The Singapore Free Press, 8 May 1948
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Title Section20 1948-05-08 1 The Singapore Free Press LARGEST AFTERNOON SALE IN MALAYA 158 SINGAPORE, SATURDAY, MAY 8, 1948 'ivn r n 1 iiu*i«20 words
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Article, Illustration386 1948-05-08 1 PEACE COMES TO HOLY CITY Arabs, Jews to cease fire JERUSALEM, Friday. DRITISH efforts to get peace m Jerusalem brought an agreement from both Arabs and Jews tonight to cease fire throughout the city as from noon tomorrow. Arab agreement was announced m an official communique from Jericho, where SirReuter; U.P. - 386 words
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Article103 1948-05-08 1 IRISH GIRL WEDS MUSLIM -ILLEGAL' LEEDS. Friday. MOHAMMED Hebibar Rahman, a graduate of Calcutta University, was today found guilty of unlawfully •'marrying" a 19-year-old Irish girl to a member of the Indian Navy who already had one wife, but claimed that a* a Mohammedan he was entitled to four. HeReuter - 103 words
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Article39 1948-05-08 1 What is believed to be a world's record value m a catch of fish was landed at Grimsby r England yesterday by the Icelandic trawler, Neptune. The 356 to ns f fl<sh wa Hold for £19.069. A.PA.P. - 39 words
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Article78 1948-05-08 1 Free Press Staff Reporter THE Governor of Spore, Sir Franklin Gimson, has sent a message of congratulations to the American ConsulGeneral, Singapore, Mr. Paul Josselyn, on the occasion of the 64th birthday of President Truman. "It is our earliest wish' says the message, "that he I78 words
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Article29 1948-05-08 1 Belgium is still without i Premier. Political leader, are now trying to work ou a new compromise between Catholics and Socialists or Government subsidies t< schools.- A.PA.P. - 29 words
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Article38 1948-05-08 1 THE four- power Allied Con- trol Council. dormant since the Russians' angry walk-out on March 20, will skip another regular meeting date on Monday. A spokesman said no items had VAArt n.PfaraA fr\T Hkni?sinn A.PA.P. - 38 words
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Article48 1948-05-08 1 Marshal Viscount I Montgomery told a London youth rally last night that "the best way of preventing war was to show any wouldbe aggressors that Britain .was strong and united, add- I Ing, "but the last thing any j of us wants is another war."—48 words
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Article166 1948-05-08 1 KASHMIR PLEBISCITE II liuted State** was yesterday appointed to serve 1 <»n the five-nation commission assigned by the Hn.'t".: Vitions Security Council to supervise a f !«> decide whether Kashmir is to accede to I; Pakistan. The other members of the Com-Hi:-si»n Are BHrium. Czechoslovakia. Argentina and166 words
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79 1948-05-08 1 Rittual murder with a razor blade ind). Fri. n which ncans took I' pieces out of im with a safety was still alive scribed in the High :ere yesterday men .ncludlng a -f. Motsearl Leroi sentenced to death to cutung their re said to have opened umbrella at, collected theReuter - 79 words
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Article18 1948-05-08 1 prison military eh yesterday for of 100 mllli:um whiah he Ofl the iifaAC 500. ReuterReuter - 18 words
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Article24 1948-05-08 1 A Government spokesman m Warsaw yesterday said that Polish citizens could be arrested f»>r possession of United Information Service bulletins.24 words
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Article159 1948-05-08 1 HERAK Island m the Straits of Malacca, will be a I target for live bombs from a high altitude as part of an R. A. F. test of the practicability of pro- viding a Far East striking force at short notice. Air Headquarters Malaya159 words
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Article235 1948-05-08 1 SHANGHAI, Saturday. IN daylong raids the Shanghai Municipal police yes- terday smashed 28 rings allegedly dealing in illegal remittances to Hong Kong, and arrested 34 persons suspected of being connceted with them, according to Chinese reports. In an almost unpreccdent- M ed move to wipe out illegalReuter - 235 words
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Article65 1948-05-08 1 The driver of a motoi vehicle that collided with t trisha m Bukit Timah roat near the junction with Makepeace road, seriously injuring the rider, drove off without stopping to render assistance or to make a report to th< police. The trisha rider was founc65 words
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Article199 1948-05-08 1 Free Frees Staff Reporter QINGAPORE police this morning were hunting for J members of the "329 gang" who yesterday chibbcd and Blabbed to death the leader of a rival gang outside an Altwall Street coffee shop. Police found the dead gangster, Eai Ho Seng alia* Pob199 words
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Article, Illustration26 1948-05-08 1 U Saw, ex-Premier of Burma, ivas hanged in Rangoon this morning for complicity in the murder of Aung San. U Saw's last hours— see page eight.26 words
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Article42 1948-05-08 1 P.C's MURDERER TO GET REPRIEVE The British Home Secretary has recommended a reprieve for Donald George Thomas, the first man to be sentenced to death after the House of Commons voted for a fiveyear suspension of the death penalty for murder.- ReuterReuter - 42 words
