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Title Section20 1948-07-23 1 The Singapore Free Press LARGEST AFTERNOON SALE IN MALAYA I SINGAPORE, FRIDAY, JULY 23, 1948 PRICE 10 CEN I S20 words
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294 1948-07-23 1 Malaya UK wants more action Planters' case is supported From Free Press Correspondent ~~r„ LONDON, Thursday. QOVERNMENT statements on Malaya m the House of Commons yesterday have done little to satisfy Malayan interests m London that Whitehall realises the full gravity of Jie position. Some of yesterday's replies at Question294 words
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Article21 1948-07-23 1 VATT WILL MEET C-G, GOVERNOR 9 m.-. m I H I I H I I >«>siI ->r M: I V Dr21 words
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Article30 1948-07-23 1 Par. was told yesterday of a Government film bank of £5.000,000 to lend "'•asonable com--1 terms" to help a industry throueh "the s of postwar transition. A.P.A.P. - 30 words
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Article158 1948-07-23 1 Free Press Staff Reporter KUALA LUMPUR, Friday. THE armed jeep which pre--1 cedes the night mall from Singapore to Kuala Lumpur, was attacked last night two miles South of Sedenak, m Johore Shots were fired at the jeep and the driver was hit m158 words
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Article147 1948-07-23 1 Free Press Staff Reporter THREE Chinese newspapers have printed Mr. Tan Kan Kee's statement on the situation m Malaya. They are the Kuomintang-sponsored Chung Shing Jrt Pao. the Nanyang Siang Pao and the Sin Chew Jit Pa... Mr. Tfcn'i appeal calling on Malayan Chinese to147 words
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Article78 1948-07-23 1 Free Press Staff Reporter IN the Johore State Couno:! 1 yesterday Haji A. Hamid bin Haji Fathil told the Government that the closing of police stations at Bukit Kapong (Muar) and Telok Sari <Mersing) revealed weakness a::d would encourage the terrorists. The abandoned stations, he warned,78 words
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142 1948-07-23 1 Free Press Staff Reporter PR the first time m the Singapore police's series of preventive raids, a search was made yesterday for arms, subversive literature and suspicious characters m the heart of Chinatown. Previously raids and roundups had been carried out only m outlying i142 words
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Article107 1948-07-23 1 NEW YORK, Thursday. FE Republican presidential candidate, Mr. Thomas Dewey, will make foreign policy the major issue m his campaign for the presidency. The New York Governor is keeping m close touch with developments abroad through Mr. John Foster Dulles his adviser on international affairs, andU.P. - 107 words
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Article32 1948-07-23 1 Free Press Staff Reporter At 845 p.m. yesterday, a 12} ear-old Chinese boy fell oil' a bicycle rear St. Josephs 'itution Bras Basah Road. and fractured his right arm.32 words
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Article20 1948-07-23 1 The Philippines Government has taken the first step toward establishing diplomatic relations with India, Pakistan and Siam.20 words
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Article102 1948-07-23 1 Captain Alberto Leonard!, I J AP f AN want* rubber and tin commander of the Argentine 1 from Malaya sa id Brilight cruiser, La Argentina l tish trade officials m Tokio called officially on the Singa- yesterday, commenting on pore Governor, Sir Franklin sterlln 8 area102 words
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Article173 1948-07-23 1 Australians told SYDNEY, Thursday. A QUOTA system, as rigid and selective as you like, 4i seems to be the sensible answer" to Asian criticism of the White Australia policy, said China's first Ambassador to Australia, Mr. Kan Nai-Kwong, on his arrival here. Mr. Kan wasReuter - 173 words
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Article, Illustration12 1948-07-23 1 Marshal Stalin the rub- I ber he seeks has pone cold. I12 words
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Article43 1948-07-23 1 Three former German Field-Marshals, Qerd von Rundstedt. Walter von Brauschitsch and Erich von Manstein, will be tried In Hamburg on charges of having committed war crimes. They will probably be held responsible for the killing of Russian prisoners of war.43 words
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Article87 1948-07-23 1 ♦•I CAME m a trishaw," said lluan Hock, a young Chin- ese, when asked by Immigration officers m Singapore how he travelled from Batu Pahat, his home for the past eight years, he said. Huan couldn't describe the town, the picture on his permit differed from87 words
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Article196 1948-07-23 1 Free Press Staff Correspondent LONDON, Thursday. rl "cold war" has spread U> the London rubber market, with Russia and America actively competing for the world's supply of rubber, says the News Chronicle today. A few weeks ago rubber merchants m London were given to196 words
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Article55 1948-07-23 1 Free Press Staff Reporter BAIL of $2,500 was allowed to Lim Liang Heng, charged m the Second Singapore Police Court with assisting m the management of Chap Ji Kee. Lim was arrested at 77 Minto Road. He claimed trial, and Mr. L. C. Goh adjourned55 words
