The Singapore Free Press, 1 July 1948
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Title Section17 1948-07-01 1 The Singapore Free Press LARGEST AFTERNOON SALE IN MALAYA SINGAPORE, THURSDAY, JULY 1, 1948 PRICF 1« CENT!17 words
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Article265 1948-07-01 1 Govt. officers shot at dinner One killed, one wounded Free Press Staff Correspondent TELOK ANSON, Thursday. TERRORISTS in the Telok Anson district last 1 night killed the Chinese Agricultural Officer and wounded another Government official in a house in the village of Langkup. The dead Agricultural Officer is Mr. Cheong265 words
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Article97 1948-07-01 1 BANGKOK, Thursday. TtHAMRONG Nawasarrat. 1 Premier of Siam until Marshal Phibun's coup last November, was reported missing -today. 24 hours after a warrant had been issued for his arrest in connection with the assassination of King Ananda Mahidol. Orders have been issued for the arrest of severalReuter; AP - 97 words
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Article24 1948-07-01 1 Three people were killed and 50 injured when a mail n plunged down an emnt yesterday near 230 miles from Sydney.24 words
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Article192 1948-07-01 1 INSULT ADDED TO INJURY -M.P. Free Press Correspondent LONDON, Wednesday. A LABOUR M.P., Mr. Ernest Bramall, suggested that insult was being added to injury when he asked m the Commons today whether the appointment of a number of Australians as tax officials m Malaya was m accordance with official policy192 words
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Article, Illustration14 1948-07-01 1 I I H I Mr. R. Jumabhoy o threat to report the reporters.14 words
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Article56 1948-07-01 1 I stair k aawUa W* Pers. ling I ito be "the it ar: e<J b Eu Cheow c m a raid last nignt on a gami-iB i.uu-w. Smith Street. This was the fifth raid this month on these premises. One person was chargeu this morning with assisting m the56 words
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Article212 1948-07-01 1 IN Colombo yesterday the High Commissioner, Sir Edward Cent, told reporters that the Malayan terrorists are "well armed and have automatic pons with plenty of ammunition," says the Tniied _Pv_____L, •But I am confident that order will soon be .red as the military are actively212 words
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Article83 1948-07-01 1 NLW ORLEANS, Thursday. As American Veterans' organization today promised all possible aid to secure the se of Walter Seiferle ir -tapore jail. Seiferle. a US. Army cvServiceman and third mate the S. S. Kenneth McX was sentenced to four year,, imprisonment for trying tv sellA.P. - 83 words
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Article29 1948-07-01 1 Twelve Jap miners are it ported to have been killed an six others badly injured m ar explosion m the Mitsuoisn Bibai coal mine on Tuesdaj29 words
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Article34 1948-07-01 1 PAN-AMERICAN Airways' plans for the ManilaSingapore route are "static." Planned to begin on June 1, then July 1. the service is now postponed indefinitely pending international agreement, said a San Francisco official.34 words
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Article, Illustration165 1948-07-01 1 ADMIRAL BOYD ARRIVES Free Press Staff Reporter j rE transfer from Hong Kong to Singapore of the British Pacific Fleet HQ. WM mally marked this mornby the arrival of the Commander m Chief Admiral Sir Dennis Boyd, at Clifford Pier. Admiral Boyd will remain here for a fortnight before leaving165 words
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Article67 1948-07-01 1 DANCE HOSTESS ROBBED OF $80 A DANCE hostess. Nay Ley going to the New Work cabaret in a trisha at 9.15 last night, was stopped by two Chinese in Rochore Cana Road and relieved of $10 in cash and $70 worth o Jewellery. Early this morning two Chinese who were67 words
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Article69 1948-07-01 1 THE Siamese Ministry of Commerce has released someI d' tails of the extensive smuggling of foodstuffs r modities from Siam to Malaya. Ouottn/a Tport from the Siamese Consulate-Gen-eral m Sh%aj££ an official statement listed the fol- r«__?«i^_roods smuggled out of Siam into Ma- l r in LSnrtheReuter - 69 words
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Article202 1948-07-01 1 Free Press Staff Reporter FIVE murders m Singapore during June are an increase by one over Mays figures, but four cases of attempted murder, including one during a robbery at Balestier Road yesterday, are three less than m May. Although 26 armed robberies were reported,202 words
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Article69 1948-07-01 1 Free Press Staff Reporter SIX Europeans all with j military experience— have left Singapore m the past week to command armed I security squads on estates m troubled areas of the Federation. The security squads, recruited m Singapore, are localborn men who have had experience In69 words
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Article273 1948-07-01 1 LONDON, Wednesday. THE West-East tension over Berlin neared its climax today when Britain and the U.S. with the backing of the Western Allies, bluntly tcld Russia tiiey are remaining m Berlin and opposing ihe blockade at risk of war. A Russian statement that the blockadeReuter; A.P.; U.P. - 273 words
