The Singapore Free Press, 12 July 1948
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Title Section18 1948-07-12 1 The Singapore Free Press LARGEST AFTERNOON SALE IN MALAYA SINGAPORE, MONDAY, JULY 12, 1948 I PRICE Ml CfcMS18 words
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Article, Illustration377 1948-07-12 1 More crisis powers are sought Governor to ask Council UI Fr<* Press Staff Reporter W lUh extension of the Governor's special crisis powers will be sought m the Legislative Council tomorrow, when the Attorney general will move the passage of the Emergency Regulations Ordinance. Replacing the existing emergency ordinance, the377 words
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Article234 1948-07-12 1 Sokolo vsky may quit in Berlin r.n, X BERLIN, Sunday. [HE American-licensed news agency and radio m < erm a "> reported tonight that Marshal sokolovsky, Soviet Military Governor m BerHn had been relieved of his command. Both the agency and the radio quoted -Soviet sources" for the rvporii vr*rReuter; A.P.; U.P. - 234 words
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111 1948-07-12 1 PEIPING, Sunday. AMERICAN aid to China can be put to the best use if a large part is used to resettle thousands upon thousands of refugees at present crowding the major cities, m the opinion of Gen. Fu Tso-yi. Nationalist commander for111 words
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Article28 1948-07-12 1 The United Nations fiveman Kashmir Commission will meet Mr. J^waharlal Nehru. Premier of India, and Mr Chakravati Raja&ODalachari Governor General today, New Delhi Radio said.28 words
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Article157 1948-07-12 1 SHANGHAI, Sunday. DESPITE price control efforts, commodities, led by rice, spurted to new record heights m the past 24 hours. Rice this morning stood at an all-time high of 34,000,000 Chinese dollars per picul, and even at this figure, the majority of rice shops were157 words
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Article32 1948-07-12 1 At 8 o'clock this morning a young Chinese boy was knocked down by a taxi m Havelock Road. The boy, who was seriously injured, was taken to hospital.32 words
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Article96 1948-07-12 1 Free Press Staff Reporter T'HE Malayan Collieries coal mine at Batu Arang, abou t 26 miles from Kuala Lumpur was attacked by insurgents soon after seven o'clock this morning. All telephonic communication with the mine is down, but a police report states that flve Chinese96 words
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Article40 1948-07-12 1 Tiie strike of 250 employees of xtie Philippines Long Distance TetTfjnone Company m Manila ended on Saturday with a temporary set.lement which included a 10 p r cent increase and 50 rw>r cent pay for overtime.— A.P.A.P. - 40 words
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Article99 1948-07-12 1 THE United Press yesterday took up the Russians on their reported offer to grant special Soviet passes to Americans wanting to drive to Berlin from western Germany. A reporter drove to the Soviet Liaison Mission m Frankfurt with his passport and a Russian translation of99 words
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Article51 1948-07-12 1 THE International Emergency Food Council is to hold a special meeting m Mexico City on July 21 to allocate an estimated 100.000 tons of Siamese rice. Nearly every rice- importing country is seeking a share and requests received to date total over three times the estimated surplujU.P. - 51 words
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Article217 1948-07-12 1 SHANGHAI, Monday. "IT is up to the Hong Kong authorities to take more active steps toward implementing the antismuggling agreement concluded between the Crown 'Colony and China," says an article today m the semi-official publication, China Economist. I "Hcnß Kong's position seems to us quite simple.217 words
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Article61 1948-07-12 1 AU.S. Navy aircraft crashed at San Antonio (Texas > yesterday, demolishing two houses and a two-storey apartment building. Two bodies have been recovered, but it is believtvd ten persons may have died m the wrecked buildings. The aircraft narrowly missed a hospital. Observers say itU.P. - 61 words
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Article36 1948-07-12 1 Negro band leader Duke Ellington now touring England, was barred yesterday from appearing m Nottingham's main conoert hall, on the objection of Church authorities. The hall is used as a church 'di Sundays.- U.P.U.P. - 36 words
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Article, Illustration26 1948-07-12 1 British troops, the Nor folks, m trenches 200 yards from the Soviet zone of Berlin. "Normal training," said a British Army spokesman when asked the significance.26 words
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Article145 1948-07-12 1 Free Press Staff Reporter AT dawn this morning a strong force of Singapore police moved m on Pasir Panjang village, sealed off the area and interrogated more than 200 people. Fourteen persons 12 Chinese and two Malays who were unable to establish their identity and145 words
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Article36 1948-07-12 1 Two Japanese sol .Hers who recently suJendered on Guam said on their return to Tokiot yesterday that there are 20| more Japanese on the island) who do not know the war If over.36 words
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170 1948-07-12 1 Free Press Staff Reporter IN the Legislative Council tomorrow, the Singapore Government will be pr to act on the early establishment of a Public Sarviees Commission, a motion on which was agreed to at the Council's meeting m May. Mr. Lim Yew Hock is170 words
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Article229 1948-07-12 1 New Far East Fleet C-in-C named VICE Admiral Sir E J. Patrick Brind has been appoint d mander-in-Chief, Bi Pacific Fleet, m suo to Admiral Sir Denis *V. Boyd who recently arrived m Singapore to maiK the transfer of the FWheadquarters from Kong. Kong. Vice-AcLnirai Sir Denis Boyd, who SMCceeded229 words
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Article66 1948-07-12 1 The full support Au>tralia to the western p twrrv stand ii» Berlin was pled£fd last night by Mr J H Chifley. the Commonwealth Prime Minister, now on a visit to Britain. "It is important thai we should hold on. That is win: 1 I shall tell Australi declared66 words
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Advertisement34 1948-07-12 1 TvER #L GIFTS S. de SUVA rB lil6 JEWELLER 1 1 O :i a new shipment of LOMBIA Ji H STRIPES, CHECKS PUUM •i.td Fast Colours LOVA •■-WOOL. CHECKS, STRIPES PLAIN ''Uar.tnttvd Fast Colour-34 words
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Advertisement93 1948-07-12 1 DRINK DINE SUN SUN RESTAURANT BAR 260, MIDDLE RD. A Sunny Spot m I ff.&.CinAVIO SO'* 10 «£<££ 6 VOLT OVERSEAS 6-(Modei 8C4666) 0 Fully tropical Hivh r«tnmr> i ir. mt llh excrptM»n;il r.ini;«- Continuous IMMI a* f»«r «a»e «J Maim re*ei»»r prr lurnum i with bands fro* H.S la93 words
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FEATURES...