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Article293 1948-07-23 1 LONDON, Thursday. BRITISH defence chiefs were called into a Cabinet meeting on the Berlin crisis today while the VJL Commander, Gen. Lucius Clay, summoned urgently from Germany, conferred m Washington with President Truman and the Secretary of State, Mr. George Marshall. Viscount Montgomery, Chief of theReuter; U.P.; A.P. - 293 words
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Article19 1948-07-23 1 Five people were killed and six seriously injured m a fierce storm whicli struck Nuremberg yesterday19 words
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Article47 1948-07-23 1 Free Press Staff Reporter IN Englishman was arrested m Moulmein Road. Singapore, yesterday under th* Emergency Regulations. Two othsrs an Indian and a Chinese were also detained under the regulations yesterday. Total of Emergency Regulations arrests m Singapore is now over one hundred.47 words
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Article54 1948-07-23 1 Free Press Staff Report** A MILITARY jeep driven b> Corporal Garner of the Military Police was Involved a double collision m Keppel Road at 5.15 p.m. yesterday The jeep first tangled with i the rear of a stationary lorry and then collided with a stationary Austin54 words
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Article24 1948-07-23 1 Dr. Sun Fo has resigned as president of the Chinese Legislative Yuan becai; the increasing opposition of members to his leadership.24 words
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Article532 1948-07-23 2 WOMEN NOT TO BLAME INTIL now, m studying the problem of prostitution, we have been wrong m considering the woman alone as the guilty individual,'' writes Madame Mavis Spaak, a Senator m Belgium's Upper House. She is also the mother of M. Paul Henri Spaak. Belgium's famous Premier. Prostitutiwii isReuter - 532 words
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Article250 1948-07-23 2 MISS Vivienne Greene, 24--year-old Sydney girl, has made history m new South Wales. She is the first woman to qualify m that State as an air radio operator. Neither radio work nor flying will be new experience for Vivienne. She has been employed for two years as250 words
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Article110 1948-07-23 2 pRESENT day faI shion books and magazines, as well as books relating solely to woman's cosmetics and beauty requisition, are full of innumerable preparations made by sill more innumerable firms. This romantic form of putting cosmetics right m the path of women is clever beyond words and tends110 words
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Article, Illustration73 1948-07-23 2 (bottom left j. and Elizabeth (bottom right). Born late on June 12, with a total weight of 16 pounds 3 ounces, the Quads are now reported to be "doing well." Mrs. Good has had one other child. This picture showing the Quadruplet children. all girls, of 27 -year-old farmhand Charles73 words
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Article307 1948-07-23 2 Joan Castle - Cooking column WEEKEND DISHES Joan Castle By •THERE is always an element of unccr'-ain-ty about cooking for the Weekend, if you like to keep your plans as fluid as we d<>. You don't want to be caught with an empty larder if mencs drop m, ob.y ready to stay, if307 words
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Article, Illustration352 1948-07-23 2 pSYCHIC bids one* m vogue are used com parawry rarely This pr Dcipally became the methods of exposing ar» so well known that a p^ seldom succeeds m fooling th«« opponents as often as I foe Is partner. West's opening bid of one spade, however, was successful for352 words
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Article, Illustration351 1948-07-23 2 Frederick Sands - Frederick Sands By SINCE the official announcement from Buckingham Palace that Princess Elizabeth ex. pects to become a mo* her m the autumn, experts on Court affairs have been studying what royal title is likely to be bestowed upon the baby whether a boy or a351 words
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Advertisement96 1948-07-23 2 r N T (FOOD PARCELS FOR BRFTAI ALL THE FUN OF THE FAII TOMORROW SATURDAY J At 151. MOUNT PLEASANT From 4 -f FUN FOR THE KIDE (Pony Ridet. Slides, fcil J Tl tlsssss TIIMI H FUN FOR THE GROWN (Side Shows. Btnrain Stalls Fertctv j POLICE BAND EXHIBITION DA*96 words
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Miscellaneous295 1948-07-23 2 llf A^W f A I flf M t T f^] SINGAPORE From 1244 boob to 1 00 p.m 48S metres m the mediom wivt band and 7 20 megacycles to the 41 metre band From CM p.m to 1.45 p.m.: from 936 p m to 11.44 p.m.: 485 metres m295 words
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Miscellaneous335 1948-07-23 2 AUSTRAUA 4.04 p.m. to 11 15 p m. VLAG 19 74 metres IS 24 megaeyeles: 4. 4« p.m. to 815 p.m. VL£B IS 89 metres SI 40 megacycle*:! 600 p m to 11.15 p m VLGIO -5 51 metreo 11.70 megaeyeles: ISO p.m to 4.15 p.m VU 4 19 54335 words
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Miscellaneous57 1948-07-23 2 6 .45 Bri-tah Band Box; 7.15 Radio Journal; 800 World and Home News; 805 Yours for the Ask: 845 Personal Discovery; 915 Rhythm In the Sun; 930 Radio Newsreel; 9 45 Rhythm Club; 10 15 Chamber Music Concert; 10 45 Men and Book*; 11.00 Music of the c: 11 3057 words
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Miscellaneous37 1948-07-23 2 v- w_ ba < other, H cr^aSS*^* 1 comin# sum nibine^ methinf gf -n i inft ntfce aat« ill on tbf (.'Be W in the Nlough of *j yottyfc If >o« were aMttoi I must I «W I37 words
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Article22 1948-07-23 3 He spends half his life smoking I I I I I I I I I I I I I I j I22 words
