The Singapore Free Press, 28 April 1948
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Title Section17 1948-04-28 1 The Singapore Free Press LARGEST APTERMOOM SALE IN MALAYA SINGAPORE, WEDNESDAY, APRIL 28, 1948 PRIC* 14) (BIS17 words
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Article, Illustration414 1948-04-28 1 Govt will use all resources Free Press Staff Reporter J"HE May Day rally at Farrer Park was banned this morning by the Government in an official notification which also forbids until further notice all assemblies or processions on any public road or in any public414 words
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Article117 1948-04-28 1 Grenade crime: five arrested tree Press Su»if Reporter arrested during the night by the ore t ID. in connection with the throwing :nd snnadt mio a crowded coffee shop in Deli j evening. followed raids on the premises of ay an Federation of Trade Unions in valley Road in the117 words
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Article136 1948-04-28 1 ESCAPE OVER LONDON I LONDON, Tuesday. AFTER three-and-a- quarter hours' circling over London airport with an "oil leak", the British Overseas airliner "Fife" made a perfect landing with its outer port engine out of action. The plane had taken off fen Accra, West Africa, carrying 10 passengers, including five womenReuter - 136 words
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160 1948-04-28 1 India appeals to U.N.: Help our children LAKE SUCCESS. Tuesday. '*T*HE problem of the tens of J. thousands of India's destitute children was discussed here today by Mrs. Hannah Sen, secretary of the India j National Committee of the United Nations Appeal for Children, who is in New York to160 words
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Article164 1948-04-28 1 TRIESTE, Tuesday. ALLIED authorities today ordered the partial closing of the entire frontier of the AngloAmerican zone of this free territory in an effort to prevent Communist infiltration here for the May Day week-end. The frontier closing supplei mented y sterday's special I orders Lo164 words
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Article683 1948-04-28 1 THE b oiinj was resumed at 1 the Firsz District Court -s morning of charges four Chinese alleged to hav: been concerned with .h-y manageme. t of an ill gai eiy know:i as the Singapore Worken Protection Co; four m-n, Lim Cnun Hock Si Ah Seng, Foo683 words
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Article19 1948-04-28 1 Mr. William Knudsen, 69, former president of the General Motors Corporation died in Detroit yesterday.- U.P.U.P. - 19 words
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Article46 1948-04-28 1 Film star Errol Fiynn has objected to his name being ose<| as the author of a movie magazine story telling of his "wolfish" delight in his first screen kiss. The actor su d the Movie Stars Parade Maga- zine for $300,000.- U.P.U.P. - 46 words
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Article190 1948-04-28 1 JERUSALEM, Tuesday. ALTHOUGH it has been officially denied that Transjordan has declared war on Zionism and that the Arab Legion had occupied Jericho, a Reuter correspondent reports that yesterday he watched an Arab Legion convoy cross the Allenby Bridge into Palestine and headReuter; A.P.; U.P. - 190 words
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Article131 1948-04-28 1 JERUSALEM 'NOT AN HOUR TO LOSE' LAKE SUCCESS, Tuesday. AFTER the French delegate had called for the immediate creation of a volunteer hand-picked police force to keep order in Jerusalem, the UN. Trusteeship Council adjourned tonight without reaching agreement on measures to protect the Holy City. The French delegate, M.Reuter; A.P. - 131 words
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Article80 1948-04-28 1 A REWARD of $200 is offer- ed by ihe Singapoie C.I.D. for information leading to the arrest of two young Chinese who robbed two Europeans on the beach at Tanah Merah on the night of April 19. The European couple were i sitting on the beach80 words
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Article40 1948-04-28 1 Two Chinese one armed with a pistol, last night robbed the driver, conductor and two passengers of a bus plying between Paya Lebar and Changi, in Tarn penis Road of $107 in cash and two wrist watches.40 words
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Article25 1948-04-28 1 The second air tragedy within a week occurred near Guam on Tuesday, when two P-47 fighter planes collided in midair, killing both pilots.25 words
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Article67 1948-04-28 1 LONDON, Tuesday. THE Government disclosed today that 54,700 European volunteer workers, most lof them displaced persons. have arrived in Britain. The Ministry of Labour hopes to bring another 100,000 J European volunteer workers to Britain this year; 35,000 i for agriculture, about 30,000 for the coalA.P. - 67 words
