The Singapore Free Press, 1 May 1948
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The Singapore Free Press
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Title Section19 1948-05-01 1 The Singapore Free Press LARGEST AFTERNOON SALE IN MALAYA 17.152 »ii\ijr/\rujri_, aATUicuAx, MAY 1 1948 PKH fr Kt l*C*l*19 words
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Article69 1948-05-01 1 MAY DAY QUIET: SFTU MEETS Bitter attack on Govt Free Press Staff Reporter [HE streets of Singapore were half empty this morning as the city's workers celebrated May Day. The police had taken precautionary measures against the possibility of incidents, and there were no signs of trouble. The Singapore Federation69 words
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Article60 1948-05-01 1 LONDON. Friday. TO-NIGHT the nations of the 1 world— each m its own way— w:ro preparing for May Day. For the first time m many years Communists and Socialists were celebrating separately m most countries. Moscow: Great crowd:, will throng a fairy-lighted Red Square60 words
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Article162 1948-05-01 1 JEWS BEGIN BA TTLE FOR JERUSALEM THF PritcK <v •<• IBKTOAUBi, Friday. TIIL Bntsh auhont.es warned the Jews torn I that unless their attacks o n the Arab subu i Katamon cease, they will use all military f'rce including aircraft, to attack the Je*s m Jerusalem ihe warr., nff came162 words
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Advertisement33 1948-05-01 1 j M.FLINTEH«k2.GRINBER6 v J IVAo/e«a/e Retail Dealers m j DIAMONDS JEWELLE.IY Nam AvaiLibU' I A N>w Shipment ot MA2B C arat Gold i-.retU- Ca^* 67, STAMFORD RD. En Court Bide Telephone 7923. Singapore33 words
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FEATURES
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Article, Illustration2100 1948-05-01 2 JOHN BLAND - JOHN BLAND A SHORT STORY by UENRY DOBBS \v a s genuinely puzzled. Why m heaven's name had lie married her? He cast his mind back over the years 14 years to be exact to their courtinir days. Of course, he could not foresee that she would develop2,100 words
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Article188 1948-05-01 2 JJEAKI urc trumps. South leads. North and South are to win five of the six tricks ;iga list any defence. (This problem, by Ivar Anderson, is taken from hit, book, "Sure Tricks" published by Georr. f Q F; william, N.H I South leads trump to Nor:u ace. North188 words
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Advertisement11 1948-05-01 2 fife* MALAYAN AIRWAYS LTD m MORRIS U y.-»r"' c FINEST CIGARETTE11 words
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Advertisement59 1948-05-01 2 Make every^fr'i, ]i Quafer Day v^'jmJ^ II J 4 FOR ALL W U J THE FAMILY! ||l 'Tj CMMM hua^'jNf i Quaker I I tn|o\ X bcCMMB Quakcf (V, is v^tH.ii i;rjin oats n.Kun n Hi MluHtlll Ioih! I a.iJ lunnn li OATS I lnv.il on Genuine Quoher Oofi. 259 words
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Page 2 Miscellaneous
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Miscellaneous154 1948-05-01 2 SINGAPORE Blue Network From 12 00 noi^n to 2M p.m 52b metres m the medium wan band and 7 20 tnecacvele* id tbe il metre band I rom 6 00 p.m to 45 p.uj from 9 Sfl p.m to 1100 p.m: 526 metres m the medium wave band and 4154 words
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Miscellaneous840 1948-05-01 2 Summafy. 6.20 Musical Enter- Presents 945 Radio Reel- 10 io b SUXira x V :i rmum:im N AS W M A«tr3S2S on R &J-SJ2T LUay; 46 i r^;:r ng Hammond M NMAY PROC: IN ENGLISH SI NI)AV 1 Jnlien Ptxrrr D I m The r 30 Twcka 945 Mumc m840 words
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Miscellaneous54 1948-05-01 2 YOL LUCK^ st; to. p .lv woi lou to tori.i best luidii ll< m ti are peteiu a^d. Httk b> I i I! 1 who had mot I rt»»< vo ar I You j and fr. with alw i b<* I at" ma'v lot of i jro«; om 'i hor>54 words
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CHINA NEWS
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423 1948-05-01 3 r SHANGHAI, Friday. A N air of doom hangs heavily over Nationalist Manchurian as Communist troops manoeuvre into position to launch their summer offensive. Troop movements strongly indicate the Reds are bent on snipping off and isolating the Government's narrow salient into Manchuria, General423 words
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Article, Illustration28 1948-05-01 3 picture. Ueneralissimo Cniang Kai-shek and Madame Chiang read congratulatory telegrams a few hours after Gen. Chiangs election to the National Presidency by the first Chinese National Assembly.- A.P.A.P. - 28 words
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Article100 1948-05-01 3 S. Friday. nesc Goreiuiwent agi d to disi Nations te n m Com area? y proposed be m the D to be woven would be nal currency. then be sent st areas either Nattam Emernd Board has i S5OO 000 for •hildren m ComIn China. TheU.P. - 100 words