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Article414 1948-07-23 3 C'WEALTH LOOKS TO AUSTRALIA Immigration must be 'selective' A l,llted Press staff Correspondent t STRALIA believes herself destined to become tht eventual centre of the British Empire. The other Brrtish lands m th e South Pacific— New Zealand, Fiji and New Guinea— believe the lengthy visit of the King and414 words
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Article, Illustration13 1948-07-23 3 :*-tiiiari athletes uho are :ng m the Olympic Game*, arrive at London Airport.13 words
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Article71 1948-07-23 3 A MOTOR-CYCLE policeman J. Hennerie was fined 1200 francs m a Paris traflic court for violating fhe speed limit while chasing a motorist, who was doing the same thing. Hennerie was charged with doing 50 miles-an-hour, and knocking down and injuring a pedestrian with his motor-cycle. The policemanU.P. - 71 words
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Article50 1948-07-23 3 a PROPOSAL that mere 1 .glish pc 9 m C mmonwealth was to the Congress i iltl Universi •rd by Professor I. A v Zealand. i that should from universities and 4hat represents" b* 1 Included m do.s to 'ht" 1 Educatl Cultural C -r- ReuterReuter - 50 words
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Article, Illustration75 1948-07-23 3 Frau Emmy Goer in g, widow of Field-Marshal Goering, was sentenced to a year m a labour camp by a denazification court but as the time she has spent m custody was taken into account, it meant her immediate relet: The cmrt ruled that 30 per cent, of her property75 words
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Article53 1948-07-23 3 A CONVENTION of Indian Union Muslims will be held some time m October m ras. The chairman of the foundation committee of the Indian Union Muslims' ConvenSahebada Tung Ali Mir■a of Madras, says the Convention aims at "organising the community to render active support to theA.P. - 53 words
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212 1948-07-23 3 Women paddled log canoe down Panama IniL average ion ior a commercial snip to transit the Panama Canal is nearly $4 000; some have paid as much as $15,000 to pass through this 50-miie vaurway. But tw 0 women have just paddled through the canal m a native cayuco at212 words
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Article, Illustration67 1948-07-23 3 Open air dancing at Llangollen, North Wales, scene oj the international Musical Eisteddfod but the dancers are from Spain, not Wales. They are Galicians. members of the oldest Celtic race in Spain. The miners watching them are not Welsh either— they are mercury miners, also from Spain. The miners are67 words
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152 1948-07-23 3 Doman Catholic Archbishop of Westminster, Cardinal Griffin, has accused the Russians of performing "exactly the same barbarties" as the Nazis. "It was m the name of freedom that the Nazis committed their atrocities." ":I suggest it is m the same name of the freedom-lovingReuter - 152 words
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Article68 1948-07-23 3 SI AM MAY OPEN ITS PRISONS OIA.Vi'S pr_sons may be empty en the occasion ol late [King Ananda Mahidol's ere- j it, next February. If the proposal is approved by the Government, it will be the second time In the his- tory of Siam that prisoners! thoroughout the kingdom areReuter - 68 words
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317 1948-07-23 3 and climbing into bed, where she finished off the bottle of stout. Elizabeth eluded her pursuers until her best friend. Chic, a young coloured girl from the fair had the idea of tempting her with a bag of black currants. Elizabeth, who317 words
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Article206 1948-07-23 3 A MAN pleading guilty to house-breaking was given his freedom at Plymouth Quarter Sessions, because Mr. I John Maude. MP., the Recorder, believes it m.iy be greater .punishment lhan jail. "There are no taxes, or rates to pay m prison." Mr. Maude said to Leslie206 words
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Article67 1948-07-23 3 INDIA may shortly sign a "treaty of friendship and commerce" with the Nepal Govenment. milar treaty is likely to be signed by Nepal with the British Government. Meanwhile, efforts are being made to link the Ncr capital. Kathmandu with India by a motor road. TheA.P. - 67 words
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Article, Illustration63 1948-07-23 3 Princess Margaret, watched by the King and Qi signs the visitors' book at 'he Castle Museum during 'he Royal party's visit to York. Prin Elizabeth 'left) on her last public engagement before the birth of her baby m October. Appropriately enough the Princess ioas visiting the Queen Elizabeth Maternity hospital63 words
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Article64 1948-07-23 3 'MALAYAWOULD GO RED TOO' IF Chma is lost to the communists. I think Ii Burma. Indo-China and laya will go too," asserted the President of the Chinese Legislative Yuan. Dr. I Li-fu. speaking to rep m New York. He said that President Truman agreed with him on the immediate need64 words
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Article, Illustration36 1948-07-23 6 picture. The owner of this Massachusetts home was moving it to a new site when electric light and telephone company lawyers brought a Court injunction to forbid "molesting" the overhead wir A.P.A.P. - 36 words
