The Singapore Free Press, 19 April 1948
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Title Section19 1948-04-19 1 The Singapore Free Press LARGEST AFTERNOON SALE IN MALAYA ",•141 SINGAPORE, MONDAY, APRIL 19, 1948 PKHI lit i l-M*19 words
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Article403 1948-04-19 1 General strike to be called Free Press Staff Reporter AS the strike of Singapore Harbour Board labourers showed signs of a complete collapse this morning— with nearly 90 per cent, of jthe labour force at work— l,4so lightermen of the Singapore Stevedores' Association403 words
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Article41 1948-04-19 1 50 REDS DIE IN BURMA CLASH I RANGOON. Sunday. e killed and 80 captured Army force fought a pitched nis! gang of 300 in a village in strict of Muingyan, south of .ernment communique. Gutof have -d. it re.^ald. I ReuterReuter - 41 words
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Article138 1948-04-19 1 42 ARRESTED IN RAID ON SHB LINES Free Press SUIT Reporter |X)RTY-TWO men were arr rested, following a threehour raid, which began at 3.15 a.m. today by more than 200 officers and men of the Singapore police on labourers' lines in the Singapore Harbour Board area. A cordon was thrown138 words
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Article165 1948-04-19 1 Windfall for Wearnes holders Free Press Saft Reporter SHAREHOLDERS in Wearne Brothers Ltd. are to receive a windfall and will if proposals are approved receive a bonus distribution in new shares of 100 per cent. The scheme is that the existing $5 shares be divided in $1 stock units and165 words
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Article87 1948-04-19 1 BATAVIA, Sunday. DUTCH Customs officials on Friday frustrated two alleged attempts to smuggle foreign exchange out of the country. Some £30. M52.000 and a certain amount of rupees and two cheques for MslB,ooo were found on a Singapore-bound British -Indi an air passenger. The notes and chequesU.P. - 87 words
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Article31 1948-04-19 1 Sixty-six Persian editors and 15 Journalists including Left Wing party newspapermen—last light signed a declaration In Teheran protesting against the arrest of editors and the suppression of newspapers.- ReuterReuter - 31 words
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Article51 1948-04-19 1 Free Press SUIT Reporter Several shots were fired by the Police and a group of robbers at 12.30 o'clock this morning in Changi Road, where the Police laid an ambush. One Chinese was arrested in possession of a knife, but no one was hurt during the51 words
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Article34 1948-04-19 1 The retiring British Ambassador to the United States, Lord Inverohapel, will present decorations to 78 members of the American Armed Forces tomorrow in a ceremony at the British Embassy.- A. P.A.P. - 34 words
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Article, Illustration153 1948-04-19 1 NO fresh cases of infantile paralysis had been reported in Singapore chis morning. A baby and a six-year-old boy are the only known sufferers at present A private school from which the first case was reported on Monday last week will be ciosed from tomorrow for153 words
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Article58 1948-04-19 1 TOKIO, Sunday. AUSTRALIAN authorities have to date tried 775 war crimes suspects, of whom 139 have been sentenced to death and executed in trials before Australian military courts at Singapore, Rabaul, Wewak, Darwin and Morotai island, Lt.-Col. D. L. B. Goslett, chief of the AustralianReuter - 58 words
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Article193 1948-04-19 1 LAKE SUCCESS, Sunday. THE Government of India reported today that retreating Muslim tribesmen in Kashmir State have adopted a 'scorched earth" policy. The Prime Ministers, Pandit Jawarharlal Nehru, said in a telegram to the Indian delegation to the United Nations that the invaders are carrying outA.P. - 193 words
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Article270 1948-04-19 1 Last appeal to Britain PALESTINE TRUCE CRISIS NEW YORK, Sunday. A S hopes of a truce In Palestine all but disapp4_te*f tonight, the French delegate to the United Nations, M. Parodi, confirmed that Britain will be asked to continue the mandate after May 15. British representatives here would not commentU.P.; A.P.; Reuter - 270 words
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Article47 1948-04-19 1 Free Press Staff Reporter YESTERDAY was the quietest day for two months for the Singapore Traffic Police. No accidents were reported to the Police, nor were any requests made for an investigating officer to iHsit a hospital or the scene cf an accident.47 words
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107 1948-04-19 1 TAN KAH KEE'S SON RELEASED BY PIRATES HONG KONG, Monday. THE Director of Criminal Investigation, Mr. A. H. Elston said this morning that he understood that three of the six kidnapped men taken by pirates from the Dutch ship Van Heutsz on Dec. 15 had ben released. '-We have no107 words
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Article23 1948-04-19 1 A Communist plot to wreclE all telegraph lines in the state was confirmed by a Government spokesman in Mexico.23 words