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Article834 1948-07-12 2 By BWC MITCHELL ACCOMMODATION A hunters, BEWARE! You are marked men! Sharks, m landladies' clothing, abound where roomie bachelors of Singapore today, helplessly flounder m a sea of despair. Lie": "heir moneyhungry lips, with avaricious anticipation, they eh ir potential tim until, m ultima >n, he is ready834 words
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Article, Illustration69 1948-07-12 2 A year ago, Mrs. M Pur ley, Surrey, jht a turkey eyg for Is. 6d. S ght have had it for tea 4 but one of her broody to the let the hen sit on ttie evv. instead. The hen hatched out I ley, a hen turkey. So on Lesley's69 words
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Article, Illustration67 1948-07-12 2 Queen Elizabeth, King Henry VI, Charles L and Oliver Cromwell, came out of the past at St. Albans, (Herts.), along with many other historical figures, to mark the city's millenary pageant. In the year 948, Ulsinus, Abbot of St. Albans founded three churches, a school and a market. Today, these67 words
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Article, Illustration267 1948-07-12 2 DBRHAPfI Boutll I bid was overbold, for h.s My. ncard suit was fairly .shabby. Actually, four spades could 1. been s»-t three trick the riders could collect two diaclub rufT. A penalty dMI the: n the m ;ve couiv However, South Wiis lucky igh to pick up good267 words
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Article406 1948-07-12 2 BLACKMAIL IN BRITAIN PAYS TN a club off Lon- don's Piccadilydrcufl the plainclotb man inclined his head towards a BWJtrth) well-dressed fellow lounging against the bar. "That's one of them," he said. He's m the black.' Looks as though it's 'paying-off too." In London's underworld "m the black' is the406 words
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Article43 1948-07-12 2 pEHMANYS i mous pian< is m the doldru: I 1926 Gorman > totalled .-ibout 10 irunk to no about 2.-. The first v, the piano :n whic: I In vaL was one qu MX' 1 fac I German re-arr LD;KKOKKPE ReuterReuter - 43 words
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Advertisement27 1948-07-12 2 [RTHH R E 5 T fl U RBII Le 14 Jtiillet 1948 A la COLONIE FWKtf La D Catlvay suiv^iu V//Am Le Convert r $5.00 JL/ \427 words
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Miscellaneous774 1948-07-12 2 CIM<~ APr>BF Ivourites; 6 Composer of the Week: Music. 8 W^rld ai.d H'rne WjtWj SLNCjAFUKL U3O Worid News; 645 Melody on 805 Your.s for the Asking 8^45 From 124>« oood to 2.H pm. rJu m,\, 7 Music to Charm; 7.30 H w Lowdown; 9 Hand of the; 485 metre* m774 words
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Miscellaneous202 1948-07-12 2 YOUR LUCKY STAR BORN today, there is music m your soul, even though it may not v\press itself any more vocally than m your having a vibrant, persuasive and magnetic speaking voice. If you studied, however, it i« lik ly you could become proficient m the field of music. This202 words
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Article, Illustration120 1948-07-12 3 Partnership offer to hyderabad I fan relations strained to limit IyiIATEVER may be the upshot of the latest neyoTT tiations lxtueen the Government o f India ai.d Hyderabad, it !s clear that relations between Hie Dominion and the State have been strained to the ■Unost limit, states the A.P. Trichur120 words
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23 1948-07-12 3 De mocra tic Slate, Lot disease spot India is that ad, ting aj it does the should ru>t become whole country. i A.P.A.P. - 23 words
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Article63 1948-07-12 3 \.ng to the but nut a landIs indJ ited by tne elec- Hand. The r is divided as :n brac:ulics 32 (32), Labour 27 right-wing An*. I y Cal 13 (13 >. irtng Christian Histori--9 (8), vative dom 8 (6), ComI), minor parties t has resignedA.P.; Reuter - 63 words
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Article, Illustration66 1948-07-12 3 picture. From this kitchen-studio three paintings have gone to an East End, London' art show. Mrs. Rose Baren keeps her brushes and paints on a table and uses a kitchen plate as a palette. One of Mrs. Daren's pictures shoios a violinist her husband acting as model. "He doesn't play,"Mirror - 66 words
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Article, Illustration148 1948-07-12 3 NIZAM WILL NOT CEDE HYDERABAD has tremendous moral force m its our and this cannot be easily overcome by r," declares the State Premier, Mir Link Ali I broadcast he declared: Hyderabad knows that the Indian Union thai .t is m advantageous position rahicallyA.P. - 148 words
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Article65 1948-07-12 3 BECAUSE of bad trade Mr. Tom Clough, Manchester tobacconist, sacked his assistant, Jee, twenty-thr That was twelve years ago. In February last Mr. Clough died at his home m Stretford, and m his will, published at the week-end, he left £500 to his one-time65 words
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Article162 1948-07-12 3 SIXTEEN-YEAR-OLD Charles Harry Middleton, of Lin-tons-lane, Epsom. Surrey. heard that his girl friend had been writing to another boy. Later he shot himself with his father's sporting gun. And at the inquest his girl friend, 15-year-old Anne Elson. of Chessington-roaci. Ewell. said that he had told162 words