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Article56 1948-04-28 1 Free Press Staff Reporter ¥7«OUR Chinese, two armed F with pistols, ransacked the attap hut of a poultry dealer in Lorong J, Telok Kurau, at 9.45 p.m. yesterday. The robbers collected $225 in cash and fled when one of the inmates of the house raised an56 words
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Article43 1948-04-28 1 A rice dealer's shop in Gey- lang Road was broken int. last night by four Chinese, one armed with a pistol and another with a knife, win robbed the shop of $320 in cash. 4i bags of rice and one bicycle.43 words
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Article187 1948-04-28 1 Free Press Staff Reporter MORE than 3,000 dockers were working on 17 ships alongside the Singapore Har- bour Board wharves this j morning where the situation was practically normal. A Board spokesman said the hand-grenade incidents (col. 1) had not deterred the men from187 words
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185 1948-04-28 1 U.S., Britain preparing joint defence WASHINGTON, Tuesday. 'PHE United States and British Government are x preparing join,, plans to counter any sudden aggression by Soviet Russia ug:. si any European nation, it was learned here tonight. The ministers responsible for national of the five nations of the Western European UnionReuter; AP; U.P. - 185 words
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Article105 1948-04-28 1 WASHINGTON. Tuesday. A FORMER head of the U.S. Office of Strategic Str- vices, Maj.-Gen. William J. < Donovan, writing in the May issue of the Atlantic Monthly magazine, urged the Unr-d States to "stop Russia's subversive tactics." < He said he did not believe war wasU.P. - 105 words
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Article110 1948-04-28 1 Through rose-tinted glasses? ioscow QRAVDA, In ili f view on the ILai.. ions, said today that thi sular Front had coniolld ind strength enfd its former X)sitions, and that the future x-longed to it. It said that the hristftan democrat victory wa :d by forgeries. ttion. naninulation Uftd fraud jyU.P. - 110 words
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Article54 1948-04-28 1 M trv thin one lutusand Chinese labourers at the wnarves at Port Swctu>nham struck work th;> mornin:. They ca\r ii«> warning of their intention not to turn up. It is reported that about 20 members of the Singapore Harbour Boiid labour force have arrived in Port B*Pettenham in54 words
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Article, Illustration39 1948-04-28 1 The lifeless body (arrow) of the assassin of Jorge Gaitan, Colombian Liberal leader, is dragged along a street en route to the Presidential Palace in Bogota. It was the shooting of Gaitan which to uched off the recent uprising.39 words
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Article951 1948-04-28 2 I AROUND SINGAPORE SHOPS I AS a matter of fact, no woman worthy of the name really needs any excuse for doing a little shopping, and if there is any husband who is not yet awake to that fact— well, lam not sure what name he is worthy951 words
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Article, Illustration40 1948-04-28 2 iftd vent much to the point, Peggy Evans. British film star, it seen here king particularly delectable in a short and snappy sunsuit. made in a coffeecream Lam>il jersey, design- j ed ictth a sttn-sliadina hat to match, by Horrockses.40 words
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Article623 1948-04-28 2 FRANK WALKER - Battle of the waves FRANK WALKER By Reuters' Correspondent OWNERS of "Ye Old* Bvautit* Shoppes'' throughout the Uirtfd States arc fighting u life and di-ath struggle with I cuil your tresses at home kits which have already captured more than a fair share of Uuj permanent wave trad*-. Am rica'iReuter - 623 words
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Miscellaneous832 1948-04-28 2 m 9^9 ml tkw aAw& W Ka Jt J "if" bTjkJA a e- »«^»rf^i **^k»»«* frrom 7.45 pjn to i.»0 pua. Hcara; .20 PeUr D« p- SINGAPORE tM metres ontr 7.30 Radio Australia s HH K i, w MAtiB/»i-U WEDNESDAY Parade; 8 Background to Aubmue net worn programmes in English832 words
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Article317 1948-04-28 3 TOM-TOMS SOUND CALL TO STRIKE T 'nwayo workers make demands pOM-TOMS have been sounding in Buluwayo, Southern Rhodesia; not to call warriors to tribal war but to summon all African workers to support a mass strike. Trouble began two months ago after the railways had granted their employees an increase317 words
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Article, Illustration54 1948-04-28 3 Jan van Albert, of Amsterdam, (Holland) who is nine feet, three inches tall, presenting Mrs. Macbain Taylor, the Mayor of Lowestoft, a cheque for £55. for the Mayor's Fund to the United Nations Association for European Children. The money was collected from Lowestoft children at a theatre show he was54 words
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Article, Illustration43 1948-04-28 3 i hana on the back of a laden lorry in Athens, When the city wo* paralysed recently by a strike of tramGreek police place! a number of lorries at the -al of essential workers far transport to and from their homes— Planet picture.43 words
