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Advertisement177 1948-04-13 8 mmnm ACKNOWLEDGMENT Mr and Mrs Loh Ah Font? and family wish to thank all those who sent messages of condolence wreaths and caskets and a* tended the funeral of the late M,adam Na-c^i Ah Lian at 8.-*a iari Cemetary yesterday. TUITION LADY willing to give Swedish lessons Apply G.PO Box177 words
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Miscellaneous42 1948-04-13 8 —WEATHER— Fair WEATHER report fur the next 24 hoars compiled by the RAF: Fair. Scattered thundery \heurrs this afternoon. Wind. Light*. westerly. Temperatures: Max. 89 degu; mm. 71 de_s. Rainfall: 0.11 ins. SPORE HIGH TIDES Today: 1 09 p.m. Wed: 1.52 p.m.42 words
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