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Article104 1948-07-12 3 S'hai move against racketeers SHANGHAI Garrison ComO mander headquarters has announced that special ecomic investigators are checking accounts and stocks ol at least 57 firms which are believed to be leading speculators and blackmarket operators In goldbar. United tes dollars, rice and other daily necessities. Their names have not •losed.U.P. - 104 words
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Article, Illustration81 1948-07-12 3 Fuel police have beta looting for a young man who with his clothes drippin; wet. hurriedly drank a pint of beer m a Chrlm.sford public-he I A few minutes earlier he had plunged into the river and rescued a six -year-old boy. He put the boy mInternational News - 81 words
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Article55 1948-07-12 3 MEMBERS of the U.S. Armed Forces who were starved while prisoners of war are entitled now under a new law to file monetary claims against the country which held them. Compensation would be at the rate of U.S.SI a day for each day the soldier55 words
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Article154 1948-07-12 3 RADAR poured through aching tissues is a new kind at for rheumatism It i Lblted at the annua of of the American Association at ChtThe treatment is dooc with adaet the size and shape I a i) At its centre a tube produces radar which are eachA.P. - 154 words
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252 1948-07-12 3 MOKE than 100 policemen, infuriated at having been duped by a bandit gang: during an all-night man-hunt m a rock quarry near Chicago, spread the March across haJf of Illinois. Aided by bloodhounds and search planes provided by the United States Navy, the police252 words
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Article164 1948-07-12 3 A WOMAN who answered i\ "No" to the question "Are you a polygamist?" on an immigration form says she did not intend to hidv the fact that she was married. It was "just a case of not understanding the word." Mrs. Elsie Ochodnickys, 41, Wig charged at164 words
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Article180 1948-07-12 3 •THIRTY thousand soldiers and civilians were killed x and wounded, 25,000 houses were destroyed m the Communist attack on Kaifeng last month/according to eye-witness despatches by Nanking Chinese correspondents now visiting Honan provincial capital. Correspondents reported that one Nationalist divisional commander, Gen. Liv Chung-hsin committedU.P. - 180 words
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Article306 1948-07-12 3 CHURCHILL BEGGED RESPITE rVRITAIN and the United States planned to invade D France early m 1943, over a year before the actual landing, it is disclosed m the papers o| Iff Harry Hopkins, personal assistant to President RtMßvelt, published m Colliers magazine last week.Reuter; U.P.; A.P. - 306 words
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131 1948-07-12 3 PAPER SHUT DOWN FOR 'BAD' REPORTS WHILE that the .!in Pao, one of China's dent newsp suppressed by the i rnment "because U v \m not under Party or < nunt control. the for the Interior stances where the rv published what tin claims to b- r contrary to theU.P. - 131 words
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Article89 1948-07-12 3 •THE New York Times, m a leading article commenting on the Netherlands elections, said that m acdition to showing another Ccmmuni&t recession, the election result was an expression of the national will to achieve settlement of the Indonesian problem. Nothing would more strengthen the democracies bothU.P. - 89 words
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Article62 1948-07-12 3 MAJOR Harold J former American Drof< sional football star, and wife were shot a; Nur on Saturday night t marked banAs they drove up to tta hon. men i red them to stand back or As Pangle got out of t! one of the bai. andU.P. - 62 words
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Article109 1948-07-12 3 THE Rev. Robert Hood, vicar of St. Stephen's, Lambeth. (London) is planning to burn publicly outside his church on July 28. proofs of the proposed new Canon Law of the Church of Enuland. He said: 'The book is against the King, the Church, and the109 words
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Article, Illustration33 1948-07-12 6 rope speaks To Italian workers P X/i M** 20.000 Italian m a balcony m of re. In his ad i I them 7i an a r 77U' massed i. anniversary I Italian sanitary33 words
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Article, Illustration454 1948-07-12 6 ARABS CAN CUT OFF US. OIL War weapon that could ruin ERP "THE Arabs' strongest weapon against Israel is not 1 their armies, who are officially reported to hnve resumed fighting m Palestine, but their ownership of an important part of the world's oil supply. Only time will tell whetherA.P. - 454 words
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Article74 1948-07-12 6 DHIIISH may I by .r In th« tary, Mr Em.l. announc Hi" tx r- 1 n the ad dre.ss ot the except Scottish ana will f if a :iiw coloured b»T<.'t of I arancc will, I tart T: could b during tralnln Mr. Shim i thatReuter - 74 words
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Article65 1948-07-12 6 Thk striki launch* 1 French Finance Mm cmi itinued spread, and :i Cab: tlna is scheduled m an at torn; end the dispute The chief beneficial be the ta>: and from ibi who are free from r I of customs and Customs workers are >n the ralU.P. - 65 words