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Article85 1948-07-23 6 THE Chancellor of the Exchequer. Sir Stafford Cripus. m a written Parlia- iid that the ed application of es> is now I at. These measures include the full surrender to the sterling area pool of thproceeds of 1 1 than Chinese goods sold for dollars and goodsA.P. - 85 words
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Article378 1948-07-23 6 Kunming, smugglers den THE past three years have largely erased all traces of the husftle and bustle Which made the isolated city of Kunming one of the largest American wartime bases m China. Terminus of the Burma road, this Yunnan provincial capital has slipped graduallyA.P. - 378 words
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Article89 1948-07-23 6 A CHINESE Embassy official at Rangoon said recently he had no information on the report from Nanking alleging the possible invasion of China from Burma territory bordering on the Yunnan Province. The Burmese Government denied today that there was any truth m the report The report,Reuter - 89 words
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Article, Illustration56 1948-07-23 6 NO SKELETONS m this cupboard, but passers-by m Lincoln's Inn Fields. London, stared when a small green van took away 3,000 skulls of Chinese pirates, Maoris and kimoes. Museum attendants at the Royal College of Surgeons didn't turn a hair as they packed skull after skull crates and boxes for56 words
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Article61 1948-07-23 6 IT S. Secret try ol Btste, Mr Marshall, says that the United States does to be m any serious danger from activities °1 for tployed by Ui >ns. Previously two State Department officials had charged that at least some of the foreigners at theU.P. - 61 words
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228 1948-07-23 6 IN Warsaw lives a prince who once owned seven castles, estates and palaces. Now, m his 42-roomed palace, he is allowed but one room. His bathroom is his art gallery, and on its walls hangs one Rembrandt, the last of his treasures. HisNANA - 228 words
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105 1948-07-23 6 Freedom song as anthem for Indonesia HPHE Lieutensnt-Oovernor-A General, Dr. Hubtrtus van Mi k. has Informed ids of the present Ind deral State* that "Indonesia Raya" may be v as die national anthem. The lyric of the anthem has also lx ied by Dr. van o considers a definite decLsionU.P. - 105 words
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Article30 1948-07-23 6 Mr. Herbert Morrison announced m Parliament that if bus is disposed of the House would adjourn on July 30 till the new session on Sent 14. ReuterReuter - 30 words
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207 1948-07-23 6 ILfICHAII IVANOFF, 49- 1,1 year-old sell -styled high! priest of Fraternity of I Purity" Ls under a Jour-year jail sentence la Paris because the court ruled his nude rites! were not pure m the eves of the law. Several feminine "discipltestified they hadU.P. - 207 words
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Article71 1948-07-23 6 ITALIAN Somahland, occud by the Italians smc*» 1889. is not yet ready for >■ rnment, says the of the four-power which recent.;. tit tin views of the inhabita: The Commission h to provide clear pointers for the Big Four Dep Ministers who must decide the futureReuter - 71 words
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287 1948-07-23 6 A company, which eight month had it* Amen ran headquarters m a hotel suite, and mnm h. nationwide organization and occupies MR than lw< floors of office space m Manhattan. U out t prs%« that British car^ are m the l"niu*d Bfl Before theU.P. - 287 words
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Article42 1948-07-23 6 EORTS June I 000,000— or shon of Trade announced The June figure £4.100.000 r May. The adverse m June €2.200.000 to £38.3 i but has bou Allowing for the j with 134 md 131 per cer. ReuterReuter - 42 words
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Article53 1948-07-23 6 Book family acute in China T»HE bulk of the I'.S.SI. 1 Nations Fdu< ganisation (IWI.m <» China is likely to b« equipment if the reeommei Indian educational^ w I followed. Mr. Obroi'a Oi needs from an edu I equipment for v J by a bill m m the nations libReuter - 53 words
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Article22 1948-07-23 6 BARTER between X pr nd For:'. soon be resui: Canton I The C Wei Tao-:.--resun to Kwant °ls.- U.P.U.P. - 22 words
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Advertisement38 1948-07-23 3 **l Mornings* begin **th Gilleum r**ir bemdem LENGTH. Gillette's M B ue -t harder md fSf'W' CL* edges. H e G d i,,ette Mom/// *c Gillette Blades *w 'cuts for 10 L v Malacca. Koolo. Lumpur, teo* ft38 words
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Advertisement78 1948-07-23 3 waff) *C£Z^L.^^F£Lmk'3tommf+9w*iL^. WjHm*^ *^_>^*»^^^Ba -■ST*** £^^9*-^* Draw a circle with London at tta centre and within a radius of 100 m m7f%%e§' miles lives nc -ly one half of the mwww population of Great Britain. Here fl^ f° r many commodities is the "9 world's greatest domestic and interfn aa78 words
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Miscellaneous84 1948-07-23 3 TARZAN Setting him Off #y £<fo*r Burroughs •I M OO.NO TO TIC*fTEN~TME ROPES I ■^■■■■■H [SUDDENLY THE STORM BROKE IN ALL ITS ESBE9S__BJ____S^____________^*^Bl Cf OiM TENT. .VOLF FURY. 6REAT TREES BENT AND SNAPPED SSfiH B5 U "^~--*»_s_. I CtfiED BACk P^ L KE P|PE STEMS ANO RA,N F£LL {W9 Esi£^3*SSs»84 words
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The Singapore Free Press FRIDAY July 23. 1948.