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Article67 1948-05-01 3 I SHANGHAI. Friday. CHINA'S seventh national athletic meet opening here on May 5 will cost about CN575.000.000.000. The Government is pushing at the moment a CNsls.uoo l million repair .lob on warshattered Kiangwan civic centre stadium for the opening of the meet. The stadium has aA.P. - 67 words
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Article396 1948-05-01 3 LANCHOW, Friday. yiBETANS. Muslims, Turks and Mongols complicate the political and military picture In Chinas vast northwot. It is important to keep all of them and the Chinese as well happy. The peace of Asia could well depend on how well China is able toA.P. - 396 words
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Article, Illustration30 1948-05-01 3 ■picture. Gen Chang Chih-chung, head man for the Chinese Government m the North' West, where he has to keep Tibetans, Mongols, Mohammedans. Chinese and the minorities of Sinkiayig satisfied. A.P.A.P. - 30 words
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Article95 1948-05-01 3 SHANGHAI, Friday. THE first shipment of relief supplies. which China purchased with the U.S. $50,000,000 advanced from the $460,000,000 China aid. has arrived m Shanghai. Th-e supplies consist of nearly 7.000 tons cf rce and 2.000 tor.s of cotton, sulphur and fertilizers Arnordin;; to Dr. Cnan'.; Kia-rgan,95 words
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Article20 1948-05-01 3 The Yangtse River at Nanking was recently choked with about a hundred thousand floating turtles following light rain.20 words
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117 1948-05-01 3 WASHINGTON. Friday. SEARCH for "the best man we can find" to head the China section of the U.S. < »;> ration Administration is underway by tor Paul G. Hoffman. The agency is already i king out administrative plans for the China section iA.P. - 117 words
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Article28 1948-05-01 3 Shanghai will not be able to accommodate modern liners drawing 40-foot draught for many years to come, says the Public Utility Commissioner. T. C. Tsao, yesterday.28 words
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Article26 1948-05-01 3 Informatlon reaching the j Holy See says that 82 Catholic missionarl s wer.-> killed Id i China from February. 1947 to February 1948- A.P.A.P. - 26 words
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Article106 1948-05-01 3 SHANGHAI. Friday. AN overall economic recovery programme bas?d on the forthcoming American aid to i China, including extension of j rationing and recall of m- j flated currency is being con- sidered by the financial authorities m Nanking, ac- cording to informed sources here. In the view106 words
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Article, Illustration26 1948-05-01 3 picture. Polling 1.43S votes. Gin. Li Tsung-jen (above has been elected Vice-President of China by the National A mbly, Dr. Sun Fo obtained 1,293* votes. A.P,A.P. - 26 words
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Article138 1948-05-01 3 U.S. FUNDS FOR SOUTH CHINA HONG KONG, Friday CANTON reports said a group of American investigators are arriving m South China to study business prospects with a view of American investments. The reports said the group will study extensively the possibilities of light and heavy industries, including iron. steel, shipping,U.P. - 138 words
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Article115 1948-05-01 3 THE chairman of the minority Young China Party. Tseng Chi. has asked Nationalist officials m Nanking for a total reshuffl I the Q ivernment to Include "many free elements.** v is the real time tq broaden the Government by bringing m people who are not members ofA.P. - 115 words
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Article54 1948-05-01 3 THREE high-ranking United States Army Officers are m Kukong, m northern Kwangtung, to assist m the training of Chinese troops. This is the first indication that Kukong, which was the provincial capital following the fall of Canton m 1938 has become one of the China'sReuter - 54 words
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Article515 1948-05-01 3 TRADE WILLCHANGE Fl THE BETTER' SHANGHAI, Frhimj. rHE chairman of the 13rlt sh hanibcr (»f DwOMMfTd m Shanghai, ZVIr. John Keswick, ehrtag a laciu^i r view of the situation m China n t'^e p:i t It nK.nt.t-: lat the annual general meeting of U Chan I I although those, who,Reuter - 515 words