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Article235 1948-04-28 3 CONTRASTING with the general jubilance in Kuomintang circles over the election of Chiang Kai-shek as China's first constitutional president are the denouncements of the Genera! Assembly and providential elections by members of opposition political groups in Hong Kong. renal Li Chai-sum, chief of staff to ChiangReuter - 235 words
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Article36 1948-04-28 3 Acting Town Mayor CharI les Black, of Meddletown <Ohio>. presided over a case j against himself for a parking olTence in his capacity of municipal judge, pleaded Guilty and fined himself a dollar.36 words
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Article98 1948-04-28 3 THE Secretary for War and former Minister of Fuel Mr. Emmanuel Shinwell, said jn Sunday the nationalised coal industry was "working very well, having regard to 1 untavourable circumstances Mr. Shinwell referred to a report -already denied— that the Government was to authorise an enquiry98 words
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Article69 1948-04-28 3 BRITISH officials in Washington on Monday denied reports that Britain was shipping Rolls Royce engines 5 to Russia under the AngloSoviet Trade Pact. Senator Styles Bridges, chairman of the joint Con- gressional "watchdog" com- mittee on the Marshall plan, was reported to be seeking in-Reuter - 69 words
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Article85 1948-04-28 3 TWO convicted Nazi saboteurs, who landed from submarines on the cast coast of the United States in June 1942, have been freed from prison and allowed to return to Germany. The men. Ernest Burger and George Dasch, were among eight men rounded up as saboteurs afterReuter - 85 words
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Article138 1948-04-28 3 THE Army Cadet Force Weifare Fund has been open- ed im Loodon by Grcn. Six j Miles I>?mD>sey. former Commander of tile Se«>nd Army' ir. north -west Euroije. He said that when ne left the Army last Aucu-sr he made uo his minrf to talce upReuter - 138 words
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124 1948-04-28 3 AN ultra-nationalist party the National Democratic Party whose "political line comes close to that of Goebbels," said Dr. James R. Newman. Military Governor of the American zone of Hesse, is under investigation, following the week-end local elections. Information control authorities were reported to beReuter - 124 words
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Article87 1948-04-28 3 TWO American soldiers and five Koreans have been found guilty in Tokio of a series of thefts and robberies in Tokio and Yokohama that netted them more than 2,000,--000 yen in cash and goods, the American occupation newspaper Stars and Stripes reports, ffl The ringReuter - 87 words
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Article20 1948-04-28 3 In July, August, and September this year, 104.800 men and 6,120 women will be released or discharged from the Forces20 words
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Article51 1948-04-28 3 CRITICISM OF WHEAT PACT THE United States Senate may reject the five-yea r wheat agreement concluded by 36 nations last month. Critics contend that the agreement is unrealistic be- cause of the fluctuating conj dition of wheat and because neither Argentina nor Russia, two major exporters, are parties to it.-Reuter - 51 words
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Article205 1948-04-28 3 INEVITABLY for geographical and economic I 1 reasons, India is going to associate herselT closol 1 i, with Asian countries, "If in carrying on that polir 1 we associated in a friendly way with the Britisi 1 Common wealih, I have no objection, provided itReuter - 205 words
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Article, Illustration52 1948-04-28 3 picture. Thousands of residents of Philadelphia's "Little Italy" section celebrate news of returns from Italy's elections by signing a 200-foot parchment scroll to be sent to Pope Pius XII. The message to the Pope reads: "We the undersigned humbly and sincerely rejoice with your holiness in this great victory overA.P. - 52 words
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Article87 1948-04-28 3 THE Foreign Minister, Mr. Ernest Bevin, forecast yesterday that Britain could put its economy on a sound basis within three years if it got the greatest possible value out of Marshall Aid. "I can see the light at the end of the tunnel, the questionReuter - 87 words
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433 1948-04-28 3 K'KENCH miiitary operations in er>\em Jndcvtb'n;i 1 face a steadily deteriorating position, i«s ine opinion of neutral observers in BaifOß, fraai v. li: h only a political settlement with O Annjmites run save them. With the troops 'they have, the French ca;, IA.P. - 433 words