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162 1948-04-19 1 BATAVIA, Sunday. FULL satisfaction has now been given by the Indonesian Republic over the Jogjakarta railway station incident, the Netherlands Indies Information Service stated tonight. There were no further impediments in the way of continuing political negotiations between the Dutch, and the Republicans,Reuter - 162 words
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223 1948-04-19 1 ROME, Monday. AS the Italian President, Signor Enrico cm Nicola, last nighft declaii 1 at a Naples polling bootn that "the world is wau us,*' reports reaching Rome from Italy s ma., or cities indicated tiiat almost 80 per cent of Um electorate had castReuter; A.P. - 223 words
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73 1948-04-19 1 Bill Bowes to report on Australians JJILL Bowes, former Yorkshire and England cricketer, wiU report on tiie Australian Test tour of England this summer exclusively for the Free Press in Malaya. His first article on the arrival of Don Bradman and his men appears in Page 7 today. Bowes reported73 words
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Advertisement59 1948-04-19 1 'is JL c s oc SILVA KOAD I lD AS Fadeless Fabrics *j*nts new ranges in Voile, Cambric and Haircord. $»-75 to $1.20 per yard. CAMPION" Cotton Fabrics 50 per yard. ked SEERSUCKER wide $1.75 per yard. ked SPUN LINEN 12 fcsigM, $1.90 per yard. "«se cofroii ranges are from59 words
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Article, Illustration1238 1948-04-19 2 TESSIE CORNELIUS - TESSIE CORNELIUS FOURTEEN WOMEN IN A BOAT By SEA-faring job, even if you are a woman, can be fun if you have the right spirit, the stamina and the wanderlust. I have come to this conclusion after spending three hours on board La Cordillera, a British1,238 words
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Article, Illustration326 1948-04-19 2 The -punishment meted for a bad bkl is often roundabout. Snmetimes such a bid is rewarded bv a momentary nmce_ but In the !<->nr run lt m :<• South didn't have a two-i... resj><>n«? in thll ease. His ex< thst he had "three Jacks" rr, than he absolutely326 words
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Article242 1948-04-19 2 RALPH DIGHTON - RALPH DIGHTON Bv A. P. orreMMiuk-nt WHEN theatrical people i me be Hollywood, yi Film Director John Berry, I just cannot b« irhal OO IXMU'OOTI TT,' I :\vr] their d;rectors. O: blems in directing a mol :-c." Berry says. "is i your acton t le tr eki of242 words
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Advertisement25 1948-04-19 2 Tkt Cr4xti**+l A MAY ht GOOD MUSIC a GOOD win^s GOOD CUISINE TEL FOR RE j B T 1 1« RIST B U A I25 words
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Miscellaneous260 1948-04-19 2 RADIO LISTENING SINGAPORE Blue Network rrom 15. 66 son to 5.66 p_a 62 0 metres In the medio m was* band and 7.26 megacycle* rn tne 41 metre band. r rem 6 60 pjn. ts I*s p.m from 9.36 pjn. to 1160 p_ s.: 526 metres la the medium wave260 words
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Miscellaneous388 1948-04-19 2 i\j*..o Tlrr A recital by Soio- inc h*u oauif. fc to II JO a.m. mon; 11.15 Waltz Tme; 4 Din- j 19.84 metres and 19 38 metres, ner Music— Andre Kostelanetz _'ll 36-12 a.m 19.84 metres. 12 Orch.; 4.30 Australian News; I noosi-5 pm 16.88 metres 19 84 4.40 Services388 words
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Miscellaneous126 1948-04-19 2 YCUR LUCKY I I >»rtune iMMMtt for 99 people l>orn loda> DoliN ioda>. \oui I tempt rani' ni i tie but, m addit »:i. mmm have a certain aggi nrss and pu-h 1 too often laek.ng in i whose inUeresi-s sfft irs fine art* \.hi have <(insum.it*- faith in >our126 words
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Article, Illustration68 1948-04-19 3 picture. Gloria Thompson, aged 18, seen giving a demonstration ride with a motor-cycle policeman, is to be Britain's first woman instructor to teach learner motor-cyclists to ride safely. Under a new nation-wide scheme sponsored by the R.A.C. and the Autocide Union, and backea by the police and the Society forMirror - 68 words
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Article558 1948-04-19 3 ARABS TIGHTEN GRIP ON JERUSALEM 100,000 Jews face disaster THE recently-intensified Arab war on Jewish convoys on Palestine's roads and their virtual blockade of many settlements is having its effect on the food situation in Jerusalem where, for the first time, food queues are to be seen in the streets.Reuter - 558 words
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Article226 1948-04-19 3 gpgKii .1 quarters in Manila are complaining vn these days. Inventories in Ljn 'line- neral merchandise are considered hx> not been an easy matter to m* of -**> in a P*™** of rising consumer respending. so much the lack of cash as it j businessReuter - 226 words
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197 1948-04-19 3 AS a tribute to Helen Keller, famous blind and deaf i\ American authoress who is on a visit to Australia, j a 'Helen Keller Hostel" for elderly blind women will be built at Woollahra. a suburb of Sydney, by the Royal Sydney Blind Institution.Reuter - 197 words
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18 1948-04-19 3 Loo »:.a:ge p old l i -.edal eland, she __et road.18 words
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Article23 1948-04-19 3 on nas to buy :hey Pi*wb -i. X j_ or- j in offi- 1 £141 he eio -hase i23 words