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Article317 1948-07-23 4 THE Russians are squeezing the last propaganda calory out of their offer to feed Berlin while blockading it The offer was no surprise. It was broadly hinted at m •Moscow's reply to the era Powers' protest though for some strange reason this passage m the Russian note317 words
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Article339 1948-07-23 4 QUESTION Time m the Commons on Wednesday v.a& unremarkable. Lhonj I Minister for Defence, I A. v. Alexander, provoked a scene' by ms refusal to be commut. When asKt-a for infom on the i. of reinforcements to Malaya, vmbers doubtless drew th .1 conclusion, as shall339 words
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Article, Illustration608 1948-07-23 4 WILLIAM HARDCASTLE - USA's VICE PRESIDENT WILL WORK WILLIAM HARDCASTLE By Reuters' Coir. ANE of the major innovations planned by Governor Thomas E. Dewey, if he becomes President of the United States at the head of a Republican administration, is to turn the role of his Vice-Pre-sident into a ''real job." This was608 words
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Article, Illustration108 1948-07-23 4 WHEN London fishmonger Douglas Gordon vent along to Billings gate Market and bought 'Sammy" a 6-ft long Jioi/al Sturgeon foe £25. H> not realise that he was buying trouble. He put the whole 135 lb. thorn" m hu> shop and immediately a small boy shouted it uxfcs stuffed;Mirror - 108 words
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Article245 1948-07-23 4 Douglas Lovelace - WHA T MAKES A VOLCANO? Douglas Lovelace By DR. Hat White University of California Physicist, is trying to find out whether uranium fission causes volcanic eruptioi. If the cracking of urai atom.- thl* lysmic then the islands were pushed up from the ocean by the si only which devastated the245 words
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Article201 1948-07-23 4 A DOZEN or so years ago it would have I generally correct to say that the process of making spechad not ed a m three centuries. But recently two innovations m par* have changed itional pre*" he use of (i an ab.- is the m< plastics into lens201 words
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Article22 1948-07-23 4 By much slothfulness the I building decayeth: and through idleness of the hands the house droppeth through. Krrlrttiiti g, 10, 18.22 words
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Article, Illustration161 1948-07-23 4 Thrt'e men famous m Australian life to be commemorated by the release of special postage stamps of 2\d., denomination m 1948. Henry Lawson 1867--1922 (left) was one of Australia s bi'st -known poets. William James Farrer 1845--1906 (centre) is rcjnembcred for his successful experiments m the161 words
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Article, Illustration589 1948-07-23 4 People in S 'pore make CINGAPORE is the first colonial territory to be visited by the newly appointed Adviser on Social Welfare to the Secretary of State for the Colonies, Mr. W. H. CHINN. He arrived here last week by air. Tall boyish-looking, pipe-smoking Mr. China, comes from Birmingham m589 words
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Advertisement24 1948-07-23 4 SINGAPORE o I K. LUMPUR ***** OUR ICES AND ti PASTEURISED *1 PACKED IN MOW SINGAPORE an: (cQcj yf K it> SS? (^ie^ j24 words
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Article, Illustration7 1948-07-23 5 Play your part' call to Chinese j7 words
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504 1948-07-23 5 HARRIS JACKSON - PLANTERS ORGANISE OWN DEFENCE FORCE 'Ready for the rebels 9' HARRIS JACKSON By iw..^jri, maiaya, Thursday. T»HREE British planters, all over 40 years old and veterans of a Japanese internment camp, have mverted 1.200 acres of rubber plantations m the trl of insurgent-plagued central Malaya into an armed, ready-for-action camp.504 words
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Article, Illustration100 1948-07-23 5 'La Argentina', the Argentine cruiser which j/t arrived at Singapore with fleftj her commander Cap: Alberto Lelnardi, who this morning paid a nsit to Governor. Yesterday Rear Admiral C. Caslon, Flag C cer, Malaya met the ship's officers and ad<. cadets. As he left the Argentina fired a thirtc salute.100 words
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139 1948-07-23 5 MNP bid to hold congress in Kota Bahru Free Press Staff reporter The Malayan National Party will b e writing officially I to the Officer Administering the Government of the Federation of Malaya for permission to hold their fourth Congress at Kota Bahru (Kelantan) next month. A spokesman of the139 words
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Article134 1948-07-23 5 From Our Own Correspondent SUNGEI PAT AN I, Thurs. FVE Sam-Sams (Siamese Malays) were today before the Sungei Patani magistrate on a charge of committing gang robbery at Sungei Toh Pawang Estate, Bedong. The complainant, Law Kirn Sung, said he was having dinner with134 words
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119 1948-07-23 5 Johore police 'stronger but inadequate' JOHORE BAHRU. Thurs. FE present strength of the Force m Johore is yes. was revealed at today's Ing of the Johore CounI State m reply to a by Syed Mustapha b I the present on May 1 the Porce had 46 extra police .niformed). measure119 words
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Article104 1948-07-23 5 TX>R Singapore Ah* Day on r Sept. 4. it is hoped that the R.A.F. will co-operate In displays which will include: i-plane and Constellations ng to BOAC-Qantas, KLM. Th^se will be the first Constellations to land H at Kallang. They will be open >n and later104 words
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Article46 1948-07-23 5 JOHORE BAHRU, Thurs. /J[N extension of 60 beds for the Batu Pahat Hospital has been asked for m 1949. The shifting of the Batu Pahat Hospital to another site is not contemplated at the moment it was stated at the Johore State Council meeting.46 words
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Article26 1948-07-23 5 Dr. Wa Paak-shing, Chinese Consul-General for Singapore, has left Nanking to return here. He will stop over at Shanghai, Hong Kong and Canton.26 words
