The Singapore Free Press, 9 August 1948
1948-08-09
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The Singapore Free Press
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Title Section17 1948-08-09 1 The Singapore Free Press LARGEST AFTERNOON SAUt IN MALAYA SINGAPORE, MONDAY, AUGUST 1948 w PRICE 10 CfcMN17 words
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Article, Illustration386 1948-08-09 1 Third Moscow meeting today Deadlock on the blockade MOSCOW, Sunday. A FURTHER meeting between the Soviet Foreign Minister, Mr. Mototov, and the three Western envoys m Moscow— the third m nine days is expected to take place In the Kremlin on Monday. Throughout today the British, American and French EmbassiesUP; AP - 386 words
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175 1948-08-09 1 Serub Typhus drama Governor lent own plane Ii pore, near death with d by the American In Malaya recently to test baas !H drug ChloromyeetirL lew with Associated ?h Smadel, head of nen the team had ft they received an urgent peal from Singapore. adel said "The es of helping175 words
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Article10 1948-08-09 1 m.p.h. gale lashes tish coast I m I I ReuterReuter - 10 words
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Article27 1948-08-09 1 DRESS reports from Muk- ten, quoted by A.P. say patrlatlon of more Japanese nationals Is planned. Most Japanese stfll m 'den are mmrng technl-27 words
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Article, Illustration175 1948-08-09 1 /"X)L. W. N. Gray whose appointment as Com mi* sioner of Police for the Federation of Malaya was officially confirmed yesterday— will take' over his duties this week. CoL Gray came to Malaya about two month* ago to advise the police on methods combatingAP - 175 words
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Article38 1948-08-09 1 BURMESE Government forces have retaken Kayan, captured by the White Arm Band Section of the People's Volunteer OrganL&aon Wednesday, it waj learned yesterday. The resurgents were routed after an tvmzoment lasting tw) hours.- APAP - 38 words
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Article65 1948-08-09 1 The mammoth marble memorial to the victorious Red S Army built by the Russians m i Berlin, is beginning to crack 1 and sink into the. ground. Sereral large hole* have already appeared and Russian engineers last week patched i up one gaping three-foot hole. RainsUP - 65 words
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Article20 1948-08-09 1 In Shanghai yesterday the >.t.ure was above 100 d-grees Fahrenheit for the 1 first ttitm t tri's summer20 words
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Article55 1948-08-09 1 A MOTOR cycle ridden by mn Indian knocked down a 57-year-old Chinese pedestrian last night at the 10th mile, Bukit Timah Road. The man was taken to the General Horoital with serloua injuries. This was one of 14 traffic accidents In Singapore during the 24 hours55 words
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Article23 1948-08-09 1 Two Chinese labourers working on a house at Jalan Besar were Injured when the scaffolding they were standing on collapsed.23 words
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Article80 1948-08-09 1 pruxo. MUKK Overseas Chinese students la Siam are returning to China to further their education because of Siamese restrictions on Chinese schools. The Overseas Chinese Affairs Commission estimates that more than 10 000 students have landed In Hoihow, Hainan Island. The Commission is also concerned overUP - 80 words
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Article47 1948-08-09 1 that an unidentified man was kidnapped after a struggle by four Soviet soldiers on leaving the Yugoslav Legation m Vienna two days ago. The Yugoslav Legation Is m the international sector of the city, which this month is being administered by the Russians.47 words
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Article23 1948-08-09 1 The acting British Consul m Peiping. Mr. W. Gordon Harmen. has been appointed Hong Kontf Public Relations Officer. APAP - 23 words
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Article15 1948-08-09 1 The 40-year-old St. Francfc Hotel m Honfl Kong Ls to be demolished.- APAP - 15 words
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Article64 1948-08-09 1 A HANKOW multi-millionaire, LI Yuan Ta, refused to "e«-operate" with the authorities over the payment of his "soak the rich" Ux. The city government drafted 7* war refnge&s to his home for shelter and feeding. In Shanghai. Mayor E.C. Wu invited the city's richest merchants to aUP - 64 words
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Article72 1948-08-09 1 A SUIT for $250,000 damages for the 4tatta of George Atcheson. Jr., political idviaer to General Mac Arthur. was filed m San Francisco agaJnst the Federal Government on Saturday. I The action brought by Mrs. I Mariquita Atcheson. the widow, alleged neslUence. Atcheson and nine othersAP - 72 words
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Article116 1948-08-09 1 RAF SLEUTHS' SEEK MISSING FLYERS LONDON, Sunday. QPECIAL Royal Air Force "sleuth" units are still trying to trace 22,000 of the Allied airmen listed missing m World War II although very many of them are believed to have come down m the sea. By last month they had traced 19,756116 words