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Article22 1948-04-19 3 MOST POISONOUS' COMPOUND Northversity's t Rub?rt research v nost comnound ent > and a water v..- size of ulation a ne in U.P.U.P. - 22 words
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Article40 1948-04-19 3 A dock commission has decided to withdraw their objections to the proposed real bombing trials to be carried out in the Firth of Forth during the summer witfi H v S N n as the tars- ReuterReuter - 40 words
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Article161 1948-04-19 3 A force of about 2,000,000 men and women to help gather Britain's vital harvest this year is now practically assured. So well is recruiting going for volunteer harvest camps which will be set up in more than a hundred centres that the target total of161 words
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Article138 1948-04-19 3 MRS. Rose Chipperfleld has provided that it is easier to catch an elephant by scratching its ears than by grabbing its tail The Liverpool docks were thrown into an uproar when a young elephant escaped during the unloading of an animal consignment from Colombo, Ceylon. The animalU.P. - 138 words
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Article72 1948-04-19 3 TO GO TO WFTU MEETING DR S. A. Wickretnesmghe. President of the Ceylon Communist Party, will represent Ceyton and India at the executive council meeting of the World Federation of Trade Uivor-s to begin in Rome on Apr 30. Dr. Wickremesinghe. is a substitute member of Mr. 8 A. Dang«e,Reuter - 72 words
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Article166 1948-04-19 3 i Jilted girl s death leap SARAH HENLEY, a Bristol beauty, jilted by her lover, flung herself from 'the 250ft.-high Clifton Suspension Bridge. That was in 1885. Last week 6arah Henley who became Mrs. Lane, of €roydon- road, Bristol was buried. She died a natural death at166 words
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Article17 1948-04-19 3 The Philippine Senate has unanimously approved an ad-ministration-backed treaty of friendship with Spain. A.P.A.P. - 17 words
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Article, Illustration63 1948-04-19 3 pictures. The scal.tig tUtp Monica Walters (above) par: obscured in the midst of ice floes at the entrance to Gulf of St. Lawrence, near St. Paul's Island. Nova Scotia, after it was abandcncd when ict packs pierced her hull. Crew members (left) of the Monica Walters drag their kits acrossA.P. - 63 words
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Article24 1948-04-19 3 Most of the machines which arrived in Manila in the first two shdpJfoads c Japanese reparations have been distributed to technical schools24 words
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Article82 1948-04-19 3 17NCHARTED mountains of up to 9.000 feet high were discovered on the floor of the Indian Ocean between Cocos Island and Batavia by the British cable laying ship Recorder. The Recorder has reached Melbourne after a perilous Ume repairing submarine cables about 1,700 miles north-west ofReuter - 82 words
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Article73 1948-04-19 3 REPLYING for tbe Government in tthe House oi Loro& to a debate an. Army problems, the Earl of Listowel said the present recruiter* g rate for the Territorial Army was nam rueaiy good enough and the Army Council had nearly completed pions for a full-scale autumn recruiting campaign.Reuter - 73 words
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201 1948-04-19 3 Last act nears in 'poison pen' town THE police believe they 1 have solved the mystery of the poison pen letters of Robin Hood s Bay, Yorkshire. After North Riding C.I.D. men had made inquiries in the village, they visited the home of a man they wished to interview. They201 words
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Article91 1948-04-19 3 BAN ON DUTCH SHIPS MAY GO THE Australian Pr Minister. Mr. Joseph B ChihVy. said «t was hoped that lhe watersid? worker.ban on the loading of Dutch ships in Australian DOftfi would soon be relaxed as a result of several conferences anion-? the parties concerned Melbourne Radio r. ported. TheReuter - 91 words
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Advertisement170 1948-04-19 3 mmy I SYLVIA UIUI (Delioes) U London Philharmonic Orchestra DXBIT LA GIOCONDA— DANCE OF THE HOI RS rm. mm i~i o (Ponchiellb 0 J? Malcolm Sargent and Halle Ore!: DX m« fcGISELLE (Adam) Constant Lambert cond. Roval O L j House Orchestra DX r:«i:i COPPELIA (Delibes) 7 il Constant Lambert170 words
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Miscellaneous21 1948-04-19 3 TARZAN Seeking COVer By Edgar Rice Burroughs ti -WMB?*^^ I I mmmmAw *?mM -r* r rAjA*'s r Mrs* mrwrWS HH I21 words
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606 1948-04-19 4 The Singapore Free Prees MONDAY, April 19, 1948. The Menace of illicit Opium THE Malayan Governments must clearly give new thought to the situation that has arisen during the past two-and-a-half years as a result of the decree totally prohibiting opium smoking. In the place of an efficient system of606 words