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298 1948-07-23 5 'No letters lost' say Post Office 4 POST OFFICE official m an interview with the A "Free Press" yesterday denied Post Office responsibility for the loss of letters containing cheques and cash which had been the subject of complaints by the Singapore Ratepayers Association. According to the Singapore Ratepayers Association,298 words
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Article65 1948-07-23 5 MISSED DEATH BY INCHES DUNNING across Jalan Besar after buying a cake, a nine year-old Chinese boy NG Ah Chin narrowly escaped death when he ran m front of an oncoming taxi. Ng suffered only a b) knock, but m avoiding him, the taxi swerved across the road and was65 words
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Article62 1948-07-23 5 THE Commissioner-General, (Mr. Malcolm Mac Donald). will be the principal speaker at tonight's meeting m support of the Peoples Education Association, to be held at the Victoria Memorial Hall at 5.15 In the chair will be Professor T H. Silcoek. and other speakers will include Mr. Yap Pheng62 words
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Article349 1948-07-23 5 'PHE Government's refusal to renew 99-year leases, some of which have lapsed recently, is being challenged by the Singapore Ratepayers' Association, which decided at its last Committee meeting to protest against "these seeming injustices." The Association has also asked for the repeal of the Road Transport Proclamation349 words
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Article153 1948-07-23 5 1 4 PPROXIMATELY 43.000 A persons in p Smgapore ring butter rat.ons. Frozen butter is rationed to °3 000 of whom 18.000 receive it as a supplement to their rice and sugar rations. Another 15 000 rice card hoWera are drawing extra tinn*»d butter with the153 words
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Article149 1948-07-23 5 From Our Staff Correspondent PENANG. Thursday. WITH a number of big firms opening branches m Province Wellesley, Butterworth is now acquiring a "new look Not only offices but godowns are expected to be built In the near future m anticipation of the Bagan Luar wharf extension149 words
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Article79 1948-07-23 5 -m Our Staff Correspondent PENANG. Thursday. BECAUSE of the present emergency, the Sultan of I Kedah has directed that there should be no largescale celebrations of his 56th birthday. Instead, any money voted for tht-s* 1 celebrations, the Sultan has decided, should be distributed equally b*»on the social79 words
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Article157 1948-07-23 5 prosecutor and defending counsel. In the witness box Koh had said he was n< and he was su I to be suffering from a disease. T^WO former Chinese detectives m the Singapore police force, Aug C heng Bok and Scow Khoon Seng, were committed for trial157 words
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Article40 1948-07-23 5 Bestowal of Service Medal to tl ing members of tin Police Fore* ed by the KJ Muslim b. Mat So. Bakar b:n All; n bin Mohc "> and Abu Hassan Corporals Bhan c Dewan All; P bin Aws40 words
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Advertisement162 1948-07-23 5 MECCANO WORLD-FAMOUS TOYS Jfrl^fc/KORNBY IV i/7 TRAINS U I CLOCKWORK W JK f Every minute spent playing »r -jr .>-j__a J v% i mby Trams is 7 brimful of thrills and fun Z*^^ 8 ore strongiisM^^** l^! pullmg. long running, MJUmI tested and gi~ .:^H# "0" Ci j TH^j Tram162 words
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Advertisement116 1948-07-23 6 An I A Feast 0* La "THE TODAY FOUR SHOWS fJV_| _N3J 2-4.15-6.30 9.30 p.m. 9W&nmiMU* Great World Wrestling Abi TO-MORROW NIGHT AT 9pm Q I'KRLATIW V MATCH -MIKING A LJ guarantee* A FIGHT THAI Ull I fc^ LIVI !ON(. I.N VOl I Ed fl If S ARJAN DW sf116 words
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Miscellaneous81 1948-07-23 6 JANE Exclusive to th e Singapore Free Press m Malaya K\W^rV ■AT sVJlUssfc. r YES YOU MO$T "T^/ P shouldn't ▼IT was deadly^ I>|sW* T IX m\** rt FaLT^m) BE 6LAD TO V /THINK YOU HAD 6FORGIE.'-WHY #1^ If kM'J^'.'Jll/ ESCAPE FROM THIS ft AN ATOM OF HAVENT LOOKED AT81 words
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Article70 1948-07-23 7 ENGLANO—ist Inns. Hutton b Lindwall gj Wash brook c Lindwall b Bill Johnson 143 Edrich not out Alec BedsCT not out 0 Extras I 3 Total (for 2 wkts.) 268 BOWLING *>• M R W Lindwall 19 5 46 1 Miler 12 2 33 0 Bill Johnston 21 670 words
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902 1948-07-23 7 ENGLAND'S CRICKET REVIVAL CONTINUES Wash brook plays great innings From Bill Bowes J^ MAGNIFICENT score of 143 by Lancashireman t- Too v b ok who was J° ined m an opening stand or 168 by Hutton gave England a splendid start to the fourth Test match against Australia at Leeds902 words
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Article23 1948-07-23 7 Tigers,down twice, win three-two the tch. rob- st of which. .->.ived ther by It g en I L X-> i. t/ rung L23 words
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190 1948-07-23 7 OINGAPORES sole Olympic representative Lloyd Valberg—was a much happier ■m yesterday. He has recovered his lost 91b and his injured lee is much better. In addition his high jumping technique has improved under the expert coaching o' Brant Little. Canadian coach ofA.P. - 190 words
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378 1948-07-23 7 OIXGAPORE District Signals were given a lesson m football yesterday when they met the First Devons m a second division S.A.F.A. League jranie at Geylang Stadium. Devons made merry at Signals' expense to win by five goals to nil and it would have been378 words
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Article100 1948-07-23 7 C RC. rrickt t t/'nms for thr week- rrd are: j 1 Versus RAP. Seletar 2nd XI on the ptidnns at 2 p.m. toBMaTOW: E. W. Barker J D'Almeida. J. d<* Silva. B. Kleinmar?. D. MUler, R Milne M. F.v.vny K. Perry. P. Scully. O. Thoma* O100 words
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Article10 1948-07-23 7 Penang schedule of racing h i f over v Central10 words