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Article360 1948-07-01 1 NA VAL BASE WILL BE REINFORCED LONDON, Wednesday. PHE reconstruction of Singapore Naval Base was 1 decided only after the British Government had taken expert advice from all appropriate sour< safd^he Minister of Defence, Mr. A. V. Alexander, m the House of Commons today. up was reolving to a LabourReuter - 360 words
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Article99 1948-07-01 1 Free Press Staff Reporter IN a series of raids carried 1 out by the C.I.D. last, night eleven Chinese were arrested. One was detained uider the Emergency Regulations, another on a banishment warrant, and the rest for being members of unlawful secret societies. The man99 words
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Article54 1948-07-01 1 Free Press Staff Reporter SINGAPORE has lifted restrictions on the import of cotton linings and i poplins, worsted suitings, and linen piecegoods. The Federation did so yesterday. No permits are now required I for textiles from countries named m the open general licence of the Prohibition54 words
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Article618 1948-07-01 2 A MALAYAN BOOKSHELF by A SPECIAL CORRESPONDENT VET another old A friend has now found a resting place upon my Malayan bookshelf. Its title is long and imposing, but it is a friendly book for all that. It is Mr. Ivor Evans' "Studies m Religion, Folk-I<>re and618 words
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Article205 1948-07-01 2 Going My Way, by Godfrey Winn. (Hutchinson, 12s. 6dJ In his war books Godfrey Winn has shown that he is a writer of real descriptive talent. But peace, like war, has its catastrophes, and the effect of peace upon his prose-style has not been beneficial. This gossiping, good-natured205 words
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Article, Illustration312 1948-07-01 2 A^T the first table North-South had bid and made three notrump, as descr bed here yesterday. When the board was replayed, with the other holding the North-South cards, they more than regained the COO point loss. This was the bddtntr You can iiaidiy buune West for doubling. He312 words
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Article, Illustration28 1948-07-01 2 From the latest creat Paris conturier Pierre 1 main comes this W Hawaiian beach hat trimmed with gren palm leaves and a pair of sun-glc with prinked plas:28 words
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Article, Illustration543 1948-07-01 2 PETER QUENNELL - PETER QUENNELL reviews a new book m U.K. TO what extent am I my brother's keeper? How far can we accept responsibility for other people's sufferings Must we uke tne Russian novelist, when faced by the spectacle of the world's distress, acknow- ledge that we543 words
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Article199 1948-07-01 2 rriHLRE have been man.. A prisoner-of-war books One m a class b> it* collection of drawing two British soldi* r- v captured m Si L Heir A. > I< Regiment RA and Strange, The Loyals. Tlie drawings mjmm m authenticity what m m finesse; they make a199 words
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Advertisement92 1948-07-01 2 RAFFLES H«!B TONIGHT'S CHARITY J/gj? As Many Of Tonight'- Patrons fen** Extra Tickets After The d*mimp** Closed And We Complied. We Indulgence If Tin S< tion Is Slight!} I A BRIEF SELECTION Great Morning by O Travels m Tartary by Petei Tales of Asia by C.unt The Lost Week-Eno by92 words
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Miscellaneous112 1948-07-01 2 SINGAPORE l-rum 1.00 ooon to 2 00 p.m 485 metres m the medium wave band and 7 20 megacycle* tn th. 41 metre band .rom 600 p.m to 7 45 p m troo 930 p m to 11 00 p m 485 metres m the medium wave band and 4112 words
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Miscellaneous425 1948-07-01 2 Air; lu.iil I Richard Tauber Programme; 11 News Summary. PROGRAMMES IN MALAY: 12 Prolamine Summary; 12.05 Musical Interlude; 12.45 News m Maliy. 6 Programme Summary 6.05 Rels Hour; 6.30 Musical 1- 6.45 World Affairs. 7 Tu.it id; 7.01 Malay Culture; 7.15 Musical Interulde; 7.30 News m Malay; 7.45 Musical Interlude.425 words
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Miscellaneous179 1948-07-01 2 1.15 Yours for Uie Asking; I.M Composite Programme Summarj'; 6 Station Opening; 6.02 Thirty to One; 6.30 World and Home News; 6.45 Sports Roundup; 7 Swing Session; 7.30 Fred Hartley and his Music; 8 World and Home News; 8.05 Heard Melodies are Sweet; 8.45 Musical Crosswoid; 9.30 Radio Newsreel; 9.45179 words
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Miscellaneous206 1948-07-01 2 I YOUR LUCKY STAR DOKN toua> you have a number of talents but you are unassuming, even timid. among strangers, and dislike being pushing or aggressive. In other words, you may not reach the height* to which your talents would entitle you unless you learn to "speak up" for yourself206 words
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Article, Illustration47 1948-07-01 3 pictit T 0 C BRITISH VAMPIRE (top) climbs from the airfield to establish a nnv altitude record of more than 11 miles. Below is a flight of American "Shooting Star" jets which have been adapted for operation m Arctic conditions of 65 degrees below zero. A.P.A.P. - 47 words