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Article991 1948-04-19 4 Philippines First President is dead On Friday night last Manuel Roxas, first President of the independent Philippines Republic, died of cerebral haemorrhage at the U.S. Air Force base, Clark Field, fifty miles north of Manila. Earlier in the day, under a blazing sun at the airfield President991 words
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Article371 1948-04-19 4 FERRY MULLEN - FERRY MULLEN By A.P. Correspondent ATLAx\TA, Georgia, U.S.A.: THE Ku Klux Kian is on the march again in the Southern United States. A secret organisation of white men and women who don while robes and hide th«-ir faces under hoods is parading in some southern cities,,371 words
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Article528 1948-04-19 4 GRAHAM JENKINS - LABOUR TROUBLE IN INDONESIA GRAHAM JENKINS By Reuter-A.A.P. Correspondent BATAVIA: INDONESIA faces a potential labour shortage for rehabilitation of its primary industries in spite of Java's dense population. The situation is expected to make it difficult to recrui't further labour. for Indonesia's own requirements in Sumatra and necessary for British528 words
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Article, Illustration74 1948-04-19 4 Youngsters like these will be able to play in complete safety in many London streets in the future. These boys have taped off a full- boxing ring in Allgood Street, a quiet cul-de-sac in Bethnal Green For many boys and girls quiet streets are not readily arailable, so the Ministry74 words
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Article467 1948-04-19 4 DOON CAMPBELL - DELHI'S 'DREAM' IS SPOILED DOON CAMPBELL "y Reuters' Correspondent NEW DELHI. rvELHTS Chief Commissioner could not anticipate a strange invasion by hungry, homeless hordes when he tabled plans to make the city a paradise five years ago. The water supply was to be increased tenfold. Apart from broad and bigger467 words
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Article, Illustration34 1948-04-19 4 Three-year-old Gus Dobert, at the uf.—. >/ the min I made for him from assorted scraps, q I Tenn., U.S.A., the frame is made of u i line engine wh: k once ran a I34 words
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Advertisement9 1948-04-19 4 'Smfifaar a a tme* i" mmmsjsmutllirni mnjrrw:ußMXai ill I//J1———9 words
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Advertisement21 1948-04-19 4 FAITH For God giveth to a man that is good in His sight wisdom, and knowledge and joy. Ecclesiastes 2, 26.21 words
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Advertisement41 1948-04-19 4 Building Materials Our tigm requirements. S hut We ft] ments of most iu n stocks whenever he "out of Block thing you require reserve against o > BORNEO CkMrcps I Singapore P O B« |jM Penang Kuala lumpur >*-** Tel. 7 Tel. 3*341 words
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Article200 1948-04-19 5 Council to meet again in May se Staff Reporter iiive Council, which held its n- »m April 7, will not meet In the middle of May. ri appointed to "the various held meetings. The Select draft Standing Orders has ta irort is not yet completed, The Select Oommittee to detiherate200 words
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Article56 1948-04-19 5 ST. JOHN AMBULANCE A PUBLIC meeting will be held on April 30. at the icipal Committee Room at 5 15 p.m. for the purpose oi re-forming the Singapore St. John Ambulance Association. The Governor has consented to preside, and it is hoped that a large number of peo- j pie.56 words
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165 1948-04-19 5 India plans making petrol from coal il COMMITTI.E of Indian sc:er.*-Lsts and _idus:nalusts is working out de'aiis of a scheme to manufacture synthetic petrol from coal. India has large resources of second and third grade Qualities of cc-al which could be utilised for this purpose. AxraiigemeiTits- have been made to165 words
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Article76 1948-04-19 5 I BABY show will be held at the Selarang Families' Welfare Centre at 3 30 p.m. today This centre, which is run by Mrs. Hmde. is on e of several organised by Mrs. Sparks, the wife of Brigadier H. P. Sparks of Singapore D-strict. The two76 words
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Article74 1948-04-19 5 SHORTLY after their pa^s-mg-out parade at. Kuala I Lumpur on Wednesday, the first twv> squadrons of the RAF Regiment < Malaya; will D >ve t,j Singa !X>re bv air, where ihey will be employed at RAF stations. The squadrons are Nos. 91 and 9*274 words
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Article, Illustration110 1948-04-19 5 To set an example to their community in particular, Mr. and Mrs. Yap Pheng Geek donated blood to the Blood Transfusion Service last week. These pictures show Mrs. Yap having her blood grouped, Mr. Yap giving a pint of blood, and one of the many Chinese children in hospital whosePublic Relation - 110 words
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Article29 1948-04-19 5 PENANG, Sunday. Mr. Justice Bostock Hill yesterday quashed the conviction and sentence passed on Ng Yew Hoon, former chief clerk of the Registrar of Vehicles Office29 words
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Article107 1948-04-19 5 THE Government of India has no intention bruigi-.^ out a new postage j stamp bearing the iigure of j Lord Buddha, says a Press note issued kn New Delhi. Some misapprehension seems to have been caused j by the fact that one of the nning resigns in107 words