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Article116 1948-05-08 1 NEW YUKn, rnaay. ONE of the next steps in the fight against infantile paralysis seems very close as a result of the isolation of the virus that causes the disease by University of Minnesota research workers. The next step is to ascertain whether a vaccineA.P. - 116 words
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Article44 1948-05-08 1 'THE Assistant Under Secretary at British foreign Office, Mr. M. E. Dening, is m Canberra, Australia, to discuss means of breaking the deadlock between the Big Four powers over the procedure for convening a Far Eastern peace conference.44 words
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Article25 1948-05-08 1 Because Sunday's eclipse of the sun is considered a bad omen, elections in American occupied South Korea will be hel<* on Monday instead.25 words
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Article191 1948-05-08 1 GAME LAW PICKED FOR BIG RACE Free Press Staff Ke porter SINGAPORE'S first Governor's Cup race since th? war will attract a large and fashionable crowd to Bukit Timah today, the final day of the Singapore Turf Club's five-day Summer Meeting, but ihe Governor, Sir Franklin Gimson, will not be191 words
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Article170 1948-05-08 1 RUBBER: CUT PRICES WARNING trte Press C orrtspondeut LONDON. Friday (COMMENTING on the act j that the Rubber Study Group m Washington deeded that the time had not yet arrived "for any consideration or examination of a comm<Kilty agreement." the Economist says evidently the United States had no desire to170 words
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Article20 1948-05-08 1 E,ann iremur.s ia&uny seconds were felt throughout Montreal on Friday morn ng. Some walls were cracked, says A.PA.P. - 20 words
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Article45 1948-05-08 1 wen oi me r\«nai te.>i<>n Pioneer Corps m A>er Raja camp. ofT Alexandra road rioted early this morning They set fire to three tent* Thre* fire-ensines were to the camp, one of them a Municipal engine, and the fire was brought under control.45 words
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Advertisement8 1948-05-08 1 ghdfhgfhgf I be sure i)ou ouu WILLS' 58 words
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Advertisement35 1948-05-08 1 M.FLINTER&S.6RIMBERU. j Wholesale Retail Dealers m DIAMONDS JEWELLERY j Now AikiiltihL' A New Shipment ol I It A >* Carat G«ld i i^arette <a-e* I 67. STAMFORD RD. I Ku Court Bldp Telephone 7923 Singapore hthfghf35 words
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Article798 1948-05-08 2 ACROSS THE ROOF OF THE WORLD IN Calcutta's China- town I heard from survivors the story of one of the strangest and most hazardous pilgrimages ever attempted. The odyssey of a colony of Muslims who set out from their native village m Chinese Turkestan on a trek across the "rootReuter - 798 words
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Article127 1948-05-08 2 ONE year ago today, the Ist Chinese Guides Company of th€ Nam Hwa Girls' School, S'ngapore, was formed and an extensive programme has been arranged for today to C« te brute its first anniv sary m the school's com pound. I v tatlons have ccvi to all127 words
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Article, Illustration22 1948-05-08 2 Tndenurk R«tt*Urt4 V 8 P»tn>« OOc *7 thought my husband's life was an open book— but he had two books!"22 words
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Article362 1948-05-08 2 ■THERE is a weird 1 room at the U.S. Naval ordnance laboiatory m Washington, whose inner walls are like the coat of a porcupine— where it is possible to hear your own voice. If that sounds silly just try to hear your own voice362 words
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Article, Illustration73 1948-05-08 2 are trumps. South leads. North and South are to win six of the seven tricks against any defence. South makes the spade ace then leads the diamond. North wins two diamond tricks. South discard ng a heart. North leads the club jack. South overtakes with the queen and73 words
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Article137 1948-05-08 2 AT the present timt the largest uncut diamond m the world-^ the 770 carat stone found by the Sierra Leone Selection Trust m the gravels of the Woyie River, Sierra Leone, m Jan. 1945 is an exhibit upon which attention will be focussed m137 words
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Article323 1948-05-08 2 ROBERT GOLDSTEIN - A knife flick cured drug fiend ROBERT GOLDSTEIN B> A. P. Correspondent AN almost instantaneous cure for addiction to narcotics ha> been accomplished with a few flicks of a brain surgeon's knife. The cure was achieved somewhat as a by-product m a partially paralyzed patient, operated on for relief ofA.P. - 323 words
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Advertisement105 1948-05-08 2 I Riding Headlong Into Action!... j ZORKO the terror of the plains, braves the veil- L 9^ Imce of a gang of J9k ruthless killers m 15 k&^ mßt reels of sneetacular ACTION!! iSMF Xt .UNialment v^ Zorros FIGHTING LEGION tonight ALHAMBRAt JEROME KERN WROTE THE CROWNING LYRICAL GLORY OF105 words
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Advertisement92 1948-05-08 2 I 1/ /If r if v If F&SsVW px I) WHOLE- GRAIN OATS ARE NATURE'S IDEAL FOOD FOR BABY NAT u.rS Whole-grain oats Quaker Oats is the best natural cereal source of iood- WON iron, protein, food energy, and Vitamin f O oo Bi. elements that provide strength for* growth,92 words