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Advertisement100 1948-05-01 3 OPENING TONJGHT EXTENSION TO 2 A. M. tables for di ir»er fully hooked. TELEPHONE 2776 FJR FJTDRE RESEitVATIONS CfITH H V R IS T fl U R n N T < f GRKAT WORLD GRKAT KVKNTJ (Grand Opening Tonight! AT 6.30 P. M. SINGAPORE 1 INTERNATIONAL I fe TRADE FAIR.100 words
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Advertisement160 1948-05-01 3 HONOURS CO TO:— I WINNER of the 500 cc CLASS EWEiT SINGAPORE MOTOR CLUB: H'LL OLIMB: (Sunday, 2Sfh April, K4l; WINNER JIMMY RO2SON RIDING A J2/500 cc TWIN PQH ROYAL ENFiELD (Entij by I'en^ Yew A S. n> Kuala l.uni; Office 1 1 Dtst ibutos: S. M. EUSOFF SONS.. PI160 words
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Page 3 Miscellaneous
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Miscellaneous71 1948-05-01 3 TA^?>^^^ file-unioia By Rteir /?/r^ Burroughs AS DAVID INNES AND THE SA6OTHS 'T' l/S^*^ I THE =i6HT ENDED WITH COMPLETE VICTORY FOR ~£lMli 26? APPEARED AT THE HEAD OF THE CIFT. /v'^ ssl^ TAR Z AN AND HIS COMPANIONS. AND DR. FRANKLIN ft W TAR2AN FIXED AN ARROW TO HIS.71 words
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LEADER
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553 1948-05-01 4 The Singapore Free Press SATURDAY, May 1. 1948. Satellite Towns For Singapore IK/*.~wiu. saud vie candidates Id ato the Legis- ipore'6 II ior^casts ol the Housing Committees arc eorreci, the <. ...ill will shortly have >rtunuy to plan as as any of the Un- m mbers couid wish. A scheme553 words
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Article, Illustration661 1948-05-01 4 3 CROWNS AFTER A TITLE? By CHARLES A. GRUMICH A. P. Correspondent THE Kings of the Arab world present a united front m the fight to destroy Jewish Zionism m Palestine. But under the apparent unity around Palestine's borders rival ambitions, political, religious and military, still operate, it is believed.661 words
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Article876 1948-05-01 4 By BILL MAC KLIN A.P. Sports Writer UORSE racing m Britain is living on its reputation as the sport of kings. George VI, one of the front rank ewners, has nine thoroughbreds m training, but he rarely ever sees them. He is too busy. Even so,876 words
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Article21 1948-05-01 4 Upright men shall be astonished at this, and the innocent shall stir up himself against thr hypocrits. Job: 17. 8.21 words
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Article240 1948-05-01 4 r VUE years 1947-1948 will be known as "miracle years" m the ecclesiastical history of Italy. A total of 39 miraculous happenings have been reported during this period, most originating from dreams and visions said to have been experienced by simple country folk. As a result240 words
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Article548 1948-05-01 4 Noel Monks - Noel Monks COMMONWEALTH COLUM1 by MAURITIUS, land of the dodo*, where a lot of sugar comes from, is to have an election m July, and the handful of people of British stock who live there aren't too happy about it. They fear that the548 words
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Article330 1948-05-01 4 MANY British country towns and villages have started a battle to keep ancient tradition alive m this age of science, machinery, and sophistication. Some are rehearsing May Day pageantry which has never been allowed to die out. Others, more careless of tradition, have dipped penitently into330 words
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Advertisement64 1948-05-01 4 "Will glasses alone improve your Exesieht?" NO Pr M services ana cecU-n-ai >fe!ils are the essential aid.* to your '*eeine ability," your visual comfort and efficiency It is tot tnese services and skills— not for arlasses alone mat you Day for vcur t<*e •Seek Professional advice it a price" P64 words
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Advertisement88 1948-05-01 4 totloe Itonte For your Comfort and Convenience Rich wholesome milk from the meadows, purified, standardised, con* centrated, with only the water removed. You car. add the water yourself and drink delicious health-giving milk at all times and under any conditions with the knowledge that it is absolutely safe FULL CREAM88 words
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LOCAL NEWS
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Article289 1948-05-01 5 Municipal plan Free Press Staff Reporter >v radio link between the waterworks m Singapore and Johore, to facilitate head control by the quickest means, will be ied for the Singapore Municipal Water rtment as soon as the equipment becomes ible. F. G. Hill. Municipal Water Engineer,289 words
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Article, Illustration34 1948-05-01 5 picture. The youth of Kuala Lumpur having their first view of a jet-propelled Vampire before it gave a demonstration flight to the school children, Boy Scouts and Girl Guides on April 28 R.A.F. PRR.A.F. - 34 words
