The Singapore Free Press, 27 May 1948
1948-05-27
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Title Section18 1948-05-27 1 The Singapore Free Press LARGEST AFTERNOON SALE IN MALAYA I SINGAPORE, THURSDAY, MAY 27, 1948 PRICE 10 CENTS18 words
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Article339 1948-05-27 1 IRABS ASK FOR TRUCE TERMS But fighting continues LAKE SUCCESS, Wednesday. lif H I L E Arab forces m Jerusalem continued their "death of a thousand bombings'* attack on the trapped Jewish defenders, their political representatives, without accepting or rejecting a cease fire, asked the Security Council to lay down339 words
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Article, Illustration246 1948-05-27 1 Ban on Union political funds Kr*<* Pre*»s Correspudiienl KUALA LUMPI R, Wednesday. THE annual report of the Registry of Trade Unions 1 m the Federation of Malaya says it is considered undesirable at this stage to permit the creation by le unions of a fund for political purposes, par'irl\ when246 words
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Article60 1948-05-27 1 THE United States has assembled a fleet of air transports at Cyprus ready to remove Americans from the Middle East. The State Department have announced that about 24 C-47 transport planes of the U.S. Airforce arrived from Europe and "In view of the unsettled conditions mA.P. - 60 words
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Article65 1948-05-27 1 tree Press Start Reporter IN tlie Sin^upore Assize Court this morning a European. Mr. H. Cfcraa Tameling, bummo^ed lori jury service, was fined $100 for non-appearance. Later Mr. Tameling app« tared, and explained that b» viuse he was shortly leartl g Singapore he was very busy.65 words
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Article36 1948-05-27 1 Mrs. Sarah Wilson, aged 91, of Lynn (Massachusetts) said on her 70th wedding anniversary that all a woman needs for a happy marriage is an eager heart, a sense of humour- -and a man. U.P.U.P. - 36 words
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Article85 1948-05-27 1 Press Staff Reporter Q NOAPORES Leper Welfare mmittec ha^ launched to collect funds r d m the leper by a form of r. lopt n. Subscribers l child, who will :.r c:ly from the .vefi. r advance mad- by R J. Or. ve-White. who is85 words
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Article, Illustration147 1948-05-27 1 AUSSIE MISSION LEA YES TOD AY Free Press Corrt^poiuiuil MELBOURNE, Thursday. AN Australian goodwill mission headed by Mr. W. MacMhhon Ball, former Commonwealth repreesntative on the Allied Council m Tokio, leaves today for a five week tour m South Eas* Asia. Flying m a Royal AustrUlian Air Force plane, the147 words
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Article44 1948-05-27 1 Free Press Staff Reporter Running across Everton Road at 6.30 p m. yesterday, a five year-old Malay boy was knocked down by a car. He was ltted to the General Hos- oital with abrasions on his j iacc, neck and chest.44 words
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Article51 1948-05-27 1 SIAMESE norcotics agents discovered a new trick of dope smugglers m Bangkok when a passenger disembarked from a coastal vessel carrying a cage full of ducks. An alert inspector ■oticee lhal nnt duck wasn i quacking or moving about. It turned out to be stuffed with opium.A.P. - 51 words
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Article44 1948-05-27 1 I b rec Press yesterday the c< ins are expected rrom U.K. within months. Th^ replacement of paper :..y will be effected gradum equivalent value m r money being retained I replaced by the coins as em >-d for small change44 words
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Article21 1948-05-27 1 Siam expects to produce 4,000 tons ot tin this year, and has m hand 7.000 tons stock. says ReuterReuter - 21 words
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Article72 1948-05-27 1 THAKIN NU TO RESIGN THAKIN NU, Prime Minister of Burma's first Republican government formed on January 4, yesterday an- nounced that he is resigning ion July 20 Thakin Nu earlier made it I known that he intended to act as Prime Minister for t\x months only, after which lie would72 words
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Article173 1948-05-27 1 No Malaya-U. S. 'tit for tat' LONDON, Wednet>day. MR. R. De La Bere, a Conservative M.P., suggested m Parliament "today that the British Government should adopt a policy of "tit for <tat" with the United States over Malayan rubber and American tobacco. He was told it can't be done. j^A.P.; Reuter - 173 words
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Article25 1948-05-27 1 A delegation of Indian newspapermen is m London for negotiations with Reuter for the acquisition of the Reuter-owned Associated Press of India.25 words
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Article16 1948-05-27 1 The Indonesian Republic and the Soviet Union have agreed to exchange diplomatic representatives,16 words