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Article551 1948-04-19 5 Super-scale jobs in Govt Free Press Staff Reporter piE Singapore General Clerical Service Union, representing: Government employees, is collecting data to take up with the Government what it describes as the loss of its "exclusive privilege" of filling super-scale posts. Super-scale appointments were restricted to551 words
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Article, Illustration38 1948-04-19 5 picture. Inche Muhat Chaadang, organiser of the Malay Art Class, whose members took part in the Malay Art Exhibition at the YMCA in Orchard Road last week. Picture shores Inche Mahat with one of the exhibits. Free PressFree Press - 38 words
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Article, Illustration91 1948-04-19 5 Miss Esther, Yuen, who has been awarded a Colonial Welfare and Development Fund scholarship to study architecture in the United Kingdom. She went io England in 1929 for architectural studies, and returned in 1932, the slump interrupting her studies She joined the firm of Booty and91 words
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Article188 1948-04-19 5 KAMPONG folk in Singapore and on neighbouring islands are now regularly listening-in to Radio j Malaya programmes, through community wireless sets I installed at the instance of Public Relations Department. Since the end of last year, listening-in sets have been installed at various villages, with the188 words
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Article22 1948-04-19 5 Haji Abdul Rahim bm Tahir has been appointed to act as Local Security Officer, Malayan Security Service, Singapore22 words
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Article96 1948-04-19 5 14 new' dromes for India INDIA proposes to construct new civil aerodromes in, 14 places, viz. Ajmer, Ahgarh Berhampur, Calicut, CuddaItore, Dehra, Dun, Hubli. Marvgalore, Nellore, Ootacamund, Salem, Ratnagiri. Saugor and Surat. At present India has three big airports at Bombay, Calcutta and Delhi (Palam) i maintained on international staridards,96 words
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Article69 1948-04-19 5 Free Press Chinese Correspondent MALAYAN and Sarawak Chinese traders have formed a syndicate to exploit agricultural resources in Hainan, with rubber planting as one of their investments. The syndicate proposes to cultivate rubber, pineapples and sugar canes. About 10.000 acres of rubber will be planted69 words
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Article398 1948-04-19 5 WILL ADVISE GOVT A STANDING committee representatty© oi Government and Government-aided English schools in Singapore, has been formed to carry out certain educational plans, and maintain contact both with the I^patrtment of Education and the Singapore Teachers Union. The objects set out are: matter on which common398 words
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Article72 1948-04-19 5 WHEN the Singapore Anti- Tuberculosis Association holds its campaign for funds at the Great World this Wednesday, the PRO film unit will ?ive an open air cinema show the park, with films on Mass Radiography." a re-cently-arrived educational mort, "Tuberculosis" and Insects as Carriers72 words
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Article452 1948-04-19 6 CEYLON WANTS RADIO SEAC Minister leaves for London talks POL. J. L. Kotelawala, Ceylon Minister for Transport and Works, who was the minister in charge of broadcasting until the formation of the present Government, has left for London to discuss the terms on which SEAC radio station might be taken452 words
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Article88 1948-04-19 6 E*ARL MOUNTBATTEN in- i tends to relinquish the Governor Generalship of Irdia in nine weeks, accordlx:g to authoritative London quarters denying reports that he may stay on until towards tl c end of the year. Nothing is known &o lar ofi Lord Mountbatten's luturej plans, except that heReuter - 88 words
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Article251 1948-04-19 6 THE allegation that women prisoners of Ravensbruck concentration camp were sent to lhe gas chamber merely because guards did not like them was made in Hamburg by a witness in the all-women war crimen trial. Jadmigh Gajewska. Polish -born, now of Sweden, was giving evidence in251 words
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Article44 1948-04-19 6 OOPE, Pins XII. in a kt I ter to German Catholic made public whilst the Revensbrurk camp trial was proceeding declared that the world should forgive and forget the Germans' war crimes and help in the country's reconstruction. A.P.A.P. - 44 words
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130 1948-04-19 6 C. of E. says A-bombing justified FOR DEFENCE A Church of England commission says that **de ffensive necessity might justijfy the *e of atom bombs (against an unscrupulous aggressor.'' The (-<*-m mission held that l! atonic weapons are "nece.-^ary for national self- presex\_Uon Goverrnveirt which is responsible for the safetyA.P. - 130 words
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Article83 1948-04-19 6 A KENDAL (Westmorland* firm has been given the job of lighting the forbidden city of Lhassa. capital of Tibet. 12,000ft. up in the Himalayas. The Arm. Gilbert Gilks and i Gordon, water turbine manu- j facturers. received the Initial inquiry through the British Political Mission83 words