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Article36 1948-07-12 6 Ceylou's House <>i Representatives threw out bj to 2o an opposition motion declining to endorse ement with Britain on the (round to it it ••ties Ceylon perpetually to the sterlinc bloc." Reuter.Reuter - 36 words
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Article27 1948-07-12 6 The Israeli authorities have devalued the Pair. pound and completely sever- < d it from the British sterling bloc, it was learned m w York yesterday.27 words
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Article164 1948-07-12 6 EXTRACTS m astonishing lett written by Mr. Sidney John Rrlph, 30, of G; road, Wanstead, E.. to his wil ne read by Judge Dangmaa m Birmingham Divorce Court who renui cd. "I should think th^ro cannot have been any D ill ng letters written164 words
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Article43 1948-07-12 6 ASKED by a husband what he should do when his wife went for him with a poker, a Hull, England stipendiary magistrate terday advised. "Get out of the way. She will soon get tired of chasing you."— l' P43 words
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Article33 1948-07-12 6 DRITAIN ha v the United N.. Ln Palestine an "i I to bring th r be- The B: porat. re kidnap:)- < wish terroi tion Ircim Zvai I ReuterReuter - 33 words
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Article109 1948-07-12 6 A MAI) swan which killed fou. and two dj and attacked a picnJ n m Thameslde village of Sunbury, Middlesex. Children and boating parties have been warned to watch for it. and the Swan Uppi-rs have been asked to have it trapped and destroyed. When the109 words
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Article, Illustration65 1948-07-12 6 Kvuj Abdullah of Transjordan U lands at the salute during the playing of count' nat anthem, with Kino Farouk rypt at airport, dullah. who is m tf. r m of the the Arab Legi >n, wat on a ticodau tian mandcr of tr tian Armu. King Abdullah 'right' cts a65 words
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Article18 1948-07-12 6 OIL mi, ho. throe limou 41-year-old M m I around. a into U.P.U.P. - 18 words
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Advertisement13 1948-07-12 3 I h U 1 HAGEMEYER TRADING CO. (MALAYA) ITD. SINGAPORE KUALA LUMPUR PENANG13 words
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Miscellaneous61 1948-07-12 3 TAI?7AN Dissension fry Edgar Rice Burroughs "BEN TANTOR CRIED TARZAN. 'DANCX?' 6OM TAWOLAN."AT THE \NC^DS S^r.TT.^TISTi." "ANO, g MUTTERED WOLF, *IF HE OOT C* 1 COMMAND. UTTERED IN TH£ LAN6UA6£ OF THE 6KEAT APES. CAUGHT IN FRONT OF THEM HE'S SWERVED SHARPLY THE STAMPED**© HORDE BEHINO liV >^^9^- TRAMPLED TO61 words
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653 1948-07-12 4 The Singapore Free Press MONDAY July 12, 1948 Singapore s crisis laws SINGAPORE is to follow very closely the example of the Fed n m the crisis ion it will adopt as guard against the ape m the Colony of menace. To say this :s to read m advance the653 words
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Article591 1948-07-12 4 THOMAS ALDEGURER - THOMAS ALDEGURER By Renter's Correspondent Alive-year plan for the rehabilitation of China's rural areas ia among a mass of reconstruction blueprints which have been drawn up by official and private Chinese organisations baaed on the United States aid-China programme, Chinese sourhere disclosed. The scheme, mapped ou591 words
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Article, Illustration425 1948-07-12 4 noXT pity them, help them," was the theme of the first Bombay Provincial Conl'- c for the Blind, meeting m Bombay recently. India* has an estinu I tohil of 2,000,000 people who suffer from serious sight defects one third of whom are classified us "totally425 words
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Article, Illustration561 1948-07-12 4 William Latham - William Latham By lU'uUt's orrespofidenl IMAMS, preachers of the Moslem faith, reversing the traditional west to east missionary route, arc now busily preparing fina] arrangements i »r a campaign to spread their teaching m Europe, They arc member^ of the Ahmadiyva movent, wbi \m< sent spiritual561 words
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Article, Illustration46 1948-07-12 4 Britain's latest advances m atomic, radar and ultrasonic research, were shown at the Ministry of Supply* Tele- communications Research Establishment at Malvern. Picture show an aircraft Radar indicator subjected to desert testa m a special cabinet m which dust storms are created at th* research station.46 words
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Article127 1948-07-12 4 'FHK story and play mar- kt t is m such an uncertain state m Holly at present that studios are turning to their own scenario irtmenu, begging foe oriemaLv A bonus system crated on one lot m a d.&ncrate eilort to bring W? best m the sa127 words
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Article134 1948-07-12 4 Geoffrey Geldanl - Air column MORE WANT TO FLY Geoffrey Geldanl By JLIAXY 11 co tint] buy their ail vraft if t: landing and charges at Th" < foui pay $15.50 fo. ing and hang the night. Petrol lax is I The pi of b- $4 to $6 p on .small p 1134 words
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Advertisement30 1948-07-12 4 FAITH A fool also is full of words: a man cannot tell what shall be: and what shall be after him; who can i tell him? Ecclesiastes. lv. 14. 130 words
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LOCAL NEWS...