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Article191 1948-05-27 1 Free Press Correspondent JOHORE BAHRU, Thursday. A DDRESSING the annual general meeting of the A Johore Planters' Association this morning, the chairman, Mr. A. G. Boyd, said there were far too £W trade unions led by men seeking their own selfish end* and political aggrandisement191 words
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Article76 1948-05-27 1 Fr«e Press Staff Reporter A CHINESE pedestrian who was knocked down by a R AS C. despatch rider at 7.30 pm. last nigbt in-Yio Chu Kanp Road died m the General Hospital about three hours later. The pedestrian sustained a fractured skull, a fractured left leg76 words
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Article, Illustration258 1948-05-27 1 BANGKOK, Wednesday. MARSHAL Phibun, Premier of Siam, has given an assurance that m re-organising the country s economic life he will not revive any of the antiChinese policies which marked his wartime dictatorship. In an exclusive interview with Stanley Swmton, A P special correspondent on258 words
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Article72 1948-05-27 1 Fre e Press Staff Reporter ■THE C.-i-C. FARELF, has confirmed sentence of four years imprisonment by a Johore court martial on Captain A. E. Beere for fraudulent application of $67,283.50. Capt. Beere was also cashiered. The money was part of an imprest account held while he72 words
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Article41 1948-05-27 1 Free Press Staff Reporter Two European paj*^nger:i m a taxi that collided head «m with another taxi at trie 10th mile. Thomson R'>nd. a: 1.30 this morning unhurt. Both drivers tJi caped injury, but th taxis were Dadly darr.af;41 words
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Article35 1948-05-27 1 Free Press Staff Reporter Forged ten-cent notes similar to those circulating m Singapore are now changing hands m the Federation, according u> the Chi. i Currency Officer m Singapore Mr C G. Dickens.35 words
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Advertisement32 1948-05-27 1 J HOUSEHOLD FURNISHINGS t n l Um mer's Gorgeous Hues I us. Brocade, Lace* etc. I U(K KF AST I HA LET L and t v. listed grass mats. K^^_ PLACE, SWGAPORK32 words
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Advertisement15 1948-05-27 1 l^R I. mam £2 i f £J TDPf T (hurghmans SPEeiAL|N?I| |S MADEfIN ENGLAND f^ffi^15 words
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Article712 1948-05-27 2 A MALAYAN BOOKSHELF By A Special Correspondent Vf ANY readers will doubtless remember that before the War it was possible to obtain, at a trifling cost, a series of pamphlets, published under the general heading of v Papers on Malay Subjects," and covering both Malay history and712 words
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Article212 1948-05-27 2 Victorian Tales for Girls, edited by Margharita Laski. (Pilot Press. 12s. 6d.) An opportunity for older readers to renew their acquaintance with the work of Mrs. Ewing, Mrs. Molesworth, and Miss Charlotte M. Yonge. Each was an accomplished and industrious writer. How well their books compare with the212 words
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Article, Illustration25 1948-05-27 2 Competing teams m the annual Reel and Line championships at Melbourne, were urged to victory by feminine admirers. Teams from all Melbourne seaside suburbs competed.25 words
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Article401 1948-05-27 2 Pierre Jeannerat - Pierre Jeannerat by DETWEEN the two D great wars a devoted London couple, although uncommonly blessed, knew moments of depression and boredom inseparable from human life; and often, when such moments occurred the husband would say to his wife: "Let's go and buy a picture." Then the clouds401 words
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Article, Illustration121 1948-05-27 2 J^AST'S psychic double, intended to inhibit the opponents from reaching their optimum contract, actually resulted In their stretching to an extremely optimistic one. But with great good luck they made it. West opened the diamond queen. South studied the combined hands carefully, saw that unless he were very121 words
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Article238 1948-05-27 2 Sweet Exquisite By A SPECIAL CORRESPONDENT Por the first l *me since the liberation, civilian Singapore welcomes a brand new artiste to its concert platform. By brand new, I mean of course, an artiste whom we have not heard here m public before. It was indeed m her tranquil moments238 words
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Article281 1948-05-27 2 k ortuur tur«rca>t lor people born todaj DORN today, you have 0 a mercurial temperament which is likely to suffer many changes m tempo, day by day. If however, you learn to curb your restlessness and harness your energy to come very definite goal, you may become281 words
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Article289 1948-05-27 2 Science At War l*y CLIFFORD TROKK fOURAGE was once the soldier's chief weapon. Even m modern war it counts for much. But to those who m Whitehall, whose J<>b it was to analyse reports from the war f roi there were times m che past struggle when the figures of289 words