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Article, Illustration95 1948-04-19 6 The King inspects Royal Berks The King recently visaed th.* Regimental Depot of the Royal Berkshire Regt. ut Reading, for the first time since he became Cclonel-in-Chief of the Regiment in May 1947. He was received and escorted round the barracks by Gen. Sir Miles Dempsey. Colonel of the Royal95 words
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Article68 1948-04-19 6 WAVES measured as they strike the shore a.re .:\g warnings of sV-rms 5.000 miles awfiy. A device developed by a 42I yeer-oki Admiralty scientist, Dr. George Deacon, is anchored oft Cornwall cordUnuou^ly recording the weight ot water passing over it. From this Dr. Deacon able68 words
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Article22 1948-04-19 6 Th t first United Stan- I sulate at Cebu. the Phiiippjie's second largest city, has been opened. A.P.A.P. - 22 words
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Article76 1948-04-19 6 -"THE Ph:lipp:n« JL plans to Ufl portation of scrap metal iror ore immediately rx of the imperative need these war materials The plan was undent ood tc re been recomrr.enc the Department of Ni nee in view of the national situat. The Department plan*Reuter - 76 words
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225 1948-04-19 6 A PROTEST _ga_i*: the -mass arrest of 1" working class leader*' has been delivered to High Commissioner for India, Mr. V. K. Kn-hi Menon, by a deputation ot British Communist- hea ed by Mr! William Gallacher. Member of Par Mr. Krishna Menon. promised toReuter - 225 words
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197 1948-04-19 6 Old Etonian headmaster called a Red THE ACTON, (West Lond FxW by 16 votes to six, ha* u*.^** <+*J Giles, OW Etonian head- f School, who was said on n Cj member of the Commu: rlT^i'Tl They had before t r^cuti re D. F. Floyd that a special t inquire197 words
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Article32 1948-04-19 6 Th the Socialist Par;> i quest the i India to decla. international won Ival a general >ugh«»ut India 1 list Party will ol .Day throughout the D -Reuter.32 words
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Article11 1948-04-19 6 REDS HELD FOR AMMONDED EXPLOSION I 4_J Murder l\ A.P. ReuterA.P.; Reuter - 11 words
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Article11 1948-04-19 6 Jail-breaker recaptured I I i I j l J GFGF ReuterReuter - 11 words
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Advertisement90 1948-04-19 6 tS PHONE bQO3 Last hour Shows 2 4 15 6..*0 9 Ml p.m. HEDY LAMARR GEORGE SANDERS 'THE STRANGE WOMAN* (A United Artists. Relcaee) TOMORROW You Will See The Surprise Picture of The Yeor! -> m^mmimmml.JitimmW&iSßn g -^Tg- j- gmMMMMmmmmmAm^BamJ **\*o "(MS —2?Amm—mmT P'*,»«>, \ttr*#Fr' £U* stop Ph-e CATHAY 340090 words
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Advertisement21 1948-04-19 6 TO-NIGHT m)m M il Ai* I TIBOR KUNf.TLEB^ lh'- Grill Room is Thr Patisserie for I TEL 83^44 PtU_> ORCHARD ___J-^^21 words
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Miscellaneous76 1948-04-19 6 JANE Exclusive to the Singapore Free Press in Ma lava FROGS?-UCM»-l *VwTms^ HOW FASCINATING?- JIT WAS MY _f BUT THAT SOUNDS J EXCUSE ME, JAME»- YCOME WITH TOU f tF YOU'RE NOT £X 1/ PAPER ON AWFULLY THRILLING.' -A I WAS JUST GOING 1- I LOVE I EXPERIMENTING S^PJSKXiS A76 words
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Article, Illustration738 1948-04-19 7 WE SHALL PLAY TO WIN SAYS DON Bill Bowes Reports On Australian Tour No-ball problem discussed From Bill Bowes. Yorkshire and England cricketer W LONDON, Sunday. E are now waiting to get down to the real business of the trip," said Don Bradman yesterday when, following a hectic day of738 words
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Article400 1948-04-19 7 By Our Soccer Reporter 'rHREE first division teams in the running: for leadership are engaged in today's S. YF V league games. Changi Airmen, who have nine points from six games, and stand second to Rovers with 10 points from seven games, meet the Seletar400 words
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Article92 1948-04-19 7 TfWO American Negro X athletes, Charles Fonville and Harrison Dillard, broke two world records in Lawrence, Kansas, yesterday. Fonville. who weighs 185 lbs. heaved a 16-lb. weight 58ft. lin. to beat the recognised world record of 57 ft. 1 in. si't up by the American TorranceReuter - 92 words
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Article75 1948-04-19 7 COL. C. K. Nayudu, former Indian Test cricket captain, is taking a team to Cey- 1 n for a fortnight's tour of bland. The programme for its visit Includes one two-day and two three-day matches against j the Ceylon Cricket Associa- tion, and a one-day75 words
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Article43 1948-04-19 7 relay all i Lumin gor he after M for 3 Ma- Ivatheir Silva i -kets nd 15 the runs. ied with ively, R I Eng '.■5 resized on the s Ctteng 8-26 was .king rain rer- 59 B43 words