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Article37 1948-07-01 3 I dead capital of a dead impressive comeback j be gayest, best-stocked j c who knew Vienna a tor short months it has r.y-stricken capital to a md flourishing night ds NanaNana - 37 words
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Article39 1948-07-01 3 CARDAR Vallabhai Patel. J deputy Prime Minister of yesterday described :on Churchill's recent nents on India as "mischievous and venomou called on the ConservaParty not to be misled old world ideas of some of their leaders."- ReuterReuter - 39 words
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Article108 1948-07-01 3 U7HEN the Waimana leaves Brisbane for England this *h there will be aboard 1001 b of hair from the ears of cattle for use m artists' brush An official of a meat exporting firm said that because of their fine texture, cattle ear hairs areReuter - 108 words
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178 1948-07-01 3 A PEER who professed supported spiritualist Lords. Lord Armwell said ng an investigation of psychic powers spiritedly mediums m the House of he developed the powers spiritualism some years ago. "I found myself writing messages while I was doing other things," he said. "MessagesA.P. - 178 words
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Article27 1948-07-01 3 The United States will mediate m a dispute between .a and Afghanistan over the Hirmand river which n through the Persian province of Sistan.27 words
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Article107 1948-07-01 3 rE Pope denounced the use of strike as a political weapon tonight and told 30,000 Catholic workers that wage boosts alone "will not bring a return to prosperity." He warned members of the Italian Catholic Workers Association that "trade union unity is admissible only m soA.P. - 107 words
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Article344 1948-07-01 3 JET FIGHTERS V BIG BOMBERS RAF superior to USAAFin tests DRITISH and American jet-plane interception of the J-J U.S. B-29 bombers during their trans-Atlantic flight to Germany was a mixed success. It provided the firs t opportunity to test jet fighters m action against new, fast heavy bombers. The RAFNANA - 344 words
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165 1948-07-01 3 Full report to French Govt. on Indo-China THE French Government will shortly have to defend its Indo China policy m the National Assembly and this adds significance to th e arrival m Paris of the High Commissioner for Indochina M Emile Bollaert. M. Bollaert will make a full report toReuter - 165 words
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Article97 1948-07-01 3 DR. R. TRAILL, chairman of the Australian Scientific Workers Association, stated recently that the salaries offered by the Commonwealth i Government for the long- range weapons project at i Salisbury, South Australia, might not attract men of the necessary experience. Dr. Traill said the GovernmentReuter - 97 words
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Article108 1948-07-01 3 ONE hundred and fifty survivors of a Japanese prisoner of war camp are giving a party m London on Saturday for Monsieur Sparks" Lknard. M. Sparke, French dockyard electrician at Saigon risked his life to help the I prisoners. As they loaded cargoes on to Japanese108 words
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Article21 1948-07-01 3 Street sales prices of four Shanghai English language newspapers, beginning July 1 will be equivalent to 4V_e cents (U.S) U.P.U.P. - 21 words
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Article, Illustration205 1948-07-01 3 He had taking ways even in court on trial THIS is the story about a man who just couldn't resist that itch to pilfer something, somewhere from anybody: At the end of a first session of his trial at the higher court m Miyamae (Japan) he was caught m anA.P.; Reuter - 205 words
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Article232 1948-07-01 3 NOUGHTS INFLATE BUDGET PREMIER Wong Wen Hao sent to the Legislative Yuan China's budget for the second half of I his year with the knowledge that his estimates would be far out of date because of spiralling prices long before if is approved. GovernmentA.P. - 232 words
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170 1948-07-01 3 A special subcommittee of the Legislative Yuan will study two proposals for dropping Carriers on remittances and import OI sold into China by overseas Chinese. Proposals are that the Government should adopt some emergency measure to permit overseas remittances to enter China freelyA.P. - 170 words
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Article157 1948-07-01 3 MR. John Paton, (Labour) asserted m the House of Commons that lhe Allied Council tor Japan was a "farce" and. sooner it was wound up the better. It is now and always has been nothing more than mere debating society he said. Another Labour Member.Reuter - 157 words
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Article116 1948-07-01 3 THE U.S. Congress, controlled by the Repubi Party, has come out stroi m favour of better care and treatment for elephants The House trum; approval of a bill which i for humane treatment wild animals brought into I country. In a report ac< panying the bill,A.P. - 116 words