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Advertisement56 1948-04-28 3 THE RESTAURANT IS ABOVE THE UNMA FOLLOW THE SIGNS THROUGH THE CINEMA BARS TO THE LIFTS There Are Entrances Through The Car Parks At Handy Rd. Kirk Terrace The Mt. Sophia entrance is closed until further notice. OPENING Ist MAY Extension to 2 a.m. TELEPHONE 2776 FOR RESERVATIONS CBTH B56 words
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Miscellaneous79 1948-04-28 3 FARZAN DoriS SCOreS By Edgar Rice Burroughs w £g%£?£S l S?i£i2%&«. IPS < |£#3ESS£ l #3 > THE PO«EMOST JAIOK AS THE OTMfcK SMWW SAIC> 6£NTLV 7NAT TW£ kf <X OV J!^^}\ *AS TH£ JALOK BORE ULAN TO fiSvsjS N > U V^V^Pv^/-/' '$7 1 V' -«e saouNo. oor:s SNATc-tED79 words
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Article, Illustration582 1948-04-28 4 Today's Profile THE GUIDING HAND IDI NC man w**> must din iuld manage Iswrii Euro Peafl R«»very Pi^ gramme, has one af the worid s mm* important f and tricky job*, h. l*^ ston of his car. j^jto^rtmnd 3. By W. R. WALTON A.P. Correspondent WHEN President Truman selected Paul582 words
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371 1948-04-28 4 The Singapore Free Press WEDNESDAY, April 28. 1948. The S.F.T.U. and The Ban IT it to believe I the dera Tnui in I Inten- :y the ban which re have imposed m.iy Day parade. .on had been given for in i hold a mass iv. Part md tru-re would have371 words
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Article169 1948-04-28 4 IN the scheme for payment f war damage claims. £10 million of the £55 lion total is envisaged as accruing to Malava in the form of reparations from Japan. It is in all con•ce a small sum. and yet the estimate mav prove too large a fie That would169 words
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Article1022 1948-04-28 4 THE ANSWER TO THU ATOMIC-ROCKETS By A Special Reporter IN Melbourne re- cently Britain's chief aeronautical scientist, Sir Ben Lockspeiser, emphasised the need for the dispersal of British aeronautical research. He told a meeting of the British Commonwealth Advisory Aeronautical Kesearch Council that about £30,000,0uC wou d bo spent on1,022 words
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887 1948-04-28 4 R.F.S. DEWDNEY - SOUTH AFRICAN ELECTIONS World 's eyes on them now R.F. S. DEWDNEY By A. P. Correspondent COUTH Africans feel that when they go to the polls for their general election on May 26 the eyes of the world will be on them for the iirvt time in the history of887 words
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Article26 1948-04-28 4 Inasmuch as ye have done h unto one of the least of these my brethen, ye have done it unto me. St. Matthew 25. 40.26 words
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Article334 1948-04-28 4 FIRST stops toward Ih*< development of powerful new drugs to combat tuberculosis and leprosy have been taken by researchers at Mount Zion Hospital in San Francisco. Special compounds already have been made that are up to 25 times as etlective in test tubes as the newestA.P. - 334 words
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Advertisement29 1948-04-28 4 S. OURESHI CO. Announce I TH E OPENIN6I of their i NEW SHOWROOM j SOON at 5, STAMFORD ROAD, I VIMTOL BITJGS. TELE. 7563 i Watch tor the Date.29 words
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204 1948-04-28 5 Height of buildings will be limited Maff Reporter lings in Singawill not follow ■y if Municipal is adopt nv foi height of a now has arch/ :ii thf H i the that U of a bi; k.n ratio of floor buildinc to iu ill practice in S to limit the204 words
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Article44 1948-04-28 5 r pen friend* in tnd the Fed from ta?e lit Pamabv j writes: J I would like M in or and we should u would help .ppcal in your real in m<«t ur main hobby P -ply n will be kind44 words
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Article227 1948-04-28 5 Free Press Correspondent KUALA LUMPUR, Tues. IN a report on blindnessin Malaya, the Department of Social Welfare recommended to the Fede i ral Legislative Council meeting here today that the Government should make KmU responsible for' all blind people in the, country. The report227 words
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Article, Illustration61 1948-04-28 5 11l W\»WHV)!TO<«» Sally, the six -months -eld Malayan honey bear, is seen bei7i<j fed in London Zoo. She lenses honey or, if that is not available, treacle or anything that is sweet. Scandal from the London Zoo: The 16-foot Malayan python has refused to have any baby pythons. She has61 words
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Article101 1948-04-28 5 AS a precautionary measure against the polio outbreak, the present holidays of the English schools are to be extended to May 17, it was officially stated yesterday. Children reporting for school on May 3, the original date for resumption, will be sent home. Vernacular schools,101 words
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Article38 1948-04-28 5 A young Chinese was apprehended by the Singapore police yesterday for riding a bicycle with a passenger. At a police station, he was recognised as being the young man who escaped arrest in November 1947.38 words