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Article32 1948-08-09 1 Dr. Wu Paak-shing, Chinese Consul-General at Singapore, will return to Singapore on Aug. 13. and not today as reported He sails from Hong Kong on the Canton this afternoon.32 words
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Article, Illustration259 1948-08-09 1 Frte Press Staff Reporter OINGAPOKE police arrested 15 Chinese aitd four Indians under the Emergency Regulations m a series of house-to-house raids during the we«*-end. This brings the total of emergency arrests m Singapore to 168. In a dawn raid on a Kampong house off259 words
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Article97 1948-08-09 1 SHANGHAI. Sunday FIFTY-SIX workers were burned to death and 38 seriously Injured when ft flre destroyed a Chinese shirt facjtory here last night. The death toll Is expected to mount as most of the Injured are In a very serious condition. The Municipal fire brigade97 words
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Article32 1948-08-09 1 EIGHT persons out of 13 were drowned, including a young English girl, when a fishing boat sank In a storm off the Breton port of PerrosGuirec on Saturday nitrht UPUP - 32 words
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Article196 1948-08-09 1 Police hunt Johore killers Free Press Staff Reporter pOLJCE and troops con- tinued their hunt this morning for the bandits who on Saturday nipht attacked and burnt down the buildings of Telok Sangat Estate, after killing the manager, Mr. H. M. Rice. A police spokesman expressed the view, this morning,196 words
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Article24 1948-08-09 1 OVER 250 eases of sleeping sickness have been eported In Toklo In the worst epidemic of the disease m 10 years.— ReuterReuter - 24 words
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Article72 1948-08-09 1 i KLALA LCMPUR. Mon. A CHINESE school teacher at Bukit Siput, a village two miles Sooth of Secamat m Central Johore. was shot dead by three gunmen at about 7.30 this moraine. The killers tied their rictim up, dragged him out of the house and shot him IReuter - 72 words
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Advertisement19 1948-08-09 1 INVASION Five thousand Delhi schoolchildren face a setback m studies because 2 800 refugees have squatted m 22 schools.19 words
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FEATURES
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Article56 1948-08-09 2 SIX V apparently seen any uring Paulette God Lana Tun Gl- PO! a m frotv pie." H'-r m ther Mrs Ele (plained that all requirements <>f modesty ved. But l Fused. She made Director Claude Binyon finally had to change the script. He switched the56 words
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Article, Illustration910 1948-08-09 2 Hall Romney - IT'S A SMALL WORLD Hall Romney LONDON LETTER By THE world is a Mr all place. Even I was taken by surprise soon after arrival m this iittie Cornish village i>[ Lelant 1 had gone up to see the secretary of the West Cornwall Golf Club to arrange my first910 words
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Article, Illustration245 1948-08-09 2 J^ETI S unr.i t :.d. n major suits mak bold ng It hi Uftd the op, art bidding, the contract may |ct too high for South to b hi« miv. Ucnc opening b <i And South bids his ci.pancy m top-card Krei W.st was only try Df r245 words
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Article, Illustration190 1948-08-09 2 THE TALE OF A PAPER "THE only American A newspaper between Rome and Manila celebrated its second birthday last week m Siam, land of golden temples and sacred elephants. The paper is "The Bangkok Post." It's the handiwork of Alexander MiioDonald. n less New England journalist who's been poking; aroundAP - 190 words
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Article, Illustration68 1948-08-09 2 iI'HILE gasoline ra- tioning m Karachi becomes more stringent daily and the black ket price of the fuel now fluctuates around ten rupees per gallon, •amel. fabled ship of the desert and staple 1 tra: :ion for mrishinß and continues shuffling through the crowded stre. thisUP - 68 words
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Miscellaneous509 1948-08-09 2 SINGAPORE l g: 12 05 Mv metre* J.JO-midnifht lit 84 12.4 m.tr.» and <• 18 m«tre«. rrutn 124W oo«d to 100 p m Summary; 485 metret tn the medium wSTt MOM>\l band 4nd 7to mefacfrl-* to 1 p.m. World N\ws; 105 A the 41 metre band La Carte; 1.15 ?OUn509 words
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Miscellaneous149 1948-08-09 2 YOUR LUCKY STAR BORN today y»u havr a k t- r l l > srit ntifu niind that approat hes all qu- Itioni m a f.u t-hndmg attitude whether >our sctsaJ profession i> m the tdeacea or not! <vi aatr t s» It-reliant t belieTe m letting all points of149 words
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NEWS
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Article, Illustration31 1948-08-09 3 I-iical Man. whose mental "i action while he audience. "Godfrey's" reactions *y his electronic brain. He is H. Lynton Fletcher, former Direc- iings of the 8.8.C.31 words