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Article41 1948-07-12 5 fill ship more next year' tv.iff Reporter I of this year, 82,000 tons -hipped to Malaya from with the rice already fron, U P to une >>0 IJurma's total exportable —k ..,< vid the I I I I 3 0 »\s41 words
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Article, Illustration35 1948-07-12 5 VISITOR tor from Australia is Fay Storey, who. with her mother, is accompanying Mr. J. S. Storey, managing director of the Overseas Corporation Australia) Ltd., on a ess tour of Malaya. Free Press picture. k.35 words
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Article47 1948-07-12 5 SEGAMAT Sun. THE public enquiry into the circumstances leadns to the clash between a ri and about 200 n of Chang Kang Swee Jementah on June which eight labourers opened at Serday before Mr r R -th. The enquiry is expected to until July 1447 words
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Article397 1948-07-12 5 'Empress Place not democratic Free Press Staff Reporter PMPRESS Place— seat of the Singapore Government L« —must not merely preac-h but practise democracy, declares a Singapore resident m a letter to an elected member representing one of the Municipal constituencies m the Legislative Council. The voter has drawn the attention397 words
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Article28 1948-07-12 5 ARMY DOGS FOR MALAYA Thirty British Army guard dogs are to be sent to Malaya for work at military camps, wires the London correspondent or the Free Press.28 words
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Article, Illustration53 1948-07-12 5 Mr. U. Hpu. secretary of Agricultural MarBoard of tht> Burmese Government left' i prophesies more rice ay a next year. On the right is Mr v Ba Thane, a member of the Boa r d Both were delegates to the 20th meeting of SouthEast Asia Liaison Officers, just concluded at53 words
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Article143 1948-07-12 5 IT was the duty of all law-abiding and civicminded Singaporeans at this time to support the Govern- ment m restoring and main- tainins law and order, de- clared Mr. John Laycock m a broadcast last night. ''There is one simple way m i which Singaporeans can143 words
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Article297 1948-07-12 5 PHYSICAL EDUCATION Free Press Staff Reporter IN a cosmopolitan country like Malaya, physical education is a need that should not be ignored, Dr. Kiang Liang Kwee, official delegate of the Chinese contingent to the World Olympics, told the Free Press. "At present, only those interested297 words
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144 1948-07-12 5 LONDON, Sunday. THE Borneo Company is pay- j ing a dividend on its 1 £399.400 7 2 per cent, preference shares for two years to Aug. 4, 1948. The Financial Times says the rapidity with preference dividend arrears, have been overtaken is remarkable, considering144 words
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Article116 1948-07-12 5 THE Director of the Rubber i Research Institute, Kuala Lumpur, Mr. C. E. T. Mann, will represent Malaya at the i fourth Commonwealth Mycological Conference at the Imperial College of Science and Technology. South Kensing- ton, from July 19 to 24, at; which problems of116 words
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Article90 1948-07-12 5 IN 1892, Mrs. A. Shaffer lcil England for Australia anc this morning 5G yc-rs lateral the age of 80 she took of! from Singapore on her wa\ back "home". With her m the flying-boal was her 95-year-old son, Mr W. W. Shaffer, who is goin°90 words
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Article143 1948-07-12 5 on: to rai IN the second main-' four days, hundn night mail pa to make til Singapore by bus ad 'axi yesterday rrorn'ntr. A goods over a new i of line between Bukit Timah and B Pan;ane early m th<> morn.n? was haW-d when tl bogey ram*,143 words
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Article131 1948-07-12 5 Confidence m bandit drive Free Press Staff Reporter THERE has not been a big influx of refugees into Singapore from the Federation. Hotels are not crowded out, and some boarding houses report that they have rooms to spare. The state of emergency m the Federation does not131 words
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Article98 1948-07-12 5 Free Press Correspondent JOHORE BAHRU. Sun. THE lirst case m Johore to be brought before the Court undt r the Emergency Regulations was mentioned today before Mr. Sutherland, District Judge. Wong Choon Tak was charged with having consorted with persons who had Sten guns and tommy guns m98 words
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Article30 1948-07-12 5 PONY rides were a popular attraction at the charity fair and tea dance m the International Club, Penang, yesterday afternoon m aid of St George's Church Restoration Fund.30 words
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Article, Illustration55 1948-07-12 5 picture The Pageant of Fashion and Beauty, which uas presented at Raffles Hotel was filmed at Shaw Bros. Studio last week. In the picture and all set for the cameras are Mrs. Betty Lim Koon Teck and her 12-j/ear-old daughter, Shirley, dressed as a Chinese Court beauty (Yang Quei Fei)Free Press - 55 words