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Article105 1948-04-28 5 C URRENCY NOTE IMPORTATIONBAN of Foreign stated yester-.-xjrtation of and Malatea into Mated. prohibition o applied to of Nethernd Siam warned that friction r. the sums in .lders Passengers leaving Malaya are also informed that unless j prior permission has been I received in writing from the Foreign Exchange Control,105 words
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Article228 1948-04-28 5 A BILL unifying War Risk* and compensation for be introduced in the next Legislative Council. A sim preparation in the Federatu at a meeting of the Federal War damage claims in pore now amount to $1,28fl claims having been filed, under the War Risks legish228 words
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Article38 1948-04-28 5 A 19-year-old Ceyion«ese. 3 odinahtiys. attached to the ftoya] Oeyloo Piomeer Corps, -Cranji. was yesterday sen- < need to three weeks' rigorms imprisonment by the •\->urt.h Police Court Magi.srate for theft from Kranji 3epot on April 26,38 words
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Article33 1948-04-28 5 The Governor, Sir Frank- j lin Gimson, will declare open < the new Bartley Road work- j < shop of the Ramakrishna Mission Orphanage on Thuis- j day at 5 p.m.33 words
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Article, Illustration40 1948-04-28 5 Members of the Colonials' Cricket Club held a most enjoyable get-together at their Clubhouse in Serangoon Road last week. The occasion was "Colonials' Day The Colonials' C.C. was the first cricket team in Singapore to revive cricket after the liberation.40 words
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Article589 1948-04-28 5 NEW TRAFFIC CONTROL AT KALLANG j Designed to \end hold-ups Free Press Staff Reporter A NEW traffic system at Singapore's busy, four-way intersection between Kallang Road and Lavender Street will be introduced early next month, subject to the approval of the Municipal Commissioners at their meeting on Friday. This system589 words
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Article125 1948-04-28 5 CLAIMS PAYMENT POMMENTING on the statement made in the British Parliament on the policy to be followed in the satisfaction of war damage claims of the Malayan Federation and Singapore, the Financial Times said: "The expenditure, says the statement dryly, must be res- j j trictedReuter - 125 words
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Article32 1948-04-28 5 A 55-year-old cook, Lee Jee Tong, was yesterday sentenced to two years' rigorous lm- pnsonmerut by the First District Court Judge. Mr. E. P. Shanks, for possession of opium.32 words
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180 1948-04-28 5 US NAVY SAYS 'Must stockpile tin and rubber' Free Press SiaM Correspondent LONDON, Tuesday. TPHE U.S. Navy Department in a survey of "vital raw J materials'' emphasises that, while the United States is rich in certain natural resources, it has inadequate supplies of other materials, including tin for engine bearings180 words
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Article, Illustration42 1948-04-28 5 This picture, taken at Seremban on Saturday, shoics the High Commissioner of the Federation, Sir Edward Gent, being introduced to Negri Councillors at the Residency In the group are the British Adviser, the Dato Menirt Besar and Lieut Col. W. A. Gutsell.42 words
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Article229 1948-04-28 5 J r« PrCM ii< p.irter to ensuce 1 -ranted tor thi trie Japanese o fail lr. A. p. Raiah, kapore Mi r, wiij m i mi&sioners that su made widow i the back pay c>; i .o his estat* This m would be available for229 words
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Article50 1948-04-28 5 PAPTAIN J. Shiel, skippti or the Esai p $100 by the Sixh Police Cj-urt Magistrate. M cic Banzie. on landing of thre* dotes nieeally Shiel landed three I m Sinaapon fi (a prohibited cou ut the permits! Chief Veterinary i D re. Tr.p One was naid50 words
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Article33 1948-04-28 5 TTe Police Band will perform a't tfhe following places luring May: Waterloo Street May 7, Farrer Park on May 11, Jalam Besar on May 18 ind Botanic Gardens on May 23.33 words
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Article162 1948-04-28 5 CHINESE TO CELEBRATE ON MAY 5 Free Press Chinese Correspondent ABOUT 270 Singapore Clu- rjese ass3c.ation s and. public bodies will hold a joint meeting at the Chinese Chamber of Commerce to observe the installation of Gen. Chiang Kai-shek as the first Constitutional President ol China on May 5. Apart162 words
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Article111 1948-04-28 5 THE Far East and Pacific office of the InU-rna- tional Civil Aviation Organisation, which now has its headquarters in Melbourne, may have its work extended to include certain areas of i the South-East Asia and the (North Pacific. This was stated by Mr. Victor H. Davey representative111 words