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Article555 1948-08-09 3 32-NATION BROADCAST SQUABBLE East- West Conference 'stlit 1 ATMOSPHERICS" have affected the 32 nation after il Eur °P ean Broadcasting Conference, which alreLv cwfm W f ek s tr °uWesome negotiations airea J{y split into two blocs. frennpn e oio COI J fer t nee nas the task allocating KAP - 555 words
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Article, Illustration128 1948-08-09 3 A SYDNEY resident aged 91 was recently nominated for membership of the Australian Jockey Club. It was explained to him that there was a waiting list of about 700 and that it mijjht be years before his turn came. "That's all right," he said. "I can wait." ReuterReuter - 128 words
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Article250 1948-08-09 3 I Phra Pinit Chonakadi, says I Kins: Ananda of Siam twc I a "far-reaching conspiracy Siam and establish a United 1 1 trie I l eider I occur--11 m jm both m I cz I 1 been m t fl fled I i'eut I vnoUP - 250 words
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Article, Illustration312 1948-08-09 3 HONOLULU, Friday. 4 MERICAN Communist Party leaders were ordered to prepare for civil war m the United States m September 1939 if the U.S. entered the war as Britain's ally, the former editor of the New York Communist Daily Worker, Louis Budenz, testifiedAP - 312 words
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Article140 1948-08-09 3 U.K. steel smelting time halved ANEW process has been discovered after a year's secret trial which halves the time taken to make molten steel and gives British industry a world lead. Alterations are to be made at foundries In Glasgow, Sheffield, the Midlands, and the North-East to apply the new140 words
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Article56 1948-08-09 3 THE former ge.icrai secretary of the the American Communist Party Earl R. Browder. lost an appeal to the Communist National Convention In New York for reinstatement Into the Party. He was ousted as a Party member two years ago. afttr beins accused of favouring aAP - 56 words
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Article54 1948-08-09 3 fHe American Gem Society of Los Angeles (Cal.) has ordered that the term "flawless" be substituted lor "Derfect" m advertising or describing: diamonds The Society has also outlawed the use if 'blue-white" diamonds by its 1.500 member jewellers, and ordered that the gems be described as eitherUP - 54 words
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Article19 1948-08-09 3 \BETS tax on greyhound racing bookmakers will operate on all London ♦"Pirs from next Wednesday- ReuterReuter - 19 words
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Article126 1948-08-09 3 7-MURDER KILLERS CORNERED JJEATH for one and capture for another when trying to shoot their way through a sheriff's posse ended a bis U.S. manhunt for two men who had murdered seven people m a fortnight. Shot dead was James West. 22. Robert Daniels, 24, who was captured, confessed to126 words
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Article134 1948-08-09 3 ALFRED CLINE died m t\ prison recently without revealing the secret of the mysterious deaths that befell 11 elderly widows. Cline died o( a heart attack m FoLsom Prison, where he was serving l 126-year term for forgery. Between 1930 and 1946, Cllne married orUP - 134 words
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Article68 1948-08-09 3 MEDIAEVAL and modern pageantry mingled as King j George, Queen Elizabeth and the two Princesses arrived at Balmoral (Scotland) for a holiday. The King. In traditional Highland dress, Inspected a detachment of his own Scottish guard Overland fl^w an helicopter, bringing the morning mall for theAP - 68 words
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Article46 1948-08-09 3 PLANES PREVENT FROST FORMING In the Fair-Held (Idaho' vheat belt, aeroplanes were lsed to save thousands of lollars worth of wheat from mseasonable frost. Planes lew low ovei t[>s fields brfoie lawn, rippling the stalks and )reventine f frosi from forming >n the tender kernels.- APAP - 46 words
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Article153 1948-08-09 3 COME of the Britons who have emigrated to New j Zealand are not of "a very good typo"'— particularly the women, the Archbishop of New Zealand, the Most Roverend Campbell West WestWatson, told Empire bishops m London The Archbishop said that he i came to England153 words
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Article20 1948-08-09 3 Large quantities of newsprint being hoarded m Shanghai godowns are to be confiscated and resold to newsprint-short newspapers.20 words
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Article106 1948-08-09 3 A STEP to iosier the spread of Mandarin. I,he national language, throughout Kwangtung Province has been taken In Canton with, the issuing by the Education Department of instructions to all schools regarding the employment of teachers. The circular stresses the need for employing Man-darin-speakln? teachers andReuter - 106 words
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148 1948-08-09 3 Ci ANTON police have arre&t--d four men m connwith the recent penthouse murder of a pretty C v girl student. Miss Lav Sauching. Two of the arrested men are &aid to be carpenters. Earlier this month Naiss Lav's father found her m her roof-topReuter - 148 words