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Article39 1948-07-01 3 I^HE travel industry was Britain's biggest dollar earner m 1947. The Travel Association said 390.000 travellers visited Britain last year. That was 8! per cent, of the pre-war average. About 500.000 are expected this year.- A.P.A.P. - 39 words
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Article68 1948-07-01 3 A MELBOURNE, businessman has stated that no insurance company would insure his firm against of cancellation of the Royal tour of Australia. The company is making flags and hunting and he seeks A £10,000 insurance cover. He added: "I am writing to Lloyd's, London. Illness mReuter - 68 words
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344 1948-07-01 6 US. FORCED TO FEED RED WAR MACHINE 'Fower politics 9 m Korea rE United States Army m South Korea has been giving the Russians millions of dollars m potential war material and apparently nothing can be done about it. Soviet Command m North Korea has been paid for electric powerN.A.N.A. - 344 words
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Article, Illustration29 1948-07-01 6 I Elizabeth photographed at one of her lastpub■cements before the birth of her baby m October is seen arriving at the Royal Tournament, Olympia, with the Duke of Edinburgh.29 words
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Article156 1948-07-01 6 TEACHERS who checked on the pocket money given to senior children m Nottingham (England) schools found that it averaged 4s. a week, and that most of it is spent on going to the pictures. Some children, receiving as much as 10s. a week, admitted156 words
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Article207 1948-07-01 6 Britain can use aid funds freely THE C lancellor of the Exchequer, Sir Staffoid Cripps told the House of Commons that the \n£lo-American agreement leaves Britain the sole iucUe of how to use the Marshall aid funds. Britain promises to use its best endeavours to maintain measures calculated to achieveReuter; A.P.; U.P. - 207 words
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Article, Illustration159 1948-07-01 6 PRESERVING the "dignity of the national flag" of India is reported to be under consideration of the Government of India and the provincial governments. REGARDING the national anthem the provincial governments are reported to have been as.ked to prohibit the playing m cinema houses of songsA.P. - 159 words
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Article129 1948-07-01 6 THOUSANDS of young Bri- ti>;h ex-Servicemen and women art- taking to the open road this summer for their holidays This is show.) by the record numbers of men and worn n ot 21 and over who are joining the Youth Hostels Association each week. Many129 words
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Article141 1948-07-01 6 CHINESE are permitted to smoke opium m Hong Kong, provided they do so m their own homes. This was pointed out to a Kowloon sub-inspector recently by a magistrate who quashed a seven-day hard labour sentence on a Chinese charged with smoking opium and possessingReuter - 141 words
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Article34 1948-07-01 6 Dr. Hitoshi Kuhara. president of the Japanese Society of Genetics, will leave by air today for Stockholm. He is the first Japanese delegate to attend a post-war scientific conference. He travels alone.34 words
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Article42 1948-07-01 6 Canton authorities will hold their third mass wedding ceremonies on October 10 China's) National Day— in the auditorium of the Municipal Government, with Mayor Auyang Chu presiding. Before any couples are united, they must produce health certificates.- ReuterReuter - 42 words
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Article186 1948-07-01 6 ANY attempt to introduce sex instruction m the school curriculm while causing grave disaffection among the Catholic citizens of the Dominion must meet with our sternest disapproval" said the Archbishop of Colombo, the Rt. Rev. Dr. Thomas Cooray, on the proposal of the Education Department to186 words
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Article, Illustration36 1948-07-01 6 King Frederik and Queen Ingrid of Denmark, with the Queen Mother Alexandrine, arrive at Stockholm lor the celebrations m connection with King Gustaf of Sweden's 90th birthday. Queen Ingrid is the Swedish King's Grand-daughter.36 words
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Article282 1948-07-01 6 ALTHOUGH cars are pouring into South Africa at a tecord rate, motor industry experts at Port Elizabeth do not expect a return *k) normal market conditions for another two or three years. Deliveries for the first four months of this year were almost equal toReuter - 282 words
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Article56 1948-07-01 6 MR. Percy Belcher, general secretary of the 26.000Tobacco workers' Union, said m London that the shortage of tobacco was so serious as to warrant a conferenie of manufacturers, wholesalers retailers and workers to inquire into the possibility of obtaining tobacco leaf from India. Greece and otherReuter - 56 words