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Article913 1948-04-28 6 Brickbats not orchids BY OUR LONDON CORRESPONDENT CURELY never before has there been such unanimity among film critics as to the qualities of a rilm than there was last week concerning the new British film, No Orchids for Miss Blandish. Unfortunately, this unanimous verdict has been almost vitriolxally condemnatory and913 words
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Article, Illustration60 1948-04-28 6 a pair of sticks, presented to him by orchestra leader Meyer Davis (hunt), the Duke of Windsor plays the drums at the Diamond Ball at the Greenbrier Hotel at White Sulphur Springs, West Virginia, U.S.A. This was a repeat performance for the Duke, who played there 29 years apo. The60 words
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Article517 1948-04-28 6 by A SPECIAL CORRESPONDENT IT h;ts been said of Noel Coward', at one time the "enfant terrible" of the British Stage, that "lie excelled at the almost Shakespearean art of holding the mirror up to ill-na-tore. Be that as it may, there can bo no question that the517 words
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Article61 1948-04-28 6 A REPORT o: ed by Lord Presidec d o] last yem to enqu the future of B: Film Institute I been published. The British up in 1933 to foster d ment of cinema us of entertainment and ttrad In the report of Uv I mittee n stated U61 words
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Article411 1948-04-28 6 r pms is the third of successive d'-ais from a SO-rubbr B In tiie first, North-South collcc- ed 1.100 potnts: for the second they g-.imered penalty of 20 0 points but missed a small slam Perhaps it was their lack of ■UCCCM with the second deal thnt caused411 words
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Article, Illustration315 1948-04-28 6 FILMS IN SINGAPORE GHOSTLY LOVER BY OUR FILM REPORTER WE are all familiar with the screen ghost and the newest film about it is The Ghost and Mrs Muir, which opens at the Cathay today. In this film Mrs. Muir (Gene Tierney) is visited in her seaside cottage by the315 words
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Miscellaneous122 1948-04-28 6 m3ndrdk6 Exclusive to the Singapttre Free Prpss in Mnln-a %££^±kjti£ti&**^ l o^,^ o^"! fiSAiO.B AND 1 TOLD YOU TO&H j IT'S MO USE- 1 STAY ABOUh:. 1 1 I K^^fcp; i^HWBBa SlEp^f ||TO K I JANt Exclusive to the Singapore Free Press in Ma lava WHY DONV VOUN/GOOD GRACIOUS, MO?122 words
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Article503 1948-04-28 7 VAN BREUKELEN MAY HAVE GOOD DAY Four winners expected By CALL BOY INDICATIONS are that it will be a good day for the L trainer van Breukelen jockey J. D. Donnelly combination at Bukit Timah this afternoon, the second day of the Singapore Turf Club's Summer Meeting. The van Breukelen503 words
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Article66 1948-04-28 7 ERIC St urges*. South African holder of the British hard court tennis title moved into the quarterfinal on Tuesday with an easy 6 l, 6 2. 6 4 win over D. G. Smart. In a big upset in the women's singles event, Joy Gannon, -a British Wightman Cup66 words
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Article221 1948-04-28 7 By EPSOM JEEP I make My Bachelor a nap selection at Bukit Timah today. He was freely tipped on the course this morning as the best bet on the card. Two other strong course fancies are Content and Karman. Everest wifl face a stiff task in221 words
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Article209 1948-04-28 7 ROUGH piay y spoilt yesterday's Div. II SAP A. match in which the Base Group R.E. swamped the Malays II B—2.8 2. The Malay team was cautoned and two of their players warned for questionable tactics. The R.E. were not without their share of the209 words
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Article55 1948-04-28 7 Lord Burghley. chairman of the Olympic Games Organising Committee and E. J. Holt, Director of Organisation, will ftp to The Hague tomorrow to take formal acceptance from Princ« Bernhard of the Dutch Olympic Committee's j gift of 100 tons of fresh fruit and j vegetables for Olympic eompett-55 words
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Article, Illustration64 1948-04-28 7 r i'nE former British lightweight king, Eric Boon, on nis \4 hands and knees, while the European welterweight y champion, Robert Villemain, rushes, misses and clings to j the ropes in the ninth round. The fight, ivhich took place in London on April 20, ended in the last64 words
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306 1948-04-28 7 A.A.A 4, Signals 1. POH the first 15 minutes of their S.A.F.A. Div. 1 i game against the Amicable Athletic Association at Jaliin Besar Stadium yesterday, it looked as though G.H.Q. Signals would create an upset and extend their opponents, but they collapsed in306 words