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Miscellaneous67 1948-05-08 2 iS B^OWM INI SUMWt* WHITC INJ WIMTEg... NATUBAI. N^v V^'oi "SN.OW- w^-— n vV T THE ANQST C*Y ft^ POWPERY JtoN'rV \vf •T<TA<S» iMflt^i PULLV A5 H* 4B t ►-♦Ouk; MdndrdKC Exclusive to the Singapore Free Press m Mala"v nn«.7r A u mtfc# it* 1T SEEMS SUPPOSE SHE WAS i67 words
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Miscellaneous226 1948-05-08 2 flejKLFJDLJREM,L JLDF SINGAPORE Blue Network From 12.00 noeo to Z.*% p.m. j: 626 metres m the medium wart band and 7.20 megacycles m the 41 metre band From 6.00 pjn to 1. 44 pjn: from 9. '.0 p.m. to 1104) p.m 526 metres m the medium wave band, and 4.825226 words
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Miscellaneous327 1948-05-08 2 nouncemenls; 8.18 Radio Orchestra; 9 Spot the Favourites; 9.30 News; 9.45 Talking of Books; io "The Little Prom'; 11 Last News Summary. PROGRAMMES IN MAI.AY: 12 programme Summary; 12.05 Musical Entertainment by Perkumpclan Pflayaran Party; 12.45 News m Malay: 7 Time Signal; 7.01 Radio Magazine; 7.15 Musical Interlude 7.30 News327 words
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Miscellaneous346 1948-05-08 2 5.15 Magazine of the Week; 5.30 Australia^ Amateur Hour; 6.20 Popular Piano Classics Featuring Yvonne Arnaud 6.30 News: 6.45 Soft Lights and Sweet Music; 7 Ten >rs of Renown Joseph Hislop Sydney McEwan; 7.20 Famous Overt 'ires; 7.30 Sunday Night Drama; 8 Men and Their Music; 8.15 This wt-ek m346 words
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Miscellaneous82 1948-05-08 2 News Headlines; 1 02 FootbftU Results; 1.15 Yours for the Asking; 2 World News Headlines; 2 02 Pro gramme Summary; 5.30 Station Open ng; 5.32 Sunday Symph^v; 6.30 World and Home News; fl 45 I.T.MA.; 7 15 World Affairs: 7.30 Swing Session; 8 World and Home News; 8 05 Yours82 words
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Miscellaneous116 1948-05-08 2 YOUR LUCKY STA R fortune forecast j O r people born i DOKN today, >ou BTr a na- tural «xtr«.\r r t make fr*nd> uix r ro, tackle problemrobust directness mak-v ai»d sn-rn t«» Uj mi:ali(»n Jrom tho "t appearing ling« r for I like the uiud v sun and116 words
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103 1948-05-08 3 Red gams on eve of all-out offensive nGHAI, Friday. Communist annie* marked up on< v cifter another thii i-y massed theii r an all-out sumnsive. natiirti were retakes by surprise, ac bright spot, m heard n Di into action r SS. inea blasted ;> s besieging the Yinghsien. m ThA.P. - 103 words
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Article15 1948-05-08 3 CANTON TO BE MODERNISED m uar.--n I and aid trade In Sze- China thr ReuterReuter - 15 words
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Article, Illustration35 1948-05-08 3 pictures fUg new Indian Ambassador, Mr. S. K. M. Pannikkar, upper picture- and the new Philippines envoy to China, Mr. Premo SehtttJSB. are seen shaking hands with Generalissimo Chiang Kai-shek after presenting their credentials. A.PA.P. - 35 words
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Article91 1948-05-08 3 here are aiist .1 to way. ac■sa. uch a mcd by ea at n to bi le the danger of reatorine Japan to her pre-war status throw eh American aid Professor Meng Hsienchanc of the Central University of Nanking, recently addressed a student gatheringReuter - 91 words
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Article30 1948-05-08 3 CHIN A BANK CHIEF Mr HH Teh-mou. nead of of China's New York L>flice. may return to Shangortly to take over the ,00 a-s General Manager ol Lne Bank.- A.PA.P. - 30 words
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Article280 1948-05-08 3 StIAMiHAI. Friday. WAGE EARNERS m Shanghai complain that a million dollars isn't what it used to be. They look back to a time when a million dollars could buy a good >hirt. a pair of shoes, or half a dozen pairs of wool socits. ThoseA.P. - 280 words
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Article59 1948-05-08 3 STOP towards establishment of a Civil Service for Kwangtung Province will be taken this summer when the Provincial Government Holds a public examination for graduates of Canton's middle schools and universities. The Governor, Dr. T V. Soong. expressed sympathy with the educational institutions financial difficulties andReuter - 59 words
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Article192 1948-05-08 3 REFORM PLAN IS READY NANKING, Friday. •THE Vice-President, Gen 1 Li Tsung-jen, said j today, he would present his reform programme to Generalissimo Chiang Kaishek soon. He would rely on the pressure of public opinion to train acceptance of his ideas for a economic, political and military shako -up. SinceA.P. - 192 words
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158 1948-05-08 3 LAKE SUCCESS, Friday. VfR. Harry J. Anslinger. ITI delegate to the United Nations Commission on Narcotics today, disclosed the war-time existence of a Jap-anese-built opium extraction plant m Mukden, capable of producing 50 tons of heroin yearly— 6o timt* the legitimate world requirements. BeU.P. - 158 words
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Article133 1948-05-08 3 'REBEL S' TO FORM COALITION GOVT HONG KONG Friday. EFT Wing anti Chinese government dissidents here, responding to a Chinese Communist summon*, have taken the first step towards establishment of a "Democratic Coalition Government." at the same time renouncine the Central Government at Nanking The Communist summons, called on "allU.P. - 133 words