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Article43 1948-07-12 5 SEREMBAN. Bund*; Rotarians ano lies spent a one day pirn:c .n Port Dickson today Accommodation .ac [were provided th^m at Siginting Camp by Ma'or Irv.n Strutt of the Malay Re^m^m. The host was Gmer 8 president of the Sen Rotary Club.43 words
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Article136 1948-07-12 5 Free Press Staff Reporter YjORE than 300 men of all nationalities have applied to join the Singapore Special Constabulary, since last Tuesday. Of these. 150 have dppu A senior officer of tne Special Constabulary told the Free Press: "We are raising the strength of136 words
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184 1948-07-12 5 I)R. Joseph E. Smadcl, who headed an American Army medical team which did research m Kuala Lumpur recently, said m Washington that the new drug, chloromycetin, cured not only scrub typhuc but also the hitherto drug-resistant typhoid fever. The chloromycetin cure for typhoid wasA.P.; U.P. - 184 words
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Miscellaneous75 1948-07-12 6 JANE Exclusive lo the Singapore Free Press m Malaya ™md TH^PA^YOO R=TI frt J^P^'Jn S^ T B o THAT^f AND FrlV EW WN-^BUr ,n TOO LATE TO GET I Although rAwV uavc 5P^ i rnt lt:fV ill fiktik j ctNOUKious EYE ON (1 Now i cuai i uai/p SoR H75 words
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Article418 1948-07-12 7 Breukelen 's string best ILL BOY >v one horses running on •id day of the Singapore Turf etinfi were exercised at Bukit I and M>me of the best efforts I tns stable. The going was f Donnelly) and High Street best time of the morning, hree418 words
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Article18 1948-07-12 7 Weights for Second day I PC 8 7 8 07 F v 8.07 >" 8 07 M) 3 1618 words
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Article23 1948-07-12 7 3 seectr te^m is JW m> emplane fur l^sdaj for a five or s ml?" ir(!> '■■l Eon? R.tn^kok. P*** <wd Indonesia23 words
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Article536 1948-07-12 7 From VERNON MORGAN A THLETIC fans and others are asking why the i\ British Amateur Athletic Board asked Trinidad to include the coloured sprinter, Macdonald Bailey, m their Olympic team and if it is not true, although it would never be admitted, that the536 words
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Article83 1948-07-12 7 JOE Verdeur and Ann Curixs improved on Olympic records m the U.S. Olympic trials a? Detroit on Saturday. Verdeur swam the men's 200 metres brea?t-skt>ke m 2 mm. 36.3 sec, which was 6.2 sec. better than the record set up al i the 1936 Berlin gamesA.P. - 83 words
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Article186 1948-07-12 7 J}UDGE PATTY, the youiife Californian. yesterday won the 1 Paris international invitation lawn i tennis tournament beating Marcel Bomard, the French No. 1. 6 4. 4 l. m the men's singles final at the Roland Garros stadium The new Wimbledon champions. John Bromwich and Frank SedpmanReuter - 186 words
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Article25 1948-07-12 7 The chances of the US receiving the 1956 Games are considered excellent. The Olympics were last held m America m 1932 at Los Aneeles. A.P.A.P. - 25 words
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173 1948-07-12 7 I :1 OSLO YAK I A and 6 v» will contest the European zone final m the Davis Cup competition. In the semi-finals which ended yesterday Czech o&lavakia, who won •ie final last year, beat Italy m Milan, while Sweden. 1946 zone winners, defeatedA.P. - 173 words
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Article, Illustration92 1948-07-12 7 Finishes at Bukit Timah Pictures taken at Bukit Timah on Saturday show: Top, Jockey Jackie Jones keeping Haydee going m front to win the seventh race at Bukit Timah on Saturday from Helen the Fifth (Woods) and Firemaster (Gentles). Maestro (J. Donnelly) is on the rails a neck behind Firemaster,92 words
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Article, Illustration1060 1948-07-12 7 Bill Bowes - Bill Bowes From at slip by Crapp off Bedser. Australia had made their lowest score since war 221. From the way Lindwall. or Miller hurled themselves into the attack when England began their second innings, it was obvious the Australian bowlers were out to redeem th*>1,060 words
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Article63 1948-07-12 7 ENGLAND'S already bright chance of beating Australia m the third 1 increased materially through the heavy rain which fell at Old TrafTord, Manchester, yesterday morning. This was followed by showers m the afternoon so that a wet pitch seemed certain for the start of play today.Reuter - 63 words
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Article68 1948-07-12 7 THE Indian Davis Cup player. Sumant Misra. was beaten m the final of the men's singles m the Irish open lawn tennis championships at Dublin on Saturday. Eric Sturgess, the South African champion, won S-l. 6-2. 3-6. 6-2 Misra and his compatriot, Dilip Bose. were beat-en m68 words