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Advertisement177 1948-05-27 2 BOOKS FOft CHILDREN "SoßMthinfl to read' m the enforced holiday Adventure stones by Arthur Ransome. $5 40 DX Brost^r. $5.10 R L. S. 90 cents. "The Secret Garden". $5.70. Beatrix Potter, ten title* $2 10. 'Ladybird" books. $1.50. Rainbow Juniors. 70 cents The Life of Christ by Enid Blyton. $4177 words
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Advertisement143 1948-05-27 2 ART BOOKS! Jan Vermeer of Delft Italian Painting by Taiu-red B<»r!. Giovanni BeUme by Philv-Hendy Nunstn Rokoka Angustus John Paintings Si Draming by John Rothenstean Modern Swedish Decorative Art by D Nil* Q Wollin Canadian Painters Prom Paul Kaor B. The Group of Seven Buddhist Art m Siam by Reginald143 words
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Miscellaneous357 1948-05-27 2 RADIO LISTENING _J SINGAPORE lioni 1249 noon to 2.00 p.m. 526 metres m the mediam wave band and 7.20 megacycles m the 41 metre band. From 6.00 p.m. to 7.45 p.m.: from 9.30 p m to 11.00 p m.: 526 metres m the medium wave band, and 4.825 megacycles m357 words
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Miscellaneous530 1948-05-27 2 iSop.) Os6> RviuLfdy iViolm); 12 noon Hot Spot; 12.15 Fan--4 Dinner Music His Majesty's fare; 12.45 Yankee. Quarter: I Theatre Orchestra; 4.30 Austra- World News Headlines; 102 lian News; 4.40 Services Concert Yours for the Asking; 2 World Hall; 5 Hits lrom the Movies— News Headlines; 2.02 ProThe Latest Releases;530 words
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Article276 1948-05-27 3 EUROPEAN AID TO COST BILLIONS American public warned -CARRYING out the European recovery programme v -may call for changes m our economic and business structure," says the chief of the American nomic Co-operation Administration. Mr. Paul G. Hoffman. "Financing the programme of European recovery cost billions of dollars. In addition,276 words
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Article78 1948-05-27 3 A.P. r THE "Baboon boy,' who was found, ai the age often, living amorg a troop of baboons m the Bathhurst district of South Africa. has just died, aged 40. He took Kith him to the grave the secret of how he came to be amongA.P. - 78 words
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Article7 1948-05-27 3 Sawn feet recovared from pond Un- A.P.A.P. - 7 words
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Article, Illustration77 1948-05-27 3 Hi HitK: Economic prison hospital room i r sentence, says the !r lent start" toward rebuildI i. But I do not mblic MLPIKCE Comment incial adviser roubles Europe no-.. dophacht s be it had not been for Schacht ice have a much eu putting GermanyA.P. - 77 words
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Article199 1948-05-27 3 UNITED States officials expect that a 'considerable number" of American military, economic political advisers will remain m South Korea after the United State? occupation troops are withdraw if the neif Korean Government, request them. Some of these advisers could bo officials and oe privateU.P. - 199 words
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Article132 1948-05-27 3 THE Canton -Kowloon railroad It the trunkline of smuggling m South China. Many .-.mugglers are doing basinet on a commission basis. Depending upon the value and bulk of the goods, they charge feel ranging from 30 to 60 per cent of the value of the smuggledA.P. - 132 words
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Article114 1948-05-27 3 DESTAURANTS all over Bri- tail maj now k^ep open until hour m the mornn, rvc lull meals i to late Qight revellers seeking 'iUp-r after the show." The Food Minister, Mr. J. Strarhey, has announced In London: "Anyone m futur»* who wishes to have three114 words
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Article, Illustration57 1948-05-27 3 MR. MARSHALL POINTS WAY TO RECOVERY Testifying before the Senate Foreign Relations Committee, the U.S. Secretary of State. Mr. George Marshall, said. "Either undertake to meet the requirements of the problem or don't undertake it at all. 'Left) Mr. Paul Hoffman icho has left hi* executive position m the automobile57 words
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Article76 1948-05-27 3 REFUGEES have suffered great privation, not only on their way to but after arriving m Tientsin. The* from Manchuria have Oiled three camps '.stablished by the municipal government A fourth, with accommodation for 1.000 persons, is filling so rapidly that a fifth ramp is being openedA.P. - 76 words
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Article, Illustration292 1948-05-27 3 By JACK SMYTH. Routers Correspondent BERLIN, Wednesday. ALTHOUGH the German capital has today 183 fewer cinemas than ten years ago -219 as compared with 402 m 1938— it still boasts more picturegoers than any other city m EiiroDe. It U the cheapest form of entertainment mReuter; A.P. - 292 words
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186 1948-05-27 3 Arab grenades from Cyprus black market *THE sunbaked Mediterranean port of Famagusta 1 (Cyprus), has its black market and its wide boys. They sell hand jp-enades. revolvers and clips M ammunition. Famagusta fast becoming the focal point m the manoeuvres and counter-manoeuvres of the Palestine war is at "the same186 words