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Article291 1948-05-08 3 U.S. aid chief appointed WASHINGTON, Friday. FHE U.S. Aid to China programme forged ahead today with appointment of Roger D. Laphain former San Francisco Mayor, as its Director. He is due m Shanghai on June 1. Pending his arrival, the Economic Co-operatiot Administration is sendingA.P.; U.P. - 291 words
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Article47 1948-05-08 3 A census of foreign residents here will soon be taken by the (Canton) police. Heads of foreign concerns will be requested to give the number of foreigners m their employment. A stricter check on foreigners arriving and leaving the colony will be made.47 words
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Article51 1948-05-08 3 THE Hung Kong police contingent was withdrawn from Deep Bay tallowing an unsuccessful three-day campaign to round up pirates. A thrck urKJergrowtti with 70 caves formed an effective hide-out. Heavily armed small patrols, equipped wth portable communication sets, have been left behind to keep guard- A.A.P. - 51 words
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Article, Illustration216 1948-05-08 3 Aiding Asia's illiterates A THREE MAN team reCurnimg %o New York from a 36,000-mile round -the- world trip to surve\ radio and visual aid programme* m foreign mission fields, urged churches and other groups to promote radio programmes and motion pictures to educate Asia's illiterates. Rev. Franklin Mack and. Rev.U.P.; A.P. - 216 words
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Article75 1948-05-08 3 CHANG CHUN AS PREMIER AGAIN PREMIER Chang Chun ha~s yielded to Gen. Chiang Kai-shek's insistence and will head China's first Constitutional Government, said an authoritative source m Nanking yesterday. Chang has abandoned plar t < to retire as the President of the Executive Yuan, and lias agreed to accept Gen.A.P. - 75 words
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Article31 1948-05-08 3 A str k*» of Naukk.g triftiawmen was settled yesterday, after less than 24 hours since it started. The three wheeled vehicles ai> aeain back on the streets.— A. PA.P. - 31 words
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Article50 1948-05-08 3 SHANGHAI. Friday. JAPANESE resident* m China are UtU enemy nationals, accordtnQ to a ruling by the Chinese Ministry of Social Affairs uhich instructed that no Jaw may join Chinese cj-oper-olives. The Ministry ruled until the peace treaty uat> signed, the Japanese werm stili enemy nationals. -V. P.50 words
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Article23 1948-05-08 3 A slight earthquake ahook houses m An)<>y on Thur. The tremor lasted five seconds. No damafre was done.— A. PA.P. - 23 words
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Article144 1948-05-08 3 Plan to end flight of capital THE flight of capital and industry to Hong Kong r* i>orledlv thoroughly alarmed Chinese official circles, who are presently striving to set ud textile industries m Shanghai to compete with the 'potential Japanese textile market threat*." The Finance Control 1 Bureau announced ncgotla- tionsU.P. - 144 words
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117 1948-05-08 3 Jap industry needs exports from China vpHE United Stales cannot X build up Japan a* an industrial power without aid from China the chief economic adviser of the Chinese i Mi&sion to Japan. Dr Banning Wu. told the United Pro*. He waj» not oppobed to the id- a of JapanU.P. - 117 words
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Advertisement13 1948-05-08 3 > tie; n n V" ii i oaif tti *f9BL J :dr tou!!! i»13 words
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Advertisement76 1948-05-08 3 COME WHERE IT 1 U> Uv^ spacifiu air-«»ndiuon^d dining and ballroom with fastidious decor. ecuoeaJed j U^hlityj. hxxge circuJar bar ao» r' luxurious appointment* L I ~^*C telepho.vi: FOB WW ATIl>Nv IBT H B V W\ RtSTRURRNT JC^ f or HYQE N I C HOUSE Si'KWIM AGAINST -DISEASE I< AI«ItY76 words
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Miscellaneous23 1948-05-08 3 TARZAN Onward By Erf^r /?»<» Burroughs <5 T^f-TCK' CCO*«.TaWTrX »*?Z^'s iOUBftOEtC) IfT »*S THE aEG<NMH6 <y A sn<AMG£ FWPOSHIP »»ICH CONTINUED PQg MANY ttftBTHES]23 words
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337 1948-05-08 4 The Singapore Free Press SATURDAY, May 8, 1948. British Headaches BRIII6H exports m April. estimated provisionally at 2 million, were the highest m 28 years. That b good news and Sir Stafford Cripps made the mo6t ot it when he told ParliaWP* v sterday that "it \va riough things were337 words
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Article160 1948-05-08 4 W- rival of the Cup, racing :> today ast touch of pre-war Green turf, blue sunshine and a yet for thou--11 not be perfect of grey. won the he racing public quickly It isn't he lovely ■a it. law will come literal orders a favourite run for160 words
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Article, Illustration774 1948-05-08 4 ARTHUR GREENWOOD - What price World War III? ARTHUR GREENWOOD I by the Rt. Hon. mp\ whose eve-of-the-war speech m September 1939, calling Britain to arms, was memorable m the history of Parliament THE world is getting d itself into a highly explosive state. Blank cartridges are being tired all over the place.774 words
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Article14 1948-05-08 4 Re«ist the devil, and h« wiH fle* from you. James 4, 7. Clactmi-on-Sea.14 words
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Article, Illustration59 1948-05-08 4 Possessing the 7nost up-to-date eQuipment. the new 8-ton lifeboat "Edgar George Orlando and Eva Child" arrived at her station at at. Ives, Cornloall, from Cowes, Isle of Wight, where she was built for the Royal National Lifeboat Institution. With a \pced of seven knots, the I lifeboat can travel TOO59 words