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321 1948-07-12 7 "U .S. sure of eight Olympic titles" By Ted Smith, A. P. Sports Writer Barney Ewell and Mcl Pattern and a O middle-distance double-winner, Mai Whitfield, won the rig-ht on Saturday at the M. S. Olympic trials at Evanston, Illinois, to lead one of the strongest of all American OlympicA.P. - 321 words
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266 1948-07-12 7 A GOOD bowling performance i by D. Keyt who took seven 1 ■wickets for 18 ruins, played n big part m St. Andrew's School scoring a 98 run victory over St. Patrick* School m a cricket match played at WoodsviHe on Saturday. B.266 words
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Article262 1948-07-12 7 ANNUAL K.L CRICKET DRAWN THE annual la Lumpur side comple:ing or, .n this The Rest, who gained a lead ol 42 runs on the first innin-i were: Scores IHE REST— lst Ism. Lee Soon We,-* run out 12 S Sue kana than and U Faragiur Khfto Bin Keng b. Holingworih262 words
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Article56 1948-07-12 7 J^ FEW J ig th* 5 Europt-.in middleweight pionship on Saturc Ccrdan of France si to meet Tony Zale far the middleweight titl vi sometime thi^ The contract wa aft<T Cerdar. w:- ted Europt'v:-! title m a 15 etrußplv »i'h Cyril] D I SporteU.P. - 56 words
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Advertisement96 1948-07-12 7 TRA VELLERSH! Vi<itinx Singapore stay at THE TAVERN, j v Residential Hotel) Op \o\. Residents. •fOOt LOCALITY j EXCELLENT CUISINE j FIRST CLASS BAR j operated t>? American trained Miss Ethne. J iP: Opposite Nassuu Kd. i JI^JAVERN" Telephone No 4948 j biood *re commoD JE-^L ■>lun complaints. fe| M.Mure.96 words
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Miscellaneous261 1948-07-12 7 F.P. Crossword No. 4*4 i""| ITT [FT 17"] ITT ITT I_i_s 7 0 \r\ lO 0 4/ ii ir l 4 WtP is" p n m w 11 11 17 18 19 20 _I_l_l_lE^ I 25 ?6 '27 1 26 19 30 31 CLUES At ßO>> i, Understood <:2>. 7,261 words
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238 1948-07-12 8 WASHINGTON, Sunday. THE Marshall Plan administrator, Mr. Paul Hoffman, today issued an order permitting American business to spend U. 5.5300,000,000 m establishing factories m Europe with a U.S. Government guarantee that their foreign currency earnings will be converted into dollars. Mr. Hoffman, mReuter - 238 words
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Article144 1948-07-12 8 S. Democrats may not back Truman PHILADELPHIA. Sunday. FEEBLE efforts were made to--1 day to fan the la rks at revolt against Pre:U Truman on the eve of the Democratic Natanil Convention with the vice-pr dential nomination rac? still wide ODtn The Democrats' squabble over the race issue readied aA.P. - 144 words
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Article65 1948-07-12 8 HUNGARIAN BISHOP FLEES DUDAPLST court officials v jretterd ."la warrant for the arrest of BishOD Siyismond Mihailovits. direcof tho Catholic Action Movement In Hunßa r v. accuftin*? him of war crimes He I already fled the country. Police have also rre.^ted four Catholic priests and the woman secret ary ofReuter - 65 words
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Article20 1948-07-12 8 The Australian Cabinet is to invite tenders for the installation of television tran>mitters m Australia"* six state capitals20 words
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Article23 1948-07-12 8 A 700-year-old Norman castle just outside Newcastlo-on-Tyne. was advertised on Sunday, rent £50 a year plus £800 key money. A.P.A.P. - 23 words
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Article95 1948-07-12 8 The engagement is announced between Mr. C C. Guttenag.?. Malayan Customs Service, on v son of the late Mr. C. A. Guf of Uganda. East Africa and Ms. Gutteridge. and Miss Hftnejr Crcu ther, only daughter of the late Mr and Mr? W. Crowther of Cowlersley Huddersfleld. Yorkshue YUEN-PHUAH.95 words
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Article74 1948-07-12 8 The death occurred t lt IChin Yun V Chin Ch of Part Gardens Ipoh d at the Cave Temple) jund at I Pm toI THIRD BURMESE MINISTER QUITS THE Burmese Defence Minister. Bo Let Ya. will be the third of the Cabinet to resign on July 20. it waiA.P. - 74 words
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Article34 1948-07-12 8 A new bill has been presented to the Iraqi House of Representatives amending the Baghdad criminal code to make Zionism, with anarchism and atheism punishable as a subversive and criminal creed.34 words
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Article98 1948-07-12 8 HONG KONG. Sunday IN their first big raid on a major Kwangtung town this year, a force of Communist guerillas estimated at 1 000 occupied Kwangchowan, on the south Kwangtung coast for several hours before being driven off early today by Nationalist troops rushed to theA.P.; U.P. - 98 words
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Article, Illustration298 1948-07-12 8 LONDON, Mondav. rFUO London newspapers said today that Marshal x Tito was thrown out of the Cominform because he wanted Marshal Stalin's job as leader of the Communist movement. Both newspapers— the People and the Sunday Dispatch claimed their stories were based on "inside information."U.P. - 298 words