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Article67 1948-04-28 7 IN a game ol mtaed chances. the R. A. S. C. Training School just managed to defeat the Singapore Civil Service XI by one-nil in the S.A.F.A. Third Division League fixture played at St. George's Road yesterday. Crew. the Training School inside-left, who scored the only goal67 words
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Article27 1948-04-28 7 ME. L. C. Hutchings. President of the Singapore Amateur Football Assn., returned to Singapore on the Willem Ruys on Monday after leave in U.K.27 words
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Article148 1948-04-28 7 Aitken will be on trial today J. AITKEN, S.C.C. goalkeeper. is hting riven a chance in today's sorcer m»*.<rh at the Stadium between the Singapore ivilians and the Malayan Chinese FA. team to the f hina Naiional Meet. The inclusion of Aitken do«"> not mean that Osnian Aii^ullia I has148 words
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Article137 1948-04-28 7 j pROBABLE starters and Jockejs for the 2.000 Guineas, the I season' s flrst classic race, over one milo at Newmarket today are: I My Babu (C. Smirke), Huniters Moon (P. Evans). Djeddah I tE. C. Elliott, Captain Fox (W. Lister), Pretence (T. Lowrey), I Julian <J.137 words
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Article372 1948-04-28 7 Tj\AXS in Worcestershire are wondering whether Don Bradman will make his usual double ten Up v when the Australian touring team, in accord. with custom, play their first game in England at Worcestershire's picturesque ground today, tomorrow and Friday. Bradman has performed this feat three372 words
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Article84 1948-04-28 7 £)*»i'LAY.LNG better couabtuition and am.ripation, the Ist Mai&y Coasial Battery bcl Ser&a^oon Associauon in the Division 111 game played at MrHt.r Road yesterday. Dominating play from th» start tto<« Coastal B>ttTf tonk the lead ic the nrst half to win the game by two goals84 words
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Advertisement8 1948-04-28 7 DUNLOP 1888 1948 60 years of continuous leadership8 words
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Miscellaneous898 1948-04-28 7 aneptuiues for this afternoon's races t Smah: •vni. Hor>es Class 2, Div. 6 514 Furs. Value $2,000 ules) 9.00 Ms K. C. Leow P C Boey A. Sleigh :...n» 8 12 M s. S. S. Lim H. C. Lo Davies -8.12 Dr. Ong Siow Hlan Mr. C. K. Tan Sherida898 words
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Miscellaneous217 1948-04-28 7 CalJ Boy Epsom Jeep Pointer Trespasser Most Favoured Selection YOUNG LUCIUS CONTENT CONTENT SCARLET TIGER II CONTENT RACE 1 Lady Kalang Lady Kalang Happy Lass Lady Kalang Lady Kalang I Happy Lass Happy Lass Fair Court Content Young Lucius WIRRA PORT STAR PORT STAR ADVANTAGE ROCHDALE UAnv Rochdale Rochdale Rochdale217 words
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Miscellaneous225 1948-04-28 7 F.P. Crossword No. 370 ■LBLJ. IU t_l ll nil mi j i i 2. Put Uigether <9i. 7. Tim. Wash out t5). 13. fnaetf (3>. 14. Advanced '4i 1C .17. Writing fluid (3t. 19. Propell. r (S). 21 (S). S3 soled (7). 24. Large residence (7». M V Wiv (3)225 words
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Article237 1948-04-28 8 5-POWER PARLEY TO REVIVE TRADE flan for joint currency BRUSSELS, Tuesday, REPRESENTATIVES of Britain, France, Bel- gium, Holland and Luxembourg, will meet 1 here tomorrow to devise a scheme to revive I Europe's crippled trade. The first item on the agenda, it is learned, will i be the adjustment ofU.P. - 237 words
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Article, Illustration51 1948-04-28 8 RICHMOND PAL ACE BOMB The gcteway of a famous building in the the English Croxcu the riverside palace of and a delightful glimpse of the Green. The palace oil that remains today is a iring called Wardrobe Cm m King Edward the First. It was there that Qut en Elizabeth51 words
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Article159 1948-04-28 8 Reds hold more of Shantung SHANGHAI, Tuesday. IMPORTANT Chinese Government victories wert rtpwtcd here today from the Yangtse. Shensi Honan and Hupeh fronts, but in Shantung Coramu- tr— pa have captwed the railway city ol ih^ien Thas they are now in control of the whol< of Central Shantung Nationalist AirReuter; A.P.; U.P. - 159 words
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Article58 1948-04-28 8 ARMED with Sten guns and knives, Indian gangsters burst Into a bank in 1 luth Calcutta on Tuesday and escaped with nearly £40.000. The raid took place during the lunch hour, when only tht cashier and a few assistants •Atre working. They were lined against a wallA.P. - 58 words
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Article135 1948-04-28 8 H.K. MOT TO PAY WAR LOSS CLAIMS HONO KONG, Tuesday. •THE Hong Kong Government I announced today that no war claims compensaUon will be paid to the public in respect oX war losses and damage. However, the British Government is advancing substantial funds and credits toward, the Colony s rehabilitationU.P. - 135 words