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Article482 1948-05-08 4 PEOPLE JN THE DARK By A SPECIAL X>RRESPONDENT PRIMMEST of the new professions that have lurched out of the terrors of the last decade is that of Displaced Person," with its three desperate features to distinguish it from other occupations misery, defencelessness, and lack482 words
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Article, Illustration352 1948-05-08 4 Aluiuier example oi BOAC's readiness to assrst other countries m esteblish ng the-.r own national airiirves was demonstrated last mo;.th when a de Hay Hand Dove aircraft of the liovrfy- farmed Fli^le Airlines of Iran left Erg .and for Tehera. The eight -skater Dove-, the first of three352 words
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Article748 1948-05-08 4 GRAHAM JENKING - GRAHAM JENKING By Router— A.A.P. Correspondent DLA N S, promises and provisional developments for the new Netherlands relationship with Indonesia, scheduled to mature next year, will depend for constitutional endorsement on the Dutch elector when he goes to the polls next June. A Bill,748 words
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Advertisement72 1948-05-08 4 'Will glasses alone improve rmr Evesitht?" MO Proieiiionai servkses ana techmeal skills are the essential aids to your "seeing abUlty," your visual comfort and effldencv. It is for these service* and skills— not for glasses alone tnat you Day for your fee. Seek Professional advrice— Vo£ Qlasses at a price."72 words
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Advertisement30 1948-05-08 4 rC 3 Famous COW&GATE PJ ro ducts fl^^^l COWeGATE MILK FOOD \sjf£&*i^ 3**. lOOD ROYAL tfono Chocolate Malt Aid FOR THAT Today Notlbmcilcu' it < Agents:— JACKSON tfc CO M Iwtur30 words
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Article354 1948-05-08 5 i I TCH STATEMENT I with Netherlands-controlled territories m ;>t be covered by the necessary permits -and with the exchange regulations. This trade n be done through official banks, says an I i)utch statement. r non-controlled Indonesia is closed to y vessel proceeding to or coming from354 words
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Article105 1948-05-08 5 T.B. CLINIC OPENS IN JOHORE ■>:. X SAHRU, Friday. fcr Medical Dem epi ned I Advisory 1 m Bahru m. chrice is freely p\ Wfi- >- private practiX D Ismail, 2 Mootatamby 2: -iical Supenn- 1 X I *he Johore X tal, Dr. E. ■^V.iiv. will aUend tiie the Department!105 words
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Article70 1948-05-08 5 GEN. ONG ENDS MALAYAN TOUR G~l og Chao Huan of the Route Army fame. wt" been m Malaya dn past two weeks on is leaving for C* n neral «rmi greatly A rapid itr va in reha Hi purhased ■or -.cry from i lev to nes m his own A'70 words
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Article44 1948-05-08 5 Lady Gimson returned to Singapore yesterday by the Kutsang after a short vacation m Hong Kong. She was accompanied by her two daughters, Margaret and Judy. Mr H A. Forrer has been appointed to act as Registrar of the Supreme Court. Singapore.44 words
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Article22 1948-05-08 5 \.F. aircraft on passenger and troop-carrying flights flew 8.800,000 passenger miles during March, without an accident involving death or injury22 words
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Article, Illustration308 1948-05-08 5 A SCHEME to "smoothen" traffic along Kallang Road comes into force on Monday. Arrows on the map shown above indicate the directions which traffic must follow. All traffic from Geylang direction towards town (with the exception ol trolley buses) must turn left into Crawford308 words
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Article87 1948-05-08 5 A MOTOR CAR, which was looted by the Japanese m Singapore during the occupation and shipped to Japan, arrive yesterday from Japan, and will be returned to its owners. Eastern Auto Co., Ltd. of Orchard Road. The management of Eastern Auto said yesterday that the cpr87 words
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Article, Illustration64 1948-05-08 5 R< bliccm President Soekarno pictured pointing to the blackboard) is taking a keen interest m the Indo-nesia-ioide campaign against illiteracy. During his recent tour of Central Java, President Soekarno loas accompanied by Dr. Gallal Eddvie, who is on a special medical mission on behalf of the Egyptian Government, (seen wearing64 words
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Article108 1948-05-08 5 THE Lincoln aircraft of No. 97 Straits Settlements Squadron that are visit!.-;-: Singapore on Ex rcise "R« <: Lion" to t-est the practicabil-i-y of providing at short notice a Far East striking force, arc xpected to arrive from Ceylon tomorrow afternoon. A mock interception exercise will108 words
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Article59 1948-05-08 5 THE Indian Consul-General m Djakarta, Mr. N. Raghavan, is leaving for Solo to arrange the transit of Indians who wish to return to India. Most of the 70 Indians are ex -members of the Indian Forces Mr. Ruijhavan yesterday attended the official hand-ing-over ceremony of59 words
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Article30 1948-05-08 5 Mr. *i. W. B. Dunlop, a partner of the well-known Calcutta firm of Messrs. Walter Duncan Co. has recently joined the Directorate of The Mercantile Bank of India.30 words