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Article, Illustration31 1948-07-01 6 Count FoZfce Bernaditte, United Nations mediator seen, at the Press Conference he held at Shepheards, Cairo i he announced that he had been successful m bringing peace to the Holy Land.31 words
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Page 3 Miscellaneous
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Miscellaneous50 1948-07-01 3 TARZAN Conspirators fiv Edgar Rice Burroughs w-e L s P_.«- A aUWP OF ACACIAS, WHICH MOMENTARILY Mr ,J K'fflVl'-tiC,, I "WHAT ABOUT THE MAP?;* SE?R_; R^- CONCEALED H!M FRO* TuE REARMOST OF THE BEARERS, SERRtF SJfepPED. j ggfe^^vU^^^-N, D^otS' VVO_F UIxThEO *fll^ W^jfez'mm&^J^ A? r^oSs,'REaiEo SERRIF Wl V =s____ _'i\_50 words
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Article371 1948-07-01 4 MARSHAL Sokolovsky* assurance that the traffic regulations imposed on Berlin are "not permanent" has reduced the tension arising out of the blockade almost to vanishing point. But for nearly a week the tension was dangerously high. There can be no doubt that the Russians have been making a371 words
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Article220 1948-07-01 4 INFLATION has become a more dangerous enemy to nationalist China than even the Communists. Nothing that Nanking can do seems to put the slightest check on the dollar's mad race to extinction. Money has long ceased to mean anything, and while the 85 per cent, of Chinese who220 words
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Article677 1948-07-01 4 POLITICO - POLITICO BY CIR Edward Gent's resignation, which would have astonished nobody a tew months ago, finally came as a surprise because m Parliament only a few days earlier he was warmly praised by Lord Listowel for his initiative and foresight. Lord Listowel is Minister for Colonial677 words
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Article540 1948-07-01 4 ROWLAND EVANS - Breaking into U.S.A. ROWLAND EVANS By A.P. Correspondent D V land, sea and air thousands o f aliens are trying to get into the U.S. illegally. Some succeed. Most do not The swarm of foreigners sUreaming to and across U.S. borders has reached an "unprecedented volume," according to the American540 words
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Article, Illustration907 1948-07-01 4 WALTER FARR - WALTER FARR By YOU have probably never heard of Monsieur Laurent Casanova. His romantic name rarely hits the headlines, but he is one of the most important, ablest, most determined and ruthless men m Europe. Briefly, Monsieur Casanova's mission is to make preparations for a new907 words
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Article, Illustration407 1948-07-01 4 NEILSON MODDER - The Ranchi sails again NEILSON MODDER By I^NOWN to thous- ands of Malayans before the war as their "leave ship," the 16,738-ton P and 0 ship Ranchi, after an impressive wartime career, is now on her way to Australia on her first post-war voyage as a reconditioned passenger vessel. Of407 words
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Article300 1948-07-01 5 ;5 bungalows n rural areas frti Press Staff Reporter il F tet-hi im il difficulties are delaying the •.din" *>f much-needed quarters for er the Princess Elizabeth wedding a\* fund Mheme, housing estates a.c m ng m Singapore's rural districts, rlne to the efforts of private300 words
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Article26 1948-07-01 5 Press Chinese (•trtspondrnt more mills shut em*9m\ mut *f6 workers. be rcpened m i the .__?_-proveraw and the rr.ilK m i? m mm26 words
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Article, Illustration52 1948-07-01 5 More than 1,200 names have been added to the Electoral Rolls of Singapore, since registration started a few weeks ago. These Public Relations pictures show the acting Colonial Secretary, Mr. Andrew Gilmour, (m white wearing tie) at the registration centres m the General Post Office and the Outram Road School52 words
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Article86 1948-07-01 5 Ifite Frfso I orr^pondent cted an 1 st; W C Tay.or. at __r H_-__c_.ed houses built by K^ Hb__| -ith a j K> he Gov-j to sell the! ■oats at an all-m price of leased period of rent ■rid be one cent86 words
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Article60 1948-07-01 5 "THE Singapore street am- bulance service at the Central Fire Station m Hill Street answered 150 calls from the various parts of the island last month. The Fire Brigade was called out 30 times during the same period, on 14 occasions to extinguish lallang fires. On60 words
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241 1948-07-01 5 'Future rests with people of Sarawak IN a message published m Utusan Asas m Kuching, to all communities m Sarawak on the occasion of the second anniversary of Sarawak's annexation by the British Government, Mr. Anthony Brooke, former Rajah Muda of Sarawak, said the annexation "is as wrong now as241 words
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Article204 1948-07-01 5 Free Press Staff Reporter i AN appeal to employers of clerks to fall m line with the Government and pay a co_*t-of-living allowance of 60 per cent, of the basic pay retrospective from Aug. 1, 1947, is made by the Singapore Clerical and Adminisitxaftive Workers' Union m204 words