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189 1948-05-27 3 SCIENCE has been summoned to the land of the Philippines m the age-old struggle against typhoons. Congress is considering a proposal tor the establishment of a typhoon commission which, with a million dollars behind it, would assemble and set m operation a boardA.P. - 189 words
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Article83 1948-05-27 3 VIM Shiug attempted to 1 bargain at Hong Kong with Mr Blair-Kerr over his fine for keeping an opium den. 'Fiiied $400/ .said the Magistrate. "I only have $200,' said Vim after consulting a friend m Court. "I'll give you a chance to raise83 words
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98 1948-05-27 3 OEOPLE tired of b I hotted and .nd lectured*", declared ianvd Macmillao m Irunk :-j and ap»eals H«' said mdst of the "b.. iboul the cri jpperty propftgan Did Britain get vaiu 7.500.000 spent at h £9.000.00" id thr i Oovernmem depi Central OXiev98 words
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Article37 1948-05-27 3 A red climbr.g ro^- named general MaeArtfcur wh> *as imported fr^ni E.v^la. d 10 v ur.s ago ha.s bl omed m i XaftBDCW warden T. ifitiati Roso sociotv h^ rc>se itcs namo A.P.A.P. - 37 words
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Advertisement48 1948-05-27 3 MERIDIAN'! f l^^^ DISTINCTIVE SPORTS WEAR I jB Cellular Lisle Sports Blouses Short Sleeves and Pocket. Wml'i PEACH, IVORY, GRAIN, j I%^ jJt SHAGREEN, SK\ BLUE, 11 /I II GOOD VALUE B I ,i|gllllllBM«4llLltll I S.B rff« I F UIHITERUIHVS C 1 C WHITEAWAY. LAIDLAW CO.. LTD,) SINGAPORE48 words
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Miscellaneous96 1948-05-27 3 TARZAN Ultimatum By Edgar Rice Burroughs "I YE N£vE3 -€ASO Of Ash«a* Sac] I YOU KXM> ASM^ AMD THE A SEARCH OF HIS "NO, ATAN CMiRAM'"I£TkA CRIED *OO NOT kill 'ABZA* "ASO I -A.E NCWAP" TAIKTW6 APES *HD GUARD THE PERSON PERHAPS' him/" "THE MAP. WARRiCK. OR DEATH WHICH f96 words
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456 1948-05-27 4 The Singapore Free Press THURSDAY. May 127. 1948. The Ration and The Rice ANOTHER hall a kati 01 i. a v ton Increase, it no biggeF than It would wrong lor the Government be 1 OS and run the risk of a shortle latei m the year, but a b.456 words
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Article, Illustration853 1948-05-27 4 Politico - Politico By THERE is nothing like a week-end for a little light reading, but last weekend the lightest thing we had was the Reports of the Income Tax Committees, a Paper to be Laid Before the Legislative Council by Command of His Excellency the Governor." A853 words
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Article785 1948-05-27 4 CHARLES LYNCH - BRITAIN'S VAMPIRES LIKE THE COLD CHARLES LYNCH By Routers' Correspondent OTTAWA: DRITAI NS Vampire and Meteor jet fighters are capable of unusually high performance under Arctic conditions (Singaporeans saw the Vampire perform last week-end That is the conclusion reached by British and Canadian technicians following the most comprehensive cold weatherReuter - 785 words
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Article849 1948-05-27 4 THE use of blood transfusions m British hospitals has been widely extended as a result of research during recent years, and the need for blood, whether natural or synthetic, is still very great. Its use is no longer confined solely to cases of injury. It is849 words
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465 1948-05-27 4 IN last Monday's Free Press, Hall Romney, m his London Letter, quoting Colonial Office sources said that m reply to his question: "Had Malaya applied for a grant out of the Colonial Development and Welfare Fund?" received m reply: No: but Malaja is not465 words
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Advertisement22 1948-05-27 4 x I^jMlery] IPeteSilvdk MANUFACTURING JfWfUfftS 76 YEARS REPUTATION FAITH We shall all sUnd before the .judgment seat of Christ. Roman* 14. 10.22 words
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Advertisement101 1948-05-27 4 A Rare Opportunity to Bi any ivpe. any kind I of PERSIAN. BOKHARA and INDUS CARPETS RUGS is here r^ at out GRAND CLEARANCI SALE NOW 0« It Kg here t<K». you can pU j one that really appeal^ to you. v sektiion be easier, economical where the range ii101 words
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37 1948-05-27 5 Malayans for ECAFE masting in India Reportel the U.K 1 ECAFI :iuinc S United to 'hi H C .--r to r a this I Q Brunei BcodoI n bn i i 1 r d In i %bour37 words
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Article, Illustration337 1948-05-27 5 UNO doing good work in China Free Press Staff Reporter IN an interview with the Free Press before her departure, for India this morning, Mrs. Eleanor Hinder, UNO attache at the British Embassy m lijhai, said that the Inked Nations Organisation isfag a great deal of work m China. MissFree Press - 337 words
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Article83 1948-05-27 5 Free Press hinese .-respondent A JOINT meeting of Singapore and Federation education chiefs will be held m Singapore next month to discuss all aspects of Chinese education m Malaya with a view to improving the efficiency of Chinese schools. The meeting, which will be of an advisory83 words