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Article81 1948-08-09 3 T*HE Governor of Teni Mr. Jim McCord has ordered National Guardsmen 10 quell disorders In Polk County, which have already resulted In two men b^lng sh^t dead. The disorders developed after Tennessee voters had administered a crushing defeat to the political organisation of the Democratic PoliticalAP - 81 words
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Miscellaneous6 1948-08-09 3 TARZAN Armistice By Edgar Rice Burroughs6 words
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LEADER
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347 1948-08-09 4 The Singapore Free Press MONDAY, Aug. 9, 1948. The Moscow Talks R. < little to Mib»t the corn I g the R Uty w mid lift the of B m claim control of B curr On hi M till m R an ::< shall "d In B reported •mprorr. have347 words
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Article, Illustration482 1948-08-09 4 DENIS WARNER - Socialist State in Korea DENIS WARNER, I By Correspondent Reuter A.A.P. THE constitution of the Democratic Republic of Korea, promulgated on July 12, confounded both foreign and local critics of the Syngman Rhee Administration. To the charge that South Korea is a police state rigorously controlled by extreme rightSyngman RheeReuter; A.A.P. - 482 words
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Article92 1948-08-09 4 What People Say IW l to hai 1 In usade a al Indian Cong: < v hed m the Free 1 5 ■nda m favour latloi und« ble. But his occasional bur oing to aftM C -of GOVnd I •risible enough urn' an Ind out being (old92 words
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Article129 1948-08-09 4 Stiffer tests for airline pilots riOMMKRr nd air-line A'ill have to pass stifTer licensing tests under new regulations aimed at reaching greater air safety and a higher standard of flying. The Ministry of Civil Aviation, announcing the changes, says the present Class B Licence will be replaced by these three129 words
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Article, Illustration478 1948-08-09 4 MAKING AND BREAKING THE POWER By A Special Correspondent AMIDST the per- m mar of machines and furro m St. Jamee Power ion, tired, sw< in.tr men wor] rishly, sleepless IW hours. Tli- c working a few more months of litV to a woi yout, dying turbine en- fit only478 words
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Article, Illustration501 1948-08-09 4 ALTON L. BLAKESLEE - ALTON L. BLAKESLEE, Hv A.P. Corif-pondent. ANE rule for a happy old agt do not grow }*vThe rusting can he physical, v. ith chronic ill heaivh, or mental with boi >Horn and lack of enthusiasm. Some hints to avoid both kinds were outlined by Dr. Edward J.501 words
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Article21 1948-08-09 4 The righteous considereth the cause of the poor: but the wicked rfjardeth not to know it. ft verbs. 29. 7.21 words
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Advertisement57 1948-08-09 4 v I b 1 1 ih tn mdk 7Ti. Merits: i \aL THOS. COOK 6c SON CONTI^ AHD OVERSEAS LT» 39. K.»hinM»n KoiG Telephone: 8 ;:> 9 I* fie Wise, Cowant* WHITE ANT EXTERMINATION SERV' Ct I IN SECT ERADICATE" Consull */J THOMAS COWAN 4 CO V* A B e«t.,-57 words
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Article, Illustration32 1948-08-09 5 It m London recently, pre- an, gifts marking the ap- prisoner at Singapore Lienard when they were At great personal risk, Lienard ob:*y drugs, food and clothing, •\any British lives.32 words
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Article173 1948-08-09 5 I rRALISED training college of teachers of I la should be established under I the new University of Malaya, I P Sam i retary of the Singapore I >\g problems which will Cf: >tablishment of the University. .::t be so designed as to enable kin173 words
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Article23 1948-08-09 5 NEW FEDERATION POLICE CHIEF An official statement d that Colonel W. N has been appointed CommissiODer of Police for the Federation of Malaya.23 words
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Article, Illustration360 1948-08-09 5 New Municipal Commission Committee still studying Bill Free Press Staff Reporter elected majority of 18 seats or two-thirds of the recommended total of 27 seats on the Municipal Commission will most probably be the new composition of the Commission when this body undergoes the constitutional changesFree Press - 360 words
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279 1948-08-09 5 Chinese Press backs Big 3 on Berlin i^OMMhNTLNG on ihe situaV> tion m Berlin, the Sin Chew Jit Poh, Nanyang Siang Pau, and Chung Shing Jit Pao unanimously agree that although the tension there is high, there is no danger of war. While agreeing the object of the Russians m279 words
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Article35 1948-08-09 5 TO STUDY U.K. SCHOOL EXAMS An Australian Education Officer, U\mm Fanny Cuhen, arrived m Singapore last; night by flying boat on her, way to England to study the system of school examinations m the U.K.35 words