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Article, Illustration454 1948-05-01 5 Free Press Staff Reporter 4 NEW system of rice distribution m Singapore will come into force on May 3. Consumers will be permitted to draw either one or two weeks' rations m advance, and will be able to check with the retailer the type of riceA.P. - 454 words
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Article106 1948-05-01 5 NINE ASIAN INSPECTORS PROMOTED locally recruited I Senior Inspectors and Inspectors of Police have b^?n promoted to the rank of Chief Inspector. niese promotion! were officially announced yesterday, and it was pointed out that thty "go a lung way to complete a i promotions of such officers. "It has necessarily106 words
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Article146 1948-05-01 5 PLANS for rationing tinned butter over a provisional period of one year at the rate of four ounces per person per week will be introduced m Singapore m the latter part of this month, the Deputy Food Controller, Mr. A. D. Butler-Madden, said yesUri day. The rationing146 words
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Article31 1948-05-01 5 Dr. G. V. Allen, PrincipalDesignate of the new University of Malaya, will be talking Irom Radio Malaya tonight at 9.45 about the main points ol the CarrSaunders Commission's report.31 words
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Article271 1948-05-01 5 rE Singapore Mercantile Co-Operative Thrift and Loan Society, Limited, is holding its 18th animal general meeting at the Cooperative Societies Department m Fullerton Building on May 7 at 5.30 p m. The report for 1947 says the year opened with 313 members on the271 words
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Article538 1948-05-01 5 MALAYA needs far more doctors and dentists, and X would be prudent m establishing a University m Malaya to plan for a medical school producing about 100 graduates a year, says the Carr-Saunders Commission on Higher Education. Important as it is to train538 words
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Article15 1948-05-01 5 Mr. W K. Wilton has been appointed to act as Chief Surveyor, Singapore,15 words
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Article456 1948-05-01 5 'Should be set up forthwith' THE Carr-Saunders Commission on Higher Education, m Hs report issued today, recommends that {University of Malaya, with full degree-granting powers and with Faculties of Arts, Science and Medicine, should be created forthwith by the amalgamation of Raffles College and the King456 words
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Article50 1948-05-01 5 THE University of IfaJ should be sited at Johore Bahru, says the Carr-Saund-en Commission. Not less than 1,000 acres should be made available for the University and areas adjacent to the site should be zoned so as to permit the future extension of the University site.50 words
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148 1948-05-01 5 IN recomm. naiii^ a fullfledged Malaya, the Carr-S^un. Commission for H cation I xprcs that private cii. make substantial University. ;y sti the Uii. gnu i ring I a.s maintenance, which should paid by the Oov r m autli iii Univers. If s»ch gra. there148 words
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Article91 1948-05-01 5 WHEN the Assistant Dn of Education <Chir. sanctions the collection of subscriptions on kx schools b; for concerts. et4 of tickets b< the Education Departn If dm mb» rs of th are approached or have b« approached to buy tick, other documents for admission to concerts on91 words
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Advertisement58 1948-05-01 5 r-s fra^ cc '-m> m Wf art silk pS^^y% I F A B R I C S j i \i <v^ Vi/ Narittv I /y^^l and Colours vfe%M 1 cocktail! i-^Slri I PRESSES 1 /Ct^lV' I 'EVENING 1 It- A.^jtw i GOWN SI V wide |OSl" j$ 6. 50 yd.58 words
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NEWS
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Article139 1948-05-01 6 Austrian youth taught to hate FATHER Edward Flanagan of "Boy Town," Nebraska, told a Vienna c n Terence that Austrian political partie> are training children starting at 8 years old, teaching them to hate all other groups but their own. Political lead rs condemn it. he said, but each isU.P. - 139 words
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Article17 1948-05-01 6 SONGKHRAM RECOGNISED P ten have the neji P IS n jkhram. N: .ent bf of awaited. ReuterReuter - 17 words
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Article172 1948-05-01 6 VITAL PHASE IN KOREA APPROACHING AS Washington officials warned that the next two weeks would be one of the most critical periods m Korean history, the U.S. Army announced that no more dependents of the 30.000 American troops m Korea may go there because occupation forces may be withdrawn following172 words