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Article96 1948-05-27 5 PONSIDERABLE reductions m the former 20 per cent, temporary export duties on a number of N.E.I, products were announced m Batavia yesterday, and have come into effect. The new ad valorem duties are as follows: Crude gutta percha, all other coagulated 1-itex included m the "IndonesianReuter - 96 words
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Article175 1948-05-27 5 CARMERS m Western Borneo, especially the Chiese, have gone m lor pig breeding. In the coastal regions, pig breeding is mostly combined with the growing of coconut and foodstuffs. The great demand for pork from Singapore explains the interest m pig breeding. Notwithstanding large exports, the175 words
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Article, Illustration60 1948-05-27 5 Visitors to RAF station at Tengah, during the 'At Home' on Saturday, inspecting the bomb bay of an Avro Lincoln, one of the planes of No. 97 Straits Settlements Squadron. The squadron is here m the course of "Operation Red Lion" which is designed to test the feasibility of rushing60 words
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Article, Illustration537 1948-05-27 5 Equipment for ambulances too Free Press Staff Reporter D ADIO equipment will be installed as soon as IX possible m Singapore's Municipal fire engines and accident ambulances, to give the Colony the most modern fire fighting service m this part of the world. Two fireA.P. - 537 words
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Article170 1948-05-27 5 r PHE Officer Commanding a No. 97 Straits Settlements Squadron. Squadron Leader A. K. Passmore is paying visits to the three principal centres of the prewar Straits Settlements with which No. 97 Squadron has a permanent link by reason of its designation and associa- tion.170 words
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Article149 1948-05-27 5 A JOINT committee has been formed to co-ordinate the j activities of the YMCA m Orchard Road and the Chinese YMCA m Selegie Road. The composition of the joint committee is as follows: Chairman, Mr. Thio Chan Bee; representatives of the YMCA. m Orchard Road: the Rev.149 words
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Article26 1948-05-27 5 KUALA LUMPUR. Wednesday.—The Malayan Sikh Union Council will hold its annual general meeting on Sunday, at 3 Club Road. Kua'a Lumpur, at 10 a.m26 words
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Article44 1948-05-27 5 The first an cth cussion group oi the Civil Sei 11 tx held at 331 North Bridge R Ld on Sunday at 10 a m. Mr 6 B Manyam. President of the Union will talk on I unionism its Origin Growth.44 words
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Article400 1948-05-27 5 Free Press Staff Reporter rIS year's Kind's Birthday parade at <he padang on June 10 promises to be as colourful as ever and detachments from all <hree Services a« well as Volunteers and Police will be represented. An innovation will be ten policemen mounted on mcxior-cycles400 words
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Article75 1948-05-27 5 itit, itecnuung omce is closed for recruiting until July 1948. except for a limited number of men for th* Rovai Corps of Signals. Opportunity is afforded to the right type of man to join the Regular Army for a of three years and to learn a useful75 words
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Advertisement125 1948-05-27 5 I /JUS I UtHiMi)/ 1 TRAYSL *v from England WARDROBE TRUNKS Vulcanised Fibre. On Good Plywood Foundation with Hangers and Drawer Pulls Sizes: 34" 40 PRICES FROM $170.00 STEAMER TRUNKS Vulcanised Fibre. On Good Plywood Foundation with Tray Sizes: 32". 34* L> 36" PRICES FROM $90.00 Canvas covered Fibre. Sizes125 words
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Article, Illustration557 1948-05-27 6 EGYPT "ASHAMED" OF ARAB REFUGEES 'Healthy, wealthy, cowards' criticised Maurice Aboaf, Reiiter's Correspondent CAIRO, Wednesday. WITH the growing stream of Arab refugees from Palestine arriving m Egypt, there is strong criticism m the Egyptian press of tfheir conduct of what is described as their "cowardly behaviour" towards those left behind557 words
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Article203 1948-05-27 6 LIEUTENANT General John R. Hodge has told the Russians that more than $2,000,000 worth of goods waiting for them at Seoul will not be delivered until they resume power service to South Korea. The American commander made public- a letter to Lieutenant GeneralA.P. - 203 words
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Article200 1948-05-27 6 U.K. AID IS 'GROSSLY INADEQUATE' LONDON wednetaay. PROPOSALS for dealing with 1 Malayan war damage ciaims are described as "grossly inadequate and inequitable* by Mr. R. C. Savory, chairman of Idris Hydraulic Tin, company m a statement circulated with the accounts. Mr. Savory said the contribution ot only ten millions200 words