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Article, Illustration97 1948-08-09 5 NO PASSAGE WITHOUT PASSPORTS MR. Paul F, C. Sah, Chief Purser ot the China Navigation Company's steam ship, the Hai Hsia, told the Free Press that the ship will not accept Si'jsapore Chinese passengers for lion? Kong unless th proper pass- He said passport! are required by Hong Kong Immigration97 words
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Article149 1948-08-09 5 for these illegal immigrants during their routine nightly patrols from Sultan Bhoal to the Naval Base section of the Johore Straits. A SPECIAL lookout is being: kept by the Immigration Department for 90 illegal Chinese immigrants who are believed to be still m Tanjong I149 words
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Article54 1948-08-09 5 Programmes from the British Far Eastern Broar. Ing Service yesterday were the first to be radiated under the auspices of the British Broadcasting Corporation, which has taken over from the Foreign Office. Up to yesterday, the B.F.E. B.S. broadcast news and other programmes, which have now been taken54 words
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210 1948-08-09 5 6 scholars leave for U.K. Aug. 15 Free Press Staff R<*pe SIX b Idem 01 the Colo-.ial Development and Wei. Fund and the British Council scholarship.^— all Singapore Government employees will leave Singapore on Aug. 15 for the United Kingdom. The Canton which 1< Singapore at the end of this210 words
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Article55 1948-08-09 5 F celebrate the first anniversary of Indian independence, the Indian Association and Malayan Indian Congress will hold mass ralllei on Aug. 15. The Indian Association rally U be held at Rac* Course ne. premises of the Association, at 11 a.m. The Malayatf Indian Congress meeting will55 words
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Article131 1948-08-09 5 Free I*m>> st.iiT Kep<» t< r AN order nas been gazetted m Singapore ensuring that all securiUe.s held on account of oersons resident m enemy j will continue under the control of the Custodian of Enemy Property m the event of the owners 2ohu to live131 words
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166 1948-08-09 5 Free Tress Staff Reporter MEMBERS of the Malayan Teachers' Union will be holding a four-day rally at the Victoria Institution, Kuala Lumpur. A very full pro- gramme has been arranged, and the rally Is open to members of affiliated Unions and also to166 words
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Article103 1948-08-09 5 Fre« Press Chinese Correspondent THE drive for funds for Mood relief by the Foochow Community Guild has netted $53,000. including $2,016 trom the gate receipts of a charity i-ball match between the Chli;a Olympic team and the combined Chines' team last month. The Guild has so103 words
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Article20 1948-08-09 5 Deportation orders have been issued against 53 Chinese now detained on charges of organising underground societies m Siam20 words
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Article287 1948-08-09 5 THE Rev. F McDougall. Australian secretary of the World Council of Churches said on his arrival m Singapore that the Australian Immigration Minister. (Mr Caldwell), was "a .stubborn m< rhe Council m Australia was the first body to protest, Mr. McSfusall said, at the deportation from287 words
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428 1948-08-09 6 BERLINERS HOPE FOR BIG FOUR TALKS Race to frame German constitution /COMMUNISTS m Eastern Germany are racing to beat Communists m the West m producing the nations first post-war constitution. Both groups have set September target- dates. Berliners meantime voiced the hope that the week's Western Powers' talks with MarshalAP - 428 words
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347 1948-08-09 6 BRITAIN s champion glider. Ladislav Marmoi ,-ieonabi. Tip and ended up lr here as a suspected spy. Last week In a hous< Southend, he pulled m his belt by thre< not. And said iied 12 stone when I left England In the347 words
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Article61 1948-08-09 6 ROBERT Jaynes. 26. American student at the I don School of Economics, left Shrewsbury on the last lap of a 3.000-mlle hitch-hike on which he has spent only 4s. m fares. Mi nas travell«*d through England. Scotland, Wales and Ireland since he left London on61 words
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154 1948-08-09 6 Socialist hits at India's assembly JCTRONG criticism of the present Indian Constituent Assembly has come Irum ins Socialist UaU^r. Mr. Jaya Prakash Natayan. In an article ttvUUxl D!*- solve the Constituent Assern- < bly," appearina m Janata. •Lai organ of .he Socialist Party, published m New Delhi. Narayan says theLT - 154 words
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Article98 1948-08-09 6 AJAX ON SALE FOR NITRATES NEGOTIATIONS between N Britain and ChU« for the sale of a Royal Naval destroyer to Chile are continuing In spite of objection* raised In the Commonj. the Chilean paper, Fl Mercu:lo reports. The paper said the destroy er will be the Ajax. famous ▼eteran of98 words