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Article222 1948-05-08 5 SHIP IS LEFT STRANDED AT MALACCA Free Press Staff Reporter MALACCA, Friday. A 76-ton Indonesian-owned IX Tessel, with its crew of 13, has been held up at this little pi. t fo. nearly two nonths. and to not able to leave because the ship's papers and agent cannot be traced.222 words
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Article270 1948-05-08 5 OIL Palms of Malaya, Ltd., reports a net profit for j the year ended Oct. 31, 1947,! after charging rehabilitation expenditure and provisions for taxation, depreciation and replanting, of £41,786. Adding the balance brought forward of £1,900, the total is €43,686. From this270 words
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Article, Illustration638 1948-05-08 5 Chinese unity move Free Press Staff Reporter CTEPS are being taken m Singapore to unite, v under the Straits Chinese British Association, all local-born Chinese interested m the welfare of the Colony, and to secure for those Chinese born outside of Malaya but have lived638 words
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Article151 1948-05-08 5 60 CHINESE JOIN THE BLOOD BANK Free Press Staff Reporter. A TOTAL of 60 Chinese n Singapore have up to The end of April 7 registered >s blood donors m response to the appeal of the Straits Chinese British Association. To help enlist more donors. Boy Scouts of Raffles Institution151 words
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Article70 1948-05-08 5 CENTENCE of eight months' •J rigoro'^ imprisonment passed by the District Ju on S. Appadurai, vice Presij dent of the Penang Harbour Labour Association, was i day reducec o three months. The appeal judpe, Mr. Justice Bostock Hill, told Appadurai that the fact he was70 words
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Advertisement156 1948-05-08 5 .../or MEN ,j Real Hogskin GLOVES Button Wrist 518.75 PAIR Made m England CUI PTC j vt^<#fc^^ Colours: Blue, TENDER ON. 12 SALE OP ARMY FOODSTUFFS. Tenders are invited for the purchase of the followine Army Foodstuffs: LOT. NO. ITEM. CONDITION. SF 63 319.169 Lbs. DHALL. Fn FOR Marked H.156 words
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Article119 1948-05-08 6 ra landlord who complained of the noLse from his tenants' flat below, the judge at Brentford County Court said: "It is a pity children cannot be provided with silencers, like motors." The owner ©f the h4Mise said that the tenants slam- m«>d doors, played their r«dio119 words
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Article201 1948-05-08 6 i'LOirilXG coupon reductions coming into iorce next Tuesday were announced m the House of ton Thursday by the President of the Board i Trade. Mr. Harold WiL-on. fmtv^r pomes, v -r.iarrn > uiui«^»* .w.-..^--n And the coupon I footwear and on gloves is halved. rayon stockingsReuter - 201 words
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516 1948-05-08 6 PARENTHOOD DOES NOT PAY NOW IN UK. Potulation survey m Britain THE whole social and economic pattern of modern industrial civilisation is against family life. It is a handicap to have children m Britain today. That is the conclusion reached by Political and Economic Planning, an independent, non -Party, fact-finding:516 words
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Article188 1948-05-08 6 THROUGH three Medway towns 176 b-jj* from the I training ship Arethusa marched m protest against wruit they consider poor food and little freedom. Result was a cut m freedom— la*t night all leave wa« stopped, i even for officers, and the boys188 words
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Article53 1948-05-08 6 ALOW-LEVEL attack by fighter planes against a destroyer force will be one of the highlights oi next week's combined British air and sea manoeuvres Qff the Eastern anrj Northern coasts of Scotland. The exercises, biggest since 1939. will try new methods m locating and shadowing op- posingReuter - 53 words
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138 1948-05-08 6 4s 8d in £1 for defence in Britain BRITAIN will spend more on defence this year than on any other single Item. Of every £1. there will be 4s. Bd. or 23 per cent, spent for the Army. Navy and Air Force. Oth?r expenditure Include 3s. lOd. of every 1U.P. - 138 words
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Article27 1948-05-08 6 The Siamese Prime Mlniater. Pi bun Songlthram yesterday sent to the people ol India Siam's wish for M a prosporous and strong India forever."27 words
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91 1948-05-08 6 RAINS SLOW DOWN U.S. RICE PLANTING /^ALIFORNIAN rice grow\j ers. whose 1947 crop set an all-time high record of production, are off to a slow start this year. The crop last year was 17.860 000 bushels valued at U. 5.548.222.000. Most planting is two weeks behind average, due to unusuallyA.P. - 91 words
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Article114 1948-05-08 6 A SPECIAL Vietnam com- mi t tee is expe-:te* shortly to pubiish proposals f-.r a peace settlement with France and the status oi ar irdeI pendent Vietnam within the j French Union. It was b*reved the committee would demand an independfrtt Vietnam army. The committee was114 words
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Article60 1948-05-08 6 HHHE Philippine amba.ssador A to the United States, Mr J. M. Elixalde. said m New York that "the Filipino peo- i pie will be arrayed on the side of American" m "any struggle over the principles to which both our countries subscribe." His country would adhere toA.P. - 60 words