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Article140 1948-04-28 8 Bio Dai has notified the French Hi^h Commissioner. M. Emile Ballaort, of his decision in a tele- :ram from Hong Kong. It la believed that M. Balaert has sent General Xuan >y plan* 1 to Hong Knng to attempt to persuade the ex'mp^ror to140 words
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Article134 1948-04-28 8 KARACHI, Tuesday. b THE newspaper Dawn, found- c ed by Mohamcd All Jinnah. Governur-Gencral of Pakistan today said Britain fc .'•t Pales: an down and r a ktvi why steps had not been n for friendly relations t v.ith Soviet Russia Dawn, calling itself 'the cReuter - 134 words
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Article88 1948-04-28 8 POLICE RUSHED TO SOUTHERN S IAM BANGKOK, Tuesday. A DOillONAi. police forces are being rushed to the southern provinces of Siam, where 1,000 rioters arc ensaged in creating disturbances, the Siamese I Government stated today. The population of the >, provinces is predominantly Muslim The rio ers ar~ reported to88 words
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Article67 1948-04-28 8 e A pi i vat source said that o organized riot was Instigated by a group of nationalists out»f sic» Siam'B bordr. A loi >» natkmalisl group is now actively subsii the i l J eis by providing Minds and a assist!] m: 's if frf>rr> Siam. ale,U.P. - 67 words
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Article30 1948-04-28 8 The Canadian House of Commons yesterday passed the first reading of a bill substitute the one word •Canada" for "Dominion of Canada" on all official docu- ments.— ReuterReuter - 30 words
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Article75 1948-04-28 8 B ATA VI A Tuesday. rvUTCH authorities said to- day that several arres's made on Sunday morning in Sourabaya, East Java port had prevented "tcrrorisation and violence by Republican agents In spile of the truce agreement, Republican agents, in I many rases acting on precise instructionsReuter - 75 words
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180 1948-04-28 8 NANKING, Tuesday. BALLOTING lor the Vice Presidency of China will be resumed tomorrow after 1 the National Assembly has formally rejected the with- 1 drawal of Gen. LI Tsurg-Jen. Dr. Sun Fo. and Gen. Cheng Chlf-n from running. Chinese Pros* report* indicated that Gen.U.P. - 180 words
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Article18 1948-04-28 8 From Jan. 1 to Apr. 26 this 351 Koreans have b^n killed through acts of violence.18 words
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Article180 1948-04-28 8 LONDON, Tuesday. A HIGH court jury today re- turned a verdict in favour of Ernest Griffin. 39-y ar-old vice-coi.sul at the American Embassy in London, who was sued lor breach of promise by 40-year-old Mrs Ismelda Catherine Price, widow of an RAF officer. When the case180 words
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Article450 1948-04-28 8 London Stock Exchange LONDON, Tuev! >TPIIE war news from Palestine unsettled W*mA sections in London's stock markets tod:i- wni prices moved lower amidst idleness and sorrnnervousness, says Reuter's financial correspond Rubbers were unchanged to lower and Tins general!) declined. The Gilt-edged market recorded losses withReuter; A.P. - 450 words
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Article, Illustration45 1948-04-28 8 May Day in Trieste will call h for special military precautions, report correspondents in the international city, bone of dispute between Italy and Yugoslavia. In Trieste are 5,000 American troops, some of them seen here passing in review durinq Army Day parade earlier this month.45 words
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Article40 1948-04-28 8 GIRL S AVES SIX MEN MIAMI BEACH. T FVM an old stcr .y a beau: I strong men ing Robin I i liner on the r hoard ct: two swimmers shore. She watered leaped would be well. But ai fdfdf40 words
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Article119 1948-04-28 8 i J^ SPECIAL Market corretposMl'-o' firm the prices of rubber At 11 s m today as follow* Buyers SetterCta C* per ft t--No. 1 EJs-S Spot kMK 41 V ItV, No 1 R.6.S tot) in bales May 4: 42 u. No K* I fot la bale*. May fl119 words
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Article30 1948-04-28 8 Don Eradrran. the lian cricket captain ed IT.joo f.x,d parcel Victoria State to ttx May »r I L- :.d >r. S, rick House on Britain Real30 words
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Advertisement180 1948-04-28 8 sn\ i noM vx< vvT f.rm rsirl typtei wi vledfi of fcitutog Ar>r>)v sUtttnx ?x- e and salary required to B I R( v!T! -\TIONS WWTFO sur.-xrraphfr re- :;i f .on with E* Boat 8.141 FP. ENG'JSHWOMAN MA, fiXit •xprneiice. j^c; -ks poet Clasc >r -nvate tuition In:ennr°paratlon for PuWic180 words
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Advertisement54 1948-04-28 8 From 1^ SINGAPORE INTERNATIONAL o TRADE FAIR. S PRESENTIHC Tilt Bit- INTKRNMH)NM POSTUXK PK.' J |>KKMSm> IN O^ "i is Through the D Police, the ■d Ceremony wh I S^cretAry of Wn I HAVE YOU M < £VfR WITNESSED Wtf>\ t\ A TRIAL SS I BY COMBAT? LOOK 01 154 words
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