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Article88 1948-07-01 5 I IN Indian, Ponnukannu, was A yesterday committed for trial at the next Assizes by the Singapore Seventh Police Court Magistrate <Mr. A. G. Sheares). He was charged with the alleged possession of 50 rounds of ammunition. ASP. L. R. Prynn, prosecuting, alleged that m January of88 words
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Article77 1948-07-01 5 POH SIEW TIANG, a 46--year-old Chinese woman farmer was m the Singapore Fourth Police Court yesterday found guilty of having speared her neighbour's cow and was ordered to pay $200 to the owner. Kunjathamah. the owner of the cow. said that on May 28 her son shouted out77 words
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Article258 1948-07-01 5 Free Press Staff Reporter Ascketne for the building of a holiday camp of 60 small bungalows at Changi Point has been submitted to the -Legislative Councillor, Mr. P. F. de Souza who, at a meeting of the Legislative Council a fortnight ago, appealed to the Government258 words
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Article101 1948-07-01 5 Free Press Correspondent KUALA LUMPUR, Wed. RESTRICTIONS on the im- j port into the Federation of certain classes of textiles from the UJC and other territories have been lifted. The items concerned are cotton linings and poplins, worsted suitings and linen piecegoods. No import permits101 words
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Article44 1948-07-01 5 The Representative of the Government of India (Mr. John Thivy) Is flying to Kuala Lumpur this morning for discussions with the authorities there before leavmg for New Delhi. Mr Thivy will discuss the political situation m Malaya with the Indian Government.44 words
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Article15 1948-07-01 5 Mr. Jack Pickup has been appointed a Justice of the Peace for Singapore.15 words
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Article118 1948-07-01 5 INCOME TAX DEMANDS BY YEAR END SINGAPOREANS will bej paying income tax J before the end of the year. The Singapore Income Tax Department said yesterday that the great majority of Singapore's potential income tax payers will have received demand notices by the end of the year. The Singapore ComptroLu.118 words
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Article313 1948-07-01 5 BOYS' clubs and hostels m i selected areas of the city j would contribute considerably j toward reducing juvenile delinquency and improving -he moral, physical and social status of boys m this city, says the general secretary ol the V.M.C.A., Mr. RolandLyne, m the first313 words
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Article406 1948-07-01 5 Free Press Siaff Reporter SINGAPORE'S political arena, now left with the Progressive Party, will this montii see the entry of a new association, the Labour Party which, according to its principal organiser, Mr. Abdul Majid, has every intention of running m the coming Municipal elections406 words
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Article48 1948-07-01 5 rE Chinese National A tion Corporation <CNAC> will begin weekly flights on July 5 to Singapore. Skymasters will leave Shanghai on Mondays and return from Singapore the following c Seventeen members of China's Olympic basketball team are scheduled for the first flight.- A.P.A.P. - 48 words
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Article, Illustration139 1948-07-01 5 There v>as a targe attendance at the coming -of -age party given by Mr. and Mrs. Lim Chong Pang for their eldest son, Mr. Herbert Lim Eng Kwan at Mandalay Viva tn Amber Road on Monday. Mr. Herbert Ltm was educated m St Andrew's School. He evacuated to India tn139 words
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Miscellaneous53 1948-07-01 6 JANE Exclusive to the Singapore Free Press m Malaya CAREFUL f-VACHf- IT IS SHEXEBfI-T GIMME THAT GUN.-^ [/GET IN THERE f-AND YOU \^^S^ HE'S A SPY- AND/ WHO IS THE SPY.'-^WgV SO YOU'RE BOTH r CAN FIGHT IT OUT Jt^&JZ vHE'S ARMEDj/SHE HAS STOLEH THE, JjjWj^SPIES, H TOGETHER WHILE I53 words
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Article436 1948-07-01 7 [iisiralian wins i.hour duel I-._kiee.oii mm's singles title for 1948 will be between John Bromwich of __S?and kenburg of the I nited States lay's semi-finals, m which Vsboth of Hungary 6 3, and J ..lkenburg beat Gardnar Mulloy :ii an all-American duel. )oth m a battleReuter - 436 words
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Article, Illustration34 1948-07-01 7 CTimese Veterans and Combined Services Veterans who T?,U~, a s f cer match m aid of the Singapore Antii uoerculosis Assn. Fund at Jalan Besar Stadium on Tuesday. The Chinese won six-one.34 words
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Article9 1948-07-01 7 LESNEVICH IS READY FOR ANYBODY I; I on lea.9 words
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Article378 1948-07-01 7 S'pore track work starts By CALL BOY f THE majority of Singapore griffins running at the Summer meeting which starts on Saturday, July 10, provided some of the most interesting workouts at Bukit Timah this morning. The third track was used and the going was very good. Brooking was most378 words
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Article123 1948-07-01 7 :JN a very keenly contested and thrilling match played before a large crowd, the Serangoon Lads B.P. defeated the Flower B.P. by five games to two. Results (Serangoon Lads players mentioned first): Singles: Chua Kee Meng beat D. Sullivan 15—S; 7—15; 15—7; G. S. Chua beat123 words