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Article62 1948-05-08 6 India's Labour Minister Mr Fagjiwan Ram. told a public meeting at Chandwa (Bihar). that he was determined to stop "the economic loot and exploitation o/ the people by the capitalists within five to 10 years. They could expect reasonable comforts and at least two square meals aReuter - 62 words
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Article370 1948-05-08 6 F ONDON'S "Barrow Boys" the modern naiiM 4 for the costermon^er or street trader ha\e form* trade union to safeguard their livelihood. Seventy of them, meeting m a West End inn, have made plans to fight local councils which have refused to grant them the licencesReuter - 370 words
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Article16 1948-05-08 6 I the laM l men had tx-» three c UJ ei I •not ReuterReuter - 16 words
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Miscellaneous103 1948-05-08 6 JANI Exclusive to the Sin<zaf>ore Free Press hi Wnlava LywELL, genVlemlm, the "y3 our A I /"since That remark^ V i wonder whom oldV V SOLUTION OF THE PROBLEM jS /COMPET.Tof?S 'ABROAD /if RAWr^ pWRTeD, I > MUTTER WA< i SSSIiY )5| WE ARE WORKING ON STILL ARE EITWFR ON103 words
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Article391 1948-05-08 7 WIN THE PEACE MAY UPSET Heavy going By CALL BOY Ill*, ctiange m the going from good to heavy during the pest 24 hours has been responsible for a complete reversal of opinions about the prospects at Bukit Timah today, the final day of the Singapore Turf Club's five-day Summer391 words
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Article100 1948-05-08 7 SUMATRANS SHOULD WIN TODAY i Sum&tnuM play the; of their Sinat Jalan Besar 4 when they meet pore Chinese, who .us I 1! ws; Wa: Uam, P tnck Yee; Chew, Hng Siew. Gini San. Lan Bei Eng Sang and held to a draw by Thursday :n jo me here, the100 words
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Article26 1948-05-08 7 have ad:.lrd round of B Cup 1 Portu ;al. The pail Dr. Hans ::.nkel. de- :.irdi and r .gal 6 l, .ake Holland's26 words
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Article189 1948-05-08 7 MC.C. beat Surrey by 94 runs at Lords yesterday despite grand bowling by Alec Bedser and a hard-hit century by M. R Barton, the old Oxford Blue. A. E. Rhod>*. the Derbyshire spin bowler, brought off the first hat trick of the season for theA.P. - 189 words
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Article36 1948-05-08 7 The Hurlingham (London) Club lawn tennis final today is an all-India affair. In the smel-flnals Sumant Misra boat Claude Lister, 6-4. 6—2 and Narendra Nath. India beat Subh Sawhney, 6—3 6— 4.— A.P.36 words
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Article231 1948-05-08 7 1 C U B °y Epsom Jeep Trespasser Pointer Most Favoured i___________ Select t««rj nam* l S Y k5 Y ROCHDALE ROCHDALE ROCHDALE UK Kocndale Whispering Hope Land Act Gvnsv Bov mu m%i i Whispering Hope Gypsy Boy Gy£y Boy SS Hop, «<* HEALE ttlnf HONEYCOMB231 words
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Article219 1948-05-08 7 DROMPT intervention by the referee Sgt. S. T. C. Davies, settled an argument between two players m yesterday's S.AJ\A. first division league soccer match m which R.A.F. (Seletar) beat Singapore Recreation Club by three goals to one at Jalan Besar Stadium. The argument aro6e during219 words
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Article159 1948-05-08 7 EPSOM JEEP - Game Law looks a certainty EPSOM JEEP t4% GAME Law's stocks for today's Governor Cup race at Bukit Timah soared as a result of the heavy rain last nifrht and ayain this morning a* the rourso which has made the Coins heavy. He will be backed as a racing certainty,159 words
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Article419 1948-05-08 7 From ROY ESSOYAN, A.P. Sportswriter NG LIANG-CHIANG of Singapore smashed th« China National Athletic Meet 110-metre high hurdles record as Malaya scored a smashing series of triumphs m Shanghai yesterday. Liang-chiang ran 16 seconds flat m both the semi-finaU and finals to win the 100A.P. - 419 words
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327 1948-05-08 7 By COIRTCRAFT OfcCOKD entries are expected to be received for lXt this year's Singapore Badminton Association i junior tournament before the closing date a week hence. With the realisation that Singapore's future strength will depend on her junior players, m interest that ever before327 words
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Miscellaneous69 1948-05-08 7 Todays sports SOCCER: Sumatra v S.C.F.A. Jalan Besar. 5.15 p.m.; S.A.F.A., league. Div. 3 Serangoon Assn. v Comd. Depot M.dir-I Stores. McNair Road 5.15 p.m. CRICKET: SRC. v S.C.R.C. H« ng Lim green 2.15 p.m YM C A v St Andrews School Woodsvillr 2.15 p.m.; 223 BOD v Singapore Colts69 words
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Miscellaneous1102 1948-05-08 7 Race 1—2.00 p.m. Cl. 3, Div. 2 Abt. 5«/ 2 F. Value $1,700 l 41 0 Inspiration (Turner) 9.00 "Seagate Stable" Martin J 3 Wring Hope (Woods) 8.13 Ling Brothers Fox 00 0 Kakama (Robinson) 8.07 ''Lower Perak Kongsi". Daries. 0J 1 Rochdale (Ellery) 8.07 Mr. W. Watt Hobbs 101,102 words
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Miscellaneous208 1948-05-08 7 FJP. Crossword No. 3 t r "w 2 w 5 w 4 1 p i 6 1 7 r Hil!!L _l!L!i _I S I] 40 H n4iW .U HUM 4, Estimate <6). 8. Flexible (7). I<>. Loo^ tend with <3>. 12, Educated <6>. 15. Measure across i«i ?I> Ji- iw-208 words
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Article, Illustration46 1948-05-08 8 The Victoria Toicer Gardens, Mil Wank, London S W.. which are open to the puNic by day as a garden At du*k the gardens become the House of Lords private gardens. In the background can be seen the Tower- the tower en the Houses of Parliament.46 words