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Article52 1948-08-09 6 BET you £100 that I race you to the "Tudor Rose Hotel." The challenge waa I made by George Ellis, of Sur- i rey (England). "You're on." said Charlie Allen— and his pilot. Cap- I tain Jimmy Youell, stepped Into a helicopter as Georges driver revived up a 2452 words
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Article29 1948-08-09 6 Fjifty 100-ton locomotive* paj-t of Australia's contribution to UNRRA. are scheduled to b«>gln arrlvi; China this month -more than Iy» ir Later for the CantonHankow railway.— UPUP - 29 words
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Article, Illustration21 1948-08-09 6 John Mark runs n *o Wembley Stadium with the Olympic Torch while officials look on.21 words
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Article110 1948-08-09 6 raced car, won £100 The race between helicopter and car from Croydon Airport I to the Tudor Rose at Old Coulsdon. two miles away, i had begun. It was soon over. People drinking their beer m the j bar heard the roar of an engine and dashed out to see110 words
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Article45 1948-08-09 6 I^HE Executive Yuan bu approved a grant to build m Nanking, dormitories for 8 500 employees of the Minis' Yuan* and the President'! office. The funds are condr on the Government departments Involved r.lng land for buildings wlthour additional cost.- APAP - 45 words
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122 1948-08-09 6 Red spy ring rumours in Washington REPRESENTATIVE Karl E. Muiidt, Republican, South Dakota, said In Washington recently that there was "good reason to believe a Communist spy nns was operating In Washington at present. The acting chairman of the House Un-American Activities Committee said the possibility was being investigated. SoAP - 122 words
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Article118 1948-08-09 6 THE Chil .inent has clamped a censorship on all film* China by icrelgn diplomatic It U reported In The move was aimed at Soviet Union, an American 4: "The Soviet* recently ,>ped-up showing* of their propaganda films here and In Nanking", he added •Much of their118 words
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Article88 1948-08-09 6 SUIT AGAINST SHIPPING FIRMS {EIGHTEEN foreign shipping !i lines and six American lines have been accused of conspiracy to monopolise cano trade between Far Eastern points and U.S. Atlantic and Gulf of Mexico rta. A civil action has filed In the Federal Court. rark »New JVrsey* against e*e lines, allAP - 88 words
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Article, Illustration180 1948-08-09 6 4 FORMER Lieut.-Ck)mmander m th« Royal Indian Naval Reserve haj arrived m Frem&ntle from Madras as mess-boy on the Norwegian steamer Kronviken— on which his fiancee wai asU The couple, who v. v, keep their names secret because their families do not know of theirReuter - 180 words
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Miscellaneous89 1948-08-09 6 JANE Exclusive to the Singapore Free Pre** m If a lava HA! HA!- FORGIVE ywELL f rr% NICeNI /|F YOU HADN'T BE£n\ HAD SOMETHING iMPOIOXIfr/l'vE GOT THE NUDI LOOK THE UNINTENTIONAL /OF YOU To GREET (M SUCH A HURRY I/ TO SAY To YOU, JAWt /AT THE MOMENT N buTe^/me89 words
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Article199 1948-08-09 7 US. RELAY PROTEST Case for Olympic Jury of Honour H r jiifrir Olympic 400-metres relay team has Irtfialh protested at their disqualification m the Jl of 3* «y* ior J? v{ \l »>aton-changin at JJ\ le> s.iturday. After they had won the race metres, Britain was awarded the with ItalyAP - 199 words
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Article104 1948-08-09 7 TWENTY-year-old KonoI N'lhon University. Tokio, .niv. :he world record m th, metre free-^ hen h*> clocked m 4 m:n 33.4 sec. on Saturday. ;ie m :ig the ftnal event of -tional championships i 10.000 persons, including a number of Allied pernel, witnessed. Furuhashi. who onUP - 104 words
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Article21 1948-08-09 7 ath ::.eeting will tx v. Aug. 18. 0 arrc I be run <~-ff this gven< r:. \V dsv21 words
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Article108 1948-08-09 7 JN a friendly game uf badminton played at Devonshire Road the Kiwi Members League beat the Pa.sir Panjang Recreation Club by five-one. lUaultj were (Klwia mentioned first) Sin*l. I. DeSouza boat Thomas Mathews 15—8; 15—10; j John Davis beat Ong Eng Hoe 13—13; o—s;0 5; 13—13: s—o;5108 words
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Article, Illustration112 1948-08-09 7 another' RECORD I Mid Whit field of the United States (No. 136) is seen winimg the final of the Olympic 800 metres m a new Olym--5S fc reco i?. l i me of mm 49 2 se Wembley on Aug. 2. Arzniir Wint of Jamaica (No. 122) was112 words
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Article494 1948-08-09 7 Free Press Racing Correspondent rpHERE was a large crowd for Gold Cup day m A Penang on Saturday, final day of the August meeting, and the weather, for once, was fine, although the going was very sloppy. Punters started well when Airmail cantered home494 words
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Article566 1948-08-09 7 Britain meet Paki stan today OLYMPIC HOCKEY AN Indian-Pakistan final for the 1948 Olympic hockey tournament Is being forecast by those who have seen these two teams m action during the preliminary series which ended on Saturday. India and Pakistan have been the outstanding teams m the event, not only566 words