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132 1948-05-27 6 A REPRESENTATIVE of one of China's biggest foreign firms observed at Shanghai that Chinese imports and exports were "dwindling rapidly." The evidence was m the muddy Whangpoo River, where shipping is at an alltime low. "Most houses axe very worried about the future," said Mr.A.P. - 132 words
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Article30 1948-05-27 6 A Tass dispatch from Kiev said 2.000 vessels have been raised from the River Dnieper since the war. iTiey include powwerlul motorships suck by the Germans.- A.P.A.P. - 30 words
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Article, Illustration45 1948-05-27 6 THK British (io\ern- ment has approved Imperial Chemical Industries plans for a new factory to make cloth from peanuts- (ground nuts). The name of the new fabric is "Ardil." Raw materials will come from nut plantations being developed m Fast Africa. A.P.A.P. - 45 words
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47 1948-05-27 6 'MANILA BOYS' TOWN TO BE EXTENDED Mr. Valerieno Fiigoso. Philippine Racing Commissioner, hopes to expand the Boys Town of Manila to a capacity of 1000 homeless boys. Having toured American race tracks, he plans to visit Father Flanagan's Boys Town, Nebraska, before returning to Manila- A .P.A.P. - 47 words
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Article43 1948-05-27 6 Th»> train was crowded, so Sir Cyril Hurcomb. chairman af the British Transport Commission, travelled m the bae pace car during part of a twoday tour of the British Railway s Southern reerion. Later he travelled m a goods train A.P.A.P. - 43 words
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Article130 1948-05-27 6 LEO "Little Sneeze" Friedman. 33, recording company executive and restaurant operator was killed by unknown assassins with such "perfect gangland precision" that police said it might mark the outbreak of a Chicago underworld war over juke-box (slot-machine phonographs) territories. Friedman was shot by two or three130 words
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Article130 1948-05-27 6 DR. Walter Mover, an American dentist, said m Sydney that AincricAn s<\ tiM,s would have a certain preventive for tc^tih decay wit v. in tMo or three years. By 1951, mankind wvmld laugh at artificial dentures and tooth fiUin&s as relics of an ixrinlig-hLeiied &g eReuter - 130 words
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Article29 1948-05-27 6 The big lire m a fortnight has destroyed a large block of Chinese-owned stores m Manila's downtown Quiapo district Damage is estimated a: approximately U*****,000.- A. P.A.P. - 29 words
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Article26 1948-05-27 6 THE ARABS ARE GOING HOME Abou who landing proceed: State. I the b< come they wo sian Ov About an had beni I arc due A.P.A.P. - 26 words
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Article, Illustration278 1948-05-27 6 Who follows Truman? U.S. wonders WASHING !TL r HILE it U generally mi Truman will be the Ih-moii.. next Presidential election. sj>e< v' subject of the Republican candid Several names are being i impossible to forecast which support of the majority oi ttw gales when the Republican Pi Nominating: ConventionA.P. - 278 words
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Miscellaneous84 1948-05-27 6 JANE Exclusive to the Singapore Free Press m Maluva ==^^VERY WELL— I'LL A W\ BELIEVE I KNOW^ A PROFESSOR BUT OF COURSE^ /VeRHAPS!— THANKS Think OVER WHAT f HOW To DFAL WiTM I MITTrER.'-y YOU WCKE MEDITATTMG V FOR TIPPING OFF The YOU SAY! J*\ 808 AND WILLIE— \VtXCUSE ME!/84 words
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Article, Illustration485 1948-05-27 7 DRB SHOWS RETURN TO FORM AT IPOH Happy Lass does best gallop Free Press Racing Reporter FORMER champion class one performer, D.R.B. showed signs of returning to form when he beat Courtenay over three furlongs m 39 2 5 sec on a yielding track at Ipoh this morning when several485 words
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Article332 1948-05-27 7 Xl [TTOKS from nine different units m Malaya L took part m the annual Royal Air Force Malaya Md at I hangi yesterday. F. records were broken, the times the track and field events were a las: year's marks. Ast or to a 390 ncluResultsA.P. - 332 words
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Article85 1948-05-27 7 THE following players wUI re- present the Useful Badminton Party m a friendly badminton match with the Fraser <k Neave Sports Club at the latter's Indoor court. Trafalgar Street on Saturday:— Goh Tian Chye. Teo Boon Eng D Mun Kit. Ong Kirn Seng and Abdul Malik, S. R.85 words
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Article84 1948-05-27 7 Three all-American teams mov- '.mo the semi- finals of the .tn's doubles oX the French .ntf rnational tennis championship m Paris yesterday. M-ss Shirley F^y and Mrs. Prentiss clim nated Miss Gloria Bu.ler and Mi^s Argy Rice '-—4 l: Miss H.ln R hbany and Miss Barbara Scofield beatA.P. - 84 words
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Article61 1948-05-27 7 Star Soccerites beat the State Express XI four-one m a etiirie of soccer played at MrN^ir Road yesterday. Scorers for the wnners were Sundram <2>. Socka and Vijay>dass. Cvnlle De Xxuinott. European middleweight champion who de- feated the Frenchman. Marcel Jordan on points had declined the i61 words