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403 1948-07-01 7 Kent opening pair put on 230 runs AFTER the Test match debacle, England's chief need would appear to be bowlers of the speed variety and the Counties will no doubt be watched to unearth them It was a spinner who took bowling honours m yesterdays County games, however, for W.Reuter - 403 words
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Article180 1948-07-01 7 INDIA have drawn Canada m the first round of the American xone of the Thomas Cup, the international badminton trophy being run on Davis Cup lines. The only other team m the American zone is the United States who received a bye and willReuter - 180 words
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Article173 1948-07-01 7 A MASTER tactician, confident of his strokes and powerful m his smashes, S. K. Yadi took the Singapore Tennis Assn. singles title for the j second time m his career when he beat Kamis m two I straight sets at the Singapore Cricket Club yesterday. Kamis was173 words
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Article563 1948-07-01 7 r x ES thousand people saw the Combined Serv spirited football yesterday afternoon at Jaian Besar Stadium to defeat the China Olympic team by the only goal scored m i he match. The *>-ame was generally voted one <»f the i; even contests seen m Singapore563 words
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Article210 1948-07-01 7 THE Australians, fresh from their crushing 409 run i victory over England m *he second Test match at Lord's rattled up 153 runs for 'he loss of one wick t at the Oval yesterday m reply to Surrev'--first innings' total of 2-1 Hamence- pressed in' viceA.P. - 210 words
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Article237 1948-07-01 7 Sam King with the leaders /^REAT Britain and Belgium took, the honours of the first day's play m the open golf championship proper at Muirfield, Scotland, yesterday for Flory Van Donck, the Belgian champion, set the pace with a round of 69. This was later equalled first by Sam King,Reuter - 237 words
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Article675 1948-07-01 7 Free Press Racing Correspondent PUNTERS were kept guessing at Kuala Lumpur yesterday, second day of the Selangor Turf Club's Summer meeting, when outsider after outsider came home. The only winning favourite was Tricolour m the seventh race. Race form went overboard m the Class Four675 words
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Article45 1948-07-01 7 The Seraiigoon A__*ociation beat the Unicorns one nil m a SAP. A. j third division league game played at the C.V.M.A. ground, St. Georges Road, yesterday. Tan Kheng Hoe scored the j only goal off a penalty ten minutes before the end.45 words
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Advertisement71 1948-07-01 7 TRA VELLERSH! j "hen VUittng Singapore stay at IHE TAVERN, j ■European Residential Hotel) Open to SON- Resident*. foo_ locality EXCELLENT CUISINE FIRST CLASS BAH j T de Dames i>, operated by American ied Miss Ethne Rd Opposite Nassi... ttd, "TAVERN" Telephone No. 4948 j —.__>_ fi? ACHING USTEREDFEET |||^i71 words
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Miscellaneous239 1948-07-01 7 F.P. Crossword No. 425 |l 1 P I |5 |4 J5 pp I ffl/A 'iw/a I~w wp _j pi 35 2_2__ _M_; D mm mm lIP mt CLOU ACBMI 1. Succeeds (8). 7, Supplicaton (6). 9. Presc__p Regret (3). 12, Feign (4) 14. Idler (5). 16, Bird (3). I. lty239 words
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Article198 1948-07-01 8 NANKING, Wednesday. THE Governor of the Central Bank of China, Mr. O. X Yui, told a Legislative Yuan committee today that the Government is drafting new measures to halt the flight of capital to Hong Kong and attract more overseas Chinese remittances through government banks.198 words
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Article19 1948-07-01 8 I EE— A. X ...la Lumpur on Monday, June 28th to Doy. wife of Cecil LLe a daughter.19 words
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Article41 1948-07-01 8 THE Chinese Government raised wages 110 per cent, yesterday, but workers complained that the increase failed to keep pace with m I flation. The United States dollar is selling on the blackmarket for Chinese $4.000,000— A.P.41 words
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Article311 1948-07-01 8 LONDON, Wednesday. DISCLOSURE that the Cominform headquarters is being moved from Yugoslavia to Rumania following the Cominform attack on the Yugoslav dictator, Marshal Tito, coincided today witii unconfirmed reports that fighting has broken out m Yugoslavia and that Russian troops are already on the moveReuter; A.P.; U.P. - 311 words
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Article, Illustration35 1948-07-01 8 Police squads mere called out m Hamburg to control crowds last week when there was a hold-up m distribution of the new mark, and the people became unruly. Picture shows police holding back the crowd.35 words
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Article100 1948-07-01 8 SAN FRANCISCO, Wed. rpHE statement by the U.S. j A Ambassador to India. Mr. Henry Grady, that Burma seems to be behind the iron curtain has been denied by the Burmese Ambassador to the United States, U Soe 1 Nyun. "Nobody denies there Is some CommunistA.P. - 100 words