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Article, Illustration69 1948-05-01 6 London's streets on the Of the state drive of the King and Queen from Buckinoham Palace to their silver wedding thanksgiving service at St. Pauls Cathedral. These pictures show (top) the Royal couple with members of the Royal Family acknowledging, from the Palace balcony, the cheers of the crowds afterReuter - 69 words
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116 1948-05-01 6 Mosisy causes banning of London rallies London. Friday. PUBLIC processions of a political niture have been banned for three months within certain London boroughs. An official statement I last night says the Home Secretary. Mr. Chuter Ede. consented to make the order after beins informed by the Commissioner of Police116 words
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Article105 1948-05-01 6 PRINCESS Elizabeth hai declined, with regret, to ask for royal mercy for a dog under sentence of death for killing chickens. Norman Wilkinson, the dog's master, had written asking the Princess to appeal to the King for a pardon. The Hon. Jean Elphonsten. Lady-in-Waitlng. wroteA.P. - 105 words
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Article73 1948-05-01 6 pRENCH Socialists have turned a cold shoulder to Gen. Charles de Gaulle and to the Communists. The Party's National Council adopted a motion of "categorical and definite refusal" to recent de Gaullist proposals for an entente with the parties m the present Coalition Government. ItA.P. - 73 words
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Article129 1948-05-01 6 TSAN FRANCISCO, Friday. HE U.S. District Court yesterday ordered American citizenship to be restored to 2,300 Japanese Americans who were interned during the war and renounced their citizenship jn 1945 The judge criticised the Government for accepting the renunciations. He expressed doubt as to theA.P. - 129 words
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Article24 1948-05-01 6 Mr. Winston Churchill's secretary has announced that Churchill will visit Norway on May 12 as the guest of King Haakori A.P.A.P. - 24 words
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Article91 1948-05-01 6 nESULTS of the fourth pleb- iscite being held by the British Medical Association on the national health service will be known on Monday or Tuesday. An article m the British Medical journal says that if the majority of the consultants and specialists, general practitioners arid those workins91 words
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Article175 1948-05-01 6 100p.c.CUREFOR MALARIA CLAIM Claim of two N. Y. doctors A STUDY of 95 United States veterans has shown that relapsing malaria can be cured by injections of the drug F*entaquine with quinine. This claim is made by Dr. Belard Straus, chief of the medical service at the Bronx Veterans Administration175 words
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Article57 1948-05-01 6 LEXINGTON, Friday. rBACCO salesman Morris Jones believes that cconornic conditions :an be judged by the length of j discarded cigarette butts. He reported that the "average cigarette butt is about one and a haY inches long. "That is every bit as long as the average IU.P. - 57 words
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86 1948-05-01 6 NAZI REVIVAL SEEN BY U.S. GOVERNOR TEN. Lucius D. Cay, the v American militar. crnor m Germany, expects a j strong political comeback i attempt by the si: N Us. Under the American policy of freedom m politics, there will by an "in< and persons who sponsored sism" In publicU.P. - 86 words
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Article62 1948-05-01 6 LEONARD Goldthorpe. 23. gi t six months m jail for awarding himself three discharges from the army. "I was fed up with the service." he explained m court at Aldershot. Police said he managed the three discharges by presenting forged papers. H? obtained advanceA.P. - 62 words
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Article18 1948-05-01 6 Richard Tauber. the ous Au trian-born tenor left mad: Dublin t*w*«» u^ I :n London U.P.U.P. - 18 words
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Article80 1948-05-01 6 Civil Govt for Pacific Islands A PROPo set up a civi m the Panfic been sent to I pnss by the Sec State. Mr. Georpe M The United under the United for the Man. Guam, which is a I sion I the y. Caroline Islan The Navy nou Islands. UnderA.P.; U.P. - 80 words
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Article27 1948-05-01 6 Mr. Herbert Morrisor Leader of the House of Com mons. announced there wi] be a foreign affair dobat noxt Tuesday and Wednes U.P. day.- ReuterU.P.; Reuter - 27 words