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Article176 1948-08-09 7 THE International Basketball Federation rules. which not been changed since 1936, will undergo radical revision after th» Olympic basketball tournament atom Friday. Orignaliv the Olympic nilos-mak. rs who had look.-d idealistic-ally u^.rd the I niled States as the nome of basketball par ex, ell. nci planUP - 176 words
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Article317 1948-08-09 7 pENERAL dissatisfaction with the tournament system adopted for the Olympic basketball matches will be aired at a special meeting of officials today. Olympic representatives and officers of the International Federation of Amateur BasKetball will attempt to find a more satisfactory formula for use m the317 words
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381 1948-08-09 7 U.S. won 1 2 out of 15 aquatic titles [TNITED States' swimmers and divers came near to cornering the market m Gold Medals m the aquatic events of the 14th Olympiad which were completed on Saturday night. They captured 12 of the 15 titles, were runners-up m 11, and establishedReuter; UP - 381 words
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Article116 1948-08-09 7 THE United States had by; ir the 1 olKctlon of medals than any other nations when the athletic events of the Olympic Games prided on Saturday night. Their athletes had won a total ot 26—11 gold medalsfive silver and 10 bronze. Next was Sweden withReuter - 116 words
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Article71 1948-08-09 7 IT is expected that one and a half million people will have seen the Olympic Games events at Wembley by the end of next week. Sir Arthur Elvin, the Wembley chief, said yesterday: "The Games have been an undoubted financial success. The crowds have exceeded evenReuter - 71 words
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Article80 1948-08-09 7 HPHE following players have been chosen to represent the Useful Badminton Party m a friendly badminton match of foui singles and three doubles against the Chinese V.M.C.A. at the Clerical Union Hall at 7 p.m. tomorrow. Tungku T. A. Jalil, Zairrul Abidin bin Ahmad. Cheong Soon Thuan, Robert80 words
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Article194 1948-08-09 7 4 changes in England Test team 'pHE England team for the fifth and final Test match against Australia at the Oval, commencing next Saturday, will be selected Iran the following 12 players: N. W. D. Yaxdley (Yorkcaptain. W. J. Ednch (Middlesex), J. G. Dewes (Middlesex). R. T. Simpson (Nottinghamshire*, L.194 words
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Article39 1948-08-09 7 Huwakjj wing ol cnuia, who crashtd In the preliminaries of the 1.000 metre.'- scratch cycling Olympic event at Herne Hill on Saturday, was discharged from hospital tonight He had broken tils collar bone- ReuterReuter - 39 words
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Miscellaneous249 1948-08-09 7 F.P. Crossword No. 453 m z m* m j i° p s~ 9 j|io ~J B" P 5^ 13 l 4 -ii %2% -)7 l > '%JxJ /^ZjJ _S B5Lf 3T 31 P 5" 33 54 5T 5T JIT B P' 855"B 55 I.LKS .i(»s> 4 Mohamnu-dai: Bov«raign (6). 8,249 words
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Article389 1948-08-09 8 'Stocks now piling up NEW YORK, Sunday. lI'HILE stressing the importance of Germany as the No. 1 problem of the world, the United Nations Secretary-General, Mr. Trygre Lie, m his annual report to the General Assembly, expresses concern over the race for the production ofAP - 389 words
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Article97 1948-08-09 8 NEW YORK, Sunday RUSSIA is reported to be ready to answer the United States' demand for continued talks on world arms redactions. The Soviet chief delegate to the United Nations, Mr. Malik, is scheduled to speak for Russia tomorrow before the Working Committee of theAP - 97 words
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Article236 1948-08-09 8 NANKING, Sunday. FHK Nationalists have achieved their main x military objectives of stabilising the situation m Manchuria, consolidating the North, safeguarding the North-West and frustrating Communist plans to cross the Yangtse River m an effort to carry the war to South China, says the Ministry ofReuter - 236 words
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183 1948-08-09 8 BRITAIN has reached agreement In principle with the ECA (Economic Cooperation Administration) on loan terms, and a final draft Is now being made, an authoritative Washington source reports. It was understood that the ECA agreed to eliminate tht clause whereby It could request183 words
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Article25 1948-08-09 8 A ostop ord for Superfortresses of 5,120 miles from Fort Riley, Kansas to Furstenfeldbruck. Oermany. has been set up by a volunteer crew.25 words
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Article72 1948-08-09 8 Greek bid to trap routed Reds ATHENS Sunday. THE Greek Army is relent- lessly pressing on the retreating Communist guerrillas along the entire semi-circular front of the Orammos operation, a General Staff spokesman said today. The national forces have reached the Albanian border at both enda of the semicircle and72 words