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Article50 1948-07-23 7 rl follow m g will play c for the Indian Associate*: against the SRC at 1! a.m. on Sunday on the SRC Pa dang. T Rajah Arasara I nam D braham Singh. R. V. Singam. C Popail.t: M Rasiklal, S. ThanTh GUI Patcl and Moharacd Shah.50 words
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Article192 1948-07-23 7 China team start training today CHINA'S Olympic soccer team was remarkably fit despite its long journey when it arrived m London from Calcutta yesterday. their arrival having been delayed by transport difficulties m India. They are losing no time IB ing down to training for, ter an afternoon 'a rest.Reuter - 192 words
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Article, Illustration32 1948-07-23 7 Dorothy Tyler, a British Olympic entru, wins the high jump m the Surrey Women's County Championships at Wimbledon on July 10, icith a jump of 5 ft. 3 ins.32 words
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Article826 1948-07-23 7 CRUSADER - CRUSADER BARNETT AND STEELE By WHEN The Civilians meet the Services this weekend on the Singapore Cricket Club Padang m a trial match to select the South team to meet North during the August Bank Holiday, two players whose performances will attract the closest attention will be826 words
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Article33 1948-07-23 7 DEPORTS reached Tarifo 1V yesterday that Daniel Carpio, Peruvian long distance swimmer, reached the North African shore after swimming the Straits of Gibraltar m 9 hours. 8 minutes, unofficial time. A.P.A.P. - 33 words
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Article329 1948-07-23 7 DERBY FACE DEFEA T ESSEX yesterday surpassed their best s<:,rc of the season with 466 against Derbyshire, the ch-aiup.on. ship table leaders, who at the close seemed well on the way to an innings defeat. Ray Smith, who rattled up a whirlwind century for Essex, was also m form withReuter - 329 words
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Article121 1948-07-23 7 RUMOURS that the Duke of Edinburgh will be the man who carries the Olympic torch on its last lap m the Wembley Stadium for the opening ceremony of the Olympic Games were current m London yesterday. All efforts to check t were unavailing, but manyReuter - 121 words
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Article137 1948-07-23 7 PLAYING at the dental Union hall on Wednesday, the Useful Badminton Party beat the Bluebird B P by seven games to on^. Results Useful 's players mentioned firs! Men's Singles: Khoo Feng Koun Tan Liang P-ng 15-6 (retired); Teo Boon Eng lost to Chew Yew137 words
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158 1948-07-23 7 American does record vault in training OLYMPIC athletes who have already settled m at their camps m London have got down to serious training and one of the Americans at any rate has. m his very first day. surpassed an Olympic record. He Ls Richmond Moorcom. the 17-year-old American poleReuter - 158 words
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Article36 1948-07-23 7 JOHNNY FaUon, Scottish prof sional. led the qualifiers into the final stages of the N British Haroqat^ £2.100 tournament on the 6.300 yards Oakdale Course yesterday, with a two rounds total of 141 A.P.A.P. - 36 words
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Advertisement306 1948-07-23 7 Hr ai^Vß mt J "*^s Now Try this Amazing Liquid Healer for BOILS PIMPLESULCERS-ECZEMA SINGAPORE FOOT, ETC A trial ol DDD. Prescription will prove to you the superior haling power ol liquid nmedv lor sl.ro disease* Quit* often an eruption which has obstinately denod ointments tor year* heals and appears306 words
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Miscellaneous88 1948-07-23 7 r Crossword No. 444 uZF Fl I I 4 P I 6 m 15 16 I7_ |§24 W 26 ICI t 9 Fr. tSS v3'. 10. D<. al (6. 18. Calm «B>. M Delete «s>. 27. Check 32, DOWN inged 4 8 V. d <6». r <7). J Subseqtl I88 words
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Article403 1948-07-23 8 NEW DUTCH OFFER TO INDONESIA Easing naval blockade BATAVIA, Thursday. IF the Indonesian Republic accepts Dutch proposals offering relaxation of Dutch control of Republican dipping, made today, it would be of major importance to Singapore merchants and shippers, whose trade has been sharply curtailed, it was stated here today. TheA.P. - 403 words
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120 1948-07-23 8 NEW YORK, Thursda ISRAELI officials are considering a mass exchange of Arabs and Jews m the Middle East. The director of the Israeli office at the United Natk. Mr. Arthur Lourie. said today that there is a possibility of! exchanging 300.000 Arab re- 1120 words
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Article41 1948-07-23 8 ner& are reminded of the nec^ ensuring that their names appear m the Register. Practitioners *ho have not already registered tl communicate with the Rev;i6trar. REGISTRAR OF .VLEDICAL PR ACTTTION ERS. Singapore A Federation of Malaya, Fulkrton Building Singapore.41 words
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Article16 1948-07-23 8 Shipments 1. begun from th> Consolidated Oil at Haifa for the time m three months. A.P.A.P. - 16 words
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Article180 1948-07-23 8 NEW YORK, Thursday. A SMALL yellow plane flew over the United Nations headquarters here this afternoon and dropped a parachute-borne explosive. It exploded with a loud noise but caused no damape to the United Nations building. Nearby Mitchell airfield immediately sent six fighter planes in searchA.P.; Reuter - 180 words
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132 1948-07-23 8 PHILADELPHIA, Thurs. DEPUDIATION of the Mftr- shall Plan for foreign aid and censure of the two major parties m the U.S. as servants of bin business who are "preparing for war m the name of peace" are tentative Dlanks m the election platformA.P. - 132 words