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Article107 1948-07-12 8 NEW YORK. Sunday. I\KVELOPMENT of a drug that starves the virus of infantile paralysis was disclosed today. The drug, known as Oxythiamin. has been used only on mice, but may lead to finding of another chemical compound which would build up resistance against polio m humans. AU.P. - 107 words
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Article223 1948-07-12 8 SEOUL, Sunday. r rHE Communist-dominated North Korea People's Committee, defying the United Nations, have decided to hold elections on Aug. 25 to choose a legislature claiming authority over the whole of Korea. This announcement, broad-ca.-t by the Communist radio at Penßyang, further confu the situation223 words
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Article62 1948-07-12 8 SFfcl lAI Market correspondcni (troa the prices off rabbet Ham today as follows: per Ib ocr ib Bayers Seller* Cts. Cta No. 1 RSS Spot loose 47 47-, No 1 RSS roe m bales July .47 t: No 2 R.S.S. foft m bales July 4*. 46 No. 362 words
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Article33 1948-07-12 8 JAPANESE police yesterday J ordered all Cummunists to evacuate the earthquake area of Fukui on the western coast of Honshu Island where they have been combining relief work -with propaganda. ReuterReuter - 33 words
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Article84 1948-07-12 8 THE Irgun Zvai Leumi. 1 Jewish terrorist organisation affiliated with the Israeli army, announced yesterday that it would "try" five kidnapped Britons on "serious charges." The 'trial' will pro- bably be held at Tel Aviv. The Britons, officials oi the Jerusalem Electric Corporaration, were takenReuter - 84 words
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Article, Illustration36 1948-07-12 8 Carrying their traditional I bouquets, America's Doris Hart (left) and Louise I Brough wilk on to th t tre court, for the final of the ladies' singles at Wimbledon. Louise won 6-3. 8-6.36 words
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Article405 1948-07-12 8 ARABS ADVANCE AS WAR SPREAD UN still hopes for peace I AS Arab- Jewish fighting on all fronts m Palest imI increased m intensity yesterday, Arab am. began shelling Jewish positions m Jerusalem, I/nited Nations diplomats clung to the hoj peace might still be restored m the Hol> i andReuter; A.P.; U.P. - 405 words
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102 1948-07-12 8 £25 million to buy off govt. strike PARIS, Sunday. rE French Prime Mini M. Robert Schuman. and his cabinet will spend tomorrow trying to buy off a strike with 30,000 million francs. This sum. representing about £25,000.000. U what M. Schuman proposes to spread over 2.000 different classifications of GovernmentalA.P. - 102 words
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Article94 1948-07-12 8 A LL trams and trolley buses r\ m Sydney and Ad stopped yesterday because of power restrict ions and emergency bus* .s had lo rgtnlsed m both cities. Normal services are expected to be resumed today. The acute shortage ol m Australia has caused strict rationingA.P. - 94 words
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Article59 1948-07-12 8 THE Peruvian Government suspended the Bill 01 Rights m Lima and Mirus on Sunday ard told troops to use their guns iiwt ag o preserve order This m<ans virtual martial law Trouble was started on Saturday if. tood markets m Lima and Miranores the Government MAIA.P. - 59 words
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Article56 1948-07-12 8 PURGE THREAT BY CZECH COMMUNISTS Tht* Czechoslovak munwt Party admitted yesterday a series of "crave errors" m the recruitment of new members. A statement issuei by the presidium of the Central Committee m Prague called all party organisations tc greater precautions m testine cr-osoective members and "dean the oartv ofReuter - 56 words
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Article28 1948-07-12 8 Britain reached an all-time record for steel production In June, with output at the annual rate of 15.444.000 tons, the British Iron and Steel Federation announced.28 words
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Article60 1948-07-12 8 ISRAELI intelligence patrols have discovered an undetermined number of M lim troops from fighting on the Arab vid. affording to the J< commander on the North Palestine front Pakistan tronp* are to be fighting near Beth Tarshiha. within the p. extending from Syria Galilee, dividing WU.P. - 60 words
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Article48 1948-07-12 8 HOLLYWOOD S LOVELY Carole L.v buried m I cemetery overlook wood, the i her fame and batfo: Mar lent >bb<T her the ma dnz» oi ofl ottoa bun Conspicuou the g: iv V film actor. I was th» alive and her dead U.P.U.P. - 48 words
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Article142 1948-07-12 8 REISEL DRIVE TO S. CUR FiESPITE A11-OU1 in Central Chii armies push: i ghai. The K j crossings in a bic Hupeh has turned ious'* due L I to 6 ed to h< pending the arrival ement. .'.ary qu that it The road to tl n of the River a:Reuter - 142 words
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Miscellaneous7 1948-07-12 8 SINGAPOU TDM To-d*> ...l&Ian: 3 10 pro7 words
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