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Page 6 Miscellaneous
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Miscellaneous71 1948-05-01 6 JANE Exclusive to the Singapore Free Press m Malaga /will you take tmisAl [Aut rr on the all /h'ml-by that i.mc")] h/wtH rjsk it fritv-^Sc I ulhr downioTmi ta&li. m.ss- I'll post V Urs MiAkiNb may m) W and sii r wfVam Bf WIAGE, FORELOCK?^ H .OMORROW- NOBODYS t C71 words
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SPORTS
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Article233 1948-05-01 7 I \iday 's prospects By CALL BOY I i) Caste did a splendid gallop at Bukit Timah this morning, covering two furlongs down the light In 84 sec. With the going certain to be very day, (iold Caste was given as a "nap" selec,n the233 words
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Article23 1948-05-01 7 i. Manning's have the orth Barham the first m the n confidently n :nimv Luck 5-.r.ce his second Maid r larepatb23 words
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Article161 1948-05-01 7 By Epsom Jet-p gVMIVI Valley stands out as the best bet on the card at Bukit Timah today. The three* y«u--oid was freely tipped en the course this morning. Two other sound wagers are To I Una m th« sixth and Kaiserinr m the first. Kaiserine161 words
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Article1218 1948-05-01 7 T>ELOW is given the full card of events for today's D races at Bukit Timah. The Big Sweep will be on race eight and the double tote on races six and eight. Race I—2 pan. Horses Class 3, Div. 6— About 6 Furs. Value $1,700 0 0 01,218 words
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Article243 1948-05-01 7 Call Boy Epsom Jeep Trespasser Pointer Most lavotmd S<*ler»!tu BARHAM KAISERINE KAISERINB KAISERINE KAISFRINE RACE 1 Kerry's Luck Hariman Hariman liai ham Bar ham Flarepath Barham Barham Kerry's Luck Kerry's Lock CONTENT SCARLET TIGER U SCARLET TIGER II CONTENT \RLET TK.JR 11 RACE t Lasan M&id243 words
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417 1948-05-01 7 Outschoorn bats well for 105 mins A FIGHTING innings by Ceylon-born L. Outschoorn, who helped Palmer m a ihird wicket stand of 67, failed to prevent the fc Australians opening their tour with an innings victory at Worcester yesterday. Outschoorn batted stylishly for 105 minutes and powerful driving and hooking417 words
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Article126 1948-05-01 7 I^4 ANY appreciative re- marks about the batting of Worcestershire's darkskinned player, "Laddie" Outschoorn, were made after the Australian match m Worcester yesterday. Ceylon -born Outschoorn found his way into English cricket m an unexpected manner. Taken prisoner by the Japanese he was brought to England forReuter - 126 words
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Article294 1948-05-01 7 FDAY is the clo>uitf day of the English Football Lracue ;n and it will compete the ire of championship*, promotion and I.tration problems by deciding which tfam from the northern section of the Third DtvMon goes into the second Division m\' year and which j294 words
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262 1948-05-01 7 From \< i non Morgan DERFECTLY ridden by champion jockey Gordon Richards, Queen Pot. owned by former British Ambassador Sir Percy Lorraine, won an exciting race for the 1,000 Guineas, first of the fillies' classics at Newmarket yesterday. This filly by Big Game, formerlyReuter - 262 words
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Article427 1948-05-01 7 From BILL BOWES Former, Yorkshire and England Cricketer npHE Australian cricketers, after ten days net A practice, have now finished victoriously the first match of their tour m England. After a number of official functions, the serious work of the tour has begun, and Bradman.427 words
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Article89 1948-05-01 7 HUNGARY round of (hi of the Davis Cup establishing a dec. lead over Austria v rr.atrM «as Results: Asb-th I Speclu 6—2 6—2 6 o <Hunparri brat R<nil f. 3. 4 C, 6 4 4—6 6—3 A.<=bo*h and I iry) b a- I 6—2 6—3. 8- /^rlarfd89 words
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Article326 1948-05-01 8 US query on arms p^eds LONDON, Friday. MILITARY questionnaire from the United States was before the Defence Ministers of Brita n, France Belgium, Holland and Luxembourg when they net here today and establ shed a super general staff to plan joint Western Union defence against326 words
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Article, Illustration14 1948-05-01 8 G. Hoffman, the man tinted by President ■nan to direct America's pean Recover? Programme.14 words