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Article61 1948-07-23 8 GIANT PLANE'S FIRST FLIGHT ONE of the world's biggest ■eager aircraft, the United State* Navys new Lockherd Constitution, will make her first trans-o<>n-tinental night on Sunday. The 180-passenger 02 too plane will have Calif ornia fur Moffet Field naval air station. near San Francisco, California, and then make a 2.500--mile61 words
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174 1948-07-23 8 LONDON, Thursday. ANOTHER tussle between the Government and the House of Lords ended m the early hours of the morning today when the Government agreed to the Lords' rejection of the compromise proposal on hanging. This would have divided murder into two degrees, one carryingReuter - 174 words
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Article62 1948-07-23 8 THE Earl of Derby, Britain's wealthiest young peer, was married m Westminster Abbey yesterday to Lady Isabel Milleslade, described last year by her counsel as "personally penniless." The 30-year-old peer and the tall, brunette sister of the Earl of Sondes arc both friends of theU.P. - 62 words
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Article53 1948-07-23 8 yiiL lornu-r Dutch P: 1 Minister, Dr. Louis Beel has i;. formed Princess Regent Juliana he has failed to iorm a Cabinet. Tlie July 7 general tlons left the .strength of the parties almost unchanged Dr. Beel formed the prey Labour Catholic coalition Cabinet after th*Reuter - 53 words
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Article252 1948-07-23 8 SHANGHAI, Thursday. f*EN. Chiang Kai-shek's departure by air today for an undisclosed destination, presumed to be the hard-pres.sed Shansi capital of Taiyuan, coincided with Mukden reports that the Nationalists m their new Manchurian offensive have retaken the steel city of Anshan, 70 miles south of Mukden.A.P.; Reuter; U.P. - 252 words
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Article85 1948-07-23 8 LONDON. Thursday. pRINCEBB Ehzabeth will sped most of the time until the birth of her bab Balmoral m Scotland, say reonsiUe Court circles. The Princes will accompany the King and Queen and PrtnceM Margaret to Balmoral m the first week of August and will probably remainA.P. - 85 words
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Article65 1948-07-23 8 THE English weekly Sptor suggests that the Shah of Iran, now on a "semiprivate visit to Britain, may be seeking backing to strengthen his hold on Irak's Government. There had been many signs recently that Iran has leaching one of its periodic crises when theA.P. - 65 words
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Article87 1948-07-23 8 T British overseas Airways Corporation La go out after American traffic' Mr. Whitney Straight. Corporation chief executive, at a press conference yesterday. The move is part of a reorganisation, which will divide the nationalised BOA.C. into eastern and '.em divisions, each division to concentrate on thrA.P. - 87 words
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Article132 1948-07-23 8 Yangtse River rising perilously NANKING, Thurs. A FURTHER rise m the water level of the Yangtse River was reported today from all points along the river south of Wanhsien, 150 miles east of Chungking, increasing the flood threat to Chinas "rice bowl*' plains m the Yangtse Valley. In Nanking aU.P. - 132 words
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Article181 1948-07-23 8 LONDON. Thursday. SIX molt British colonies, including the FederaMon of Malaya and North Borneo, have joined m the Anglo-American bilateral agreement on the European Recovery Programme. This information WBl contained m a note sent today by the British Foreign Secretary. Mr Ernest Bevin to the U.S.Reuter; A.P. - 181 words
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Article80 1948-07-23 8 CAIRO, Thursday. AN Egyptian who had just completed a 20-year utence for an alleged murder feturned to his native village to find his "victim" very much alive. j Infuriated, he strangled the man, slung the body over his shoulder and walked into a police station. The story80 words
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183 1948-07-23 8 7,200-TON SHIP JUST VANISHED N.Y. stocks LONDON Thursday THE 7 200-ton British ship Samkey, whicli vanished witnout trace witii a crew of 13 on a voyage to Cuba last January la believed by ex- j perienoed seamen to have I been overwhelmed by some phenome al sea, It was statedReuter; A.P. - 183 words
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Article, Illustration61 1948-07-23 8 The flag of the Order of St. John was hoisted over Westminster Abbey, London, recently for the first time, when a commemoration service of the Order was held m the Abbey, attended by the Duke of Gloucester as Grand Prior of the Order. Picture shows Countess Mountbatten, recently returned from61 words
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Article455 1948-07-23 8 London Stock Exchange LONDON, Thursd.n •T^HE steadier tendency displayed by Wall A gave a lead to the London Stock Exchange today, says Reuter's financial correspondent. Vesterd firmness was furthered by the small demand leading industrials, gilt-edgeds, tins and ruhi Rises were moderate but widespread. Once again, however,455 words
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Article56 1948-07-23 8 TRUMAN A CONFIDENT OF PEACE PRESIDENT TRUMAN said ,KW r for world peace are excel ill? i ha confident of geUing world %> answering reporters' questions s ntu^ V ence. at hl Press JzJ The President end yesterday by the S Marshall, that the Qn every diplomatic p< Germany, butU.P. - 56 words
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Article31 1948-07-23 8 rty former high -rank' Japanese Army offic. a] eluding an ex-V of War have b*-. for the alleged mvi 6.000 Chi: transported from North for work m Japan. ReuterReuter - 31 words
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Article114 1948-07-23 8 J^ SPECIAL Market correspondent (Ives the prices «f rubber at 11 ao*. today as fellows: per lb net it) Buyers Setter* Cts (n* Ne. 1 BBS Spot loose Ne I 8.8.8 rot m bales Ao* No I BS S tot m bales Ait*. 46 NO S X S114 words
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Article18 1948-07-23 8 A ten-year-olci about 30 pet by falling smai: when a piloted b ed on a building.18 words
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