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Article75 1948-07-01 8 ASIAN LABOUR GROUP FORMED LAN Asian Federation of Labour to include millions j of workers from six Oriental I nations was announced at the International Labour Organisation conference at San Francisco. Worker delegates from India, Burma, Pakistan, China, the Philippines and Indonesia announced they had formed the new organisation. They75 words
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Article67 1948-07-01 8 LONDON. Wednesday. TWO valuable British racing trophies, the Royal Hunt Cup and the Queen Elizabeth Cup, stolen ten days ago from the house of a wealthy racehorse owner here, today reappeared undamaged on his doorstep. The oicner, Mr. Robert Middlemas of Upminster. said: "The thieves took a bigReuter - 67 words
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Article89 1948-07-01 8 WASHINGTON, Wednesday. THE European Aid Administion. Mr. Paul Hoffman, said today that American aid may be shut off from any country, which sends war potential goods to the Soviet bloc countries. This would apply also to products produced by Marshall Plan countries themselves. Britain89 words
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Article80 1948-07-01 8 RUSSIA is not filling the ships SCAP is providing for the return of Japanese held m Soviet controlled areas since the war. SCAP repatriation officials said m I Tokio yesterday. The Russians released 29.693 Japanese m June up to June 24, filling only 82 percent ofA.P. - 80 words
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Article29 1948-07-01 8 When an Illinois (U.S.) boy climbed the safety fence at a zoo to feed a Himalayan black bear, it bit off his arm above the elbow.29 words
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Article19 1948-07-01 8 Britain has a Budget surplus of £181,028,831 for the first quarter of the 1948-49 fiscal year.19 words
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Article194 1948-07-01 8 NEW YORK. Wednesday. THE Compania General de Tabacos de Filipina filed a suit m the Supreme Court here for U552,236,647 against the National City Bank ol New York, alleging it was compelled to pay that sum twice as the result of the Japanese occupationU.P. - 194 words
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Article211 1948-07-01 8 HAI«?A, Wednesday. BRITAIN "S 31 years of military power m the strategic Middle East base of Palestine ended quietly and calmly today as the last British troops left Haifa for Port Said, Tripoli and Malta. j The British Army have moved 252.000 tons of stores,Reuter; A.P. - 211 words
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Article97 1948-07-01 8 GENERAL Ho Shih-Li, garrison commander at Chinwangtao. North China seaport besieged by the Reds, has been named m despatches as one of the heroes of the Nationalist "come-back." Ho described as the son of a Hong Kong magnate. Sir Robert Hotung. is said to have97 words
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Article30 1948-07-01 8 A United States Air Force C-45 transport plane crashed near Munich yesterday killing the American crew of four The two-day harbour strike at Shanghai ended this morning- A.P.A.P. - 30 words
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Article125 1948-07-01 8 A SPECIAL Market corTespoiKVeiit (five* the price* of rabbet at 11 a.m. today aa follow*: per lb. per lb Bayers Setters Ota. Cto. No. 1 R.S.S. Spot loose 46 46'h No. 1 R.S.S. tot m bale* July 4t>', 46*s No. 2 R.S.S. rota bales July 45', 455, No.125 words
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Article211 1948-07-01 8 CAMBRIDGE, Wednesday. STERILITY tests before mar- riage were urged today at j the annual meeting of the British Medical Association. The proposal was put by Dr. Bethel Solomons of Dublin, leading authority on fertility, at the opening of a discussion on obstetrics and gynaecology. "Sterility isU.P. - 211 words
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Article351 1948-07-01 8 'ALLIES TO REMAIN IN BERLIN' Bevin warns Moscow LONDON, Wednesday DECLARING that Britain and the Western Allies were determined to remain m Berlin, the Br i Foreign Secretary, Mr. Ernest Bevin. today predic that, with transport planes, they would defeat Russian blockade of the city. But he warned that hReuter - 351 words
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115 1948-07-01 8 NEI DEADLOCK: BOTH SIDES LOOK TO U.N.O. BATAVIA. Wednesday. DUTCH and Republican negotiators once more bogged down m their six months' quest for a political settlement m Indonesia, were tonight looking to the Security Council's debate tomorrow as their best chance for breaking the deadlock. The issue on which theReuter - 115 words
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Article486 1948-07-01 8 London Stock Exchange LONDON, Wednesday. THE start of the new account on the London Stock Exchange today was greeted by an all-round rise m prices, but m the absence of any real buying movement the advances were lost and, m some cases, small losses were shownReuter - 486 words
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Miscellaneous13 1948-07-01 8 I STORE HIGH TlDt> Today:* sa_n; 5 49 p.m. Friday: «.l»_u_a; •16 p.m.13 words
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