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Article374 1948-05-08 8 SCANDINAVIA TALKS ON DEFENCE Move toward West Union LONDON, Friday. WITH secret conferences already under way among the Defence Ministers of the Western Union, interest centres on the meeting hi Stockholm on Sunday of the Prime Ministers of the three Scandinavian countries. A statement m Copenhagen yesterday by Sweden's MinisterReuter; U.P.; A.P. - 374 words
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Article183 1948-05-08 8 MUNICH, Friday. pZECHS who refuse to bow to Communist rule are v >till fleeing into Germany by air. Two planes have landed at separate fields near Munich during this week. In one, a commercial airliner, the passengers ••shanghaied" the pilwt at the pom* of aA.P.; U.P. - 183 words
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Article191 1948-05-08 8 SHANGHAI. Friday. WHILE Nationalist forces m Western Honan are fiphtihg desperately to check a large-scale Red offensive, Communist columns m East Honan swung into action today at half a dozen scattered point* along a 125-mile front. The severest fighting Is at Chengyang, where someReuter; A.P. - 191 words
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Article93 1948-05-08 8 TfiE British Fuel Minister, Hugh Gaiukell. m a speech last night, warning of "a pretty difficult time m oil for the next few years," said he had heard reports the United States may have petrol rationing. "I think that is a rumour, but it showed theU.P. - 93 words
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Article165 1948-05-08 8 ATHENS, Friday. |X)RTY-FIVE Communist prisoners, Including two girl guerrillas, were shot m Greece and on the Greek island of Aigina yesterday. Britain has warned Greece against giving the Impression that the execution of rebels 1* a reprisal for the assassination last Saturday of the MinisterReuter; A.P.; U.P. - 165 words
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Article, Illustration22 1948-05-08 8 picture. Motor-cycle riders of the Royal Signals display team at Catterick Camp, Yorkshire, demonstrating with three new Corgi motor -cycles.- Northern DispatchNorthern Dispatch - 22 words
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Article118 1948-05-08 8 Mo s ley starting India branches LONDON. Friday. THE "Union Movement," 1 headed by Sir Oswald Mo&ley, former leader of the British Union of Fascists has made all preparations to open branches m Calcutta, Bombay and Madras, a spokesman of the movement announced today. He stated that a large numberReuter - 118 words
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Article88 1948-05-08 8 WASHINGTON, Friday. rIE United States today stopped export of gift parcels by commercial firms to wipe out leaks to the blackmarket chiefly m Western Europe, but also involving shipments to China and India. The Commerce Department said the total quantities posted had become so88 words
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Article223 1948-05-08 8 TOKIO. Friday PRESENT regulations governing Japan's private export procedures will be i scrapped m favour of a new and simplified set of rules re- cently completed by the authorities here and scheduled to come into force from May 15. it is learned. The newReuter - 223 words
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Article476 1948-05-08 8 LONDON, Friday. HTHE readjustment of the clothes rationing system failed to bring any reaction to store shares m the London stock markets today, prices remaining steady and undisturbed, says Reuter's financial corres- pondent. Certain Tin shares declined further, while Rubbers advanced. British Government securities failed to476 words
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Article128 1948-05-08 8 A SPECIAL Martat urimwnikiu |h« the prlecs of n bbcr a* 11 a.m. Uday m followsBuy us. Seilcn. j Gte. CU per Ib per ft. 1 B.S.S Spot Uoae 43 IS' No. 1 ESS rob In bales Mat 41S 4>S No. 2 ESS fob m bales May 42S128 words
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Article73 1948-05-08 8 LONDON, Friday. CAPTAIN Roy Farran wept unashamedly today at the funeral of his brother, who was killed by a Jewish terror- j Ist bomb intended ior him. A heavy police guard patrolled the cemetery to avert any i more attempt* on Farran's I life. A wreathU.P. - 73 words
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Article23 1948-05-08 8 More than 1.200,000 former I prisoners of war are expected to return to Germany this year. Twenty per cent, will be homeless.- U.PU.P. - 23 words
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308 1948-05-08 8 RANGOON THE former Premier of Burma, I 1 by (he Rangoon papers today uthe first time, that tie plotted the m;. of Cabinet members, including A urn for which he will be hanged at dawn i< of the eight condemned men got U*l mutationsA.P.; U.P. - 308 words
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Advertisement183 1948-05-08 8 SHROFFS JUTE CARPETS Fresh Arrivals of NEW STOCKS WITH COLOURFUL DESIGNS SPECIAL SCHEME TO SEND JUTE CARPETS TO U K. FROM INDIA 6x3 9x6 f E 12 S 8.oo $24.oo S48.oo Please look in for details. ■cadence: SHROFFS LTD. 12. CbowrngM* Rd. Ci.citti Aeent»-— MOHAN SIN8H, JWALA SINGH 47-49. Stiafw*183 words
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Miscellaneous25 1948-05-08 8 STORE HIGH TIDES HIGH LOW Today: lt.27ajn; 412 a.m. 10 23 p. m; 4 21 p.m. Sund.i> 11.05 ajn; 4.41 *.m. 10.49 rm: 4 p.m.25 words
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