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145 1948-04-19 7 W. Indies may make 3-month Indian tour A REPRESENTATIVE West Indies cricket team ls expected to visit India next winter for a three-month tour. v gotiations are at present going on between Mr. R. Karl Nunes. President of the West Indies Cricket A^ociation and Mr. A. S. deMello. Presiit of145 words
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313 1948-04-19 7 jyjORK Lnglisfa Football League proniotici and relegation problems wen* settled as a I result of Saturday's matches, watched by 900,000 people despite the rain in most parti of the i country. Birmingham. uiiT.cr's over Cai dill, i chained their place in tIM First Division which theyReuter - 313 words
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Article758 1948-04-19 7 1 JJ. K LEAGUE aoccer tables correct to date arc: DIVISION I P W D L PA Pts Arsenal 39 22 11 6 73 32 55 Man. Utd. 40 18 14 8 77 46 50 Burnley 39 18 12 9 52 40 48 Preston 39 19758 words
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Article, Illustration43 1948-04-19 7 Sgt. Hav taking the jir&t hurdie on "Nimble'' in the Handy Hunter Trial during ytsterday's Singapore Polo dub gymkhana at Thomson Road. "Nimble" finished third. The winner uas "Betty," ridden by Capt. Cain, while "Karib" (Major Lang) loas second.43 words
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Article277 1948-04-19 7 By CALL BOY IJORSES from the van Breukelen and Martin 11 strings made their first appearance at Bukit Timah today when the second and third tracks wore opened for training in preparation for the Singapore Turf Club's Summer meeting: which starts on Saturday. With very few exceptions,277 words
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Article407 1948-04-19 7 Free Press Racing Reporter E\4IR Week's erratic starting cost him the r Penang on Saturday, the last day ot Penang Turf Club spring meeting. Drawn on the outside, he jumped into Lady Ruth at the Bantu rise and had to be checked, losing about407 words
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Article22 1948-04-19 7 THE weights for Saturday, the first day of the Sinjgapcre Turf Club's summer j meeting, will be issued to- morrow.22 words
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Article56 1948-04-19 7 MR. J., chairman u: Kong Fx>j bl <*t pr< p r°ute u&ii Mr. Ski bflP his w Mr. St t Ql Mr. f l president ofl A.F.A., acid Mr. K tidem, of tne FA M Mr. and Mr... Bkinj be lOC guests i Chong F< k56 words
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Article46 1948-04-19 7 'pHE follow. ny Indian V q players will rnret th-> B goon Asssociat:- I Haiti-it at tha l-.ui. d premises: S. Supp ah. P piah. M Bivam G. K. Ooaua S K Thomas S. R S. NMuu. N Naldon. P. S. Man am.46 words
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Advertisement97 1948-04-19 7 Chauffeur Driven > > or Drive Yourself FORD V-8 SALOONS Available for Tours or Daily Hire ***AL TRANSPORT CO., LTD. ,LDa -V\l I.am; PHONE 5i).*9 MM M—M iMMUCITIciI l^fHC BI_C€D blood are a common \\tr\m9mi "*> and skin complaints. WmmmWm*\ ff I Mtxture, as a blood F^ggL 4 < cleanses97 words
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Miscellaneous274 1948-04-19 7 F.P. Crossword Fo. 352 I I |~1 1 |3 4 H^s _i|liti__,«sl *in WHriirfir 19 20 Ijp 22 |||23 WJT p pi _U OFU _J_JJ_ILH_J BIJT pr rx 1 M J' 1 fel 1 M I. M 1 c Ll tS Afl MMMS 1. Ctese it). 7, Bricted (6) 9.274 words
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Article503 1948-04-19 8 DE GAULLE WARNS: RED PERIL Call for new French Govt PARIS, Sunday. GUARDED by 7,000 armed police and hundreds of detectives, who had first searched every house facing the port of Old Marseilles, Gen. Charles de Gaulle for the second time in 24 hours attacked the Schuman Cabinet and calledReuter; A.P.; U.P. - 503 words
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Article, Illustration44 1948-04-19 8 his m'S Tflis summer St. Albans, Herts, will nv/ffiL ceje&rafe irhai u claimed to be the 1000th anniversary of not one but fn still flourishing institu*nree chwrchet. a market and a school. Above is 1 Street, which has in it many interesting old house*.44 words
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Article215 1948-04-19 8 ATHENS. Sunday. pOMMUNIST guerrilla fortes in Central and F.astern Greece are reported to be breaking into small groups and taking refuge in railway tunnels and caves to escape annihilation by 20,000 Government tr— pa pushing forward in their newlyl.unched big Spring offensive. Greek army troopsU.P.; A.P. - 215 words
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115 1948-04-19 8 Snipers and troops in Bogota clash BOGOTA. S .-:s and troopj >hattered the calm In angr of shots .ore than an hour. The I were apparently lodeed with the uodoon on the roof of a iinflviwo b!ock.s from the street. The exchange of fire grew Iper shots ard from otherA.P. - 115 words
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Article57 1948-04-19 8 TWO valuable presentation swords both gifts to the Duke of Wellington, one from Inhabitant** of Bengal in 1804. the other from the Erupt ror Alexander of Russia in 1814 w^re .>* lea from London's Victoria and Albert m on Saturday night. swords. :n scabbards emeralds and57 words
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Article83 1948-04-19 8 MW CUNARD SHIP IN N.Y. THE Gunard White Star linor Parthia docked at New York yesterday on her maiden voyage from Liverpool. She averaged 16 77 knots for the westward crossing and dockjed seven days 18 hours 54 minutes after leaving Ene:land. The Parthia was decorated with multi-coloured signal flags,A.P. - 83 words