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Article234 1948-05-01 8 Blackouts overs by December flit ntCOril? tor blackouts m Singapore snouia 1 tmst by the end of this year, said the Depuo Viunieipal President. Mr. W.L. Blythe, at a meeetta| if the MuniciiMl Commissioners yesterday. 1 The posmSn as regards the city's limited electir -apply "will be progressively improved froir234 words
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Article48 1948-05-01 8 REJECTS UNION WITH INDIA THE French India Repre sentative Assembly ha rejected a proposal for th immediate merging of Pondd cherry. Mahe. Karikal. Yanai and Chandernagore, with th Indian Union. It asked for the "right o solf-determination" for de ciding its future relaLlonshl with the Dominion of India.48 words
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Article187 1948-05-01 8 US aid 'will put UK at the top' KENYA. Friday. THE British are "not beggars on the bread line." said Mr. David Rees- Williams, under-Secretary for the Colonies, m a speech to Kenya British farmers at Nairobi yesterday. Discussing the production driva. Mr. R?es- Williams said i the Marshall plan187 words
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Article175 1948-05-01 8 SHANGHAI, Friday. C GOVERNMENT planes are heavingly pounding some I 60,000 Communist troops trapped near Chienyang, m Western Shensi Province. This is part of the Red force which recently retook Yenan, the former I'Mmmunist capital, and drove southward m an attempt to invade Szeehunn Province.175 words
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Article242 1948-05-01 8 Churchill urges new elections LONDON, Friday. I*KE Opposition leader, Mr. 1 Winston Churchill, today eminded the Labour Governnent that it is living on the harity of "the greatest Captalist free enterprise State m he world the United States." le was addressing 5.000 perons at the Albert Hall at a 'rimrose242 words
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100 1948-05-01 8 17 men killed as bridge collapses BOLOGNA, Italy. Frl. SEVENTEEN workmen were reported killed and 23 m- j jured today when a bridge; under construction collapsed at Monte Castello hamlet. 55 miles south-east of Bologna. Reports from the town, which is 28 mles south-east Of Forli near the Adriatic coast,100 words
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Article80 1948-05-01 8 NEW CON TRACT FOR US MINERS rHE chief of the United Mineworkers' Union. John Lewis, fined last week after the strike bv 400.000 soft coal I miners. y?sterdav asked the soft coal mineowners to meet him on May 18 to negotiate a new contract to replace the present agreement expirine80 words
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Article, Illustration240 1948-05-01 8 i\R. A. A. Sandosham, retir- ing President of the Sini gs-pore Civil Service Associa- tion, speaking at its 19th general meeting yesterday, expressed the belief that locally-rocruited Government officers holding administrative appointments "should prove better than those recruited abroad because they know local languages240 words
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Article98 1948-05-01 8 London Stock Exchange LONDON, Friday. DOLLAR stocks enjoyed a period of activity m the London Stock markets today, Canadian Pacifies. International Nickles and Brazil Tractions beins m some demand and recording half-point gains, sny> Reuter\s financial correspondent. Rubbers were unchanged to irregular and Tins unchanged to98 words
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Article105 1948-05-01 8 A SPECIAL Market correspondent fives the prlr«"s of rubber a< 11 am today as follow*: Buyers -»»»ller> Ci* (to per Ib ocr Ib No. 1 R.S.S. Spot loose 41 4 41 No i R.S.S fob m bain May 41 4? 1 So R.S.S fob m bales May 41105 words
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Article163 1948-05-01 8 Fress Press Staff Reporter |>ROPOSING the resuscitaIT tion of the Singapore St. John Ambulance Association, th? Governor. Sir Fran Win Gimson. said last night that he regarded the spirit of social service as vitally ii portant. It was imperative that opportunities should be orovided for163 words
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123 1948-05-01 8 India 2and Japan to rresume trade NEW DELHI. JINDIA and Jag i 1 imm'Q'ate rw of pi tweca the iv n c A mjs-inn fi MacAnhui tiie tnd n a has air ved m led by two official Ind'Mi fay; ma An I Japan m ed for imrr.' with SCAP123 words
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Article35 1948-05-01 8 Th<- r.ttc lot modernising United air d t( by the ot J82.000 0' The committee b 70-group Air F ramm n p aeetime force c.: pro- r>d quate to the I35 words
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Miscellaneous14 1948-05-01 8 SPORE HIGH TIDES Today: 2.39 a.m; 5.16 p.m. i Sunday: 3.41 a.m; 6.46 p.m.14 words
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