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Article83 1948-05-27 7 THE final acceptances ior the Derby (Epsom on Saturday June 5> were announced m London yesterday. Derby: <36 horses My Babu. Overhead. Djeddah. Tory the Second, Prince Hardi. Hope Street. Julian, Tarka, Speciality. Blue Falls. Black Pampas, City of Russia, Valignus. Ottoman. Pride of India. Noor. Henley-in-Arden.Reuter - 83 words
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Article93 1948-05-27 7 THE American Willie Turnesa opened defence of his British Amateur Golf Championship by eliminating Frank Tatum Jr.. another American, five and three at Sandwich yesterday. Graham Lockie. an Englishman who lives m Denmark, was the sole survivor of the score of European entries. He reached the fourthA.P. - 93 words
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Article73 1948-05-27 7 HAIKOWYU beat the La Salle by three goals to one In the S.A.F.A. third division match played at St. George's Road ground yesterday. The La Salle had the better of the exchanges, but their youthful forwards could not make much headway against the more seasoned Haikowyu defenders.73 words
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Article432 1948-05-27 7 ■yyHILE tht Australians were dealing m cavalier fashion Wttb the might of the M.C.C. at Lords, a portent that their bats- men might not have matters all their own way against England if the m ckets proved trickly m the was provided by theReuter - 432 words
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Article419 1948-05-27 7 rE excellent form displayed by Giles earned victory for G.H.Q. Signals when they met the CWnes* Athletics m a first division S.A.F.A. league fixture at Jalan Besar yesterday. Signals won two-one. Signals, who evened up a single-goal lead which their opponents held m the second419 words
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Article55 1948-05-27 7 Not a bull wa.s bowled w any of the first class cricket matches which were due to start m England yesterday. There was rain from end to end of the country. The Belgian national soccer team. Red Devils, won L.y nvt- to two against the55 words
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422 1948-05-27 7 BIG FIGHT POLL 230 for Louie, 52 against A NATIONWIDE poll of U.S. qwrUwThCCI by Associated Press that showed 230 believe that Joe Louis will defeat Jersey Joe Walcott against 52 who favour the challenger. Louis will defend his world's heavyweight title at the Yankee Stadium m New York onA.P. - 422 words
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Article112 1948-05-27 7 THE world lightweight champion Ike Williams retained his title when ne beat Lnrlque Bolanos. (Mexico City) on points over 15 rounds m Los Angeles on Tuesday night. Williams won by a sp;it decision. It was a siernly-fougnt contest, and at the end the two judge* votedReuter - 112 words
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Article40 1948-05-27 7 PETER KANE, lormer European bantamweight champion, and Almeto Palginelli of [taly drew last night m round fight at Paisley. E and A.P. The world b Ortiz. H<mry D weight, m a 10-: fieht. m Honolulu on ReuterA.P.; Reuter - 40 words
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Miscellaneous146 1948-05-27 7 F.P. Crossword No. 395 r^! pi M IM M I 7" 18 I9| 20" I I II K< \l R()v> I sarch for <5' 9. Se^d «6>. 13. W.ngI 15. Sound m mind <4). 17. Lay I 23 At a distance (4». 25. Dance I 32. Tare <5 > 33.146 words
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Miscellaneous66 1948-05-27 7 Sports diary SOCCER: SA.F.A. Ijeafue, Div. I— M.F.A. v. R.A.F. Changi) Jalan Besar Stadium. 5.15 pjn.; Div. ll— Tltm S.C. v. H., B O.D. ground, St. George's Rd. 5.15 p.m Police v. C.A Police Depot ground; Kranji W.T. T. PuUu BuXom S.C, Geylang KLadiiun. Div. Ill Customs S.C. v. Spore66 words
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Article386 1948-05-27 8 Feeling rising m China SHANGHAI, Wednesday. UNITED States policy of promoting the economic rehabilitation of Japan has provoked bitter resentment among the Chinese m Shanghai, and the anti-American campaign, started by students, is gathering momentum. The Police and garrison authorities have taken precautionary measures. ChineseReuter; A.P. - 386 words
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Article, Illustration149 1948-05-27 8 SKIPPER ON SMUGGLING CHARGES THE cni -tii -^eer of the Singapore motorship, Coorabie (298 tons), givrng evtd*nc« against his skipper, at Sourabaya (Java) magistrate's court yesterday, clalmt'd that the ship had unloaded arms and ammunition as well as contraband off Sumatra's .pt. T. D. Richards was charged with smuggling contrabReuter; A.P. - 149 words
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Article194 1948-05-27 8 HINGCHUAN, SHENSI. Wednesday. A NATIONALIST commander Maj.-On. Ma "Wenting, admitted today that his troops m«ussaci\d 500 Communist pristine!* of war last week beheadhalf of them and killing the others with i g renades. Gen. Ma. deputy Chief-of-Stail of the Nationalist 82nd Division, was m charge ofA.P. - 194 words