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Article94 1948-08-09 8 Three Army columns hay« crossed th« Sakandaporoa River *nd are moving north toward Kanziikon and other units, which captured Oxya. are driving on toward the Prophet Elia*' Heights m the Oxya district. Another column, on themmost end of the front has moved on from Kanlnka and isAP - 94 words
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Article227 1948-08-09 8 JERUSALEM, Sunday. [TNLESS medical supplies and medical teams are immediately made available, at least 10,000 of the 100,000 Arab refugees living m squalor near Jerusalem will die. said the Arab medical health officer for Kamallah, 15 miles north of Jerusalem, today. He was commenting on theReuter; UP - 227 words
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Article102 1948-08-09 8 PEIPING Sunday. CIARVATION Is taking a 0 daily toll of 200 lives m the Manchurian capital Chu:i«chun, a:;d 300 m the "no man's-l'and'' outside, says a Chinese newspaper. People m "no-man's- land" include large numbers from Changchun who thought the Reds would allow themAP - 102 words
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Article55 1948-08-09 8 CANADA TO GET NEW CABINET THE .tiring Prime Minister 1 of Canada, Mr. Mackenzie Xt g, and his chosen successor, Mr. Louis St. Laurent are due to confer this week on two important matters They are the date Mr st Laurent; will take over the Government and the composition of55 words
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Article65 1948-08-09 8 SPLCIAL Market correspondent fiTr* the price* of rubber »i 11 a.m. today m follow*: per Ib. Ocr ib Hnyen Seller* CU. CU. No 1 B.SB Spot loow 48H 48 No i KIS fot m bales Aug. 18H H% No. 3 KJi.S. fob m bales Aug. 46\ 47 No65 words
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135 1948-08-09 8 CiOL. H. R. SPICER. who j arrived m Glasgow on Saturday aboard the United States carrier Sicily vdth 69 United States Snooting Star jet flßhter olanes and 387 airmen, said: "This is a highlytrained outfit and we are pre pared for anything HeReuter - 135 words
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Article, Illustration95 1948-08-09 8 WASHINGTON. Sunday. AUTHORISATIONS for Mar- shall Plan procurements passed the U.S.$ 1000,000,000 mark with an announcement of new authorisations today amounting to $04,102,499 for nine Euroo*»an countries. China and Trieste. Latest authorisations announced Included $33,700,000 for China. Projurement authorisations for China have totalled $61,884,778.- Reuter Heoarded asReuter - 95 words
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Article45 1948-08-09 8 NEW DELHI, SunrUy. TIIK Indian Premier. Pandit Nehru, told a meeting of the (duress Pfeltj today that, time and conditions permitting, he ii attending the Commonwealth Premier*' conference m London and the United Nations (iene-ral Assembly m Paris next month.- ReuterReuter - 45 words
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Article105 1948-08-09 8 MONTGOMERY (Alabama), Sunday. r«ONVICTS have been used instead of animals to plough land In Alabama, the State Prison Director, Mr. Frank Boswell, admitted to an official investigating committee here. Mr. Boswell insisted that the convicts, a group of Negroes held m Kilby Prison, had volunteered105 words
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Article403 1948-08-09 8 NEWFRENCH CABINET MAY FALL PARIS. Sunday. AT the resumed debate today m the French National Assembly on the Cabinet's bid for sweeping financial powers, the Prime Minister M. Andre Marie, has so far successfully defeated a series of Communist attempts to kill the bill. After an appeal by M. Marie,403 words
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Article42 1948-08-09 8 THE disabled Greek freighter 1 Pappchristidis wa* towed into Freman:> yesterday by the West Australian tug. 'Kybra The ship's rations had dwlnc dry peas and barley during the last few da- p 53. day voyage from Aden.- AFAP - 42 words
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Article34 1948-08-09 8 PREPARATIONS art being ir.ade In Rome to reach the lonely Alpine ueak where Italian Police a-e reported to have :'ound a U.S. Army plane, missing for elkrh* months, with 22 aboard.- APAP - 34 words
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Article206 1948-08-09 8 NEW YORK, Sunday. THE U.S. inqu.ry into the alleged A activities m America oi Russian agents is part of v"au "a pattern of terror and fear.making," the Progressive Party candidate for the Presidency, Mr. Henry Wallace, declared m New York today. lit* denounced the Washing' v.AP - 206 words
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Article113 1948-08-09 8 LONDON Sunday. ECCLESIASTICAL pageantry Li .arked tn* concluding service today inste: Abbey of the Lambeth Conference of Anglican Bishops. Fanfares on si'ver trumpets, played by the trumpeters and band of the Royal Horse 3uards, heraluti the emerald, Sold, scarlet and black-garb-ed Drocessku. From the Pa: I113 words
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Article8 1948-08-09 8 Arab plan for own State 1 AP ReuterAP; Reuter - 8 words
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