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Article32 1948-04-19 8 WEATHER Showers W'LAlllfcK report for the next 24 hoars compiled by the RAF: Heavy afternoon showers. Otherwise fair. Wind: Lijrht. variable. Temperatures: Max. 91 deg.; min. 75 deg. RalnfaM: 0 1 inches.32 words
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196 1948-04-19 8 CREWE (Cheshire), Sunday. "THE police are working on a theory that a train passenger, in a hurry to get home, caused the wreck at Winsford, near Crewe, yesterday when somebody stopped an express by pulling the communication cord and a fast mailA.P. - 196 words
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Article, Illustration36 1948-04-19 8 The flying boat Salcombe is seen in the BOAC's new marine terminal at Southampton Dock. BOAC is soon to increase services to 22 weekly from this berth. The liner Queen Mary is seen in the background.36 words
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Article70 1948-04-19 8 TWO American soldiers smashed their way into the billets of the Soviet Restitution Mission at Frankiurt and insulted two Russian officers and a female Interpreter. A U.S. Army spokesman said the incident occurred on Saturday night, and that Maj Gen. Miller G. White, Chief of StaffU.P. - 70 words
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Article71 1948-04-19 8 (CARLOS Monray, 40, has y been a non -drinker since last Keek and vows he will stay that way for life. During the height of the Bogota revolt. Monroy drank several bottles of rum and passed out. Men fell dead around him and the Government hearse whichU.P. - 71 words
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Article155 1948-04-19 8 NANKING. Sunday. CHINA'S Natmnal Assembly today approved 'temporary constitutional provisions" granting the President full emergency powers for the duration of the Communist suppression campaign, with an additional clause providl ing for the convocation of I the next Assembly before Dec. 25. 1955. for discussion ofReuter; U.P. - 155 words
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Article69 1948-04-19 8 THE American-licensed Berlin newspaper Tagesspiegel reported on Sunday that Dr. Jirka Benes. chief of a Czechoslovak trade mission in 'Berlin, said he had resigned his post and "vanished" with 'his family to Western Gcrmany. He was described as a close collaborator of Hubert Ripka. the former CzechA.P. - 69 words
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Article104 1948-04-19 8 SYDNEY, Sunday. TWENTY-FOUR natives and a crew of three or four persons were killed today when a Lockheed Hudson plane crashed on taking on* from Lae airstrip in New Guinea. Mr J. H. Harper, the Civil Aviation Department's chief air accident inspector, hasReuter - 104 words
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Article25 1948-04-19 8 A moderate earthquake shook southern and southwestern Japan on Saturday night. First reports indicated that there was little, if any. damage. A.P.A.P. - 25 words
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Article285 1948-04-19 8 SHANGHAI, Sunday. AS powerful Red forces continue massing around Mukden. Changchun, Faku and Hsinmin the last major Nationalist strongholds in Manchur. preparatory to the now imminent "showdown" battle for the North-eastern Provinces, the battle for the important Shantung city of Weihsien is entering a critical phaseU.P.; Reuter; A.P. - 285 words
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Article64 1948-04-19 8 A SPECIAL Market correspondent gives the prices mt rubber al 11 a.m. today aa follows: Bayers seiierCta. (to per per ft Na. 1 R.S.S. Spat loos* 41% 41S No i s.s.s roa la bale* May 41* 4 41 No. 2 U_ fob In bales May 4**\ 41% No.64 words
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Article129 1948-04-19 8 LONDON. Sunday. 'pHE BBC announced tonight 1 that Dr. C. E. M. Joad has bt*en replaced as a member of its 'Brains Trust" for tlie regular Monday broadcast. Dr. Joad was fined £2 with costs of £26 ss. last Monday on his plea of guiltyA.P. - 129 words
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Article59 1948-04-19 8 •'pHE war is finally over for 1 Buckingham Palace guards. King George decided on Sunday that henceforth they may wear on ceremonial occasions the full dress scarlet which makes them one of the sights of London The Brigade of Guards has been in drab battle dressA.P. - 59 words
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Article184 1948-04-19 8 LONDON, Sunday. I EADING newspapers have been outspoken in their condemnation of the new British motion picture "No Orchids for Miss Blandish," said to have cost £200,000 and to be based on the novel b\ Jam s Hadley Chase des- i cribing the experiences ofReuter - 184 words
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Article351 1948-04-19 8 Expelled reporter says BERLIN, Suiidav rpHE American radio reporter, Mr. Hubert Magidoil expelled from Russia on a charge of espionage. said when he arrived in Berlin in a Soviet plain today that he was sure his secretary, Mrs. Cecilia Nelson, had not denounced him as a351 words
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9 1948-04-19 8 Migration alone can save UK-Casey I; he, i APAP - 9 words
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