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Article16 1948-05-27 8 Th^ Japaru-s. Government hopes to repatriate all Japanfrofn Soviet-controlled ;us this year, says ReuterReuter - 16 words
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Article188 1948-05-27 8 'Banana money' validity MANILA, Wednesday BRITAIN is pressing the Philippines Republic to repeal a recent Supreme Court decision making valid payments of pre-war debts to foreign banks m Japanese occupation currency. The British Minister m Manila. Mr. Harry Lin on Foulds. has opened conversations withA.P. - 188 words
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Article94 1948-05-27 8 Free Press Staff Reporter THE opinion of th Govern- ment of India is being sought regarding the erection of memorials to Mahatma Gandhi m Malaya. The President of the Malayan Indian Congress, Mr. Budh Singh, states that committees throughout the country are now collecting funds to94 words
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Article200 1948-05-27 8 SEOUL, Wednesday OAIDS across the 38th. Parallel, dividing North from South Korea, by armed constabulary from Russian-dominated North Korea have increased sharply m the last few weeks, Dr. B. C. Chough. Director of the National Police, said m an interview here today. He said Soviet troopsReuter - 200 words
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129 1948-05-27 8 'ARE WE OR AREN'T WE?' ASKS M.F.T.U. Free Press Staff Reporter MALACCA. Wednesday. THE president of Malacca Federation of Trade i Unions (Mr. Low Ming Cheng) said today he had received no reply from the Registrar of Trade Unions to an applicalion for registration nine months ago. The Assistant Commissioner129 words
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Article91 1948-05-27 8 Free Press Staff Reporter BATU PAHAT. Wednesday. DOLJCE were called cut last night to an estate at the eighth mile Yong Peng-Labis Road. A difference had arisen between labourers and management when the former had been paid. The men, it is understood, had each demanded a91 words
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Article52 1948-05-27 8 FOOD production m the Indonesian Republic has deteriorated to such an extent that it is impossible to meet distribution requirements satisfactory to the working class. This was told to the Working Committee— the executive of the Republican Provisional Parliament by Food Minister Ka.simo. according to the Antara52 words
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Article63 1948-05-27 8 CHEAPER POUND WOULD HELP ACCORDING to the Journal of Commerce, iNi-w York* Economic Co-operation Admlnistration officials and United States bankers are working out the best method of d( wduing European cur- rencies. The journal said if Great I Britain, is thus given greater t selling power, it might lead toReuter - 63 words
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Article128 1948-05-27 8 TOKIO, Wednesday. FOUR members of the Japanese Army's Kempeitai (military police) and a gen- I eral who directed Kempeitai medical activities went on trial today charged with tor- j turing more than 200 captured j American airmen and killing many of them. Before an AmericanReuter - 128 words
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Article, Illustration528 1948-05-27 8 i London Stock Exchange LONDON, Wednesday. rHE suggestion of a United States loan to Israel unsettled London's stock markets today, sa\s Reuter's financial correspondent. With few exceptions, the various sections recorded a marking down m price levels. British funds started a slide that was only arrested around528 words
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Article85 1948-05-27 8 QN the New York Stock Exchange yesterday, business quietened but the market held around the days best. After earlier lagging Oils were In somewhat better demand but gains rarely reached one point. Traders noted but took no actoin of Economic Cooperation Administration roving Ambassador HarI riman's statement whoReuter - 85 words
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Article122 1948-05-27 8 SPLCIAL Market correspondent givt* the price* ot rubber 11 a.m. today a* fotlouk Bayers. Seller* CU per Ib. per tb. No 1 8.8.5. Spot loose 44 44 >, No. 1 B.S.S. rob m bales June 44 44 No. 2 B.S.S fob In bale* June 43 43S No. S122 words
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47 1948-05-27 8 UN mission to leave soon for Kashmir LAKE B 'THE I 1 Becuri Alexan dared Council* mission cept for represent now envi departu Wh<:. the In today v true that had spot which fulfil: Ind i on dissii*. should t* i port tc On Indiii lirt:: ReuterReuter - 47 words
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Miscellaneous50 1948-05-27 8 —WEATHER— Fair \yEATHER report for the next 24 hours compiled by the RAF: fWlllrf: Scattered thundery Storms during the nipht. Other wise fair. Wind: Southerly 5.10 knots. Temperature: Max. 88 5 deg. mm. 73.6 deg. t:.\n At rare. STORE HIGH TIDES Today: O.SOajn; 2.01 p.m. Friday: 0.56 a,m: 245 p.m.50 words
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